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For personal non-commercial use only. Do not edit or alter. Reproductions not permitted. To reprint or license content, please contact our reprints and licensing department at +1 800-843-0008 or www.djreprints.com MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 2017 ~ VOL. XLII NO. 12 WSJ.com ASIA EDITION As of 4 p.m. ET DJIA 22268.34 À 0.29% NIKKEI 19909.50 À 0.52% STOXX 600 380.71 g 0.28% BRENT 55.62À 0.27% GOLD 1320.40 g 0.32% EURO 1.1958 À 0.32% DLR ¥110.87 À 0.58% What’s Ultra-Orthodox Jews Protest Military-Service Ruling in Israel The U.S. News Seeks Business&Finance Ways to Beijing-backed fund’s Stay in Aattempt to buy a U.S. chip firm was blocked by Trump, highlighting a na- Paris Pact tional-security debate in Washington over foreign BY EMRE PEKER investment, especially from rival China. A1 NEW YORK—The Trump administration is considering China’s Fosun revived a staying in the Paris agree- $1.1 billion deal for India’s ment to fight climate change Gland Pharma that the In- “under the right conditions,” dian government had re- offering to re-engage in the jected last month. B1 international deal three China’s first online-only months after President Don- insurer, co-founded by ald Trump said the U.S. Jack Ma, plans an IPO that would pull out if it didn’t find could value the company more favorable terms. at around $10 billion. B1 During a climate-change meeting Saturday of more U.S. fuel prices are than 30 ministers led by Can- poised to remain elevated ada, China and the European in the aftermath of hurri- Union, in Montreal, U.S. offi- canes Harvey and Irma, cials broached revising U.S. boosting some refiners. B1 climate-change goals, two A trade spat between participants said, signaling a Boeing and Bombardier has compromise that would keep drawn U.K. leader May and ABIR SULTAN/EPA/SHUTTERSTOCK the U.S. at the table even if it Canada’s Trudeau, who are IN THE STREETS: Israeli police said they arrested eight people as hundreds demonstrated in Jerusalem on Sunday following a meant weakening the interna- expected to discuss the is- Supreme Court decision that struck down a law exempting ultra-Orthodox men engaged in religious study from serving in the military. tional effort. Still, the move sue Monday in Ottawa. B2 would maintain international unity behind the painstak- Finland Rovio’s IPO pric- ingly negotiated Paris accord, ing values the ‘Angry Birds’ after Mr. Trump suggested he maker at $1 billion, well shy might seek a new agreement. of shareholders forecasts. B5 A DOCTOR’S HARD DECISION On Sunday, U.S. Secretary of A California firm evaded State Rex Tillerson said on CBS $1.5 billion in tariffs by ille- that Mr. Trump is “open to gally importing Chinese alu- finding those conditions where minum, the U.S. alleged. B5 Scattered across the Mediterranean Sea, migrants desperately trying to reach Europe face death we can remain engaged with others on what we all agree is Drone companies push every day. Crews on rescue ships must make agonizing judgments about whom to save. still a challenging issue.” for more U.S. regulation as Mr. Tillerson said the emis- they seek approval for new BY DREW HINSHAW ing,” the radio voice said. would almost certainly die. sions targets under the ac- commercial applications. B1 Dr. Vallentine and the crew of the As a professor of medical ethics cord were “really out of bal- Google parent Alphabet ABOARD THE GOLFO AZZURRO—An Golfo Azzurro had a decision to make. back home in Australia, Dr. Vallentine ance” for the U.S. and China, has held talks to invest urgent plea woke the ship’s doctor, They could help the stricken man, delighted in challenging students with and confirmed the White about $1 billion in Lyft. B3 John Vallentine, at 6:30 a.m. He was which would delay their mission to the kinds of complex moral questions House’s National Economic needed on the bridge. find the dinghy. Crew members knew that can make the practice of medicine Council, led by its director, Tech firms are facing The rescue ship was steaming south from experience what happens when uncomfortable. Those often centered Gary Cohn, was formulating more political pressures. B3 in the Mediterranean Sea in a race to inflatable crafts fail. Seawater and fuel on issues of privacy and social respon- the administration’s policy on reach a deflating rubber dinghy packed pool in the middle, weighing boats sibility, such as whether doctors the Paris agreement. World-Wide with migrants. Italy’s coast guard had down into the sea. The liquids form a should warn police about a mentally ill “The plan is for Director transmitted the coordinates, along corrosive mixture that eats away at the patient who owns guns. Cohn to consider other ways with a warning the makeshift craft flesh of those stuck in the crowded In the chaos of a humanitarian di- in which we can work with The Trump administra- could soon sink. boat. Panic erupts and people drown. saster, such as when thousands of Afri- partners in the Paris Climate tion is considering staying A voice crackling across the radio The other option would be to con- can and Middle Eastern migrants try to Accord,” Mr. Tillerson said. in the Paris agreement “un- told of another emergency. A lone tinue on their course. They didn’t cross the Mediterranean in flimsy ves- “We want to be productive. der the right conditions.” A1 West African man plucked from the sea know the dinghy’s exact condition or sels, there are few rules about whom We want to be helpful.” by a nearby vessel was grievously ill whether another ship could rescue it. to help and in what order. “It’s all Separately, National Secu- Myanmar’s top military with a soaring fever and convulsions. And without immediate medical care, about finite resources in a world of in- rity Adviser H.R. McMaster commander urged the “He is unconscious and not respond- the man on the boat a half-hour west Please see BOAT page A6 Please see PARIS page A2 country to unite despite international criticism of its treatment of the eth- nic-Rohingya minority. A1 Up Like a Rocket, Down Like a Feather British police arrested a Myanmar Military Weighs In Gasoline prices shot up as Hurricane Harvey knocked out refineries. second man in connection It could take several weeks for fuel prices to fall. B1 with a bomb blast in Lon- don’s subway. A3 As Rohingya Flee Country Refinery capacity utilization Retail gasoline prices (all grades) Pakistan’s top diplomat Weekly Weekly U.S. average BY JAMES HOOKWAY those labeling the crisis as a “They have demanded rec- will reproach the U.S. for 100% Sept. 8 $3.00 a gallon Sept. 11 clear instance of ethnic cleans- ognition as Rohingya, which 77.7% $2.80 its new Afghanistan policy Myanmar’s top military ing. Bangladesh medical offi- has never been an ethnic for following a militaristic commander has urged the cials said Sunday they are try- group in Myanmar,” Gen. Min approach. A4 80 2.80 country to unite in the face of ing to restrict the refugees Aung Hlaing said. “The Bengali The Philippines dis- growing international criti- from moving further into the issue is a national cause, and banded a city’s police force cism of its treatment of the country and have now begun we need to be united in estab- 60 2.60 over the alleged execution ethnic-Rohingya minority, immunizing tens of thousands lishing the truth.” of a teenager and threat- some 400,000 of whom have of children against disease, the Myanmar’s armed forces ened to declare martial law now sought refuge across the Associated Press reported. began sweeping through the 40 2.40 in response to pressure border in Bangladesh in the In comments posted to his northern reaches of Rakhine over the war on drugs. A4 past three weeks. official Facebook page Satur- State, which borders Bangla- Bangladesh and other na- day, Senior General Min Aung desh, after militant Rohingya 20 2.20 Trump will address the tions have said they would Hlaing reflected the wide- carried out a series of attacks U.N. to rally world leaders raise the plight of the Muslim spread view in Myanmar that on government outposts on to contain Pyongyang’s nu- 0 2.00 Rohingya at the United Na- the stateless Rohingya are il- Aug. 25, killing 12 security of- clear ambitions, increase tions General Assembly this legal immigrants from Ban- ficials. The area has long been JulyAug. Sept. JulyAug. Sept. pressure on Iran and com- week in New York. gladesh, and should be known steeped in tension, with many Source: Energy Information Administration THE WALL STREET JOURNAL. bat Islamic State. A4 U.N. officials are among as Bengalis. Please see ARMY page A3 Hamas agreed to condi- tions demanded by the Palestinian Authority pres- I’ll Have a Merlot With That ident for reconciliation INSIDE with his Fatah party. A3 Dish I Can’t Pronounce Debate Deepens Saudi Arabia is continu- iii ing with a security crack- down, prompted by an al- Novel menu items like takoyaki and On Sensitive Deals leged coup plot. A3 White House and ’nduja baffle even intrepid diners President Donald Trump’s money is coming from China, a Trump campaign officials rejection last week of a Bei- military and economic rival.