SUNDAY, MARCH 3, 2019 SUNDAY, MARCH 3, 2019 06 07 US, SKorea to ‘discontinue’ Mission space capsule major military exercise Trump in

The new capsule blasted• off aboard the Falcon 9 rocket built by SpaceX Trouble! The capsule is Trump blames North for student’s death, doesn’t scheduled• to reach Venezuelan scavengers dig through trash at a landfill, in Pacaraima, mention Kim Roraima State, Brazil, on the border with Venezuela the ISS by Sunday at around 1100 GMT

US slaps sanctions on Cape Canaveral, United States

Venezuela regime ASA and SpaceX celebrat- Washington, United States Ned the successful launch and unconscionable torching yesterday of a new astronaut of food and medicine destined capsule on a week-long round Representative picture. (Courtesy of Stars and Stripes) he United States and Rus- for sick and starving Venezue- trip to the International Space Tsia clashed Friday over lans,” Treasury Secretary Ste- Station -- a key step towards Washington, United States volved 200,000 South Korean forces and some how to assist crisis-wracked ven Mnuchin said. resuming manned space flights 30,000 US soldiers. Venezuela, with Moscow Venezuelan opposition lead- from US soil after an eight-year SpaceX chief Elon Musk speaks during a press conference after the launch of SpaceX Crew Dragon Demo mission at the he US military and South Korea are planning It overlaps with the Key Resolve exercise. pledging new relief channeled er Juan Guaido, whom Wash- break. Kennedy Space Center in Florida Tto “discontinue” annual large-scale military Since Trump’s first summit with Kim last through President Nicolas Ma- ington has recognized as in- This time around, the only oc- exercises as President Donald Trump pursues year in Singapore, the US and Seoul have scaled duro and Washington slapping terim president, had hoped cupant on board SpaceX’s Crew Atlantic Ocean, from where it launching American astro - Doug Hurley, one of the two efforts to improve ties with North Korea, a US back or scrapped several joint military drills, sanctions over the blocking of to triumph in bringing in the Dragon capsule was a dummy will be brought back to Cape nauts on American rockets from astronauts‘Going tochosen learn for thea ton’ future official said. and US bombers are no longer flying over South US aid. stockpiles of food. named Ripley -- but NASA plans Canaveral. American soil again for the first first manned flight, said: “We The comment from the official, who spoke Korea. A day after Russia and to put two astronauts aboard In another success, the time since the retirement of the will beaturday’s ready when flight SpaceX aims toand Russia steps up on condition of anonymity, came shortly after Trump has repeatedly complained that the China vetoed a US and Eu- later this year. rocket’s first stage returned to space shuttles in 2011.” NASAStest are the ready vessel’s for us reliability to fly.” the conclusion of Trump’s second summit with exercises are too costly. ropean resolution at the UN More than 50 countries rec- The new capsule blasted off Earth, landing on a platform and safety in real-life con- North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Hanoi, NBC reported that the annual exercises would Security Council that called ognize Guaido as Venezuela’s aboard the Falcon 9 rocket built 500 kilometers (310 miles) off Boeing next ditions. which ended without a formal agreement but be replaced with “smaller, mission-specific for unimpeded aid deliveries, rightful president -- but Ma- by SpaceX -- run by billionaire the Florida coast in the Atlantic. Boeing also received a con- The dummy riding in the with both sides suggesting they will keep talking. training.” Washington said it was tar- duro enjoys strong support Elon Musk -- at 2:49 am (0749 It marks the 35th such recovery tract in 2014 to develop a space capsule -- which SpaceX’s NBC News first reported that the Foal Eagle The Republican president however has ruled geting six Venezuelan military from Russia, which is eager GMT) from the Kennedy Space by SpaceX. vessel, the Starliner. It will not Hans Koenigsmann prefers drills -- which usually take place in the spring out withdrawing any of the 28,500 US forces officers for stopping US-led to challenge US intervention- Center at Cape Canaveral, Flor- NASA had announced weather be tested until April, in a mis- to call a “smartie” -- has been -- would be scrapped, citing two unnamed US based in South Korea to defend it from its nu- US student Otto Frederick Warmbier (R), who was arrested for committing hostile acts against North Korea, speaking at convoy. ism, as well as China, which ida, lighting up the coastline. conditions were good head of sion similar to SpaceX’s. nicknamed Ripley in honor defense officials. clear-armed neighbor, which invaded in 1950. a press conference in Pyongyang. (file) Four people were killed in is concerned over the fate of Eleven minutes later, the con- the launch, with an 80-percent NASA did not want to rely on of the character played by Foal Eagle is the biggest of the regular joint Any such drawdown would face strong push- the melee as Maduro’s forc- billions of dollars Beijing has firmation came from SpaceX chance of favorable weather. just one single vehicle, in case Sigourney Weaver in the “Al- exercises held by the allies, and has always back from the US Congress and Japan, whose with crimes against the state es prevented the 178 metric lent to Caracas. mission control: “Dragon sepa- SpaceX chief Elon Musk, who of accidents. ien” movies. infuriated Pyongyang, which condemned it as conservative government is deeply wary of The 22-year-old for allegedly taking down a tonnes of rice, beans and other Russian Foreign Minister ration confirmed.” founded the company in 2002, “We’re going to be a custom- It is fitted with monitors preparations for invasion. In the past, it has in- North Korea’s intentions. • propaganda poster in his hotel. food from crossing into the Sergei Lavrov, receiving Ven- That triggered cheers at the was at the space center for the er,” Bridenstine told reporters. to test the forces that future Warmbier died days He was sentenced to 15 years country from Colombia. The ezuelan Vice President Delcy firm’s headquarters and at the occasion. Planning has been delayed astronauts will be subjected after being sent back to I got Otto out along of hard labor. After lengthy ne- leftist strongman says the aid is Rodriguez in Moscow, said Kennedy Space Center. “This is a critically important by around three years, with the to on takeoff and when they the United States in 2017 with three others. gotiations between Washington a pretext for a US-led invasion. Russia was stepping up ship- The capsule is scheduled event in American history,” the first manned SpaceX flight still return to the Earth’s atmos- Recipe for disaster The previous and Pyongyang, Warmbier was “We are sanctioning mem- ments of wheat and was con- to reach the ISS by Sunday at head of the US space agency, penciled in for July, though of- phere and then splash down Trump said he Administration did released but died a few days bers of Maduro’s security forc- sidering sending more medi- around 1100 GMT, with a return Jim Bridenstine, told reporters ficials frequently refer to the in the Atlantic, slowed down • nothing, and he was later on American soil. es in response to the reprehen- cal supplies after shipping 7.5 to Earth next Friday. on Friday end of 2019 as a more realistic by giant parachutes. believed the North After the Hanoi summit, sible violence, tragic deaths tonnes. It will splash down in the “We’re on the precipice of deadline. Korean leader’s claim taken on their watch. Trump said of Kim: “He knew that he didn’t know I love Otto and think the case very well, but he knew what happened to of him often! it later.” Kim “tells me that he didn’t Otto Warmbier know about it, and I will take DOANLD TRUMP him at his word,” Trump said. Washington, United States ‘Tortured beyond belief’ resident Donald Trump Washington politicians on Friday sought to quell reminded the president Rio carnival opens Pa firestorm sparked by lowing their summit in Hanoi. that in 2017, he took cred - his comments on the case of “We have been respectful it for obtaining Warmbier’s an American student tortured during this summit process. release. and left in a coma in North Ko- Now we must speak out,” they “Otto was tortured beyond Rio de Janeiro, Brazil rea, saying his words had been said in a statement. belief by North Korea,” Trump “misinterpreted.” “Kim and his evil regime said at the time. io de Janeiro’s fabled Carnival -- one of the world’s biggest Trump sparked widespread are responsible for the death That year, he also labelled and most lively parties -- kicked off Friday with the tradi- criticism when he told report- of our son Otto. Kim and his Kim Jong Un a “madman who Rtional symbolic passing of a key to the city to festival leader ers at this week’s summit with evil regime are responsible for doesn’t mind starving or killing King Momo. Kim Jong Un in Vietnam that unimaginable cruelty and inhu- his people.” Once again this year, mayor and former evangelical Christian he believed the North Korean manity,” they said. Warmbier’s parents were pastor Marcelo Crivella is sitting out the fun. A reveller of “Academicos do Tucuruvi” samba school leader’s claim that he didn’t “No excuses or lavish praise then invited to attend Trump’s He sees all the debauchery -- so much sweat, skin and sequins know what happened to Otto can change that.” State of the Union address in -- as less than ideal, and has cut public funding for the samba Warmbier during his detention. Congress in January 2018 and troupes who will strut their stuff over the weekend in half. The 22-year-old Warmbier Firestorm over Trump praise were hailed as “incredible peo- So Tourism Minister Marcelo Alves took his place for the died days after being sent back Warmbier, an Ohio native ple” in his speech. opening festivities. to the United States in 2017. who studied at the Universi- In a tweet earlier Friday, be- Wilson Neto -- the big, jovial man who plays King Momo -- ac- After a stern rebuke from ty of Virginia, had traveled to fore the Warmbier statement, cepted the key in the Sambadrome in a shower of confetti, and then Warmbier’s parents, Trump North Korea on a tour. Trump sought to put a good declared Rio’s legendary Carnival open. took to Twitter, insisting he He was pulled away at the spin on his abortive nuclear The 14 elite samba schools in the “special group” will parade on held North Korea responsible Pyongyang airport and charged talks with Kim. Sunday and Monday through the Sambadrome as they compete for for the student’s death -- but “Great to be back from Viet- the most prestigious Carnival title. without directly blaming Kim Warmbier, an Ohio nam, an amazing place. We had Some of them have adopted themes highlighting women, blacks or even mentioning him. very substantive negotiations and indigenous people in Brazil -- an in-your-face response to “I never like being misinter- native who studied with Kim Jong Un - we know Brazil’s far-right President Jair Bolsonaro. preted, but especially when it at the University of what they want and they know Starting Friday, the traditional “blocos” street parties were comes to Otto Warmbier and Virginia, had trave- what we must have. Relation- View of the Imperio de Casa Verde samba school float thumping in Rio and other Brazilian cities such as Salvador, Recife his great family,” Trump said. led to North Korea on ship very good, let’s see what and Sao Paulo. “Of course I hold North Korea a tour. He was pulled happens!” Authorities expect seven million people -- including one and a responsible for Otto’s mistreat- away at the Pyong- After Warmbier’s death, the half million Brazilian and foreign tourists -- to participate in this ment and death. yang airport and US government supported his gigantic outdoor party. “Most important, Otto Warm- parents in a lawsuit against In a country that is just edging out of severe economic crisis bier will not have died in vain. charged with crimes Pyongyang. and a tense electoral process, Carnival is a sacred ritual of Otto and his family have be - against the state On December 24, a US judge collective catharsis. come a tremendous symbol of for allegedly taking ordered North Korea to pay Even Crivella could not be a total naysayer, saying in a strong passion and strength, down a propaganda $501 million over Warmbier’s video posted Friday on social media: “May God protect which will last for many years poster in his hotel. death from apparent torture. us and make it a good carnival.” into the future.” He was sentenced A judge said that Warmbier This undated handout provided by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) of Australia shows the oil spill Earlier Friday, Warmbier’s to 15 years of hard had been used “as a pawn in from the MV Solomon Trader along the coastline of Rennell Island, some 240 kilometres south of the capital Honiara. parents Fred and Cindy con- labour. that totalitarian state’s global New Zealand joined an international effort on March 1 to limit damage from oil spilling out of the ship that ran aground demned the US leader’s “lavish shenanigans and face-off with A reveller of Imperio de Casa Verde samba school near World Heritage-listed waters in the Solomon Islands almost a month ago. praise” of Kim this week fol- the United States.”