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Any war against Iran would engulf the region, Hezbollah warns

MAKKAH: A Saudi-hosted Islamic summit by Trump and dubbed his “deal of the centu- warned that “terrorist” attacks in the Gulf yesterday threw its support behind ry”, has already been rejected by the region could imperil global energy supplies. Palestinians ahead of a US-led peace plan Palestinians, who say the president’s policies The remark came after sabotage attacks suspected to be skewed in favor of Israel, as have shown him to be overwhelmingly biased damaged four vessels, two of them Saudi oil Muslim states rallied around Saudi Arabia in favor of Israel. The Palestinians see the tankers, off the UAE and twin Yemeni rebel over tensions with Iran. The Organization of eastern part of the disputed city as the capital drone attacks shut down a key Saudi oil Islamic Cooperation (OIC) meeting, the third of their future state. Kushner, who was in pipeline. “We confirm that terrorist actions and final Iran-focused summit in the holy city Jerusalem on Friday on the latest leg of a not only target the kingdom and the Gulf of Makkah this week, denounced controver- regional tour to sell the plan, had looked to an region, but also target the safety of naviga- sial US moves to transfer its embassy to alliance with Saudi Arabia against Iran as a tion and world oil supplies,” the king told Jerusalem and recognize Israel’s sovereignty way to gain Arab support. Muslim leaders. Tehran has strongly denied over the Golan Heights. But Saudi King Salman told leaders of the involvement in any of the incidents. The summit of the 57-member bloc, OIC countries gathered at the summit: “The In a tweet just before the start of the sum- marked by the notable absence of Iranian and Palestinian cause is the cornerstone of the mit, the king vowed to confront “aggressive Turkish leaders, called for a “boycott” of works of the Organization of Islamic threats and subversive activities”. countries that have opened diplomatic mis- Cooperation, and is the focus of our attention “Undermining the security of the kingdom sions in the city. Trump broke with decades of until the brotherly Palestinian people get all effectively undermines the security of the bipartisan policy to recognize Jerusalem as their legitimate rights. “We reaffirm our Arab and Islamic world,” said OIC Secretary the capital of Israel in December 2017. The unequivocal rejection of any measures that General Yousef bin Ahmed al-Othaimeen, OIC’s statement comes as Trump’s son-in-law would prejudice the historical and legal status voicing solidarity that was shared by other MAKKAH: Saudi Arabia’s King Salam bin Abdulaziz (center) poses next to his Jared Kushner prepares to roll out economic of Quds (Jerusalem).” members. In back-to-back summits on Friday, Jordanian counterpart, King Abdullah II (right) of Jordan, and Kuwait’s Amir Sheikh aspects of his long-awaited Middle East Gulf and Arab allies similarly threw their sup- Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah (left) for a family picture with other leaders and peace plan at a conference in Bahrain later ‘Aggressive threats’ port behind Saudi Arabia, which drew accu- officials at the opening of a summit of the 57-member Organization of Islamic this month. The OIC also backed Saudi Arabia in esca- sations from Iran of “sowing division”. Cooperation (OIC) in the Saudi holy city of Makkah yesterday. — AFP The plan, which has been heavily talked up lating tensions with Iran, as King Salman Continued on Page 24 Disgruntled worker kills 12 in Virginia

VIRGINIA BEACH: A disgruntled public utility employee opened fire with a handgun on co-workers at a municipal building in Virginia on Friday afternoon, killing 12 people and wounding at least four before he was fatally shot by police, authorities said. The mass shooting in the coastal resort of Virginia Beach was the deadliest instance of US gun violence since November 2018, when a dozen people were slain at a Los VIRGINIA: Photo shows the victims of mass shooting at Angeles-area bar and grill by a gunman who then killed a Virginia Beach. A municipal employee sprayed gunfire himself. ‘indiscriminately’ in a government building complex, Virginia Beach Police Chief James Cervera said the killing 12 people. — AFP suspect in Friday’s carnage was armed with a .45-cal- iber pistol equipped with a “sound suppressor” device television station WAVY-TV, recalling that she and co- and “extended” ammunition magazines he used to workers barricaded themselves in their office. reload repeatedly during the attack. Survivors recount- “We put the desk up against the door because we ed scenes of pandemonium and fear that erupted as didn’t know if they were coming in. We were just hop- gunshots rang out, and workers scurried frantically for ing that it would be over soon, and then we heard the cover. “We just heard people yelling and screaming to cops yelling up the steps.” get down,” Megan Banton, a public utilities worker, told Continued on Page 24

Ramadan Kareem Sudan recalls Ramadan: I have seen envoy to Qatar KHARTOUM: Sudan’s ambassador to Qatar has the enemy and it’s me returned to Khartoum for consultations, the foreign ministry said yesterday, with the envoy set to fly back By Shariffa Carlo Al Andalusia to Doha soon. The diplomat was summoned “to Khartoum for consultations and...will leave to Doha in just read a meme that said, “The scariest thing the coming hours” to resume his work, Sudan’s min- about Ramadan is that you find out that it’s istry said. Earlier in the day, a spokesperson for Qatar’s Iyou and not the jinn.” As a Muslim, this was foreign ministry denied claims on social media the both funny and actually scary. Why? Basically, ambassador had been recalled and said it received Muslims believe that at the beginning of official notification only that he was on “short leave”. Ramadan, the Gates of Heaven are opened and Sudan’s decision to summon its ambassador came the Jinn are chained. after the country abruptly shut down the office of We know this because The Prophet Qatari broadcaster Al Jazeera on Thursday without Muhammad (PBUH) said, “When the first night of giving a reason. The news channel, which regularly Ramadan comes, the devils and the rebellious jinn broadcasts footage of demonstrations that have taken are chained, the gates of Hell are locked and not place in Sudan since December, is funded by Doha, a one of them is opened; the gates of Paradise are close ally of former president Omar Al-Bashir. opened and not one of them is locked; and a crier Sudan’s military in April ousted Bashir after months- calls, ‘You who desire what is good, come for- long protests against his authoritarian, three-decade ward, and you who desire evil, refrain.’ Some are freed from Hell by Allah, and that happens every rule. The ruling military council’s head Abdelfattah Al- night.” (Tirmidhi). Burhan is currently in Saudi Arabia after travelling for a What does that mean? To clarify, I will give y’all string of summits. He has already visited Egypt and the a bit of background. Islam teaches that Allah United Arab Emirates. The deputy head of the council, Created three distinct life forms: Angels, Jinn and Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, also visited Riyadh in May Humankind. Angels were Created as beings with no and met Crown Prince Mohamed Bin Salman. free will, who obey Allah without questioning. They Saudi Arabia and allies including the UAE and were Created from light. Jinn and humans were Egypt, broke off diplomatic ties with Doha in 2017, given free will, allowing them the freedom to obey accusing it of supporting terrorism, which it denies. or disobey Allah. Jinns, were Created from smoke- Sudan’s generals, backed by key Arab powers, have less fire and humans were created from clay. resisted calls from African and Western governments Muslims believe that Satan was a jinn, not an to hand over the reins of power. Thousands of protest- angel, and that is why he was able to confront and ers have remained camped out in front of the army disobey Allah. headquarters in Khartoum to pressure the military to Continued on Page 24 cede power. — AFP 2 Local Sunday, June 2, 2019 Health Ministry to regulate overtime to avoid ‘profiteering’ KD 821 million for spending on 85 energy projects

By A Saleh Meanwhile, informed sources said MOH is currently ees are running personal accounts implying that what residential area. The sources added special MEW making a list of all accounts on various social media they post are MOH’s official points of view. teams have been assigned to visit various schools and KUWAIT: Ministry of Health (MOH) undersecretary networks of health zones and various departments in accordingly report back. The sources said in collabora- Dr Mustafa Redha urged all his assistants and depart- order to track the content posted on them and regulate Proposed budget tion with the Environment Public Authority (EPA), spe- ment, health zone and hospital directors to list the them to avoid negative posts that affect health aware- A report about the Ministry of Electricity and cial campaigns will be organized at The Avenues mall in names of employees assigned to work overtime outside ness and trust in the ministry’s services. The sources Water’s (MEW) proposed 2019-2020 budget project July to boost public awareness of the need to rational- official working hours, the tasks they do and how much predicted that dozens of accounts will be accordingly showed that KD 821 million will be allocated for spend- ize water and power consumption. they get paid. Informed sources said the aim of the sur- closed for public interest, because they do not repre- ing on 85 projects this year. Meanwhile, informed vey is to rationalize overtime working hours through sent MOH’s official views or because they contribute in sources said MEW circulated a directive to all MOE Army recruitment strict regulations to avoid profiteering and fake assign- undermining the public’s trust in MOH. schools around Kuwait urging them to switch off all air The Kuwait army announced that all military ments to do things that can be done during official Further, the sources pointed that MOH plans to issue conditioners from June 21 until the beginning of the new schools are ready to receive new batches of sons working hours. The conditions also include having the a special resolution to regulate the matter and take academic year in September, adding that this will save of Kuwaiti women and non-Kuwaiti military per- undersecretary’s approval. legal actions against violators, as some MOH employ- around 600 megawatts, which is enough for an entire sonnel by mid-June.

News in brief

Official denies offering jobs to 1,200 Egyptians

KUWAIT: Minister of State for Economic Affairs Mariam Al-Aqeel on Friday denied reports about planned employment of 1,200 Egyptians in the country. The minister said in a statement that the Public Authority for Manpower does not intervene in works of private companies and does not ask for employment of workers of certain nationalities. The labor market is open for the companies to choose the workers that match their needs and with Hussam Al-Kharafi, Zainab Al-Qarashi and Hamad Al-Matar with the volunteers during the annual event. respect of qualifications and payments, she added. Only the employer is eligible to specify the number of available jobs, in line with the number of the quota and nationalities allowed by the ministry of Zain strategic partner of Engineers Without Borders interior and the relevant regulations, minister Aqeel elaborated. — KUNA KUWAIT: Zain, the leading digital service tions, including student bodies, to invest in provider in Kuwait, took part in the annual education, which is considered an essential event and Ramadan ghabga of Engineers element of the further progress of national Without Borders - Kuwait. During the economy. Zain is also keen on encouraging event, the company was recognized for its volunteering efforts that ultimately benefit strategic partnership of EWB’s programs various segments within the community. Minister tours air base and activities throughout an entire year. Engineers Without Borders’ initiatives, The annual event and Ramadan ghabga which are supported by Zain, include KUWAIT: First Deputy Premier and Minister of witnessed the attendance of Honorary many educational and volunteering pro- Defense Sheikh Nasser Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah President of Engineers Without Borders grams that are related to engineering and toured on Thursday Kuwait’s Air Force base and Air Hussam Al-Kharafi, Founder and CEO of are held locally and internationally with Force Operations Center, including various army Engineers Without Borders - Kuwait the participation of nearly 400 volunteers units and defense facilities. A statement by the min- Zainab Al-Qarashi, and Zain Kuwait’s and engineers from Kuwait. The programs istry of Defense said Sheikh Nasser met with vari- External and Internal Relations include international projects such as ren- ous ranking militaries and cadets to boost morale, Department Manager Hamad Al-Matar. ovating schools in India, and local proj- noting that he also listened to a detailed summary of The event was also attended by a number ects such as renovating homes of under- KUWAIT: Hussam Al-Kharafi and Zainab Al-Qarashi honor Hamad Al-Matar in recog- duties and tasks entrusted to them in securing of diplomats, sponsors’ representative, and privileged families in Kuwait, engineering nition of Zain’s strategic partnership. Kuwait airspace. The statement noted that Sheikh volunteers. conferences and forums, “Next Engineer” Nasser expressed his appreciation and pride of all Zain’s strategic partnership of Engineers camp for children, ‘Without Barriers’ proj- and tools necessary to help them highlight lenges faced by communities inside and members of the armed forces for their efforts and Without Borders’ programs and activities ect to support people with special needs, and develop their skills, ultimately con- outside of Kuwait. EWB’s initiatives focus sacrifices and readiness in maintaining the security comes in line with its Corporate The Challenge competition, and more. tributing to the further progress of on enhancing the living conditions in and stability of the country under the wise leader- Sustainability and Social Responsibility Zain’s support to Engineers Without national economy, as well as infuse a developing countries by building homes ship of His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al- strategy, which closely focuses on con- Borders springs from the company’s core sense of responsibility within them. and providing access to water and elec- Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah. — KUNA tributing to the development of the youth Corporate Sustainability and Social Engineers Without Borders - Kuwait tricity. EWB received the Excellence and sector and the encouragement of various Responsibility strategy. The company was founded in 2013 with the aim of mak- Creativity Award for Volunteering Work student and volunteering activities. The believes that supporting initiatives such as ing use of engineering skills and experi- from His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah company partners with many organiza- this one provides young people with skills ences to find solutions to various chal- Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah. Undersecretary promoted

KUWAIT: Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Lieutenant General Sheikh Khaled Al- Vale Bob Hawke, a true friend of Kuwait Jarrah Al-Sabah conferred the rank of lieutenant Beware of ‘fake’ online general on Assistant Undersecretary for Public Security Major General Sheikh Faisal Nawaf Al- Ahmad Al-Sabah. In a press statement issued by the shopping sites Interior Ministry, the move is implementation of a By Nawara Fattahova promotion proposal presented by the interior minis- ter and endorsed by His Highness the Amir Sheikh KUWAIT: Ordering online is not always satisfying. People should Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah and the Kuwaiti be careful when ordering online, especially from an untrustworthy or Cabinet. — KUNA unknown website, as they may end up paying for something they do not want or even lose their money. This reporter was a victim of one of such websites. Although it claims to be an Australian site, the item was shipped from China. After waiting for two months to receive the parcel, a completely dif- Fire guts nine ferent item arrived. Contacting the customer care of the website via email, they only responded after two weeks, and after several emails, vehicles in Salmiya said they will resolve the problem. Over two months passed and the administration of the website even stopped responding. Finally, the entire website disappeared from the Internet. By Hanan Al-Saadoun KUWAIT: Former Australian Prime Minister Robert James Lee Hawke meets with former Kuwaiti As this website is not a local one and does not have an agent Prime Minister His Highness Sheikh Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah in this file photo. here, the customer protection department of the ministry of com- KUWAIT: Firefighters battled a blaze which merce and industry cannot provide any help. Mohammed from the engulfed nine vehicles parked at a square in Salmiya customer protection department gave personal advice to online on Thursday. No injuries were reported in the inci- By Jonathan Gilbert, Australian Ambassador to nations to be free and to be free from naked aggres- shoppers. He advised users to create an account on PayPal and pay dent. An investigation was opened into the case. the State of Kuwait sion from their neighbors then we have to be pre- through it. “PayPal will ensure your payment is refunded and the item Meanwhile, Kuwait Fire Service Directorate said pared even at some risk to back up our beliefs with returned if the seller sent you the wrong item. They will sue the seller Qurain and Mubarak Al-Kabeer hazardous materials Robert James Lee Hawke, born on December 9, action.” if they are in any country and not just the United States. It happened with me and I returned the wrong items through PayPal, which also stations responded to a call about a fire at Adan 1929, was the 23rd Prime Minister of Australia, serv- Hawke - a close friend of US President George H refunded the shipping fee, although the seller demanded I pay this health center. The center was evacuated and the fire ing in that office from March 1983 to December W Bush - was also engaged in the diplomatic effort 1991. He is the third longest serving Prime Minister to convince other nations to join the multinational fee,” he told Kuwait Times. was found in the lighting on the roof. An employee at This is not the only case of cheating, and these unknown websites the center used a fire extinguisher and put it out in Australian history. Hawke was a true friend of force to liberate Kuwait. Marking the announcement Kuwait and was committed to the country’s freedom, of the ceasefire on February 28, 1991, Hawke exploit the fact that they are in a different country, so it is difficult to before firemen arrived. prosperity and success. expressed his shared joy with Kuwaitis over the lib- sue them. It will also be very costly and not worth the value of the ordered item. Furthermore, these unknown websites do not care for Soon after Iraqi forces invaded Kuwait on August eration of the country. He also reiterated Australia’s Speed limit their reputation, as they are unknown in the first place, and most 2, 1990, Hawke spoke to members of the National commitment to values such as national self-determi- The interior ministry’s relations and security infor- probably were launched temporarily to cheat people and then Security Committee of Cabinet to discuss the situa- nation, national sovereignty and the rule of law over mation department denied rumors circulating on change their web address. tion and Australia’s response. On August 10, 1990, he the rule of force. social media about changing the speed limit on Even if some of these websites are legitimate and accept to announced Australia’s decision to join the United Following Kuwait’s liberation, Hawke continued Seventh Ring Road from 120 km/h. It said this meas- refund or return the wrong item, it is still not fair for the customer. To States-led multinational force, enforcing UN sanc- his relationship with the country. In 2010, he led the return an item, the customer will have to pay the shipping fee twice, ure is limited to areas where repairs are being carried tions on Iraqi trade through the Gulf (and at times in Australia Gulf Council Mission in a visit to Kuwait, out, and the speed is gradually reduced from 120 to which is already expensive. The customer will also pay customs the Red Sea). Three days later, the Royal Australian where he met with the former Prime Minster His duties twice. All these charges may be higher than the value of the 80 to 60. The speed limit then goes up to 120 after Navy frigates, HMAS Darwin and HMAS Adelaide, Highness Sheikh Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Ahmad ordered item. So the customer will just keep the item even if it wasn’t passing the maintenance area. Separately, the Interior sailed from Sydney for the Gulf, followed shortly Al-Sabah. what they ordered. Ministry Relations and Security Information afterward by the replenishment tanker HMAS Hawke was known for his great warmth, openness Paying on delivery is safer and ensures paying for the correct Department said a video of a fight on social media Success. and sense of humor. He did many great things for item. But this is not available for all websites. Some websites, espe- claiming it was at Kuwait airport is untrue. It said the Australia’s deployment of naval ships to the multi- Australia, including opening up the economy to cially in the GCC, provide this option. Some have been popular since clip is not from Kuwait. national force was one of the first with the United make it among the most successful and competitive more than 10 years, such as Souq or Sukar that are based in the States. It was to continue well after Kuwait’s libera- in the world. He also left a wide impression mark on UAE. Other popular local and Gulf shopping applications which also Manhole covers tion on 26 February 1991 and involved over 1800 the global stage, particularly in regards to his efforts offer payment on delivery are Sevi, Non, Shein, Brandat, Boutiqaat Kuwait Municipality’s Public Relations Department Australian Defense personnel. Alongside the three to forge closer ties between Australia and Asia and and many others. These will ensure hassle-free shopping and legal protection by the ministry of commerce. According to the official said that cleaning workers who stole manhole covers warships, Australia also provided a supply vessel, his work to end apartheid in South Africa. PayPal website, the PayPal buyer protection covers them when were arrested in cooperation with the interior ministry four medical teams, air transportation and a mine Hawke passed away on May 16, 2019. A state and are being charged, while the cleaning company something goes wrong. It states that the buyer will get a full refund if clearance diving team. memorial service will be held in Sydney on June 14, an eligible order isn’t significantly as described, or doesn’t arrive. It faces legal action. The violating workers will be Speaking at the time about Australia’s decision to 2019. For those wishing to pay their respects, an also mentions that it will refund the return shipping cost on eligible deported. The department was commenting on a video commit forces to the Gulf, Hawke told journalists “if online condolence book is available at purchases with refunded return service. clip on social media showing the theft. we believe in the principle of rights of independent https://www.pmc.gov.au/pmc/condolences. 3 Local Sunday, June 2, 2019 Kuwait’s Amir condemns attacks on Saudi Arabia, ships off UAE We are in pain because efforts are not successful towards solving Palestinian cause: Sheikh Sabah

MAKKAH: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad line, while 61 percent of displaced people around the Al-Jaber Al-Sabah condemned attacks on Saudi Arabia world were Muslims. His Highness the Amir said 40 per- and affirmed solidarity with the Kingdom to defend its cent of Muslims were illiterate, while unemployment was security and stability, while denouncing assaults on ships more than seven percent. “These are terrifying and painful off UAE which threatened maritime navigation and oil sup- numbers,” which should encourage the Islamic countries to plies. His Highness the Amir, addressing a summit meeting activate development mechanisms. His Highness the Amir of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), said urged the Muslims leaders to work together to honor aspi- Kuwait condemned the attacks on Saudi Arabia which tar- rations of their people to live in peace, security and pros- geted its security and safety of its citizens. Kuwait, he said, perity, in addition to stopping bloodshed of Muslims in also condemned attacks on commercial ships off the conflict areas. United Arab Emirates, which posed a threat to regional security and stability as well as safety of maritime naviga- Kuwait’s aid tion and international oil supplies. The OIC affirmed support for the legitimate leadership His Highness the Amir said the region was experiencing in Yemen, and commended Saudi Arabia, the United Arab “criticn and unprecedented challenges ... which might Emirates (UAE) and Kuwait for their humanitarian assis- affect our nations and stability,” which required maximum tance for the Yemeni people. Leaders of the OIC member cautious and allow all efforts aimed at addressing escala- countries, concluding a one-day summit in Makkah, sup- tion to prevent the region from confrontation. He said wis- ported Yemeni President Abd Rabbu Mansour Hadi’s dom and rationale should prevail in order to prevent con- endeavors to achieve political and economic security and flict and thus “preserve higher interest so our nations, stability in Yemen. They welcomed the resumption of the security and safety of our people.” His Highness the Amir, sessions of resumption of the political process to reach a meanwhile, said “we are in pain because efforts are not political solution based on the GCC initiative and its successful” towards solving the Palestinian cause and the implementation mechanism, outcome of national dialogue, suffering of the Palestinians. He called on the international UN Security Council Resolution 2216 and agreement community to activate its efforts to revive the peace between the Yemeni parties in Stockholm, Sweden. They process in the Middle East, and affirmed a resolution of praised Kuwait’s relentless support of the Yemeni issue, MAKKAH: (From left) Bahrain’s King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, Kuwait’s Amir His Highness Sheikh Sabah the Palestinian cause should be based on right of the citing the host of negotiations between the Yemeni parties Palestinian people to establish their independent state with for more than three months, and its $600 million contribu- Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, and Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud pose for a group picture at East Jerusalem as its capital in line with UN resolutions, tion to the humanitarian condition in Yemen. They also the Organization of Islamic Cooperation summit. —Amiri Diwan photo Arab peace initiative and two-state solution. praised Saudi Arabia and the UAE for providing $1.5 bil- His Highness the Amir said the suffering of the Yemeni lion to UN agencies working in Yemen to provide aid dur- state solution thus ending Israeli colonial occupation. They many initiatives in for the protection of the Palestinian people posed a challenge to the Islamic nation. He said all ing Ramadan. The leaders also praised Kuwait’s role in urged member countries to confront political and financial civilians. international efforts failed to end the bloody conflict in support of the humanitarian situation in Syria, citing pressure placed on the Palestinian people with a view of Yemen because agreements were not fully implemented, Kuwait’s hosting of three donor conferences and chairing imposing unjust solutions to their cause. They rejected Tackling Islamophobia and called for abiding by the recent Stockholm agreement two others, as well as contributing $1.9 billion to alleviate relocation of US and Guatemalan embassies to occupied Muslim leaders called for a comprehensive strategy to solve the conflict in Yemen in line with GCC initiative suffering of the Syrian people, either internally displaced Jerusalem and illegal recognition of the city as capital of against Islamophobia with the aim of establishing a bind- and its implementation mechanism, outcome of national or refugees in other countries. Israel, viewing this move a blatant attack on the historical, ing international legal mechanism to prevent intolerance, dialogue and relevant UN resolutions. legal and natural rights of the Palestinian people. The OIC discrimination and hatred that were based on religion and On Syria, His Highness the Amir said efforts to solve the Israel’s hostility summit considered as void any action aimed at changing belief. The Muslim leaders voiced alarming concern over crisis, which entered its 9th year, were far from being Muslim leaders reiterated commitment to the the historical and legal status of Jerusalem, its status and Islamophobia as a form of racism and religious discrimina- accomplished which would thus prolong the suffering of Palestinian cause and importance of establishing the inde- demographic character. tion that resulted in violent acts and crimes of hatred the Syrian people, while security and stability of the pendent Palestinian state on the 1967 borders with East It condemned the Israeli widespread and systematic against Muslims. They called on the UN to set March 15 as region remain fragile. His Highness the Amir expressed Jerusalem as its capital, while condemning Israel’s system- crimes against unarmed Palestinian people, and urged the an international day against Islamophobia. They strongly support for the UN Secretary General’s special envoy to atic violations of Palestinians’ rights. The leaders affirmed international community to comply with UNSC resolution condemned the terrorist attacks on two mosques in Yemen Martin Griffiths to reach a solution that would end peace and security in the Middle East could only be 2334 to provide protection for the Palestinian people. It Christchurch, New Zealand, on March 15, that killed and the humanitarian catastrophe in line with UN resolutions achieved with the full withdrawal of Israel from Palestinian urged member countries to expand the economic support wounded 50 worshippers and appreciated the government and communique of Geneva I. On Libya, His Highness the territories occupied in 1967 in line with international law for the Palestinian people and the UN Palestinian refugees’ of New Zealand for its strong condemnation of these acts. Amir called on the warring parties to stop hostilities thus and relevant international resolutions, the Arab peace ini- agency (UNRWA). They commended Saudi Arabia’s $320 They recognized how the Prime Minister of New bloodshed, and consider the safety of the Libyan people in tiative and land-for-peace principle. They supported the million contribution to Al-Quds and Al-Aqsa Fund, which Zealand embraced the Muslim community and shared their compliance with UN envoy calls. Palestinian right of self-determination and right of return aimed at preserving Islamic sacred sites in occupied grief. The leaders meanwhile urged all countries with Terrorism, said His Highness the Amir, was targeting of Palestinian refugees in accordance with UN resolution Jerusalem. The OIC leaders, who called for release of Muslim minorities to refrain from policies, statements and Muslims “therefore we should double the efforts and boost 194. They supported Palestinian President Mahmoud Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails, commended practices that link Islam with terrorism or extremism. They coordination with international community to confront Abbas’ initiative at the UN Security Council in 2018 to UNESCO’s decision to referring to Al-Aqsa Mosque/Al- said media in general and social media in particular have a forces of evil and to continue our victories and achieve- launch a credible political process through an international Haram Ash-Sharif as one legal and acceptable way in the major role in highlighting the moderation nature of Islam, ments.” His Highness the Amir said the Islamic nation was multilateral mechanism, urging international actors to UN system, and that Bab Al-Magharebeh hill was an inte- and contribution of OIC to achieve Islamic solidarity. They “experiencing difficult conditions,” noting that 37 percent establish this mechanism to launch a credible process with gral part of Al-Aqsa Mosque. They praised Kuwait and called for the development of media infrastructure, launch- of Muslims, or 507 million people, live under the poverty a clear time frame for achieving peace based on the two- Indonesia, UNSC non-permanent members, for submitting ing satellite and internal channels. — KUNA

Kuwait’s Amir appeals to GCC Wisdom, dialogue key leaders to put differences aside to address regional escalation: Kuwait’s Amir

MAKKAH: His Highness the Amir Thursday night to discuss threats to Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al- regional security and stability, said the Sabah on Thursday urged parties of only way to preserve regional security the current escalation in the region to and stability was through respect of resort to “wisdom” and take the good neighborliness, refraining from course of dialogue to address tension. using of force and non-interference in His Highness the Amir, addressing an internal affairs of other countries, Arab urgent Arab Summit held in the Saudi League Secretary General Ahmad holy city of Makkah, said there were Abul Gheit said as he was reading the “wrong practices that contributed to final communique. He called for impor- this escalation, which should make us tance of coordination of positions MAKKAH: Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) leaders pose for a group picture during an urgent GCC meeting. — Amiri Diwan photo act to correct the wrong practices among Arab countries to confront all through which the Iranian side deals threats against the Arab national secu- MAKKAH: His Highness the Amir of Kuwait frontation and destruction of our resources, security and stability. The GCC leaders affirmed with the developments and troubles of rity, and condemned the Houthis for Shekh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah wisdom should prevail and dialogue should be the integrated collective security to defend enti- the regional countries.” His Highness firing Iranian-built ballistic missiles appealed to leaders of Arab Gulf countries to the only way to prevent our region wars we ties and interest of their countries and territorial the Amir said the urgent summit was from Yemeni territories against Saudi put aside their differences in order to overcome have long suffered from.” waters. They said the security of the six GCC held amidst critical circumstances Arabia. Saudi Arabia, he affirmed, has critical regional challenges, while making clear “We need to communicate with the other countries was integrated and any attack on any “threatening the security and stability the right to take all measures neces- to “the other party” that “wrong practices” con- party and explain in a frank and transparent member was an assault on all countries, in line of our Arab Nation,” and participants sary to protect its territories in line tributed to the current situation. “I urge you manner that many factors and wrong practices with the statute and the defense treaty. should realize the ramifications of with UN Charter. from this blessed place that we achieve hopes contributed to this level of tension, and we On Iran, the GCC leaders said the Islamic these circumstances. “Our Arab nation Abul Gheit said Arab leaders con- and aspirations of our people, and I appeal to need to correct te way we deal with events in Republic should be committed to principles of has been witnessing a sharp decline in demned Iran’s continuous support of you to overcome issues that should not stop us the region,” he said, in reference to Iran. His UN Charter, international law, good neighborli- its security and stability, which affect- the Houthis, its meddling in Bahrain’s from placing interests of our countries and Highness the Amir said Kuwait’s non-perma- ness, non-interference in affairs of regional ed our ability to activate our common internal affairs, supplying terrorists future of our people as our top priority,” His nent membership in the UN Security Council countries, refraining from use of force, ceasing Arab action and derailed potentials of with weapons and arms, and igniting Highness the Amir said at an urgent meeting of was a chance to convey “our concerns of the funding and armament of terrorist militias and development and construction of our sectarian sedition to undermine order the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), held in recent developments to the UNSC.” His groups, as well as refraining the fueling of sec- countries,” he said. and security. He condemned Iran’s Makkah, in reference to the Gulf crisis. Highness the Amir thanked Saudi King Salman tarian conflicts. They called on the Iranian His Highness the Amir affirmed the continuous occupation of three islands His Highness the Amir called on the GCC bin Abdulaziz for showing “extreme high sense regime to exercise wisdom, refrain from hostile Palestinian cause would remain the of the United Arab Emirates, and sup- leaders to restore unity “of our ranks which of historic responsibility amidst these critical acts and destabilizing security in the region. top cause of the Arabs and that its ported all peaceful measures by Abu enabled us over the past four decades to devel- circumstances.” They urged the international community to live resolution should be based on relevant Dhabi to regain its occupied islands. op common Gulf action and confront many dan- up to its responsibility and preserve internation- gers and challenges.” Without this unity, he al security and peace, and to take a firm action UN Security Council resolutions, the Abul Gheit said Arab countries Arab Peace Initiative and the right of added, “we will continue to be incapable of giv- GCC condemns attacks against Iran to prevent it from acquiring nuclear agreed to continue banning Iranian ing hope and optimism to our people who were Arab Gulf leaders condemned the Iranian- capabilities and the development of ballistic the Palestinian people to establish channels from using Arab satellites. their independent stat with East tired of our differences and feeling the pain of backed Houthi militias’ drone attack against oil missiles. Iran should prevent the region from The Arab countries, he added, agreed their continuous existence.” pumping station in the Saudi districts of conflicts through respecting international laws Jerusalem as its capital. He also said to boost diplomatic efforts with the conflicts in Yemen and Libya, as His Highness the Amir said the critical chal- Duwadmi and Afif. The leaders of the Gulf and conventions, not interfering in internal regional and international organiza- lenges on the security and stability of this Cooperation Council (GCC), in a final commu- affairs of regional countries, stopping the sup- well as political uncertainties in Sudan tions to highlight Iran’s practices region should “make us rise above our differ- nique following their one-day urgent summit in port of terrorist groups and the threat of mar- and Algeria were affecting security against the security and peace in ences and put the higher interest of our coun- Makkah, said these terrorist attacks were under- itime navigation, aid the leaders. and stability of the Arab nation. region. They called on the international tries above anything else.” His Highness the Amir mining security of the region, global economy The GCC leaders commended the coordina- Terrorism, said His Highness the Amir, community to take a firm action said the bloody conflict in Yemen “is threatening and international oil supplies. The GCC, it said, tion and consultation with the US within the US- was causing “a wound” that required against Iran’s regional policies, as well our security and stability,” and the “tragic” situ- voiced full solidarity with Saudi Arabia against GCC strategic partnership and bilateral agree- collaboration of efforts to address it. as its attempts to undermine energy ations in Syria and Libya were undermining these terrorist threats. It also supported Saudi ments to achieve security and stability of the His Highness the Amir commended security of the Arab nation. He added that Arabia’s measures to protect its security, stabili- region. They supported the US strategy against Saudi King’s invitation for urgent security in the Arabian Gulf and mar- itime navigation. They condemned uncertainties in Sudan and Algeria required ty and territorial safety, citing more than 225 bal- Iran regarding Tehran’s nuclear and ballistic summit, which reflected his keenness consultations in order to maintain unity and listic missiles’ attacks and over 155 assaults by missile programs, as well as its activities that Iran’s interference in the Syrian con- on “our common Arab action.” interest “of our countries.” drones by Houthis against Saudi areas. undermined regional stability and security, sup- flict, which would not serve efforts His Highness the Amir expressed solidarity The GCC leaders also condemned sabotage port of terrorism, confront the hostile activities Respect of good neighborliness aimed at solving the crisis. The Arab with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Saudi attacks against a UAE, two Saudi and a of Hezbollah, Iran’s revolutionary guards and Arab leaders condemned attacks by leaders, said Abul Gheit, reaffirmed Arabia following attacks on their properties, Norwegian oil tankers off the United Arab Houthis. The GCC leaders said they were keen Iranian-backed on commercial ships in support for the Palestinian cause and which were undermining two countries’ security Emirates in a dangerous threat to maritime navi- on regional security and stability, global eco- UAE’s territorial waters as well as two the importance of solving this issue in and stability, as well as jeopardizing internation- gation, which would negatively affect regional nomic growth and stability of oil markets. They oil pump stations in Saudi Arabia. The line with relevant UN resolutions and al maritime navigation and oil supplies. He called and international security and peace, as well as urged the international community to secure leaders, holding an urgent summit Arab peace initiative. —KUNA for making it clear for the allies that escalation stability of oil markets. The GCC voiced solidar- maritime navigation following attacks on UAE and tension in the region “will only lead to con- ity with the UAE in all its measures to preserve and Saudi Arabia. — KUNA 4 Established 1961 Local Sunday, June 2, 2019

Turkish Airlines celebrates Ramadan with its long-standing local partners

Four decades of authentic and world-class Turkish hospitality brought to the people of Kuwait

KUWAIT: The Kuwait Office of Turkish nifies a magnificent milestone in our long Airlines, Europe’s best airline, recently and successful relationship with Kuwait as hosted its annual Ramadan ghabqa with we welcome the 40th year of aviation ties local media partners, dignitaries, civil avia- with the wonderful people of this country. tion senior officials, travel operators, staff, From the very flight that took off in 1979, and corporate clients at the Regency Hotel we have since flown over more than millions in Kuwait City. passengers to and from Kuwait to destina- The traditional gala event was attended tions around the globe!” by the Turkish Ambassador to Kuwait, Ayse With new international routes joining its Hilal Sayan Koytak who remarked on the network, Turkish Airlines presently operates strong cultural and economic ties shared flights to 49 domestic and 259 international between the two countries and wished its destinations across 124 countries. 2019 will partners in success many more years of see the airline fly into, Bali/Denpasar, fruitful collaborations. Mexico City, Cancun, Rovaniemi, Port Muhammed Baltu, General Manager, Harcourt, Luksor, Pointe-Noire, and Turkish Ambassador to Kuwait Muhammed Baltu, General Manager, Muhammed Fatih Durmaz - VP of Sales, Turkish Airlines Kuwait, said: “I am very Strasburg. Domestically, the airline will also Ayse Hilal Sayan Koytak Turkish Airlines Kuwait Middle East Turkish Airlines Headquarter pleased to see you all today as we celebrate add Usak, Siirt and Canakkale. These new a joyous time as well as recognize our his- routes follow the launch of Sharjah and destinations in Europe such as London, Angeles, daily flights demonstrating the growing presence in Kuwait bridging the torical journey together. Today, not only Marrakesh flights, which started in Q1. From Munich, Paris, Roma and United States of increased demand for a trusted and world- two countries closer with more than 56 marks a special time of the year, it also sig- Kuwait alone, Turkish Airlines flies to top America Washington, New York, Los class carrier. Turkish Airlines maintains its flights to Turkey every week. Established 1961 5 Local Sunday, June 2, 2019

AUB successfully concluded outstanding social program during Ramadan

KUWAIT: Ahli United Bank (AUB) successfully concluded Competition for the fifth consecutive year. The competition were invited to ‘Al-Quraysh Banquet’ in preparation for the Dashti added: “Every year, through our voluntary pro- its extensive social program during the holy month of included eight categories of contestants; male and female holy month of Ramadan where souvenirs were distributed gram for Ramadan, we are keen to instill the values of giv- Ramadan, through which it provided many charitable and employees who were tested in Surat As-Saff, staff children to the staff in an atmosphere full of intimacy and joy. ing in the minds of our employees and bring about a posi- religious activities and social welfare work. (5-14 years) who were tested in Surat Al-Fajr, and staff The bank also organized a ghabqa to its staff and their tive and noticeable change in our society. We have This year, the bank’s program included the launch of its children (14-18 years) who were tested in Surat Noah. The families at the Four Seasons Hotel in Kuwait attended by ensured to make our social program in line with the bank’s initiative to provide Ramadan supplies to the needy fami- competition also included a category for the children aged the Executive Management and a large crowd of the bank leading role in the field of social responsibility, and to con- lies. A number of volunteers of the bank’s staff participated 5-12 years who were tested in Juz’ 29, and another general staff and their families. The ghabqa featured a family feel, tribute to the spread of happiness and the spirit of frater- in this initiative by preparation and distribution of boxes category for adult 13-18 years who were tested in Juz’ 27 in an atmosphere full of joy and delight. The event included nity and charity through a number of different events and that contained necessary food needs for the poor families of the Holy Quran. The competition concluded by honoring many competitions and pleasant surprises where gifts programs in which the bank staff participate to bring hap- in different parts of Kuwait, including Sabhan, and Jleeb Al the winners of each category. The competition was highly were distributed to the staff and their families. Moreover, piness and joy to all segments of society, adding that the Shuyoukh and other places. The bank’s participation in this appreciated and valued by the bank management and the the distribution of the girgian to the staff children gave the bank’s social program for the month of Ramadan is part of campaign is an extension of its contribution to support organizing committee due to the high turnout it witnessed ghabqa a pleasant and distinctive feel. the bank’s ongoing efforts to contribute to society and an and encourage social initiatives aimed at improving the liv- this year. On this occasion, Sahar Dashti, General Manager of extension to its commitment to instill the principle of vol- ing conditions of needy families and putting a smile on The bank also held a religious seminar for its staff at its Customer Protection Department, who is in charge of unteering among its employees towards their community.” their faces in this holy month. Head Office titled ‘Ready For It?,’ in which Sheikh Anas Al- the bank Social Program said: “We believe in the impor- Dashti expressed the intention of the bank’s manage- The bank also organized several visits to celebrate Mulla lectured about the virtues of the holy month of tance of giving to the community in which we work, and ment to continue efforts to develop the social program for girgian with children at Mubarak Hospital, Amiri Hospital Ramadan, and how to spiritually prepare for it. This semi- as a sharia compliant financial institution, we are com- the month of Ramadan year after year, to ensure the provi- and Hussain Makki Juma Center for Specialized Surgery nar was part of a series of educational and awareness pro- mitted to interacting with our community and contribut- sion of the best activities that match the nature of the holy with the participation of a number of the bank’s volunteer- grams the bank used to organize for its staff within its ing to its well-being, especially during the holy month of month and deepen the bank’s engagement with the ing staff. Ramadan program which was full of different and pur- Ramadan, in which it is desirable to do good and reach Society. May Allah Almighty repeat it for the Muslim The bank also launched its annual Quran Memorization poseful activities. Following the seminar, the attendees out to the needy.” nation in good, prosperity and blessings.

NBK celebrates girgian with children at NBK Hospital KUWAIT: National Bank of Kuwait (NBK) visited NBK Children’s Hospital to celebrate with the chil- dren the happy moments of girgian. NBK employ- ees spent the day with the children and organ- ized a traditional girgian celebration event, touring the sick children’s hospi- tal rooms, playing tradi- tional girgian music and handing out ice cream and treats. This initiative reflects NBK’s commitment towards children. It is a tradition that NBK is keen on maintaining every year at its special- ized hospitals, especially that witnessing the joy- ous reactions reflected on the children’s cheerful faces is priceless. girgian celebration is part of NBK’s Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) program, specifically designed for NBK Specialty Hospital and Stem Cell Therapy Unit, as part of a wide range of activities and events. Children at NBK Hospital expressed their happiness to be part of the girgian event and NBK visit, which reflects the Bank’s keenness to participate in various social and humanitarian activities, in the spirit of reaching out, sharing and communicating with the children in particular and all other segments of the society in general. NBK Children’s Hospital stands as a land- mark for the bank’s social initiatives towards chil- dren. NBK expanded the hospital’s capacity and recently opened the Stem Cell Therapy Unit for children, further expand- ing its hospital’s ability to treat children with cancer and blood diseases. International SUNDAY, JUNE 2, 2019 Ocasio-Cortez back behind the bar in Philippines ships dumped trash back to Canada Page 9 minimum wage push Page 8

TEHRAN: Pedestrians walk in front of a mural painting depicting the late founder of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini in the Iranian capital on May 29, 2019. —AFP Khomeini’s legacy still looms over Iran Velayat-e faqih theocratic principle forms cornerstone of Iranian system TEHRAN: Thirty years ago millions of mourners crowded unleashed by Saddam Hussein’s Iraq that ended a year mixed Shiite clerics, with secular nationalists and Marxists. ‘Changed Iranian society’ the streets of Tehran for the funeral of Ayatollah Ruhollah before he passed. But after the regime fell Khomeini showed a ruthless While Khomeini has become a major historic figure, he Khomeini, and today the founder of the Islamic republic determination to shut out those erstwhile allies as he continues to play a central role in discourse in Iran decades remains a guiding figure in Iran. The image of the black- ‘Pragmatism’ staved off all challenges from them and supporters of the after his death. “The ayatollah’s charisma is kept alive in the turbaned cleric who brought down the monarchy in 1979 Khomeini’s teaching was centered on the defense of shah. In an Aug 1979 speech the ayatollah exhorted his fol- political debate,” said Clement Therme, an Iran specialist at the stares out at people across the country, from hotel lobbies Islam and the underprivileged and a fierce rejection of lowers to show no pity for the “enemies” of the revolution, International Institute of Strategic Studies (IISS). “All the politi- and the front of stadiums to hospitals and banknotes. In Western modernity and perceived imperialism. He devel- lamenting displays of leniency. “If we had acted as revolu- cal elites of the Islamic republic claim to be his heirs and his life Khomeini was recognized by his followers as the oped the doctrine of Velayat-e faqih (the guardianship of tionaries, broken the pens of all the press and closed down words are used in the debate to score points off opponents.” “Imam”, leader of the Shiite community, and decades after the jurist) stating that power should be in the hands of a all corrupt magazines and corrupt media, prosecuted their The splits that run through the country’s rulers are fed his death he remains enshrined in the Iranian constitution supreme spiritual leader chosen for his piety to direct both corrupt bosses, and banned the corrupt political parties, by “different interpretations” of Khomeini’s thoughts, as “the great source of imitation”. the state and believers. The theocratic principle forms the and set up hanging scaffolds in main squares... we would Therme said. On the one side are reformists “who insist on “His key legacy is the strong notion of independence, cornerstone of the Iranian system that combines elected not be facing these struggles,” he said. the popular elected legitimacy of institutions” and on the sovereignty and resilience against foreign hegemony and institutions with religious control aimed at giving the Former French ambassador to Tehran Francois other are the conservatives focused on “divine legitimacy”, imperialism that still continues to exist among Iranians,” Islamic republic both divine and popular legitimacy. Nicoullaud said Khomeini combined both “the pragmatism he said. While the disputes may rage over Khomeini’s Mohammad Marandi, head of the American studies “Velayat-e Faqih is not a concept that he created. It that it took to get power and to keep it, and the merciless political legacy there is little doubt that he transformed department at Tehran University, told AFP. Born in 1902, existed in Shiite jurisprudence over many centuries,” said behavior towards the enemies of the Islamic revolution”. Iran and remains for many in the country a major authority. Khomeini died on 3 June 1989 following a battle with can- Marandi. “What was new was that he actually was able to “He was for the Velayat-e faqih...and he accepted having Khomeini “literally changed Iranian society, (from) a coun- cer just over 10 years after he led the Islamic revolution overthrow a Western-backed dictatorship in the country elected institutions,” he said, ticking off examples of the try that was subservient to the needs and interests of for- that swept Iran’s last shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, a key and establish an Islamic republic” that allowed Iran to put leader’s flexibility. “He wanted to go all the way against eign entities to prioritizing the needs, the dignity, beliefs, US ally, from power. His rule saw a decade of tensions with the “theory into practice”. The overthrow of the monarchy Saddam Hussein and finished by accepting a peace that culture and the interests of the indigenous population,” the “Great Satan” Washington and the brutal 1980-88 war was achieved thanks to a disparate array of forces that had no victor and no vanquished.” said Marandi from Tehran University. —AFP

farmers struggled to find water for thirsty animals and India bakes as crops. “We have to source water tankers from nearby vil- lages as water reserves, lakes and rivers have dried up,” said Rajesh Chandrakant, a resident of Beed, one of the US heads to new mercury nears worst-hit districts. “Farmers only get water every three days for their livestock.” talks with Taleban 50 degrees Celsius Raghunath Tonde, a farmer with a family of seven, said the area has suffered worsening shortages for five years. NEW DELHI: Temperatures pushed towards 50 “There is no drinking water available for days on end and WASHINGTON: The US envoy negotiating with the degrees Celsius across much of India yesterday as an we get one tanker every three days for the entire village,” Taleban will hold new talks this month with the insur- unrelenting heatwave triggered warnings of water short- Tonde told AFP. “We are scared for our lives and liveli- gents in Qatar, the State Department said yesterday, ages and left locals fearing for their livelihoods. The west- hood.” he added. The Hindustan Times newspaper said as momentum builds for a deal to end America’s ern, desert state of Rajasthan recorded 49.6 Celsius on many Beed residents had stopped washing and cleaning longest war. Zalmay Khalilzad, a veteran US policy- Friday - India’s hottest day of the year so far, the weather clothes due to the water shortage. More than 40 percent maker who is leading President Donald Trump’s push department said. Water and health warnings have been of India faces drought this year, experts from to broker a peace deal with the Taleban, left Friday on issued with temperatures hovering around 47 Celsius Gandhinagar city’s Indian Institute of Technology, warned a 17-day trip that will also take him to Afghanistan, across many western, northern and southern states, with last month. The annual monsoon - which normally brings Pakistan, Germany, Belgium and the United Arab no letup in sight for at least two more days. much needed rain to South Asia - is running a week Emirates, the State Department said. In Doha, he will In the capital, New Delhi, the Indian Meteorological behind schedule and is only expected to hit India’s south- resume talks with the Taleban after a break of around Department issued a red alert extreme weather warning ern tip on June 6, the weather department said. And pri- a month “to move the peace process forward,” the as temperatures hit 47 Celsius. It said residents should vate forecaster Skymet has said there will be less rain than State Department said in a statement. not go out during the hottest hours of the day. Several average this year. The Indian peninsula has seen a drastic ALLAHABAD, India: An Indian truck driver takes a bath using a Khalilzad has already met six times with the cities have reported fears of water shortages as lakes and change in rainfall patterns over the past decade, marked water tanker as he tries to cool himself on a hot summer after- Taleban in recent months as he looks to seal a deal rivers start to dry up. In the western state of Maharashtra, by frequent droughts, floods and sudden storms. —AFP noon on Friday. —AFP under which the United States will pull out troops who were first deployed following the Sept 11, 2001 attacks. The United States and the Taleban are The group, which has met every year since 1954 and was believed to have largely agreed on the key demand of Pompeo attends created as a forum for fostering dialogue between Europe Washington from 2001 and again now - that the and North America, is this year discussing a range of topics Taleban not allow Afghanistan to be used by violent such as climate change, the future of capitalism, the ethics of extremists. secretive global Artificial Intelligence, China, Russia and Brexit, the organizers But a major sticking point remains the refusal of said. The Trump administration has taken strong and contro- the Taleban to negotiate with President Ashraf Ghani’s meet in Switzerland versial stances on a number of the topics on the agenda, government, which enjoys international support. The including swelling tensions with Beijing, complex relations Taleban, believing they have leverage on the military BERN: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo was to take part with Moscow and a more than sceptical attitude to calls to front, have also rejected Ghani’s overtures for a yesterday in a secretive meeting in Switzerland of global pow- fight climate change. Pompeo himself recently hailed that cli- nationwide ceasefire. “No one should expect us to er brokers discreetly discussing issues like Brexit and the mate change was helping open new sea routes in the usually pour cold water on the heated battlefronts of jihad or future of capitalism. The State Department confirmed yesteray frozen Arctic. The luxury hotel where the talks are taking forget our 40-year sacrifices before reaching our that Pompeo, who is on a four-nation tour of Europe, would place has placed high bushes all around its perimeters to objectives,” Taleban chief Haibatullah Akhundzada take part in the four-day Bilderberg meeting, which kicked off keep the press at bay. said in a rare message released yesterday. on Thursday in the picturesque Swiss town of Montreux. His “The doors of dialogue and negotiations have been BERLIN: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo listens to Swiss MP participation had not been previously mentioned in the official ‘Cheese and chocolate fan’ Christa Markwalder during a visit to the Swiss House of kept open and at this very moment, the (Taleban) agenda and he did not figure on the list of some 130 elites The participants are meanwhile held to the so-called Parliament yesterday. —AFP negotiation team... is engaged in negotiations with the from 23 countries participating in the event. Chatham House Rule, meaning that participants are free to American side,” Akhundzada said in a message ahead Already on the list is US President Donald Trump’s son- use the information received, but may not reveal the identi- of Eid. Ghani had proposed a nationwide ceasefire at in-law and advisor Jared Kushner, who might use the forum ty nor the affiliation of the speaker. The secretive nature of before travelling on to The Hague and London. Yesterday the start of Ramadan early last month, but the Taleban to try to drum up support for his yet to be unveiled Middle the group has given birth to conspiracy theories. Some morning, he and his wife Susan had a guided tour of Bern’s rejected the offer. Last year, the Taleban observed a East peace plan. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, NATO chief have warned, for example, that Bilderberg is a group of rich Old Town, and today he is due to meet with his Swiss coun- three-day ceasefire over Eid and many Afghans - Jens Stoltenberg and elder statesman Henry Kissinger also and powerful kingmakers seeking to impose a one world terpart Ignazio Cassis. Asked why he chose to stay for so exhausted by decades of war and violence - had figure on the list of participants, as do Dutch Prime Minister government. long in Switzerland - from Friday afternoon through Monday pinned their hopes on another truce this year.—AFP Mark Rutte, French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire and Pompeo arrived in Switzerland on Friday on the second morning, Pompeo told a group of journalists travelling with German Defence Minister Ursula von der Leyen. leg of his European tour, following a stop in Berlin and him that he is a “big cheese and chocolate fan”. —AFP Established 1961 7 International Sunday, June 2, 2019 On this D-Day, US allies look for unity and fear the Trump show Trump will attend two days of memorials in Britain and France

PARIS: For a sign of how far Western politics and approval rating” of his host, President Emmanuel transatlantic relations have changed, look no further than Macron. Heisbourg said that “everyone will wait anx- next week’s D-Day commemorations in Britain and iously for the end of the ceremonies fearing a Twitter northern France. Five years ago, for the 70th anniver- storm from Donald Trump.” sary, former US president Barack Obama travelled to Despite all this, Jeremy Shapiro, an expert on transat- France to stand with America’s allies and deliver a mov- lantic relations at the European Council on Foreign ing tribute to their joint sacrifice and shared destiny in Relations, said that relations between the US leader his World War II. In what was condemned as vulgar and Western counterparts “aren’t disastrous”. “They still disrespectful by right-wing opponents at the time, he want to be allies, but there isn’t that same sense of was filmed chewing gum during one of the ceremonies shared destiny which is what you need to land people on — apparently to stop a craving for a cigarette. a beach together. There’s a sense that they can have Starting from Wednesday, US President Donald transactions that work,” he said. “Trump has caused Trump will attend two days of memorials in Britain and everyone to see him in that light, and that’s how they see France for the 75th anniversary of the world’s biggest him,” he added. naval operation, which signaled the start of efforts to lib- erate western Europe. “It’s not the same world,” Francois Putin absent Heisbourg, a former French diplomat and head of the The commemorations of the D-Day landings, which International Institute for Strategic Studies said. saw 150,000 Allied soldiers storm the beaches of north- While European leaders in Obama’s era would some- ern France on June 6, 1944, will begin on Wednesday times complain privately that Europe was a low priority morning. Queen Elizabeth II will preside at a ceremony for the US president, none ever imagined a US leader in Portsmouth in southern England attended by May, actively working to undermine the European Union. And Macron, Trudeau, Merkel and Trump, who begins a state Trump, who has cheered Brexit and is openly hostile to visit to Britain tomorrow. the idea of the EU bloc, has ripped up postwar conven- Thousands of ships left from Portsmouth under cover OUISTREHAM: A picture shows “La flamme” (The flame), a momument commemorating WWII French com- tions to such an extent that chewing gum at a ceremony of darkness 75 years ago for an invasion that signaled the seems like an offence from a different era. start of the liberation of western Europe from Nazi occu- mando with Brigadier Simon Christopher Joseph Fraser aka The Lord Lovat statue at the foreground. — AFP He has publicly refused a handshake with German pation. British authorities have said the D-Day event will Chancellor Angela Merkel, called Canadian Prime be “one of the greatest British military spectacles in One notable absentee will be Russian President “In 2014, the attack in Crimea gave the Allies something Minister Justin Trudeau “weak” and has humiliated recent history” involving 26 RAF aircraft and 11 Royal Vladimir Putin, who was invited to represent the Soviet to unite around,” Heisbourg said. The Russian leader, British Prime Minister Theresa May over her strategy to Navy vessels. On Thursday, ceremonies in France will Union for the first time in 2004 on the 60th anniversary whose government made “sweeping and systemic” negotiate Britain’s departure from the EU. On his last continue along the wide sandy beaches where troops of the invasion. He was also present in 2014, just as his efforts to help get Trump elected in 2016 — according visit to France in November last year to mark 100 years faced a hail of Nazi bullets and artillery shells which left relations with the West were collapsing over his decision to an investigation by US special counsel Robert Mueller since World War I, he left mocking the “very low 10,470 dead, wounded or missing on the first day. to order troops into eastern Ukraine to annex Crimea. — was not invited this time.—AFP

Pope celebrates Who won WWII? Russia’s role A look at the vivid life diversity gets short shrift in France of Spain’s Juan Carlos I PARIS: When world leaders gather for D- Day commemorations, Vladimir Putin’s MADRID: He only discovered Spain marked by church services and speeches in Romania absence will be a sign of how Russia’s huge when he was 10, was picked by dictator vaunting the victory of Franco’s forces SUMULEU CIUC: Pope Francis on the second day of sacrifices in World War II have gone miss- Francisco Franco to succeed him but over the republican “reds.” a visit to Romania celebrated diversity at a mass yes- ing in most French minds. It’s a striking instead steered his country to democracy. He also plays a lot of sport with friends terday attended by tens of thousands of people in a reversal from 75 years ago, when the Soviet Today, former king Juan Carlos I retires who call him “Juanito” or else “your high- predominantly ethnic-Hungarian part of the contribution at a cost of 27 million dead from public life. “Such a long, full story, as ness.” When he is 18, tragedy hits when Transylvania region seen as the highlight of his trip. soldiers and civilians was hailed by the if it were designed by an architect,” he accidentally kills his 14-year-old The open-air mass was keenly awaited for reasons of French as the biggest factor in Germany’s Spanish novelist Eduardo Mendoza said brother with a shot to the forehead while both faith and national identity in majority Orthodox defeat. last year. visiting his parents in Portugal, according Romania, where believers suffered under the post- Just after the European fighting ended in Born 81 years ago in Italy, the grand- to the biography “Juan Carlos” written by war decades of Communist rule. May 1945, a poll by the French survey son of exiled Spanish king Alfonso XIII British historian Paul Preston. Franco will For Catholics in the “Szeklerland” area, where group Ifop found that 57 percent of the will go down in history as the one who make sure the accident is kept under some 600,000 ethnic-Hungarians comprise a majori- French thought Moscow had contributed gave both the throne back to the House of wraps. Trained in military schools, Juan ty of the population, the pope’s visit was seen as wel- the most to the war effort, compared with Bourbon and democracy back to Spain. Carlos will spend 27 years of his life in the come recognition of their identity. Under dark skies, a just 20 percent who named the United But the end of his 38-year reign (1975- shadow of the dictator who may have sea of colorful rain coats formed around the hillside of States. But by the 60th anniversary of the 2014) was clouded by several scandals considered him as the son he never had the Sumuleu Ciuc shrine as Francis arrived by pope- Normandy landings by Allied forces in until he abdicated in favor of his son but still “devoured police reports” about mobile. 2004 — when Russia was represented for Felipe VI. him, says Preston. the first time, by Putin — the figures were Golden rose reversed, with just 20 percent putting the A child takes the train Head down with Franco In his mass, Francis celebrated “a people whose Soviet Union first. On a winter day in 1948, a 10-year- In 1962, Juan Carlos marries then wealth is seen (in) its myriad faces, cultures, lan- Instead, 58 percent lauded the US, even old boy, escorted by a duke and vis- Princess Sofia of Greece whom he met on guages and traditions” and called on pilgrims not to though its total losses of 400,000 in both count, arrives at Lisbon station. This little a cruise. Seven years later, Franco names be “afraid to mingle, to embrace and to support each the European and Pacific theatres were just prince “with his blond curls, fighting him as his successor. Two days after the other”. “To go on pilgrimage is to participate in that a small fraction of the dead in the Soviet back tears,” boards a train bound for death of the dictator, on November 22, somewhat chaotic sea of people that can give us a MOSCOW: People walk along Arbat Union. “From a purely historical point of pedestrian street in downtown Moscow Spain, a country he doesn’t know, writes 1975, he finally recovers his grandfather’s genuine experience of fraternity, to be part of a cara- view, overlooking the absolutely critical on May 24, 2019, as a portrait of a Jose Luis de Vilallonga in his biography throne and becomes Juan Carlos I. “Years van that can together, in solidarity, create history,” he role of the Soviet Union is absurd,” said “The King.” Dictator Francisco Franco, of appearing with Franco, dejected and Soviet WWII commander Marshal said. Up to 100,000 people were estimated to have Denis Peschanski, a senior research fellow who rules Spain with an iron fist since mute, has prompted the widespread idea attended the ceremony, which saw the Argentinian at France’s CNRS institute, who has long Georgy Zhukov is seen on a wall. — AFP 1939 when he won a civil war, has decid- that he lacked both intelligence and pontiff present a golden rose at the large wooden studied the evolution of France’s collective ed to bring him over. courage,” writes Preston. replica of the Madonna — a tradition for popes visit- memory of the war. look at way it has been portrayed in popu- His father Juan de Bourbon might be But it wasn’t so. Going against his mis- ing major Marian shrines. “For us, worshippers, it’s a While the Molotov-Ribbentrop pact ini- lar culture, it’s all about the battle in France wary of Franco but has accepted to sion to preserve the Franco regime, the very beautiful thing to have the pope among us. It’s a tially established neutrality between and the Battle of Britain, but World War II entrust Juan Carlos to the dictator with king choses to carry his country to once-in-a-life-time chance,” Iosif Orban, a pilgrim Moscow and Berlin, Hitler’s 1941 invasion of was overwhelmingly Germans and Russians the hope that one day, the throne will be democracy. The Communist Party is legal- said. Another man, Alexandru Miron, said he walked the Soviet Union led to brutal fighting and killing each other,” said Jeremy Shapiro returned to the Bourbons after Alfonso ized, political offences are amnestied and, one and a half hours through pouring rain and mud sieges of Russian cities until Stalin was able from the European Council on Foreign XIII fled the new republic in 1931. Far after free elections in 1977, he is applaud- early yesterday to see the pontiff. “Was it worth it? to mount a counterattack. The fierce Relations. from his family, Juan Carlos’ childhood is ed as “the king of all Spaniards.”—AFP Yes,” he said. Russian offensives battered Germany’s mili- For decades, French presidents didn’t tary might while immobilizing millions of officially commemorate the D-Day land- Pilgrims from abroad Nazi soldiers who might have reinforced ings, when 150,000 Allied soldiers stormed Most pilgrims were Romania-based ethnic- the Atlantic coast. France’s Atlantic coast by sea and by air. Hungarians, but organizers had said some 25,000 “In 1945, the great ally was Stalin and French Resistance hero and president would also travel from Hungary itself, as well as from the USSR — their role was absolutely clear Charles de Gaulle refused to honor the Slovakia, Serbia and Ukraine, all countries with size- for the French,” said Stephane Grimaldi, Allied operation in which he was relegated able Hungarian communities. director of the Caen Memorial Museum for to a secondary role. Having come by train, car and bicycle, thousands World War II in Normandy. “But 50 years Upon entering Paris in 1944, he cheered of people started gathering late Friday with churches later, it’s the US that won, for the very sim- a city “liberated by itself, liberated by its in the nearby small town of Miercurea Ciuc, 215 kilo- ple reason that in the meantime we had the people” — despite the lines of British and meters north of Bucharest, staying open all night to Cold War,” he said. Hollywood also helped American tanks behind him “De Gaulle accommodate pilgrims. Between religious chants in change perceptions with a string of hit films wanted first and foremost to re-establish Hungarian, they expressed their hopes for the 82- starting in the 1960s showing brave France’s sovereignty, and that meant getting year-old’s visit.—AFP Americans fighting far from home. “If you the Americans out,” Grimaldi said. — AFP Battered Athens turnaround a tall order for new mayor ATHENS: Battered by the crisis that rav- the morning and tucks it in at night,” the aged the rest of Greece, Athens will have a 41-year-old candidate, a grandson of for- new mayor today and a challenge to mer prime minister Constantine Mitsotakis, reverse the fallout from the country’s long said in a recent interview. Among recession. Across the city, the damage from Bakoyannis’ pledges is a 54.4-million-euro the economic slowdown is still evident: ($60-million) promenade connecting some abandoned or dilapidated buildings, shut- of the capital’s main landmarks, and an tered shops, broken sidewalks, and wide emphasis on playgrounds and cycling pockets of drug abuse and prostitution. routes. Polls for the second round of Greece’s In addition to wiping out a quarter of local elections today see conservative New the country’s economic output, the 2010- Democracy candidate Costas Bakoyannis, 2018 crisis also decimated real estate son of a former mayor, with a lead of over prices in Athens, as did a succession of vio- 25 points against leftist government candi- lent anti-austerity demonstrations in the date Nassos Iliopoulos. Frontrunner city centre. Yiorgos Kymionis, a cloth mer- Bakoyannis, whose mother Dora was chant, was among the few who stood their Athens’ first female mayor ahead of the ground while most fled the area. “It was 2004 Olympics, promises to usher in a difficult at first... residents and business “new era” by focusing on “the “obvious”: owners nearly abandoned this district out- “Safety, cleanliness, lighting.” right,” says Kymionis, who opened his shop “A mayor is not elected to concern him- at the height of the crisis in 2012. And even self with world peace. A good mayor for now, most people come downtown to have Athens is one... that wakes up the city in a coffee, not to shop, he said.—AFP 8 Sunday, June 2, 2019 International First the emperor, now the queen: Trump revels in royal splendor Boris Johnson would make ‘excellent’ British PM: Trump

WASHINGTON: Just a few days after return- ecessors, he will certainly emphasize the “spe- not always been rosy. Tensions have soared on ing from his visit to Japan, where he met new cial relationship” between the United States occasion and the disputes between the two Emperor Naruhito, Donald Trump heads to and Britain. But the rest - as with most things sides are real. “When you look at the US-UK Britain, where Queen Elizabeth II will receive related to POTUS 45 - is hard to predict. “I relationship, there’s a lot of bilateral disagree- him during a state visit that could be rocky. think President Trump is perhaps looking ment,” Conley said, naming Iran as a major The US president - who has never hidden his most forward to his interactions with the royal point of contention, seeing as Britain backs affinity for military honor guards and red-car- family,” said Heather Conley, director of the the nuclear deal dumped by Trump. pet diplomacy - will arrive in London at a Europe program at the Center for Strategic The Paris climate accord, which Trump moment when the country’s politics are in dis- and International Studies. also abandoned, is also on the list. The US array. Prime Minister Theresa May will soon In the summer of 2018, Trump had tea with president’s talks with Prince Charles, who is step down, her party is looking for a succes- Elizabeth II at Windsor Castle, but was not actively pro-environment, could focus on sor and Britons are wondering how their afforded the pomp and circumstance of a this issue. China and its controversial tech “Brexit” from the European Union is going to state visit. Before he sets foot on British soil, giant Huawei could also be on the agenda, happen - and what it will mean for them. there are multiple calls for protests - and con- as well as a US-British trade deal, though His last visit to Britain nearly a year ago, troversy is already brewing. The leader of no concrete progress is expected from this which brought tens of thousands of protesters Britain’s main opposition Labour party, trip. Before heading across the Atlantic, into the streets, was particularly tumultuous Jeremy Corbyn, declined an invitation to the Trump staked a claim to close ties with after Trump’s criticism of May to The Sun state dinner in Trump’s honor. He said it wasn’t Boris Johnson, the pro-Brexit favorite in the tabloid caused an uproar. Trump’s three-day the time to roll out the red carpet for a presi- race to succeed May, and anti-EU populist stay this time around begins tomorrow with a dent who “rips up vital international treaties, Nigel Farage. ceremony at Buckingham Palace followed by backs climate change denial and uses racist “Nigel Farage is a friend of mine. Boris is a lunch with the queen. That evening, he will be and misogynist rhetoric”. friend of mine. They’re two very good guys, COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado: US President Donald Trump places his hand on his heart as he the guest of honor at a state dinner, a privi- interesting people. I like them,” Trump said. listens to the national anthem being played during the 2019 graduation ceremony at the United lege also afforded to George W Bush and The ‘excellent’ Boris Johnson “Maybe it is not my business to support peo- States Air Force Academy on May 30, 2019. — AFP Barack Obama. On Tuesday, Trump’s trip will take a decid- ple but I have a lot of respect for both of So what kind of attitude will the billionaire edly political turn when he sits down with those men.” He doubled down on Friday, liked him. I don’t know that he is going to be Conservative leadership race had asked for his Republican adopt on the trip? Will he weigh May, just days before she steps down on June praising Johnson’s bid for the prime minister’s chosen, but I think he is a very good guy, a support, without revealing who. A key Leave in further on who should next occupy 10 7. While she was the first foreign leader wel- post in an interview with The Sun. “I think very talented person.” No meetings are campaigner in the Brexit referendum, Johnson Downing Street? Will he offer Britons advice comed to the White House after Trump’s elec- Boris would do a very good job. I think he scheduled with Johnson or Farage - for now. has said he is prepared to take Britain out of on how to leave the EU? As have all his pred- tion victory in Nov 2016, their relationship has would be excellent,” he said. “I have always Trump added that several candidates in the the European Union, “deal or no deal”. — AFP

Trump to formally Ocasio-Cortez back announce re-election behind the bar in bid on June 18 minimum wage push NEW YORK: American congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez returned to her restaurant roots on Friday, WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump said donning an apron and serving drinks in Manhattan in a Friday that he would formally announce his bid for re- push to raise the country’s minimum wage. The 29-year- election at a June 18 rally in Florida - a state that was old New Yorker and rising political star, who describes key to his victory in 2016. Trump’s wife Melania, Vice herself as a socialist, worked as a bartender and waitress President Mike Pence and his wife Karen will also be in a restaurant in her hometown before entering Congress part of the evening event in Orlando at the Amway last year. “I was nervous that I may have lost my touch - Center arena, Trump said on Twitter. “I will be still got it! That muscle memory doesn’t quit,” she wrote on announcing my Second Term Presidential Run... on Twitter after an hour taking orders and swinging a cocktail June 18th in Orlando,” he said. “Join us for this shaker at a restaurant in her Queens constituency. Historic Rally!” Ocasio-Cortez was promoting of the “One Fair Wage” The event is largely symbolic - Trump has made it campaign, which is calling for a raise to the federal hourly clear since taking office that he planned to run again in minimum wage to $15 for service workers. “The federal 2020, has held multiple campaign rallies and has already tipped minimum wage is $2.13 an hour. That is unaccept- raised tens of millions of dollars. When he speaks to his able. Any job that pays $2.13 an hour is not a job. It’s supporters, he often refers to his six remaining years in indentured servitude,” she said behind the bar. “All labor power - not the 18 months left in his first term. Trump has dignity, and the way that we give labor dignity is by will launch his campaign against the backdrop of paying people the respect and value that they are worth.” mounting Democratic calls for his impeachment, includ- Bronx-born Ocasio-Cortez, who has become a ing by several of the nearly two dozen members of the favorite target of Donald Trump supporters, owes part opposition party seeking to unseat him. of her aura to her magnetic social media presence and For now, the 72-year-old billionaire Republican NEW YORK: US Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez works behind the bar at the Queensboro Restaurant on Friday in her bold, progressive political platform. She told the the Queens borough. — AFP leader has focused his energy - and fiery criticism - Guardian last year that prior to entering politics she on Democratic frontrunner Joe Biden, the 76-year-old worked 18-hour shifts as a waitress and bartender to former vice president. Biden, a six-term senator help save her mother’s home from foreclosure. From the Democratic Party grandee in her first political race in a in Vogue, a guest on chat shows and jetting around the before serving as number two to president Barack start, Ocasio-Cortez traded heavily on her non-privi- New York primary last June. Overnight, she went from country lending her rock-star status to other insurgent Obama, has taken a substantial lead in early polling. leged background in her quest to defeat a 10-term, total unknown to the toast of coastal America, profiled candidates. — AFP Trump has referred to him as “Sleepy Joe” - and even “SleepyCreepy Joe”. Biden styles himself, like Trump, as an ardent defender of working class Americans - someone who can win back the Midwestern, white, eagerly courted investors and gift-givers. He was accom- a real estate developer saw Gignac happily eating ham, male blue-collar voters who went for the Republican Miami’s would-be panied by bodyguards carrying fake diplomatic papers bacon and other pork products that would normally be in 2016. Trump defeated Democrat Hillary Clinton to and demanded to be treated according to royal protocol, off-limits for a devout Muslim prince, according to the win the White House. prince gets long which he used to justify demands for gifts from potential Miami Herald. Three weeks ago, Trump said the Democratic investors. Dozens of people deposited money into his bank In November 2017, he was arrested and charged with 18 presidential primary would come down to a race accounts, thinking Gignac, whose apartment bore a sign counts, including electronic fraud and aggravated identity between Biden and independent Senator Bernie stay behind bars on its door reading “Sultan”, would invest it. Instead, he theft. “Over the course of the last three decades, Anthony Sanders, who lost the nomination to Clinton in 2016. spent it on everything from designer clothes to yachts to Gignac has portrayed himself as a Saudi Prince in order to “Looks to me like it’s going to be SleepyCreepy Joe private jet rides. manipulate, victimize, and scam countless investors from MIAMI: A Florida man who posed as a Saudi royal for Gignac moved to Miami in 2017 but Prince Khalid around the world,” US Attorney Ariana Fajardo Orshan said over Crazy Bernie,” Trump tweeted. “Everyone else is three decades and cheated people out of $8 million will fading fast!” In the announcement of his presidential emerged long before then. Born in Colombia, Gignac was in a statement. “As the leader of a sophisticated, multi-per- spend 18 years in prison for fraud, authorities said Friday. run in April, Biden said Trump had “fundamentally adopted by a family in Michigan at age seven, with his son, international fraud scheme, Gignac used his fake per- Anthony Gignac, 48, constructed a personal world of luxu- altered the character of this nation.” The scene of alter-ego first emerging 10 years later when he was 17 sona... to sell false hope,” she said. “Dozens of unsuspecting ry from his regal scam involving fake diplomatic creden- Trump’s announcement is no accident: Florida is a years old. Since then, Gignac has been arrested and con- investors were stripped of their investments, losing more tials and a coterie of bodyguards. Posing as Khalid Bin Al- major prize for any presidential candidate, and tradi- victed several times for fraud, but that wasn’t enough to than $8 million.” Judge Cecilia Altonaga handed down the Saud, he lived in a condo on Miami’s posh Fisher Island, tionally a battleground state. — AFP stop Prince Khalid. Amazingly, his years as a fraudster hefty sentence, saying Gignac’s life of luxury crime had drove a Ferrari with a forged diplomatic license plate and started to collapse like a house of cards around him when been “really extraordinary”. — AFP Guaido renews call for Maduro to quit after Norway talks

SABANETA, Venezuela: Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido renewed calls for President Nicolas Maduro to resign on Friday while campaigning in the birthplace of former leader Hugo Chavez, following inconclusive talks in Norway to end the country’s crisis. Guaido - who is backed by the United States and is recognized as interim president by more than 50 countries - has been leading a push to oust leftist firebrand Maduro, who has presided over a crumbling economy after succeeding TEGUCIGALPA: A masked demonstrator throws a tyre into a burning fire at the Chavez in 2013. entrance of the US embassy during a demonstration of the education and health During a brief speech before a handful of followers in the small town of sectors protesting against government reforms on Friday. — AFP Sabaneta, Guaido called for a “large mobilization” of protesters to rally against the government over shortages of gasoline and prolonged black- outs in the country. “The real solution is, without a doubt, to leave once and for all and let us live in peace,” he said of Maduro. Sabaneta has been Masked group targets US embassy turned into a shrine for the hugely popular Chavez, who mixed a larger- than-life personality with a man-of-the-people style and generously- SABANETA, Venezuela: Venezuelan opposition leader and self-proclaimed funded social programs through oil revenues. with arson attack during protests interim president Juan Guaido points to supporters during a rally in Barinas Dozens of walls in the town are adorned with murals of the leftist state on Friday. — AFP TEGUCIGALPA: Masked protesters set fire The US embassy issued a statement leader, who died of cancer in 2013, and a bronze and granite statue of the to the gate of the US embassy in Honduras after the attack urging Hondurans to former president, donated by the Rosneft oil company on behalf of on Friday during massive demonstrations refrain from “acts of violence”. Police Russian President Vladimir Putin, stands six blocks away from where inflation rate of 10 million percent by the end of the year. against public sector reforms in the country. spokesman Jair Meza told local media that Guaido spoke on Friday. But Maduro struggled to fill his mentor’s shoes Representatives of Guaido and Maduro met face-to-face in Oslo this Thousands of doctors, teachers and students one of the suspects, a 23-year-old man, and he quickly lost favor after a fall in oil prices in 2014 precipitated a week as part of talks mediated by Norway aimed at resolving the coun- had taken to the streets to demand the gov- had been arrested. Relatives of the suspect massive economic crisis. try’s political deadlock. Further talks are planned despite the first meet- ernment abandon plans to privatize the later went with a crowd to the police head- Sabaneta resident Mireya Moreno, 61, said that even locals who had ing ending without agreement. Maduro’s government will go into the health and education sectors. Firefighters quarters where they shouted demands for staunchly supported Chavez had turned against his successor. “We have next round proposing the “release” of resources for medical transplants came to extinguish the blaze, which his freedom. Demonstrators blamed “gov- hope that Juan Guaido will take us out of this hole we are in,” the which are blocked by US sanctions, the leader said Friday. Four children destroyed the diplomatic mission’s gate with- ernment infiltrators” for the damage to the teacher told AFP. Venezuela is reeling from astronomical rises in the cost have died in the last month waiting for bone marrow transplants at the out damaging the main embassy building. embassy. — AFP of consumer goods, with the International Monetary Fund forecasting an main pediatric hospital in Caracas. — AFP 9 International Sunday, June 2, 2019 US won’t ‘tiptoe’ with Asia stability at threat: Shanahan US lawmakers impressed by defense secretary’s speech SINGAPORE: The United States will no longer “tiptoe” China’s intentions must end.” “Until it does, we stand around in Asia, with stability in the region threatened on against a myopic, narrow, and parochial vision of the issues ranging from the South China Sea to Taiwan, acting future, and we stand for the free and open order that has US Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan said yesterday. benefited us all - including China.” Shanahan did not directly name China when making accu- US lawmakers said Shanahan’s speech was impressive. sations of “actors” destabilizing the region, but went on to “I was very impressed and I certainly am looking much say the United States would not ignore Chinese behavior, more positively on potentially voting for him when his con- the latest in the exchange of acerbic remarks between the firmation happens,” Democratic Senator Tammy world’s two biggest economies. He added, however, he was Duckworth told reporters. The White House said last month keen to foster a military relationship with Beijing. that it plans to nominate Shanahan as defense secretary, a “Perhaps the greatest long-term threat to the vital job he has been doing in an acting capacity since January, interests of states across this region comes from actors the longest in Pentagon history. His nomination, if and when who seek to undermine, rather than uphold, the rules- it comes, will have to be confirmed by the Senate. based international order,” Shanahan said at the annual “The way he laid out the facts and the United States’ Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore, Asia’s biggest security position in a firm way, but very upfront, impressed me gathering. “If the trends in these behaviors continue, artifi- tremendously,” Duckworth added. Senator Angus King, a cial features in the global commons could become toll- political independent from Maine and on the Senate booths, sovereignty could become the purview of the Armed Services Committee, said Shanahan had “distin- powerful.” guished” himself and was hopeful the confirmation hearing Shanahan’s first major speech since taking over as act- would take place within about a month. ing defense secretary in January came as the United States and China remain locked in an escalating trade war and at Trade war odds over a range of security issues in Asia. His reference Shanahan said that he did not see the current trade dis- to artificial features was a swipe at islands built by China pute between China and the United States as a trade war, in the disputed South China Sea, a strategic waterway but rather just part of trade negotiations. An increase in SINGAPORE: China’s Defense Minister Wei Fenghe (left) and acting US Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan claimed almost wholly by Beijing. “We’re not going to Chinese tariffs on most US imports on a $60 billion target (front second right) attend the opening of the IISS Shangri-La Dialogue summit in on Friday. — AFP ignore Chinese behavior and I think in the past people list took effect as planned yesterday, after Washington’s have kind of tiptoed around that,” Shanahan said later in own tariff increases. Shanahan also became the latest sen- answer to a question. ior US official to call out Chinese telecoms giant Huawei, democratic Taiwan. On Friday, Shanahan held talks with threat” posed by North Korea’s military ambitions. “I am A senior Chinese military official responded to saying in his speech that it was too close to the Chinese Wei that both sides called “constructive”, although their confident that we’ll solve problems,” Shanahan said. Shanahan’s comments by saying that the United States’ government. The United States has accused Huawei of teams later reverted to type with critical comments on Shanahan also called on US allies to contribute more to actions on Taiwan and the South China Sea were hardly espionage, breaching trade sanctions against Iran and each other’s defence strategies. their own defense. Burden-sharing, from Asia to Europe, conducive to maintaining stability in the region. Shanahan intellectual property theft. Huawei disputes all allegations. Along with the expected warnings aimed at China, has long been a demand of President Donald Trump’s said it was in Beijing’s interests to have a constructive rela- China’s Defense Minister Wei Fenghe is due to address Shanahan referred to cooperation between the two coun- administration. “We need you to invest in ways that take tionship with the United States. But he added: “Behavior Asia’s marquee security summit today when he is expected tries in areas like military-to-military exchanges, counter- more control over your sovereignty and your own ability that erodes other nations’ sovereignty and sows distrust of to criticize the United States over its implied support for a piracy and joint efforts to reduce the “extraordinary to exercise sovereign choices.” — Reuters

chaos across several countries in Africa. Earlier this year, a Aquatic weed plagues thick green carpet of the weed choked up Kenya’s main entry to Lake Victoria, the largest body of water in Africa. It was first noted in Nigeria in the early 1980s, in the Badagry waterways in Lagos creeks west of Lagos, reportedly spreading from neighbor- Philippines ships ing Benin. Since then, mats of weeds have spread to rivers LAGOS: Traffic jams on the snarled up roads of Nigeria’s across the country, including Nigeria’s oil-rich Niger delta. dumped trash megacity of Lagos are legendary, but a growing problem Fishermen say the weed is so thick it creates a dense cov- is also clogging up the waterways of Africa’s biggest city - er that makes it difficult for fishing boats to navigate the riv- back to Canada water hyacinths. The spread of the invasive species of fast- er. It is having a damaging impact. One study, from Nigeria’s growing plant is not only damaging transport links in Obafemi Awolowo University, estimated it put at risk one- third of Nigeria’s local fish supply, a cheap source of food MANILA: Tons of garbage sent to the Philippines years Nigeria’s economic capital, built on a lagoon dotted with ago was shipped back to Canada on Friday after a fes- islands. With waterways covered and silting up, the aquat- millions rely on. That threatens to put thousands of fishermen out of a job. “It has become a menace to the marine ecosys- tering diplomatic row, as Asian nations increasingly ic weed is also threatening fishing jobs and a vital food reject serving as dumping grounds for international source. “This is all I can get since morning,” said fisherman tems of Lagos,” said Nkechi Ajayi, spokeswoman from Lagos KARA-ISHERI, Nigeria: A boatman tries to navigate through trash. After a long campaign to urge Canada to take Solomon Omoyajowo, showing a handful of fish in a bowl State Waterways Authority, adding that it impacted “the water hyacinths, an invasive aquatic plant, floating on Ogun back the rotting waste, Philippine President Rodrigo in his wooden canoe. socio-economic activities” of river communities. River in southwest Nigeria on May 23, 2019. — AFP Duterte lashed out at Ottawa last week and ordered the The 45-year-old fisherman has already been forced to refuse returned immediately. The 69 shipping containers move his nets from one part of the Ogun river too thick Propeller problems Water transportation is also at risk. Operators complain is a seasonal plant,” said Noah Shemede, an environmental of garbage were loaded onto a cargo vessel at Subic with weeds, to a new area nearer the sea. “Many fishermen Bay, a former US naval base and shipping port north- have abandoned their boats, while some of us who still of damaged boats and risk of accidents. “We often find it activist, from the vast area of wooden homes on stilts built difficult to navigate whenever the weeds clog the river,” into the water, a fishing settlement called Makoko. “In the west of Manila, and began the lengthy trip to Canada. want to continue, now try our luck here,” he told AFP, “Baaaaaaaaa bye, as we say it,” Philippine Foreign using his palms to wipe a stream of sweat from his face. said boat driver John Ibikunle, as he waited to pick pas- Makoko community for instance, its impact is felt when the sengers on Lagos Island. He said many commuters, who rain is heavy and the salt level is lower,” Shemede said. Secretary Teodoro Locsin wrote on Twitter, along with “Water hyacinths are killing the fish in the river,” said images of the vessel leaving. Canada’s Environment another nearby fisherman, Adisa, as he cast his net into the once preferred water transport to beat the perennial Lagos State Waterways Authority chief Abisola Lagos traffic gridlock, are returning to the roads, tired of Kamson said they have brought in two water hyacinth Minister Catherine McKenna welcomed the news of river. When he hauled it up, he had caught only four small the trash being returned, telling reporters on Thursday: fish. “I don’t think I can do any other job apart from fish- being stuck on water with weeds snagging the propeller. removal machines to clear the weeds. “The machines act “They cause mechanical problems to the propulsion sys- like an underwater lawnmower,” Kamson said. “It cuts the “We committed with the Philippines and we’re working ing,” Adisa said. “I will continue to manage until the gov- closely with them.” Just days earlier Malaysia ernment comes to our aid to clear the weeds.” tem of boats,” added Ajayi, from the waterways authority. vegetation, collecting and storing the weeds and debris on The plant doesn’t grow well in salt water, and environ- board.” But while fishermen and boat operators struggle announced it was shipping 450 tonnes of imported plastic waste back to its sources, including Australia, Jobs at risk mental experts say the plant expands during the rainy sea- with the weed, one local entrepreneur sees a business son when the level of fresh water rises in Lagos lagoon. “It opportunity. — AFP Bangladesh, Canada, China, Japan, Saudi Arabia and Originally from South America, the plant has caused the United States. For years China had received the bulk of scrap Early in 2002, soldiers pursued the 67-year-old Savimbi plastic from around the world, but closed its doors to Angola rebel across the province of Moxico in central eastern Angola. foreign refuse last year in an effort to clean up its envi- On Feb 22, his pursuers caught up with him. He fought ronment. Huge quantities of waste plastic have since back but, riddled with more than a dozen bullets, soon been redirected to Southeast Asia, including Malaysia, gets reburial 17 died. His body was taken to the provincial capital Luena Indonesia and to a lesser degree the Philippines. and hurriedly buried in a cemetery, with a cross of iron on “We’ve seen pristine communities... transformed into years after death the mound of red soil and the name “SAVIMBI Jonas” dumpsites because of a tsunami of waste shipments etched into the trunk of an acacia tree. from the US, UK and Australia as a result of the China ban,” said Von Hernandez, global coordinator from LUANDA: Former leader of Angola’s rebel UNITA move- Swift ceasefire Break Free From Plastic advocacy group. ment Jonas Savimbi will be reinterred yesterday, 17 years After his death, rival sides swiftly moved towards a The Philippine row centres on dozens of contain- after he was killed in a shootout with government soldiers ceasefire in a conflict that had lasted 27 years. This year, ers which a Canadian firm sent to the Southeast Asian that spelt the end to the country’s long civil war. Angola, a after long talks, the MPLA government agreed with UNI- nation in 2013 and 2014 - incorrectly labelled as former Portuguese colony, became a Cold War battle- TA and the Savimbi family to hold a funeral on Saturday in recyclables. The issue has polluted Manila-Ottawa ground after independence in 1975 when the Marxist- Lopitanga, in central Angola, where Savimbi’s father is ties for years, but it blew up when Duterte said in an Ian Khama Leninist People’s Movement for the Liberation of Angola buried. The deal was unlocked after President Jose April speech: “Let’s fight Canada. I will declare war (MPLA) seized control. The United States lined up behind Eduardo dos Santos, Savimbi’s sworn enemy, stepped against them.” — AFP Savimbi’s National Union for the Total Independence of down in 2017 and was replaced by his defense minister, Botswana ex-prez Angola (UNITA) rebels and the Soviet Union and its allies Joao Lourenco. backed the MPLA. “Seventeen years on, it was time further to heal the “The remains have been returned to UNITA and the scars of past conflict and under a new head of state, Joao slams successor family,” Alcides Sakala Simoes, spokesman for UNITA, Lourenco, allowing this to happen is easier,” Alex Vines of US pulls tax told AFP on Friday. “There was a lot of emotion. It has the London-based think tank Chatham House told AFP. JOHANNESBURG: Botswanan former president Ian been 17 years since the government was asked to give us Khama has accused his chosen successor of becoming an Typically dressed in a green combat uniform, with a walk- exemption from the body. This is an important step for national reconcilia- ing stick in his hand and a revolver on his hip, Savimbi led autocrat and threatening the country’s reputation as a tion.” “We are moved and relieved, we will be able to beacon of stability in Africa. Khama, 66, last week left the an army of more than 30,000 troops. Backed for many Pak diplomats mourn,” Cheya Savimbi, his eldest son, said after the years by apartheid South Africa, his forces were accused ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) in a culmination remains were handed over at a ceremony in Andulo about of a dramatic fallout with President Mokgweetsi Masisi, of atrocities and he himself was described as having car- thirty kilometres from the village of Lopitanga where the ried out summary executions. His remains were handed WASHINGTON: The United States said Friday that it had who took office last year. Khama told AFP that he took the funeral will be held. At least half a million people died in “very painful” decision to leave the BDP because of the over after a dispute this week between government suspended tax exemption privileges enjoyed by Pakistani the conflict for the vast, oil-rich southern African nation, authorities and UNITA over how the procedure would be diplomats due to parallel disputes with Islamabad in the “immature and arrogant” attitude of Masisi’s government. which played out over more than a quarter of a century. “The person who I nominated to be my successor, as conducted. — AFP latest dust-up between the countries. Under the 1961 soon as he took office became very autocratic, very intol- Vienna Convention, diplomats around the world do not pay erant and it has led to a decline in the democratic creden- taxes in countries where they are posted, with embassy tials that we have a reputation for,” Khama said in a tele- staffers in Washington routinely flashing State Department- phone interview. After serving the constitutional maximum issued exemption cards when dining out or shopping. of ten years in office, Khama handed power in April 2018 The State Department said it withdrew tax exemptions to Masisi, who was then his deputy. Khama stepped down for Pakistani diplomats and their dependents as of May 15, 18 months before elections, allowing Masisi to settle into citing pending tax issues faced by US diplomats in Pakistan. the role and start campaigning. “The issue is the subject of ongoing bilateral discussions, But the two leaders have clashed so badly that Khama and we hope to be able to resolve the issue and restore the last weekend quit the party and declared he would cam- tax privileges,” a State Department spokesman said. While paign against it in the October elections. Khama - whose the latest issue was not linked to politics, the United States father Sir Seretse Khama co-founded the BDP in 1962 - last year restricted Pakistani diplomats in Washington from said he was not joining another party but would back traveling outside a 40-km radius around the US capital after some opposition parliamentary candidates. charging that Pakistani police routinely harass US diplo- He said some senior BDP officials fear the party may mats, including through time-consuming traffic stops. be “heading for an election defeat” because they believe The Pakistani embassy in Washington said that 22 offi- Masisi “has now become a liability”. Since coming to cials enjoyed the tax exemption. In a statement, it also said office, Masisi changed several key policies adopted by that discussions were underway “on the basis of the prin- Khama - the most high-profile being the lifting of the ciple of reciprocity.” Pakistan is a Cold War ally of the wildlife sports hunting ban imposed in 2014. “To me it’s United States but the two countries have had bumpy rela- so sad and extremely painful that all these years’ work to tions in recent years, with President Donald Trump cutting build up to what we had achieved is being put in off some $300 million in military aid, saying Islamabad had ANDULO, Angola: Pallbearers guard the coffin of Jonas Savimbi, a former leader of the UNITA movement, as it is reverse,” said Khama, adding Masisi never previously failed to curb Islamist extremists who stage attacks in carried during the reburial of the remains yesterday in his home village of Lopitanga. — AFP objected to the ban. — AFP Afghanistan and India. — AFP 10 Analysis Sunday, June 2, 2019

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he US Federal Reserve’s hesitance to react to world trade tensions may have been dealt a fatal Tblow Friday by President Donald Trump’s sur- prise announcement of new tariffs on Mexico, levies that could slam investment and business confidence and leave little doubt the administration’s combative stance is here to stay. The reaction won’t be immediate, Jewish settlers guarded by Israeli security forces walk past a Palestinian pickled vegetable and olive vendor’s stall as they tour the Palestinian side of the old city market in the with few analysts expecting the Fed to cut rates when occupied West Bank city of Hebron, during the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan yesterday. — AFP it next meets on June 18-19. But a wide berth of forecasters, economists and investors said Friday that the prospect of steadily escalating tariffs, slapped without warning across one of the world’s most integrated supply chains, has sub- Why the US ‘Workshop’ for Palestinians will fail stantially increased risks to the economy and increased the likelihood the Fed will have to respond. “The dam- Dr James J Zogby pation regime, and had also been cut off troubled call from an official at the Brown turned to me and asked whether it age to business confidence could be lasting,” and President Arab American Institute from the outside world. As a result, the ter- Department of Agriculture. They had was something he had said that caused this prompt the Fed to cut interest rates at both its ritories had undergone a process of de- appropriated funds to ship bulbs to Gaza’s exodus. I left the room and met a number September and December meetings, wrote JP Morgan wenty-five years ago, I moderated development and had become increasingly farmers in order to assist them in develop- of those who had departed. They showed economist Michael Feroli in a report headlined the panel discussion on the dependent on the Israelis. Israeli business- ing an export capacity. me their travel permits that had been “Making Abysmal Growth Attainable,” a swipe at Palestinian economy at the interna- es dumped products in what had become He reported to me that the bulbs had granted by the Israeli occupation authori- Trump’s signature Make America Great Again cam- T tional economic summit in Casablanca, for them a captive market. Palestinian busi- been sitting in the port for months and had ties allowing them to cross the checkpoints paign slogan. Morocco. I was there in my capacity as nesses, where they existed, could only have rotted. The Israelis wouldn’t let them in. and come into Jerusalem. The permits were “Ground zero will be business capital spending,” co-chair of Builders for Peace (BfP), a access to the outside world if they traded What we discovered, in part after then for a three-hour visit. Because these with economic data likely to begin turning sour mid- project created by Vice-President Al Gore through an Israeli middleman. Secretary of Commerce Ron Brown con- Palestinians were mostly from Ramallah or summer, he said. Financial markets are now pricing in to help grow the Palestinian economy in And the single largest source of vened a roundtable discussion with Israeli Hebron and because of the long lines at the two quarter percentage point Fed rate cuts before the support of the still-fledgling Oslo peace employment for Palestinians were low- and Palestinian government and business checkpoints - entering and exiting - they end of the year. Analysts at Barclays went a step fur- process. paying, often humiliating, day-labor jobs in leaders, was that the Israelis simply didn’t were afraid that if they missed the deadline ther, anticipating the Fed will cut rates a total of 0.75 I learned a great deal both at the Israel. Our efforts were encouraged by a want the competition that might result from for returning they would be denied future percentage point by year’s end. Casablanca Summit and in my more than World Bank study which argued that with the emergence of an independent travel permits. Stocks on Friday continued a monthlong slide, and three years with BfP and it is from that investment and access to external markets Palestinian small business sector. A year and a half after Casablanca, a falling bond yields showed investors skeptical about vantage point that I want to comment on the Palestinian economy was ready to take The Israelis were more interested in second summit was convened in Amman, what’s to come. Forecasts for economic growth have the Trump Administration’s proposal to off. The US had already pledged $150 mil- protecting their small businesses, than they Jordan. One important component was ebbed well below 2% for the second quarter, com- sponsor an economic “workshop” in lion a year for five years to support the were in seeing the Palestinians grow and missing from the 1995 gathering - pared to about 3% last year and in the first months of Bahrain. In short, I believe this effort will Palestinians, with other nations following become independent. Brown was even Palestinians weren’t there. Israel had insti- 2019. Risks to the Fed outlook are now “completely fail, not because the Palestinians won’t par- suit. My panel featured three Palestinian forced to tackle the Israelis resistance to tuted a closure of the West Bank and Gaza skewed to the downside,” with shaky financial markets ticipate. It will fail because of the reason ministers - all with economic portfolios - surrendering to Palestinians the franchises -in the wake of a massacre committed by and waning confidence possible precursors to a slow- why Palestinians won’t participate. who laid out in some detail what they felt that Israelis had secured allowing them to an extremist Israeli settler at the mosque in down that would prompt the Fed to react, said They know that without sovereignty was needed to help them grow. At the end market American products in the West Hebron. Then Prime Minister Rabin, fearing Cornerstone Macro analyst Roberto Perli. and independence they cannot grow their of the session, I was approached by a Bank and Gaza. These areas represented Palestinian retaliation, closed the territories Distinct from talk that the Fed might cut rates to economy. The Trump team would have young American, who asked excitedly if I but a small percentage of the Israeli GDP - and banned travel. help nudge along a decade-old recovery and raise been well advised to learn from - and not would introduce him to the Palestinian min- but the Israelis didn’t want to give up their The Amman Summit was a disaster weak inflation, Perli said the Fed may soon face a more ignore - this lesson that Palestinians could isters. He told me that he had just been economic control. without the Palestinians. It was, as I conventional rescue mission, cutting rates in the face of have taught them. I first saw this lesson awarded a USAID grant for around $10 I accompanied Brown on another visit remarked at the time, as if the Palestinians an earnest slowdown. The impact “is hard to play out in Casablanca. When we arrived million to help train Palestinians in entre- where we convened a meeting to hear the had opened the door to the Arab World, judge...but it would be naive to think there won’t be an there, in January of 1994, we found the preneurial skills. concerns of Palestinian business leaders. the Israelis had entered, and then promptly effect and that only Mexico has something to lose from atmosphere to be quite heady. When I relayed his request to the The meeting was held in East Jerusalem’s closed the door behind them. Frustrated by all this,” he said. Government and business from around the Palestinians, they were furious. One said to Ambassador Hotel (before Congress this lock out, I convinced some of our BfP world were there. me “No one consulted us as to what we bowed to Israeli pressure and barred US delegation and a few US government rep- Fallout for Fed In addition to the top echelon of the needed. Our people don’t need to be officials from meeting Palestinians in resentatives to go to Jerusalem to convene For the Fed the fallout may not be all bad. In recent Clinton Administration, BfP had brought a trained on how to do business. We need Jerusalem). Part way through his opening a rump session and invite the Palestinians remarks Fed Governor Lael Brainard said that if trade delegation of American business leaders. capital to be invested in our small business remarks, many Palestinians began to leave. to join us. policies lead to an “opportunistic” jump in prices, it Arab governments and investors were sector and we need the freedom to do could bring the central bank closer to or above its 2% there in full force; as were the Israelis - business.” I experienced variations of this inflation goal, and allow the Fed to send a signal it who were demonstrably excited to be wel- same frustration - with supply-driven would tolerate that faster pace of price increases. comed, for the first time, in an Arab capitol. instead of demand-driven aid - throughout But the whipsaw policy environment under Trump At times, it became almost comical to my tenure at BfP. has been difficult for the Fed to read. Last year’s tax watch Israeli businessmen spotting an Arab In our first year, we brought two dele- cuts and increased government deficits sparked in a thobe and then run up to them to have gations of American business leaders to stronger-than-expected growth and, for a while, a a picture taken to send home. meet with Palestinians to discuss invest- more aggressive pace of Fed rate increases. With the The Palestinian leadership were there ment and partnership possibilities. The Fed’s target interest rate still at a relatively low level of and were feeling optimistic about their projects that were hatched during our first between 2.25% and 2.5%, the central bank may now prospects for achieving a Palestinian state visit were ultimately aborted when the have to devote its rate cut “ammunition” to battling the within the five-year window projected by American side realized that they could not impact of the trade war. Officials have been reluctant Oslo. They were, therefore, eager to begin freely import raw materials and export fin- to commit. building the structures of their state and ished products without securing either an Even the recent collapse of trade talks with China, securing the investment needed to create Israeli partner (which added unacceptable and the imposition of higher tariffs on an array of businesses and jobs that would enable costs) or Israeli permission (which was not Chinese imports, caused little immediate reaction from them to develop an independent economy. forthcoming). Fed officials who noted that employment, household During the first decades of the Israeli As I expressed it then “we had the A Palestinian protester uses a slingshot to hurl stones at Israeli forces across spending and other economic data pointed to contin- occupation, Palestinians had lost access to horses at the gate, but the gate never the barbed wire fence amidst clashes with them during a protest by the bor- ued steady growth. That continued to be the case much of their water and arable land, been opened.” Even US government efforts der with Israel marking Al-Quds (Jerusalem) International Day along the bor- Friday, with April inflation data a bit stronger, and con- cut off from one another by a harsh occu- were blocked. On one occasion I fielded a der with Israel near Bureij in the central Gaza Strip. — AFP sumer expectations of future inflation on the rise, both positive signs for policymakers worried about a down- ward drift in price increases. But the Fed’s upcoming tariffs-Lopez Obrador has had to change his game plan, total overhaul of migration policy in a matter of weeks was June meeting will be a first test of how the intensified What’s Mexico doing if not his stump speech. completely out of touch with reality.” Mexican migration trade war is influencing opinions at a central bank policy, he added, “continues to be based primarily on con- whose officials were already primed for the economy Visa restrictions, detentions tainment and repression.” Nevertheless, migrant deten- to slow this year. to stop flow of drugs Lopez Obrador still talks of welcoming migrants and tions at the US southern border continue to rise: in April, Policymakers will release new economic forecasts safeguarding their rights. But his actions on the ground border officers apprehended a new record of 58,474 peo- and update their views on the appropriate level of and migrants to US? have taken a hardline turn. “There’s an inconsistency ple who crossed in family groups. interest rates for coming months, an early tell of possi- between the narrative and the reality,” said Leticia ble support for a rate cut. Along with the blow to con- Calderon of the Mora Institute in Mexico City. Drugs: another sticky issue fidence and financial markets, there are reasons the espite calling himself a champion of migrants’ An initial lull in migrant detentions under Lopez Lopez Obrador’s big idea to stop migration is a 10- Mexico tariffs may move the Fed more than Trump’s rights, Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador’s administration was followed by a surge: from year economic development plan for Central America and other trade actions to date. It was an impromptu move, DObrador has actually stepped up detentions of January to April this year, Mexican authorities detained Mexico that he says will wipe out the root causes of the driven by a political dispute over immigration rather Central Americans crossing Mexico-just not enough to 51,607 migrants, a 17-percent increase from the same exodus. He wants the US to contribute a major part of the than by some economic logic, a fact that may leave Fed please Donald Trump. Mexico’s leftist leader scrambled to period in 2018. When more than 13,000 migrants applied $10 billion-a-year budget, and his administration had officials even less certain about what to expect next. defend his migration policies Friday after Trump blew up for humanitarian visas in less than two weeks, the govern- been in talks with White House officials to that end. But In addition, more than 70% of US imports from neighborly relations by announcing he would impose tar- ment suspended the program. Instead, it now gives then Trump lashed out with tariffs over the migration Mexico are so-called intermediate goods, meaning iffs of five percent-rising to 25 percent by October-on all migrants visas that restrict them to the south of the coun- issue-and doubled down Friday by saying Mexico also higher input prices for US manufacturers trying to sell Mexican goods “until the Illegal Immigration problem is try, far from the US border. needed to stop drug trafficking into the US if it wanted their final products at home or in export markets remedied.” “We are doing our job,” Lopez Obrador Originally designed for Central Americans making short the tariffs lifted. Lopez Obrador is also in a sticky situation abroad. — Reuters replied. The anti-establishment politician has gotten a rude visits to southern Mexico for activities like shopping, these on drug trafficking. wake-up call on the migration issue since sweeping to “regional visitor visas” are now applied to Africans, He has declared an end to the bloody “war” that pre- office in December after a landslide election win. Cubans and Haitians as well. Migrants have not taken kind- vious governments waged on the country’s powerful He initially vowed to break with Mexico’s past by ly to the new policies. They have rioted several times in drug cartels, the main suppliers to the US. But he has warmly welcoming Central American migrants fleeing recent weeks in the euphemistically named “shelters” also launched a new, militarized National Guard to fight All articles appearing on this page are the violence and poverty. His government offered humanitari- where the authorities hold them. Cubans, in particular, crime, drawing criticism from human rights groups and personal opinion of the writers. Kuwait an visas rather than detaining them, providing access to have taken umbrage, breaking out of shelters en masse at disappointing some supporters. As with migration, he health services and education during their stay in least six times since March. appears powerless to stop the problem: the wave of car- Times takes no responsibility for views Mexico. But as the flow of Central Americans trekking “Lopez Obrador opened his mouth too soon,” said tel-fueled violence sweeping Mexico has only gotten expressed therein. toward the United States has continued to surge-drawing international relations expert Javier Urbano at the worse, and this year is on track to break last year’s threats from Trump to close the border and, now, impose Iberoamerican University in Mexico City. “Promising a record of 33,500 murders. — AFP Established 1961

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“Talk and our door is open. Fight, and China raises we’ll fight to the end,” said Kang. China’s commerce ministry said it would roll out the detailed measures against companies tariffs on US on the list shortly, noting foreign firms that US cuts off break contracts, cut off supplies or take goods amid other discriminatory measures against India GSP Chinese firms would be included. In an opinion piece published by escalating tensions China’s state broadcaster Saturday, trade access Chinese legal expert Kong Qingjiang said WASHINGTON: The United States will end preferential BEIJING: China yesterday increased tar- China’s entity list would mimic that of the trade treatment for India from Wednesday, US President iffs on billions worth of US goods as it pre- US. Once a foreign firm is added to the list Donald Trump has announced, in a fresh economic head- pares to unveil a blacklist of “unreliable” “all goods, services, technology, and soft- wind for New Delhi alongside slowing growth and foreign companies that analysts say aims ware covered by (China’s commerce min- to punish US and foreign firms cutting off istry) will then require a license to be sold record unemployment. supplies to telecoms giant Huawei. Beijing’s to the entity.” India has been the single biggest beneficiary of the move hits $60 billion worth of US goods “It may serve as a useful tool in dealing decades-old US Generalized System of Preferences pro- with new punitive tariffs ranging from five with those entities that easily bow to the gram, allowing the country to export $5.7 billion worth to 25 percent, and comes in retaliation for pressure of foreign governments hostile to of duty-free goods in 2017, according to figures from US Washington raising duty on $200 billion in China,” Kong wrote. First in line to be Congress. Trump said in a statement issued late Friday Chinese goods to 25 percent. added to the list will be Huawei partners that he wanted greater access for US goods to the giant Washington and Beijing resumed their that cut off supplies, experts said. South Asian nation. “I have determined that India has not trade battle last month when trade talks in “Obviously it’s mostly aimed at Huawei BEIJING: This photo illustration shows a display of US cosmetics brand Benefit at a shop in Beijing on assured the United States that India will provide equi- the US ended without a deal, with suppliers, Intel, Qualcomm, ARM... if any- Friday. —AFP table and reasonable access to its markets,” Trump said. American negotiators accusing Chinese thing it’s probably aimed at non-US com- “Accordingly, it is appropriate to terminate India’s negotiators of reneging on previous com- panies, so European, South Korean and designation as a beneficiary developing country.” mitments. The countries have exchanged Japanese companies that may be trying to China expert at the Fulbright University billion in trade. The list includes beauty Trump announced in March that he would be ending tariffs on $360 billion in two-way trade so decide how strictly to apply the US ruling,” Vietnam, adding it was reasonable to products, sports equipment, musical the preferential trade accord with India, but did not give far. The tit-for-tat tariff war has been said Andrew Polk, an economist at Trivium expect further escalation by each side. “It instruments, wine, condoms, diamonds, a date. Washington has sought to make India a closer upstaged in recent weeks by Washington’s China. China wants to make it a much more is quite possible there will be significant wood, fabric and toys. diplomatically, but has long complained about limited move to blacklist Chinese tech giant difficult choice to cut off supplies to collateral damage here,” Balding said. Washington’s tariffs appear to have access to the huge market of 1.3 billion people. The US Huawei over national security concerns, Huawei, he added. Speaking at a defense and security already had an impact on Chinese manu- had a $26.7 billion trade deficit with India in 2017-2018. threatening the firm’s global ambitions. “It’s potentially putting companies in a conference in Singapore on Saturday, the facturing activity, which contracted more The announcement is the latest headwind to threaten the The US Commerce Department placed situation where they are forced to choose acting US defense secretary said Huawei than expected last month. While Trump Hindu nationalist government led by Prime Minister Huawei on an “entity list” on grounds of between the US and China and that could was “too close” to Beijing, creating “too insists China will pay billions in duties, Narendra Modi, who was re-elected to his second term national security on May 16, a move that definitely backfire on them,” said Polk. much risk”. “The integration of civilian experts note that US consumers and in a landslide just weeks ago after campaigning partly on curbs its access to US-made components China’s state-owned tabloid the Global businesses with the military is too close. importers bear the brunt of tariffs on prod- his record as an economic reformer. Official figures it needs for its equipment. A 90-day Times said the new list would “work as China has national policies and laws where ucts coming into the United States. “The released Friday showed that India’s growth slowed for reprieve was later issued. deterrent forming a protective barrier data is required to be shared,” Patrick United States remains an important export the third straight quarter to 5.8 percent in January- around Chinese companies”. Shanahan told the forum. market for China, but its importance is March, while unemployment hit a 45-year high in 2018. ‘Talk’ or ‘fight’ “China is ready to wage a protracted declining,” said Wang Shouwen, who was The Indian government made no immediate com- Hitting back, China’s commerce ministry economic and trade war with the United Tariff hike on China’s negotiating team, according to ment on Washington’s move, but media reports said said Friday it would release its own list of States,” the nationalist paper said in an US President Donald Trump more than official news agency Xinhua. New Delhi was considering higher import duties on “unreliable entities” that break their com- editorial. Former Chinese officials warned doubled punitive tariffs on $200 billion in He emphasized the trade war’s effect on more than 20 US goods including agricultural produce mercial contracts and stop supplying Friday that the trade war could last Chinese goods to 25 percent last month, China’s economy would be “controllable”. and chemicals. Indian commerce secretary Anup Chinese firms. “For China’s countermea- decades. “It is quite clear now that this is and launched the process to hit nearly all “If the US wants to force the Chinese to Wadahan played down the move to end the country’s sures, what we say, we do,” said anchor no longer a trade dispute and will extend remaining imports from the Asian giant. make concessions by engaging in unilater- GSP status in March, saying that preferential trade Kang Hui on Chinese state broadcaster much more broadly to punitive economic China responded by increasing tariffs alism and putting on extreme pressure, this accounted for a fraction of its nearly $80 million in CCTV’s primetime news show that aired measures that each side can inflict upon five percent to 25 percent on 5,410 is impossible,” said Wang, according to annual exports to the US. —AFP across multiple Chinese stations Friday. each other,” said Christopher Balding, a American products yesterday, worth $60 Xinhua. —AFP

13 Business Sunday, June 2, 2019 Trump doubles down on Mexico tariff threat, markets rattled Hitting neighbor with tariffs would be a lose-lose game: Obrador WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump escalated his “We maintain an ongoing dialogue and close cooperation abrupt tariff threats against Mexico on Friday, triggering with Mexico on a wide range of issues, including border alarm about the likely economic fallout, spooking global security efforts,” she said. markets and raising the prospect of US trade wars on multi- Trump, meanwhile, only stepped up his Twitter attacks. ple fronts. “Mexico must take back their country from the drug Trump unexpectedly announced his readiness to levy tar- lords and cartels. The Tariff is about stopping drugs as well iffs on all Mexican imports, beginning at five percent starting as illegals!” he fumed. June 10 and rising monthly to as high as 25 percent until Mexico substantially reduces the flow of illegal immigration. Market turmoil Mexico’s President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said Trump’s startling announcement of the new tariffs came Friday that his country was “doing our job” to stop the flow the same day he started the process of ratifying the new of undocumented migrants to the United States, and warned North American trade pact with Mexico and Canada, the Trump that hitting his neighbor with tariffs would be a lose- USMCA-an agreement that now may be under threat. lose game. But the US leader then doubled down on his Global markets slumped over the latest trade war threat. threats, saying in a flurry of tweets that “Mexico has taken The top three US markets all closed down 1.3 percent or advantage of the United States for decades.” more, with some automakers skidding five percent. Shares in The impact of new tariffs would be devastating for Tokyo lost 1.6 percent, European markets were also hit, and Mexico, which sends 80 percent of its exports to the US. the Mexican peso dropped 2.5 percent against the dollar. Lopez Obrador reminded his American counterpart the tar- House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, the powerful Democrat who iffs would also take a heavy toll on the United States, whose has a key say in whether Congress takes up the USMCA in largest trading partner so far this year is Mexico-thanks the coming weeks, slammed the president’s move as “reck- mainly to Trump’s trade war with China. lessness.” Even some senior Trump aides opposed his plan, Earlier this month Trump, angered by what he deemed notably Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and US Trade unfair Chinese trade practices, raised punitive duties on Representative Robert Lighthizer, NBC reported, citing a $200 billion in Chinese imports. Beijing has promised source close to the White House. retaliation. Republican allies in Congress also warned Trump not to Effects of the Mexico tariffs would ripple across multi- damage a vital trade relationship over border concerns. ple economic sectors, including the automobile industry “This is a misuse of presidential tariff authority and and agriculture. “No good can come of coercive meas- counter to congressional intent,” said Senate Finance MEXICO CITY: Cargo trucks drive pass the secondary fence that divides the United States and Mexico ures... These (tariffs) would not be good for Mexicans, but Committee chairman Chuck Grassley, one of several driving towards Mexico from Otay Mesa, California on Friday. —AFP they would not be good for Americans either,” said Lopez Republicans to oppose Trump’s plan. Obrador. US industry groups voiced their disapproval, too, with He said his government would act prudently, and a del- the Business Roundtable warning Trump that unilateral Clash over migrants larly outraged Trump when it crossed into El Paso, egation led by Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard had imposition of tariffs “would be a grave error.” The US Trump pledged in his 2016 election campaign to Texas this week. already been sent to Washington for talks. Ebrard is Chamber of Commerce said a five percent tariff on Mexican crack down on illegal immigration, but the numbers of They are mostly people fleeing poverty and vio- expected to meet US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on imports, which last year totaled $346.5 billion, would amount migrants have steadily climbed. The number appre- lence in Central America and ask for asylum once Wednesday. “We will be firm and we will defend the dignity to a $17 billion hit on US consumers and businesses. Should hended at the US-Mexico border has topped 100,000 they reach US soil. Trump has consistently demo- of Mexico,” Ebrard said. the tariffs tank the USMCA, “that would have serious conse- a month in recent months. That included a new record nized the migrants as criminals and gang members, A State Department spokeswoman said Ebrard and quences for the three countries’ economies,” Ana Maria of 58,474 people who crossed in family groups in and warned that illegal drugs are flowing across the Pompeo spoke by phone on Friday, but gave few details. Salazar, an expert on US-Mexico relations, told AFP. April, and a single group of 1,036 people that particu- border. —AFP

cal and economic reforms - namely Brazil eyes pension reform - are approved and Bayt.com weekly report implemented. Guedes is a deficit hawk committed fiscal boost as to cutting public spending across the Making it through the board. His mulling of a fiscal stimulus economy flirts indicates the government’s sense of job interview stage urgency on the economy. Another quarter of negative growth nterviewers, interview formats and interview questions come with recession would mark Brazil’s sixth recession in in all shapes and sizes and there are ample tomes and articles 20 years, although it may be significant- Iwritten to prepare for them all! There are the usual questions and the usual answers expected, then there are the different BRASILIA: Brazil’s government is look- ly lighter and shallower than the bruis- types of “trick” questions which have mostly been accounted ing at assembling a fiscal stimulus pack- ing 2015-16 crash. age worth around 20 billion reais ($5 for and written about too. There are behavioral and attitudinal Analysts at ratings agency Moody’s and verbal language and body language cues interviewers are billion) to revive flagging growth and Investors Service on Friday said the prevent the economy from falling back looking for that you can be taught to anticipate. And there are rebound from the 2015-16 recession is the usual ample opportunities to prove your skills and compe- into recession, sources told Reuters. “the weakest cyclical recovery in Stung by figures on Thursday that tencies and/or to dig a hole and sink yourself. Career experts at decades,” noting private consumption Bayt.com state that most interviewers are looking for mainly five showed the economy shrank in the BRAZILIA: Another quarter of negative growth would mark Brazil’s sixth recession and investment have been particularly things and all questions are targeted towards them and all three months to March for the first time in 20 years, although it may be significantly lighter and shallower than the bruis- weak. Alberto Ramos, head of Latin ing 2015-16 crash. answers need to deliver on them. Here they are: since 2016, the Economy Ministry may American research at Goldman Sachs, soon free up cash from workers’ guar- went further, calling it the weakest 1. What you bring to the job at hand antee funds, the sources said on condi- recovery in history. Notice it’s all about the job at hand. You may or may not tion of anonymity. “After nine quarters into the current crash, Ramos notes. on Thursday, below the already weak have mastered your last job but it’s really about what direct The FGTS funds, from employers’ up-cycle the performance of the econo- These structural headwinds to market consensus of around 1.2 percent. transferable skills you bring to the table and how these can contributions, serve as a buffer for my has been notably sluggish despite growth, together with shocks such as a Guedes insists the economy will and will prepare you to excel at the exact job role you are employees, and can only be drawn from massive slack in terms of resource uti- Vale SA mining disaster in January and improve if Congress approves the gov- interviewing for. By all means wax lyrical about your past in certain circumstances such as buying lization, a strong external balance sheet, the slump in major export destination ernment’s pension reform bill, which accomplishments but be aware that given your limited face a home, loss of employment or serious low inflation, and accommodative mon- Argentina, have cast a dark cloud over seeks to generate public savings of time and the interviewers limited attention span, these need health problems. etary and financial conditions,” he said. the outlook. 1.237 trillion reais ($315 billion) over the to be phrased to accommodate your future employer’s prism Economy Minister Paulo Guedes Real gross domestic product, real GDP Economists at Citi cut their 2019 next decade. With that, investor, con- by highlighting these particular achievements that are most directly relevant and important for your desired role. Study said on Thursday that the government per capita, private consumption and GDP growth forecasts to 0.9 percent sumer and business confidence will is looking at freeing up active and inac- and Rabobank cut its forecast to 0.7 return and the economy will “take off,” the role in detail and research the company and industry so capital spending are all significantly you are well aware of exactly what will be required. tive FGTS accounts, but only after fis- lower than their peaks before the recent percent following first-quarter figures he has promised. —Reuters 2. How much you will love and be tries, economists warn. Mexico’s top diplomat for North America loyal to the job and company Trump tariffs on Trump announced the tariffs on Thursday night, lashed out after the tariffs announcement, Enthusiasm is not overrated nor is integrity and loyalty which would start at five percent on June 10 and rap- describing the move as “disastrous” and vowing to which are always paramount. Companies in the digital era are idly increase to pressure the Mexican government to respond “vigorously.” well aware of the tremendous transparency in the job market Mexico threaten clamp down on the flow of migrants from Central Trump’s latest aggressive tariff strike was all the thanks to the success of leading job sites, and they are cog- America to the southern US border. The announce- more shocking as it came days after he removed a key nizant of the realms of opportunity that can be accessed with to undercut US ment was met with an outcry from business groups, hurdle to approval of the new North American free a simple click. They are also aware of the high costs of retailers and trade experts, who also warned of the trade pact when he lifted tariffs on steel and aluminum employee churn and the detrimental effects of this on damage to relations not just with Mexico, but also from Canada and Mexico. Trade experts warned the employee morale, satisfaction and general productivity. For this reason they will almost always favor a more stable candi- with China and other trading partners who would no punitive measures could derail efforts to enact the economy: Analysts date who has shown loyalty, goodwill and a high level of longer trust US negotiators. US-Mexico-Canada Agreement or USMCA, and WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump has trum- integrity with past employers. Your priorities will be in ques- “If maintained, the tariffs would reduce US GDP cause Chinese negotiators-already on the defensive tion here and employers will be looking first and foremost for peted the robust US economy but hitting all products growth by at least 0.7 (percentage point) in 2020 and after repeated attacks by Trump-to be even more reti- from Mexico with 25 percent tariffs threatens to professionals who are very committed to their careers and likely push Mexico into a recession,” Gregory Daco of cent to move forward with negotiations, when he display a high level of personal and professional integrity. undercut growth and undermine key American indus- Oxford Economics said in a research note. could reverse course at any moment. —AFP 3. How quickly you will hit the ground running Time is money and employers investing in top profes- dent want rate cuts and they might just get them if this slow- Mexican border. But the duties, which Trump said would sional skills want to see a dividend sooner rather than later. US inflation perks down persists and the Fed caves to the mob of public opin- start at 5percent on June 10 and increase monthly until Interviews are not the ideal time to demand prolonged ion.” Consumer prices as measured by the personal consump- reaching 25 percent on Oct. 1 unless Mexico takes immedi- training courses and induction periods and orientation tion expenditures (PCE) price index increased 0.3 percent ate action, were expected to undercut growth. Washington activities especially if you are competing with professionals ups; slowing last month, the biggest gain since January 2018, after rising is already waging a trade war with China that has recently who assert and can prove they are prepared to make imme- 0.2percent in March. escalated and led consumers to anticipate higher prices. A diate inroads in the role. Show that you are prepared to economy may That lifted the annual increase in the PCE price index to survey by the University of Michigan on Friday showed its make an immediate contribution and that in the short, inter- 1.5 percent from 1.4 percent in March. Inflation was boost- measure of consumers’ inflation expectations over the next mediate and long term you are a winning investment. ed by higher prices for gasoline and services, which offset 12 months rose to 2.9 percent in May from 2.5 percent in limit gains a 0.3percent drop in the cost of food. Excluding the April. “There is little doubt that economic growth will suffer 4. How willing you are to adapt volatile food and energy components, the PCE price index each day these tariffs stay in place,” said Kevin Giddis, head You may be able and successful but employers need to WASHINGTON: US consumer prices increased by the most gained 0.2 percent last month after edging up 0.1 percent of fixed income capital markets at Raymond James in know if you still have it in you to make the sacrifices and in 15 months in April, but a cooling in spending pointed to a in March. In the 12 months through April, the so-called Memphis, Tennessee. “What we aren’t sure of is whether it investments needed to excel in the new work environment. slowdown in economic growth that could keep inflation pres- core PCE price index increased 1.6 percent after rising will be inflationary. If it is, there aren’t many places to hide.” You need to display adaptability and flexibility as well as sures moderate. The report from the Commerce Department 1.5percent in March. The core PCE index is the Fed’s pre- Stocks on Wall Street were trading lower as the tariffs on willingness and ability to blend into the new company cul- on Friday supported Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome ferred inflation measure. It hit the US central bank’s 2 per- Mexican goods rattled investors. ture and adopt new policies, procedures and business Powell’s view that a recent disinflationary trend “may wind up cent inflation target in March 2018 for the first time since The dollar slipped against a basket of currencies, while guidelines. All cultures are not the same and adaptability is at a premium with employers across the board. being transient.” April 2012. A much weaker inflation pulse than initially benchmark US Treasury yields dropped to a 20-month low. Inflation remains below the US central bank’s 2.0 percent thought in the first quarter had led economists to antici- Consumer spending, which accounts for more than two- target. That, together with the slowing economy, has 5. How pleasant and professional you will be to work with pate that the annual core PCE price index would remain at thirds of US economic activity, rose 0.3 percent as con- This one is not often written about but after all the theory increased calls, including from President Donald Trump, for 1.5 percent in April. sumers cut back purchases of long-lasting manufactured the Fed to cut interest rates. The Fed this month kept rates and degrees and top-rated credentials are analyzed, people goods such as motor vehicles. They also spent less on serv- still prefer to work with people they like, respect, admire and unchanged and signaled little desire to adjust monetary policy Trade dispute ices, including household electricity and gas. Consumer anytime soon. “The Fed is in a good place when it comes to its trust. Smile, put on the charms and be true to yourself and Economists said it was unclear what the impact on infla- spending jumped 1.1percent in March, the biggest increase your values; at the end of the day the chemistry needs to be current policy, but it won’t be for long if the market’s forecasts tion would be from Trump’s announcement late on Thursday since August 2009. When adjusted for inflation, consumer right too and you will work best in a team that welcomes and for rate cuts are to be believed,” said Chris Rupkey, chief that he would impose a tariff on all goods from Mexico in a spending was unchanged in April. This so-called real con- embraces and values you and vice versa. economist at MUFG in New York. “The market and the presi- bid to stem the tide of illegal immigration across the US- sumer spending rose 0.9 percent in March. —Reuters 14 Business Sunday, June 2, 2019

NBK ECONOMIC REPORT Kuwait real estate sales soften in 1Q19 but remain solid Investment sector posts drop in sales and prices KUWAIT: Real estate sales in the first quarter fell back growth, while the supply of from a four-year high in 4Q18, but remained solid at KD new apartment buildings 789 million. The decline came mostly from a drop in continues to increase. investment sector sales following a strong end to last year. These headwinds seem to The residential sector continued to post robust sales and have led investors to recon- growth, while the commercial sector, having improved sider the pricing and timing noticeably in 2018, extended its good performance into of potential deals. Apartment prices also fell, by 11.7 1Q19 with relatively solid sales and activity levels. percent q/q, and 2.2 percent y/y, while apartment build- Decent sales levels in 1Q19 reflect a continuation of the ing prices declined less severely, by 3.8 percent q/q and recovery observed in 2018 and an indication that market 1.4 percent y/y. Apartment rents also fell slightly in confidence and liquidity is intact. Real estate prices how- March as indicated by the housing component of the ever were mixed. While the residential sector continued to CPI, reflecting the general weakness in the sector. register solid annual gains, the investment sector was Residential sales maintained their strength in 1Q19 at KD recently subjected to renewed downward pressure. 377 million, a 2 percent q/q increase (and +26 percent y/y) despite a slight decline in transaction volumes. The easing in Investment sector volumes was likely due to the significant rise in prices for Investment sector (apartments and apartment build- both residential homes (10.5 percent) and land (8.4 percent) enacted may further enhance access to home financing and 2015-2018. Strong sales were due to some exceptionally large ings) sales in 1Q19 stood at KD248 million, a sharp 47 that has occurred over the past year. Looking ahead, sup- reduce the large backlog in housing applications. size deals, which nearly doubled the average transaction size of percent decline from the exceptional KD 470 million port for this sector may come from the possible approval of 1Q18. Three large ticket transactions stood out in 1Q19: a com- recorded in 4Q18 and down 31 percent y/y. Sales vol- the mortgage law later this year, which should provide a Commercial sector plex in Jahra (KD 39 million), a plot in Khaitan (KD 26 million) umes also moderated to 327 transactions from 504 the healthy boost to demand. Further the recently proposed KD Commercial sector sales were strong in 1Q19, at KD 161 and a commercial building in Sharq (KD 25 million). These previous quarter. The declines were possibly due to 750 million capital increase of the Kuwait Credit Bank, the million. Although below the sales peak of 4Q18, this is still up three transactions had a combined value of KD 90 million and softer demand stemming from subdued immigration entity responsible for granting housing loans to citizens, if 46 percent y/y and also well above the quarterly averages for comprised more than half of all 1Q19 commercial sales.

KFH Ayadi at all governorates 24/7; available until first day of Eid

KUWAIT: Kuwait Finance House (KFH) offers the service of withdrawing new banknotes “Ayadi” in var- ious categories and in different locations for cus- tomers on the occasion of Eid Al-Fitr. This service is available 24/7 and covers all governorates of Kuwait. Deputy General Manager Sales and Distribution at KFH, Khaled Al-Subaiei said that the bank is keen on sharing various occasions and holidays with the community, confirming the unique- ness of KFH by provid- ing a wide variety of communication chan- nels that make the bank closer to its customers in their various places. Al-Subaiei pointed Khaled Al-Subaiei out that KFH provides customers with the service of withdrawing “Ayadi” via branches, ATMs, XTM Interactive devices, smart branches KFH Go in the Co-op society branch of Ishbiliyah and Jabriya, as well as KFH Mobi NBK executives at the ceremony celebrating the graduation of the 21st batch of “NBK Academy” fresh graduates vehicles, which are spread in different locations in Kuwait to meet the requirements of all customers The graduation ceremony was attended by Salah Al- ers to enable trainees to gain top banking skills. NBK wherever they are present. NBK Academy Fulaij, NBK CEO - Kuwait, Sulaiman Al-Marzouq, Academy program is designed in accordance with He added that the branches that provide 24-hour Deputy Chief Executive Officer and Emad Al-Ablani, the highest international training techniques with Ayadi service are: Al-Qasr, Abdullah Al Salem, General Manager, Human Resources Group, National the aim to provide participants with both theoretical Ishbiliyah, Jabriya, Abu Fatira and Al-Mangaf. celebrates graduation Bank of Kuwait, as well as a number of NBK officials. and technical skills that cover key areas of the He explained that the service is available until the The ceremony included honoring the outstanding banking sector. first day of Eid, in all cash categories that include the of the 21st batch graduates who demonstrated their best efforts throughout Participants also receive a wealth of knowledge dinar, 5 dinar, 10 dinar and 20 dinar. the program and its various components including attend- about NBK work structure and culture in order to Al-Subaiei stressed the pursuit of KFH’s strategy of trainees ing lectures and participating in practical training as well further enhance their career development opportu- in achieving the highest levels of excellence in cus- as field training in the branches and various departments. nities in the future. In 2008, NBK launched “NBK tomer service according to the highest standards of Graduates concluded NBK Academy program in Academy”, the first initiative of its kind in the pri- quality by providing the most competitive advantages KUWAIT: National Bank of Kuwait (NBK) celebrated the four months (the duration of the program) covering vate sector in Kuwait aimed at developing highly that confirm the leadership of KFH in offering graduation of the 21st batch of newly hired employees various banking aspects including: banking principles, qualified national banking leaders with the highest advanced banking services, achieving the highest lev- from “NBK Academy” program. NBK Academy aims to risk management, teamwork, financial accounting, international skill set and experience level in all els of innovation and keeping up with the latest tech- train and develop young graduates through providing marketing, negotiation, and consumer and commercial banking disciplines. The initiative aims at fulfilling nological developments in the banking industry. professional skills of as part of NBK’s strategy to devel- lending, in addition to providing hands-on-training to the bank’s aspirations to continuously improve its op the national human resources and attract them to all program participants at various departments in the services and expand its activities and growth plans, work in the banking industry. bank through engaging international accredited train- both locally and regionally. Burgan Bank’s customers offered AUB congratulates a discount from another winner of Ghaseel app KD 100,000 at Hassad draw KUWAIT: Accommodating its loyal customers with modern age privileges, Burgan Bank announced its partnership KUWAIT: Ahli United Bank announced on the 29th of with the first mobile app for vehicle wash May 2019 the KD 100,000 winner of its Monthly draw services in Kuwait, Ghaseel. The new of Al-Hassad Islamic account as Farah Hasan Ahmed. offer presents numerous options for cus- Al-Hassad Islamic account is the very first draw tomers to choose from, for different account in Islamic banking in Kuwait that has reshaped vehicles and models, ranging from cars, the lives of thousands lucky winners. Al-Hassad Islamic motorcycles, and boats. account presents the most number of chances to win Ghaseel is a platform that links clients with over 850 prizes, over a 12 month period to licensed car wash providers, and pro- Al-Hassad Islamic Account presents also 4 quarter- fessional washers and detailers. With ly mega prizes of KD 250,000 that will help the lucky winners achieve their dreams and aspirations in addi- Ghaseel you can order a car wash at tion the monthly draw to win a prize of KD 100,000. home, work or any preferred location Burgan Bank One powerful new aspect of the Al-Hassad Islamic from one of certified service providers Account is the prize draws on the holy occasion of available on Ghaseel platform. Providing working hours both Eid Al-Fitr and Eid Al-Adha, when the winning optimal convenience and affordability, customers will receive the Eid prizes of KD 100,000 Burgan Bank customers can avail the during Eid holiday each. May the Eid always bring prosperity and bless- offer by applying promo code before ings to the Islamic nation. finalizing the order in the last step Al-Hassad Islamic Account presents also 21 weekly Keeping in line with the latest trends KUWAIT: Burgan Bank yesterday announced that its airport prizes comprised of a grand prize of KD 10,000 and and demands, through a 10 percent dis- branch will continue its operations during the upcoming Eid Al-Fitr 20 prizes of KD 1,000 each. In addition to the highly count presented by Burgan Bank, cus- holiday. The branch will remain open 24 hours for seven days a attractive package of the prizes, there will be the tomers can enjoy the benefit of having week, to conveniently provide services to its clients during public annual expected profits on, which makes the Al-Hassad their vehicles washed anytime and any- holidays. account a useful tool; for family and other savings, where. Burgan Bank customers can The contact center will also be at customers’ service over the both for the short term and for the longer term - a fact avail the discounted offer by using any clock to ensure customers enjoy services throughout the holiday which well appreciated by a large multitude of new of Burgan Bank cards along with a spe- period. On this occasion, Burgan Bank extends its best wishes and and old customers. cial code. greetings to the public on the coming of Eid Al-Fitr. Established 1961 15 What’s On Sunday, June 2, 2019 NBK, LOYAC sponsor kids in low income families through ‘Eid Clothing’ campaign

ational Bank of NBK Public Relations Officer said. “The “Eid Clothing” Kuwait (NBK) and campaign, launched to support children in low income NLOYAC organized families, is considered a unique initiative across Kuwait. “Eid Clothing” campaign to It extends a helping hand to families in need to bring support children in low them the joy of Eid through providing the necessary income families through pur- support to whomever in need, so no one is left out chasing new Eid clothing to when celebrating Eid holidays” Al-Baqer added. celebrate Eid Al-Fitr by Al-Baqer highlighted that NBK is always committed dressing up and wearing to supporting humanitarian initiatives and is proud to their new outfits. The cam- lead this campaign with LOYAC. “We look forward to paign covered purchasing organizing this campaign to complement our communi- new Eid clothing to 30 chil- ty and philanthropic initiatives that share the same dren from different parts of Yacoub Al-Baqer objectives of lending helping hands to those in need.” Kuwait. Each dedicated vol- Al-Baqer noted. unteer was assigned to Al-Baqer stressed that NBK firmly believes that accompany a child to go shopping. The shopping trip this social commitment is a fundamental cornerstone included buying new clothes and shoes for Eid Al-Fitr, of NBK’s objectives as a leading financial institution, so that children would look their best and don’t feel expressing his hopes that this campaign had left a left out of the celebration mood due to the limited positive impact on children and brought them happi- resources of their families. ness, confirming that NBK’s mission is to bring joy “NBK is so proud of its cooperation with LOYAC. and hope for a better tomorrow. The initiative is part NBK continues to reinforce its leading corporate initiative is part of its partnership with LOYAC We highly appreciate its role in the community through of NBK’s commitment to its social responsibility pro- citizen role committed to bringing positive values to through its participation in similar campaigns cover- organizing a wide range of volunteering, developmen- gram and expanding its reach to cover more sustain- the community through its CSR initiatives that adopt ing training, developmental, educational and social tal, awareness and social initiatives”. Yacoub Al-Baqer, able programs. a wide range of objectives. NBK’s participation in this services programs. 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amily and friends would uwait Chapter of the Institute of Iftar and was followed by welcome speech by to impact the customer life styles by enrich- like to wish Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) CA Sai Devata, the Chairman of ICAI Kuwait ing customer experience. He simplified the F conducted an Iftar event along with its Chapter. heavy technical terms in an easy way to (from left to right) K Ibrahim Ismail Continuing Professional Educational (CPE) CA Sai Devata, Chairman of the Chapter understand its structure and included lot of session for the benefit of its member and their initially briefed the members about the vari- examples, videos and humor to keep the Ibrahim Al-Rowaini, families on 25th May 2019 at Copthorne ous activities planned by Kuwait Chapter for audience engaged. Mohammed Sameh Hotel, Kuwait City. The topic of the session the current year and then he welcomed the During this session, Al Mulla Exchange Shehata and Hamza was “About 5G - The Foundation of 4th speaker - Zarrar Khan to initiate the informa- conducted a lucky draw event conducted Sameh Shehata a Industrial Revolution.” tive session. Zarrar conducted the CPE ses- exclusively for its CA customers. There were hearty congratula- The speaker of the session was Zarrar sion on “About 5G - The Foundation to 4th 5 lucky winners announced during the event. tions for passing Khan, Chief Technology Officer, VIVA Industrial Revolution”. The session was well attended by the audi- their individual final Telecom and the Chief Guest of Honor is the He explained the impact of 4th industrial ence of more than 130 people and the event exams. CEO of Qualitynet Mohamad Al-Nusif as the revolution on human privacy and rapid pace was concluded with vote of thanks by the Chief Guest of Honor. The event began with of technological advancement which is going Secretary CA Deepak Bindal. 16 Health & Technology Sunday, June 2, 2019 Tanzania the latest African nation to ban plastic bags NAIROBI: A plastic bag ban comes into force in usage can lead to a fine of $87 or imprisonment for scribed. Mwesigye said some countries put bans in Tanzania yesterday, as Africa leads efforts to stem seven days, or both. place before ensuring there were suitable alterna- the tide of plastic blighting the farthest reaches of tives in place, while monitoring and practical US may lose measles the globe, and depths of the ocean. Tanzania is Degrees of success enforcement were also a challenge. banning the importation, production, sale and use Globally, 127 countries have some sort of plastic of plastic bags, becoming the 34th African country bag legislation, 91 of which include a ban or Scourge of single-use plastics ‘elimination status’ to implement such restrictions, according to the restriction on manufacturing, importation and retail Joyce Msuya, UNEP’s Acting Executive WASHINGTON: The United States CDC. An ongoing outbreak in and United Nations Environmental Program (UNEP). distribution, according to UNEP. Africa has 34 of Director, praised Tanzania for joining the nations risks losing its measles “elimination around New York City that started “Let me be clear on this, once it reaches June 1, these countries, followed by Europe with 29. implementing the ban. “It is critical that bans now status” if current outbreaks continue, last fall is threatening the US’s “elim- the government is not planning to add any more Patrick Mwesigye, UNEP’s regional co-ordinator be complemented by efforts to identify effective US health authorities said. The ination status” — if it continues for days and we will not tolerate anyone who will be for resource efficiency told AFP that the degree of alternatives to single-use plastics...”. The world Centers for Disease Control and four more months, the country will caught using them. No plastic bag will be allowed success of the bans varied in Africa. currently produces more than 300 million tons of Prevention (CDC) said Thursday no longer be able to say it has elimi- in the country,” Tanzania’s vice-president Samia Rwanda’s plastic bag ban has been in place for plastics annually, and there are at least five trillion there have been 971 cases of measles nated measles. Suluhu Hassan said when announcing the move in over a decade and is considered one of the most plastic pieces floating in oceans, scientists have reported in the US so far this year, Even though the New York may- April. Tanzania — whose wildlife is a popular successful. “But Rwanda had an advantage that estimated. which means more people have or began requiring city residents in tourist draw — has also issued a notice to travelers there wasn’t much manufacturing of plastics,” in Most of the items polluting oceans and land- caught the disease in the last five heavily affected areas, many with that they will have to “surrender” plastic bags in the country when the ban was implemented, said scapes and causing horrendous deaths for the months than in any entire calendar large Orthodox Jewish communities, their possession before entering the country. Mwesigye. Countries with manufacturing and creatures that live there, are made to be used once year since 1992, which saw 963 to be vaccinated starting in April, “The government expects that, in appreciation import industries, where jobs are impacted by and thrown away, such as bags, straws and food reported cases. the city still had 173 cases that of the imperative to protect the environment and bans, have struggled more to enforce them. “In packaging. In March nations failed to agree to a Authorities declared measles month and 60 in May. The US has keep our country clean and beautiful, our visitors Kenya... it has been very effective. Still you have timetable to phase out all single-use plastics, opt- eliminated in the US in 2000, a goal never counted zero measles cases. will accept minor inconveniences resulting from some plastic smuggled from neighboring coun- ing instead to “significantly reduce” their produc- set in 1966 with the introduction of Since 2000, the number has fluctu- the plastic bags ban,” said the statement. tries” like Uganda, he said. tion. Neither the United States, Canada or the vaccine. Measles is considered ated between a few dozen and a few According to local media, anyone caught manufac- Kenya’s 2017 plastic ban imposed particularly Australia have national plastic bag regulations — eliminated when there is an absence hundred cases per year, with 667 turing or importing plastic bags and plastic wrap- harsh laws, with fines of up to $38,000 (32,000 although some American states like Hawaii or of continuous disease transmission cases recorded during a 2014 out- pings could get a fine of one billion Tanzanian euros) and four-year prison sentences. However in California have implemented bans. The European for 12 months or more in a specific break in Ohio, especially in Amish shillings ($430,000, 390,000 euros) or face reality, while there have been waves of arrests, Union in March voted to ban a dozen forms of sin- geographic area, according to the communities. — AFP imprisonment for up to two years. Possession and fines and jail terms have been far less than pro- gle-use plastics from 2021. — AFP 17

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The changing of your mind over and over could give you a clue as to Everybody wants to be around you now. Be grateful for that. You get com- what’s going to happen today. Irritation with others at work gives you the next hint. pliments from those with whom you spend time. This isn’t necessarily just at work. Quick thinking and wanting to act adds to the sense of urgency you feel that others Being the end of the month may be the best time to sort of party at work and that’s may not feel now. This isn’t a great time for you and it’s the end of the month. That’s the what you feel is happening today because of all the kudos. You’re quieter than usual best part. Maybe next month will be more successful than today. You can talk others but that’s not bad either. It has you looking humble and those singing your praises into anything now but you don’t want to even attempt it. Try to go home early today appreciate you even more. Make this an easy work day. Go home and be with those and get some time alone, if possible. That’ll help. you love. You should receive more attention and love there.

Taurus (April 20-May 20) Scorpio (October 23-November 21) Dark, secret thoughts pop un into your mind where you can’t seem to let them go. Be careful here at work today. You may have the desire to tell your boss, in a Sympathy and understanding are more important to you now. Perhaps it’s not so nice way, where to go now. Be quiet. You’ll be glad you did later on. If you can because you need them from others at this point in time. Getting out and take the day off, then do so. If not, try to go home early. Don’t allow coworkers to talk walking may help your state of mind and give you some much needed exercise too. you into saying anything regarding your boss today. Neither of you may be in the Going against convention and tradition can bring on problems you hadn’t realized mood to shake this one off. Be calm and try to relax as much as possible if you have to you’d elicit by saying or doing what you did to garner it. This could cause problems work all day. Later, surround yourself with real friends. you can’t repair anytime soon. A little romance is something you think may do you some good. If you haven’t gotten rid of your lover completely since yesterday, perhaps a little make-up sex will suffice.

Gemini (May 21-June 20)

Be safe with your words today. You don’t want to damage relationships Sagittarius (November 22-December 21) at work or at home. Emotional flare ups could occur easily now. Sex, or lack of it, might play a role in your irritation today. Fighting with your lover won’t help. Besides Be thoughtful before talking. You could have a run in with someone older this is a special day you want to remember with fondness not anger. As the song says, who is an authority figure. That’s never good. Try to work without being ACROSS 79. A bluish shade of green. “Let it go.” A love of what you consider law and order brings you to look at others noticed today. Later go home to family, pets and your lover, if you have one now, to 1. The player judged to be the most impor- 80. Of or coming from the middle of a more harshly now. We can’t all be alike. Otherwise the world would be very boring. enjoy people you know who feel you can do no wrong. Maybe a dinner on the patio is tant to the sport. region or country. Sing the song and enjoy celebrating with friends later. a good place to wind down from today’s long work day. Make the conversation 4. A kind of fluent easy superficiality. 81. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet. around the table more interesting by conveying some travel stories or listening to 12. (computer science) A measure of how something that you haven’t heard before. Be sure to invite a friend you know brings densely information is packed on a DOWN you good comedic information. storage medium. 1. A member of the extinct Algonquian 15. Being one more than two. people formerly living in northern Cancer (June 21-July 22) 16. A long plume (especially one of egret Indiana and southern Michigan. feathers) worn on a hat or a piece of 2. Widely distributed genus of annual or jewelry in the shape of a plume. perennial and often climbing herbs. You tend to overlook your own needs now because you feel they’re not Capricorn (December 22-January 19) 17. The sign language used in the United 3. A separate part of a whole. necessary in the scheme of things. Energy dominates your world. You come across as very assertive. Communication with others comes easily. Work is all it’s about for you States. 4. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth Your sense of value may be stressed today. Things are not as they at this time. You do have to remember your needs too though. You could burn out if 18. (informal) Of the highest quality. and mother of Cronus and the Titans appear. Stay away from buying that new car. You’re on the brink of imagination and in ancient mythology. you don’t. It’s easy to see what you value now. Appreciation is in high focus and you 19. The hard inner (usually woody) layer of practicality. Switching back and forth from those two items leave you appearing 5. A central cohesive source of support thank the powers that be for giving you what you want. That’s a good thing to do the pericarp of some fruits (as peaches almost drunk. You’ll find yourself thinking of lost love at some time today, even wish- and stability. since you’ve gotten what you desired. It will bring you more of the same. What you or plums or cherries or olives) that ing for that person to surface so that you can relive a little part of your past. contains the seed. 6. One of the five major classes of think you are, you are. Keep on keeping on. 20. A long thin fluffy scarf of feathers or immunoglobulins. Romanticizing what was leaves you with an image of something that perhaps didn’t fur. 7. An unbroken or imperfectly broken really have all the good things you think. A ghost is most always a perfect person 21. A member of the Algonquian people mustang. after having died. formerly inhabiting the Maritime 8. An acute inflammatory disease occur- ring in the intestines of premature Provinces of Canada. Leo (July 23-August 22) 23. A Chadic language spoken south of infants. Lake Chad. 9. A soft cotton or worsted fabric with an Aquarius (January 20- February 18) 25. The United Nations agency concerned open mesh. You’ve been feeling an outpouring of independence for a while lately but with atomic energy. 10. Use explosives on. with this culminating today, you’re in more of a mood having to do with your freedom. 26. A skullcap worn by nuns under a veil or 11. The month following August and pre- Liberty to act as you’d like, to do your work on your own terms and to enjoy your Start your day off with sweet loving from your wonderful lover. That will by soldiers under a hood of mail or ceding October. homelife too in a manner fitting your needs has been and is your goal today. You’ve set the tone for your day if you’ll allow it. Power and control are on your mind now. formerly by British sergeants-at-law v 12. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind turned over the apple cart, so to speak, for almost the whole month. Now you can reap Coworkers may find that a little hard to take but you can put them at ease easily. 1. and raisins and almonds. what you’ve sown although you’ve seen a difference there too. Now is the time to get Investing may be the very thing you take on next because it allows you to gamble 27. An independent group of closely relat- 13. Either of two muscles of the abdomen more serious about what you need in your life and to go after it. It’ll only make you against those who supposedly know best. If you do your homework and find that ed Chadic languages spoken in the and pelvis that flex the trunk and more prosperous in every manner of your life. you’re good with research at knowing which stock to pick, you may find yourself in area between the Biu-Mandara and rotate the thigh. stocks as well. Healing arts are something that interests you now too. East Chadic languages. 14. Tropical American tree grown in south- 28. Type genus of the Nepidae. ern United States having a whitish pink-tinged fruit. 30. A river in northwestern Russia flowing Virgo (August 23-September 22) generally west into the Gulf of Finland. 22. (Hinduism or Buddhism) A sacred word or syllable repeated in prayer or medi- 32. Earlier than the present time. Pisces (February 19-March 20) 35. Any of a class of organic compounds tation. 24. A woman hired to suckle a child of You need roots. The longing you feel and remembering other times and that contain the divalent radical - places make you want more in the family area. If you don’t already have a spouse, you someone else. Your love or a great friend whom you think should know your ways and CONHCO-. may soon. You can’t seem to help yourself right now. Though you still have peace in 29. Affect with wonder. what you consider good in life, seems to turn against you or so you think. You may 38. (Zoroastrianism) Title for benevolent your heart, you’re looking at expanding your love life to include a permanent partner deities. 31. Characteristic of false pride. take what they say in the wrong way now. Their emotions seem to oppose what you 33. Naked freshwater or marine or para- who’ll be there when others aren’t. You don’t even care about your work life today. As 42. An independent ruler or chieftain believe to be right. Your feelings have been part of a quick temper lately and this is no sitic protozoa that form temporary a matter of fact, you’d rather stay home with those you love. That may not be done (especially in Africa or Arabia). different than what you’ve already experienced this week. The only difference is that it pseudopods for feeding and locomo- easily though. If you have to work, make sure you get through the day without squab- 43. A quantity of no importance. is with someone for which you care and you can’t seem to let it go. Feeling unappreci- tion. bles to ruin your sense of peace. 45. An anxiety disorder characterized by 34. A woman who tells fortunes. ated and unwanted can cause a rift in your friendship or love. chronic free-floating anxiety and such 36. A state in the Rocky Mountains. symptoms as tension or sweating or 37. The friend of Phintias who pledged his trembling of light-headedness or irri- life that Phintias would return (4th tability etc that has lasted for more century BC). Wordsearch Puzzle Friday’s Solution than six months. 39. Large sweet juicy hybrid between tan- 46. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked gerine and grapefruit having a thick on a skewer usually with vegetables. wrinkled skin. 47. Dried bark of various magnolias. 40. A barrier consisting of a horizontal bar 50. Make amends for. and supports. 51. (possibly Roman) Goddess of horses 41. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind. and mules and asses. 44. (of reproduction) Not involving the 53. Moderate in type or degree or effect fusion of male and female gametes or force. reproduction". 54. A nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug 48. Abnormally low oxygen content in (trade name Nalfon) used in the treat- arterial blood. ment of arthritis and other painful 49. The third compartment of the stomach inflammatory disorders. of a ruminant. 58. Inability to name objects or to recog- 52. Affected with palsy or uncontrollable nize written or spoken names of tremor. objects. 55. Foul with waste matter. 59. A loose sleeveless outer garment made 56. A religious belief of African origin from aba cloth. involving witchcraft and sorcery. 60. Being one more than ten. 57. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of 61. A island in the Netherlands Antilles that the alkali metal group. is the top of an extinct volcano. 62. American dramatist (1928- ). 65. A populous province in northeastern 63. 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This picture shows an aerial view of Muslim worshippers gathering around the Kaaba, Islam’s holiest shrine, at the Grand Mosque in Saudi Arabia’s holy city of Mecca, during the holy fasting month of Ramadan. — AFP

undreds of Star Wars fans lined up before the crack ‘Waiting for the longest time’ of dawn on Friday outside Disneyland as the Star Wars fanatics will also be able to down exotic HCalifornia park opened the doors of a new mega- drinks such as spicy Bloody Rancor or Carbon Freeze at attraction based on the iconic film series. The $1 billion Oga’s Cantina or refresh themselves with Blue or Green Inside the Millennium Falcon during the Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge media theme park, called “Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge,” was open Milk. And if they have any money left at the end of the day, preview. only to lucky visitors who managed to reserve tickets they can fork out $200 — before tax-to build their own ahead of time that allowed them to roam the new land for a lightsabers at Savi’s Workshop or spend nearly $100 for a total of four hours. Only those with reservations will be custom droid. A similar Star Wars park will also open at able to visit “Galaxy’s Edge” for the first three weeks, after Disney World in Florida at the end of August. Miguel which it will be open to the public. Langarcia, one of the lucky fans who was able to reserve a “‘Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge’ is absolutely amazing and ticket for the Friday opening in California said he was over we are thrilled to finally share it with the world,” the moon at being among the first to experience the new Chairman and CEO of The Walt Disney Company Bob attraction. Iger said at a pre-opening ceremony on Wednesday. “I had four computers open at one time, trying to get “Now, for the first time, fans will be able to immerse a reservation,” he told AFP as he entered the park. “I themselves in the iconic stories that have captured audi- finally got in, so I’m excited to go today.” Joe Kaniwa, ences’ imaginations for decades and live their own Star another visitor, said he didn’t mind the steep entrance Wars adventures in the most creative, innovative and price of nearly $150 per-adult given the experience. ambitious land we’ve ever built.” “They want to make a lot of money, and they are making The park features rides, including on the Millennium money,” he said. “But they also want to make people’s Falcon, as well as Star Wars characters such as dream come true. “Like you can have people from all Stormtroopers, the mighty Chewbacca and Rey, a hero of generations, you know 40-, 50-year-olds, who have been the resistance in the futuristic land of Batuu. On waiting for this for the longest time, and now they can be “Millennium Falcon: Smuggler’s Run,” guests will go on a part of (this) world.”— AFP Droid Depot, where customers can build cargo run that features multiple storylines depending on their own droid, is seen during Star Wars: Inside the Millennium Falcon during the Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge media how they pilot Han Solo’s beloved spaceship. Galaxy’s Edge media preview. preview.

(From left) George Lucas, Billy Dee Williams, Mark Hamill, Bob Iger and Harrison Ford attend Droid Depot, where customers can build their own droid, is The Death Star on display during the Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge media preview.— AFP photos the Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge Media Preview at the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California. seen during Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge media preview. 20 Established 1961 Lifestyle Music & Movies Sunday, June 2, 2019 ‘Bionic’ amputee to star at Crazy Horse cabaret

ionic showgirl” Viktoria Modesta, who survive when you grow up, who is gonna marry million times on YouTube. In 2012 Modesta per- is set to take the stage at the risque you?’.” The performer said she grew up in an formed at the closing ceremony of the “BCrazy Horse cabaret in Paris next week, “extreme environment”, with those who were Paralympics in London wearing a diamond says she has had to reinvent herself after being not “biologically accurate” treated as “second- prosthesis before a crowd of some 90,000. She treated as an outcast over her artifical leg. Born class citizens”. “I felt so outcast that I had to said she thought then: “The fact that I had an in Latvia under Soviet rule with a malformed left build my own new identity.” amputation doesn’t make me different. There are hip and leg due to an accident at birth, Viktoria millions of people with the same physical situa- Modesta (her stage name) was 20 when she ‘Your body, you truly own’ tion, it’s my perspective and my view on the chose amputation “for medical and psychologi- The amputation was a watershed moment, world that really made things different.” cal reasons”. With her intense look and black giving her a chance to regain control of her outfit, dark hair pulled into a bun and long nails body and make a break with a painful past. She ‘Balancing strength, vulnerability’ painted in metallic colours, the 31-year-old has said previously that she chose to have her She said the Crazy Horse experience “per- recounted her origins, recalling her debut in a leg amputated below the knee to “improve fectly captures the essence of femininity” and private salon with red walls and dimmed light in mobility and safeguard future health”. It took would allow her to find “a good balance an ambiance known as “nude chic”. her five years to persuade surgeons to do the between strength and vulnerability”. No longer “They were destroying me as a human being operation, which she described as literally sev- feeling the need to suppress her sexuality in the and I had to create my new identity,” said ering the thing that was holding her back. name of her art, she said, “Here I decided to do Modesta, a British national having emigrated to Drawing inspiration from avant-garde British the opposite. It’s really important to bring our the UK. “When I was born my mum didn’t see fashion designer Alexander McQueen and US sexual identity into the creative process.” me for five days,” she told AFP, noting that her artist Matthew Barney, Modesta said: “Your She added that her message “would be that mother was pressured at the age of 17 to send body is the only thing you truly own... It was a the modern woman... is someone who chooses her baby to an orphanage. “My mum... saved part of survival, bringing me a more fulfilling exactly who she wants to be... There is no limi- me from being sent away somewhere,” she said. and happy life.” She grew up mainly in Britain tation of ‘I have to be soft or I have to be “Growing up as a kid, it was a lot of adults and now lives in the United States, describing hard’, the thing is creating your own cocktail making decisions on my behalf. And not all of herself as a “citizen of the world”. In Paris, she of qualities”. “I’m going to explore several them were correct and I ended up in a situation will perform at the world famous Crazy Horse facets of myself in this performance” at the where my creative spirit didn’t align with my nightclub from June 3-16, using a different pros- Crazy Horse. — AFP physical ability and I really wanted to fix that.” thesis for each scene, surrounded by dancers She recalled feeling the harsh judgments of with only lighting effects to cover their nudity. people around her, such as “old ladies looking at In one number, an “artistic prosthesis” you and saying, ‘Oh my God, how are you gonna breaks ice and it has already been viewed 12

hicago prosecutors on Thursday filed 11 felony sex crime charges against R&B superstar R Kelly, in In this file photo US actor Robert Pattinson arrives at the Cwhat his lawyer said was a refiling of counts from Marrakech International Film festival in the city of an existing case. The 52-year-old, whose legal name is ormer American drug kingpin Frank Lucas, Marrakesh. — AFP Robert Kelly, already had been facing 10 felony counts, whose criminal exploits were profiled in the filed in February, for the alleged abuse of four women. He Ffilm “American Gangster”, has died at the age has denied the charges and claimed his accusers are lying. of 88, his nephew told media Friday. Adrian Pattinson picked The latest counts are refiled charges related to one of the Lassiter told Rolling Stone magazine his uncle had four accusers and not a new case, Kelly’s lawyer Steve died of natural causes without giving further Greenberg said. “These are the same conduct, just details. Raised in North Carolina, Lucas became as the new Batman charged differently, same alleged victim, same time frame, one of New York’s biggest heroin dealers between same facts,” Greenberg said on Twitter. “It changes noth- ing,” he added. the late 1960s and 1975, claiming that he imported obert Pattinson has been chosen as the new Batman, the drug from Southeast Asia in the coffins of beating out several other actors, including Nicholas American soldiers who died in the Vietnam War. Hoult, to play the Caped Crusader, Variety said This claim was challenged by several of his con- R Friday. The 33-year-old “Twilight” heartthrob is set to play temporaries but was featured in Ridley Scott’s the vigilante superhero in a standalone movie called “The 2007 biopic, in which he was played by Denzel Batman,” under the direction of Matt Reeves, who was Washington. behind the last two “Planet of the Apes” sequels, the Lucas told the New York Times in 2000 that he entertainment magazine said. Filming is slated to start in was making $1 million a day at the peak of his the coming months with a release date expected in June criminal empire. He was known for his flamboyant 2021. A Warner Bros spokeswoman would not confirm the displays of wealth, including his outing to the 1971 news to AFP, saying only: “I can confirm that we are in boxing match between Muhammad Ali and Joe negotiations.” Pattinson’s agent did not immediately Frazier at Madison Square Garden, where he respond to requests for comment. appeared wearing a long coat and hat made from Pattinson, who shot to fame as teenage vampire chinchilla. “I could not have people who made less Edward Cullen in the “Twilight” saga, has avoided the money than me walking around thinking they ruled spotlight in recent years, evolving from a teenage heart- the world,” he wrote in his autobiography “Original throb to an indie darling. He recently starred in acclaimed Gangster.” Arrested in 1975, he collaborated with French director Claire Denis’s sci-fi mystery “High Life,” the US authorities and was paroled in 1981 despite which earned him critical praise. He also stars in “The In this file photo US music artist R Kelly attends a hearing on a 70-year prison sentence. He was again arrested Lighthouse,” a dark fantasy horror film that was also well his sex abuse case, at the George N Leighton Criminal Court in 1984 and sentenced to an additional seven years received at this year’s Cannes Film Festival. As Batman, Building in Chicago, Illinois. — AFP in prison for drug trafficking. — AFP Pattinson will be replacing Ben Affleck who retired from the role after playing Bruce Wayne in 2016’s “Batman v. The 11 charges handed down by a grand jury in Superman: Dawn of Justice” and 2017’s “Justice Chicago are connected to the January 2010 alleged sexual League.”— AFP assault and abuse of a person identified in court docu- ments only as JP. Three of the charges are for the sexual abuse of a child between 13 and 16 years old. In some of the counts, Kelly is accused of having threatened or used force against JP. The singer is currently out on bail. He will appear in court June 6 on the new charges, US media merican Musician Leon Redbone, known for reviving States from the end of the 19th century until the Great reported. The Cook County State’s Attorney’s office, which pre-World War II musical styles with his own twist, died Depression began in 1929. is prosecuting the case, did not immediately return a on Thursday at age 69, according to a statement on his While he kept his past deliberately mysterious, the Toronto request for comment. A In March, Lanita Carter identified herself as one of the website. “It is with heavy hearts we announce that early this Star revealed that he was born Dickran Gobalian in Cyprus morning, May 30 2019, Leon Redbone crossed the delta for that before immigrating to Canada in the 1960s, while The New York four women in the Chicago case, and the only one who beautiful shore at the age of 127,” read the statement written in Times separately put his birthday at August 26, 1949, making was an adult when the alleged abuse occurred. She says the sly style of the musician known for his mysterious persona. him 69 at the time of his death. Redbone achieved fame with that while working as Kelly’s hairdresser, the singer tried “He departed our world with his guitar, trusty companion Rover, appearances on American television shows like “Saturday Night to force her to perform oral sex. When she resisted, he and a simple tip of his hat,” it continued. Live” and Johnny Carson’s “Tonight Show” beginning in the allegedly masturbated on her. Carter spoke through tears Neither the cause nor place of death were specified. The 1970s. Paradoxically, one of his best-known compositions was about her struggle to come forward against a global musician retired in 2015 for health reasons. With a stage pres- titled “Please Don’t Talk About Me When I’m Gone.” A 2018 celebrity. “If I die tomorrow, I know that I told the truth,” ence resembling a mash-up of American guitar maverick Frank documentary about Redbone was given the same title. she told CBS News. “It’s hard when it’s a celebrity. It’s not Zappa, French jazz legend Marcel Zanini and comedian The musician released 16 albums, beginning with “On the easy.” The accusations echo previous ones of sexual mis- Groucho Marx, Redbone seemed a creation of the early 20th Track” in 1975 and concluding with “Flying By” in 2014. “People conduct that have followed the artist for the last two century Vaudeville style even though his rise to popularity like to listen to music, I don’t know why, I don’t,” he told AFP in decades. In a March interview, Kelly vehemently denied began decades later. Described in turn as a jazz, folk or blues his trademark self-deprecating style. “But as I’m not a dictator, This photo taken on September 15, 2005 shows Leon the charges and said he was “fighting” for his life. “I didn’t musician, Redbone recreated the long-lost world of “minstrel I’m not going to impose my taste on the public.”— AFP Redbone, jazz and blues musician, posing in a do this stuff. This not me,” Kelly told CBS News. “Whether they’re old rumors, new rumors, future rumors, not shows,” musical showcases that traveled the southern United restaurant in Paris. — AFP true.”— AFP Elton John blasts Russian cuts of gay sex scenes in ‘Rocketman’

lton John has slammed the removal of gay sex scenes sex or kissing scenes had been cut out, adding that the edits ers learn that he eventually found love and is raising two chil- from the Russian version of the musical biopic of his life had been “very obvious”. dren with his same-sex partner. E“Rocketman” as “cruelly unaccepting”. Film critics who The film, which is set for general release in Russia next In the statement, the singer praises Paramount Pictures for watched a preview on Friday said the local distributor had week, addresses the British pop icon’s struggles with his sexu- being “brave and bold” in allowing a true representation of his censored some scenes for legal reasons. In a joint statement ality, drugs and alcohol. Another journalist who attended the life. “We believe in building bridges and open dialogue, and with the filmmakers, the superstar said he only became aware screening, Misha Kozyrev, wrote that scenes featuring drugs will continue to push for the breaking down of barriers until all of the cuts on Friday. “We reject in the strongest possible were also cut from the film. “Yes, the film has been amended to people are heard equally across the world,” the statement terms the decision to censor Rocketman for the Russian mar- comply with the laws of the Russian Federation,” distribution concluded. Amnesty International called the censorship of the ket,” said the statement, published on the singer’s Twitter company Central Partnership told the TASS news agency, film “an insult for the rights of LGBTI people.” In a statement account. without providing details. on Friday it said the editing of the film was an example of “That the local distributor had found it necessary to edit Russia’s anti-gay laws “undercutting freedom of expression out certain scenes, denying the audience the opportunity to Family life also censored and encouraging homophobia in Russia.” see the film as it was intended is a sad reflection on the divid- Russia’s culture minister Vladimir Medinsky told state Other films that included gay scenes, including the recent ed world we still live in and how it can still be so cruelly unac- agency RIA Novosti that his ministry had nothing to do with biopic about British rock star Freddy Mercury, “Bohemian cepting of the love between two people.” Russia has a dire the edits and that “everything is decided by the distributor.” Rhapsody”, were shown in Russian cinemas. Elton John is record on LGBT rights and a controversial law bans the pro- “We do not cut anything, I don’t even understand what this is popular in Russia, where he first performed during the Soviet motion of “non-traditional sexual relationships” to minors, about,” he was quoted as saying. Film critic Dolin said the text era in 1979 but he has been a vocal critic of the country’s anti- though it is not clear why this would apply to the 18-rated film. that ends the film was also changed, to say only that Elton gay laws. “Rocketman” premiered on May 16 at the Cannes Film critic Anton Dolin wrote on his Facebook page that all the John founded an NGO to fight AIDS. But in the original, view- film festival where it received a standing ovation. — AFP Established 1961 21 Lifestyle Features Sunday, June 2, 2019

Employees work at the Biotrem factory producing wheat bran plates in Zambrow, Poland.

Employees work at the Biotrem factory producing wheat bran plates in Zambrow, Poland. — AFP photos Women working in one of Warsaw’s vegan restaurants serve meals on wheat bran plates produced at the Biotrem factory in Zambrow, Poland.

olish inventor and entrepreneur Jerzy Wysocki catches a brown plate-still warm-as it drops out of Pa machine and he begins to eat the crunchy, fibrous tableware. “A meat chop will always be more delicious on this wheat bran plate than on plastic,” says Wysocki with a big grin at the Biotrem factory in Zambrow in northeast Poland. Taking a bite, the plate does not have Polish inventor and entrepreneur Jerzy Wysocki holds a wheat bran plate in his factory much of a flavor. It calls to mind dry cereal flakes or Biotrem. maybe what you would imagine cardboard to taste like. But Wysocki says what matters is the tableware is biodegradable. The sexagenarian invented the plate some 15 years ago, and today Biotrem makes around 15 million of them a year. That figure could soon skyrocket thanks to a decision by the European Union to ban plastic plates and cutlery starting in 2021. A son and grandson of millers, Wysocki got the idea for the tableware when he was looking to use up the leftovers of flour production, which take up a lot of space. But he says he is also driv- en by the desire to help a good cause, “because the amount of rubbish that pollutes oceans is huge and frightening.” “To make the plates, we only use wheat bran, which we compress at a precise pressure point and temperature, using a machine made specifically for that purpose,” he explains. meals and catering. The research is already at a fairly A man works at the produc- Eco-conscious clients advanced stage: the only thing left to do is to make the tion line of wheat bran plate boxes more resistant to liquid and heat. at the Biotrem factory . Biotrem CEO Malgorzata Then acknowledges, of course, that at 15 euro cents (17 US cents) a pop or 20 Biodegradable cutlery percent more for exports, wheat bran plates are more You do not have to eat the plate or its packaging to Horses standing on a meadow near Warsaw eat wheat bran plates that were produced at the expensive than their plastic counterparts. But “the cur- be a friend of the environment. In favorable weather Biotrem factory in Zambrow. rent price of plastic doesn’t factor in the environmental conditions, with a little humidity, wheat bran products cost, that of recycling and marine pollution,” she adds. decompose after a month, or even after two weeks if At first, the company targeted clients who were envi- A horse standing on a there is rain. The Biotrem crew are not the only ones in ronmentally inclined as well as restaurants and hotels meadow near Warsaw eats Poland stepping up to the front line of the war on plas- that wanted to offer something original. “Now, with the a wheat bran plate that tic. Researchers in the chemistry department of the measures taken by the EU, even clients who are unin- Gdansk University of Technology have developed a was produced at the formed about the environment are forced to take an way to make biodegradable cutlery out of potato Biotrem factory in interest in biodegradable products,” Then said. starch. Zambrow. Biotrem distributes the plates in Europe, Asia, North The forks, spoons and knives are even safe for sea America and Australia. The client Down Under had creatures to eat. “We are the only ones so far to have asked that they check whether earthworms would like tested the biodegradability of our products on living the taste-they do. “These aren’t huge amounts, but aquatic organisms and it looks like this cutlery is safe they’re enough for us to be optimistic about the future,” for the environment,” professor Helena Janik told AFP. Wysocki says. The rosy outlook is backed by the According to Robert Bajko, who sells the university’s prospect of greater output leading to a drop in the innovations to entrepreneurs, the cutlery does not price. Also, it should be possible to harness the same require any complex technology or a huge investment. technology to make plates out of corn, barley, oats, Anyone in the plastic industry can get started cassava and even algae. “With cassava, the first tests “overnight,” he enthuses. — AFP turned out really well and we already have a small group of interested clients,” Wysocki adds. Biotrem is hoping to expand its offer to edible boxes for takeaway

trophies, organizers said. An American institution, the Scripps National Spelling Bee brought together more than 550 spellers from all over the country aged between seven and 14. They were the elite among millions of youngsters, typically aged nine through 15, who competed in local and regional spelling bees this past school year. The competition has only tied six times in its history, though four titles in the last six years ended with a draw. Seven of the eight winners are of Indian ancestry-a reflec- tion of the popularity of competitive spelling among Indian immigrant families. This was the twelfth year in a row that American youngsters of South Asian heritage he world’s premier spelling bee has ended in an clinched the title. — AFP unprecedented eight-way tie after hours of intense Tcompetition among American youngsters tackling some of the English language’s most obscure words. Texas seventh-grader Rohan Raja became the eighth and final Co-champions (From left) Shruthika Padhy (307) of winner of the National Spelling Bee’s 92nd annual compe- Cherry Hill, New Jersey, Erin Howard (93) of Huntsville, tition on Thursday after a correct recital of the word Alabama, Rishik Gandhasri (5) of San Jose, California, “odylic”, earning a wild round of applause from the audi- Christopher Serrao (427) of Whitehouse Station, New ence. He hoisted the trophy with the seven other kids to Jersey, Saketh Sundar (132) of Clarksville, Maryland, survive the final round after successfully spelling a slate of Sohum Sukhatankar (354) of Dallas, Texas, Rohan Raja tongue-twisters, including auslaut, erysipelas, bougainvil- (462) of Irving, Texas, and Abhijay Kodali (407) of lea, aiguillette, pendeloque, palama and cernuous. Flower Mound, Texas, hold the trophy for photographers The winners were “the most phenomenal assemblage of after 20 rounds of competition and won the champi- spellers in the history of this storied competition”, said the onship of the Scripps National Spelling Bee at the bee’s long-time official pronouncer Jacques Bailly. Each Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center in will receive a $50,000 cash prize in addition to their own National Harbor, Maryland. — AFP 22 Established 1961 Sunday, June 2, 2019 Lifestyle Features

This picture shows elderly South Korean women (top left to right) Park Young-ae, Nam Elderly South Korean women painting during a class at a city- Elderly South Korean women display their painting during a class at a city-run library in Yang-soon and Shin Dong-hee studying with their eight-year-old classmates in a class- run library in Suncheon. Suncheon. room at Woldeung Elementary School on the outskirts of Suncheon, 320 kilometers (198 miles) south of Seoul. — AFP photos

yper-wired South Korea is the world’s 11th- Jang is one of 20 grandmothers in a writing class at Hlargest economy, one of its most technologically the library in Suncheon, 320 kilometers (200 miles) advanced countries, and the first to launch a southeast of Seoul. Sitting in rows with pencils in their nationwide 5G network. But that is a relatively recent hands, the grey-haired women-aged from 57 to 89 — transformation and at the other end of the spectrum, summon recollections of their mothers and try to put many of its elderly are illiterate. Now some are finally them into words. Since the program began three years learning to read and write, decades after their contem- ago they have co-written a collection of memoirs enti- poraries-and even becoming published authors. In the tled “We didn’t know how to write, but we knew how to first half of the 20th century, the agricultural south was live”, which conveys stories that bear witness to their Elderly South Korean women (front left to right) Park Young-ae, Nam Yang-soon and Shin Dong- the poorer half of the already underdeveloped peninsu- country’s historical turmoil. hee posing and their eight-year-old classmates in a classroom at Woldeung Elementary School. la, and many children never went to school.

Elderly South Korean woman Nam Yang-soon taking a spelling Elderly South Korean woman Park Young-ae (third left) walking past young students at test in a classroom at Woldeung Elementary School. Woldeung Elementary School.

More than 7,000 copies have been sold since it was published in February, library director Na Ok-hyeon, told AFP, who is seeking an English-language publica- Elderly South Korean women According to a 2017 study by the National Institute tion and has taken three of the authors on a tour of the (rear left to right) Park for Lifelong Education, 67.7 percent of South Koreans US. “I was at first worried whether the translation Young-ae, Nam Yang-soon aged 80 or older were unable to read or write. The would capture subtle nuance expressed in Korean,” Na and Shin Dong-hee sitting in phenomenon is significantly more pronounced among said, but added: “Then I saw many with tears in their a classroom as their eight- women-Korea has been a patriarchal society for cen- eyes.” One entry in the book by Kim Young-bun, 80, year-old classmates (front) turies and many families kept girls from school even recalls her family’s flight during the Korean War, when play at Woldeung Elementary into the mid-20th century, as the country began its rap- she was 11. “While fleeing, my younger brother died,” School on the outskirts of id industrialization. “My grandmother used to say a she wrote. “Seeing nowhere to lay him to rest, I couldn’t Suncheon. woman with knowledge always ends up rebellious,” just leave him so I carried him on my back all day long. said Jang Seon-ja, 75, at a library in Suncheon. “So she “To this day, I cannot forget him.” — AFP forbade me from school,” she explained. It is a marked contrast from the present day, when families put enor- mous emphasis on education and children-whether boys or girls-study for long hours, including extra after-school tuition, in a high-pressure contest for the Elderly South Korean women Park Young-ae (left), Nam Yang-soon (2nd L) and Shin Dong-hee best possible opportunities. (r) going home after school at Woldeung Elementary School.

he mastermind behind a would-be “gladia- Ttor school” for populists set up in a 13th- century Italian monastery vowed yesterday to fight Italy’s culture ministry in court over attempts to evict it. The ministry said Friday it had begun proceedings to oust the school from the sprawling Certosa di Trisulti former monastery near Rome in a blow to former Trump White House adviser Steve Bannon who pledged to help finance the project. Students from across the globe had been readying to learn how to “defend the West” at the far-right political boot camp run by the An interior view of the Trisulti Monastery Certosa di Trisulti in Collepardo. Dignitatis Humanae Institute (DHI), founded by Benjamin Harnwell, Trump’s close associate in Europe. “While the ministry has announced it is initiating proceedings to revoke the lease, the DHI will contest this illegitimate manoeuvre with every resource at its disposal no matter This photograph shows a general view of the Trisulti Monastery Certosa di Trisulti in Collepardo. how many years it takes,” Harnwell told AFP ‘Fight in court’ yesterday. “And we will win,” he said. stumped up funds so far. Italy is ruled by an The ministry said it had been advised by the Harnwell had been preparing to renovate uneasy alliance of the anti-establishment Five state’s attorney general there were “all the nec- parts of the former monastery, with its frescoed Star Movement (M5S) and the far-right League, essary conditions” for eviction. Under the previ- ceilings, Baroque chapel, library, and 18th-cen- whose leader Matteo Salvini has been support- ous government, the ministry had awarded cus- tury pharmacy, where the monks brewed medi- ed by Bannon. The culture minister is a M5S tody of the site to the institute for 19 years in cines from herbs gathered in the surrounding posting: When an investigation into the tender February 2018. woods. He had hoped to offer a small number of was announced in May, Harnwell said the school But the institute did not have the statutory students the first three-week course later this was caught in a political crossfire between the status, or required experience in managing a year, and had been in the process of getting endlessly bickering parties. “The culture min- historical site, to participate in the government planning permission to put bathrooms in the istry might be prepared to surrender to every tender, and had not been paying for the site’s monk cells, redo the sewer system and install whim of the extreme left-the DHI will never do upkeep since moving in, the ministry now Internet access. so,” Harnwell said yesterday. The school “will claims. “I hate those who cheat to get an advan- More than 1,000 people already expressed proceed as planned this Autumn, and in the tage over others,” Culture Minister Alberto an interest, some 80 percent from the English- meantime, we relish the opportunity to fight our Bonisoli said Friday, adding that the institute speaking world, Harnwell said. Bannon, who case in court”. — AFP had “got one better over those who had the since being ousted from the White House necessary requisites to be awarded the conces- spends his days fomenting right-wing populism sion in their place”. in Europe, had pledged $1 million to the project. A general view of the Trisulti Monastery Certosa di Trisulti in Collepardo. — AFP photos He appears to be the only benefactor to have Classifieds Sunday, June 2, 2019

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KUWAIT: Muslim worshippers pray yesterday at Kuwait City’s Grand Mosque on the occasion of Lailat Al-Qadr, which marks the night in the fasting month of Ramadan during which the Quran was first revealed to Prophet Mohammed (PBUH) in the seventh century. — Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat Politics and prayers for last days of Ramadan in Makkah MAKKAH: Islam’s holiest city Makkah is abuzz with which believers consider the holiest month. Pilgrims from gathered near a mosque to break their day-long fast. Saudi Ahmed Al-Rajihi said the last 10 days of the pilgrims in the last days of the fasting month of all over the world spend those days praying in the Grand They laid out a white blanket on the green grass and holy month is when “you can pray for anything you Ramadan, despite tight security for high-profile gather- Mosque as well as other places of worship in the holy sat on the floor to share an iftar meal, as calls to prayer want in your life”. “Every person has his own unique ings of Muslim and Arab dignitaries. At a palace over- city, entry to which is forbidden for non-Muslims. from loudspeakers filled the air. story here,” he said. But not everyone’s story is pretty. looking the Grand Mosque, Saudi Arabia’s King Salman Emirati visitor Suheil Al-Zubeidy sat dressed in An administrative worker at the mosque said many Pakistani Ahmed Nuaim’s trip to Makkah turned into hosted back-to-back emergency summits of the Gulf white at a hotel in the centre in Makkah, as journalists people spend the last 10 days praying. “They want one of tragedy after his wife was killed and his mother Cooperation Council and Arab League in the early hurried by to cover the summits which saw Saudi nothing but to pray,” he said. “Some pray for a lover, seriously injured in a car accident in the holy city. hours of Friday. Arabia look to whip up support against rival Iran. some pray for work, and some pray that God heal them. Nuaim, who resides in the Saudi city of Khobar, was Some roads remained blocked as Makkah geared up “Makkah was a message of love in the past, and today “They spend all their days in the mosque and only in Makkah with his family to perform Umrah-a lesser pil- to host a third meeting later in the day, a long-sched- it is again sending a message to avoid war and for come out to break their fast.” grimage than Islam’s main one, the Hajj. “This has been uled gathering of the Organization of Islamic coexistence, but firmly,” he said. Khaled al-Ghamdi from the south of the kingdom our custom the past few years. We prefer to perform Cooperation. As the flags of participating countries Tens of millions of Muslims go to Makkah every year has been living in Makkah for the past two months. The Umrah in Ramadan because it is said we get more bene- fluttered in the streets, worshippers in white flocked to perform pilgrimage or even just pray. The city is increased number of worshippers coupled with the clo- fits,” the father of four said. “We buried my wife near the towards the Grand Mosque that surrounds the Kaaba where Muslims believe Prophet Mohammed (PBUH) sure of roads due to the meetings has resulted in heavy Grand Mosque,” he said, holding back tears. “For my stone towards which Muslims pray. received revelations of the Muslim holy book, the congestion, he said. “But, there’s no problem at all. children, this is another incentive to come back here... to Makkah sees an influx in the last 10 days of Ramadan, Quran. On Thursday night, dozens of men and women Everything becomes easy, thank God,” he said. visit their mother’s grave and pray for her.” — AFP

were reported to have been executed or purged reap- disobey Allah due to temptation. During the year, we N Korea executes peared later with new titles. A spokeswoman at South Ramadan: I have lull ourselves into the illusion that were it not for temp- Korea’s Unification Ministry declined to comment. An tation, we would be better, but Ramadan rolls around, official at the presidential Blue House in Seoul said it seen the enemy... and we see the stark reality. We basically recognize, to nuke envoy and was inappropriate to comment on an unverified report. rephrase an old saying, “I have seen the enemy, and it is White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders declined to Continued from Page 1 me.” Now, don’t get me wrong. Islam does not teach 4 other officials comment on the reports, saying, “I am not going to Muslims that we are perfect, near perfect or that we comment on intelligence one way or another.” In the Quran, it states that Satan was Commanded to can even come close to perfection. We believe that SEOUL: North Korea executed its nuclear envoy to “I can tell you we are monitoring the situation and prostrate before Adam (the first man). Satan refused. He Allah is The Only Perfect One. the United States as part of a purge of officials who continuing to stay focused on our ultimate goal, which is threatened humankind with misguidance. In essence, he We are taught that we are not only imperfect, but steered negotiations for a failed summit between leader denuclearization,” she told reporters in Washington. The said he would come to them from before them and imperfection is expected from us, and to counteract this Kim Jong Un and US President Donald Trump, a South United States is attempting to check on the reports of behind them, from their right and from their left. His imperfection, we repent and increase our good deeds. Korean newspaper said. Kim Hyok Chol was executed the envoy’s execution, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo goal became leading the sons of Adam astray. (Quran: This is another reason Ramadan is so special. During in March at Mirim Airport in Pyongyang, along with said during his visit to Berlin on Friday When asked 7:16-17) Ramadan, it is easier to recognize our own personal four foreign ministry officials after they were charged about reports of a “shakeup” of Kim Jong Un’s negotiat- Now, how does all of this relate to Ramadan? Since (non-temptation-based) faults and it is easier to work with spying for the United States, the Chosun Ilbo ing team in a May 5 interview with ABC News, Pompeo the jinn (Satan and his followers from his offspring) are on them by doing as many good deeds as we can man- reported, citing an unidentified source with knowledge said it did appear that his future counterpart would be chained, therefore unable to tempt humans during the age, begging for forgiveness with every prayer, giving of the situation. somebody else “but we don’t know that for sure.” month of Ramadan, it means that whatever evil a per- charity, helping people... The list is endless. “He was accused of spying for the United States for A diplomatic source told Reuters there were signs son commits in this month is from his/her own choos- Add to this that all good deeds are multiplied count- poorly reporting on the negotiations without properly Kim Hyok Chol and other officials were punished, but ing. Temptation is gone. That is one of the reasons that less times, and it is clearly a huge opportunity. This is grasping US intentions,” the source was quoted as say- there was no evidence they were executed and they Muslims find it not just easy but pleasurable to fast all one of the greatest beauties of Ramadan and it is a ing. The February summit in Vietnam’s capital Hanoi, the may have been sent to a labour camp for re-education. day and pray all night. It’s also one of the reasons that massive motivation and justification for all the positive second between Kim and Trump, failed to reach a deal The newspaper reported that other officials had been the same actions are so hard the rest of the year. attributes we see emerge in people during the month. because of conflicts over US calls for complete denu- punished, but not executed. Kim Yong Chol, Kim Jong Ramadan is a beautiful Blessing because we are Ramadan is a month of Good Tidings to Muslims. It is a clearization of the Korean peninsula and North Korean Un’s right-hand man and the counterpart to Pompeo freed from the constant whisperings of Satan that month of renewal, hope and a chance to start over. demands for sanctions relief. before the Hanoi summit, had been sent to a labour and tempt and cajole us into being less than stellar So, to my fellow Muslims, I say, ‘Instead of getting Reuters was unable to independently confirm the reeducation camp in Jagang Province near the Chinese Muslims. When we live in a Muslim country, we can see scared when we see which of our sins are purely from report. Previously, some North Korean officials who border, the Chosun Ilbo reported. — Reuters some of the obvious changes in the people around us. us, we should thank our Lord that He has exposed them People who don’t pray the rest of the year, start to to us and given us yet another chance to repent and pray. People who are rebellious become a bit tamer. return.’ For everyone spending Ramadan in Kuwait, Hassan Nasrallah said. “Any war on Iran will mean the People who are downright evil, become nice, friendly Muslim or not, I wish y’all a Beautiful and Blessed Makkah summit whole region will erupt,” said the head of the Iran-backed and even charitable. Ramadan and I pray that the Beneficence of Ramadan movement in a televised speech, explaining that such a But... There are those who don’t change at all. There fall upon us all. supports... war was therefore unlikely. are those who become more impatient, more irritable, “And any American forces and American interests will meaner, or nastier. How do we account for them? How Courtesy of the TIES Center: the TIES Center aims at be permissible” as a target, he said. Hezbollah is listed as Continued from Page 1 do we explain their behavior? The answer is simple. empower Kuwait’s expats through social and educa- a “terrorist group” by the United States, and has fought Whatever comes out from people during Ramadan is tional services that promote a positive and productive several wars with US-ally Israel to the south of Lebanon. The summits came after Trump’s hawkish National basically them. It is from their own imperfections with- role in society, and to facilitate opportunities for intra- Nasrallah on Friday also slammed a proposed US peace Security Advisor John Bolton said Wednesday that out the aid of temptation from Satan. and interfaith interactions that promote social solidari- deal to end the Israeli-Palestinian conflict that Trump has Iranian naval mines were “almost certainly” responsible Now you can see why that meme is so scary! During ty. For more information, please call 25231015/6 or e- dubbed “the deal of the century”. for the damage to the four ships off the United Arab the year, we fool ourselves into the false idea that we mail: [email protected]. “It’s a void deal... a historic crime,” he said of the plan, Emirates on May 12. The findings of a five-nation inquiry that has already been rejected by the Palestinians as it is into what happened have yet to be released. Tehran dis- expected to largely favor Israel. “This deal is a loss of missed Bolton’s accusation as “laughable” and accused Palestinian, Arab, and Islamic rights,” Nasrallah said. February, when a factory worker shot five colleagues to him of pursuing “evil desires for chaos in the region”. Thousands of Iranians joined annual rallies in support of Disgruntled death in Aurora, Illinois, just after he was let go from his the Palestinian cause on Friday, also rejecting the US job. Authorities have determined the suspect’s identity Erdogan absent peace plan. Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner has been but are not ready to make the name public, Cervera said. Regional tensions have risen sharply since US the worker kills... drafting the long-awaited peace plan, the economic “We will release his name once,” the chief said. “Then Trump administration reimposed crippling unilateral aspects of which are to be presented at a conference in he will be forever referred to as ‘the suspect,’ because sanctions against Iran, after he abandoned a landmark Continued from Page 1 Bahrain next month. our focus now is on the dignity and respect of the vic- 2015 nuclear deal between major powers and Iran in May The United Nations earlier on Friday said it would tims and their families.” The bloodshed unfolded, accord- last year. But Trump has appeared to soften his tone The first victim was shot in a vehicle outside the pub- not be taking part in that meeting on June 25 and 26 in ing to police, at Building Two of the municipal center towards Tehran, saying that his government does not seek lic works and utilities building at the city municipal cen- Manama. Gulf countries in Makkah expressed “sup- complex, where office space for more than 400 employ- “regime change”. Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip ter before the suspect entered that building and “imme- ees houses information technology, public works, plan- port for the US strategy towards Iran”, which includes Erdogan was notably absent from the key OIC summit, an diately and indiscriminately fired upon all the victims,” ning and utilities departments next door to City Hall. crippling sanctions and deploying an aircraft carrier AFP photographer said. Cervera said. The complex lies several miles inland from the town’s task force, B-52 bombers and an amphibious assault A regional heavyweight, Turkey-which maintains close The chief said the suspect engaged in a “long-term popular seashore, situated on the Atlantic coast at the ship to the Gulf. ties with Iran-was instead represented by Foreign gun battle” with four police officers who confronted him mouth of the Chesapeake Bay. Southeast Virginia’s most Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu. Iran’s President Hassan Nasrallah warned that Hezbollah was a force to reck- inside, preventing the gunman from “committing more populous city has roughly 450,000 year-round resi- Rouhani was also not present but sent a representative to on with. “We have precision missiles in Lebanon, and carnage in that building.” One officer was wounded in dents. “This is the most devastating day in the history of the talks, an AFP reporter said. Erdogan’s visit would enough to be able to change the face of the region,” he the shootout, but his bullet-proof vest saved his life, Virginia Beach,” Mayor Bobby Dyer said at a news con- have been his first to the kingdom since the brutal murder said. The movement has been backing the Damascus Cervera said. Authorities said the gunman ultimately was ference with the police chief. “The people involved are last October of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in the Saudi regime in the civil war in neighboring Syria, and stands shot by police and was declared dead at a hospital. our friends, co-workers, neighbors, colleagues.” consulate in Istanbul, which tarnished the international accused of also backing rebels in the conflict in Yemen. Cervera said the suspect was a longtime public util- Arriving in town a short time after the shooting, reputation of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. In December 2017, Trump broke with decades of ities employee, and described him as “disgruntled,” but Virginia Governor Ralph Northam said: “This is just a Meanwhile, the head of the Lebanese Shiite movement bipartisan policy to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capi- declined to say more about what may have precipitat- horrific day.” “Our hearts ache for victims of the sense- Hezbollah has warned that if there was a war against Iran tal in a move that prompted the Palestinians to cut all ed the attack. “We have more questions than we really less violence that has been inflicted on the community,” the whole Middle East region would “erupt”, amid esca- contacts with his administration. Israel insists the whole have answers,” he told reporters about two hours after he told a news conference hours later. In Washington, a lating US-Iranian tensions. US President Donald “Trump, of Jerusalem is its “eternal, indivisible capital”. The the shooting. White House spokesman said President Donald Trump his administration, and his intelligence know well that any Palestinians demand the city’s eastern sector as the cap- The shooting was believed to be the deadliest act of had been briefed on the shooting and “continues to mon- war on Iran will not remain confined to Iran’s borders”, ital of their long promised state. — Agencies workplace gun violence in the United States since itor the situation.” — Reuters Established 1961 25 Sports Sunday, June 2, 2019 Carpenter’s 10th-inning hit lifts Cardinals over Cubs

Padres bash three homers, down Marlins

ST LOUIS: Matt Carpenter hit a game-ending, bases- also drove in one run apiece for the White Sox, who loaded single in the 10th inning to send the host St. increased their season-high winning streak to five Louis Cardinals to a 2-1 victory against the Chicago games. Dylan Covey (1-4) allowed one run on eight hits Cubs on Friday night. Carpenter sent a fly ball the in six innings. He walked one and struck out five while opposite way to a largely vacant left field, as the Cubs earning his first victory since Aug. 31, 2018. Francisco had loaded four defenders on the right side of the Lindor hit a solo shot to lead off the game for the infield. The hit off Steve Cishek scored Kolten Wong, Indians’ lone run. Cleveland has dropped two in a row, who had doubled into the right field corner with one five of seven and nine of 12. out, and secured the Cardinals’ first walk-off victory of the season. Chicago relievers Kyle Ryan, Brad Brach PIRATES 9, BREWERS 4 and Brandon Kintzler collaborated on three innings of Kevin Newman and Colin Moran each drove in two perfect, three-strikeout relief before St. Louis’ 10th- runs as Pittsburgh used a small-ball game to beat visit- inning rally against Mike Montgomery (1-1), Dillon ing Milwaukee. Pittsburgh, which had lost eight of its Maples and Cishek. Jordan Hicks (2-2) was the winner, previous 11 games, including the series opener pitching hitless ball in the ninth and 10th with two walks Thursday, had 13 hits-all singles. Chris Archer (2-5) and two strikeouts. pitched seven innings, allowing four runs-all on homers-and five hits, with seven strikeouts and two YANKEES 4, RED SOX 1 walks. The Pirates rode a six-run third inning to the Aaron Hicks hit a tiebreaking two-run single in the win. Jesus Aguilar and Keston Hiura homered for third inning, and New York beat visiting Boston. The Milwaukee. Yankees improved to 3-0 against the Red Sox this year and continued to roll. New York beat Chris Sale (1-7) ORIOLES 9, GIANTS 6 for the second time this year and won for the 14th time Dwight Smith Jr. hit a grand slam, Trey Mancini in 17 games overall. DJ LeMahieu hit a game-tying added a two-run shot, and Baltimore defeated visiting double in the third inning, then belted his sixth homer in San Francisco. Renato Nunez added a solo homer for ST LOUIS: Matt Carpenter #13 of the St. Louis Cardinals hits a walk-off single against the Chicago Cubs in the the fifth to make it 4-1. Rafael Devers homered in the the Orioles. Andrew Cashner (6-2) survived a five-run tenth inning at Busch Stadium in St Louis, Missouri. — AFP second inning for the Red Sox, who dropped their third first inning and gave up six runs on eight hits in five straight. innings. Three Orioles relievers strung together four innings of one-hit relief, with Richard Bleier picking up nected for solo homers, and Joey Lucchesi held Miami five hits in six-plus innings. Atlanta’s Mike Foltynewicz REDS 9, NATIONALS 3 his second save. Former Orioles farmhand Mike to one run on two hits over 6 1/3 innings as San Diego (1-4) gave up five runs, including three homers, on sev- Curt Casali homered among his three hits and drove Yastrzemski hit his first major league homer and tripled opened a 10-game homestand with a win. Reyes and en hits in five innings while striking out eight. in four runs for the third time in his career as host for the Giants. Renfroe connected off Marlins starter Caleb Smith (3- Cincinnati posted a victory over Washington. Joey 3). Kinsler homered in the seventh off Austin Brice. ROCKIES 13, BLUE JAYS 6 Votto collected three singles for his fifth straight multi- TWINS 5, RAYS 3 Rosell Herrera belted his second pinch-hit homer of the Trevor Story hit two home runs and had a career- hit performance, and Jose Iglesias scored three times Eddie Rosario hit a two-run, bases-loaded single in season for the Marlins. high seven RBIs, German Marquez pitched seven for the Reds, who have plated 66 runs in their past nine the ninth inning to break a tie and give Minnesota a strong innings, and Colorado beat Toronto in Denver. games (5-4). Juan Soto belted a solo homer and a dou- victory over Tampa Bay in St. Petersburg, Fla. Polanco TIGERS 8, BRAVES 2 Story followed up Thursday’s four-hit game with three ble to extend his career-high hitting streak to 14 games scored three runs and had two doubles and a RBI, and Leadoff hitter Niko Goodrum had five hits, including more and scored four runs. Nolan Arenado also had for the Nationals, who fell for just the second time in Willians Astudillo had two RBI singles for Minnesota, two solo homers, and Detroit overpowered host Atlanta three hits and Raimel Tapia scored four times for eight contests. The loss was Washington’s first in which improved to 15-3 following a loss. Kevin to win its third straight. Goodrum’s first career five-hit Colorado, which has won six in a row. Marquez (6-2) Cincinnati since June 4, 2016. Kiermaier hit a two-run homer and Austin Meadows night included four runs and three RBIs. Nicholas allowed two runs on six hits and struck out seven and stole home for Tampa Bay, which had a season-best Castellanos and Grayson Greiner also homered for the had two of the Rockies’ 17 hits. He now has a five-game WHITE SOX 6, INDIANS 1 six-game winning streak snapped. Tigers while Brandon Dixon added two hits and an RBI. hitting streak. He is three shy of Mike Hampton’s club Charlie Tilson ripped a go-ahead, two-run double in Detroit had lost 12 of 13 prior to the winning streak. record for a pitcher set in 2002. Randal Grichuk and the third inning, and Chicago pulled away for a win PADRES 5, MARLINS 2 Detroit’s Spencer Turnbull (3-4), who was activated off Vladimir Guerrero Jr. homered for the Blue Jays, who over visiting Cleveland. Jose Abreu and Yolmer Sanchez Franmil Reyes, Hunter Renfroe and Ian Kinsler con- the bereavement list, gave up two runs (one earned) on have lost four in a row. — Reuters

Late Abed Ali Bahman Ramadan squash tourney concludes Tanak and Toyota roar through Portuguese dust MATOSINHOS: Toyota’s Ott Tanak survived a brake failure at the dust shrouded Rally of Portugal yesterday, but clung to a narrow lead over Jari Matti Latvala. Tanak, an Estonian, who won the last rally at Chile, had to pull over for emergency repairs after the eighth special 20.53km speed test at Vieira do Minho, where he was second fastest. Tanak, in a Toyota, finished the morning 5.1 sec ahead of Latvala, a Finn driving another Toyota, who won the last two stages of the morning. Briton Kris Meeke, winner of the first stage of the day in a third Toyota, was next 18.4sec back. Belgian Thierry Neuville was fourth in a Hyundai at 23.7 sec. While Tanak was left to complain about his brakes most of the other drivers were complain- ing about the thick clouds of dust on the dirt roads By Abdellatif Sharaa round Porto. “The dust is very bad. We could do the Paris-Dakar,” said Finn Esapekka Lappi, sixth in a KUWAIT: The 23rd late Abed Ali Bahman Ramadan Squash Tournament Citroen. “There is just too much of it, I actually had concluded at Al Arabi Club. Sponsor of to stop because I couldn’t see anything.” Sebastien the tournament Mustafa Abed Ali Ogier said the gaps between cars needed to be Bahman who is also the dean of squash increased to allow the dust to settle. pioneers at the club was on hand along “The shame is that we asked for a four minutes with, Al Arabi Club secretary Fuad Al- interval yesterday,” said the Frenchman, who is 26 Mazidi, former chairman of Squash sec off the pace in a Citroen. “Four minutes gap is Federation Hussein Maqseed, board the minimum but it’s working,” said Neuville. member Waleed Al-Mazidi and actor Petrucci tops practice with new MotoGP record at Mohammad Al-Mansour were on hand. Mugello. Results of the tournament are as fol- Meanwhile, Ducati’s Danilo Petrucci topped yes- lows; first place in the doubles was won terday morning’s three practice sessions with a new by Abdullah Maqseed and Adnan Dashti, fastest-ever lap at Mugello and also hit the highest second place went to Qais Al-Mizyad speed ever in MotoGP ahead of the Italian Grand and Ayman Al-Farra and third place went Prix, the sixth round of the world championships to Saleh Al-Khudhari and Dr Nasser series. Behbehani. Petrucci clocked 1min 46.056sec, surpassing the previous record achieved by Italian star Valentino Rossi last year. The 28-year-old also hit the highest speed ever achieved in MotoGP of 356.7 km/h to overtake teammate Andrea Dovizioso’s mark of 356.5 km/h also achieved at Mugello last year. Spanish pair Pol Espargaro (KTM) and reigning world champion Marc Marquez (Honda) were sec- ond and third fastest. KUWAIT: Deputy Director Dovizioso, second in the world championship General of Public Authority standings behind Marquez, finished outside the top for Sports for Competitive ten and must pass by Q1 session for Sunday’s race in Tuscany along with Yamaha’s Rossi. Sports Sector Dr Saqer Al- Mulla received Qadisiya Times Club and national team 1. Danilo Petrucci (ITA/Ducati) 1min 46.056sec, 2. players Fahad Al-Ansari and Pol Espargaro (ESP/KTM) at 0.207sec, 3. Marc Saud Al-Mijmed as he laud- Marquez (ESP/Honda) 0.224, 4. Takaaki Nakagami (JPN/Honda-LCR) 0.400, 5. Jack Miller ed the efforts of Al-Ansari at (AUS/Ducati-Pramac) 0.422, 6. Fabio Quartararo Al-Faisaly Saudi Club. (FRA/Yamaha-SRT) 0.432, 7. Maverick Vinales (ESP/Yamaha) 0.453, 8. Cal Crutchlow (GBR/Honda-LCR) 0.460, 9. Franco Morbidelli (ITA/Yamaha-SRT) 0.462, 10. Francesco Bagnaia (ITA/Ducati-Pramac) ‡ 0.657. — AFP 26 Established 1961 Sports Sunday, June 2, 2019 ‘Blessed’ Paes closing in on fourth decade as pro and 1,000 racquets

‘Tennis has been a beautiful journey for me’

PARIS: Indian veteran Leander Paes says he feels “I was just coming back and Rafa (Nadal) and Uncle “blessed” to have had such a long career, as he closes Toni (Nadal’s former coach) were walking in and Uncle in on his fourth decade as a professional, having accu- Toni was like, ‘Leo, you’re 46?’ I said ‘Oui’. You played mulated 18 Grand Slam doubles titles and an impressive for the first time at Roland Garros in 1989 (juniors)? In racquet collection. 1989 you played?’. I said ‘Oui’. ‘I saw you won the first Paes continued to defy his years on Friday, two set, did you win?’ ‘Oui’. weeks before his 46th birthday, winning his opening “He said ‘woah, it’s incredible. Hey Rafa, 46 years old doubles match alongside in-form Frenchman Benoit and he’s still playing and winning’. “For me, this is beau- Paire as he goes in search of fifth Roland Garros trophy. tiful, because Rafa is one of the greatest of all time. Toni For a man who once beat a young Roger Federer in is one of the great tennis minds of all time. Indian Wells qualifying and won singles bronze at the “And to have the relationship I have with all the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, it has been some road. “I’ve players, to have the respect from all the locker room, it been around for 30 years, I’ve been around a long time. takes many years of hard work.” I’ve seen 12 generations. I’ve seen guys like (Pete) Sampras here, I’ve seen guys like (Pat) Rafter,” he said NEARLY ONE THOUSAND RACQUETS at the French Open. Paes has played with some illustrious names down “Tennis has been a beautiful journey for me, I’ve the years, and a tradition of swapping racquets with his been very blessed to have such a long career. partners has seen him garner an amazing collection. “I Especially here, to win this four times.” Paes has no have a collection of close to 1,000 racquets. I have Rod plans to stop any time soon, especially with the Tokyo Laver’s, I have a lot of the champions’-Federer, Nadal, Olympics coming up next year. (Novak) Djokovic, Andy (Murray), (Martina) He has already appeared at seven Games, more than Navratilova I played with a lot. Serena, Venus, Hingis... any other Indian and any other tennis player. “It (the “Wooden ones going back to Bjorn Borg’s. My first Olympics) is a long ways away. I’ve already got the racquet, I have.” He will surely still have chances to add world record at the Olympics. Now to push it up one even more big names to that list, revealing he has more would be amazing,” he added. “But I’ve got a lot added power to his serve in only the last two years to of hard work to do between now and then because it’s keep up with the young guns by stepping up his train- Leander Paes almost 15 months away-I’m not counting though.” ing regime. “The game has evolved so much that I’ve reinvented RESPECT OF LOCKER ROOM myself maybe 11, 12, 13, 14 times,” added Paes, who tells world, to win. “I play for fun, but I play to win. To play has current partner Paire in awe of the Indian. Paes, whose father also won an Olympic bronze a story of Australian legend Rod Laver showing him against guys who are 20 years younger than me is not “He’s very old,” joked the Frenchman. “But it’s not medal in field hockey in 1972, says even the best play- how to get bigger forearms when Paes was just 12. easy.” easy to play with a good player like this, because I ers in the world are still sometimes taken aback by his “I’ve just come from the gym. I played a match, and Opponents 20 years younger than Paes are small fry want to do my best, and sometimes when I miss, I say, longevity. “I think in the locker room I have this now I’ve just come from the gym to do my work, in reality-players as young as 19 were in this year’s Okay, if you play with someone better than me maybe respect,” he said. because for me, if I play, I play to be the best in the French Open doubles draw. It’s that kind of statistic that he will win more.” — AFP

Japan’s Higa (16) were the only other Pakistan bats- Arthur men to reach the double figures. Arthur said his team’s batting performance was maintains promises all the more disappointing as they had expected to face short-pitched bowling lead at US and prepared accordingly. Pakistan will “We knew that we were going to get short-pitched bowling and had prepared Women’s Open bounce back very well for it, so was disappointing to see us play like that because we were NOTTINGHAM: prepared,” the South African said. MIAMI: Pakistan coach Pakistan have now last their last 11 com- Japan’s Mamiko Higa birdied her Mickey Arthur has insisted they can final hole in fading light to maintain her lead pleted one-day internations but Riaz bounce back from a “shocking” start to insisted they did not have a mental block at the US Women’s Open where the second the World Cup. Hostile fast bowling by round was delayed for two hours due to thun- when it came to facing fast bowling. the West Indies saw Pakistan slump to “We didn’t play the short ball well derstorms and then suspended because of just 105 — their second-lowest World darkness. but we’ve seen in past series that we Cup total-in a mere 21.4 overs at Trent can score runs against that sort of The 25-year-old Higa, who is ranked 49th Bridge on Friday. in the world, kept a one-stroke lead from the bowling,” said Riaz. “If people want to The West Indies, two-time former bowl us bouncers, then we will have no first round when she shot the lowest debut champions, then polished off the meagre round in tournament history with a six-under problems with that. target in 13.4 overs on the back of dash- “It’s not a mental issue. We have 65. “I was really happy because I could finish ing opener Chris Gayle’s 34-ball 50 up a tough day with a birdie,” said Higa. “I been losing in the past, we need to find which included six fours and three sixes. a way to get out of this pattern,” he was so happy.” Arthur did not hide from the scale of Higa rolled in a birdie on the par-five ninth added. Pakistan have a short tura- a seven-wicket defeat, saying it had naround in which to put their abject hole Friday for an even-par 71 and a two- gone against everything he had seen round total of six under 136 to lead American defeat behind them before they return from his players in the build-up. “Yes, it to Trent Bridge for their second World Jessica Korda, who shot a bogey-free three- was a shocking start-the players did not under 68. There were 45 players still on the CHARLESTON: Mamiko Higa of Japan hits her tee shot on the 10th hole during the second Cup game against tournament hosts take the preparations into the the mid- England tomorrow. Country Club course in Charleston, North round of the US Women’s Open Championship at the Country Club of Charleston. —AFP dle,” Arthur told AFP. “But we will dust Carolina when play was suspended. The play- England, the world’s top-ranked ODI ourselves off and come back strong.” side, launched their World Cup cam- ers had to endure a two hour weather delay Pakistan’s batsmen were undone by which included lightning striking a large elm at two under. World number eight and the top “That’s what you play for,” said Korda. “At paign in style with a 104-run victory the short-pitched bowling of the West over South Africa at the Oval on tree along the 18th fairway. There were sever- ranked American Lexi Thompson is at three the same time, I feel a lot of luck is always a Indies pace trio. Oshane Thomas led the al people standing nearby when the bolt hit under overall with two holes to go. big part of winning a major championship, Thursday. They came into the World way with four for 27, while captain Jason Cup on the vack of 4-0 ODI series rout but no one was injured. Higa struggled with four birdies and four making the most putts and the least amount Holder (three for 42) and Andre Russell Higa is the first Japanese player to lead the bogeys in a mixed round on Friday. She made of mistakes. of Pakistan-whuich included a three- (two for four) also made telling contri- wicket win at Trent Bridge. tournament since 2011 when Mika Miyazato consecutive bogeys to start her back nine but “It’s really hard to win out here. I think butions to a match that was all finished shot a 67 to top the leaderboard heading into recovered with back-to-back birdies on the everybody can see that, watching us week in But Arthur said Pakistan would be a in under half of the scheduled 100 overs. better side for that experience. “Yes, we the weekend. Gina Kim, who shot a 72, and holes No. 4 and 5 before adding another week out. Solid golf will always put me up Opener Fakhar Zaman and number Celine Boutier, who was at four under on the birdie on the par-five No. 9. top. If I have a chance, I’ll try to take it.” know how good England are but we three Babar Azam scored 22 each while know them and are battle-hardened tournament with four holes to go in her Korda, who was one of the early starters, Among those left to finish are defending Wahab Riaz (18) and Mohammad Hafeez round, are tied for third. also began on the back nine. Her round fea- champion Ariya Jutanugarn of Thailand, who against them.” — AFP Several of the Tour’s top players are just a tured birdies on two of the three par fives and is two over with two holes to go. Nelly Korda, couple strokes back of Higa, including Aussie another the par-three 17th. Korda is seeking the sister of Jessica, is at three under overall recover, a point Du Plessis was keen to Lee Min-jee (69) and two time US Women’s her first major championship win but said she and tied for fifth with three holes to play in Du Plessis emphasise to his players. “This is where Open winner Park In-bee (70), who are both is going to need some luck. the second round. — AFP it’s important for us to make sure that you urges S Africa look at the World Cup for what it is. You know, you’re going to play games. You’re his attitude is “more relaxed”. of three-time major-winner Jordan Spieth, to get WCup going to come up against quality opposi- Former world No 1 “I was trying to force it a little bit, the who carded a 70 for 136. Australian Adam tion,” Du Plessis said. success,” he said. “And obviously we all Scott carded a 66 to head a group of five “England were better than us in all Kaymer shares know in golf what happens. You try to pull players on 137 that also included Rickie campaign three facets of the game. They showed back, but the frustration comes out because Fowler and Emiliano Grillo. why they are such a good cricket team, you work hard, everything is there, you just On a day that saw England’s Justin Rose back on track and now we have to look at the league. Memorial lead can’t get the scores on the scorecard. charge up the leaderboard with a spectacu- It’s a league competition. “For me, it’s about making sure we look at the areas “You don’t get the results, so you need lar nine-under par 63, Tiger Woods was LONDON: to change something,” he said, adding that spinning his wheels with an even par 72 South Africa captain Faf du that we got it wrong and just move on.” WASHINGTON: Former world number stepping away from social media and other that was marred by an ugly double bogey Plessis has challenged his side to make South Africa’s disciplined bowling one Martin Kaymer, seeking his first win distractions had helped him break that at the par-five 15th. amends for the painful start to their World against England gives Du Plessis reason since his 2014 US Open triumph, shared the cycle. “That automatically makes you more Woods was comfortably in the fairway, Cup campaign as they aim to bounce to believe they still have plenty to offer. halfway lead at the US PGA’s Memorial aware, makes me more conscious and I but found deep greenside rough. After two back against Bangladesh today. Lungi Ngidi was their leading wicket-tak- Tournament Friday with rookie Lee think leads to more calmness,” he said. “It poor chips he finally put the ball within five The Proteas suffered a 104-run er with three in his 10 overs, including the Kyoung-hoon and Troy Merritt. helped me.” feet, then missed the putt for bogey. thrashing against hosts England in the prize scalp of the destructive Jos Buttler. Germany’s Kaymer, now ranked 186th in South Korea’s Lee positioned himself for Woods, seven shots off the lead, hadn’t tournament’s opening match on Thursday. Fellow pace bowler Kagiso Rabada the world as he battles his way back from a weekend run at a first US PGA Tour title abandoned hope of nabbing a sixth South Africa restricted England to man- also offered a glimpse of his talent with wrist and shoulder injuries, birdied all four with a bogey-free five-under par 67. Memorial title. ageable 311 for 8 on a tricky pitch at the two wickets and Du Plessis expects them of the par-fives at Muirfield Village in Merritt, a two-time tour winner who is “Seems like everyone is bunched togeth- Oval but, tormented by Jofra Archer’s to put Bangladesh under pressure. “Lungi, Dublin, Ohio, rolling in a five-footer at the working his way back after having surgery er,” he said. “I just need to get something pace and bounce, their run chase never he’s got a beautiful action. The way he par-five seventh-his 16th hole of the day-to to remove a rib in January, had an eagle and going in the front nine where the pins are got going. came back (from a slow start) was beauti- take a one-stroke lead. six birdies in a six-under 66. definitely gettable tomorrow.” Rose played Dismissed for 207 by England, South ful. You know, to get Jos Buttler out, he’s But he bogeyed the par-four ninth, Merritt teed off early and fully expected his way into contention as he rebounded Africa’s bid to win the World Cup for the probably one of the best strikers in the where he was unable to get up and down someone to move past him atop the leader- from a three-over par first round. He played first time is off to the worst possible start. world,” he said. from a greenside bunker, his four-under par board. Kaymer was the only one to do it the last five holes of the front nine in six- But they have a chance to get back on “So to get him out with good thinking, 68 giving him a nine-under total of 135. “It’s but he couldn’t stay there. “We put ourself under with two eagles and two birdies and track when they return to the Oval to face good tactics. Lungi, Kagi, those guys are been five years pretty much since I was in a good position for this weekend,” said picked up four more birdies coming in to lie Bangladesh and Du Plessis says now is going to play a role when it comes to leading the US Open in 2014, so it would be Merritt, who had surgery in January to three strokes off the lead on 138. not the time to panic. close games at the death as the tourna- nice to get a little bit of reward for all the remove a rib that was positioned so close “The two eagles on the front kind of kick The lengthy nature of the 10-team ment moves on.” Bangladesh will be play- work I put in the last two or three years,” to his clavicle that it pinched a vein and started everything,.” Rose said. “I kept just group stage, in which each country plays ing their first match of the World Cup as Kaymer said, adding that while not much caused a blood clot. pushing myself to keep trying to go as low nine matches and the top four make the they look to better their run to the quar- has changed in his game in recent weeks, The leading trio were one stroke in front as I could. It was a great day.”— AFP semi-finals, gives South Africa time to ter-finals in the 2015 edition. — AFP Established 1961 27 Sports Sunday, June 2, 2019 Warriors seek answers after NBA Finals loss to Raptors

Warriors also have a new appreciation for the Raptors’ speed

TORONTO: Confident despite losing their NBA Finals aggressive. Aggressiveness starts with me and every- opener, the defending champion Golden State Warriors body else will follow. If I’m on my heels, everyone else say they must hustle faster defensively and reduce mis- is on their heels. takes to defeat the Toronto Raptors. “All five guys got to do a better job of just being Seeking their third consecutive title and fourth physical, being alert, and we’ll be all right. “We’re crown in five years, the Warriors had won 12 consecu- champions. We understand what it takes. People hold tive playoff series openers before falling 118-109 us to a higher standard, but we hold ourselves to an Thursday, gaining hard-earned wisdom for Sunday’s even higher standard.” game two. Curry, who has sparked Golden State’s attack with “We’re down 0-1 but it’s not the end of the world,” forward Kevin Durant out with a calf injury, said a 10- Warriors guard Stephen Curry said. “We’ve proven our day break between games and being unfamiliar with resiliency and ability to win games we need to, answer the Raptors contributed to the Warriors’ loss. the bell and learn. “The first half after that 10-day break it was a little “They obviously played well but our confidence bit sloppier than we might have thought and a little bit remains the same. It’s just come out, play hard, get more rust that we had to shake off,” Curry said. “I don’t game two and take it from there. “I like the vibe that we think it’s that complicated what we need to do differ- have in the locker room in terms of everybody focusing ently-it’s just play better, take away easy buckets for on what they need to do differently and the overall them and control momentum a little bit better.” energy bump we need to have to go steal game two.” Green agrees the Warriors will be able to better Warriors coach Steve Kerr has stressed fast-moving compete against a team that has the speed and quick- defensive work because he sees familiar challenges in strike ability of their reptilian namesakes. “We got our how the Raptors play. “Transition defense is where it conditioning back,” Green said. “It was a bit rough after starts. We were just careless getting back,” Kerr said. 10 days off. Now we’ve got a feel for them. We know TORONTO: Danny Green #14 of the Toronto Raptors shares a laugh with Matt Winer, Grant Hill, Isiah Thomas, and “When you’ve got a team that can push the ball from a what we can do better. I like where we’re at. Yeah, we Charles Barkley after the game against the Golden State Warriors during Game One of the NBA Finals at lot of different positions and plays fast, you’ve got to lost but I think we figured some things out, and we’ll be Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, Canada. — AFP be vigilant every possession. better next game. “If anything, they remind me of us.” Warriors for- “Our rotation has got to be better. We’ve got to fly ward Draymond Green, who took the blame for Pascal around a little bit more. We can still play better and I it and once you feel it. are rooting against us because we beat all their Siakam’s 32-point performance for Toronto in the know we will.” But the Warriors also have a new appre- “So now that we got a feel for it, we know how to teams,” Green said. “When you’re at the top, no opener, vows a more aggressive style Sunday. “We can ciation for the Raptors’ speed. “They’re very fast, a lit- adjust. We know how important it is.” The Warriors one’s ever cheering for you to stay there. They want do a lot better in executing and there are some adjust- tle faster than it even looks on tape,” Green said. “They accept that all of Canada, and much of the United to see you fall. That’s just kind of the mind of most ments we can make,” Green said. “I have to be more definitely have a lot of speed. It’s different once you see States, want them dethroned. “People in the States human beings.” — AFP Grief as Arsenal ‘Invincibles’ Wilder says Fury star Reyes killed rematch to in car crash follow Ortiz bout

LOS ANGELES: World Boxing Council heavy- MADRID: Former Arsenal, Real Madrid and Spain star weight world champion Deontay Wilder said Jose Antonio Reyes has been killed in a car crash, his Friday that he has lined up a highly anticipated hometown club Sevilla said yesterday. He was 35. rematch with Britain’s Tyson Fury, to take place Reyes shot to fame at Sevilla before a switch to after Wilder’s September rematch with Luis Ortiz. Arsenal where he was part of the unbeaten ‘Invincibles’ “Well, as I always say I’m the realest champion 2003-2004 Premier League winners, before spells at in the business and as I’ve mentioned before I Real and Atletico Madrid. UEFA announced they would must handle all my controversial fights ASAP. Luis hold a minute’s silence in his honour ahead of Ortiz is first, then Tyson Fury,” Wilder said on Saturday’s Champions League final between Tottenham Twitter, announcing a fight that fans have itched and Liverpool. for since he and Fury battled to a bruising split Former Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger signed Reyes decision draw in December in Los Angeles. on the back of Spain’s Under-19’s European champi- Fury was leading on the scorecards before he onships win where he played alongside Fernando was knocked down by Wilder in the 12th round. Torres and Andres Iniesta, and a dazzling series of The big Briton beat the count, but his second matches with Sevilla the following season. knockdown of the bout helped cost him a victory. Arsenal described the accident as “awful news”. Chances of a rematch seemed slim after Fury “Reyes was, of course, a member of the Invincibles,” signed with promoters Top Rank for his fights to Arsenal said on their website. “(He) made a significant EIBAR: In this file photo taken on April 29, 2015 Sevilla’s forward Jose Antonio Reyes celebrates after scoring dur- be televised in America on ESPN. Wilder fights contribution to that unbeaten season.” ing the Spanish league football match SD Eibar vs Sevilla FC at the Ipurua Municipal Stadium in Eibar. —AFP for Premier Boxing Champions which deals with “Thanks for what you gave us, and rest in peace,” broadcasters Showtime and Fox. Arsenal said. He won Premier League and FA Cup Further details-such as date, venue and tele- medals at Arsenal and came on as a late substitute authorities in the town where his family live, Utrera, and Xinjian Tianshan in China, before arriving at caster-for Wilder-Fury II have yet to be con- when the Gunners lost the 2006 Champions League said Reyes died in an accident on the main road from Extremadura this year as a free agent. firmed, although multiple US outlets reported it final to Barcelona. Sevilla to Utrera. They said another member of his fam- “With broken hearts we announce the news of would be scheduled in the first quarter of 2020. But it was at Sevilla where the pain will be most ily also died and a third person was injured. our player Jose Antonio Reyes’ death in a car crash In the meantime, Wilder said he would focus on keenly felt. “We couldn’t be confirming worse news,” Spain captain Sergio Ramos, who is also from the and we ask for you to pray for his soul,” Ortiz. Wilder won his first encounter with the Sevilla said when breaking the news. “Beloved Sevilla province of Seville, came through the youth team just Extremadura said. Monchi, who overlapped with Cuban with a 10th-round stoppage, but not star Jose Antonio Reyes has died in a traffic collision. after Reyes and later played with him at Real Madrid Reyes as a player at Sevilla and is now the club’s before the 40-year-old had badly shaken the Rest in peace,” Sevilla, where he spent two four-year also tweeted his grief. “Broken. Shattered,” wrote director of football, also tweeted his sadness and undefeated champion. spells, said on Twitter. Ramos. “I have no words. All the affection for the family. referred to wingback Antonio Puerta, who died of a “By no means I’m looking past Ortiz, He’s a He helped Sevilla win the Spanish second division in We will always remember you, my friend! RIP brother.” cardiac arrest playing for Sevilla in 2007. dangerous fighter but I am looking through him,” his first stint at the club. He won the Europa League Reyes played 21 times for Spain between 2003 and “Impossible news to believe, impossible to tweeted Wilder, who is unbeaten in 41 fights with five times, twice with Atletico Madrid and three times in 2006, scoring four goals. He also won domestic league digest, that hard my God,” wrote Monchi. “What a 40 knockouts and draw-against Fury. his second spell at Sevilla. titles with Real Madrid and Benfica. After leaving left flank you are going to make, Antonio and you, Fury, 27-0 with 1 draw and 19 knockouts, is The emergency services in Andalusia and the Sevilla in 2016, Reyes played for Espanyol, Cordoba up there. — aFP scheduled to return to the ring against German Tom Schwarz on June 15, fighting for the first time in Las Vegas, Nevada. South African Caster Semenya, has lodged her own appeal Meanwhile, world heavyweight champion Injury hit France edge past against the CAS award with the request that Anthony Joshua weighed in more than 20 pounds the IAAF regulations be wholly suspended lighter than challenger Andy Ruiz Jr. on Friday as federation joins pending the finalisation of the appeal,” the he prepares to make his US debut at Madison China in last warm up statement said. Square Garden. Semenya appeal “ASA has informed the Swiss Federal The unbeaten Joshua, the WBA, IBF and WBO CRETEIL: France eked out victory in their final warm up for the Court that insofar as it participated in the heavyweight champion, tipped the scales at 247.8 Women’s World Cup when they beat China 2-1 in Creteil in the Paris CAS arbitration and to the extent that Ms pounds (112.4 kilos) ahead of today’s bout against suburbs. France won without several of their regular starters, includ- over CAS verdict Semenya is a registered member of the ASA, the lightly regarded Ruiz. Ruiz, who agreed to ing captain Amandine Henry, striker Eugenie Le Sommer and a third the federation wishes to be considered as an face Joshua at the 11th hour last month after orig- Lyon star Amel Majri. interested party in the stay proceedings, and inal opponent Jarrell Miller failed a drug test, in the appeal against the award and will file weighed in at a chunky 268 pounds. France open their campaign against South Korea on June 7 and CAPE TOWN: Athletics South Africa viewed China as presenting similar problems. China kick off their its appeal papers shortly. “Accordingly, ASA Joshua, who weighed 246 pounds for his last (ASA) said on Friday it had joined Caster wishes to confirm that it will participate in the fight against Alexander Povetkin in September, is campaign the next day against another European power, Germany. Semenya’s appeal against the ruling that France took the lead after 30 minutes when striker Valerie Gauvin stay proceedings and in the appeal before the an overwhelming favourite to defeat Ruiz, who is currently prevents the double Olympic found herself in the right place after a shot from Marion Torrent was Swiss Federal Court.” 32-1. Bookmakers are offering odds of 1/20 for champion from running her preferred dis- blocked. After that the home team created few chances as China pre- Semenya, who previously took testos- Joshua to make Ruiz the 23rd victim of his career. tance races unless she takes testosterone- sented a tougher test than Thailand, who France beat 3-0 in their terone suppressants and saw her perform- Ruiz has shrugged off taunts about his physi- suppressant medication. previous match.Defender Wang Shanshan levelled after 52 minute, set ance level drop off before the IAAF rules cal conditioning, telling reporters this week he up by Paris Saint-Germain playmaker Wang Shuang. France’s best Semenya announced on Wednesday that were lifted, says she will not go through the was “chubby and short, but fast as lightning.” attacking player Kadidiatou Diani, a PSG left winger, rescued the she would appeal the Court of Arbitration for process again. Testosterone is a hormone “I’ve never been knocked out. I’m still young, 29, home team with an unstoppable shot six minutes later. Sport (CAS) ruling that supported the IAAF’s that increases muscle mass, strength and I’ve never been hurt and I’ve never been in a big “We responded well,” said French coach Corinne Diacre. “It’s rule that means XY chromosome athletes haemoglobin and the IAAF said its own war,” he said. “This is the hardest fight of my already better than last week,” she said. “And I hope it’s not as good with differences in sexual development research showed it gave a significant career but I know I will pull off an upset. as next week.” Henry added to France’s injury problems earlier in the (DSDs) can race in distances from 400m to a endurance advantage to athletes in the “I believe in my heart that we can win, and we day. “It was a surprise for me too, I must confess that I would have mile only if they take the medication and 400m-mile range. are going to win. It will be one of the biggest done without it this morning,” said Diacre. “She’s fine, she’s better, reach a reduced level. The CAS verdict was highly controver- upsets in the world. I can be the first one to stop she just locked her back this morning when she woke up. Semenya has asked the Swiss Federal sial, with many high-profile current and for- him. In America, you have to have a dream, and “Considering how she was walking, I think it would have been diffi- Supreme Court to set aside CAS’s decision, mer athletes lining up on both sides of the have the heart to pursue it. I am a family man and cult for her to run tonight.” which she said did not consider medical pro- debate. Semenya won her last competitive a nice guy but, inside the ring, I am an animal. AJ, Diacre went on to say that the injuries to Henry, Le Sommer and tocols and uncertain health consequences of 800 metre race at the Doha Diamond get ready, get prepared. Don’t underestimate or Majri suggest France could be paying for Lyon’s success in winning taking such medication. Athletics South League on May 3 and if she is unable to overlook me.” the Champions League. “There are three Lyon women, long season. Africa said in a statement that, once it had overturn the CAS verdict, or gain a suspen- Ruiz Jr is coming off three consecutive victo- Women who have played in every competition. We would have done received full details of the CAS award, it sion, she will not be able to defend her two- ries, defeating Germany’s Alexander Dimitrenko without it, but now we’re dealing with it.” — AFP would file its own appeal through Swiss lap title at the world championships in in five rounds in his last outing. — AFP lawyers. “ASA is aware that our athlete, Qatar in September. — Reuters Established 1961 Sport

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PARIS: Czech Republic’s Katerina Siniakova returns the ball to Japan’s Naomi Osaka during their women’s singles third round match on day seven of The Roland Garros 2019 French Open tennis tournament in Paris yesterday. —AFP Zverev, Tsitsipas into last 16 Osaka’s Roland Garros dream shattered by Siniakova

PARIS: Alexander Zverev and Stefanos Tsitsipas suspended at 5-5 in the third due to darkness just champion Monica Puig or Polish teenager Iga Swiatek. seeds in the tournament including three-time winner turned up the heat at Roland Garros yesterday, booking before 10:00pm on Friday. Later yesterday, Djokovic continues his bid to Serena Williams and defending champion Simona their places in the last 16, as headline acts Novak become only the second man in history to hold all four Halep. Osaka was undone by a shocking 38 unforced Djokovic, Naomi Osaka and Serena Williams waited to GREEK BREAKTHROUGH FOR TSITSIPAS Slams at the same time twice. Top seed Djokovic, the errors as she finally ran out of luck in Paris having had join them. On the resumption yesterday, Tsitsipas lost the set in 2016 champion, has been untroubled in Paris so far, to come back from a set down in her first two matches. German fifth seed Zverev needed another five-setter a tie-break but sealed a 7-5, 6-3, 6-7 (5/7), 7-6 (8/6) easing through in straight sets against Hubert Hurkacz “I played my best tennis and I hope it continues,” to reach the fourth round, defeating Serbia’s Dusan success on Court Philippe Chatrier. The 20-year-old and Swiss lucky loser Henri Laaksonen. said Siniakova, who was the women’s doubles champion Lajovic 6-4, 6-2, 4-6, 1-6, 6-2. Zverev, whose best run will take on either former champion Stan Wawrinka or In his bid to make the last 16 for the 13th time, the in Paris in 2018 alongside Barbora Krejcikova. at a Slam came in Paris last year when he made the Grigor Dimitrov for a place in his second Grand Slam 15-time major winner faces Italian qualifier Salvatore Osaka dropped the first set for the third successive quarter-finals, will face Italy’s Fabio Fognini for a place quarter-final, after their match was also suspended on Caruso, ranked at 147. Meanwhile, world number one match at the tournament, squandering seven break in the last-eight. Friday evening. “It’s really tricky when you come back Naomi Osaka’s hopes of winning a third successive points in all. Zverev, 22, had also needed five sets to defeat after a day. It’s unusual, you don’t do it that often,” said Grand Slam ended yesterday when she was knocked Siniakova made her pay, breaking for 5-4 and taking Australia’s John Millman in the first round. Yesterday, he Tsitsipas, who stunned Roger Federer en route to the out of the French Open in the third round by unherald- the opener when Osaka sent back her 16th unforced hit 18 aces and 52 winners past 30th seed Lajovic, the Australian Open semi-finals earlier this year. ed Katerina Siniakova of the Czech Republic. error of the set. runner-up to Fognini on Monte Carlo clay in April. “It was important I saved those set points. Closing in Japanese top seed Osaka, the reigning US and Williams, the three-time champion, is bidding to Fognini needed four sets to defeat Spanish 18th seed the fourth set, it’s important to save energy.” The last Australian Open champion, crashed to a 6-4, 6-2 defeat reach the second week for the 13th time as she contin- Roberto Bautista Agut 7-6 (7/5), 6-4, 4-6, 6-1. The 32- Greek player to reach the second week at Roland to the 42nd-ranked Czech. ues her pursuit of equalling Margaret Court’s record of year-old Fognini trails Zverev 2-1 in head-to-head Garros was Lazaros Stalios in 1936. As temperatures “Losing is probably the best thing that could have 24 Grand Slam titles. meetings but crucially won their most recent meeting in nudged close to the 30-degree mark, defending cham- happened,” said 21-year-old Osaka, the reigning The 37-year-old faces fellow American Sofia Kenin Monte Carlo. pion Simona Halep decided not to hang around. Australian and US Open champion. who wasn’t born when Williams made her debut in Paris Crowd favourite Tsitsipas became the first Greek The Romanian third seed stormed to a 6-2, 6-1 “I felt very tired. In the other matches I had in 1998. Playing in the third round at Roland Garros for player in 83 years to reach the second week at Roland thrashing of Ukrainian 27th seed Lesia Tsurenko. “I’m headaches, maybe that’s the stress. “I felt there was a the first time, the world number 35, won’t be overawed. Garros as he survived a scare against Filip Krajinovic. feeling good, and I have expectations for myself to play weight on me. This hasn’t been the happiest of times.” “She’s a machine,” said her doubles partner Andrea The sixth seed led by two sets when the match was good tennis,” said Halep who next faces either Olympic Osaka’s defeat left just four of the women’s top 10 Petkovic. — AFP

their third win in a World Cup game by 10 wickets. they took their chance. the decision paid off as he got Perera for 29 and Kusal Henry shines as The right-left batting combination of Guptill, who hit “The batters aren’t low on confidence. We batted Mendis without scoring on successive deliveries. 73, and Munro, who scored 58, had little trouble in well in some practice games and we work really hard. Dhananjaya de Silva played the hat-trick ball with a smashing the Sri Lankan bowlers to all parts of the We need to think about the game.” glorious off drive, but soon fell to the pace of Lockie N Zealand thrash ground. Guptill hammered eight fours and two sixes Henry stood out in the absence of senior paceman Ferguson after being trapped lbw. Karunaratne fought including one hit that sailed out of the ground. Tim Southee, who missed the game due to a calf injury, on to register his third ODI fifty in 81 balls before he S Lanka in WCup But it was Henry’s spell of seven straight overs that with his incisive pace and swing. He struck with the ran out of partners after Lasith Malinga was bowled by opened the gates for New Zealand’s domination against second delivery of the game to send Lahiru Thirimanne Ferguson for one. CARDIFF: New Zealand made a flying start to their the 1996 champions. “It’s a great start for us. You want a trudging back to the pavilion after the left-handed Karunaratne’s unbeaten 52 made him only the sec- World Cup campaign as paceman Matt Henry struck balanced attack going into any surface. It is important opener had hit a boundary from the first ball. ond opener in World Cup history to carry his bat three times in a 10-wicket trashing of woeful Sri Lanka that you have that to have aggressive options for different Thirimanne was initially ruled not out by the on-field through a completed innings. The feat had previously yesterday. Henry returned figures of 3-29 and com- occasions,” New Zealand captain Kane Williamson said. umpire, but the Kiwis successfully reviewed the lbw call been achieved by the West Indies’ Ridley Jacobs, who bined with fellow paceman Lockie Ferguson, who also “The two at the top played beautifully. It was nice in their favour after replays suggested the ball pitched made an unbeaten 49 against Australia in 1999. took three wickets, to bowl out Sri Lanka for just 136 in for those guys to play a few shots. It was a good all- on line and would have hit the batsman’s leg stump. Pacemen Colin de Grandhomme, James Neesham, 29.2 overs in Cardiff. round performance.” Sri Lanka skipper Dimuth The left-handed Karunaratne, who has returned to Trent Boult and Mitchell Santner, the team’s only spin- Martin Guptill and Colin Munro then hit unbeaten Karunaratne added: “It was a good toss to win. In the the one-day side after a gap of four years, then put on ner, claimed a wicket each. New Zealand, runners-up in half-centuries to make short work of their modest tar- morning it was seaming and swinging. They had that 42 runs for the second wicket with Kusal Perera. But the 2015 edition, will next face Bangladesh on June 5, get. The Kiwis cruised home in 16.1 overs to register advantage and they have good bowlers to do that, so Williamson kept Henry on for the bowler’s fifth over and while Sri Lanka meet Afghanistan on June 4. — AFP