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LONDON: British Prime Minister Theresa May vowed yesterday to fight terrorism in all its forms after a white driver ploughed his van into a crowd of Muslims in a suspected Islamophobic attack. It was the fourth terror strike in a tumultuous four months in Britain. Ten peo- ple were injured in the incident which took place in the early hours of yesterday after evening prayers in a mosque in Finsbury Park in north London. One man also died at the scene after falling ill for unrelated rea- 5 love languages sons just before the attacker struck. May condemned the assault as “sickening”, saying By Tony Braun Britain’s determination to fight “terrorism, extremism and hatred... must be the same, whoever is responsible”. ccording to Islam, a husband and wife The 48-year-old van driver was detained by people at should show each other kindness, mercy, the scene before being arrested on suspicion of Aand love. This following verse is taken from attempted murder. The Finsbury Park Mosque said the the Yusuf Ali translation, chapter 30, verse 21: And van “deliberately mowed down Muslim men and among His signs is this, that He created for you women leaving late evening prayers” at the mosque mates from among yourselves, that ye may dwell in and the nearby Muslim Welfare House shortly after mid- tranquility with them, and He has put love and night. Many linked the attack to an increase in anti- mercy between your (hearts): verily in that are Muslim hate crimes, particularly since a van and knife signs for those who reflect. rampage in the capital on June 3 that left eight people In Kuwait, I find that lots of expats are trying to dead, which was claimed by the Islamic State group. get married. After couples get married, they often London police chief Cressida Dick said the incident find that some cultural adjustments are required. was “quite clearly an attack on Muslims” and promised a stepped-up police presence near mosques as the holy One thing that doesn’t change from culture to cul- month of Ramadan draws to a close. The attack unfold- ture is love. While the number one desire of men is ed as an elderly man was receiving first aid from mem- to be respected, the number one desire of women bers of the public in an unrelated incident. The man lat- is to be loved. This is true whether you are in er died, though it is not yet clear whether his death was Kuwait, or any other part of the world. Most men linked to the attack, said Neil Basu, the police senior understand a woman’s need for love but many LONDON: A van is seen at Finsbury Park in north London after the vehicle struck pedestrians yesterday. Police national counter-terror coordinator. men don’t understand how to love. said a man who was driving the van has been arrested and taken to a hospital as a precaution. — AP Witness Abdiqadir Warra said the van “drove at peo- According to Gary Chapmen, in his book “The ple” and that some of the victims were carried for sever- Five Love Languages”, there are 5 ways that we can al meters along the road. “He was shouting: ‘All Muslims, show love to others. They are giving gifts, words of Paris Champs-Elysees ‘attack’ I want to kill all Muslims’,” another witness, Khalid Amin, affirmation, touching, spending time together, and told BBC television. Ten people were hurt, all Muslims, acts of service. First of all, some women need gifts. with eight requiring hospital treatment. Two were in a When you give a gift, it sends the message that you Car crashes into police van very serious condition, police said. Basu praised locals were thinking about the person when they were for detaining the man, saying their “restraint in the cir- PARIS: A car loaded with gas canisters rammed into a been targeted in France once again,” Interior Minister not there. In some European cultures it is common cumstances was commendable”. police van on the Champs-Elysees avenue in Paris yes- Gerard Collomb said, calling the incident an “attempt- France and Germany quickly condemned the attack for the men to bring a flower to their wife almost terday, leaving the driver dead in what the interior ed attack”. The weapons and explosives found in the and Egypt’s Al-Azhar institution, the leading authority in on a daily basis. minister said was an attempted attack. Police sources vehicle “could potentially blow this car up,” he added. Sunni Islam, condemned it as “sinful” and urged Gifts don’t have to be elaborate but they should said that a Kalashnikov rifle, handguns and gas bot- Interior ministry spokesman Pierre-Henry Brandet Western countries to take steps against Islamophobia. be thoughtful. Just like in European countries, in tles were found in the white Renault Megane. Video said bomb disposal experts were on the scene to Kuwait, gift-giving is built right into the culture. It is showed orange smoke pouring from the car after the “ensure the vehicle poses no further danger.” “Al-Azhar affirms its total rejection of this terrorist, racist, an important part of daily life. Some women need impact as the vehicle sat in the middle of the presti- Later, the doors of the car and the bonnet were sinful act, calling on Western countries to take all pre- cautionary measures to limit the phenomenon of to hear their husband say nice things to them, such gious avenue which is lined with shops and cinemas. open as it was searched. No police or bystanders were Islamophobia,” it said in a statement. US President as “I love you”. The police and the army have consistently been injured in the incident near the Grand Palais attacked by extremists in France. “Security forces have Continued on Page 13 Donald Trump’s daughter Ivanka Trump expressed Continued on Page13 Continued on Page 13 Wataniya Airways to start operation

KUWAIT: The Directorate General of Civil cial transportation in Kuwait. He said the gov- sought to develop national human resources Aviation (DGCA) has handed over an Air ernment of Kuwait is keen on developing com- and create job opportunities for the Kuwaiti Operators’ Certificate (AOC) to Wataniya mercial transportation and thus create the leg- youth “to take over the company’s command Airways, boosting number of national carriers in islative environment for air transport. positions in near future.” Wataniya Airways, said Kuwait International Airport, DGCA President The DGCA, he added, hoped the new termi- Al-Fozan, would be using latest technologies, said. Sheikh Salman Al-Sabah made the remarks nal would be ready by 2021 to contain more and follow operations and travel-related meas- during the signing of the operation agreement passengers. Al-Fozan said the aviation sector ures applied by the International Air Transport with Wataniya Airways Board Chairman Ali Al- was a great tool to development and would Association (IATA) and Air Transport Bureau Fozan, hoping the carrier would boost commer- contribute to creation of jobs. He said Wataniya (ICAO). — KUNA Muslim girl assaulted,

AT SEA: Photo shows an F/A-18E Super Hornet launching from the flight deck of murdered in Virginia the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D Eisenhower in the Gulf. A US F/A-18E Super Hornet shot down a Syrian regime plane on June 18, 2017, after it dropped bombs VIRGINIA: A 17-year-old American Muslim girl Police obtained a murder warrant that on US-backed forces fighting the Islamic State group in northern Syria. —AFP was beaten and abducted after leaving a charges Torres for her death, the Fairfax mosque in Virginia on Sunday by a man who County Police Department said. A police police later arrested on suspicion of murder spokeswoman told reporters the attack fol- US shoots down after her body was found dumped in a pond, lowed some sort of dispute between the man authorities said. The attack spurred an out- and the girls, and authorities had not ruled pouring of grief and horror in a Muslim com- out hate as a motivation for the attack. The Syrian warplane munity that has been gathering to pray at the number of anti-Muslim bias incidents in the All Dulles Area Muslim Society mosque about United States jumped 57 percent in 2016 to 30 miles outside Washington in observance of 2,213, up from 1,409 in 2015, the Council on BEIRUT: An American fighter jet has for regime forces engaged fighters from the the last 10 days of Ramadan. American-Islamic Relations advocacy group the first time downed a Syrian warplane Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), an The attack happened early on Sunday said in a report last month. that Washington accused of attacking alliance battling with US support against after the victim and several friends walking While the group had been seeing a rise in US-backed fighters, in a new escalation IS, in an area close to Raqa. outside the mosque got into a dispute with a anti-Muslim incidents prior to Donald Trump’s between the United States and regime The American F/A-18E Super Hornet motorist in the community of Sterling, the stunning rise in last year’s presidential primar- forces. The incident further complicates shot down the Syrian SU-22 around 7:00 Fairfax County Police Department said in a ies and November election victory, it said the the country’s six-year war and comes as a pm as it “dropped bombs near SDF fighters” statement. At one point, the motorist got out acceleration in bias incidents was due in part US-led coalition and allied fighters battle south of the town of Tabqa, the coalition of his car and assaulted the girl, police said. to Trump’s focus on militant Islamist groups to oust the Islamic State group from its said in a statement. It said that several and anti-immigrant rhetoric. In an incident in Photo shows Darwin Martinez Torres, 22, Syrian bastion Raqa. hours earlier, regime forces had attacked The teen was reported missing by her friends who scattered during the attack and could London yesterday, a van ploughed into wor- charged with murdering 17-year-old Nabra Government ally Iran also Sunday the SDF in another town near Tabqa, Hassanen in Sterling, Virginia. — AFP launched missiles from its territory wounding several and driving the SDF from not find her afterwards, touching off an shippers leaving a mosque, killing at least one against alleged IS positions in eastern the town. The coalition said the Syrian war- hours-long search by authorities in Fairfax person and injuring several in what Britain’s kidnapped/moved by the suspect) and was Syria for the first time, in response to an plane had been shot down “in accordance and Loudoun counties. largest Muslim organization said was a delib- found dead this afternoon,” Chaker said. An IS-claimed attack in Tehran. Analysts say with rules of engagement and in collective At around 3 pm, the remains of a female erate act of Islamophobia. online fundraiser for the girl’s family had neither Washington nor President Bashar self-defense of Coalition partnered forces”. believed to be the teen victim were found in a Isra Chaker, a person who said in a raised $61,606 by Sunday evening. Police Al-Assad’s regime appear to be seeking Syria’s army disputed the account, pond in Sterling, police said. During the Facebook post that she was close to a family said a medical examiner will conduct an further confrontation, but warn that the saying its plane was hit while “conduct- search for the missing teen, authorities friend of the victim in the Virginia incident, autopsy to confirm the victim’s identity and risks are high in Syria’s increasingly ing a mission against the terrorist Islamic stopped a motorist “driving suspiciously in the said the driver came out with a baseball bat cause of death, though detectives believe crowded battlefields. The Syrian jet was State group.” area” and arrested the driver, later identified and began swinging it at the girls, Chaker the body found in the pond was the missing shot down on Sunday evening after Continued on Page 13 as identified as Darwin Martinez Torres, 22. said. “She then went missing (presumably girl. — Reuters LOCAL TUESDAY, JUNE 20, 2017

KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah meets with Ethiopian Foreign Minister Dr Workneh Gebeyehu. —Amiri Diwan and KUNA photos Amir receives letter His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah meets with Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) Sheikh Salman Sabah from Ethiopian PM Al-Salem Al-Hamoud Al-Sabah. Amir condemns terror attack in Bahrain

KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al- Meanwhile, His Highness the Crown Prince the Amir Sheikh Sabah displayed Kuwait’s Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah received yesterday at Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah met strongest condemnation towards the attack that Seif Palace First Deputy Prime Minister and with Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) led to the death and injury of several security Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al- Sheikh Salman Sabah Al-Salem Al-Hamoud Al- personnel. His Highness the Amir also said that Hamad Al-Sabah, along with his Ethiopian coun- Sabah. His Highness the Crown Prince then Kuwait will stand against those eager to cause terpart Dr Workneh Gebeyehu and his accompa- received Minister of Social Affairs and Labor and terror and instability in Bahrain, affirming that nying delegation. During the meeting, Gebeyehu Minister of State for Economic Affairs Hind Al- Kuwaitis were standing in solidarity with the handed His Highness the Amir a letter from Sabeeh. His Highness also met Minister of Bahraini leadership and people. His Highness the Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn, Commerce and Industry and Acting Minister of Crown Prince and His Highness the Prime concerning bilateral ties as well as the latest State for Youth Affairs Khaled Al-Roudhan. His Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al- regional and global developments. Higness also received Director General of Sabah also sent similar cables to the Bahraini In his letter, the Ethiopian Prime Minister also Kuwaiti Public Authority for Sports (PAS) Sheikh Monarch. commended His Highness the Amir’s prudence Ahmad Monsour Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Meanwhile, His Highness the Amir sent a in his efforts to defuse the current Gulf row. The as well as Chief of the National Security cable of condolences to Portuguese President meeting was attended by Deputy Minister of Apparatus (NSA) Chairman Sheikh Thamer Ali Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, expressing his deepest Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al- Amiri Diwan Affairs Sheikh Ali Jarrah Al-Sabah. Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah. sympathies for the victims of forest fires that rav- Hamad Al-Sabah meets with his Ethiopian counterpart Dr Workneh Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled and Gebeyehu held a aged the municipality of Pedrogao Grande. In his Gebeyehu. meeting later in which they addressed coopera- Terror attack cable, His Highness the Amir wished a speedy tive relations between both friendly countries, In other news, His Highness the Amir sent a recovery for all those wounded in the blazes and several issues of mutual interest and the latest cable to Bahraini King Hamad bin Isa bin Salman hoped Portuguese authorities will overcome this regional and international developments. The Al-Khalifa, expressing his condolences over the natural calamity. His Highness the Crown Prince meeting was attended by a number of senior victims that fell during the terror bombing in and His Highness the Prime Minister sent similar officials of the Kuwaiti Foreign Ministry. Manama on Sunday. In the cable, His Highness cables to the Portuguese President. —KUNA

His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al- His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah Al-Sabah meets with Minister of Commerce and Industry and Jaber Al-Sabah meets with Director General of Kuwaiti Public meets with Minister of Social Affairs and Labor and Minister of State for Acting Minister of State for Youth Affairs Khaled Al-Roudhan. Authority for Sports (PAS) Sheikh Ahmad Monsour Al-Ahmad Economic Affairs Hind Al-Sabeeh. Al-Jaber Al-Sabah. Amir’s speech shows domestic, regional Kuwait’s humanitarian efforts save priorities: Speaker millions of refugees: UNHCR official KUWAIT: National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanem believes His Highness the Amir’s Sunday night speech KUWAIT: The great humanitarian initiatives launched in conditions. Hamdan also valued Kuwait’s continued commit- In Somalia, migrations among people, until 2017, has marking Ramadan’s last 10 days highlighted Kuwait’s recent years by Kuwait, led by His Highness the Amir Sheikh ment toward the international humanitarian action, and reached some two million Somalis, while internally displace- domestic and regional priorities. His Highness Sheikh Sabah Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, have had a significant strategic partnership with international humanitarian organ- ment country has come to some 1.9 million Somalis, she Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al- impact on saving millions of refugees’ lives around the izations and UNHCR. said. In Yemen, around three million people, until 2017, have Sabah’s speech identified world, a UN official affirmed yesterday. Meanwhile, the UN official mentioned that UNHCR has migrated their cities and towns due to armed conflicts and six matters, including uni- Kuwait is a vital factor and part of the international efforts always been present at the front lines of major humanitarian famine, adding that one million Yemenis have returned to ty between the six-nation to meet urgent humanitarian needs for refugees in the crises in the world, including Syria, Iraq, Central African their homes amid continued risky situations. Gulf Cooperation Council region and across the globe through mobilizing internation- Republic, Afghanistan, South Sudan, and Democratic Furthermore, over 1.8 million people, including one mil- bloc, read a statement by al support, holding international donors’ conferences, and lion children, in South Sudan have migrated their country to the Kuwaiti National urging countries and key donors to honor their commit- Uganda, Ethiopia, Kenya, Congo, and Central Africa, seeking Assembly speaker. ments, Dr Hanan Hamdan, Head of the UN High safety and security, said the UN official. Other topics were ter- Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) office in Kuwait, said In Syria, Hamdan said that over five million Syrians have rorism, national unity, leg- ahead of celebrating World Refugees Day, held annually on sought refuge in a number of countries in the Middle East, islative and executive June 20th. Europe, Canada, US, and Australia, adding that the number cooperation, challenges In 2016, Kuwait has contributed $360 million to UNHCR of internally displaced persons, until 2017, rose to 6.5 mil- that face Kuwaiti diploma- to resolve the crises in Syria and Iraq, Hamdan noted, indi- lion, including 2.8 million children. cy after the recent win of a cating that the Gulf country was also placed second in dona- In World Refugee Day, UNHCR commemorates the United Nations Security tions’ value for the Syrian people at the third international strength, courage, and perseverance of millions of refugees, Council non-permanent donors’ conference in 2015, pledging $500 million. she noted, adding that this year; World Refugee Day also seat, and human develop- On the international level, Kuwait is UNHCR’s sixth largest marks a key moment for the public to show support for fam- Marzouq Al-Ghanem ment - particularly of the donor, she mentioned, adding cooperation and strategic ilies forced to flee. The UNHCR, also known as the UN youth. His Highness the partnerships between the two sides have continued in 2017, Refugee Agency, was established on 14 December 1950 by Amir was “firm and deci- where UNHCR and Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic the UN General Assembly. Development (KFAED) signed a $10 million-worth agree- The UN agency is mandated to lead and coordinate inter- sive” on relations between ment to improve the living conditions of Syrian refugees in Dr Hanan Hamdan national action to protect refugees and resolve refugee GCC countries, particularly north Iraq. problems worldwide. Its primary purpose is to safeguard the the need for the six mem- The UNHCR’s office in Kuwait has had the privilege to Republic of the Congo, affirming the Commissioner’s contin- rights and well-being of refugees. bers to bridge the gap on cooperate with the Kuwaiti private sector in favor of uous efforts to resolve issue of the largest number of It also strives to ensure that everyone can exercise the obstacles to cooperation, refugees, signing a memorandum of understanding (MoU) refugees around the world to date. right to seek asylum and find safe refuge in another State, said Ghanem, the need to in 2016 with Zain Group, one the leading telecommunica- Over 65.3 million people worldwide were forced to leave with the option to return home voluntarily, integrate locally tackle “terrorism” and its tion companies in the country, to support Syrian refugees their homes, including nearly 21.3 million refugees, among or to resettle in a third country. It also has a mandate to help “catastrophic” conse- and improve their situations, in addition to launching a joint whom are under 18 years of age, Hamdan noted, adding stateless people. UNHCR provides international protection quences on the region. e-campaign, entitled #ZainWithRefugees, to raise funds for that increasing rate in the number of refugees could cause a to refugees who do not enjoy the protection of their govern- The importance of helping children and their families survive the harsh winter “serious humanitarian crisis.” ments. —KUNA parliament and govern- ment cooperation in order to maintain politi- EU FMs to express support cal stability, national uni- Kuwait confused over ty and social cohesion to Kuwaiti mediation efforts was another topic, Essa Al-Kandari Ghanem said. Finally, reluctance to address BRUSSELS: European Union (EU) must be solved at the table, while pointing out politi- foreign ministers’ will discuss the by dialogue and politically. cal and security challenges, His Highness the Amir did not Israeli violations situation in the Gulf region and No unilateral steps. We invite fail to mention human development, especially the role of are expected to express their all to de-escalate tensions the youth as a crucial component in achieving stability GENEVA: A Kuwaiti diplomat yester- an conditions in Arab lands occupied support to the Kuwaiti mediation and engage in direct dia- and expansion. day said that he was bewildered over by Israel, an issue that makes up the to defuse the tensions, senior EU logue,” she said. “It is always the selective approaches taken by seventh item on the agenda of the official said. Ahead of the meet- possible and even more so National and regional concerns some nations to the issue of human 35th UNHRC session. The Kuwaiti ing in Luxembourg, EU High among countries that belong Meanwhile, Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly rights violations in Arab lands occu- envoy underscored the need for Israel Representative Federica to the Gulf Cooperation Essa Al-Kandari said His Highness the Amir’s speech has pied by Israel. Addressing the 35th to abide by UN resolution 2334, which Mogherini told reporters that Council,” she noted. she was personally in contact on Mogherini added that the tackled both national and regional concerns. Kandari said session of the United Nations Human states that Israeli settlement activity in that “though His Highness is focusing on healing the Gulf daily basis with all the relevant EU also has a direct interest in Rights Council (UNHRC), Kuwait’s Palestinian territories is legally null players including the foreign the Gulf countries cooperating rift to avoid the dismemberment of the Gulf Cooperation Permanent Delegate to the United and void. Council and his condemnation of terrorists in all its mani- ministers of Kuwait, UAE, Saudi among themselves. “They are Nations (UN) Jamal Al-Ghunaim said Ghunaim also spoke of Kuwait’s Arabia and Qatar. “We are sup- Federica Mogherini all our partners in the fight festations, he has never forgot the internal concerns of that some nations’ refusal to join dis- humanitarian obligation to support the Kuwait.” porting very much the Kuwaiti against terrorism. They are all cussions over Israeli human rights vio- Palestinian people until their aspirations mediation efforts and I expect today from the our partners economically. But they are all He lauded His Highness the Amir’s call for more lations is tantamount to veiled sup- for statehood and sovereignty come to ministers another sign and determination of our partners in trying to solve some of the cooperation between the legislative and executive port of Israel. fruition. The 35th UNHRC session, which the European Union to back our friends and regional crises,” she said. The foreign ministers powers to materialize the economic and development Moreover, he noted that it was runs from June 6-23, delves into human brothers from Kuwait in this difficult work of the 28-member European bloc will also aspirations of Kuwaiti people. Kandari wished all suc- imperative to have continued dia- rights issues through reports produced they are doing. They need our support and discuss counter terrorism, EU-NATO coopera- cess for His Highness the Amir’s efforts to iron out Gulf logue over the worsening humanitari- by specialists. —KUNA we stand ready to help,” stressed Mogherini. tion, Iraq and a report on the implementation differences. —KUNA “Any difficulties and tensions can and of the EU’s global strategy. —KUNA LOCAL TUESDAY, JUNE 20, 2017 Cabinet applauds Amir’s Ramadan speech

KUWAIT: The Kuwaiti Cabinet yesterday heaped praise on Cavusoglu to Kuwait, during which officials from both coun- the speech delivered by His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah tries exchanged views on the current situation on both Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah on Sunday on the occasion of regional and international arenas. Moreover, the cabinet wel- the last ten days of the holy month of Ramadan. The cabinet comed a planned visit by Iraqi President Haider Al-Abadi to said in a statement following its customary weekly meeting the State of Kuwait on Wednesday, which comes within the presided over by His Highness Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber framework of cooperative relations between both countries Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah that His Highness the Amir in all fields. Kuwait to build artificial had urged national unity but decried differences and dis- Meanwhile, the ministers deplored the recent fire that limbs, Abdali medical centers putes. It also quoted His Highness the Amir as having hoped engulfed a multi-apartment building in London, together that inter-Gulf tensions would be defused and disagree- with a van attack that targeted Muslims at a mosque in KUWAIT: Kuwait’s Minister of Health Dr Jamal Al-Harbi said Sunday ments be resolved by dialogue, based on the fact that the London, which left one person dead and 10 others wound- the ministry was carrying out a number of projects nationwide, GCC countries share the same bonds and destiny. ed. In this context, the cabinet reiterated Kuwait’s full sup- including the artificial limbs center and Al-Abdali medical center. The cabinet appreciated His Highness the Amir’s direc- port to all measures taken by the UK to safeguard its securi- Harbi, in a statement after laying the cornerstone of Abdulrazzaq tives and vowed to fully commit to implementing them, ty and stability. Zalzalah Medical Center in Dasma Area, said the health projects wishing Kuwait more progress and welfare under the wise It also condemned a recent missile attack by Houthi mili- aimed at improving medical care in all areas in Kuwait. leadership of His Highness the Amir and His Highness the tias on a UAE ship off the Yemeni coast, in addition to a He said the ministry of health was also considering provision of Crown Prince. bombing by Houthi militants on a three Saudi trucks in heart-rate monitors in primary health centers with the objective of His Highness the Prime Minister briefed the cabinet on Yemen in breach of international peace and security. Finally, helping save patients’ lives. The some KD one million (around USD the outcomes of the recent visit by King Abdullah II of Jordan the Kuwaiti cabinet denounced an explosion in Bahrain’s Al- 3.3 million) two-storey Zalzalah medical center is built on some 2,000 to Kuwait, where both sides discussed how to further pro- Draz Village, which left one policeman dead and another two square meters, he added. The center, to be built in 18 months, will mote and develop bilateral relations and the latest regional wounded. In this regard, the cabinet reiterated Kuwait’s sup- provide preventive and rehabilitation medical care as part of the pri- and international developments. port to all measures taken by the Bahraini government to mary health care, said Harbi. The center, he added, would also First Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh uphold this Gulf country’s security and stability and to fight KUWAIT: His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh include clinics for children, diabetics, dental care, x-rays, a laboratory, Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah elaborated on the out- such terrorist acts that aim at disrupting its security and sta- Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah chairs the chronic diseases and elderly care. —KUNA comes of the recent visit by Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut bility. —KUNA Cabinet’s weekly regular session yesterday. —KUNA Eid Al-Fitr holiday starts Sunday: veteran astronomer

By A Saleh and Meshaal Al-Enezi Science Club’s Secretary General Ali Al-Jumaa investigation committee had been scheduled hailed the role Dr Ojairi has been playing for to meet in Ramadan, but the meeting was post- KUWAIT: Veteran Kuwaiti astronomer and over 35 years. He stressed that the club mem- poned because the speaker travelled to Saudi meteorologist Dr Saleh Al-Ojairi announced that bers’ visit during the last 10 days of Ramadan Arabia for Omrah. “Accordingly, the meeting Sunday, June 25th will be the first day of Eid Al- reflect the constant cooperation between the will be held after the Eid Al-Fitr holiday,” he Fitr. Speaking during a visit conducted by club and its honorary chairman. underlined, noting that the committee will also Kuwait Science Club members on the occasion receive Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of of the last 10 days of Ramadan, Ojairi hailed the Water cut Interior Sheikh Khaled Al-Jarrah Al-Sabah for efforts exerted to develop the Kuwait Science Ministry of Electricity and Water’s (MEW) the same reason. Club and the train- Undersecretary Mohammed Boshehri said water Two dead in Abdali ing courses it pro- supply was disconnected at the Amiri Hospital Final report vides. Ojairi also on Sunday by maintenance operations within A Ministry of Public Works (MPW) committee appreciated the visit the hospital. Boshehri stressed that MEW techni- investigating the Mangaf underpass flooding highway accident by some of the cians had not done any repair work inside the submitted its final report, including four recom- club’s board mem- hospital and that it was the contractor hired by mendations to Minister Abdul Rahman Al- bers to discuss his the hospital who disconnected water supplies to Mutawa, said informed sources. The sources By Hanan Al-Saadoun Building fire prediction of Eid. As repair the hospital’s internal water grid. added that the recommendations included con- Kuwait Fire Service Directorate (KFSD) the Science Club’s sidering the contractor as an opponent in all 20 KUWAIT: Two unidentified people were said firefighters were dispatched to control Honorary Chairman, Meeting postponed cases filed by citizens against MPW demanding killed yesterday after they lost control a fire in an under-construction building in Ojairi stressed that The parliamentary interior and defense com- compensation for repairing the damage to their over their vehicle and rammed into a Farwaniya. The fire was controlled and pre- his relationship with mittee entrusted with investigating the forging vehicles. The recommendations also included lamppost along Abdali highway. The car vented from spreading to other parts of the the club goes back of Kuwaiti citizenships will invite Speaker referring the executing company to the public overturned and caught fire, said security building. Initial investigations showed a long years, even Marzouq Al-Ghanem to testify about the infor- prosecution and referring a number of MPW sources, noting that the two men burned spark from a welding process started the Dr Saleh Al-Ojairi before the club was mation he has, panel member MP Salah employees responsible for the contract to the to death. fire. No casualties were reported. founded. Kuwait Khorsheed said. Khorsheed explained that the ministry’s legal affairs investigation department. Boeing, ALAFCO Announce Commitment for 20 737 MAX 8s

LE BOURGET, Paris: Boeing and Kuwait-based executive officer and vice-chairman, ALAFCO. vice president, Global Sales and Marketing, ALAFCO Aviation Lease and Finance Company “Fuel efficiency, operational reliability and effi- Boeing Commercial Airplanes. “We are very (ALAFCO) announced a commitment for 20 737 ciency are key factors for our airline customers pleased with this opportunity to help expand MAX 8s at the 2017 Paris Airshow, valued at $2.2 and the 737 MAX will help us meet those ALAFCO’s single-aisle portfolio with the 737 MAX billion at current list prices. demands in the single-aisle market.” and look forward to strengthening and growing ALAFCO, a global provider of commercial air- The 737 MAX family has been designed to this partnership even further.” craft leasing products, already has unfilled orders offer customers exceptional performance, flexi- The 737 MAX incorporates the latest technol- for 20 737 MAX airplanes and was also one of the bility and efficiency, with lower per-seat costs ogy CFM International LEAP-1B engines, first Middle East customers for the 787 and an extended range that will open up new Advanced Technology winglets, Boeing Sky Dreamliner. The new commitment when final- destinations in the single-aisle market. Interior, large flight deck displays, and other ized, will boost the lessor’s order to 40 737 MAXs. “ALAFCO’s commitment to purchase 20 more improvements to deliver the highest efficiency, “As a lessor, we are committed to provide our 737 MAXs is an excellent endorsement of the air- reliability and passenger comfort in the single- global customer base with technologically- craft which is already the fastest-selling airplane aisle market. The 737 MAX is the fastest-selling advanced aircraft,” said Ahmad Alzabin, chief in Boeing history,” said Ihssane Mounir, senior airplane in Boeing history.

Kuwait’s trade surplus with Japan nearly doubles TOKYO: Kuwait’s trade sur- plus with Japan nearly dou- bled to JPY 48.2 billion ($433 million) from a year earlier in May, as exports remained strong, the Finance Ministry said yesterday. The surplus jumped by 95.7 percent, up for the fifth month in a row, the ministry said in a prelimi- nary report. Kuwaiti overall exports to Japan surged 66.1 percent year-on-year to JPY 61.1 bil- lion ($549 million) for the fifth consecutive month of expan- sion. Imports from Japan also grew 5.9 percent to JPY 12.8 billion ($116 million), up for the first time in nine months. Kuwait maintained monthly black ink with Japan for nine years and four months. Middle East’s trade sur- plus with Japan also jumped 47.3 percent to JPY 468.8 bil- lion ($4.2 billion) last month, with Japan-bound exports from the region rising 24.1 percent from a year earlier. Crude oil, refined products, liquefied natural gas (LNG) and other natural resources, which accounted for 94.5 percent of the region’s total exports to Japan, increased 24.2 percent. The region’s overall imports from Japan declined 16.9 percent, due to weaker demand for vehicle and machinery. The world’s third-biggest economy logged a global deficit of JPY 203.4 billion ($1.8 billion mil- lion) in May, slipping back into the red for the first time in four months, as soaring energy costs offset a pick-up in exports, according to the ministry. —KUNA 4 TUESDAY, JUNE 20, 2017

KIB holds annual Ramadan ghabqa for its employees

KUWAIT: Kuwait International Bank (KIB) recently organ- ized its Annual Ramadan ghabqa, as part of its ongoing efforts to strengthen ties between employees and promote the internal culture of teamwork, which brought together its executive management, members of the Fatwa and Sharia Board, and employees from across the Bank. The evening proved to be fun-filled and enjoyable, featuring an array of crowd-pleasing activities and games, as well as valuable prizes distributed to winners. A number of the Bank’s leadership were also in attendance, including Raed Jawad Bukhamseen, Vice Chairman of the Board. In the evening’s opening speech, Manager of Corporate Communications, Nawaf Najia, said: “This year’s ghabqa is a particularly special one, and carries great meaning to us all. On the one hand, it continues our tradition of celebrating social occasions that reflect Kuwait’s legacy and cultural heritage, as passed down to us from generation to genera- tion. On the other hand, this year’s ghabqa coincides with us celebrating the milestone of 10 years since our transfor- mation into an Islamic bank.” Najia further noted that “10 years and you are the heroes of our story” is the theme of KIB’s Ramadan campaign for this year, adding that KIB employees continue to be the true heroes of the Bank’s success story thanks to their hard work and dedication. “This year’s Ramadan campaign show- cases KIB’s commitment to the values of generosity and giv- ing, not to mention our dedication to giving back to our community. We are proud to say that this spirit of giving continues to be the driving vision at KIB,” said Najia. Following that, Acting Chief Executive Officer and Deputy Chief Executive Officer at KIB, Mohamed Said El- Saka addressed the audience. Saka spoke of KIB’s efforts since its inception to be a model of leadership and success, as the Bank continues to operate systematically to build a strong, solid banking institution that can withstand the challenging economic climate of the market. Saka also stressed that KIB’s employees continue to be the heroes driving the Bank’s success story, playing a key role in helping the Bank to get to where it is today. Significant milestones reached during the past year were also highlighted. He further noted that the Bank has reaped numerous successes and achievements over the course of the past decade, and will continue to strive to achieve even greater success in its quest to become the “Islamic Bank of Choice in Kuwait”. The ghabqa hosted KIB’s annual employee recognition awards, which featured several honors ranging from the “Ambassador Award” honoring employees who have had exceptional contributions towards bolstering the KIB brand, to the “Kuwaiti Graduate Award” honoring exceptionally tal- ented local graduates. At the end of the event, the best per- forming team in each department was honored with the “Team Award.” The evening also included fun and exciting activities that kept the spirit of friendly competition alive amongst employees. The event concluded with a number of draws on valuable prizes for attendees, followed by a buffet din- ner and the distribution of girgian gifts. 5 TUESDAY, JUNE 20, 2017

KUWAIT Heritage

Mohammed Mamluk Be tolerant with others

By Nawara Fattahova

ach of us can contribute to making Kuwait a better place for all of us to live. In our daily deeds and Eactions, we can find - if we choose to look - opportu- nities for improving Kuwait’s environment. From not litter- ing on the streets, to choosing to be kind and helpful to others, each individual here can have a positive impact on the society as a whole. Kuwait Times wants to know what can you do?

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Mohammed Mamluk, an Egyptian citizen who has been living in Kuwait for over 16 years, believes that good behavior and morals are very important to improve life in Kuwait. He answered to the question of how to improve this country as follows: “To be tolerant with other people will definitely improve life in our society. This includes relaxed driving instead of being nervous and provoking people on street. Even if we meet with an accident we should not get angry and start shouting or fighting with others. We should fol- low the same way of dealing with people if they hit us accidently in a market or other crowded public places. “Not smoking in public places is a civilized behavior and will make Kuwait better. Also, respecting traffic laws, environmental rules, and not littering to keep streets, parks and public places clean will all improve the society we live in. “We should also behave according to humanity rules. So even if we were discussing any issues we should do that in a civilized way without shouting to reach posi- tive results. Furthermore, people should respect the tradi- Kuwaiti pearl diving ships docked in April, 1924, in preparation for the start of the pearling season in mid-May. (Source: ‘Kuwait in the Eyes of Early Photographers,’ by tions of the Kuwaiti community and wear decent clothes William Facey, Gillian Gran, London 1989. Prepared by Mahmoud Zakaria Abu Alella, heritage researcher in the Ministry of Information) to make Kuwait better.”

KFH takes part in organizing Qiyam prayer at Rashid Mosque Voluntary team provided hospitality service

KUWAIT: Kuwait Finance House (KFH) took part in organiz- worked in collaboration with the concerned parties to ing Al-Qiyam prayer held at Al-Rashid Mosque in Adailiya organize Al-Qiyam prayer at Al-Rashid Mosque. as part of its social responsibly and in continuation of its Such initiatives underline KFH’s interest in having eventful Ramadan program and charitable activities. strong social and humanitarian relationships with the soci- KFH voluntary team provided hospitality service to ety, yet reflect its firm belief in its ongoing commitment to worshippers and the personnel at the mosque. This step assume social and humanitarian responsibility. contributes in further bolstering KFH relationship with the Meanwhile, The Administration of the Capital Mosques society, yet reinforces KFH pioneering role in assuming the applauded KFH’s initiative and expressed their thanks and social responsibility. It is worth noting that KFH’s team gratitude to the bank. TUESDAY, JUNE 20, 2017 LOCAL

KUWAIT: Worshippers performed the Qiyam Prayer on the 24th night of Ramadan at Al-Rashid Mosque and other mosques around Kuwait. Muslims observe the Laylat Al-Qadr (night of power) during the last ten nights of the holy month. — Photos by Yasser Al-Zayyat

Ooredoo continues to distribute iftar meals Through its iftar tent and Ooredoo Volunteer Truck

KUWAIT: Ooredoo, Kuwait’s fastest network, is work stems from its deep-rooted values of car- with lectures and workshops delivered by peo- continuing its iftar meal distribution across ing, connecting and challenging, noting that this ple with expertise in the field of volunteer work. Kuwait, through its iftar tent placed opposite its support comes to foster an environment that Empowering youth is among Ooredoo’s top head office and its volunteer program truck, supports volunteer work and giving selflessly to priorities through its CSR strategy. The company which visits different areas across Kuwait where help others, noting that this is especially true has recently signed a memorandum of under- close to laborers residential areas. The initia- during the holy month of Ramadan which instills standing with the Ministry of State for Youth tives are executed by Ooredoo’s own volunteer the values of caring for others. Affairs, to support youth projects and initiatives, program members, led by the company’s Ooredoo is also proud to be working with dif- making it the first telecom provider in Kuwait to Corporate Communications department in col- ferent entities, such as the Kuwait Foundation sign such a high-level agreement. Ooredoo is laboration with Spread the Passion non-profit for the Advancement of Science and the non- continuously working with the Ministry to enrich organization. profit organization Spread the Passion which youth experience in a variety of fields, with a Ooredoo stated that supporting volunteer have put together a training program for youth, focus on volunteerism.

KUWAIT: The Commercial Bank of Kuwait (CBK) distributed gifts to worshipers dur- ing Taraweeh Prayer performed during the last ten days of Ramadan. TUESDAY, JUNE 20, 2017

Trump slams ‘witch Israel cuts back Gaza electricity supplies hunt’, but lawyer insists no probe Page 8 Page 9 Qatar wants ‘blockade’ lifted before talks

UAE: Isolation could last ‘years’ l Turkish troops in Qatar for exercises

DOHA: Qatar’s foreign minister yesterday called on neighboring stay by Qatar “The humanitarian impact of the blockade is real,” he states to lift their “blockade” of his country before Doha takes part said. “The social-fabric of GCC population is being torn apart for in any negotiations on ending the Gulf diplomatic crisis. Sheikh political reasons and we will not allow ourselves to be a party to Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani called measures to isolate this injustice,” he said, referring to the Gulf Cooperation Council. Qatar imposed by Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain Media across much of the Gulf has been critical of Qatar over and others “an act of aggression”, adding that lifting them was a the past month, carrying articles alleging it has conspired with dis- “pre-condition” for talks. “We have to make it very clear for every- sidents to destabilize neighboring governments. The three Gulf one, negotiations must be done in a civilized way and should have states and Egypt blocked access to Qatar’s Al-Jazeera satellite news a solid basis and not under pressure or under blockade,” the foreign channel and other Qatari news websites. Yesterday, the state-run minister told reporters in Doha. “Qatar under blockade - there is no Qatar News Agency instructed a law firm to file a formal complaint negotiation. They have to lift the blockade.” with Ofcom, Britain’s telecommunications regulator, against the On June 5, Saudi Arabia and allied states cut all ties with Qatar, Saudi-owned Al-Arabiya news channel and Sky News Arabia for pulling their ambassadors from the emirate and ordering its citi- their coverage of Qatar. The British law firm, Carter-Ruck, added zens to repatriate by June 19. The measures also included closing that it will be raising concerns regarding Sky’s Abu Dhabi-based Qatar’s only land border, banning its planes from using their air- subsidiary, Sky News Arabia, as Ofcom considers a proposed multi- space and barring Qatari nationals from transiting through their billion dollar merger between Sky and 21st Century Fox. airports. Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Egypt, Bahrain and other states accuse Qatar of supporting and funding “terrorism” and of working Turkish troops hold exercises with regional rival Iran, charges Doha firmly denies. Meanwhile, Turkish troops have arrived in Doha to take part in Sheikh Mohammed’s demand came as a UAE minister warned joint training exercises, Qatar’s defense ministry said yesterday. The that Qatar’s diplomatic isolation could “last years”. “We do not want first joint drills took place on Sunday at the Tariq bin Ziyad military to escalate, we want to isolate,” state minister for foreign affairs DOHA: Qatari Foreign Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani holds a press conference on camp in Doha, the ministry said in a statement carried by the official Anwar Gargash told journalists during a visit to Paris. “This isolation Sunday. —AFP news agency. The exercises aim to raise “Qatari and Turkish fighting can take years.” The minister said that while Qatar’s rivals were “bet- efficiency amid plans for joint operations to fight extremism and ting on time”, a solution could not be brokered until it abandoned jihadists. “They have the diplomatic clout and technical knowhow,” Qatar and we have a great deal of cooperation together in terms of terrorism, as well as peacekeeping operations before and after mili- its support for “extremist Islamists”. “They have built a sophisticated Gargash added. He said that despite the row, the Gulf nations had military, defense, security, economically,” said Sheikh Mohammed. tary operations,” said the statement in Arabic. The drills had “been podium for jihadism and Islamic extremism,” he said. “They support pledged to allow the massive US base in Qatar, where 10,000 “So a blockade on Qatar and measures being taken against Qatar in planned for some time” added the statement. Qatar’s state-funded groups linked to Al-Qaeda in Syria, Libya... and in Yemen. “This state American soldiers are based, to function normally. The Al-Udeid this way is affecting the interests of those countries as well, directly.” pan-Arab news channel Al Jazeera showed footage of a column of is weaponizing jihadists and Islamists, it is using this as a weapon of base, the largest US base in the region, is a key launching pad for armoured personnel carriers moving through the streets. influence,” he added. But by applying pressure on gas-rich Qatar military strikes on the Islamic State jihadist group. Families separated Turkey is one of Qatar’s strongest allies. Earlier this month, through sanctions, “we have a golden opportunity to break this Sheikh Mohammed said that Qatar had not received any Qatar says the sanctions have also brought personal hardship Ankara fast-tracked a separate agreement to allow troops to be support”, he said. demands from the Gulf states or from countries seeking a diplo- for its citizens who live in neighboring countries or have relatives deployed at Turkey’s military base in Qatar. It has also increased In the next few days, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Bahrain and Egypt matic solution, including Kuwait, the United States, France and there. The countries that imposed the sanctions gave Qataris two food supplies to Qatar after the emirate’s land border was closed. will submit a list of demands to Qatar, which is likely to include the Britain. “Why they didn’t submit their demands yet? For us, there is weeks to leave, which expired yesterday. Thousands of Qataris have Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu has been one of the figures try- expulsion of radical individuals. “There must be some people who no clear answer for this,” he said. “But what we have seen until now, been unable to board flights to the UAE, Saudi Arabia and Bahrain, ing to forge a diplomatic solution to the crisis. And Turkish are wise in Qatar and who will prevail, hopefully within the ruling there is no solid ground for these demands, that’s why they didn’t and cut off from relatives in those countries, in a region where President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has slammed the economic and family,” Gargash said. “This is not about regime change, it is about submit their demands yet.” The foreign minister added that the cross-border marriages are common and rulers refer to each other political isolation of Qatar as “inhumane and un-Islamic”. Last year, behavior change.” economic impact on Qatar had so far proved minimal but added: as “brothers”. Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani was the first foreign He called for Western nations including the United States, “We are not claiming we are living in a perfect condition.” The Qatari government communications director, Sheikh Saif, leader to phone Erdogan after a failed coup in Turkey. Last week, France, Germany and Britain to help monitor any agreement The Gulf political crisis has also affected countries outside the said Saudi, Emirati, and Bahraini families had been “forcibly Qatar’s navy carried out three days of joint training exercises with reached with Qatar to ensure they are not cooperating with region. “France, UK or the United States - they are strong allies of recalled” yesterday by their governments despite being invited to the US Navy.

A handout picture released on Sunday shows the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) launching a missile from an undisclosed location in western Iran, towards Islamic State (IS) bases in Syria. —AFP Iran sends message with missile strike in Syria

TEHRAN: Iran has targeted militants in Syria Donald Trump meanwhile accuses Iran of him clearly align his administration with with missiles in retaliation for deadly attacks in backing terrorism - a charge it denies - and has Riyadh and lash out against Tehran. US Tehran, but the strike was also a message to its threatened to tear up a 2015 nuclear deal Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said the $110 regional rivals and Washington, experts say. between Tehran and major powers. billion deal was aimed at helping the kingdom Late Sunday, the elite Revolutionary Guards deal with “malign Iranian influence”. launched six missiles from western Iran into ‘Response’ to Senate vote Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Syria’s mostly Islamic State group-held Deir The US Senate last week passed tough Bahram Ghasemi said yesterday that “unlike Ezzor province, hitting an IS command base, sanctions on Iran for its alleged “continued others, Iran doesn’t buy security and stability”. the Guards said. The strike was “revenge” for support of terrorism”. Iran condemned the Security cannot be traded and those who twin attacks in Tehran on June 7 that killed 17 move and vowed to respond with “reciprocal think they can provide their security by drag- people in the first IS-claimed attacks inside the and adequate measures”. Alaeddin Boroujerdi, ging extra-regional countries here are mak- Shiite-ruled Islamic republic, a Guards chairman of a parliamentary committee on ing a stupid strategic mistake,” he said. While spokesman added. As well as punishing “ter- foreign affairs and national security, called Saudi Arabia has spent billions on American rorists”, it was intended to show that Iran is Sunday’s strike “an appropriate response to the weapons, Iran has developed a range of capable of projecting military power across US Senate vote”. Analyst Foad Izadi said the homemade ballistic missiles - including some the region, officials and experts said. Tehran strike was intended to convey several mes- that are capable of hitting Israel or American has devoted vast military and financial sages. “The first message is that Iran punishes military bases in the region. resources to propping up the regime of Syrian terrorists,” he said. Izadi said Sunday’s strike on Deir Ezzor, President Bashar Al-Assad in a six-year civil war. But it was also meant to show that “Iran, in halfway between Iranian and Israeli territory, It has also sent thousands of Shiite recruits to its fight against terrorism, needs missiles - and was also meant as a message to Israeli Prime fight in Syria and battle IS in neighboring Iraq, sanctions have no influence on its defense Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, “who regularly according to officials. policies.” Iran’s homemade missiles, which can threatens Iran”. “The missiles that were fired But Sunday’s strike was the first known hit targets up to 2,000 km away, are a major are medium range - Iran has long-range mis- missile attack launched from Iran into foreign point of tension with Washington and Israel. siles with much greater ranges,” he said. territory since the Iran-Iraq war of 1980-88. Tehran argues that in a region engulfed with Boroujerdi said the strike marked “a new “The missile attacks were only a small part of conflicts and wars, its missiles are an indispen- phase in the fight against terrorism”. “So far, Iran’s punitive power against terrorists and sible part of its defensive power. Iran’s we only posted military advisors on the enemies,” Guards spokesman General weapons program is also a major concern for ground in Syria and Iraq,” he said. “But the Ramezan Sharif said yesterday. “The Saudis its arch-rival Saudi Arabia. The two regional attack shows we are capable of hitting terror- and Americans are especially receivers of this heavyweights back opposing sides in several ists hundreds of kilometers away.” message,” he said. “Obviously and clearly, conflicts including in Syria and Yemen. Sunday’s launch also carried religious some reactionary countries of the region, Sunday’s strike came amid rising tensions undertones. The Guard, which answers only to especially Saudi Arabia, had announced that between Riyadh and Tehran. Izadi said it was Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, they are trying to bring insecurity into Iran. partly intended for a Saudi audience. “Riyadh called the launch “Operation Laylat al-Qadar,” International and regional supporters of the must know that all of its oil regions are within referring to the night the Holy Quran was first terrorists must realize the warning message the range of Iranian missiles,” he said. revealed to Prophet Muhammad (PBUH). of the missile operation.” That’s believed to fall in the last 10 days of the Iran has long accused the United States, ‘Message to Netanyahu’ holy Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, now Israel and Saudi Arabia of backing “terrorists” - Saudi Arabia struck a giant arms deal with underway. The name of the missile, Zolfaghar, a catch-all phrase for rebels and jihadist groups Washington this month during President is also the name of the sword used by Imam fighting the Assad regime. US President Donald Trump’s visit to the region, which saw Ali, a cousin of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH). INTERNATIONAL TUESDAY, JUNE 20, 2017 Islands deal pits government against courts

CAIRO: The past week’s tempestuous now pits the legislative and executive Saudi King Salman was visiting Egypt in case, Sisi has to sign off on parliament’s lawmakers have urged Sisi not to sign off parliament approval of a deal transfer- branches of government against the April 2016. The announcement came as ratification before the agreement can go on parliament’s ratification before the ring two Red Sea islands to Saudi Arabia judiciary. Courts issued two rulings over the Saudis unveiled a multibillion-dollar into effect. He has yet to and there has Supreme Constitutional Court’s verdict, is putting Egypt’s government at odds the past year that clearly stated the package of soft loans and investments to been no word on whether he will await according to local media. with the judiciary and providing the islands belong to Egypt. In Egypt’s some- Egypt, prompting charges the govern- the Supreme Constitutional Court’s rul- country’s battered opposition with a times murky power structure, it is not ment was handing over the islands in ing. He will have to tread carefully given The Opposition nationalist cause to whip up at a time of clear where such a battle of wills could return for Saudi money. the court’s weight and the erosion of Activists raged over the issue on growing economic distress. The surprise go. The issue takes on added significance parliament’s credibility over its handling social media. But online calls for street 2016 deal to hand over the islands of and sensitivity because Tiran controls The Courts of the agreement. protests achieved a meager response, Tiran and Sanafir aimed to strengthen the only shipping lane leading to the A court in June 2016 ruled to annul likely a sign of how Egyptians have ties with Saudi Arabia, which has pro- ports of Eilat and Aqaba, in Israel and the transfer of the islands. When the gov- Parliament become fatigued by recent years’ insta- vided distressed Egypt with billions of Jordan respectively. The closure of the so ernment appealed, a higher court The 596-seat legislature ratified the bility, cowed by security crackdowns dollars in grants and soft loans over the called Tiran Strait was a main trigger of upheld the verdict in January and assert- deal on June 14 after four days of at and consumed with economic priva- past four years. It comes amid fitful the 1967 Middle East war. ed that the islands were Egyptian. The times vicious arguments. Lawmakers on tions. Police arrested more than 100 efforts to establish an axis of coopera- Saudi Arabia’s request for the islands higher court alluded to official docu- each side threw around accusations of activists and demonstrators over the tion between two powers vying for and the absence of any official explana- ments, some dating back to Ottoman treason, payments by foreign powers weekend, of whom about half remain in leadership of the self-styled moderate tion from Cairo or Riyadh has prompted and British colonial times, showing and illegal amassing of wealth. The disor- custody, according to rights lawyers. Sunni Arab camp - countries which widespread speculation. One scenario Cairo’s exercise of full sovereignty over der reinforced critics’ charges that parlia- There were a handful of small protests oppose Shiite Iran and are willing to says the islands afford the Saudis a say of the islands over the years and offered a ment is just a tool for the government to in Cairo Friday, quickly broken up by weigh closer ties to Israel. some sort in renewed Israeli-Palestinian legal opinion that dismissed the agree- carry out its agenda and that many of its security forces. But the opposition has proven a negotiations along with formal contacts ment as unconstitutional. members lack the political skills to effec- But future street action is possible. “If headache for President Abdel-Fattah Al- with Israel. Another line of speculation The government, meanwhile, filed a tively carry out their duties. The govern- the government went ahead and hand- Sisi, whose popularity seems to be slip- says these contacts would contribute case with the Supreme Constitutional ment denies parliament is a rubber- ed over the islands to Saudi Arabia, we ping in the wake of economic liberaliza- toward formulating a joint strategy Court seeking a ruling on whether the stamp, pointing to the rare cases where will consider them occupied and will tion reforms that deeply hurt Egyptians’ against Shiite Iran, a nemesis to the two courts had jurisdiction over the case. it has blocked proposals. work toward liberating them by all living standards even while winning glob- Saudis and Israelis alike. Here’s a look at That court starts hearings next month, Perhaps most egregiously, Speaker Ali means available,” said one opposition al praise. Sisi’s government has been gain- some of the issues related to the islands but a panel of constitutional experts Abdel-Al asserted that judicial rulings on leader, Farid Zahran. An opinion poll ing greater acceptance by governments and how they are likely to evolve: already filed a report saying the courts the agreement amounted to nil, a posi- conducted by an Egypt-based pollster, internationally, even while facing criticism did indeed have jurisdiction. If that’s the tion seen as contemptuous of the judici- Baseera, found that 47 percent of those over its authoritarian policies - defended The Agreement case, serious doubts would be cast on ary. But only a mass resignation by the questioned believed the islands were on security grounds - that include jailing The maritime border demarcation the legality of parliament’s ratification of around 100 lawmakers who oppose the Egyptian, with only 11 percent saying opponents and crushing rights groups. agreement under which Egypt would the deal. That, in turn, would usher in a agreement might embarrass the cham- they were Saudi. The poll, conducted With parliament’s approval of the transfer control of the islands to Saudi potentially damaging battle between ber enough to trigger calls for its dissolu- June 11-12, asked 1,164 people. The mar- handover, the dispute over the islands Arabia was signed and announced when the legislature and the judiciary. In any tion. In the meantime, more than 100 gin of error was below 3 percent. — AP Israel reduces Gaza power after Abbas cuts payment Energy crisis part of PA-Hamas dispute GAZA CITY: Israel yesterday began reducing the enclave, Gaza’s energy authority said. The human rights group Gisha said in a statement electricity supplies to the Gaza Strip, despite state-run Israel Electricity Corporation confirmed yesterday that by reducing supplies “Israel is warnings the move could increase suffering and it had diminished power supplies “in accordance knowingly aggravating an already dangerous tensions in the Palestinian enclave. The cut will with a government directive”. situation in which the strip is teetering on the reduce the mains power flow to Gaza to as little Yesterday, Israel supplied 120 megawatts of verge of a humanitarian crisis.” as two hours a day, though many businesses and electricity to Gaza a month, which made up The vast majority of residents are Muslim and the wealthy have their own generators. The deci- about one quarter of the enclave’s needs, with are currently observing the holy fasting month sion came after the Palestinian Authority (PA), the PA paying the 11.3 million euros ($12.65 mil- of Ramadan. Robert Piper, UN humanitarian which is based in the occupied West Bank, told lion) monthly bill. Since the sole power station in coordinator for the Palestinian territories, Israel it would no longer foot the bill for electrici- Gaza ran out of fuel and stopped working in warned last week that the Palestinians were ty supplies to Gaza. April, the 120 megawatts represent 80 percent being “held hostage to this longstanding inter- It raises concerns of rising tensions and a of available power in the strip. The Israel Electric nal Palestinian dispute”. “A further increase in the collapse of vital services in an impoverished Corporation said power supply would “effective- length of blackouts is likely to lead to a total col- and overcrowded territory that has been devas- ly be reduced on two lines out of 10 every day, lapse of basic services, including critical func- tated by three wars with Israel since 2008. until the reduction applies to all 10 lines”. tions in the health, water and sanitation sectors.” Hamas has run Gaza since 2007, when it seized Hamas last fought Israel in 2014 and analysts the strip in a near civil war from the Fatah party Total collapse have warned the power reduction could prompt of Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas, in a The Gaza Strip is home to some two million the Islamist group to spark another round of dispute over general elections won by the people, more than three-quarters of whom the conflict. In a statement Wednesday, Hamas said Islamist movement. United Nations says depend on humanitarian Israel and Abbas were jointly responsible for the Multiple attempts at reconciliation between aid. The power reductions come despite stark “catastrophic consequences” of the reduction. Hamas and Fatah have failed, but the PA had warnings of the humanitarian implications for The statement did not mention war, but called continued to pay Israel for some electricity deliv- Gazan civilians, who already suffer from critical the measures “dangerous”. Hamas is considered ered to Gaza until this month. Israel “began to shortages of power - with most homes receiving to be a terrorist group by Israel, the European reduce electricity flow by eight megawatts” into only a few hours even before the cut. Israeli Union and the United States. — AFP

MOSUL: An Iraqi forces member fires a 23 mm anti-aircraft gun as they advance towards the Old City of Mosul yesterday during an ongoing offensive to retake the last district still held by Islamic State (IS) group fighters.— AFP Iraq forces push into Mosul, warn IS ‘surrender or die’ MOSUL: Iraqi forces pushed deeper into leaflets urge civilians to “stay away from Mosul’s Old City yesterday after launching a open places and... exploit any opportunity final assault on the Islamic State group, that arises during the fighting” to escape. warning civilians to stay inside and telling The United Nations has said IS may be militants to “surrender or die”. Iraqi forces holding more than 100,000 civilians as launched the operation Sunday to retake human shields in the Old City. Only a few the district, the last part of Iraq’s second hundred metres from the heaviest fighting, city still held by IS after a months-long small groups of civilians gathered, shelter- offensive. Commanders say the jihadists are ing from the scorching sun more than from putting up fierce resistance and there are mortar rounds falling into the neighbor- fears for more than 100,000 civilians hood. “We moved to a camp in Hammam believed to be trapped in the maze of nar- Al-Alil when the neighborhood was liberat- row streets. ed, but homes were being looted so we Staff Major General Maan Al-Saadi, a top came back to protect our property,” said commander in Iraq’s elite Counter- Nabil Hamed Khattab, a 56-year old who Terrorism Service (CTS), told AFP that heavy did not flinch when a mortar round came fighting had resumed at dawn yesterday. crashing down a few blocks away. “At 6:00 am, we pushed deeper into the Old Commanders have said the fighting is City and took control of new areas in the expected to be very difficult and could last Faruq neighborhood,” he said. “Daesh weeks. Surrounded by Iraqi forces on three resistance has been fierce,” he said, using an sides and blocked on the other by the Tigris Arabic acronym for the group. “They have River that runs through Mosul, the jihadists blocked every entrance, planted IEDs are cornered. Iraqi forces launched a vast (improvised explosive devices) and booby operation to retake Mosul in October, seiz- trapped houses our forces might be near,” ing the city’s eastern side in January and he said. “Penetrating was very difficult. starting an assault on its western part in GAZA: This photo taken on June 13, 2017 shows Palestinian children at home reading books by candlelight due to electricity shortages Today the fighting is face to face.” February. The International Rescue in Gaza City. —AFP The push into Mosul’s historic heart on Committee, a major aid group operating in the west bank of the river Tigris marks the Iraq, has warned that already-traumatized culmination of a months-long campaign by civilians risk getting caught up in fierce Weapons found on boat after Iraqi forces to retake IS’s last major urban street fighting. It urged coalition and Iraqi Abadi visits Saudi stronghold in the country. The US-led coali- forces to do “everything in their power” to shots fired at Saudi oilfield tion battling IS in Iraq and neighboring keep civilians safe. ahead of Iran stop Syria has backed the offensive including RIYADH: Saudi Arabia said yester- ing the Saturday shooting, after with months of air strikes. The loss of Mosul Fears for children JEDDAH: Iraq’s Prime Minister Sea city of Jeddah for the one-day day it had seized weapons from a two fishing boats may have would mark the effective end of the Iraqi Save the Children warned that some Haider Al-Abadi arrived in Saudi visit, state media reported. boat captured after the navy fired strayed into Saudi waters. Majid portion of the cross-border “caliphate” IS 50,000 children were trapped in the Old Arabia yesterday on a tour that Abadi, from his country’s largest warning shots at vessels Aghababaie, head of border affairs declared in summer 2014 after seizing City. “They are running out of food and will also take him to Riyadh’s rival Shiite political bloc, arrives at a approaching a Gulf oil platform, at at Iran’s interior ministry, said one swathes of Iraq and Syria. water, and face violence wherever they Iran and to Kuwait. His visit comes time of heightened tensions a time of tensions with Iran and of the boats was missing after the turn,” the charity’s Ana Locsin said. Since with the Gulf region in turmoil between Sunni-ruled Saudi Arabia Qatar. Three small boats entered Saudi coastguard opened fire on IEDs on remote-controlled toy cars the start of the battle to retake Mosul, an after Saudi Arabia, the United and its Shiite-dominated rival Iran. Saudi territorial waters at about the vessels, which had drifted due Sheltering from relentless fire and estimated 862,000 people have been dis- Arab Emirates and other allies cut Saudi Arabia cut ties with Iran early 8:30 pm on Friday and “headed at to high waves. Aghababaie said explosions near a sniper position on the placed. Around 195,000 have since ties with Qatar two weeks ago. last year after years of strained rela- speed towards platforms of (the) “even if the boats had entered edge of the Old City, CTS captain Ahmed returned, mainly to the city’s east. It was They accuse Doha of supporting tions. Riyadh has long expressed Saudi oil field of Marjan”, a govern- Saudi waters, the coastguard were Jassem described a bitter fight. “We can’t from the Old City’s emblematic Al-Nuri extremist groups, including some concern about Iran’s “interference” ment statement said. not authorized to open fire”. bring our vehicles into these narrow mosque in July 2014 that IS chief Abu Bakr backed by Iran, “that aim to desta- in the region, including through Saudi naval forces fired warn- Saudi Arabia regularly accuses streets. It means they can’t use as many car Al-Baghdadi made his only public appear- bilize the region”. Iraq’s paramilitary Hashed Al- ing shots at the boats, which Iran of interfering in Middle Eastern bombs either, but they use motorcycle ance. He urged Muslims worldwide to Kuwait, which did not follow its Shaabi which has played a major were carrying “red and white countries, and has suggested it is bombs and even IEDs mounted on remote- move to the group’s “caliphate” straddling neighbors in severing diplomatic role in reclaiming parts of Iraq flags”, and captured one of the linked to instability in the king- controlled toy cars,” he said. Iraqi forces sta- Iraq and Syria. relations with Qatar, has been try- seized by the Islamic State group. vessels but two escaped, the dom’s east. Saudi Arabia, the tioned Humvees by the Grand Mosque on The jihadists have since lost most of the ing to mediate. Abadi is to hold Gulf states are also reported to statement added. The seized boat United Arab Emirates, Egypt and the retaken east side of Mosul, facing the territory they once controlled in the face of talks with Saudi King Salman, have been angered by a ransom was “loaded with weapons for others severed diplomatic and eco- Old City and mounted with speakers. US-backed offensives in Iraq and in Syria, Kuwait’s Amir HH Sheikh Sabah Al- allegedly paid by Doha to Tehran- subversive purposes”, it said, but nomic ties with Qatar two weeks Ahmad Al-Sabah and Iranian pres- linked militias earlier this year to The loudspeakers blared messages to IS where a Kurdish-Arab alliance is advancing gave no details. ago, accusing Doha of supporting ident Hassan Rouhani during his secure the release of a hunting fighters, telling them: “You have only this on the group’s last Syrian stronghold The statement came two days groups, including some backed by tour of the region. Crown Prince party, including members of the choice: Surrender or die”. Late on Sunday, Raqqa. It is not clear how many IS members after Iran accused Saudi Arabia of Iran, “that aim to destabilize the Mohammed bin Nayef greeted Qatari royal family, kidnapped in Iraqi forces dropped nearly 500,000 leaflets remain in Mosul, where many foreign fight- shooting and killing one of its fish- region”. Qatar denies any such Abadi when he landed in the Red southern Iraq. — AFP over the city, warning that they had “start- ers have joined local jihadists since the city ermen. Iran said it was investigat- support for extremists.— AFP ed attacking from all directions”. The was taken. —AFP TUESDAY, JUNE 20, 2017 INTERNATIONAL Rich Venezuelans eat sushi, guzzle cocktails amid chaos

CARACAS: While most Venezuelans struggle to buy like they are untouched by the crisis. Case in point: are in short supply, Buddha Bar guests can order tuna until this government is gone.” Even rich food and make ends meet, a small group still man- Caracas, one of the world’s most violent cities, is the steak, pork ribs or fish tacos - as long as they have Venezuelans are affected by the country’s soaring ages to eat sushi and sip cocktails in exclusive discos first in South America to open a branch of the trendy dollars to pay. “You can have as good a time here in inflation rate. But protected by their US dollars, they and country clubs. The country may be stricken by Buddha Bar international nightclub chain. Caracas as in New York, Dubai or Saint Petersburg,” are better off than most. For ordinary Venezuelans, poverty and political violence, but a rich minority acts In a country where basics such as flour and sugar says one of its owners, Cristhian Estephan. Eight “it’s very difficult,” says Ahisquel’s husband. “In this pieces of salmon and shrimp sushi here cost 55,700 country, if you are not paid in foreign currency, it is bolivars, or the equivalent of more than a quarter of impossible to live.” the country’s official monthly minimum wage. Socialist millionaires Stone-throwing, bar-hopping Many rich Venezuelans have left the country for Scenes of flames, tear gas and water cannons in Miami, Los Angeles or Madrid since Maduro’s pred- the streets have dominated foreign coverage of ecessor Hugo Chavez launched his socialist “revolu- Venezuela during the recent months. While the mass tion”. But some of them like Lorenzo Mendoza - protests against President Nicolas Maduro show that Venezuela’s richest man and the owner of Polar, the Venezuelans’ anger at their hardship is boiling over, country’s largest food company - are content to the well-off are still managing to have fun. Behind stay. Some are known as “boli-bourgeois,” cham- tightly guarded and fortified walls, posh bars and pagne socialists who grew rich from Chavez’s eateries are full. The Buddha Bar opened in 2015, “Bolivarian revolution”. when the economic crisis was already well underway. “We run when we see the boli-bourgeois. We can One customer, Ahisquel, says she joins in the spot them a mile off,” says Carlos, a 49-year-old protests herself but still comes to the bar once a lawyer, sitting beside the tree-lined swimming pool week with her husband, an oil executive. Like most near the golf course of the Caracas Country Club in customers interviewed, she declined to give her full the north of the capital. The rise of the Chavistas name. “By day we throw stones and by night we changed life for traditional rich families like his. come here,” she says.”After the protests it is good to “Everything is really expensive and only they can CARACAS: People dine and drink at a nightclub on May 25, 2017. — AFP have a moment to relax - though we’ll never relax afford to live around here.” — FP

Colombia hunts ‘terrorists’ behind deadly mall bombing

BOGOTA: Colombia’s leaders and main parade will not succeed,” said Santos, who rebel groups pledged Sunday that a mall won a Nobel Peace Prize last year for seal- bombing that killed three women would ing the accord with FARC leaders. “If this not disrupt the country’s peace process, (bombing) is that kind of gesture, then rest even as authorities scrambled to find out assured that we will pursue those enemies who was behind the carnage. The victims - of peace without rest and without quarter,” two Colombians and a Frenchwoman - per- he said, speaking at the site of the blast. ished when a device exploded in a ladies’ Santos urged Colombians to continue their restroom in the crowded Andino shopping normal routines and enjoy the Father’s Day center in Bogota on Saturday. At least nine weekend, even sharing a meal at the people were also wounded, officials said. Andino mall with his son to reassure the President Juan Manuel Santos called the public that it was safe to go there. incident a terrorist attack. Rebel groups condemned the blast and ‘Cowardly terrorist attack’ said it was an attempt to undermine their Bogota Mayor Enrique Penalosa called efforts with the government to end Saturday’s incident “a cowardly terrorist Colombia’s half-century civil conflict. Police attack”. He said the Frenchwoman who said the explosion occurred at about 5:00 died, aged 23, had spent six months work- pm (2200 GMT) on Saturday, sending peo- ing in a school in a poor neighborhood. The ple running for their lives. “There was a leftist ELN said on Twitter it “condemns this strong boom and the floor shook,” said deplorable incident,” noting that the attack shop worker Milena Carcenas. “There was was “against civilians”. “We share the pain smoke coming out of the bathroom. People and stand in solidarity with the victims,” the were coming out of there covered in ash.” group wrote. “The state should investigate National police chief General Jorge Nieto thoroughly to identify those responsible.” told reporters “a device” was placed “behind The leader of the communist-inspired FARC, Rodrigo Londono - known as one of the toilets in the women’s bath- WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump, with first lady Melania and their son Barron, responds to a reporter’s question upon arrival at the Timochenko - also denounced the explo- room”. Authorities have “three concrete White House on Sunday from Camp David in Maryland. — AP hypotheses” on the perpetrators, Santos sion. “This act can only come from those said Sunday after meeting with investiga- who want to close the roads of peace and tors, but declined to elaborate to avoid reconciliation,” he wrote on Twitter. Dozens Trump decries ‘witch hunt’, harming the probe. There was a 100 million gathered at the mall Sunday to pay homage peso (about $33,000) reward for “anyone to the victims, jostling to leave flowers and who can give us information to help cap- candles at a makeshift memorial. The blast ture those responsible,” he said. was the second major attack this year in the but lawyer insists no probe Colombian capital. In February, the ELN Big blo to peace? claimed responsibility for a bombing at a The explosion comes at a delicate time bullring in Bogota, which killed a police offi- US president to address issue of Comey tapes for Colombia’s historic peace process. The cer and wounded more than 20 people. country’s biggest rebel group, the WASHINGTON: One of Donald Trump’s lawyers in November’s presidential election was now national security advisor Michael Flynn. Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia ‘Far-right paramilitary’ theory insisted Sunday that the president was not also trying to determine whether Trump Sekulow said Trump would address the issue of (FARC), is scheduled to complete its disar- Colombia’s civil conflict erupted in 1964 under criminal investigation as part of the obstructed justice. the tapes - whose very existence is unclear - in mament by today. The last active rebel over land rights. It drew in leftist guerrillas, sweeping probe into Russia’s alleged meddling Trump’s fledgling presidency has been bat- the “week ahead”. Senator Marco Rubio, who force, the National Liberation Army (ELN), right-wing paramilitary groups and state in American elections, despite the US leader’s tered by allegations - being dissected both by lost the Republican primary election to Trump, meanwhile, has started talks with the gov- forces. Analyst Victor de Currea-Logo of tweets angrily calling the whole saga a “distrac- Congress and the FBI - that Russia interfered to called for a “full and credible investigation”. He ernment, though confrontations with state Colombia’s National University said it was tion”. The contradictory messages came after sway the 2016 election in his favor, in possible sits on the Senate Intelligence Committee, forces have been continuing. Last year’s unlikely either of the leftist groups involved Trump first answered - and seemingly confirmed collusion with the former real estate magnate’s which is conducting its own probe into Russian peace deal with the FARC was initially nar- in the peace drive would have carried out the - reports that he is personally under scrutiny for campaign team. On Sunday, Trump again election meddling. rowly rejected by Colombians in a referen- attack. But he told AFP: “There are some far- potential obstruction of justice, tweeting on referred to the probe, but dismissed it. “The Angus King, an independent who caucuses dum, with critics saying it was too lenient right paramilitary-style groups who have Friday: “I am being investigated for firing the FBI MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN agenda is doing with the Democrats, estimated that investigators on the rebels. been responsible for killing civil leaders and Director by the man who told me to fire the FBI very well despite the distraction of the Witch are just 20 percent into their probe, which could A redrafted agreement from Santos and for actions against the peace effort.” Efforts to Director! Witch Hunt.” Hunt. Many new jobs, high business enthusiasm, last for months. “I can say categorically that the the FARC was later pushed through con- disrupt the process, however, is unlikely, he But Jay Sekulow, part of Trump’s legal team, massive regulation cuts, 36 new legislative bills collusion or cooperation aspect of the investiga- gress. “Those who want to rain on the peace said, citing public support for peace. — AFP said the president was writing about reports of signed, great new S.C. Justice, and Infrastructure, tion is not over,” the Maine senator told “Meet an investigation, not an actual probe. “The tweet Healthcare and Tax Cuts in works!” he wrote. the Press,” adding that the probe could be done from the president was in response to the five Sekulow said his legal team had not received by the end of 2017. “This is a very complex mat- anonymous sources purportedly leaking info to notice of any probe into Trump. “There has been ter, involving thousands of pages of intelligence The Washington Post,” Sekulow told NBC televi- no notification from the special counsel’s office documents, lots of witnesses.” sion’s “Meet the Press.” “He’s not afraid of the that the president is under investigation. In fact, Trump returned to the White House on investigation - there is no investigation... there is to the contrary,” he told CBS’ “Face the Nation,” Sunday after spending Father’s Day weekend at not an investigation of the president of the pointing to recent testimony by sacked FBI the Camp David presidential retreat. He told United States, period.” director James Comey who said the president reporters upon his return that the western The lawyer also suggested Twitter’s character had not been the target of an investigation. Maryland mountain retreat is “incredible” and limit may be partly to blame. “The president’s Trump fired Comey in early May. “beautiful,” later tweeting that it is “a very special response was as it related to the Washington place”. “An honor to have spent the weekend Post report. He cannot in a Twitter statement Tapes next week? there. Military runs it so well and are so proud of include all of that in there... That’s it. Simple Trump has hinted that he may have taped what they do!” he posted. First Lady Melania explanation,” Sekulow told CNN’s “State of the conversations with Comey - in which the ex-FBI Trump also sent a tweet on Sunday: Union.” Sekulow was referring to a report in the chief says the president pressured him for his “#HappyFathersDay @POTUS,” she said, referring Post this week that said Special Counsel Robert loyalty and on the Russia investigation while to her husband by his official Twitter handle and Mueller’s investigation of Russian interference also urging him to drop a probe into former adding a heart emoticon. — AFP Liberal groups focus on Ivanka Trump

WASHINGTON: Getting nowhere with her ment. With her focus on issues that typically act. Before the president announced he would father, liberal advocacy groups have been look- draw liberal or bipartisan support, Ivanka Trump exit the Paris climate accord, the Natural BOGOTA: People attend a tribute for the victims a day after three women were killed ing for an ally in Ivanka Trump. They haven’t had has left many with an impression that she does Resources Defense Council started an online in a bomb attack at the Andino mall on Sunday. — AFP much luck. In recent weeks, activists have been not share some of her father’s policies. But she petition asking people to email and call Ivanka appealing to the younger Trump for help on cli- avoided weighing in publicly on her father’s Trump to push her father to stay in the deal. The mate change, international labor conditions and travel ban, border wall, proposed budget cuts or call for action implored people to “raise a mas- Kushner heads to Mideast immigration. But the first daughter, an influential the Paris agreement, leading liberal critics to sive outcry” and ask her to “do everything in her adviser to President Donald Trump in her own question her influence. power to persuade the president to keep our WASHINGTON: Jared Kushner is travel- the “pain and disagreements of the past.” right, largely has sought to stay out of the fray. Now some groups are trying to spur her to promise”. “As we began hearing he was leaning ing to the Middle East this week to con- But he did not offer any details on how Still the efforts underscore the politically in the direction of pulling out, we threw a Hail tinue work toward a peace deal between to move forward and avoided issues that charged position she occupies as she seeks to Mary,” said Ben Smith, the group’s digital advoca- Israel and the Palestinians. A White have stymied all previous attempts at a advance a positive agenda while avoiding cy director, adding that they sought to “appeal House official said the senior aide and peace agreement, including the status of weighing in publicly on her father’s more con- to what seems to be a well-reported story that son-in-law to President Donald Trump Jerusalem, Israeli settlement construc- troversial policies. she’s sympathetic”. Smith said 50,000 people will arrive tomorrow for meetings in tion and the Palestinians’ demand for a The most high-profile campaign directed at signed the petition, “which is on the higher end Jerusalem and Ramallah. Jason sovereign nation. the president’s daughter has come from New of the performance scale for us.” Greenblatt, Trump’s international envoy, Former Presidents Bill Clinton, George York-based China Labor Watch, which has been Last week, Amnesty International launched was to arrive yesterday. The official said W Bush and Barack Obama all tried and investigating working conditions at factories in a campaign that seeks to educate Ivanka Trump Kushner and Greenblatt will hear from failed to achieve a peace deal. The White China that have made Ivanka Trump products. on their efforts to shut down a residential cen- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin House official - who was not authorized The group on Thursday renewed a call for her to ter in Pennsylvania that houses detained immi- Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority to speak publicly about the trip - said an speak out about the detention of activists grant parents and children. The advocates say President Mahmoud Abbas and their agreement will take time, adding that involved in the investigation and on their find- the facility, which has a contract with the senior advisers. there are likely to be many more visits by ings about labor conditions. They said they have Department of Immigration and Customs Trump made a personal appeal for Kushner and Greenblatt to the region, as sent a second letter to her at the White House to Enforcement, is a detention center. “She says peace during a visit to Israel last month. they seek common ground. The Wall raise concerns. she cares about women and kids and child care. He has cast Middle East peace as the Street Journal first reported that Kushner Ivanka Trump’s brand has sought to distance She says she wants to use this power she now “ultimate deal,” putting Kushner and was making the trip. Jared Kushner is itself from the manufacturer under scrutiny, say- has. We’re following up on that,” said Naureen Greenblatt in charge of the charting the traveling to the Middle East this week to ing the company last made its products three Shah, senior director of campaigns for the US course. In remarks in the Middle East, work toward a peace deal between Israel months ago. Trump, who spent the past week section of Amnesty International. Shah added: Trump called on both sides to put aside and the Palestinians. — AP promoting the administration’s efforts on job “It’s not a shaming campaign. She says she training, did not respond to requests for com- Ivanka Trump wants to do it.” — AP TUESDAY, JUNE 20, 2017 INTERNATIONAL 79 people presumed dead in London tower fire

LONDON: Seventy-nine people are Britain held a minute’s silence for the sume are dead,” police commander Death toll warning efforts to put out smaller blazes. She dead or missing and presumed dead victims. “I’m afraid to say there are now Stuart Cundy told reporters. Police had Cundy warned that the toll of 79 said firefighters did not know “why the following a devastating blaze in a 79 people that we believe are either earlier put the toll from Wednesday’s people could change. “I believe there fire spread in that absolutely unusual London tower, police said yesterday, as dead or missing and I sadly have to pre- inferno at 58 presumed dead. He said may be people who were in Grenfell and extraordinary way”. “Until we do only five people had been formally Tower that people may not know were that, we cannot look at anything other identified so far by police. Officers had missing and may not have realized they than staying with the same advice.” earlier warned that some may never be were in there on the night. “Equally, identified due to the condition of their there may be people who thankfully 17 patients in hospital remains. may have managed to escape the fire The National Health Service said that Cundy said the search and recovery and for whatever reason have not let 17 patients were still being treated in operation was ongoing in the burnt-out their family or friends or police know,” hospital, of whom nine remain in critical 24-storey tower, which was built in 1974 he said. By the blackened Grenfell condition. Prime Minister Theresa May and had received a major refurbishment Tower, firefighters took off their helmets was to chair another meeting of top offi- that was completed last year. “This is an and stood still to observe the minute’s cials in response to the tragedy. London incredibly distressing time for families silence, some with their arms around police on Sunday released images taken and they have my commitment that we each other’s shoulders. within the tower, saying conditions will do this as quickly as we possibly can,” Other emergency service workers inside verged on the “indescribable”. he said. Cundy promised an “exhaustive” stood with their hands behind their Photos and videos published by the criminal investigation into the fire that backs and their helmets on the ground. Metropolitan Police show the gutted would also look at the refurbishment. Distressed women were seen hugging wreckage of apartments. With black- “We will go where the evidence may after the silence. London fire chief Dany ened rubble strewn across the floor and take us,” and do everything possible “to Cotton told BBC radio that it might be exposed pipes, one room is unrecogniz- ensure that those responsible will be “some days yet” before firefighters could able as a home until a bath and sink brought to justice,” he said. “If I identify... say they have reached everyone in the come into view - the dividing wall an issue that is a risk to public safety, we building. She also defended the fire ser- destroyed completely by the fire. The will be sharing that immediately with the vice’s advice for people to stay in their remnants of an exercise bike, an oven relevant authorities,” he added. The fire flats during tower block fires, saying that and washing machine point to the lives LONDON: Handout picture released by the Metropolitan Police shows has prompted warnings about fire safety having everyone evacuate from such of residents in the moments before the the inside of the Grenfell Tower in west London after a fire engulfed the risks in many other council tower blocks blocks through a single staircase would blaze. The images were taken by a recov- 24-storey building. —AFP built in the same era. cause further injuries and hamper ery team inside the 120 flats. —AFP Macron wins strong majority for reform Le Pen enters parliament for first time, PS routed

PARIS: President Emmanuel Macron vote surveys. “A profoundly renewed from the bloc. The staunch Europhile Republicans, while Le Pen’s National was poised to forge ahead with his political generation takes over the - in stark contrast to presidential rival Front (FN) had a disappointing night. pro-EU, pro-business reforms yester- reins of legislative power,” wrote edi- Marine Le Pen - will take part in his Le Pen entered parliament for the day after his centrist party redrew torialist Alexis Brezet in the right- first EU summit Thursday and Friday first time in her career in one of eight France’s political map with a leaning daily Le Figaro. in Brussels. He wants a leadership seats won by the FN. But Le Pen’s resounding victory in parliamentary Macron’s confident start at home, role in countering the kind of nation- nationalist party fell well short of its elections. Although it fell short of a where he has concentrated on trying alism that far-right leader Le Pen rep- 15-seat target that would have predicted landslide, Macron’s to restore the lost prestige of the resents, which spurred the Brexit allowed it to form a parliamentary Republic on the Move (REM) and its president, and his bold action on the vote and helped propel Donald group with a role in setting the allies won 350 seats in the 577-seat international stage has inspired a raft Trump to the US presidency. agenda. She insisted the FN would still be a key player, saying: “We are the only force of resistance to the Fire can be seen by the swimming pool of the Campement Kangaba, a watering down of France, of its social tourist resort near Bamako, on Sunday. —AP model and its identity.” The Socialists (PS) were the biggest losers, punished for the high 4 militants killed, 5 held unemployment, social unrest and lost national confidence that marked after Mali resort attack their five years in power. The party of Macron’s predecessor Francois Hollande shed more than 250 seats, BAMAKO: Mali’s government said yester- worship” and other places frequented by obtaining just 29. The Republicans day five suspected militants were in custody Westerners in Bamako. Back in January, and their allies fared better, hanging after an assault on a popular tourist resort the Kangaba’s owner, Herve Depardieu, on to 131 seats, down from over 200 near the capital, Bamako, which left two had complained about the “alarming secu- in the last parliament, and remaining civilians dead. Four attackers were killed at rity information” issued by foreign con- the main opposition party. the scene, Security Minister Salif Traore told sulates, telling a France-Africa summit in The conservative party had AFP, while 36 hostages were freed following Bamako. enough seats to “defend its convic- the incident at the Kangaba Le Campement Sunday’s attack is the latest in a series tions”, said the party’s leader for the resort on Sunday afternoon, the majority of of high-profile assaults in north and west elections, Francois Baroin, calling on them French and Malian. Jihadists constant- Africa targeting locals and tourists, includ- Macron to heed the record low ly target domestic and foreign forces in ing in neighbouring Burkina Faso and turnout, which he said sent “a mes- Mali’s troubled north and centre, but Ivory Coast. But in a sign of Mali’s quotidi- sage”. Melenchon’s hard-left France attacks on civilians in and around the capi- an instability, one soldier was killed and Unbowed won 17 seats as it also tal are much rarer, with the last major inci- another three wounded yesterday morn- struggled to maintain the momen- dent in November 2015 when gunmen ing in the northern town of Bamba, in tum it had during the presidential stormed the Radisson Blu hotel. what the armed forces said was yet anoth- election. Only 140 incumbents held That attack, which killed 20 people, er “terrorist attack”. onto their seats, which they will caused the government to instate a state occupy alongside no fewer than 424 of emergency which has been in place New anti-terror force PARIS: France’s President Emmanuel Macron (left) sits in a Dassault Aviation Rafale fighter jet as new members, characterized by more or less ever since. Residents living In 2012 Mali’s north fell under the con- Dassault Aviation CEO Eric Trappier looks on during the International Paris Air Show in Le younger, more ethnically diverse close to the Kangaba resort had first trol of jihadist groups linked to Al-Qaeda Bourget yesterday. —AFP lawmakers. reported the attack after hearing shots who hijacked an ethnic Tuareg-led rebel while smoke billowed into the air, with at uprising, though the Islamists were largely National Assembly on Sunday. The of positive headlines. Macron wants Not a ‘blank cheque’ More women lawmakers least one building ablaze, and special ousted by a French-led military operation election was being closely watched to use his majority in parliament to Macron’s detractors point to a And women will make up 38.6 forces remained on the scene yesterday, in Jan 2013. Since then, militants have con- in Europe and around the world to pursue his agenda of loosening labor record-low turnout of just under 44 percent of the new parliament, com- Traore said. A witness interviewed on local tinued to mount numerous attacks on see if France’s youngest-ever leader laws and overhauling France’s social percent in Sunday’s polling, saying pared with 25.8 percent in the out- television ORTM said he saw a man arrive civilians and the army, as well as on French would secure a mandate to push security system. He has already had he cannot claim to enjoy a deep vein going parliament - a figure that on a motorcycle who “started shooting” and UN forces still stationed there. The through his pro-EU reform agenda. little pushback on his stated inten- of support. Radical left leader Jean- placed France 63rd in the world for followed by “two or three people” who unrest has continued despite a 2015 peace The new body will be nearly six tion to use executive orders to push Luc Melenchon described it as “a sort women in parliament, according to came in another vehicle. Others said the deal between the government and Tuareg- years younger on average, have a through reforms without parliamen- of civic general strike”. The Macron the Inter-Parliamentary Union. assailants had shouted “Allahu Akbar” - led rebels that aimed to tackle some of the record 223 women lawmakers, and tary debate - though street protests team acknowledged the criticism, Around half of REM’s candidates are Arabic for ‘God is Greatest’. So far, no group grievances held by separatists in the north. will be strikingly less politically expe- over the erosion of cherished work- with government spokesman virtual unknowns drawn from has yet claimed responsibility. Despite the presence of a 12,000-strong rienced. The trailblazing party that ers’ rights such as those seen last year Christophe Castaner admitting: “We diverse fields of academia, business UN peacekeeping mission and some of the 39-year-old Macron founded just 14 are considered likely. got a clear majority but at the same or local activism. The other half are a US warning 4,000 French troops serving in a separate months ago has caused a political The parliamentary boost also time, the French people didn’t want mix of centrists and moderate left- Traore told AFP one of the victims was counter-terrorism force operating across the earthquake even if the winning strengthens Macron’s hand on the to sign a blank cheque.” and right-wing politicians drawn Franco-Gabonese and that the attack had Sahel region, instability is growing. France is score was considerably lower than European stage as the EU heads into REM routed the Socialists and from established parties including been staged by suspected militants. pressing the UN Security Council to quickly the 470 seats predicted by some pre- negotiations on Britain’s departure heavily defeated the rightwing ally MoDem. —AFP Earlier this month, the US embassy in adopt a resolution to fund and support a Bamako had warned about “a possible new African anti-jihadist force in the Sahel, increased threat of attacks against comprising troops from Mali, Niger, Chad, ‘Portugal weeps’ as deadly fire rages Western diplomatic missions, places of Mauritania and Burkina Faso. —AFP

PEDROGAO GRANDE, Portugal: warning on Sunday that the death toll many lives claimed by today’s devas- because the tragedy has hit those Suicide bombers kill More than 1,000 firefighters yesterday could still rise. The international com- tating fires,” said UN Secretary General Portuguese of whom one speaks little continued to battle a giant forest fire munity has stepped in to help, with Antonio Guterres, who comes from - those living in an isolated rural zone.” that swept through central Portugal at Spain, France and Italy sending water- Portugal. “The United Nations stands 16 in northeast Nigeria the weekend, killing at least 62 peo- bombing planes. The European Union ready to assist in any way possible.” ‘Everything burnt very quickly’ ple. The country was in mourning has also offered help and Greece said “Our pain is immense,” said Police chief Almeida Rodrigues MAIDUGURI, Nigeria: At least 16 people were Boko Haram has previously tried to target after the deadliest such disaster in its it could send firefighters if needed. “I Portuguese President Marcelo Rebelo blamed dry thunderstorms for the killed in suicide bomb attacks near a camp for the camp: at least 85 people were killed in recent history, with many victims am shocked and horrified by the de Sousa. “We feel a sense of injustice blaze which broke out on Saturday in those made homeless by Boko Haram violence January last year when insurgents rampaged burnt as they were trapped in their Pedrogao Grande, ruling out arson. in northeast Nigeria, emergency services said through communities near Dalori. Residents cars around the epicenter in Pedrogao “We found the tree hit by the lightning,” yesterday. The National Emergency were shot and their homes burned down while Grande. “Portugal weeps for Pedrogao he said. “Everything burnt very quickly Management Agency (NEMA) said the attacks female suicide bombers blew themselves up Grande,” said the newspaper while given the strong winds. The flames took place at about 8:45 pm (1945 GMT) on among the crowds of people fleeing the vio- mainstream Publico’s headline simply passed within two or three kilometres Sunday close to the Dalori camp at Kofa village, lence. The latest attack is the most deadly in read “Why?” of my house,” said local resident Isabel near the Borno state capital Maiduguri. NEMA Nigeria since June 8, when 11 people were “The fire has reached a level of Ferreira, 62. “It was really hell. I thought northeast region spokesman Abdulkadir killed in a rare combined gun and suicide attack human tragedy that we have never the end of the world had come,” said Ibrahim said two female suicide bombers tried in the Jiddari Polo area of Maiduguri. seen before,” said a visibly moved Maria de Fatima Nunes, a survivor. to get into the camp but were thwarted by Boko Haram has repeatedly targeted the Prime Minister Antonio Costa, who The wooded hills in the area north security personnel. strategic city, particularly its outlying communi- announced three days of mourning of Lisbon, which 24 hours before had “Two other female suicide bombers also ties, IDP camps and the city’s university. The from Sunday. Portugal’s national glowed bright green with eucalyptus detonated their explosives at the adjoining bombings and sporadic hit-and-run attacks Route 236 was transformed into a and pine trees, were gutted by the Dalori Kofa village, where they killed 16 peo- underline the threat still posed by the jihadists, road of hell as the ferocious blaze flames. A thick layer of white smoke ple,” he added in a statement. Earlier tolls giv- despite claims from the authorities they are a ripped through the wooded country- blanketed either side of a motorway for en by local people said at least 12 or 13 peo- spent force. Gunmen killed eight members of a side. Although the searing tempera- about 20 km on Sunday, as blackened ple had been killed but Abdulkadir said three civilian militia force assisting the military on tures had dropped slightly yesterday, trees leaned listlessly over charred soil. of those injured and taken to hospital had June 11 in the Konduga area, which is on the the fire was still raging, spreading to A burnt-out car sat outside partly since died. “The 16 does not include the same road as the Dalori camp. At least 20,000 neighboring regions of Castelo Branco destroyed and abandoned houses, bombers,” he told AFP. Dalori is about 10 km people have been killed in the conflict since and Coimbra. while a few metres away police in face southeast of Maiduguri and is one of the 2009 and more than 2.6 million made home- Firefighters were also continuing a A dead deer is seen on the roadside in an area affected by a wild- masks surrounded the corpse of a man largest camps for internally displaced people less, many of whom are facing severe food grim search for bodies, with Costa fire at Vila Pedro, Figueiro dos Vinhos yesterday. —AFP hidden under a white sheet. —AFP (IDP) in the remote region. shortages or starvation. —AFP

TUESDAY, JUNE 20, 2017 INTERNATIONAL Best foot forward: HK military-style youth groups

HONG KONG: Gruelling foot drills and But as the semi-autonomous city prepares Army (PLA). Its website describes it as a handed, given the army’s crackdown on bers and was set up by former staff of the camouflage uniforms are part of life for to mark 20 years since it was handed back uniform group that provides training in student protesters in Beijing’s Tiananmen Royal Hong Kong Regiment, also known as some Hong Kongers as military-style youth by Britain to China in 1997, there are con- discipline and Chinese-style foot drills, to Square in 1989. The Volunteers, a local branch of the British groups become increasingly popular, cerns that politics is taking over with the “cultivate strong willpower... unity and vig- Instead they have maintained a very low Army disbanded in 1995. despite the fact there is no army to join. formation of secretive new groups. or”. It was launched in 2015 - a year after profile and are barred from interfering in Tang Chi-shing, 12, admitted he didn’t Some follow the traditions of former British Speculation is rife about the Hong huge student-led pro-democracy rallies in local affairs. But some lawmakers have like it when he joined 18 months ago, but colonial forces, while others are newly Kong Army Cadets Association (HKACA), Hong Kong brought parts of the city to a questioned whether the PLA is providing grew to enjoy the challenging training. invented military-flavored boot camps whose members wear green uniforms standstill in an unprecedented challenge training or financial support for the cadets. “This organization is one of the toughest in designed to keep young people in shape. reminiscent of China’s People’s Liberation to Beijing. The youth group’s chairman, Bunny Chan, Hong Kong,” he told AFP, saying he no Some observers say the cadets could be has denied such links. The HKACA turned longer feared his school teachers as a a way to get a pro-China message across at down multiple interview requests from AFP result. Members wear green camouflage a time when younger generations are and when one youth member was and berets and learn everything from map- pushing back, with some campaigning for approached he said he could not comment. reading to abseiling. “I just wanted to play a split from the mainland. Political analyst the games and go rock climbing,” recent Ma Ngok said the aim was likely “patriotic ‘No ideology’ recruit Hosanna Tse, 14, told AFP, saying education”. “Both local and central authori- Last year, in response to the foundation she enjoyed wearing the uniform. ties would have thought it necessary and of the cadets, anti-China party Civic Director Matthew Wong served in The urgent to start trying to win young hearts Passion launched its own military-flavor Volunteers for 14 years and said that even and minds,” he said. An official attempt to youth group. The dedicated “Passion Teens though the Adventure Corps inherited implement a patriotic curriculum in Squad” has 1,900 Facebook followers and their drills from the British Army, there was schools failed in 2012 after massive says its aim is physical training and learn- no political aim. “Our objective is not to demonstrations by students, parents and ing Hong Kong’s “real history and culture”. train soldiers, but to develop their person- teachers concerned it would amount to The group’s trainer, who identified himself al qualities,” he said. Military historian brainwashing. only as Wan, told AFP that activities includ- Kwong Chi-man said Hong Kong parents The new cadet group’s commander-in- ed hiking, orientation and survival skills. considered the numerous uniform groups chief is the wife of current Beijing-friendly “We are resisting other youth groups that - which also include non-military-style city leader Leung Chun-ying and some of have links with China,” he said. organizations such as the Girl Guides - as a its honorary patrons include members of But members of many more established way to help children become more self- the PLA and China’s liaison office in Hong youth groups say they simply enjoy getting reliant and confident. Kwong, assistant Kong. The PLA has a garrison in central out of the urban sprawl to learn new skills. professor at Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong and is responsible for defend- At a Saturday session with the Hong Kong said any political slant would put them off. HONG KONG: In this picture taken on May 27, 2017, cadets from the ing the city, but only recruits mainland Adventure Corps, young recruits marched, “If they knew their kids were entering Hong Kong Adventure Corps put on safety gear before a climbing exer- Chinese citizens. Hong Kong does not have climbed walls and spoke into walkie-talkies those organizations to become ideologi- cise at their training ground. —AFP its own separate army. After the handover at their training ground in rural Sai Kung. cal, many of those parents, I would say, some feared the PLA would be heavy- The group has around 4,200 youth mem- would withhold.” —AFP As Philippine battle grinds on, some displaced die in centers Military seizes drugs worth millions in besieged city

MARAWI CITY, Philippines: Four were recovered on Sunday along with due to diarrhoea. “The cause of the dled in cloth and her own traditional weeks since fierce fighting broke out in four assault rifles in the kitchen of a increase in diarrhoea cases is sanitation malong, or long skirt, drenched in the southern Philippines, some people two-storey concrete house believed to issues and a lack of sources of potable blood. “We call him Martial Law,” she who fled the battle are dying in over- be occupied by fighters from the Maute water,” Minalang said. In the centers, said, looking at her baby boy Sahir, his crowded and unsanitary evacuation militant group. “This strengthens our families of up to a dozen people sleep head now crowned with fine hair. centers, health officials say. At least 24 findings that these terrorists are using together on concrete floors, and in On the date of Sahir’s birth, May 23, people have died in the centers since illegal drugs,” Major-General Carlito some places hundreds are sharing a Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte fighting between security forces and Galvez, military commander of western single toilet. declared martial law across the south- ern island of Mindanao, vowing to drive out the militants - an alliance of groups that have pledged allegiance to the Islamic State group. The army says near- ly 350 people have been killed in the fighting, including 257 militants, 62 sol- NAYPYIDAW: Myanmar’s State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi distributes cake as diers and 26 civilians. Hundreds of peo- she celebrates her 72nd birthday at the parliament building yesterday. —AFP ple are unaccounted for, believed to be hiding in the basements of a city that has been pummelled by government Myanmar religious tensions air strikes. Residents have said they have seen 100 bodies in the debris of simmer as madrassas closed ruined homes in the battle zone.

Want to go Home YANGON: Chit Tin, a 55-year-old Muslim man has the start of the country’s democratic transition in The mostly Muslim evacuees are prayed at the same madrassa in eastern Yangon his 2012 and 2013. “Mosques and madrassas that have eager to return home by the weekend whole adult life, most of it spent under a junta that been forcibly shuttered should be immediately re- for Eid al-Fitr, the biggest festival of crushed opposition, ruined Myanmar’s economy opened, and religious believers should not be the year that marks the end of the holy and turned it into an international pariah state. But threatened or criminally charged simply for exercis- month of Ramadan. But for many, their even as the father-of-four endured poverty and iso- ing their fundamental right to observe and practice homes have been devastated by lation, the Muslim religious school, which doubles their religion,” said Phil Robertson from watchdog weeks of artillery fire and aerial bom- as a mosque, had remained a focal point of his com- Human Rights Watch. Local administrators refused bardment. The army says it is nearing munity - until a month ago, when Buddhist nation- repeated requests for comment. Myanmar’s gov- victory, but hostilities will have to be alists raided it and forced authorities to shut it down ernment spokesman was not available for com- followed by a lengthy cleanup opera- on the grounds it did not have a permit to operate ment, and two other government officials contact- tion - unearthing and disarming unex- as a place of worship. ed by Reuters declined to comment. ploded ordnance, and scouring for When Ramadan, the Muslim holy month, start- possible booby traps - before residents ed some three weeks ago, hundreds of residents No Reply can go home. braved the monsoon rain to join prayers organized The madrassa, opened nearly half a century ago, MARAWI: Philippine army troopers count packets containing 11kg of the illegal drug “shabu”, “I will be the happiest woman in the in the street nearby. Local authorities banned the typically attracted around 1,000 people on Friday world if I am allowed to return,” said event and threatened those attending with jail. “I nights. Around 300 children between the ages of which were recovered along with an IS flag from a militant position, during a press conference feel deeply sad, as if the sky has fallen down,” said five and 12 studied Islam there daily. The two-storey yesterday. —AFP Salema Ampasong, 28, who was among about 1,000 evacuees given shelter in a Chit Tin, one of the few Muslims from the neighbor- building is now cordoned off by barbed wire and Islamist militants erupted in Marawi Mindanao, said in a statement. “My children are getting sick. One gymnasium in the town of Balo-i, several hood who agreed to speak to Reuters. Most resi- the gate is locked. “The children were about to sit City, Health Secretary Paulyn Ubial told Alinader Minalang, the health direc- has diarrhoea and another has an aller- miles outside Marawi. A fruit vendor, she dents refused to discuss the restrictions, saying they exams, so we feel it’s a big loss for their education,” reporters. tor for the Lanao del Sur province gic reaction on his skin - the water we said she had lost all her possessions, “but feared repercussions. said Chit Tin, whose two 6-year-old grandchildren Meanwhile, the Philippine military which includes Marawi, said 300 cases have to use here is not good,” said I would still want to come home”. In One of the youth members of the community, started classes at the madrassa a year ago. He now found methamphetamine worth of diarrhoea had been recorded among Tarhata Mostare, who was staying with Balo-i, there’s just one working toilet for Moe Zaw, now faces a fine or six months in jail for attends another mosque a 20-minute walk away, between $2 million to $5 million while the nearly 40,000 people huddled in more than 800 people in a high school the center’s 1,025 residents. On the wall not obtaining a permit to organize the prayers, where the congregation has swelled from 5,000 to clearing rebel positions in Marawi, offi- emergency shelters set up in communi- hall in Iligan City, 40 km from Marawi. a poster produced by the Philippine Red according to a notification he received from a court. 8,000 in recent weeks due to the closure of his cials said yesterday, boosting suspi- ty halls, gymnasiums and Islamic She walked out of Marawi City along Cross instructs evacuees how to wash The closure of the religious school is among a series madrassa and another nearby that was also target- cions militants are being funded by the schools. Many of those who died were with thousands of others just hours their hands. There are no basins with of incidents that have stoked religious tensions in ed by Buddhist nationalists. In the city of Meikhtila, narcotics trade. The 11 bags of shabu, elderly and had pre-existing conditions, after delivering her fifth child, and taps, and evacuees wash - and even the country’s commercial capital in recent weeks. 500 km north of Yangon in central Myanmar, three the local name for methamphetamine, but at least two of the fatalities were trekked for hours with the infant swad- defecate - in a nearby river. —Reuters Although some of the Buddhist hardliners involved private homes that have been used by about 150 were arrested, human rights monitors say the inci- people for prayers since mosques in the city were dent shows how Aung San Suu Kyi’s 14-month-old destroyed in the 2013 violence were also ordered to civilian administration is struggling to tackle dis- close down by local administrators. crimination against Muslims. The police has been patrolling the neighbor- Suu Kyi’s ruling party, the National League for hood since last week, checking whether the houses Democracy (NLD) did not field any Muslim candi- have stayed closed and whether the prayers have dates in the historic 2015 election that elevated it to ceased during Ramadan. “Since the authorities power on pledges of modernizing the country and don’t allow us to pray anymore, we requested them democratization. Tensions between the two com- to arrange a suitable place for us,” San Win Shein, an munities have simmered since scores were killed Islamic scholar and a secretary of a local inter-faith and tens of thousands displaced in clashes group told Reuters by telephone. “There is no reply between Buddhists and Muslims accompanying until now.” —Reuters This combination of pictures created yesterday shows photos released by the US Navy’s 7th Fleet of the seven sailors onboard the USS Fitzgerald who died in the June 16, 2017 collision with the container ship ACX Crystal off Japan’s Pacific coast. —AFP Six Thai soldiers killed US Navy probes destroyer crash by bomb in restive south TOKYO: A probe into the crash between a US travelling in the same direction when the There have been around 30 boat crashes over navy destroyer and a Philippine-flagged cargo crash occurred, 56 nautical miles southwest of the past decade in the area, including a 2013 PATTANI, Thailand: Six Thai soldiers talks with the Muslim militants since its ship was under way yesterday, as the names of Yokosuka. incident when six Japanese crew died after were killed and four injured when a 2014 power grab. But the negotiations seven American sailors who died were made The impact tore a huge gash in the their cargo ship crashed with another vessel in roadside bomb ripped their patrol truck have failed to gain traction and regular public. Investigators were looking at how the Fitzgerald, sending gallons of water flooding the early morning hours, a coastguard apart in the insurgency-plagued south attacks continue across the region. The USS Fitzgerald came to be holed in the smash in into the berths where the crew were sleeping. spokesman said. “That’s considered a lot of yesterday, police said. The bomb hit the Thai side is unconvinced that rebel a busy shipping lane near its home port. The The bodies of the sailors, who were aged accidents,” he said, adding that many ships pick-up as it was carrying ten soldiers negotiators at the table can control foot container ship, the 222-metre Philippine-flagged between 19 and 37, were recovered by navy pass through the channel in the middle of the along a dirt road in Pattani province, soldiers, while the insurgents do not ACX Crystal, made a 180 degree turn shortly divers after their 154-m vessel limped into night to be on time for morning cargo pick- leaving a pile of rubble and twisted car believe the junta will concede political before the accident, according to data from the port. The huge commercial vessel came into ups. “There are all kinds of ships navigating parts. “The roadside bomb exploded autonomy any time soon. Marine Traffic website. It was not immediately Yokosuka with large scrapes on its bow, but those waters.” before noon, killing six and injuring While the insurgents mostly target clear what prompted the sharp turn. none of its 20 crew were injured. Japan’s four,” said Preuk Liengsuk, the police troops and police, they also routinely The US navy and Japan’s coastguard are coastguard is also investigating why it took Right of way? chief of Thung Yang Daeng district. The turn their weapons on teachers, local conducting separate inquiries, but will likely nearly an hour before the Philippine ship Under maritime law, the container ship had Muslim-majority border region has been officials and other civilians seen as col- be co-operating, a spokesman for Japan’s reported the collision, a coastguard an obligation to avoid a collision if it was try- racked by violence for over a decade as laborators with the state. The last major transport safety board told AFP. Japanese spokesman said. ing to overtake the destroyer from behind. But ethnic Malay insurgents battle the gov- bombing blamed on rebels - who rarely coastguard investigators will be interviewing “We had first announced that the collision if the container vessel was approaching from ernment of Buddhist-majority Thailand claim attacks - left at least 40 people the Filipino crew of the Japanese-owned con- occurred at 2:20 am, based on the initial the US ship’s right side, the destroyer had the for more autonomy. wounded outside a supermarket in tainer ship, although the US has primary juris- report from the Philippine ship, but we have obligation to give way, another Japanese Frequent shooting and bomb attacks Pattani in May. The army has also faced diction in investigating accidents involving now changed it to 1:30 am after directly hear- coastguard spokesman said. “Generally speak- have claimed more than 6,800 lives repeated accusations of abuse, includ- military. Citing local investigators, Japan’s top- ing from the crew,” the spokesman said. “We ing, if a ship sees another vessel on its right since 2004, with both sides accused of ing extrajudicial killings and torture of selling Yomiuri newspaper said Monday that are checking what happened during the time hand side it has the obligation to avoid” a col- rights abuses and atrocities. Thailand’s detainees in a region ruled for years by the damage on both ships suggests they were and why the report was delayed,” he added. lision, he added. —AFP ruling junta has tried to restart peace emergency laws. —AFP NEWS TUESDAY, JUNE 20, 2017 US shoots down Syrian warplane India’s BJP picks Dalit as Continued from Page 1 tral Syria, and along Syria’s eastern border. But the advances have created conflict with the US-led coali- It warned of “the grave consequences of this flagrant tion, particularly along the Syrian border, where US and presidential candidate aggression”. Regime ally Moscow also condemned the other foreign forces are training an anti-IS force at the downing of the Syrian plane, with deputy foreign minister Tanf garrison. In recent weeks, the coalition has fired on NEW DELHI: India’s ruling party yesterday named a lawyer from announce the party’s candidate. “The BJP ... hopes that a per- Sergei Ryabkov saying: “This strike has to be seen as a con- pro-regime ground forces approaching the garrison and the lowest Dalit caste as its candidate for president, a move son born in a poor family of low-caste Dalit community will be tinuation of America’s line to disregard the norms of inter- shot down a pro-regime armed drone. The coalition seen as an attempt to reach out to the marginalized communi- a consensus candidate for the president’s post.” national law... What is this if not an act of aggression?” describes these incidents as “force protection” measures ty. Ram Nath Kovind, 71, is likely to take up the largely ceremo- Kovind’s nomination follows huge protests last year by The incident was the latest skirmish between the US- and says its primary focus remains targeting IS. nial post when the term of Pranab Mukherjee ends next month, members of the historically marginalized Dalit community, led coalition and regime forces in the increasingly tense Outside of coalition operations, US forces have only becoming the second Dalit to be India’s head of state. who make up around 17 percent of India’s population. The and crowded space in Syria’s north and east. The coali- once directly targeted the regime, when Washington The president is voted in by an electoral college comprised protests broke out after four young Dalits were stripped of federal and state lawmakers, and the ruling Bharatiya naked and publicly flogged after being falsely accused of tion has for months backed SDF forces in their bid to launched a barrage of strikes in April against an airbase Janata Party (BJP) is thought to have the support it needs to killing a cow, an animal Hindus consider sacred. The outrage capture Raqa, an operation in which the regime has not it said was the launchpad for an alleged chemical attack push its candidate through. “Ram Nath Kovind has always was compounded by the savage beating of a pregnant been involved. The SDF entered Raqa for the first time that killed dozens of civilians. Sam Heller, a Syria expert fought for the betterment of the Dalits and other backward woman and her husband after they refused to allow higher- earlier this month and now holds four neighborhoods at The Century Foundation think-tank, said the regime castes,” BJP chief Amit Shah said at a press conference to caste men to graze cattle on their land. — AFP in the east and west of the city. Damascus has instead was provoking confrontations, but neither side turned its focus further east, to the largely IS-held oil- appeared to want a major escalation. “I think that it was rich province of Deir Ezzor, where government forces just that the regime engaged in a provocation and then 5 love languages are besieged in part of the provincial capital. a lower-rung US commander responded in self- It is advancing towards the region on three fronts, defense,” he said of Sunday’s incident. “The regime got Continued from Page 1 showing love in all the 5 mentioned ways, but usually a south of Raqa, through the Badia desert region in cen- too close and it got burned.” — AFP woman will respond better to one way more than the Or, they may want their husband to talk about how others. important they are in his life. This can be done through Believe me, if you show love to your wife then it will Driver plows a van into crowd of Muslims... a variety of media, such as texts, notes, emails, cards, or build a strong foundation for your marriage. It is hard by verbal communication. for men to understand love in the same way that Continued from Page 1 Downing Street after chairing an emergency govern- It may be very meaningful for the husband to tell his women understand it. If you are a man, then just imag- ment meeting. “It is home to a multitude of communi- wife these things in a different language. Some women ine living with a person who doesn’t respect you. That is solidarity with the worshippers in a tweet but her ties that together make London one of the greatest need hugs and kisses. They want to feel the warm how painful it is for a woman to live without be shown father has so far remained silent. May, who was heavily cities on Earth. 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This can include a variety of activities. parallels with this month’s London Bridge attack, when The Finsbury Park Mosque was once a notorious hub Usually, the activity isn’t important as long as the two three men drove a van into pedestrians before embark- for radical Islamists but has changed markedly in recent get a chance to be together. Finally, some women want Courtesy of the TIES Center: The TIES Center is a social ing on a stabbing spree, and with another car and knife years under new management. Its former imam, Abu their husbands to do things for them. For example, and educational hub for expats in Kuwait whose motto is: rampage near parliament in March. This time the attack- Hamza, was jailed for life in New York on terrorism when a husband makes a special meal, or helps with the er appeared to have deliberately targeted Muslims. charges in 2015. Despite the change in leadership and Tolerance, Information, Empowerment, Solidarity. 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Some locals head of the Muslim Council of Britain, an umbrella body. came onto the street in support of the mosque on After the London Bridge attack, city mayor Sadiq Monday, carrying signs saying “We love our mixed com- Paris Champs-Elysees ‘attack’ Khan’s office reported a 40 percent increase in racist munity” and “Leave our Muslim neighbors alone”. incidents in the capital and a fivefold increase in anti- Meanwhile, His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al- Continued from Page 1 ing a shotgun and knives were found in his car. On June 7, Muslim incidents. Khan said it was a “horrific terrorist Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah sent cables yesterday to a hammer-wielding Algerian man was shot and wounded exhibition hall. “People were running every which way,” by police after he struck an officer on the head in front of attack” aimed at “innocent Londoners, many of whom Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II and Prime Minister Theresa said a 51-year-old bystander who gave his name only as Notre Dame cathedral in Paris, shouting it was in revenge were finishing prayers during the holy month of May, expressing his stern condemnation of a van attack Alexandre. “Some shouted at me to get away.” Anti-terror- “for Syria”. He had pledged allegiance to the Islamic State Ramadan”. Mohammed Kozbar, chairman of the on Muslim worshippers in London. In his cable, His ism prosecutors have opened an investigation. Police group in a video found at his home. Finsbury Park Mosque, described the attack as “coward- Highness the Amir underscored that Kuwait deplores closed two of the Metro stations on the Champs-Elysees, The attack yesterday was the latest of a string in France ly”. “Our community is in shock,” he said, urging people such violent acts that run counter to humanitarian val- but two hours after the attack tourists were back taking and Britain. Earlier yesterday, a van ploughed into a crowd attending prayers to remain vigilant. ues, saying that Kuwait supports all measures taken by selfies of the Arc de Triomphe and visiting shops. of Muslims near a London mosque, injuring 10 people. It Britain to uphold its security. His Highness the Amir also Collomb said the attack “shows once again that the was the second terror attack this month in the British capi- ‘Extraordinary city’ wished all those wounded in the attack a speedy recov- threat (of an attack) remains extremely high in France”. The tal. Two weeks ago jihadists used a van and knives to crush It was the third major incident in the capital this ery. His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al- incident came just two months after a policeman was shot and stab to death eight people enjoying a night out month, after the London Bridge attack and last week’s Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah and His Highness the Prime and killed on the avenue, days before the first round of around London Bridge. Three of the victims were French. devastating fire in the Grenfell Tower block, in which 79 Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah France’s presidential election. After that attack, a note In May, a suicide bomber killed 22 people, including chil- people are thought to have died. “This is an extraordi- sent similar cables to Queen Elizabeth II and the British praising the Islamic State group was found next to the dren, at a concert by US singer Ariana Grande in nary city of extraordinary people,” May said outside Prime Minister. — Agencies body of the gunman, Karim Cheurfi, and weapons includ- Manchester. — AFP TUESDAY, JUNE 20, 2017 ANALYSIS

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Focus Skies are frontline in the fight against human trafficking

By Ed Upright

light attendant Donna Hubbard was deeply con- cerned when a couple carried a boy who was Fsweating, lethargic and appeared to be in pain onto her flight from Honduras to Miami in October last year. After take-off, Hubbard and her crew spoke to the man and woman separately, who gave different names and ages for the boy. Hubbard told the Thomson Reuters Foundation she was suspicious that he was being trafficked, kidnapped or even being used as a drug mule. The pilot alerted authorities in Miami who met the boy and his companions on arrival. While unable to reveal details, a customs official later told Hubbard that she had made the “right call” and the boy had been safely intercepted by officials. Hubbard’s actions are the kind of intervention the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) recommended last week when it urged airline bosses at an international Soldiers guard Chavez symbols in seething heartland airline summit to train flight crews to help prevent human trafficking. By Andrew Cawthorne looted while at one point a crowd of 2,000 people took jailed activists, foreign humanitarian aid, and autonomy for Jean-Luc Lemahieu, UNODC policy director, told over a major police base. “There was a social explosion,” the National Assembly legislature won by the opposition in the International Air Transport Association (IATA) n the dozy agricultural town of Hugo Chavez’s birth, Jose Luis Machin, Barinas’ opposition mayor, describing 2015. Barinas’ turn away from “Chavismo” dates from that meeting: “It is not rocket science but most flight atten- soldiers guard an immense statue of the former how some business owners hired gunmen to stand on election, when voters elected five opposition lawmakers dants spend one hour to eight hours with passengers. IVenezuelan leader while nearby opposition activists roofs to deter looters. “One Chinese owner stood on his for six seats. “They can see the signs. It’s an invisible crime but in dream of pulling it down. The Russian-donated sculp- roof with two grenades to keep them away.” Maduro calls his opponents “terrorists” bent on a violent plain sight, you can you see it if you know what to look ture of a fist-clenched Chavez, in a square of Sabaneta In scenes unthinkable during Chavez’s 14-year rule, the coup and is resisting calls to bring forward the next presi- at.” The skies have long been on the frontlines of the near where he was born in a mud hut, has withstood rioters in Barinas stormed and burned the headquarters of dential election scheduled for late 2018. He is setting up fight against human trafficking as criminal gangs nearly three months of anti-government unrest that has the ruling Socialist Party, stoned a house where the late instead a super-body known as a constituent assembly transport thousands of children and vulnerable peo- convulsed Venezuela since April and killed more than leader had lived as a youth, and defaced images of him on with powers to rewrite the constitution and override other ple by air each year. 70 people. the streets. A few weeks later, soldiers watch over gas sta- institutions. An election for that assembly is set for July 30 These victims are among almost 46 million people “It will fall one day soon, you’ll see,” said activist Angel tions, courts and other key buildings while many business- but the opposition says it is rigged to guarantee him a globally living as slaves, trafficked into exploitation, Dorante, noting the vandalism and destruction of Chavez es remain closed with signs saying “already looted” and majority so they are boycotting the process. “The terrorist sold for sex or trapped in debt bondage, according to statues and symbols elsewhere in Venezuela. Surrounded workers repaint the ransacked party building. There are still right-wing won’t stop in their attempts to bring down the 2016 Global Slavery Index. While some training of by fertile plains and home to nearly 40,000 people, sporadic protests and fear is pervasive. Rights activists say President Maduro’s government,” said Barinas state airline staff to spot and report potential trafficking is Sabaneta is a politically sacred spot for the ruling dozens of protesters have been detained, some beaten Governor Argenis Chavez, brother of the late president. mandatory in the United States, it is not widespread “Chavismo” movement, now led by President Nicolas savagely on the knees with baseball bats and one covered Despite Venezuela’s economic decline and anti-govern- across the industry. Campaigners say this must Maduro, but it has not been immune to protests roiling the in excrement and urine while in custody. ment unrest from the Andes to the Amazon, Maduro change. Nancy Rivard, founder of Airline Ambassadors nation in demand of elections to end socialist rule. retains a hardcore of support and his approval rating of International, a charity that trains global airline staff Locals have been banging pots and pans at night and ‘Not enough food’ just above 20 percent is respectable compared to some on trafficking, said the situation is improving slowly took to the streets recently during a power cut. They were The anger in Barinas, as elsewhere around Venezuela, is peers around Latin America. That reflects the deep rever- but much more needs to be done. dispersed by security forces with tear gas, witnesses said. fueled by widespread hunger and shortages after four ence among Venezuela’s poor for Chavez, who picked More than 70,000 US airline staff have been trained In the tatty state capital Barinas, where Chavez studied years of brutal recession. There is special bitterness in Maduro as his successor and urged people to back him, lin- to spot smugglers and their victims under the Blue and lived as a youth, the trouble has been far worse. Many Chavez’s home state that locals say should be a prosperous gering suspicion of opposition leaders long viewed as an Lightning initiative, launched in 2013 with the support people have turned on the ruling Socialist Party in a poor bread basket for the nation due to its fertile farming condi- out-of-touch elite, and disgust at violence in protests. of JetBlue, Delta Air Lines and others. But Rivard said region that was once their heartland of support. Even tions. “We do not have enough food for our baby. That is Denny Frias, 43, a distant relative of Chavez who tends most airlines are “doing the very minimum against though much of the attention has been on the capital why my husband went out to protest, like any other the gardens round his statue in Sabaneta, said he was still trafficking” on board their flights. Flight attendant Caracas, Barinas has seen the worst of the anti-govern- Venezuelan,” said Arianna Espinoza, 20, whose husband, “100 percent Chavista” and had the government to thank Hubbard, who works with Rivard’s charity, said some ment unrest. Violence on May 22-23 left seven people Yorman Bervecia, 19, took to the streets on May 22 near a for both his job and state-provided house. “Chavez gave his airlines had taken action but others were “afraid of the dead, hundreds of shops looted and the city’s half million National Guard military base. life for his country and Maduro is continuing his work so I liability of acknowledging that (trafficking) happens people traumatized. He never came home, shot dead in the chest. “Now it’s support him,” Frias said, wearing a red T-shirt with Chavez’s on our airplanes even though they know it exists”. With some businesses on strike, anti-Maduro protesters me who wants to go out there and protest,” Espinoza said image in the shadow of the statue. “The troublemakers Anti-trafficking group ECPAT-USA said that airlines’ barricaded streets and faced off with National Guard sol- as she cradled 1-year-old Lucas in her arms. As well as elec- have tried to come here. They’re paid and given food to be work on the issue has lagged behind other travel and diers, witnesses said. Pro-government gangs joined the tions, the protesters are demanding solutions to the crisis- violent. But they can’t touch this statue. We are here watch- tourism sectors. “While we have seen large numbers of fray and, according to local authorities, 500 shops were hit economy, an end to rampant corruption, freedom for ing and we won’t let them.” — Reuters hotels train staff and their parent companies adopt policies, we see very little movement with airlines,” Michelle Guelbart of ECPAT-USA told the Thomson Reuters Foundation. She said Delta Air Lines was the Finsbury Park Mosque: Former hub of radical Islam first and remains one of only two global airlines - with Mexico’s Volaris - to join ‘The Code’, an industry initia- tive to boost awareness and stop child sex exploita- By Alice Ritchie and in trying to set up a US terror training around this particular mosque in the past emails and letters in the wake of the Paris tion. “It is shocking that so many have continued to lag camp in 1999. and it’s really good to hear what they’re attacks. Authorities had also warned of behind but we hope this changes and their peers step he Finsbury Park Mosque, which The new trustees have fought hard to doing and to meet people one on one,” she an increase in anti-Muslim hate crimes up,” she said. appeared yesterday to have been the clear the mosque’s name, and in 2015 told AFP at the time. across London after the London Bridge Ttarget of an anti-Muslim terror attack, opened its doors as part of a nationwide “Ten years ago it was different. Since attack on June 3. Lack of training has fought for years to throw off its reputa- initiative to improve cross-community rela- then we’ve worked tirelessly to open our “Our community is in shock, our Rivard, a former flight attendant, said her organiza- tion as a centre for radical Islamism. The tions following terror attacks in Paris. centre, our mosque, our activities to the thoughts and prayers are with those tion trains staff to be aware of young women or chil- red-brick mosque is famous around the Annalou Oakland, an 67-year-old artist who public,” Khalid Oumar, one of the mosque who have been affected by this,” dren who appear to be being controlled, show signs of world as the place where hook-handed hate lives nearby, was one of those who visited trustees, had said. The mosque nonethe- Mohammed Kozbar, the mosque’s chair- mistreatment or who seem frightened, ashamed or preacher Abu Hamza spouted his anti- for tea and biscuits. “There was big fear less received a string of threatening man, said yesterday. —AFP nervous. She said flight attendants regularly start con- American vitriol after the September 11, versations with women travelling alone, such one 18- 2001, attacks. Worshippers included Richard year-old on a 2015 flight from Chicago, who said she Reid, the “shoe bomber” who plotted to was excited to see a boyfriend she had met on blow up a transatlantic flight, and Zacarias Facebook but who wasn’t coming to meet her at the Moussaoui, the only person charged in the airport. When staff checked the seat reservation, United States over 9/11 — though Hamza Rivard said, they found it had been booked by a always denied knowing them. woman in a different part of the country with the a After a 2003 raid by police investigating “nefarious looking” social media profile of “love me a ricin plot, the Finsbury Park Mosque was long, love me good”. shut down-though Hamza had already Following further investigation, the teenager was been forced out by other members, and rescued by law enforcement officials three days later, was reduced to addressing his followers in she said. Rivard also cited a recent flight from Rome to the street outside. He was arrested the fol- Chicago, when staff noted a 7-year-old Albanian girl lowing year and the mosque reopened in travelling with a middle-aged American man - a situa- 2005 under a new board of trustees, with a tion that seemed suspicious. The crew informed the particular goal of encouraging community flight deck, said Rivard, but the pilot had received no cohesion. Many local residents gathered training on trafficking so refused to report anything. outside the Mosque yesterday to show Rivard said attendants should not try to rescue poten- their support for those affected by the tial victims themselves and should inform appropriate attack, in which a man drove a van into authorities. If they don’t, she said, “they’re as guilty as pedestrians after evening prayers, leaving the traffickers”. — Reuters one person dead and injuring ten others.

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Japan’s Tupou hit Perez to remain as Real McNamara exits Warriors with three-game ban Madrid president until 2021 to take over Catalans

TOKYO: Japan back William Tupou has been handed a three-match ban for MADRID: Florentino Perez will remain as president of Real Madrid WELLINGTON: The New Zealand Warriors announced dangerous play in last weekend’s home defeat by Ireland, Japanese officials until 2021 after no other candidates ran against him, the Spanish Monday that assistant coach Steve McNamara was said yesterday. The 26-year-old, once a budding Wallabies prospect, won his champions announced yesterday. “As no other candidature was leaving to take over at Super League club Catalans first cap for Japan on Saturday but was cited for a spear tackle 16 minutes put forward to the board ... it is proclaimed that Mr Florentino Dragons. Former England mentor McNamara only into the second half in Shizuoka. Ireland went on to an easy 50-22 win. PÈrez RodrÌguez is president of Real Madrid,” the club said in a joined the Warriors in October but said the chance statement. It will be the third term for the 70-year-old construc- Tupou will miss this weekend’s second Test to become a head coach was too good to turn against Ireland in Tokyo as well as Super Rugby tion magnate who has spent 15 years at the helm of Europe’s most down. “I love this club and the people here but the games with Japan’s Sunwolves away to South successful club — 2000-2006 and since 2009. However his oppo- opportunity to take up a head coaching role has sud- Africa’s Golden Lions on July 2 and Western nents criticised reforms in the club statutes which have toughened denly become available,” he said in a statement. Stormers on July 9. Japan, who face Ireland in criteria for aspiring candidates. Candidates must now have been a the pool phase as co-hosts of the 2019 Rugby member of Real for over 20 years, compared to the old require- The Warriors said McNamara had been given World Cup, have never beaten the world’s third- ment of 10 years, and have a personal fortune of over 75 million an immediate release from his contract ranked side in six meetings. Brave Blossoms coach euros ($84 million). Under Perez, Real Madrid have won three and would take over at Perpignan- Jamie Joseph has called up 36-year-old lock Champions League titles in four seasons. The club-which also won based Catalans in time for their Luke Thompson for Saturday’s second La Liga last season-lead the way in the elite European competition match against Warrington this test against the Irish. — AFP with 12 trophies. —AFP weekend. — AFP

YACHTING USA scrambling in face of Kiwi Cup dominance

HAMILTON: Skipper Jimmy Spithill says the ders and the daggerboards that allow the five days until America’s Cup racing boats to foil-virtually flying with their twin resumes will be “the most important days hulls above the water surface. of the campaign” for a Team USA left reel- “The up-side, for us, is there’s a lot of ing by New Zealand after one weekend. technology out there now,” Spithill said. “I think it’s pretty obvious these guys are “There’s a lot of camera angles, micro- faster and we need to make some changes,” phones, a lot of data that gets shared from Spithill said after New Zealand, helmed by both sides, really.” Asked if that meant Team Peter Burling, beat Oracle twice on Sunday USA might take borrow some ideas from to complete a sweep of the first four races. New Zealand, Spithill didn’t balk. “No idea is “Clearly we need to now put everything out of the question,” he said. “Clearly you back on the table,” Spithill said. “I think sometimes learn the most when you look these next five days will be the most impor- across the fence.” tant five days of the campaign.” The five day break is a boon, added It was little consolation that the four Spithill, who noted that the team didn’t wins gave New Zealand only a 3-0 lead in have nearly that much time in 2013 when the first-to-seven points series-thanks to they were staring down defeat while trail- Team USA’s bonus for topping the stand- ing New Zealand 1-8 in San Francisco. ings in the qualifying round-robin. The Americans roared back to win 9-8, That’s a big enough deficit against a with British sailor Ben Ainslie playing a key New Zealand catamaran that has consis- role after he replaced John Kostecki as the tently out-performed Oracle. team’s tactician. “I think there was a clear speed advan- tage,” said Australian Spithill, who piloted NEED TO MAKE CHANGES Team USA to the America’s Cup in 2010 Ainslie mounted a British bid for the Cup Gulf Bank representative receiving the award and 2013. this year that ended in the challenger semi- Although Team USA beat New Zealand finals, but Spithill indicated a crew change twice in qualifying, the Kiwis were able to could again be up for discussion. “We’re a Gulf Bank congratulates squeeze more from their foiling catamaran very candid group,” he said. “It’s quite clear as they battled through the challenger we need to make some changes.” semi-finals and final-while the defenders Burling is determined to use the five looked on from the sidelines. days to make sure Team USA are chasing a Women Football Champions Spithill vowed that from Monday to moving target. Friday the entire US team-from boat “We’re really excited about the chal- KUWAIT: Gulf Bank was pleased to sponsor the builders, designers, engineers and crew- lenge of the next five days, of taking the ‘Women Football Tournament’ for female foot- would be working round the clock in a bid next step on our boat as well of pushing ball players in Kuwait and the GCC. The players to catch up. “Nothing will escape our eyes I the performance,” said the 26-year-old Kiwi, showcased their soccer skills and abilities during can guarantee you that in these next five who has spoken repeated of the steep the tournament which culminated in an exciting days,” said Spithill. learning curve faced by all the teams racing championship match on 14 June. The event was Regatta rules restrict the changes that the America’ Cup catamarans. organized by Eighty Percent, a socially driven can be made. But Spithill insisted there was “Today we sailed a lot of areas better sports company established by three young still room to make useful adjustments to than we did yesterday,” Burling said Sunday. Kuwaiti women dedicated to sports and fitness. the complicated systems that control the “But we also made a lot of mistakes. It felt Held over the period of two weeks, the space-age craft, and to “appendages” like we were still a long way from where we ‘Women Football Tournament’ included 120 including the massive fixed-wing sails, rud- could be.” — AFP players from Kuwait and the region who com- peted over 20 games and scored a total 104 goals. The games were held at the Sheikh Jaber Stadium and attendance was high. Team Jaguars were the champions of the tournament, team Vamos took second place, and team West Wing came in third place. A special award for best team of the tournament went to All Oyoun Sports Club. An awards ceremony was held after the Gulf Bank representatives with the winning team (Jaguars) championship match, with speeches from HE Sheikha Zain Al Sabah, Undersecretary of the Ministry of State of Youth Affairs; Khaled Al Roudan, Minster of Commerce and Industry; Dr Hamoud Fulaiteh, Deputy Director General of the Public Authority for Sports; and Ms Rawya Al Hajery, Co-Founder of Eighty Percent. Ms Laila Al-Qatami, Assistant General Manager of Corporate Communications at Gulf Bank said: “Gulf Bank was pleased to support Eighty Percent’s football tournament for females. The Bank believes in supporting talented Kuwaiti entrepreneurs and the importance of sports and fitness play in leading a healthy lifestyle. The Bank is also a strong supporter of women’s HAMILTON: Emirates Team New Zealand Helmsman Peter Burling looks over empowerment initiatives. The Bank congratu- his shoulder for Oracle Team USA in race three during the 35th America’s lates the winning team on their victory and all Cup on Sunday, in Hamilton, Bermuda. — AFP the players for their commitment. We also extend our best wishes to everyone who worked to make the event a success. Furthermore, we look forward to supporting more initiatives from young Kuwaiti entrepreneurs that showcase the The first place winners (Jaguars) Taurasi stands alone talent we have in our country. Ms Rawya Al Hajery, said: “We are very pleased with the suc- Gulf Bank’s Ramadan activities for this Holy Center for Mental Health. The Bank also launched atop WNBA scoring list cess achieved this year and with our partnership season included the distribution of food boxes in a well-received Ramadan dedicated TVC at the with Gulf Bank. We look forward to organizing collaboration with Saveco, Loyac, and Kuwait start of the Holy month. To find out more about LOS ANGELES: About the only thing miss- we could see a historical night.” future tournaments that involve enthusiastic Food Bank. In addition to celebrating Girgi’an Gulf Bank’s initiatives please visit one of Gulf ing from Diana Taurasi’s record-setting day Bryant has always been impressed with female sports lovers and raise awareness of the through visits to children’s hospitals in collabora- Bank’s 56 branches; contact the Customer was a victory. Taurasi became the WNBA’s how hard Taurasi works. opportunities available for females to showcase tion with Kuwait Association for the Care of Contact Center on 1805805, visit the bank’s bilin- career scoring leader in front of her family, “To be that great for so many years is a their skills and talent, while encouraging others Children in Hospitals (KAACH) and with the Ideal gual website at www.e-gulfbank.com, or see its friends and Kobe Bryant. testament to her work ethic and commit- to lead healthy and active lives”. Education School, Nayef palace and the Kuwait social media channels. With her parents watching, Taurasi ment to the game,” Bryant told ESPN. “Her passed Tina Thompson on Sunday in the intellect and sacrifice. She’s just a phenom- Phoenix Mercury’s 90-59 loss to the enal athlete.” Thompson, who played with NHL Sparks in Los Angeles. “It’s pretty special I Taurasi on a few Olympic and overseas got to do it in front of my family on teams, offered her congratulations. Father’s Day in LA,” said Taurasi, who fin- “I am excited that it is Diana and it is my ished with 19 points. absolute pleasure to pass the torch on to Kunitz, Fleury left unprotected in Taurasi came into the game needing 14 her,” Thompson said. “She and I have shared points to break Thompson’s mark and the so many amazing moments throughout Mercury guard did it late in the first half our basketball careers, whether it was gold NHL’s upcoming expansion draft on a layup with her team down big. medals, championships or All-Star games. “Once I got the basket it was pretty Diana is one of the best players to ever play LOS ANGELES: The Pittsburgh Penguins have years. He scored the winning goal in double The Predators didn’t protect James Neal, Mike cool,” she said. “I was trying not to think the game and definitely one of my left four-time Stanley Cup champion Chris overtime of game seven against the Ottawa Fisher, Colton Sissons, Craig Smith and Pontus about, wanted it to happen and do it favorites. She has done amazing things and Kunitz and former all-star goaltender Marc- Senators, which advanced the Penguins to the Aberg. Neal is a nine-time 20-goal scorer. organically. It did. You think about all I am so grateful that I’ve been able to share Andre Fleury unprotected in the National Stanley Cup finals against the Nashville Anaheim Ducks couldn’t find room on their the great players you played with, all many of those with her. I am really excited Hockey League’s upcoming expansion draft. Predators. list to protect fifth year defenceman Sami the games.” for Diana and I think she is going to blow Kunitz and Fleury are among the most high- The NHL announced Sunday the available Vatanen, who won’t be ready for the start of Taurasi stands alone atop the league’s that record out of the water.” profile players available in this week’s draft for and protected lists for the 30 teams who will next season after having surgery to repair a scoring list. She has 7,494 points and has Taurasi, averaging 18.1 points this year, the expansion Vegas Golden Knights who will provide players to the Golden Knights. Each shoulder injury. averaged 19.9 points in her career. She passed Tamika Catchings for second on the make their NHL debut in the 2017-18 season. team can only lose one player. Eric Staal of the Minnesota Wild, Dustin said in the weeks leading up to the his- WNBA scoring list early this season. It only The Golden Knights’ selection of 30 players- The San Jose Sharks failed to protect for- Brown of the Los Angeles Kings, Thomas Vanek toric points that she wasn’t thinking about took the Mercury star 13 seasons to one from each NHL club-will be revealed at the ward Joe Thornton, the Washington Capitals of Florida, Bobby Ryan of Ottawa and Kris the record. become the league’s top scorer. Thompson 2017 NHL awards and expansion draft on left forward TJ Oshie free, the Florida Panthers Russell of the Edmonton Oilers were among the After the basket, the game stopped and needed 17 years to achieve her total. Wednesday in Las Vegas. After Fleury agreed to made forward Jaromir Jagr available and the other forwards left unprotected. Taurasi was given a warm ovation from the Earlier in the season, Taurasi set the waive the no-movement clause in his contract, Montreal Canadiens didn’t protect Russian star Notable goalies available to the Knights crowd that included Bryant and his daugh- career 3-pointer record, passing Katie the Penguins protected goaltender Matt Murray, Alexander Radulov. include, Philipp Grubauer of Washington, ters as well as Taurasi’s family. Smith. Taurasi has 927 3-pointers. who led them a week ago to their second con- The Knights can also choose from several Roberto Luongo of Florida, Detroit Red Wings “We had this planned on the schedule She turned 35 this month and doesn’t secutive championship. others off the Stanley Cup champions’ list Petr Mrazek and Colorado’s Calvin Pickard, who for quite some time,” Bryant said during an seem to be slowing down. She recently Kunitz has been one of superstar Sidney including forwards Matt Cullen, Bryan Rust, Carl backstopped Canada to a silver medal last interview in-game. “It worked in our favor signed an extension through 2020. —AP Crosby’s most consistent linemates over the Hagelin and defenceman Trevor Daley. month at the World Championships. — AFP TUESDAY, JUNE 20, 2017 SPORTS

AUB announces participation in a Walk- A-Thon in support of autism stricken

KUWAIT: Ahli United Bank (AUB) announced its par- eral and the facilities it accords to its clients from ticipation in a Walk-A-Thon in the Avenue Mall recent- this category. ly. The activity was organized by Autism Partnership Ahli United Bank added that it is keen to partici- Center - Kuwait, designated for individuals suffering pate in such events which aim at making a noticeable from autism. A large number of individuals participat- and serious change in the lives of affected children ed which had a great impact on creating awareness through promoting society awareness of the nature with the problem of autism. of Autism and the necessity of having early and accu- On this occasion, Ahli United Bank issued a state- rate diagnosis and how to provide timely assistance ment expressing its happiness with providing the nec- to affected individuals to enable their integration in essary support for the success of this Walk-A-Thon the society. which aims at educating the society about autism and Ahli United Bank expressed its gratitude to the reflects efforts of solidarity with Autism stricken indi- Autism Partnership Center - Kuwait, where their viduals and their families. efforts have contributed to the awareness with the Ahli United Bank’s support came in line with its problem of Autism. social responsibility towards the various categories For more information on Ahli United Bank’s prod- of the society especially the more needy ones who ucts and services, customers are invited to visit any of deserve support. It also conforms to the Bank’s con- the Bank’s branches or call the customer service, or cern with the individuals with special needs in gen- log on to the Bank’s website www.ahliunited.com.kw

RUGBY Lions look to continue momentum against Chiefs

WELLINGTON: British and Irish Lions Wales and Scotland’s Finn Russell and Allan coach Warren Gatland has called on his Dell, all of whom have been named on the midweek lineup to continue the momen- bench against the Chiefs. The larger squad tum gained with last weekend’s win over should keep to a minimum the number of the New Zealand Maori in today’s tour players having to play twice in a week. match against the Chiefs at Hamilton. But Gatland has been heavily criticized Gatland believes the 32-10 win over a by some British coaches and former play- strong Maori side has given the Lions new ers. England coach Eddie Jones said impetus ahead of Saturday’s first test Gatland has resorted to selecting players against New Zealand. While today’s team on the basis of “geographical proximity” contains few, if any, of the players who will rather than ability. face the All Blacks at Eden Park, Gatland Former Lions coach Ian McGeechan said says the midweekers will play a role in Gatland’s decision to add six players to his keeping the Lions’ confidence high touring party “strikes the wrong note.” approaching the three-test series. “I can understand why Warren Gatland Saturday’s win in Rotorua was by far the has done what he has,” McGeechan said. “I Lions’ best performance in five tour match- have got no issues with protecting the test es to date, improving their record to three team by calling up some extra cover for wins and two losses and providing the best midweek. “But why not call up the players showcase yet for the style of play they will who just missed out on selection in the first adopt throughout the test series. place? The ones who deserve to be there, A strong set piece, contestible kicking, who would give their right arms to be and a good kick-chase backed up by solid there, rather than some players purely work at the breakdown and sound defense because they happen to be in the right set the platform for the win over the Maori. geographical location.” Gatland will hope to see that continue Gatland appears to be impervious to BROOKLYN: Kyle Larson, driver of the #42 Cars 3/Target Chevrolet, celebrates in Victory Lane after winning the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup against the Chiefs. such criticism but appears more sensitive Series FireKeepers Casino 400 at Michigan International Speedway on Sunday in Brooklyn, Michigan. — AFP Today’s match against the Chiefs will to barbs from his native New Zealand, have little impact on the Lions’ test prepa- where the Lions are being dismissed in MOTOR RACING ration, unless they suffer a third midweek some quarters as “one trick ponies.” defeat which will affect the mood in the New Zealand commentators have con- touring camp. demned the Lions as boring and have criti- cized the one-dimensional nature of their Larson outlasts Elliott at CRITICIZED game plan. The tactic of using scrumhalf Gatland has clearly divided his squad Conor Murray to repeatedly kick into the into test and midweek lineups and it was box worked against the Maori on a dewy for that reason he called on six players - night in Rotorua but is thought less likely to Michigan Speedway again four from Wales and two from Scotland succeed against the All Blacks. While the who are currently playing in the South Lions had 75 percent of possession in the BROOKLYN: Three times, Kyle Larson needed to the August race comfortably before a yellow flag HIS TYPE OF TRACK Pacific - to bring up his current comple- Maori match, including 90 percent in the outrace the rest of the contenders on late gave Larson a boost. This time, there were three Larson’s three Cup victories have all come at ment to a full 46 players, the equivalent of second half, they scored only one try from restarts. That’s a task he’s proven he can handle at cautions toward the end. The first was for debris, 2-mile tracks, although there are some differ- two match-day 23s. general play. Otherwise, they relied for Michigan International Speedway. Larson took and Larson beat Kyle Busch on the inside for the ences between racing at MIS and Fontana. He has called on Gareth Davies, Cory their win on a penalty try and six penalties control on a restart with five laps remaining and lead on the restart with 15 laps to go. Then Clint “Michigan and Fontana are very, very similar Hill, Tomas Francis and Kristian Dacey from from fullback Leigh Halfpenny. — AP held off Chase Elliott on Sunday Bowyer went into the wall, bringing out another in shape and size, but the racing surface is way for his second NASCAR Cup Series victory of caution flag. Larson was first off that restart too, different,” Larson said. “Fontana’s rough and the season. The finish was similar to the race at only to be slowed by another caution after a bumpy, and it’s wore-out surface - you have to Michigan last August, when Larson took the lead multicar incident on the backstretch that includ- really, really take care of your tires and move on a restart with nine laps left en route to his first ed Danica Patrick being knocked off the track around, find different lanes that work. Here at Cup win. and into the wall. Finally, with five laps remain- Michigan, your tires don’t wear out quite as bad, Larson won this year at Fontana and has five ing, the race restarted, and Larson took the lead not nearly as bad, and your line doesn’t move second-place finishes. He also was second in the on the outside. around a ton, but it’s really fast, got a lot of grip. All-Star race, which doesn’t count in the stand- He won by 0.993 seconds in his No. 42 “They’re both a lot of fun.” ings. “We’ve been so close to so many other wins,” Chevrolet. Martin Truex Jr. won the first two the 24-year-old Larson said. “This is our second stages of the race but finished sixth, ceding the FROM THE FRONT Cup win of the year, but we’ve had six second- points lead to Larson. Truex has 10 stage victories This was the fifth time in the past eight place finishes. All in all, it’s a good season so far this year. Nobody else has more than four. races at Michigan that the pole winner also and we’ll continue to keep building on what Truex and Larson were 1-2 in the points stand- won the race. It has happened three times in we’ve got.” It was the third Cup win of Larson’s ings coming into the race, and Truex was second the Cup Series this year - Larson also did it at career and 14th by Chip Ganassi Racing. Elliott to Larson in qualifying Friday . Their dominance Fontana, and Stenhouse pulled it off at was second in both Michigan races last year, and carried over to the race Sunday, at least at the Talladega last month. again this time. He’s winless in 56 career Cup start. They were the only drivers to lead during Still, Larson didn’t feel he had the dominant races, but he’s fifth in points in 2017. the first half of the 200-lap, 400-mile race. car Sunday. “We had a couple of opportunities to get the Denny Hamlin, who won Saturday’s Xfinity “The 78 (Truex) was by far the class of the lead, and unfortunately, it just didn’t work out, event, finished fourth Sunday, followed by Jamie field, I thought,” Larson said. “I thought the 18 but we’ll move on. Congratulations to Kyle,” the McMurray and Truex. Busch ended up seventh, (Busch) was next best, the 20 (Matt Kenseth) was 21-year-old Elliott said. “He had a fast car today followed by Ricky Stenhouse Jr. and Dale better than I was on the long run. I thought we HAMILTON: British and Irish Lions match day captain Rory Best prepares to catch a and we’ll try to go get ‘em next week.” Earnhardt Jr. Jimmie Johnson, who started at the were probably a third- or fourth-place car, and ball during the team’s captains run at Waikato Stadium in Hamilton, New Zealand, Joey Logano finished third. He beat Elliott in back after going to his backup car, finished 10th. then to come out a winner, it makes it that much yesterday. The Lions play the Chiefs here today. — AP last June’s race at MIS. Then Elliott was leading Some other things to note from Sunday’s race: more exciting, I guess.” —AP

Fonua relieved as Hull RACING survive Castleford blitz Godolphin look to battle LONDON: Mahe Fonua admitted Hull FC final. The other semi-final will see Salford had survived a gruelling examination play Wigan, the only side outside of Super from Castleford as the holders held on to League’s top four left in the competition. book their place in the Challenge Cup Salford ran out 30-6 winners over back in royal style semi-finals. Wakefield, while Wigan survived a late After an impressive cross-field run from scare to get past Warrington 27-26. ASCOT: Dubai’s Godolphin Sheikh Mohammed’s lips as there has ration between four-time champion the meeting with Ribchester-trained Australian Mark Minichiello, Fonua seized Tony Smith’s Wolves had two late Operation will seek to use racing’s been precious little cheer for trainer Saeed bin Suroor and Sheikh in Yorkshire by Richard Fahey-the upon a pass before crashing over with 15 chances to win it but Stefan Ratchford most glamorous week at Royal Ascot Godolphin not just this season but Mohammed’s chief aide John warm favourite to take the Queen minutes remaining. That was shortly fol- was off target with his long-range penal- to begin their fight back and put a for several preceding it. Ferguson saw the latter step down as Anne Stakes especially after his eye- lowed by a Jamie Shaul try as reigning ty and Declan Patton put his drop-goal stop to the bandwagon of master Not one English classic winner has chief executive after the Derby meet- catching win in the Group One champions Hull pulled into a 14-point lead. attempt wide. Irish trainer Aidan O’Brien. been welcomed back by Dubai’s ruler ing earlier this month. “Now Sheikh Lockinge Stake. Super League leaders Castleford had Wigan head coach Shaun Wane said: The 47-year-old O’Brien has won since Dawn Approach landed the Mohammed makes the decisions, O’Brien will field two runners in won eight successive matches going into “We could easily have lost that which three of the four English classics this 2013 English 2000 Guineas. nobody else,” said a sated Bin Suroor. Cougar Mountain and Deauville but the game and gave themselves hope when would have been frustrating because I season whilst one has generally had “I like things this way.” most interest will be on the Greg Minikin went over late on but Hull thought we did enough to win it com- to look a fair way back to find the roy- DECISIONS Another brave new dawn could Australian-owned Kaspersky trained held on to record a 32-24 win. fortably. al blue silks of Sheikh Mohammed That lack of success and a deterio- be launched right from the outset of by Jane Chapple-Hyam and to be rid- “We knew Cas were going to come “We gave ourselves a lot to do, cheap bin al-Maktoum’s Godolphin runners. den by the remarkable Melbourne down all guns blazing, they are top of the plays, unforced errors and the penalty Both of Europe’s major players will Cup winning jockey Michelle Payne. league, and we didn’t expect anything less,” count was against us again. hope to put on a show that befits a The 31-year-old-who rode 100/1 said Fonua, who will return to the “Warrington were never going to lie queen although tomorrow will be a roughie Prince of Penzance to victory Australian Super League at the end of the down, they showed a lot of desire to stay in rare occasion when the noted turfiste in the ‘race that stops a nation’ in season to join the Wests Tigers. “We knew that game and makes that victory a bit and owner/breeder Queen Elizabeth 2015 — has defied those who they would fight all the way to the end. more sweeter.” In the weekend’s only Super II will be absent. thought her career was over when Even though I scored with 12 minutes to League clash, Rick Stone won the battle of She has to formally open parlia- she suffered a torn pancreas in a fall go, we knew they would come all the way the Australian coaches as his Huddersfield ment and announce the British gov- last year and is looking forward to to the end. “It was a bit of black magic with side beat Justin Holbrook’s St Helens 24-16. ernment legislative programme her ride on the two-time Group Two a Fijian touch with the try.” Carlos Former Saints man Lee Gaskell scored delayed because of Conservative winner. “Who knows what can hap- Tuimavave and Fetuli Talanoa tries and a the clinching try for his side’s third consec- Prime Minister Theresa May’s pro- pen in racing? The possibilities are Jake Connor penalty gave Hull a 14-12 half- utive win although much of the post-match tracted talks with the Democratic endless,” said Payne, who is due to time lead with Ben Roberts and Zak talk was also about new signing Jordan Unionist Party to gain her minority have a film made about her life. Hardaker scoring for the visitors. Rankin from Wests Tigers. government their support. “If you work hard, you never Connor then kicked three more penal- He said: “To win the way we did tonight Some wags remarked Queen know. Royal Ascot is a fantastic occa- ties and Roberts crossed again before Hull was really satisfying and was probably the Elizabeth will have a copy of the sion and it’s a dream to be involved. made their crucial scores. In the last four, toughest and the most courageous I think Racing Post beside the throne. It is Everyone at home is excited for me Castleford will face Leeds, who thumped we’ve played since I’ve been here, which is questionable whether even such a as well and setting their alarms to be Aidan O’Brien Featherstone Rovers 58-0 in their quarter- nearly 12 months now.” — AFP thought would bring a smile to up early to watch.” — AFP TUESDAY, JUNE 20, 2017 SPORTS

OAKLAND: Oakland Athletics shortstop Chad Pinder (18) throws to first after forcing out New York Yankees’ Aaron Judge (99) at second base, turning a double play on Matt Holliday, during the eighth inning of a baseball game on Sunday in Oakland, Calif. — AP

BASEBALL Kenta Maeda helps Dodgers beat Reds

CINCINNATI: Japanese pitcher Kenta Maeda hitting Kennys Vargas with a pitch in the sev- career complete game and Milwaukee got doubles and Christian Bergman pitched effec- Camargo from third base in the ninth inning (5-3) pitched five strong innings and drove in enth. Eduardo Escobar and Eddie Rosario fol- home runs from Hernan Perez and Manny Pina tively into the sixth inning to help Seattle beat to give Atlanta a win over Miami. It was the two runs, Logan Forsythe and Justin Turner lowed with RBI hits to put Minnesota on the to edge San Diego on Sunday. Nelson (5-3) Texas. Danny Valencia’s two-run homer capped second straight game-ending hit for Phillips, homered, and Kike Hernandez made a spectac- board. Kyle Gibson (4-5) retired nine straight allowed six hits and two walks while throwing a four-run first against Texas right-hander Yu whose run-scoring single in the 10th gave ular game-saving catch to help Los Angeles before Encarnacion hit a 443-foot drive to the 118 pitches in his 89th major league start. He Darvish (6-5), whom the Mariners beat for the Atlanta an 8-7 victory Saturday. Camargo hit a hold on to beat Cincinnati 8-7 in Major League second deck in left field to put Cleveland on gave up only an unearned run and lowered his first time in eight tries on the road. Bergman (4- one-out infield single off Drew Steckenrider Baseball on Sunday. Cincinnati nearly rallied all top 1-0 in the third. ERA to 3.28. Leading off the sixth inning, Perez 4) permitted four hits and two runs in 5 2/3 (0-1) and moved to third on Ender Inciarte’s the way back from an 8-1 deficit in the sixth hit his 10th home run into the Brewers’ bullpen innings after giving up nine runs in 2 2/3 line-drive single up the middle. Jim Johnson inning. However, Hernandez went back to the CUBS 7, PIRATES 1 off starter Luis Perdomo (1-4). One batter later, innings in his last start in Minnesota. (5-1) pitched a scoreless ninth. left-field wall and made an awkward leaping John Lackey and three relievers combined Pina connected on a 1-2 pitch for his fourth of grab of Joey Votto’s attempt at a go-ahead on a three-hitter, and Anthony Rizzo homered the season to give Milwaukee a 2-1 lead. METS 5, NATIONALS 1 ROYALS 7, ANGELS 3 extra-base hit with runners on first and third in among his three hits to lead Chicago past Jacob deGrom hit his first major league Jason Vargas earned his 10th win, the most the eighth. Kenley Jansen got the last three Pittsburgh. The defending World Series cham- ORIOLES 8, CARDINALS 5 home run and shut down a bruising in the majors, and Salvador Perez hit a three- outs for his 15th save. Bronson Arroyo (3-6), pions took two of three in Pittsburgh and Ubaldo Jimenez was stellar in his first start Washington lineup on three singles for eight run homer as Kansas City beat Los Angeles. who was roughed up for nine runs and a improved to 34-34 this season. Lackey (5-7) since May 22 and Mark Trumbo homered for dominant innings, giving New York a win that Mike Moustakas had a three-run double for career-high 13 hits in his last start at San Diego, allowed two hits and struck out four over six the second consecutive day as Baltimore beat prevented a four-game sweep. The NL East- the Royals, who went 7-2 on their California lasted only three innings against the Dodgers, innings. Carl Edwards Jr., Hector Rondon and St. Louis. Baltimore homered 10 times while leading Nationals had been 6-0 at Citi Field this trip and scored at least seven runs in six of giving up five runs and seven hits. Brian Duensing finished up for the Cubs. The winning two of three against the Cardinals to season and had battered the Mets in three those victories. Vargas (10-3) gave up three first four Chicago runs came against Jameson improve to .500 (34-34). It was the first time the games this week, never trailing while totaling runs and eight hits in six innings, and Kelvin ROCKIES 7, GIANTS 5 Taillon (3-2), who made his second start since Orioles won a three-game series since May 29- 18 extra-base hits. But they had trouble touch- Herrera got two outs for his 15th save. JC Nolan Arenado completed the cycle with a returning from surgery to treat testicular can- 31 against the Yankees. Jimenez (2-2) will likely ing the blue-stitched balls - used all around Ramirez (6-5) allowed five runs in three three-run homer in the bottom of the ninth cer. Taillon gave up eight hits in five innings stay in the rotation after allowing two runs and Major League Baseball on Father’s Day - innings. inning, and the Colorado Rockies stunned the while striking out four. four hits with three strikeouts and two walks thrown by deGrom (6-3). A career .199 hitter in San Francisco Giants by rallying for this victory. over seven innings. Brad Brach picked up his 176 at-bats coming in, deGrom also provided RED SOX 6, ASTROS 5 Arenado hit the first pitch he saw from All-Star ATHLETICS 4, YANKEES 3 12th save for Baltimore. St. Louis’ Lance Lynn the biggest jolt. He hit the first pitch of the Xander Bogaerts went deep twice for the closer Mark Melancon (1-2) into the left-field Khris Davis hit a go-ahead two-run homer in (5-4) allowed seven runs and nine hits with five third inning from Joe Ross (3-3) over the wall in first multihomer game of his career and had seats to finish a four-game sweep. The slugger the third that held up to back rookie Jharel strikeouts and a career high four home runs left-center. four RBIs to lead the Boston Red Sox to victory was mobbed at home plate by teammates, Cotton’s first victory since May 4, as Oakland over 4 2/3 innings. over the Houston Astros. Bogaerts had just with a frenzied sellout crowd chanting “MVP! completed a four-game sweep of slumping BLUE JAYS 7, WHITE SOX 3 two homers entering Sunday’s game. He end- MVP!” With the best record in the National New York. New York welcomed back flame- RAYS 9, TIGERS 1 Kendrys Morales and Russell Martin each ed an 0-for-14 skid when he connected off Joe League, the surprising Rockies have won five throwing closer Aroldis Chapman but still lost Logan Morrison homered twice and Steven homered to help Toronto beat Chicago. Martin Musgrove (4-6) to make it 1-0 with two outs in straight overall and nine in a row against the its season-high sixth straight game following a Souza Jr. hit his first career grand slam as tied the game in the sixth with his seventh the first inning. A two-run shot by Bogaerts in Giants. Last-place San Francisco has dropped six-game winning streak, finishing a disap- Tampa Bay beat Detroit to split a four-game home run of the season, a two-run shot to the the sixth put the Red Sox up 3-2. Jackie six consecutive games and nine of 11. pointing 1-6 road trip with a weekend dud series. Derek Norris and Evan Longoria also center field fence that bounced off the glove of Bradley Jr. added a two-run double later that Melancon retired his first batter, but three sin- against the American League’s worst team. homered for the Rays. Jake Faria (3-0) allowed outfielder Willy Garcia and over. Ryan Goins inning. Houston cut the lead to 5-4 with gles produced a run and brought up Arenado, Cotton (4-7) struck out six over 6 1/3 innings one run, six hits and a walk in seven innings. He tripled home Steve Pearce against Anthony homers from Jake Marisnick and George who tripled in the first, singled in the fourth for his second-longest start of the season. Luis struck out a career-high nine. Buck Farmer (2-1) Swarzak (3-2) for the tiebreaking run two bat- Springer in the sixth, but an RBI single by and had an RBI double in the sixth. He hit a 91 Cessa (0-1) allowed four runs and five hits in allowed seven runs in 2 1/3 innings, and has ters later. J.A. Happ (2-4) picked up his first Bogaerts added an insurance run in the sev- mph fastball for his 15th homer and first career four innings for New York. allowed 13 runs in 4 2/3 innings over his last home win of the season, giving up three runs enth. David Price (2-1) got the win despite cycle. Carlos Estevez (4-0), called up from the two starts. over 6 2/3 innings. tying a season high by allowing eight hits minors before the game, struck out one batter DIAMONDBACKS 5, PHILLIES 4, 10 INNINGS with three runs and three walks in five-plus in the ninth for the win. Rey Fuentes hit his first major league home MARINERS 7, RANGERS 3 BRAVES 5, MARLINS 4 innings. Craig Kimbrel allowed one hit in a run in the 10th inning, lifting Arizona over Kyle Seager drove in three runs with three Brandon Phillips’ single drove in Johan scoreless ninth for his 20th save. —AP INDIANS 5, TWINS 2 Philadelphia. Fuentes entered in the eighth Edwin Encarnacion homered twice, Trevor inning as a pinch runner and was caught steal- Bauer pitched seven strong innings and Jose ing. However, the rookie redeemed himself Ramirez had his sixth straight multihit game as with a homer off Jeanmar Gomez (3-2) with Cleveland completed a four-game sweep of one out in the 10th. Hector Neris entered with Minnesota. Cleveland came into the series trail- a 4-3 lead in the ninth and failed to pick up a ing the Twins by two games in the AL Central. save for the second time in eight chances. The sweep vaulted the Indians two games Archie Bradley (3-1) pitched a scoreless ninth, ahead and gave the defending AL champions stranding a pair of baserunners. Fernando sole possession of first place in the division for Rodney earned his 20th save in 23 chances. the first time since May 10. Bauer (6-5) allowed two runs and four hits with two walks and BREWERS 2, PADRES 1 eight strikeouts. He retired 15 straight before Jimmy Nelson struck out 10 in his first Baseball results/standings

Boston 6, Houston 5; Oakland 4, NY Yankees 3; Kansas City 7, LA Angels 3; Colorado 7, San Francisco 5; Seattle 7, Texas 3; Cleveland 5, Minnesota 2; Milwaukee 2, San Diego 1; Arizona 5, Philadelphia 4 (10 innings); Chicago Cubs 7, Pittsburgh 1; Atlanta 5, Miami 4; Baltimore 8, St. Louis 5; LA Dodgers 8, Cincinnati 7; Tampa Bay 9, Detroit 1; NY Mets 5, Washington 1; Toronto 7, Chicago White Sox 3. American League National League Eastern Division Eastern Division W L PCT GB Washington 42 27 .609 - NY Yankees 38 29 .567 - NY Mets 31 37 .456 10.5 Boston 39 30 .565 - Atlanta 31 37 .456 10.5 Tampa Bay 37 35 .514 3.5 Miami 30 37 .448 11 Baltimore 34 34 .500 4.5 Philadelphia 22 46 .324 19.5 Toronto 33 35 .485 5.5 Central Division Central Division Milwaukee 38 33 .535 - Cleveland 36 31 .537 - Chicago Cubs 34 34 .500 2.5 Minnesota 34 33 .507 2 St. Louis 31 37 .456 5.5 Kansas City 33 35 .485 3.5 Pittsburgh 31 38 .449 6 Detroit 32 36 .471 4.5 Cincinnati 29 39 .426 7.5 Chicago White Sox 31 37 .456 5.5 Western Division Western Division Colorado 46 26 .639 - Houston 46 24 .657 - LA Dodgers 44 26 .629 1 Texas 34 34 .500 11 Arizona 44 26 .629 1 LA Angels 36 37 .493 11.5 San Diego 28 42 .400 17 Seattle 34 37 .479 12.5 San Francisco 26 45 .366 19.5 Oakland 31 38 .449 14.5 ARLINGTON: Texas Rangers second baseman Rougned Odor (12) is upended after tagging out Seattle Mariners’ Danny Valencia on a steal attempt in the third inning of a baseball game, Sunday, in Arlington, Texas. — AP TUESDAY, JUNE 20, 2017 SPORTS

Drought-breaking cricket win gets positive spin in Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: The 600 people of the Dawoodi bohra off 106 balls, Pakistan scored 338-4 at The Oval in community were supposed to be gathering to have food London after India won the toss and surprisingly opted together in a hall soon after breaking a 15 1/2 -hour fast to field first. In reply India was skittled with nearly 20 on Sunday. overs to spare. Instead, those who gathered at the religious center in The national media on Monday heaped praise on the Rawalpindi delayed the food in order to watch Pakistan’s team. “Pakistan champion, rolled over Indian team,” lead- historic win over India at the Champions Trophy on a ing Urdu language Daily Jang printed across its front giant TV screen. For them, and for millions of people page. Seam bowlers Mohammad Amir and Ali took three across Pakistan, the taste of victory was sweet. wickets apiece to lead the Pakistan bowling attack in the “You can expect anything from only one cricket country’s first appearance in the final of the limited-overs team in the world and that is Pakistan,” Ali Abbas tournament which is regarded as a mini-World Cup. Mandosarwala, who was at the center with his wife, “India couldn’t even make half of the score, whole two sons and a daughter, said as India was bowled out team booked in 30.3 overs,” the Daily Jang said. for 158 and lost the final by a margin of 180 runs. It was a stunning turnaround for Pakistan, which was “Honestly I wasn’t expecting Pakistan to go beyond ranked eighth in the eight-team competition and lost its the group stage,” he added, reflecting on the unpre- opening group match against India by 124 runs.Under dictable nature of the national team, “but the young play- Sarfraz Ahmed’s captaincy, Pakistan beat South Africa ers have shown there’s nothing impossible in this world.” and Sri Lanka in the remaining group matches before Communities gathered around TV screens through- surprising host England in the semifinals. Ali, the right- out the country on Sunday night to share the moment arm seamer, took 13 wickets to win the player-of-the- as Pakistan won its first ever Champions Trophy, just tournament award “All hail the champs,” the English-lan- weeks after being written off following a loss in the tour- guage Express Tribune headlined its lead front page sto- ISLAMABAD: A Pakistani man holds a morning newspaper with front page coverage of nament’s opening match - also against India. Jubilant ry. The Daily Dawn noted Amir’s three wickets in his Pakistan’s victory against India in the ICC Champions Trophy final cricket match played in fans spilled onto the streets dancing and distributing opening spell, which included the key wicket of Virat London, in Islamabad yesterday. Pakistani newspapers headlined the national cricket sweets soon after Hasan Ali claimed the last Indian wick- Kohli, while describing Fakhar’s century in only his fourth team’s victory against India, who they thrashed by 180 runs to win the Champions Trophy et in the 31st over. Led by Fakhar Zaman’s aggressive 114 ODI as scintillating. — AP final at The Oval in London on Sunday. — AFP Afghan pride as Test status beckons

KABUL: Afghanistan’s fairytale rise in world international bowling rankings during the cricket could this week see them acquire just-concluded tour of the West Indies. coveted Test status, a massive boost for a Their former batting coach and former nation long divided by war and riven by eth- Pakistan skipper Rashid Latif said a place nic rivalries. among the Test nations was well deserved No longer rank minnows, Asghar and would benefit them in the future. Stanikzai’s team are up for consideration fol- “Afghanistan deserves Test status lowing their victories over Ireland in the because their performances are good. Once Intercontinental Cup in March, paving the they get to play Tests, more and more play- way for their potential entry into cricket’s ers will come forward just like happened in elite. Both Afghanistan and Ireland are bid- Sri Lanka and Bangladesh-Kenya suffered ding to become the 11th and 12th nations because they were not awarded,” he told to join the Test club, nearly two decades AFP. “I think it will be the ICC’s best decision after their immediate predecessors of the century,” he added. Khan and Nabi are Bangladesh, if confirmed by the both Pashtuns, the country’s dominant eth- International Cricket Council (ICC) at a meet- nic group with deep ties to Pashtuns across ing in London. the border in Pakistan. In years gone by “A committee is working inside the crick- Afghanistan maintained a younger sibling et board, and we will work on our proposal relationship with its eastern neighbour. to present it to the ICC in the future, and Kabir Khan, a former Pakistan interna- hopefully full membership and Test status tional, coached the team from 2008-10 and are on the way,” chairman of the Afghan oversaw their stratospheric rise from cricket board, Atef Mashal told AFP during a Division 5 od world cricket to ODI status. recent interview. LONDON: Pakistan’s Sarfraz Ahmed jumps into the arms of Pakistan’s Imad Wasim (R) after he catches India’s MS Dhoni during the “We cannot give any time frame at the UNIFYING FORCE? ICC Champions Trophy final cricket match between India and Pakistan at The Oval in London on Sunday. — AFP moment, it is upon the ICC, they will decide More recently, however, the team has fol- when to give Afghanistan the Test status, lowed broader geopolitical currents and piv- CRICKET and it is not in our hands,” Mashal said. oted toward India, Pakistan’s historic rival. Unlike the sport’s other major players, Last year, Afghanistan’s national team Afghanistan was never a colony of the shifted its base from Sharjah in United Arab Arthur eager for World XI visit to British Empire. Emirates to Noida, Delhi, while India’s former Instead many Afghans’ first contact with batsman Lalchand Rajput replaced the sport took place during the 1980s and Pakistan’s Inzamam-ul-Haq as their national Pakistan after Champions Trophy win 1990s, as refugees who had fled to Pakistan team coach. to escape the Soviet invasion. There are nevertheless questions about LONDON: Pakistan coach Mickey Arthur said he 2009 terror attack on Sri Lanka’s team bus in ‘Keep believing’ Cricket struggled under the hardline how well Afghanistan will do in the game’s hoped a proposed World XI visit to the country Lahore. However, the International Cricket The turnaround was a triumph for Pakistan Islamist Taliban, who viewed sports as a dis- longest format. Bangladesh famously floun- later this year went ahead after his side served Council are set to send a World XI to Pakistan in captain Sarfraz Ahmed, who impressed in his traction from religious duties-and famously dered for their first decade while New notice of their enduring talent with a stunning September. triple role of wicket-keeper, batsman and skip- shaved the heads of a visiting Pakistani foot- Zealand took 26 years to win their first Test. Champions Trophy final win over India. That team could find themselves acting as a per. “I hope this win will boost Pakistan cricket ball team as punishment for wearing shorts. Pakistani cricket writer Ahmer Naqvi, said Bottom-ranked Pakistan produced a breath- ‘path-finder’ for the resumption of tours of and all the (major) playing nations will come to But it has become hugely popular in the it was important to be patient. “For any team taking display at London’s Oval on Sunday to Pakistan by major cricket nations. Pakistan,” said Sarfraz, who will now look to country since the regime was toppled in a to make its mark, it takes a while to really get inflict a 180-run defeat upon arch rivals India, Giles Clarke, the president of the England lead Pakistan at the 2019 World Cup in England US-led invasion in 2001. a hang of it no matter how good you are at the title-holders, in the climax of a tournament and Wales Cricket Board and head of the ICC’s as well. the shorter versions.” But, he added: “It’s featuring the world’s top eight one-day interna- Pakistan task force said, in comments reported He added: “Hopefully this win, everyone will IPL BOOST extremely important to provide Test status tional nations. by the Guardian in March: “The desire is to give remember, not just for today, not just for tomor- Recent successes, particularly in last for Afghanistan and perhaps Ireland, Pakistan made 338 for four, with Fakhar the cricket-starved Pakistani supporters the row, but for a very long, long time. year’s ICC World Twenty20, have further because it is also a virtuous circle” of greater Zaman’s 114 — the left-handed opener’s maid- chance to see some of the world’s finest players “When we arrived here (in England), we were raised the country’s profile. funding, organisation and structure. en ODI hundred-the cornerstone. in live action. No 8 and now we are the champions.” Spinners Rashid Khan, who idolises for- Currently, all of the national team’s play- Mohammad Amir then reduced India to 33 “Furthermore, the terrorists cannot win and Meanwhile, Arthur paid tribute to Sarfraz’s mer Pakistan international Shahid Afridi, and ers are Pashtuns from the eastern provinces- for three by dismissing all the members of their cricket must not give up on Pakistan.” role as both a tactician and a leader following Mohammad Nabi both made their mark in Nangarhar, Kunar, Logar, Kunduz and Paktia. much vaunted top three, with Rohit Sharma out Arthur for one was looking forward to the what was by, the coach’s own admission, a the Indian Premier League. Tajiks comprise the country’s second for a duck and opposing skipper Virat Kohli, the series. “We’re scheduled to have a World XI in “shambolic” first-up loss to India. Khan was sixth-highest wicket-taker in biggest ethnicity and are more likely to par- world’s leading ODI batsman, falling for just five. Pakistan in September for three Twenty20 “We just had to keep believing ... they kept his debut IPL with 17 scalps, and the pair ticipate in football where they dominate the India eventually collapsed to 158 all out as games,” he said. on believing, trusting their roles (and) trusting broke into the top 10 of the ICC one-day national team. —AFP they suffered their heaviest defeat, by runs, in “So hopefully that starts paving the way for the game-plan that ‘Saffy’ (Sarfraz) and I had 129 ODIs against Pakistan. future tours. We can only hope.” Pakistan’s victo- set up,” said Arthur for whom this was a first With the exception of Zimbabwe’s tour two ry on Sunday was all the more astounding given major tournament success after spells in years ago, Pakistan have had to play all of their a 124-run defeat by India in their tournament charge of both his native South Africa and Pakistan team hailed by media ‘home’ matches outside of the country since a opener at Edgbaston on June 4. Australia. — AFP after ‘confounding everyone’

ISLAMABAD: Jubilant photographs of defending champion, hardly anyone Players won’t budge on Pakistan cricket fans dancing in the has any expectations of you except of streets were plastered all over national course your cricket-mad 200 million newspapers yesterday after their plus compatriots.” The News, in a piece eighth-ranked team produced a headlined “Champions”, said: “When pay demands: Warner thrilling win against arch-rivals India in Pakistan was thrashed by India in its the Champions Trophy final. Pakistan opening match of the Champions inflicted a massive 180-run defeat Trophy, the obituaries were already SYDNEY: Australia’s cricketers will not back down ful there’s going to be an agreement done, it’s a what we’re trying to achieve here, from both upon title-holders and favourites India being written. in a bitter pay dispute, David Warner has warned sticky situation.” CA has threatened not to pay point of views, we’re not going to tour at the Oval in London on Sunday to “But if there is one thing you can amid fears their October tour of India is looming contracted players beyond the expiry of their cur- Bangladesh, there might not be an Ashes if we win the tournament featuring the say about the Pakistan cricket team, it as a flashpoint. rent financial deal at the end of the month if they don’t have an MOU.” world’s top eight one-day internation- is that it exists to confound everyone.” As the June 30 deadline for a new memoran- do not accept a new offer, with the governing For all the concerns about the Bangladesh al nations. The victory was splashed In India almost all print media went dum of understanding between Cricket Australia body determined to scrap revenue-sharing after tour, and the uncertainty about the home Ashes across most major newspapers, with easy on Kohli and his team, crediting and the Australian Cricketers Association fast 20 years. With a Test squad for an August tour of series, cancelling the five ODI India tour in leading English daily Dawn proclaim- Pakistan’s performance though the approaches, the Australia vice-captain insisted Bangladesh named last week, Warner was October could cost Australian cricket more than it ing: “Pakistan breaks jinx, trounce front-page of the Hindustan Times players won’t budge on their demands. adamant that a lockout was possible. “From our can afford to lose. screamed “Obliterated at the Oval: “Well from July 1, we’re unemployed,” Warner point of view I want to play for Australia and so do Offending India could jeopardise the nations’ India in dream final”. told Channel Nine late Sunday. the other boys,” he said. reciprocal agreement that has the Indians touring While the country’s largest paper, India humiliated by Pak.” The Times of “We’ve been threatened with that. We’re hope- “But if there’s nothing that’s put in place for Australia in 2018-19, The Australian newspaper the Urdu-daily Jang, announced: India proclaimed: “The Unpredictables reported. Indian tours generate big money and “Pakistan Champions, trounced Indian Rise Again”. Former India captain Ravi Cricket Australia risks forgoing the rivers of gold team.” Pakistan made 338 for four, with Shastri said: “The better team won.” that will flow from hosting four Tests against the the cornerstone being opener Fakhar Cricket-mad Indian fans resorted to world cricket powerhouse, it said. Zaman’s 114, his maiden ODI hundred. humor to sweep away the disappoint- The outspoken Warner conceded captain Mohammad Amir then reduced India ment. Twitter user Prachi Dasin said Steve Smith could “probably push a little bit to 33 for three by dismissing their “This is cheating, Fakhar Zaman is out more” when it comes to stating the players’ case. much-vaunted top three, with Rohit of syllabus!” While standing with his colleagues, Smith has Sharma out for a duck and opposing Top industrialist Harsh Goenka sent a taken a less strident approach than Warner, diplo- skipper Virat Kohli, the world’s top- message to India’s foreign minister matically trying to downplay the prospect of ranked ODI batsman, falling for just Sushma Swaraj. “11 Indians stranded in industrial action. “From where I stand and the five. India eventually collapsed to 158 Oval, London. Madam Sushma Swaraj position I take on this, I try to take as much heat all out as they suffered their heaviest please rescue them,” he tweeted. Some off (Smith) as possible,” Warner said. defeat in terms of runs in 129 ODIs news channels showed handful of fans “He does lead us on the field, and rightfully so against Pakistan. smashing a television in the street after off the field as well, he does a great job. “In this Banks, government and other the match-but the antics appeared to circumstance I’m willing to go out there into bat organizations ran full-page advertise- have been staged. Pakistan have been for everyone. “Yeah, sometimes he could proba- ments congratulating the team for forced to play most of their home bly push a little bit more, but I think he’s doing a matches overseas since a 2009 terror great job, as well as the other players like Mitchell their historic win. In an editorial titled Starc, Josh Hazlewood as well.” “Victory is sweet”, the Express Tribune attack on Sri Lanka’s team bus in Lahore. Pay talks between CA and the players’ union said: “When you are an underdog in a But the International Cricket Council are are set to continue this week with both sides say- high-octane tournament final and planning to send a World XI to play in ing they are committed to striking a new MOU your highly-regarded opponent is the Pakistan in September. — AFP David Warner before the June 30 cut-off. — AFP TUESDAY, JUNE 20, 2017 SPORTS Real Madrid boss Perez tackles Ronaldo problem

MADRID: Florentino Perez’s first task after being among the first issues he will have to deal with is have made a decision. There is no turning back.” paid sports star in the world with $93 million (83m reelected unopposed as Real Madrid president yes- superstar Ronaldo who he bought in 2009 from Portuguese sports daily A Bola also claimed that euro) in 2016-2017. terday will be to appease superstar Cristiano Manchester United for a record 94 million euros Perez had already been informed of the 32-year- Paris Saint-Germain, Bayern Munich and Chelsea Ronaldo amid speculation the four-time world play- ($105.3 million). Ronaldo is threatening to leave old’s decision. are also reported to be interested. er of the year wants to leave. Spain after running into problems with tax There has been speculation that Ronaldo is try- Under Perez, Real Madrid have won three “As no other candidature was put forward to the authorities. ing to put pressure on Real so that they will bear Champions League titles in four seasons. The club- board ... it is proclaimed that Mr Florentino Perez The frenzy of speculation began soon after some of the burden of an eventual fine as which also won La Liga last season-lead the way in Rodriguez is president of Real Madrid,” the Spanish Ronaldo was accused last week of a 14.7 million Barcelona did for Lionel Messi. the elite European competition with 12 trophies. and European champions said in a statement. euro tax evasion through offshore companies. Among the clubs reported to be interested in Perez’s opponents have criticised reforms in the The 70-year-old construction magnate’s third The Portuguese international is currently in Ronaldo is former club Manchester United for a fee club statutes which have toughened criteria for term in charge of Europe’s most successful club Russia competing for the European champions in which could hit 200 million euros, with a possible aspiring candidates. Candidates must now have spanning 15 years — 2000-2006 and since 2009 the Confederations Cup. get-out clause of one billion euros. been a member of Real for over 20 years, compared — will be rubber stamped at a ceremony at the And according to Spanish sports daily Marca, Since extending his contract in November until to the old requirement of 10 years, and have a per- Santiago-Bernabeu Stadium later Monday. And Ronaldo has told his teammates: “I’m leaving Real. I 2021, Ronaldo is according to Forbes the highest sonal fortune of over 75 million euros. — AFP

Chile beat Cameroon, video reviews draw controversy

MOSCOW: Alexis Sanchez came off the bench following an ankle injury in training - bench to set up both Chile’s goals in a 2-0 crossed for Vidal to head in at the far post. Confederations Cup win over on Sunday - Chile made it 2-0 in added time, when but the video assistant referees were the Sanchez charged through the Chilean real stars. defense, but saw his shot saved by Ondoa, Crowded in front of screens in a dark- only for Vargas to score the rebound. A ened room, they disallowed a goal for lengthy review found Sanchez hadn’t been Chile’s narrowly offside Eduardo Vargas just offside when he received the ball. before the break, then awarded Vargas a Despite watching his team concede on goal in similar circumstances late on. With a video review in its first Confederations the video review system getting its first air- Cup game since 2003, Cameroon coach ing in a major FIFA tournament, it brought Hugo Broos was enthusiastic about the sys- plenty of tension, but also confusion and tem. “Of course if they go overboard with bitterness. these types of situations, it could turn into Arturo Vidal’s 81st-minute header from a circus. But in this case I think it was useful a Sanchez cross finally gave Chile the lead, and very important,” he said. “If you have before Sanchez set up Vargas in added these situations several times in each time for the second. Chile missed several match, then it won’t be very comfortable early chances despite clear dominance for the players.” over defensive-minded Cameroon, but South American champion Chile may thought they’d taken the lead in first-half have fumed at the first video review, but stoppage time when Vidal passed the ball its players also had themselves to blame to Vargas, who slotted the ball past Fabrice in a first half packed with missed Ondoa. Referee Damir Skomina awarded chances. Cameroon was under pressure the goal and Chile’s players started an immediately, when Eduardo Vargas’ first- elaborate goal celebration, but the deci- minute shot cannoned off the post and sion was then sent for video review. rebounded back into Ondoa, almost Players milled about in confusion, some going in. briefly appearing to think the referee had Ondoa had to palm away a Jose blown for half-time, and Chile’s many travel- Fuenzalida shot two minutes later as Chile ing fans struggled to understand what was took firm control. With Cameroon’s KAZAN: Mexico’s defender Hector Moreno (15) heads the ball and scores during the 2017 Confederations Cup group A football match going on. defense playing narrow and ceding the between Portugal and Mexico at the Kazan Arena in Kazan on Sunday. — AFP The review found Vargas offside by a flanks to Chile, Ondoa was also called matter of inches, enraging him and Vidal, upon to block a shot from Edson Puch, who angrily complained to Skomina when while Vargas blazed the ball over the bar SOCCER he blew for half time. in the 40th minute. “After the first half we could’ve been up Cameroon’s chances came thanks to 1-0, and 20 seconds later, the players go to occasional poor passing at the back from Ronaldo’s Portugal held the locker room tied at 0-0,” Chile coach Chile, with Vincent Aboubakar forcing a Juan Antonio Pizzi said. “It’s disheartening, save in the 11th from keeper Johnny and we’re not used to the emotions that Herrera, in for the injured Claudio Bravo. this situation generates, so we have to give The Cameroonians got the ball in the net by Mexico at Confed Cup it some time to see how it develops”. once, but the whistle had already gone for a That seemed to dent Chile’s confidence, foul on Vidal, by the time Michael Ngadeu and Cameroon became more adventurous, Ngadjui headed the ball into the net from a KAZAN: Cristiano Ronaldo brushed off specula- ball a huge result,” he said. “We still need to be denied. The Euro 2016 winners took the lead at least until Alexis Sanchez - coming off the 17th-minute free kick. — AP tion about his Real Madrid future, although work on our finishing, we’re not efficient on 34 minutes when Ronaldo sprinted into the Portugal conceded a late equaliser in a 2-2 draw enough in the final third of the pitch. box and his beautifully-timed pass found with Mexico at the Confederations Cup on “The next match will be very tough because Quaresma unmarked in the area. The Besiktas Sunday. New Zealand will give it their all.” Ronaldo, 32, is winger drew Mexico’s goalkeeper Guillermo Ronaldo teed up Ricardo Quaresma to fire reportedly furious over a tax probe into the off- Ochoa and tapped home the opening goal. Portugal ahead in the first half in Kazan, but the shore accounts dealing with his image rights, But Mexico responded with Hernandez test- goal was cancelled out before the break by and has reportedly vowed to leave Spain. ing Portugal keeper Rui Patricio, before putting Mexico striker Javier Hernandez’s bullet header. According to Spanish paper Marca on his side level. Mexico’s all-time top scorer Cedric Soares restored Portugal’s lead on 86 Sunday, Real Madrid’s coach Zinedine Zidane grabbed his 48th international goal from 93 minutes, but Hector Moreno’s stoppage-time even broke off his holiday to call Ronaldo to try appearances after some dreadful defending by header salvaged a point for Mexico in their to persuade his star not to quit the club. Portugal. Group A opener. Borussia Dortmund midfielder Raphael “We could have killed off the match but it VIDEO ASSISTANCE Guerreiro failed to deal with a cross into the box didn’t happen. The draw is a fair result without But Portugal’s talisman was at his best in an and Carlos Vela teed up Hernandez, who met doubt,” said Portugal coach Fernando Santos, action-packed first half in his team’s opening the cross with a diving header. whose side wore black armbands in honour of match, with hosts Russia and New Zealand still After an explosive opening period, the sec- the victims of a deadly forest fire back home. to come in the group. ond was a much tamer affair as both teams “I would like to say something on behalf of Ronaldo’s superb volley looked to have squandered half chances as the tempo my players. People are very sad in Portugal and helped Portugal take the lead, but the video dropped. the players are thinking of all those who are suf- assistant referee came to Mexico’s rescue after With time running out, Southampton right- fering from what’s happened.” Nani had put the ball in the net. back Cedric pounced on a loose ball and Mexico coach Juan Carlos Osorio said his When Ronaldo’s volley thumped the cross- slammed home Portugal’s second goal. team deserved their point but admitted there bar, Nani pounced on the rebound, but the But with the 90 minutes up, Mexican defend- was work to be done going forward. video ref spotted that four players were offside. er Moreno rose highest from the final corner of “Hector Moreno’s goal handed Mexican foot- However, Portugal, and Ronaldo, were not to the game to head in the equaliser. — AFP MOSCOW: Cameroon’s defender Adolphe Teikeu (R) heads the ball with Chile’s mid- fielder Arturo Vidal next to Chile’s midfielder Francisco Silva (L) during the 2017 Confederations Cup group B football match between Cameroon and Chile at the Spartak Stadium in Moscow on Sunday. — AFP Oscar sparks mass brawl Ahly can end barren run by winning in Morocco in Chinese Super League

JOHANNESBURG: Under-performing Casablanca at the same stage last year SHANGHAI: Brazilian international Oscar trig- Hulk, equalised for Shanghai after being set up unlucky for Guangzhou.” R&F apologised after African giants Al Ahly of Egypt will reach thanks to a Ramy Rabia goal. gered a mass brawl in the Chinese Super League by Oscar just before the fisticuffs. the home side racked up five yellow cards in the CAF Champions League knockout Ahly comfortably overcame Wydad 2-0 as players and staff from his Shanghai SIPG side R&F players were incensed that the goal was addition to the one red. “We are sorry about stage for the first time in four seasons if in Cairo this month thanks to goals from and opponents Guangzhou R&F scrapped on the allowed to stand since Oscar appeared to have the infringements during the game and hope they beat Wydad Casablanca in Morocco Moamen Zakaria and Nigerian Oluwafemi pitch. been offside before his assist. the players can adjust their attitude and pre- tomorrow. “Junior” Ajayi. After the former Chelsea midfielder appeared Villas-Boas told Shanghai’s official social pare for the following game,” the club said in a Since winning the elite African competi- Zanaco hope Ahly collect maximum twice to fire the ball deliberately at Guangzhou media: “Our goal should be offside and it was statement. — AFP tion a record-extending eighth time in points because victory over Coton in north- players, he was rushed by several opponents. 2013 by overcoming Orlando Pirates of ern Cameroon city Garoua would then Oscar fell to the ground and a melee broke out. South Africa, the Cairo “Red Devils” have guarantee the Lusaka outfit a quarter-finals One player from each side was sent off as the fallen on hard times. place too. opening of the CSL transfer window was marked They failed to reach the group stage the The Zambians won the first encounter in rambunctious style. The fight erupted just following two years and a third-place mini- against the 2008 Champions League run- before half-time in Sunday’s CSL clash at league finish last season spelt an earlier- ners-up 2-1 with Diddy Kitumbo nodding Guangzhou R&F, where Andre Villas-Boas’ SIPG than-expected end to their campaign. the winning goal five minutes from time. were attempting to keep up the pressure on Ahly coach and former player Hossam el Esperance of Tunisia are another team league leaders Guangzhou Evergrande. Badry has acknowledged that supporters one win away from the knockout stage, Oscar cost SIPG a whopping 60 million euros are growing impatient for another and that could come at home Wednesday ($67 million) in the last transfer window, the Champions League title and a shot at the in Group C against title-holders Mamelodi biggest such deal in Asian football history. FIFA Club World Cup title. Sundowns of South Africa. He sparked the confrontation when he lashed “It is not a secret that our supporters are The two-time African champions are the ball twice at R&F players. The home side’s demanding that we win the Champions favoured having won 2-1 in Pretoria this Chen Zhizhao retaliated, pushing the 25-year-old League this year,” he told the Egyptian month thanks to a brace from in-form Brazilian to the ground. Then players, coaching media before leaving for Morocco. Tunisian international Taha Yassine staff and substitutes poured off the benches and “We want to add a ninth star to our Khenissi. waded in as Oscar lay face-down on the pitch. shirts and to play again in the FIFA Club If Sundowns fail and second-place Saint When order was restored after pushing and World Cup, where we have not performed George of Ethiopia win at V Club of the shoving, R&F’s Li Tixiang and Shanghai’s Fu Huan to our full potential in past appearances. Democratic Republic of Congo, the defend- were dismissed and three others were booked. “Our ambition is to win every competi- ing champions’ chances of survival would Oscar was unhurt and the fiery encounter fin- tion we play in. Only trophies are a stake for greatly diminish. ished 1-1 to leave SIPG four points behind reign- us-nothing less,” added the 2012 Leaders Zamalek of Egypt, runners-up to ing champions Guangzhou Evergrande. Champions League-winning coach. Sundowns last year, visit 2015 beaten final- Villas-Boas defended Oscar, saying he was Ahly and Zanaco of Zambia top Group D ists USM Alger of Algeria for a Group B top- “just being passionate”, and Oscar denied he pur- with seven points after three rounds, 2016 of-the-table showdown. Al Hilal of Sudan posely twice aimed the ball at R&F players. GUANGZHOU: This photo taken on June 18, 2017 shows a brawl erupting between Shanghai SIPG semi-finalists Wydad have three and Coton surprisingly held Group A pacesetters “Disrespect the opponent? It is not true. I am a players (in red) and Guangzhou R&F players (in blue) as Shanghai’s Oscar lies on the ground, dur- Sport of Cameroon none. Etoile Sahel in Tunisia and hope sauna-like very dedicated player and respect sportsman- ing their Chinese Super League match in Guangzhou, in China’s southern Guangdong province. CAF victories for clubs visiting Morocco heat and an intimidating Omdurman caul- ship,” Sina Sports website quoted him as saying. Brazilian international Oscar triggered a mass brawl in the Chinese Super League as players and are rare, but Ahly edged Wydad 1-0 in dron can help them win. — AFP Another Brazilian international, the forward staff from his Shanghai SIPG side and opponents Guangzhou R&F scrapped on the pitch. — AFP Larson outlasts Ronaldo’s Portugal Elliott at Michigan held by Mexico Speedway16 again at Confed19 Cup TUESDAY, JUNE 20, 2017

Kenta Maeda helps Dodgers beat Reds Page 17 Koepka caps a record week with US Open title

ERIN: Brooks Koepka received a short piece of advice from ment. He had been on the road for so long, in so many dif- a valuable source on the eve of the final round at the US ferent countries, and was feeling lonely. He won the next Open. Defending champion Dustin Johnson was doing day to graduate to the European Tour. The next year, he most of the talking. earned a spot in the U.S. Open through a qualifier in “It was a long phone call for us - it was like two min- England, and his tie for fourth at Pinehurst No. 2 helped utes,” Koepka said. “But he just said a few things, and just him earn a card on the PGA Tour. stay patient. And I’ll win if I stay patient and just keep Koepka took it from there - a victory in Turkey against a doing what I’m doing.” What he did looked awfully familiar strong field, his first PGA Tour victory in the Phoenix Open, Sunday at Erin Hills, minus any mess involving the rules. his first Ryder Cup and now a major championship. “To go With athleticism and power, and four straight putts over over there, I think it helped me grow up a little bit and the back nine that allowed him to pull away, Koepka really figure out that, hey, play golf, get it done, and then capped off his hardscrabble journey around the world you can really take this somewhere,” he said. and found stardom at home as the US Open champion. Koepka became the seventh straight first-time winner of He closed with a 5-under 67, only realizing after his par a major championship, and it was the first time since 1998- on the final hole that a birdie would have set yet another 2000 that Americans won their national championship US Open record in a week filled with them. Koepka fin- three straight years. Tommy Fleetwood, who played along- ished at 16-under 272, matching the lowest score to par side Koepka and closed with a 72 to finish fourth, played first set by Rory McIlroy six years ago at Congressional. the Challenge Tour a year before Koepka arrived. “It gives Tied for the lead with six holes to play, Koepka holed you a good grounding,” Fleetwood said. “Obviously, Brooks an 8-foot par putt on the 13th hole that gave him confi- dealt with it amazingly. He came and kicked everyone’s dence with his stroke and momentum to pour in birdies (behind) over there, didn’t he? But he’s proven for a long on the next three holes to turn the final hour into a cele- time how good he is. Now he’s done it in a major.” bration of another young star in golf. It was only fitting that Koepka left Erin Hills with yet The 27-year-old Koepka wound up winning by four another record matched or broken. McIlroy finished at 16- shots over Brian Harman, who was done in by back-to- under 268 when he won on rain-softened Congressional back bogeys right when Koepka was making his run, and in the 2011 US Open. But the low scoring went much Hideki Matsuyama, who closed with a 66. deeper than that. Only six players had ever reached dou- “That’s probably the most emotion I’ve ever shown ble digits under par in the previous 116 times at the US coming down the stretch,” Koepka said. Open. McIlroy and Tiger Woods (12 under at Pebble Beach “It feels amazing to get my name on this trophy with so in 2000) had been the only players to finish there. many other great names. It’s truly an honor.” This week alone, nine players reached at least 10 under Emotion? The most he displayed was a light fist pump, and seven finished there. Xander Schauffele, a rookie on his hand clenched a little tighter with each birdie, and a the PGA Tour playing in his first US Open, birdied his last double fist pump on the 18th when he tapped in for par. hole for a 69 to tie for fifth at 10-under 268 along with Bill It’s not much different from Johnson. They are close Haas (69) and Rickie Fowler (72), who was poised at yet friends on the golf course and in the gym, and they play a another major to win only to fall back. Fowler started one similar game of power off the tee, a clean strike with the shot out of the lead at the Masters this year and shot 76. iron and a knack for looking calm even as the pressure is He was only two behind when he made the turn, but ramping up. And now their names are on the US Open bogeys on the 12th and 15th holes - and no birdies until trophy, one after the other. No. 18 - ended his hopes. It capped quite a journey for the Floridian. Without a Justin Thomas, coming off a 9-under 63 that matched card on any tour when Koepka got out of Florida State, he the major championship scoring record and was the first 9- filled his passport on the Challenge Tour with stamps under round at a U.S. Open, went out in 39 and closed with from Kazakhstan to Kenya, Scotland and Spain, India and a 75 to tie for ninth. The week ended with 31 players under the Madeira Island. par, breaking the US Open record of 28 players at Medinah HARTFORD: Brooks Koepka of the United States poses with the winner’s trophy after his victory at the 2017 US One night in Scotland, he called his agent and wanted in 1990. There were 133 sub-par rounds, nine more than Open at Erin Hills on Sunday in Hartford, Wisconsin. — AFP to come home, even though he was leading the tourna- the previous record in that 1990 US Open. — AP Credit growth accelerates to 4% despite a flat month Page 22

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LE BOURGET: The Airbus A400M carrying French President Emmanuel Macron lands at Le Bourget airport yesterday for the opening of the International Paris Air Show. — AFP Britain, EU to start historic Brexit talks Threats by Britain to walk away worry European capitals

BRUSSELS: Britain started formal talks to leave the EU into the talks. "I look forward to beginning work on that Brussels at around 100 billion euros, the rights of three mil- yesterday, seeking a deal "like no other in history" despite new future." lion EU nationals living in Britain and one million Britons entering fiendishly difficult negotiations with a badly British foreign minister Boris Johnson, like Davis a on the continent, and the status of the border between weakened government. A year after Britain's seismic ref- prominent backer of the leave campaign, also sounded an Northern Ireland and Ireland. erendum, Brexit minister David Davis and the European upbeat note. "I think the whole process will lead to a hap- "Sitting down for a first formal negotiation round is Union's French chief negotiator Michel Barnier will meet py resolution which can be done with honor and profit to something in and of itself," an EU source said. Talks will at the European Commission in Brussels at around 0900 both sides," Johnson said as he went into an EU foreign begin at 0900 GMT with a joint press conference by former GMT. At stake in hugely complex talks facing a March ministers meeting in Luxembourg. There will be haggling French foreign minister and European commissioner 2019 deadline is not just Britain's future but a western over the terms, over money, but "the most important thing Barnier and Davis at around 1630 GMT. After the initial political order that would be badly shaken by a failure to is to raise our eyes to the future ... and think about the shock of last year's Brexit vote and faced with rising anti-EU reach a deal. deep and special partnership that we want to build with sentiment, the bloc at 27 appears to have steadied in The situation is very different from 12 months ago our friends," he said. recent months and got a real boost with the election of when the Brexiteers were riding high, with Prime Minister new French President Emmanuel Macron in May. Theresa May's entire approach called into question after a Early capitulation Macron, a committed pro-EU leader and ally of German disastrous election performance on June 8. "While there is Britain appears to have given in on the EU's insistence Chancellor Angela Merkel, easily won French legislative a long road ahead, our destination is clear-a deep and spe- that talks first focus on three key divorce issues, before elections on Sunday, cementing his power base. Worried cial partnership between the UK and the EU. A deal like no moving onto the future EU-UK relationship and a possible by immigration and loss of sovereignty, Britain voted last other in history," Davis said in a statement as he headed trade deal. Those issues are Britain's exit bill, estimated by year to end its four-decades-old membership of the 28- country bloc-the first state ever to do so. An increasingly concerned EU has been pushing London to hurry up, with time running out for a deal and three months already gone LE BOURGET: Chief Executive Officer of Qatar since May triggered the two-year Article 50 EU exit Airways Akbar Al Baker speaks in front of a Qatar process. Threats by Britain to walk away without a deal Airways Boeing 777, as part of the presentation for have worried European capitals. the new Qsuite business class seating yesterday at Yesterday's talks focused on the practical details of tim- Le Bourget airport, near Paris, on the opening day of ings for the coming months, with the big, divisive issues the International Paris Air Show. — AFP left aside for now, officials said. May herself will also have a chance to update the other 27 EU leaders on her Brexit Qatar Airways plans at a summit in Brussels on Thursday. "The best way we can spend this week is to rebuild trust," rather than tackle the big difficult issues right at the start, another CEO warns of European source said. lasting wound Cliff edge warning Many in Brussels fear that London has no real strategy, PARIS: The CEO of Qatar Airways says the blockade with May under pressure at home, still trying to close a imposed on his country by Gulf neighbors "will leave a deal with a conservative Northern Ireland party to stay in lasting wound." Speaking yesterday at the Paris Air power, and facing criticism for her handling of the after- Show, Akbar Al Baker said: "People will not forget."Al math of a devastating tower block fire. May's government Baker said he expects US President Donald Trump will had developed a strategy of so-called "hard Brexit": leaving intervene "to make sure that this blockade is lifted the European single market and the customs union in soonest...especially since he knows that we are part of order to control immigration from the EU. his alliance against terrorism." He called the blockade But she lost her parliamentary majority in the June 8 illegal and said customers are returning to Qatar polls, putting that policy and her own political future in Airways and again using Qatar as an aviation hub after doubt. Finance minister Philip Hammond confirmed an initial hit to business. Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Sunday that it was still the plan to quit not only the EU but Emirates and Bahrain cut ties with Qatar this month BRUSSELS: British Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union (Brexit Minister) David Davis and his delegation the customs union and single market as well. But he and blocked air, sea and land traffic with Qatar over its attend a meeting with European Commission member in charge of Brexit negotiations with Britain, Michel Barnier and warned that "we need to get there via a slope, not via a support for Islamist groups and ties with Iran. — AP his delegation at the start of Brexit negotiations at the European Commission in Brussels yesterday. — AFP cliff edge". — AFP TUESDAY, JUNE 20, 2017 BUSINESS

Credit growth accelerates to FBI missed rigged jackpot in 2006 before lottery scheme grew 4% in April despite a flat month IOWA CITY, Iowa: Investigators were sus- had no reason to think the lottery might picious in 2006 when they heard that a have been rigged. “Doing so would have rural Texas judge was trying to exchange seemed harebrained at the time,” Sand $450,000 in consecutively marked bills. wrote, adding that agents “had no NBK MONEY MARKET REPORT But Tommy Tipton, a Fayette County knowledge of Eddie Tipton’s existence.” KUWAIT: Growth rose to 4.0 percent year-on- magistrate, told the FBI The FBI’s Houston office, year, with the month seeing net lending down a that his actions were inno- which oversaw the inquiry, small KD 14 million. The poor monthly showing cent, if odd: He won the declined to comment. The was mostly due to the regular start-of-quarter Colorado lottery but scandal has roiled state drop in loans for the purchase of securities. couldn’t tell his wife lotteries, which have Growth in the “productive” business sectors because gambling was vowed to tighten their remained strong. Private deposits saw a notice- against their Christian security and face lawsuits able drop in April on the heels of a strong March. faith. The FBI accepted the from players claiming they Bank liquidity was lower as the government con- story and dropped its were cheated. tinued to tap domestic debt markets; interest inquiry of Tipton, who The $4.5 million rates moved higher. soon bought a new truck Colorado jackpot in late and more property around 2005 is the first prize sus- Household lending strong in April the town of Flatonia, 110 pected of being fixed. The sector saw a gain of KD 74 million, with miles (180 kilometers) west Three came forward with of Houston. winning tickets: Alexander growth improving to 6.9 percent. The monthly Eddie Tipton gain was slightly better than the KD 61 million A decade later, the Hicks, a friend of Tommy averaged during the last 12 months. Growth inquiry stands out as a missed chance to Tipton’s whom he recruited to claim the came from installment loans, which grew by 8.2 stop a jackpot rigging scandal that prize in exchange for 10 percent; Texas percent. would corrupt the $70 billion lottery lawyer Thad Whisenant, representing a industry for years while enriching a tiny newly formed Nevada limited liability Business credit declines group of insiders. The FBI didn’t uncover corporation called Cuestion de Suerte; one fact that its informant knew but did- and a Colorado resident. Hicks and The weakness came largely from a drop of KD n’t see as significant: that Tipton’s broth- Whisenant both had “manual play” tick- 216 million in loans for the purchase of securi- er, Eddie Tipton, was a lottery industry ets in which buyers select their own ties; the decline fits a pattern seen at the start of employee. In fact, he’d built the machine numbers - a statistical longshot. every quarter: a decline that usually reverses a that picked the winning combination for The third winner had the far more similar increase the month before. Otherwise, the Colorado Lotto game. common “easy pick” ticket generated by business credit was not particularly strong; the “I didn’t add two and two together,” a machine. The lottery paid each. Hicks industrial and real estate sectors were the only said the informant, Tom Bargas, owner of took the $568,900 cash option, returning ones to see much of a gain. Meanwhile, oil & gas B Fireworks in Schulenburg, Texas. “I don’t 90 percent to Tommy Tipton. Bargas saw a small decline. Business credit excluding think I mentioned it to the FBI. Had I, they recalled Tommy showing him large piles real estate and securities lending accelerated to probably would have been smart of freshly printed bills on Dec 31, 2005, a robust 10.9 percent after averaging 10 percent enough to know then. It was a missed and asking him to swap the money for growth in 2016.The oil and gas and construction opportunity. It should have been cash his business brought in from New sectors have been the two largest sources of this stopped immediately.” Bargas recalled a Year’s fireworks sales. Bargas declined growth so far this year. conversation months earlier in his ware- and reported the suspicious encounter house in which someone joked to Eddie to police, noting that Tommy Tipton Private deposits fall Tipton that he could use his job at the wouldn’t tell him where the money came Private deposits fell by KD 337 million. Multi-State Lottery Association in from but insisted it was “legit.” Declines were seen in sight, foreign currency Urbandale, Iowa, to “rig up the lottery.” Suspecting money laundering, the FBI and time deposits, while savings deposits rose. “He just laughed about it,” Bargas asked Bargas to go undercover. He Government deposits also fell by KD 145 million said. “We didn’t realize that he was actu- recorded a conversation in which Tommy in April, with growth slowing to 4.9 percent, its ally thinking about doing it or had done Tipton claimed he won the lottery while slowest pace in 19 months. Despite the draw it already.” Eddie Tipton, 54, admitted in in Colorado hunting for Bigfoot, a long- downs, money supply (M2) growth remained a plea agreement with multiple states time hobby. Tipton told Bargas he want- steady in April at 0.9 percent; M1 growth, how- this month that he long profited off his ed to hide the money from his wife ever, was affected by the outflow, contracting by position at the association, which helps because they were headed toward 1.3 percent. increasing domestic bond issuance during Interest rates hike run dozens of lotteries. Investigators say divorce. Bargas believed him. The FBI April in an effort to finance part of the deficit. The 3-month and 6-monthinterbank rates were he designed and installed code that closed the matter after interviewing Banking system liquidity drop allowed him to predict winning num- Tommy Tipton, Hicks and the lottery. Bank reserves (cash, deposits with the CBK Outstanding domestic public debt instru- up 12 basis points and 7 basis points, respectively. ments (PDIs) rose by KD 300 million during Interbank rates have been mostly steady since. bers drawn every May 27, Nov 23, and Investigators now suspect Whisenant and CBK bonds) lost KD 350million to reach Dec 29 of non-leap years. He conspired is linked to the scheme. They note he and KD 4.8 billion or 7.9 percent of total bank April to KD 4.117 billion, to an estimated 12 Customer deposit rates were also up, with rates on percent of GDP. all maturities higher by10-16 basis points. with his younger brother, friend Robert Tommy Tipton both have financial ties to assets. This coincided with the government Rhodes and others to buy and claim Fayette County attorney Luis Vallejo, who winning tickets in five states between tried to deposit $250,000 cash into 2005 and 2011. anonymous corporate bank accounts in The brothers have agreed to tell inves- 2006. Whisenant and Vallejo haven’t tigators the full extent of their involve- been charged. They didn’t reply to phone ment in jackpot-fixing under the deal, messages seeking comment. which requires they pay back $3 million. After Eddie Tipton was convicted of Prosecutors will seek 25 years in an Iowa fraud in 2015 for buying the winning prison for Eddie and 75 days in a Texas ticket for a $16.5 million Iowa jackpot, a jail for Tommy, who worked as a sheriff’s tipster called investigators suggesting deputy before being elected Justice of they revisit the jackpot his brother won a the Peace in 2002, presiding over traffic decade prior. Other rigged jackpots enforcement, misdemeanors and some emerged. Tommy Tipton, who testified civil disputes. that his brother was innocent at the 2015 trial, resigned his judgeship and was Easy pick charged. Bargas called Tommy Tipton’s Tommy Tipton’s lawyers argued that plea deal - in which he’ll be allowed to the FBI’s old inquiry should bar his cur- maintain employment as a firearms rent prosecution because the statute of instructor - too lenient. “He’s a crook, limitations had expired. But Iowa prose- period,” he said. “Guys like him need to be cutor Rob Sand responded that the FBI punished.”—AP

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BEIJING: In this photo, a model poses near a sports sedan from Thunder Power during a brand event BEIJING: In this photo Hong Kong entrepreneur Wellen Sham speaks near a photo of an electric sports held in Beijing. sedan during a Thunder Power brand event held in Beijing. —AP Photos China propels rise of electric ultra-high-performance cars NIO takes orders for bespoke vehicles

BEIJING: Want an insanely fast ride with zero ing lower-priced models. The instant torque make money.” Other Chinese tech companies emissions? Startup NIO has the car: An elec- and acceleration of electric cars make them including internet search engine operator tric two-seater with muscular European lines natural performance vehicles. Baidu Inc. and LeEco, an online video service, and a top speed of 195 miles per hour. The are working on electric and self-driving vehi- catch: The EP9 costs nearly $1.5 million. NIO, a Aim cles. Most have research centers in Silicon Chinese-Western hybrid with bases in Detroit Electric, a revival of a pioneering US Valley or Europe. “China isn’t necessarily a Shanghai, London and Silicon Valley, created electric car brand founded in 1907, launched a technological leader. They are a production it to showcase the company’s technology and sports car venture this year with a Chinese bat- leader,” said Robinson. “A lot of the more had no sales plans. But it is taking orders for tery maker and the government of Yixing, advanced electric vehicle, power train and “bespoke vehicles” after hearing from buyers west of Shanghai. For a base price of $135,000, other technology research is going on in ready to pay the eye-popping price. the company promises zero to 60 mph in 3.7 Europe and the United States.” “We are actually pleasantly surprised how seconds and a top speed of 155 mph. The first Chinese city governments are forging part- much interest we are getting,” said the CEO of seven of 100 cars ordered by European dealers nerships with automakers in hopes of becom- NIO’s US unit, Padmasree Warrior, a veteran of have been delivered, according to its chairman ing manufacturing centers. That helped Cisco and Motorola. NIO is part of a wave of and CEO, Albert Lam, a former Lotus chief Detroit Electric carry out its plans after other fledgling automakers - all backed at least in executive. He said the company aims to investors were uncertain, Lam said. He said the part by Chinese investors - that are propelling release an SUV in 2018 and wants to have a company picked Yixing after talking with four the electric vehicle industry’s latest trend: four-vehicle lineup by 2020. cities. “We were invited to come to China,” said ultra-high-performance cars. Manufacturers “Our target is to be the first Chinese-based Lam. The most prominent homegrown com- including Detroit Electric, Qiantu Motor, vehicle company to sell worldwide,” said Lam. petitor is Qiantu Motor, led by a former execu- Thunder Power and NEVS aim to compete Thunder Power, led by Hong Kong entrepre- tive of a state-owned automaker. with Europe, Detroit and Japan by offering neur Wellen Sham, has a similarly multination- Qiantu says its K50, on sale next year, will top speeds over 150 and features including al plan for a sport sedan due out in late 2018. deliver a top speed of 125 mph and go 185 carbon fiber bodies and web-linked naviga- The company is building a factory in southern miles on one charge. NEVS is developing a tion and entertainment. China and plans a second in Spain. sedan to be made in China based on technolo- The ventures mix US and European tech- Engineering work is being handled by Italy’s BEIJING: In this photo visitors look at the $1.5million NIO EP9 displayed at the gy acquired from defunct Swedish automaker nology with Chinese money and manufactur- Dallara Automobili, which helped develop Shanghai auto show. Saab. Its owners include National Modern ing, reflecting this country’s rise as a market Bugatti’s Veyron, the fastest street-legal car Energy Holdings Ltd., a Chinese developer of and investor for an industry where Beijing with a top speed of 255 mph. Thunder Power are pressing manufacturers to speed up lower priced segments face a crowded mar- renewable energy technology, the govern- wants a leading role. Communist leaders see promises a top speed of 155 mph. development with a proposal to require that ket, he said. “Really, not all of them are going ment of the eastern city of Tianjin and State electric vehicles as a way to clear China’s The company says its competitive edge electrics account for at least 8 percent of each to make it,” said Robinson. Despite that, the Research Information Technology Co., owned smog-choked cities and as an engine for eco- will be a battery that can go up to 400 miles brand’s production by next year. To raise its newcomers express confidence they can take by the Chinese Cabinet. nomic development. “We really haven’t seen on one charge, or almost double the 200 to profile, the electric vehicle industry launched market share from established rivals. NIO developed the EP9 to promote its non-Chinese companies get into this super- 250 miles of current high-end electrics. its own racing circuit, dubbed Formula E, in technology for self-driving vehicles. The first, technology market,” said Chris Robinson, who Beijing’s backing has helped to make China 2014 with battery-powered Formula One- Serious performance car a seven seat SUV, is due to be released in follows the industry for Lux Research. the biggest electric vehicle market at a time style cars and events in China, Europe, the NIO’s Warrior points to the transition from China in 2018. The company worried buyers NIO’s backers include Chinese tech giant of uncertainty about the scale of support for United States and Mexico. cellphones to smartphones, in which industry saw electrics as a “little toy car.” It wants to Tencent Holdings, operator of the popular the industry from Washington and European Still, no matter how appealing they are, leaders were displaced by upstarts. “We are in “break that mold and say that an electric car WeChat messaging service; computer maker governments. Sales in China of plug-in and there aren’t enough buyers to support so the beginning of a race. We are all at the same can be a serious performance car,” said Lenovo Group, a Singapore government- hybrid vehicles in the first quarter of this many high-performance brands, said Lux’s starting position,” said Christopher Nicoll, Warrior. NIO says a self-driving version of the owned investment fund and US-based IDG year totaled 55,929, versus 44,876 for the Robinson. He noted Ferrari or Lamborghini marketing director for Thunder Power. Detroit EP9 hit 160 mph in February on an Austin, Capital, TPG and Hillhouse Capital. Some United States. might sell only 15 of their fastest vehicles, Electric’s Lam said his financial plan calls for Texas, test track. “We made seven, thinking it brands are following the strategy of Tesla Inc., The Cabinet hopes to have 100,000 public which are treated as marketing tools and each car to be sold at a profit by 2019. “We are was essentially for a collector,” said Warrior. which debuted with an eye-catching roadster charging stations and 800,000 private stations even at prices above $1 million fail to make a not from the internet world,” he said. “We “Now there is increased interest. People actu- to establish a premium image before launch- operating by the end of this year. Regulators profit. Manufacturers wanting to move into know how important it is for a car company to ally want to buy this car.”—AP Head of major Taiwanese bank held over illegal loans

TAIPEI: The head of a major Taiwanese bank has tors to take Sinopac’s Ho and the other two sus- meeting Saturday and appointed an acting chair- been detained on suspicion of granting illegal pects into custody, saying there was a risk of evi- man following Ho’s arrest. The bank said it will loans, just months after another banking scandal dence tampering or collusion. cooperate with the investigation and that its rocked the island’s financial sector. SinoPac Local prosecutors investigating the case operations are continuing as normal. Two other Holdings chairman Ho Shou-chuan and two oth- searched Ho’s residence and office last week. people critical in the probe have not been ques- ers are being probed over an alleged Tw$5 billion “(Ho) and the others are suspected of jointly vio- tioned yet as they are out of the country, the ($164.8 million) of loans made to an “offshore lating laws including the Securities and Exchange court said Sunday. company with no real operations”. It is not yet Act and breach of trust,” prosecutors said. No for- Taiwan last year toughened its anti-money clear what relationship they have with the firm mal charges have been made yet. The case laundering laws following the Mega bank scan- that received the money. revolves around alleged illegal lending to a com- dal. That case also led to the resignation of the The case comes after the ex-chairman of Mega pany called J&R Trading Co. by a SinoPac sub- island’s top financial regulator, who was criticized International Commercial Bank was indicted in sidiary since 2009. Local media said the funds over the handling of the fallout. Mega bank was December on charges including insider trading. were routed to finance an investment into a com- found to have links with a Panamanian law firm at That followed a massive $180 million fine slapped mercial building in Shanghai. the centre of a huge data dump known as the BEIJING: China’s President Xi Jinping, right, shakes hands with India’s on Mega by American authorities after they said According to the court statement, Ho insisted Panama Papers scandal. The trove of leaked Minister of External Affairs Vijay Kumar Singh as he meets with foreign they found “suspicious transactions” between its at most he is accountable for “administrative neg- papers revealed murky offshore financial dealings affairs officials from the BRICS countries at the Great Hall of the People’s New York and Panama branches. Taipei District ligence” and did not cause the company any that used shell companies to help politicians, Fujian Room in Beijing yesterday. —AFP Court approved on Sunday a request by prosecu- damage. SinoPac held an emergency board celebrities and sports stars to skirt taxes.—AFP Japan logs surprise trade deficit BRICS meeting highlights German SPD leader Martin climate change, trade, terrorism Schulz promises higher in May as energy costs expand taxes for the rich TOKYO: Japan unexpectedly slumped back into a coming months, feeding gradually to capital BEIJING: Climate change, trade and terrorism change,” she said. BERLIN: Germany’s Social Democrats (SPD), seeking to trade deficit for the first time in four months, as spending and household spending,” said Takeshi were high on the agenda yesterday at a Beijing Nkoana-Mashabane also emphasized the turn round their flagging election campaign, promised soaring energy import bills offset growth in the Minami, chief Japan economist at Norinchukin meeting of foreign affairs officials from Brazil, need for joint efforts to fight terrorism, a senti- to raise the top income tax rate for the rich and abolish a country’s shipments abroad, government data Research Institute. The May deficit is “mainly Russia, India, China and South Africa, known col- ment reflected by Vijay Kumar Singh, an Indian flat-rate withholding tax on capital gains in a bid to win showed yesterday. Japan logged a surprise deficit because of a rise in imports, reflecting Japan’s lectively as the BRICS nations. The five countries External Affairs official. back working-class voters. “We’ll reduce the tax burden of 203 billion yen ($1.8 billion), the first red ink in resilient economy”, Minami said. are seeking to further align their views on key for small and medium-sized incomes and we’ll support four months, according to data from the finance issues at a time when President Donald Trump is Lot of consensus families,” party leader Martin Schulz told reporters yester- ministry, despite market expectations for a sur- Dependence on fossil fuels withdrawing the US from multilateral arrange- “It is important to enhance BRICS security in day. This step would help stimulate domestic demand plus. “Crude oil prices rebounded while the yen Overall exports in May rose 14.9 percent from ments such as the Paris climate accords and the counterterrorism matters,” Singh said. Leaders of and reduce Germany’s trade surplus by sucking in more was weaker in the month,” Yuichiro Nagai, econo- a year earlier to 5.85 trillion yen thanks to an Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal. the five nations are to meet in the southeastern imports from other European countries, he added. mist at Barclays Capital, said. increase in shipments of cars and steel, chalking Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said China Chinese city of Xiamen in September. Chinese “Our proposal is good not just for Germany but also The yen was 2.3 percent weaker against the up growth for the sixth consecutive month. The in the coming year would look to “expand with President Xi Jinping later met with the officials for Europe,” Schulz added. Schulz hopes to unseat dollar compared with levels recorded a year earli- growth in exports is partly thanks to a rebound more broad and wide-ranging cooperation in at the Great Hall of the People in central Beijing, Chancellor Angela Merkel, who is seeking a fourth term, er, which helped push up imports costs. The after powerful twin quakes in southwestern areas such as trade and commerce and invest- saying the six hours of discussion among the in Sept 24 national elections. But the centre-left SPD, cur- deficit came as a surprise after recent data Japan last year disrupted production and supply ment.” Together the BRICS countries account for nations had produced “a lot of consensus,” as rently junior partner in Merkel’s ruling coalition, has lost showed Japan’s economy was picking up steam chains. But imports expanded faster, rising 17.8 roughly 40 percent of the world’s population well as a concluding document that was not momentum since making initial gains after nominating with exports growing on the back of a global percent to 6.05 trillion yen, boosted by heavier and 20 percent of the global economy. All five immediately released. Schulz as the party’s new leader in January. economic recovery. Nagai said there was no need costs for liquefied natural gas, coal and crude oil. countries are members of the Group of 20 “At present the international situation has By unveiling its tax plans, the SPD wants to put the to be overly pessimistic over figures for a single Japan’s dependence on fossil fuels has risen industrial and emerging-market nations, complexities and also factors of instability and issue of social justice at the centre of the election cam- month. May data showed “a correction in speed” since the nation shifted to thermal power gener- although their economic prospects have its right for the BRICS to speak its voice, which is paign, though the topic has not weighed very heavily but the Japanese economy is likely to continue to ation with most of the nation’s nuclear reactors declined somewhat amid crises in very good,” Xi said. Russian Foreign Minister so far among voters. Polls see a double-digit lead for expand in the July-September quarter even if it remaining offline after the 2011 Fukushima Brazil and South Africa and the impact of Sergey Lavrov commended China’s leadership of Merkel’s conservatives ahead of the SPD. Schulz said stalls in April-June, he said. earthquake/tsunami disaster. Japan’s politically sanctions lodged against Russia by the West. BRICS over the past year, saying the grouping the SPD would increase the top tax rate for employ- Yuichi Kodama, chief economist at Meiji sensitive surplus with the United States rose 19.0 South African Foreign Minister Maite Nkoana- that began taking shape more than 10 years ago ment income to 45 percent from 42 percent. To avoid Yasuda Life Insurance, told Bloomberg News that percent to 411 billion yen as exports increased Mashabane pointed to climate change as a is now coming into its prime. “Your chairman- higher taxes for middle-class families, the SPD also “exports are growing steadily and external 11.6 percent. US President Donald Trump has major concern. “There is one climate and for ship certainly contributed to the strength ... and wants to lift the threshold from which the top rate demand is a leading factor in the Japanese econ- vowed to root out “unfair” trade practices around future generations we must employ every effort to increasing its reputation as a factor of stabili- applies. —Reuters omy.” The latest report “confirms that the ship- the world and target other countries including at our disposal to reverse the effects of climate ty,” Lavrov told Xi. —AP ments will continue to drive Japan’s economy in Japan. —AFP TUESDAY, JUNE 20, 2017 BUSINESS Asian markets extend gains at start of the week

HONG KONG: Asian markets yesterday built on ruptcy and sell its assets to a US firm. “With cent, while Wellington, Taipei and Manila were Oil struggles production offsets big output cuts agreed last week’s gains following another record close stocks on an uptrend for quite some time, and also sharply higher. In early European trade The pound, which tumbled in response to by OPEC and Russia. The Baker Hughes rig on Wall Street, while the euro edged up on news the global economy seen to keep expanding, London added 0.7 percent, while Paris and the election result, continues to struggle count showed another rise last week, Greg that French President Emmanuel Macron’s party the general risk-positive sentiment is continu- Frankfurt each rose 0.8 percent. around two-month lows against the dollar. McKenna, chief market strategist at had secured a healthy majority in National ing,” Masafumi Yamamoto, chief currency strate- With few drivers for business this week, The euro edged up to sit about $1.12 after AxiTrader, said in a note. “That’s 22 weeks Assembly elections. The Dow in New York closed gist at Mizuho Securities in Tokyo, told eyes will be on the start of talks between Macron’s year-old Republique en Marche in a row that oil rigs have been added, a at a fresh all-time high Friday thanks to a bounce Bloomberg News. Britain and the European Union on its extrac- (Republic on the Move) and its allies won 351 record run,” he said, although he pointed in energy stocks, providing a positive lead for “In that regard, the yen is bound to come tion from the economic bloc. The ruling seats in the 577-seat National Assembly, giv- out that the rate of new additions was eas- Asia, and a weaker yen helped Tokyo rally. under selling pressure.”Hong Kong added 1.2 Conservative party lost its parliamentary ing the president a strong mandate to enact ing. “Even just a casual observance of the The dollar climbed above 111 yen yesterday percent and Shanghai finished up 0.7 percent, majority in elections this month, weakening business-friendly reforms. However the cur- energy news would show that the conver- after Japan posted a surprise trade deficit for with Chinese traders waiting to see if index the government’s hand. “How these negotia- rency’s gains were tempered by the fact that sation is turning a little from OPEC and its May. The Nikkei ended 0.6 percent higher, compiler MSCI decides to include the mainland tions evolve will likely hold the near-term fate the party did not secure the forecast landslide. production cut deal efficacy to US produc- although troubled airbag maker Takata plunged index in its global benchmarks list. Seoul for the pound,” said Stephen Innes, a senior On oil markets prices dipped on linger- tion and its sustainability-or growth-at 16.5 percent on reports it plans to file for bank- gained 0.4 percent and Sydney added 0.5 per- trader at OANDA. ing glut concerns as US companies’ rising these levels,” he added.—AFP

TOKYO: A pedestrian walks past a stock quotation board flashing the key Nikkei index of the Tokyo Stock Exchange in front of a securities company in Tokyo.—AFP Sales reach high levels in the last 29 months Kuwait Real Estate Market Report KUWAIT: Kuwait’s real estate market sales Farwaniya Governorates. As for the com- (contracts and power of attorneys) increased mercial sector, it had a very small number of significantly during the month of May 2017. deals of only 5 recorded during the month, Total sales reached its highest levels yet since which did not enable for a calculation of an December 2014, increasing by 150 percent average price to properly reflect price compared to April 2017, and by 63 percent changes in the market. compared to May 2016, thereby reaching KD 370 million. The total count of deals Market performance during May 2017 increased by 91 percent compared to the Total sales for the residential sector wit- month prior, and increased by 50 percent nessed an 84 percent increase compared to compared to the corresponding period of the month prior, and a 33 percent increase last year, reaching a total of 713 deals. on annual basis, reaching KD 164 million; Additionally, the average deal value sales in the sector gained support from real increased by 31 percent compared to the estate auctions carried out in Mubarak Al- previous month, reaching KD 519 thousand. Kabeer Governorate. Total count of deals in the residential sector reached 486, which is Increase across all sectors an increase by 59 percent compared to the Sales performance in the commercial sector month prior, and by 63 percent on annual contributed significantly to the overall market basis. Average deal value increased by 16 performance. During the month, sales in the percent compared to last month, reaching commercial sector quadrupled, compared to KD 337 thousand per deal. However, aver- the month prior, reaching KD 63 million. age deal value recorded for the residential Meanwhile, the crafts sector recorded an sector during May 2017 was 18 percent unprecedented total sales value of KD 50 mil- lower compared to last year. lion during May 2017. Likewise, sales in the resi- Meanwhile, sales in the investment sector dential sector increased by 84 percent com- increased by more than double compared to pared to the month prior, reaching KD 164 mil- the month prior, and increased by 34 percent lion. Furthermore, sales in the investment on annual basis, reaching KD 92 million. sector roughly doubled compared to last Additionally, the count of deals in the invest- month, reaching KD 92 million. Monthly per- ment sector reached183, which was double formance of Kuwait real estate market is the count recorded during the previous evaluated by comparing the performance of month, and a 10 percent increase compared the month compared to the same corre- to last year. Average deal value in the invest- spondent month each year starting from ment sector was about KD 500 thousand per 2007. This comparison shows changes in deal; despite a decrease of29 percent on a market indicators, while adjusting for sea- monthly basis, average deal value still higher sonality. May 2017 ranked third in sales by 22 percent compared to last year. (compared to the same month throughout Furthermore, total value in the com- the past 11 years). mercial sector quadrupled compared to the previous month, and increased by 83 Variant changes in average prices percent compared to the previous year Average prices are calculated based on reaching KD 63 million. The commercial market sector and geographical area. The sector recorded only6 deals during the average price per square meter for residen- month of May 2017, with an average deal tial properties increased by 13 percent com- value of KD 10 million. pared to the month prior, as a result of an The crafts sector witnessed an unparal- increase in residential property prices in Al- leled performance in the market during the Asimah, Hawally, and Mubarak Al-Kabeer month, with 37 deals made in Ardiya and Governorates. Meanwhile, the average price Herafi Ardiya in Farwaniya Governorate, in the investment sector decreased by 2 amounting to a total sales value of KD 50 percent, caused by a drop in prices in million. Average deal value in the sector Hawally and Ahmadi Governorates, as well was KD 1.4 million per deal. Additionally, as an improvement in the prices of invest- one deal was made in the warehouse sec- ment properties in Mubarak Al-Kabeer and tor with a value of KD 1.5 million. BUSINESS TUESDAY, JUNE 20, 2017

LE BOURGET: A Dassault Aviation Rafale fighter jet per- forms during a flight display yesterday at the International Paris Air Show in Le Bourget outside Paris. Lockheed signs pact with Tata to make F-16 planes in India

PARIS: Lockheed Martin signed an agreement with India's Tata Advanced Systems yesterday to produce F-16 fighter planes in India, pressing ahead with a plan to shift its Fort Worth, Texas plant to win billions of dollars worth of order from the Indian military. India's air force needs hundreds of aircraft to replace its Soviet-era fleet, but Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government has said foreign suppliers would have to make the planes in India with a local partner to help build a domestic industrial base and cut outright imports. LE BOURGET: An Airbus A380 with the mention A380 plus stands on the tarmac of Le Bourget. But Modi's Make-in-India drive runs the risk of conflicting with US President Donald Trump's America First campaign under which he has been pressing for companies to invest in the United States and create jobs instead of setting up facto- Boeing announces latest ries abroad. In announcing their agreement at the Paris Airshow, Lockheed and Tata said moving the production base to India would still retain jobs in the United States. "F-16 production in India supports thousands of Lockheed Martin and F-16 supplier jobs in the US, creates new manufac- plane at Paris Air Show turing jobs in India, and positions Indian industry at the center of the most extensive fighter aircraft supply ecosystem in the world," a joint statement by the firms said. Sweden's Saab is the other contender to supply the Indian Air Force, offering to MAX 10: Most efficient jet in civil aviation market make its Gripen fighter in India. It has not yet announced a local partner for the plane which it has pitched as a modern alternative to the F-16s. LE BOURGET, France: Boeing announced yesterday what it The announcement comes days before Modi travels to claims will be the most efficient jet yet in the highly competi- Washington for a first meeting with Trump, scheduled for June tive civil aviation market as it tries to claw back market share 26. India and the United States have built a close defence rela- from rival Airbus. "Today, it is our pleasure to officially tionship in recent years with Washington emerging as among announce the newest member of our 737 family, the 737 MAX the top three arms suppliers to India, along with Russia and 10," Kevin McAllister, head of the company's commercial avia- Israel. India will also have the chance to export the F-16 that is tion division, told journalists as the Paris Air Show got under flown by air forces around the world, the joint statement said. way. It quickly announced more than 100 orders worth some Some 3,200 of these planes are being flown by 26 countries $13.5 billion, although some were customers changing their and the model that is being offered to India will be Block 70, selection of models from previous orders. the most modern of all the F-16s. The MAX 10 will be the largest of the updated 737 series, "This unprecedented F-16 production partnership which competes head on with Airbus's A320neo family. With between the world's largest defense contractor and India's the latest advances in engines and aerodynamics, they prom- premier industrial house provides India the opportunity to ise significant fuel savings to airlines, which have responded produce, operate and export F-16 Block 70 aircraft, the newest with hundreds of orders for single-aisle airlines that are the and most advanced version of the world's most successful, workhorses of their fleets. Airbus, which moved first to combat-proven multi-role fighter," the statement said. Tata is update its aircrafts used in most midrange flights, now has a already building airframe components for the C-130 military 60 percent market share. transport aircraft. India has not opened formal bidding for the The 737 MAX 10, which can carry up to 230 passengers, is jet order, which is expected to be anything from 100 planes to the largest in the class, and Boeing said it would be five per- 250. — Reuters cent cheaper to operate than the Airbus A321neo. As these planes can carry more passengers, they have attracted inter- est from low-cost airlines as well as carriers looking to exploit their range that allows them to make flights across the Atlantic. McAllister said the 737 MAX 10 will be "the most effi- cient single-aisle airplane in the skies". Boeing has a test version of the 737 MAX 9 on display at Le Bourget airport north of Paris, which hosts the air show. For its part, Airbus announced orders for over 100 planes in its LE BOURGET: French President Emmanuel Macron is seated in the cockpit of an Airbus A400M turboprop transport A320neo family, including at least a dozen of the latest plane before taking off from Villacoublay military airbase near Paris. A321neo model, worth over $11.5 billion. While Airbus and Boeing dominate the world's civil aviation industry, the duop- on average without reducing comfort. Together with aero- Asian markets. It predicts the need for 35,000 new planes oly is not without challengers: Competition is looming, dynamic improvements, Airbus said the planes will be 13 worth $5.3 trillion over the next two decades, an increase notably from Russia and China, which have been test-flying percent cheaper to operate on a per seat basis from current from last year's estimates. their own mid-range models. models. It is the first major update to the plane since it The air show comes a little too early for either Russia's entered service in 2007. Airbus, which has been talking Supersonic roars Irkut, with its MC-21, or China's Comac, with the much-flagged with airlines for years about improvements to the aircraft to French President Emmanuel Macron officially opened C919, to be able to showcase their aircraft there, but both will take advantage of the latest cost-saving technologies, the biennial Paris Air Show, arriving on an Airbus A400M leave little doubt that they expect to win a big slice of the avi- slowed down production of the aircraft last year as orders military transport plane. Military aircraft are also a key part ation pie in the future. Airbus will also showcase its new long- dried up. of the air show, and the spectacular displays of supersonic haul model A350-1000 and Boeing its 787-10 Dreamliner, While new civilian aircraft orders will probably fall short combat planes are a key draw for the crowds. One star per- while Ukraine's Antonov will present its 132 D. Airbus will also of the $130 billion the Paris show clocked up last time- former will be Lockheed Martin's F-35A next-generation have on hand a new "plus" size version of its A380 as it tries to mostly thanks to airlines ordering the latest fuel-efficient fighter jet, scheduled to make demonstration flights during revive interest among airlines in the superjumbo double- Boeing and Airbus aircraft-the industry is still optimistic the air show. Some 200,000 member of the public are decker aircraft. about sustained growth. Airbus said this month that it expected to visit the air show, which runs to June 25. That is LE BOURGET: A plane is moved on the tarmac of Le Changes to the cabin will allow airlines to add another expected the market for large passenger planes to more in addition to the 150,000 industry professionals from 2,370 Bourget. 80 seats to the planes which carry around 500 passengers than double in the next 20 years, driven by growth from companies. — AFP

LE BOURGET: French President Emmanuel Macron, second right, poses with NASA administrator, Robert LE BOURGET: French President Emmanuel Macron, second right, French defense minister Sylvie Goulard, second left, Dassault Aviation M. Lightfoot, second left, Jean-Yves Le Gall, President of the Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES), CEO Eric Trappier, right, and French Foreign Affairs minister Jean-Luc Le Drian watch demonstration flights as part of the Paris Air Show right, and French astronaut Thomas Pesquet. — AP/AFP photos in Le Bourget, north of Paris yesterday. TUESDAY, JUNE 20, 2017 business

Chevrolet’s Malibu 2017 stands out as the high-end vehicle in its class

KUWAIT: 50 years after it was first while on the road. A high-strength steel open. The center console is dominated introduced to the world, the Chevrolet safety cage is provided for the best by an eight-inch touch screen, equipped Malibu maintains its leadership posi- safety during accident impacts, in addi- with the MyLink infotainment system to tion among vehicles of its class all tion to a list of features that help mini- connect to iOS and Android devices. around the world, and especially in its mize accidents. These features include Functions such as audio, navigation, 2017 model. The enhanced overall look Front Pedestrian Alert, Forward comfort settings and many more can be and improved performance makes Collision Alert with Following Distance accessed through the steering-mounted owning a superior vehicle at a very Indicator and Front Park Assist ensure control to ensure drivers keep their competitive price. The new Malibu that the beautiful front end of the hands on the steering wheel and remain 2017 comes with a strong engine, a Malibu remains intact at all times. Blind focused on the road ahead. chic and comfortable interior, and a Zone Alert, Rear Cross Traffic Alert and bold overall design, building on the Lane Keep Assist with Lane Departure High-end exterior features that made the Malibu popular Warning guarantees you to remain The Malibu 2017 received the in our part of the world. stress-free at high-speed and in high- Chevrolet redesign treatment and design Following its campaign last year, traffic transits. Moreover, Intellibeam fabric. The look and features are at par ‘The car you never expected”, which technology ensures drivers get the best with high-end carsata very attractive involved people driving and analyzing road illumination, with the Malibu price offering. The overall design of the the features of the car which was com- automatically switching to high beam vehicle stands out as sharper, thanks to pletely debagged to be unrecogniz- when it is best. its compact dimensions. The front end able, the Malibu stood out as a car looks aggressive with well styled grill worth high-end vehicles; thanks to its vides instantaneous response and vir- track while the all-around disc brakes Attractive interior features while the headlamp units are sleek that looks and features which comprise the tually eliminates the dreaded turbo lag. provide a confident brake feel. Power The interior of the Malibu was fit the front-end geometry. The Chevrolet 2.0L 4-cylinder turbocharged engine, The performance further enhances transmission from the gas pedal to the designed to provide a world of comfort. badge is fit between the two-part front 250HPat5, 300 rpm, 350 Nm at1, 700 with the eight-speed transmission, road is without a doubt, smooth and The front leather seats are electrically grilles which have a chrome lining on rpm FWD, eight-speed auto transmitter. enabling the Malibu to hit 100 km/h in highly sought after, particularly in this adjustable and feature cooling; an ideal their perimeter. The hood’s design under 6.5 seconds, giving drivers the segment. addition to cope of the local weather. strengthens the bold look of the Malibu Superior performance fast and efficient performance they As for suspension, the 16 and 17- Rear seats are also finished in leather with a thick A-pillar defining the Malibu Under its hood, the new Malibu look for. inch wheels provide a quiet ride, while with wide legroom and headroom for a from front to the sloping roofline. The 2017 covers a 2.0-liter four-cylinder tur- Buyers of this class of cars with high an upgrade to 18-inch wheels provides stress-free experience. The leather-clad increased wheelbase of the new Malibu bocharged engine generating a power demands will definitely have their a soft ride giving a hint of the road steering wheel falls into hand easily for ensures that the sloping roof does not of 250HP, and a torque value of 350 investment worth with a superior vehi- quality, and a more sophisticated look. ergonomic comfort. Further enhancing hinder rear passenger headroom, and Nm. The turbo engine is the first on any cle from usual small cars in the same The new Malibu also boasts a host of the comfort experience, the Malibu fea- also provides great legroom. Towards the Chevrolet vehicle introduced in the segment. The 245/45 sized tires all- active and passive safety features, tures a full-size panoramic roof, which rear, the aggressive lines give way to Middle East. The twin-scroll turbo pro- around ensure the Malibu remains on which gives greater peace of mind easily increases cabin airiness when smoother and simpler look. Middle East millennial work hard to create positive impact

KUWAIT: Millennial business owners in the Middle global average for all entrepreneurs and above the - ahead of millennial entrepreneurs in Europe (45 per- East are more likely to be driven by the desire to average of 55 minutes and 19 seconds for other entre- cent) and Asia Pacific (43 percent). They also just trail increase their influence and have a positive impact on preneurs in their age group. the US in leading the way in placing a high amount of others than the overall average for entrepreneurs Middle Eastern millennial motivations extend to effort in employment growth and staff welfare (52 globally, according to a new study by HSBC Private nurturing talents within the company. Out of all percent of American millennial v/s 49 percent of Bank. The bank’s second Essence of Enterprise report, regions surveyed, this group, along with the millennial Middle Eastern millennial). Overall, millennial in the launched yesterday, researched the views of over in the US, are most likely to devote a high amount of Middle East dedicate a huge amount more time to 4,000 entrepreneurs globally to understand the moti- effort into inspiring and educating others (51 percent) working than their worldwide peer group; the 12 vations behind setting up their own businesses. hours and 35 minutes a day which they spend on The research found that three in ten (29 percent) business activities is over two and a half hours longer Burgan Bank announces Middle Eastern entrepreneurs in their 20s are motivat- than the global average for millennial (ten hours and ed to set up their business in part by the desire to three minutes). lucky winners of have a positive impact on their community, while, a Sobhi Tabbara, HSBC’s Global Market Head of third (33 percent) say they are also driven to have a Private Banking, Middle East said: “The latest Essence positive economic impact - a greater proportion than of Enterprise study shows that Middle Eastern entre- Yawmi account draw their peers in every other region surveyed. By contrast, preneurs are incredibly driven in meeting their goals, 20 percent of all entrepreneurs globally are motivated with a hungry young generation working significantly KUWAIT: Burgan Bank, the second largest Quarterly Draws, wherein the Quarterly by the need to have a positive impact on their com- longer hours, compared to the rest of the world, to in terms of assets, announced yesterday Draw requires customers to maintain a munity, while 25 percent want to have a positive eco- achieve this. On top of the financial rewards, it is par- the names of the daily draw winners of its minimum amount of KD 500 in their nomic impact. ticularly interesting to see that altruism and the con- Yawmi account draw, each taking home a account for two months prior to the draw The research found that 29 percent of millennial sideration of overall impact on the community in cash-prize of KD 5,000. The lucky winners date. Additionally, every KD 10 in the entrepreneurs in the Middle East went into business which businesses operate is becoming an important are: Mohammad Abdullah Al-Wazzan, account will entitle customers to one to build a name for themselves, compared with 23 factor in drawing entrepreneurs to starting their own Jaafar Ahmad Al-Tarrah, Abdulrazzaq chance of winning. If the account balance is percent of all entrepreneurs globally. The desire to companies. Abdullah Ahmad, Redha Mohammad KD 500 and above, the account holder will make a positive difference is borne out by the amount “As we help drive and advise business owners in Alkhayyat and Abeer Ali Alghanim. In addi- be qualified for both the quarterly and dai- of time spent dedicated to community activity and achieving economic and social growth, studies such tion to the daily draw, Burgan Bank also ly draws. Burgan Bank encourages every- volunteering. Middle Eastern millennial spend almost as the Essence of Enterprise are vital helping us to offers a Quarterly Draw with more chances one to open a Yawmi account and/or an hour (58 minutes and 20 seconds) each day taking understand the unique passions and motivations of to win higher rewards, offering the chance increase their deposit to maximize their part in these activities, 15 minutes longer than the Sobhi Tabbara our clients in the Middle East” to one lucky customer to win KD 125,000 chances of becoming a winner. The higher every three months. the level of the deposit, the higher the like- Cadillac Alghanim to donate The Yawmi Account offers Daily and lihood to win. a share of its profit to KRCS

KUWAIT: Committed to supporting the communities it serves and ensuring the wellbeing of specific segments of the society, Yusuf A. Alghanim & Sons Automotive, the sole distributor of Cadillac vehicles in Kuwait, renewed its social commitment during the Holy month of Ramadan, pledging to donate a share of its profit of each car sold to the Kuwait Red Crescent Society (KRCS) during the month of May 2017. In this light, the Cadillac Alghanim represented by Rajesh Krishnan (Vice presi- dent-Automotive-General motors’ brands & Mohamed Eltalkhawi (General Manager-Cadillac Alghanim)in col- laboration with Alghanim corporate communications ABK offers its customers team presented by Abdullateef Al-Sharikh - Director- Corporate Communications Alghanim industries team the Visa Checkout presented the donation cheque to Helal Al- Sayer(President of Board of Directors) of KRCS. online payment feature The initiative comes as part of the brand’s ongoing commitment to various segments of the community, be it education, awareness or individuals with special social, psychological and entertainment welfare of the vate its iconic vehicles to an even higher plane of pres- KUWAIT: In line with its Simpler foundation, using mechanisms such as needs. Falling under the Alghanim Industries and as patients and guests of social welfare houses. Since the tige. From designing a range of refined interior features Banking strategy, Al Ahli Bank of Kuwait device fingerprinting and step-up part of a philanthropic mandate, Cadillac Alghanim brand’s promising arrival to Kuwait, Cadillac has unceas- and sleek exterior lines, to adding raw power and finish- (ABK) is offering its customers the latest authentication, which ultimately leads will donate the amounts to a program targeting indi- ingly pushed the boundaries of design and engineering ing touches that enrich the driver’s sense of individuali- Visa Checkout online payment feature; to minimal fraud risk. Customers of viduals with special needs& People with illness initiat- in the nation, earning much deserved recognition and ty, Cadillac has intuitively managed to blend the worlds a service which provides a fast, simple ABK interested in Visa Checkout can ed and managed by the Red Crescent. status due to the groundbreaking cooperation it had of dynamic engineering and contemporary chic lifestyle and secure way for customers to man- simply visit eahli.com and register for KRCS performs various community roles in Kuwait, with Yusuf A. Alghanim & Sons Automotive, Cadillac’s with a remarkable degree of success. age their online payments. ABK cus- the service. targeting all those in need of support, aid and assis- exclusive distributor in Kuwait. Alghanim enterprise has also provided Cadillac tomers utilizing Visa Checkout will ben- Visa Checkout has been adopted by tance to overcome difficulties, tragedies and suffer- Founded in 1932, the company’s rich heritage and with the biggest and most advanced service center in efit from the reduced number of fields leading global brands, reinforcing the ings, which foster its humanitarian and social efforts. distribution services are synonymous with market lead- the world, expertly managed by the most capable required to fill out, which have gone benefits of the service to customers and KRCS endeavors to treat patients in need residing in ership, determinedly built through a lifetime of trust engineers and technicians, and equipped with the lat- from 44 to 2 fields, along with a simple merchants alike. In turn, ABK is commit- Kuwait to maintain their safety and provide medicines, and success with numerous affiliations and internation- est technology equipment for car maintenance. This all and secure sign-up process. ted to adopting the latest technology medical needs, wheel chairs and other medical mat- al commercial brands. Within that same spirit, Cadillac coalesces so beautifully with the company’s award- The service also offers a more opti- solutions that offer a simpler banking ters. KRCS is keen to provide all assistance to all the has maintained its leadership in the world of luxury winning customer service team who readily under- mized mobile and web shopping expe- experience, while offering more speed, categories present in Kuwait. automobiles by redefining the design, performance and stands the unique needs and luxurious lifestyle of a rience, and the best in-class fraud miti- security and convenience; the ultimate It focuses on the welfare of families in need, interac- technology envisioned by its parent company, General Cadillac owner, whose loyalty and satisfaction are just gation measure, where risk is evaluat- aim of the Bank’s ‘Simpler Banking’ tion with the social welfare houses’ guests, visiting Motors. And thanks to the premium services provided one of the many awards enshrined in Cadillac’s never- ed at every stage to create a secure strategy. patients in the hospitals for the purpose of providing by its Kuwaiti distributor, the brand has managed to ele- ending trophies stand. TUESDAY, JUNE 20, 2017 technology

In China, universities teach how to go viral online

SHANGHAI: A 21-year-old student walked around crowd watching me,” Wang said. her campus in China using invaluable skills she learned in class: Holding a selfie stick aloft, she Nobodies behind $7.7bn industry livestreamed her random thoughts and blew kisses The students are trying to follow in the footsteps at her phone. Jiang Mengna is majoring in “model- of people like Wang Houhou, a self-described ling and etiquette” at Yiwu Industrial & Commercial shopaholic, and her friend Wang Ruhan. When they College near Shanghai, aspiring to join the growing began posting tips on China’s social media about ranks of young Chinese cashing in on internet star- good fashion and where to find it last year, the pair dom. Hordes of Chinese millennials are speaking had no idea that their new hobby would make directly to the country’s 700 million smartphone them money. But soon enough, the Shanghai- users, streaming their lives to lucrative effect, based duo’s posts and videos won hundreds of fronting brands and launching businesses. thousands of viewers, and retailers followed, vying They are known as “wanghong”—literally hot on for their endorsements. the web-and they now represent an industry worth Like other wanghong, they are now leveraging billions and so big it even has its own university their cyber-fame with an e-commerce fashion curriculum. At Yiwu Industrial & Commercial business which they launched earlier this month. “I College, the classrooms for Jiang and the other 33 would just find a very interesting item that I would mostly female students are typically dance studios, wear, and I would take weird photos of it and post catwalks strafed by flashing lights, and bustling it on the blog, and people really go and buy this makeup rooms. The skills taught include dressing stuff,” Wang Houhou said, almost in disbelief. fashionably, applying make-up, performing on SHANGHAI: Employees of the e-commerce startup ‘gogoand’ work on their website in Internet consultancy Analysys International esti- camera, and knowing various luxury brands.”I like Shanghai. — AFP mated China’s wanghong industry was worth 53 dressing myself up really pretty and take pictures. I billion yuan ($7.7 billion) last year and would dou- feel like this major really suits me,” Jiang said. with small digital values that comprise the main is developing rapidly,” said Hou Xiaonan, a dance ble by 2018. “A nobody can suddenly become She spent 30 minutes at lunch musing about her income for many aspiring wanghong, at least until teacher. Wang Xin, 20, switched from accounting to prominent and average people can become day to her internet audience. She was rewarded they go viral. “The requests and demands for our a major in wanghong. “I have always had an idea, a celebrities,” said Yuan Guobao, author of “The with a quick 60 yuan in “virtual gifts” - emoticons major are rising because the e-commerce industry dream to be on stage with the lights on me and the Wanghong Economy.” — AFP Snake on a plane! Don’t panic, it’s probably just ‘soft robot’ New, softer, robots open up new areas for automation

SINGAPORE: Robots are getting softer. is the killer one,” says Oliver Walker-Jones, head motors and propellers for an artificial muscle Borrowing from nature, some machines now of communications. The snake, says its creator, which flexes. It’s lifelike enough, says creator have arms that curl and grip like an octopus, Arnau Garriga Casanovas, is made largely of Tiefeng Li, to fool other fish into embracing it as others wriggle their way inside an airplane pressurized silicone chambers, allowing the con- one of their own, and is being tested to explore engine or forage underwater to create their own troller to propel and bend it through the engine or monitor water salinity. And Bristol University energy. This is technology that challenges how with bursts of air. Using soft materials, he says, in the UK is working on underwater robots that we think of, and interact with, the robots of the means it can be small and agile. For now, much generate electrical energy by foraging for bio- not-too-distant future. Robots are big business: of the commercial action for softer robots is in matter to feed a chain of microbial fuel-cell by 2020, the industry will have more than dou- logistics, replacing production-line jobs that stomachs. Hemma Philamore says her team is ISYX Technologies wins Cisco bled to $188 billion, predicts IDC, a consultancy. can’t yet be handled by hard robots. talking to companies and environmental organi- But there’s still a lot that today’s models can’t Food preparation companies and growers zations about using its soft robots to decontami- the ‘Emerging Partner Award’ do, partly because they are mostly made of rigid like Blue Apron, Plated and HelloFresh already nate polluted waterways and monitor industrial DUBAI: ISYX Technologies, a fast-growing the manufacturing, construction, health- metal or plastic. Softer, lighter and less reliant on use soft robotics for handling produce, says Mike infrastructure. business innovation consulting company care, oil & gas and Asset and real estate external power, future robots could interact Rocky, of recruiter PrincetonOne. The challenge, This doesn’t mean the end of hard-shelled in the Middle East and Africa, announced sectors and counts some of the biggest more safely and predictably with humans, go says Cambridge Consultants’ Nathan Wrench, is robots. Part of the problem, says Mark that it has won the ‘Emerging Partner of names in these sectors as its clients. ISYX is where humans can’t, and do some of the robotic to overcome the uncertainty when handling Freudenberg, executive technology director at the year’ award at Cisco’s 2-Tier channel one of the few companies in the region to jobs that other robots still can’t manage. A something - which humans deal with uncon- frog, a design company, is that soft materials partner event held recently in Dubai. ISYX get certified on ISO 27001, ISO 9001, ISO recent academic conference in Singapore show- sciously: figuring out its shape and location and break easily, noting that most animatronic dolls was recognized for its outstanding per- 20000, ISO 22301 and CMMI Level 3 stan- cased the latest advances in soft robotics, high- how hard to grip it, and distinguishing one like Teddy Ruxpin and Furby have rigid motors formance and expertise in promoting and dards. The company delivers projects for its lighting how far they are moving away from object from another. “This is an area robots tradi- and plastic casings beneath their fur exteriors. To deploying Cisco’s transformational tech- customer as a co-innovator and consulting what we see as traditional robots. tionally can’t do, but where (soft robots) are on be sure, the nascent soft robot industry lacks an nologies within a short period of time since partner to support their customer experi- “The theme here,” says Nikolaus Correll of the cusp of being able to,” said Wrench. ecosystem of software, hardware components joining Cisco’s channel partner network. ence and business transformation journey Colorado University, “is a departure from gears, and standards - and some companies have “Cisco has been leading the conversa- with project execution modeled to drive joints and links.” One robot on display was made Marine inspiration already failed. Empire Robotics, one of the first tion on digital transformation and cyber- business outcomes. of origami paper; another resembled a rolling Investors are excited, says Leif Jentoft, co- soft robot gripper companies, closed last year. security globally with its thought leader- As the “Advanced Collaboration colostomy bag. They are more likely to move via founder of RightHand Robotics, because it RightHand’s Jentoft says the problem is that ship and innovative solutions. As a trusted Architecture Specialized” and “Advanced muscles that expand and contract through heat addresses a major pain point in the logistics customers don’t just want a robot, but the whole advisor, ISYX has been helping organisa- Unified Computing Technology or hydraulics than by electricity. Some combine industry. “Ecommerce is growing rapidly and package, including computer vision and tions transform their businesses by Specialized” partner for Ciscoin the UAE, sensing and movement into the same compo- warehouses are struggling to find enough labor, machine learning. “It’s hard to be a standalone automating their processes and securing ISYX helps its customers embark on their nent - just as our fingertips react to touch with- especially in remote areas where warehouses gripper company,” he says. And even if soft their infrastructure with leading-edge digitization journey by architecting and out needing our brain to make a decision. These tend to be located.” Some hope to ditch the idea robots find a niche, chances are they still won’t technologies from vendors such as Cisco,” implementing Cisco’s extensive portfolio of ideas are already escaping from the lab. that robots need hands. German automation replace all the jobs done by human or hard- said Sharoon Shamsuddin, CEO of ISYX solutions including unified communica- company Festo and China’s Beihang University shelled robots. Wrench, whose Cambridge Technologies. tions, conferencing, customer care and col- Small, agile have built a prototype OctopusGripper, which Consultants has built its own fruit picking robot, “We are pleased to win the ‘Emerging laboration endpoints. Rolls-Royce, for example, is testing a snake- has a pneumatic tentacle made of silicone that says he expects to see soft robots working with Partner of the year’ award, which is an Cisco’s annual partner awards is a con- like robot that can worm its way inside an air- gently wraps itself around an object, while air is humans to harvest fruit like apples and pears achievement and a significant validation solidation of the top 2-Tier partners who craft engine mounted on the wing, saving the pumped in or out of suction cups to grasp it. The which are harder to damage. Once the robot has of our customer-centric approach. This were able to meet both the challenges of days it can take to remove the engine, inspect it ocean has inspired other robots, too. passed through, human pickers would follow to award is recognition of our team’s capabili- re-skilling themselves in a short window of and put it back. Of all the technologies Rolls- A soft robot fish from China’s Zhejiang grab fruit hidden behind leaves and in hard-to- ties and expertise in delivering end-to-end opportunity and delivering solutions suc- Royce is exploring to solve this bottleneck, “this University swims by ditching the usual rigid reach spots. — Reuters solutions, which not only help our cus- cessfully for their key customers. Cisco pre- tomers meet their technology infrastruc- sented awards across 14 categories to its ture needs but also deliver on business top performing Tier-2 partners from the outcomes in their digitization journey,” UAE, Oman, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Shamsuddin added. Yemen, which form part of the Cisco ISYX provides customers services such Middle East’s - East region. ISYX was cho- infrastructure design, security, managed sen as the Emerging Partner of the Year for services, and applications. The company its impactful performance in its first year as has created vertical specific solutions for Cisco’s partner for the region.

New Kaspersky embedded systems security for ATMs, POS terminals DUBAI: With the tactics of cybercriminals level customers with efficient security that getting ever more sophisticated, and with meets major global compliance standards regulatory pressures also mounting, finan- and gives them the visibility they need. cial enterprises are up against increasing Multiple cutting-edge innovations within hurdles when it comes to future-proofing the Kaspersky Embedded Systems Security their ATMs, Point of Sale systems and Point solution make the infrastructure more of Service machines. To help these organi- transparent, so if an incident or breach zations, Kaspersky Lab has released a new occurs, it can be audited or investigated generation of its Kaspersky Embedded easily. With the new File Integrity Monitor Systems Security. functionality, security specialists can track This targeted enterprise-grade solution actions performed with specified files and provides advanced protection for a variety folders and make sure no alteration of files of embedded systems involved in highly goes unnoticed. sensitive financial operations, while at the The new version also enables Log same time allowing these businesses to Inspection for analyzing activity within a address pressing regulatory requirements. protected system, identifying breaches or Cybercriminals today are successfully adopt- abnormal behavior and saving logs for fur- ing tactics and techniques of the APT groups ther analysis. With added SIEM integration, involved in bank robberies, giving financial the solution can now also export application CALIFORNIA: Photo shows Google’s headquarters in Mountain View, Calif. Google is intensifying its campaign to fight online extremism, saying organizations increasing security problems. logs to the corporate Security Operation it will put more resources toward identifying and removing videos related to terrorism and hate groups. — AP 2016 saw a rapid development in hi-tech Center. All these technologies provide secu- attacks on financial organizations- such as rity teams and external auditors with the the Metel, GCMAN and Carbanak 2.0 attacks. toolsthey need to ensure that the infrastruc- Google intensifies campaign In 2017 Kaspersky Lab experts ran into even ture is compliant and secure. more examples. These included mysterious Even while traditional and widely-used attacks where criminals used fileless in- malware can make the low-end hardware memory malware to infect banking net- and obsolete operating systems often found against online extremism works, as well as ATMitch, the traceless mal- in embedded systems, an easy target, there ware that cashed out ATMs via remote are also more sophisticated threats - such as NEWARK: Google is intensifying its campaign Law Center have been critical of Google and escalate those efforts. Google will nearly double administration. fileless malware that operates in memory. To against online extremism, saying it will put social media sites, saying that they have done the number of independent experts it uses to All these APT-style attacks combined address these threats, Kaspersky Embedded more resources toward identifying and remov- little to curtail hate groups online. Facebook flag problematic content and expand its work reconnaissance, social engineering, special- Systems Security ensures security at both file ing videos related to terrorism and hate and Google “have done little to counter the use with counter-extremist groups to help identify ized malware, lateral movement tools and and memory level with real-time anti-mal- groups. The renewed efforts arrive in the wake of their platforms to spread hateful, false “infor- content that may be used to radicalize and long-term persistence to steal money from ware protection, on-demand scan and of violent attacks in the US and elsewhere. A mation,” from conspiracy theories accusing vari- recruit extremists. financial institutions. In response to the rise Proccess Memory protection. van struck a crowd of people outside a ous minority groups of plotting against America It will also train more people to identify and in these cyber threats, world-leading finan- Additional security features include London mosque Sunday, the second time an to websites promoting Holocaust denial and remove extremist and terrorism-related content cial organizations like SWIFT are introducing USB/CD/DVD access control and centralized automobile was used as a weapon in that city false “facts” about Islam, LGBT people, women, faster. Google Inc said it will also take a tougher new mandatory regulations to protect firewall management along with Default this month, and less than a week after a gun- Mexicans and others, the organization said in a stance on videos that don’t clearly violate its themselves from cybercriminals. These Deny mode that blocks attempts to run any man attacked GOP lawmakers on a baseball report earlier this year. policies, like those that contain inflammatory establish security standards and guidelines unauthorized executable code or drivers on field. “While we and others have worked for Google, along with other companies such as religious or supremacist content. That content for the financial sector, including the need ATMs and POS terminals. “Enterprise-grade years to identify and remove content that vio- Facebook, Microsoft and Twitter, recently may still appear, but with a warning. It is also for anti-malware protection, vulnerability organizations, especially in the financial lates our policies, the uncomfortable truth is agreed to create an international forum to share increasing resources for engineering to identify assessment, security awareness. industry, will be under increasing regulatory that we, as an industry, must acknowledge and develop technology, support smaller busi- extremist videos and teaming with Jigsaw to To support requirements and to boost pressure in the next year, considering the that more needs to be done. Now,” Google nesses and speed up their joint efforts against use targeted online advertising to reach poten- the protection of financial companies, recent rise in incidents with critical embed- said in a blog post. online terrorism. On the same day of the most tial Isis recruits and shift them toward anti-ter- Kaspersky Lab is providing its enterprise- ded systems, like ATMs and POS terminals. Anti-hate groups like the Southern Poverty recent attack in London, Google said it would rorist videos. — AP TUESDAY, JUNE 20, 2017 HEALTH & SCIENCE ‘Human Project’ study - 10,000 to share life’s data

NEW YORK: Wanted: 10,000 New Yorkers interested money to community projects. Researchers hope in advancing science by sharing a trove of personal the results will illuminate the interplay between information, from cellphone locations and credit- health, behavior and circumstances, potentially card swipes to blood samples and life-changing shedding new light on conditions ranging from events. For 20 years. Researchers are gearing up to asthma to Alzheimer’s disease. Their excitement start recruiting participants from across the city comes with the responsibility of safeguarding the next year for a study so sweeping it’s called “The digital savings of a lifetime. Protections include Human Project.” multiple rounds of encryption and firewalls. It aims to channel different data streams into a Outside researchers won’t be able to see any raw river of insight on health, aging, education and data, just anonymized subsets limited to the infor- many other aspects of human life. “That’s what mation they need. They’ll take nothing with them we’re all about: putting the holistic picture togeth- but their analyses - by hand, since the analyzing er,” says project director Dr Paul Glimcher, a New computers aren’t connected to the internet, York University neural science, economics and psy- Glimcher said. chology professor. There have been other “big data” Lee Tien, a senior staff attorney at the digital health studies, and the National Institutes of Health rights group Electronic Frontier Foundation , credits plans to start full-scale recruitment as soon as this the Human Project researchers with taking security fall for a million-person project intended to foster seriously. But he wonders whether authorities individualized treatment. But the $15 million-a-year might seek to get at the information for investiga- Human Project is breaking ground with the scope of tions, though Glimcher maintains that the individual data it plans to collect simultaneously, researchers could protect it from anything but says Dr Vasant Dhar, editor-in-chief of the journal major terrorism probes. Glimcher knows The Big Data, which published a 2015 paper about the Human Project aspires boldly. In fact, its frequently- project. “It is very ambitious,” the NYU information asked-questions list includes: “Is this possible? Are systems professor says. Participants will be invited you crazy?” to join; researchers are tapping survey science to He points to one of medicine’s most storied create a demographically representative group. research efforts: The Framingham Heart Study , They’ll start with tests of everything from blood launched in 1948. Some 15,000 residents of to genetics to IQ. They’ll be asked for access to Framingham, Massachusetts, have been examined NEW YORK: People walk inside the Oculus, the new transit station at the World Trade Center in New medical, financial and educational records, as well over the years. The initiative has fueled more than York. Researchers are gearing up to start recruiting 10,000 New Yorkers early next year for a study so as cellphone data such as location and the num- 1,200 studies and revealed that blood pressure, cho- sweeping it’s called “The Human Project.” — AP bers they call and text. They’ll also be given wear- lesterol and smoking were linked to heart disease would be,” Glimcher says. Nancy Spinale knows low-up exam and interview every couple of years. able activity trackers, special scales, and surveys via risk. “If we could be seen as having contributed to what it takes to be part of an accomplishment like Her loved ones have gotten some personally useful smartphone. Follow-up blood and urine tests - and American health care and well-being and education that. Her parents joined the Framingham study in information from exams. And she’s gotten the pride an at-home fecal sample - will be requested every in the United States in the way that Framingham 1948, she in 1971 and her husband and four chil- of seeing studies come out, with information that three years. Participants get $500 per family for did, but magnified a hundredfold by the tools of dren since then. Now 75 and living on Cape Cod, could help everyone’s health. “That’s the ‘wow’ feel- enrolling, plus a say in directing some charitable today’s data, what a fantastic accomplishment that the retired teacher still undergoes an hourslong fol- ing,” she says.— AP Bangkok struggles to protect slum dwellers; floods worsen ‘It’s happening every monsoon’ BANGKOK: In Phrom Samrit, a squatter settle- those in neighboring provinces, they add. But examined the authorities’ handling of the 2011 ment along a major canal in Bangkok, most of Vallop said climate change makes it imperative floods. Flood walls create uneven exposure to the 300 households live cheek by jowl and have for Bangkok to prepare. “It’s necessary for future flooding, he added, with urban economic become used to floods after living next to water Bangkok and Thailand to invest in infrastructure. areas protected while marginalized groups such all their lives. But now their resilience is being If we do not do it now, the damage may cost a as farmers, fishermen and rural communities are chipped away, says Adirak Sangnut, the slum’s lot more in the future,” he told the Thomson exposed to losses and damage. The TDRI’s Nipon elected leader. “Before, it started flooding after Reuters Foundation. said Bangkok needs to become a “sponge city” - raining for three days. But now, it floods after The city government has warned investors and a concept promoted by China where infrastruc- just three hours of rain,” the 47-year-old said. home-owners whose properties are on major ture, including pavements and green roofs, is “After a while, if nothing is done, it’ll be less floodways - spillover channels for floodwater - but designed to absorb water. than an hour before it starts flooding.” As they have built there anyway, he added. Deputy Thailand’s rainy season gets underway, residents government spokesman Lieutenant-General Rising risks in and around Bangkok say they are experienc- Werachon Sukhondhapatipak said Bangkok lacks When Bangkok became Thailand’s capital in ing more intense and frequent seasonal floods effective infrastructure to handle large-scale 1782, it was a backwater village crisscrossed by since 2011, when the capital was hit by its worst flooding. Problems include inadequate town canals known as the “Venice of the East”. But flooding in half a century. That flood disaster - planning, construction blocking waterways and many were filled in to make way for cars, while caused by factors including an unusually heavy littering of drainage systems, he said by email. squatter settlements have encroached on oth- OHIO: Kathie Heisinger poses with her desert tortoise Otis after they were reunited monsoon, building on flood plains and changes “Effective flood management requires genuine ers. With that, Bangkok lost much of its drainage in Sebring, Ohio.— AP in water management - affected millions of peo- cooperation from all sides,” he added. capacity. “It’s easier to fill canals instead of ple and caused $45.7 billion in losses. appropriating land, but now we are paying a Experts do not expect floods of that magni- Uneven exposure very high price,” said Apichart Anukularmphai, Ohio woman reunited tude again any time soon but say the city’s low- In the aftermath of the 2011 floods, the gov- president of the Thailand Water Resources lying location, continued urbanisation and ernment unveiled a much-criticized $11-billion Association. Many also blame slum residents for with her lost tortoise extreme weather linked to climate change are flood prevention plan, which was scrapped after throwing trash into the canals and blocking the raising Bangkok’s vulnerability to floods. The the military coup of May 2014. Despite waterways, calling for them to be evicted. CLEVELAND: A wayward tortoise’s surpris- $700, and Heisinger, her sister and friends Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) is Thailand’s frequent cycle of floods and droughts, There are hundreds of such communities in ing trek around Ohio has ended happily for resumed their search. But by this time, Otis planning 28 flood protection projects worth its approach to water management has always Bangkok and they cannot all be dismantled, said its owner, whose two-week search, in a already had found another new home. nearly 26 billion baht ($765.6 million). They been piecemeal, said Nipon Poapongsakorn of Thipparat Noppaladarom, advisor to the twist of fate, might have saved her sister’s Tyren O’Steen spotted the tortoise on a include dredging and expanding canals, and the Thailand Development Research Institute Community Organizations Development life. Otis the California desert tortoise man- road near the amusement company and constructing flood barriers and water retention (TDRI). Whenever a disaster hits, committees are Institute (CODI), a government agency that aged to push open a sliding glass door and thought it would make a good pet for his areas to drain and divert floodwater to Thailand’s set up, but they soon disappear, leaving no insti- upgrades slums. CODI is currently working with escape from Kathie Heisinger’s home in three children. Then last week, after read- main conduit, the Chao Phraya River. tutional memory. The absence of a single water residents along a major canal that is being Sebring in Mahoning County on May 30. ing a newspaper story about Otis, O’Steen The budget for four projects to build agency and a national water law are other major expanded. They will be relocated to higher Heisinger created flyers offering a $200 called Heisinger, who was reunited with her embankments along canals has already been challenges, he added. ground but still live in the same area - a “win- reward that was quickly matched by the beloved pet of 25 years. approved, and an extra 2 billion baht from the In Siriwan Klai-iam’s neighborhood of Bang win” situation, said Thipparat. The complexity of Sebring Volunteer Fire Department, “I could tell the tortoise meant a lot to her,” military government is being used to carve out Bua Thong market in Nonthaburi, a province to acquiring land for infrastructure projects is a prompting her to make the reward $500 O’Steen told another newspaper that publi- giant underground tunnels, said Vallop the north of Bangkok, flooding has become familiar challenge to Thongchai Roachanakanan, total. Village residents soon joined cized Heisinger’s plight, The Alliance Review. Suwandee, chairman of an advisory group to more common since 2011. Then water reached an urban planning expert at the Department of Heisinger in her search around Sebring. Heisinger said the ending was “heartfelt for a the Bangkok governor. The city also issued a chest height, and her home and workplace were Town and Country Planning and Public Works. “There are a lot of good people in the lot of people.” She expressed her gratitude for resilience strategy earlier this year that submerged for nearly three months. “It’s hap- He designed a floodway after 2011, but world,” Heisinger said. Otis quickly became all who helped out in the search, which she includes improved weather forecasts and pening every monsoon,” said the 39-year-old, almost all the governors he met rejected the a minor celebrity. Facebook posts and said might have actually saved her sister’s life. drainage systems. Yet not everyone approves pointing at the road outside that was flooded plan because much of the land was owned by shares, newspaper and television stories Heisinger said it was uncharacteristic for her of the BMA’s plans. Adirak says nearly half of again in early June. “The government helps the rich and powerful. Meanwhile, Bangkok is and the flyers led to more than 100 phone sister, who lived alone, to have helped out. his neighbors, who live near Don Muang air- sometimes... but mostly after the floods.” Danny becoming more vulnerable each year, he added. calls from people who believed they had One day, Dicko complained about her foot port, disagree with the canal works, fearing Marks, a researcher on urban climate resilience Thongchai is particularly concerned about flood spotted him. Heisinger then heard rumors hurting and returned to Heisinger’s truck. By they will lose their homes. in Southeast Asia at the University of Toronto, walls to the east of the ancient capital that employees of an amusement company the time Heisinger drove her home, she had Experts have criticized the plans for focusing said neighborhoods like Siriwan’s could be Ayutthaya, north of Bangkok. working the Sebring Fireman’s Festival the lost all feeling in her leg. too much on hard infrastructure solutions which adversely affected by the BMA’s plans. Built after 2011, these walls - some as high as weekend Otis went missing might have Dicko underwent emergency blood clot they say are costly and will never be adequate. The main government response has been to 6 meters (19.7 ft) - could cause problems should scooped him up. She called the company surgery that night. Doctors told her that if Barriers such as flood walls could trap rainwater, construct more and higher flood walls and other a major storm hit central Thailand, he said. If that headquartered 20 miles away in Stark she had delayed seeking medical help for a worsening flash floods, and create a two-tier sys- infrastructure rather than significantly improve happens, the water could flow south fast, threat- County and the owner told Heisinger his couple of more hours, she would have lost tem where some areas are protected at the water management, data collection and land- ening Bangkok’s two international airports, he employees had indeed taken possession of her foot - or even worse. Dicko spent time expense of others, usually the urban poor and use planning, said Marks, whose doctoral thesis warned. — Reuters Otis - at least temporarily. in intensive care and is now on the road to Otis had once again escaped after recovery. “That’s God’s way of having a knocking over the cardboard box the work- plan,” Heisinger said. “I’m a Christian, and ers thought would contain him. The owner nothing in this world will not convince me China bans synthetic opioids kicked in another $200 to make the reward that wasn’t meant to be.”—AP blamed for US drug deaths How math formula could

BEIJING: China said yesterday it ed 138 of them. However, as soon decide the fate of would ban a designer drug called as one substance is banned, U-47700 and three others, follow- chemists create slightly different endangered US species ing US pressure to do more to con- and technically legal alternatives ARIZONA: The Trump administration is with administration officials and their trol synthetic opioids blamed for and then market them online. considering a proposal that could stated interest in her proposal have not fast-rising overdose deaths in the “My feeling is that it’s just like a effectively let some plants and animals been previously reported. The agency United States. In China, U-47700 race and I will never catch up with become extinct so cash-strapped agen- would not comment further. The proposal has until now been a legal alterna- the criminals,” Yu told a news con- cies can use more of their funds to save comes at a time when the Trump adminis- tive to fentanyl and potent deriva- ference. “Actually, we just want to others. At a closed-door meeting last tration is seeking to cut billions from the tives like carfentanil. Its usage has make a breakthrough in dealing month, Arizona State University ecolo- budgets of the Environmental Protection been growing among US opioid with this.” To counter the cat-and- gist Leah Gerber presented a plan to US Agency and the Department of the addicts. Last year, the US Drug mouse game, Yu said authorities Fish and Wildlife Service officials that Interior, which oversees the US Fish and Enforcement Administration listed had set up a system whereby infor- would use a mathematical formula to Wildlife Service. The Endangered Species U-47700 in the category of the mation on new types of drugs direct government money away from Act bars the government from deciding most dangerous drugs it regulates, gleaned during police investiga- endangered and threatened species which animals and plants become extinct. saying it was associated with tions, customs clearances and med- she calls “over-funded failures” and But funding one species over another dozens of fatalities, mostly in New ical treatment would be transferred toward plants and animals that can could let some decline or die out. York and North Carolina. Some of to the national drug lab. An expert more easily be saved. “I just don’t think it’s possible to save the pills taken from Prince’s estate committee would then assess this Gavin Shire, a spokesman for the US all species even though I would like to,” BEIJING: Deng Ming, deputy director of the National Narcotics after the musician’s overdose death information and send alert notices Fish and Wildlife Service, said in an email said Gerber, a self-described Democrat Control Commission speaks during the National Anti-drug Committee last year contained U-47700. to relevant agencies in order to to Reuters that the agency is examining and environmentalist. “That’s an uncom- briefing at a hotel in Beijing yesterday. China has announced it is ban- The DEA has long said that China help speed up the control of new the controversial proposal. “We have fortable thing to say and I don’t like it but ning a deadly synthetic opioid called U-47700 and three other syn- is the top source country for synthet- substances, he said. worked closely with this group of scien- that’s the reality.” Gerber said as many as thetic drugs. — AP ic opioids like fentanyl and its pre- Yu said suspects use the internet tists as they developed this new conser- 200 additional species could be saved by cursors, assertions Beijing has said three other synthetic drugs - MT-45, China was making “big efforts” to to communicate with customers vation tool, and while we have not made directing funds away from species such lack firm evidence. Still, the two PMMA, and 4,4’-DMAR - would be deal with drugs known as new psy- and use the anonymized digital any determinations yet, are impressed as the iconic northern spotted owl - countries have deepened coopera- added to China’s list of controlled choactive substances. These sub- currency bitcoin to transfer money, with its potential,” Shire said. “We will be whose numbers have declined despite tion as the US opioid epidemic inten- substances as of July 1. stances are made by modifying the and that authorities were working exploring further if and how we may best millions of dollars spent on conservation sifies. Deng Ming, deputy director of Yu Haibin, a division director at chemical structures of controlled with internet companies to try to use it to improve the effectiveness of our efforts - and toward those with a better the National Narcotics Control the Ministry of Public Security’s substances in order to get around stop such trade and the advertising recovery efforts.” Gerber’s May 5 meeting chance of survival. — Reuters Commission, said that U-47700 and Narcotics Control Bureau, said the law, and China has now restrict- of drugs on websites. — AP TUESDAY, JUNE 20, 2017 HEALTH & SCIENCE Tourists descend as temperatures climb in Death Valley

LAS VEGAS: Desert dwellers in the west- ern US see temperatures topping 120 degrees (49 Celsius) as a reason to hun- ker down indoors and turn up the air conditioning. But some tourists wel- come it as a bucket-list opportunity to experience Death Valley - famously the hottest place in America. Many will get their chance in the days ahead as a vicious heatwave bakes parts of Arizona, California and Nevada. The mercury at Death Valley National Park reached 124 degrees (51 Celsius) on Sunday, and temperatures are expected to keep climbing through mid- week as a dry, high-pressure system lingers over much of the Southwest. Many places saw triple-digit tempera- tures on Sunday, and the heatwave was blamed for power outages in several areas in California. “There’s very few places on Earth to go to experience those temperatures, and Death Valley is one of those,” said John Adair, a National Weather Service meteorologist. Business booms as temperatures soar in July and August at Panamint Springs Resort, near the entrance of Death Valley National Park. “When it’s 120 to 125 (degrees), there’s more customers than there ever is,” said Mike Orozco, who works at the resort that includes a restaurant, gas station, camp sites and cabins. Orozco said locals jokingly refer to the summer spike as “European sea- son,” when a flood of tourists from Germany, France, Sweden and other places arrive in Death Valley to experi- ence heat unheard of in Europe. “Some people consider being out there in those conditions a kind of suf- fering. Other people can get a kind of euphoria, or a reward, out of it,” said Ed Carreon, a commercial photographer in Los Angeles who regularly visits the park and prefers the scorching summer months. “As a younger man, I would go out there to test myself” by hiking peaks in the Panamint Range under blazing sun in triple-digit temperatures with the barest of supplies, Carreon said. Now 58, he recognizes those broiling PHOENIX: A man runs through section of South Mountain Park at sunrise to avoid the excessive heat in Phoenix. A record heat wave is rolling into Arizona, Nevada excursions as the folly of youth. He still and California, threatening to bring 120-degree temperatures to Phoenix by early next week. — AP makes the treks but usually in the the airports in neighboring Palmdale Free water was available during the That would be the highest temperature The record high is 122 degrees, set on morning before the day heats up “and and Lancaster each matched a record nighttime event that has drawn more ever recorded at McCarran International June 26, 1990. Teresa Flores in Phoenix with the proper clothes, plenty of water high of 108 degrees (42 Celsius) set in than 130,000 people in past years. Airport since logging began in 1937. The said she will make sure her two sons and and sunscreen.” 1985. In Las Vegas, organizers of the Las Vegas temperatures topped at National Weather Service in Phoenix said daughter stay hydrated. “Water, water, Almost all of inland California was three-day, outdoor Electric Daisy 110 degrees (43 Celsius) on Sunday and the last time the temperature topped water, water,” Flores said. “So even when predicted to simmer at above normal Carnival music festival encouraged could reach 117 degrees (47 Celsius) 120 was 1995, at 121 degrees. It could they think they’re not thirsty, they’re temperatures. In Los Angeles County attendees to stay hydrated. when the heatwave peaks by midweek. happen again today. drinking water.” — AP

Wombs for rent: Indian Religious, indigenous leaders surrogacy clinic confines women in ‘terrible conditions’ meet to protect rainforests CHENNAI: Police raided an illegal fertility women were not confined against their clinic in southern Indian at the weekend will. “They were staying here as part of an Paris climate deal ‘doomed’ without forest action and discovered 47 surrogate mothers - agreement between the (adoptive) par- OSLO: Religious and indigenous leaders began June 19-21 meeting. Forests are homes and a don’t have only ecological value for us, but also who had been lured to rent their wombs ent and the surrogate,” he said. talks yesterday on ways to protect tropical rain- source of income to millions of people. cultural value for us. Every tree,” said Joseph for money - living in “terrible conditions”, India’s surrogacy industry has come forests, with host Norway warning that a global And rainforests are also a giant natural store Itongwa of Democratic Republic of Congo, a rep- they said. Following a tip-off, Telangana under attack from women’s rights groups plan to slow climate change will be doomed of carbon dioxide, the main greenhouse gas resentative of indigenous peoples in Africa. state police raided the fertility clinic in who say such clinics are “baby factories” without action ranging from the Congo basin to from burning fossil fuels. Trees release the gas The net extent of the world’s forests shrank the city of Hyderabad on Saturday and for the rich, and lack of regulation results the Amazon. Christian, Muslim, Jewish, Hindu, when they rot or are burnt to make way for by 33,000 square kilometers a year from 2010- discovered the women, nearly all from in poor and uneducated women signing Buddhist and Daoist representatives met with farms, such as for cattle or palm oil plantations. 15, about the size of Belgium, the UN’s Food northeastern India. contracts they do not fully understand. indigenous peoples in Oslo to explore moral and “The Paris Agreement is doomed if deforestation and Agriculture Organization says. The rate is “The women were all huddled in one Activists say there has been a surge in large room and had access to just one demand for surrogates after the Indian ethical arguments to shield forests that are continues,” Helgesen said. Many countries have still high though about half that of the 1990s. bathroom,” investigating officer B. Limba government drafted a bill to outlaw com- under threat from logging and land clearance reaffirmed support for the 2015 Paris pact to Mary Evelyn Tucker, director of Yale Reddy told the Thomson Reuters mercial surrogacy - a multi-billion dollar for farms. phase out greenhouse gas emissions after US University’s forum on Religion and Ecology, Foundation yesterday. “They were mostly industry. The bill is pending clearance in Organizers said the Oslo Interfaith Rainforest President Donald Trump announced plans on said religious groups such as the World migrants from northeastern states who the Indian parliament. Until the ban on Initiative was the first to gather religious and June 1 to pull out, saying he wants to promote Council of Churches were seeking ever more had been brought here through agents surrogacy passes, India continues to be indigenous peoples to seek out common the US fossil fuel industry. to restrict investments in areas that damage and promised up to 400,000 rupees among a handful of countries where ground to protect forests. They hope to organize Bishop Marcelo Sanchez Sorondo, head of the environment. Among other measures, for (around $6,000).” An official from the clin- women can be paid to carry another’s a summit in 2018. “We are losing the tapestry of the Vatican’s Pontifical Academy of Sciences, said instance, Indonesia’s highest Islamic council ic, who declined to be named, said the child through in-vitro fertilization and life and biodiversity that is in rainforests,” trees were vital to the cycle of water and life on last year issued a fatwa on burning land and facility operated within the law and the embryo transfer. —Reuters Norwegian Climate and Environment Minister Earth. “If we alter this we can arrive to have a forests in an effort to protect forests and halt Vidar Helgesen told a news conference on the planet that has no life,” he told Reuters. “Trees toxic smog. —Reuters WHAT’S ON TUESDAY, JUNE 20, 2017 French students complete exchange program at GUST

ulf University for Science and ducted with the students to delve into culture. It was a total culture shock for Ahmed: I have two favorite classes Technology (GUST) announced their experience at GUST and in me. As a westerner, I’m not used to Leadership, and Business Statistics. I Gthe successful completion of Kuwait. being in a Muslim country. We had the was completely welcomed in the student exchanges with ESC Rennes Q: How did you find out about this choice between Dubai, Qatar, and classes thanks to the incredible pro- Business School in France. Students exchange program? Kuwait. I chose Kuwait because I want- fessors. I felt good about myself in the Felix Foiret and Ahmed Mostefa A: Through our Business School in ed to be directly integrated into the class, and with the others students. attended classes during the spring France, in the city of Rennes. We have local culture, and I felt that Qatar and Felix: I don’t have favorite class. In semester at the College of Business several options to choose from across Dubai were too westernized for me to fact, I liked all the professors who Administration, majoring in the world, but we chose Kuwait. feel the real difference. taught me. I like the teaching style, International Marketing and Finance, Q: What made you decide to take Q: How was your experience at the the mentality, and the open dialogue respectively. A memorandum of this opportunity to come to Kuwait and university? between the students and their pro- understanding was signed between study at GUST? Ahmed: Mashallah. Incredible peo- fessors. I also liked that the professors the two universities to allow students Ahmed: My father came to Kuwait a ple. I will come back to Kuwait for sure. came from different backgrounds from either institution to join the long time ago. He had nothing but The university is completely open- which gave me an overall insight. exchange program. GUST is an active great things to say about this country, minded and they helped us a lot Q: What Arabic/Kuwaiti words did participant in exchange programs so I decided to come experience it for throughout our stay. you learn? where 15 to 20 students attend UMSL, myself. I chose GUST because it seemed Felix: It’s been an amazing experi- Ahmed: We learned how to say GW or FIU every summer. to me, coming from abroad, to be more ence. We met a lot of people through hello, why, welcome, and how are you. Vice President for Academic Affairs accessible than Kuwait University. the university, and got exposed to a Felix: Ahmed is originally Algerian, at GUST, Dr. Salah Al-Sharhan, said, Felix: My grandfather used to be a completely different culture and peo- so he had an easier time understand- Felix: We are the first ambassa- GUST is an internationally accredited “An exchange program is a unique captain on an oil boat, and he spent a ple of different origins. It was a very ing conversations than I did. dors of your university from Rennes. program by AACSB-International, opportunity for students to experi- lot of time in Kuwait’s harbor. He told enriching experience for a little Q: What did you like the most And it’s an honor to be the ambassa- attained in 2014. AACSB- ence time abroad, expand their hori- me that Kuwait would be an interesting Frenchie like me. about GUST’s campus? dors of this beautiful university. We International represents the highest zons, develop their communication country to visit. That, along with the Q: What was your favorite thing Ahmed: The great atmosphere. would love to share what an amaz- achievement for all business schools. skills, and adapt to new environments. usual media exposure of the region, about studying here? Felix: All the restaurants inside ing, peaceful country Kuwait is. The college currently provides six GUST is keen on building and main- made me very interested to come. I Ahmed: Discovering a new way of the building, the beautiful library, GUST provides exchange program majors for students to choose from taining relationships with esteemed chose GUST for the same reason as thinking. and the environment was also opportunities with other partnered including: Accounting, Management universities worldwide to be able to Ahmed did. Felix: The several different cultures, incredible. universities such as Audencia Nantes, Information Systems, Finance, provide its students with that oppor- Q: What interested you the most different origins, different spirit, differ- Q: Would you recommend this France, Ca Foscari University, Italy, International Business, Management tunity. We are happy to have had the about Kuwait? ent way of thinking. It was very educa- program to other students at Swansea University, UK, University of and Organizational Behavior, and chance to do this with ESC Rennes.” To Ahmed: I think it’s the foreign inte- tional for me. Rennes? Missouri St. Louis, and Florida Marketing, including a Master’s of provide a more detailed insight into gration in the Kuwait’s economy. Q: What was your favorite class? Ahmed: Of course, and even more, I International University, USA. The Business Administration (MBA) pro- the program, an interview was con- Felix: For me, it was definitely the Why? will be the Ambassador of GUST in France. College of Business Administration at gram. AUKMUN team receives awards at the United Nations in Geneva

embers of the Model United Nations at the American University of Kuwait (AUKMUN) acquired Mseveral awards during the United Ambassadors Model United Nations Conference, which was held at the United Nations building in Geneva, Switzerland, in May 2017. The theme of the conference was “the road to Sustainable Global Development in light of social, economic and securi- ty-related challenges in the modern world.” The AUKMUN delegation consisted of 6 members: Sabah Al-Sabah (President), Ali Al-Qallaf (Vice President), Hunter Headaphol, Anjan Sethi, Moneera Al-Shatti, and Hussain Khashab. The Conference featured an accurate simulation of the United Nations, which allowed delegates to acquire a practi- cal understanding of how the United Nations operates and learn about its decision-making processes. Throughout its four days, Sabah Al-Sabah was elected as the Vice President of the General Assembly and was in charge of coordinating and supervising the various sessions of the Assembly. Ali Al- Qallaf and Hunter Headaphol served as members of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) and represented the Republic of Italy. Their objective was to write a resolution and provide press and presidential statements that addressed issues on avia- tion and cyber security amidst escalating terrorist activities. Ali and Hunter created a consensus among all members of the Committee and worked with other members to pass a resolution by unanimous consent, despite the fact that they did not possess UNSC veto privileges. Hunter also participat- ed in a media stakeout, where he was required to respond to questions posed by the press regarding Italy’s involvement in group of people from across the world,” he explained. decided to form the G77+China political Block. The Block, United Nations within the United Nations complex. the negotiations. Ali and Hunter were both presented with Moneera Al-Shatti represented Japan as a member of the which consisted of more than eight delegates, unanimous- AUKMUN serves as one of the active Student Clubs at the Diplomacy Award. Economic and Financial Committee. Her main objective ly elected him as leader. Hussain’s Committee was unique AUK. Since 2015 its financial and advisory support has Anjan Sethi represented Japan in a committee called was to find solutions for climate change based on the UN in that it was the first UA-MUN Committee to break the been under the direct supervision of the Department of “Empowering of Women,” which focused on ending discrimi- sustainable development goals. Japan was known to have previous record of inserting operative clauses in a resolu- International Relations, which enables AUKMUN to func- nation and violence against women. The objective of the achieved the highest level of energy efficiency in the tion and raising the number from 33 to 42. Hussain also tion and plan according to its long term objectives. “The Committee was to write a resolution with consensus. The task world, so its role in this conference was significant when it won the Best Position Paper Award. AUKMUN, under the sponsorship and direction of the was particularly challenging, as different countries had their came to drafting the final resolution. For their performance at the conference, AUKMUN Department of International Relations has managed to own take on topics such as forced prostitution, women’s sex- Moneera was praised for sharing the information she received the Outstanding Delegation Award, which was take practical steps to provide the opportunity for all stu- uality and the problem of domestic violence. After two days gathered about the subject prior to the conference with accepted by Sabah Al-Sabah on behalf of himself and his dents at AUK to experience the art of diplomacy and nego- of intense negotiations among the delegates, a consensus other delegates and for coming up with viable proposals. delegates. This year, under the leadership of Sabah Al tiation in an increasingly globalized world. The students was reached. Anjan firmly believes that the format of the This allowed the group to arrive at a consensus on prepar- Sabah as President and Ali Al-Qallaf as Vice President, AUK- representing AUK in Geneva were representatives of the conference made him understand the power of diplomacy. ing the final document. In the process, Moneera was pre- MUN has acquired the highest number of awards as a sin- College of Business and Economics and the College of Arts “I will forever cherish this amazing experience, which sented with the Best Position Paper Award. Finally, Hussain gle delegation. While in Geneva, members of AUKMUN also and Sciences,” said Dr. Gholam R. Vatandoust AUKMUN not only made me more aware of the United Nations, but Khashab served on the Disarmament & International got the chance to meet with H E Jamal Al-Ghunaim, Advisor and Professor of Near Eastern Studies and History provided me with an opportunity to meet an amazing Security Committee (DISEC). He took a bold initiative and Permanent Representative of the State of Kuwait to the at AUK.

Welfare Kerala Kuwait holds Fraternity meet and Iftar

elfare Kerala Kuwait Farwaniya zone conducted Fraternity meet Walong with grand iftar last Saturday at Ideal Auditorium Farwaniya. The program was inaugurated by Welfare Kerala Kuwait Central Committee President Shri Khaleelu Rahman and was presided over by Farwaniya zonal President Shri Abdul Wahid. Central Committee PR con- vener Shri Anwar Saed was the key note speaker and during his speech he reiterated the importance of resisting the increasing threat to our nation from the Sangh Parivar. India is a great country with rich tradi- tion of communal harmony, unity in diver- sity and the very culture is molded in secu- lar and communal amity which need to be protected at any cost for the wellbeing of the entire nation, he continued. The new TSC hosts Ghanayem members were welcomed and their mem- Al-Fahad at the ‘Healthy bership forms were received by CC President during the function. Fostering Ramadan’ Program universal brotherhood and communal ami- ty among the community, around 250 peo- s part of its ongoing commitment to promote a ple from different walks of life along with healthy lifestyle, The Sultan Center (TSC) has teamed Welfare members with their family partici- Aup with Ghanayem Al-Fahad a Macrobiotic expert to pated and enjoyed the grand iftar in a teach and promote healthy eating during the holy month serene and Blessed atmosphere. Earlier the of Ramadan. Through the “Healthy Ramadan” program, program started with welcome speech by Ghanayem Al-Fahad meets TSC customers, every Zonal social wing convener Hafeez and the Wednesday, from 9:30 pm to 11:30 pm. program was concluded by Zonal secretary The program is designed to provide TSC customers with Noushad. healthier options and recipes when cooking their favorite Ramadan dishes. Al-Fahad encourages customers to pre- pare their dishes using healthier and lighter options that can provide the same taste, but with less fat and calories Malayalam Class ‘Arivu 2017’ begins in Salmiya and more nutritional value. Customers unable to attend the sessionscan also watch the program videos available uwait City MarThoma Yuvajana Abraham (Convener), Benjin Jacob on TSC social media channels. Sakhyam free Malayalam Class “Arivu (Treasurer), Jophy Varghese (Jt. Secretary), In addition to the healthy cooking sessions, customers K2017” conducted in Salmiya Zone Bipin Raj (Jt. Convener) and Melvin can arrange to attend a one-on-one guided shopping tour was inaugurated by Rev. Sunil John, Vicar - Abraham (Convener). A solo song was sung where Al-Fahad works with them to select items to be used St. Johns MarThoma Church. Rev. Georgie by Master Joven C. Jose. Parimanam Manoj in preparing a healthy Ramadan diet with focus on eating Varghese (Yuvajana Sakhyam President) (Convener) welcomed all and Blesson Rajan habits, dietary attitudes and nutritional knowledge. presided the meeting. The Meeting started (Secretary) proposed vote of thanks. The Patients who face difficulties in committing to a healthy with the opening prayer by Santhosh meeting ended with the closing prayer by fast or have a medical condition can also benefit from Al- Manganom. Felicitations speech was given Mrs Chechamma Sunu. Anand Abraham Fahad’s wide knowledge and experience. by Jojo John (Vice President), Anand hosted the program. WHAT’S ON TUESDAY, JUNE 20, 2017 Enjoy Eid Al-Fitr at Hilton Kuwait Resort

ilton Kuwait Resort has announced an array of memorable activities to celebrate Eid Al-Fitr, Hthe “festival of breaking the fast.” After a month of reflection and fasting, guests are invited to rejoice with family and friends and enjoy the follow- ing offers carefully prepared to impress all guests, regardless of age. As well-known, Hilton Kuwait Resort is the perfect destination for guests who would like to enjoy their Eid holiday in a setting of relaxed elegance, enhanced by the discreet, person- alized service one always associates with Hilton. Guests will have the opportunity to choose from different accommodation types including rooms, chalets, presidential or Royal Villas. That’s in addition to the wonderful water park - where you can play, hop, run, jump, swim, glide and slide at Hilton Kuwait’s inflatable water park, which floats on the Gulf waters, just off the private beach at Hilton Kuwait Resort. Experience an unforgettable water- based adventure and splash away to your heart’s con- tent - a great day out for the whole family! Leisure time is pleasure time as guests can rejuve- nate at the Spa. Pamper yourself this Eid and get 25 percent discount on Eid package which includes 45 minute sea salt scrap, 60 minute Aromatherapy mas- sage and 30 minute Face and Scalp massage. Attention, brunch lovers: three-day Eid al-Fitr brunch - Created to perfection, the hotel is offering a three - day Eid Brunch at the beginning of Eid. Commencing in Teatro restaurant, the brunch buffet with live cook- ing stations and a vibrant family atmosphere opens from 12:00 until 05:00pm across the three days. A live music performance will set the tone for a lib- erated festive atmosphere, while little guests can spoil themselves by watching movies, enjoying the magic show and having fun face painting in the Kid’s Corner.Groups above 6 persons or more will get 25 percent discount. Let Hilton take care of little ones - The hotel’s younger guests are invited to participate in the exciting kids’ activities program during Eid, which features Kayak, Banana boat , face painting, PlayStation competitions, a bouncy castle, sand castle building completions, beach volley ball matches and much more. Sumptuous dinner at Teatro: Three-day Eid al-Fitr - Dive into a generous family dinner buffets at Teatro restaurant and indulge in a live music per- formance while enjoying a traditional Arabic buffet and delicious Kuwaiti Ouzi. Super view with sheesha at palm Court private tents - Savour authentic Arabic cuisine and a refreshing mocktails in your own private tent by the beach with AC temperature controlled. After your meal, sit back and relax with a traditional shisha.

Canadian Business Council Kuwait holds its Annual General Meeting

anadian Business Council - CBC Moreau - Ambassador, Tammy Ames held its Annual General Meeting - Commercial Counselor for their sup- C2017 at the official residence of port to CBC. Treasurer Jacinthe Lemay the Ambassador of Canada. The presented the financial report of the Ambassador H E Martine Moreau wel- year 2016-2017. All were satisfied with comed CBC members and guests. The the funds available for the commenc- AGM presided by Tammy Ames - ing year. The new executive committee Commercial Counselor at Embassy of of CBC involves Ishtiaq Malik, Dr. Dave Canada welcomed everyone and McHardy, Dr. Christian Awaraji, Dr assured quorum to proceed with the Andrew Gillam, Bill Carroll, Laurent AGM. Minutes of meeting of AGM 2016 Levac and Dr. Awad Julian. Honorary was approved. Ishtiaq Malik - President members from the Embassy of Canada of CBC presented annual report and are theAmbassador and Commercial also thanked H E Martine. Counselor. TUESDAY, JUNE 20, 2017 TV PROGRAMS

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CROSSWORD 1641 STAR TRACK

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

You get along well with older people, especially those in authority. It is easy Your distinctive qualities are brought out today as someone younger than for you to express yourself to others; you always manage to make a good you seeks your advice. You are able to come up with good solutions or new under- appearance. You have an easy manner and find it easy to communicate with just about standings that will help you progress in your own life as well. You seem happy with your anyone. Around noon today you decide it is time to tend to your own needs and you do work and the attitude is infectious. You have such a good sense of humor as well as the a little research to find an optometrist or some other specialist to get some new glasses desire to make things positive in peoples' lives; it is good for you to accept social gather- or perhaps a checkup-it is about time. You are a good team player and may find that this ings away from work as you are able to spread happiness and encouragement. You afternoon some plans are being made to draw up teams for an office game-sports. You might consider a volunteer position over volunteers that work in a hospital or teach have a natural sense of organization so don't be too surprised when you are asked to adults a subject. People from the past may be calling and visiting and bumping into help. There has been much mental energy but you find ways to relax later this evening. you from time to time. An impromptu gathering can be the most fun. Take a camera.

Taurus (April 20-May 20) Scorpio (October 23-November 21)

You are a born doer, with an incredible drive to achieve in whatever or Your smooth-talking abilities, as well as your quick wit and ready wherever you decide to invest your energies. You try hard to push toward the comple- tongue, will create some positive results in the business world. Independence, as well tion of whatever goals are in front of you now. Your no-nonsense, practical approach as anything unusual or different, is valued. You have a flair for presenting yourself in a makes this day run smoothly. You long for a little more stability, a little more perma- positive and well-groomed manner. First impressions will serve you well in your com- nence in your life, even if it means sacrificing some of the pleasures to which you have munications with others. This is a good time to go on job interviews, make your side grown accustomed. This evening you will be subject to some metaphysical ideas. Your of a view understood, get a loan, obtain positive results from business ventures, etc. no-nonsense, practical approach makes unusual, out-of-the-ordinary subjects difficult You will also work hard to restore anything that seems off balance today. If you are not for you to navigate. You have a strong need to widen your scope of influence, generally romantically involved, there may be some opportunities to meet that special person beginning with the young people around you. You become a good listener. this evening-certainly there is an opening to deepen a relationship.

Gemini (May 21-June 20) Sagittarius (November 22-December 21) This is a good time to merge and organize your affairs or rearrange a This is a time of good fortune when things open up in a very natural way. business venture. You could be seen by others as just the person to be Situations are ideal this morning for making choices. Opportunities are available for put in charge of some project requiring a sharp but conservative mind. Being pre- you to see successful outcomes in your professional projects or goals. Important deci- pared by being organized may mean your success now. This is a time when you can sions may rest on creating new guidelines-the decisions of the past may not be the ACROSS DOWN expect a little boost, some sort of extra support or recognition from those around you. best path to take. There is a great focus on family life: parents, children, relatives and You may feel that you are in touch and in harmony with others; the lines of communi- 1. An important seaport on the Island of Cebu in 1. Someone who has committed (or been legally the whole domestic scene. On a somewhat broader scale, you are likely to find that cation are open. Investment opportunities are available as well. You will be wise to col- the Philippines. convicted of) a crime. houses and other real property take on greater significance. You and your loved one lect as much information as possible. Your real understanding of others will usually may feel that now is the time to build a firm foundation, in more ways than one. A feel- attract many friends to you. Tonight is a good time to visit with new and old friends. 5. Relating to or produced by ergot. 2. A red fluorescent dye resulting from the action ing of being at peace and stable on the emotional level is important to you now. 12. Experiencing or showing sorrow or unhappi- of bromine on fluorescein. ness. 3. A city in northwestern Switzerland. 15. (used of especially horses) Having a brownish 4. Not upright in position or posture. Cancer (June 21-July 22) Capricorn (December 22-January 19) coat thickly sprinkled with white or gray. 5. Resembling or characteristic of or appropriate 16. A tangible symbol signifying approval or dis- to an elegy. You are a real charmer-able to enchant others and bring them under Try not to be such a perfectionist! It is one thing to be competent, anoth- tinction. 6. An intensely radioactive metallic element that your spell. All sorts of social interactions are possible. You manage to communicate an er to be excessively conscientious. Lighten up a little! You have what it takes to meet 17. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its almost mystical sense to a group. Your ideals and ability to see the whole picture are occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores. your financial responsibilities now. The only problem is that you may not know it. Your edible tubers. obvious to all who come to know you. Everyday responsibilities can be demanding- money is a symbol of energy. We want what money can buy, not necessarily the mon- 18. A northeastern Iranian language spoken in 7. A Russian prison camp for political prisoners. your success depends on your ability to exercise only practical and proven methods. ey itself. After you reach your goal or receive the raise, you must enjoy the time of Your energy is always welcome in politics, as well as social and community endeavors, Russia. 8. Toward the mouth or oral region. achievement. Appreciate your accomplishments. Only the wisest of mankind achieve 9. Either of two muscles in the shoulder region where its basic fairness and evenhandedness are helpful. You are very responsive and the second. Make it a point to loosen the pressures that you put upon yourself. 20. North American yellow-breasted songbirds. probably not a little possessive. You tend to collect things and material success-mon- Pretend you have all the money you need and play the game of, what would I do if . . . 21. King of Saudi Arabia since 1982 (born in 1922). that move the shoulders and arms. ey, home, security, possessions-is very important. This is a lucky day with money! Relax-you make this a good day for everyone. A magic trick makes you smile. 22. Rig used in drilling for oil or gas. 10. A kind of person. 23. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice. 11. A soft silver-white ductile metallic element 25. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot. (liquid at normal temperatures). Aquarius (January 20- February 18) 26. On your knees n. 12. The process of becoming softened and satu- Leo (July 23-August 22) 28. Acid gritty-textured fruit. rated as a consequence of being immersed Everything seems to put you in the public eye today. You come off well You can be competitive-even pushy-when it comes to partners and 31. Wearing or provided with clothing. in water (or other liquid). in group matters now and manage to get your ideas across quickly and efficiently. The other people. You have a great social drive and love to work in groups. The situation is 32. Argentine armadillo with six movable bands 13. A dull persistent (usually moderately intense) areas in which you enjoy and do the best work are with the written and spoken word a natural for self-expression as well as your particular ideas and style of working. This is and hairy underparts. and ideas in all their flavors. Your enthusiasm for the mind, the intellect and the world a great time to be with others and to work together. You are ambitious and open to pain. of ideas makes it easy for you to communicate these things to others. You could have whatever is needed to improve business. You may be sought after as just the person 36. Marked by intense agitation or emotion. 14. An informal term for a father. difficulty getting outer recognition for your efforts at this time but have patience; your for a particular job. A special social affair, perhaps a charity, gives you an inner healing 41. Type genus of the Anatidae. 19. United States theologian (born in Germany) time will pay off soon. All of this hard work means you should throw your efforts into now. Today and tomorrow are productive in seeking help for your new hobby or to 42. Aromatic bulb used as seasoning. endeavors you really love doing, not necessarily because someone else says you begin a new hobby. The pursuit of a peaceful interest may encourage others to do the (1886-1965). 43. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm should do a certain project. Puzzles are fun as you enjoy the mental effort. same. Take this in small steps to avoid spending large amounts of money. 24. A strong emotion. used in India for writing paper. 27. A yellow trivalent metallic element of the rare 44. Any of various spectacular plants of the genus earth group. Laelia having showy flowers in many colors. Virgo (August 23-September 22) Pisces (February 19-March 20) 46. A unit of apothecary weight equal to an 29. German industrialist who was the first in eighth of an ounce or to 60 grains. Germany to use an assembly line in manu- This is a very good day for job-related events. You may shine in your Your positive outlook lets you get right to the point and you have little facturing automobiles (1871-1948). particular job and find that a promotion is possible. You could represent or speak for patience with those who do not seem to be able to make up their mind. 49. (informal) Uncomplimentary terms for a your company or communicate about your skills. You have a deep understanding and You will be introduced to people in an environment you are not familiar with just policeman. 30. (Scottish) Bluish-black or gray-blue. vision that cuts through what passes for conventional religion. You have a vision of the now, but you have plenty of enthusiasm and you warm up to things and people 51. Large northern deer with enormous flattened 33. Release or vent, as of emotions and reactions. endless process of life-ever being born afresh. This afternoon is a wonderful time to par- quickly. You have an inner self-confidence that has much positive strength. You may antlers in the male. 34. Occurring or done each day. ticipate in outside activities with friends or loved ones. There is a love of all children and become very dynamic in what you say but you know just how to get your message animals and it is in these things you may soon decide to invest your money or time. This across. This evening you may find yourself at an art show, play or museum. Your taste 52. A correctional institution used to detain per- 35. Port city on southern Honshu on Osaka Bay. evening you are satisfied with the day and the world in general. You are appreciative of in beautiful works of art may encourage you to take or teach a class on the art subject sons who are in the lawful custody of the 37. A genus of Mustelidae. your place in life and may give thought to how you can use your time wisely. of your preference. A dream of yours is delayed, but only for a while. government (either accused persons await- 38. An assertion of a right (as to money or proper- ing trial or convicted persons serving a sen- ty). tence). 39. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely Word Search Yesterday’s Solution 53. In bed. the razorbill. 56. A republic on the island of Malta in the 40. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk Mediterranean. and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an 59. A genus of tropical American plants have edible pulp called monkey bread. sword-shaped leaves and a fleshy com- 45. A public promotion of some product or serv- pound fruits composed of the fruits of sever- ice. al flowers (such as pineapples). 61. A highly unstable radioactive element (the 47. A dark purplish red. heaviest of the halogen series). 48. A light volatile flammable poisonous liquid 63. A tributary of the Rhine. alcohol. 64. A woman's headscarf folded into a triangle 50. Impose a penalty on. and tied under the chine. 54. Covered patchily. 67. Riding without a saddle. 55. A vigorous blow. 70. 16 ounces. 57. A city in northwestern Germany and an 71. The atomic weight of an element that has the important Baltic port. same combining capacity as a given weight 58. Electrical conduction through a gas in an of another element. applied electric field. 72. Decisively defeated in combat. 60. The 13th letter of the Greek alphabet. 73. The boy whose upbringing was described by 62. A city in southeastern South Korea. Jean-Jacques Rousseau. 65. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a 77. Animal reproductive body consisting of an skewer usually with vegetables. ovum or embryo together with nutritive and 66. Jordan's port. protective envelopes. 68. A feeling of intense anger. 78. Composes music as a profession. 69. A cap with a flat circular top and a visor. 80. Extremely pleasing. 81. The dialect of Chinese spoken in Canton and 74. Cleaning implement consisting of absorbent neighboring provinces and in Hong Kong material fastened to a handle. and elsewhere outside China. 75. A period marked by distinctive character or 82. A city in western Lithuania on the Baltic Sea. reckoned from a fixed point or event. 83. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from 76. A master's degree in fine arts. aba cloth. 79. Informal terms for a mother.

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GOSSIP Shirley Bassey to receive Nordoff Robins O2 Silver Clef Award

ame Shirley Bassey is the recipient of this year's running for 42 years, has raised nearly £10 million to fund nized by a charity that use music to change lives for the Nordoff Robins O2 Silver Clef Award. The 80-year- the Nordoff Robbins charity who provide music therapy for better." And the Royal Albert Hall Best Group Act has been Dold music legend is thrilled to have been chosen to people of all ages. Blondie will pick up the American won by Mumford & Sons, who said: "We're honored to be receive the prestigious accolade, which recognizes her for Express Icon Award while Phil Collins, 66, is set to receive picking up the Best Group Award. We believe in the poten- her long and successful music career, at the annual charity the Amazon Outstanding Achievement Award. Meanwhile, cy of music and are glad to be able to celebrate the amaz- event held at London's Grosvenor House Hotel on Friday Nile Rodgers will be handed the Raymond Weil ing work of Nordoff Robbins at the Silver Clef Awards." The June 30. Speaking ahead of nabbing the title Lionel Richie International Award and is looking forward to celebrating Jack Daniels Best Newcomer Award went to 'Ciaos Adios' won last year, the 'Big Spender' hitmaker said: "I'm honored the work the charity does on the night. The 64-year-old hitmaker Anne-Marie, 26. She said: "I feel so lucky to collect to be the recipient of this year Silver Clef Award. Music is Chic frontman said: "To be honored by such a great charity, the Jack Daniels Newcomer Award! Music is such a massive my career. Music is my life. Music is my friend. Music has one which uses music to heal and to help, is a real privi- part of my life, and I feel proud to be recognized by a chari- been there to celebrate the highs & sooth through the lege. Music is such a positive force in this world, and I very ty that use music to change lives for the better." Other win- lows. "I believe everybody has a song inside of them; some much look forward to coming together to recognize that at ners include 56-year-old legendary dance music DJ Pete people can lose their way in life, some struggle to express the O2 Silver Clef Awards." Best Female Award went to 30- Tong, the recipient of the Innovation Award, and Alexander themselves - but Nordoff Robbins works with these people year-old Scottish soprano Emeli Sande. She said: "I feel so Armstrong, 47, will be handed the PPL Classical Award at to find their inner songbird and true happiness." The lucky to collect the Jack Daniels Newcomer Award! Music is the star-studded ceremony. Nordoff Robbins O2 Silver Clef Awards, which has been such a massive part of my life, and I feel proud to be recog- Jay Z announces new LP and film 4.44

ay Z has announced a new album and New York City earlier this month. Jay is set film called '4.44'. The 'Encore' rapper's to perform at V Festival this August Bank Jcompany TIDAL shared the details on Holiday Weekend in England and has sev- Twitter posting a 30-second clip of a new eral US festivals coming up. They include song called 'ADNIS'. The video features Made In America in Philadelphia on 'Moonlight' actor Mahershala Ali, 43, as a September 2 and 3 and the Meadows boxer using a punch bag, which is be being Festival at Citi Field on September 15. The LCD Soundsystem held by the trainer portrayed by Danny '99 Problems' hitmaker's last studio album Glover, 70, and it also features actress was 2013's 'Magna Carta Holy Grail'. The Lupita Nyong'o. A second image shared on album couldn't come at a more fitting time the micro-blogging site revealed the with Jay welcoming twins into the world announce new LP release date of June 30. Alongside the over the weekend with his wife Beyonce image, it reads:"@S_C_ x '4:44' album x Knowles, 35, whom he also has five-year- Zara Larsson's love album 6/30 http://Sprint.TIDAL.com # old daughter Blue Ivy with. The 'Crazy in American Dream TIDALXSprint (sic)" The track appears to be Love' singer's father Mathew Knowles con- a letter to the 47-year-old hip-hop legend's firmed the arrival of the power couple's ara Larsson has teased that her she appears to already be hard at work CD Soundsystem have announced their first album in father filled with lyrics he's never brought newest additions to their brood on Sunday. next album will be "cheesy" on the follow-up. The 19-year-old seven years. The American electronic rock band will up before. He raps: "Letter to my dad that I He posted a picture of a birthday note, Zbecause it's all about being in singer hasn't spoke much about her Lrelease 'American Dream' - the follow-up to 2010's never wrote/Speeches I prepared that I which read: "Happy Birthday to the twins! love. The Swedish pop beauty took to next record, but she is constantly bring- 'This Is Happening' - on September 2. The record from never spoke/Words on a paper that I never Love, Granddad. (sic)" And he captioned Twitter over the weekend to share an ing up how inspiring Beyonce's music James Murphy's band will include the album title track and read/Prose is never penned, they stayed in the snap: "They're here!#beyonce #twins update with her followers on where she has been. Zara has never been shy 'Call The Police', plus new songs 'Emotional Haircut', my head (sic)" The movie is reportedly set #jayz #happybirthday (sic)". is at with new music. She simply wrote: about her adoration for the 35-year-old 'Change Yr Mind' and 'Other Voices'. The 'All My Friends' hit- to be released through TIDAL only via a "Hello everyone I just wanted to tell R&B superstar, but is particularly fond makers have also announced tour dates including a show partnership with Sprint. It comes after bill- y'all than I'm in love so the next album of her album 'B'day' as it is the one at Manchester's The Warehouse Project on September 16 boards with '4:44' were spotted around will probably be cheesy (sic)" It's any- which made her go from liking her to and 17. They are set to perform at Glasgow's iconic one's guess who has made her explode loving her. Asked what song or album Barrowland Ballroom on September 19, before concluding with love as Zara revealed in March she would be the soundtrack to her life, she the run at London's Alexandra Palace on September 22. was seeing two guys at the same time, previously said: "B'day by Beyonce. I am The new album is as much a shock as it is a surprise for fans explaining she is not "exclusive" to any- a really big Beyonce fan, like a proper of the band as they disbanded after releasing 'This Is one. Opening up about her dating life, crazy fan. This album was the moment Happening' in 2011. On April 12, 2011, Murphy confirmed the blonde beauty shared at the time: when I went from liking her to loving the release of their final show on DVD. They also served up "I'm dating a couple of people. I'm not her." And the blonde beauty is equally a documentary called 'Shut Up' and 'Play the Hits', sharing exclusively anyone's." And Zara has inspired by Lady Gaga. Asked for her the 47-year-old frontman's final 48 hours on stage and insisted she wasn't obsessing about favorite quote of all time, she repeated before and after their last show at Madison Square Garden anyone in particular, revealing a 25- Gaga's words: "Some women choose to in New York on April 2, 2011. The Alexandra Palace gig year-old Leonardo DiCaprio is the only follow men, and some women choose marks LCD Soundsystem's first headline show in London person she has ever had a crush on. She to follow their dreams. If you're won- after they group reformed in 2015, and follows numerous gushed: "My only crush is Leonardo dering which way to go, remember that wildly successful festival appearances around the UK and DiCaprio - when he was 25. That person your career will never wake up and tell abroad. Tickets go on sale this Wednesday at Gigs And is not in this world anymore." The 'I you that it doesn't love you anymore." Tours, Goldenvoice and AXS. Would Like' hitmaker only released her debut album 'So Good' in March, but Lorde rewired during latest LP

orde was "rewired to become an adult" when she some and emotional and it turned out that I wasn't who I made her album 'Melodrama'. The 20-year-old star thought I was after all." Meanwhile, Lorde previously Lhas grown up a lot since she first found fame and felt revealed music entered a new level after her "heart was "more aware of her age" than she ever had when she broken". She said: "After your heart is broken, music enters worked on her latest LP. She said: "I felt more aware of my you on a new level. You suddenly find yourself crying when age than I ever have making a record. I was in these [Alicia Keys'] 'Try Sleeping With a Broken Heart' comes on." moments of just being gripped by an emotion and I was And she confessed that 'Green Light', the lead single off the like 'I'm feeling this because I'm 20 and everything's album, is "about a heartbreak". She admitted: "The song is messed-up inside my brain. I'm actually like rewiring to actually about a heartbreak. And it's not something that I become an adult. All this is insane!'" And Lorde feels she really am used to writing about. It took me a while to be has learned a lot about herself during the making of the able to figure out how to write about that. It was my first album. Explaining the meaning behind track 'Liability major heartbreak. And the song is really about those (Reprise)', she added to The Spinoff: "I went into thinking I moments kind of immediately after your life changes and Sir Ben Kingsley knew what I was doing and thinking I knew exactly who I about all the silly little things that you gravitate towards. I was at that moment and what I was going to do and the say, 'She thinks you love the beach, you're such a liar.'" process has been very confronting and intense and awe- to star as Nazi John Landis: The Dark Universe needs to respect the monsters war criminal ir Ben Kingsley has been cast to play Nazi war crimi- ohn Landis believes Universal's Dark Universe could plans for a 'Bride of Frankenstein' movie - with Javier "You know, when they want to reinvent and sometimes it nal Adolf Eichmann in 'Operation Finale'. The 73-year- flop if it isn't "respectful of the monsters". The 66- Bardem cast as Frankenstein - as well as reboots of 'The works great - look at David Cronenberg's 'The Fly' or John Sold actor will star opposite 'Star Wars: The Force Jyear-old director has tackled all different genres dur- Invisible Man', 'Creature from the Black Lagoon', 'The Wolf Carpenter's 'The Thing'. It can be done." Universal Pictures Awakens' star Oscar Isaac in director Chris Weitz's upcom- ing his illustrious career and he was responsible for mak- Man', 'Frankenstein' and 'Dracula'. Although 'The Mummy' is also creating a remake of Landis' 'An American ing movie based around the final days of one of the major ing acclaimed 1981 creature feature 'An American has been a disappointment for the studio, Landis is cer- Werewolf in London' with his son Max Landis writing the architects of the Holocaust, Deadline reports. Eichmann Werewolf in London' and directing Michael Jackson's tain they can make the other films a success because script and helming the project with The Walking Dead's organized the transportation of Jews from across Europe iconic horror-themed music video 'Thriller' in 1983. there is a history of great remakes in the genre. He said: David Alpert and Robert Kirkman producing under to concentration camps where around six million people Landis is not shocked that Universal's 'The Mummy' Skybound Entertainment as well as Todd Garner and are estimated to have died. 'Operation Finale' will follow reboot - which has kicked off the Dark Universe - has Matt Smith. The original movie follows American back- the capture of Eichmann, who fled to Austria and then under-performed at the US box office because the film, packers David Kessler and Jack Goodman - played by Argentina when World War Two ended to escape capture to him, seems to be more focused on the cast rather than David Naughton and Griffin Dunne respectively - who and punishment for his actions. Eichmann was arrested in the supernatural foe of the title. In an interview with are attacked by a werewolf whilst hiking on the English 1960 by Mossad, Israel's intelligence service and following Entertainment.ie, Landis said: "If you remember with moors. Jack is killed but David is saved by the locals who a trial he was found guilty of war crimes and hanged in Universal back in the '40s, once they made all their clas- know of the beast's existence but his fate is even worse 1962 when he was 56. Isaac will play Peter Malkin, the sics, they started cross-pollinating. 'House of Dracula', as he is cursed to become a lycanthrope and goes on a Mossad operative who led the group of Israeli spies in 'House of Frankenstein', 'Frankenstein Meets The Wolf- killing spree in the UK capital. It is considered a classic of search of Eichmann. Isaac will join Brian Kavanaugh-Jones Man' - you know what they used to call those? Monster the horror genre with its mix of scares and very dark and Fred Berger from their company Automatik as produc- rallies! And then of course, one of the great ironies is humor and special effects artist Rick Baker used a num- ers as well as Inspire Entertainment's Jason Spire. The 38- what was considered ... OK - it's over now! "With some- ber of revolutionary techniques such as robotic parts to year-old actor will next be seen reprising his role as 'Poe thing like 'Abbot & Costello Meets Frankenstein', which is create David's transformation sequences earning him the Dameron' in the upcoming eighth 'Star Wars' movie 'The actually a very funny movie and very respectful of the Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling in 1982. Last Jedi'. Matt Charman, the screenwriter of the film monsters. I think, you know, maybe that's one of the Rick's work is still referenced during the Horror Makeup 'Bridge of Spies' is also reportedly involved in 'Operation problems with Universal's Dark Universe is that it isn't Show which runs daily at the Universal Studios theme Finale'. MGM are distributing the movie after they bought respectful of the monsters." Universal has announced park in Orlando, Florida. — Bang Showbiz the rights of the script by Matthew Orton in 2015. No release date for 'Operation Finale' has been set yet. TUESDAY, JUNE 20, 2017 lifestyle

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A tree stretches into the sky on the drive up Flagstaff Mountain in Boulder, Colo.

Photo shows the Sunrise Amphitheater on Flagstaff Mountain in Boulder, Colo. — AP photos Photo shows the Chautauqua Dining Hall in Boulder, Colo. In Boulder, Colorado, 5 fun things in 1 whirlwind afternoon

ot every destination lends itself to a whirlwind tour, but in the beautiful city of Boulder, Colorado, you can sam- Nple five fun and scenic spots in one afternoon. Of course, if you've got more time, everything on this list is worth savor- ing. But if you're just passing through, this doable itinerary offers an easy way to experience the city's top sights in a few hours. Boulder is also an easy side trip if your primary destina- tion is Denver, about 25 miles away. The city's typically sunny, blue-sky weather, gorgeous mountain scenery and easily tra- versed streets make it a pleasant destination no matter how much time you have.

Chautauqua The Chautauqua movement started in the late 19th century as a summer school for teachers. It later developed into a cul- tural phenomenon, offering lectures, music, the arts and recre- ation in thousands of communities around America. One of the last remaining Chautauquas is located in Boulder, now a National Historic Site with original buildings surrounded by parkland. Take a walk, lie on the grass, relax in a rocking chair, or if you have time, buy a ticket for one of its many events - con- certs, films and other performances, including unique hikes that combine theater with the outdoors. There's onsite lodging if you care to stay overnight, but if you're cramming in a quick stop, one way to enjoy the place is to grab a bite at the Chautauqua Dining Hall. Get a table outside on the wraparound Photo shows people relaxing along Boulder Creek in Boulder, Colo. Photo shows a bison sculpture on the Pearl Street Mall in Boulder, Colo. porch and enjoy the views and terrific menu, which ranges from bison to burrata cheese to Brussels sprouts. You can pick up a Civilian Conservation Corps in the 1930s, it has circular seating, drink but do not miss the one and only Dushanbe to the takeout counter in back and get a chai tea or hibis- free map of Boulder inside the dining hall. a stage and incredible views. It's a popular site for weddings. Teahouse. Dushanbe offers a formal afternoon tea with a cus cooler to go. three-tiered tower of pastries, cucumber sandwiches and Flagstaff Mountain Boulder Creek Path more, but it's worth stopping in even if you don't have Pearl Street Mall Boulder's 45,000 acres of open space and parkland is Another encounter with the great outdoors can be had just the time or appetite for a sit-down just to see the build- Pearl Street has been Boulder's main shopping district supremely accessible. One minute, you're dining, shopping or blocks from downtown. On the scenic 8-mile Boulder Creek ing. The teahouse is named for Boulder's sister city, the since the late 19th century and a pedestrian mall since the walking on a city street; a few minutes later, you can be up in Path, you can stroll, bike or just sit for a few peaceful moments capital of Tajikistan, and its elaborate carved columns, late 1970s. Today its historic storefronts have been restored the mountains, surrounded by pine trees, looking down on the by the water. Kayakers, fly fisherman and wading dogs are all ceramic panels and hand-painted ceiling were mostly and it bustles with shoppers, street performers and children at city below. From Chautauqua, it's a quick drive west to Flagstaff part of the scene. Part of it is paved, part is dirt and gravel. handcrafted there by artisans, with some elements made play. You'll find eateries, bookstores, boutiques, antiques and Mountain, past the rock formations known as the Flatirons. The or assembled here by visiting craftsmen. The menu offers toys, along with art galleries and shops selling everything winding drive up the mountain is beautiful with many spots to Dushanbe Teahouse breakfast, lunch, dinner or a snack in addition to the from skateboards to cigars. — AP pull your car over and go for a short (or long) hike. Be sure to Boulder is home to dozens of options for food and afternoon tea, but if you've only got a few minutes, head see the Sunrise Amphitheater on the summit. Built by the NY exhibition asks what creation Review 'House of Names' is family of world sounded like drama on a mythic stage hen the universe was born, what did it exhibition, the Rubin Museum, in New York's Hindi alphabet. Another piece, by artist Jules sound like? The question underlies an Chelsea neighborhood, asked visitors to stop by Gimbrone, records and re-records a reciting of a n the days before the gods lost interest native County Wexford in Ireland. Readers Winventive and challenging new exhibi- a small recording studio and chant "Om." It col- text through a four-foot (1.2-meter) vessel of salt in human folly, King Agamemnon sum- longing for more must make due with an tion in New York that explores the fundamen- lected 10,000 files and, through software, set water until the voice is unrecognizable. Imoned his daughter Iphigenia to wed idyll at a seaside cottage where Orestes tals of sound and how they relate to the quest them on three pitches to merge together into an Yeh said he gave loose guidelines to the Achilles. His wife, Clytemnestra, believed matures to manhood after escaping cap- to understand the self and the cosmos. The hour-long "Collective Om" that plays continually artists on imagining the sound of creation. Still, his ruse and led their young daughter to tors. Storytelling, jokes and stonewalls Rubin Museum of Art, the 13-year-old institu- in a meditation room with three-dimensional he was struck that almost all of the artists chose what turned out to be her death in a make this section feel like Ireland, not tion devoted to India and the Himalayas, sound. to use the human voice. The exhibition also blood sacrifice on the eve of the Trojan ancient Greece. The love and disloyalty of shakes off the visual bias of most exhibitions. offers introductions into late experimental com- War. In "House of Names," Colm Toibin families undergirds "House of Names." This Instead, visitors to "The World Is Sound," which Hearing the Big Bang poser Pauline Oliveros's concept of "deep listen- reimagines Greek myth through the eyes is Toibin's true turf, and he makes the most opened Friday and runs until January 8, enter Outer space is silent, with no air to carry the ing," which involves fully letting go to take in the of vengeance-seeking Clytemnestra and of it on a mythic stage. — AP with their ears. vibrations that cause sound. But the exhibition, sound of the environment. her surviving children, Electra and Orestes. While the exhibition showcases visual arti- expanding on the "Om" concept, asks artists to He lays out their interlocking crimes at a facts, such as an 18th-century trumpet made of imagine the sound heard in the vibrations from Impermanence of sound steady pace in strong, simple words as if human leg-bone played in Tibetan funerals, the the Big Bang, the sudden expansion of matter With sound just a matter of vibrations, does he were setting a table for a family meal. A focus is on sound, which can be felt powerfully considered by astrophysicists to mark the birth music have permanence? The impermanence of rusty blade, an old cloth, dark whispers by putting on headphones, touching wall panels of the universe. C Spencer Yeh, the Taiwanese- sound is reflected at death in Tibetan custom. and a hollow look - these are the stones or even walking the spiraling six-floor staircase. born artist who led the section, imagined a trio Visitors at the exhibition are invited to lie supine from which he builds a tower of atrocities. The highlight is a representation of "Om," the of 45 diverse and shifting computerized voices on a bench to hear recitations of the Tibetan Fans of "Game of Thrones" will recog- holy mantra of Hinduism and Buddhism that is that say the letters "A," "U" and "M," which merge Book of the Dead, which describe experiences in nize the material and thrill to it. Lies, said to encompass all possible sounds-in effect, continuously together. New York-born artist bardo, a sort of limbo between death and secrets and betrayals lead to kidnapping, the universe itself. In the months before the Samita Sinha's work builds off a recitation of the rebirth. The book encourages the listener to imprisonment, rape and murder - death channel positive energy, warning that a slip into by poisoning, death by knife. Bloody yet darkness in the transient state could doom the somehow never garish, Toibin's novel journey to the next life. should appeal to many readers. Classicists "We take it for granted that music can make will appreciate the masonry as he fills in us cry, and can make us laugh, and can make us gaps in Orestes' story. We learn what dance, and can make us have sex, and can make Orestes knows and doesn't know about us stand in a field with 100,000 people and his family's drama, how Electra plays him scream at the top of our lungs," the electronic and what motivates his matricide. Lovers rocker Moby said in an interview as part of the of fine writing will note Toibin's deft exhibition. "The fascinating thing with sound is observations and how they create tension. that it has never been created," he said. "There is Late in the book, Orestes sees changes in no such thing as material sound." — AFP his sibling: "He wondered how much of this was an act and under what pressure it might fall apart, as her earlier pose as the daughter who lived by the light of the gods had fallen apart." A 15th-century Tibetan statue of the Toibin set his well-loved novels Mahakala deity is seen on display in front of "Brooklyn" and "Nora Webster" in his insulated sound walls at the Rubin Museum of Art in New York City. — AFP lifestyle TUESDAY, JUNE 20, 2017

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Models present creations for fashion house Dsquared2 during the Men's Spring/Summer 2018 fashion shows in Milan. — AP/AFP photos Prada takes inspiration from graphic novels for Milan show

fresh breeze buffeted Italy's fashion capital dur- ing the second day of Milan Fashion Week on ASunday, both literally, bringing relief from the June heat, and figuratively, as young designers took the spotlight. They brought with them fresh silhouettes with new proportions and reinterpretations of old sum- mertime favorites from linens to stripes. Here are high- lights from menswear previews Sunday in Milan for next spring and summer:

Dsquared2 Dean and Dan Caten, the Canadian twins behind the DSquared2 label, have made their mark on Milan-most recently with a neon maple leaf on the former distillery where they showed next year's warm weather looks for men and women. The designers put a jangle in the models' walk with buckled leather straps in neat rows up the sleeves of sweaters, down the legs of trousers and leggings, and across boots. Hawaiian floral prints were the accent of the season, with floral shirts paired busily with leopard leggings or worn over the trademark Canadian plaid. Painted florals accented leather pants and skirts, and appeared as pan- el overlays on denim jackets. Womenswear featured dramatically layered long ruffle tulle skirts that were often paired with simple T-shirts. Men also can indulge in some light ruffles down the front of their tank tops. The headgear of the season: A military beret over a baseball cap.

Prada reality Miuccia Prada took inspiration from graphic novels for her latest collection, which aims to create a dialogue between the virtual world and the real world. The virtu- al world is in an exhibit at the brand's Fondazione Prada contemporary art exhibition space. Fashion is Prada's reality. She employed two artists - James Jean from Los Angeles and Ollie Schrauwen of Belgium - to create graphic stories on a human and not superhero scale that covered the walls of the showroom and became the prints that defined Sunday's menswear collection in Milan. Scenes included a robot monkey and an oversized spider descending to pick up houses. Prada said she was attracted to the comics because they turn out infor- mation in bit-size pieces-much the same way social media does today. Nylon jumpsuits defined the Prada silhouette, belted at the waist and gathered at the ankles and cuffs with plastic Prada labels. Shirt collars were turned up. There was a shorts version worn with Prada men's knee socks and pointy leather shoes. The silhouette was repeated in casualwear, with sweaters tucked into athletic-style trousers. Meshed sweaters of horizontal stripes tucked into houndstooth pattern trousers turned up into a thick cuff. Sandals with socks anchored those looks. Graphic prints appeared in both pastel colors and black and white on shirts, jacket panels and bags. Prada said she added overcoats to unify the looks. "Everything was a little naive, too simple," she said. "We thought these big heavy coats would be the right counterpart. That is just fashion."

Textures at Ferragamo Guillaume Meilland's second collection for Ferragamo is inspired by the Mediterranean coastline shared by his native France and adopted Italy. The looks are defined by texture: cable-knit fishermen's sweaters, velvety shorts, corduroy trousers and suede laser cut tops, all hearty fare for wind-swept seaside strolls. The designer also added touches of whimsy like sea horse prints and coral key chains. "Yes I like the idea of having, for me, something very Italian, something very much linked to the idea of the holidays and the seaside," Meilland said backstage. "Textures, colors, we are trying combine soft velvet, English fabrics and heavy linens ... The fluid and something more rough." The looks combined for an effortless silhouette that Meilland said was inspired by the 1960 French film "Purple Noon," based on the Patricia Highsmith's "Ripley" novels. Ferragamo's footwear included penny loafers or slip on moccasins with rubber soles adorned with the trademark buckle for the city or rope accents Models present creations for fashion house Salvatore Ferragamo. for the seaside. Models present creations for fashion house Prada. lifestyle TUESDAY, JUNE 20, 2017

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Celebrity turns Italian rapper Ghali honed in on a pair of velvety shorts with a sea horse print on a golden background from the front row of Ferragamo's show for next spring and summer. "I really like the collec- tion. I love lots of the textures that I saw," said Ghali, a Milan native whose new album, titled "Album," is being promoted with an ad on the Duomo cathedral.

Yolo from Korea Korean designer Munsoo Kwon made his Milan debut in the Armani theater with a collection that contained some measure of autobiography. The triptych collection includes pieces based on European tailoring, Korean military wear and a series of character looks. The thread that connects them all: The YOLO phenomenon, pre- viously, before the invention of abbreviation-loving social media, known as "You Only Live Once." The 37-year-old Kwon expresses his whimsy with out-of-propor- tion cuts: Boyish striped sweaters that are part of his character series are gigantic with wide, trailing arms, dwarfing the wearer. The military looks are elongated and soft, not your usual regimented rendering. And the tailored outfits are clean and elegant, featuring pinstripe pants with long belts worn with a pajama-inspired top and a trench coat with bell sleeves. — AP

Models present creations for fashion house Munsoo Kwon.

Why women top the catwalk cash charts

t is a rare exception to the rule: the gender salary gap in cializes in fashion's place in society, explains: "Even if the earning male model, O'Pry, managed to pull in. "Working 15 days a month on average for catalogues, the fashion industry means female models are paid markets for designer men's and women's clothes generate Brazil's Bundchen however is an exception in the fash- shows and tests, I end up with the same income as a com- Imore than their male counterparts for the same job. roughly the same sales, about $30 billion (26.8 billion ionsphere. At the top of her game for over 15 years, she pany executive," says the 32-year-old, who describes him- None of the dozens of buffed and toned men parading at euros) each, fashion remains an industry primarily aimed can command fees that exceed those paid even to the self as having had a modest career without ever leaving his the latest Milan menswear shows since Friday can dream at women." likes of her compatriot Adriana Lima or Australia's Miranda home country. Pay differentials with female colleagues? of earning anything like female catwalk stars, or of equiva- Kerr by tens of thousands of dollars per show. "The more "They exist but also between different men. And you have lent fame. Gisele's millions you go down the hierarchy, the pay gap tends to narrow," to take into account that a male model will have his best While the likes of Gisele Bundchen, Kate Moss and "The brands and the fashion magazines are more inter- says Godart. "The average salary of a model in the United earning years between 30 and 50" — by which time most Naomi Campbell have long since passed beyond the con- ested in a women's aesthetic assets, which help to sell States, male or female, is only around $30,000 a year." female models' maximum earning potential is behind fines to fashion to become A-list celebrities, their male product better and as a result that pushes up the value of them. Rosa Sarli, director of the Elite modeling agency in equivalents, like the American Sean O'Pry or Britain's David female models," he told AFP. Godart says there are around Price of fame Milan, says there is no set rule to determine how much a Gandy, remain largely unknown to the general public. 1,000 young women worldwide who can make a comfort- Not everyone manages even to arrive at even this mod- model gets paid. "It can depend on a lot of things apart Gandy once observed: "Trust me to end up working in the able living from top end modeling. "In this world, it's 'win- est level. Many models live precariously and are forced to from physical attributes, like fame for example. "If the only industry in the world where women get paid more ner takes all', which means the top female models tend to take on other jobs to make ends meet between assign- model is married to a star or even the child of a celebrity, than men, and treated loads better. "In the hierarchy of a hit the jackpot and increase the gap with their male coun- ments where sometimes employers will expect them to all that will push their price up." — AFP shoot, you have the photographer, the female model, the terparts." A 2013 survey by American magazine Forbes accept clothes as part of their payment. French male mod- stylists, the assistants, then the male model. You are the estimated that top model Bundchen had earned $42 mil- el Baptiste Nicol however insists that "you can still earn a lowest of the low." Frederic Godart, a sociologist who spe- lion in the previous year, 28 times the amount the best- good living without being in the top 100 in the world". Prada takes inspiration from graphic novels for Milan show

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A Jellyfish is illuminated at Mystic Aquarium in Mystic, Connecticut on June 18, 2017. The aquarium was founded in 1973. — AFP Donkeys at dawn: A rubbish job in the Algiers Kasbah

t's a rubbish job, but someone has to do it. Or some animal: in the alleyways of Algiers' famed Kasbah, Idonkeys shift tons of trash every day. Some streets in the Kasbah are so narrow that single file is necessary. Others are wider but are steep and stepped, ruling out more usual rubbish collection methods. Hence the resort to animal power to keep this World Heritage Site clean. UNESCO calls the Algerian capital's Kasbah "an outstanding example of a historic Maghreb city", and says it greatly influenced town-planning in the western Mediterranean and sub-Saharan Africa. But without its donkeys loaded with huge panniers and accompanied by their green-uniformed handlers, the Kasbah would sink under the weight of its own refuse. At dawn, the dozen garbage collectors of the up again. "We're doing about 10 rounds" a day, sighed the original residents have left, and new arrivals have no Kasbah "saddle up" their charges with "chouaris", home- weather-beaten 57-year-old Amer Moussa who said he idea of the Kasbah's (historic) value," Fatma said. After made baskets made of rushes, and climb the long stairs was looking forward to retirement. If the task wasn't dif- climbing and descending for seven or eight hours, to Bab J'did, one of the gates of the old city. ficult enough already, Moussa said he was tired of rub- which is exhausting for both collector and donkey, the There the teams split up and go their separate bish being thrown anywhere, and rubble or old furni- dawn patrol returns to the stables. routes. The donkeys know their rounds off by heart. ture being chucked away with household waste. The late shift then takes over. Throughout the day, Man and beast negotiate the vertiginous streets of this Vacant lots where homes once stood have become donkeys and green boiler-suited collectors are a regu- medina built during the 10th century under Zirid rule, dumping grounds where scavenging alley cats root lar sight in the historic district. There are 52 donkeys a dynasty of Berber origin that reigned over most of through rubbish. Kadour Hanafi, now an executive with in the Kasbah Horse Unit, acquired in the same man- the Maghreb. Sprawling over some 105 hectares (260 Netcom which handles garbage collection in the city, is ner as official vehicles-by public tender, said Netcom acres), the Kasbah is a mass muddle of buildings con- himself a former rubbish collector in the Kasbah. He said communications head Nassima Yakoubi. Each animal structed on a steep uneven slope 118 meters (nearly some Kasbadjis, as the residents are known, look upon must be in good physical shape, be upwards of 1.5 400 feet) in height. Some houses are so old and dilapi- them with contempt. Bad jokes as they pass are com- meters (five feet) in height and weigh more than 100 dated that they would collapse if not propped up by mon: "Look, there's a donkey-and there's a donkey with kilos (220 pounds). wooden or metal beams. him." Abdellah Khenfoussi, a Netcom official who grew They join the unit aged between four and eight, and up in the Kasbah and still lives there, fondly remembers have a working life of around 20 years. You might Scavenging alley cats a time when residents would wash down the paved expect that the animals then enjoy a well-earned retire- The collectors gather the rubbish in bags or by hand, streets every morning. ment, maybe at the zoo. That is indeed their destination, and once a "chouari" is full, the donkey goes all the way but not as residents: to the anguish of their former com- back to the top where its load is transferred to trucks. Historic district panions the rubbish collectors, the worn out donkeys of Each donkey load weighs up to 50 kilos, and more than Fatma, wearing the long white "haik" dress of the Algiers Kasbah become lunch for lions. — AFP two tons of trash are collected every day. Come rain, Algerian women, rails against the sordid conditions into shine or searing summer heat, the Kasbah Horse Unit as which the area has sunk. "It used to be well-kept," the it is officially known works a seven-day week. This 74-year-old said of the Kasbah, which in 1957 was the method of garbage gathering dates back to the arrival heart of the Battle of Algiers during the 1954-1962 war in Algiers of the Ottomans in the 16th century. of independence against France. "Everyone knew every- Despite constant collections, the waste quickly piles one else and we all helped clean up. But now most of

A garbage collector leads donkeys as he heads to the old part of Algiers, known as the ‘Kasbah’, as they collect the rubbish in the alleyways of this medina built during the 10th century under Zirid rule. — AFP photos