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China to fund $250m construction Rouhani defends minsters, hypermarket project in Iran economy TEHRAN — Beijing Managing Director of Iranian Omran deskConstruction Engi- Holding Group Amir Hossein Karimi, vows structural reforms neering Group (BCEG) is to finance and a director from BCEG. $250 million in a project for building a As accorded, 15 percent of the See page 2 hypermarket of construction materials required financial resources for in Iran. implementation of the project will The group signed a memoran- be supplied by C.S.P.O and the dum of understanding (MOU) in rest will be provided by the Chi- this regard with the Iranian Om- nese BCEG. ran Holding Group- a subsidiary to “The intended hypermarket will the country’s Civil Servants Pension be constructed in an area of 90,000 Organization (C.S.P.O), in Tehran square meters in east of Tehran,” Ka- on Tuesday, the official website of rimi said during the signing ceremony, C.S.P.O reported. “construction of this hypermarket is an The MOU was signed by the CEO introduction to construction of other of C.S.P.O Mahmoud Eslamian, the specialized markets in Iran.”

IRGC dismisses claim of ‘unsafe approach’ to U.S. aircraft carrier politics TEHRAN — The statement said. deskIslamic Revolution It further said the IRGC’s drones are Guards Corps (IRGC) issued a statement equipped with standard navigation on Tuesday rejecting claims that an Ira- systems and that the drone flights are nian drone had made an “unsafe ap- operated precisely and professionally. proach” to an American aircraft carrier. The statement was released hours af- The IRGC stressed all aerial opera- ter U.S. Navy spokesman Lieutenant Ian tions by Iran’s Air Defense Identifica- McConnaughey said an Iranian QOM- tion Zone are carried out under the 1 drone flew within 300 meters (1,000 standard safety regulations. feet) of aircraft based on the USS Nimitz “The Guards’ drone patrols in aircraft carrier in international waters on Iran’s Air Defense Identification Zone Sunday night, calling it an “unsafe and will continue with precision and in a unprofessional” incident. continuous manner to safeguard the “Despite repeated radio calls to es- borders of the Islamic Republic of Iran tablish communications and remain without taking heed of the psycho- clear, the QOM-1’s controlling station logical warfare operations of foreign was unresponsive and the (drone) did Tehran Times/ Mohammad Momeimany Tehran forces present in the Persian Gulf,” the not use any aircraft 2

Russia could New environment chief warns of ‘disastrous’ water scarcity Iraq launches hold meeting Society TEHRAN — Water scar- for two days may help to mitigate air pollu- number has grown to 120 million, Kalantari operation to deskcity is Iran’s major concern tion but water-related issues are catastrophic. pointed out. “Once we supported ranchers on Iran nuclear and the situation is ‘disastrous’, the newly-ap- “In order to become self-sufficient in wheat to produce up to 120,000 tons of meat which liberate Tal Afar pointed environment chief Isa Kalantari said we’ve lost sustainable water and soil resourc- contributed to severe erosion; in fact we ex- deal: senator on Monday. es through sentimental decision making,” the changed 120,000 tons of meat with 1 billion from ISIL control politics TEHRAN — A Rus- Kalantari made the remarks at his inau- former agriculture minister lamented. tons of soil per annum.” Iraq has begun an operation to liber- desksian senator says his guration ceremony with First Vice-President Kalantari went on to say that “the difficulties “Currently we withdraw more than 110 ate the northern city of Tal Afar from country could convene a meeting with Es’haq Jahangiri and former chief of the De- we are going through now are the outcomes of percent of our renewable resources while the ISIL (Daesh) terrorists weeks after the U.S., China, France, Britain and partment Environment Masoumeh Ebtekar in our decisions during 80s and 90s; we were so number should be restricted to 40 percent,” driving the terror group out of its last Germany to protect the Iran nuclear attendance. excited to become self-sufficient that we over- he added. urban stronghold in the country, the deal as the moves by the U.S. is threat- Today’s environmental issues cannot be looked the long-term implications.” Even if the government seeks environ- Defense Ministry says. ening the international agreement. attributed to the Pahlavi era as they all have Once Iran’s total livestock population mental reforms only some of the damages Mohammed al-Khudari, a spokes- “Russia may demand the ‘six’ — occurred after the Islamic Revolution, Kalan- amounted to 70 million which believed to can be reversed and some are irreparable, he man for Iraq’s Defense Ministry, an- thanks to whose efforts this agreement tari noted, adding, closing schools and offices exceed meadows carrying capacity, now the highlighted. 12 nounced that the Iraqi Air Force was reached — to convene, and to launched Tal Afar liberation operation demand the U.S. not to disrupt efforts ‘Make America Great Again’ slogan has made hate acceptable in American vocabulary: professor by carrying out aerial attacks on Daesh positions on Tuesday. to stabilize the situation,” Senator Igor quite wide, will become even more skewed in er Islamic world. Also, U.S. relations with its By Ilia Moghanloo He stressed that the ground of- Morozov told Sputnik on Tuesday. favor of a tiny slice of the American society. traditional allies in Europe will become more TEHRAN — Professor Nader Entessar fensive to retake Tal Afar, located 70 Morozov, who is member of the Healthcare will become costlier than it has fractious under Trump’s erratic and volatile from South Alabama University says Don- kilometers west of Mosul, will start fol- Federation Council’s foreign affairs been in recent years, and the rule of law will behavior in foreign affairs. ald Trump’s slogan of “Make America Great lowing the completion of those strikes. committee, said the representatives of be further eroded. But we have to be careful Trump’s ascendance to the White Again” has made “bigotry, hate, and the fear Following the start of the offen- the International Atomic Energy Agen- not to blame everything on Trump. The U.S. House was mainly owed to his slogan of of ‘others’ acceptable in American political sive, a local source said that six large cy (IAEA) should also be invited to Congress is equally responsible for the un- “Making America Great Again”. What vocabulary”. explosions rocked several areas in Tal the meeting in order to reaffirm Iran’s folding mayhem. steps has he taken in this regard? In an interview with the Tehran Times, En- Afar. One of the blasts reportedly hit a compliance with the accord. What about foreign policy? What A: This was an utterly meaningless slo- tessar also says the “rule of law will be further workshop used to manufacture explo- “The European investment has be- will be his foreign policy legacy? gan but a catchy phrase that appealed to a eroded” under Trump’s presidency. sives in the west of the city. gun to flow into Iran, Europe is not A: We have been witnessing a frontal at- spectrum of disgruntled people in the Unit- Following is the text of the interview: There were no immediate reports interested in destabilization of the sit- tack on international norms under Trump. ed States. In practical terms, this slogan has What will be Donald Trump’s herit- of casualties and the extent of damage uation in the region,” he added, noting This trend will worsen in the months and made bigotry, hate, and the fear of “others” age for domestic politics? inflicted on the terrorists. that the EU is likely to support the Rus- years ahead. Trump’s foreign policy, aided acceptable in American political vocabu- A: I think once Trump’s demolition derby Tal Afar, which has a population sian position. and abetted by extremists in U.S. Congress, lary and as part of the everyday discourse. runs its course, we will see the significant un- of around 200,000, was captured by The Russian senator also said Iran’s will augur more instability and bloodshed, Once reviled terms are now routinely used by dermining of America’s socioeconomic fabric. Daesh in 2014. reaction to the expansion of U.S. sanc- The wealth and income gap, which is already especially in the Middle East and the broad- American politicians, 13 tions against Tehran was reasonable A high-ranking official of the Ira- and comprehensible. qi Popular Mobilization Units (PMU), Earlier in the day, President Rouh- commonly known by the Arabic name ni said Iran could leave the nuclear Hashd al-Sha’abi, said on Monday agreement “in hours” and return to that the pro-government fighters will pre-deal situation if new sanctions are actively participate alongside other imposed on the country. Women’s security forces in the operation to lib- On July 27, the U.S. Senate im- erate the Tal Afar. posed new non-nuclear sanctions on cycling Speaking at a youth meeting on July Tehran over its missile program and 29, Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi also alleged role in destabilizing the re- said Hashd al-Sha’abi fighters would take gion. championship part in the offensive to win back Tal Afar. On Sunday, the Iranian parliament He said the army and security responded to the hostile move and held at Azadi commanders had devised a plan to voted for allocating $520 million on dislodge Daesh from Tal Afar, which the development of its own missile Stadium required the participation of security program and reinforce its campaign personnel as well as Hashd al-Sha’abi against terrorism championed by the Iran’s women’s cycling champion- and tribal fighters. IRGC Quds Force. ship was held in memory of Zeinab In late June, Commander of Ninev- Sasanian, who was killed in a car eh Liberation Operations Major Gen- TEHRAN TIMES crash in late July. eral Najim Abdullah al-Jubouri said Iran’s Leading International Daily The Iranian national team cyclist, there are between 1,500 and 2,000 Mehri Gholipour 19, was killed when her car collided Daesh militants holed up in Tal Afar, Advertising Dept with a tree. and predicted a relatively easy victory The three-day championship for government forces in the opera- took place in Tehran’s Azadi Stadi- tion saying the terrorists were “worn Tel:021 -430 51 450 JameJam/ um. out and demoralized. [email protected] (Source: Press TV) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y politics august 16, 2017 media highlights Navy chief: War “Iran will go to pre-nuclear deal stage games in Makran soon ‘in hours’ if sanctions reimposed” politics TEHRAN — Presi- trust-building with the world.” deskdent Hassan Rouhani Unlike the U.S., especially under Don- politics TEHRAN — The Iranian Navy warned on Tuesday that Iran will quit nu- ald Trump, which breaches its promises deskcommander announced on Tuesday clear agreement “in hours” and return to and violate international deals such as that his forces will stage drills near the country’s the previous stage if sanctions are re-im- the Paris climate agreement, Iran has southeastern shores of Makran in the near future. posed on the country. always been and will remain committed Habibollah Sayyari added more drills to be held “They [Trump’s administration] must to international agreements, Rouhani during the current Iranian year (until March 20) know that the defeated experience of asserted. will include 25 war games, including specialized sanctions dragged their former govern- Elsewhere, Rouhani said that his ad- exercises such as electronic warfare drills, Fars ments to the negotiating table and if ministration will prioritize expansion of reported. they are willing to return to those expe- cooperation with regional countries in Elsewhere the rear admiral said Separ missile- riences, Iran will definitely return to a sit- terms of foreign policy. launching warship will join Iran’s North Fleet by the end uation which is more advanced than the Iran, the European Union, Germany of the current Iranian year. time of negotiations in a short period of and the five permanent members of the time, in hours,” Rouhani explained. UN Security Council - the United States, According to the July 2015 nuclear Britain, France, China and Russia - final- UN: Iran’s efforts to accord, officially called the Joint Com- ized the text of the nuclear agreement on prehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), Iran July 14, 2015. The deal went into effect solve Yemen conflict put limits on its nuclear activities in ex- on January 16, 2016. remain strong’ change for termination of economic and Last month, the two houses of the U.S. financial sanctions. Congress ratified non-nuclear sanctions “BARJAM [the Persian acronym for against Iran. The sanctions were mainly

the nuclear deal] shows superiority of Mohammadloo IRNA /Mojtaba targeted at Iran’s missile capability. politics TEHRAN — Iran’s support to de- peace and diplomacy over war and uni- The U.S. Treasury Department also deskescalate the crisis in Yemen remains lateralism and the Islamic Republic of Iran speech to the parliament while defend- ther as a threat against the countries imposed sanctions on six Iran-based strong and Tehran backs a political solution to the prefers to remain in the deal, however, it ing his nominees for ministerial posts in nor submission to the powers, but a satellite companies on July 28 after Iran conflict, UN spokesperson Farhan Haq said on [BARJAM] is not and will not be the only his new administration. win-win and balanced agreement which launched Simorgh (Phoenix) satellite car- Tuesday. option for the country,” Rouhani said in a He added, “Iran knows BARJAM nei- has opened the path of cooperation and rier rocket into space a day earlier. Referring to a recent visit to Tehran by Special Envoy for Yemen Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed, Haq said that there is a common understanding that only Iran’s military chief visits Turkey for security talks dialogue can bring an end to the war, ISNA reported. politics TEHRAN — Iran’s military chief who borders, and fighting terrorism. In his meetings with Iranian authorities Ahmed deskvisited Ankara on Tuesday said he “Turkey as an important neighbor of the Islamic Re- discussed in length the urgent need to prevent the had begun a trip to Turkey to exchange views with public of Iran has special status in the region and the worsening of humanitarian crisis in Yemen, Haq Turkish officials on security issues and campaign against world of Islam,” the top Iranian commander noted. added. terrorism in view of new developments in the region. Baqeri is also expected to hold talks with senior “We have centuries-old friendship with Turkey and Turkish military and political officials including De- have calm and secure borders, but it was necessary to fense Minister Nurettin Canikli and President Recep make this visit for exchange of views and more coop- Tayyip Erdogan. Australian deadline eration on military issues and other regional matters,” Bagheri is visiting Turkey upon an invitation by for illegal asylum Hossein Baqeri, the armed forces chief of staff, told re- General Hulusi Akar. porters in Ankara, IRNA reported. The fight against ISIL in Iraq and Syria, the row be- seekers includes Major General Mohammad Baqeri, leading a mili- tween Qatar and Saudi Arabia, the planned referen- Iranians tary delegation to Turkey for a three-day visit, held talks dum in the Iraqi Kurdistan Region are expected to with his Turkish counterpart General Hulusi Akar on is- General Hossein Baqeri(R) is welcomed by his Turkish feature high in the talks between Iranian and Turkish politics TEHRAN — The Australian sues related to security in the two countries, securing counterpart General Hulusi Akar upon his arrival in Ankara military officials. deskgovernment on Tuesday announced a deportation deadline of October 1 for thousands of illegal asylum seekers who arrived in Australia by sea Tehran welcomes Baghdad-Erbil talks between August 2012 and January 2014. By Negar Asadi steps on the path of Iraq’s development move by Kurdish regional authorities to Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ex- Iranian asylum seekers are included in the and long lasting stability and security,” press for independence. pressed interest in partitioning Iraq and announcement, ISNA reported. TEHRAN — The Iranian Foreign Minis- Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qassemi said on June 10, “The Islamic establishing an independent Kurdish On the basis of the deadline, asylum seekers have try on Monday welcomed talks between Qassemi stated. Republic of Iran’s clear stance is to support state during a meeting with a delega- been given until October 1 to formally apply for the Iraqi central government and the Qassemi noted that Iran seeks to Iraq’s territorial integrity and unity.” tion of 33 U.S. Republican congressmen. protection to the Department of Immigration and Aid Iraqi Kurdistan as a push for independ- have best relations with all Iraqi political, Prime Minister of Iraqi Kurdistan He said the Kurds are a “brave, Protection or face deportation. ence referendum in the Kurdistan region religious and ethnic groups, adding Iran Nechirvan Barzani told Iranian Am- pro-Western people who share our val- has caused concerns in Iraq and neigh- is ready to be Iraq’s partner in recon- bassador to Baghdad Iraj Masjedi in ues,” a source who participated in the boring countries. structing the country. a meeting on July 16 that Iran can meeting on Thursday said, the Jerusa- “The Iraqi people and leaders have President of Iraqi Kurdistan Massoud “play a positive role” in resolving dis- lem Post reported Sunday. Tehran sympathizes made valuable achievements in coun- Barzani tweeted on June 7 that an inde- putes between the Iraqi government The last time Netanyahu addressed with Sierra tering terrorism and liberating the pendence referendum is scheduled to and the autonomous Kurdish Regional the issue publicly was in 2014 when Daesh-occupied lands through unity be held on September 25, 2017. Government (KRG). he said in a speech that Israel should Leone over fatal and integrity. They [the Iraqi people and The Iraqi government issued a state- While all countries are insisting on “support the Kurdish aspiration for in- mudslides government] will be able to take greater ment on June 9 rejecting any unilateral territorial integrity in Iraq, Israeli Prime dependence.” politics TEHRAN — Iran’s Foreign Ministry deskspokesman Bahram Qassemi on Rouhani defends ministers, vows structural reforms Rouhani also said the incoming government will do its Tuesday expressed condolences to Sierra Leone over By Ali Kushki best to fight corruption and to assure that citizenship rights deaths resulting from severe floods and massive TEHRAN — President Hassan Rouhani went to the parlia- are upheld, adding that his ministerial picks are the best fits mudslides in the West African country. ment on Tuesday for a long hearing on his priorities in his for the fulfillment of the government’s intended goals. So far rescue forces in Sierra Leone have recovered 205 second four-year term, defending his ministerial roster and Rouhani’s comments were followed by a number of bodies and the number is expected to rise, with more pledging “structural reforms” and “daring decision-making”. lawmakers debating the proposed plans and ministerial than 1,000 others affected. “The government is resolute to bring about more struc- picks. tural reforms in its second four-year term,” Rouhani said in Mohammad Reza Sabaghian opposed the new cabinet his two-hour long speech. in its entirety, expressing doubt over its capabilities. Iraqi interior minister “The government will decide daringly yet tactfully and Sabaghian said the country’s inflation rate is high and with foresight… purposeful realism, decision-making on the the new administration will be facing severe economic in holy city of basis of human being’s experience and knowledge, and problems, urging a clearer master plan. Mashhad learning from past mistakes.” One of Rouhani’s achievements during the first term was An entourage of ministerial picks and Vice President to lower inflation from 45 percent down to less than 10 Es’hagh Jahangiri were accompanying the sexagenari- “The government will decide percent. an president. daringly yet tactfully and with Hamidreza Fouladgar, another lawmaker against Rou- politics TEHRAN — Iraq’s interior minister Last week Rouhani released the names of 17 nomi- hani’s proposed ministers, questioned the new cabinet’s deskarrived in Mashhad on Tuesday for a nees for ministerial posts to Majlis for approval, delaying foresight… purposeful realism, ability to cope with huge economic challenges. visit to the shrine of Imam Reza (AS), the eighth Shia one appointment for unknown reasons. decision-making on the basis He emphasized that the country is facing unemploy- Imam, IRNA reported. Rectifying structural loopholes, Rouhani emphasized, of human being’s experience ment, problematic banking system and issues surround- Upon arrival, Qasim al-Araji was warmly welcomed by had been “less attended to” by the previous administrations and knowledge, and learning ing state budget and the environment. several local officials. which reveled in oil revenues as a nostrum for weaknesses. Heshmatollah Falahat Pisheh spoke in favor of the cabinet, For many years, the holy city of Mashhad has been Rouhani was referring mainly to the presidency of from past mistakes.” expressing support for the majority of the proposed ministers. hosting large numbers of Iraqi and Afghan Muslims, the Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for two terms when oil prices soared 16 percent compared to 2015, according official statis- Falahat Pisheh called for more unity between the new minister told reporters. up to an all-time high of $140 yet virtually no tangible change tics. administration and the parliament to avoid problems He was in Qom on Monday where he met with in the country was made. Currently, Iran is grappling with challenges in its banking between the two bodies. Governor Mehdi Sadeqi. Reforms are unavoidable for one reason, inter alia, system, state budget, retirement funds, water and environ- Another supporter of the entirety of the new administration the president added. “Oil revenues at least in the incom- ment, according to Rouhani. was Mohammad Reza Aref, who praised the Rouhani admin- ing years wont’s be so big to play the sedative role it “Failure to pay due attention to the depth of the issues istration for its successful first term. Aref said in order for the Court finishes used to play.” now can damage big achievements of the Islamic Republic administration to succeed, unity and agreement are needed. An alternative is to increasingly fall back on “sustainable of Iran in other areas,” he warned. The lawmaker also said providing free access to infor- hearings of sources of income” such as taxation, Rouhani noted. Inefficient banking has been partly preventing Tehran mation is a must for fighting corruption. Telegram admins “We seek to introduce reforms into the country’s tax- from reaping full benefits of the international nuclear deal Vice President Jahangiri also defended the performance ation system… cutting tax exemptions and widening tax struck with world powers in 2015. of Rouhani’s first administration, calling its record “shining”. coverage can cause more efficiency.” “The government will press ahead with its banking He also said the new proposed cabinet ministers are “capa- In 2016, Iran collected some $19.3 billion in taxes, up reform plan steadfastly,” Rouhani said. ble and accountable”. politics TEHRAN — An Iranian court said on deskTuesday it had finished hearings of a number of administrators of Telegram messaging app IRGC dismisses claim of ‘unsafe approach’ to U.S. aircraft carrier channels. 1 navigation lights while it made ser at an American helicopter flying over However, the commander of Iran’s the U.S. had made a “provocative and The hearings at the Revolution Court, third round in several passes in close proximity to Nimi- the Strait of Hormuz. First Naval Zone, Rear Admiral Hossein unprofessional” move by warning the this case, attended to the cases of eight of such suspects, tz and its escort ships during active flight U.S. Navy Commander Bill Urban not- Azad, strongly rejected the claim. Iranian vessels through firing flares, not- Tasnim quoted judicial sources as having said. operations, coming within 1,000 feet of ed that the American chopper responded In recent months, several encounters ing that the Iranian forces continued with Two of the defendants were convicted of anti-state U.S. aircraft,” McConnaughey said. by automatically firing flares at the Iranian have been reported between the navies their mission “in disregard of the uncon- efforts, while six other were convicted of complicity Back in June, the U.S. Navy claimed vessel, adding the incident left no casual- of the two countries. ventional and unusual behavior of Amer- against national security. that an Iranian patrol boat had shined la- ties and damage. Weeks ago, the IRGC reported that ican vessels” that later left the region. I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y august 16, 2017 international

Taliban to Trump: Saudi crown prince ‘wants out’ of war on Yemen Purported emails recently leaked show that Saudi Crown Leave Afghanistan Prince Mohammed bin Salman is seeking an exit from the war that Saudi Arabia has been waging against Yemen The Taliban called on U.S. President on his initiative, more than two years into a conflict the Donald Trump on Tuesday to review the Riyadh regime has been unable to win. strategy for the war in Afghanistan and The heir to the Saudi throne, who also serves as de- to hold peaceful dialogue directly with fense minister, raised the subject in a meeting with ex- Afghans instead of engaging “corrupt” U.S. national security adviser Stephen Hadley, and Martin politicians. Indyk, a former U.S. ambassador to Israel, the Middle Written in a tone of negotiation, the East Eye news portal reported on Monday. Taliban asked Trump to study the “histor- The details of the meeting were revealed in an email ical mistakes” of his predecessors and to exchange between Indyk and Emirati Ambassador to withdraw troops from Afghanistan com- Washington Yousef al-Otaiba in April, which was ob- pletely. tained by the GlobalLeaks campaign group and reported The letter urged the U.S. to interact by the Middle East Eye. with Afghans “generously” instead of im- Otaiba wrote to Indyk that he thought Prince Salman posing war. “is far more pragmatic than what we hear is (sic) Saudi “It seems to be a historical mistake public positions.” on part of the previous administrations Indyk replied, “I agree on that. He was quite clear with to have dispatched American youth for Steve Hadley and me that he wants out of Yemen,” add- the slaughter of Afghans. However, as ing that the Saudi prince “is OK with the U.S. engaging a responsible American president, you Iran as long as it is coordinated in advance and the ob- need to study the mistakes of your jectives are clear.” predecessors and prevent death and injury to American forces in Afghani- stan,” it said. Afghanistan was invaded by the Unit- ed States in 2001 and has become Wash- ington’s longest military intervention since Vietnam. It has also been the costli- est with more than $100bn spent. “American youth are not born to be Afghanistan because they seek to pre- Trump has yet to announce a strate- American troops - aside from a handful killed in the deserts and mountains of serve their military privileges, but instead gy for Afghanistan, but Mattis said one is of special forces - would be replaced by Afghanistan in order to establish the writ you must act responsibly as the fate of “very, very close”. his army of about 5,500 contractors who of thieves and corrupt officials and nei- many Americans and Afghans alike is tied Possible plans include sending thou- would train Afghan soldiers and join them ther would their parents approve of them to this issue.” sands more troops into the nearly 16- in the fight against the Taliban. killing civilians in Afghanistan,” the letter Afghanistan’s interior ministry de- year conflict, or taking the opposite tack However, the Taliban said privatising said. clined to comment when contacted by Al and pulling out, leaving private military the war effort would be a grave mistake. The report comes days after Iraqi Interior Minister Qa- The Taliban also accused Afghan pol- Jazeera. contractors to help the Afghans oversee If the war can’t be won with “profes- sim al-Araji said that bin Salman had officially asked him iticians and generals of protracting the In a press conference on Monday, U.S. the fragile security situation. sional U.S. and NATO troops ... you shall to mediate between Saudi Arabia and Iran. Riyadh broke war and occupation for personal gain. Defense Secretary James Mattis said all Erik Prince, founder of the private se- never be able to win it with mercenaries, off relations with Tehran last year. “A number of warmongering con- options for Afghanistan remained on the curity company Blackwater, has offered notorious contractor firms, and immoral Bin Salman is considered the architect of the Saudi gressmen and generals in Afghanistan table, and a full withdrawal of troops is his private military force for Afghani- stooges”, the Taliban letter said. war on Yemen, which began in March 2015 and which are pressing you to protract the war in one of them. stan, proposing a two-year plan in which (Source: al Jazeera) Saudi authorities at the time reportedly believed would be over in weeks. The military campaign was launched in an attempt to eliminate the Yemeni Houthi Ansarullah North Korea’s Kim holds off on Guam missile plan; Seoul says will prevent war movement and reinstall a Riyadh-friendly former presi- dent. North Korea’s leader has delayed a de- through. nuclear and missile programs, to ward we’ve seen this before.” But Saudi Arabia has achieved neither of the objec- cision on firing missiles towards Guam Pyongyang’s plans to fire missiles off perceived U.S. hostility, in defiance The United States and South Korea tives despite spending billions of dollars on the war and while he waits to see what the United near Guam prompted a surge in ten- of U.N. Security Council resolutions and remain technically still at war with North enlisting the cooperation of dozens of its vassal states as States does next, the North’s state me- sions in the region last week, with U.S. sanctions. Korea after the 1950-53 Korean conflict well as Western countries. dia said on Tuesday, as South Korea’s President Donald Trump saying the China, North Korea’s main ally and ended with a truce, not a peace treaty. The Saudi-led bombing campaign, which has been president said Seoul would seek to pre- U.S. military was “locked and loaded” if trading partner, has repeatedly urged North Korea is currently holding accompanied by a naval and aerial blockade on Yemen, vent war by all means. North Korea acted unwisely. Pyongyang to halt its weapons program three U.S. citizens it accuses of espio- has so far killed over 12,000 people in the impoverished Signs of an easing in tension on the South Korean President Moon Jae- and at the same time urged South Ko- nage or hostile acts but now was not state, left 70 per cent of the country’s 27 million popula- Korean peninsula helped stock markets in said on Tuesday there would be no rea and the United States to stop mili- the right time to discuss them, KCNA tion in desperate need of humanitarian aid, and caused rally for a second day running even military action without Seoul’s consent tary drills to lower tensions. cited a foreign ministry spokesman as the worst cholera outbreak in the world. as the United States and South Korea and his government would prevent war On Tuesday, Chinese Foreign Min- saying in a separate report. More than half a million Yemenis have been infected prepared for more joint military drills, by all means. istry spokeswoman Hua Chunying Pyongyang has in the past used de- with cholera and nearly 2,000 others have died since the which infuriate the North, and experts “Military action on the Korean pen- said the crisis was approaching a criti- tainees to extract concessions, includ- epidemic began four months ago, the latest figures pro- warned it could still go ahead with its insula can only be decided by South cal juncture and urged all sides in the ing high-profile visits from the United vided by the World Health Organization (WHO) show. provocative plan. Korea and no one else can decide to standoff to help “put out the flames” States, which has no formal diplomatic Saudi Arabia has come under international criticism In his first public appearance in take military action without the consent and not add fuel to the fire. relations with North Korea. over the mounting civilian casualties in Yemen and the about two weeks, North Korean leader of South Korea,” Moon said in a speech Hua said she noted comments by U.S. officials have in recent days massive destruction. Kim Jong Un inspected the command to commemorate the anniversary of the U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis and played down the risk of an imminent Bin Salman’s purported desire to seek an exit from the of the North’s army on Monday, exam- nation’s liberation from Japanese mili- Secretary of State Rex Tillerson about conflict while stressing their prepared- war may be a sign that the Saudi regime has realized its ining a plan to fire four missiles to land tary rule in 1945. using diplomacy to resolve the issue, ness to respond militarily to any attack failure to impose its will on Yemen militarily, despite its near the U.S. Pacific territory of Guam, “The government, putting everything saying China hoped these words can be from North Korea. massive military superiority on the Arab world’s poorest the official KCNA said in a report. on the line, will block war by all means,” put into action. Mattis said on Monday the U.S. mil- country. It may also be an indication that the financial “He said that if the Yankees persist in Moon said. “We also call on North Korea to echo itary would know the trajectory of a costs of the war have become unbearable for Riyadh. their extremely dangerous reckless ac- Japan will be seeking further reassur- this in response,” Hua told a daily news missile fired from North Korea within (Source: Al Jazeera) tions on the Korean peninsula and in its ance from Washington in meetings be- briefing. moments and would “take it out” if it vicinity, testing the self-restraint of the tween Japan’s defense chief and foreign Asian shares rose for a second day looked like it would hit the U.S. Pacific DPRK, the latter will make an important minister and their U.S. counterparts on on Tuesday and the dollar firmed after territory. Turkey detains Belgian ISIL decision as it already declared,” the re- Thursday. Kim’s comments further eased tension “The bottom line is, we will defend port said. “The strategic environment is be- and prompted investors to move back the country from an attack; for us (U.S. suspect ‘planning attack’ The DPRK stands for North Korea’s coming harsher and we need to discuss into riskier assets after a sharp selloff military) that is war,” Mattis said. official name, the Democratic People’s how we will respond to that,” a Japanese last week. [MKTS/GLOB] On Guam, home to a U.S. air base, a Turkish authorities have detained a Belgian national in Republic of Korea. foreign ministry official said in a briefing Kim Dong-yub, a professor and a Navy installation, a Coast Guard group Istanbul who spent time in Syria and is accused of plan- In photos released with the KCNA re- in Tokyo. military expert at Kyungnam University’s and roughly 6,000 U.S. military person- ning a major attack, the state-run Anadolu news agency port, Kim was seen holding a baton and “We will look for the U.S. to reaffirm Institute of Far Eastern Studies in Seoul, nel, residents expressed some relief at said Tuesday. pointing at a map showing a flight path it defense commitment, including the urged caution in assuming North Korea the lessening of tensions. The man, identified as M.A., was detained in the Fatih for the missiles appearing to start from nuclear deterrent.” was bluffing with its missile threats. “I’m reading between the lines that district of the city, Anadolu said, adding that he had gone North Korea’s east coast, flying over The Liberation Day holiday, celebrat- Slideshow (7 Images) I don’t see an imminent threat,” Guam to Syria with his wife and children three years ago to join Japan towards Guam. North Korea has ed by both North and South, will be fol- “There is no stepping back for North Lieutenant Governor Ray Tenorio told a Daesh (ISIL). often threatened to attack the United lowed next week by the joint U.S.-South Korea. Those who don’t know the North media briefing in the island’s capital of The Hurriyet daily reported that the man was suspect- States and its bases and released similar Korean military drills. very well fall into this trap every time Hagatna. ed of being the coordinator for all French-speaking ter- photos in the past but never followed North Korea has persisted with its (thinking they are easing threats) but (Source: Reuters) rorists seeking to join Daesh militants, and also of plan- ning terrorist attacks in Europe. He had been the target of an international search, it added. 50,000 stranded on Jordan-Syria border: UN The report of the arrest comes after a 24-year-old The United Nations (UN) says roughly tion” of the stranded refugees. The refu- Turkish police officer was stabbed to death in Istanbul 50,000 Syrians are stranded on Syria’s gees stuck at the Hadalat border crossing at the weekend by a suspected Daesh member who had border with Jordan, expressing concern were reportedly living solely on flour and been arrested on suspicions he was planning a suicide about their situation. water, he added. attack. The refugees reportedly comprise an “The UN calls on all parties to the con- His superiors praised the heroism of the officer, saying estimated 4,000 people at the Hadalat flict to take the necessary steps to prevent he had helped prevent a “very serious attack”. border crossing and 45,000, mostly wom- further harm to the frightened and high- Turkey was hit by a succession of attacks in 2016 that en and children, at the Rukban border ly vulnerable individuals stranded at the left hundreds dead in the bloodiest year of terror strikes crossing in Jordan’s extreme northeast. border,” he added. in its history. The ISIL (Daesh) terrorist group slew The Syrian army recently advanced The attacks were attributed to Daesh militants as well seven Jordanian troops in a bombing to the border with Jordan for the first as the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) who have near Rukban last year, forcing the closure time since 2011 — when foreign-backed battled the Turkish state in an insurgency lasting more of the common border and triggering the militancy started in Syria — liberating a than three decades. Jordanian army to declare the country’s 30-kilometer-long stretch of land along In one of the bloodiest strikes, a militant gunman desert areas, which border Syria and Iraq, the frontier. The operations have blocked opened fire on an elite nightclub in Istanbul just 75 min- “closed military zones.” the loopholes across the border, which utes into New Year’s Day in 2017, killing 39 people, main- Aid agencies have been struggling to would previously allow arms transfers ly foreigners. Several Lebanese nationals were killed and reach those in need in the area since the from Jordan to Syria-based militants. wounded. onset of the emergency situation along Jordan shares a desert border of more There has since been a lull in similar attacks, but ten- the border. people are reportedly attempting to cation.” than 370 kilometers with Syria and says it sions remain high and Turkish police launch raids almost UN deputy spokesman Farhan Haq leave the area, risking further danger and Haq said that UN agencies “are deeply is hosting 1.3 million Syrian refugees. daily against suspected ISIL cells across the country. told reporters on Monday that, “Some deprivation in an inhospitable desert lo- concerned about the security and protec- (Source: AFP) (Source: AFP) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y 4 economy august 16, 2017 news in brief hand-woven carpet Over 12m tons of goods loaded, unloaded at Iranian exports jump 3.7% ports in a month Economy TEHRAN — “Iran zero from 2010 to 2016 due to the deskexported $89 million sanctions. Economy TEHRAN — Some 12.631 million tons of hand-woven carpets during the “Before 2010, Iran’s carpet deskof goods were loaded and unloaded at first four months of the present exports to the U.S. stood at more ports of Iran during the fourth Iranian calendar month, Tir, Iranian calendar year (March 21- than $80 million, accounting for (June 22 – July 22), with 2.3 percent fall from 12.93 million July 22, 2017), showing an increase 16 percent of Iran’ total carpet tons in its previous month, Tasnim news agency reported of 3.7 percent in terms of value,” IRIB exports,” he further described, “the on Wednesday. new quoted Hamid Kargar, the head first cargo of Iranian carpets was Last October, Iran’s Ports and Maritime Organization of Iran’s National Carpet Center, as exported to the U.S. via Germany in (PMO) Managing Director Mohammad Saeednejad said saying on Tuesday. 2016.” that the organization has it on the agenda to increase As of January 2016, Iran has Some $365 million of Iranian the current 209 million-ton capacity of the country’s trade resumed its exports of carpet to hand-woven carpets were exported ports to 217 million tons. the U.S. under the implementation to the globe last year, while the of nuclear deal with the six world exports of the product to the U.S. TEDPIX adds 36 powers, he said, the figure stood at stood at $95 million, he added. points in a day India, Turkmenistan hold talks on crucial transit corridor via Iran India and Turkmenistan on Monday dis- official source. They also discussed ways has also joined this arrangement. Corridor (INSTC) for enhanced connec- cussed ways to establish a transport to expand and deepen bilateral coop- In 2016, the Indian government de- tivity. INSTC-Express Corridor is a trans- Economy TEHRAN — Tehran Stock Exchange transit corridor between Iran, Oman and eration. cided to accede to the Ashgabat Agree- port link between India and Russia. desk(TSE)’s main index (TEDPIX) gained 36 Turkmenistan. The meeting comes within days of ment, a move that would enable the Recently, the External Affairs Ministry points to end Tuesday’s trade at 81,696, Tasnim news agen- Nitin Gadkari, Minister for Road Trans- Gadkari visiting Iran and stating that country to utilize this existing transport had a multi-stakeholder meet focused cy reported. port and Shipping, met Rashid Meredov, Chabahar port would be operational and transit corridor to facilitate trade on possible routes of INSTC, its popular- As reported, 703 million shares worth 1.39 trillion rials Deputy Prime Minister and Trade Minis- next year. Turkmenistan is known for and commercial interaction with the ization, development and optimal utili- (about $36.5 million) were traded through 46,000 deals in ter of Turkmenistan, on Monday. having one of the largest gas reserves Eurasian region. India would become zation of Chabahar port to complement the stock market. The two sides discussed India’s join- globally. party to the agreement after consent INSTC and to provide connectivity to Also, IFX, the main index of Iran’s over-the-counter ing the Ashgabat Agreement that en- Turkmenistan is the Depository State from the founding members. Central Asia, modalities of and impedi- (OTC) market known also as Iran Fara Bourse (IFB), fell 0.1 visages establishment of International of Ashgabat Agreement, which has Further, this move would also be in ments to multi-modal transport and way points to 918 on Tuesday, as 185 million securities worth Transport and Transit Corridor between Oman, Iran, Turkmenistan and Uzbeki- synch with India’s efforts to implement ahead. 1.03 trillion rials (about $27.1 million) were traded in 23,000 Iran, Oman and Turkmenistan, said an stan as founding members. Kazakhstan the International North South Transport (Source: thehindubusinessline.com) deals. China says it will defend interests if U.S. harms trade ties Domestic demand keeps BEIJING (Reuters) — China will take action to defend only the beginning of the process, but that he expected Germany driving euro its interests if the United States damages trade ties, the a decision on how to move forward from the adminis- Ministry of Commerce said on Tuesday, after U.S. Presi- tration in 60-90 days. zone economy in Q2 dent Donald Trump authorized an inquiry into China’s “I think it will be much faster than a year,” Parker said. alleged theft of intellectual property. Coming to terms on a bilateral investment treaty Strong household spending, rising state expenditure and Trump’s move, the first direct trade measure by his would be a better way to get China to address the IP higher company investments consolidated Germany›s role as administration against China, comes at a time of height- issues, he added. the euro zone growth engine in the second quarter, although ened tension over North Korea’s nuclear ambitions, “This isn’t a surprise. Our companies have been hon- accelerating imports meant growth came in just below ex- though it is unlikely to prompt near-term change in ing their crisis communications and internal planning pectations. commercial ties. processes since the election. The rhetoric that came up U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer will have during the campaign led them to take proactive action a year to look into whether to launch a formal investi- then. They are prepared, aware and ready for these gation of China’s policies on intellectual property, which types of actions going forward.” the White House and U.S. industry groups say are harm- The investigation is likely to cast a shadow over U.S. ing U.S. businesses and jobs. China’s policy of forcing foreign companies to turn relations with China, its largest trading partner, just as The United States should respect objective facts, act over technology to Chinese joint venture partners and Trump is asking it to put more pressure on North Korea prudently, abide by its World Trade Organization pledg- failure to crack down on intellectual property theft have to give up its nuclear programm. es, and not destroy principles of multilateralism, an uni- been longstanding problems for several U.S. administra- Trump has suggested he would be more amenable dentified spokesman of China’s Ministry of Commerce tions. to going easy on China over trade if it were more ag- said in a statement. Trump administration officials have estimated that gressive in reining in North Korea. “If the U.S. side ignores the facts, and disrespects theft of intellectual property by China could be worth as China has said the issues of trade with the United multilateral trade principles in taking actions that much as $600 billion. States should not be linked to the North Korea problem. harms both sides trade interests, China will absolutely Experts on China trade policy said the long lead time Ken Jarrett, president of the American Chamber of Seasonally and calendar-adjusted gross domestic product not sit by and watch, will inevitably adopt all appropri- could allow Beijing to discuss some of the issues raised Commerce in Shanghai, said in a statement on Tuesday (GDP) rose by 0.6 percent on the quarter, the Federal Statis- ate measures, and resolutely safeguard China’s lawful by Washington without being seen to cave to pressure that trade and North Korea should not be linked, but tics Office said on Tuesday. This was slightly weaker than the rights.” under the threat of reprisals. that the investigation was a “measured and necessary consensus forecast of 0.7 percent in a Reuters poll. The ministry said the United States should “treasure” China repeatedly rebuffed attempts by previous U.S. step”. But the growth rate for the first quarter was revised up to the cooperation and favorable state of China-U.S. trade administrations to take action on its IP practices, and has “The president’s executive order reflects building 0.7 percent from 0.6 percent, and the April-June expansion relations, and warned that any U.S. action to damage insisted it rigorously protects intellectual property. frustration with Chinese trade and market entry policies, marked a 12th consecutive quarter of growth. ties would “harm both sides trade relations and com- State news agency Xinhua said the U.S. investiga- particularly those that pressure American companies to «The German economy is proving its staying power, the panies”. tion is a unilateralist “baring of fangs” that will hurt both part with technologies and intellectual property in ex- upswing continues,» Bankhaus Lampe economist Alexander China was continuously strengthening its administra- sides. change for market access,” he said. Krueger said, adding that the European Central Bank›s low tive and judicial protections for intellectual property, the Jacob Parker, vice president of China operations at “Chinese companies operating in the United States interest rates were boosting the economy. ministry added. the U.S.-China Business Council said Trump’s memo is do not face this pressure.” The Statistics Office said that growth in the April-June pe- riod was mainly driven by domestic demand as households and state authorities increased their spending and compa- Africa’s biggest copper mine hit by Zambian power restrictions nies boosted investment in buildings and equipment. But overall growth was dampened by net foreign trade Zambia is cutting power to mines in- but obviously their operations will not in Zambia’s Copperbelt province after almost 30 percent in 2014. The mines since exports rose less strongly than imports, which the vi- cluding Africa’s biggest copper site, the be at 100 percent because of the power the main electricity provider restricted owned by First Quantum and Glencore brant domestic economy sucked in at a higher rate. Kansanshi pit owned by First Quantum restrictions,” Energy Minister David Ma- supplies. are the only operations in Zambia that Risks ahead Minerals Ltd., escalating a fight over tar- bumba told reporters Tuesday in Lusaka, Copper miners in Zambia, Africa’s haven’t agreed to a new power tariff that «Germany›s economic success story goes on and on and iffs. the capital. second-biggest producer of the metal, was introduced in January, Mabumba on,» ING Bank analyst Carsten Brzeski said, adding there was “They have still got some significant Glencore Plc has said it halted produc- have been in a dispute with the country’s said. very little reason to fear a sudden end to the current perfor- amount of power for them to operate, tion at the Kitwe and Mufulira operations energy regulator since it raised tariffs by (Source: Bloomberg) mance. He cautioned, however, that the main drivers supporting the domestic economy, such as rising employment, rising wages and increased government spending, could lose some Shares rally, yen and gold fall as Korea tensions ease momentum in the coming quarters. LONDON (Reuters) — Shares rose on Tuesday, while news for the yen,” he said. «The same holds for the export sector, where a stronger the Japanese yen, Swiss franc and gold all dropped af- The Swiss franc, which gained 1.1 percent on Aug. 9 euro, weaker-than-expected U.S. growth and Brexit uncer- ter North Korea’s leader signaled he would delay plans as the war of words over the Korean peninsula intensi- tainty could take some wind out of the sails without bringing to fire a missile towards Guam, easing tensions and fied, fell 0.2 percent to 0.9736 per dollar. This followed a exports to a halt,» Brzeski said. prompting investors to buy riskier assets. 1.1 percent fall on Monday. Unadjusted data had the economy growing by 0.8 per- European shares followed Asian bourses higher, The euro was down 0.4 percent at $1.1733, helping cent on the year in the second quarter. This compared with having already risen late on Monday after U.S. officials push the dollar index .DXY, which measures the green- a consensus forecast of 1.9 percent. Adjusted for calendar played down prospects of the standoff between North back against a basket of currencies, up 0.4 percent. affects, the yearly growth rate was 2.1 percent in the April- Korea and the United States leading to conflict. The dollar was also helped by comments from New June period. The pan-European STOXX 600 index rose 0.1 per- York Federal Reserve President William Dudley, who told The Statistics Office will publish its detailed GDP growth cent, adding to Monday’s 1.1 percent gains. the Associated Press he would favor a third increase in data on Aug. 25. The data, coming less than six weeks before North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un received a report Fed interest rates this year if the economy developed as a federal election in which Chancellor Angela Merkel seeks to from his army on its plans to fire missiles towards the he expected.. win a fourth term, underlines the continued strength of the U.S. Pacific territory of Guam and said he would watch In debt markets, yields on low-risk German and U.S. German economy compared with its peers. the actions of the United States for a while longer before government bonds rose. The French economy, the second-largest in the euro zone, making a decision, the North’s official news agency said German 10-year yields DE10YT=TWEB, the bench- grew 0.5 percent in the second quarter, helped by stronger on Tuesday. would open higher later in the day ESc1 1YMc1 NQc1. mark for euro zone borrowing costs, rose 1.7 basis exports, according to preliminary data. “There is a more relaxed attitude being taken to- On Monday the S&P 500 .SPX rose 1.0 percent, led points to 0.42 percent, having fallen to as low as 0.38 In Italy, the third-biggest economy in the 19-member wards the Korean situation in markets. With the report by technology stocks .SPLRCT, in its biggest daily per- percent on Friday. bloc, the national central bank expects a quarterly expansion North Korea has put its plans on hold, there is a sense centage rise since April. U.S. 10-year Treasury yields US10YT=RR rose 3 bps roughly in line with the first quarter›s increase of 0.4 percent. of stepping back from the brink,” Rabobank analyst Lyn Assets that generally do well in time of market or to 2.47 percent, up from a six-week low of 2.18 percent Preliminary data are due on Wednesday. Graham-Taylor said. geopolitical turbulence were among fallers on Tuesday. touched on Friday. The Spanish economy keeps powering ahead, however, MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside The yen, which tends to gain on expectations Japa- Gold, viewed as a safe haven for investors in troubled with a growth rate of 0.9 percent in the April-June quarter. Japan .MIAPJ0000PUS was 0.1 percent higher in after- nese investors will repatriate assets in a crisis, fell 0.6 times, fell 0.6 percent to $1,274 an ounce. This was well above the euro zone average of 0.6 percent, noon trade, with Australia up 0.5 percent. South Korea’s percent to 110.32 per dollar. Oil prices steadied somewhat after falling more than according to preliminary estimates released by the European markets were closed for a holiday. “We have North Korea saying they will wait, and 2.5 percent on Monday to its lowest in about three Union›s statistics agency this month. Japan’s Nikkei stock index .N225 closed up 1.1 per- Trump not saying anything at all, compared to his past weeks on the strength of the dollar and reduced refining Outside the euro zone, Britain›s economic output grew by cent, boosted by the weaker yen, a day after skidding 1 promise of ‘fire and fury,’” said Mitsuo Imaizumi, chief FX in China. 0.3 percent on the quarter, edging up from 0.2 percent in the percent to its lowest since early May. strategist at Daiwa Securities. Brent crude LCOc1, the international benchmark, was first three months. (Source: cnbc) U.S. stocks futures were higher, indicating Wall Street “That added up to good news for the dollar, bad last down 2 cents at $50.71 a barrel. I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y August 16, 2017 ENERGY 5 China to build new shale gas bases, S.Korea’s July Iranian crude offer more oil and gas block tenders China is likely to build two shale gas bases in ern city of Anye in Guizhou province and the south of the country and open up ten- Yichang in Hubei province. The ministry did ders for more oil and gas exploration blocks not give a timetable for the start date. oil imports jump 27% in the world›s biggest energy producer, the The steps come as China ramps up its Ministry of Land Resources said on Tuesday. exploration efforts as crude oil production At a news conference in the capital, min- from ageing wells drops. Beijing is also on South Korea’s crude oil imports from exports to Asia up by 100,000 bpd. istry officials said China is likely to start com- a mission to lift natural gas consumption to Iran rose 26.5 percent in July from a South Korea’s intake of crude oil mercial production of shale gas in south- help combat smog. (Source: Reuters) year ago, driven by Seoul’s strong from top exporter Saudi Arabia fell appetite for competitively priced Ira- 9.3 percent to 3.69 million tonnes, or nian light oil as Tehran looks to boost 873,656 bpd, a year ago. market share. OPEC’s July oil production rose Korea, one of Iran’s major Asian further by 173,000 bpd to 32.87 customers, shipped in 1.40 mil- million bpd, in the latest sign the oil lion tonnes of crude from Tehran producer club’s joint efforts to cap in July, or 330,151 barrels per day output are weak. (bpd), up from 1.10 million tonnes Overall, South Korea’s total July Iran Tobacco Company last year, customs data showed on crude imports increased 3.2 percent INTERNATIONAL NOTICE Tuesday. to 12.44 million tonnes, or 2.94 mil- The worlds’ fifth-biggest crude lion bpd, from a year ago, the data Iran Tobacco Co. located at Qazvin Ave, Qazvin square, Tehran, Islamic Republic of importer brought in 10.67 million showed. Iran, P.O.Box 1331838734, intends to identify raw material supplier that have capability tonnes of Iranian crude in the first In the January-July of 2017, South to supply following items: seven months of this year, or 368,952 Korea imported 84.68 million tonnes 1-Cigarette paper 2-Tipping paper bpd, up 47.7 percent from 7.22 mil- of crude, or 2.93 million bpd, up 2.0 3-Plug wrap lion tonnes over the same period last percent from 83.04 million tonnes in 4-Acetate cellulose tow Iran, a member of the Organi- lost during the years it was under year, the data showed. the same period last year. 5-Filter rod South Korea mainly imports Ira- zation of the Petroleum Exporting western sanctions over its nuclear South Korea’s final data for July 6-Inner frame nian condensate, an ultra-light oil Countries (OPEC) is exempt from the program. crude oil imports by state-run Korea 7-Glue: used to produce more expensive oil cartel’s deal to limit production to In July, the Middle Eastern coun- National Oil Corp (KNOC) is due lat- Triacetine, Hotmelt, Tipping adhesive(Max glue), Side seaming, (SE glue) fuels like naphtha. No breakdown of drain a global supply glut. The coun- try exported 2.2 million bpd of oil to er this month. Packaging glue,… imports was available. try is seeking to regain market share Asian and European markets, with its (Source: Reuters) 8-Tear tape (Gold&Clear) 9-Alufoil 10-Packet, Box, Label and Hologram Oil prices steady after overnight tumble on dollar strength, China concerns 11-Carton Oil prices steadied on Tuesday af- er currencies. Both Brent and WTI had would delay plans to fire a missile near “We actually need product demand for 12-BOPP ter sharp falls the session before to reached two-month highs on Aug. 10. 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That was just Halley, senior market analyst at broker- on Monday and was up 0.1 percent on The weekly U.S. crude inventory re- 20-Sugar above the contract’s 100-day moving age OANDA. Tuesday. port from the industry group American 21-Cocoa powder average, briefly breached in the previ- Chinese oil refineries operated in An announcement by the Nigerian Petroleum Institute (API) is due out later 22-Peat moss ous session. July at their lowest daily rates since Sep- subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell that it on Tuesday. Official U.S. government 23-Cigarette flavor & additive U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude tember 2016, official data showed on had lifted a force majeure on Bonny statistics will be released on Wednes- 24-Tobacco raw material (FCV, Burley, Stem, Toasted burley,etc) futures were down 1 cent at $47.58 a Monday, to ease brimming inventories Light crude exports also added to mar- day. 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History will judge those As Trump flirts with nuking North who stand by Trump after Charlottesville – the UK Korea, where is Congress? should cut its ties with him By Eric Segall immediately Donald Trump might be the last person By Basit Mahmood on the planet I would trust with making reasonable decisions concerning what to do about North Korea’s nuclear As we watch events unfold across the Atlantic in which white capability. supremacists march with impunity, emboldened and enabled Having said that, we shouldn’t trust by a president who refuses to condemn them until pushed any President with the unilateral power by voices from all sides, many of us here in the UK will seek to to commit a non-emergency, no- gain comfort from the distance between ourselves and what need-for-secrecy act of war without is happening in present-day America. congressional consent. The founding fathers wanted to separate the war declaring function from the war fighting function, yet here we are in a world where the President can unilaterally start a war. Congress must act, and act now. Article I Section 8 of the United States Constitution gives Congress the power to declare War. Alexander Hamilton explained that the “Congress shall have the power to declare war; the plain meaning of which is, that it is the peculiar and exclusive duty of Congress, when the nation is at peace, to change that state into a state of war.” In a letter to Thomas Jefferson in Indeed, it is tempting to think that there is not much we can 1798, James Madison wrote that the do because of that distance – yet act we must, and decisively “constitution supposes, what the History so. After the latest events, during which Donald Trump’s woeful of all Governments demonstrates, that response to a far right uprising has been roundly condemned by the Executive is the branch of power even members of his own party, there can only be one response: most interested in war, and most prone to cut off our ties with the Trump administration once and for all. to it. It has accordingly with studied In any event, the War Powers Resolution has been completely ineffective in Undoubtedly many will think this as unthinkable and rash. care vested the question of war to the separating the war deciding function from the war making function because But the question we must ask ourselves is this: are we happy Legislature.” Congress has consistently lacked the will to enforce it. to court Trump and maintain the “special relationship” with And founding father James Wilson a president who threatens nuclear war one day and refuses said that the new Constitution “will not to remove such troops after sixty days means were necessary to capture the trouble like few nations have ever been to openly condemn the actions of white supremacists in the hurry us into war; it is calculated to if Congress has not given its approval, terrorists responsible for 9/11, but ISIS in trouble.” very same week? guard against it. It will not be in the suggesting the former restriction may did not exist at the time. But so far there have been no The unthinkable is already happening. The fact that Da- power of a single man, or a single body not be a restriction at all. President Obama also argued that attacks against the United States, and vid Duke claimed that the Charlottesville protests were about of men, to involve us in such distress; for In any event, the War Powers bombing Libya, without troops on the obviously Trump does not think secrecy “fulfilling the promises of Donald Trump, that’s what we be- the important power of declaring war is Resolution has been completely ground, did not constitute “hostilities” is necessary for attacking North Korea. lieved in, that’s why we voted for Donald Trump, because he’s vested in the legislature at large.” ineffective in separating the war deciding under the War Powers Resolution. That Where is Congress? There is no going to take our country back” should be enough for many There are many provisions of the function from the war making function argument was derided by just about reason why there can’t be a serious of us to think about whether we wish to be aligned with a Constitution that have contested because Congress has consistently everyone. discussion between the President and president who receives a ringing endorsement from the for- histories and which are difficult to apply lacked the will to enforce it. For example, a former CIA Director Congress, whether in public (even on mer leader of the KKK. “I highly recommend you take a good to modern circumstances. The power to Sadly, President Obama made under President George W. Bush said the golf course if he prefers) or behind look in the mirror and remember it was white Americans who declare War in Article I, Section 8, is not important decisions and arguments that the following: closed doors, about whether to actually put you in the presidency,” he tweeted over the weekend. one of those provisions. further diluted Article I, Section 8, and the Using armed Predator drones against attack North Korea. Let that sink in. If that’s not enough to show that this is no Absent an imminent attack on the important separation-of-powers ideas Libyan targets with the occasional There has never been a better time normal president which means it can’t be business as usual, United States, or perhaps an important behind the Constitution’s assignment of defense suppression strike from manned for Congress to reassert its authority to then we must ask ourselves what actions he has to undertake need for secrecy, it is Congress, not the the war declaring function to Congress. aircraft, all the while being on call for declare war before a President instigates before we are willing to consider open condemnation and an President, who under our supreme law He made those decisions despite more robust missions and with U.S. one. The Congress and the President are end to our usual diplomacy with America. has the power to declare war. having said, before he assumed Office, servicemen collecting imminent danger of the same political party, so there can’t There can be little doubt that Trump’s words emboldened Declaring war that “The President does not have power pay ... all that certainly feels like hostilities. be charges of partisan politics interfering those in Charlottesville: the trail apparently leads back to Unfortunately, starting with the under the Constitution to unilaterally Constitutional traditions with important security decisions. him. He has been happy to make disgraceful remarks about Korean War and then Vietnam, authorize a military attack in a situation Professor Bruce Ackerman, a liberal President Trump’s first six months have Mexicans and Muslims, and happy to employ Steve Bannon American Presidents have used strong that does not involve stopping an actual constitutional law scholar at Yale, been riddled in scandal like no other as chief executive of his presidential campaign, a man who military force amounting to acts of war or imminent threat to the nation.” argued in the New York Times that President, and he has absolutely no “proudly” told a reporter at the 2016 Republican convention: without Congress formally declaring war President Obama often acted without Obama’s decisions regarding the use of foreign policy experience, having never “We’re the platform for the alt-right.” The white supremacists (although in both instances Congress did congressional consent when using force “mark[ed] a decisive break in the worked in public office before assuming who marched in Charlottesville are people to whom Trump ultimately fund the wars, thereby giving military force. For example, he didn’t American constitutional tradition,” and the Presidency. appeals, and he is only ever interested in shoring up his sup- tacit approval). have approval to lead a NATO coalition amounted to “imperial hubris.” Other I am not a huge fan of Paul Ryan, port amongst those who voted for him. That is, of course, In 1973, in the wake of the Vietnam against Libyan dictator Muammar commentators disagreed, arguing that Mitch McConnell, or for that matter the why he took so long to disavow them. War, Congress passed, over President Gaddafi in 2011, nor did he have Obama’s decisions simply reflected well- Congress as a whole. But, now more The question for our Nixon’s veto, the War Powers Resolution. approval when he ordered airstrikes developed “constitutional traditions.” than ever, it is time to heed the stern own Government, then, Let us not put This law confusingly says the President against ISIS fighters in Iraq and Syria. President Donald Trump has made warnings of the founding fathers and is: what to do next? How a state visit on can introduce American troops into The President argued that those sever threats against North Korea, divide the war declaring function from do we deal with a man hostilities only after congressional strikes were authorized under a law promising “fire and fury” and warning the Commandeer-in-Chief Power before who seeks refuge in moral hold, but cancel approval or an attack on the United passed in the wake of 9/11 giving the that “North Korea better get their act it is too late. Where is Congress? equivalence when there it altogether. States, but also requires the President President authority to use whatever together, or they are going to be in (Source: Newsweek) was only one perpetrator of hatred over the week- Parliament end, only one killing and it should hold a was that of a woman pro- debate on how to Turkey warns of migrant surge in spat with EU testing against neo-Nazis? isolate the Trump By Ayla Jean Yackley kans still haunt Europeans. We can’t offer pathetic, Turkey has proven it can control the flow. In the first underwhelming state- administration Turkey has renewed a warning to the European Un- six months of this year, 12,191 people used the eastern ments which simply state now, before ion about a new surge of migrants as its impatience route to reach Greece from Turkey, and 45 people died that we stand with America he and his grows over foot-dragging on visa-free travel, expos- on the way. in its fight against racism supporters do ing the divide between Ankara and the bloc it says it “A year and a half ago, EU leaders were all lining up and violence. How about still wants to join. to deal with the refugee crisis. We ended this drama in standing against Trump, global damage. Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu also complained the Aegean Sea. It’s as though they have forgotten our the man who many believe in an interview published by the Turkiye newspaper on efforts,” Cavusoglu said. has helped such ideologies fester and grow? Aug. 11 that the EU’s refusal to open new chapters in Just two weeks ago, the EU said it had “no con- Isolate the Trump administration membership talks was “entirely political” and Western cerns” about the migration agreement and that it was Let us not put a state visit on hold, but cancel it altogether. allies had failed to sufficiently support President Recep working well. Parliament should hold a debate on how to isolate the Trump Tayyip Erdogan after he faced down a military coup And relations with Germany show glimmers of a re- administration, for he is already being isolated by his own last year. covery. Last week, NATO brokered a deal to allow Ger- party members who have decided enough is enough. Under a 6 billion euro deal agreed last year, EU mon- Erdogan told the EU in man lawmakers to visit their troops at a base in central Are we that desperate after Brexit that we’re willing to go ey has been coming in, giving Turkey’s sluggish economy Turkey after Germany threatened Turkey with economic cap-in-hand for trade deals with his administration, after all a boost and helping it manage the world’s largest popu- March it could “forget about” sanctions and said the country was not safe for its busi- the condemnation he has received from across the world? lation of refugees. Ankara’s promise to readmit nesses and tourists. Berlin is also outraged by the deten- Prioritizing trade deals and cooperation with forward-look- But Brussels has not delivered on pledges to allow tion of two German journalists and a rights activist in the ing and progressive countries would surely be in our nation’s Turks to travel to most EU countries without a visa and asylum seekers. post-coup clampdown that has jailed 50,000 people. interests, especially given our British values: values of toler- to accelerate membership talks. Instead, it has heaped repair frayed ties with Europe, especially Germany, that For his part, Erdogan said Aug. 12 that German ance, respect and equality for all. criticism on Turkey for human rights abuses in the crack- have undermined Ankara’s decades long quest to be- criticism was motivated by electioneering and rela- The Prime Minister should now make a statement about down that followed the failed coup and persisted come an EU member. tions would normalize after Germany’s Sept. 24 Bun- how we stand against Donald Trump, his supporters and his through a constitutional referendum in April that gave Leveraging the plight of refugees in exchange for destag poll. worldview. By cutting off our ties with Trump and stating that Erdogan sweeping new powers. cash and visas dents the credit Turkey is rightly due for Despite Cavusoglu’s salvo, the migrant deal is largely there are some conditions to our love of the U.S. – namely, “Were our law enforcement to quit all of its efforts sheltering more than 3 million people fleeing the six-year sticking because both sides have benefited from it, ex- that we can’t stand by them when the country descends into tomorrow, the Aegean Sea would become a route for ir- war in Syria and even offering them a path to citizenship. perts say. But Ankara may have less sway in other mat- xenophobic chaos – we’d be doing nothing more than as- regular migration and a serious crisis would emerge. We The peak of the migration crisis ters. It has lobbied for an expansion of a 20-year-old serting our belief in our vThis is not a call to cut off ties with expect the EU to keep this in mind and immediately fulfill Cavusoglu’s rhetoric aims to stir memories of 2015, Customs Union to include more Turkish exports to its America in its entirety but a call to break relations with the its obligations under the agreement,” Cavusoglu told the the peak of the migration crisis, when a record 1.05 biggest trading partner. Trump administration. Are we willing to blindly follow and newspaper. million people reached Europe, nearly 90% of them The European Commission in December proposed prioritize a relationship with a man who is unable to con- He stopped short of saying Turkey would tear up the from Turkey across the Aegean, where 279 people negotiations on upgrading the trade pact. But late last demn white supremacists and neo-Nazis unless pushed to deal, and it is not the first time Turkey has threatened died trying, according to the International Organiza- month Germany reportedly asked the European Com- do so? Are we truly happy to hold his hand? to set off a humanitarian crisis if the EU fails to meet its tion for Migration. mission to suspend the talks with Turkey and to con- History will judge those who stick by Trump harshly. This demands. Erdogan told the EU in March it could “forget Images of lifeless bodies washing up on Greek and sider withholding financial aid to compel it to respect week, Britain decides which side of history we will be on. about” Ankara’s promise to readmit asylum seekers. Turkish beaches and hundreds of thousands of people the rule of law. (Source: Independent) But it clashes with a Turkish push in recent weeks to trudging on foot in freezing weather through the Bal- (Source: Al Monitor) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y august 16, 2017 analysis 7

Let’s save the world – Trump must go! Kim vs. Trump, “Behavior” by Peter Koenig are not willing to be subjugated by this vs. “Misbehavior”, ridiculous, preposterous caricature of an For the last few days, the megalo-psy- emperor. Who are the Lunatics? chopath, Donald Trump, doubling as A new threat hangs over Venezue- Bringing a Peaceful End to Conflict President of the United States of Amer- la. US Military invasion. The country is ica, with a happy finger on the red-nu- already invaded by US / CIA trained, on the Korean Peninsula clear bottom – has been lambasting funded, fed and armed proxy fighters, By Kim Petersen and shouting threats of “fire and fury” that regularly help disturbing peace, at North Korea, for her purely self-de- stirring up chaos and causing death in United States president Donald Trump said of North Korea: fensive ICBM tests, carried out under the streets of Caracas – death, that the “We want to talk about a country that has misbehaved for constant threats by US air and naval Anglo-Zionist controlled press is ascrib- many, many years, decades…” [emphasis added] forces. According to the latest “fake ing to the Maduro Government – an Misbehaved? What constitutes this misbehavior by North news”, DPRK’s Intercontinental Ballistic outright lie. The west largely believes Korea? Has it attacked any countries since the end of the war- Missiles are capable of bearing “minia- it, as the lie is hammered in throughout ring1 on the Korean Peninsula? turized nuclear bombs”. – Most scien- the globe. The West is losing its marbles What about the US’ behavior since 1953? It has since gone tists call this false propaganda which is for licking Trump’s blood-stained casino on to attack, among others, Viet Nam, Grenada, Panama, So- again so proper to the empire of doom. boots. malia, Haiti, ex-Yugoslavia, Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, and Syria. Fortunately, the mainstream presstitute’s This madman occupant of the White It begs the question: which country is the demonstrable threat credibility is rapidly fading, in fact is al- House pulls along his close entourage, to peace around the world? It would be egregiously euphe- most dead. There is an up-swell of peo- foremost his Minister of War, “Mad- mistic to describe US aggression as misbehaviors. Such acts ple waking up. Dog”, General James Mattis, and his are war crimes; for example, in 1986, the International Court This morning, the same almost Inhu- oil-magnate Secretary of State, Rex Till- How about China and Russia taking such of Justice found the US guilty of unlawful use of force in Nica- man Being has not only doubled-up on erson, plus certainly a number of Pen- an initiative, calling upon the entire United ragua. The US rejected the ruling. More recently, a compelling his threats of fire and fury to the Pyong- tagon and Congress hawks. – But, do Nations to stop the Empire of Horror, the case has been made charging the US with genocide in Iraq.2 yang Government, but had the audacity they follow him because of conviction or But North Korea is building nuclear weapons and testing to also menace Venezuela with military fear? – Fear cannot be excluded, as the United States of America. ICBMs. North Korea has an estimated 10 to 60 nukes, al- intervention – to save lives. He, who – little common sense they may still have the UN Security Council – China, France, tire United Nations to stop the Empire of though there is still some doubt expressed about North Ko- along with his predecessors – have killed left tells them what their unpredictable Russia, United Kingdom, United States Horror, the United States of America, as rean ICBMs being capable of reaching the continental US, of tens of millions of people around the psychopath-in-chief may be capable – plus German, and the European Un- it were, from her ever-increasing killing carrying a nuclear payload, or being capable of atmospheric world in illegal wars and conflicts, now of doing. Fortunately, some reasonable ion, under which all sanctions would be spree around the globe, from her mas- reentry. As for the US, it has 1800 nukes, in Trump’s parlance, wants to invade the hydrocarbon-rich generals in the Pentagon and represent- lifted on Iran, so that this country rich terminding mass murder, oppression, “locked and loaded.” neighbor, Venezuela; incidentally al- atives of Congress are aware of the real in resources, history and science, a na- human exploitation, abrogation and vi- But forget all the puerile huffing and puffing emanating most the only true democracy left in the danger in leaving the ultimate responsi- tion that has never done any harm to olation of human rights and invasions, from the United States-North Korea brinksmanship. Why? Americas, and arguably on the globe. bility for triggering a pre-emptive nucle- her neighbors, may become integrated infringements on peoples’ and their na- Because there will be no nuclear launch or missile launch or President Trump just refused a phone ar war with Trump. They quietly distance again in the chorus of world societies. tions sovereignty – a UNSC Resolution other military attack. Why? Because to do so would be sheer call from Venezuela’s President Maduro, that would wake up the world and have lunacy. who probably wanted to explain what One of Trump’s aides told Mr. Maduro, his the192 members stop and dismantle the The North Korea leadership, unless it has a death wish, will the people of Venezuela intended to one empire of fear and destruction that boss would talk to him, once he, President absolutely not initiate military violence. While it may engage achieve with this newly voted National risks to devastate human lives and live- Maduro, reinstated democracy in Venezuela. in back-and-forth hyperbolic rhetoric, it will not provide the Constituent Assembly, the ultimate step lihoods? excuse for a reprisal that will devastate the country and de- towards a true people’s democracy. He themselves – and in Congress there is Trump and his Mad-Dog warrior That should be possible. – Russia and stroy the government. North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and did so, perhaps in the hope, a clever an initiative under way to curb Trumps simply and without any substance pre- China have nothing to fear. They are way his political counsel know that to start a war would be lunatic man would understand. power as Commander-in-Chief of push- tend Iran does not adhere to the deal above equal powers with the self-styled and suicidal. As Vox notes: To no avail. One of Trump’s aides told ing the red bottom. Will they succeed and therefore must be punished – new hegemon. Acting fast, before it is too “North Korea is more rational than you think: The assump- Mr. Maduro, his boss would talk to him, — before it is too late? economic sanctions, of course, which late is of the order. The madman has his tion that the country is run by a lunatic is not only incorrect once he, President Maduro, reinstated This madman has to go to save hu- by now are almost useless, since Iran finger on the trigger. Whether he is bluff- — it’s dangerous.” democracy in Venezuela. Imagine! – manity and the planet. applies a strict regime of Resistance ing or not, we can’t say. And there is no The rationale political figures on the US side are aware of That coming from the man who is reign- There are already talks – and Economy, largely moving away from the room to gamble. this as well. ing over the biggest, oppressive police well-founded talks – that after the DPRK western dollar-hegemony and towards The League of Nations, today’s Unit- Donald Trump sounds lunatic, but he can’t be considered state on this globe, using deception will be Iran. Never mind the Nucle- the Shanghai Cooperation Organiza- ed Nations, may it become solidary suicidal in the conventional meaning of the word, as he’ll not and falsehood to brainwash the western ar Agreements reached with Iran after tion (SCO) into an alternative economic again – has nothing to fear. The tides be in the line of fire. However, to start a nuclear conflagration world into a heard of sheep; and play- years of negotiations on 14 July 2015 system. Better even than ‘sanctions’, giv- are turning. Russia, China and the SCO that leads to massive deaths of not only North Koreans but ing world dictator slaughtering people in Vienna, the so-called Joint Compre- ing the sick killer-duo’s thought process, alliance are offering a new perspec- South Koreans, Japanese, and American military personnel in throughout the planet, only because hensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), be- would be a few preventive surgical nu- tive, a new economic paradigm, one the region would be suicidal for Trump’s business interests. they want to keep their sovereignty and tween the five permanent members of clear strikes aiming at Iran’s atomic en- of peace and equality, instead of the The devastation and fall-out among allies would render the ergy facilities. fraudulent dollar-hegemony. The tide Trump brand radioactive. They would certainly please Israel’s is rapidly turning away from the en- So no, there will not be a military response from either Master Zionist and the Trump family’s slavement of hydrocarbons dominated side. The American side could not emerge from initiating such close buddy, Bibi Netanyahu, now under and monopolized by the bogus dollar a asymmetric attack with any pretense of international pres- a cloud of serious corruption charges. economy. The tide is turning towards tige or high standing intact. The common saying goes – the chicken alternative energy sources. The tide is Will North Korea dismantle its nukes? Its nukes are meant are coming home to roost – and roost gradually turning its back to the fake, as a deterrence (albeit there may well be some secondary they may, rather sooner than later, also worthless fiat money that has no back- basking in the technological achievement of having attained in The Donald’s backyard. ing other than the hypocritical freema- nuclear-power status). Without nukes, North Korea would de- Is there any diplomatic peaceful way sonry slogan “In God We Trust”. – What pend on the integrity and good will of the US, which the Liby- to stop this megalomaniac from annihi- God, for heaven’s sake? It’s their god of ans and Iraqis now know well not to depend on. lating Mother Earth, and life as we know money. Their god of usury, their god of If the playground bully carries a baseball bat to threaten it? the stranglehold by debt. The tide is other children, can one blame the other children if they start How about for once a true UN Secu- turning – and turning fast. carrying a bat with them? The bully knows if he swings his rity Council Resolution, true and factual People of this planet, the only one we bat at anyone that he’ll be ducking bats swung in retaliation. in the sense that it is introduced on be- have and know, wake up, lift your cour- Unless one is a sado-masochist, it is not so enjoyable bruis- half of the world community and for the age upon your shoulders and step out ing others when one gets bruised as well. By analogy, North security of the globe. To save species, to of the blue pill-managed matrix into a Korea is well aware of the effectiveness of nuclear deterrence. save the environment, to save life as we new world offered by a legally steadfast The record is clear, no nuclear power has ever dared attack know it. Not some fake ‘security’ serving UN Resolution – your Resolution, Res- another nuclear power. There has been all kinds of bragga- Is there any diplomatic peaceful way to stop only the purpose of enlarging Washing- olution 101, the only one to freedom; docio but never a military confrontation. Consider the current ton’s grandeur. dear People,192 nations united against this megalomaniac from annihilating Mother situation in the Doklam Plateau where there has been a stand- How about China and Russia taking an atrocious vicious despot. There is no off for 50-plus days between two populous nuclear powers, Earth, and life as we know it? such an initiative, calling upon the en- way of losing. India and China. Neither side has yet resorted to violence. North Korea has never attacked the US. It is only the US, when it intervened in a Korean civil war, that engaged in bat- Challenging America’s military madness tle against North Korea. So what moral authority has the US other world community nations to challenge America’s to threaten North Korea? After all, when discussing military By Stephen Lendman imperial recklessness. threats it is the US holding hostile military maneuvres in Ko- rean waters (not North Korea holding military maneuvres in Candidate Trump argued against interventionism. He The risk of possible nuclear war is too great to stay US waters). criticized wasting trillions of dollars on warmaking, creat- silent. Failure to act could let the unthinkable happen. The US lack of diplomacy — all stick and little or no carrot ing a mess in multiple theaters, depriving the country of South Korea especially is threatened. — has demonstrated to be a failure in achieving denuclear- vitally needed revenue for homeland needs. War on the peninsula risks unthinkable carnage on ization. President Trump proved he’s the latest in a long line both sides of the DMZ. Following his May election, Pres- Bringing a peaceable end to conflict of warrior presidents – escalating Obama’s wars, plan- ident Moon Jae-in urged outreach to resolve longstand- At a minimum, North Korea wants a peace treaty, an end to ning new ones if he dares launch them, saber-rattling ing differences with Pyongyang. He suggested meeting the US troop presence in South Korea (which many South Ko- recklessly against North Korea, Iran and Venezuela. Kim Jong-un face-to-face. reans want as well), and an end to sanctions against it. These Trade war may loom with China. US warships intrud- Instead, he’s become hostage to Washington’s impe- ing near its waters and air space risk possible confron- rial agenda, supporting illegal sanctions on the DPRK, measures might spur North Korea to end its nuclear program. tation. suggesting they be strengthened. It would be a quid pro quo demand. But North Korea is Relations with Russia are worse than any time dur- At the same time, he called for a “complete and thor- leary of US assurances. After all, did the US adhere to the ing the Cold War years. Trump should have stood tall ough overhaul” of Seoul’s already formidable military. Agreed Framework with North Korea? And what would stop by rejecting illegal sanctions on all nations Washington He’s more amenable to provocative US THAAD missile the US from orchestrating a false flag to attack a denuclear- targeted. systems on South Korean territory, menacing the region. ized North Korea? The examples are myriad, including the Instead, he’s hostage to America’s deep state, a front Over 70 years since WW II ended, South Korea and phantom missile attack in the Gulf of Tonkin, the vanishing man for its imperial recklessness like his predecessors. Japan remain occupied by US forces, provoking North Iraqi WMDs, the apocryphal slander of Libyan troops being He’s aiding, not combating, terrorists groups. Korea, China and Russia, affording America’s allies the supplied with Viagra to carry out a spree of rapes, and the dis- He’s responsible for massacring civilians in Iraq, Syr- illusion of protection. information of Syrian government forces having used chem- ia, and other US war theaters. As military command- A unified Chinese, Russian, South Korean and Japa- ical weapons. er-in-chief, he could stop the carnage. Instead, it contin- nese front against America’s imperial recklessness, along Despite hard right-wing reservations in the US, such a quid ues, things heading from bad to worse. with hostile rhetoric toward Pyongyang, risking possible pro quo would cost the US next-to-nothing, and it would be Chinese President Xi Jinping urged restraint and dip- nuclear war on the peninsula, is the best way to stop it. hailed worldwide for its diplomacy. Trump has called for de- lomatic outreach, discussing North Korea with Trump by loaded, should North Korea act unwisely.” Washington is a thuggish bully, taking full advantage creasing the number of US bases overseas, so this would be a phone on Saturday. The problem lies squarely in Washington, not Pyong- of the world community’s failure to confront it responsi- major triumph for him: the first US president to officially end Hours before they spoke, Trump tweeted: yang. bly – smashing weaker countries like tenpins. the Korean War as well as bring about the peninsula’s denu- “Military solutions are now fully in place, locked and It’s time for China, Russia, South Korea, Japan and Sino/Russian unity match America militarily, more so clearization. Considering Brack Obama was awarded a No- if allied with South Korea and Japan, together able to bel Peace prize for absolutely nothing, bringing peace to the Relations with Russia are worse than any time during the Cold challenge US imperialism responsibly. Korean peninsula would assuredly earn Trump, in spite of his War years. Trump should have stood tall by rejecting illegal It’s the best way, maybe the only way, to save East reckless and bombastic rhetoric, his own Nobel Peace Prize. Asia and humanity from the risk of devastating nuclear Above all, if all sides honored such an agreement, it would sanctions on all nations Washington targeted. war – affecting all regional countries if launched. be a victory for the rest of the world. (Source: Global Research) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y 8 advertisements august 16, 2017

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[email protected] Mr. Ahrabi (franco phone) 0919 2571076 I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y august 16, 2017 health 9 Here’s why underwater cycling class is We need to talk about male about to be your new favorite workout suicide – and not just when celebrities suffer By Amy Schlinger By Richard Taylor Generally speaking, I’m the type of person who likes a hardcore workout that leaves me dripping in sweat. I was doing what everyone does with their phones when they’re We’re talking things like CrossFit, high intensity in- bored – refreshing social media feeds to the point where minutes terval training (HIIT), or boot camp-style group fit- turn to hours and suddenly it’s 3am and you’re eating cereal – ness classes. But after a trainer recently told me I when I saw Chester Bennington’s name trending. I scanned for should try slowing things down a bit and work on facts hoping that his reported suicide was another sick example of improving balance, mobility, and flexibility, I decided fake news being spread on social media. it was time to consider branching out. And that›s Bennington took his own life just months after his close friend when I came across aqua cycling. (It’s just one of the Chris Cornell of the band Soundgarden died by suicide, and I’m super fun pool workouts that aren’t swimming.) sure it’s no coincidence that it also happened to be Cornell’s birth- It›s exactly what it sounds like: You get on a day when Bennington was found dead at his home in Califor- bike, submerged in a pool, and peddle away while nia. Bennington’s death prompted an outpouring of posts from an instructor guides you. Thanks to the resistance fans online: many of them accounts by people whose lives were of water, the activity is supposed to be super low- touched by his lyrics, his humanity and his passion. impact and restorative. “This practice was originally They swept me back in time to a place in my past that I’d hap- invented by a physical therapist, in Italy, for injured pily forget. Five years ago, I was at the tail end of being bed-bound athletes trying to recover while continuing to build for nine months and I’d lost all sense of rationality. My memory of strength and endurance,” explains Esther Gauthier, this period is patchy and blurred but my severe depression and founder of Aqua Studio in New York City. obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) had deteriorated and I was Aqua Studio offers a variety of classes; I decid- suicidal. I was trapped by my mind, constantly listening and falling ed to sign up for the “restore” one, got dressed in prey to lie after lie, following the thoughts as far down as I possibly my one-piece swimsuit, and headed to the studio. I could, engulfed by their ever-growing shadow. When you’re men- checked in and borrowed my shoes from the front tally ill, “normality” becomes meaningless and the world reflects desk—think water shoes made completely of rubber the distorted and warped version of reality you project through so that you won’t hurt your toes if they accidentally bloodshot eyes. knock into the bike. I put my stuff in a locker, slipped This situation became so unmanageable that my father also on my shoes, showered off in the pool area, and experienced a breakdown. He couldn’t bear to see his son, his stepped into the pool. only child, wasting away in front of him. With tears streaming down Being a newbie, I wanted to be able to look at his face, unable to hug me because my OCD prevented me from other riders for guidance, so I chose a bike in the touching anyone or anything, he asked if it wouldn’t be better if he middle row. Glancing around, I noticed there were ended both of our lives. He had run out of hope and was desper- all different ages, sizes, and shapes of people in the ate for an end to my pain and suffering, as well as his own. I can’t class. It was nice to see such a mix! “Because the even begin to fathom what he must have been going through as water makes the workout accessible to anyone, we a parent; that he even briefly imagined that a suicide pact with have all body shapes and sizes—from pregnant la- his child was the only answer, fills me with overwhelming sadness. dies to athletes training for a race,” Gauthier later “The water is a thousand times thicker than air and creates Suicide is the biggest killer of men in Britain between the ages told me. of 20 and 50, but we seem only to talk about it when famous men After the instructor asked who was new and checked a very intense resistance, so while there’s no flywheel on our die. When my father’s friend – a trained counsellor who had a lov- to make sure our bikes were set up correctly, we slid bikes, you make your own resistance—the faster you pedal, the ing family and caring mates – stepped off the edge of a platform our feet into the cages on the pedals and reviewed harder it gets.” and took his own life, there was no outcry. OK he wasn’t famous, the different positions on the bike. Similar to a nor- so no hashtags, no retweets, no vigils, memorials or concerts. But mal Spin class, position one is seated with your hands to—slow if it felt more comfortable or quick if we While I can swim normally (really!), I just couldn’t more importantly, nobody seemed to be asking how someone on the closest handlebars; position two is standing up wanted to raise our heart rates. I decided to go with sort out how to swim while pedaling the bike. who had a seemingly great support network could wind up on the out of the seat but hovering directly over it with your a mix of paces. As I was trying super hard to stay afloat, the la- platform’s edge. And while it’s progress that we talk about male hands on the closest handlebars; and position three is Speed aside, I was always pushing myself at least dies next to me who were about twice my age had suicide when the Robin Williamses or the Chester Benningtons of up and out of the seat, with your hands out as far as a little. Yes, I was biking in the water, so I didn’t feel mastered it—even though this was their first class, this world take their own lives, if we don’t carry on the conversa- they can be on the handlebars, hips pushed back so like I was sweating. But water provides constant re- too. Needless to say, my age didn’t give me a one- tion, if the hashtags only last a day or two, then I think we’re failing. your knees never go past the resistance knob. sistance on the bike, so I was always working hard up on anyone. I eventually realized that it was more We need to open the conversation for everyone and retrain the So far, this seemed pretty standard. But then I to push the pedals. (“The water is a thousand times about slowing down and getting my arms and legs way we all think about suicide. learned that in underwater Spin there’s also a position thicker than air and creates a very intense resistance, into a steady rhythm rather than trying to be the Men who speak up about depression or illness and talk about four! To get in this position, you lift yourself up off so while there’s no flywheel on our bikes, you make fastest. (That only leaves you sinking, with really what’s going on in their heads are usually the exceptions. But a the seat, then drop your body into the water behind your own resistance—the faster you pedal, the hard- tired hands.) lot of the blame for the silence lies with us as more broadly as a the seat, feet still in the cages on the pedals, hands er it gets,” explains Gauthier.) As the class came to an end, we finished up with society. holding onto the seat. Apparently it’s pretty much I realized that unlike in a normal Spin class, even some long, deep stretches. You’d be surprised what Online, behind the comfort of a screen, people will say that it’s everyone’s favorite position, according to some of the as a newbie, I was willing to try the moves because positions you can get your body into using the water OK for young men to cry – it’s OK not to be OK seems to be the women who’d taken the class before. the worst that could happen is I’d go underwater. as a tool. I was able to stretch areas of my legs and buzz phrase of late – but when it comes to listening to men or Classical music filled the pool area and class began There’s no falling off the bike onto the floor or acci- back that I otherwise can’t normally get to on land. giving them practical help, the support is non-existent. Aside from with some stretches to warm up the body. We used dentally unclipping and hurting myself. Sure, my foot All in all, I really enjoyed the class and the experi- the Samaritans and Calm , I can’t think of anywhere you can go to water as resistance to stretch forward and back, from could slip out of the cage, but again, I’m in water, so ence at the studio as a whole. It was a welcoming seek urgent help when you’re feeling suicidal without becoming left to right, contracting and releasing certain mus- there’s nowhere for it to fall and the pedals won’t just environment, being in the water provided a sense of caught up in the NHS conveyor belt of woe and misery. I’ve been cles. Then we started to get into the Spin portion. move uncontrollably without me pushing them. calm, and the exercise was just challenging enough on the seemingly endless waiting lists, I’ve sat in dreary GP waiting Aqua Studio offers classes like “interval” and I thought I was doing great, but then we tried while still rooting itself in providing some rehab rooms and been told that “a place in a support group is waiting for “power,” which are fast-paced. Because I was tak- something called “swimming” in position four. The and stretching for the body. If you’re looking to try me”. We’re being told to do an awful lot of waiting when we frankly ing the restore class, there was no pressure to be goal is to keep pedaling while taking your hands off something new, I’d definitely recommend giving un- don’t have much time to waste. What’s the point in telling men it’s a speed demon. In fact, several times the instruc- the seat and stroking them through the water in- derwater Spin a try. OK not to be OK if we fail to lift them out of the fog? tor said we could go at whatever pace we wanted stead, like you would to say afloat when swimming. (Source: prevention.com) (Source: The Guardian) ‘Fat but fit’ still has higher risk of heart disease, study confirms Aria Banader Iranian Chabahar Port By Meera Senthilingam The team used data from more than 7,600 not to rest on their laurels. “(They) seem to be at adults who experienced coronary heart disease an intermediate risk,” she said. “We saw that they and Marine Services Company The idea that you can be overweight or obese -- when coronary arteries are blocked and can went on to develop (more) heart attacks.” International Public Retender yet healthy -- if factors such as your blood sugar, cause a heart attack -- and categorized them by But the team members acknowledge that they blood pressure or cholesterol levels are normal their body mass index as well as by their meta- cannot say with certainty why those carrying ex- Tender No. ME/1007/96 -- is a myth, according to a new study, and mes- bolic health, such as high blood sugar levels. 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Nick Finer, honorary clinical professor at the as having elevated blood pressure, blood sugar, - To keep the date of documents delivery, any question is allowed only 72 hours “Even if you are classified as metabolically National Centre for Cardiovascular Prevention before deadline of documents delivery. triglycerides (which store fat in your body) and healthy, (excess weight) was associated with an and Outcomes at University College London who - All manufacturers are obliged to consider the Law of Maximum Local waist size or having reduced levels of HDL cho- increased risk of heart disease,” Lassale said. “It’s also was not involved in the study, added that lesterol, the “good” form, which the body needs. another brick in the wall of evidence that being it “supports the ever-pressing need for govern- Capabilities. These factors combine to cause metabolic healthy overweight is not true.” ments, local authorities, public health bodies and - The cost of advertising is undertaken by the winner. syndrome, which increases risk of various heart- The risk is much higher in the unhealthy group, individuals to seriously address the issues leading - After quality assessment, to provide technical and commercial documents the related conditions, including heart disease and Lassale added, but she highlighted the need for to our current levels of overweight and obesity.” competent companies will be invited. stroke. those without signs such as high blood pressure (Source: CNN) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y 10 Technology august 16, 2017 Google may have paid Apple $3 billion to 10 hot titles of IT world By Alireza Khorasani remain the iPhone’s default search engine Here are high rated IT titles in the world that reviewed by By Kif Leswing from software sold on the App Store or savvy tech users: the money the company makes through Apple won’t say what the exact number subscriptions like Apple Music. is, but Google pays a substantial amount Apple releases new iOS 11 beta 6 to developers. Basically, this means the analysis of money to remain the default search started with the $1 billion payment in 1 One of the most immediately visible change is a set engine on iPhones and iPads. of new icons for the App Store and Maps. Apple had modi- 2014 and then extrapolated for Google A new analysis from Bernstein analyst or Apple’s growth in the relevant line fied the original pencil-brush-ruler icon within a circle for iOS Toni Sacconaghi estimates that Google 11 by removing the circle. items in the three years since then. may be paying Apple upward of $3 billion Bernstein points out that whatever a year. HiSilicon’s Kirin 970 reported to have begun mass money Google pays Apple is most likely Based on that estimate, Google all profit — a pretty great deal for Apple 2 production. may account for 5% of Apple’s total we have no doubt the Huawei Mate 10 will debut the Kirin and a strong sign of the importance of operating profit this year and up to 25% the iPhone ecosystem. 970 and the Kirin 970 might keep its Cortex A73 CPU archi- of total operating-profit growth recently, tecture (but could go with Cortex A75 cores) with its main And unless Google changes the deal, according to the Bernstein research. Apple is set to collect larger and larger improvement said to be focused on a more powerful GPU, The only hard number we know is said to feature 12 cores. checks every year as it gains users. that Google paid Apple $1 billion in Bernstein analysts even see a 2014. That $1 billion, specified in court Google has made an app that was previously ex- possibility that Apple could double down documents, was paid as part of Google’s When Apple executives talk about of the money Google earns from iPhone on licensing revenue by selling off app 3 clusive to its Nexus, Pixel, Android One, and Goog- agreement to pay Apple a percentage Services, they like to focus on the and iPad users. The percentage is unclear, le Play Edition devices available for all Android phones and placement on the iPhone, which could of the money Google earns from iPhone fee Apple collects from software sold but Bernstein cited media reports putting be profitable “particularly if Apple offered tablets running version 5.0 Lollipop or newer. We’re talking and iPad users. The percentage is unclear, on the App Store or the money the the agreed-upon percentage at 34% “at about the Google Contacts app, which is now downloadable to make them default applications within but Bernstein cited media reports putting company makes through subscriptions one point.” iOS – think Uber (vs. Lyft) or Amazon (vs. from the Play Store even if you’re not part of the Nexus, Pixel, the agreed-upon percentage at 34% “at like Apple Music. Apple has recently been drawing Android One, or Google Play edition clubs. Jet) or Facebook (vs. Snapchat/Twitter) or one point.” The only hard number we know is investor focus to its Services line item, Google Maps (vs. Mapquest) or WeChat Apple has recently been drawing that Google paid Apple $1 billion in which could amount to as much as 13% (vs. Line) or Netflix (vs. Hulu),” Sacconaghi Asus Zenfone 4 Pro specs spotted in GFXBench: investor focus to its Services line item, 2014. That $1 billion, specified in court of Apple’s total revenue this year. When 4 Snapdragon 835, 6GB RAM. wrote. which could amount to as much as documents, was paid as part of Google’s Apple executives talk about Services, they (Source: Businessinsider) The Adreno 540 GPU is going to fly on the 1080p resolution 13% of Apple’s total revenue this year. agreement to pay Apple a percentage like to focus on the fee Apple collects of the 5.5” screen. There will be a dual camera on the back that shoots 12MP photos. Gaming chat app shuts down LG’s V30 will unlock when it ZTE Blade Z Max announced with 6” display and 5 dual camera setup. alt-right server recognizes your face or voice It is an update of the Blade X Max with dual cameras on the back. Other highlights are the 6” screen with Full HD resolu- tion and the very low off-contract price.

Samsung’s next Gear Fit will track your swimming. 6 The Gear Fit 2 Pro would look much like its pre- decessor, complete with that tall, curved display, but would include some big design upgrades.

The redesigned Trending Topics section of Face- 7 book is now called Trending News and the updates to this feature -- which were announced in May -- are now available to most US users on both iOS and Android devices. For iPhone users, Trending News also has its own direct link in the Facebook app’s main navigation menu.

Target buys same-day delivery company to battle Google and GoDaddy aren’t the only in the app. After telling us all about the upcoming the phone’s power button. 8 Amazon. internet companies dumping racists in The move has already drawn crit- V30’s dual camera and huge OLED screen, Another important new feature is A couple of months ago, Target took on Amazon’s Prime light of the violence in Charlottesville. icism from users who believe it’s an LG has now shared some details about the called Graphy, an enhancement for the Pantry services with its own version: Restock. The retailer’s The team behind the gaming chat app attack on free speech and claim that smartphone’s new UI, which includes sev- V30’s manual camera mode, which lets new service undercut Amazon by a dollar for a 45-pound Discord has shut down both accounts Discord is playing favorites. eral visual and functional enhancements users download settings presets from box full of goodies, and even offered next-day service to beat “associated with the events in Charlottes- However, the company maintains and an important security feature. pro photographers. out Amazon’s four-business-day deliveries. ville” and the altright.com chat server. that it will take action against anyone According to the company, users Another feature of note is the Float- As the company explains, it plans to who violates its guidelines and terms of will be able to unlock the LG V30 “in- ing Bar, a retractable. semi-transparent Google hires a legendary Apple engineer to tackle AI. take action against “all forms of hate,” service -- racists who condone or par- stantaneously” with the selfie cam’s menu that’s essentially a replacement 9 Legendary programmer Chris Lattner has had a and that its mission is “positivity and ticipate in violence happen to be part face recognition feature, which works for the LG V20’s secondary screen, roller coaster of a year. He left Apple (where he developed inclusivity” -- it doesn’t believe gamers of that group. even when the phone’s screen is off, which won’t exist on the V30. the Swift programming language) to help build Tesla’s Au- will feel welcome if racists have a home (Source: mashable.com) and doesn’t require the user to press (Source: Mashable) topilot technology, only to leave months later after realizing that he wasn’t a good fit. Intel CEO leaves Trump manufacturing council Pandora appoints Sling TV’s Roger Lynch as CEO. 10 The streaming music company found a replace- Intel CEO Brian Krzanich has become the third company what it still can and should be,” he said. ment for its long-serving chief executive Tim Westergren. chief in recent days to depart from United States The departure of Krzanich follows the earlier President Donald Trump’s American Manufacturing resignations of Under Armour CEO Kevin Plank and Council. Merck CEO Kenneth Frazier. Trump administration Writing in a blog post, Krzanich said he was leaving Plank said he was resigning due to the president’s to “call attention” to the fractured political environment initial response to the Charlottesville protests. demands data on over a in the United States. His resignation came even after Trump made a “Politics and political agendas have sidelined the statement on Monday explicitly calling out hate groups, million visitors to anti- important mission of rebuilding America’s manufacturing including the KKK, neo-Nazis, and white supremacists, base,” he wrote. for their role in the unrest. One woman was killed when Trump site “I have already made clear my abhorrence at the one of the demonstrators rammed a car into a group of The Trump administration is demanding web host provider recent hate-spawned violence in Charlottesville, and counter-protesters. Dreamhost turn over the logs of over 1.3 million visitors to earlier today I called on all leaders to condemn the attacking anyone who disagrees with them.” In June, Elon Musk left the council after Trump an anti-Trump website it hosts, the company has revealed. white supremacists and their ilk who marched and The Intel boss said increasingly, politicisation had removed the United States from the Paris Agreement. News of the Justice Department order landed when committed violence. made significant progress on any issue impossible. “Leaving Paris is not good for America or the world,” the company took an unusual step of announcing that “I resigned because I want to make progress, while “The current environment must change, or else our Musk said at the time. it had been in talks with the government to clarify and many in Washington seem more concerned with nation will become a shadow of what it once was and (Source: theverge) narrow the search warrant in an effort to comply, but had failed to reach an amicable resolution. The order demanded Galaxy Note8 will have Google announces voice Essential now valued at that the company provide a dual-SIM version support for 30 new over $1 billion “all information available”, including its owner and its languages visitors, of a political activ- ism and protest organizing website against the current Trump administration, the web host said in a blog post. The website, known as DisruptJ20, is a political or- ganization that planned a mass protest for the in- auguration of then presi- dent-elect Donald Trump in January. Several purported mem- bers of the organization were arrested for alleged violent The Samsung Galaxy Note8 is going to have a Google invests a lot in its voice neural machine learn- We are still on the verge of knowing when the Essen- conduct during the protests. dual-SIM version. ing and now announced that it added support for 30 tial PH-1 will actually becoming available to the public. The specific information that prosecutors want isn’t The page lists model number SM-N950F/DS, new languages. Even so, Foxconn’s filing for a $3 million investment known as the affidavit for the search warrant remains un- which should be the Exynos-powered version Here’s the full list of newly supported languages: into Essential has brought the company’s valuation to der seal. Dreamhost has however confirmed the order of the Note8 (F models usually are). The page Amharic (Ethiopia), Armenian (Armenia), Azerbaijani about $1.2 billion, breaking past the $1 billion barrier demanded the company hand over “contact information, was on the Austrian sub-site, so this model is (Azerbaijani), Bengali (Bangladesh, India), English (Ghana, and pegging it as a “unicorn” in the tech industry. This email content, and photos of thousands of people,” to de- for Europe. The card slot arrangement is not yet Kenya, Nigeria, Tanzania), Georgian (Georgia), Gujarati (In- is according to Bloomberg columnist Tim Culpan via termine “who simply visited the website,” the company said. clear, though the Galaxy S8+ uses a hybrid slot dia), Javanese (Indonesia), Kannada (India), Khmer (Cambo- Twitter. The company argued that the data, including logs and exclusively. dian), Lao (Laos), Latvian (Latvia), Malayalam (India), Marathi Essential was previously valued at $997 million specific identifiable information, will allow the government The US version of the Galaxy Note8 could (India), Nepali (Nepal), Sinhala (Sri Lanka), Sundanese (Indo- in June following a short period of large investment to build a comprehensive list of names who oppose the launch as soon as 9 days from now. nesia), Swahili (Tanzania, Kenya), Tamil (India, Singapore, Sri backing. This was also around the time that executives Trump administration. Lanka, Malaysia), Telugu (India), Urdu (Pakistan, India). were leaving the company. (Source: zdnet) (Source: Galaxyclub) (Source: Google) (Source: Pocketnow) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y august 16, 2017 science 11 Australia to build a solar power Can offshore fish farming plant to meet energy needs feed a hungry world? Harvesting fish and shellfish from offshore farms could help Earlier in 2017, China completed the Solar thermal power provide essential protein to a global population set to expand world’s largest floating solar power plant Unlike traditional solar panel-based fa- a third to 10 billion by mid-century, researchers said Monday. to meet its growing energy demands and cilities, solar thermal power plants use a se- it looks like another country is looking to ries of mirrors to heat molten salt contained diversify its domestic energy production within a central tower and this subsequent with a massive clean energy initiative. heat is used to activate a steam turbine. Australia recently announced plans to In 2017, the federal government construct a massive solar power plant to committed $110 million of equity to fuel the entire South Australian state gov- constructing a solar thermal power fa- ernment’s power needs and then some. cility. The SolarReserve contract will last Australian State Premier Jay Weatherill for 20 years and create about 700 jobs confirmed a contract for the Aurora Solar (including 650 construction jobs and Energy Project, 150-megawatt solar ther- 50 “ongoing positions” in the region). mal plant, to be built in South Australia. However, some experts worry about Global solar power developer, SolarRe- the long-term limitations of solar ther- serve, will begin construction on the $650 mal technology. million facility in 2018 and plans to have “One of the big challenges for so- Suitable open-sea zones have the potential to yield 15 the plant ready by 2020. lar thermal as a storage tool is that it billion tons of fish every year, more than 100 times current Currently, the maximum government can only store heat. If there is an excess worldwide seafood consumption, they reported in the jour- power consumption is about 125MW (far of electricity in the system because the nal Nature Ecology & Evolution. less than the plant’s projected 150MW sion-free plant will be the largest of its solar farm, the Crescent Dunes Solar En- wind is blowing strong, it cannot effi- Coastal and inland aquaculture already accounts for more output). This means the plant should kind. ergy Project, covering more than 1,600 ciently use it to store electrical power than half of the fish consumed around the world. Many re- have enough production capacity to fulfill SolarReserve is no stranger to massive acres of Nevada desert and has also an- to shift the energy to times of shortage, gions, especially in Africa and Asia, depend on fish for pro- the government’s energy needs and send solar efforts by any means. The compa- nounced a 450MW plant to be built in unlike batteries and pumped hydro,” Dr. tein. excess power to the local grid. ny was in charge of a similar enormous Chile. Matthew Stocks, a research fellow at But severe pollution, rising costs, and intense competition Largest of its kind the Australian National University, told for shoreline real estate mean that production in these areas When completed, the Aurora Solar Unlike traditional solar panel-based facilities, The Guardian. cannot expand indefinitely. Energy Project will produce 495-giga- solar thermal power plants use a series of Nonetheless, Weatherill hopes that Wild fishery catches, meanwhile, have mostly plateaued watt hours of power annually (repre- this project alongside other clean energy mirrors to heat molten salt contained within a or are in decline. senting roughly five percent of South initiatives will make the energy grid more central tower and this subsequent heat is used That leaves the deep blue sea, or at least territorial waters Australia’s yearly energy consumption). secure moving forward. up to 200 meters (650 feet) deep -- the practical limit for Once the system goes online, the emis- to activate a steam turbine. (Source: digitaltrends.com) anchoring commercial farms. “Oceans represent an immense opportunity for food pro- Falcon 9 launches Dragon with heavy science payload duction, yet the open ocean environment is largely untapped as a farming resource,” the authors noted. A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket successfully launched a Drag- from the same pad, breaking a rapid cadence of launch- To assess that potential, a team of researchers led by Re- on cargo spacecraft on August 14 with a diverse pay- es SpaceX had performed prior to that. The Eastern becca Gentry, a professor at the University of California Santa load of science experiments for the International Space Range, which encompasses Kennedy Space Center and Barbara, undertook a series of calculations. Station. Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, was down for up- First they divvied up the ocean into a grid, excluding areas The Falcon 9 lifted off from Launch Complex 39A at grades for a month after the Intelsat launch. that were too deep or already given over to oil extraction, NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 12:31 P.M. At the pre-launch press briefing, NASA officials said marine parks or shipping lanes, for example. Eastern, and deployed the Dragon spacecraft into low that they had one chance to launch this mission before Some 11.4 million square kilometers (4.4 million square Earth orbit 10 minutes later. Neither NASA nor SpaceX standing down for several days. Dan Hartman, deputy miles) of ocean could be developed for fish, and 1.5 million reported any issues during the countdown or liftoff. The manager of the ISS program at NASA, said a planned square kilometers for bivalves, such as mussels, the study Dragon, flying a mission designated SpX-12, will arrive spacewalk by two Russian cosmonauts on Aug. 17 found. at the ISS early on August 16. would have coincided with a Dragon arrival at the sta- (Source: AFP) The Falcon 9’s first stage also made a successful land- tion if launched Aug. 15. The mission would also have ing at Landing Zone 1, a former launch site at Cape had to wait until the launch of a NASA communications Canaveral Air Force Station now used by SpaceX for satellite on an Atlas 5, scheduled for Aug. 18. landing first stages. Other investigations carried on the mission include Center to perform space science experiments and per- Prevailing theories of Earth Successful landing one funded by the Michael J. Fox Foundation to grow form technology demonstrations. The landing was the 14th successful landing in 39 Falcon crystals of a protein linked to Parkinson’s Disease, an “Every mission we come to, it seems like the portfo- formation could be wrong 9 liftoffs, and the sixth to land back at Cape Canaveral. experiment to grow stem cells that could treat lung dis- lio, the projects in the pipeline, are getting more and more “We still will say we attempt to land,” said Hans Koe- ease, and the latest in a series of rodent research exper- diverse and more and more interesting,” said Ken Shields, When scientists came up with currently accepted theories nigsmann, vice president of build and flight reliability iments. director of operations for the Center for the Advancement about how the Earth formed soon after the sun itself came for SpaceX, at a pre-launch briefing Aug. 13. “It’s still a The Dragon is also carrying several satellites for lat- of Science in Space (CASIS), the non-profit organization into being about 4.5 billion years ago, one of the most im- maneuver that is—‘audacious’ I think is the right word.” er deployment from the station, including the U.S. Ar- that manages the portion of the ISS designated as a U.S. portant factors in their calculations was what is thought to be The launch was the first for SpaceX since the July 5 my’s Kestral Eye imaging satellite and Dellingr, a six-unit national laboratory, at a pre-launch briefing. the composition of our planet’s core and mantle. But a new Falcon 9 launch of an Intelsat communications satellite cubesat developed by NASA’s Goddard Space Flight (Source: SpaceNews) experiment, whose results were shared Sunday at a confer- ence on geochemistry, casts doubt on those theories, sug- gesting they could be wrong and need revision. Underwater robot labs monitor toxins We don’t fully understand the interior of the Earth, but it Almost exactly three years ago, in August These blooms can produce a toxin called of Michigan. mental sample processor, or ESP, and is was thought to contain almost no zinc in its core. Researchers 2014, residents of Toledo, Ohio were told microcystin, which causes a number of Worst-affected lakes positioned on the lake bottom four miles from Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris (IPGP)conducted to immediately stop drinking their city health effects in humans, ranging from Johengen and his colleagues hope from the water intake for the Toledo mu- an experiment to simulate the “core-mantle differentiation at water. The “do not drink” advisory lasted rashes and diarrhea to liver damage. Due Lake Erie, one of the worst-affected lakes nicipal water supply. Looking rather like the time of the Earth’s formation,” which they did by melting three days, and sent residents across state to climate change and human impacts in America, may be one of the first to an industrial garbage compactor, the ESP mixtures of metals rich in iron and compounds of silicate that lines in search of bottled water. Nearly like agricultural runoff, these toxic blooms benefit from a new solution. They’re ex- is sometimes described as a “lab in a can.” contained zinc (Zn) and sulfur (S). half a million people were affected. are becoming more common. perimenting with a new technology – a The fully automated ESP “We found that under conditions similar to those estimat- The culprit? A blue-green algae called The “problem is really worldwide,” says lake-bottom “robotic lab” – to test water tests the water once or twice a day, ed when the Earth formed, Zn has a tendency to be distrib- cyanobacteria in Lake Erie, the city’s water aquatic ecologist Tom Johengen, associ- and give information and early warnings and sends the results wirelessly to re- uted between the core and mantle differently than we had supply. When conditions are right, cyano- ate director of the Cooperative Institute about pollution. searchers. thought, i.e. there will be a significant amount of it bound up bacteria blooms into large, sludgy mats. for Great Lakes Research at the University The technology is called an environ- (Source: Smithsonian) in the Earth’s core. Based on previous models, if we can place more Zn in the core, then by association you place more S in the core as well, much more in fact than most current observations suggest,” Brandon Mahan of IPGP explained in BMI Oversees 163 Development Projects Strictly: Official a statement Sunday. Bank of Industry and Mine (BMI) monitors and super- according to the pertinent rules and regulations, in- units according to the stipulated rules and regulations, (Source: IBT) vises a number of 163 development projects, valued at troducing applicant to the consulting engineer, con- providing and presenting various types of analytical re- 9,970,000,000 tomans. cluding contract of facilities according to the sample ports on the performance of consulting engineering Director of Department to Supervise Development of contract approved by the legal management bureau companies and providing various types of specialized Milky Way houses up Projects of Bank of Industry and Mine Seyyed Reza of the bank, observing requirements of international backgrounds in the field of supervision implementation Emadi announced the above statement and said: standards, analyzing results obtained from the pro- of projects, etc. to 100m black holes, “Construction operation of Ilam, Masjed Soleyman, vided reports (such as report on the physical progress Upon setting up research and development (R&D) scientists say Hengam, Bushehr and Bidboland petrochemical com- of the project, etc.), giving proposals on the projects Department, the management of the bank focused on panies is underway by the bank, costing more than (granting complementary financial facilities, annulling the following five Working Group including domestic How many black holes are there in the Milky Way? This €7.1 billion.” facilities, etc.), selecting and evaluating performance auditing, improving supervision process, risk, finance straightforward question has proven extremely difficult to an- He expounded on the main duties of the bank in of consulting engineering companies, monitoring pro- and interacting with the consulting engineers in re- swer, since black holes are so difficult to directly detect. How- this regard as follows: receiving applicants’ documents jects in cooperation with the concerned organizational moval of pertinent problems, he maintained. ever, scientists not only have developed indirect methods for locating and even weighing them, we also understand how the Universe forms them: from stars and stellar remnants. Executives of World’s Most Prestigious Investment Funds Advise Investors to Buy Gold If we can understand the different stars that existed at all The managers of world’s leading investment itals, the Public Relations Dept. of Iran Mer- days to the growing trend of purchase world, analysts opined. different times in our galaxy’s history, we should be able to funds advised investors to buy gold due to cantile Exchange reported. by the international investors. It seems that gold will fluctuate be- infer exactly how many black holes — and of what mass — the exacerbation and escalation of tensions Given the above issue, veteran ana- Once the tension between U.S. and tween the two levels of supportive and exist in our galaxy today. between U.S. and North Korea and in order lysts of CMC Markets believe that world’s North Korea is occurred, there will be no resilient psychology in the coming days, Thanks to a comprehensive study by a trio of researchers to maintain the value of their assets and cap- gold price will be affected in coming excuse for the reduced gold price in the the report ended. from UC Irvine, the first accurate estimates of the number of black holes found in Milky Way-like galaxy have now been made. Not only is our galaxy filled with hundreds of billions of stars, but we also are home to up to 100 million black holes. MA Insurance Co.’s New Building Opens in Tabriz Black holes themselves are not visible, but emissions in the The new building of MA Insurance Company was in- Kamyab Head of Tabriz Branch of MA Insurance Com- in selling insurance policy. radio and X-ray from matter outside of them can clue us into augurated in the city of Tabriz in the presence of Eng. pany welcomed participants and expounded on the In the end, Eng. Safdari Chief Executive of MA Insur- their locations and physical properties. Safdari Managing Director of MA Insurance Compa- performance of the branch, the rate of portfolio, num- ance Company pointed to paying due attention to the This is all the more remarkable when you consider that ny, Mr. Hojjat Baharifar Member of Board of Directors, ber of customers, representatives of sales network, etc. marketing principles, the way of negotiating according it wasn’t so long ago — back in the 1980s — that scien- Amir-Hossein Qorbani Technical Deputy of company, Amir-Hossein Qorbani Technical Deputy Chief Execu- to the latest standards and observing rights of custom- tists weren’t yet certain that black holes existed. The best ev- Akbar Zahedvand Advisor to the managing director tive of the company was the next speaker who described ers as well as using new techniques of selling insurance idence we had came from X-ray and radio emitting sources of the company, Amir Shafiei Manager of Branches customer-orientation analysis and risk management for and said: “With the coordination made in this regard, that exerted a gravitational influence that exceeded that of Affairs, Gholam-Reza Madadi Manager of Represent- the representatives and personnel of the branch. the company will take giant strides in the current year neutron stars, and yet had no optical or infrared counterpart. atives Affairs and Abbas Eslami Manager of Life and Also, Hojjat Baharifar Member of Board of Directors in order to materialize most of its objectives.” Subsequently, we began measuring the motions of stars at Investment Affairs, the Public Relations Dept. of the expounded on the way of selling insurance services, It should be noted that top and exemplary repre- the galactic center using multiwavelength astronomy, reveal- company reported. the necessity of gaining customers’ satisfaction and the sentatives of MA Insurance Company’s branch office in ing that they appeared to orbit a large mass that needed to In the beginning of this inaugural ceremony, Arash way of using up-to-date information of representatives East Azarbaijan Province were honored. contain about four million Suns’ worth of matter. (Source: Forbes) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y 12 life&society august 16, 2017

Iran exporting nano New environment chief warns of products to 20 countries ‘disastrous’ water scarcity Society TEHRAN — Iran’s nano products are deskcurrently exported to 20 countries, the 1 Chairman of Lake Urmia restoration Meanwhile, in an article published on secretary for Iran Nanotechnology Initiative Council af- committee further explained that flawed Monday in Persian language E’temad filiated with the vice-pres- policies perused in 80s and 90s are now newspaper, environmental expert Moham- idency for science and incurring substantial costs; “although some mad Darvish outlined some of the expec- technology has said. environmental issues such as air pollution tation surrounding the new administration “Fortunately, a great ad- can be resolved it’s almost impossible to re- with regard to the environmental issues. vancement has taken place verse harms inflicted upon exhausted and “The Department of Environment in nanotechnology in the depleted soil and water resources.” should be authorized to veto projects country during recent years,” “I cannot improve Iran’s environment that might result in environmental harms,” IRIB quoted Saeid Sarkar as all by myself, the government and the Darvish wrote. saying on Tuesday. public should all join hand to help the The administration should put an end Over 160 Iranian knowl- environment,” he suggested. to numerous dam building projects and edge-based companies are ‘We have to be able to say no’ instead focus on improving water-use producing nano products, On her valedictory speech, the former efficiency in agriculture sector, recycling he added. chief of the department of environment water, reconstructing Qanats [old system He referred to Australia, Masoumeh Ebtekar pointed out that all of water supply from a deep well with a series of vertical access shafts] and in case Germany, China, South Ko- projects have been assessed environmen- Times/ Mohammad Moheimany Tehran rea, Austria, and Russia as some of the target countries. tally prior to implementation and some 15 none worked they can set up desalination “Iranian scientists have produced some new nano prod- to 10 percent of the projects which did not First vice president Jahangiri (R) is shaking hand with the new chief of environment plants as a last resort, he explained. ucts which will be unveiled in the near future,” he concluded. live up to environmental standards could Kalantari with former environment chief Ebtekar standing in the background. Teaching environmental courses at not acquire necessary permits. were among the accomplishments of opportunities, however, “we have stated on schools, promoting tourism industry, “If we seek any improvement we have to the Department of Environment Ebtekar multiple occasions that the development stopping groundwater resources de- be able to say no to some requests, if we mentioned in her speech. which endanger Iran’s future is not what we pletion, developing bicycle lanes, es- Disabled Egyptians make can’t stand out against such environmentally Ebtekar has been appointed as the want, we want to undergo development tablishing department of environment prosthetic limbs for poor detrimental projects there would be no en- vice president for women and family af- and safeguard our forests and environment.” at all ministries, and adopting animal vironment to protect anymore,” she warned. fairs in Rouhani’s new administration. “We have to find a way to both accel- welfare law are of the demands envi- An Egyptian development organization that manufactures Partial restoration of the wetlands, ‘We are seeking sustainable de- erate development and protect the envi- ronmentalist have put forward over the products for the disabled has opened a workshop in namely Lake Urmia, Hamoun, and Hour- velopment’ ronment and this is what the managers past years, he said. Cairo to make prosthetic limbs for the poor, staffed by al-Azim, boosting international cooper- For his part, the first vice-president should do,” he added. Darvish finally expressed hope that workers with disabilities who could otherwise struggle to ation, empowering NGOs, and teaching Es’haq Jahangiri, said that Iran is a develop- Stop thinking environment is one day everyone stop thinking that en- earn a wage. environmental courses at the universities ing country and cannot miss development hindering development vironment is hindering development. The Coptic Evangelical Organization for Social Services aims to foster social and cultural development in Egypt and has been given $91,000 in funding by the Japanese Phlegmatic temperament: Specifications and lifestyle government. speaking and acting. They oversleep and Its prosthetic limbs department, which has been article as they get up they feel they haven’t got operating for six months, aims to produce 200 limbs this By Seyed Mahdi enough sleep. They tend to have a poorer year and increase output in future. Mirghazanfari, MD, PhD and shorter memory compared to people The workshop is part of a program through which part 2 of other temperaments. They are endless- the organization aims to help disabled people into work, ly patient and calm. They expel fairly large enabling them to earn an income and contribute more to amount of waste matter (urine, sweat, and society, said Michael Saad, who supervises the program. TEHRAN — Not only medical conditions feces) but the waste matter don’t have “By using this program, our main goal is to show that but also health-related behaviors are con- strong color or odor unless waste materi- the disabled are proactive individuals in society, that the sidered personalized in Iranian-Islamic tra- als have built up in their bodies. They don’t disabled are in need of some support in order for them to ditional medicine. have much strong pulse, neither do they become proactive and productive,” Saad added. For example, a person with warm and have prominent veins. The organization also has a factory that produces dry temper usually prefers cold and wet Lifestyle tips that suit people with phleg- between 1,000 and 1,500 mobility devices such as food and drink rather than one with warm matic temperament are outlined below. People with cold and wet Mizaj should try not to eat too much pasta, potato, and rice or wheelchairs and crutches each year. A mobile van service is and dry nature. Also, an old man with the Lifestyle fruits and vegetables with cold Mizaj such as watermelon, peach and spinach. used to deliver their products free of charge, and to provide age of 70 years compared to a teenage Eating food stuff with cold and wet Mizaj and tripe. Instead, eating high calorie and go back to sleep again. routine maintenance for their users. man needs more warm and wet food and is not recommended to people with phleg- low-volume food such as Kabab Barg (a Sleeping during the day especially in One worker said being employed at the workshop had drink based on his age-related temper. matic temperament especially during cold Persian style barbecued and marinated autumn and winter is not advised to these renewed his self-belief. According to Iranian traditional med- seasons and in cold climate. lamb dish), Kabab Chenjeh (pure meat people. They should sleep in warmer plac- “Disability is psychological not physical,” said Raouf Nady icine, if such personalized considerations In general they had better not to con- and very similar to western steaks usually es relatively stretching the body and soft Helmy. “When you begin working on your career you will are not observed, the basic temperament sume watery food such as soup or ash made from the meat of newly slaughtered sports after getting up is beneficial to them. feel like you were dead and that you came back to life.” (Mizaj) would be changed to out of bal- (kind of Iranian soup featuring noodle, sheep, when it’s still soft and fresh) egg Doing this in the morning would decreases (Source: reuters.com) ance; a condition which potentially could beans, and vegetables) and stews. They yolk, and quail. the chances of dizziness, tiredness, puff- threaten the human fitness and health. should also try not to eat too much pasta, They had better have mint, chives, tarra- iness, Post Nasal Discharge (PND) and In the Iranian-Islamic traditional med- potato, and rice which would cause them gon, or mountain vegetables such a thyme memory loss. learn english icine the excess or lack of warmness and to gain weight. or other vegetables grow in local areas as Wearing perfumes with warm and humidity define four essential tempera- They should abstain from dairy prod- well as onion and garlic with their meals strong scents as well as wearing clothes Daily Life - Cleaning the ments of “Warm and Wet (sanguine or ucts (cheese, yoghurt, or doogh - a savory which all have warm Mizaj, suit their tem- with warm colors such as red, yellow and House Damawiy)”, “Warm and Dry (choleric or yogurt-based beverage), sauces, mayon- perament and help them fully and easily orange is advised to them. Safrawiy)”, “Cold and Dry (melancholic or naise, sour paste or sour food items. digest their food. People with cold and wet Mizaj need A: Honey, the house is such a mess! I need you to help me Saudawiy)” and “Cold and Wet (phlegmat- Eating vegetables or fruits with cold Miz- Adding salt and spices such as pepper, warmness and blood (which is a very warm tidy up a bit. My boss and her husband are coming over for ic or Balghamiy)” respectively. The terms aj such as watermelon, cucumber, peach, cinnamon, saffron, and ginger into their substance) in their bodies so they are ill-ad- dinner and the house needs to be spotless! in the parentheses refer to four groups of plum, lettuce, and spinach is of no benefits food is also of benefits to them. vised to undergo bloodletting therapies B: I’m in the middle of something right now. I’ll be there in a material in the body (called “humors” or to them, however, eating sweat fruits such Being in cold and humid places such such as wet cupping therapy, phlebotomy second. ‘Akhlat’) including blood which is hot and as banana, apple, and quince would be ad- as bathtub, swimming pool, cold tub, and and leech therapy. Cupping therapy with- A: This can’t wait! I need your help now! moist, phlegm which is cold and moist, bil- vantageous to them. steam sauna is not good for them, while out taking any blood is all right. B: Alright, alright. I’m coming. ious or yellow bile which is hot and dry and Consuming low-volume high calorie taking intense exercise such as jogging, Watching sad, horror and philosophical A: Ok, here’s a list of chores we need to get done. I’ll do the atrabilious or black bile which is cold and food such as salted or roasted almond, running, cycling especially under low sun is movies is not appropriate for these peo- dishes and get all the groceries for tonight. You can sweep dry. Words written in italic show original pistachio, raisin, and fig is good for them. recommended to them. ple while watching comedies and thrillers and mop the floors. Oh, and the furniture needs to be dusted. Persian terms in the ancient literature. Taking food stuff such as fig, melon seeds, While sleeping they had better use a which increase the warmness in the body B: You know what, I have to pick something up at the mall, so People with phlegmatic temperament radish, and thyme that trigger diarrhea or hard mattress, use blanket, cover their head very well suit them. why don’t you clean the floors and I’ll go to the supermarket usually feel cold. They are light, fair and urination which could lessen the wetness in or sleep near to a heater with their head Seyed Mahdi Mirghazanfari, MD, holds and get all the groceries. smoothed-complexioned and have fine their body and create a feeling of lightness closer to it. a PhD degree in medical physiology and A: Sure that’s fine. Here is the list of all the things you need to and glowing skin as well as silky, straight, and joy is recommended to this group. Sleeping uninterruptedly for long hours is an Iranian-Islamic traditional medicine get. Don’t forget anything! And can you pick up a bottle of smooth and thin hair. They are bulky and They should cut back on thick food would increase wetness in the body so researcher. He is also an assistant profes- orange juice on your way home? quickly gain weight and they usually seem such as barely soup, kalleh pacheh (a dish people with phlegmatic temperament had sor in AJA University of Medical Sciences, B: Hey, honey I’m back. Wow, the house looks really good! swollen. They take their time thinking, of boiled cow or sheep’s feet and head) better to get up during the night and then Tehran. A: Great! Can you set the table? B: Just a sec I’m just gonna vacuum this rug real fast A: Wait! Don’t turn it on... english in use Key Vocabulary such a mess: very dirty, disordered Learn News Translation tidy up: put things in place, organize spotless: perfectly clean in the middle of something: busy doing something at the Subway wall collapse leaves 3 کشته و 6 مصدوم بر اثر ریزش دیواره مترو moment chores: common house tasks 3 dead, 6 injured groceries: food that you buy at a store بــه گــزارش خبرگــزاری ایســنا صبــح روز پنجشــنبه بــر اثــر ریــزش دیــواره ی تونــل Supplementary Vocabulary Tunnel wall collapse at a subway construction site in the central city immaculate: perfectly clean, having no dirt at all of Qom on Thursday morning claimed three lives and left six injured, متــرو قــم 6 نفــر مصــدوم و ســه نفــر کشــته شــدند. .do the laundry: wash the dirty clothes ISNA news agency reported ایــن حادثــه در ســاعت 11 در محــل احــداث متــرو در حوالــی خیابــان ولــی عصــر قــم dish detergent: soap used to wash the plates, knives, forks, The unfortunate incident took place at about 11 a.m. around Vali-Asr bowls, etc. square of Qom subway construction site and following the collapse a بــه وقــوع پیوســت کــه باعــث محبــوس شــدن تعــدادی از کارگــران در زیــر آوار شــد. .trash: garbage group of construction crews got trapped under the rubble عوامــل اورژانــس و نیروهــای امــدادی بــه ســرعت در محــل حادثــه حاضــر و مشــغول rubbish: garbage Rescue and relief forces along with emergency medical services (Source: irlanguage.ir) teams soon attended the scene and started searching through the آواربــرداری بــرای یافتــن کارگــران شــدند. .rubble for survivors english proverb PHRASAL VERB english idiom A watched pot never boils Dive into Benefit of the doubt Explanation: when you want something to happen, paying attention to it will make the wait feel Meaning: to put your hand quickly in your bag, Explanation: choose to believe that the person is Have an idea? much longer pocket etc. in order to get something out innocent, honest or telling the truth, because there is For example: The doctor is never going to call with For example: He dived into his pocket and no evidence to the contrary Be in touch! your test results if you sit by the phone. A watched produced a packet of cigarettes. For example: Although he found it hard to believe pot never boils, after all. Tom›s explanation, the teacher decided to give him [email protected] the benefit of the doubt. I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y august 16, 2017 world in focus 13 Report details Saudi kidnapping U.S. sanctions hit Russian hopes of a ‘Trump bump’ of defecting royals for investment New details have emerged of Saudi Ara- days before being sent back to their bia’s kidnapping of three members of its countries of origin. New U.S. sanctions on Moscow have forced Russian busi- royal family from Europe and the United Turki had been critical of the coun- ness chiefs to accept that Donald Trump’s rise to power is States in order to silence their opposition try’s human rights record and corrup- not about to produce a “Trump Bump” in foreign investment. to the ruling regime. tion among princes and officials and had After Trump became U.S. president, some investors said The BBC is to air a documentary ti- called for a series of reforms. they would be prepared to contemplate new deals with Rus- tled “Kidnapped: Saudi Arabia’s Missing Prince Turki bin Bandar sian firms if they saw signs that U.S.-Russian ties were improv- Princes” on Tuesday, offering details on A former official tasked with policing ing and U.S. restrictions on business with Russia were being the kidnapping of the princes, who have the royals, Prince Turki bin Bandar was relaxed. not been heard of since their disappear- another royal abducted, while trying to But the new sanctions, signed onto law by Trump on Aug. ance. leave for France in Morocco. He was then 2, add new measures and codify six orders signed by Pres- The Guardian had originally broke imprisoned and returned forcibly to Ri- ident Barack Obama, making them harder for Trump to re- the story about the kidnappings back in yadh. voke. March 2016. He had posted videos on YouTube, For the business community in Moscow, the message is Prince Sultan bin Turki calling for reform in Saudi Arabia. clear -- there is no immediate prospect of Washington sof- But a report on the BBC’s website Saud bin Saif al-Nasr tening its stance towards Moscow. used information from the documentary A bon vivant, Saud bin Saif al-Nasr “Russia faces the codification of sanctions which suggests to provide more details. was the least prominent of the three. He they will be hellishly difficult to take off and are likely to re- According to the report, Prince Sultan had openly called for a popular upris- main in place for the very long term,” said Tim Ash, a strate- bin Turki, the most senior of the three ing against the Saudi ruling regime and gist at BlueBay asset management in London. princes, was invited back in 2003 to a urged the prosecution of the Saudi offi- “The mere fact that the U.S. and Western governments ... saw palace in Geneva, where a fellow royal cials who had backed the overthrow of fit to levy sanctions on Russia sends at the least an amber light urged him to return to the kingdom so Saudi Arabia but was allowed to leave way, flight attendants took out weapons, Egypt’s only democratically-elected Pres- to Western business –- be careful in your dealings with Russia.” they could resolve the dispute arising again in 2010 to seek medical treatment subduing him and taking him to Riyadh. ident Mohammed Morsi in 2013. The United States initially imposed financial and travel re- from his anti-regime criticism. in the United States. A number of people, including for- He had also endorsed two letters in strictions on Russia in 2014, after Russia annexed the Crimea Upon his refusal, those in the room He worked from the US to file com- eign nationals, who were unwittingly which an anonymous Saudi prince had region from Ukraine following the fall of a pro-Moscow pres- with Sultan left and masked men en- plaints with Swiss courts over the assault accompanying Sultan had taken images called for a coup to remove King Salman. ident in Kiev. tered, injecting Turki with anesthetizing back in Geneva, once again alarming before the assault on board the plane. In 2015, he was flown to what he thought The latest measures allow Congress to block any effort substance. The prince was then taken to Saudi officials. They had had their phones seized and was a planned business meeting in Milan, but by the president to ease or lift the existing sanctions, tight- an aircraft and flown to Riyadh. He spent In 2016, he boarded an aircraft pre- images erased, save one picture (seen has not been heard of ever since. ens some of those sanctions, and imposes new restrictions in time between prison and house arrest in suming it was headed for Cairo, but mid- above). They were then held for three (Source: The Guardian) some sectors. Executives in Russian banks and energy companies, the main targets of the U.S. sanctions, told Reuters their compli- Russia says foiled ISIL-led suicide bomb attacks in Moscow ance departments were still going through the fine print of Russia’s FSB security service said that it had captured a two young men wearing black rucksacks to the floor the new law to understand the practical impact. gang planning major attacks on Moscow transport net- and handcuffing them. It also showed what it said was Already clear, though, was the message about the dura- works and shopping centers, directed by members of equipment used to mix chemicals and several semi-au- tion of the sanctions. the ISIL terrorist group from Syria. tomatic weapons. “This is obviously for a long time,” said a source in a major Security officers detained members of the group out- An FSB officer told RIA Novosti news agency that Russian oil company, who spoke on condition of anonymity side Moscow as they plotted “a series of terrorist attacks tests had shown the group had mixed acetone perox- because he is not authorized to speak to the media. in crowded public places including on public transport ide, an explosive that can be made from easily available Moody’s rating agency said in a note to clients that the and in major shopping centers in Moscow using suicide household chemicals but is nicknamed “Mother of Sa- new sanctions on Russia “are likely to further deter invest- bombers and powerful explosive devices,” the FSB said. tan” because of its dangerous volatility. ment there.” It said that four people were captured, three from Russia regularly announces that it has foiled major The sanctions in place since 2014 directly restrict a narrow Central Asia and one a Russian citizen. terrorist attacks, and recently has emphasized the threat range of business dealings. Their biggest effect, according to Three of the men, all from Tajikistan, appeared in from former Soviet countries in Central Asia, where investment bankers and corporate lawyers in Moscow, is that court, which placed them in custody for two months on large numbers of the Muslim-majority populations have they create the risk of more sanctions being added. charges of planning an attack as a group, punishable by Shirindzhonov. gone to fight alongside ISIL. Under that scenario, a deal signed outside the scope of up to 20 years in jail, as well as weapons offences. Media outlets in Tajikistan reported this month that The FSB said in July that it had detained seven na- the sanctions could quickly fall under sanctions. If that hap- Two of the men made confessions of guilt in court, a man named Todzhiddin Nazarov, also known as Abu tionals from Central Asia who were “preparing terrorist pened, investors would be likely to lose money and few want TASS state news agency reported. Russian television Osama Noraka, had appeared in ISIL video statements attacks” in Saint Petersburg, where 15 were killed in a to take that risk. showed the men led into the court bent over with arms from Syria posted on pro-terrorist sites. metro bombing in April. On the other hand, if investors believe the sanctions will handcuffed behind their backs. One had blood stains ‘Mother of Satan’ - The alleged perpetrator who died in that attack was not be expanded, they can conclude deals with some confi- on his shirt front. The FSB said officers raided a bomb-making labora- born in Kyrgyzstan and later acquired Russian citizen- dence, even while existing measures remain in place. Russian television reported that the Russian national tory outside Moscow and captured the group’s coordi- ship. Ship hasn’t sailed who did not appear in court was the group’s leader. nator, an ISIL emissary in Russia, as well as an explosives The bombing was claimed by a little-known group, Trump’s election triumph last November led many in the The FSB said it had determined that the attacks were expert and two potential suicide bombers. the Imam Shamil Battalion, which experts say is linked Russian business community to believe that the worst of the being organized by ISIL warlords and emissaries who Russian television showed FSB footage of the raid on to Al-Qaeda. sanctions was over. are in Syria, which it identified as T.M. Nazarov and A.M. a house in which plainclothes officers are seen pinning (Source: AFP) It was at this time that a long-planned deal to privatize a stake in Sovcomflot, a state-owned shipping company with a fleet of modern vessels and lucrative energy sector contracts, was put back on the government’s agenda. Kashmiris cast doubt on Indian PM Modi’s ‘warm’ words The fate of the partial privatization since then reflects the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi What we see practically is more oppres- importance of the new sanctions to investor sentiment. said force will not resolve the situation in sion and humiliation. These statements No one involved in the Sovcomflot deal has publicly com- Kashmir in a speech marking 70 years of never get translated on the ground.” mitted to a date for the sale but two financial market sources Indian independence. Hussain said young men are regular- told Reuters late in May that the deal was expected in early June. His comments on Tuesday come amid ly killed in Kashmir in “fake encounters”, The plan later changed again because of deteriorating an upturn in fighting between Indian sol- or incidents where security forces shoot market conditions, a source familiar with the situation said in diers and rebels in the Himalayan region unarmed protesters and later claim they June -- the same week that the Russian stock index slipped and angry protests against Indian rule. were armed attackers. on concerns that Washington would impose new sanctions “Abuse and bullets will not solve the “Young boys who have joined militan- on Moscow. Kashmir issue,” Modi said, adding “em- cy just for 10 days or a week are being Later in June, a senior Russian government official told bracing Kashmiris will”. killed. Modi gives these soft statements Reuters the deal might happen in July. But after the new U.S. Just two days earlier in south Kashmir’s just for the media coverage and to wash sanctions, Moscow’s tone on the deal became more cautious Shopian area, three local fighters, two sol- away his past sins,” Hussain said. though officials declined to say whether the new sanctions diers, and two civilians were killed in a gun- Parvez Imroz, a leading rights activist in would alter the government’s decision about when the sale fight that led to street protests that wound- Kashmir, told Al Jazeera said the govern- happens. ed more than a dozen people. ment in Kashmir has turned more offensive “It’s clear that the USA’s toughening of the sanctions re- The situation in Kashmir continues to in recent years and they are adopting what Modi’s words for Kashmir have been very to become independent or merge with gime right now will hardly make the investment climate for be tense, particularly in its southern ar- he described as “Israeli tactics”. well received by people here, but every- Pakistan. this asset more attractive on international financial markets,” eas. “The reality on the ground is totally one here is weary of yet more talk and no Nearly 70,000 people have been killed Transport Minister Maxim Sokolov told reporters on Aug. 3. Indian forces have launched a major different to what Modi said today,” he concrete action.” in the uprising and the ensuing Indian Anton Tabakh, a Russian economist, said the main prob- operation that has resulted in the deaths said. “The proof of the pudding is in the military crackdown. lem the new sanctions posed for Russian investment was that of more than 130 fighters and civilians, “They are pushing Kashmiris to the eating. We look forward to being em- India maintains roughly 500,000 sol- they increase uncertainty about what happens next. officials say. wall; they are using these tactics for the braced in the warm grip of understand- diers in the territory. The new measures “guarantee that the risk of the sanc- ’Different reality’ upcoming 2019 elections. They are more ing, acceptance and respect.” Anti-India sentiment runs deep tions expanding will remain for a long time,” he wrote in a Kashmiri political analyst Sheikh inspired by the Israeli way... The Modi The moderate separatist leader Mir- among Kashmir’s mostly Muslim popula- commentary for Carnegie Moscow Center, a think tank. Showkat Hussain said statements such as government doesn’t care about its im- waiz Umar Farooq said the resolution of tion and most support the rebels’ against (Source: Reuters) Modi’s about Kashmir rarely lead to im- age or the international community,” said Kashmir will become reality when “abus- Indian rule. provements for its residents. Imroz. es and bullets are replaced with humanity India has accused Pakistan of arming and “Experts on the ground say the sit- “They just want to show that their and justice”. training the rebels, which Islamabad denies. uation speaks of a grim reality and the government is strong. They are bringing Rival claims Rebel groups have largely been sup- ‘Make America Great Again’ government has been dealing with the more troops to Kashmir and have turned Nuclear-armed rivals India and Pakistan pressed by Indian forces in recent years, slogan has made hate civilian population with an ‘iron fist’,” Hus- it into an open garrison. They are just each administer part of Kashmir, but both and public opposition to Indian rule is sain said. provoking Kashmiris.” claim the Himalayan territory in its entirety. now primarily expressed through street acceptable in American “This is not the first time that such The former chief minister of Kashmir, Rebel groups have been fighting since protests. vocabulary: professor statement is being made on Kashmir. Omar Abdullah, wrote on Twitter, “PM 1989 for the Indian-administered portion (Source: Al Jazeera) 1 public figures and a segment of the populace without any shame or compunction. Saudi Arabia and Iraq to re-open border crossing after 27 years How will be the U.S. after Trump? Will it be more Saudi Arabia and Iraq plan to open the Arar border “significant move” to boost ties. Prince Mohammed bin Salman resulted in an agree- powerful or weaker? crossing for trade for the first time since 1990, when it “This is a great start for further future cooperation ment for Saudi Arabia to donate $10 million in aid to A: It depends on how one measures power. If one views was closed after the countries cut ties following Saddam between Iraq and Saudia Arabia,” said Sohaib al-Rawi. the Iraqi government and study possible investments in power in terms of amassing more military hardware, inflating Hussein’s invasion of Kuwait, Saudi local media reported The announcement follows a decision by the Saudi cabi- Shia regions of southern Iraq. war budget, and acting like acting bellicosely in the inter- on Tuesday. net on Monday to establish a joint trade commission with Iraq. The opening of border crossings for trade was also national arena, then the U.S. will be “more powerful” under Saudi and Iraqi officials toured the site on Monday Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates are both on a list of goals for the talks published by Sadr’s office. Trump than it was under Obama. However, power is a com- and spoke with Iraqi religious pilgrims, who for the past wooing their northern neighbor in an effort to halt the The Saudi-Iraqi rapprochement extends back to plex and multifaceted phenomenon and does not depend 27 years had access to the crossing only once annually growing regional influence of arch-foe Iran. 2015, when Saudi Arabia reopened its embassy in Bagh- only on military bullying. Some analysts have compared during the haj season, the Mecca newspaper reported. The Sunni-led Persian Gulf Arab countries have host- dad following a 25-year break. Trump’s America to Great Britain in its waning imperial era. As The governor of Iraq’s southwestern Anbar province, ed Iraqi Shia cleric Moqtada al-Sadr for talks with their Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir visited Baghdad the British empire was crumbling, politicians and even many whose staff was on hand for the ceremonies, said the crown princes in recent weeks, rare visits after years of in February, and the two countries announced in June they ordinary British citizens had their heads buried in the sand Iraqi government had deployed troops to protect the troubled relations. would set up a coordination council to upgrade ties. and pretended that the country’s military hardware would desert route leading to Arar and called its opening a Sadr’s office said his meeting with Saudi Crown (Source: AP) save their crumbling empire. I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y 14 world sport august 16, 2017

Bolt to play for Man United Nadal delighted at return to No 1, in legends game Usain Bolt is switching gears and has signed to Manchester sorry Federer out United — to play a charity football match against Barcelona. The football fan is to make his first appearance since re- Rafael Nadal was thrilled to learn he Italian 85th-ranked lucky loser Thomas tiring from athletics and line would return to world number one for Fabbiano, who will enjoy a first-round bye. up alongside Ryan Giggs and the first time in three years but sorry it Nadal said he was sorry to see Federer Paul Scholes at Old Trafford came because Roger Federer withdrew join the list of players absent this week, on September 2. from this week’s ATP Cincinnati Masters which includes Murray, Serbia’s Novak But after pulling his ham- tournament. Djokovic, Japan’s Kei Nishikori and Swiss string in his final race at Third-ranked Federer said he injured Stan Wawrinka. the World Championships his back in Montreal, where he lost in “It’s bad news for Roger he’s not in London last week, the Sunday’s final to Germany’s Alexander playing,” Nadal said. “I’m sorry for all of 30-year-old athlete might Zverev in a key hardcourt tuneup for the them. I hope they have good recovery. not be fit. US Open. We need to see them back for the sport.” According to The Sun, a Federer, this year’s Wimbledon and Nadal has been forced to alter source said: “This has been Australian Open champion, was the only training and event schedules more as he his dream for many years. player who could have denied second- has gotten older. He’s desperate to do it as ranked French Open champion Nadal the “Of course we’re not 20 years old any long as he can get over the top spot in next Monday’s rankings. more. We’re not playing all the weeks. injury.” “For me to be in that position is That’s part of the sport. I skip many more The Jamaican sprinter will also train with German club something very special,” Nadal said. “I events than the rest of my competitors.” Borussia Dortmund. He said: “I’ve always said I wanted to have the passion and love for the game. Zverev ’unbelievable’ play football. It’s something I’ll be good at.” That’s why I’m able to be back in that spot after so many years. the chance to have that position for more Nadal, ousted in the third round last (Source: Goal) position again.” “If you don’t have doubts, it’s because weeks. I’m going to try and do my best week at Montreal, praised Zverev, who It’s the first time Nadal has been you are very arrogant and I’m not very this week and see what happens.” won his fifth ATP title at Montreal on number one since July of 2014. arrogant,” Nadal said. “There’s a young Federer, a seven-time champion on Sunday and swapped spots with Austrian The 31-year-old Spaniard, who won generation up and coming. It’s very the Cincinnati hardcourts, apologised Dominic Thiem to reach a career-high Coutinho exit would be his 15th Grand Slam title this year at tough to come back and be number but said he needed to rest with the US seventh in this week’s rankings. Roland Garros, will overtake Britain’s top- one.” Open so near. “You are talking about an unbelievable awful for Liverpool, ranked Andy Murray, who withdrew from Nadal knows that while he will claim “I am very sorry to pull out of the player. And Dominic is right there too,” admits Firmino Montreal and Cincinnati with a hip injury. the upper hand no matter how he fares Western and Southern Open as I always Nadal said, declining to offer either Nadal, who has spent 141 total this week, the year’s final Grand Slam enjoy playing,” Federer said. “Cincinnati advice. weeks in the top spot, has struggled event starting in New York on August 28 has some of the best fans in the world “Better not. I cannot give many Liverpool forward Roberto Firmino admits it would be “awful” with knee injuries since first becoming will have a major role to play in the fight and I am sorry I will miss them. advices. Everybody has to learn from if team-mate Philippe Coutinho was sold to Barcelona. world number one in August 2008 after with Federer for number one. “Unfortunately, I tweaked my back in their own mistakes. You need to do your Coutinho’s future at Anfield is far from certain, with the a Cincinnati semi-final run. He admitted “Roger and I are having great Montreal and I need to rest this week.” own way and experience it for yourself.” 25-year-old said to have submitted a transfer request just doubting he could ever regain the top seasons,” Nadal said. “One of us will have Federer was replaced in the draw by (Source: AFP) hours after Liverpool owner Fenway Sports Group stated publicly that it would not entertain any transfer offers. Manager Jurgen Klopp has conceded that the final Tiger Woods ‘had five different drugs Something is up - Real Madrid boss decision over the Brazil star’s future is out of his hands, with Barca said to be pushing hard to finalise a deal in system’ when he was arrested Zidane questions Ronaldo ban this week. Firmino is trying not to be distracted by the talk surrounding his compatriot, who is sidelined with a back injury, but he would be hugely disappointed to see him leave. “I prefer to not think of this because it would be awful,” he said, as quoted by The Liverpool Echo. “He’s a great player, but also a great friend to me. “It is normal that great teams are interested in his football, but my concentration is now on the team. “My objective is to win cups with Liverpool so I can enter the history of this club.” (Source: Soccerway)

More than 2,000 mascot applications received The former world No1 golfer Tiger insomnia, but I realize now it was a mis- Zinedine Zidane has not completely you see everything that happened… for Tokyo Woods had five different drugs in his sys- take to do this without medical assistance. given up hope of Cristiano Ronaldo “We are going to talk to the com- tem when he was arrested on suspicion “I am continuing to work with my taking to the field when Real Madrid mittee about this as well. When you A total of 2,042 mascot designs have been received for the of driving under the influence in May, ac- doctors, and they feel I’ve made signif- host Barcelona in the second leg of the think he is not going to play in five Tokyo 2020 Olympics after a competition launched earlier this cording to an ESPN report on Monday. icant progress. I remain grateful for the Supercopa de Espana. games for us, something is up. month invited Japanese residents to submit their proposals, ESPN, which cited a copy of the tox- amazing support that I continue to re- Ronaldo was hit with a five-match “It bothers me and it bothers all of Games organizers said on Tuesday. icology report, said Woods had hydroc- ceive and for the family and friends that ban by the Royal Spanish Football Fed- us. It’s a lot of games for him and that’s According to the Tokyo 2020 organizing committee, a odone, the generic form of a painkiller are assisting me.” eration (RFEF) after he pushed referee all I’ll say.” quarter of the total applicants were in their teens or 20s, while branded as Vicodin; hydromorphone, a Police found Woods stopped on the Ricardo de Burgos in the aftermath of Pressed to clarify his remarks, Zi- almost half of the submissions were received from people painkiller known as Dilaudid; alprazolam, side of a Palm Beach-area road in his being sent off in Sunday’s opening leg. dane said: “I’ve been very clear in my aged 30 to 49. a mood and sleep drug known as Xanax; Mercedes-Benz at about 3am on 29 May. Madrid will present their appeal case answer. What happened, happened. There were 1,774 individual submissions and 268 group zolpidem, a sleep drug known as Ambi- He had “extremely slow and slurred to the governing body on Wednesday When you study it, at the end of the submissions, while several entries were created as a part of en; and delta-9 carboxy THC, the active speech” after being awakened by a morning, with Barca visiting the Santia- day, you say they have given Cristiano elementary school club projects. ingredient in marijuana, in his system. It is police officer but was cooperative and go Bernabeu in the hope of overturn- five matches and that’s a lot. “Given the difficult conditions attached to the submissions, not known if Woods had prescriptions for told officers he takes several prescrip- ing a 3-1 deficit that evening. “I hope the committee look at it. But the number received was a satisfactory figure,” the organizers all of the medications. Medical marijuana tions, including Xanax, according to a Zidane has studiously avoided be- it bothers me, when I see five matches said in a statement. is legal in Florida. police report. ing dragged into El Clasico politics and what [punishment] they want to “The judging process will begin on Aug. 22, with the A request made by Reuters to the Woods, who had been heading away since succeeding Rafael Benitez as Ma- give him it bothers me. process going until the field is narrowed down to three or Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office for from his home, could not remember drid boss but told a pre-match news “Cristiano wants to play. When he four final candidates. a copy of the toxicology report was not where he was going and told police he conference “something is up” with the doesn’t play he’s not happy.” “Elementary school classes nationwide will vote on the returned. was returning from Los Angeles. punishment meted out to Ronaldo, Asked whether there was a sense final candidates from Dec. 11 to Jan. 19, with the final mascot Woods, who is second on the all- A blood test showed he had the pain- who was booked for removing his shirt of external forces in Spanish football selection expected to be announced at the beginning of time list with 14 major titles, checked killer Vicodin and the antidepressant in celebration of a stunning goal and conspiring against Ronaldo, who is February.” into a clinic in June for treatment to Xanax in his system but no alcohol. He dismissed for simulation. currently the subject of a legal case (Source: Reuters) help deal with prescription drugs. was charged with driving under the influ- “What we’re going to do is wait for regarding alleged tax fraud, Zidane He said last month he had complet- ence and improperly stopping his vehicle. tomorrow. The committee is going to added: “I don’t know. I don’t think so, ed treatment. In a statement after his arrest, Woods meet in the morning. After that we I hope not. “As I previously said, I received profes- apologised to fans and blamed the inci- will see what we’re going to do,” Zi- “I hope people are conscious of the Premier League set to shut sional help to manage my medications,” dent on prescription medication he was dane said. decisions they make and conscious of transfer window before Woods said in a statement. “Recently, I taking to manage pain from a recent back “I’m disappointed. All of us are dis- the jobs they do but, in the end, five had been trying on my own to treat my surgery. appointed. As always, I’m not going to games… it’s not worth five games.” start of season back pain and a sleep disorder, including (Source: Guardian) get involved with the referees but, when (Source: Four Four Two)

Premier League clubs are pushing for the transfer window to be shut before the start of the season, according to reports. Chelsea fine Diego Costa two weeks’ wages for not training - reports National newspapers say the issue is set to be discussed Chelsea have fined Diego Costa two weeks’ wages for from registering new players until January 2018. at a shareholders’ meeting in September, with a majority failing to return to training as the dispute over his future The Spain international was granted an extra few of clubs in favor of shortening the window, which this year rumbles on, according to reports. days off when the rest of the Chelsea squad gathered at closes on August 31. Costa, who remains in his home town of Lagarto Cobham for preseason training in early July, but he has The move comes amid uncertainty over the future of a in Brazil, claimed in an interview with with the Daily not come back since and claimed on Sunday that the number of players, including Liverpool’s Philippe Coutinho, Mail on Sunday that Chelsea are treating him “like a Premier League champions have asked him to return Everton’s Ross Barkley and Swansea midfielder Gylfi criminal” and that he has lost all personal respect for and train away from his teammates. Sigurdsson. head coach Antonio Conte over the Italian’s handling It is reported that Chelsea, who have been wary of Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp appeared to lend his support of the situation. commenting on the situation publicly or privately in re- to the idea at a press conference ahead of his side’s UEFA Sources at Chelsea told ESPN FC on Monday that cent days due to the spectre of legal proceedings threat- Champions League match in Hoffenheim, saying: four conditions have been set out for Costa to resolve ened by Costa’s lawyer Ricardo Cardoso, have fined the “ It would have helped us this year (if the window had the current stand-off. The first is that he return to Eng- striker around £300,000 — or two weeks’ wages — for shut early). It makes sense that when the season is starting, land, the second that he return to training, the third that Conte informed Costa via text message in June that his refusal to return to England. When contacted by planning for the team is over.” he get himself match fit and the fourth that he make he would not be in Chelsea’s plans for the new cam- ESPN FC, the Premier League champions said they did His Swansea counterpart Paul Clement, who faces losing himself available for selection. paign, though the club’s position is that their striker and not want to comment on disciplinary matters. Sigurdsson to Everton, has also indicated that Premier It is considered highly unlikely in any circumstanc- his representatives were informed in January — when Costa says he is prepared to live out the next year League bosses broadly back the change. es that Costa would play for Conte again, but Chelsea he was dropped following a training-ground row and of his contract — which runs until June 2019 — in Bra- “At our managers’ meeting at the Premier League last have made it clear that they expect the 28-year-old to lucrative offer from Chinese Super League club Tianjin zil if Chelsea do not agree to sell him back to Atletico, week, we spoke about it,’ Clement said over the weekend. fulfil the terms of his contract while talks continue over Quanjian — that his time at Stamford Bridge was com- where he was a key figure in his final two seasons as “The majority of clubs are in favour but maybe all have to be a move back to Atletico Madrid, who remain some way ing to an end. Diego Simeone’s team won the Copa del Rey, La Liga for it to go through. It could happen next year.” off meeting the Premier League champions’ valuation of Costa is adamant that he will only consider a move and reached the 2014 Champions League final. (Source: PA Sport) their top scorer last season. back to former club Atletico, who are banned by FIFA (Source: Soccernet) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y august 16, 2017 sport 15

Iran prodigy Sharifi hotly Karim Ansarifard set to return to Panionios: Report anticipating Goa return Olympiacos striker Karim Ansarifard could be set for a return to Panionios, Greek site SDNA reported. Figures tend to play an important role in football, but The 27-year-old Iranian joined Olympiacos from Panioni- for Mohammad Sharifi, one number stands out above os back in January and made some solid performances with all the rest: 16. That is the number that brought him their shirt at the domestic competitions and Europa League a significant amount of luck in 2016, which ended up during the second part of 2016-17 season. being an exceptional year for the young Iranian. He started his playing career at Iran’s Saipa in 2007 and One month before making his first senior joined Persepolis after five years. appearance for Esteghlal Khuzestan in an Iranian He left Persepolis for Tractor Sazi in the following year and signed League match against Mashhad, the then 16-year- a two-year deal with Segunda División’s CA Osasuna in 2014. old helped Iran to reach the final of the AFC U-16 Ansarifard had also caught the eye of English Champion- Championship in India, securing a berth at the FIFA ship side Nottingham Forest. U-17 World Cup – which will also be held in India – in On 13 January 2017, Ansarifard signed a 3.5-year contract the process. with Greek giants Olympiacos for a transfer fee of €400,000. “For any player, making your professional debut (Source: Tasnim) is a huge moment,” he said in an exclusive interview with FIFA.com. “I’ll never forget that day. I was so happy that the coach placed his trust in me. When I first started playing football, I set myself some major Australian Olympic targets, and they’re still there in my mind. I’ve had to champion Wooldridge dies work really hard to gain this success.” A few months later, Sharifi was again in the headlines, when he became the youngest Iranian footballer to MELBOURNE (Reuters) — Australian cyclist Stephen participate in an AFC Champions League match, coming Wooldridge, a former Olympic and world champion, has off the substitutes’ bench during his club’s 1-1 draw with died at the age of 39. Qatari side Lekhwiya, just nine days before his 17th birthday. Wooldridge won a team pursuit gold at the 2004 Athens “It was great to become the youngest Iranian Olympics and four world titles in the same discipline from 2002- to play in that tournament,” said the precocious 06. Wooldridge’s death came as a shock to Australia’s cycling midfielder. “For me, though, continuity, development community and triggered a flood of tributes on social media. and the right skills are more important than numbers.” “Our thoughts are with Ste- Memories and ambitions phen’s family and friends during Sharifi will have another chance to make a name this very difficult time,” Cycling for himself in October, when he and his compatriots Australia CEO Nick Green said in will return to India to defend the colours of Iran at the a statement. U-17 World Cup, in what will be his nation’s fourth “Steve will be remembered appearance at the tournament. by so many for not only his “The AFC U-16 Championship went very well for success in competition, but also us in India,” he explained. “We ended up second for the contributions he made and qualified for the U-17 World Cup. And from a Sharifi. “It brings back a lot of great memories. We’re placing penalty kicks in a manner similar to Steven across so many roles in the personal point of view, I played really well there.” happy to be representing Asia at the tournament, Gerrard, was keen to reiterate his side’s aims. “It’s sport.” Not only will Sharifi and Co be returning to India, which is itself being held in an Asian country. important that we succeed as a team and perform as After his track career wound but they will be staying in the same town (Margao, “It’s great that we’re returning to a stadium that best we can. I’m happy because India 2017 represents down, Sydney-born Wooldridge in the state of Goa) and playing in the same arena we’re familiar with, but we have to rely on the quality a great opportunity for me and all the other players to held a number of administrative (Fatorda Stadium) as last year. Their opponents will of our players, rather than blind luck. That said, I hope stand out and catch the eye of European teams.” roles in cycling and education. be different, of course: this time around, they will face that the venue does bring us a bit of good fortune If Sharifi manages to emerge from the competition He was survived by a son and a daughter, state broadcaster ABC Germany, Costa Rica and Guinea. and that we get the results we need to advance.” with a winners’ medal around his neck, then 17 may said. Wooldridge was remembered as an infectious, generous man “The fact that we’re going back to India, and Goa With two months to go until the prestigious well replace 16 as his favorite number. but friends and colleagues spoke of a private mental health battle. in particular, is really good news for us,” continued tournament kicks off, Sharifi, who is known for accurately (Source: FIFA) “Tragically today he gave his life away leaving behind a son and daughter, family and friends just short of his 40th birthday,” Phil Bates, the general manager of St George Cycling Club in Sydney and a former mentor to the rider, wrote on cycling media portal Ride Iran handball team suffer Volleyball Boys’ U19 World Media (ridemedia.com.au). narrow defeat to S. Korea at Seoul Cup Championship: Iran arrives in Manama “Terribly sad to hear we’ve lost you Stephen Wooldridge. RIP,” Australian cycling great Anna Meares tweeted. (Source: Reuters)

Shenhua give Tevez permission to return to Argentina for treatment Shanghai Shenhua have granted Carlos Tevez permission to return to Argentina for treatment on a calf injury after receiv- ing a written guarantee he will return before the end of the month, according to the South China Morning Post. Tevez has played just 11 games and scored only twice since joining Shenhua at the start of the Chinese Super League season from Boca Juniors in a two-year deal for a transfer fee of €11 million. The 33-year-old former Manchester City and Juventus striker has struggled for fitness since suffering the injury in Sports Iran suffered second Korean women’s team’s Olympic gold Sports Iran arrived in 19, organized by the sport’s world April, and he has requested the club allow him to travel to his deskdefeat in a row at the medals in 1988 and 1992. deskManama, capital of governing body, FIVB. homeland for additional treatment. 12th Seoul Cup Handball at SK Olympic The tournament only featured the Bahrain, for the 2017 FIVB Volleyball The tournament will be hosted by “According to the request from Carlos Tevez to our club, Handball Gymnasium. women’s teams and expanded to in- Boys’ U19 World Championship. Bahrain in the cities of Riffa and Isa after discussion, we now approve his request,” Shenhua are The tournament brought South Ko- clude the men’s teams in 2015. The Iranian team have been Town from 18 to 27 August 2017. reported to have said in the agreement with Tevez. rea, Iran and Tunisia together in Seoul, Tunisia was the top-ranked team in grouped along with Italy, Czech Host Bahrain were placed in “He’s permitted to go back to Argentina and receive treat- capital of South Korea. the competition at No. 17, followed by Republic, Mexico and China in Pool D. Pool A, with the USA, Puerto Rico, ment at the Clinica Jorge Bombicino and he must rejoin the Iran suffered a 30-23 loss to Tunisia South Korea at No. 19 and Iran at No. 50. Iran will face Italy on Aug. 19 in Egypt and Tunisia. Pool B consists team on Aug. 30 and participate in training.” in the first match and lost to the Korean Though Iran is behind South Korea their opener. of Poland, Brazil, Cuba, Japan and (Source: Soccernet) team 23-22 on Monday. in the world rankings, it has outper- The 2017 FIVB Volleyball Boys’ France. Argentina, silver medalists Tunisia, the second-best African na- formed South Korea at the two most U19 World Championship will be the in 2015 have been drawn in Pool C, tion, claimed the title followed by South recent Asian Men’s Handball Champi- fifteenth edition of the international along with Russia, China, Korea and Korea and Iran. onships. Iran was third in 2014 and fifth volleyball tournament and the Turkey. Pool D features Iran, European Iran defeat Hong Kong at The Seoul Cup Handball was creat- in 2016, while South Korea finished fifth world championship for men’s heavyweights Italy, Mexico, China and ed in 1993 to commemorate the South in 2014 and sixth in 2016. national teams under the age of the Czech Republic. Asian Women’s Volleyball Championship

NFL player sits out national anthem to protest Virginia violence Iran bucked a slow start to wallop Hong Kong, 21-25, 25- Seattle Seahawks player Michael Bennett remained gree murder in the incident. 19, 25-18, 25-15 and keep their dream of occupying a more seated during the playing of the U.S. national anthem The violence sparked protests and vigils in cities decent placing alive at the SMM 19th Asian Senior Women’s before a pre-season National Football League game to across the United States on Sunday, including Seattle, Volleyball Championship. protest deadly violence at a white supremacist rally in where clashes occurred between supporters and op- Coming off a deflating Virginia over the weekend, his team said. ponents of President Donald Trump. loss to Australia, heavy hitter With his gesture on Sunday, the 31-year-old de- The president raised a furor when he initially failed Mahsa Saberi vent her ire to fensive end became the latest NFL player to use the to explicitly single out the white supremacists widely Hong Kong after unloading playing of the Star Spangled Banner anthem as a seen as sparking the melee, saying “many sides” were 24 points off 18 kills, 4 aces, protest forum. involved, although he was more explicit in his criticism and 2 blocks at the Muntin- Last season, San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin in a statement on Monday. lupa Sports Complex. Kaepernick grabbed the media spotlight when he re- Bennett said he was not anti-military or anti-Amer- Neda Chamlanian and fused to stand for the anthem, saying he was protesting ican but opposed intolerance and injustice. He said he Soudabeh Bagherpour also police brutality and social inequality. Kaepernick opted expected to face criticism over his decision, adding, came big for Iran as they out of his contract in March and has not been signed “This is bigger than football.” registered 12 and 11 mark- by another team. A spokesman for the team did not respond to a re- ers, respectively as the Ira- Bennett remained on the bench with a towel over quest for comment. nians completely took over his head before Sunday’s game with the Los Angeles On Saturday, Oakland Raiders running back Mar- after a shaky start. Chargers at Southern California’s StubHub Stadium, the be able to continuously speak on injustice,” Bennett said shawn Lynch also sat during the national anthem before Yeung Sau Mei scored 11 pre-season opener for both teams. He said he would in a story on the Seahawks’ website. a game against the Arizona Cardinals. But Oakland’s points in a losing effort for Hong Kong, which has to settle for keep up the protest all season. In Charlottesville, Virginia, on Saturday, a woman head coach, Jack del Rio, quoted Lynch at a postgame the 11th-12th classification match. “With everything that’s been going on the last couple was killed and 19 hurt when a car plowed into coun- news conference as saying sitting out the anthem had Iran, meanwhile, now await the winners of Oceania show- of months, and especially after the last couple of days ter-protesters near a white nationalist rally. James Fields, no significance in his case and was simply something he down of Australia and New Zealand, which is in play as of seeing what’s going on in Virginia, and earlier today in 20, who had Nazi sympathies as a teenager, according had done for the past 11 years. press time, to determine what nation will take the 9th place. Seattle, I just wanted to be able to use my platform to to acquaintances, has been charged with second-de- (Source: Reuters) (Source: asianvolleyball) prayer times Noon:13:09 Evening: 20:12 Dawn: 4:53 tomorrow) Sunrise: 6:25 (tomorrow) august 16, 2017 art&Culture I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y www.tehrantimes.com Managing Director: Ali Asgari Editor-in-Chief: Hassan Lasjerdi Editorial Dept.: Fax: (+98 21) 88808214 — 88808895 Tehran art bazaar opens [email protected] Switchboard Operator: Tel: (+98 21) 43051000 artTEHRAN — The 2nd Advertisements Dept.: Telefax: (+98 21) 43051450 deskedition of Iran’s Bazaar Public Relations Office: Tel: (+98 21) 88805807 of Art, offering a variety of artworks at Subscription & Distribution Dept.: Tel: (+98 21) 43051603 the fixed price of 7.5 million rials (about www.eshterak.ir Distributor: Padideh Novin Co. Tel: 88911433 $200), opened at the Iranian Artists Webmaster: [email protected] Forum in Tehran on Monday. Printed at: Kayhan - ISSN: 1017-94 Center for Visual Arts director No. 18, Bimeh Alley, Nejatollahi St., Tehran, Iran Majid Mollanoruzi, Iranian Artists P.o. Box: 14155-4843 Forum director Majid Rajabi-Memar, Zip Code: 1599814713 and director of the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art Ali-Mohammad Zare’ attended an opening ceremony of the art show. “We have chosen works based on the taste of the customers with a fixed price,” art expert Jamshid Haqiqatshenas who is also a member of the selecting board of the bazaar said in a press release on Tuesday. “A collection of about 700 works have been put on show. The displayed Photo exhibit explores works enjoy high quality and the exact price of each item is much higher than war wounds in Aleppo the offered price at the market,” he remarked. artTEHRAN — An exhibition of photos depicting desk Zare’ said that people can buy and daily life and the war wounds in Aleppo after give the artworks as gifts to friends while years of bombing and urban warfare is currently underway at the the officials can purchase works from the Mehr Gallery of Tehran’s Enqelab Cultural Center. market for their office rooms. “Our walls are part of our life and this market can help decorate our walls with Art enthusiasts visit the 2nd Iran’s Bazaar of Art in the Iranian Artists Forum in Tehran on August 15, 2017. (Honaronline/Sara Sasani) beautiful artworks,” Mollanoruzi added. A committee composed of art experts Abdorrahim Siahkarzadeh have chosen Organized by the Institute for Art, the bazaar will be running until Jamshid Haqiqatshenas, Ali Shirazi and the artworks. Promotion of Contemporary Visual August 20. Action on Film Festival “Once Hamoun” to compete to spotlight Iranian cinema in Portugal Cine’Eco artTEHRAN — A lineup deskof Iranian feature and short movies will go on screen at the Action on Film Festival (AOF), which will open in the U.S. city of Las Vegas on Thursday. A poster for Iranian photographer Morteza Shabani’s The lineup has been arranged for exhibition of photos at the Enqelab Cultural Center in Tehran the World Cinema section, which will The photos, which have been taken by Iranian photographer also screen films from Poland, the Morteza Shabani, will be on display at the exhibition titled “Aleppo: organizers announced. Red and White” until August 29. “A Long Day” directed by Babak The center is located on Komeil Street off Navvab Highway. Bahrambeigi, “A Missed Call” by Earlier in April, Shabani also organized an exhibition of photos Shahab Abroshan, “The Sis” by Marjan A scene from “Once Hamoun” by Mohammad Ehsani on the liberation of the Syrian city of Aleppo at the Iranian Ashrafizadeh, “A Moon in Vane” by Ali artTEHRAN — documentaries from more than 30 Photographers Center in Tehran. Drerakhshandeh, “Ani’s Apartment” deskIranian filmmaker countries, the organizers announced. The Syrian city of Aleppo was completely liberated from the by Tofiq Amani, “Apricot Groves” by Mohammad Ehsani documentary The documentary reviews the ISIS terrorists this year in April. Puria Heidari, and “Another House” by “Once Hamoun” will go on screen at the numerous environmental and social Behnush Sadeqi are among the films. Golab Adineh acts in a scene from “The Cine’Eco, an international environmental problems caused by the shrinkage of The lineup also includes “Being Sis” film festival in Portugal. Lake Hamoun in the southeastern Iranian news in brief Awake in Fantasy” by Saeid Rezai, “By “Day Off” by Aidin Pedari. The festival will take place at the province of Sistan-Baluchestan. Its Little Wings” by Kaveh Marhamati, The festival will come to an end on Municipal House of Culture in Seia “Once Hamoun” will be screened in “Not One of Us” “Cold Breath” by Abbas Raziji and August 26. from October 14 to 21 with over 600 the short films competition. appears at Iranian bookstores Abbas Kiarostami’s house embellished with Eternal Tile artTEHRAN — World-renowned auteur art scholar Hadi Seif, artist Manuchehr Tariqi, and writer deskAbbas Kiarostami’s house in Tehran Ebrahim Yunesi. was decorated an Eternal Tile on Monday. The idea to install tile works on the houses of con- Culture TEHRAN — “Not One of Us”, a biography The tile was embedded on the wall of his house temporary artists, literati and religious figures was initi- desk of Iranian-born former commander in during a ceremony attended by his nephew, Hamid ated by the CHTHO Office for Inscription of Properties London’s Metropolitan Police Service Ali Dizaei has recently Qaderi, the Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts and Revitalization of Intangible and Natural Heritage been published in Persian in Tehran. (CHTHO) announced on Monday. this year in May to preserve the houses were used by The book, which was co-written by Dizaei and Tim Philips in “He was a great filmmaker and cinema is deeply in- the figures. 2007, reviews how Dizaei as a Muslim police officer struggled debted to him,” Qaderi said at the ceremony. The tile bears the name and titles of a celebrity. It for two and a half years to clear his name after he was taken Kiarostami lived at the house located in the Chizar also carries the year the artist began to live in the house. to court by his own employers. neighborhood from 1976 until his death in July 2016. Kiarostami was the seventh artist who received the Negar Karimi is the translator of the book that was The CHTHO also installed two other Eternal Tiles on This photo shows an Eternal Tile installed on the wall of tile. The first tile was presented to surrealist painter Iran published by Morvarid Publications. the houses of actor and writer Sirus Ebrahimzadeh, folk late filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami’s house in Tehran. Darrudi in May. Glen Campbell album sales soar Kendrick Lamar holds off Brett “Grey’s Anatomy” creator 13,000 percent after singer’s death Eldredge for Billboard top spot Shonda Rhimes leaves LOS ANGELES (Reuters) — Sales of LOS ANGELES (Reuters) — Rapper Glen Campbell’s music soared after Kendrick Lamar reclaimed the top ABC for Netflix the death of the “Rhinestone Cow- spot of the weekly U.s Billboard 200 boy” singer after a public struggle with NEW YORK (Reuters) — “Grey’s Anatomy” creator Shonda album chart on Monday, fending off Alzheimer’s disease. Rhimes is taking her Shondaland production house away from country music star Brett Eldredge. Analytics company BuzzAngle Music Walt Disney Co’s ABC network to Netflix Inc to produce new con- Lamar’s “Damn.” climbed from No. said Campbell’s digital album sales rose tent, the video streaming company said on Sunday. 2 to No. 1 with 47,000 album units more than 13,000 percent on Tuesday sold, according to figures from Niels- after news of the musician’s passing at en SoundScan. Streaming accounted the age of 81. for much of the sales activity, with Most of the sales came for Camp- American country music artist Glen more than 46 million streams in the bell’s greatest hits albums, but stream- Campbell performs during the Country past week. Kendrick Lamar performs at the Global ing and sales of his hit songs were also Music Association (CMA) Music Festival Eldredge’s self-titled album debut- Citizen Festival at Central Park in Man- up more than 6,000 percent, BuzzAngle in Nashville, Tennessee June 7, 2012. ed at No. 2 with 45,000 album units hattan, New York, U.S., September 24, Music reported on Wednesday. (Reuters/Harrison McClary/File Photo) sold. 2016. (Reuters/Andrew Kelly) Campbell’s death in Nashville, fol- The Billboard 200 chart tallies Last week’s chart-topper, Arcade lowing a nationwide farewell tour in Campbell “the American Beatle, the se- units from album sales, song sales (10 Fire’s “Everything Now,” dropped to 2012 following his Alzheimer’s an- cret link between so many artists and songs equal one album) and stream- No. 38 this week. nouncement, brought emotional trib- records that we can only marvel.” ing activity (1,500 streams equal one On the Digital Songs chart, which utes from country music stars and fans Country singer Brad Paisley told Va- album). measures online single sales, Puerto alike. riety it was “a mind-blowing thing just The only other new entry in the Rican singer Luis Fonsi’s catchy hit Producer Shonda Rhimes arrives for the Essence Black Wom- Jimmy Webb, who wrote many of being around him,” and Dolly Parton top 10 of the Billboard 200 chart this “Despacito”, featuring Justin Bieber, en in Hollywood luncheon in Beverly Hills, February 25, 2016. Campbell’s biggest hits including “Wit- tweeted that he “was one of the great- week was the “Now 63” compilation showed no signs off moving from No. (Reuters/Carlo Allegri) chita Lineman” and “Galveston,” called est voices of all time.” of current pop hits at No. 5. 1, with another 82,000 copies sold. Rhimes’s move to Netflix comes a week after Disney, the world’s largest entertainment company, announced plans to Van Gogh “Sunflowers” reunited online launch its own streaming service and pull Disney and Pixar films LONDON (AP) — Five versions of a Vincent van Gogh mas- in Munich, the Philadelphia Museum of Art and Tokyo’s Seiji director, said. from Netflix, starting with releases in 2019. terpiece are being reunited for the first time Monday in a “vir- Togo Memorial Museum of Art. London’s version of “Sunflowers” is one of the museum’s Rhimes is signing Shondaland to Netflix in a multi-year con- tual exhibition.” A curator from each museum will describe, in 15-minute most popular paintings. tract. Betsy Beers, Rhimes’s producing partner at Shondaland, is Van Gogh painted his “Sunflowers” series in the south of segments, what makes their version unique. It’s famous for its blue and yellow swirls, textured surface also moving to Netflix. France in 1888 and 1889. Five versions of the work reside in The museums launched a virtual-reality experience last and rare glimpse into the happy times of Van Gogh’s life in Netflix said “Grey’s Anatomy”, “Scandal” and “How toGet five different museums on three continents. week that shows viewers all five “Sunflowers” in one room. Arles, France. Away with Murder” — ABC shows created under the Shonda- On Monday, they all will be streamed to a global audience The paintings are so treasured and such big draws it would be More than 50,000 viewers watched a preview for Monday’s land banner — will continue to air in the U.S. on ABC. in a Facebook Live broadcast. difficult to bring them together in real life. event online. Netflix has been spending billions of dollars on content to win The 1 hour and 35 minute broadcast begins in London’s “We’re at a moment in time where new kinds of experi- Michaels is hopeful his team will bring more of the National new subscribers in a quest to become the world’s top movie and National Gallery at 1650GMT (12:50 p.m. EDT.) It then contin- ence are becoming possible for art galleries and museums all Gallery’s famous pieces to online audiences. It’s an added at- TV streaming service. ues at Amsterdam’s Van Gogh Museum, the Neue Pinakothek around the world,” Chris Michaels, the National Gallery’s digital traction and a way to connect with other galleries.