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Trump pulls US from ‘defective’ Iran nuclear deal, slaps sanctions

Rouhani slams ‘psychological warfare’ • Pompeo in N Korea, date set for summit

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump defied the pleas of his European allies Planning council discusses and pulled the United States out of the Iran nuclear deal yesterday, vowing to re-impose education, financial reform crippling sanctions on Tehran and warning that Iranians deserve a better government. His decision itself came as little surprise - the US leader has long scorned what he called the “disastrous” 2015 accord - but his suggestion that the regime must change underlined the risks of a dangerous new escalation in the Middle East. US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo promised that Washington will work with its friends to build a new agreement to curtail Iran’s alleged quest for nuclear weapons - but there was no disguising that Trump’s decision marked a stark diplomatic defeat for Europe, whose leaders had begged him to think again. “I am announcing today that the United WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump signs a document reinstating sanctions against States will withdraw from the Iran nuclear Iran after announcing the US’ withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal in the Diplomatic deal,” Trump declared in a White House Reception Room of the White House yesterday. — AFP address, branding the landmark 2015 accord that was endorsed by Britain, China, Germany, nuclear blackmail,” Trump vowed. “We will sanctions relief in return for it scaling back its Russia and Barack Obama’s previous US not allow American cities to be threatened enrichment program and placing its nuclear administration “defective at its core”. with destruction and we will not allow a industry under international inspection. KUWAIT: First Deputy Premier, Defense Minister and Chairman of the Trump - who enjoys close ties with Iran’s regime that chants ‘Death to America’ to gain But there was no disguising the dismay in Supreme Development and Planning Council Sheikh Nasser Sabah Al-Ahmad foes Saudi Arabia and Israel - said he had access to the most deadly weapons on Earth.” European capitals, whose diplomats see the Al-Sabah yesterday chaired the 10th meeting of the first term of the council. consulted America’s friends in the Middle Trump’s hawkish National Security Advisor deal as the best way of keeping tabs on Iran’s Minister of Social Affairs and Labor and Economic Affairs Hind Al-Sabeeh said East and concluded “that we cannot prevent John Bolton said that European firms would ambitions while heading off the risk of a the meeting discusses various topics on the agenda including developing educa- an Iranian nuclear bomb under the decaying have a “wind down” period to cancel any destabilizing new arms race in the Middle tion and the challenges of economic and financial reforms. — KUNA and rotten structure of the current agree- investments made in Iran under the terms of the East, where tensions are already soaring ment”. “America will not be held hostage to accord, after the world agreed to give Tehran Continued on Page 11

the charity. Last week, Ashour said he will Ashour, Sabeeh quit his Assembly seat if the minister can prove that the society took the loan. Breakthrough with The minister said yesterday that she did spar over closed not say in the grilling that the charity took Manila near; state any bank loan and reiterated that what she charity society said was that the society gave loans from donors’ money to individuals, which is a values Filipinos By B Izzak violation of the law. The minister told reporters that the head of the society was KUWAIT: MP Saleh Ashour claimed cautioned not to give such loans and he yesterday that Minister of Social Affairs pledged to respect the law. But he later and Labor Hind Al-Sabeeh misinformed continued with such violations, she said. the National Assembly in a grilling last Sabeeh wondered why there has been week, but the minister immediately such an emphasis on the alleged loan issue denied the claims. The lawmaker chal- while other flagrant violations supported lenged the minister to prove that a Shiite by documented evidence have been side- charity society - Al-Thaqalain Charity - lined. These violations include transferring has received any loan as she claimed dur- Saleh Ashour Hind Al-Sabeeh funds through money exchange companies ing the debate of the grilling filed against and not through banks as required and her by Ashour himself. minister for committing financial and receiving a loan worth KD 100,000, hiding the sources of donations and ways The charity, which has close links to administrative violations. Ashour had said which constitutes a breach of the law. The of spending it, the minister said. KUWAIT: Information Minister Mohammed Al-Jabri Ashour, was recently dissolved by the that the minister accused the charity of loan was one of the reasons for dissolving Continued on Page 11 meets former Philippine minister of information Francisco Tatad yesterday. — KUNA

dent Nicolas Sarkozy and former prime minister Manuel KUWAIT: Philippines Minister of Labor and Erdogan blasts Valls as well as intellectuals and other public figures. Employment Silvestre Bello will be in Kuwait today for “Who are you to attack our scriptures? We know how talks with senior officials to discuss means of solving French call over vile you are,” Erdogan retorted. “Have they ever read Filipino workers’ problems and a relevant workforce their books, the Bible? Or the Torah?” Erdogan asked, agreement, the deputy foreign minister said yesterday. referring to the Christian and Jewish holy books, adding: “The standoff with the Philippines is heading to a Quran passages “If they had read them, they probably would want to ban breakthrough,” Khaled Al-Jarallah told reporters on the Bible.” The signatories in the letter said “Islamist radi- sidelines of a reception by the Italian Embassy to mark ANKARA: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan calization” was to blame for what it described as a “quiet the European country’s national day. yesterday hit out at a French manifesto calling for cer- ethnic purging” in the Paris region, with abuse forcing Asked if a new Filipino ambassador to Kuwait has tain passages of the Holy Quran to be removed in Jewish families to move out. A third of France’s record been nominated, Jarallah said the foreign ministry is response to rising anti-Semitism. An open letter, pub- hate crimes target Jews, despite the community making awaiting such a nomination. Kuwait declared the up only 0.7 percent of the population. lished on April 22 in Le Parisien newspaper and signed Philippines ambassador persona non grata after acts But Erdogan also pointed to Islamophobia in the West, by nearly 300, argued that verses of the Quran calling committed by Filipino nationals in violation of Kuwait’s for the “murder and punishment of Jews, Christians and saying Ankara had warned its partners of “Islamophobia, sovereignty were deemed as interference in its internal disbelievers” should be removed because they are anti-Turkish feeling, xenophobia, racism”. affairs and even as violating relevant international “obsolete”. Signatories included former French presi- Continued on Page 11 Recep Tayyip Erdogan agreements and treaties, especially Article 41 of Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations. Earlier yesterday, Minister of Information and launched multiple legal challenges against the Minister of State for Youth Affairs Mohammed Al- NY attorney Republican administration. Jabri said Filipinos form the third largest community in “Gotcha,” tweeted White House counselor to the Kuwait and are very well cared for by the state. He general latest president, Kellyanne Conway, although there was no made the remark yesterday after a meeting with visit- immediate response from Trump. “While these allega- ing former Philippine minister of information Francisco tions are unrelated to my professional conduct or the Tatad and an accompanying delegation. According to #MeToo scalp operations of the office, they will effectively prevent me a statement by the Kuwaiti information ministry, Jabri from leading the office’s work at this critical time,” he recalled during the meeting the initial stance by NEW YORK: New York state’s top prosecutor, a pub- said. “I therefore resign my office, effective at the close Philippines in the aftermath of the 1990 Iraqi brutal lic defender of the #MeToo movement and antagonist of business on May 8.” invasion of Kuwait. He highly appreciated Philippines’ of Donald Trump, has become the latest public figure to Two of the women spoke to The New Yorker on the resign over allegations of sexual misconduct. Eric record, alleging that Schneiderman repeatedly hit them, support of just causes. Schneiderman, a 63-year-old progressive Democrat often after drinking, frequently in bed and never with Jabri noted that it is integral to the ministry’s policy serving a second elected term as state attorney general, their consent. Both say they sought medical attention to build bridges of communication between the rele- resigned late Monday hours after being accused of after having been slapped hard across the ear and face, vant state bodies and expats in Kuwait. This is obvious physically assaulting four women. It was a swift fall and also choked, the magazine said. The article was co- in the allocation of hours for Tagalog programs on from power for the chief law enforcement official in the written by Ronan Farrow, who last month shared Radio Kuwait. In a separate meeting, Jabri and the state, an outspoken Trump opponent whose office had Continued on Page 11 Eric Schneiderman Continued on Page 11 2 Established 1961 Local Wednesday, May 9, 2018 His Highness the Amir leaves to Ukraine on a private visit Crown Prince receives Sheikh Dr Mohammad

KUWAIT: His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah meets with Sheikh Dr Mohammad Chief of National Security Bureau Sheikh Thamer Al-Ali Al-Sabah meets with Iraq’s ambassador to Kuwait. Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah. — KUNA photos

KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad and Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al- Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah at Bayan Palace yesterday. strengthening bilateral relations, the Bureau’s public rela- Al-Jaber Al-Sabah departed the country yesterday head- Sabah, Speaker of the National Assembly Marzouq Ali Al- In other news, Chief of National Security Bureau tions said in a press statement. The two sides also ing to Ukraine on a private visit. His Highness the Amir was Ghanem, as well as senior state officials. Separately, His Sheikh Thamer Al-Ali Al-Sabah received Iraq’s ambassa- addressed regional and international issues of common seen off at the airport by His Highness the Deputy Amir Highness Sheikh Nawaf received Sheikh Dr Mohammad dor to Kuwait. The meeting focused on means of concern, it added. — KUNA

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IRBIL: Iraqis who lost their limbs in the government offensive to retake the city of Mosul from the Islamic State (IS) group, gather to play football in Irbil, the capital of the Kurdish autonomous region in northern Iraq, during an event sponsored by the Kuwaiti government on May 7, 2018. — AFP photos

Kuwait. We were delighted to par- AUB sponsors ticipate in this event which undoubtedly assists in promoting Int’l Islamic and adding value to Kuwait as a leading center for Islamic banking. The conference agenda reflected Finance industry discussions around impor- tant matters that are of interest to Conference central banks, financial institutions, their clients and other stakeholders, and which operate in accordance KUWAIT: Ahli United Bank (AUB) with Islamic sharia. This is very announced the sponsorship of the much in line with AUB’s priority in International Islamic Finance actively participating in and sup- Conference, which took place porting the development of Islamic recently in Kuwait. The event, banking.” which was held under the patron- “AUB’s commitment to develop KUWAIT: Dr Anwar Al-Mudhaf, AUB Chairman, visits AUB’s booth at the age of His Highness the Amir the Islamic banking sector in event with Richard Groves, CEO, and Tareq Muhmood, Senior Deputy CEO. Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Kuwait, and its belief in its strong Al-Sabah, was one of the largest gatherings to have taken place of potential, has been the corner Islamic finance by developing inno- azine,” added Groves. global leaders and local expertise stone of the Bank’s success and its vative investment and financing Groves further remarked, “We in the Islamic finance industry. ability to become one of the instruments that accommodate look forward to participating in On this occasion, AUB’s CEO strongest Islamic banks in Kuwait. clients’ varied needs. The Bank’s such important conferences in Richard Groves said, “We congrat- The Bank was been able to achieve efforts were recently recognized future. Our aim is to help further ulate the Governor of the Central notable successes since the onset when it was awarded the ‘Best develop and expand the Islamic Bank of Kuwait and the Islamic of its operations as an Islamic bank Islamic Bank in Kuwait’ award in banking sector, which is witnessing Financial Services Board for host- in April 2010. AUB was able to 2017 from the highly regarded commendable growth locally, ing an excellent conference here in solidify its leading position in Islamic Business and Finance mag- regionally and internationally.” Established 1961 3 Local Wednesday, May 9, 2018 Customs advisor received KD 20,000 bribe to facilitate illegal transaction

Passenger tried to smuggle 10,000 drug pills through airport

By A Saleh, Hanan Al-Saadoun, Beef ban Meshaal Al-Enezi and Agencies The supreme food safety committee recommended banning all beef imports from Zimbabwe and South KUWAIT: Criminal investigators yesterday arrested an Korea, where foot and mouth disease has been detected. Arab man working as an advisor at the Customs General The committee also recommended lifting previous bans Department over charges of receiving a KD 20,000 on importing all types of poultry meat from UK, bribe. The sources said that on being tipped about the Denmark, Switzerland and from the US states of Missouri advisor’s illegal practices, and Texas after they were undercover agents made an proven free from bird flu. The arrangement with him to ille- Beef imports committee’s secretary Adel KUWAIT: Customs workers cut open a vest worn gally facilitate a certain com- Al-Suwait said the recom- by a passenger arrested for trying to smuggle Firemen coordinate inside the lobby of a building pany’s transaction. The sus- mendations were made in the drug pills into Kuwait. where a fire was reported yesterday. pect was arrested red-handed banned from committee’s meeting number while receiving the marked 3/2018, in which the commit- notes, said the sources who Zimbabwe, tee also recommended lifting they get sick leaves for KD 10 per day. She said she made of the driver, he was found wanted on a debt. The man spoke on the condition of the ban on fresh, chilled and an appointment with the man and gave him KD 20 for a made a phone call, and minutes later, a man came and anonymity. South Korea processed cow, sheep and two-day leave slip. Sharhan ordered investigations into claimed to be the brother of the wanted man. He said he goat meat from Kazakhstan. the matter, and detectives discovered the man is an air- is a lieutenant colonel, then insulted the two patrolmen, 10,000 pills conditioning technician and not a doctor. Doctors who rammed the patrol car, and escaped. An Arab man was arrested Attempted murder signed the sick leaves for him were not aware of him with possession of 3.5 kilograms of drugs he tried to The Ahmadi prosecutor charged a female citizen, 24, charging money for them. Smuggling foiled smuggle through Kuwait International Airport yesterday. with attempted murder after she rammed her car into a Airport customs officers foiled two separate attempts The man was apprehended based on information that air- police sergeant, Al-Anbaa daily reported. A police source Fake cop in custody to smuggle around 14.5 kg of qat. Airport customs direc- port detectives received about an Arab passenger carry- said the sergeant was taken to hospital for treatment of A bedoon man was taken to Jleeb Al-Shuyiukh detectives tor Waleed Al-Nasser said roaming customs officers sus- ing a large amount of drug pills, who was on a plane that minor injuries. The incident took place in Mahboula as for questioning for posing as a policeman. He was arrested in pected an Arab man, and when his luggage was searched, was on its way to Kuwait. The suspect was placed under the girl was pulled over. When she was asked to get out a mall wearing a police uniform. When a police foot patrol 20 bags of tea were found filled with around 14 kg of qat. arrest after police found a total of 10,000 pills hidden in of her car, because she was found wanted, she hit the approached him, the suspect attempted to escape, but he An African woman later arrived, and when her luggage a vest he was wearing. sergeant and the patrol car, but was arrested. was caught. He said he wears the uniform only for showing was searched, 500 gm of qat were found with her. off. He claimed to have a car rental office in the mall, adding Salmya fire Fake doctor arrested that he never goes out of the mall in uniform. ‘Sofex 2018’ Firefighters tackled a blaze that broke in a Salmiya Criminal detectives arrested an Egyptian man claiming Kuwait Fire Service Directorate (KFSD) is participat- building yesterday, while no injuries were reported. The to be a doctor, who had become well known for his abili- Policeman questioned ing in the exhibition and conference of special operations fire started in a 20th floor apartment used as a gym for ty to get sick leaves for government employees for KD 10 A police lieutenant colonel is being questioned over forces ‘Sofex 2018’ which is currently being held in the residential building’s tenants. An investigation was per day. A citizen met the head of criminal detectives Maj allowing his brother to escape and beating a public Jordan. KFSD is participating with a delegation headed opened to determine the cause of the fire. Gen Mohammad Al-Sharhan and told him many of her employee. A security source said a police patrol in Aswaq by Deputy Director General for Human Resources colleagues said whenever they want leave or to travel, Al-Qurain suspected a car, and when they checked the ID Development Maj Gen Eng Khalid Al-Tarkait.

Housing projects Ministry forms The Public Authority for Housing Welfare’s (PAHW) deputy director for design and planning Nasser Khoraibot committee to said the authority has made a substan- tial shift in its projects by shifting from implement VAT the mere construction of regular areas to building integrated cities including commercial, investment and industrial zones. Khoraibot said the authority is By A Saleh fully committed to its declared strategy of distributing 12,000 housing units a KUWAIT: Kuwait’s finance ministry has year, and stressed that this strategy formed a special committee to imple- managed to win citizens’ trust after ment the value added tax (VAT), while waiting times were reduced from 15 to its experts helped the committee frame only three years. the VAT law, PricewaterhouseCoopers In addition, Khoraibot said once this (PWC) said. PWC also noted that the five-year plan is concluded, the new Kuwaiti government is currently moving Nawaf Al-Ahmad City would be built towards imposing VAT and that it had during the following plans to the west made a high-profile briefing of its of Mutlaa City, and it is expected to transactions after fully studying VAT’s include 52,000 housing units. He also impact on the national economy and stressed that a housing plot will not be evaluation of its implementation in less than 400 sq m, especially after the Kuwait. PWC also said the IMF had authority stopped building houses and urged Kuwait to move forward in terms chose to provide citizens with land so of implementing VAT, after it was that they could choose the designs implemented in UAE and Saudi Arabia they want. at the beginning of this year. In collaboration with PWC, the Commercial licenses Investment Companies Union (ICU) The Ministry of Commerce and invited all concerned parties to a con- Industry (MoCI) is expected to issue a ference titled ‘Problems and Best decision within the next few days on Practices on Implementing VAT’. exempting citizens with disabilities from Responding to criticism of VAT and the fees of issuing commercial licenses. doubts surrounding it, the taxation and planning manager at the finance ministry Hajj convoys Osama Al-Qassar stressed that as part Manager of the Hajj Affairs Bureau of a Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Mohammed Al-Mutairi announced that effort, the ministry has been working for 49 hajj convoys had been approved for 10 years on implementing VAT, adding this year’s season, and upon a direc- that it would not be imposed immediate- tive issued by the Saudi hajj ministry, ly once the law is passed. “A six to 12- pilgrims’ registration will start early month grace period will be given,” he this year. Mutairi said accredited hajj assured, pointing out that the ministry convoys will start receiving applicants had met with various economic sectors to register them in the e-hajj program, including banks, investment and oil which automatically files a hajj leave companies, gold merchants and others for employees. He also warned against to gauge their opinions and suggestions. using unregistered and unofficial hajj Qassar stressed that once the law is convoys, noting that those operating passed, companies would have to com- such convoys will be punished by up ply to avoid the penalties and fines set to one year in jail or up to KD 50,000 by the law. in fines.

treatment, Khaldi added. In addition, the Modern health ministry maintains contacts with the world’s leading health organizations to update the relevant instructions and systems based directives. The conference comes at a time when the ministry is hard at work to promote on trained staff the diagnostic and treatment services of these disease, the minister stressed. Conference President Dr Maamoun Al- KUWAIT: Modern healthcare systems Quseir, said that participants in the scien- rely on qualified and well-trained human tific event would discuss 19 papers elements, as basis to provide high-quality through four sessions and four work- services and achieve sustainable develop- shops. Leading specialists and experts ment, Minister of Health Sheikh Bassel from the UK, Netherlands, Saudi Arabia Humoud Hamad Al-Sabah told a major and Oman are taking part in the confer- conference yesterday. The minister’s ence, he added. statement was delivered on his behalf by In other news, Kuwait Municipality Head of the ministry’s Directorate of yesterday launched a cleanliness cam- Medical Laboratories Services Dr Doaa paign themed ‘contact us.’ Municipality’s Al-Khaldi, to the opening session of the Public Relations Director and Spokesman three-day gathering. Abdulmohsen Aba-Alkheil added in a The ministry, represented by the statement that the drive responded to citi- Directorate of Medical Laboratories zens’ complaints of encroachments on Services, has been keeping pace with state property. These included tents, medical and health care progress world- fences and other facilities, illegally set up wide, to get acquainted with the latest on state-owned property in residential techniques for viral diseases analysis and areas, he explained.—KUNA 4 Established 1961 Local Wednesday, May 9, 2018

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KUWAIT: The sun rises above the Arabian Gulf waters at a beach in Kuwait. — KUNA photo NBK announces charity social program for Ramadan 1,000 iftar meals to be distributed inside NBK tent

KUWAIT: The National Bank of Kuwait (NBK) is prepar- ing for its charity social program for the holy month of Ramadan. Executive Manager of Public Relations Department at NBK Abdulmohsen Al-Rasheed said the program includes distributing 1,000 iftar meals inside the NBK tent, located at the opposite side of Souq Sharq. Meanwhile, 20 field tours will be organized to hospitals, mosques, public facilities and areas of heavy population, he added. Furthermore, Rasheed said that bank employees will vol- unteer to serve those who are Abdulmohsen Al-Rasheed fasting and worshippers in mosques daily, adding that refrigerators will be provided in mosques to provide iftar meals. Meanwhile, NBK will sponsor the ‘Iftar Cannon Program’ at Nayef Palace for the third consecutive year. In addition, The ‘Help and be Happy’ campaign will be organ- ized to help low income families as per the strategic part- nership with the Kuwait Red Crescent Society. NBK will also celebrate ‘girgean’ with children in hospitals. Rasheed concluded by saying that NBK will cooperate with Kuwait Fire Service Directorate to give awareness messages through social media.

with the success this particular activity has people that are in urgent need of blood like peo- Zain holds achieved. ple with rare blood types. The company is keen to organize internal Zain’s solid Corporate Sustainability and Center hails blood drive campaigns for employees in collabo- Social Responsibility strategy primarily focuses internal blood ration with the Central Blood Bank to encourage on the wellbeing of the entire nation. For this Madina Arabic employees to donate blood and save lives, fur- reason, the company has maintained its support drive campaign ther reinforcing the company’s keenness in hav- of numerous initiatives that spread awareness ing a productive role in social and health activi- and help make a difference to people’s every- Calligraphy Forum ties, especially those that contribute with saving day lives. KUWAIT: Zain, the leading telecommunications company in Kuwait, recently held internal blood JEDDAH: Kuwait’s Islamic Arts drive campaign for its employees. The campaign, Center’s Director Fareed Al-Ali held at the company’s main headquarters in praised the first Madinah Forum for Shuwaikh, came in strategic partnership with Arabic Calligraphy, currently held in the Central Blood Bank of Kuwait. the Saudi city of Madinah. In a state- Zain organizes this health initiative several ment following a workshop for Kuwaiti times a year under the umbrella of its Corporate calligrapher Jassem Al-Mearaj, Ali Sustainability and Social Responsibility strategy expressed admiration of displayed towards the health sector through partnerships works, the high level of organization, with major health organizations in the country, and remarkable turnout. including the Central Blood Bank. The campaign The Islamic Arts Center was delight- also aims at encouraging Zain employees to ed to partake in this event to promote donate blood and save the lives of those who Arabic calligraphy and show the are in most need of blood transfusion. The blood Kuwait’s contribution to the culture and drive campaign witnessed immense positive arts, he said. He noted that the center participation from Zain employees, who contin- participated in the 14-day forum with Kuwait’s Islamic Arts Center Director ued to donate blood throughout a whole day a collection of Arabic calligraphy Fareed Al-Ali attends the first Madinah with the presence of the Central Blood Bank’s works and a variety of its related pub- Forum for Arabic Calligraphy. medical staff. Zain strives to contribute to the lications. —KUNA community through its numerous corporate KUWAIT: Zain employees participate in the blood drive campaign. social responsibility initiatives and is pleased Established 1961 5 Local Wednesday, May 9, 2018 GCC faces major challenges in energy transition: Expert GCC economies still highly dependent on oil and gas revenue

BRUSSELS: The transition of a petroleum-based economy to “As long as these economies (of GCC) remain reliant on green economy is much more challenging for the Gulf oil and gas revenues, then we are going to have a vicious Cooperation Council’s (GCC) countries than anywhere else cycle. In order to facilitate the energy transition you need to because of the lack of economic diversification, said a leading produce more, not less, oil and gas to finance that transition, Arab energy expert late on Monday. “she said. “When helping countries to transition to a greener The economies of GCC are highly dependent on oil and energy future, first of all we have to ask whether and when gas revenue. They are making commitment to reduce their the cleaner sources of energy can become independent of carbon emission in line with the global agenda. And at the state support and even generate revenues for the govern- same time the world is telling them, we are moving away from ment,” stated Dr Nakhle. She said that when people talk oil and gas, noted Dr Carole Nakhle, founder and CEO of about green future, they forget fossil fuels are a major gener- Crystol Energy, an advisory, research and training firm based ator of revenues not only for oil producing countries but also in London. Dr Nakhle, who is of Lebanese origin, was speak- for the oil consuming countries. ing at a seminar on “energy transition for the Arab oil produc- “And the second big question is whether the GCC will be ers of the GCC. How real, how likely and can we get there?” able to diversify their economies fast enough and create a The event was organized by the Brussels Energy Club. sustainable source of income which goes beyond petroleum The six-member GCC includes Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, exports,” she said and added that “the race is on so let us see Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the UAE. “If oil and gas revenues are which one will go faster.” Dr Nakhle has worked on energy really squeezed, how will these countries find their energy projects in more than 40 countries, written numerous articles transition? So where will the money come from for financing in academic journals, newspapers and magazines and lec- BRUSSELS: Dr Carole Nakhle speaks during the seminar in Brussels. —KUNA this transition?” asked Dr Nakhle. tures on energy issues around the globe. —KUNA

other, it added. As for the Financial Account (that records transac- Current account According to the CBK, the surplus in the current tions involving transfers of financial assets and liabilities account mainly reflects a surge in the value of oil between residents and non-residents) of the State of exports at a greater rate than that of value of merchan- Kuwait’s BOP during 2017, preliminary statistics indi- records $7.1 billion dise imports. This resulted in increasing surplus of the cate a net capital outflows of KD 6,522 million ($21.5 balance on goods (merchandise exports minus mer- billion) against a net capital inflows of KD 1,780 million in 2017: CBK chandise imports) to KD 7,769 million ($25.6 billion) ($5.9 billion) during 2016. during 2017 as compared to KD 5,898 million ($19.4 Separately, the Central Bank of Kuwait (CBK) also billion) a year before. Deficit in the Services Account announced yesterday its latest issues of bonds and KUWAIT: Kuwait’s Current Account recorded a sur- (net value of services transactions between residents related Tawarruq at a total value of KD 240 million plus of KD 2,152 million (about $7.1 billion), against a and non-residents, the most important of which are ($792 million). The issuance is for three months with deficit of KD 1.528 million ($5.04 billion) in 2016, the transportation, travel, communications and construc- a rate of return 2.250 percent. The last similar CBK said in a press release yesterday. The surplus in tion) increased by KD 877 million ($ 2.9 billion), 14.5 issuance of bonds and related Tawarruq by the CBK, the current account is due to the rise in the surpluses of percent to KD 6,925 million ($19.9 billion) during 2017, was on April 30, at the value of KD 200 million balance on goods and the primary income on one hand, compared to a deficit of KD 6,049 million during the ($660 million) for three months with rate of return The Central Bank of Kuwait. and the decrease in the secondary income deficit on the previous year. 2.250 percent. — KUNA InternationalEstablished 1961 Wednesday, May 9, 2018 China, North Korea leaders hold talks Revolution sweeps Armenian opposition leader into power Page 8 Page 7

LONDON: Philip Barnard-Brown, Senior Coachman leads out a Windsor Grey, one of four horses that will pull the Ascot Landau carriage carrying Britain’s Prince Harry and wife Meghan Markle along the processional route in Windsor at the Royal Mews at Buckingham Palace. —AFP What do blacks think of Meghan-Harry marriage? Markle’s father is white and mother is African-American

LONDON: Lawyer Gaile Walters has no time for the the infamous “Rivers of blood” speech by politician ‘Straight outta Compton’ British monarchy but still believes the wedding of Enoch Powell in which he warned that “the black man will Ever since it was first reported the couple were dating, American actress Meghan Markle to Queen Elizabeth’s have the whip hand over the white man” if immigration Markle’s ethnicity has attracted attention, and by no means grandson Prince Harry marks an important moment for was not stopped. always positive. In late 2016, Harry issued a rare rebuke to Britain’s black community. “It has to be significant. The The British government has also found itself mired in a the press, condemning the racial undertones of some arti- fact of someone black being married into the royal family scandal about treatment of some descendants of the cles. One story about the Los Angeles neighborhood where represents a widening and a diversion and an inclusion “Windrush generation” of Caribbean migrants who were Markle’s mother Doria Ragland lives carried the headline that it’s never had before,” Walters told Reuters as she invited to Britain after World War Two but have been left “Harry’s girl is (almost) straight outta Compton: Gang- shopped in Brixton, south London. without documents and denied basic rights. Markle, scarred home of her mother revealed” while Rachel “I’m still not pro-monarchy at all because I don’t think whose maternal ancestors were slaves, and Harry attend- Johnson, sister of British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson, anybody is born to rule. However, I do understand sym- ed a memorial service to mark the Lawrence anniversary wrote she would bring “rich and exotic DNA” to the bolism and this is very powerful.” The upcoming mar- and there has been much commentary about how atti- Windsors. riage of the British prince, sixth-in-line to the British tudes have changed since the days of Powell. But others Asked about such focus in a TV interview to mark their throne, to Markle, whose father is white and mother is say the Windrush episode betrays the true picture. engagement last November, Markle said such coverage had African-American, has been heralded as demonstrating “(The wedding) means nothing. It really is a non-event been “disheartening”. “But I think you know at the end of how Britain has become more egalitarian and racially in terms of what it means for society,” Kehinde Andrews, the day I’m really just proud of who I am and where I come LISBURN: Britain’s Prince Harry and US actress and fiancee of mixed. Just 60 years ago, marrying a divorcee was con- an associate professor of sociology at Birmingham City from and we have never put any focus on that, we’ve just Britain’s Prince Harry Meghan Markle arrive at the Eikon Centre sidered unacceptable for a British royal, and only in 2013 University and author on race issues. He described focused on who we are as a couple,” she said. In the street in Lisburn. —AFP did it become permissible to wed a Catholic without racism “as British as a cup of tea”. “What on earth could market in Brixton, where many Windrush immigrants settled being removed from the line of succession. we possibly be celebrating in the fact that there’s a and which has a large black population, the overwhelming So Markle’s entry into an exclusively white royal fami- splash of coffee in the premier symbol of whiteness in the view of the royal marriage was positive, some likening it to others, it just showed how bad the situation is. “Markle is ly, who wield hugely emotional symbolic power in Britain, UK? “That’s for me the problem with a lot of the cover- Barack Obama becoming America’s first black president. not Britain’s Obama moment and shouldn’t be covered as should not be underestimated, said Afua Hirsch, author of age of this wedding. The monarchy is an institution. Those reactions echoed the warm reception the engaged such. Being chosen by a prince is not democracy,” author “Brit(ish): On Race, Identity and Belonging”. “It repre- Adding a black face, one black face, one very light- couple received when in January they visited Brixton, an Reni Eddo-Lodge wrote on Twitter after the engagement sents a real change in the messaging to young people skinned, pretty black face is not going to change the area that became synonymous with inner city deprivation was announced. growing up in Britain and that idea that blackness and institution.” following race riots in 1981. “I think it’s good for the nation “Because racism is so bad and so historic and so Britishness are mutually exclusive,” she said. “I think for A survey for the British Future think-tank last month to see somebody like her marrying in the royal family,” entrenched that we tend to look for things, anything,” me when I was younger that would have made a huge suggested most Britons would barely notice Markle’s eth- transport worker Noel Davis, 60 said. Rhianne Fleming, 23, Andrews said. “So any symbol that could possibly be good difference to me psychologically in my sense of legitima- nicity and the vast majority welcomed it. However, 12 per- said: “I think it’s going to be exciting, especially the fact that we tend to over-celebrate. But when we sit back and actual- cy and confidence that this is my country.” cent of those questioned thought someone of mixed race she’s mixed race. “It shouldn’t be that important. But the ly analyze what’s happened and what’s changed, we’ll real- marrying into the royal family was bad and 25 percent historical context ... I guess it is a bit of a ‘Wow, oh my god ize it means nothing at all. “The serious issues of entrenched ‘Rivers of blood’ would be uncomfortable with their child to having a seri- this is happening’ when it shouldn’t be,” she added. racism, unemployment, all these issues that really face us, The wedding comes at a time race issues have been ous relationship or marrying someone of a different race. Hirsch said younger people she had spoken to admired the monarchy is part of the problem and she’s now part of prominent in Britain. Last month saw the 25th anniver- It also found 33 percent of ethnic minority respondents Markle. “They are interested in this royal wedding in ways the problem not the solution.” For many on the streets of sary of the murder of black teenager Stephen Lawrence thought racial prejudice was as high as when Lawrence they have never been in previous royal weddings,” she said. Brixton though, race was ultimately not the main issue of by white racists which led to London’s police force being was murdered. In a TV interview last month, London “Because there is something there who looks like them, like the wedding. “If the people love each other, then it doesn’t labeled institutionally racist by an inquiry due to its mayor Sadiq Khan, who is a Muslim, said most institutions somebody they are close to, whose mother resembles matter if they are royal or common,” Walters said. “It’s love botched handling of the case. It was also 50 years since in Britain had “problems with institutional racism”. somebody they are close to.” However, for Andrews and that matters.” —Reuters

still want to return to. Sharkawi sits with his father the video, pointing his phone at an overgrown field. 70 years after Nabil and grandmother Khadija, who at 85 remem- Every week for the past five years Fahmawi, an bers fleeing her home as Israeli fighters Israeli citizen whose Palestinian family remained inside a rapidly ageing population. approached. the land that became Israel, has filmed an abandoned Back to school Thailand, together with China, is the exodus, village or area and posted it on his Facebook page for ageing faster than its regional neigh- ‘Google helps them’ Palestinians across the world to see. “Those that left for Thailand’s bors. By 2040, it is expected to have Palestinians still Nabil contrasts the open fields of his father’s have heard about their country, but they have never the highest share of elderly people of former home to the cramped conditions they have seen it,” he said by phone. “I do it so they don’t forget any developing country in East Asia, dream of return lived in for 70 years in the Amari camp, but said he their country and for them to know they have a coun- elderly according to the World Bank. wasn’t worried the new generation would lose the try, the most beautiful in the world.” Thailand has 7.5 million people aged link to their historical homelands.”There are (tech- BANGKOK: Wearing crisp red-and- AMARI REFUGEE CAMP: Thaer Sharkawi, 31, has 65 and over, a figure projected to nological) developments now-there is Sheikh ‘We will return’ white uniforms, a group of 60-year- never visited the place he calls home. The swell to 17 million by 2040 - more Google. They can open it and see ‘here was Kufr In Gaza, run by Islamist movement Hamas and olds pile into a bus, smiling broadly Palestinian was born and raised in the Amari refugee than a quarter of the expected popu- Ana’,” he said. “Google helps them to see the land hermetically sealed by Israel and Egypt for years, as they make their way to a school in camp in the occupied West Bank, but for him his lation. Traditionally, ageing Thais lived that is theirs.” the internet is often the only way for them to see the Ayutthaya, a province in Thailand. For house is 50 kilometers away in the town of Kafr Ana at home with their families and were But Ali, a 19-year-old also in Amari but whose outside world. Since protests and clashes calling for this group, and others across the inside what is now Israel. Kafr Ana hasn’t actually cared for by their children. But with grandparents came from Al-Na’ani, said he knew the right to return began on March 30 along Gaza’s country, going back to school offers a existed for decades-demolished in the weeks after “nothing” about the village, also destroyed in 1948. border, more than 50 Palestinians have been killed many leaving the countryside to work Sharkawi’s grandfather fled in 1948 - yet he knows way to fight loneliness at a time when “My grandparents died when I was young and no by Israeli fire, mostly by snipers. No Israelis have changing demographics mean more in the cities, parents and grandparents there was a boys’ and girls’ school and can vividly one really talked about it.” The so-called right of been injured. Israel accuses Hamas, with whom it are increasingly being left alone. picture the orange groves his great-grandfather elderly people are living alone. return for Palestinian refugees is one of the most has fought three wars in a decade, of using the “I’ve been looking forward to Schools like the one in Ayutthaya, tended. “I haven’t been there but I have heard about difficult issues in the Israel-Palestinian conflict. protests as cover for violence, but Palestinians say 80 km north of Bangkok, that offer it,” he said. “I studied about it and read about it on every Wednesday, when I go to Israel flat out rejects it, saying allowing even a frac- protesters are being shot while posing no threat. school, dress up as a school student weekly classes over three months are the internet.” Sharkawi is one of around five million tion of them to return would mean the end of it as a The Nakba commemoration is likely to bring the government’s way of offering older Palestinian refugees spread across Lebanon, Jordan, and meet friends. We get to talk and Jewish state. fresh bloodshed in Gaza, especially if Hamas laugh together,” said Somjit Teeraroj, people relief from the stresses of living Syria, Gaza and the West Bank. encourages protesters to approach the border The majority of them are descendants of those a 77-year-old widow who is a stu- alone. “It’s stressful just living day by Facebook memories fence and with Israel determined to stop infiltra- dent at the school for the elderly in day,” 63-year-old Choochart Supkerd who left during the 1948 “Nakba”-or catastrophe- But Palestinians see the issue as essential and tions. Shayma Abeed, 16, has known nothing but when more than 700,000 were expelled or fled Ayutthaya’s Chiang Rak Noi subdis- said. “I will probably go back to feeling refugees have passed on memories from generation Gaza, yet she holds up the key to her grandfather’s trict. After the death of her husband lonely sometimes but I’m also proud of their homes in the war surrounding Israel’s creation. to generation. They will rarely say they simply come house in Al-Jiyya, a town 19 kilometers north of the Like Sharkawi, most have never seen their historic of 40 years, with her children visiting this, of gaining some knowledge in from Palestine, instead naming a village, town or Palestinian enclave and which was emptied in occasionally, Somjit said it was the class,” said Choochart, after posing for homes, many of which were destroyed by Israel. Yet, even street. In a field, Bakar Fahmawi points his 1948.”(Grandad) used to love to tell us about Al- school that helped her recover from a picture with the class of 2018 in his as they mark seven decades since that mass dis- camera at an abandoned Ottoman building, with Jiyya, his friends, the farm work and our house that her loss. Somjit’s story is emblem- gold-trimmed red graduation gown placement on May 15, Palestinian refugees are rows of neat Israeli houses in the background. “Here was warm in the winter and cool in summer,” she atic of a larger problem in Thailand and a flower crown.—Reuters determined to maintain connections to the land they there was a market for all kinds of trade,” he says on said. “We will return to his house one day.” —AFP Established 1961 7 International Wednesday, May 9, 2018 China’s Xi, North Korea’s Kim meet ahead of Trump summit Beijing is keen to avoid being left out in the cold

BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping and unable to hold back joy at meeting again”. fear of flying and suggests he could be will- Kim Jong Un met in China for the second “The respected leader (Kim) also ing to meet with Trump in a third country, time in six weeks yesterday, signaling their expressed pleasure at the bilateral ties that with reports saying Singapore is a possible warming ties ahead of the North Korean are enjoying a new heyday, and praised that destination. Kim travelled to Beijing by train leader’s expected summit with US President the high-level exchanges and strategic com- in March for his maiden official trip abroad Donald Trump. Shortly and first meeting with the Chinese president. after the meeting was made Xi said he was willing to meet Kim again, and public, Trump tweeted that backed North Korea’s adherence to the he would speak to his denuclearization of the peninsula and the “friend” Xi about North Plane normally dialogue between Pyongyang and Korea later on. Washington, Xinhua said. Kim’s trip to the north- used by North “China is willing to continue to work with eastern port city of Dalian all relevant parties and play an active role in was his second visit to China Korean VIPs comprehensively advancing the process of since March, highlighting peaceful resolution of the peninsula issue efforts by the Cold War- spotted in through dialogue, and realizing long-term era allies to mend relations peace and stability in the region,” Xi said. that have chilled as Beijing Dalian The Chinese leader also voiced support for has supported UN sanc- North Korea “shifting its strategic focus to tions over Pyongyang’s economic construction”. Xinhua said Kim nuclear activities. Beijing is keen to avoid munication between the two countries have spoke “highly of Xi’s profound vision and being left out in the cold in a whirlwind of reached an unprecedented level,” according extraordinary wisdom” and “expressed his diplomacy that has led to Kim’s historic to KCNA. For his part, Trump tweeted that gratitude to China” for its contribution to the DALIAN, China: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (left) meets with Chinese President Xi summit last month with South Korean “the primary topics” of his discussion with Xi denuclearization and peace efforts. Jinping in Dalian, in northeast China’s Liaoning province. — AFP President Moon Jae-in and his expected “will be Trade, where good things will happen, meeting with Trump in June. and North Korea, where relationships and Trump-Kim in Singapore? tion and peace, Xinhua said, signaling China would likely want to be part of dis- But Kim’s second trip abroad in such a trust are building.” Chinese state broadcaster At their summit last month in the Pyongyang’s demands for a quid pro quo. cussions on a peace treaty, worrying that the short time-after having never left North Korea CCTV showed Xi and Kim taking a seaside Demilitarized Zone dividing the two Koreas, Trump said last week that he was not envisag- diplomatic thaw may lead to a deal between since coming to power in 2011 - shows that stroll and holding talks in a conference room Kim and Moon agreed to pursue the com- ing a drawdown of troops in South Korea for Pyongyang and Washington that is not in its Beijing still has a central role to play in the with several officials, while Xinhua said the plete denuclearization of the peninsula. now-something the regime in Pyongyang has interests, according to experts. A divided diplomatic shuffle. “After the first meeting two leaders met on Monday and yesterday. According to Xinhua, Kim told Xi there was long wanted-but he admitted it was a possi- Korea has played in Beijing’s favor as the between me and Comrade Chairman (Kim), no need for North Korea to be a nuclear bility in the longer term. North and South North serves as a buffer with the South, both China-DPRK relations and the Korean Mystery plane state “as long as relevant parties abolish their Korea have also agreed to hold talks with the where US troops are stationed. Chinese peninsula situation have made positive Japanese media had earlier shown images hostile policies and remove security threats United States, and possibly China, to reach a Premier Li Keqiang, meanwhile, will take part progress. I feel happy about it,” Xi said, of an airplane normally used by North Korean against the DPRK”. peace treaty by the end of the year. The in a trilateral summit with Moon and Japanese according to the official Xinhua news agency. VIPs flying out of Dalian, fuelling speculation Kim also expressed hope that the US and Korean War, in which China fought on the Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in Tokyo today, North Korea’s official KCNA news agency that Kim had been in town. Kim’s use of a North Korea would take “phased and syn- North’s side, ended in 1953 with an armistice with the North Korean issue high on the said Xi and Kim “exchanged warm greetings, plane shows that he did not inherit his father’s chronous measures” to achieve denucleariza- rather than a peace treaty. agenda. —AFP

Islamist youth leader Malaysia ruling accused of shooting coalition losing Pakistan’s minister ground in polls

ISLAMABAD: The gunman accused of shooting and KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian Prime Minister Najib wounding Pakistan’s interior minister is a youth leader Razak’s ruling coalition has lost more ground in the lead of a hardline religious group that sees it mission as up to an election today, but will likely still win enough par- enforcing death for blasphemers and ridding govern- liamentary seats to cling on to power, a survey by an inde- ment of secular influence, police said in a report. pendent polling firm said. Scandal-hit Najib, whose Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal was shot on Sunday as he Barisan Nasional (BN) alliance has ruled Malaysia for was leaving a constituency meeting surrounded by sup- more than six decades, is pitted in a fierce contest against porters in Punjab province. He is in hospital and out of his former mentor Mahathir Mohamad. The eve-of-poll danger but the attack has shaken the political establish- survey published by pollster Merdeka Center on Tuesday ment ahead of a general election expected in July. The shows Najib’s coalition would win just 37.3 percent of the suspected gunman, arrested at the scene, is Abid popular vote in peninsular Malaysia, which accounts for Hussain, 21, a youth leader of the Islamist Tehreek-e- nearly three-quarters of the seats in parliament, down Labaik party, police said in an interrogation report seen from the 40.3 percent the firm had predicted last week. by Reuters yesterday. The Mahathir-led opposition alliance’s support also fell The party, known as Labaik, has made the emotive slightly to 43.4 percent from 43.7 percent, it showed. The issue of blasphemy its rallying cry in a country where Islamist Parti Islam se-Malaysia (PAS), which is not part for years hardline Islamists have vied for power with of Mahathir’s bloc, saw support increase by 3.3 percent- civilian politicians and a coup-prone military. Hussain age points to 19.3 percent. The poll did not cover the told police he was inspired by the teachings of founders Borneo states of Sabah and Sarawak, which have histori- of the Labaik and joined a party blockade of the capital, cally been pro-BN, although there have been recent signs Islamabad, in November aimed at forcing out a govern- of a swing away from the government in Sabah. The ment minister they accused of blasphemy over a change Merdeka Center survey predicted that Najib’s coalition to an oath-taking law. According to police, Hussain said would win 100 of the 222 seats in parliament, while he had dreamt Ali Hajveri, an 11th century Muslim Mahathir’s alliance would win 83 seats, with contests in 37 preacher revered in South Asia, “ordered me to kill constituencies too close to call. Ahsan Iqbal”. The winning party needs to get at least 112 seats to Labaik denied that Hussain was a member of the form a government. The ruling coalition won 133 seats in party. “We have nothing to do with him,” spokesman the 2013 election, despite losing the popular vote. LAHORE: In this handout photograph, injured Pakistan’s Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal (center) is evacuated Merdeka said in a statement that this would be “one of the Ejaz Ashrafi told Reuters. But a founding member of from a helicopter on their arrival in Lahore. —AFP Labaik, Pir Afzal Qadri, said Iqbal and his Pakistan most contested elections ever in the country’s political his- Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) party had invited tory”. “The high number of marginal seats (37), implies trouble by committing blasphemy when they changed say even to suggest change to the blasphemy law is example of Mumtaz Qadri, a bodyguard of the gover- that voter turnout will be a critical factor in determining an election law in a way some said weakened an oath blasphemy. In November, Labaik blocked a main road nor of Punjab who gunned down the man he was meant the outcome of many seats on election day,” the pollster declaring Mohammad the last true prophet. “They have into the capital for several days over the small change to protect in 2011 over the governor’s call for reform of said in the statement, adding that it predicted BN would done so much wrong,” Qadri said in a video message. to the election law. The government explained the the blasphemy law. retain federal power. Najib’s coalition failed to win the “It is their fault, they themselves are responsible for this. change as a clerical error and reversed it. The minister Qadri, who was convicted of murder, sentenced to popular vote in the last election in 2013, getting 47.3 per- These people are inviting attacks.” responsible resigned. Hussain joined the protests death and executed in 2016, has become a martyr for cent of the votes in what was seen as a setback for the rul- determined to “send any blasphemer to hell”, police hardliners, and Labaik emerged out of a movement that ing alliance even though it retained power. ‘Send them to hell’ said in their report. lionised him. Hussain bought a pistol several months ago Najib faces far greater risks this time than in any previ- Iqbal’s shooting has stoked fears of a repeat of the Seven people were killed and 200 wounded when and later got hold of bullets, police said in the report. ous election, and analysts have warned a weak perform- pre-election Islamist violence that has blighted polls police tried to clear the blockade. Qadri said Iqbal, as Two days before the shooting, he got a WhatsApp mes- ance could trigger an internal revolt against the 64-year- before, including the 2007 assassination of former interior minister, was responsible for the attack on him sage from a resident of the town where Iqbal was shot, old premier. —Reuters Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto. It has also compound- as he had ordered the police action. “It is regrettable telling him the minister was due. Hours before the meet- ed unease about blasphemy. Even accusations of blas- that the whole world is making hue and cry just ing, Hussain washed, put on smart clothes and went ear- phemy can lead to mob killings and those convicted of because he got one bullet, and not a single arrest has ly to wait, police said. “When Ahsan Iqbal came down blasphemy face the death penalty, though no death so far been made in the martyrdom of the seven peo- from the stage and was encircled with party workers, sentences for it have been carried out. Many clerics ple,” Qadri said. Police said Hussain had cited the Abid stood up and fired.”— Reuters

columnist Neerja Chowdhury. “The BJP has viewed Modi aims to win Karnataka as a ‘gateway to the south’ and the Karnataka prize could help the party acquire a pan- India profile,” she said. his BJP a southern Defeat, on the other hand, would re-energize Congress under Rahul Gandhi, the fifth generation foothold in polls scion of the Nehru-Gandhi dynasty, which is trying to exploit dissatisfaction over a lack of jobs for young people and rising fuel prices. Yesterday, Modi, by far BENGALURU: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi the main vote-getter for the BJP, was back on the has thrown himself into a campaign to win a tight stump, addressing rallies across the state and vowing state election this weekend and secure a beachhead to make a militarily and economically strong India. in the south, ahead of his own re-election bid next Modi’s supporters, many clad in scarves and caps in year. Karnataka state, home to India’s Silicon Valley the saffron color of his party, chanted his name as capital of Bengaluru, is the first big state electing an they filled a street in Koppal district. The election is assembly this year to be followed by three others in on Saturday and the votes will be counted on May 15 the final test of popularity before a general election with the result declared that day. due next May. Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party, which Opinion polls have forecast no clear winner between has its core base of support in the north and west, the Congress and the BJP and suggested that a regional has pinned its hopes on Karnataka because it has lit- group, the Janata Dal (S), may emerge as kingmaker in tle presence in any of the southern states dominated the 222-member state assembly. A spokesman for the by regional parties. regional group said it urging voters to reject the two It has held power before in Karnataka and Modi is main parties and let it rule the state on its own. “We are addressing rallies to win back the state from the main going to the people telling them that they have seen opposition Congress party and build momentum for the both BJP and Congress in power for full terms. We are general election. “Now that the countdown has begun asking them to now give us a chance,” he said. Political for 2019, a victory or defeat in Karnataka is bound to parties have campaigned on helping farmers and influence the battle of perceptions,” said political improving conditions in Bengaluru. — Reuters 8 Established 1961 International Wednesday, May 9, 2018 Revolution sweeps Armenian opposition leader into power Parliament elects Pashinyan as new prime minister

YEREVAN: Opposition leader Nikol Pashinyan was kissed each other. “We won! We made history today!” elected Armenia’s prime minister yesterday, capping a said Gurgen Simonyan, 22, a student in the crowd. peaceful revolution driven by weeks of mass protests Pashinyan’s protest movement was sparked when against corruption and cronyism in the ex-Soviet Sarksyan, barred by the constitution from seeking republic. Moscow, which has a military base in Armenia, another term as president, became prime minister is wary of an uncontrolled change of power which instead. Many Armenians saw that as a cynical ploy by would pull the country out of its orbit, but Pashinyan Sarskyan to extend his hold on power. has offered assurances that he will not break with the Kremlin. New script Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated Armenia is a country of about three million people Pashinyan on his election. The election of Pashinyan, a for- nestled in mountains between Iran, Turkey, Georgia and mer newspaper editor who spent time in prison for Azerbaijan. Since it emerged as an independent state fomenting unrest, marks a dramatic rupture with the cadre after the collapse of the Soviet Union, Armenia, a majori- of rulers who have run Armenia since the late 1990s. ty Christian country, has been locked in a territorial con- Minutes after parliament voted to make him prime minis- flict with mainly-Muslim Azerbaijan, and under economic ter, Pashinyan travelled to blockade from Turkey. a square in the capital, Its isolation led it to Yerevan, where tens of depend heavily on former thousands of cheering colonial ruler Moscow. supporters, many wear- Putin has in the past resis- ing T-shirts bearing his ted popular revolts in ex- portrait, waited to greet Russian leader Soviet states, particular in him. “The people won,” Georgia and Ukraine, Pashinyan told the crowd. congratulates viewing them as a ploy by Armenia’s PM Washington to encroach ‘Congratulations’ on Moscow’s sphere of Throughout the influence. But throughout protests, Pashinyan had Armenia’s wave of dressed in a camouflage protests, Moscow has YEREVAN: Supporters of opposition leader and newly elected Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan celebrate in T-shirt and military-style remained publicly neutral, the streets of Yerevan yesterday. —AFP cap, an outfit that became his trademark, but yesterday and Pashinyan has consistently said he viewed Moscow he changed into a suit and tie. Pashinyan, born in 1975, as a vital ally. He said yesterday Armenia would stay in a part, Pashinyan and his fellow protest leaders told their He must also reckon with a parliament where the spearheaded a protest movement that first forced veter- regional collective security organization headed by supporters to avoid anti-Russian or pro-EU slogans.” Republican Party, allied to Sarskyan, holds a majority of an leader Serzh Sarksyan to step down as prime minister Russia and that he hoped for a meeting with Putin. seats and is sceptical about his revolution. Vahram and then pressured the ruling party to abandon attempts The Kremlin said Putin sent Pashinyan a congratula- Holdovers Baghdasaryan, head of the Republican Party in parlia- to block his election as prime minister, the country’s most tory telegram. “I hope your activities as head of the gov- Pashinyan faces tough challenges. The civil service ment, said for the sake of unity it was backing Pashinyan powerful post. In a vote in parliament yesterday, 59 law- ernment will help further strengthen the ties of friendship and security apparatus are dominated by allies of his for prime minister but it had concerns about his fitness to makers backed Pashinyan’s candidacy, including some and alliance between our countries,” Putin said in the ousted predecessor. He has said his first step will be to run the country. “I hope we are mistaken,” said from the ruling Republican Party, with 42 voting against. message. Thomas de Waal, a specialist on the region with hold an early parliamentary election. In the meantime, he Baghdasaryan, an ally of Sarskyan. In his speech before In Yerevan’s Republic Square, Pashinyan’s supporters Carnegie Europe, a think tank, said with the Armenian said he would carry out root-and-branch reforms to cut the vote, Pashinyan called on Armenia’s people to come watched the voting on huge television screens. When the uprising, both Yerevan and Moscow had learned a new out graft and cronyism. He said he would fire some together behind the new government he will lead. “The result was shown, there were chants of “Nikol!,” white script. “Russian officials have insisted that they respect holdovers from the ruling elite, among them the defense page of hatred should be turned,” he said, adding: “May doves were released into the air and people hugged and Armenians’ right to peaceful change,” he said. “For his minister, but said there would be no “pogrom.” God help us.” —Reuters

activist, was killed near his home in Rajshahi ed an “Additional Protocol”, which allows inspectors “to conduct comple- Bangladesh court city in April 2016. One of the two ordered to IAEA: Watchdog at the mentary access to any location in Iran”. be hanged yesterday was a student from sentences two Siddique’s department at Rajshahi How do inspections work? University, Shariful Islam, who is currently heart of Iran nuke deal The IAEA insists the inspection regime put in place by the JCPOA is the world’s on the run. Islamic State claimed responsi- toughest. In March the IAEA’s Director General Yukiya Amano said: “Our inspec- Islamists to death bility for the murder but Bangladesh author- VIENNA: The UN’s nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy tion work has doubled since 2013. IAEA inspectors now spend 3,000 calendar ities blamed homegrown militants accused Agency (IAEA), has the delicate task of verifying the terms of the Joint days per year on the ground in Iran”. He also pointed to the some 2,000 tamper- DHAKA: Two Islamists were sentenced to of carrying out similar attacks. Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) between world powers and Iran proof seals attached to nuclear material and equipment and to the “hundreds of be hanged for the murder of a Bangladesh Siddique was the fourth professor from over the country’s nuclear program. The agreement was derided by US thousands of images captured daily by our sophisticated surveillance cameras”, the university professor who was hacked to Rajshahi University to be killed by President Donald Trump as “the worst deal ever” and its existence will be number of which has almost doubled since 2013. The IAEA has issued numerous death with a machete two years ago, a Islamists in recent years. Charges were thrown into doubt if, as expected, he withdraws the US from the accord. quarterly reports certifying Iran’s compliance with the deal, most recently in prosecutor said yesterday. The killing was pressed in 2016 against eight young men, February. Amano has called the JCPOA “a significant gain for verification” and said among a spate of attacks in the Muslim- including Siddique’s English literature stu- The role of IAEA its failure “would be a great loss for nuclear verification and for multilateralism”. majority country on secular activists, reli- dent. Prosecutor Entajul Haque said a fast Created in 1957 and based in the Austrian capital Vienna, the IAEA pro- gious minorities and foreigners blamed by track court in Rajshahi convicted five of motes peaceful uses of atomic energy - in scientific research for example - Agency under pressure authorities on homegrown extremists. the eight defendants of murder, ordering while at the same time overseeing efforts to detect and prevent possible Inevitably in such a charged geopolitical question, some countries have said the Rezaul Karim Siddique, an English litera- executions for two and life imprisonment nuclear weapons proliferation. Because of previous international concern JCPOA does not hold Iran to a high enough standard. The deal has come under ture professor and prominent secular for three others. —AFP over its nuclear program, in a 2003 agreement Iran allowed snap IAEA fire particularly from Iran’s regional arch-foe Israel, especially over how it inspections of its nuclear facilities. However, co-operation broke down in addressed the vexed question of the so-called historic PMD (Possible Military 2006 with the IAEA referring Iran to the UN Security Council, which went Dimension) of Iran’s nuclear program. In 2015 the IAEA’s 35-nation board of gov- on to impose sanctions, and Iran halting enhanced IAEA inspections. A ernors voted to close a 12-year probe into the PMD issue after the Agency con- renewed diplomatic push produced the JCPOA, under which the IAEA is cluded that “a range of activities relevant to the development” of a nuclear bomb charged with regular inspections of declared facilities in Iran such as urani- took place in Iran until 2009 but that there were no credible indications they had um mines and centrifuge workshops for up to 25 years. The deal also includ- continued after that date. —AFP

IAA celebrates its 80th anniversary by honoring three industry legends

NEW YORK: The International Advertising David Ogilvy still walked the halls, and per- cant role in developing the UN Sustainable Association (IAA) announced the winners of sonally preached that the purpose of adver- Development Goals and in promoting action its inaugural Golden Compass Awards, which tising was to build great brands. Throughout towards its delivery. honor legends in the marketing, advertising her time at Ogilvy & Mather, Lazarus has and media industries, in celebration of IAA’s risen through the ranks of the agency, assum- Paul Rossi, The Economist Group 80th anniversary. In a nod to its newly ing positions of increasing responsibility in Paul Rossi joined The Economist 30 years revealed value proposition, identity and logo the management of the company, including as ago in London to manage advertising sales centered on a twenty-first century compass, President of O&M Direct North America, for the Middle East and Africa. He held the IAA Golden Compass Awards celebrate Ogilvy & Mather New York, and Ogilvy & regional sales director positions in Singapore visionary leaders in the marketing communi- Mather North America. She also served as and New York, and then became Commercial cations industry who have guided their organ- Worldwide CEO of Ogilvy & Mather and Director of Economist.com, where he estab- izations through the disruptions of our modern Chairman, thereafter. In 2012, she was lished the website as a profitable global busi- era and inspired the industry at large by their appointed Chairman Emeritus. Under ness. Rossi was later named Publisher of The excellent achievements of global impact. Lazarus’ leadership, the agency has attracted Economist in North America, responsible for “We created the IAA Golden Compass and created memorable campaigns for some all commercial aspects of the business, Awards to honor industry legends that have of the world’s largest brands including including advertising, circulation and market- shown ingenuity, creativity and perseverance American Express, BP, Coca-Cola, IBM, and ing for The Economist magazine, throughout their careers, to advance profes- Unilever. Economist.com and other Economist brand sional quality standards and best practices in businesses. Continuing his rise through the our industry which can enhance the value Paul Polman, Unilever ranks, he then became Managing Director, brands can have in consumers’ lives,” said IAA Under Paul Polman’s leadership, Unilever EVP of The Economist Group with full Chairman and Global President Felix Tataru. has been moving to fully decouple its growth responsibility for all Economist and CFO “IAA is looking forward to bringing together from an environmental footprint and increase brand businesses in the Americas. Most the global advertising community to celebrate its positive social impact. In his role as CEO, recently, Rossi has been President of The these influential leaders.” Polmanactively seeks cooperation with other Economist Group’s global media businesses, The IAA Golden Compass Award honorees companies to implement sustainable, long- which consist of The Economist, The World in were selected based on the executives’ impact term business strategies and drive systemic and 1843 magazines, as well as Economist on the marketing communications business in change. He is a member of the International events, Thought Leadership and Content the three key sectors of the industry. Honorees Business Council of the World Economic Solutions, EuroFinance, Ideas People Media, will receive the Golden Compass Awards at a Forum, a member of the B Team and sits on the TVC Group and Signal Noise. presentation ceremony at the IAA’s 80th the Board of the UN Global Compact, and the Following its 80th anniversary celebration Anniversary reception on April 26 at Consumer Goods Forum, where he co-chairs and the Golden Compass Awards presenta- Intersection HQ in New York. the Sustainability Committee. Additionally, tion, the IAA will be hosting its Global The honorees of the 2018 Golden Compass Polmanis the incoming Chair of the Marketing Summit on April 27 at Time Awards are: International Chamber of Commerce. His Warner Center in New York. The annual con- commitment to long-term, sustainable capi- ference brings together more than 200 of the Shelly Lazarus, Ogilvy & Mather talism is also reflected in his membership of world’s leading members of the international Shelly Lazarus has spent more than four the Global Board of Directors of Financing advertising community to share best practices decades and the majority of her career at full- Capitalism for the Long-Term and the and share industry challenges. Visit the Global service ad agency Ogilvy & Mather. She Coalition for Inclusive Capitalism Marketing Summit site for complete details started when the agency’s legendary founder Embankment Project. He also played a signifi- on the program.

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Victims of Japan’s forced sterilizations demand justice after decades of silence ne day when Saburo Kita was 14, he was taken from an institution for troubled children to see a doctor. Despite Oprotesting that his health was fine, he was ordered to strip, lie down on a table, and was given a local anaesthetic. Then the surgery began. He was left with a thick, v-shaped scar on his lower body and questions about what had hap- pened. Months later, talking with a friend, he learned that he had been sterilized. So had two others from the same institu- tion in Miyagi, northern Japan. “There was no explanation, ever,” said Kita, now 75, who uses the pseudonym in media to avoid questions from his late wife’s family. “I was left with a body that couldn’t create children.” But he did not realize until January that his surgery was part of a government program to prevent the birth of so-called “infe- Yemeni car traders cashing in rior descendants” that saw tens of thousands sterilized, often without their consent, under a law not revoked until 1996. Most were physically or cognitively disabled. But others suffered from ooden dhows crammed with second-hand Japanese apply for a permit from Riyadh.” drivers to sell their cars after a few years, so there are plenty of leprosy - curable, and now known as Hansen’s disease - mental cars have been sailing unhindered into Yemeni ports In March, however, the coalition changed the rules, requir- good quality vehicles available. Such cars can sell for as little as illness or simply had behavioral problems. Kita had been sent to Wfor the past three years despite rigid wartime con- ing permits to be obtained from Saudi Arabia, according to Ali. $1,000 at online auctions in Japan. A Toyota can be bought by an institution for fighting at school. trols on imports of aid and other vital supplies. Like many He said he was told the new measures were introduced for traders for around $1,900 in Dubai and sell in Yemen for more Now the victims, many of whom were in their teens or Yemeni traders, Ali Al-Mahry jumped at this chance to turn a security reasons. A coalition spokesman did not reply to than twice that. “I buy a Japanese used car from an auction in younger when they were sterilized, are fighting back, demanding profit by supplying customers at home with cars bought requests for comment on why the car-laden dhows have been Japan, sometimes an online auction, and then ship it here,” said justice from a government they say violated their human rights. cheaply at auction in the United Arab Emirates. A Saudi-led exempted for so long. Port officials said the dhows may have Hammad Ali, marketing manager at Jan Japan (Cars 4 U), the top A mentally disabled woman in her 60s has sued for an apology military coalition, of which the UAE is part, has been battling been simply an exception to the rule and in any case it had tak- re-exporter at Al-Aweer in Dubai. and 11 million yen ($100,328) in compensation, and other suits Houthi rebels since 2015 with the aim of restoring the Yemeni en time to put the car trade on a more formal footing. Ali has long imported such cars for re-export to places like may follow soon. All could embarrass the government, which government in exile. Somalia and Afghanistan as many other countries that drive on insists the surgeries were done legally, and Japan, where atti- The coalition has imposed controls to deny arms to the the right, including the UAE, do not allow cars from Japan, tudes about the disabled still lag other advanced nations even as Houthis, fighters aligned with Iran who control the capital where people drive on the left, on safety concerns. “It is a safety it prepares to host the Paralympic Games in 2020. Sanaa and Hodeidah, the largest port. The measures have thing ... so most of them were going to Afghanistan and Somalia. “Right after the war, rebuilding the country and its people choked off supplies of fuel, food and medicine to Yemen, Then three years ago, Yemen opened up,” he said. Prior to 2015 was paramount, so in the name of building better citizens for the where millions face starvation and disease. Yet coalition in Yemen, where people drive on the right, cars with their steer- nation, the law came into effect,” said Keiko Toshimitsu, a forces appear to have turned a blind eye to the dhows that Thriving Japan ing wheel on the “wrong” side were banned for safety reasons, bioethics researcher and head of an activist group supporting regularly carry cars from Port Khaled in the emirate of but road safety has been another casualty of a war that has those who were forcibly sterilized. “It was to build a better Japan Sharjah to a small dock at As Shihr, a port in Yemen’s used car trade killed more than 10,000 people. - along, of course, with prejudice against the disabled. “Then in Hadramout province controlled by UAE-backed forces. “I As fighting continues, the Houthis control the north of Yemen, the 1960s and 1970s there was rapid economic growth so they make this journey around 30 times a year,” Mahry said, sur- has emerged while coalition forces have seized the southern port of Aden and needed people born who could keep the growth going.” rounded by 180 cars taking up every corner of a dhow he has made gains along the southwest coast along the Red Sea. An official at the Health Ministry, who declined to be named chartered for the voyage. “I sometimes also ship food and “Yemen is a big country and people need to move around. The due to the sensitivity of the issue, would not discuss the law or other items, but they require different permits.” cars are going into the south, where it is relatively safe, and from the lawsuits in detail. “It was an operation that was carried out The cars have become a nice earner for traders in both there onwards to the rest of the country,” Mahdy Al-Mahry, according to a law that was in force at the time, so we are con- the UAE and Yemen. Yemeni dealers gather daily at Dubai’s another dhow operator and car dealer, said. “People can buy one testing it with the stance that it is not a matter for compensa- Al-Aweer Auto Market to bid as a big screen flashes prices Good business of these cars and use them to earn money for their families. tion,” he said. for Japanese cars, with as many as 80 sold in a day at one Mustafa al-Jaffrey, who used to send cars to Yemen over- Others just buy them as a cheap and safe means of transport.” auction house. Once sold, the automobiles are taken to Port land through Oman before the war, said he had doubled his Not everyone has profited from the trade. The Yemeni gov- Embracing discrimination Khaled, where up to 200 vehicles are stacked onto each profits by using the sea route. “It is much cheaper for me to ernment, which has a presence in Aden while the president is in Though the most notorious eugenics laws were imposed by dhow. The vessels are searched at Port Khaled and on arrival buy and ship,” he said, adding that Japanese cars in particular exile in Saudi Arabia, has missed out on customs dues, although Nazi Germany, Japan is not the only nation with similar pro- at As Shihr but have not been required to obtain permits or were a good business for him. “The Japanese drive their cars it now plans to regulate the car trade. “While it has largely been grams in peacetime. Sweden sterilized 63,000 people under a pay customs duties for the past three years, in contrast to the only for about 50,000 km before they sell them and buy new unregulated for the past three years, we are slowly coming to it 1935-1975 program, almost all women, in the name of racial obstacles faced by ships delivering other supplies to Yemeni ones. That’s way less than the 150,000 km or more that people and we will organize the trade as the government prepares to purity. Thirty-two US states embraced eugenics at some point, ports. “The coalition would ask us for the cars’ papers and in the Gulf drive before they put a car up for sale, so the quality impose a fee,” said Salem Ali Busamir, head of the Arabian Sea with the number of sterilizations climbing after a 1927 Supreme clear them here,” said Saleh Al-Ali, head of the port at As is better as well.” Ports Corporation of Yemen. He did not say when this would Court decision upholding a Virginia law. In the majority opinion, Shihr. “For the past three years there has been no need to In Japan, strict safety and pollution regulations force many happen or how much the fee would be. —Reuters Chief Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes compared the state’s duty to sterilize a woman to the need to protect the public against smallpox with compulsory vaccinations. minimum punishment for raping a boy is 10 women and child development, which sam- fy the details given by the man. Some But laws overseas, by and large, were revoked in the 1970s; In India, boy years in jail, compared with 20 years for pled 12,447 children in families, schools, at researchers say parents often shy away Sweden apologized and paid compensation after media reports assaults on girls under 16. work and living on the street, found that from reporting abuse of boys, in the hope brought the problem to light in 1997. The US states of North “Why this discrimination?” asked the more than half had faced sexual abuse, that victims would eventually overcome Carolina and Virginia have also offered compensation. Japan’s victims of sex father of the boy who was raped, sitting in and 53 percent of victims were boys. For the psychological trauma. “Eugenics Protection Law” came into effect in 1948 as it strug- his tiny first floor home in a teeming set- the capital Delhi, the figure was 60 per- The Pune man said his parents asked gled with food shortages and rebuilding a ravaged nation. tlement near Mumbai’s international air- cent. The government has not done any him to “move on and not let this incident Sterilizations peaked in the 1960s and 1970s. The last surgery crimes don’t get port, largely populated by migrant worker similar survey after that, although some define you”. He declined to immediately under the law was carried out in 1993, and the measure was families from India’s poor northern states. activists and police say many cases of sex- share their contact details, saying it was a revoked three years later. talked about Between sobs, the mother recounted her ual abuse of boys go unreported because delicate matter for them. An article pub- Of the estimated 25,000 people sterilized during this time, at horror at her son’s condition in the hospi- of the stigma attached to homosexuality. lished last year in the Indian Journal of least 16,500 did not give consent - unneeded if a eugenics e was lured into a room near where tal during his dying days. “Please get us The ministry of women and child devel- Psychiatry highlighted those attitudes. An board signed off on it after an often cursory review. Few records he played cricket, a man then shut justice,” she said as the interview came to opment told parliament in March that only unidentified father who was resistant to remain. “It seems there were zealous doctors who took the law Hthe door and window, and raped an end. The boy’s medical reports, which 467 male child abuse cases were lodged psychological care for his nine-year-old up systematically, promoting it as a truly noble way to save the him. That’s what a 14-year-old Mumbai were reviewed by Reuters, said their son with police out of more than 36,321 such son after he had been raped, was quoted nation,” said Koji Niisato, a lawyer overseeing the lawsuits. boy told his mother from his hospital bed had been “sodomized”. Rape victims and reported incidents in 2016. The govern- by the journal as saying: “He neither lost a Methods varied. Hysterectomies were recommended for last July. The boy died soon after, killed by their families cannot be identified under ment, nevertheless, last month ordered a hymen nor will get pregnant. He should disabled women in institutions on the pretext they couldn’t the rat poison he consumed after the Indian law. study to be undertaken focusing on sexual behave like a man, not a sissy.” handle their menstruation. One woman born with cerebral pal- assault, according to details described to assaults on boys. “Boys who are sexually Vyjayanthi K S Subramaniyan, a senior sy was subjected to high doses of radiation to her reproductive Reuters by his parents and police. Hostility, ridicule abused as children spend a lifetime of psychiatrist in a Bengaluru hospital who organs. The reasons varied as well, in some cases going Inspector Balwant Deshmukh, the investi- Insia Dariwala, who runs a foundation silence because of the stigma and shame co-authored the report, said she was in beyond the scope of the original law. A woman now in her 70s gating officer, said police have all but giv- that raises awareness about child sexual attached to male survivors speaking out,” touch with at least eight adult men who known as Junko Iizuka in the Japanese media, who had limited en up hope of finding out who raped the abuse, said police generally lack the sensi- Maneka Gandhi, the minister for women were sexually assaulted as boys but never schooling because of poverty, was given an intelligence test as boy. “We will revive the case if we get tivity to deal with cases of assaults on and child development, said in a statement. reported their ordeal to police. “Boys don’t a teenager and did badly. She was then diagnosed as “feeble- new clues, but as of now it’s in cold stor- boys. “I have interacted with adult male “It is a serious problem and needs to be fit into the image of a victim. In a patriar- minded” and sterilized. age,” he told Reuters. survivors and social workers who have cit- addressed.” chal society they are expected to take it in “When you look at lots of victims’ statements, none of these Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s gov- ed police hostility, ridicule and even lack of their stride,” she told Reuters. “They think are disabilities that were inheritable,” said lawmaker Mizuho ernment last month introduced the death trust when it comes to believing that a boy ‘Boys not seen as victims’ that as he grows up, he is going to become Fukushima, secretary-general of a multi-party lawmakers group penalty for rape of girls below 12 and was sexually abused,” she said. “The most In India’s patriarchal society, girls typi- invulnerable, without any need to work on working on the issue. “It was definitely due to prejudice, or increased the minimum punishment for common perception dished out to male cally have a more restricted upbringing his psyche. That’s ridiculous.” poverty ... an accumulation of discrimination and black marks.” those whose victims were under 16, after survivors is that they may have enjoyed it.” than boys and spend less time outdoors, The officer in charge of the police sta- the rapes of an eight-year-old girl and a The Mumbai police investigating the making it easier for predators to target tion where the rape and suicide of the boy Legal framework young woman in two states ruled by his boy’s rape, however, said officers are reg- boys, according to social workers and in Mumbai was registered said that cur- Fukushima hopes by next year to present a law proposing party led to public protests. But the ularly trained on how to handle sexual others who counsel victims of sexual rent data under-estimates the scale of the compensation for the victims, and lawyer Niisato expects more emergency order, known as an ordinance, abuse of children of both genders. The abuse. A 22-year-old man in the western problem as boys’ parents are reluctant to will come forward, emboldened by publicity around the court did not mention boys, although a govern- federal government is also running work- city of Pune, who said he was repeatedly come forward. “We don’t discriminate on cases. “The idea they were sterilised because they were dis- ment survey has showed that male minors shops for police that cover all children, raped by a man for two years starting the basis of gender, but people come to us abled isn’t something anybody wants to bring up,” he said. were more likely to be victims than said Stuti Kacker, head of the govern- when he was five, reported his ordeal to only in extreme cases,” Senior Inspector “They were afraid that if they did, people would say ‘well, you’re female minors. ment’s National Commission for his parents only a year ago fearing he Anil Pophale told Reuters. “This incident disabled, it can’t be helped.’” The ordinance lapses in six months and Protection of Child Rights, which advises would be judged. would not have been reported if the boy Though overt discrimination has fallen, attitudes toward the the government has to introduce legislation on child-related policies. Some activists “I kept going back to the park where I had not committed suicide.” disabled lag those overseas, sometimes in harmful ways. In 2016, to convert it into law. At that time, the gov- working for the safety of children say out- would get raped by this man,” said the The father of the dead boy agrees that 19 people at a facility for the disabled were killed in their sleep ernment plans to broaden the statute to rage over the gruesome gang rape and young man, who was counseled by the he would never have gone to police had by a man who had advocated euthanasia for the physically and make it gender-neutral, said a senior gov- subsequent death of a young woman in child abuse awareness foundation’s his son not decided to kill himself and says mentally impaired. With the Paralympics rapidly approaching, ernment official who declined to be named. New Delhi in 2012 succeeded in raising Dariwala and agreed to be interviewed by he now realizes his mistake. “It needs to the government has doubled down on public education, advo- “Whatever applies to girls will apply to awareness about sexual violence against Reuters. “I was scared of him but did not change,” he said, referring to the reluc- cating kindness and urging people to offer help to disabled peo- boys,” the official said. The government’s women in India, but far less attention is want to stay at home and come across as tance of parents to report abuse of male ple they may see. —Reuters chief spokesman did not respond to paid when the victims are male. lazy in front of my parents. I did not want children. “This (tragedy) should not hap- requests for comment. In the meantime, the A 2007 survey by the ministry of to anger my mom.” Reuters could not veri- pen to anyone else.” —Reuters Established 1961 11 News Wednesday, May 9, 2018

values, who pat on the back those who burn gets ready for parliamentary and presidential those who demanded Schneiderman go. Erdogan blasts mosques,” Erdogan said. He added this mes- polls in June. NY attorney “No one is above the law,” he said late sage was directed “especially for Sarkozy”. Turkey’s Europe Minister Omer Celik said Monday. “Given the damning pattern of facts Relations between Turkey and the West on Sunday the letter was “the most striking and corroboration laid out in the article, I do French call over... have been tense following the July 2016 failed example of intellectual violence and barbari- general latest... not believe it is possible for Eric Schneiderman Continued from Page 1 coup but ties with France have been further ty”. Deputy Prime Minister Bekir Bozdag said to continue to serve.” Yesterday, the strained in recent weeks. Tension rose after on Monday that the signatories were the “21st Continued from Page 1 Manhattan district attorney’s office confirmed In a second speech later, Erdogan argued French President Emmanuel Macron offered century’s idiots”. Main opposition Republican it had opened an investigation - as ordered by the Pulitzer Prize for public service with Cuomo overnight - into the allegations against the signatories were “no different” from the to mediate between Turkey and outlawed People’s Party (CHP) chief Kemal Kilicdaroglu Schneiderman. Ironically, until Monday Kurdish militants, an offer furiously rejected also hit out at the manifesto saying it was like The New York Times for reporting on the Islamic State (IS) extremist group. “Our atti- Harvey Weinstein scandal and sexual harass- Schneiderman was the one investigating the by Erdogan in March. Despite the letter being that of other extremist groups: “Your attitude tude should be a lesson for Islamophobic ment. The New Yorker said none of the Manhattan district attorney, also at the behest European politicians who protect those who published last month, the Turkish government supports Al-Qaeda... and ISIS (IS),” Hurriyet women classified the behavior as consensual. of Cuomo, for failing to prosecute Weinstein attack Islam in the name of defending Western first reacted at the weekend as the country daily reported. — AFP “It wasn’t consensual. This wasn’t sexual for sexual misconduct in 2015. playacting. This was abusive, demeaning, A spokesman confirmed that the New York threatening behavior,” Tanya Selvaratnam, a police department had no complaints on file Harvard-educated author, actor and film pro- against the former attorney general. Trump pulls US from ducer told the magazine. Schneiderman initially denied assaulting any- The Sri Lankan-born woman said one or ever engaging in non-consensual sex, ‘defective’ Iran... Schneiderman, whom she dated in 2016-17, and his office also released a statement from called her “his ‘brown slave’,” spat at her and his ex-wife attesting to his “outstanding val- Continued from Page 1 choked her. “He was cutting off my ability to ues”. “In the privacy of intimate relationships, I breathe,” she said, accusing Schneiderman of have engaged in role-playing and other con- between Tehran and both Israel and the Gulf monarchies. “France, drinking heavily, taking sedatives and pressing sensual sexual activity,” he said. Germany, and the UK regret the US decision to leave the JCPOA (Iran her to drink too, saying “drink your bourbon, But hours later he was the latest powerful deal). The nuclear non-proliferation regime is at stake,” France’s Turnip”. “We could rarely have sex without man to fall in the wake of the avalanche of sex- President Emmanuel Macron wrote. “We will work collectively on a him beating me,” she said. ual misconduct allegations from women that broader framework, covering nuclear activity, the post-2025 period, Schneiderman, who had positioned him- have poured forth since the Weinstein scandal ballistic activity, and stability in the Middle-East, notably Syria, self publicly as a defender of women’s rights, broke late last year and effectively ended the Yemen, and Iraq,” he added. had inserted himself into the downfall of dis- Hollywood movie producer’s career. The European Union’s chief diplomat Federica Mogherini, who graced movie mogul Weinstein, launching Schneiderman “has made a career railing helped oversee the talks with Iran that led to the Joint Comprehensive legal action against his former production against this type of abuse. Yet apparently he Plan of Action, insisted the accord “is delivering on its goal which is company in February for failing to protect intends to revictimize these courageous staff. New York’s state Governor Andrew women who have come forward by pulling out guaranteeing that Iran doesn’t develop nuclear weapons”. And she Cuomo, who is facing a left-flank challenge that age-old sexist trope that they wanted it,” added: “the European Union is determined to preserve it.” for a third term from progressive “Sex and said Debra Katz, a lawyer for another of the In contrast, Israel’s Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu, who last the City” actress Cynthia Nixon, was among women. — AFP week released a trove of intelligence on a pre-2003 Iranian plan to develop a nuclear weapon which Trump cited approvingly in his speech, was overjoyed. “Israel fully supports President Trump’s bold wants to know from where it took the decision today to reject the disastrous nuclear deal,” Netanyahu said, Ashour, Sabeeh loan. He urged MPs to shoulder their in a televised address, even as his country opened bomb shelters and responsibility during a highly-anticipated put the military on high alert in case of attack from the Iranian forces Assembly session tomorrow. The deployed in Syria in defense of Bashar Al-Assad’s regime. spar over... Assembly is scheduled to vote tomorrow Saudi Arabia said it “supports and welcomes” Trump’s decision. on two no-confidence motions against Oil The kingdom, a key US ally, said it would work with the US and the Continued from Page 1 Minister Bakheet Al-Rasheedi and international community to address Iran’s nuclear program as well as Sabeeh. Each motion requires 25 votes to its ballistic missile program and support of militant groups in the She said the law requires the society to dismiss the minister. region. “Iran used economic gains from the lifting of sanctions to spend raised funds on projects specified Meanwhile, MP Khalil Abul asked continue its activities to destabilize the region, particularly by devel- TEHRAN: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani gives a speech on Iranian by the law and bans the societies from National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Al- oping ballistic missiles and supporting terrorist groups in the TV yesterday. — AFP spending the money on projects not speci- Ghanem why the Audit Bureau, which region,” according to a Saudi foreign ministry statement. It con- fied by the law. It also bans societies from comes under the speaker’s authority, firmed “the need to deal with the danger that Iran’s policies pose to Washington lobbyists, argue that an Iranian economic collapse could entering into financial speculation. increased the salaries of expatiate international peace and security through a comprehensive view that lead to Tehran’s Islamist regime falling - and that this would be a good Ashour however yesterday reiterated employees in the bureau. He said the hike is not limited to its nuclear program but also includes all hostile thing. Ahead of Trump’s verdict, diplomats shifted into damage limita- that the minister has misinformed the comes amid a replacement policy that activities” in the region. tion mode, hoping that beyond his inevitably harsh rhetoric, he stops Assembly about the charity society by calls to replace expatriates with nationals, The United Arab Emirates also said it backed the US’ decision and short of immediately re-imposing sanctions. claiming it had taken a loan. He said he and also cut spending. voiced support for Trump’s strategy in dealing with Tehran. The UAE In Brussels, officials are already working on “blocking” measures foreign ministry urged the international community “to respond posi- that would protect EU citizens and companies from US prosecution. tively to President Trump’s position to rid the Middle East of nuclear “We are having conversations obviously and we are working on a ties with Kuwait,” Roque told a press weapons and other weapons of mass destruction”, the state news number of proposals that could protect European companies and Breakthrough briefing. agency WAM reported. operators,” a senior EU official told reporters. With Mama-o designation as special Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani - who some deal supporters see as Trump also announced yesterday that Pompeo is on his way to envoy, Roque said government is hoping a reforming moderate who will be undermined by any collapse in the North Korea to prepare for a landmark nuclear summit, as a flurry of with Manila... the labor memorandum of understanding deal - was furious, accusing Trump of “psychological warfare” and diplomacy with Pyongyang at the center gathered pace. Trump and (MOU) will also be finally signed between vowing to take the matter up with the agreement’s other signatories, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un are expected to meet later this Continued from Page 1 the Philippines and Kuwait. “The MoU is month or early in June for talks that would have been nearly unthink- including Washington’s rivals Moscow and Beijing. also part of what we want to achieve able a year ago, when the two mercurial leaders were trading barbs Meanwhile, former Obama administration officials warned that the Japanese Ambassador to Kuwait because the MoU will completely normal- and Pyongyang tested a barrage of missiles. decision puts the US on a collision course with Iran, distances the Takashi Ashiki discussed today means of ize our ties,” he said. But after months of saber-rattling, and a historic summit between White House from its key allies and put US citizens held in Iran at risk. boosting bilateral media, cultural and youth Kim and South Korean President Moon Jae-in, the mood is decidedly Roque said Duterte is confident that Former deputy secretary of state Tony Blinken, who helped negotiate cooperation. They reviewed historical ties Mama-o will be able to accomplish his the accord, called it a “monumental mistake” and former senior diplo- more upbeat, and Trump has said a date and location are already set - between Kuwait and Japan, generously special mission in the Gulf state. “I think mat Wendy Sherman told reporters Trump was putting international though he did not divulge any specifics. “At this very moment, cared for by leadership of both countries. the president noted that Secretary Mama- stability at risk for purely domestic political purposes. Secretary Pompeo is on his way to North Korea in preparation for my Separately, Manila yesterday o, being a Muslim, has been effective in “This has been a crisis that Trump has been precipitating himself to upcoming meeting with Kim Jong Un,” Trump said in the televised announced that President Rodrigo dealing with Kuwaiti authorities. So, it’s answer his base, to fulfill a campaign pledge that he made, without any address from the White House. Duterte has designated Secretary sense whatsoever of what Plan B is,” she told reporters. “It says that Pompeo, who met Kim in Pyongyang about a month ago while he like he is allowing a Muslim do the negoti- Abdullah Mama-o as special envoy to the United States is not a reliable partner,” she added, insisting that was still director of the CIA, will arrive in the North in “virtually an ations for the time being with the Kuwaiti Kuwait. Roque said Mama-o, an incum- the existing deal permanently prevents Iran from gaining a nuclear hour”, Trump said. “We have our meeting schedule. We have our authorities,” Roque said. weapon. Blinken said ending the deal gives “hardliners in Iran an meeting set. The location is picked. The time and date. Everything is bent presidential adviser on Overseas Meanwhile, private recruitment agen- excuse to restart their pursuit of nuclear weapons, but without the picked. And we look forward to having a very great success,” he said. Filipino Workers (OFW) concerns, has cies urged the Philippine government to united international coalition to oppose them or inspectors on the “We think relationships are building with North Korea. We will see been tasked to repatriate all 800 Filipinos allow the sending of Filipino household ground to expose them.” how it all works out. Maybe it won’t. But it can be a great thing for who ran away from their employers. service workers (HSWs) to the United Trump had until May 12 to decide whether to continue to waive North Korea, South Korea and the entire world.” He said three Filipino diplomats are Arab Emirates. Dolly Uanang of the sanctions on Iran’s central bank and its oil sector dealings, a key pillar In addition to planning the summit, Pompeo has been pressing the under “restrictive movement” while four Philippine Manpower Agencies for the of the 2015 agreement, but moved more quickly than expected and regime to release three detained US citizens. Trump has said to “stay Filipino drivers were arrested by Kuwaiti United Arab Emirates (PAMA-UAE) cancelled sanctions that were not yet up for review. For months, critics tuned” on the issue. “We will be listening for signs from North Korea authorities in the aftermath of the rescue believes that the Arab country is a good have been warning ending the waivers would unravel the carefully that things have substantially changed since Kim declared on New operations of OFWs allegedly being alternative market. She noted that the constructed deal, plunge Iran’s already struggling economy into crisis Year’s Eve that he would mass produce nuclear warheads and the abused by their employers. “So the man- working conditions in UAE and Kuwait and expose the biggest transatlantic rift since the Iraq War. means to deliver them,” a senior State Department official traveling date of Secretary Mama-o is to bring are the same, making it more suitable for But some US officials close to Trump, as well as hawkish with Pompeo said. — Agencies everyone home and possibly to normalize Filipino workers. — Agencies 12 Established 1961 Sports Wednesday, May 9, 2018 Williams fulfils naked ambition to claim third snooker title Oldest winner since his fellow Welshman Ray Reardon triumphed

SHEFFIELD: Mark Williams fought off a stunning didn’t want to lose with a session to spare. comeback from John Higgins to claim his third world snooker crown on Monday and then fulfilled a pledge ‘HAND GRENADE’ to appear naked at his press conference. “It was a good match to watch but obviously I’m The Welshman won a gripping final 18-16 to add disappointed. He is a great champion.” to his titles in 2000 and 2003. At 43 he became the The two forty somethings received a standing oldest winner since his fellow Welshman Ray ovation at Sheffield’s Crucible Theatre as they Reardon triumphed emerged for the con- aged 45 in 1978. cluding evening session. Higgins, 42 and seek- And Higgins had the ing a fifth title, fought captivated crowd on the back from a seven- edge of their seats as he frame deficit to draw Scot’s fourth compiled a stunning 131 level at 15-15, but break after a costly Williams held on to take century in error by Williams to the sport’s showcase. take the 27th frame to It capped a remark- the final make it 15-11. That was able late-career revival the Scot’s fourth centu- as he did not even qual- ry in the final. ify for the champi- And he clawed back onships in 2017, and to within three frames last reached the final 15 when taking the next. years ago, when he defeated Ken Doherty. Williams seemingly had it for the taking, but a mis- “Last year I watched this in a caravan having take at 58-1 saw Higgins return to the table with a some beers. I just can’t believe it, I was seriously clearance of 67. thinking of giving up” Williams told the BBC. Davis said Higgins had “thrown a hand grenade He was 15-10 up, three frames away from the title, into Mark Williams’ brain” with those two quickfire after Monday’s afternoon session having started the frames. And so it proved as he rattled a red around day 10-7 in front.He stormed seven frames clear the jaws of a pocket to let Higgins in with a chance SHEFFIELD: Wales’s Mark Williams celebrates with his partner and children after beating Scotland’s John when taking Monday’s first four frames but Higgins at 47-0. Higgins in the World Championship Snooker final match against at The Crucible in Sheffield, England on fought back in what six-time former champion Steve Showing nerves of steel Higgins nicked the frame Monday. — AFP Davis commentating for the BBC described as “the with a break of 82. A pensive Williams, biting his lip, best final ever”. could only sit and suffer, his lead now cut to two. Davis wasn’t the only one left in awe at what he Higgins steamrollered the next 91-0 to leave the Williams finally stopped Higgins’s miraculous again defied the odds to steal the frame with a clear- had witnessed with referee Brendan Moore taking to final tantalisingly poised at 15-14 as the players took march to take the 31st and 32nd frames to leave ‘the ance of 65 and get back to within one. Twitter to declare: “Well I’ve reffed some great a 10 minute time out. Welsh potting machine’ just one shy of the greatest But Williams wasn’t to be denied, sealing the cham- games in my time, but that was an absolute classic.” After a much needed cuppa the two veteran stars prize in the sport. pionship in the next frame and after the trophy pre- Higgins reflected: “Today I was 13-7 behind and I of the green baize resumed hostilities, with ice-cool Williams was one pot away from victory but he sention duly kept his promise - or threat - to strip off was worried if I would take it to the fourth session, I Higgins drawing level at 15-15. missed a pink in the next. Higgins, 63-0 behind, yet for the media. “Cold in here innit” he beamed. — AFP

Gatland names Hill, Jenkins co-captains for Wales tour Burgan Bank crowned champions of 21st LONDON: Dragons lock Cory Hill and Cardiff Blues flanker Ellis Jenkins were yesterday named as co-captains for Wales’s Test match- es against South Africa and Argentina next month. Wales head coach bowling tournament Warren Gatland has rested all but two players-wing George North and back-row forward Ross Moriarty-who were original British and KUWAIT: Making a mark in the his- Giving rise to stars from within tory of bowling organized by Kuwait the bank, Ali Qasem took first place Irish Lions selections in New Zealand last summer. Wales coach Warren Gatland It means the likes of regular Wales skipper Alun Wyn Jones, num- Banking Club, Burgan Bank, one of in the master category, while Ali ber eight Taulupe Faletau, flanker Justin Tipuric, fly-half Dan Biggar, Kuwait’s most progressive banks, Qasim and Faisal Al Rumaideen won wing Liam Williams and full-back Leigh Halfpenny are among those Forwards (18) recently won first place in four cate- first place in the doubles category who have been given a break. Rob Evans (Scarlets), Wyn Jones (Scarlets), Nicky Smith (Ospreys), gories. Owing to the dedication followed by Ali Qasim, Faisal Al Gatland, whose side finished as Six Nations runners-up, has Tomas, Francis (Exeter), Samson Lee (Scarlets), Dillon Lewis (Cardiff through extensive training and per- Rumaideen & Feras Al Mohareb named one uncapped player, Cardiff Blues scrum-half Tomos Blues), Elliot Dee (Dragons), Ryan Elias (Scarlets), Adam Beard sistence demonstrated by the grabbed first place in the Trio cate- Williams, in a 31-man squad. Wales face the Springboks in US capital (Ospreys), Bradley Davies (Ospreys), Seb Davies (Cardiff Blues), Luke Burgan Bank bowling team, the par- gory. Karim Kouz, Rami Bashour, Washington on June 2, then travel to South America for appointments Charteris (Bath), Cory Hill (Dragons, co-captain), James Davies ticipating team members have previ- Mohammad Al Ebaidli, Michael with the Pumas on June 9 and 16. (Scarlets), Ellis Jenkins (Cardiff Blues, co-captain), Ross Moriarty ously won top positions in many Hamza, Lucas Simon, Ali Qasim, Experienced Bath lock Luke Charteris has earned a recall, while it (Gloucester), Josh Navidi (Cardiff Blues), Aaron Shingler (Scarlets). tournaments and recently this sea- Faisal Al Rumaideen & Feras Al is a major opportunity for Jenkins, who is considered by many as a Meanwhile, Gregor Townsend has named six new faces in his son Bowling Tournament and the cup Mohareb came out Champions in future Wales skipper, to make his mark. Gatland said: “We have picked Scotland squad for their summer tour of the United States, Canada of the Banking Club last year. this year’s tournament. Cory and Ellis as co-captains. They are both leaders and have experi- and Argentina. Edinburgh hooker Stuart McInally will captain the With participants from eight Representing Burgan Bank ence captaining at regional level, so this is an opportunity for them to squad, which features the uncapped Lewis Carmichael, Matt Fagerson, banks, the annual tournament was proudly and bringing continuous build on that. “This summer is another step on our 2019 World Cup Adam Hastings, George Horne, James Lang and Jamie Ritchie. held under the patronage of the success in the past, the players path and a great opportunity to build on recent campaigns.” Hastings, the 21-year-old Glasgow fly-half, is the son of ex-Scotland Board Chairman of the Kuwait through their outstanding perform- captain Gavin Hastings and the nephew of Scott Hastings. “There are Banking Club, Fadhel Abdul-Mandi, ance and team work have reflected Wales squad twin goals for this tour-the first is to build on the work we’ve done so Director General of the Kuwait the foundation of real values by Backs (13) far this season and finish with improved performances,” said head coach Banking Club Abbas Al-Bloushi and which the brand stands by - of Aled Davies (Scarlets), Gareth Davies (Scarlets), Tomos Williams Townsend. “We also have the Rugby World Cup in our thoughts, as this the coordinator of sports activities trust, commitment, excellence and (Cardiff Blues), Gareth Anscombe (Cardiff Blues), Rhys Patchell will be our last tour before we leave for Japan next year. “Touring and Hussein Abdul-Said progression. (Scarlets), Hadleigh Parkes (Scarlets), Owen Watkin (Ospreys), Scott staying together for four weeks and experiencing different environ- Williams (Scarlets), Josh Adams (Worcester), Hallam Amos (Dragons), ments will be very informative-seeing how players get on with each Steff Evans (Scarlets), George North (Northampton), Tom Prydie other, how much they improve and how they rise to each challenge we (Scarlets). face on tour.” Scotland finished third in this year’s Six Nations champi- onship after wins against France, England and Italy. — AFP Farwaniya Education Zone honors senior supervisors, teachers

By Abdellatif Sharaa tion teachers of the three educational stages tion and dedication in many fields. also attended. Supervisor Eman Al-Failakawi spoke on KUWAIT: The General Technical Physical The ceremony patronized senior supervi- behalf of supervisors in thanking him for his Education supervisor Waleed Al- sors who were later honored. Members of efforts to enhance the work. Al-Failakawi Salameen, represented Director General of the Information Committee presented herself was honored, as well as Adel Al- Farwaniya Education Zone Jassim reports on all activities and participations of Nasser in recognition of their efforts. Buhamad attended the closing ceremony the area schools, particularly cooperation Shields and cups were distributed to of Farwaniya Education Zone physical with girls physical education. schools, Abdulmohsen Al-Saqlawi education activities. The ceremony also witnessed the honor- Elementary School, Saleh Al-Ruwayeh Technical supervisors from all education ing of retirees including senior technical Intermediate School and Al-Shujaa bin Al- zones, school principles and physical educa- supervisor Saleh Al-Qattan for his contribu- Aslam Secondary School for ending on top. Established 1961 13 Sports Wednesday, May 9, 2018 Red Sox, Yankees to play MLB games at London Stadium in 2019

‘We hope this series will be the beginning of relationship with London’

LONDON: The Boston Red Sox and the New York stage baseball in front of 55,000 fans. The news rep- Yankees, two of baseball’s iconic franchises, will bring resents a coup for the mayor of London Sadiq Khan, one of sport’s greatest rivalries to Europe with two reg- who has been pushing to make his city the “capital of ular-season games at the London Stadium next year, world sport.” Major League Baseball (MLB) said yesterday. His enthusiasm to bring big-time baseball to the Boston will play as the home team in the first MLB capital even saw him two years ago throwing out the games to be staged in Europe, on June 29 and June ceremonial first pitch at a game between the New York 30, 2019, as the two famous Mets and Minnesota Twins. adversaries meet for the “We hope this series will first time outside either be the beginning of a rela- Boston or New York at the tionship with London that stadium that hosted the will persist,” said Manfred, 2012 Olympic Games. Historic fixtures explaining that an agreement MLB also confirmed it is was in place for baseball to committed to playing in would take place also return to London for London in 2020 as it tries to two matches in 2020 with “establish a long-term foot- in a stadium teams yet to be announced. print in the city.” Baseball is Boston Red Sox Principal following in the footsteps of Owner John W. Henry, who American football, which also owns English Premier has regularly held NFL League soccer club games in London since 2007, and basketball, with Liverpool, said: “There were significant challenges that NBA matches having become a regular fixture in the had to be overcome. “This series will surely be the most capital since 2011. significant international event to date for Major League “Because this is our first foray into Europe, it’s really ball. “I can’t wait to hear someone shout ‘play ball’ at important that we make as big a splash as possible,” London Stadium.” NEW YORK CITY: File photo taken on August 31, 2017 Mookie Betts #50 of the Boston Red Sox is safe at second MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred told a news confer- Britain will now join other international venues to base as Starlin Castro of the New York Yankees makes the throw to first base during the third inning of a ence in London. “In order to do that, we’re going to have hosted regular-season games, along with Mexico, game at Yankee Stadium in New York City. The New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox will clash in two regu- bring you one of the best rivalries in baseball, maybe Japan, Puerto Rico and Australia. “All the hard work lar-season games in London in 2019 — the first ever Major League Baseball matches played in Europe. — AFP one of the best rivalries in all of sport-the Red Sox and has paid off,” said Khan, describing it as an “historic” the Yankees.” partnership. Describing the teams as “two of our most storied “There is no better way to start the London Series sport.” A test of the appetite for the London venture is ing a day-nighter at Lord’s, also in London, on June 29, franchises”, Manfred said the historic fixtures would and the first Major League Baseball fixture in Europe that the two fixtures will clash with key World Cup before England meet India at Edgbaston in Birmingham take place in a stadium specially reconfigured to than a clash between two heavyweights of international cricket matches, with Australia and New Zealand play- the following day. — Reuters

Kuwait Sports Club defeat Qadisiya to Williams fails to win Association Cup have Baku F1 By Abdellatif Sharaa decisions KUWAIT: Kuwait Sports Club became champion of Kuwait Basketball Association Cup by defeating Qadisiya Club 86-81 during their match that was held earlier in the reviewed week. Jahra Club took third place after defeating Nasser Club by the score of 88-87. LONDON: Williams failed yesterday in a President of KBA Dhari Al-Barja, and Vice President bid to overturn a three-place grid penalty Ali Al-Khalifa distributed medals and prizes to the play- imposed on Russian Sergey Sirotkin for this weekend’s Spanish Formula One Grand Prix. The former champions had sought a review of five incidents at the April 29 Azerbaijan Grand Prix, arguing that significant and relevant new elements had emerged. The stewards unanimously rejected that, however. Sirotkin had crashed into the back of the Force India driven by Mexican Sergio Perez, who ultimately fin- ished third in a chaotic race in Baku, on the opening lap with the Russian retiring immediately. The stewards said the incident “was not ers of the top three places. similar to other first lap incidents where The final match was of an average level during which cars were side-by-side. The penalty was teams exchanged scoring, until Kuwait Club began to get similar to other penalties for similar colli- control midway during the first quarter through players sions and was consistent with the minimum Hamad Adnan and Abdullah Al-Shimmari scoring from grid penalties given previously.” outside, while Qadisiya Club players were hasty and Williams had questioned the stewards’ rushing things allowing Kuwait to go up by 28-16. decision in relation to other collisions. Qadisiya regained its balance in the second quarter They had also referenced the response to through Fahhad Al-Subaiee penetrations and scoring, McLaren’s Fernando Alonso, who was hit while Nasser Al-Hajras and Saleh Al-Yousuf were out- on the first lap and limped back to the pits standing in rebounding, while Kuwait Club players were with two punctures before rejoining with a not able to penetrate Qadisiya’s zone defence, which had badly-damaged car and finishing seventh. control over rebounds and fast breaks ending the second That was one place ahead of Williams’ quarter with a score of 46-46. Canadian teenager Lance Stroll. Race The third quarter saw the two teams exchanging director Charlie Whiting, who was present scores and ended at 63-61 in favor of Kuwait Club. in the meeting convened by teleconfer- The fourth quarter was not different to a large extent, ence, noted that Alonso returned to the while Mushari Buduhoum was scoring from outside for pits while the Safety Car was deployed. Qadisiya while his teammate Saleh Al-Yousum was He had also taken care to avoid the rac- shooting at random given to Kuwait the opportunity to ing line and keep clear of following traffic. go ahead in the final 3 minutes ending the match with the The stewards said Williams were well score of 86-81. aware of what was going on at the time. “The team on the pit wall would have seen the driver of car 14 (Alonso) enter the pits, as it had to drive past them. Therefore it cannot be argued that this is a ‘new ele- Wellens wins Giro fourth stage ment’,” they declared. Williams had also argued that a 10 sec- ond penalty imposed on Haas driver Kevin as Froome loses time Magnussen for a collision with Toro Rosso’s Pierre Gasly was ‘inconsequential’. CALTAGIRONE: Belgian rider Tim rivals on the final climb. The race was built Stewards reminded the team that, since Wellens won the fourth stage of the Giro around a five-man breakaway-Enrico 2013, the consequences of penalties were d’Italia yesterday, the first on Italian soil in Barbin, Jacopo Mosca, Quentin Jauregui, not taken into account. this year’s race, while Chris Froome’s Maxim Belkov and Marco Frapporti-who “In relation to other penalties, since the hopes of a third straight Grand Tour vic- opened up a four-minute lead before beginning of 2016 there have been a total tory took another hit. being caught 13km from the line and the of 87 incidents involving alleged ‘causing a Wellens won a sprint on an uphill finish, climb towards Caltagirone. collision’ in the Formula One holding off Canadian Michael Woods and In the final push, Italy’s Valerio Conti Championship,” the statement noted. Italy’s Enrico Battaglin following the showed his ambitions up front but was “Of these, as a result of the ‘let them 202km ride between Catania and reeled in with three kilometres to go. For race’ policy, 55 have resulted in No Caltagirone in Sicily. Australian Rohan 26-year-old Lotto rider Wellens it was a Further Action. Fourteen have resulted in Dennis retained the overall leader’s pink second career win in the Giro two years 10 second penalties and nine have resulted jersey after the first of three days on the after his first. The Belgian has claimed one- in three grid position penalties for the next Mediterranean island, after the race had day race wins such as the Montreal GP in SICILY: Belgium’s rider of team Lotto Tim Wellens celebrates on the podium after winning race.“Therefore the penalties started in Jerusalem followed by two 2015 and stage races including the Eneco the 4th stage of the 101st Giro d’Italia, Tour of Italy cycling race, between Catania and imposed...were entirely consistent with stages in Israel. Tour and the Tour of Poland. Today’s fifth Caltagirone (Sicily), yesterday. Wellens won a sprint finish ahead of Canadian Michael previous practice and with the penalty Britain’s four-time Tour de France win- stage will cover 153km between Agrigente Woods following the 198km ride between Catania and Caltagirone in Sicily. — AFP guidelines.” — Reuters ner Froome lost up to 20 seconds on his and Santa Ninfa. — AFP 14 Established 1961 Sports Wednesday, May 9, 2018 Washington Capitals oust Pittsburgh Penguins in overtime thriller

Advance to NHL Eastern Conference finals

LOS ANGELES: Evgeny Kuznetsov scored an overtime before beating goaltender Matt Murray with a clinical winner as the Washington Capitals ended Pittsburgh’s finish. “We believe in each other,” Ovechkin said after- dream of a Stanley Cup hat-trick on Monday to wards. “It doesn’t matter what happened in the past. advance to the NHL Eastern Conference finals. We have to stick together. Kuznetsov’s overtime strike sealed a dramatic 2-1 “We knew it was there. We just had to battle, and we win for the Caps as the 2017 and 2016 champion just had to fight through it. Again, great feeling right Penguins bowed out before their home fans at the PPG now and we’re going forward.” Penguins coach Mike Paints Arena. The win handed Sullivan said his team would Washington a 4-2 series win learn from the loss. and sees them advance to a “I think sometimes we all showdown against the learn more from our failures Tampa Bay Lightning for a It doesn’t than we do our successes,” place in the Stanley Cup Sullivan said. “I think this finals. After a scoreless first matter what group knows how hard it is period, Washington took the to win in the playoffs. lead through Alex Chiasson happened “All the teams are really early in the second. Kris good. There’s a fine line Letang levelled for in the past between winning and losing. Pittsburgh with a long-range We haven’t tasted this in a effort which deflected off a long time, and that’s a credit stick and past Braden Holtby. to the group of players in After a nerve-wracking third period which saw both that dressing room.” In the night’s other game, sides fail to break the deadlock, the game went to over- Nashville scored a series-levelling 4-0 win over the time. The decisive moment came at 5:27 when the Winnipeg Jets to set up a decisive game seven in the Penguins coughed up possession cheaply to leave the Western Conference. Predators goaltender Pekka Caps with a breakaway. Rinne made 34 saves while Viktor Arvidsson and Filip PITTSBURGH: Tom Kuhnhackl #34 of the Pittsburgh Penguins tries to control the puck in front of Dmitry Orlov #9 of Russian star Alex Ovechkin slipped the puck to Forsberg scored two goals apiece. Game seven takes the Washington Capitals during the second period in Game Six of the Eastern Conference Second Round during the Kuznetsov, who darted through the Penguins defence place in Nashville tomorrow. — AFP 2018 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs at PPG Paints Arena, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. — AFP

format in January in South Africa, where they lost a them. India have not yet played a pink-ball Test and Rahane to lead India hard-fought three-test series 2-1. would be reluctant to give the hosts any advantage as Uncapped medium-pacer Siddarth Kaul made it into they seek a first Test series win in Australia. “I think both India’s T20 and 50-over sides for the tour of everyone in world cricket knows that, to be frank, I Langer taps Paine against Afghanistan Ireland and England after impressive performances for think (India) want to come out here and beat us,” Sunrisers Hyderabad in the Indian Premier League. Sutherland told Australia’s SEN Radio in early May. in Kohli’s absence Batsmen Lokesh Rahul and Ambati Rayudu were also Sutherland said Australia would still play a day-night as ODI skipper as rewarded with spots in the ODI side after strong show- Test against Sri Lanka in Brisbane in January. “We are ings in the IPL. committed to hosting at least one day-night Test each new Aussie era starts MUMBAI: Ajinkya Rahane will lead India against Meanwhile, Australia have been forced to scrap a home summer as part of our continued focus to grow Afghanistan, who play their maiden test in Bengaluru in day-night Test and will hold the game in normal hours Test cricket,” he said. SYDNEY: New Australia coach Justin Langer June, in the absence of regular captain Virat Kohli, the instead after India refused to play, cricket officials said yesterday named Tim Paine as one-day captain country’s cricket board (BCCI) said yesterday. yesterday. INDIA TEST SQUAD AGAINST AFGHANISTAN: for next month’s tour of England as they look to Kohli will represent Surrey in June after signing a Cricket Australia had pencilled in the December 6- Ajinkya Rahane (captain), Shikhar Dhawan, Murali open a new era after a damaging ball-tampering one-month contract with the English county side to 10 Test in Adelaide as a pink-ball match but India Vijay, Lokesh Rahul, Cheteshwar Pujara, Karun Nair, scandal. prepare for the test series against England later this baulked at playing under floodlights. “We can confirm Wriddhiman Saha, Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Langer, who has been entrusted with restoring year. He will return to lead India in the limited-overs that we have received advice from the Board of Control Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, Umesh Yadav, Mohammed Australia’s battered reputation, was widely series in Ireland in June before they head to England for for Cricket in India (BCCI) that it is not prepared to Shami, Hardik Pandya, Ishant Sharma, Shardul Thakur. expected to select Paine in his first major deci- three T20 internationals, three ODIs and a five-test participate in a proposed day-night Test in Adelaide sion as coach. series starting in August. this summer,” CA chief James Sutherland said in a INDIA T20 SQUAD AGAINST The 33-year-old wicketkeeper has already Afghanistan will play their inaugural test match from statement. IRELAND AND ENGLAND: been appointed Australia’s Test captain after his June 14 in Bengaluru’s M Chinnaswamy Stadium. The “As a result, we can now confirm this Test match will Virat Kohli (captain), Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit Sharma, predecessor Steve Smith received a 12-month South Asian country and Ireland joined the ranks of full be a day format.” CA believes day-night Test cricket is Lokesh Rahul, Suresh Raina, Manish Pandey, MS Dhoni, ban for his part in the ball-tampering affair. member nations of the International Cricket Council a more television-friendly format and perhaps the only Dinesh Karthik, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, The five-match ODI series in England will be last year, taking the total number of test-playing coun- way to save the five-day version of the game following Washington Sundar, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jasprit the Australian team’s first outing since the disas- tries to 12. the rise of the quickfire Twenty20 format. Bumrah, Hardik Pandya, Siddarth Kaul, Umesh Yadav. trous South African tour and the players are sure India also decided to manage the workloads of other But India, who are the world’s top-ranked team, said to face intense scrutiny. test regulars, opting to rest batsman Rohit Sharma and they didn’t want to play their first day-night Test during INDIA ODI SQUAD AGAINST ENGLAND: Chairman of selectors Trevor Hohns said pace duo Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Jasprit Bumrah for such a high-profile series. “Yes, it’s pretty clear that we Virat Kohli (captain), Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit Cricket Australia had faith in Paine’s ability to the Afghanistan test. are not playing a day-night Test in Australia, no doubt Sharma, Lokesh Rahul, Shreyas Iyer, Ambati Rayudu, lead the 15-man squad in England, with Aaron Batsman Karun Nair, seamer Shardul Thakur and about it,” BCCI administrator Vinod Rai told AFP earli- MS Dhoni, Dinesh Karthik, Yuzvendra Chahal, Finch as his vice-captain. left-arm wrist-spinner Kuldeep Yadav were drafted in. er this month. Kuldeep Yadav, Washington Sundar, Bhuvneshwar Despite Australia’s woes it has been a heady Thakur is yet to play in the five-day format for India. The Australians have played four day-night Tests Kumar, Jasprit Bumrah, Hardik Pandya, Siddarth Kaul, rise for Paine, who only returned to the national The world’s top-ranked test side last played the longest since 2015, three of them in Adelaide, winning all of Umesh Yadav. —Agencies set-up in November after several years on the sidelines, during which he considered retirement. “Tim is a strong leader and will captain the side for the series, supported by Aaron,” Hohns said. Porterfield hopes “A decision on a permanent one-day captain will be made in due course.” World champions Australia will open the conditions favour series against England at Lord’s on June 13. Hohns said the tour would help players test Test debutants themselves on English pitches ahead of the 2019 World Cup in England. “Obviously, these are the conditions we will Ireland face during the tournament, so now is a perfect chance to give these players an opportunity to LONDON: Ireland captain William Porterfield hopes press their case for selection,” he said. a combination of local conditions and English county Cricket Australia also named a 14-man squad cricket experience will work in his side’s favour when for a one-off Twenty20 match in England, fol- they make their Test debut at home to Pakistan later lowed by a tri-series tournament in Zimbabwe this week. Both the Ireland and Afghanistan teams also featuring Pakistan. were elevated to Test status last year, making them eli- Finch was named to lead the squad, with Alex gible for the five-day format. But it is Ireland who will Carey as vice-captain. become the 11th men’s cricket Test nation when they Meanwhile, Smith’s fellow international exiles face Pakistan in a one-off match starting in Malahide, David Warner and Cameron Bancroft are report- near Dublin, on Friday. edly considering returning to cricket in the No side has enjoyed a victory in its first Test since Northern Territory as early as July. Australia beat England in the foundation Test at Warner and Bancroft received 12 and nine- Melbourne back in 1877 and it would be an upset month bans respectively, but the sanctions do not were Ireland to get off to a winning start. apply to club cricket. Ireland, however, did spring a huge surprise when NT Cricket chief Joel Morrison told the they knocked Pakistan out of the 2007 World Cup in Simona Halep the Caribbean, although that was in a one-day inter- Australian Broadcasting Corporation that the pair national tournament. But what encourages Porterfield were considering playing in the Territory’s limit- ahead of Friday’s game is that early season conditions ed-overs Strike League. 2-0, with her clay-court counter-attacking too strong in Ireland, which can aid swing bowling and present a “The opportunity for us is to be able to have for the 22-year-old Mertens to handle. Mertens offered particular challenge to batsmen, could prove tough for the likes of a Bancroft or a Warner around town Halep sails past some late resistance as her opponent’s concentration a Pakistan side brought up on slower, lower and more to be able to pass on some of their knowledge to wavered, but a double fault confirmed Halep’s victory in spin-friendly pitches in the sub-continent. our local cricketers would be fantastic,” he told Mertens at a brief one hour and 11 minutes. Pakistan, however, have been acclimatising with the broadcaster. Earlier, Petra Kvitova battled to a 6-3, 7-6 (10/8) two warm-up matches against English county clubs victory over Puerto Rico’s Monica Puig to register her Kent and Northamptonshire. “It’s in Ireland, it’s in Australia Madrid Open May, so it’s in our own conditions,” Porterfield told the seventh consecutive win. Kvitova’s hard-hitting game ODI: Tim Paine (capt), Aaron Finch (vice- Irish Independent. “Historically, when subcontinental lends itself more to the faster surfaces but after the lift- capt), Ashton Agar, Alex Carey, Josh Hazlewood, teams come to conditions like those, it has taken them ing the title on clay in Prague at the weekend, she has Travis Head, Nathan Lyon, Glenn Maxwell, Shaun a bit of time to adjust,” he added. Porterfield is also MADRID: Reigning champion Simona Halep edged maintained her momentum here. Marsh, Jhye Richardson, Kane Richardson, one of several players in the Ireland squad to have closer to a third consecutive Madrid Open title by A tight second set was decided by a tie-break and D’Arcy Short, Billy Stanlake, Marcus Stoinis, played first-class county cricket giving them high-lev- beating Belgium’s Elise Mertens yesterday. Kvitova almost threw it away when she served two Andrew Tye. el experience of a long-form game, albeit that County Halep, the winner here in 2016 and 2017, was made double faults. The first came on her own match point T20: Aaron Finch (capt), Alex Carey (vice- Championship matches last for a maximum of four to work harder in the second set on Manolo Santana and the second after a malfunction with the court’s capt), Ashton Agar, Travis Head, Nic Maddinson, days rather than five. “You face Test bowlers in but the world number one’s 6-0, 6-3 victory was never sound system meant music played just as she was about Glenn Maxwell, Jhye Richardson, Kane Championship games in England, and in white-ball in doubt. Kristyna Pliskova of the Czech Republic will to serve. Richardson, D’Arcy Short, Billy Stanlake, Marcus cricket,” said Porterfield, a former Gloucestershire and now await Halep in the last 16 as the Romanian contin- But the world number 10 recovered her composure Warwickshire batsman. “The biggest difference I Stoinis, Mitchell Swepson, Andrew Tye, Jack ues to prepare for the French Open, where she has to seal a place in the next round, where she will meet found is that they are just a bit more relentless, they Wildermuth. —AFP twice gone the distance only to finish runner-up. either Estonia’s Anett Kontaveit or Aliaksandra don’t give you as many bad balls,” he added. —AFP Halep won the first eight games in a row to lead 6-0, Sasnovich of Belarus. — AFP Established 1961 15 Sports Wednesday, May 9, 2018 Guangzhou held by Tianjin, Buriram surprise Jeonbuk Khoukhi double gives Al Sadd edge on Al Ahli

SINGAPORE: Guangzhou Evergrande were held to a were denied by Evergrande goalkeeper Zeng Cheng. goalless draw by fellow Chinese Super League side “We created a lot of chances and led on every sta- Tianjin Quanjian in the first leg of their Asian tistic but unfortunately we didn’t score,” Evergrande Champions League round of 16 clash yesterday as head coach Fabio Cannavaro said. Thailand’s Buriram United edged Jeonbuk Motors in a “Our opponents had a few opportunities and their five-goal thriller. most skilful players, like Modeste and Pato, had some Buriram will take a one-goal advantage into the sec- decent efforts but our goalkeeper performed very well ond leg in South Korea against the two-time winners and saved them all.” In the west Asian half of the draw, following a 3-2 win at the Thunder Castle, but Son Boualem Khoukhi scored twice in the opening 28 min- Joon-ho’s late goal ensured Jeonbuk will go into the utes as Qatar’s Al Sadd handed Al Ahli of Saudi Arabia second leg confident of advancing. a 2-1 defeat in the first leg in Doha. The Thai Premier League leaders took the lead in Mohanad Aseri’s goal two minutes into the second the sixth minute when Edgar half ensured the Jeddah- Silva headed home Yoo Jun- based Al Ahli remain in con- soo’s floated cross but tention for a place in the Ricardo Lopes levelled five quarter-final draw. minutes into the second half. Al Jazeera of the United Diogo curled his free kick We created a Arab Emirates will take a 3-2 home from 25 yards out to lead into the second leg of restore Buriram’s lead on the lot of chances their meeting with last year’s hour mark and Edgar Silva semi-finalists Persepolis of scored his second when he but didn’t score Iran. Ali Alipour put the slalomed through the Iranians in front with a head- Jeonbuk defence from the er before goals from Ali halfway line before slotting Mabkhout and Romarinho past Song Bum-kuen. took Al Jazeera ahead, only But just seconds into stoppage-time Son smashed for Godwin Mensha’s re-taken penalty six minutes from TIANJIN: Tianjin Quanjian’s Kwon Kyungwon (L) fights for the ball with Guangzhou Evergrande’s Ricardo the ball into the roof of the net from eight yards to give time to level the scores. Goulart (R) during the AFC Champions League round of 16 football match between China’s Tianjin Jeonbuk a lifeline. Tianjin, meanwhile, squandered sev- Khalifa Al Hammadi’s deft header of Mbark Quanjian and Guangzhou Evergrande in Tianjin yesterday. Guangzhou Evergrande nullified the twin eral opportunities to take an advantage into the second Boussoufa’s free kick six minutes into stoppage-time threat of Alexandre Pato and Anthony Modeste to earn a 0-0 draw at Chinese rivals Tianjin Quanjian in leg against two-time champions Guangzhou means Al Jazeera will take a one-goal lead into the sec- the Asian Champions League last 16 yesterday. — AFP Evergrande as Alexandre Pato and Anthony Modeste ond leg in Tehran next week. — Reuters Ferguson ‘showing signs of recovery’ Southampton and after haemorrhage Swansea ready for relegation Cup final LONDON: Former Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson was sitting up and talking to his family, reports said yesterday, as he recovers from emergency surgery LONDON: It is not a Cup final but Swansea City’s following a brain haemorrhage. critical Premier League relegation dogfight with The 76-year-old, who suffered the haemorrhage on Southampton at the Liberty Stadium yesterday has Saturday, remains in intensive care and there has been taken on the feeling of something just as important no official update on his condition from the Premier for the two teams. League club. But Britain’s Mail Online said the Scot, who A 50 million pounds ($67.6 million) incentive is retired in 2013, was out of a coma and showing promis- potentially at stake for the winners because three ing early signs of recovery. “Surgery went very well and points, while not guaranteeing riches from another the 76-year-old’s response to treatment has given year in the lucrative Premier League, could prove encouragement and cautious optimism to those close to decisive in securing safety. him,” the report said. “However, they recognise it will With two games each left and West Bromwich still be a slow road to full recovery as he continues to be assessed.” “The prognosis is good and his closest Albion hot favourites to be relegated along with friends in football are being kept abreast of any develop- Stoke City, either the Swans or the Saints, locked ments,” a source told The Sun newspaper. on 33 points, look likely to be the third side for the One of the greatest managers in football history, drop. Carlos Carvalhal’s Swansea are third bottom Ferguson won 38 trophies in more than 26 years in MANCHESTER: File photo taken on May 12, 2013 Manchester United’s Scottish manager Alex Ferguson in the relegation zone, only because of their inferi- charge of United, including 13 Premier League titles and holds the Premier League trophy at the end of the English Premier League football match between or goal difference to 17th-placed Southampton. the Champions League twice. Support has flooded in Manchester United and Swansea City at Old Trafford in Manchester, northwest England. —AFP Yet Carvalhal is convinced that home advantage from the football world and from those outside the game will make all the difference in turning around this and United midfielder Michael Carrick said that the parlous situation with Swansea enjoying their last BBC: “I know the operation has been a success-but he is Wenger enjoyed a long, and at times fractious rivalry two matches at the Liberty Stadium against response shows the esteem in which his former boss is a fighter and that is what makes me think he will be able with Ferguson as they battled for Premier League held. “The whole football world is incredible but outside Southampton and doomed Stoke on Sunday. to make a recovery. supremacy in the first decade of the Frenchman’s long Southampton too have a home game on the final of that as well, from all corners of the globe and different “Now is the time to pray and hope he can make a full reign in charge of Arsenal. However, they later became walks of life, people have shown their support,” he told Sunday but it will be against champions recovery. He has been the biggest influence in my career, friends and with Wenger leaving Arsenal at the end of Manchester City, who, should they beat Brighton & MUTV. “That’s the effect he had on people. It was the both on and off the pitch.” Defender Phil Jones, one of a the season, Ferguson presented his old adversary with a effect he had on everyone. He means a lot to me, as he Hove Albion on Wednesday, will be pushing to handful of players signed by Ferguson who is still at the memento on his final visit to United’s Old Trafford complete the Premier League’s first 100-point sea- does to this club. club, added: “I know his character. I know he has that ground just last weekend. son. Even though Swansea are on a dismal run, “We were all praying for him and thinking of him, fight in him. Hopefully he’ll recover well. “He has got all “I was with him on the pitch last week. I went to see having not won in seven Premier League games, Cathy and the family. It’s a tough time for everyone but his family and friends around him, the support from all him in the box after the game and he looked in perfect Carvalhal is convinced the Liberty Stadium factor I’m thinking positive and hoping he will pull through.” the players and staff at Man United and football around shape,” said Wenger, after his final home game as could make all the difference as they have lost only the world.” Arsenal boss on Sunday. GIGGS TRIBUTE United have thanked the many well-wishers, including “He told me he is doing a lot of exercise, and he to Tottenham Hotspur and Chelsea in the league Wales manager Ryan Giggs, who was part of all of Premier League managers Arsene Wenger, Pep looked very happy but that kind of accident can happen. since his arrival at the end of 2017. Ferguson’s 13 Premier League title-winning teams after Guardiola and Jurgen Klopp, who have spoke of their We wish him all well and to recover very quickly. He is a “Since we arrive, all the games we play at home, being given his debut as a 17-year-old in 1991, told the admiration for Ferguson. strong man and an optimistic man.” —AFP we perform really well in all of them,” said Carvalhal, whose only other home defeat was against Spurs in the FA Cup. “Possibly the Cup his way back into Guardiola’s plans and was rewarded game was the game that was hard for us. All the with a one-year contract extension last summer. others, we dominated and were better than our Guardiola dedicates opponents...I don’t have any reason to doubt we ‘MAYBE I WAS WRONG’ can do it.” Brighton game to This season, Toure has so far been limited to nine Southampton’s players were dealt a cruel blow substitute appearances although Guardiola, rightly, by the 96th-minute equaliser they conceded at Everton in a 1-1 draw on Saturday which, manager departing Toure believes he should not be judged on one season alone. “I am not going to judge Yaya for what happened this Mark Hughes conceded, demonstrated a lack of season,” he said. composure under pressure.—Reuters MANCHESTER: Pep Guardiola has dedicated Manchester “Maybe I was wrong in my decision this season, I don’t City’s final home game of their championship-winning sea- know. We have to analyse a career, not just in Manchester, son to Yaya Toure, a player he has described as one of the in Russia, in Barcelona and Monaco. “He is a player with a most important figures in the club’s history. huge personality. Sometimes it doesn’t matter about his The Ivory Coast international, who turns 35 on the final physical condition, he doesn’t feel the pressure, it doesn’t Matches on TV matter where he plays. He loves to play football. day of the season on Sunday, will start a Premier League (Local Timings) game for the first time in the current campaign when City “Of course the decisions I took this season depended on what I saw every day in the training sessions and, from play Brighton at the Etihad. It is the manager’s way of ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE allowing Toure to bid farewell to a club he joined when what I saw, from what I saw about him, nothing changed Chelsea v Huddersfield Town 21:45 Guardiola sold him to City from Barcelona for £24 million my opinion. “He was the only guy last season we extend beIN SPORTS HD 2 ($32 million, 27 million euros) in 2010. the contract. His behaviour was good. Hopefully he can Leicester City v Arsenal 21:45 Since then, Toure has been an integral part of City’s stay in football and come back maybe here.” Guardiola beIN SPORTS HD 4 success, fuelled by the wealth of their Abu Dhabi owners, stopped short of predicting whether Toure will look to Tottenham Hotspur v Newcastle United 22:00 and has collated three league titles, two League Cups and continue his career although the City manager is in no beIN SPORTS HD 1 one FA Cup winner’s medal. That body of work has led doubt that he could continue to play at the Premier Manchester City v Brighton & Hove Albion 22:00 Guardiola to describe Toure as “an extraordinary person” League level should he so choose. beIN SPORTS HD 6 and guarantee him an emotional farewell on Wednesday. The City manager still has two games remaining- Brighton and the visit to Southampton on Sunday-and “He has been big,” said Guardiola. “Football players SPANISH LEAGUE PRIMERA make the clubs bigger and bigger and bigger and without was in no mood to discuss the future prospects of play- Barcelona v Villarreal 21:00 doubt he was, is, one of the most important players in our ers or his coaching staff, with his coach Mikel Arteta one beIN SPORTS HD 7 history. “He helped this club make a step forward and of the names to have been linked with the soon to be Sevilla v Real Madrid 22:30 hopefully we can make a good game for him. vacant Arsenal job. “I don’t know what is going to hap- beIN SPORTS HD 3 “We dedicate it to him. Tomorrow we are going to play pen,” he said. “In football today maybe a player comes and says I want to play more and we have to find a solu- for Yaya.” Guardiola’s early relationship with Toure when ITALIAN CUP they were reunited in Manchester was not an easy one, tion. We will have to see. “We are going to play these Juventus v Milan 22:00 with the manager angered by comments from the midfield- two games, try to win points and finish well. After, we will beIN SPORTS er’s outspoken agent Dimitri Seluk. However, Toure played see what happens.” — AFP Yaya Toure Established 1961 Sport

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Kuwait SC wins Amir Football Cup Club lifts trophy for 13th time

KUWAIT: HH the Deputy Amir and Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah presents the trophy to Kuwait SC players after the team won the HH the Amir Football Cup after beating Al-Arabi SC 3-0 at Jaber International Stadium yesterday. — KUNA

KUWAIT: Kuwait SC won His Highness the Amir Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, who was repre- minute. Al-Arabi tried hard to narrow the gap in the The Amir Cup was launched in the 1961-62 season. Football Cup after beating Al-Arabi SC 3-0 in a clash sented by HH the Deputy Amir and Crown Prince second half, but Hussain Al-Harbi of Kuwait SC nailed Qadsiya SC have won the cup 16 times, Al-Arabi 15 held at Jaber International Stadium yesterday, bagging Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah. the third goal in the 88th minute. This is Kuwait SC’s times and Kuwait 12 times. Kazma SC won the title sev- the championship for the 13th time in the club’s history. Kuwait’s first goal was in the 5th minute and the lead third title this year after winning the Super Cup and en times, while Salmiya and Yarmouk have won the title The match was sponsored by HH the Amir Sheikh was extended by Jumaa Saeed’s header in the 33rd VIVA premier league. twice. Fahaheel won it once. — KUNA

LeBron leads FIFA fines Russia Cavs sweep, over racist chants Sixers stay alive at France friendly LOS ANGELES: LeBron James led the way as the MOSCOW: World Cup hosts Russia have been fined Cleveland Cavaliers wrapped up a series sweep with a 30,000 Swiss francs for discriminatory chants by fans, ruthless demolition of the Toronto Raptors on Monday FIFA said yesterday, after racist abuse was directed at to book their place in the NBA Eastern Conference French players during a friendly in St Petersburg in finals. James, the buzzer-beating hero of Cleveland’s March. A Reuters photographer at pitch level for epic victory in game three on Saturday, scored 29 France’s 3-1 win over Russia heard monkey chants points as Toronto’s bid to avoid the ignominy of a 4-0 directed at French players on several occasions, series loss ended in a 128-93 pounding. Toronto had including when midfielder N’Golo Kante came to the entered the playoffs as the number one seed from the touchline for a throw-in. Eastern Conference, and were desperate to avoid a FIFA said it had conducted a “thorough investiga- third straight series defeat to James and the Cavs after tion” of video evidence of the match in reaching its losses in 2016 and 2017. decision. World soccer’s ruling body said it recognised But their fragility was underscored by a rampant CLEVELAND: Jose Calderon #81 of the Cleveland Cavaliers handles the ball against the Toronto Raptors in Game Four of the the gravity of the incident but added that only a limit- Cleveland on Monday, with James leading a blowout Eastern Conference Semifinals during the 2018 NBA Playoffs at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio. — AFP ed number of fans were involved. win that ensures the Cavs will be well rested for the The Russian Football Union (RFU) referred ques- Eastern Conference finals, where they will play either shots, a lot of different guys stepped up. another defeat to the Cavs. “They’ve just got our num- tions to its anti-discrimination inspector Alexei Boston or Philadelphia. “Four or five different guys getting double figures ber. Things just don’t seem to go right for us,” DeRozan Smertin, whose assistant declined to comment when “It was a great series for us,” James said afterwards. for us every night - that was big for us. We’ve got to said, adding that the James-inspired Cavs were any- contacted by Reuters. Russia has pledged to crack “We had a lot of challenges, considering the dominance continue getting better but I like where we’re at right thing but a one-man band. down on racism as the country faces increased scruti- (Toronto) had in the regular season. But we had a great now.” Toronto’s miserable night saw DeMar DeRozan “It’s not just him going out there and scoring 128 ny ahead of this year’s World Cup, which it will host gameplan and we executed it. ejected in the fourth quarter while Kyle Lowry was points,” DeRozan said. “The things he does for his from June 14 to July 15 in 11 cities including Moscow, “We want to continue to improve. I think we’ve done restricted to just five points. team-mates gets them going. It’s been a challenge for St Petersburg and Sochi. that from the seven-game series against Indiana to Jonas Valanciunas was a notable beacon of resist- us over the years.” There have been other reported cases of racist these four games.” James was once more the tormentor ance, providing 18 points off the bench. But it was too In Monday’s other playoff game, T.J McConnell and abuse, however, in the run-up to the tournament. in chief for Toronto, contributing eight rebounds and 11 little, too late for Toronto, who were comprehensively Dario Saric combined to give the Philadelphia 76ers a Alexei Sorokin, chief executive of Russia’s local World assists in addition to his 29 points. outplayed in every department. lifeline with their 103-92 win over the Boston Celtics. Cup organising committee (LOC), was reported by Four other Cavaliers starters cracked double digits, The Celtics could have clinched a 4-0 sweep but TASS news agency as saying that such incidents were with Kevin Love scoring 23 points and Kyle Korver 16 ‘EMOTIONALLY DRUNK’ instead the Sixers’ win ensured there will be a game rare. “It is a shame that such discriminatory incidents points. J.R. Smith added 15 points while George Hill Raptors coach Dwane Casey said his team had paid game five in Boston on Wednesday. take place here, but thankfully they are very rare and added 12. the price for not being able to recover from shattering McConnell’s introduction into the starting line-up do not constitute a trend,” he said. “We have gone Cleveland coach Tyronn Lue said the Cavs’ defense losses in games one and three. “We were emotionally proved crucial for the Sixers, with the point guard scor- quite a long way to isolate this problem. It is impossi- and all-round offensive display had been crucial factors drunk after game one and game three,” Casey said. “I ing a career-high 19 points. Croatian power forward ble to control such human reactions in any country in in the sweep. “I think defensively we’re playing pretty thought we could bounce back, but we didnt.” Saric added 25 points while Ben Simmons finished with the world.” — Reuters good,” Lue said. “And I think in this series, we made DeRozan meanwhile was at a loss to explain yet 19 points and Joel Embiid 15. — AFP Established 1961

WEDNESDAY, MAY 9, 2018 Business African growth picks up to 3.4% China’s April exports bounce Al-Ahli Bank of Kuwait named 18in 2018, but debt a concern: IMF 19 back despite US trade brawl 21 ‘Best Retail Bank in Kuwait’

TEHRAN: An Iranian man reads the newspaper at the stock exchange in the capital Tehran yesterday. Renewed nuclear sanctions would certainly cause severe problems for Iran’s economy, but much of the damage has already been done by the uncertainty created by the US and myriad home-grown problems. —AFP Iran rial plunges ahead of Trump decision Economy a mess even before US pulls out of nuke deal

TEHRAN: Iran’s rial traded near record lows against the ing official and free-market exchange rates at a single level decision on whether to rip up the 2015 nuclear deal and return. The World Bank says only $3.4 billion actually dollar in the free market yesterday as Iranians tried to buy of 42,000, and banning any trade at other rates. “The free reimpose sanctions on Iran. showed up in 2016 — a far cry from the $50 billion hard currency, fearing economic turmoil if US President market has been shut down officially, but it continues its “The atmosphere was grim,” said a European consult- Rouhani said he was targeting in the deal’s first year. The Donald Trump withdraws from a deal on Iran’s nuclear work unofficially. There is an underground currency mar- ant who attended the conference on Monday. “There were nuclear deal has been “a genuine disappointment”, said program. The dollar was selling for 65,000 rials, according ket in Iran, with rates, charts and everything,” said an ana- fewer foreigners, the stands were smaller, it was depress- Ardavan Amir-Aslani, an international lawyer with an to foreign exchange website Bonbast.com, which tracks lyst in Tehran, declining to be named for legal reasons. ing.” Organizers admitted that foreign guests were down office in Tehran who has written several books on the the free market. That was down from 57,500 at the end of “Instead of stopping by at the exchange shop, people by a third compared to last year, according to the region. “They’re able to sell oil, OK, that’s just enough to last month and 42,890 at the end of last year. arrange their trade by Hamshahri newspaper. pay civil servants and maintain infrastructure, but it hasn’t Economists inside and outside the country said the rial phone calls and through The only major oil deal attracted even a fraction of the investment needed,” he was being driven down by heavy demand for dollars underground channels.” that Iran has landed since said. “Our business has reduced to a trickle. All foreign among Iranians who feared a US pullout from the nuclear As part of its crackdown, the nuclear deal was a $5 investment has come to a halt. The meager amounts prom- agreement would lead to the resumption of US sanctions Iran clamped a 10,000- billion exploration agree- ised have been put on hold.” against Tehran, deterring other nations in Europe and Asia euro ($11,900) ceiling on Foreign firms ment with France’s Total Meanwhile, Iranians are scrambling for the lifeboats. from developing business ties. the amount of foreign cur- and China’s CNPC last One wealthy family said they had moved their entire for- This could constrict Iran’s foreign trade, causing a spike rency that citizens can hold back year, but its future hangs tune out of the country this week ahead of the Trump of inflation and further reducing access to hard currency in hold outside banks. The in the balance as execu- decision. They had already lost millions thanks to the an economy which is already struggling with high unem- Tehran analyst said this investments tives wait to see what crashing Iranian rial which has lost a third or more of its ployment and the threat of a crisis among financially trou- regulation was being Trump will do. Foreign value against the dollar this year. The numbers are hard to bled banks. Mehrdad Emadi, an Iranian economist who widely disobeyed, and banks remain terrified of verify but analysts and officials have said between $10 bil- heads energy risk analysis at London’s Betamatrix consul- estimated billions of dol- touching any transaction lion and $30 billion has left the country in recent months. tancy, said the approach of Trump’s decision was encour- lars were being held illicit- even cursorily linked to aging a mass flight out of the rial. On Sunday, the currency ly outside banks. “The real Iran, even after they have Home-grown problems hit a record low of 67,800. dollar rate is much higher, and people know from the past been encouraged by their respective governments to facil- Iranian officials say all this amounts to a flagrant viola- “This large scale de-rialization of the Iranian economy that when they deposited their dollars into bank accounts, itate trade and investment. “We went to the French min- tion of article 29 of the nuclear deal, which committed the has now created a complete collapse of confidence,” they were not able to withdraw later.” istry of economy and they gave us a list of all the banks US to ensure “the normalization of trade and economic Emadi said, adding that if the government did not take that would agree to work with Iran. But when we called relations with Iran”. The US counters that it never prom- immediate steps to shore up the banking system and Economy a mess them, every single one said no,” said French entrepreneur ised to lift non-nuclear sanctions related to issues such as restore business confidence, the currency could fall as low Renewed nuclear sanctions would certainly cause Amaury de la Serre when he opened a branch of the high- human rights and Iran’s missile program, which were as 110,000. “Such a rate would translate to a tripling of the severe problems for Iran’s economy, but much of the dam- end Sushi Shop restaurant in Tehran last summer. already complicating trade before Trump came to power. inflation rate and a deep dollarization of the Iranian econ- age has already been done by the uncertainty created by And many of Iran’s problems have nothing to do with omy, and barter-based transaction when hard currency the US and myriad home-grown problems. Investment halted Trump. Iran’s private sector is starved of investment, its cannot be found.” It was awkward timing for the annual International Oil Iran has piled up promises of investment with foreign banking system is crippled by bad loans, and record lev- As pressure on the rial mounted in early April, Iranian Show in Tehran this week, which opened just two days firms, but many have held back on actually moving money els of unemployment mean a third of under-30s are out authorities tried to halt its slide by saying they were unify- before US President Donald Trump was due to make his into the country while they wait to see if US sanctions will of work. —Agencies

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The US Embassy’s Commercial Section can help at [email protected]. 18 Established 1961 Business Wednesday, May 9, 2018 African growth picks up to 3.4% in 2018, but debt a concern: IMF Ethiopia notches up 10.9% growth in GDP in 2017 LIBREVILLE: Growth across sub-Saharan African will now rated to be in debt distress or at high risk of debt rise to 3.4 percent this year from 2.8 percent in 2017, distress,” he warned. but in the continent’s poorest countries, debt is a major burden, the IMF said yesterday. Uptick in oil prices Top performers are Benin, Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Debt-burdened countries have had to divert Ghana, Ivory Coast, Rwanda, Senegal and Tanzania, the resources “from much-needed spending in areas such International Monetary Fund said. Their economies as health, education, and infrastructure,” he said. Based expanded by six percent or more in 2017 and will on current policies, average medium-term growth for maintain strong growth over the medium term, it said. Africa is expected to level off below four percent, said The star is Ethiopia, which notched up 10.9 percent Selassie. growth in gross domestic product (GDP) in 2017, and is “(This is) far short of the levels envisaged five years expected to enjoy 8.5 percent this year. At the other ago, and below what is needed for countries to end of the scale lie 12 countries, home to about a third achieve their Sustainable Development Goals,” he of sub-Saharan Africa’s population. said, referring to a group of UN objectives on a range Last year, per-capita incomes declined in these of social and economic development areas. The report economies-a trend that is likely to happen in most of also made these points: Terrorism is having a major them in 2018, it said. Its Regional Economic Outlook for cost for the Sahel countries, and internal conflicts are 2018 praised high-performing countries that have tack- a drag for Burundi, the Democratic Republic of Congo led entrenched macro-economic problems and encour- and South Sudan. Violence there also leads to a costly aged investment. “spillover” of displaced people and refugees to neigh- These economies have also benefited from favorable boring countries. global winds-stronger world growth and higher com- Growth is being hampered by Nigeria and South modities prices. As a result, capital inflows in these Africa, the continent’s two biggest economies. “(They) economies have risen, and some countries have been have been stuck in low gear and are weighing on the able to build up their reserves. region’s overall growth,” says the IMF. For the laggards, though, much of the pain lies from South African growth was 1.3 percent in 2017, the failure to address spending, remove market-distort- reflecting a rebound in farming and minerals, and the ing policies and mobilize capital. “Macroeconomic vul- tally for 2018 is projected at 1.8 percent. Nigeria expe- Oil-exporting countries in Africa have enjoyed an uptick in commodity prices after a prolonged slump. nerabilities are rising in many countries as the required rienced 0.8 percent GDP growth in 2017, which should fiscal adjustment keeps getting delayed,” Abebe Aemro rise to 2.1 percent this year. Selassie, director of the IMF’s African Department, said Oil-exporting countries in Africa have enjoyed an their sector and boost the efficiency of public spending. indices rose by about 10 percent in South Africa, 40 in a press release. uptick in commodity prices after a prolonged slump. Capital inflows in some countries have seen a boom in percent in Kenya, 60 percent in Ghana and 70 percent “Fifteen of the region’s 35 low-income countries are But they should not waste time-they need to strengthen stock prices: between April 2017 and January 2018, in Nigeria. — AFP

ture and construction sectors. until at least 2020,” he told the Scottish Zambia assesses Zambia is Africa’s second-biggest RBS rules out Affairs Committee. copper producer but the government Banks are closing branches to cut debt trajectory faces pressure to rein in spending, espe- further Scottish costs and modernize as more nimble dig- cially as it heads towards a 2021 presi- ital lenders grow in popularity. RBS has Hedge funds hold fire dential election in which President Edgar been feeling the heat from critics and as it courts new Lungu is expected to run for a second branch cuts postponed 10 of its planned closures in as oil prices hit full term. “Cabinet will be briefed on the Scotland pending a review. IMF program outcomes of the exercise and on the until 2020 “You’ve taken a public relations executive decisions that are required to pounding on this,” committee chair Pete multi-year highs LUSAKA: Zambia has assessed its debt LONDON: Royal Bank of Scotland will be undertaken to successfully finalize the Wishart said, asking whether 9 million trajectory as part of a bid to court not review the size of its Scottish branch engagement with the Fund,” it said. “We pounds ($12.16 million) savings from the LONDON: For all the bullish commentary around oil International Monetary Fund support network again until at least 2020, follow- will implement the decisions particularly closures was worth it. Other committee prices at the moment, hedge fund managers have after the Fund rejected the country’s ing widespread criticism of its decision as they relate to the success of our debt members raised concerns about vulnera- made only minor changes to their overall position in debt management plans in February. to close 62 of them. sustainability actions,” it added. ble customers and those in rural areas petroleum futures and options in the last few weeks. The analysis provides a basis for fresh RBS Chief Executive Ross McEwan The government said last month its that might not easily be able to access To the extent they have made any changes at all, talks with the IMF on a possible financial made the pledge yesterday in response fund managers have been reducing rather than $8.7 billion foreign debt was not other face-to-face, online or mobile assistance program, the finance ministry understated. Eurasia Group said in a to questions from lawmakers in London adding to bullish positions since the middle of April. said yesterday in a statement that gave on the bank’s closures in Scotland, where services. However McEwan said the Hedge funds and other money managers cut their note on Friday Zambia may be facing British government, which owns 71 per- no figures. The economy is expected to fiscal challenges and was likely to it was established in 1772 and is still net long position in the six most important petroleum sustain growth of more than 4 percent headquartered. McEwan said RBS had cent of the bank, had expressed no view futures and options contracts by 28 million barrels in default on its debt payments starting on the cuts other than that it was a com- this year helped by its mining, agricul- in 2019. — Reuters to respond to the growing use of online the most recent week. banking and fewer people using its mercial matter for the bank. Fund managers have reduced their net long posi- branches, but was now “comfortable” So far, customers had not been leav- tion for two consecutive weeks, to 1.376 billion bar- ing RBS in large numbers due to clo- percent on the same period last year. with the size of its network in Scotland, rels by May 1 from a recent peak of 1.411 billion bar- “Our branches do remain a core part sures, Les Matheson, its chief executive rels on April 17. In a repeat of the week before, the EON confirms Underlying or operating profits of personal and business banking told climbed 24 percent to 1.3 billion euros, of our service and we will not look at the liquidation last week was concentrated in crude oil, size of the network again in Scotland the committee. — Reuters while portfolio managers increased their exposure to 2018 targets EON said in a statement, hailing a refined products slightly. “strong start” to the year. “Our operating Funds cut their net long position in Brent (-21 mil- after surge business is strong. We achieved signifi- lion barrels) as well as NYMEX and ICE WTI (-12 cant growth by adding more than million barrels). By contrast, they increased their net 50,000 customers in Germany,” EON’s position in US gasoline (+1 million barrels), US heat- in customers chief financial officers Marc Spieker said. ing oil (+1 million barrels) and European gasoil (+2 Revenues however fell 11 percent to FRANKFURT: German energy giant million barrels). The fundamental outlook remains 9.33 billion euros, dragged down by a EON reported yesterday a jump in first- fairly bullish with strong growth in oil consumption, 30-percent slump in sales at the group’s quarter profits thanks to a surge in new continued output restraint by OPEC and a draw energy networks unit which EON customers, keeping it on track to meet its down in oil inventories below the five-year average. blamed mainly on one-off effects and 2018 targets ahead of a massive asset Production and exports from Venezuela are declin- accounting changes. Analysts surveyed swap with rival RWE. ing and the United States is threatening to withdraw by Factset had predicted revenues of 11.2 The Essen-based group, which has from the Iran nuclear agreement which could cut that billion euros. seen two years of huge losses as it country’s exports in the coming months. But hedge Like other European power firms, scrambles to respond to a changing fund managers have already amassed a near-record EON has for years been battered by energy landscape, reported adjusted net bullish position in futures and options contracts linked low wholesale electricity prices and profits of 727 million euros ($866 mil- LONDON: In this file photo a signage is seen at the front of a branch of to crude and fuels. — Reuters competition from subsidized renewable lion) between January and March, up 38 energy. — AFP the Royal Bank of Scotland in central London. — AFP

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Al-Muzaini Exchange Co. Canadian dollar 238.080 Nepalese Rupees 2.812 Asia Turkish lira 74.520 Malaysian Ringgit 77.355 Bangladesh Taka 0.003002 0.003784 Swiss Franc 315.860 Chinese Yuan 0.046047 0.049547 ASIAN COUNTRIES Chinese Yuan Renminbi 47.845 Australian Dollar 234.090 Hong Kong Dollar 0.036747 0.039497 Japanese Yen 2.806 Thai Bhat 10.455 US Dollar Buying 299.500 Indian Rupee 0.003930 0.004657 Indian Rupees 4.630 Turkish Lira 70.965 Pakistani Rupees 2.602 Indonesian Rupiah 0.000017 0.000023 GOLD Japanese Yen 0.002695 0.002875 Srilankan Rupees 1.933 20 Gram 260.520 Korean Won 0.000270 0.000285 Nepali Rupees 2.902 10 Gram 133.180 Bahrain Exchange Company Malaysian Ringgit 0.072901 0.078901 Singapore Dollar 230.250 5 Gram 67.430 Hongkong Dollar 38.311 Nepalese Rupee 0.002785 0.003125 Bangladesh Taka 3.593 CURRENCY BUY SELL Pakistan Rupee 0.001988 0.002758 Philippine Peso 5.793 Dollarco Exchange Co. Ltd Europe Philippine Peso 0.005688 0.005956 Thai Baht 9.679 British Pound 0.404068 0.411568 Singapore Dollar 0.221910 0.231910 Czech Korune 0.006199 0.015499 Sri Lankan Rupee 0.001615 0.002195 GCC COUNTRIES Rate for Transfer Selling Rate Danish Krone 0.044544 0.049544 Taiwan 0.010367 0.010547 Saudi Riyal 80.210 US Dollar 301.990 Euro 0. 356348 0.363848 Thai Baht 0.009201 0.009751 Qatari Riyal 82.644 Canadian Dollar 234.650 Georgian Lari 0.138280 0.138280 Omani Riyal 781.445 Sterling Pound 410.595 Hungarian 0.001138 0.001328 Arab Bahraini Dinar 798.990 Euro 361.250 Norwegian Krone 0.033498 0.038698 Bahraini Dinar 0.794826 0.803326 UAE Dirham 81.946 Swiss Frank 305.695 Romanian Leu 0.064623 0.081473 Egyptian Pound 0.014095 0.019813 Iranian Riyal 0.000084 0.000085 ARAB COUNTRIES Bahrain Dinar 803.105 Russian ruble 0.004785 0.004785 Iraqi Dinar 0.000203 0.000263 Egyptian Pound - Cash 0.000 UAE Dirhams 82.625 Slovakia 0.008995 0.018995 Egyptian Pound - Transfer 17.039 Qatari Riyals 83.855 Swedish Krona 0.030317 0.035317 Jordanian Dinar 0.421552 0.430552 Yemen Riyal/for 1000 1.208 Saudi Riyals 81.425 Swiss Franc 0.296206 0.307206 Kuwaiti Dinar 1.000000 1.000000 Tunisian Dinar 126.080 Jordanian Dinar 427.215 Lebanese Pound 0.000155 0.000255 Jordanian Dinar 423.910 Egyptian Pound 17.122 Australasia Moroccan Dirhams 0.022258 0.048258 Lebanese Lira/for 1000 2.005 Sri Lankan Rupees 1.919 Australian Dollar 0.220198 0.232198 Omani Riyal 0.778487 0.784167 Syrian Lira 0.000 Indian Rupees 4.493 New Zealand Dollar 0.206221 0.215721 Qatar Riyal 0.078703 0.083643 Morocco Dirham 33.227 Pakistani Rupees 2.610 Saudi Riyal 0.079487 0.080787 Bangladesh Taka 3.617 America Syrian Pound 0.001280 0.001500 EUROPEAN & AMERICAN COUNTRIES Philippines Pesso 5.815 Canadian Dollar 0.230049 0.239049 Tunisian Dinar 0.118292 0.126292 US Dollar Transfer 300.700 Cyprus pound 17.972 US Dollars 0.298050 0.302450 Turkish Lira 0.067014 0.077314 Euro 371.670 Japanese Yen 3.765 US Dollars Mint 0.298550 0.302450 UAE Dirhams 0.080839 0.082539 Sterling Pound 426.390 Syrian Pound 1.586 Yemeni Riyal 0.000982 0.001062 Established 1961 19 Business Wednesday, May 9, 2018 China’s April exports bounce back despite US trade brawl

Trade surplus with US widens to $22.19 billion

BEIJING: China’s exports rebounded more strongly than “front-loading” by shippers eager to beat any punitive expected in April after a surprise drop the previous measures. month, suggesting global demand remains relatively Export growth was led by a 20.7 percent increase in resilient and providing a cushion to the economy amid a shipments of high-tech products, led by mobile phones. heated trade dispute with the United States. Imports in April also grew more robustly than antici- Strong import demand pated, signalling China’s domestic demand is holding up Imports also beat expectations, growing 21.5 percent well, good news for policymakers looking to soften the on-year, beating forecasts of 16 percent growth, and blow from any trade shocks. accelerating from a 14.4 percent rise in March. The China’s April exports rose 12.9 percent from a year strong readings suggest China’s domestic demand earlier, beating analysts’ forecasts for a 6.3 percent remains resilient despite rising corporate borrowing increase and snapping back from a 2.7 percent drop in costs and cooling property sales, the two risk factors March that economists most commonly cited by believe was heavily dis- economists who are torted by seasonal fac- expecting a slowdown. tors. Some analysts, how- Imports were drive by ever, warned the strong China’s continued April export showing April trade appetite for resources was mostly seasonal and and agricultural com- that a multi-year global data beat modities but also by hi- trade recovery may have tech products, especially LIANYUNGANG: A worker loads piles of paper at a port in Lianyungang in China’s eastern Jiangsu topped out. “Shipments forecasts electronic integrated cir- province yesterday. China’s surplus with the United States widened in April, underlining an imbal- still look healthy but cuits, which have surged ance between the economic titans as they struggle to reach an agreement on averting a potentially today’s data does point 36 percent since the start damaging trade war. — AFP to a softening in external of the year. The tech buy- demand recently,” ing binge comes as Capital Economics sen- China’s strategic industri- bilize financial markets. to people familiar with the top-level US-China talks ior China Economist Julian Evans-Pritchard wrote in a al policies come under increased global scrutiny due to While economists still believe a compromise can be last Friday. note, estimating that exports by volume may have actu- complaints about forced technology transfer and intel- reached and the worst-case scenario avoided, the risk President Xi Jinping pledged recently to increase ally slipped on a month-on-month basis. lectual property theft, with integrated circuits, or chips, of disruptions in trade and investment have added to imports, in comments that were seen as a bid to defuse “The backdrop of the ongoing trade negotiations an especially sensitive area. existing concerns about an economic slowdown in tensions with the United States and other trading part- between China and the US is one in which global growth China imported $94.7 billion of chips in the first four China this year. High-level discussions between the two ners. But, highlighting the challenge of reducing that gap has already peaked and China’s export performance is months of the year, accounting for nearly 15 percent of sides in Beijing last week appeared to make little sub- any time soon, China’s trade surplus with the United waning as a result.” Still, China has outperformed other total imports and possibly pointing to solid growth in stantive progress in defusing trade tensions apart from States widened to $22.19 billion in April, from $15.43 bil- major Asian trade-reliant economies such as Japan and electronics exports for at least a few more months. an agreement to hold more talks. lion in March, according to Reuters calculations based South Korea recently, suggesting its exporters may be China’s top economic official will visit Washington on customs data released yesterday. ramping up shipments of finished goods and purchases Trade tussle next week to resume trade talks with the Trump admin- For January-April, it rose to $80.4 billion, from about of raw materials and parts in case of supply chain dis- The world’s two largest economies have threatened istration, the White House said on Monday. $71 billion in the same period last year. China’s exports ruptions following both sides’ tariff threats. each other with tariffs on tens of billions of dollars’ The Trump administration has drawn a hard line, to the United States rose 9.7 percent in April from a “We may see some retreat in exports in the following worth of exports in recent months, leading to worries demanding a $200 billion cut in the Chinese trade sur- year earlier, slowing from a 14.8 percent rise in the first months,” said Betty Wang, senior China Economist at that Washington and Beijing may plunge into a full-scale plus with the United States by 2020, sharply lower quarter. Its imports from the US rose 20.3 percent in ANZ, referring to the risk of a slowdown after a burst of trade war that could damage global growth and desta- tariffs and advanced technology subsidies, according April, the fastest growth in three months. — Reuters

that the Japanese firm could be overex- Jazeera Airways Japan’s Takeda tending itself financially. In a separate statement, it said it would holds Georgia to buy Shire in fund the deal with a bridge loan facility of nearly $31 billion. The buyout is the latest in a flurry of tourism roadshow record $62.5 merger and acquisition activity in the pharmaceutical industry as traditional billion deal players see profits eroded by competition KUWAIT: Following the recently announced from generic medicines. Japanese firms in new route launch to Tbilisi, Jazeera Airways, TOKYO: Drug giant Takeda yesterday particular are facing pressure domesti- Kuwait’s leading low cost airline, recently held said it would buy Irish pharmaceuticals cally as the government tries to cut prices a sales roadshow in Kuwait with the Georgian firm Shire in a deal worth $62.5 billion, of many branded drugs and increase the National Tourism Administration. Promoting the biggest foreign takeover ever by a focus on cheaper generics to curb health Georgia as a top leisure destination, the road- Japanese firm. spending as the population ages rapidly. show to travel agents in the city was followed relations with our trade partners and agents also enjoy connections from Tbilisi to Kuwait The deal, which will create one of the Takeda, led by Frenchman Christophe by a workshop which took place at the Four on the ground. We are continuing to expand and onwards to Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Dubai world’s top 10 drug companies, caps a Weber, has been actively looking over- Points by Sheraton hotel on Sunday May 6th. our route network with new leisure options, and India. lengthy courtship by Takeda of its larger seas for acquisitions. In the evening a special dinner was held and especially with summer season approaching. I Jazeera Airways will soon be opening their rival as it seeks to expand overseas. Shire In 2011 it took over Swiss rival attended by Roland Beridze, Ambassador of am delighted with the cooperation we have new terminal in May at Kuwait International last month said its board would recom- Nycomed for 9.6 billion euros ($13.6 bil- Georgia to the State of Kuwait, Georgian received from the Georgian authorities and Airport, brining an enhanced passenger expe- mend the £46 billion bid “subject to sat- lion at the time). Analysts have described Tourism, local travel agents and Voyager, gen- we look forward to elevating Georgia’s posi- rience to its customers. isfactory resolution of the other terms of Shire as an attractive target for Takeda, eral sales agent for Jazeera Airways in tion as a prime tourist attraction. We’d also Jazeera Airways currently operates a fleet the possible offer”. And yesterday, with a portfolio of existing treatments in Georgia, and Jazeera sales executives. like to thank Roland Beridze for his personal of 9 Airbus A320 aircraft. Passengers can Takeda announced the boards of the two fields where the barriers to entry are high Jazeera Airways will commence three attendance and support.” said CEO of Jazeera enjoy a baggage allowance of 30kg for companies “have reached agreement on and profits large. In particular, Shire will weekly flights to Tbilisi, capital and largest Airways, Rohit Ramachandran. Economy class and 50kg per Business class the terms of a recommended offer pur- give Takeda access to research and devel- city in Georgia from 13 June 2018 onwards to The low-cost champion will provide a fre- passenger. suant to which” the Japanese firm will opment in fields the Japanese firm has address a growing travel demand for new quency of three weekly flights scheduled for To book the flights to Tbilisi or learn more buy Shire. long sought, including digestive systems, travel experiences - especially amongst departure at 14:50 pm and arrival at 18:20 about Jazeera Airways services, promotions The announcement follows a string of mental illness and rare diseases. Takeda Kuwaiti nationals. “We are happy to have pm in Shota Rustaveli Tbilisi International and destinations, customers can visit the air- lower offers rejected by Shire over the said yesterday that the buyout would cre- conducted the roadshow which served as a Airport and departure at 19:10 pm with line’s website at jazeeraairways.com, use the past month. Analysts have said the buyout ate a global “biopharmaceutical leader” great platform to network and strengthen arrival in Kuwait at 20:45 pm. Travelers will Jazeera app, or contact their travel agent. would be a smart move by Takeda as it headquartered in Japan “with an attractive looks to diversify, and could pay off in the geographic footprint and the scale to long-term, but it has also raised concerns drive future development”. — AFP Tax cuts and cheaper beer in pre-election Insurers are some of the companies Insurer Munich most gravely affected by climate Australian budget change, with financial damage from Re hesitant to catastrophes like hurricanes and flood- ing doubling to 330 billion euros ($392 SYDNEY: Australia’s conservative govern- billion) worldwide last year, Munich Re ment pledged tax cuts for low and middle douse coal estimated in January. earners, cheaper beer, and billions of dollars “Even though individual events can- for new roads and rail lines in a pre-election business not be directly traced to climate change, budget yesterday. our experts expect such extreme The measures are widely seen as the unoffi- weather to occur more often in the cial start of campaigning ahead of national FRANKFURT: German reinsurance future,” board member Torsten polls due by May next year, with the govern- giant Munich Re said yesterday it was Jeworrek said at the time. ment working to demonstrate fiscal responsi- SYDNEY: A woman pulls a “wheelie bin” on a street in the central business dis- unsure whether to follow Allianz by bility while offering some sweeteners. “The trict of Sydney yesterday as the Australian government prepares to release its ending all activities linked to coal in the Tougher measures? government’s plan for a stronger economy will 2018/19 budget later in the day. —AFP name of fighting climate change. The group already has a rule that it put more money back in the pockets of “Before taking any decisions, we does not invest in firms that generate Australians, create more jobs, continue to guar- want to think very carefully about how more than 50 percent of revenue from antee essential services and keep Australians with the rising cost of living. It amounts to government of abandoning any attempt to pay (an exit from coal) should be planned, production or burning of coal. “Of safe,” said Treasurer Scott Morrison. barely Aus$10 a week, but that was all the down spiralling national debt, which he said so as to avoid sending any negative course we’re also considering whether He added that this would be done “while center-right government, which is lagging the would remain above half a trillion dollars for signals overall,” chief financial officer we ought to get tougher here,” finance ensuring the government lives within its opposition Labor in opinion polls, said it another decade. “This is a government that has Joerg Schneider said in a telephone chief Schneider said. Looking to the means”. Morrison projected a budget deficit could responsibly afford. given up on what we were told was the debt conference. “There’s no doubt that nearer term, a lower number of disasters of Aus$14.5 billion (US$10.8 billion) in 2018- Voter support for Prime Minister Malcolm and deficit disaster,” he said. burning coal makes a significant contri- in the first quarter spared Munich Re 19, but said it would return to a slim surplus Turnbull, who only has a wafer-thin parlia- Pumping money into infrastructure proj- bution to climate change,” he added, the massive losses seen last year, put- of Aus$2.2 billion a year earlier than forecast mentary majority, has eroded in recent ects to create jobs was a key thrust, with “but our role as a business is harder to ting in on track to hit its targets for the in 2019-20. Rating agencies have previously months amid perceived dysfunction in the government earmarking Aus$5.1 billion define.” Allianz’s Friday announcement year. In the first three months, the group warned Australia’s coveted AAA rating could Canberra, with the Liberal leader having to to bankroll a rail link to Melbourne airport that it would stop insuring coal power paid out just 62 million euros for major be lowered if the government did not bat away calls to step down. The budget is in a state governed by Labor. It also put plants and mines and gradually end losses costing more than 10 million improve its budget balances and deliver on seen as a way of reaffirming his credentials Aus$1.0 billion towards easing congestion investments in coal businesses by 2040 euros per incident, far short of the 403- its surplus plans. ahead of the election. on the busy freeway linking Brisbane and is part of a trend that has picked up in million-euro blow inflicted by man- Personal tax cuts for those earning less the Gold Coast tourist region, in another the wake of the 2015 Paris climate made and natural disasters in the same than Aus$87,000 a year were a cornerstone Brain freeze Labor state, as part of a 10-year national agreement. period last year. — AFP of the budget, sold as helping Australians deal Shadow treasurer Chris Bowen accused the transport plan. — AFP 20 Established 1961 Business Wednesday, May 9, 2018 Wall St drops ahead of Trump’s Iran decision

NEW YORK: Wall Street edged lower yesterday, Average was down 70.79 points, or 0.29 percent, citing its low risk and reliable revenue. The stock’s FTSE MIB down 2.3 percent as the chances of an first-quarter corporate earnings and mergers and weighed down by technology and consumer dis- at 24,286.53, the S&P 500 was down 8.95 points, gain helped the S&P financial index to be the only early election grew, reviving worries of political acquisitions prompted sharp individual price cretionary stocks, while investors awaited or 0.33 percent, at 2,663.68 and the Nasdaq gainer among the major 11 indexes. Dish Network turmoil in the euro zone’s third-largest economy. moves while investors prepared for Donald President Donald Trump’s decision on the Iran Composite was down 29.00 points, or 0.40 per- dipped 0.1 percent after its quarterly revenue Italian banks took the most off the index, losing Trump’s decision on whether to withdraw the US nuclear deal. A US withdrawal would tighten eco- cent, at 7,236.22. came below expectations due to a drop in its 2.5 percent. State-controlled oil major Eni was from the Iran nuclear agreement. The announce- nomic sanctions on Iran, curtailing the country’s oil “Depending on the magnitude of energy mar- legacy pay-TV subscriptions. down 2.1 percent. “It’s not a good day for Italian ment is expected after market close and could dis- output that could bolster this year’s 13 percent rally kets being affected, it could spill over to the rest of Declining issues outnumbered advancers for a assets. Markets are starting to feel the pressure of rupt global oil supplies. Crude’s prices are just in the commodity. Crude prices were down more equities in general,” said Andre Bakhos, managing 1.39-to-1 ratio on the NYSE. Declining issues out- elections,” said Carlo Franchini, head of institu- near their highest in more than three years. than half a percent - easing from 2014 highs, which director at New Vines Capital LLC in numbered advancers for a 1.11-to-1 ratio on the tional clients at Italy’s Banca Ifigest. Shares in Danish hearing aid maker William had boosted Wall Street in the past two sessions. Bernardsville, New Jersey. Among stocks, Nasdaq. The S&P index recorded 8 new 52-week President Sergio Mattarella called on Monday Demant were the worst performer of the STOXX, The S&P energy index was down 0.9 percent Comcast fell 2.3 percent after Reuters reported highs and 3 new lows, while the Nasdaq recorded for Italy’s bickering parties to rally behind a “neu- falling 9.2 percent after warning that lower yesterday, but remains a top gainer in the quarter, the cable operator is preparing to make an all- 50 new highs and 21 new lows. tral government.” Italy’s two largest parties, the demand would weigh on sales. German postal and thanks to rising oil prices. cash offer for media assets that Twenty-First far-right League and anti-establishment 5-Star logistics group Deutsche Post DHL missed first- “(The Iran issue) has been so well covered, it’s Century Fox has agreed to sell to Disney for $52 Europe retreats Movement, opposed that idea, raising the likeli- quarter profit expectations and saw its shares fall probably all in the price by now. And most recent billion. Disney, which is due to report its results European shares retreated yesterday amid dis- hood of an immediate return to the polls. 6.1 percent. Earnings also missed forecasts at commentary seems to be that after all the bluster, after markets close, was down 0.8 percent. Fox’s appointing corporate earnings and worries over a The Italian stock market has outperformed its staffing group Adecco, and its shares fell 5 per- he may only partially withdraw from the deal,” said shares rose 1.5 percent. The S&P consumer dis- snap election in Italy that put Milan on track for its European peers this year, but a number of analysts cent. Unilever posted the best performance, rising Frances Hudson, global thematic strategist at cretionary index was down 0.4 percent. worst day since an inconclusive March general warned that political risk was not priced into the 2.5 percent as it announced a 6 billion-euro share Aberdeen Standard Investments. Citigroup advanced 2.2 percent after activist election. The pan-European STOXX 600 index market. On Monday, the FTSE MIB ended at its buyback. In London, mergers and acquisitions At 9:52 am EDT the Dow Jones Industrial investor ValueAct invested $1.2 billion in the bank, was down 0.6 percent at 0910 GMT, with Italy’s highest since October 2009. Elsewhere in Europe, help lift the FTSE0.1 percent. — Reuters

more varied mix of governments, central of its shareholder governments, of which there Africa to the Sahara desert. The bank current- Jonathan Charles said. “We want get a EBRD floats bankers and company executives than ever, are now more than 60 from the G7 to China ly lends around 9.5 billion euros ($11.30 bil- sense of how shareholders would like us to though the push for new territory will be off- and India, for another big expansion drive. lion) a year, but Chakrabarti thinks it could proceed with this.” set by growing uncertainty in the EBRD’s Set up in 1991 to help former Soviet states rise to as much as 13 billion euros without the The stresses emerging in key markets like Africa expansion original heartlands. transition to free-market capitalism, the EBRD need for fresh capital. Turkey, Russia and Ukraine, where the Western sanctions mean it has not lent in now operates in more than 30 countries from He is facing some resistance, however. stamina for reforms seems to be flagging, with heartland Russia since 2014. Investments in Poland and north Africa to central and eastern Asia. The Some of the bank’s eastern European and are likely to show up in other areas. Russia Hungary have been begun to drop off amid new expansion plan would promote moving Baltic members as well as some others would is sending its deputy finance minister and clashes with the European Commission over deeper into Africa and into more countries in like it to refocus on its original countries of will hold its own individual session at the in flux the rule of law, immigration and press free- the north of the continent, such as Algeria, or expertise.That could led to more phased meeting. Ukraine’s finance minister hosts its dom. Turkey, which has become the EBRD’s in the Middle East. approach, where it first increases lending in session amid speculation its president is DEAD SEA RESORT: The European Bank for biggest market in recent years, is seeing its “I would be surprised if we didn’t get some existing countries from the start of next year. considering bringing forward elections to Reconstruction and Development starts its currency tip towards crisis as worries mount positive noises because there are quite a lot of Then it would carry out feasibility work this year. two-day annual meeting in Jordan yesterday, a about inflation and what its upcoming elec- countries who have very strong commercial regarding Algeria, Libya and then sub- New EBRD economic forecasts will also symbol of a sprawling, decade-long expansion tions could mean for democracy there. For the links into the neighboring countries of the Saharan Africa. be published and are expected to see that its management now wants to extend into EBRD’s head, Suma Chakrabarti, though, the Maghreb and Sahel,” Chakrabarti told Reuters “The aim is to have an open discus- another overall upgrade thanks to faster Africa. That expansion means there will be a main aim of the meeting is to test the appetite last month, referring to the area from northern sion.” EBRD director of communications global growth. — Reuters Petrobras posts 57% rise in Q1 profits RIO DE JANEIRO: Brazil’s state-controlled oil company Petrobras announced yesterday a 57 percent rise in first quarter profits to 6.96 bil- lion reais ($1.96 billion), a surge fueled by asset sales and strengthening crude prices. This was the best quarterly result since 2013, before the flagship Brazilian company took center stage in the country’s biggest ever cor- ruption scandal, known as “Car Wash.” EBITDA (adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization) rose two percent over the first quarter of 2017 to 25.669 billion reais. RIO DE JANEIRO: Pedro Parente (center), President of Petrobras reacts with Solange Guedes(left), Director of Petrobras said its strong January-March Exploration and Production and Ivan Monteiro (right), Director of Finance and Investor relations, during a returns were in part thanks to higher oil press conference to announce their quarterly results in Rio de Janeiro yesterday. — AFP prices, at $66.8 a barrel, compared to $53.8 a year ago. Sale of stakes in offshore fields, such as Lapa, Iara and Carcara in the Santos basin, ruption scandal, but sharply improving on the out to settle a class action lawsuit in New brought in 3.223 billion reais. previous year. York filed by shareholders in the wake of the The company posted net losses of 446 mil- The company said it would have returned graft scandal. The other big cost was 10.4 lion reais ($139.7 million) for 2017, reflecting to profit in 2017 but for extraordinary billion reais to regularize debts to Brazil’s continued fallout from the “Car Wash” cor- expenses, including a 11.2 billion reais pay- government. — AFP

announce whether or not to tear up an agree- High-stakes ‘brinkmanship’ Oil slips ahead of ment with Tehran and reimpose painful sanc- Iran has said Washington will regret it “like tions that could cut off crude supplies. never before” if Trump walks away from the Despite being urged by world leaders to deal. Since his election Trump has repeatedly Trump decision honor it, investors fear he will refuse to pre- criticized OPEC and Russia over a deal sealed serve the 2015 pact, fanning fears of fresh tur- in 2016 that has boosted the price of oil fol- LONDON: Oil prices receded slightly yester- moil in the already tinderbox Middle East. lowing a slump brought about by a global oil day from their highest level since 2014 as This-along with an output cap by Russia glut. But now, according to XTB chief market investors held their breath for a decision from and the OPEC cartel, rising US demand and analyst David Cheetham, the price of oil may US President Donald Trump on Iran’s nuclear an improving world economy-has helped send soar to $80 a barrel “in the not too distant deal. Analysts said they expected Trump not the price of oil to highs not seen since late future if the Iranian deal is terminated and to walk away from the Iran deal without offer- 2014, though profit-taking saw both main sanctions reimposed”. ing any compromise, a hope that lessened contracts retreat yesterday. Cheetham warned that, should sanctions be tensions in the oil market, allowing prices to “Oil has raced higher recently on the back reintroduced, the impact on the market would slip back. of concerns that President Trump will exit the far outweigh the effect on prices of the World stocks including the US’ were down, US from the Iran nuclear deal and that this OPEC-Russia deal. meanwhile, as the dollar climbed. “Decision would then lead to a further deterioration in However, for all of Trump’s bombastic rhet- Day for President Donald Trump and the Iran the situation in the Middle East not to mention oric on the Iran deal, Cheetham said the US nuclear deal saw oil prices pulling back fur- the disruption to oil supplies of Iran’s produc- may eventually have to toe a more diplomatic ther from 3.5-year highs as signs that the US tion,” said Greg McKenna, chief market line. “In a similar vein to the approach adopt- may consent to a ‘fudge’ proposal that’s been strategist at AxiTrader. He added that there ed with the steel and aluminum tariffs, the the subject of furious diplomatic activity for was a “perfect storm for higher prices” owing president is likely engaging in a game of weeks,” noted Ken Odeluga, market analyst at to crude-rich Venezuela’s economic woes, brinkmanship to achieve his desired out- City Index trading group. which have been made worse by fresh US come,” Cheetham wrote. “However the stakes The US president is due at 1800 GMT to sanctions. here are far higher!” — AFP Air France unions call for talks, say fight is not over PARIS: Air France’s French unions called on management yesterday to resume talks over a pay dispute four days after the chief executive’s surprise resignation sent the strike-hit carrier deeper into turmoil. Pilots, cabin crew and ground staff in France were on strike for a 15th day since February yesterday and Air France said one in five flights would be cancelled. It estimates the industrial action has so far cost it 300 million euros ($356 million). Unions said on Monday they would not renew their strike notice, meaning no further strikes are SCHIPHOL: Air France and KLM aircrafts stand parked at Schiphol Airport, Netherlands. Air France shares planned for now. went into a tailspin on the Paris stock exchange after the strike-hit company’s CEO resigned and the gov- “Air France management must now hear the ernment seemed to worry about the carrier’s very chances of survival. — AFP demands of a majority of employees. The inter- union groups is asking management to return to the negotiation table in the coming days,” a pressure from strikes. Shares in parent Air attached to this beautiful company can be,” she group of 10 French unions said in a joint state- France-KLM closed nearly 10 percent lower told franceinfo radio. “Everyone should be aware ment after a meeting yesterday. “The fight is on Monday after striking airline staff rejected that Air France is playing in a global, European not over and the ball is now in the manage- a wage deal offered by managers and CEO competition where its competitors are more ment’s court!” Air France declined the union’s Jean-Marc Janaillac said on Friday he would competitive,” she said. invitation, repeating its position first stated on step down on May 15. Asked about a risk for the alliance with KLM, Monday that it would not be possible to start They jumped at the open yesterday but had the minister said “KLM partners are very con- any negotiations in the coming period. sunk into negative territory by late afternoon. cerned about this situation.” Janaillac accused Dutch union representatives said yesterday French Transport Minister Elisabeth Borne said the pilots’ unions, in a letter published in La that Dutch carrier KLM would have to stick yesterday that the conflict was “costing a lot of Tribune newspaper, of deliberately creating a with its partnership with Air France even money”. “I am concerned for the future of Air deadlock and urged them to resume talks after though the French airline is under increasing France and I think that all those who are a “destructive conflict”. — Reuters Established 1961 21 Business Wednesday, May 9, 2018 Al-Ahli Bank of Kuwait named ‘Best Retail Bank in Kuwait’

Honor by Asian Banker for 3rd consecutive year

KUWAIT: Al-Ahli Bank of Kuwait (ABK) was awarded the prominent ‘Best Retail Bank in Kuwait’ by the Asian Banker for the third year in a row. The coveted award is given each year by one of Asia’s most highly regarded independent financial research organization, which fol- lows a stringent evaluation and benchmarking process. Speaking on the occasion, Stewart Lockie, General Manager of Retail Banking at ABK said: “We are hon- ored to be recognized as the ‘Best Retail Bank in Kuwait’. Receiving this award for the third successive year reflects the depth of our capabilities and demon- strates our commitment to providing ABK’s clients with comprehensive bespoke solutions across the country.” ABK continuously strives towards enhancing its services for its customers through investment in tech- nology, innovative products and customer service refinements under the umbrella of ‘Simpler Banking’. Creating a retail banking model that offers customers superior convenience, speed and security is essential to the Bank’s service. ABK is dedicated to serving its cus- tomers by building on the success it has achieved to date and setting new benchmark for retail banking cus- tomer service in the region. ABK has received a num- ber of awards in the first quarter of 2018 from different The ABK retail team institutions regionally and internationally.

Boursa Kuwait participates in 43rd IOSCO KIB awarded ‘Best Customer conference Acquisition in Kuwait’ by KUWAIT: Boursa Kuwait participated in the CPI Financial 43rd Annual International Organization of KUWAIT: Kuwait International Bank Securities Commissions (IOSCO) (KIB) was awarded ‘Best Customer Conference in Budapest, Hungary, as an Acquisition in Kuwait’ for the year 2018 affiliate member. During the trip, Boursa by CPI Financial. The bank received Kuwait also took the initiative to meet with this award at the annual Islamic several international exchanges. Business & Finance Awards ceremony, Many securities regulators and capital which was recently held in Dubai. The market experts have participated in the 2018 event was attended by a number of IOSCO Annual Conference, which was host- notable figures and representatives ed by the Magyar Nemzeti Bank (MNB) from leading banks and Islamic finance between 7 and 11 May 2018, for a chance to national body that brings together the “Participation in the 43rd Annual IOSCO institutions from across the globe. establish new contacts and contribute to the world’s securities regulators and is recog- Conference in Budapest goes a long way to KIB’s Acting Chief Executive Officer lively discussions on the most relevant capi- nized as the global standard setter for the establishing Boursa Kuwait as a leading play- & Deputy Chief Executive Officer, tal market related issues. The conference securities sector. IOSCO develops, imple- er in the securities exchanges sector. It is Mohamed El Saka, received the award was the first to be hosted by an IOSCO ments and promotes adherence to interna- imperative that we attend such conferences on behalf of the Bank. This latest acco- Member from the Central and Eastern tionally recognized standards for securities to better understand the market and cement lade came after extensive deliberation European region. regulation. It works intensively with the G20 our status as a leading, world renowned by the judging panel regarding the The International Organization of and the Financial Stability Board (FSB) on exchange,” Boursa Kuwait CEO Khaled Bank’s outstanding ability to offer inno- Securities Commissions (IOSCO) is the inter- the global regulatory reform agenda. Abdulrazzaq Al-Khaled said. vative banking solutions, attract cus- tomers, as well as improve the customer tomer experience that delivers much banking experience through all means more than just “banking” in the tradi- including ATMs, online and mobile tional sense - but rather establishes banking. KIB as a partner in every aspect of its New generation Ford Expedition: On his part, El Saka said: “KIB was customers’ lives; a true “Bank for recognized with this award from Life”. Accordingly, the Bank is com- Tested to withstand toughest conditions amongst a number of other banks, as a mitted to redoubling its efforts to result of its high-quality and innovative maintain this prestigious achievement Islamic banking offerings, which offer in the coming years. KUWAIT: From treacherous terrains to heat- our customers a more convenient bank- Established in Dubai in 1999, CPI soaked cities, every Ford vehicle undergoes ing experience. Additionally, we contin- Financial is the Middle East’s leading thousands of hours of scrutiny by a team of uously strive to achieve high levels of financial and business publishing house hundreds of engineers, designers and techni- customer satisfaction by providing cus- with several magazines, including cians stationed around the globe long before tomers with the latest promotional Bankers Middle East and Islamic it makes it to the showroom floor. campaigns, countless benefits, exclusive Business and Finance. CPI Financial is The new-generation Expedition is no rewards, and many digital banking committed to delivering the most rele- exception. Almost a year to the day ahead of services; all of which have helped dis- vant financial news, features and analy- its Middle East market launch, in a sweltering tinguish KIB from other players in a sis to bankers and businesses through- corner of the desert near Dubai, a group of highly-competitive market.” out the Middle East and beyond. engineers is poring over the 2018 Expedition El Saka added that KIB’s latest Additionally, it commits itself to the ahead of its first venture on to UAE sand. accolade is a strong testament to the utmost standards of transparency, It’s mid-July 2017, and the temperature success of its new strategic transfor- ensuring accurate reporting of the cur- has already soared to close to 50 degrees mation, which is aimed at transforming rent economic situation, the factors Celsius. A breeze has kicked up, bringing the way KIB engages with customers determining the future of the banking with it clouds of swirling fine dust and sand across the years. This new strategy and finance community and relevant - making the conditions extremely challeng- focuses on offering a next-level cus- business deals. ing for engineers. The new generation Expedition sits ready for the day ahead. External sensors are taped to its new alu- minum bodywork, tyres have been deflated SUVs offroad into the desert or onto a trail - EcoBoost prize winner, Mulla Jaballah Mulla to offer better traction on sand, and final and expectations on capability are set Much of that learning comes from the long VIVA announces Mohamed Azzam who won $9,000. checks are made by the team - a collection extremely high. While driving on the loose hours Ford’s team put into developing the car With amazing prizes including iPhone of engineers from Dearborn, Michigan, and sand is fairly similar all over the world, - and in-market testing is essential in fully X (daily prize) and $9,000 in cash as Ford’s own Middle East in-market product desert driving in deep sand on a reasonably understanding situations customers will face. big prize winner grand prize, this interactive service kept development team based in Dubai. regular basis is something particular to this “During development, we drive to get the customers excited with loads of fun Expedition chief program engineer Todd region - and customers expect SUVs to stuck so that we know the limits of the vehi- for 45 days, and allowed them to accu- Hoevener is present, and explains, “In-mar- deliver where it counts. cle. We then calibrate our engine manage- KUWAIT: VIVA, Kuwait’s fastest-grow- mulate chances on daily basis with a free ket testing is to confirm the work we’ve At more than 5.3 meters long and 2.1 ment and Terrain Management System set- ing and most developed telecom opera- trial day and enjoy trivia quiz and info- done, and fine tune the product before it’s meters wide, the new generation Expedition tings so that the next time we - or, ultimately, tor, announced the “Celebrate with tainment content of their choice: “Did introduced. Our standards within Ford is easily the most spacious desert-going the customer - gets into that situation, the VIVA Challenge” draw campaign’s big you know?”, “Bollywood” or “Sports”. account for extreme conditions, so we eight-seat vehicle on the market. With a vehicle doesn’t get stuck again,” he said. developed this vehicle for global use. But it 400hp and best-in-class 650Nm EcoBoost For Ford engineers, that means long days is very important to test in market, not only engine, class-exclusive 10-speed transmis- in the desert heat, and more days of on-road here but in other parts of the world, for final sion and advanced four-wheel drive system testing where the 3.5-litre twin-turbo confirmation. with two-speed transfer case, the Expedition EcoBoost faces challenging mountain roads “Even though we simulate these tempera- is equipped to handle the Middle East’s at the height of the UAE summer, and city tures in our labs and at our Arizona proving toughest conditions. With a tailored Terrain driving conditions in temperatures close to ground, this is a unique combination of both Management System (TMS), mastering any 50 degrees Celsius. deep sand - which is very fine, versus the surface - whether on the loose sand or on “It’s a very proud moment to see the vehi- coarse sand we have in the States - as well tarmac - is as easy as turning a dial. cle perform well in these types of situations as high temperatures. In addition, high winds “The off-road modes are designed to and drive it to see how the people in this mar- with sand blowing really test the car’s ability help drivers navigate conditions they may ket will be using the product. I’ve been on the to handle sand ingestion,” he adds. not be familiar with - like sand,” Hoevener program since it started a few years ago, so explained. “What’s the worst thing that can it’s great to see it finally developed and in a Expectations happen to you as a driver when you’ve got market that clearly loves the Expedition,” Weather aside, the Middle East offers your family and friends in the car? Getting Hoevener concluded. very unique circumstances for Ford’s engi- stuck. Sand mode, if you’re not as skilled, You can watch the team put the new- neering team to contend with. Vehicle use in just makes it enjoyable to drive - and you generation 2018 Expedition through its this part of the world differs greatly to other have that safety net of having the vehicle paces during hot weather testing by clicking areas; customers are more likely to take their electronics there to help.” this link. 22 Established 1961 Wednesday, May 9, 2018 Technology Microsoft launches $25m program to use AI for people with disabilities Microsoft competes with Amazon, Google to offer internet-connected services

SEATTLE: Microsoft is launching a $25 million initiative “huge potential,” he said, but “technology can help to use artificial intelligence to build better technology them accomplish even more.” for people with disabilities. CEO Satya Nadella announced the new “AI for Accessibility” effort as he Seeing AI kicked off Microsoft’s annual conference for software Microsoft has already experimented with its own developers. The Build conference in Seattle is meant to accessibility tools, such as a “Seeing AI” free smart- foster enthusiasm for the company’s latest ventures in phone app using computer vision and narration to help cloud computing, artificial intelli- people navigate if gence, internet-connected they’re blind or have devices and virtual reality. low vision. Nadella Microsoft competes with introduced the app at a Amazon and Google to offer Nadella previous Build confer- internet-connected services to ence. Microsoft’s trans- businesses and organizations. declared that lation tool also provides The conference and the new ini- privacy is a deaf users with real- SEATTLE: A DJI employee demonstrates use of a tiny drone SEATTLE: Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella delivers the keynote tiative offer Microsoft an oppor- time captioning of con- during the keynote address at Build. address at Build. tunity to emphasize its philoso- human right versations. phy of building AI for social “People with disabil- good. The focus could help ities are often over- counter some of the privacy and looked when it comes ethical concerns that have risen to technology advances, over AI and other fast-developing technology, including but Microsoft sees this as a key area to address con- the potential that software formulas can perpetuate or cerns over the technology and compete against Google, even amplify gender and racial biases. Amazon and IBM,” said Nick McQuire, an analyst at In unusually serious terms for a tech conference CCS Insight. Smith acknowledged that other firms, keynote, Nadella name-checked the dystopian fiction of especially Apple and Google, have also spent years George Orwell and Aldous Huxley, declared that “priva- doing important work on accessibility. cy is a human right” and warned of the dangers of He said Microsoft’s accessibility fund builds on building new technology without ethical principles in the model of the company’s AI for Earth initiative, mind. “We should be asking not only what computers which launched last year to jumpstart projects com- can do, but what computers should do,” Nadella said. bating climate change and other environmental “That time has come.” problems. The idea, Smith said, is to get more start- The five-year accessibility initiative will include seed ups excited about building tools for people with dis- grants for startups, nonprofit organizations and aca- abilities - both for the social good and for their large demic researchers, as well as deeper investments and market potential. expertise from Microsoft researchers. Microsoft Other announcements at the Build conference President Brad Smith said the company hopes to include partnerships with drone company DJI and chip- empower people by accelerating the development of AI maker Qualcomm. More than 6,000 people are regis- tools that provide them with more opportunities for tered to attend, most of them developers who build independence and employment. apps for Microsoft’s products. Facebook had its F8 “It may be an accessibility need relating to vision or developers’ gathering last week. Google’s I/O confer- deafness or to something like autism or dyslexia,” Smith ence began yesterday. Apple’s takes place in early June. said in an interview. “There are about a billion people This is the second consecutive year that Microsoft has SEATTLE: Participants attending the keynote address at Microsoft’s Build, the company’s annual conference for soft- on the planet who have some kind of disability, either held its conference in Seattle, not far from its Redmond, ware developers, are led in standing and stretching mid-way through the morning event in Seattle.—AP photos permanent or temporary.” Those people already have Washington, headquarters—AP

destroy opium fields, fight drug lords and help farmers Google to Afghan girl coders switch to growing saffron. Afghanistan is the world’s largest source of opium but it also grows saffron - the world’s most expensive spice - showcase design games to fight which has long been pushed as an alternative to wean farmers off a crop used to make heroin. Despite a ban, AI advances opium and inequality opium production hit a record in 2017, up 87 percent over 2016, according to a UN study. at its big Khatira Mohammadi, a student who helped develop the HERAT, Afghanistan: Think Super Mario Bros, but with an anti-opium game, said she wanted to show the complexi- Afghan twist. This is how Afghanistan’s first generation of ties of the drug problem in the simplest way. “We have conference female coders explain their abilities as game-makers after illustrated our country’s main problem through a game,” uploading more than 20 games on digital app stores this said Mohammadi. At the institute, more than 90 girls and year. More than 20 young women in the western city of young women, wearing headscarves and long black coats, MOUNTAIN VIEW, California: Herat have established themselves as computer experts, are trained in coding and software development, a profes- Google is likely to again put artificial building apps and websites as well as tracking down bugs sion seen by some in conservative Afghanistan as unsuit- intelligence in the spotlight at its in computer code. able for women. annual developers’ conference tomor- Like the team of Afghan schoolgirls who rose to fame row. The company’s digital concierge, last year when they competed in a robotics competition in In Afghan society, it is unusual for women to work out- known only as the Google Assistant, the United States, the coders show what reserves of talent side the home. Those who do, are mostly teachers, nurses, could gain new abilities to handle SAN FRANCISCO: In this file photo Google CEO Sundar Pichai talks about Google there are to be tapped when Afghan girls are given a doctors, midwives and house helpers. After the ouster of tasks such as making restaurant Assistant during a product event in San Francisco. —AP chance. “Coders can work from home and it is in this the Taliban in 2001, women regained freedom to work in reservations without human hand- process women are building a new career path for them- offices with male colleagues - but many consider working as a software developer a step too far. Hasib Rasa said holding. Google may also unveil care, preserve the environment and early in the year for Google to show- selves and for the next generation,” said Hasib Rasa, proj- girls are encouraged to design original player characters, updates to its Android mobile oper- make scientific discoveries. case any new hardware, which it ect manager of Code to Inspire, which teaches female stu- goals, and obstacles that reflect Afghanistan’s ethos. ating system, enable better AI-pow- CEO Sundar Pichai probably tends to do ahead of the Christmas dents coding in Herat. The course is exclusively aimed at females, aged 15-25, ered navigation suggestions in won’t emphasize privacy or data shopping season. Last week, however, One of the games designed by the all-female team has who are unable to pursue a four-year degree due to lack Google Maps, and push further into security concerns, which have put it said its partner Lenovo will sell a caught the eye of developers and gamers as it illustrates augmented reality technology, which companies like Facebook, Twitter and $400 stand-alone virtual reality the scourge of opium cultivation and the challenges the of funds or hail from families where they are prevented overlays a view of the real world Google in the crosshairs of regula- headset that doesn’t require inserting Afghan security forces face as they try to stamp it out. The from enrolling in co-education schools. “In Afghanistan the with digital images. tors. But Google could also give par- a smartphone. 2D game “Fight Against Opium” is an animated interpreta- ability to work remotely is a key tool in the push for equal- The search giant aims to make its ents new tools to manage how chil- Google also last week updated tion of the missions that Afghan soldiers undertake to ity,” said Rasa.— Reuters assistant so useful that people can’t dren access video and other material actions that its assistant can perform live without it - or the search results on different devices. on smartwatches powered by its that drive its advertising business. But The company is also expected to Wear OS software. For instance, it it also wants to play up the social unveil a new app for news that com- can tell you about your day if you’re benefits of AI, and plans to showcase bines elements of its Google Play wearing headphones instead of mak- how it’s being used to improve health Newsstand app and YouTube. It’s too ing you read your calendar.—AP

Egypt approves law to govern popular ride-hailing apps

CAIRO: Egypt’s parliament has approved a law to govern popular ride-hailing apps Uber and Careem, which had faced legal challenges stemming from regulations designed for tra- ditional taxis. The new law, as described Monday by state news agency MENA, establishes operating licenses and fees. It requires licensed companies to store user data for 180 days CAIRO: In this photo, an Uber employee shows the mobile and provide it to Egyptian security authorities upon request. application at the official launch of the car-hailing service, Uber and Careem welcomed the move. “This is a major in Cairo, Egypt.—AP step forward for the ridesharing industry as Egypt becomes HERAT: Afghan coders practice at the Code to Inspire computer training center in Herat, Afghanistan.— Reuters one of the first countries in the Middle East to pass progres- sive regulations,” Uber spokeswoman Shaden Abdellatif effect on May 25 and would affect its operations worldwide. said. “We will continue working with the Prime Minister and Uber was founded in 2010 in San Francisco, and operates in overhaul one of the world’s strictest abortion regimes. “As the Cabinet in the coming months as the law is finalized, and more than 600 cities across the world. Careem was founded part of our efforts to help protect the integrity of elec- look forward to continuing to serve the millions of Egyptian in 2012 in Dubai, and operates in 90 cities in the Middle East Facebook to block tions and referendums from undue influence, we will begin riders and drivers that rely on Uber.” and North Africa, Turkey, and Pakistan. The applications rejecting ads related to the referendum if they are being Careem called the passage “a remarkable step for Egypt, took off in Cairo, a city of 20 million people with near-con- foreign ads in Irish run by advertisers based outside of Ireland,” said the Careem and our region.” It said it marked the first time in stant traffic and little parking. company in a statement on its website. The company said any of its markets “that a regulatory framework for ride- The services have recently started offering rides on scoot- it would rely on reports from established campaign hailing has emerged from a consultative legislative and par- ers and tuk-tuks, three-wheeled motorized vehicles that can abortion referendum liamentary process.” Both companies provide smartphone sometimes squeeze through the gridlock. The apps are espe- groups on both sides of the campaign to identify foreign- cially popular among women, who face rampant sexual based ads, as its automated election integrity tools are apps that connect passengers with drivers who work as DUBLIN: Facebook will no longer accept advertisements harassment in Egypt, including from some taxi drivers. Cairo’s still in development. independent contractors. An administrative court in Cairo from outside Ireland related to the country’s May 25 taxi drivers are also notorious for tampering with their meters On April 25, the company launched a trial of a ‘view ruled in March that it is illegal to use private vehicles as abortion referendum, the US firm said yesterday, in its lat- or pretending the meters are broken in order to charge higher ads’ tool, which allows users to view all of the ads any taxis, but another court overruled it on appeal, and both est move to boost the transparency of its political adver- rates. In 2016, taxi drivers protested the ride-hailing apps. advertiser is running on Facebook in Ireland at the same companies have continued operating. tising. The social media group, under scrutiny for its role They have complained that Uber and Careem drivers have an time. The Irish referendum on whether or not to liberalize Data privacy is a major concern for Uber in its dealings in Britain’s Brexit referendum and the 2016 US presiden- unfair advantage because they do not have to pay the same its abortion laws will give voters the first opportunity in 35 with the Egyptian government. A strict new European law tial election, made the move following criticism that for- called the General Data Protection Regulation comes into taxes or fees, or follow the same licensing procedures.—AP years to repeal a constitutional amendment that has long eign advertising could be a decisive in the campaign to divided the once deeply Catholic nation.—Reuters Established 1961 23 Health Wednesday, May 9, 2018 Indian train offers ticket to life-saving care Lifeline Express provides free treatment to the needy

JALORE, India: In this picture, the father of 10-month-old Gopi Kumari looks at her ahead of a cleft lip surgery aboard JALORE, India: In this picture, nurses sit outside the Lifeline Express at a railway station in Jalore. the Lifeline Express at a railway station in Jalore in India’s western state of Rajasthan.—AFP photos

JALORE, India: When the Lifeline Express rolled into the ried how they are going to conduct the operation in a children died of preventable causes in India in 2015 didn’t have access to one. “Women were contracting sleepy Indian town of Jalore, Bhagwana Ram Prajapat train. But when we came here and saw the facilities, there before their fifth birthday. State-run hospitals are often infections only because they were delivering kids outside was anxiously waiting to board. The 55-year-old has was no doubt.” Government-run community health cen- stretched to breaking point and patients face long delays hospitals.” Sikka said the Lifeline Express did not just been desperately looking for treatment for his grandson’s ters form the backbone of rural healthcare in India. But a for even minor treatment and are forced to share beds. aim to treat and leave, but to educate local doctors and cleft-lip and the specially converted sky-blue, seven- So many Indians flock to private clinics even though a people about the right approach to healthcare. “We also coach train was the answer to his prayers. “We had been consultation can cost 1,000 rupees — a huge sum for try to set the example that this is how an operating the- waiting for the surgery ever since the child was born 18 millions living on less than $2 a day. atre should look. We make sure a local doctor is there months ago,” said Prajapat as his grandson was wheeled when the surgery is being conducted so that he can do into the operating theatre onboard the hospital-train. Traumatized Train takes the strain the follow-ups later on.” The Lifeline Express has been providing free treat- The Lifeline Express took to the rails in 1991 to help The Lifeline Express is run by Impact India founda- ment to the needy in deepest India for nearly three to see the patients in far-flung areas who need surgery for cataracts, tion, a non-profit that works with the government and is decades. It has helped more than one million people, polio and cleft palates. In 2016, the train expanded its helped by the World Health Organization and the UN treating ailments ranging from cataracts to cancer. The healthcare services to include screening and surgery for oral, breast children’s agency UNICEF. Since its launch, more than train criss-crosses India, providing state-of-the-art and cervical cancer. It has two operating theatres and 130,000 operations have been carried out at 191 stops medical care to those who would otherwise have to trav- system about 20 staff. Many of the doctors work for free. across the country, said Anil Darse, deputy project direc- el hundreds of miles to the nearest major hospital. It Mehak Sikka, the Lifeline Express medical officer, said tor of the hospital-train. “It’s a unique concept of taking spends about a month in a district before moving on to a she joined the hospital-on-wheels after seeing the healthcare to the public,” he said. new destination, filling a critical gap in India’s public pathetic conditions at health centers. “I was traumatized The expected launch of another train this year will health system. lack of infrastructure and doctors means 70 percent of to see the healthcare system-especially for women-that help more people like Prajapat. “It’s beautiful reaching “We were thinking we would have to travel every- its 1.25 billion people have no easy access to treatment. we have in the country,” said Sikka. “In many places out to those who really need you,” said Sikka. “We where and spend a lot of money. But its god’s blessing India is the fastest growing of the world’s major there were no gynecologists. Having a gynecologist is need more such trains. Hopefully we will have one more that this hospital came to us,” said Prajapat. “I was wor- economies, but a UNICEF report said some 1.2 million very important in any district hospital but the women this year.”—AFP 24 Established 1961 What’s On Wednesday, May 9, 2018 Ooredoo to celebrate Holy Month with wide range of CSR activities

n continuation of its yearly tradition of leading chari- ments and divisions. hold a special celebration marking ‘Graish’, the traditional celebrate the Ramdan table and humanitarian initiatives, Ooredoo Kuwait Commenting on this, Ooredoo Kuwait’s Corporate Kuwaiti tradition of feasting before the month of spirit, away from the Iannounced its readiness to launch its rich program of Communications Senior Director Mijbil Alayoub lauded Ramadan. The annual tradition allows Ooredoo to wel- bustle of office life. activities throughout the upcoming Holy Month of the volunteers for their commitment to the spirit of giving come the Holy Month with its employees and to revive In addition to this, Ramadan. The program also witnesses the launch of the throughout the Holy Month, noting that this is an impor- the old Kuwaiti customs and heritage. All employees Ooredoo’s volunteers 4th edition of the award-winning Ooredoo Volunteers tant value that the company aims to instil in youth gather on this occasion to have one last meal before and staff will lead a Program, which witnessed the participation of hundreds throughout its volunteer program. “We are proud to be a Ramadan together, greet each other and exchange best number of charity of youth since its inception. supporter for youth who aspire to volunteer their time wishes in a festive atmosphere. Adding a fun competitive drives and Ramadan The leading telecom provider will launch its activities serving others. This campaign is aligned with our core flair, a judging panel of the upper management will attend celebrations in col- with distributing iftar meals to hundreds of workers from values of caring, connecting, and challenging, and the the event and announces a winner from the company’s laboration with dif- its iftar tent, with its prime location on Soor Street oppo- ongoing interest of youth in our program is what keeps us different departments. ferent entities such site its head office. To better serve a wider range of bene- going,” he said. as the Ministry of ficiaries, the company will utilize a special truck that will The company also announced that it will release tailor- Annual Ghabqa State for Social deliver meals to areas populated by underserved commu- made plans and offers that better suit consumption trends Embodying the core value of connecting, Ooredoo will Affairs’ orphanage Mijbil Alayoub nities. The meal distribution drive is fully operated by during the Holy Month, to continue its pledge towards hold its annual Ghabqa during the Holy Month of and the elderly care Ooredoo’s volunteer program members, after the great enriching the lives and experience of its customers. Ramadan, fostering the one-family spirit and enjoying centre. Ooredoo will also mark the children’s beloved success of the program in the last years. The upper man- traditional festivities in a friendly set-up between the Gergean tradition with celebrations in children’s hos- agement at Ooredoo regularly participate in the activities, Investing internally upper management and staff across the entire company. pital wards and centres for children with disabilities in addition to staff from the company’s different depart- Welcoming the Holy Month of Ramadan, Ooredoo will The event aims to provide an opportunity to interact and and special needs.

Abdulnaser Saeed. Following a wel- ACK holds 5th come to the event from Ms Mariam AlMaraghi - Business Development Health Day Manager, there was a program full of activities and entertainment on CBK organizes open day recreational activities he Australian College of the stage. A special focus was a lec- Kuwait (ACK) recently held its ture on nutrition presented by Dr. Ali Al-Jadi from AL Salam Hospital. he Commercial Bank of Kuwait (CBK) recently organized an open The activity is part of the bank’s policy of taking care of clients from T5th Health Day. These special A very pleasing dimension to the day recreational activities for its ‘My First Account’ clients, where various ages. The young clients and their families were received by CBK occasions are held every semester and create the opportunity for the Health Days is the growing atten- hundreds of kids and their families flocked to the Magic Planet at the marketing team. Notably, the ‘My First Account’ is a saving account espe- T wider ACK family to gather and have dance by children and younger sib- Avenues to enjoy playing various games using the pre-paid cards provided cially made for children aging up to 14. It is the ideal way for parents wish- fun with a purpose. Special guest of lings of students and staff. As part by the bank in addition to 50 per cent discounts on meals they bought ing to provide a better for future for their children through saving for them honor at the event this semester was of its ongoing program of Social from McDonald’s restaurant at the magic planet. at such an early age. the Australian Ambassador, His Responsibility, the college is com- Excellency Jonathon Gilbert. He was mitted to active involvement in proj- greeted by ACK President, Professor ects that encourage people of all Pessimism is particularly pronounced in the en America’sspot as the top non-Arab ally. A Young Arabs express Isam Zabalawi and Health Day ages to live healthy and engaged Levant, where 85 percent say the region has majority (57 percent) of Arab youth say the US is lifestyles. Mr Abdulmohsen Al Rifai moved in the wrong direction. Defeating terrorism, an adversary of their country (up from 32 percent Committee’s Chairperson, Mr noted that the Health Days during providing well-paying jobs, better education and in 2016) versus 35 percent who see America as an Abdulmohsen Al Rifai. Ambassador great hopes for Saudi each semester provides a rare fighting corruption are all cited by youth as the ally (down from 63 percent in 2016). When asked Gilbert expressed his delight at the chance for the whole campus to main action areas to move things back on track to name their country’s top allies, young Arabs are energy and creativity of students in meet together. over the next decade. most likely to cite the UAE, Saudi Arabia and the organization and management of Crown Prince’s leadership Some students from the School of Young Arabs are also throwing their support Kuwait, followed by Russia in fourth place and the many activities. Business take part in the organiza- behind Saudi Arabia’s young Crown Prince, Egypt in fifth. The US has dropped out of the top A different theme for the Health tion for their course of study in n a region they view as having drifted off Mohammed Bin Salman, and view him as the Arab five for first time in the survey’s history, falling to Day is selected each semester with Event Management. However, there course over the past decade, young Arabs say leader likely to have the greatest impact on the 11th place. the current focus being on are also many other students who action on jobs, education, fighting terrorism and region over the next 10 years. Asked about the This finding stands in contrast to the response “Nutrition”. Over 20 different activ- I become involved outside the cur- corruption is needed to steer the region in the reforms introduced by the Crown Prince, 88 per- from young Arabs when asked which country oth- ities were organized by student right direction. Arab youth overwhelmingly support cent of young Arabs support Saudi Arabia’s deci- er than their own they would most like to live in, groups to promote greater aware- riculum and Mr Al Rifai was full of the reforms Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince sion to allow women to drive and 86 percent (94 and which they would like their own nation to ness by students, staff and their fam- praise for their college spirit. He Mohammed Bin Salman is spearheading and view percent among young Saudis)supporthis anti- emulate, where the US ranks second, behind the ily members regarding the impor- commented: “At ACK, we place him as a strong leader who will shape the region corruption drive, which saw dozens of leading UAE. Additionally, respondents’ most trusted tance of a healthy and balanced diet great emphasis on our students over the next decade, according to the 10th annual businessmen and senior royals detained over media brand is CNN. Sunil John, founder of and lifestyle. The Master of graduating not only with a qualifica- ASDA’A Burson-Marsteller Arab Youth Survey graft allegations. ASDA’A Burson-Marsteller and President, Middle Ceremonies for the event was ACK tion but also as rounded and con- 2018, released today. “Over the past 10 years, the Arab Youth Survey East, Burson Cohn & Wolfe, said: “This is a mile- Student Council member, nected members of the community.” The survey also reveals that the perception of has provided insights into many momentous stone survey for us, marking a full decade of the global power in the region has shifted markedly, changes in the region, and this year is no excep- region’s leading study into its most important with a majority of Arab youth across the region tion,” said Donna Imperato, CEO, Burson Cohn & demographic. INVITE now viewing the US as an adversary and Russia, Wolfe. “This annual review of the thoughts and “This year has produced some striking findings, instead, seen as the top non-Arab ally among concerns of Arab Youth provides an important including more evidence that the region’s youth ou are cordially invited to examine the eyewitness’s method to young people. The ASDA’A Burson-Marsteller framework for understanding what is most impor- view the US in a very different light from previous another session of our series indicate the guilty party, his identi- Arab Youth Survey is the largest survey of its kind tant to the region’s next generation of business years, and that the majority of young people about some prophets and ty, and how being related to the of the Middle East’s largest demographic - its leaders and policy makers.” nowenvision a future where Daesh and its ideolo- Y messengers of Allah (SWT) on May minister’s wife, affected the situa- youth. An overwhelming majority (78 percent) of Arab gy have no place whatsoever.” For this year’s sur- 10, 2018 at 7:00 pm. In this class, tion. Finally, we will discuss the sig- For the 10th annual survey, international polling youth say Daesh has become weaker over the past vey, international polling firm PSB Research con- firm PSB Research conducted 3,500 face-to-face year and, furthermore, 58 percent say Daesh and ducted 3,500 face-to-face interviews with exclu- we will discuss how the high minis- nificance of repentance, its require- interviews with men and women aged 18-24 in 16 its ideology will be completely defeated. It marks sively Arab national men and women in the six ter’s wife, while attempting to ments, and the temporal and spiri- Arab nations and territories, between January 21 a significant shift from 2015 when only 47 percent Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries of the seduce Yusuf, tried to exonerate tual benefits of apologizing. Come and February 20, 2018. The majority of young of young Arabs expressed any confidence in their UAE, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait, Oman and herself when she unexpectedly met and learn more about the life and Arabs (55 percent) say they believe the region has government’s ability to deal with the terrorist Bahrain; Iraq, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, the her husband at the door, how her times of Prophet Joseph (AS) in a moved in the wrong direction over the past decade organization. Palestinian territories, Tunisia, Morocco, Algeria husband reacted, and how Yusuf relaxed, encouraging and support- - a period stamped by the Arab Spring and the rise In another dramatic shift, young Arabs now and Yemen. The sample comprised 50 percent of Daesh. view the US as an adversary, while Russia has tak- male and 50 percent female respondents. vindicated himself. We will also ive atmosphere.

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Stars Wednesday, May 9, 2018

CROSSWORD 1904 STAR TRACK

Aries (March 21-April 19) Libra (September 23-October 22)

Memories of a long ago time in your youth stay with you; the desire to Important information comes from a place you least expect; use this wisely as revisit these days is overwhelming. Even so, your focus on the present it could unlock a difficult situation. You could find yourself planning a block party or family demands your attention. The life you live offers security, love and family; consider this reunion. A need arises to get things straight with someone close to your heart; a difficult before making a foolish decision that could rock your world. An opportunity arises for a confrontation ends well after the truth comes out. You re on guard with what you say and change in position involving work; take some time with this. You may consider working do during a meeting with superiors; a favorable outcome is indicated. Someone will seek with new people or perhaps returning to a former company. You devote some time to your guidance later when you have a moment alone. Your star rises high at a social function someone who loves you. Communication skills are high and clear. You hold the keys to the you attend in honor of a coworker or family member; compliments on your appearance future; choices to sabotage yourself could be made but it seems that you are now serious make your day. After dinner, take your shoes off and put your feet up after a day filled with about creating stability and prosperity for yourself and those you love. accomplishment and positive energy.

Taurus (April 20-May 20) Scorpio (October 23-November 21) You would prefer to be anywhere but work today. Duties and coworkers The energy is one of ease and accomplishment today. Working with others insist on having your attention regarding something new and detailed oriented you re good is a breeze and you could have valuable ideas the boss wholeheartedly approves of. You at. Events demand that you re-arrange schedules and re-make plans to cover your posi- find that working with people is much easier than working against them. You feel appreci- tion; this is something you do effortlessly as it all comes together with ease. A tender sub- ated and valuable as you discover that you could be considered for a promotion or a raise. ject may be brought up by someone who means well but comes across as harsh and med- A new client or customer makes your day when they brag to others about your work and dling; the way you respond to this is very important. Temptation to spend money on some- creative style. You find yourself engaging with people in a convention or workshop set- thing foolish is tough to overcome. Something unfolds on the domestic front that enhances ting; you’re around a large number of people. Travel plays a big part in your work or spiri- your life and provides comfort. Others enjoy your off the wall humor and jovial manner. tual pursuits. You meet someone who reminds you of yourself. A nice dinner with friends Good food and company for you this evening. and family creates enjoyment!

Sagittarius (November 22-December 21) Gemini (May 21-June 20) You’re rather annoyed with both job and home life; you could feel as though Your needs are simple; you run from anything complicated or consuming people are going out of their way to irritate you. This isn’t a time to make just now. Stripping a situation down to the bare bones helps your efforts to choices or decisions regarding personal or professional directions to take. Instead of ACROSS 5. In card games. gain information. Prayer and meditation are valuable tools when dealing with disruption. stressing out, step back and let this pass without your input or worry. You review the path 1. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods. 6. (Old Testament) The first of the major Your interest in taking new directions along your path in life opposes where you actually you have taken thus far and make notes about the positives and negatives that have result- 4. Dangerous to yourself or your interests. Hebrew prophets (8th century BC). are along the way; realities clash with hopes and dreams. Letting things unfold on their ed; continue to be who you are! You feel good about yourself today and there s a spring in 12. The sound made by a cat (or any sound 7. Being ten more than one hundred nine- own schedule is difficult for you. If you insist on having your way damage could occur that your step. A new outfit or shoes could be the ticket as you have an event to prepare for! may be long lasting; though most challenging, let patience defeat ego. Being surrounded resembling this). ty. Someone new at work appears to be agreeable and capable. Tonight, you could just find by those who love you brings strength and confidence that more than gets you through; a that you have been selected as the winner of a contest. 15. The longer of the two telegraphic sig- 8. A self-funded retirement plan that gathering with excellent food is likely this evening. nals used in Morse code. allows you to contribute a limited 16. Write upon. yearly sum toward your retirement. 17. American prizefighter who won the 9. Characteristic of or peculiar to a Capricorn (December 22-January 19) world heavyweight championship woman. Cancer (June 21-July 22) three times (born in 1942). 10. The elementary stages of any subject The day feels wide open for new opportunities; hopes and dreams are sup- 18. One of the most common of the five Your commitment to the health of your body strengthens when you experi- ported. There’s something valuable within your reach, if you go about it cor- (usually plural). ence a dip in physical energy. Diet, exercise and supplements are in your major classes of immunoglobulins. 11. A unit of length of thread or yarn. rectly this can be yours; be patient and watch! A mentor shares motivational input and consideration as you look through different options. You’re eager to find more ways to energy. Something you needed to know comes from a surprising source; sometimes peo- 19. A master's degree in business. 12. A member of the Siouan people for- have a better opinion of yourself; try not to be too harsh in self-judgment. This is a good 20. Type genus of the Ascaphidae. merly living in the Missouri river valley ple we have never met can lend a helping hand they have no idea they re even extending! A time to start new projects or research for different investments in stock market or real neighborhood gathering draws more people than you thought and good progress is made. 22. A skeletal muscle arising from the tibia. in NE Nebraska. estate. A new romance could be indicated or the reigniting of an already established love 25. Exhibiting or restored to vigorous Pulling people together by explaining something in a way everyone can understand makes 13. The twelfth month of the civil year. relationship. If your focus moves off of your work, take a moment to breathe and stretch; a huge difference. A person who doesn’t have all the facts criticizes something in a petty good health. 14. Having or prompted by wisdom or dis- you’re capable of overcoming distractions now. You prefer to think about home and fami- way. Your ability to be patient is becoming stronger. 26. Anything that covers or conceals. cernment. ly this evening as you try a new recipe on several at a small gathering. 27. Title for a civil or military leader (espe- 21. Drought-resistant Asiatic treelike shrub cially in Turkey). bearing pleasantly acid small red edi- Aquarius (January 20- February 18) 30. A small loosely aggregated mass of ble fruits commonly used in sherbets. Leo (July 23-August 22) flocculent material suspended in or 23. A federal agency that supervises carri- Your suggestions for a project appeal to the entire team. Story telling skills precipitated from a liquid. Let your ambitions be known; the energy of accomplishment is present and ers that transport goods and people set you apart as you speak and take people in directions they would never have known 33. The 22nd letter of the Greek alphabet. operating at top levels. If you have wanted to be promoted at work or take between states. about. There could be a person that is not interested in what you have to say; this could be 34. Headlight that provides strong beam a chance with earning money somewhere new, the time is now; the only blockages and 24. Used of milk and milk products from someone that is normally easy to work with and be around. You may find that you can no obstacles are in your mind, ignore doubts and go for the win! If you’re aware of pitfalls, for use in foggy weather. which the cream has been removed. longer please everyone around you; remember that the energy you surround yourself with avoid them no matter what, use your instinct here. You’re honestly in touch with your true 38. The basic unit of money in Albania. 28. A state of southwestern India. creates more of the same energy! An elderly person tests your judgment and questions self; you can t work on flaws if you can t see them, so good, brave job! You mention some- 40. A Chadic language spoken south of 29. A heavy silvery toxic univalent and your honor. You find that daydreaming is a productive pastime. Let yourself dream, these thing by mistake and save someone a large sum of money and heartache. Something or Lake Chad. days do not come too often, so do not ignore the opportunity to follow your fantasies. bivalent metallic element. someone you find utterly irresistible makes an appearance. You know what s best for you 42. 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Wednesday, May 9, 2018 Lifestyle Gossip Lee says Peele convinced him to make BlacKkKlansman

pike Lee’s ambition to make ‘BlacKkKlansman’ New York-born filmmaker insists that the problem was sparked by Jordan Peele. The 61-year-old has never truly gone away. Asked whether he sees a Smoviemaker has helmed the new drama film, solution to the “undercurrent” of racism in America, which tells the story of the first African-American Spike told The Hollywood Reporter: police officer who worked undercover to infiltrate “Undercurrent? It never went away. Racism is the Ku Klux Klan, and Spike has revealed it was the woven into the fabric of this country. The founda- ‘Get Out’ director who made him aware of the story. tion of this country is the genocide of the native Spike confessed: “I never heard of any of that. I people. And my ancestors were stolen from Mother never heard of Ron [Stallworth, who penned the Africa and brought here to work from can’t-see-in- memoir on which the film is based], never heard of the-morning to can’t-see-at-night and built this the book.” Many of Spike’s movies, such as ‘Do the country. That’s the source. “Genocide and slavery is Right Thing’ and ‘Get on the Bus’, have looked at the source, the foundation of this country. That’s a the issue of race relations in America. And despite fact. That’s how I feel. The foundation of this coun- efforts made to tackle racism in the country, the try is faulty, is false.”

The Hitman’s Cumberbatch would happily Bodyguard sequel be objectified on screen enedict Cumberbatch appeared on screen wearing is in the works would happily play an next-to-nothing. The London- Bobjectified man in a born star revealed he didn’t want ‘Hitman’s Bodyguard’ sequel is in the works. The female-dominated film. The 41- to embarrass himself by appear- Patrick Hughes-directed buddy movie starred the likes year-old actor has revealed he ing unfit in a movie. He shared: Aof Ryan Reynolds, Samuel L Jackson and Salma Hayek, would have no qualms about “I’d have to be in good shape, and Millennium Films is already working on a sequel. The fol- being objectified in a movie, say- though. Prepare.” Meanwhile, low-up film will be called ‘The Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard’, ing that if Chris Pine was happy Benedict has also discussed the which is being teased with posters at the Cannes Film Festival. to fulfill the role in ‘Wonder gender pay gap in Hollywood, Casting for the movie has not yet been confirmed, but accord- Woman’, he’s willing to follow calling on male stars to reject ing to The Hollywood Reporter, Hughes is expected to return suit. He said: “If it’s good enough work if their female counterparts to the director’s chair. The original movie achieved consider- for Chris Pine in ‘Wonder are being paid less than them. He able box office success, Woman’, it’s good enough for suggested, too, that actors ought earning as much as $177 Benedict Cumberbatch. “Yeah! to ask their female co-stars what million from a $30 million Definitely. Like, just in your they’re being paid in a bid to budget and becoming the pants? Slow pan up from the feet to the head, tackle the inequality. He told the Radio Times: most popular film in the with sexy, screaming saxophone music in the “Equal pay and a place at the table are the ≠cen- US for three straight background? “Ha ha ha, yes! So long as it was tral tenets of feminism. Look at your quotas. “Ask el B has teased the Spice Girls are planning to perform together weeks. Despite starring in fun.” Despite this, Benedict admitted he’d want what women are paid, and say, ‘If she’s not paid again and says she would go on tour “immediately” if all the band ‘The Hitman’s Bodyguard’, to get himself in tip-top shape before he the same as the men, I’m not doing it.’” members agreed to it. The ‘Wannabe’ hitmakers sparked excitement Ryan previously admitted M earlier this year when all five girls - Geri Horner, Mel B, Emma Bunton, Mel C he doesn’t have a body- and Victoria Beckham - got together at Geri’s house to discuss potential new guard and would feel projects, and though the details of their plans have remained under wraps, “ashamed” if he did feel Avengers: Infinity War directors explain why fans have been waiting in hope that they will sing on stage together again. the need to employ pro- Mel - who was better known as Scary Spice during the group’s heyday - has tection because he is a Scarlet Witch’s accent has disappeared confirmed that all of the Spice Girls are signed to new deals with their for- “big guy”. When the mer manager Simon Fuller and she is very hopeful that concerts will happen Hollywood actor and his carlet Witch’s accent disappeared in ‘Avengers: Infinity in the near future. During an appearance as a guest panellist on UK TV show co-star Samuel L. Jackson War’ because the directors wanted her to be less dis- ‘Loose Women’ on Monday the ‘Say You’ll Be There’ singer said: “We are in were asked if they employ their own protection, Ryan tinguishable. The fictional superhero - who is played the process of figuring stuff out, all five of us have signed with Simon Fuller. I explained: “Look we’re two pretty big guys. I would feel S by actress Elizabeth Olsen - had a discernible Eastern don’t know what is going to happen or when but it is all very exciting. ashamed if I had a bodyguard. “The only time I ever have European accent when she made her Marvel debut, but the There’s going to be a bit of everything. “If it was up to me we would go on security is when I go to Comic-Con because you need guys duo behind the money-spinning hit, Joe and Anthony Russo, tour immediately. Maybe we will, soon ... I’ve always said we’re definitely to help get you 100 feet.” By contrast, Samuel revealed there have revealed why they’ve decided to phase it out. Speaking touring, I think I’ve just been nagging them too much and once I stopped are certain places where he needs to have someone to protect on the Happy Sad Confused podcast, the brothers explained: nagging them they all said yes, I just need to shut my mouth.” Mel - who him. He said: “Aggression changes from place to place. “In “We have intentionally tried to strip that accent away for a endured a bitter divorce from her husband Stephen Belafonte last year - France people camp outside your hotel and chant your name. couple of reasons. One is you’ll notice at the beginning of insists the Spice Girls share a bond that is unique and admits it has been In Germany, you wish you had a bodyguard because Germans ‘Civil War’ that Black Widow is training her to be a spy, and great to reconnect with her friends, whatever else happens. The 42-year-old are aggressive whenever they want their s**t signed. But two is she’s been on the run, and one of the most distin- pop star said: “We actually all do really get on. We’ve all been through most times, I’m pretty OK. “The first time I went to guishing characteristics that she has is her accent. “So if something huge together, we basically got famous overnight and we only Johannesburg I was riding around in a bullet-proof car and all you’re gonna try to disguise yourself or hide yourself or not had each other so we’ve got a bond that nobody can break ... We didn’t real- that kind of things. “Five guys met me at the airport. One guy be caught, you’re going to try to limit those trigger warnings ly fall out, we’re like five sisters, we bicker a bit but we’ve always got each was like, ‘Mike will always be on tour right because he draws that would make it easy for someone to identify you, which other’s back. I’m seeing Emma and Geri tomorrow, they better be there.” The from his right. I am left-handed. I will always be to your left. If would be inclusive of her accent.” The directors said that Spice Girls last toured after reuniting in 2007 with their greatest hits shows we try and take you down, let us take you down. Do. Not. the decision to phase out the accent fitted in with their wrapping up in 2008. The last time they performed as a five-piece at the Resist.’ “I was like, ‘What the hell? I’m here to do press, man.’” broader plan for the franchise. 2012 London Olympics closing ceremony. — Bang Showbiz

(From left) French actress and member of the Feature Film Jury Lea Seydoux, Russian director and member of the Feature Film Jury Andrey Zvyagintsev, French director and member of the Feature Film Jury Robert Guediguian, US director and screenwriter and member of the Feature Film Jury Ava DuVernay, Canadian director and member of the Feature Film Jury Denis Villeneuve, US actress and member of the Feature Film Jury Kristen Stewart, Australian actress and President of the Jury Cate Blanchett, Burundian singer and member of the Feature Film Jury Khadja Nin and Taiwanese actor and member of the Feature Film Jury Chang Chen pose on May 8, 2018 during a photocall ahead of the opening of the 71st edition of the Cannes Film Festival in Australian actress and President of the Jury Cate Blanchett poses yesterday during photocall ahead of the opening of the 71st Cannes, southern France. — AFP photos edition of the Cannes Film Festival. Scandal, protesting stars and bans as Cannes festival opens he most political Cannes film festival in protest, may generate the most heat in a festi- Quixote” shown, the first Kenyan movie to be doubts also hang over whether Gilliam’s “Being attractive doesn’t preclude being years opened yesterday with female val packed with political hot potatoes-even if selected for the world’s top festival, “Rafiki”, Pythonesque movie will be allowed to close intelligent,” she said. While admitting that Tstars vowing to protest on the red car- the launch of the new “Star Wars” spin-off, has already been banned in its homeland for the festival after it became embroiled in a bit- Cannes “will never be the same again” after pet against industry sexism, two top directors “Solo”, should lighten the mix. daring to depict a lesbian romance. Despite a ter legal battle over who owns the rights. the Weinstein scandal, Fremaux said he was barred from attending and bans hanging over Yet with no fewer than a dozen films with plea by US director Oliver Stone and other Judges in Paris will decide whether the film, against quotas. Instead he put Blanchett-one some movies. With Hollywood still reeling from LGBT themes, and others tackling child abuse, supporters, Tehran has refused to lift a travel which Gilliam has labored on for nearly two of the first to call out Weinstein-at the head a the Harvey Weinstein scandal, and Cannes male prostitution and an eye-watering DIY ban on the dissident Iranian master Jafar decades, can be shown. majority-female jury alongside another of his under fire for its dearth of women directors, sex change, it has all the makings of a vintage Panahi, whose “Three Faces” is in the running accusers, French “Bond” actress Lea Seydoux. jury members Cate Blanchett, Ava DuVernay year for scandal and controversy in Cannes. A for the Palme d’Or. Appeals to bail Russia’s ‘Problem with women’ But Fremaux’s surprise decision to lift the fes- and Kristen Stewart said they would join other new documentary about the singer Whitney Kirill Serebrennikov, under house arrest in Long before Weinstein was accused of tival’s seven-year ban on Danish director Lars actresses and female filmmakers on Saturday Houston by Oscar winner Kevin Macdonald Moscow on embezzlement charges his allies attacking four women at the festival, Cannes von Trier has stoked feminist ire. in a protest in support of the #MeToo and reportedly includes a devastating revelation claim are political, have also fallen on deaf ears. had been under fire for a “problem with The ageing provocateur has been accused Time’s Up movements. about the demons that dogged her short tragic Festival director Thierry Fremaux told women”. Women have been stopped on the of sexual harassment by the singer Bjork, and Blanchett, who heads the jury, did not hide life. “Black Panther” director Ryan Coogler- reporters Monday that it was ironic that both red carpet in previous years for not wearing his production company has been hit by multi- her unhappiness that only three of the 21 whose film is breaking box office records-is Iran and Russia should be “punishing the high heels, and its dress code has been con- ple similar claims. He denies the allegations. directors in the running for the top Palme d’Or likely to tackle the lack of black faces both in directors when neither film is political”. demned as sexist. But the Weinstein scandal Von Trier sparked outrage during a 2011 prize are women. “For profound lasting change front of and behind the camera in a Cannes Blanchett said the films would be judged on has given its critics further ammunition, with Cannes press conference by saying that he to occur, it needs to take place through specif- masterclass. their artistic merits, not their political pedi- screenwriter Kate Muir of Women and was a Nazi who understood Hitler and sympa- ic actions, not through pontification,” she said. gree. “This is not the Nobel Peace prize-it’s Hollywood lacerating the festival as “a two- thized “with him a little bit”. Pointedly Fremaux “It’s addressing the gender gap and the racial Lesbian film banned the Palme d’Or,” she said. But she called it a week celebration of male brains and female has not risked giving von Trier a press confer- diversity and the equality and the way we While Monty Python’s Terry Gilliam is “terrible situation that two of the filmmakers beauty”. Blanchett noted the industry’s fre- ence this time for his new serial killer flick, make our work.” Cannes’ patchy record on fighting in the French courts to have his disas- will more than likely not be here with us when quent reduction of women to ornaments and “The House That Jack Built” with Uma female directors, and Saturday’s red carpet ter-plagued “The Man Who Killed Don their films are going to be screened”. Serious sidekicks was only slowly changing. Thurman and Matt Dillon. — AFP Established 1961 29 Lifestyle Fashion Wednesday, May 9, 2018

Rihanna arrives for the 2018 Met Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. —AFP photos

Jennifer Lopez Gigi Hadid Fashion priestesses get holy at New York Met Gala Blake Lively

adonna and Rihanna stunned as fashion The gathering of A-list models, musicians and movie high priestesses on the red carpet at New stars, dubbed “the Oscars of the East Coast,” saw Amal York’s Met Gala on Monday, headlining Clooney, Rihanna and Donatella Versace join Vogue Mthe most sought after invitation in the supremo Anna Wintour as this year’s co-chairs. Tickets celebrity universe. Madge, the Catholic are said to cost $30,000 each or $275,000 for a table, girl from Michigan and queen of pop whose 1989 hit but all guests must be invited, ruling out all but the most “Like a Prayer” remains a dance-floor classic 30 years elite Hollywood actors, music superstars, top models and later, presided over the “Sunday Best” theme dressed fashion designers. If A-listers have shunned the theme in head to toe in Jean Paul Gaultier. The 59-year-old mother the past, this year’s “Sunday Best,” a nod to the “Heavenly of six balanced a golden crown studded with crucifixes Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination” exhibition on her head, shrouded her face in a black fishnet mantilla at The Costume Institute, proved popular. and donned a very flouncy, very full and very black gown. Held every year on the first Monday in May, the black-tie extravaganza is the chief source of income for the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute, reportedly raising more than $12 million in 2017.

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Katy Perry attends the Heavenly Bodies: Fashion & The Catholic Imagination Costume Institute Gala at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. — AFP photos Kites: Age-old hobby gives new generation of fans a lift hen Kay and Larry Day came across Nic O’Neill, president of the American Kitefliers of different shapes and sizes because flying buildings that can cause turbulence, O’Neill a kite shop while vacationing in Association. “There is a kind of a kite for every- conditions can differ greatly. “Some kites need said. Sometimes the best flying conditions WWisconsin nearly two decades ago, body out there. It’s a solo, partner and family very little wind. Others may need winds of 5 to occur in winter - on a frozen lake, said Kay they decided to buy kites for their grandchil- sport.” For many, the activity involves something 10 miles per hour.” Flying kites requires skill, but Day, who with her husband organizes the dren. On a whim, Larry bought one for himself. more than recreation, she said. Kites appeal to also a bit of art, Lovett said. Experience makes a Color the Wind Kite Festival each February on “He went out and flew it and decided he needed artistic people who like to create works of art to difference, as does the weather. “It’s a lot of trial Clear Lake. “It’s 3,600 acres of flying field to go back and get a better one,” Kay recalled. fly in the sky; to engineer-types who try to and error,” O’Neill said. with no ‘Charlie Brown trees’ to catch your Since then, the couple - particularly Larry - improve on the kite’s design; and to performers “Part of the reason I love kiting is that you kite,” she said. The festival adds color to the have been hooked on kite flying. They own who like to develop kite-flying routines choreo- have to risk trying and not succeeding. The winter sky and gives people a reason to go dozens of kites, plan vacations around flying graphed to music. “The best thing about it is you best way to learn is to go out, undo the string outside, she added. The Days invite renowned can come at it from different points in your life and let your kite fly.” Ideally, you want a nice kite fliers to come share their passion with and have it be a completely different experi- steady wind and a place away from trees and locals and visitors. — AP ence,” O’Neill said. Grant Lovett began flying Photo shows two of the “Zoo” kites owned by “dime-store” kites as a kid but moved on to LeAnn and Dennis Lauer of Kaukauna, Wis, on dis- more expensive and sophisticated kites as an play at the Kites Over Lake Michigan festival. adult, including a 42-foot inflatable kite. them and organize an annual winter kite-flying Festivals and events festival in their hometown of Clear Lake, Iowa. Today, he enjoys making his own, crafting “I’m at peace when I’m flying,” said Larry, 72. them from nylon, Mylar and cloth designed for “It’s something unique that I do.” While the boat sails. “I’ve always been interested in stuff hobby might be unusual, it has a long history as that flies,” he said. “It’s really fascinating to see a pastime for adults and children. The practice something I made up in the air.” He enjoys tak- of flying fabric on the end of a string began ing his creations to festivals and events and more than 2,000 years ago in China. Since then, sharing them with others. Photo shows Dylan Nguyen, left, and Cardin kites have been used to conduct scientific He attends kite-making workshops and looks Nguyen holding their kites and enjoy flying and experiments, power surfboards, take aerial pho- for new patterns online. “I don’t make tons and competing at the Washington State International tos and much more. tons of the same thing,” he says. “I like making Kite Festival in Long Beach. “Kite flying is really a broad subject,” said new kites, finding new designs.” He makes kites

Photo shows a young boy looking on in wonder at one of the many ground displays found each year on Labor Day weekend at the Kites Over Lake Michigan festival.

Photo shows a typical display of giant show kites found each year on Labor Day weekend at the Kites Over Lake Michigan festival in Two Rivers. Photo shows 120 ft long giant show kites framed by a 30 ft high ‘Crown’ spinner at the Kites Over Lake — AP photos Michigan festival.