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Afghan and Turkish leaders reaffirmed that strategic cooperation and connectivity are key to boosting the regional economy. MAHMOOD RAQI : Work on a President Ashraf Ghani has met his vital road connecting central counterpart, president Receb Kapisa province with other three Tayyip Erdogan, in Turkey on the provinces could not be resumed in sidelines of the summit of the seven years due to non- Organization of Islamic construction of the Gulbahar Cooperation (OIC) and discussed Bridge. Importance of the Road: regional issues, Ghani’s office said The 21-kilometre road in a statement. At the meeting, connects Mahmood Raqi’s Guldan Erdogan reaffirmed the area with Jablus Saraj Chock in continuation of Turkey’s support Parwan province. Heavy and light and partnership with Afghanistan traffic from the country’s east and stressed the need to strengthen travel this road to the north. ties, according to the statement. The road makes the distance Ghani and Erdogan also talked shorter between the eastern and about the Heart of Asia Istanbul northern provinces, compared to Process and its importance for the road going to the north from regional peace and stability. Both Kabul, signifying its importance. leaders affirmed that the strategic But in the Gulbahar Bazaar, cooperation among regional work has been stopped on a 300- countries and connectivity is key meter long bridge, interrupting to boosting the economy. They enhancing economic cooperation early Thursday after vehicular movement. The previous agreed that the Lapis-Lazuli and connectivity in the region. The participating and delivering a bridge was made of woods and iron Transit Trade and Transport Route statement did not provide further speech at the OIC summit. that often got damaged and was an achievement that aims at details. Ghani returned to Kabul (ToloNews) resultantly brought the traffic to a halt. Residents of the locality The residents and local officials said work on the vital road was expected to be completed in Journalists’ safety: Kabul ignores three years, but due the non- The Afghan government wants "The discussions of what forces aircraft — bringing the total to 18 construction of Gulbahar bridge, co-sponsoring UN resolution the US to redeploy the A-10 we move to Afghanistan or F-16s — and a KC-135 tanker work on the road was also halted. Thunderbolt attack aircraft to drawdown from Iraq and Syria are aircraft to Afghanistan in recent Sher Zaman, a driver, said a KABUL: The Afghanistan France, and Tunisia, was adopted firm and public stance in favour bolster efforts in the fight against all ongoing," Bunch said. After the months, according to the report. one-way bridge was constructed Journalists Center (AFJC) on at the Third Committee of the of journalists’ freedom on the the Taliban, according to a liberation of Mosul in Iraq and The numbers of weapons released during former President Hamid Wednesday said it was UNGA on 20 November 2017 by international stage at the UN this Military Times report. Raqqa in Syria in July and October, by US combat aircraft in Karzai’s initial years and later the disappointed to learn that the consensus. It received the support year.” said Ahmad Quraishi, AFJC A senior Afghan defense respectively, operations against Afghanistan have hit highs not seen bridge’s condition dilapidated and Afghan government had failed to of 88 cosponsoring UN member Executive Director. He added that official said that the government Daesh in those two countries, in since the 2010 surge. Air Forces would result in multiple accidents co-sponsor the UN resolution on states from across all regions and despite President Ashraf Ghani wants the vaunted A-10, which which the A-10 played a major Central Command data released in every year. “Many parts of the safety of journalists and the issue Afghanistan is not included “We and Chief Executive Abdullah is highly regarded for its role, have begun to wind down. October showed 751 weapons bridge have damaged and this of impunity. In a statement, the are regretted that Afghanistan did Abdullah’s commitments, durability and lethal capacity in President Trump has also started dropped in September, eclipsing winter drivers may fear using the organization said Afghanistan not co-sponsor the recent UN Afghanistan did not support the close-air-support operations, to to pursue an expansion of US the 503 released in August and set bridge as it often results in continued to be among the most resolutions on the safety of resolution which is a return to Afghanistan. operations in Afghanistan over the a new five-year high. accidents,” he said. Khairullah, a dangerous places for journalists journalists at the UN General disappointing move. On No decision on A-10 latter half of the year and the Air US forces in Afghanistan have tribal elder in Khohistanat-1 with widespread impunity in place. Assembly (GA resolution 70/162, November 12, 2017, AFJC, a deployments has been made, Force may see increased also turned their attention to the district, said the construction The UNGA resolution on "the December 2015) or UN Human member of the global IFEX according to Air Force Brig. operations in Afghanistan as a part Taliban's involvement in the drug company which held the road Safety of Journalists and the Issue Rights Council (HRC resolution network, together with the global Gen. Lance Bunch, who directs of that expansion. The Air Force trade to cut into the insurgent contract “owes eight months’ of Impunity", initiated by Greece, 33/2, September 2016) and it was freedom of expression US air operations in Afghanistan. has deployed six more F-16 fighter group's financing. (ToloNews) wages to locals.” (Pajhwok) Argentina, Austria, Costa Rica, important that Afghanistan take a organisation ARTICLE 19. FRIDAY .DECEMBER 15, 2017 AFGHANISTANTIMES

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By Alexander Gillespie This same problem almost lead in setting down their respective They also recall that the last to a nuclear war between the red lines. Neither side is time they suspended their The situation on the Korean US and the Soviet Union in sincere, trusts the other, or military exercises, the North Peninsula - with the clear risk 1983. communicates with respect. Koreans cheated on the of a Third World War - is the The military exercises that The recipe for war is nearly reciprocal commitments they most tense and dangerous caused difficulties for North perfect. made. The Americans are also peace and security issue Korea annually (and may have In this very tense aware that no matter how humanity currently faces. The been instrumental in it creating atmosphere, both Russia and provocative their military Regardless of their positions, everyone is going to be held insanity of this situation is akin its own nuclear deterrent), China are proposing to the two exercises are, they are not to two madmen - "Rocket Man" peaked in scale around 1990. sides a "freeze-for-freeze" or illegal or, in comparison to accountable for carrying illegal arms and cars if found guilty and "Dotard" as they like to call The number and scope of these "dual suspension" agreement, North Korea's nuclear each other - rapidly accelerating exercises rapidly declined with as a first step towards programme, in violation of the during a week-long campaign. The aim of this campaign is to towards one another on a train- the first nuclear control substantive negotiations. The will of the international collect the illegal weapons as part of the Ministry of Interior’s track. agreement of 1994. The war core of this idea is that North community. For Trump, to agree As they hurtle towards games were only re-ignited in Korea would freeze both its to a freeze on war games would efforts to curb violence in Kabul. Indeed, this is not an easy each other, US President their full capacity after North nuclear explosions and missile be to reward the bad behaviour Donald Trump is unequivocal Korea broke the agreement and tests, and in return, the US and of a regime that is now task as police in its first day of the campaign already faced that he will not cancel the war tested their first nuclear bomb its allies would suspend their promising to destroy cities in some challenges as powerful wings and some government games that are so provocative in 2006. large-scale military exercises the US mainland. to North Korean leader Kim Kim Jong Un knows that a that threaten North Korea. Despite holding the high officials opposed to remove the black plastic sheeting from their Jong-un, while demanding his freeze-for-freeze is his next best The freeze-for-freeze deal ground on this issue, in the face opponent give up his nuclear option. will not solve the much larger of a possible nuclear conflict, cars’ windows. But one thing is for must that none is above the arsenal. In reply, Kim shouts he Current exercises now issues of how to deal with a the US president should not law. Everyone from President Ashraf Ghani to ordinary Afghans will not talk to Trump while involve troop and aircraft nuclear-armed North Korea and dismiss the freeze-for-freeze military exercises are being numbers that are equal to or the likely proliferation of option. Every option to avoid have to obey by the law. It is very sad to learn that some powerful conducted next door, and his even exceed historical levels. In nuclear weapons in South war must be fully explored. The people are not act upon the law. None should undermine the country will never give up its addition, nuclear strike drills, Korea and Japan if this upset most advanced military in the nuclear deterrent. nuclear preparedness status, a in the regional balance of world could continue to importance of such campaign, because illegal arms and tinted Kim Jong-un is accelerating near-continuous sequence of power remains. Although this prepare in any other theatre, from one direction, in clear military routines, and a new freeze-for-freeze proposal will except next door to North cars are most driver of the violence, including murder, defiance of Trump and the generation of weapons are not solve these longer-term Korea. kidnapping, robbery, blackmailing, threatening people, especially international community with taking stress levels to heights problems, it is currently the At the same time, further his nuclear and missile tests. equal, if not beyond, the most best chance for avoiding an deployments of missile defence the rich ones to death or abduction their family members if they His most recent nuclear test, tense points of the Cold War. accidental war in the short term. may still be possible in South over ten times larger than the Although neither side Kim Jong-un knows that a Korea without violating the refuse to regularly pay them a certain amount, and other act of one that flattened Hiroshima, actually intends to collide with freeze-for-freeze is his next best conditions of a freeze-freeze crimes which is too deadly for Kabul residents. Recently 10- has been matched by rapid the other, they are only one option. He now has very deal. Also, North Korea could increases in both the types and accident, provocation, tantrum powerful nuclear weapons and be convinced to freeze its member of a single family was murdered in Kabul. Who is capacities of his missiles. This or paranoid misunderstanding possibly the missiles needed to military exercises. A timeline for progress is driven by more away from a catastrophe. None deliver them. His the freeze could be attached to responsible for this in-human act? The answer is very much missile tests during his time of the safeguards or confidence complementary goal is to the deal, and everything agreed clear and that’s illegal armed people. The illegal armed than all of the earlier North building measures (pdf) that ensure the survival of his in a temporary freeze would be Korean dictators added prevented accidental conflict regime, for which freezing the without prejudice to the much individual entered a house in Khair Khana are in northern part together (86 out of all 117 North during the Cold War is being status quo would suit him well. larger possible settlement with Korean missile tests were applied. There is no hotline for He is also aware of the North Korea. of Kabul, killing 10 of the family, including women and children. conducted during Kim Jong- the leaders to communicate precedent that the Americans None of this is ideal, but it Now the interior ministry wants to end to such brutality in the un's rule). directly with each other. stopped or shrank their war is much better than the only Trump is speeding from the There is minimal games in the 1990s to pave the certainty before us. The future and collecting illegal arms and cars is need of the hour. other direction. He is transparency, information way to the original agreement certainty is that if accidental The ministry expressed hope that the campaign would result conducting military exercises in sharing or independent with North Korea on nuclear war does occur, everyone will clear defiance of warnings from observers, so as not to weapons. lose a lot more than the cost of into reducing the threat of illegal arms to a great extent until both Russia and China that misunderstand or be startled The Americans do not see exploring whether a temporary these exercises are, in the eyes by the war games, missile or it the same way. They know safety measure can be placed zero. We, the Afghans taking this campaign as a glad tiding in of North Korea, becoming nuclear tests of the other. North Korea has complained between two trains heading which after this none could carry arms without permission. It increasingly difficult to Neither side is predictable nor and threatened about their towards each other at high distinguish from actual attacks. have they been unambiguous military exercises for decades. speed. (Al Jazeera) doesn’t mean you don’t have the right to have arms for your safety. People who need arms should take license from the Ministry of Interior. There is no denying to the fact that half of the current insecurity is because of the presence of thousands of illegal armed individual in the capital and other cities across the country. This is dismal situation for commoners. Though this strategy is seen optimistically in helping decrease of insecurity, but the public’s support in this campaign is as important as oxygen to human. Government plus public support is significant to all area, including fight against terrorists, corruption, injustice, and other tribulations we are currently facing. 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LONDON/NEW YORK: As bitcoin raced to another record high on Tuesday, one of the biggest providers of digital currency wallets, Coinbase, went down under the weight of traffic, leaving many of its more than 10 million customers unable to access their inched up 0.1 percent to 112.62 difference. But it is an important funds. yen JPY=, after sliding 0.9 percent symbolic message in the right At the same time, Bitfinex, the on Wednesday and having direction, that rates are going world’s biggest bitcoin exchange retreated from Tuesday's four- higher,” said Heng Koon How, by trading volume, said it was week high of 113.75 yen. head of markets strategy for United under a heavy denial-of-service The euro edged up 0.1 percent Overseas Bank in Singapore. (DDoS) attack, meaning its servers to $1.1836 EUR=, having climbed China’s move underscores the had been intentionally flooded 0.7 percent on Wednesday. gradual moves toward monetary with junk online requests, taking The dollar was also weighed policy tightening taking place down its website and crippling its contract a week later. down after U.S. core consumer globally, Heng added. services. So far this week, the launch of price data released on Wednesday Data showing a surge in The latest outages show how futures by Cboe does not appear showed slowing inflation, raising Australian jobs growth in the market infrastructure for an to have created any additional concerns the Fed will be less able November gave a lift to the Aussie, immature and volatile instrument volatility, with price moves less to execute multiple rate increases which touched a one-month high that millions of investors have violent than last week’s wild next year. But some analysts see of $0.7675, and was last up 0.4 piled into may be ill-equipped to trading. hopes for progress on U.S. tax percent on the day at $0.7665 cope with sudden shifts in But Tim Swanson, a bitcoin reform, including tax cuts, lending AUD=D3. demand, which is worrying some expert and founder of Post Oak support to the dollar. Later on Thursday, investors investors. Labs, a technology advisory firm, Congressional Republicans will turn their focus to monetary During a particularly volatile said he was concerned that if the SINGAPORE: The dollar percent to 93.372 .DXY after interest rate projections steady reached a deal on final tax policy decisions by the European period of trading on Dec. 7, bitcoin futures liquidity increases there remained on the defensive on falling 0.7 percent on Wednesday. rather than revising them higher. legislation on Wednesday, clearing Central Bank and the Bank of surged from below $16,000 to could be an incentive for someone Thursday, having tumbled after the SPONSORED Some market participants had the way for final votes next week England. The BoE is widely $19,500 in less than an hour on with a large bet against bitcoin to Federal Reserve raised interest The Fed raised key short-term speculated the Fed could raise its on a package that would slash the expected to keep interest rates on Coinbase’s exchange GDAX, while disrupt or attack the network to rates as expected, but left its rate rates by a quarter point to a range interest rate projection for next U.S. corporate tax rate to 21 hold at 0.5 percent on Thursday, it was changing hands at less than make money from the ensuing price outlook for the coming years of 1.25-1.50 percent on year to four rate hikes, said Stephen percent and cut taxes for wealthy after raising rates for the first time $16,000 on another, Bitstamp. fall. unchanged. Wednesday. The Fed projected Innes, head of trading in Asia- Americans. since 2007 last month. As trading volume surged, CME Group and Cboe There was limited reaction three more hikes in both 2018 and Pacific for Oanda in Singapore. Hours after the Fed’s rate hike, The ECB is seen likely to keep GDAX and Coinbase went down declined to comment. among major currencies after China 2019, unchanged from the last “From the market perspective, China’s central bank on Thursday interest rates steady and reaffirm at least 10 times because of Flooding the bitcoin network raised interest rates marginally, in round of forecasts in September. anybody who was leaning that raised interest rates for its reverse its existing monetary policy “record-high traffic”, Coinbase with tiny transactions could the wake of the Fed’s move. Traders and analysts said the way basically ran for the exit,” repos and medium-term lending stance, after having decided in said. potentially send the price down The dollar index, which tracks dollar came under pressure after Innes said, referring to the dollar’s facility (MLF) loans by 5 basis October to halve bond buys to 30 “More people are engaging sharply, said Swanson, as could the greenback against a basket of the Fed’s policy announcement as drop after the Fed meeting. points. “Five basis points is not billion euros a month from January. with our platform than ever and sending many sell-signals to the six major currencies, eased 0.1 the U.S. central bank kept its Against the yen, the dollar going to make that much of a (Reuters) that bodes well for the future of market that are not honored - so- the digital currency. At the same called spoofing, which is illegal in time, it does create extreme regulated markets. Australian jobs volatility and stress on our A surge in bitcoin trades in systems,” the company’s director recent weeks has also left the of business operations, David blockchain network that the growth surges, Farmer, said. cryptocurrency relies on to “We can confirm that there has process and verify transactions unemployment been no unusual or suspicious struggling to keep up. activity. All we know right now is As of Wednesday at 1445 that there is a large amount of GMT, more than 125,000 bitcoin near traffic,” he told Reuters. transactions remained Bitfinex said it had been under unconfirmed. In the past week, a sustained DDoS attack since last more than half a million new users 5-year lows week. have opened wallets with retail- Australian employment surged “While last week the platform focused bitcoin wallet provider traded continuously, to effectively past all expectations in November, Elengy Terminal Pakistan Limited Blockchain, the firm said, taking rising the most in more than two perform emergency maintenance, the total number of users to more (ETPL), while responding to a we took the website down for a years and extending a dream run of news story titled “Engro terminal than 20 million, from 10 million 14 straight months of gains, while brief time today (Tuesday) to last year. to handle additional 200 mmcfd of mitigate further issues for the jobless rate remained near five- LNG” published in The Express The London-based company year lows. customers,” a spokesman said. has also been struggling to keep Tribune, has denied that under- “We are constantly improving Thursday’s figures from the utilisation of the terminal capacity up, citing “record traffic levels” last Australian Bureau of Statistics our systems to ensure that we’re week. had resulted in higher charges at able to both accommodate the showed a lofty 61,600 net new $1.45 per mmbtu. VOLATILE TRADING jobs were added last month, immense volume of trading that Created in 2008, bitcoin uses It clarified that the initial occurs on our platform while also compared with forecasts for an tender for 400 mmcfd of gas encryption and a shared 18,000 rise and above an upwardly fending off sustained DDoS blockchain database that enables provided for a levellised tariff of attacks,” he said. revised 7,800 gain in October. $0.66 per mmbtu. After recent the anonymous transfer of funds To put things in perspective, Daniel Masters, founder of outside of a conventional amendment in the LNG supply Global Advisors Bitcoin a comparable increase in U.S. agreement, the tolling fee for the centralized payment system. payrolls would be 736,000. Investment Fund, worries the But there is little evidence to additional 200 mmcfd will be exchanges would struggle to cope Australia’s annual jobs growth rate $0.1745 per mmbtu, which will suggest buyers are using bitcoin as at 3.2 percent is more than twice if there were a sudden rush for the a means of exchange and payment. bring down the overall charges for exit. the U.S. pace of 1.4 percent and 600 mmcfd to $0.4799 per unit. On the whole, they buy the the second fastest on record. “The ability of these platforms cryptocurrency as a speculative Engro terminal to handle to handle volume is yet to be The strong set of numbers sent additional 200 mmcfd of LNG investment, attracted by massive the Australian dollar higher by tested properly,” he said. “What price gains, said Garrick Hileman, Furthermore, ETPL denied any happens if this market turns into a more than a quarter of a U.S. cent violation of PPRA rules, saying it a research fellow at the University to $0.7673, a level not seen since lot of sellers? The liquidity itself of Cambridge’s Judge Business was the only entity at that time could be an issue.” early November. running a fully operational LNG School. The detail in Thursday’s data Charles Cascarilla, chief As a result, some banks say terminal in the country and no executive of New York-based was also upbeat with full-time jobs other parties participated in the they are worried that a collapse in climbing 41,900, bringing gains company Paxos, which operates bitcoin would have a knock-on bidding process. Separately, Sui cryptocurrency exchange itBit, since November 2016 to a Southern Gas Company (SSGC) effect on investments by individual blistering 304,600. told Reuters that dealing with investors in other asset classes. rejected the idea that SSGC and spikes in volume was a problem The unemployment rate ETPL had inked an agreement for Deutsche Bank said in a report stayed at 5.4 percent as more faced by all exchanges, not just on Dec. 7 that a bitcoin crash - and utilising the additional re- cryptocurrency platforms. people went looking for work, gasification capacity of 200 mmcfd the impact it could have on retail matching the lowest reading since “Clearly the reality is the investors’ confidence - was one of without going into the bidding world of cryptocurrency is February 2013. The participation process. Procurement Rules 2004. Based on procurement process. For the sake of transparency, it the biggest risks to markets in rate hopped to 65.5 percent, growing at an exponential rate right 2018. SSGC said in accordance with the law firm’s opinion, SSGC Later, SSGC sought a tender said, the tender enquiry was also now and everyone is doing their heights not seen since early 2011. government directives it had sought invoked Rule 42 (d) (ii) enquiry from ETPL, which was the published in leading newspapers Periods of high volatility are The data will be welcomed by best to expand infrastructure, but not uncommon in other currencies advice from a leading law firm well “Negotiated Tendering” to only LNG terminal operator at the and posted on PPRA and SSGC it is hard to know what would the Reserve Bank of Australia versed with the Public maintain transparency in the time, through negotiated tendering. websites. (TRIBUNE) and asset classes, particularly in (RBA) which is hoping the solid happen in a hypothetical commodities and emerging run in employment would scenario,” he said. markets. But bitcoin’s volatility is ultimately lead to higher wages Cameron Winklevoss, co- extreme, and frequent: the one-day growth and inflation. Driver founder of the Gemini exchange, price move has been more than 10 Yet, interest rate futures still an early bitcoin investor and an percent on nine days in the past imply an increase in the 1.50 Target to buy shipt for $550m outspoken supporter of the three months. percent cash rate is months away, shortages hit cryptocurrency, said the risk the Moves of a similar magnitude with a hike not fully priced in until wider market would suffer badly for the U.S dollar, for example, are early 2019. in Challenge toAmazon sales growth if one exchange went down no extremely rare. Its biggest one-day “There is still some slack in longer existed, as trading volume move against a major currency was the labour market and further jobs Target Corp. agreed to purchase Four out of five shoppers want at $62.67 Wednesday, while the had become more evenly spread. in January 2015 when the Swiss gains are required to lift wages,” grocery-delivery startup Shipt Inc. same-day shipping, according to a news caused a momentary dip for at online “We are definitely beyond the central bank abandoned a cap on said Ryan Felsman, Sydney-based for $550 million, stepping up its survey by fulfillment software the shares of Shipt’s existing retail too-big-to-fail situation,” he told the franc, sending the dollar down senior economist at CommSec. challenge to Amazon.com Inc. by maker Temando, but only half of partners, Kroger Co. and Costco grocer Ocado Reuters. “That was a problem we 18 percent. While firms are scooping up speeding the rollout of same-day retailers offer it. Wholesale Corp. Kroger ended the had five years ago when Mt. Gox Some bitcoin watchers, such workers, they are not so keen on accounted for 95 percent of as Swanson, also worry about the shipping. “With Shipt’s network of local day up 1.4 percent, while Costco British online grocer Ocado paying them more, leaving wage The all-cash deal will let Target shoppers and their current market was little changed. volume.” risk of one of the big exchanges growth near record lows and (OCDO.L) suffered a slow down “Most of the exchanges are being suddenly shut by authorities. customers order groceries and penetration, we will move from Kroger said it’s still optimistic in retail sales growth in its latest putting an unwelcome cap on other goods online, and then have days to hours, dramatically about the company’s prospects doing a good job. This is a 24/7 In July, U.S. authorities shut down consumer spending and inflation. quarter, hurt by a shortage of market, there is no session close the website of the BTC-e exchange, the items sent directly to their accelerating our ability to bring for home delivery after expanding drivers, it said on Thursday. An “The wages growth puzzle still doors from nearby Target stores. affordable same-day delivery to its logistics operations in recent and there is no downtime.” saying it had “facilitated needs to be resolved before the Ocado delivery truck drives Mt. Gox, the world’s biggest transactions involving Buying Shipt further beefs up guests across the country,” John years via partnerships with through Fingest in southern Reserve Bank moves interest Target’s logistics operations after Mulligan, Target’s chief operating Instacart Inc. and others. bitcoin exchange at the time, ransomware, computer hacking, England October 8, 2013. collapsed in 2014 after hackers identity theft, tax refund fraud rates,” Felsman added. “Therefore, the retailer earlier this year acquired officer, said in a statement. “We feel really good about the REUTERS/Suzanne Plunkett official interest rates are unlikely software company Grand The deal will give Target same- variety of partnerships Kroger has stole 650,000 bitcoins, triggering a schemes, public corruption, and Ocado, which last month secured collapse in the bitcoin price. to change until at least late next Junction, which also manages local day delivery at about half of its going,” corporate communications its biggest overseas deal so far - a drug trafficking”. year.” The scrooge-like pace of and same-day deliveries. Target 1,834 stores by next summer, with head Keith Dailey said. Costco The demise of Mt. Gox left BTC-e, which is no longer partnership with French more than 24,000 customers wage rises is a major reason the now offers same-day delivery in the number growing to a majority Chief Financial Officer Richard supermarket Groupe Casino operating, could not be reached for Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) New York City and can send orders of stores in time for next year’s Galanti declined to comment. unable to access hundreds of comment. (CASP.PA), said its retail sales rose millions of dollars of last month forecast core inflation from 1,400 of its stores. holiday season. The service -- Consumers’ increasing 11.6 percent to 373.8 million The top three exchanges out would not reach the floor of its 2 Competition in this space is costing $99 a year for unlimited preference for shopping online, cryptocurrency and cash. More of more than 100 - Bitfinex, pounds ($501.6 million) in the 14 than three years later none has to 3 percent target band until early growing fiercer, though, as rivals deliveries -- will initially along with Amazon’s purchase of weeks to Dec. 3, its fiscal fourth GDAX and bitFlyer - are home to 2019, a year later than previously Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and Best Buy encompass categories like upscale grocer Whole Foods and quarter, having increased 13.1 recouped a cent. more than 60 percent of all trading, hoped. Wages growth is crawling Co. also offer same-day service, groceries, household essentials and its encroachment into new arenas percent in the previous quarter. BITCOIN FUTURES according to data provider at 2.0 percent, only a sliver above keeping pace with Amazon. electronics before expanding to all like apparel, have sent retailers Average orders per week increased Some investors had said they Bitcoinity. inflation of 1.8 percent. That is Target’s decision to buy Shipt, major product groups by the end scrambling to improve their online 11.1 percent to 280,000 and were worried the launch of bitcoin Another issue specific to the curtailing the spending power of rather than partner with it, “shows of 2019. offerings. E-commerce sales are up average order size rose 0.3 percent futures by the world’s biggest market is the risk of hacking and Australian consumers who are how serious they are,” Kantar Improved Position about 17 percent this holiday to 106.1 pounds. “A shortage of derivative exchanges could theft. More than 980,000 bitcoins already saddled with a mountain Retail analyst Robin Sherk said. “While it will not affect season, according to Adobe capacity, with the lack of drivers exacerbate volatility by prompting have been stolen from exchanges, of debt. Australia’s biggest “One-stop shopping was Target’s capability this holiday Systems Inc., and online merchants in certain locations being the largest some traders to take out large Reuters has found, with the Mt. department store Myer Holdings convenient in the 1990s but for season, the fact that Target will racked up a record $6.59 billion on factor, restricted our sales growth,” positions betting on a price fall in Gox heist accounting for the on Thursday issued a profit today’s families you have to be have this service in place during Cyber Monday alone, the said Chief Executive Tim Steiner. the future. majority. Last week, a Slovenian warning just 10 days before able to do instant food delivery as 2018 will significantly improve its company found. “While this driver shortage has The Chicago-based Cboe cryptocurrency mining Christmas, saying a slump in well. It’s also a realization that online competitive position,” The question for traditional now been largely resolved, there Global Markets Inc. futures marketplace, NiceHash, said it had customer footfall would make Amazon, this big technology Charlie O’Shea, an analyst at retailers is how to handle all those was some short term impact on launched a futures contracts on lost about $64 million worth of first-half earnings “substantially disruptor, has entered the Moody’s Corp., said in a note. internet orders. They could build average orders per week over the bitcoin on Dec. 10 and CME bitcoin in a hack of its payment lower” than a year ago. consumer landscape.” Target rose 2.7 percent to close their own delivery network. period.” (Reuters) Group Inc will launch a rival system. (Reuters) FRIDAY .DECEMBER 15, 2017 AFGHANISTAN TIMES Season al flu k ills m or e globally

specialists. They underwent blood allow a plastic sheet to be stitched tests to determine whether the around it to seal the heart away t h an fetus had major genetic disorders. from the outside air.” “When the results of that test came Since then, Vanellope has had back as low risk of any two additional surgeries — one to abnormalities we jumped up and remove the supporting tube and down in the living room and cried,” another to place her heart behind p r eviou sly Wilkins said in the statement from the skin of her chest wall, Frances the hospital. “At that point we Bu'Lock, a consultant in pediatric decided to fight to give our daughter cardiology, said in an email sent the best chance of surviving.” Wednesday by the hospital. t h ou gh t : So the couple continued on. Vanellope Hope Wilkins is And on that Wednesday touched gently by her parents on morning in November, less than an Dec. 11, at Glenfield Hospital in hour after Vanellope was born — Leicester. (Ben Birchall/PA Wire) US st u d y after she was put in a sterile plastic “She's been lucky, if you like, bag to protect her heart, and after in that she has a structurally normal she was given a breathing tube, heart, which most of these babies fluids and medications to help her don't have and she didn't have any heart beat strong — she was ready other abnormalities with the to undergo complex surgery to put chromosomes. Sometimes the it into place. bowel is outside the body as well. “At around 50 minutes of age, She's not had any of those it was felt that Vanellope was problems,” Bu’Lock said about the stable enough to be transferred newborn, according to BBC News. back to the main theater where she “But she's also proved very had been born to the waiting resilient and she's had a great team anesthetists, congenital heart to support her.” disease and pediatric surgical teams About one in every 126,000 Immediately after Vanellope Hope it?” Wilkins, from Bulwell, chance to live. A pediatric who began the task of putting her babies is born with ectopia cordis, Wilkins was born, she was put in Nottingham, recently asked cardiologist there said the newborn entire heart back inside her chest,” and about 90 percent of them are sterile plastic to protect her heart Findlay about the birth of their first may become the first to survive Jonathan Cusack, a consultant either stillborn or die soon after — which was beating outside her child, according to BBC News. the condition in the United neonatologist within the hospital birth, according to Children's tiny chest. “It was very overwhelming,” Kingdom. system, said in the statement. Hospital Colorado. That said, in It was a moment that her she agreed. “Especially the part In June, Wilkins and Findlay According to the hospital: most cases, babies born with the parents, Dean Wilkins and Naomi where we were just staring at each learned they were expecting their “The actual defect in baby condition also have heart problems Global death rates from seasonal slightly lower but still high rates Findlay, had hoped for but were other because we didn't want to be first child, according to the Vanellope’s chest wall was quite in addition to the heart's unusual influenza are likely between of flu-associated respiratory not certain would actually come told what was happening while it statement from hospital. They small. The main concern with placement; typically babies who 291,000 and 646,000 people each deaths, the researchers said. — a moment in which their baby was happening. But, as soon as also learned early on that the fetus repositioning her heart was that the survive are ones like Vanellope, year, depending on the severity of Dr Peter Salama, executive girl would come into the world, and we heard her cry, that was it,” had an extremely rare condition arteries and veins which bring blood who seemingly have no other heart the circulating flu strain, they said. director of the World Health live. The newborn, who was born Wilkins said, turning toward and were told about the potential to and from the heart were issues. Jack Rychik, director of the That is up from a prior estimate Organization’s Health Emergencies Nov. 22 at Glenfield Hospital in Findlay. “We had a little cry, didn't risks — that she could have other extremely elongated, and might Fetal Heart Program at the range of 250,000 to 500,000 Programme, said the findings Leicester, England, was delivered we?” She started: “It's like we held chromosomal abnormalities or become kinked and blocked when Children’s Hospital of deaths, according to officials from “highlight the importance of by Caesarean section several our breath through it all —” other issues, and that she could die the heart was placed inside the Philadelphia, said the prognosis the U.S. Centers for Disease influenza prevention for seasonal weeks premature with a rare and “For her,” Wilkins added, before she would ever get to live. chest wall. To ensure this didn’t hinges partly on the heart's Control and Prevention, published epidemics, as well as preparedness often fatal congenital condition talking about their daughter. Scans showed her heart and happen, the plan was to use a structure. In the heart, he said, there in the medical journal The Lancet. for pandemics.” U.S. officials are called ectopia cordis, in which the The details came in a stomach growing outside her special splint to support the edges are four chambers — two on the The CDC did not give reasons predicting an especially challenging heart is growing either completely statement Wednesday from the developing body. Weeks later, her of the larger hole that had been top and two on the bottom — as for the hike in estimates but said 2017/2018 flu season, which is just or partially outside the chest cavity. University Hospitals of Leicester stomach had entered her torso, but created in the front of her chest, well as vital vessels; but in most the study by it and global health getting underway in the northern Most babies born with the NHS Trust, where dozens of her heart had not. attached to its own plastic tube. cases of ectopia cordis, the heart partners was based on data from a hemisphere. Flu cases in Australia malformation are stillborn or they doctors, nurses and clinical staffers The soon-to-be parents This meant it was possible to hang structure is affected — whether it larger, more diverse sample of during the 2017 southern do not survive long after birth. worked together late last month to rejected advice to terminate the her heart outside of her chest to be holes, blockages or other countries than previously. It hemisphere winter resulted in “It was overwhelming, wasn't deliver Vanellope and give her a pregnancy. They sought help from help create more space within, and developmental problems. excludes deaths during flu record-high numbers of lab- pandemics and from conditions confirmed hospitalizations and exacerbated by the flu, such as deaths, Dr Anthony Fauci, director heart disease. of the National Institute of Allergy Texas mother “These findings remind us of and Infectious Disease, wrote the seriousness of flu and that flu recently in the New England arrested after Whoopingcoughoutbreak prevention should really be a global Journal of Medicine. priority,” said Dr Joe Bresee, Fauci noted that the flu vaccine associate director for global health was only 10 percent effective at healthy son at the CDC’s Influenza Division fighting the predominant flu strain reported in North Carolinacounty and a co-author of the study. - Influenza A (H3N2) - making had 323 The greatest flu mortality people sick in Australia. As the HENDERSONVILLE, N.C.: A burden falls on the world’s poorest vaccine for this year’s northern doctor visits, North Carolina county health regions and among older adults. hemisphere flu season is the same, department has counted a total of People aged 75 and older and those that could mean the season may 34 cases of pertussis, also known living in sub-Saharan Africa had the be especially severe. Fauci and 13 surgeries, as whooping cough, in a recent highest rates of flu-associated other experts have long called for outbreak. respiratory deaths, the study investment in the development of officials say The Times-News of found. a universal flu vaccine that would Hendersonville reports that the Eastern Mediterranean and protect against both seasonal and Henderson County Department of Southeast Asian countries had pandemic flu. (REUTERS) PHOENIX : A Texas woman has Public Health released its most been arrested after her 8-year-old recent count in the pertussis son had hundreds of unnecessary outbreak on Tuesday. It initially hospital visits and 13 surgeries, reported 21 cases on Dec. 8. officials say. The health department says The tipping point came last Garin denies about 1,000 people in schools and month, when 34-year-old Kaylene the larger community have been Bowen-Wright brought her son identified as having close contact Christopher Bowen to a Dallas with someone who has the hospital, claiming he had a seizure, negotiating for respiratory disease. according to documents obtained Whooping cough is a highly by the Star-Telegram of Fort contagious respiratory disease. It Worth. is usually spread from person to The medical staff reported person by coughing or sneezing or Dengvaxia price seeing a "general and full shake," spending a lot of time with an but could find no evidence of a infected person where you share seizure, officials reported. the same breathing space. That led them to suspect that Babies and young children are his symptoms may have been at greatest risk for serious, younger than 1 year old who get from older siblings, parents, or from infected people. caused intentionally, and they sometimes deadly complications, pertussis need hospital care for caregivers who might not even Locally, hospitals in the area, alerted Child Protective Services especially those who have not complications like pneumonia, know they have it. including Pardee UNC Health Care — the second such report since received all recommended doses of convulsions, or trouble breathing. The best way to prevent and Park Ridge Health, have 2015. the DTaP vaccine, which protects Baby's mom posts whooping whooping cough is to get implemented visitor restrictions in "I am very concerned that against pertussis. According to the cough Facebook plea vaccinated and to keep babies and response to the outbreak. The mother has moved from Centers for Disease Control and The CDC says many babies other people at high risk for health department strongly exaggerating symptoms to inducing Prevention, about half of babies who get whooping cough catch it pertussis complications away recommends people get vaccinated. symptoms," Dr. Suzanne Dakil wrote in the CPS petition, the newspaper reported. How did this happen? Investigators believe the F I R E F I G H T E R S M AY F ACE medical abuse began when Christopher was only 11 days old in 2009, the Star-Telegram said. H I G H E R O D D S F O R S K I N CAN CE R Medical records show Exposure to firefighting chemicals Increased ultraviolet radiation begin full body skin examinations South Florida context," said senior Christopher saw the doctor 323 may be one reason why Florida exposure when firefighters at an earlier age. study author Erin Kobetz, times in Dallas and Houston firefighters have a higher-than- respond to an emergency during "Firefighters are already at risk associate director of the Sylvester between 2009 and 2016, according normal rate of skin cancer, a new daylight hours for developing and dying from Center. "There are certain to the CPS petition. study suggests. Improper decontamination of other cancers, so it's not surprising occupational-vulnerable groups, Kaylene Bowen-Wright is The researchers analyzed data safety gear after an emergency call to me that our research has now including firefighters, who may charged with injury to a child with from almost 2,400 firefighters Exposure to diesel exhaust identified that the risk of skin need more regular skin cancer serious bodily harm, according to statewide who'd participated in a from fire trucks engines idling while cancer among firefighters is screening or to start earlier," the Dallas County Sheriff's Office. cancer survey. They found that 4.5 firefighters prepared to respond to elevated, particularly within the Kobetz added. Former Health Secretary Janette because it was already at the end (Photo: Dallas County Sheriff's percent -- 109 firefighters -- had a call Garin denied negotiating with of the meeting. I said just update Office) been diagnosed with skin cancer. A major surprise in the study Sanofi Pasteur on the price of the me and I said sana po buy one take In his short life, Christopher That included 17 cases of was the younger ages that skin anti-dengue vaccine in an attempt one ‘yan if the private buys one, was placed full time on oxygen and melanoma, 84 cases of other types cancer occurred among the to reduce its cost. give one to the government,” she used a wheelchair at times. He had of skin cancer and 18 of an firefighters, Caban-Martinez said. During the joint hearing of the said. “But I never negotiated for a feeding tube outfitted directly unknown type of skin cancer. The firefighters' average age Senate blue ribbon, health and the price because we didn’t have into his small intestine, which The melanoma rate among the when diagnosed with skin cancer finance committees on Thursday, money (at that time),” she added. resulted in three life-threatening firefighters was 0.7 percent, was 42 for melanoma, 38 for non- Senator Richard Gordon asked if The P3.5 billion vaccination blood infections, the newspaper compared with 0.011 percent in melanoma and 42 for unknown Garin negotiated with the French drive was launched in 2016 when said. the general population, according skin cancer types. pharmaceutical giant to reduce the Garin was still health chief. Bowen-Wright had him in to the researchers. The findings were published cost of the Dengvaxia vaccine in According to the timeline of hospice care before and even tried "We believe there are chemicals online Dec. 13 in the journal 2015. events submitted by former DOH to get him on the lung transplant in the work environment that, JAMA Dermatology. “I strongly deny that. I did not Secretary Paulyn Rosell-Ubial to list, the Star-Telegram added. when firefighters come into contact "If a primary care physician negotiate with the price, but Sanofi the Senate panels, Garin She was arrested and charged with them, might be increasing the has a patient who is a firefighter, came to the Philippines and “negotiated with Sanofi to reduce with injury to a child with serious risk for specific kinds of cancer," the findings suggest that they make presented their proposal to the the cost of the vaccines on June 9, bodily harm last week, according study leader Dr. Alberto Caban- it a point to do a full body skin government,” Garin said. 2015.” to the Dallas County Sheriff’s Martinez, said in a University of exam and provide health education She narrated that she was late The alleged negotiation, Office. Miami news release. He's with the on skin cancer protection," Caban- during the meeting, but some according to the timeline, A YouCaring fundraiser two university's Sylvester Martinez said. Department of Health (DOH) happened after Garin went to years ago, which raised more than Comprehensive Cancer Center. He noted that some firefighters directors and an undersecretary Paris, France on May 14, 2015 and $8,000, said the young boy was The study noted that other may not consider skin cancer were already there. met with Sanofi Pasteur officials battling a severe case of factors also could be involved, such screenings until they're older, but “So I came last in the meeting and discussed the vaccine’s cost arteriovenous malformation. as: this study suggests it's wise to but I made a joke your honor over dinner. FRIDAY .DECEMBER 15, 2017 AFGHANISTAN TIMES Micr osoft is m ak in g su b r ed d it s W ill T r u m p sen d m or e sear ch ab le w it h Bin g Am er ica n s to th e M oon ? 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you’ll get a live snapchat of that missing out on a much broader ta lks: E xper ts subreddit’s top threads displayed audience. We know there are in the search results with links to people who are searching for this the individual pages. Bing will also content, but now we’re providing include Reddit AMA questions and them a world-class product to find answers for a celebrity who’s done it,” Reddit co-founder Alexis an AMA, with the content Ohanian said today at Microsoft’s showing up on the person’s search AI-focused Bing event in San card, which will be accessible just Francisco. “We’re just getting used by searching that person’s name. to talking to the robot and expecting The last feature the integration a good answer. The challenge here provides will let Bing populate is that there’s a lot of nuance when Reddit answers to questions typed you’re asking these kind of open- into search that are gleaned from ended questions. Reddit is the popular subreddits like largest data set in the English- AskReddit. That way, typing a speaking world of vetted, nuanced question into Bing with the word responses.” Yet whether this “reddit” tagged on the end will partnership will really spur more surface answers from within people using Bing is less certain. relevant on-site threads. Microsoft’s search engine has Reddit users have long under 5 percent of the global search US President Donald Trump's Mars. clamored for a better way to search engine market share on desktop and decision this week to return Obama's decision was based the site’s wealth of information, mobile, compared with Google’s Americans to the Moon makes on a White House-convened nearly all of which is user-generated 80 percent share, according to sense as a way to develop advisory panel chaired by Norman and difficult to parse after it’s been NetMarketShare’s November technology to one day reach Mars, Augustine, who said NASA was organized by Reddit’s algorithms 2017 statistics. Microsoft hopes but only if Congress allocates the building the wrong rocket for the and largely replaced by a new that by partnering directly with money, experts say. wrong destination. wave of images, text posts, videos, websites that generate a substantial Reviving an American program and links. Working with amount of the web’s most engaging to explore the Moon is seen as a Microsoft, and using the and highest viewed content, it way to boost jobs and morale at The panel also said an extra $3 company’s sizable computing might lure some users away from home, while encouraging billion per year would be needed resources and AI prowess, is a Google. But it’s hard to see how international collaboration with beginning in 2014 to get Americans solid way to make its site more any AI advancement, no matter Europe, Japan, China and India— to the Moon within 15 years, as searchable and to bring users back how sophisticated or how tailored all eager to explore the lunar planned. to old threads. Reddit says it will to specific internet communities, surface. "Obama's administration Microsoft today announced a subreddits, AMAs, and other The company says intelligent also start including upcoming will be able to break the ecosystem But the notion of paying for shunned the Moon because it was partnership with Reddit to surface threads in a dedicated section. The search uses natural language AMAs in search results, lock-in Google has over Chrome, such an ambitious mission, which Bush's project," said retired the social news site’s content high news, part of a suite of new processing to pair Reddit content something the site hopes will drive Gmail, and Android users. At the some have pegged at $100 billion, astronaut Leroy Chiao, who was up in Bing search results, so that artificial intelligence-powered with the appropriate search terms. even more interest for its custom very least, it gives existing Bing has proven unusually divise among part of the advisory panel in 2009 searching for specific Reddit features underlying Bing’s search The Reddit integration works Q&A format. “All this amazing users a more pleasant way to find Democrats and Republicans in that reviewed NASA's exploration communities, pages, and info will function, works by way of what in three ways. First, by typing in content is sitting there. As long as valuable Reddit threads that would recent years in a nation where space plans. spit back information gleaned from Microsoft calls intelligent search. the name of a subreddit on Bing, it is just on Reddit, we know we're otherwise be lost to time. exploration has traditionally been "Instead, we got an odd supported by both sides of the asteroid retrieval mission which political aisle. was regarded as lukewarm at best," A return to the Moon is "the he told AFP. right thing to do," said John "It's always about funding. Samsung updates its Logsdon, former head of the Space Obama called himself the 'Mars Loss of water in Policy Institute at George President' but it was empty Washington University. because he didn't fund the program. Notebook 9 ultrabooks "Our policy has now been True, he gave small increases to brought in consistency with the NASA's budget, but much of the with even bigger batteries rest of the world, which sees the additional spending was mandated drought caused Sierra Moon as an important by law to go for pork barrel Samsung refreshed its Notebook 9 refreshing its regular Notebook 9 destination," he told AFP. projects." series of laptops earlier this year, models, with 13.3-inch and 15-inch "My concern is whether this 'Technical merit' and the company is getting ready updates. Both will ship with policy step will be followed up Monday's Space Policy to do the same for 2018. Samsung Intel’s 8th-generation Core i7 by a commitment of the resources Directive erased the asteroid is unveiling three new models processors, up to 16GB of RAM, Nevada to rise: Study to accomplish it." mission, refocusing the US goals today, instead of waiting for CES and up to 1TB of SSD storage. Many Americans recall the on the Moon and, eventually, next month where we typically see The 15-inch model will also include Apollo era—particularly the Mars. a number of new laptops. The first an optional Nvidia’s MX150 moment when American astronaut The rocket and spaceship that is Samsung’s Notebook 9 Pen, and discrete graphics chip, but both Neil Armstrong became the first would one day carry people to the perhaps the most interesting of the models will only feature 1920 x man to set foot on the Moon in Moon are already being built, at trio. It’s a 13.3-inch 2-in-1 1080 panels. Samsung is equipping 1969—with great pride. an estimated combined cost of $18 notebook, and as the name each variant with two USB 3.0 But the nation has not returned billion. suggests the Notebook 9 Pen ports, a HDMI port, microSD to the Moon since 1972. NASA has proclaimed the includes an integrated S Pen, much storage, and a single USB-C port. Lately, America has slumped rocket, called the Space Launch like the Notebook 9 Pro introduced The 15-inch USB-C port will in the international space race. System or SLS, will be the world's in May. Samsung is updating the support Thunderbolt 3, and there’s Since the retirement of the US most powerful, designed to hoist Notebook 9 Pen to include Intel’s also an additional USB 2.0 port on space shuttle program in 2011, it humans into deep space riding four 8th-generation Core i7 processors, the larger model. cannot send astronauts to the at a time aboard the Orion capsule, up to 16GB of RAM, and 512GB Interestingly, Samsung is using International Space Station built by Lockheed Martin. of SSD storage. The display the “largest and most powerful” without paying some $80 million The first SLS launch is resolution is 1920 x 1080, with a battery its ever placed in a laptop for a ride on a Russian Soyuz scheduled for late 2019. Orion will disappointing lack of a higher in both models. The 75W Hexacell rocket. make its second test flight, but no resolution option. Much like battery should include a battery Funding falls short one will be on board. Lenovo’s Yoga tablets, Samsung’s life boost, but the company is only Rallying cries to return to the Aerospace companies and Notebook 9 Pen will flip around committing to a vague “always-on Moon are not new. those representing the growing into various modes for tablet or power,” with fast charging support In 1989, president George private space industry applauded drawing use. Samsung has for when you need to top the H.W. Bush declared the United Trump's declaration of renewed squeezed in a HDMI port, a single battery up. Both the Samsung States would once again reach for Moon plans. USB-C port, and a regular USB Notebook 9 Pen and Notebook 9 the Moon, but the Democratic "A lunar mission with today's LOS ANGELES: Loss of water California, said in a statement elevation changes of less than a majority in Congress denied the technology would further our port, alongside microSD storage will be available in the US in early from rocks during drought caused Wednesday. tenth of an inch (0.3 centimeters). and a Windows Hello camera to 2018, and we’re expecting to get a funding. understanding of the moon's California’s Sierra Nevada to rise The water at issue is inside “One of the major unknowns Then his son, George W. Bush, history and resources," Lockheed sign into Windows 10 with just closer look at them at CES next nearly an inch (2.5 centimeters) in cracks within fractured rocks and in mountain hydrology is what your face. Samsung is also month. also a Republican, proclaimed in Martin said in a statement. height from October 2011 to is not the water that runs off happens below the soil. How much 2004 that America would return "And it will build a strong October 2015, according to a new mountains to supply cities and snowmelt percolates through to the Moon as part of a NASA foundation that will not only NASA study made public farms. The amount lost in 2011- fractured rock straight downward program called Constellation. accelerate the US to Mars and Wednesday. 2015 was 45 times the amount that into the core of the mountain?” said Funding fell short again. beyond." The study also found that in Los Angeles uses in a year, Jay Famiglietti, jet propulsion lab And soon after Barack Obama According to Chiao, Trump's the following two years of according to the study published scientist who participated in the took office, he cancelled Moon declaration may be increased snow and rain, the rocks in the Journal of Geophysical research. “This is one of the key Constellation and shifted the politically motivated but the in the range regained about half as Research: Solid Earth. topics that we addressed in our nation's priorities toward visiting program has "much technical merit, much water as was lost during the The north-south-trending study.” The researchers had to an asteroid, then moving on to too." drought and the return of the Sierra Nevada runs about 400 miles account for other reasons why the weight caused the height of the (644 kilometers) along California’s surface of the Earth rises and falls, mountains to fall about half an inch border with Nevada. including tectonic uplift or the (1.3 centimeters). The study used data from extensive pumping of groundwater “This suggests that the solid 1,300 Global Positioning System in the Central Valley, which runs Earth has a greater capacity to stations in the mountains of along the Sierra. Copyright 2017 Shark found in store water than previously California, Oregon and Washington The Associated Press. All rights thought,” study leader Donald that were placed for measurement reserved. This material may not be Argus of NASA’s Jet Propulsion of subtle tectonic motion in active published, broadcast, rewritten or Laboratory in Pasadena, faults and volcanoes and can detect redistributed. wild believed to Chemical tipping point of magma be 512 years old This enormous Greenland shark may be the oldest living vertebrate in the world, it has been claimed. determines explosive potential of volcanoes In fact, it is estimated to be up to 512-years-old (meaning it was Volcanic eruptions are the most Moreover, they demonstrate born before Shakespeare). Man spectacular expression of the that variabilities at the nanoscale filmed himself killing 13 cats with processes acting in the interior of of magmas can dramatically blowtorch Living in the icy waters any active planet. Effusive increase the explosive potential of of the Arctic, the giant creature was eruptions consist of a gentle and volcanoes. located by scientists. By measuring steady flow of lava on the surface, Dr Di Genova said: "The new its size, they suggested the shark while explosive eruptions are experimental data, thermodynamic could have been born as early as violent phenomena that can eject modelling and analysis of 1505… the year Martin Luther hot materials up to several compositional data from the global became a monk, and King Henry kilometres into the atmosphere. volcanic record we presented in our VIII called off his engagement with The transition between these study provide combined evidence Catherine of Aragon. The eruptions represents one of the for a sudden discontinuity in the Greenland shark lives in -1C to most dangerous natural hazards. flow behaviour of rhyolitic magmas 10C waters and can swim as deep Understanding the mechanisms that guides whether a volcano as 7,200ft. It is said to weigh more governing such transition has erupts effusively or explosively. than a tonne. The Greenland shark inspired countless studies in Earth "The identified flow- lives in -1C to 10C waters and can Sciences over the last decades. discontinuity can be crossed by swim as deep as 7,200ft. They Devout worshippers flock to see In a new study led by Dr small compositional changes in weigh more than a tonne. (Picture: algae that looks a bit like Virgin Danilo Di Genova, from the rhyolitic magmas and can be Instagram/ juniel85) It was the Mary According to The Sun, the University of Bristol's School of induced by crystallisation, oldest of 28 Greenland sharks to shark’s potential age was revealed Earth Sciences, an international assimilation, magma replenishment be analysed. (Picture: Instagram/ in a study in journal Science. It was team of scientists provide or mixing. fugacity." These can result in chemical "stiffening" of a magma. can increase the explosive juniel85) This particular shark was the oldest of 28 Greenland sharks evidence, for the first time, that a "Composition-induced flow revitalization of a previously Furthermore, the study potential of a magma via both measured at 18ft in length, meaning to be analysed. Greenland sharks subtle tipping point of the behaviour variations may also "locked" magma chamber via showed how the sudden depletion of iron in the melt it could be anywhere between 272 have an estimated life span of 400 chemistry of magmas clearly originate from changes in magmas chemical fluidification or may precipitation of iron-bearing structure and providing nucleation to 512-years-old. How do they years, and usually spend their time separates effusive from explosive intrinsic parameters such as hinder efficient degassing and lead nanocrystals, which have been points for gas bubbles which drive know? This particular species swimming around looking for a eruptions worldwide. temperature, pressure or oxygen to increased explosive potential via recently found in volcanic rocks, explosive eruption. grows at a rate of 1cm a year. mate. FRIDAY .DECEMBER 15, 2017 AFGHANISTANTIMES Will 'Tiger Mahira Khan and Zinda Hai' get released Saba Qamar win in Pakistan? big at Masala Bollywood's much-anticipated film of 'Tiger Zinda Hai' is all set to hit the screens on December 22 and the distributors around the Awards in Dubai world are trying to encash the popularity of the hit franchise. In Confirming the news many West #Mumbai. Opp Police DUBAI: Masala magazine hosted this league, there are distributors an awards night recognising some across the border who also wanted friends and well-wishers of Neeraj station.#RIP," he tweeted. from the film industry took to "Writer,Director,Actor,Producer of the most prominent lifestyle and to cash on this opportunity but entertainment names from the pan they were disheartened after Twitter and mourned the demise Neeraj Vora was on ventilator from of the filmmaker. last 4 days & expired due to multi Asian community within the UAE. Pakistan's Ministry of It honoured bloggers, Information, Broadcasting and Akshay Kumar expressed his organ failure. The Creamation will sorrow and wrote, "One of the be held today at 3 pm today at the restaurateurs, entertainment National Heritage refused the No- shows and television channels Objection Certificate (NOC) for main reasons behind my foray into Santa Cruz west. Creamation comedy, saddened to hear about Ground," he added. based on housands of voters and import of 'Tiger Zinda Hai'. awarded top prizes. The Pakistan's Central Board of the demise of #NeerajVora a multi- Tusshar Kapoor wrote, talented man, writer, director, "Shocked & saddened to hear of glamorous event was hosted by Film Censor (CBFC) Chairman the eloquent Boman Irani, Mobasher Hasan told The actor...a mini-industry by himself, the demise of #Neerajvora ji! Had learnt so much from him. RIP" cast me for Golmaal 1 & directed Sri Devi, Boney Kapoor, Express Tribune: "'Tiger Zinda Celina Jaitley, Sukhbir, Lulia Vantur Hai' has been refused the NOC, Filmmaker Ashoke Pandit me in the unreleased Run Bhola mourned the demise of his 'dear Run! RIP sir". and other prominent Asian citing the same reason as the first celebrities attended the red carpet installment of the franchise. The friend' on social media and said Vora Parvin Dabas wrote, "Sad to was on the ventilator from the last hear abt the passing of #NeerajVora event. image of Pakistan and its law Performances at the awards enforcement agencies have been few days and expired due to multi- one of the most brilliant comic organ failure. "Sad to know that minds in Hindi cinema #RIP". included those of Govinda, Bilal compromised." Saeed and Anita Lokhande. The Earlier 'Ek Tha Tiger' was also one the finest Vora acted in films like Actor,Writer,Director,Producer & 'Company', 'Pukar', 'Rangeela', jury for the awards consisted of not released in Pakistan and the eminent names from the business, similar reasons were also given at a dear friend Neeraj Vora passed 'Satya', 'Baadshah' and 'Mann'. He away early morning at #Criticare also penned down 'Hera Pheri' and lifestyle and hospitality industry that time. including Manish Malhotra, Directed by Ali Abbas Zafar Actor, director and writer Neeraj after being in the coma for over a Hospital. Juhu. The Creamation directed 'Phir Hera Pheri' and Vora breathed his last on Thursday year. He was 54. will be held at 3 pm at SantaCruz 'Chachi 420'. (SantaBanta) Yogesh Mehta, Sara Belhasa and and produced by Yash Raj Films Celina Jaitly. (YRF), the movie is about two Mahira Khan, Mawra Hocane spies -- one Indian and the other and Saba Qamar were lauded at the Pakistani. Salman Khan is playing awards for various achievements. the role of Tiger who is an Indian The Raees actor won the award spy and Katrina will be seen as for the Asian Woman of Substance, Zoya, a Pakistani spy. The film Saba Qamar won an award for is slated to release in India on Hindi Medium and Baaghi December 22. whereas Mawra Hocane won an Sulaiman S. Lalani, Executive award for her social media. Director, Geo TV Network who was gearing up for the distribution of the film in Pakistan said, "Our preferred option was that 'Tiger Zinda Hai' should have been allowed for import, presented to George Clooney censor board, and if any objectionable material was found against the interests of Pakistan/ once gave 14 of his Islam, the exhibition of the film shouldn't have been allowed then. "In fact, if there was anything best friends $1m each against the national interests of Pakistan in the film, we ourselves wouldn't have sought the exhibition but this could have been done only after a preview of the film." He said they were verbally advised that Ministry of Information has decided not to issue NOC for import of "Tiger How Sanjay Dutt's Sadak clocks Zinda Hai" with "no reasons 26 years since its release today and assigned". Sanjay Dutt took a walk down the "Pakistan loves Salman Khan. memory lane. 'Sultan' was a mega blockbuster Sanjay Dutt's Sadak alongside and minted approximately $3 Pooja Bhatt had released to a million at the box office in tremendous response in the theatre Pakistan. His 'Bajrangi Bhaijaan' on 12th December, 1991. was also loved by fans here," Sanjay Dutt received immense Actor Priyanka Chopra, who has Lalani said. love and appreciation from the taken up the cause of fighting for Earlier the director of the film audience for the portrayal of his the rights of refugees and displaced Ali Abbas Zafar has clarified that character as Ravi who was a taxi people as a UNICEF Goodwill 'Tiger Zinda Hai' is not political. driver. Ambassador, has been feted with It's story about humanity. On the work front, Sanjay the Mother Teresa Memorial Well, there are few more days Dutt is already shooting for Saheb Award for Social Justice. left for the release date lets see if Recently, while talking on an fortunate to have all of you and I Biwi Gangster. Post which he has Priyanka was invited by the couldn’t be where I am today Pakistani authorities change their Harmony Foundation to get the episode of MSNBC’s Headliners, got many projects lined up, like Hollywood star George Clooney’s without all of you. So, it was really minds or not. (SantaBanta) award for lending her support and the next installment of Munna best friend Rande Gerber revealed important to me that while we’re contribution towards social causes. Bhai, Torbaaz and Sadak 2. the actor gave 14 of his friends $1 still all here together, that I give million each in 2013, reported E! back. I want you all to open your Online. Yes, we found this piece suitcases’.” of information hard to digest too… George Clooney is upset with George and Amal Clooney give this nation’s elite $1m to combat US hate groups Inside each suitcase was $1 While we certainly wish we million in $20 bills. As Gerber were besties with the Ocean’s recalled, “Every one of us — 14 of Eleven star, Gerber also disclosed us — got a million dollars. Every that Clooney paid his friends’ taxes single one of us. We were in shock. for that whole year! “There’s a Clooney then said, ‘I know we’ve group of guys that we call ‘The all been through some hard times, Boys’. George had called me and some of you are still going through ‘The Boys’ and said, ‘Hey, mark it. You don’t have to worry about September 27, 2013, on your your kids, you don’t have to worry calendar. Everyone’s going to come about, you know, school, you to my house for dinner’.” don’t have to worry about paying Her mother Madhu Chopra Bareilly.” When Clooney’s dinner guests your mortgage’.” collected the honour in Mumbai Feminism is not about berating arrived, they found black suitcases And even when Gerber, who on her behalf. men: Priyanka Chopra at each of their spots around a is a successful entrepreneur, told “I humbly accept the award Madhu, who co-owns the table, and the Suburbicon director Clooney he could never accept the on her behalf. As a mother, I am production banner Purple Pebbles shared a special message to the men generous gesture, the actor had immensely proud to have a child Production with Priyanka, added, who helped him early in his career. quite the response. “I pulled him who is so compassionate and has “I’m sure Priyanka is humbled that Gerber, who is married to aside and said, ‘I absolutely am not so much kindness in her. She her efforts have been recognised former supermodel Cindy taking this million dollars’,” Gerber exemplifies the fact the more you by a Foundation that believes in Crawford explained, “George said. “Immediately George said, give, the more you get,” said helping the needy and supporting begins to say, ‘Listen, I want you ‘I’m just going to make one Madhu, in a statement. “Even as a the deprived and raising funds for guys to know how much you’ve announcement. If Rande doesn’t child, she was influenced by the impoverished.” meant to me and how much you take the million dollars, nobody Mother Teresa and has been Priyanka is currently in the US mean to me in my life. I’m so gets it’.” supporting Prem Niwas in and will be flying to Mumbai soon.

Vidyut Jammwal who kicked off there was no turning back. I had a directed by Hollywood Filmmaker shooting for his upcoming action- meeting with Junglee Pictures' Priti Chuck Russell under the banners adventure Junglee in Thailand on Shahani and also read the part for of Junglee Pictures, the film is set December 5, was joined by Akshay a filmmaker I idolise and greenlit to release on 19th October 2018 Oberoi this week. Akshay Oberoi the project immediately" (SantaBanta) will be essaying the role of Vidyut's Akshay also revealed that childhood friend in the film. Chuck Russell is an animal- Actor Salma Hayek has described story of Mexican artist Frida Both Vidyut and Akshay's whisperer and almost all his films Hollywood mogul Harvey Kahlo. After striking a deal with characters grew up around have featured animals. Akshay Weinstein as a rage-fuelled Weinstein for the rights of the film elephants on the same reservation further shared,"It's exciting to “monster”, alleging he sexually that would eventually become and have a common mission to work with him and his team. Just harassed and threatened her. 2002’s Frida, Hayek wrote it protect the animals in the film. being the same frame as these huge Writing in The New York Times, became “my turn to say no.” Akshay Oberoi shares,"I grew elephants is an experience in itself Hayek said Weinstein once told her, “No to me taking a shower up on a steady dose of Chuck and I'm sure it will be a cinematic “I will kill you, don’t think I with him. No to letting him watch Russell films and remember spectacle too" can’t,” BBC reported on me take a shower. No to letting watching Eraser and A Nightmare The actor also promised that Wednesday. him give me a massage. No to on Elm Street, after which I went to match Vidyut's skills as a martial Dozens of actors, including letting a naked friend of his give out and bought a pair of Freddie artist he has also started training Rose McGowan, Angelina Jolie me a massage. No to letting him Krugger shoes" in Kalaripayattu with Thai trainers and Gwyneth Paltrow have give me oral sex. No to my getting Vidyut and Akshay are filming this week. accused Weinstein of harassment naked with another woman,” with four elephants, including Un, After the sleeper hit Bareilly or assault. However, he denied all penned Hayek. a therapy elephant who plays an Ki Barfi, Junglee Pictures is all set allegations of non-consensual sex. She went on to accuse him of integral part in the narrative which to captivate the audience with BBC has approached threatening to shut the film down filming a scene she thought was Best Actress nod for Hayek. focuses on the man-beast 'Junglee'. 'Junglee' is helmed by representatives of Weinstein for a unless she filmed a nude sex scene unnecessary. “As you can imagine, Weinstein has been accused of friendship in its attempt to stop Hollywood filmmaker Chuck response to Hayek’s article. with another female actor. “I had this was not sexy, but it was the rape, sexual assault and poaching in Orissa. Russell, who has films like The The 51-year-old Mexican- to take a tranquilizer, which only way I could get through the harassment, but has The actor further added,"It's Mask, A Nightmare On Elm Street, American actor describes working eventually stopped the crying but scene,” the Grown Ups actor “unequivocally denied” any an incredible story and when I was The Scorpion King, and I Am with Weinstein on what she called made the vomiting worse,” she added. Frida eventually gathered allegations of non-consensual told it was a Chuck Russell film, Wrath to his credit. The film is her “greatest ambition”, telling the wrote of her emotional turmoil at six Oscar nominations, including a relationships. FRIDAY .DECEMBER 15, 2017 AFGHANISTANTIMES Swansea 0-4 Man City: David Silva double helps Pep Guardiola's side make Premier League

if I'm ever hiring someone for a role history I need to make sure they are aligned anchester City made to the same things as me," she said. Premier League history "That's only ever going to be a with their 15th first step and Michael passed with M successive win - the longest ever flying colours. As a man he seems run in the league - as they beat like a great guy and I'm enjoying Swansea 4-0 on Wednesday. him spending time with me and the Pep Guardiola's side had team. "He brings so much matched Arsenal's previous record experience as a coach and player. of 14 wins in a row after their Taylor vs McCask ill: He was a former player himself, Manchester derby triumph, but and a very good one at that, so the surpassed the tally with their combination of those things is very victory at the Liberty Stadium. valuable and important to me." David Silva (27) opened the Kat ie Taylor r et ain s Konta's hitting partner scoring just before the half-hour Andrew Fitzpatrick also left her mark, with Kevin De Bruyne (34) team to join US Open champion curling home a free-kick to double Sloane Stephens' coaching set-up. the lead. The Man City captain WBA w or ld t it le "Andrew [Fitzpatrick] and I (52) then scored his second of the had a good relationship and still Katie Taylor overcame some right hooks landing flush in a toe- worse for the standout amateur game just after the break before testing moments to defeat Jessica to-toe exchange before an eye- when, after repeated holding, do," she said. "It was a natural Sergio Aguero (85) rounded off the Johanna Konta says new coach "I think I'm at my strongest expiration of that relationship as McCaskill and successfully make catching left finished the period in referee Howard Foster deducted a scoring late on. the first defence of her WBA style, but McCaskill responded in point from Taylor in a pulsating Michael Joyce has been hired to when I'm clear on the direction I well. It was just time to have a It was a busy opening 10 guide her closer to winning a first want to go in and the improvement different set-up." lightweight world title at York Hall. the next. Following a Taylor slip seventh. Realising she perhaps minutes at both ends. Aguero had The Irish sensation once again to the canvas, the American sent needed to regain control of Grand Slam title. I want to see happening. Konta, who recently tweeted the first shot of the game but his Joyce, who is best known for "I like to think with each step out her application to Channel 4's showed dazzling hand speed at home some crunching shots, one proceedings, Taylor decided to get effort on a tight angle could only times to take a points victory via short, sharp left landing cleanly in back to her supreme boxing skills coaching five-time Grand Slam I take and experience I go through The Great British Bake Off, says find the side of the netting before champion Maria Sharapova, was I become better equipped to play she would love to be part of the scores of 97-92 twice and 98-91, a tough round for the Bray over the final rounds, circling Lukasz Fabianski made a superb improving her record to 8-0-KO4, lightweight. The Chicago McCaskill well and landing at will confirmed as the British No 1's for major titles. Working with TV show but would prioritise save from a powerful Danilo new coach last week. Michael is a step in that direction. winning a tennis major above it. but her Chicago opponent, who challenger, gunning for a shock to put the result in no doubt. volley. Man City goalkeeper rocked the chin of Taylor on several victory, again provided pressure in Speaking afterwards, Taylor He succeeds Wim Fissette who "He fits well into what I need "That did happen, it was real. Ederson was also called into split with Konta in October and I'm looking forward to building I don't joke about baking!" Konta occasions, was far from outclassed. the fourth, but the boxing skills and said: "It was a tough fight, the action, as Jordan Ayew tried his In familiar fashion, the classier work was with Taylor and toughest of my career. I knew I following four consecutive defeats a long-lasting working relationship said when asked about the tweet. luck from the top of the box but in a disappointing end to the 2017 with him. He definitely has a lot "I haven't heard back although champion, a 2012 Olympic gold that pattern continued into the had to be at my best. It's a privilege the Brazilian made a solid low save. medallist, came out firing and following period. boxing here at York Hall, I've season. of things I can bring to my game." I think it would be difficult to Team news The defending Miami Open The 44-year-old American, schedule with my commitments if quickly landed a fast flurry, but 'CasKILLA' then landed a always wanted to box here. I boxed Swansea made one change McCaskill demonstrated a teak stunning, crunching left hook well on the outside. champion says part of Joyce's who reached a career-high ranking I did make it through. with Jordan Ayew coming in for remit is to help manage her of 64 in his playing days, will be "But if they would have me tight defence in reply, suggesting which wobbled the champion in "A homecoming fight in Dublin Wayne Routledge. Man City made the contest might not be a foregone the sixth, forcing Taylor to hold has always been on the radar so schedule so she can peak in the present in Konta's camp for the I'd definitely love to do it. Just - four changes with Sergio Aguero, four Grand Slam tournaments. opening tournament of the new no offence to the Bake Off - but I conclusion. Taylor did start to on and try and see out the round. that would be great next year. Danilo, Eliaquim Mangala and seize control in the second, two Things then went from bad to (SkySports) "I think I definitely lost my campaign in Brisbane, starting on would rather win a Slam, although Bernardo Silva coming into the XI. way a bit with that in the second December 31. the prestige is probably similar for Man City then found the half of the season," said Konta. "There are certain values that both." (SkySports) breakthrough in the 27th minute, although Swansea will be disappointed with conceding such a goal. The two Man City Silvas C r ick et Au st r a lia t o a ssist Chris linked up for the opener, with SAMANTHA Bernardo Silva's cross from the Froome right flank being knocked home by pr obe in t o spot-fixin g on David Silva with the outside of his says h e h a s KINGHORN foot. Just after the goal, Man City were thwarted once again by th ir d Ash es Test in P er th n ot br oken PROUD TO BE Fabianski as Aguero danced through the middle of three Cricket Australia will cooperate protect the integrity of the investigation. Australian cricket a n y r u les Swansea defenders before striking, with the International Cricket international game. has a long-standing, proactive SELECTED BY but the goalkeeper kept him at bay Council's anti-corruption unit "We are aware of these approach to sports integrity before pouncing on the rebound, investigation into spot-fixing in the allegations and there is no management and Cricket Australia a m id taking a foot to the face from David third Ashes Test. suggestion that any of the England has a dedicated Anti-Corruption SCOTLAND Silva for his troubles. The Sun newspaper published team is involved in any way." and Security Unit (ACSU) to Salbutamol The visitors doubled their lead purported evidence of bookmakers There is also mention of fixing prevent corruption within in the 34th minute thanks to a offering to sell details of passages "four to five" Big Bash League Australian domestic competitions, test FOR 2018 superb free-kick from De Bruyne. of play for betting purposes, so- matches in the Australian including the BBL. After Raheem Sterling was fouled called spot-fixing for the match Twenty20 domestic competition. "In addition to this, all players by Kyle Naughton on the left- between Australia and England in The ICC added: "We take all participating in CA-sanctioned COMMONWEALTH hand side of the box, the Belgian Perth that gets going on Thursday. allegations of corruption seriously competitions, including the BBL, curled a brilliant set-piece into the "Before match, I will tell you and welcome The Sun's offer to are required to complete an anti- bottom corner, beating the leaping this over, this runs and then you share this information." corruption education session GAMES IN Fabianski. Man City began the have to put all the bets on that A Cricket Australia before they can compete. second half well, with David Silva over," a man, who the newspaper spokesperson said in a statement: "CA works closely with the and Aguero both going close, and claims is a bookmaker, says in "The allegations raised by media ICC ACU on all international AUSTRALIA the former added a third goal seven undercover video footage. outlets are of serious concern. fixtures played in Australia. minutes after the restart. After During the video, information Cricket Australia takes a zero- Players are able to report any slipping the ball to Sterling down on fixes are heard to be worth tolerance approach against suspicions they have on a the left flank, the ball was delivered around $150,000 (£85,000). anybody trying to bring the game confidential basis and in the past, back into the box for the Man City An ECB statement read: "We into disrepute. there has been a strong Australian captain at the near post, who work closely with the ICC and "Cricket Australia will co- player culture to do so." chipped over Fabianski to net his their Anti-Corruption unit to operate fully with any ICC (SkySports) second of the evening. Swansea did have a short spell of pressure in the middle of the The statement said Froome half, but were denied a goal after Justin Rose increased his dosage of Salbutamol some brilliant feet from Ederson. Taylor vs McCaskill: on the advice of Team Sky doctors After Man City cleared a corner, after experiencing "acute asthma the ball fell to Roque Mesa at the bidding for symptoms" during the last week top corner who lashed a Conor Benn knocked of the year's final grand tour. thunderous effort towards goal, but third win of The four-time Tour de France after switching directions on the winner says he understands goal line, Ederson got down low to down t wice but hit s people's fears of another doping keep the ball out. the year at scandal in cycling but he insists Wheelchair racer and Sky Sports on home soil at the 2014 Games in Man City rounded off the that is not the case here, and refuted Scholar Samantha Kinghorn has Glasgow - their highest haul in 20 performance in the 85th minute, back t o out -point Indonesian suggestions his legacy would be expressed her joy at making the years. with Aguero adding his name to impacted by the situation. Scottish team for next year's Kinghorn will be hunting more the scoresheet. Yaya Toure picked "I do understand this has come Commonwealth Games. silverware in Australia in the out the striker in the middle of the Cedr ick Peynaud Masters as a big shock to a lot of people Scotland's 25-strong squad - 1500m and marathon, having park, and he strode forward, but I stand by what I have always described as an "Olympic level" moved up in distance from her heading down the right-hand side Justin Rose is determined to end a said and I certainly haven't broken track and field team by their sprinting events. of the box. He then flashed the ball "great year" on another high as he any rules here," said Froome. "I performance director - will set off "It's a great honour to be across the face of goal and saw it headlines this week's Indonesian haven't taken any more than the to the Gold Coast in April. selected for my second nestle into the far corner to cap off Masters in Jakarta. permissible amount and I'm sure They have a tough act to follow Commonwealth Games," said the the 15th Premier League win in a Rose has not won three times at the end of the day, the truth will after the team's athletes secured 21-year-old from Melrose. row for Man City. in a calendar year since 2002, and be told. one gold, two silver and one bronze (SkySports) Manchester City have won the he will start the final event of the "I can understand a lot of same number of games in this Asian Tour season as a strong pre- people's reactions, especially given current winning run (15) as tournament favourite ahead of the history of the sport, but this is Swansea City have in their 55 Kiradech Aphibarnrat and a very different case. This is not a Elise Christie targets glory after Premier League matches since the American Ryder Cup star Brandt positive test. start of last season (15/55). Snedeker. "I've always taken my Team GB selection for Tonight will be the 49th night The Englishman came close to leadership position in the sport that Swansea City have spent at pulling off a shock Race to Dubai very seriously. Obviously, the PyeongChang Winter Olympics the bottom of the Premier League victory when he won back-to-back sport is coming from a place with - 34 of those have been since the titles at the WGC-HSBC a very dark background and I've Champions and the Turkish start of last season (69%). Conor Benn climbed off the canvas career.Benn managed to make it up tried to do everything throughout David Silva has been involved Airlines Open, and he opened up my career to try and show that the for the first time to maintain his and started to fight fire with fire, a commanding lead at the season- in 13 Premier League goals in 17 unbeaten record with an explosive only to go down again as he was sport has turned around and games this season (five goals, eight ending DP World Tour certainly in my case now, I don't win against Cedrick Peynaud. stuck on the ropes at the end of Championship before faltering assists) - already more than in the The son of fans' favourite three sensational and stunning feel as if there was any whole of 2016-17 (11 goal over the back nine on the final day. wrongdoing." Nigel was floored twice in the minutes. His late stutter allowed involvements in 34 games). opening round, but fired back in The 'Destroyer' admits he still Sky reporter Rob Dorsett has Sergio Agüero scored his 10th Tommy Fleetwood to be crowned the details as Froome is asked by an unbelievable York Hall battle, has lots to learn and showed that European No 1, but Rose is Premier League goal of the season knocking the Frenchman down in the second as he was caught the UCI to explain why his sample - he's now reached double figures confident of landing a third win showed higher than permissible twice in the final two rounds. again, in the corner, with his left since the end of October before he in all seven of his seasons as a Benn, whose left eye was cut eye cut and his face damaged - yet levels of Salbutamol at the Vuelta Premier League player. takes his winter break. He added: "As it stands, the and his right eye badly swollen by even that was not going to stop "It has been a great year, I had The managers the end, showed his heart and guts him battling back.The third and UCI have asked me for more Paul Clement: "It was really two great wins, and a good year information regarding my use of to get the decision 57-54, and move fourth rounds were as spectacular does need victories," he said. "To tough to watch at times. I think if to 11-0-KO9. as the first two, both fighters Salbutamol, which is a very you're a player, staff member or have those two wins makes it a common medicine used in treating Speed skater Elise Christie has her scholar endured a miserable Winter The 21-year-old was on the swapping shots, Benn finally really good year. My goal is to win fan of Man City, it must be a joy brink of defeat after a disastrous getting his trademark left hook asthma. I think all asthmatics out sights set on Winter Olympic gold Olympics in Sochi in 2014 after to watch that team play but we're three times this year by winning there will know what Salbutamol after earning selection for next being disqualified in three separate opening round that started with going and a right uppercut shaking this week. The last time I won three on the wrong end of a really him typically on the attack and the Frenchman. is. "And I've obviously been only year’s Games in PyeongChang. events. But she has all but put dominant performance by them. times in a year was back in 2002. too happy to try and help the UCI Christie, Charlotte Gilmartin those demons to rest after the most landing body shots and a ramrod But with Peynaud happy to "This is my first time to Jakarta Paul Clement says Swansea's right through the Frenchman's stand and trade, and Benn not fill in the blanks and to give all that and Kathryn Thomson have all incredible year of her career to date. 4-0 defeat against Manchester and I have really enjoyed my time information up along with the team been selected for the 500m, 1000m The 27-year-old became the first guard. worried about his defence, it was here so far. This course has really City was really tough to watch at Yet the tables turned after two another roller-coaster round that to try and get to the bottom of and 1500m at February's European woman to become a times but admits they are one of impressed me. I heard good things what has happened here." showpiece in South Korea, with triple world champion and capped minutes, Benn on the offensive set up what turned out to be a about it from Lee Westwood and the best sides he's ever come across only for Peynaud to catch him on record-saving fifth for the Ilford Froome says Salbutamol "is a male athletes Farrell Treacy and an epic 2017 by landing the "They totally deserved the Bernd Wiesberger. The guys talked very complex subject" but insists Joshua Cheetham taking Team prestigious Sunday Times the way in with a heavy right, man. highly of this place, it is in great victory, at times that scoreline sending him to the canvas for the Benn's face told the story at he has been treating his asthma GB's speed-skate contingent up to Sportswoman of the Year award. could've run higher. (SkySports) condition and I am really looking properly for a decade now. five. The former Sky Sports (SkySports) first time in his professional the end of a sensational scrap forward to playing. (SkySports) FRIDAY .DECEMBER 15 . 2017 -Qaws 24, 1396 H.S Vol:X Issue No:138 Price: Afs.20

UAE delegate 'storms out' of UN human rights meeting Activists have accused Emirati officials of refusing to address criticism of the UAE's human rights record and storming out of a UN organised meeting with civil society groups. Rights groups presented Emirati officials with evidence of alleged abuses happening in the country at the UN Universal Periodical Review (UPR) pre- session in the Swiss city of Geneva settlements in Bangladesh and on Wednesday. because the surveys don't account Each year, 48 UN member for the families who never made it states undergo the UPR to assess out of Myanmar." the human rights situation in each The report states that at least and to allow officials from those 9,000 Rohingya died in Rakhine countries to set out what, if state between August 25 and anything, they will do to address September 24, with 71.7 percent allegations of human rights of those deaths caused by violence. violations. More than 620,000 Rohingya The pre-session gives human refugees have fled what the UN rights groups and civil society has labelled "ethnic cleansing" in activists a chance to directly Rakhine State since clashes broke address officials about concerns out between government security ahead of the UPR session, which forces and Rohingya fighters on British politicians have voted to process," she told Al Jazeera. for the UAE, will take place next August 25. give parliament the final say on any Schick noted that the vote in month. At Wednesday's meeting, The military claims it acted withdrawal deal with the European parliament "doesn't actually stop groups including the UK-based legally in responding to coordinated Union, dealing a blow to Prime Brexit". International Campaign for attacks on border posts by a rebel Minister Theresa May on the eve "This is a very symbolic Freedom in the UAE (ICFUAE), armed group. Those who fled the of a crucial summit in Brussels. protest by Conservative MPs who Reprieve, and Al-Karama directed violence did so voluntarily, some MPs on Wednesday voted for don't believe in the government's their criticisms and officials have said. an amendment to demand current course on Brexit. recommendations to the UAE's Myanmar's government has parliament pass a separate bill to "What they're trying to do by representative, Ahmed Awad, denied allegations of ethnic approve any final agreement signed defeating the government is ... to about human rights in the country. cleansing and crimes against with the bloc. show that the power of parliament Allegations made by the At least 6,700 Rohingya were military officials relating to the Myanmar-Bangladesh border area. humanity, but it has refused UN May lost by a narrow margin is sovereign over the government." groups included the arbitrary killed by Myanmar security forces same period. "What we uncovered was investigators' and journalists' of 309 to 305 votes. The UK is A spokesperson said the arrest of political dissidents, in one month following a Sidney Wong, MSF's medical staggering, both in terms of the access to areas of the country scheduled to leave the EU on government was "disappointed" torture of prisoners and restrictions government-led crackdown in the director, said the organisation numbers of people who reported affected by the violence. March 29, 2019. by the vote, adding that "this on freedom of speech. country's Rakhine state in late gathered the data in six surveys by a family member died as a result of MSF's research, based on the The prime minister had amendment does not prevent us Cases brought up by August, according to Doctors meeting with more than 600,000 violence, and the horrific ways in "most conservative estimations", promised legislators a "meaningful from preparing our statute book ICFUAE, include that of British Without Borders (MSF). survivors of the violence in which they said they were killed revealed that at least 730 Rohingya vote" on the UK's deal for its for exit day". national David Haigh, who alleges The figure, published on Myanmar's northwestern Rakhine or severely injured," she said. children below the age of five- departure from the EU, or Brexit. The defeat, however, comes at torture and false imprisonment by Thursday in an MSF report, is state. Many of these refugees are "The numbers of deaths are years-old were violently killed Rivals, however, said that the a difficult time for May. Emirati officials. significantly higher than the now sheltering in overcrowded and likely to be an underestimation as between in the month following pledge did not go far enough. On Thursday, the prime The activists said Awad numbers reported by Myanmar unsanitary camps in the we have not surveyed all refugee August 25. (Al Jazeera) 'Doesn't stop Brexit' minister will attend a two-day EU responded with a speech claiming Nina Schick, an expert on summit where leaders are expected the UAE's record on human rights European politics, said the to approve the terms of a was no different to other outcome of the vote was preliminary Brexit deal, which were countries. "expected", as several members of agreed to last week after months When asked by the chair of the parliament from May's of painstaking negotiations, before meeting to address the specific Conservative party, which lacks an moving to the second phase of the criticisms made by the rights overall majority, had earlier talks. May has been under pressure groups, Awad is said to have called declared that they would vote ever since holding a snap election the meeting a "waste of time" and against the government. in June, which resulted in the walked out. (Al Jazeera) "What the Conservative rebels Conservatives losing their wanted is to have enshrined in the governing majority and negotiating "The declaration has ignited EU Withdrawal Bill, which is the a deal with Northern Ireland's the people's feelings about active legislation whereby all of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP). Saudi King Palestine and Jerusalem as its EU law is going to be transposed The Conservatives rely on the symbol, but it also exposed those into UK law, a commitment that DUP, which has 10 seats in who ran into the despicable there will be a separate bill in which parliament, to pass legislation. Salman position of the so-called to enshrine the withdrawal (Al Jazeera) normalisation," he told Al Jazeera, speaking from Kuwait. decries Jerusalem, home to holy A political leader of Yemen's religious sites, has particular Houthi rebels has met members Trump's significance for Muslims, of late Ali Abdullah Saleh's party, 'Not In My Name': Christians and Jews. days after the killing of the ousted West Jerusalem was seized by president by the group that Jerusalem Israel during the 1948 Arab-Israeli controls the capital, Sanaa. war, when more than 750,000 On Wednesday, Houthi- Activists fighting Palestinians were expelled from controlled media on Wednesday decision historic Palestine, referred to by showed photos of a meeting Palestinians as the Nakba between Houthi political chief hate in India Saudi Arabia's King Salman bin US President Donald Trump's embassy in Jerusalem. (catastrophe) when Israel was Saleh al-Sammad and Yahya al- Abdulaziz Al Saud has reiterated decision to recognise Jerusalem as The status of Jerusalem has officially founded. Rai, assistant secretary-general of the Kingdom's stated commitment the capital of Israel and move the long remained a sensitive topic and Israel subsequently occupied the General People's Congress to a Palestinian state with East US embassy to the city from Tel one of the core issues in the Israeli- and annexed the eastern part of the (GPC) and a speaker of Jerusalem as its capital. Aviv has reignited the Palestinian Palestine conflict. Trump's city after its military victory in the parliament. Palestinians have the right to cause, according to analysts. decision has "touched the nerve of 1967 war, but its control over East The meeting in Sanaa was also Israeli-annexed East Jerusalem as Breaking with years of US the Arab people and the backbone Jerusalem has never been attended by Hisham Sharaf, the their capital, Salman said on policy, Trump announced the of the international law", said recognised by the international Houthi minister of foreign affairs. Wednesday in response to the US move on December 6, drawing Salman Abu Sitta, chairman of the community. Palestinians want Later in the day, al-Sammad decision last week to recognise international condemnation and Popular Conference of Palestinians occupied East Jerusalem as the also met other members of Saleh's Jerusalem as the capital of Israel sparking a wave of heated protests Abroad. capital of a future state, while Israel GPC, in a move perceived to be a and move its embassy there from around the world. From Syria to Indonesia: says the city cannot be divided. Houthi attempt to restore an Tel Aviv. No country currently has its Protests over Jerusalem spread (Al Jazeera) alliance with the party. His televised address to the The Houthis, who protested Kingdom's Shura (Consultative) against Saleh during the country's Council in Riyadh on Wednesday 2011 uprisings, formed a shaky came as the world's main pan- Syria: Post-war reconstruction alliance with the long-time leader Islamic body held an emergency and his party against the summit in Istanbul, Turkey. government of the internationally At the Organisation of Islamic recognised President Abd-Rabbu Cooperation (OIC) summit, booming in Jarablus Mansour Hadi in 2014. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Jarablus, a city in northern Syria Syrian fighters and Turkish NGOs from Turkey are providing This cooperation broke down Erdogan called on the world to completely in recent weeks as recognise East Jerusalem as the near the Turkish border, is one of soldiers retook it last year. assistance. Many in the city said the few places to rebound after Residents said they have a they do not see Turkey as an Houthi fighters and Saleh loyalists "capital of Palestine", while clashed. Palestinian President Mahmoud fighters from ISIL were defeated relative sense of safety because occupying force, welcoming its with help from Turkey. they no longer fear air raids or influence to help improve the Two days before he was Abbas said there could be no peace killed on December 4, Saleh in the Middle East until such a More than six years of war in bombings. situation in the city. Syria means it will take massive Children are happy to resume Ankara also provides training publicly stated his willingness to move was made. engage in talks with Saudi Arabia, Saudi Arabia, which hosts the reconstruction efforts to rebuild their studies in the local school. and money to support a local NEW DELHI: On a cold winter hate crimes in the country. cities that have been reduced to However, there are still challenges. police force, tasked with keeping which has been leading a military afternoon in the Indian capital, That makes 2017 one of the OIC's secretariat, sent only a senior coalition against the Iran-aligned foreign ministry official. rubble. Teacher Umm Mohammed said security and the peace between scores of writers, activists and deadliest in recent years for But construction is booming students have been out of school various groups of fighters. Houthis since March 2015. students gathered under a poster violence against minority groups. "The Kingdom has called for a Last month, Saudi Arabia political solution to resolve in Jarablus, where a local council for years and must begin with the A mother whose child was of a blood-splattered pair of Many of the victims were either runs education, health and basics. being treated at Jarablus' hospital imposed a total blockade on the sandals on Wednesday, holding up Muslim or Dalit, people who regional crises, foremost of which impoverished country after a rebel is the Palestinian issue and the sanitation services. Like most things in the town, told Al Jazeera: "If God fixes this placards that said, "Not In My belong to the least-privileged of the The city's population has the Jarablus' hospital is under situation, [the children] might have missile was shot down near the Name". Hindu castes, and the killings were restoration of the Palestinian kingdom's capital, Riyadh, people's legitimate rights, including grown from 25,000 to 70,000 since Turkish administration, while a better life." (Al Jazeera) The protest came in response often prompted by rumours over exacerbating an already grave to the brutal murder of the slaughter of cows, an animal the right to establish their humanitarian crisis. independent state with East Mohammed Afrazul, who was considered holy in Hinduism. The Amid mounting international hacked to death in the western activists who converged on New Jerusalem as its capital," Salman Houthis: Saudi-led raid kills prisoners in Sanaa pressure, Saudi Arabia began to said. state of Rajasthan last week by a Delhi's Parliament Street blamed allow some aid to enter the man who railed against "love what they called inflammatory Salman said US President country in the last week of Donald Trump's decision At least 30 prisoners have been Saudi Arabia and its allies killed their former ally, former jihad", a term used by Hindu rhetoric by Narendra Modi, the killed in Saudi-led air strikes on intervened in neighbouring Yemen President Ali Abdullah Saleh. November. nationalists to accuse Muslims of prime minister, and officials of his "represents an extreme bias against Despite this easing, the the rights of the Palestinian people Yemen's rebel-controlled capital, in March 2015 in an attempt to marrying Hindu women in order governing Hindu nationalist BJP Sanaa, according to local media. push back the Houthi rebels, who situation in Yemen remains to convert them. for the rise in killings. Decrying in Jerusalem that have been severe, according to the UN. Splits guaranteed by international Al Masriet, an online are said to be backed by Iran, and The killing was captured on what they called "an assault" on publication, reported on restore the government of within the GPC had emerged when video and uploaded to YouTube. India's secular constitution, resolutions". Saleh formed an alliance with the Salman added: "I repeat the Wednesday that dozens of people President Abd-Rabbu Mansour The alleged attacker, Shambu activists also called for the were also injured in seven raids Hadi. Houthis; many party members Lal, is seen hitting at Afrazul with resignation of Rajasthan's state Kingdom's condemnation and then shifted their loyalty and strong regret over the US decision targeting facilities controlled by the The war has killed at least a machete before dousing his body government. Modi and BJP have Houthi rebels, including the prison 10,000 people and displaced three support in line with Hadi. GPC with kerosene and setting it on fire. denied allegations of stoking on Jerusalem, for its Secretary-General Aref Zouka relinquishment of the historic rights housing about 180 prisoners at the million, pushing the country to the At least 11 other people have communal tensions. Al Jazeera time of the attack. brink of famine. was killed shortly after Saleh and been killed on apparent religious spoke to some of the activists of the Palestinian people in was buried on Saturday in his Jerusalem." (Al Jazeera) There was no immediate The confrontation has grounds this year, according to fighting hate in India. reaction by the Saudi-led coalition. intensified recently after Houthis hometown. (Al Jazeera) India Spend, a group that tracks (Al Jazeera)