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16 Pages Price 10,000 Rials 38th year No.12871 Sunday JJULYULY 9,9, 20172017 Tir 18, 1396 Shawwal 14, 1438 Dialogue with Riyadh Gas exports to CHTHO to introduce Iran’s Ebadi still best way to end neighboring countries, disable-friendly wins gold at Asia Cup impasse: diplomat 2 India prioritized 4 tourist sites 10 archery meet 15 Iran’s 2016 oil exports up Sepehri artwork breaks over 77%: OPEC ECONOMY TEHRAN — Iran’s In 2015, Iran exported 1.423 deskoil exports in 2016 million bpd of oil to its Asian buy- reached 1.921 million barrels per ers compared to 969,700 bpd in record at Tehran Auction day (bpd), a 77.6 percent rise com- 2015. pared to 2015, according to OPEC’s Meanwhile, 497,300 barrels of oil latest Annual Statistical Bulletin re- was sent to the European markets port. on a daily basis while the figure was The country’s crude exports stood 111,400 bpd in 2015. See page 16 at 1.081 million bpd in 2015 which in- Iran was exempted from OPEC dicates that the 2016 figure is 840,000 agreement to reduce output by 1.2 bpd more than that of the 2015 av- million bpd that began this year, as erage. Tehran needs to regain the market In the meantime, Iran boosted ex- share it lost under Western sanctions ports of oil products by 74.5 percent over its nuclear program. to 897,900 bpd year on year. The country is planning to increase The country sent 514,300 bpd of oil its production to five million bpd by products to its target markets in 2015. 2021.

Iraqi forces take over Mosul’s Old City Iraqi government forces have wrested Fighting currently rages on in complete control over the Old City of Mosul’s densely-populated Old City, Mosul, which served as the last bas- where ISIL elements have put up stiff tion of the Islamic State in Iraq and resistance in the face of advancing Ira- the Levant (ISIL/Daesh) terrorists in the qi army soldiers and allied fighters. country’s second largest city. Iraq’s state TV quoted a military The spokesman for the Iraqi Joint spokesman as saying that the mili- Operations Command, Brigadier Gen- tants’ defense lines were collapsing. eral Yahia Rasoul, announced on Sat- Reports coming out of the city say ISIL urday that army troops had regained terrorists are reported to be fighting for control over the strategic area, where each meter with bombers, snipers and Mohammad Namazi ISIL Leader Ibrahim al-Samarrai aka Abu grenades, forcing Iraqi security forces to Bakr al-Baghdadi declared the terrorists’ fight house-to-house in the Old city. self-styled “caliphate” back in July 2014. “They (terrorists) never surrender. “We are seeing now the last me- Old Mosul will be their graveyard,” said ters and then final victory will be an- Iraqi General Abdel Ghani al-Assadi, a Honaronline/ Honaronline/ nounced,” Iraq’s state TV reported on commander in Iraq’s elite Counter Ter- Auctioneer Hossein Pakdel takes bid for the sale of a painting from Sohrab Sepehri’s Tree Trunk series during the Tehran Auction at the Parsian Azadi Hotel on July 7, 2017. Saturday. “It’s a matter of hours.” rorism Service. 13 Arya Sasol Polymer Co. Receives British Safety Council’s 5-Star Certificates

TEHRAN — Arya Sasol Polymer Co., as the first Iranian company British Petroleum (BP), Royal Dutch Shell, and Foster Wheeler active in the fields of oil, gas, and petroleum, has succeeded to re- which have succeeded to receive the BSC’s 5-star certificate ceive two five-star certificates in occupational health and safety, as so far, described the council’s intl. reputation and 60 years well as environment from the British Safety Council (BSC). professional relevant experiences as the main reasons be- According to the public relations department of Arya Sasol hind choosing the British Safety Council to certify Arya Sasol Polymer Co., the British Safety Council’s auditors after conduct- company’s HSE systems. ing several qualitative and quantitative research on the safety, Arya Sasol Polymer Co. with the annual production ca- management and control systems of company in five sections, pacity of more than one and half million tons of ethylene has recognized the Arya Sasol Polymer Co. capable of receiving and polyethylene (high, low, and medium) ranked first the council’s two five-star certificates in occupational health and among Iran’s best petrochemical companies in sale index in safety, as well as environment for the year 2017. IMI-100 rating of the Iranian calendar year of 1395 (March The company’s Managing Director Amirhossein Bahreini, 2016-March 2017) and is one of the best petrochemical naming some of the world’s largest oil companies such as companies in the Middle East in terms of HSE. For the first time in the oil industry, Arya Sasol Polymer Company, which was initially established by the joint investment between the Iran and S. Africa, managed to receive two five-star certificates in the occupational health and safety, as well as environment from the British Safety Council. I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y POLITICS JJULYULY 9,9, 20172017 MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS Dialogue with Riyadh still best Envoy: U.S. 38-year hostility has made Iran stronger way to break impasse: diplomat

POLITICS TEHRAN — A top and “control the land of Muslims.” desk POLITICS TEHRAN — Iran’s ambassador to Iranian diplomat has The neophyte prince also threatened deskBritain in a message on Friday said said Tehran is insistent on its opinion that to take any fight for influence “inside Washington’s 38-year hostility towards the Islamic dialogue with Saudi Arabia is still the Iran.” Republic has made Iran stronger than ever. “best way” to end a deadlock in bilateral Referring to Salman’s comments and “Interventionist forces in the U.S. don’t need Ray relations. condemning ISIS twin attacks in Tehran Takeyh provocation and antagonistic advice. It’s “Dialogue is the best way to resolve on June 7, Iran’s Foreign Minister Javad done so in 38 ys but Iran is strongest ever,” Hamid the row, and the two sides require to Zarif on June 8 pointed the finger of Baeidinejad twitted. get engaged in dialogue without any suspicion at Saudi Arabia. Middle East scholar Takeyh had earlier said, “The precondition,” Deputy Foreign Minister “Terror-sponsoring despots threaten United States should be prepared for a transition of Majid Takht-Ravanchi said in an interview to bring the fight to our homeland. power there that may yet precipitate the collapse of the with Shafaghna news agency, published Proxies attack what their masters despise entire system.” on Saturday. most: the seat of democracy,” Zarif “As neighbors, Iran and Saudi Arabia tweeted. should resolve problems themselves.” Also, just hours before the murderous Iranian version Saudi Arabia and Iran haven’t had attacks in Tehran, Saudi Foreign Minister of U.S. Phalanx diplomatic relations since early 2016 Adel al-Jubeir had claimed that Iran after the storming of the Kingdom’s is the world’s leading supporter of weapon being posts in Tehran and Mashhad by angry terrorism and must be punished. tested mobs, itself a result of Riyadh executing Deputy Foreign Minister Majid Takht-Ravanchi Hopes for less strained ties between a prominent Shiite cleric. Tehran and Riyadh took a further blow Though Iran condemned that on June 5 when Saudi Arabia, followed POLITICS TEHRAN — Iran is working on a Iran seeks reduced tension and dialogue with deskhome-version of U.S.-made Phalanx, attacks, Saudi Arabia immediately cut by the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, and a close-in weapon system (CIWS) for defense against diplomatic ties. Other Arab countries Saudi Arabia, while reminding that Saudis have Bahrain severed all diplomatic ties with anti-ship missiles, the deputy commander of the Iranian lying on the southern shores of the rejected Tehran’s conciliatory overtures so far. Qatar out of the blue and even cut air, Navy has said. Persian Gulf also downgraded their land and sea borders with the country. conciliatory overtures. regional politics and will offer its help to The system is still under test and general evaluation diplomatic ties with Iran. In a list of demands handed to In a January press conference, Iranian Riyadh if “it takes the right decision” and and has not been delivered to the Navy, Rear Admiral Also, the two are at odds over a Doha after the crisis, the blockading President Hassan Rouhani said at least ends its military intervention in Yemen Mahmoud Mousavi said, Fars reported. number of regional issues, including countries required Qatar to downgrade 10 countries had offered to mediate and stops what he called its meddling in Consisting of a radar-guided 20 mm Vulcan cannon the Syrian crisis and what Saudis see its relations with rival Iran among others. in the escalating feud between Saudi Bahraini affairs. mounted on a swiveling base, the Phalanx has been used as Tehran’s growing influence in the Responding to the demand last Arabia and Iran, noting that Tehran Ruling out any chance for dialogue by multiple navies around the world. Kingdom’s sphere of sway. week in London, Qatari Foreign Minister “Iran’s approach is to reduce would restore ties with Riyadh if Saudi with Tehran, now-crown prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman tension and promote dialogue,” the Arabia changed it regional policies. Mohammed bin Salman claimed in May al-Thani said Doha had to live alongside Ayatollah Amini: top diplomat noted, underscoring that Rouhani also stated Iran is not that the Shiite-majority Iran seeks “to Tehran since the two states shared an seeking to eliminate Saudi Arabia from reach the focal point of Muslims (Mecca)” Letter was fake it was the Saudis who rejected Tehran’s offshore gas field. Evidence submitted to UN proves diplomats were abducted in 1982: envoy POLITICS TEHRAN — Tehran’s Ambassador to community and human rights bodies to pressure Israel deskBeirut Mohammad Fathali has said to free the diplomats. POLITICS TEHRAN — An open letter allegedly that Iran had presented to the UN documents proving On July 4, 1982, the year Israel invaded Lebanon, deskwritten by Ayatollah Ebrahim Amini that Iranian diplomats were abducted in northern Leba- Ahmad Motevasselian, Seyyed Mohsen Mousavi, Taqi to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is said to non in July 1982. Rastegar Moqaddam and Kazem Akhavan (an IRNA be fake. Iran has been holding Israel first and foremost re- reporter) were kidnapped by a group of Israeli-backed “The letter was a sign of enemy’s plot against good sponsible for the abduction of four of its diplomats in gunmen at an inspection post in northern Lebanon. relations between the ulema and leadership,” Amini told Lebanon. Tehran insists they are still alive and kept in Hossein Amir Abdollahian, a senior advisor to the Tasnim news agency on Saturday. Israeli prisons. Iranian Parliament speaker, said in relevant remarks on “As time goes by, Ayatollah Khamenei’s aptitude for “The Islamic Republic of Iran regards the Zionist re- Tuesday that the abducted diplomats are still alive and leadership becomes more clearly known,” he stressed. gime responsible for the kidnapping of the Iranian dip- held in Tel Aviv’s prisons. The enemy cannot undermine good relations lomats,” Fathali said on Saturday as he addressed a cere- “There is no evidence proving that they have been between ulema and the Leader, Ayatollah Amini said. mony in Beirut on the 25th anniversary of the abduction killed,” Amir Abdollahian wrote on his Telegram account. of the diplomats. The senior advisor called on the UN and the Interna- He noted that the documents presented to the government. tional Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to boost its ef- Police find terrorist UN were gained in cooperation with the Lebanese Ambassador Fathali also called on the international forts to determine the fates of the kidnapped diplomats. arms depot in southeastern Iran Iran endorses treaty banning nuclear arms POLITICS TEHRAN — Reza Na- “The Islamic Republic of Iran strongly hibits a full range of nuclear-weapon-re- would sign it — at least not at first. Rather, deskjafi, Iran’s ambassa- supports the objective behind this treaty lated activities, such as undertaking to supporters hope, the treaty’s widespread POLITICS TEHRAN — Police forces in dor to the International Atomic Energy in banning possession or use of nuclear develop, test, produce, manufacture, ac- acceptance elsewhere will eventually in- desksoutheastern Iran have discovered Agency, said on Saturday that Iran as a weapons,” Nafafi stated. quire, possess or stockpile nuclear weap- crease the public pressure and stigma of a large cache of weapons and an anti-aircraft cannon victim of weapons of mass destruction Pointing to dangers posed by Israel’s ons or other nuclear explosive devices, as harboring and threatening to use such belonging to Jeish al-Adl terrorist group, Fars reported. fully supports the treaty banning nuclear nuclear weapons to the sensitive Middle well as the use or threat of use of these weapons of unspeakable destruction, and The cargo was discovered through complicated weapons. East region, he said, “Iran’s proposal for weapons, the UN News Center reported. make holdouts reconsider their positions. intelligence operations, Hossein Rahimi, police chief of The remarks by Ambassador Najafi creating a region without nuclear weap- The participants did not include any of “This treaty is a strong categorical Sistan-Balouchestan province, said on Saturday. came after the Treaty on the Prohibition ons is an example of efforts being made the world’s nine nuclear-armed countries, prohibition of nuclear weapons and is The local police official said the depot consisted of of Nuclear Weapons was signed at a UN by our country to remove threats from which conspicuously boycotted the ne- really rooted in humanitarian law,” said 35 Kalashnikov rifles, 4.5-mm anti-aircraft cannon with conference in New York on Friday. It is the the region.” gotiations, the New York Times reported. Beatrice Fihn, executive director of the In- a 7-km range, two SPG9 heavy weapons and a large first multilateral legally-binding instru- The treaty – adopted by a vote of 122 Disarmament groups and other pro- ternational Campaign to Abolish Nuclear amount of ammunition. ment for nuclear disarmament to have in favour to one against (Netherlands), ponents of the treaty said they had never Weapons, a Geneva-based coalition of been negotiated in 20 years. with one abstention (Singapore) – pro- expected that any nuclear-armed country groups that advocated the treaty. Ex-Iraqi president Jalal Talebani to Trespassing Saudi boat Tehran sees ambiguities in OPCW visit Iran seized by Iran report on chemical attack in Syria

POLITICS TEHRAN — Jalal Talebani, leader deskof the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) and former Iraqi president, is due to make a visit to Iran next week, a statement by the party’s media office said. The news comes after Massoud Barzani, leader of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG), announced on June 7 that the date for the independence referendum has been set for September 25, 2017. Iran and Turkey have voiced strong opposition to the decision. KRG representative in Tehran, Nazim Dabagh, said he POLITICS TEHRAN — The Is- that all the crew members were of In- POLITICS TEHRAN — An sources, way of receiving informa- desk desk was “unaware” of the visit. lamic Revolutionary dian descent, adding that they will be Iranian delegation tion, sampling without visiting the Guard Corps (IRGC) has seized a Saudi treated in accordance with the rules attending an extraordinary meeting place where the attack was carried fishing boat after it trespassed on Iran’s and regulations of the Islamic Republic. of the Organization for the out,” the delegation stated. Evin Prison to turn territorial waters in the Persian Gulf. The official also said that Iran will re- Prohibition of Chemical Weapons in “We hope that ambiguities in this into temporary An informed source who spoke on spond to the incident in a tit-for-tat manner. The Hague believes that there are report would be clarified with the co- condition of anonymity told Fars news “We will treat the fishermen in the same way ambiguities in a report provided on operation of the Syrian government,” detention center agency that the boat was seized on Fri- Saudi Arabia has treated Iranian fishermen.” a chemical attack on Syria’s Khan it added. day in the waters off the southern Ira- The capture of the Saudi fishing boat Sheikhoun region, ISNA reported on The Syrian government has an- nian province of Bushehr. came a month after Saudi Arabia seized Saturday. nounced readiness to cooperate POLITICS TEHRAN — Iran’s minister of justice The source noted that all of the boat’s three Iranian fishermen and killed another The chemical attack took place with the OPCW to send a fact-finding desksaid on Saturday that Evin Prison in crew members were detained. The fish- one. Saudi Arabia claimed they were IRGC on April 4, 2017 on the town of committee to Khan Sheikhoun and northern Tehran will probably turn into a temporary ing boat had set off from the Saudi port personnel who intended to approach the Khan Shaykhun in the Idlib province al-Shayrat airbase; however, certain detention center. of Dareen, the source added. kingdom’s offshore Marjan oilfield. of Syria. countries have refrained from dis- Mostafa Pourmohammadi said although Evin Lauding the IRGC for its watchful- However Tehran dismissed the claim The U.S. claimed the attack was patching a team and just agreed to inmates are planned to be transferred outside Tehran, ness, the source said security forces of as a “sheer lie” and demanded Riyadh to carried out by the Syrian government “indirect sources” and samples, the the facility is needed as a temporary detention center the Islamic Republic see it as a principle free the fishermen, pay compensation for and on April 7 fired 59 cruise mis- Iranian team added. to be used before suspects are given a final sentence, to safeguard the country’s territorial shooting dead one of sailors and punish siles at Shayrat airbase, where it said Alexander Shulgin, Russia’s per- ICANA reported. waters and will not allow anybody to those behind the “irresponsible act”. a Syrian fighter took off to drop the manent envoy to the OPCW, said on 45 foreign ambassadors on Wednesday took a tour of trespass on Iran’s waters. “The fishermen were not armed ... Sau- chemical weapon. Thursday that Russia insists on a visit the prison organized by the Human Rights Headquarters On Saturday, the Interior Minis- di guards killed one of the sailors by open- “The fact-finding committee’s re- by a team of international investiga- affiliated to the Judiciary. try’s director for border affairs Majid ing fire on the boats,” Fars quoted a state- port on Syria’s Khan Sheikhoun attack tors to the city of Khan Shaykhun and Aqa-Babaei told ISNA news agency ment published by Iran’s Interior Ministry. contains some ambiguities about the Shayrat airbase in Syria. I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y JJULYULY 9,9, 20172017 INTERNATIONAL Trump and Putin find chemistry, Iran’s UN envoy: Missile attack on Daesh was ‘retaliation draw criticism in first meeting based on self-defense’ U.S. and Russia agree new Syria ceasefire deal BY staff and agency In a meeting that ran longer than either side had planned, Iran’s ambassador to the United Nations has said that Iran’s Russian President Vladimir Putin and the United States missile attack on Daesh strongholds in the Syrian town of Donald Trump discussed alleged Russian meddling in the Deir al Zour was “a retaliation based on self-defense”. U.S. election on Friday but agreed to focus on better ties In an exclusive interview with Press TV aired on Friday, rather than litigating the past. Gholamali Khoshroo said Daesh terrorist attacks in Tehran Trump, a Republican who called it an “honor” to meet was planned in Deir al Zour. with the Russian president, drew swift criticism from Dem- The attacks on Iran’s parliament and the mausoleum of ocrats at home, who accused him of dismissing U.S. intel- Imam Khomeini, the Islamic Republic’s founder, on June 7, ligence and giving Putin’s denial, reiterated on Friday, of left 17 people dead and 56 injured. Russian interference too much weight. On June 18, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps Secretary of State Rex Tillerson told reporters at a sum- fired six missiles into the Deir al Zour region of eastern Syria mit of leaders of the Group of 20 major economies in Ham- targeting headquarters and gathering centers of Takfiri ter- burg that Trump had “positive chemistry” with Putin during rorists. the meeting, which lasted some two hours and 15 minutes. Elsewhere, Khoshroo slammed Saudi Arabia’s hostility to- He opened their discussion by pressing Putin about “the wards Iran and said that Iran’s regional influence originates concerns of the American people regarding Russian inter- from its “wisdom” in dealing with its neighbors rather than its ference in the 2016 election” and had a robust exchange, military power. Tillerson said. Iran is a “stabilizing factor in the region” due to its contri- The Russian president has denied any meddling in the bution to the fight against the Takfiri Daesh terrorist group, U.S. democratic process last year and Moscow has asked he added. for proof that it took place. Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov On the contrary, he said, Saudi Arabia has adopted “de- said Trump accepted Putin’s assertions that the allegations, structive” policies in the region over the past years through backed by the U.S. intelligence agencies, were false. attacking Yemen, helping the emergence of militant groups Tillerson said they both sought to move on. anticipated meetings between the two leaders in years. leaders at a concert. Mrs. Trump sat next to Putin at dinner. such as Taliban and al-Qaeda, and supporting Daesh and “The presidents rightly focused on how do we move Trump and Putin spoke through translators with their Before the get-together, some feared the U.S. president, former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein. forward from what may be simply an intractable disagree- respective foreign ministers present for six minutes before a political novice whose team is still developing its Russia “They (the Saudis) are thinking that they are counter-bal- ment at this point,” Tillerson said. reporters were allowed into the room for their statements. policy, would be less prepared for the talks than Putin, a ancing Iran’s influence, but Iran’s influence is not because of That explanation did not sit well with Democrats. Afterwards the reporters were ushered out and the meet- former KGB (Komitet gosudarstvennoy bezopasnosti/Com- its military force, but because of its wisdom on how to deal “Working to compromise the integrity of our election ing continued. mittee for State Security) agent who has dealt with previous with its neighbors and radicals in the region,” Khoshroo said. process cannot and should not be an area where ‘agree “President Putin and I have been discussing various U.S. presidents and scores of other world leaders. On Saudi’s now Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Al to disagree’ is an acceptable conclusion,” said U.S. Senate things, and I think it’s going very well,” Trump told reporters, Amid criticism of Russia’s actions in Ukraine and Syria Saud who said in May that the regime “will work to have the Democratic leader Chuck Schumer in a statement. sitting alongside the Russian leader. and the investigations into its role in the U.S. campaign, battle in Iran rather than in Saudi Arabia”, he said the Saudis “Going very well” “We’ve had some very, very good talks. ... We look for- Trump has come under growing pressure to take a hard are organizing, supporting and providing logistics to some The two leaders spent a lot of time discussing Syria, ward to a lot of very positive things happening for Russia, line against the Kremlin. groups following the Wahhabi ideology, but they have been and after their meeting an agreement between the United for the United States and for everybody concerned. And it’s On Thursday, Trump delivered some of his sharpest re- unable to do anything against Iran. States, Russia and Jordan on a ceasefire in southwestern an honor to be with you.” marks about Moscow since becoming president, urging The Iranian diplomat also denounced bin Salman’s state- Syria was announced. Putin, through a translator, said: “We spoke over the Russia to stop its “destabilizing activities” and end its sup- ment as against international law and “clear intervention in The deal was reached during the two leaders’ meeting phone with you several times,” adding: “A phone conversa- port for Syria and Iran. Iran’s affairs”. in Hamburg on Friday on the sidelines of the G20 summit tion is never enough.” But Trump stopped short on Thursday of any personal Bin Salman’s remarks showed Riyadh’s support for terror- of industrialized and developing nations. “I am delighted to be able to meet you personally, criticism of Putin and declined to say definitively whether he ism and extremism, Iran’s top diplomat to the UN said. “Russian, American and Jordanian experts ... agreed on Mr. President,” he said, noting that he hoped the meeting believed U.S. intelligence officials’ assertion that Russia had The remarks indicate that “whatever is taking place … un- a memorandum of understanding to create a de-escalation would yield results. interfered in the 2016 U.S. election. der the ideology of Wahhabism has roots in Saudi Arabia in zone” in the regions of Deraa, Quneitra and Suweida, Rus- Both men sat with legs splayed. Trump listened intently “I think it was Russia but I think it was probably other one way or another,” Khoshroo noted. sian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said. as Putin spoke. people and/or countries, and I see nothing wrong with that “There will be a ceasefire in this zone from midday Da- The encounter went longer than expected, and first lady statement. Nobody really knows. Nobody really knows for mascus time on July 9,” he added. Melania Trump came in at one point to urge them to con- sure,” Trump said on a visit to Poland. G20 communique agreed The face-to-face encounter was one of the most eagerly clude, Tillerson said. The two men later joined other G20 (Source: agencies) apart from climate issue: EU officials

Muslim leaders World leaders meeting for a summit in Germany have agreed every aspect of a joint statement apart from the section on climate where the United States is pushing for a reference to fossil fuels, European begin European Union officials said on Saturday. The officials said aides had worked until 2 a.m. to finalize a com- munique for the Group of 20, overcoming differences on trade after tour to protest U.S. officials agreed to language on fighting protectionism. “The outcome is good. We have a communique. There is one against terror issue left, which is on climate, but I am hopeful we can find a com- promise,” said one EU official, speaking on condition of anonymity. “We have all the fundamentals.” “We have a G20 communique, not a G19 communique,” he add- TOCHAL TELECABIN Recreational and Sports Complex ed. The section that needs to be resolved by the leaders relates to the U.S. insistence that there be a reference to fossil fuels, the official said. With the final statement almost nailed down, the summit marked Tender notice for BOT of Tochal a diplomatic success for Chancellor Angela Merkel as she finessed differences with U.S. President Donald Trump, who arrived at the two-day summit isolated on a host of issues. new Ropeway lines and Tochal Ski Trump, who on Friday found chemistry in his first face-to-face meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, congratulated Merkel for her stewardship of the summit. resort development and equipping “You have been amazing and you have done a fantastic job. Thank you very much chancellor,” he said. Trump and Putin on Friday discussed alleged Russian meddling in Tenderers are invited for provision of design, build and operate the U.S. election but agreed to focus on future ties rather than dwell Dozens of religious leaders boarded a on the past, a result that was sharply criticized by leading Democrats a new ropeway (telecabin) lines and Tochal Ski resort on a BOT bus on the Champs Elysees in Paris on in Congress. Saturday to kick off a European tour of For Merkel, the summit is an opportunity to show off her dip- (Build Operate Transfer) basis for Tochal Complex, in Tehran, the sites of recent extremist attacks to lomatic skills ahead of a federal election in September, when she is remember the victims and condemn vi- seeking a fourth term in office. Iran. olence. Imams from countries includ- She treated the leaders to a concert at Hamburg’s Elbphilhar- ing France, Belgium, Britain and Tunisia monie on Friday night, where they listened to Beethoven while their Companies meeting the eligibility requirements below can from were joined by representatives of other aides began their all night slog to work out a consensus on trade that religious communities at the spot where had eluded the leaders. 9 July (Date) to 16 July (Date). 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To be eligible in participation in tender, a tenderer should meet a Christmas market in Berlin last Decem- That passage read: “... the United States of America will endeavor ber that killed 12. The Imam of Drancy to work closely with other partners to help their access to and use of the following requirements: and French writer Marek Halter were be- fossil fuels more cleanly and efficiently ...” hind the initiative of the current tour. The climate section took note of Trump’s decision last month to - Experience in operation of ropeway projects “We are here to say that our religion withdraw the United States from the landmark Paris climate accord and the values of Islam are opposed to aimed at combating climate change, and reaffirmed the commit- - Financial capability those assassins,” Hassen Chalghoumi, the ment of the other 19 members to the agreement. imam de Drancy, told France Inter radio Merkel chose to host the summit in Hamburg, the port city where - Experience in construction of ropeway projects on Saturday. she was born, to send a signal about Germany’s openness to the Some 30 people boarded the bus on world, including its tolerance of peaceful protests. Owners’ Corporation of Tochal Complex Saturday with more expected to join on As the leaders met on Saturday, police helicopters hovered over- Tehran - Iran the way bringing the total number of par- head. Overnight, police clashed with anti-capitalist protesters seeking ticipants to 60. to disrupt the summit. (Source: Reuters) (Source: Reuters) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y 4 ECONOMY JJULYULY 9,9, 22017017 NEWS IN BRIEF Gas exports to neighboring Base metals account for 14% of IFB deals value in a week countries, India prioritized

ECONOMY TEHRAN — Base metals accounted for ENERGY TEHRAN — Neighboring countries desk 14% of the worth of deals in Iran’s over- deskand India are Iran’s top priority for gas the-counter (OTC) market, known also as Iran Fara Bourse exports and Europe is not one for now, Iranian Deputy Oil (IFB), in the week ended on Friday, Tasnim news agency Minister for International Affairs and Trading Amir-Hossein reported on Saturday. Zamaninia told IRNA. As reported, the worth of deals in the first market of IFB The deputy minister believes since Europe receives gas witnessed 88 percent growth in the mentioned week. even more than its demand so for the time being it is not considered a good market for Iran. Iran’s customs, EU “Of course as the country with the most natural gas re- discuss facilitation serves in the worlds we should have a long term plan for gaining some share in Europe’s market,” Zamaninia noted. of trade According to the official, implementation of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) has provided an opportunity for energy diplomacy and paving the way for gas export to the neighboring countries. ECONOMY TEHRAN — Islamic Republic of Iran Cus- In July 2015, Iran and the world’s six major nations desk tom Administration (IRICA)’s officials and signed an agreement designed to eliminate most of its the European Union’s representatives gathered in Brussels nuclear program. According to the deal, most sanctions to discuss expansion of customs cooperation and facilitating against Iran would be gradually removed. trade relations, IRIB reported on Saturday. Iran has the world’s largest natural gas reserves hold- According to IRICA’s official website, in this regard direc- ing around 18 percent of total proven natural gas reserves tor general of Taxation and Customs Union of the European globally, according to British Petroleum’s (BP) Statistical Re- Commission and IRICA’s president met and explored different view of World Energy 2017 report. areas of mutual cooperation. Market expansion Iran’s top priority in post-sanctions economy

Trump expects trade deal ECONOMY TEHRAN — Addressing a ceremony Industrial sector grows above 6.5% in a year deskon the occasion of Iran’s Industry During the past Iranian calendar year (ended on with UK to be completed and Mine National Day on Saturday, Iranian First Vice March 20, 2017), Iranian industry sector grew more than ‘very, very quickly’ President Es’haq Jahangiri referred to market expansion 6.5 percent, the other Iranian senior official, Industry, as administration’s top economic priority in post sanctions Mining and Trade Minister Mohammadreza Nematzadeh The US president, Donald Trump, has said he expects a trade deal era, IRNA reported. announced making remarks at the same ceremony. with the UK to be completed “very, very quickly” and confirmed “To overcome unemployment, the 80-million-people As he added, during the past four years, 20,000 new he will be coming to London, ahead of a bilateral meeting with Iran should set other markets than its own”, Jahangiri said industrial units have been established and within the past Theresa May on Saturday. in the ceremony held at Tehran’s Summit Conference Hall. two years, exports of industrial products have surpassed Trump and the British prime minister began a meeting as part Naming attraction of foreign investments as their imports. of a series of bilateral discussions with leaders at the G20 summit government’s second priority, the VP added that sanctions “During the past four years, more than one million jobs in Hamburg aimed at boosting the UK’s trade position after it removal has played a significant role in attraction of have been created in industry, mine, and trade sectors, leaves the European Union. foreign investments. expansion of South Pars gas field, saying that prominent and 450,000 new jobs are to be created by the end of A UK official said that the meeting with Trump would focus on He, elsewhere, referred to the newly signed international companies are inclined to commence their the present Iranian calendar year (March 20, 2018),” he “progress with a post-Brexit US-UK trade agreement”. agreement with the French company Total on the activities in Iran. added. The US president also hailed the “very special relationship” he had developed with May as the pair met for talks on the margins Why Germany’s current-account surplus is bad for the world economy of the G20. Trump said he expected an agreement on new trading arrangements with Britain to be a “very powerful” one that would The battle-lines are drawn. When the world’s savings hoard makes it an awkward is one reason why the populist AfD party of decline, the cost of housing is rising, be great for both countries. big trading nations convene this week at a defender of free trade. remains on the fringes of German politics. meaning that pay does not stretch as However, it wasn’t clear that he was referring to a full free G20 summit in Hamburg, the stage is set for Imperfect harmony But the adverse side-effects of the far as it used to. The institutions behind trade agreement as he said trade would be a big factor. The US a clash between a protectionist America and At bottom, a trade surplus is an excess of model are increasingly evident. It has left wage restraint are losing influence. The president also said he had a “tremendous” meeting with Russia’s a free-trading Germany. national saving over domestic investment. the German economy and global trade euro may surge. Yet the German instinct president Putin. President Donald Trump has already In Germany’s case, this is not the result of perilously unbalanced. Pay restraint means for caution is deeply rooted. Pay rose by “There is no country that could possibly be closer than our pulled out of one trade pact, the Trans- a mercantilist government policy, as some less domestic spending and fewer imports. just 2.3% last year, more slowly than in countries,” Trump said. “We have been working on a trade deal Pacific Partnership, and demanded the foreigners complain. Nor, as German Consumer spending has dropped to just the previous two years. Left to adjust, the which will be a very, very big deal a very powerful deal, great renegotiation of another, the North officials often insist, does it reflect the 54% of GDP, compared with 69% in America surplus might take many years to fall to a for both countries and I think we will have that done very, very American Free-Trade Agreement. He is urgent need for an ageing society to save and 65% in Britain. Exporters do not invest sensible level. quickly.” weighing whether to impose tariffs on steel more. The rate of household saving has their windfall profits at home. And Germany The government should help by He added: “Prime Minister May and I have developed a very imports into America, a move that would been stable, if high, for years; the increase is not alone; Sweden, Switzerland, Denmark spending more. Germany’s structural special relationship and I think trade will be a very big factor almost certainly provoke retaliation. The in national saving has come from firms and and the Netherlands have been piling up budget balance has gone from a deficit of between our two countries.” threat of a trade war has hung over the the government. big surpluses, too. over 3% of GDP in 2010 to a small surplus. Trump’s comments are unlikely to signal any confirmed trade Trump presidency since January. In contrast, Underlying Germany’s surplus is a For a large economy at full employment Officials call this prudence but, given high deal being announced soon. The US president has consistently Angela Merkel, Germany’s chancellor and decades-old accord between business to run a current-account surplus in excess private-sector savings, it is hard to defend. pledged to put American interests before those of any ally the summit’s host, will bang the drum for and unions in favour of wage restraint to of 8% of GDP puts unreasonable strain on Germany has plenty of worthwhile projects countries and a UK-US deal remains a long way from being free trade. In a thinly veiled attack on Mr keep export industries competitive. Such the global trading system. To offset such to spend money on. Its school buildings agreed. Trump, she delivered a speech on June 29th moderation served Germany’s export-led surpluses and sustain enough aggregate and roads are crumbling, because of the He also said he “will be going to London” and asked when, he condemning the forces of protectionism economy well through its postwar recovery demand to keep people in work, the rest squeeze on public investment required to replied: “We’ll work that out.” and isolationism. An imminent free-trade and beyond. It is an instinct that helps of the world must borrow and spend with meet its own misguided fiscal rules. The As well as seeing Trump, May will meet the Turkish president, deal between Japan and the European explain Germany’s transformation since equal abandon. In some countries, notably economy lags behind in its readiness for Recep Tayipp Erdogan, and the prime ministers of Japan and Union will add substance to her rhetoric. the late 1990s from Europe’s sick man to Italy, Greece and Spain, persistent deficits digitalisation, ranking 25th in the world India, Shinzo Abe and Narendra Modi. There is no question who has the better today’s muscle-bound champion. eventually led to crises. Their subsequent in average download speeds. Greater The prime minister is making a point of reaching out beyond of this argument. Mr Trump’s doctrine There is much to envy in Germany’s shift towards surplus came at a heavy cost. provision of after-school care by the state her European counterparts, with officials repeatedly stressing the that trade must be balanced to be fair is model. Harmony between firms and The enduring savings glut in northern would let more mothers work full-time, in need for strong economic relationships after Brexit at the summit. economically illiterate. His belief that tariffs workers has been one of the main reasons Europe has made the adjustment needlessly an economy where women’s participation is “The PM said as we get ready to leave, Britain would be will level the playing field is naive and for the economy’s outperformance. Firms painful. In the high-inflation 1970s and low. Some say such expansion is impossible, wanting to build on its trade agreements with countries outside dangerous: they would shrink prosperity could invest free from the worry that unions 1980s Germany’s penchant for high saving because of full employment. Yet in a market the EU,” the UK official added. for all. But in one respect, at least, Mr Trump would hold them to ransom. The state was a stabilising force. Now it is a drag on economy, there is a tried and trusted way to May’s discussions are not about details of an actual trade has grasped an inconvenient truth. He has played its part by sponsoring a system of global growth and a target for protectionists bid for scarce resources: pay more. arrangement but more an opportunity to signal that she is admonished Germany for its trade surplus, vocational training that is rightly admired. such as Mr Trump. Above all, it is long past time for Germany looking beyond the EU for future economic relationships. But which stood at almost $300bn last year, the In America the prospects for men without The shift from thrift to recognise that its excessive saving is a Trump’s warm words are unlikely to shift his position on acting in world’s largest (China’s hoard was a mere college degrees have worsened along with Can the problem be fixed? Perhaps weakness. Mrs Merkel is absolutely right to the US interests. $200bn). His threatened solution—to put a decline in manufacturing jobs—a cause of Germany’s bumper trade surplus will proclaim the message of free trade. But she His focus at the G20 has been to robustly assert his “America a stop to sales of German cars—may be the economic nationalism espoused by Mr be eroded as China’s was, by a surge in and her compatriots need to understand first” desire. During trade talks on Friday a western diplomatic self-defeating, but the fact is that Germany Trump. Germany has not entirely escaped wages. Unemployment is below 4% and that Germany’s surpluses are themselves a source told the Guardian how Trump had crossed his arms as saves too much and spends too little. And this, but it has held on to more of the sorts of the working-age population will shrink, threat to free trade’s legitimacy. China’s president, Xi Jinping, spoke during a session on trade, with the size and persistence of Germany’s blue-collar jobs that America grieves for. This despite strong immigration. After decades (Source: The Economist) a “face like thunder”. With Trump, May will also discuss North Korea, and raise the question of the US decision to withdraw from the Paris agreement. Years into recovery and with full employment, U.S. wages still lag The pair could also face some tension over free trade after May The U.S. economy is now a decade on from the start of the developed world, the share of national income paid out to used a working lunch on the issue to warn that many citizens global financial crisis and at what most economists view workers had fallen to less than 40 percent by 2015 from weren’t benefiting from growth across the world but taking a very as full employment, yet when it comes to wage rises, the close to 55 percent in 1970, driven largely by technological different tone to the US president. answer seems to be forget about it. change and globalisation. “That is why G20 needs to go further and faster – the answer Government data on Friday showed that average hour- “You can’t continue to get all this job growth but there cannot be to retreat, turn to protectionism or abandon trade,” ly earnings in June rose just 2.5 percent on the year and is no wage pressure. So something is not adding up at all,” she told the group. “In fact the answer must be to increase free have slowed in the past two quarters rather than accel- said JJ Kinahan, chief market strategist at TD Ameritrade in trade because it is free trade that provides the best opportunity erating even as workers become scarce due to continued Chicago. to driving global growth, it is free trade which combined with economic strength. In March 2014 Fed Chair Janet Yellen said she believed right domestic policies provides best opportunities to raise living The lack of wage growth is mirrored across the devel- that “perhaps 3 and 4 percent wage inflation would be standards.” oped world, most of which has staged a slower recovery normal.” Now the level appears to be stuck lower. On Friday, May met President Xi of China for 30 minutes, in than the United States. “The new benchmark for what we call good is lower which she raised questions over North Korea and steel dumping, For decades, higher wages had been driven by gains than what we historically thought,” said San Francisco Fed but also talked of a “golden era” of relations between the two in worker productivity, but there are few signs now of an clearly accelerating in 2015 and 2016,” JPMorgan Econo- chief researcher Mary Daly, one of the Fed system’s top countries. investment boom or of innovations fundamentally chang- mist Michael Feroli wrote after the data release. labour economists. A senior No 10 official said the session began with the president ing the way work is done. Productivity growth in the U.S. “Why it would slow only in the last two quarters is a “I would suggest the landing place doesn’t seem sur- saying that Chinese investment into Britain had increased since has averaged just one percent since 2005, half the level of mystery.” prising to me given that we have very low productivity the Brexit vote, and that was a sign of confidence in the country. 1990-2004; in the past five years the annual growth rate While most economists say the jobs numbers alone are growth and inflation that’s not up to 2 percent,” Daly said in “He said that Brexit was a very big event for the world but has been a dismal 0.5 percent. enough to keep the Federal Reserve on a path to hike rates an interview last month. that he believed a prosperous and stable and open UK and “There is no shortage of explanation as to why wage again this year, the slow wages growth implies limits to how Fed Vice Chairman Stanley Fischer said on Thursday the prosperous and stable and open EU would be positive for the growth remains tepid – shadow slack, reduced bargaining high the Fed can push rates and raises questions about the government could take some steps to boost productivity. world and that China would work to further promote its interests power due to globalisation, de-unionization, automation, longer-term health of the U.S. economy, which depends on Among these would be investing in basic research, infra- with Britain and with the European Union,” they said. etc. – but what is puzzling is that wage growth, at least consumer spending for 70 percent of its activity. structure, education and public health, including clean air (Source: The Guardian) according to the average hourly earnings measure, was International Monetary Fund data shows that across the and drinking water. (Source: Reuters) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y JJULYULY 9,9, 22017017 ENERGY 5 This is the reason oil could jump China built a solar farm up to $120 a barrel, expert says shaped like a giant panda Last week, Panda Green Energy Group Limited flipped the switch on the world’s most adorable solar panel facility. Oil supply could easily be threatened by The group announced last Friday that its Panda Power Plant geopolitical risks, and such a disruption was officially connected to the grid in Datong Shanxi, China. could cause oil prices to skyrocket, ex- While a photo of the plant has been difficult to find, a past perts tell CNBC. artist rendering shows panels in the shape of a bright-eyed, Neil Dwane, global strategist and chief smiling Giant Panda. investment officer of European equity at The design of the plant was possible using black single Allianz Global Investors, warned that oil crystalline silicon solar cells from a Chinese company and production supply is looking threatened white thin-film solar cells supplied by First Solar in the U.S. around the world. “By designing the solar power station into the pattern of a “Venezuela’s 2 million barrels of oil a panda, we aim to stimulate teenagers’ interest and enthusiasm day could literally go any day. Mexico for solar energy application,” Alan Li, CEO of China Merchants looks poor. Azerbaijan’s in trouble. Chi- New Energy Group said last year. “To cope with the climate na’s own production is collapsing rapidly,” change, we should not only appeal to the governments and he told CNBC’s Squawk Box on Friday. companies, but also need to motivate every household, get- “One only has to have one mistake ting the next generation involved in, thus making joint efforts and the only thing you’ll be talking about for a green future.” all morning is oil at $120.” Dwane said geopolitical risks could cause prices to skyrocket as several oil producing states are fragile, and oil prices are currently too low for anyone to want to drill fresh wells which may be needed in the future. Herman Wang, OPEC specialist at S&P Global Platts, agreed that there is signifi- cant geopolitical risk to oil supply. “There are plausible scenarios where you could see, perhaps not $120 a barrel, but an elevated oil price, say $70 to $80 on some of these geopolitical and some However, U.S. crude oil stockpiles did barrels per day, undoing more than half “Both were also given a free pass for of the supply concerns. Venezuela cer- fall sharply by 6.3 million barrels in the of this combined 1.8 million bpd OPEC the roll-over of the deal through to end tainly is a mess right now,” he told CNBC’s week to June 30. Whether or not stock- and non-OPEC production cut.” 1Q 2018, it was always a big risk that ei- Squawk Box on Friday. piles will fall faster in the coming months is The S&P Global Platts survey found ther or both would find a way of increasing China Merchants New Energy Group, Panda Green Energy’s The ‘million barrel question’ the “million barrel question” according to Libya and Nigeria increased oil production production.” largest shareholder, worked with the United Nations Develop- Even without these geopolitical con- Wang, but he thinks a rebalance by 2018 increased by 80,000 bpd and 50,000 bpd In May, several OPEC and non-OPEC ment Program last year to involve youth in innovation design cerns, OPEC must face the “million barrel is unlikely. respectively last month. Both are exempt nations agreed to extend production cuts contests. question” if it ever hopes to rebalance the “U.S. production is already half a mil- from the OPEC production cut agreement, of 1.8 million bpd until March 2018. Welch Plus, there’s more pandas on the way. Panda Green Energy’s global oil market. lion barrels above where it was when this and that’s becoming a problem for OPEC. says this coalition of supply cutters is now Panda 100 Program plans to build many more adorable green U.S. oil production increased by 88,000 production cut deal from OPEC started. “Libya and Nigeria were given a free being hit by a “double whammy” of in- energy sites — enough to power 3.2 billion kWh of green elec- barrels per day (bpd), or more than 1 You’ve got Libya and Nigeria, they’re mili- pass when the deal started in Jan 2017 creased production from OPEC members tricity over 25 years, according to a release. That’s comparable percent, to 9.34 million bpd, according tancy seems to be calming there now,” he because civil unrest meant their produc- and the U.S. to saving 1.056 million tons of coal, or reducing 2.74 million to data from the U.S. Energy Information said. tion was significantly down on what they “This plus the U.S. effect is neutralizing tons of carbon dioxide emissions, the project notes. Administration. Meanwhile, OPEC’s output “Their production is up about 400,000 have historically achieved,” said Spencer the impact of the supply cuts and keeping (Source: USA Today) rose by 220,000 bpd to 32.49 million bpd bpd combined above where it was from Welch, director of oil markets & down- a firm lid on crude prices. This is a worry in June, according to the S&P Global Platts October levels. So you combine U.S. with stream energy at IHS Markit, told CNBC for the supply cutting coalition,” he said. survey published on July 6. Libya and Nigeria, that’s almost a million via email. (Source: CNBC) Cash-strapped Venezuela Dentons advises Total on $5b Iranian oil OPEC considers capping oil offers India’s ONGC oil deal in first long post-sanction contract output of exempt Libya, Nigeria stake: sources

Dentons has taken the lead advising on $48.1m UK shale gas licenses at a OPEC is thinking of putting a ceiling on according to Platts. Cash-hungry Venezuela has offered Indian oil company French oil and gas company Total in time when the unconventional method the crude oil outputs of Libya and Ni- Last week, a new militant group in ONGC Videsh an increased stake in an oil field, according signing a £4bn ($5bn) contract with of extracting shale gas was becoming geria, as rising production from these the oil-rich Niger Delta said it was call- to two sources close to the proposal, as the country seeks to Iran’s national Oil Company, the re- more widespread a phenomenon in the two OPEC producers exempt from the ing off the war it had threatened to shore up its bruised energy industry and strengthen ties with public’s first energy deal with a foreign UK. Total was the first major oil compa- cuts is further complicating the cartel’s start on June 30, and has decided to New Delhi. enterprise since sanctions eased 18 ny to invest in UK shale. efforts to draw down oversupply and “give peace a chance”, in what could be State oil firm Petroleos de Venezuela SA (PDVSA) has pro- months ago. The Chinese oil company and NIOC boost oil prices, The Wall Street Journal a relief for Nigeria, which had started to posed selling a 9 percent stake in the San Cristobal field to The Dentons UKMEA and Europe were advised by internal lawyers. reported on Friday, citing OPEC dele- recover its oil production that was crip- ONGC Videsh (OVL), a subsidiary of India’s state-owned top teams acting for Total were led by Par- The deal is the first long-term gates. pled by militant attacks last year. explorer Oil and Natural Gas Corp, the sources said this week. is-based partner Ramin Hariri and Lon- agreement the Islamic Republic of Iran “Nigeria is definitely becoming a Nigeria’s crude oil production in- ONGC Videsh already holds a 40 percent stake in the don-based partner Alistair Black with has signed since it negotiated a 2015 worry for us,” a delegate to OPEC from creased to 1.68 million bpd in May, up field, which produces around 22,000-23,000 barrels per day support from partners Charles Wood plan with China, France, Russia, the UK, a Persian Gulf Arab country told The by 174,200 bpd over April—the highest (bpd) of oil. While the amount of the sale would be relatively and Andrew Cheung. U.S. and EU to ease its nuclear program Journal, while OPEC delegates from a level in more than a year—after the re- modest, according to analysts, any extra income would be Total will work on the development in exchange for relaxing sanctions. This few other nations have expressed sim- start of Forcados loadings for the first welcome for PDVSA. of one of the largest offshore gas fields took effect from January 2016. ilar concerns. time since October 2016, according to Venezuela, struggling under triple-digit inflation and So- in the world, to supply the Iranian do- In 2015, Total cut its legal panel ros- According to a Platts survey from OPEC’s latest Monthly Oil Market Re- viet-style product shortages as its socialist economy unrav- mestic market from 2021 with a capac- ter to increase price competition be- July 6, Libya and Nigeria are expected port. els, has been hit hard by the falling price of oil, its economic ity of 400,000 barrels a day. tween law firms. to continue to increase oil production in Libya, for its part, is reaching a lifeline. The French company will have a The reluctance of banks to be in- the coming months. The two countries’ 1-million-bpd production—the highest The OPEC nation’s oil output has slipped and PDVSA is 50.1 percent stake in the project. Pet- volved with money coming from and combined output is currently some in four years—and in line with its target struggling to maintain investment in its oilfields, which hold ropars, a fully-owned subsidiary of Na- going to Iran remains an issue for po- 380,000 bpd above October levels, the to have that output reached by the end the world’s largest crude reserves. tional Iranian Oil Company (NIOC), will tential investors in the area, but Legal month which OPEC used as a bench- of July. The state company already offered Russian oil major Ros- hold a 19.9 percent interest and Chi- Business understands Total had suffi- mark to base its production cuts. Mili- In May, Libya’s average daily pro- neft a stake in a joint venture in an extra-heavy crude project nese state-owned oil and gas company cient cash flow to be able to invest in tancy, attacks on oil infrastructure, and duction was 730,000 bpd, as per OPEC in the Orinoco Belt, sources told Reuters in March. CNPC 30 percent. the project without requiring additional port terminals blockades have quieted secondary sources, up by 178,200 bpd The sources, who asked to remain anonymous because Total is a longstanding client of Den- funds in the initial phases. in both African countries, therefore fur- compared to April. they are not authorized to speak about the negotiations, said tons. In 2014, Dentons advised Total (Source: Legal Business) ther increases in production are likely, (Source: oilprice.com) PDVSA was still negotiating with ONGC and no deal was cer- tain. Under Venezuela’s hydrocarbon law, the state must main- At OPEC’s critical moment, no sign of Saudi ‘whatever it takes’ tain more than 50 percent of all oil ventures, hence PDVSA can only offer up to 9 percent to the Indian firm. Now is the time to maximize the impact by even more, and this week cut prices Keeping Faith put further that’s probably holding Sau- (Source: Reuters) of OPEC’s oil production cuts, yet the for Asian buyers. “I do still believe they mean ‘whatever di Arabia back, said Bob McNally, pres- market is still waiting for the group’s big- Given the current state of the oil mar- it takes,’ but the market is impatient and ident of consultants the Rapidan Group gest member to show it’s doing “what- ket, that may not be enough. wants to see larger stock draws,” said LLC. Pakistan orders Shell ever it takes” to eliminate the global “For some time we’ve been saying Torbjorn Kjus, chief oil analyst at Os- “Their commitment to the letter of oversupply. OPEC needs to step up,” said Amrita Sen, lo-based bank DNB ASA. Saudi exports the Vienna deal has been exemplary,” subsidiary to pay $2.4 OPEC’s best chance to make a big chief oil analyst at Energy Aspects Ltd. have been falling and will continue to do said McNally. “A real supply manager dent in the lingering glut in the U.S., and “Saudi Arabia’s exports were up in June, so in the third quarter, he said. would be cutting supply further, but Ri- million for tanker blast with it reverse oil’s three-year slump, lies and this is not what the market wants to Monthly fluctuations in output or ex- yadh understandably refuses to do so in the remaining weeks of peak sum- see at all. Exports need to come down ports matter less than overall compli- without collective contributions.” Pakistan’s oil and gas regulator ordered a subsidiary of Royal mertime demand. That’s already be- further.” ance for the duration of the deal, which Russia would oppose deeper curbs Dutch Shell to pay about 257 million rupees ($2.4 million) in come harder because of the resurgence Saudi production increased by 90,000 remains on track, said Jason Bordoff, if they were suggested when produc- damages and compensation for a tanker explosion that killed in output from OPEC members exempt barrels a day to 10.02 million a day in director at the Center on Global Energy ers meet in St. Petersburg this month, more than 200 people. from cuts, while there are no signs yet June, according to a Bloomberg survey. Policy at Columbia University. according to four government officials. The Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA) has held that Saudi Arabia, the group’s de-facto It was the biggest increase in almost a Over the first half of the year, the 11 Iraq sees no need for steeper reduc- Shell Pakistan Ltd (SPL) responsible for the blast in Punjab leader, is willing to cut as deeply as it did year and leaves their output 150,000 OPEC members bound by the output tions for now, Oil Minister Jabbar Al-Lu- province on June 25 after the tanker carrying gasoline for the earlier in the year. barrels a day higher than in January, curbs were fully compliant with their aibi said this week. company rolled over, and villagers rushed to collect leaking “Saudi Arabia has gone quiet on the when the kingdom explicitly cut more pledges, the Bloomberg survey showed. By not cutting deeper, Saudi Arabia fuel. solution of ‘whatever it takes’ to force than needed as a symbol of commit- However, a big part of that effort was may be serving its other objectives, The road accident was caused by “non-professional driv- the market into rebalancing,” said Olivi- ment to the deal. undone by the resurgence of Libya particularly as the country grows in- ing/vehicle being lesser than required specs”, the authority er Jakob, managing director at consult- While output typically climbs during and Nigeria, OPEC members exempt creasingly wary of giving any more said in a report seen by Reuters. ants Petromatrix GmbH in Zug, Switzer- the summer months as crude is burned from the cuts that together have added price support to the resurgent U.S. “The report shows that they have completely ignored the land. to meet surging domestic electricity de- 440,000 barrels a day of production in shale-oil industry, said Helima Croft, safety standards of the vehicles procured from the contrac- Echoing a famous pledge by the mand for cooling, the kingdom’s exports the last two months. head of commodity strategy at RBC tors,” OGRA spokesman Imran Ghaznavi told Reuters, refer- European Central Bank, Saudi Arabian jumped even more, by 320,000 barrels This problem was becoming apparent Capital Markets LLC. ring to Shell Pakistan. Energy Minister Khalid al-Falih has re- a day, according to ship tracking by when OPEC met in Vienna in May, but “Was there really a lot of urgency in Shell Pakistan said in an email the company was reviewing peatedly vowed to do what’s necessary Bloomberg. the group went no further than agreeing Riyadh to rescue the price -- and in- the report, adding “we respect the role of the regulator and end the oil rout. While the kingdom is Saudi Arabia reduced prices for most to prolong the existing cutbacks to the vestors and U.S. producers -- this sum- will consider the report as we cooperate with investigations still cutting slightly deeper than required of its crude sales to Asia in August, end of March. mer?” said Croft. “I just have the sense by authorities and as we conduct our own investigation”. -- as it has done all year -- it increased showing that it doesn’t want to surren- Little help that Khalid al-Falih thinks he has done Shell Pakistan has said the tanker was owned by a contrac- production in June to the highest level der market share in the region despite It’s the reluctance of Russia and enough and has a different timeline.” tor it hired to transport its fuel. since the accord began, boosted exports the commitment to cut output, Sen said. OPEC-member Iraq to curb their out- (Source: Bloomberg) (Source: Reuters) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y 6 INTERNATIONAL JJULYULY 9,9, 20172017 The European Union must decide The next phase of Middle East conflict In an interview, Canadian Prime Minister A: My predecessor Stephen Harper did Justin Trudeau discusses free trade, climate not care much for the fight against climate With the battles of Mosul and Raqqa dislodging the change and his country’s delicate relation- change. For 10 years under that govern- Islamic State (ISIL) from its strongholds in Syria and Iraq, ship with its neighbor to the south: Donald ment, what we saw was tremendous lead- and the Syrian civil war becoming a war of attrition, the Trump’s United States. ership from our provinces, from our cities, Middle East’s most acute conflicts are evolving fast. But Justin Trudeau, 45, has been Cana- from our big companies -- despite the that doesn’t mean they will soon be resolved. dian prime minister for 18 months, and federal government at the time. What I’ve ISIL’s self-proclaimed caliphate was never a state that he is the polar opposite of U.S. President seen in the U.S. is that big city mayors step could be driven to unconditional surrender, meaning Donald Trump. Inviting. Unafraid. Funny. up, small municipalities want to be part of that the battles of Mosul and Raqqa were never going Liberal. He is an advocate of climate pro- it, states step up and, of course, the sig- to be decisive, even if they did eliminate ISIL sanctuaries. tection and migration; when Trump an- nificant players in the American economy As ISIL’s spread into Libya and Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula nounced his intention to build a wall on are saying they are still going to live up to underscores, there are plenty of loosely controlled areas the U.S. border with Mexico, Trudeau said our Paris commitments, even if the federal available to be penetrated. that Canada welcomes the world with government won’t. open arms. He is in favor of free trade and Should the United States be iso- is pursuing the difficult reconciliation with lated, meaning a G-19 rather than a Canada’s indigenous population. When he G-20? presented his cabinet that was half men A: The 20 major global economies and half women, he was asked why - and come together in the G-20 to talk about responded with the now-famous sen- economic issues. Climate change is one of tence: “Because it’s 2015.” the biggest economic issues we all face. Trudeau is the oldest son of Pierre The world is moving forward on our Paris Trudeau, who was prime minister of Can- for dealing with Trump? took a very similar approach. They said: commitment. But we must recognize that, ada from 1968 to 1979 and again from A: As prime minister, Canadians expect We’re stronger together. And it worked. for now, the U.S. holds a different position. 1980 to 1984. Little Justin grew up playing me to do two things: To stand up for Cana- People are expecting a lot from Leaders like Turkey’s Recep Tayyip in the government quarter of Ottawa, and dian interests and project Canadian values; you, from Macron and from Merkel. Erdogan and Trump are promoting perhaps that explains why the grown-up and to have a good, constructive relation- You have been romanticized and ideal- isolationism, but you champion free Trudeau of today is so sure of himself, and ship with our largest trading partner and ized. What do the three of you really trade. Do you still truly believe in CETA, never nervous. closest neighbor, the United States. Those have in common? the free trade agreement between After finishing his studies (education two things are not incompatible. It requires A: First and foremost, what we have very Canada and the EU? and literature), he taught French and so- a very deliberate strategy and approach, much in common -- as happy as we are to A: Trade is good for the economy. Trade For now, ISIL has shifted its strategy to planning and cial studies in addition to theater. And he but I think we’ve done that. be positively engaged on the world stage -- creates growth. The problem is that it creates inspiring terrorist attacks in the Middle East, Europe, and taught snowboarding at Whistler, the ski What was your first thought is that our focus is on our own citizens and growth but it does not think about distribu- even Southeast Asia. Its next step could be to destabilize resort outside of Vancouver. when you learned that Donald Trump making sure that we are supporting them tion of the benefits of that growth. And over Arab regimes from within – a strategy that cannot be He rose to prominence in part due to had won the election? and that we are creating solutions. We’re the last years, particularly, we’ve seen a very countered by the international coalitions now closing in the eulogy he delivered for his father 17 A: It was a surprise. I don’t think a lot of seeing a lot frustration, fear and anger. There small minority of people benefit from the in- on Raqqa. years ago: His speech was both so con- people expected him to win. But there was will always be people who say, we should creased growth and a lot of people wonder This is all the more true, given those coalitions’ trolled and so moving that his political ca- also a recognition that the anger and con- just tear things down, they simply don’t work what’s going on and why it’s not working for incoherence and fragility. U.S. President Donald Trump reer began soon afterwards, entering par- cerns that many Americans had was real. and we should just fold inward. The three of them. But if the European Union can’t sign a has based his entire Middle East strategy on Saudi liament in 2008 and taking over leadership That this was going to be both a challenge us -- Angela, Emmanuel and I -- are trying free trade deal with a country as like-minded Arabia’s fears not just of ISIL, but also of Iran. The region’s of the Liberal Party in 2013. in the relationship, obviously -- a presi- to show that we can work with existing sys- as Canada, then which country will it sign a Sunni powers, emboldened by Trump’s approach, have Trudeau enters the room. He doesn’t dent who comes in with an ideology that tems and that we need to make sure that trade deal with? now closed ranks against both ISIL and Iran, even though eat or drink anything. Just a radiant “Hello.” doesn’t always align with mine, but also the they work for all citizens and that they create But it appears as though CETA has they themselves are often mortal enemies. And the interview begins. challenge of really needing to deal with this the freedoms and the opportunities without already collapsed. How do you intend The U.S., too, is doing its part to block Shia powers Mr. Prime Minister, half the world anger, this expression of frustration with the having to be more fearful, which the right to deliver a success on the deal? from achieving territorial contiguity from the Persian Gulf regards you as the “anti-Trump.” Do ruling institutions, parties and structures is always pushing, or angrier, which the left A: We have been seeing the “CETA is to the Mediterranean, including by launching airstrikes in you and Donald Trump have anything that, for many years, have demonstrated seems to push. about to collapse” headlines for years the border region shared by Iraq, Jordan, and Syria. in common? that they haven’t done a good enough job Is there such things as good and now. We in Canada have done just about Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an is on record A: Yes. I got elected on a commitment of listening to ordinary people. bad, or legitimate and illegitimate everything we possibly can. The European explicitly supporting ISIL’s challenge to the 100-year-old to Canadians that I was going to make Do you believe this anger poses a populism? Union must decide whether you believe in Sykes-Picot order, created by the British and French after growth work for everyone. I was going serious threat to democracy? A: One of the most important things in trade with Canada or not. the fall of the Ottoman Empire. to focus on the middle class and those A: We had an election in Canada in any leader or in any successful approach is What can Europe learn from Can- The Kurds – key U.S. allies in the fight against ISIL – working hard to join it. I was going to 2015 in which the conservative incumbent to focus on connecting with people and re- ada about migration? also want changes to the Middle Eastern map, though make sure that the people who felt that used the politics of division, the politics of ally listening to them. We shouldn’t just be A: First, we’re very different. Canada certainly not in the same way as Turkey. They want their the growth in the economy had left them fear -- of immigrants and Muslims, specifi- saying, oh yes, the people are protesting. We is lucky enough to be protected both by own state, and to some extent, they even expect it, given behind would be included. That’s similar to cally -- and of class envy and security to need to ask them why they are protesting oceans and by a southern neighbor that is, their contributions to defeating ISIL. Masoud Barzani, the promise that got Trump elected. Now, try and drive what is resonating very much and try and figure out if there is something you know, very careful about its migration the president of Iraq’s Kurdistan autonomous region, has our approaches to the same problems are in some of the right-wing populism move- we can do to bring them in and respond to and its borders. So, we don’t have the ir- already announced that an independence referendum for somewhat different. But in my conversa- ments. We countered it with an inclusive those concerns. That’s not populism -- that’s regular flow that Europe has been having to Iraqi Kurds will be held in September. tions with him, we’ve very much been able vision. Instead of trying to say we were being thoughtfully open to the fact that our deal with. But because of that, people here For Turkey, preventing that outcome is a higher to agree that we want to help the citizens going to protect people from the worst citizens are allowed to have, and are even have seen that welcoming people, helping priority than defeating ISIL. Erdo?an worries that, if the of our countries in tangible ways. among us, let’s try and bring out the best justified in having, very real concerns and them to integrate, is actually a tremendous Iraqi Kurds gain independence, they could inspire Turkey’s Following Trump’s election, one in all of us and a positive vision of working questions for the people responsible for benefit to local economies. It creates jobs, in- own Kurdish rebels, the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), gained the impression that Canada is together to solve big problems, to recog- serving them. Excluding citizens’ voices from novation and opportunity. One of the things to revive their decades-old fight for independence. The a somewhat more liberal version of nize that, yes, all is not right, things need politics leads down a very bad path. that comes with that, though, is stemming respect that the PKK-affiliated Syrian Kurdish militias the United States. Whereas the U.S. to be fixed. We’re better off solving things The U.S. has announced its inten- the flow of irregular migration. But you can’t have earned on the battlefield, Turkey fears, could also has sealed itself off from refugees, you by working together than by pointing fin- tion to withdraw from the Paris Agree- just create barriers -- you also have to work legitimize the group internationally; hence Turkey’s have brought Syrian refugees to Cana- gers at other people. Emmanuel Macron ment. Is there a way forward for cli- with the countries of origin. attempts to suppress it. da to help them. What’s your strategy and Sadiq Khan, the mayor of London, mate protection? (Source: Spiegel) The fall of Raqqa Given these concerns, Turkish forces already deployed in northern Syria are likely to remain there even after the fall of Raqqa, to serve Trump and Putin enjoy successful ‘first date’ as a buffer between the Kurds there and those As ISIL’s spread The U.S. president and his Russian counterpart talked for more than two hours in Hamburg on in Turkey. But, while into Libya and Turkey’s concerns about Egypt’s Sinai Friday – and the pair seemed to have established a warm rapport Kurdish resistance are Peninsula not unfounded, the By David Smith on camera – they seem to have a very good rapport. chances of actual Kurdish underscores, there Trump seems friendly to Putin. Putin seemed reserved statehood remain slim, are plenty of It is a blossoming bromance. In what one U.S.-based but he always has on camera, except when he was with because such a state loosely controlled critic called a “first Tinder date”, Donald Trump and Silvio Berlusconi.” would be wedged Vladimir Putin talked for two and a quarter hours on She added: “Obama and Putin over time developed between four countries areas available to Friday instead of their scheduled 30 minutes. an uncomfortable and contentious relationship. This was – Iran, Iraq, Turkey, and be penetrated. “I think there was just such a level of engagement and obviously the first meeting so it would be expected to be Syria – that bitterly exchange, and neither one of them wanted to stop,” U.S. more friendly and cordial.” oppose it. secretary of State Rex Tillerson said afterwards. “Several As journalists were ushered from the room, Pol- In this complex context, there is little patience for times I had to remind the president, and people were yakova noted, Putin appeared to lean in and asking added uncertainty. That is why Saudi Arabia – along with sticking their heads in the door. And they sent in the first if these were the ones who’ve been hurting Trump’s Bahrain, Egypt, and the United Arab Emirates – recently lady at one point to see if she could get us out of there, feelings, then chuckle. “It was a clever move to show cut diplomatic ties and trade links with Qatar, which they and that didn’t work either.” he was on his side. It was a deft move on the part of accuse of destabilizing the region by supporting both the There were sighs of relief in Washington that Trump, There were sighs of relief in Putin to build trust.” Sunni militants of al-Qaeda and ISIL. an erratic and volatile president with little foreign policy Washington that Trump, an What was also significant was who was in the room For now, however, Qatar is getting by with a experience, had avoided a major gaffe. The news website – or rather who wasn’t. Trump and Tillerson were not little help from its remaining friends. Both Iran and Axios summed it up: “Trump survives the Putin meeting.” erratic and volatile president accompanied by national security adviser HR McMaster Turkey stand ready to fill the trade void left by the But diplomats and experts said this was hardly cause with little foreign policy or Trump’s senior Russia adviser Fiona Hill. “That was an Saudi coalition. Turkey has also deployed troops to its for celebration. Thomas Countryman, former U.S. acting experience, had avoided a interesting omission given that Fiona Hill is the Russia military base in Qatar. undersecretary for arms control and international secu- expert on the National Security Council.” In any case, Qatar isn’t Saudi Arabia’s real problem. rity, commented: “It’s an indication of how rapidly our major gaffe. Trump’s handling of the issue of Russian meddling Using external enemies to divert attention from standards are falling when we’re reasonably pleased that disputed that. was condemned by Democrats and the liberal Center unresolved domestic problems is a tactic straight out of President Trump has not made an obvious error.” Failure to address what has been described as the po- for American Progress Action Fund, which declared that the autocrat’s handbook. To turn a feudal kingdom into a Pre-meeting hype had focused on whether Trump litical crime of the century would have fuelled criticism he had “just unilaterally surrendered to Russia”. modern nation-state, Saudi Arabia needs to address its would confront Putin over Russia’s interference in the and dominated the news agenda, overshadowing other Morgan Finkelstein, its press secretary, said: “Af- internal weaknesses; it does not need more combative U.S. election. He delivered, according to Tillerson, press- matters such as a ceasefire deal in south-west Syria. ter a bilateral meeting that sounded like a good first alliances and colossal arms deals like the one its leaders ing the issue repeatedly. But Putin denied it and Tillerson Sean Guillory, a blogger and podcaster on Russia, said: Tinder date, based on the official readout, Trump is signed with Trump on his recent trip to Riyadh. later admitted that the two leaders had focused on how “The whole thing is theatre for domestic consumption.” rewarding Putin’s egregious behavior by giving Putin Egypt, too, needs to focus on easing severe domestic to move on from here. There seemed little indication Alina Polyakova, director of Europe and Eurasia re- the platform he so desperately craves without getting social and political strain. Only then can it assert control that Trump had held Putin’s feet to the fire. search at the Atlantic Council, a Washington thinktank, anything in return. over the Sinai Peninsula, from which terrorist groups, Putin’s assurances agreed that raising the issue of election meddling was “Trump is unilaterally surrendering American sover- including ISIL, are operating. Trump had accepted Putin’s assurances, Country- merely “pro forma”. She said: “There was political aware- eignty and the right to fair elections free of foreign in- America’s Sunni allies are drawn to Trump, partly man said: “It certainly was the minimum that any U.S. ness that they had to bring it up. Not doing so would terference. because he has little interest in the kinds of democratic president should have done in this situation. I’m glad have been politically deaf and suspicious in a way.” She added: “It makes you wonder: what does Putin reforms that his predecessor Barack Obama used to he brought it up. What we don’t know – and may More significant was the body language between the have on Trump that could make Trump act like a sup- push. But if they continue on their current path, they may never know – is what he replied when Vladimir Putin leaders that, in Polyakova’s view, offered a “night and plicant on the international stage? How deep in trouble end up facing sociopolitical explosions at home – and looked him in the eye and falsely said: ‘It was not us.’” day” contrast with Barack Obama’s frosty meetings with is Trump that he couldn’t even perform the most basic deepening conflicts abroad. Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov claimed Trump the Russian president. task – asking Putin not to interfere in our elections?” (Source: project-syndicate.org) had accepted Putin’s assurances, although the U.S. “The sense I’m getting from the way they interacted (Source: The Guardian) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y JJULYULY 9,9, 22017017 ANALYSIS 7 The G20: Is the West Double standards in United States’ human governed by psychopaths? right practices

By Robert Fantina, Journalist and peace and human rights activist By Peter Koenig longer will they swallow the lie? This reminds of the prominent former “Welcome to Hell!” is the slogan with which German Chancellor, Helmut Schmidt’s (Part Two) G20 protesters greet the self-appointed words, shortly before his death, in an in- So the United States doesn’t need to ‘work cooperatively’ leaders of the world to their summit on 7 terview on terrorism to the German paper to resolve issues, and is able to make ‘unilateral incursions’, and 8 July 2017 in Hamburg, Germany, un- “Die Zeit”, on 30 August 2007: “I suspect causing unspeakable suffering, but encourages other na- der Madame Merkel’s auspices to discuss that all terrorists, whether they represent tions to use restraint. the calamities of our globe and how to the German RAF, the Italian Brigate Rosse, The United States is currently considering declaring resolve them. Never mind that the distress the French, the Irish, Spanish or Arabs, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps a ‘terrorist’ or- of Mother Earth has been mostly caused are relatively modest in their disdain for ganization. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps is a by those who represent the West, and now humanity. They are largely surpassed by powerful branch of the Iranian military, responsible for, pretend to fix it. certain forms of state terrorism.” – When among other things, protecting the nation in the event of How utterly arrogant – and hypocritical! the journalist asked back, „Are you seri- an attack by the U.S. or Israel, the two nations most likely In the wake of the summit, police ous? Whom are you referring to?” Schmidt: to attack Iran. Like the U.S. military, there are some situa- were beating on aggressively against the ”Let’s leave it at that. I really mean what I tions when the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps is called demonstrators, most of them peaceful, say.” upon to quell unrest. Unlike the U.S. military, the Islamic unarmed; but some of them violent and Only western megalo-psychopaths Revolutionary Guard Corps does not invade other nations. hooded, as old tradition dictates, so they could have thought of ‘creating’, of nomi- Its role is to protect the human rights of Iranian citizens will not be recognized as police themselves nating themselves into an alliance, of which from enemies foreign and domestic. The role of the U.S. or patsies of the police. Many people were the ultimate goal is to forge a New World military, despite the lofty proclamations that country’s hurt, several to the point of hospitalization. Order (NWO), at times also called, One leaders may make, is to ensure the capitalist advantage And the meeting just began. World Order, referring to an unspoken One of the U.S. around the world. This includes the overthrow At the onset of the summit, Donald the Anglo-Zionist Government. That’s where there are Russia and China at the table, and terrorism. Surely, Russia and China will not of nations with governments considered too leftist, or Trump, the chief-psychopath, is running we are headed; towards military oppres- Trump with all his arrogance, may have to fall for it. those with natural resources (e.g. oil) that the U.S. wants to amok declaring with echo, “America First”- sion and financial subjugation of a small watch out for not becoming the laughing After debating supportive mechanisms control. Based on this information, it certainly seems that “America First” – trying to justify his deci- Zionist-headed financial and military elite. stock of the summit. like wars and the lie-propaganda – Goe- the U.S. military, and not the Islamic Revolutionary Guard sion for the U.S. to quit the Paris Climate It’s still time to wake up, to take our lives NATO, economy and terrorism go bbels would be proud – economy and Corps, is, in fact, a terrorist organization. Accords. In a cheap attempt to hit Russia into our own hands, shed the mainstream hand-in-hand. Without terror no wars. finance will have center stage. How to Keeping in mind that ‘The will of the people shall be under the belt, he offered Europe gas sales, propaganda and blood-thirsty lie-media, Without wars no production of weapons, speed up financial globalization to attain in the basis of the authority of government’, we will look at so Europe would no longer be ‘hostage’ to ignore them; get out from under the fraud- and without military-security industrial the shortest span of time ’Full Spectrum fi- one example, among many, where, in the eyes of the U.S., Russia. How arrogant, again. The Donald ulent privately owned fake dollar monetary complex, the western world’s economy has nancial and monetary Dominance’? – The political expediency trumped human rights. doesn’t seem to have a clue what he is system. reached a dead-end. The U.S. depends for western economy is running on empty – doing, other than thinking the world is his There are alternatives available. We more than 50% of its economic output on its main thriving force is greed and instant puppet. By far most Europeans rather buy have to see them, then choose them. It the war and security machinery with its as- profit by a few. Privatization of all state hydrocarbons from Russia than being in is up to us to let go of the ever oppress- sociated services. Europe, if she continues assets is part of the final run. The people the bloody and ruthless claws of the United ing west. But each one of us, has to see her status as a U.S. vassal, will in no time are left behind. The people, the lot that States of America – and those dark forces the light, the little spark, that tells him or march along the same footsteps. Hence, needs to consume to fulfill for an ever-tini- that pull the strings behind Washington. her – that there is something drastically terrorism is a must. Peace is a no-go. er elite the abject target of greed for ‘more It remains to be seen to what extent the wrong with the life we live, have been liv- Soon NATO forces facing the Koreas? – and more’, the insatiable appetite. These psychopath-in-chief will have his Europe- ing for the last hundred years, that peace is Why not. NATO sounds good; the alliance people will soon vegetate in a sucked-dry an, Australian and Canadian vassal-psy- just around the corner, but we have been of the willing – led by Washington, hiding space, robbed of social infrastructure and chopaths lined up and dancing to his tune. duped into wars, after wars, after bloody behind the NATO emblem. In the land of welfare. Before the summit, ‘informal’ talks be- conflict – and wars again. We are dozed the lawless, impunity is borderless. What’s left is the enslavement by debt. tween the odd couple, Donald Trump and with the idea that conflict and aggression Did you know, that at the opposite end To survive, people may commit to the Angela Merkel, took place. They apparently is the Big Normal, as it is always inspired of the globe, Washington’s foremost neo- ‘debt-row’, gradually converting into the focused on North Korea, Syria, and Ukraine and provoked by ‘others’ – mostly by the con vassal, the President of Colombia, has death-row. As un-behaving countries are — all countries where the U.S. is intent to east. Yes, we believe it. It’s comfortable, and asked NATO for support in the fight against forced to do – swallowing debt against destabilize and push for ‘regime change’ it would be inconvenient having to admit ‘delinquency’ – i.e. the FARC, with whom being fed minimal rations for survival. In Chile, Salvador Allende became the first Marxist dem- – the sort of interference in sovereign na- Greece is the epitome of this razors-sharp ocratically elected in a Latin American country, in 1970. tions’ affairs Trump promised during his The G7, embedded in the G20, are knife that slashed throats as well as the last Richard M. Nixon, a rabid anti-communist, was presi- campaign he would abandon as President. the aggressing driving force for wars, goblet of the lifeline to survival. Solidarity dent at this time, and under his direction, the U.S. Central The dark one-eyed Masters didn’t allow it. is nowhere. Intelligence Agency (CIA) spent $3 million in anti-Allen- And he isn’t man enough to stand up for destruction, merciless killing and perpetual The dying beast is lashing out, right and de propaganda during the what he was elected. Well, let’s face it – he chaos, as well as the main creators of left and above and beneath. It is desper- Once Mr. campaign, and invested could lose his job, or worse. terrorism. ate; itself on death-row, but if it must die, another $2.6 million into Nobody has elected the G20, nor the then dying we must all – the deadly grip of Allende was the campaign of Mr. Allen- G7. ‘G’ stands for Grand or Great. That’s that we have been living a lie – a blatant the rabies-diseased dog that won’t let go. elected, the de’s opponent. Please note how they see themselves. Everybody takes lie all or most of our lives. Admitting it, and they signed a fake, make-the-world-be- And won’t let go. And won’t let go to the U.S. attempted again the U.S. anger about them for granted, the self-appointed meg- standing up for justice, would be saving lieve peace agreement, largely disarmed last minute – or until death reigns over us to prevent him the possibility of Russian alos. Nobody seems to question their le- them as part of the deal, and now FARC all. That’s the risk we are running. A nuclear interference in the 2016 ourselves and civilization – maybe even from coming to gitimacy. People only protest against what humanity. has been tricked. President Santos (the holocaust where, as Mr. Putin said already election. they stand for. That the G20 are sidelining What and who are these G20? Peace Nobel – sounds like Obama and on a number of occasions, nobody will power. Once Mr. Allende was the official body, the United Nations, is of They are the G7 enlarged and disguised Kissinger!), and his Washington Masters survive. The G20 know it. elected, the U.S. attempted no concern. Perhaps, because the UN has in their evil intentions, by 13 other eco- want to completely wipe out that impor- But never forget – whatever the G20 do to prevent him from coming to power. itself become a puppet of the invisible Mas- nomic power brokers, also often referred tant peasant movement, the only resist- and decide is without legitimacy, as they Yet Mr. Allende became president and began imple- ters, manipulated by their executioners, the to as “threshold countries”, including Rus- ance against the U.S. supremacy over their themselves are not legitimate. The police menting the socialist program he’d promised, including U.S. of A. So, has any international court sia, China, Brazil, India, Indonesia, Argen- land, and against Washington’s continuous in Hamburg has no right to suppress a the nationalization of several industries, reforming educa- that otherwise could hold them accounta- tina, Mexico, South Africa, Australia, South support of the drug cartels. movement against the illegitimate pow- tion, and increasing land distribution that had begun un- ble for the crimes they committed over the Korea, Turkey and the EU. Spain is a per- Never mind that NATO has nothing to er of insane dictators that formed a con- der his predecessor. century, or longer and keep committing. manent observer. Of course, the (western) do with South America, or with Asia, or the glomerate of illegitimate gangsters. But the U.S. could not countenance a Marxist as the The G7, embedded in the G20, are the ag- world’s key financial enablers and political Middle East, for that matter. The atrocious The oppressive police in Hamburg, president anywhere. The U.S. supported radical, right- gressing driving force for wars, destruction, institutions, like the IMF, World Bank, Fed- NATO killing machine will do their work in ordered by Merkel, to suppress dissent, wing groups and publications, and funded major workers’ merciless killing and perpetual chaos. eral Reserve and the UN with its regional the process of subjugation anywhere in is but a forewarning for what is to come strikes. All this eventually led to the overthrow of the gov- The G7 – Canada, France, Germany, sub-hubs, are not missing in Hamburg. the world, while most people just close when Europe is being fully militarized. For ernment, and Mr. Allende was replaced by General Au- Italy, Japan, UK and the U.S. – all western The G20 control two thirds of the world their eyes and ears, and remain mute. As those who are not aware, there is current- gusto Pinochet. With his ascent to power, democratic rule nations (Japan follows the western game population, 90% of the globe’s econom- the illegitimate G20 and G7 – NATO is just ly a ‘ghost town’ being built by the Bun- in Chile ended after 41 years, and tens of thousands of plan), are also the main creators of terror- ic output and 80% of world trade. Their taken for granted. But be aware – it’s a deswehr in collaboration with NATO, for Pinochet’s opponents were kidnapped, tortured and mur- ism. They fund, feed, train and arm such agenda in Hamburg is semi-secret, ex- criminal institution made for killing socie- hundreds of millions of euros, in one of dered. But this rule, in the view of the United States, was reputed terror groups as ISIS, Al Qaeda, Al cept for the items that might interest the ties and subordinating sovereign nations. Germany’s most modern military training preferable than that of Mr. Allende. Nusra – and others that fit the model of populace at large, like fighting terrorism. Washington’s current plan is controlling camps, in Sachsen-Anhalt, not far from In a memo from Secretary of State Henry Kissinger to their war strategy (sic) of the moment. But certainly, under the guise of ‘security Russia, via NATO’s eastern European bor- Hamburg. Starting in 2018, the artificial Mr. Nixon after the overthrow of the Allende government, Yet, it just emerged – would you be- and terrorism’, they will also discuss, led der aggressions, and China, by constantly town will be ready for training NATO and we read the following: lieve – that the number one item on the by the Trump team, how to subdue ren- provoking and threatening North Korea’s EU military forces for urban warfare, to “Nixon: Nothing new of any importance or is there? rather fuzzy Hamburg agenda was fight- egades, such as Iran, Venezuela, Bolivia sovereignty. suppress possible upheavals and protests Kissinger: Nothing of great consequence. The Chilean ing worldwide terrorism. How hypocriti- and, of course, the eastern most link of the That’s why the G20 will not miss talking in the wake of neofascist economic meas- thing is getting consolidated and of course the newspa- cal: you create them, fund them, and you new axis of evil, North Korea. Fortunately, about NATO prerogatives in war and con- ures – à la Greece – being forced upon pers are bleeding because a pro-Communist government fight them. Lying to the people. How much flict resolutions and, of course, in fighting Europe. Merkel and the NATO ‘leaders’ has been overthrown. (sic) predict that the people may not just Nixon: Isn’t that something. Isn’t that something. take it. Kissinger: I mean instead of celebrating – in the Eisen- Therefore, the preparation to suppress hower period we would be heroes. possible dissent in European cities. Police Nixon: We didn’t – as you know – our hand doesn’t and military will not shy away from killing show on this one though. their own brothers. We are witnessing how Kissinger: We didn’t do it. I mean we helped them. this is done, and has been done for the last ______created the conditions as great as possible. seven years to an entire nation – beauti- Nixon: That is right. And that is the way it is going to be ful Greece, the land that has given us the played. But listen, as far as people are concerned let me philosophers, mathematicians and scien- say they aren’t going to buy this crap from the Liberals on tists we still laud and admire – and the true this one.” concept of democracy which the west has Millions of people in Chile were deprived of basic hu- used and abused for its trickery and deceit. man rights for a period of decades, due to the deliberate Today, what’s left is a pipe-dream; and a actions of the United States. powerful slogan being used by the most The United States’ double standard on human rights is undemocratic tyrannical nation and her seen no more clearly, and is no more blatant, then in its vassals to accuse those who do not bend dealings with Palestine and Israel. to their dictate. In the U.S. there is a law referred to as the ‘Leahy law’, The G20s are playing the game as long so named after its sponsor Democratic Senator Patrick Le- as they are allowed to. Most of them are ahy. The basic provision of this law is as follows: “No as- aware that it may be their end-game, that sistance shall be furnished under this chapter or the Arms the future is in the East, that the West is Export Control Act [22 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.] to any unit of passé, that it is just a matter of time before the security forces of a foreign country if the Secretary of the West completes its suicide with greed, State has credible information that such unit has commit- aggression and lies. ted a gross violation of human rights.” (Source: global research) (End of Part Two ) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y 8 INTERNATIONAL JJULYULY 9,9, 20172017 Spain’s looming constitutional crisis: Why America should care

By David Martí and that it is not the role of foreign countries to lobby for too much to the central government’s budget and doesn’t obtained a majority in the 2015 regional election, but even Madrid to open constitutional negotiations with Barcelona. get enough investment in return, particularly when it comes though they secured a majority of seats in parliament, they These are uncertain times for the European Union. The In 2015, then President Barack Obama expressed the U.S. to public infrastructure like rail and roads. just got 48 percent the vote. economic and political consequences of Brexit are still un- position when he stated that the United States was “deeply Most importantly, the region has its own different lan- Lacking a clear democratic mandate to declare inde- foreseen. The rise of far-right populist parties in several committed to maintaining a relationship with a strong and guage — Catalan — and many people share a strong sense pendence, the Catalan nationalists’ next move was to call countries — even if contained, as France most recently has unified Spain.” The Trump administration has yet to weigh of a differentiated national identity from the rest of Spain. It for a referendum on the issue. The referendum is being cast shown — is normalizing extremism in political discourse. in on the issue. is the denial of the legitimacy of this unique Catalan identity, as the ultimate practice of democracy: the way for Catalans Secessionism is another reason of uncertainty. Scottish The current international acquiescence in favor of Ma- as seen in Madrid’s efforts to diminish the current role of to decide whether to be part of Spain or not is through a nationalists lost the independence referendum in 2014, drid’s position is doing nothing to help resolve the seces- Catalan as the main language in schools that has radical- vote on the issue. However, if the vote proceeds on Octo- when 55 percent of voters opted to stay within the United sionist crisis in Spain. Opinion polls have consistently shown ized many Catalans previously uninterested in independ- ber 1, it would be unconstitutional according to the Spanish Kingdom, but Brexit has spawned talks of a second inde- that nearly 80 percent of Catalans — regardless of their per- ence. government because the constitution establishes the “indis- pendence vote in overwhelmingly pro-EU Scotland. The sonal views on independence — believe that there should In the United Kingdom, demands by the people of Scot- soluble unity of the Spanish Nation.” Madrid insists that the stakes also run high in Catalonia, where the region’s pro- be a vote on the issue. land for a referendum on independence led to a negoti- people of Catalonia can’t vote on independence by them- independence government set October 1 as the date for a Catalonians’ peaceful demand ated solution between London and Edinburgh that resulted selves because this decision belongs to the Spanish elector- referendum on independence from Spain — a referendum Instead of ignoring the peaceful demands of the Cata- in an orderly referendum whose result was accepted by all ate as a whole, and that there can be no democracy without the central government considers illegal. Madrid’s reluc- lans, the United States and the EU should play a more ac- parties. By contrast, in spite of the growth of support for in- the rule of law. tance to negotiate with Barcelona is leading the country to tive role in helping the two parties end the stalemate and dependence in Catalonia, the Spanish government has not Spain’s central institutions an unprecedented constitutional crisis. negotiate a democratic solution. made a single move to discuss how to hold a vote legally or Spain’s central institutions are acting to prevent any in- The EU has repeatedly discouraged the secessionist as- Madrid’s hardline opposition toward demands to expand devolve more power to Barcelona. dependence vote taking place in Catalonia, including by pirations of Catalonia and Scotland by claiming that, in case Catalonia’s autonomy is a major reason why support for in- Unsurprisingly, the central government’s inability to banning all the Catalan Parliament’s resolutions affirming of independence, both would lose their EU membership dependence has skyrocketed in recent years. compromise pushed even more Catalans to embrace inde- Catalonia’s right to self-determination and taking legal ac- and be forced to apply from scratch. Catalonia comprises one sixth of Spain’s population and pendence, with support jumping from 15 percent in 2010 tion against pro-independence Catalan politicians. This Like the EU, the United States has insisted that the conflict represents around a quarter of the country’s gross domestic to around 50 percent in 2015. Pro-independence parties year, a Spanish court fined and banned former Catalan between Barcelona and Madrid is a Spanish internal issue product. Many Catalans believe that the region contributes ran on a platform of moving toward independence if they prime minister Artur Mas 13

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Can your blood pressure Can nightmares be good for you? be too low? By Carina Storrs After a traumatic event, people often relive the experience Recent findings raise concerns about 120 mm Hg and diastolic pressures in their dreams. lowering diastolic blood pressure — the below 70 mm Hg were associated with Survivors of serious car and motorcycle accidents still second number in your blood pressure an increased risk of dying from heart have nightmares about them months later, one study found, reading — too far. disease or any cause compared with and these recurring dreams were linked to long-term sleep More of us than ever before are taking systolic pressures between 120 mm Hg problems. Another study reported that about 21% of women medications to lower our blood pressure. and 140 mm Hg and diastolic pressures who were victims of sexual or physical assault experienced Longstanding guidelines suggest that between 70 and 80 mm Hg. Diastolic nightmares three months later, and those who were having most people should aim for a systolic pressures of less than 70 mm Hg were such dreams were more likely to develop post-traumatic blood pressure (the first number in a also associated with an increased risk stress disorder. reading) no higher than 140 millimeters of having a heart attack and hospital- of mercury (mm Hg). But in 2015, the ization for heart failure. results of the Systolic Blood Pressure Why diastolic pressure is Intervention Trial (SPRINT) suggested important, too that reaching a target of 120 mm Hg The findings about low diastolic blood could further reduce the risks associated pressure are intriguing, and they make with high blood pressure, including heart sense intuitively, Dr. Conlin says. Diastolic attack, stroke, heart failure, and death. pressure is measured during the point Yet reaching that lower target in the heart cycle when blood flows into often requires three blood pressure the coronary arteries that feed the heart. medications, which can increase When those arteries are clogged with the likelihood of side effects. Two fatty deposits, blood pressure beyond observational studies and one clinical the narrowed areas will drop as blood trial have raised concerns about works its way through the narrowed lowering blood pressure — particularly channels. As a result, part of the heart diastolic pressure — too far. Diastolic muscle may not get enough blood. blood pressure (the second number If you have heart disease, you may want Starved for oxygen and nutrients, the It doesn’t sound helpful, but there is a flip side to these in a reading) represents the pressure to check that your diastolic blood pressure heart may become weak and prone to findings: Nightmares in the first few weeks after a traumatic between beats when the heart relaxes. damage. event have not been associated with health problems, and «When your systolic blood pressure doesn’t fall too far below 70 mm Hg, which can What to do if you have high experts think they could actually be beneficial. gets too low, it can manifest as happen when you try to reach a low systolic blood pressure “We think nightmares are so common that they have lightheadedness, fainting, and weakness. number. If you have heart disease, you may some purpose to process stressors,” said Anne Germain, But low diastolic pressure by itself doesn’t want to check that your diastolic blood director of the Sleep and Chronobiology Center at the have any symptoms,» says Dr. Paul compared with people whose diastolic to die within a five-year period. But the pressure doesn’t fall too far below 70 University of Pittsburgh. Conlin, professor of medicine at Harvard blood pressure was 80 to 89 mm Hg. same was true for heart attacks, heart mm Hg, which can happen when you In the overall population, about 85% of adults report Medical School and chief of medicine at Low diastolic values were also linked with failure, and death in people with low try to reach a low systolic number. «For a having at least one nightmare in the past year, and 8% to the VA Boston Healthcare System. a higher risk of heart disease and death blood pressure (systolic pressure below systolic blood pressure goal, I tend to be 29% have monthly nightmares. What the studies found — and from any cause over 21 years. 120 mm Hg and diastolic pressure under comfortable with a value of around 130,» “That’s OK, but if you have them once a week or what they mean For the second, published Oct. 29, 70 mm Hg). Dr. Conlin says. Going lower than that more, it usually bothers people, and it can be a problem,” In one of the observational studies, 2016, in The Lancet, researchers analyzed In an analysis published online carries an increased risk of side effects Germain said. published Oct. 16, 2016, in the Journal data from CLARIFY, a registry of more April 5, 2017, by The Lancet, German and other adverse events. There is no evidence to support specific benefits of of the American College of Cardiology, than 22,600 people with heart disease researchers pooled data from two Everyone is unique. Your medical nightmares, she said, and nightmares that continue can have researchers analyzed the medical records from 45 countries. They determined clinical trials involving 31,000 men and history, current state of health, lifestyle, some ill effects on health. of more than 11,000 adults collected that, compared with people who had women ages 55 or older who had and willingness to take additional “There are plenty of data supporting the idea that over a period of three decades as part of systolic blood pressure of 120 to 139 cardiovascular disease or advanced medication and accept certain risks all nightmares that become chronic are very detrimental to the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities mm Hg and diastolic pressure of 70 to diabetes. Participants were assigned to play a role in determining your blood well-being: Sleep is disrupted; we think about dreams during (ARIC) Study. They found that people 79, people with a systolic blood pressure take either ramipril (Altace), telmisartan pressure goal and how to achieve it. Talk the day and become distressed,” Germain said. who had low diastolic blood pressure of 140 mm Hg or higher were more likely (Micardis, Activin), both drugs, or neither to your doctor about the strategy that In the motor vehicle accident study, 25% of victims were (60 to 69 mm Hg) were twice as likely to to experience heart attacks or strokes, drug for about five years. The researchers makes the most sense for you. having nightmares two weeks later, but in the time relatively have subtle evidence of heart damage to be hospitalized with heart failure, or determined that systolic pressures below (Source: health.harvard.edu) soon after the accident, they were not associated with long- term effects on sleep quality. By three months after their accidents, 19% of survivors still had bad dreams; that’s when 5 food swaps to reduce your cancer risk they were linked to problems falling and staying asleep and By Joy Bauer this information can be overwhelming. So here I’ll share not functioning well during the day up to one year later. five simple food swaps that have the potential to go Nightmares: The body’s check-engine light I’m willing to bet that there’s not one person reading a long way in helping you cut you and your family’s “Nightmares are a replay of a traumatic event, so it is this who hasn’t been touched by cancer in one way or cancer risk. kind of like your body’s own exposure therapy,” said Michael another—and likely more than once. And yet, while Instead of tossing plain meat on the grill, try Nadorff, assistant professor of psychology and sleep behavior cancer can tear apart and shorten lives in devastating marinating it first in a flavorful seasoning blend. Cooking medicine specialist at Mississippi State University. Exposure ways, today there’s more cause for celebration than meats at high temperatures produces chemicals called therapy involves having patients confront situations or things ever when it comes to medical breakthroughs and heterocyclic amines (HCAs), which have been linked that scare them to help them overcome their fears. cancer prevention. to many forms of cancers. Studies have shown that “(But) within a month of trauma (which could be While it might seem initially odd to frame the subject marinating your meat before grilling can reduce HCA anything from a physical assault to the loss of a loved of cancer in a positive light, numerous studies continue formation by up to 96 percent. one), nightmares are healthy. ... It’s helping you come to to show that, for example, the “psychological stance Instead of topping your baked potato with butter terms and (realize) that’s over and done with; it’s making which patients adopt in response to cancer can, in some and sour cream, try adding warm marinara sauce and a that memory less jarring,” cases, influence the course of their disease.” sprinkle of Parmesan. Lycopene (a powerful antioxidant similar to the goal of exposure When The American Association for Cancer Research that’s concentrated in tomatoes) has been linked to therapy, Nadorff said. nightmares (AACR) is an organization that’s leading the cause. They reducing the risk of certain cancers. “After a month, nightmares recently launched the #RealHopeIs campaign, which Psychological stance which Instead of serving celery sticks and cucumber are not healthy, (and) usually become a brings to life amazing stories of survival, courage, and patients adopt in response slices with hummus, try broccoli and cauliflower florets. for the people that still have problem, hope. Their project reminds us all of the great strides Both contain phytochemicals called glucosinolates, nightmares, it’s not going to there’s the medical and research communities have made in to cancer can, in some cases, which produce the protective enzyme sulforaphane get better on its own. ... It’s like regard to cancer research and treatment. And the AACR influence the course of their (packing a one-two punch against cancer because a broken record.” evidence that Foundation welcomes anyone who has experienced disease. it can help detoxify harmful substances and act as an Research suggests that a practice promise while facing cancer’s challenges to post their antimicrobial). chronic nightmares can actually called image own videos to help others facing similar plights. Be smart about sun exposure (and don’t forget Instead of adding granola to yogurt, try keep people from recovering rehearsal Back to basics the sunscreen—even on non-pool or beach days). pomegranate seeds (loaded with polyphenols like from trauma, Nadorff said. Thankfully, cancer is a very different diagnosis today Get screened, especially for cervical and colorectal tannins, which just might inhibit cancer cell growth and “For a lot of people, it’s therapy can than it was years ago. We have better detection and cancers. I suggest talking with your primary physician deactivate cancer-causing compounds). Plus the seeds an early warning sign, like a banish bad prevention, as well as encouraging new treatments. And and setting dates for appropriate cancer screenings. add a great crunch factor! check-engine light,” that you dreams. from the lifestyle perspective, there are plenty of things Remember that what might seem like a tedious chore Instead of enjoying a popsicle or ice cream, try may need help recovering we can do to lower our risk, including: could actually save or extend your life. frozen purple grapes. The grapes’ red skin is rich in from a trauma and that you may potentially have a bigger Exercise regularly and maintain a healthy weight. Friendlier foods an antioxidant called resveratrol (the same beneficial problem, such as depression or anxiety, he added. Experts estimate that we can avoid a third of all cancers You’re not going to be surprised to hear me discuss compound found in wine), which may help keep cancer Treating chronic nightmares simply by eating healthier and moving more often. food and nutrition as a way of possibly preventing from forming and spreading. When nightmares become a problem, there’s evidence Stop smoking and drinking. cancer (and staying healthy in general). I know a lot of (Source: verywell.com) that a practice called image rehearsal therapy can banish bad dreams, Nadorff said. The therapy is based on thinking Here’s why you should be eating more kale about nightmares during the day and recasting them with events, people and places that are less threatening. People By Shereen Lehman found in cruciferous vegetables called glucoraphanin think through these edited nightmares for about five (one of the bitter glucosinolates) and myrosinase, which minutes twice a day, which can be done on their own or with Kale used to be that dark green stuff used to decorate are released when kale or other cruciferous vegetables a therapist. The goal is to stop having nightmares or even to salad bars. Sadly, it was just used for a couple of days are prepared and when they’re chewed. substitute them with a new dream. and then discarded. I mean, the kale was probably the Sulforaphane may reduce your risk of some cancers One study showed that image rehearsal therapy helped most nutritious thing on some of the old salad bars. by detoxifying carcinogens (substances that cause women who had been sexually abused, and who had been Today, you’ll find kale as the main ingredient in cancer) and by increasing the activity of antioxidants. having nightmares for about the -ast 15 years, reduce their salads and side dishes. And for good reason. Kale is an Sulphorane may also have a direct effect on cancer cells nightmares, improve their sleep and and reduce their post- excellent source of vitamins A, C and K, and a good themselves (at least, it does in lab studies). traumatic stress disorder. source of calcium, iron, magnesium, potassium and Choosing and preparing kale Alternatively, a blood pressure medication called prazosin vitamin C while being low in sodium. You’ll find kale in the produce section of your grocery is as effective as image rehearsal therapy at reducing It’s low in calories too -- one cup of chopped kale has store. Look for dark green bunches of leaves that are nightmares and improving sleep quality. 34 calories and a little over one gram of fiber. crisp and not wilted. You can freeze kale or store it in the It is up to patients whether they would like to use therapy Kale also contains significant amounts of refrigerator in a covered container. or medication to treat their nightmares, Germain said. phytochemicals. Lutein and zeaxanthin are related to Kale can be served raw, but cooking reduces the Even in cases where nightmares become chronic, they vitamin A and may help lower your risk of developing It’s difficult to determine if particular foods truly prevent bitterness and tenderizes the leaves. have a bright side, and that is to reveal things that may cataracts and macular degeneration, and lutein may help (or cause) cancer and other diseases because there are so To prepare, rinse the kale and remove the stems. bother you that you didn’t even know about. prevent atherosclerosis. Like all cruciferous vegetables, many potential confounding factors. For example, people Slice the leaves into strips and use in salads. Kale can “If somebody starts having bad dreams, and didn’t go kale contains bitter substances called glucosinolates, who eat more cruciferous vegetables may also eat more be chopped and boiled or steamed or used as an through a trauma, maybe there is something that we are some of which may have health benefits. vegetables in general or be more health-conscious. ingredient in a hearty soup or stew. You can also make actively avoiding that is really bothering us, so that might be Studies on large populations of subjects suggest that However, lab studies may help us understand how dehydrated or baked kale chips, which make a nutritious a cue to pay attention,” and to be more aware of emotions eating cruciferous vegetables may help to prevent some sulforaphane may contribute to cancer prevention. snack that’s low in calories. during the day, Germain said. forms of cancer, although the results are not conclusive. 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(UNCTAD) wasestablishedin1964asa Conference onTrade andDevelopment development issues,theUnitedNations Africa. are increasingly drivingtourismdemandin toperception, Africansthemselves contrary Data backingthiskeyfindingshowthat, whose travelsoriginateonthecontinent. threecreases tourists totwooutof every formative andInclusiveGrowth. 2017:Tourismin AfricaReport forTrans- the newUNCTAD Economic Development come from thecontinent itself, according to Four outof 10internationaltouristsinAfrica for severalweeks. canincludebeingrestrainedat itsworst, ina penandbeaten en from and forced theirmothers intoatrainingprocess that, process knownas“thecrush”–where babyelephantsare tak- ephants are madetosubmithumansbygoingthrough a where just50,000remain inAsia.Animalrightsgroups sayel- late 2016. bodia, NepalandSriLanka,Indiabetweenmid2014 3,000 elephantslivingin220venuesThailand,Laos,Cam- according totheanimalrightsNGOwhichassessedalmost dles, andtiedinchainslessthanthree long. meters they are beingusedforrides,withmostlysteelorwoodensad- popular touristdestinationsare conditionswhere livinginharsh tourism industry, World AnimalProtection hasfound. Asia are keptincruel,abusiveconditionsfueledbythegrowing across Thousands of elephantsbeingusedforentertainment desk TOURISM desk HERITAGE Qeshm cisternsnominated African tourists forAfrican emergeaspowerhouse tourism on thecontinent hotspot inShiraz The mansionisconnected toanothernearbytradition- The greenish surroundings epitomize thegenuinecon- The majesticmansionwasbuiltbetween1879and1886 The termab-anbariscommon Funded bythegovernmentof Ja- The prizeandaward recog- winners “Safeguarding potable waterisof The schemealsoentailsrevival of project attainedthehighest “The Tourism inAfricaisaflourishingindustry Dealing withtrade,investment,and In sub-SaharanAfrica,thisnumberin- At least 77% of the captive elephants surveyed inthere-At least77%of thecaptiveelephantssurveyed The majorityof captiveelephantsare takenfrom thewild, The scaleof sufferingexperiencedbyelephantsis“severe”, insouth-eastAsia’sThree outof fourelephantssurveyed The dark side of wildlife touris of wildlife The darkside garden, atourist Narenjestan News depictspeoplevisitinganenor- An undatedphotoreleased byFarda novative approach to TEHRAN — & for UNESCOprize Anin- TOURISM Centuries-old cisternsonIran’s QeshmIsland roofed underground watercisterns. throughout Iranasadesignation for (GDP). to thecontinent’s gross domesticproduct ism nowcontributesabout8.5percent proximately $47billion.Asaresult, tour- tripled, increasing from $14billiontoap- million to56million. tourist arrivalstoAfricaincreased from 24 reveals thatinternational 2014, thereport two different periods,1995–1998 and 2011– dynamism of thetourismsector. courages Africancountriestoharnessthe en- and inclusivegrowth, report thisyear’s 1995 and2014. 9 percent,respectively, eachyearbetween tourism revenues growing at6percentand growth, with internationaltouristarrivalsand two decades,Africahasrecorded robust Tourism revenues more than export By collectingandcomparingdatafrom Focusing ontourismfortransformative

FARDA NEWS/Hadi Kalhori of touristsfrom thetop10countriesvisitingThailandsaidthey mances toridingorbathingwithelephants.Asmanyas40% venues–from circuscrease perfor- inelephantentertainment region. toone-third of up one-quarter theremaining elephantsinthe likely toreproduce. lems, are more likelytodevelopchronic diseasesandare less lives,experiencebehavioralprob- been foundtoliveshorter phants are forced tounnaturallysubmithumans;theyhave form complexhierarchies withinherds. Butincaptivityele- Elephants are intelligent,sociallydevelopedanimals,which music andalarge numberof tourists. care andare often exposedtostressful environments withloud animals are fedpoordiets,havenoaccesstoproper veterinary littlesocialinteractionwithotherelephants.The rienced very purposesandexpe- when notbeingusedforentertainment whichwasreleased on6July,port, are chaineddayandnight m: Thousands of Asian elephan Despite conservation efforts, Thailandhasseena30%in- efforts, Despite conservation The captiveelephantpopulationisnowthoughttomake These conditionsgoagainstelephants’mostbasicneeds. system inaridareas that are reliant It associateswithwatermanagement doubling the contribution of tourism to the doubling thecontributionof tourismtothe of theAfricanUnion’s Agenda2063aimsat The First Ten-YearThe First ImplementationPlan JJULY 9, U L Y

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22017 0 1 ts held in cruel conditions incruel ts held World AnimalProtection. Schmidt-Burbach, advisorat globalwildlifeandveterinary ulation of wildlifetouristattractionsworldwide,” saidDrJan can seetheelephantsinarespectful way. free, bondandhavetheirherd structure –andwhere tourists phants are genuinesanctuaries,where theanimalscanroam was aninfant”, shesaid. that’s quitechilledout–butithadthatbeatenintowhen fore anytouristseesanelephant,sotheymightseeanimal Animal Protection. Theprocess of thecrush“willhappenbe- den formof cruelty”, atWorld saidChiaraVitali,awildlifeexpert from 2015. to Thailandwhichreached 32.6millionlastyear–ariseof 9% in thecountry, according tothereport. translates asademandforaround 12.8millionelephantrides had beenonorwere planningtodoanelephantride,which 7 “There isanurgent needfortouristeducationandreg- “There The organization believesthebestplaceforcaptiveele- Elephant tourismremains popularbecauseitcanbe“ahid- This coincideswiththegrowing numberof foreign visitors rain water. on permanentspringsorseasonal needs togrow atafasterand stronger pace. continent’s GDP . To meetthistarget, tourism (Source: The Guardian) (Source: TheGuardian) (Source: unctad.org) (Source: unctad.org) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y JJULYULY 9,9, 20172017 SCIENCE 11 Don’t waste time brushing your own An easier way to screen for teeth — Amabrush does it better, faster birth defects may be in our future Everyone enjoys an extra few minutes All the complex technology sits inside of sleep. With Amabrush, brushing your the handpiece along with the toothpaste Wayne State University researchers have developed a test teeth takes only a fraction of the time. capsule. At the touch of a button, a built- that may be able to screen for birth defects as early as five Most people spend a few minutes in mechanism foams and delivers the weeks into pregnancy. brushing their teeth before starting liquid toothpaste. The toothpaste comes their day and after the day is through. in three FDA-approved varieties: Blue for While it may not seem like a lot of time extra fresh, white for whitening, and rose wasted, it adds up to over 100 days’ for sensitive. Simultaneously, the hand- worth during a lifetime. Amabrush is piece creates strong vibrations to oscil- the first fully automatic toothbrush that late the bristles and clean the teeth. Be- finishes the job in just 10 seconds, giv- cause each tooth is cleaned at the same ing users more time to do more impor- time, the process is done after just 10 tant things. seconds. With a normal toothbrush and The traditional brushing method takes the recommended 120 seconds of brush- time. People have to squeeze, scrub, gar- ing, each surface gets brushed for only gle, spit, rinse, and floss every morning 1.25 seconds. and night, every day. Because of this, Single change many people don’t brush as often as The battery within the handpiece uses they should or leave out flossing when- just enough power to last for 28 sessions An experimental test that relies on an old-fashioned ever possible. Amabrush is a device three on a single charge. This means users can screening exam — the pap smear — may someday allow years in the making, designed to make go on vacation and still brush their teeth doctors to easily detect birth defects sooner than ever. toothbrushing faster, more efficient, and age to the gums but strong enough to out the device. Cleaning is as easy as rins- twice a day for two weeks without using On Tuesday, Wayne State University (WSU) researchers automatic. All users have to do is press a clean teeth precisely. ing off in the sink and just like a regular the charging station. revealed the latest encouraging findings on their creation, single button, wait 10 seconds, spit, and Microchannels built into the mouth- toothbrush, the mouthpiece should be For sharing purposes, multiple mouth- called “Trophoblast Retrieval and Isolation from the Cervix,” or rinse. piece transport the toothpaste through- replaced every three to six months. pieces can use the same handpiece. A TRIC for short. Using a pap smear, they scraped trophoblasts Flexible mouthpiece strong magnet connects the two togeth- — the cells that eventually help form a fetus’ placenta — To keep clean, the flexible mouthpiece Microchannels built into the mouthpiece er, so when it is time to share, simply re- from pregnant women’s cervixes and genetically sequenced is made from antibacterial silicone that transport the toothpaste throughout the move and swap the current mouthpiece. the fetal DNA found inside with next generation technology. kills more than 99 percent of all bacteria. Amabrush is currently available for They then compared these samples to those obtained from Bristles are arranged at 45-degree an- device. Cleaning is as easy as rinsing off in the pre-order via Kickstarter. The basic mod- the mother, placenta, and fetus via conventional means. gles on both sides to clean every tooth sink and just like a regular toothbrush, the el goes for about $90 and comes with a Not only were the TRIC samples mostly made out of fe- at once. This simulates the Bass method, handpiece, mouthpiece, toothpaste cap- tal DNA, indicating the low risk of contamination, but they which is recommended by dentists. The mouthpiece should be replaced every three to sule, and basic charger. six months. matched up perfectly with the other fetal samples, validating bristles are soft enough to prevent dam- (Source: Digital Trends) the test’s overall accuracy. Even more importantly, the sam- ples were taken as early as 5 weeks into pregnancy, blowing past the limit of other, invasive screening tests, such as amni- New star images captured by Hubble telescope with help from gravity ocentesis, which can only be given starting at the end of the Scientists have looked back in time, further than they so much mass that they act as a second, natural tele- first trimester, 14 to 16 weeks in. usually can with the instruments available to them, at a scope, magnifying it and making it brighter. “We used next-generation sequencing and accurately de- faraway galaxy composed of bright clumps of newborn The “gravity from all that mass has distorted the im- termined the nucleotide sequence down to a single base,” stars. The great distance and the time it takes light to age that we see of the background galaxy,” like a tele- said senior author Dr. Sascha Drewlo, an associate Professor travel that far mean the galaxy appears to these Earth- scope or a “funhouse mirror,” Rigby tells Newsweek, ex- of Obstetrics and Gynecology at WSU, in a news release by bound humans as it was 11 billion years ago, or just 2.7 plaining that it’s an effect that Albert Einstein predicted the university. billion years after the Big Bang. and that has been proven over and over again since. In addition to finding single gene mutations in fetal DNA, “When we saw the reconstructed image we said, All of the red and orange clusters in the images are the earlier research performed by the WSU team suggested that ‘Wow, it looks like fireworks are going off everywhere,’” intermediaries that act as a gravitational lens to make measuring the level of select proteins in trophoblasts could astronomer Jane Rigby of NASA’s Goddard Space Flight the blue-tinged clusters visible. The main target here — also be used to detect other conditions. Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, said in a statement. which appears as an arc, like a smile flipped on its side (Source: IBT) Astronomers have used the Hubble Space Telescope, — is magnified by a factor of 28, Rigby says. taken advantage of a natural phenomenon and applied Double telescope new computational methods to capture closer-up and However, the double telescope also warps the image. In-ear device made to more detailed images — about 10 times sharper than In this case, it stretches out the arc and makes it appear they could with the telescope alone. multiple times. A new computational technique developed mitigate migraines The findings were published in three papers: One in by Traci Johnson, a doctoral candidate at the University adds that it helps offer a “sneak preview of what universe The Astrophysical Journal Letters and two in The Astro- of Michigan and lead author on two of the three papers, would look like if we could build a much larger telescope There may be new hope for migraine sufferers, in the form physical Journal. helped researchers figure out how the galaxy was warped than Hubble.” of a gadget that gets shoved up the ear. Developed by U.S.- Direction of galaxies and undo it. They’ve reconstructed what they believe the The James Webb Space Telescope, which has a 21.3- based Company Scion NeuroStim, it alternately heats and Hubble was aimed in the direction of galaxies that image would look like without the distortions. foot diameter and is scheduled to launch in October cools the inside of the ear canal, and was recently shown would normally appear “smooth and unremarkable,” The new images provide a view of the faraway stars 2018, will offer views even farther out and through dust to be effective in a study carried out by Britain’s University according to NASA. But from this angle, the clusters of as they would appear with a telescope nearly 33 feet in that may be obscuring Hubble’s view. of Kent. stars in between Hubble and the galaxy in question have diameter; Hubble is 8 feet in diameter, Rigby says. She (Source: Newsweek) Using a technique known as caloric vestibular stimulation (CVS), the device delivers thermal currents that activate bal- ance-related organs in the inner ear. It is believed that these Baker’s yeast can help plants cope with soil contamination organs in turn affect activity in the brainstem, which is associ- ated with the onset of migraines. Most plant species, including crops, these are a small minority. mechanism. ilar role in plants, eliminating toxic mole- It was tested in a randomized, double-blinded, place- cannot tolerate the toxic effects of soil “Current strategies to decontami- The Duque research group analyz- cules and allowing normal growth.” bo-controlled trial carried out on 81 test subjects throughout pollutants, which dramatically impair nate soils are very expensive and not ed the ability of those genes to confer The IGC researcher adds: “To extrap- the US and UK. All of the people typically experienced four to their growth and development. In a so effective. The scientific community multidrug resistance on Arabidopsis olate these results to crops, we will need 14 migraines per month. Subjects in the non-placebo group study now published in Scientific Re- has been looking for alternative strat- thaliana, a small flowering plant used further experiments in Arabidopsis to used the device to administer CVS for 20 minutes a day, over ports*, a research team led by Paula egies to make plants more resilient to as a model organism to understand understand the mechanisms underlying a three-month period. Duque from the Instituto Gulbenkian toxic compounds. A possible solution biological processes common to other plant resistance as well as studies in other The setup consisted of aluminum earpieces that delivered de Ciencia (IGC; Portugal) discovered may lie in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, plants. plant species. the actual currents, mounted in padded headphones and that two genes from baker’s yeast can a species of yeast used for baking, After inserting either of the two yeast But our results, obtained with powered/controlled via a handheld remote. increase plant resistance to a broad brewing, and winemaking”, says Paula genes into this plant, the researchers genes of the yeast species that makes At the end of the three months, it was found that the treat- range of toxic substances, enabling Duque. found that it became more resistant to bread or beer, hold much promise to ment group experienced an average of 3.6 fewer migraine their growth in contaminated soils. Yeast genes identified herbicides, fungicides and heavy metals. help solve a difficult environmental days per month, while the placebo group had a reduction of Heavy metals and organic pollutants In fact, it was known that S. cere- Plants carrying the yeast genes grew sig- problem.” just 0.9 days. released into the environment by the in- visiae can resist herbicides and other nificantly better than wild-type plants in This study was conducted at the IGC Additionally, the treated subjects experienced less head- dustry, as well as the misuse of herbicides chemicals. Isabel Sa-Correia’s team at contaminated soils. and the Institute for BioEngineering and ache pain, and required less in the way of medication. and pesticides commonly used in agricul- Instituto Superior Tecnico, Universi- Paula Duque explains: “These two Biosciences (iBB) at Instituto Superior A paper on the research was recently published in the ture, negatively affect the quality of soils. dade de Lisboa (Portugal), who col- yeast genes produce proteins that are Tecnico, Universidade de Lisboa (Lisbon, journal Headache. Some plant species are able to remove laborated in this study, had identified able to expel molecules from cells. So we Portugal). (Source: newatlas.com) soil contaminants and grow normally, but two yeast genes playing a role in this hypothesized that they could play a sim- (Source: EurekAlert)

Scientists sending a probe Great Barrier Reef not ‘in danger’ despite evidence of massive coral bleaching to Mercury in an attempt to UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee says Austral- bleaching “isn’t enough to put the Great Barrier Reef in ia’s Great Barrier Reef in not “in danger” despite danger, I’m not sure what is.” solve a mystery mounting evidence that back-to-back massive coral “We’ve had 67 percent mortality on the northern bleaching events have threatened the survival of section of the reef, the most pristine section,” Steffen, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, and even Uranus are getting lots of at- the site. a professor at Australian National University, told ABC. tention these days, with probes and rovers getting up close In a decision released Thursday, the United Nations “There is only one reason why that happened and that and personal with our planetary neighbors, but if we look in organization did say it has “serious concerns” about the was the high ocean temperatures caused by the burning the other direction — towards the sun, rather than away from devastating bleaching that wiped out much of the reef of fossil fuels.” it — we find a planet that is just as interesting, and perhaps in 2016 and 2017, adding that it “welcomed” continued To be listed “in danger” by UNESCO, a natural site even more mysterious: Mercury. efforts to conserve the world heritage site. must show a “serious decline in the population of the Now, a joint partnership between the European Space The report was generated after the Australian gov- endangered species” or “severe deterioration of the nat- Agency and Japanese space program Jaxa will see a new ernment provided updates on the state of the reef, along ural beauty or scientific value of the property,” among probe launched to the tiny planet in the hopes of solving a with an update on the progress on the implementation other things. very curious anomaly. of the Reef 2050 Long-Term Sustainability Plan, which There are currently 54 properties, including natural The probe, called the BepiColombo, has a whole laundry outlines “concrete management measures for the next sites and structures, listed in danger. Natural sites on the list of things it aims to accomplish. The spacecraft will study 35 years to ensure the Outstanding Universal Value of list include Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve in Côte Mercury’s volcanos and also attempt to shed some light on the Reef is preserved now and for generations to come.” Government officials, including Josh Frydenberg, d’Ivoire and the Rainforests of the Atsinanana in Mada- the apparent existence of water ice on the planet. With a The “World Heritage Committee … strongly encour- Australia’s minister for the environment and energy, gascar, among others. surface temperature that ranges between a boiling 800 de- ages (Australia) to accelerate efforts to ensure meeting lauded both the decision by UNESCO and the progress Earlier this year, researchers at the ARC Centre of grees and a frigid -290 degrees Fahrenheit, Mercury is and intermediate and long-term targets of the plan, which on 2050 LTSP. Excellence for Coral Reef Studies at James Cook Uni- extremely interesting place to study. are essential to the overall resilience of the property, in Frydenberg called the announcement a “big win for versity said the site was so damaged by back-to-back Because of its hostile climate, it’s been difficult to actually particular regarding water quality,” the organization said. Australia and a big win for the Turnbull Government,” bleaching events that affected more than two-thirds of study the planet. Any spacecraft that hopes to actually get The report noted that authorities were making “slow” referring to Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, according the reef is effectively doomed unless drastic measures close enough to observe it needs to be extremely well suited progress in meeting water-quality targets, which include to the Sidney Morning Herald. are undertaken to curb carbon emissions that lead to to the intense heat of the sun at that distance, while also an 80 percent reduction nitrogen runoff and 50 percent Severe bleaching global warming. accounting for the glare that our star produces and its effects reduction in sediment runoff by 2025. Climate scientist Will Steffen noted that if the severe (Source: weather.com) on cameras. (Source: BGR) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y 12 LIFE&SOCIETY JJULYULY 9,9, 20172017

Birds in Mexico City have Average children taken up cigarettes to protect their young per woman rises in Iran Urbanization has all sorts of side effects. Birds have been shown to adapt their calls, their nesting places and activity rhythms to fit the urban environments. In Mexico City, urban- SOCIETY TEHRAN — The per woman and that’s what we are trying ization is forcing birds to use what they can find to help build deskaverage number of to achieve,” Motlaq added. their nests and keep parasites away. children born per woman has increased Intensifying infants care particularly One abundant material, the lowly cigarette butt, is show- in Iran thanks to the implementation of infants in critical condition are of the ing a surprising benefit. proper policies, a health ministry official effective measures taken by the Health said on Saturday. Ministry, he highlighted. The figure has risen from 1.8 to 2 in the He went on to say that other schemes wake of population growth policies outlined set up by the ministry such as marriage by the Supreme Leader, IRNA quoted initiatives to empower young couples by Mohammad-Esmaeil Motlaq as saying. providing them with jobs and housing, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Seyyed Ali lowering the risks of divorce by giving Khamenei outlined general policies of the couple therapy, preventing premature country’s population plans on May 20, deaths, and improving critical care in 2014. The Supreme Leader stressed the pregnancy are of the other plans to need for making comprehensive plans to increase population. promote the country’s economic, social Lower marriage rate, increasing and cultural situations based on the new average age of first-time moms, higher Cigarette butts are the most common form of litter. It is population policies. divorce rate, addiction, abortion, infertility, estimated that two thirds of the 6 trillion cigarettes smoked “In order to live up to the standards and dysfunctional family relationships can worldwide end up on the ground and pose a threat to smaller the number should go up to 2.1 children ultimately shrink the population. organisms. Scientists in 2012 first conducted a study in which they found that urban birds, mainly house finches, were using cigarette butts to help build their nests. UNESCO delivering ethics teachers’ Woman pleads guilty to voting twice It is known by scientists and outdoorsmen that nicotine in tobac- co can be used as a pesticide. The researchers from the National training course in Iran for Donald Trump Autonomous University of Mexico, were not sure whether birds were SOCIETY TEHRAN — UNESCO core curriculum as a tool for promoting An Iowa woman charged with voting voting location, she told The Washing- intentionally using the butts as a pesticide or if it was simply a coinci- deskand the Iranian quality ethics education. twice for Donald Trump last fall has ton Post after she was charged. dence since the material was abundant in their urban environment. university of environment will co-host It also highlights ethics teaching in pleaded guilty to election misconduct. “I don’t know what came over me,” Either way, it’s working. an ethics teachers’ training course in action as to what and how to teach Court records show Terri Lynn Rote entered she said. “One possibility is that birds extract the cellulose fibers the city of Karaj, west of Tehran, from (a model lesson), ethics teaching and a plea on 27 June to the felony charge and a She added she has been a supporter of from discarded butts simply because they resemble feathers,” July 9-13. inter-faith dialogue by sharing expe- district court judge in Des Moines accepted Donald Trump since early in his campaign, the researchers theorized. The course, which is to be held for riences in ethics teaching in different the plea. Sentencing is set for 15 August. after Republican candidate Mike Hucka- To test this theory, the researchers watched several house the first time in the country, are aiming religious contexts, classroom communi- Rote, who is 56 and lives in Des bee dropped out of the primary race. finches build their nests. Once the chicks had hatched, the at advancing quality ethics education by cation on pedagogy and psychology of Moines, told police she turned in two Court documents show attorneys team replaced the used cigarette butts with felt. In describing building professional capacities of ethics ethics teaching, and simulated teaching absentee ballots before the November are recommending two years of proba- their process for testing whether the cigarette butts were ac- teachers in the country and the wider presentations by participants followed election because she believed Trump’s tion and community service. tually being used to ward off parasites, the researchers went region, unesco.org reported. by feedback from the course instructors. unsubstantiated claims that the election In addition to Rote, the Polk County through a simple process. The course will be based on one The course is conducted by a team was rigged and that her first ballot would Auditor’s Office reported two other peo- “We removed the bedding of nests when chicks had re- week training module developed by of experts with extensive experience in be changed to a vote for Hillary Clinton. ple to police on suspicions of voter fraud, cently hatched, and randomly assigned each nests to one of UNESCO in collaboration with the glob- ethics education and cooperation with She was arrested on 21 October at the Des Moines Register reported. the following treatments: 1) addition of live ticks, 2) addition al experts in ethics education. UNESCO. Due to the interactive nature a satellite voting station in Des Moines In the other two cases, those people of dead ticks and 3) simulation of tick addition. Females in The module contains key compo- of the course, the number of partici- attempting to vote the second ballot. cast mail-in ballots and also voted in the live ticks’ treatment added more butt fibers to their nests nents including global perspective on pants is limited to 30 persons. There Rote hadn’t planned on voting twice person at one of the state’s early-voting than parents in control treatments,” the researchers reported. ethics teaching such as trends, chal- is no tuition fee for participating in the but said it was “a spur-of-the-moment locations, according to the paper. What they found was stunning: Birds added cigarette lenges and opportunities, the UNESCO course. thing” when she walked by the satellite (Source: Independent) butts to their linings once they saw that they were being in- fested with a parasite. This showed a deliberate attempt by the birds to use cigarettes as insect repellent. How to network for a better job without feeling awkward The improvised insect repellent came with a cost. In 2014 another study was done to see what affect the presence of Networking is one of the most effective ways to secure Check how people are standing cigarette butts does to the chicks of the finch. The results a new and hopefully more satisfying, job - or so the “Sometimes, you can see people adopting open were predictable. stats suggest. stances, where they have one eye on the rest of the “We found that hatching and fledging success and chick One 2010 study involving 50,000 people in the US room and are standing at a slight angle to the per- immune response were all positively correlated to the pro- found that over 40 per cent of workers found new son that they are speaking to,” says Carl Reader the portion of the nest that was made up of butts. However, the jobs from simply talking to people, which chimes with author of The Startup Coach and The Franchising signs of genotoxicity in the blood cells also increased with the an often-cited piece of research from the 1950s into Handbook. proportion of butt cellulose in the nests.” white collar workers in the US, and more recent as- “The hidden message is often ‘come and join us!’ At While the lower parasite counts were beneficial in helping sessments by a US academic in the Harvard Business most events, people expect you to come over and say the chicks hatch, and they also had healthier immune sys- Review. Networking as a way to get a leg up in the hi. You should however be aware of situations where tems, however they showed a large percentage of chromo- world is undeniable. two people may be attempting to have a confidential somal abnormalities. These abnormalities did not show until But that doesn’t make it any less painfully awkward. discussion - often they will appear guarded, perhaps in they left the nest and reproduced. The scavenging practice Even the most gregarious among us will have at some a corner - for these situations, it’s best to move on and showed that it helped the birds in the short term but that it point stood uncomfortably with a drink in hand, trying you feel that the people attending are more your ‘tribe approach someone else.” was detrimental in the long term. to pluck up the courage to make eye contact - let alone or community’. This means that you are more likely to Listen more than you speak Throwing your cigarette butts on the ground is not helping chat to - important-looking strangers in the room. Or build genuine connections with people which may lead “As tempting as it is to tell someone all about your the house finch or any other animal life in either the urban or worse still, we’ll head out to a careers event with a to good business.” own business journey and products, try listening to rural environment. (Source: Nature World News) friend and end up chewing the fat with them at the “One of the main things that can change your mind- more to the other person,” says Simmons. “Basic emo- nibbles table for an hour before heading home. set and help with any nerves or feelings of awkwardness tional intelligence research tells us that listening has a LEARN ENGLISH Read more is to go with a mantra that has you focus on how you powerful effect on the person speaking. 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We can activate all these services in about Mother-baby room set at Tehran ﺍﻓﺘﺘﺎﺡ ﺍﺗﺎﻕ ﻣﺎﺩﺭ ﻭ ﻛﻮﺩﻙ ﺩﺭ ﺍﻳﺴﺘﮕﺎﻩ ﻣﺘﺮﻭ .an hour Key vocabulary subway stations to activate: to cause a device to start working ﻫﺸــﺘﻤﻴﻦ ﺍﺗــﺎﻕ ﻣــﺎﺩﺭ ﻭ ﻛــﻮﺩﻙ ﺑــﻪ ﻣﻨﻈــﻮﺭ ﺷــﻴﺮﺩﻫﻰ ﻭ ﺗﻌﻮﻳــﺾ ﭘﻮﺷــﻚ ﻛــﻮﺩﻛﺎﻥ ﺩﺭ ﺍﻳﺴــﺘﮕﺎﻩ ﻣﺘــﺮﻭ The eighth mother-and-baby room designated for breastfeeding and promotion: something done to make people aware of a ﺗﺠﺮﻳــﺶ ﺁﻏــﺎﺯ ﺑــﻪ ﻛﺎﺭ ﻛــﺮﺩ. changing babies’ diapers was set up at the Tajrish subway station, northern product ﺑــﻪ ﮔــﺰﺍﺭﺵ ﺧﺒﺮﻧــﮕﺎﺭ ﺧﺒﺮﮔــﺰﺍﺭﻯ ﺻــﺪﺍﻭ ﺳــﻴﻤﺎ ﻋﻠــﻰ ﻋﺒــﺪﺍﷲ ﭘــﻮﺭ ﻗﺎﺋــﻢ ﻣﻘــﺎﻡ ﻣﺪﻳــﺮ ﻋﺎﻣــﻞ ﺷــﺮﻛﺖ three way calling: a way of adding a third party to your Tehran, on Monday. ﺑﻬــﺮﻩ ﺑــﺮﺩﺍﺭﻯ ﻣﺘــﺮﻭ ﺗﻬــﺮﺍﻥ ﺍﺣــﺪﺍﺙ ﺍﺗــﺎﻕ ﻫــﺎﻯ ﻣــﺎﺩﺭ ﻭ ﻛــﻮﺩﻙ ﺭﺍ ﺩﺭ ﺭﺍﺳــﺘﺎﻯ ﻓﺮﺍﻣﻴــﻦ ﺷــﻬﺮﺩﺍﺭﻯ conversation without the assistance of a telephone operator In line with baby-friendly-city policies introduced and adopted Tehran City ﺗ ﻬ ــ ﺮ ﺍ ﻥ ﻭ ﻣ ﺼ ﻮ ﺑ ــ ﺎ ﺕ ﺷ ــ ﻮ ﺭ ﺍ ﻯ ﺷ ــ ﻬ ﺮ ﺩ ﺭ ﺧ ﺼ ــ ﻮ ﺹ ﺷ ــ ﻬ ﺮ ﺩ ﻭ ﺳ ــ ﺘ ﺪ ﺍ ﺭ ﻛ ــ ﻮ ﺩ ﻙ ﺩ ﺍ ﻧ ﺴ ــ ﺖ ﻭ ﮔ ﻔ ــ ﺖ : ﺗ ﺎ ﻛ ﻨ ــ ﻮ ﻥ ﻫ ﺸ ــ ﺖ fee: an amount of money that you pay to do something or Council and municipality so far eight mother-and- baby rooms have been ﺍ ﻳ ﺴ ــ ﺘ ﮕ ﺎ ﻩ ﻣ ﺘ ــ ﺮ ﻭ ﻣ ﺠ ﻬ ــ ﺰ ﺑ ــ ﻪ ﺍ ﻳ ــ ﻦ ﺍ ﺗ ــ ﺎ ﻕ ﺷ ــ ﺪ ﻩ ﺍ ﺳ ــ ﺖ . that you pay to a professional person for their work set up at subway stations, an official with Tehran Urban and Suburban Railways Company Ali Abdollahpour said, IRIB reported. ﻋﺒــﺪﺍﷲ ﭘــﻮﺭ ﺩﺭ ﺍﺩﺍﻣــﻪ ﺑــﺎ ﺑﻴــﺎﻥ ﺍﻳﻨﻜــﻪ ﺩﺭ ﺍﻳــﻦ ﻫﺸــﺖ ﺍﺗــﺎﻕ ﻣــﺎﺩﺭ ﻭ ﻛــﻮﺩﻙ 16 ﻧﻔــﺮ ﻣﺸــﻐﻮﻝ ﺑــﻪ ﻛﺎﺭ ﻫﺴــﺘﻨﺪ surcharge: money that be paid in addition to the regular flat: a flat rate, amount of money etc. is fixed and does not “Currently some 16 people are working at the eight rooms and now we ﺗﺼﺮﻳــﺢ ﻛــﺮﺩ: ﻣﻜﺎﻧــﻰ ﺑــﺮﺍﻯ ﻧﮕﻬــﺪﺍﺭﻯ ﭼﻨــﺪ ﺳــﺎﻋﺘﻪ ﻛــﻮﺩﻛﺎﻥ ﺩﺭ ﻣﺘــﺮﻭ ﻣــﺪ ﻧﻈــﺮ ﺍﺳــﺖ ﻭ ﻛﺎﺭﻫــﺎﻯ ﺍﻭﻟﻴــﻪ ﺁﻥ change or have anything added to it are planning on setting up places to take care of babies for some hours,” ﻧﻴــﺰ ﺩﺭ ﺣــﺎﻝ ﺍﻧﺠــﺎﻡ ﺍﺳــﺖ .Supplementary vocabulary Abdollahpour added ringtone: the sound made by a cell phone when it receives a call smartphone: a phone that has more features than a tradi- ENGLISH PROVERB PHRASAL VERB ENGLISH IDIOM tional cell phone, including web browser, in-phone cameras, and different applications A nod is as good as a Crank something up Ring a bell headset: worn on the head to help you speak and listen wink to a blind horse while not holding your phone Meaning: to make the sound of something, Explanation: if something rings a bell, it is vaguely rebate: a partial refund, a discount especially music, louder familiar to you, but you can't remember the exact contract: an agreement between two or more sides that has Explanation: you cannot get people to take a hint For example: We cranked up the volume. details specific terms if they are determined not to For example: John Bentley? The name rings a bell hands free: something that makes you able to use it without For example: Jill: I keep hinting to the boss that I de- but I don't remember him. hands serve a raise, but he doesn’t seem to get the point. Jane: I’m (Source: irlanguage.com) not surprised. A nod’s as good as a wink to a blind horse. I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y JJULYULY 9,9, 20172017 WORLD IN FOCUS 13 Two U.S. bombers hold firing drills Palestinian baby dies after with South Korean forces inhaling Israeli teargas U.S. plans to test THAAD missile defenses as N. Korea tensions mount A Palestinian baby has died of asphyxiation two months after inhaling fatal volumes of teargas fired by Israeli forces at Pal- Two United States supersonic bombers ington to immediately halt deployment estinian protesters. conducted live-fire drills on Saturday in of THAAD in South Korea. Abdul-Rahman Mohammad al-Barghouthi, 1.5 years old, South Korea in a show of force follow- The statement said Washington was died at a hospital in the city of Ramallah in the Israeli-occu- ing North Korea’s test-launch of an in- using North Korea as a pretext to expand pied West Bank, Palestinian Safa news agency reported. tercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), the its military infrastructure in Asia and He had been exposed to the toxic substance during con- South’s military said. risked upsetting the strategic balance of frontations between Israeli forces and Palestinian demonstra- The pair of B-1B Lancer strategic power in the region. tors in the village of Aboud, north of Ramallah. bombers flew from a U.S. base on Guam THAAD’s success rate in testing is On July 31, 2015, Israeli settlers killed another Pal- and were joined by U.S. and South Kore- far higher than the one for America’s estinian baby, when they threw firebombs and Molotov an jet fighters to conduct the simulated Ground-based Midcourse Defense sys- cocktails into two Palestinian houses in the Duma Vil- destruction of an enemy ballistic missile tem (GMD), the system specifically de- lage, some 25 kilometers southeast of the city of Nablus launcher and underground facilities, the signed to shoot down an ICBM headed in the West Bank, setting them ablaze while their inhab- South’s air force said. for the U.S. mainland. itants were asleep. North Korea announced on Tuesday it That GMD system has only a 55 per- The arson attack killed an 18-month-old baby, Ali Dawab- successfully test-launched an ICBM, say- cent success rate over the life of the sheh, and critically wounded his father and mother, Sa’ad and ing the missile was capable of carrying a program. But advocates note that the Riham, who later succumbed to their injuries. large and heavy nuclear warhead. technology has improved dramatically in Ali’s four-year-old brother, Ahmad, who was also wounded Some experts believe the missile has recent years. in the assault, remained the sole survivor of the family. the range to reach Alaska and Hawaii In a key development, the GMD system On January 3, 2016, an Israeli court indicted two, includ- and the test signaled a significant ad- successfully shot down an incoming, simu- ing a 21-year-old West Bank settler, as having been respon- ing days, two U.S. officials told Reuters gage a target with a THAAD interceptor.” vance in the North’s declared intent to lated North Korean ICBM in a test in May. sible for the killings. on Friday, as tensions with North Korea “The test is designated as Flight Test build a nuclear-tipped missile that can hit That led the Pentagon to upgrade its EU slams Israel’s plans to set up new settlement climb. THAAD (FTT)-18,” Johnson said. He did the U.S. mainland. assessment of America’s ability to defend Meanwhile, the European Union has denounced the Israeli Despite being planned months ago, not elaborate. South Korean President Moon Jae- against a small number of ICBMs, accord- regime’s plans to advance the construction of some “1,500 the U.S. missile defense test will gain sig- Still, in recent testimony to Congress, in said the test indicated a quicker than ing to an internal memo seen by Reuters. new settlement units” in the occupied East al-Quds (Jerusa- nificance in the wake of North Korea’s Vice Admiral James Syring, then the di- expected pace of the North’s ICBM pro- MDA told Congress in June that it lem), saying the controversial decision will “undermine” the launch of an intercontinental ballistic mis- rector of the Missile Defense Agency, gram. plans to deliver 52 more THAAD inter- so-called two-state solution. sile (ICBM) on July 4 that has heightened said FTT-18 would aim to demonstrate The B-1B bombers conducted the ceptors to the U.S. Army between Octo- In a statement released on Friday, the EU further said it concerns about the threat from Pyong- THAAD’s ability to intercept a separating live-fire exercise at a range in South Ko- ber 2017 and September 2018, for a total expected Tel Aviv “to reconsider these decisions.” yang. IRBM target. rea’s eastern Gangwon province, drop- of 210 since May 2011. It also noted that the EU “expects both sides to engage in The test will be the first of the THAAD MDA said THAAD had a 100 percent ping weapons in a simulated attack on In a sign of U.S. congressional concern a meaningful process towards a negotiated two-state solu- to defend against a simulated attack successful track record in its 13 flight tests a missile launcher, the South Korean air about missile defense, several lawmakers tion, the only way to fulfill the legitimate aspirations of both by an intermediate-range ballistic mis- since 2006. After previous tests, the U.S. force said in a statement. filed amendments to a sweeping defense parties.” sile (IRBM), one of the officials said. The military has publicly disclosed the results. South Korean and U.S. fighter jets policy bill on Friday that addressed North The EU statement came a day after French President THAAD interceptors will be fired from South Korean deployment conducted precision strike drills aimed at Korea. Republican Representative Don Emmanuel Macron also strongly criticized the Israeli move, Alaska. THAAD is a ground-based missile de- attacking enemy targets hidden under- Young, whose home state Alaska is seen which he said “threatened” the so-called two state solu- The United States has THAAD inter- fense system designed to shoot down ground, it said. as especially vulnerable to the North Ko- tion. ceptors in Guam that are meant to help short-, medium- and intermediate-range South Korea’s Yonhap news agency rea threat, asked for more ground-based “France has always condemned and continues to con- guard against a missile attack from a ballistic missiles. said the bombers then flew west, hug- interceptors for his state, and a study demn the ongoing colonization process, which remains ille- country such as North Korea. Lockheed Martin Corp, the prime ging the heavily fortified Demilitarized of potential additional sites on the East gal with regards to international law,” he added during a joint The officials who disclosed to Reuters contractor for the THAAD system, said it Zone (DMZ) border between the two Coast or Midwest. press conference with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas the precise nature and timing of the up- has the ability to intercept incoming mis- Koreas, before leaving South Korean air- Democratic Representatives John Co- at the Elysee Palace in Paris. coming test spoke on condition of ano- siles both inside and outside the Earth’s space. nyers and Sheila Jackson Lee, along with On Monday, Israeli NGO (non-governmental organiza- nymity. atmosphere. The drill follows a joint artillery and Republican Walter Jones, filed an amend- tion) Peace Now said in a report that the Israeli regime was Asked by Reuters, the U.S. Missile De- This year’s U.S. deployment of THAAD missile exercise by South Korean and U.S. ment to the annual National Defense Au- planning to discuss the advancement of some 1,800 settle- fense Agency (MDA) confirmed that it in South Korea to guard against North forces a day after the North’s ICBM test. thorization Act saying that nothing in the ment units in the area. aimed to carry out a THAAD flight test Korea’s shorter-range missiles has also Plans to test THAAD bill should be construed as authorizing After approval, the new units will become the first to be “in early July.” drawn fierce criticism from China, which Meantime, the United States plans to the use of force against North Korea. constructed since the United States President Donald Trump Chris Johnson, an MDA spokesman, says the system’s powerful radar can carry out a new test of its Terminal High The full House of Representatives is called on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to limit said the THAAD weapon system at the probe deep into its territory. Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) missile due to consider the bill, and its amend- settlement activities, and will also hinder the so-called peace Pacific Spaceport Complex Alaska in Ko- Earlier this month Moscow and Bei- defense system against an intermedi- ments, next week. talks. diak, Alaska, would “detect, track and en- jing, in a joint statement, called on Wash- ate-range ballistic missile in the com- (Source: agencies) Such construction constitutes a blatant violation of inter- national law. The Geneva Conventions ban construction on occupied land. About 600,000 Israelis live in over 230 illegal Iraqi forces take over Mosul’s Old City settlements built since the 1967 Israeli occupation of the Pal- Countdown begins to ISIL collapse in Iraq estinian territories of the West Bank and East al-Quds (Jeru- 1 The media bureau of the Iraqi Defense Min- the Mosul operation on October 17, 2016. network that a dozen ISIL terrorists died in three Iraqi Air salem). istry also stated that government forces had killed 35 The Iraqi forces took control of eastern Mosul in Jan- Force strikes that targeted their convoy in the city of Tal (Source: agencies) ISIL terrorists and wounded six others while they were uary after 100 days of fighting, and launched the battle Afar, located 63 kilometers west of Mosul. sneaking from the western flank of Mosul into the east- in the west on February 19. ISIL burns self-proclaimed Diyala governor to ern side. An estimated 862,000 people have been displaced death It noted that Federal Police forces finished their com- from Mosul ever since the battle to retake the city Separately, the ISIL terrorist outfit has reportedly Spain’s looming bat missions in the Old City by retaking Nujaifi Street began nine months ago. A total of 195,000 civilians burned its self-proclaimed Diyala governor to death on as well as al-Toub and Souk al-Sagha neighborhoods, have also returned, mainly to the liberated areas of charges of dereliction of duty. constitutional crisis: why which had all previously been marked as the last pockets eastern Mosul. A local source, requesting anonymity, said the top- America should care remaining in ISIL’s grip. ISIL chief judge, 11 terrorists killed in airstrikes ranked extremist was killed in al-Hawijah district, situ- Iraqi army soldiers and volunteer fighters from west of Mosul ated 45 kilometers west of the oil-rich northern city of 8 from serving in an elected office for holding a non- the Popular Mobilization Units (Hashd al-Sha’abi), Meanwhile, a local source, speaking on condition of Kirkuk on Friday. binding vote on independence in 2014, sending a warning have made sweeping gains against ISIL since launching anonymity, told Arabic-language al-Sumaria television (Source: agencies) signal to Catalan politicians. More ominously, particularly in a country with a history of authoritarianism, Mariano Rajoy, the Spanish prime minister, stated that the government would Trump isolated at G20 summit, Ivanka sits in for Trump use “all the means within its reach” to stop the referendum. The United States, under President Donald gain politically from opposing him. Trump Other senior Spanish government officials have argued that Trump, was isolated on everything from is deeply unpopular in Europe, and politi- the referendum would be a “coup d’état.” trade to climate change during this year’s cians there can get a political boost when No one is interested in the Spanish Army or police pre- G20 summit in Hamburg, Germany. they highlight their differences. venting the people of Catalonia from voting. The most plau- For years the United States was the In a joint communique, Brazil, Russia, sible scenario is that the vote will go ahead somehow, but dominant force and set the agenda at India and China - the so-called BRICS won’t have the widespread legitimacy it needs. First, given the annual gathering of the leaders of the countries - called on the G20 to push for that anti-independence parties have encouraged their sup- world’s 20 largest economies. implementation of the Paris climate deal, porters to boycott the referendum, it is likely that many of But the growing international isola- ratcheting up pressure on Trump to com- them will stay away. Second, there are concerns about the tion of Washington was clearly apparent promise on the treaty. organization of the vote, including how the electoral registry on Friday as the leaders of major world “The Paris agreement on climate is going to work, since it is now managed by the Spanish economies mounted a nearly united op- change is an important consensus that government. Madrid has also challenged in court the Cata- position front against the U.S. on a range doesn’t come easily and must not be given lan government’s purchase of ballot boxes. Third, the Spanish of issues, including climate, trade, securi- up easily,” said Chinese President Xi Jinping. government will certainly not accept the result if it favors Cat- ty and migrant policies. On Thursday, German Chancellor An- alan independence. During Friday’s meeting, there were gela Merkel, hosting the meeting, said she A win for the independence camp — even given all the tough clashes with the United States and was committed to an open international was represented by another Trump, tors were enraged. caveats listed above — will energize the pro-independence even talk of a possible transatlantic trade trading system, despite fears of U.S. pro- when the president’s daughter Ivanka Historian Anne Applebaum took to movement. Catalans overwhelmingly support holding a ref- war. The tensions were a result of Trump’s tectionism under the Trump administration. took a seat at the table of world leaders. Twitter to denounce what she described erendum to settle the question of independence. But instead sharp break with previous U.S. policies. “Compromise can only be found if we The 35-year-old former fashion model sat “an unelected, unqualified, unprepared of presenting a positive case for being part of Spain’s future, Trump’s isolation was more evident on accommodate each other’s views,” she around the table with Xi Jinping, Recep Tayyip New York socialite” being seen as “the the central government is insisting that it is not for the Cat- the issue of trade. The Trump administra- pointed out. Erdogan, Angela Merkel and Theresa May, best person to represent American na- alans to decide what their future will look like. This is coun- tion has proposed imposing high tariffs Merkel, who faced the difficult job of diplomats and the White House confirmed. tional interests.” terproductive and ill-advised. Support for independence is on steel and other imported goods from bridging the differences, made little at- The incident fuelled long-standing Earlier in the day Trump waxed lyri- not going to just magically vanish, as Madrid seems to think. several major trading partners. tempt to minimize the disagreements allegations of nepotism against the U.S. cal about his daughter before a bevy of Constitutional negotiations should be opened on whether European officials at summit reacted after the first day of meetings. “The dis- leader, who has put family members in world leaders, gathered to boost a fund to have a vote legally to settle the issue once and for all. harshly, threatening to retaliate with their cussions are very difficult. I don’t want to top White House positions. to encourage female entrepreneurs. In parallel, Catalonia should be offered more regional pow- own tariffs. “If global trade rules are not talk around that,” she said. A White House official told AFP that “I’m very proud of my daughter, Ivanka ers, especially on economic matters, to show independence upheld, the EU will retaliate, but I cannot Meanwhile, thousands of protesters from Ivanka had been at the back of the room -- always have been, from day one -- I backers that their demands are being heard and to give them say now exactly how and when,” Cecilia around Europe have poured into Germany’s but “briefly joined the main table when had to tell you that, from day one.” a positive incentive for Catalonia to remain part of Spain. Malmstrom, the European trade com- second largest city to join big demonstrations the president had to step out.” “She’s always been great,” he said. “A These measures would go a long way to signaling that Ma- missioner, warned on Friday. during the July 7-8 summit. That occurred when “the president of champion. She’s a champion.” drid recognizes Spain’s internal national diversity and respects “We will respond with countermeas- Trump’s unpopularity in Europe, as the World Bank started talking as the topic Trump then prompted some nervous meaningful regional self-government. If such proposals were ures if need be, hoping that this is not well as his apparent disregard for inter- involved areas such as African develop- laughter when he mused about whether on the table, there is a chance that support for Catalan in- actually necessary,” the European Com- national treaties and human rights have ment -- areas that will benefit from the he had made her life more difficult. dependence would not prevail at the ballot box. Instead of mission president, Jean-Claude Juncker, helped mobilize a massive protest move- facility just announced by the World Bank.” “If she weren’t my daughter, it would engaging in scaremongering, it is the ultimate responsibility said on Friday. “We are prepared to take ment this year. The official emphasized that “when be so much easier for her. Might be the of the Spanish ruling elites to make a positive case for Spain. up arms if need be.” Ivanka sits in for Trump other leaders stepped out, their seats only bad thing she has going, if you want The EU and the United States should encourage the politi- The comments show that European of- Meanwhile, for a moment at the G20 were also briefly filled by others.” to know the truth.” cians in Madrid to do so. ficials do not fear Trump and see much to summit on Saturday the United States But Trump’s already vociferous detrac- (Source: agencies) (Source: nationalinterest.org) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y 14 WORLD SPORT JJULYULY 9,9, 20172017 Romelu Lukaku close to potential U.S. sprinter Coleman to run only 100 at world championships £90m world record transfer American Christian Coleman will run only the 100 metres at the world championships in London next month, his management Manchester United have confirmed they have agreed a company said on Friday. potential world record £90million deal with Everton for Coleman had qualified for the 100 and 200 with runner-up the transfer of Belgian striker Romelu Lukaku. finishes at last month’s U.S. championships. The 21-year-old, The transfer would see Everton receive £75million up who set the fastest time of the year in the 100 by running 9.82 front, with £15m due in potential add-ons based on the seconds in June, and his coach player’s performances at United. decided to concentrate on the The potential fee would trump the £89million shorter race after a lengthy they paid last summer to bring Paul Pogba back collegiate season. from Juventus. With 48 races indoors and Lukaku will make the switch from Goodison Park to out, Coleman had run more Old Trafford and join up with his former manager Jose often this year than Usain Bolt, Mourinho - who he played for at Chelsea. Justin Gatlin and Andre De In a short statement United confirmed: ‹MUFC is de- Grasse combined, HSI Sports lighted to announce a fee has been agreed with Everton Management’s Emanuel Hud- for the transfer of Romelu Lukaku, subject to a medical son told Reuters. & personal terms.’ Coleman, who has not The Red Devils have also revealed they will make a competed since the U.S further announcement in due course. championships, wanted to Chelsea had also lodged a bid for their former player make his European profes- but United look to have scuppered the Blues’ chances of sional debut in the 100 at the Monaco Diamond League’s bringing Lukaku back to Stamford Bridge by stealing a meeting on July 21, Hudson said. march on the Premier League champions. “We have requested a lane for him in the men’s 100 metres, but As revealed by Sportsmail Conte was unwilling to as of today have not been given a spot,” Hudson said by telephone. give up on his main target, though Chelsea refused to World record holder Bolt has already been announced for pay what is thought to be an eight-figure fee, believed to the meeting’s 100m in his last competition before the Aug. 4-13 be £12m, to Lukaku’s agent Mino Raiola, which is a key world championships. part of the United package. Coleman will be in Monaco to train and run with the U.S. Before United stepped in with their concrete bid, 4x100 metes relay team. Lukaku was in contact with Conte and made it clear he “If not the Monaco 100, we will go to worlds as is,” Hudson said. was enthusiastic about a return to the club who brought (Source: Reuters) him to England from Anderlecht as a teenager in 2011. However, the Belgium forward has formed a close bond with United midfielder Pogba and they are currently on holiday together in Los Angeles - both are Mayweather-McGregor to Raiola clients. Despite Mourinho agreeing to sell Lukaku to Everton himself and Lukaku, simply captioned: ‹See you in the United captain Wayne Rooney will move the other three years ago, the United manager wants to work with training tomorrow.’ begin media tour July 11 way, with the former Everton man sealing an emotional him again. The duo could be seen laughing an joking about the in LA return to Goodison Park on a free transfer. Lukaku is still expected to have a United medical this news, with Pogba standing in mock disbelief as the Bel- United have agreed to pay a portion of Rooney’s weekend and join Mourinho’s squad for their tour of the Unit- gian told him of the news. wages despite the 31-year-old initially being prepared to ed States when all the details with Everton are completed. United are expected to officially complete the deal in Undefeated boxer Floyd Mayweather and mixed martial arts cham- take a 50 per cent salary cut on his current deal - which Following the official confirmation from United, mid- its entirety within the next 24 hours. pion Conor McGregor will begin a four-day international media sees him earn upwards of £300,000 a week. fielder Pogba took to social media to post a video of (Source: dailymail) tour next week to promote their Aug. 26 boxing match in Las Vegas. Mayweather and McGregor, two of the most popular athletes in their respective sports, will hold their first public meeting in Jamaica’s Livermore tests positive says Florida police say Venus Williams entered front of the media on July 11 in Los Angeles followed by stops in anti-doping panel chief intersection lawfully before crash Toronto, New York and London over the next three days. Each event, likely to provide plenty of humorous and heated exchanges, will be open to the public.

Mayweather, who came out of retirement for this fight, is widely regarded as one of the best defensive fighters ever and the 40-year- old American prides himself on his ability to evade punishment with Jamaica’s Commonwealth Games ley-Cole and Nickel Ashmeade, had a Florida police said on Friday that a new- to linger in the intersection. When the his movement and to make adjustments on the fly. 200-metres bronze medalist Jason Liver- preliminary hearing on Friday in front of ly surfaced video shows that tennis star traffic light changed, an approaching car Boastful Irishman McGregor, the UFC’s reigning lightweight more tested positive for a banned sub- the disciplinary panel at the Jamaica Con- Venus Williams was acting lawfully when driven by Barson’s wife, Linda, collided champion and former featherweight champion, is known as stance in December, the chairman of the ference Centre. she drove her sports utility vehicle into with Williams’ vehicle. much for his bravado as for his explosive knockout power inside country’s Anti-Doping Disciplinary Panel He will start the fight to clear his name an intersection before a fatal crash with The initial traffic report said Williams, an MMA octagon. said on Friday. at a full hearing on Sept. 11 to be attend- another car on June 9. 37, was at fault for failing to yield the There is expected to be plenty of interest in the fight, which Kent Gammon, who heads the in- ed by JADCO and his representatives. Jerome Barson, 78, who was a pas- right of way to Barson. But on Friday, will be held inside T-Mobile Arena, even though there is also dependent three-member panel, told Sources close to the case told Reu- senger in a sedan that collided with the Major Paul Rogers of the Palm Beach scepticism about how competitive it will be given that McGregor Reuters that the 29-year-old Livermore ters Livermore had not asked for his ‘B’ vehicle Williams was driving, was fatally Gardens Police Department said a fuller has never boxed professionally before. had returned the positive result in an sample to be tested. Livermore declined injured. His family filed a wrongful death investigation began after Barson’s death (Source: Reuters) out-of-competition test on Dec. 16. to comment when asked by Reuters if he suit against Williams last week. on June 22. Livermore, who could face a four-year had requested such a test. Williams, the former top-ranked ten- He said police have not made a ban, declined to comment on Gammon’s Livermore, a 200m semi-finalist at the nis player in the world, on Friday won final determination of fault in the in- statement when contacted by Reuters. 2013 world championships in Moscow, her third-round match at the Wimbledon vestigation. Trent Alexander-Arnold Gammon would not name the alleged did not compete at Jamaica’s senior tri- tournament in England. The Barson family attorney, Michael signs new long-term banned substance but said Livermore als last month and will not be part of the A statement from the Palm Beach Steinger, in a statement issued Friday, had violated Article 2.1 of the Jamaica national team at the worlds being held in Gardens Police Department said a vid- said the video “continues to support the contract at Liverpool Anti-Doping Commission’s (JADCO’s) London next month. eo, taken from the entrance to the gated fact that Ms. Williams remained in the rules, which refer to the “Presence of a Livermore, who has a personal best of community where Williams lives, indi- intersection at a red light, violating the Liverpool teenager Trent Alexander-Arnold has signed a new prohibited substance or its metabolites or 10.03 seconds in the 100m and 20.13 in cates she acted lawfully in entering the Barsons’ right of way.” long-term contract with the club. markers in an athlete’s sample”. the 200m, was also a member of Jamai- intersection before the crash. Williams’ attorney, Malcolm Cunning- The 18-year-old defender made his first-team breakthrough Livermore, who also won gold at ca’s gold-medal winning 4x200m team at The statement said the video showed ham, on Friday did not immediately reply last season and went on to make a total of 12 appearances for the 2014 Commonwealth Games in the the World Relays in 2015. that a car not involved in the collision to an email requesting comment. Jurgen Klopp’s side. 4x100m with Usain Bolt, Kemar Bai- (Source: Reuters) stalled Williams’ progress, causing her (Source: Reuters) Liverpool said on their of- ficial website: ‘Trent Alexan- der-Arnold has committed his Vettel tops final practice as Hamilton suffers brake issue future to Liverpool by signing Sebastian Vettel set the fastest time in final practice for the issue in the break before qualifying. los Sainz were ninth and tenth as once again Mercedes’ a new long-term contract at the Austrian Grand Prix as title rival Lewis Hamilton en- The issue is just another stumbling block in an al- customer teams failed to feature in the top ten at what Melwood. countered more problems with his Mercedes. ready difficult weekend for Hamilton, who is facing a is considered to be a power circuit. Sainz’s car came to ‘The 18-year-old penned Vettel set the fastest times in all three sectors of the five-place grid penalty after Mercedes detected a prob- a halt exiting Turn 1 early in the session, but the Toro the deal at the training ground lap as he went on the attack with ten minutes of the lem with his race gearbox following the Azerbaijan Rosso was recovered to the pits and sent back out later - where he has been part of session remaining with a series of quick laps on the Grand Prix and was forced to replace it this weekend. in the session. the group that began pre-sea- ultra-soft compound tyres. On his fastest lap he came The change broke the six race cycle a gearbox must last, Esteban Ocon was 11th in the Force India ahead son training on Wednesday - across Hamilton in the final sector, but managed to meaning the highest he can hope to qualify on Sunday’s of Nico Hulkenberg in the Renault and Stoffel Van- after agreeing fresh terms with negotiate his way past the Mercedes to light up the grid is sixth (assuming other cars in the top five don’t doorne in the McLaren. Jolyon Palmer’s Renault was the club.’ timing screens and set the fastest lap, 0.269s quicker also receive a penalty). 14th ahead of Fernando Alonso’s McLaren, which de- Alexander-Arnold made than his title rival. Max Verstappen set the fifth fastest time with a lap veloped an MGU-H problem on Friday forcing the his senior debut in the League Valtteri Bottas was third fastest for Mercedes, 0.423s 0.692s off Vettel and 0.112s quicker than Red Bull team- team to remove the new ‹spec three’ Honda power Cup against Tottenham in October last year and made seven off Vettel, while Kimi Raikkonen was 0.519s off his team- mate Daniel Ricciardo. Both Red Bull drivers made up for unit from his car overnight and replace it with a less Premier League appearances. mate in the second Ferrari. lost time on Friday afternoon by completing a heavy-fuel powerful ‹spec two’ unit. Alexander-Arnold said: ‘It’s not a good thing if you ever are Hamilton was on a quick lap when he suffered a right run on the ultra-soft tyres on Saturday morning, but their Williams drivers Lance Stroll and Felipe Massa were satisfied in football, you’ve always got to strive for better. front brake issue and continued straight at Turn 3 and times were roughly 0.5s per lap slower than the pace 16th and 17th ahead of Sergio Perez who continued to ‘There is always room for improvement. into the run off. A puff of black smoke came from the Hamilton had shown in FP2. struggle in the Force India down in 18th. Marcus Ericsson ‘I’ll get back into training, I’ll work hard and I’ll try to fight for front right wheel and the team later confirmed that an Haas finished the session seventh and eighth, with beat Pascal Wehrlein by 0.090s in the battle of the Sau- a place in the team.’ issue on the «team’s side» -- not from the brake supplier Kevin Magnussen beating teammate Romain Grosjean bers, which is likely to make up the back row of the grid. (Source: dailymail) -- had caused the problem. Mercedes will be able to fix by 0.079s. The two Toro Rossos of Daniil Kvyat and Car- (Source: ESPN) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y JJULYULY 9,9, 20172017 SPORT 15 Iran drawn with Germany in Brazilian footballer shot FIFA U-17 World Cup and killed A BRAZILIAN footballer has tragically been shot and killed after an attempted mugging went wrong. SPORTS Iran have been drawn with Germany, Johnson Kendrick Costa was just 24 when he died after deskCosta Rica and Guinea in Group C of being shot in the face in Guaruja, a city within Sao Paulo. the FIFA U-17 World Cup. Two teams from each group along with the four best third placed teams in the preliminary phase will move to the round of 16, to be held from October 16. The Official Draw for the FIFA U-17 World Cup, which will be played in six venues across India between 6 and 28 October 2017, took place on Friday in Mumbai. The draw revealed that Iran will take on Germany, Costa Rica and Guinea in Group C. Perhaps the most intriguing quartet of teams can be found in Group D, where FIFA tournament debutants Niger were drawn with Korea DPR, Brazil, and Spain. According to local police, he was assaulted by a The draw ceremony was held in the presence motorcyclist passing by, who attempted to rob him. of Sunil Gulati, FIFA Council member, Praful Patel, As he fought back, Kendrick was inadvertently shot in the face. President of the All India Football Federation and He was rushed to hospital, but his injuries were too severe Vijay Goel, Indian Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports. and they were unable to revive him. Assisting in the draw ceremony were FIFA Legends The police are still searching for the killer. Esteban Cambiasso and Nwankwo Kanu, as well as Kendrick was a forward, playing for Al-Gharafa in Qatar Indian national team legend Sunil Chhetri and Indian and was holidaying in his native Brazil. badminton star Pusarla Venkata Sindhu. He was due to return the next day. One of the highlights of the ceremony was the (Source: Sun) performance of the tournament’s Official Song. Pritam and Babul Supriyo revealed ‘Kar Ke Dikhla De Goal’ for the first time, much to the delight of the assembled audience. Iran, Russia football teams FIFA U-17 World Cup India 2017 Draw Group A: India, USA, Colombia, Ghana to play friendly: report Group B: Paraguay, Mali, New Zealand, Turkey Group C: Iran, Guinea, Germany, Costa Rica Russia’s national football team is scheduled to play a friendly Group D: Korea DPR, Niger, Brazil, Spain match against Iran as part of preparations for the 2018 Group E: Honduras, Japan, New Caledonia, France Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) Group F: Iraq, Mexico, Chile, England World Cup, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Vitaly Mutko said. “There will be two games and the coach wants (to face) teams from Asia and America. We need to explore different styles. We plan to play with Iran this fall, but the contract is yet Esmaeil Ebadi wins gold at Asia Cup Iran fail to advance to World Polo to be signed,” Mutko, who is also the president of the Russian archery meet Championship 2017 Football Union, told reporters. “This game (against Iran) will not be held at (Moscow’s) Luzhniki stadium, we will find a place to play,” he added. On June 13, Iran head coach Carlos Queiroz said that the match had been scheduled for October 10 in Russia. Iran secured a berth in the 2018 World Cup after defeating Uzbekistan 2-0 in Tehran’s Azadi Stadium. Iran cemented its position at the top of Group A with 20 points. South Korea is second with 13 points. Uzbekistan sits third with 12 points. The top two teams in each of Asia’s two qualifying groups advance automatically to the finals while the teams in third place go through a series of playoffs. (Source: Tass)

Reza Alipour claims gold at IFSC Climbing World Cup

Reza Alipour from Iran claimed a gold medal at the IFSC SPORTS Esmaeil Ebadi from In the women’s compound, Iran’s SPORTS Iran came third in Sydney, Australia. Climbing World Cup (L,S) - Villars (SUI) 2017. deskIran claimed a gold Fereshteh Ghorbani claimed a silver deskat the World Polo Australia (host), Chile (reigning The Iranian climber finished in first place at men’s Speed medal at the 2017 Asia Cup-World medal after being defeated against Championship 2017 qualifiers which world champions), Uruguay and New with a time of 5.63 seconds. Ranking Tournament- Stage III which Indian Divya Dhayal in the final match. took place in Tehran’s Kanoon Zealand have already qualified for the Russian Stanislav Kokorin won the silver medal, clocking is being held at the National Taiwan Iran grabbed a bronze medal in the Chogan, Qasr Firoozeh & the Army World Polo Championship 2017. 6.11 seconds. His countryman Vladislav Deulin came third. Sports University in Taiwan on Saturday. compound women team as well. Polo Club. Six days of world-class polo will Alipour scaled 15 meters in an unprecedented 5.48 Ebadi defeated Malaysian archer The Iranian team consists of The Iranian team finished in third commence on Saturday 21st October, seconds at Nanjing, China in late April. Kin Lip Lee 148-141 in the men’s Fereshteh Ghorbani, Parisa Baratchi place in the five-day competition. with the final to take place on Sunday International Federation of Sport Climbing IFSC entitled compound. and Afsaneh Shafiei beat Malaysia 224- India defeated Pakistan 8-7 and 29th October. him as an “Asian Cheetah”. Reza Alipour who was named The bronze medal went to Hsiang- 223 in the bronze medal match. booked a place in the competition as Polo originates from ancient Usain Bolt of speed climbing. Hsuan Chen from Chinese Taipei The gold medal went to Chinese champion. Persia. Its invention is dated (Source: Tasnim) who defeated Ruslan Zulfadhli from Taipei who defeated India in the final A total of eight teams will participate variously from the 6th century BC to Malaysia. match. at the World Polo Championship 2017 the 1st century AD. Iran suffer fifth loss at FIBA Iranian athletes win three gold medals at Asian championships U-19 World Cup SPORTS Three Iranian athletes claimed three Men’s 100 meters, clocking 10.25 secs. He defeated de- desk gold medals at the 22nd Asian Athlet- fending champion of Qatar Femi Seun who came sec- Iran suffered fifth defeat in a row at the 2017 FIBA U-19 ics Championships in Bhubaneswar , India. ond with 10.26 secs. World Cup in Cairo, Egypt on Friday. Discus thrower Ehsan Haddadi won a gold medal Yang Chun-han from Chinese Taipei claimed the The Iranian team were defeated against hosts Egypt 57-53 with a best throw of 64.54m while Malaysia’s Muham- bronze medal with a time of 10.31secs. at the Cairo Stadium Indoor Halls Complex, Cairo. mad Irfan took the silver with 60.96m. Moslem Niadoost from Iran claimed a bronze medal Iran have previously lost to the U.S., Italy, Angola and Spain. The bronze medal went to Vikas Gowda from India at the men’s 1500m final. Omar Farag scored 11 points for Egypt and Amirhossein with a best effort of 60.81m. Niadoost came third with a time of 3:48.53 in the event. Khandanpoor from Iran had 15 points and 12 rebounds. Ali Samari won the gold medal in the Men’s Shot Put The gold medal went to Ajay Kumar Saroj who Iran will play the loser of South Korea vs. Japan on Saturday with a throw of 19.80 meters. clocked 3:45.85. Jamal Hairane from Qatar claimed the for 13th place. The silver medal went to Indian Tajinder Pal Singh silver medal with a time of 3:46.90. The nine-day event has brought a total of 16 teams together. Toor who threw 19.77 meters. The 2017 Asian Athletics Championships are the The 2017 FIBA U-19 Basketball World Cup started in Cairo Kazakhstan’s Ivan Ivanov won the bronze medal with 22nd edition of the Asian Athletics Championships. It on July 1 and will conclude on July 9. a throw of 19.41 meters. got underway from 6 July to 9 July 2017 at the Kalinga IHassan Taftian seized Iran’s third gold medal in the Stadium in Bhubaneswar, India. Wolfsburg bring in teenage Snooker team bids farewell to Little Swan World Cup quarters Arsenal striker Kaylen Hinds The Iranian men’s national snooker team has dropped During the group stage, every national team played out of the 2017 Little Swan World Cup in China after a best-of-five frame match against each of the other losing to the strong Thai side in the quarter-final round sides in their pool. All matches consisted of five frames, Wolfsburg have announced the signing of teenage Arsenal of the professional non-ranking team tournament. two singles, a doubles frame, and two reverse singles. striker Kaylen Hinds, who has signed a three-year contract On Saturday, Iranian cueists Hossein Vafaei and So- The top two teams from each group advanced to the with the Bundesliga club. heil Vahedi, who had blanked the Maltese pair 5-0 in knockout stage. Hinds, 19, has not made a senior appearance for Arsenal their last Group D fixture at the Wuxi City Sports Park The teams that claimed the fifth, fourth and third and spent part of last season on loan at League Two Steve- Stadium in China’s eastern-central city of Wuxi the pre- spot in the group stage received $10,000, $15,000 and nage, for whom he started four games. vious day, lost to their strong-minded Southeast Asian $22,500 respectively. The move will see him link up again with former Arsenal acad- counterparts 1-4. During the quarter-finals, semi-finals, and champion- emy coach Andries Jonker, who is now in charge at Wolfsburg. The 2017 Little Swan World Cup, which is the 15th ship final, the eight qualifying team are paired off in a A statement on the official Wolfsburg website said he had edition of the event, kicked off in Wuxi, China, on July 3 head-to-head knockout. “been taken on as a possible prospect for the professional and will run through July 9. The teams that advance to the quarter-final and team and will participate in training activities with the side.” The tournament uses the same format as that used semi-final round are awarded $40,000 and $60,000. Reports in the British media suggested that Wolfsburg in the 2015 edition. There are 24 national teams, and The winner and runner-up of the tournament will would pay around £2 million for Hinds, who has represented the entrants were divided into four groups of six in the earn $200,000 and $100,000 respectively. England at under-16, U17 and U18 levels. initial round. (Source: PressTV) (Source: Soccernet) Prayer Times Noon:13:10 Evening: 20:44 Dawn: 4:13 tomorrow) Sunrise: 5:57 (tomorrow) JULY 9, 2017 ART&CULTURE I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y www.tehrantimes.com Managing Director: Ali Asgari Editor-in-Chief: Hassan Lasjerdi Sepehri artwork breaks Editorial Dept.: Fax: (+98 21) 88808214 — 88808895 [email protected] Switchboard Operator: Tel: (+98 21) 43051000 Advertisements Dept.: Telefax: (+98 21) 43051450 Public Relations Office: Tel: (+98 21) 88805807 record at Tehran Auction Subscription & Distribution Dept.: Tel: (+98 21) 43051603 www.eshterak.ir Distributor: Padideh Novin Co. Tel: 88911433 ARTTEHRAN — An Webmaster: [email protected] deskuntitled work from Printed at: Kayhan - ISSN: 1017-94 Sohrab Sepehri’s Tree Trunk series sold No. 18, Bimeh Alley, Nejatollahi St., Tehran, Iran for 31 billion rials (over $800,000) at the P.o. Box: 14155-4843 Tehran Auction Friday evening, breaking Zip Code: 1599814713 a record at the annual sale of national contemporary art. A selection from the series that sold for 30 billion rials last year held the record at the auction. “Poet and Cage”, a bronze sculpture by Parviz Tanavoli, fetched 25 billion rials (over $650,000), was the second most expensive item sold at the auction, which was held at the Parsian Azadi Hotel Friday NEWS IN BRIEF evening. The third most expensive items Tehran center to sold at the auction were “Blind Eagle”, review Auster’s a painting by Bahman Mohasses, and another painting from Sepehri’s Tree Trunk “New York Trilogy” collection. The works each were sold at 12 billion rials (over $310,000). Seventy-two works went under the hammer at this year’s auction that CULTURE TEHRAN — A Persian translation of desk broke the records of previous editions American postmodern author Paul by grossing over 261 billion rials (about Auster’s series “The New York Trilogy” will be reviewed today $6.9 million). Only a miniature painting during a session at Tehran’s Andisheh Cultural Center. by Javad Rostam Shirazi with an estimate The series is composed of the three novels of “City of of 600 to 800 million rials failed to find a Glass”, “Ghosts” and “The Locked Room”, all of which buyer. The art sale grossed 253 billion rials represent a new kind of detective story. last year. Translated by Shahrzad Lolachi and Khojasteh Keyhan, The Ministry of Culture and Islamic Auctioneer Hossein Pakdel takes bid for the sale of “Poet and Cage”, a bronze sculpture by Parviz Tanavoli, during the Tehran Auction at the Parsian the collection has been published by Ofoq Publications in Guidance purchased an untitled painting Azadi Hotel on July 7, 2017. The piece fetched over $650,000, was the second most expensive item sold at the auction. (Honaronline/Mojtaba Arabzadeh) Tehran. by Behjat Sadr and “The Royal Lodge” by Museum of Contemporary Art (TMCA), Ali Moradkhani announced at the auction. former TMCA director Alireza Sami-Azar Iranian scholar Amir-Ali Nojumian is scheduled to deliver Kamalolmolk to showcase at the Tehran Deputy Culture Minister for Artistic Affairs The Tehran Auction was established by who is also the director the art sale. a speech at the meeting. “Alan” to go on Photographers showcase works Illustration exhibit to celebrate screen at Lille in memory of Abbas Kiarostami Iran Children’s Literature Day festival ARTTEHRAN — deskThe Institute for Intellectual Development of Children and Young Adults in Tehran will ARTTEHRAN — Iranian director Mostafa celebrate Children’s Literature Day desk Gandomkar’s “Alan” will go on screen at today by organizing an exhibition of the 17th International Short Film Festival of Lille, which will illustrations. be held in the French city from September 23 to October 1. About 180 illustrations from The film is about a Kurdish man in Syria who has lost his 90 books will be displayed at the home and family in ISIS attacks. exhibition, which will run until July An art lover visits an exhibition photos at Tehran’s E1 Gallery on July 7, 2017. 19. Iranian films (Honaronline/Alireza Farahani) The organizers also plan to pay ARTTEHRAN — including Reza Kianian, Roya Nonahali, tribute to late Iranian children’s book to compete in deskSeventy-seven Iranian Mahnaz Afshar, Saber Abar and writer Mehdi Azar Yazdi during a Traverse City photographers are displaying their works Mahtab Keramati attended the opening ceremony on the sidelines of the festival in an exhibition at Tehran’s E1 Gallery to ceremony of the exhibition on Friday. exhibition. commemorate the death anniversary of Kiarostami, who also was a prominent Azar Yazdi, who is famous for legendary artist Abbas Kiarostami. poet and photographer, died of cancer his series “Good Stories for Good ARTTEHRAN — “Retouch” by Kaveh The exhibit titled “A Piece of Life” last year on July 5 at the age of 76. Children”, passed away on July 9, desk Mazaheri and Asghar Farkhadi’s Oscar- also aims to raise funds for the Child The exhibit will be running for two 2009. His collection won a UNESCO winning movie “The Salesman” from Iran will be competing Foundation, an international charity weeks in the gallery located at 1 Hamid prize in 1966 and was selected as in the various section of the Traverse City Film Festival in organization that helps poor talented Dead End, off Lesani Alley, Jebheh Iran’s best book of the year in 1967. in other cities across the country by the United States. school children. St., off Mahdieh St., in the Elahieh Children’s Literature Day will also various programs including book “Retouch” will be screened in the short film category and A number of artists and cineastes neighborhood. be observed at IIDCYA branch offices reading and storytelling. “The Salesman” will be shown in the official competition. The Traverse City Film Festival is a charitable, educational, nonprofit organization committed to the idea that “One Tehran Game Convention honors top domestic productions Great Movie Can Change You: Just Great Movies”, the ARTTEHRAN — To p international exhibition of computer games organizers wrote on their official website. desk It will be held from July 25 to 30. domestic game in Paris. productions were honored during the closing The exhibit ran for two days on July 6 and ceremony of the Tehran Game Convention 7 at the IRIB International Conference Hall. on Friday. The games were selected by a jury Lebanon kicks off renowned “Engare” designed by Mehdi Bahrami was composed of 21 game developers from Baalbek music festival picked as the Most Innovative PC Game and several international companies. received a prize worth 250,000,000 rials (over Among the jurors were Samuel Gatte BEIRUT (Reuters) — Thousands of music fans poured into the $6,500). from Bandai Namco, Phil Elliot from Square stadium of the Roman Temple of Bacchus in Lebanon’s Baalbek “Live TV Tycoon” was selected as the Most Enix, Victoire Fouquet from Orange, Pawel on Friday night for the opening performance of the oldest music Innovative Mobile Game and the Best Mobile Ksiazek from Cenega and Adam Wroblewski festival in the region. Game Award was given to “Run Dehghan from Muve. On opening night, the festival celebrated the 60th anniversary Run”. In addition, “Khaleh Ghezi” was named Also included were Martine Spaans of its «Lebanese Nights» concert, which has given voice to the the Best PC Game. from Tamalaki, Robert Pontow from Active country’s music and heritage for decades. Iran’s National Foundation for Computer Gaming Media, Sylvain Cunzi from Next Games organized the TGC in collaboration Mehdi Bahrami (2nd L) holds his award on the closing day of the Tehran Game Convention on Games and Wolfgang Walk from Walk Game with the Game Connection, a major July 7, 2017. The international jury holds the check of the cash prize worth 250,000,000 rials. Productions. Swiss museum readies for Nazi-era art trove show, seeks works’ heirs

BERN (Reuters) — A Swiss museum director preparing find is still spectacular. for a Nazi-era art collection’s long-awaited public unveiling “It is the most important cache of art from the Nazi era later this year said Friday that her goal remains finding heirs to be found in private hands since the immediate postwar to any works that may have been looted from Jewish owners. period,” said Jonathan Petropoulos, a Claremont McKenna Bern Museum of Fine Arts head Nina Zimmer, who took College history professor in California. Lebanese singer Rami Ayach performs at the opening of Baalbek ownership of 150 drawings, lithographs and paintings this When Cornelius Gurlitt died aged 81 in 2014, he named International Festival, in Baalbek, Lebanon July 7, 2017. (Reuters/ week ahead of an exhibition slated to begin in November, the Bern museum as benefactor. Mohamed Azakir) said research shows none of these were stolen by National It accepted, on the condition works whose lineage was This year, the event will showcase Lebanon’s younger generation Socialists. unclear must remain in Germany. of pop stars, including Ramy Ayach, Aline Lahoud and Brigitte Yaghi, But questions linger over the provenance of some of The Bern museum is now working with the German Lost performing classic Lebanese hits as well as their modern repertoires. the collection’s pieces still in Germany, where a 2012 raid by Art Foundation, which tracks Nazi era art thefts, to unravel The internationally renowned Baalbek music festival will host a authorities on a Munich apartment produced a sensation: the collection’s murky past, though not everyone is pleased wide array of Lebanese and global artists for six nights at its historic 1,500 long-lost works by modern masters, including Pablo with the progress. venue among Roman ruins in the Bekaa Valley. Picasso, Otto Dix and Henri Matisse. Christopher Marinello, a lawyer who helped Rosenberg’s The eastern town of Baalbek is home to some of the best “Every restitution is a victory for us,” Zimmer said in an heirs recover their lost Matisse in 2015, said the pace of preserved Roman temples, in which acclaimed musicians including interview, while acknowledging such provenance sleuthing A man uses his mobile phone as he takes a picture of the research has been glacial -- even after he provided German American jazz vocalist Ella Fitzgerald and British singer Sting have remains unpredictable. “I cannot make any promises.” painting ‘Maschka’ by late German artist Otto Mueller during researchers with “full and complete provenance on a silver performed. In addition to Zimmer’s exhibition in Bern, the a news conference, after the arrival of the first artworks from platter,” he said. It is one of scores of international and local summer cultural Bundeskunsthalle in Bonn, Germany, is also planning to the Dossier Gurlitt, at the Kunstmuseum Bern art museum in “Internal and governmental bureaucracy in Germany is festivals in Lebanon, held mostly in the open air, including one in display items from the collection, which to date has produced Bern, Switzerland July 7, 2017. (Reuters/Arnd Wiegmann) quite out of control,” Marinello said in an email on Friday. Beiteddine Palace in the pine forest of the Chouf Mountains and only five works confirmed to have been stolen by the Nazis. Cornelius Gurlitt. “There is an inherent lack of sympathy for the victims of Nazi another in the Phoenician port of Byblos. Four have been returned to heirs, so far, including a His art-dealer father, Hildebrand, amassed it after being looting.” Founded in 1956 by then-President Camille Chamoun, the Matisse portrait, “Sitting Woman,” that belonged to Paris- enlisted by the Nazis to sell so-called “degenerate” modern The German Lost Art Foundation, which took over from Baalbek festival is considered the most prestigious of the country’s based collector Paul Rosenberg. art they had seized from German museums. a previous task force last year, contends it is making “positive annual festivals, having welcomed the Arab world’s musical legends Before its discovery five years ago, the massive trove Though original estimates for the collection’s value strides” including digitizing documents and making them such as Um Kulthoum and Fairouz. was hidden for years in the German and Austrian homes of topping $1 billion were likely exaggerated, experts said, the available via the country’s Federal Archives.