SHAABAN 10, 1439 AH THURSDAY, APRIL 26, 2018 Max 34º 32 Pages Min 24º 150 Fils Established 1961 ISSUE NO: 17516 The First Daily in the Arabian Gulf www.kuwaittimes.net Kuwait stresses religious Iran rejects any new nuclear Nigeria’s favorite mocktail Real Madrid snatch 2-1 3 leaders’ role for safe world 8 deal proposed by US, France 32 Chapman packs a punch 16 comeback win at Bayern Kuwait expels Filipino envoy, recalls ambassador to Manila MPs hail foreign ministry for upholding nation’s sovereignty, laws, dignity By B Izzak and Agencies KUWAIT: Kuwait yesterday ordered the Philippines Amir praises role of teachers ambassador to leave within a week and recalled its own envoy for consultations after embassy staff tried to “res- cue” Filipino domestic workers amid reports of abuse. An official at Kuwait’s foreign ministry said Philippine Ambassador Renato Pedro Villa had been summoned to be informed of his expulsion. The decision was the latest episode in a three-month crisis sparked by reports that abuse by employers had driven several Filipinos to sui- cide. The Philippines had apologized on Tuesday for what Kuwait viewed as a “flagrant” violation of its sovereignty, with the Philippine foreign secretary saying the embassy was forced to “assist” Filipino workers who sought help as some situations were a matter of life and death. The Kuwaiti foreign ministry deemed such illegal acts as a blatant violation of Kuwaiti law and international Renato Pedro Villa covenants and charters and tantamount to intervention in the state’s domestic affairs and meddling in jurisdictions of ernment affirms that such acts and statements constitute the security apparatuses, it said in a statement. These acts explicit breach of international principles and covenants,” also constitute a flagrant violation of the 1961 Vienna the official statement said. Convention on Diplomatic Relations, namely Provision 41 These acts had prompted the Kuwaiti foreign ministry that bars infringement on individuals’ prerogatives and to summon the Philippine ambassador twice, lodging with immunities, respecting states’ laws and non-intervention in him complaints expressing Kuwait’s extreme dismay and their local affairs. denunciation of such dangerous transgressions. It added it The ministry statement noted that Philippine officials had given the ambassador three days to provide the stated that the foreign ministry of the Asian nation dis- names of Filipino residents in Kuwait who had “kid- KUWAIT: HH the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah attends a ceremony yesterday honoring a group of patched “reinforcements to the embassy in Kuwait; com- napped” domestic workers from their employers’ homes, devoted teachers on the occasion of International Teacher’s Day for the academic year 2016-2017. The Amir expressed prised of seven teams affiliated with the foreign under- but it had yet to receive a response from the embassy. appreciation of Kuwaiti teachers and praised their great sense of responsibility. — KUNA (See Page 3) secretary for labor and immigration on the pretext of res- Kuwaiti security forces “will continue to chase down those cuing female housemaids in Kuwait”. “The Kuwaiti gov- Continued on Page 11 first map was published in Sept 2016, based on a year’s Astronomy to be worth of observations of about 1.15 billion stars. An update, launched at the ILA international air and space show in Berlin, adds stars and provides more data on revolutionized by each one, from measurements taken over 22 months in 2014-2016. Some stars were measured as many as 70 Milky Way map times as the satellite, co-rotating with Earth around the Sun, continuously scanned the galaxy. “For some of the PARIS: Europe’s Gaia satellite has produced a 3-D brightest stars in the survey, the level of precision map, hailed as revolutionary, of more than a billion stars equates to Earth-bound observers being able to spot a in our Milky Way galaxy - complete with their distance Euro coin lying on the surface of the Moon,” said an from Earth, color, and motion through space. The ESA statement. eagerly-anticipated catalogue, published yesterday, The new, improved map depicts 1.7 billion stars “for was compiled from data Gaia gathered on some 1.7 bil- which we can tell where they are in the sky with very lion stars from its unique vantage point in space, about high accuracy, and how bright they are,” said Anthony 1.5 million kn from Earth. “The dataset is very rich and Brown of the Gaia Data Processing and Analysis we believe it will revolutionize astronomy and our Consortium. For 1.3 billion of those, “we know their dis- understanding of the Milky Way,” Gaia’s scientific oper- tance and we know how they move through space”. ations manager Uwe Lammers told AFP of the massive There is, furthermore, information on the radial veloci- data release. “This catalogue is the most precise, most ties of some seven million stars - indicating the rate at complete catalogue that has ever been produced. It which they are moving towards, or away from, Earth. allows studies which have not been possible before.” With all this data, “we can make a map of the whole Launched in 2013, Gaia started operating the fol- night sky,” said Brown, who described the end result lowing year, gathering data on 100,000 stars per as “stunning”. Gaia’s all-sky view of our Milky Way galaxy and neighboring galaxies, based on measurements of nearly 1.7 billion stars. — AFP minute - some 500 million measurements per day. Its Continued on Page 11 Salah threatens Popular Indian ‘Perception gap’ Messi, Ronaldo guru jailed for threatens wider stranglehold life for teen rape Middle East war LIVERPOOL: Mohamed Salah could be the man to JODHPUR, India: An finally break the Ronaldo-Messi duopoly at the top of Indian guru with millions of TEHRAN: Analysts fear a wider Middle Eastern world football after the Liverpool forward burnished his followers was sentenced to war is brewing between Iran and its rivals, Israel and soaring reputation with a mesmerizing Champions life in prison yesterday for Saudi Arabia, warning that their failure to under- League performance against Roma. Real Madrid’s raping a teenage devotee stand each other’s intentions threatens to tear the Cristiano Ronaldo and Barcelona’s Lionel Messi have on the pretext of ridding region apart. “We will not allow Iranian entrench- locked down the Ballon d’Or award for a decade, win- her of evil spirits, his ment in Syria, no matter the price to pay,” Israeli ning five gongs apiece - for the past seven years they lawyer said. Asaram Bapu, Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman declared this have occupied the top two slots. one of India’s most charis- month. His comments followed air strikes on Syria’s But Salah is now second favourite with many book- matic and controversial T-4 airbase, which killed seven Iranian personnel. makers behind Ronaldo for this year’s award after “godmen”, was given the Asaram Bapu Israel did not claim responsibility, but the raid was scoring his 42nd and 43rd goals of the season in a maximum sentence at a widely seen as its first direct attack on Iranian assets thrilling 5-2 victory for Liverpool in the Champions closed jailhouse hearing in and a worrying sign of how Syria’s seven-year con- League semi-final first leg. After his first strike against Rajasthan state, where hundreds of police were on high flict could escalate into a wider regional war. his former club on Tuesday, the man dubbed by fans alert for any backlash from his disciples. “Asaram has The Middle East is mired in what the as the “Egyptian King” stood motionless, hands raised been sentenced for life until death,” Rajendra Singh, a International Crisis Group calls a dangerous “gap in in apology, as bedlam broke out on a night for the LIVERPOOL: Liverpool’s Egyptian midfielder Mohamed Salah defense lawyer, told AFP outside the court in the west- perceptions that has locked Iran and its rivals in an ages at Anfield. celebrates scoring their first goal during the UEFA ern city of Jodhpur. escalatory spiral of proxy fights that is destroying Salah’s curling effort arrowed into the top corner Champions League first leg semi-final between Liverpool The white-bearded guru, 77, has always denied rap- the region”. With Iranian-backed militias with such accuracy his manager Jurgen Klopp labelled and Roma at Anfield stadium on Tuesday. — AFP ing the then 16-year-old in 2013 during a spiritual entrenched in Iraq, Syria and Lebanon, Iran’s rivals it “a genius strike”. Soon after came the forward’s sig- retreat at his ashram in Jodhpur. His lawyer said they worry it is seeking to dominate the region and gath- nature finish, a cute dink over advancing Roma goal- It also came just a few weeks before Neymar’s move would appeal the sentence. Asaram is just the latest er forces for an attack on Israel. But the ICG said keeper Alisson for his 43rd goal in 47 games for from Barcelona to Paris Saint-Germain for a world high-profile guru jailed for sex crimes, and his convic- Iran sees quite the opposite, “a region dominated Liverpool. When Salah, 25, made the move from the record €222 million revolutionized the transfer market. tion comes as India reverberates with anger over a by powers with superior military capabilities”, and Italian capital back to the Premier League just 10 The Brazilian’s desire to leave the Catalan giants was series of child rapes in recent weeks. Two of the four only supported the Syrian government because it months ago for €42 million ($51 million), there were tied to his ambition to beat Messi and Ronaldo to the other co-accused, including a woman, were also found feared losing one of its few allies and being encir- plenty who felt Roma had got the better deal.