morpheus to operate security officers complain without junkets about holiday rights is jack “It’s much better to develop Sulu Sou called on the ma’s ant your own database than rely on government to ensure the too-big- junkets,” said Melco Resorts protection of basic rights for to-fail? CEO Lawrence Ho those in the security forces P2 P7 P10 China

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Childbirth fees Restrictive rules for low-income migrant aid P4 bloomberg

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US Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano destroyed 26 homes and spewed lava hundreds of feet into the air, leaving evacuated residents unsure how long they might be displaced. More on p15

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Russia Vladimir Putin took the oath of office yesterday for his fourth term as Russian president, promising to pursue an economic China fires back after US blasts agenda that would boost living standards across the country. ‘Orwellian’ rule for airlines P3 More on backpage 08.05.2018 tue

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Arts ‘I upload therefore I exist’ opens today

he exhibition “I upload the- blocked by a black marker. Trefore I exist” by Wong Weng As the spectator walks inside the Io will open today at 6.30 p.m. at gallery, the artist explores “The Casa Garden. Omnipresence of Images”. In the Wong Weng Io (Yoyo) was born second room of the Casa Garden, in Macau in 1993. She finished walls are covered with 1200 pos- Bachelor of Arts (Fine Arts) with tcards with images belonging to First Class Honours at the Royal three different categories: “The Melbourne Institute of Techno- World”, “Humans” and “Rub- elco Resort’s upco- tures VIP and premium mass “Everything we have done... logy in Melbourne, Australia. She bish”. All the images were trans- Mming resort, Morpheus, gaming tables. we have tried to do it our is now based in Macau and was formed into postcards, displayed is set to rely on its own data- He said last year that the way,” Ho added. selected by Babel Cultural Orga- along very long shelves, geome- base in acquiring high-rollers new hotel tower would have With a market capitalization nization for New Visions 2018, a trically, rigorously and systemati- instead of following the prac- space to accommodate up to of USD15.9 billion, Melco, has program designed to identify and cally organized. tice usually employed by ca- 50 gaming tables. a license until 2022. Accor- promote young artists. The third room presents “The sinos, which is to use junket Ho also remained positive ding to Ho, the government Curated by Margarida Saraiva, Omnipresence of Complex”, companies to lure in VIPs. about the city’s improved ga- has provided little detail on the exhibition presents large scale composed of one hundred “Eventually it’s much better ming revenues, as April’s re- the licensing renewals for the artwork installations, titled “The screens in a dark room. On the to develop your own databa- sults marked the 21st month six local casino operators. Omnipresence of Text”, “The screens, selected quotes from ro- se than rely on junkets,” said of gains, recording a 28 per- “We are very interested in Omnipresence of Images”, “The bots questioning humans appear, Lawrence Ho, chairman and cent surge. what the rebidding and the Omnipresence of Complex” and such as “How do you know you CEO of Melco Resorts. “Year-to-date growth right renewal process will be. The “Past”. are human?” or “Are you real? The USD1.1 billion hotel now is well over 20 percent. Macau government and even “The Omnipresence of Text” is Am I real?” or even responses to tower designed by the late ar- It will normalize but will still in Beijing they have kept it inspired by the Ether, a science questions about the future. chitect Zaha Hadid will featu- blow out the original expecta- very close to their hearts right fiction novel set in the United The last room addresses the re 780 rooms, restaurants, an tions,” he told Reuters. now,” he said. States, written by Zhang Ran, question of time, memory, perso- executive lounge, a sky pool The son of the 96-year-old The CEO also mentioned a Chinese author born in 1981. nal data and change. An artwork and VIP gaming, and villas at tycoon, Stanley Ho, also no- that the operator’s project in In the setting of a future socie- titled “Past”, features all the per- the top floors. The resort is ted that he had distanced Cyprus will open a temporary ty, free-thinking citizens find no sonal data and memories of the slated to open next month. himself from his father’s le- casino by this summer, along other space other than sign lan- artist’s last 2000 days of life. The Ho has previously clarified gacy, establishing his own with a full integrated resort guage to express their views due past becomes a pile of worthless that Melco Resorts will only empire. by 2021. to omnipresence of surveillance. different “containers” of informa- be moving some tables from “From day one, creating Early this year, it announced Wong Weng Io uses quotes from tion analogous to sound tapes, its properties to Morpheus Melco was to be separate its first 500 job opportunities the novel, printed in hundreds of impossible to access due to tech- , as the new hotel tower fea- from that empire,” Ho said. for the project. LV small papers, the text partially nological progress.

Letter to the Editor Consulate Woes – Follow up

Dear Editor, query they cannot give any advice on vernment to limit Asian immigration case I got zero assistance and help. my American wife getting residency in – and I, for one, am sick to death of They seemed purely focused on ex- The Australian Consul-General to Australia – in Macau or even if I visit apologizing for Australia’s insulting porting commodities from Australia Hong Kong and Macau has written the consulate in Hong Kong. It seems position on such matters. For instan- and they seemed to know significantly a letter to the editor in response to that all they can do is get paid to issue ce, most Asian countries give Austra- less about the regional markets than my article about the Consulate that passports, but provide no assistance lians visa free access without any re- I did. appeared in Macau Daily Times on to the many Australians living in the ciprocation, and I do not understand I stand by my position. They seem to April 25. I would like to comment on region who want assistance in getting why they tolerate this situation. only exist to be paid to issue passpor- the Consul’s response as follows. their spouses and families Australian The Consul also states that it su- ts and notarize selected documents. The Consulate does visit Macau to residency. pports trade and investment between In my long experience, they provide provide some limited services once a On this topic, it seems rather exor- Hong Kong, Macau and Australia. very little assistance to Australians month. To me this seems a very limi- bitant to me for the Australian gover- Again, this has not been my experien- and their families living in the region. ted visitation schedule and the servi- nment to charge over AUD7,000 just ce. In the past I have contacted Aus- ces offered are also very limited. For to process residency applications. No Trade a few times to investigate trade Sincerely, example, in response to my recent doubt it is just another way for the go- and business opportunities. In every Dr Richard Whitfield tue 08.05.2018

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New office to China slams US criticism of coordinate its ‘Orwellian’ demand Greater hina isn’t ba- cking down after Bay Area the White House bloomberg called an order for Cairlines to stop referring development to Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau as countries new office to coordinate the develop- “Orwellian nonsense.” A ment of the Greater Bay Area will be The foreign ministry in established in the near future, Hong Kong Beijing said yesterday that chief secretary Matthew Cheung revealed all three places “are indivi- yesterday. According to The Standard, the sible parts of China.” Hong new office will function as a “SAR Liaison Kong and Macau answer Office”, responsible for coordinating dif- to Beijing, despite having ferent administrations’ departments, tra- different currencies, sepa- de associations and professional bodies. rate financial systems and To be called the Guangdong-Hong Kong- elected legislators, whi- Macau Bay Area Development Office, the le Taiwan is a democracy entity will be established by the Consti- that has resisted rule by tutional and Mainland Affairs Bureau, the mainland. with the aim of promoting development “Regardless of what the opportunities in the Greater Bay Area. U.S. will say or do, it will The announcement comes as the rheto- not change the fact that ric on the Bay Area picks up ahead of the there is only one China official plan which will be soon revealed in the world,” spokesman was non-negotiable. airlines, including some China’s demands regarding by Beijing. Geng Shuang told a regu- The White House on Sa- American carriers, accor- the territories or risk losing The urban metropolis area - comprised lar briefing, reiterating a turday condemned China’s ding to the White House. business. U.S. airlines were of nine mainland cities situated around statement Sunday. “We efforts to control how U.S. President Donald Trump among several that recei- the Pearl River Delta estuary as well as urge foreign companies to airlines refer to Taiwan, will “stand up for Ameri- ved letters from China’s Ci- the two special administrative regions of respect China’s territorial Hong Kong and Macau, cans resisting efforts by the vil Aviation Administration Macau and Hong Kong – is home to more integrity and sovereignty, saying the push to make Chinese Communist Party calling for strict guidelines than 67 million people, putting it on par respect Chinese laws and them comply with Chine- to impose Chinese political for any references to Taiwan, with some of Europe’s most populous the feelings of the Chinese se standards is “Orwellian correctness on American Hong Kong and Macau, ac- countries like Britain, France and Italy. people. Those are the ba- nonsense.” companies and citizens,” cording to the White House. Its gross domestic product is about sics they need to do when China’s Civil Aviation Ad- press secretary Sarah Hu- Taiwan’s independen- USD1.4 trillion, slightly behind the wor- they open and operate bu- ministration has demanded ckabee Sanders said in a sta- ce-leaning president, Tsai ld’s leading bay areas of New York and sinesses in China.” the change from 36 foreign tement. Ing-wen, weighed in with a Tokyo. The spat comes shortly “This is Orwellian non- tweet, saying, “We call on all But the Greater Bay Area is already the after a high-level U.S. de- sense and part of a growing businesses to resist #China’s global market leader when it comes to legation returned from trend by the Chinese Com- efforts to mischaracterize shipping and logistics. According to Se- two days in Beijing with munist Party to impose its #Taiwan.” cretary Cheung, the total container throu- little to show for talks ai- We urge political views on American The government of Chine- ghout Shenzhen, Hong Kong and Guan- med at averting a trade citizens and private com- se President Xi Jinping has gzhou is approximately three times more war between the world’s foreign panies,” Sanders said. She been increasingly assertive than that of the world’s three biggest bay two biggest economies. companies said the Trump administra- about its claims to Taiwan, areas combined. Taiwan has emerged as tion is calling on China “to which it has threatened to According to The Standard, Cheung at- another potential flash to respect stop threatening and coer- invade to bring under its tempted to address the concerns of Hong point, with U.S. President cing American carriers and control. Delta Air Lines, Kong youth over the economic integra- Donald Trump signing a China’s citizens.” hotel operator Marriott, tion project. law allowing high-level di- The White House state- fashion brand Zara and Glossing over some of the political and plomatic visits there and territorial ment shows that Trump other companies have apo- economic concerns harbored by youth in Chinese counterpart Xi integrity and might be taking a tougher logized to China for refer- the city, the Hong Kong Secretary attribu- Jinping launching military line after companies from ring to Taiwan, Hong Kong, ted their caution to the fact that youngs- drills in the Taiwan Strait sovereignty. Marriott International Inc. and Tibet as countries on ters do not understand the region’s deve- and warning that Beijing’s Spokesman Geng to Qantas Airways Ltd. have websites or promotional lopment potential and their unwillingness authority over the island Shuang scrambled recently to meet material. 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he adjusted fees of delivery Tservices for non-resident parents will be officially applied Number starting from June 1, the Health Bureau reported yesterday in a of credit press conference. A dispatch concerning the card users topic, signed by Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture, Ale- xis Tam, was also published in increasing the Official Gazette. Besides the increased service he total number fees, a subsidy program has also Tof personal credit been announced. cards issued by banks in Macau stood at 1,216,548 at end-March The subsidy 2018, an increase of 2.5 percent from the pre- policy will vious quarter. only apply to A statement from the The deputy director of the Health Bureau, Ho Ioc San (center) Monetary Authority of families where Macao informed that milar to that of Hong Kong, and The deputy director of the workers and tourists. this growth was prima- the marriage “is much higher than mainland Health Bureau, Ho Ioc San, no- According to the proposal, the rily attributed to the China.” ted that currently, the subsidy service fee of natural childbir- prolonged increase in certificate is “The income of non-local policy will only apply to families th for non-local workers will dual-currency and tri- provided workers is comparatively lower where a marriage certificate is be increased from the current ple-currency cards. than the income of locals. Cur- provided. MOP975 to MOP8,775. The in- The numbers of cards rently, to the best of my know- In regard to de facto marriages, crease for tourists will be bigger in MOP, HKD and RMB According to an introduction ledge, the number of [domes- the policy will not be applicable than the increase for blue-card grew year-on-year by made by Tang Yuk Wa, head of tic helpers] is approximately because, as Ho Ioc San said him- holders. The price adjustment 12 percent, 4.6 percent the Family and Community Ser- 25,000. The median earning is self, “de facto relationship is dif- proposal for tourists is set at and 15 percent respec- vices Department of the Social MOP4,000, [which means] that ficult to prove.” MOP 17,550 from the current tively. Affairs Bureau (IAS), a non-lo- around 12,500 people qualify The IAS expects a similar num- MOP1,950. At end-March 2018, cal woman who earns less than for the subsidy program,” ex- ber of non-local workers will give Regarding a caesarean sec- the total limit across all MOP4,050 per month is eligi- plained Tang, adding that “not birth as in previous years after tion (C-section), it is propo- credit cards granted by ble to apply to the government only [the government] uses the new fee starts being applied. sed that non-local workers pay banks in the SAR rea- to get a waiver for two-thirds of this [minimum subsistence] for The IAS claimed to be able to fi- MOP17,550 for the service, whe- ched MOP29.5 billion, the service she would need to non-local workers, but also the nish the application procedures reas they are currently paying up 3.2 percent from pay for childbirth delivery. entirety of Macau.” In the past for each of the above-mentioned MOP1,950. For tourists, the ser- end-2017 or 14.5 per- MOP4,050 corresponds to two years, around 220 non-lo- subsidies within 30 days. vice fee for a caesarean section cent from end-March Macau’s minimum subsistence. cal workers gave birth to a child The adjustment concerns two would increase to MOP35,100 2017. The standard is said to be si- in Macau. groups of people: non-resident from the current MOP3,900. Credit card recei- vables amounted to MOP2.4 billion, the rollover amount of whi- that complaints con- ch totaled MOP774.3 demning the abovemen- million, representing Casinos accused of blacklisting tioned situations have 32.3 percent of credit also emerged in recent card receivables. unfriendly workers years. The delinquency ra- Leong revealed that tio rose from 1.38 per- he local govern- recently, he received a cent at end-2017 to 1.59 Tment has been urged report in which a former percent at end-March by lawmaker Leong Sun casino dealer claimed 2018. Iok to investigate casi- he had been rejected Meanwhile, in the first nos following accusa- marques renato by several casinos, and quarter of 2018, the tions that certain casinos that one casino, despi- credit card turnover to- are sharing a blacklist of te having confirmed he taled MOP5.4 billion, employees in order to was qualified for the job, equivalent to a drop of prevent former casino eventually turned him 3.6 percent quarter- employees from entering down after a background to-quarter but a rise of the industry. check made by the casi- 12.9 percent year-on- According to Leong, no itself. year. this accusation has not “Gaming operators’ The cash advance tur- yet been confirmed, but employment blacklist nover was MOP222.8 has been allegedly an and mandatory require- million, occupying 4.1 open secret for years. ments for background percent of total credit Leong pointed out that checking obviously vio- card turnover. people started having late the labor affairs law Credit card repay- suspicions about the ga- […], breach the residen- ments, which includes ming industry putting Leong Sun Iok (center) ts’ equal rights over em- payments for interest previously fired em- ployment and career de- and fees, amounted to ployees onto a blacklist, worked for. ties of these blacklisted According to Leong, velopments, and violate MOP5.7 billion, up 8.4 or simply former em- In addition, casinos past employees, thus previously the govern- the personal data pro- percent from the pre- ployees who engaged in allegedly have shared in- preventing them from ment denied the exis- tection law,” said Leong, vious quarter or 13.0 unfriendly behaviours formation and restricted entering the gaming in- tence of such a blacklist. urging the government percent from the same towards the casinos they employment opportuni- dustry again. 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IANG Wu Hospital is expecting to provide assisted reproductive services starting from Kiang Wu expects to offer assisted KAugust this year, according to Cheung Chun Wing, vice-presi- dent of the hospital. The hospital has already com- reproductive services in August pleted the refurbishing of these service facilities and is currently According to Cheung, in order installing the medical equip- to set up facilities for the ope- ment for assisted reproduction. ration of assisted reproductive Once the government inspec- services, Kiang Wu Hospital ts both the facilities and equip- transformed several floors of ment, and approves their quali- its specialized medical building ty, Kiang Wu will then become into suitable spaces. licensed to operate assisted re- Currently, only the Conde S. productive services. Januário Hospital is licensed

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to provide assisted reproducti- The hospital’s associated cha- rent building two or threefold. ve services. Several clinics that rity is conducting a study in re- In order not to jeopardize or offered such services were shut lation to the expansion. Further- cause any inconvenience to the down or suffered penalties. more, discussions with the go- hospital’s current outpatient In addition to the aforemen- vernment over the construction service, the expansion works tioned work, the Kiang Wu height are being carried out. will be divided into different Hospital has also applied to the The hospital vice-president no- phases. The Chief Executive, Chui Sai On, and the Senior Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the Kingdom of Cambodia, government for the expansion ted that the future expansion of Cheung noted that the who- Prak Sokhonn, signed a memorandum of understanding during a ceremony of the building for outpatient the outpatient service building le expansion is projected to be held yesterday in Phnom Penh, capital of Cambodia. services. will increase the size of the cur- completed in five years.JZ

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CRIME meet the man in the pre-ar- ranged location, instead she received a call from the man asking for the equivalent of USD20,000 in Thai baht, whi- Resident scammed ch she transferred to him be- fore finally losing contact and realizing she had been scam- med. HKD364,000 over online date After returning to Macau, the woman filed the complaint with Renato Marques the PJ, which is now investiga- ting the case. local resident was re- In a separate case reported by portedly scammed by the Public Security Police Force a man she met throu- marques renato (PSP) at the same press confe- gh an online social rence, a local taxi driver is accu- networkingA app that resulted in sed of “illegal appropriation”. a loss of almost HKD364,000, The case was filed by the vic- the Judiciary Police (PJ) tim on May 4, when a local man spokesperson informed yester- called the PSP saying that he day at a press conference. had just left a mobile phone in The woman, a widow who the lavatories of a gas station works in a valet parking service located at Avenida da Amizade of a local hotel, told the PJ that a few minutes back and he cou- a few months back she had met ld not find it anymore. a man named Steve over the in- The police sent officers to the ternet, with which she used to location that inspected the clo- chat frequently. sed circuit television system The man told her he wanted (CCTV) and detected a man that to give her a gift and requested only one minute after the vic- her address and phone contact, tim left the lavatories, parked which she granted to him. his taxi outside the gas station Some time later the woman and entered the lavatories. received a call from a person Starting the investigation, the claiming to be an employee PSP found later that day the from a parcel deliver company, taxi driver in the taxi wait lane who said that a parcel with her of the border gate, taking him address and contact was in their in for questioning. possession but that it could not The man admitted to having be shipped with a payment. The the same person saying that the alleged man that shipped the man finding excuses re- found the mobile phone but de- caller asked the victim to pay an the parcel had been stopped the parcel, accepted and trans- lated to the deal to request nied the appropriation, saying amount of USD2,200 (around by Hong Kong Customs who ferred the money. once more an amount of over that he had the intention to HKD17,300), which needed to demanded a tax be paid in the On the same day, the man told HKD110,000. take it to the police after he fi- be transferred into a bank ac- amount of USD5,000 (around her he was finalizing some in- Suspicions aroused, the wo- nished his work. count. HKD39,250), which she had to vestment deal in Thailand and man asked to meet the man The police said they believe The victim accepted and trans- transfer into the same account needed HKD40,200 to comple- who claimed to be staying in that the man had no such in- ferred the requested amount. as on the previous day. te the process, requesting such Bangkok at that moment. tentions and have accordingly However, on the very next day The woman, who continued amount from the woman. He accepted and the woman forwarded the case to the Pu- she received a second call from to engage in conversations with The process continued with flew to Bangkok but failed to blic Prosecutions Office.

be compensated for holi- days by taking other days Electronic health Security officers complain off. Despite the warning, the vouchers provide about holiday rights situation has not chan- ged. simplified system awmaker Sulu he new electronic more efficient system is LSou called the govern- Thealth vouchers, consistent with the idea ment to ensure the protec- The created by the gover- of a “Smart City,” one of tion of basic rights for tho- nment to replace the the government’s goals. se in the security forces. government previous system (pa- The SSM also informs Recently, Sulu received per-based support) will the public that all eli- reports which included should not not require any prior gible residents have an claims that staff in the se- use the application or registra- automatically created curity forces could not en- tion, the Health Bureau account for the purpose joy all public holidays, nor excuse that (SSM) informed the of accessing the subsidy would they be compensa- public in a statement. through the BIR, and ted for those days with ex- there is a Under the new system, will not need to apply or tra holidays. residents will only need register to be included In a phone call interview Sulu Sou shortage to provide their Macau in the scheme. with the Times, Sou noted of human resident identification The bureau also clari- that this situation nor- card (BIR) to access the fied that citizens’ mobi- mally affects staff working unacceptable,” Sou told Security Police Force, the resources. government subsidy de- le phone numbers will night shifts. the Times. Fire Services Bureau, the Sulu Sou dicated solely to health only be used to receive “We think the issue has The lawmaker said that Customs and the Macau care. messages about the use existed for many years, he collected information Prison. The New Macau Asso- The SSM noted that of health vouchers, as and that either the se- from some retired mem- According to Sou, who ciation, on which Sulu the new system elimina- well as to confirm that curity forces, or the SAR bers of the security forces disclosed the complaints serves as well, urged the tes the need to print the the vouchers have been government need to sort concerning these situa- of an anonymous security Secretary for Security, vouchers and fill them transmitted in the ca- out [the problem], and tions. force officer, the Commis- Wong Sio Chak, to solve out one-by-one before ses in which such a pro- should not use the excu- Sou learnt that this si- sion Against Corruption the problems and to en- use, in this way avoiding cess is allowed, and to se that there is a shortage tuation has existed for issued a warning to the sure fairness and equity. the hassles and incon- perform consultations of human resources [to the past 20 years, with security forces in March Yesterday, Wong Sio veniences of completing about the status of indi- respond to staff’s com- the most serious cases 2014, suggesting that of- Chak said that he is open several forms with re- vidual accounts over the plaints]. Such excuses are occurring in the Public ficers on shift duty should to a change of policy. JZ peated information. This Internet. 08.05.2018 tue

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Air France tumbles as CEO departure, strikes spook investors Richard Weiss in a tug-of-war with unions over ce, their business suits and shir- a plan to overhaul the country’s ts ripped to shreds. ir France-KLM SNCF national railway, which Air France said Friday that ri- Group tumbled in Pa- bloomberg has triggered a series of strikes. sing expenses for jet fuel plus ris trading as Europe’s French Finance Minister Bru- a stronger euro will add to the biggest airline battles no Le Maire on Sunday said the burden caused by a string of turbulenceA triggered by Chief Air France worker’s demands walkouts by staff fighting for Executive Officer Jean-Marc Ja- were unjustified, urging them higher wages. Janaillac had put naillac’s resignation and a dee- to show “responsibility” and his job on the line, holding an pening labor conflict. saying taxpayers won’t bail the online consultation on the pay The stock dropped as much as company out. “If it doesn’t make offer. He lost his gamble when 14 percent, the most since 2002. the necessary efforts to be at the 55 percent of staff unexpecte- Even before yesterday, the sha- same competitive level of Luf- dly rejected the proposal, which res had lost 40 percent in value thansa and other major airlines, was for a 7 percent increase over this year, making it the worst it will disappear,” Le Maire said four years. Janaillac held a short performer on the 26-member on BFM TV. “I am not taking the press conference late Friday to Bloomberg World Airlines In- money of the French and put- announce his planned resigna- dex. ting it in a company that isn’t at tion. The carrier was thrown into Jean-Marc Janaillac the required competitive level.” Air France had had 13 days disarray on Friday when Janai- Janaillac was held up by Le Mai- of labor action by pilots, cabin llac said he planned to submit during the latest walkout, it was to “pressing the self destruct bu- re and Transport Minister Elisa- crew and ground staff since Fe- his resignation to the board forced to cancel one in five me- tton.” beth Borne for his courage in the bruary. While the outcome of May 9 after workers rejected his dium-haul services yesterday The shares fell as much as 14 face of Air France’s challenges. the wage offer consultation isn’t final wage offer - an outcome from Charles de Gaulle airport percent, the most since Sept. While airlines from Deutsche binding, it will boost the unions’ that even caught some unions in Paris and short-haul trips 30, 2002, and were trading Lufthansa AG to British Airways negotiating position. A majority by surprise. Yet their defiance from Orly were also affected, down 10.5 percent to 7.24 euros - and lately even low-cost spe- of labor representatives have to continued yesterday as another according to its website. Further at 11:51 a.m. in Paris, giving a cialist Ryanair Holdings Plc - approve any wage deal to take two-day strike got underway disruptions are predicted on market value of 3.1 billion euros. have all had their share of cor- effect. and the airline scrapped about Tuesday as the industrial action Janaillac has the backing of the porate dysfunction brought on Flights by KLM and Hop! will 15 percent of services. Air Fran- is scheduled to continue. French government as Presi- by strikes, none has suffered to not be affected by the walkout, ce-KLM has already warned the Janaillac, who has been at his dent Emmanuel Macron tries to the extent as Air France. A sim- Air France said, adding cus- labor action that started in Fe- post less than two years, used overhaul his country’s economy mering conflict exploded into tomers with tickets for travel bruary will wipe out at least 300 a less confrontational approach by liberalizing labor laws and open carnage in late 2015, when yesterday or today can re-book million euros (USD358 million) than his predecessor Alexandre cutting taxes on capital. Future two of the airline’s executives free of charge. Travelers should in operating profit this year. De Juniac. Analysts have com- projects also include changes to were physically assaulted by en- expect last-minute delays and While the airline maintai- pared a rejection of manage- jobless benefits in Europe’s se- raged workers, forcing them to cancellations, the group said. ned almost all long-haul flights ment’s pay proposal by workers cond-largest economy. He’s also flee and scale an industrial fen- Bloomberg

Nestle bets USD7b on Starbucks bloomberg to revive its coffee sales Thomas Mulier, sales rose at their weakest is 3.6 times sales, higher ger for Nestle,” said Alain Corinne Gretler pace in more than two de- than the average of 3 ti- Oberhuber, an analyst at cades last year. “This will mes for major global MainFirst Bank in Zuri- tarbucks Corp. be his first big M&A test,” food deals, according to ch. “Nestle needed a big Sis giving Nestle SA wrote Andrew Wood, an Bernstein’s Wood. Nestle brand, and they needed a shot at revitalizing its analyst at Sanford C. Ber- shares rose 1.1 percent as one fast. Starbucks is the global coffee business. In nstein. “Nestle’s acquisi- of 12:07 p.m. in Zurich. only strong brand in roast- the third-biggest transac- tion track record over the They’ve dropped about 9 and-ground. It’s a rather tion in Nestle’s 152-year last 10-15 years has been percent this year. defensive move - a bit late history, the Swiss food less than stellar.” Nestle is making a new - but nevertheless, a stra- Starbucks VIA and Tor- U.S. That added comple- giant will spend USD7.15 Knockoff capsules - in- offensive in the U.S. a tegically absolutely vital refazione Italia. The deal xity may make it harder billion for the right to cluding Starbucks-bran- decade after Nespresso step.” includes the Teavana tea to run the coffee business, market Starbucks-bran- ded ones - have dented renewed a push into that Nestle will take over brand as well. and there’s a risk that the ded products from beans one of Nestle’s largest market, enjoying limited about 500 Starbucks em- Nestle is taking a page Starbucks food-service to capsules, marrying its growth engines, its Nes- success as most coffee ployees who will remain from JAB’s strategy, as sales cannibalize those of international distribution presso portioned-coffee drinkers avoid small es- based in Seattle. Starbu- it begins to build a pat- Nescafe. network with the allure of business. The new deal pressos. Nestle has been cks will continue to pro- chwork quilt of different “Being a big brand is not arguably the biggest name will give the Swiss com- struggling to gain market duce the coffee products brands in coffee instead an automatic passport to in java. pany control of Starbucks share in that market, gi- in North America, while of focusing almost ex- future success,” said Pe- Nestle won’t get any capsules, among other ven the prevalence of Nestle will be in charge of clusively on Nescafe and ter Walshe, BrandZ global physical assets in the deal. products. It comes as Starbucks and Green manufacturing in the rest Nespresso. Last year’s strategy director at Kan- Instead, Chief Executive Nestle’s Nescafe brand Mountain, which was of the world. Sales will be $425 million purchase tar Millward Brown in Officer Mark Schneider of instant coffees has lost bought out by Europe’s booked by Nestle, which of a stake in Blue Bott- London. “We see that in is harnessing the name market share in four of billionaire Reimann fa- will pay royalties to the le Coffee was a step back the coffee category, with recognition of Starbucks, the past five years, accor- mily. Their JAB Holding coffee chain. into the roast-and-ground the rise of smaller brands. with its 28,000 outle- ding to Euromonitor. Co. has spent more than The Swiss company gets segment, whose growth Brands that are percei- ts around the globe and Starbucks is the second- $30 billion building a co- the rights to sell packaged prospects have revived as ved to be making people’s massive draw in the U.S. most-valuable brand in ffee empire by acquiring coffee products in super- consumers become more lives better, are innova- Nestle has struggled there fast food, according to assets such as Peet’s and markets, restaurants and sophisticated about co- tive and deliver a great for years with its own pro- BrandZ’s Global 2017 re- combining with Mondelez catering operations un- ffee. Nestle also added experience, are the most ducts like Nespresso and port, which estimates it’s International Inc.’s coffee der the flagship Starbucks niche brand Chameleon successful. Both Starbu- Dolce Gusto. worth $44 billion. Nest- business. brand and others inclu- Cold-Brew last year to ex- cks and Nestle do so very Nestle could use a jolt - le’s $7.15 billion payment “JAB is the biggest dan- ding Seattle’s Best Coffee, pand its portfolio in the strongly.” Bloomberg 08.05.2018 tue

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here’s no other company Ton Earth quite like Ant Fi- nancial. Spanning online payments, in- Jack Ma’s too-big-to-fail finance surance, lending, credit scores, asset management and more, Jack Ma’s Chinese behemoth giant faces a clampdown resembles a mashup of PayPal, Geico, Wells Fargo and Equifax competition from Tencent Hol- - with a bit of BlackRock thrown dings Ltd. - the social media in for good measure. Thanks to behemoth that’s branching into bloomberg clever mobile apps and a bur- financial services -- and a more geoning Chinese middle class, uncertain outlook for its inter- Ant oversees the world’s biggest national expansion after the money-market fund and han- collapse of a deal for America’s dles more than USD2.4 trillion MoneyGram International Inc. In China, the of mobile payments every three in January. months. Many of the company’s Ant, which was spun off from gov’t tends 870 million customers rely on it Alibaba in 2011 and is formally to take a for nearly every aspect of their known as Zhejiang Ant Small & financial lives. Micro Financial Services Group, laissez-faire But Ant’s extraordinary reach said in response to questions may soon expose the company from Bloomberg News that its attitude until to a major challenge: Chinese “principle has always been to policy makers, worried that Ant work closely with regulators you are big and other financial holding com- and support the healthy develo- enough. panies pose systemic risks to the pment of China’s financial sec- Chen Shujin nation’s $12.7 trillion economy, tor.” China Investment Corp., Huatai Securities are drafting new regulations that the $930 billion sovereign weal- could make it much harder for th fund that owns a stake in the companies to grow. Ant, responded to questions by The rules will force Ant and saying it’s not involved in the some of its peers that straddle company’s management. at least two financial industries The People’s Bank of China di- to obtain licenses from China’s dn’t respond to a faxed request central bank and meet minimum for comment. While the central capital requirements for the first bank has never publicly detailed time, according to people fami- which businesses it considers liar with the matter, who asked financial holding companies, not to be identified discussing former PBOC Governor Zhou private information. The com- Xiaochuan said in March that panies’ ownership structures regulators were considering new and inter-group transactions rules for the companies that may will also be restricted, the people include minimum capital requi- said, adding that the rules need rements. When asked by Bloom- approval from China’s State berg News in March how the go- Council and are subject to chan- vernment plans to regulate Ant, ge. Yi Gang, who succeeded Zhou Ant was among the biggest be- as PBOC governor seven weeks neficiaries of a freewheeling era ago, said: “You will find out very in Chinese financial regulation soon.” that saw tech-savvy startups To be clear, there’s no indica- transform how the nation’s 1.4 tion that Ma or Ant have broken billion people spend, borrow and any rules or landed on Beijing’s save. But China’s government is blacklist. While policy makers now shifting into risk-control are right to consider tougher mode as it tries to prevent a re- restrictions on the company, cord buildup of corporate and Ant “didn’t run afoul of the go- consumer debt from sinking the vernment,’’ said Oliver Rui, a economy. Ant’s growing role in finance professor at the China the country’s financial plumbing Europe International Business little about its finances to the pu- pany’s Yu’E Bao money-market Ant and its competitors will be makes it an obvious target for School in Shanghai. Judging by blic. The worry is that problems fund, which has more customers tough until details of the fina- authorities who’ve already sha- the $150 billion valuation un- at Ant could go undetected and, than the U.S. has people, put a lized regulations come to light. ckled spendthrift acquirers and der discussion in its upcoming in a worst-case scenario, put the cap on daily subscriptions in Fe- The people familiar with the reined in the nation’s sprawling funding round, Ant’s investors stability of China’s financial sys- bruary after coming under pres- draft rules didn’t provide speci- shadow-banking system. don’t seem particularly spooked. tem at risk. sure from the central bank to fics on capital adequacy require- “Regulators have been a bit In fact, they have a fresh reason The company’s outsized pre- limit inflows. Two of Ant’s con- ments or a complete list of com- slow in reacting to Ant’s meteo- to be bullish after it emerged on sence in the lives of ordinary sumer lending units tripled their panies that will face oversight, ric rise, but the consensus now is Friday that Ant’s pretax profit Chinese adds to the argument capital buffers in December after though they did say companies that something must be done,” jumped by an estimated 65 per- for stricter oversight. Zeng the PBOC rolled out tough new subject to the rules also include said Dong Ximiao, a senior re- cent in the year ended March. Jinping, a college student in requirements for the industry. Citic Group and China Everbri- searcher at Renmin University But that doesn’t mean the com- Shanghai, is a case in point: The If China’s leaders sign off on ght Group (both conglomerates of China in Beijing. “Ant has be- pany will go unscathed. 23-year-old pharmaceuticals the financial holding company didn’t immediately reply to re- come too big to fail. Any mishap “In China, the government major uses Ant’s payment plat- regulations, the likely upshot quests for comment). could lead to market or even so- tends to take a laissez-faire atti- form for most of his big online for Ant is lower leverage and What’s clear is that regulatory cial disorder.’’ tude until you are big enough,’’ purchases, puts his savings in slower growth. The company’s scrutiny of Ant is intensifying, The prospect of stricter oversi- said Chen Shujin, chief financial the company’s funds and bor- most important consumer loan said Armstrong Chen, director ght comes at a particularly sensi- analyst at Huatai Securities Co. rows money from its consumer business has a razor-thin capital for banking law and practices at tive time for Ant. The company in Hong Kong. “Once you get as -lending arm. “It’s very conve- adequacy ratio of around 2 per- the Shanghai Law Society. While is in the process of finalizing a big as Ant Financial, the stance nient,” said Zeng, whose high cent, according to an estimate that may ultimately put the com- $10 billion funding round and turns from neutral into cau- credit score (also provided by from Orient Capital Research. pany on a healthier growth path, may soon embark on one of the tion and you can bet curbs will Ant) entitles him to zero interest That compares with the 10.5 it’s likely to weigh on Ant’s near- most eagerly anticipated stock- follow.’’ short-term cash advances, si- percent year-end regulatory term results, Chen said. market listings since Ma took While some of Ant’s units al- milar to those offered by credit- minimum for China’s smaller “Regulatory restrictions will his e-commerce giant, Alibaba ready fall under the purview of card companies. banks and the 11.5 percent mini- likely cause some short-term Group Holding Ltd., public in authorities including the central Some of Ant’s business lines mum for systemically important pain,” he said. “Unchecked ex- New York four years ago. Ant bank, the company isn’t regula- have already faced tighter restric- lenders. pansion will no longer be possi- is also grappling with growing ted at a group level and discloses tions in recent months. The com- Still, quantifying the impact on ble.” Bloomberg tue 08.05.2018

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Quietly, China is starting to set global standards Andrew Polk, Bloomberg

High-level trade talks last week between the U.S. and China grabbed headlines around the world, but in many ways they were beside the point. In the years ahead, ta- riffs and industrial policy - the main focus of the talks - will probably matter less in the growing competition between the two countries, while another, much quieter initiative will matter more. As China boosts overseas investment through its Belt and Road infrastructure program, it is increasingly dicta- ting not just the terms of financing but also a broader set of technological applications. In doing so, it is altering the global competitive landscape by defining and exporting technical standards for everything from artificial intelli- gence to hydropower. This push into global standards-setting has gone lar- gely unnoticed. That’s partly because it’s boring: Even broaching the topic will make investors’ eyes glaze over, and few Western governments have given it much thou- ght. But it’s also partly by design. The process has so far mostly unfolded domestically, and in Chinese, as Chi- na’s government has sought to develop its own set of industrial standards for companies operating within its borders. That has made the effort mostly opaque to out- siders. Yet regulators are now starting to translate those standards into English - a clear sign that they’re meant to be exported overseas. And that should worry China’s ZTE seeks end to ban competitors. For decades, America’s ability to set domestic stan- dards that would then spread globally benefited its eco- nomy greatly. As a recent paper by the East-West Cen- on buying American ter put it, “standards serve as bridges between develo- ping innovations and the marketization and industriali- zation of those innovations.” The specification of even everyday items such as USB ports has given American technology companies a strong advantage in selling goods in other markets. hinese techno- It said it sent the bureau key components like micro- meetings, Chinese officials Patents are the key conduit of this process. As stan- logy company ZTE “supplemental informa- chips. said they also raised their dard-setting in any industry progresses, the companies says it has applied tion” following the ban. It The suspension came objections to ZTE’s punish- that own the technology on which the standards are ba- to the U.S. Com- gave no details in its brief amid worsening trade ten- ment with the U.S. delega- sed benefit by either selling their equipment or licensing Cmerce Department asking it statement. sions between the U.S. and tion, who they said agreed their patents. Telecoms are a classic example. Qual- comm Inc., which owns key patents for LTE, 3G, and 4G to suspend a seven-year ban ZTE Corp., which makes China centered on tech- to report them to Trump. technology, has received billions of dollars in royalties on it doing business with smartphones and telecoms nology-related intellectual U.S. authorities imposed in recent years - including almost USD8 billion in Chi- U.S. technology exporters. equipment, was hit with property, though the case the penalty after discove- na alone in 2014. And that’s in an industry where stan- The company said in a the ban last month in a case dates back to before Presi- ring that Shenzhen-based dards are set through a complex global process; when statement yesterday that it involving exports of tele- dent Donald Trump took ZTE, which had paid a countries set standards unilaterally, the benefits for their had “formally submitted” com gear to Iran and North office in January 2017. USD1.2 billion fine in the homegrown companies can be even more pronounced. a request to the Commer- Korea. The company has U.S. officials met last week case, had failed to disci- This is where President Xi Jinping’s signature foreign- ce Department’s Bureau of said that the ban threatens in Beijing to discuss trade pline employees involved policy program comes in. Most analyses of the Belt and Industry and Security for a its existence by cutting off issues with their Chinese and paid them bonuses Road initiative focus on whether individual projects will “stay of the Denial Order.” access to U.S. suppliers of counterparts. During the instead. AP become profitable or will leave China further mired in debt. Yet the return on investment for a port in Sri Lanka or a rail line in Thailand matters less to Chinese officials than the ability to push participating countries to adopt Chinese standards on everything from construction to finance to data management. For just one example, Chi- na is exporting key technical standards for the construc- China, Indonesia discuss ways tion of high-speed rail through these projects - in large part to circumvent standards set by Western players. Developing countries tend to voluntarily adopt stan- to boost trade relations dards set by high-income economies. But China’s go- vernment has taken a much more proactive role. Instead ndonesian Pre- fourth most populous. of trying to influence the likes of Pakistan, Thailand, and sident Joko “Jokowi” Jokowi said they dis- Myanmar by changing hearts and minds, it wants to

I ap photo convince them to change their nuts and bolts - and their Widodo hosted China’s cussed efforts to impro- data-management practices to boot. In this context, Chi- premier yesterday and ve economic cooperation na’s recent revisions to its National Standardization Law the two oversaw the sig- and that China agreed and its Cyber Security Law look far more significant; they ning of several memo- to import an additional could reverberate far beyond its borders. randums aimed at boos- 500,000 tons of Indone- Although few people would contest China’s right to de- ting trade between the sian palm oil. termine its own technological standards, exporting those nations. Indonesia is Southeast standards is another matter altogether. Billions of dollars After meeting with Pre- Asia’s largest economy in equipment sales and patent royalties are up for grabs mier Li Keqiang at the or- and China has become its in this competition. To the extent that China’s standards nate presidential palace largest trading partner in supplant Western ones, it will represent a direct threat to in Bogor, Jokowi said two the past years. the profitability of non-Chinese companies. This push won’t directly challenge the ability of Ame- Chinese Premier Li Keqiang (left) and Indonesian President Joko countries of their sizes In 2015, China won rican or European companies to innovate. But it will Widodo in Bogor, West Java should be able to provide a contract to build a undoubtedly challenge their ability to commercialize te- benefits for peace, stabili- USD5.2 billion high-s- chnology in other markets. That emerging competition ty and the welfare of the peed rail line from Jakar- expected to seek to help meet the Association of should be of utmost concern to companies and policy world. China is the wor- ta to the West Java’s city resolve some of the pro- Southeast Asian Nations makers alike - and that’s one reason China is glad that ld’s most populous coun- of Bandung. That project blems surrounding it. Secretary General Lim the issue isn’t even part of the discussion. try and Indonesia is the is now stalled and Li is Li is also expected to Jock Hoi in Jakarta. AP 08.05.2018 tue

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East Timor Raimundos Oki, Vikeke party against a formal allian- ce of three parties led by Gus- ast Timorese indepen- mao’s party, which together Edence hero Xanana Gus- voted against Fretilin’s policy Xanana calls for restraint mao has called on supporters program and budget, resulting not to be provoked after cam- in the new election. paigning for next weekend’s East Timor, a former Portu- elections was marred by vio- guese colony, was occupied by after campaign violence lence. Indonesia for a quarter cen- Gusmao’s National Congress tury. It gained independence for Timorese Reconstruction after a U.N.-sponsored refe-

ap photo party said 18 of its supporters rendum in 1999 but reprisals in Vikeke district were inju- by the Indonesian military red over the weekend and two devastated the East Timorese vehicles were damaged in an half of the island of Timor. attack by members of rival fac- tion Fretilin. The parliamentary elections The election next Saturday are the second in less than a year for East Ti- pits a loose mor after a Fretilin-led mino- grouping of rity government collapsed in January. Fretilin and a After the alleged attack on the weekend, Gusmao said Freti- minor party lin was a party of violence that should be shut down but also against a formal urged his supporters to show alliance of three restraint. “I ask all of you not to respond parties led by to provocation from other par- ties’ members,” he said. “When Xanana you return home you should keep your own security and do Today, the country of 1.3 not serve violence.” million people still faces grim Jorge Ribeiro, a local official poverty. Leaders including with Gusmao’s party, said po- Gusmao, who was East Timor’s lice and soldiers who respon- first president from 2002 to ded to the violence have not 2007 and prime minister from arrested anyone. Vikeke police 2007 to 2015, have focused on commander Antonio Mauluto big-ticket infrastructure pro- said the incident is being in- jects to develop the economy, vestigated. Mari Alkatari, se- funding them from a dwindling cretary-general of Fretilin, said supply of former oil riches, but the police investigation should progress is slow. take its course and told suppor- Presidential and parliamen- ters to refrain from violence. tary elections last year were The election pits a loose grou- the first held without U.N. su- ping of Fretilin and a minor pervision.

India Feral dog packs kill six children, terrifying villagers oaming packs of mango grove with large allow their children to use feral dogs have kil- sticks, iron rods and sho- outhouses on their own.

R ap photo led six children in the last vels.” “Public announcements week in north India, ter- There, he said, they fou- have been made in villages rifying villagers who have nd a half dozen dogs tea- regarding this,” he said. begun keeping their chil- ring into the corpse of “We also suggest that chil- dren home from school a 7-year-old girl named dren should not be allowed and killing any dogs they Gita. She had gone with to go out to play for a few encounter. At least two two other children to pick days, until all these dogs dozen more children have mangoes, which are co- are caught.” been injured. ming into season in north Villagers have been shoo- The killings have oc- India. ting and strangling stray curred in and around the Education officials say dogs, believing they have town of town of Sitapur, some schools have seen no choice. said senior police officer a significant drop in at- “The administration does Anand Kulkarni. Many of tendance because of the not care about the plight the attacks occurred when attacks. Parents have of the people,” said Sita- A stray dog walks on a road in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh children were out gathe- been told to accompany pur resident Pankaj Singh ring mangoes or when their children to and from Gaur. they left their homes to use ved in the attacks, but In- le injuries from dog atta- of food. school. Four teams of dog-ca- outhouse toilets, he said. dia has millions of strays cks are fairly common, a Villagers say the dog pa- The recent deaths inclu- tchers have captured 24 Many homes in the area that wander the streets in string of fatalities in one cks are terrifying. ded three children killed dogs in recent days, said lack indoor plumbing. even the most exclusive area is rare. Rajendra Kumar, a far- by a pack of strays on May district magistrate Sheetal Twelve children between neighborhoods. The fe- Some in the area belie- mer near Sitapur, said he 1, Kulkarni said. Two more Verma. But she acknow- the ages 5 and 12 have ral dogs often survive on ve the attacks began af- was working in his fields children were killed on ledged the menace is not been killed in dog attacks leftover food set in alleys ter a nearby illegal slau- when a girl came running May 4. Gita was killed on over. in the area since Novem- for them, but also face re- ghterhouse was closed, toward him. “She was Friday. Sitapur is about 80 ki- ber, officials say. lentless cruelty by people, making the dogs more shouting ‘It killed her!’” Sitapur magistrate Har- lometers from Lucknow, It was not clear how and regularly fight other aggressive after they were said Kumar. “Around two shdeo Pandey said villa- the capital of India’s Uttar many dogs were invol- dogs over territory. Whi- left without a major source dozen of us ran toward the gers have been told not to Pradesh state. AP tue 08.05.2018

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Balikatan 34-2018 stressed they’re not aimed at China, but on the threat of urban terrorism and other man-made crisis and natural disasters. Philippines, US launch largest In addition to amphibious bea- ch landings, live-fire maneuvers and disaster-response scena- rios, the exercises will involve military drills under Duterte combat drills in mock urban settings to train special forces Jim Gomez, Manila in battling terrorists in cities as they did during the Islamic .S. and Philippine ap photo State group-linked siege on sou- forces yesterday be- thern Marawi city last year. gan their largest an- “We want both our forces to nual military exercises learn from our great and hard- Usince President Rodrigo Duter- earned experience in our past te came to power and vowed to battles like Marawi,” said Mari- scale down America’s military ne Lt. Gen. Emmanuel Salamat, presence in the country as he who leads the Philippine contin- sought closer ties with China gent. “We just want to help each and Russia. other to be able to effectively The Balikatan exercises ope- combat future scenarios.” ned with a ceremony at the Hundreds of Filipino militants main Philippine military camp and allied foreign fighters seized in Manila and were to feature the business district and resi- about 8,000 American and Fi- dential areas of lakeside Marawi lipino personnel and small con- on May 23 last year, occupying tingents from Japan and Aus- Philippine Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana (center), U.S. Ambassador to the Philippines Sung Kim (second left) link arms buildings and homes and for- tralia. American and Philippine with military commanders from both countries during the opening ceremony the “Balikatan 34-2018” cing hundreds of thousands of officials praised the long treaty residents to flee to safety. alliance between the U.S. and its between our two countries for a critical of U.S. security policies, against illegal drugs, though Despite initial difficulty becau- former Southeast Asian colony peaceful and secure region.” has taken steps to revive ties that criticism has eased under se of their unfamiliarity with and then linked arms in a show After rising to power in 2016, with China that had been strai- President Donald Trump. A urban warfare, Filipino troops of solidarity. Duterte vowed to scale back the ned under his predecessor over leaked Philippine transcript of a quelled the insurrection with The exercises are “just one of presence of U.S. troops involved longstanding territorial conflicts call between the two leaders last airstrikes, artillery fire and grou- many embodiments of our ro- in counterterrorism training in in the South China Sea. year showed Trump praising nd assaults with the help of U.S. bust relationship,” U.S. Ambas- the country’s south and once Duterte’s animosity with Duterte’s anti-drug efforts. and Australian surveillance air- sador Sung Kim said. The drills threatened to end the annual Washington was partly ignited Though this year’s Balikatan craft after five months. The sie- “will continue to reinforce the drills with American forces. The by U.S. government condem- exercises will be the largest un- ge left more than 1,100 mostly deep and lasting commitment volatile leader, who has been nation of his deadly campaign der Duterte, Philippine officials militant gunmen dead. AP

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after litigation. She spent long stints in solitary confinement, ap photo and twice tried to kill herself. The Pentagon, which has re- peatedly declined to discuss Manning’s treatment in mili- tary prison, is also staying mum about her political ambitions. Democratic Party officials say they have no comment, citing a policy not to weigh in on prima- ries. Republican operatives are quiet. In Maryland, a blue state that’s home to tens of thou- sands of federal employees and defense contractors, it appears Manning’s main supporters are independents or anti-po- litics, making them unlikely to coalesce politically. She re- cently reported contributions of USD72,000 on this year’s first quarterly finance state- ment, compared with Cardin’s $336,000. The candidate has barely made an effort at tapping sources of grassroots enthusiasm outside of activism circles. And it’s easy to find progressive Democrats who feel her candidacy is just a vehicle to boost her profile. “It feels to me almost like it’s part of a book tour — that this is her moment after being re- Chelsea Manning poses for a photograph in her apartment in North Bethesda, Maryland leased from prison,” said Dana Beyer, a transgender woman who leads the Gender Rights Maryland nonprofit and is a USA Democratic candidate for state senate. “I don’t think this is a serious effort.” Manning is indeed working on Chelsea Manning: Insurgent a book about her dramatic life. For now, she says she suppor- ts herself with income from bid for Senate is genuine speaking engagements. She’s spoken at various U.S. colleges David McFadden tide of nightmarish repression. date is operating well outside shine light on American em- and is due to take the stage at “The rise of authoritarianism the party’s playbook. She says pire,” said Daniel Schlozman, a Montreal conference later this helsea Manning is no is encroaching in every aspect she doesn’t, in fact, even con- a political science professor month. Clonger living as a transgen- of life, whether it’s government sider herself a Democrat, but is at Johns Hopkins University. Last week, she appeared at a der woman in a male military or corporate or technological,” motivated by a desire to shake “That’s a very different goal, tech conference in Germany’s prison, serving the lengthiest Manning told The Associated up establishment Democrats with a very different campaign, capital of Berlin, arriving to sentence ever for revealing U.S. Press during an interview at her who are “caving in” to President than if she wanted to beat Ben cheers from the audience of se- government secrets. She’s free home in an upscale apartment Donald Trump’s administra- Cardin.” veral thousand people. She told to grow out her hair, travel the tower. On the walls of her ba- tion. She vows she won’t run as Manning’s insurgent candida- attendees she’s still struggling world, and spend time with rely furnished living room hang an independent if her primary cy thus far has been a decidedly to adjust to life after prison and whomever she likes. Obama’s commutation order, bid fails. stripped-down affair, with few hasn’t gotten used to her cele- But a year since former Presi- and photos of U.S. anarchist She’s certainly got an eye-ca- appearances and a campaign brity status yet. dent Barack Obama commuted Emma Goldman and British tching platform: Close prisons website that just went up. In “There’s been a kind of cult of Manning’s 35-year sentence, playwright Oscar Wilde. and free inmates; eliminate na- recent days, she approached an personality that is really inti- America’s most famous convic- tional borders; restructure the anti-fracking rally in Baltimore midating and that is overwhel- ted leaker isn’t taking an exten- criminal justice system; provide almost furtively, keeping to her- ming for me,” she said in Berlin. ded vacation. Far from it: The universal health care and basic self for much of the demonstra- At her Maryland apartment, Oklahoma native has decided income. The top of her agenda? tion. But when it was her turn Manning told the AP she occa- to make an unlikely bid for the The rise of Abolish the U.S. Immigration to address the small group, her sionally wakes up panicked that U.S. Senate in her adopted state authoritarianism and Customs Enforcement, a celebrity status was evident. she’s back in the cage in Kuwait of Maryland. federal agency created in 2003 People who never met her called where she was first jailed, or in- Manning, 30, filed to run in is encroaching that Manning asserts is prepa- her by her first name and eager- carcerated at the Marine base January and has been registe- ring for an “ethnic cleansing.” ly took photos. at Quantico, Virginia, where a red to vote in Maryland since in every aspect Manning ticks off life expe- Manning has acknowledged U.N. official concluded she’d August. She lives in North Be- riences she believes would leaking more than 700,000 been subjected to “cruel, inhu- thesda, not far from where she of life, whether make her an effective senator: military and State Department man and degrading treatment.” stayed with an aunt while awai- it’s gov’t or a stint being homeless in Chica- documents to anti-secrecy site She works hard to overcome ting trial. Her aim is to unseat go, her wartime experiences as WikiLeaks in 2010. She said her anxiety, centering herself with Sen. Ben Cardin, a 74-year-old corporate or a U.S. Army intelligence analyst motivation was a desire to spark yoga, breathing exercises, and Maryland Democrat who is in Iraq — even her seven years debate about U.S. foreign poli- reading. seeking his third Senate term technological. in prison. She asserts she’s got cy, and she has been portrayed “I’ve been out for almost a year and previously served 10 terms Chelsea Manning a “bigger vision” than establish- as both a hero and a traitor. now and it’s becoming increa- in the U.S. House. ment politicians. Known as Bradley Manning singly clear to me just how deep Manning, who also has beco- But political analysts sus- at the time of her arrest, she the wounds are,” she said in her me an internationally recogni- Manning’s longshot campaign pect the convicted felon is not came out as transgender after Spartan living room. zed transgender activist, said for the June 26 primary would running to win. her 2013 court-martial. She was Asked how she would define she’s motivated by a desire to fi- appear to be one of the more “Manning is running as a pro- barred from growing her hair success, Manning responded ght what she sees as a shadowy unorthodox U.S. Senate bids in test candidate, which has a long long in prison, and was appro- with passionate intensity: “Suc- surveillance state and a rising recent memory, and the candi- lineage in American history, to ved for hormone therapy only cess for me is survival.” AP tue 08.05.2018

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Hawaii USGS scientists expect fissu- res to keep spewing. The lava could eventually be channeled to one powerful vent while others go dormant, Volcano destroys dozens of as has happened in some pre- vious Hawaii eruptions, Sto- vall said. Kilauea, one of the world’s homes, forces evacuations most active volcanoes, has Caleb Jones, Jennifer Peltz tion when the lave might stop been erupting continuously & Sophia Yan, Pahoa or how far it might spread. since 1983. ap photo “There’s more magma in the The USGS’s Hawaiian Volca- awaii’s Kilauea system to be erupted. As long no Observatory issued a notice volcano destroyed as that supply is there, the in mid-April that there were 26 homes and eruption will continue,” U.S. signs of pressure building in spewed lava hun- Geological Survey volcanolo- underground magma, and a Hdreds of feet into the air, lea- gist Wendy Stovall said. new vent could form on the ving evacuated residents un- Cherie McArthur wondered cone or along what’s known as sure how long they might be what would become of her ma- the East Rift Zone. Leilani Es- displaced. cadamia nut farm in Lanipuna tates sits along the zone. In revised figures yesterday Gardens, another evacuated The crater floor began to [Macau time], Hawaii County neighborhood near Leilani collapse yesterday, triggering officials said another four uns- Estates. One of the year’s first earthquakes and pushing lava pecified structures were cove- harvests had been planned for into new underground cham- red by lava. this weekend. bers that carried it toward Lei- Hawaii officials said the de- “If we lose our farm, we don’t lani Estates and nearby com- cimated homes were in the know where we’re going to go. munities. A magnitude-6.9 Leilani Estates subdivision, You lose your income and you earthquake — Hawaii’s largest where molten rock, toxic gas lose your home at the same in more than 40 years — hit and steam have been bursting A line of traffic is seen going towards Pahoa town time,” said McArthur, who’s the area Friday. through openings in the grou- had the farm for about 20 It set Michael McGuire’s car nd created by the volcano. monitor which areas are safe. some steam rising from all years. “All you can do is pray rocking in his driveway, kno- Some of the more than 1,700 Amber Makuakane Kane, 37, parts of the yard, but every- and hope and try to get all the cking things off his shelves residents who have been eva- a teacher and single mother of thing looked fine,” Makuakane information you can.” and shattering glass in his ca- cuated were allowed to brie- two, said her three-bedroom said. The number of lava-venting binets near Leilani Estates. fly return to gather medicine, house in Leilani Estates was Lava has spread around fissures in the neighborhood He hoped to check on his pets, and other necessities. destroyed by lava. 36,000 square meters surrou- grew overnight from eight to home yesterday but realized it Officials say residents would The dwelling was across from nding the most active fissure, as many as 10, Stovall said, was too soon to be sure when, be able to do so each day un- a fissure that opened over the though the rate of movement though some have quieted at or if, it would be safe from the til further notice as authorities weekend, when “there was is slow. There was no indica- various points. Regardless, moving lava. AP

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1984 Moscow pulls out of Offbeat US Olympics Avengers: infinity war Beam me upstate? Shatner visits room 1 Twelve weeks before the opening ceremony of the Los tar rek set replica 2:30, 6:00, 9:00pm Angeles Olympic Games, the USSR has announced it NY S T room 2 is boycotting them. It is expected most of the Eastern 4:30pm Bloc will follow suit. Director: Anthony Russo, Joe Russo The announcement, which was made on Russian TV ap photo Starring: Robert Downey Jr, Chris Evans, Chris Hemsworth this afternoon, blamed the commercialisation of the ga- Language: English (Chinese) mes and a lack of security measures, which amounted Duration: 149min to a violation of the Olympic charter. The Soviet Union accused the United States of using the games “for political purposes” and “stirring up anti- Soviet propaganda” and of having a “cavalier attitude to security of Russian athletes”. In 1980 the USA and more than 60 other countries boycotted the Moscow Olympics in protest at the So- viet invasion of Afghanistan. The Russians’ withdrawal will devalue the Los Ange- les Games far more than the US boycott as it seems certain that top-class athletes from the Eastern Bloc It’s like William Shatner got stuck in a Star Trek time warp. will also be prevented from taking part. The 87-year-old actor visited a doppelganger of the origi- The White House denounced the move calling it a nal Starship Enterprise set in upstate New York for a fans’ rampage “blatant political act”. weekend. He wore a dark jacket this time instead of his gold room 2 John Hughes, a State Department spokesman, said 2:30, 9:30pm Capt. James T. Kirk shirt, but the command chair was still the USA had “gone the extra mile” to ensure adequate Director: Brad Peyton security measures were in place. comfortable and the blinking lights of the bridge were just as Starring: Dwayne Johnson, Naomie Harris, Malin Akerman he remembered them. He took the opportunity to attack the USSR for its Language: English (Chinese) “barbarous behaviour” in Afghanistan and its persecu- “This set is exactly the way it was 50-odd years ago,” Shat- Duration: 107min ner said. “And it’s like it’s coming back to a house you might tion of Russian dissidents such as Dr Andrei Sakharov have been born in and you look around and it’s like, ‘Wow! It’s living in forced exile in the Russian town of Gorky. bigger and smaller than I remember. And yet it’s the same.’” Moscow has still not officially told the IOC of its boy- Shatner said the set reminded him of both the emotional cott but there is little hope that the decision will be moments and the laughs, like when crew members would reversed. forget to open the sliding doors as he approached. “I’d crash into the door,” he said with a laugh. “And then I Courtesy BBC News began to learn to make my one ‘whhhoshhh’ sound as I went out the door.” The “Captain on the Bridge” weekend runs Friday and Sa- turday at a tourist attraction boasting replicas of the original In context series’ bridge, transporter room, sick bay and other sets. Ti- With the exception of Romania, the entire Eastern bloc and Cuba ckets ranged as high as USD1,500 for a chance to ask Shat- Tomorrow is another day joined the boycott - 14 countries in all. ner questions on the bridge, though “red shirt” tickets were Although a record 140 nations did turn up - including China which $85. The attraction’s website made clear “Mr. Shatner is NOT room 2 2:30, 9:30pm had not taken part since 1932 - the level of competition was some- leading tours!” Director: Chan Tai-Lee what lopsided with the absence of so many world-class athletes. Finding a Star Trek set built at the site of an old dollar store Starring: Teresa Mo, Ling Man Lung, Ray Lui, Bonnie Xian As a result the USA won a record 83 gold medals. near the Vermont border seems highly illogical, but it was a la- The Los Angeles Summer Games were highly commercialised - they Language: Cantonese (Chinese & English) were the first privately financed games ever and made a profit of bor of love for local resident James Cawley. The professional Duration: 91min Elvis impersonator began the years-long process of building $225m thanks to corporate sponsorship and extensive use of unpaid the sets in 1997 after inheriting a copy of the original Enterpri- volunteers. Forty-three companies were licensed to sell “official” The Through Olympic products. se blueprints from a costume designer on the original show. room 3 Los Angeles launched a bid to host the Olympic Games for a record At first, Cawley and his crew used the sets to make a series 02:30, 04:30, 7:30, 9:30pm third time in 2012 but the US Olympic Committee chose New York as of Star Trek fan films. Now the sets are a tourist attraction. Director: Nick Cheung its candidate. Dozens of fans waited outside Friday to greet Shatner, who- Starring: Nick Cheung, Xu Jing Lei, He Jiong, Miu Kiu Wai LA will however host the 2006 athletics world cup. se TV show that went off the air almost 50 years ago. Language: Cantonese (Chinese & English) tue 08.05.2018

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Italian cyclist Elia Viviani celebrates on the podium after the third stage of 2018 Giro d’Italia

Cycling Viviani wins third stage as Giro bids farewell to Israel lia Viviani won the nis kept the pink jersey They encountered Israe- Ethird stage of the that he wrestled away li flag-waving fans and 101st Giro d’Italia for his from defending cham- spectators on horseback second bunch sprint fi- pion Tom Dumoulin on wearing Giro pink shirts nish victory in as many Saturday. The Dutchman along the way, and even days as the Grand Tour remained in second place passed a group of goat race bid farewell to its overall as Jose Goncalves herders. historic start in Israel. moved into third. Dennis said the ride The Italian finished the Four-time Tour de Fran- through the desert was lengthy 229-kilometer ce winner Chris Froome, not as hot as originally route through Israel’s who bloodied his right feared and that strong Negev desert down to knee and ripped his shor- winds were the main obs- its southern tip of Eilat ts and jersey in a training tacle as they went throu- along the Red Sea in just crash before Friday’s gh the barren moonscape over five hours. Vivia- opening leg, finished sa- after passing by its fa- ni edged Italian coun- fely in the middle of the mous craters. tryman Sacha Modolo at pack. He is currently Dennis praised the en- the finish line and pum- 19th, 38 seconds behind thusiasm of Israeli fans ped his fist in triumph in the leader. he encountered over the a near repeat of his sprint Sunday’s route was the three days. victory on Saturday in Tel second longest of the “They took to the race Aviv. 21-stage race and wra- really well and supported “The pressure was off pped up the three-day us like they were a really after yesterday’s win,” start in Israel, the first big cycling country, whi- Viviani said. “But the fi- time a cycling Grand ch was really nice,” he nal straight was good for Tour has been held outsi- said. me.” de Europe. The race will The Israel Cycling Aca- The repeat victory hel- now transfer to Italy, and demy squad was making ped solidify his reputa- the island of Sicily, for an its maiden Grand Tour tion as one of the world’s early rest day on Monday. appearance and enjoyed top sprinters. The Giro ends in Rome the sight of one of its ri- “To be honest I always on May 27. ders, Canadian Guillau- raced without thinking The Giro has been war- me Boivin, leading for about my competitors,” mly embraced in Israel. much of the stage befo- said Viviani, who won a While there were fewer re he was passed by the track gold medal at the spectators Sunday due sprinters in the windy 2016 Olympics and rides to the sparsely popula- descent into Eilat. for Quick-Step Floors. ted southern Negev De- The Giro start was seen “I’ve got the best lead-out sert than the two pre- as the biggest sporting team for the sprints so I vious stages, the riders event staged in Israel, don’t really care who I am were still cheered on by and coincides with the up against.” locals banging drums country marking 70 years Australian Rohan Den- and strumming guitars. of independence. AP tue 08.05.2018

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Football Tianjin is struggling in 10th position and will rely on ex- pensive imports Anthony Mo- deste of France and former Shanghai sweating on Hulk Brazil international Alexandre Pato. Two of South Korea’s three remaining teams will meet ahead of crunch Asian clash head-to-head as Ulsan Hyun- dai Horangi, the 2012 cham- John Duerden, Seoul played no part in Saturday’s pion, takes on Suwon Samsung defeat. Bluewings, winner in 2001 and Wednesday, 6:00pm Elsewhere, the reigning Chi- 2002. Kashima Antlers v Shangai Sipg nese Super League champion Two-time winner Jeonbuk H 2.58, D 3.54, A 2.77 Guangzhou Evergrande faces Hyundai Motors travels to Tianjin Quanjian. Thailand’s Buriram United, “We know that this will be Southeast Asia’s only repre- hanghai SIPG is a tough game as Tianjin is a sentative. sweating on the fitness strong team, as I know well,” The tournament is split into of its Brazilians Hulk said Guangzhou coach Fabio two geographic zones until the and Oscar ahead of to- Cannavaro, who was in charge final and in the western side of Smorrow’s Asian Champions of Tianjin last season. the draw, Al Ahli of Saudi Ara- League match with Japan’s The 2006 Italian World Cup bia travels to Qatar to face Al Kashima Antlers. winning captain left Tianjin in Sadd while Al Ain of the Uni- The big-spending Chinese November to return to Guan- ted Arab Emirates (UAE) hosts team may be without their two gzhou for a second spell as Al-Duhail of Doha. biggest names, who cost over coach, replacing Luiz Felipe Ahead of the 2018 Cham- USD100 million in 2016, for Scolari. Guangzhou has won pions League, the Saudi Arabia the first leg of the second rou- the last seven Chinese cham- and UAE soccer federations re- nd clash. pionships but currently sits quested that games with Qata- Hulk, who scored nine goals fourth in the league standings ri clubs be played in a neutral when Shanghai reached the after losing 3-0 to newly-pro- country but the Asian Football semifinals last season, picked moted club Dalian Yifang on Confederation insisted they up a thigh injury in a 2-1 home Saturday. take place in the traditional defeat to Beijing Guoan, the “We still have to apologize to home and away format. second successive league loss Hulk (10), who scored nine goals when Shanghai reached the semifinals last the Guangzhou fans,” Canna- Iran is assured of at least one season, picked up a thigh injury last weekend for the Chinese Super League varo said after the loss. “To- team in the last eight as Zob leader. day we did not play well and Ahan meets Esteghlal while “We are not yet sure if Hulk He is very important to us but waiting for reports on Oscar. it could be that the team was Persepolis can make it two if can play,” Shanghai coach Vi- we have to think about how we The former Chelsea midfielder thinking about the Champions it defeats Al Jazira of the UAE. tor Pereira said. “We will have approach the next game.” sustained a head injury in a League. We will get back on The second legs take place to wait for the medical reports. Pereira also revealed he was China FA Cup tie on May 2 and track as soon as possible.” next week. AP

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At a first glance, it might seem that I am making an appeal for procreation in Ma- Trump concerns on Iran ap photo cau. No, that is not the case at the moment, although the government keeps saying that the population is ageing and we know that nuclear deal they are already planning to allow fathers to be absent from their workplace for three ritain’s ambassador Yemen Airstrikes by the to five days after the birth of a child… to the U.S. said yester- Saudi-led coalition fighting

B ap photo My point here is not about the fathers day [Macau time] his coun- Yemen’s Shiite rebels targeted the presidency (and mothers) to be but, instead, the ones try believes it’s still pos- building in the heart of the that are already out there. And no, this is sible to address President Yemeni capital yesterday, not one of those “unique” things of Macau Donald Trump’s concerns leaving at least six people either; it is a very broad and worldwide si- about the Iran nuclear deal dead and 30 wounded, tuation. in time to prevent him from according to health officials. Let’s face it, the current generation of pa- pulling out of the agree- rents is “pretty bad” and I am perfectly fine ment. South Sudan’s fractious to comment about it as I am talking about Kim Darroch said Britain ruling party has reunited myself too - although I like to think that I am has ideas for dealing with for the first time since civil still (partially) an exception to this group, those concerns. They inclu- war broke out in 2013. or may be I am just trying to remind myself de Iran’s ballistic missile The political opposition dissolved and rejoined the of the stones that I do not want to trip on program and its involve- ruling party. my path. ment in Mideast conflicts, Over the weekend I had the opportunity issues that aren’t part of to experience a sequence of events that the international agree- Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani speaks in the northeastern city of led me to think that parents nowadays are ment. Trump also objects Sabzevar, on his tour of Razavi Khorasan province ap photo really bad. Not in the sense that they are to the accord’s sunset clau- rude or harsh in the way they treat their se, which allows Iran to ck with the agreement. All be a “historic regret.” kids, but quite the contrary. resume part of its nuclear three European countries The chairman of the Hou- On Saturday I was having lunch outdoors program after 2025. signed the 2015 deal, along se Armed Services Commi- near the seaside in probably the only place “We think that we can with Russia and China. ttee also advised against Germany A man has been arrested after where this is possible in the Macau SAR find some language, produ- In an op-ed Sunday for pulling out of the accord punching the new mayor of The New York Times, John- without a clearer idea of when I saw a mother shouting to her son ce some action that meets Germany’s southwestern who was playing in the sand near the res- the president’s concerns,” son wrote that the agree- the consequences and ur- city of Freiburg as he was taurant. Darroch told CBS’ “Face ment offered the fewest ged Trump to give the Eu- celebrating his election win. According to the father, the kid “needed the Nation.” disadvantages of all the ropeans time to address his The independent candidate a break.” The deadline for Trump’s options available. “It has concerns. suffered a broken nose, a Yes, you read that right. The kid, about 10 decision is this coming Sa- weaknesses, certainly, but “So maybe the best thing broken tooth and bruises. years old, “needed a break” from playing in turday. I am convinced they can be is for the president to de- the sand because in part that his t-shirt and Britain’s foreign secre- remedied. Indeed at this lay a bit more his deadline France A powerful French shorts were wet - an unexpected nightmare tary, Boris Johnson, has moment Britain is working of this month and put the union is vowing to push that left his parents (really) upset with him scheduled talks with U.S. alongside the Trump admi- French and the British up ahead with strikes that have hobbled nationwide train and led to the “break time.” officials in Washington nistration and our French to the test about whether it services, even as signs of During this so-called break, they just sta- this week. His trip follows and German allies to ensu- is possible to get this other a possible compromise red at each other next to the table and did visits in recent weeks by re that they are,” he wrote. sort of agreement,” Rep. emerged in talks with nothing. If that is not a harsh punishment, the leaders of France and Iran’s president warned Mac Thornberry, R-Texas, President Emmanuel I do not know what is a harsh punishment. Germany, who also tried Trump on Sunday that lea- said on “Fox News Sun- Macron’s government. Luckily the punishment was concluded to convince Trump to sti- ving the nuclear deal would day.” AP with that and the kid was not forced to sit in a chair or play with a tablet or a mobi- ap photo le phone. Lucky him. I saw several others that were so ‘removed’ that they were al- The most seated at a different table from their parents. They did not have the same luck. decisive moment AP Photo/Felipe Dana On another occasion and while taking my Lebanon The Iran- own daughter to play in the park, I heard backed Hezbollah group shouts of panic from another group of pa- and its political allies made rents because the kids were… sliding… on significant gains in the the slide. Yes, the playground slide. Not parliamentary elections in head-first, not anything wild and crazy, just Lebanon while the main plain sliding and that was “dangerous.” Western-backed faction lost I started to think, am I the crazy one to let a third of its seats, according to preliminary results. my daughter do cartwheels and jump on the trampoline and climb rocks and play Mexico’s largest media football and ride a bicycle? company has severed ties I realized that today’s parents would have with a prominent journalist had a shock-induced heart attack had they after he came under fire for been witness to my average weekend, retweeting a message seen when I was 10 years old. as inciting violence against Okay, I do carry a few “medals” from tho- the country’s front-running se days. The same goes for many of my presidential candidate. friends, but still, we are alive and well, no- body died and very few made the hospital El Salvador A swarm of earthquakes shook their home for more than a few hours. Most southern El Salvador, of all, we recall those times as the best of damaging nearly 200 homes our lives. Refugees and migrants are rescued by members of the Spanish NGO Proactiva Open Arms, after leaving Libya and touching off small Please, parents, I beg you, let your kids trying to reach European soil aboard an overcrowded rubber boat, north of Libyan coast. In total 105 refugees landslides, but there were play! They will thank you for that later! and migrants from Bangladesh, Egypt, Nigeria, Marrocos, Gana, Pakistan, Sudan, Libya, Eritrea and Senegal no reports of serious injuries were rescued in the overcrowded rubber boat. or deaths.