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THURSDAY, JUNE 9, 2016 RAMADAN 4, 1437 AH www.kuwaittimes.net Kuwait ranks Russia challenges Euro 2016 match Ramadan TImings 51 out of 163 Airbus and Boeing schedule included Emsak: 03:03 in Peace Index with new jet MC-21 in this issue Fajer: 03:13 Shrooq: 04:48 Dohr: 11:47 Asr: 15:21 Maghreb: 18:47 6 21 Eshaa: 20:18 Expats, employers worried Min 30º Max 46º over Saudi tax proposal High Tide 03:27 & 13:55 Low Tide Reform plan proposes income tax on expats 08:42 & 21:35 40 PAGES NO: 16899 150 FILS
JEDDAH: Expatriates in Saudi Arabia and their Saudi Ramadan Kareem employers alike voiced unease about a proposal the government is studying to impose income tax on for- How to receive eign workers to make up for falling oil revenues. Around a third of the 30 million inhabitants of the world’s top the Holy Month oil exporter are foreigners, many of them drawn, despite ultra-conservative social restrictions, by the By Hassan T Bwambale absence of tax and the lure of salaries higher than they could secure at home. he auspicious month of Ramadan has arrived. A National Transformation Plan of economic reforms, People invest in this occasion in different ways released on Monday, said 150 million riyals ($40 million) Tand with different actions and activities. Some had been set aside for preparing and implementing tax people make this an occasion for laziness, idleness, on expats, but Finance Minister Ibrahim Alassaf said no sleep and neglecting acts that would accrue abundant decision had yet been taken. Still, the news that such a rewards. They may swap the day for the night by sleep- ing during the day and staying awake at night eating, proposal was being formally studied by the govern- drinking and watching TV. Others find it as a good ment was enough to alarm some foreign workers. “If opportunity to socialize, shop, relax or travel. they impose the income tax on expats and do not offer But if you intend to maximize your time in Ramadan any benefits in return, such as house ownership and the in order to amass abundant rewards, I suggest that you right to own assets under my name, then I would pack plan your Ramadan days and nights meticulously and up and leave,” said Ammr Baghdane, an American man- invest your time wisely in doing whatever will bring ager at a retail group. you closer to Allah. Avoid squandering your time and No further details have been released on what such a opportunities during and after Ramadan. You never tax might entail for residents-a category that includes know when Almighty God will cause you to die. all non-Saudi citizens. Among the unanswered ques- On the other hand, some people know very well tions: whether it would cover all income levels and all their purpose of life and invest in every opportunity professions, or how long it would take to introduce. “I that comes their way to get closer to Allah Almighty. To guess it depends on the rate they’re talking about. If it’s them, Ramadan is a golden opportunity on a silver five percent it would annoy me but wouldn’t make me platter. Such people receive this blessed month of leave my career here and resign. If it was 20 percent Ramadan happily and enthusiastically as they believe then I wouldn’t stay, that’s for sure,” said a British banker that it is an opportunity to attain forgiveness for their in Riyadh. Like some of the others who spoke to sins and make a new start. Reuters, the banker asked not to be identified, as his Continued on Page 13 JEDDAH: A man works at a construction site in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. — AP Continued on Page 13 MPs pass ‘public tenders law’
By B Izzak Ministers to issue the necessary decisions to form such committees and will deter- News KUWAIT: The National Assembly yester- mine the mechanism of their operations. in brief day unanimously passed in the first read- Other amendments to the law obliges the ing the new public tenders law after its Central Tenders Committee (CTC), which Financial Affairs Committee introduced a awards state projects worth tens of bil- Bomb hoax forces EgyptAir number of key amendments to the lions of dinars, to accept the decision of plane to land in Uzbekistan important bill. Under the law, technical the petitions committee whose opinions CAIRO: An EgyptAir flight from Cairo to Beijing made an committees must be formed for the pur- currently are consultative. MPs debated emergency landing in Uzbekistan yesterday after a chase of arms at the army, police and whether the petitions committee, which bomb threat that turned out to be a hoax, the airline national guards, an addition proposed by study challenges by contractors who lose said. Uzbek authorities checked the Airbus A330 and the Audit Bureau to regulate the pur- tenders, should be under the Council of found no explosives on board, EgyptAir Chairman chase of arms and military equipment. Ministers or remain with the CTC. Safwat Musallam said. “The authorities there cleared the The provision entrusts the Council of Continued on Page 13 plane for departure after they searched the plane and found no threats,” he said. Musallam said an anonymous call was received warning there was a bomb on board after flight MS955 had left Cairo, and it landed at the nearest airport. Uzbek authorities confirmed the plane had made an emergency landing at an airport in Urgench in the west of the country.
ALEPPO: A man sits on the rubble of a destroyed building following reported air strikes by government forces in the rebel-held Shaar neighborhood of the Former US astronaut northern city Aleppo yesterday. — AFP charged with murder BIRMINGHAM: Astronaut James Halsell Jr seemed the very definition of someone with the right stuff. An Air IS losing territories Force Academy graduate and decorated test pilot, he commanded or piloted five space shuttle missions. ALEPPO: Syrian rebels reopened a vital Dudyan near the border. Government NASA even turned to him for leadership as it was pick- supply line by capturing two villages yes- bombing meanwhile outside the Al-Bayan ing up the pieces after the Columbia disaster in 2003. terday from the Islamic State group as it hospital in Aleppo’s Shaar neighborhood Now, a decade after his retirement from the space came under pressure on a range of fronts killed 10 people, according to Observatory. agency, the 59-year-old Halsell’s life has taken a shock- in Syria and Iraq. IS has controlled large An AFP photographer saw bodies wrapped ing turn: He is charged with murder after an early areas of both countries since declaring its in bloodied white bags outside the hospi- morning car wreck Monday killed two young sisters on self-styled “caliphate” in 2014 but is losing tal, while inside, the force of the blast had a lonely stretch of highway in Alabama. State police territory in the face of separate assaults. knocked supplies and parts of drywall onto said alcohol and speed may have been factors in the In Syria, pro-government forces, rebels the floor. Al-Bayan hospital said a staff crash. The Tuscaloosa News reported that court docu- and a US-backed Arab-Kurdish alliance are member was wounded in the strikes and ments showed troopers said they found an empty all engaged in offensives to squeeze the the building had been evacuated. package of sleeping pills and an empty wine bottle in a extremists’ supply lines, while Iraqi forces motel room where Halsell had stayed before the crash. are advancing on the IS-held city of ‘Life’ back in Marea Fallujah. The Damascus regime has also According to the Observatory, five other kept up its assaults on opposition areas, civilians-including two children-were killed Smartphone ‘terror alert’ particular in second city Aleppo, where at in attacks on the Al-Marja and Al-Maadi app launched in France least 15 civilians were killed yesterday in districts. Rescue workers known as the PARIS: A new smartphone app designed to alert users SIDON: Children look at Lebanese ‘musaharati’ Mohammed Fanas as he wakes bombing by pro-government forces that White Helmets gave a higher toll of 23 to possible terror attacks was launched by the French up observant Muslims for their overnight ‘suhur’ meal before the day’s fast yes- struck near a hospital. dead in rebel-held areas. The Observatory government yesterday, amid growing security concerns terday, during the holy month of Ramadan in the old city of the southern port of North of the city, rebel fighters re- later reported seven rebel fighters killed in over the Euro 2016 football tournament. The applica- Sidon. — AFP opened a key supply route linking their bombardment of Aleppo’s eastern Al- tion, which will be free to download in both French and two main bastions in Aleppo province: Sakhur neighborhood. IS forces had long English, will send users a warning “in case of a suspect- Marea and Azaz. In late May, IS captured coveted Marea and battered the town for ed attack,” said the Interior Ministry, which has piloted Niqab ban to take effect several villages between the two towns, over a year with deadly car bombs and sui- and introduced the service. It will also alert users-who cutting off access to the Turkish border for cide attacks. Its advance last month forced must agree to be geolocated-about “unexpected July in Ticino Switzerland Marea’s opposition forces. But yesterday, thousands to flee Marea and sparked fears events” such as the breaching of flood defenses. Alerts rebels backed by Islamist groups launched that the rebels would lose one of their last will appear on the app less than 15 minutes after the GENEVA: Veiled women interested in and districts, noting that a niqab simultaneous attacks from both Marea and major northern hubs to the jihadists. “Life is incident has been confirmed by authorities, and will be visiting Switzerland must be fore- wearer could be fined up to $1,000, or Azaz, squeezing IS jihadists out of the vil- gradually returning to Marea,” journalist customized according to user’s exact location. App warned that the Swiss canton of even more if she refuses to remove lages of Kafr Kalbin and Kaljibrin and Mamoun Khateeb said from the flashpoint users will also be able monitor alerts for up to eight dif- Ticino will enforce a law banning the the niqab. The embassy urged reopening the road, according to the town yesterday. ferent geographical zones, allowing them to check on wearing of the niqab (face veil) as of Kuwaitis planning to visit the canton Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. Khateeb himself was in Azaz when the IS family members or friends. It will also provide advice on July 1, the Kuwaiti embassy in Bern during the summer holidays to be Director Rami Abdel Rahman said IS offensive began and was only able to how to stay safe, with information tailored to each par- said yesterday. The statement added careful to avoid trouble with the fighters even pulled back from towns and return to his hometown of Marea yesterday. ticular situation, the ministry added. that the canton includes several cities Ticino authorities. — KUNA villages east of the supply route, including Continued on Page 13 THURSDAY, JUNE 9, 2016 LOCAL Walk for charity with ‘The Steps’ at Al-Hamra
By Ben Garcia ed,” she said. The Steps accepts all ages, nationalities and genders. The Steps are also organizing lectures KUWAIT: The Project 5 Miles launched on Tuesday by doctors and a play area for children at the event. its third annual Ramadan healthy activity ‘The Steps’ “We want to involve kids in this activity, they can at the Al-Hamra Mall in Kuwait City. The Steps aims also run along with their parents, if not, we created to encourage fasters during Ramadan to stay active a very nice place for them in the basement level and do good deeds. The event will continue until where they can leave their kids while they walk,” she June 27 from 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm daily (including said. Project 5 Miles is a voluntary organization weekends.) conducting several health activities including run- The daily walk for charity ties people’s physical ning, walking and jogging for five miles throughout activity to charitable donations. For every five laps the year in Kuwait. participants walk, KD 1 is donated by Boubyan Bank “We do it for free, there is no need to register, to a chosen charity. This year Project 5 Miles has and you just have to show up with your running chosen cataract surgery patients in Africa to be the shoes. The project we conduct is sponsored by beneficiaries of ‘The Steps’ charitable drive. Boubyan Bank, part of their CSR,” she said. Project 5 “Participants can do whatever form they like. Miles, a ‘walk for a cause’ calls upon people of They can walk, they can run, as they wish,” said Kuwait to participate and register. “Please join and Reem Al-Hasawi, PR spokeswoman for Project 5 be fit,” she added. Miles. “They can make use of all the mall floors from Saleh, a Kuwaiti participant said this was his first basement to the upper levels. Participants will only time to join such activities. “I was not sure about walk and Boubyan Bank will donate on behalf of joining, but when I saw that it was for charity, I just you. The more you walk the more money is donat- decided to come and join the project,” he explained.
KU increases enrollment minimum limit in two years
By Meshaal Al-Enezi
KUWAIT: Kuwait University (KU) announced yes- terday increasing the minimum acceptance rate for student’s enrollment in the academic year 2017/2018, only one day after Minister of Education and Minister of Higher Education Dr Bader Al-Essa denied intentions to do so next year. According to the new decision, high school stu- dents in the scientific sector must finish with at least a GPA of 75 percent to be eligible for enroll- ment in two years, while arts sector’s students must finish with at least a GPA of 80 percent. The minimum enrollment limit remains the same for the 2016/2017 academic year - 70 percent for the scientific sector and 78 percent for the arts sector.
Blackouts Municipal Council member and head of Farwaniya committee Nayef Al-Sour condemned what he described as ‘massive blackouts’ in some areas over the past two days because of the extreme heat during the daytime, despite reassur- ances by Ministry of Electricity and Water (MEW) officials who claimed that power supplies are secure this summer. Sour added that people in those areas were not even warned or notified before the outages, that if they happened for reg- ular maintenance. Accordingly, he urged MEW to explain the reasons for these blackouts.
Not found A police force that had been surrounding Sheikh Athbi Al-Fahd’s house to arrest him yester- day left the house perimeter because he was not there. Notably, the force had raided the former state security chief’s diwaniya in Abu Al-Hassaniya but did not find him there, so they went to his house and besieged it. A court has sentenced Sheikh Athbi, Sheikh Khalifa Al-Ali and Ahmed Al- Dawoud to five years in prison with labor each in the ‘Fintas Group’ case.
Statistics The citizen services department at the Public Authority for Housing Welfare issued a report with statistics about transactions done in May, noting that 20,904 transactions were processed without any petitions made to Housing Minister Yasser Abul.
hajj registration deadlines announced By A Saleh
KUWAIT: The Ministry of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs announced that the last date to register non-Kuwaiti pil- grims planning to go for hajj this year would be August 8, while registration of Kuwaiti pilgrims would continue until Aug 29. The ministry announced that the electron- ic registry system would reject any pilgrim who fails to fill in all the e-forms needed. Meanwhile, the ministry set special conditions prior to approving the prices set by each hajj convoy. The ministry also banned price variations according to nationality and urged all con- voys wishing to increase prices to justify the increase, leaving the final decision to it.
Bonds issued The Central Bank of Kuwait yesterday issued a three- month bond with a total value of KD 240 million in order to regulate liquidity in the banking sector. Meanwhile, the central bank urged local banks to moni- tor any suspicious charity transactions and reject depositing any sums in bank accounts belonging to bodies or charities that have not been licensed by the Ministry of Social Affairs and Labor (MSAL).
PAAET separation Treasurer of applied education colleges’ fund at the Public Authority for Applied Education and Training (PAAET) Shaaban Al-Rasheedi highly commended the finance ministry’s decision on rejecting the separa- tion of the education and the training sectors at PAAET because it was against the government’s rationalization and austerity plans. “There are 60,000 students in PAAET and we cannot manipulate their future,” he stressed, noting that separation calls would affect the number of diploma graduates and thus the government might have to hire expats instead. Rasheedi called for restructuring PAAET in a way to help make His Highness the Amir’s vision about turning Kuwait into a regional financial and commercial hub come true. THURSDAY, JUNE 9, 2016 LOCAL
wIn my vie Thanks to martyrs
By Abdullah Abbas Bowair
t gives me great pleasure today to talk about my family and the families of martyrs. The happiest Imoments of my life are when I talk about your His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah receives greetings KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah receives and your children’s sacrifices, for which all words of from Ramadan well-wishers. greetings from veteran astronomer Dr Saleh Al-Ujairi. —Amiri Diwan photos appreciation in this world are not enough, for peo- ple who willingly sacrificed their lives and blood in defense of this beloved land - Kuwait. My story is not a modern one. It goes way back to January 1991 when coalition troops attacked the aggressor’s troops who were unlawfully in Kuwait. Along with some friends, me and my brother were driving in Jabriya when we came across an Iraqi checkpoint. One of the guards asked for our IDs. We held newly-made fake ones that had been issued for us by someone in the military a short while ear- lier because some of us were with the military and others were posted in some sensitive government positions. Handing over the IDs to the Iraqi soldier, he smiled at me and said: “This is a brand new ID... have you just received it? Why didn’t you put it in the sun for a while to make it look like an old one? This ID is fake and you will be executed for it,” he said, and kept repeating his words about execution. He then took me to Jabriya police station, where screams could be heard from everywhere. A police officer told me to wait until the officer in-charge arrived. Well, to cut it short, thanks be to Allah, we were later released. What I am trying to Dr Saleh Al-Ujairi greets His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Former MP Jassem Al-Saqr greets His Highness the Amir. say is that I have experienced those days with many Al-Hamad Al-Sabah. others of our children and some of us were released Ramadan well-wishers continue while others were martyred for the love of this land. Alghanim Industries congratulating Amir, Sabah family introduces gender diversity agenda in UAE Qatari Amir visits Kuwait today KUWAIT/UAE: Alghanim Industries yesterday KUWAIT: Well-wishers continued to arrive Sabah, His Highness the Crown Prince one family and fraternity of Kuwait, Amiri Thani and his accompanying delegation announced that it is introducing improved poli- at Al-Sabah Diwan in Bayan Palace on the Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al- Diwan said in a statement Tuesday, wish- are set to arrive to Kuwait today on a cies to promote gender diversity across the GCC. second day of the Holy Month of Ramadan Sabah, and Al-Sabah family on the occa- ing a happy return for such an occasion brotherly visit, during which he will con- The improved policies are applied and in effect to congratulate His Highness the Amir sion. The reception, attended by citizens with blessings on all. Meanwhile, the Amir gratulate His Highness the Amir on the across all Alghanim Industries departments and Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al- and expatriates, reflected the spirit of the of Qatar Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al- Holy month of Ramadan. — KUNA businesses in Kuwait, and now are being intro- duced across the company’s businesses in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), including Wendy’s franchising operation, Kirby Building Systems fac- tory in Ras al-Khaimah, sales offices in Dubai and Abu Dhabi, as well as KIMMCO sales office in Dubai. Alghanim Industries is one of the largest conglomerates in the Middle East, with more than 30 businesses in 40 countries. These new policies, which reflect Alghanim Industries’ ongoing commitment to gender diver- sity, will provide the following in the company’s UAE businesses: • Up to 90 days paid maternity leave (time can be used before and/or after delivery) • Option to extend unpaid maternity leave for a total of 4 months • Guaranteed two-hour nursing break during working hours, until child reaches the age of two • Policies ensuring Equal Opportunity and Non- Discrimination in all aspects of employment These policies are in-line with Alghanim Industries’ gender diversity agenda, which aims to His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah receives greet- Director General of the Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences Dr increase the number of working women in the pri- ings from Archbishop Anba Bishoy Bigol, Patron of the Coptic Orthodox Church in Kuwait. Adnan Shihab Eldin greets His Highness the Crown Prince. vate sector. Alghanim Industries CEO Omar Kutayba Alghanim is the driver of this initiative, which he discussed at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, earlier this year; this same topic grounded his opening remarks at the ‘Women in the Corporate World’ Conference host- ed by Alghanim Industries and Gulf Bank last month in Kuwait. The Middle East gender gap is three times larg- er than most developed nations, IMF statistics show. These same statistics suggest, further, that if the gap was narrowed by just one-third, regional GDP would grow by 6 percent a year, which trans- lates to a staggering $1 trillion annually. Alghanim Industries recently established a Diversity and Inclusion Steering Committee to focus on these sorts of issues. In addition to improved maternity benefits, the company has instituted a number of recruit- ment and retention policies that support women. The goal, in all cases, is to help make the corpo- MP Adnan Abdulsamad greets Sheikh Jaber Al-Abdullah Al-Sabah. Bader Al-Kharafi greets Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Sabah. rate culture more appealing to women and their families. Commenting on this initiative, George Lambros, Alghanim Industries Chief Human Resources Officer, said: “Increasing our maternity IOM Kuwait holds campaign leave benefits is just the first step. We continue to change and improve our policies to encourage on human trafficking the hiring and retaining of more women. Alghanim Industries is at the forefront of this piv- KUWAIT: The International Organization not know the true extent of the negative otal issue, and we hope to drive positive change for Migration (IOM) in Kuwait launched its impact of trafficking in persons and also in all markets.” second awareness campaign at shopping the definition of the efforts of the State of Also commenting on the change, Phil Broad, malls around the country under the aus- Kuwait and humanitarian role and leader- Vice President of Food and Beverage at Alghanim pices of the Deputy Prime Minister and ship position in combating this crime Industries, oversees Wendy’s Middle East, said: “We Minister of Interior Sheikh Mohammed which occurs worldwide,” said Iman are delighted with this shift in policy, which fur- Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah. Ereiqat, IOM Kuwait Chief of Mission. ther highlights Alghanim Industries as a forward- The campaign, titled ‘Together Against The current campaign builds on the thinking company. Our approach to gender equal- Trafficking in Persons’ previous awareness campaign which ity sets us apart in the region and gives us a com- (#TogetherAgainstTraffickingInPersons), was conducted by IOM in September petitive advantage in our ability to draw and aims to familiarize the public with the diffi- 2015 under the auspices of Sheikh employ women - half of the UAE’s talent pool. We culties experienced by trafficked persons, Salman Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah, will continue developing Wendy’s Middle East, which include deception by the recruiter, Minister of Information and Minister of ensuring that we provide our customers with the abuse and exploitation by the employer. It State for Youth Affairs. quality and value they deserve at the best prices.” also aims to build the public’s ability to This positive cooperation between the Alghanim Industries, which acquired the Wendy’s identify victims of trafficking, and publicize International Organization for Migration master franchise in 2015, currently owns and resources from the government of Kuwait and the State of Kuwait is a reflection of operates 17 stores in the UAE, and plans to open restaurants across the Middle East and North KUWAIT: The Ambassador of Japan to Kuwait Takashi Ashiki visited Kuwait Times that are available to victims of trafficking. the interest of important and sensitive Africa regions. and discussed matters of mutual concern with Editor-in-Chief Abd Al-Rahman Al- “It is important to create awareness issues of vulnerable groups of society and Alyan.—Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat among the community, as many people do its commitment to social responsibility. 4 THURSDAY, JUNE 9, 2016
KUWAIT: Movenpick Hotel hosted a ‘graish’ event for media personalities to commemorate the advent of the holy month of Ramadan. — Photos by Joseph Shagra
Young Voices ‘Kuwait is my home and my family and friends are here’
By Ben Garcia
KUWAIT: Nearly a quarter of Kuwait’s entire population is under the age of 14 and yet with the excep- tion of school assemblies, we never hear their voices. During Ramadan, Kuwait Times likes to publish a special series that engages with its readership in a more direct, personal way to learn their concerns, issues and viewpoints. This Ramadan, we will chat with some of our youngest readers about their lives in Kuwait, in an attempt to see the world through their eyes. What do they see for the future of our beautiful country? What would they improve and how would they change it? By listening to their future plans, stories, and experience in Ramadan, we can remind ourselves and hopefully our readers of the ties that bind us all together as a species. These are the voice of Kuwait’s future and we invite them to share their thoughts with us here.
Kandace Mae Umandap, a student at The New niques so she can protect and fight for her mom in the Kuwait Philippines International School, underwent a event of an unexpected attack. “This is part of my goal - traumatic experience in Manila. She was with her moth- to be a good karate expert,” she laughed. She likes hot er when her mom’s bag was snatched by two men rid- chocolate at Crumbs Restaurant and enjoys the zip line ing on a motorcycle. Kandace was shocked watching on Gulf Road with her parents during days off. “I like to her mom cry. At that time, they were supposed to play with my friends by the seaside, but also I love to watch a movie at one of the malls nearby in Makati City. play with my classmates at school,” she said. “In Kuwait, there is no bag snatching. I don’t see motor- At home, she likes playing with her dolls and watch- cycle riders here, so we are safe,” the small girl told ing ‘Frozen’ and ‘Cinderella’. “I also liked a small kitten I Kuwait Times of her unforgettable experience. had before, but my mom gave it away because I got an Kandace was born in the Philippines but was allergy. The doctor told my mom to remove any pets at brought to Kuwait months after her birth. “I love Kuwait home. But I cried - I loved my ‘Memeng’ (the name of in many ways - this is my home and my family and her kitten),” Kandace said. friends are here. I don’t have many friends in the Kandace is a Christian, but she knows about Philippines, so I love Kuwait,” she said. Ramadan - no food in the day and candies in the night! Kandace wants to become a doctor when she grows If you would like your child to be interviewed for this up, and vowed to learn karate and kickboxing tech- special series, please email us at [email protected]
4. What is the greatest verse of the Holy Quran?
Aayat al-Kursi.
THURSDAY, JUNE 9, 2016 LOCAL Kuwait Ranks 51 Out of 163 in Global Peace Index 2016 2 out of 20 MENA countries
l Violence impacted Kuwait’s economy by $18.47 billion over the last year, 9 percent of Kuwait’s GDP, or $4921 per person. l The economic impact of violence on the global economy totaled $13.6 trillion or 13.3 percent of gross world product, equivalent to 11 times the size of global foreign direct investment. l The economic impact of violence was $137 trillion over the last decade - greater than global GDP in 2015. l The world became less peaceful in 2016, reinforcing an underlying decade-long deterioration in world peacefulness driven primarily by increased terrorism and higher levels of political instability. KUWAIT: These photos provided by the Interior Ministry shows some of the l Refugees and displaced persons have risen dramatically over the last decade, doubling to approxi- beggars arrested yesterday. mately 60 million people between 2007 and 2016, nearly 1 percent of the world’s population.
LONDON: Kuwait is ranked as the 51st most not experiencing a terrorist incident. Europe, Violence expenditure Twenty beggars peaceful country in the Global Peace Index which was once again the most peaceful region “In 2015, violence containment expenditure in (GPI) 2016 released today, a deterioration of 15 in the world, saw its average score deteriorate in Kuwait totaled $18.5 billion PPP, a decrease of from last year’s rank, and is ranked second out this year’s report in the wake of terrorism inci- two percent from 2008. At nine percent of GDP arrested so far of the 20 countries in the Middle East and dents in Paris and Brussels, with deaths from this was ranked 61st in the world. Addressing the North Africa region. terrorism in Europe having more than doubled global disparity in peace and achieving an overall By Hanan Al-Saadoun The tenth edition of the GPI highlights a over the last five years. 10 percent decrease in the economic impact of stark and growing inequality in global levels of violence would produce a peace dividend of KUWAIT: Security forces arrested 20 female peacefulness as the gap between the most and Refugees $1.36 trillion. This is approximately equivalent to and male beggars in various areas around least peaceful countries continues to widen. The The number of refugees and displaced per- the size of world food exports.” Kuwait, the Ministry of Interior’s (MoI) secu- study, by international think-tank the Institute sons has risen dramatically over the last decade, Europe was once again ranked the most rity media and relations department for Economics and Peace, finds that, while 81 doubling to approximately 60 million people peaceful region in the world. The largest announced yesterday. The department countries improved, the deterioration in anoth- between 2007 and 2016, nearly 1 percent of the improvement since last year occurred in Central announced that the beggars included: er 79 outweighed these gains, meaning that world’s population. There are now nine countries America and the Caribbean, while South l Ghazi Ali (56), Indian sponsored by peace declined at a faster rate than in the previ- with more than 10 percent of their population America also made progress in its levels of Khalaf Hamed Al-Shemmari ous year. Despite this some of the most peaceful displaced in some form; 20 percent of Somalia peacefulness. MENA had the largest decline, fol- l Warda Nabil Shawqi (32), Jordanian countries are now recording historically high and South Sudan’s population respectively, and lowed by Sub-Saharan Africa, Europe and Asia sponsored by husband Hamza Ali levels of peace. over 60 percent of Syria’s. Pacific respectively. MENA, which was already l Zainah Hamza Ali (6), Jordanian spon- In the last decade Kuwait has deteriorated in While the global economic impact of violence ranked the lowest in the 2015 GPI, had the sored by father Hamza Ali peace by six percent largely due to deteriorations dropped by 2 percent when compared to last biggest deterioration in peace this year, as the l Mohammed Hamzah Ali (5), Jordanian in the indicator measuring political instability. civil wars in Syria and Yemen deepened and led sponsored by father Hamza Ali The score for the Middle East and Africa (MENA), to increased external intervention. Yemen, l Lakshoma Banjala (30), housemaid the least peaceful region in the world in last whose long-standing political crisis exploded arrested near mosque and sponsored by year’s report, dropped further as regional con- into outright civil war in early 2015, witnessed a citizen Tafla Hezam flicts intensified, dragging down global peaceful- large slump, driven by the rising causality rate, a l Abeer Jum’a Mohsen Zulaikhat, ness. So intense is the current concentration of large increase in the number of refugees and Jordanian sponsored by Rami Sultan violence and conflict in MENA that, when consid- internally displaced people, and higher levels of Mohsen Zulaikhat (article 22) ered separately, the rest of the world’s average terrorist attacks by both al-Qaeda and IS. l Farida Khalil Tawfiq Al-Jonaidat, Al-Azmi’s farm (Article 18) peace levels improved. Three of the five biggest Jordanian sponsored by Hamed Zaki l Mubarak Mohammed Sahrif, Indian declines in peace occurred in the region includ- Goal 16 Hilal Nada (Article 22) sponsored by Mohammed Sahrif Meraci ing Yemen, Libya and Bahrain. year’s report, it was still a staggering $13.6 trillion The report also provides an audit of the avail- l Do’aa Mohsen Al-Sayyed Mustafa, (Article 22) Steve Killelea, Founder and Executive in 2015, equivalent to 11 times the size of global able data to measure Goal 16 of the Sustainable Egyptian sponsored by Omran Kamel The department explained that the sus- Chairman of the IEP observed, “As internal con- foreign direct investment. This represents 13.3 Development Goals - the UN member states for- Khalil Al-Gada’ (article 22) pects were arrested while wandering and flicts in MENA become more entrenched, exter- percent of world GDP, or $1,876 per person. In mal recognition of the critical nature of peace- l Rowayda Saltti Al-Saleh, Jordanian begging in crowded places and outside nal parties are increasingly becoming more the last ten years the economic impact of vio- fulness in advancing global development. It sponsored by Majid Mohsen Ahmed mosques, and that various sums of money involved and the potential for indirect or ‘war by lence was $137 trillion; greater than global GDP finds that, while there is some existing data to Obaid (Article 22) they had collected was found with them. proxy’ between nation states is rising. This was in 2015. track progress and therefore hold member l Badriya Fazza’ Sha’ban Al-Zabeel, spon- The department added that legal measures already evident in Syria with the conflict Steve Killelea remarked, “The increasing inter- states accountable to meeting their targets, sored by Torki Mohasen Ahmed are currently being taken against both the between the Assad regime and multiple non- nationalization of internal conflicts has coincided serious investment will need to be made to Zulaikhat (Article 22) beggars and their sponsors, noting that state actors, and is now spilling into countries with UN peacekeeping funding reaching record measure the goals. l Ali Khayyami Mohammed Mansour, some had been already deported and such as Yemen.” highs in 2016: it was the largest improved indica- The report concludes with new research into Egyptian sponsored by Al-Sahel Al- banned from returning to Kuwait and that The global deterioration in peace in 2015 tor in this year’s report with more deployed resilience and what the IEP identifies as ‘Positive Janounbi fish restaurant (Article 18) others were referred to juvenile police was driven by increased terrorism and higher peacekeepers and more countries being up-to- Peace’; the attitudes, institutions and structures l Amal Hussein Juda Jaber (Non-Kuwaiti) pending further measures. Moreover, the levels of political instability. While the majority date with their UN peacekeeping dues. However, which sustain peace. It finds that, over the l Mustafa Mohammed Darweesh, department underlined that all sponsors of terrorist activity is highly concentrated in five peacebuilding and peacekeeping spending course of the decade, 13 times more lives were Jordanian on tourist visa sponsored by were summoned so that proper measures countries - Syria, Iraq, Nigeria, Afghanistan and remains proportionately small compared to the lost in natural disasters in low Positive Peace Palzio Hotel could be taken against them, including Pakistan - the breadth of terrorism is spreading, economic impact of violence, representing just countries than in countries which are high in l Warna Poraji, Sri Lankan sponsored by blacklisting and rejecting any future spon- with only 23 percent of countries in the Index two percent of global losses from armed conflict. Positive Peace. Wael Ismael Al-Ballam (Article 20) sorship applications they file. l Ahmed Ali Ali Moghtan, Yemeni infiltra- tor. Injuries l Najima Mohammed Sahidu, Sri Lankan A 22-year-old Iranian male yesterday sponsored by Bashayer Al-Hana sustained a hand injury when his vehicle Livestock Establishment (Article 18) collided into another in Salmiya, said secu- l Fijaya Judissi, Indian reported abscond- rity sources. Meanwhile, a 20-year-old ing (Article 20) Kuwaiti man broke his collarbone when he l Mufida Fuad Saeed Fares, Jordanian fell while playing football in the courts out- sponsored by Rabee’ Badee’ Saeed Fares, side Aqua Park, said security sources. Also, Jordanian (Article 22) a 37-year-old Indian sustained a head l Yousif Jassir Mohammed Awwad, injury when his vehicle collided into anoth- Jordanian sponsored by Farhan Mefleh er along King Faisal Expressway.
Worker died of natural causes at home, not workplace: KOC KUWAIT: Kuwait Oil Company (KOC) has Drilling Company, passed away from nat- denied recent reports posted on social ural causes at the workers’ residence not media networks regarding the death of a workplace, KOC’s Spokesman, Deputy one of the company’s workers at his CEO for Administrative and Financial workplace. The deceased, who worked Affairs Saad Al-Azmi stated in a press for a contractor affiliated with Burgan statement. —KUNA
Zain celebrates outstanding academic achievements of high school graduates ‘You are our Wonderful World’ KUWAIT: Under the theme ‘You are our Wonderful World,’ Zain, the leading telecommunications com- pany in Kuwait, hosted a special ceremony to honor the outstand- ing achievements of top high school graduates among all high schools in Kuwait. The ceremony was held at Zain’s main headquar- ters in Shuwaikh, and witnessed KFH PR and Voluntary team preparing the Breakfast meals the presence of the company’s Chief Executive Officer Eaman Al- Roudhan and The Assistant Director KFH launches ‘Feed a of Student Activities at the Ministry of Education, Faisal Maqseed. Fasting Person’ campaign Every year, Zain strives to play a leading role in recognizing the KUWAIT: Kuwait Finance House (KFH) It is worth noting that KFH has up its achievements of top-performing launched; Feed a Fasting Person; campaign sleeves an eventful Ramadan program as it students who exceled in their edu- as part of its Ramadan activities. This step will distribute breakfast meals and organize cational journey, and this year the comes as part of KFH’s charity activities that breakfast feasts in recognition of the efforts company was determined to gath- underline its Islamic identity, while reinforce exerted by workers and those who are on er outstanding students and their for your achievement today”. tion for your future lives. “ porting young people in their its firm commitment towards its social and duties during iftar time. The bank will distrib- families together to recognize their Roudhan continued: “we all Roudhan went on to stress that, development through a wide vari- humanitarian responsibility. ute confection (Gergean), visit hospitals, dis- efforts and accomplishments. understand the feeling of happi- as a leading national company, Zain ety of community activities and KFH public relations team along with a tribute Ramadan gifts to patients, reinforce During her speech, Roudhan ness and pride you’re experiencing firmly believes in the importance of events, including graduation cere- number of volunteers at the bank distributed the voluntary activities and so forth. said, “today we celebrate a new following all the effort you exerted contributing to the progress of the monies, award programs, and edu- breakfast meals at Bayan Palace that is teem- KFH is keen on reinforcing the humanitar- generation of Kuwait’s top-per- to achieve your dreams. Zain shares education sector, and looks to cational and career development ing with fasting people waiting for Maghreb ian values among society individuals, spread forming students, a generation that in your joy, and together with your empower and prepare the youth initiatives. The company’s solid Azan. KFH’s efforts in Ramadan reinforce love and brotherhood and strengthen the worked hard and exerted great families, we are exceptionally for the important roles they will CSSR strategy is what drives Zain to bank’s role in the field of social responsibility, traditions which Kuwait society has honored efforts in reaching their academic proud of you. You are an example play in the further progress of the continue being committed to sup- and contributes in easing the suffering of and cherished for generations during the goals. I take this opportunity to to your peers, and are well on your country. port all sectors of society in a posi- low-income segments of society. holy month of Ramadan. congratulate you and your families way to building a strong founda- Zain is fully committed to sup- tive manner. Three killed in Turkey attacks Page 8
THURSDAY, JUNE 9, 2016 Clinton, Trump kick off their White House war
WASHINGTON: The protagonists are set: ‘No out-Trumping Trump’ Hillary Clinton versus Donald Trump. The The trajectory of the race is unlikely to battleground? Fifty states. Voters will now soar into loftier issues. Norman Ornstein, a be treated to a historic, bruising spectacle resident scholar at the American as two of America’s most polarizing figures Enterprise Institute, feared the race will be wage war for the White House. On the less a battle over substance like the econ- Democratic side is a candidate rich with omy or foreign policy than a clash of two political experience, a pioneering if con- outsized personalities. “Clinton has deep troversial stateswoman embracing her knowledge and detailed platforms, but chance to become the nation’s first female because Trump doesn’t have any, nobody commander-in-chief. focuses on the differences,” Ornstein told The Republican standing in her way is AFP in an interview. “And because we have the brash billionaire businessman and two candidates who are more distrusted political neophyte who rewrote the cam- than trusted, more disliked than liked, this paign playbook as he vanquished his becomes a race to the bottom.” many rivals for the nomination with a Clinton will be looking to exploit the mudslinging unparalleled in modern various controversies ensnaring Trump- American politics. The ferocity of the pri- most recently his criticism of a Mexican- maries-Americans and many around the American federal judge, which sparked world had never seen a modern US presi- uproar within his own party-as a way to dential race play out with such insulting enhance her own resume. “There’s no out- and denigrating attacks-promises to be Trumping Trump, he is an extremely tal- just a preview of what is in store for the ented unique character,” said Tim Miller, a general election. former communications adviser to Clinton, the former secretary of state, Republican Jeb Bush, one of the many euphorically seized the Democratic Party candidates defeated by Trump in the pri- mantle Tuesday, seizing the nomination in maries. “Getting down in a mud-wrestling dramatic fashion with primary wins in four fight with him is going to be a loser. She of six states including the grand prize, has to focus on the issues that drive her California. On perhaps the biggest night of base” of minorities and women and inspire her political career, as she declared a his- young voters, Miller said. toric milestone for women, she assailed Trump for his divisiveness and his trade- ‘Temperamentally unfit’ mark slogan, “Make America Great Again.” But she will also need to make a com- “That’s code for let’s take America back- pelling case for supporters of her ward,” she said, “back to a time when Democratic rival, Bernie Sanders, to opportunity and dignity were reserved for embrace her campaign to defeat Trump in some, not all.” “Don’t let anyone tell you November. Trump, beating Clinton to the that great things can’t happen in America,” punch Tuesday, extended an olive branch she said. to Sanders’ supporters, saying: “We wel- Trump was pledging a tough fight, come you with open arms.” choosing to lay into Clinton in his own Sanders refused to capitulate Tuesday, NEW YORK: US Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks following primary elections in Briarcliff Manor, New York. Trump presumptive victory speech and accusing vowing to “continue the fight” to the final spoke to the media at Trump National Golf Club. —- AFP her and her former president husband Bill Democratic primary in the capital of enriching themselves by “selling access, Washington next week, and then on to the Obama is soon expected to offer a formal earned plaudits from Democrats for her achievement. “Any time a glass ceiling is selling favors, selling government con- Democratic convention in July. But the endorsement of the 68-year-old Clinton, blistering critique of Trump as “tempera- shattered, it’s important,” he said. But he tracts.” And he signaled there would be no Vermont senator meets on Thursday with perhaps serving to coax hardline “Bernie or mentally unfit” to be president, a line of was quick to note that Clinton is capable honeymoon, announcing a “major speech” President Barack Obama-perhaps a sign bust” fans back into the party tent. attack she repeated Tuesday night. of turning tough in an instant. “If Hillary for early next week in which he will that Obama will play a significant role in Clinton has appeared completely Howard Dean, the former Vermont gover- Clinton continues to campaign the way address “all of the things that have taken uniting a deeply divided Democratic party dialed in to combating Trump, especially nor who ran for president in 2004, said he she did last week in San Diego, I think place with the Clintons.” to battle the 69-year-old real estate mogul. since last week in San Diego when she was impressed with Clinton’s historic Trump is toast,” he said. — AFP THURSDAY, JUNE 9, 2016 INTERNATIONAL
Saudi to showcase arts in reform drive
JEDDAH: Saudi Arabia said it plans to types of the kingdom, whose rights ranging National Transformation is actually to provide institutions that 180 countries on the Reporters showcase the arts and grow its media record is regularly criticized abroad. Program (NTP) which sets targets for can display their work, that can sup- Without Borders World Press Freedom industry to counter negative stereo- The initiatives are part of the wide- diversifying the oil-dependent econo- port them, that can provide them with Index. The case of blogger Raif Badawi, my. “The intention also is to transform grants, scholarships, to pursue their who promoted free speech, generated the society”, Culture and Information dreams of creating art,” he said. The worldwide concern. Arrested in 2012, Minister Adel Al-Turaifi told reporters NTP targets 16,100 media and related he is serving 10 years in jail and has on the sidelines of a briefing about the jobs by 2020, up from 10,000 now. received 50 lashes of a 1,000 lash sen- NTP, which was endorsed by cabinet Underlying the project is a goal of tence. At the same press conference, late Monday. improving the kingdom’s image and Minister of Transport Suleiman Al- Saudi Arabia, an absolute Islamic promoting its culture, the minister Hamdan said he wants to lower the monarchy, has no public cinemas or said. “During the last few decades kingdom’s “painful” road death toll theatres, though private showings do accusations and stereotyping was under the NTP. take place. But under the NTP a Royal instilled about Saudi Arabia,” he said. World Health Organization data Arts Complex would be developed, as show that Saudi Arabia, whose oil well as a Media City. Although small Reform drive wealth led to a proliferation of cars art exhibitions have occurred, the Asked whether the level of freedom and highways, has a road death rate Wahhabi Islamic thought on which the of speech in the kingdom allows arts comparable to that of impoverished kingdom is founded forbids paintings and media to flourish, he said Saudi African countries. “The percentage of of the human form. Turaifi told a press newspapers “every day” carry criti- car accidents is very high and the per- conference that although some Saudi cisms of government programs. centage of deaths is very high,” artists and performers have exhibited Feedback is also important for the Hamdan said. “This is catastrophic.” and gained popularity abroad, they NTP’s success, he said. In an unusual Reckless driving and minor crashes are “did not find the platform and space to display of public accessibility, govern- an every day sight on the kingdom’s support them” at home. ment ministers every night this week streets. Hamdan said intensified edu- That will change with the Arts are answering questions from local cation along with better policing and Complex which “would help convey a and foreign reporters on national tele- ambulance services are among the JEDDAH: In this file photo, Saudis chant traditional songs during a bar- picture of Saudi Arabia to the world,” vision. measures to reduce the toll. More becue party at the outskirts of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia has he said in the press conference with The NTP is part of Saudi Arabia’s broadly, the NTP aims to link all of the unveiled the details of the first phase of its ambitious overhaul for the other ministers. Similarly, the Media Vision 2030 reform drive led by kingdom’s transport networks to economy, part of a plan to wean the country off its reliance on oil City will develop the production skills Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin exploit its geographic position exports and prepare the kingdom for the millions of young people who of young Saudis and create local con- Salman, 30, to wean the world’s largest between Europe, Asia and Africa, will be seeking jobs and affordable housing in the coming years. —AP tent which so far is “very limited”, oil exporter off its traditional source of becoming a “first class” logistics hub, Turaifi said. “What we’re aiming to do revenue. Saudi Arabia ranks 165 out of he said. —AFP 3 die in Turkey bombing Prime Minister blames attack on ‘killer PKK’
ANKARA: Three people were soil that have killed well over 200 have been confirmed dead so far Protest at funeral killed and dozens injured in a car people in the past year and have while 30 people were injured. The Yildirim yesterday attended the bombing yesterday at a police sta- been blamed on, or claimed by, police station blast comes a day funeral at an Istanbul mosque of tion in southeast Turkey, a day Kurdish militants and Islamic State after a bombing in the heart of police officers killed Tuesday. He after 11 people were killed in an (IS) jihadists. Images carried by Istanbul killed 11 people, including was alongside former president attack on police in Istanbul. Prime Turkish media showed a massive several police, the latest in a spate Abdullah Gul and opposition Minister Binali Yildirim blamed the plume of black smoke rising from of attacks in Turkey’s largest city. leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu. Coffins attack on the “killer PKK”, referring the rubble of the severely dam- The government yesterday put the of fallen officers were draped with to the outlawed rebel Kurdistan aged police station in the town of toll at six officers and five civilians. red and white Turkish flags as Workers’ Party. “We will fight them Midyat near the Syrian border. There was no claim of responsibili- mourners shouted: “Damn terror” both in urban centers and rural The windows of houses in the ty for the Istanbul bombing but and “Martyrs never die and the areas with determination,” he neighborhood were shattered by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan homeland will never be divided.” A vowed. Turkey remains on high the force of the blast. Yildirim said too suggested that Kurdish mili- group of mourners protested alert after multiple attacks on its one police officer and two civilians tants were behind it. Kilicdaroglu, who heads the secu- lar Republican People’s Party (CHP), tearing a wreath he had laid for the victims. “You are a killer!” mourners shouted at Kilicdaroglu, according to Turkish television. Kilicdaroglu has been accused in some quarters of failing to give enough support to the govern- ment’s Kurdish policy. The Turkish premier later visited the blast scene in Istanbul’s Beyazit district and spoke with shopkeepers. Some damaged buildings in the area were covered with white ISTANBUL: Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan visits a woman injured tarps and Turkish flags were hang- by a bomb blast in the Vezneciler district of Istanbul at the Haseki Training ing over some apartments, an AFP and Research Hospital in Istanbul. —AFP video journalist reported. Turkey has been on edge for months after a string of deadly attacks. A radical Turkish leader approves splinter group of the PKK, the Kurdistan Freedom Falcons (TAK), lifting of MPs’ immunity claimed responsibility for two bombings in Ankara earlier this ANKARA: Turkish President Recep Tayyip insurgency in the southeast. Should a year that killed dozens of people. Erdogan has signed into law a reform lift- number of HDP deputies leave parliament, Violence flared last year between ing immunity for lawmakers, his office said, it would ease the way for Erdogan to real- Kurdish rebels and government in a move critics believe is aimed at evict- ize his aim of changing the constitution to forces, shattering a 2013 ceasefire ing pro-Kurdish MPs from parliament. create a presidential system and further reached after secret talks between Erdogan’s approval came late Tuesday, less beef up his powers. PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan and than a month after parliament adopted The HDP, the third largest party group MIDYAT: People stand near the Midyat police station as smoke rises from it after an explosion the Turkish state. the highly controversial reform, which lifts in parliament, has said the bill, passed by yesterday in southeast Turkey in Midyat. Three people were killed and dozens injured in a car Turkey has been waging an the immunity of 138 deputies from all par- parliament on May 20, could lead to the bombing yesterday at a police station in southeast Turkey, a day before 11 people were killed in intense offensive against the PKK, ties who face potential prosecution. The prosecution of 50 of its deputies out of its an attack on police in Istanbul. —AFP deploying tanks in several towns pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party total contingent of 59. Earlier this month, in the southeast in recent months (HDP) says the measure, drafted and the HDP’s charismatic co-leader Selahettin to “cleanse” them of rebel ele- backed by Erdogan’s Justice and Demirtas said he was “not afraid of being ments. Activists have accused the Development Party (AKP), is squarely put on trial”. He said however that the security forces of causing huge aimed at expelling its members from par- accusations he and other party MPs faced destruction and killing civilians. liament. stemmed from a search for “political But the government says the Erdogan’s government sees the HDP as revenge”. German Chancellor Angela operations are essential for public a political front for the Kurdistan Workers’ Merkel last month told Erdogan of her safety, blaming the PKK-listed as a Party (PKK), considered a terrorist group by “deep concern” over the law. Following the Ankara and its Western allies. The reform collapse of a two-year ceasefire in mid- terror group by Ankara and its could see dozens of HDP deputies facing 2015, Turkey has been waging an intense Western allies-for the damage. criminal prosecution and losing parliamen- offensive against PKK militants and the Erdogan late Tuesday signed into tary seats on accusations of supporting the renewed conflict has claimed hundreds of law a reform lifting immunity for PKK, which has waged a three-decade lives. —AFP lawmakers, in a move critics believe is aimed at evicting pro- Kurdish MPs from parliament. ‘New life’ for Syrians returning Erdogan’s government sees the Peoples’ Democracy Party (HDP) as to Islamic State-free villages a political front for the PKK. Over 40,000 people have been killed KHIRDEH: For the first time in more than two ‘Being safe is enough’ since the PKK took up arms in years, Awash Al-Aboud looked out at her village in Abu Mohammad, 35, from the farming town 1984 demanding an independent northern Syria wearing a fearless grin instead of of Abu Qulqul, said life under IS rule was so state for Kurds. Since then the the black veil imposed by the Islamic State group. expensive that some residents were tempted to group has narrowed its demands The elderly woman was among hundreds of resi- join the jihadists. “They used to tell us that who- to greater autonomy and cultural dents who returned this week to villages recap- ever wants to live well must join our ranks, but I rights. NATO-member Turkey is tured by the Syrian Democratic Forces, a Kurdish- refused. I preferred to starve than to join them also a member of the US-led coali- Arab alliance advancing on the jihadist stronghold and oppress my brothers,” he said. His wife, tion fighting the IS group, which of Manbij. “For the past two and a half years, I felt wearing a bright headscarf and carrying a tod- controls large swathes of territory like I was living among the dead because of the dler on her back, held up her arm and began to in neighboring Syria and Iraq. terror that IS imposed on us,” she said. Wearing an ululate-a sign of celebration and joy. “Just being Ankara blames the jihadists for indigo-colored robe, Aboud said that she fled her safe is enough,” she said. ISTANBUL: A woman reacts in Istanbul during the funeral ceremony of police officers Gokhan two suicide blasts in Istanbul this village of Khirdeh, located between Manbij and On the outskirts of the village, a suntanned Topcu and Kadir Cihan Karagozlu, killed the day before in a bomb explosion targeting a police year, in which a total of 15 tourists the Euphrates river, along with other residents as man in a long robe and green vest took his bus in Beyazit district. —AFP were killed. —AFP SDF fighters approached last week. flock of sheep out to the nearby plains. Standing amid a gaggle of young children, she Architect Khalaf Al-Moussa, from nearby Qana said that when IS controlled her village she had Al-Tahtani, said IS had imposed a system of Erasing gang graffiti in El Salvador town been forced to wear the black, full-face veil pre- fines and punishments during its rule over his scribed by its ultra-conservative form of Islamic law. hometown, also east of Manbij. “We couldn’t SAN SALVADOR: Police and soldiers on Tuesday painted their faces covered to hide their identities, wielded brush- back the gang’s visible presence in the town, added to a “Today, a new life has started for us. We’re so glad roll up our trouser legs while we were farming over gang graffiti in a town in El Salvador as part of a vig- es and paint cans to cover over letters and symbols graffi- raft of government measures taken in recent weeks to to be done with Daesh,” she said, using an Arabic our land-every time we did, they would fine us orous new campaign against criminal outfits that for tied on walls by the Mara Salvatrucha gang, a feared hem in MS-13 and Calle 18, the two main rival gangs, and acronym for IS.An AFP journalist travelled to several 1,000 Syrian pounds ($2),” he said, standing in decades have terrorized the Central American country. organization also known as MS-13. various smaller organizations. El Salvador is the country villages where the SDF, backed by US-led coalition front of a modest fruit orchard.”If someone “We are going to erase these tags as many times as is One security team was seen obscuring an expanse of with the highest murder rate in the world, outside of a war air strikes, has expelled IS. Arab fighters from the tried to criticize their behavior, they would sew needed,” police deputy commissioner Oscar Nuila vowed wall on which the words “Mara Salvatrucha” had been zone-around 20 homicides a day. Most of the violence is Kurdish-Arab alliance chatted with residents and his mouth shut for a while, or they would cut as the operation was conducted in Quezaltepeque, just painted in black letters. One soldier wrote the word “Paz” attributed to the gangs, which engage in killings and strolled between buildings, some damaged by US- his head off and hang him up for everyone to north of the capital San Salvador. Armed security officials, (“Peace” in Spanish) over it. The activity, aimed at rolling extortion. —AFP led coalition strikes or IS’s infamous car bombs. see,” Moussa added. —AFP INTERNATIONAL THURSDAY, JUNE 9, 2016
Language barriers, fear heighten woes in Flint water crisis
FLINT: Margarita Solis regularly drives to Flint in the country illegally have been afraid to distribution centers to load up on bottled provide information to anyone in exchange water, as thousands of residents have done in for water or other basic help lest they be the city coping with a lead-contaminated deported or questioned by law enforcement water crisis. One stop is a little farther afield officials. Officials with Our Lady of Guadalupe but feels like home: She goes to Our Lady of recognized the language and cultural barriers Guadalupe Church north of the city, where in January, when they started distributing the conversation with volunteers may be in supplies as well as information in English and Spanish. It’s nice for the 21-year-old Solis - a Spanish developed with the help of govern- church member and lifelong Flint resident ment officials. After concerns were raised, who speaks English and Spanish - but neces- government officials also stopped checking sary for her parents and others with Hispanic identification at official distribution sites. or Latino roots who speak little or no English. Advocates note improvements, with more “They always depend on me or my sib- documents and phone assistance being lings, who do know how to speak English made available in Spanish and other lan- well,” Solis said of her parents, who moved to guages. Still, it’s difficult to reach everyone Flint shortly before she was born and now are after concerns spread in the community. U.S. citizens. “So, sometimes, like for my mom, “I think it’s hard to convince people that she kind of has to wait around until we have there are safe places for them to come to - free time, because we go to school and work even at this point,” said Victoria Arteaga, a and everything.” local immigration attorney who attends and The city of nearly 100,000 has been deal- works at Our Lady of Guadalupe, where her ing with the lead contamination since switch- husband, Omar Odette, is the administrator. ing from the Detroit system, which draws “We still see people who are hesitant to go to from Lake Huron, to the Flint River in April these sites and ask for help. ... There’s always 2014 as a short-term measure to save money that fear that if I got in my car and get pulled while another pipeline to the lake was under over, something will happen.” She said it’s also construction. Last September, state officials likely some children aren’t having their blood acknowledged a failure to add chemicals to tested for lead because of those fears. And limit corrosion had enabled the river water to some might not see the right doctors to deal scrape lead from aging pipes, exposing peo- with lead contamination because people ple in some homes and schools to the potent must be US citizens or non-citizens meeting neurotoxin. certain criteria to get Medicaid. Those with- The struggles have been acute for mem- out documents have to rely on limited emer- bers of some Spanish-speaking households, gency services, she said. Arteaga says there who say it took several months to learn about are an estimated 1,000 people living illegally PERU: Peru’s President Ollanta Humala waves during a Flag Day ceremony on Tuesday, two days after the presidential run-off election.—AP the water problems and the need for filters. in the Flint area. Flint’s Latino community rep- State officials said there are no Spanish lan- resents at least 5 percent of the overall popu- guage print media or radio outlets in Flint lation, according to the federal Census, Presidential vote count drags devoted to news. What’s more, some people though she says it’s likely higher.—AP on, leaving Peruvians on edge Nail-biter race remains tight
LIMA: Economist Pedro Pablo Kuczynski clung more split this time around. About 1,200 hand- 18, fewer than the country’s main leftist alliance. to a thin lead over the daughter of a jailed for- written tallies representing up to 360,000 votes If Kuczynski holds onto his lead, it would be a mer president early yesterday as the count from were being disputed and were sent to a special stunning turnaround. Fujimori won April’s first Peru’s presidential election dragged on, straining electoral board for review, Mariano Cucho, the round of voting by more than 20 points in a field nerves in a nation divided after a polarizing cam- head of Peru’s electoral authority, told RPP Radio of 10 candidates and consistently led Kuczynski paign. With tallies from more than 98 percent of on Tuesday. Both candidates have remained in polls before Sunday’s runoff. polling stations counted, Kuczynski had 50.1 largely silent while awaiting final results of Peru’s Kuczynski, 77, managed to climb back in the percent of the votes compared with 49.9 percent tightest presidential race since 1962, a contest race by attacking his younger rival as a risk to for Keiko Fujimori, daughter of former strong- that ended in a military coup. “Tranquility and Peru’s young democracy. Playing on memories man Alberto Fujimori. The total number of votes serenity,” Kuczynski urged on Tuesday, amid of Alberto Fujimori’s well-known ties to corrup- separating them hovered just above 50,000. strained nerves among his supporters. “We have tion, organized crime and death squads, for While two quick counts showed Kuczynski to wait for the final verdict. We’re almost there.” which he’s serving a 25-year prison sentence, he prevailing in Sunday’s election, still being count- Regardless of who wins, half of voters are seized on string of scandals that hobbled ed are the ballots cast by 885,000 Peruvians eli- bound to be disappointed, making it harder for Fujimori in the final stretch. gible to vote abroad, the last of which are the next president to govern. Aides in both cam- PPK, as Kuczynski is almost universally known expected to arrive in Peru on Wednesday. paigns are jockeying for positions in an eventual in Peru, also benefited from a last-minute Peruvians living abroad, the majority in the alliance in congress, where Fujimori’s Popular endorsement by the third-place finisher in the FLINT: Margarita Solis, carries wipes as Rick Vasquez carries bottled water at Out United States, turned out massively for Fujimori Force won a solid majority of 73 of 130 seats. first round of voting, leftist congresswoman Lady of Guadalupe Church on May 25, 2016.—AP in the 2011 election but are expected to be Kuczynski’s fledgling movement will have just Veronika Mendoza.—AP Trump promises not to let GOP down as leaders grow worried Tamping down his caustic attacks BRIARCLIFF MANOR, NEW YORK: said Republicans angry at him should had mocked a disabled reporter. Donald Trump labored to convince fel- “get over it.” In his statement on the Ron Weiser, one of the recently low Republicans that he can broaden matter earlier, he said he’d been “mis- named top fundraisers for Trump and his appeal and move beyond controver- construed” and that he was “justified in the Republican Party, said the nominee’s sy, tamping down his caustic attacks questioning” treatment by the judge. attacks on Curiel are “obviously making and divisive remarks in a noticeably The controversy erupted because it more difficult” to raise money for muted speech after his final presidential Trump had repeatedly said US District Trump, whose opponent could have $1 primary wins. Judge Gonzalo Curiel could not preside billion at her disposal. “I understand the responsibility of fairly over a case involving Trump Stanley Hubbard, a Minnesota carrying the mantle” of the Republican University because of his Mexican her- broadcast company billionaire who Party, Trump said Tuesday night, reading itage. Many Republicans didn’t see it recently gave $100,000 to a pro-Trump from a teleprompter to supporters gath- that way, and the desire of his party to group, put it this way: “It’s ridiculous. ered at one of his golf courses. “I will unify behind him looked at risk of He’s out of line. You don’t attack a feder- never, ever let you down.” He added: “I unraveling. House Speaker Paul Ryan al judge, and you certainly don’t attack will make you proud of our party and described what Trump said as the “text- him on the heritage of his parents. It’s our movement.” Trump’s pitch came on book definition of a racist comment.” totally off the wall, and I don’t even have one of the toughest days of his unpre- Soon after, a GOP senator who had pre- words to explain it.” dictable campaign, as top Republican viously indicated support for Trump leaders and donors denounced as racist withdrew his backing. “I have concluded Supreme Court and troubling his comments about a that Donald Trump has not demonstrat- Only his fear of Clinton picking federal judge’s ethnicity. ed the temperament necessary to Supreme Court justices is enough to And it came as Democrat Hillary assume the greatest office in the world,” keep him giving money to Trump, Clinton, at a rally in Brooklyn, claimed Sen. Mark Kirk of Illinois, who is in a Hubbard said. The desire to win in the her place as the country’s first major competitive re-election race, said in a fall served as a way for even those party female presidential nominee by statement. Trump’s comments about denouncing Trump to explain their con- quickly invoking Trump as a contrast. the judge’s ethnicity, “in context with tinued backing of him. “This election is about who we are as a past attacks on Hispanics, women and Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., the only black nation. It’s about millions of Americans the disabled like me,” prompted Kirk to Republican senator, called Trump’s com- coming together to say, ‘We are better withdraw his support for his party’s ments on the judge “racially toxic” yet than this.’ “ While Trump sought to por- nominee, he said, though he also added said, “He needs to get on to the general tray himself as a unifier during his he does not support Clinton. election and we need to win.” Ryan, too, evening speech - drawing plaudits from Kirk suffered a stroke in 2012 and said he would still support Trump. Republican Party Chairman Reince often uses a wheelchair. His disavowal in Democrats questioned how Priebus for taking “exactly the right the wake of Trump’s comments about Republicans could condemn Trump’s approach” - hours earlier he continued the judge - the first of any leading comments while seeking to put him in to be strikingly defiant. Republican - followed the debut of a the White House. “If Republicans believe hard-hitting, multimillion-dollar televi- that a man who believes in religious and “Get over it” sion ad from Clinton allies. It reminded ethnic tests for federal judges is fit to be In an interview on Fox News, Trump voters in battleground states that Trump president of the United States, they must explain why this is an acceptable position,” said Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada. Clinton, in her Tuesday speech, called Trump “temperamentally unfit to be president and commander in chief.” Later, she said, “He wants to win by stok- ing fear and rubbing salt in wounds and reminding us daily just how great he is.” Mica Mosbacher, a Texas and New York fundraiser who backed Trump as soon as her preferred candidate Ted Cruz left the race, said her email has been “blowing up over the past few days” with notes from Republicans con- cerned about Trump’s comments. “It’s giving some of the donors heartburn, for sure,” she said. She said she has been pushing back, arguing that while she - and many oth- ers - “would personally not bring up a BRIARCLIFF MANOR, NEW YORK: Republican presidential candidate person’s origin, that’s just Trump’s style. Donald Trump is joined by his daughter Ivanka, left, and wife Melania as he He’s his own hatchet man. What you see speaks during a news conference at the Trump National Golf Club is what you get. His way is to throw Westchester on Tuesday.—AP bombs and spark a discussion.”—AP THURSDAY, JUNE 9, 2016 INTERNATIONAL Danish court convicts two of Kurdish rebel funding COPENHAGEN: A Danish appeals court Workers’ Party (PKK). two men-said by the local Ritzau news men had their acquittals by a district mainly Kurdish southeast, leaving three yesterday convicted two men of “terror Their sentences will be announced agency to be Kurdish-raised 4.5 million court upheld since it could not be proven people dead and injuring dozens. funding” for raising millions of Euros for next week. The Eastern High Court said in kroner and 29 million kroner, respective- that they knew Roj TV would send the Turkey has in recent months been Kurdish rebels between 2009 and 2012. a statement that it “among other things ly, for the PKK, which is listed by Turkey money to the PKK. waging an intense offensive in the region The court found the defendants guilty of had to consider whether the PKK is a ter- and its Western allies, including the In 2013, the station had its license against the group. While the government channeling 33.5 million kroner (4.5 mil- rorist organization” in deciding whether European Union, as a terror group. revoked for “glorifying terrorism”. Turkish says the operations are essential for pub- lion Euros, $5.1 million) through to overturn the mens’ earlier acquittals. The prosecution had charged 10 men Prime Minister Binali Yildirim yesterday lic safety, activists have accused the secu- Denmark-based Kurdish television chan- A majority of judges and jurors had with raising a total of 140 million kroner blamed the PKK for a car bomb that tar- rity forces of causing huge destruction nel Roj TV to the militant Kurdistan found that to be the case, it added. The for the Kurdish rebels, but eight of the geted a police station in the country’s and killing civilians. —AFP
OSCE says staff member missing in rebel-held Ukraine KIEV: Foreign monitors observing Ukraine’s zone “is worsening”. “We rightly concentrate separatist conflict said yesterday that one of on the failure of the sides to withdraw their local staff has gone missing in the pro- weapons from the security zone, the contin- Russian east. ued use of those weapons and the failure to The Organization for Security and separate the sides, and in some cases posi- Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) said a mem- tioning even closer to one another,” ber of its Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) Alexander Hug told reporters. did not return from a planned vacation on Hug added that most of the ceasefire vio- Tuesday and was reportedly being held in lations were being reported around the the insurgents’ de facto capital of Donetsk. ruins of an airport just north of Donetsk that “We are in contact with the relevant the militias captured in January 2015 at a actors to resolve this matter,” the SMM said heavy cost to both sides. in a statement. “We have demanded his immediate and unconditional release.”A ‘Shattered illusions’ source told AFP on condition of anonymity A repeatedly-broken truce deal brokered that the missing Ukrainian was a driver who by Germany and France in February 2015 lived in the neighboring separatist region of required both sides to withdraw their Lugansk. weapons from a 30-kilometre-wide (19-mile) There was no immediate response to the buffer zone splitting rebel-run regions from report from the insurgents in either of the the rest of Ukraine. breakaway regions. The incident is the latest The conflict has tattered Moscow’s rela- in a string of cases of OSCE and other for- tions with Washington and seen Russia eign monitors going missing in the war- respond to Western economic sanctions by scarred industrial region. banning the import of most Western food. The pro-Russians usually release their The US State Department’s chief envoy to captives after protracted negotiations that Europe told the Senate Foreign Relations can take weeks or even months. Ukraine’s Committee on Tuesday that the Kremlin was 26-month war has claimed the lives of near- refusing to abide by international law and ly 9,400 people and recently seen violence had forced Washington to re-evaluate its return to levels not witnessed since the sign- position toward Moscow. ing of a December 2015 truce. “Russia’s invasion of sovereign Ukrainian Kiev and its Western allies accuse Russia territory... shattered any remaining illusions of plotting and directly supporting the about this Kremlin’s willingness to abide by rebellion in retaliation for Ukraine’s February international law or live by the rules of the 2014 ouster of its Moscow-backed leader- institutions that Russia joined at the end of ship. the Cold War,” Victoria Nuland said. VIENNA: Norbert Hofer presidential candidate for Austria’s right-wing Freedom Party, FPOE, and Heinz-Christian Strache, head of Russia denies the charges but backs the Russia accuses the US of inciting three the FPOE, attend a news conference on May 24, 2016. —AP insurgents’ demands at international venues months of protests that led to the Moscow- including the UN. The deputy head of the backed administration’s downfall and the OSCE’s monitoring mission warned on former Soviet republic’s subsequent turn Austrian right party challenges Wednesday that the situation in the war toward the West. —AFP presidential vote results Due to a host of irregularities VIENNA: Austria’s right-wing polls closed May 22. But final “Hofer could have become requests to probe the alleged party yesterday announced that results after a count of absentee president without these irregu- irregularities - one from Strache, it is legally challenging the ballots put former Green party larities and mistakes,” he said. another from the party and a result of last month’s presiden- politician Alexander Van der “You don’t have to be a conspir- third from an unnamed “voter tial election due to what it said Bellen ahead by only a little acy theorist to get an exception- and citizen.” were a host of irregularities that more than 30,000 votes. ally bad gut feeling in the face of The outcome of the challenge potentially led to its candidate’s The final count showed Van such mishaps or strange devel- has relevance beyond Austria’s narrow loss. der Bellen with 50.3 percent, opments.” borders, with elections viewed Freedom Party leader Heinz- compared to 49.7 percent for Hofer spoke of an “exorbitantly Europe-wide as a proxy fight pit- Christian Strache spoke of a Hofer. Strache said that the law high” chance that his party’s initia- ting the continent’s political “massive number of irregulari- was contravened in one way or tive would be successful, describ- center against its growing pop- ties and mistakes” that needed the other in 97 of a total of 117 ing the alleged irregularities as a ulist and Euroskeptic move- to be investigated. “We are not electoral districts, including the “blatant violation of the law.” ments. poor losers,” he told reporters, sorting of absentee ballots The challenge could result in Van der Bellen’s win was declaring that the challenge was before the arrival of electoral at least a partial recount if cheered by the continent’s launched to secure “the pillars of commission officials. He said Austria’s Constitutional Court established parties, while democracy.” that of the more than 700,000 rules in favor of the party. Europe’s right hailed Hofer’s Freedom Party candidate such ballots, more than 570,000 Freedom Party officials said the strong showing as a major politi- Norbert Hofer was leading after were affected. court was looking at three cal surge by one of its own. —AP KIEV: Ukrainian former pilot Nadiya Savchenko, who was freed from a Russian jail, speaks to the media during her news conference yesterday. —AP ‘Hi Donald, we’re Migrant smuggling Muslims!’ Scottish offer ‘general’ extradited to Italy to teach Trump in visit Eritrean leaders guilty of ROME: An Eritrean dubbed “the gener- ‘Cynical and unscrupulous’ EDINBURGH: Scottish Muslims have invited Donald Trump crimes against humanity al”, suspected of controlling a migrant Mered was tracked down by the to visit a mosque and learn about their faith during his visit to trafficking network responsible for Sudanese intelligence services, with Scotland this month in the hope of changing his views. The GENEVA: Eritrea’s government is ‘Widespread abuses’ shipping thousands of people to support from Italy’s organized crime presumptive Republican US presidential candidate, whose guilty of committing crimes against “Crimes against humanity have been Europe, has been extradited from police and Britain’s National Crime mother was Scottish, last year proposed a temporary ban on humanity since independence a quar- committed in a widespread and sys- Sudan to Italy. Agency. Muslims entering the United States as a response to Islamist ter-century ago with up to 400,000 tematic manner in Eritrean detention Medhanie Yehdego Mered, 35, who A top Sudanese police officer told attacks in Paris and California, causing a furor in Europe. people “enslaved”, and should face facilities, military training camps and had been on a wanted list since 2015 AFP on condition of anonymity that Accepting a visit to learn about the Muslim community international justice, the UN said yes- other locations across the country over might help show that he is not so extreme, Edinburgh for international people smuggling, Mered was “accused of smuggling terday. the past 25 years,” the UN commission Central Mosque Imam Yayha Barry told Reuters. “I would say: was arrested in Khartoum at the end of youngsters from Ethiopia, Eritrea, ‘Hi Donald, we’re Muslims, welcome to our mosque! Do you The United Nations Commission of said. May and flown to Italy late Monday, Somalia and Sudan across the still see Muslims as a threat to Western civilizations?’” he said. Inquiry (COI) on human rights said “Particular individuals, including offi- Italy police said in a statement. Mediterranean through Sudan or Libya Trump’s views prompted widespread opposition in the government of President Isaias cials at the highest levels of state, the “Mered is considered one of the or Egypt”. Britain, where he owns two golf courses on the west and east Afwerki, in power since 1991, was ruling party - the People’s Front for biggest migrant traffickers operating Wiretaps of Mered’s conversations Scottish coasts. His comments about stopping Mexican guilty of systematic enslavement, Democracy and Justice - and com- on the Libyan- Sub-Saharan route,” it revealed he was in contact with traf- migrants entering the United States also caused offence, forcible conscription and other abus- manding officers bear responsibility for said. Referred to in wiretapped conver- fickers in northern Europe, particularly leading to the withdrawal of Scottish business and academic es. “We probably think that there are crimes against humanity,” it said. sations between his subordinate traf- in the Netherlands and Scandinavia, accolades. three to four hundred thousand peo- The 1991 split between Ethiopia and fickers as “the general” for his control and held a “senior position in a criminal Prime Minister David Cameron said the remarks by the ple who have been enslaved,” chief Eritrea followed a three-decade inde- over a large area and number of network operating in several conti- potential leader of Britain’s closest international ally were investigator Mike Smith told journal- pendence war, which saw Eritrean “troops”, Mered is accused of organiz- nents”, Italian police said. “divisive, stupid and wrong”. Neither Cameron nor Scotland’s ists in Geneva. rebels battling far better-equipped ing the smuggling of up to 8,000 peo- He was a contact point for people First Minister Nicola Sturgeon plan to meet him on his visit, According to the United Nations, Ethiopian troops backed first by ple a year on migrant boats. worried their loved ones may have dis- which coincides with the result of Britain’s referendum on EU around 5,000 Eritreans risk their lives Washington and then by the Soviet His arrest is “a key turning point in appeared during the perilous membership on June 24. each month to flee the nation where Union. the fight against people trafficking,” Mediterranean crossing but showed Spiritual leaders in the Islamic community invited Trump forcible army conscription can last The country ranks below North prosecutor Francesco Lo Voi told a “disregard for the lives of the migrants, to “learn more about the Muslims that he offends”.”We would decades. “Very few Eritreans are ever Korea as the worst in the world for press conference. It is the first time a appearing cynical and unscrupulous”. welcome the opportunity to show him the work that we are released from their military service press freedom, according to Reporters suspected top smuggler has been There have been numerous reports doing in the community in Edinburgh when he comes to obligations,” Smith said. Without Borders. Smith said Isaias arrested in Africa and brought to face from survivors of people being forced Scotland,” said Hafiz Ghafoor of Annandale Mosque and Refugees from the repressive Red presided over a state with no function- Munawar Hussain, secretary of Roxburgh St Mosque and justice in Italy, which has been over- to board boats and dinghies on Libyan Sea state have in recent years made ing democratic institutions. Islamic Centre, in a joint statement. whelmed by the arrival of hundreds of beaches at gunpoint, as well as reports Trump’s relationship with Scotland has been rocky since up one of the largest contingents of “This has created a governance and thousands of people since the migrant of people being shot dead if they he contested a decision to build an offshore wind farm oppo- people risking the dangerous journey rule of law vacuum, resulting in a cli- crisis began in 2008. refuse or try to escape. site his golf course in Aberdeenshire. His trip will include a to seek a new life in Europe. “What we mate of impunity for crimes against Mered allegedly directed operations According to the UN’s refugee visit there as well as to his courses at Turnberry, in southwest- are asking for is the Security Council humanity,” he said. He said there was no in Africa but also kept fellow operators agency (UNHCR), over 48,500 people ern Scotland, and Doonbeg, in Ireland. to contemplate targeted responses” chance that Eritrea’s judicial system in Italy up to date on the arrival of have arrived in Italy by boat so far this Protests at Trump’s “misogynist, racist and xenophobic” against individuals responsible for could bring the perpetrators to justice boats, so migrants could be picked up year. More than 10,000 people have views are planned by Aberdeen University students during rights abuse, he said, without naming through a legitimate trial. Eritrea has and squeezed for more money to con- died crossing the Mediterranean to his visit, the president of the Students’ Association said. those involved. repeatedly denied UN investigators tinue to their final destinations in Europe since 2014. A spokesperson for the Trump Organization did not The UN report also called for the access to the country. Refugees from Europe. On Wednesday, rescuers were hard respond to a request to comment. Scottish Liberal Democrat perpetrators to be brought before the the repressive Red Sea state have in Between 2012 and his capture, he at work off Libya. Doctors Without leader Willie Rennie said Trump should witness firsthand the International Criminal Court in The recent years made up one of the largest also played a key role in helping Borders’ boats Dignity 1 and Argos work being done by local Muslims to reach across faiths and Hague to ensure accountability. Since contingents of people risking the dan- migrants escape from Libyan jails and picked up a total of 226 people, quoting help those in need. it was established in June 2014, the gerous journey to seek a new life in detention centers, bribing guards to let on Twitter a survivor who said “we’re “Muslims are our friends, colleagues, family and neigh- COI has interviewed more than 800 Europe. With an annual per capita gross them out and then holding them to happy to be alive but our brothers are bors. When he insults them in such a grotesque manner he Eritrean exiles and received more national income of $480, Eritrea is one extort money from their relatives back still in Libya. “Last night they were beat- insults us all.” About 77,000 Scots are Muslims, or 1.4 percent than 45,000 written submissions, of the world’s poorest nations, accord- home, police said. ing us with iron sticks”. —AFP of the population, according to the latest official census in some defending Eritrea’s record. ing to the World Bank. —AFP 2011. —Reuters ACCESS over 10,000 top jobs daily NETWORK with professional peers SHARE leading career content
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DHAKA: Bangladesh police shot dead an dent member of Islamist party Jamaat-e- Islamist militant yesterday, the fourth killed Islami over Sunday’s murder of Mahmuda since a crackdown was launched against Begum, the wife of an anti-terrorism police suspected jihadists blamed for a wave of officer. gruesome killings, an officer said. Abu Nasar Bunnu, 40, was “being ques- The 25-year-old militant was killed dur- tioned by police” after he was detained on ing a gun battle with police in northern the outskirts of the southeastern city of Bogra district, where he was suspected of Chittagong, police commissioner Iqbal bombing a minority Shiite shrine last year, Bahar told AFP. Bangladeshi authorities have the officer said. Kawser, known by one come under mounting international pres- name, was the fourth member of the local sure to end the string of attacks, which have Jamayetul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) left nearly 50 people dead in the last three killed, with three “high-ranking” members of years. the Islamist militant group shot dead In addition to the murder of the police Tuesday during raids in Dhaka and a north- officer’s wife, in the past four days an elderly western district. Hindu priest and a Christian grocer have The banned group is blamed for dozens been killed. Officially secular, but with a of murders of religious minorities and secu- majority Sunni Muslim population, lar and liberal activists. “Kawser was shot Bangladesh has witnessed a surge of similar during a gunfight between police and JMB murders in recent weeks, including those of militants under a bridge at Shibganj in two gay rights activists. Bogra,” Bogra district police spokesman Authorities have blamed homegrown Gaziur Rahman told AFP. “He died on the Islamists for the attacks, rejecting claims of way to hospital.” responsibility from the Islamic State (IS) “He directly took part in the bomb attack group and a South Asian branch of Al- on a Shiite mosque in Bogra last October Qaeda. Experts say a ban on Bangladesh’s and we believe he also took part in other largest Islamist party Jamaat-e-Islami follow- killing missions,” Rahman said. Separately, ing a protracted political crisis has pushed police on Wednesday arrested a former stu- many towards extremism. —AFP Pakistani woman burns daughter alive for eloping WASHINGTON: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is welcomed on Capitol Hill yesterday. —AP LAHORE: A woman in Pakistan burned her He quoted the woman as saying “I don’t 17-year-old daughter alive yesterday to have any regrets.” Another police officer, punish her for marrying against the family’s Ibadat Nisar, said the body showed signs of wishes, the latest in a series of so-called beating and strangulation. US, India boost “honor killings” that claim the lives of near- Hundreds of women are killed every ly 1,000 women every year in the conserva- year in Pakistan-often by their own family tive Muslim country. members-for violating the country’s con- Police say Zeenat Rafiq’s mother, servative norms regarding love and mar- Parveen, tied her to a cot and drenched her riage. Sex outside of marriage is seen by with kerosene before lighting her on fire. conservative Pakistanis as a stain on the security ties Neighbors in the congested, working-class honor of the woman’s entire family, one neighborhood in the eastern city of Lahore that can only be removed by killing her. came running when they heard the Last week a schoolteacher, Maria Bibi, screams, but family members kept them was set on fire for refusing to marry a man ‘Natural that the largest democracies should cooperate’ from entering the house, said Nighat Bibi, twice her age. The prime suspect in the who lives nearby. case - the father of the man she refused to The police eventually arrived and found marry - and the other four are in custody. WASHINGTON: Barack Obama and crucial to protect outsourced US potential regional rival and closer proposed bilateral investment Narendra Modi vowed to trans- information technology. India-US relations as a potential treaty has languished for years, as the charred body near a staircase. They A month earlier, police arrested 13 form skeletal US-India security ties For decades, US-India relations check on its power. New Delhi has taken a tough arrested the mother soon thereafter. The members of a local tribal council who into an “anchor of stability,” at the had been beset by lingering Cold Obama also hailed an agree- negotiating line. victim’s husband, Hassan Khan, told allegedly strangled a girl and set her on fire White House on Tuesday. War enmity and India’s covert ment for US firm Westinghouse to Modi, who faces reelection in reporters the two had been “in love since for helping a friend elope. The charred Obama offered his guest a development of a nuclear bomb. build six nuclear reactors in India. 2019, has pegged his political our school days” but the family had reject- body of 17-year-old Ambreen Riasat was warm embrace, arguing it was “nat- In 2005, president George W. Bush future on a reform agenda and ed several marriage proposals, forcing found in a burned van. them to elope last month. He showed an Khan, the husband of the woman killed ural” that two of the world’s largest begun the thaw by lifting a three- Strange bedfellows boosting the economy. He has also democracies should cooperate. The decade long moratorium on When Obama entered the made nuclear energy a priority, in affidavit of consent signed by his wife in Lahore, said her mother and uncle had visit was another symbolic marker nuclear cooperation with India. White House in 2009 Modi was part to offset horrendous levels of before a magistrate. He also showed cell- visited her three days ago to try to per- on India-and Modi’s-long walk in Obama went one step further, effectively banned from visiting air pollution. Coal-fired power phone photos of a smiling Zeenat wearing suade her to return home and have a mar- from the cold. Obama notably put urging nuclear powers to readmit the United States for his role in plants are a dominant power a red dress. riage ceremony with the family, so that she his shoulder behind Modi’s bid for India to a group of countries per- anti-Muslim riots that killed hun- source. But Modi has also been a Sheikh Hammad, a local police official, wouldn’t be branded as someone who had access to missile technology and mitted to trade sensitive nuclear dreds. Obama’s leaves office with reluctant backer of measures to said Parveen confessed to killing her eloped. He recalled his wife telling him: nuclear commerce. materials. “We discussed the Modi transformed from persona tackle climate change. daughter with the help of her son Ahmar. “Don’t let me go, they will kill me.” —AP The two leaders also finalized progress that we have made non grata to celebrated guest. India fears carbon reduction agreements on military logistics around civil nuclear energy and I But turning warm words into could entail a price tag that harms and sharing “terrorist screening indicated our support for India concrete agreement has proven growth. Obama said the two men information.” “The US-India becoming part of the nuclear sup- difficult. “There is always a lot of had “discussed how we can as defense relationship can be an pliers group,” Obama said. happy talk,” said Michael quickly as possible bring the Paris anchor of stability,” a joint state- That public display of support is Kugelman of the Wilson Center. (climate) agreement into force.” ment declared. There was also a likely to be noted in Beijing, which “The happy talk sometimes But there appeared to be no firm step toward better cybersecurity has been skeptical about India’s detracts from the fact that things agreement on when that would cooperation, which experts say is readmission. Beijing sees India as a do move along quite slowly.” A happen. —AFP
Afghan security forces deploy Judge sentences to prevent illegal mining California man
KABUL: Afghan authorities are deploying Parwan province, close to Kabul, Sediqqi to 12 years in security forces to ensure that insurgents said. fighting to overthrow the government do Global Witness and the Kabul independ- terrorism case not benefit from illegal mining, an official ent think tank Afghanistan Research and SACRAMENTO: A federal judge in said yesterday. Evaluation Unit say the TALEBAN make up to Sacramento sentenced a man on Tuesday The pledge follows recent reports that the $20 million a year in protection money from to 12 years in prison for attempting to join TALEBAN earn tens of millions of dollars each strongmen and officials who have taken Islamic extremists in Syria. US District Court year from illegal extraction and export of control of the lapis lazuli mines in Judge John Mendez said that terrorism had minerals, which the government has failed to Badakhshan. become a zero-tolerance crime, as he keep safe. Interior Ministry spokesman Sediq Much of the stone is smuggled through issued the sentence against 22-year-old Sediqqi said Afghan forces would do more to the Panjshir Valley, then to neighboring Nicholas Teausant, which also includes 25 secure mineral deposits and prevent illegal Pakistan where it is purchased by Chinese years of supervision after his release. mining across the country. merchants who have it made into jewelry “There is no margin for error. It is the “The TALEBAN not only are benefiting and ornaments for sale in China, where court’s responsibility to fashion a sentence from opium and drug smuggling, unfortu- demand is high. to reduce any risk you might pose in the nately they have also targeted the country’s Global Witness accused China of collud- future,” Mendez said. Mendez announced LAHORE: Hassan Khan, husband of Zeenat Rafiq, who was burned alive, mines - mines that are national asset of the ing in a trade that funds the ongoing war in the sentence following an apology from allegedly by her mother, shows his marriage certificate to media at his home country and the people,” Sediqqi said. Afghanistan. The TALEBAN have been fight- Teausant, the Sacramento Bee reported. “I yesterday. —AP London-based advocacy Global Witness ing to overthrow the Kabul government for want to say I’m very sorry,” Teausant said as said Monday that mineral smuggling is now 15 years. he read his hand-written remarks from a yellow slip of paper. “I wanted to be part of the TALEBAN’s second biggest source of Sediqqi conceded that not enough was something. Taleban kill 12 captives funding, after drugs produced in the south- being done to secure mines across the coun- “I didn’t think my life was worth any- ern Afghan provinces. Helmand province, a try, which are said to hold a wide range of thing.” Teausant pleaded guilty in TALEBAN heartland, is the source of opium minerals - copper, iron ore, gold, coal, lithi- December to one count of attempting to taken in southeast from which most of the world’s heroin is um, marble, gems and much more - that provide material support or resources to a and that the Taleban forced local resi- produced. The annual opium output is val- could, if developed securely and transpar- foreign terrorist organization. KABUL: An Afghan official says the ued at around $3 billion. ently, generate substantial revenue for war- He was arrested in March 2014 in Taleban have killed 12 people they dents to watch the killings. In recent years, police had secured several torn Afghanistan’s development. Washington state. Authorities said he captured in recent ambushes in the Tahiri says all 12 had been abduct- mines in eastern Logar and Khost provinces, The Afghan government banned lapis planned to travel to Canada and then on to increasingly restive southeastern ed at different times. He says insur- where illegal extraction and smuggling of lazuli mining in early 2015 because the Syria to join the Islamic State group and Ghazni province. gents would stop cars on the road chromite ore had been going on, Sediqqi mines could not be secured. But the mining discussed his plans with a friend who was Gulam Mohammad Tahiri, an between Paktika province and the said. Last year, police impounded 65 trucks continued with impunity, with local police actually an FBI informant. Afghan army intelligence officer, said capital, Kabul, and snatch passengers. carrying illegally mined lapis lazuli, a rare and politicians reportedly benefiting from “Mr. Teausant was fixated on violence as on Wednesday the 12 killed included Taleban gunmen are increasingly blue stone almost unique to northern the illegal extraction and export of the documented by his social media posts, his seven policemen, three soldiers and staging ambushes on provincial high- Afghanistan. The lapis lazuli was being trans- stone. The Global Witness report identifies pre-arrest statements, and the nature of the two officials with the national spy ways as they step up their war - now ported from the mines in Badakhshan warlords, police chiefs and politicians who it group he attempted to join,” said acting US agency. He says the killings took in its 15th year - against the Kabul province when the trucks were caught in says benefit from the trade. —AP Attorney Phillip Talbert. —AP place on Tuesday in Andar district government. —AP NEWS THURSDAY, JUNE 9, 2016
BAGHDAD: Displaced children receive free food for their families distributed for Iftar (the evening meal breaking the Ramadan fast) at the Abdul Khader Al-Kilani mosque in Baghdad, Iraq yesterday. — AP
MPs pass ‘public tenders law’ IS losing territories Continued from Page 1 Russian air cover are slowly edging towards Tabqa, where IS has Continued from Page 1 must tackle a number of sensitive issues like agreements sent fighters and weapons ahead of a potential battle. In Iraq, gov- that contractors bidding for the same project reach to raise “After the road was re-opened, some people have come back ernment forces backed by paramilitary groups and air support MP Jamal Al-Omar said the committee should be the cost. He also called for dealing with a number of short- and we’ve even seen trucks selling vegetables enter the town,” he from the US-led coalition are advancing within IS-held Fallujah. kept away from the Council of Ministers because the comings in the previous law, especially with regards to oil said. He said many residents that had fled to nearby villages were Yesterday, the Iraqi fighters seized a southern neighborhood in committee’s decisions are technical whereas the deci- projects related to rigs. He claimed that all the rigs projects too afraid to return to Marea because of the notorious landmines Fallujah city, said Sabah Al-Nuaman, the spokesman for the elite sions of the Cabinet are political. Priority in awarding go to a handful of influential people even without a bid. left behind by IS as it withdrew. The jihadist group is infamous for counter-terrorism service (CTS) fighting in the city. “Counter-ter- state projects is given to companies listed on the MP Omar however said that oil projects are sensitive and planting landmines and other explosive devices in towns or cities rorism forces liberated Hay Al-Shuhada Al-Thaniya entirely from Kuwait Stock Exchange. Under the law, no new projects time factor is important. He said that oil projects are regu- it loses. (IS) control and raised the Iraqi flag over buildings in the district,” will be awarded to companies that are having problems lated and governed by the Supreme Petroleum Council IS’s supply line leads from Jarabulus on the Turkish-Syrian bor- he said. Lieutenant General Abdelwahab Al-Saadi, who is com- completing other projects underway until they solve which is more important than CTC. Head of the financial der south through the town of Manbij and winds southeast along manding the operation, said IS fighters “were hiding in fortified the problem and complete the project. and economic affairs committee MP Faisal Al-Shaye said the Euphrates through the town of Tabqa and on to Raqa city. The tunnels and scattered houses in the district.” Held by IS since The Tenders law is one of the most important legisla- that oil projects below K 5 million are awarded directly by Arab-Kurdish Syrian Democratic Forces, which receives air support January 2014, Fallujah is one of the most important bases of the tions that govern billions of dinars in state projects every the oil companies but they are subjected to Audit Bureau by a US-led coalition, reached the northern edges of Manbij jihadist organization and the second-largest city in Iraq still under year. During the debate, MP Saadoun Hammad said the law supervision. overnight, said the Observatory. And Syrian regime fighters with its control. — AFP How to receive the Holy Month Expats, employers worried over Saudi tax... Continued from Page 1 fasting. But the sincere fasters know that Allah is watching them. Continued from Page 1 that labor reforms since 2011 have already tried to To do acts of worship solely for the sake of pleasing God is to our achieve. Increasing the cost of foreign workers through Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) used to give Muslims glad tid- benefit. You may be a generous, kind, modest, altruistic person, employer might frown on speaking to the media in a the imposition of an income tax - which the government ings on the arrival of Ramadan saying, “there has come to you serving others without any ulterior motives. country where public debate over policy is politically has promised will not be levied on Saudi citizens - will Ramadan, a blessed month in which Allah has enjoined you to The problem is that - in most cases - people do not appreci- sensitive. The collapse in oil prices after mid-2014 has help make locals, who typically command higher wages, fast, during which the gates of Paradise are opened and the gates ate; but rather they might seek to undermine you. So if your pushed Saudi Arabia to contemplate a radical overhaul more competitive hires. Labor Minister Mufrej Al- of Hell are closed, and the devils are shackled. In it there is a night aim to serve them was to expect them to appreciate and recip- of all parts of its economy, including new taxes, privati- Haqbani said on Tuesday that Saudi Arabia had no desire which is better than a thousand months - whoever is deprived of rocate, you will definitely be the loser if they don’t appreciate. its goodness is indeed deprived.” (Saheeh - Authentic according zations, a changed investment strategy and sharp cuts to reduce the number of expatriates in the kingdom, However, whatever you do for Allah (SWT), He will reward you to Al-Imam Albaani). If you intend to fast for the sake of God in government spending. “If you want to increase your who now number about 9 million, saying their presence in one way or the other. Almighty and reap a lot of rewards, do the following: non-oil revenues by a significant amount, they have to was “very important”. Still, the government has in recent Apologize come from a combination of fees and indirect taxes. years added new fees for companies that employ expa- Supplication and gratitude They cannot be met without some taxation for foreign- triates and reserved entire sectors for Saudi employees Inasmuch as you ask Allah to forgive you in Ramadan, be Pray that you live to experience Ramadan, and when quick to apologize to those whom you have wronged and for- ers at some point,” said John Sfakianakis, a former advis- only-measures that show how much more seriously it Ramadan has begun, be grateful to God for keeping you alive to er to the government and economist with the Jeddah- takes the issue than in the past. give those who have wronged you - try your level best to recon- invest in that meritorious month of Ramadan. If you are grateful cile with them. Prophet Moses (peace be upon him) asked God based Gulf Research Centre. to God, He will grant you more favors and blessings. Like telling us ‘go home’ some questions, among them, “Who among Your servants is the most honored and most beloved to You?” Allah replied, “The Jobs Opposition from Saudi businesses scotched a previ- Repentance one who forgives when he is capable of revenge...” (As-Silsilah - However, the new Saudi reform plans depend partly ous plan to tax expatriates in the 1990s, but with a Since Ramadan is the month of repentance, you should rush As-Saheeha, 3,350). on strong private sector growth, already fragile thanks much bigger push for economic reforms this time, it is to repent before and during Ramadan and pledge that you will to lower state expenditure and cuts to energy subsidies, possible the government will be more willing to take do your best not to commit sins again. If you have wronged Adhere strictly to Sunnah and which could be further weakened if labor costs them on. However, other recent proposals, such as a someone, try to reconcile and make amends. God says what can Acts are accepted by Allah when they meet two conditions- were to rise. “We will have to match the net income they “green card” scheme for foreign workers announced by be translated as, “And turn to Allah in repentance, all of you, O sincere intention, which is that one should do it only for the Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in April, would be making without the tax, so the burden of the believers, that you might succeed.” (24:31) sake of Allah Almighty, and that it is in accordance with the tax will be on the company, not the expat worker,” said have not been further fleshed out, leaving some uncer- guidance of the Prophet (PBUH). Update your knowledge about Patience Ahmed bin Afif, the Saudi owner of a food and com- tainty over what the government intends. meritorious acts that will accrue a lot of benefits. Prophet Patience increases in Ramadan by abstaining from food, drink, modities trading company who employs 500 staff, half Many expatriates, particularly at the middle or lower Muhammad (PBUH) said, “Whoever innovates any act of wor- sexual intimacy, bad behavior, quarrelling, fighting and anything of whom are foreigners. income levels, are already feeling the impact of Saudi ship in our religion, will have it rejected.” (Collected by Imam else that would make fasting pointless. Commensurate with the That sentiment was echoed by some other employ- Arabia’s slowing economy and moves to shift nationals Muslim 1,718). Finally, try to replace negative feelings and emo- fact that patience is one of the most important virtues for the ers. “This will create costs and push inflation in the coun- into jobs. “With the rise in prices, petrol, electricity and tions with positive ones and make sure you start the month of try as workers will demand higher wages and salaries if housing already the salary isn’t enough. If they start with soul, it is said to represent half of faith. Those who patiently per- severe will be given an immense reward as confirmed by God in Ramadan with a clean heart, believing certainly that God will the tax is imposed,” said Ghaith Arnaout, the Saudi own- taxes, it’s like telling us ‘go home’,” said Ali, a Palestinian forgive you and accept of you all your good deeds. er of an engineering services company that employs working for a hotel chain, who also asked not to be iden- what can be translated as, “Indeed, those who patiently perse- vere will be given their reward without measure.” (39: 10) around 145 foreign workers. “We will have to hire locals tified. But not all foreigners in the kingdom feel that way. Courtesy of the TIES Center: The TIES Center aims at empow- to do their jobs, but this means wasting time and money “I didn’t come here for the money so it’s not my only Devotion to Almighty God er Kuwait’s expats through social and educational services that on training - so it will hurt businesses,” he added. The consideration. Still, I wonder whether salaries would be promote a positive and productive role in society, and to facili- government wants to get more Saudi nationals into pri- adjusted if it happened. At the end of the day you pay Allah says what can be translated as, “So whoever hopes to meet with his Lord - let him do righteous work and associate tate opportunities for intra- and interfaith interactions that vate sector jobs instead of working in well-paid but mar- for a number of services. What are you giving me in promote social solidarity. For more information, please call ginally productive roles for the government, something return?” said a European scientist. — Reuters none in the worship of his Lord” (18: 110). In Ramadan, it’s easy for someone eat and drink unnoticed while claiming that he is 25231015/6 or e-mail: [email protected] THURSDAY, JUNE 9, 2016 ANALYSIS
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Issues Battlefronts against IS in northern Syria
he Islamic State jihadist group is battling on several fronts in a swathe of territory in Tnorthern Syria. Much of the fighting is cen- tered around a main supply line snaking down from the Syrian-Turkish border to IS’s de facto capi- tal Raqa city. The jihadists are facing twin offen- sives-from a Kurdish-Arab alliance known as the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and from pro- regime troops-on either side of the town of Tabqa, a key transit town near Raqa. To the northwest, IS is also nearly surrounded by an SDF offensive on the town of Manbij, another major hub along the route. While any push on Raqa itself seems long term, the jihadists have stalled in an advance on Hillary Clinton’s mighty challenge: to unify her camp two rebel bastions further west. By Jerome Cartillier York, Clinton did not directly urge her rival can to help elect Barack Obama, the next political analyst from the University of Tabqa to stand down. But she held out an olive president of the United States.” Virginia. “A sizable minority of the Sanders Under IS control since 2014, Tabqa lies in Raqa n June 7, 2008, Hillary Clinton made branch to him-and his supporters. “Let troops have grown to despise her. Sanders province near Syria’s largest dam on the Euphrates way for Barack Obama to conquer there be no mistake, Senator Sanders, his ‘Fear of Trump’ will have to back Clinton repeatedly and river, a military airport and oil fields. Tabqa was Othe White House, conceding defeat campaign, and the vigorous debate that This time, Clinton will have to earn the with enthusiasm.” Democrats like to point home to around 80,000 residents before Syria’s war after a fractious primary race, and throwing we’ve had about how to raise income, support on November 8 of the young, pas- out that the bad blood between the her full weight behind him. Eight years lat- reduce inequality, increase upward mobili- sionate voters fired up by Sanders’ grass- Obama and Clinton campaign teams was broke out in 2011. The US-backed SDF announced er, it is she who faces the arduous task of ty, have been very good for the Democratic roots campaign. Her biggest hurdle: the considerably worse than between this their offensive on the town on May 24, advancing unifying her camp after a-sometimes bit- Party and for America,” she said. “As we look sizeable share of Bernie’s fans who view the year’s rival camps-and that it did not stop from positions near the Turkish border to within 60 ter-battle with Bernie Sanders. On paper, it ahead, let’s remember all that unites us.” In former first lady, senator and secretary of them from winning. kilometers (40 miles) northeast of Tabqa. But pro- seems an easier task than the one facing 2008, Clinton had thrown her weight state as calculating and insincere-echoing They are also counting on Obama him- regime fighters backed by Russian air strikes have her Republican rival Donald Trump whose unequivocally behind her erstwhile rival, the favorite line of attack of her Republican self to enter the race in the role of unifier- pushed in much closer from the southwest-to insurgent candidacy and incendiary com- calling for her supporters “to take our ener- rival Trump. “Clinton doesn’t have the abili- in-chief. “I think you can expect the presi- around 25 kilometers from the town’s airport. The ments-dubbed “racist” by leading GOP fig- gy, our passion, our strength, and do all we ty to do it alone,” argued Larry Sabato, a dent to play that kind of role,” White House government advance is the first time President ures-are tearing his party apart. spokesman Josh Earnest said recently. Bashar Al-Assad’s fighters have entered Raqa But Clinton’s challenge remains very Obama’s message has already been fine- province in two years. Longtime regime ally Russia real, with one big question still unan- tuned: the two Democratic candidates, swered: how will “Bernie” behave towards while very different in style-are not so dif- supported the construction of the Tabqa dam the nominee he fought tooth-and-nail to ferent when it comes to substance. “They’re under Assad’s father Hafez. Analysts say the SDF stop? The Vermont senator told supporters both good people. I know them both well,” have ceased to advance on Tabqa as they focus on late Tuesday that he would “continue the Obama said during a trip to Japan last retaking Manbij. fight” for the Democratic nomination and week-as if laying the groundwork for the stay in the race until the party’s convention necessary reconciliation ahead. “I think that Manbij in Philadelphia next month to drive home it’s important for us to try to end this in a Late last month, the SDF announced a new front his message about reforming Wall Street, way that leaves both sides feeling proud of towards Manbij, another vital hub on the supply the minimum wage and the role of money what they’ve done.” route. The town-also held by IS since 2014 — lies in in politics. For Sabato, “President Obama must rea- Aleppo province on the same supply route along Sanders acknowledged “a very, very son with his party’s left wing, using fear of steep fight. But we will continue to fight for Trump as the emotional appeal.” According the Euphrates from the IS-held border town of every vote and every delegate we can.” “We to the latest Gallup poll, Obama’s populari- Jarabulus to Raqa city. Manbij had a pre-war popu- understand that our mission is more than ty with that segment of the electorate is lation of about 120,000 — mostly Arabs, but about just defeating Donald Trump, it is trans- sky-high-at 92 percent. Eight years apart, a quarter Syrian Kurds. Since May 30, the alliance forming our country,” the silver-haired 74- Obama and Clinton have one asset in com- has swept west towards Manbij, seizing at least 40 year-old said. After decades of relative iso- mon: both offer voters the chance to write villages with air support from the US-led coalition. lation in Congress, this campaign has hand- a new page in American political history, as Sherfan Darwish, who heads the SDF’s Manbij ed him, and his calls for a political revolu- the first African American in the White offensive, told AFP the town is surrounded from tion, a belated-but spectacular-dose of House, and the first woman US president. three sides and “operations are progressing well”. recognition. “Today’s primaries are no Whatever the weaknesses of a candidate At their closest, the SDF stand just two kilometers longer about the nomination. They are whose stiff campaign style has struggled to about leverage in the peace talks that are ignite crowds, Democratic voters could yet (just over a mile) to the south of the town, the sure to follow,” the one-time Obama strate- BROOKLYN: Democratic presidential candidate former Secretary of State Hillary mobilize massively to prove that their party Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitoring gist David Axelrod tweeted on Tuesday. Clinton and her husband former US president Bill Clinton greet supporters dur- is, once again, the one that pushes the group said. Thousands of civilians have fled Manbij Delivering her victory speech in New ing a primary night event on June 7, 2016 in Brooklyn, New York. —AFP boundaries in American society. —AFP from the west as SDF fighters close in from all oth- er sides. Africa’s richest woman edges towards power in Angola Raqa Recapturing Raqa city would be one of the By Susan Njanji Marques, adding she never paid for the shares. Born in Baku, She has also spread her banking empire into neighboring biggest symbolic victories for anti-jihadist forces. Azerbaijan in 1973 where her father was studying, she grew Namibia. Last year she bought 65 percent of Portugal’s energy The SDF has insisted it is not yet preparing to take ow that Isabel dos Santos, Africa’s wealthiest woman, up in London, where she studied mechanical and electrical and electrical engineering group Efacec, prompting calls by on IS in the city itself and analysts say any offensive has been named head of Angola’s oil company she engineering at King’s College. She moved to Angola in 1992 five European Union parliamentarians to investigate the to seize the city remains on the backburner for Ncould soon be headed for more power-but this time in when her father secured a brief civil war truce with rebel source of her funding. Critics say she amassed her vast for- now. “Neither the SDF coalition backed by the US, politics, experts say. Her father, President Jose Eduardo dos leader Jonas Savimbi. tune thanks to the state and backing of her father. But in a nor the regime forces assisted by Russia, have the Santos, appointed her as boss last week of state-owned oil Her first business venture was in 1995 when she opened a interview with the Wall Street Journal early this year, she ability on their own to reach, let alone take Raqa,” firm Sonangol in a move that some analysts see as the first restaurant, Miami Beach, as a 24-year-old in Angola’s capital denied being bankrolled by the government. “I’m not said Yezid Sayigh, an analyst at the Carnegie sign of succession plans for Angola’s longtime ruler. Luanda. Four years later she won a bid to set up Angola’s pri- financed by any state money or any public funds. I don’t do Middle East Centre. “They can only succeed if both Nicknamed the “Princess”, 43-year-old Isabel, has been ranked vate mobile operator Unitel. From there she went on an that,” she said. “I’m tremendously independent, I always had advance at the same time, but this can only be by Forbes magazine as the richest woman on the continent investment spree-including the creation of BIC Angola bank. this wish to stand alone and not be in my parents’ shadow.” with a fortune of around $3 billion (2.6 billion euros). Her She now controls 19 percent of Portugal’s fourth-biggest bank The mother of three is married to art collector and business- assured by direct coordination between the US appointment at Sonangol has political ramifications in Africa’s BPI and has bought shares in several Portuguese companies man Sindika Dokolo who is from the Democratic Republic of and Russia.” second largest oil-producing country. in recent years, including a cable television firm. Congo. —AFP The ruling MPLA party holds a crucial congress in August Marea and Azaz to elect its leadership and her authoritarian father appears to On May 27, IS launched a lightning offensive be winding down his own political career after announcing against the rebel bastions of Marea and Azaz in the would not seek re-election in 2017. Her new powerful role at north of Aleppo province, cutting off a rebel sup- Sonangol may position her for political office in a country ply line from Turkey. Fighting between IS jihadists ruled by her father for 37 years. “The president wants to and rebels inside Marea-who received weapons establish a dynasty and leave the power to his family,” promi- from the US-led coalition in an air drop last week- nent Angolan writer and human rights activist Rafael Marques de Morais said. “One of the ideas is that Isabel steps has been ongoing. The IS advance has stalled five up as vice president... and then along the way she takes over,” kilometers to the southeast of Azaz. —AFP Marques said. Paula Roque, University of Oxford researcher on Angola, says the appointment of Isabel dos Santos “is a clear indication All articles appearing on these that the president wants to put in place a plan... to hand over power and concentrate power in the hands of his family.” “For pages are the personal opinion of the first time, the president has made a very overt move to the writers. Kuwait Times takes no show what he is planning. This is the first open step in the suc- responsibility for views expressed cession plan,” Roque said. Three years ago President dos therein. Kuwait Times invites read- Santos appointed his son Jose Filomeno dos Santos to chair the country’s $5 billion Sovereign Wealth Fund. He has also ers to voice their opinions. Please been tipped as a potential successor to his father. send submissions via email to: opin- [email protected] or via snail Establish a dynasty PORTO, Portugal: Angolan businesswoman Isabel dos Santos arrives at the opening of an art exhibi- Most of Isabel’s wealth is in stocks and shares in Portugal tion in Porto, northern Portugal. Angolan President Jose Eduardo dos Santos has named his billion- mail to PO Box 1301 Safat, Kuwait. and Angola. According to Marques, Isabel dos Santos owns aire daughter Isabel to head the state oil firm Sonangol, according to a government statement. He The editor reserves the right to edit billions of dollars worth of shares through GALP Energia, an appointed the 43-year-old Isabel dos Santos chairwoman of a new board of directors of Sonangol, any submission as necessary. offshore oil and gas giant, which belongs to Sonangol. It is after sacking the previous board last month. Isabel dos Santos has been ranked by Forbes magazine GALP “she used to become the richest woman in Africa,” said as the richest woman on the continent.- AFP THURSDAY, JUNE 9, 2016 SPORTS
Ronaldo fully fit Bailly set to be Jose Ruediger out of for Euro glory Mourinho’s first signing Euros through injury LONDON: MADRID: Cristiano Ronaldo is in top condition and showing more resolve Jose Mourinho’s first signing for Manchester United EVIAN: Germany defender Antonio Ruediger will miss Euro 2016 after tear- than ever to lead Portugal to the European title, national team coach looks set to be highly-rated young Ivory Coast international ing cruciate ligaments in his right knee in the squad’s first Fernando Santos said ahead of their final Euro 2016 warm-up defender Eric Bailly and not veteran Swedish striker Zlatan training session at their base on Tuesday, the world match. Portugal’s hopes of winning the tournament in France Ibrahimovic according to British media reports. The 22-year-old champions said. “A decision on a new player has yet to rest to a large extent on the fitness of the Real Madrid forward Villarreal defender-who scored one of the penalties in the penal- be taken,” the team added in a statement. Ruediger’s who had muscular problems at the end of the season yet still ty shootout which saw Ivory Coast win the 2015 Africa Cup of injury is a further blow for Germany’s back line with helped his club beat Atletico Madrid in the Champions Nations — will cost United a reported 30million pounds (38.4mil- centre back Mats Hummels still to fully recover from a lion euros, $43.7million). Bailly, who moved to Spain aged just 17 League final. Ronaldo is set to start in Portugal’s warm-up leg muscle injury that meant he had to train alone when he joined Villarreal’s rivals Espanyol, impressed last season against Estonia in Lisbon. “He is very well physically, mentally during their pre-Euro 2016 camp in Switzerland. The as his side conceded just 35 goals in 38 league matches and also and in terms of morale,” Santos was reported as saying in reached the Europa League semi-finals. Bailly-who cost Villarreal 23-year-old Ruediger, who plays for AS Roma, was Spanish sports magazine Marca. “You will see it in the just £4.4million when he joined from Espanyol last year-will have hurt midway through a session that was open to the game (on Wednesday). He is in the same condition as to work on his discipline on the pitch as he was booked 10 times public. Germany had arrived at their tournament any other player.” Ronaldo joined his national team last term and sent off once. Ibrahimovic has been linked with a base near the Swiss border only hours earlier. on Sunday, having missed out on Portugal’s move to United-having left French champions Paris Saint Joachim Loew’s men, who are chasing their friendly last week at Wembley where they lost Germain at the end of the season just finished-as he enjoyed a fourth European Championship trophy 1-0 to England. He was bothered by ten- good relationship with Mourinho at Italian side Inter Milan. but their first since 1996, play Ukraine, donitis two years ago and was not at his best However, the 34-year-old-presently in training with the Swedish Northern Ireland and Poland in the at the World Cup, where Portugal failed to squad for Euro 2016 — has toyed with questioners who have group stage of the competition that go beyond the group stages. —Reuters asked him if he was joining United. — AFP starts on Friday. —Reuters
Hat-trick of wins for Rashid Al Dhaheri in Italy
DUBAI: Rashid Al Dhaheri, the UAE’s most ing him top spot in the Rookie Class once touch with the pace setters who were sepa- aged to edge into third on the last lap he technical issues on the Saturday. exciting young karting star continued his again. Despite intermittent storms and rain rated by a mere tenth of a second on the could not hold on to it and had to settle for However, despite this Rashid drove very winning streak in the 2016 Parolin showers Al Dhaheri amassed impressive timing sheets. P4. The Final was a tense affair with several well in the Pre-Final and Final and took on Champion kart Academy Series, taking the forty sessions on the tricky 1.2 km track in A chaotic start in the Pre-Final resulted in drivers battling for the top spot. Al Dhaheri older and more experienced drivers. In the top spot on the podium in the Rookie cate- the build-up to the race. On Friday and Al Dhaheri dropping down the order to P6, remained calm and delivered consistent laps end it was a challenging weekend, but one gory for a third consecutive race, this time at Saturday weather conditions improved but in an effort to avoid the confusion and a on his way to another fourth place and with in which Rashid and the team have learned Circuito Internazionale del Friuli Venezia the rain came down again during warm-up potential collision. Despite this setback, the it doing enough to score a third victory in a a great deal, and this is the best experience Giulia in Lignano, Italy. on Sunday before drying out for qualifying young Emirati dug deep and fought his way row in the Rookie Category.‚Ä®Italian team for a young driver.”‚Ä®Al Dhaheri returned to The eight year old Abu Dhabi schoolboy, and the races in the afternoon.‚Ä® Al back up to P4. Late in the race he was manager Fausto Ippoliti said: “It was not an Abu Dhabi after the race weekend to cele- one of the youngest drivers in the field, bat- Dhaheri qualified in P4 despite reporting involved in a wheel-to-wheel battle for third easy race weekend for Rashid, the weather brate Ramadan with his family, and will tled constantly changing weather condi- that his kart appeared to be losing power on place with one of the most experienced conditions kept on changing from session to return to Italy for the ROK North tions to claim fourth place in the Final, earn- exiting corners, nevertheless he was in drivers in the field, and although he man- session and we encountered a number of Championship in Adria, on 19 June 2016.
The Champions Young Stars. Runners Up of the KC U19 Trophy 2016. Young Stars Cricket Club clinch U-19 title of Kuwait Cricket Tournament
KUWAIT: The finals of Kuwait Cricket U-19 in the penultimate over of the innings and was tion of excellent second wicket partnership of Tournament, organized by Kuwait Cricket, was the highlight of the future star innings to get to over hundred runs kept on the score board mov- played between Future Star XI and Junior Young a respectable total to defend. ing and making the target look easier and within Star at Sulaibiya Turf Cricket Ground on Saturday Young stars bowlers got the important break- their reach convincingly. the 4th of June at 4:30 PM. Young Star Cricket through regularly, which put the brakes on to Ahmed Hafeez scored unbeaten 65 runs in 33 Club won the toss and elected to bowl on a the batting of Future Stars, who at one stage balls with 7 fours and 3 sixes and Anas scored his pitch that looked conducive to batting. looked like scoring above 200 runs, but some 50 in 41 balls with 6 boundaries and 1 six mas- The weather very hot and humid, certainly good overs and wickets at regular intervals pres- tered the chase with some good and sensible not the weather in which the cricketers would surized the future star batsmen to be on their batting to chase down the target and win with 8 enjoy playing on it, even the temperature of 45 back foot. Future managed to post a total of 154 wickets emphatically in the 18th over. Ahmed degrees and above could not stop these young for the loss of 7 wickets in the stipulated 20 Hafeez for his useful contribution with the bat in enthusiasts of cricket or hamper their enthusi- overs. For young cricketers Fiyaz was the pick of taking his team to win the title was declared asm in exhibiting their talent in this scorching the bowlers with 2-13 in two overs while their Man of the Finals. heat. Future stars started their innings cautiously disciplined bowling attack controlled the inten- The dignitaries present at the finals to but in the second over lost their opener Abdul tions the dangerous looking Future Star batting encourage the young lads were Director General Rahman, bowled by Hamza and in the last over effort. Junior Young Stars started their chase Kuwait Cricket Asad Baig, Vice Chairman Iqbal of the power play Abdul Sadiq had to return to sensibly without losing a wicket in the power- Vanoo, Director, Coaching Panel, Samer Desai, the pavilion at his personal score of 18, hence by play, they put on 43 runs in the powerplay by Director Women’s Cricket Mahboob Khan, the end of power play Future Stars put on a picking up sharp singles and doubles and their Director Match Officials, Imran Mustafa, Irfan score of 39 for the loss of two wickets. running between the wickets was exceptional. Adil and Tahir Khan too were present at the post A 48 run partnership between Hamoud and At the half stage of the chase, after 10 overs match presentation, encouraging the young Haseeb with some gritty hitting from the bat of the Junior Young Stars had managed to score 65 boys for their excellent sportsmanship. Hamoud, who scored 41 with three sixes and for the loss of one wicket, thus requiring another The post match presentation was conducted three hits to the boundary put some good score 100 runs to win from 60 balls. Good partnerships by Syed Nadeem and the final vote of thanks of 91 runs in 11 overs for the Future Stars. helped to ease the chase for Junior Young Stars, was delivered by Iqbal Vinoo for both the teams Haseeb scored his 50 with some good hitting 46 runs for the first wicket and another exhibi- and the supporters of the game. Winners of KC U19 Trophy 2016. THURSDAY, JUNE 9, 2016 SPORTS
Sharks try to put Penguins’ Stanley Cup party plans on ice
NEW YORK: The San Jose Sharks have Sharks coach Peter DeBoer told one for the Sharks as only one team - the we’ve set out to do.” Home or away what players with 13 playoff goals this year been the NHL’s ultimate road warrior this reporters on Tuesday. “I think we would 1942 Toronto Maple Leafs - have erased the Sharks must do is rediscover their but has not collected a point against the season and will need to pack their A- be comfortable in that spot that we a 3-1 series deficit in the final and won scoring touch which has disappeared Penguins. And Logan Couture, the post- game when they travel to Pittsburgh to could get it to go seven. “Short-term the Cup. While the odds may favour the under a suffocating Pittsburgh defense season’s leading scorer with 26 points, the face the Penguins today in what we’ve got to go in and win one road Penguins, the team are not taken any- and the sparkling play of rookie netmin- has just two assists in four games versus could be the Stanley Cup decider. game. We’ve been the best road team in thing for granted. der Matt Murray, who has picked up 14 Pittsburgh. “I thought every game we’ve The Sharks, who trail the best-of-sev- the league all year. It’s not going to be “We have to try to do our best to playoff wins. created a little bit more chances to en series 3-1, will be determined to play easy.” The Sharks, who have logged more ignore some of the noise surrounding Coming into the finals the San Jose score,” said DeBoer. “I think our big guys the spoiler role with the Penguins eager air miles this season than any other the group,” said Penguins coach Mike attack was firing on all cylinders, potting have gotten more shots off and more to celebrate a Stanley Cup victory on team, posted the NHL’s best away record Sullivan. “I think our players are well 63 goals in 18 playoff contests, but have looks as the series has gone on. home ice after each of their three previ- this season with a franchise-best 28 road aware of it. managed just seven in the NHL’s cham- “But you can’t change the fact that ous championships were clinched on wins and have continued to excel away “Our players are excited to be in the pionship round. we’ve played behind the entire series. the road. “We want to win one game and from the SAP Center during the playoffs. position we’re in, but by no means do The Sharks big guns have shown little That’s something that we have to get get a Game Six back here at home,” But the challenge ahead is a daunting we think that we’ve accomplished what bite in the crunch. Joe Pavelski leads all fixed.” — Reuters Recharged Ricciardo can be handful for Hamilton
LONDON: Red Bull’s Daniel Ricciardo has Hamilton won from pole position. He was put Monaco misery behind him and is hop- 15th in 2013. ing for another epic battle with Lewis Hamilton has the momentum from Hamilton in Montreal this weekend. Monaco and is a renowned master of Two weeks after taking a first Formula Montreal while Rosberg, 24 points clear at One pole position, only to lose out on vic- the top, will want to hit back after two tory for the second race running due to no races without points. Another win for either fault of his own, the smiling Australian would take Mercedes level with Red Bull in returns to the scene of his first grand prix the all-time lists, on 51 each, but the cham- victory in feisty mood. pions know the pressure is on. Triple world champion Hamilton, aiming “The main thing we took away (from for a fifth Canadian Grand Prix win after Monaco) was the very real threat from Red also taking his first career triumph at the Bull,” said team boss Toto Wolff. “It took a Circuit Gilles Villenueve, and his Mercedes bold strategy, a big push from Lewis and an team mate Nico Rosberg will be favourites even bigger slice of luck with Daniel’s slow again. But Ricciardo reckons he can be a pitstop to get us that win. contender, particularly at a track where the “We have no breathing space in this weather can act as a leveller. Temperatures championship.” Ferrari hope to add to the are forecast to be cool with some rain. pressure, after their early promise fell off. “Now that I’ve sort of got over Monaco I Monaco, with Kimi Raikkonen retiring and just want to get back in the car and basical- Sebastian Vettel fourth, was their worst ly smash it and get amongst it,” Ricciardo result of the season. said on social media. Both drivers can expect to see the bene- “You’re going to see the same intensity fit of a power unit upgrade at a circuit that you saw in Monaco. I plan on keeping named after one of the Ferrari greats but that up and not letting anything else get in where the Italian team have not won for 12 the way,” added the Australian, whose 18- years, and Raikkonen reckons the results so year-old Dutch team mate Max Verstappen far have been deceptive. won in Barcelona. “Certain races that we’re pretty certain Renault’s latest specification engine, will suit us better have been moved from which Red Bull use with Tag Heuer brand- the beginning to later on in the season and KENTUCKY: A boy is directed as he poses with a photo of boxing legend Muhammad Ali yesterday in Louisville, Kentucky. — AFP ing, has provided a good boost in horse- all the races that we knew were difficult for power to help close the gap. us have been moved to the front,” said the Canada has been a rollercoaster for 2007 world champion. Ricciardo in the past, his breakthrough win “Just looking at the results doesn’t Louisville ready to ‘welcome in 2014 followed by 13th last year when always tell you the full story.” — Reuters the world’ to Ali services Tiger Woods to skip LOUISVILLE: Muhammad Ali’s hometown is calling on the city’s residents to show the hospi- will take place in the 18,000-seat Freedom Hall ready to “welcome the world” for this week’s cer- tality and compassion that Ali championed. that hosted Ali’s last fight in Louisville, in which US Open at Oakmont emonies honoring the late boxing legend, “Muhammad shook up the world and he he beat Willi Besmanoff, in 1961. Louisville’s mayor said Tuesday, with a huge pub- showed everybody he was a world-class fighter On Tuesday, organizers started distributing lic procession set for “The Greatest.” and humanitarian, so now let’s welcome the tickets for the event, with residents waking up at WASHINGTON: For the third time in the not ready.” Since Woods was exempt from The largest city in the southern state of world.” President Barack Obama and his wife dawn to be sure to get a seat. “I am here to get past six years, the US Open will go on with- having to qualify because he won the 2008 Kentucky and home to 600,000 people, Michelle Obama will not be among those tickets for my grandson. He is eight. I want him out three-time champion Tiger Woods. U.S. Open, his spot will be filled by an alter- Louisville will play host Thursday and Friday to attending. “They will be attending Malia’s high to know that you can be great no matter where Woods said on his website Tuesday that nate from the 12 sectional qualify sites, the mass public celebration of the life of Ali, its school graduation ceremony in Washington, DC,” you come from,” said Angela Smith Ward, who is he is not ready for tournament competition though it was not clear which one. The most famous native son. said spokeswoman Jen Friedman. retired from the US Army. and will skip the US Open next week at USGA compiles an alternate list that is Ali, whose remarkable boxing career and civil Instead, a close aide to Obama “will read a let- Oakmont, along with his Quicken Loans based on how many spots each qualifying rights activism made him one of the most indeli- ter from the president and the first lady as part ‘JUST WANT TO BE PART OF IT’ National the following week at site was allocated and the strength of each ble figures of the 20th century, died last week at of Friday’s service in Louisville,” said Friedman. First in line was David Alcorn, who arrived at Congressional. “While I continue to work field in determining the list. age 74 after a decades-long battle with Earlier this week, Obama called Ali’s widow, 1:30 am. Like many Americans, he has two jobs- hard on getting healthy, I am not physically When qualifying ended on Tuesday, and Parkinson’s disease. His death has prompted an Yolanda “Lonnie” Williams to offer his condo- as a bus driver and at a gas station. He was head- ready to play in this year’s US Open and the with Woods saying he will not play, 149 of outpouring of tributes for The Champ, who won lences. He also remembered a man “who fought ing to work as soon as he got a ticket, but he Quicken Loans National,” he said. “I am mak- the 156-man field for Oakmont was set. three heavyweight titles and Olympic Gold dur- for what was right” and whose gloves sit in his said he wasn’t worried about being too tired. ing progress, but I’m not yet ready for tour- The USGA set aside six spots for any ing his illustrious years in the ring. New York private White House study. “He is the greatest of all time and this is his nament competition.” players who crack the top 60 in the world renamed a street outside Madison Square hometown. I just want to be part of it,” Alcorn Woods first missed the US Open in 2011 ranking after this week. One of them will be Garden “Muhammad Ali Way” after the boxing MEDIA SCRUM told AFP. On Friday, the procession-which will when he was recovering from leg injuries. William McGirt, who now is No. 44 in the great who headlined a string of fights at the Local authorities have received more than see Ali’s coffin paraded through the streets of He missed in 2014 at Pinehurst No. 2 while world after winning the Memorial. iconic sports arena. 2,000 accreditation requests from the US and Louisville-will allow those without tickets for the recovering from his first back surgery a If fewer than five more players get into “Today, we are paying tribute to the man in world media, and the hotels in Louisville-no Islamic service or the public memorial to see week before the Masters that year. the top 60, the extra spots also go to the the heart of this city,” Mayor Bill de Blasio said. stranger to big events, as the home of horse rac- their hero one last time. He has not played since a tie for 10th in main alternate list. But if a player who qual- “He deserves this naming honor and more.” ing’s marquee Kentucky Derby-are booked solid. The route will pass by sites that were impor- the Wyndham Championship in August. ified has to withdraw, his spot is taken by The ceremonies in Louisville will have three “There are so many heads of state attending tant to Ali: his childhood home, the Ali Center, Woods had two more surgeries on his back the alternate from his qualifying site. key moments: an Islamic prayer service open to the funeral service that we are not allowing any the Center for African American Heritage-which after that, in September and October. Meanwhile, speculation on when or if all on Thursday, a long public funeral procession foreign dignitaries or heads of state to speak at focuses on the lives of blacks in Kentucky-and, of Meanwhile, his absence fueled specula- Woods returns this year will resume after through the city on Friday and a memorial serv- the funeral service,” Ali family spokesman Bob course, along Muhammad Ali Boulevard. tion about when he might return, even two weeks. The Greenbrier Classic, which ice at a sports arena that same day. Gunnell said. The list of those world leaders Ali had been pondering and preparing his though Woods repeatedly has said he does he has played twice in the last four years Former US president Bill Clinton and comedi- remained unclear-Turkish President Recep own funeral for years, given the disease that rav- not know. Woods played five holes when when not dealing with injuries, is July 7-10. an Billy Crystal are among those expected to Tayyip Erdogan’s staff confirmed he would aged his once-powerful body. He hoped to send he opened his golf course in Houston, and That’s one week before the British Open at speak about Ali. Clinton awarded Ali the attend. Actor Will Smith-who earned an Oscar the world a final message of peace, organizers also was seen swinging a club at a junior Royal Troon. Presidential Citizens Medal at the White House in nomination for his portrayal of Ali on the silver have said. One thousand volunteers will be on clinic in South Carolina and at his media The PGA Championship is two weeks January 2001, just before leaving office. screen-and former heavyweight champion hand to assist visitors expected from around the day at Congressional - three swings from after Troon, followed by the Travelers “This celebration for Muhammad will be a Lennox Lewis will be among the pallbearers for globe. “Now the world is doing more than 100 yards to the 10th green, all of them in Championship, the John Deere Classic and one-of-a-kind event for anywhere in the world... Ali, who was born in Louisville as Cassius Clay in watching our city-the world is coming to our the water. Jack Nicklaus said last week at the Wyndham Champion. Woods has never and for us,” Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer said, January 1942. The Islamic service on Thursday city,” Fischer said. —AFP the Memorial he expects Woods to return. played the Travelers Championship and has not played at John Deere since he was a 20- year-old rookie. ‘JUST NOT READY’ After that, he would not be eligible for World champion Sagan swaps “I think Tiger would have liked to have any PGA Tour event for the next six weeks played this week,” Nicklaus said. “He’s just during the FedEx Cup and Ryder Cup. —AP road for mountains in Rio
LONDON: Slovakia’s world road race champion classification at the Tour de France but will target give Slovakia the best possible result. Peter Peter Sagan will compete in the mountain bike stage victories and aim to win the points classifi- Sagan in the past managed to win the world title event at the Rio Olympics, returning to the disci- cation green jersey for a fifth year in succession. in mountain biking, so his chances of a good pline in which he began his career. The Slovakian Olympic Committee said outcome are realistic,” head of Slovakia’s moun- Sagan, who will ride this year’s Tour de France Martin Haring and Patrik Tybor would ride the tain bike commission John ilova was quoted as for his Tinkoff-Saxo team, has been handed Rio road race, which will take place on a hilly saying in a statement from the Slovakia Olympic Slovakia’s only spot for the mountain bike race course not best-suited to Sagan. “The aim is to Committee. — Reuters which will take place on Aug. 21. He will not ride the road race in Rio. “Everyone thought that Peter Sagan, as world champion will start the road race. However, Peter offered his place in the road event in exchange for place in the cross country moun- tain bike race,” Peter Privara, president of the Slovak Cycling Association was quoted as saying in a statement from the Slovakia Olympic Committee. “After finishing the Tour de France, Peter will do some a special training for four weeks. He will not go to Rio just to take part but to aim for a good position.” Sagan, 26, is one of the biggest names in road cycling but began in cross-coun- try where he became a junior world champion. This year, he claimed his first ‘Monument’ tri- umph with victory in the Tour of Flanders, after which he competed in several mountain bike races in Austria and the Czech Republic in order to secure the qualification points required for Rio. After competing in the recent Tour of California, winning the sprinters’ category, Sagan stayed in the U.S. and trained on mountain bikes STOCKHOLM: Javier Gomez Noya of Spain during the 10 km running leg of the men’s Olympic in Park City, Utah. distance of the 2015 ITU World Triathlon in Stockholm, Sweden, on August 23, 2018. Noya has Tiger Woods He will not be a contender for the general been awarded the Princess of Asturias Award for Sports, the jury award announced. — AFP THURSDAY, JUNE 9, 2016 SPORTS South Africa agree to day-night Australia Test
SYDNEY: South Africa have overcome the excitement about what promises to potential of playing day-night Test cricket, “Our players deserve credit for the way success, attracting 123,000 spectators and their reservations and agreed to play a be a fascinating series between formida- I am pleased to announce that we have they have worked through the issues an average television audience of two day-night pink ball Test against Australia ble rivals,” said Cricket Australia chief exec- agreed with Cricket Australia to proceed which were clearly not insignificant,” he million. However, players from both sides in Adelaide this year, cricket chiefs utive James Sutherland. with this fixture,” he said in the same added. The day-night Tests using a pink complained about the pink ball’s move- announced yesterday. Cricket South Africa chief Haroon statement. ball, designed to be more visible under ment and durability, as well as the difficul- Australia unveiled plans for day-night Lorgat said the decision was made after “Our Proteas were initially hesitant to floodlights, are a central part of Australia’s ty batsmen faced seeing it under lights. Tests against South Africa and Pakistan in talks with players, who initially feared play such a key Test match without previ- home international schedule for 2016-17, South Africa play the first Test against April, but admitted player concerns about they would be disadvantaged by having ous experience and adequate preparation which also features limited-overs matches Australia in Perth from November 3-7, fol- the experimental format meant the no experience under pink ball conditions. but after working through all their con- against Pakistan, New Zealand and Sri lowed by a second in Hobart before the Proteas’ fixture was not locked in. “Following careful consideration and cerns and possible options to prepare suf- Lanka. Administrators regard the inaugu- Adelaide day-nighter. Pakistan also play It is now confirmed for November 24- engagement with all our Test players, and ficiently, there is newfound excitement for ral day-night Test against New Zealand in three Tests in Australia this summer, with 28. “This announcement will further fuel recognising the need to exploit the this novel Test match. Adelaide last season as an outstanding a day-night Test in Brisbane. —AFP
Pakistan’s Diana hunts for glory in cricket and football
LAHORE: Diana Baig shifts restlessly in her seat, checking her watch every few seconds ACCIDENTAL FOOTBALL STAR at an awards ceremony after leading her Her journey to the forefront of Pakistani cricket team to victory. Soon she has to women’s football was even more dramatic. play a football match at another venue, and In cricket-obsessed Pakistan, football- time is ticking. especially women’s football-finds itself Baig is no stranger to the pressure. The largely unable to compete in the popularity talented 20-year-old plays for Pakistan’s stakes. But while playing cricket in national team in both cricket and football, Islamabad in 2010, Baig tried out for the representing the country as one of the Gilgit-Baltistan football team on a whim “Girls in Green” at the recent World after friends told her they needed players. Twenty20 tournament in India in between She made the team and, to her disbelief, practicing her penalty shoot-out skills. in 2014 was selected to play for Pakistan at “It was an honour to be selected for the the SAFF Championships in Bahrain. T20 squad,” she says, in between glances at She has been a member of the starting her watch. She did not make the starting 11 as a defender ever since, she says, team, but being at the tournament-even unable to hide her excitement. Baig has from the sidelines-was “very encouraging had to fight harder for her cricket career. for me-it gave me new life, a new energy”. Unlike in men’s cricket, Pakistan’s The 20-year-old grew up playing street women’s players are not contracted and are cricket and football with other children in selected on a match by match basis from the magnificent Hunza Valley, their lower-ranked teams, such as the several makeshift arenas ringed by some of the hundred playing at the provincial level. world’s tallest mountains in Pakistan’s That means that there were times when northern Gilgit-Baltistan. Baig was in-and times when she was out. The fact that she was a girl did not mat- Fighting to keep her place was compli- ter, she says: Baig belongs to the Ismaili cated by the fact that-again, unlike the men-Pakistan’s women have no regular facilities or practice time, meaning Baig was forced to rely on training with her uni- versity team to keep up to international standard. But her selection for the World T20 meant the hard work on the playing fields at the Lahore College for Women University had paid off. “It is because of this college, this ground, because regular practice is very important,” she says.
HAVING IT ALL Now Baig is fighting to maintain a cru- GEORGETOWN: Australia’s Aaron Finch plays a shot during a One-day International (ODI) cricket match between South Africa and Australia in cial balance between her sporting dreams the Tri-Nation Series in Georgetown, Guyana on Tuesday.— AFP and an education. “It becomes very hard,” she says. “I try to start from football... I play foot- S Africa back in business ball in the morning, then our cricket train- ing starts around 11 or 12 noon and contin- ues until 3:00 pm or 4:00 pm.” After that, after ODI win over Australia Diana Baig poses with a cricket trophy. she says, she heads to her university hostel for food and drink. “I start studying during sect of Shia Islam, who are followers of the the night, continuing until late.”Women’s PROVIDENCE: South Africa roared back into handful for their batters. I didn’t see a lot of the South Africans to 104 for five midway Aga Khan-infamous in conservative cricket is growing in popularity in Pakistan, contention in the Tri-Nation One-Day them picking him.” through the innings, effectively killing off any Pakistan for their moderate views. she says, with corporations such as mobile International series with a 47-run victory over realistic chance they had of posting a formida- That largely freed her from the restric- companies increasingly arranging sports Australia in the third match of the tournament TOUGH GAMES COMING UP ble total. tions placed on other, more conservative events.The women’s team received at the Guyana National Stadium on Tuesday. Earlier, Australia’s fast bowling pair of Hazlewood was even more economical in women in the Muslim country, where her unprecedented support from Pakistani fans Defending a modest 189 for nine on another Coulter-Nile and Josh Hazlewood proved most conceding 20 runs off 10 metronomic overs. He gender is battling for greater freedom. disillusioned by the men’s dismal perform- pitch that challenged the patience and tech- effective with two wickets each in restricting earned an LBW verdict against Quinton de From the streets, Baig began playing in ance during the World T20 in India, with nique of all batsmen, the Proteas bowlers were the Proteas after de Villiers surprisingly chose Kock to break the opening partnership with community events and for local teams, and the hashtag #GirlsinGreen trending. resisted only by opener Aaron Finch’s defiant to bat first on winning the toss. “We didn’t Hashim Amla and returned to get rid of Parnell. by 2010 she was leading the newly-formed With cricket taking up more and more 72 before he was ninth out as the World Cup- adapt well enough with the bat today,” was South Africa entertained hopes of a challeng- Gilgit-Baltistan women’s team. time, her studies-she is on a full scholarship holders folded for 142 off 34.2 overs. Smith’s assessment of his team’s reply. “We’ve ing total when de Villiers and Amla were at the Two years later, she was selected for at the university, where she is in her first By virtue of their margin of victory, South got a couple of tough games ahead of us now crease. The two most experienced batsmen in Pakistan’s A side, and then as a reserve semester of a health and physical educa- Africa also earned a bonus point and leapt from and we have to improve on this effort.” the side put on 40 for the third wicket before player for the 2013 World Cup. In 2015 she tion degree-are suffering, Baig admits. “But last to first on net run-rate over Australia, leav- Coulter-Nile, who replaced Mitchell Starc Amla was run out for the third time in ODI’s finally won her first international cap, play- one has to manage it.” Though determined, ing hosts West Indies third. Competition from the opening victory over West Indies two against Australia. Wickets continued to fall reg- ing for Pakistan against Bangladesh. she knows that one day she will have to resumes in St Kitts on Saturday with South days earlier, made the most of the opportunity ularly thereafter and it was left to the lower- But Baig says she had her moments of choose. When asked which path she will Africa and Australia renewing their rivalry at with a spell of two for 38 off 10 overs. order players Phangiso and Rabada to assist despair along the way. “A time came when take, she laughed. “You know, in Asia, there Warner Park. Farhaan Behardien’s workmanlike He claimed the vital wickets of de Villiers Behardien in lifting the South Africans closer to I could not see my future bright like this,” is more charm in cricket,” she says, acknowl- innings of 62 held South Africa’s innings and J.P. Duminy in consecutive overs to reduce the 200-run mark.— AFP she admits. Being selected for the A side edging her playing for the football team is together and earned him the “Man of the changed all that. “After that, I started to the harder road. She adds: “I see my future Match” award. However pacer Kagiso Rabada SCOREBOARD work hard.” better in cricket.” — AFP shared the plaudits with a useful unbeaten 15 as the tail contributed important runs and then Scoreboard at close of play in the third Triangular Series match between Australia and South Africa on Tuesday in led the way with the ball as he claimed three Georgetown, Guyana. for 13 off seven probing overs. South Africa Innings: Australia Innings: Rabada disposed of Usman Khawaja in his H. Amla run out (Smith, Finch) 35 D. Warner lbw b Parnell 1 opening spell and returned to account for wick- Q. de Kock lbw b Hazlewood 18 A. Finch c de Villiers b Phangiso 72 etkeeper-batsman Matthew Wade and tailen- R. Rossouw lbw b Lyon 7 U. Khawaja b Rabada 2 der Nathan Coulter-Nile in an excellent display A. de Villiers b Coulter-Nile 22 S. Smith lbw b Parnell 8 of controlled fast bowling. His effort was sup- J. Duminy b Coulter-Nile 13 G. Maxwell lbw b Shamsi 3 ported by Wayne Parnell, who shared the new F. Behardien b Maxwell 62 M. Marsh c de Kock b Tahir 8 ball and got rid of the dangerous David Warner W. Parnell b Hazlewood 2 M. Wade c de Kock b Rabada 2 A. Phangiso c Hazlewood b Zampa 9 N. Coulter-Nile b Rabada 0 in his very first over. Playing his first ODI for K. Rabada not out 15 A. Zampa lbw b Tahir 0 almost 16 months, Parnell then trapped I. Tahir c Coulter-Nile b Maxwell 0 N. Lyon lbw b Phangiso 30 Australian captain Steve Smith leg-before. T. Shamsi not out 0 Spinners Imran Tahir and Aaron Phangiso Extras (lb-1 w-5) 6 J. Hazlewood not out 11 then tightened the stranglehold with two wick- Total (for 9 wickets, 50 overs) 189 Extras (lb-5) 5 ets apiece, while Tabraiz Shamsi, the left-arm Fall of wickets: 1-29 Q. de Kock, 2-41 R. Rossouw, 3-81 H. Total (all out, 34.2 overs) 142 leggie, marked his debut with the wicket of Amla, 4-97 A. de Villiers, 5-104 J. Duminy, 6-112 W. Fall of wickets: 1-1 D. Warner, 2-10 U. Khawaja, 3-21 S. Smith, 4-47 G. Maxwell, 5-72 M. Marsh, 6-83 M. Wade, 7- Glenn Maxwell in his first over to ensure there Parnell, 7-149 A. Phangiso, 8-188 F. Behardien, 9-188 I. 85 N. Coulter-Nile, 8-90 A. Zampa, 9-113 A. Finch, 10-142 was no escape for the Aussies. Tahir Bowling: J. Hazlewood 10-3-20- 2 (w-1), N. Coulter-Nile N. Lyon “We started well with the two seamers 10-2-38-2 (w-2), N. Lyon 10-0-40-1, A. Zampa 10-0-46-1 Bowling: K. Rabada 7-1-13-3, W. Parnell 6-1-23-2, I. Tahir ISLAMABAD: In this photograph taken on April 25, 2016, Pakistani national cricket although this wasn’t the kind of surface where (w-2), M. Marsh 4-0-18-0, A. Finch 3-0-11-0, G. Maxwell 3- 8-0-39-2, A. Phangiso 5.2-0-26-2, T. Shamsi 8-1-36-1. and football player Diana Baig (R), delivers the ball during a domestic cricket cham- they were having the time of their lives,” cap- 0-15-2. Result: South Africa won by 47 runs pionship match in Islamabad. — AFP tain A.B. de Villiers said. “(Tabraiz) Shamsi was a S Lanka’s Perera eager for return at Lord’s
LONDON: If all cricketers dream of playing at Twenty20, but an injury to seamer Dhammika seeing it well.” Sri Lanka are already 2-0 down in Lord’s, Sri Lanka’s Kusal Perera has more reason Prasad created a space in Sri Lanka’s tour party. the three-match series, with their batsmen hav- than most to hope he’s selected for today’s third “They haven’t told me if I’m playing yet,” ing struggled so far in English conditions Test against England at the spiritual home of Perera told reporters at Lord’s on Tuesday after a against new-ball duo James Anderson and the game. The 25-year-old endured a potentially training session. “If I do get to play, it’s a great Stuart Broad. But Lord’s, where no side has been career-ending spell on the sidelines after he was opportunity to play at Lord’s. I was thrown into dismissed for under 350 in three County suspended from all cricket during Sri Lanka’s trouble and to come back from that at Lord’s Championship matches so far this season, tour of New Zealand last December, when a lab- would be great.” Perera said belief in his own promises to provide the best batting pitch of oratory in Qatar, accredited by the World Anti- innocence had helped sustain him in the the series. Doping Agency (WADA), said he had produced months he was banned from cricket. “Even the Perera, who could come in for injured all- a positive result in an out-of-competition test. time I was out of the team I knew I hadn’t done rounder Milinda Siriwardana (twisted ankle), Perera tested positive test for a banned ana- anything wrong,” he said. “I couldn’t really think said he hoped forecast warmer temperatures bolic steroid, but his lawyers later raised con- about cricket much in those months, because than those the tourists experienced during a cerns the amounts were so low that they could my focus was on the problem I was facing. I did- nine-wicket defeat in the second Test at have been produced naturally by the body or n’t have any time to think about whether I was Chester-le-Street would also benefit Sri Lanka formed in the samples after they were submit- in touch, or whether I could train, or even what later this week. “I watched the (England) attack ted. And last month he was cleared to play again was happening in cricket. I started training after and it’s mostly fast bowlers,” he said. “In London by the International Cricket Council (ICC) after the day I was cleared. “I didn’t have a lot of cen- the conditions seem easier, because it must the laboratory withdrew its “adverse original tre-wicket training because of the rain (in Sri have been very cold in Durham. finding” and replaced it with an “atypical finding”, Lanka).” He added: “After six months your body “When it’s cold you are a bit stiff and your and said no further investigation was warranted. needs to get used to training again. feet don’t work as well. With this weather and The wicket-keeper/batsman wasn’t allowed Your body starts to hurt-but that’s normal. given the pitch as well-which looks like it will be LONDON: Sri Lanka’s opening batsmen Kaushal Silva (L) and Dimuth Karunaratne to take part in any formal cricket training during But what I’ve found is that because I’m coming batting-friendly-I think there’s a chance for us to (2nd L) chat during a practice session at Lord’s cricket ground in London yesterday. his suspension and missed this year’s World into it quite fresh, I’m hitting the ball well, I’m dominate them.” — AFP Sri Lanka play England in the third Test match staring today. — AFP THURSDAY, JUNE 9, 2016 SPORTS
China cool on another badminton sweep at Rio
SYDNEY: China shrugged off bad- singles and doubles contenders are who upset compatriot Wang Yihan for Australian Badminton Open in Sydney erhouse Denmark, have employed minton’s biggest Olympic scandal to expected to vie for podium places but the gold at London, returns to Rio with this week. After breezing through her Chinese coaching consultants, while for- sweep all five titles at London four years the days of gold medal-deciders fought Wang again among her biggest threats. opening match at the Sydney Olympic mer world champion Ratchanok has ago but the Asian super-power is trying exclusively by shuttlers in identical red World number six Wang Shixian, who Park Sports Centre on Wednesday, the credited her current mentor Xie Zhuhua to keep a lid on expectations of another shirts may be gone for good. competed at London, would have quali- 25-year-old Li forecast a much tougher for much of her success. bumper gold medal haul at the Rio de World badminton has moved the fied under the former regime but the run for China at Rio. Along with Spaniard Marin, Janeiro Games. Olympic goalposts by limiting nations to reigning Asian champion misses out. “Yes, London was London, now it’s a Ratchanok has repeatedly pricked The peerless team that set up the two singles entrants in each event, down “Maybe (we feel) it’s a pity that there are new Olympic cycle,” she said. “The whole China’s aura of invincibility at high-pro- ‘Great Haul of China’ in London will line from the three at London and previous three of us but we can only enter two,” world’s level has improved, so I think it file tournaments in recent years and has up almost unchanged at Rio, anchored Games. The move was intended to added Li. will be difficult for all countries. So, we no fear of the Chinese at Rio. by men’s singles great Lin Dan and increase competition but naturally just need to worry about our own game. “Before when I was young, if I beat women’s champion Li Xuerui. prompted grumblings in China of a con- CLOSING THE GAP “Everyone’s got a chance. It can’t be the Chinese players I would feel very So strong were the Chinese in 2012 tainment strategy. With the new limits, Since London, other nations have said that there are just a few contenders. happy, very proud of myself,” she told that they swept the titles without the fewer team mates means more pressure been closing the gap and the tourna- It’s possible for any player to go all the Reuters at her hotel in Sydney’s reigning world champion women’s dou- on the remaining Chinese to perform for ment will open in Brazil without Chinese way.” With its richly-funded programmes Olympic Park precinct. “But now there bles pairing of Wang Xiaoli and Yu Yang, a nation which has become used to gold players dominating the world rankings and punishing training regimes, China’s are many countries like Japan, India, who were expelled from the tournament flowing from the badminton arena. in every event. Li is currently ranked Soviet-style sports system has been an Korea. “Many young players (are) com- in disgrace. Wang and Yu were among “Actually, I don’t believe it’s discrimi- fourth behind Spanish world number assembly line for Olympic champions in ing up and I think now it’s not the eight players disqualified for deliberately nation against China, but the rule came one Carolina Marin, second-ranked Thai sports like badminton and table tennis, Chinese players only. There are a lot of playing to lose pool round matches to out and we just accept it,” Olympic sensation Ratchanok Intanon and Wang but it has also inadvertently become an players going up, so I have to look at, secure more favourable draws in the women’s singles champion Li Xuerui told Yihan. There is little prospect of a shake- exporter for coaching talent. not only the Chinese, (but) just look at knockout rounds. In Rio, all of China’s Reuters in Sydney on Wednesday. Li, up to the rankings at the season-ending Top teams, including European pow- who is getting better.” —Reuters
MLB results/standings
Pittsburgh 3, NY Mets 1; Philadelphia 3, Chicago Cubs 2; Baltimore 9, Kansas City 1; NY Yankees 6, LA Angels 3; Pittsburgh 3, NY Mets 1; Detroit 3, Toronto 2 (10 innings); Cincinnati 7, St. Louis 6; Texas 4, Houston 3; Minnesota 6, Miami 4 (11 innings); Milwaukee 5, Oakland 4; Washington 10, Chicago White Sox 5; Arizona 5, Tampa Bay 0; San Diego 4, Atlanta 3; Seattle 7, Cleveland 1.
American League Eastern Division W L PCT GB Baltimore 34 23 .596 - Boston 34 24 .586 0.5 Toronto 31 29 .517 4.5 NY Yankees 28 30 .483 6.5 Tampa Bay 26 31 .456 8
Central Division Cleveland 32 25 .561 - Detroit 30 28 .517 2.5 Kansas City 30 28 .517 2.5 Chicago White Sox 29 29 .500 3.5 Minnesota 17 40 .298 15
Western Division Texas 36 22 .621 - Seattle 32 26 .552 4 Houston 28 32 .467 9 LA Angels 26 32 .448 10 Oakland 25 33 .431 11
National League Eastern Division Washington 35 23 .603 - NY Mets 31 26 .544 3.5 Miami 30 28 .517 5 Philadelphia 29 30 .492 6.5 Atlanta 16 42 .276 19
Central Division Chicago Cubs 40 17 .702 - Pittsburgh 32 26 .552 8.5 St. Louis 30 28 .517 10.5 Milwaukee 27 31 .466 13.5 Cincinnati 22 36 .379 18.5
Western Division San Francisco 35 25 .583 - LA Dodgers 32 28 .533 3 Colorado 26 32 .448 8 SAN FRANCISCO: Boston Red Sox’s Xander Bogaerts swings for an RBI single off San Francisco Giants pitcher Albert Suarez during the third inning of a baseball game Arizona 26 35 .426 9.5 Tuesday, in San Francisco. Boston won 5-3.—AP San Diego 25 35 .417 10 Bogaerts 10th inning hit lifts Red Sox over Giants
SAN FRANCISCO: Xander Bogaerts hit a go- four runs, and the Orioles also got long balls one run and was removed after 86 pitches got his second win in six starts, and Pittsburgh Tampa Bay. He gave up three runs and four ahead, two-run single in the top of the 10th, from Ryan Flaherty, Chris Davis and Adam with his workload being strictly monitored in beat New York to complete a doubleheader hits, building on a solid performance last week and Boston snapped San Francisco’s five- Jones. But the game’s most striking moment just his third career start. It was by far his best sweep. The Pirates also won the first game 3-1 in Detroit after struggling for much of the sea- game home winning streak. The Red Sox came in the fifth, when Ventura (4-4) drilled so far in the majors. Kenley Jansen (2-1) got behind seven scoreless innings from Jon Niese son. With his past two outings, the enigmatic loaded the bases against Santiago Casilla (1- Machado in the back with a 99 mph fastball. In the win after pitching a scoreless ninth. (6-2) against his former team. Josh Harrison right-hander has quieted talk about him losing 1), who struck out two in a perfect ninth the second inning, with Baltimore leading 5-0, Thompson hit a two-out blast in the ninth off had three hits and Jordy Mercer hit his first his spot in the rotation and perhaps getting before running into trouble. Bogaerts also the two exchanged words after Ventura twice Carlos Estevez (1-3) to give the Dodgers the home run at PNC Park since Aug. 31, 2014 in sent to the minors. had a third-inning RBI single in Boston’s first threw inside to the two-time All-Star. So in the win. Justin Turner hit a three-run homer in the the first victory. Nicasio (5-4) allowed a run on visit to San Francisco in nearly three years. fifth, an instant after the ball hit him, Machado first to give the Dodgers an early lead but the three hits and two walks over five innings. He PHILLIES 3, CUBS 2 Dustin Pedroia extended his majors-best hit- charged the mound. Ventura prepared for the Rockies tied it 3-3 in the seventh. had gone 1-2 with a 6.23 ERA in his previous Jerad Eickhoff threw seven impressive ting streak to 14 games with an eighth-inning onslaught by slinging aside his cap and glove, five starts, and manager Clint Hurdle acknowl- innings, Ryan Howard hit a solo homer and single, while David Ortiz’s streak ended at 13 but Machado landed a solid punch before the TIGERS 3, BLUE JAYS 2, 10 INNINGS edged last week that he was considering Philadelphia beat Chicago. Eickhoff (3-8) after his tying groundout as a pinch-hitter in pitcher tackled him to the ground. Both Ian Kinsler drove in the winning run with a moving the right-hander to the bullpen. allowed one run and two hits, striking out the seventh. Pedroia also has hit in 11 dugouts and bullpens emptied before peace 10th-inning single, and Detroit won its fifth Jacob deGrom (3-2) is winless in his last seven eight. Jeanmar Gomez pitched out of a bases- straight road games. Junichi Tazawa (1-1) was restored. Machado was restrained by straight game, 3-2 over Toronto. The Tigers starts after he allowed three runs in six loaded jam in the eighth and got the final six pitched the ninth for the win and Craig teammate Chris Tillman after the initial thrust. tied it with two runs in the ninth, spoiling an innings with nine strikeouts and no walks. He outs for his 19th save in 20 tries. Kyle Kimbrel closed it out for his 14th save. Machado and Ventura were ejected. outstanding effort by Blue Jays starter Aaron has not won since April 30 against San Hendricks (4-5) gave up two runs and four hits, Sanchez. The right-hander struck out a career- Francisco despite allowing three earned runs striking out six in five innings. ORIOLES 9, ROYALS 1 DODGERS 4, ROCKIES 3 high 12 and took a one-hitter into the ninth or fewer six times. The Pirates snapped left- Kansas City right-hander Yordano Ventura Trayce Thompson hit a game-ending inning, but he didn’t get another out as hander Steven Matz’s (7-2) seven-game win- NATIONALS 10, WHITE SOX 5 hit Manny Machado with a pitch to spark a homer in the ninth inning to give Los Angeles Detroit rallied. Kinsler’s RBI double in the ninth ning streak in the first game. Bryce Harper drove in three runs, bench-emptying fray, and the Baltimore a win over Colorado in the home debut for chased Sanchez, and Miguel Cabrera’s one-out Anthony Rendon homered and Washington Orioles extended the Royals’ losing streak to a teenage prospect Julio Urias. The 19-year-old double off Roberto Osuna tied it. The Tigers RANGERS 4, ASTROS 3 handed Chicago its 19th loss in 25 games. season-high six games with a 9-1 rout Tuesday Urias struck out seven over four innings. The loaded the bases in the 10th with no outs Ian Desmond hit a tiebreaking two-run Rendon hit a two-run homer off Mat Latos night. Mark Trumbo homered and drove in Mexican left-hander allowed three hits and against Joe Biagini (3-2), and Kinsler won it homer in the eighth inning and Texas extend- (6-2). Michael Taylor added a two-run dou- with a chopper into left field. Justin Wilson (2- ed its dominance of Houston with its season- ble and reliever Blake Treinen (4-1) pitched 1) pitched a scoreless 10th for the win. high fifth straight win overall. The Rangers are two-hit ball over three scoreless innings 8-0 this year against their AL West and instate after a shaky start by Joe Ross. REDS 7, CARDINALS 6 rivals and have won 12 straight in Arlington Joey Votto homered with one out in the against the Astros. AL Cy Young Award winner TWINS 6, MARLINS 4 bottom of the ninth inning, powering Dallas Keuchel (3-8) now has as many losses as Brian Dozier’s two-out, two-run home run he had all last season while winning 20 games. Cincinnati over St. Louis after it blew a five-run in the 11th inning gave Minnesota a 6-4 victo- lead for the second straight day. Votto connect- Lefty reliever Jake Diekman (1-1) had a score- ry over Miami, the third game-ending homer ed off left-hander Kevin Siegrist (4-1) for his less eighth after seven solid innings from Cole in Dozier’s career and just the second win for fifth career game-ending homer and Hamels. Sam Dyson pitched out of a ninth- the Twins in their last eight games. Dustin Cincinnati’s third homer of the game. Left-han- inning jam, eventually striking out the side for McGowan (0-2) walked Joe Mauer and gave der John Lamb shut down the Cardinals with his eighth save. up the drive to Dozier to take the loss for the his 65 mph curveball, allowing only one earned run in a career-high 7 1/3 innings. Blake Wood MARINERS 7, INDIANS 1 Marlins. Buddy Boshers (1-0), the eighth Twins gave up Jhonny Peralta’s bases-loaded double Nelson Cruz homered twice and Wade pitcher of the game, struck out two batters in in the eighth, cutting it to 6-4. Matt Carpenter Miley pitched seven scoreless innings to pace the 11th for his first major league victory. tied it with a one-out, two-run double in the Seattle over Cleveland, snapping the Indians’ ninth off Tony Cingrani (1-2), the Reds’ 12th six-game winning streak. Cruz hit a two-run DIAMONDBACKS 5, RAYS 0 blown save in 19 chances this season. homer in the first inning off starter Cody Zack Greinke threw a three-hitter and Anderson (1-4) and added a solo shot in the Arizona beat Tampa Bay. Greinke (8-3) struck BREWERS 5, ATHLETICS 4 fifth, his 15th, to put Seattle up 7-0. Miley (6-2), out two and walked two in his fifth career Zach Davies took a no-hitter into the sev- who had allowed 18 runs in 14 2/3 innings in shutout and first since July 13, 2013, against enth before allowing a two-out home run to his last three starts, allowed four hits, striking Colorado at Dodger Stadium. Rays starter Matt Oakland’s Billy Butler, and Milwaukee with- out three and walking two. Anderson, who Moore (2-4) went seven innings, allowing five stood a shaky ninth inning to hold on for a was called up from Triple-A earlier in the day runs on seven hits with a walk and three win. Davies (4-3) allowed two hits and three to replace the ailing Danny Salazar, allowed six strikeouts. walks over seven innings while striking out runs and seven hits in 3 2/3 innings. five. Butler turned on an 0-1 fastball from PADRES 4, BRAVES 3 Davies to end the shutout. Davies outdueled YANKEES 6, ANGELS 3 Derek Norris tied the game with a home Oakland rookie Sean Manaea (2-4), who Carlos Beltran and Starlin Castro homered run leading off the ninth and Wil Myers sin- turned in seven solid innings but allowed two for the second consecutive game, sending a gled in the winning run to give San Diego a home runs to Chris Carter. resurgent Michael Pineda and New York past victory against Atlanta. Norris hit the second BALTIMORE: Manny Machado #13 of the Baltimore Orioles hits a fly ball out to left field in Los Angeles. Pineda (3-6) threw 22 of 27 first- pitch from Arodys Vizcaino (1-1) over the fence the second inning during a MLB baseball game against the Kansas City Royals at Oriole PIRATES 3, METS 1 pitch strikes and tossed seven efficient innings in left-center, his seventh.Matt Thornton (1-0) Park at Camden Yards on Tuesday in Baltimore, Maryland. — AFP Juan Nicasio retired his first 12 batters and in his longest start since July 4 last year at pitched a perfect ninth for the win. —AP THURSDAY, JUNE 9, 2016 SPORTS
Germany’s Tah earns Euro call to replace injured Ruediger
EVIAN: Defender Jonathan Tah was Mats Hummels, as the world champions their first training session in France on squad I had imagined a few months ago. where we want to go and this target called up for Germany in place of injured eye their first continental crown in 20 Tuesday, only hours after the team’s But that is not the case,” said the coach. will not shift.” Hummels was also mak- Antonio Ruediger yesterday, two days years. arrival. Loew’s men, who are chasing their ing progress, recovering gradually from before the start of Euro 2016, with coach “I wanted a one-on-one replacement “Players who were a key part of my fourth European Championship trophy a muscle injury, Loew said. “Hummels Joachim Loew keeping his sights on the for Ruediger, someone who can play a plans a few months ago are now miss- but their first since 1996, play Ukraine, shows very positive development,” title despite the mounting injury woes. centre-back role,” Loew said, praising ing,” Loew told reporters in his first news Northern Ireland and Poland in the Loew said. “We are now going day by Loew has turned to the 20-year-old Tah’s individual fitness regime of the past conference at their tournament base. group stage of the competition that day and will increase his training pro- Bayer Leverkusen player after he enjoyed three weeks despite not being called up “Marco Reus, Ilkay Guendogan and starts on Friday. gramme.” But he still trained alone yes- a good Bundesliga season, hoping he in the preliminary squad last month. now Ruediger. Bastian Schweinsteiger “But we won’t be complaining. What terday, looking unlikely to be fit in time can provide solutions to his injury-ridden Tah, who has won one senior cap, and Mats Hummels are nursing injuries. is important is to find solutions and we for the first match, against Ukraine on backline that also includes centre-back replaces Ruediger who was injured in Obviously I would have liked to have the are not lowering our target. We know June 12. — Reuters
Portugal seek support for Ronaldo’s genius at Euro
PARIS: Cristiano Ronaldo’s Portugal tower but I would never leave out a Cristiano at above their rivals and should ease into the 80 percent.” knockout stages at Euro 2016, but the illus- Austria flew under the radar as they trious team cannot underestimate a blos- topped their qualifying section ahead of soming Austria side. Russia and Sweden, with Marcel Koller’s Ranked eighth in the world, Portugal men participating at the finals for just the cruised towards a sixth straight appearance second time having co-hosted the 2008 at the finals-in Group F against Austria, event. Austria broke into the world top 10 Hungary and Iceland-by reeling off seven for the first time in November and in versa- straight qualifying wins after an opening tile Bayern Munich star David Alaba they defeat to Albania. possess one of Europe’s most coveted play- But 12 years after the losing the final to ers. But the 23-year-old also has the likes of Greece on home soil, Ronaldo’s hopes of Marko Arnautovic, Zlatko Junuzovic and landing an international title appear skipper Christian Fuchs to help ease the remote unless his supporting cast can burden. Austria, ranked above England, deliver where they have failed in the past. Italy and France, has the potential to finish Portugal lost on penalties to Spain in far higher than the one that exited with just the semi-finals at Euro 2012 and then a single point on their debut appearance. crashed out in the group stage of the World “We did very well in qualifying and Cup in Brazil. Ronaldo, slowed by a knee we’ve been enjoying more and more suc- injury, was then a shadow of the player cess in recent years and have constantly who won that year’s Ballon d’Or. improved,” Alaba told bundesliga.com. “If he is so important in Madrid, just “Our biggest strength, though, is the imagine he’s the same if not more so with collective and it’s this which sets us apart. Portugal,” coach Fernando Santos told We want to get even better and we certain- Spanish sports daily Marca. ly are no longer a team who need to have “When you have a player who scores 50 any fear.” Iceland-with a population of or 60 goals a season, and can always score, 330,000 — became the smallest nation to they are vitally important. qualify for the finals after twice beating 1988 European champions the Netherlands UNDERRATED AUSTRIANS as well as Czech Republic and Turkey. “But Cristiano can’t win alone. No one Swansea City midfielder Gylfi can win matches on their own. He needs Sigurdsson supplied a team-leading six help from the others. But, for sure, he’s goals and the Nordic side will use the expe- more important for us than he is for rience of former Sweden coach Lars Madrid.” The Portuguese have never failed Lagerback and ex-Chelsea and Barcelona to advance beyond the group stage at a striker Eidur Gudjohnsen, now 37, as they European Championship and Ronaldo will plot further surprises. fancy his chances of becoming the first Hungary returned to the finals of a player to score at four editions. major tournament for the first time since But Santos admitted Ronaldo, who net- the 1986 World Cup after beating Norway BORDEAUX: (L-R) Belgium’s forward Michy Batshuayi, Belgium’s defender Laurent Ciman, Belgium’s midfielder Kevin De Bruyne and Belgium’s ted Real’s winning penalty in the 3-1 on aggregate in the play-offs, but the midfielder Radja Nianggolan take part in a public training session during the Euro 2016 football tournament at the Chaban-Delmas Stadium in Champions League final against Atletico current generation is a far cry from the Bordeaux, yesterday. — AFP Madrid having laboured through 120 min- Ferenc Puskas-inspired Magical Magyars of utes in Milan, is unlikely to be fully fit in the 1950s. The Hungarians lack genuine France although he shrugged off any gen- star quality but goalkeeper Gabor Kiraly, 40, uine concerns about his skipper. is poised to become the oldest player in Star-studded Belgium “Look, they always took about players tournament history-eclipsing the record set having to arrive at 100%, but it’s never the by Germany’s Lothar Matthaus, who reality,” said Santos. “Obviously, the ideal appeared aged 39 years and 91 days at thing would be for him to be at his best, Euro 2000. — AFP think ‘big’ at Euro
PARIS: Marc Wilmots’ Belgium are aiming to too high a hurdle for what Wilmots called “easily Euro 2012. At that tournament Italy cruised to topple the established favourites at Euro 2016 the youngest of the quarter-finalists”. a 2-0 win over Ireland and will expect a similar and with stars like Eden Hazard and Kevin de Two years on, high home expectations are outcome when they meet in Lille on June 22. Bruyne have the weapons to so. matched by a sense the time has arrived for the Ireland’s boisterous fans have called their Belgium have qualified for the European team to justify its world ranking. draw the Group of Death, but will travel Championship finals for the first time since co- “People will be waiting for Belgium and wait- undaunted in hope of a better campaign than hosting the 2000 tournament. They are in a ing for me (to deliver) but we’ll give our utmost,” Euro 2012 when they crashed to defeats by tough Group E with Italy, Sweden and Irish said skipper Eden Hazard. Belgium’s first Group Croatia and Spain. Republic but Wilmots is eager for succeess. E match is on June 13 in Lyon against Italy who It is 14 years since the “Boys in Green” last “There’s no doubt that we have big ambi- they swept aside 3-1 in Brussels in November. won a match at a major tournament, a 3-0 win tions; our aim must always be to reach the final,” Italy are always a force to be reckoned with over Saudi Arabia at the 2002 World Cup. coach Marc Wilmots told FIFA.com. Thanks to a though and are expected to at least progress Record goal scorer Robbie Keane was Ireland’s golden generation that has produced stars like from the group, even if coach Antonio Conte star then but is now 35 and has fitness issues skipper Hazard, De Bruyne, Romelu Lukaku and might be distracted by his impending move to that had put his selection for the squad in Thibaut Courtois, the ‘Red Devils’ have risen to Chelsea following Euro 2016. Italy announced doubt. Ireland’s first major tournament since number two in the world rankings behind on Tuesday that Giampiero Ventura of Torino Martin O’Neill took over as coach in 2013, a pro- Argentina. “Favourites, no,” Wilmots cautioned. will take over as national coach on July 11. longed stay in France will depend on players “France are playing at home, Spain, Germany Conte has played down the Azzurri’s chances like Shane Long and Robbie Brady proving that and then maybe we’re just behind”. after ending preparations with a patchy 1-0 win they have Keane’s star quality. The opener Loaded with attacking talent they have been over Scotland and a 2-0 win over Finland. “We against Sweden will be eyed as their best hit however by injuries to key defenders includ- have to believe that we can challenge Belgium, chance for a win and a third-place finish but the ing Vincent Kompany, Bjorn Engels, Nicolas but we know they’re a great side,” he said. Swedes, anchored by talisman Zlatan Lombaerts and Dedryck Boyata. “The defenders Italy still appear a work in progress for Ibrahimovic and bolstered by a convincing 3-0 who I have at my disposal are still very good Ventura to pursue. Two years after exiting the win over Wales last Sunday, will have the same LISBON: Team captain Cristiano Ronaldo, center, shakes hands with Parliament players,” insisted Wilmots. World Cup at the first round for the second idea. While it might be unfair to call Sweden a President Eduardo Ferro Rodrigues, left, as Portuguese President Marcelo Rebelo de successive edition, a solid and reliable starting one-man team, they are heavily reliant on the Sousa, center left, talks to defender Pepe, right, as they pose for a photo at the CONTE FAREWELL XI has yet to emerge. Claudio Marchisio and sublime goalscoring talents of the 34-year-old Belem presidential palace in Lisbon Tuesday. The Portugal team was invited by the Belgium reached the last eight at the 2014 Marco Verratti are out through injury, while Ibrahimovic who, unlikely to play in another president for dinner at the palace before departing for France to compete in the Euro World Cup, without really excelling, before Conte overlooked the veteran Andrea Pirlo major tournament, will look to grace Euro 2016 2016 Soccer Championship. — AP falling 1-0 to eventual finalists Argentina. It was and Marco Ballotelli, the semi-final hero of with his legendary flourish. — AFP Stars to watch for at Euro 2016
PARIS: Stars to watch for at Euro 2016: ing to Real Madrid in 2013 in a world-record Rashford awoke a virtual unknown. By the time he established himself as a key cog in a side chasing a minutes as Juventus claimed a fifth straight league 100.8 million euro transfer. Lightning quick, went to bed he was a sensation, having scored third European title. The goals have yet to flow at championship. He joined the Turin giants from SUPERSTARS superb in the air and with a jackhammer left foot, twice on his Manchester United debut in a 5-1 international level, but France are waiting for the Parma in 2001 for a reported 53 million euros, CRISTIANO RONALDO - PORTUGAL he operates in a free role for Wales and his devas- Europa League win over FC Midtjylland. More floodgates to open once Martial gets off the mark. making him the world’s most expensive goalkeep- A three time world player of the year, Cristiano tating pace on the counter-attack will be a source goals followed-a brace against Arsenal on his er. Having signed a two-year contract extension in Ronaldo again rose to the occasion to fire Portugal of concern for every defence he encounters. He Premier League debut, a classy derby winner at RENATO SANCHES - PORTUGAL May, Buffon is planning to hang about until the to Euro 2016. The Real Madrid striker scored five of has won two Champions League titles in three Manchester City, a stunning effort at West Ham Born and raised in Lisbon, the 18-year-old 2018 World Cup before calling time. Twice a his country’s 11 goals in qualifying, but an interna- years at Real and his heart-sign goal could United in the FA Cup-and he ended the campaign Renato Sanches made his first-team debut with Champions League runner-up-in 2003 and 2015 tional title remains a glaring absence from his become a feature of Euro 2016. with eight goals in 18 appearances, as well as an Benfica in October, then earned his first interna- — Buffon will captain an Italy side seeking exhaustive list of honours. Snapped up by FA Cup winners’ medal around his neck. tional cap in March before Bayern Munich shelled redemption after a 4-0 thrashing by Spain in the Manchester United in 2003 as an 18-year-old, ZLATAN IBRAHIMOVIC - SWEDEN Manchester-born, he came through United’s out an initial 35 million euros-a fee that could rise Euro 2012 final. Ronaldo helped the Red Devils to three successive The Swedish striker is steeling himself for a final youth academy and has won admirers everywhere to 80 million euros-to tie down one of Europe’s Premier League crowns and the 2008 Champions farewell to France after four glorious years at Paris with his athleticism and remarkable calmness in most promising youngsters. Injuries to Bernardo IKER CASILLAS - SPAIN League. He became the world’s most expensive Saint-Germain. Having landed league titles with front of goal. After scoring within three minutes Silva and Tiago opened the door for the teenager’s A winner of two European championships and footballer when Real Madrid splashed out 94 mil- Ajax, Inter Milan, Barcelona and AC Milan, on his England debut against Australia, he was inclusion in Fernando Santos’ 23-man squad, with the 2010 World Cup, Casillas will forever be associ- lion euros for him in 2009, but Ronaldo has more Ibrahimovic sent records tumbling during a tro- handed a surprise place in Roy Hodgson’s Euro Sanches the youngest player to feature for ated with the golden era of Spanish football. than delivered a return on the investment after phy-laden spell at the Parc des Princes as PSG 2016 squad. Portugal at a major finals since Cristiano Ronaldo However, the 35-year-old endured a torrid 2014 leading the Spaniards to the 2012 La Liga title and established themselves as the dominant force in at Euro 2004. After drawing rave reviews from Pep World Cup in Brazil and then made an ignomin- two Champions League victories in the past three French football. Time may be ticking down on the ANTHONY MARTIAL - FRANCE Guardiola and Diego Simeone for his command- ious and tearful departure from boyhood club seasons. However, an agonising defeat to Greece Swede’s international career, but Ibrahimovic rein- Derided as an expensive panic buy when ing displays in the heart of midfield, Portugal will Real Madrid a year later. After breaking into the in the Euro 2004 final on home soil is the closest forced his reputation as one of the greatest strikers Manchester United forked out an initial £36 mil- hope Sanches can provide fresh impetus to a side Real first team at just 18, Casillas won three Ronaldo has come to international success. of his generation with 11 goals in qualifying — lion ($52.6 million, 47 million euros), Anthony heavily reliant on Ronaldo. Champions League titles and La Liga five times three against Nordic rivals Denmark in a 4-3 aggre- Martial silenced critics with an impressive debut before leaving for Porto to bring down the curtain GARETH BALE - WALES gate play-off victory. The 34-year-old, Sweden’s season at Old Trafford. The 20-year-old finished VETERANS on a 25-year association with the Spanish giants. With seven goals and two assists in qualifying, record goalscorer, is undoubtedly the key to his with 17 goals and emerged as one of the few GIANLUIGI BUFFON - ITALY Despite inconsistent displays in Portugal and the Bale did more than any other player to end country’s hopes at Euro 2016 but has never gone bright spots as United missed out on Champions At 38, the evergreen Buffon has shown few superb form of heir apparent David de Gea, Spain Wales’s 58-year wait to qualify for a major tourna- beyond the quarter-finals at a major tournament. League football. Hailing from the same Paris sub- signs of slowing down and remains Italy’s undis- coach Vicente del Bosque has stayed fiercely loyal ment. After coming through the ranks at urb as Thierry Henry and Patrice Evra, Martial is fol- puted number one. A star of the Azzurri’s 2006 to his captain. Casillas, who could bow out after Southampton, he exploded onto the global NEWCOMERS lowing a path to stardom similar to that of the one World Cup winning side, Buffon is still at the top of Euro 2016, set a new European record with his scene at Tottenham Hotspur, where he was twice MARCUS RASHFORD - ENGLAND taken by Henry. After breaking into Didier his game a decade later. He set a new Serie A 167th international cap in Wednesday’s 6-1 maul- named England’s Player of the Year, before mov- On February 25 this year, 18-year-old Marcus Deschamps’ squad in September, the forward has record by going unbeaten for 974 consecutive ing of South Korea. —AFP Louisville ready to Pakistan’s Diana ‘welcome the hunts for glory in world’ to Ali cricket and football services
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ILLINOIS: USA’s Clint Dempsey shoots to score a penalty against Costa Rica during their Copa America Centenario football tournament in Chicago, Illinois, United States, on Tuesday. — AFP Dempsey nets 50th as US rout Costa Rica Colombia first team to book place in last eight
PASADENA: Colombia became the first side to Jones and Bobby Wood. Substitute Graham Zusi Jones, who struck a low shot from the edge of the through the second half but Costa Rica lost a fourth before half-time before forcing David Ospina into a book a spot in the Copa America Centenario quar- added a fourth in the 86th minute to cap the win box past the outstretched hand of goalkeeper goal in the dying moments when Zusi stole the ball world-class save in the 62nd minute, the Colombia ter-finals on Tuesday after beating Paraguay in and improve the hosts’ goal difference. “It was Patrick Pemberton. The third goal came five min- in midfield and strode forward before slotting the goalkeeper diving full stretch to turn a header Pasadena, while the United States kept their hopes important for us to get off to an early start,” said utes later and once again it was Dempsey who set ball home from 15 yards. around the post. Paraguay continued to dominate of advancing alive by thrashing Costa Rica 4-0. Dempsey. “Once the second went in and the third it up. Wood won the ball in midfield and played a In the second Group A game, played at the Rose the second half and were rewarded when midfield- Colombia’s 2-1 win put them top of Group A on six we got into a bit of a rhythm.” one-two with Dempsey before turning to strike Bowl in Pasadena, California, Colombia took a 2-0 er Victor Ayala scored with a stunning 30-yard rock- points, with the United States on three and the oth- Dempsey got the first, his 50th international home a low drive from 15 yards out. lead in the first half but were pushed hard in the et in the 71st minute. However, they could not er two teams on one point each. goal, from the penalty spot after Cristian Gamboa Costa Rica, who reached the World Cup quarter- second. Carlos Bacca scored the opener in the 12th force an equaliser and Colombia hung on to take all After losing their opener 2-0 to Colombia, the was adjudged to have pushed Wood in the box finals in 2014, improved in the second half with minute with a header before James Rodriguez dou- three points and claim a berth in the next round. United States were in clinical form against the with six minutes gone. Dempsey was involved in captain Bryan Ruiz playing a more influential role, bled Colombia’s lead with a left-foot strike on the Paraguay must now beat the United States on Costa Ricans in Chicago and scored three times in the Americans’ second after 36 minutes when his but they were ineffective in the last third of the half-hour mark. Paraguay gradually played their Saturday to have any chance of advancing to the the first half through Clint Dempsey, Jermaine run at the Costa Rica defence saw the ball fall to field. Ruiz hit the post with a header midway way back into the match and hit the woodwork quarters. — Reuters Sharapova banned for two years by ITF Former Nigeria captain, coach Stephen Keshi dead LONDON: The career of Russian former world number that it boosted blood flow and enhanced athletic ABUJA: one Maria Sharapova was in tatters yesterday after performance. Stephen Keshi, Nigerian soc- she was given a two-year ban by the International Sharapova, the world’s highest-paid female ath- cer’s charismatic and outspoken “Big Tennis Federation (ITF) following her positive test for lete, stunned the sporting world in March when she Boss” who won African Cup titles as the banned drug meldonium at this year’s Australian announced that she had tested positive for meldo- both captain and coach of his country, died early yesterday. He was 54. Open. In a statement the ITF said the 29-year-old five- nium, a drug she said she had been taking for a Keshi, one of only two men to win times grand slam champion’s ban would be backdat- decade to treat diabetes and low magnesium. At the the African Cup of Nations as a player ed to Jan. 26 this year, meaning her results and prize time Sharapova, the highest-profile tennis player to and a coach, died after being rushed to money from the Australian Open, where she reached fail an anti-doping test, said she had made “a huge the hospital in Benin City in southern the quarter-finals, would be cancelled out. Sharapova mistake” blaming her failure to read an email sent by Nigeria late Tuesday night, the Nigerian said she would appeal to the Court of Arbitration for the ITF that meldonium had been added to the Football Federation said. Sport (CAS), describing the punishment as “unfairly banned list. Sharapova, who could have been given a “This is devastating. We have lost a harsh”. She said an independent tribunal in London four-year ban, reacted to the punishment on her superhero,” NFF president Amaju on May 18-19 had found that she had not intentional- Facebook page. “The ITF spent tremendous amounts Pinnick said in a statement. The federa- ly violated anti-doping rules. In a statement on its of time and resources trying to prove I intentionally tion said Keshi died of suspected heart Stephen Keshi website the ITF said the ban had been backdated due violated the anti-doping rules and the tribunal con- problems and was experiencing an to Sharapova’s ‘prompt admission’ of her violation. cluded I did not,” she said. “You need to know that the irregular heartbeat and pain in his legs with his NFF bosses. But Keshi was so “An Independent Tribunal appointed under Article ITF asked the tribunal to suspend me for four years- when he was taken to the hospital. He popular that former Nigerian President 8.1 of the 2016 Tennis Anti-Doping Programme has the required suspension for an intentional violation- was preparing to fly back to his home Goodluck Jonathan once personally found that Maria Sharapova committed an Anti- and the tribunal rejected the ITF’s position. “While the in the United States. intervened to make sure he remained Doping Rule Violation under Article 2.1 of the tribunal concluded correctly that I did not intentional- Keshi had lost his wife to cancer late as national coach. Programme and as a consequence has disqualified ly violate the anti-doping rules, I cannot accept an last year. The South African and Ghana As a tall, heavily-built central the affected results and imposed a period of ineligibil- unfairly harsh two-year suspension.” federations, and English club Chelsea, defender, Keshi led Nigeria’s golden ity of two years, commencing on 26 January 2016,” the Sharapova’s career now hangs in the balance. were among those to pay tribute to age of players to the African Cup title in statement said. “Ms. Sharapova, a 29-year-old player Unless her ban is reduced she will not be eligible to Keshi. Keshi captained Nigeria to the Tunisia in 1994 and to the brink of the from Russia, provided a urine sample on 26 January play until after the 2018 Australian Open when she African Cup title in 1994 and was coach World Cup quarterfinals the same year 2016, after her quarter-final match at the 2016 would be 30. The ban will also impact on her earning when Nigeria won again in 2013. He in the United States. That team con- Australian Open in Melbourne, Australia. “That sam- potential. Swiss watchmaker TAG Heuer cut its ties also coached the Togo and Mali nation- tained the likes of Finidi George, Jay-Jay ple was sent to the WADA-accredited laboratory in with Sharapova after the news of her doping violation al teams. He had immediate success Okocha, Sunday Oliseh and Rashidi Montreal, Canada, for analysis, and was found to con- while other sponsors such as Nike and Porsche dis- when he turned his hand to coaching, Yekini. “Horrible news & Sad day as Our tain meldonium, which is a metabolic modulator that tanced themselves from her. Sharapova has 35 WTA guiding Togo to the World Cup for the legendary Captain & brother Stephen is included under section S4 (Hormone and Metabolic singles titles and has won all four of the sport’s grand first time in 2006. Keshi dies,” Oliseh, Keshi’s former team- Modulators) of the 2016 WADA Prohibited List, and slam titles. Although he brought success back mate and successor as Nigeria coach, therefore is also prohibited under the Programme.” Her career earnings amount to $36 million while to Nigeria, his time in charge of his wrote on Twitter. “We lost an iconic Meldonium was added to WADA’s list of banned her off-court earnings, according to Forbes, are home nation was marked by disputes Hero 2day.” —AP substances at the start of the year after evidence around $200 million. —Reuters Maria Sharapova Aramco listing lures banks with game-changing deals
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IRKUTSK, Russia: Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev arrives to give a speech in front of the new medium-haul MC-21 airliner during the rollout ceremony at an aircraft plant yesterday. - AFP Russia unveils passenger plane
Moscow challenges Airbus, Boeing with new jet
MOSCOW: Russia unveiled yester- Medvedev. “This confirms that we uled to come into service in late ation market. The unveiling of the day the first MC-21 medium-haul are able to create such aircraft that 2018. Irkut said that it has signed MC-21 comes five years after passenger plane as Moscow aims to not only make our civil aviation contracts with a number of airlines, Russia’s short-haul Sukhoi Superjet Saudi gains for second revive its beleaguered civil aviation progress but that will compete with including Russian flagship carrier aircraft came into service and has industry and challenge giants other countries,” he said. Medvedev Aeroflot, UTair and the Kyrgyzstan since had serious technical issues. day oil lifts Gulf shares Airbus and Boeing. The prototype also pledged that Russia would Air Company, for the delivery of Russia’s aviation agency in 2013 of the MC-21 plane that can carry keep updating its domestically-pro- 175 planes and that it had prelimi- grounded the Superjets - which MIDEAST STOCK MARKETS up to 211 passengers was present- duced civil aircraft. nary agreement to sell another 100 have had technical issues with land- ed in the hangar of the Irkut aircraft The MC-21 passenger jets - planes. A number of the planes will ing gear and leak detection systems DUBAI: Saudi Arabia’s stock index rose 1.1 ment on Wednesday that Abu Dhabi manufacturer in the Siberian city of which can be up to 42.3 m long and be purchased by state-owned since they came into service in 2011 percent on Wednesday as investors accu- Financial Group had reached an agree- Irkutsk in a glitzy ceremony broad- have a wingspan of 35.9 m - are Russian companies for leasing. - over a series of technical issues mulated shares in companies set to bene- ment to buy the 48.36 percent stake of cast on Russian state television. expected to replace the ageing, Medvedev said that the demand before being allowed to resume fit from economic reform plans, while oil the investment bank held by Dubai The unveiling of the aircraft was Soviet-era Tupolev Tu-204 and for Russia’s MC-21 would grow once flights. A Superjet performing at an hitting fresh 2016 highs buoyed investor Banking Group. The transaction, for which a “long-awaited event for our civil make their first test flights by the it makes its first flight. Russia has its Indonesian air show in 2012 mood across the region. Saudi Arabia’s no value was disclosed, is subject to regu- aviation, for aeronautic construc- end of the year or in early 2017. The hopes set on competing with the slammed into a volcano, killing all Dar Al Arkan Real Estate Development Co latory approvals, it said. Dubai’s main tion and for our whole country,” aircraft, 30 percent of which is Airbus A320 and Boeing 737, which 45 on board, in a crash Indonesia jumped 9.2 percent to 5.95 riyals, surging index rose 0.8 percent as winners out- said Prime Minister Dmitry made up of foreign parts, is sched- dominate the international civil avi- blamed on pilot error. — AFP by its daily limit for a second straight day. numbered losers 18-to-four. Blue chips After the market close on Tuesday, the Emaar Properties and DAMAC Properties developer said it was in talks with the closed up 1.3 and 3 percent respectively. government to provide housing under Real estate and banking shares buoyed Pharaohs’ shadow an omen in gold search the kingdom’s economic reform plan. It neighboring Abu Dhabi’s index, which did not give further details. gained 1.4 percent. First Gulf Bank and Emaar Economic City also said it was in Aldar Properties each rose more than 2 EASTERN DESERT, Egypt: to lure them back. If successful, the el does not fit their work. Unlike lyst with EFG Hermes, said the data talks with the housing ministry to build percent. In Cairo, the main index added Careering around Egypt’s rocky industry could create jobs and companies drilling wells, their capi- available is not enough to lure homes for Saudi citizens, and its shares 0.8 percent to 7,780 points, its highest Eastern Desert, Alexander Nubia attract foreign currency to an econ- tal costs can stretch for decades as investors on the current terms. “It’s surged 8.6 percent. The Saudi govern- close since April 27. The Egyptian pound CEO Mark Campbell peers from his omy that is in dire need of both. they build out mines requiring hun- clear there is a lot of potential but ment published a five-year National strengthened on the black market on jeep and sees hills so rich with gold Paul Jones, CEO of Nuinsco, a dreds of millions of dollars in investors want a more definitive Transformation Plan (NTP) on Monday, Tuesday, a sign that worries over further they could lure billions in invest- Canadian explorer that left in 2011, investment. They say production answer. They want to know where part of a wider set of reforms launched in devaluation have abated, for now, ments and jumpstart the ailing likens Egypt’s mineral-rich Nubian sharing, on top of a royalty pay- minerals are and how much is pres- April as “Vision 2030”. The plan, which sets encouraging investors to accumulate economy. His company just has to shield rock formation that straddles ment, makes Egypt a prohibitively ent,” he said. targets for government agencies and also Egyptian shares. Palm Hills Development find it. Egypt’s gold mining industry the Red Sea to the Canadian shield expensive play. “Production sharing includes spending on new initiatives in extended the previous session’s gains and has for years been long on poten- of a century ago, before it “devel- works for the oil and gas industry, Back to the Future healthcare, mining and renewable ener- added a further 2.3 percent. The company tial and short on investment - the oped the northern part of Quebec however it does not work any- Alexander Nubia, just one of gy, will cost an estimated 270 billion riyals said on Tuesday that shareholders had result of a jarring mismatch and Ontario with tens of millions of where in the world for mining,” said three active explorers in Egypt, is ($72bn) to implement. Finance Minister approved its plan to increase its share between spectacular geology and ounces of gold, and billions of Centamin chairman Josef El-Raghy. nonetheless bullish. Campbell says Ibrahim Alassaf said on Tuesday it will capital to 4.6 billion Egyptian pounds an unattractive commercial frame- pounds of copper, zinc, and lead”. “As such, companies will not come a prospect his firm began exploring partly be paid for by making public sector ($518 million) through an issue of bonus work for mining. Leonard Karr, a geologist with and invest in Egypt despite the in 2011 will likely yield a commer- efficiency savings and cutting spending shares. Investment firm EFG Hermes, Despite a history of gold mining Vancouver-based Alexander Nubia, hugely prospective mineral cially viable discovery next year. He on existing projects. which has been on an uptrend since mid- that stretches back to the pharaohs, says the ancient continental crust resource area.” plans to begin building Egypt’s sec- It also targets increasing the percent- May, dropped 3.1 percent on profit taking the industry is largely dormant. upon which the company’s two For Abdelaal Attia, an adviser to ond mine there by 2019. For age of Saudi families that own homes to after the company said it had sold its 40 With just a single gold-producing concessions sit is chock full of the Egyptian Mineral Resource Alexander Nubia, an exploration 52 percent by 2020 from the current 47 percent stake in Credit Libanais, a mine, Centamin’s Sukari, the sector potentially recoverable mineral Authority (EMRA), Egypt’s commer- junior that takes on a multitude of percent and cutting the waiting period to Lebanese bank. contributes a fraction of one per- wealth. “There are hundreds of cial terms reflect the lower risk of high risk bets in hopes of occasion- obtain housing financing to five years by YESTRDAY’S HIGHLIGHTS cent to gross domestic product good plays,” he said. exploration in a country where ally striking it big, Egypt’s mining 2020 from 15 years at present. Also bene- SAUDI ARABIA (GDP). But last year, Egypt’s govern- ancient mines populate the desert, history makes it a sound wager. fiting from the planned economic * The index gained 1.1 percent to 6,605 ment said it wanted mining to con- Tough Terms indicating known areas of mineral- The work of past miners dots the reforms, Al Tayyar Travel Group jumped points. tribute upwards of 5 percent to That the allure of Egypt’s geolo- ization. “You will not go to an area hilly expanse of the company’s con- 3.1 percent to 39.70 riyals. The company, DUBAI GDP within 10 years. This month it gy has yet to spur a gold rush is and start from scratch ... you know cession - a crumbling Roman fort which offers religious tourism services in * The index climbed 0.8 percent to 3,354 will launch its first bid round for down to regulation, investors and you have gold there. It’s just about and an abandoned 20th century the kingdom, is set to benefit from a push points. new mining concessions since analysts say. Despite the mineral- how much,” said Attia. “The tax and British mine are not far from its own to expand the role of tourism and hospi- ABU DHABI 2009, when a global gold-mining rich concessions on offer and the royalty system can be applied in drill holes. Campbell says these tality sector in the economy, as outlined * The index jumped 1.4 percent to 4,408 boom brought a handful of first- 2014 law, they predict a tepid countries that don’t have any infor- relics are cost-saving guides to in the plan. Petrochemical shares were points. time investors to Egypt, despite response to this month’s tender. mation about their lands ... but future discoveries, while new tech- also strong, with the sub-index gaining QATAR what many of them say were poor Rather than levy a modest royalty EMRA has a century of work, nology allows modern miners to 1.4 percent as Brent crude prices hit fresh * The index added 0.6 percent to 9,919 commercial terms. on mineral production and collect reports, and maps.” drill deeper and extract lower 2016 highs. The Kuwaiti index edged up points. Most of these investors left after tax - a system that helped Peru and EMRA has yet to announce the grade minerals than their predeces- 0.2 percent to 5,406 points. EGYPT the 2011 uprising, driven away by Mexico launch their mining sectors commercial terms for this month’s sors. “There’s about 6,000 years of * The index increased 0.8 percent to 7,780 rising political turmoil and falling - Egypt offers investors a produc- bid round, but Attia says it will like- mining history here and a large Dubai, Egypt points. global gold prices. Now, armed tion-sharing agreement similar to ly stick to the production-sharing part of it was gold ... It offers almost Dubai’s Shuaa Capital jumped 5.7 per- OMAN with a 2014 mining law that helps its oil and gas deals. model and offer five to seven con- a roadmap to the opportunities,” cent after it confirmed in a bourse state- * The index rose 0.8 percent to5,888 points. streamline investment, Egypt wants Mining companies say the mod- cessions. Yousef Husseini, an ana- said Campbell. —Reuters THURSDAY, JUNE 9, 2016 BUSINESS Turkish economy minister stresses growth, investment
ANKARA: Turkey’s central bank should said the central bank should continue el,” Zeybekci said. He also said that lira mists. Last year the economy grew a ness to do all it could to attract invest- keep cutting interest rates and make sup- with 50 basis point rate cuts, echoing stri- declines against the dollar had been over- stronger-than-expected 4 percent. ment, whether providing land, infrastruc- porting growth its priority, Economy dent calls for lower borrowing costs from done. “For me, the losses of the lira against Data yesterday showed a slowdown in ture such as ports, roads or railways, or tax Minister Nihat Zeybekci said, promising Erdogan, which have unnerved investors the dollar beyond those of other curren- industrial output growth, with expansion breaks. “We will do whatever is necessary tax breaks for investors and shrugging off concerned about the independence of the cies in the dollar index are froth,” he said. of 0.7 percent year-on-year in April down to promote investments in strategic market worries about deteriorating securi- bank. “From now on there will be a deter- Economic growth in the first quarter from 2.9 percent in March. Turkey’s areas,” he said. “Do you want land? Do you ty. In his first interview since taking office mined stance tailored to interest rate lev- and full year was likely to be above mar- tourism sector has been hit hard by a want a tax exemption for 10 years? I will two weeks ago, Zeybekci told Reuters that els sought by investors for production, ket expectations, he said, adding there revived Kurdish militant conflict and give you everything. We will tell you, ‘Just boosting growth needed to be a priority growth and exports, in short the real sec- was no need to revise the 2016 GDP tar- bomb attacks by Kurdish and Islamic State do it in Turkey.’” for an economy which expanded 4 per- tor,” he said late on Tuesday. get of 4.5 percent. “In the short-term, militants, as well as tensions with Russia. He emphasized sectors such as iron cent last year, while shrinking 10 percent New governor Murat Cetinkaya, markets could experience tensions with Zeybekci said “strong additional support” and steel, petrochemicals and electrical in dollar terms as the lira weakened. appointed in April, has so far cut the top the change in government, terror and was planned for the sector. products for strategic investments. A year- Zeybekci, who like President Tayyip end of the central bank’s interest rate cor- such factors but that will last a couple of Zeybekci, whose main responsibility is end inflation forecast of 7.5 percent was Erdogan is a strong critic of high interest ridor by a total 100 basis points, after his months at most,” he said. Gross domestic foreign trade, said he expected exports to achievable, he said. Consumer price infla- rates, forecast economic growth would predecessor trimmed it by 25 basis points product data tomorrow is expected to reach $150 billion in 2016, just shy of a tion hit its lowest in some three years in remain buoyant despite security and polit- in his final meeting. “My expectation on show growth of 4.5 percent in the first target of $155.5 billion, after declines April and was also below forecast at 6.58 ical worries which have undermined rates is that they will continue in the same quarter, with 2016 growth at 3.6 percent, amounting to some $6 billion in the first percent year-on-year in May, having investor sentiment towards Turkey. He way, with 50 basis point (cuts) a good lev- according to a Reuters poll of econo- half. He stressed the government’s readi- neared 10 percent in January. —Reuters
Oil hits eight-month high on disruptions
LONDON: Oil prices jumped to their high- the Niger Delta Avengers militant group in est level in eight months yesterday, rising Nigeria have brought the oil exporter’s pro- for a third consecutive session on supply duction to its lowest level in 20 years. The disruptions in Nigeria and strong Chinese group said yesterday it had attacked anoth- demand data. There was also a larger- er oil well owned by US oil group Chevron, than-expected drop in US crude invento- adding to assaults on oil infrastructure ries on Tuesday, indicating an easing of owned by Shell and ENI. Nigerian Oil the global supply glut. A weak dollar, Minister Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu said out- which hit a five-week trough against a put had dropped to 1.5-1.6 million barrels basket of currencies yesterday, also boost- per day (bpd), down from 2.2 million at the ed prices. “The market sentiment is posi- start of the year. tive; the trend and the momentum points At the same time, May trade data on to further gains,” said Carsten Fritsch, com- yesterday showed the biggest jump in modities analyst at Commerzbank. China’s crude oil imports in more than six Brent crude futures rose to the highest years, adding to hopes that the economy level since last October at $52.24 a barrel. of the world’s second-largest oil consumer They were up 67 cents at $52.11 a barrel at may be stabilizing. “China’s economic 1042 GMT. US crude futures were up 65 activity is not slowing down as much as cents to $51.01 a barrel, after reaching expected, which is a support to the mar- $51.12, their highest since last July. Supply ket,” said Kaname Gokon at brokerage disruptions caused by a string of attacks by Okato Shoji. —Reuters Gold near 3-wk high
HANOI: A man, helped by another riding a motorcycle, transports steel rods as he makes way to deliver them to a construction LONDON: Gold rose one percent to a near non-yielding bullion. The metal, which slid site yesterday. —AFP three-week high yesterday, bolstered by a more than 6 percent in May, has risen about weaker dollar on declining expectations that 2.7 percent so far this month on reduced the US Federal Reserve will raise interest expectations for an early rate hike. The World rates any time soon. Investors have almost Bank slashed its 2016 global growth forecast Aramco listing lures banks priced out the chance of a rate increase at on Wednesday, which could also throw cold the Fed’s June 14-15 policy review, and see water on a possible Fed move. Nervousness the likelihood of a July rate hike reduced to over Britain’s referendum on its EU member- around 26 percent since disappointing jobs ship on June 23 could also bolster gold prices with game-changing deals data last week and comments by Fed Chair over the next few weeks, Macquarie’s Turner Janet Yellen on Monday. Spot gold rose as said. “Brexit is the next thing to look out for high as $1,256.10 an ounce earlier, its because if there was going to be a vote to Water desalination agency, other firms also to be listed strongest since May 20 and was up 0.9 per- leave, it would boost gold, if only because it cent at $1,254.91 by 1201 GMT. US gold pushes the Fed back again.” LONDON/DUBAI: Investment banks are jostling fees won’t be great, but it’s about what other busi- HSBC led the rankings in 2015 in terms of high- climbed 0.9 percent to $1,258.80. The world’s biggest consumer of the yel- to take part in the listing of a chunk of Saudi ness will result.” est fees earned in Saudi Arabia, but even at num- “We know the Fed wants to carry on nor- low metal, China, kept its gold reserves Arabia’s state-owned oil giant Aramco as a portal Wall Street bank JPMorgan and independent ber one, they reaped a mere $22.7 million, malizing monetary policy but they won’t ... if unchanged, at 58.14 million ounces at the to the lucrative deals they expect to flow from the boutique bank Michael Klein have already been Thomson Reuters data shows. So far this year the economy is actually slowing,” Macquarie end of May, the central bank said on Tuesday. kingdom’s plan to revamp its economy. The picked to advise the country ahead of any listing. Deutsche Bank is number one in terms of invest- analyst Matthew Turner said. “So we are once Analysts, however, said China still has enor- prospect of new business will offer a respite for A beauty parade, where banks will pitch for a role, ment banking fees as well as mergers and acquisi- again dependent on the next non-farm pay- mous US dollar holdings and is likely to keep investment banks, struggling with dwindling rev- is expected to be held in the coming months to tions in Saudi Arabia, having earned $10 million, rolls data, which is however not going to be purchasing gold in order to diversify its forex enue as the global economy slows and regulation determine what could be a roster of dozens of according to Thomson Reuters data published in out for another four weeks,” Turner said. He reserves, which should serve as a supportive eats away at their business. banks, both international and local, coordinating June. “Historically, transactions have been com- expects the Fed at its June meeting to reiter- factor for the metal. Among other precious “For banks, being on this (Aramco) deal is a the share sale. “We would be doing it for sure in petitively bid out to both local and international ate Yellen’s message on Monday when she metals, silver and palladium touched three- game-changer for the league tables,” said one sen- part as it would lead to other things,” a chief exec- banks with the lowest bidder typically winning the gave a largely upbeat outlook for the US week highs, while platinum marked its high- ior executive at a European bank, declining to be utive of a major bank said, speaking anonymously. mandate,” said Tamim Jabr, Deutsche’s head of cor- economy but did not specify whether the Fed est in two weeks. Silver rose 3.1 percent to named due to the sensitivity of doing business in “If we’re not on it, then it’s a problem.” porate and investment banking coverage in Saudi will raise rates over the summer months. $16.88 an ounce, platinum rose 1.1 percent to Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia’s government released Aramco subsidiary companies will also be list- Arabia. “We see this trend slowly shifting as more Gold is highly sensitive to rising rates, $1,009.37 and palladium was 2 percent higher on Monday its National Transformation Plan, a ed, as will stakes in other publicly held companies, and more clients look for innovative solutions to which lift the opportunity cost of holding at $565. —Reuters 110-page list of policies and targets for 2016-2020 such as the stock exchange. Details in Monday’s meet their capital raising needs in order to fund that aims to wean the economy off its depend- plan showed the Energy Ministry aimed to transfer their growth strategy.” ence on oil. It is part of a wider, long-term reform all its power generation to “strategic partners” by In the past, Saudi companies were able to bor- drive known as Vision 2030, announced by Deputy 2020 and Riyadh will also privatise its water desali- row very cheaply from local banks, which held Dollar hits 5-week lows Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in April, and nation agency. Saudi Arabia also signaled it is vast deposits from oil sales. The fall in the price of LONDON: The dollar underperformed yester- will struggle to gain higher ground unless it includes the initial public offering of less than 5 adopting new strategies to invest is petrodollars, oil has squeezed domestic liquidity, forcing com- day, hitting a five-week trough against a basket incoming data beats expectations. Investors percent of Saudi Aramco’s value. with the $3.5 billion purchase of a stake in US ride- panies to look internationally. Jabr said Deutsche of currencies, hurt by waning expectations that have almost priced out the chance of a rate So big is the state oil company because of its hailing firm Uber, advised by JP Morgan. Bank views Saudi Arabia as a core growth market the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates any- increase at the Fed Reserve’s June 14-15 policy rights to the kingdom’s crude reserves, that selling with huge potential for global investment banks. time soon. The dollar index, which tracks the review, and reduced the likelihood of a July rate even 1 percent of it would create the world’s Modest Pickings There is plenty of other prestigious work for banks greenback against a basket of six rivals, edged hike to around 26 percent. With worries about biggest IPO, Prince Mohammed said. He expects So far the market has been modest. Investment in Saudi Arabia - pitching is taking place this week down 0.15 percent to 93.694 after dropping as Brexit also gathering, investors are uncertain the IPO will value Aramco at at least $2 trillion. banking in Saudi Arabia has netted banks just for arranger roles on the country’s long-anticipat- low as 93.68, its lowest since May 6. Against its whether the Fed will raise rates in the near term. Generally, government work across the world is $1.75 billion in fees in the last ten years, Thomson ed sovereign bond, which is expected to run close Japanese counterpart, the dollar fell 0.3 per- ‘The dollar continues to remain soggy with poorly paid, but banks often vie for the contracts Reuters data shows. In the past decade, banks to Argentina’s $16.5 billion record for largest cent to 107.06 yen, after hitting a low of 106.72 June priced out and chances that the Fed will simply to build a relationship with the state in the made the highest fees in 2007, when they shared emerging market issuance. “You need to show up earlier. It climbed from those lows after data move in July waning. Investors will need some hope of getting future business. “The Aramco IPO $391 million, data shows. By comparison, banks ... get all your big guns out because it’s such a big showed that Chinaís imports beat forecasts in good payrolls data and signs of inflation picking of itself is not that interesting to us in terms of working on the acquisition of Mannesmann by opportunity,” said a fourth banking source, who May, adding to hopes that the there economy up, before they are convinced that a rate hike in business,” said a senior source at a big investment Vodafone in 1999, got more than $530 million, the also did not want to be named. “These deals don’t may be stabilizing. September is on the cards,’ said Jane Foley, senior bank, speaking on condition of anonymity. “The largest-ever fee tally. happen twice.” —Reuters Nevertheless, traders are convinced the dollar currency strategist at Rabobank. —Reuters EXCHANGE RATES
Al-Muzaini Exchange Co. Canadian dollar 234.040 Chinese Yuan Renminbi 46.470 Indonesian Rupiah 0.000018 0.000024 Turkish lira 104.730 Thai Bhat 9.540 Japanese Yen 0.002721 0.002901 Swiss Franc 310.850 Turkish Lira 104.640 Kenyan Shilling 0.002979 0.002979 CURRENCY BUY SELL Australian Dollar 222.680 ASIAN COUNTRIES Korean Won 0.000249 0.000264 US Dollar Buying 300.950 Japanese Yen 2.825 Bahrain Exchange Company Malaysian Ringgit 0.070066 0.076066 Indian Rupees 4.513 GOLD Nepalese Rupee 0.002879 0.003049 Pakistani Rupees 2.885 20 Gram 250.790 Pakistan Rupee 0.002709 0.002999 Srilankan Rupees 2.051 10 Gram 128.310 CURRENCY BUY SELL Philippine Peso 0.006387 0.006687 Nepali Rupees 2.826 5 Gram 65.000 Europe Sierra Leone 0.000073 0.000079 Singapore Dollar 222.820 British Pound 0.431464 0.441464 Singapore Dollar 0.217112 0.227112 Hongkong Dollar 38.900 Czech Korune 0.004674 0.016674 Bangladesh Taka 3.852 South African Rand 0.014171 0.022671 Dollarco Exchange Co. Ltd Danish Krone 0.042045 0.047045 Philippine Peso 6.540 Sri Lankan Rupee 0.001669 0.002249 Thai Baht 8.553 Euro 0.0337538 0.0346538 Taiwan 0.009233 0.009413 Rate for Transfer Selling Rate Norwegian Krone 0.032900 0.038100 Thai Baht 0.008206 0.008756 GCC COUNTRIES US Dollar 303.000 Romanian Leu 0.075871 0.075871 Slovakia 0.008995 0.018995 Saudi Riyal 80.616 Canadian Dollar 234.405 Arab Sterling Pound 440.385 Swedish Krona 0.033074 0.038074 Qatari Riyal 83.042 Bahraini Dinar 0.794890 0.803390 ani Riyal 785.213 Euro 345.255 Swiss Franc 0.304581 0.315581 Egyptian Pound 0.027923 0.033041 Bahraini Dinar 802.840 Swiss Frank 296.765 Turkish Lira 0.098508 0.108808 UAE Dirham 82.307 Bahrain Dinar 801.595 Iranian Riyal 0.000084 0.000085 Iraqi Dinar 0.000190 0.000250 UAE Dirhams 82.735 Australasia Qatari Riyals 83.950 ARAB COUNTRIES Australian Dollar 0.216219 0.228219 Jordanian Dinar 0.422155 0.431155 Saudi Riyals 81.480 Egyptian Pound - Cash 31.900 New Zealand Dollar 0.202875 0.212375 Kuwaiti Dinar 1.000000 1.000000 Egyptian Pound - Transfer 34.416 Jordanian Dinar 426.835 Lebanese Pound 0.000150 0.000250 Yemen Riyal/for 1000 1.214 Egyptian Pound 34.024 Moroccan Dirhams 0.020069 0.044069 Sri Lankan Rupees 2.057 America Tunisian Dinar 143.200 Nigerian Naira 0.001245 0.001880 Jordanian Dinar 425.890 Indian Rupees 4.498 Canadian Dollar 0.2230251 0.239251 Omani Riyal 0.778385 0.784065 Lebanese Lira/for 1000 2.014 Pakistani Rupees 2.889 US Dollars 0.298050 0.302750 Syrian Lira 2.154 Bangladesh Taka 3.855 US Dollars Mint 0.298550 0.302750 Qatar Riyal 0.082182 0.083632 Morocco Dirham 31.805 Philippines Pesso 6.508 Saudi Riyal 0.079487 0.080787 Cyprus pound 577.120 Asia Syrian Pound 0.001280 0.001500 EUROPEAN & AMERICAN COUNTRIES Japanese Yen 3.835 Bangladesh Taka 0.003404 0.003988 Tunisian Dinar 0.139062 0.147062 US Dollar Transfer 302.150 Syrian Pound 2.375 Chinese Yuan 0.044523 0.0478023 Turkish Lira 0.098508 0.108808 Euro 344.450 Nepalese Rupees 3.805 Hong Kong Dollar 0.036809 0.039559 UAE Dirhams 0.080839 0.082539 Malaysian Ringgit 75.020 Sterling Pound 436.610 Indian Rupee 0.004192 0.004602 Yemeni Riyal 0.001365 0.001445 THURSDAY, JUNE 9, 2016 BUSINESS Lancome faces growing anger, protests in HK
HONG KONG: Cosmetics giant responds to growing public anger. “The Christine Fong flushed her Lancome Lancome closed some outlets in Hong key point of this protest is to show the products down the toilet in a video Kong Wednesday as protesters gath- world that we should unite together and, posted on Facebook and watched more ered at a major mall after the company through boycotting (their products), than 128,000 times. “I’m going to cancelled a concert featuring a local show Lancome and L’Oreal that you can- squeeze out all of this brand’s product singer who is critical of China. Many not just focus on the China market,” said and I will never use them again. Hong Kong residents believe the pro- Avery Ng, chairman of the League of Lancome go to hell!” she said, squeezing motional gig by pro-democracy activist Social Democrats, one of a dozen groups a tube of cream down the toilet. Denise Ho was cancelled after China’s planning to join the protest. The row began Saturday when state-run media criticized the French Shoppers in the busy mall stopped to China’s Global Times accused Lancome company for allowing her to perform. watch the demonstration and take pho- of cooperating with a “Hong Kong poi- Ho was a leading activist during mass tos. “I’m worried that commercial organi- son” and a “Tibet poison” - a reference to rallies in 2014 calling on Beijing to allow zations in Hong Kong will increasingly Denise Ho’s praise for the Dalai Lama. fully free elections. come under Chinese influence,” said The concert was also slammed on main- The row comes as fears grow in the passer-by Natalie Chan, a researcher in land social media, with critics saying semi-autonomous city that Beijing is her 40s, adding that she had stopped Lancome was using money from tightening its grip. Dozens of protesters buying L’Oreal products. Calls to L’Oreal’s Chinese customers to support inde- gathered at the Times Square shopping Hong Kong office went unanswered and pendence for Hong Kong and Tibet. mall in Causeway Bay district yesterday the latest statement from Lancome is Lancome announced the cancellation of afternoon shouting: “Boycott Lancome!” dated Sunday, the day of the concert’s the concert Sunday, citing “possible and “Shame on self-censorship!” cancellation. safety reasons”. Carrying cardboard cut-outs of Ho, they Ho, who was not at yesterday’s entered the mall and stuck posters all ‘Stop Kowtowing’ protest, hit back. “This incident is serious over the Lancome counter, which had A petition on the website change.org because Hongkongers have been under shut for the day ahead of the demon- asking people to boycott Lancome political pressure for quite some time,” strations. products has gathered more than 4,000 she told AFP, describing what she In the same building, a Lancome signatures. “The civilized world needs to termed bullying tactics by China as “a beauty center and the offices of parent stop kowtowing to China. Make an message of fear to other brands”. Hong company L’Oreal were also closed. Local example of Lancome for disrespecting Kong was returned to China in 1997 media said the company had issued an the people of Hong Kong and freedom,” under a “One country, two systems” HONG KONG: Protestors display placards denouncing Lancome cosmet- internal memo Tuesday asking staff to Lawrence Lau from Hong Kong com- agreement and enjoys far greater liber- ics at their sales counter inside a department store at Hong Kong’s Times take the day off. Organizers warned of mented on the site. Politicians have also ties than in mainland China, but there Square yesterday. —AP more action unless the company voiced anger. District councillor are fears these are being eroded. —AFP China central bank holds line on growth forecast PBOC sees more pain to come
SHANGHAI: China’s central bank slashed its pointing to improving domestic demand and More Growth forecast for exports yesterday, predicting a sec- adding to views that the economy may be Despite cutting its forecast for exports ond straight annual fall in shipments, but said slowly stabilising. Preliminary commodity to minus 1 percent from growth of 3.1 per- the economy will still grow 6.8 percent this trade data showed sharp rises in imports of cent, the PBOC saw a domestic recovery year. The People’s Bank of China (PBOC) also copper and iron ores. remaining on track. It upgraded its forecast warned in its mid-year work report that the However, some economists cautioned that for fixed-asset investment growth to 11 government’s push to reduce debt levels and imports from Hong Kong may have once again percent, an increase of 0.2 percentage overcapacity could increase bond default risks been inflated by fake trade invoicing to dis- points from estimates it made late last and make it more difficult for companies to guise speculation on the yuan, which came year. A government spending spree on TOKYO: A bullet train runs on a railroad yesterday. —AFP raise funds. And, ahead of a meeting of the US under renewed depreciation pressure last major infrastructure projects and a contin- Federal Reserve’s policymaking board next month as the US dollar surged. Chinese cus- uing recovery in the housing market have week, it said the pace of U.S interest rate rises toms data showed the mainland’s imports boosted demand for materials from Japan revises up growth, would affect global capital flows and emerging from Hong Kong jumped 242.6 percent in May cement to steel. market currencies, but it did not mention the from a year earlier, while its exports to the terri- China’s trade shrank 8 percent last year, cooling stimulus hopes yuan. tory fell 7 percent. “We don’t expect the trade compared with the government’s goal for 6 “Since the beginning of this year, the global figure will change the PBOC’s attitude towards percent growth, in the worst performance TOKYO: Japan’s economy expanded at a iff to 10 percent from eight percent would and domestic economic environment has the (yuan) exchange rate. They still prefer sta- since the global financial crisis. The PBOC slightly faster pace than first thought, be pushed back by more than two years experienced a number of changes,” the PBOC bility,” wrote ANZ economists in a research also said it expected consumer price infla- revised figures showed yesterday, knock- to late 2019, when Abe will likely no said in the report. “Reflecting these recent note. tion to pick up to 2.4 percent this year, 0.7 ing hopes that the central bank will longer be in office. developments, we revised our China macro- The yuan has eased this week after disap- percentage points higher than its earlier unleash fresh stimulus this month. The economic forecasts for 2016. Compared with pointing US jobs data saw markets pare back forecast and signalling that worrying defla- data were unlikely to inspire renewed faith ‘One Step Further’ our published forecasts in December last year, expectations of a US rate rise. US officials have tionary pressures seen in 2015 were easing. in Prime Minister’s Shinzo Abe’s faltering Japan’s last sales tax rise in April 2014 we maintain our baseline projection of 2016 been in China this week pressing China to Indicators from the consumer, investment growth policies, after Tokyo last week said was blamed for pushing the country into real GDP growth at 6.8 percent.” reduce trade barriers for foreign businesses, and factory sectors have suggested the it would delay a tax hike to avoid damag- a brief recession. There were widespread The report was released shortly after and also expressing concern that Chinese firms prolonged slowdown in the world’s second- ing Japan’s fragile recovery. Gross domes- fears another hike would hammer the tic product expanded by 0.5 percent in the economy by taking a bite out of con- monthly data showed China’s exports fell an in glutted sectors like steel are dumping under- largest economy may be bottoming out, first quarter - or 1.9 percent at an annual- sumer spending. Critics say it is crucial to annual 4.1 percent in May, more than expected priced goods in offshore markets. Those con- and many analysts no longer expect much ized rate - up from a preliminary reading of shrink a debt mountain that is more than and the 10th decline in the past 12 months. cerns are unlikely to be relieved by the May in the way of aggressive policy easing 0.4 percent given last month. The world’s twice the size of the economy, as social Imports were more encouraging, declining trade data, as steel and rare earth exports con- going forward, given concerns about rising number three economy contracted in the welfare costs balloon in the ageing only marginally and much less than expected, tinued to rise. levels of bad debt. —Reuters final quarter of 2015. nation. Abe insisted delaying the tax hike The yen strengthened in response to would give Tokyo breathing room to take the figures, which were likely to cool his growth program “one step further”. expectations that Bank of Japan will unveil His plans appeared to work at first, as fresh policy moves at a meeting next week. they sharply weakened the yen - a plus for China imports fall slows In currency trading, the dollar was at exporters’ profitability - and sparked a 106.86 yen, down from 107.57 yen in US stock market rally. But the economy is still trading. Yesterday’s finalized figures, which struggling to mount a firm recovery more BEIJING: China’s imports matched market forecasts, come a week than three years later, and a resurgent yen decreased at their slowest pace in after Abe said he would delay a sales tax is threatening Japan Inc’s bottom line. more than a year-and-a-half in hike that threatened to derail the country’s “One notable thing in the economy is the turnaround. rising yen, which has taken a big toll on May, official data showed yester- Under his signature policy blitz, Abe companies,” said Taro Saito, senior econo- day, in a possible sign domestic has sought to boost the lumbering econ- mist at NLI Research Institute. The demand in the world’s second- omy with a combination of massive mon- Japanese leader - who swept to power in largest economy may be recover- etary easing, fiscal spending and structur- late 2012 on a pledge to kick-start growth ing. The country is a key driver of al reforms. But the decision to delay the - is expected to announce a fresh spend- world growth and its demand for tax hike drew a warning from credit rating ing package within several months. commodities has enormous impli- agency Fitch, which said it would “under- The top-selling Yomiuri newspaper mine the credibility” of Japan’s commit- has said the stimulus could reach 10 tril- cations for resource-rich nations ment to paying down one the world’s lion yen ($93 billion). Japan holds upper from Australia to Nigeria. China’s biggest national debts. Japan’s conserva- house parliamentary elections in July imports have been shrinking since tive premier has repeatedly said he would and Abe’s time in office ends in late 2014 as the country’s once follow through on the levy hike, planned September 2018, unless his party blistering expansion lost steam, for 2017, after it was already delayed approves an exceptional measure to slowed down by manufacturing once. But last week he said raising the tar- extend his leadership. —AFP overcapacity, a slowing property market and mounting debt. But the year-on-year drop of 0.4 S Korea creates fund percent in May imports marked the slowest rate of decline since over shipyard woes October 2014, when they grew 4.6 percent, customs data showed. The SEOUL: South Korea’s government and The Bank of Korea will lend a maxi- results were also well ahead of the central bank will create an 11 trillion won mum 10 trillion won for the state-bank Bloomberg News median forecast ($9.50 billion) fund to support two state- fund via a conduit bank, the Industrial of a 6.8 percent decrease based on QINGDAO, China: Trucks transport containers at a port in east China’s Shandong province run banks most exposed to the country’s Bank of Korea (IBK), and that fund will lat- a poll of economists. “Recovering yesterday. —AFP struggling shipping and shipbuilding er purchase contingent convertible commodity prices and relatively firms. “Our key industries like shipping bonds (CoCos) from the two state-banks. resilient domestic demand are driv- a trade surplus of just under $50 official data showed. China shipped point at a key annual meeting and shipbuilding are being aggressively Contingent convertible bonds are hybrid billion, the figures showed. The key 420,000 tonnes of aluminium last between the US and China this caught up by countries like China and assets that can be switched by the bor- ing a recovery in import growth,” management conditions have worsened rower from bonds into shares if a pre-set Julian Evans-Pritchard, an analyst export sector has shown year-on- month, up 2.4 percent on year, week, where American treasury due to weak global trade,” Finance trigger is reached. The rest of the capital with research firm Capital year declines for eight of the past according to the customs. secretary Jack Lew said Chinese Minister Yoo Il-ho said in a speech for the state-bank fund will be provided Economics, said in a note. 10 months as the country’s eco- The increases come as countries steel and aluminium production announcing the corporate restructuring by loans from Korea Asset Management The value for May imports stood nomic growth has fallen to its slow- around the world blame China for a has had a “distorting and damaging plans on Wednesday. Corporation (KAMCO), a state-backed at $131.1 billion, according to the est level in a quarter of a century. supply glut that has left industry in effect on global markets”, an accu- South Korea expects a 20 percent distressed assets bank, which will also be Chinese customs office. The Europe and elsewhere in turmoil. sation angrily denied by his drop in major shipbuilders’ capacity and in charge of setting up the actual fund. Supply Glut As part of its promised reforms, the Chinese counterpart. Washington a 30 percent drop in their workforce by The fund is expected to be operational improvement in imports is likely to 2018 from 2015, after the restructuring by end-2017. last for the remainder of this year Steel and aluminium exports government has listed reducing has punished Beijing with harsh process. The two state-run banks to be Separately, the government plans to and “return to positive territory continued to rise by volume in May, overcapacity and excess inventory tariffs, most recently in March, capitalized are Korea Development Bank transfer 1 trillion won worth of assets to before long” partly because “the as the international community and cutting down borrowing as top when it slapped a 300 percent rate (KDB) and the Export-Import Bank of KEXIM by September, which will be continued feed-through from earli- takes Beijing to task over concerns priorities, with the country’s ailing on the cold rolled steel used to Korea (KEXIM). Following the announce- reflected in next year’s budget. The central er policy easing helps to prop up that it is flooding the market with steel industry a key target. But for- make auto parts. The EU, the sec- ment, the International Monetary Fund bank will also consider direct capital injec- domestic demand”, said Evans- the commodities. China’s steel eign governments say they have ond-biggest steel producer, has said it supported Korea’s corporate tions into KEXIM in the future, if needed. Pritchard. However, exports fell 4.1 exports increased 20 percent last seen little movement towards launched a dumping probe into reforms and urged the government to South Korean markets were unmoved by implement additional fiscal stimulus and the announcement as the measures were percent last month from a year ago year to 112 million tonnes, a record implementing its promises to tack- Chinese steel, with angry manufac- the central bank to ease monetary policy. widely expected. —Reuters to $181.1 billion, following a 1.8 high, and in May rose 2.4 percent le the problem. turers urging it to mirror the US’ percent decline in April and leaving year-on-year to 9.4 million tonnes, The issue was a major sticking tough tariffs. —AFP THURSDAY, JUNE 9, 2016 BUSINESS World stocks struggle to build on highs
MILAN: World stocks struggled to build on even though there isn’t much conviction,” earlier losses, as investors weighed May Despite the weak exports, the affect the pound. Sterling was steady at six-week highs yesterday after mixed said Anthilia Capital fund manager Giuseppe Chinese imports that beat predictions Chinese central bank said on $1.4545 after having gained roughly 0.8 Chinese data, weighed down by a weaker Sersale. Wall Street looked set to open flat to against worse-than-expected exports. The Wednesday it still expects the economy percent on Tuesday after two polls gave session in Europe and political concerns that higher yesterday with futures on the Dow MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares to grow by 6.8 percent this year. a narrow lead to the “Remain” camp. sent Germany’s 10-year government bond Jones, S&P and Nasdaq up around 0.1 per- outside Japan added 0.3 percent. Chinese Anthilia’s Sersale said the Chinese data But waning expectations that the Fed yield to a record low. European shares fell cent. The MSCI world equity index, which dollar-denominated exports declined 4.1 were not that bad overall but cautioned will raise interest rates anytime soon fol- yesterday, with the pan-European tracks shares in 45 nations, was up 0.09 per- percent in May from a year earlier, compared that sentiment could be weighed by lowing a disappointing labor market FTSEurofirst 300 index down by 0.4 percent cent after rising in the previous session to with an expected drop of 3.6 percent. ongoing concerns surrounding the out- report week sent the dollar to a five- by 1044 GMT, after two days of gains pushed the highest intraday level since April 21, Imports fell 0.4 percent, less than the pre- come of a UK vote on whether to stay in week trough against a basket of curren- the index to a one-month high. helped by buoyant crude oil prices and a dicted 6 percent, and the smallest decline the European Union later this month. cies. The dollar index, which tracks the “After 48 hours of gains due to fading dovish tone from US Federal Reserve Chair since they turned negative in November Nervousness over Britain’s referendum greenback against a basket of six rivals, expectations of a rate increase in the U.S. this Janet Yellen. 2014. China’s trade surplus is forecast to hit on its EU membership on June 23 edged down 0.14 percent to 93.686 summer, the market is seeing a correction Asian shares edged up yesterday, erasing $50 billion in May. helped send Germany’s 10-year govern- after dropping as low as 93.680, its low- ment bond yield, the benchmark for est since May 6. euro zone borrowing costs, to a record The weaker dollar, along with the low. The yield on the 10-year bund fell strong Chinese import data, boosted to below 0.04 percent. copper prices, while aluminium climbed “We are a few basis points away from to the highest levels in nearly a month. negative territory and given the Brexit Meanwhile, US crude oil prices jumped vote later this month, that may give it a to the highest level in almost 11 months final push, it is quite likely we will over on Wednesday, rising for the third con- the next couple of weeks dip into nega- secutive session, buoyed by ongoing tive territory,” said Martin Van Vliet, sen- supply disruptions in Nigeria and strong ior rates strategist at ING. The Bund rally Chinese oil demand data. US crude was unchecked even by the potential futures climbed 1.3 percent to $51.02 a inflationary impact of an oil prices rally barrel, after reaching $50.67 earlier, and uncertainty over whether the ECB’s after rallying to above $51 a barrel for corporate bonds purchase program, the first time since late July 2015. A which started yesterday, could under- weaker dollar supports fuel demand in mine the bid for government debt. the rest of the world as it makes dollar- Brexit concerns also continued to traded oil imports cheaper. —Reuters THURSDAY, JUNE 9, 2016 BUSINESS
Ball-making town fights to get back in game
CHICHIHUALCO, Mexico: A shirtless man sits under could compete with balls from anywhere in the a tree in a town in southern Mexico, stitching world. Our ball is really spherical, sewn by hand, together a football. At the central square, several while the Chinese ones go all over the place when women congregate to make balls for the national you kick them,” he said. pastime. Others toil in workshops or inside their Fewer people are making footballs than before, ramshackle homes: A grandmother sewing on a as they can find more lucrative work than 10 pesos chair in her dirt-floor home, or a pregnant woman per ball. The drug trade has become an option in a pulling threads in her kitchen while her six-year-old region known as the country’s top producer of opi- niece hands her panels of synthetic leather. um poppies. “Some people don’t want to sew any- Hundreds work like this in Chichihualco, a town more. They prefer to cultivate poppies in the moun- famous for hand-stitching colorful footballs for over tains. They earn more,” said Arturo Alarcon, a distant 50 years in the mountains of the impoverished state cousin of the mayor who runs a workshop that of Guerrero. In its heyday, Chichihualco made the makes fluorescent balls. balls that were kicked around on the pitches of Mexico’s first division clubs, and those used by the 17 Bodies national team. But competition from Asia, emigra- Chichihualco has not escaped the pressure of tion to the United States and drug trafficking have drug cartels that have spread fear across Guerrero, relegated Chichihualco’s footballs to amateur recre- which had the highest murder rate among states in ational sales. Mexico last year, with 56.5 homicides per 100,000 Mexico’s national squad, meanwhile, is using people. In December, 17 bodies were discovered at Adidas balls during practice for this month’s Copa the bottom of a ravine, including eight that were America Centenario tournament in the United burned. The labor force has also dwindled due to States. Despite Chichihualco’s losing streak, entire migration to the United States. Alarcon estimates families in the community of 25,000 people contin- that 70 percent of the town has gone across the ue the tradition that they inherited from their par- border and sends money back home, fueling much ents and grandparents. “All of us sew balls. Men, of Chichihualco’s economy. women, children. Even my husband. There’s no oth- Workshops have outsourced some of the work to CHICHIHUALCO, Mexico: Men work in the manufacturing of footballs in Guerrero State on May 18, er work,” said Virginia Ramirez, 72, as she stitched surrounding communities and even a local prison, 2016. — AFP together segments of vinyl in her small house with where inmates produce 5,000 balls per week. “The a dirt floor. boys (prisoners) put work into it. It helps them to not Ramirez has been making footballs since age 17. them stitched together. Others in the community applied. Alberto Morales, who opened his factory in think about bad things,” Arturo Alarcon said as he sat She has been doing this for so long that she doesn’t were inspired and 70 workshops opened, churning the 1960s, stared recently at the 1,200 balls that his amid dozens of balls, some painted with the face of need a thimble to protect her leathery hands from out 60,000 balls per month, said Mayor Alfredo facility produces every week. Spider-Man or the words “FIFA World Cup Brasil.” Some the needle. She earns 10 pesos (50 US cents) per Alarcon, who owns a football-making facility and is They come in hot red, shiny black or lime green 40 families sew balls in Chichihualco and another 200 ball and can make up to five per day. “We are very not related to Eulalio. But today there are only 15 and each sell for $3 to $5, leaving Morales with an do the work in surrounding communities. “Ten pesos poor. We don’t have beans or salt. We have nothing,” workshops and production has dropped to 15,000 eight-cent profit per ball. His company remains per ball isn’t much, right?” said Erasmo Flores, a 43- she said under a roof made of wood planks. balls per month, he said. afloat despite competition from cheaper balls made year-old-farmer and musician who has been sewing The workshops have machines to make and cut in China and Pakistan, but things used to be better. balls since the age of six. “It’s not enough to get ‘Can’t Compete’ with Asia the synthetic leather into panels, which are then “We are stuck. We can’t produce more because we lunch. One eats what God gives him,” said Flores, The first workshop in Chichihualco appeared in sewn together by villagers in their homes. The balls can’t reinvest in material or machines,” Morales said who has a heart tattooed on his arm, as he made his the 1960s, when a man named Eulalio Alarcon then go back to the workshops, where they are as he held one of the 200 balls that first division second football of the day while sitting under a tree brought ball segments from Mexico City to have pumped full of air and finishing touches are club Tigres of Monterrey ordered for its fans. “We in front of his house. — AFP Investors say ‘don’t panic’ over Indian central bank leadership RBI governor widely respected, has brought in reforms
MUMBAI/LONDON: The reappointment, or not, “There is no reason why anyone should assume of India’s central bank head Raghuram Rajan has that the RBI cannot remain a credible institution,” caused enough of a stir to be known locally as said Kenneth Akintewe, a fund manager for “Rexit”, a play on Britain’s EU referendum, reflect- Aberdeen Asset Management in Singapore. ing the esteem in which the governor is held at “Sensible foreign investors ... will understand that, home and abroad. Were Rajan to leave when his with or without Governor Rajan, India has the abil- tenure ends in September, Indian markets are ity to realize its tremendous potential, but it will expected to fall to reflect his standing, but some take time.” foreign fund managers are of the view that, even if Were Rajan to step down, other candidates he does go, it would not be the end of the world. would struggle to match his pedigree as former The main reason is that Rajan would leave chief economist at the International Monetary behind policies that have altered the way the cen- Fund and one of the few who predicted the 2007- tral bank works, namely the adoption of an infla- 08 global financial crisis. But Urjit Patel, a deputy tion target and plans to create a monetary policy governor at the RBI, has been named by some committee to set interest rates. Both reduce the analysts as a plausible replacement. Other names discretion the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) governor mentioned in the market include Arundhati has historically enjoyed in setting policy, making Bhattacharya, head of India’s biggest lender State the institution more consensus-based and bring- Bank of India and economic affairs secretary ing it closer into line with other big central banks Shaktikanta Das.Nevertheless, Rajan would be like the US Federal Reserve. many investors’ favored choice. “In our conversa- “The short answer is that investors, especially tion with investors, there is no question that peo- STRASBOURG, France: European Commission Vice President Jyrki Katainen speaks during fixed income investors, will not be happy if he ple would feel more reassured about their invest- a debate on the European Commission’s €315 billion investment plan for Europe yesterday leaves, and it will surely trigger some sales,” said ments if Governor Rajan remained in office, so it is MUMBAI: India’s central bank - Reserve Bank of at the European Parliament. — AFP Kieran Curtis, investment director of emerging certainly a risk factor,” said Kamakshya Trivedi, India (RBI) governor Raghuram Rajan walks after markets debt at Standard Life Investments in chief emerging markets macro strategist Goldman addressing a press conference following a mone- London. “I think there is a more nuanced view, Sachs in London. — Reuters tary policy review meeting on Tuesday. — AFP though, and unless he is replaced by a polar oppo- ECB in corporate bond site character it may not matter that much,” he added. buy to revive inflation Rajan declined to comment on speculation US investors skeptical about over his future, telling reporters on Tuesday: “You BERLIN: The European Central Bank yesterday buy euro-denominated, investment grade cor- will know when there is news.” He left rates took the unprecedented step of buying corpo- porate bonds that mature within six months to unchanged, as was widely expected, after the lat- China move to widen markets rate bonds, its latest weapon in a desperate 30 years. Many analysts are betting on a est policy review. A two-year extension at the battle to kick-start sluggish growth and infla- monthly volume of five to Ä10 billion, while helm of the RBI still looks a real possibility. Reuters NEW YORK/BOSTON: US asset managers lized the Shanghai exchange last summer tion in the eurozone. Having already slashed Germany’s Commerzbank expects just three to reported last week that, with Prime Minister and hedge funds are wary about pouring remain unaddressed. Caveat emptor.” interest rates to below zero and pumped mas- five billion euros in the long term. The ECB is Narendra Modi behind Rajan, the central bank more money into China until the govern- Michel Del Buono, managing director at sive amounts of cash into financial markets, it making the purchases through the national chief was more likely to be reappointed, despite ment addresses its stock market crash last Makena Capital Management, which over- started to directly finance businesses by buy- banks of Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, considerable opposition to him within the ruling year and wild swings in the yuan, they said sees $20 billion of assets, noted that China ing their debt in the bond market. In the first Italy and Spain. Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Rajan may not want on Tuesday, as China unveiled measures to was dealing with an investment outflow. the job, and, when a regional newspaper cited major trades, the ECB bought millions of euros These six national central banks will publish attract US buyers of its assets. China will “There are questions about regulatory worth of bonds of French power company lists of bonds they hold on a weekly basis, sources close to the governor saying he could walk away, markets were briefly spooked. give the United States a 250 billion yuan snafus and there are questions about valu- Engie and Spain’s Telefonica, reported the starting Monday July 18, without revealing the ($38 billion) investment quota for the first ations. It is a stock picker’s market there,” Bloomberg financial news wire, citing exact amounts of their holdings. The ECB has time to buy Chinese stocks, bonds and oth- he said. “What they really want is to make unnamed market players. said it won’t buy bonds issued by banks or Emerging Market Darling Rajan’s appointment in Sept 2013, as India er assets, officials said, deepening financial their markets more credible. They want Other purchases were of debt issued by bank subsidiaries - but it can buy bonds of, for ties and interdependence between the more foreign investors to come in and brewer Anheuser-Busch InBev, German engi- instance, a car company such as Volkswagen faced its worst currency crisis in over two world’s two largest economies. they see it as patient money, you see it as neering giant Siemens, Italian insurer that operates an ‘internal bank’. The eurozone decades, and the election of Modi in May 2014, patient money.” Assicurazioni Generali and French automaker central bank has also said it will be able to hold have helped turn India into an emerging market China’s regulators have been pushing to Renault, Bloomberg said. ECB chief Mario on to bonds even if the companies’ ratings are darling at a time when countries like Brazil and expand foreign investors’ access to domes- The investment quota is part of a recent Draghi hopes the scheme - set to be worth bil- downgraded to sub-investment grade, so- South Africa are struggling. India has attracted tic financial markets to make its markets Chinese program called Renminbi Qualified lions of euros every month - will deliver the called “fallen angels”. $62 billion in foreign portfolio investments since broader and attract more capital inflows. Foreign Institutional Investor, or RQFII. The financial medicine directly where it is needed, Rajan’s appointment, including a yearly record of But foreign interest has waned after a near program allows approved fund managers with Europe’s major public corporations. The ‘Little Impact’ $42 billion in 2014, and the proportion of over- meltdown in Chinese stock markets last overseas to use funds raised outside the Frankfurt-based bank wants companies to use The market for corporate bonds is far small- seas ownership in debt and equity markets has year and heavy-handed official interven- mainland, in Chinese yuan, to invest in the extra cash to boost investment, creating er than for sovereign bonds or for stocks. hit record highs. tion to shore them up. “I would imagine China’s financial markets. An older pro- jobs and growth in the flagging 19-country European businesses rely mainly on bank Rajan moved quickly to calm markets by rais- that investors would look for certain finan- gram, called Qualified Foreign Institutional currency bloc. loans rather than bonds to raise capital. The ing short-term interest rates and pushing hard to cial reforms in order to dive in,” said Investor, or QFII, set quotas in dollars, With prices currently falling, the ECB hopes total volume of eligible bonds is estimated at shore up foreign exchange reserves, which hit a Gregory Peters, a senior investment officer which could be converted into yuan for to boost activity and raise inflation back to Ä500-700 billion. Companies have issued a record $363 billion in recent weeks before dipping at Prudential Fixed Income with more than investments. “For an institutional investor close to two percent, a level it deems healthy flurry of bonds since Draghi announced in somewhat. But his quest to use a target to bring $621 billion of assets. “A consistent applica- this announcement doesn’t change much, inflation under control in a country that frequently for growth. Critics however charge that the March that the ECB would intervene in the cor- tion of the rule of law is paramount.... Not though to the extent it makes their markets faced double-digit price increases was widely seen ECB is overstepping its mandate by lavishing porate bond market, a first on this scale for a sure China is quite there yet.” deeper and more liquid, it represents an billions on corporate giants and say it could be large central bank. Early spring saw the as a more lasting legacy. In that he was helped sig- nificantly by the collapse in crude oil prices. Even if Carson Block, the head of Muddy Waters improvement,” Del Buono said. distorting markets and creating bubbles. Some biggest euro-denominated corporate bond Capital LLC who gained prominence for Another big catalyst for foreign invest- also fear that large companies - which already issue of all time by AB Inbev, worth more than political winds shift, investors say it would be diffi- cult for India to jettison consumer inflation target- short-selling shares of Chinese companies, ment flow is on the horizon. Index compiler have access to cheap money thanks to rock- 13 billion euros, while US companies like FedEx was more skeptical. “China increased the next week MSCI is expected to announce bottom interest rates - could be tempted to and IBM have issued bonds through their ing after formally adopting it as law in 2015. quota in an effort support the country’s whether it would include Chinese shares in use the extra liquidity for risky merger and European subsidiaries. Future governments and RBI governors could tin- its benchmark index. Vanguard, the largest take-over gambles. Capital Economics said that, despite the ker with the target, now set at 2 to 6 percent, but equity, credit and fixed asset bubbles,” he initial spike in bond issuance, there was that would threaten India’s credit ratings. said in an email. US investors are cautious US mutual fund manager, said in a state- Billions Per Month unlikely to be a major long-term impact on about investing in China, saying they worry ment that it was premature to discuss its To kick-start lending in the bloc, the ECB inflation and growth. Despite all the cheap Setting Policy about regulatory issues including when the plans in the wake of China’s announce- has already made unprecedented amounts of money already available to them, companies India is also setting up a monetary policy com- government would reintroduce a circuit ment. “China is one of the world’s key ultra-cheap loans available to banks on condi- have refrained from boosting their invest- mittee that will decide interest rates, ending the breaker mechanism to stabilize the coun- emerging economies and the second- tion they pass it on as credit for businesses and ment so far, wrote its Europe economist Jack current system under which the governor decides try’s stock markets. largest stock market in the world by market households. The ECB has also embarked on a Allen. “Demand is still subdued and there is a on policy and writes the statement. Under a bill The benchmark Shanghai Composite cap,” Vanguard spokeswoman Linda major asset purchase program known as quan- large amount of spare capacity in the econo- passed by parliament, the panel would be com- Index has tumbled more than 40 percent Wolohan said. “With the world’s second- titative easing, or QE. It has beefed up that my, so firms are unlikely to feel a strong need posed of six members - three nominated from the over the past year on fears that slowing largest GDP, China accounts for 11 percent scheme from Ä60 billion to Ä80 billion ($68 bil- to increase investment,” he wrote. “The central bank and three from the government. The economic growth would hurt profits. of global trade and 8 percent of global con- lion to $91 billion) a month until March 2017, upshot is that while the ECB’s corporate RBI governor would have the casting vote in the William Kirby, a Harvard Business School sumption. As a result, China can offer sig- with part of the extra money earmarked for bond purchases seem to have had a positive event of a tie, meaning the position retains signifi- professor with ties to several funds that nificant long-term benefits for investors.” cant influence, but the committee, which Rajan the new corporate bond purchases. effect so far, they are unlikely to materially invest in China, said “the fundamental gov- Vanguard’s Australian affiliate was granted supports, is expected to bring transparency to Under the so-called corporate sector pur- impact the outlook for economic growth and ernance and political issues that destabi- an RQFII quota earlier this year. — Reuters chase program, or CSPP, the central bank will inflation.” — AFP decision making and make the bank less reliant on a single person. BUSINESS THURSDAY, JUNE 9, 2016
Bayt.com, Udemy partner to close Mideast skills gap
DUBAI: Bayt.com, the Middle East’s number one ing it is difficult to find senior-level candidates terized by fierce competition for a limited supply meet the changing needs of today’s workplace,” job site, has partnered with Udemy, a global mar- with the required skills. of jobs. In the face of this competition, job seek- said Richard Qiu, VP of Business Development at ketplace for learning and teaching online, to pro- Bayt.com has designed solutions to help ers who seek to continually upgrade their skills Udemy. “We are pleased to be partnering with vide job seekers in the Middle East with hundreds employers find the most suitable talent and help and who pursue a path of lifelong learning stand Bayt.com to provide even greater access to flexi- of courses to boost their employability and help job seekers learn the skills they need to find a job to win the best job opportunities,” said Omar ble, online learning on the most in-demand skills them gain a competitive edge by mastering new for years. This integration with Udemy will help Tahboub, VP of Product, Bayt.com. “Earlier last for employment in the Middle East.” skills. Bayt.com’s 25 million users can now access a bridge the skills gap between job seekers and year, we launched a Learning channel on Bayt.com plans to translate and offer more large array of Udemy courses on the “Learning” employers in the Middle East. Courses will be rec- Bayt.com to help job seekers gain access to some Udemy courses in Arabic in the coming weeks, portal of the Bayt.com website, and learn the skills ommended to job seekers based on their job titles of the best learning opportunities. Today, we further increasing opportunities for people to they need to get a job in a region that is character- and interests. Job seekers will also be able to add announce our partnership with Udemy, a leading learn in their native language. All Udemy courses ized by an ever-widening skills gap and one of the Udemy courses they take to the education section global provider of online learning content. We are available on-demand and once purchased, highest unemployment rates in the world. of their CVs. The courses are available in English hope that this partnership will empower job students have lifetime access to the course con- According to the Middle East Skills Gap and Arabic, and range in topics from problem seekers in the region in their pursuit of lifelong tent so they can learn at their own pace and suc- Survey, released by Bayt.com in May 2016, the solving and communication to technical skills, learning.” ceed on their own terms. Courses may be taken skills gap in the Middle East is prevailing. The particularly those relevant to growing fields like “Learning is no longer something confined to on a computer, tablet, or smartphone, and con- problem is particularly amplified for senior-level mobile technology and software development. the classroom — there is a real demand for life- tent can be downloaded and viewed without an positions, with 70 percent of respondents claim- “The job market in the Middle East is charac- long learning that allows people to up-skill to Internet connection. Frustrated in China, US industry hopes for reset
BEIJING: As the United States and China many in the US business community feel the how negative things were becoming for for- wrapped up talks this week touting bilateral talks provide a forum to repeat previously eign companies in China. “I think they (offi- cooperation on strategic and economic made promises rather than push progress on cials) all walked out of the room feeling like issues, many in the US business community market-opening reforms. they’d learned something today and that say the annual dialogue is delivering dimin- “Increasingly, there’s been a sense that things are changing and not heading in a ishing returns in resolving commercial dis- commitments have been made, and not nec- good direction now,” McGregor said. putes. Foreign business in China is growing essarily adhered to. There’s a sense that a The official rhetoric in China has focused increasingly pessimistic, in part due to the growing set of bilateral challenges is outpac- less on the concrete achievements of the dia- country’s slowing economy, but also because ing the ability of the dialogue to effectively logue and more on the relationship benefits. of growing fears of protectionism and rules manage those areas of difference,” said The official Xinhua news agency said the talks that companies think could make it harder to Jeremie Waterman, executive director for had infused relations with a “shot of confi- operate there. Greater China at the US Chamber of dence”. “Only by constantly augmenting the Concerns include draft regulations for Commerce. areas of cooperation and pursuing consensus China’s insurance and banking industries and Just hours after the S&ED finished in can China-US ties move in a positive direction,” a pending cyber-security law that business Beijing, the US House Judiciary Committee it said in a commentary late on Tuesday. groups say could limit sales for foreign compa- on Tuesday heard testimony on concerns That can help counter some of the anti- nies in favour of domestic competitors. over China’s enforcement of competition law, China sentiment whipped up during the Beijing’s Made in China 2025 plan also calls for which include draft regulations that could American presidential race, some Chinese offi- a progressive increase in domestic compo- force firms to license technology to competi- cials have said. “During the ongoing raging fire nents in sectors such as advanced information tors or face sanctions. But the list of out- of the US election, candidates from both par- technology and robotics, and President Xi comes from this week’s talks made no men- ties frequently make a fuss about trade prob- Jinping has pledged to increase government tion of antitrust policy. China’s promise to lems with China. But China has not made an support for technology companies, raising table next week an updated list of sectors off- excessive response because we can more truly concerns that foreign providers will be at a dis- limits to US investors for ongoing talks on a and accurately understand the true nature of Al-Tijari launches advantage. bilateral investment treaty was seen as a problems and avoid misjudgments through Those plans and proposals sit uneasily with highlight of the dialogue, though people in the dialogue mechanism,” Vice Premier Wang Western Union money China’s “commitments to not impose nationali- the US business community privately say Yang said in a speech on Monday. ty-based conditions on the sale, purchase or they are not optimistic it will be enough to US businesses also acknowledge that the use (of info-technology)”, a pledge repeated make real progress on the treaty before S&ED has provided a high-profile forum to air transfer services during the US-China Strategic and Economic Obama leaves office. their concerns and are advocating reforming Dialogue (S&ED), which on Tuesday wrapped it, not writing it off. “In the next administra- up its eighth and final round under President Relationship Benefits tion, the mechanisms for dialogue can be KUWAIT: The Commercial Bank of Kuwait CBK customers will benefit from this electron- Barack Obama. James McGregor, Greater China chairman tweaked to make further improvements and (CBK) yesterday announced the launch of ic transfer services. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong for communications consultancy APCO become more effective, but high-level Western Union account based money transfer Rumaih further said that Commercial Bank Lei said on Wednesday that China would Worldwide, who attended a Tuesday event for engagement is now mandatory in the US- service. This service will allow CBK account of Kuwait endeavors to provide its customers “earnestly put into effect” the many important executives with senior US and Chinese offi- China relationship,” the US-China Business holders to transfer money in a simple and fast with the best services through alliance with manner to more than 200 countries and terri- renowned and reputed institutions, so CBK cus- consensuses reached during the talks, but cials, said executives were blunt in stressing Council said in a statement. — Reuters tories from their account at any time. tomers can enjoy flexible, easy and safety chan- Customers have access to the service twenty nels when transferring funds abroad. “We are four hours a day seven days a week through delighted to launch our services with CBK the CBK Mobile application or CBK Online which enables us to extend our account- based Architect unveils Banking and transfer to Western Union’s money transfer footprint in Kuwait,” said Hatem 500,000 agent locations around the world. Sleiman, Regional Vice President - Middle East 3D printer to make Sahar Al -umaih, General Manager - at Western Union. “We always look for new Corporate Credit Division and Acting General ways to provide our consumers with more Manager of Retail Banking Division at the choices and convenience to send and receive ‘endless’ house Commercial Bank of Kuwait, stated that money around the world and today’s launch is Western Union is one of the most recognized a clear exhibit of how Western Union recog- AMSTERDAM: A Dutch architect yesterday unveiled a and widely used companies in the world for nizes the growing use of technology by con- unique 3D printer with which he aims to construct a fast money transfer and by having this alliance sumers and opens up more options for them.” large building “without beginning or end” shaped like an infinite loop. “It’s just like a normal printer,” archi- tect Janjaap Ruijssenaars told AFP as he presented the tool he hopes to use to build what he has dubbed Bank Muscat appoints new the “Landscape House”. “But instead of putting ink onto paper, we are putting a liquid onto sand which solidifies wherever the liquid has been spread.” CEO for Kuwait branch Ruijssenaars, of Universe Architecture in Amsterdam, aims to print the Mobius strip-shaped KUWAIT: Bank Muscat, the flagship finan- flows between Kuwait and Oman, Bank building with around 1,100 sq m of floor space using cial services provider in the Sultanate of Muscat’s Kuwait branch offers a compre- the massive D-Shape printer. Designed by Italian Oman, has appointed Najah Al-Sulaiman as hensive range of corporate banking, trade Enrico Dini, the printer can print up to almost a six- Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Kuwait and treasury services. metre-by-six-metre square, using a computer to branch. Najah is a seasoned banker with 25 Outside of Oman, Bank Muscat has a help build up fine layers of 5-10 mm thick. The years of experience in the field of corporate branch each in Saudi Arabia and Kuwait, as machine is almost two metres long and has been set banking. She joined Bank Muscat’s Kuwait well as representative offices in the UAE up in a warehouse in Amsterdam, where the final branch in 2014 as Head of Corporate and Singapore. Muscat Capital LLC is a bro- tests are being carried out before pressing ahead Al Sayer celebrates the Banking and led the team to expand corpo- kerage and investment banking subsidiary rate business as part of the bank’s strategic of the bank in Saudi Arabia. with the start of building. plan to sustain its position in the region. “The ambition was to make a building that has an joyous spirit of Ramadan Najah brings a wealth of experience to infinite structure, like planet Earth,” said Ruijssenaars. the role which includes stints with leading “Planet Earth doesn’t have a beginning or an ending KUWAIT: Toyota and Mohamed Naser Al bring home your Toyota, we wish all fami- banking and financial institutions in and we were looking for a shape that has the same Sayer (MNSS), one of the Al Sayer Group lies in Kuwait Ramadan Mubarak.” Kuwait. Prior to joining Bank Muscat, she quality,” he added. “It didn’t become a circle but it Holding Companies has announced the Customers will pick their scratch & win occupied the position of Assistant General became a very complex, Mobius strip which is a well- commencement of attractive offers for the coupon with every purchase to win a guaran- Manager of Corporate Banking at Burgan known mathematics figure which just has one side.” month of Ramadan. This year’s special teed prize including any of the following: Up Bank. As part of its leadership strategy, The ambitious project was first unveiled in 2013, offers will feature the Ramadan Raffle Draw, to 1500 liters fuel card, Canon IXUS 170 cam- Bank Muscat aims to attract and develop and the team has been in touch with various part- through which customers purchasing a era, perfume gift box or Caribou coffee vouch- Kuwaiti talent to strengthen its operations ners hoping to be able to start construction “within new car will get the chance to win one of er. In addition to all of the above customer will in Kuwait. the next few years”. It is hoped the building, which eight Toyota Yaris hatchbacks, with two also benefit from valuable a Ramadan gift, five Najah takes over from Osamah Al- will also include more traditional design elements, cars up for grabs each week. years open mileage warranty, service for one Abdullatif, former CEO - Kuwait Branch, can be used as a space for exhibitions or sculptures. According to Johan Heislitz Senior year or 20,000 km, courtesy car, third party who has returned to Bank Muscat Head The initial plan had not been to print the building, Business Director Toyota MNSS: “As always insurance, free registration, T-Connect service Office in the sultanate to assume a senior but it turned out that a 3D printer was the most this year’s Ramadan offers is also very spe- and convenient financing solutions. management role. practical way of making his house without begin- cial. This is the season of joy and we want Ramadan offers will be only valid for Bank Muscat commenced Kuwait ning or end. It will not be the world’s first 3D build- to celebrate this spirit for our valued cus- invoices issued between May 29 and July 7, branch operations in April 2010, becoming ing, however, as such projects have been undertak- tomers. Along with the exceptional quality, 2016. During the month of Ramadan work- the first bank from Oman to open a com- en in China and Dubai, although using a different durability and reliability of Toyota cars we ing hours for Toyota showrooms at Rai, mercial banking branch in Kuwait. With the method. — AFP are presenting Grand raffle prizes, guaran- Ahmadi, Jahra, Tilal and the Ardiya new car focus to support investment and trade Najah Al-Sulaiman teed scratch and win gifts as well as attrac- delivery center will be 9:30 am - 12:30 pm tive benefits. There is no better time to and 8:30 pm - 11:30 pm. Over 53,000 residents to benefit from Malabar Gold CSR initiatives
KUWAIT: The holy month of Ramadan is here and mil- with the support of Sharjah Charity International. Ramadan through their tents located in Al Khor & such kit includes grocery which will be enough for a lions of people around the world honor this month Apart from this, iftar kits will be distributed across the Industrial Area near Asian Town. In Oman, the group is family to break the fast for a week. with acts of service and prayers. Malabar Gold & Emirates to the needy. distributing special Ramadan kit to the under privi- Since its inception in 1993, Malabar Group has Diamonds, the leading jewellery retailer strengthens In Bahrain, the group is planning to provide over leged, 300 such kits includes of grocery which will be been actively involved in CSR activities with the aim its CSR activities in the GCC and Far East region this 4,500 iftar meals to the workers at different labor enough for a person to break the fast for 15 days dur- of creating a difference to the community in and Ramadan, embracing the spirit of giving. Such month camps located all over Bahrain. Like in previous years, ing Ramadan. around their area of operations. The importance of long activities are planned in association with like- they will be associating with Discovery Islam, Al In Singapore, 370 special iftar kit will be distributed CSR activities for Malabar Group has grown over the minded organizations from the respective countries to Hedaya Centre and Friendship Society for Blinds to to the under privileged people, one such kit will decades and the group sets aside a fixed percentage benefit the needy. Over 53,000 special iftar meals will carry out such activities in Bahrain. includes of grocery will be enough for a family to of its net profit for the benefit of the needy. They be distributed during this period. In Kuwait, the group will provide iftar meals to over break the fast for a week. In Malaysia, the group will be undertake social welfare activities all year long, In UAE, 24,000 Iftar meals will be provided at Sajaa 3,600 laborers in different parts of various gover- distributing 2,500 food kit to the less fortunate & blind focusing on five priority areas such medical, educa- Industrial area throughout the holy month of norates in Kuwait. In Qatar, the group will be providing people in the Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur in tional sector, environment as well as housing and Ramadan in an air conditioned tent which is set up iftar meals to over 1,500 laborers during the time of association with the likeminded organizations. One women empowerment. technology THURSDAY, JUNE 9, 2016 India monsoon forecasting in high-tech makeover
NEW DELHI: India’s forecasting of the mon- irrigate or apply fertilizer to crops and if rains 600 million people and boosting demand for tors such as sea-surface temperatures and ees gather data, obtained from radar, observa- soon - the crop-nourishing seasonal rains that fail plan state-wide measures. This would be a an array of goods and services. southeasterly winds over the Indian ocean. tories, ships, sensors and satellites, for the are the lifeblood for farmers in the country of major boon for a country already either the Because of India’s size, one national forecast is weather office, where staff peer at computer 1.3 billion people - is getting a high-tech world’s biggest or second-biggest producer Melting Snow of little help to farmers spread across diverse screens flickering with charts, graphs and mul- makeover. Jettisoning a statistical method and consumer of rice, wheat, sugar and cotton. Rajeevan declined to name the companies climatic zones. “I’ll cherish the day they’ll come ti-coloured maps of India. introduced under British colonial rule in the “If everything goes well, by 2017 we’ll the bureau was talking to obtain the new up with a forecast for my state. It’s going to In 2015, the IMD accurately forecast a sec- 1920s, India’s meteorology office is spending make this dynamical model operational by supercomputer, but said it would be 10 times mitigate our risks and help us plan our crop ond straight drought year, in contrast to pre- $60 million on a new supercomputer to replacing the statistical model,” said M faster than the existing one supplied by IBM. better,” said Dharmendra Kumar, whose farm is dictions of bountiful rains by Skymet, India’s improve the accuracy of one of the world’s Rajeevan, the top scientist in the ministry of The India Meteorological Department (IMD) in Uttar Pradesh, a state roughly the size of the only private forecaster. But the weather office most vital weather forecasts in time for next earth sciences, which oversees the weather issues forecasts for the country as a whole and United Kingdom and with a bigger population failed to foresee the worst drought in nearly year’s rains. The new system, based on a US office on a 30-acre campus in the heart of five regions, though does not give separate than Brazil. four decades in 2009 and, as this year’s mon- model tweaked for India, requires immense New Delhi. The June-September rains are ones for the country’s 29 states. “We didn’t The IMD, set up in 1875, produced its first soon starts, farmers hope its forecast of above- computing power to generate three-dimen- relied on to replenish reservoirs, recharge adopt the dynamical model earlier because it monsoon forecast in 1886 after the famine of average rains will be right. “In the last one sional models to help predict how the mon- aquifers and for half of all farmland that does was not able to forecast monsoons. Now, it can the 1870s. Back then, it relied on melting snow decade we’ve gained a greater degree of preci- soon is likely to develop. not have irrigation. Many areas receive more and with better results than the statistical in the Himalayas to predict rains. Early forecast- sion in forecasting rains, but monsoon still Experts say better forecasting could help than 70 percent of their annual rains during model,” said Rajeevan. ers also observed plants and animals, consult- remains a very complex weather system which India raise its farm output by nearly 15 percent, the monsoon and plentiful rains means more The existing model uses historical relation- ed almanacs and invoked Lord Indra, the rain only God has the ability to understand fully,” by helping farmers tweak the best time to sow, money in rural communities, sustaining some ships between rainfall and six to eight predic- god of Hindus. Now, about 5,000 IMD employ- Rajeevan said. —Reuters Bezos betting on India with $3bn investment
NEW DELHI: Amazon chief executive Jeff team is surpassing even our most ambi- Bezos has pledged to invest $3 billion in tious planned milestones,” he said. India, in a big bet on the growth of Amazon has made steady inroads in online shopping in the fast-growing India since entering the cutthroat, rapid- South Asian economy. Speaking in ly growing e-commerce market in 2013. Washington DC as India’s Prime Minister But it faces stiff competition from Narendra Modi visits the United States, local rivals Snapdeal and Flipkart, which Bezos told a gathering of business lead- have attracted billions of dollars in over- ers that he saw “huge potential” in India. seas investment. E-retailers in India, The investment, announced Tuesday, including Amazon, typically adopt a comes on top of $2 billion Amazon “marketplace” structure, acting as tech- invested in India in 2014, and will boost nological platforms that connect buyers Modi’s campaign to attract foreign cash and sellers rather than stocking their to create much-needed jobs. own products. The government in March “We have already created some set new rules for foreign investment in 45,000 jobs in India and continue to see online marketplaces, including allowing huge potential in the Indian economy,” up to 100 percent foreign ownership. Bezos said at the US-India Business India’s e-commerce market was worth Council meeting, according to a state- about $23 billion in 2015, according to ment from the group. “Our Amazon.in business body Assocham. —AFP
Airbnb awaits Berlin ruling on legality of home-sharing BERLIN: A Berlin city court was due Airbnb, whose website lists 11,700 to make a landmark ruling with rami- apartments in Berlin, did not join as a fications for home rental firms such plaintiff but a company spokesman as Airbnb yesterday when it decides said the verdict would impact if homeowners can engage in short- Airbnb’s business and it was watch- term lets. Several home-sharing com- ing closely. Berlin’s authorities esti- WASHINGTON: Jeff Bezos (right), CEO of Amazon, is presented with the 2016 USIBC Global Leadership Award by Indian Prime panies have lodged a complaint mate that a total of 15,000 apart- Minister Narendra Modi during the 41st Annual Leadership Summit at the Mellen Auditorium on Tuesday. —AFP against an effective ban on such lets ments have been taken off the city’s in Berlin in the first substantial chal- rental market to be operated as busi- lenge to such city legislation in nesses housing tourists. City officials Europe. People renting out their say rising rents and a significant Talent shortage stymies homes in the German capital for peri- housing shortage left them with no ods of less than two months face choice but to impose the measures. fines of up to Ä100,000 ($111,700). Home-rental groups say the city is Although landlords can seek a per- using the new legislation to white- Indonesia’s tech scene mit, city officials have said they will wash structural housing problems, reject 95 percent of requests. turning short-term home-sharing The Berlin showdown comes a companies into scapegoats. Govt to put coding on school curriculum week after the European Commission Although a positive verdict would cautioned member states against not have binding legal conse- SINGAPORE/JAKARTA: Indonesian decade to potentially become a $200 bil- of the country,” Adrian Vanzyl, CEO of The government is also trying to pur- erecting roadblocks or even outright quences for other jurisdictions, online retailer Bilna spent two years look- lion internet economy, with Indonesia Thailand-based Ardent Capital, told sue back-taxes from Yahoo and Twitter, bans on the emerging “sharing econ- experts expect it to have repercus- ing for a chief technology officer before it poised to receive a big chunk. Reuters in April. and has ordered companies that deliver omy” in everything from apartments sions throughout Europe, as cities try finally discovered Ridy Lie, who had But the tech talent needed to drive Ardent has invested in Thai logistics content over the internet to establish to local rides by enforcing decades or to balance the interests of the travel returned home after eight years with such growth is scarce, the result mainly of firm aCommerce, which has engineers in Indonesian offices and pay Indonesian even centuries-old laws. Airbnb and and tourism industry with those of Amazon in the United States. Until Lie, shortcomings in Indonesia’s education Indonesia but leaves “a lot of the core taxes. Indonesia ranks 109 out of 189 other home-sharing companies, such tenants who fear rising rents. “Cities the company had struggled to find system, a lack of experience and the low platform development” to staff in countries in terms of ease of doing busi- someone who could “take us to the next salaries on offer compared with those Thailand, he said. Another creative work- ness, according to a World Bank Study, as Rocket Internet’s Wimdu, request- are closely watching each other to level,” said Eka Himawan, group chief available in the United States. Highly around is a fly-in-fly-out approach to get below neighbors such as Singapore, ed the legal opinion of the former see what types of regulations are financial officer at the company, which skilled workers account for only about 10 people with specialised knowledge to Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam. head of the city of Berlin’s constitu- possible and Berlin’s verdict will was renamed Orami after a merger this percent of total employment in the archi- advise local startups on a temporary But for startups and their investors, tional court following Berlin’s crack- surely impact the behavior of other year. “He is the one who is guiding (the pelago of 250 million people, the lowest basis. “Spend three or six months ... to the talent shortage is the biggest down. Helge Sodan deemed the new cities,” said Gracia Vara Arribas, a engineers) and telling them: this is how ratio of any major Southeast Asian nation, help the company scale,” Chua Kee Lock, headache. “Getting good people is tough. regulation unconstitutional and draft- lawyer who advised the EU on the the things are done in Amazon and this is according to the World Economic Forum. chief executive at Vertex Venture The education system is mismatched - ed the complaint. sharing economy. —Reuters how we should do it,” Himawan said. “I would say it definitely means things Holdings, part of Temasek, told Reuters. what’s taught in university isn’t much in Even as internet giants like Alibaba and grow slower. If I compare a startup in use at work,” said Lie, who worked in a SoftBank are making major investments in Indonesia with startups in some other Hurdles Ahead development engineering team at startups heavily exposed to Indonesia, places, they will tend to be less on the Skills shortages are only one of many Amazon before joining Orami. The gov- recruitment of talented executives is prov- cutting edge of technology, less efficient,” challenges startups and technology ernment plans to tackle the skills short- ing to be a huge drag on the country’s said Vinnie Lauria, a founding partner at investors face in Indonesia. Others range age by putting coding on the public technology sector. Indonesia is the most Singapore-based Golden Gate Ventures. from difficulties in finding materials for school curriculum and through knowl- populous country in a region where 3.8 Some investors are offshoring tech work training engineers to poor logistics and edge transfers from foreign investors. million internet users are coming online to fill the talent gap as they seek to grow frequent policy flipflops. When Jakarta’s “There is plenty of capital available ... and every month. A recent report by Google startups. So far, however, no private taxi drivers protested violently against Indonesia is exploding on every possible and Singaporean state fund Temasek esti- Indonesian tech firm has reached a valua- ride-hailing apps like Grab and Uber in level,” said Vanzyl at Ardent. “Why are mated that Southeast Asia needed to tion of more than $1 billion, compared April, the government bowed to pressure things growing less fast than they can? attract investment worth $40-50 billion in with more than 20 in China. “The solution and forced the tech firms to partner with The answer is talent shortage. That is the sectors such as ecommerce over the next of last resort is to solve the problem out local transportation companies. number one factor.” —Reuters France launches ‘terror alert’ app
PARIS: A new smartphone app designed to alert users to possible terror attacks was launched by the French government yesterday, amid growing security concerns over the Euro 2016 football tournament. The application, which will be free to download in both French and English, will send users a warning “in case of a suspected attack,” said the interior ministry, which has piloted and introduced the service. It will also alert users - who must agree to be geolocated - about “unexpected events” such as the breaching of flood defenses. Alerts will appear on the app less than 15 minutes after the incident has been confirmed by authorities, and will be customized according to user’s exact location. PUDASJARVI, Finland: In this picture taken Aug 21, 2009, a reindeer walks App users will also be able monitor alerts for up to eight out of the road. —AP different geographical zones, allowing them to check on family members or friends. It will also provide advice on how to stay safe, with information tailored to each par- Reindeer herders launch ticular situation, the ministry added. The idea emerged after the Nov 2015 terror attacks in app to reduce road kills Paris, with Prime Minister Manuel Valls pushing for it to be launched in time for Euro 2016. The government HELSINKI: In efforts to cut road kill, en 1,000 free interactive mobile gadgets hopes the app will help users - or app “ambassadors” as it Finnish reindeer herders have painted which warn them of nearby reindeer and calls them - spread reliable, official information about Rudolph’s antlers in fluorescent colors, allow them to register their own sightings the security situation across social media. This could help hung reflectors round their necks and with a tap on the screen. prevent France’s emergency services hotlines from becoming overwhelmed, said Interior Minister Bernard even used movable traffic signs. They’ve If successful, the app will be available This photo taken yesterday shows a smartphone with the logo of the SAIP (Systeme not been successful, so they’re turning to for download on all smart phones later this Cazeneuve, adding the app would “keep the public up to drivers with a reindeer warning app hop- year. Some 300,000 reindeer roam the date with what we know.” Authorities have pledged to d’Alerte et d’Information aux populations, or Population Alert and Information ing it will reduce the annual 4,000 rein- wilds of Arctic Finland, providing work for protect the privacy of users. The launch comes a day System), a new smartphone app designed to alert users to possible terror attacks deer road deaths. In a pilot project, drivers 10,000 people in the sparsely populated after Britain warned that stadiums and fan zones could amid growing security concerns over the UEFA Euro 2016 football tournament, of heavy transport vehicles are being giv- northern wilderness. —AP be targeted during Euro 2016. —AFP launched by the French government. —AFP THURSDAY, JUNE 9, 2016 HEALTH & SCIENCE Mammals thrived long before dinosaurs died
PARIS: The prevailing theory that mammals dinosaurs’,” and thus held in check, said co- shapes-a telltale sign of varied diets and ized diet-only bugs or only plants, for exam- Cretaceous-Tertiary extinction wiped out only flourished after an asteroid strike author Elis Newham, a doctoral student in species diversity. ple-were less likely to weather the disaster three-quarters of the plant and animal wiped out the dinosaurs 66 million years evolutionary biology at the University of than those with all-purpose chompers species on Earth, including all dinosaurs ago is doubly wrong, according to a study Chicago. “However, our findings were that Surviving an extinction event ready to eat whatever was available. The which could not fly. published yesterday. Our warm-blooded therian mammals-the ancestors of most The scientists were surprised to find a findings, published in Proceedings of the With the exception of a few crocodiles predecessors thrived and spread over mil- modern mammals-were already diversify- sharp decline in the number of mammals Royal Society B, may hold a lesson for and sea turtles, there is no evidence that lions of years even as Tyrannosaurus and ing considerably before the Cretaceous- after the asteroid crash. “I didn’t expect to today’s world, Grossnickle said. Scientists tetra pods-four-limbed vertebrates-weigh- other flesh-ripping monsters lorded over Tertiary extinction event,” also known as the see any sort of drop,” said lead author David say Earth is experiencing another mass ing more than 25 kilos survived. The discov- the planet, researchers reported. Moreover, K-Pg boundary. Grossnickle, also of the University of extinction event, driven mainly by climate ery in the 1990s of the 180-kilometer wide these mammals took a big hit when the The researchers pulled together dozens Chicago. “It didn’t match the traditional change-only the sixth in the last half billion Chicxulub crater straddling the Yucatan asteroid slammed into Earth, creating a of studies that challenged and chipped view that after the extinction, mammals hit years, he pointed out. Peninsula and the Gulf of Mexico, pinpoint- hemispheric firestorm followed by a pro- away at the old theory. But key to the new the ground running.” Once again, teeth told “The types of survivors that made it 66 ed the likely spot where the asteroid hit. longed, bone-chilling drop in global tem- conclusion, they said, was teeth. An analysis a story, this time revealing which mammals million years ago, mostly generalists, might After the K-Pg event, new forms of mam- peratures. of hundreds of molars from mammals alive made it across the K-Pg boundary, and be indicative of what will survive in the next mals such as horses, whales, bats, and pri- “The traditional view is that mammals during the 20 million years before the K-Pg which did not. hundred years, or the next thousand,” mates emerged and spread in a dinosaur- were suppressed during the ‘age of boundary revealed a huge variety of Those with molars indicating a special- Grossnickle said in a statement. The free world.—AFP
New synthetic drug U-47700 has states rushing to stop spread
KANSAS CITY: A new synthetic drug that banned in Kansas because of the steps nec- can be purchased online and is connected to essary to get it designated a Schedule I con- at least 50 deaths nationwide has several trolled substance. That designation would states scrambling to stop its spread, with make it illegal to possess, sell or distribute Kansas law enforcement agencies seeking an the compound, which has no street name emergency ban. At least three other states - and goes for about $40 a gram online. Ohio, Wyoming and Georgia - already have taken action to ban U-47700 after it was con- ‘Novel painkilling drug’ nected to overdoses. A spokeswoman for the The U in the name stands for Upjohn, a US Drug Enforcement Administration said pharmaceutical manufacturer that devel- that the agency is studying the opioid but oped the drug in the mid-1970s as scientists hasn’t yet moved to control it. were looking for a synthetic alternative to Nearly eight times more potent than mor- morphine, said Barry Logan, chief of forensic phine, U-47700 comes in various forms and toxicology at NMS Labs in Willow Grove, can be injected, snorted or taken orally. Pennsylvania, which provides lab services for Synthetic drugs are comprised of man-made government and private clients. “They were chemicals and produced in a laboratory, searching for a novel painkilling drug, the while organic drugs are made with ingredi- holy grail of analgesics that didn’t have the ents found in nature, DEA agent Melvin addictive or respiratory depression proper- Patterson said. Considered by public health ties of opiates or heroin,” said Logan, who officials as “new psychoactive substances,” recently spoke about synthetic opioids at an synthetic marijuana and bath salts, a stimu- international conference in Budapest. lant, started showing up in the U.S. around The Upjohn researchers devised and 2008 but were banned a few years later by patented several different compounds in the DEA because of serious health issues search of their super drug, Logan said. Some attributed to them. of the compounds were written about in sci- entific literature, including methods for mak- ‘Mimics the effects’ ing them. Upjohn merged with Pharmacia Synthetic opioids like U-47700 comprise AB two decades ago and eventually became one of four categories of the new fake drugs, part of Monsanto. Chemists in China and along with synthetic marijuana (K2), stimu- Eastern Europe can find recipes for many of lants (bath salts) and hallucinogens. Each the drugs - including U-47700 - by combing category mimics the effects of their organic through online patent records and old scien- THAILAND: In this file photo, Thai children who are HIV positive and orphaned wait for a function to begin at the Human drug counterparts, DEA spokeswoman tific journals, he said. Development Foundation in Klong Toey slum of Bangkok, Thailand. —AP Barbara Carreno said. Johnson County, NMS has identified about 50 deaths Kansas, District Attorney Steve Howe said across the U.S. that can be connected to U- two deaths in his county have been connect- 47700, which came onto the company’s ed to U-47700, while a handful of overdose radar screen in December, Logan said. deaths elsewhere in the state also might be Carreno said the DEA is struggling to keep Thailand to eliminate linked. Howe declined to provide any details up with all of the new compounds being cre- about the deaths. ated in labs. DEA forensic chemists have It’s hard to get a firm count on fatal over- identified 300 to 400 of those chemicals, but doses because the drug is new and doesn’t the agency has controlled only two or three mother-to-baby HIV always show up on initial post-mortem dozen, she said. examinations, Howe said. It’s most likely to U-47700 is produced by chemical compa- be found during an autopsy drug screen. nies in China, which last year banned 116 “The sense we get is that this drug is even new psychoactive substances at the urging First Asian country to eliminate transmission more dangerous than other synthetic drugs of the U.S. “Chemical companies are making we’ve seen across our desk,” Howe said. Even new ones to replace them,” Carreno said. BANGKOK: Thailand has become transmission under the WHO’s crite- Not 100 percent effective progress shows how much can be so, it could take until August before it’s “Somebody pulled this one off a shelf.”—AP the first Asian country to eliminate ria back in July 2015. The global According to Thai government fig- achieved when science and medi- mother-to-child transmission of HIV, health body said Thailand’s routine ures, the number of babies born with cine are underpinned by sustained the World Health Organization said screening and universal free med- HIV has dropped from 1,000 in 2000 political commitment,” UNAIDS yesterday, a milestone in the fight ication for pregnant women with to just 85 last year, a large enough fall Executive Director Michel Sidibe against the disease. The announce- HIV was crucial in stopping the virus for the WHO to declare mother-to- said in a statement. But there is still ment is a boost for a generation of being passed to new generations. child transmission over. A small num- work to be done. Thai health workers who have trans- If left untreated, mothers with ber of cases are taken into account, as The UN estimates there are some formed the nation from one of HIV have a 15-45 percent chance of treatment with medicine is not 100 500,000 living with HIV in the king- Asia’s most HIV-ravaged societies to transmitting the virus to their chil- percent effective. It is a major turn- dom, while infection rates have risen a pin-up for how to effectively tack- dren during pregnancy, childbirth around for Thailand. The country slightly in recent years, particularly le the crisis. Describing the elimina- or while breastfeeding. But taking went from 100,000 HIV cases in 1990 among gay men. Piyasakol tion as a “remarkable achievement”, antiretroviral drugs during pregnan- to more than a million three years lat- Sakolsatayadorn, Thailand’s Minister the WHO said Thailand was “the first cy significantly reduces those er, fuelled in part by its huge sex of Public Health, said the landmark (country) with a large HIV epidemic chances to just over one percent. In trade. Health workers initially strug- announcement “belongs to everyone” to ensure an AIDS-free generation.” 2000 Thailand became one of the gled to persuade governments to act. but added “a challenge remains: how Belarus and Armenia were also first countries in the world to pro- But an eventual push to distrib- we make this success sustainable.” declared free of mother-to-baby vide free antiretroviral medication ute free condoms among sex work- Each year, 1.4 million women living HIV transmissions yesterday but to all pregnant women diagnosed ers throughout the late 1990s and with HIV around the world become both nations have a much lower with HIV. Screening for the virus the widespread rollout of antiretro- pregnant. The number of children RIO, Florida: This photo taken, shows mosquito larvas breeding in a plastic prevalence of the virus. Previously during pregnancy is also routine, viral drugs in the 2000s has seen born annually with HIV was 400,000 pot with standing water, outside a home in Rio, Florida. Cuba was the only other country to even in the country’s most remote huge success and won the country in 2009. By 2013, the number was have eliminated mother-to-child areas, the WHO added. widespread praise. “Thailand’s down to 240,000.—AFP Innovations scientists Indonesia plans tougher penalties for poachers hope will end malaria JAKARTA: Indonesia plans to improve the situation. The ministry quadruple maximum jail terms for will submit its proposal to parlia- ARUSHA, Tanzania: After being abandoned as be taken for three days with the risk that people animal poachers and traffickers in ment in the coming months, and too ambitious in 1969, global plans to eliminate do not finish their medication, contributing to a major overhaul of wildlife crime hopes the new regulations will malaria are back on the agenda, with financial the development of drug-resistant malaria. laws, but environmentalists come into force next year. backing from the world’s richest couple, Bill and They also only kill parasites at the asexual- expressed skepticism yesterday Environmental group WWF wel- Melinda Gates, and US President Barack Obama. stage where they cause fever but not at the sex- the changes would be effective. comed the proposed overhaul but The Gates aim to eradicate malaria by 2040 by ual-stage where they are picked up by mosqui- Maximum sentences for poaching cautioned that it will not solve the doubling funding over the next decade to sup- toes in blood. Insecticide-treated wall liners: and trading protected animals will problem of weak enforcement in port the roll out of new products to tackle rising Scientists hope insecticide-treated wall liners, be increased from five years to 20 far-flung parts of the archipelago, drug resistance against the disease. Their goal of which look like wallpaper, will be more effective under the new legislation pro- where laws set in Jakarta are often permanently ending transmission of the disease than spraying people’s homes with insecticide posed by the environment and flouted. between humans and mosquitoes is more ambi- every three to eight months. The wall liners kill forestry ministry. “Having a new set of rules tious than the Sustainable Development Goal of mosquitoes that rest on them and can last for “We want stronger law enforce- doesn’t mean much if the law isn’t ending epidemic levels of malaria by 2030. They three years. Tanzania’s National Institute for ment, we want people who trans- being enforced,” said WWF are also supporting a push to create the world’s Medical Research is testing wall liners in 6,000 gress the law to face higher sen- Indonesia spokesman Nyoman first vaccine against a parasite. Here are some homes to see if they protect people from malar- tences,” Tachrir Fathoni, a senior Iswarayoga. “Better supervision, innovations scientists are working on are: ia. Results will be published in 2017. ministry official who is spearhead- investigating cases more inten- ing efforts get the law passed, told sively, and monitoring how ani- New insecticides Insecticide-embedded clothing AFP. Indonesia is one of the most mals are being sold are equally Mosquitoes are becoming resistant to American soldiers have been wearing com- bio-diverse nations on Earth, important.” Critics also point out insecticides used to spray inside homes and in bat uniforms treated with permethrin, a synthet- home to vast tracts of rainforest that changes to the law won’t nec- bed nets. “There is no current insecticide that ic insecticide, since 2010 to protect them and a kaleidoscope of rare ani- essarily translate to longer jail sen- doesn’t show insect-resistance at the moment,” against insect-borne diseases. The U.S. govern- mals, from orangutans to tigers tences. Convictions for wildlife said Jed Stone, a spokesman for the UK-based ment’s Walter Reed Army Institute of Research and rhinos. But many have been crime are rare, and courts have Innovative Vector Control Consortium (IVCC). will test the effectiveness of treated combat uni- pushed to the brink of extinction. been criticized for not taking Indoor spraying of walls with insecticide-which forms and repellent creams in July on Tanzanian While destruction of their habitats poaching and trafficking seriously was used to wipe out malaria in the United soldiers who often catch malaria when working due to rampant logging has enough and handing down short States in the 1940s-has fallen by 40 percent at night as peacekeepers. played a role, endangered animals sentences. since 2012 due to resistance to older products are also frequently targeted by Fathoni insisted efforts were and the high cost of newer ones. The IVCC is A vaccine poachers who sell their body parts being made to improve enforce- developing three new insecticides for use in This is a big one, given vaccines success in for use in Chinese medicine. ment, with a new senior position indoor sprays and bed nets that kill insecticide- eliminating smallpox, polio and measles in many focusing on enforcing the law cre- resistant mosquitoes. countries. More than 30 malaria vaccines are ‘Better supervision’ ated in his ministry, and specialist “The insecticides are virtually ready but it under development. The Mosquirix vaccine, dis- The government has faced criti- police officers dispatched to every will take about five years to finally develop covered in 1987, is a decade ahead of other can- cism for inaction, with green province to tackle wildlife crime. them,” Stone said, adding that this largely didates but, to date, it only halves the number of groups saying laws relating to pro- However he admitted the involves registration with regulators. A single- bouts of malaria young children suffer. The World tected animals are not strong Indonesian government faced an dose cure: A pill that would wipe out all para- Health Organization is seeking funding for a pilot enough. The environment and uphill battle as demand for endan- sites in the body could be available by 2019, the programme to administer Mosquirix to 400,000 forestry ministry hopes the gered species remains high. “As SANTIAGO: Alicia Woempner, member of PETA, which stands for Gates Foundation says. Human trials of one can- to 800,000 African children. The results will be planned overhaul of the old law, long as there is demand, the supply People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, poses for a picture didate are planned following successful tests on used to make a decision on whether to use the which dates from 1990, can will keep coming,” he said. —AFP holding a photo of a sheep to be slaughtered in Santiago, Chile. mice, published in 2015. Existing drugs have to vaccine more widely. —Reuters THURSDAY, JUNE 9, 2016 HEALTH & SCIENCE The Promenade teams up with Peak Fitness to promote ‘Keep Fit for Fun’
KUWAIT: The Promenade, true to its which adds to the excitement”. She commitment to offering continuous added: “The three experienced trainers leisure facilities, has joined hands with Natalie, Amina and Rachel have a passion Peak Fitness to launch it special for fitness, inspiring and supporting oth- Ramadan program for ladies and kids on ers to reach their fitness potential. They the 2nd Floor of the Mall. The fun-filled make exercising an enjoyable experience schedule starts at 4 pm on 7th June and whilst improving your fitness and total ends on 5th July 2016. wellbeing”. Every Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday The Promenade is the Lifestyle during the holy month, the13-day pro- Shopping Mall that houses over a 100 gram is prepared to promote healthy shops and is strategically nestled in the lifestyle in Kuwait. Supervised by three midst of the 12 prime residential areas experienced trainers, the activities and only a short 5-10 minutes’ drive. The include team games, cardio exercises, three floors include international lifestyle body weight movements, boxing drills, brands, two floors of indoor entertain- power flex &power walks, body sculpt, ment, health and leisure facilities. The circuits, Tabata and more. tenants include: Anchor fashion brands, Alyah Al-Jasser, Al Othman Portfolio Fashion related stores, a Supermarket, Marketing Manager commented: “We Cosmetics and perfumes, Fine jewelry, want to celebrate Ramadan differently watches and accessories, Sports shops, this year therefore we thought this Electronics and Home furnishing & month would be the perfect time to Accessories. support people keeping healthy and fit. Peak Fitness is an all functional As a family destination with something women’s training facility offering diverse, for everybody, we would like to invite unconventional training methods to ladies and children to join us in these make your workouts fun, challenging free fun-filled activities during the holy and effective. Focusing on group and month”. personal training, it is committed to con- Rachel Nott, Head Coach at Peak tinuous improvement through knowl- Fitness said: “This is a great opportunity edge and innovation within the fitness to work-out in a group on a variety of industry and staying up-to-date with the activities with something new every day latest training methods.
SALT LAKE CITY: The front entrance of the Utah’s Hogle Zoo is shown in Salt Lake City. —AP Leopard escapes at Utah zoo
SALT LAKE CITY: Hundreds of Salt calmly and orderly. Stephanie It’s not clear exactly how long she servation organization World Lake City zoo visitors took shelter Gardner said she was looking at was out, but zoo staff saw her Wildlife Fund. There are only about inside buildings Tuesday morning the giraffes at the zoo when a staff inside the enclosure at about 7 am 60 of them left in the wild. after a rare leopard escaped and member told her and her family to The animal was spotted outside Hansen said it is rare for animals fell asleep on a beam just above take shelter in the gift shop with her enclosure shortly after the zoo to get loose at the zoo. In 2006, the where visitors would have gath- about 40 other people because of opened to the public. zoo was evacuated when a gray ered to watch her. A visitor spotted a situation. She said there was “no wolf scaled the wall of her pen. The the 4-year-old female snoozing on chaos or anything.” ‘Critically endangered ‘ animal was shot with a tranquilizer the outdoor beam about two feet Steve Jones said he and his fam- There are two Amur leopards at dart and captured within zoo from the exhibit, Hogle Zoo ily were at the monkey exhibit the zoo. Hansen said the other boundaries after about an hour. No spokeswoman Erica Hansen said. when zoo staff told them to get leopard is in a separate enclosure one was hurt in that incident. In She told a zookeeper, who raised inside the bistro. They waited and did not escape. The leopard 1999, three chimpanzees at the the alarm. inside with several hundred peo- that escaped is a petite, 60-pound Salt Lake City Zoo escaped through An emergency team tranquil- ple. Kids were playing, he said. “We animal that has only been at the an unlocked enclosure door and ized the Amur leopard, packed her never did feel in danger,” Jones, 63, zoo for a few years. She was attacked and injured two zoo into a crate and took her to a hold- of South Jordan, Utah, said. The brought in from a sanctuary in workers. ing area. No one was hurt, and the leopard was reported missing at England to mate with the other Zoo employees fired shotguns leopard named Zeya is expected to 9:30 am. It was captured, and peo- Amur leopard, she said. Amur leop- instead of tranquilizer darts at two be fine after the tranquilizer wears ple were allowed out of buildings ards are considered critically of the chimps, which were then off, said Nancy Carpenter, associate about an hour later, Hansen said. endangered, according to the con- euthanized. A third chimp was Electric eels can director of animal health at the relocated to a Kansas zoo, and the zoo. The animal instinctually hung US Department of Agriculture kill horses: Study onto the beam after the tranquiliz- issued a mild reprimand to the zoo er dart struck, leaving visible claw for failing to keep the enclosure MIAMI: Experiments at Vanderbilt University have original account but found evidence that leaping marks on the wooden beam. secured. The zoo hasn’t had chim- proven a 200-year-old observation that electric eels eels were far more terrifying than even von She eventually fell the final panzees since that incident, can leap out of water and shock animals to death, a Humboldt realized. When an eel is submerged, the three feet to the ground and land- Hansen said. Last month, a zoo in claim originally made by 19th century biologist and power of its electrical pulses is distributed through- ed in a garden area between the Cincinnati shot and killed a gorilla explorer Alexander von Humboldt. During a field out the water, freezing its target into state of shock, visitor fence and her mesh enclo- when a young boy got into its trip to the Amazon basin in 1800, Humboldt said he he said. Out of water, the high voltage electrical sal- sure. Hansen said they don’t yet exhibit and was dragged by the saw electric eels leaping out of the water and deliv- vo zaps a target directly through the skin near the know how or when the leopard 400-pound animal. ering enough voltage to kill a horse. But with no sci- eel’s chin, intensifying the effect. To visualize it, managed to get through the tall While the leopard was quickly entific studies on the matter, and no similar observa- Catania covered a plastic arm and crocodile head steel-grade mesh that surrounds contained in Utah on Tuesday, if tions since, many had come to believe that the with a conductive metal strip and a network of the top and sides of her enclosure, the animal had actively threatened famous naturalist was exaggerating. light-emitting diodes (LEDs), which used the volt- but officials are investigating. people zoo officials would have “The first time I read von Humboldt’s tale, I age supplied by the eels and lit up brightly when used lethal force, Carpenter said. thought it was completely bizarre,” said Ken Catania, attacked. ‘I’m finally free!’ The lines outside the Utah zoo the Stevenson Professor of Biological Sciences at “When you see the LEDs light up, think of The reports of a wild animal on grew long during the hour-long Vanderbilt University, in Nashville, Tennessee, where them as the endings of pain nerves being stimu- the loose caused quite a commo- shut down, but the zoo has since the recent experiments were conducted. “Why lated. That will give you an idea of how effective tion on social media, and even re-opened. Many people returned would the eels attack the horses instead of swim- these attacks can be,” Catania said. The research spawned a parody Twitter account. SALT LAKE CITY: Sander Jones, of London England, photo- to finish their outing after staff graphs the high outdoor ledge in a public area where a 4-year- ming away?” The answer, according to Catania, is was funded by the National Science Foundation The first tweet by the account, gave the all-clear signal. The US that the eels felt cornered and threatened. and the findings were published in the Hogle Zoo Leopard, said “I’m finally old female leopard was found sleeping in a public area about Department of Agriculture last A biologist who has been studying eels for sev- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences free!”But zoo visitors who were one or two feet outside its exhibit at the Utah’s Hogle Zoo in inspected the zoo on May 3 and eral years, Catania said he not only validated the this week.—REUTERS inside said the situation played out Salt Lake City. —AP found no violations.—AP WHAT’S ON THURSDAY, JUNE 9, 2016 Nair Service Society Kuwait elected new office bearers
air Service Society (NSS) President: Madhu Vettiyar; Joint (Abbasiya/Hassawi/Jahra), Sujith Kuwait had conducted area Secretary: Aneesh P Nair; Joint Sureshan (Salmiya/Sharq), Arjun Satya Nwise Annual General Body Treasurer: Jayakumar; General Mohan (Farwaniya) and Suresh meetings during the month of March- Program Convener: Hari V Pillai; Joint Kumar(Sharq) Sunil Menon and R.C April 2016, in which Annual Report program Convener: Anoop Soman; Suresh will continue as patrons of Nair and Audited Annual Accounts for the Welfare Coordinator: Saji Kumar; Joint Service Society(NSS), Kuwait. 2015-16 were passed and Pradhi Nidhi Welfare Coordinator: Madhav President Ullas Kumar in his presiden- Sabha and Executive Committee Chandran; System Coordinator: tial address welcomed newly elected members were elected. These Sandeep Pillai; Service Magazine Executive Committee members, Executive Committee members in Coordinators: Harikumar and Internal General Secretary Prasad their meeting held on 13th April 2016 Auditors: Rajesh and A S B Thampi. Padmanabhan gave felicitation in Riggae elected the following Office Area Coordinators: Dinachandran speech and Treasurer Sreekumar V Bearers for the year 2016 - 2017. (Abuhalifa/Mahboula), Manoj Pillai conveyed vote of thanks. President: Ullas Kumar; General Kumar(Mangaf), Radhakrishnan Secretary: Prasad Padmanabhan; and (Fahaheel/Ahmadi), Sajeev Manathodi Treasurer: Sreekumar V Pillai. Vice (Riggai), Harikumar and Vinod V Pillai
A delicious iftar and sohoor with McDonald’s Ramadan meal
n celebration of the Holy Month, strawberry custard pie. Offered at all value.” During the Holy Month, McDonald’s Kuwait is bringing McDonald’s restaurants across McDonald’s will also be holding Iback its highly popular Ramadan Kuwait, the Ramadan Meal will be children storybook sessions at its meal, offering its customers a satis- available throughout the month of restaurants, where they will be read- International yoga day fying and delicious McDonald’s din- Ramadan, at great value starting at ing Ramadan-themed children’s ing experience for both iftar and KD 2.150. books that have been authored curtain raiser ‘Yogathon 2016’ sohoor. Sherif Coutry, Marketing Director especially for McDonald’s. The Ramadan Meal includes a at McDonald’s Kuwait, said: “The To learn more about the n the occasion of International Yoga Day, Seva demonstrated few yoga postures and was followed by choice of any McDonald’s Value Ramadan Meal proved to be such a Ramadan meal, and about all other Darshan Kuwait along with the Indian Embassy the presentation of Artistic Yoga. Both were well Meal, along with five pieces of great success last year, it was only Ramadan activities please visit Oof Kuwait , Amma Kuwait and Artistyoga and received by the Audience Dr Roopesh Seva Darshan dates, a side salad, a laban drink, natural for us to bring it back. Our McDonaldsArabia.com or follow us Pilates Kuwait conducted Yogathon 2016 at yhe Indian coordinator explained the benefits of each yoga pos- and for the perfect ending to a ful- goal is always to give our customers on our Instagram page Embassy Auditorium Kuwait on 3rd June 2016. Deputy tures to the Audience A talk on Amma Yoga protocol filling meal, a choice of a creative menu options that provide (@McDonaldsKuwait). chief of Mission, Sri Subhash Goldar inaugurated the was presented by Haridas Warrier. McDonald’s dessert - either an ice them with delicious food and high function Junior and senior batch of Seva Darsan group cream sundae or an apple pie or a quality ingredients at the greatest
Advisory from Embassy of India in Kuwait on dealing with fraud
overnment of India has ing that this lawyer/consultant has ing from the embassy. recently come across several been appointed by Indian Embassy The embassy advises all mem- Greports of frauds where to assist the victim in his legal pro- bers of Indian community in Kuwait Indian community members abroad ceedings. However, to avoid any not to fall prey to such fraudsters’ were targeted by gangs of fraud- delay due to bureaucratic proce- calls. If any such calls are received sters. The modus operandi of these dures, fraudsters will ask the money by any member of the community, fraudsters is to call victims saying to be transferred immediately to the he/she should immediately contact that the local authorities have initi- account, assuring the victim at the Embassy officials in person (phone ated legal proceedings against same time that the money will be numbers are available on the web- them because they have submitted reimbursed to him/her later by site at http://www.indembkwt.org) false information in their immigra- Indian Embassy. It is suspected that so that necessary remedial actions tion papers, and that it can result in these fraudsters are using their are taken by this embassy. their arrest or deportation. These hacking skills to access personal fraudsters would then demand details of their targets and to off- money to be transferred urgently to guard their victims, they pretend as a lawyer/consultant’s account say- if they are Indian Embassy staff call-
Notice from the Buwair hosts event Cuban Embassy to honor martyrs uwaiti author and he Consular Section of the Embassy of the historical researcher Republic of Cuba kindly informs that during the KAbdullah Abbas Tsummer vacation period the consular office will Buwair invites the public to remain closed from July 1st until August 21. The attend a grand celebration Consular Section will receive requests of consular to be organized on Sunday, services, specially request of touristic visas until June June 19, 2016 at Crowne 27. The Consular Office of the Embassy of the Plaza Hotel, in the honor of Republic of Cuba in Kuwait. Rawda, Block 3,Shahab martyrs’ families as well as Ahmed Al-Bahar street , House 74, phone: 965 2 officials and staff of the 2549361, Fax: 965 2 2549360. Emails: Martyrs’ Bureau. A number [email protected], consularem- of statesmen, sheikhs and [email protected], diplomats will also be hon- [email protected] ored during the event, which Buwair is holding on Abdullah Buwair the occasion of issuing his newest publication titled ‘Speeches of His Highness Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al- Congratulations Jaber Al-Sabah.’
Akshara Dramatic Club (ADC) elects new office bearers
kshara Dramatic Club (ADC) Kuwait, a cul- tural organization, mainly promoting AMalayalam dramas, held its 12th Annual General Body meeting on Friday 20th May 2016. President Ninan Cherian presided over the meet- ing. General Secretary Valsala Georgekutty pre- sented the annual report and Treasurer Raju Daniel presented the annual accounts and later proposed vote of thanks. New office bearers for the year 2016-2017 were ohammed Ashraf Mohammed Ahmed Ali selected: from Fahaheel National Secondary President Jaison Varghese School recently passed his school leav- Vice President Joy A Cherian M General Secretary Jeena Mariam Joseph ing certificate exams with excellence, as he scored a GPA of 99.83 percent. Mohammed, who Program Director Thomas Varghese plans to study medicine in Egypt, received sin- Treasurer Jacob John Manayil cere congratulations from his parents, siblings, This year, as part of clubs continuing charity friends and family in addition to uncle Roshdi. projects, decided to donate KD.1,000/- (KD. One Well done and congratulations, Mohammed. Thousand) to Cancer Care Center, Parumala. WHAT’S ON THURSDAY, JUNE 9, 2016
Kuwait National English School holds Secondary Graduation Ceremony
he Kuwait National English School of the Kuwait National English School Student at External Examinations. To that end, the thanked them for giving a meaning to her life Council, the School Director, the Chairman (KNES) successfully celebrated the Council, the Head of Secondary and the school would keep on working closely with dedicated to students and education. Music and the Guests of Honor. To end the evening, a TSecondary Graduation Ceremony recent- School Director Madame Chantal Al- the Council of International Schools (CIS), New was performed by the Choir of Kuwait delicious snack was served to everybody in a ly in the Ebreez Ballroom at the Symphony Gharabally. Members of the Student Council England Association of Schools and Colleges National English School. very friendly and chic atmosphere in the Style Hotel in Salmiya. Students who have spoke of their positive experience and suc- (NEASC), British Schools in the Middle East In addition to the awarding of Diplomas, Hotel. The Graduation was a very successful completed their Secondary Education at cesses at Kuwait National English School, they (BSME) and British Schools Overseas (BSO). The awards were given in individual subjects for event which gave the students and their fami- Kuwait National English School received their showed their gratitude to the many members School Director, Madame Chantal Al- achievement and endeavor. The Prestigious lies a chance to reflect on a successful time at Diploma. The Guest of Honor was Abdullah Ali of staff who had helped them throughout Gharabally gave a philosophical approach to a Student of the Year Award 2016 went to Kuwait National English School, to thank the Al-Basry, General Manager of Private Sector at their life at the school. The Head of Secondary student’s future journey through life and Khaled Al Huwaishel (year 12). The Council of school’s staff and management for all their the Ministry of Education. Two long service wished all the graduates the best and com- explained all the values which are placed in International Schools (CIS) Award for hard work and to look to the future. Kuwait members of staff, Abdul Majeed and Zenhum mended them on their hard work and dedica- the educational goals at Kuwait National International Understanding was given to National English School would like to wish the Mosbah, received the Chairman’s Award in tion throughout the years and stressed on the English School and the benefit to school from Hawazan Mohamed Alaj (year 11). Class of 2016 a happy and prosperous future. recognition for their good and loyal service to needs to maintain high academic standard. He its intellectual heritage from combining The Graduation ceremony concluded with It has been our privilege watching these stu- Kuwait National English School. emphasized that Kuwait National English nationalities, ethnicities and beliefs. She con- the traditional cutting of the “Class 2016 dents develop over the years and reach their Eloquent speeches were given by members School would continue to maintain progress cluded by congratulating class 2016 and Graduation Cake” by members of the Student full potential.
Embassy of India timings TSC wraps-up its 4 weeks’ characters’ event
or continued rendering of best he Sultan Center (TSC) wrapped possible services to the Indian up its fun filled activities held dur- Fcommunity, Kuwaiti nationals Ting the month of May/June with and expatriates residing in Kuwait, an enchanting and memorable event: during the Holy month of Ramadan, “The Grand Finale of Customers’ Favorite the office timings of Embassy and its Characters” which was held on Friday June 3rd in TSC Hawally from 6 to 9 pm, Passport and Visa Service Outsourcing The event included a live show com- Centers operated by COX and KINGS plete with Mickey and Minnie, Aladdin Global Services, Kuwait, are as follows: and the Princesses. - Indian Embassy Consular Wing (for Families shopping at TSC Salmiyah attestation and grievances etc): and Hawally during this period experi- Sunday to Thursday enced a range of fun-filled activities 0730 hrs to 1630 hrs (1300 hrs to including face painting, contests, arts 1400 hrs break) and crafts along with a photo booth (Friday and Saturday are closed holi- where pictures could be taken along- days) side their favorite characters. - Cox and Kings Global Services (for Children and adults were delighted passport and visa services) to see Mickey, Minnie, Donald Duck and From Sunday to Thursday Moonies shopping and greeting the (0800 hrs to 1200 hrs and 1600 hrs customers in TSC Salmiya, while Aladdin to 2000 hrs) and his magic lamp along with Cinderella, Snow White and the On Friday and Saturday Mermaids were skipping down the (1600 hrs to 2000 hrs) aisles of TSC Hawally. Cox and Kings Global Services have The Grand Finale of Characters show their offices located at: was attended by a large audience of (i) Behbahani Tower, 17th Floor, children and parents who watched as Sharq, Kuwait the characters put on a memorable and (ii) Complex Kais Alghanim, 4th fun-filled show for the whole family to Floor, Mecca Street in front of Al- enjoy. TSC is committed to providing Anood Complex, Fahaheel, Kuwait customers with promotions and events, (iii) 2nd Floor, Jeleeb Al-Shuyoukh along with an enjoyable shopping Block 1, Street 1, Xcite building, Kuwait atmosphere. p32.qxp_Layout 1 6/8/16 6:54 PM Page 1
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SHARQIA-1 THE CODE OF CAIN 12:15 AM TE3N (Hindi) 9:30 PM WARCRAFT 12:15 AM AVENUES-3 THE JUNGLE BOOK 9:30 PM SHARQIA-2 TE3N (Hindi) 11:45 PM THE ANGRY BIRDS MOVIE 9:30 PM HASAN WA BOQLOZ 11:45 PM AVENUES-4 THE ANGRY BIRDS MOVIE 10:00 PM SHARQIA-3 THE ASIAN CONNECTION 12:05 AM THE ASIAN CONNECTION 10:00 PM THE ASIAN CONNECTION 12:05 AM AVENUES-5 WARCRAFT 9:45 PM MUHALAB-1 WARCRAFT 12:15 AM CHANGE OF NAME TE3N (Hindi) 9:45 PM Hepta 12:30 AM AVENUES-6 I, Kotakonda Manohar Hepta 9:30 PM (Passport No: Z3017614) S/o MUHALAB-2 CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR 12:05 AM Kotakonda Ramachandra, THE ASIAN CONNECTION 10:15 PM age 33 years, R/o bearing K THE ASIAN CONNECTION 12:15 AM AVENUES-7 Vaddipalli, Obulavaripalli, THE ASIAN CONNECTION 9:45 PM Kadapa Dist, AP, India, is here MUHALAB-3 THE ASIAN CONNECTION 11:45 PM by declare that with my free THE JUNGLE BOOK 9:30 PM WARCRAFT 11:45 PM AVENUES-8 consent I have embraced TE3N (Hindi) 10:00 PM Islam on 14-3-2016 at state of FANAR-1 GO WITH ME 12:45 AM Kuwait and I have adopted THE ANGRY BIRDS MOVIE 9:30 PM my name as Shaikh Umar X-MEN: Apocalypse 11:45 PM AVENUES-9 Farooq. (C 5182) THE ANGRY BIRDS MOVIE 10:30 PM FANAR-2 HASAN WA BOQLOZ 12:30 AM I, Devarapalli Narasimha THE JUNGLE BOOK 9:45 PM Sasindhar (Passport No Hepta 12:05 AM AVENUES-10 J7195771) s/o Devarapalli Ely Ekhtashou Matou 9:45 PM Narasimhulu, age 29 years, FANAR-3 UN HOMME A LA HAUTEUR 12:05 AM r/o bearing Kondur H.W, TE3N (Hindi) 10:00 PM THE ASIAN CONNECTION 1:00 AM AVENUES-11 Pengalur, Kadapa Dist, AP, WARCRAFT (Atmos 2D) 10:00 PM India, is hereby declare that FANAR-4 WARCRAFT (Atmos 2D) 12:30 AM with my free consent. I have HASAN WA BOQLOZ 9:45 PM embraced Islam on 20-4- WARCRAFT 11:45 PM 360º 1 2016 at state of Kuwait and I CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR 9:30 PM have adopted my name as FANAR-5 NO THU Shaikh Muhammad. HOUSEFULL 3 (Hindi) 9:30 PM GO WITH ME 12:30 AM (C 5182) THE ASIAN CONNECTION 12:15 AM NO THU I, Ande Narasimhulu MARINA-1 360º 2 (Passport No. J5342718) s/o THE ASIAN CONNECTION 10:00 PM THE CODE OF CAIN 10:00 PM UN HOMME A LA HAUTEUR 12:05 AM NO WED Ande Bala Raju, Age 39 years, PELE: BIRTH OF A LEGEND 12:15 AM r/o bearing Akkulayapalli vil- MARINA-2 NO WED lage, Viswanathapuram post, WARCRAFT 9:30 PM Mydukur Mandal, Kadapa CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR 12:05 AM 360º 3 Dist, AP, India, is hereby THE ANGRY BIRDS MOVIE 9:45 PM declare that with my free MARINA-3 HASAN WA BOQLOZ 11:45 PM consent I have embraced THE ANGRY BIRDS MOVIE 9:45 PM Islam on 5-9-2012 at state of Hepta 12:15 AM 360 º4 Kuwait and I have adopted UN HOMME A LA HAUTEUR 10:45 PM my name as Shaikh Abdul AVENUES-1 UN HOMME A LA HAUTEUR 12:45 AM Khaliq. (C 5182) PELE: BIRTH OF A LEGEND 10:00 PM 8-6-2016
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101 London/New York 10:00 KAC 284 Dhaka 09:00 DLH 634 Frankfurt 20:05 DLH 634 Doha 20:50 ETD 302 Abu Dhabi 10:00 ABY 125 Sharjah 09:05 KNE 381 Taif 20:10 KAC 353 BLR 20:55 IRA 668 Mashhad 10:05 ETD 301 Abu Dhabi 09:05 MEA 402 Beirut 20:15 KAC 343 Chennai 20:55 QTR 1071 Doha 10:35 IRA 667 Esfahan 09:05 OMA 647 Muscat 20:20 KAC 351 Kochi 21:00 FDB 056 Dubai 10:40 QTR 1070 Doha 09:20 MSR 618 Alexandria 20:30 KAC 543 Cairo 21:00 KAC 677 Abu Dhabi/Muscat 10:50 FDB 055 Dubai 09:40 FDB 5053 Dubai 20:55 KNE 232 Riyadh 21:10 KAC 501 Beirut 11:00 CCE 341 Alexandria 10:00 JZR 802 Taif 20:55 JZR 554 Alexandria 21:15 UAE 873 Dubai 10:40 ETD 307 Abu Dhabi 21:05 KAC 153 Istanbul 11:00 MEA 403 Beirut 21:15 GFA 213 Bahrain 10:40 UAE 859 Dubai 21:15 CCE 346 Sohag 11:10 OMA 648 Muscat 21:15 MEA 404 Beirut 11:00 ALK 229 Colombo 21:20 KAC 561 Amman 11:20 JZR 561 Sohag 11:25 KLM 417 Amsterdam 21:25 KAC 165 Rome/Paris 11:25 MSR 619 Alexandria 21:30 RBG 553 Alexandria 11:30 KAC 676 Dubai 21:35 KAC 741 Dammam 11:35 DHX 171 Bahrain 21:50 FDB 075 Dubai 12:25 QTR 1082 Doha 21:55 GFA 214 Bahrain 11:35 FDB 5054 Dubai 21:55 JZR 241 Amman 12:30 GFA 219 Bahrain 22:00 MEA 405 Beirut 12:00 ETD 308 Abu Dhabi 21:55 MSR 507 Beirut 12:40 ETD 309 Abu Dhabi 22:10 KAC 541 Cairo 12:05 ALK 230 Colombo 22:20 FEG 933 Sohag 12:55 NIA 151 Cairo 22:10 UAE 874 Dubai 12:10 KAC 381 Delhi 22:25 MSR 610 Cairo 13:00 JZR 125 Bahrain 22:15 RBG 554 Alexandria 12:10 UAE 860 Dubai 22:25 KAC 620 Doha 13:10 AIC 981 Chennai/Ahmedabad 22:25 JZR 776 Jeddah 12:15 KLM 417 Dammam/Amsterdam 22:25 KNE 231 Riyadh 14:00 MSC 501 Alexandria 22:30 KAC 785 Jeddah 13:00 KAC 301 Mumbai 22:30 KNE 529 Jeddah 14:05 THY 764 Istanbul 22:55 JZR 176 Dubai 13:10 KAC 205 Islamabad 23:00 QTR 1078 Doha 14:05 MSC 403 Asyut 23:10 FDB 076 Dubai 13:10 GFA 220 Bahrain 23:00 KAC 672 Dubai 14:05 JAI 574 Mumbai 23:20 JZR 786 Riyadh 13:20 ETD 310 Abu Dhabi 23:05 AXB 393 Kozhikode 14:10 MSR 614 Cairo 23:30 FEG 932 Alexandria 13:55 NIA 152 Cairo 23:10 FDB 057 Dubai 14:20 FDB 071 Dubai 23:35 MSR 611 Cairo 14:00 QTR 1083 Doha 23:20 GFA 221 Bahrain 14:20 PIA 205 Lahore 23:40 MSR 508 Cairo 14:40 KAC 411 Bangkok/Manila 23:25 JZR 779 Jeddah 14:25 JAD 301 Amman 23:45 PAL 669 Manila 14:45 MSC 502 Alexandria 23:30 DIAL161 FOR AIRPORT INFORMATION stars34 THURSDAY, JUNE 9, 2016
CROSSWORD 1279 STAR TRACK
Aries (March 21-April 19) Libra (September 23-October 22)
A need to be respected is strong at this time. Work, achievement and ambi- Contact with a testy older member of the family could put you in a nega- tion-these things mean a lot to you. You could be working overtime and tive position. Help the older person find someone that can give advice and direction, having a difficult time making everyone happy. Agree to set aside some time tonight or even if you must help pay for this service. Your mate will be very appreciative and you will tomorrow for someone who may need your emotional support. This is a time you may have contributed the help that is needed. You might enjoy entertaining children and decide to set up ways in which to teach your children how to deal with time and money. adults with enchanting stories this afternoon. This could mean volunteering at a neigh- Help them spend time wisely and budget their money carefully. You have a strong drive to borhood library. This older member of the family might enjoy joining in on these activi- be seen and known-to network with others. Personal appearance and the way you pres- ties. Your understanding of the unity behind appearances, along with the ability to put ent yourself are also motivating factors in your purchase of some new work clothes. Enjoy these thoughts into words, is a rare and valuable gift. You would make a good director, for connecting with family this evening. you like working with mental images.
Taurus (April 20-May 20) Scorpio (October 23-November 21)
You interact with the people around you best when all the chores and This morning you may be supporting the feelings of a friend-maybe even errands are out of the way for the day. Whether or not you are the designated cook and helping to give compliments on behavior. You become actively involved on a social level, bottle washer, you might want to take on that responsibility for today. Consider preparing contributing a big part in collective events and developments. Perhaps an issue that is in a light and attractive late lunch for those that are home this afternoon. They will appreci- need of being heard could be the basis of your enthusiasm. You can make lasting impres- ate your thoughtfulness and be more ready to listen to your ideas. You draw emotional sions and generate positive changes. You have little patience for people who do not live sustenance and a sense of security from your friends and loved ones. This may be a time up to their principles. You are reminded of your various responsibilities and feel the need when many of you decide to marry. If you are already married, there will be opportunities to tend to personal business this afternoon. This is a good time to tend to the basics of to deepen the relationship. Friends and a social life are in order this weekend. There will be your life and take care of some personal business you have postponed lately. A visit with many opportunities to enjoy your loved ones. someone older or in authority is positive.
Gemini (May 21-June 20) Sagittarius (November 22-December 21)
Self-determination is the attitude for today. There are projects to complete Keep your priorities in order today as you could feel that you are moving in and new discoveries to make. This may mean a fun tour of some exhibit introducing all circles. You could become carried away under some sort of stress. Saying sorts of new ways to travel and move around the country or perhaps new camping equip- and writing things with style counts for a lot now and you may enjoy writing some letters ment or survival equipment. Your self-determination comes into play because you want to people that you might not have been in touch with lately. Neighbors or brothers and ACROSS DOWN to learn about all the new technology and perhaps decide what you might want to take sisters will likely bring all kinds of good experiences your way. You are a great doer and 1. Waterproofed canvas. 1. Thin fibrous bark of the paper mulberry and on for yourself to enjoy. You are open to all sorts of exciting possibilities. You are very someone that enjoys accomplishing goals. You will probably enjoy a little yard work this 5. Relating to or characterized by spasm. Pipturus albidus. friendly and you enjoy having deep, searching conversations. Unexpected news tips the afternoon. Your outgoing nature, coupled with extremely skillful ways of handling other 12. The compass point midway between south 2. The biblical name for ancient Syria. scales in your favor. You appreciate change, variety and making local connections. people, makes you a natural for entertaining others. You value change and transforma- tion and have an almost reckless faith in the life process. and southwest. 3. A city in western Nevada at the foot of the Surprises can be enjoyed all day long. 15. A particular geographical region of indefi- Sierra Nevada Mountains. nite boundary (usually serving some spe- 4. An elaborate representation of scenes from cial purpose or distinguished by its people history etc. Cancer (June 21-July 22) Capricorn (December 22-January 19) or culture or geography). 5. Egyptian statesman who (as President of 16. The fare charged for traveling by airplane. Egypt) negotiated a peace treaty with Your love of groups and the social scene may find you less concerned about There is an urge to strike out on your own in a new direction, to take on new 17. South American wood sorrel cultivated for Menachem Begin of Israel (1918-1981). you as a person and more interested in relationships of all kinds today. Others find you its edible tubers. very unselfish and open to sharing and cooperation. You are very original when it comes challenges, no matter what the risks. You could be bold, perhaps impatient. Consider tak- 6. Perennial herb of East India to Polynesia and ing this workday one hour at a time and pretty soon it will be quitting time. Perhaps it is to your home and surroundings-the environment you build around you. This could also 18. Sudden sharp painful emotion. Australia cultivated for its large edible root time to plan your afternoon and evening to be more relaxed and an early bedtime as well. manifest in unusual ways of supporting yourself. When you have breakthroughs, they 19. Harmed or injured or spoiled. yielding Otaheite arrowroot starch. You could consider playtime to be one evening, instead of three or more evenings. After often come as insights into your immediate surroundings, home and environment-your 20. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac 7. A large fleet. your body lets you know you are in a healthier condition, you could expand your playtime insects. support system in general. You may have new ideas about the past, history and young to one other day in a week. Working is important to you and making a name for yourself is 8. The second largest city in Tunisia. people, finding it easy to create an unusual environment. This is a good time to work out a 21. Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic 9. A label made of cardboard or plastic or met- something you can remind yourself of when it comes to play or simply saying yes to help- schedule to get your redecorating ideas started. ing in some extra curricular volunteer service. protozoa that form temporary al. pseudopods for feeding and locomotion. 10. A republic consisting of 26 of 32 counties 23. An edge tool with a heavy bladed head comprising the island of Ireland. mounted across a handle. 11. The act of ceding. Leo (July 23-August 22) Aquarius (January 20- February 18) 24. Skin disorder characterized by patchy 12. Being the only one. bluish discolorations on the skin. Close relationships take on more emotional depth, power and impor- 13. Any of a number of fishes of the family tance. You have had unusual relationships in the past, perhaps a number of them and not Neighborhood affairs and relationships could come on the scene today. 26. An honorary arts degree. Communication efforts are rewarded and positive strokes from others make this a good Carangidae. always of long duration. You are creative when it comes to partnerships or lovers; you 29. A feudal lord or baron in Scotland. day. You could be a bit too serious for most, but all would agree that you are organized 14. A city in east central Texas. seem to establish unusual and different relationships. Perhaps because you want to enjoy 32. An informal term for a father. and able to take care of any business that surfaces in office or home. You may seem older, 22. Flesh of any of various freshwater fishes of more security these days, you may put more effort into keeping people close to you now. 33. Fishing with a hook and line (and usually a perhaps wiser than your age and you probably treat authority with great respect. Very dis- the families Centrarchidae of North You appear very at ease and relaxed. You may gather your friends or family together to pole). ciplined-perhaps too sober just now, you may be analyzing and psychoanalyzing life’s America or Cyprinidae of Europe. enjoy playing tennis, softball, basketball, inline skating or just about any other outdoor predicaments. You are very imaginative in your approach to home, family and the domes- 37. A musical composition for voices and sports. If you are not traveling this evening, you will enjoy spending time with an animal, 25. The qualities of a hero or heroine. tic scene and can really see how to get into traditional values. You have natural insight into orchestra based on a religious text. perhaps a dog. One of you learns a new trick. sensations, feelings and just living life. 40. Toward the mouth or oral region. 27. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat 41. A member of a nomadic people who trimmed off. invaded Europe in the 4th century. 28. (sometimes followed by `to') Causing harm 42. A percussion instrument consisting of a or injury. Virgo (August 23-September 22) Pisces (February 19-March 20) 30. Stems of beans and peas and potatoes and pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone A hobby such as topiary, or just pulling weeds and trimming bushes, has grasses collectively as used for thatching There is an emphasis on communication, expression of ideas and the con- (usually held between the thumb and fin- you working with the land and creates opportunities to relax. You may resist getting per- gers) that are made to click together (as and bedding. nections between things, places and people. What goes on in your mind is sonal today by avoiding particular issues. Perhaps this is good for today, but do not be the all-important motivation in your life. You tend towards mental pursuits and admire by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the 31. A former copper coin of Pakistan. afraid to speak the truth. In some cases, you can agree to disagree. Usually when there are 34. Of or relating to or characteristic of Ireland intelligence. You may have some trouble understanding a highly emotional person today. dance. things to hide, we express this in body language and can actually have pain in the mus- Circumstances can throw you into positions where you must use your mind and deal with 44. Port city that is the capital and largest city or its people. cles. This is a great day to reflect and understand better your own situation and just how communications, service or hidden interests. This may mean you get a new phone, join a of Latvia. 35. Small genus of Asian evergreen trees hav- you feel about yourself. There is an opportunity this afternoon for a new understanding or ham radio club or find a fascinating communication museum. You may deal with educa- 45. By bad luck. ing columnar crowns and distinguished a healing between yourself and a loved one. Forgiveness and understanding human frail- tion, psychology, spiritual enlightenment or teaching principles and techniques. Someone ties prevail; misunderstandings dissolve. 47. The basic unit of money in Albania. by leaves lacking a midrib. you know may have a child that you would be happy to tutor. 48. Light informal conversation for social occa- 36. A city of northern Poland near the mouth sions. of the Vistula River on a gulf of the Baltic 51. A fractional monetary unit of Japan and Sea. Word Search Yesterday Solution Indonesia and Cambodia. 38. The basic unit of money in Western Samoa. 52. Diabetes caused by a relative or absolute 39. The district occupied entirely by the city of deficiency of insulin and characterized by Washington. polyuria. 43. A Kwa language spoken in Ghana and the 53. Green algae common in freshwater lakes of Ivory Coast. limestone districts. 46. An honorary degree in science. 55. A genus of Nymphalidae. 49. Administer an oil or ointment to. 58. Complacently or inanely foolish. 50. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali 60. A state in northwestern North America. earth group. 61. The 19th letter of the Greek alphabet. 54. The lean flesh of a fish similar to cod. 63. (Greek mythology) One of the three Graces. 56. Tropical American trees with palmately 66. Activity involved in maintaining something compound leaves and showy bell-shaped in good working order. flowers. 70. A gradual decline (in size or strength or 57. Any of the forms of Chinese spoken in power or number). Fukien province. 73. Marked by the reception of pay. 59. A city in western Germany near the Dutch 74. A member of the Siouan people formerly and Belgian borders. living in the Missouri river valley in NE 62. With rapid movements. Nebraska. 64. Find repugnant. 77. Relating to the deepest parts of the ocean 65. Having help. (below 6000 meters). 67. Edible starchy tuberous root of taro plants. 78. Made agreeably cold (especially by ice). 68. Ceremonial elegance and splendor. 79. Any of several cultivated sour cherry trees 69. God of death. bearing fruit with dark skin and juice. 71. Plant with an elongated head of broad 81. A federal agency established to coordinate stalked leaves resembling celery. programs aimed at reducing pollution and 72. Showing or causing joy and pleasure. protecting the environment. 75. The molecular weight of a substance 82. A game in which numbered balls are expressed in grams. drawn and random and players cover the 76. Angular distance above the horizon (espe- corresponding numbers on their cards. cially of a celestial object). 83. Relating to or occurring on the undersur- face of the foot. 80. A white soft metallic element that tarnish- 84. An informal term for a father. es readily. Yesterday’s Solution
Daily SuDoku Yesterday’s Solution THURSDAY, JUNE 9, 2016
SUDOKU
Lake Hillier ake Hillier is a saline lake on the content in the lake to create a red dye edge of Middle Island, the largest of which helps produce the color, as well as Lthe islands and islets that make up red halophilic bacteria present in the salt the Recherche Archipelago in the crusts. Despite the unusual hue, the lake Goldfields-Esperance region, off the exhibits no known adverse effects upon south coast of Western Australia. It is par- humans. From above, the lake appears a ticularly notable for its pink color. A long solid bubble gum pink, but from the and thin shore divides the Southern shoreline it appears more of a clear pink Ocean from the lake. hue. The shoreline is also covered in salt Lake Hillier is about 600 meters in crust deposits. length by about 250 meters in width. The Solution lake is surrounded by a rim of sand and a Safety and accessibility dense woodland of paperbark and euca- Despite the high salt content levels lyptus trees with a narrow strip of sand (comparable to those of the Dead Sea), dunes covered by vegetation separating Lake Hillier is safe to swim in. However, its northern edge from the northern there are very few ways to reach Lake coast of Middle Island. The most notable Hillier. Helicopter is one of the most com- feature of the lake is its pink color. The mon methods of travel. Cruises are also an vibrant color is permanent, and does not option for passengers wanting to visit the alter when the water is taken in a con- isolated lake, and surrounding forest area. Find the difference tainer. The pink color is considered to be due to the presence of the organism Protected area status Dunaliella salina. As recently as 2012, Lake Hillier has been located within the boundaries of Forms of life the RecherchÈ Archipelago Nature The only living organisms in Lake Reserve. Since 2002, the lake itself has Hillier are microorganisms including been considered to be a wetland of “sub Dunaliella salina, which causes the salt regional significance”.
Easy folded flowers
What you need 1 x A4 piece of colored or patterned paper scissors RECIPES FOR KIDS hot glue gun 1 x button Cream Cheese Cucumber 1 x bamboo skewer What you need Activity * 3/4 cup light cream cheese, slightly Cut two 6cm-wide strips, lengthways, out of the softened A4 sheet of paper. * half a large cucumber, thinly sliced Concertina fold each strip. * 8 slices of whole-wheat bread Place the concertina strips upright on the table in front of you, so they are balancing on their edges. What to do Join the two strips at each end to form a circle. 1. Spread each slice of bread with Press the circle flat on the table. cream cheese (about 3 table- Put a dab of hot glue in the centre of the circle spoons per sandwich). and pinch it all together so it stays. 2. Place about 4 cucumber slices on Glue a button to the centre. 4 of the slices of bread and top Turn the flower over and glue a bamboo skewer with remaining bread slices. to the back, as a stem. 3. Cut into quarters and serve imme- diately or wrap sandwiches and save for later. Jokes Did you know..? Q: What do you give a sick bird? A: Tweetment! • Compared to other animals, dol- ly interacting with humans swim- phins are believed to be very intelli- ming in the water. Q: What is black and white and black and gent. • Dolphins use a blowhole on top of white and black and white and...? • Dolphins are carnivores (meat their heads to breathe. A: A penguin falling down the stairs! eaters). • Dolphins have excellent eyesight • The Killer Whale (also known as and hearing as well as the ability to Q: When does a teacher carry birdseed? Orca) is actually a type of dolphin. use echolocation for finding the A: When there is a parrot-teacher confer- • Bottlenose dolphins are the most exact location of objects. ence! common and well known type of • Dolphins communicate with each dolphin. other by clicking, whistling and oth- Q: What is a polygon? Color me • Female dolphins are called cows, er sounds. A: A dead parrot! ! males are called bulls and young • Some dolphin species face the dolphins are called calves. threat of extinction, often directly Q: What kind of bird works at a construction • Dolphins live in schools or pods of as a result of human behavior. The site? up to 12 individuals. Yangtze River Dolphin is an exam- A: The crane! • Dolphins often display a playful atti- ple of a dolphin species which may tude which makes them popular in have recently become extinct. Q: Why does a flamingo lift up one leg? human culture. They can be seen • Some fishing methods, such as the A: Because if it lifted both legs it would fall jumping out of the water, riding use of nets, kill a large number of over! waves, play fighting and occasional- dolphins every year. Q: Why do birds fly south in the winter? A: Because it’s too far to walk!
Q: What did the sick chicken say? A: Oh no! I have the people-pox!
Q: What do you call a funny chicken? A: A comedi-hen
Q: Why do scientists think humming birds hum? A: Because they can’t remember the words!
Q: What bird is always depressed? A: The blue jay
Q: Why do seagulls like to live by the sea? A: Because if they lived by the bay they would be bagels! lifestyle THURSDAY, JUNE 9, 2016
Gossip Kiefer Sutherland lost ‘dignity’ in jail he ‘24’ actor - who spent 48 days in prison in the first thing you lose when you walk through those doors ble. Jude really had confidence in the way he was making December 2007 after pleading no contest following is your dignity. I always really appreciated [Cash] for that. the songs sound, and I couldn’t really argue with him. But This fourth arrest for driving under the influence (DUI) Jude and I wanted to write a song that was an homage to it was still really five or six songs in until I acquiesced and - admits he has done “stupid” stuff in the past, but admires that writing.” The 49-year-old star has been writing music said, ‘OK, I want to do this.’ “I had to have that come-to- the way late country singer Johnny Cash was able to write for years but was always aware of the pressure of being Jesus moment because, trust me, an actor doing music about life behind bars. And Kiefer - who has penned a seen as an actor trying to launch a singing career. But makes my eyes roll in the back of my head, too. “So I can’t country solo album, ‘Down in a Hole’ with friend Jude Cole Kiefer no longer “gives a s**t” about people’s perceptions, blame anyone for thinking that, and that’s why we’re pre- - has tried to pay “homage” to the ‘Ring of Fire’ hitmaker even if he expects people to go to his gigs initially just to pared to go one bar at a time. It’s the most constructive with his own music. He said: “Johnny Cash wrote about see “a crash”. He told Rolling Stone Country: I’ve always thing I’ve ever done in a bar, so it’s working out. men in prison and he managed to do that with a kind of likened it to a NASCAR race. People say they want to see a dignity that I always thought was incredible. “I’ve never good race, and that’s bulls**t. You want to see a crash! But been to prison. . . I have gone to jail a few times in my life if no crash, then maybe you settle for a good race. But I get for doing some incredibly stupid stuff and I can tell you, it, trust me. “Fifteen years ago, it wouldn’t have been possi- Khloe was trembling when she hosted ‘The Ellen DeGeneres Show’
he 31-year-old television personality has taken over presenting duties for yesterday’s episode of the day- Ttime program and admits she was terrified of taking the reins in front of a live audience for the first time. During the show, Khloe arranged a FaceTime call with her older sister, Kourtney Kardashian, and admitted: “Can you believe she left me here to do this? I have no idea what I’m doing; I’m literally trembling with fear. “I don’t know why she thought this was OK to do. “I have a real audience today! I’ve never had one before.” During her call to her sis- ter - who has sons Mason, six, and Reign, 17 months, and daughter Penelope, three, with ex-boyfriend Scott Disick - Khloe created a series of quickfire questions about their famous family. While Kourtney called Khloe the best babysitter, she described Kendall Jenner as “the worst” because “she doesn’t babysit.” However, the temporary host defended their younger half-sibling, insisting she is too busy with her career to care for the kids. She said: “She’s like, a famous model [so] I think she’s good. “ The sis- ters were quick to agree that Kim Kardashian West com- plains the most, and Kourtney showered a number of com- pliments on Khloe, describing her as the “biggest trouble- maker” - an accolade the former ‘X Factor’ presenter seemed thrilled by - and best giver of gifts. But she saved the highest praise for herself, insisting she is both the fun- niest and sexiest member of the family.
Nick Jonas insists Radcliffe feels he can be a bad boy lthough the 23-year-old former Disney star has a weird to go see squeaky clean reputation, he insists he has a dark Aside but is just better at hiding it than some of his contemporaries. He said: “I’m not perfect. Perhaps I’m just new Potter play Dakota Johnson more low-key than some of my other contemporaries. “I’ve tried to toe the line of being authentic to who I am and let- he ‘Now You See Me 2’ actor shot to fame playing the ting the art speak for itself. I’m less inclined, at times, to use boy wizard in the hit movie franchise and is reluctant the machine of the media to sell things. I think it’s some- to see the upcoming new play in case his presence in and Matthew Hitt thing you can choose to do, or play into, but I don’t do it T the audience distracts from what is going on on stage. He that much. If people want to use that, fuel the fire, that’s told E! News: “It would be a weird one. I could be com- have split up what works for them.” Nick’s new album ‘Last Year Was pletely wrong in this, but I feel like if I went to see it that Complicated’ was inspired by his break-up with Olivia night, there’s going to be a lot of ‘Harry Potter’ fans there in Culpo and he tried to be honest about his own faults in the he 26-year-old actress and the 29-year-old the audience obviously and would that then become a relationship while writing the album. He explained: “The thing? “Would it be more about them watching me watch musician - who first split in 2015 before recon- thing that was important to me in the creative process was ciling - have called time on their romance the show or would it take away from the show. I would T acknowledging my own faults. I’m not perfect by any never want to do anything that would distract or take because of work commitments. A source told Just means. I had to be willing to get vulnerable and open up; away from the show. “I don’t know. I’m busy doing a play Jared: “Dakota and Matthew have dated on-and-off at times that can be uncomfortable but it creates the best here at the moment, but I’m not sure.” Author JK Rowling for the past two years. They didn’t get a chance to work in my experience.” However, Nick admitted he has no Kaya Scodelario recently pleaded with fans not to spoil the plot of the play see much of each other recently because their work idea what Olivia thinks of the record as they no longer for other audience members. She said in a YouTube video: schedules didn’t align. She’s been up in Vancouver speak. He said: “I don’t know. We don’t speak. I’ve heard “You’ve been amazing for years at keeping Harry Potter from a mutual friend that she’s heard it and liked it, at least shooting the ‘Fifty Shades’ trilogy.” Dakota previously is pregnant secrets so you don’t spoil the books for readers who came on some level. That’s a thought you have while you’re writ- after you. “So I’m asking you one more time to keep secrets admitted she is too busy for love, when she was ing: the person will hear it, but you have to be willing to go he ‘Maze Runner’ actress and ‘Abraham asked if her boyfriend liked ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’, in and let audiences enjoy ‘Cursed Child’ with all the surprises there with it.” And the ‘Jealous’ singer also called on his Lincoln: Vampire Hunter’ star Benjamin Walker that we’ve built into the story. “Potter fans have always had which she stars as Anastasia Steele. She said at the peers to embrace their gay fan bases. When asked about Tare expecting their first child together, and each other’s backs.” The play - which will begin preview time: “My hypothetical beloved thinks it’s great. He’s claims he has been “gay-baiting” his fans, Nick said: “I think Benjamin, 33, announced the pregnancy with a performances at London’s Palace Theatre on July 7 - is set really supportive. “I don’t have a lot of time for a rela- it’s a beautiful thing when you can embrace everybody. I sweet snap of them and their French bulldog Arnie 19 years after the last book ended and sees Harry as an tionship. I’m too bustling sanctimonious and after- wish more of my peers in a similar position-as a heterosex- on Instagram. Benjamin’s picture shows the pair “overworked” employee of the Ministry of Magic and cen- ual male pop singer-would embrace that and be more will- kissing on a beach, with 24-year-old Kaya’s bump ters on his son Albus. wards we go home and there’s no one.” And she also ing to be more comfortable and open about it. clearly visible and he captioned it: “Happy summer admitted to going through a “phase” where she hat- from the four of us.” He added: “I love you @kayas- ed more things about men than she likes. She said: “I cods.” Kaya added her own picture and wrote: “I love think it’s unsexy when a man chews with his mouth you @findthewalker. I love our little family.” She also open or when a man is rude or wears fedoras. I hate posted the image on Facebook and said: “The family fedoras. “Oh God, I can find more things I hate about is expanding. And no we are not getting another men than I like. I think it’s just a phase!” Meanwhile, dog, Arnie would be way too jealous.” Benjamin and Kaya - who met on the set of ‘The Moon and the Dakota previously insisted being in ‘50 Shades’ Sun’ - got engaged in December 2014 after just a affected her love life as men are scared to ask her few months of dating and tied the knot one year out. Referring to the racy scenes in the hit movie, she later. He married Meryl Streep’s daughter, Mamie said: “Some people think [S&M] is something I’m Gummer in 2011 but the pair separated in March interested in, in my private life, which is not the case. 2013. Kaya moved to New York to be with Benjamin “I’m an actor, I pretend. But I guess it’s something after previously admitting she found maintaining a that happens with a lot of actors; people think that, long-distance relationship tough. She said in October: “Ben lives in New York and I live in London, in real life, they are like the characters they play.” so we have to work hard to see each other. You have to go for it, which I like.” - Bangshowbiz
Prince Harry is romantically pursuing Ellie Goulding
he 31-year-old royal is reportedly smitten with the 29- model Cressida Bonas in 2014 following two years of dating. year-old singer - who he has been friends with for sev- Prior to that, he romanced Chelsy Davy for five years until Teral years - and the pair were said to be “all over each they parted ways amicably in 2009. Harry recently claimed other” at the Audi Polo Challenge recently. A source told The his public status shatters his chances of finding the perfect Sun: “It turned into a real party late into the night and there woman because they usually get freaked out by the publici- was a complete ban on taking pictures so Harry and the oth- ty that comes with dating a prince. He said recently: “If or er celebrities there could feel comfortable. “Harry and Ellie when I do find a girlfriend, I will do my utmost ... to ensure only had eyes for each other all night - they spent a lot of that me and her can get to the point where we’re actually time sitting together under blankets. “They were seen hav- comfortable with each other before the massive invasion ing a kiss before Harry had to go because he was playing that is inevitably going to happen into her privacy. The other polo the next day. Ellie left about five minutes later.” And concern is that even if I talk to a girl, that person is then sud- Harry is believed to be smitten with the blonde beauty, who denly my wife, and people go knocking on her door.” he got to know after she performed at his brother William’s Meanwhile, Ellie split from McFly bassist Dougie Poynter wedding reception in 2011. The insider said: “Harry got bassist after two years of dating but recently admitted she Ellie’s number a while ago and got in touch. He has told hopes they get back together in the future because they friends how much he likes Ellie and she is clearly taken by have a “special” connection. him.” Harry has been single since he split from actress and THURSDAY, JUNE 9, 2016 lifestyle
Soap opera recaps ‘Saq Al Bamboo’ and ‘Been Galbin’: Episode 2
By Nawara Fattahova
he Kuwait Times is publishing daily review of two of Kuwaiti soap operas showing on Al Rai TV and MBC TDrama. Here are the reviews of the second episodes of the season:
‘Saq Al Bamboo’ (Bamboo stalk) While on their way to the chalet, Rashid decides to mar- ry Josephine and bring his two friends as witnesses. When the mother complains of Josephine’s behavior, Rashid pre- tends to shout at Josephine. Ghasan speaks to Rashid’s sister Hind at the chalet then Josephine comes, and Hind tells her to wash his wet clothes. Then Josephine finds a letter in his pocket and gives it to Hind. Ghasan wrote in this paper that he knows its late but soon he will announce their victory. Josephine tells Rashid that she is pregnant and he tells her to get an abortion but she refuses. His friends suggest he take her back to the Philippines abut he is confused. The family star notices she is tired and looks sick. Hind tells Rashid they have to take her to the hospital but he refuses so she notices there is something wrong and tells him she his wedding. She tells her friend she didn’t go because she start talking. When she tells him that she will design her er, but she refuses. Muhsen, the friend of Bashar is in love is suspecting there is a relationship between them. always wanted her dad to get married in Kuwait. own wedding dress he is shocked and disappointed to find with his sister Yasmin, and insists he wants to propose to Aryam’s director asks her to work with Bashar so she out she is engaged. her. Bashar asks him to wait for some time as she is still Been Galbin (between two hearts) benefits from his experience as he is one of the best Abdulrazaq gets a scholarship for his training course affected by her recent mother’s death. Dana’s father gets married in Dubai but she doesn’t attend employees. Bashar is excited as he likes Aryam, and they abroad and asks Aryam to join him and fix the wedding lat-
Axl Rose demands Google take down unflattering pictures xl Rose is demanding Google take down sev- eral unflattering images of him that have been Aused as part of an internet meme mocking his physical appearance. Harvard University’s Lumen Database lists at least 11 requests made on behalf of the Guns n’ Roses frontman citing copyright viola- tions since May 31. The requests center on the “Fat Axl Rose” meme. One of the images Rose wants taken down includes the message, “Remember the 80s? He ate them.” Chinese American filmmaker Nanfu Wang works at her computer on June 6, 2016 in Chinese American filmmaker Nanfu Wang watches her documentary on a laptop. Google says it sends all such requests to the Lumen Brooklyn, New York. — AFP photos Database for publication. The database shows Rose used a British company, Web Sheriff, to make the requests. Neither Rose nor Web Sheriff immediately ‘Hooligan Sparrow’: The film China responded to a request for comment. doesn’t want you to see
ursued by shadowy security men in plain clothes, New York would be seized and destroyed, or that it would be seen by the Harassed and threatened filmmaker Nanfu Wang mounts the staircase of a decrepit, authorities and used against my subjects,” she said. A constant thorn in the side of officials bent on maintaining Pgloomy apartment block in China, gasping for breath as she social order, Ye began handing out condoms and offering legal reaches the upper floors. The director has been under constant ‘Corruption has no limit’ services to sex workers in 2006. She took part in a controversial surveillance since she returned to the country of her birth to film Wang-who grew up in a remote farming village in southeast- stunt in 2012, volunteering as a free-of-charge prostitute for two the human rights campaigner known as Hooligan Sparrow, who ern China and moved to the United States as an adult-decided to days to highlight the plight of China’s sex workers, estimated to has been highlighting sexual violence against children. return when she heard of Sparrow, a divorcee and single mother number up to six million. “Hurry! Hurry! I’m so scared,” Wang hisses as she ushers whose real name is Ye Haiyan. Now 41, Ye was in the middle of a She lives under “residential surveillance” and travel restrictions Sparrow’s teenage daughter into a safe house to escape the men social-media campaign highlighting a string of child-abuse scan- in her hometown of Wuhan in eastern China. The authorities con- who have just arrested the girl’s mother. The gripping scene dals in Chinese schools, pushing for the trial of a head teacher fiscated her passport in November 2014. Wang managed to comes near the end of three months of jaw-dropping footage who had raped several students in a hotel. smuggle her footage out of China by handing a flash drive to depicting China’s state security apparatus at work across the Ye posted a picture of herself on the southern island of Hainan friends flying to the United States after she was followed during country’s vast southeast, which Wang shot and smuggled out in holding a poster that read “Principal, get a room with me-leave an earlier attempt to send it through a shipping office. “I’ve lived in the summer of 2013. the school kids alone.” Her post went viral and the principal was China most of my life and I’ve always been interested in issues Edited into “Hooligan Sparrow,” a feature-length documentary eventually sentenced to 13 years in prison for the rape of four girls related to sex workers’ rights,” she says, “so I was curious to learn that comes across more as “found footage” thriller than political aged 11 to 14. One victim’s parents claim in the documentary that more about this woman and what motivated her.” reportage, it is expected to shock audiences when it hits US the- the government monitored their calls and told them not to speak Now back in New York, the filmmaker says she began research- aters in July. Followed wherever she went, questioned by secret to journalists or lawyers, and that plainclothed officials followed ing Ye and discovered that they shared similar upbringings in police, threatened with violence and intimated by organized them wherever they went. Ye was supported at the time by lawyer poor farming communities with limited access to education. “I Axl Rose of the band AC/DC performs at the Olympic mobs, Wang captured every detail of her time as an “enemy of the Wang Yu, one of China’s few human rights specialists who has appreciated her respect for people whom Chinese society reject- Stadium in London, Saturday, June 4, 2016. state.” She was forced to go on the run after security agents visit- since been detained for nearly a year without trial. ed, and I shared her desire to understand their lives more deeply,” ed her family and friends demanding to know her whereabouts. “China is so corrupt that it has become fashionable for govern- she says. However, nothing prepared her for the experience of “I’ve never had illusions about fairness in China’s justice system or ment officials to have sex with young girls,” she tells Wang on cam- filming “Hooligan Sparrow.” “I never expected to be attacked by the accountability of its government,” the director told AFP. “But I era. “The corruption has no limit.” Days after Ye’s Hainan protest, 11 screaming mobs just for filming on the street,” she said. “I never never expected to see ordinary people turn on their neighbors people stormed into her home in Bobai, Guangxi province, and expected to be interrogated by national security agents, and that who were fighting for their rights.” began to beat her because she had exposed abusive conditions in my family and friends would be harassed and threatened by ‘Game of Thrones’ The filmmaker carried a discreet backpack with a small point- local brothels. The documentary shows Ye screaming at them and secret police. But this is the China I saw.”— AFP and-shoot camera, a pair of glasses with an embedded micro chasing them out with a meat cleaver before she is arrested and camera and a small audio recorder, taking all of her footage with held for 13 days over accusations that she assaulted three of her calls out newspaper her everywhere she went. “I always was afraid that my footage attackers. ame of Thrones” star Maisie Williams has taken to Twitter to rewrite a recent headline about “G her. Williams, who plays Arya Stark on the HBO series, tweeted to her nearly 1.3 million followers Tuesday a Daily Mail headline that read Williams “goes braless in sheer lace dress and quirky headpiece at charity masquer- ade ball.” Her suggested alternative: “Game of Thrones actor, Maisie Williams, helps raise thousands at a Summer Masquerade Ball for @NSPCC.” That’s the Twitter handle for England’s National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children. The tweet has received more than 31,000 retweets and 57,000 likes. The 19-year-old Williams started on “Game of Thrones” when she was 12 in her first-ever acting job. — AP
In this June 10, 2014, file photo, models dressed as characters from the video game “Call In this June 12, 2014 file photo, people watch the “Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare” video of Duty” stand at the Activision booth at the Electronic Entertainment Expo in Los game trailer at the Activision booth at the Electronic Entertainment Expo in Los Angeles. Angeles. — AP photos ‘Call of Duty’ fan convention is returning ctivision is re-enlisting “Call of Duty XP.” After a five-year Real-world activities event was held in 2011 and drew more than 6,000 fans to a hiatus, the video game publisher is organizing a second Activision will also bring “Call of Duty” to life with such real- 12-acre compound in Playa Vista, California. The convention Aedition of the fan-focused convention to celebrate the world activities as a paintball battle modeled after the featured the debut of the “Modern Warfare 3” multiplayer popular military shooter franchise. The three-day event will Nuketown map from “Black Ops III” and a laser tag course mode and a performance by Kanye West. “I think a lot has host this year’s “Call of Duty” championship. The e-sports inspired by the zombie mode from “Infinite Warfare.” At the changed,” said Hirshberg. “Obviously, e-sports was already extravaganza will serve as the culmination of a yearlong tour- convention, Sony will debut a PlayStation VR experience that gaining a lot of momentum, but so much more has happened nament featuring 32 teams vying for a prize pool of $2 million will recreate the sensation of sitting in the pilot seat of the globally and with our ‘Call of Duty’ World League.” in competitive “Call of Duty: Black Ops III” matches. Jackal fighter jet from “Infinite Warfare.” Tickets for this year’s “Call of Duty XP” go on sale June 11. “Call of Duty XP” will be held Sept. 2-4 at the Forum in “It’ll be a celebration of the franchise - past, present and They will range from $49 for general three-day admission to Inglewood, California. The event is expected to draw 10,000 future,” said Hirshberg. “It’s a good time for us to invite our $199 for a VIP pass that includes a deluxe edition of “Infinite fans. “We wanted to seize the opportunity to bring back a fans, celebrate the championships and go big.” Hirshberg not- Warfare,” a space-set edition of the series set for release Nov. 4. great fan event and make it bigger,” said Eric Hirshberg, CEO of ed “Call of Duty XP” is among the reasons Activision will not be “Call of Duty” continues to be the top-selling gaming fran- Activision Publishing. “We’re going to have what’s sure to be exhibiting on the show floor at next week’s Electronic chise. Activision said earlier this year that more than 250 mil- our biggest championship ever for our Call of Duty World Entertainment Expo, the industry’s annual trade show. lion copies of “Call of Duty” have been sold since the series League.” “Call of Duty XP” will feature the unveiling of the mul- “We will have a presence at E3 but not the big booth that debuted over a decade ago. — AP In this April 14, 2016, file photo actress Maisie Williams tiplayer modes from the upcoming entries “Call of Duty: we’ve had in the past,” said Hirshberg. “We’re holding back attends the world premiere screening of “The Devil and Infinite Warfare” and “Call of Duty: Modern Warfare content to do more at ‘Call of Duty XP’ than we have at E3 and the Deep Blue Sea” during the 2016 Tribeca Film Festival Remastered.” other events in years past.” The inaugural “Call of Duty XP” in New York. — AP lifestyle THURSDAY, JUNE 9, 2016
Nurturing my child and my life
By Yalda Golsharifi milk pumping stimulates your mind to think your baby is hungry and so your body produces milk accordingly. alancing a hectic schedule while meeting with brands, I wish words were enough During my time I was determined to take my breast pump handling businesses and modeling part time, my favorite to photoshoots. I would pump in airports, taxis, airplanes Bfull time job with no excuses is being a mom to my two to explain the joy of that and even cafes, all to make sure my milk supply wouldn’t beautiful angels! My life changed forever with my first mischie- go down. I had to empty out the milk so that my body vous bundle on 12th June, 2010. I went from being an early 20 could start making new milk. something who had met the love of my life to being a mom! moment, the moment Laila Now, why two years and what kept me going? I wish words were enough to explain the joy of that moment, Honestly, it was exhausting but I knew the bond I was cre- the moment Laila was put into my arms, it was unreal to say the was put into my arms ating with my girls is what kept me going despite tough- least, holding my first born for the first time ever. It was my ing it out for the countless nights. This was a gift in life responsibly to nurture, love, care and feed this baby... wait, feed! Details like the baby latching on perfectly, trying a mil- that can never be taken away. I did look forward to the excessive cuddling with my lion (and I mean million) different holds or even overcom- The milk also helps fight a number of viruses and bac- little one but while everyone was busy feeding informa- ing engorgement were things I mainly concentrated on teria since it is packed with antibodies. Breastfeeding tion into my head during the period of my pregnancy and post-pregnancy. I must confess it was hard in the begin- helps mamas out there in postpartum weight loss while post-delivery I was mainly dwelling on feeding. I’ve never ning but it gets so easy, yes, easier than formula feeding also promoting emotional health. done this before...What? How? When? I mean there’s only with all that bottle prep required (sometimes required in My advice after all this is not to stress, stay relaxed, so much books and people can tell you until you’re in the the middle of the night). calm and positive. Just let it all happen if you can do it, do situation, right? I did go on to breastfeed both my girls for the first two not by any means pressure yourself. When you’re preg- years of their lives..yes, TWO YEARS. Let me let you in to nant focus on your pregnancy, when you give birth, let it Let me just tell you, it’s quite the journey! my secrets. I’d highly recommend investing in a breast all happen naturally. We are women so this is natural As the nurse walked in to help me feed Laila, she pump as well as a pumping bra. This helps busy mamas process for us. In the end, some women are unable to moved on with so much ease and there I was, feeding a out there to be able to feed their babies while maintain- breastfeed but that doesn’t mean the bond between the baby?! Then came the other things that I was told that ing a busy schedule. Eating clean is also key to this mother and baby would be any different. All mothers will seems like a blur to me but I’m pro at now, thanks to process so you remain energized and healthy and your create a special bond between them and their baby in experience of course! The view of our bedroom was quite body is able to feed better. one way or the other, it’s just the way we were built! the sight, if I remember clearly... breast pumps, pads, I recommend feeding or pumping every couple of creams, you name it and I had it! hours to keep milk supply up, even if baby does not want
Tissot Quickster Miami HEAT Special Edition It’s time to up your game Team Spirit ollowing the biggest partnership announcement in Tissot history, with the NBA, Tissot reinforced its Fcommitment by signing with the Miami HEAT. Tissot is honoring this association by creating a very special watch dedicated to the team and its fans world- wide. The Tissot Quickster Miami HEAT Special Edition has a fitting sporty look with a contemporary fiery red and yellow Nato strap to match. The instantly recogniz- able “flaming T” logo is depicted on the back, silk-print- The front of the Palace Theatre promotes its new show ‘Harry Potter and the Cursed Child’ in London. — AFP ed on the case. Focus and determination Harry Potter play gets rave reviews The Tissot Quickster Miami HEAT Special Edition keeps it simple with the number twelve in its right place arry Potter’s stage debut got a standing ovation from a that refuses to stay where it belongs, his youngest son Albus must and straight hands, illustrating the focus of the athletes packed theatre audience in a new London play that imag- struggle with the weight of a family legacy he never wanted. “As on court, while adding to the sporty character of the Hines the fictional boy wizard as a grown-up father of three, past and present fuse ominously, both father and son learn the British media reported on Wednesday. uncomfortable truth: sometimes, darkness comes from unexpect- watch. Another one of its many particularities is its “Judging by the whooping and cheering, nobody was disap- ed places,” it said. bezel design. It is very fine, allowing a greater opening pointed,” Clare Fitzimons wrote in The Mirror after the first show- The show officially opens on July 30 and is set to be published and view of the dial and the counters to show off the ing of “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child” at the Palace Theatre. “It as a book on July 31, which is Rowling’s and Harry Potter’s birth- precision of the Timekeeper as every second counts. was phenomenal, it really was. It lived up to all the hype,” said one day. Rowling’s books have sold more than 450 million copies since fan interviewed by the BBC, while another in a Potter-style cape 1997 and been adapted into eight films. The show is written by Features said: “This completely blew me away. JK Rowling did an amazing English screenwriter and playwright Jack Thorne, based on an • Swiss Made job.” Potter creator Rowling made a special request for fans to original story co-written with Rowling and the play’s director John keep the plot secret and the 1,500 audience members were hand- Tiffany. • Quartz chronograph movement ed badges reading “#KeepTheSecrets”. Given the millions of fans around the world, the decision to • 316L stainless steel case with silk-printed glass case- “The storyline, a hymn to friendship and teenage misfits, con- move the characters on two decades was seen as risky. Like many back tains enough twists to please the most knowledgeable of fans,” of his fans, Potter has now grown up in the play and has three chil- • Scratch-resistant sapphire crystal Hannah Furness wrote in The Daily Telegraph. “Any fears that the dren with his wife Ginny Weasley, the sister of his friend Ron. He is • Water-resistant up to a pressure of 10 bar (100 m / world of Hogwarts on stage would struggle to compete with the working at the Ministry of Magic. He still has his trademark round- 330 ft) multimillion-dollar special effects of film were quickly kicked into rimmed glasses and the scar on his head, a permanent reminder • Nato strap with standard buckle touch”. “Has Rowling done it again? The audience was in no of his nemesis Lord Voldemort, but must now help his youngest doubt,” she wrote. son Albus confront the family’s dark past. — AFP • Diameter: 42mm The plot for the play reads: “While Harry grapples with a past
Film Review ‘Conjuring 2’ scares but not as well as the first f “The Conjuring” was a chilling whisper, the sequel is a delightfully campy couple of supernaturally sensitive marrieds most stories about haunted houses, it starts small - bumps audience supposed to doubt little Janet, too? It’s never deafening shriek. That might not be a bad thing for some, ever to grace the screen. They’re like everyone’s favorite and voices and knocks, mysterious bites and sheets that fly off really clear. The film is also way too long and the tricks end Ibut the shock jumps and cheesy-looking demons in “The Sunday School teachers - she’s the earthy one, he’s the groovy of children in the middle of the night - and escalates quickly up feeling a little repetitive and obvious, although there’s a Conjuring 2 “was a definite departure from the first, and not one. You know they’ve seen some darkness, too, but then Ed to demonic possession of an 11-year-old girl, Janet (Madison really great sequence in the Warrens’ home with a creepy necessarily for the better. The brilliance of director James grabs a guitar and starts crooning “Can’t Help Falling in Love” Wolfe), by a 72-year-old Bill Wilkins (Bob Adrian). picture that Ed painted. Wan’s elegant original film was how it used our own horror and you forget all about the demon spirit lurking in the tat- This time, though, the Warrens have their own issues. In a The horror sequel is a tough thing to pull off in general, savvy against us. tered leather armchair in the corner of the living room. prologue about the Amityville murders, Lorraine sees some- and “The Conjuring 2” is most certainly one of the better He’d allow for a long take of a terrified girl peering under Heck, the cranky dead man in the corner terrorizing a thing that scares her so deeply, she has no choice but to put efforts. The case files of the Warrens should provide some her bed and let it stay there long enough to the point where working-class family outside of London probably even her foot down and demand that she and Ed stop this business wickedly fun material for many sequels to come. But, for your muscles start to tense. You instinctively brace for the enjoyed Ed’s Elvis impersonation, too. Oh, right, there’s a of paranormal investigation. They can do the lecture and the better or worse, the first movie was just too good and “The shock that you know is coming ... and then ... nothing. At that cranky dead man in the corner because this is a horror movie press circuit, sure, but no more of this getting inside heads. Conjuring 2” can’t hold a candle to its predecessor. “The point a creepy face or a loud knock on the door wasn’t actual- and not just a quirky romance about the Warrens. Meanwhile, the whole industry of paranormal investiga- Conjuring 2,” a Warner Bros. release, is rated R by the ly needed. The suspense was more than sufficient. The audi- tion is being picked apart by naysayers in the press, so Motion Picture Association of America for “terror and horror ence was already petrified. Highly documented case when the Enfield situation springs up, the Catholic Church violence.” Running time: 133 minutes. Two and a half stars “The Conjuring 2,” however, goes all out. It’s even louder, The story deals with the Enfield Poltergeist - a highly docu- basically asks the Warrens to go ahead and try to get proof out of four. — AP somehow. And there are more demons, more jump scares, mented 1977 case about a single mother, Peggy Hodgson first to save the church from another embarrassing hoax more creepy antique toys and, thankfully, more Ed and (played here by Frances O’Connor); her four children; and the situation. While interesting, the constant skepticism and Lorraine Warren (Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga), the most strange and terrifying happenings in their small home. As with wavering trust also work to dull the fun of the scares. Is the
This image released by Warner Bros. shows Madison Wolfe in a scene from the New Line Cinema thriller, “The Conjuring This image released by Warner Bros shows, from left, Vera Farmiga, Simon McBurney, Abhi Sinha, Frances O’Connor and 2.” — AP photos Patrick Wilson in a scene from the New Line Cinema thriller, “The Conjuring 2.” lifestyle THURSDAY, JUNE 9, 2016
The marriage advice no one gave you
By Hassan Al Mousawi effort, love itself does. There are many things we love but when they are not prominent in our mind we tend to forget arriage is a beautiful blend between science and our love for them. art. Expression is artistic yet how men and women In order to keep the marriage alive in your heart you Mthink can be analyzed scientifically. For the past must do the work and it does take effort. decade, the only advice I hear married men give is . . . don’t My favorite thing to do is to take 10 minutes a day sleep while upset and don’t involve other people in your remembering all the little things I love about my wife. Really marriage. Although I fully agree with both, there must be taking the time to appreciate her. My tone and attention more. While generic advice might save you a lot of towards her will be elevated the whole day because of it. heartache, my question is: How do you go from a good mar- This makes it easier to forgive her, let the little things go and riage to a great one? appreciate her on a whole new level, all factors that are cru- My measure of success is always happiness. Not only cial to a marriage. when you are with your partner, but a general satisfac- The rule is simple. Act the same way you did in the begin- tion with your life feeling that your partner is a true con- ning and there will be no end. While we work so hard to tributor, and no matter how hard it gets, it’s never bad ensure our spouse is happy (or at least not miserable), we because of them. miss the true potential. If we shift the focus to ourselves and Well, I may not be the perfect example but the fact that reignite our own passion in the relationship, everything else my wife and I haven’t killed each other is a good sign. will magically fall into place. The butterflies will be back, and It is so easy to get overwhelmed with work, obstacles and this level of love and appreciation will spill over into all areas all the usual life annoyances that keep our mind busy. With of your life. time we tend to forget why we fell in love with our spouse in So take the time today to really appreciate your spouse. the first place. Go back in time to all the little things that took your breath Unlike the times you first started talking, where you lay in away and the reasons why you fell for them in the first place. bed staring at the ceiling thinking of how wonderful they Seeing your spouse with love struck eyes will bring out the are. We assume that if its love we should feel it always with side of them you fell for. As if by magic you will appeal to all no effort. That is a big myth, a marriage does require a lot of the sides of them that drew you in the first place.
Snoop Dogg returns to rap roots on new album
noop Dogg has returned to his rap Snoop Dogg earlier appeared on a roots-as well as his familiar love of track entitled “Kush” with his mentor, rap Smarijuana-as he released a new song mogul Dr Dre. He has previously collabo- Tuesday and detailed his upcoming rated with Wiz Khalifa. The pair, along with album. “Coolaid,” which will come out on pop singer Bruno Mars, celebrated mari- July 1, will be Snoop Dogg’s first hip-hop juana on the 2011 hit “Young, Wild and album in five years, he said in a statement. Free.” Emerging from the gangsta rap The first song, “Kush Ups,” is driven by a scene of southern California, Snoop Dogg, bouncy beat and explores the delights of who has sold more than 35 million marijuana, of which a popular strain with albums, quickly found his calling with origins in South Asia is known as Kush. smoother sounds. Fellow hip-hop star Wiz Khalifa, joining His last album, “Bush,” took an R&B turn Snoop Dogg in the song, boasts of the size and featured songs with singing legends of his joints and raps, “So much weight Stevie Wonder and Charlie Wilson. In 2013, that now I’m doing Kush Ups.” he renamed himself Snoop Lion and Snoop Dogg and Wiz Khalifa also released a reggae album entitled announced a joint 33-date tour of North “Reincarnated.” The 44-year-old-despite a America that will open on July 20 in West past that includes arrests over drug and Palm Beach, Florida. A longtime aficionado weapons possession-is also the star of a of marijuana, Snoop Dogg debuted a new reality television show, “Coach Snoop,” video for the song on Merry Jane, a that shows his side career as a youth foot- cannabis culture website he founded, and ball coach. — AFP has invested in a smartphone delivery Bollywood filmmaker challenges service for medical marijuana in his native California. censoring of drug-abuse film
Bollywood film producer took his row with regretted that the censor board was putting pres- India’s censor board to a court yesterday, sure on the film producer to accept cuts or whatev- Achallenging dozens of cuts and changes to a er it suggests 10 days before its release. film that depicts the menace of drug abuse in the Punjab state borders Pakistan, and most of the northern state of Punjab. drugs trafficked in the region originate from Censor Board Chief Pahlaj Nihalini said in a Afghanistan and are processed in Pakistan’s tribal newspaper interview that the movie wrongly areas. The Taliban control cultivation of opium pop- depicts 70 percent of people of the state consum- pies and smuggling routes, particularly in the south ing drugs and defaming them. He told reporters of Afghanistan. that the censor board has approved the movie for Kashyap said on Twitter: “There is no film more screening in theaters with the cuts ordered. He honest than ‘Udta Punjab’,” and that opponents of accused producer Anurag Kashyap of whipping up Producer of Bollywood film “Udta Punjab,” or the film were promoting drugs. The controversy a controversy to create interest in his film. “Flying Punjab” Anurag Kashyap gestures dur- took a political twist with state legislature elections Compared to Hollywood, movie norms in India ing a press conference, in Mumbai. — AP due early next year. Opposition Congress and Aam are extremely strict. Censorship authorities often Admi Party accuse leaders of the ruling regional order filmmakers - both Indian and foreign - to It could reject the matter or order reconsideration. group, the Akali Dal, of providing patronage and chop scenes deemed offensive. Films with graphic Kashyap said the censor board chief Nihalini shelter to the drug mafia in return for money. Prime content can be barred completely. Last year, India’s demanded 89 cuts to the film and even asked him Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist censor authorities ordered that kissing scenes in the to drop the name of the state from the title, “Udta Bharatiya Janata Party is an ally of the regional Punjab,” or “Flying Punjab.” James Bond movie, “Spectre,” be shortened before it group. Modi’s government appointed Nihalini as This file photo taken on May 16, 2016 shows Calvin Broadus Jr, better known as Bollywood producers and directors rallied was released in the country. the censor board chief last year. — AP Snoop Dogg, poses on arrival for the LA Premiere of AOL and First Row Film’s Docu- behind Kashyap in his fight with the censor board. Kashyap asked the Mumbai High Court to over- Series “Coach Snoop” in Hollywood. — AFP rule the cuts ordered by the censor board. The court “The job of the censor board is to certify films and is expected to take up the petition later Wednesday. not suggest cuts.” Producer-director Kabir Khan The uphill battle for female-driven comedies ridesmaids” was supposed to change the game for screenwriter Kirsten “Kiwi” Smith was one leading the charge. “I stop using the excuse that men won’t show up,” Feig said. The bottom line the female-driven comedy. But each new movie is sent out a mass email saying ‘please support the endangered He disproved the old box office myth that female-led movies Hollywood, however, is not governed solely by the bottom “Bstill treated like a beta test for the genre and the next species of the female-driven comedy,’” Smith said. “don’t travel” by creating “Spy,” a movie with all the elements of a line, but also by “comps.” It wants proven stars and proven proper- unwitting subjects are “Ghostbusters,” out July 15, and “Bad As with most things in Hollywood, the effects of the film’s marketable action-comedy that just happened to have a ties. That limits the talent pool and leaves less room for originality, Moms,” out July 29. Isn’t it supposed to be summer? phenomenal success were complicated. Feig and his stars did woman, McCarthy, as the lead. But, again, it seemed to only ben- and it’s forcing those in this genre to get creative with existing “Let’s wait and see how Ghostbusters does” has become a well. “Pitch Perfect” got off the ground. But Smith’s peers weren’t efit his circle. “My end game wasn’t ‘OK, Paul Feig will make all properties, whether it’s gender swapping like the new common phrase in the press and the industry - as if the future of seeing an uptick in project sales. the female-led movies,’” Feig said. Now he’s dismayed that every “Ghostbusters” or just expanding a current universe like “Sister female-led comedic blockbusters depends on Melissa McCarthy, “It was like, ‘no, wait, this isn’t supposed to be happening. The summer there only seem to be a few, despite continued proof Act” (Smith and co-writer Karen McCullah recently turned in a Kristen Wiig, Leslie Jones, and Kate McKinnon. movie’s a hit. Now we’re supposed to be able to sell all our that they’re just good business. draft for a third installment in the franchise). “This is a means to an It all sounds eerily familiar to director Paul Feig, the high female-driven comedies,’” she said. “It didn’t happen.” She thinks For instance, in the summer of 2015, the so-called “summer end and the most important thing is putting more films out there priest of female ensemble comedy. He heard the same thing some thought “Bridesmaids” was an anomaly. Feig, meanwhile, of women,” four female-led studio comedies (“Pitch Perfect 2,” that feature smart, funny, strong and fiery women,” Smith said. with “Bridesmaids.” “It’s unfair that women have to be put continued to do his thing. “I was hoping that I’d be able to show “Trainwreck,” “Spy,” “Hot Pursuit”) made over $715 million at the There’s also the box office lore that movies targeted toward through litmus tests all the time. What if ‘Ghostbusters’ doesn’t Hollywood that these movies are profitable and that they can worldwide box office. The price tag: $164 million. men generally get a pretty even distribution of gender into the- work?” Feig said. “If a giant tent pole starring men doesn’t do aters, whereas movies targeted at women can sometimes have well, people don’t go ‘oh well, we can’t have guys in movies an exaggeratedly female audience. Just last year, “Magic Mike anymore.’” XXL” attracted an opening weekend audience that was 96 per- Kay Cannon, who wrote the a cappella comedy “Pitch cent women. Perfect” and its sequel, which together cost $46 million to make Yet films like “Bridesmaids” have, of course, proven other- and earned $402.9 million worldwide, has had similar experi- wise and most in the industry are hopeful for the future. After ences. “I feel like with every movie, we’re auditioning to be mem- her Netflix series “Girlboss” wraps, Cannon is going to direct her bers of this business,” she said. Former Universal Pictures first feature, “The Pact,” about three teenage girls hoping to Chairman Adam Fogelson, who greenlit “Bridesmaids” and “Pitch lose their virginity and the parents who try to stop them. She Perfect,” sees it differently. did have to spend some time tweaking the script, which was “I think it is true that the movies are discussed that way. I’m written by two men. not sure I think it’s true that in fact each movie carries that And there are a few studios that have more female centric weight. People tend to forget just how many success stories films on their roster, like 20th Century Fox’s Amy Schumer comedy there are,” Fogelson said, rattling off titles like “9 to 5,” “The First “Mother/Daughter” and Universal’s “Pitch Perfect 3,” “Girl Trip” and Wives Club,” “Bring It On,” “Clueless,” “Mean Girls” and “Baby “Bridget Jones’s Baby.” Beyond “Ghostbusters,” Sony has a “Charlie’s Mama.” In his mind, if “Bridesmaids” was breaking any new Angels” reboot, a live-action “Barbie” comedy, and the bache- ground, it was around the R-rating. lorette party comedy “Rock that Body.” But for Feig, it’s still the same old issue. “It’s nice that there are any ... there just need to be Frustrations and challenges more,” he said. “Nobody should be celebrating or patting them- Fogelson’s company STX Entertainment is behind “Bad selves on the back right now.” — AP Moms,” starring Mila Kunis, Kristen Bell and Kathryn Hahn, which he guarantees will have an R-rating, too. “There is no honest PG- 13 expression of the frustrations, the challenges and the hilarity In this image released by Sony Pictures, from of pursuing perfect parenthood,” Fogelson said. He also recog- left, Leslie Jones, Melissa McCarthy, Kristen nizes that beyond its R-rating, “Bridesmaids” took on an added Wiig and Kate McKinnon from the film, significance that snowballed externally. “Legally Blonde” co- “Ghostbusters”. —AP Nurturing my child and my life
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In this late Tuesday, June 7, 2016 picture, Egyptians play with fireworks as they celebrate the holy month of Ramadan in Cairo,Egypt. — AP Artist Christo walks on water with ‘Floating Piers’
t’s taken nearly 2,000 years, but regular folks will soon get to feel what it is like to walk on water thanks to a project by Ithe artist Christo, who may or may not have had his name- sake in mind when envisioning his latest project: “The Floating Piers.” “Any interpretation is legitimate,” Christo, 80, allowed graciously in an interview Tuesday with The Associated Press at the picturesque Lake Iseo in northern Italy where his 23rd large-scale installation is just a week and a half from opening. Since November, Christo and his team have been oversee- ing the assembly and anchoring of 220,000 floating poly-eth- ylene cubes to create a 3-kilometer undulating runway con- necting the mainland with a pair of islands, one inhabited and towering above the lake. “For the first time, for 16 days, from the 18th of June to July 3, they will walk on the water,” Christo said of the 2,000 resi- dents of Monte Isolo, which is normally only accessible by boat. “The Floating Piers” is expected to draw half a million vis- itors during the longest days of the year to northern Italy’s least-known big lake. That is considerably fewer than the 5 million who visited Christo’s and his late wife Jeanne-Claude’s famous “Wrapped Reichstag” in Berlin in 1995 and the 2 million who walked through their work “The Gates” in New York City’s Central Park in 2005, due largely to the relatively rural location.
A final touch The project still awaits a final touch: The application of Workers walk on the installation. Bulgarian-born artist Christo Vladimirov Yavachev known as Christo walks deep yellow fabric that the artist promises will dramatically on his installation. shift from nearly red to brilliant gold under the effects of light and humidity. “You will need sunscreen,” from the reflection, Entrance is free, with the entire cost of the 15 million euro the canvas with color to please Mr Smith, Mr Jones, you fill it of the lake’s medieval towns and verdant flora. The installation he says with conviction. The project awakens many ($17 million) project financed by the artist himself. with color because you like to have the joy to see this color,” physically draws in visitors, demanding their participation to metaphors: Yellow brick road, for the fantastical journey it Christo’s projects are as much feats of engineering as they Christo said. get the full experience. That’s by the artist’s design. “I don’t like beckons. are works of art. He has brought in a team of athletes from his to talk on the telephone, I like to see the real people. And of Runway, for the attention it commands. Beach for the lap- native Bulgaria to assemble the specially made, recently ‘Over the River’ course I don’t understand anything of computers. I like to ping waves along the sloping edges of the 16-meter wide invented cubes and divers to anchor them to concrete slabs When his 80th birthday was bearing down on him and his have the real things, the real water, the real sun, the real kilo- boulevard. The fabric, which will be sewn into place by on the lake-floor, employing oil-rig-inspired two-week rota- “Over the River” proposal to drape fabric over the Arkansas meter, the real wind, the real fear, the real joy,” he said. German seamstresses with specially made sewing machines, tions. The 190 anchors were moved into place by air balloons. River in southern Colorado was still embroiled in court battles, Christo delighted in the gentle movement of the nearly fin- to create natural ruching. This effect prompts Christo to warn Like many of his previous installations, “The Floating Piers,” Christo decided to make another run at “The Floating Piers.” ished project. He instructed a boat driver to circle past the that visitors will have to step carefully along the oscillating had its own destiny. Christo and Jeanne-Claude, who died in He chose Lake Iseo for its calm waters and simple shoreline runway to create waves and smiled gleefully at the gentile platform. The artist describes the sensation as “walking on the 2009, originally envisioned it for the delta of Rio de la Plata, against the majestic Alpine foothills that some believe may oscillation of the platform. Had the original project gone back of a whale.” Argentina, in 1970 but they failed to get permissions. They have inspired the background of Leonardo’s “Mona Lisa.” through, it would have been built with stodgier pontoons, Once the installation opens on June 18, 150 volunteers, then considered Tokyo Bay, but again failed to get the permits. Christo suggests the hypothesis is made believable by the lacking the kinetic grace allowed by the recently invented among them lifeguards, will be posted on the piers and on “The project is done for ourselves. And if other people misty effect created by the lake climate, softening the moun- cubes. “Each project finds his right place,” he said. — AP boats around the clock to ensure safety. Swimming is forbid- like it, it’s almost a bonus, very much like a painter who (has) tain contours. In a painterly gesture, he said he made sure that den-but expected, despite the cold water temperatures. huge big canvases they like to fill it with color. You don’t fill the project offered vistas not only of the mountains, but also
Aerial views of the in progress installation ‘The Floating Piers’ by Bulgarian-born artist Christo Vladimirov Yavachev known as Christo, on the Lake Iseo, northern Italy. — AP photos