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Pressure mounts on oil minister, senior execs over probe results

Domestic helpers’ department moved to manpower authority

By B Izzak adding that the oil administration has become an example of corruption. The lawmaker insisted that he Jordan king vows to fight corruption KUWAIT: Lawmakers stepped up the pressure on the and other MPs are prepared to grill the minister for oil minister and top oil executives after a ministerial as much as 10 times to ensure that the law is applied AMMAN: Jordan’s King Abdullah investigation committee found that some of the allega- and corruption stopped. II yesterday vowed authorities tions against them were true. MP Abdulwahab Al- MP Al-Humaidi Al-Subaei called last week on the oil would crack down on corruption in Babtain said on Twitter yesterday that the results of the minister not to renew fresh terms of top oil executives, the country, following mass protests investigation committee prove that the grilling of Oil saying that they have completed their legal terms and against graft and price rises earlier Minister Bakheet Al-Rasheedi was correct. Babtain and must quit. He warned that if the top oil officials do not this year. “All Jordanians have an MP Omar Al-Tabtabaei grilled the minister several quit or are not forced to resign, the oil minister will face equal right to justice, and corruption months ago over a variety of allegations, including a new grilling either in December or in January. will not be left unaddressed to accusing the minister and top oil executives of squan- MP Mohammad Hayef said he will support any no- become a chronic social illness,” the dering public funds and corruption. confidence or non-cooperation votes against the gov- king said in a speech to mark the The lawmaker said that the committee to investigate ernment during future grillings because authorities opening of parliament in Amman. “I the allegations was formed by the government and found have failed to fulfill promises. Hayef said the govern- hereby affirm that the state’s institu- that some of the allegations, especially squandering of ment has deliberately delayed returning the citizen- tions are well capable of uprooting public funds, were true. Babtain called on the minister ships that had been illegally revoked of a number of corruption and holding to account and the oil officials to step down over the outcome of the opposition figures. those who dare to encroach on probe, otherwise they will be forced to resign. Meanwhile, Minister of Social Affairs and Labor public funds,” he added. MP Faisal Al-Kandari said the outcome of the Hind Al-Sabeeh said that transferring the domestic Thousands of Jordanians hit the AMMAN: Jordan’s King Abdullah II delivers a speech to the parliament as investigation is yet another proof that the accusations helpers’ department from the interior ministry to the streets at the start of June to protest he opens its third regular session yesterday. — AFP of squandering of public funds and corruption were manpower authority will improve combating abuses against corruption, price rises and true. He said the committee report found there were against maids. In a response to a parliamentary ques- austerity measures. The week of income tax bill. With a lack of natu- 18.5 percent. In 2016 Amman violations totaling $1.5 billion at a Vietnam refinery tion, the minister said the decision allows placing all mass demonstrations forced the ral resources to boost state coffers, secured a $723-million loan from which was built jointly by Kuwait. He directly accused forms of workers under the authority, which has suffi- prime minister’s resignation and the Jordan relies heavily on foreign aid the International Monetary the CEO of Kuwait Petroleum Corp (KPC). He said cient means to defend them. She said the authority has withdrawal of a controversial and faces an unemployment rate of Continued on Page 24 top oil executives are now trying to extend their inspectors who have the right to inspect maid recruit- employment by five more years in violation of the law, ment offices and other violations.

combat sanctions. These measures Zain uses its technological capabilities Saudi Arabia include using sales of oil and arms, exchange of information between Riyadh and Washington, and a possible to achieve New Kuwait vision at GITEX vows retaliation reconciliation with regional archrival Iran, said the report. In a column pub- if punished lished just after the SPA statement, Al Bader Al-kharafi showcases Zain’s future vision and smart technology Arabiya channel’s General Manager DUBAI: Saudi Arabia warned yester- Turki Aldakhil warned that imposing KUWAIT: Zain Kuwait inaugurated event, organized by the Dubai World day it would retaliate against any sanc- sanctions on the world’s largest oil its dedicated booth at the Gulf Trade Center and featuring the tions imposed on the oil-rich kingdom exporter could spark global economic Information Technology Exhibition biggest global companies, organiza- over the disappearance of journalist disaster. “It would lead to Saudi (GITEX Technology Week 2018). tions and entities from the telecom Jamal Khashoggi, as the Riyadh stock Arabia’s failure to commit to producing The international event is hosted in and IT industry, came to stress the market plunged on growing investor 7.5 million barrels. If the price of oil Dubai until Oct 18, where technology importance of this event within the leaders and pioneers gather under telecom sector, as it is considered jitters. From tech tycoons to media reaching $80 angered President one roof for five days to showcase one of the biggest events in the giants, a host of Western companies Trump, no one should rule out the are now distancing themselves from the latest tech applications that will industry around the world. price jumping to $100, or $200, or enrich the digital world’s revolution. Zain’s participation highlights its the Gulf state, imperiling Crown Prince even double that figure,” he wrote. The opening ceremony witnessed efforts to achieve its strategy to Mohammed bin Salman’s economic US senators have triggered a provi- the visit of Sheikh Hamdan bin enrich its transformation into a fully- reform drive. US President Donald sion of the Global Magnitsky Human Mohammed bin Rashid Al- integrated digital service provider. Trump threatened ally Saudi Arabia on Rights Accountability Act requiring the Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai Zain started its digital transformation Saturday with “severe punishment” if president to determine whether a for- and Chairman of the Executive journey by launching many smart Khashoggi, who has been critical of eign person is responsible for a gross Council of Dubai, where he was wel- services and solutions to both con- Prince Mohammed, was killed inside its human rights violation. The act has in comed by Zain Group’s Vice sumers and businesses throughout Istanbul mission. the past imposed visa bans and asset Chairman and Group CEO Bader the past two years. Zain is participat- But Riyadh vowed to hit back freezes on Russian officials. Anti-Saudi Nasser Al-Kharafi and Zain Kuwait’s ing as the only telecom company that against any punitive measures. “The sentiment in the US Congress could Chief Executive Officer Eaman Al- represents Kuwait in this leading kingdom affirms its total rejection of conceivably raise pressure to pass the Roudhan, with the attendance of global and regional event amongst any threats or attempts to undermine it so-called No Oil Producing and Kuwait’s General Consul in Dubai the presence of international firms. whether through threats to impose Exporting Cartels Act, which would Thiab Al-Rashidi as well as Zain’s Through its participation at economic sanctions or the use of polit- end sovereign immunity shielding executive management and Zain’s GITEX Technology Week, Zain aims ical pressure,” an official source said, OPEC members from US legal action. strategic partners from global firms. to showcase its capabilities as an quoted by state news agency SPA. He As investors took fright, Saudi During his tour at Zain’s booth, active partner in achieving the goals said Riyadh would “respond to any stocks tumbled by around seven per- Sheikh Hamdan expressed his admi- of the Kuwait National Development action with a bigger one”, pointing out cent at one point yesterday, wiping out ration of the leading role Zain plays in Plan (New Kuwait 2035) that stems that the oil superpower “plays an their gains for 2018. Business barons transforming the telecom sector in from HH the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al- effective and vital role in the world including British billionaire Richard the Middle East, as well as the com- Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah’s concep- economy”. Branson and Uber CEO Dara pany’s efforts in advancing innovation tualized vision of a new Kuwait by According to Saudi-owned Al Khosrowshahi, as well as media pow- within the enterprise sector that wit- 2035, which is based on five expect- nesses constant leaps of change in ed outcomes and seven key pillars. Arabiya, the kingdom has “over 30 erhouses like Bloomberg and CNN, the region’s markets. Through its booth at GITEX, Zain HH Sheikh Hamdan (left) converses with Zain Group’s Vice Chairman measures” that it could implement to Continued on Page 24 Zain’s participation in this global Continued on Page 3 and Group CEO Bader Nasser Al-Kharafi.

echoes that of millions of Filipinos, who polls tapped into genuine popular outrage over Filipinos deeply say support the crackdown but not the thou- disorder, crime and dysfunction in a devel- sands of slayings that are central to it. oping nation with millions of poor people Duterte’s drug war - his signature initiative - and a turbulent political past. “It’s not like conflicted on helped bring him to power in mid-2016, they’re turning a blind eye (to the killing) but promising to rid society of narcotics by any they’re really worried about the drug prob- Duterte drug war means necessary. Since then, police say they lem,” said Steven Rood, a fellow-in-resi- have killed 4,854 alleged drug users or deal- dence at pollster SWS. “It has been a prob- MANILA: Jailed drug user Bitoy Paras perks ers in self-defense, while rights groups esti- lem for a long time and finally the president up when describing his support for Philippine mate the true toll is at least triple that. of the Philippines is doing something about President Rodrigo Duterte’s deadly war on According to the latest survey by pollster it,” he added, describing how many Filipinos narcotics, an unlikely fan of a campaign that SWS, the campaign still has the backing of 78 view the narcotics issue. has left Filipinos deeply conflicted. “Duterte percent of Filipinos, a figure undented in over But for the family of Duterte voter talks tough, saying he will get rid of addicts... a year. Drug war proponents regularly point Katherine Bautista, that belief was suddenly I am happy he’s doing that,” he told AFP at to these statistics as proof that the interna- turned on its head by tragedy last year. Manila’s main jail, which is packed with drug tionally-condemned crackdown is the will of Bautista supported the crackdown until her suspects. “But I feel uneasy about the the people. But those same polls show near stepson John Jezreel David was shot dead in killings,” said the 22-year-old rickshaw driver, unanimous agreement - 96 percent - among what police said was an anti-drug operation whose real name cannot be used due to the nation in opposition to the killings, saying even as she insisted her son was not a drug MANILA: This photo taken on Aug 13, 2018 shows inmates standing next to a portrait of prison policy. the suspects should be taken alive. user. “I was even saying that the tears of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte inside the city jail. — AFP Paras’ seemingly paradoxical backing Experts say Duterte’s campaign has Continued on Page 24 2 Established 1961 Local Monday, October 15, 2018 Amir hosts officials after Sheikh Abdullah center wins int’l award

Amir names cultural hall after late senior official

KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al- His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah Sabah (center) meets with Minister of Amiri Diwan Affairs Sheikh Ali Al- meets with His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad meets with His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Jarrah Al-Sabah (right) and Director of Financial and Administrative Al-Jaber Al-Sabah. Al-Hamad Al-Sabah. Affairs at the Amiri Diwan Abdulaziz Ishaq. — KUNA photos

KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh undersecretary of Amiri Diwan. Such a kind Amir meets officials Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah received gesture is called upon the directives of His Earlier yesterday, His Highness the Amir yesterday at Seif Palace Minister of Amiri Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad received at Seif Palace His Highness the Diwan Affairs Sheikh Ali Al-Jarrah Al-Sabah Al-Jaber Al-Sabah in honor of Shatti’s great Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al- and Director of Financial and Administrative Jaber Al-Sabah. His highness the Amir also Affairs at the Amiri Diwan Abdulaziz Ishaq. received His Highness the Prime Minister The reception came after Sheikh Abdullah Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al- Al-Salem Cultural Center (ASCC) won the Sabah who was the Amiri representative at International Property Award as the best Amir, Crown the 73rd UN General Assembly held in New Public Services Architecture building in the York. His Highness also received Acting Middle East and North Africa 2018. They Prince meet National Assembly Speaker Salah Khorshid. presented to His Highness the Amir the Also yesterday, His Highness the Crown (ASCC) cultural agenda for the year 2018- state officials Prince received His Highness Sheikh Jaber 2019 in title of ‘Cultural Bridges’, as well as Al-Mubarak and Salah Khorshid. His the upcoming cultural program for Al- Highness the Crown Prince also received Shaheed Park. Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Meanwhile, Minister of the Amiri Diwan Foreign Affairs Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al- Affairs Sheikh Ali Jarrah Al-Sabah said that accomplishments and benevolent services Hamad Al-Sabah, Deputy Prime Minister and the main showroom of the fine arts center to his country during his educational and Minister of Interior Sheikh Khaled Al-Jarrah in Sheikh Abdullah Al-Salem Cultural working career, throughout which he occu- Al-Sabah, as well as Deputy Prime Minister His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah meets Center, in Salmiya area, has been named pied several senior posts, added Sheikh Ali and Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs Anas with Acting National Assembly Speaker Salah Abdulreda Khorshid. after the late Ibrahim Al-Shatti, former Al-Jarrah. Khaled Al-Saleh. — KUNA

foremost expert on energy technology, econom- Amir congratulates ics, and the environment and his countless con- tributions toward the greater good continue to inspire us.” KFAS chief “It is an honor to count Dr Shihab-Eldin as an alum, and we’d like to add our applause to the Kuwaiti, Jordanian on winning many as Dr Shihab-Eldin is presented with this award, one he so richly deserves,” it added. Dr IPU proposals on Shihab-Eldin graduated Phi Beta Kappa from UC distinguished award Berkeley with a BS in Electrical Engineering and a master’s and PhD in Nuclear Engineering. The UNRWA merged KUWAIT/WASHINGTON: His Highness the Elise and Walter A Haas International Award hon- GENEVA: Kuwaiti National Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah ors an alumnus who is a native, citizen, and resi- Assembly Speaker Marzouq Ali Al- sent yesterday a cable of congratulations to the dent of another country and who has “a distin- Ghanem announced the agreement to Director General of the Kuwait Foundation for guished record of service to that country in the merge the Kuwaiti and Jordanian the Advancement of Sciences (KFAS) Dr Adnan arts, science and engineering, education, busi- proposals related to the deficit in the Shihab-Eldin on winning the 2017 Elise and ness, environmental protection, government, or budget of the United Nations Relief Walter A Haas International Award. In the cable, any other field.” and Works Agency for Palestine His Highness the Amir expressed his congratula- Dr Shihab-Eldin is also recognized “as a Refugees (UNRWA). tions to Dr Shihab-Eldin who was honored dur- visionary leader in the field of energy globally, Ghanem made his remarks after ing a ceremony held at University of California well respected by energy ministries and heads of his participation in the coordination (UC), Berkeley, in recognition of his continuous state throughout the energy-producing world,” WASHINGTON: Director General of the Kuwait meetings of the Arab and Islamic scientific efforts in the Arab world, wishing him where his contributions to Kuwait “exemplify Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences groups held in Geneva on the side- good health and well-being. His Highness the Berkley’s highest values.” Also, his contributions (KFAS) Dr Adnan Shihab-Eldin (right) receives lines of the 139th session of the Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber “have not only helped to facilitate and advance the 2017 Elise and Walter A Haas International Inter-Parliamentary Union. The two Al-Sabah and His Highness the Prime Minister Kuwait’s scientific and innovation ecosystem, but Award. — KUNA Marzouq Al-Ghanem proposals were merged into one to Sheikh Jaber Mubarak Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah sent has also strengthened solid foundations for increase the chances of winning the similar cables to Dr Shihab-Eldin. research and development in the wider Middle vote, he added. He noted that other geopolitical groups Dr Shihab-Eldin was awarded in recognition East region.” tinue to carry its legacy to inspire others to make (African, Latin American and European) agreed to form a of his “enduring passion to build up the modern Meanwhile, Dr Shihab-Eldin thanked “all those a difference,” he added. He noted that the most coordination committee, adding that the vote will take place higher education and scientific research system that have been a part of this journey” with him. valuable lesson “one learns from studying, work- today in the General Assembly of the Union. for Kuwait and the Arab world.” In a statement He expressed his gratitude “to the leadership of ing and living in Berkeley, is not only to strive to Kuwait’s top lawmaker thanked the members of the Kuwaiti to the press, Berkeley said that Dr Shihab-Eldin my country, Kuwait, for the generous support excel academically and professionally, but also to parliamentary delegation and the General Secretariat of the “embodies the illustrious, innovative spirit of UC and opportunities I received throughout my edu- give back, and contribute to the betterment of National Assembly’s staff for their efforts to achieve Kuwait goals Berkeley alums who have so definitively exhibit- cation and career.” our individual societies and the global communi- and support the Arab Islamic nations. — KUNA ed a deep and distinguished record of global “Finally, my gratitude goes to the University ty; in essence, pass on the Berkeley legacy that service.” It affirmed that Dr Shihab-Eldin “is a community at large and all the people that con- was embodied within each of us.” — KUNA Deputy FM receives outgoing Deputy chief of staff holds talks with Chinese Ambassador Amir dedicates senior Egyptian military official special concern for children: Official

CAIRO: A visiting Kuwaiti official affirmed yesterday that His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al- Jaber Al-Sabah devotes special atten- tion to care for children particularly those of special needs. His Highness the Amir supports children of special chal- lenges, says Rashed Al-Elaimi, member KUWAIT: Deputy Chief of Staff of the Kuwaiti Army Lt Gen Abdullah Al-Nawaf Al-Sabah of the Supreme Council for Family meets with the visiting Egyptian Armed Forces Armament Authority Deputy Chief, Major Affairs, affiliated with the Kuwaiti General Mohammed Salah-Eddine Mustafa. —KUNA KUWAIT: Deputy Foreign Minister Khaled Al-Jarallah meets with the outgoing Cabinet. He was speaking at the con- Chinese Ambassador to Kuwait Wang Di. — KUNA clusion of the forum about childhood. KUWAIT: Deputy Chief of Staff of the Army said in a statement that the two sides Elaimi has indicated at existing cooper- Kuwaiti Army Lt Gen Abdullah Al-Nawaf Al- discussed topics related to means of boosting KUWAIT: Deputy Foreign Minister Khaled Al-Jarallah received yesterday the out- ation among the Kuwaiti associations Sabah discussed yesterday issues of joint con- cooperation at the military level. The meeting going Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) to Kuwait, Wang Di. The and charities for promoting childhood cern with the visiting Egyptian Armed Forces was attended by Maj Gen Anwar Al-Mazidi, deputy foreign minister wished the departing envoy success in his future tasks. The and boosting education about chil- Armament Authority Deputy Chief, Major the head of armament and equipment of the meeting was attended by the assistant foreign minister for affairs of the deputy min- dren’s rights. — KUNA General Mohammed Salah-Eddine Mustafa, Kuwaiti Army, and the Egyptian military ister’s bureau, Ambassador Ayham Al-Omar. — KUNA and his accompanying delegation. The Kuwaiti attache, Brig Yahya Al-Samadi. — KUNA 3 L o c a l Monday, October 15, 2018

Bader Al-Kharafi, Eaman Al-Roudhan and Hamad Al- Marzouq viewing one of the smart solutions at Zain’s booth.

HH Sheikh Hamdan with Kuwait’s General Consul in Dubai KUWAIT: Bader Al-Kharafi and Eaman Al-Roudhan with Zain officials in a group photo (right), Bader Al-Kharafi, and Eaman Al-Roudhan. Zain uses its technological capabilities to achieve New Kuwait vision at GITEX Continued from Page 1 Platform, which enables all individual services to run in a goals, especially in relation to increasing the efficiency of cohesive environment, and synergizes across applica- the infrastructures of the various government entities in provides the technologies required under each of the 7 tions by fusing data and analysis to provide a 360- the country, as well as developing areas of education, Pillars to achieve the goals of the Kuwait National degree platform view for digital service development, health, security, community safety, and economic Development Plan. management, and operations. progress. At GITEX, Zain offers its latest innovative solutions for During GITEX, Zain also greatly focuses on showcas- Zain affirmed that it is committed to expand in smart empowering a smart life, a safe community, and an effi- ing the full capabilities of the integrated 5G technology life and digital transformation applications to participate cient business sector based on the 7 Pillars of the Kuwait that it started investing in last June, which represents a with the public sector in executing the seven pillars of the National Development Plan, which are Smart Security, quantum leap in the operational efficiency of Zain’s net- New Kuwait 2035 vision to enrich economic development Smart Education, Smart Health, Smart Mobility, Smart work in Kuwait, and makes Zain one of the first companies and digital diversity, along with its strategic partners. Living, Smart Economy, and Smart Infrastructure. in Kuwait and the region to adopt this solution to meet the Zain’s strategy is centered around digital transformation The smart solutions Zain showcases at GITEX includes ever-growing needs of its individual and enterprise cus- leadership and empowering the community to enjoy a solutions for Smart Security, like access control, identity tomers, as well as support the expansion of digital trans- smarter portable lifestyle, as well as using advanced tech- management, mass notification, video surveillance, inter- formation applications. nology and Zain’s long experience to enable an easier and campus communications, and business intelligence. Zain’s participation at GITEX will also include the more flexible life. The company places itself as an active Solutions for Smart Education include connected class- HH Sheikh Hamdan converses with Bader Al-Kharafi showcasing of the company’s artificial intelligence (AI) partner in creating the future of smart life in Kuwait. rooms and virtual classrooms. Solutions for Smart and Internet of Things (IoT) solutions, which extend to Zain’s participation at GITEX Technology Week con- Healthcare include remote chronic illness management, include smart districts, energy management, facility man- serve numerous essential sectors and industries. The com- tributes to prove the company’s full potential in triggering remote medical collaboration solutions, healthcare cloud agement, smart metering, smart lighting, smart benches, pany designed these solutions specifically to enrich its the digital community, and will enrich its collaborations in services, and more. digital signage, and smart waste bins. Smart Economy leadership as an active partner in creating the future of Telecom and IT areas with its strategic partners on multi- Zain’s smart solutions also feature solutions for Smart solutions include the smart investment platform, E- smart life in Kuwait. In addition, NXN, Zain’s smart city ple levels. The company’s participation in such global Mobility, including smart parking, remote monitoring, Wallet, payment platform, and smart retail. Finally, Smart arm, is also present at GITEX to offer strategies and inno- events will motivate its efforts to becoming a fully inte- and smart public signage. Solutions for Smart Living Infrastructure solutions include the integrated DNX vative smart solutions that achieve the New Kuwait vision grated digital lifestyle provider.

Sheikh Abdullah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah stat- EPA keen to ed the goal behind planting grey mangrove is to increase biological diversification State departments inside the reserve’s coastal environment. support Jahra Such a step is one of EPA’s projects aimed to enrich the environment and increase urged to ‘Kuwaitize’ arable lands in all around Kuwait, Sheikh nature reserve Abdullah Al-Ahmad said, adding there are also plans to increase the number of nature committees reserves and biological diversity in the KUWAIT: Minister of Public Works country. Planting grey mangrove would By A Saleh Hussam Al-Roumi affirmed yesterday significantly contribute in enriching the coastal environment, increasing wildlife Kuwait Environment Public Authority’s KUWAIT: The Civil Service Commission (CSC) (EPA) keenness to preserve environment in creatures, and fish habitats in Kuwait, said urged all state departments to ‘Kuwaitize’ all com- the country and back Jahra nature reserve, the senior official. which currently sees a unique wildlife due Jahra nature reserve is one of EPA’s mittees they form with only one exception for spe- to efforts by wildlife protection institutions. main reserves and an environmental cialized consultants, said well-informed sources, Roumi, also Minister of State for Municipal tourist attraction, Sheikh Abdullah Al- noting that this step comes as part of a general Affairs, made his remarks on sidelines of his Ahmad noted, adding EPA has allowed policy to replace expatriates in the public sector field visit to Jahra nature reserve to imple- school students and research bodies to with citizens. ment the second phase of EPA’s project to visit the reserve and conduct studies in it. KUWAIT: Minister of Public Works Hussam Al-Roumi (right) and EPA’s Director plant grey mangrove (Avicennia marina). He also said the reserve would soon be General Sheikh Abdullah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah plant grey mangrove (Avicennia mari- Private universities The reserve thrives on local and migra- open to the public during the winter sea- na) in Jahra nature reserve. —KUNA photo The Private Universities Council’s Secretary tory birds and other creatures, which show son to enable citizens and residents enjoy General Habib Abul called for allocating 600,000 the natural sections inside it, adding the EPA’s keenness to preserve such diversity sq m instead of the land previously allocated in and protect it from extinction, he noted. place contains five different environmental ing citizens and residents to inform the too far from residential areas to reduce Sulaibiya to be used to build at least four universi- Currently, there are future schemes to areas; freshwater, coastal, marine, sea, and Authority about any environmental acci- camping in remote and border areas. increase production of animals and grey desert. On pollution incidents in Doha and dent in order to allow EPA teams to inter- Speaking during the visit, Sheikh Abdullah ties. In a letter he sent to Kuwait Municipality, mangrove inside the reserve, Roumi said, Fintas areas, Sheikh Abdullah Al-Ahmad vene swiftly and contain the hazard. said the EPA urged Kuwait Municipality to Abul stressed that Amiri decrees had already been disclosing intention to transfer such plans mentioned that EPA is closely following Furthermore, Sheikh Abdullah said that provide enough garbage containers near issued concerning a list of private universities. to other environments in Kuwait such as the situations there and currently awaiting an agreement was made with relevant bod- the camps during the camping season Abul added that Suliabiya lacks the proper infra- Bubiyan Island. latest laboratory results of the samples ies, including Kuwait Municipality, to use which starts on November 15 and ends on structure needed to build the new universities. Meanwhile, EPA’s Director General taken from Doha and Fintas beaches, urg- new locations for spring camps that are not March 15. — KUNA Overdue bills The Ministry of Electricity and Water (MEW) National Guard, EU body managed to collect KD 160 million in overdue bills in six months, from the new fiscal year till the end of September, assistant undersecretary for con- cooperate against pollution sumer affairs Meshaan Al-Otaibi said. He also pre- dicted that the total amount to be collected until KUWAIT: Undersecretary of Kuwait line with instructions by the supreme com- the end of the year might reach KD 320 million, a National Guard Lt Gen Hashim Al-Refai mand of the National Guard namely the 40 percent increase compared to last year. affirmed the significance of yesterday’s visit Chief His Highness Sheikh Salem Al-Ali Al- by a delegation representing the European Sabah and National Guard Deputy Chief Union Centers of Excellence Initiative to Sheikh Meshaal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al- the Guard’s affiliated chemical and radioac- Sabah,” he said. The delegation was briefed KUWAIT: This picture released by Kuwait Municipality yesterday shows alleged tive monitoring center. Lt Gen Refai said in about the center and its role to protect the encroachments on state property. a press release that the visit was due to Kuwaiti environment from pollution. The Bank robbery enhance Kuwait’s cooperation with other EU Centers of Excellence (COE) initiative fire extinguishers in temporary offices and parties at the international level, in addition began in 2010 as a new methodology for suspect denies KD 712,488 fines a lack of a construction works license. to boosting expertise and information providing technical assistance to countries exchange. “This comes as an application to outside the union in chemical, biological, Traffic campaigns what the strategic objectives document radiological and nuclear (CBRN) risk miti- charges collected for The traffic department carried out sev- (2020), themed Security First, called for, in gation. — KUNA eral campaigns from Thursday, Oct 11 to state property Saturday, Oct 13, resulting in issuing 13,789 By Meshaal Al-Enezi citations, impounding 428 vehicles and two violations motorcycles, while 30 persons were KUWAIT: A suspect detained over accusations of detained for committing grave violations. robbing a bank branch using a toy gun denied all charges in court yesterday. A Gulf Bank branch was By Hanan Al-Saadoun Salmiya fire subjected to a robbery a little over three weeks ago, Fire broke out on the tenth floor of a and no injuries to clients or employees were recorded, KUWAIT: Kuwait Municipality said it will Salmiya building, prompting Bidaa, Salmiya the bank had confirmed. Police announced three days continue its field campaign to confront and technical rescue stations to respond. later that a Jordanian man in his 20s was arrested over companies who use state property by Three persons were slightly injured and the robbery. Sources said that detectives found the fencing lots without a license or do not treated onsite. comply with regulations. Director of the gloves the suspect had worn, adding that he had Safety Department in Mubarak Al-Kabeer Suicide stashed a large part of the KD 4,500 he stole in his Maisa Bushehri said that 25 citations were An Asian man died after he threw him- Filipina girlfriend’s apartment in Salmiya. Detectives issued in the past five months with total self from the fifth floor of a Mahboula said the suspect had spent KD 250 from the stolen fines of KD 712,488. Violations varied building in an apparent suicide. An investi- money. Police said the man had discarded the abaya between having storage yards without gation was opened to determine the cir- KUWAIT: Undersecretary of Kuwait National Guard Lt Gen Hashim Al-Refai meets and niqab he had worn during the heist in a dumpster, fencing or exceeding the limits, not having cumstances behind the case. with a delegation representing the EU Centers of Excellence Initiative.— KUNA adding that the pistol he had used was a toy. 4 Local Monday, October 15, 2018 KIPCO Group commits to support UN’s Women Empowerment Principles Supporting gender equality and women’s economic empowerment

Burgan Bank Chairman, Majed Al-Ajeel, signs the WEPs statement of support. KUWAIT: Chairmen and CEOs of signature companies with Minister Hind Al-Sabeeh.

KUWAIT: KIPCO - the Kuwait Projects Farqad Al-Sanea, alongside CEOs of leading Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah. Company (Holding) - and its Group compa- Kuwaiti companies. The signing ceremony Commenting on this occasion, Faisal Al- nies expressed support for the Women’s took place at the Kuwait Chamber of Ayyar, KIPCO’s Vice Chairman (Executive), Empowerment Principles (WEPs), launched in Commerce and Industry (KCCI) under the said: “The participation of women in our com- 2010 by UN Women and the UN Global auspices of the Minister of Social Affairs and panies, at all levels, makes sound business Compact. sense and serves to broaden the pool of talent The WEPs offer a platform to mobi- we employ. At KIPCO, we believe that equal lize the private sector to promote, sup- opportunities for women and men in the port and accelerate gender equality and workplace is important for ensuring the sus- women’s economic empowerment. In line with tainability of our operations, and it is the right Kuwait is the first GCC country to join thing to do.” this global initiative, thanks to the ‘Kuwait 2035’ In line with this commitment, representa- efforts of the Supreme Council for tives from KIPCO, Burgan Bank and Gulf Planning and Development and the vision Insurance Group took part in a training work- Women Research and Studies Center shop titled ‘Private Sector and Women’s (WRSC) at Kuwait University. The Empowerment Principles’. The workshop was WEPs fall in line with the UNDP’s 2030 organized by the WRSC in cooperation with Agenda for Sustainable Development, the UNDP and UN Women. The three-day particularly Goal #5 on Gender Equality. Labor and State Minister for Economic Affairs program focused on the implementation of The WEPs ‘Statement of Support’ was Hind Al-Sabeeh. KIPCO Group’s participation international best practices that impact signed by Burgan Bank Chairman, Majed Al- comes in line with its contribution to the women in the workplace. GIG Chairman, Farqad Al-Sanea, signs in support of WEPs. Ajeel, and Gulf Insurance Group Chairman, ‘Kuwait 2035’ vision of His Highness the Amir

NBK partners with Gulf Bank 642 JACC to support Marathon partners Kuwaiti culture with KRCS KUWAIT: Gulf Bank has announced its partnership KUWAIT: National Bank of Kuwait (NBK) partners with Sheikh with the Kuwait Red Crescent Society (KRCS) for this Jaber Al-Ahmed Cultural Centre (JACC) in supporting its year’s ‘Gulf Bank 642 Marathon’. The partnership ‘Tonight 80s’ show during October, as part of the bank’s contin- encourages people to donate funds for medical aid to uous efforts to maintain the social and cultural institutions’ ini- those who are unable to afford medical treatment in tiatives in Kuwait. Kuwait. NBK’s participation in the ‘Tonight 80s’ show reflects the All proceeds will go towards the provision of med- bank’s distinguished legacy economically and socially. NBK’s ical devices such as, pacemakers, cochlear devices, eighties era mirrors Kuwait’s financial history being the first hearing aids, electric wheelchairs and stents. Donations bank in Kuwait and one of the largest social contributors. can be made online through the dedicated icon on the NBK’s camel money box remains until today one of the most marathon’s website, or through the web link symbolic connection between the bank and its the communi- https://donation.krcs.org.kw/en-US/Campaign . There ty. NBK’s Public Relations and Communications Assistant will also be a dedicated donation booth across the four General Manager, Manal Al-Mattar, said that NBK’s support to days leading up to the race and on the day of the “tonight! 80s” show is a gesture of marathon. recognition of the important and Speaking of the partnership, Ahmad Al-Amir, pivotal role that this leading cul- Assistant General Manager of external Communication tural institution plays in promoting at Gulf Bank, commented: “Each year, the ‘Gulf Bank our culture and shedding light on 642 Marathon’ partners with a leading organization to its arts and rich heritage. raise awareness for a worthy cause. This year, Gulf “Our CSR strategy focuses on Bank is pleased to confirm our partnership with the supporting cultural activities that Kuwait Red Crescent Society (KRCS). It is our honor aim at building bridges between to aid a local campaign that assists individuals in need (From left) Ahmad Al-Majed, Pro Vision; Salma Al-Hajjaj, General Manager for Human Resources at Gulf generations,” she added. “We of medication or healthcare, including those suffering Bank; Anwar Al-Hasawi, Vice Chairman - Kuwait Red Crescent Society; Tony Daher, CEO at Gulf Bank and trust that cultural and historical from chronic diseases and disabilities. We thank you Ahmad Al-Amir, Assistant General Manager for External Communications at Gulf Bank. related events do attract a large for your support and hope that this initiative will pro- segment of the society. It is our vide a platform to inspire individuals to support a duty as a leading institution to be notable cause that leads to the creation of a more ness of the cause, as well as assist us in our goal of overwhelming response from the public. The part in spreading cultural activi- Manal Al-Mattar empowered society.” providing medical aid to those who need it the most.” marathon has placed Kuwait on the map for interna- ties, helping youth to be engaged Lama Al-Othman - Resource Mobilization Director The 2017 ‘Gulf Bank 642 Marathon’ was an tional sporting events. It is the only road race in more and continuing to enhance at Kuwait Red Crescent Society, said: “We are thrilled unprecedented success with 6,000 attendees rep- Kuwait to have received accreditation from the Kuwait’s history and tradition for years to come.” with Gulf Bank’s decision to collaborate with the resenting over 130 nationalities. This year’s fourth Association of International Marathons and Over the past six and a half decades, NBK has committed Kuwait Red Crescent Society for this year’s Gulf Bank Gulf Bank 642 Marathon will take place on Distance Races (AIMS). The marathon is also sup- itself to supporting social and cultural ceremonies in Kuwait as 642 Marathon. The marathon will raise national aware- November 17, 2018 and has already received an ported by the public and private sectors. part of its social responsibility. As a leading and prestigious institution, NBK has a track record of serving and supporting the Kuwaiti society. Its partnership with JACC supports pro- moting and highlighting the richness of history and civilization. It’s worth mentioning that the ‘Tonight 80s’ show took the KIB sponsors audience on a memory trip to the eighties. The era that is con- sidered the ‘Golden Age’ of the Kuwaiti television, with its vari- Kuwait Students Food Bank launches ous programs, series and songs, engraved in the memory of Kuwaitis. The audience re-lived the glorious eighties, looking back in our past not with sadness or nostalgia, but with pride Club at the campaign for and appreciation to the years that formed the characteristics of our society today. University of Indonesia victims JACC is a multidisciplinary public space owned by the Amiri Diwan striving to entertain, educate and inspire the people of Arizona Kuwait. It offers a range of events - in music, theatre, film, KUWAIT: The Kuwait Food Bank announced workshops and spoken word - for every generation and sector yesterday that it had launched a campaign to aid of society. JACC provides a space for dialogue to share and KUWAIT: Kuwait International Bank (KIB) recently the victims of Indonesia’s floods and earthquake, showcase skills and knowledge, giving younger voices a forum announced that it has offered its sponsorship once which resulted in the death of over 2,000 people in which to speak. again to the Students Club at the University of and severe damages to infrastructure. Arizona, covering the club’s entire program of activi- Director General of the Kuwait Food Bank, ties for the academic year 2018/2019. The Student Salem Al-Hamar said that the natural disasters, Club comprises a group of Kuwaiti youth studying in In its statement, the bank said: “KIB has long been which hit the city of Palu in the Indonesian Arizona, whose active engagement sees them partici- a committed supporter of youth programs and initia- island of Sulawesi, had led to considerable pating in a number of extracurricular activities tives of all kinds. We believe that the youth population losses and destruction beyond imagination, throughout the academic year. is the single greatest asset any country has, and we are affirming that the campaign launched by the This sponsorship comes under the umbrella of fully dedicated to our mission to empower the youth in bank was aimed at easing a bit of the suffering KIB’s ongoing strategy focused on supporting youth Kuwait in every possible way.” felt by the victims. The campaign is within His engagements, activities and programs - both in Kuwait It serves to note that KIB devotes special attention Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al- and abroad. The bank has always believed that youth- to supporting student-based activities throughout dif- Jaber Al-Sabah’s directives to aid all those in focused programs and initiatives outside the direct ferent stages of students’ academic journey - sponsor- need worldwide, said Al-Hamar who called on realm of academia, play an important role in promot- ing and organizing a variety of sports events, exhibi- the people of Kuwait to contribute to this just ing the personal development of students; helping to tions, field visits and much more. By doing so, the bank and humanitarian cause by providing their refine their skills and equip them with the necessary continues to enhance the significant contribution its donations to the bank headquarter in Al- tools to actively contribute to national growth and leading social responsibility program seeks to make Adailiyah area. — KUNA development. across all segments of the community. Established 1961 5 Local Monday, October 15, 2018

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KUWAIT: The eastern imperial eagle in pictured at the Kuwaiti desert. —Photo by Omar Al-Sayed Omar (KUNA)

BEQAA VALLEY, East Lebanon: Officials open a medical clinic in Bait Al-Yasmine school. —KUNA KRCS backs Syrian refugees’ education in Lebanon

BEQAA VALLEY, East Lebanon: Kuwait Red Crescent Society’s (KRCS) General Secretary Maha Al-Barjas affirmed yesterday the organization’s support for edu- cating Syrian refugees and its keenness on protecting Members of Kuwait Red Crescent Society’s delegation are their future. Barjas was speaking to Kuwait News seen with Syrian students. Agency (KUNA) during a visit by a KRCS’ delegation to a couple of schools in Hosh Al-Harima and Al-Qadriah, villages located in the West Beqaa Valley in eastern Lebanon, to give support to 580 Syrian students. “Education is important and it’s a basic need that a per- son should have to assure his (her) future specifically and protect his (her) country generally,” Barjas said. Lack of education leads to corruption, endangers the next generation and allows illiteracy to spread in society, meanwhile the world is making an effort to erase illiteracy, as Barjas says. “Unfortunately, wars and armed conflicts prevent people from education and increases number of illiterate people around the world denying them one of the most important chances for (normal) living,” she adds. The KRCS general secretary has called on humanitarian institutions to support this cause, affirming KRCS’ continuous support for provid- ing multiple types of aid to ease life for the refugees. Meanwhile, ‘Bait Al-Yasmine’ team’s representative, Khadeeja Al-Madani, said in a statement to the press that “Kuwait has contributed to organizing and facili- tating all sorts of humanitarian and charitable works for voluntary teams inside Kuwait and abroad.” ‘Bait Al- Yasmine’ was licensed by the Kuwaiti Ministry of Social Affairs and Labor in 2016. The relief team operates under the KRCS umbrella. KRCS is a leading humani- tarian organization that provides aid and support for Syrian refugees in Lebanon; with consistent activities and projects all year long. — KUNA International Monday, October 15, 2018 ‘Zombie’ storm Leslie hits Spain, Portugal Rebels fire shells from Syria buffer despite pullout Page 7 Page 8

IZMIR: Turkish police forensic experts examine the wreckage of a truck, carrying migrants, after it crashed in Izmir yesterday. —AFP Migrant truck crash kills 22 in Turkey Vehicle plunges off the highway into a waterway

ISTANBUL: Twenty-two people, including children, corpses strewn beside. The DHA news agency said meters north of Turkey’s Dilek peninsula that juts in Greece by sea so far this year, with 118 people los- died yesterday when a vehicle carrying migrants the driver of the vehicle, a Turkish man aged 35, sur- out from the Izmir region. ing their lives via this route. reportedly heading for EU member Greece plunged vived and told police from his hospital bed that he Last week, eight migrants were found drowned off off the highway into a waterway in western Turkey. had swerved to avoid an oncoming white vehicle. Key transit point the Karaburun district, also in Izmir province, after The vehicle, described as a lorry, was travelling on a The dead included two babies and two children Turkey is a key transit points for migrants from their boat capsized. Twenty-six others are still offi- highway in the Izmir region close to Izmir airport as well as a pregnant woman, it said. Once the dri- troubled countries in the Middle East, Asia and cially listed as missing after that accident, according when it flipped over and fell into the channel several ver’s hospital treatment is completed, he will be Africa seeking a new life in Europe. A million to Anadolu. The trips of migrants towards Greece are meters below, state-run Anadolu news agency said. sent to court with a demand to be arrested, migrants crossed from Turkey into Greece in 2015, often organized by smugglers who demand hundreds The nationality of the migrants was not made Anadolu said. Regional prosecutors have opened mostly by boats, in a crisis which forced a deal and sometimes thousands of dollars per person to clear. Twenty-two people were killed, the agency an investigation, it added. DHA said that the vehicle between Ankara and the EU to stem the flow of peo- sort out the logistics. After the disaster off said, lifting an earlier toll of 19, while 13 more were was headed for the coast of the Izmir region, from ple. Numbers have fallen since but people are still Karaburun, four suspected smugglers were arrested injured. Turkish television pictures showed the where the migrants planned to take inflatable undertaking what is a highly perilous journey and the following evidence given by an Iraqi who survived, stricken wreckage of the vehicle, which was reduced dinghies, which had been packed into their vehicle, flow has ticked up this year from 2017. According to Anadolu said. They had demanded a fee of $1,500 to burned-out metal by the impact of the crash with to Greece’s Samos island. Samos is just a few kilo- UN figures, more than 24,500 migrants have arrived from each migrant.—AFP Murdered archbishop, Paul VI Merkel’s Bavarian become ‘saints’ allies face threat VATICAN CITY: Slain Salvadoran archbishop Oscar Romero and Pope Paul VI, Catholic giants who sparked controversy of poll debacle during their lifetimes, joined the church’s highest rank yester- day with an elevation to sainthood. Pope Francis wore a blood- MUNICH: Voters in the southern German state of stained rope belt which belonged to Romero, who was mur- Bavaria went to the polls yesterday in an election dered at the altar, as he lead the ceremony in front of tens of where Chancellor Angela Merkel’s arch-conservative thousands of pilgrims from across the world. The pontiff also CSU allies were bracing for heavy losses. The used a chalice and pastoral staff belonging to Paul VI, in a can- Christian Social Union (CSU), who have almost sin- onization being seen as a reminder of Francis’s call for “a poor gle-handedly ruled the wealthy Alpine beer-and- church for the poor”. Both men have been hailed by Francis for lederhosen state since the late 1950s, are expected to their courage in turbulent times and their dedication to social lose their absolute majority, polls say. justice and the downtrodden. The other partner in Merkel’s fragile ‘grand coali- The men’s giant portraits hung on Saint Peter’s Basilica along tion’, the Social Democrats, were also set to do poor- with those of five other new saints, including an orphaned youth ly while the far-right and anti-immigration AfD and a German nun. “Paul VI spent his life for Christ’s Gospel, looked certain to enter the state assembly. The crossing new boundaries and becoming its witness in proclama- biggest winners, however, may be the left-leaning tion and in dialogue, a prophet of a Church turned outwards, Greens who have doubled their poll ratings to 19 per- looking to those far away and taking care of the poor,” Francis cent since the last state elections, which would make said. “It is wonderful that together with him and the other new them the second strongest party. Poll booths opened saints today, there is Archbishop Romero, who left the security of at 0600 GMT for 9.5 million eligible voters. Large the world, even his own safety, in order to give his life according VATICAN CITY: Portraits of Pope Paul VI (right) and the martyred Salvadoran Archbishop Oscar Romero are seen during a can- numbers had said they were still undecided shortly to the Gospel, close to the poor and to his people,” he added. onization ceremony mass in St Peter’s Square at the Vatican yesterday. —AFP before the vote, and first projections were expected Romero stood up for peasant rights in the face of a right- from 1600 GMT. wing backlash which painted him as a radical supporter of “lib- If the polls prove correct, the Bavarian election Salvador’s capital. The visitors, many in clothes printed with right, who saw veiled Marxism in his sermons. eration” theology in his small, impoverished central American will mark another step in the demise of ‘big-tent’ Romero’s face, gathered in front of his tomb, in the crypt of But Francis-the first Latin American pope-beatified nation. On March 24, 1980, the man dubbed the “voice of those mainstream parties and the fragmentation of the San Salvador’s central cathedral, and at the Hospital of Romero as a “martyr” in 2015, to popular acclaim. Paul VI- without voice” was shot in the heart, killed by a single bullet as political landscape, as seen in other western democ- Divine Providence chapel, where he was assassinated. who encouraged Romero in his struggle-was the first head he prepared communion. His killing came at the start of a racies. For Merkel, now often labelled a lame duck “We are arriving here to honor the memory of Monsignor of the Roman Catholic Church to attempt to reform the bloody civil war which claimed some 75,000 lives. Relics of leader in her fourth and final term, it would further Romero, who took his faith to the point of giving his life for Vatican’s powerful and unruly Curia, the church’s govern- each new saint were carried to the altar-part of a bone for raise political pressure two weeks ahead of another what he believed was right,” said Francisco Navarro, a 51- ing body. It was a challenge Francis also took on. He was Romero and the shirt Paul VI was wearing when he was dangerous vote, in the central state of Hesse. year-old Honduran, at the chapel along with some 30 of his also famously the first to reject the papal trappings of lux- stabbed in an assassination attempt at Manila airport in 1970. Parliamentary speaker Wolfgang Schaeuble, a veter- compatriots. “Since before he was killed, he defeated his ury, setting aside the traditional tiara-a jewel-encrusted, an Merkel ally, has conceded that the two state polls killers by forgiving them. Because he knew they were going three-tiered, conical crown-shortly after his election in ‘Gave his life’ will “affect national politics and thus the reputation of to kill him,” added university professor Julia Lainez. For a 1963 and donating its value to the poor. It was a gesture Overnight, hundreds of pilgrims from across Central the chancellor,” who seeks re-election as Christian long time, efforts to recognize Romero met with heavy echoed by Francis, who renounced the papal apartment America celebrated the impending canonization in El Democrats (CDU) party chief in December. —AFP opposition from conservative Catholics and the Salvadoran and gold cross. —AFP 7 International Monday, October 15, 2018 The tale of 2 brothers reflects Syria rebel unity and divisions Two brothers belong to different groups but share goals

ISTANBUL: Brothers Abu Eliyas and Abu Yousef have protests against Assad in the brothers’ home town of Deir fought at opposite ends of the insurgency against Syrian al-Zor in eastern Syria. President Bashar Al-Assad. One is a member of a rebel “They were unforgettable days. The feeling was very group that was once backed by the CIA. The other is a strange for us - that we are in Syria and going out in jihadist in an internationally proscribed terrorist movement. protest against the regime and the Assad family,” he said. Yet despite their ideological differences, they live under the Abu Eliyas took up arms with a Free Syrian Army group same roof in rebel-held Idlib province and have fought on early in the conflict. After seizing the area, Islamic State the same side against pro-Assad forces and Islamic State. militants destroyed his house in Deir al-Zor by rigging it “The important thing is we fight the same enemy,” said Abu with explosives and then blowing it up in what he Eliyas, 40, a member of the Turkey-backed Failaq al-Sham described as an act of revenge. Abu Yousef, who is not group. “At home, we exchange military skills and information, married, was a student when the conflict began. He joined and discuss the Syrian scene.” Nusra Front when it first emerged Abu Yousef, 27, belongs to the in Deir al-Zor, drawn by what he jihadist Tahrir al-Sham, formerly saw as the piety of its members, known as the Nusra Front. He Turkey faces including foreigners. believes the brothers’ “points of Both fought Islamic State agreement are greater than the task of sorting when it attacked eastern Syria points of division.” in 2014 and went north with “We are members of one jihadists from their family when IS conquered religion, one country and one the area. Once there, Abu goal”, he said. Their parallel moderates Eliyas joined Failaq al-Sham, journeys through the civil war and cited its standing in Turkey that began in Syria in 2011 as one of the attractions. Failaq illustrate the complexities of al-Sham has ties to the Syrian sorting insurgents deemed branch of the Muslim “radical” from more moderate rebels. This is the task fac- Brotherhood, which mounted an uprising in the 1980s ing Turkey as it seeks to shore up a deal with Russia over and is deemed a terrorist group by the government. Idlib, which is part of an arc of rebel-held territory at the Close to Turkey, Failaq al-Sham was also one of the Turkish border. The province is part of the opposition’s recipients of aid channeled through a US Central MAARET AL-NUMAN: Syrian men ride a motorcycle past heavily-damaged buildings in the rebel-held town of Maaret last big foothold in Syria and is effectively - at least for Intelligence Agency program that was shut down by Al-Numan in the north of Idlib province. — AFP now - in a zone of Turkish influence under the agreement President Donald Trump. reached last month. Tahrir al-Sham has clashed several times with other Russia expects Turkey to bring about a separation of rebels in the northwest, and crushed a number of foreign- insurgents, with “radical” rebels to leave a newly created backed factions. The brothers have always stayed out of that he infected some of his victims - who were aged as demilitarized zone at the frontline with government forces these troubles, though enmity runs deep between the US charity school young as 10 - with the HIV virus which causes AIDS, by Monday. Turkey says the “moderates” can stay where jihadists and some Idlib rebels. Tensions in Idlib have the investigative site ProPublica said in a lengthy inves- they are. The Turkey-backed groups, gathered under the eased of late. Rebels formed a joint “operations room” in tigative piece co-published with Time. “To all the girls umbrella of the National Liberation Front (NLF), have said anticipation of an offensive by Syrian government forces in Liberia in rape who were raped by Macintosh Johnson in 2014 and they will cooperate with Turkey’s efforts, despite some that had been expected until Turkey and Russia struck before: we failed you,” More Than Me said. “We gave misgivings. The tougher part for Turkey is bringing the their agreement last month. Tahrir al-Sham, with which scandal storm Johnson power that he exploited to abuse children. jihadists into line, particularly foreign fighters estimated to Abu Yousef fights, has widened contacts with other groups Those power dynamics broke staff ability to report the number in the thousands. President Tayyip Erdogan has and been visiting their rivals, an official in a rival faction MONROVIA: An acclaimed US charity operating in abuse to our leadership immediately. suggested Tahrir al-Sham is cooperating, though the said. If it holds, the agreement between Turkey and Russia Liberia has admitted to major failings after girls at a “Our leadership should have recognized the signs group has yet to comment on the deal. could stabilize the map of the Syrian conflict for some time school set up to save them from a life of sexual exploita- earlier and we have and will continue to employ training to come. Though Assad is still vowing to take back the tion were systematically raped. “We are profoundly, and awareness programs so we do not miss this again.” Battling Assad’s forces area, an Idlib campaign without Russian support is seen as deeply sorry,” the charity More Than Me said on its web- The assaults took place at a school at West Point, a The experiences of Abu Yousef and Abu Eliyas show out of the question. Writing in the Wall Street Journal last site on Saturday after US investigative media said girls at notorious slum in the capital Monrovia. It opened in that the line between the “radical” and “moderate” rebels month, Erdogan said “moderate rebels” should be part of a pioneering school in a slum had been repeatedly 2013 to a blaze of publicity, becoming the first of 18 is not always easily drawn. Abu Eliyas is a trained lawyer an “international counterterrorism operation” that would abused by the charity’s co-founder, Macintosh Johnson. schools that More Than Me opened in the impoverished with seven children who was working as a government target “terrorist and extremist elements” and “bring to jus- Johnson eventually died of AIDS and there are fears West African state to empower girls. — AFP employee when the conflict began. He took part in the first tice foreign fighters”. — Reuters

an AFP correspondent in western Aleppo reported mortar Rebels fire shells fire in the area after several days of quiet. The Observatory said it was not clear which groups fired the mortars, as both the Turkish-backed National Liberation Front (NLF) and from Syria buffer rival jihadist factions were present in the area. The NLF - which holds just under half of the Idlib region and has wel- despite pullout comed the accord - did not immediately respond to AFP’s request for comment on the shelling. The lion’s share of Idlib is held by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), an alliance led by BEIRUT: Opposition fighters have fired mortar shells from former Al-Qaeda members, as well as more hardline a planned buffer zone in northwest Syria, in a deadly jihadists like Hurras al-Deen and Ansar al-Islam. attack that threatens a deal to protect the last major rebel Those fighters also control more than two-thirds of the bastion from a regime offensive. The Russian-Turkish planned buffer zone and are supposed to withdraw today. accord also provides for jihadists to withdraw by Monday But that deadline appeared increasingly precarious yes- from the demilitarized zone ringing rebel-held areas in and terday, with no hardliners visibly leaving the zone as the around Idlib province. But a monitor and AFP correspon- clock winds down. The Observatory said it had not moni- dent said yesterday no hardliners had been seen leaving tored any withdrawals, and an AFP correspondent in Idlib the region yet. also said no jihadist factions had moved any of their units in The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitor recent days. Hurras al-Deen has publicly rejected the agree- reported “heavy mortar shells” were fired late Saturday ment, although it apparently withdrew its heavy arms from from the planned buffer area into regime territory, killing the area last week. HTS, widely considered the most power- two soldiers. The deal agreed last month is only the latest ful force in Idlib, has not publicly commented on the accord in a string of truces throughout Syria’s seven-year war, but also quietly abided by its first deadline and re-stationed which has killed more than 360,000 and displaced mil- heavy arms elsewhere. lions. It calls for setting up horseshoe-shaped buffer zone around the Idlib region that would be free of heavy arms ‘Vast ramifications’ by October 10 and of “radical fighters” by October 15. Persuading these jihadist factions to implement the Rebels and jihadists had reportedly met the first deadline, deal’s second half would be much more challenging, with Turkish officials, armed factions and the Britain-based Observatory reporting that the area was free of heavy- observers say. In a recent report for the Turkey-based duty weaponry. But the shells which Saturday hit an army Omran Center, expert Nawar Oliver described HTS’s position in Hama province appear to have violated the approval as the deal’s ultimate “test”. “If HTS acts as a accord. “This is the first clear violation of the deal since spoiler to the agreement on the ground, this will probably the heavy weapons were withdrawn. This area is supposed lead to one of two scenarios: either Turkey and the NLF to be clear of heavy weapons, including mortar shells,” launch military action against HTS, or Russia will seize the said Observatory head Rami Abdel Rahman. He said inter- opportunity with the support of the regime and its allies to mittent regime shelling had been hitting the planned buffer enter Idlib,” he said. “The ramifications of that move could for days, but the deal does not require government forces be vast,” he added. Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad and to withdraw any of their weapons. other top government officials have warned that the Idlib Syrian pro-regime daily Al-Watan also reported rebel deal was only a “temporary” measure. On Friday, residents shelling, saying that western parts of Aleppo province were around Idlib received warning messages on their mobile being hit with “rocket fire and shelling with heavy weapons, phones from the Syrian army. “Get away from the fighters. which were supposed to be pulled out from the area”. And Their fate is sealed and near,” one said. — AFP

HAMA PROVINCE: Syrian students attend a class at a school that was damaged in the Syrian war in the rebel-held town of Morek, in the northern countryside of Hama province. — AFP 8 International Monday, October 15, 2018 Congolese migrants flood home, Angola denies brutal crackdown Hundreds of thousands cross from Angola to DRC

KAMAKO: Congolese migrants and officials said spokesman for the operation, denied there had been dozens of people were killed this month in neighbor- rights abuses by security forces, and said the only ing Angola in a crackdown on artisanal diamond min- fatality he knew of was in a traffic accident. “We ing, an accusation Angolan security forces strongly have no record of any burning of homes, much less denied. Angola, the world’s fifth largest diamond pro- reprisals and or assaults on anyone,” he told Reuters. ducer, has launched an operation in recent weeks to “Angola and its government appeals to the com- clear tens of thousands of people involved in digging mon sense of the international community to realize for precious stones in the northeast of the country in that there is no underlying xenophobia, but only the order to attract more private investment. Many of legitimate normalizing of the socio-economic life of them are from neighboring Democratic Republic of the country and national security.” Amadhou Congo (DRC), and hundreds of thousands of people Kabaseke Taty, Kasai’s provincial director of the have poured over the border into the Kasai region, Congolese border agency (DGM) told Reuters that border guards there told Reuters. he believed there had been “serious violations of In interviews with Reuters, more than 20 human rights” during the Angolan operation. “I am Congolese migrants who crossed the border between worried about the situation,” he said. “Congolese October 4-12 described vio- people have been expelled in lence, looting and forced degrading conditions. They displacement by Angolan have been molested, beaten security forces as well as a and killed, especially in local tribe called the Angola Lucapa, by the Angolan mili- Tshokwe. The worse of the tary police.” violence, they said, forces deny occurred in the town of Fears over stability Lucapa, located some 100 abuses Angolan President Joao km south of the border with Lourenco is trying to boost DRC in the heart of the dia- investments in his country OICHA: A soldier from the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (FARDC) is seen at the mond-rich Lunda Norte and wean it off a heavy military base outside Oicha. Attacks on FARDC bases by the ADF has become more common. The ADF usu- province. Angolan security reliance on oil exports. ally attack at night over the weekends, in search of arms, ammunition and medical supplies. —AFP forces stormed the town, according to 15 witnesses, Reforming the diamond industry is part of that drive, killing dozens of people, burning down homes, loot- and “Operation Transparency” in Lunda Norte aims ing property and forcing people to leave. Some of to reduce diamond smuggling and raise more rev- people also cross through the bush rather than way on foot and in trucks along the red dirt road to those people were legally residing in Angola, the enues for state coffers from the lucrative sector. checkpoints. The need to resettle so many people Tshikapa, the provincial capital of Kasai located witnesses added. Several Congolese migrants who entered from Angola threatens to further destabilize Kasai, a region which some 50 km to the north. Exhausted men and women “There was a lot of violence in Lucapa. The mili- in recent days said the authorities there had given saw widespread violence involving armed groups rested by the side of the road, washed in a river or tary was shooting at us while Tshowke were killing them an Oct. 15 deadline to leave. Border guard offi- and government forces in 2016 and 2017. Security picked fruit from giant mango trees to feed them- people with machetes. They jointly killed more than a cials said the Angolan operation began on Oct 1. sources in DRC and Angola have already said they selves on a journey that lasts up to a week. Many dozen people,” said Victor Tshambapoko, 28, who According to an internal DGM document seen by are concerned about heightened tensions in the area carried household belongings on their head, includ- worked as a diamond digger in the region. Reuters Reuters, 200,000 people crossed into Kasai region in the run-up to Congolese elections in December. ing plastic chairs, mattresses, animals and even could not independently verify the accusations. from Angola in the first 12 days of October. Border A Reuters reporter in the Congolese border town ovens. Some said they also had diamonds in their Angolan Police Commissioner Antonio Bernardo, officials believe the true figure is higher because of Kamako saw thousands of people making their possession. —Reuters

News in brief the Atlantic Ocean for weeks. ‘Zombie’ storm There were fears it could be the worst storm to hit the region in more 18 Afghan soldiers killed than 150 years, but it weakened to a Leslie hits Spain post-tropical storm before reaching the HEART: At least 18 soldiers were killed in Taleban Portuguese coastline in the early hours raids on two military posts in western Afghanistan, and Portugal of yesterday. “The greatest danger has officials said yesterday, as militants step up attacks passed,” Costa said. “The north and ahead of parliamentary elections. Poll-related violence LISBON: Storms packing nearly 180 centre were the worst affected.” At killed or wounded dozens of civilians on Saturday, a kilometer-per-hour winds hit Portugal Mealhada, in Aveiro district, the roof week before voters cast their ballots across the war- yesterday leaving hundreds of thou- torn country. Another 15 soldiers were captured and blew off an indoor sports stadium put- sands of people without power before ting an end to the European final of the five wounded during the overnight attacks involving “a carrying heavy rain on into Spain, large number of Taleban” in Pusht-a-Rud district of women’s roller hockey competition. authorities said. Twenty-seven people Portuguese authorities had urged those Farah province, provincial council Chief Farid suffered minor injuries, civil defense Bakhtawar said. Defense ministry spokesman Ghafoor living by the coast to batten down and commander Luis Belo Costa told Ahmad Jawed said reinforcements had been sent to stay indoors amid warnings of high the area. “The Taleban have also suffered huge losses,” reporters. The region around capital winds which reached 176 kilometers per Jawed added. The militants seized weapons and Lisbon and the centre of the country at hour (110 miles per hour). armored vehicles during the assault, provincial council Coimbra and Leiria were worst hit with “I have never seen anything like it,” member Dadullah Qaneh said. —AFP trees uprooted, cars and houses dam- one witness told SIC television in aged and local flooding reported. Figueira da Foz, 200 km (120 miles) Aveiro, Viseu and Porto in the north north of Lisbon. “The town seemed to be FIGUEIRA DA FOZ: Trees broken during the post-tropical storm Leslie are pic- Iran arrests ‘suspect’ also suffered damage with rescue serv- in a state of war with cars smashed by tured in Figueira da Foz yesterday. —AFP ices reporting a total of 1,900 incidents. fallen trees,” he said. “People were very The civil defense services said 324,000 TEHRAN: Iran has arrested a member of its military worried.” Maritime authorities advised One in 176 years 40 people during a heatwave. Ophelia in connection with a gun attack on a military parade people were left without electricity while fishermen at sea to return to the nearest Over the past 176 years, only then made landfall in Ireland as a violent in the city of Ahvaz last month which killed 25 peo- more than 60 people had to leave their port and Portugal’s TAP airline cancelled Hurricane Vince has made landfall on the storm, killing three people. Spain’s civil ple, semi-official Fars News agency reported yester- damaged homes and flee to safety. seven flights to and from Lisbon. Only Iberian peninsula, hitting southern Spain protection agency said the storms could day. An Iranian ethnic Arab opposition movement Power was being restored across the five hurricanes have ever arrived in this in 2005, according to weather records. still be “very strong locally” and that called the Ahvaz National Resistance, which seeks a north and centre of the country during region of the Atlantic Ocean, and it had In October 2017, strong winds from heavy rain was forecast for the north and separate state in oil-rich Khuzestan province, the morning. Leslie was dubbed a “zom- been feared Leslie could turn out to be Hurricane Ophelia, which travelled north east. On Tuesday, intense rain sparked claimed responsibility for the attack. Islamic State bie” hurricane as it first formed on the most powerful storm to hit Portugal off the coast of Portugal and western flash floods in the Spanish holiday island militants also claimed responsibility. Neither group September 23, only to meander through provided conclusive evidence to back up their claim. since 1842. Spain, fed forest fires that killed around of Majorca, killing 12 people. —AFP “Eleven people were summoned and one was arrest- ed, all of whom were military, and the case has been for Britain’s “orderly” separation from Europe after 40 years Where are we now? sent to Tehran,” Gholam-Hossein Mohseni Ejei, of shared trade and laws. Often called the “divorce agree- EU negotiator Michel Barnier says the Brexit treaty is spokesman for the judiciary, was cited as saying by UK vs Europe, the ment”, this text will take the form of a legal treaty and it must 80 to 85 percent ready. Irish Foreign Minister Simon Fars. Ejei did not provide any further details. Coveney went as high as 90 percent. Both sides have Activists in the Ahvaz region have accused Iranian final countdown? be agreed quickly to allow the British and EU parliaments to security forces of detaining their colleagues after the ratify it. If it’s not in place and ratified by March 29, Britain agreed language on the rights of each others’ citizens on will crash out of Europe in a “no deal” Brexit with serious their territory. They have put a number on the huge bill shooting attack last month. —Reuters BRUSSELS: Exhausted diplomats in Brussels have taken to economic and legal consequences. that Britain will pay. A transition period has been agreed: calling this stage of the Brexit negotiations “The Tunnel”. But there’s also a second text. The “political declaration” Britain will apply EU rules and pay into the budget until British and EU officials are negotiating day and night to get will be much shorter, maybe six or seven pages. It will not be 2020, while the future relationship is negotiated in more Mountain biker shot dead to the outline of a Brexit deal by Wednesday. They need to a legal text, but it could prove politically explosive. The dec- detail. But you only get to 90 percent of a deal by leav- resolve the final sticking points, notably on customs checks laration will outline the parameters of future British relations ing the hardest stuff until last. Britain has not yet agreed LYON: A 34-year-old British restaurant owner riding for Northern Ireland, before EU leaders meet to decide on a mountain bike was shot dead by a hunter as he with Europe, with goals like a free trade pact to be negotiat- that the European Court of Justice will have oversight if next steps. Here’s what you need to know to understand an sped down a wooded track in the French Alps, offi- ed after Brexit day. It won’t be binding, but British lawmakers either side complains about the other breaking the treaty. unprecedented divorce battle: cials said yesterday. The victim, whose name was not and voters may balk at paying tens of billions of euros in a And the issue of Northern Ireland’s borders could yet The core of the talks so far have concerned arrangements released, had been living for several years in the divorce settlement with no detailed promises on future ties. break the deal. —AFP small town of Les Gets and was shot Saturday evening as a hunting party beat its way through nearby woods near Montriond, according to the the White House said late Saturday the local prosecutor. The victim was “perfectly identifi- Hopes fade for president was fully committed to helping able” and was on a well-used but hard to access state and local agencies with the recovery. mountain track when he was shot by a 22-year-old The death toll of the storm reached at hunter who was taken to hospital in shock. An more survivors least 18 Saturday night and is expected to enquiry has been launched for “aggravated rise in the US Southeast as rescuers go manslaughter”, the prosecutor said. —AFP of hurricane door-to-door in coastal communities in Florida, Georgia and the Carolinas. Search Minister denies allegations MEXICO BEACH: The hunt for missing and rescue volunteers have already located people in the aftermath of Hurricane hundreds of people reported missing last MUMBAI: Indian minister M J Akbar called the mul- Michael yesterday is turning into a week. On Saturday, rescue crews heard tiple allegations of sexual assault against him “wild search for the dead, as hope of finding cries for help and crowbarred into a mobile and baseless” yesterday, and said he plans to take more people alive fades in the Florida home crumpled by the storm in Panama legal action against the women who have made the Panhandle, US officials said. “We’re City, freeing a mother and daughter, both accusations. At least 10 women have gone public in going into recovery mode, unfortunate- diabetics who had been trapped in a closet the past week with accounts of having faced inap- ly,” said Fire Chief Alex Baird of Panama without insulin for two days and were on propriate behavior and sexual harassment from City, one of the coastal Florida communi- the verge of diabetic shock, rescuers said. Akbar, a former journalist who is now minister of ties clobbered by the hurricane that A lack of food and water is among the state for external affairs in the Indian government. made landfall Wednesday as a Category most pressing issues for people reeling Akbar, a veteran editor who founded several news- 4 storm, packing more than 140 mph from the storm, said one volunteer who papers and magazines, is accused of a range of inap- winds and deadly storm surges. had been working in the Panama City area. propriate behavior by female journalists who previ- “At sunrise, we’ll start again on our Rescue teams, hampered by power and MEXICO BEACH: View of the damage caused by Hurricane Michael in Mexico Beach, Florida, four days after Hurricane Michael hit the area. —AFP ously worked as his subordinates. “The allegations of search,” Baird said. “We hope that we’ll telephone outages, used cadaver dogs, misconduct made against me are false and fabricat- find more (survivors), but it’s more and drones and heavy equipment to hunt for ed, spiced up by innuendo and malice,” said Akbar in more doubtful.” President Donald Trump is people in the rubble. More than 1,700 and nearly 300 ambulances, Florida slowly restored, but it could be weeks a one-page statement given to Reuters partner ANI expected to visit both Florida and Georgia search and rescue workers were deployed, Governor Rick Scott’s office said. before power is restored to the most dam- in India. —Reuters early this week to inspect the damage, and including seven swift-water rescue teams Electricity and phone service were being aged areas. —Reuters 9 International Monday, October 15, 2018 Israel government approves 31 settler homes in Hebron Netanyahu threatens to inflict ‘very strong blows’ on Hamas

JERUSALEM: Israel’s government yesterday approved the Israeli settlements are considered a violation of interna- construction of 31 settler homes in Hebron, the first such tional law and major stumbling blocks to peace efforts as green light for the flashpoint West Bank city since 2002, a they are built on land the Palestinians want for their future cabinet minister said. Construction permits were agreed in state. But Israel disputes that and says Palestinian intransi- October last year but needed the government’s approval, gence, violence and “incitement” against it are responsible according to the Peace Now NGO which monitors settle- for stalled peace efforts. According to Peace Now settlement ment construction in occupied territory. “For the first time in more than 20 years, Hebron will have a new Jewish neighborhood where a military camp once stood,” Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman said after the weekly cabinet meeting. He said in a statement that the proj- First such ect will comprise 31 settler homes and two kindergartens. “It is an important step in the global activity which we are car- green light for rying out to reinforce settlements in Judea and Samaria,” added Lieberman referring to the occupied West Bank. flashpoint city Hebron is holy to both Muslims and Jews, with Old Testament figures including Abraham believed to be buried there. The city is a flashpoint reflecting the deep tensions that run between Palestinians and Israelis. Hebron is home to around 200,000 Palestinians, with about 800 settlers living plans in the West Bank have increased since the beginning under Israeli army protection in several heavily fortified of 2017, when Donald Trump, a key ally of Israeli Prime compounds in the heart of the city. The Hebron units are to Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, was inaugurated as president be built on Shuhada Street, once a bustling shopping street of the United States. About 430,000 Israeli settlers live leading to a holy site where the biblical Abraham is believed among 2.6 million Palestinians in the West Bank, occupied by to have been buried. The street is now largely closed off to Israel in the 1967 Six-Day War. Palestinians who have repeatedly demanded that it be HEBRON: Palestinians walk in the divided city of Hebron in the occupied West Bank yesterday. Israelís government reopened to traffic. ‘Very strong blows’ has approved the construction of 31 settler homes in Hebron, the first such green light for the flashpoint West Bank The area was seized in the 1980s by the Israeli army Meanwhile, Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu city since 2002, a cabinet minister said. — AFP which built on it a military base to protect Hebron’s Jewish yesterday threatened to inflict “very strong blows” on settlers. The 1994 massacre of 29 Muslim worshippers in Hamas after fresh violence along the border with the Gaza Israel on Friday suspended fuel deliveries to the Gaza supply the strip’s sole power plant. On Saturday, Israel’s Hebron by Israeli-American Baruch Goldstein led to an Strip controlled by the Islamist group. “Hamas has apparently Strip, after fresh protests along the border that saw seven Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman said fuel deliveries agreement three years later giving the Palestinian Authority not understood the message-if these attacks do not stop, Palestinians killed by Israeli troops. The suspension came would only resume if there was a “total cessation of vio- control over 80 percent of the city. The settlers and about they will be stopped in another way, in the form of very, very days after fuel supplies had begun running to the enclave, in lence, the launching of incendiary ballons (from Gaza 30,000 Palestinians living adjacent to them fall under Israeli strong blows”, Netanyahu said during the weekly cabinet a fresh bid to ease an Israeli blockade that has lasted more towards Israel) and the use of burning tyres against Israeli military rule. Peace Now said in a statement that the land on meeting. “We are very close to another type of action which than 10 years. A UN-brokered deal had seen Qatar, a long- towns” near the enclave. Hamas has organized months of which the settler homes will be built legally belongs to the would include very strong blows. If Hamas is intelligent, it will time Hamas backer, pledge to pay $60 million (52 million often-violent border protests, with at least 205 Palestinians Palestinian municipality of Hebron. cease fire and violence now”, he added. euros) for fuel to be brought into Gaza over six months to and one Israeli killed since March 30. — Agencies

Somalia executes 15 civilians killed in perpetrator on Yemen’s Hodeida anniversary of SANAA: At least 15 civilians were killed in attacks on minibuses in Yemen’s embattled Hodeida province, a deadliest attack UN agency said yesterday, as Houthi rebels blamed air strikes by the Saudi-led coalition. The Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs did not specify MOGADISHU: Somalia yesterday executed by firing squad the type of strikes Saturday in the Jabal Ras district, a man linked to one of the country’s deadliest ever attacks, but Yemeni rebels said they were air raids by the one year after the tragedy which left over 500 dead, a coalition fighting alongside the government. The coali- court statement and police sources said. Hundreds of tion’s spokesman, contacted by AFP, had no immediate Somalis gathered at a ceremony to mark the anniversary of comment. The UN agency said at least 20 more civil- the attack in which a truck packed with explosives blew up ians were injured, in what Lisa Grande, the world at a busy intersection, destroying some 20 buildings in an body’s humanitarian coordinator for Yemen, termed “a apocalyptic scene in a city used to regular explosions at horrific incident”. the hands of Islamist group Al-Shabaab. A year on, the Al- The Norwegian Refugee Council condemned “an Qaeda linked group which still governs large swaths of ter- unacceptable pattern of attacks on civilian women, ritory, has never claimed responsibility, which observers men and children by parties to the conflict who profess attribute to the public outrage caused by the attack. concern for the interests and welfare of Yemeni peo- To coincide with the anniversary, a military court ple”. Saudi Arabia and its allies intervened in Yemen in announced yesterday morning that a member of the team 2015 to support President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi’s involved in the attack, had been executed. Hassan Adan MOGADISHU: Somali people gather to commemorate the first anniversary of bombing attack which killed more government after the Iran-aligned Houthis ousted it Isak, was sentenced to death for “driving one of the vehi- than 500 people at Soobe junction, named now as 14 October Junction. — AFP from the capital Sanaa and swathes of the country’s cles used in the blast,” read a statement from the court. north. The coalition has used air power to oust the “Today, the 14th October 2018, the death penalty was car- carrying billboards depicting harrowing pictures of the residents said mourning would not solve the insecurity in the rebels from much of the country’s south, but the ried out against him.” Isak was the driver of a vehicle blast and its victims. A memorial tower has been erected in capital. “I don’t think mourning is the right and sufficient Houthis have held onto Sanaa and the key Red Sea which he parked near an airport checkpoint shortly after the middle of the intersection. “All we can do is pray for answer to wipe the tears from the eyes of those who have lost port of Hodeida. the truck went off, and was arrested for suspicious behav- them, I have lost them, I don’t think commemoration would their loved ones, these people were massacred, so the perpe- Following the collapse of United Nations-backed ior. The target of his attack was unclear and there were no bring them back to me, but I hope nothing like the October trators need to be chased and eliminated,” said Ali Adan, a talks in September, the coalition announced it was casualties in the second blast. Police sources said he died tragedy happens again,” said Omar Haji Mohamed, a dis- Mogadishu resident who lost three of his friends in the blast. relaunching an assault on Hodeida city and its Red Sea by firing squad. abled father who lost two children in the blast. Abdisalan Mohamed, 23, who lost his brother, agreed: “I can port. The fighting has since eased and the coalition has “I still cry from the bottom of my heart where people can- still see the disaster right in front of me. We can mourn as focused its raids on the city limits and other parts of ‘Justice and protection’ not see and only God knows how much I go through every much as we can, but it will not bring back our relatives, all we the surrounding province. — AFP Business at the Zoope intersection has returned to nor- mal, and some buildings have been reconstructed, now day of my life after that tragedy,” he added. Some frustrated need is justice and protection.” — AFP 10

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hree days before US President Donald Trump took office in Jan 2017, Chinese President Xi TJinping portrayed Beijing as the champion and defender of globalization at the Davos World Economic Forum amid rising fears of trade protectionism. A few months later, as Xi launched a forum on China’s vast Belt and Road effort, promising to spread Chinese investment and soft power through the world, it appeared his country’s global stature was rising. But now the luster on Beijing’s trade and investment story has dulled amid rising US tariffs, higher interest rates and capital flight from emerging markets, all of which threaten to erode global growth. At the International Monetary Fund and World Bank annual After Kavanaugh, #HimToo gains attention meetings on the Indonesian resort island of Bali, some of that sentiment spilled into the open. “I think there is a broad view growing in the West that China has in he notion that it is dangerous to be an American this month before reporters at the White House. “It’s a “Men perceive that if women gain, men lose,” Clara some ways taken advantage of the system,” said man in the #MeToo era took off during the angry very scary time for young men in America, where you can Wilkins, a social psychologist at Washington University in Charles Dallara, former head of the Institute of Tdebate over Supreme Court nominee Brett be guilty of something that you may not be guilty of,” said St. Louis, Missouri, told AFP. She said research shows that International Finance, who attended the meetings. “It Kavanaugh. But tossing more fuel onto the fire were a sar- Trump, himself the target of multiple allegations of sexual “men think they are experiencing bias now more than they reminds me of the view in the West of Japan in the castic tirade from Donald Trump and a painfully awkward aggression, which he has denied. Then a few days later, ever have before.” “The fact that Trump said this guy 1980s, very much so.” tweet from a seemingly over-anxious mother. On the day Trump mercilessly mocked Kavanaugh’s accuser, Christine (Kavanaugh) has been unfairly accused is increasing men’s Calls to fix global trading rules are tellingly coming Kavanaugh was sworn in as the junior justice to the high belief that men are victimized,” Wilkins said. not just from the Trump administration. IMF managing court, Pieter Hanson’s mother posted a message on the director Christine Lagarde this week laid out what social media network comparing the plight of the jurist - ‘A very frightening time’ needed to be done. “This means looking at the distor- who had vigorously denied allegations of sexual aggres- Men’s fears have “a rational basis,” insisted attorney tionary effects of state subsidies, improving the sion - to the dating challenges facing her 32-year-old son. Andrew Miltenberg, who told AFP he has defended “hun- enforcement of intellectual property rights, and taking Under the hashtag #HimToo, she said her son was Men as the dreds” of young men from allegations of sexual abuse, steps to ensure effective competition - to avoid the refusing to go on “solo dates due to the current climate of most of them arising in university settings. “In most cases - excesses of market-dominant positions,” she said at a false sexual accusations by radical feminists with an axe to real victims? not all - women are seeking revenge on ex-boyfriends or trade conference during the Bali meetings. grind”. To emphasize her point, she posted a photo of the young men they found have played around too much,” he Lagarde did not mention China, but all those issues good-looking young man, an angelic smile on his face, said, adding that “it’s very difficult for young men to get a are charges frequently levelled by the Trump adminis- posing in his crisp, white navy uniform. The post immedi- fair opportunity to be heard”. “It’s a very frightening time” tration. Others were less restrained. “We absolutely ately went viral, inspiring hundreds of mocking memes, for men, Miltenberg continued. “I don’t really believe you need to address the issue of overcapacities in China. most of them having fun with the seemingly overwrought can be alone in a room with a young woman now in this Nobody can say that this is not a problem. This has to concerns of Pieter Hanson’s hovering mother. climate,” at a time when such allegations can “destroy” a be dealt with,” European Commissioner for Economic The young man, now a navy veteran, responded by Blasey Ford, during one of his big political rallies. man’s life and career. and Financial Affairs Pierre Moscovici said at the quickly posting a new photo of himself, in the same pose Pretending to be Blasey Ford, he sneered at her lapses of A US Justice Department study, however, found that same event. US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin as the first one but in T-shirt and jeans, to gently take memory over the alleged aggression dating from the such false accusations are rare - comprising no more than struck a more confident tone at the Bali meetings exception with his mother. “Sometimes the people we love 1980s, drawing uproarious laughter from supporters. two to 10 percent of all complaints. Moreover, one rape compared with similar gatherings over the last year, do things that hurt us without realizing it,” he tweeted. “I victim in 10 is a man, and an estimated three percent of when he was the target of near-universal criticism respect and #BelieveWomen. I never have and never will Men as victims Americans have been raped or sexually attacked. Victims’ over Trump’s tariff plans. support #HimToo.” In a series of subsequent TV appear- Pieter Hanson’s mother didn’t invent the #HimToo hash- rights groups thus stress that American men are at around Fresh off a deal to revamp the North American Free ances, Hanson, joined by his brother Jon, made good- tag, which gained steam during the bitter debate between the same risk of being the victim of sexual aggression as of Trade Agreement with Mexico and Canada, and with natured sport of the whole matter. Blasey Ford’s supporters and those who see Kavanaugh as being falsely accused - meaning the #MeToo hashtag trade talks coming soon with the European Union and The US president himself took up the same theme early a poster boy for men falsely accused of sexual misconduct. would apply to many more than the #HimToo. — AFP Japan, the U.S. administration is trying to build a coali- tion of allies to revamp global trade rules to combat technology transfer and other trade policies it associ- ates with China. Mnuchin said US allies first viewed nomically paralysed by the border closure Trump’s trade views as simply protectionist but now Ethiopia and that now bustles with shoppers. “We’re ing speaking to foreign journalists, just have a better understanding of his desire for “free, fair selling sandals and these shida shoes,” said Journo murder as Caruana Galizia did when she was and reciprocal trade”. “This is not a coalition to pres- Eritrea back trader Ruta Zerai, gesturing to a pile of the alive. “The more time passes the more sure China. This is a coalition of like-minded people open-toed footwear popular with toxic mystery we realize that democracy doesn’t really who have very similar issues as it relates to China,” Eritreans. work well here, the rule of law does not Mnuchin said. in business In Senafe, a trading hub 23 km north of prevail,” said Delia, who worked for the border, the impact of the rapproche- one year on years for the Nationalist party until it Belt and Road ment is clear. Twice a week, organized lost to Labour in 2013. “Institutions are China is still a major political and economic power, or two decades, little besides soldiers, groups of Ethiopian merchants cross the year after a car bomb killed completely co-opted and possessed by but Chinese officials appeared more on the defensive refugees and rebels moved across border, marked by a bare strip of earth Maltese anti-corruption journalist the government, and the government is this week, with the tone of debate at some IMF forums FEthiopia and Eritrea’s closed border, only recently cleared of anti-tank mines, ADaphne Caruana Galizia, those possessed by people who are motivated shifting more quickly than Beijing may have expected. but today the once-barren no man’s land for Senafe’s market days. They bring with who ordered the murder remain free by their own power and personal profit.” Vice finance minister Zou Jiayi, on a World Bank panel teems with activity. Horse-drawn carts, them recharge cards for the Ethiopian tele- while others continuing her work in the Supporters of Caruana Galizia hold a EU’s smallest state are branded traitors. on Xi’s signature Belt and Road Initiative, found herself buses full of visitors and trucks piled high com whose service can be picked up in vigil on the 16th of every month, The windswept field where the mother- fielding questions from other panelists and the audi- with bricks and plywood make their way parts of the town and teff, the once-scarce demanding justice. Meanwhile, officials of-three’s burnt-out car ended up on ence over debt sustainability, how effectively small across the frontier, watched by relaxed grain needed to make the staple injera regularly dispatch street cleaners to October 16, 2017, has become a monu- countries could negotiate with Beijing, and whether the soldiers from the two nations’ armies who food. Some even decide to stay. “I live remove an impromptu memorial that ment to her life. Supporters of free effort was viable in the midst of a protracted trade war. just months ago stared each other down where I can get a job. As long as I have a keeps reappearing in Valletta’s historic speech like Tania Attard come to this The debt burdens from the Belt and Road initiative from trenches carved into the rocky soil. job, I’ll stay here,” Sanle Gebremariam, an center. The government of Labour Prime isolated spot to place flowers under a came into sharper focus as Pakistan, a major recipient After 20 years of bloody conflict and Ethiopian currency trader working in Minister Joseph Muscat eventually banner calling for justice, fluttering of Chinese-financed port, rail and road projects, for- grim stalemate, the Ethiopia-Eritrea border Senafe, said at a roadside where busses replied to repeated requests for com- alongside a Maltese flag. “If the person mally sought an IMF bailout program during the Bali is bustling once again, revitalizing frontier from both countries congregate. ment with a statement saying Caruana towns and allowing the countries’ long- Heading in the opposite direction are responsible for this is established, per- Galizia’s murder was “an attack on our meetings. Zou said China was using risk analysis meth- haps then we can rest and see that jus- ods from bodies such as the IMF and World Bank, and estranged populations to reacquaint them- thousands of Eritrean refugees fleeing the freedom of expression, which was unac- selves. “We have everything we didn’t have country’s repressive government and stag- tice is done,” Attard told AFP. “I’m sure ceptable”. “The Maltese government would supervise the projects’ debt more vigorously. But they never realized that it would come she also said that they are essentially commercial proj- before, from the smallest to the biggest nant economy. Eritreans, many of whom believes the Fourth Estate is essential in a aim to reach Europe, came across the bor- this far, that it would... turn into some- ects and that countries should exercise caution and products,” said Abraham Abadi, a merchant democratic system... journalists in Malta der when it was closed, but the UN says thing so important and international.” make their own evaluations of their commercial viability. in the Eritrean town of Senafe whose shop currently engage in their work freely, arrivals in Ethiopia have increased nearly After her death an international con- And she said some of the risks came from a drastic is now filled with biscuits, drinks and liquor without any interference by the state.” eight-fold since its opening. Meanwhile, sortium of journalists launched the change in external environment, giving an example of made in Ethiopia. Yet the border’s re- Three men who allegedly carried out Ethiopian traders are grumbling over the Daphne Project, coordinated by an unnamed African country with sound debt levels opening has sparked a surge in refugees the car bombing have been arrested and and also raised concerns over the black unstable value of the Eritrean nakfa against Forbidden Stories, a Paris-based organi- are facing trial, but whoever ordered the that sank into crisis after oil prices tanked and its cur- their birr currency. “We’re trading togeth- zation dedicated to continuing the work rency fell. David Dollar, a former US Treasury official market currency trade that some fear will killing remains free. The political opposi- destabilize the economy. er, but the exchange rate is unregulated, of killed or imprisoned journalists. “They tion to the Labour government consists and a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution who unstable and illegal,” said Taeme Lemlem, a just thought they would eliminate her spoke on the panel, said that Belt and Road could of the Nationalist party, which was Back in business bar owner in Zalambessa, echoing similar and then feel better but I don’t think that headed by Simon Busuttil until June last reduce trade costs, but that more work needed to be complaints, made before the border war, is the result at all, I think that it has done. “For low-income countries, there is really this risk Once a province of Ethiopia, Eritrea year. He says that Caruana Galizia’s cor- voted for independence in 1993 after a that were never resolved. backfired on them,” said Attard. But of taking on too much debt even if the projects are ruption investigations and accusations bloody, decades-long struggle. A dispute Getachew Teklemariam, a consultant and while journalists abroad can continue very, very good,” Dollar said. crossed party lines, although she more over the border plunged the neighbors into former Ethiopian government adviser, said the her work, those in Malta calling for jus- Some delegates from China at the Bali IMF and regularly skewered members of the war in 1998, leaving tens of thousands unregulated trade at the border, where there tice say they are branded traitors. World Bank meetings expressed frustration that Labour party. “You know her last words dead in two years of fighting. The conflict appears to be little customs or immigration Caruana Galizia’s blog sought to Beijing’s agenda was being bypassed while internation- (on her blog) were ‘the situation is des- continued as a cold war after Ethiopia controls, risks opening a “shadow monetary expose scandals on the island of less al institutions had largely been ineffective in deterring perate’ and I feel that today the situation refused to honour a UN-backed commis- front”. “The exchange rate is being governed than half-a-million people, from petrol Trump’s tariff actions. “Personally I think unfortunately is even more desperate,” Busuttil told sion verdict demarcating the border, a pol- by largely speculative perceptions from both smuggling to money laundering, offshore AFP at his offices in Valletta. the G20 hasn’t contributed much to reconciliation and icy Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed sides of the border,” said Getachew. “The bank accounts to nepotism, implicating “Because the people who ordered her coordination of macroeconomic policies across the reversed in June. overall trade scenario has to be guided by members of the government and organ- killing are still at large and because the world,” said Xiang Songzuo, deputy director of Flights restarted and embassies re- some strategy.” Both countries’ governments ised crime. It also launched highly per- corruption stories that she revealed have International Monetary Institute at Renmin University opened shortly afterwards, and in have said they hope the renewed trade links sonal attacks on Maltese politicians. still not been resolved and those corrup- of China, who was a speaker at a sideline event during September, Abiy and Eritrean President will boost their economies. But the neighbors tion stories involve people who are actu- the meetings in Bali. “We wish all these forums includ- Isaias Afwerki re-opened the crossing at are not equals. Eritrea’s economy has under- Threats and insults ally running the country.” He says ing G20, UN, World Bank, IMF, WTO, would become Zalambessa, an Ethiopian town on a major performed since the war, while Ethiopia has Journalist and blogger Manuel Delia Brussels should ensure the rule of law is stronger, stronger and more productive in containing route into Eritrea. The opening was trans- grown at some of Africa’s fastest rates, which says that he receives threats and insults applied in the island, which joined the all these wrong things - protectionism, unilateralism,” formative for the town, a strip of shops and hasn’t escaped the notice of visitors to the in the street because of his work, includ- European Union in 2004. — AFP Xiang added. — Reuters restaurants damaged in the war and eco- country. “I’m very surprised. — AFP Established 1961

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Equity markets enter sell-off US draws China FX into trade Multi-currencies now available with 12phase; Trump slams Fed 13 dispute as IMF seeks solution 14 Gulf Bank at Al-Jazeera terminal

KUWAIT: Traders watch the price monitors at the trading floor of Boursa Kuwait yesterday. —Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat Saudi stocks fall amid investor concerns Boursa Kuwait drops 1.9%, Gulf markets edge lower

DUBAI: Saudi Arabia’s shares plunged as much as 7 the Arab world, has shed almost $50 billion of its capi- bought 995.8 million riyals. Shamma noted the funda- outrage over the disappearance. Boursa Kuwait percent yesterday as investors worried about deterio- talisation, which now stands at around $450 billion. mental situation of the Saudi economy had not so far declined 1.9 percent after regional investment bank rating relations with the international community after The index suffered its biggest intraday decline since been affected. But regional traders said speculation the EFG Hermes cut its target price for the company by the disappearance of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. December 2014, when oil prices were crashing, with the Khashoggi case might deter some inflows of foreign two percent to 0.46 Kuwaiti dinars . The Tadawul All-Shares Index (TASI) quickly lost Gulf region’s biggest petrochemical producer, Saudi investment - and that a backlash in the US Congress Other stock markets in the Gulf were dragged lower, more than 500 points on the first trading day of the Basic Industries, tumbling as much as 7.9 percent. could lead to US sanctions against some Saudi individ- with the Dubai index sinking 1.5 percent. State-owned week, wiping out all the gains it had made since the By the close, the Saudi market had recovered some uals - had triggered panic selling of stocks by some Abu Dhabi National Oil Co (ADNOC)’s listed unit, start of the year. of its losses, ending down 3.5 percent. Saudi Arabia’s local investors. “It seems that international accounts are ADNOC Distribution, declined 3.5 percent even after The index had already dropped 3.0 percent on stock market is due to be reclassified by MSCI as an punishing the Saudi exchange,” a regional broker shareholders approved an interim dividend of 0.06 Thursday, following a rout on world stock markets emerging market next year. added. Khashoggi, a prominent critic of Riyadh and a dirhams a share. In Egypt, the blue-chip index rose two fuelled by worries about higher interest rates and US “It’s the political environment. The market is reacting US resident, disappeared on Oct 2 after visiting the percent. Shares of Egyptian property developer Medinet President Donald Trump’s attacks on the Federal negatively to sentiment around the Khashoggi case and Saudi consulate in Istanbul. Nasr rallied 10 percent after property firm SODIC said it Reserve. The TASI was trading at just above 7,000 the political noise around it,” said Salah Shamma, head US President Donald Trump said on Saturday there intended to make a tender offer to acquire the company points, a 10-month low, having reversed all of the 18- of investment for the region at Franklin Templeton would be “severe punishment” for Saudi Arabia if it through a share swap. Oman’s benchmark rose 0.2 per- percent gain it had notched up since the start of 2018. Emerging Markets Equity, a big global fund manager. turned out that Khashoggi was killed in the consulate. cent, lifted by HSBC Oman which reported a nine-month All 15 sectors in the market were in the red while almost The Saudi exchange reported that foreigners were Media companies and some technology executives profit of 25 million rials, compared with 13.7 million rials all listed shares dropped. net sellers in the market in the week ended Oct. 11. have pulled out of a major Saudi investment conference the same period a year earlier. Shares of HSBC Oman In just two sessions the Saudi bourse, the largest in Foreigners sold 1.62 billion riyals worth of shares, and scheduled for next week in Riyadh because of growing rose 3.4 percent. —Agencies

Inclusion (TRAIN) law, the excise tax on fuel products Thursday called its interest rate increases a “ridicu- Philippines to is to be gradually increased between 2018 and 2020, Fed official says lous” policy. Those surprisingly caustic remarks came with the first hike implemented in January and the sec- a day after the president told reporters, in response ond to take effect on Jan. 1 next year. to a Wall Street rout, that the “Fed has gone crazy.” suspend oil tax The law allows for the suspension of the second hike rate hikes ‘right “If you look around the world, I think the Asian if the average price of Dubai crude, based on Mean of region as a whole is reasonably strong relative to hike to cool red Platts Singapore, reaches or exceeds $80 per barrel course’ for US certain areas in the past,” Quarles said, responding to from October to December 2018. a question on the region’s capacity to withstand “The President is making an early announcement of interest rate shocks. “We do consider” the implica- hot inflation the temporary suspension of the January 2019 oil monetary policy tion of US monetary policy on emerging markets and excise increase” ahead of the trigger, the Department the rest of the world, he said at the annual meeting of of Finance said in a statement. the Institute of International Finance on the MANILA: The Philippines said yesterday it would sus- “Today’s price and multiple estimates of crude Indonesian resort island of Bali. pend the implementation of a further increase in excise prices over the next two months show that the average NUSA DUA: The US Federal Reserve does consider Rising US rates, coupled with fears over the tax on fuel products, set to take effect in January 2019, price will stay above the $80 threshold,” it said. The the impact of interest rate hikes on emerging markets impact of US-Sino trade war, have hurt emerging to stem rising inflation expectations. government expects the tax hike suspension to help when setting policy, but the increases are the “right Asia, and currency, bond and share markets in India, Inflation in one of Asia’s fastest-growing economies tame inflation, which quickened to 6.7 percent in course of domestic policy” for the world’s largest Indonesia and the Philippines and elsewhere in the has been rising since January, due to higher taxes, cost- September, the fastest in nearly a decade and marking economy, said a top Fed official on Saturday. region have all come under pressure. The Fed last lier food and fuel and a weak peso, causing a decline in the seventh straight month the rate stayed outside the The comments by Fed Vice Chair Randal Quarles month raised interest rates for the third time this year, President Rodrigo Duterte’s popularity. 2-4 percent target this year. came as some emerging markets face increasing and foresees another hike in December, three more The Department of Finance (DOF) expects foregone Higher inflation and expectations that it will remain pressure this year as higher US interest rates draw next year, and one increase in 2020. revenues of up to 40 billion pesos ($740 million) a year elevated in the last quarter prompted the central bank foreign capital away, and due to fears of fallout from “It’s not going to be in the interest of anyone in from the suspension. That amount is part of the crucial to tighten monetary policy by hiking key interest rates. a tariff war between the US and China. the world ... for us to get behind the curve in the US funding for Duterte’s $180 billion “Build, Build, Build” The central bank, which has two more policy meetings The Fed has also been at the receiving end of crit- by moderating what we think is the right course of program, which aims to upgrade the country’s infra- this year, expects inflation to return to within its 2-4 icism from President Donald Trump, who on domestic policy,” Quarles said. — Reuters structure. Under the Tax Reform for Acceleration and percent target next year. —Reuters 12 Established 1961 Monday, October 15, 2018 Business

NBK Money Markets Report Equity markets enter sell-off phase; Trump slams Fed Confidence wanes as US-China trade war lingers on

KUWAIT: An unhappy US president and a tumbling Rising US producer price index stock market. This was the theme of the week as equity The US producer price index advanced for the first markets entered into a sell-off while suffering their time in 3 months reporting a 0.2 percent rise in worst fall in eight months. The recent interest rate rises September. The PPI figures came in line with forecasts undercut popular trading strategies and sent the and saw a recovery from the unexpected 0.1 percent shares of the once high-flying technology stocks drop in August. The increase was mainly attributed to a falling. The Dow fell more than 800 points, while the 1.8 percent rise in transportation and warehousing S&P tumbled more than 3 percent in its worst day services. Overall however, the cost of goods reflected a since February. decline in both food and energy by 0.1 percent. Service Tech-heavy stocks were hit the hardest as the prices were able to offset the drop by increasing 0.3 Nasdaq Composite dropped more than 4 percent, its percent. The core PPI which excludes food, energy, and biggest one-day decline since June 2016. Last week trade services recorded its highest growth since a 0.5 also saw the global FTSE All-World index recoil for a percent increase in January, rising 0.4 percent last sixth day running, erasing all of 2018’s gains in one of month. its worst weeks of the year. The selling streak did not The dollar continued to lose ground after an incredi- seem to slow down given that investors had many bly strong week, as both the sterling and yen gained aspects to worry about: the US-China trade war, rising against it. The greenback closed the week down 0.5 yields, waning confidence, and the VIX volatility index percent at 95.259. spiking to nearly 30 points, its highest level since the market mayhem of early February. As the global sell- US consumer price inflation off spread, Asian markets tumbled on Thursday as well. In reinforcement of the Federal Reserve’s judgment Japan’s Topix index was down 3.4 percent just short- to carefully proceed with further short-term interest ly after markets opened. In Hong Kong, stocks also rate hikes, the US recorded steady consumer price dropped 3 percent. The equity sell-off looks to be trig- inflation in September. Both CPI and core CPI gered by the rise in bond yields which reached a seven increased 0.1 percent last month after rising 0.2 per- year high of 3.26 percent. Furthermore, the hawkish cent in August. A drop in fuel and energy costs slowed tone of Fed officials forced investors to reappraise their headline CPI to 2.3 percent from a year earlier, down Brexit deal in the horizon US-China trade wars optimistic outlook for further interest rate increases. from the 2.7 percent we saw in August, making it the We are now in the period of the highest stakes on If Beijing does not produce a detailed list of con- On Friday, the sell-off showed signs of a slowdown slowest growth since March. Core CPI, which excludes Brexit since the UK’s 2016 EU referendum. A break- cessions, Donald Trump will not engage in trade in Asian markets, while the 10-year US Treasury volatile food and fuel prices held a steady 2.2 percent through is expected as negotiators are planning to talks with Xi Jinping at next month’s G20 summit, retreated down to 3.14 percent. Tokyo’s Topix was year-on-year price growth. It is firmly upping its last agree a complete draft treaty before the end of the warned US officials. The Chinese are saying that down 0.5 percent versus the 3.4 percent drop in the year performance, when it was rising at a 1.7 percent weekend. The agreement should define the terms of they do have such a list, but they are not willing to previous session, while Hong Kong shares were up 0.4 year-on-year pace. This combined with unemployment Britain’s departure, a 21-month transition, and the produce it without a guarantee that it will be percent in early trading. Early futures trading also indi- hovering at its lowest level since the 1960’s could be solution to Northern Ireland’s border conundrum, received in a stable political environment in cated a more positive open for equities in London and forcing the Fed to tighten policy more aggressively. Yet, with the latter seeming to be the most challenging Washington. They are demanding a point person New York, with the FTSE 100 set to open flat and the Fed Chair Powell has been signaling that he has no issue. The Democratic Unionist party in Northern with a mandate to negotiate on behalf of the Trump S&P 500 expected to rise 0.6 percent. appetite to accelerate the pace of rate rises given the Ireland has threatened to vote against the UK gov- administration. Earlier in August, Chinese negotia- The stock market decline brought along public criti- expectations for continued soft inflationary pressures. ernment’s budget if their “red lines” over any form of tors mentioned a possibility of an agreement on cism from president Trump who claimed the US Irish border are breached. A senior DUP figure said: around a third of the demands in a relatively quick Central Bank’s commitment to raising rates is a mis- UK & Europe “It is unacceptable that we would be treated differ- manner, and willingness to engage in discussions on take. President Donald Trump showed strong disagree- recovering UK GDP ently to the rest of the UK. We will not be bounced another third. They added that the remaining third ment with the hawkish Fed, he went as far as saying In the UK, growth has appeared to recover from the into anything. If Theresa May doesn’t take our con- were off limits due to concerns of national security. that the Fed has gone crazy. “They’re so tight. I think difficult start to the year as the summer brought along a cerns on board, she may not be the leader to take us Chinese officials were prepared to present a the Fed has gone crazy,” the president said. It is typical boost in the economy. The Office for National Statistics through Brexit.” detailed response at a fifth round of trade talks last for presidents to refrain from commenting on the Fed’s reported on Wednesday that GDP rose 0.7 percent in On Thursday night, Theresa May briefed her inner month, but those discussions were cancelled after decisions in order to emphasize its independence from the 3 months ending in August, beating expectations of cabinet that a historic Brexit deal is close. An official Trump added tariffs on more than half of all Chinese political pressure, but Trump has been frequently voic- 0.6 percent. Construction activity rose 2.9 percent over to the Brexit talks said: “The prime minister never exports to the US. Officials now are saying that they ing his opinions on the Fed’s actions. He did say that he the 3 months, while production rose 0.7 percent. brings the cabinet together to tell them what’s going need China’s response well in advance of the G20 was “disappointed” in the Fed’s chair Powell, but However, the summer boom cannot deny the stagnant on. That’s not her style. It feels to me like the deal is summit in order to pave the way for practical trade ensured that he was not thinking of removing him. overall growth, as ONS official Rob Kent-Smith practically done.” Cabinet ministers said that the discussions between the two leaders. According to Trump, the “ridiculous” policy is making explained: “The economy performed particularly well issue of the Irish backstop was close to being settled. it more expensive for his administration to finance its during the hot summer months”, adding “However, long- In response to the optimism towards a potential Kuwaiti dinar escalating deficits. term growth continues to lag behind its historical trend.” Brexit deal and a recovering GDP, the sterling rose, USD/KWD opened at 0.30300 yesterday the week up 0.18 percent at 1.3147. morning.

for which the draw will be held in Japan to pledge Al-Tijari January 2019. Al-Najma Account can be opened by depositing KD 100, announces and customer should maintain a min- 2019 tax hike to imum amount of KD 500 to be eligi- winner of ble to enter all draws on Al-Najma address debt Account prizes. As for the chances of Al-Najma draw winning, the more balance a cus- tomer maintains in Al-Najma mountain KUWAIT: Commercial Bank of Account, the more chances the TOKYO: Japan will announce a sales tax hike Kuwait announced the winner of the account holder will get to win, where today in 2019 after repeated delays, reports said weekly draw as follows: Weekly each KD 25 will give the customer yesterday, in an effort to address the nation’s huge Draw prize KD 5,000- Hussain Ali one chance to win, the account also public debt. Hussain Abdullah offers additional benefits like the The world’s third-largest economy has one of the highest debt-to-GDP ratios among rich nations. The draw was conducted in the ATM card, a credit card against cus- Much of it is held domestically at low interest rates, presence of Ministry of Commerce tomer’s account and all CBK banking allowing Japan to avoid a Greek-style cash crunch. and Industry representative Ms services that customer can enjoy. Critics say that raising the tariff from eight to Latifa Al-Jean. Now CBK existing customers can 10 percent is crucial to finance snowballing social The bank stated that the account open Al-Najma Account through Al- security expenditure-especially medical fees-in prizes this year is featured by the Tijari Online and enter all draws the rapidly ageing society. Prime Minister Shinzo NUSA DUA: Bank of Japan governor Haruhiko Kuroda attends a press conference at the International Monetary highest cash prize and diversity of without visiting the Bank’s branch. Abe will announce the sales tax hike at a cabinet Fund (IMF) and World Bank annual meetings in Nusa Dua on Indonesia’s resort island of Bali yesterday. —AFP meeting today, the mass circulation Yomiuri prizes throughout the year clarifying However, CBK non-customers can Shimbun and Jiji Press both reported. The that Al-Najma Account will offer submit an account opening applica- increase-originally planned for October 2015 — economy after the 2014 hike, the reports said. and shrink,” noting that both the size of the econo- weekly prize of KD 5,000 & monthly tion via the Bank’s website where the has been pushed back twice due to fears it could Abe recently said that reforming the country’s my and the population are on track to shrink by a prize of KD 20,000 and a semi- Bank’ Sales Unit will call them to derail the fragile economy. social security system-pension and national health quarter over the next 40 years. annual prize of KD 500,000 in addi- arrange a visit to the customers to Tokyo’s last tax rise in April 2014 was blamed insurance, among others-is “the biggest challenge” A loss of confidence in Tokyo’s ability to pay its tion to the grand prize (the biggest complete the account opening for- for pushing Japan into a brief recession. ahead and pledged to tackle the issue. debts could send interest rates soaring and IMF chief Christine Lagarde warned earlier this increase the risk of a bankruptcy. Ratings agencies prize in the world) of KD 1,500,000 malities. This time, Abe is confident that with new gov- ernment subsidies launched alongside, he can avoid month that the challenges facing the country will have previously cut Japan’s credit standing over its a sharp drop in consumer spending that hit the “only grow as Japan’s population continues to age debt levels. —AFP

Chinese exporters by surprise. At the spring session of the EXCHANGE RATES Unwelcome guest: twice-a-year Canton Fair in Guangzhou, only a quarter of the exporters whom Reuters spoke to said they expected a full- blown trade war. As exporters gather at the autumn session of US tariffs loom the three-week gathering that started yesterday, a far more Indonesian Rupiah 0.000016 0.000022 BAHRAIN EXCHANGE COMPANY WLL Japanese Yen 0.002630 0.002810 somber outlook is expected to pervade the tens of thousands Korean Won 0.000258 0.000273 at China’s biggest of exhibition booths at the fair. US President Donald Trump CURRENCY BUY SELL Malaysian Ringgit 0.069670 0.075670 has repeatedly threatened to slap tariffs on more Chinese Europe Nepalese Rupee 0.002627 0.002967 Europeritish Pound 0.393355 0.407255 Pakistan Rupee 0.001776 0.002546 imports in an intensifying trade war that has led many fore- Czech Korune 0.005646 0.014946 Philippine Peso 0.005454 0.005754 trade fair casters, including the International Monetary Fund, to cut Danish Krone 0.043184 0.048184 Singapore Dollar 0.215826 0.225826 their global economic projections for 2018 and 2019. Euro 0. 344502 0.358202 Sri Lankan Rupee 0.001469 0.002049 BEIJING: Amid gathering gloom over the state of the Georgian Lari 0.134733 0.134733 Taiwan 0.010426 0.010606 Beijing has been urging Chinese exporters to diversify Hungarian 0.001145 0.001335 Thai Baht 0.008945 0.009495 Chinese economy, exporters of motorcycles, tractors, pho- their overseas destinations and rely less on the United Norwegian Krone 0.033131 0.038331 Vietnamese Dong 0.00013 0.00013 tocopiers and Christmas tree lighting will join thousands of States - China’s biggest trading partner - or turn their focus Romanian Leu 0.065082 0.081932 other companies peddling their wares at China’s largest to domestic customers instead. Russian ruble 0.004618 0.004618 Arab Slovakia 0.009074 0.019074 Bahraini Dinar 0.791398 0.807898 trade fair yesterday. “Our existing US orders are relatively stable, but our US Swedish Krona 0.029925 0.034925 Egyptian Pound 0.014274 0.019992 Many of those exporters will have something in common clients are not increasing their orders,” said an official at a Swiss Franc 0.300522 0.311522 Iranian Riyal 0.000084 0.000085 - uncertainty over future U.S. orders as a trade war with the Guangzhou-based battery maker, one of many facing higher Iraqi Dinar 0.000208 0.000268 United States rages. The turmoil has added to concerns US tariffs on Chinese batteries. “We’re keeping prices sta- Australasia Jordanian Dinar 0.424260 0.433260 Australian Dollar 0.208449 0.220449 Kuwaiti Dinar 1.000000 1.000000 over the health of the Chinese economy, already under ble and swallowing the tariffs ourselves,” the official said. As New Zealand Dollar 0.191957 0.201457 Lebanese Pound 0.000156 0.000256 pressure from a cooling property market, a crackdown on export-reliant cities and provinces like Guangdong show the America Moroccan Dirhams 0.022449 0.046449 Canadian Dollar 0.228192 0.237192 corporate debt and risky lending practices, and a nation- strain, policymakers are increasingly rolling out measures to US Dollars 0.299750 0.305050 Omani Riyal 0.782903 0.788583 wide anti-pollution campaign. help businesses weather the trade storm. The central bank US Dollars Mint 0.300250 0.305050 Qatar Riyal 0.079170 0.084110 Saudi Riyal 0.079940 0.081240 The United States over the summer levied tariffs of up to has cut the amount of cash that commercial banks need to set Asia Syrian Pound 0.001288 0.001508 25 percent on $250 billion of Chinese goods as punishment aside as reserves four times this year to spur lending to small Bangladesh Taka 0.002970 0.003771 Tunisian Dinar 0.103851 0.111851 for what it says are unfair trade practices by China. The lat- businesses. The finance ministry has reduced taxes and Chinese Yuan 0.042467 0.045967 Turkish Lira 0.045722 0.057222 est tariff salvo represented half of the $500 billion of prod- increased tax rebates to help lower the overheads of busi- Hong Kong Dollar 0.036965 0.039715 UAE Dirhams 0.081302 0.083002 Indian Rupee 0.003561 0.004333 Yemeni Riyal 0.000988 0.001068 ucts that the United States bought from China last year. nesses. Billion-dollar infrastructure projects have been put on The rapid escalation of the trade dispute has taken many the fast track to stimulate growth. —Reuters Established 1961 13 Business Monday, October 15, 2018 US draws China FX into trade dispute as IMF seeks solution China’s CB chief pledges to keep yuan value stable

NUSA DUA: The United States sought to make cur- cial markets - also sought to soothe nervous investors will not target our exchange rates for competitive pur- rency a central part of any solution to a bruising trade with a pledge to step up their dialogue on trade issues. poses,” it added. fight with China, keeping the pressure on Beijing to US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on speed up economic reforms at a gathering of world Saturday that Chinese officials told him that further Rate hike worries policy makers who pledged to do more to safeguard yuan depreciation was not in China’s interests. He told On Thursday, IMF Managing Director Christine global growth. Reuters in an interview on Friday that currency issues Lagarde urged members to “de-escalate” trade ten- China’s central bank governor Yi Gang on Saturday needed to be part of US-China trade talks. sions and work on fixing global trade rules. She also promised to keep the yuan currency’s value “broadly “We want to make sure that (yuan) depreciation is warned against adding currency to the trade conflict, stable” at International Monetary Fund and World not being used for competitive purposes in trade,” saying this would hurt global growth as well as “inno- Bank annual meetings in Bali where the IMF attempt- Mnuchin told reporters on Saturday. The yuan has fall- cent bystander” nations, including emerging markets ed to prod the world’s two largest economies to en more than 8 percent against the dollar since the end that supply commodities to China. She urged. resolve their disputes. of April to about 6.91 on Friday, close to the psycholog- Some of these countries, including Indonesia, the The People’s Bank of China governor’s statement to ically important 7.0 level not seen in a decade. host of the IMF and World Bank meetings, are already the IMF steering committee echoed Fund members’ to In the communique from the International Monetary struggling to contain capital outflows prompted by avoid competitive currency devaluations. “China will and Financial Committee, the Fund’s member countries higher US interests rates. NUSA DUA: (From L to R) World Bank President Jim Yong Kim, continue to let the market play a decisive role in the also agreed to debate ways to improve the World Trade Fears that rates could spike sharply higher - and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) chief Christine Lagarde, formation of the RMB exchange rate,” Yi said in the Organization so it can better address trade disputes. international trade tensions - touched off a searing sell- Indonesia’s Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs Luhut statement “We will not engage in competitive devalua- “We acknowledge that free, fair, and mutually beneficial off in global stock markets over the past week. Binsar Pandjaitan, Indonesia’s Finance Minister Sri Mulyani tion, and will not use the exchange rate as a tool to deal goods and services trade and investment are key European Central Bank Governor Mario Draghi warned Indrawati and Indonesia’s Central Bank governor Perry Warjiyo with trade frictions.” engines for growth and job creation,” the IMFC said in on Saturday that a “snap back” in rates and a sharp pose for a family photo at the close of the IMF and World Bank A communique issued by the IMF’s member coun- the statement. repricing of asset prices were the biggest risks to the annual meetings in Nusa Dua yesterday. —AFP tries on Saturday - which followed fresh tumult in finan- “We will refrain from competitive devaluations and economic outlook. —Reuters

largest economy sold 84.4 billion euros ‘Will Brits be reasonable?’ Ethiopian Airlines in July launched the first German business ($97.4 billion) of exports to Britain in 2017, Businesses on the front line of potential First commercial flights between Addis Ababa and Eritrea in making the island nation its fifth-biggest cus- Brexit disruption mostly strike a less two decades in a whirlwind peace process tomer, while importing 37.1 billion. alarmist tone than the BDI chief. “If Britain flight in 41 years between the two nations after a bloody con- losing patience The scale means a no-deal Brexit would becomes a ‘third country’ (losing member- flict and extended cold war. The peace process led by Ethiopia’s reformist young be “a disaster that would cause great diffi- ship of the EU’s single market) it’s not a links Ethiopia Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, has been fol- with limping culties for tens of thousands of firms and problem, we already work with 50 third lowed by a flurry of diplomacy in the region hundreds of thousands of workers on both countries,” said Samia Zimmerling, head of to Somalia that has also seen Somalia mend ties with sides of the English Channel,” Lang said. export administration at Delta Pronatura-a Eritrea and a move to end tensions between Brexit talks Current talks aim to settle Britain’s divorce cleaning products maker with operations in Djibouti and Eritrea. In June Abiy paid a visit issues and agree a “transition phase” to ease both Germany and the UK. MOGADISHU: An Ethiopian airline on FRANKFURT: With just under six months to Mogadishu where he and Somali President its departure by keeping it under EU law But she lamented the drawn-out talks, Saturday made the first commercial flight Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed agreed to until Brexit day, German business is losing through 2020. which are delaying concrete adjust- between Addis Ababa and Mogadishu in 41 strengthen relations. patience with negotiations ahead of a vital But while much is already agreed, negotia- ments companies must make to any new years, in yet another sign of warming ties Somalia and Ethiopia have gone to war deadline, warning ever more stridently of the tions have snagged on thorny issues like the trade arrangements, like updating com- between neighboring Horn of Africa nations several times over disputed territory. In 2006, risks of a no-deal departure. Irish border that allow for little compromise plex IT systems. — Ethiopia and Somalia. Ethiopia sent troops into Somalia to crush the “Europe must stop a worst-case Brexit and divide British PM Theresa May’s majority. “We’re waiting every day,” she said. “We A plane from the private airline Ethiopia Islamic Courts Union which had seized large scenario,” Joachim Lang, director of the An EU leaders’ summit this week has been don’t have any faith in the British (govern- National Airways landed at Mogadishu’s parts of the country including Mogadishu. Federation of German Industry (BDI) said dubbed a “moment of truth”, as two sets of ment), they’re just indecisive.” Zimmerling Aden Adde airport, and will conduct four Counterterrorism experts say this invasion flights per week, officials said. “It’s a historical Tuesday, warning that “a separation of the lawmakers-in Westminster and the European and around 200 other businesspeople fuelled a full-fledged insurgency by the ICU’s day for us as we launch this direct flight UK from the EU without a departure or tran- Parliament-must both green-light any deal and attended a Wednesday conference organ- radical faction Al-Shabaab, which later allied sitional agreement or clarification of the between Addis Ababa and Mogadishu. It has with Al-Qaeda and continues to stage deadly will need time to debate it before Brexit day on ized by Frankfurt’s Chambers of Commerce never been easy, we have been trying so future relationship is still a possibility.” March 29. Adding to the pressure, the and Industry (IHK), one of a string of attacks. Ethiopia supports the transitional At stake for Germany are some 50,000 many times, but finally we succeeded and this government and has troops in Somalia now European Commission said last week it was events in economic centers around day finally came,” said airline owner Abera jobs the BDI says depend directly on busi- making plans to cope with a no-deal scenario. Germany. —AFP forming part of an African Union mission to ness with the UK. In financial terms, Europe’s Lemi at a ceremony in the capital. combat Al-Shabaab. —AFP 14 Established 1961 Business Monday, October 15, 2018 Multi-currencies now available with Gulf Bank at Al-Jazeera terminal USD, AED, EUR and SAR are available now at Gulf Bank multicurrency ATM KUWAIT: Gulf Bank has launched a multi-currency ATM tomers, and with the multi-currency ATM, we are providing bank account in the world’. Gulf machine at Al-Jazeera departure terminal, providing travellers existing and future customers with the tools needed to ensure Bank’s performance continues to with access to four foreign currencies. The currencies avail- they can relax and enjoy their trip from start to finish.” be strongly recognized on local, able are USD, AED, EUR and SAR. Gulf Bank is one of the leading conventional banks in regional, and international levels, The launch of the multi-currency ATM machine is further Kuwait with total assets of KD 5,683 million for year ended spread over different sectors of demonstration of Gulf Bank’s commitment to existing and 31 December 2017. The Bank provides a broad offering of its work. potential customers. Meeting the needs of travellers from consumer banking, wholesale banking, treasury, and financial Gulf Bank is strongly commit- Kuwait and the world, Gulf Bank is making travel easier, services through its large network of 58 branches and more ted to giving back to Kuwait and adding value and convenience to travellers’ journey, from last than 200 ATMs in Kuwait. society through its corporate minute withdrawals to additional cash. Gulf Bank is ensuring The Bank was founded in 1960 and is listed on the Kuwait social responsibility program. that whether you are starting a journey or stopping off on the Stock Exchange (Boursa Kuwait) since 1984. The Bank is cur- The Bank supports numerous way to your final destination, you will be able to withdraw the rently ranked ‘A’ by the four leading international credit rating events focusing on youth, edu- currency you need. agencies. cation, health and fitness, help- Ahmad Al-Amir Speaking of the launch, Ahmad Al-Amir, Assistant General The Bank kicked off last year by setting an international ing the underprivileged, Manager for External Communications at Gulf Bank, said: Guinness World Records achievement for its Al-Danah women’s empowerment, as well as promoting Kuwait’s her- “Gulf Bank prides itself on meeting the needs of our cus- account prize of KD 1 million as the ‘largest prize linked to a itage and culture. Malabar Gold & Turkish Airlines’ Diamonds to triple load factor reaches outlets to 750 83.4% in September

DUBAI: Malabar Gold & Diamonds, one of the world’s largest jewellery retailer, announces ambitious global growth plan on the eve of its silver jubilee (25 years) celebrations that will see the company triple its retail network from 250 showrooms this year to 750 outlets in the next five years with annual turnover exceeding $6.16 billion (INR 45,000 crores) and the Group turnover to $6.85 billion (INR 50,000 crores) by 2023. The Group currently operates retail outlets spread across ten countries in the India, Middle East, Southeast Asia and America. Its massive expansion plan will see the company expand its footprint across all Tier 1 and Tier II cities in North and Central India - in order KUWAIT: Turkish Airlines has recently announced the to cater to the growing jewellery market. The compa- passenger and cargo traffic results for September and left ny’s plan of major expansion in international market behind a month of high load factor with 83.4 percent per- includes new territories such as Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, formance. On top of the strong base effect of September Australia, Canada, Egypt and Turkey. As much as 40 2017, growth in the number of passengers, revenue per percent of the group turnover will be generated from kilometer and load factor, is an important indicator of the the company’s operations outside India. MUMBAI: Malabar Group unveils their 25th anniversary celebration logo at the press meet held at Taj continued growing interest in Turkey and Turkish Airlines. Considering the characteristics of the new market Mahal Palace, Mumbai, in the presence of MP Ahammed, Chairman - Malabar Group, Abdul Salam KP, planned to enter, Malabar Group introduced a new Group Executive Director, Malabar Group and Shamlal Ahamed, Managing Director - International According to September 2018 Traffic Results; concept - MGD Lifestyle Jewellery - a smaller format Operations, Malabar Gold & Diamonds. l The passenger growth trend continued in store offering daily wear small-ticket jewellery and September, thus total number of passengers carried went lifestyle articles. growth-driver of our jewellery business.” he added. Central Indian brothers also to join the movement and up by 1 percent reaching about 7 million passengers, and The company plans to invest $960 million (INR Abdul Salam KP, Group Executive Director of share our success.” Load Factor went up to percent83.4. 7,000 Cr) to manage the growth and expansion. The Malabar Group, said, “As a responsible business, we The company’s expansion will help generate about l In September 2018, Total Load Factor improved by 2 expansion will see Malabar Group expand its investor are very mindful of our obligations to our societies. 12,000 new jobs and help the youths to earn a better points, while international Load Factor increased by 2 base from 2,752 and include more investors from North Our expansion will create more well-paid jobs and we living. We are also planning to set up three more man- points to 83 percent, domestic Load Factor increased by and Central Indian states, so that they could also be a are very excited about our future growth plan. We ufacturing units and in order to manage the expansion 2 points to 87 percent approximately. part of the success of Malabar Gold and Diamonds. ensure our entire operation in a very transparent way. and to fix the skill shortage in jewellery manufactur- l International-to-international transfer passengers Malabar Gold & Diamonds is the jewellery retail arm We understand the sensitivity of the industry and ing, we are in the process of setting up a skill devel- (transit passengers) went up by 3 percent approximately. of the diversified business conglomerate Malabar ensure compliance through responsible sourcing, ethi- opment centre to groom the youth and absorb them in l In September, cargo/mail volume continued the Group that includes other business verticals such as cal business practices, transparent and professional various job profiles, in line with the Skills India cam- double digit growth trend and increased by 22 percent, real estate developments, shopping malls, hypermarket, fund management. We associate with trade bodies, paign,” Asher added. compared to the same period of 2017. Main contributors technologies, retailing of home appliances & electron- financial houses, government regulators to make sure Shamlal Ahamed, Managing Director of Malabar to the growth in cargo/mail volume, are Domestic Lines ics, watches, franchisee retailing and services. that our operations are infallible globally. Gold & Diamonds’ International Operations, said, “As with 48 percent, N. America with 32 percent increase, The new expansion will see Malabar Group nearly The group has a unique business model where its an Indian-born international jewellery brand, we take Africa with 23 percent increase and Far East with 20 per- double its headcount from 13,000 to 25,000 profes- expansion is fuelled by investors who become share- pride in our roots in India and help connect the global cent increase. sionals on direct payroll within the next five years to holders in different entities in a very transparent own- consumers to the Indian heritage and art. Our strong l In September, Africa showed load factor growth of 7 manage the growth and expansion. ership model. Malabar Gold & Diamonds currently retail presence across 10 countries coupled with the points, while Europe, Domestic Lines and Far East “Silver Jubilee is a major milestone in any company’s have over 2,752 investors under different entities who jewellery manufacturing capabilities that mostly pro- showed load factor growth of about 2 points. history and during this time Malabar Group grew from share the same vision, dedication and passion. Around duces Indian culture-inspired designs that are According to the January-September 2018 Traffic a local entity to an Indian International brand with a 19.4 percent of these investors are full time employees exported to the rest of the world through our interna- Results; large loyal customer base. “Today, Malabar is a name to with the Group, including the front-end managers and tional retail network. Our further expansion in the l During January-September, increase in demand and reckon with and known to almost every consumer. directors. international arena will lead to Indian artisanal jew- total number of passengers was 10 percent and 12 per- During the last 25 years, Malabar Gold & Diamond has Added Asher O, Managing Director - India opera- ellery being showcased at prominent global destina- cent, respectively, over the same period of last year. Total grown from strength to strength and rose from being a tions, said, “Our ambitious retail expansion plan in tions.” The group has earmarked 5 percent of its number of passengers reached to 58 million. small outfit to an international player across a number North and Central Indian states like Punjab, annual profit for CSR activities in five key areas such l During January-September, total Load Factor of verticals including gold and diamond jewellery retail, Maharashtra, Delhi, Madhya Pradesh, etc will be sup- as housing, health, environment, women empower- improved by 3 points up to 82 percent. While internation- jewellery manufacturing and multi-retail concepts,” MP ported by a new set of investors from these regions. ment and education. al Load Factor increased by approximately 3 points Ahammed, Chairman of Malabar Group, told the media We will also continue to strengthen our retail foot The group is also in the process of formally open- exceeding 81 percent, domestic Load Factor went up by 2 at a press conference in Mumbai. print in the states where we currently have strong ing its new global headquarters at Montana Estate in points exceeding 85 percent. “The culture of gifting lives along with human beings presence. Our unique business model of sharing and Kozhikode, Kerala. Montana Estate has been set up at l Excluding international-to-international transfer to express their love, affection and emotion for their caring has worked for us very well and it makes us a a sprawling 150-acre green tract as an eco-friendly passengers (transit passengers), number of international loved ones. Our aim is to be No 1 in this segment and transparent and accountable organization with a solid township with signature bungalows, villas and apart- passengers went up significantly by 13 percent. we will strengthen the gifting aspect of jewellery that is foundation where all investors have a financial and ments, international school, convention center, organic l Cargo/mail carried during the nine months increased fast growing in India and other countries and use it as a moral stake in the company. We want our North and farming, mini theatres, business clubs, etc. by 25 percent and reached to 1 million tons.

Citibank Kuwait Burgan Bank and KBA host cyber announces winners security workshop of Yawmi account draw

KUWAIT: Citibank Kuwait and the Kuwait Banking KUWAIT: Burgan Bank announced yesterday the Association co-hosted the first workshop entitled names of the daily draw winners of its Yawmi account “Cyber Security Systems in Financial Institutions”. The draw, each taking home a cash-prize of KD 5,000. workshop discussed recent cyber trends and Citi’s per- The lucky winners are: spective and approach to Cyber Security. 1. Rashed Khaleel Ibrahim Rashed Fatah Adour, Citibank Kuwait General Manager and 2. Osama Ahmed Soqiyah Dr Hamad Al-Hasawi, Kuwait Banking Association’s 3. Sherooq Ali Abdullah Dashti Secretary General inaugurated the workshop and wel- through various team and resources cyber-attacks. 4. Mariam Abbas Abdullah Abdulaziz comed the attendees. More than 100 attendees includ- Finally, Larry highlighted the importance of 5. Gurvinder Singh Amrik Singh Sahni ing bankers from Kuwait’s financial institutions and Information sharing between financial institutions In addition to the daily draw, Burgan Bank also interested officials from other sectors attended the around the world and underlined how crucial the co- offers a quarterly draw with more chances to win workshop. operation with the regulators and public sector is to higher rewards, offering the chance to one lucky The workshop was led by Larry Zelvin, Citi Global combat this risk. customer to win KD 125,000 every three months. Head of Cyber Security. He began by providing an Fatah Adour, Citibank Kuwait General Manager The Yawmi Account offers daily and quarterly overview of the major Cyberattacks that hit the world added: “Citibank is keen to share its expertise, knowl- draws, wherein the quarterly draw requires cus- with their impacts, then discussed damages caused by edge and information with other banks in Kuwait and tomers to maintain a minimum amount of KD 500 the Wannacry and Petya/Non-Petya malwares in 2017. the region especially when it comes to cybersecurity, a in their account for two months prior to the draw Larry gave an example on the Swift attack that could major challenge to the banking sector. We are pleased date. Additionally, every KD 10 in the account will target financial institutions and how the issue relates to with the turnout which reflects the importance of the entitle customers to one chance of winning. If the lack or weak IS controls on the financial institution. topic and we will be working on organizing other work- account balance is KD 500 and above, the Larry then went on to cover the Attacker Categories shops in the near future”. account holder will be qualified for both the quar- which are generally driven by their motivation and Dr Hamad Al-Hasawi, Kuwait Banking Association’s Larry Zelvin, Global Head of Dr. Hamad Al-Hasawi, Kuwait terly and daily draws. include Cyber Criminals, Hacktivists, Cyber Terrorists, Secretary General commented: “Kuwait Banking Cyber Security, Citi Banking Association’s Burgan Bank encourages everyone to open a Nation State Actors and Insiders. He also highlighted Association cooperated with Citibank Kuwait in organ- Secretary General Yawmi account and/or increase their deposit to Citi’s Intelligence led Cyber Security Approach and end izing this workshop in light of the banks’ interest in the maximize their chances of becoming a winner. The efforts on how Citi is addressing the increasing number topic due to its importance in improving banks’ opera- saw the importance of cooperating with Cybersecurity higher the level of the deposit, the higher the like- of cyber threats. He also talked about Citi Cyber tions and in order to protect data and customers’ infor- experts in Citigroup because of the Bank’s high techni- lihood to win. Security Fusion Centers that operate 24/7 to monitor mation and maintain in a controlled manner. KBA also cal expertise which local banks can benefit from”. 15 Technology Monday, October 15, 2018 WhatsApp hits the road with skits to stamp out fake news in India Texts, pictures and videos aim to sow discord

JAIPUR: On a hot morning in India’s tourist hub of Jaipur, The campaign is not entirely altruistic. It is being run in some WhatsApp employees having flown in from an open truck painted in the signature lime-green colors of conjunction with Reliance Jio, the fast-growing telecom California, a WhatsApp spokeswoman said in an emailed Facebook’s WhatsApp messaging service pulls into a carrier controlled by billionaire Mukesh Ambani that statement, adding that the company did not reveal financial dusty lane, where five men spill out and begin to perform a recently made WhatsApp available on its $20 JioPhone. details. A source familiar with the matter said the costs skit. The event is part of a major grassroots effort by were mostly being paid by WhatsApp. WhatsApp to battle fake news, which has triggered numerous lynchings in a country where 200 million people Political heat use the service, more than anywhere else in the world. WhatsApp’s efforts to battle fake news in India include The actors soon draw a crowd as the play unveils how a limit on forwarded messages in a market where more spreading misinformation online can stir up mob violence, If you are one users pass around messages, photographs and videos than especially in the countryside, where caste and religious any other. It has launched newspaper and radio campaigns prejudices run deep. “Our society is better than theirs and of us, spread and tied up with Delhi-based non-profit Digital that’s why you should hate them,” says one, citing one Empowerment Foundation to develop a digital literacy cur- example of an incendiary text circulating on WhatsApp in this message’ riculum for India. India. “If you are truly one of us, spread this message.” The company is also training police and law enforce- Such texts, pictures and videos aim to sow discord, ment officials to use WhatsApp in helping them do their It is not clear how much the public information cam- warns another, as the viewers in the capital of India’s west- jobs. “Our goal is to drive one of the largest coordinated paigns will change people’s behaviour. But in Jaipur, at ern desert state of Rajasthan are then told how to identify public education efforts on misinformation to date any- least some of the messages seem to be getting through. “I forwarded messages and use WhatsApp responsibly. The where in the world,” WhatsApp said. India’s technology learnt how to quit a WhatsApp group created by drive follows intense government pressure for both Instructions on how to install and use the app on the minister has demanded the company do more, including strangers,” said Bhawani Singh Rathore, a 35-year-old Facebook and WhatsApp to fight fake news and rumor- JioPhone, which has connected tens of millions of low- working out how to trace the origin of “sinister” messages. teacher, who began using the service just months ago and mongering that have led to more than 30 deaths in about income Indians to the Internet for the first time, are also a But WhatsApp says it will not take such steps, which attended. “And I also learned how to identify a forwarded 70 lynching attempts since Jan. 2017, data portal part of the 10-city roadshow. Hundreds of people from would require it to weaken encryption and other privacy message and to not send it ahead without checking its IndiaSpend says. WhatsApp and Jio are helping drive the campaign, with protections. accuracy,” he said. — Reuters

Oxxo corner stores . are cashing in on Why is a finger Mexican e-commerce sticking out of

MEXICO CITY: Stroll the aisles of any Oxxo in Mexico your mobile? and you will find the staples of convenience store suste- nance: beer, cigarettes, enough candy to keep dentists at PARIS: A French researcher has invented a robot finger full employment. Look closer and you will see this old- that attaches to your mobile phone. It can wriggle school chain is a linchpin of the country’s e-commerce. The across your desk. It can stroke your hand. And guess retailer, with more than 17,000 locations throughout what? It’s creepy. No, really, watch the video. Creepy, Mexico, has cracked two of the biggest barriers to online see? He wants to know why. shopping in the developing world: payments and pickup. “My PhD subject is around touch in communica- Shoppers lacking bank accounts - more than 60 per- tions,” explains Marc Teyssier, a researcher at Telecom cent of Mexico’s population - can plunk down cash at their Paristech engineering school. “When we talk with peo- local Oxxo to make purchases from more than a thousand ple in real life we touch each other to communicate online merchants. Those who live in dangerous or remote emotions, for example a stroke on the arm, or stuff like areas where home delivery is complicated can then head that. But for mobile devices and interaction in general in back to Oxxo to retrieve their merchandise. computers, we don’t use touch at all. So my starting The pick-up program, offered with Amazon.com Inc, point was: how can we bring touch in human-computer operates in nearly 3,000 Oxxo locations, with plans to interfaces?” expand. Oxxo is in talks with other merchants to handle So he designed, built and patented the MobiLimb their packages too, said Asensio Carrion, Oxxo’s director robotic finger, which plugs into a mobile phone and of financial and electronic services. Oxxo takes a cut from looks very much like a real finger. It can drag the phone both merchants and consumers on most transactions. It’s MEXICO CITY: This file photo shows a dog strolling in front of an Oxxo corner store. — Reuters across the table. Your friends can activate it and oper- not rocket science. But analysts say Oxxo has seized on a ate it remotely, to give you a comforting pat on the lucrative opportunity to cement itself into the e-commerce wrist when they talk to you. But when people saw it, supply chain in places where online shopping is not the only accepts goods she can tuck under the register to catering to cash-only shoppers. The convenience chain is everyone had the same reaction. seamless affair it is in wealthy countries. avoid attracting thieves. And competition is mounting: also fine-tuning its operations to ensure the new transac- “We have a ton of reaction on the internet, like: ‘It’s That makes it one of the few companies in the world Amazon in August began selling non-perishable food and tions do not bog down basic shopping. Carrion said Oxxo creepy’. Everybody tells me it’s creepy. And it is, actual- with the leverage to go toe-to-toe with Jeff Bezos, beverages in Mexico. is exploring cash registers dedicated to services. ly, in fact,” Teyssier said. “We communicate with Amazon’s billionaire founder. At a time when many brick- humans with touch. We use fingers. We use motion. But and-mortar retailers view e-commerce as a threat, Oxxo Banking on the unbanked Tough negotiator when we put that on a mobile device, everybody thinks has found a sweet spot. “Mexico runs on cash. This is the With around 125 million people and Latin America’s Companies that work with Oxxo say it knows the value it’s crazy and creepy.” The creepy phone finger tells us huge advantage of a company like Oxxo,” said Enrique second-largest economy, Mexico is a magnet for online of its scale and brand - and its terms are not cheap. something about who we are, and what we expect from Culebro, head of Mexico’s internet association. That is merchants. But to reach millions of Mexicans without bank Merchants on Oxxo Pay, for example, are charged a 3.5 a world where your phone listens and responds to your good news for parent company Fomento Economico accounts, they have been forced to get creative. Oxxo percent commission per transaction. Consumers hand over commands like a person, but still doesn’t have a moving Mexicano, known as Femsa. Oxxo generates about 35 per- began addressing this challenge in 2012 after Mexican reg- 10 pesos. In contrast, 7-Eleven, with 1,900 stores in body, Teyssier said. For now, he thinks, the robot finger cent of Femsa’s revenue and is the “driver of the company,” ulators allowed retailers to perform certain banking opera- Mexico, typically charges lower corporate commissions, is both too human, and not quite human enough. said Jose Cebeira, an analyst at Mexico City brokerage tions. The chain became a place where customers could knowing it cannot match Oxxo’s vast network, a former 7- “I think to some extent we are right in the uncanny Actinver. Femsa shares are up about 50 percent since the pay household bills in cash. In 2013 it rolled out Saldazo, a Eleven executive said. valley. Technology looks like human, but its not exactly end of 2014. debit card whose name loosely translates to “big payment.” Oxxo’s business model has tested its relationship with human, so our brain - we don’t know how to react.” But Not content with remaining a middleman, Oxxo is More than 10 million cards are now in circulation. Amazon. The companies clashed over whether Oxxo could Teyssier imagines a world one day where you would working on e-commerce efforts of its own. The company Next up was online shopping. “We’re good at cash in charge fees to Amazon customers for pickups and interact with objects the way you do with other people will test a home-delivery app next year, and is considering and cash out,” Carrion said. “But we saw e-commerce deposits to Amazon Cash, which lets customers store a or pets. Someday, you might walk into your kitchen and an e-wallet that would allow shoppers to store balances growing very fast, and we saw that we could participate in balance in an Amazon account, according to a person get a hug from your fridge. — Reuters for online purchases, Carrion said. But Oxxo must ensure other parts of the value chain.” In 2016, Femsa invested in familiar with the matter. Amazon launched its pickups that its e-commerce experiments do not clog registers and digital payments startup Conekta and partnered with the without customer fees. But negotiations for Oxxo to han- undermine its core business of selling Cokes and smokes, firm last year to launch Oxxo Pay, which gives online mer- dle Amazon Cash are shaping up differently, Carrion said. says Mexico fintech consultant Gabriela Zapata. chants real-time confirmation when customers pay in cash. If the partnership goes through, he said Oxxo will collect a “For the person behind you who just wants a quick “We are the bridge between the unbanked and companies fee from users. “We collaborate with every business part- Netherlands in a pack of cigarettes, waiting four minutes is not ideal,” she that want to get payments from the unbanked,” Conekta ner in order to ensure projects that will bring benefits for said. The small, irregular floorplans of Oxxo stores have co-founder Hector Cardenas said. our customers, without dictating any terms unilaterally,” ‘cyberwar’ with already posed challenges for Amazon’s package program, The company is in talks with Amazon to bring the com- Femsa said in a statement. Amazon declined to comment. which is limited to small items worth up to 1,500 pesos pany onto the Oxxo Pay platform, he added. Oxxo also Meanwhile, some startups complain Oxxo takes too big a ($79). A clerk at an Oxxo in Mexico City said her store sells pre-paid gift cards for Amazon, Netflix and Spotify, slice of their business. — Reuters Russia: Defense minister Google tells Operator challenges THE HAGUE: The Netherlands is in a ‘cyberwar’ with Russia, Defense Minister Ank Bijleveld told Dutch television yesterday, speaking in the wake of an alleged hacking lawmakers network tapping by attempt by four Russians in The Hague. “What happened is really dangerous,” Bijleveld told Dutch broadcaster NPO, it is mulling options German spy agency referring to the incident, which happened in April outside the headquarters of the Organisation for the Prohibition of FRANKFURT: Internet exchange operator DE-CIX Chemical Weapons (OPCW). on China services said on Thursday it had filed a constitutional com- Asked if the current situation between the two countries plaint against the tapping into its network by could be described as “cyberwar” she replied: “Yes, that is Germany’s main spy agency, after an earlier petition the case.” On October 4, the defence ministry announced it WASHINGTON: Alphabet Inc’s Google unit has told was thrown out by a federal court. The case raises US lawmakers it was considering “a variety of options” had expelled four GRU military intelligence agents. Officials questions over the extent to which state surveillance said the men entered the country on Russian diplomatic to offer additional services in China, but declined to is acceptable in an open, democratic society, similar detail plans for addressing Chinese censorship. The passports on April 10 and were caught on April 13 with a car to those asked in the United States after whistleblow- full of electronic equipment in the Marriott Hotel next to the company has come under criticism after reports it was er Edward Snowden revealed the extent of snooping considering re-entering China’s search engine market OPCW headquarters. by the National Security Agency. Russia has vehemently denied the accusations. Foreign and would comply with its internet censorship and sur- DE-CIX said it received orders from the Federal veillance policies. Minister Sergei Lavrov insisted on Monday that the incident Intelligence Service (BND) to allow it to access data was a “misunderstanding” and that the Russians had been on In an Aug 31 letter to six senators made public on NANTES: A file photo taken on November 20, 2017 shows logos at its internet exchange in Frankfurt. The BND has in a routine visit. But yesterday Bijleveld said: “People try to Friday, Google Chief Executive Sundar Pichai said the of US multinational technology company Google displayed on recent years received a mirror image of the traffic as interfere in various ways in our life all the time, to influence company was “thoughtfully considering a variety of computers’ screens. — AFP part of its counter-terrorism and cyber-security our democracy. “We have to shake off the naivety in this options for how to offer services in China in a way that efforts. The company filed a case against the federal domain and take measures,” which was why they had taken “Their response to the Senate failed to provide any is consistent with our mission.” The letter was reported government two years ago seeking a judicial exami- the decision to make the incident public, she added. earlier by The Intercept, a news website. Google information about Google’s reported plans to consider nation of the practice. Its suit was thrown out in May Following these incidents, the defence ministry had beefed declined to comment. Reuters and other outlets had launching a censored search engine in China,” Warner by the Federal Administrative Court in Leipzig, which up its budget for cyberwarfare, she said. reported in August that Google planned to launch a said. “Any effort to get back into China could enable the found the BND was acting within its rights. “We are investing more in intelligence services to be able version of its search engine in China that would block Chinese government in repressing and manipulating “For us, the decision by the Federal Administrative to see what is going on and take measures if necessary.” some websites and search terms. The move would mark their citizens.” In September, a bipartisan group of 16 Court to dismiss the case without consideration of the NATO was also considering a Dutch offer to use its “cyber- its return to a market it abandoned eight years ago on US House lawmakers asked Google to disclose precau- objections raised is legally not acceptable,” Klaus soldiers”, she added. The alleged attempt to hack into the censorship concerns. tions it would take to protect the safety of its users if Landefeld, a member of the supervisory board of DE- OPCW network came as the organization was investigating Senator Mark Warner, the ranking Democrat on Chinese regulators allow its search engine to operate. CIX Group AG, said in a statement. “The violations of the fatal poisoning of former Russian spy Sergei Skripal in the Intelligence Committee, said on Friday he was The letter said Google was “committed to promot- the principle of the secrecy of correspondence and London. Britain has blamed Russia for the attack, which took “really disappointed with Google’s response,” ing access to information, freedom of expression, and telecommunications which were comprehensively place in March in the southern English city of Salisbury and through the letter, to questions from senators about user privacy, as well as to respecting the laws of demonstrated and argued in our lawsuit were not also claimed the life of Skripal’s daughter, Yulia. Moscow has the company’s plans in China. Google said it was jurisdictions in which we operate.” On Thursday, even dealt with by the Federal Administrative Court in denied any involvement. The OPCW was also investigating a “unclear” if it would move forward with a search three other US senators wrote Pichai to explain why the process. 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DJERBA: Tunisian fishermen saw the blue crab wreak such havoc on their catches when it first appeared that they nicknamed it after the terrifying jihadists of the Islamic State group. But now — four years after these scourges of the sea invaded their waters — the predators have turned into prey as fishermen in the North African country cash in on the crustaceans. Jamel Ben Joma Zayoud pulls his nets out of the water off the Mediterranean island of Djerba to find them full of blue crabs with their fearsome-looking spikes. “Look, there are only Daesh, they’ve destroyed everything,” he says, using the Arabic term for IS that has become the crabs’ nickname. The blue crab, once a native of the Red Sea, first showed up in the Gulf of Gabes off Tunisia’s coast in ZARZIS: Tunisian fisherman catch blue crab on August 30, 2018 off the Tunisian coastal city ZARZIS: Employees sort crabs at a storage facility on August 30, 2018 in the Tunisian 2014 and immediately set about snapping of Zarzis. —AFP photos coastal city of Zarzis. up the rich pickings it found. “It quickly became a curse,” Zayoud, 47, tells AFP. “It eats all the best fish.” The hard-up fishermen along the coast, pest into profit. They were taught how to delivering the crabs caught that morning the sea, the transformation has been already struggling to make ends meet, felt trap the crabs and the government began from nearby harbors. “When the crab stark. “The situation has completely Feeling the pinch the pinch as the crabs attacked their nets subsidising the cost of purchasing what appeared we didn’t know how to make changed,” said fisherman Zayoud. He has There are two explanations for how the and the local fish. “One thousand, one hun- was caught. Plants popped up to freeze money from it,” said Karim Hammami, co- now started going after fish with his nets, blue crab, or Portunus Pelagicus, made it dred fishermen have been hit by this the crabs and ship them to markets in the director of the firm Tucrab. “Tunisians did- and crabs with cages. So successful have all the way to the shores of Tunisia, says plague in Gabes,” said Sassi Alaya, a mem- Gulf and Asia where customers are willing n’t consume it so the fishermen avoided the fishermen been that they are now researcher Marouene Bedioui, at the ber of the local labor union. “Nowadays to shell out for their meat. catching it — but when investors came in even planning to limit themselves in order National Institute for Marine Sciences and we change our nets three times a year, and the authorities began moving we not to deplete crab stocks too much. And Technologies. Either their eggs were while before it was once every two years.” Crab lunch started targeting foreign markets.” even they have got a taste for their former transported on boats to the region or they In 2015 and 2016, fishermen demonstrated One of them is managed by a Turkish In the first seven months of this year, foe. For their lunch, Zayoud and his crew arrived as part of a lengthy migration that over the issue — and eventually the gov- company — putting to use the experience Tunisia produced 1,450 tons of blue crab select, cook and tuck into a healthy male started when the Suez Canal opened in ernment took notice. it gained dealing with an influx of the worth around three million euros ($3.5 crab. “Daesh eat all the best fish,” 1869. However the crabs turned up, their The authorities last year launched a crabs back home. Each afternoon a line of million), the ministry of agriculture says. explains the fisherman. “So their meat has impact has been damaging. plan aimed at helping fishermen to turn the refrigerated vans forms outside the facility For those making their livelihoods from to be delicious.” — AFP Canada cannabis crackdown ing.” Two new cases were confirmed DR Congo in the Beni region, according to health ministry statistics published Saturday, worries tokers identifies taking the total to 127 in the area since August 1. There were 35 other sus- OTTAWA: Canada is just days away from pected cases. On Friday, the World legalizing cannabis, but as apartment build- ‘second wave’ Health Organization expressed con- ings, schools and other spaces move to ban cern over the growing number of cas- pot smoking on their premises, some enthusi- of Ebola in east es in recent weeks, especially in Beni. asts fear they won’t have anywhere to exer- The latest outbreak is the 10th in DR cise their newly acquired rights. Across KINSHASA: A second wave of the Congo since Ebola was first detected Canada smoking tobacco is prohibited in or Ebola virus has been confirmed in there in 1976. Officials in Beni have near entrances to bars and restaurants, offices eastern Democratic Republic of announced measures to protect health and even parks. These rules are supported by Congo, where an initial outbreak has workers after a number of incidents decades of research linking smoking — already killed 125 people, a minister where response teams were assaulted. including second-hand — with an increased said Saturday. The latest wave is cen- Fears and misconceptions about risk of cancer and cardiovascular disease tered in Beni, a town in North Kivu the virus have led to widespread mis- Taking a cue from the anti-smoking cam- LINCOLN: Employee Martin Henderson waters a tray with cannabis plants at the Up cannabis near the border with Uganda, said trust and resistance to Ebola response paigns of the 1980s and 90s, managers of pri- factory. —AFP Health Minister Dr Oly Ilunga. “We workers, including those who come vate and public spaces are now rushing to don’t yet know the scale of it,” he into communities wearing hazmat suits crack down on cannabis before legalization added. “The epicenter, which was in to orchestrate burials. A staff member comes into effect on Wednesday in order to which led the way in December 2013. the institution did not wish to “drive the Mangina is now in Beni.” The two of the UN peacekeeper mission prevent the same kinds of concerns arising According to the government statistics behavior underground.” towns lie about 20 kilometers apart. MONUSCO was among the latest vic- from pot smoke. But the move has provoked a agency, about 13 percent of Canadians cur- This second wave occurred as a tims of the virus, the UN and health backlash, notably from renters who face rently smoke tobacco. By contrast, about 4.6 Rentals on the rise result of community resistance to ministry said. The work of health offi- “being left out in the cold” with nowhere to million Canadians or 16 percent of the popu- Dorothy Church of Condo Management measures taken to tackle the disease, cials is also hampered by violence in a consume what will be a legal product. lation have used cannabis this year, and the Group, the largest residential building man- Ilunga said. “The epidemic in Beni is region which has long been ravaged “When legalization hits, only people who number is not expected to rise significantly ager in Ottawa (overseeing more than 300 high risk.. and the situation is worry- by armed conflict. —AFP own their homes will be able to consume it once the mind-altering drug is legalized, a buildings), said there has been a push by because rentals have moved to restrict recent Statistics Canada survey found. A most condominium corporations to have smoking,” pot advocate and renter Shawn recent report by the Canadian Cancer restrictions in place by October 17. “The MacAleese told AFP. “The idea that you’ll Society noted 65 of the country’s roughly majority of condo owners don’t want marijua- be able to be able to purchase a product 260 university and college campuses have na in their buildings,” she said, because of its Minister Lorenzo Fontana, a League but not use said product unless you own banned pot smoking or vaping, praising them pungent smell and health concerns. About 4.5 Thousands member himself, also backed the new your own home or property is ridiculous,” for “providing a healthier environment” for million or nearly a third of Canada’s 14 million measure. It does nothing more than he said. Canada will become only the sec- students. Others have resisted, including the households rent, with demand for rentals out- apply the existing law, “helping a woman ond country in the world to legalize University of British Columbia in Vancouver, stripping demand for buying for the first time march against choose, so she can carry her baby to cannabis on October 17, following Uruguay, whose spokesman Hubert Lai told local media in decades. —AFP ‘pro-life’ term”, he argued. ‘Turning back the clock’ “The city risks being drawn into a Verona chain of events on a national level and be Pot: A new labelled as an intolerant city,” said VERONA: Thousands of protesters Tommaso Ferrari, an opposition politi- golden goose marched in the northern Italian city of cian at the march and one of the few to Verona on Saturday, after the local have voted against the League’s motion. council passed a motion to fund Catholic “We risk turning back the clock... it’s not NEW YORK: The world’s major alcohol anti-abortion groups. The motion, pro- just dangerous for Italian policies but producers can no longer ignore the pot phe- posed by a member of the far-right European ones too”. Under the 1978 law, nomenon, as young consumers may increas- League party, declared the city “pro- women can have abortions until the 90th ingly swap beer and cocktails for joints and life”. Under the scheme, pregnant women day of their pregnancy, or within the 5th cannabis-infused drinks. Some have decisive- will be encouraged to give up unplanned month for “therapeutic abortions”, ly seized the moment. Constellation Brands, babies for adoption. induced if deemed medically necessary. maker of Corona beer and Svedka vodka, has Women wearing white cone hats remi- But forty years on, the law remains poured $4 billion into the Canadian marijuana niscent of those worn in Margaret highly controversial, largely due to the firm Canopy Growth. Atwood’s “The Handmaid’s Tale”, a refer- sway of the powerful Roman Catholic The coming market is “potentially one of ence to women’s rights, led the march church, both in terms of its care struc- the most significant global growth opportuni- through the city famed for Shakespeare’s tures and the training of doctors. “We ties of the next decade,” said Constellation ode to love, Romeo and Juliet.”We are furi- have an increasing number of hospitals Chief Executive Robert Sands. Sales of legal ous, so are many women who fought in the that open their doors thanks to the 1970s to legalise safe, free abortions,” Sara marijuana and related products should reach LINCOLN: Warning label on 1gram of cannabis is seen at Up’s cannabis factory. —AFP financial support of the Vatican, while $200 billion within 15 years and the market is De Falco, a member of one of the organisa- public hospitals have ever fewer opening “much more rapidly than originally tions behind the protest, told AFPTV. resources,” gynaecologist and pro-abor- anticipated,” he said. Following in Uruguay’s Walker whisky, is in talks with Canadian pro- State University last year found sales of alcohol “We’re angry because this motion is the tion activist Elisabetta Canitano told footsteps, Canada on Wednesday will become ducers, according to Bloomberg. In response dipped 12.4 percent in US counties where symbol of the link today — in Verona but AFP. Private hospitals, especially ones the second country in the world to legalize to a question from AFP, the company said medical marijuana was legalized. also in Italy as a whole — between the far funded by the church, can refuse to per- recreational marijuana. only that it was closely watching the market. But others, including the Distilled Spirits right and Catholicism,” she said. form abortions. Cannabis is still banned under US federal Beer producer Molson Coors has also Council, an industry body representing liquor The vote on the motion came just She points to the Mater Olbia law for any purpose but nine states so far announced a joint venture with Canada’s makers in the United States, say sales have not days before Pope Francis compared hav- Hospital, a brand new facility located in have legalized its recreational use under their Hydropothecary Corporation. Others are been hurt. “It is still too soon to say one way or ing an abortion to hiring a contract killer. Sardinia and owned by Qatar, and own laws, while others have moved toward more reluctant. the other,” said Keith Villa, a Colorado brew- Right-wing mayor Federico Sboarina Rome’s Gemelli Hospital, which is run by softening its prohibition in recent years. As a Alexandre Ricard, CEO of Pernod Ricard, master. Creator of the popular Belgian-style dismissed the row, saying the motion is the Vatican. The Gemelli University result newer methods of consumption are explained at the end of August that his compa- “Blue Moon” wheat beer, Villa plans to market “not anti-anything, but pro- : pro-life Hospital Centre is also home to one of proliferating: edibles in the form of candies, ny was keeping an eye on the market, especial- a non-alcoholic brew containing THC, the psy- and the freedom of women”. The meas- the most renowned medical schools in baked goods and ice creams as well as vapor- ly to determine whether it was likely to “canni- choactive ingredient in marijuana. “As with a ures would help women to “overcome Italy. Foreign women in particular — izers and ointments. And then there are drinks. balize” consumption of high-end liquors. And regular beer, you get a buzz that is similar to the reasons, which can also be economic, including refugees and prostitutes, often Diageo, the world’s largest producer of for now, the signals are mixed. Researchers at the alcohol buzz,” he said. “But the next morn- which might lead them to terminate a of African origin — are being forced into spirits, including Smirnoff vodka and Johnny the University of Connecticut and Georgia ing you should not have a hangover.” —AFP pregnancy,” he said. Italy’s Family back-room abortions, she said. —AFP 17 Monday, October 15, 2018

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Feed your soul, spoil yourself, but most of all, style, Cancer. This may leave you feeling somewhat vulnerable. 19. The basic unit of money in Nigeria. 13. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions learn to relax. Today is the day to take a deep breath, grab a quick nap, and face 20. The sixth month of the civil year. of the Old World. the world with a new refreshed attitude, Capricorn. Learn to put yourself first. 21. A constellation in the southern hemi- 14. English theoretical physicist who sphere near Telescopium and Norma. applied relativity theory to quantum 24. A member of an agricultural people in mechanics and predicted the exis- Leo (July 23-August 22) southeastern India. tence of antimatter and the positron Aquarius (January 20- February 18) 26. French novelist. (1902-1984). You feel great about your accomplishments and position in life. 27. Date used in reckoning dates before 22. (Akkadian) God of wisdom. You may feel as if you need to put forth as much hard work on your physical You may have been so focused lately you have been missing out on a the supposed year Christ was born. 23. Sheet glass cut in shapes for windows well-being as you put in other areas of your life. This may be a great time to social life. Today is a great day to get out and about. Hit the town but choose 29. A town and port in northwestern Israel or doors. join the gym, take the walk, or start the meal planning you have been thinking your company wisely as not to experience any conflict while doing so. Surround in the eastern Mediterranean. 25. American dramatist (1928- ). about. If you do not care for yourself physically you may not be able to con- yourself with like-minded friends. Choose friends who are positive and share 32. A Mid-Atlantic state. 28. An esoteric or occult matter that is tra- tinue the hard work. This a great time to take this seriously and set your goals. your love of life. You may find yourself experiencing a real spiritual awakening 33. A city and port in northern Jutland. ditionally secret. You should have much success in this area of your life. You are devoted and and the desire to share this with others. You should be pleasantly please at how determined, and this should work out for you as well. Leo, this should be just receptive your friends are. A great day for you where the lines of communication 36. Widely cultivated in tropical and sub- 30. God of love and erotic desire. what it takes to make you feel great about yourself. open in all aspects of your world. tropical regions for its fragrant flowers 31. A Kwa language spoken in Ghana and and colorful fruits. the Ivory Coast. 41. A slender double-reed instrument. 34. Having deeply indented margins but 44. A very young child (birth to 1 year) with lobes not entirely separate from Virgo (August 23-September 22) Pisces (February 19-March 20) who has not yet begun to walk or talk. each other. 45. A non-aromatic saturated hydrocarbon 35. 40th President of the United States with the general formula CnH(2n+2). (1911- ). You may find yourself realizing how special you are today. Imaging can be a powerful tool for attaining your goal. Remember 47. Any physical damage to the body 37. The compass point midway between Appreciating all your gifts and talents and feeling a sense of pride. This is a great when you were a child and could be anybody you wanted to be just by pretend- ing? Some athletes have found that imagining themselves shooting long shots or caused by violence or accident or northeast and east. time of communication with those around you as you are able to express your emotions clearly to others. Dedication and devotion have gotten you to this point hitting the baseball out of the park is a good substitute when they can’t physical- fracture etc.. 38. A republic in West Africa on the Gulf of in life and you in a position you can provide much help to others. You are in ly practice. Find a quiet place and image yourself being the person you wish you 48. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar Guinea. touch with not only your emotions but also very in touch with the needs and were. Pretend you are being assertive when someone takes advantage of you. to but heavier than beer. 39. Of or pertaining to hearing or the ear. emotions of those close to you. This is a very nice time in your life. You may find Image yourself telling a coworker what you need from her. With a little practice, 51. A member of an agricultural people of 40. (folklore) A corpse that rises at night to someone close shows great support and sympathy to you today when a situation you will find yourself doing those things naturally. The key to your happiness is southern India. drink the blood of the living. you encounter puts you in need of a listening ear. your inner peace. 53. A mountain peak in south central Sri 42. A Turkish unit of weight equal to about Lanka (7,360 feet high). 2.75 pounds. 56. Valuable fiber plant of East Indies now 43. Indian sitar player who popularized Wordsearch Puzzle Yesterday’s Solution widespread in cultivation. classical Indian music in the West 59. Any thick messy substance. (born in 1920). 60. Not only so, but. 46. A gonadotropic hormone that is 63. (informal usage) A general feeling of secreted by the anterior pituitary. boredom and dissatisfaction. 49. Title for a civil or military leader (espe- 65. According to the Old Testament he cially in Turkey). was a pagan king of Israel and hus- 50. Resinlike substance secreted by cer- band of Jezebel (9th century BC). tain lac insects. 69. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising 52. A Loloish language. solely the razorbill. 54. A member of the Semitic speaking 71. A translucent mineral consisting of people of northern Ethiopia. hydrated silica of variable color. 55. Of or relating to or supporting 72. A Hindu prince or king in India. Islamism. 73. A statement that deviates from or per- 57. The blood group whose red cells carry verts the truth. both the A and B antigens. 77. Tag the base runner to get him out. 58. All the plant life in a particular region. 78. The sense organ for hearing and equi- 61. English essayist (1775-1834). librium. 62. Type genus of the Aceraceae. 79. Elder brother of Krishna. 64. Someone who copies the words or 80. Free from liquid or moisture. behavior of another. 66. The (prehensile) extremity of the supe- DOWN rior limb. 1. Flightless New Zealand rail of thievish 67. Slightly open. disposition having short wings each 68. Being or befitting or characteristic of with a spur used in fighting. an infant. 2. An Asian river between China and 70. An accountant certified by the state. Russia. 74. A metallic element having four 3. A Russian prison camp for political pris- allotropic forms. oners. 75. A silvery ductile metallic element found 4. An electrically charged particle. primarily in bauxite. 5. A state in the western United States. 76. A soft silvery metallic element of the 6. A bag used for carrying money and alkali earth group.

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View of the installation ‘Law of the Journey (Prototype B)’ by Chinese artist Ai Weiwei, at the Ibirapuera Park, in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Chinese visual artist Ai Weiwei will inaugurate in Sao Paulo on October 20 his exhibition ‘Ai Weiwei Root’, the biggest retrospective of his relevant and controversial works, a cry against repression and human rights violations. — AFP Karaoke office: Japan inc shifts to unusual workspaces

rom tiny one-person cubicles in underground sta- ‘Trend of the times’ tions to camping tents under towering skyscrapers Also catering for teleworking professionals, Fuji Xerox Fand even karaoke clubs: in workaholic Japan, salary- and the Tokyo Metro system have installed “satellite offices” men are never short of a place to work. Unusual in major subway stations around the Japanese capital. The work venues are popping up all over Japan as firms try to black-and-white cubicles are equipped with a desk and a move from chaining their employees to their desks towards chair as well as a computer display and wifi and can be offering staff more freedom in their working practices and reserved online for 200 yen per 15 minutes. Unlike in many as the gig economy spreads even to this temple of corpo- major cities, commuters in super-polite Japan rarely use rate culture. On the pavement in Tokyo’s Marunouchi finan- their mobile phones to avoid disturbing others and the cial district, groups of businesspeople clutching laptops sit cubicle offers an opportunity to make a business call with- on pillows around a low table... in a camping tent surround- out hesitation. ed by shimmering glass buildings. “The conventional office space will not disappear, but These temporary “outdoor offices” created by Snow we want to get rid of space barriers and improve the diver- Peak Business Solutions are also available in riverside parks sity of working practices,” said Yasutaro Tanno, an official in Tokyo suburbs and are proving a hit with firms keen to at Fuji Xerox, at a cubicle set up at Tameike-Sanno station get staff out of the stuffy office. Yasuyuki Minami, who This photo shows company employees working inside camp- in downtown Tokyo. Experts say a shrinking labour force works for the Japanese arm of software giant SAP, said the ing tents erected on the lawn outside an office building in and ageing population will increasingly force companies to unusual surroundings sparked “new business ideas” in their Tokyo. — AFP photos shake up their working practices and offer hard-pressed Employees of Japanese software giant SAP work in a meeting held in the shade of the tent under the blazing sun. staff more flexibility in where they work. camping office offered by Snow Peak Business Solutions His boss Tsutomu Ushida, an SAP Japan vice-president, districts in big cities. For 600 yen per hour ($5.30), Furthermore, freelancing, which has been popular in the in Akishima. agreed. “We tend to have fixed and stereotyped ideas when users can display images directly from their laptop United States and other developed nations for some time, we are in the office. computers onto the big screen on the wall usually used is gradually spreading in Japan as the nation’s corporate This was a good experience of working in the open air- by karaoke singers for lyrics. culture with its job for life and seniority system falls into something we don’t experience every day.” Ryo Murase, Shy public speakers can also practice business presenta- decline. The number of freelancers in Japan, including the head of the company promoting these open offices, tions using the karaoke microphone and a white board-all in those who work a second job, was estimated to have said people enjoyed working “under the sunshine and feel- a soundproof room. Hideyuki Aoki, an employee at NTT reached 11.2 million this year, up from 9.1 million in 2015, ing a gentle breeze”. “We live in a world where AI and Communications, uses the service several times a week according to IT and staffing agent Lancers. Offering dif- robots are taking over. I believe we humans should do while he is on the road. “At first, I felt uncomfortable but ferent places for both independent contractors and something more emotional, inspiring, compassionate and once I used the room, I found it very convenient,” Aoki said. employees to work in is “a trend of the times,” said exciting,” he told AFP. “Now I’m using it as my business hub.” Kentaro Arita, senior economist at Mizuho Research Takayuki Suzuki, from Daiichikosho, says many trav- Institute. “The working environment will increasingly ‘Very convenient’ elling businesspeople or freelancers use cafes for work change as working practices evolve,” he added. — AFP Still inside but a long way from a conventional office but are worried about opening sensitive documents is the teleworking karaoke room offered by Japan’s with others around. “You can have your own enclosed biggest karaoke operator. Daiichikosho started the new space at a karaoke club, so you can work without wor- service in April last year and now opens up its singing rying about information leaking or people peaking onto A karaoke outlet in Tokyo, where teleworking karaoke rooms rooms for office space at 33 outlets close to business your desk,” said Suzuki. could also be rented for business use.

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Monday, October 15, 2018 Lifestyle Gossip Peter Andre’s Snoop Dogg dream

eter Andre wants to collaborate with who is only famous for his 1995 single have been even bigger if he’d taken on board P Snoop Dogg. The singer may be best ‘Mysterious Girl’ - which was also re-released some of the advice he was offered in the early known for his safe pop tunes but he in 2004 and became a number one in the UK days. Asked what he’d advise his younger self, thinks teaming up with the ‘Drop It singles chart, doing better than its original num- he said: “To listen more. There was some advice Like It’s Hot’ rapper would make for a very “dif- ber two placing. Speaking to New! magazine, he on styling and song choices I ignored, which ferent” sound than his fans are used to. Asked said: “There are people that will always think could have taken me to stadiums rather than who he’d most like to work with, he said: “Good you’ve only ever done one song and usually arenas. Then again, I’m still here doing what I question. Someone like Snoop Dogg. It would artists are remembered for one song, but I had love 25 years later.” And Peter admitted he be different.” It could be possible that Snoop, number ones before ‘Mysterious Girl’ in 2004 regrets his 2004 single ‘Insania’, which he wrote 46, is interested in making a hit with Pete and I’ve had quite a few number one albums and in the jungle whilst competing on reality TV because he just laid down some bars for Olly singles since. “[Being called a one-hit wonder] show ‘I’m A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here!’, Murs’ latest single ‘Moves’ in an unexpected never angers me, it’s just laziness on their part. the program on which he met his first wife Katie collaboration. Pete, 45, is heading out on tour in How can I sell out Wembley and The O2 Arena Price. He said: “I should have left ‘Insania’ in the 2019 to celebrate 25 years of musical success on one song? It’s just ignorance but I don’t get jungle. It charted at number three but it wasn’t and he admitted it can be annoying that some offended.” The ‘Behind Closed Doors’ singer is my proudest achievement.” people still think of him as a one-hit wonder proud of his career success but thinks he would

Rodgers says woeful performance led to sobriety Boy George wants unique Las Vegas residency ile Rodgers admits an embarrassing on-stage N performance convinced him to give up drink and drugs. The 66-year-old musician - who oy George wants to perform a residency in Las rose to prominence as a member of the band B Vegas. The 57-year-old Culture Club singer is Chic - has revealed he decided to kick his self-destructive keen to follow in the footsteps of the likes of habits after he listened back to a performance he’d given Britney Spears, Celine Dion and Sir Elton John while he was drunk. Appearing on ‘Desert Island Discs’, and find a home for his music at one of the hotels but he Nile shared: “My performance said I was pretty lousy. The has an idea to play a show without the razzmatazz associ- difference between the reality and the imagined reality ated with Sin City and instead make it “stark and shock- was just too strong for me to take. And I knew that the ing”. Speaking to the Las Vegas Review Journal newspa- only thing responsible for that was me doing drugs. “My per, he said: “I want to do a string of shows, a residency, in drugs made me think it was amazing. The people freaking Las Vegas. But I want to do something different - and I out made me think it was amazing. My beautiful date made don’t know what that will mean. It has to be the opposite me think it was amazing. “But the tapes don’t lie. It was not of glitz and lights, opposite of acrobatics. It has to be bare, amazing. And that’s the last time I ever had a drink or stark and shocking and emotional. I want a bit more drugs and it was 24 years.” Meanwhile, Nile recently dystopian Las Vegas that is specific, where there is no admitted he feels like the “luckiest man in the world” after ‘vague’ in Vegas.” Culture Club - also comprised of Jon beating cancer for a second time. Chic have just released Moss, Ro Hay and Mikey Craig - are getting ready to their first new album in more than two decades, and Nile - release their new album ‘Life’ on October 26 and they are who had his second cancer scare in 2017 - admitted he then heading out on ‘The Life Tour’, which will also feature feels fortunate to still be alive. The musician - who had a Belinda Carlisle and Tom Bailey from the Thompson Twins. “mysterious growth” discovered on his right kidney last George - who reinvented himself as a house DJ in the 90s year - said: “One of the songs we wrote was called ‘Get - admits it’s exciting to be bringing out their first studio Lucky’, and, you know, I feel like the luckiest man in the album as a band for 19 years because he didn’t want the we want to live in a tolerant world, and even if we are per- world because I have now beaten cancer twice, as I stand group’s reunion to be all about “nostalgia”. The ‘Karma forming for people who have entirely different views than here before you I’m cancer free!” Chameleon’ hitmaker said: “In any creative form or art - us, we treat them with love and kindness.” Culture Club whether it’s ceramics, painting, writing, making music - if formed in 1981, split in 1986 and reformed numerous times, you have nothing new to say, you are wallowing in nostal- most recently in 2014. gia. That would be hell. Our message is multiculturalism, and that is as prevalent now as it was in the late-1970s under and early 80s. “We have come full circle, expressing that Bieber Hill reveals email pressure to release exchange new music

ustin Bieber feels under pressure to with ‘best friend’ release new music. The 24-year-old J singer -who recently tied the knot with Hailey Baldwin - is enjoying a break Morrissey from his career and is not ready to get back on tour. A source told PEOPLE: “Justin is feeling a lot onah Hill wrote a personal letter to of pressure right now and it makes him unhappy. J Morrissey to convince him to write a “People have expectations that he will produce song for his directorial debut. The 34- new music, but he hasn’t been feeling inspired. He year-old actor helmed the new come- wants to take his time and not feel rushed about dy-drama ‘Mid90s’, and Jonah has revealed how work. He knows with new music, he will also be he convinced one of his musical heroes to con- expected to tour and he absolutely doesn’t want tribute to the project. He shared: “We didn’t have to.” Justin is also reluctant to work on new music money and the soundtrack is crazy. We had no as he wants to enjoy time with his bride. The insid- money, so I had to write letters to all of my er explained: “Right now, he wants to be left alone favorite artists ... Every song that’s in the film, I Hodges memorial with Hailey. He wants to enjoy being with her and Mouskouri wrote the scene to have that song in it.” Morrissey, not think about work. He thinks he should be 59, wrote one song for the soundtrack and Jonah allowed to just be for a while longer.” Justin’s last is thrilled that he agreed to contribute to the concert announced album was 2015’s ‘Purpose’. Meanwhile, Justin’s movie. The Hollywood star joked that he and the manager Scooter Braun recently admitted he dis- wants to cover controversial musician are now “best friends”. memorial concert for Chas Hodges will take covered the star “by mistake on YouTube”. The 37- Jonah told ‘The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy A place in December. The ‘Ain’t No Pleasing You’ year-old music manager - whose roster includes Fallon’: “I wrote to Morrissey, and I wrote him a singer - of Chas and Dave fame - passed away Justin, ‘Sweetener’ hitmaker Ariana Grande and Sheer an song really personal letter, and he emailed back, ‘It is last month at the age of 74 from pneumonia Carly Rae Jepsen, among others - used social my pleasure and I can’t wait to see Mid90s, Morrissey.’ All caps... “I was like, Morrissey knows and he will be remembered with a star-studded London media to find artists when he started his business ana Mouskouri wants to cover an Ed Sheeran what ‘Mid90s’ is! He said the words ‘Mid90s’! concert on December 17, hosted by his music partner and said he was instantly “blown away” when he song. The 83-year-old Greek pop legend has Morrissey is my best friend! We are best friends! Dave Peacock. A message on the pair’s joint Twitter accidentally discovered the ‘Sorry’ hitmaker. N released over 200 albums over the course of I’m best friends with Morrissey!” Meanwhile, account said: “An evening of music and entertainment in Scooter said: “I started my business in freshman her career and has covered numerous tracks by Morrissey previously bemoaned the state of the memory of Chas Hodges. Shepherd’s Bush Empire, Dec year. I did that for three-and-a-half years and I other artists such as Peggy Seeger’s ‘The First Time Ever I music industry, describing it as “obvious and pre- 17th. ‘It’ll be very strange for me playing a show without had all these ideas about social media and no one Saw Your Face’, Leonard Cohen’s ‘Hallelujah’ and Bob dictable”. He explained: “There are no bands or my mate. But I’m sure he’d have been well-pleased with was listening to me. Music artists were at their Dylan’s ‘Tomorrow Is A Long Time’. Nana is planning to singers who become successful without over- the line-up that will be paying tribute to him.’ Dave biggest when there was a feeling of self-discovery. make a new album and she is such a big fan of Ed’s hits whelming marketing. There are no surprise suc- Peacock.” The tweet also featured a poster advertising the For these kids it was social media. By starting my that she wants to lend her unique vocals to one of his cess stories. “Everything is stringently controlled, concert, with a picture of the late singer. Joe Brown, Albert own record label and management company, I tracks but isn’t sure which one she wants to recreate yet. obvious and predictable and has exactly the same Lee, Paul Whitehouse, Matt Lucas, Martin Taylor, Ralph signed a kid off MySpace named Asher Roth, then Speaking exclusively to BANG Showbiz, she said: “I know content. “So, we are now in the era of marketed McTell, Ed Tudor Pole, Jackie Lynton and Richard Smith after finding Asher, I went on YouTube and saw by Ed’s music very well, I don’t know him personally but I pop stars, which means that the labels fully control will be among the acts performing. It has also been mistake, a kid singing who had 60,000 views in his have followed him for a few years now. The first time I saw the charts, and consequently the public has lost revealed that Chas’ private funeral was held earlier this church in Canada and I was blown away with what him at the Grammys a friend of mine who is in America he interest. It’s very rare that a record label does week. His team said on Twitter: “Thank you to all who got I saw. I knew I could make this kid one of the sent me some records which included his first album and I something for the good of music.” in touch asking about Chas’ funeral details. We held a biggest artists in the world, I just knew instantly. started to really listen to him and lots of other singers as small, private service earlier this week for Chas.” However, That was Justin Bieber, a 12 year old singing in a well. “I haven’t dared yet to sing something by him, but the memorial concert will give fans a chance to pay their church, and I called every school district in that who knows? I cannot tell you which one! You know why? respects to the late star. All proceeds from the concert part of Ontario until his mum called to get rid of Because I need to totally be able to do a song. It to do will go to Chas’ favourite charity, WaterAid. The Chas and me and I convinced her to get on the first plane with the words of course and the melody. The words and Dave star was believed to have died of oesophageal can- she and he had ever been on.” the melody have to be striking for me because I don’t want cer, however his relatives have since learned that the dis- to sing a song that makes me sound like a foreigner, it has ease was “under control” before he passed away peace- to be his song but my version ... It takes time for me but I fully and he was in fact battling pneumonia at the time of will come up with something. Some of his songs I cannot his death. His family added that the ‘Ain’t No Pleasing You’ sing because I’m not the right age, he’s singing about singer would have felt comforted to know that other peo- things that at my age I couldn’t say. One day I will listen to ple fighting cancer continue to believe “hope remains” in a song and then I jump on that song and I decide to do it.” beating the disease. A statement posted Twitter previous- The ‘Only Love’ hitmaker insists 27-year-old Ed deserves ly stated: “For the record, we would like to clarify that all the incredible success he has achieved with his three Chas did not die of cancer. “The doctor’s final diagnostic albums because he has his own unique style of music, was pneumonia and the cancer was under control at the something which all British artists share. She added: “Ed time of death. “We feel this is important to state as Chas stands out from the others because he has an originality, wanted to bring comfort and hope to people suffering that’s what’s wonderful him and the British, they have per- with cancer through his own experience with the disease, sonality, they may be from the same country but they have and it would mean a lot to him that the hope remains.” different personalities and Ed stands out.” Nana is to per- Chas & Dave rose to fame in the 1970s for their eclectic form a greatest hits set at The Royal Festival Hall in mix of music from the pop and folk genre. Their hits London on October 17 which will showcase all of her most include ‘Ain’t No Pleasing You’, ‘The Sideboard Song’ and beloved songs from her six-decade spanning career. ‘Rabbit’. — Bang Showbiz Established 1961 21

Lifestyle Features Monday, October 15, 2018 Chinese action debut, South Korean family drama win at Busan

thrill-a-minute actioner from China and a mous in their decision to award “Savage” its for teaching Bruce Lee. This time the story moving South Korean drama about a prize. “[It shows] a mastery of genre cinema, focuses on one of the men Ip Man fought, Aunique family reunion have taken the top with multi-dimensional characters and thrilling played in the film by rising martial arts star Max prize at Asia’s largest film festival, with judges action sequences,” said Kim. Other highlights of Zhang who must face off against an evil drug lauding both for their “original” takes. “Savage”, this year’s BIFF included a documentary section lord played by Hollywood’s David Bautista from first-time Chinese director Cui Si-wei, pits that featured films that scratchedaway at the (“Guardians of the Galaxy”), among others a forest ranger against gold thieves in a snowy region’s political and social scars. It will be the first time in its 23-year history mountain range and won praise from the New The gripping Taiwanese effort “Opening that BIFF has brought the curtain down with a Currents award jury at the Busan International Closing Forgetting”, from director James T. martial arts or action film. It is a fitting tribute to Film Festival (BIFF) for being “strikingly accom- Hong, looked at how Chinese farmers survived the 73-year-old Yuen, the man who added the plished and riveting”. human experimentation by occupying Japanese action to the likes of Oscar-winner “Crouching South Korean production “Clean up”, from forces during the Second World War, but have Tiger, Hidden Dragon” (2000), and both “The debut feature director Kwon Man-ki, charts the never really recovered from the horrors they Matrix” and “Kill Bill” franchises. “It is a great tale of a struggling woman who is offered a sal- were put through. It took the BIFF Mecenat honor,” said Yuen after a press preview screen- vation of sorts when she meets someone from Award for best documentary-winning praise ing of the film. “Film has always been my life. I her past. It is a film with “perfect control and from the award panel for its “profound dedica- think that martial arts films are full of humanity masterful psychological development,” the jury tion to its story”-along with Kelvin Park’s and I hope to share that with the world.” statement read. BIFF’s New Currents award “Army”, which shed light on lives led by South The Busan festival will by its close on comes with prizes of $30,000 for the two most Korea’s military conscripts. Saturday night have screened 324 films from 79 impressive efforts from first- or second-time countries across its varied programs-including year-which resulted in the deaths of more than 300 An installation for the Busan Asian filmmakers and there had been a buzz Nod to a martial arts master 115 world premieres-and just over 195,000 people. It was critical of the then government and International Film Festival at around town after screenings of “Savage” in BIFF draws to a close Saturday night with people attended over the ten days, a boost for both funding cuts and sackings followed its screen- Busan Cinema Center. — AFP particular. the gala world premiere of martial arts master organizers who came in to this year’s event hav- ing but the air has now cleared under the govern- The film now looks certain for wide commer- Yuen Woo-ping’s “Master Z: The Ip Man ing shrugged off a few years of political pres- ment of President Moon Jae-in. — AFP cial release in China and beyond. Veteran South Legacy”, a branch off from the franchise of sure and controversy. Korean director Kim Hong-joon, who led the Hong Kong-produced box office hits which It all started in 2014 with the screening of a New Currents jury, said the judges were unani- were centred around the life of the man famous documentary about the Sewol ferry disaster of that Richard Madden ‘set to be offered James Bond role’

ichard Madden is reportedly set to ready for a black Bond. The London-born be offered the role of James Bond. actor explained: “I think in England we RThe 32-year-old actor is said to have reached that stage [of having a black have impressed Bond bosses with his per- James Bond] because culturally we’re sort formance in the BBC drama series ‘The of a lot more diverse but the rest of the Bodyguard’, and he is now being eyed to world is not like that and I think there is a replace Daniel Craig as 007. A source real sort of stigma. “It’s like, ‘Oh he’s black, said: “It’s seriously looking like he can he do it because he’s black?’” [Madden] is going to get the job.” Barbara Idris also rejected claims that people Broccoli, the executive producer at Eon would be more accommodating to the Productions, is likely to have the final say change because of recent historical on who will become the next Bond. And moments, such as Barack Obama becoming she’s apparently been convinced by the America’s first black President. He The series is likely to screen next year just as the sec- actor’s performance in ‘The Bodyguard’ to explained: “Obama can be President ond “Angry Birds” film rolls out in cinemas across the offer the role to him. because he’s a very smart man and I’m sure world. The first “The Angry Birds Movie” grossed more New Angry Birds The insider told the Mail on Sunday he had same feelings like, ‘Well, I’m not the Richard Madden than $350 million. The news of the series aimed at 6- to newspaper: “Not only is he on top of first black President, I’m Obama. I’m the 12-year-olds broke as the MIPJunior global children’s Barbara’s list, but she is preparing to offer first Obama.’ “So for me you know I don’t entertainment market opened in Cannes, France. The the role.” A number of well-known actors, like to make a big deal of it, the point is that British-based producers of the series, Cake, have not said television series including Idris Elba, Tom Hiddleston and it’s a great rumor. If it was to ever happen, I how long the episodes will be. Tom Hardy, have all been linked to the role think it would be the will of a nation.” Each episode of the existing shorts series “Angry Birds of Bond over recent years. However, Idris Toons”, and its two spin-offs, “Angry Birds Stella” and claimed earlier this year that the world isn’t being hatched “Piggy Tales”, which star the birds’ nemesis, Bad Piggies, lasts only three minutes. “Long-form content marks the roducers are laying plans for a new “Angry Birds” obvious next step in extending the ‘Angry Birds’ brand on television series based on the cult video game, its the small screen,” Cake’s CEO Tom van Waveren told Pdistributors said Saturday. The game, about a furious Variety. Cake signed a distribution deal with Rovio in June flock of multi-coloured birds protecting their eggs from a after which its managing director Ed Galton said, “We are Pike felt ‘inspired’ tribe of green pigs, has already inspired a blockbuster looking forward to catapulting these iconic characters to movie franchise, a game show and a theme park in Qatar. television audiences around the world.” — AFP by A Private War Now it’s Finnish creators Rovio are planning to expand its hit TV shorts into a full-length series based on characters osamund Pike was eager to star in ‘A Private from the game, which has been downloaded more than War’ because she thinks the real-life story is four billion times. R“inspiring”. The 39-year-old actress plays the role of war correspondent Marie Colvin - who was killed in 2012 after illegally crossing the Syrian bor- der - in the Matthew Heineman-directed drama, and Rosamund has revealed what attracted her to the project. She shared: “I think it’s a combination of Sound mixer things. Marie was a woman who I greatly admired, but I also thought it would be a story that other people, if they didn’t know her already, would find falls to death inspiring. “Precisely because there’s the trope of the fearless war reporter, but here [in this story] is someone who is not fearless, who has tremendous fear, but also has tremendous belief and goes on set of Tom through that fear in the name of the cause she believes in.” Rosamund - who previously starred in ‘Gone Girl’ Hanks movie - also revealed she was excited by the prospect of working with Matthew. Speaking to Deadline, the n award-winning sound mixer died after actress explained: “When I heard that Matthew Henry Cavill Michelle Williams falling from a balcony on the set of a new Heineman was going to direct it, I thought, ‘Well, this Amovie starring Tom Hanks as the children’s seems perfect,’ because I’m sure he’s someone who television presenter Mr Rogers. James Emswiller, would have made a documentary about Marie had who won an Emmy award in 2015, appeared to she lived, and I thought, ‘He’s going to be fearless. Or Michelle Williams have fallen from a balcony in Mount Lebanon, at least he is going to be ruthless in his examination Pennsylvania, during a breaking in shooting, Henry Cavill of the subject matter. “‘He’s not going to shirk from police said. Police said witnesses had reported a very real portrait of both Marie and Paul [Conroy, liked ‘larger that Emswiller, 61, “was alone on the balcony tak- a photographer] and the war zones that they were ing a cigarette break when he may have suffered a is the man, covering.’” medical emergency resulting in his fall from the scale’ of Venom balcony.” “Initial information does not indicate any foul says director ichelle Williams wanted to “try something on a play,” the police said. Emergency services rushed larger scale” with ‘Venom’. The 38-year-old Emswiller, who had previously worked on the Mactress loved working with Tom Hardy on the hristopher McQuarrie thinks Henry Cavill is “the superhero film “The Avengers,” as well as the teen comic book movie and enjoyed being pushed out of her man”. The 59-year-old filmmaker worked with the tear-jerker “The Fault in Our Stars,” to hospital comfort zone. She said: “It’s not like people are always CBritish actor on ‘Mission: Impossible - Fallout’ and asking me to be in these kinds of movies. I thought it but he died shortly afterwards, local media said. Christopher has admitted to relishing his time with Henry, Police said shooting of the movie, provisionally would be fun to try something on a larger scale and to praising his can-do attitude on the movie’s set. He said: titled “You Are my Friend,” was halted while they see if I can relax.” And ‘The Greatest Showman’ actress “Henry is the man. He’s really ... and more so, he would investigated the fatal fall. The movie is based on wanted it to be obvious that ‘Venom’ was released as the come to work every day and find out that whatever his the creator of the much-loved children’s show “Mr #MeToo movement swept over Hollywood. character was the day before was not that character any- Rogers’ Neighborhood,” which launched in 1968 She added to gulf news: “There were certain lines that more. “‘Ah, we rethought that, it didn’t work, it’s a whole and ran until 2001.—AFP I felt were too passive or sweet. I wanted to make sure other thing,’ and Henry would say, ‘Well, can I do this? that she could stand her ground. I wanted it to be unmis- Yeah? Can I do that? Yeah? Okay.’ And then he would takable that it was made in a #MeToo era. I said, ‘I know just go off to work, and he’d never complain.” Tom Hanks that you guys won’t let me wear a #MeToo T-shirt, but Despite being one of Hollywood’s best-known actors, that’s the vibe that I want.’” Meanwhile, Michelle previ- Henry was open to new ideas and was flexible in his ously revealed she loved working with someone as fear- approach to the film. Christopher told Collider: “He under- less as Tom on ‘Venom’ and says filming was taken in “all stood from the beginning, ‘Mission’ has a mind of its own, kinds” of unexpected directions. it’s gonna go where it wants to go, just go with it and She shared: “It’s super fun because you wind up in you’ll be delivered. “And you see remnants of our figuring all kinds of situations that you wouldn’t have imagined. out his character early on in the story, and he really was We would come up with things that weren’t scripted great. He’s really extraordinary.” Christopher also hailed and all of a sudden you’re taking this non-linear leaps Henry as the “unsung hero” of a dramatic helicopter [to] places and then it’s just really fun. You’re truly sequence in the movie, which was shot in the winter in improvising not only the particulars of what you’re say- New Zealand. He said: “You know, when they say every- ing to each other, but the situations you’re in. It feels thing Fred Astaire did, Ginger Rogers did backwards and Rosamund Pike almost like flying. You don’t know exactly where you in high heels, everything Tom Cruise is doing, Henry is just were, you don’t know where you’re going but doing backwards with the doors open in sub-zero tem- you’re in it together.”— Bang Showbiz peratures. Freezing his eyeballs.” — Bang Showbiz 22 Established 1961 Monday, October 15, 2018 Lifestyle Features

An Egyptian farmer working in a cotton field.

A picture shows an Egyptian farmer working in a cotton field in the Egyptian Nile Delta town of Kafr El-Sheikh. — AFP photos A worker preparing a thread on a machine at the Marie Louis A worker preparing a threads on a machine at the Marie textile clothing and textile factory. Louis textile clothing and textile factory. Egypt seeks to weave cotton renaissance

reading carefully among his sprawling green plants ers”, he said. A cotton expert at the agriculture ministry in the Nile Delta, Egyptian farmer Fatuh Khalifa fills acknowledged that modernization is key. “Productivity is This arms with fluffy white cotton picked by his rising”, said Hisham Mosaad. But cotton enterprises must workers. Durable, fine and luxuriously soft, cotton invest in mechanization, as the industry is still entirely sourced from Egypt has long been seen as the best on the manual, he added. market. But recent years have been far from smooth for Another challenge is that few Egyptian firms make fin- the North African country’s farmers. “I cultivate 42 ished products. “We produce raw cotton for direct hectares (104 acres) and it’s expensive ... while the price export”, said Mohammed Sheta, director of research at the (of cotton) is very low”, said Khalifa, who has been grow- Kafr El Sheikh cotton institute. Egypt does not have “the ing the premium long-fibre variety for over 30 years. factories or the means allowing us to transform it into fab- Profits are “meagre”, he lamented, his head shaded by his ric”, he lamented. cap from the unforgiving sun on his farm in Kafr El Sheikh. Cotton was once Egypt’s main source of wealth in the State reforms A tailor sewing at the Marie Louis textile clothing and textile 19th century, as the Nile Delta provided fertile grounds for The state has tried to spur activity, boosting areas factory. the crop used to make the towels, sheets and robes covet- under cultivation over the last four years by around ed by Europe’s burgeoning bourgeoisie. But decades of 50,000 hectares, to more than 140,000 hectares. In an fierce international competition has diminished returns. experimental move, the government in September even Well-marketed short-fibre cotton-while lower quality than allowed the cultivation of short-fibre cotton, but only out- the long-fibre variety-looks good and has increasingly side the Delta region. Experts and farmers remain skepti- been used by textile giants, dealing a heavy blow to cal, believing Egypt will struggle against foreign heavy- Egyptian players. weights in the short-fibre market segment. But many com- The United States and Brazil are now the world’s top panies see the situation as urgent. cotton exporters, according to this month’s report by the Even though official exports of Egyptian cotton rose US Department of Agriculture, followed by India and 6.9 percent by volume in the three months to the end of Australia, leaving Egypt trailing far behind. Back in 1975, May compared to the same quarter of 2017, there was a Egypt exported $540 million of cotton. By 2016, the sec- 57.9-percent fall in consumption of Egyptian cotton at tor’s export receipts had fallen to $90.4 million, according home, due to the domestic market turning to imported to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. products. At the high end of the value chain, designer An Egyptian farmer working in a cotton field. Marie Louis Bishara runs one of the few Egyptian firms Major challenges that produces high quality finished products locally for the The popular uprising that toppled president Hosni international market. Mubarak in 2011 dealt a fresh blow to the cotton sector, as Egypt, the price has dropped back to the minimum guar- Young men and women work side by side in her mod- political and economic chaos hit production and export anteed by the state of some 2,700 Egyptian pounds ($150, ern factory in northern Cairo, in roles ranging from over- chains. Egypt’s output of cotton fibres fell as low as 130 euros) per 100 kilos. Egypt’s cotton union says buyers seeing looms to packing finished shirts. Promising 94,000 tons in 2013, according to the UN’s Food and are even demanding lower prices, without triggering any Egyptian quality, she has dedicated one of her lines to Agriculture Organization, down from 510,000 tons in intervention by the government. local long-fibre cotton. “We try to show the world that if 1971. Last year brought producers some respite, thanks to you want to make luxury products, you have to use extra- rising prices and higher export volumes. But a trade spat Productivity, modernization long cotton from the Delta”, she said. Shirts, trousers and between the US and voracious importer China has seen Others offer a different diagnosis of the sector’s ills. jackets stamped “Made in Egypt” have gone from the benchmark global cotton prices fall afresh, as traders take “The drop in prices is not in itself a bad thing”, said design stage on her factory floor to grace shop shelves in fright over Beijing imposing tariffs. Ahmed El-Bosaty, CEO of Modern Nile Cotton, one of the France, Italy and her home country. — AFP The commodity was trading at a shade under $0.77 per biggest companies in the sector. Bosaty said the major A worker checking textiles on a machine at the Marie Louis pound (0.45 kilos) in early October, after reaching $0.95 challenge is boosting productivity. “A rise in productivity textile clothing and textile factory. — the highest level in more than six years-in early June. In rather than prices would ensure better incomes for work- German National Tourist Office to host travel-trade roadshow in the Gulf Cool turn for GNTO to showcase impressive line-up of German tourism partners to the GCC travel trade industry at roadshow events Carven as Icicle

s part of its continued efforts to boost tourist bers of the trade are one of the most effective ways we can becoming a popular holiday destination for Gulf nationals. arrivals to Germany, the German National Tourist attract travellers from this region. This is why these road- From January to July 2018 overnight stays from the region takes over AOffice (GNTO) will be embarking on its annual shows are so important.” increased by 5.3% compared to the same period in 2017. roadshow in partnership with Emirates Airline. The B2B Adil Al-Ghaith, Senior Vice President Commercial Leading German partners at this year’s GCC roadshow, roadshow, targeting travel trade professionals, media and Operations, Gulf, Middle East & Iran said: “We are pleased hosted in partnership with Emirates Airline: other key opinion leaders will kick off in Riyadh, Saudi to team up with the German National Tourist Office to fur- storied brand Arabia on 21 October 2018 with further stops being ther strengthen our partnership with the travel trade and to Cologne Tourist Board Jeddah (22 October), Abu Dhabi (23 October) and Kuwait attract more GCC travellers to Germany. This is a very DMC-Destination Management (24 October). The trade event - spanning vibrant cities, important market for us and we are committed to stimulat- Excelsior Hotel Ernst - Cologne hina’s Icicle, a fashion firm that focuses medical travel, designer outlet shopping, luxury hotels as ing more tourist arrivals to Germany by offering fantastic Hotel Nassauer Hof - Wiesbaden Con using natural fibres, was selected well as German tour operators - aims at informing guests connections and more travel options to Munich, Frankfurt, Hotel Waldorf Astoria Berlin Friday to take fashion label Carven out of the latest travel attractions in Germany, such as the Dusseldorf and Hamburg via Dubai, especially as we intro- Messe-Reisen Falk GmbH of bankruptcy, lawyers for the storied French upcoming winter holiday season with its festive Christmas duce our flagship A380 to Hamburg this month. We are TCME touristic concept GmbH firm told AFP. Carven was founded in 1945 by markets and will also include raffle draws. confident that the results of all our joint activities and mar- Value Retail Management Germany, Wertheim Village and Marie-Louise Carven, who was a driving force Recognising the importance of the Gulf region, Sigrid de keting efforts will create more awareness around Germany Ingoldstadt Village VisitBerlin in taking France’s postwar fashion international. Mazieres, Director for the Gulf countries at the German and inspire more people to travel there.” National Tourist Office (GNTO), an affiliate of the German Through this promotional and networking initiative, the The workshops will take place as follows: But after passing though several owners the National Tourist Board (GNTB), commented: “The Gulf German National Tourist Office aims to not just raise 21 October 2018 - Riyadh house abandoned haute couture to focus on region is Germany’s third largest non-European source awareness for ‘Destination Germany’ among the local travel 22 October 2018 - Jeddah ready-to-wear, then struggled and sought market after the US and China, and we are looking forward trade, but to help to diversify their product offering which 23 October 2018 - Abu Dhabi bankruptcy protection in May. Carven’s lawyer to strengthening ties with the local travel industry and con- eventually leads to enhance travel agency’s sales and cus- 24 October 2018 - Kuwait Patrick Atlan said that Icicle presented the best necting them with leading German tourism partners.” She tomer satisfaction levels. The latest inbound tourism figures offer that will see 72 employees, nearly the added, “Face-to-face meetings and partnerships with mem- from the Gulf region reflect that Germany is increasingly entire staff, keep their jobs. One of seven offers, Icicle bid a little more than 6.5 million euros ($7.5 million) for the company and pledged to invest another 8 mil- lion into the firm. Carven’s last publicly dis- closed figures were a net profit of 67,000 euros on sales of 49 million euros in 2015. Carven labelled perfumes and cosmetics was not part of the bankruptcy procedure. Two-thirds of the Beranger holding that controlled Carven was owned by the Hong Kong distributer Bluebell since 2016. — AFP Established 1961 23 What’s On Monday, October 15, 2018 BBQ nights by the beach every Wednesday at Jumeirah Messilah Beach Hotel & Spa

umeirah Messilah Beach Hotel & Spa, Kuwait’s idyl- rich and diverse cultural and gastronomic heritage of secrets of Southern African cuisine to complete the long of activities, announcing at the same time the lic resort, has launched the new season of its unfor- the Southern African Countries to Kuwait. experience. return of our renowned BBQ Nights by the beach”. Jgettable Barbecue Nights by the beach. The special The festival of culture and cuisine enthralled guests General Manager Savino Leone hailed the double Barbecue Nights every Wednesday starting 7pm are evening was attended by His Excellency Mzolisa Bona, with live music from a variety of African bands and a celebration, marking the resort’s famous barbecue sea- just one of the many themed culinary nights hosted by Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of diverse offering of culinary classics from a country son and Southern African culture: “It was a great pleas- the resort, with upcoming celebrations of different South Africa to Kuwait and Embassy representatives renowned for its barbecuing. Award-wining guest ure to highlight the majesty of the Southern African themes from different countries, all complemented by following a week of cultural cooperation to bring the chefs, flown in for the event were on hand to share their countries and their unique cultures during this week authentic live music.

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ratories and modern Audio Visual tech- Admissions nology ensure a holistic learning envi- ronment. UIIS also has a basketball open at UIIS for court of international standards and a school canteen that will be serving healthy snacks. Ample parking space on the 2019-2020 campus with a fleet of air conditioned buses is also provided. academic year The Administrative block of the new school was inaugurated on Saturday 13th October 2018, at 11.30 AM by the nited International Indian School Chairman of the School Mr Thomas is affiliated to the CBSE, Delhi. Chandy MLA, the former Transport The Ambassador of Spain D Alvaro Rodriguez Alvarez hosted a reception on the occasion of the Spanish National Day at the UIIS is a sister concern of UIS Minister of Kerala State and Kerala Symphony Style Hotel over the weekend. Higher official ,diplomats and media persons attended the event. U with 33 years’ experience in the field of Legislative Assembly Member from education. UIIS is located on a vast Kuttanad constituency. Sponsor of United campus of 12000 sq/meters, with green Indian School, Mr Jassim Ahmed Jasim Al ambience and 24 hours security. The Nesif, Director and Principals of United school is housed in a two-storey cen- Indian School and other sister schools, trally air-conditioned building. community leaders, Teachers from sister ICSK Khaitan Trained, well qualified teaching facul- schools were also present to grace the ty with high-tech class - rooms occasion. Admission is open for LKG to integrates ACCA equipped with computers and internet Std IX in the new school. The office of the facility; aesthetically done up and well new school will function from 14th stocked library; most modern Physics, October, 2018. The Management offers idening the horizon of Higher Chemistry, Biology and Computer labo- good discount for the siblings. Secondary education, offering Winnovative courses with better and challenging dodge for students to encounter the need of the time, ICSK Khaitan launched Class 11 Commerce Stream integrated with ACCA (first time in the history of CBSE schools) and Class 11 science stream, on Tuesday, 9th April 2018. The school had suc- cessfully commenced 11th Science Stream gural ceremony and spoke about the facilities students to emerge in the future to encounter with various optional subjects in April 2017, arranged by the school and the special fea- successfully the rat race to get aspiring jobs. and now turned out to be a full-fledged tures of ACCA which provides tremendous Ratna Kishore, the chief guest of the day, well school ranging from KG to class 12. The aus- and challenging opportunities in the field of asserted the vitality and opportunities offered picious inaugural ceremony began with the Accounting. Through an informative presen- by ACCA in the current job market and remind- recital of verses from Holy Quran followed by tation on ACCA, Aqeel Ahmed Khan and Mrs ed the students that great things never comes the National anthems of India and Kuwait. Shafqat Hussain Naaz illustriously elucidated from comfort zones The invocation dance and Principal KG Shirsath cordially welcomed to parents and students the advantages of the motivational song presented by students made the guests, parents and students to the inau- course and how it will mould and guide the the occasion vibrant and exhilarating. 24 Established 1961 News Monday, October 15, 2018 Rouhani: US lost by abandoning nuke deal, wants regime change

TEHRAN: Iran’s president boasted yester- whatever it can”. ate. Now...the worst have gathered around day that the United States has lost against The other parties to the nuclear agree- each other,” he added. the Islamic republic’s “righteousness and ment - Russia, China, the UK, France and Rouhani accused the Americans of using wisdom” by walking out of the landmark Germany - have all pledged to continue to psychological and economic warfare and nuclear deal. “Everyone knows that America try to make the deal work, despite their questioning the legitimacy of the Islamic has lost legally and politically by giving up firms being vulnerable to the US sanctions if Republic. “Reducing the legitimacy of the on its international obligations and that we they keep doing business with Iran. Rouhani system is their final goal. When they say have achieved victory,” said President said Iran’s response had left Washington getting rid of, regime change in their own Hassan Rouhani in a speech at the “empty-handed”. “They expected us to words, how does regime change happen? University of Tehran to mark the beginning leave the JCPOA hours after they Through reducing legitimacy, otherwise a of the school year. “There are but a few announced they are, and what would have regime doesn’t change,” He used the countries in the world that would call the US happened? The case would have returned English phrase “regime change” to empha- withdrawal from the JCPOA (nuclear deal) a to the UN Security Council, turned against size his point. good move,” he added. “Those that are cau- Iran and isolated us,” he said. He said Iran Vice-president Eshaq Jahangiri played tious express disappointment, those that are had lost nothing by staying in the deal and down the impact of the planned restrictions. more frank say it was a mistake, and the could leave “whenever” it chooses. Iran has been able to find new partners to outspoken say it was illegal.” Rouhani also said the US is seeking buy its oil even though some countries have Washington pulled out of the 2015 “regime change” in Iran, adding that the stopped purchases, Jahangiri said yesterday, nuclear deal between Iran and six world current US administration is the most hostile according to Islamic Republic of Iran powers in May and is reimposing punishing that the Islamic Republic has faced in its Broadcasting (IRIB). “America will certainly sanctions on the country, hoping to pres- four decades. “In the past 40 years there not be able to reduce Iran’s oil exports to sure Tehran into what President Donald has not been a more spiteful team than the zero,” he said. “America thinks Saudi Arabia Trump calls a “better deal”. The US is due to current US government team toward Iran, can replace this oil. But right now Iran’s oil complete the reimposition of sanctions on Iranians and the Islamic Republic,” Rouhani has reached more than $80 and with half Nov 5, targeting Iran’s oil sector and central said in the speech broadcast on state TV. the previous exports we will have the same bank. Rouhani said nothing would change “There was a time when there was one per- income as before,” he added on comments TEHRAN: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani gives a speech during a ceremony at Tehran University on Nov 5 since “America has already done son who had enmity. The rest were moder- on the IRIB website. — Agencies marking the beginning of the new Iranian academic year. — AFP

Seeds of next global financial Trump: ‘Sort of crisis being sown Democrat’ Mattis NUSA DUA, Indonesia: Rising US interest rates, tanking emerging market currencies and a ‘could be’ leaving bitter US-China trade spat could push the world towards its next financial crisis but there is still WASHINGTON: US tive at the end of the year. time to avert disaster, global finance chiefs have President Donald Trump She gave no reason for the said. The world economy is still growing but said in an interview airing surprise move, but faces an “unprecedented” combination of yesterday that Defense observers have noted that threats, the International Monetary Fund cau- Secretary Jim Mattis “could the ascension of John tioned at an annual meeting with the World Bank be” leaving, referring to him Bolton as national security in Bali this week. as “sort of a Democrat”. adviser and Mike Pompeo Among them is growing protectionism cham- Mattis, seen as one of the as secretary of state have pioned by the Trump administration and the steadiest but also more shifted the power dynam- intensifying trade-and-currency battle between independent members of ics on Trump’s national Washington and Beijing, which have imposed Trump’s cabinet, has served security team. tit-for-tat tariffs on billions of dollars worth of NUSA DUA: Indonesian President Joko Widodo delivers his speech at the International Monetary as a low-profile counter- The generals who once goods. Opening the Bali talks, Indonesian Fund (IMF) and World Bank annual meetings on Oct 12, 2018. — AFP weight to the president in dominated security policy President Joko Widodo compared the dispute his often abrasive treatment James Mattis increasingly have between the world’s two biggest economies to including the US Federal Reserve’s decision to ment. The consensus among central bankers and of US allies. In an interview appeared to be on the outs the hit television series “Game of Thrones”. raise interest rates. This year has already seen leading economic officials is that while the next aired yesterday on CBS’s with Trump. Lieutenant “60 Minutes”, Trump was asked whether General HR McMaster was replaced by “Great houses, great families, battle each other three hikes, which experts largely agree are global crisis may not be imminent, now is the he wanted Mattis to leave. “It could be Bolton in April, while John Kelly, the fiercely to seize control over the Iron Throne,” necessary to avoid overheating an economy time to prepare for it. that he is. I think he’s sort of a Democrat, White House chief of staff and also a he said. But “confrontation and collision impose with strong growth and low employment. That “The time to repair your roof is when the sun if you want to know the truth,” Trump retired four-star general, is reported to a tragic price not only on those who are defeat- has squeezed emerging markets, which are is shining,” French central bank governor said, according to an excerpt released by have lost influence with the mercurial ed but also on the winners”. And IMF chief seeing capital flee towards the US enticed by Francois Villeroy de Galhau told AFP. He said the CBS. “But General Mattis is a good guy. president. Mattis has been careful to Christine Lagarde warned of a “degree of higher returns, and also threatens developing current stable global growth was a good moment countries that have large debt burdens denom- “to rebuild budget reserves” and for states that We get along very well. He may leave. I avoid public conflict with Trump, but has uncertainty that we have not seen before” in mean, at some point, everybody leaves.” nonetheless performed in ways that con- international trade. inated in dollars. can to reduce their debt loads. The IMF has also “The global economy continues to grow but called on central banks to begin “normalizing” Trump said he had lunch with Mattis trast sharply with his boss, emphatically Disaster can still be averted, officials said at two days earlier and the retired Marine defending the US commitment to its the Bali meet, with reassuring talk from the glob- the outlook is now challenging especially for loose monetary policy that began in response to emerging markets due to the normalization of the the last financial crisis a decade ago, to give four-star general had not told him that he NATO allies and calling out Russia. al financial elite that growth remains strong - the was leaving. Rumors that Mattis’s days as Earlier this month, as NATO IMF projects 3.7 percent for this year and the US monetary policy,” Brazilian central bank gov- them more room to maneuver in the case of a ernor Ilan Goldfajn warned yesterday. The US fresh economic disaster. defense chief are numbered have circulat- announced its biggest military exercises next - and could yet withstand the risks gather- ed since a book by journalist Bob since the Cold War, Mattis reassured ing on the horizon. And despite tensions, US and “needs to be very mindful that spillover from the The need for a “cushion” in case of disaster effect of their policies is very real for many has also been exacerbated by the rise of so- Woodward about Trump’s chaotic White allies of America’s “iron-clad” commit- Chinese officials in Bali also sounded conciliato- House said the general had questioned ment to the 69-year-old alliance. The ry tones. US Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin countries,” Indonesia’s Finance Minister Sri called “shadow financing”, a largely unregulated Mulyani Indrawati added, in an interview with system that has spread globally, and an alarming Trump’s judgment, likening his under- US, he told reporters in Paris, is “keenly described “productive” talks with the Chinese on standing to that of a 10- or 11-year-old aware of the dangers close to your the yuan, which Washington has accused Beijing Bloomberg TV. expansion of public and private debt to more Still, there is little expectation for now of a than double the world’s GDP last year. Lagarde child. “Of course, I don’t think about leav- home”. While Bolton and Pompeo also of keeping artificially low to boost exports. And ing,” Mattis told Pentagon reporters last have taken a hard line on Russia, Trump change of gear by the Fed, despite President urged vigilance as she addressed the meetings in China’s central bank governor Yi Gang called for month. “I love it here.” has often expressed a desire for better Donald Trump’s vocal criticism of the rate hikes. Bali, warning against “collective amnesia” about “constructive solutions” to the damaging tiff, but Trump’s comments come as he eyes relations with Russia’s President And top officials said emerging markets should what sparked previous financial crises. insisted that Beijing was not devaluing its cur- another cabinet shakeup. Last week, his Vladimir Putin. He used a NATO summit prepare for more hikes with measures that could “Geopolitical tensions combined with... rency to gain trade advantages - a practice the ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki in July to berate allies as “delinquent” on cushion the impact, including flexible exchange increased protectionism produced terrible IMF this week called on members to avoid. Haley, announced her resignation, effec- defense spending. — AFP But there are also other brewing concerns, rates and careful management of capital move- developments.” — AFP

tries, has been marred by some mistakes and challenges, Dubai, said the drop in Saudi stocks was the result of Jordan king vows to which we must learn from, resolve, and prevent from reoc- Saudi Arabia panic selling because of several political and economic curring, so that we may move forward,” he said. factors. “There has been a kind of uncertainty surround- Abdullah put the current situation down to “a weaken- vows retaliation... ing the situation of the disappearance of Khashoggi fight corruption... ing (of) public trust in government institutions, as well as an which has caused the market to fall,” Zidan told AFP. atmosphere of skepticism”. Stability in Jordan is seen as Continued from Page 1 “The withdrawal of top participants from the Riyadh Continued from Page 1 fundamental to the region and in the wake of protests investment conference has also negatively impacted Amman was offered a $2.5 billion aid package from three have pulled out of next week’s Future Investment traders’ sentiment,” he said. Fund, but the resultant economic reforms led to price Gulf backers. More than $1 billion has already been Initiative (FII) in Riyadh, dubbed “Davos in the desert”. White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow said hikes. The king yesterday acknowledged “dissatisfaction deposited in the central bank by Saudi Arabia, the United Britain, France and Germany told Saudi Arabia they yesterday that Saudi Arabia should take Trump’s warning with the way current challenges are being addressed”. Arab Emirates and Kuwait, a Jordanian government source were treating the case with “the utmost seriousness”. seriously. “When the president warns, people should “The process of development in Jordan, as in other coun- said earlier this month. — AFP “There needs to be a credible investigation to establish take him at his word,” he told Fox. “If the Saudis are the truth about what happened, and - if relevant - to involved, if Khashoggi was killed or harmed or whatever, identify those bearing responsibility for the disappear- bad outcome here. He (Trump) will take action.” prompted Duterte to twice remove police from the ance of Jamal Khashoggi, and ensure that they are held The cancellations have cast a pall on the annual Filipinos deeply frontlines of the campaign - only to reinstate them, and to account,” the foreign ministers from the three coun- summit at which Prince Mohammed wowed investors promise to pardon officers convicted of murder. The tries said in a joint statement. “We encourage joint last year with talking robots and blueprints for a futur- International Criminal Court has launched a preliminary Saudi-Turkish efforts in that regard, and expect the istic mega city. The withdrawal of Uber’s Khosrowshahi conflicted on... examination into the killings, while rights groups say Saudi Government to provide a complete and detailed from the event is particularly symbolic as the kingdom’s Duterte may be overseeing a crime against humanity. response. We have conveyed this message directly to the vast Public Investment Fund (PIF) has invested $3.5 bil- Saudi authorities.” The statement, by British foreign min- lion in the ride-hailing app. Branson, who dropped two Continued from Page1 Meanwhile, Duterte hammers the menace posed by drugs in near daily speeches in which he has described ister Jeremy Hunt, France’s Jean-Yves Le Drian and directorships linked to Saudi tourism projects around Germany’s Heiko Maas, made no mention of potential the Red Sea, said claims about Khashoggi’s disappear- families (of those killed) seemed fake. But when it addicts as “not human”. Analysts say the president uses clear and repeated messaging in an effort to buttress actions the countries might take. ance would “change the ability of any of us in the West happened to us, I felt the pain they were feeling,” Khashoggi, a Washington Post contributor, vanished to do business with the Saudi government”. backing for his campaign. “The way (the message) is Bautista told AFP. “If it doesn’t happen to your family, after entering the consulate on Oct 2. Turkey on Global multinational corporations “see potential in a delivered is that there is a very big threat, so first you won’t wake up to the truth,” she added. Saturday stepped up pressure on Saudi Arabia by developing market like Saudi Arabia, but for many the there’s the production of massive fear,” said Ateneo de A significant strand in the opposition to the killings accusing the kingdom of failing to cooperate with a reputational risk of being associated with FII out- Manila University psychology professor Cristina is the fear a loved could be slain just by being in the probe into the journalist’s disappearance. Turkish offi- weighs the potential gains from the Saudi economy,” Montiel. “Then (comes) the salvific message that this wrong place, not necessarily because of involvement in cials have said they believe Khashoggi was killed inside said Michael Stephens, a Middle East expert at the drugs. “People feel very afraid that their families or program or this leader is here to save you,” she added. the mission and claims have been leaked to media that he RUSI think tank. Washington lobbying firm Harbour their relatives might be placed in a situation where they “That’s how popular support is produced.” was tortured and even dismembered. Saudi Arabia insists group, which represented the Saudi government, has could be the targets,” Randy David, a sociologist and As the campaign continues, the death toll is well over Khashoggi left the building safely and dismissed accusa- also terminated its $80,000 per month contract. “We newspaper columnist in Manila, told AFP. “But how can Amnesty International’s count of 3,240 people killed tions that authorities had ordered his murder by a hit (have) ended the relationship,” Richard Mintz, manag- you possibly disagree or not lend support for a cam- during the nine years of martial law rule under dictator squad as “lies and baseless allegations”. ing director of the firm, told AFP. paign to rid this country of illegal drugs?” David Ferdinand Marcos, the country’s darkest chapter since The kingdom’s Tadawul All-Shares Index (TASI) lost Additionally, actor Gerard Butler pulled out of a trip added, saying the lethal methods were what prompted World War II. Duterte recently addressed the thorny more than 500 points, diving by seven percent in the to the kingdom, where he was scheduled to attend the questions. issue of the killings, delivering what critics called a first two hours when trading resumed after the weekend, premiere of his new movie “Hunter Killer”. “We heard There has been broader condemnation of the crack- clear admission they are suspect. “What are my sins? in panic selling reminiscent of the days after the global about Khashoggi going missing the day before we down, at home and abroad. Rare protests were held in Did I steal money? Even just one peso? Did I prose- financial crisis in 2008. It later clawed back some losses were supposed to leave... and it just didn’t feel like a the Philippines last year following the deaths of cute somebody I sent to jail?” he asked in a September to close down 3.5 percent at 7,266.59 points. smart move,” the 48-year-old Scot told CNN on teenagers, while outrage over alleged abuses has speech. “My only sin is extrajudicial killings.” — AFP Mohammed Zidan, market strategist at Thinkmarket in Saturday. — Agencies Established 1961 25 Sports Monday, October 15, 2018 Australia’s Leishman breezes to victory in CIMB Classic

Sharma of India comes back strongly with four birdies in four holes

KUALA LUMPUR: Australia’s Marc quit the game around the time of the 2015 from the 11th to finish on even-par for the Leishman unleashed an early birdie barrage Masters, when his wife Audrey was diag- day. Woodland also had an up and down as he romped home by five shots to claim nosed with and nearly died from acute res- round and never got going. Grillo could top place in the $7 million CIMB Classic piratory distress syndrome and toxic shock have had a much better finish-but after get- yesterday. At the par-72 TPC Kuala Lumpur, syndrome. ting to six-under par for the day after 12 Leishman closed with a seven-under par 65 An emotional Leishman, who made eight holes, he could not make a single birdie on to finish the only PGA Tour event in south- birdies, including a putt from nearly 50 feet the last six holes. east Asia at 26-under par 262 for his fourth on the par-4 ninth, and a solitary bogey, said The 26-year-old Argentine said: “I win on the PGA Tour. it felt “unbelievable” to win. “It was a very played very well, I shot 30 on the front nine. His effort was five shots better than tough time that we went through, but it cer- I started thinking if I could shoot seven- Argentina’s Emiliano Grillo (66), and the tainly made us stronger as people, made us under, it would give me the chance. American duo of Chesson Hadley (66) and appreciate just the everyday things, appre- Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to play as well Bronson Burgoon (68) — all of whom fin- ciate our kids more, appreciate friends, fam- on the back nine, but four rounds in the 60s ished on 21-under par 267. Two-time cham- ily, everything,” he said of his wife’s illness. is always good.” pion and former world number one Justin “I won’t say it made golf less important, Hadley, 31, made a double bogey on the Thomas (64) closed with three birdies in his but it made me realize that golf’s not life or ninth hole, but four birdies on the back last three holes to surge up the leaderboard death... As long as I give it my best shot, nine resurrected his round, and he was and finish in tied fifth place at 268, where he that’s what it’s all about.” Leishman opened delighted with his finish after a poor run was joined by Mexican Abraham Ancer (65), with a par and then made four birdies in the of form lately. “Delighted like you wouldn’t South Africa’s Louis Oosthizen (69) and fel- next four holes to pull ahead. A brace of believe. I haven’t been playing well for a low Americans Charles Howell III (67) and birdies on the ninth and 10th had taken him while and to have a good tournament like Gary Woodland (71). to 25-under par, with none of his closest this is really nice,” said the 2014 Puerto The world number 24 Leishman won the pursuers putting any pressure on him. Rico Open champion. Arnold Palmer Invitational and the BMW Overnight joint leader Shubhankar Burgoon, who led after the opening Championship in 2017 and continued his Sharma of India started in a shaky manner day with a 63, recorded only his third KUALA LUMPUR: This handout from the Asian Tour taken and received yesterday shows winning streak in 2018 with the CIMB before coming back strongly with four top-10 finish in three years on the PGA Marc Leishman of Australia posing with the winner’s trophy after winning the CIMB Classic win. It all would have looked a dis- birdies in four holes from the eighth Tour. The PGA Tour next moves to Korea Classic golf tournament in Kuala Lumpur. — AFP tant dream when the 34-year-old almost onwards, but he made three straight bogeys for the CJ Cup. — AFP

Jet Ski team honoured KUWAIT: With the attendance of the Sports Authority Chun In-gee wins first Director, Dr Sager Al-Mulla, KSSC Chairman, Maj General Fahad Al-Fahad and the American Ambassador to Kuwait, Lawrence Silverman, a special reception cer- LPGA title in two years emony was recently held to receive Kuwait’s Jet Ski team which won the 2018 Blowsion World Finals INCHEON: Local favourite Chun In-gee shot a final-round 66 Competition held in Arizona, USA and organized by the to win her first LPGA title in more than two years before a International Jet Sports Boating Association (IJSBA) cheering home crowd yesterday. Chun, ranked 27th in the with participation of 30 countries. world, finished 16 under par 272 to claim the US$300,000 first The team managed to win a total of 13 medals prize at the LPGA KEB Hana Bank Championships. including 4 gold, seven silver and 2 bronze earning it The 24-year-old fired seven birdies and one bogey in the the total of 300 points in the competitions. final round to finish three strokes ahead of Charley Hull (71) of Speaking on the occasion, Al-Mulla stressed the England at the Sky 72 Golf Club’s Ocean Course in Incheon. An sports authority’s keenness on supporting athletes in emotional Chun couldn’t hold back the tears after clinching her various sports. On his part, Maj. General Al-Fahad third career LPGA win and first non-major title. expressed his and KSSC’s pride in the international “When I realized I won I just felt the hard times through the achievements made by the team. last few years just go away,” she said. “I’m so happy to get this win.” The world’s top two players, Park Sung-hyun (69) of South Korea and Thailand’s Ariya Jutanugarn (71), were tied at third at 12 under. “A lot of fans came out today so I was very grateful and in awe but I’m disappointed I couldn’t show them a better play,” Park said. The 25-year-old, who will attend the Buick LPGA tournament in Shanghai next week, added: “I wasn’t satisfied with my shot all season but I’ve gained confidence in the past two weeks so I’m looking forward to the remain- ing tournaments.” Park’s compatriot and defending champion Ko Jin-young (64) shot eight birdies to finish seventh at 11-under. —AFP

Simone Biles calls out new USA Gymnastics Shockwaves of president over Nike tweet Olympic ‘Black LOS ANGELES: Olympic champion Simone Biles appeared less than impressed on Saturday with the appointment of former US con- Power’ protest gresswoman Mary Bono as the latest interim president of embattled USA Gymnastics. still rumble Biles took to Twitter to take issue with a tweet Bono posted last month that was critical of apparel maker Nike after the company’s ad campaign featuring Colin Kaepernick. Bono posted a photo of her- LOS ANGELES: Fifty years after raising clenched self blacking out a Nike logo on a golf shoe. “Playing in a charity golf fists in protest during the 1968 Mexico City tournament raising money for our nation’s Special Forces operators Olympics, the shockwaves unleashed by John and their families. Unfortunately had these shoes in my bag. Luckily I Carlos and Tommie Smith’s salute of defiance are had a marker in my bag too....” wrote Bono, who also re-tweeted a still rippling around the sporting world. response that said “#BoycottNike.” The image of the African-American sprinters In response, the Nike-sponsored Biles tweeted on Saturday: standing on the medal podium on October 16 1968, “*mouth drop* ... don’t worry, it’s not like we needed a smarter usa heads bowed while each raising a solitary, leather- gymnastics president, or any sponsors or anything.” Critics of Nike gloved fist into the night sky would become one of were angered in September by the company’s decision to embrace the most iconic photos of the 20th century. Kaepernick, the former San Francisco 49ers quarterback who trig- The protest redefined the concept of athlete gered a political firestorm after kneeling during the US national activism as the stuffy, antiquated world of the anthem in 2016 to protest racial injustice. Olympic movement under then president Avery The tension is another setback for a USA Gymnastics federation Brundage collided with the political and cultural desperately seeking stability in the wake of the sexual abuse scandal maelstrom raging across the globe in 1968. involving former team doctor Larry Nassar. America had already been convulsed by the MEXICO CITY: Mexican former Olympic track and field athlete, Enriqueta Basilio symbolically lights the More than 200 women, including Biles and other Olympians, have twin assassinations of Dr. Martin Luther King in olympic cauldron, during the ceremony to mark the 50th anniversary of Mexico’s 1968 Summer come forward over the past two years saying they were sexually April and the murder of presidential hopeful Robert Olympics, at the Olimpico Universitario stadium, in Mexico City on October 12, 2018. —AFP abused by Nassar under the guise of treatment. USA Gymnastics F. Kennedy in June. In between the trauma of those announced Bono’s appointment on Friday, saying she would serve as events, deadly rioting erupted in Chicago. interim president and chief executive until a permanent replacement Large-scale protests against the Vietnam War BLOODY CRACKDOWN where they had been members of the Olympic That bloody crackdown set the stage for an Project for Human Rights (OPHR) set up by sociol- for Kerry Perry is found. gained momentum throughout a year which also Perry resigned last month under pressure from the US Olympic saw civil unrest in France as student-led demon- Olympics that will forever be associated with Smith ogist Harry Edwards. and Carlos’s “Black Power” salute. On the morning As they walked out for the ceremony, the two Committee after nine months in the job. Her departure came after the strations and general strikes plunged the country appointment and resignation of elite coach Mary Lee Tracy-who had into chaos. of October 16, Smith won the 200m in a then-world athletes received their medal without shoes to made comments supportive of Nassar in 2016 when allegations of By the time of the Olympics, the febrile mood record of 19.83sec, with Carlos taking bronze symbolise black poverty in the United States. abuse against him had begun to emerge. sweeping the world had reached Mexico City. Just behind Australia’s Peter Norman. Smith wore a black scarf to reflect black pride Biles, the reigning Olympic all-around champion and winner of days before the Games got under way, Mexican At the medal ceremony that evening, Smith and while Carlos wore a beaded necklace intended to four golds at the 2016 Rio Games, will lead the US team for the government forces crushed a protest by students Carlos proceeded with their planned protest which represent “those individuals that were lynched or Gymnastics World Championships in Doha October 25-November 3. and civilians. Independent reports say between had been hatched before the Olympics. killed and no-one said a prayer for.” Initially, both The team was named on Friday at the conclusion of a selection 300-500 people were killed, with thousands The two sprinters had been drawn to activism athletes had planned to bring gloves, but Carlos for- camp in Florida. — AFP wounded and more than 2,000 arrested. while at San Jose State University in California, got his so the two men shared Smith’s pair. — AFP 26 Established 1961 Sports Monday, October 15, 2018 India’s Yadav helps seal 2-0 West Indies series sweep It’s a tough series and we didn’t play our best cricket: Holder

HYDERABAD: Paceman Umesh Yadav claimed a “Not many people realise but he is a very, very tal- match haul of 10 wickets to lead India to a series sweep ented bowler. He can bowl you unplayable deliveries against the West Indies with a win inside three days in every now and then which we experience in the nets all the second Test yesterday. The hosts chased down their the time,” skipper Virat Kohli said of the paceman. 72-run target in just 16.1 overs in an extended final ses- “It’s just that he is gaining more confidence about his sion to win by 10 wickets. own game.” Sunil Ambris top-scored with 38, offering Prithvi Shaw and Lokesh Rahul, both on 33, some resistance with skipper Jason Holder for the sev- remained unbeaten. The 18-year-old Shaw hit the win- enth-wicket, but the tourists were bowled out for just ning boundary as the world’s top Test side registered 127 in the final session. their 10th successive series triumph on home soil. Ravindra Jadeja ended their stand, getting Holder India have not lost a Test series at home since 2012, caught behind for 19 and then trapping Ambris lbw. when they went down to England 1-2. Yadav, who Yadav had rattled the West Indies top order earlier, returned overall match figures of 10-133 — his maiden sending back opener Kraigg Braithwaite on the second 10-wicket haul in 40 Tests-taking four wickets in the delivery of the innings. West Indies’ second innings. Shai Hope then scored a gritty 28 before falling to

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Scoreboard of the second and final cricket Test between India and the West Indies in Hyderabad yesterday: West Indies 1st innings 311 (R. Chase 106, J. Holder 52; U. Yadav 6-88) India 1st innings (overnight 308-4, A. Rahane 75, R. Pant 85) S. Ambris lbw b Jadeja 38 L. Rahul b Holder 4 R. Chase b U. Yadav 6 P. Shaw c Hetmyer b Warrican 70 S. Dowrich b U. Yadav 0 C. Pujara c sub (J Hamilton) b Gabriel 10 J. Holder c Pant b Jadeja 19 V. Kohli lbw Holder 45 D Bishoo not out 10 A. Rahane c Hope b Holder 80 J. Warrican b Ashwin 7 R. Pant c Hetmyer b Gabriel 92 S. Gabriel b U. Yadav 1 R. Jadeja lbw b Holder 0 Extras: (lb1) 1 HYDERABAD: Indian cricket team members pose with the Paytm India-West Indies Test series trophy after winning R. Ashwin b Gabriel 35 Total: (all out, 46.1 overs) 127 the second Test cricket match against West Indies at the Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium in Hyderabad K. Yadav b Holder 6 Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Brathwaite), 2-6 (Powell), 3-45 (Hetmyer), 4- yesterday. — AFP U. Yadav c sub (J Hamilton) b Warrican 2 45 (Hope), 5-68 (Chase), 6-70 (Dowrich), 7-108 (Holder), 8-109 S. Thakur not out 4 (Ambris), 9-126 (Warrican), 10-127 (Gabriel) Extras: (b12, lb2, nb5) 19 Bowling: Umesh 12.1-3-45-4, Ashwin 10-4-24-2, Kuldeep 13-1-45- Jadeja’s guile. There was promise for the West Indies at look back in the last two years and we have some good Total: (all out, 106.4 overs) 367 1, Jadeja 11-5-12-3 one stage in the match, after they bowled out India for results. India is (the) number one team in the world and Fall of wickets: 1-61 (Rahul), 2-98 (Shaw), 3-102 (Pujara), 4-162 367 and limited the hosts’ first innings lead to 56. we expected to be pushed by them,” said Holder. (Kohli), 5-314 (Rahane), 6-314 (Jadeja), 7-322 (Pant), 8-334 (K. India 2nd innings (target 72) Holder, who returned after missing the opening game “We still have some good youngsters as we’re put- Yadav), 9-339 (U. Yadav), 10-367 (Ashwin) L. Rahul not out 33 Bowling: Gabriel 20.4-1-107-3 (nb3), Holder 23-5-56-5 (nb2), P. Shaw not out 33 in Rajkot that also ended in three days, returned figures ting the team together. We need to learn and learn Warrican 31-7-84-2, Chase 9-1-22-0, Bishoo 21-4-78-0, Extras: (b6, lb2, nb1) 9 of 5-56 with his pace bowling in the first innings. quickly and understand,” added Holder, who has cap- Brathwaite 2-0-6-0 Total: (0 wickets, 16.1 overs) 75 Rishabh Pant’s 152 run fifth-wicket stand with Ajinkya tained West Indies in 27 of his 35 Tests. Did not bat: C. Pujara, V. Kohli, A. Rahane, R. Pant, R. Jadeja, R. Rahane, who made 80, was the highlight India’s first Meanwhile Yadav’s pace partner Shardul Thakur had West Indies Ashwin, K. Yadav, U. Yadav. S. Thakur innings. Pant scored 92. West Indies batsman Roston a forgettable debut after limping off the field in just his K. Brathwaite c Pant b U. Yadav 0 Bowling: Holder 4-0-17-0 (nb1), Warrican 4-0-17-0, Bishoo 4.1-0- Chase top-scored with 106 after the visitors elected to second over early on day one with a groin strain. He K. Powell c Rahane b Ashwin 0 19-0, Chase 4-0-14-0 bat first. He was eventually bowled by Yadav, who could not bowl and field after that and only came in to S. Hope c Rahane b Jadeja 28 Result: India won by 10 wickets S. Hetmyer c Kohli b K. Yadav 17 returned career-best figures of 6-88 in an innings. “It’s bat at number 11, putting on a crucial 28-run last-wick- a tough series and we didn’t play our best cricket. We et stand with Ravichandran Ashwin. — AFP

Azhar admits pressure will be on Pakistan to Australia were ‘too beat Australia aggressive’, says England’s Anderson ABU DHABI: Senior batsman Azhar Ali admitted Pakistan will be under pressure of LONDON: Australia’s cricketers have Anderson, 36, told the BBC although expectations in the second Test against sometimes “tried too hard to be he added that he felt Lyon’s comments Australia starting in Abu Dhabi from aggressive” as they sought to live up were taken “out of context”. Tuesday. Pakistan dominated much of the a traditional stereotype of what is Last week Australia’s new-look first Test in Dubai but failed to get the last expected from them, England’s James side attempted to introduce a soft- two wickets as Australia finished at 362-8. Anderson said yesterday. er look, shaking hands before play Set a daunting 462 runs Australia’s fight- England have often been on the against Pakistan in Dubai, when back was led by opener Usman Khawaja’s rough end of Australian aggression, they held on for a creditable draw 141, ably assisted by Travis Head (72) and an approach which culminated in in their first test since the turmoil in skipper Tim Paine (61 not out). “I can’t say three players, including captain South Africa. if the pressure will be more on Pakistan or Steve Smith, being banned follow- Anderson said new Australia cap- Australia but we are the home side and ing the ball-tampering scandal in tain Tim Paine was “a genuinely nice obviously people expect us to win and so South Africa. guy” and was also complimentary there is pressure,” said Azhar yesterday. Australia have themselves ques- about other team members. “Mitchell “However, having said that these are Azhar Ali tioned their own win-at-all-costs Starc is not naturally aggressive favourable conditions for us and we have to approach, which led to off-spinner despite being a fast bowler and even make the most of it. “Pressure is always dif- Nathan Lyon saying he hoped his Steve Smith is a really good bloke- ferent in every match and obviously this is a position for the two Tests against Sri Lanka pointed, obviously after dominating the side could “end the careers” of sev- there is no real malice with anything decider. Being the home team we have to last year and in last week’s first Test against Test match throughout and then not win- eral opponents before last year’s he does-so it was really out of char- win it and we will enter the field thinking Australia. Pakistan can also bring in limited ning it,” said Azhar, a veteran of 66 Tests. Ashes games. acter,” said Anderson. that. We will look to play positive cricket over specialist Fakhar Zaman to play his “Unfortunately we couldn’t win but I For Anderson, England’s record However, he added: “The thing and hopefully the result will go our way.” first Test, despite a poor form in the Asia think we also have to give credit to the wicket-taker, the memory of that about wanting to be good blokes is Pakistan will be forced to make a change Cup scoring only 56 runs in five matches Australians as well as they showed difficult period appears still raw, that you can only be a good bloke if after regular opener Imam-ul-Haq fractured with two ducks. resilience and kept fighting till the end.” with England also claiming that in you really are a good one.” “When his finger in the first Test and was ruled out, Azhar said he will do it against for his Azhar said he remains focused despite not 2015 Moeen Ali was called “Osama” Brendon McCullum was New Zealand opening an option to bring Azhar as opener. team. “When playing for Pakistan one has in the best of form, managing only 95 runs by an unnamed Australian in that captain, he made it all about being The 33-year-old held the opening spot to be ready for everything,” said Azhar. “I in the last four Tests. Ashes series. entertaining and showing off your since the Oval Test in England in August have always believed in that and whatever “A batman always wants to score runs Australia carried out an investiga- skills,” he said. 2016 and struck a triple century against the team management decides or the cap- and it doesn’t feel nice when he doesn’t tion into the incident, which was “Both Eoin Morgan in ODIs and the West Indies in Dubai and a double tain decides, I will be ready to do that.” score runs,” said Azhar. “But the important closed last month after they could not Alastair Cook in Tests took from his hundred against Australia in Melbourne- Azhar admitted Pakistan players were thing is to stay focused and believe that find “any new additional evidence”. way and tried to incorporate it into both in 2016. disappointed at not winning the first Test. once you get a good knock things will start “They have tried too hard to be that their captaincy.” Australia visit He went to his customary number three “We are not disheartened but, yes, disap- rolling again.” —AFP stereotypical Australian team that are England in an Ashes series next aggressive and go hard at people,” summer. —Reuters

Sarfraz’s bowlers were unable to put ing on the fifth and final day and was Sarfraz faces concerted pressure on the visitors with forced from the ground. The left-handed Khawaja reverse sweeping leg-spinner opener had surgery in Dubai on Saturday three one-day internationals and a Yasir Shah seemingly at will on a pitch that and would return home on Tuesday, the S Africa and Twenty20 international, while Zimbabwe questions over was deteriorating and offering assistance Pakistan Cricket Board said. depart later this week for Bangladesh to Pakistan’s four slow bowlers. His absence will necessitate changes to where they will play three one-day inter- Test tactics, team Left-arm quick Wahab Riaz also failed the batting order with Fakhar Zaman the Zimbabwe T20 nationals and two Tests. The first one-day to effectively exploit any reverse swing he only other specialist opening batsman in international is in Dhaka next Sunday. was achieving with the older ball, forcing the squad, although he is yet to make his abandoned Zimbabwe captain Hamilton composition Sarfraz to continually change his tactics test debut at the age of 28 and not played Masakadza said his team’s batting in and fielding positions in an effort to manu- a first-class match in more than a year. South Africa had been disappointing. facture a wicket. Azhar Ali, who scored just a total of 22 DUBAI: Pakistan captain Sarfraz Ahmed BENONI: Rain and a wet outfield “We will have to adapt quickly to The second test starts in Abu Dhabi on runs in the first test, could also be promot- faces some searching questions to answer caused the abandonment of the third and Bangladesh conditions. As the top three Tuesday and Sarfraz’s side will be forced ed up the order to open with Hafeez with for the second Test against Australia over final Twenty20 international between or four batsmen, we must make sure we to make at least one change with opening leg-spinning all-rounder Shadab Khan his bowling attack and batting lineup after South Africa and Zimbabwe at build a platform,” he said. Tim Paine’s side produced a battling draw batsman Imam-ul-Haq having surgery on a possibly coming into the squad to bolster Willowmoore Park yesterday. South JP Duminy, who was due to captain in the first test in Dubai. broken finger and ruled out of the match. the team’s bowling stocks. Africa won the series 2-0 after winning South Africa yesterday, said the objec- Usman Khawaja defied pre-match pre- Imam scored an impressive 76 in a 205- The 20-year-old Shadab, however, is an earlier one-day series 3-0. tive of giving opportunities to several dictions and a poor return on turning run opening stand with Mohammed Hafeez battling a groin injury that ruled him out of The matches were largely one-sided players had been achieved. “The selec- pitches in Asia to score a battling 141 and that set up Pakistan’s first innings of 482. the first test and which thwarted coach and South Africa used them to test the tors got a look at quite a few guys,” he anchor his side’s defiance as they survived He added 48 in Pakistan’s second Mickey Arthur’s plans of combining him depth of their resources, using 22 players said. “We will be going into Australia 139.5 overs in stifling conditions to ensure innings of 181 for six declared but broke with Yasir to attack Australia’s inexperi- across the five matches. South Africa with some confidence, although it is a a draw. the little finger on his left hand while field- enced batting lineup. —Reuters travel to Australia later this month to play work in progress.” —AFP 27 Sports Monday, October 15, 2018 Pastrnak notches hat trick as Bruins rout Red Wings Stars blitz Ducks with 4-goal period to steal win

BOSTON: David Pastrnak scored his second career hat SENATORS 5, KINGS 1 trick, Jake DeBrusk added two goals and Patrice Chris Wideman enjoyed his first career two-goal Bergeron had three assists as the Boston Bruins cruised game, scoring in the first and third periods for host to an 8-2 victory over the visiting Detroit Red Wings Ottawa in a rout of Los Angeles. Wideman’s multi-goal on Saturday afternoon. Anders Bjork had a goal and an effort came in his 161st career game and one day shy of assist, Charlie McAvoy and Sean Kuraly also scored the anniversary of his last goal. Chris Tierney, Mark goals and Brad Marchand, Brandon Carlo and David Stone and Colin White also scored for the Senators, Krejci each had two assists for Boston, which has won who raced out to a 4-0 lead midway through the sec- four in a row since a season-opening 7-0 loss at ond period and were never threatened. Goalie Craig defending Stanley Cup champion Washington. The Anderson recorded 36 saves as Ottawa snapped a two- Bruins have outscored their opponents 22-6 during the game losing streak. streak. Tuukka Rask had 32 saves for the Bruins, who HURRICANES 5, WILD 4 (OT) improved to 15-1-1 in their last 17 games against Detroit, including seven wins in a row. Filip Hronek Sebastian Aho’s second goal 2:57 into overtime lifted scored the first goal of his NHL career, and Dylan Carolina over Minnesota at Saint Paul, Minn. Justin Larkin added a short-handed goal for Detroit. Jonathan Williams’ goal-the captain’s first of the season-with Bernier had 31 saves for the winless Red Wings, who 1:09 remaining in regulation forced overtime. Aho are off to their worst start since beginning 0-5 in the picked up his second assist of the night on the tally. 1980-81 season. Jordan Staal and Brett Pesce also scored for the Hurricanes, who matched their best five-game start in GOLDEN KNIGHTS 1, FLYERS 0 franchise history with a 4-0-1 record. Mikael Granlund scored with 4:13 left in the third period to give the Wild Cody Eakin scored with 1:25 remaining in the a short-lived 4-3 lead. Minnesota goalie Devan Dubnyk third period, and Vegas ended a three-game losing MONTREAL: Goaltender Casey DeSmith #1 of the Pittsburgh Penguins stops Max Domi #13 of the Montreal made 52 saves in defeat. streak with a win at Philadelphia. Eakin fired a shot Canadiens during the NHL game at the Bell Centre on Saturday in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The Montreal Canadiens defeated the Pittsburgh Penguins 4-3 in a shootout. —AFP from the left circle for his second goal of the season CANADIENS 4, PENGUINS 3 (SO) on a pass from Ryan Carpenter. The Golden Knights Paul Byron and Jonathan Drouin scored shootout needed a spectacular save by goaltender Marc- goals as Montreal edged visiting Pittsburgh. The to earn the victory. Brayden Schenn scored twice for St. Andre Fleury, who sprawled across the crease to get Canadiens received two goals and an assist from Tomas MAPLE LEAFS 4, CAPITALS 2 Louis, which had to settle for a point after leading for his glove on a shot by Philadelphia’s Claude Giroux Tatar, and Brendan Gallagher added a goal and an Josh Leivo scored his first goal of the season on a much of the third period. David Perron also scored for with 38 seconds left. assist. Antti Niemi made 25 saves and stopped Evgeni power play in the third period to break a tie and help the Blues, who lost to the Blackhawks in overtime for Malkin and Sidney Crosby in the decisive shootout. STARS 5, DUCKS 3 visiting Toronto down Washington. Auston Matthews the second time in eight days despite 46 saves from Kris Letang and Phil Kessel each registered a goal and added his 10th goal of the season late in the third to goaltender Jake Allen. John Klingberg’s power-play goal late in the second an assist, and Malkin added two assists for the clinch Toronto’s fourth straight win. He also had an period capped a four-goal explosion by Dallas, which Penguins. Dominik Simon also scored for Pittsburgh. assist. Kasperi Kapanen and Par Lindholm scored the SABRES 3, COYOTES 0 overcame a shaky start to rally past visiting Anaheim. Casey DeSmith stopped 37 of 40 Montreal shots. Maple Leafs’ first two goals. Chandler Stephenson and Top draft pick Rasmus Dahlin scored his first career Klingberg, who also had an assist, put the Stars on top Evgeny Kuznetsov scored for the Capitals. Alex goal, and Jeff Skinner and Conor Sheary also tallied as with 2:14 to play in the second period when he took a LIGHTNING 8, BLUE JACKETS 2 Ovechkin had two assists. Buffalo extended its recent series dominance with a pass from Alexander Radulov and fired a long shot from Tampa Bay skated to a three-goal, first-period lead shutout of Arizona at Glendale, Ariz. Sabres goalie the point that found the back of the net through traffic. and cruised past visiting Columbus. Brayden Point had PREDATORS 5, ISLANDERS 2 Linus Ullmark made 36 saves for his first career shutout Radulov, Connor Carrick, Jamie Benn and Radek Faksa two goals for the Lightning, and Victor Hedman, Calle Jarnkrok, Filip Forsberg and Viktor Arvidsson in his first start of the season as the Sabres improved to also scored for Dallas, which outshot the Ducks 51-25. Cedric Paquette, Yanni Gourde, Alex Killorn, Nikita scored late in the first period as host Nashville cruised 8-2-1 in their last 11 games against the Coyotes and 9-2 Jakob Silfverberg, Kiefer Sherwood and Adam Kucherov and J.T. Miller also scored. Tyler Johnson, past New York. Kyle Turris scored in the third period in their last 11 games at Gila River Arena. The Coyotes Henrique each scored for the Ducks, who were up 3-0 Mikhail Sergachev and Miller each had two assists. while Forsberg added an empty-netter for the have been shut out in three of their first four games and at the 8:09 mark of the second period. Josh Anderson and Oliver Bjorkstrand tallied for the Predators, who completed a quick season sweep of the have not scored an even-strength goal all season. Blue Jackets. Islanders. Nashville beat New York, 4-3, in the latter’s OILERS 2, RANGERS 1 home opener on Oct. 6. Brock Nelson and Andrew FLAMES 3, AVALANCHE 2 (OT) Connor McDavid scored a power-play goal 6:23 into CANUCKS 3, PANTHERS 2 Ladd scored for the Islanders, who began a four-game Johnny Gaudreau scored on a breakaway 46 sec- the third period and added an assist as Edmonton Bo Horvat scored the go-ahead goal with 13:49 left Western Conference road swing. onds into overtime as Calgary rallied from an early 2-0 picked up its first win of the season at New York. in the third period as Vancouver defeated Florida at deficit to defeat Colorado at Denver. Elias Lindholm, McDavid has either scored or assisted on all of Sunrise, Fla. Horvat, skating on the left side, took a BLACKHAWKS 4, BLUES 3 (OT) who tied it with a goal with 1:54 left in regulation, and Edmonton’s five goals this season. He recorded the sec- nifty backhand, cross-ice pass from Sven Baertschi Alex DeBrincat scored with nine seconds remaining Sam Bennett also scored for Calgary. David Rittich fin- ondary assist on Ryan Nugent-Hopkins’ first goal of the before scoring his third goal of the season. Elias in overtime to lift Chicago over visiting St. Louis. ished with 24 saves for the Flames. Nathan MacKinnon season in the opening period. McDavid scored the Pettersson and Antoine Roussel also tallied for the DeBrincat finished with a pair of goals for Chicago, and J.T. Compher scored goals for Colorado, which lost tiebreaking goal when he put a backhander-after get- Canucks. Jonathan Huberdeau and Vincent Trocheck which became the first team in NHL history to go to at Pepsi Center for just the fifth time in its last 26 games ting a cross-ice pass from Leon Draisaitl while posi- scored for the Panthers, who have yet to earn a win in overtime in five straight games to start the season. (20-5-1) dating back to last season. Semyon Varlamov tioned at the left side of the net-in the low slot off three games this season and are 0-for-12 on the pow- Artem Anisimov and Patrick Kane also scored for the had 38 saves in suffering his first loss in four starts for Henrik Lundqvist’s left leg. er play during that span. Blackhawks, and goaltender Cam Ward made 35 saves the Avalanche. — Reuters Netherlands hammer Germany to increase Ighalo hat-trick pressure on Loew for Nigeria, Fajr

AMSTERDAM: Liverpool defender Virgil van Dijk led rescues Morocco the Netherlands to a crushing 3-0 win over Germany on Saturday in the Nations League to ramp up the JOHANNESBURG: Nigerian Odion Ighalo scored a pressure on German coach Joachim Loew. hat-trick, Moroccan Faycal Fajr spared blushes and A first-half header by Dutch skipper Van Dijk gave Zimbabwean Knowledge Musona was a hero and vil- the hosts the lead in Amsterdam. With the German lain in Africa Cup of Nations qualifying Saturday. defence in disarray, late goals from Memphis Depay China-based Ighalo bagged a matchday 3 treble and Liverpool’s Georginio Wijnaldum sealed the win on as Nigeria crushed Libya 4-0 in Uyo to continue a a golden night for the Oranje at Amsterdam’s Johan Group E recovery after starting with a shock home Cruyff Arena. defeat by South Africa. Fajr converted a penalty sev- This is the first time the Dutch have beaten Germany en minutes into stoppage time as Morocco sneaked a for 16 years and the comprehensive defeat leaves Loew 1-0 Group B win in Casablanca over the Comoros, under increasing pressure to resign after 12 years in ranked 104 places below them in the world. charge. These are dark days for the Germans, still reel- Captain Musona scored and was sent off within ing from their woeful World Cup display when they five minutes as Zimbabwe went clear in Group G crashed out early after finishing bottom of their group. thanks to an upset 2-1 victory over the Democratic Defeat in Loew’s 168th international means Germany Republic of Congo in Kinshasa. There was also a are once again last-this time bottom of Group One in record six-goal victory for South Africa and a goal- the Nations League. Van Dijk opened the scoring with keeping howler that gifted Namibia three points in a well-taken header after Ryan Babel had headed AMSTERDAM: Germany’s defender Jonas Hector (L) vies with Netherlands’ forward Memphis Depay during Mozambique as the third series of qualifiers was against the crossbar on 30 minutes. the UEFA Nations League football match between Netherlands and Germany, on Saturday at Johan Crujiff completed. Depay then compounded Germany’s misery by ArenA in Amsterdam. — AFP Ighalo converted a fourth-minute spot-kick after stroking home a pass from Quincy Promes three min- being fouled and rounded goalkeeper Mohamed utes from time after the pair got in behind the defence. Nashnush to tap in and double the lead on 58 min- Depay then hit the Germany crossbar moments before as the Bayern Munich axis of Manuel Neuer, Jerome Barcelona goalkeeper, busy. utes. When a Libyan failed to cut off a low cross, Wijnaldum netted Holland’s third goal just before the Boateng, Mats Hummels and Thomas Mueller struggled. The Dutch went ahead after 30 minutes when Babel former Watford striker Ighalo scrambled the ball into final whistle. Loew pulled a surprise before kick-off by starting out-jumped Germany midfielder Joshua Kimmich to the the net to complete his hat-trick with a quarter of the Germany now face world champions France in Paris Manchester City starlet Leroy Sane on the bench. ball, headed onto the post and Van Dijk pounced on the qualifier remaining. tomorrow and Loew can ill afford another heavy defeat. Schalke striker Mark Uth made his debut up front with rebound. Germany had their chances as Mueller and A last-minute Samuel Kalu goal completed the Earlier Saturday, Munich-based newspaper, the RB Leipzig winger Timo Werner and Mueller on the then his replacement Sane, who came on for the last rout of the ‘Mediterranean Knights’, whose Belgian Sueddeutsche Zeitung, revealed there is a release flanks. Loew opted for a 4-3-3 formation, just like his half an hour, both fired wide with the goal at their mer- coach Adel Amrouche quit this week over unpaid clause in Loew’s contract, which runs until 2022, allow- opposite number Ronald Koeman who started with cy. Having broken the German defence in the final 10 salaries. Nigeria lie second with six points, one less ing either party to end the agreement prematurely. Besiktas’ Babel, Lyon’s Depay and Eindhoven striker minutes, Depay hit the net, then the crossbar before than South Africa, who scored a record 6-0 win over Loew had promised an improved performance from Steven Bergwijn up front. Uth and Werner both forced Wijnaldum swept in their third goal just before the final the Seychelles in rain-lashed Johannesburg. the Germans. Yet again, his senior players let him down chances early on to keep Jasper Cillessen, Holland’s whistle. — AFP Goalkeeper Romeo Barra prevented an even more embarrassing scoreline for the Indian Ocean islanders as South Africa bettered the five goals they netted The Slovaks had squandered a slew of chances All the goals came after an even opening half in against Guatemala in 2010. Substitute Schick before the 22-year-old Roma forward broke the dead- which Slovakia controlled possession but the Czechs Lebo Mothiba, who has been in sparkling French lock in the 76th minute when he headed into the top had the best chance when Matej Vydra’s volley from Ligue 1 form, was among the scorers and set up a goal earns Czechs 2-1 corner from captain Borek Dockal’s cross. the edge of the box was cleared on to the post in the for Percy Tau with a brilliant back-heel. Another The goal came minutes after Schick had replaced ninth minute. Indian Ocean island state, the Comoros, were on the Michael Krmencik, who scored the first goal of the The League B Group 1 match also marked former verge of their greatest achievement as they frustrated win over Slovakia match after 52 minutes when he held off a marker and national team assistant Jaroslav Silhavy’s first game in 2018 World Cup qualifiers Morocco for 96 minutes. side-footed home following a nifty through ball from charge of the Czech side since replacing Karel Jarolim But then came heartbreak for the visitors as they con- Dockal. following the team’s 5-1 defeat to Russia in a friendly in ceded a penalty and Fajr scored to lift Morocco within The Slovaks responded minutes later when Marek September. a point of Group B pacesetters Cameroon. Ronald PRAGUE: A late header by substitute Patrik Schick Hamsik, who was winning his record 108th cap, Ukraine top the group after beating Slovakia 1-0 Pfumbidzai struck a superb goal midway through the gave the Czech Republic a 2-1 win over neighbouring smashed a rebound into an empty goal after Czech at home and coming from behind to snatch a 2-1 first half to put Zimbabwe on the road to glory at a Slovakia on Saturday and earned the visiting side their keeper Tomas Vaclik did well to save an Adam Nemec victory in the dying seconds over the Czech packed 80,000-seat Stade des Martyrs.—AFP first points in the Nations League competition. header following a corner. Republic away. —Reuters Established 1961 Sport

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Djokovic wins Shanghai Masters ‘I am very close now to Nadal in the rankings and put myself in a good position’

SHANGHAI: Novak Djokovic of Serbia poses with his trophy after beating Borna Coric of Croatia in their men’s singles final match at the Shanghai Masters tennis tournament yesterday. — AFP

SHANGHAI: The “new” Novak Djokovic warned that Beijing last week because of a knee injury, will be just the operation. plaints about losing to “one of the best in the history of he was gunning for Rafael Nadal’s world number one 215 points ahead of Djokovic in the race to finish as Djokovic, who has been particularly dominant on his tennis”. In what was the biggest match of his life, he ranking after winning the Shanghai Masters with a 6-3, year-end number one. “I could not ask for a better sce- serve, not dropping one service game in Shanghai, said: wore heavy strapping on one thigh and has been trou- 6-4 victory over Borna Coric yesterday. nario,” Djokovic, who last sat atop the rankings two “I think you’re seeing the new Novak. “I don’t need to bled by a stiff neck that saw him ponder pulling out The 14-time Grand Slam champion has been imperi- years ago, said of his late surge to the summit of men’s describe him, that’s all I can say. “I had to reinvent before the tournament. ous all week and barely offered a sniff to the 19th- tennis. “I am very close now to Nadal in the rankings myself and find, you know, (a) proper formula for suc- But he refused to blame those for defeat to the man ranked Croatian, a good friend and sometime-training and put myself in a good position for the last period of cess. “I found it and I’m just trying to hold on to it as he considers something of an idol. “He was the much partner. The end when it inevitably arrived was anti-cli- the year.” long as I can.” Asked by AFP if he had a message for better player on the court. I was playing good, really, I mactic, with the Serb winning the championship point Red-hot Djokovic has now been victorious in 18 ATP the under-pressure Nadal, the Serb smiled: “I will leave was really happy how I played,” he said. after a video review. matches in a row and in recent months won Wimbledon, that up to your creative spirit of journalism.” “I felt even if I was serving a little bit better, he’d still Djokovic buried his head in his hand at the absurdity the Cincinnati Masters, the US Open and now Shanghai The 32-year-old Nadal could return from his latest return my serves, so there is nothing I can do.” Coric, of it. The 31-year-old will leapfrog Roger Federer into for a fourth time. It is all a far cry from just five months injury for the Paris Masters, which starts at the end of the 13th seed, was chasing only the third title of his second in the world when the rankings are released on ago, when Djokovic fell to 22nd in the world as he this month. Djokovic said he could play Vienna or Basel, career and defeated top seed Federer in the semi-finals Monday but will not stop there as the season reaches struggled following elbow surgery in February. He the week before Paris, in an effort to further rein in his to underline his rich promise. He also dispensed of its climax. missed the second half of 2017 with elbow and off- rankings rival. three-time Grand Slam winner and Federer’s fellow Spanish great Nadal, who was not in Shanghai or court issues, but said he had adapted his game since The 21-year-old Coric said that he had no com- Swiss Stan Wawrinka in his opening match. —AFP

Despite chants of “Keep going Wang with a forehand winner. But the Ukrainian’s Yastremska Qiang!” ringing out in Cantonese round the nerves were on display in the long final game Centre Court, the 26-year-old appeared curi- of the match, serving a total of three double ously listless, the day after she had put both faults. “It was (the) toughest game,” she said. blitzes Wang world number five Elina Svitolina and former “In your mind you’re visualising the way Wimbledon champion Garbine Muguruza to you’re winning, but at the same time you have the sword. Until yesterday, Yastremska’s chief to stay right here, right now playing this to claim first claim to fame had been 2016 Wimbledon girls point.” She won her maiden title with a heavy singles finalist, but earlier this year she serve, and stood on court for a moment look- title in HK became the first player born this millennium to ing dumbfounded. break into the WTA top 100 rankings. She did The world number 102 said she was not “a not appear overwhelmed appearing in her first star yet”, adding she had no time to celebrate HONG KONG: Ukrainian teenager Dayana final, despite saying she had woken up so as she flies out of Hong Kong to prepare for Yastremska said yesterday she was dreaming nervous she could not eat. her next tournament in Luxembourg. “To go to of a Grand Slam after she crushed Chinese “I thought it would be more difficult,” she Luxembourg and win-that’s the goal. Every number one Wang Qiang 6-2, 6-1 at the Hong said. “But if before the match you think it’s tournament I play, every match I play my goal Kong Open to claim her first ever title. going to be really difficult you up your focus, is to win, to perfect myself, to get experience The 18-year-old comprehensively out- and when you go on court you stay more ded- and to win one day a Grand Slam,” she said. played the world number 24 to win the tour- icated to each point, that’s what helped me to Wang blamed fatigue for her flat perform- nament without losing a set all week, walking stay that calm during the whole match.” ance after a frenetic summer and autumn away with a cheque for $163,265 and more She instantly put her opponent under pres- which seen her claim two titles, a host of big than doubling her career winnings at a stroke. sure by forcing two break points in the open- name scalps and a gold medal at the Asian Wang-who has been touted by some as a ing service game, eventually breaking Wang to Games. “I think I was really tired after the last potential successor to Chinese tennis icon Li go 4-2 up, and claimed the set with a blister- two months,” she said. “It was really tough to HONG KONG: Dayana Yastremska of Ukraine poses with the champion’s trophy after winning her Na-was chasing her third title but was never ing backhand return. play against (Yastremska) — she played really women’s singles final match against Wang Qiang of China at the Hong Kong Open tennis tourna- in the match, which was over in little more Yastremska started the second set in much aggressive, not too many mistakes, good ment yesterday. — AFP than an hour. the same style, immediately breaking Wang serve, good return.” —AFP