Sandstorm sends 250 people to EEU expects to sign free hospitals in Sistan-Baluchestan 2 trade deal with Iran this year 4

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Economic Desk between Iran and Russia. “Surely, relations and cooperation between Iran and Russia will be ex- ussian President Vladimir Putin, in a tel- panded during the 12th administration,” Rouhani ephone call, discussed energy projects and said referring to his second term in office. Rthe situation in Syria, with Iranian Presi- The Iranian president hailed bilateral trade ties dent Hassan Rouhani, the Kremlin said in a state- as important, saying Iran welcomes Russian in- Former Iranian 11 ment on Monday. vestment and partnership in its energy and indus- The Kremlin said the conversation focused on try sectors. weightlifter dies at 41 “joint projects in the oil and gas, electricity and He also said both sides should accelerate the transport sectors”, while some issues on the in- completion and implementation of economic share of the country’s development projects. mark accord by the parties involved would be in ternational agenda were also discussed, Reuters projects and all agreements signed by Tehran and He once again voiced his support for the Iran breach of the UN resolution that was issued to reported. Moscow. Putin said Russian merchants and in- nuclear deal reached in 2015 with six world endorse the deal. Rouhani attached special significance to ties vestors are eager to enter Iran’s market and get a powers, warning that any violation of the land- Continued on Page 2 Ayatollah Shahroudi named Moon urges calm

University says Prof. Askarzadeh is 12 alive, apologizes for wrong news as Expediency Council head on North Korea, Political Desk Parliament and the Guardian Coun- include Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati, cil, Iran’s constitutional supervisory who heads Iran’s Assembly of Ex- Leader of the Islamic Revolution Aya- body. perts, Ali Akbar Nateq Nouri, the for- says war unthinkable tollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei on Mon- The Leader also added six new mer head of the Inspection Bureau at day appointed Ayatollah Mahmoud members to the council, including the Leader’s Office, and Gholamhos- South Korean President Moon Jae-in called Monday for calm in the stand- 18 dead in attack Hashemi Shahroudi as the new chair- Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed sein Mohseni Ejei, the deputy chief off with North Korea, saying there should never be another war on the man of Iran’s arbitration justice of Iran. peninsula. body, the Expediency Coun- In his decree, the Leader Tensions have flared since US President Donald Trump, responding to on Burkina Faso cil, for the next five years. praised Ayatollah Rafsanjani, the North’s latest missile tests, warned it of “fire and fury like the world Ayatollah Shahroudi re- who was also Iran’s president has never seen”. The North in turn threatened to test-fire its missiles to- restaurant placed Ayatollah Akbar for two consecutive terms ward the US Pacific island of Guam, AFP wrote. Hashemi Rafsanjani who starting in 1989, describing The war of words has sparked global alarm, with world leaders includ- At least 18 people including foreigners were killed passed away in January after him as one of the Islamic Re- ing Chinese President Xi Jinping urging calm on both sides. and a dozen others wounded in a “terrorist attack” a 27-year stint on the council. public’s “political pillars.” Moon, a left-leaning leader who has previously advocated dialogue by suspected extremists on a Turkish restaurant Ayatollah Khamenei also Ayatollah Khamenei said with the North, urged it to “stop all provocations and hostile rhetoric im- in the Burkina Faso capital, the government said reinstated Mohsen Rezaei as changes are essential in the mediately, instead of worsening the situation any further”. Monday. the secretary of the council. “structure” and “content” He also indirectly urged the US – the South’s key ally and security guar- Two assailants were also killed by security Shahroudi will be tak- of the Expediency Coun- antor – to resolve the crisis peacefully. forces who launched a counter-assault following ing over from Ayatollah Ali cil, calling for a revision of “Our top priority is the national interest of the Republic of Korea (South Sunday night’s attack on the restaurant popular Movahhedi Kermani, who the body’s general policies, Korea) and our national interest lies in peace,” Moon told advisers in a with foreigners, Communications Minister Remis was appointed as the body’s and the way they are imple- meeting. Dandjinou said. It was not clear how many gun- acting chairman following mented. The Leader further men were involved, AFP reported. Ayatollah Rafsanjani’s pass- called for the establishment The security operation “has ended” but searches ing. Forces Major General Mohammad of a mechanism for evaluating the ef- are continuing in buildings in the Ouagadougou Shahroudi served as the chief of the Baqeri as well as Ebrahim Raisi, the ficiency of the body and its policies, neighborhood around the restaurant, Dandjinou Iranian Judiciary for 10 years, from custodian of the Holy Shrine of Imam in addition to “creating full coherence told a press briefing early Monday. 1999 to 2009. Reza (PBUH) in the northeastern city in the organizational and managerial The Istanbul restaurant is just 200 meters from The council was created in 1988 of Mashhad, and outgoing Tehran structure,” bringing about structural a hotel and cafe targeted in an assault in January and its main responsibility is to re- Mayor Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf. agility and removing parallel and re- 2016 that left 30 people dead and 71 wounded, solve legislative differences between Other top members of the council dundant divisions of the council. many of them foreigners. That attack was claimed by the Al-Qaeda. A government statement described the latest 2,000 people have died since the outbreak began to spread deadly shooting as a “terrorist attack”, while Presi- Yemen records 500,000 rapidly at the end of April,” the WHO said in a statement dent Roch Marc Christian Kabore condemned it as on Monday. “a despicable attack.” “The spread of cholera has slowed significantly in “The fight against terrorism is a long-term cholera cases, nearly some areas compared to peak levels but the disease is still AP struggle,” he said in a Twitter message. spreading fast in more recently affected districts, which “We cannot have a war on the Korean peninsula ever again,” he said. Dandjinou had earlier said that “some people are recording large numbers of cases,” it said, reporting a The 1950-53 conflict cost more than a million lives, left cities in ruins and were held” by the assailants and that “some were 2,000 deaths total of 503,484 cases. perpetuated the division of the peninsula. released”, but gave no further details. The disease, spread by ingestion of food or water tainted “I am confident that the US will respond to the current situation in a He said the 18 victims were of different nation- with human feces, can kill within hours if untreated. It has calm and responsible manner in line with our policy direction,” Moon alities, both Burkinabes and foreigners. been largely eradicated in developed countries equipped said. Turkey said one of its citizens was among the with sanitation systems and water treatment. Moon Monday also met General Joseph Dunford, chairman of the US dead, while Paris prosecutors said at least one But the devastating war, launched by Saudi Arabia, and Joint Chiefs of Staff, who is visiting Seoul as part of a trip which will also French national died in the shooting, which French economic collapse has made it extremely difficult to deal include China and Japan. President Emmanuel Macron condemned as a with catastrophes such as cholera and mass hunger. According to Moon’s spokesman, Dunford said in the meeting that the “terrorist attack.” Millions of Yemenis remain cut off from clean water US would only consider military action against North Korea if all diplo- Security forces launched a counter-assault at and waste collection has ceased in major cities, the WHO matic and economic sanctions failed. around 10:15 pm against the assailants who were added. “He said everyone was hoping to solve the current situation without a hiding in the building, the police officer said. Yemen’s 30,000 critical health workers have not been war,” spokesman Park Su-hyun said, adding that Dunford stressed Wash- The shooting was intense at first and then spo- paid salaries in nearly a year and critical medicines are ington would closely coordinate with Seoul over any future action. radic. Video footage posted on Twitter showed lacking, the WHO said. The latest US and North Korean saber-rattling has sparked concern that people fleeing, as shouting and gunshots are heard. AFP “These doctors and nurses are the backbone of the a miscalculation by either side could trigger a catastrophic conflict, al- Armed officers in uniform are then seen walking More than half a million people in Yemen have been in- health response – without them we can do nothing in Yem- though many analysts voice doubts over such a prospect. toward the attack site. The gunfire ended around fected with cholera since the epidemic began four months en. They must be paid their wages so that they can con- Any conflict between the North and the US could have devastating con- 5:00 am Monday. The wounded were taken to Yal- ago and 1,975 people have died, the World Health Organi- tinue to save lives,” said WHO Director General Tedros sequences for Asia’s fourth-largest economy, with Seoul within range of gado Ouedraogo hospital. “We are overwhelmed,” zation (WHO) said on Monday. Adhanom Ghebreyesus. Pyongyang’s vast conventional artillery forces. one surgeon said. Each day there are more than 5,000 new cases of the WHO and partners are working around the clock to set The latest bout of tension was sparked by the North’s two interconti- “We have received about a dozen wounded, in- waterborne disease, which causes acute diarrhea and de- up cholera treatment clinics, rehabilitate health facilities, nental ballistic missile tests last month, which appeared to bring much cluding three who have died. The condition of the hydration, in the country where the health system has col- deliver medical supplies and support the national effort, of the US within range. The tests are seen as a milestone in the North’s other wounded is critical. Three of them are cur- lapsed after more than two years of war, it said, Reuters the United Nations agency said. quest to develop a nuclear-tipped missile capable of hitting the US rently being operated on.” reported. More than 99 percent of patients who reach health fa- mainland. Burkina Faso, a poor landlocked nation border- “The total number of suspected cholera cases in Yemen cilities survive but children and the elderly are most vul- Since then the North and Trump have locked horns in fiery exchanges, ing Mali and Niger, has seen a string of attacks this year hit the half a million mark on Sunday, and nearly nerable. with Trump saying on Friday that US troops were “locked and loaded” in claimed by terror groups in recent years. case a military solution became necessary.

Aug. 15, 2017 Firm response Brigadier General Mohammad Pakpour, an IRGC commander, said the country’s Armed Forces will certainly give a severe response to Daesh terrorists following 2 martyrdom of an Iranian military advisor by the terrorist group in Syria last week. National

Iranian officials congratulate Sandstorm sends 250 people anniversary of Lebanon victory in 2006 war to hospitals in Sistan-Baluchestan Iran’s president and foreign minister extended their congratula- tions to their Lebanese counterpart on the 11th anniversary of the country’s great victory in the 2006 war waged by Israel. National Desk In his Monday message to Michel Aoun, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said the “valuable victory” once again proved t least 80 people have been hospitalized in the “invincibility” of the Lebanese people’s will in defending recent days following ferocious sandstorm in their land. Asoutheastern province of Sistan-Baluchestan, Rouhani added that the victory was achieved through sacri- head of the province’s crisis management office said fices and acts of bravery made by resistance fighters and Army on Monday. forces, in addition to the Lebanese nation’s courage and support Gholamreza Arbabi said that sandstorm has sent at of the government. least 250 people to hospitals and medical centers in About 1,200 Lebanese, most of them civilians, lost their lives the past three days. He added that most of the people during the 33-day war on Lebanon. were briefly treated, however 80 of them were hospi- According to the 629-page Winograd Report by the Israeli re- talized for more treatment, IRNA reported. gime itself, Hezbollah fighters involved in defending Lebanon He said that most of them were suffering breathing against the Israeli war defeated the enemy and Tel Aviv was com- and heart problems. pelled to withdraw without having achieved any of its objectives. Harsh weather conditions in the province, a result of annual ‘120-day winds’, have caused the amount of suspended solid particles in the air to rocket, exceed- ing the maximum permitted levels by 14 times. Layers of dirt on cars, streets and just about eve- rything else outside are a common scene that peo- ple in Sistan region have seen every day in recent days as dust storms continue to roar through the region. The Iranian Red Crescent Society has been distrib- uting masks and foodstuff to residents in the rural are- as. Meteorologists have warned the residents to avoid staying outdoors. REUTERS UN Security Council Resolution 1701, which brokered a cease-fire in the 2006 war, called on Israel to respect Lebanon’s sovereignty and territorial integrity. Iran condemns US president Rouhani, Putin discuss Zarif’s messages energy ties, Syria Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif also on ‘provocative’ remarks about Monday sent separate messages of congratulations to his Leba- From Page 1 nese counterpart Gebran Bassil and Secretary General of the Leb- anese Hezbollah movement Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah and hailed Venezuela In March, Rouhani said in a meeting with Putin at the Kremlin that the the glorious victory against the Israeli regime in the war. Islamic Republic and Russia have been working closely on fighting terror- In his message to the Lebanese foreign minister, Zarif said the Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Bah- over what Caracas views as Washington’s ism and promoting stability in the region. victory was the outcome of the bravery of the heroic Lebanese ram Qassemi strongly condemned the meddling in the Latin American country’s He added that Tehran-Moscow ties would never be against the interests nation and national unity among all ethnic groups and the leaders recent “provocative and meddlesome” political crisis. of any third country. of political and popular forces in the country. remarks by US President Donald Trump “This is an act of craziness, an act of su- Rouhani said Iran attached importance to strengthening relations with It would further boost Lebanon’s power in the face of the Is- about domestic developments in Venezuela preme extremism,” Padrino said in an inter- Russia, adding that the two countries had taken steps to bring about posi- raeli regime’s excesses and expansionism, he added. and his suggestion of using the “military view with the state television. tive developments in mutual ties over the past three and a half years. In his message to Nasrallah, the Iranian minister said Hezbol- option” to resolve the country’s political Venezuela has been convulsed by The Iranian chief executive underlined that mutual relations had en- lah chief’s prudence and the sacrifices and martyrdom-seeking crisis. months-long deadly protests against the tered a new phase, noting, “In this new phase, we can speak about sustain- spirit of the Islamic Resistance’s fighters as well as resistance of Bahram Qassemi said on Sunday the government. able and long-term ties.” all the Lebanese people resulted in such a great victory against time for using military threats and pressure The political tensions there have seen a Rouhani hoped that the two sides would manage to take more steps to the Israeli regime and its supporters. against independent countries as a weapon rise after Venezuelan people said ‘Yes’ in further deepen ties. This triumph along with other achievements by the Islamic re- has come to an end, Press TV reported. an election last week to the formation of a The Russian president, for his part, said Iran was a good neighbor and a sistance’s fighters have further disappointed regional and interna- “As global experience and contemporary national assembly tasked with dissolving stable and reliable partner for his country. tional supporters of the Tel Aviv regime, he added. political history have proved, the time for the opposition-led congress and rewriting Putin added that Moscow and Tehran worked very effectively together In a speech on Sunday on the anniversary of Israel’s defeat in using military in all areas, including on global issues and the resolution of major and the 33-day military onslaught against Lebanon, Nasrallah said Is- threats and pres- very grave international problems. rael is not able to launch a new war on Lebanon, because it knows sure as a weapon He also commended major achievements made by the two countries that Hezbollah is much more powerful than 2006 and any such against independ- in recent years, particularly in the economic sector, saying that trade be- war would cost Tel Aviv dearly. ent countries in tween Iran and Russia increased 70 percent in 2016 compared to the figure The Hezbollah chief added that the main reason behind the order to force for the year before. victory of Hezbollah fighters in the war with Israel was their pa- them to accept During the visit, Iran and Russia signed 14 documents for the expansion tience, steadfastness, valor and faith. irrational and of cooperation in various political, economic, judicial, legal, scientific and illegitimate de- cultural fields. mands is over,” The docu- he added. ments were Qassemi ex- signed by senior pressed Iran’s Iranian and Rus- opposition to any sian officials in Mohammad Ali Rajabi foreign interven- a ceremony at- tion in Venezue- tended by Rou- la’s internal af- hani and Putin fairs and stressed IRNA following their the importance of respecting the sovereign- the constitution. The vote was boycotted by talks. ty and independence of countries in line the opposition. Meanwhile, with international law. Siding with the opposition, Washington Iranian and Rus- Speaking to reporters in New Jersey on blames Venezuela’s President Nicolas Ma- sian economic Friday, Trump said all options remained duro for the violence and has urged region- entrepreneurs and businesspeople held several rounds of talks and signed on the table – including potential military al and international governments to take agreements to boost cooperation between the private sectors of the two intervention – regarding the unrest in Ven- strong action against his government. Ma- countries. ezuela. duro, however, says the US and its allies in In a meeting with Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, Rouhani “We have many options for Venezuela the region are inciting the violence to bring said mutual relations were ‘growing’ and stressed that relations would and by the way, I’m not going to rule out down his government. play an effective role in promoting regional and international stability and a military option,” the US president said, The United States imposed sanctions security. adding, “A military operation is certainly against 13 current and former Venezuelan Before the meeting, Rouhani and Putin had held eight meetings over the something that we could pursue.” officials after doing the same to the coun- past four years. Tehran and Moscow enjoy strategic relations with senior Venezuela’s Defense Minister Gen- try’s vice president in February. delegations from the two countries regularly exchanging visits. eral Vladimir Padrino later on Friday de- The US Treasury Department later froze The two presidents have also held several phone conversations and dis- nounced Trump’s “crazy” threat of military Maduro’s US assets and called him a “dic- cussed the available avenues for the continuation of bilateral cooperation action amid escalating bilateral tensions tator” for pushing ahead with the election. on the crisis in Syria and the fight against international terrorism. Alexander Maksimov, the honorary representative of the Russian Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Iran, said in early March that trade with the Islamic Republic had increased by a whopping 70 percent after Iranian nationals kidnapped the removal of sanctions against the country early last year. Trade between the two countries, Maksimov said, had reached as high as $2.2 billion. Most of Russia’s exports to Iran during in 2016 were main- in Turkey released ly included machinery, equipment, transport, food and metals, added the Turkish officials announced the release of two Iranian nationals from the captivity of kidnappers in official. the city of Istanbul. Iranian food exports to Russia constituted just $300 million of the trade Turkey’s police said on Monday that the two Iranian tourists, who had been kidnapped last month balance, he underlined. in the district of Zeitoun Borno in Istanbul, as well as three other foreign hostages were rescued in “We think the increase in trade is connected with the improvement in an operation, Tasnim News Agency reported. relations between our countries and the growing interest from Russian and It came after one of the Iranian hostages had managed to escape the kidnappers and inform neigh- Iranian businesspeople in joint commercial activities,” Maksimov was bors and the police on their whereabouts. quoted as saying by Sputnik news agency. Iranian police liaison officer at Tehran’s Embassy in Ankara had contacted the Turkish police and The Russian Chamber of Commerce and Industry is keen to increase followed up on the issue. cooperation and wants to see Iran undertake measures to further ease trade One of the kidnappers was arrested during the raid. by relaxing its customs regulations. Aug. 15, 2017 Brexit challenge One of the most vocal pro-Brexit campaign groups launched a campaign to oust Finance Minister Philip Hammond from Parliament, saying he is 3 part of a plot to stop Britain leaving the European Union. International

India brands all 40,000 Rohingya Terrorists begin evacuating from Lebanon’s Arsal to Syria Hundreds of anti-Syria terrorists started evacuating from an Muslims illegal immigrants enclave in Lebanon on the border with Syria after the defeat of Takfiri terrorists during a Hezbollah offensive. ll of an estimated 40,000 Rohingya Mus- Buses carrying 300 Saraya Ahl al-Sham terrorists and 3,000 lims living in India are illegal immigrants, Syrian refugees left eastern Arsal on Monday at 10:00 a.m. Aeven those registered with the UN refugee local time, the Lebanon-based Arabic-language Al-Manar tel- agency, and the government aims to deport them, a evision network reported. senior government official said. The departure comes as part of an agreement that followed Junior Interior Minister Kiren Rijiju told Parlia- a July’s offensive by the Lebanese resistance movement and ment last week the central government had direct- the Syrian Army to drive out terrorists from their last strong- ed state authorities to identify and deport illegal hold in the border area between Lebanon and Syria, Press TV immigrants including Rohingya, who face perse- wrote. cution in Myanmar, Reuters reported. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has issued identity cards to about 16,500 Rohingya in India that it says help them “prevent harassment, arbitrary arrests, deten- tion and deportation”. But Rijiju, a high-profile minister in Prime Min- ister Narendra Modi’s government, said in an in- terview on the weekend that the UNHCR registra- tion was irrelevant. “They are doing it, we can’t stop them from reg- istering. But we are not signatory to the accord on refugees,” he said. almanar.com “As far as we are concerned they are all illegal Earlier this month, the Lebanese resistance movement said immigrants. They have no basis to live here. Any- its fighters had regained control over all areas in Arsal, which body who is illegal migrant will be deported.” lies about 124 kilometers northeast of Beirut. The UN has already accused Myanmar’s mili- Al-Nusra Front terrorists, now known as Fateh al-Sham, tary of committing grave abuses against the Roh- withdrew following a series of consecutive defeats that forced ingya during its counterinsurgency campaign in them to agree to a cease-fire. the region. Under the deal, the Syrian government will shuttle the ter- The stepped-up measures raised fears of a fresh geographical.co.uk rorists and their families to Idlib Province and some other ar- wave of violence against the Rohingya after last eas. year’s crackdown that was launched in the wake The Lebanese security official overseeing the arrange- of a deadly attack on the country’s border guards ments, General Abbas Ibrahim, said on Friday that a group of on October 9, 2016 which left nine policemen Pakistan’s 70th Independence Day the refugees would go to the government-held area of Assal dead. The government blamed the Rohingya for al-Ward along the Syrian-Lebanese border. the assault. Numerous accounts have already been He said the terrorists and their families will be headed to provided by eyewitnesses of summary executions, celebrated in Tehran another part of Syria, without elaborating. rapes and arson attacks against Muslims since the Pakistan’s 70th Independence Day was celebrated with full urged them to renew their commitment to serve the country However, a military media unit run by the resistance move- crackdown began. zeal at the residence of ambassador of Pakistan in Tehran on with dedication. “During the past seven decades, Pakistan ment said last week that they would go to the Al-Ruhaiba Myanmar has long faced international criticism Monday. has faced multiple challenges, but with the grace of Al- town in the Eastern Qalamoun region, which is held by the for its treatment of some 1.1 million Rohingya A large number of Pakistani community participated in mighty Allah, Pakistan has succeeded in overcoming these Takfiri terrorists. Muslims, who are denied citizenship and live in the celebrations. challenges and embarked on a journey towards a modern, Hezbollah Secretary General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah conditions rights groups have compared to those Ambassador Asif Durrani hoisted the national flag ac- liberal, progressive and tolerant democratic society.” stressed on Sunday that the areas liberated from the con- of the Blacks under the former apartheid regime in companied by the na- Commenting on Paki- trol of the terrorists would be handed over to the Lebanese South Africa. tional anthem. The mes- stan-Iran relations, Dur- Army. sages of the president rani said the relations and the prime minister between the two coun- were read out on the oc- tries have very deep China issues order to implement Frontex says casion. religious, cultural and The ambassador, historical bonds and an- UN sanctions on North Korea highlighting the his- chored in strong founda- migrant arrivals torical importance of the tion. He expressed hope China’s Commerce Ministry issued a ban effective from today day, paid tributes to the that these relations will on several imports from North Korea, including coal, iron ore, founding father of the grow further under the lead concentrates and ore, lead and seafood, a move that is in in Italy fell in July nation Qauid-e-Azam present leadership of the line with UN sanctions announced this month. The number of African migrants arriving in Italy Mohammad Ali Jin- two countries. Beijing issued the banning order on Monday, Reuters re- after crossing the Mediterranean from Libya nah and other leaders of Students from Pa- ported. dropped by more than half in July from June, the the Pakistan movement kistan International European Union’s border agency Frontex said on whose sacrifices led to PAKISTAN’S EMBASSY School in their speeches Monday. the creation of an independent country in South Asia. paid homage to the father of the nation and the leaders of the But the number of migrants on a secondary, While congratulating the Pakistani community on the freedom movement. A group of children presented national western Mediterranean route to Spain rose sharply 70th independence anniversary of Pakistan, the ambassador songs on the occasion. last month, it said, Reuters reported. Frontex said 10,160 migrants arrived from Northern Africa on Italy’s southern shores in July, 57 percent fewer than in June and the lowest level of arrivals in July since 2014.

PA UN sanctions must be implemented 30 days after the reso- lution was approved in a vote on August 6. The Chinese government said any cargoes already on their way to China would be cleared by customs as usual before the UN sanctions deadline.

REUTERS Kenya president tells opposition Bad weather and clashes in the region of Libya from where many migrants depart on smugglers’ to challenge vote in court boats contributed to the decline, the agency said. “In addition, increased presence of the Libyan Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta urged the opposition on Coast Guard also discouraged the people smug- Monday to avoid violent protests and take any complaints glers from sending out boats with migrants,” they have over last week’s election to court. Frontex said. Italy has been the main gateway to Europe since a 2016 deal with Ankara shut off the route from Turkey to EU member Greece, which had mostly been used by Syrian refugees. Frontex said 2,300 migrants made it to Spain in July, more than four times as many as a year earli- er. Arrivals in Spain in the first seven months were “around 11,000, already exceeding the number for all of 2016,” it said. Both the western route leading to Spain and the central Mediterranean one to Italy carry African nationals. The EU considers most of them to be la- bor migrants — rather than refugees — and does REUTERS not want to take them in. Immigration is dominat- Kenyatta also urged police to use restraint as they handled ing Italy’s political agenda before elections early pockets of protests and anger that have erupted since he was next year, with public opinion increasingly hostile announced winner of an August 8 vote, Reuters wrote. to migrants. Almost 600,000 migrants have ar- “I truly believe there is no single Kenyan anywhere who rived in Italy over the past four years. wants to see violence, looting and demonstrations that end up The EU has been increasingly engaging in destroying property. But if there are those who feel aggrieved Libya to prevent departures, despite heavy criti- and they are not willing to accept, there are also constitution- cism from rights groups that the policy fails to help ally laid down procedures,” Kenyatta said. those in need as required by international law. Aug. 15, 2017 Oilfield development Russian Gazprom Company and Thai National Oil Company submitted the results of their feasibility studies on Changuleh oilfield in Lorestan Province 4 to National Iranian Oil Company, IRNA reported. Domestic Economy

SPECIAL NEWS Domestic Economy Desk EEU expects to sign free trade deal Envoy: South Africa best country for Iranian commodities

South Africa enjoys proper situation for exporting Iranian commodities and services. with Iran this year Iran’s Ambassador in South Africa Mohsen Qomi temporary agreement on estab- Movahhedi further said that the ground is paved for export- lishing a free trade zone between ing Iranian commodities to all African countries including Athe Eurasian Economic Union South Africa, Kenya, Tanzania, Algeria, Egypt and Tunisia, (EEU) and Iran may be signed in 2017, reported IRNA. said the chairman of the Eurasian Eco- He added that among the African countries, South Africa nomic Commission (EEC) Board said has the best market for exporting Iranian goods and services. Monday. The Iranian diplomat listed the items for export to South Tigran Sargsyan told reporters follow- Africa as bitumen, oil, petrochemicals, construction materials, ing a meeting of the Eurasian Intergov- foods, carpets, oil and gas industry equipment in addition to ernmental Council in Astana, Kazakhstan, technical and “The decision has been taken to speed up engineering the work to sign the agreement with Iran. services. We expect the document to be signed in He added 2017.” that Iran’s Port Negotiations between the EEU and Iran and Maritime on a temporary free trade zone agreement Organization are expected to be completed by the next also has voiced summit, scheduled for October 11, Sput- its willingness nik reported. to export Ira- In June, the EEC, with is the bloc’s main nian commodi- executive body, said that the EEU and Iran ties to South had finished working on the text of the tem- African ports. porary free trade zone agreement and that Recently, the sides will continue talks on liberalizing Iran Chamber mutual market access and coordinating tariff of Commerce, obligations in the near future. IRNA Industries, Earlier, Iran’s Ambassador to Rus- Mines and Agriculture’s Director General for Arab and Afri- sia Mehdi Sanaei said that the country can Affairs Shahram Khassipour said that Iran and South Afri- is interested in economic projects of the ca are planning to achieve $2-billion target in trade exchanges Shanghai Cooperation Organization by 2021. (SCO) member states, the EEU and the “In spite of strong cultural and political ties and high ca- Chinese Silk Road. pacity for cooperation, the two countries’ economic and trade In 2016, Russia and Iran agreed to pay level is not desirable,” he noted referring to the lack of propor- for bilateral supplies of products in na- IRNA tionality in the volume of Iran-South Africa trade. tional currencies, stepping up economic The EEU, comprising Russia, Arme- is an international organization that en- through the free movement of goods, ser- “Expanding commercial and economic Iran-South Africa cooperation. nia, Belarus, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan, courages regional economic integration vices and people within the union. ties is of major importance for the Islamic Republic of Iran,” he added pointing to South Africa as one of Iran’s targets in expansion of ties with Africa. South Africa, as one the greatest economic systems of the Pakistan needs Iran’s gas to overcome energy crisis: Official world and a member of BRICS (an association of five major emerging national economies: Brazil, Russia, India, China A senior member of the Pakistani National Assembly has He appreciated President Hassan Rouhani’s message to and South Africa), has an important position in Africa’s mar- said that the Iran-Pakistan (IP) gas pipeline is a crucial pro- new Prime Minister of Pakistan Shahid Khaqan Abbasi and ket, Khassipour noted. ject which would definitely help his country overcome its said that such message on the eve of Pakistan’s ‘Independ- energy challenges. ence Day’ is another big step toward cordial and friendly Mohammad Ijaz-ul-Haq, who is also patron-in-chief of ties. Patron-in-Chief of Pakistan-Iran Joint Chamber Of Expert: North-South project Pak-Iran Joint Chamber of Commerce and Industry, told Commerce and Industry said that both countries should IRNA that the Pakistani government needs to take immedi- take further steps to achieve the target of $5 billion in bi- important, highly beneficial ate steps to complete the much awaited IP project. lateral trade as agreed upon between the leadership of the “This project should be completed at the earliest,” he two countries. He added that there are lots of opportunities International North-South Transport Corridor is an important said. available in the two countries to enhance the trade ties. and highly beneficial project as it would raise the possibility of Ijaz-ul-Haq underlined the need to further boost Paki- Ijaz-ul-Haq termed as very important the statement by trade and economic integration for the region, said an associ- stan-Iran economic ties and hoped that the new government President Rouhani reiterating that Iran regards Pakistan se- ate professor with the Department of Economics at Northeast- of President Hassan Rouhani and new government of Paki- curity as its own. ern University of Azerbaijan. stan would take necessary steps in this regard. He added that both countries, through cooperation in all Kamran Dadkhah told Trend News Agency, “Thus, the hope Elaborating on his views, he said that Iran and Pakistan fields, can bring stability and prosperity in the region. is that it will be implemented, although there are some obsta- are tied in an eternal bond of friendship. The lawmaker was hopeful that the government of Presi- cles in the way of the project.” “Iran has always stood by Pakistan in difficult times,” he dent Rouhani would take more steps to further strengthen The expert firstly noted that the corridor requires substan- noted. SHANA ties with Pakistan. tial investment and the question about who and to what extent would foot the bill remains in place. The problem is that not all countries involved would ben- TAVANIR: efit equally, according to Dadkhah. “For instance, the project Iran, India to trade goods benefits India and Russia greatly. It also has many benefits for land-locked countries of Central Asia. On the other hand, Iran, Energy intensity alarming which is a pivotal part of the corridor, would not benefit as on mercantile exchanges greatly as others. Energy intensity in Iran is four Iran ranks first in the allocation Iran has access to times more than global average, of the fossil-fuel subsidies ($60 Iran and India clinched an agreement to and joint ventures between the two coun- ports that can trans- said the deputy head of the Iran billion in 2016) in the world, ac- trade a range of goods, bitumen in par- tries’ mercantile exchanges. port its oil to India Power Generation and Transmis- cording to the International Energy ticular, on the mercantile exchanges of “Given that India buys a large part of and East Asia, while sion Company (TAVANIR). Agency. both countries. Iran’s bitumen, with the signature of the it can get its imports Mahmoudreza Haqifam further According to official statistics, Institutions monitoring the capital deal by the institutions monitoring the via the same route or mentioned that peak power demand energy intensity in Iran increased markets in Iran and India have signed an capital markets in Iran and India, we will through Turkey,” he in Iran had witnessed a growth of significantly during last decades, agreement on trading goods on the two play a more effective role in determining said. seven percent since March 21, Tas- while the statistics of the US En- countries’ mercantile exchanges, ifp- the price and added value of the prod- Therefore, Dad- nim News Agency reported. ergy Information Administration news.com reported. khah considers it to indicate that the in- The contract will make it pos- be natural for India dex in the world de- sible to purchase and sell com- and Russia to pay creased by nearly modities such as bitumen on the the main portion of one-third between mercantile exchanges of Iran and the cost, although 1990 and 2015. Indian. a part of the line In 2016, Iran had Under the deal, Iran’s bitumen will be built in Iran. allocated subsidies to will be sold through a protocol “Another problem the tune of $13.556 on both countries’ mercantile ex- is the insecurity of billion for the elec- changes. Moreover, the export of the region. India has an option of sending goods through tricity sector. The oil bitumen will be put on the agenda Afghanistan, but then who guarantees the safety. In addi- and gas sectors re- as well. tion, other adjacent areas, including Iraq and Syria are in- ceived about $21 bil- Bitumen is one of the strategic volved in conflicts that could easily spell over to neighbor- lion and around $18 goods which are important for In- ing areas,” he added. billion respectively in dia to buy from Iran. “When all these issues are considered, it is not surprising 2016. The agreement will enable In- that such a beneficial project has taken so long to implement According to the dian buyers to purchase bitumen and at times it seems to have been stalled,” added the expert. International Energy on the mercantile exchange. ime.co.ir “I believe that the project will continue, but its pace will be Agency, energy in- Among other advantages of the deal is uct,” he said. slow. It is up to India and Russia to provide the financing and tensity index in Iran that it cuts out the middleman on the bi- Senior officials from Iran’s mercantile at the same time make it clear that there are no hidden mo- is one of the highest tumen market and makes it possible for exchange attended a conference on bitu- IRNA tives,” he concluded. in the world (twice both countries to play a more transparent men in India recently. They discussed International North-South Transport Corridor is meant to Measured as energy consump- as much as the world average) and and active role in determining the price the details of mutual cooperation in the connect Northern Europe to Southeast Asia. It will serve as a tion per unit of gross domestic has been increasing on average of and quality of the product. meetings they had. It was decided that link between the railways of Azerbaijan, Iran and Russia. product, Iranian energy intensity is about 3.4 percent per year over the Deputy Director of Iran’s Securities the exchanges design a platform based The corridor is planned to transport six million tons of cargo very high, which was led to huge past 40 years. and Exchange Organization Bahador Bi- on which bitumen could be traded direct- per year in the initial phase which will later increase to 15-20 energy waste and inappropriate us- The country needs investments jani said the recent agreement will be a ly and the middleman cut out while the million tons. age due to high governmental sub- to the tune of $200 billion to halve key step toward promoting the objectives quality is not affected. sidies. its energy intensity by 2021. Aug. 15, 2017 China industrial output slows China’s industrial output, a key engine of growth, slowed sharply in July as government efforts to rein in debt weighed on demand and economic 5 activity, official data showed on Monday. Global Economy Japan economy posts South Korea seeks economic growth through job creation

South Korean President Moon Jae-in has championed job crea- longest expansion in over a decade tion and increased household income as a way to put South Korea on the path of sustainable economic growth that can benefit all apan has posted its longest economic expansion people. in over a decade on the back of a pickup in house- Moon has vowed to create 810,000 ‘quality’ jobs in the public Jhold and company spending, data showed on sector during his single five-year term in office that ends in 2022, Monday. Yonhap reported. The country’s gross domestic product grew by one Last month, the National Assembly, despite some objections, percent in the April-June period, marking the sixth passed the 11.03 trillion-won ($9.8 billion) supplementary budget straight winning quarter in the longest string of gains bill that aims to create 2,575 central government jobs, giving a since 2006, AFP wrote. much-needed boost to Moon. The world’s number three economy has been picking Asia’s fourth-largest economy has been struggling to create up steam, mainly on the back of a surging exports includ- more jobs for people, especially young people. ing smartphones parts and memory chips, with invest- The unemployment rate for young people, aged between 15 ments linked to the Tokyo 2020 Olympics also giving and 29, stood at 9.3 percent in July, much higher than the overall growth a boost. jobless rate of 3.5 percent, according to government data. But the latest GDP figures — which translate into a The chief executive who came to office in May has also vowed whopping 4.0 percent annualized growth rate — were to push to make public sector non-regular workers into regular driven by robust domestic demand and capital spending, employees with greater job security and higher pay. which offset a quarterly decline in exports. He has encouraged private businesses to follow suit and in- Private consumption picked up 0.9 percent in the sec- crease the number of regular workers on their payrolls. ond quarter. Individual spending accounts for more than In a move that demonstrated Moon’s commitment to ‘income- a half of Japan’s GDP. led growth’, the government and union representatives agreed on The second quarter growth blew past market expecta- a 16.4-percent hike of the minimum pay to 7,530 won ($6.60) for tions for a 0.6 percent rise, according to figures from the wionews.comwionews.com 2018, with an ultimate goal of reaching 10,000 before the presi- Cabinet Office. It was well up from a 0.4 percent expan- dent steps down from office. sion in January-March GDP. ‘Tailwind for Abenomics’ Still, wages have not been rising enough to kickstart Moon’s economic policy showed that he is pursuing a so-called The labor market is tight and business confidence is tepid inflation, and few analysts expect the same kind of trickle-up effect, which means that strengthened welfare for low- high but efforts to lift inflation have fallen flat despite Some critics have cast doubt on the plan, as heavily growth next quarter. income people could lead to rise in spending, which in turn could years of aggressive monetary easing by Japan’s central indebted Japan grapples with low birthrates and a shrink- Junko Nishioka, chief economist of Sumitomo Mitsui have positive on the overall economy. bank. ing labor force. Banking Corp., said, “Japan’s structural problems have The move underscored Moon’s efforts to narrow the yawning The latest reading nonetheless means Japan’s econ- Abe has seen his public support ratings plummet in the not changed: Aging population, decreasing working age gap between the rich and poor. omy has had its best string of gains since the tenure of past few months over an array of political troubles, in- population, deteriorating fiscal conditions.” South Korea’s total income distribution released by Statistics popular former prime minister Junichiro Koizumi. cluding allegations of favoritism to a friend in a business Japan has been struggling to defeat years of deflation Korea reached 9.32 last year, meaning that the top 20 percent in- Monday’s figures are good news for the current Prime deal. and slow growth that followed the collapse of an equity come bracket had nine times more earnings than those in the bot- Minister Shinzo Abe — whose brief and underwhelming Shinke Yoshiki, chief economist at Dai-ichi Life Re- and property market bubble in the early nineties. tom 20 percent. first term as Japan’s premier came directly after Koizu- search Institute, said, “This is a good result and tailwind The Bank of Japan, aiming to create two-percent infla- The liberal president’s policy is a departure from measures ad- mi. for Abenomics. tion as a key part of Tokyo’s growth bid, now expects to vocated by past conservative government that pushed for ‘trickle A string of short-term leaders followed Abe’s first term “Consumption and corporate investment are particu- reach that goal by sometime in the year to March 2020 down’ economics — a theory that wealth trickles down from big before he swept back to power in late 2012 on a pledge larly strong, a result of brisk corporate earnings and im- — four years later than planned. firms to smaller firms — and to mom-and-pop stores and low- to reignite Japan’s once-booming economy with a plan proved business confidence.” Falling prices can discourage spending by consumers, income people. dubbed Abenomics. In a commentary, Barclays said: “The strength of pri- who will postpone purchases until prices drop more or Big firms have made more money, though these gains have The scheme — a mix of huge monetary easing, vate consumption reflects an improvement in employment look to save money instead. failed to benefit households as a whole. Many big companies government spending and reforms to the economy — and income conditions (e.g. drop in unemployment, four That puts pressure on businesses, creating a cycle in have been accused of hoarding earnings instead of making invest- stoked a stock market rally and fattened corporate prof- consecutive years of increasing base pay), but likely also which firms then cut back on expanding production, hir- ments and hiring more workers. its. such factors as favorable weather during that period.” ing new workers or boosting wages. Aug. 15, 2017 Kashmir glaciers shrinking rapidly The impact of climate change is being felt in Kashmir as snowfall has lowered over the years and glaciers are losing mass leading to reduced 6 flows in Chenab, Jhelum and Indus. Cultural Heritage & Environment

El Niño aided in massive carbon dioxide release Even as carbon emissions from use of fossil fuels flat- FFast-meltingast-melting ArcticArctic signsign ofof tened out in the past few years, the monster El Niño of 2014-16 caused over three billion tons of carbon to get released into the atmosphere, pushing carbon dioxide concentration to record levels. This was announced by scientists after they analyzed data collected by NASA’s Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 (OCO-2) satellite, which measures level of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. bbadad ggloballobal wwarmingarming El Niño is a periodic climate event that causes waters to warm up in east-central Pacific Ocean, which in turn causes huge changes in wind directions bringing less rain to south- east Asia and the Indian subcontinent, while increasing rain in other parts of the world, indiatimes.com reported. According to a report in the scientific journal Nature, the El Niño led to excessive carbon dioxide releases in three ways. Hot weather and drought caused extensive wildfires in southeast Asia, while drought in the Amazon rainforest stunted plant growth, reducing the amount of carbon they absorb while growing. Besides these, warmer weather and near normal rainfall in Africa caused forests to exhale more CO2.

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ne of the coldest places on (6.5°F) warmer than normal. warming. Role of winter thicker in the winter so it can with- Earth is so hot it’s melting. Sea ice is white and it reflects stand the warmth of the summer. O Glaciers, sea ice and a Causes of warming the Sun’s heat back into space. But Winter is crucial. Three times But a warmer winter means less massive ice sheet in the Arctic are when it melts, it’s replaced with in the past two cold seasons, air protection when the heat hits. thawing from toasty air above and Earth is getting hotter because dark ocean that strongly absorbs it, temperatures near the North Pole In September 2016, the time of warm water below. The northern of the buildup of heat-trapping said former NASA chief scientist were near or even a shade above year the spread of ice across the Arc- polar region is heating up twice gases spewed into the air by the Waleed Abdalati, who heads the freezing. That’s about 50 degrees tic is at its lowest, Arctic sea ice was as fast as the rest of the planet and burning of coal, oil and natural environmental research program warmer than it should be. From the second lowest day on record, that’s setting off alarm bells. gas, according to decades of peer- at the University of Colorado. last November through February, about 40 percent below the lowest “The melting of the Arctic will reviewed research. That heat gets transferred back Barrow, Alaska — the northern- day measured in 1979 when satel- come to haunt us all,’’ said Ger- Scientists have long predicted up to the atmosphere in the fall and most US city — was 7°C (13°F) lite records started. Between those man climate scientist Stefan the Arctic would warm first and winter. As that happens, water va- warmer than the 20th century av- two days 37 years apart, the Arctic cbc.ca Rahmstorf, according to AP. faster than the rest of the globe. por — a greenhouse gas — hangs erage, and much of the Atlantic lost enough sea ice to cover Alaska, While global leaders set a goal Real-time measurements are prov- around, trapping more heat. More Arctic off Norway and Greenland Texas and California combined. The new measurements are a first for satellite tracking of preventing 2°C (3.6°F) of man- ing them right. clouds form around that time, also was as hot. Then it didn’t grow back that

CO2 levels. Earlier, changes in greenery were tracked and made warming since pre-industrial The Arctic is mostly ocean cov- acting as a blanket, said Mark Ser- Warm winters weaken sea ice, much this winter, setting record from that deductions were made. In recent times, CO2 times, the Arctic has already hit ered with a layer of ice; changes reze, director of the National Snow which floats on the ocean surface. low amounts from November emissions from burning of fossil fuels had flattened out to that dangerous mark. Last year, from ice to water often kick in a and Ice Data Center in Boulder, It’s supposed to recover, spread through March, when sea ice about 36.2 billion tons in 2014 and 2015. Projections for the Arctic Circle was about 3.6°C cycle that contributes to global Colorado. more across the Arctic and get reaches its peak spread. 2016 too indicated that emissions were still flat. Aug. 15, 2017 E nergy-burning mechanism Exposure to cold is the most well-known and well-studied mechanism for switching on energy-burning brown fat, which seems to protect mice from 7 developing obesity. Health

ne of the most alarming vegetables. things about hidden hunger is On the other hand, food fortifica- Othat it does not make one feel tion is enrichment of the food items hungry in the normal way at all, but Dealing with by increasing their micronutrient has a deep impact on core health. content. Hidden hunger is caused by micro- Tumbi said, “Add small quanti- nutrient deficiencies and is a kind of ties of vitamins and minerals to undernutrition that occurs when in- foods like rice, wheat flour, salt and take and absorption of vitamins and milk to enhance their nutritional minerals are too low to sustain good hidden hunger value.” health and development, timesofin- Fortified infant cereals are rich in dia.indiatimes.com wrote. micronutrients and effective in over- Affecting mostly children, doc- coming nutritional deficiencies. tors and pediatricians said that even Pediatrician Dr. Indu Khosla healthy-looking kids might be defi- said, “Children’s nutrition- cient in Vitamin A, B2, B12 and C, al needs are much more iron, trace minerals like iodine, zinc, among children than that of an adult etc. and hence, thorough measures need to The causes have an adverse and long-term impact. effective way of dealing with hidden be taken to fulfil Experts said that a deficiency of hunger is by adopting certain food- these require- Consultant pediatrician Dr. Muke- micronutrients can cause low levels based approaches. ments.” sh Sanklecha said, “The main reason of immunity and lead to impaired Clinical nutritionist Dr. Zubeda Sanklecha of hidden hunger in infants and chil- cognitive and motor development, Tumbi said, “Strategies like diet di- added, “Some dren today is a lack of adequate min- stunted growth, low immune re- versification and food fortification doctors feel that erals and vitamins in the food.” sponse, less capacity to do physical are primarily aimed at ensuring that only increasing work, and increased mortality and the child’s diet consists of adequate telesurtv.net diversity in food The impact morbidity. quantities of micronutrients.” may not be the Diet diversification involves food Experts said that it is not feasi- different groups in adequate quanti- only solution. Micronutrients are essential for Dealing with it items from different food groups in ble to fulfil all micronutrients from ties and variety is required. “Medicinal supplementation or both the overall mental and physical the diet to meet the micronutrient re- one or two food groups and thus, Hence, it is important to con- fortified supplements is another solu- well-being of a child and deficiencies Experts suggested that the most quirements. regular intake of various foods from sume a variety of cereals, fruits and tion.”

The worldwide Zika threat first the full native envelope protein as the emerged in 2015, infecting millions as basis for a vaccine, it will induce an- it swept across the Americas. Researchers develop improved, tibodies against DI, DII and the DIII It struck great fear in pregnant domains of the protein. women, as babies born with severe “Those who have had prior expo- brain birth defects quickly overbur- sure to DI and DII of other members of dened hospitals and public health care potentially safer Zika vaccine the Zika virus family may be prone to systems, according to sciencedaily. developing very bad symptoms, or in com. Harvard, developed a more rapid and combat West Nile virus, dengue fever, some cases, fatalities for dengue.” In response, there has been a flurry reliable Zika test, an achievement nerve agents and even cancer. In fact, animal experiments have of heroic scientific efforts to stop Zika. highlighted by Popular Science in its shown that prior exposure to dengue Now, Arizona State University (ASU) ‘Best of What’s New’ of 2016. Effective but not foolproof or West Nile virus makes the Zika in- has taken a major step forward in Now, Chen may have come up with fection and symptoms much worse, boosting Zika prevention efforts. a better vaccine candidate based on a While Chen has been cheering on suggesting a similar risk for people ASU Biodesign Institute scientist key Zika protein. Zika vaccine progress from other re- who had prior exposure to dengue (es- Qiang Shawn Chen has led his re- Chen is a viral expert who has searchers, in each case, there can be pecially in South America, where it is search team to develop the world’s first worked for the past decade on plant- side effects. more common). plant-based Zika vaccine that could be based therapeutics and vaccines To date, other scientists have tested Chen added, “If you have prior ex- more potent, safer and cheaper to pro- against West Nile virus and Dengue several kinds of vaccines on mice — posure to dengue, and then have Zika duce than any other efforts to date. fever, which come from the same Zika including one made from DNA and an- exposure, the Zika infection may be Chen, a researcher in the Biodesign family, called flaviviruses. other from an inactivated form of the much worse, and for men, may in- Center for IVV and professor in the He honed in on developing a vac- virus. crease the likelihood of sexual trans- School of Life Sciences, said, “Our cine against a part of a Zika viral pro- With just one dose, both vaccines mission.” vaccine offers improved safety and tein, called DIII that plays a key role prompted the creation of antibodies Chen’s protein-based vaccine uses potentially lowers the production costs for the virus to infect people. that shielded the animals from becom- the smallest and most unique part of more than any other current alternative Chen said, “All flaviviruses have the ing infected when they were exposed the Zika virus that can still elicit a po- and with equivalent effectiveness. envelope protein on the outside part of to the virus. tent and robust immune response. “We are very excited about these re- the virus. It has three domains. sciencedaily.com Any heat-killed vaccine runs the risk “In our approach, we make what we sults.” “The domain III has a unique stretch of accidentally injecting a live version call a pseudovirus. It’s a fake virus. of DNA for the Zika virus and we ex- A plant is infected with a virus to produce a high yield of vaccine protein components of the virus if there is an error made in The pseudovirus displays only the DIII in its leaves. Rapid response network ploited this to generate a robust and the vaccine production protocol. This part of the envelope protein on the sur- protective immune response that is and cellular immune responses that diseases in the developing world. tragic scenario happened occasionally face. This is at least as potent as previ- Several potential Zika vaccines have unique for Zika.” have been shown to confer 100 percent It’s the same approach ASU plant with the polio vaccine. ous vaccine versions.” had promising results in early animal They first grew the envelope protein protection against multiple Zika virus research pioneer Charles Arntzen used For the second research group, they And he is very confident that his DI- and human tests. in bacteria, then switched to prepare strains in a mouse challenge. when he played a key role in develop- used the complete Zika envelope pro- II-based protein vaccine will be safer. Several dedicated ASU scientists the DIII protein domain in tobacco Producing plant-based vaccines, es- ing ZMapp, the experimental treat- tein for their vaccine. Chen said, “We did a test to make also heeded the call to action, wanting plants. pecially in tobacco plants, is old hat for ment used during the Ebola outbreak. Since envelope protein domains I sure that the vaccine produces a potent to use their special know-how to find a After developing enough material ASU researchers like Chen. Artntzen’s Biodesign colleagues, in- and II are similar to West Nile and den- protective immune response, but also, way to overcome the pandemic crisis. for the new vaccine candidate, Chen’s For more than a decade, they’ve cluding Chen, Hugh Mason and Tsafrir gue viruses, this can cause a dangerous that it does not produce antibodies that First, ASU chemist Alexander team performed immunization experi- been producing low-cost vaccines in Mor, have continued to pursue plant- cross-reactive immune response. may be cross reactive for dengue, West Green, along with collaborators at ments in mice, which induced antibody plants to fight devastating infectious based vaccines and therapeutics to Chen explained, “When you make Nile, yellow fever or others.”

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Eating almonds may help cut the risk of heart disease. A cholesterol, which is a major risk factor for heart disease. study suggested that downing a handful every day may help Etherton added, “But not as much was known about boost levels of (HDL) cholesterol while improving the way it how almonds affect HDL cholesterol, which is considered removes cholesterol from the body. good cholesterol and helps lower your risk of heart dis- Researchers compared the levels and function of HDL ease.” cholesterol (high-density lipoprotein) in people who ate al- The researchers wanted to see if almonds could not just monds every day, to the levels and function of the same group increase the levels but also improve the function of HDL of people when they ate a muffin instead, UPI reported. cholesterol, which works by gathering cholesterol from tis- The findings showed that while the participants were on sues, such as the arteries, and helping to transport it out of the almond diet, their HDL levels improved. the body. Professor Penny Kris-Etherton, of Penn State University in She said, “HDL is very small when it gets released into cir- the US, said that while almonds will not eliminate the risk of culation. It’s like a garbage bag that slowly gets bigger and heart disease, they may be a smart choice for a healthy snack. more spherical as it gathers cholesterol from cells and tissues She said that in addition to their heart-healthy benefits, al- before depositing them in the liver to be broken down. monds also provide a dose of good fats, vitamin E and fiber. “We showed that there were more larger particles in re- Etherton said, “If people incorporate almonds into their sponse to consuming the almonds compared to not consum- diet, they should expect multiple benefits, including ones that ing almonds. can improve heart health. “That would translate to the smaller particles doing what “They’re not a cure-all, but when eaten in moderation, and they’re supposed to be doing. especially when eaten instead of a food of lower nutritional “They are going to tissues and pulling out cholesterol, get- value, they’re a great addition to an already healthy diet.” ting bigger, and taking that cholesterol to the liver for remov- There’s a lot of research out there that shows a diet that al from the body.” includes almonds lowers low-density lipoprotein, or LDL The findings were published in the Journal of Nutrition. Aug. 15, 2017 Super workers Humans will become medically-enhanced super workers by 2030 to compete with robots for the best jobs, according to a report that predicts 8 the future of employees. Science & Technology

What do plants, animals do during an eclipse? Many accounts of solar eclipses include tales of animals behaving strangely: Birds fall silent. Bees return to the hive. Quoting Elise Ricard, spokesperson for an eclipse project called Flexible batteries power Life Responds at the California Academy of Sciences in San Francis- co, sciencenews.org reported, “There’s a lot of anecdotal evidence for how animals and even plants respond to totality, when the moon com- pletely blocks the Sun. But [there’s] not a lot of hard science. future of wearable technology he rapid development of wear- able technology has received Tanother boost from a new de- velopment using graphene for printed electronic devices. New research from The Univer- sity of Manchester has demonstrated flexible battery-like devices printed directly on to textiles using a simple screen-printing technique, phys.org sciencenews.org reported. Eclipses have been known to make animals and insects behave as if The current hurdle with wearable it were nightfall — birds fall silent and bees return to their hives. technology is how to power devices “Perhaps the earliest record came from a total eclipse in 1544 when without the need for cumbersome birds ceased singing.” battery packs. Another in 1560 said birds fell to the ground. In the past century or Devices known as supercapacitors so, scientists have tried to approach the question systematically. are one way to achieve this. A super- The Boston Society of Natural History collected observations dur- capacitor acts similarly to a battery ing a 1932 eclipse that crossed parts of Maine, New Hampshire and but allows for rapid charging which Vermont, marking what they believed was the first comprehensive and can fully charge devices in seconds. scientifically conducted study of the behavior of animal life during a Now a solid-state flexible superca- total eclipse. pacitor device has been demonstrated Crickets chirped and frogs croaked, study volunteers reported. Bees by using conductive graphene-oxide returned to hives and chickens to roost. ink to print onto cotton fabric. Studies in the 60s and 70s reported that small, light-sensitive crusta- As reported in the journal 2D Ma- ceans and zooplankton swam upward toward the dark during eclipses, terials the printed electrodes exhibit- similar to how the tiny animals behave at night. ed excellent mechanical stability due phys.org The Sun’s disappearance prompted orb weaver spiders to take down to the strong interaction between the their webs, an eclipse in 1991 revealed. ink and textile substrate. power density, good operational safe- Graphene-oxide is a form of gra- textile using 2D materials inks.” And during an annular eclipse in 1984, when the moon blocked all Further development of graphene- ty, long cycling life and be low cost. phene which can be produced rela- The University of Manchester is but a ring of bright light, captive chimpanzees scaled a climbing struc- oxide printed supercapacitors could Dr. Nazmul Karim, knowledge tively cheaply in an ink-like solu- currently completing the construction ture and faced the blocked Sun. turn the vast potential of wearable exchange fellow of the National tion. of its second major graphene facil- Those observations are tantalizing, but they were limited in scope. technology into the norm. Graphene Institute and coauthor of This solution can be applied to tex- ity to complement the National Gra- That could change with the coming eclipse. High-performance sportswear that the paper said, “The development tiles to create supercapacitors which phene Institute (NGI). The ubiquity of smartphones means that crowdsourced research — monitors performance, embedded of graphene-based flexible textile become part of the fabric itself. Set to be completed in 2018, the particularly during the eclipse — can include more and better coordi- health-monitoring devices, light- supercapacitor using a simple and Dr. Amor Abdelkader, also coau- £60-million Graphene Engineering nated observations than ever before. weight military gear, new classes of scalable printing technique is a sig- thor of the paper said, “Textiles are Innovation Center (GEIC) will be an This year, the California Academy of Sciences is soliciting citizen mobile communication devices and nificant step towards realizing multi- some of the most flexible substrates, international research and technology scientists to record their observations of any animals they see using the even wearable computers are just functional next generation wearable and for the first time, we printed a sta- facility. academy’s iNaturalist app. some of the applications that could e-textiles. ble device that can store energy and The GEIC will offer the UK the The team there hopes to get more descriptions of more species cov- become available following further “It will open up possibilities of be as flexible as cotton. unique opportunity to establish a ering a larger geographic area than during any previous eclipse. research and development. making an environmental friendly “The device is also washable, leading role in graphene and related Ricard said, “We’re looking for observations from anywhere in the con- To power these new wearable de- and cost-effective smart e-textile that which makes it practically possible to two-dimensional materials. tinental US, whether citizen scientists are in the path of totality or not.” vices, the energy storage system must can store energy and monitor human use it for the future smart clothes. We The GEIC will be primarily indus- She wonders how wildlife will react, even if they’re only experienc- have reasonable mechanical flex- activity and physiological condition believe this work will open the door try-led and focus on pilot production ing a partial eclipse. ibility in addition to high energy and at the same time.” for printing other types of devices on and characterization. “I’d be interested to know where the line is, what percentage of to- tality you see responses for.”

Which robot do you find easier to like. You might think human partner was answering a question or telling a robot would be more likely to win people over if it them to throw the Lego bricks on the floor. Chimpanzees learn rock-paper-scissors were good at its job. But according to a recent study, The scientists observed the interactions from a near- people find imperfect robots more likable. by station. They tracked how people reacted when the Chimpanzees of all ages and to find out whether chimpan- different ages and sexes liv- the game. In previous studies, researchers noticed that human robots made a mistake, gauging their head and body all sexes can learn the simple zees (Pan troglodytes) can ing in the Primate Research However, it took them subjects reacted differently to robots that made un- movements, their expressions, the angle of their gaze, circular relationship between grasp extended patterns. Institute at Kyoto University significantly longer to learn planned errors in their tasks, livescience.com wrote. and whether they laughed, smiled or said something in the three different hand sig- They used the rock-paper- were part of the experiment. the third scissors-paper pair For their new investigation, the study authors pro- response to the error. nals used in the well-known scissors game, a popular They sat in a booth hous- than it did to grasp the others, grammed a small, humanoid robot to deliberately After the tasks were done, they gave participants a game rock-paper-scissors. children’s game in which ing a computer-based touch- which indicates that they had make mistakes so the scientists could learn more about questionnaire to rate how much they liked the robot Even though it might take the hand signal for ‘paper’ screen and were trained to difficulty finalizing the circu- how that fallibility affected the way people responded and how smart and human-like they thought it was, on them longer, they are indeed always beats ‘rock’, while choose the stronger of two lar nature of the pattern. to the bots. a scale from one to five. able to learn the game as well ‘rock’ trumps ‘scissors’, and options (based on the rules of The research team then They also wanted to see The researchers found that also taught the game to 38 how these social cues might the participants responded preschool children to com- provide opportunities for ro- more positively to the bum- pare the learning process of bots to learn from their expe- How do you make bling robot in their behavior chimpanzees with that of hu- riences. and body language, and they mans aged three to six. The researchers found said they liked it significant- The children had little dif- that people liked the error- a likable robot? ly more than the people liked ficulty grasping the game, and prone robot more than the the robot that made no mis- on average did so within five error-free one, and that they takes at all. sessions. responded to the robot’s However, the subjects Their performance was, mistakes with social signals who found the error-prone however, subject to age. The that robots could possibly be robot more likable didn’t see older the children were, the trained to recognize, in order it as more intelligent or more more accurate they became to modify future behavior. human-like than the robot when all three pairs were ran- For the study, 45 human that made fewer mistakes, domly presented to them. subjects — 25 men and 20 the researchers found. Participants older than 50 women — were paired with Their results suggest that months (about four years) a robot that was programmed robots in social settings played the game with more to perform two tasks: Ask in- would probably benefit from alphr.com skill rather than luck. terview questions, and direct livescience.com small imperfections; if that Gao said, “This suggested several simple Lego brick How do you like me now? People rated robots as makes the bots more likable, more likable if the bots made mistakes. as a young child, according to ‘scissors’ defeats ‘paper’. the game) they saw on screen. that children acquire the abil- assemblies. the robots could possibly sciencedaily.com. The relationship between They first learnt the paper- ity to learn a circular relation- For 24 of the users, the ro- be more successful in tasks Jie Gao of Kyoto Univer- the signals are non-linear and rock sequence, then the rock- ship and to solve a transverse bot behaved flawlessly. It posed questions and waited meant to serve people. sity in Japan and Peking Uni- must be understood within scissors one and finally the patterning problem around for their responses, and then instructed them to sort the And by understanding how people respond when ro- versity in China is lead author the context of how the pairs scissors-paper combination. the age of four years. Lego bricks and build towers, bridges and ‘something bots make mistakes, programe rs can develop ways for of a study in the journal Pri- are grouped. Once they knew how the “The chimpanzees’ perfor- creative’, ending the exercise by having the person ar- robots to read those social cues and learn from them, mates, which is the official Learning such transverse pairs fitted together, all the mance during the mixed-pair range Legos into a facial expression to show a current and thereby avoid making problematic mistakes in the journal of the Japan Monkey patterns requires enhanced different pairs were randomly sessions was similar to that emotional state, according to the study. future, the scientists added. Center, and is published by mental capacity and it is use- presented to them on screen. of four-year-old children,” But for 21 people in the study, the robot’s perfor- Future research should be targeted at making a robot Springer. ful when forming complex Five of the seven chimpan- added Gao, who hopes the mance was less than stellar. understand the signals and make sense of them, the re- The research compares the relationship networks, solv- zees completed the training af- findings will inspire future Some of the mistakes were technical glitches, such searchers wrote in the study. ability of chimpanzees and ing problems, or updating ter an average of 307 sessions. studies into how age and sex as failing to grasp Lego bricks or repeating a question They concluded, “A robot that can understand its children to learn the rock-pa- what you already know about The findings show that influence the ability of mem- six times. human interaction partner’s social signals will be a per-scissors game. a subject. chimpanzees can learn the bers of various species to And some of the mistakes were so-called ‘social better interaction partner itself, and the overall user ex- Gao’s research team wanted Seven chimpanzees of circular pattern at the heart of learn circular relationships. norm violations’, such as interrupting while their perience will improve.” Aug. 15, 2017 Left-handed children Children are still penalized in the UK for being left-handed with ministers lacking the information to understand the scale of the problem, education 9 campaigners warned. 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China fights for final victory Vulnerable children not over poverty

In the late 1930s, when the generals and soldiers of the Communist Party of China (CPC) established a revolutionary base in Lyuliang in crisis are ‘left in limbo’ in north China’s Shanxi Province, they didn’t know this mountain city would remain poor 80 years later. housands of vulnerable children in England are Among the 13 counties in Lyuliang, 10 counties and 3,350 vil- being ‘left in limbo’ because their needs are not lages are still considered regions in ‘abject poverty’, xinhuanet. Tsevere enough, a charity warned. com wrote. Action for Children estimated 140,000 children re- ferred to social services over issues like drugs, alcohol- ism, domestic violence and neglect are not getting the help they need, BBC wrote. It said they often fall through the cracks as they are not at crisis point. Ministers said their social care reforms will improve support. Based on Freedom of Information requests from 141 lo- cal authorities in England, the report said: “These children have needs that are too great for schools, health or other universal services to meet on their own, but they are not sina.com eligible for support from statutory social care services. With about 128,000 villages and over 40 million people in China “Our research suggests many are living in challenging still living in poverty, the country’s fight against invaders and op- family situations, affected by issues like domestic vio- pressors decades ago has now turned into a fight against poverty, as lence or substance misuse. more than 120 CPC members have sacrificed their lives in the fight. “Without the right help, there’s potential for these situ- In the past 30 years, even with 700 million people lifted out of ations to escalate to crisis point, placing children at risk poverty, abject poverty remains one of China’s top concerns. of harm.” It persists not only in areas around old revolutionary bases, but Action for Children said some children “may be stuck also in ethnic minority regions, border areas, and places with poor in a ‘revolving door’ of children’s services, repeatedly infrastructure, fragile environmental conditions and frequent natu- referred and assessed but not receiving help”. ral disasters. The charity is calling on the UK government to In late June, Chinese President Xi Jinping went to Lyuliang to strengthen current legislation for early help services and bbc.com visit poor families and talk with officials in charge of poverty al- to provide adequate funding to local authorities, so they leviation work. can offer help as soon as children need it. which sorted out her housing and organized domestic dad and it really did affect him when he left, but by tak- Xi called on the villagers to “roll up your sleeves and work hard- Mother of two ‘Ella’, from Buckinghamshire, had to violence counselling and a parenting course. ing my son to the children’s center with all the other chil- er, together with the CPC Central Committee”. pick up the pieces after her ex-husband who was ‘very “Chatting to other parents at the center was great and dren, that really helped mend the damage done. China has set 2020 as the target year to complete the building of controlling and had issues with alcohol’ walked out, really helped me build my confidence, which had been “The children’s center was a safe haven to go to and a moderately prosperous society, which requires the eradication of leaving her facing eviction when her son was under a knocked badly because of my ex-husband. just be with other mums and be somewhere I could get poverty. The task has become more difficult and costly as the pro- year old. “If I hadn’t have had the children’s center, I’d still advice. If it wasn’t for the children’s center, I really don’t cess approaches its end. “He used to spend all his money on drink and tell me be in fear of my ex-husband and be listening and doing know where I’d be right now. According to global experience, the most difficult phase in pov- he’d paid the rent when he hadn’t,” said Ella. what he says. “Thanks to them I’m now back on my feet and am erty eradication is when the population living in poverty accounts Her health visitor referred her to a children’s center “My son really had a connection and bond with his working as a nursery nurse.” for less than 10 percent of the overall population. As of the end of 2016, there were still 43.35 million people in China living below the country’s poverty line of 2,300 yuan ($344.30) of annual income as constant with 2010 prices, account- ing for about three percent of China’s population. Women build rural infrastructure in Bangladesh To achieve the target in 2020, China needs to bring more than 10 million people out of poverty every year, meaning nearly one mil- Breaking all the social barriers and ta- agriculture, women empowerment and lion people per month or 20 people per minute. boos, poor women in Bangladesh are tree plantation and so on’.” China is in a race with time, and the president has put himself on now engaged in rural development LGED and IFAD are planning to fur- the front lines. works across the country as laborers. ther strengthen the LCS and diversify their The Local Government Engineer- effective involvement in the projects. As ing Department (LGED) of Bangladesh part of this, both the organizations recently Expert discusses mental health initiated the move in the early 1980s, a supported a study conducted by Profes- time when a section of the so-called lo- sor Sharmind Neelormi of the Economics awareness for kids returning to cal elite and influential people stood in Department of Jahangirnagar University, their way to move forward, ipsnews. Bangladesh, on the LCS. school com wrote. The study found that the concept of a The engineers of LGED walked a ‘Labor Contracting Society’ is a proven long way to make this happen. They successful formula for reaching out to For Ava Reyes, Monday marked her fifth birthday as well as her brought the working women under a the target groups and implementation first day of kindergarten. platform named ‘Labor Contracting of their work. Higher quality of work “She knows her numbers. She’s excited to learn the alphabet,” Society’ or ‘LCS’. Most of the LCS coupled with an increase in daily labor explained Racheal Reyes, Ava’s grandmother. members are poor women from local income and skill development form a Ava’s grandmother brought her to My Salon Suites to get a free communities. The LGED in cooperation strong base for further strengthening haircut in exchange for a donation of school supplies, according to with the International Fund for Agricul- ipsnews.com and expansion of this model. lasvegasnow.com. tural Development (IFAD) have been Earlier this month, Professor Neelor- successful in formally shaping the LCS radius of the work station to include the business contractors. mi presented the key findings of the concept. those who are unemployed, divorced or IFAD is promoting the active par- study at an LGED seminar in Dhaka. IFAD as an important development separated from their husbands, widows, ticipation of LCS members in most of She put forward a set of recommenda- partner of Bangladesh, working with destitute, with physically challenged their projects in the country, the Coastal tions to further improve the LCS. the government for the last four decades person/s in their families, those who do Climate Resilient Infrastructure Pro- The key recommendations include and supporting the country in alleviat- not have more than 0.5 acres of land, ject (CCRIP) being one of them. LGED ensuring gender-friendly working en- ing poverty and strengthening the rural including the homestead, and who are considers CCRIP as a ‘Silver Bullet’ for vironment in project areas; revising the economy. adults and physically fit to take on con- eradicating rural poverty and unemploy- wage structure in the schedule consid- The participation of women in the struction work. There are also men in ment. ering seasonality, location-specific re- LCS for rural development is on the rise LCS but their numbers are insignificant. CCRIP Project Director A.K.M. Lut- quirements and inflation adjustment; ex- and they are replacing formal business These poor women have proven that fur Rahman said apart from engineering ercising the practice of ‘Force Majeure’ contractors who have no accountability they can build rural roads and markets, aspects of infrastructure development, as contractual agreement; ensuring life fda.gov once the work is done. and maintain them in the long run better they consider its social aspects, too. and injury insurance during road main- The owner of the salon said she knows the powerful boost a The LGED has laid out eligibility cri- than the private contractors. They also “So, we call it ‘Social Engineering’, tenance and market construction works; blowout can have on a child’s self-esteem. teria for the LCS members, particularly own their own work as their community in a broader sense ‘engineering for pov- and ensuring the use of retro-reflective “They go back to school looking fresh and having that confi- for the women living within a 2-km asset, which can never be expected from erty alleviation, education, irrigation, vests. dence that will maybe push them over that hump of being bullied,” said Amanda Skvorzov, My Salon Suite. And a little confidence can go a long way. As many as 21 percent of American students between the ages of Nearly half of girls block 12 and 18 have reportedly been bullied, according to the National Crime Victimization Survey. “I’m seeing more and more, probably in the last eight to 10 years social media users after sufferingg abusabusee has been through social media,” said Sasha DeCania, Destination Teens Treatment Center. DeCania treats teens for a range of mental health issues, includ- Nearly half of girls have blocked social media users after Of the females surveyed, 73 percent said they had ing the side effects of bullying. suffering harassment, a survey found. taken some form of action to avoid criticism on social She said every child who walks into the Destinations has en- It comes amid a rise in online abuse, with the number media, compared with 59 percent of boys. countered some form of online bullying. Some children are as of children and young people tormented by online trolls The most popular course of action was blocking other young as six. drastically increasing in recent years, The Telegraph users (43 percent), while a third opted not to participate “Children tend to feel secretive about it, feel shameful about it wrote. in a debate or conversation online for fear of being criti- and it erodes at their self-esteem,” DeCania said. Almost three quarters of girls, aged 11 to 18, have cized and 13 percent said they had stopped going on so- Before kids head back to school, she recommends parents pay taken some form of action to avoid criticism online, ac- cial media altogether. attention to red flags their children may show such as a change in cording to a survey commissioned by the charity Plan Tanya Barron, chief executive of Plan International dress, mood, and if they isolate themselves. International UK. UK, said: “Girls have previously told us that they face “When you start to see shifts like that, you need to ask your kid This could include receiving upsetting direct messag- harassment in schools and are scared everyday on the patcpatchcdn.comhcdn.com what’s going on,” DeCania said. es, having images shared without their consent, or feel- street. Reyes said she knows communication is key to making sure her ing harassed through regular contact. “This new survey now shows that what they’re ex- girls are self-censoring on social media for fear of back- granddaughter is safe at school. The survey of 1,002 secondary school boys and girls periencing in the physical world is spilling over into lash from others.” “I would be concerned if somebody said anything negative be- in the UK showed that 48 percent of female respondents their digital world — and we mustn’t allow this to Last year, a study by the NSPCC showed that the num- cause she is very soft hearted, but she also knows, if anybody says had experienced some form of harassment or abuse on happen. ber of children and young people tormented by online anything to her, she’ll go to her teacher,” Reyes said. social media, compared to 40 percent of boys. “What’s really concerning is that our research shows trolls has increased by 88 percent in five years. Aug. 15, 2017 Korean proverb 10 Anyone who goes hungry for three days, will be inclined to steal. Entertainment

98-year-old marries 94-year-old Century-old fruitcake found

ertrude Mokotoff, 98, and Alvin Mann, 94, tied the knot on in ‘almost edible’ condition August 5 after meeting at the gym where they still work out A fruitcake more than 100 years old was recently Huntley and Palmers, was a favorite treat of Rob- Gtwice a week. discovered in near-edible condition by conserva- ert Falcon Scott and could date back to the North- “I kept getting teased about knowing a cougar,” Alvin told The tors in Antarctica. ern Party of his Terra Nova expedition from 1910 New York Times, laughing. “But the age difference never really The New Zealand-based Antarctic Heritage to 1913. bothered me because we just hit it off, and I wasn’t about to let her Trust uncovered a “It’s an ideal high- go.” rusted iron alloy tin energy food for Ant- According to sunnyskyz.com, Alvin and Gertrude knew each oth- in Cape Adare con- arctic conditions, and er for eight years before she asked him to marry her. taining the fruitcake is still a favorite item “I asked him to marry me,” she said with a chuckle. “I was tired which could be at on modern trips to the of chasing after him.” least 106 years old, Ice,” Meek said. Alvin said, “People always ask what it is that keeps us young. UPI reported. Although the cake “Of course, one part of it is medical science, but the bigger part Conservators said survived the century is that we live worry-free lives; we do not let anything we cannot the tin was in poor well, a significant JUSTIN GILLILAND / THE NEW YORK TIME control bother us in the least.” condition, but the amount of work was paper wrapping was required to treat the largely intact and rest of the package. A Sainsbury’s sleuth cracked a The dad, who was using a the fruitcake nearly “Conservation US police case when he located Facebook profile under the looked and smelled treatment involved a missing four-year-old-girl Sainsbury’s worker solves name Mark Johnson, let slip edible. rust removal, chemi- from his bedroom 5,000 miles his location while complain- Lizzie Meek of the cal stabilization and away. mystery of kidnapped US girl ing about the humidity, ranting: trust said in a news coating of the tin Supermarket worker Har ry ‘Hate Arizona’. release, “With just remnants,” the trust Brown, 21, traced little Yvette Harry later managed to get two weeks to go on said. Henley to a motel in Arizona his exact location in Kingman, the conservation of “DE acidification by convincing her estranged Arizona by offering to buy him the Cape Adare arte- of the tin label and father, who had fled the state, pizza. facts, finding such a ANTARCTIC HER ITAGE some physical re- to let him order a pizza to his Harry, who plans to fly out to perfectly preserved pair to the torn paper room, mirror.co.uk wrote. California to meet Yvette and fruitcake in amongst the last handful of unidenti- wrapper and tin label was also carried out.” The youngster was report- her grandparents soon, added: fied and severely corroded tins was quite a sur- The trust has conserved almost 1,500 artifacts edly staying with her father, “He said he didn’t want any but prise.” from Cape Adare since May 2016, and are begin- Virgil Henley, 28, when a court his wife did. The trust said the fruitcake, made by Britain’s ning plans to conserve buildings in the area. granted guardianship to her “He gave me his exact ad- grandparents, Gary and Kim dress and room number. I rang Forester. Gary straight away.” But after the hearing in June, San Bernadino County Sher- which found that Yvette was iff’s Dept said: “The missing suffering emotional damage person report for Yvette Henley

and was in danger, her dad was mirror.co.uk was filed by her grandfather on unaware of the outcome and June 20 in Hesperia. nowhere to be found. conversation with their es- Harry, of Staines, Surrey, “He believed Yvette was The girl’s anxious grand- tranged family member out of said: “I spend my life on the with her parents and he had not parents contacted police who the blue. Internet but little did I know been able to reach them. launched an investigation, but Over two days of talking, that talking to random people “The grandfather was given after almost three weeks, she Harry teased information out would lead to me finding this guardianship of Yvette also on was still nowhere to be seen. of him and learnt he had taken little girl. June 20. It wasn’t until Gary, 46, and his girlfriend Alyssa, 28, and “She is loving where she is “At the time he filed the re- Kim, 47, contacted Harry — a Yvette to Arizona, where they now. I cried so much when I port it had been 10 days since total stranger — that they joint- stayed in cheap hotels or slept saw the photos of her with her he had last seen the three of ly managed to solve the case rough. grandparents. them.” and find Yvette. He eventually pinpointed “The police had been try- A spokeswoman added: “On Avid online gamer, Harry their exact location by offering ing to find her since May and July 9th the reporting party had coincidentally connected to order a pizza to his room at a within two days I got his exact contacted the Hesperia Station with Virgil on Facebook af- motel and even convincing him location. stating he had been advised ter they met over the Internet to hand over the room number. “It’s a really weird set of cir- that the child was located in a few years ago, and they had Instead of the food show- cumstances that fell into place. Kingman, Arizona. previously chatted a little. ing up at the door, police did. Before, Yvette was probably “Child Protective services After discovering the link, Yvette was recovered and is living a nightmare. was contacting Kingman and Yvette’s grandparents plead- now living safely with her “Now she is in the best place the reporting party stated he ed with him to help them, grandparents in California, possible for her. She is having would be going to Kingman to so he agreed and struck up a who has custody. the happiest days of her life.” pick up the child.”

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Yesterday’s solution Aug. 15, 2017 Idol killer Alexander Zverev, 20, made quick work of his ‘great idol growing up’ Roger Federer in the Rogers Cup final on Sunday, defeating the Swiss 11 great, 6-3, 6-4, in 68 minutes. Sports

Former Iranian weightlifter dies at 41

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Former Iranian weight- lifter, Mohammad-Ali Falahatinejad passed away at the age of 41 on Monday in Tehran. Falahatinejad, a for- mer 77kg world gold medalist in 2003, had been suffering from kidney renal failure and was bedridden for near- ly a month. Falahatinejad was a bronze medalist at the 2002 Asian Games in Busan, South Korea, and also claimed a sil- ver medal at the 2003 Asian championships. After his retirement he joined Iran’s coaching staff and was even appointed as Iran’s head coach for a short spell in 2010. “More alive than ever”,

BAGU BLANCO/SHUTTERSTOCK says Neymar after PSG debut Cristiano Ronaldo (C) celebrates his goal by taking off his shirt which resulted in his first yellow card against Barcelona in Camp Nou on August 13, 2017. Neymar wasted no time in making an impact on bouare. the field for Paris Saint-Germain, scoring on his “Everyone gets more time because of him, Ronaldo hit with five-game ban debut in a 3-0 win at Guingamp and declaring he can accelerate and make a difference. We’re he felt “more alive than ever”. happy that we don’t have to play PSG every Ronaldo scores, sent off, Later on Monday, Ronaldo was The Brazilian world record signing was hand- weekend.” hit with a five-game ban which ed a start by coach Unai Emery for the game in Despite the many distractions of the last cou- means the Real Madrid star will Brittany, two days after international clearance ple of weeks, including trips to China, Portugal miss the second leg of the Spanish came through for his €222 million ($261 mil- and the French Riviera and glitzy presentations Barca stunned at Camp Nou Super Cup against Barcelona and lion) switch from Barcelona, AFP reported. to the media and PSG fans, Neymar lasted the the first four games of new La Liga The 25-year-old, at home in PSG’s all yellow full 90 minutes. season. change kit, played a part in the own goal scored He had taken the place of Javier Pastore in the ristiano Ronaldo scored a earning a booking for removing his ence. He reacted by pushing referee by Jordan Ikoko that gave the away side the lead Paris side in the only change from last week’s sensational goal and was shirt and also mimicking Messi’s “Perhaps it wasn’t a penalty but Ricardo de Burgos Bengoetxea early in the second half. 2-0 win over Amiens, completing a €350 mil- Cthen sent off for a combi- celebration at the Santiago Bern- the red card is a little harsh. We after he picked up a second yellow He then set up the second goal for Edinson lion-front three with fellow South Americans nation of his provocative celebra- abéu in last April’s Clasico. can’t change it, but we’ll try and card for diving and was then sent Cavani with a superb pass in behind the Guin- Cavani and Angel Di Maria. tion and for diving as Real Madrid Ronaldo was given a second yel- make sure he plays on Wednes- off, Eurosport reported. gamp defense before completing a comfortable Neymar was one of four Brazilians in the beat Barcelona 3-1 in an explosive low card moments later for diving day.” The referee included the incident victory with his team’s third goal eight minutes PSG lineup, not including Brazil-born Italy Spanish Super Cup first leg. to attempt to win a penalty and he It was also not the kind of debut in his report, writing, “Once the red from the end as PSG made it two wins from two midfielder Thiago Motta, for the game played Gerard Piqué scored an own will miss Wednesday’s second leg Barcelona new boss Ernesto Val- card was shown, the player pushed to start the French season. before a sellout crowd at the 18,000-capacity goal early in the second half to at the Bernabéu. Far from letting verde was looking for. me slightly in a sign of disagree- give Real the lead in the annual Barcelona back in, the Spain for- “I don’t have the sensation we ment.” curtain raiser between La Liga ward Marco Asensio then extended were as far away from them as the Article 96 of the Spanish champion and the Copa del Rey Madrid’s advantage with a scorch- scoreline suggests. They scored league’s rules and regulations says holder although Lionel Messi ing shot from outside the area in three times, but we played well and such behaviour should be punished looked to have saved his blushes the 90th minute. had our chances,” Valverde said with a ban of between four and 12 by scoring a controversial pen- Real Madrid manager Zinedine after his first defeat as the Barca matches. Ronaldo was treated as alty in the 77th minute after Luis Zidane was delighted with his manager. leniently as possible but on top of Suárez was fouled, the Guardian team’s performance by also an- “They caught us on the counter- the one-game ban for the red card reported. noyed by some refereeing deci- attack when it was 1-1 and scored which he will serve against Barca, Ronaldo, a substitute, rattled in sions after the game. a great goal, and then another one. Ronaldo will now also miss the a wonderful goal from outside the “We played a great game but I But it’s not just about getting into Liga games against Deportivo La area three minutes later to restore am annoyed by Cristiano’s sending the danger zone - it’s about putting Coruna, Valencia, Levante and European champion’s advantage, off,” Zidane told a news confer- your chances away.” Real Sociedad as a result. Iran advances to Asian basketball quarterfinals

JEAN-SEBASTIEN EVRARD/AFP Paris Saint-Germain's Neymar drives the ball during the French Ligue 1 match against Guingamp at the Roudourou stadium in Guingamp on August 13, 2017.

“People think that leaving Barca is to die, but Stade du Roudourou. fiba.com no, it’s the opposite,” Neymar told reporters. Guingamp, a sleepy little town 500 kilome- Iran’s Mohammad Jamshidi (L) is in action against Jordan’s Yousef Abuwazaneh at the 2017 FIBA Asia Cup in Beirut, Lebanon, on August 13, 2017. “I’m more alive than ever. I play, I’m very tres west of Paris with a population of barely happy, and football is the same. Only the coun- 7,000, may have been a slightly incongruous Iran stayed perfect to take down Jordan and to the last eight of the tournament, fiba.com for Iran, who finished atop of group at 3-0. try, the city and the team change, but football is setting for such an occasion but the match was advance to quarterfinals of the 2017 FIBA reported. Iran took a 43-26 lead into the break, pes- the same.” broadcast live in more than 180 countries ac- Asia Cup in Lebanon. Iran prevailed 83-71 in the battle of the two tering Jordan into 25 percent shooting, and Guingamp coach Antoine Kombouare, a for- cording to his new club. On Sunday night, the two teams squared undefeated teams to win the Group A of the led by as many as 22, as Jordan were chasing mer PSG player, described Neymar as a “phe- That was a sign of the interest generated off on the back of two straghit victories over competition. Another near triple-double from from the early stages. nomenon”. worldwide by Neymar’s transfer, which Qatar- India and Syria in the Nouhad Nawfal Sports Hamed Hadadi (17 points, 7 rebounds and 9 as- The major Asian basketball competition “It’s been a long time since I have seen such owned PSG hope will help them conquer Eu- Complex of Lebanese capital of Beirut to de- sists), and Behnam Yakhchali’s 20-point, 10-re- started on August 8 with the final fixture set to a phenomenon. All his teammates want to play rope after so far coming up short in the Champi- cide the group winner and direct qualification bound and a double-double proved to be enough be played on August 20. with him and he brings competition,” said Kom- ons League in recent seasons. Aug. 15, 2017 George Bernard Shaw 12 Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself. Art & Culture

License Holder: Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) AOF hosting 15 Iranian flicks Managing Director: Sadreddin Mousavi Editor-in-Chief: Kambakhsh Khalaji Editorial Dept. Tel: +98 21 88755761-2 Art & Culture Desk Editorial Dept. Fax: +98 21 88761869 Subscription Dept. Tel: +98 21 88521954, +98 21 88748800 The Canada-based CinePeace Distribution Group will ICPI Publisher: +98 21 88548892, 5 Advertising Dept. Tel & Email: +98 21 88500617 - [email protected] screen 15 Iranian feature and short films as well as docu- We b s it e : http://www.irandailyonline.ir mentaries in the World Cinema section of the 13th Ameri- Email: [email protected] can Action on Film Festival (AOF). Printing House: Iran Cultural & Press Institute This will be the second consecutive year that the fes- tival is screening Iranian films in its World Cinema sec- Add.: Iran Cultural & Press Institute, #208 Khorramshahr Avenue Tehran/Iran tion. CinePeace Distribution Group has the largest share Iran Daily has no responsibility whatsoever for the advertisements and promotional material printed in the newspaper. of this year’s Iranian flicks to be shown at the AOF, IRNA reported. University says Prof. Askarzadeh is alive, apologizes for wrong news

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niversity of Tehran website issued an apology on Monday for mistakenly announcing that one of the university’s graduates and the founder of fuzzy Ulogic, Lotfali Askarzadeh, has passed away. The apology in the website of the University of Tehran reads: “On Satur- IRNA day (August 12), the news section of the website of the University of Tehran published a piece of news announcing that a graduate of the university and the Among the Iranian movies to be screened at the World founder of fuzzy logic had passed away. The news was published based on the Cinema section of the festival are ‘Cold Breath’ directed information provided to the website by sources who were acquaintances of pro- by Abbas Raziji (feature), ‘Parallel’ directed by Parich- fessor Askarzadeh. er Raili (short film), ‘Day Off’ directed by Aidin Pedari “Today, we were informed that, fortunately, the esteemed professor is alive.” (short film), ‘Last Condition’ directed by Maryam Veis The University of Tehran has removed the item from its website and has sup- Moradi (short film), ‘Passenger’ directed by Shadi Shian- plicated God to bestow longevity and honor to the Iranian professor. fari (feature), ‘Phantasmagoria’ directed by Baha Jamali A mathematician and an artificial intelligence scientist, Askarzadeh was born (short film), ‘Photos Can Talk’ directed by Afshin Ami- in Baku in 1921 to an Iranian father from the northwestern province of Ardabil ari (documentary), ‘Rain’ directed by Mohammad-Javad and a Russian Jewish mother, who was also an Iranian citizen. Salehi (short film), ‘Ramble’ directed by Houman Shaha- In 1931, when he was 10 years old, he and his family moved to Tehran, where bi (short film), ‘Dar-Al-Salam’ directed by Ehsan Shadm- he studied at the Alborz College for eight years. ani (documentary), ‘By Its Little Wings’ directed By He emigrated to the US in 1943 after graduating from the University of Teh- Kaveh Marhamati (short film), ‘Synchronize’ and ‘The ran with a degree in electrical engineering. Road Will Never End’ both directed By Atena Mahmoudi He was an emeritus professor of computer science at the University of Cali- (short films), ‘Tribune’ directed by Reza Keshavarz (short fornia, Berkeley, and the director of the Berkeley Initiative in Soft Computing. film) and ‘War Is Stupid’ directed by Saeideh Delirian He is best known for proposing the fuzzy mathematics in the 1960s. (short film). Fuzzy logic is an approach to computing based on ‘degrees of truth’ rather The founder and manager of CinePeace Distribution than the usual ‘true or false’ (1 or 0) Boolean logic on which the modern com- Group is Abbas Raziji. The company’s central office is in mehrnews.com puter is based. Montreal in Canada. Report: Hackers release Over 700 works selected more HBO episode shows Hackers released more unaired episodes of popular HBO for Tehran International Cartoon Biennial shows but the latest leak did not include anything on the hit series ‘Game of Thrones’, the Associated Press reported on Art & Culture Desk The meeting to select the works was also Sunday. attended by the biennial’s secretary, Masoud A total of 730 works from among 4,000 Shojaei Tabatabaei and Abbas Qazi-Zahedi, caricatures submitted to the secretariat the executive secretary of the expo. of the 11th Tehran International Cartoon Following the meeting, Qazi-Zahedi said Biennial have been selected for display at 73 countries will take part in the art event, the expo. adding the biennial’s press conference will be The exhibition’s panel of juries included held soon. Kambiz Derambaksh, Javad Alizadeh, Abol- The expo, which will be held in December, fazl Mohtarami, Firouzeh Mozaffari, Rahim is organized jointly by Visual Arts Office of Baqqal-Asghari, Masoud Zardakhshouei and the Iranian Ministry of Culture and Islamic Mohammad-Hossein Niroumand, IRNA re- Guidance and the Institute for Promotion of ported. Contemporary Visual Art. banifilm.ir

MARIO ANZUONI/REUTERS Cast member Larry David attends a panel for the television series "Curb Your Enthusiasm" during the TCA HBO Summer Press Tour in Beverly Hills, California, US, July 26, 2017. The hackers, who broke into HBO’s computer network and have released stolen information for several weeks, pro- vided more unaired episodes, including the popular show ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’, which returns in October. They also leaked episodes of ‘Insecure’, ‘Ballers’ and ‘The Deuce’, according to the Associated Press. Time Warner Inc’s (TWX.N) HBO said Sunday in an emailed statement that it was “not in communication with the hacker, and we’re not going to comment every time a new piece of information is released”. “It has been widely reported that there was a cyber inci- dent at HBO,” it said. “The hacker may continue to drop bits and pieces of stolen information in an attempt to generate media attention. That’s a game we’re not going to participate in.” HBO acknowledged the hack earlier this summer. It said the thieves had been leaking stolen materials and asking for a IRNA multi-million-dollar ransom. Iran’s outgoing Iranian Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance Reza Salehi Amiri IRNA The hack came at a sensitive time for HBO parent Time (R) and Minister of Health and Medical Education Hassan Qazizadeh Hashemi attend The commemoration ceremony for Mohsen Hojaji, a member of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards the commemoration ceremony for Mohsen Hojaji at the headquarters of the Islamic Corps martyred by the Daesh Takfiri terrorists in Syria last week, was held at the headquarters Warner as it awaits regulatory approval to sell itself to AT&T Revolution Guards Corps’ Ground Forces in Tehran on August 14, 2017. of the IRGC’s Ground Forces in Tehran on August 14, 2017. Inc (T.N) in an $85.4-billion-deal announced in October. Weather 37 37 17 31 26 34 16 36 16 34 19 24 28 19 24 12 22 12 33 18 33 23 Arak Astara Birjand Qazvin Mashhad Tehran Kabul Minsk Stockholm Tashkent Tripoli