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WEDNESDAY, JULY 5, 2017 SHAWWAL 11, 1438 AH www.kuwaittimes.net Govt, MPs to Shell removes Afghanistan’s Federer, meet to discuss Malaysian Djokovic get new fees on cutouts over gets proud free passes at expatriates3 groping25 pics brother39 Muppet Wimbledon20 Amir sends letter to Qatar Min 30º Max 48º leader, receives Oman FM High Tide 08:55 & 22:37 Qatar calls for dialogue, to boost gas production Low Tide 02:37 & 15:20 40 PAGES NO: 17271 150 FILS

KUWAIT/DOHA: HH the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah’s envoy, advisor at the Amiri Diwan Khaled Yousef Al-Fulaij yesterday delivered a letter from the Amir to Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al- Thani. Separately, HH the Amir Sheikh Sabah met Omani Affairs Minister Foreign Yusuf bin Alawi bin Abdullah at Bayan Palace yesterday. Meanwhile, Qatar said yesterday that the demands made by nations in the Gulf diplomatic crisis were impossible to meet, as a deadline was fast approaching for the emirate to respond. Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani told a press con- ference in Doha that the list of demands from countries isolating Qatar “is unrealistic and is not actionable”. “It’s not about terrorism, it’s talking about shutting down the freedom of speech,” he said at a joint press conference after talks with German counterpart Sigmar Gabriel. Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt - who accuse Qatar of supporting extremism - gave Doha an extra 48 hours to meet their demands after an initial 10-day deadline expired on Sunday. The demands included Doha ending support for the Muslim Brotherhood, closing broadcaster Al-Jazeera, down- grading diplomatic ties with Iran and shutting down a Turkish military base in the emirate. Sheikh Mohammed handed an official response on (Left) HH the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah (right) meets Omani Foreign Affairs Minister Yusuf bin Alawi bin Abdullah at Bayan Palace in Kuwait yester- Monday to Kuwait, which is mediating in the dispute, day. (Right) HH the Amir Sheikh Sabah’s envoy, advisor at the Amiri Diwan Khaled Yousef Al-Fulaij, delivers a letter from HH the Amir to Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin but its contents have not been disclosed. Hamad Al-Thani (right) yesterday in Doha. — KUNA Continued on Page 13 North Korea tests first ICBM Trump fumes • Russia, China urge military freeze MOSCOW: North Korea’s declaration that Pyongyang after a meeting between it had successfully tested its first inter- leaders Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping in News continental ballistic missile able to reach Moscow. They also called for a simultane- in brief the US mainland triggered a joint ous suspension of large-scale US-South Chinese-Russian appeal for a military Korea military exercises. “The opposing Saudi policeman killed freeze to lower the tension between sides should start negotiations and Pyongyang and Washington. Experts said affirm general principles of their relations by explosive device the device could reach Alaska. The including the non-use of force, rejection RIYADH: A Saudi policeman was killed yesterday and launch came as Americans prepared to of aggression and peaceful coexistence,” three others injured by an explosive device in a flash- mark Independence Day and sparked a the joint statement said. point Shiite-dominated city, the interior ministry said. Twitter outburst from US President British foreign minister Boris Johnson The policemen were on patrol in the early morning in Donald Trump who urged China to act to asked the international community to the Qatif area in Saudi Arabia’s Eastern Province when “end this nonsense once and for all”. “redouble its efforts to impose a price on this the device blew up, the ministry said, calling the incident The North’s possession of a working regime, which strains every nerve and sinew a “terrorist” attack. HH the Amir of Kuwait Sheikh Sabah ICBM - something that Trump has vowed to build nuclear weapons and launch illegal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah sent a cable of condolences “won’t happen” - could be a game- missiles”. The “landmark” test of a Hwasong- to Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud over the changer for countries seeking to thwart 14 missile was overseen by leader Kim Jong- “martyrdom” of the policeman and injury of three others. the military goals of the isolated state. Un, an emotional female announcer said on The Amir voiced Kuwait’s sharp condemnation of this China and Russia called for a moratorium state Korean Central Television. ABU DHABI: Ahmed Al-Shamsi, the acting chief operations officer at Abu Dhabi heinous terrorist attack that targeted innocents and on further missile and nuclear tests by Continued on Page 13 International Airport, speaks to AP yesterday. — AP aimed at disrupting security and stability in Saudi Arabia. He expressed sympathy with the kingdom, and supported all measures taken by Saudi authorities to Emirates, Turkish trying to fight terrorism and safeguard security and stability. join Etihad off laptop ban Riyadh agrees to Iran ABU DHABI: At Abu Dhabi International through when landing in America. That consulates during hajj Airport, travelers bound for the United means passengers can walk right out of TEHRAN: Iran will be allowed to set up temporary States yesterday enjoyed something the airport on arrival. consulates in Saudi Arabia during the hajj pilgrim- many others flying out of the Middle East The US laptop ban, first announced in age despite the absence of diplomatic ties can’t - walking onto an airplane with March as a security measure, now applies between the two rivals, the foreign ministry in their laptop. But what has changed in to nonstop US-bound flights from nine Tehran said yesterday. “Some officials from the for- Abu Dhabi remains unclear as the laptop international airports in Amman, Jordan; eign ministry’s consular section will be deployed to ban still affects nine other regional air- Kuwait City; Cairo; Istanbul; Jeddah and Jeddah, Makkah and Madinah to provide consular ports, including the world’s busiest for Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; Casablanca, services to Iranian pilgrims during the hajj,” international travel in nearby Dubai. That Morocco; Doha, Qatar; and Dubai. In spokesman Bahram Ghasemi was quoted as saying may change today. Both Dubai-based May, US President Donald Trump shared by the ISNA news agency. Iranians were unable to Emirates and Turkish Airlines in Istanbul highly classified intelligence about the attend the hajj last year after talks on security and will host American officials to show they Islamic State group wanting to use lap- logistics fell apart. But an agreement was reached have complied with measures to be tops to target aircraft with senior Russian earlier this year to allow Iranians to take part in this exempted from the ban as well, said officials visiting the White House. September’s hajj. This picture taken and released yesterday shows the test-fire of the intercontinen- David Lapan, a spokesman for the In Istanbul, Turkish Airlines CEO Bilal tal ballistic missile Hwasong-14 at an undisclosed location in North Korea. — AFP Department of Homeland Security. Eksi wrote on Twitter that he believed At the Abu Dhabi airport, the home of the laptop ban there would end as soon the UAE’s state carrier Etihad, officials as today. For Emirates, its Dubai hub has believe they’ll see even more customers in grown into the world’s busiest airport for First Israel visit by Indian PM the coming weeks as people learn they can international traffic, in large part thanks keep their laptops and tablets on US-bound to the long-haul carrier’s expansion. JERUSALEM: Prime Minister arrived in flights. Etihad operates 45 flights a week Since the laptop ban, Emirates had been Israel yesterday for what he called a “groundbreaking” between the UAE’s capital and six cities in offering some passengers laptops they first ever visit by an Indian premier, with growing ties the US. Asked about what changed, the air- can use in flight. Emirates said in a state- between the two countries including billions of dollars port’s acting chief operations officer ment on Tuesday it is “working hard in in defense deals. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Ahmed Al-Shamsi gave no details when he coordination with various aviation stake- Netanyahu and other officials gave Modi a red carpet spoke with AP. Lapan previously said the holders and the local authorities” to put welcome at Ben Gurion airport near Tel Aviv as he began airport had new procedures, “both seen the heightened security measures and his three-day visit. The two leaders embraced heartily and unseen,” to protect flights. protocols in place. It offered no specifics and gave brief speeches, pledging to work together on “There was an assessment by the US on what American authorities wanted. issues including security, agriculture and energy. “It is my singular honor to be the first ever prime min- Homeland Security’s Transportation “We hope that we will receive valida- ister of India to undertake this groundbreaking visit to Security Administration, they’re the ones tion that all measures have been success- Israel,” Modi said. Netanyahu said “we’ve been waiting for who pass certain laws that airports have fully implemented so that the electronics you a long time. We’ve been waiting almost 70 years in to follow,” Shamsi said. “Based on these ban can be lifted as soon as possible for fact, because yours is truly a historic visit”. Modi later vis- rules and how well airports follow them, our US flights,” the airline said. The laptop ited the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial in Jerusalem they are the ones who decide when to ban, as well as a Trump administration and was to have dinner with Netanyahu. The two leaders lift the ban.” Abu Dhabi’s airport already travel ban on six predominantly Muslim are to hold talks today. has a US Customs and Border Protection nations, has hurt Gulf carriers. Emirates has TEL AVIV: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (right) greets his Indian coun- Israel, constantly searching for allies at the United facility that allows passengers to clear slashed 20 percent of its flights to America terpart Narendra Modi during an official ceremony at Ben-Gurion International air- Nations and for new business partners, has portrayed screening they’d otherwise have to go in the wake of those decisions. — AP port yesterday. — AFP Continued on Page 13 WEDNESDAY, JULY 5, 2017 LOCAL

His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah meets KUWAIT: His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah meets with presidents and members of the National Union with Chairman of the Supreme Advisory Committee to work on completing the of Kuwaiti Students (NUKS) branches in UK, Ireland, Egypt, Canada and Australia. — KUNA application of Sharia law Dr Mohammad Al-Tabtabaie. Crown Prince receives students union officials Premier meets trade union members KUWAIT: His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah received yesterday at Bayan Palace presidents and members of the National Union of Kuwaiti Students (NUKS) branches in UK, Ireland, Egypt, Canada and Australia. His Highness the Crown Prince urged the stu- dents to exert further educational effort to better serve their nation and contribute to its progress and prosperity. The political leadership offers great care to the Kuwaiti students and always provide them with all the facilities they need, His Highness the Crown Prince said. They offered His Highness the Crown Prince memorial gifts. The meeting was attended by Undersecretary of His Highness the Crown Prince’s Diwan for Local Affairs Sheikh Ahmad Al-Jaber Al- Abdullah Al-Sbabah. His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah meets with members of the Kuwait Trade Union Federation (KTUF). Meanwhile, His Highness the Crown Prince received Governor of Hawally General Sheikh Ahmad Al-Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, and Governor of Al-Asima (Capital) General Thabet Mohammad Al-Muhanna. His Highness the Crown Prince also received Chairman of the Supreme Advisory Committee to work on completing the appli- cation of Sharia law Dr Mohammad Al- Tabtabaie as he offered His Highness a collec- tion of the committee’s special Islamic publi- cations and achievements. In other news, His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah received at Bayan Palace yesterday members of the Kuwait Trade Union Federation (KTUF). The meeting was attended by head of His Highness the Prime Minister’s His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah meets with Diwan Sheikha Etimad Khaled Al-Ahmad Al- Governor of Hawally General Sheikh Ahmad Al-Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, and Governor of Al- Members of the Kuwait Trade Union Federation (KTUF) present a memento to His Jaber Al-Sabah. —KUNA Asima General Thabet Mohammad Al-Muhanna. Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah. KFH recognizes CIBFS holders

KUWAIT: Kuwait Finance House (KFH) held a Mirza said that the CIBFS certificates hurdles and challenges. ceremony to honor a batch of its employees obtained by 10 KFH employees are approved He explained that the program conducted who successfully completed Certified Islamic internally from the Institute of Banking Studies for a period of three months; 186 hours. It ran Banking and Financial Services program CIBFS. (IBS) and externally from the General Council in two phases. The first phase is the training This emanates from KFH endeavors to recog- for Islamic Banks and Financial Institutions program with different subjects and topics nize its human resources while continually (CIBAFI) based in Bahrain. tackled. The second phase is 12 hours for a case training them and providing them with the He added that this program is tailored and study. necessary skills. developed to provide good knowledge on The program encompassed several axes Present at the ceremony were several high- Islamic banking and its scientific applications as including international sharia standards, sharia ranking officials from the bank led by Group per the requirements of the advanced Islamic supervisory mechanisms, economic fundamen- Chief Retail and Private Banking Officer Waleed finance industry, indicating this contributes to tals of Islamic financial services, basics of Mandani, Group General Manager Retail raise the bar of the employees, hone their skills accounting and financial analysis, basics of risk Banking Fadi Chalouhi, Executive Manager and qualify them to come up with innovative management, banking credit basics, financial Talent Management, Imad Mirza along with a solutions to optimally perform all banking institutions organizational structure and basics number of executives. transactions, while overcoming the workplace of Islamic economy.

KUWAIT: First Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah bids farewell to Omani Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yusuf bin Alawi bin Abdullah. — KUNA Omani FM leaves Kuwait

KUWAIT: Omani Minister Responsible for Information Sheikh Mohammad Foreign Affairs Yusuf bin Alawi bin Abdullah Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah, and sev- Abdullah and his accompanying delega- eral other senior officials of the Foreign tion departed Kuwait yesterday follow- Ministry. Earlier yesterday at Bayan ing a short visit. The Omani minister was Palace, His Highness the Amir Sheikh seen off at Kuwait airport by First Deputy Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, met Prime Minister and Foreign Minister with the Omani Minister and his accom- KUWAIT: The honorees pose for a group photo with KFH executives. Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al- panying delegation, in presence of His Sabah and Minister of State for Cabinet Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Affairs and Acting Minister of Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah. — KUNA Kuwait adheres to human rights Qatari Emir, French President standards: Interior Minister

support Kuwaiti mediation KUWAIT: Kuwaiti Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Sheikh Khaled Al-Jarrah Al- to resolve Gulf crisis Sabah underlined yesterday Kuwait’s firm com- mitment to human rights principles and laws, DOHA: Emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin rorism and dry up its financial resources. saying that discrimination has no place in the Hammad Al Thani and French President Earlier in the day, His Highness the Amir country. As he received the Chief of the Emmanuel Macron emphasized the need Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al- International Organization for Migration’s (IOM) mission in Kuwait Iman Ereiqat, Sheikh to resolve the Gulf crisis through dia- Sabah received at Bayan Palace Qatar’s Khaled Al-Jarrah said that the Ministry of logue and diplomatic means. They have Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammad Bin Interior (MoI) enjoys a close rapport with the also expressed full support to the Kuwaiti Abdulrahman Al-Thani who handed His UN and other global human rights organiza- mediation led by His Highness the Amir Highness a message from Qatari Emir tions, MoI said in a statement released to the Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al- Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani. The press yesterday. Sabah. These remarks were made by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, UAE, Bahrain Meanwhile, Ereiqat noted that Kuwait’s sup- two leaders during a phone conversation and Egypt on Sunday accepted His port of the IOM and the country’s humanitarian received by the Emir of Qatar from the Highness the Amir of Kuwait Sheikh deeds were appreciated, the statement added. French President on Monday, the Qatari Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah’s Elsewhere, Sheikh Khaled Al-Jarrah met with News Agency (QNA) reported. request to extend the deadline given to Tunisia’s Ambassador to Kuwait Ahmad bin KUWAIT: Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Sheikh Khaled Al-Jarrah Al-Sabah receives They have also discussed bilateral Qatar to respond to the list of demands Saghir, as talks centered on Kuwait’s “special a present from Chief of the International Organization for Migration’s (IOM) mission in Kuwait relations and joint efforts to combat ter- by 48 hours. —KUNA ties” with the North African nation. — KUNA Iman Ereiqat. WEDNESDAY, JULY 5, 2017 LOCAL MP Tabtabaie urges concerted efforts to counter Islamophobia

CAIRO: Kuwaiti lawmaker Waleed European Parliament to show tol- Al-Tabtabaie yesterday called for erance values, rights of minorities concerted efforts in order to com- and other provisions stipulated in bat the phenomenon of the Arab legislations based on “Islamophobia.” Speaking after a Islam, he said. meeting of the Arab Parliament’s Tabtabaie, also a member of AP, Economic and Financial affirmed that terrorist operations Committee, Tabtabaie said the committed by the so-called lawmakers discussed several steps Islamic State and other terrorist and issued some recommenda- groups contribute to distorting tions to combat ideas of those the tolerant image of Islam. Some who connect terrorism with Islam, topics were tackled during the mainly in Europe. meeting of human rights, and The recommendations include legal and legislative affairs com- holding dialogue with the mittee, he noted. — KUNA Waleed Al-Tabtabaie Wataniya Airways launches KUWAIT: Could expatriates soon face the reality of paying more for public services? 1st flight to Georgia July 11th

Govt MPs meet to discuss KUWAIT: Kuwait’s Wataniya Airways She revealed that 10 new destina- will run its first flight to the tions will be added to Wataniya’s Georgian capital Tbilisi on July 11th, itinerary after proper procedures are new fees on expatriates with an average of three trips per completed, encouraging travelers to week. Wataniya Airways will also book their tickets through travel operate flights to the Azeri capital agencies or online. The Wataniya tors, they said, adding that the par- tals. Kuwait has plans to build up By A Saleh Baku and Sarajevo, the capital of Airways official added that the air- liamentary-government agreement to three hospitals in the future to Bosnia and Herzegovina, starting line has set out a plan of providing is very clear and it is certain that treat expatriates insured by a new KUWAIT: A government-parlia- July 12th and 13th, respectively, ‘top notch’ service to all travelers, fees will be imposed on health insurance policy that would mentary meeting will be held in head of Wataniya’s public relations who will be well looked after September to prepare new finan- services for expats residing in replace the current KD50-a-year department Lana Al-Rashaid said. onboard their flights. — KUNA Lana Al-Rashaid cial fees on services and review Kuwait, and not only visitors. insurance plan that entitles for- subsidies and rations, informed Meanwhile, the sources said that eigners for treatment at public sources said. The government is in the executive and legislative hospitals. Political discussions have communication with MPs to adopt authorities are not in agreement on intensified in recent years to a method to achieve economic implementing health fees and ban- impose new fees on public services reforms including imposing new ning expats from treatment at enjoyed by expats in Kuwait, and fees on expatriates and services public hospitals, because the increase current charges as gov- presented to them as other Gulf health insurance hospitals are not ernment officials and lawmakers countries have done, the sources ready yet; and those hospitals will scramble to mitigate the effect of explained. The start will be by not be able to treat expats without the state budget deficit caused by imposing health insurance on visi- the participation of public hospi- the drop in oil prices. ‘Oil Tankers’ union supports ‘Gulf Oil’ staff demands

By Meshaal Al-Enezi Mutairi found it strange for the day long without any auction, but a company not to negotiate with the new system banned that. He said KUWAIT: Head of the workers union union to resolve the workers’ issues, some consumers wonder why the at Kuwait Oil Tankers Company and wondered when employers will sale is delayed until after Asr, (KOTC) announced the union’s sup- understand the role unions play. although the fish is available in the port and participation with workers He said that workers’ demands market. Suwayan said areas where KUWAIT: Health Minister Dr Jamal Al-Harbi held a press conference recently to announce that the Kuwait Institute of Kuwait Gulf Oil Company (KGOC) must be considered seriously and fishing mullet is allowed are east of for Medical Specializations (KIMS) has earned recognition from the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of in all measures the union is taking. KGOC must respect the rules that Ouha, Miskan, Failaka and Boubyan Canada. —Photo by Joseph Shagra Mutairi expressed regret over the regulate the relationship islands, where the fish is rare, while latest developments with KOGC between it and the union, as well it is abundant in Kuwait Bay, where workers and the deadlock in negoti- as signed agreements, and stay fishing is banned. ations, which may lead to uncertain away from abusing the rights of results. He said KGOC gave official workers and contain the crisis Health licenses undertakings not to apply the bio- that is growing daily. There must Municipal Council member and metric based employee time clocks be a solution, he added. president of the technical com- for workers at the joint Khafji opera- mittee Fahd Al-Sane said the com- tions in the divided zone, until the Mullet fishing mittee recommended the approval system is implemented for all work- President of Kuwait Fishermen’s of his proposal to add new activi- ers of other oil companies. Union Thaher Al-Suwayan said there ties to the commercial activities Mutairi said that among the aims is a rise in the numbers of blue-spot that receive health licenses from of labor unions is to care for the mullet fish, along with an increase the municipality. Sane said the workers’ interests and improve their in demand. He said customers come committee approved the first financial and social conditions. He to the market early to buy fresh southern zone and the fifth said we are keen on seeing our mullet, but some government regional zone as mentioned in the national economy improve as well authorities forbid its sale until the studies of the executive depart- as our oil production but within the auction, which takes place after Asr ment which allocated the loca- laws and international treaties. prayers. Mullet used to be sold all tions of land in both areas.

Trio arrested with mixture of drugs

By Hanan Al-Saadoun

KUWAIT: Coast Guard officers foiled an attempt to smuggle drugs by sea. A group of people agreed with an Egyptian man outside Kuwait to smuggle drugs into the country, so police followed this lead and eventu- ally arrested three people; two Egyptians and one Kuwaiti. They found on them 47 kilograms of a sub- stance suspected to be hashish, as well as one kilogram of heroin and 9,000 captagon tablets. The suspects were sent to concerned authorities.

Hawally fire A sixth floor apartment in a Hawally building caught fire yester- day. Firemen from the Hawally and Salmiya fire stations were dispatched, and were able to extinguish the fire KUWAIT: Drugs found with three people arrested for smuggling. before it could spread. No injuries municipality held an inspection tour out medical certificates and running were reported in the incident as of all foodstuff shops and stores in shops without a license from the police launched an investigation to Fahaheel. A store was closed and 18 municipality. The emergency team determine the cause of the blaze. violations were issued, including for said its campaign aims to protect storing materials in an unhealthy the health and safety of Kuwaitis Inspection tour environment, non-compliance with and residents, and end the sale of The emergency team of Ahmadi hygiene regulations, working with- foul products.

Kuwait Municipality inspectors write tickets during a recent crackdown in Fahaheel. LOCAL WEDNESDAY, JULY 5, 2017 Kuwait supports FAO efforts to eliminate hunger, poverty: Jabri Activating global commitment to eradicating hunger

ROME: Minister of Awqaf and Representative of Kuwait the sustainable development is Peace is key Islamic Affairs and Minister of announced at this conference considered a main condition for Meanwhile, FAO’s Director- Municipal Affairs Mohammad Al- Kuwait’s “preliminary approval” of equality and justice. General Jose Graziano da Silva said “I Jabri stressed yesterday Kuwait’s two projects of the partnership He called for “renewed and wish I could announce here today firm support to the United Nations’ program between Kuwait and the extraordinary efforts” particularly some good news regarding the Food and Agriculture Organization organization, mainly DNA project pointing to the influx of migrants global fight against hunger but, (FAO) and its efforts to eliminate for agriculture and the project of into the European Union (EU) coun- unfortunately, it is not the case. “To hunger and poverty in the world. agricultural waste recycling. try’s shores. Gentiloni affirmed that save lives, we have to save their CAIRO: Kuwaiti lawmaker Khaled Al-Otaibi (center) attends the Arab Jabri said, during the 40th “Climate change, agriculture and peace is also a goal and a condition livelihoods. We cannot save people Parliament’s financial and economic committee meeting. —KUNA Session FAO Conference in Rome, food security” conference theme to achieve the 17 SDGs to eradicate and put them in camps,” he added. that Kuwait renewed its confidence getting great interest from Kuwait, hunger in the world as there is a He pointed out that “peace is of which is seriously affected by cli- close relationship between conflicts course the key to ending these mate change, especially fisheries, and the growing malnutrition crises. But we cannot wait for peace due to the high temperature of our across the globe. He stated that to take action. There is much we can regional waters and environmental conflict has caused 10 food crises do to fight hunger during conflicts pollution, he said. out of 13 in different regions. He and protracted crises.” He said that Despite the progress made in emphasized Italy’s support for FAO has identified 19 countries fac- the food and agricultural sectors, FAO’s efforts alongside the World ing severe food crises due to a com- the sector still need modern techni- Food Program (WFP) and the bination of conflict and climate cal support from FAO and member Rome-based International Fund for change including South Sudan, countries with expertise, especially Agricultural Development (IFAD), Northeast Nigeria, Somalia, and in the development of Kuwait appealing to the rest of Europe to Yemen where nearly 20 million are water and fisheries resources and share Italy’s burdens because of affected. water treatment for agricultural mass immigration. In a letter by He added this year’s setback in and human purposes,” he said. Francis read by Vatican the fight against hunger hardly The Kuwaiti delegation, headed Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro came as a surprise, with almost 20 by Minister Jabri, will participate in Parolin, the Pope said he was fol- million people facing starvation the Ministerial Conference on lowing international activity and because of fighting and drought in Member of Kuwait’s National Assembly and Arab Parliament Ali Al-Deqbasi scarcity of water in the near East wanted to cooperate to direct it South Sudan, Nigeria, Somalia and (center) attends the meeting of the Arab Parliament’s Foreign Affairs, and North Africa region, in the pres- towards a real eradication of Yemen. He said strong political com- Political and National Security Committee. Minister of Awqaf and Islamic ence of Ambassador Sheikh Ali Al- hunger and malnutrition, not just mitments to eradicating hunger are Affairs and Minister of Municipal Khalid Al-Sabah, the General simple development or theoretical essential but not sufficient, adding MP says hurdles in Greater Arab Director of the General Authority for goals. The Pope stressed the impor- that hunger could only be defeated Affairs Mohammad Al-Jabri Agriculture and Fisheries Affairs tance of recognition that all people if states fulfill their commitments on Free Trade Area need to clear in the international organization Faisal Al-Hasawi, and Permanent have the right to get enough food. both national and local levels. and its goals in fighting poverty and Representative to FAO Yousef Juhail. told FAO conference He specified FAO’s top priorities Calls for beefing up joint Arab action hunger. Kuwait also supported the that the international community for the next two years in promoting organization’s policies towards Global commitment should acknowledge hunger and sustainable agriculture, reducing the CAIRO: It is imperative to eliminate all meeting touched upon the proposals of achieving the goals of the 2030 The 40th Session of the FAO malnutrition are not “natural or impacts of climate change, keeping obstacles that could encumber business in the Arab investment projects as well as Global Agenda for Sustainable Conference on Monday called for structural phenomena.” He said “we pace with these changes, reducing the ‘Greater Arab Free Trade Area’ (GAFTA), reviewed a report on the latest develop- Development. Jabri also expressed the activation of global commit- are dealing with a complex mecha- poverty, addressing water scarcity a Kuwaiti MP said yesterday. MP Khaled Al- ments pertaining to GAFTA and ways to hope to develop Kuwait’s coopera- ments to eradicating hunger, one nism that mainly burdens the most and migration and supporting rural Otaibi, a member of the Arab Parliament’s accelerate the implementation of its execu- tion with FAO, through signing an of the 17 Sustainable Development vulnerable, who are not only exclud- livelihoods affected by conflict as Economic and Financial Committee, said tive program, he noted. imminent partnership agreement Goals (SDGs). In an inaugural ed from the processes of produc- well as and working constantly on that decisions made during previous Arab for agricultural development, which speech, Italy’s Prime Minister Paolo tion, but frequently obliged to leave food and fisheries. The event, which development summits have yet to come to Joint action will contribute to enhancing Gentiloni said that reaching “zero their lands in search of refuge and is held every two years, runs until fruition, which represents a shortcoming. Meanwhile, Kuwaiti MP and Arab Kuwait’s food and nutrition security hunger” determined by the interna- hope.” He noted that wars, acts of July 8. Up to 1100 representatives He pointed out that structural flaws in Arab Parliament member Ali Al-Deqbasi called and develop the technical capabili- tional community as a new ambi- terrorism and forced displacement from member states are taking part production has stalled trade development, for stepping up Arab joint action to counter ties of human and natural resources. tious goal for the 2030 agenda of are not the result of determinism. in the conference. —KUNA adding that the just-concluded meeting of challenges and threats to Arab security. In a the committee yielded its agenda for the statement on the sidelines of a meeting of upcoming term. the Arab Parliament’s Foreign Affairs, Otaibi also added that the meeting tack- Political and National Security Committee, led various issues to be referred to the Arab Deqbasi noted that the committee has dis- Parliament’s forthcoming session today. cussed boosting Arab cooperation to live The Arab Parliament has formed various ad up to Arab people’s expectations and to hoc committees dealing with foreign, polit- overcome the impending threats to the ical, economic and legal affairs, in addition region as well as to fight poverty, hungry to other issues. and diseases. He pointed out that the members have also tackled efforts to close Arab aspirations Arab ranks and to iron out differences. On Monday, Otaibi affirmed the necessi- Deqbasi voiced concerns about the cur- ty of unifying Arab visions to remove obsta- rent situation in the Arab region, stressing cles in order to meet aspirations of Arab the need for doubling efforts to ease ten- nations. Speaking on the sidelines of the sion and unite Arab countries. In the mean- Arab Parliament’s financial and economic time, he also lauded Kuwait activism and committee meeting, Otaibi said there are cooperation with the international parlia- some economic, legal and legislative obsta- mentarian organizations to stand up to the cles that should be removed. Israeli violations of international law and Such topics were discussed by the con- illegal practices against Palestinian people ferees during the meeting, he added. The and territories. —KUNA KUNA’s senior official visits Paris office

PARIS: Kuwait News Agency’s (KUNA) France, calling for commitment to criteria Deputy Director General for Administrative of professionalism, transparency and credi- ANKARA: The Kuwaiti parliamentary delegation meets with chairman of the Turkish-Kuwaiti parliamentary friendship committee and Financial Affairs and Communications bility. Malak’s accompanying delegation Mekael Arsalan. —KUNA Photos Abdulhamid Malak yesterday visited the includes Deputy Chief-Editor for Arabic agency’s office in Paris. KUNA’s senior offi- News Bulletin Essam Al-Ghanim, Deputy Kuwaiti MP commends cial and his accompanying delegation Chief-Editor for Local News Bulletin Talal inspected the workflow in the office in Al-Kandari, Deputy Chief-Editor for deep ties with Turkey order to increase its efficiency and speed Communications and Information in covering news and events. Malak Technology Adel Al-Sammak and Head of ANKARA: Chairman of Kuwait-Turkey Parliamentary stressed the important role made by the the Information and Research Department Friendship committee, MP Jamaan Al-Harbash underlined office in Paris in covering daily events in Khalda Al-Nofal. —KUNA Monday the deep relations between Turkey and Kuwait and their people. Harbash, in a meeting with chairman of the Turkish-Kuwaiti parliamentary friendship committee Mekael Arsalan, recalled Turkey’s support for Kuwait’s just causes during the 1990 Iraqi invasion and occupation of Kuwait. He also noted Kuwait’s support for the democrati- cally-elected government of Turkey during last July’s failed coup attempt. Arsalan said Kuwait was playing ‘strategic’ roles in the region, and contributed to security and stability of the area. He called on parliamentarians in the two countries to confront common threats, as well as promote the bilateral relations and cooperation. Arsalan said exchange of visits by leaders of Turkey and Kuwait would boost investment Members of the Kuwaiti parliamentary delegation visit the main chamber of and economic cooperation. Harbash is leading a delega- tion that includes MPs Adel Al-Damkhi, Abdullah Al-Enezi the Grand National Assembly of Turkey. and Nayef Al-Ajmi. —KUNA

PARIS: KUNA’s Deputy Director General for Administrative and Financial Affairs and Communications Abdulhamid Malak and his accompanying delegation visit the agency’s office in Paris. —KUNA

Members of the Kuwaiti parliamentary delegation pose for a group photo with chairman of the Turkish-Kuwaiti parliamentary friendship committee Mekael Arsalan and Turkish officials. LOCAL WEDNESDAY, JULY 5, 2017

In Brief Amir congratulates Trump Kuwait oil price up Dollar stable KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al- by $1.83 to $46.10 pb Jaber Al-Sabah sent a congratulatory cable yesterday to at KD 0.303 American President Donald Trump on his country’s 241st inde- KUWAIT: The price of Kuwaiti oil went up by pendence anniversary. His Highness the Amir praised the dis- $1.83 to $46.10 per barrel Monday compared KUWAIT: The exchange rate of the US Dollar tinguished historical and strategic ties between the two coun- to $44.27 pb last Friday, said Kuwait was stable at KD 0.303 while the euro went tries and lauded efforts to extend bilateral cooperation. His Petroleum Corporation (KPC) yesterday. At down to KD 0.344, said the Central Bank of Highness the Amir wished Trump and his country all progress the global scale, the price went up due to Kuwait (CBK) yesterday. The CBK noted that and prosperities during the ‘Fourth of July’ celebrations. His indications regarding the decrease in US oil the Sterling Pound was stable at KD 0.393, so Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber production. However, gains might be restrict- as the Swiss Franc at KD 0.315. The Japanese Al-Sabah and His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber ed due to news on OPEC intentions to yen remained at KD 0.002. —KUNA Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah also sent similar cables. —KUNA increase production. Photo of the day

KUWAIT: A photo showing sunset taken from Al-Subbiya beach north of Kuwait City. —KUNA photo KIB supports students at College of Engineering and Petroleum

KUWAIT: In line with its efforts to offer moral and which focuses on innovative methods to measure financial support to youth and their initiatives, blood sugar without requiring a blood sample, Kuwait International Bank (KIB) took part in the developed by engineering students Nada Khalid 32nd Engineering Projects Exhibition organized by Al-Rashidi, Reem Talal Al-Enezi and Shahad Asaad the College of Engineering and Petroleum at Al-Khattlan. Kuwait University, which was held under the One of the projects selected by KIB was also the patronage of Minister of Commerce and Industry “Hot Dry Air Diffusion (HDAD) for heavy oil recov- and Acting Minister of State for Youth Affairs, ery”, spearheaded by engineering students Laila Khaled Al-Rodhan. Under the umbrella of its partic- Adnan Abdullah, Anfal Nasser Qurban and Sharifa ipation, the Bank had sponsored a number of grad- Abdulsamad Alshatti. The project focuses on devel- uation projects spearheaded by students taking oping a new method for quantifying extracted oil part in the exhibition, which took place over the through less expensive and safer means by inject- course of two days at Al Baraka Ballroom at the ing hot dry air into the ground. Yet another project Crowne Plaza Hotel. was the “Effect of nanoparticles on heat loss during Nawaf Najia, Manager of the Corporate steam injection”, a project developed by engineer- Communications Unit at KIB, said: “Supporting ing students Amal Mahdi Al-Enezi, Shahad engineering students by sponsoring their gradua- Mahmoud Al-Kandari and Mariam Ibrahim Al-Bati tion projects every year comes in line with our Botiban. The project aims to reduce costs and solve encompassing program of initiatives specifically the issue of heat loss during the process of oil targeting youth. We are also committed to spon- extraction. soring their projects and adopting their ideas and KIB’s sponsorship also included the “Water innovations whenever possible. This stems from knockout vessel” project, which was developed by our belief that youth are the most vital resource ing anyone to control irrigation from a smart- devices that don’t require internet. Additionally, Hamdan, Bashayer Bader Al-Mutawa, Munira engineering students Jarrah Adib Al-Ali, Abdulaziz this country has, and that is why youth empower- phone. The second project was developed by the Bank sponsored a project that uses 3D printing Ahmed Al-Rabah and Sarah Jassim Ali. The project Ahmed Al-Qaoud and Mohammed Khalid Al- ment continues to be one of the pillars of our social engineering students Duha Sabah Al-Masoud, technology in construction, developed by engi- focuses on a device that can detect the early pres- Mekhaiter. The project focuses on increasing responsibility program.” Altaf Ghirir Al-Adwani, Heba Fouad Akbar and neering students Dana Abdul Latif Al Saie, Asmaa ence of diabetes, and while also reducing a capacity for the oil separator system, mainly used This year, KIB selected a number of graduation Mona Ghazi Al-Enezi. The project aims to create a Mohammed Al Ajmi, Najud Abdulaziz Al Kandari, patient’s exposure to needles. Another project was to separate the water produced from the oil wells projects from the College of Engineering and system that allows people to find parking spaces Ghadeer Sarhan Al Enezi and Nora Saleh Al developed by engineering students Rawan Waleed before it enters the main separator in the assembly Petroleum. One of these projects was spearhead- through an online reservation service. Muwaisri. The project focuses on creating a device Almohammed Ali, Amina Khalid Al-Muhanna, center. Additionally, the Bank sponsored the Hot ed by engineering students Fajr Jamal Jasem, KIB’s sponsorship also included a project devel- that converts conceptual designs into real build- Zahra Abdul Ridha Al-Qattan and Fatma Yousef Al- Dry Air (HDAF) project, developed by engineering Amina Naser Alqonor, Fatima Fadel Akbar and oped by engineering students Maryam Mustafa Al- ings through 3D printing technology, regardless of Khabaz. The project aims to create two devices, students Laila Abdullah, Shereefa Alshatti, and Tasneem Ali Ardah, and focuses on digital farm- Qallaf, Shahad Khalid Al Otaibi, Mariam Jassim Al design complexity. one stationary and one mobile, working together Anqal Qereyan, and focuses on achieving a more ing. The project worked on creating a solar-pow- Muhaini and Fatima Saud Abdulaziz. The project One of the projects that KIB also supported was using GPS to locate the holder of the mobile environmentally friendly method of oil extraction ered control system for large-scale farms, allow- focuses on creating solar powered navigational spearheaded by engineering students Asma Ali Al- device. KIB’s sponsorship also included a project through pumping hot dry air into the ground. WEDNESDAY, JULY 5, 2017 From the Arabic press

Crime Al-Qabas Report Job surplus Child molester deported By Dr Ibrahim Behbehani KUWAIT: An Egyptian man in his 60s was deported after he was caught molesting children in a Farwaniya mall. was not surprised by the numbers that were pub- Security guards at the mall suspected the man who used lished in some local newspapers about the avail- to lure children who were away from their parents, and Iability of more than 19,000 jobs for Kuwaitis, com- took them to corners and toilets. When they reviewed pared to the number of people wishing to work in CCTV tapes, they found out that he sexually molested government and private sectors which is estimated at them. Security men handed a CD containing the footage to around 18,000. The truth is, to the contrary of what is police who arrested the suspect and he later confessed to being published, it is true that there is a surplus, but it committing the crimes. Authorities decided to deport him is only on paper because the mood of the job appli- as the victims’ families chose against lodging complaints. cant is a decisive factor. The ‘mood’ of some people who choose to wait until their preferred job opportu- nities become available is what controls the number Theft of job applications, and not the official numbers that An Iranian man who works at the scrap yard told are announced by the Civil Service Commission. Sulaibiya police that he was stopped by a man wearing So, the Management and Government a dishdasha who introduced himself as a detective, Restructuring Program; the state department that then robbed him. The suspect reportedly got out of his oversees the state’s labor support program, still has a car and accused the Iranian of being on drugs, then mission and a role to play towards securing jobs for asked him to empty his pockets. The Iranian, who had the government employee, as through it the citizen around KD 1,000 in cash with him, was then robbed and can secure the accepted limit for his living. Here, we the suspect escaped. The victim gave police the license must differentiate cases of employment between plate number of the suspect’s car; which was found out those working in the public sector and those who to be reported stolen. work in the private sector. The salary the public sector employee receives will differ from what he will receive Mugging in the private sector. For example, if a private compa- A Kuwaiti minor was beaten by an unknown person in Al-Jarida ny pays him KD 500 for a job based on his academic Al-Qusoor. The suspect took the minor’s mobile phone, as qualification, the same employee will be entitled to a the victim’s father lodged a complaint at Adan police sta- KD 700 allowance paid by the government as labor tion. He said that he dialed his son’s number which was support. This means that his academic qualification answered by a man working in a mobile phone shop, who entitles him to an allowance that exceeds his basic told him he bought the phone from a person, and gave salary. Everyone knows that the law forces private compa- him his details and phone number. Police will summon the Al-Qabas suspect as investigations are underway. nies and establishments to designate certain percent- age of its labor for Kuwaitis, so we see a large number of them receiving salaries without working, and this Domestic violence Abu Nicolas’ memories phenomena produces two problems: First is that A Lebanese woman was beaten by her husband, and among Kuwaitis who work in the private sector, there she lodged a complaint at the police station. The hus- are some who do not report to work, and the second band is being summoned for questioning. By Ahmad Al-Sarraf is that some employers encourage employees to be non-productive members. This happens when you ur Lebanese friend Abu Nicolas, who worked come admission problems. The Iraqi doctor on duty hear the employer saying, “come sign in then go Scam in Kuwait for many years, recently retired and treated the girl as she spoke to the doctor about home, and you will receive your salary at the end of A con artist stole KD 40,000 from several people after get- Oreturned to his homeland. He provided edu- “Father Christmas” as Christmas was approaching. month,” because, at the end, he does not want his ting to know them through social media, then he threatened cation and medical care for his children in Kuwait Her talks surprised the doctor who asked services. The private sector establishment needs non- to expose them if they demanded their money back. The Gulf and was forced to leave the country during the Iraqi Maasouma, who is a Muslim, about teaching her Kuwaiti productive employees, and whoever says oth- national lured women into believing that he loved them, and Invasion. Commenting on the last attack on expatri- children such things that are alien to the society and erwise, we tell him this is the market and these are its later claimed that his elderly father was in need of financial ates in Kuwait, Abu Nicolas said that each time he its traditions. conditions. help. One woman gave him KD 20,000 she got through a picks up a newspaper or a magazine and finds any Maasouma told the doctor what he heard from My point being, the labor support program con- loan, while another paid him KD 15,000 and a third KD 5,000. news item about Kuwait, he leaves everything aside the young girl was influenced by her foreign school tributes to securing a guaranteed future for our chil- The man then ignored the three women and then threat- and reads it first. and promised to correct the matter. All this took dren and provides them with a salary that gives the ened to expose them if they called him again. The women Kuwait has been imprinted on his mind for 35 place while the real mother kept silent, as she did guaranteed family stability. Maybe, as the case is, lodged complaints against him and he was arrested. years. He started his family here and named his not want to get into an argument. When they left what is required is a review of employment manage- daughter ‘Dana’ after Kuwait’s pearls. They had a the center, Maasouma told Dana: “What do you want ment and method, and what should be taken into Arrests very friendly relationship with Kuwaitis as well as from Father Christmas? Then looked at her mother consideration is the proportionality between the mar- A drunk citizen got out of his car and removed the people from other nationalities. He said he remem- and said: “Is he a doctor or a clergyman?” ket place and educational graduates, so that we do license plates of an Asian man’s vehicle. The incident took bers about all his good times and memories in I am writing to say that many have left Kuwait not have employment accumulation in unwanted place at a traffic signal between Qurain and Mubarak Al- Kuwait. Especially that one time when his daughter for good and they are sad for leaving a place they specialties. Kabeer. The Asian called police, who came and took the had a severe pain in her ear and he wasn’t at home loved and that was good to them, or about feeling We have disguised unemployment, sure, and we suspect to the police station. The car he was driving was and since it was a Friday, their doctor was not work- that they wasted their time in a place that did not must admit that and attempt to reform the base, and found to be reported missing by a car rental agency. ing. His wife asked their Kuwaiti neighbor respect their humanity. So, it is our responsibility fill true jobs with required specialties, provided that it Separately, Hawally police arrested a drug addict who used Maasouma for help and she responded positively. both humanly and patriotically to make the stay of is met with productivity that fits the job and fulfill the to rob pedestrians, and was also discovered to be wanted Maasouma accompanied them to Daeya polyclin- the expat among us more comfortable, so that correct formula that is built on the market needs, with on civil cases. Police also found drugs on him. He was sent ic where Maasouma registered Dana in her name they can remember us in their good memories national labor that carries out its duties according to — Translated by Kuwait Times to concerned authorities. — Translated from the Arabic press and gave her father’s name Abdelrahman to over- always. —Translated by Kuwait Times the rules.

AUB sponsors Kuwaiti students’ graduation ceremonies across Egyptian Universities KUWAIT: Ahli United Bank (AUB) has sponsored the graduation ceremony for Kuwaiti undergraduate, postgrad- uate and PhD students who complet- ed their studies in Egyptian Universities for the academic year 2016-2017. Held in Cairo, under the patronage of Dr Mohammad Al-Fares, Minister of Education and Higher Education, MP Mohammed Al-Howeily, Head of Education Committee at the Kuwaiti National Assembly, Mohammed Al- Doweikh, Kuwait’s Ambassador in Cairo, Dr Ahmad Al-Mutairi, Head of Cultural Office in the Kuwaiti Embassy in Cairo, Dr Mariam Al-Mathkour, Cultural Attache in the Kuwaiti Embassy in Cairo and representing AUB Ahmed Ramzi, Relationship Manager - Private Banking and Wealth Management. On this occa- sion, Dr Fares honored AUB in recog- KUWAIT: Education Minister Dr Mohammad Al-Fares honors AUB. nition of the bank’s efforts in support- gratulates those Kuwaiti students who Kuwait or abroad.” The bank added: ing Kuwaiti students. Moreover, Dr have graduated from Egyptian univer- “this sponsorship is in line with the Mutairi praised the bank’s manage- sities, and wishes them the very best bank’s overall approach towards social ment for its underlying commitment of luck in their future working lives. responsibility, namely encouraging towards sharing Kuwait’s joy in the The bank is proud to sponsor such a the potential of national students by future of their students. momentous occasion in students’ supporting their education process as To mark this occasion, the bank lives, and reassures them of its contin- they represent the foundation of the declared in a press release: “AUB con- ued support wherever they are - in country’s future success.”

KUWAIT: ABK Corporate Communications team with KU’s College of Engineering students at the exhibition. ABK participates in College of Engineering’s exhibition KUWAIT: Al-Ahli Bank of Kuwait (ABK) bank’s Corporate Communications support them through the most criti- recently participated in the 32nd team attended the exhibition and cal phases of their education and to College of Engineering’s Exhibition at viewed the different projects as the show them the options they have, in Kuwait University (KU), which was students presented their work. terms of career choice. The bank con- held on 3rd and 4th of July, 2017 at ABK is committed to supporting tinuously supports students through the Crown Plaza Hotel. ABK reinforced students and encouraging them to the ‘ABK Academy’, which focuses on its active role in supporting Kuwait’s maximize their potential. The Bank developing students banking skills youth and the education sector by strongly believes that the role these and equips them with the necessary sponsoring three different projects students will play in the future of training to prepare them for the work exhibited by graduating students. The Kuwait is invaluable and it is a duty to place. Jihadists in Niger WEDNESDAY, JULY 5, 2017 kidnap 37 women

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MORIGOAN: Indian villagers travel by boat through floodwaters in Balimukh Ashigarh village in Morigoan district, in India northeastern state of Assam yesterday. Floods have affected 350,000 people living across 13 districts in Assam as the annual monsoon rains continue to cross the Indian sub-continent. —AFP Indian traffickers find new ways to smuggle girls

MUMBAI: Young girls from India’s remote tal of northeastern state of Meghalaya. traffickers to source girls for brothels in ised,” she said. The police in Sikkim - con- through Chennai on her Indian passport northeast are lured with promises of good Traffickers have been trying new ways, and Delhi. But cases of trafficking sidered prosperous among northeastern to Malaysia to work in a beauty parlor. Her jobs and trafficked to Southeast Asia and including transporting women on tourist for labor to other countries are being states - is currently investigating the case passport was seized by her employer and the Middle East on Nepalese passports, visas to Gulf nations to get round Indian increasingly reported. of a 25-year-old who flew to Kuwait to she couldn’t renew her visa when it campaigners say, amid fears traffickers are emigration checks. They are also trying work as a housemaid in 2010 and went expired. finding new ways to escape checks. “Over routes through neighboring countries Alerts and checks missing after that. Her family lodged a “It was a complex case as she was legal- a 100 girls from the northeast and north- including Nepal where collusion of offi- Recruitment agents peddle dreams to complaint with police last year. “She had ly detained for overstaying in Malaysia. It ern part of West Bengal state were traf- cials with traffickers is suspected. college graduates of well-paid jobs in flown on a passport issued by Nepal. This was very difficult to get her back,” Kharbhih ficked in the last two years, nearly 50 to 60 Campaigners said traffickers are flying hotels and spas in Gulf nations or the is our first such case,” an official with the said. Impulse NGO has police from India’s percent of them on passports issued by the girls from Kathmandu airport and in frozen fish packaging industry of Malaysia. Sikkim anti-human trafficking unit said. northeastern states and campaigners Nepal,” said Hasina Kharbhih, founder of some cases crisscrossing through Indian They target illiterate girls for jobs as A similar case three years ago put cam- logged on to its trafficking alert software. anti-trafficking charity Impulse NGO airports with them before flying to a Gulf domestic helps. “The agencies are focus- paigners on the Nepal passport trail when It is now training border forces on how to Network. nation such as Kuwait or Oman. For desti- ing on these areas because they find many a woman trafficked to Lebanon committed send alerts on the system in an effort to “Obtaining visas for Middle East coun- nations in Southeast Asia, such as girls are happy to go to Middle East coun- suicide. “We found during the investiga- curb the numbers of trafficked girls and tries is difficult on Indian passports, so Singapore and Malaysia, the girls are traf- tries as they find they can earn more tion that she was among a bunch of others women. “These girls want a good job, and recruitment agents are getting them from ficked through Myanmar. India’s underde- there,” Kharbhih said. But when they arrive who was taken there on Nepalese pass- some mortgage assets and take loans with Nepal. They are doing the paperwork for veloped northeast, a region marred by they often find themselves trapped in ports for housemaid jobs. That one case the hope of returning home with money. both passports and visas in Kathmandu,” ethnic violence and armed conflicts, is bonded labour, having to pay off debts to was our entry point into the issue,” In some cases, they do send money back Kharbhih told the Thomson Reuters bordered by China, Nepal, Bangladesh, traffickers. “Their passports are taken by Kharbhih said. Cases have been trickling in home, but these happy stories are short- Foundation by phone from Shillong, capi- Myanmar and Bhutan and is a hub for sex the employers. They are not paid, as prom- since then - a recent one of a girl taken lived,” Kharbhih said. — Reuters Heavy rain leaves Modi’s trip holds special meaning for Indian Jews 56 dead in South China; 22 missing RAMLA: At a curry house in central Israel, a Indian community in Israel, the trip is a because they felt “the community was in grants abandoned their names and tradi- poster welcoming Indian Prime Minister cause of genuine excitement and a unique decline”. Initially, the restaurant served the tions as part of the era’s “melting pot” ideal. BEIJING: At least 56 people have been Narendra Modi greets patrons even before opportunity to increase their visibility. Indian community nearly exclusively. “There’s more openness today” to Indian cul- killed and another 22 reported missing they encounter the rich scent of spices waft- “There’s not a single (Indian) household But in the 1990s the trend of Israelis trav- ture, the 34-year-old Dandeker said. “The as heavy rains continue to pummel ing from the kitchen. Modi’s three-day visit that’s not talking about it. This is all people elling to Asia after completing their military younger generations want to know more.” southern China, flooding towns, cut- began yesterday-the first ever of an Indian are talking about,” said Elazar Ashtivker, service became wildly popular, and many ting off power and halting traffic, premier to Israel-is a landmark moment for owner of the Maharaja restaurant in the city returned home with a taste for the ‘He’s special’ China’s Ministry of Civil Affairs said yes- the Jewish state, a country seeking the of Ramla, south of Tel Aviv. “It’s historic,” he Maharaja’s spicy delicacies. The restaurant In his spice shop near the Maharaja, Shaul terday. As much as 48.6 centimeters of friendship of powerful allies and customers said. The fast-talking 33-year-old’s parents, serves what Ashtivker calls “mainstream Divekar, who emigrated from India as a rain has been dumped on several cities for its advanced military equipment. who were born in India, opened the restau- Indian food” but also sells peppers, vegeta- child, scoops red lentils from a sack into a since Thursday, including the scenic But for members of the small Jewish rant in its first incarnation in the 1980s bles and imported spices. The wording on plastic bag, chatting from behind his count- resort city of Guilin in the Guangxi the poster is in the colors of the Indian flag er with two customers. The conversation region, the ministry said. and invites members of the Indian commu- fluctuates between the goods that arrived More than 11 million people in 11 nity, in Hebrew and English, to a July 5 meet- from India and the prime minister who is southern provinces were affected by ing with Modi in Tel Aviv. “There’s a lot of about to. Divekar proudly notes he is in floods, landslides and hailstorms, the excitement,” Ashtivker said. “Everyone has charge of one of the seven buses taking ministry said. Rivers have broken their signed up and everyone is going.” “If you Indian Israelis from Ramla to Wednesday’s banks, inundating surrounding com- looked for Indians in Israel on the 5th you meeting with Modi.”He’s special,” Divekar munities. The ministry said water lev- won’t find any. They’ll all be at the conven- said of Hindu nationalist Modi, a Bollywood els in major rivers and lakes in the tion centre,” he said with a laugh. music video playing on a laptop behind the southern province of Hunan have cash register. surged to alarming levels, and that the ‘Invisible Jews’ “He likes Jews,” proudly offers a tall beard- collapse of levees forced large-scale Estimates put the number of Jews of ed man in his 30s standing nearby the evacuations. Dozens of flights at sev- Indian origin in Israel at about 100,000, Indian DVD collection in Divekar’s store, his eral airports serving major cities in the according to Eliaz Dandeker, a historian and Hebrew heavy with an Indian accent. region including Chengdu, Changsha, author documenting the community. Even Dandeker, the historian, notes that Jewish Guangzhou, and Shenzhen were can- those of Indian origin born in Israel maintain Indians in Israel have been called the “invisi- celed or delayed, stranding thousands a “deep connection” to their ancestral home- ble Jews” since they are neither Ashkenazis of travelers. land, said Dandeker, including through from Europe nor Sephardis from Africa and Chengdu’s airport was shut down music, cinema, food and cultural events. the Middle East. for more than an hour Monday Events in Israel have featured appearances While members of the community have because of rain, forcing 13 incoming by Indian actors. Jews made their way to reached prominence in Israel in fields includ- flights to land elsewhere, according to India over the course of the last 3,000 years, ing medicine and the military, “a lot of them state media reports. Trains also were and by and large have not suffered religious don’t stress their origins”. And with many of halted, and roads were cut off to many and racist persecution in the country. They them having changed their last names to towns and villages in the region. began coming to Israel en masse in the late sound more Israeli, “it’s hard to spot them,” Television footage showed major 1940s and early 1950s for religious and other said Dandeker. Modi’s visit and its potential flooding in cities, where the lower reasons. to generate interest among Israelis in Indian floors of homes and shops have been Many of them settled in rural communi- culture could help raise the profile of the submerged. The national meteorologi- ties to become farmers, while others moved Indian community. “We expect it to help cal center forecast more rain to come RAMLA: Elazar Ashtivker, owner of the Maharaja Indian restaurant in the small city of to peripheral towns throughout the country. advance our community,” said Ashtivker, the this week in southern China.—AP Ramla, south of Tel Aviv, cooks at his restaurant as the Jewish Indian community prepare In the first years following the creation of the restaurateur. “We’re a small community here for the visit of the Indian prime minister. — AFP state of Israel in 1948, many Indian immi- and don’t really stand out.”—AFP INTERNATIONAL WEDNESDAY, JULY 5, 2017 Iranians hold ‘Trumpism’ cartoon contest

TEHRAN: Iranians have organized a toon shows Trump wearing a jacket The exhibition, which opened yester- “Trumpism” cartoon contest in which made of dollar notes while drooling on day and will last one week, includes the hundreds of participants were invited to books, a reference to cultural material. “I works of some 1,614 Iranian and foreign submit artwork mocking the US leader. wanted to show Trump while trampling participants from 74 countries, including The same organizers held a Holocaust symbols of culture,” said Asadi, who pro- four works from American cartoonists, of cartoon contest last year, which they said duced the cartoon in two weeks using a which two were awarded citations. was meant to highlight Western double stylus pen digital printing method. American Robert Jones Clayton’s car- standards on free speech and not to cast Contest organizer Masuod Shojai toon shows the cover photo of two doubt on the Nazi genocide. The logo for Tabatabaei said the aim of the contest copies of Time magazine, one with the contest is based on the Nazi and exhibition is to show wrong behav- Trump’s picture and the other with Adolf emblem, with a diagonal “T” in a white iors by Trump in the framework of satiri- Hitler. Both men are portrayed as Time’s circle against a red background. One car- cal portraits. Trump and violence Person of the Year and Trump tells Hitler: toon shows President Donald Trump against women, media as well as build- “It is a great honor” and in return Hitler painting a Hitler-like mustache on the ing walls were among themes of the replies “Ja”. American Ed Wexler’s work face of the Statue of Liberty. contest. “The ism in Trumpism is a refer- shows Trump saying “Fake news” while Hadi Asadi of Iran, who won first prize ence to racism and Nazism,” said TEHRAN: Iranian cartoonist Hadi Asadi poses for a picture with a trophy and an running away from a snowball, on which and a $1,500 award, said he wanted to Tabatabaei. “Many believe his remarks award next to cartoons of US President Donald Trump at an exhibition of the a red star with a hammer and sickle highlight the “money-mindedness and are similar to Hitler. He has had a bad Islamic Republic’s 2017 International Trumpism cartoon and caricature contest emblem is seen, a reference to Russian war monger nature” of Trump. His car- attitude toward media and refugees.” yesterday. —AFP connections to Trump. — AP

US-backed forces penetrate Jihadists in Niger heart of ‘jihadist bastion’ BEIRUT: US-backed forces have penetrat- also “protected SDF and civilian lives, and ed the heavily fortified heart of jihadist preserved the integrity of the greatest kidnap 37 women bastion Raqa for the first time, in a key portion of the wall,” it said. milestone in the war against the Islamic The United Nations has raised con- State group in . Air strikes by the US- cerns for tens of thousands of civilians led coalition battling IS punched two trapped in Raqa, where it says the Militants slit the throats of 9 other people holes in the mediaeval wall surrounding jihadists are using many as human the Old City of Raqa, allowing fighters of shields. The so-called Rafiqah Wall that NIAMEY: Boko Haram jihadists have kidnapped its resistance to the jihadists. The assailants came ing poverty. In April 2014, Islamist militants the Syrian Democratic Forces to breach surrounds the city’s historic heart origi- 37 women and slit the throats of nine other peo- by foot for greater stealth, he said. The village’s seized 276 schoolgirls from the remote north- the jihadists’ defenses, Washington and nally dates back to the late 8th Century, ple at a village in southeastern Niger, the region- mayor, Abari El Hadj Daouda said by phone that east Nigerian town of Chibok, triggering global the SDF said yesterday. The landmark when as capital of the Abbasid caliphate, al governor said yesterday. The attack happened the attack happened on Sunday evening, condemnation and drawing attention to the advance in IS’s notorious Syria bastion-the Raqa was briefly the centre of the Islamic on Sunday at the village of Ngalewa, near the “between 10 and 11pm.” “About 30 or 40 women bloody Boko Haram insurgency. Fifty-seven culmination of a seven-month campaign- world. The Syrian Observatory for Human border with Nigeria, the governor of Diffa and children were kidnapped... (and) nine peo- escaped in the immediate aftermath. Of the 219 comes as the jihadists face an expected Rights, a Britain-based monitoring group region, Laouali Mahamane Dan Dano, told state ple killed,” he said. who did not manage to flee, 106 have either defeat within days in Iraq’s second city with a wide network of sources on the TV. “Boko Haram elements... slit the throats of The village lies a few kilometers (miles) north been released or found, leaving 113 still missing. Mosul, the other pivot of the cross-border ground, said the SDF advance had been nine people... they took women, 37 women, and of the town of Kabalewa, where there was a sui- The attack on Sunday coincided with a visit to “caliphate” they declared in 2014. supported by US special forces. departed with them,” he said. “The defense and cide attack last Wednesday. Diffa, which as a Niger’s western neighbor Mali by French Coalition officials said a few hundred “This is the most important progress for security forces are already in pursuit, and we population of around 600,000 people, has suf- President Emmanuel Macron, aimed at boosting diehard jihadists were making a desper- the SDF since the start of the assault on hope that in the coming days these women will fered a string of attacks by the Nigeria-based multinational efforts to fight jihadism in coun- ate last stand in just one square kilometer June 6,” Observatory chief Rami Abdel be found and freed,” he said. The governor, who Boko Haram since 2015. Around 300,000 people tries south of the Sahara. The so-called G5 Sahel of Mosul’s Old City. The SDF-an alliance of Rahman said. The US-backed fighters went to Ngalewa on Monday, said the village displaced by jihadist attacks have taken refuge nations-Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania and Kurdish and Arab forces that has spear- already inflicted a major blow to the had been singled out because it was known for in the region, which already grapples with grind- Niger-plan to set up a regional force.— AFP headed the coalition’s fightback against jihadists in Raqa on Sunday, crossing the IS in Syria-said its fighters had thrust into south back of the Euphrates River that the Old City. It said the two breaches flows through the city to establish a bridge- opened by coalition warplanes in the 2.5 head on the north bank. The coalition esti- kilometer wall around the Old City had mates that some 2,500 IS jihadists are enabled its fighters to evade the exten- defending Raqa. That is far more than the sive defenses the jihadists have put up 200 or so diehard IS fighters, most of them over the past three years. foreign, that Iraqi commanders believe are “Daesh (IS) have used this archaeolog- holed up in the Old City of Mosul. ical wall to launch attacks, and planted bombs and mines in its gates to hinder Mosul victory ‘in 2 days’ the advance of SDF forces,” it said on its Iraqi forces were moving in on the last official Twitter account. “The precise air IS-controlled neighborhoods of the Old strike allowed the opening of two small City from all sides yesterday, command- 25-metre (80-foot) gaps in the wall, allow- ers said, adding that they expected to ing the entry of SDF forces avoiding announce victory in as few as two days. Daesh explosives.” Raqa became infa- “From the early morning, we were able to mous as the scene of some of the group’s gain an important foothold in these worst atrocities, including public behead- neighborhoods,” Staff Brigadier General ings, and is thought to have been a hub Haidar Al-Obeidi, a commander in the for planning attacks overseas. The US elite Counter-Terrorism Service said. “In envoy to the coalition, Brett McGurk, said the next two days, we will announce the on Twitter that breaching the wall of the complete liberation of the Old City, and Old City marked a “key milestone in cam- therefore... the city of Mosul.” paign to liberate the city.” Iraqi forces have been closing in on Mosul’s Old City for months, but its maze ‘Protected SDF, civilian lives’ of narrow alleyways combined with a US Central Command, which oversees large civilian population has made for an military operations across the Middle extremely difficult fight. Iraqi forces are East, said the coalition air strike had not facing a rising number of suicide attacks, only spared lives among the advancing including some by female bombers, in SDF fighters but also reduced civilian the final stages of the more than eight- casualties and damage to Raqa’s architec- month-long campaign, commanders tural heritage. “Conducting targeted said. But coalition officials said the strikes on two small portions of the wall jihadists were now on their last legs in allowed coalition and partner forces to their two most emblematic strongholds. breach the Old City at locations of their “#ISIS terrorists down to less than one choosing,” the statement read.This pre- square kilometer in #Mosul and totally GAMBELA, Ethiopia: Unaccompanied children who travelled alone from South Sudan to the Ethiopian border, play on swings at the children vented IS from using booby-traps, land- surrounded in #Raqqa,” tweeted US friendly space of Plan International Nguenyyiel refuge camp in Gambela, Ethiopia. —AFP mines and suicide car bombs, while it envoy McGurk. —AFP Barefoot and alone, children flee brutal South Sudan war

NGUENYYIEL REFUGEE CAMP: Her feet bare ians despite the presence of thousands of UN that’s just a fraction of the around 31,500 chil- and her hometown in flames, Nyadet walked peacekeeping troops. Around 1.8 million dren Ethiopia’s Administration for Refugee and east alone, eating food given to her by South Sudanese have fled the country, mak- Returnee Affairs says have arrived without their strangers and following trails left by others ing it the fastest growing refugee crisis in the parents. escaping war in South Sudan. She is 12 years world. One million of those refugees are chil- Even when family members are located, old. Nine days after she fled bloodshed in the dren, the UN says, and of that number about some don’t want to take custody of the chil- flashpoint town of Malakal last November, 75,000 were either separated from their par- dren. In one case, aid workers found the uncle Nyadet reached the country’s border with ents or without any family at all. of three unaccompanied minors in Australia, Ethiopia, and crossed over to safety. Aid workers say they regularly see South but he declined to adopt them, Hiwotie said. In “Maybe they are safe,” is all she can say of Sudanese children straggling across the bor- other instances, it’s the children themselves her mother, father, sister and two brothers, der, often with an adult stranger, but some- who resist reunion, because they believe that whom she lost track of when the streets of her times by themselves. “You can tell they are would mean a return to the violence from hometown transformed into a war zone. very tired, their clothes (are) worn-out on which they escaped. “They are refusing to South Sudan’s civil war has raged on for the them, they have not been showered for some reunify with their family and thinking that, if past three years with such viciousness that time. So, you can see that they’re destitute,” they show their interest, they will return back : Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad (center right) meets the new parts of the country are bereft of food and a Daniel said. Nguenyyiel is home to nearly to South Sudan,” Hiwotie said. — AFP Melkite Greek Catholic Youssef Absi (center left) in Damascus. — AFP third of the population has fled their homes, 2,900 children that arrived without any family, but few refugees present as vexing a problem who pass their days attending school and as children like Nyadet who escape the con- playing in a tree-shaded jungle gym. Chan, 13, S Africa faces ICC ruling over Sudan’s President flict alone. “They are fleeing definitely life- escaped Malakal late last year when fighting threatening situations,” said Daniel Abate of erupted and the grass hut he lived in was THE HAGUE: War crimes judges will tomorrow well as war crimes and crimes against human- same tribunal it helped found in 2002. Angry aid group Save the Children, which helps torched. He then walked for a month until he hand down an eagerly anticipated ruling on ity. The deadly conflict erupted in 2003 when prosecutors stated Pretoria “had the ability to reunite lost children with their families. crossed into Ethiopia. “I just go the direction whether South Africa flouted international law ethnic minority groups took up arms against arrest and surrender Mr Al-Bashir and it chose At the Nguenyyiel refugee camp near where I see a safe place,” he said. Some, like by failing to arrest Sudanese President Omar Bashir’s Arab-dominated government, which not to do so.” Pretoria’s lawyers argued there Ethiopia’s lush western frontier, boys and girls Nyadet, hope to one day reunite with their Al-Bashir in 2015, wanted for genocide in launched a brutal counter-insurgency. “was no duty under international law on who crossed the border unaccompanied tell families. Others hold no such hope. Chan says Darfur. The landmark decision will serve as a The UN Security Council asked the ICC in South Africa to arrest” Bashir, saying he tales of murdered families and childhoods he doesn’t know where his parents are but blueprint for future cooperation between 2005 to probe the crimes in Darfur, where at enjoyed diplomatic immunity. shattered by the unremitting violence in believes they must be dead. countries and the International Criminal Court, least 300,000 people have been killed and 2.5 South Sudan. “War happened,” is the descrip- experts say. It will also highlight that the tribu- million displaced, according to UN figures. ‘Complicated matter’ tion Nyakung, 11, gives for the atrocities she Slim odds nal based in The Hague can only function with Bashir continues to travel and Khartoum International law experts agree the ICC’s witnessed in the capital Juba, where her With neither the government nor the the support of its member states and the back- announced Monday he will visit Moscow for judges are likely to find South Africa failed in mother was left to die inside a blazing hut and rebels honoring a peace deal made two years ing of the UN Security Council.” The ruling is... the first time in August following an invita- its obligations to arrest and surrender Bashir. three of her brothers were gunned down on a ago, locating family members of lost children fundamental for future compliance,” said tion by Russian President Vladimir Putin. But they added it was not a simple matter of road while running for the safety of a UN base. in the chaos of South Sudan is difficult, says Carsten Stahn, international criminal law pro- Russia formally withdrew its signature in rapping Pretoria over the knuckles. “The man- Aid agencies are trying to get children like Hiwotie Simachew, emergency response man- fessor at Leiden University. A decision against November from the ICC’s founding Rome ner and tone in which the decision is meted Nyakung back with their families, but humani- ager for aid group Plan International. Some South Africa “would send an important mes- Statute, a treaty Moscow has never ratified. out will be of utmost importance,” said inter- tarians admit that with the conflict still raging parents have also likely joined the exodus that sage that states cannot negotiate (their) legal Pretoria and the ICC became embroiled in a national law expert Mark Kersten of the in South Sudan, the odds of these children has distributed hundreds of thousands of obligations with the court,” he said. bitter tangle in 2015 when Bashir attended an University of Toronto. “It is possible, and what seeing their loved ones again are slim. South Sudanese refugees to Uganda, Kenya, African Union summit in Johannesburg. many hope, is that the decision will show Sudan and beyond. Parents, if they are still Bitter dispute Despite the arrest warrants, Bashir then some degree of understanding, and perhaps Tired and destitute alive, could be in refugee camps in any of Despite two international arrest warrants flew home unhindered. It remains unclear lenience towards South Africa and suggest South Sudan’s war, sparked when President these countries, or in other settlements in issued in 2009 and 2010, Bashir remains at whether he did so with the tacit approval of that the matter continues to be debated at large and in office amid a raging conflict in South African President Jacob Zuma’s govern- Salva Kiir accused his former deputy Riek Ethiopia, Hiwotie said. Plan International and the appeals level,” Kersten said. The ICC’s the western Sudanese region of Darfur. The ment. At a landmark hearing in April, Pretoria judges could also refer the case to the court’s Machar of plotting a coup in 2013, has been Save the Children have managed to reunite long-time ruler has denied the ICC’s charges, disputed accusations by the ICC’s prosecutors Assembly of States Parties or the UN Security marked by numerous atrocities against civil- hundreds of youths with their families, but including three accusations of genocide as that it had broken its obligations to the very Council for further action. — AFP INTERNATIONAL WEDNESDAY, JULY 5, 2017 Husband shoots wife while in Uber vehicle

SEATTLE: A woman killed early Sunday in woman was shot in the head and died at a Seattle’s Queen Anne neighborhood was Seattle hospital, police said. Police arrested shot by her husband during an argument Espitia nearby. He told them he was not in a ride-hailing vehicle, police said. having a good night with his wife and had Cameron Espitia, 31, is being held on $3 been drinking, documents said. Officers million bail for investigation of homicide in found a small pistol on Espitia in an ankle the death of 29-year-old Jennifer Espitia, holster, police said. KCPQ-TV reported Monday. An Uber driver Espitia told police he didn’t remember told police that Jennifer Espitia was sitting what happened, that he woke up in the in the front and Cameron Espitia was in the bushes and didn’t know where he was, back seat shortly after midnight when they documents said. He later said he had a faint began arguing, according to probable recollection of being in the vehicle. Jennifer cause documents. Espitia graduated from Mercer Island High The driver told police Cameron Espitia School in Washington and was on the row- cursed repeatedly at his wife before the ing team at Saint Mary’s College in driver heard a boom and thought a tire California, according to a college-athletics had burst. The driver said he quickly real- biography, The Seattle Times reported . She ized Jennifer Espitia had been shot, docu- had won a community-service award for ments said. The driver feared for his life work as a peer educator at Planned and kept driving on Cameron Espitia’s Parenthood, working at a day care center orders, police said. Eventually, he told the and building homes in Mexico. Cameron driver to pull over. After the man left the Espitia worked for the US Coast Guard, vehicle, the driver called police. The court documents said.—AP

US marks Independence Day with pomp, dazzle, hot dog contest

NEW YORK: Americans are celebrating tial election and political clashes over their country’s birthday yesterday with big- immigration, health care and other issues CARACAS: Anti-government demonstrators protest in Caracas, Venezuela. Demonstrators are taking the streets after three months of contin- time fireworks, small-town parades and the in the early months of Trump’s Republican ued protests that has left dozens dead and seen the country’s chief prosecutor Luisa Ortega barred from leaving the country and her bank quirky spectacle of competitive hot dog administration. accounts frozen. — AP eating, marking a day of shared traditions And in an era of concerns about securi- in a nation that has grappled with divides ty, the Independence Day celebrations are this past year. In New York, throngs are mixed with precautions. The New York Venezuela prosecutor faces expected to watch the annual Macy’s fire- Police Department planned to station 100 works blowout and the Nathan’s Famous vehicles to block intersections and 20 sand- frankfurter-chomping contest on Coney filled sanitation trucks to fortify viewing Island on July Fourth. areas for the Macy’s fireworks show. Heavily court, battles government In Washington, President Donald Trump armed counterterrorism units will mingle is observing his first Independence Day in among spectators, officers will have office by hosting a White House picnic for portable radiation detection devices and Ortega ‘punished’ for challenging Maduro military families, followed by a fireworks bomb-sniffing dogs, and officers will be viewing event for military families and stationed on rooftops to look out for any CARACAS: Venezuela’s chief prosecutor faced a audit.” Ortega complained that officials had ernment camp. staffers. In , one of 14 original sign of trouble. court hearing yesterday over alleged miscon- burst into her offices like a “riot.” She insisted she copies of the Declaration of Independence Boston police also plan to put trucks duct in what her allies say is punishment for would cooperate with an audit as long as they ‘Tipping point?’ will be displayed at a museum, and hun- and other heavy equipment near the cele- challenging the government over the country’s showed “respect.” The government has accused former interior dreds of thousands of people are expected bration there. Police in both cities say there deadly political crisis. Luisa Ortega, 59, is the minister and ex-intelligence chief Miguel at the city’s fireworks show. are no confirmed threats. In a somber most senior figure to defy President Nicolas Darkness and anarchy Rodriguez Torres, a retired military commander, Organizers of Chicago’s Independence observance of the toll of terror, small Maduro as he fends off opposition efforts to Ortega was a traditional supporter of the of plotting against it with US backing. Maduro Day celebration are expecting such large American flags will be placed by all the remove him from power in the volatile oil- “chavista” socialist movement launched by retains the public support of the head of the crowds that the city’s Navy Pier is opening nearly 3,000 names on the National Sept 11 exporting nation. Her stand has raised the Maduro’s late predecessor Hugo Chavez, but army, Vladimir Padrino Lopez-a key factor for at 10 am, nearly 12 hours before fireworks Memorial in New York. Meanwhile, resi- prospect of a split in the government camp that broke ranks with the current president in him to stay in power. But the president last begin. Meanwhile, more than 15,000 new dents of Laconia, New Hampshire, might could tip the balance in a power struggle. March. She accused the Supreme Court of month said he was replacing four other senior citizens will be sworn in during more than not have had a Fourth of July parade if a Maduro is under mounting pressure after three undermining democracy through a short-lived commanders of the armed forces. “Maduro’s per- 65 Independence Day-themed naturaliza- resident hadn’t stepped in to organize it months of unrest that prosecutors say have left ruling that seized power from the opposition- secution of dissident chavistas will embolden tion ceremonies across the country. For all after learning it was facing cancellation for 89 people dead. led legislature. The opposition says the court is the opposition to continue protesting, with the pomp and celebration, July 4 arrives lack of interest. Some 25 organizations packed with Maduro’s allies. That court ruling increased repression stoking public outrage,” with Americans deeply split over the have since signed up to provide floats or A little respect was one of the moves that sparked the current said analysts from the Eurasia Group consultan- nation’s direction, after last year’s presiden- marchers. — AP Ortega launched a legal challenge against wave of protests. cy last week in a note. the government on human rights grounds and While demonstrators have clashed with riot Maduro has enraged his opponents mean- a case against Supreme Court judges. Pro-gov- police in the streets, Ortega’s battle against while by launching a plan to form an assembly ernment lawmaker Pedro Carreno responded by the authorities has been waged in the courts. to rewrite the constitution. Opponents say he filing charges against Ortega alleging “serious As violence swelled over recent weeks, Ortega will pack the “constituent assembly” with his errors in the carrying-out of her functions.” He renewed her criticism of them, accusing police allies to cling to power. Voting for members of also alleged she was suffering from “insanity” of killing protesters. “We must fight for democ- the assembly is scheduled for July 30. The oppo- and should be fired. The Supreme Court last racy... We must condemn violence wherever it sition on Monday said it would hold a popular week ordered her assets to be frozen and comes from,” she said on Monday in an vote against that on July 16. “The next major banned her from leaving the country. Yesterday address to lawmakers. “Darkness does not last flashpoint will be the election on 30 July of dele- it examined Carreno’s charges to decide forever. It is up to us to see that sanity and gates to the Constituent Assembly,” Eurasia whether Ortega should face trial. Authorities unity prevail,” she said. “Otherwise, anarchy wrote. “However, the political crisis is so fluid searched Ortega’s offices on Monday in what will devour us.”Analysts say that Ortega’s stand that the country could reach a tipping point state comptroller Manuel Galindo called a “fiscal against Maduro could signal a split in the gov- before then.”—AFP In Europe, Trump gets a sound chance to make 1st impression WASHINGTON: Molly Schuyler (right), who is #1 ranked competitive eater in the world, eats a hamburger’s during Z Burger’s eighth annual Independence Burger WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump will member is an attack on all - something he didn’t their concerns about the possible directions of Eating Championship in Washington, DC. Molly beat her competition by eating 21 learn this week whether he gets a second do at NATO headquarters in Brussels during his US-Russia policy,” said Jeff Rathke, a senior fellow hamburgers. —AFP chance to make a first impression as he returns first overseas trip but eventually endorsed last and deputy director of the Europe Program at to Europe and has his first encounter with month. The president is also expected to cite the the Center for Strategic and International Russia’s Vladimir Putin. Trump’s first visit to the need to develop “a common approach to Russia,” Studies. Sharing a border with Russia “is of the Christie ends shutdown, but continent in May stirred anxieties among his advisers said. “He’d like the United States and highest concern for Poland.” European allies when he declined to endorse the entire West to develop a more constructive US-Russian relations remain tense - Trump beach pictures left an imprint NATO’s common defense treaty explicitly and relationship with Russia,” said the White House said in April they may be at an “all-time low” - scolded world leaders for not spending more on national security adviser, HR McMaster. and Moscow has denounced the recent decision TRENTON: Gov Chris Christie, by his own yesterday after the budget signing but pre- their armed forces. This time, Trump will use “But he’s also made clear that we will do what by the US to impose sanctions on more than admission, entered lame-duck territory yes- dicted that if Guadagno wins he still might stops in Poland and Germany to try to pull off is necessary to confront Russia’s destabilizing three dozen Russian people and firms over terday, signing his final budget after a bruis- have some influence with lawmakers - but the tricky balancing act of improving ties with behavior.” Preparing for the trip, Trump spoke Russian activities in Ukraine. But Trump has ing three-day state government shutdown less if Democrat Phil Murphy wins. The Moscow at a time of particularly fraught rela- Monday with German Chancellor Angela Merkel expressed hopes of improved relations with the that included a viral photo of him lounging Legislature is expected to leave Trenton to tions while also presenting the US as a check and Italian Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni. Earlier global power. White House aides said Trump did on a state beach that was closed to the public campaign since all 120 seats are up this year. against Russian aggression. in the holiday weekend, he had conversations not have a specific agenda for the meeting with because of a budget impasse. The two-term Christie denied the beach photos played a Trump is leaving Washington for Europe with Chinese President Xi Jinping, Japanese the Russian president and they have yet to pro- Republican governor signed the $34.7 billion role in how he negotiated with lawmakers today. In what may be the most-watched event Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and the leaders of vide details on the staging for the encounter. budget yesterday and sounded an unapolo- and said it was “the pressure of a shutdown” of the four-day trip, the president will meet Putin Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Trump has had three phone calls with Putin getic tone over the aerial photos snapped by that contributed to the budget resolution. He on the sidelines of an international summit Qatar. After this trip, the president will be back in since taking office. In the past, he’s offered con- NJ.com that showed him at the state gover- also has said he only worries about polls meeting in Hamburg, Germany. Every aspect of Europe soon for a mid-July visit to France to cel- tradictory descriptions of his connections with nor’s residence at Island Beach State Park. when he’s running for office - and he’s not. the meeting between the two unpredictable ebrate Bastille Day alongside new French Putin, insisting during the campaign he had no The pictures sparked a global reaction: But experts said they think the pictures all but leaders is sure to be closely scrutinized as inves- President Emmanuel Macron. And in late July, recollection of meeting him but earlier stating countless memes featuring a Photoshopped did him in. “The photos are likely the nails in tigations press on into alleged Moscow med- he’ll send Vice President Mike Pence to Estonia that they spoke around the 2013 Miss Universe cutout of Christie in a beach chair, headlines Christie’s political coffin that drive his dling in the 2016 election and potential Trump and Georgia - two former Soviet satellites strad- pageant in Moscow. Trump’s overseas trip will be on international news sites and a full-scale approval ratings into the single digits,” campaign collusion. dling the Russian border - and new NATO mem- his first since he announced that he was with- media blitz from Christie’s spokesman. “If they Montclair State University political science With those investigations hanging heavy in ber Montenegro. drawing the US from the landmark Paris climate had flown that plane over that beach and I professor Brigid Harrison said. the air, there is little expectation the meeting Poland has been a staunch US ally in Iraq and agreement, to the regret of a number of world was sitting next to a 25-year-old blonde in The deal Christie struck late Monday with will produce significant progress on difficult Afghanistan and is home to about 5,000 US leaders who had lobbied Trump to remain in the that beach chair next to me that’s a story,” he Democratic Senate President Steve Sweeney issues such as the crisis in Ukraine or the conflict troops serving in separate American and NATO 2015 pact. The White House said Trump and said. “I wasn’t sitting next to a 25-year-old and Democratic Assembly Speaker Vincent in Syria. “I can’t imagine any issue they can actu- missions. “They’re betting that this relationship Merkel discussed the climate issues in their con- blonde. I was sitting next to my wife of 31 Prieto calls for a $34.7 billion budget that ally make major headway on, given the poison with the United States on defense will balance versation Monday.— AP years.” The photos are part of a bruising finale includes more than $300 million in that surrounds the relationship,” said Michael for the term-limited governor, who had been Democratic spending priorities and is part of O’Hanlon, a senior fellow in foreign policy at the a regular on late-night TV and a Republican an agreement to overhaul the state’s largest Brookings Institution, who suggested it might superstar after Superstorm Sandy hammered health insurer, Horizon Blue Cross Blue lay the groundwork for future cooperation. The his state in 2012. Shield.— AP Trump-Putin encounter will be one of at least Christie’s job approval in New Jersey has nine meetings the US president will have with sunk to 15 percent, tumbling after the convic- foreign leaders while in Hamburg for a Group of tions of three former aides in a scheme to 20 summit of developed and developing deliberately cause traffic jams at the George nations, beginning Friday. Washington Bridge, his failed presidential run But first Trump will stop in Poland, where and his backing of President Donald Trump. leaders are looking for reassurance that the pres- He’s become such a political liability in New ence of US and NATO troops there will continue Jersey that his top deputy, Lt Gov Kim as long as the region’s security is threatened by a Guadagno, running to succeed him, ham- resurgent Russia. In return, Trump will be expect- mered him over the beach photos: “Beyond ing a warm reception as he pays homage to words,” she said. People in New Jersey and Polish resolve with a speech Thursday in beyond seized on what many saw as a let- Krasinski Square, his first major outdoor address them-eat-cake gesture by the state’s chief in a foreign country. Poland’s leaders are closely executive. aligned with Trump’s worldview, and ruling party “Taxpayers can’t use the parks and other lawmakers and pro-government activists plan to public sites they pay for, but he and his family bus in groups to help ensure an enthusiastic can hang out at a beach that no one else can crowd for Trump after his rather awkward use?” asked Mary Jackson, a Freehold resi- TRENTON: New Jersey Gov Chris Christie European debut in May. dent. “Doesn’t he realize how that looks, how addresses a joint session of the Previewing the trip, White House officials said people will see it as a slap in the face?” Democrat-led Legislature at the state- Trump would reiterate the US commitment to BEDMINSTER: US President Donald Trump waves as he arrives on Air Force One at Andrews Air Christie acknowledged his lame-duck status house in Trenton, NJ. —AP —AP NATO’s Article 5, which says an attack on one Force Base, Md en route to Washington. —AP WEDNESDAY, JULY 5, 2017 INTERNATIONAL Juncker slams ‘ridiculous’ EU parliament

STRASBOURG: European Commission which seats 751 deputies. “I salute those attend a meeting of this kind.” It is a chief Jean-Claude Juncker launched a who made the effort to turn up but the courtesy for the head of the country blistering attack yesterday on a nearly fact that only about 30 deputies are here holding the EU’s rotating presidency, in empty European Parliament, sparking for this debate clearly shows that parlia- this case Maltese Prime Minister Joseph bitter exchanges with the head of the ment is not serious!” he said. Muscat, to present parliament with a EU’s only directly elected institution. Tajani interrupted from the podium: report on their work during the country’s Juncker, known for his sharp wit, was “You can criticize the parliament but it is six-month leadership. angry to find only a handful of MEPs not the Commission which controls par- Juncker, a former long-serving present at the assembly in Strasbourg to liament.” “It is parliament which controls Luxembourg premier, became head of hear a report on Malta’s just-completed the Commission!” Juncker retorted: the Commission in 2014 promising a EU presidency. “There are only a few members in the more political approach. He also has a But his remarks drew a sharp plenary to control the Commission. You reputation for sometimes undiplomatic response from parliament head Antonio are ridiculous!” “Mr President, I ask you, language which tends to amuse and Tajani, who said his colleague was out of please use different language. We are infuriate in equal measure. Italy’s Tajani order and should mind his tongue. “The not ridiculous,” Tajani said. Juncker became president of the parliament in STRASBOURG: EU Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker gesturing as he speaks European Parliament is ridiculous, totally begged to differ and signed off with a January and served as EU transport com- during a debate at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, eastern France. — AFP ridiculous,” Juncker told the chamber, blunt admonition: “I will never again missioner from 2010 to 2014. —AFP

Macron government Migrant influx to Europe launches reform plan PARIS: French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe unveiled an ambitious program of tax cuts and reduced public spend- ing on Tuesday designed to boost corporate investment exceeds 100,000 this year and end the country’s reliance on state borrowing. Philippe put spurring entrepreneurship at the heart of his first poli- cy speech to the National Assembly after presidential and parliamentary elections in May and June. “Businesses must Nearly 2,250 died attempting the sea crossing want to set up and develop on our territory rather than elsewhere,” Philippe told lawmakers, announcing that cor- GENEVA: More than 100,000 migrants have made the per- porate tax would be cut from 33 percent to 25 percent in ilous Mediterranean crossing to Europe this year, the UN the next five years. said yesterday, amid mounting tensions among EU nations Tackling France’s chronic overspending was a priority, on how to tackle the crisis. Nearly 2,250 people have died he said, warning that the public debt now totalled 2.1 tril- in 2017 attempting the sea crossing from North Africa, the lion euros, nearly the equivalent of an entire year’s eco- UN’s International Organization for Migration (IOM) added. nomic output. “We are dancing on a volcano that is rum- Italy has taken in nearly 85 percent of the arrivals-most of bling ever louder,” Philippe told the newly elected National them sub-Saharan Africans crossing from Libya-and has Assembly, saying that public spending would be cut and pleaded for help from other European Union nations, say- the public deficit would be brought below 3.0 of GDP this ing it is struggling to cope. year. “France cannot remain the champion both of public “The reception of rescued migrants cannot be seen as spending and taxes,” he said. Almost all of the measures an issue only for Italy, but a matter for Europe as a whole,” confirmed election promises from 39-year-old centrist IOM chief William Lacy Swing said, appealing for the rest of President Emmanuel Macron who was elected France’s the EU to show more solidarity. On Sunday, Italian Interior youngest ever president in May after promising to mod- Minister Marco Minniti called on EU neighbors to open ernise the country. their ports to rescue ships picking up migrants in the Mediterranean, after issuing a drastic threat to close its Election pledges own ports to the boats. Philippe has already outlined one of the government’s biggest economic reforms: An overhaul of France’s rigid But France rejected that idea, with an aide to Minniti’s labor law which will enable companies to negotiate work- counterpart Gerard Collomb telling AFP this would only ing terms and conditions with their employees. The meas- encourage more migrants to set sail. EU interior ministers ure faces resistance from leftist opponents. The powerful are due to meet in Estonia’s capital Tallinn on Thursday to CGT trade union has already called for street protests and discuss the migrant crisis-the continent’s worst since World strikes in September. The government will face little diffi- War II-in a bid to defuse a long-running row over spreading culty in passing legislation in the lower house of parlia- asylum seekers across the bloc. The EU put in place a poli- ment where candidates from Macron’s new Republic on cy in 2015 to distribute around 160,000 asylum-seekers the Move (REM) party won more than 300 out of 577 seats across different countries. But only about 20,000 have been in last month’s election. relocated from Italy and Greece under the scheme, while The upper-house Senate, where rightwing Republicans Hungary, Poland and the Czech Republic have flatly hold a majority, will be trickier. Philippe said yesterday that refused to take part. SALERNO: Migrants wait to disembark from the Spanish ship ‘Rio Segura’ in the harbor of Salerno, Italy. — AP the government would also honour other campaign Ministers meeting in Tallinn will also discuss proposals for ‘Enormous pressure’ bility,” said Vincent Cochetel, UNHCR special envoy for the pledges including introducing a new national service for a “code of conduct” for charities operating rescue boats in The UN figures released yesterday showed that between central Mediterranean. young people and making dental and eye care free on the the Mediterranean, a plan announced by France, Germany January 1 and July 3, more than 85,000 migrants landed in Austrian Defense Minister Hans Peter Doskozil warned health system. Other measures including raising the price and Italy on Monday. Separately, foreign ministers from Italy, nearly 9,300 arrived in Greece, nearly 6,500 in Spain Monday that Vienna is set to impose border checks and of cigarettes progressively to €10 from their current level of European and African countries affected by the crisis will and over 270 in Cyprus. “We are under enormous pressure,” deploy soldiers on its frontier with Italy if the Mediterranean €7 to fight smoking-related diseases, the biggest cause of meet in Rome tomorrow with representatives of the EU and Italy’s Minniti said in an interview with Il Messaggero over influx does not slow. While the numbers arriving in 2017 are preventable deaths in France. UN as part of a diplomatic push to stem the influx. In an the weekend, while the country’s Red Cross warned that the staggering, they remain far below last year’s figures. During interview with France’s Figaro newspaper, European migra- situation in overcrowded reception centers was becoming the same period in 2016, 231,503 people made the crossing Macron reviews tion commissioner Dimitris Avramopoulos called on Tuesday critical. The UN’s refugee agency also weighed in, warning to Europe, with the 100,000-mark passed already in February Macron, France’s youngest president at just 39, gave a for EU countries to speed up deportations of failed asylum that Italy cannot continue absorbing tens of thousands of that year. But at that time most of the migrants were crossing state of the union address to both houses of parliament on seekers to ease the pressure, but warned this needed coop- migrants on its own. “This is not sustainable. We need to from Turkey to Greece, and an EU deal with Ankara in March Monday, a novelty which he intends to turn into an annual eration from their home countries. have other countries joining Italy and sharing that responsi- last year effectively hit the brakes on that movement. —AFP event to present his vision for the country. He said he was not aiming for mere reforms but a “transformation” of the political system and the economy. He faced mixed reviews for his inaugural address. The French press noted his deter- Burundi becoming a mination to restore the prestige of the office of the all- powerful presidency and said he appeared keen to stay above the political fray. ‘violent dictatorship’ “Macron is leaving the difficult work to Philippe,” wrote commentator Paul-Henri du Limbert in the right-leaning Le NAIROBI: Burundi’s President Pierre have disappeared, been arrested or bru- Figaro newspaper. But Macron’s style - he has used the for- Nkurunziza and his ruling party have tally tortured or found dead. mer royal palace in Versailles twice since taking office and moved the country toward violent dicta- It warns that without international has given only one media interview - has also seen him torship, rights groups said yesterday in a intervention Nkurunziza could succeed in criticized by some for being aloof, monarchical or even report that slams the international com- reversing history and establishing a “pharaonic”. Yesterday, he visited a military base in the munity for inaction. A “purge” of ethnic Hutu-controlled regime based on a northwest of the country, where he embarked for a four- Tutsis from the army, a crackdown on mono-ethnical army under the control of hour trip on the nuclear submarine “The Terrible”. opposition and media and a bid to change the authorities. In Burundi, which has a Macron also promised in his speech on Monday to slash the constitution to allow unlimited presi- long history of violence between Hutu by a third the number of MPs in the lower and upper hous- dential terms are signs of an “increasingly and Tutsi communities, “this would repre- es, telling lawmakers he would call a referendum if they do violent dictatorial regime”, it said. sent a major risk for peace in the country, not agree to the measure. The new head of state has The tiny central African state was as in the region.” The report singles out broadly positive approval ratings with slightly more than plunged into political crisis in April 2015 the ruling party youth wing, the half of respondents in recent polls expressing a positive when Nkurunziza announced his inten- Imbonerakure, which it describes as a view of him - around the same level as Hollande enjoyed at tion to run for a third term which he went militia characterized by “ideological radi- the start of his term. — AFP on to win. At least 500 people have been calization” that has been recorded killed in ensuing violence, according to singing songs encouraging the rape of the UN-although rights groups put the opposition women and is widely accused figure at over 1,000 - and more than of human rights violations, including 400,000 have fled the country since the murder, rape and torture. crisis began. In their report the The FIDH urges “the international International Federation for Human community to recognize the gravity of Rights (known by its French acronym, the situation in Burundi” and for the FIDH) and partner groups describe how International Criminal Court (ICC) to the ruling party has tightened its stran- quickly open an investigation. It also says glehold during a two-year conflict. the African Union and UN should ensure It said the ruling CNDD-FDD has political dialogue, impose an arms become the sole state party, with monu- embargo and apply sanctions against ments glorifying it erected, party flags Burundi officials. “The international com- placed at entrances to public schools and munity’s lack of determination and its SINGAPORE: Interpol President, Meng Hongwei, delivers his opening address at the violent propaganda broadcast urging incapacity to implement its own deci- Interpol World congress yesterday in Singapore. — AP Burundians to be ready to fight and elim- sions “allow Nkurunziza to shore up his inate opponents. “In a matter of two position ahead of a possible attempt to Interpol president calls for years, almost all the heads and activists change the constitution to allow him to of the political opposition have been run again in 2020. Burundi has repeated- unity in facing cyberattacks silenced and hunted down by the ly denied a campaign of repression and PARIS: French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe makes Burundian authorities,” it said. The report has harshly criticised UN warnings of a his general policy speech before the National Assembly SINGAPORE: Countries and law off alarm bells among rights advocates details accounts of Tutsi soldiers who genocide risk.— AFP yesterday. —AFP enforcement agencies must work over abuses and a lack of transparency together to counter rising threats, espe- within China’s legal system. His speech cially those in cyberspace, the president yesterday was one of his first public of Interpol told a security congress yes- appearances. Lyon, France-based Canada to pay ex-Guantanamo inmate terday. In a wide-ranging speech, Meng Interpol has 190 member nations and Hongwei cited the recent outbreak of has the power to issue “red notices,” the TORONTO: The Canadian government is going at a suspected Al-Qaeda compound in international attention after some dubbed him ransomware WannaCry, which has closest instrument to an international to apologize and give millions to a former Afghanistan that resulted in the death of an a child soldier. scrambled data at hospitals, factories, arrest warrant in use today. Guantanamo Bay prisoner who pleaded guilty American special forces medic, US Army Sgt First The Supreme Court of Canada ruled in 2010 banks, government agencies and other Interpol’s president is a largely sym- to killing a US soldier in Afghanistan when he Class Christopher Speer. that Canadian intelligence officials obtained businesses in Asia and beyond. bolic but still influential figure who heads was 15, with Canada’s Supreme Court later rul- Khadr, who was suspected of throwing the evidence from Khadr under “oppressive circum- “Criminals will continue to exploit the its executive committee, which is respon- ing that officials had interrogated him under grenade that killed Speer, was taken to stances,” such as sleep deprivation, during exponential growth of the internet and sible for providing guidance and direc- “oppressive circumstances.” An official familiar Guantanamo and ultimately charged with war interrogations at Guantanamo Bay in 2003, and social communication platforms,” said tion and implementing decisions made with the deal said yesterday that Omar Khadr crimes by a military commission.He pleaded then shared that evidence with US officials. Meng, a top Chinese police official. by its general assembly. Interpol will receive 10.5 million Canadian dollars (US$8 guilty in 2010 to charges that included murder Khadr was the youngest and last Western million). The official was not authorized to dis- “However, no single country or profes- Secretary-General Jurgen Stock is the and was sentenced to eight years plus the time detainee held at the US military prison in cuss the deal publicly before the announce- he had already spent in custody. He returned to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. His lawyers filed a $20 sion can rely solely upon its own capabili- organization’s chief full-time official and ment and spoke on condition of anonymity. Canada two years later to serve the remainder million wrongful imprisonment lawsuit against ty to address the problem of transnation- heads the executive committee. Meng The government and Khadr’s lawyers negotiat- of his sentence and was released in May 2015 the Canadian government, arguing the govern- al and organized crimes. We are all part of took over in November from Mireille ed the deal last month. pending an appeal of his guilty plea, which he ment violated international law by not protect- the world. We are all facing the same Ballestrazzi of France for a four-year term. The Canadian-born Khadr was 15 when he said was made under duress. Omar Khadr spent ing its own citizen and conspired with the US in threats in (the) international arena,” Meng He was nominated by Interpol member was captured by US troops following a firefight 10 years in Guantanamo Bay. His case received its abuse of Khadr. — AP said. Meng’s election to lead Interpol set countries.— AP WEDNESDAY, JULY 5, 2017 INTERNATIONAL

Afghan-American brings immigrant tales to Times Square NEW YORK: They may be fast disap- their own language for a maximum of and hold formal workshops in different pearing from the streets of New York, 15 minutes, without interrupting with communities. He said his subjects but an Afghan-American artist has any questions. Nor has their testimony became “very nervous” about the idea. installed public telephone booths in been translated into English. “Even if “‘Why do we need to come there? Times Square to spotlight the immi- you don’t understand the language, Who else is going to be there?’” he grant experience in Donald Trump’s you can feel the emotion as if it is a quoted them as saying. “In the end, it America. New York today boasts no song maybe,” he explained to AFP. was all very one on one. So the way I more than four public phone booths, The art project boasts more than implemented the project changed a the last vestiges of a pre cell-phone five hours of recordings from 70 differ- lot.” Nor is the choice of telephone era. The arrival of three in Times Square ent New Yorkers and will remain in booths insignificant. “When I learned as part of Aman Mojadidi’s “Once Upon Times Square until September 5. how phone booths were starting to be a Place” installation has nearly doubled Mojadidi first started working on the removed from the streets, not just in that number. project in 2014, well before Trump ran New York but in other cities around the Passers by can pick up the handset, for president and unleashed vehement world, I immediately thought about all but cannot talk. Instead they listen. At rhetoric against unauthorized immi- of the stories that are trapped inside of the end of the line are the voices of grants and took office attempting to these phones,” he said. “I thought of a NEW YORK: People listen in a phone booth, part of the ‘Once Upon a Place’ art instal- New Yorkers telling their personal sto- restrict immigration from certain natural way to bring stories back to the lation by Afghan-American artist Aman Mojadidi in New York’s Times Square. The ries of immigration-legal or illegal- Muslim countries. The shifting political streets by using the phone booths, interactive public art installation allows audiences to step into authentic repurposed from around the world. Mojadidi asked environment saw Mojadidi scrap initial bring back the spirit of the phone telephone booths, pick up the receiver and listen to personal stories each to narrate their experiences in plans to dot the project around the city booths.”— AFP of immigration straight from the New Yorkers who lived them. —AFP

Indian women don cow masks to show they are less safe than cattle MUMBAI: They are all pictures of women say many crimes go unreported because doing everyday activities: A woman on a women are afraid of reprisals from their street, a woman playing the piano in her attackers, or because they are ashamed home, a woman lounging in a boat, a to report them. woman at a table in a restaurant. All There has also been a surge in vio- unremarkable, except that they are wear- lence against people accused of harming ing a cow mask. The photographs aim to cows. Earlier this month, a 16-year-old highlight the growing violence against Muslim boy was stabbed to death on a women in India, while also drawing train on suspicion of carrying beef, the attention to a wave of attacks on reli- latest victim of an estimated 28 people gious minorities accused of eating beef killed in cow-related violence since 2010. or slaughtering cows - considered sacred Most were killed after Prime Minister by many Hindus. Narendra Modi and his Hindu nationalist “People are getting lynched in this party won elections three years ago. country to protect cows. But women’s Modi last week broke his silence and con- safety is neglected and violence demned the violence by so-called cow against women is rising,” photographer protection groups, some of which have Sujatro Ghosh said of his project. “If we links to his party. can protect cows, then why not Ghosh, who began by photographing women?” Violence against women has his friends and family in Delhi and been under the spotlight since a fatal Kolkata wearing the cow mask, said he gang-rape of a student on a bus in New has been flooded with offers from Delhi in 2012 sparked nationwide women to pose for his project since he protests about entrenched violence began posting the pictures on social against women and the failure of media. He has taken about 30 photo- authorities to protect them. graphs so far, and is raising money via India has enacted tougher jail sen- crowdfunding to take the project across tences for rapists and promised to try the country. But he has also been those accused through “fast-track” courts attacked on social media for the project, but rape, acid attacks and domestic vio- which some people see as belittling the lence remain common. More than cow. “I hope people get the message and 327,390 crimes against women were reg- realize we need to protect women with istered in India in 2015, an increase of at least as much zeal as we protect cows,” more than half since 2010. But activists Ghosh said. — Reuters SINGAPORE: Singapore’s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong delivers a speech in Parliament in Singapore. — AP Army ends decades-long Singapore PM accused occupation of Tamil port COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s military said nated by the island’s Sinhalese majority, yesterday it has ended its occupation of also runs hotels, transport services and of lying in parliament a major fishing harbor after 27 years other enterprises in competition with and allowed Tamil civilians in the for- local Tamil businesses. The UN has been mer war zone to take back their land. pressing Colombo to step up reconcilia- Security forces withdrew from the tion efforts and reduce the military’s The latest installment of an explosive family feud Mayliddy harbor in the Jaffna peninsula presence in former war zones, including SINGAPORE: The brother of Singapore’s prime after he passed away to prevent the creation of a plans should the government decide against on Monday, bowing to the long-stand- the Jaffna peninsula, the heartland of minister yesterday accused him of lying in par- personality cult. But the prime minister’s siblings tearing down the building. ing demands of fishermen and their minority Tamils. liament about the final wishes of their father, say their brother is attempting to block the However Hsien Yang said that his father had families from the minority Tamil com- Tamil rebels fighting for a separate revered founding leader Lee Kuan Yew, the lat- house’s demolition to capitalize on their father’s been misled by the prime minister into agreeing munity who have been living in camps homeland for the ethnic minority were est installment of an explosive family feud. Lee legacy for his own political agenda, including to the renovation, with the elder Lee made to for displaced people since June 1990. defeated in a final military push after Hsien Yang accused Prime Minister Lee Hsien grooming his own son as a future leader. believe the house had been listed as a national “Accordingly, 187 families... are able to decades of conflict. Sri Lanka faced inter- Loong, 65, of falsely telling parliament Monday “(Lee Hsien Loong) has made convoluted, but monument so could not be torn down-a claim of return to their original lands and national censure during the regime of that their father had been open to reconsider- ultimately false, claims about Lee Kuan Yew’s which the founding leader’s lawyer had found resume their fishing livelihood after an former president Mahinda Rajapakse, ing plans to demolish a century-old family wishes,” the 60-year-old said in a Facebook post no evidence. Lee Kuan Yew, the country’s author- absence of nearly 30 years,” the army who refused to investigate allegations bungalow. Tuesday, which was shared by his sister Wei Ling, itarian first prime minister, ruled Singapore from said in a statement. that up to 40,000 minority Tamil civilians The house is at the centre of a political drama 62. The dispute burst into the open last month 1959 to 1990. His death at age 91 sparked a mas- Sri Lanka’s 37-year-long Tamil sepa- perished in the final stages of the war. His that has simmered since the 2015 death of the when the PM’s brother and sister launched sive outpouring of grief among Singaporeans, ratist war ended in 2009, but govern- successor, Maithripala Sirisena, came to elder Lee, and which has played out in public attacks on Facebook, which quickly went viral. many of whom credit the family patriarch with ment forces still maintain a large pres- power after promising reconciliation and with the PM and his siblings exchanging barbs In Monday’s speech, the PM said that despite a turning Singapore from a poor former British ence in the former conflict zones and accountability for war-time atrocities, but on social media, shocking a tightly controlled “demolition clause” governing the house in his colony into one of the world’s wealthiest and keep a close watch on the local Tamil rights groups say progress on both fronts nation unused to divisions among the elite. The final will, his father was “prepared to consider most stable societies. The debate in parliament population. The military, which is domi- has been slow.— AFP patriarch had wanted the bungalow destroyed alternatives”, and had even approved renovation continued for a second day yesterday. —AFP Newborn latest victim of Rio de Janeiro’s surging violence

RIO DE JANEIRO: Arthur was still inside according to its Public Security Institute. his mother’s womb when he became Rio This year’s figure is up by almost 60 per- de Janeiro’s latest victim of gun violence. cent over 2016. “I hope no family has to His mother, Claudineia dos Santos Melo, go through what we are going through was almost nine months pregnant when because it is too painful,” said Arthur’s she was hit by a stray bullet from a uncle, Walter de Melo, as he accompa- shootout in a Rio slum on June 30. nied the speechless father to register During an emergency cesarean section the child.— AP doctors discovered that a bullet had also hit Arthur, damaging his lungs and spine. Doctors say the mother is in stable, non-life threatening condition while her newborn is clinging to life in a case that has shocked Brazilians and underscored surging gun violence in Rio. “We had nev- er seen this before,” Rafael Lopes, the head surgeon at the Moacyr Rodrigues de Carmo hospital where Arthur was delivered, said during a press conference Monday. Doctors said it was a miracle Arthur was still alive, breathing with the help of machines and currently para- plegic, though they added it was too soon to say if he would remain so forever. According to Fogo Cruzado,” or “Crossfire,” a free app created by Amnesty : Indian pedestrians walk past the former tea stall of Damodardas Mulchand Modi, father of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi International Brazil, there have been an and where Modi assisted his father in his spare time. — AFP average of 13 shootings a day in the Rio metropolitan area over the past 11 months. Most of the shootings occur in Indian PM’s tea stall to become tourist shrine hillside slums controlled by drug gangs. AHMEDABAD: Now it is rusting hulk in a small it as a tourist spot. This is being done to put developed under the tourism plan. He said the On the same day Melo was shot, a moth- town railway station, but Indian authorities on the world tourism map,” Sharma culture and tourism ministry had given one bil- er and daughter were killed in the want the stall where Indian Prime Minister said in comments reported yesterday. The tin lion rupees ($15 million) “to develop Vadnagar as Mangueira favela near the iconic Narendra Modi sold tea with his father to sheet stall is currently unused and unloved on a a tourist attraction”. Maracana stadium as police and crimi- become a global tourist magnet. The national- Vadnagar railway station platform. Most of it is “The work has already begun and most of it nals exchanged fire for over three hours. ist leader spoke often during his election cam- covered with rust. One of six children, Modi, now will be over by the end of September,” Pandey Marlene Maria da Conceicao, 76, was paign of his humble roots as a “chai wallah’s 66, is said to have spent much of his childhood said without saying what would happen to the shot in the doorway of her home. Her RIO DE JANEIRO: Claudineia Dos Santos son” and the authorities plan a $15 million helping his father Damodardas Mulchand Modi stall. He conceded that the railway station was 42-year-old daughter, Ana Cristina da Melo takes a selfie in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. project to spruce up those roots in his home- who died in 1989. in a “very dilapidated condition.” Vadnagar’s Conceicao, was also hit when she tried Claudineia dos Santos Melo was 35 weeks town of Vadnagar. “Looking into the historic As well as using his “chai wallah’s son” roots Sarmishta Lake, a clock tower, Buddhist exca- to help her mother. “The state govern- into her pregnancy when she was caught in a importance of the stall, we have decided to during the 2014 election campaign, Modi also vation sites and the railway station will be ren- ment has abandoned the communities,” crossfire in the Duque de Caxias slum, of the modernize it,” Culture Minister Mahesh Sharma held “discussions over tea” at campaign stops to ovated to keep tourists interested, he said. A said Mangueira community leader metropolitan Rio de Janeiro area. According said as he announced the project in the town take questions from the public. District collector makeshift tea stall on another platform will Washington Fortunato at the women’s to doctors, a bullet entered the side of her in the western state of . Alok Pandey said there are seven or eight sites in also get a painting and cleaning, the official funeral. Last year, 920 people died dur- hip perforating her uterus and critically “We want to restore the tea stall and develop Vadnagar, a town of 25,000 people, which will be proudly said.—AFP ing police raids or patrols in Rio state injuring the baby inside her womb. —AP WEDNESDAY, JULY 5, 2017 INTERNATIONAL China defends N Korea efforts, after Trump outburst

BEIJING: China defended its “relentless once and for all!” tweeted Trump, who will cial name. “We hope all relevant parties emerged after Trump met Xi at the US The US Treasury Department slapped efforts” to resolve the North Korea nuclear meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping at can exercise restraint, avoid taking actions leader’s Florida resort in April. Trump sanctions on China’s Bank of Dandong issue yesterday following a Twitter out- the G20 summit in Germany later this that may escalate tensions, and make warned about “the growing threat” posed for allegedly laundering North Korean burst from US President Donald Trump, as week. “China has made relentless efforts efforts to bring the issue back to peaceful by North Korea during a phone call with Xi cash and it accused a Chinese shipping Pyongyang claimed to have tested an for the settlement of the Korean peninsula settlement through dialogue and consul- on Monday, while the Chinese leader said company of smuggling banned luxury intercontinental ballistic missile. The US nuclear issue. China’s contribution in this tation,” Geng said. On a trip to Moscow, Sino-US relations were hit by “negative goods into the country. The Trump president has piled pressure on China to regard is well recognized, and its role is Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian factors”. administration also authorized a $1.3 bil- use its diplomatic and economic clout indispensable,” Geng said. Geng said China counterpart Vladimir Putin agreed on China announced in February the sus- lion arms sales to Taiwan and placed over North Korea, its Communist ally, to was following developments closely after Monday to “jointly push for a proper set- pension of coal imports from North Korea China on a list of the world’s worst persuade Pyongyang to stop its nuclear North Korean television announced that tlement of the (Korean) peninsula issue via for the rest of the year, a crucial currency human trafficking offenders. China has and missile activities. China’s foreign min- leader Kim Jong-Un had overseen the dialogue and negotiation”, according to earner for Pyongyang. The total value of all pressed for the resumption of six-party istry spokesman Geng Shuang told a press “landmark” test of a Hwasong-14 missile, the official Xinhua news agency. imports from North Korea fell to $721.5 negotiations with North Korea that have briefing that its contribution was well rec- which reached an altitude of 2,802 kilome- million between January and May from been dormant since 2009. Beijing pro- ognized-describing its role as “indispens- ters and flew 933 kilometers. ‘Negative factors’ $773.6 million over the same period last poses a “dual-track approach” in which able” after Trump called on China to take “China opposes the DPRK breaching China’s response to Trump’s tweet year, according to Chinese official figures. Pyongyang would suspend its nuclear more action on North Korea. UN Security Council resolutions to con- comes as tensions between the superpow- But Trump has urged Beijing to do more and missile activities while the United “Perhaps China will put a heavy move duct launch activities,” the spokesman ers have resurfaced in recent days, break- and last week his administration took steps States and South Korea would halt large- on North Korea and end this nonsense said, using the initials of North Korea’s offi- ing from a friendlier atmosphere that that infuriated the Asian superpower. scale military exercises. —AFP Supreme Court backs martial law in southern Philippines Duterte warns of a potential ‘spillover’

MANILA: The Philippines’ Supreme reporters, but he did not give rea- which has endured decades of essary. “I urge you to remain stead- Court yesterday endorsed President sons for their decision. Duterte deadly conflict involving commu- fast and alert as martial law in Rodrigo Duterte’s enforcement of stressed yesterday he had made nist and Muslim separatist rebels. Mindanao will remain in effect to martial law across the southern the right decision, saying “martial In their court petition, opposi- counter the persistent threat of third of the country, which he said law should have been declared a tion lawmakers warned martial terrorism and insurgency,” he told was necessary to defeat Islamic long time ago” when militants law would open the door to troops. As part of his martial law State group-backed militants. began bombings, kidnappings and repression and atrocities seen measures, Duterte allowed securi- Duterte imposed military rule beheadings across Mindanao. “For during the 20-year rule of the late ty forces to detain suspects for up across the insurgency-wracked as long as there is one terrorist dictator Ferdinand Marcos that to three days without prior court region of Mindanao on May 23, there in Marawi, this (threat) will ended with a “People Power” rev- orders. The government has hours after hundreds of gunmen not stop,” he told reporters, warn- olution in 1986. detained 66 people using these waving black IS flags occupied ing of a potential “spillover” to oth- During the Marcos dictatorship, powers for their links to the parts of Marawi city and triggered er areas. thousands of suspected commu- Marawi conflict, including the par- ents of brothers who are key mili- BEIJING: Gay rights campaigners act out electric shock treatment to protest tant leaders. Duterte had repeat- outside a court when the first court case in China involving so-called conver- edly threatened to ignore the find- ings of the court if it ruled against sion therapy is held in Beijing, China. A gay man in central China has success- him, vowing only to listen to the fully sued a mental hospital over forced conversion therapy on June 26, 2017, recommendations of the military. in what activists are hailing as the first such victory in the country where the “They are not soldiers. They do LGBT rights movement is gradually emerging from the fringes. —AP not know what is happening on the ground,” Duterte said of the Supreme Court justices, as he also Man wins lawsuit in China over threatened to put martial law crit- ics in jail. Renato Reyes, leader of forced gay conversion therapy the leftist Bayan party, issued a warning about the court ruling. BEIJING: A gay man in central China has families admitting their relatives for con- “We feel that the court has now successfully sued a mental hospital over version therapy. Gay rights activists say the made it easier to declare martial forced conversion therapy, in what case marks the first victory against a public law nationwide, it has provided the activists are hailing as the first such victory mental institution for compulsory therapy legal basis for extending martial in a country where the LGBT rights move- against a patient’s will. law beyond 60 days,” Reyes added. ment is gradually emerging from the In 2014, a Beijing man named Peng Under the constitution drawn up fringes. A court in Zhumadian in Henan Yanhui checked himself into a private con- to prevent a repeat of Marcos-era province ordered a city mental hospital to version clinic to investigate its advertised abuses, the president is allowed to publish a public apology in local newspa- electroshock treatments. Peng, a gay rights declare martial law only to prevent pers and pay the 38-year-old man 5,000 activist who goes by Yanzi, then sued the “invasion or rebellion”. yuan ($735) in compensation, according to clinic and won a $500 decision from a It is limited initially to 60 days, a copy of the June 26 judgment seen by Beijing court for the suffering he endured and Duterte must get congression- The . in treatment. The recent ruling in al approval to extend it. Philippine The man, surnamed Yu, had been Zhumadian “confirmed the illegality of military chief General Eduardo Ano forcibly admitted to the institution in forced treatments,” Peng told the AP. “It’s welcomed the court ruling while 2015 by his wife and relatives and diag- time for China to enact laws to prohibit PAMPANGA: Philippine troops stand at attention as Presidential choppers bearing Philippine warning in a statement that “the nosed with “sexual preference disorder,” forced gay conversion therapy.” President Rodrigo Duterte prepare to land for the 70th anniversary celebration of the Philippine mission is not yet done”. “The (mili- court documents show. He was forced to The Zhumadian mental hospital did not Air Force at Clark Freeport Zone yesterday in Pampanga province, north of Manila. —AP tary) takes this as a vote of confi- take medicine and receive injections immediately provide comment when dence that we are doing what is before finally walking free after 19 days. reached by phone. While few Chinese have deadly clashes that are yet to end. Militants continue to occupy nist and Muslim insurgents, as well right and what is necessary for the In its relatively narrow ruling, the court religious objections to homosexuality and Opposition lawmakers ques- parts of Marawi, the Islamic heart- as his critics, were jailed, tortured restoration of the rule of law, did not weigh in on the practice of gay homophobic violence is very rare, the tioned why a region of 20 million land of the mainly Catholic country, or killed, according to historians. peace and order in the whole conversion therapy or account for Yu’s country’s authoritarian politics and conser- people had to go under military despite a US-backed military offen- ‘Invasion or rebellion’ island,” he added. Maria Christina sexual orientation. vative society’s preference for marriage rule when fighters just struck sive there that has claimed more When Duterte announced mar- Yambot, counsel for one of the The court said forcing Yu into a mental and childbearing create subtle barriers Marawi, urging the Supreme Court than 460 lives and displaced nearly tial law, he praised Marcos’s ver- lawmakers who petitioned the institution if he did not pose a danger to that keep most gays in the closet. Vibrant to strike it down for its “utter lack of 400,000 people. Duterte said when sion while vowing his own would court said they would file an himself or others amounted to “infringing gay scenes do exist in large cities including sufficient factual basis”. An over- he declared martial law the mili- be “harsh”. Duterte also warned appeal asking the tribunal to over- on the plaintiff’s right to individual free- Shanghai, which has an annual gay pride whelming majority of the justices tants had attacked Marawi as part martial law could be extended turn its ruling, which she dom.” China removed homosexuality from parade, and depictions of same-sex rela- dismissed that petition, Supreme of a plan to establish a province for beyond 60 days and expanded described as a “dangerous prece- its list of recognized mental illnesses more tionships are increasingly seen in Chinese Court spokesman Theodore Te told IS in the southern Philippines, across the country if he felt it nec- dent”. —AFP than 15 years ago but stories are rife of films and television. —AP N Korea’s ballistic missile capability

SEOUL: North Korea declared yesterday that the coun- forces a recalculation of the threat it poses. Here are last year-with the regime stepping up efforts to produce try had finally achieved its dream of building an inter- five key questions on the issue. a nuclear warhead small enough to fit into a missile. continental ballistic missile, saying it would “funda- With the North’s threat growing significantly, possession mentally put an end to the US nuclear war threat and Is this really an ICBM? of an ICBM would give Pyongyang key leverage to seek blackmail”. The Hwasong-14 ICBM reached an altitude While South Korean and US armies confirmed to squeeze more concessions from the US in potential of about 2,802 kilometers (1,741 miles) and flew 933 some details of yesterday’s launch, they did not imme- future negotiations. However it may still take some time kilometers for 39 minutes before hitting a target area diately describe it as an ICBM. The US Pacific Command before the North could reliably deploy multiple units of on the sea off the east coast, the North said. called it a “land-based, intermediate range” missile, the missile, said Lee Chun-Keun, a researcher at Science Washington, Japan and South Korea gave similar fig- Moscow described it as “medium range” Russian news and Technology Policy Institute in Seoul. ures, and US experts said the trajectory implied the agencies reported. But South Korean President Moon device could reach Alaska. Jae-In said Seoul was analyzing the result of the test The international community Pyongyang is subject to multiple sets of United “with a possibility of an ICBM in mind”. David Wright, of The North is already under a thick layer of United Nations sanctions over its atomic and missile pro- the Union of Concerned Scientists, wrote on the orga- Nations and bilateral sanctions over its past missile and grams, which it says it needs to protect itself against a nization’s blog that the available details suggested a nuclear tests conducted in violation of UN resolutions. MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin (left) shakes hands with possible invasion. It regularly issues bloodcurdling range of 6,700 kilometers, which would allow it to So the option for the UN to take further action may be Chinese President Xi Jinping during a meeting in the Kremlin, in Moscow threats against its “imperialist enemy” Washington, and “reach all of Alaska”. limited-a point echoed by former US President Barack yesterday. Chinese President is on a two-day official visit in Moscow. —AP has long sought a rocket capable of delivering a war- Obama on Monday. Obama, speaking in a Seoul politi- head to the continental United States. The progress has What is difference? cal forum, said the North was “already so isolated” from accelerated especially after young leader Kim Jong-Un The mere fact that the North has developed this sort global commerce and finance that it was difficult for Putin, Xi talking North took power following the death of his father, longtime of weapon would mark a significant milestone. outside sanctions to have a real impact. ruler Kim Jong-Il, in 2011. The latest launch potentially Pyongyang has staged five atomic tests-including two “In terms of economic pressure... you squeeze and squeeze and squeeze, but they are not as dependent Korea, trade at Kremlin on global interactions and the government is not accountable to its people in any way,” he said. As such, MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir threatens the strategic balance in the many of the strategies the US used to bring other Putin and Chinese leader Xi Jinping held region. The Kremlin gave no details on nations, most prominently Iran, to negotiating tables formal talks yesterday against a backdrop what was discussed at the “informal” tete- to dismantle nuclear weapons “are less available” on of mounting tensions over North Korea a-tete Monday. While the latest tensions the North, he said. One potential option would be pun- ahead of G20 summit talks with Donald over North Korea figured high on the ishing not only the North but also firms dealing with Trump. The meeting in Moscow came as agenda the main focus of the Putin-Xi the country-so-called “secondary sanctions” that could North Korea claimed the launch of its first meeting was set to remain boosting hit firms in China, the North’s top trading partner. inter-continental ballistic missile, and US growing trade and political ties between President Trump urged China to “end this the two increasingly close partners. The Trump factor nonsense once and for all”. The giant neighbors are expected to US President Donald Trump earlier dismissed the Chinese state news agency Xinhua oversee the inking of a raft of deals worth prospect of an ICBM from the North reaching the US reported Putin and Xi “agreed to jointly billions of dollars as Moscow continues a mainland, tweeting “It won’t happen!” He took to push for a proper settlement of the pivot towards China it has ramped up since Twitter to slam Kim Jong-Un over the latest missile peninsula issue via dialogue and negotia- ties with the West slumped over Ukraine. launch. “Does this guy have anything better to do with tion” at a closed Kremlin meeting Monday Ahead of his arrival in Moscow Xi said that his life?” he tweeted yesterday. Tension has been high evening on the eve of the official talks. relations with Russia were currently enjoy- since Trump took power, especially after he suggested Beijing-North Korea’s closest diplomatic ing their “best time in history” as he and possible military option against the North. But recently ally-and Moscow have called repeatedly Putin have struck up a close relationship. US officials have suggested such actions-which could for calm on all sides, but Trump has The Kremlin strongman is set to present Xi see Seoul devastated by a Northern response-remain a warned Washington’s patience with with a prestigious Russian state award at last resort. Could China save the day? Talks of punish- Pyongyang is nearing an end. the Kremlin. After their meeting in Moscow ing Pyongyang over its provocations often boil down Xi and Putin once again slammed the the two leaders are set to head to the G20 to what China can do as the North’s economic lifeline-a US THAAD missile system installed in summit in Hamburg where they will come point repeated by Trump yesterday. “Perhaps China will South Korea to protect against the North, face-to-face with Trump, a first meeting for This image shows North Korea leader Kim Jung Un (center) watching the launch of a put a heavy move on North Korea and end this non- Xinhua said. Both leaders argue that it Putin with the US president. —AFP Hwasong-14 intercontinental ballistic missile, ICBM, in North Korea’s northwest. —AP sense once and for all!” he tweeted. —AFP NEWS WEDNESDAY, JULY 5, 2017

Amir sends letter to Qatar leader... Continued from Page 1 first shipment of LNG sailed to Japan, Qatar’s exports were valued at around He refused to give any further $5 billion. That figure had reached details yesterday, but said Doha was $125 billion by 2014, according to looking for a solution to the month- trade data site the Observatory of long crisis based on dialogue. “The Economic Complexity. state of Qatar has adopted a very con- Qatar also does not have any current structive attitude since the beginning plans to stop exporting gas to the UAE, of the crisis. We are trying to act Kaabi added, but he said he would not mature and discuss the matter.” rule it out if the crisis continued. “Of The four countries cut diplomatic and course if there were to be an additional transport links with Qatar a month ago escalation, I cannot say that we will nev- and have suggested further sanctions er stop the gas,” he said. “This is a deci- People ride a rollercoaster at dusk at Worlds of Fun amusement park on Monday in Kansas City, Montana. — AP could be imposed if Doha does not com- sion which would not only be made by ply. Foreign ministers from the four Qatar Petroleum but also for the govern- First Israel visit by Indian PM countries are to meet in Egypt today to ment, and of course depends on the sit- discuss the diplomatic crisis, the worst to uation in the country.” Qatar currently Continued from Page 1 advanced defense system of medium-range sur- ting terrorism, the war in Afghanistan and defense hit the region in years. Qatar, which sends about 2 billion cu ft (56 million cu face-to-air missiles, launchers and communica- cooperation. While ties with some US allies have the visit as a major diplomatic victory. Israeli tions technology. been strained by Trump’s complaints that denies any support for extremists, has m) of natural gas a day to the UAE analysts have noted that Modi is not scheduled Modi and Netanyahu also hope to build on Washington has been the loser in trade agree- said it will not bow to pressure and that through the undersea Dolphin Energy the demands seem designed to be to travel to Ramallah to meet Palestinian leaders cooperation in areas including water and agricul- ments, Modi appeared sensitive to his host’s pipeline, providing about a third of that during his three-day stay, as is common for visit- ture technology, sectors where Israel has excelled. emphasis on transactional diplomacy. rejected. country’s needs. About 200 million cu ft The country is the world’s leading ing dignitaries. Modi did however meet India has traditionally voiced its support for Modi may find similar common ground with of that goes onto Oman. Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas in New Palestinian statehood, long shunning ties with Netanyahu, Israel’s longtime right-wing prime producer of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) With low production costs and LNG and yesterday the head of state-owned Delhi in May. India is the world’s biggest Israel. But the frost has thawed in recent years, minister who hosted Trump in May. India is cur- facilities closer to buyers in Europe and importer of defense equipment, and Israel has with India seeking closer defense ties - particularly rently the world’s fastest growing major economy, Qatar Petroleum said it was planning a Asia, the Qatari move means US pro- become one of its major suppliers. as it moves away from relying on traditional ally a status that Modi is hoping to cement by drawing significant production increase over the ducers could struggle to sell their LNG Israeli media have reported that the two coun- Russia for its military hardware. Modi’s visit marks in more foreign investment. He has sought to do next several years. Saad Sherida Al-Kaabi competitively and projects still need- tries sign defense deals averaging more than $1 25 years since the two countries established diplo- that in part by encouraging manufacturers to do told a press conference that the emirate ing finance could struggle to find billion a year. In April, state-owned Israel matic relations. business in Asia’s third-largest economy. Israel’s intends to be producing 100 million investors. The glut has already driven Aerospace Industries said India would buy nearly The Hindu nationalist makes the trip after his defense deals have included components that will tonnes of natural gas a year by 2024, up down prices. Asian spot LNG prices $2 billion worth of weapons technology, making it visit last week to Washington, where he and US be assembled in India. “On this visit, your ‘make in 30 percent from current levels. “This new LNG-AS have fallen more than 40 per- the military exporting giant’s largest ever defense President Donald Trump embraced each other as India’ initiative meets my ‘make with India’ policy,” project will strengthen Qatar’s leading cent this year to $5.50 per mmBtu and contract. The deal will see IAI provide India with an friends, vowing to work more closely on combat- Netanyahu said at the airport ceremony.— AFP position,” Kaabi said. “We will remain the by 70 percent from peaks in 2014. So leader of LNG for a very long time.” Some officials have suggested if far, the majority of LNG is supplied via Qatar does not cooperate Riyadh and its long-term contracts between produc- North Korea tests first ICBM allies could tell foreign companies to ers and users which allow little flexibili- choose between doing business with ty and in many cases also prevent Continued from Page 1 sanctions on Pyongyang, which retorts that it launch clearly shows that the threat has grown.” them or with Doha. Kaabi said Qatar importers from reselling cargoes. With needs nuclear arms to defend itself against the The US, Japan and South Korea will hold a wanted the production increase to be supplies far outpacing demand, ana- The broadcaster showed his handwritten threat of invasion. summit on the issue on the sidelines of this carried out through a joint venture with lysts expect more and more LNG to be order to carry out the launch, and pictures of US Pacific Command confirmed the test and week’s G20 meeting, he added. “Also I will international companies but that Doha freely traded. Many producers have him grinning in celebration, clenching his fist. said it was a land-based, intermediate range encourage President Xi Jinping and President could go it alone if necessary. “We have already started to offer contracts with- The rocket was “a very powerful ICBM that can missile that flew for 37 minutes before splash- Putin to take more constructive measures.” absolutely no fear of having the embar- out resale or destination restrictions. strike any place in the world”, the announcer ing down in the Sea of Japan, adding the launch South Korea’s President Moon Jae-In warned the go in place,” he said. “If there are no com- Qatar has pursued a more independ- said, and “a major breakthrough in the history of did not pose a threat to North America. North against crossing “the bridge of no return”. panies willing to work with us we will go ent foreign policy than many of its our republic”. The North’s Academy of Defense Moscow’s defense ministry called it medium- Washington, South Korea’s security guaran- Science, which developed the missile, said it range. But Tokyo - in whose exclusive economic tor, has more than 28,000 troops in the country to 100 million (tonnes), 100 percent.” neighbors, who tend to follow the lead reached an altitude of 2,802 km and flew 933 zone it came down - estimated the maximum to defend it from its communist neighbor. Fears Riyadh and its allies have also of regional powerhouse Saudi Arabia. UAE Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah km, calling it the “final gate to rounding off the altitude to have “greatly exceeded” 2,500 kilo- of conflict reached a peak earlier this year as the accused Doha of being too close to their state nuclear force”. metres, prompting arms control specialist Trump administration suggested military action regional arch-rival Iran, which shares an bin Zayed Al-Nahyan said yesterday it was “premature” to discuss what further There are still doubts whether the North can Jeffrey Lewis to respond on Twitter: “That’s it. It’s was an option under consideration. There has enormous gas field with Qatar in the miniaturize a nuclear weapon sufficiently to fit it an ICBM. An ICBM that can hit Anchorage not also been anger in the United States over the action might be taken against Qatar. Any Gulf. The crisis has raised concerns of onto a missile nose cone, or if it has mastered San Francisco, but still.” death of Otto Warmbier, an American student growing instability in the region, home measures that are taken will be “within the technology needed for it to survive the diffi- David Wright, of the Union of Concerned detained in North Korea for around 18 months to some of the world’s largest energy the framework of international law”, cult re-entry into the Earth’s atmosphere. But it Scientists, wrote on the organization’s allth- before he was returned home in a coma in June. exporters and key Western allies who Sheikh Abdullah said at a press confer- has made great progress in its missile capabili- ingsnuclear blog that the available figures Trump has been pinning his hopes on China - host US military bases. Qatar’s gas riches ence in Abu Dhabi with Gabriel, who ties since Kim came to power. He has overseen implied the missile had “a maximum range of North Korea’s main diplomatic ally - to pressure have transformed it in recent years into was on a regional tour. “Any independ- three nuclear tests and multiple rocket launches. roughly 6,700 km on a standard trajectory”. “That Pyongyang. Last week he declared that Beijing’s one of the world’s wealthiest countries, ent state has the right to take measures In response to the launch but before the range would not be enough to reach the lower efforts had failed, but returned to the idea on a major international investor and a against any party,” Sheikh Abdullah said, announcement, Trump asked on Twitter: “Does 48 states or the large islands of Hawaii, but Twitter following the launch: “Perhaps China will regional player that will host the 2022 urging Doha to listen to “the voice of this guy have anything better to do with his life?” would allow it to reach all of Alaska.” Japanese put a heavy move on North Korea and end this football World Cup. In 1997, when its reason and wisdom”. — Agencies The United Nations has imposed multiple sets of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe told reporters: “This nonsense once and for all!” -—AFP WEDNESDAY, JULY 5, 2017 ANALYSIS

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early a month since Qatar was isolated by its Gulf neighbors, residents of the Nemirate have learned to adapt to the daily realities of living with the embargo. They buy vegetables and milk that come from Iran and Turkey, complain about price increases for staples while those travelling abroad face longer-than-usual flights as most neighboring countries have closed their airspace to Qatar Airways. “The government has found alterna- tives and there is no problem (of shortages)... despite a slight price increase we can cope,” says Mohammed Al-Chib, shopping at a Doha supermarket. But he admits he and his family have had to make cutbacks. “We’ve learned a lesson and we consume less.” On June 5, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt cut diplomatic ties with Qatar and moved swiftly to isolate Doha, accusing Doha of supporting extremism. Riyadh and its supporters severed air and sea links with Qatar - which denied the Lawyers risk danger to help women allegations against it - and closed its only land border, cutting off vital routes for imports including food. hree years ago Maliha, 24, was sit- beaten when she resisted. Her suffer- women lawyers - mostly confined to the rape or sexual exploitation (of women in In the shock of the first days of the crisis, there ting in a park in western ing continued until a woman lawyer big cities of Kabul, Mazar-i-Sharif and detention) has surfaced yet, but we can- was panic-buying and a very real fear of food TAfghanistan with the man she and women’s rights activist, Mahdis Herat, undertake some of the most dan- not deny such incidents occur as the thought was the love of her life. The Doost, stepped into help her. gerous jobs in Afghan society. They help system and police are corrupt in this shortages. These were disproved and Qatar has pair were planning a future together, Afghanistan is one of the most danger- women fleeing domestic violence and country,” he said. far proved more than able to cope with the crisis, but that future was cut short in a brutal ous countries to be a woman or girl in, forced marriage. Divorce still remains There are around 100 women lawyers the worst to hit the region in decades. instant. Suddenly, police officers and a shortage of female police offi- taboo in Afghan society and if a woman in Herat working under the Afghanistan Supermarket shelves are full again and no one is barged into the park in the city of Herat cers and lawyers means women rarely wants to get a divorce lawfully, she has Independent Bar Association (AIBA), going hungry just yet. “The shops are well-sup- and arrested the couple. Maliha was report abuse, rights groups say. to navigate the male-dominated judicial Aziz Rafi, the head of the AIBA told the plied but prices have increased a bit,” says Maya, a accused of maintaining an illicit rela- Research indicates that more than system. There is a common phrase in Thomson Reuters Foundation. But most Lebanese expat shopping in Doha. tionship, which in the eyes of Islamic eight in 10 women in Afghanistan have Afghanistan which says “a girl should of them are working as advisors and do Perhaps that is not surprising. Qatar is after all law is a criminal act. At the police sta- been sexually, physically or psycholog- come to her in-laws in a white dress and not appear in court because of the dan- one of the world’s wealthiest countries, trans- tion, her companion called his family, ically abused, but only a few thousand leave them in a white shroud,” said gers. Fereshta Karimi has worked on formed in recent years thanks to its much sought bribed the police and disassociated cases are reported each year. Fereshta Karimi, another women lawyer more than 30 women’s cases over the after energy riches, especially gas. Doha’s defi- himself from her. If an unmarried woman is caught working in Herat. last six years. “As a married woman, ance - and its ability to adapt - has no doubt “He deserted me like he never knew alone with a man who is not her rela- Among Afghanistan’s women every day I invite unwanted danger to annoyed some of its rivals. Though it may be me,” said Maliha said. “They informed my tive, she can be accused, like Maliha, of lawyers, only a few actually dare to prac- my family with the nature of my job,” she largely a diplomatic crisis, some impacts are filter- family about the incident and my being a prostitute. A man and woman tice in court. Doost, who represented said. “Sometimes clients’ associates ing their way through to life on the ground. involvement with a man. My father dis- in Herat province, accused of being in Maliha, is one of them. “When I took come to my door to discuss the intricacy Some residents have grumbled about short- owned me immediately and threatened an illicit relationship, were captured by Maliha’s case, she had been held in of a case, which makes my family wor- ages, not only of their favorite foods, but also to kill me if I ever approached him.” a mob and shot in an extra-judicial prison for nearly three years without a ried and upset. Many times my husband less predictable items such as replacement car Maliha was convicted of being a prosti- killing, Herat’s police spokesman said single appearance in court and no has tried to stop me from working and I windscreens. Prices are definitely a problem. tute and spent more than three years in on Monday. lawyer. I provided evidence that she was have to struggle every day to continue “The market is well-supplied but prices have a women’s prison, sharing a cell with arrested in a public place and the crime my job as a lawyer.” she said. women convicted on similar charges. Patriarchal (sex with a man) didn’t happen and For women like Maliha, rejected by increased a bit,” added Maya. One Indian resi- Wardens at the prison came to the cell When women do report abuse or are there were no witnesses for that,” Doost their own families, women lawyers have dent who runs a small stall, said: “After the bor- and harassed, beat and sexually assault- arrested themselves, they find them- said by phone. “She had already spent been their only hope. Maliha is now liv- der closures, prices have jumped especially for ed the women, she said. selves at the mercy of Afghanistan’s more time than she should in prison for ing secretly with her widowed aunt. rocket, parsley and chives.” Migrant laborers “We were branded as cheap and patriarchal judicial system, shaped by a crime she did not commit. The judge Because of her conviction, she can’t have told of their fears about food price increas- filthy women. Some nights I heard girls sharia law, women’s rights campaigners would not cooperate. That is why it took resume her studies, get a job or move es and how it will affect how much money they shouting...the prison officers were tak- say. “In many court meetings, I could eight months for me to release Maliha.” freely in society. Her male relatives have can send home. ing them out and sexually abusing easily defend my client but the judge threatened to kill her. Doost has prom- them,” she said. “I was so scared that I didn’t let the proceedings be complet- Danger ised to send her to the capital Kabul and ‘Nightmare’ hardly ever bathed as it could attract ed. The atmosphere was heavily antago- Abdul Qadir Rahimi, head of the find her a job there. “It may be a place Although it can seem like a distant crisis, the attention towards me.” Maliha herself nistic and many times I was called a Human Rights Commission of where I can resume my life among embargo does weigh on the daily lives of the was abused one day when a man whore or abused - just because of my Afghanistan, told the Thomson Reuters unknown people,” Maliha said. “My aunt country’s 2.7 million, almost 90 percent of them arrived claiming to be a lawyer. She choice of clients,” Doost, 26, told the Foundation they were aware of abuse of keeps saying me she can’t hide me for foreigners. “The blockade is a nightmare and we was shown into a room with him where Thomson Reuters Foundation. women by the police and judicial long and I am scared for my life if my hope there will be a quick end,” added Maya. One he tried to rape her. She was badly Afghanistan’s roughly 500 registered authorities. “No specific report about brother finds me.” — Reuters very real consequence, especially during the sum- mer, has been the impact on those trying to fly out of the country for holidays. With the abolition of some routes by the Gulf countries, travelling Abe vulnerable after dismal poll showing has become a headache. One Jordanian national complained he had “spent six hours in transit” at stunning defeat for Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo powerful Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga Abe said he would “reflect deeply” on the Tokyo poll results. Muscat airport for a flight from Amman to Doha, Abe’s ruling party at the hands of a novice political have grown haughty and dismissive of criti- But he also said there would be no change to his plan to via Oman, because of the flight restrictions Agroup in the capital has revealed the fragility cism given the ruling bloc’s super- have the LDP present a proposal to revise the post-war, imposed by the embargo. of his support and shown that voters can majorities in both houses of parlia- pacifist constitution to an extra session of parliament in the And there has also been the human cost. The desert him - if there is a credible alternative. ment, a weak and fragmented autumn to meet his target of amending the US-drafted decision of other Gulf countries to force home Abe surged back to power in 2012, pledg- opposition and no serious charter by 2020. Trying to stick to that timetable for what Qataris living on their territory and recalling their ing to revive the stale economy and challengers in his party. would be a deeply divisive amendment, however, could be own nationals from Qatar has had a real impact. bolster defense. He has led his ruling “Arrogance, compla- risky, since even many who support the change don’t see it More than 13,300 people were “directly affected”, bloc to three more landslide victories cency, fragility” summed as an urgent priority. Abe’s conservative agenda of restor- says the Qatari National Human Rights in national polls since then. up a headline in the ing traditional values and loosening constraints on the mil- Committee. In one reported case, a Qatari woman But those victories were less robust Nikkei business daily on itary centers on revising the constitution. But the public are was forced to leave the United Arab Emirates than met the eye, since record or near- Tuesday, ingredients deeply split on the proposal, which would antagonize where she lived with her husband and child. record low voter turnout allowed Abe’s politicians and pundits China and South Korea. When she arrived at the airport with her baby, she Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) to agreed were key causes of was told that he could not fly with her because he rack up seats with support from a the LDP defeat. “It doesn’t New Party? is an Emirati national. quarter or less of eligible voters. On have anything to do with The huge win for Koike’s novice party has fanned specu- Sunday, the party got a chilling policy,” said Gerry Curtis, lation that her group will go national in a general election And then there is the case of Zayed Al-Marri. glimpse of just how vulnerable it professor emeritus at New that must be held by late 2018, perhaps joining with disaf- Human Rights Watch says he has been blocked could be if a viable opposition force York’s Columbia University. fected lawmakers from the struggling opposition on the Saudi side of the land border it shares with emerges to attract unhappy voters. “It’s all about the arrogance Democratic Party. The Democrats, who have had little suc- Qatar since June 17, where temperatures reach That reminder could encourage rivals of Abe and Suga and the cess in repairing their image after a rocky three-year reign daily 45 degrees Celsius. Saudi Arabia claims he is in Abe’s own party to challenge him in a sense that they are riding ended in 2012, also fared badly in the Tokyo poll, taking a Qatari, but Doha insists Marri was stripped of his leadership race next year if his slumping roughshod ... to break only five seats. citizenship in the 1990s. HRW has urged Qatar to poll ratings fail to recover. unstated rules of the game.” A new party could set up Koike for a run at the nation’s let him in to the country. — AFP Popular Governor Yuriko Koike’s novice top job, but her allies have said she’s unlikely to quit as Tokyo Citizens First party and its allies - includ- ‘Reflecting Deeply’ governor to return to parliament before the 2020 Tokyo ing the LDP’s national-level coalition partner - Abe heads to Hamburg Olympics. In the meantime, with much of Abe’s previous won a landslide victory, taking 79 seats in on Wednesday for a Group of clout over his party based on his record of leading it to All articles appearing on these pages are Sunday’s election for the 127-member Tokyo 20 summit where leaders are election wins, the dismal Tokyo showing could well encour- Metropolitan assembly. The LDP got 23 seats, its worst likely to discuss North Korea’s age rivals to challenge his bid for a third term as LDP leader the personal opinion of the writers. Kuwait ever result in the capital and less than half its pre-vote nuclear and missile programs - a topic from Sept 2018. Times takes no responsibility for views presence. that could play to Abe’s strengths at Victory in that party poll would put Abe on track to The vote was a referendum on the first year in office of home, where he is known for his tough line become Japan’s longest-serving leader, eclipsing early 20th expressed therein. Kuwait Times invites Koike, a media-savvy former LDP lawmaker and defense towards Pyongyang. Century premier Taro Katsura who logged nearly eight readers to voice their opinions. Please send minister who defied the party’s old boy network to run North Korea said yester- years in power. Among those floated as possible chal- on a reformist platform and become the first female day it had successfully lengers are former Defence Minister Shigeru Ishida, who submissions via email to: opinion@kuwait- governor of the metropolis. But it was also a stinging test-launched an inter- has been focusing on ways to revitalize Japan’s depopulat- times.net or via snail mail to PO Box 1301 rebuke to Abe’s administration, battered by suspi- continental ballistic mis- ed rural regions, and Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida, con- cions of scandal over favouritism for a friend’s busi- sile that could strike anywhere in sidered more dovish than Abe. “As politicians realize that Safat, Kuwait. The editor reserves the right ness and verbal gaffes by his cabinet ministers. Worse the world. In an interview Abe is vulnerable, that will inspire them to do something,” to edit any submission as necessary. than the scandals and missteps, however, was the with the Mainichi newspa- Curtis said. “He’ll probably survive, but even so, I don’t think perception among many voters that Abe and his per published on Tuesday, he will get much done in terms of policy.” — Reuters p15_Layout 1 7/4/17 8:31 PM Page 1

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Shin gets nod as new Kenya in frantic prep Lejeune signs South Korea coach for world U-18 champs for Newcastle

SEOUL: Former under-20 boss Shin Tae-Yong was given the task of rescuing NAIROBI: Kenya is in the midst of a frantic eleventh hour effort to LONDON: French defender Florian Lejeune has signed a five-year South Korea’s teetering World Cup qualifying campaign when he was be ready to stage the IAAF World under-18 athletics championship deal to join Newcastle United, the club said yester- named as the country’s new national team boss yesterday. Shin replaces Uli next week. No less than 1,400 athletes from 130 countries are day. The 26-year-old central defender from club Eibar is Stielike, 62, South Korea’s longest-serving coach, who was axed last month expected to arrive in Nairobi for the four-day competition, which is Magpies manager Rafael Benitez’s second summer signing, for a after a shock defeat to Qatar left them in danger of missing direct qualifica- the final meet of the World U18 competition. Yesterday the athletes’ reported 8.7 million pounds (9.9 million euros). Earlier in the summer tion to Russia 2018. South Korea are seeking to reach their ninth consecutive village at Kenyatta University was declared ready, but the organising Benitez signed Chelsea winger Christian Atsu, who World Cup, a run which includes making the semi-finals on home soil in committee acknowledged a lot of work still needed to be done to helped Newcastle win promotion back to the Premier 2002. The Taeguk Warriors’ 3-2 defeat to Qatar-the first in 32 complete the main competition venue, the Moi International Sports League during a loan spell last season. Lejeune moves years against that country-followed earlier losses to China Centre in Kasarani, Nairobi. “We are undergoing a big test as the to Newcastle after a long a spell in Spain that started and Iran and left them clinging to the last direct qualifying organising committee, and as the people of Kenya, to make sure we with Villarreal in 2011. He was signed by Manchester spot in Group A with two games to go. Shin, 46, is a former stage the best athletics championships ever,” the World U18 City during the summer of 2015 but was immediate- for Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma and Brisbane Championship chief executive officer Mwangi Muthee said. “There is ly loaned out to Girona, before making a permanent Roar, where he had a brief stint as assistant coach before a lot of clean-up work to be done to the running track, which needs switch to Eibar 12 months later. Said Benitez: “He has graduating to become manager of the K-League Classic club to be lane-marked, and the workers are busy laying on the tartan [all progressed a lot as a player in the last few years and I in 2010. He has a reputation as a troubleshooter and led the weather surface] on the warm-up track. But we hope to be ready know he will give us something different at the back- national U23s ahead of the 2016 Rio Olympics, after his when the athletes begin to have the feel of the stadium on he is good with both feet, he’s big and he’s predecessor left in 2015 with cancer. —AFP Saturday.”—AFP good in the air also.” —AFP McIlroy strokes Matsuyama ahead of Irish Open

PORTSTEWART: Rory McIlroy has singled nament host, Northern Ireland’s McIlroy out world number two Hideki Matsuyama has worked hard behind the scenes for for special praise ahead of this week’s Irish three years now twisting the arm of his fel- Open at Portstewart. low PGA Tour colleagues in seeking their Matsuyama is the highest ranked player attendance at the Irish Open but he in this Irish field and two spots higher than seemed to have little trouble encouraging McIlroy, who was bumped back to number the recent runner-up in the US Open. three by the Japanese star after the US “I do not speak Japanese all that well Open and then to number four by Jordan but then I heard he was interested in play- Spieth, who climbed to number three on ing some links golf ahead of The Open, so the back of his dramatic play-off victory in when I heard that we got in touch with his last month’s Travelers Championship. management team saying that would love Matsuyama, the highest-placed to have him compete at Portstewart and Japanese golfer in the history of the world we would do anything to help in getting rankings, is making his debut in the $7 mil- him to the tournament,” said McIlroy. lion event as well as his first ever journey to “He is the second-best player in the Ireland. Strangely, his image is missing world right now and went so close a few from any of the promotional banners and weeks back to winning the US Open. posters lining the streets of the virtual twin “When he got himself into contention at towns of Portstewart and Portrush. Erin Hills I was sort of pulling for him as it However, that has not diminished would have been great to have a reigning McIlroy’s glowing respect for Matsuyama. Major champion in the Irish Open field.” “When you look at what he has Matsuyama has won four times on the achieved, not just last year and already this PGA Tour including this year’s successful year, but over the past few years it is defence of the Phoenix Open. impressive how he goes about his busi- It was the end of last year Matsuyama ness,” said McIlroy. “He is a very hard worker stamped his enormous potential winning and anytime you are on the practice range four of five events on his home Japan Tour he always seems to always be there and it is starting with a first Japan Open title. the same scenario when you are on the A week after capturing the Japan Open practice putting green. he won the WGC HSBC Champions in Shanghai to move to number six in the VERY IMPRESSIVE world. Matsuyama then stormed to a seven Jason Kokrak “He is very diligent around his practice stroke success in the Taiheiyo Masters. as he works very hard at it. “The thing I also In early December he went on to claim GOLF like about Hideki is that he is aggressive as the Tiger Woods hosted Hero World you only have to look at some of the shots Challenge in the Bahamas for a fourth vic- he hits and the pins he will take in during tory in five starts. Matsuyama will contest competition. the opening two rounds of the Irtish Open Kokrak seizes five-shot “So, all aspects of his game are very in the company of McIlroy and Spain world strong and he is very impressive.” As tour- number 11 Jon Rahm. — AFP lead, Johnson lurking Spieth wants reputation

TEXAS: American Jason Kokrak fired a flawless weeks and things are starting to kind of go in cern. “There’s no issues there,” he said. “Just as being a good closer eight-under-par 62 to seize a commanding five- an upturn.” Billy Horschel, the 2014 FedExCup need to keep practicing to get back. I had to stroke lead midway through the AT&T Byron champion, was alone in second on seven-under take almost four weeks off, really didn’t prac- CROMWELL: The club throw. The body wreck when leading a tournament. He talks Nelson in Irving, Texas on Friday. 133 after a 65, with Johnson joined at 134 by tice. It takes a little time to get back in the form bump. about chasing a ghost when he has the The 31-year-old Kokrak, who missed the cut South Korean An Byeong-hun (66), Jhonattan I was in leading into the Masters. It’s getting Those are the indelible images from lead, which is a target score, and that can at last week’s Players Championship, equalled Vegas of Venezuela (68) and Americans there.” Jordan Spieth’s victory in the Traveler’s be more difficult than having to make up a the 36-hole tournament record at 12-under par Cameron Tringale (68), Bud Cauley (67) and The cut was set at two over par, with 76 Championship, where he holed a 60-foot deficit. “By uncomfortable, I don’t mean and put himself in position for his first PGA Tour James Hahn (70). Johnson, who won three tour- players advancing to weekend play. One bunker shot in a playoff to defeat Daniel that in a negative way,” he said. “I mean that with four birdies on each nine in following up naments in a row before withdrawing from last notable absentee will be local favourite Jordan Berger and capture his 10th title on the in an added, rapid heart rate from when his opening 66. month’s Masters after injuring his back in a fall Spieth, who shot 75 for three-over 143, missing PGA Tour a month before his 24th birthday. you wake up, which is uncomfortable. But I The stocky Kokrak may need the added before the opening round, said he is still work- his second successive cut. Not to be overlooked was a more serene don’t want that to seem negative, because cushion as the chasing pack includes world ing on regaining top form. “Just disappointed,” said Spieth. “I’ve got to snapshot - Spieth posing with the trophy. that’s the position to be in.” He already has number one Dustin Johnson, who shot his sec- “Played a solid round,” said Johnson, who figure out what I’m doing on the greens, first It was the most comfortable he looked been there 13 times. ond 67 to be six-under on 134. gave a shot back with a bogey at his last hole. “I and foremost. I’ve got to get back into rhythm all day, even though he never trailed. This Spieth isn’t big on comparisons with “All week I’ve been feeling better and better made a lot of good shots and rolled the putter there. Short game is just off (but) it’s close.” did not appear to be a case of enjoying the anybody, least of all Woods. That’s a good with the putter,” said Kokrak. “Dave Stockton, Jr. pretty nicely.” The world number six will be defending his journey. “I wanted the holes to go by quick- thing when it comes to closing, because and his dad have helped me out the last few Johnson said the back was no longer a con- title at Colonial next week. —Reuters ly,” Spieth said. “That’s the only time I could there is no comparison. say that about my wins.” Woods won at a 92 percent clip (57-5) At the heart of such uneasiness was the when he had at least a share of the lead uncertainty with his putting stroke on the going into the final round on the PGA Tour. greens of the TPC River Highlands. A nor- That includes a 3-1 mark for Match Play, Tiger Woods released from mal putting round, at least by his stan- which effectively is the same as being tied dards, and there would have been no dra- for the lead with one round to play. ma, no playoff and no celebration that end- With his victory at Hartford, Spieth program, continues treatment ed with Spieth slinging his sand wedge improved to 8-5. And what would he call with his left hand (he’s a natural southpaw), that? “A phenomenal rate,” he said. “I think running out of the bunker and colliding 50 percent is an awesome rate - 50 percent : Former world number one with caddie Michael Greller. is fantastic.” Tiger Woods says he has finished a pro- The fact that Spieth had the 54-hole Spieth knows all about Woods and his gram to help him manage his medications, lead by one shot only exacerbated the ten- records, and many of them would seem to following his arrest in May for impaired sion he felt on the back nine. At stake was be out of reach. What made him curious driving. more than just a victory, but the chance to were the closing marks of other Hall of Woods said he would move forward build on his reputation as a closer. That’s Fame players, such as Phil Mickelson, with his next round of treatment to ease what Tiger Woods did better than anyone Els and Vijay Singh. else. Winning is winning. Comebacks are It would make him feel better about his back pain and sleep issues with the help of cool. But great players take pride in closing. own mark. Mickelson was 24-14 when he his physician and relatives. “I recently “I take more pride in it because I feel had at least a share of the lead going into completed an out of state private intensive totally different,” Spieth said. “I’m a lot more the final round, a rate of 63 percent. Singh program,” the golfing icon wrote Monday uncomfortable in the closing scenario, was 18-14 (56 percent), which included a on his Twitter account. “I will continue to playing with the lead. It’s more uncomfort- streak of converting 11 straight times over tackle this going forward with my doctors, able and makes it more challenging. The three years (2002-04) when the big Fijian family and friends. “I am so very thankful expectation is as long as I play the same as was at the top of his game. Els had the best for all of the support I’ve received.” Woods these guys, I win. If I’m not leading and I rate (75 percent) with the fewest opportu- did not provide any details of the treat- don’t win, then it wasn’t my day.” nities of those three. His record is 12-4, ment or type of program and did not say Don’t get the idea Spieth is a nervous though that’s only on the PGA Tour.—AP when he expected to return to golf. Woods was arrested May 29 near his Florida home for impaired driving. A breathalyzer test showed no sign of alco- hol but a police video showed Woods struggling to answer questions and he said later he did not realize how prescrip- tion drugs he was taking might interact. Woods made a comeback from back surgery in December in the Bahamas but has played only twice this year, missing the cut at Torrey Pines and withdrawing from the European Tour’s Dubai Desert Classic in February. In April, Woods announced he had undergone his fourth back operation since 2014 to ease back and leg pain and would miss the remainder of the season. Woods, whose 79 career PGA Tour wins are three shy of Sam Snead’s all-time record, has not won a major title since the 2008 CROMWELL: In a Sunday, June 25, 2017 file photo, Jordan Spieth hits off the 18th tee US Open and has not won any event since during a playoff in the final round of the Travelers Championship golf tournament, in the 2013 World Golf Championships Cromwell, Conn. —AP Bridgestone Invitational. —AFP Tiger Woods WEDNESDAY, JULY 5, 2017 SPORTS

Paralympics leadership denied vote by IOC on 2024 host city

LOS ANGELES: The host city for the extended last year, the city selected by to replace Craven as IPC president at a dates in order to achieve a diverse and added. “This is understood and cannot 2024 Paralympics will be selected with- the IOC to host the Olympics is also vote on Sept. 8 in Abu Dhabi: Patrick balanced membership of the IOC. be avoided.” out the Paralympic leadership having a obliged to stage the Paralympics short- Jarvis, Andrew Parsons, John Petersson “The commission submits a report to The Paris and LA bids declined to say in whether Los Angeles or Paris is ly afterward. A decision will be made and Haidi Zhang. the IOC executive board which is the comment on the Paralympic leadership chosen. next week on whether the 2028 host is “Sir Phil Craven will no longer be an competent body to propose a candida- not participating in the vote. Both cities It’s the consequence of the also selected at the September meeting IOC member once his mandate within ture to the session. The session alone is will present their projects to IOC mem- International Paralympic Committee in Peru, with the IOC keen to avoid the IPC ends,” the IOC said. “It does not competent to elect any IOC member.” bers next Tuesday in Lausanne, electing a new president in early making a loser of either Paris or LA giv- mean however that his successor will The IPC has been pushing to retain its Switzerland. September - and the winner not imme- en the strength of the bids. automatically become an IOC member. vote, with Craven telling the AP that The full IOC membership, still includ- diately and automatically replacing out- The IOC confirmed to The Associated His potential candidature will have to “something has to be worked out.” ing Craven, will then decide whether to going leader Philip Craven as an Press “there will be no representative be proposed to the IOC members elec- Parsons, the IPC vice president vying ratify the board’s request to award the International Olympic Committee from the IPC voting in Lima” on Sept. tion commission which is charged with for the top job, called it “unfortunate.” 2024 and 2028 Summer Games at the member. In an agreement that was 13. Four candidates are in the running preparing profiles and proposing candi- “It is purely a timing issue,” the Brazilian September meeting. — AP Stars sign Radulov to $31.25m, five-year deal

DALLAS: Right winger Alexander Radulov “With Montreal, I don’t think we even get got the richest contract given to an unre- that close, you know. In my opinion.” stricted free agent this offseason when he Nill said he couldn’t say what happened signed a $31.25 million, five-year deal with with Montreal’s negotiations with Radulov, the Dallas Stars. but added that his conversations with the Only after agreeing on terms with the player showed he was very committed to Stars did Radulov get an offer from the joining the Stars. Dallas also has signed Canadiens to stay in Montreal for that long. center Martin Hanzal for $14.25 million “The money was basically the same level. over three years, acquired defenseman For me it was more the term,” Radulov said Marc Methot from expansion Vegas and Monday. “Because I really (wanted), five traded for and signed goaltender Ben years at least on my deal, and I want to play Bishop. and not worry about it. Just play hard and “We’re excited about these moves, but try to win.” we’ve got to go to work now. It doesn’t The Stars obtained the top player avail- guarantee anything,” Nill said. “We like what able on the market on Day 3 of free agency. we have on paper, but in the end the goal Radulov will count $6.25 million against the for us is to be a contender every year, to get salary cap through 2021-22. “Alexander is a in the playoffs every year. We didn’t do that dynamic playmaker with top-end speed last year for different reasons, injuries and and skill,” General manager Jim Nill said. “To everything else.” add a forward of this stature to our lineup Before missing the playoffs this past sea- makes our top six as deep and talented as son, the Stars had been the top seed in the any group in this league.” Western Conference in 2015-16. Radulov The 30-year-old Russian had 18 goals spoke by phone a few days ago with Stars and 36 assists for 54 points last season with captain Jamie Benn, who with Tyler Seguin the Montreal Canadiens after returning to make up one of the NHL’s top scoring duos. the NHL following four seasons in the Radulov said Dallas was an “easy choice” for Kontinental Hockey League. He played on a him because of the players already there. $5.75 million, one-year deal and was look- “(Benn) told me about the team, about TURIN: In this Feb. 10, 2006 file photo, Korea flag-bearers Bora Lee and Jong-In Lee, carrying a unification flag, lead their teams into the stadium ing for a long-term agreement this time the guys, about the city,” Radulov said. “And during the 2006 Winter Olympics opening ceremony in Turin, Italy. The two Koreas continued their joint march tradition at the Turin Winter around. “When I put everything on the I really liked it and I’m really thankful for the Olympics. Sports ties between the rival Koreas often mirror their rocky political ties. — AP table and I saw what I have, it was an easy Dallas organization to give me a chance to decision to go to Dallas,” Radulov said. play with a great player.” — AP OLYMPICS NHL Pyeongchang Olympics are icy NHL free agents following NBA path in picking destinations path to warmer Korea relations

NEW YORK: Kevin Shattenkirk could’ve wanted to stay in San Jose. “It was nice get- SEOUL: Tears and hugs after North and South six months or 22 rounds of inter-Korean talks Korean weapon test close to the Pyeongchang gotten more money but took less to join ting courted by all these teams, and I felt Korean women won the 1991 team table tennis before fielding a single women’s table tennis Games could trigger strong anti-North senti- the New York Rangers. Joe Thornton bad saying, ‘Hey I’m going back to San Jose,’ world championships. A standing ovation when team in 1991. He also questioned how much ments both at home and abroad and make it could’ve gotten a multiyear deal from but that’s where my heart is and that’s athletes from the two Koreas marched together sports could impact relations between the hard for Moon to press ahead with his overtures. someone but wanted to stay with the San where I’m happy,” Thornton said. Likewise, to open the 2000 Sydney Olympics. A selfie tak- Koreas. “Did table tennis improve relations “What’s most important is that North Korea not Jose Sharks. Brian Campbell and Patrick Sharp couldn’t pass up returning to en by a South Korean gymnast with her North between the United States and China? Pingpong act in a way that earns President Moon criticism Sharp could’ve gotten more money the Chicago where he was part of three Stanley Korean opponent that went viral at last year’s was able to work as a catalyst because a political when he makes a gesture of reconciliation,” said past two summers but took the Chicago Cup teams, even if his contract is worth just Rio de Janeiro Games. foundation had already been created. The world Jung Moon-hyun, a sports science professor at discount to return the Blackhawks. $850,000 with performance bonuses. Sharp Seven months ahead of the Pyeongchang was saying pingpong made things work, but Chungnam National University in South Korea. The NHL is becoming more like the NBA said he was “coming back to make some Olympics, South Korea’s new liberal President that wasn’t the case,” Chang told South Korean with top players forgoing longer, big-mon- more great memories and try to help this Moon Jae-in hopes the first Winter Games on reporters last week. “Politics are always above SPORTS DIPLOMACY ey contracts to pick their preferred destina- team win another Stanley Cup,” which Korean soil could produce more of these feel- sports.” At the height of the Cold War, sports were tion, a trend that has added a new wrinkle Campbell tried last offseason, too. good sparks of seeming reconciliation and pave another battlefield between the Koreas. North to free agency. Justin Williams and his wife bought a the wave for deep engagement to ease the THE SPORTS OBSTACLES Korea boycotted the 1986 Asian Games and the “It’s their opportunity to go to where house near Raleigh, North Carolina, before rivals’ 72-year standoff. North Korea is not strong in winter sports. 1988 Olympics, both held in Seoul. they want to go and sometimes you might signing a $9 million, two-year deal to go In a good development for Moon, IOC The only North Korean athletes who are thought But sports exchanges briefly flourished in the have to take a little bit less money to go back to the Hurricanes. Ryan Miller called it President Thomas Bach on Monday expressed to have a realistic shot at making the 2018 early 1990s before a nuclear crisis erupted. This there,” Dallas Stars general manager Jim Nill “pretty ideal” to sign a $4 million, two-year his support for Moon’s overture while North Olympics are a North Korean pairs figure skating cooperation included the North-South women’s said. “Do you want to go to a good team? Is contract in Anaheim, close to Hollywood Korea recently allowed its taekwondo demon- team. Even if they qualify, it will mean less than table tennis team championship over China in it a city you want to go to? Is it where your where actress wife Noureen DeWulf needs stration team to perform in the South in the 10 North Koreans - two athletes plus coaches 1991, and a unified world youth boys’ soccer family wants to be? ... It’s players finding to be often for her work. Koreas’ first sports exchanges since Moon’s May and officials - would come to Pyeongchang. This team that reached the quarterfinals later that the right fit for where they want to be and Familiarity with Nashville and coach 10 inauguration. small squad - or no athletes at all - could make it year. These were the last unified Korean sports having the money that they can live with.” Peter Laviolette led Scott Hartnell to return But there is also plenty of skepticism about difficult to create a mood of reconciliation. Still, teams, but the rivals found other ways to coop- Shattenkirk is not exactly LeBron James, to the Predators on a $1 million, one-year Moon’s efforts because of a serious escalation in South Korean officials are looking at other ways erate. After the leaders of North and South Korea but the New Rochelle, New York, native deal, after playing his first six NHL seasons North Korean nuclear and missile arsenals - to get North Korea involved. met for landmark summit talks in Pyongyang in filled that role on Saturday when he turned with them. “Absolutely love coming back to North Korea yesterday test-fired an intermedi- Pyeongchang’s organizing committee said it’s June 2000, athletes from the Koreas walked down offers of seven years and more than Nashville,” Hartnell said. “I wish it was ate-range missile likely capable of striking Alaska discussing with South Korean government offi- behind a blue-and-white “unification” flag for the $30 million to sign with the Rangers for October already.” - and a weak North Korean winter sports pro- cials whether to ask the IOC and other interna- first time at the opening ceremony of the $26.6 million over four years. The 28-year- That kind of natural excitement doesn’t gram that sent only two athletes to the 2010 tional sports bodies to give North Korea special Sydney Summer Games. This happened at other old defenseman felt like it may be his only happen everywhere. Executives around the Vancouver Games and none to the 2014 Sochi entries if no North Korean athletes qualify for the major international sports events, but the prac- opportunity to “fulfill a lifelong dream” and league don’t begrudge players for making Games. Sydney and Rio were both Summer Olympics. tice stopped after the 2007 Asian Winter Games wants to help pull off what LeBron did in personal choices. Olympics. North Korea’s only IOC member, South Korea is also reviewing whether to in Chuangchun, China. Cleveland. “Players have priorities on where they Chang Ung, said last week that cooperation on hold out-of-competition matches during the Despite terrible political ties amid the nuclear “No matter where you go you’re trying want to play: family reasons, where teams the Pyeongchang Games could prove hard con- Olympics that would allow North Korean ath- standoff, cross-border sports exchanges to win your team a Stanley Cup,” are, whether they’re on the verge of win- sidering the shortage of time and difficult poli- letes to compete, according to Moon’s between the Koreas did not disappear entirely. Shattenkirk said. “There’s no better place to ning a Stanley Cup or a rebuilding situa- tics. What follows is an examination of South Unification Ministry. The South’s organizing com- North Korea attended the 2014 Asian Games try to do it for me than in New York.” tion,” Buffalo Sabres GM Jason Botterill said. Korea’s attempt to make North Korea a key part mittee said special entries and extra games have held in Incheon, South Korea. At the close of the Rangers GM Jeff Gorton praised “I think that happens every year.” of the Olympics set for Feb. 9-25. not been allowed at past Winter Games. games, three top Pyongyang officials made a Shattenkirk for leaving money and years on Some money factors could play a role, surprise visit and held the Koreas’ highest-level the table, and even New Jersey Devils GM such as Alexander Radulov making more in MOON’S PLAN THE NUCLEAR OBSTACLES face-to-face talks in five years. Ray Shero - who made a strong push to Dallas than he would have earned on the During a speech at the world taekwondo Relations between the Koreas are dismal as This spring, North Korea’s women’s ice hockey sign the top free agent available - gave him same contract in Montreal or Vegas, with championship in the South that drew Chang and the North pursues its nuclear ambitions. Since team came to the South to take part in the group credit for signing in New York because it Tampa Bay and Florida having a leg up in North Korean athletes, Moon appealed for North taking power in late 2011, North Korean leader rounds of the world championships, while the was “where he wanted to be.” states with no income tax. But the Stars Korea’s Olympic participation while talking Kim Jong Un has conducted three atomic test South’s national women’s soccer team traveled to The NHL’s hard salary cap and players re- wouldn’t have attracted Radulov if they about the power of sports and citing the historic explosions and ordered a raft of ballistic-missile the North for an Asian Cup qualifying match. One signing to so many long-term deals means weren’t contenders. “Trying to win is a huge “pingpong diplomacy” between the United launches as part of his stated goal of building of the feel-good highlights of the Rio Games last superteams like in the NBA won’t happen. component to players picking places,” said States and China in the 1970s. nuclear missiles capable of reaching the conti- year came when a 17-year-old South Korean But where and who matters more and veteran winger Chris Kunitz, who won the “I think (North Korea’s Olympic attendance) nental United States. Moon’s conservative pred- gymnast named Lee Eun-ju took a selfie with more to hockey players than simply how Cup three times with the Penguins and would greatly contribute in realizing Olympic ecessors responded by suspending major aid North Korea’s Hong Un Jong as they trained for much and for how long. Thornton had signed with the Lightning. “I think we’re all values, which are about bringing humanity shipments and cross-border cooperation proj- competition. The photo captured global head- more than half the 31-team league reach pretty fortunate in what we do, but we also together and promoting world peace,” Moon ects. Moon has pledged to improve ties and lines, and Bach described it as a “great gesture.” out to sign him at age 38 and signed for $8 want to go out there and compete and said during the event’s opening ceremony on promised to use the Pyeongchang Games to It’s far from certain whether Pyeongchang will million for one year because he simply have a chance to win.” — AP June 24. ease cross-border animosities. But any big North have any similar gestures.—AP Moon has previously said he wants North Korean athletes to visit the South by crossing over the heavily fortified land border between the Koreas - a deeply symbolic event that would excite frenzied media coverage. He has also pro- posed holding a pre-Olympic celebratory event at the North’s scenic Diamond Mountain, where the two Koreas once ran a tourism program. Moon’s sports minister, Do Jong-hwan, told lawmakers recently that South Korea was also studying a joint women’s ice hockey team with North Korea for the Pyeongchang Games. Other ideas: using a recently built North Korean ski resort as a training site and adding North Korea to the Olympic torch relay route. During their meeting at Moon’s presidential palace in Seoul on Monday, Bach said he actively supports Moon’s push for Korean peace and said it’s in accordance with the Olympic spirit, according to Moon’s office. But some of the measures floated by the Moon government PITTSBURGH: In this Dec 20, 2015, file photo, Toronto Maple Leafs’ Matt Hunwick (2) plays require formal IOC approvals, and Pyeongchang DAEGU: In this Aug 28, 2003 file photo, North Korean women hold national flags to cheer at the during an NHL hockey game against the Pittsburgh Penguins in Pittsburgh. The Stanley organizers say nothing has been officially deter- Daegu Universiade Games in Daegu, South Korea. Sports ties between the rival Koreas often Cup champion Penguins will look a lot different as they go for a three-peat. The Penguins mined yet. mirror their rocky political ties. North Korea participated in the University Games in Daegu, signed defenseman Matt Hunwick and goaltender Antti Niemi and lost defensemen Chang suggested it may be too late to try to South Korea in 2003, and its athletes walked again with South Korean counterparts at the Trevor Daley and Ron Hainsey and center Nick Bonino during free agency. —AP field a single Olympic team, saying it took five to opening and closing ceremonies. — AP WEDNESDAY, JULY 5, 2017 SPORTS

WASHINGTON: Brandon Nimmo #9 of the New York Mets beats the throw to Ryan Zimmerman #11 of the Washington Nationals for an infield single in the eighth inning during a baseball game at Nationals Park on Monday in Washington. — AFP

BASEBALL Raburn hits winning run as Nationals edge Mets

WASHINGTON: Ryan Raburn drove in the Suter (1-1) struck out eight over six innings, Tanaka (7-7) turned in his third consecutive Pedroia, who already had three hits and four inning with his 23rd home run of the season game-winning run with two outs in the bot- allowing an unearned run and four hits - all strong outing, a big positive for the banged- RBIs. Benintendi, who had entered the and gave the Royals a 2-0 lead against tom of the ninth as the Washington singles. The 27-year-old left hander made up Yankees as they chase AL East-leading game as a pinch hitter in the ninth, then hit Seattle starter Andrew Moore. Gordon’s Nationals survived another bullpen collapse his second big league start, pitching in Boston. Second-place New York won for a ball that landed just beyond the infield home run came with two outs in the fifth, a for a 3-2 victory over the New York Mets on place of Chase Anderson, on the disabled only the sixth time in 20 games. dirt in short left. Heath Hembree (1-2), the pitch he broke his bat on but was still able Monday night. Curtis Granderson tied the list because of a left oblique strain. Wade sixth Boston pitcher, retired all six batters he to get it over the wall in right just beyond game with a two-out, two-run homer off Miley (3-7) gave up seven runs, seven hits CARDINALS 14, MARLINS 6 faced over the last two innings. the leap of Mitch Haniger. It was Gordon’s Nationals reliever Matt Albers (4-1). and two walks in 1 2/3 innings, raising his Rookie Luke Voit hit his first major league fifth homer and second in the past three Granderson’s heroics came after Michael ERA to 5.20 from 4.54. He is 1-4 with an homer and drove in four runs, Tommy Pham TWINS 9, ANGELS 5 games. Taylor’s two-run homer in the bottom of the 11.69 ERA in his last six starts. reached base five times and the Cardinals Max Kepler tied a career high with four eighth broke a scoreless tie. Matt Wieters beat the Marlins. St. Louis scored four runs hits, including a home run, Adalberto Mejia WHITE SOX 7, ATHLETICS 2 opened the ninth with a walk against Paul PHILLIES 4, PIRATES 0 in the first inning and seven in the third on earned his third straight win and the Twins Todd Frazier doubled twice and drove in Sewald (0-3), moved to second following a Aaron Nola struck out eight in seven the way to an 11-0 lead. Voit added a two- beat the Angels. Joe Mauer also homered two runs to back Carlos Rodon’s first win of sacrifice bunt and took third on Adam Lind’s splendid innings, Freddy Galvis and Maikel run homer in the eighth in the Cardinals’ and Miguel Sano had three hits for the season, and the White Sox beat the deep fly ball. Following Stephen Drew’s Franco hit two-run homers and the Phillies fifth win in six games. Adam Wainwright (9- Minnesota, which won for just the third slumping Athletics. Melky Cabrera added walk, Raburn’s slow, looping liner to left beat the Pirates. Nola (6-5) allowed four hits 5) picked up his second successive win and time in nine games. Mejia (4-3) allowed nine three hits and an RBI, Willy Garcia doubled field off Fernando Salas fell in front of a div- and none until Jordy Mercer lined a double also drove in two runs with a bases-loaded hits and three earned runs in seven innings. twice while Matt Davidson had an RBI dou- ing Yoenis Cespedes, scoring Wieters. down the left-field line with two outs in the single. The Marlins have lost five of six. He’s given up five earned runs in 22 1/3 ble to break out of a personal slump and Nationals left fielder Brian Goodwin kept fifth. Joaquin Benoit and Hector Neris com- Miami starter Jeff Locke (0-5) gave up 11 innings over his past four starts after allow- help Chicago to its fifth win in seven games. the game scoreless in the top of the eighth pleted the four-hitter. Galvis hit a shot esti- hits and 11 earned runs in 2 2/3 innings. ing eight in a June 12 start. His ERA has One week after getting swept by the A’s at by throwing out Brandon Nimmo trying to mated at 417 feet into the second deck in Pham had three hits and two walks. He dropped from 5.53 to 4.32 in that span. Luis home, the White Sox jumped on Oakland score from second on Jose Reyes’ base hit. right field to give the Phillies a 2-0 lead in drove in a pair of runs. Valbuena and Martin Maldonado homered starter Jharel Cotton early and got strong the first off Ivan Nova (8-6). After Galvis and Andrelton Simmons had three hits for pitching from Rodon and two relievers to ROCKIES 5, REDS 3 reached on a bunt single his next time up, RED SOX 7, RANGERS 5 Los Angeles, which has lost four of five. make it hold up before a crowd of 40,019 - Rookie Raimel Tapia finished a single shy Franco ripped a liner out to left to make it 4- Andrew Benintendi blooped a two-run the largest to watch a baseball game at the of the cycle, Charlie Blackmon lined a solo 0 in the third. Nova gave up four runs and single over a drawn-in infield in the 11th ROYALS 3, MARINERS 1 Coliseum in nearly 12 years. Rodon (1-1) shot after it was announced he would par- seven hits in six innings. He allowed more inning and the Red Sox beat the Rangers for Ian Kennedy allowed one run pitching allowed two runs over 6 1/3 innings and ticipate in the All-Star Home Run Derby. than three earned runs for only the fourth their AL-best fifth straight victory. Boston into the seventh inning, Mike Moustakas came within one shy of his career high with Tapia’s homer in the sixth broke a tie game time in 17 starts. needed extra innings after Mike Napoli led and Alex Gordon both hit solo home runs, 10 strikeouts in his second start after miss- as the Rockies returned home following a off the Rangers ninth with a homer off All- and the Royals beat the Mariners. Kennedy ing nearly the first three months of the sea- forgetful 1-8 trip. Right-hander Jeff Hoffman YANKEES 6, BLUE JAYS 3 Star closer Craig Kimbrel, who had blown (3-6) won his third straight decision with son on the disabled list with bursitis in his (5-1) nearly collected as many hits at the Masahiro Tanaka pitched seven sharp only one of his previous 24 save opportuni- one of his best performances of the season. left bicep. Rodon gave up a two-run double plate (two) as he surrendered on the mound innings for his second straight win following ties. With runners at second and third with The lone run scored on a wild pitch as to Adam Rosales in the second the retired (four). He went seven effective innings, with a long slump, helping the Yankees beat the one out in the 11th against Ernesto Frieri (0- Kansas City handed Seattle its fifth straight 14 of 16 on his way to winning for the first his only hiccup back-to-back homers to skidding Blue Jays. Hours after announcing 1), the Rangers intentionally walked Dustin loss at home. Moustakas led off the second time since Sep. 30. — AP Scooter Gennett and Joey Votto in the sixth. they’ll both compete in the Home Run Hoffman’s run-scoring double in the second Derby next week, All-Star sluggers Aaron was his first major league RBI. Hoffman Judge and Gary Sanchez sparked New York’s turned the ball over to the bullpen, where offense. Consecutive singles by those Baby Jake McGee pitched the eighth and recently Bombers in the first helped the Yankees named All-Star Greg Holland threw a per- scratch out two runs against Marcus fect ninth for his 27th save in 28 chances. Stroman. Judge’s leadoff single and Luis Castillo (0-1) went 5 2-3 innings and Sanchez’s double set up a four-run eighth allowed four runs. He also struck out eight. that included Chase Headley’s two-run dou- ble off Ryan Tepera. Headley was hit by a BREWERS 8, ORIOLES 1 pitch to force home a run in the first and fin- Travis Shaw started the rout with a go- ished with three RBIs. Jacoby Ellsbury drew ahead single in a four-run first inning, then a bases-loaded walk from Stroman (8-5), left after he was hit on a hand by a pitch who grew up on Long Island about 55 miles during the Brewers’ win over the Orioles. from Yankee Stadium. Last-place Toronto Backed by 7-0 lead in the second, Brent has dropped five straight and nine of 11.

MLB results/standings

Colorado 5; Cincinnati 3, Minnesota 9; LA Angels 5, St. Louis 14; Miami 6, Philadelphia 4; Pittsburgh 0, NY Yankees 6; Toronto 3, Washington 3; NY Mets 2, Milwaukee 8; Baltimore 1. American League National League Eastern Division Eastern Division W L PCT GB Washington 49 34 .590 - Boston 48 35 .578 - Atlanta 40 41 .494 8 NY Yankees 44 37 .543 3 NY Mets 38 44 .463 10.5 Tampa Bay 43 41 .512 5.5 Miami 36 45 .444 12 Baltimore 40 42 .488 7.5 Philadelphia 28 53 .346 20 Toronto 37 .451 10.5 Central Division Central Division Milwaukee 45 40 .529 - Cleveland 44 37 .543 - Chicago Cubs 41 41 .500 2.5 Kansas City 42 40 .512 2.5 Minnesota 42 40 .512 2.5 St. Louis 40 42 .488 3.5 Chicago White Sox 37 45 .451 7.5 Pittsburgh 37 46 .446 7 Detroit 36 45 .444 8 Cincinnati 35 47 .427 8.5 Western Division WESTERN DIVISION Houston 56 27 .675 - LA Dodgers 55 29 .655 - LA Angels 43 44 .494 15 Arizona 52 31 .627 2.5 Seattle 41 43 .488 15.5 Colorado 49 36 .576 6.5 OAKLAND: Adam Rosales #16 of the Oakland Athletics completes a double play over Todd Frazier #21 of the Chicago White Sox dur- Texas 40 43 .482 16 San Diego 34 48 .415 20 ing the seventh inning at the Oakland Coliseum on Monday in Oakland, California. The Chicago White Sox defeated the Oakland Oakland 35 48 .422 21 San Francisco 33 51 .393 22 Athletics 7-2. — AFP WEDNESDAY, JULY 5, 2017 SPORTS

RUGBY ‘Express yourself’, coach Foster tells All Blacks

AUCKLAND: Assistant coach Ian Foster the forwards) and front-foot ball and was difficult to plan for. He conceded the definitely has that feel. The excitement make sure we do our basics really well,” has urged the All Blacks to express them- we’ve got to make sure we’re smart in All Blacks, while still controlling the game we had at training today backs that up,” he said. selves and use their brains in this week- using that.” The reigning world champi- for long periods, went into their shell he said. The 80-Test veteran said a row end’s Test series decider against the ons were convincing 30-15 winners in slightly after losing a man and did not “The Lions are a great side and there’s between Lions prop Kyle Sinckler and British and Irish Lions. While stung by a the first Test at Eden Park, where they pursue attacking opportunities with a lot of history between these two teams, some All Blacks after the siren in 24-21 loss to the Lions in Wellington, out-muscled the Lions forwards. their usual vigour. so being 1-1 it does have that feeling Wellington would not affect the hosts’ Foster said “it’s not all doom and gloom The Lions then hit back a week later “Probably our vision was a bit narrow,” about it.” attitude toward the match. for us” as the third Test looms in after Sonny Bill Williams’ sending off for a he said. “That’s a work-on for us, because Kaino said there was “an edge” to the “I don’t think it’s our style to drag Auckland on Saturday. shoulder charge reduced the hosts to 14 it’s not something that’s natural to us, New Zealanders ahead of the game and things off the field and carry it on. It “We’ve done some really good stuff in men for much of the match. but we allowed ourselves to get into that they wanted to impose themselves while just hinders what you want to do and the last two weeks but it’s pretty clear Neither encounter featured the All mode.” also maintaining discipline. how you want to improve,” he said. that there’s more in us,” he said. “We’ve Blacks’ trademark expansive game, with He was not concerned about a north- “There’s always going to be feeling got to focus on that and make sure that Lions coach Warren Gatland saying he CUP FEVER ern hemisphere referee-France’s Romain between these two team and when we in all circumstances-whether it’s wet and was yet to see them play “champagne Flanker Jerome Kaino said returning Poite-being in charge of the match. “We cross those white lines we throw it out cold or windy or whatever-we’re still able rugby”. Foster said the Wellington defeat to Eden Park for the winner-takes-all know how we can play physical and there, but once we leave I think we to express ourselves when we want to. hinged on the red card, a situation the third Test felt like the final of a World within the laws, so we’ll just let the ref should dump it and not bring it into “We’ve proven we can get parity (in All Blacks had not faced for 50 years and Cup-a tournament he has won twice. “It interpret how he wants to interpret and our preparation.” —AFP

CRICKET T20 and ODI captain Sarfraz to lead Pakistan in Tests

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Cricket Board has the final. appointed Sarfraz Ahmed as Test captain Pakistan easily lost its opening group after the wicketkeeper-batsman led the game against India but made a strong national team to a surprise triumph at the comeback with fast bowler Hasan Ali and Champions Trophy tournament in England opening batsman Fakhar Zaman playing last month. pivotal roles. PCB chairman Shaharyar Khan Ali took 13 wickets in the tournament announced the decision yesterday during a and Zaman scored two half centuries and a ceremony to honor the winning team at century in the final. Pakistan went on to the prime minister’s residence in beat South Africa and Sri Lanka in the Islamabad. Ahmed already leads Pakistan in remaining two group matches before Twenty20s and ODIs. He has played 36 test humiliating title favorite England in the matches since making his debut in 2010, semifinals. scoring 2,089 runs at an average of 40.96 “I watched the whole match (final),” with three centuries and 13 half centuries. Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif told players Khan said he informed Ahmed about and officials at the reception. Khan said he the PCB’s decision just before yesterday’s would like to see India playing against ceremony. “I talked to him when we were Pakistan in a bilateral series. coming here and he said ‘I am ready to “We challenge you to come and play serve Pakistan,’” Khan said. (but) they don’t play against us because Pakistan, ranked No. 8 in the eight-team they are afraid of us,” Khan claimed. “I think Champions Trophy, routed archrival and bilateral cricket will be good for us and will defending champion India by 180 runs in benefit cricket.”— AP From left Ma Long Weibo, Fan Zhendong Weibo, Xu Xin Weibo

TABLE TENNIS ‘Chengdu Three’ mount rare Chinese revolt

SHANGHAI: China’s table tennis stars usually ment”, Liu was removed as overall head coach accident while driving without a licence. demolish their rivals but they may be fighting a and named as a vice-president of the Chinese Ning Zetao, another of China’s top swimmers, losing battle after mounting a rare challenge Table Tennis Association, the body said. was kicked off the national team in February for against more formidable opposition-their own signing sponsorship deals without official con- sports system. ‘COUNTRY-FIRST’ CULTURE sent. Badminton great Lin Dan risked the wrath In a rare show of dissent, Ma Long, Fan The problems affecting Chinese table tennis of his handlers by dating team-mate Xie Zhendong and Xu Xin-the world’s top three come after a shake-up in badminton, where Li Xingfang-now his wife-despite such relation- men’s players-downed paddles at last month’s Yongbo quit after 24 years as head coach in ships being forbidden. China Open in Chengdu, saying they were too April, following a prolonged slump in form. heartbroken to play after the removal of head But public revolts are rare, mainly because of GRAND SLAM WINS coach Liu Guoliang. the strength of China’s sports system and the The biggest name to break free of the system It is highly unusual for Chinese athletes to culture of putting the country before the indi- is Li Na, who won Asia’s first two Grand Slam ten- Sarfraz Ahmed publicly break ranks with the state sports sys- vidual, experts say. nis singles titles before she retired in 2014. tem, and follows apparent attempts to censor “It’s so institutionalised and it’s ‘country-first’ The outspoken Li hit success late in her career online comment, according to a website which and all about China and not the individual,” said after she made the tough decision to go it alone Broad backs new skipper monitors social media in China. Mark Dreyer, founder of China Sports Insider, with her own coaching set-up and organising China’s athletes are often groomed from which analyses the country’s sports business. her own sponsorship. “It still staggers me, given childhood in an intense training environment, “At the Olympic level people have been criti- how successful she was, why they have not Root to go to ‘next level’ bringing success particularly in medal-heavy cised for thanking their parents before they allowed it more and why they persist with the Olympic sports like badminton, diving and gym- thank their country,” he said, adding that fear of losing control and earnings,” said Dreyer. LONDON: England fast bowler Stuart way he plays, so I think the team will take nastics-and especially table tennis, where China Chinese officials often want to “piggy-back” on Given China’s success in table tennis, top Broad believes captaincy will take star bats- that sort of shape,” added Broad. “He was has won all but four gold medals since it joined an outstanding sportsman’s success. players are household names and the “Chengdu man Joe Root’s game to the “next level”. announced a long time ago and now he the Games programme in 1988. “Individualism, putting yourself above the Three” have sparked much debate and specula- Root was named was named as the succes- has the chance to put things into place.” After failing to appear for their second-round country and the team is frowned upon, so when tion, trending on social media for several days. sor to Alastair Cook as long ago as Meanwhile Broad, a veteran of 102 Tests, singles matches at the China Open, the people become big stars and start getting indi- “Only China’s sports administration can beat the February, but Thursday’s series opener insisted he was fully fit for the first of a four- “Chengdu Three” posted messages on social vidual endorsements for example-rather than Chinese table tennis team,” quipped one user on against South Africa at Lord’s will be the match series against South Africa after his media saying they were too saddened by Liu’s team endorsements-that causes a lot of prob- China’s Twitter-style Weibo, in a comment that Yorkshireman’s first match as England Test participation was called into question by a axing to play on. They quickly apologised, along lems with the old style of thinking.” was later deleted. captain. foor injury. However, he played in with Liu-but the all-conquering men’s team was While open rebellion by sports stars is seldom Reflecting the level of interest, the state- Test captaincy appears to have boosted Nottinghamshire’s One-Day Cup final win then pulled from this week’s Australian Open seen, one of the best known cases also came in aligned Global Times newspaper published a the performances of such leading current over Surrey at Lord’s last Saturday, bowling because of “tiredness”. Nothing more has been table tennis-He Zhili, who later became the lengthy analysis of the table tennis row. “While batsmen as India’s Virat Kohli, Australia’s none overs with no adverse reaction. heard since. Japanese national champion Chire Koyama. the recent protest exposed discontent with the Steve Smith and New Zealand’s Kane “I got through the Lord’s final with no The row has its roots in the suspension of She was a star in China but did the unthink- nationalised sports system, there is no denying Williamson, with Broad confident it will problems and bowled Wednesday and women’s head coach Kong Linghui, the former able and defected to arch-rival Japan, claiming that in ping pong at least, that system has an inspire Root to greater heights rather be Friday before that with no pain,” said Broad. Olympic champion known as the “Ping Pong that she had resisted an order to lose a 1987 undeniable record of success,” said the article, too heavy a burden for the 26-year-old. “I pulled up really well and I’ll train again Prince” who is being sued over a gambling debt world title clash to a Chinese team-mate. praising it as “a well-oiled machine”. But it also “Joe’s not had a huge amount of cap- this afternoon and tomorrow, but I feel to a Singapore casino, according to reports. Swimmer Sun Yang fell out with authorities conceded there was “unprecedented outcry and taincy experience because he played for confident,” the 31-year-old son of former After an internal investigation found “several over his relationship with an air hostess, and he anger towards the nationalised sports system England from a young age but he’s learned England batsman turned match referee deep-seated problems in the (team’s) manage- was also banned after his involvement in a car that places collectivism first”. — AFP the game at the top level,” Broad told Sky Chris Broad, added. “I’ve been playing Sports News at Lord’s yesterday. county cricket since early April, so I’ve got “I think it will take his game to the next quite a lot of red ball and white ball cricket level, if he can go any higher. He’ll really in. It was great to have the intensity of a Australia train despite tour boycott threat thrive off the extra responsibility. “He’s an Lord’s final, to play in it but also to put my attacking cricketer, quite aggressive in the body to the test.”— AFP BRISBANE: Players turned up for training yes- arrangement of giving cricketers a fixed share of MOU (Memorandum of Understanding) for the terday ahead of the Australia A tour of South revenues, in favour of dividing surpluses among next 12 months to allow negotiations to, let’s say Africa, despite the threat to boycott the trip elite players and offering a pay rise. Former the word continue, but sort negotiations out,” he because of a bitter pay dispute. After months of Australian captain Michael Clarke urged the par- said in Sydney. “The players want to play, they negotiations the players and Cricket Australia ties to extend the existing deal for 12 months to want to play for their country, there’s no doubt (CA) have failed to reach agreement on a new allow for more negotiations. “Just keep the same about it.” —AFP pay deal, leaving 230 players unemployed since the end of June when their contracts expired. The Australian Cricketers’ Association (ACA) executive Alistair Nicholson said a “significant breakthrough” in the stand-off was needed by Friday for the South Africa tour to proceed. Nevertheless, players were sticking to their schedule and reported for training with coach Jason Gillespie in Brisbane for the tour which is due to start on July 12. “As a coach, I’ll help the players prepare as well as we can,” Australia A coach Gillespie told reporters. “We have to have the attitude as if we are going to be travelling.” The pay row also threat- ens to derail upcoming Australia tours to Bangladesh and India as well as this year’s pres- tige home Ashes series against England. Cricket Australia’s national talent manager Greg Chappell told reporters that he remained opti- mistic that a swift solution could be found. “I’m expecting that we will see a positive resolution in the not too distant future and we will get back to focusing on the cricket,” he said yesterday. CA and the players’ union hit an impasse after BRISBANE: Australia ‘A’ tour squad captain Usman Khawaja takes part in a cricket training ses- Joe Root the board attempted to scrap a 20-year-old sion at Allan Border Field in Brisbane yesterday. — AFP WEDNESDAY, JULY 5, 2017 SPORTS Yellow jersey Thomas keen to stay safe in bunch sprint

LONGWY: Yellow jersey wearer Geraint Sunday, that increases the perils for rid- Thomas overall with another Sky team- It’s an almost pan flat stage of Andre Greipel and world champion Thomas will be looking to stay out of ers. mate, Michal Kwiatkowski eighth, mak- 207.5km that starts in Luxembourg and Peter Sagan rub shoulders with German trouble as a bunch sprint finish is “It looks like another bunch sprint, ing it a great start to the Tour for the finishes in the town of Vittel, known powerhouse Marcel Kittel, the green jer- expected at the Tour de France. Thomas we’ll try to stay up front and out of trou- British team. mostly for its bottled water and thermal sey will be in play too. Kittel holds it but and his Sky team leader Chris Froome, ble, but saying that a crash happened “Touch wood, we’ve all been riding baths. It’s also the site of one of the top with 50 points on offer to the stage win- the reigning champion, were both taken (on Sunday) — there’s not a lot you can really well together,” said Thomas. “We spa resorts in France and has a no pesti- ner, others including Frenchman Arnaud down in a crash on a wet and slippery do about that,” said Thomas. He took the still have the (yellow) jersey, it’s been a cide policy around its water resources, Demarre and Sagan will have designs of bend 30km from the end of Sunday’s race leader’s yellow jersey in Saturday’s great start but there are still 18 days to making it an ideal place to relax after a ridding the Quick-Step rider of his prize. second stage, which ended in a bunch opening stage time-trial but his main go and a lot of bike racing to come.” The tough stage of racing, even if the riders With the sun out and only a small sprint. On flat stages which favour the job is to help Froome in his bid for a peloton’s fast men will feel refreshed by decline to try the local speciality: frog amount of cloud cover, temperatures of sprinters, the run-in to the finish is usual- fourth Tour victory. Tuesday’s fourth stage finish following tart. As well as the battle for the stage just over 20 degrees Celsius, it made for ly very fast, and when it’s wet like on Froome is currently second behind Monday’s tough, short climb. win that should see Mark Cavendish, ideal racing weather. — AFP

BASKETBALL Tatum hits go-ahead shot as Celtics edge Fultz, 76ers

ORLANDO: Boston’s Jayson Tatum ance up with an even better second game opened the Utah Summer League and his in Orlando. Leaf improved on Sunday’s 12- pro career with a go-ahead basket to beat point debut by scoring 19 points and No. 1 pick Markelle Fultz and Philadelphia. grabbing 10 rebounds to help lead the The game in Salt Lake City was the Pacers to an 86-83 win over Miami to most anticipated contest thus far, as sum- move them to 3-0. The 6-foot-10 forward mer play heated up Monday with the from UCLA, who missed the Summer Orlando Pro Summer League entering its League opener on Saturday to attend a third day and the Utah Summer League family wedding, showed some versatility tipping getting started. The 24-team NBA with scoring on the perimeter and in the Summer League in Las Vegas starts on paint while converting 9 of 17 from the Friday. New York, Oklahoma City, Orlando, field in 28 minutes. Dallas, Indiana and Miami were in action Joe Young finished with 17 points and in Orlando on Monday. Boston, six assists, while Jarnell Stokes added 14 Philadelphia, Utah and San Antonio got points and Chris Johnson contributed 12. going in Salt Lake City later on Monday. Miami’s first-round pick Bam Adebayo led A look at some of the notable action. all scorers with 29 points and grabbed 11 rebounds in nearly 32 minutes. DAZZLING DEBUT Tatum’s jumper and the Celtics’ ensuing COMEBACK MAVS stop of Fultz gave Boston an 89-88 victory. The Dallas Mavericks found themselves Fultz played well on both ends of the floor quickly in a 17-point hole against Orlando and showed why the 76ers took him with during Monday’s game. They recovered in the top pick they acquired from Boston. the second quarter and then separated in Fultz finished with three blocks, including the third on the way to an 86-76 win. a weakside swat of Kadeem Allen that had Dallas improved to 2-0. Guard Dwight the crowd gasping. He had 17 points on 6- Buycks led the Mavericks with 20 points, MONDORF-LES-BAINS: Peter Sagan of Slovakia, left, sprints as Britain’s Mark Cavendish, center, and Britain’s Ben Swift crash, during the sprint for-16 shooting, including two 3-pointers. while forward Brandon Paul added 18. of the fourth stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 207.5 kilometers (129 miles) with start in Mondorf-les-Bains, Luxembourg, and finish “People have big expectations but, to No. 6 overall pick Jonathan Isaac had in Vittel, France, yesterday. World champion Peter Sagan has been disqualified from the Tour de France for causing a crash in achaotic sprint fin- me, it was just another day to play basket- eight points in the first quarter but hurt ish that left Mark Cavendish needing treatment for his injuries and further examinations in a hospital. — AP ball and do what I love,” Fultz said. “I love his hip on a collision in the second and chasing down blocks and blocking shots. didn’t return in the second half. Point CYCLING On defense I’m always going to give effort guard Marcus Georges-Hunt, who was on both ends of the floor. That’s one thing called up from the D-League by the Magic that goes unnoticed is just how hard I play in April, contributed 20 points but he had on both ends. I’m a great shot-blocking little help. Sagan disqualified from point guard.” Tatum was not overshadowed as the 6- NTILIKINA UPDATE foot-8, 208-pounder showed the versatili- Knicks rookie Frank Ntilikina has missed ty he’s known for and knocked down a the first three games with a knee injury. Tour for Cavendish ‘elbow’ pull-up jumper with 5.7 seconds left. It’s unclear whether the No. 8 overall pick Fultz’s shot was blocked on the other end will participate in Summer League play. to end the game. Tatum, the No. 3 pick, Knicks coach Jeff Hornacek did not talk to VITTEL: World champion Peter Sagan was sen- he was also wearing a sling. “Injury-wise I’m the final kilometre as riders jostled for position may have had the most awe-inspiring play reporters following the game. New York sationally kicked off the Tour de France for going to go and get it checked out,” he told a to contest the sprint finish. Race leader Geraint of the night with a thundering, one-hand dropped to 0-3 after Monday’s 99-87 loss elbowing Mark Cavendish in a hectic sprint fin- scrum of reporters outside his Dimension Data Thomas was taken down in the first crash, along tomahawk dunk on Kaleb Tarczewski. He to Oklahoma City. ish to yesterday’s fourth stage. team bus. “I will definitely need stitches in this with around a dozen riders, but he emerged posted 21 points, seven rebounds, three British sprint great Cavendish was taken to finger, it’s bleeding a lot. “With the shoulder, it unhurt. “The crash happened right in front of assists and five steals. HAYWARD CHANTS hospital by ambulance with shoulder and finger might be something to do with a previous me, I had nowhere to go really,” said Thomas. “I “He kind of has this old soul,” Celtics Chants of “Gordon Hayward!” broke out injuries after crashing to the ground when injury, it’s sat backwards so I’m not sure if I’ve managed to take off quite a bit of speed, I hit the deck but I’m fine.” It was the second time in coach Jerome Allen said. “This pro-like in the stands early in Salt Lake City, con- Sagan shoved him into the metal safey barriers done something to the ligament. “I’m not a 100 metres from the finish of the 207.5km stage doctor but from the feelings I’m not optimistic.” three stages that Thomas had been caught up approach, doesn’t get rattled, doesn’t firming that minds are on the Jazz All-Star. from Mondorf-les-Bains to Vittel. in a crash. “It’s ok, both times I managed to take show a lot of emotions. Just kind of plays Hayward, an unrestricted free agent, met “We’ve decided to disqualify Peter Sagan ‘NOT A FAN’ off quite a bit of speed,” he added. “I’m used to at his pace like he’s been here before. with the Jazz in San Diego on Monday, the from the Tour de France 2017 as he endangered But Cavendish said Sagan had to explain his crashing, so it’s fine, I’m all ok.” In all the furore “We can say it’s only Summer League, Celtics on Sunday and the Heat on some of his colleagues seriously in the final actions. “I was just following Demare round, of another bunch pile-up, French champion but he just made plays.” While all eyes were Saturday. Celtics president Danny Angie metres of the sprint which happened in Vittel,” and then Sagan just came over,” he added. Demare’s achievement of becoming the first on the two rookies, 2016 No. 3 overall pick and Stevens were both in Salt Lake City to said the president of the race commission, “I get on with Peter well but I don’t get it. If Frenchman to win a Tour stage in a sprint finish Jaylen Brown was hands down the best watch Summer League. Philippe Marien. he came across it’s one thing, but the elbow? since 2006 was almost lost. player on the floor and looked like he had Hayward is one of the marquee names “We will apply article 12.104 of the rules of “I’m not a fan of him putting his elbow in like “It’s amazing, beating all the best sprinters no business playing Summer League in free agency this year and is expected to the UCI... in which case commissaires (the race that. I get on with Peter, a crash is a crash, but I’d like that at the Tour de France is something I’d games. He finished with 29 points. Brown command a maximum contract. jury) can decide to enforce a judgement to dis- just like to know about the elbow.” Cavendish’s hoped for, for a long time,” said Demare. “Now has taken Tatum under his wing since he qualify a rider.” Cavendish had earlier demanded sports director at Dimension Data Roger I’ve managed it once, I think I can do it again.” joined the team. “Jaylen can help him with EX(UM) GONNA GIVE IT TO YA an explanation from Sagan for the elbow that Hammond told journalists: “If I was Sagan, I’d His win allowed him to claim the sprinters’ a lot of things,” Celtics coach Brad Stevens Jazz Summer League coach Alex could end the Briton’s Tour, if like in 2014 he has apologise for that.” Fellow sprinter Andre green jersey from German Marcel Kittel, winner said. “They’ve been in the gym a lot togeth- Jensen said Dante Exum needs to be suffered a broken collarbone. Greipel of Germany accused Sagan of doing the of Sunday’s second stage but who was held up er. They’ve been working out together. I heads and shoulders above the competi- Cavendish, 31, was following the wheel of same thing to him the previous day. by the first crash and unable to contest the know Jaylen’s picked him up and taken him tion during the session as he enters his eventual stage winner Arnaud Demare of sprint. With Slovak Sagan disqualified, to the practice facility a few times.” fourth year in the league. The 2014 No. 5 France when Sagan jutted out an elbow, knock- ‘NOWHERE TO GO’ Norway’s Alexander Kristoff came second and overall pick has yet to find his groove in ing the Briton into the barriers where he came “Yesterday it was the same thing in the inter- Greipel third. Reigning champion Chris Froome LEAF EXCELS the NBA, partially due to a torn ACL that crashing down to the ground. The 30-time Tour mediate sprint, he (Sagan) gave an elbow to retained second place, 12 seconds behind his Indiana Pacers first-round draft pick T. J. cost him all of 2015-16. No other lottery stage winner was treated by medical staff Andre,” Greipel’s Lotto-Soudal team manager Sky team-mate Thomas, with Australian Leaf showed that his impressive debut pick from the 2014 or 2015 is playing in before crossing the finish line with a bloodied Marc Sergeant told Eurosport. Michael Matthews third on the same time as wasn’t a fluke by following that perform- Orlando or Salt Lake City.—AP and bandaged hand. When he left for hospital, Cavendish’s was the second of two crashes in Froome. — AFP

SOCCER Dom Dwyer, Sydney Leroux live out soccer’s American Dream

LOS ANGELES: Dom Dwyer and Sydney Leroux Valentine’s Day that year, holding hands and Carin Jennings, Claudio Reyna and Danielle doing the exact same thing that I do,” she said time. Either I’m home and he’s away or he’s are the quintessential American success story. wearing their jerseys: No. 2 for her and No. 14 Egan and Zach Loyd and Casey Nogueira. Egan’s following a recent FC Kansas City match. “We home and I’m away. So that balance is hard.” But Born abroad, each came to the United States for him under the name Dwyer. only goal was in 1993, four years before she don’t have family here. It’s usually just us, and I she quickly added that it’s worth it. “We’re both and dreamed of playing for the national soccer While the couple was starting a family, married Reyna. think there’s just two weekends in the entire chasing our dreams and I wouldn’t have it any team. Along the way they also found each oth- Dwyer was also working toward a personal season where we’re in Kansas City at the same other way,” she said. — AP er. This weekend, Dwyer scored in his interna- goal: In March he became a US citizen. It was JUST THE BEGINNING tional debut, a 2-1 exhibition victory over the first step toward playing for the national When Dwyer was named to the national Ghana, just 31/2 months after he became a US team, a dream that came true in East Hartford, team Leroux posted a loving tribute to social citizen. Leroux, who holds dual citizenship, Connecticut, on Saturday when the 26-year-old media. “Two kids from two different countries made her national team debut in 2011 and striker scored in the 19th minute and celebrat- from two completely different walks of life that earned winner’s medals at the 2012 Olympics ed with a double back flip. found their way to America and to each other and 2015 Women’s World Cup. “It’s been a long road to get here, and I really because of our love for the beautiful game. I Dwyer and Leroux are the first husband-and- wanted to show the fans and show the country can’t write a better story but I know this is just wife duo to each score for the US national soc- I’m very passionate about this country, and I’m the beginning. Welcome to the club. You have cer team. “I think it’s the coolest thing. The fact very honored to play for this team, and hopeful- some catching up to do though,” she wrote. is that both of us weren’t born here: We fol- ly it’s something we can build on,” he said. Leroux was born in Surrey, British Columbia. lowed the American Dream,” Leroux said. He’ll have more chances to prove himself in At 15, and holding dual citizenship, she moved The couple has a nine-month old son, the CONCACAF Gold Cup, the biennial champi- to Arizona in hopes of grabbing the attention of Cassius, who was decked out in his own U.S. jer- onship for the North America, Central America the US Soccer Federation. She played for UCLA sey to watch daddy’s debut from the family’s and Caribbean region. The United States opens and the US Under-20 team before making a sin- home in the Kansas City area. Leroux also plays Saturday against Panama in Nashville. gle appearance for the senior team in 2011 and for FC Kansas City of the National Women’s “I know that it’s a fabulous story that a family scoring five goals in her second appearance, a Soccer League, while her husband plays for has both parents playing for their respective 13-0 rout of Guatemala in an Olympic qualifier Major League Soccer’s Sporting Kansas City. national teams,” men’s national team coach in January 2012. “I’m very proud of Sydney and what she’s Bruce Arena said. “That’s a pretty incredible sto- Leroux has 35 goals in 75 international achieved and still achieving in the national ry, so I’m real pleased for the Dwyers.” appearances. She took last year off - missing the team, and I’ve got quite a few caps to catch up Retired NBA star Kobe Bryant is a good 2016 Rio Games and the FCKC season - because to her and a few goals, too, but hopefully I can friend of the couple’s. “She’s like my little sister. I of her pregnancy. The couple welcomed Cassius live up to it,” Dwyer said. would send her books that I’d read that had Cruz Dwyer in September. Born in England, Dwyer came to America as helped me, or talk to her every now and then Cassius has become something of a celebrity a college student, playing at Tyler Junior about focus and training. I remember getting on his own, with 62,000 Instagram followers. College in Texas before transferring to South the call that she was having a baby and how Leroux returned to the NWSL this season, start- Florida for the 2011 season. He was the 16th excited we all were,” Bryant said. “And Dom, ing at forward and working hard to regain her overall pick for Sporting Kansas City in the 2012 Dom’s just taken his game to another level. And pre-pregnancy form. This season she has three KANSAS CITY: In this photo provided by Sporting Kansas City and taken March 16, 2017, MLS draft. He has 60 goals in 133 competitive now getting a call to the national team. They’re goals and an assist. The couple’s shared careers from left to right, Dom Dwyer, infant son Cassius and wife Sydney Leroux gather for matches for Sporting KC. Dwyer met Leroux in like family.” Dwyer and Leroux, a 27-year-old for- bring added challenges to parenthood. “It’s not Dwyers naturalization ceremony at Charles Evans Whittaker Courthouse in Kansas City, 2013 and they were married in early 2015. The ward, are just the fourth married couple to play even the balance of being a mom and playing Mo. Dwyer and Leroux are the first husband and wife duo to each score for the US national two cleverly announced they’d tied the knot on for the United States, joining Jim Gabarra and soccer. It’s the balance of having your husband soccer team. — AP Woods released Sagan disqualified from program, from Tour for continue15 treatment Cavendish19 ‘elbow’ WEDNESDAY, JULY 5, 2017

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WIMBLEDON: Serbia’s Novak Djokovic returns against Slovakia’s Martin Klizan during their men’s singles first round match on thesecond day of the 2017 Wimbledon Championships at The All England Lawn Tennis Club in Wimbledon, southwest London, yesterday. — AFP Federer, Djokovic get free passes at Wimbledon

LONDON: Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic barely had to “Everybody’s got a chance to win Wimbledon and for to win the women’s title is the most wide open in a gen- 6 (7/2), 6-4 as the 29th seed moved towards a potential break sweat to make winning starts at Wimbledon as their me it’s no different. I already achieved my dream to be eration. World number one Angelique Kerber, the 2016 third round classic against Djokovic. injury-hit opponents retired hurt from their first round back here healthy. Now we’ll see how far I can go,” Australian and US Open winner, is among the favourites Australia’s Bernard Tomic said he had lost his “respect” matches yesterday. Federer is chasing a record eighth Federer said. Djokovic, a three-time Wimbledon cham- after reaching last year’s final, which she lost to Serena. for tennis following his lacklustre 6-4, 6-3, 6-4 loss to Wimbledon title and he was already well on top at the start pion, was leading 6-3, 2-0 when Slovakian world num- The German has failed to maintain that form this season Mischa Zverev. “I don’t know why but I felt a little bit of his 19th All England Club campaign when Alexandr ber 47 Martin Klizan retired after just 40 minutes on and her poor run culminated in an embarrassing French bored out there, to be completely honest,” Tomic said. Dolgopolov was forced to quit with an ankle injury. Centre Court due to a calf problem. Open first round loss to Ekaterina Makarova last month. French 22nd seed Richard Gasquet slumped to a 6-3, The world number three raced into a 6-3, 3-0 in 43 The 30-year-old Serb will face Adam Pavlasek of the 6-4, 5-7, 6-2 loss against Spain’s David Ferrer. In the minutes on Centre Court before the Ukrainian limped Czech Republic for a place in the last 32. It was the kind POTENTIAL STAR women’s draw, Karolina Pliskova underlined why she is off. Federer, who hit his 10,000th career ace in the of trouble-free first round Djokovic would have been But the top seed showed glimpses of her best form the bookmakers’ favourite to win Wimbledon as the eighth game of the first set, will face either Dusan hoping for after the most turbulent period of his career, as she saw off American qualifier Irina Falconi 6-4, 6-4 in world number three crushed Evgeniya Rodina 6-1, 6-4. Lajovic of Serbia or Greek qualifier Stefanos Tsitsipas for the 12-time major winner losing in the Australian Open 87 minutes on Centre Court. “I’m happy to be back, but The 25-year-old Czech emerged as a potential star a place in the last 32. second round and the French Open quarter-finals. this year is completely different for me. I’m just happy when she reached the US Open final last year and she “It feels great to be back on Centre Court,” said “He had issues walking on to court. I tried to focus on I’m through the first round,” Kerber said. Milos Raonic has followed up on that breakthrough by making the Federer, who recorded his 85th match win at my game plan, I was serving well and when it mattered I advanced to the second round with a 7-6 (7/5), 6-2, 7-6 French Open semi-finals last month. Wimbledon, passing the mark he shared with Jimmy made a break,” said Djokovic, who is aiming to win a first (7/4) win against Jan-Lennard Struff. Big-serving Raonic Former French Open champion Garbine Muguruza, Connors. Having unexpectedly won the Australian Grand Slam title since last year’s French Open. “It was became the first Canadian man to make a Grand Slam the 14th seed, defeated Russia’s Ekaterina Alexandrova Open in January before taking the clay-court season off great to be back on Centre Court. It’s the cradle of ten- final with his impressive Wimbledon run 12 months ago 6-2, 6-4. Australian qualifier Arina Rodionova, ranked to rest, Federer, making a record-equalling 70th Grand nis history, but you never like to end a match this way.” before losing the title match to Andy Murray. 166th, saved seven match points before defeating Slam appearance, is the favourite to take the With defending champion Serena Williams sidelined Argentina’s Juan Martin Del Potro, a semi-finalist in Russian 16th seed Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 3-6, 7-6 Wimbledon crown for the first time since 2012. while she prepares to give birth to her first child, the race 2013, defeated Australian Thanasi Kokkinakis 6-3, 3-6, 7- (8/6), 9-7. — AFP Chinese referee ‘beaten’ as draw sparks match-fix claim

SHANGHAI: The Chinese FA launched an tion. The Chinese Football Association investigation into a match where a (CFA) announced an investigation into fourth official was reportedly attacked the controversy. following a controversial draw that trig- “CFA is taking this seriously and will gered claims of match-fixing. treat everyone involved sternly based on Baoding Rongda were leading 2-1 facts and regulations,” it said in a state- when the referee awarded visitors ment. “We would like the club to express Wuhan Zall a penalty during seven min- its opinion in a calm manner. In the utes of stoppage time at the end of meantime we call on the fans to remain Saturday’s fixture in China’s second divi- rational and restrained.” sion. The spot-kick was converted and The state People’s Daily newspaper the match ended 2-2. yesterday hit out at Meng and Baoding, Angry fans pelted the match officials accusing them of damaging the reputa- with debris as they were escorted by tion of Chinese football. “In the history of security personnel from the pitch at the football there hasn’t been any precedent end, reported state-run newspaper the where one could use beating and scold- Beijing News. Baoding chairman Meng ing, as well as quitting the league, to get Yongli burst into tears at a chaotic post- what one wanted,” it said in a strongly match press conference, alleging his side worded comment piece. had been cheated out of the win. “For football, when the club boss is cry- The Beijing News reported that fourth ing and shouting to quit the league, when official Yang Kaizi was beaten up in his the perpetrators are attacking referees at dressing room, but the newspaper did not the door, they have probably forgotten say who was responsible for the attack. about what they first really wanted in Meng gathered reporters on the pitch to their heart (which is to win the game).” announce he was pulling the team out of Chinese football has a history of con- the league, before quitting as chairman troversy involving referees and officials hours later citing “personal reasons”. and in 2009 launched a high-profile Baoding, from near Beijing, subse- crackdown on corruption dogging the quently apologised and said the club sport, leading to dozens of arrests and had no intention of leaving the competi- prison sentences — AFP SHANGHAI: : Baoding Rongda led 2-1 against Wuhan Zall at home before the visitors were given a penalty that helped them to a 2-2 draw. NBK Economic Update Page 22

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GAZIPUR: Bangladeshi rescuers stand on the debris after a Monday evening boiler explosion at a garment factory owned by export-oriented Multifabs Ltd. at Kashimpur area. — AP Blast in Bangladesh garment factory kills 10 Multifabs factory was being restarted after Eid holidays

KONABARI: A boiler explosion at a Bangladeshi garment for the last decade. Multifabs has many clients in Europe, killed 112 workers. The Rana Plaza disaster sparked and noted among numerous concerns that Multifabs' boiler plant near the city of Dhaka killed 10 people and injured its website says. The company started operating in 1992 demands for greater safety and put the onus to act on was not separated by fire-rated construction. dozens, emergency workers said yesterday, the latest and reached $70 million in exports in 2016. Its top buyers foreign companies sourcing clothing from Bangladesh. A As of last week, however, the Accord's updated correc- industrial tragedy to hit one of the world's biggest gar- include fashion chain Lindex, which is part of Finland's spokeswoman for Stockmann said it was investigating tive plan on the facility listed that issue as having been cor- ment producers. The blast, late on Monday, occurred at a Stockmann, German supermarket chain Aldi, and Rexholm the disaster, but was still seeking more information. She rected. But the coalition itself does not inspect boilers, plant operated by local Bangladeshi firm Multifabs while of Denmark, Faruqui said. said Stockmann is a member of the industry body which are monitored by the Bangladesh government. maintenance work was going on, company and fire The company said the plant was functioning well and Business Social Compliance Initiative (BSCI), and that said Bangladesh's chief boiler inspector Mohammad Abdul brigade officials said. The explosion at the boiler, located in the six-year-old boiler, procured from Germany, had just Multifabs had cleared a BSCI audit in May 2016 that was Mannan said his department had inspected the Multifabs' a tin-roofed shed, partially damaged a nearby three-storey been serviced. "The boiler was running well," Mahiuddin valid for two years. boiler a year ago and that the next inspection had been factory building. Faruqui, Multifab's chairman told Reuters. "After servicing Lindex said Multifabs was one of its main suppliers and due this month. Sulav Chowdhury, chief executive of the "I heard a big bang when I was having tea outside," fac- when workers were trying to restart it, it went off." said it was monitoring the situation. The Multifabs site hurt Bangladesh Knitwear Manufacturers and Exporters tory driver Hafiz Mostafa said, as dozens thronged the fac- Firefighter Faruk Hussain said a body had been retrieved by the blast made 100,000 garments a day, generated Association, of which Multifabs is a member, said the tory site and firefighters moved rubble in search of missing from the rubble in the morning and that the search was around $6 million of revenue a month and employed industry had gone through a "huge shift" since the Rana persons. "I saw windows, doors, glasses, machinery and a still on for more victims. about 6,000 workers, said Mesba Faruqui, factory and oper- Plaza disaster. "There has been structural change, and section of the wall of the building go flying." Families ations director in the family-run business. we've worked hard for it," he said. "So I'd say this is a stray scoured the scene for missing people. The plant had been Investigation underway incident." Still, critics say more work needs to be done. shut for 10 days for Eid holidays at the end of the Muslim Bangladesh's roughly $28 billion garment sector, the Numerous concerns "There is still an enormous amount to be done to improve holy month of Ramadan and was being readied to resume biggest in the world after China, employs 4 million people Two international coalitions were formed after Rana Plaza safety in the Bangaldeshi garment industry" said the operations yesterday, when the accident occurred. and generates about 80 percent of the country's export to help fund improvements to building and fire safety at IndustriALL Global Union, a signatory to the Bangladesh "We're looking for my brother. We checked all the hospi- earnings. It came under scrutiny after the collapse of the thousands of garment factories across Bangladesh. One of Accord and a member of the Steering Committee. It added tals, but have not found him," said Nazim Uddin, whose Rana Plaza factory complex in 2013 that killed more than the coalitions, signatories to the Accord on Fire and Building that union signatories to the Accord would demand that it brother Ershad Ullah worked as an electrician at the plant 1,100 people, and a fire at a garment factory in 2012 that Safety in Bangladesh, inspected the Multifabs site in 2015 be expanded swiftly to include boiler safety. — Reuters Malaysia Muslims Samsung to invest $18 bn in memory chip business

boycott Starbucks SEOUL: Samsung Electronics will invest nearly $18 billion in its smartphones, Samsung has been increasingly sandwiched by NAND flash chips used in handsets are expected to jump 53 per- chip business, the South Korean firm said yesterday, as it seeks to smaller Chinese rivals in the low and mid-end markets, and by cent and 28 percent respectively this year, according to market over LGBT stance expand its lead in the global memory chip and smartphone mar- Apple's iPhone in the high-end segment. researcher IC Insights. The announcement also came after newly kets. The world's top maker of smartphones and memory chips Samsung-which accounted for more than 40 percent of global elected South Korean President Moon Jae-In set tackling rising JAKARTA: Muslims in Indonesia and Malaysia were urged to will invest 20.4 trillion won ($17.7 billion) by 2021 to expand and memory chip sales in the first quarter of this year-posted in April unemployment as his top priority. Samsung said its investment boycott Starbucks yesterday by major Islamic groups accus- upgrade its chip plants in the South Korean cities of Pyeongtaek its biggest quarterly net profit in more than three years. "Our would eventually help create as many as 440,000 jobs through ing the coffee chain of being pro-gay rights, as concerns and Hwaseong, it said in a statement. clients are having difficulty securing enough semiconductor chips 2021, including indirectly, and help bolster Asia's fourth-largest grow over rising religious conservatism in both nations. The factory in Pyeongtaek, 70 kilometers south of Seoul, is the due to growing global demand for high-tech gadgets," it said. "We economy. Leaders from Muhammadiyah, Indonesia's second biggest world's biggest and has recently started production after plan to actively respond to those demands by making aggressive mass Muslim organization, also urged the government to Samsung Electronics spent 15.6 trillion won over the past two investments on our production lines at home and abroad," it said. Samsung to sell recycled Note 7 revoke the company's business licence for its stance on les- years to build it. The company also plans to expand its NAND chip Analysts say a global shortage of chips may persist throughout Elsewhere Samsung Electronics plans to recycle and sell its bian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) issues. "The ide- plant in the Chinese city of Xian to meet booming demand for the 2017, driving prices higher and benefiting major suppliers such as recalled Galaxy Note 7 phones starting this week in South Korea, ology, business and view that they support are against our chips used in high-end storage products, it said. It did not elabo- Samsung and another South Korean chipmaker, SK Hynix. salvaging their unused parts. The Galaxy Note FE phone will go on ideology," Anwar Abbas, Muhammadiyah's head of econom- rate on when and how much money it plans to invest there. In Average prices for DRAM chips used in PCs and servers, and sale in South Korea on Friday at 700,000 won ($611), about three ic affairs, told AFP. quarters of its original price, the company said late Sunday. Another Muhammadiyah leader, Yunahar Ilyas, said the Samsung said the Note FE has "perfect safety" - unlike the group was calling on "Muslims to not drink in Starbucks so recalled versions that were found to be prone to overheating and that the income is not used to strengthen LGBT campaigns". catching fire. The supply will be limited to 400,000 units. Overseas Starbucks Indonesia did not immediately respond to AFP sales plans will be determined later, the company said in a state- requests for comment. The firm is among a slew of US com- ment. The original Note 7 was one of the biggest black eyes in panies to have spoken up against discrimination in the US, Samsung's history. When it was launched in August 2016, the Note 7 was Samsung's answer to Apple's upcoming iPhone. It was with representatives signing a letter to North Carolina's also one of the most expensive Samsung phones with the price Republican governor protesting legislation targeting trans- starting at $850. After reports emerged that its batteries were gender people last year. prone to overheat and catch fire, Samsung recalled the phone in Hardliners and Islamic groups have led a growing backlash less than a month of its launch and released another one with against Indonesia's LGBT community over the past year, which replaced batteries. The second batch also tended to overheat, activists believe was triggered by widespread media coverage prompting Samsung to discontinue the Note 7. of a decision in the United States to legalize same-sex mar- The debacle dealt a blow to Samsung's corporate image. riage. The group Pribumi Perkasa Malaysia this week also Aviation authorities around the world banned the pricy phone on called on the government to "re-evaluate the trading license flight and photos of scorched Note 7 circulated on social media. given to companies that support same-sex marriages and Samsung spent billions of dollars to recall the Note 7 and fix its LGBT," spokesman Amini Amir Abdullah said in a statement. damaged brand. The company released investigation results that The Muslim leaders said concerns about Starbucks arose blamed flaws in design and production of batteries supplied by after reading Starbucks chairman's comment when tackling a two battery makers. shareholder's complaint in 2013 that the company were losing After the recall of millions of Note 7 phones, environmental customers due to the firm's stance on LGBT. At the time, activists have pressured the South Korean tech giant to reuse Chairman Howard Schultzman, then the chief executive, the electronics parts to reduce waste. Samsung said the Note responded by asking the shareholder to sell the shares. FE is part of its effort to minimize waste. Like the previous Note Homosexuality has long been taboo in Malaysia, where 60 series, the Note FE, short for "Fan Edition," features a jumbo percent of the population is Muslim, and where sodomy is a PYEONGTAEK, South Korea: This undated handout aerial photo provided by Samsung Electronics yesterday shows its screen measuring 5.7 inches (14.48 centimeters) diagonally crime punishable by up to 20 years in prison. — AFP new semiconductor plant. — AFP and a stylus. — Agencies WEDNESDAY, JULY 5, 2017 BUSINESS

Silicon Valley taking heat over sexual harassment NEW YORK: Sexism in Silicon Valley may but that itself drew criticism from others be coming in for a reckoning, prompted by in the tech industry, including Google women coming forward with stories of product manager Brenden Mulligan. sexual harassment by industry big shots. “It feels like you’re trying to nudge us Apologies, resignations and self-reflection to feel sorry for you that you need to have followed, although it’s too soon to tell leave your precious firm behind. YOU if they will produce meaningful change. CAUSED THIS,” Mulligan wrote in a post on Dave McClure, a prominent venture Medium. One of Caldbeck’s accusers, investor, said on Saturday that he is sorry Niniane Wang, wrote that she “laughed for making “inappropriate advances” out loud” reading the apology post. toward several women in workplace situa- What is sparking the shift? It might be tions, and is no longer leading the ven- a woman named Susan Fowler. Earlier this ture capital fund he co-founded, 500 year, the former Uber engineer also out- Startups. He remains a general partner at lined a culture of harassment at the com- the firm. McClure’s apology - titled “I’m a pany. Uber’s CEO has since resigned and UAE: Growth to moderate slightly Creep. I’m Sorry” - follows a New York the company has promised to institute Times report on sexual harassment in the broad changes to prevent such things tech industry that described offensive from happening again. Still, it’s too soon in 2017 amid crude oil reductions behavior by McClure and other promi- to tell whether the incidents will lead to nent venture investors, as related by meaningful change. LinkedIn co-founder female entrepreneurs. and former CEO Reid Hoffman lamented a NBK ECONOMIC UPDATE Reports of sexism in the industry are “lack of outrage and commentary” follow- not new, but more women are speaking ing the revelations. KUWAIT: Real GDP in the UAE is expected to out on the record and naming their “This is important, because the ques- moderate in 2017 as crude production is low- harassers. That’s even though women have tion for women entrepreneurs is whether ered, in compliance with the agreement among faced ostracism for calling out such behav- people just don’t care,” Hoffman wrote in OPEC members to cut crude supply. Whilst the ior, with companies playing down or out- a post on LinkedIn. “Here’s why writing oil sector is projected to act as a laggard on right ignoring complaints. Those issues can quickly is important: YES, MANY OF US DO overall growth, the non-oil sector is set to con- be particularly acute for women leading CARE. This is entirely immoral and outra- tinue to propel forward and offset a contracting startups, as their companies are depend- geous behavior.” He called the attention oil sector. Subsequently, we foresee real GDP ent on clubby venture capitalists for fund- on Silicon Valley’s gender problems this moderating from an estimated 2.4% in 2016 to ing. there are signs that this might be year “very good criticism.” He urged ven- 2.2% in 2017. changing as more women come forward. ture capitalists to establish human Growth in the oil economy is expected to be In June, several female entrepreneurs resources policies - just as companies and limited in the medium-to-long term on the back told the trade publication The Information other institutions do - “so that venture of planned production cuts. In May, OPEC and a of harassment by a partner at the VC firm capitalists who engage in such behavior group of non-OPEC nations agreed to extend a Binary Capital; he and another partner face the same sort of consequences that six-month output cut that was scheduled to end Dubai residential property (VAT).The first phase of implementation, sched- resigned a week ago. The accused part- they would if their overtures were direct- in June, to at least the end of the first quarter of price growth stabilizing uled for the beginning of 2018, will include UAE ner, Justin Caldbeck, issued an apology, ed at an employee.” — AP 2018, in a bid to prop up oil prices. As a result, Dubai’s residential property prices continued companies with annual revenues greater than $1 real oil GDP is expected to decline by around to stabilize, following almost two years of million (Dh3.75 million). At 5%, the VAT is expect- 1% in 2017, before rising by 2.6% in 2018 as decline amid tighter regulations, higher housing ed to generate around $3.3 billion (Dh12billion) production is gradually restored to its pre-pro- supply and risk aversion. According to Asteco’s in tax revenues or around 1% of GDP. EU states have right to duction cut levels. quarterly indexes, prices of apartments and vil- In an attempt to preserve foreign assets, the The non-oil economy is forecast to gain some las in 1Q17 appeared steady, though they are UAE has also tapped into international debt mar- ban Uber: Top lawyer ground in 2017 and maintain that strong down by 3.0% y/y and 1.3% y/y, respectively. We kets to plug its budget gap. In April 2016, Abu momentum in 2018, as the construction and expect the stabilization period to continue at Dhabi issued$5 billion in sovereign bonds, the LUXEMBOURG: EU member states can ban the EU’s highest court, should at some stage tourism sectors (some of the biggest contribu- least until the end of 2017, after which we may first issuance since 2009. Moody’s recently ride-hailing pioneer Uber without inform- determine UberPop was indeed an informa- tors to non-oil GDP growth) remain buoyant. The see residential price growth pick up on the back affirmed the UAE’s Aa2 credit rating and upgrad- ing the European Commission because at tion service provider, a ban in response to construction sector will be supported by easing of stronger demand. The value of real estate ed its outlook from negative to stable, citing an heart it is an ordinary transport company “the illegal exercise of a transport activity fiscal consolidation as well as higher Dubai Expo transactions continues to trend lower (Chart effective public policy response to the lower oil under their jurisdiction, a top EU lawyer does not constitute a technical regulation 2020 related infrastructure investments. The non- 6),while growth in the number of transactions price environment and improved economic said yesterday. San Francisco-based Uber within the meaning of the directive.” oil economy is also set to be supported by the accelerated somewhat recently, which may be growth prospects. The main credit default swaps insists it is a service, not a transport “Notification of the draft law to the residential real estate sector, which after witness- indicative of signs of strength in the “more (CDS), which are deemed to be good bellwethers provider, connecting riders with freelance Commission would not be necessary in that ing almost two years of slowing growth is show- affordable” housing segment. of a sovereign’s level of risk, fell to new lows fol- drivers directly and much more cheaply situation either,” he said. He argued that ings signs of stabilization. We anticipate a jump lowing Moody’s announcement. As of mid-June, than traditional cab companies. But critics member states only had a duty to notify the in real non-oil growth from around 2.6% in 2016 Inflation face some upward pressure the CDS on five-year Dubai and Abu Dhabi gov- and competitors say this allows it to dodge Commission if they took a specific, targeted to 3.6% and 4.5% in 2017 and 2018, respectively. Inflation in the consumer price index (CPI) ernment debt stood at 130 and 52 basis points, costly regulation and several countries, led action against information service providers. The latest data on the UAE’s Market softened recently, after retreating from 3.0% y/y respectively. With investors globally in search for by France, have banned its low-cost “Rules which affect those services only Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI), a good gauge in March to 2.2% y/y in April, as housing inflation yield amid a low global rate environment, the UberPop service as a result. Uber France in an implicit or incidental manner are of non-oil sector growth, also show that non-oil (which weighs more heavily in the index) contin- recent credit affirmation and outlook upgrade challenged the ban, saying it amounted to excluded from the notification obligation,” sector activity is set to remain solid in the near- ued to trend lower and as food costs declined. should be a further boon to the UAE bond market. regulation of an information company he said. Uber said in response that it to-medium term (Chart 3). The headline PMI We expect CPI inflation to gradually edge higher which Paris should have first lodged with believed Szpunar’s opinion was moot slipped in May, but still remained fairly solid at in the second half of 2017 and average around Current account surplus to expand the Commission, the European Union’s because it had changed its business model 54.3, as stable local economic conditions helped 2.5% for the year, as a recovery in oil prices push- The surplus in the current account balance is administrative arm. in France. “We have seen today’s statement offset some of the softness in global demand. es inflation in the transport segment up, as hous- projected to expand for the first time in four However, Maciej Szpunar, an advocate and await the final ruling later this year,” an ing inflation gathers pace and amid tax hikes years in 2017, as oil export earnings recover and general with the Luxembourg-based Uber spokesperson said. The ECJ’s advocate Overall non-oil economy propped up planned for selected consumer goods in 4Q17. non-oil export growth gathers pace. We foresee European Court of Justice, said Uber was in generals-its top lawyers-are regularly called Much of the non-oil economy’s momentum the current account surplus rising from a six-year fact an ordinary transport company and so on to provide initial guidance to the court continued to be fuelled by Dubai’s hospitality Fiscal deficit forecast to narrow in 2017 low of around 4.8% of GDP in 2016 to a project- member states could go ahead and regu- which in most instances follows their and construction sectors. The number of passen- We expect the fiscal deficit to narrow in 2017 ed 5.1% in 2017. late its activities without notifying the advice in its final rulings. The French gers passing through Dubai International Airport thanks to more prudent public spending and high- Non-oil export growth may continue to be Commission in advance. He recalled that in authorities banned Uber after violent remains near record highs. In April, this number er revenues. We estimate the fiscal deficit widened affected by a stronger dirham. The stronger dol- a May 11 opinion on a related case con- protests by traditional taxi drivers. Uber in stood at7.6 million passengers, up a healthy 9.2% to 3.6% of GDP in 2016 after having slipped into a lar has led to an appreciation in the dirham’s cerning Uber Spain, he had concluded that turn filed complaint with the EU against year-on-year (y/y). Despite an ongoing decline in deficit for the first time in six years in 2015on the trade-weighted index, increasing the cost of UberPop “does not constitute an informa- France and other states, arguing that average daily room rates at hotels in Dubai over drop in oil prices. But with global oil markets recov- exports and making it a more expensive place to tion society service.” national policies hostile to its operations the past year, demand for hotel rooms remains ering and a more prudent fiscal policy in place, the visit and invest in. Trade with Asian markets has Szpunar also argued that even if the ECJ, violate European law. — AFP solid as reflected in the average occupancy rate. deficit is seen narrowing to 1.8% in 2017 and been most affected by the stronger dirham, as According to Ernst & Young’s latest MENA Hotel returning to a slight surplus of 0.6% in 2018. their currencies weakened against a stronger US Benchmark Survey, occupancy rates among Thanks to the UAE government’s abundant dollar. Tourism, however, has been less affected, hotels in Dubai averaged 88% in April (the high- financial reserves that hover above 200% of GDP, given that a majority of tourists are from the est in the MENA region). fiscal deficits have been manageable. In effect, GCC, and so has investment in real estate, which Dubai’s construction sector is also a major this has helped both Dubai and Abu Dhabi depends far more on UAE nationals. As a result, contributor to non-oil growth. Construction maintain high levels of public spending, particu- the gains in the tourism and real estate sectors activity is expected to hold strong, especially larly on infrastructure projects. In Dubai, infra- are expected to more than offset the costs of a as Dubai prepares for the Expo 2020 event. structure spending is set to accelerate in the stronger dollar. This should help keep non-oil Projects include the construction of buildings, run-up to the Expo 2020 event. Nonetheless, the export growth ebullient. metro expansions, roads and bridges. The con- major emirates have embarked on some fiscal struction sector is also set to benefit from adjustment and reform, including the establish- Banking liquidity recovers plans to foster the UAE’s Vision 2021 and long- ment of the Federal Tax Authority (FTA), subsidy on stronger oil revenues term strategy to establish a post-oil “knowl- cuts and the introduction of fees and taxes on Following almost two years of moderation, edge economy” via the “UAE Strategy for the selected goods and services. According to offi- lending activity appears to have plateaued in ear- Future” blueprint. The strategy aims to bolster cial reports, Abu Dhabi has cut back or delayed ly 2Q17 on the back of improvements in the real the nation’s non-oil economy and enhance its spending on a number of projects designated as estate and construction sectors. In April, lending economic diversification. The resilience in low-priority. Efforts have also been made to rely growth came in at a modest 5.3% y/y. Growth in Dubai’s non-oil economy is reflected in the more heavily on the private sector for imple- bank deposits continues to trend upward. At the Emirates NBD Dubai Economy Tracker Index mentation of some projects. end of 2016, it surpassed lending growth for the (DET) (Chart 4). The DET is a forward-looking The newly established FTA recently first time in almost two years, thanks to higher oil index similar to the PMI which tracks non-oil announced that it would impose a 100% tax on export receipts, which have helped replenish gov- activity in Dubai. It has gradually been regain- tobacco and energy drinks and a 50% levy on ernment deposits. After deposit growth logged in ing its momentum amid improvements in the carbonated drinks from 4Q17. Furthermore, it a healthy pace of 7.1% y/y in April, the loan-to- travel & tourism and wholesale & retail trade increasingly looks likethe UAE will be one of the deposit ratio subsequently eased further to 99.4% SAN FRANCISCO: People make their way into the building that houses the headquar- segments. first GCC nations to implement a value-added tax during the same period. ters of Uber. — AP EXCHANGE RATES

Chinese Yuan Renminbi 44.975 Al-Muzaini Exchange Co. Swiss Franc 313.920 Indian Rupee 0.004208 0.004896 Australian Dollar 233.090 Thai Bhat 9.945 Indonesian Rupiah 0.000018 0.000024 US Dollar Buying 303.300 Turkish Lira 86.795 ASIAN COUNTRIES Japanese Yen 0.002634 0.002814 Japanese Yen 2.727 GOLD Kenyan Shilling 0.002988 0.002988 Indian Rupees 4.729 20 Gram 254.110 BAHRAIN EXCHANGE COMPANY WLL Korean Won 0.000256 0.000271 Pkistani Rupees 2.900 10 Gram 129.970 Malaysian Ringgit 0.067329 0.073329 Srilankan Rupees 1.985 5 Gram 65.830 CURRENCY BUY SELL Nepalese Rupee 0.002972 0.003142 Nepali Rupees 2.955 Pakistan Rupee 0.002711 0.003001 Singapore Dollar 220.650 Europe Hongkong Dollar 39.043 Dollarco Exchange Co. Ltd British Pound 0.389793 0.399793 Philippine Peso 0.005984 0.006284 Bangladesh Taka 3.765 Czech Korune 0.005277 0.017277 Sierra Leone 0.000067 0.000073 Philippine Peso 6.084 Danish Krone 0.042663 0.047663 Singapore Dollar 0.215633 0.225633 Rate for Transfr Selling Rate Thai Baht 8.990 Euro 0. 342319 0.351319 South African Rand 0.017391 0.025891 US Dollar 304.150 Norwegian Krone 0.032365 0.037585 Sri Lankan Rupee 0.001605 0.002185 Canadian Dolla 230.815 GCC COUNTRIES Romanian Leu 0.084208 0.084208 Taiwan 0.009727 0.009907 Saudi Riyal 81.254 Sterling Pound 389.365 Slovakia 0.009074 0.019074 Thai Baht 0.008634 0.009184 Qatari Riyal 83.688 Euro 340.715 Swedish Krona 0.032023 0.037023 Omani Riyal 791.320 Swiss Frank 298.260 Bahraini Dinar 809.090 Swiss Franc 0.311103 0.322103 Arab Bahrain Dinar 806.705 UAE Dirham 82.959 Turkish Lira 0.081312 0.091612 Bahraini Dinar 0.798548 0.807046 UAE Dirhams 83.205 Egyptian Pound 0.015184 0.021092 ARAB COUNTRIES Qatari Riyals 84.425 Australasia Iranian Riyal 0.000084 0.000085 Egyptian Pound - Cash 20.350 Saudi Riyals 82.000 Australian Dollar 0.228305 0.240305 Iraqi Dinar 0.000189 0.000249 Egyptian Pound - Transfer 16.760 Jordanian Dinar 428.895 New Zealand Dollar 0.216967 0.226467 Jordanian Dinar 0.423957 0.432957 Yemen Riyal/for 1000 1.223 Egyptian Pound 16.937 Kuwaiti Dinar 1.000000 1.000000 Tunisian Dinar 125.050 Sri Lankan Rupees 1.986 Lebanese Pound 0.000156 0.000256 Jordanian Dinar 429.540 America Lebanese Lira/for 1000 2.030 Indian Rupees 4.720 Canadian Dollar 0.229183 0.238183 Moroccan Dirhams 0.019743 0.043743 Syrian Lira 2.171 Pakistani Rupees 2.900 Georgina Lari 0.137234 0.137234 Nigerian Naira 0.001255 0.001890 Morocco Dirham 31.719 Bangladesh Taka 3.771 US Dollars 0.299750 0.304170 Omani Riyal 0.782800 0.788480 Philippines Pesso 6.077 US Dollars Mint 0.300250 0.304170 Qatar Riyal 0.079170 0.084110 EUROPEAN & AMERICAN COUNTRIES Cyprus pound 167.850 Saudi Riyal 0.079940 0.081240 US Dollar Transfer 304.500 Japanese Yen 3.720 Asia Syrian Pound 0.001288 0.001508 Euro 341.340 Syrian Pound 2.420 Bangladesh Taka 0.003426 0.004010 Tunisian Dinar 0.122374 0.130374 Sterling Pound 389.760 Turkish Lira 0.081312 0.091612 Canadian dollar 231.210 Nepalese Rupees 3.953 Chinese Yuan 0.043378 0.046878 Turkish lira 87.250 Malaysian Ringgit 71.970 Hong Kong Dollar 0.037066 0.039816 UAE Dirhams 0.081302 0.083002 Yemeni Riyal 0.000988 0.001068 WEDNESDAY, JULY 5, 2017 BUSINESS

Shady slaughterhouses, ‘cow laundering’ drive spike in Amazon

BOCA DO ACRE, Brazil: At the Frigo - land grabs - by ranchers who fraudulently for the local market in Amazonas State. account for a comparatively small part of ministry known as a CAR showing that they Amazonas slaughter house inside the register properties occupied by small farm- “We know illegal cows are being killed by Amazon deforestation, said University of were raised on legally registered land adher- world’s largest rainforest, the owner doesn’t ers to produce cattle. Powerful rural busi- people in town,” said Fidelquino, adding that Wisconsin professor Holly Gibbs. About 90 ing to forest protection rules. mince his words - much of the cattle nessmen often bribe government officials authorities are working on schemes to allow percent of Brazil’s cattle is processed in GTA documents could be the “holy grail processed here comes from illegally defor- or land registry agents known as “cartorios” more cattle to be raised on smaller chunks slaughterhouses that can export nationally for ending deforestation”, said Gibbs, by act- ested land. “It’s impossible to buy cows from to obtain property title deeds, according to of land. Typically, farmers simply cut down or internationally, Gibbs said, and they are a ing as a passport for cattle. They could allow land that isn’t deforested,” Felipe Oliveira Brazilian prosecutors. These illegally regis- trees on a plot and allow cattle to graze driver of deforestation. cattle to be tracked from birth until death told the Thomson Reuters Foundation in his tered plots are often hotbeds of deforesta- freely, eating plants growing on the scrub Large cattle companies say they are tak- and as they move between farms to trace tatty office at the abattoir in Brazil’s tion. As the world’s largest exporter of beef land. The same number of cows could be ing the problem seriously by improving legality. But the information is not publicly Amazonas State. and chicken, the importance of Brazil’s produced on far smaller plots with supplies their monitoring of suppliers and working available. “Everyone here deforests... if they don’t, struggle to contain illegal deforestation for of hay or other feed, officials said. with the government and environmentalists Companies agree. JBS wants authorities it’s impossible for a family to live,” the livestock extends far beyond rural The president of the Boca do Acre to try to keep cattle produced on illegally to launch a new “Green GTA” to allow for slaughterhouse boss said, sitting beneath Amazonian settlements. Ranchers Union, Paulo Castillo, refused cleared land out of their supply chains. better tracking of the origins of cattle. exposed electrical wires hanging from the interview requests about slaughterhouses Brazil-based JBS (JBSS3.SA), the world’s Government officials in Boca do Acre said ceiling. If the Amazon forest, described as Bovine battles and their adherence to deforestation or land largest meatpacker, has pledged not to buy they had no information about possible the lungs of the planet for its role sucking In Boca do Acre, a poor municipality of registration rules. Under Brazilian law, cattle from deforested land in the Amazon, improvements to the GTA system. Without climate-changing carbon dioxide out of the wooden stilted homes with 28,000 resi- Amazon land owners must maintain 80 per- said an official at the company which is in clear tracking data, ranchers can move cattle atmosphere, is to be saved, then addressing dents, the cattle industry accounts for more cent of the forest cover on their properties. the midst of a separate political corruption from illegal land to legally registered proper- the impact of livestock is the most pressing than 70 percent of the economy, officials Some local farmers and slaughterhouse scandal. “Building a supply chain free from ties just before selling them to slaughter- priority, environmentalists say. said. It’s a reality replicated in towns owners say that expectation is unrealistic; deforestation is a constant challenge for the houses, Gibbs said. throughout the Amazon rainforest, often environmentalists say it’s essential. entire industry,” a JBS official told the The border post in Amazonas State, Deforestation rises making it difficult for officials to take a hard Regardless, laws on forest preservation Thomson Reuters Foundation in an email. where cattle documents are supposed to be The clearance of land for cattle pasture line enforcing laws on deforestation. “It’s and land governance are not well enforced The company has been successful in stop- inspected before bovines travel into neigh- is responsible for 80 percent of the forest impossible for this city to live without cattle,” in remote jungle regions, analysts said. “The ping its direct suppliers from deforesting boring Rondonia State, has been shuttered destruction in the Amazon, according to Josimar Fidelquino, a local government offi- Amazon is like the ‘Wild West’ was in land, the official said, but monitoring indi- for months, said a cook who works at data from Yale University. The rate of defor- cial responsible for environmental monitor- America,” said Jose Puppim de Oliveira, a rect suppliers remains a “major challenge”. locked, dusty building. The lack of checks estation in the Amazon increased by 29 ing told the Thomson Reuters Foundation. professor at Brazil’s Getulio Vargas makes it harder for companies to monitor percent last year, according to government The municipality is the largest cattle produc- Foundation university, who studies land pol- Following the cows their supply chains. Back at Friggo figures. Larger ranchers, truckers and er in Amazonas, Brazil’s biggest state, offi- itics. “Forest land is considered unproduc- Brazilian cows are supposed to have two Amazonas, slaughterhouse boss Oliveira traders have set up elaborate schemes to cials said. tive, as are the people living there,” he told tracking numbers so their origins can be says more paperwork under an expanded “launder” cattle raised on illegally deforest- The Frigo Amazonas slaughterhouse the Thomson Reuters Foundation. traced by authorities. The first is a health GTA system would make life even more diffi- ed land on the legitimate market, said ana- employs more than 100 staff. In muddy rub- registration document known as a GTA - cult for small farmers. “Most of the small lysts and officials. ber boots, ripped jeans and cowboy hats, ‘Constant problem’ which shows cattle have received the right farmers here don’t have titles or land regis- Brazilian authorities also link illegal defor- they arrive at the plant in open-air trucks to While small slaughterhouses like Frigo vaccinations along with information about tration,” Oliveira said. “How could they get estation to other crimes in the Amazon, process 1,200 head of cattle per month. The Amazonas producing for the local market the animal’s transportation history. The sec- these papers? Some can’t even sign their such as forced labour on farms or “grilagem” slaughterhouse produces meat exclusively are known to flout environmental laws, they ond is certification from Brazil’s environment names.” —Reuters Marijuana sales in Nevada exceed stores’ expectations Getting high on the massive monetary supply

LAS VEGAS: Recreational marijuana Jim Ferrence, said budtenders helped two of every three recreational pot “It was business as usual,” he said. sales have exceeded the expectations at least 1,000 customers during the first purchases in the state. “Everything went smooth as far as we of Las Vegas area store owners, who two days of legal recreational pot sales. But people can only use the drug in can tell.” The state stands to earn mil- have seen long lines outside their dis- Customers on average bought a a private home as it remains illegal to lions from the sales of recreational mar- pensaries since Saturday, when Nevada quarter of an ounce of marijuana flow- consume it in public, including the ijuana, but the tax collection data won’t became the fifth state with shops sell- ers and a sampling of various edibles Strip, hotels and casinos. Violators face be available for several weeks. ing pot to the public. That move jump- and concentrates, Ferrence said. a misdemeanor citation and a $600 Nevada joins Colorado, Oregon, started a market projected to be fueled “Everyone was calm, cool and collect- fine. Fifteen tourists on Monday Washington and Alaska in allowing by the tens of millions of visitors that ed. No unruly crowds at all,” he said. hopped on a bus for a three-hour tour adults to buy the drug that’s still Sin City welcomes each year. Those 21 and older with a valid ID can of dispensaries in the Las Vegas area. banned by the federal government. Eager pot customers on Monday buy up to an ounce of pot. As of The “Cannabus” took the visitors to two The market in the Silver State is expect- again lined up before dispensaries Friday, the state had licensed 44 dis- stores with whom they have an agree- ed to outpace all others in the US, at opened their doors. Some were look- pensaries to sell recreational marijua- ment to allow riders to skip the lines. least until California starts its sales. ing to make their first purchase since na. Thirty-nine of those shops are in The recreational marijuana sales did “With all due respect to Denver, Seattle, Saturday, and others were shopping for the Las Vegas area. More than 42 mil- not cause Las Vegas police a headache and Portland, Las Vegas is already the seconds. Tourists and locals alike have lion tourists flock for business and over the weekend. The department did party capital of the world, and this is DUBLIN: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, left, and Irish Taoiseach Leo taken advantage of the change in state pleasure to Las Vegas every year. They not deploy additional officers and does just an extension of that,” Ferrence said. Varadkar exchange gifts during their meeting at Farmleigh House. —AP law. “I’m a very happy with the way along with visitors to the rest of not track misdemeanor citations, “There’s no question that the demand sales have gone and continue to go, Nevada are expected to make nearly Officer Larry Hadfield on Monday said. is ever going to relent.” —AP Britain, US ‘turning inward’, especially when you consider that the word didn’t really get out ahead of Canadian PM says in Ireland time.” said Andrew Jolley, president of the Nevada Dispensary Association and a store owner. “The public really only DUBLIN: Britain and the United States are tremendous opportunities for countries had a couple of weeks’ notice, whereas “turning inward,” Canada’s Prime Minister like Canada and Ireland, at a time where Colorado had a full year to prepare.” Justin Trudeau said at a press conference perhaps our significant allies and trading Nevada voters approved legalizing with his Irish counterpart yesterday in partners in the case of both the US and the recreational pot in November, but regu- which both leaders took swipes at their UK are turning inward or at least turning lations needed before the sales could heavyweight neighbors. Trudeau also said into a different direction,” Trudeau said. start weren’t approved until the past during a visit to Dublin that there were The sentiment was echoed by Varadkar, two weeks. The state later this week will “clear disagreements” with the United who reiterated his country’s commitment release a report regarding the unan- States ahead of the G20 summit this week, to the European Union as it prepares for nounced enforcement inspections that where US President Donald Trump is Britain’s exit from the bloc. “We each share were conducted Saturday at dispen- expected to attend. a relationship with a very big neighbor, a saries across the state. “The choices made by the United States neighbor that has to a certain extent on trade and climate change are at odds decided to go in a different direction at Edibles and concentrates with the majority of G20 countries, or even least for the time being,” he said. Varadkar The demand for recreational mari- all the other G20 countries,” he said after said that “unfortunately” Britain had cho- juana has been such that dispensaries talks with Ireland’s Leo Varadkar. Trudeau sen to leave the European Union and had to turn away customers in line over predicted that there would be “robust and would not be able to negotiate free-trade the weekend, and at least one extend- honest exchanges about how to serve not agreements like the one between Canada ed its hours of operation. Dispensaries only our citizens but the whole planet” at and the EU until it has officially left. reported wait times of 45 minutes to the summit, while adding that such meet- “I can’t see a scenario where Britain an hour Saturday afternoon and up to ings were also a chance to try to find “com- could remain a member of the EU, even in 20 minutes Sunday. The Euphoria mon ground”. transitional period, and then negotiate Wellness dispensary had 50 people The United States and Canada are other trade deals on their own”. Varadkar, waiting to make purchases midmorn- locked in a trade dispute, with the US the son of an Indian migrant and Ireland’s ing Monday. Its marketing coordinator, LAS VEGAS: A person buys marijuana at the Essence cannabis dispensary. —AP accusing Canada of exporting its prod- first openly gay prime minister, said he and ucts at unfairly low “dumping” prices. Trudeau had discussed a wide range of Canada is also a major supporter of the issues, including the benefits of immigra- Indian cinemas shut down in tax protest Paris Agreement to combat global warm- tion and diversity. “Both countries and ing, which Trump has said he wants to both governments are committed to mul- NEW DELHI: More than 1,000 cinemas in the Indian tax rate on tickets is 58 percent, the highest in the pull out of. tilateralism as the best means by which we state of Tamil Nadu have closed in protest at a hike country,” Tamil Nadu Theatre Owners and Both leaders issued thinly veiled criti- can solve the world’s problems,” Varadkar in taxes after the government introduced a nation- Distributors Association President Abhirami cism of their neighbors’ politics. “There are said. —AFP wide levy. Movie theatres in the southern state dark- Ramanathan told AFP. “It is a burden on movie-goers ened their screens from Monday, saying a state tax and defeats the objective of the new tax regime,” he of 30 percent on tickets on top of the new national said. Ramanathan added that the taxes would Poland hoping to emulate tax of 28 percent will deter cinema-goers and encourage people to illegally download films. encourage piracy. The government introduced a The association accepts the new GST but says new goods and service tax (GST) on Saturday in cinemas cannot afford the state duty as well. The Trump’s business acumen India’s biggest-ever fiscal reform. It intends to Tamil film industry is India’s second biggest after replace more than a dozen national and state levies Mumbai-based Bollywood, and the state accounts WARSAW: Poland hopes to woo Donald keen to reduce its heavy reliance on Russian with a single unified tax code. But as part of negotia- for a huge chunk of the $2.1 billion annual box Trump the businessman with new invest- energy. Poland, the largest economy in the tions to get states to accept the GST, the govern- office earnings across the country. Tamil film indus- ment opportunities in eastern Europe when ex-communist region, received its first ship- ment agreed some could impose additional local try representatives say the taxes could affect the the US president pays a whistle-stop trip to ment of US liquefied natural gas (LNG) last levies. Tamil Nadu has targeted cinema tickets. “The livelihoods of nearly one million people. —AFP Warsaw on Thursday en route for a G20 month at its Baltic port of Swinoujscie. summit in neighboring Germany. Amid transatlantic tensions over trade, security Gas Corridor project and climate change, Poland’s right-wing, The chief executive officer of Poland’s eurosceptic government wants to put the state pipeline operator GAZ-System said the focus firmly on improving business ties Three Seas summit could give a boost to its between the United States and ex-commu- North-South Gas Corridor project, which nist central and eastern Europe. aims to diversify gas supplies away from Trump, a wealthy businessman, will Moscow. “Political support is extremely attend a gathering of the ‘Three Seas’ initia- important for such projects, it helps with tive, launched jointly by Poland and Croatia their timely delivery,” Tomasz Stepien told last year, which aims to bolster trade, ener- Reuters, adding that this could also help gy ties and infrastructure along a north- Poland tap EU funds if Brussels deems the south axis stretching from the Baltic states corridor a priority. down to the Balkans. The three seas are the The North-South Gas Corridor, expected Baltic, the Adriatic and Black Sea. to be completed in the next two-three Some European Union officials are skep- years, will help send gas supplied from the tical about the project, which they see as an LNG terminal in Swinoujscie and also from a attempt by Poland - at loggerheads with planned Baltic pipeline through Poland, the Brussels on a range of issues - to build a Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary to a leadership role in a region that includes the new LNG terminal in Croatia. Until now the EU’s poorest member states. Trump, who region’s main trade routes have tended to has also clashed with the EU on a range of run from east to west rather than north to issues, is expected to promote US natural south, partly reflecting Germany’s econom- CHENNAI: In this photograph take on July 3, 2017, Indian residents sit in gas exports in his address to about 10 lead- ic dominance - but that is starting to front of a closed cinema amid a shutdown called to protest the implemen- ers attending from across a region that is change. —Reuters tation of the Goods and Services Tax (GST). —AFP WEDNESDAY, JULY 5, 2017 BUSINESS Shares, oil stumble after flying start

LONDON: World shares and oil pulled back and European bonds and Treasuries, which have been Korea’s posturing. “North Korea is continuing to ing the six currency dollar index steady at lacked sufficient regulation. bonds and gold were back in favor yesterday, as a clobbered by recent signs that the era of emer- provoke,” he said. Although markets were now 96.259. It had seen its biggest jump since MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific long-range ballistic missile test by North Korea gency stimulus and ultra low interest rates might used to these kind of events he added: “It is a bit the start of March overnight, as a stronger- shares outside Japan ended down 0.6 per- and July 4 holidays for US markets restricted risk be coming to an end. Sweden’s central bank more important as it came ahead of the G20 than-expected rise in the June Institute of cent. Japan’s Nikkei surrendered gains to appetite. Asian shares were pushed lower and sounded reassuringly cautious yesterday even as meeting this week.” Leaders from the Group of Supply Management (ISM) national factory end 0.1 percent down, South Korea’s KOSPI South Korea’s won slid to a 16-week low after the it hinted at tighter policy going forward. 20 nations are due to discuss steps to rein in activity index also propelled the 10-year closed 0.6 percent lower, though Hong North’s missile landed in Japanese waters amid That took the wind out of the Swedish crown Pyongyang’s weapons programmes when they Treasury yield to its highest since mid May. Kong was hardest hit by the regional jitters claims from Pyongyang that it could now strike that had been the best performing global cur- meet in Germany. US President Donald Trump as it slumped as much as 2 percent at one “anywhere in the world”. Europe dropped too as rency over the last week. The Australian dollar wrote on Twitter: “North Korea has just launched Emerging strains point. Tokyo, reacting to the North’s missile the first fall in oil prices in nine days pushed down also took a tumble as its central bank steered another missile. Does this guy have anything There were increasing signs that along- test, strongly protested what it called commodity stocks and traders also cashed in clear of rate hike talk at its latest meeting. Credit better to do with his life?” in an apparent refer- side the geopolitical jitters, higher global Pyongyang’s clear violation of UN resolu- some of gains made by the STOXX 600 on Monday Agricole FX strategist Manuel Oliveri said the ence to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. borrowing rates and the dollar were start- tions, and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo which had been the biggest in over two months. Swedish Riksbank’s move showed how wary The dollar lost 0.2 percent on the yen to leave ing to pressure emerging markets after Abe said he would ask the presidents of Traditional safety plays fared well. The central banks remained about their currencies, it buying 113.19 yen. It made almost as much their stellar start to the year. MSCI’s widely- China and Russia to play more constructive Japanese yen and gold were both higher, as were while the day’s other main focus was North back against the high flying euro however, leav- tracked emerging equity index saw its roles in efforts to stop Pyongyang’s arms sharpest one-day drop in nearly three program. Commodity markets also saw a weeks and most Asian currencies were shift. Gold was shining at $1,224 an ounce weaker. The won is now down 3 percent while oil posted its first session of losses in over the last two weeks, the Indonesian nine, ending their longest run of gains since rupiah has erased weeks of gains in the last February 2012, as traders closed positions two days and the Philippine peso is stuck ahead of the July 4 US holiday. US crude near multi-year lows. slipped 0.5 percent to $46.90 a barrel while “The bigger-picture driver for these global benchmark Brent dropped to $49.50 movements you are seeing in emerging as traders cashed in some of gains from a market currencies at least over the past two 3.7 percent leap — its biggest one-day gain weeks, are signs of a more hawkish turn since December 2016 — on Monday. from central banks - including the ECB, Fed “We see a recovery for oil prices in H2 and the Bank of England,” UniCredit EM FX 2017 from current levels, with OPEC pro- analyst Kiran Kowshik said. The next major duction cuts, a slowdown in global supply data point is likely to be Friday’s monthly growth and seasonally firming demand US jobs report. China’s central bank mean- driving up prices,” BMI Research said, while warned yesterday that its economy although it added that “large-volume sup- still faces “relatively big” downward pres- ply additions will keep price growth flat sure and that parts of its financial system year-on-year in 2018”. — Reuters

TOKYO: A man walks by an electronic stock board of a securities firm. — AP Markaz: S&P Pan Arab index ended at 0.6% KUWAIT: Kuwait Financial Centre premium, while the markets of Dubai and “Markaz” recently released its Monthly Bahrain trading at 9.5x and 9.3x were rela- Market Research report. In this report, tively cheap among MENA markets. Markaz examines and analyzes the per- Performance of blue chips was mixed formance of equity markets in the MENA in June. Saudi Arabian blue chips wit- region as well as the global equity mar- nessed stellar performance in the month kets for the month of June 2017. The of June. NCB (26.7%), Saudi Electric report stated that the performance of Company (12.1%) and STC (12%) were the MENA markets were mixed in the month top performers. Surprisingly, Ezdan hold- of June. S&P Pan Arab index ended flat at ing from Qatar was among the top per- 0.6% dragged lower by Qatar while sup- formers in June gaining 15.2% with spec- ported by the rise in the Saudi stocks. ulative trading about the buyout of Saudi Arabia’s Tadawul index soared 8.1% shares at market prices pushed the prices in June after the announcement from upward. Qatari stocks were among the MSCI on its possible inclusion in the worst performing blue chips in GCC. QNB, emerging markets index by the mid of Ooreedo and Masraf Al Rayan share prices 2019. Egypt and Dubai bourses gained plunged by 32.8%, 18.7% and 10.8% 1.7% and 1.8% respectively. respectively. Dubai’s index benefitted from the gains in Emaar properties after the com- Qatar crisis causing a GCC crisis pany announced its plans to sell of 30% On June 05, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the of its real estate business in the market. United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Bahrain Jolted by the geopolitical crisis, Qatar’s severed ties with Doha, accusing the main index shed 8.1% in the month of Qatari government of promoting instabil- June making it the worst performing ity in the region. The four Arab countries index across the MENA region. The index announced that they would close air and plummeted by 13.5% YTD, as an estimat- sea transport connections with Qatar, ed USD 35 bn has been pulled out of which is the world’s top exporter of lique- Qatar stock market mainly by the GCC fied natural gas (LNG). Also, the three GCC investors. Oman’s Muscat all share index countries-KSA, UAE and Bahrain-have was another poor performer from the blocked their nationals from travelling to MENA region. The index lost 5.6% in the Qatar, while giving Qataris two weeks to month of June, as investors were worried leave their nations. Kuwait’s mediation on the dampened economic growth efforts would play a crucial role in bring- prospects. Weak sentiments because of ing the concerned nations to the table falling oil prices weighed on Kuwait and resolve the issues by devising a win- weighted and price index that fell by 1.3% win strategy for the conflicting parties and 0.3% respectively. and the Middle East. Value traded in June reflected the poor sentiments in the market, with volume Oil Market Review traded increasing by 9% while the IPE Brent crude tumbled 15.7% from the turnover in the market declined by 13%. start of 2017 making it the worst perform- All MENA markets, barring Abu Dhabi and ing first half for oil after 1998. IPE Brent fell Dubai, witnessed fall in liquidity. Bahrain by 4.8% in June as Libya and Nigeria con- and Kuwait bourses evidenced 45.6% and tinued to pump in more oil into the market. 31.7% decline in value traded. Liquidity Inventory levels in the Asian markets, espe- declines are common in the MENA bours- cially Malaysia and Singapore have spiked es, especially due to poor trading activity to all time high in 2017. Supply has also in the month of Ramadan. In terms of valu- been on the rise from non-OPEC producers ation, P/E of Morocco (19.6x), Saudi Arabia such as the U.S, Canada and Brazil adding (15.1x), and Kuwait (13.9x) indices were at to the supply glut. EU, Japan summit to strike trade deal BRUSSELS: The European Union and Japan making,” European Council President will hold a summit tomorrow in hopes of Donald Tusk tweeted. sealing broad agreement on a massive “At the summit, leaders are expected to trade deal after four years of tough negoti- announce a political agreement on the EU- ations. The landmark deal would mark a big Japan free trade agreement and the EU- victory for free trade just days before a G20 Japan strategic partnership agreement,” a summit in Germany in which US President statement said separately. At this stage, the Donald Trump is expected to defend his EU and Japan are expected to reach only a “America First” protectionist stance. “political agreement” on the trade deal, The hastily-planned Brussels meeting that would still cover some of the accord’s will be attended by Tusk, EU Commission toughest aspects. chief Jean-Claude Juncker and Japanese A complete deal would be formally Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and follows signed later in the year, according to EU weeks of intense negotiations in Tokyo. The plans. Premier Abe in Tokyo said that the EU and Japanese economies combined deal was not done and sent Japan’s account for a colossal 28 percent of global Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida to Brussels output. “EU-Japan Summit on Thursday. for talks on Wednesday to iron out final Ambitious free and fair trade deal in the differences. — AFP WEDNESDAY, JULY 5, 2017 BUSINESS Airasia jet forced to return after suspected bird strike

SYDNEY: An AirAsia flight to Malaysia was forced take the passengers to Kuala Lumpur. to return to Australia shortly after take-off follow- Passenger Calvin Boon said he saw flames ing a suspected bird strike, the carrier said yester- going through the engine. day, the second incident involving the airline in “The whole engine blown and flame went the country in two weeks. Passengers said the through it all like (video game) Resident Evil man plane shook and bangs came from the right really, Resident Evil,” the Australian Broadcasting engine of AirAsia X flight D7 207 following its Corporation quoted him as saying. Another pas- departure from Australia’s Gold Coast to Kuala senger, Tim Joga, told The Sydney Morning Lumpur late Monday. Herald the plane started to vibrate minutes after The flight carrying 345 passengers and 14 take-off. “The plane started shuddering then crew was diverted to Brisbane airport just north there were a couple of loud bangs and a lot of of the eastern city and landed safely, the light, “Joga said. “I could see an orange light com- Malaysian carrier said. “Two bird remains were ing from the windows.” Another AirAsia flight found on the runway,” the low-cost carrier said in from Perth to Kuala Lumpur experienced techni- a statement, adding that the starboard engine cal issues about 90 minutes into the journey on had experienced a “suspected bird strike”. “We are Sunday and was forced back to Australia, with following all regulatory guidelines to ensure the one passenger saying the plane was “shaking like safety and well-being of our guests, who are cur- a washing machine”. rently being attended to by our ground staff,” The airline suffered its first fatal incident in AirAsia X chief Benyamin Ismail added. December 2014, when AirAsia Flight QZ8501 “We would like to commend our pilot and crashed in stormy weather off Indonesia killing crew members for their professionalism and all 162 people on board. That followed two swift action to reassure passengers who were Malaysia Airlines tragedies in the same year on board flight D7 207 and to land the aircraft which left hundreds dead, raising concerns BRISBANE: This picture taken by Calvin Boon yesterday shows fire rescue personnel beside safely in Brisbane airport.” The Malaysian air- among some travelers about the safety of the the starboard engine of an AirAsia Airbus A330, after the aircraft on flight D7207 made an line said it was arranging a special flight to country’s carriers. —AFP emergency landing at the Brisbane International Airport. —AFP Credit houses send Illinois positive financial signals

SPRINGFIELD: Two of the nation’s rating at “BBB-minus,” or one step six months of 2016. “Temporary or to work with the Republicans on top credit-ratings agencies signaled above “junk,” a designation that partial measures, or a failure to those issue until they’re resolved,” Monday that it would be a good would signal to investors that buy- enact a budget within the context of Madigan said. Republicans appear idea for Gov. Bruce Rauner to accept ing Illinois debt is a speculative ven- this session, would result in a down- unconvinced. Rauner spokeswoman the results of climactic weekend ture. Moody’s Investors Service was grade,” it said. Catherine Kelly said the speaker is action to resolve the nation’s longest closed Monday for the holiday. But Republicans were missing “clearly trying to distract from his 32 budget stalemate since the Great The favorable announcements from view in the Capitol Monday percent permanent tax hike.” Depression, but with Democrats provided a momentary respite from after accusing the Democrats of Spokeswomen for Senate Minority trumpeting progress, there was only the brinksmanship. shoving the tax increase down their Leader Bill Brady and House silence from minority Republicans Madigan said he was pleased throats without any action on Minority Leader Jim Durkin would who fear their governor’s agenda with the credit-rating news. But the Rauner’s structural changes such as not say why the two men didn’t will be steamrolled. agencies expressed caution. cost-cutting to the compensation attend today’s meeting, but Durkin’s Fitch Ratings and S&P Global Ratings, having earlier threatened to toss Illinois’ creditworthiness into BENTONG, Malaysia: A Shell petrol station employee holds up life-sized “junk” status without swift action to cutouts depicting a female staff member, pictured in uniform with a black approve a budget, smiled favorably Muslim headscarf and placed beside individual self-serve petrol pumps as Monday on the financial outlook. Fitch described as “concrete part of a promotional campaign, as they were pulled from display at a Shell progress” Sunday’s 72-45 vote in the station. —AFP House of Representatives for a 32 percent increase in the income tax Shell removes woman rate to bump up state revenue by $5 billion a year, along with a $36 bil- lion spending outline. cutouts over groping Minutes after Sunday’s House vote, Rauner promised a veto. On KUALA LUMPUR: Energy giant Shell said it spectful act, which is completely against Monday, Chicago Democratic House is removing life-sized cutouts of a the culture of Malaysians and Shell’s core Speaker Michael Madigan pledged Malaysian woman in a headscarf from its values. We urge our netizens and members an override. The fireworks could petrol stations in the Muslim-majority of the public to refrain from sharing these begin soon. Senate President John country after photos of men groping the images further. “The standee (cutout) will Cullerton of Chicago scheduled figure started circulating online. The be removed from all our sites with immedi- Tuesday morning votes on whether adverts featuring a female employee, ate effect.” to accept House changes to the wearing a red T-shirt with a Shell logo, An AFP journalist at a Shell station in budget legislation, concurrence black trousers and a black headscarf, smil- Bentong, just outside the capital Kuala action necessary to send them to ing and with her thumb raised in the air, Lumpur, said two of the cutouts had been Rauner’s desk. had been placed at Royal Dutch Shell’s sta- removed from the forecourt and placed Illinois has entered its third con- tions in Malaysia. inside the site’s shop. A staff member said secutive fiscal year without a budget Images of men kissing the cardboard the cutouts were removed Monday and plan because Rauner has resisted cutouts, holding her hand and grabbing were going to be placed in storage. Shell inking a deal without business- and her chest and crotch started circulating on did not say how many cutouts were political-climate changes to boost Facebook in recent days, in what Shell removed and which stations were affected. commerce, restore political faith and blasted as “distasteful and suggestive acts”. The oil giant has a network of over 950 sta- SPRINGFIELD: Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan, D-Chicago, speaks with reporters after a relieve local property-tax owners. leaders meeting at the Capitol. —AP The woman, named in local reports as 25- tions across Malaysia and serves nearly Ratings agencies, having had year-old Nor Shafila Khairusalleh, who one million customers a day, according to particular interest in Illinois even pri- “If a budget is enacted, the program for injured workers and a office said he would not attend yes- worked at a Shell station, criticized the its website. More than 60 percent of or to the current mess, are monitor- degree to which it closes the state’s statewide property tax freeze. terday. Brady’s spokeswoman indi- “extreme behavior” of the men in the Malaysia’s population of over 30 million ing the potentially disastrous side structural deficit, provides a path- In what’s been a 13-day special cated without all leaders attending, images. “They may just be joking, but I feel people are Muslim and social attitudes- effects: A $6.2 billion annual deficit, way for addressing the backlog of session that began in late June, Brady won’t either. humiliated because that is still me particularly outside cities-can be conserva- $14.7 billion in past-due bills, and unpaid bills, and its impact on cash Democrats and Republicans have The absences raised questions in although it is just an image,” she told news tive. Religious conservatism has also been the parceling out of payments to flows, will be important factors in negotiated those issues, but the Cullerton’s mind about where nego- portal mStar. rising in Malaysia in recent years, chipping service providers that prompted a our review of its effect on Illinois’ GOP claims talks broke down over tiations, particularly on the tangen- The Anglo-Dutch group said in a state- away at a one-time reputation for modera- federal judge on Friday to order the credit quality,” the S&P analysis read. the weekend in advance of Madigan tial Rauner demands, stand. ment that “we do not condone this disre- tion and tolerance. —AFP state to pay nearly $300 million Fitch wants to see a full-year calling the budget votes. Madigan “We have to do something,” more per month owed to managed- spending plan, not a stop-gap said Monday they’re ongoing. Cullerton said. “The House has acted care Medicaid providers. measure like the one that financed “We worked with Republicans but we’d prefer to do it in agree- Australia holds interest rates Fitch and S&P put Illinois’ bond Illinois government for just the last today on those issues; we’ll continue ment with Republicans.” —AP economy endures soft patch SYDNEY: Australia’s central bank held is also experiencing slow growth in Technology sell-offs send interest rates at a record low yesterday as wages and household income, underem- the economy endures a soft patch while ployment and high levels of household wage growth stutters, shunning indica- debt, fuelling speculation that rates will tions of a move to tighter monetary poli- remain unchanged for some months. Asia markets into reverse cy elsewhere. The Reserve Bank of Lowe acknowledged the slowdown in Australia has sat on the sidelines since economic growth but said it was “partly August, having cut borrowing costs 300 reflecting temporary factors”. “The basis points since November 2011 to Australian economy is expected to HONG KONG: Asian markets reversed early was the supporting level for the Hang Seng Kosan plunged more than 11 percent in Japan support the economy as an unprece- strengthen gradually, with the transition gains yesterday to sit mostly down in the after- Index and have bought lots of futures on it. after saying it plans to raise up to $1.2 billion dented mining investment boom ends. to lower levels of mining investment fol- noon as a sell-off in technology shares over- “As the index fell below that level this in a share sale despite opposition from its “The board judged that holding the lowing the mining investment boom shadowed a record close on Wall Street and a morning, some people got panicked and founding family to a merger with rival Showa stance of monetary policy unchanged at almost complete,” he said. A booming rally in energy firms. After surging on years of chose to sell their holdings.” However, Sydney Shell Sekiyu KK Showa Shell soared more than this meeting would be consistent with housing market, particularly in Sydney low borrowing costs, the tech sector is suffer- ended 1.8 percent higher after a more than seven percent. In Sydney, Woodside Petroleum sustainable growth in the economy and and Melbourne, has also made a further ing selling pressure from profit-taking around two percent dive in the previous two days and and Rio Tinto jumped. achieving the inflation target over time,” cut in rates appear less likely, economists the world and increasing talk among central as Australia’s central bank held off raising inter- The dollar held up after bouncing Monday RBA governor Philip Lowe said in a state- said, while macro-prudential tools have banks that the age of cheap money is coming est rates. The losses came despite a positive from last week’s sharp losses thanks to upbeat ment. The RBA’s neutral stance disap- been used to tighten lending, particular- to an end. lead from Wall Street where the Dow chalked factory figures. Analysts also suggested central pointed analysts, who had tipped a more ly to investors. With big-name firms such as Apple and up another record high ahead of banks were stepping back from hawkish com- hawkish outlook in line with other recent “There was nothing in today’s state- Google parent Alphabet suffering in recent Independence Day celebrations. ments indicating monetary tightening. The statements from central banks in Canada ment to shift our view that rates will stay weeks, their Asian counterparts are also feel- pound was weighed by below-forecast manu- and Britain. The Australian dollar slipped on hold for some time,” Commonwealth ing the pinch. In Hong Kong internet giant Energy rally facturing data while European Central Bank almost half a US cent to US$0.7638. Bank of Australia economist Kristina Tencent sank more than four and speaker- Markets reversed early gains that were led officials looked to temper boss Mario Draghi’s “I think they are just acknowledging Clifton said in a note. She added that maker AAC Technologies dived 2.4 percent, by energy firms as oil prices bounced. Crude suggestion of higher interest rates. “We’ve that they see the risks as balanced,” JP while economic growth was expected to while Tokyo-listed Sony lost 1.7 percent and lost around a fifth of its value between mid- seen an aggressive pullback from last week’s Morgan economist Henry St John said, lift by 2018, a sizable part of it would Sharp dived 1.9 percent. Samsung Electronics May and mid-June, hitting 10-month lows, as speculative bets fuelled by the hawkish chorus citing an improving labor market and come from higher liquefied natural gas retreated 0.5 percent in Seoul. traders fretted that a pick-up in US output of central bankers,” said Stephen Innes, senior varied housing market conditions across (LNG) production, which is not expected And those fed through to broader markets, was offsetting cuts by OPEC and Russia. But it trader at OANDA. the country. “Our view is that (going for- to generate much employment or infla- ward) we might see some further deteri- tion. The RBA also said in May that while traders have also been spooked by news has recovered around half of those losses in However, the greenback fell against the oration in the activity data, and that increases in underlying inflation-which that North Korea had tested its first missile recent weeks as US firms have cut the num- yen following North Korea’s missile test, the would cause them to shift to a more strips out volatile items-over the next that could reach the United States. Tokyo end- ber of rigs pumping, easing supply glut wor- latest provocation to ratchet up tensions dovish stance.” year or two would be “quite gradual” ed down 0.1 percent, Seoul slipped 0.6 per- ries. While both main contracts dipped on over its nuclear weapons ambitions. Investors While Australia marked 26 years with- because of low wages growth. “We need cent and Singapore gave back 0.5 percent and Tuesday, regional energy firms tracked the are awaiting the release Wednesday of min- out a recession after the economy grew to see the RBA lift these inflation fore- Taipei 0.6 percent. Shanghai was off 0.4 per- previous day’s gains of around two percent utes from the Federal Reserve’s June policy 0.3 percent on-quarter in January-March, casts materially before rate rises are back cent. Hong Kong plunged 1.5 percent, with on the oil market. meeting and key US jobs data Friday. In the 1.7 percent annual rate of expansion on the table anytime soon,” Clifton Kenny Wen, a strategist at Sun Hung Kai PetroChina and CNOOC surged in Hong early European trade London fell 0.4 per- was the weakest since 2009. The country added. —AFP Financial in Hong Kong, telling Bloomberg Kong, while Tokyo-listed Inpex was more than cent while Paris and Frankfurt each shed News: “Many investors were betting 25,500 one percent up. However, refiner Idemitsu 0.3 percent. —AFP BUSINESS WEDNESDAY, JULY 5, 2017 Qatar Airways accelerates global expansion with Prague and Sohar

KUWAIT: Qatar Airways, the 2017 2018 include Canberra, Australia; Airline of the Year as awarded by Chiang Mai, Thailand.; Rio de Janeiro, Skytrax, yesterday confirmed the Brazil; San Francisco, US; and expedited launch of two new desti- Santiago, Chile. A total of 25 new des- nations by the end of August 2017, tination launches will take place with several more announcements to throughout 2017-2018. The new follow shortly. Joining Qatar Airways' Prague and Sohar routes will be global network, which spans six con- served by an Airbus A320 aircraft fea- tinents, are: Sohar, Sultanate of turing 12 seats in Business Class and Oman, which will launch on 8 August; 132 seats in Economy Class. and Prague, Czech Republic, which Passengers can use any transfer will launch on 21 August. time to take advantage of the many The airline has confirmed the start activities and services available at of its new service between Doha and Hamad International Airport, from Sohar with three-weekly flights the free Wi-Fi, airside swimming pool Ford becomes No 2 Non-Premium Brand beginning 8 August, while the service and play areas for children, through between Doha and Prague will oper- to the multiple quiet areas in which ate on a daily basis from 21 August. passengers can relax, as well as the in JD Power's 2017 Initial Quality Study Both destinations will be operated by amazing array of duty free shopping Qatar Airways' Airbus A320 aircraft. and dining options. KUWAIT: Ford has jumped to No 2 of all non-premi- Seven Ford and Lincoln vehicles are in the top any other full-line manufacturer. Qatar Airways recently launched a Qatar Airways received a number um brands in JD Power's 2017 Initial Quality Study - three in their respective segments. Ford Expedition • Continuing the rapid rollout of advanced direct daily service to Dublin, of accolades this year, including the brand's best-ever ranking in the annual study and Mustang took top quality honors in their seg- EcoBoost engine technology and light weighting Republic of Ireland, as part of its rapid Airline of the Year by the prestigious now in its 31st year. The Ford brand improved to 86 ments. Ford is delivering new innovations with bet- innovations such as aluminum-bodied F-Series global expansion strategy, with serv- 2017 Skytrax World Airline Awards, problems per 100 vehicles from 102 in 2016. This ter quality than average as the industry has faced trucks - combining to deliver improved perform- ice to Nice, France, commencing 4 which was held at the Paris Air Show. improvement helped Ford tie for fourth among all challenges rolling out new advancements such as ance, capability and efficiency. July, and flights to Skopje, Republic of This is the fourth time that Qatar brands from 11th in 2016. connectivity and driver-assist features. Specifically, "We are moving into an exciting new period of Macedonia, on 17 July. Airways has been given this global "As Ford accelerates the pace of innovation, we Ford is: innovation in transportation, so it is very important to Qatar Airways Group Chief recognition as the world's best air- believe this best-ever quality ranking demonstrates • Equipping approximately 70 percent of vehicles keep the human experience at the center of all we do, Executive, His Excellency Mr. Akbar Al line. In addition to being voted Best our new technologies are reliable and easy to use," said with advanced SYNC 3 technology with signifi- including delivering any new technology with quali- Baker said: "Having recently been Airline by travelers from around the Bennie Fowler, group vice president, Quality. "The rapid cant quality improvements. ty," said Fowler. To explore the 2017 Ford line-up, named Airline of the Year at the pres- world, Qatar's national carrier also improvements rated by third-party quality experts • Offering more models in the United States with please visit the Alghanim Auto New Vehicle tigious 2017 Skytrax World Airline won a raft of other major awards at such as JD Power motivate us to improve our fitness popular driver-assist features such as adaptive Showroom in the Shuwaikh Industrial Area, opposite Awards, it is now our turn as an air- the ceremony, including Best Airline even more as quality is a race that's never finished." cruise control and forward collision warning than from the Classical Car Museum and Sirbb Circuit. line to give back to all of our passen- in the Middle East, World's Best gers and supporters around the Business Class and World's Best First world. Qatar Airways' announcement Class Airline Lounge. today comes at a time when we are The award-winning airline also GBK Ajyal trainees accelerating our global expansion recently revealed the first Boeing 777 plans by expediting the launch of equipped with the airline's new and complete International these two new destinations. Qatar unique seat design, Qsuite, at Le Airways is committed to connecting Bourget Airport, during the Paris Air assignment more people to more places, through Show 2017. Since its official debut, our five-star hub, Hamad Qsuite has already been featured on International Airport, while support- the Doha-London Heathrow route, KUWAIT: As part of its Ajyal Graduate ed banking professionals." ing our global message of 'Going and will be followed by service to Development Program, Gulf Bank Mrs Al- Hajjaj added: "The aim of Places Together'." Paris and New York, with the airline's recently selected its top three partici- this internship abroad was to provide Other new destinations planned fleet retrofitted at the rate of one pants to complete a four-week our three top Ajyal students with an for the remainder of this year and plane per month. internship and field training program international banking experience to at several leading financial institu- enrich their knowledge and under- tions in Frankfurt, Germany. The Ajyal standing of global financial markets Graduate Development Program was and the banking industry. This type developed by Gulf Bank, in coopera- of exposure provides a different per- tion with Institute of Banking Studies spectives and a unique learning (IBS), to nurture young Kuwaiti talent opportunity. We strongly believe that early in their career to develop them these types of opportunities con- into 'holistic bankers' and prepare tribute to professional and personal them for future leadership positions development. We thank our banking at the Bank. This is the third class to partners in Germany for providing graduate from the Ajyal Program. such a rich experience for our top The Ajyal training took place at Ajyal students." the following financial institutions: The selection process for the Ajyal MISR Bank-Europe, KT Bank AG, and participants is based on specific crite- ICF Bank AG. The topics covered ria. The criteria is Kuwaiti employees throughout the four-week program who have worked at the Bank for no included Trading Global Markets, less than one year, but no more than Frankfort Stock Exchange and three years can apply online. After Financial Management. One of the the initial screening, the candidates highlights of the trip was a visit to must successfully complete a series the Kuwaiti Consulate in Frankfurt. of assessment tests, starting with lan- Commenting on this achieve- guage proficiencies, followed by ment, Mrs Salma Al-Hajjaj, General numerical and analytical ability, psy- Manager of Human Resources at Gulf chometrics, and group discussions. Bank said: "The Gulf Bank Ajyal pro- Each stage of selection is based on gram is a world-class program that elimination and only those who suc- works to develop the skills of young cessfully complete each stage BB names winner of Kuwaitis. Through Ajyal we are help- advance onwards. The final step is an ing to shape the future of Banking in interview with a panel of Gulf Bank Al Thuraya salary Kuwait by building a cadre of well- executives who select a group of 20 rounded, highly trained, and motivat- candidates. account monthly draw

KUWAIT: Burgan Bank, the sec- Nissan Patrol SUV every month. ond largest in terms of assets, With every KD 10 available in the Sainsbury's sales growth announced today Sheikh Duaij account, the customer receives Rewards await Tijari Al Sabah as the lucky winner of one chance to enter the draw. the Al Thuraya Salary Account The Al Thuraya account holders cardholders via Al-Tijari picks up on revamped monthly draw. The winner was have the option to hold money presented with a Nissan Patrol in Kuwaiti Dinar and any other summer campaign ranges, price focus SUV. The draw rewards new and major currencies and can access existing customers who transfer other account-related services KUWAIT: Within its ongoing the draw to announce 6 winners LONDON: Sainsbury's, Britain's second own label (food)products and the fact their salary to Burgan Bank by such as standing orders, loans biggest supermarket group, saw sales that we've invested a lot over the last endeavors to reward its cus- during the period from July to offering them a chance to win a and credit cards and much more. growth accelerate in its latest quarter, as few years," Coupe told reporters, high- tomers by launching innovative September 2017 i.e. two winners it benefited from revamped food ranges lighting 430 new and improved prod- campaigns & programs that offer a month. As for the cruise which and held down prices of staple goods ucts in the quarter, including over 250 them chances to win distinctive the lucky winners will win, it despite rising inflation. The group, new Summer eating lines. He said that prizes throughout the year, par- includes business class airline which purchased Argos-owner Home while overall grocery inflation had ticularly during the holiday's sea- tickets to Barcelona in Spain or Retail last year, cautioned trading condi- trended upwards in the quarter, son, the Bank announced the Florida in USA along with accom- tions remained tough, however. Sainsbury's prices versus competitors launch of its summer promotion- modation in a 5 star hotel before Sainsbury's and major rivals - market were better. al campaign under the caption starting the cruise. Ms Al Rumaih leader Tesco, Asda and Morrisons - are "We've done a great job with our sup- "Your Dream Trip with Al-Tijari". added that the winners will enjoy grappling with the rapid growth of dis- pliers within our own (label) business to an all-expenses paid cruise and counters Aldi and Lidl and having to hold our costs down which means our each winner may have one com- cope with more expensive food imports price position has improved in the quar- panion during the cruise trip. due to a fall in the value of sterling ter," said Coupe. He noted that prices of As for the draw eligibility, she since Britain voted to leave the staples, such as broccoli, milk, apples, explained that every KD 10 spent European Union. "The market is com- chicken breasts and eggs were cheaper for paying the value of purchases petitive and we continue to manage than they were three years ago. by using the credit or prepaid cost price pressures closely," CEO Mike Sainsbury's said total grocery sales cards in Kuwait will give the cus- Coupe said yesterday. rose 3.0 percent, while transactions at tomer one chance to enter the But he said Sainsbury's strategy of supermarkets were up 1.9 percent. draw and 3 chances when spend- building a distinctive food offer ranging General merchandise sales increased 1.0 from own-brand "basics" to specialist percent. Online grocery sales increased ing the same amount by using "free from" and organic lines; growing 8 percent, while sales at convenience the credit or prepaid cards or its general merchandise and clothing stores were up 10 percent. even debit cards to pay for pur- businesses; and bearing down on costs, Finance chief Kevin O'Byrne said he chases and shopping outside was working. "Our strategy is delivering was comfortable with analysts' average Kuwait. Further, the campaign and we are well placed to navigate the profit forecast of 572 million pounds for Gazprom to start new will start in the beginning of July external environment." Shares in 2017-18, down from 581 million in 2016- 2017 and last till the end of Sainsbury's rose up to 3 percent. 17. Such an outcome would represent a gas deliveries to china September 2017 where the first "Sainsbury's has improved volume fourth straight year of profit decline. draw will be held in August 2017, growth while improving their price posi- Sainsbury's has held takeover talks MOSCOW: Russia will start supplying connect Yakutia's gas fields with the added Al Rumaih. tion in the quarter," said Bernstein ana- with franchised convenience chain gas to China through a new pipeline Sea of Japan (East Sea) and also with Al-Tijari cards offer their hold- lyst Bruno Monteyne, who has an "out- Nisa, according to two industry sources, by the end of 2019, state gas giant the Chinese border. Miller said that Speaking on the details of this ers a number of privileges & ben- perform" rating on the stock. and is also reportedly considering a Gazprom said yesterday, as part of a the project was now moving into a campaign, Ms Sahar Al Rumaih efits and are the best travel com- The group's retail like-for-like sales move for wholesaler Palmer & Harvey. mammoth $400-billion deal. "Today "key phase" and was being carried GM - Corporate Credit Division & panion as credit cardholders rose 2.3 percent, excluding fuel, in the Coupe, however, wouldn't be drawn on a deal was signed...about the date of out "strictly on schedule", adding Acting GM - Retail Banking enjoy free travel insurance apart 16 weeks to July 1, its fiscal first quarter possible deals. "A business like the start of gas deliveries through the that he had "no doubts" the 2019 Division said that this campaign from the concierge service in and - ahead of analysts' average forecast for Sainsbury's is always looking at poten- 'Power of Siberia' pipeline. It is delivery deadline would be met. The comes within the Bank's efforts to outside Kuwait in addition to Al a rise of 2 percent, and growth of 0.3 tial opportunities. We talk to lots of December 20, 2019," Gazprom boss agreement Tuesday between reward its cardholders and was Tijari Offers program that pro- percent in the previous quarter. This was people," he said. "Most of these conver- Alexei Miller told journalists. After a Gazprom and the China National organized in cooperation with vides discounts with renowned the first quarter following the Home sations come to nothing," added decade of negotiations, Russia inked Petroleum Corporation came as part Royal Caribbean International, restaurants and retailers & stores Retail purchase for which the group did O'Byrne. Sainsbury's said it remained a mammoth 30-year deal in May of a visit to Moscow by Chinese not issue separate like-for-like sales data confident of delivering 160 million 2014 to supply its key eastern neigh- leader Xi Jinping. Moscow and one of the best cruise planners to in Kuwait. Commercial Bank of for Sainsbury's and Argos. pounds of earnings synergies from the bor with natural gas through a Beijing have ratcheted up trade and Europe and Caribbean on the Kuwait always endeavors to cater Argos purchase by 2019 and was on pipeline for the first time. cooperation in recent years as the largest cruise ship in the world. for its customers' needs as a Inflation, savings track to achieve 145 million pounds of Construction began in Kremlin has increasingly looked east Ms Sahar Al Rumaih went on token of appreciation of their "Our performance is really driven by other cost savings this year. — Reuters September 2014 on the 4,000-kilo- after its ties with the West collapsed explaining that the Bank will hold constant trust and loyalty. metre "Power of Siberia" pipeline to over the Ukraine crisis. — AFP technology WEDNESDAY, JULY 5, 2017 Nexans wins Data Centre Solution Vendor Award

DUBAI: Nexans, the worldwide leader in Nexans’ Data Centre solutions include the company can offer end-users a fiber cables and cabling systems, announced LANmark copper and fibre cabling that cabling solution that is able to reduce that it has won the ‘Data Centre provide a migration path to 10/25/100 rack space by 50 percent compared to Solutions Vendor of the Year’ award at Gigabit/s transmission speeds as well as conventional fiber systems. the 5th Integrator ICT Champion Awards optimize often limited space usage. The “Nexans offers solutions that enable held recently in Dubai. Nexans was rec- company’s latest Data Centre innova- enterprise customers to build and oper- ognized for the inroads it has made in tions under the name of ‘Smart Choices ate an efficient and cost-effective digital the Data Centre market with its product for Digital Infrastructure’ includes differ- infrastructure that will support their innovations that meet key operational, ent Data Centre infrastructure technolo- growth objectives. Our cabling solutions economic, energy saving and future gies that help managers to support flexi- enable high bandwidth to manage any growth requirements. ble, cost effective bandwidth architec- unprecedented increase in data trans- “Nexans has been at the forefront in tures, optimized space usage and faster mission and at the same time maximizes bringing in innovative Data Centre solu- modular deployment. The company’s the up-time for Data Centers. Being rec- tions that helps reduce costs of opera- LANmark cabling helps minimize Data ognized for our efforts in the Data Centre tions and provide scalability options for Centre disruptions, reduces recurring space is definitely a huge achievement. future expansions. Along with our ‘Smart costs and ensures greater continuity for We look forward to surpassing our Choices for Digital Infrastructure’, our better business vitality. clients’ expectations with continuous cabling solutions have become preferred Nexans LANmark-7A and LANmark-8 innovation, service and support,” Helmy choices for Data Centre upgrades in the are designed for scalable and cost-effec- concluded. region and receiving this accolade is a tive high-speed DataCentre applications The 5th Integrator ICT Champion proof of the popularity of our solutions,” and helps customers scale up to 25G and Awards selected winners based on an said Tarek Helmy, Regional Director Gulf 40G Ethernet over copper cabling. online industry survey that was con- and Middle East, South & East Africa at Nexans was the first global vendor to ducted for over month and included Nexans Cabling Solutions. “This award is offer commercially available Cat8 cabling shortlisted nominees in various cate- very special to us as it is recognition of solutions in this region. Nexans’ gories. The awards were hosted by JNS our efforts in providing continuous inno- LANmark ENSPACE solutions for Data Media International, the publishers of vation in the Data Centrecabling space Centers include patch panels, cables and VAR Magazine and The Integrator. and a testimony of our team’s commit- connectors which will help Data Centers Nexans was selected for the ‘Data ment to providing the highest-level meet the growing data demands. Centre Solutions Vendor of the Year’ cat- expertise, excellence, customer service ENSPACE brings a number of benefits to egory for its attractive offerings and and support to our customers and part- the end-user by optimizing space usage deployments for the growing Data Tarek Helmy, left, receives ‘Data Centre Solutions Vendor of the Year’ ners,” Helmy added. and cable management. With ENSPACE Centre market. award. Robots to aid tourists, clean floors at SK airport Robot escorts travelers to their gates

INCHEON: Robots will start roaming South Korea’s largest airport this summer, helping travelers find their boarding gates and keep its floors clean as the country prepares for its first Winter Olympics game. Starting this month, Troika, a self-driving robot made by LG Electronics, will rove the Incheon International Airport, telling travelers how long it takes to get to boarding gates and escorting them to their flights. A jumbo cleaning robot will help clean- ing staff swab the wide expanses of floors in the airport west of Seoul. Troika, about the size of a young teen, is equipped with a rectangular display on KOUROU: This file photo shows the Ariane 5 rocket with a payload of four its front that looks like a giant smart phone screen and can show flight infor- Galileo satellites lifting off from ESA’s European Spaceport in Kourou, mation, an airport map and weather data. French Guiana. —AFP Its partly rounded head has a flat touch screen face that displays blinking or smil- Europe’s Galileo satnav identifies ing eyes or information. The guiding bot responds to its name. Travelers can insert problems behind failing clocks their tickets into its scanner to get flight information, and Troika will then ask if PARIS: Investigators have uncovered the Most accurate clocks ever they want to be escorted to their gates, problems behind the failure of atomic The Galileo system went live in warning laggards to “Please stay closer so clocks onboard satellites belonging to the December last year, providing initial servic- I can see you.” Troika’s debut piqued the beleaguered Galileo satnav system, the es with a weak signal, having taken 17 years interest of many in the airport. Heads INCHEON: In this photo, Troika, a self-driving robot made by LG Electronics, moves around for European Commission said Monday. For at more than triple the original budget. The swiveled and children approached with months, the European Space Agency- civilian-controlled service is seen as strate- curiosity as the 140-centimenter robot visitors at the Incheon International Airport in Incheon, South Korea. —AP photos with its white body and black screens which runs the program-has been investi- gically important for Europe, which relies glided through the terminal. Robotics is gating the reasons behind failing clocks on two military-run rivals-GPS and Russia’s gaining ground in South Korea, where onboard some of the 18 navigation satel- GLONASS. ESA boasts that Galileo has the many big businesses are automating fac- lites it has launched for Galileo, Europe’s most accurate atomic clocks ever used for tory production lines. South Korean alternative to America’s GPS system. geolocalisation. Similar to traditional clocks researchers have won awards in interna- Each Galileo satellite has four ultra- relying on the tick of a pendulum, atomic tional robot competitions. In 2015, South accurate atomic timekeepers, two that timekeepers also count regular oscillations, Korea’s Team KAIST beat the US and use rubidium and two hydrogen maser. in this case switches between energy states Japan to win the DARPA Robotics But a satellite needs just one working of atoms stimulated by heat or light. Challenge with a humanoid that com- clock for the satnav to work-the rest are But Galileo has experienced many set- pleted tasks without losing balance. spares. Three rubidium and six hydrogen backs, including the placement of two maser clocks were not working, with one satellites in the wrong orbit. In January, ESA Service-oriented satellite sporting two failed timekeepers. director general Jan Woerner announced But South Korea has been slow to “The main causes of the malfunctions that the system had suffered a setback with introduce human-like robots or interac- have been identified and measures have its atomic clocks. The EU Commission tive robots in public places like hotels or been put in place to reduce the possibili- expects Galileo to be fully operational by stores, unlike its neighboring Japan ty of further malfunctions of the satellites 2020. ESA signed a contract in late June where Softbank’s humanoid Pepper is already in space,” commission spokes- with a German-British consortium to build no stranger. Incheon International woman Lucia Caudet said. eight more satellites for Galileo, which will Airport Corp. believes it is the first to ESA found after an investigation that eventually comprise 30 orbiters. Twenty- introduce such service-oriented robots in a South Korean public space. Another its rubidium clocks had a faulty compo- four will be operational, in three orbital state-owned airport operator, Korea nent that could cause a short circuit, planes, with the rest standing by as spares, Airports Corp., which operates 15 inter- according to European sources. The inves- in orbit and on the ground. national airports in South Korea but not tigation also found that operations Once fully deployed, Galileo aims to pin- Incheon airport, also has teamed up involving hydrogen maser clocks need to point a location on Earth to within a meter- with local companies to introduce air- be controlled and closely monitored, the compared to several meters for GPS and purifying robots to measure air quality same sources said. The agency has taken GLONASS. Clients of a paying service will and clean terminals. measures to correct both sets of prob- be able to receive even more accurate Incheon International Airport Corp. lems, the sources added, with the agency readings-down to centimeters. Such accu- said in a statement that it does not expect INCHEON: In this photo, LG Electronics cleaning robot moves to clean the floor at the Incheon set to replace the faulty component in racy will be very useful in search-and-res- the robots to replace human workers, but International Airport in Incheon, South Korea. rubidium clocks on satellites not yet in cue operations. All new cars sold in Europe just to help, especially with overnight orbit and improve hydrogen maser clocks by 2018 will be fitted with Galileo for navi- shifts and physically demanding tasks. in Pyeong Chang. But its maker LG is still er: By July, Troika will be speaking English, her kids could catch a bus to the city. as well. gation and emergency calls. Its high-preci- Future plans include deploying robots to working out the kinks. Korean, Chinese and Japanese, Kim said. Still, such machines could be quite use- “The supply of the first Galileo services sion clocks will also boost synchronization advise travelers about items that are Troika can recognize its location inside However the robot can only perform a ful for overseas travelers, Ma said. “It’s has not and will not be affected by the of banking and financial transaction, banned on flights, serve food in airport the airport terminal and navigate around few simple tasks it has been programmed becoming common in a lot of public malfunctioning of the atomic clocks or by telecommunications and energy smart- lounges and carry cargo. South Korea passers-by and obstacles, said Kim to carry out. During a recent test run it places so that’s why I came to it right other corrective measures,” Caudet said, grids, making them more efficient. It expects the robots to burnish its reputa- Hyoungrock, the chief research engineer failed to recognize some voice com- away,” she said. “It’s a source of informa- and that the malfunctions have not should also boost the safety of driverless tion as a technology leader when the at LG Electronics who oversaw the robot’s mands, such as when Amethyst Ma of tion, especially if we don’t speak the affected service performance. cars. —AFP country hosts the 2018 Winter Olympics development. It’s meant to be a fast learn- San Jose, California, asked how she and local language.” —AP Amount of malware targeting smart devices double in 2017

DUBAI: The total number of malware samples targeting smart They have set up honeypots - artificial networks, which simu- rise is simple: The IoT is fragile and exposed in the face of cyber- pushing attackers to search for new resources that willhelp them devices has reached more than 7,000, with over half of these late the networks of different IoT devices (routers, connected cam- criminals. The vast majority of smart devices are running operating make increasingly powerful attacks. Botnet Mirai demonstrated emerging in 2017, according Kaspersky Lab’s researchers. With eras etc.) to observe malware attempting to attack their virtual systems based on Linux, making attacks on them easier because that smart devices can give cybercriminals what they need, with over 6 billion smart devices being used across the globe, people devices. They did not have to wait long - attacks using known and criminals can write generic malicious code that targetsa huge the number of devices they can target now reaching billions. are increasingly being put at risk from malware targeting their previously unknown malicious samples started almost immedi- number of devices simultaneously. What makes the issue danger- Various analysts have predicted that by 2020, this could grow to connected lives. Smart devices- such as smartwatches,smart TVs, ately after the honey pot was set up. Most of the attacks regis- ous is its potential reach. According to industry experts, there are 20-50 billion devices,” he added. In order to protect your devices, routers, and cameras - are connecting to each other and building tered by the company’s experts targeted digital video recorders or already more than 6 billion smart devices across the globe. Kaspersky Lab security experts advise the following: the growing Internet of Things (IoT) phenomenon, a network of IP cameras (63 percent), and 20 percent of hits were againstnet- Most of them do not even have a security solution and their l If you don’t need to, do not access your device from an exter- devices equipped with embedded technology that allows them work devices, including routers, and DSL modems, etc. manufacturers usually do not produce any security updates or nal network. to interact with each other or the external environment. About 1 percent of targets were people’s most common new firmware. This means there are millions and millions of poten- l Disable all network services you don’t need to use the device. Because of the large number and variety of devices, the IoT devices, like printers and smart home devices. China (17 percent), tially vulnerable devices - or maybe even devices that have been l If there is a standard or universal password that cannot be has become an attractive target for cybercriminals. By success- Vietnam (15 percent), and Russia (8 percent) emerged as the top-3 already compromised. “The issue of smart devicesecurity is serious, changed, or the preset account cannot be deactivated, disable the fully hacking IoT devices criminals are able to spy on people, countries with attacked IoT devices, each presenting a large num- and one that we should all be aware of. Last year showed that it is network services in which they are used, or close access to external blackmail them, and even discreetly make themtheir partners ber of the infected machines. Brazil, Turkey and Taiwan - all at 7 not just possible to target connected devices, but that this is a very networks. in crime. What’s worse, botnets such as Mirai and Hajime have percent, follow. To date during this ongoing experiment, real threat. We have seen a huge increase in IoT malware samples, l Before using the device, change the default password, and indicated that the threat is on the rise. Kaspersky Lab’s experts researchers have been able to collect information about more than but the potential is even greater,” said Vladimir Kuskov, security set a new one. have conducted research into IoT malware to examine how seven thousand malware samples designedspecifically to hack expert, Kaspersky Lab. l Regularly update the device’s firmware to the latest version - serious the risk is. connected devices. According to experts, the reason behind the “Apparently, high competition in the market of DDoS attacks is if possible. WEDNESDAY, JULY 5, 2017 HEALTH & SCIENCE Study reveals frogs flourished after dinosaurs croaked MIAMI: A massive asteroid strike that in the vast majority of frogs we see genes, while the current one examined attention to the positive aspects of mass ations of ecosystems at that time, includ- wiped out the dinosaurs millions of years today,” said study co-author David variations in 95 genes, offering a much extinctions: They provide ecological ing widespread destruction of forests,” ago created room for frogs to colonize Blackburn, associate curator of amphib- more detailed look at how individual opportunity for new things.” Similar evo- said Blackburn. “But frogs are pretty the Earth, said a study Monday that ians and reptiles at the Florida Museum species relate to one another. lutionary events happened with birds, good at eking out a living in microhabi- shows how frogs became among the of Natural History. Researchers also studied fossil records said co-author David Hillis, professor of tats, and as forests and tropical ecosys- most diverse vertebrates in the world. As “This finding was totally unexpected.” to determine when different kinds of integrative biology at University of Texas, tems rebounded, they quickly took many as 10 types of frogs are believed to Until now, scientists believed that most frogs likely diverged from one another. Austin. “We know that the mass extinc- advantage of those new ecological have survived the mass extinction some modern frog species emerged at a Researchers found “evidence of not one tion event wiped out most of the opportunities.” 66 million years ago, which erased three- steady pace between 66 million and 150 but three explosions of new frog species, dinosaurs, except for a few bird species, Some frogs also adapted by produc- quarters of life on Earth, said the report million years ago. But the latest research on different continents, and all concen- which then exploded in diversity and ing young without a tadpole stage-today in the Proceedings of the National shows frogs burst onto the scene more trated in the aftermath of the mass die- became one of the dominant groups of the standard for about half of all frog Academy of Sciences. like an “explosion,” as the tiny amphib- off of most dinosaurs and many other land animals,” he said. “As we look at species. Modern frogs face a host of Of these survivors, just three major ians swept into habitats left vacant by species about 66 million years ago,” said more and more groups of life, we see the threats to their survival, including habi- kinds of frogs went on to diversify and other creatures. the report. Two of the three surviving lin- same pattern, and that turns out to be tat destruction, human encroachment populate the planet. Some 6,700 known eages-Microhylidae and Natatanura- the case for frogs as well.” and climate change. “I think the most frog species exist today. Nearly nine in 10 Largest genetic study to date came out of Africa. The third, Hyloidea, exciting thing about our study is that we — 88 percent-of modern frogs can trace For the study, researchers in China spread throughout what became South Finding new habitats show that frogs are such a strong animal their roots back to these three lineages and the United States compiled the America.“These frogs made it through on In particular, the demise of dinosaurs group,” said lead author Peng Zhang, a of hardy ancestors. “Frogs have been largest set of frog genetic data ever eval- luck, perhaps because they were either and most birds created new niches for researcher at Sun Yat-sen University in around for well over 200 million years, uated. Genetic samples were taken from underground or could stay underground frogs in the late Cretaceous Period. Some Guangzhou, China. “They survived from but this study shows it wasn’t until the 156 frog species and combined with pre- for long periods of time,” said co-author climbed into trees for shelter, leading to the mass extinction that completely extinction of the dinosaurs that we had viously published data on 145 more David Wake of the University of the evolution of the now ubiquitous tree erased dinosaurs and boomed back this burst of frog diversity that resulted species. Past studies looked at five to 12 California. “This certainly draws renewed frogs. “We think there were massive alter- quickly.”—AFP Hanoi to ban motorbikes by 2030 Critics blame motorbikes for air pollution

HANOI: Officials in Vietnam’s traffic-choked capital Hanoi the road. In a country where the average annual wage is serious in the future if no immediate management meas- vowed yesterday to banish motorbikes by 2030 to ease still around $2,200, the affordability of motorbikes makes ures are in place,” the report said. The ban will be imple- environment and congestion woes, a decision that swiftly them ubiquitous. Yet critics have blamed the emissions- mented in metropolitan districts and public transport divided a city where two-wheelers are the main means of heavy motorbikes for Hanoi’s deteriorating air quality and options would be increased to wean people off their scoot- transportation. Hanoi is famed for legions of motorbikes- worsening traffic congestion. The decision to ban motor- ers, the report added. sometimes stacked with entire families or overloaded with bikes by 2030 was approved by 95 out of 96 city councilors The number of registered motorbikes in Vietnam is deliveries-that clog roads in a fast-growing city with limit- at a meeting yesterday. among the highest in Southeast Asia, and officials in ed public transportation. Officials said the number of vehicles was growing at an Hanoi have long-mulled banning the bikes in an effort to There are five million motorbikes among a population “alarming” rate, according to a report on the city govern- modernize the city along the lines of Seoul or Tokyo. Some of about seven million, compared to half a million cars on ment’s website. “Traffic jams and air pollution will become welcomed the move, saying the ban is crucial to cleaning TOKYO: This handout photo shows the 19-day-old up Hanoi’s air, which is notoriously smoggy in the winter female panda cub of giant panda Shin Shin at Tokyo’s months. “Too many private cars, too many motorbikes... Ueno Zoo.—AFP the quality of air is really bad and the decision made today will improve that,” economist and transport expert Luong Japan panda fans Hoai Nam said. get latest fix of cute Totally insane The city clocked 282 days of “excessive” levels of PM2.5 with new footage — fine particulate matter harmful to human health-last TOKYO: Japan’s panda-obsessed public got their latest fix year, according to non-governmental group GreenID, citing of cute yesterday as a Tokyo zoo released footage of its 20- World Health Organization guidelines. The Hanoi govern- day-old helpless cub, who has ballooned in size since its ment is rolling out an air monitoring system in an effort to birth last month. The tiny panda, still without a name, was make Hanoi “green and clean and civilised so that people the first to be born at Tokyo’s Ueno Zoo in five years to the living and working here have a high quality of life”, Nguyen delight of animal lovers and local businesses, sparking Trong Dong, the head of the city’s environment depart- ‘panda fever’ in the capital. Distinctively pink and hairless, ment said last month. the animals typically weigh around 100 grams at birth- On social media, some people decried the motorbike ban small enough to fit in the palm of a human hand. announcement-questioning whether the government will It can be difficult to determine their sex but the zoo really offer viable public transport alternatives as promised. confirmed last month that the newborn was a girl based “This idea is totally insane,” said office worker Hoang Thuy on pictures sent to a research centre in the shy animal’s Duong, who rides a motorbike to work daily. “Motorbikes are native China. At two days old, she weighed just 147 grams the best means of transportation in Hanoi. I doubt authori- and measured 14.3 centimeters in length, but zoo officials ties can replace them with public vehicles,” she said. have since said she is growing well. Footage shows the cub Hanoi does not have a metro system, only public buses resting comfortably on a blanket Sunday as caretakers con- which account for 12 percent of travel demand in the city. ducted a regular health check, with the cub now weighing Officials said yesterday they plan to boost that share to in at 607.9 grams and measuring 23.4 centimeters. around 50 percent by 2030. Construction of a sky train in The tiny baby also looks increasingly more panda-like, the city has been repeatedly delayed but is slated to open with the trademark black color around her eyes, ears and next year. Some said limiting individual vehicle use is not feet becoming clearer. Her eyes remain closed as it usually effective without efficient public transport in place. “When takes about 40 days before panda cubs start seeing things, you just employ banning as one measure they never suc- the zoo said. In another shot, mum Shin Shin, who just ceed,” said Jung Eun Oh, senior transport specialist at the turned 12 on Monday, is seen tenderly holding the baby in HANOI: Motorcyclists ride alongside cars and buses at rush hour on a street in downtown Hanoi yesterday.—AFP World Bank in Vietnam.—AFP her right arm. Considered an endangered species, it is esti- mated that fewer than 2,000 giant pandas remain in the wild, in three provinces in south-central China. Shin Shin, Shingles boosts who mated with male Ri Ri in February, had given birth to Thousands of chickens another cub in 2012 — the first time at the zoo in 24 years- risk of heart but the baby died from pneumonia just six days later.—AFP block Austrian motorway attack, stroke MIAMI: People who develop shin- gles-a re-activation of the chicken VIENNA: Emergency workers in Austria dom came after the lorry transporting motorway on both sides,” police said. The had an egg-stremely unusual operation them lost its load on the A1 autobahn near incident closed the motorway towards the pox virus which commonly affects yesterday removing an estimated 7,000 Linz in the north of the country. “Boxes capital Vienna during the busy morning older people-may face a balloon- chickens which were blocking a busy containing dead and injured animals were rush hour and caused long traffic jams in ing risk of heart attack or stroke, motorway. strewn over a 160-metre stretch (of road) the other direction as drivers slowed down South Korean researchers said The birds’ unexpected break for free- while thousands of chickens ran onto the to look.—AFP Monday. Their study found that people with shingles saw an overall 41 percent higher risk of cardiovas- cular events, such as heart attack or stroke, when compared to an age-matched control group that did not develop shingles. The risk of stroke was 35 percent higher and heart attack 59 percent higher, said the report published in COLOMBO: A Sri Lankan public health official stands the Journal of the American College with police officers before leaving for Dengue fever of Cardiology. The riskiest period irradiation work in Colombo, Sri Lanka yesterday.—AP was the first year after infection, and the dangers appeared to decline Sri Lanka’s dengue after that. Researchers also found the risk for stroke was highest in outbreak kills 225 those under 40 years old. The study was based on a medical database of COLOMBO: Sri Lanka is suffering its worst-ever dengue 519,880 patients whose records outbreak, with the mosquito-borne virus killing 225 people were tracked from 2003-2013. and infecting more than 76,000 this year. Alarmed by the Researchers are unclear why magnitude of the crisis, the government deployed 400 sol- shingles would boost the risk of diers and police officers yesterday to clear away rotting cardiovascular problems, and said garbage, stagnant water pools and other potential mosqui- more study is needed. “While these to breeding grounds. Dr. Ruwan Wijayamuni, Colombo’s findings require further study into chief medical officer, said people’s failure to clear puddles the mechanism that causes shin- and piles of trash after last month’s heavy monsoon rains gles patients to have an increased had compounded the problem. risk of heart attack and stroke, it is “It’s pathetic that they don’t keep clean their environ- important that physicians treat- ment,” Wijayamuni said. “Some residents do not allow offi- ing these patients make them cials to inspect the houses and clean them. This is really aware of their increased risk,” said unacceptable.” The number of infections nationwide is already 38 percent higher than last year, when 55,150 peo- study author Sung-Han Kim, a ple were diagnosed with dengue and 97 died, according to physician in the department of the Health Ministry. The highest number of cases is in the infectious diseases at Asan region around the main city of Colombo, though cases Medical Center in Seoul. were being reported across the tropical island nation. Nearly one in three people in the “This is mostly an urban disease” said Dr. Priscilla United States will develop shingles Samaraweera of the National Dengue Eradication Unit. Last in their lifetime, according to the US month’s heavy rains left the cities waterlogged, with puddles Centers for Disease Control and and rain-soaked garbage providing ideal spots for mosqui- Prevention. The infection, which may toes to breed and multiply. In Colombo alone, 25 teams of cause blisters, rash and shooting soldiers, police officers and public health inspectors were pain, can affect anyone who has had knocking on doors at people’s homes, advising them to clear chicken pox. clogged drains and empty outdoor pots that might have Shingles is a disease caused by filled with rainwater. Health officials were also fumigating the varicella-zoster virus. It can be public spaces. This year’s strain is particularly dangerous, spread through direct contact with Samaraweera said. There is no cure for any of the four strains the rash, but not by air. A vaccine of the virus, which causes a high fever, weeks of exhaustion against shingles is available and is and in some cases a vicious skin rash. Patients most at risk of recommended for people 60 and dying are the elderly, children or those with other medical older, according to the US National complications. Hospitals were so crowded with dengue patients, the army was building two temporary wards at Institute of Allergy and Infectious Negombo Base Hospital, about 38 kilometers north of AUSTRIA: Firemen remove chicken and transport boxes from the A1 highway in Asten near Linz, upper Austria, where a poultry Diseases.—AFP truck caused traffic chaos after losing its freight yesterday.—AFP Colombo, military spokesman Brig. —AP WEDNESDAY, JULY 5, 2017 HEALTH & SCIENCE

Testosterone a significant China rocket failure likely to boost for women athletes PARIS: Women runners born with high IAAF introduced so-called “hyperandro- set back next space missions testosterone levels enjoy a “significant genism regulations” after a highly-emo- competitive advantage”, said a study yes- tive and public battle with South Africa’s BEIJING: The failure of China’s Long March 5 rock- terday that could reignite debate on the Semenya. et deals a rare setback to China’s highly successful future participation of athletes whose The regulations allowed hyperandro- space program that could delay plans to bring gender was questioned. The study, jointly genic athletes to take medication to lower back moon samples and offer rival India a chance sponsored by the sporting agency seek- their testosterone levels to below 10 to move ahead in the space rankings. Experts say ing to ban athletes with hyperandro- nanomoles per liter-considered a low level the still unexplained mishap shows that for all its genism, comes three weeks before the in men. The natural range for women is triumphs, China’s space program is not immune International Association of Athletics about 10 times lower. Semenya won gold to the tremendous difficulties and risks involved Federations (IAAF) must present expert in the 800 m at the 2009 World in working with such cutting-edge technology. evidence on “the actual degree” of advan- Championships in Berlin, but was subse- “China’s approach has been slow and pru- tage women could gain. quently barred from competing for nearly dent, trying to avoid this kind of ‘failure,’ even Hyperandrogenism is a condition that a year while undergoing gender tests. though they knew it was going to occur sooner causes high natural levels of the male Competitors say hyperandrogenic athletes or later,” Joan Johnson-Freese, an expert on hormone, testosterone, in women. enjoy an unfair physical advantage, but China’s space program at the US Naval War Without proof, IAAF regulations exclud- critics say gender testing is arbitrary, dis- College, wrote in an email. Authorities say the ing women with hyperandrogenism from criminatory and psychologically harmful. Long March 5 Y2 that took off Sunday in the sec- competition are set to lapse. Track stars In 2015, the Court of Arbitration for ond launch of a Long March 5 rocket, suffered an such as South Africa’s Caster Semenya Sport (CAS) suspended the IAAF regula- abnormality during the flight after what and India’s Dutee Chand both endured tions in a challenge brought on behalf of appeared to be a successful liftoff from the banishment for failing so-called “gender India’s Chand, a sprinter. It said there was Wenchang Space Launch Center in the southern tests”. The new study, published in the not sufficient scientific evidence that nat- island province of Hainan. British Journal of Sports Medicine, was ural testosterone boosts performance in The incident is under investigation and the funded by the IAAF and the World Anti- hyperandrogenic women, and gave the authorities have yet to comment on possible Doping Agency (WADA). agency two years to submit expert causes, or any knock-on effects on the program One of the authors, Stephane Bermon, reports to the contrary. as a whole. In a testimony to the high respect is an IAAF consultant and a member of its The deadline of July 27 is fast China’s program now commands, the failure drew widespread commentary in the space working group on hyperandrogenic ath- approaching. “Our starting position is to community, including from SpaceX founder and letes. The other, Pierre-Yves Garnier, is defend, protect and promote fair female chief executive Elon Musk, who tweeted Sunday: BEIJING: In this photo, a girl stands in front of models of Chinese space rockets, including the Long director of the IAAF’s health and science competition,” an IAAF statement quoted “Sorry to hear about China launch failure today. I March 5, second from left, at the China Beijing International High-Tech Expo in Beijing. —AP department. He returned to work in Bermon as saying yesterday. “This study is know how painful that is to the people who its use of liquefied gases that are less stable than rover on the moon. Administrators suggest a January after a three-month suspension in one part of the evidence the IAAF will be designed & built it.” the solid propellants used in other rockets, said manned landing on the moon may also be in the a probe linked to Russian athletics doping. submitting to the CAS,” he added. There Nicknamed “Chubby 5” for its massive, 5- Morris Jones, an Australian space analyst and program’s future. Not all has been smooth sailing, Their research relied on blood data from would be no impact on the World meter girth, the Long March-5 is China’s largest regular contributor to SpaceDaily.com. however. A Long March 3B rocket launched June male and female athletes who competed Championships in London in August, as and most brawny launch vehicle, capable of car- Unlike earlier rockets that used highly toxic 18 launch placed its communications satellite in in the World Championships in 2011 and the regulations remain suspended “pend- rying 25 tons of payload into low-earth orbit and fuels, the Long March 5 burns a more environ- a lower-than planned for orbit. Though the satel- 2013 — more than 2,100 samples in all. ing the resolution of the CAS proceeding”, 14 tons to the more distant geostationary trans- mentally friendly and less expensive kerosene- lite is climbing into its proper altitude on its own, It found that women with high natural the association said.—AFP fer orbit in which a satellite orbits constantly liquid oxygen-liquid hydrogen mix - which is the effort will reduce its useful lifespan in space. testosterone levels performed better in above a fixed position on the earth’s surface. more complex and harder to regulate. Jones A least two similar incidents reportedly the 400-metre sprint, 400 m hurdles, and That’s more than double that of the Long March called such setbacks typical of the development occurred last year. With two mishaps coming so 800 m middle-distance events than 7, the backbone of the Chinese launching fleet, phase of a new rocket and said additional close together, Chinese space officials may women with low levels. They also outper- making it the linchpin for launch duties requiring launches may be required to work out the kinks. decide to take a pause to re-evaluate manufac- formed them at pole-vaulting and ham- such massive heft such as interplanetary travel. Sunday’s launch failure will delay the Chang’e 5 turing quality or other aspects of the program, mer throw. Depending on the event, per- First among those is the mission slated for mission at least until next year, while there may said Stephen Clark of Spaceflight Now. That may formance improved by between 1.8 and November by the Chang’e 5 probe to land a also be a small delay in launching the space sta- include launching another Long March 5 test 4.5 percent, the paper said. rover on the moon before returning to Earth tion components, Jones said. flight before attempting the Chang’e 5 mission, This link, concluded the authors, with samples - the first time that has been done Finding a fix “takes a lot of time and effort but Clark said. Both Clark and Johnson-Freese said “should be taken into account when the since 1976. China’s most technically demanding there is no other way to produce a reliable rock- they hope the failure doesn’t deter Chinese offi- eligibility of women with hyperandro- mission to date, it had been put off before et,” Jones said. Test launched for the first time cials in their pursuit of greater transparency and genism to compete in the female catego- because of funding and then technology, last year in what had been a towering success, international participation in the country’s ry of competition is discussed.” The study Johnson-Freese said. While the Long March 5 has the 57-meter two-stage rocket is just slightly less space program. is an observational study that cannot suffered other setbacks, the lunar mission is “cer- powerful than the most powerful rocket in serv- Yet, rivals, primarily India, may see the set- determine conclusively that higher testos- tainly the most visible one,” she said. ice, the US’ United Launch Alliance’s Delta IV, back as an opportunity to steal a march on terone is what causes the performance although SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy is designed to China, whose geostrategic influence has benefit- boost, merely that an increase in one is Finding a fix carry a payload into low-earth orbit of more ed significantly from its role as a technology associated with an increase in the other. Other upcoming Chinese missions include than 50 tons. Since the first launch in 1970, leader in space, said Johnson-Freese. India’s Mars the launch next year of the 20-ton core module China’s Long March series of rockets have been a Orbiter Mission, called Mangalyaan, is already Unfair or discriminatory? for China’s orbiting Tiangong 2 space station, remarkably solid bet, achieving a success rate of orbiting the red planet, years before China is Testosterone, which can also be inject- along with specialized components for the 60- around 95 percent. ready to launch such a mission, and it won ed as a performance-enhancer, increases ton station that is due to come on-line in 2022 That’s helped facilitate a program that con- acclaim and a place in the record books earlier muscle mass and boosts physical and other massive payloads in future. The Long ducted its first crewed space mission in 2003, this year by placing 104 nano satellites in orbit strength. The issue of hyperandrogenism NEW DELHI: This file photo shows Dutee March 5 was also due to be the launch vehicle making China only the third country after Russia from a single rocket. “The failure of the Long is controversial because it has pitted prin- Chand of Odisha taking part in the 100 for a Mars rover planned for the mid 2020s. and the US to do so, put a pair of space stations March 5 may provide a window of opportunity ciples of fair competition against the meter race during 20th Federation Cup Problems with the Long March 5 may stem from into orbit, and landed its Yutu, or “Jade Rabbit” for India,” said Johnson-Freese.—AP rights of women born with a condition National Senior Athletics Championship they have no control over. In 2011, the in New Delhi. —AFP Tsunami of toxic wastewater kills Lunar robots put to the plants, animals in Israel’s desert

test on Sicily’s Mount Etna MISHOR ROTEM, Israel: Toxic again hours later in a pool several potash and fertilizer producer reservoirs where the breech MOUNT ETNA, Italy: A robot wheels and Italy to research ROBEX (Robotic wastewater that surged through a kilometers from the Dead Sea, the with exclusive rights in Israel to occurred. They contained a pro- across a rocky, windswept landscape Exploration of Extreme Environments) dry riverbed in southern Israel at lowest point on earth. Days later, mine the Dead Sea. “All the plants duction by-product called phos- that looks like the surface of some dis- with the aim of improving robotic equip- the weekend left a wake of eco- the ground is still stained a dark and animals in the valley during phogypsum water. tant planet from a science fiction film. ment that will be used in space. “This is logical destruction more than 20 brown and giving off a nauseating the tsunami of acid were probably The company declined to But it is not in outer space, it’s on the aimed at stimulating a future, hypotheti- km long. The flood began last acidic stench, more potent than a highly damaged, probably dead,” answer questions on the criminal slopes of Europe’s most active volcano. cal landing mission on the moon or Mars Friday when the 60 meter high highly chlorinated swimming said Oded Netzer, an ecologist for investigation or about the impact Mount Etna, in Sicily, is a test bed for and they use a lot of robots which are wall of a reservoir at a phosphate pool. One section of the Ashalim the ministry. “In the long term, the incident will have on its opera- the approximately three-foot high, there to transport and install different factory partially collapsed, letting riverbed is made up of narrow there will be soil damage and large tions. Shares in ICL fell almost 4 four-wheeled machine ahead of a instruments”, said Boris Behncke, a volca- loose 100,000 cubic meters of canyons, popular for hiking, but functional ecological problems.” percent after the spill but partially future mission to the moon. It is being nologist from the National Vulcanology highly acidic wastewater in the no one was around when the He said weeks of intense clean- recovered to trade 1.3 percent conducted by the German Aerospace Institute in Catania, near Mount Etna. Ashalim riverbed. That was wastewater first gushed through. up work, including pumping out higher on Tuesday. In a statement, Centre, the agency which runs Scientists also hope to use the robots to enough fluid to fill 40 Olympic- Israel’s Ministry of Environment small pools of the wastewater Rotem Amfert said it was working Germany’s space program. explore the depths of Mount Etna and sized pools. has opened a criminal investiga- that remain along the path, lay “around the clock” in full coordina- The program has enlisted experts relay back useful technical data on seismic The toxic torrent snaked tion into the plant’s owner, Rotem ahead, and complete rehabilita- tion with authorities, and it would from Germany, Britain, the United States movement. —Reuters through the desert, singeing any- Amfert, and its parent company tion would likely take years. ICL spare no resources to clean up the thing in its path, before collecting Israel Chemicals (ICL), a leading has stopped using the series of riverbed.—Reuters WHAT’S ON WEDNESDAY, JULY 5, 2017

Jumeirah celebrates World Sea Turtle day

he Dubai Turtle Rehabilitation Project exhibit at Dubai Mall, which highlights DTRP’s ridley sea turtle called Barnacle recently (DTRP) has collaborated with the Dubai rehabilitation efforts, is designed to educate checked out of Jumeirah Al-Naseem’s turtle TAquarium and Underwater Zoo in Dubai the many visitors to Dubai Mall on the plight rehabilitation lagoon with more than 70 criti- Mall and released 40 endangered sea turtles of these turtles. After a month rehabilitation cally endangered hawksbill turtles who into the Arabian Gulf next to Jumeirah Al- period, the turtles were returned to the Burj headed back home into the waters of the Naseem to celebrate World Sea Turtle Day. For Al-Arab Jumeirah aquarium, fitted with a satel- Arabian Gulf. the past three years, the Dubai Aquarium and lite tag and then released back into the Children from the Dubai British School Underwater Zoo in Dubai Mall has supported Arabian Gulf. Their movements can now be purchased a special satellite tag for the DTRP and this year raised awareness of the monitored and followed on Facebook.” Barnacle which will enable them to track project by hosting five of the turtles as part of All sea turtles displayed were rescued by her progress online. The kids were invited to their rehabilitation process. the DTRP based at Burj Al-Arab Jumeirah and the release learn more about the Dubai The four juvenile hawksbills and one Madinat Jumeirah. The project is run in con- Turtle Rehabilitation Project (DTRP) and amputee juvenile green turtle named Jane junction with the Wildlife Protection Office wave the turtles off from the beach by were displayed in a large exhibit to raise and is the only one of its kind in the Middle Jumeirah Al-Naseem. awareness about the plight of the sea turtles East and Red Sea region. Essential veterinary More than 1,300 sea turtles have been suc- in the region and also to promote the project services are provided by Dubai Falcon Clinic cessfully returned to the sea over the past ten via literature around the exhibit. In support of and Central Veterinary Research Laboratory. years since the project’s inception. The turtles the project and research, Dubai Mall The aim of the exhibition is to educate visitors have all been rescued from the shores of the Aquarium then purchased five satellite tags about turtles, their habitats and global conser- UAE and nursed back to health by the DTRP for the turtles to enable the team to track vation efforts in the fight against extinction. one of the longest standing corporate social their progress in the wild. The day-to-day running of the DTRP and responsibility initiatives in the region and the Warren Baverstock, Burj Al-Arab Jumeirah’s the animal husbandry is managed by Burj Al- only project of its kind in the Middle East and Aquarium Operations Manager, said, “The Arab’s dedicated aquarium team. A rare olive Red Sea region.

Writers’ Forum Kuwait conducts monthly meeting

t the monthly meeting of the ‘A Memorable Chilled Evening’ and Tushar Writers’ Forum, Kuwait (WFK) held Mishra presented ‘Aap Beeti Kahani’ Aat the residence of Ali Chougle and wherein both of them re lived their old Maimuna Chougle on the May 26, 2017, memories. some very insightful and beautiful words- The second session comprised the in poetry and prose, were presented by its recitation of poetry by Dr Arvind Raina, members. The beauty not only lay in the Umesh Sharma, Chhaya Athavle and Sunil content which had depth and provoked Sonsi (Hindi), Sayeed Nazar Kadapavi, the listeners to think, but it also lay in the Afroz Alam, Ameeruddin Ameer, Ibrahim linguistic variety thereof. Sangeraja, Maimuna Ali Chougle, The meeting started with a note of Nazneen Ali and Sabir Omer Galsulkar thanks by Maimuna Chougle, the newly (Urdu) and Satya Narayan (Tamil). Another elected President of the forum. She, on former member-Parminder Kaur’s poem behalf of the newly elected Executive in English was recited by her father- Committee of the forum, conveyed hearti- Mohan Singh. Others who were present est thanks to all the members of the included Ravin Singh, Rajeev Athavale forum for showing their confidence in and Ali Chougle them and also assured to put all the The Chief Guest Dr Navniit Gandhi efforts to come up to their expectations. weaved her sentiments beautifully into All the members, in turns, welcomed the words and expressed her happiness at the new Executive Committee and communi- WFK’s success in bringing and keeping cated their wholehearted support. together the languages and poets of all While the evening was presided over seasons. She, then, recited a beautiful by Umesh Sharma; the former President poetry in Hindi. Umesh Sharma who was and one of the founder members of the presiding over the evening, also forum, the Chief Guest on the occasion expressed his elation and contentment, was Dr Navniit Gandhi. The meeting was while listening to all the members. He too steered by Rajesh Verlekar; General recited a gripping poem in Hindi. The host Secretary of the Forum. In the first session, -Ali Chougle and Maimuna Chougle were Rajesh Verlekar presented his short story thanked for the gracious hospitality. Joyalukkas announces 1/4 kilo gold winner

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uly 8, 2017 marks the 23nd anniversary of the death of established the social system centered on the masses of tion of benevolence. No one in the world valued people the worldwide socialist reconstruction movement and its Kim II Sung (1912-1994), eternal President of the the people in the DPRK and set an example in accomplish- and loved them like him. new upsurge, and accomplishment of the anti-imperialist JDemocratic People’s Republic of Korea. On the occa- ing the cause of mankind for independence. The President Kim II Sung was, indeed, the most outstanding leader, independent cause of the world. sion of the day the Korean and other progressive peoples performed great exploits in realizing the cause of reunify- peerlessly great person, and great saint of mankind, rep- Praise and admiration for the immortal exploits of the of the world are looking back upon the life of President ing the divided Korea. He put forward fair and reasonable resentative of the 20th century. Though he passed away, President and his noble personality are still ringing out Kim II Sung who accomplished the undying exploits for proposals for the country’s reunification, such as the three his ideology and cause are being carried forward bril- among many people of the world. the history and humankind with his outstanding ideology principles of national reunification, the proposal for found- liantly. The Korean people preserve him in his lifetime The April Spring Friendship Art Festival that had been and theory and revolutionary practice. ing a Democratic Federal Republic of Koryo, and the 10- appearance and hold him in high esteem as the eternal held in grandeur in Pyongyang in celebration of his birth Kim II Sung was born into a poor farmer’s family in point program for the great unity of the whole nation. He President of the DPRK. They keep the Juche idea and anniversary has continued even after his death. Korea. He embarked on the road of revolutionary struggle also wisely led the reunification movement, thus ushering Songun idea he authored as their unchanging guiding Recollection and commemorative meetings, seminars, in his early teens, determined to save the destiny of the in a bright prospect for the Korean reunification. ideas, and cherish it as their unshakeable faith and will to book and photo shows and other events are held in country and people. In the course of blazing the trail of The President made great contribution to the cause of follow the road of independence, road of Songun and many countries as an annual event on the occasion of his the revolution he created the Juche idea and Songun idea, making the world independent. road of socialism he pioneered. birth and death anniversaries. In April 2012 in celebra- which he brilliantly implemented in the whole period of By advancing the slogan, “Peoples of the world who In the course of implementing the lines and proposals tion of the centenary of his birth the World Congress of his revolutionary career spanning 70 years. The Juche idea advocate independence, unite!” he rendered sincere assis- of independent reunification he had advanced the June the Juche Idea took place in Pyongyang with the partici- and Songun idea proved their truthfulness and vitality to tance to the national liberation and independent develop- 15 reunification era under the banner of By Our Nation pation of advocates of the Juche idea from many coun- the full, thus becoming the great guiding ideas in realizing ment of many countries of the world and energetically led Itself was brought about in the Korean peninsula, thus tries. Even now leaders and personages of foreign coun- independence of the masses and the valuable spiritual that such progressive movements of the world as socialist opening a radical phase in the Korean reunification move- tries award the President honorary titles, orders and wealth common to mankind. movement and non-aligned movement should hold fast ment. The DPRK, in its efforts to realize the cause of global medals, and gifts. Immortal are the ideology and cause President Kim Il Sung was an outstanding leader who to their ideals and principles. Kim II Sung was the incarna- independence clarified by him, has greatly contributed to of President Kim Il Sung. WHAT’S ON WEDNESDAY, JULY 5, 2017

Zain concludes its CSSR campaign with numerous social initiatives

ain, the leading telecommunications company in Kuwait, concluded its annual CSSR campaign during the Holy Zmonth of Ramadan, carrying along with it the message of peace, happiness, and closeness. The company successfully held numerous social and humanitarian initiatives as part of its continuous commitment to add a positive value within the community. Zain’s annual Corporate Sustainability and Social Responsibility (CSSR) campaign during the Holy Month of Ramadan stems from a number of values that convey a positive impact within several fields, including social, charitable, human- itarian, spiritual, sporting, recreational, and other fields that are of importance to the many segments of the Kuwaiti society. Through its Ramadan CSSR campaign, Zain strengthened its strategic partnerships with various leading Kuwaiti organiza- tions from both the public and private sectors, including Zakat House, Kuwait Red Crescent Society (KRCS), the Ministry of Interior (MOI), the Ministry of Social Affairs and Labor, hospitals of Al-Sabah Medical Area, the Women’s Cultural and Social Society, Al-Najat Charitable Society, the Kuwait Food Bank, as well as other leading entities.

Machla Boxes, Iftar Halls Every year, Zain launches its Ramadan CSSR campaign with the Machla Boxes initiative, where the company’s volunteers deliver essential food supplies (Machla Boxes) to underprivi- and Labor’s Care Centers. Zain’s team, consisting of staff and Al Amal club girgian celebration at a number of Kuwait’s biggest mosques to foster an even leged families in Kuwait. Zain’s own team of volunteers packed volunteers, participated in distributing gifts and girgian candy Zain shared the joys of Gergiaan in collaboration with Al- more spiritual environment during the Holy Month. The the boxes - containing essential food supplies - at the compa- to orphaned children, the elderly, and people with special Amal club for children with cancer and blood disorders. The company was keen to provide comfort to worshippers per- ny’s main headquarters and delivered them to needy families needs in an atmosphere filled with joy and happiness. The com- event, hosted at the Women’s Cultural and Social Society head- forming their Qiyam prayers during the last 10 days of who are in need of support during the month of fasting. The pany believes the Holy month of Ramadan is a special time of quarters at Khalidiya, witnessed the attendance of a large Ramadan at a number of Kuwait’s biggest mosques, most distribution covered multiple areas of Al-Jahra governorate, as the year, and it is always keen on sharing the blessings of this number of Zain volunteers, members of the Women’s Cultural notably Jaber Al-Ali Mosque in Shuhada Area. Zain’s volun- well as Zakat House and Kuwait Red Crescent Society. time with those who are less fortunate in the community. Society, as well as by artist Homoud Al-Khudur and actor teers distributed the prayer essentials, mainly prayer chairs, As soon as the Holy Month started, Zain launched its annual Zain also shared the joys of the tradition of girgian with chil- Shabaan Abbas. Zain’s volunteers delighted the children and as well as cold beverages and snacks to provide worshippers ‘Iftar Al-Saem’ initiative to provide fasting individuals with Iftar dren and patients in a number of the biggest hospitals in their families by distributing girgian and gifts while also organ- with more comfortable circumstances during the hot weath- meals. The company distributed daily meals throughout the Kuwait. The company’s team visited the hospitals during this izing many other fun activities including a magic show, tradi- er conditions. Holy Month in two different halls in Jileeb Al-Shuyoukh and blessed time of year to distribute gifts and girgian to children, tional dancing, and a face painting session. Khaitan. The Iftar meal banquets were supervised by Zain’s vol- their parents, as well as the medical staff who take care of them Eid breakfast meals unteers, and were spread in two main halls in Kuwait as part of to celebrate the occasion in a family atmosphere full of joy and ‘Abshiro Bil Khair’ campaign Zain shared the joys of Eid with needy laborers and under- a strategy to cover the most populated areas of Kuwait in order happiness. Zain’s team, including staff and volunteers, distrib- During Ramadan, Zain was a humanitarian partner of the privileged individuals by distributing Eid breakfast meals as to assure the maximum amount of individuals’ Iftar needs are uted gifts and girgian candy to children in a number of Kuwait’s “Abshiro Bil Khair” campaign launched by Al-Najat part of the company’s strategic partnership with the Kuwait covered. biggest and most prominent hospitals including Zain Hospital, Charitable Society. The campaign, aimed at supporting Food Bank. Zain distributed 2000 breakfast meals after Eid Al-Amiri Hospital, Al-Razi Hospital, Ibn Sina Hospital, and NBK underprivileged families and students in Kuwait, received prayers to needy laborers and underprivileged individuals in Ramadan Iftar gatherings Hospital. overwhelming success of over KD 4 million of donations col- a number of Kuwait’s largest mosques. The initiative was Zain hosted an Iftar gathering for the Department of Airport lected in just 12 hours. Through its humanitarian partner- supervised by the Kuwait Food Bank who assured the quality security to share the blessings of Ramadan with them in recog- ‘Ya Baghi Al-Khair Aqbel’ charitable initiative ship, Zain invited its customers to contribute and donate to of the meals and distributed enough quantities to those who nition of the efforts they exert during the Holy Month. Zain’s Zain launched its charitable initiative “Ya Baghi Al-Khair Aqbel the campaign by sending over a million SMS messages con- are less fortunate during Eid. team visited Kuwait International Airport to share the Iftar meal for the second year running, where the company will donate taining a link to the official donation portal to its customer it hosted with the personnel on duty in their place of operation 500 fils to a charitable organization for every paid bill during the base, considered the largest in Kuwait. The company also Al-Roudhan football tournament as a gesture of gratitude and appreciation to those men who month of Ramadan. During Ramadan of last year, Zain donated communicated the campaign to over 670K followers on its Before the arrival of the Holy Month, Zain announced its dedicate their time and efforts to the safety and protection of over KD 45,000 on behalf of its customers for humanitarian caus- official social media channels. Diamond Sponsorship of the 38th edition of Al-Roudhan Kuwait. Zain also shared the Ramadan Iftar meal with its es. The donation came as part of its charitable initiative “Ya Baghi Al-Najat Charitable Society launched its charitable cam- Ramadan Football Tournament for the second year running. Contact Center (107) agents to recognize the efforts they exert- Al-Khair Aqbel”, and came in collaboration with Sheikh Abdullah paign entitled “Abshiro Bil Khair” in 360 mall, where a large pro- The event came under the patronage of HH the Amir Sheikh ed during the Holy Month of Ramadan. The event witnessed Al-Nouri Charity Association, where the donations were utilized jection screen displayed the online donations progress in real Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah. the attendance of Zain Kuwait’s Chief Executive Officer Eaman to build a number of water wells at distant locations in Somalia time. The campaign lasted for 12 straight hours, and resulted in Zain’s support of Al-Roudhan tournament is linked to it Al-Roudhan along with Chiefs and Directors from across the and Kyrgyzstan with the aim of providing clean and safe drink- an overwhelming amount of KD 4 million of donations collect- being the most prominent sports and youth event in Kuwait company’s divisions, who were keen on recognizing and high- ing water to underprivileged families. ed in such a short period of time. A part of the donations will and the region during the Holy Month of Ramadan. lighting the tireless efforts and hard work of contact center This year, Zain will also donate 500 fils for every bill paid by be utilized to support the essential needs of underprivileged Every year, Kuwaiti audiences look forward to the tourna- agents, especially those who work around the clock all week customers anytime during the Holy Month of Ramadan families in Kuwait on a monthly basis throughout a full year, ment, with Zain representatives being present at the event long to provide the highest standards of customer service to through one of Zain’s electronic or direct channels, including while the other part will be utilized to pay the tuition fees of throughout, where they interacted with the attending audi- Kuwait’s largest family of subscribers. Zain’s website, Zain’s smartphone app, any of Zain’s quickpay underprivileged students in Kuwait on a monthly basis ences through various competitions, activities, and entertain- machines, and the company’s main branches available throughout a full year. ment programs. The company also distributed valuable Visiting care centers, hospitals throughout the country. The collected donations will be deliv- prizes and held daily challenges and competitions on its offi- Zain shared the joys and the blessings of the Holy Month ered to a charitable organization in Kuwait to support philan- Prayer essentials cial social media channels. In addition, Zain organized a and the tradition of girgian with orphans, the elderly, and peo- thropic projects as well as improve the living conditions of Zain shared the spiritual blessings of the Last 10 Days of Gergiaan activity where it distributed gifts and candy while ple with special needs, by visiting the Ministry of Social Affairs needy families. the Holy Month of Ramadan by providing prayer essentials hosting a traditional performance. WEDNESDAY, JULY 5, 2017 TV PROGRAMS

09:05 How It's Made 22:50 Miraculous Tales Of Ladybug... 11:10 Lab Rats 02:30 Chopping Block 09:30 Man v Expert 23:10 Miraculous Tales Of Ladybug... 11:35 Mech-X4 03:25 Grantchester 10:20 Mythbusters 23:35 Lolirock 12:00 Skyrunners 04:20 Doc Martin 11:10 Incredible Food Race 13:30 Access All Areas: Spider-Man: 05:15 Tonight At The London Palladium 12:00 Incredible Food Race Homecoming 06:10 Pick Me! 01:45 Mercenaries 12:50 Incredible Food Race 13:45 Gamer's Guide To Pretty Much 07:05 Chopping Block 03:15 The Gallows 13:40 Incredible Food Race Everything 08:00 Grantchester 04:40 6 Ways To Sundown 14:30 Adventure 8: Zoo Games 14:10 Disney Mickey Mouse 09:00 Doc Martin 06:25 Insurgent 14:55 Kids vs Film 00:00 Henry Hugglemonster 14:15 Future-Worm! 10:00 Tonight At The London Palladium 08:25 Tracers 15:20 Must Love Cats 00:15 Calimero 14:40 Kirby Buckets 10:55 Pick Me! 10:05 The Gallows 16:10 Man v Expert 00:30 Art Attack 15:05 Lab Rats 11:50 Chopping Block 11:30 Beverly Hills Cop 3 17:00 Bondi Vet 00:55 Zou 15:30 Walk The Prank 12:45 Emmerdale 13:15 Rivers Nine 17:50 Kings Of The Wild 01:05 Loopdidoo 15:55 Right Now Kapow 13:15 Emmerdale 14:50 Insurgent 18:40 Don't Blink 01:20 Henry Hugglemonster 16:25 K.C. Undercover 13:45 Coronation Street 16:50 The Call Up 19:05 Don't Blink 01:35 Calimero 16:50 Disney11 14:15 Pick Me! 18:25 Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon 19:30 How It's Made 01:50 Zou 17:15 Mech-X4 15:10 Chopping Block 20:25 Savage Dog 19:55 How It's Made 02:05 Art Attack 17:40 Milo Murphy's Law 16:00 This Is England '88 22:00 No Way Out 20:20 Mythbusters 02:30 The Hive 18:05 Disney Mickey Mouse 16:55 Lewis 23:20 As Above, So Below 21:10 Bondi Vet 02:40 Loopdidoo 18:10 Gravity Falls 17:50 Tonight At The London Palladium 22:00 Kings Of The Wild 02:55 Henry Hugglemonster 18:35 Lab Rats 18:45 Emmerdale 22:50 Destroyed In Seconds 03:10 Art Attack 19:00 Supa Strikas 19:15 Emmerdale 23:15 Destroyed In Seconds 03:35 Loopdidoo 19:25 Milo Murphy's Law 19:45 Coronation Street 23:40 Ultimate Survival 03:50 Calimero 19:50 Marvel's Rocket And Groot 20:10 Chopping Block 04:05 Art Attack 19:55 K.C. Undercover 21:00 This Is England '88 00:45 Cats 101 04:30 Henry Hugglemonster 20:20 Mech-X4 21:55 Lewis 01:40 Wild Animal Repo 04:45 Zou 20:45 Disney11 22:50 Emmerdale 02:35 Tanked 05:00 Art Attack 21:10 Walk The Prank 23:15 Emmerdale 03:25 Wildest Indochina 05:30 Henry Hugglemonster 21:35 Marvel's Rocket And Groot 23:40 Coronation Street 04:15 Dr. Dee: Alaska Vet 05:45 Loopdidoo 21:40 Disney Mickey Mouse 05:02 Catching Monsters 06:00 Zou 21:45 Lab Rats 05:49 Wild Animal Repo 00:30 American Monster 06:15 Calimero 22:10 Lab Rats 06:36 Night 01:20 Is O.J. Innocent? The Missing 06:30 Loopdidoo 22:35 Phineas And Ferb 07:00 Night Evidence 06:45 Henry Hugglemonster 23:00 Programmes Start At 6:00am KSA 07:25 Dr. Dee: Alaska Vet 02:10 Grave Secrets 07:00 Sofia The First 08:15 Wild Animal Repo 03:00 Who Killed Jane Doe? 07:25 PJ Masks 00:20 Ultimate Soldier Challenge 09:10 Wildest Indochina 03:48 Obsession: Dark Desires 07:50 The Lion Guard 01:10 Alone 10:05 Tanked 04:36 Obsession: Dark Desires 08:15 Mickey And The Roadster Racers 02:00 Swamp People 11:00 Dr. Dee: Alaska Vet 05:24 Obsession: Dark Desires 08:40 Doc McStuffins 02:50 Storage Wars 11:55 Cats 101 06:12 Obsession: Dark Desires 09:05 Jake And The Never Land Pirates 03:15 American Pickers 12:50 Wild Animal Repo 07:00 I Am Homicide 09:35 The Lion Guard 00:05 WAGs Miami 04:05 Pawn Stars 13:45 Catching Monsters 07:50 I Am Homicide 10:00 Sofia The First 00:55 WAGs Miami 04:30 Pawn Stars 14:40 Wildest Indochina 08:40 I Am Homicide 10:30 Mickey And The Roadster Racers 01:50 WAGs Miami 05:00 Mountain Men 15:35 Tanked 09:30 I Am Homicide 11:00 PJ Masks 02:50 Celebrity Style Story 06:00 Lost In Transmission 16:30 Catching Monsters 10:20 Last Hope With Troy Dunn 11:25 Goldie & Bear 03:20 Celebrity Style Story 06:50 Duck Dynasty 17:25 Dr. Jeff: Rocky Mountain Vet 10:45 Last Hope With Troy Dunn 11:50 Mickey And The Roadster Racers 03:50 So Cosmo 07:15 Duck Dynasty 18:20 Insane Pools: Off The Deep End 11:10 Betrayed 12:15 Sofia The First 04:40 So Cosmo 07:40 Counting Cars 19:15 Tanked 12:00 Obsession: Dark Desires 12:40 The Lion Guard 05:30 Celebrity Style Story 08:05 Counting Cars 20:10 Dr. Dee: Alaska Vet 12:50 Obsession: Dark Desires 13:10 Doc McStuffins 06:00 EJ NYC 08:30 Pawn Stars ENEMY OF THE STATE ON OSN MOVIES HD 21:05 Dr. Jeff: Rocky Mountain Vet 13:40 Obsession: Dark Desires 13:35 PJ Masks 06:55 E! News 08:55 Pawn Stars 22:55 A Is For Apple 07:35 Land Of Mine 22:00 Insane Pools: Off The Deep End 14:30 Obsession: Dark Desires 14:00 My Friends Tigger & Pooh 07:10 EJ NYC 09:20 Storage Wars 23:20 Ariana's Persian Kitchen 09:25 The Girl 22:55 Wildest Indochina 15:20 Last Hope With Troy Dunn 14:30 The Lion Guard 08:10 WAGs 09:45 Storage Wars 23:50 Ariana's Persian Kitchen 11:05 East Side Sushi 23:50 Catching Monsters 15:45 Last Hope With Troy Dunn 14:55 Unbungalievable 09:10 WAGs 10:10 American Pickers 13:00 5 Flights Up 16:10 I'd Kill For You 15:00 Goldie & Bear 10:05 WAGs 11:00 Pirate Treasure Of The Knights 14:35 La Bamba 17:00 A Crime To Remember 15:30 Mickey And The Roadster Racers 11:00 WAGs Templar 16:25 Fort McCoy 17:50 A Crime To Remember 16:00 Sofia The First 12:00 E! News 11:50 Duck Dynasty 18:10 The Inevitable Defeat Of Mister & 18:40 A Crime To Remember 16:30 My Friends Tigger & Pooh 12:15 Second Wives Club 12:15 Duck Dynasty Pete 19:30 A Crime To Remember 16:55 Minnie's Bow-Toons 13:10 Second Wives Club 12:40 Counting Cars 20:00 Freedom Writers 20:20 Last Hope With Troy Dunn 17:05 Doc McStuffins Toy Hospital 14:05 Second Wives Club 13:05 Counting Cars 22:00 Barry Lyndon 00:45 Prime Suspect: Tennison 20:45 Last Hope With Troy Dunn 17:35 The Lion Guard 15:00 E! News 13:30 Ax Men 00:10 Continent 7: Antarctica 01:40 Silent Witness 21:10 Love The Way You Lie 18:05 PJ Masks 15:15 WAGs Miami 14:20 Mountain Men 01:00 Wicked Tuna: North vs South 02:35 Silent Witness 22:00 Murder Calls 18:35 Mickey And The Roadster Racers 16:15 WAGs Miami 15:10 Lost In Transmission 02:00 Air Crash Investigation 03:30 Holby City 22:50 Murder Chose Me 19:05 Sofia The First 17:10 WAGs Miami 16:00 Storage Wars 03:00 Explorer 04:35 Prime Suspect: Tennison 23:40 Grave Secrets 19:35 Jake And The Never Land Pirates 18:05 WAGs Miami 16:25 Storage Wars 04:00 Continent 7: Antarctica 19:00 Botched 16:50 Pawn Stars 05:00 Showdown Of The Unbeatables 20:00 Botched 17:15 Pawn Stars 06:00 Science Of Stupid 00:35 Capture The Flag 21:00 Botched 17:40 Alone 06:30 Science Of Stupid 02:10 We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story 22:00 Botched 18:30 Swamp People 07:00 Dog Whisperer 03:30 Mickey's Twice Upon A Christmas 23:00 E! News 19:20 Mountain Men 08:00 Evacuate Earth 04:40 Legend Of The Sea 23:15 Hollywood Medium With Tyler 20:10 American Pickers 09:00 Showdown Of The Unbeatables 06:00 Winnie The Pooh Henry 21:00 Detroit Steel 10:00 Cesar Millan's Dog Nation 07:10 Robosapien: Rebooted 21:50 Forged In Fire 11:00 Invasion Earth 08:40 Mickey, Donald, Goofy: The 3 22:40 Forged In Fire 12:00 I Wouldn't Go In There Musketeers 23:30 American Pickers 13:00 Science Of Stupid 09:55 The Secret Of Kells 13:30 Science Of Stupid 11:15 Oops Noah Is Gone 14:00 Evacuate Earth 12:45 Capture The Flag 00:00 Diners, Drive-Ins And Dives 15:00 Cesar To The Rescue Compilation 14:20 Two Buddies And A Badger 00:30 Diners, Drive-Ins And Dives 16:00 Cesar Millan's Dog Nation 15:40 Mickey, Donald, Goofy: The 3 01:00 Man Fire Food 17:00 Invasion Earth Musketeers 01:30 Man Fire Food 00:15 Places We Go 18:00 The Truth Behind Zombies 16:55 Bamse And The City Of Thieves 02:00 Diners, Drive-Ins And Dives 00:45 Places We Go 19:00 Nazi Megastructures 18:10 Space Dogs 2: Adventure To The 02:30 Diners, Drive-Ins And Dives 01:10 What's For Sale? 20:00 Cesar Millan's Dog Nation Moon 03:00 Man Fire Food 01:40 A Is For Apple 20:50 Invasion Earth 19:30 Two Buddies And A Badger 03:30 Man Fire Food 02:05 Ariana's Persian Kitchen 21:40 The Truth Behind Zombies 20:50 Robosapien: Rebooted 04:00 Chopped 02:35 Ariana's Persian Kitchen 22:30 Nazi Megastructures 22:30 Bamse And The City Of Thieves 05:00 Guy's Grocery Games 03:00 Rustic Adventure Argentina 23:20 Science Of Stupid 23:50 The Secret Of Kells 06:00 Barefoot Contessa: Back To Basics 03:30 Korean Soul Food 23:45 Science Of Stupid 06:30 Barefoot Contessa: Back To Basics 04:25 A Is For Apple 07:00 The Kitchen 04:50 Great Escapes 08:00 The Pioneer Woman 05:20 Island Hunter 08:30 The Pioneer Woman 06:15 What's For Sale? 02:00 Rocky 09:00 Siba's Table 06:40 What's For Sale? 04:00 Ghostbusters 09:30 Siba's Table 07:10 A Is For Apple 05:55 People Like Us 10:00 The Pioneer Woman 07:35 Ariana's Persian Kitchen 00:20 World's Deadliest Snakes 08:00 Pitch Perfect 2 10:30 The Pioneer Woman 08:05 Ariana's Persian Kitchen 01:10 Dr. K's Exotic Animal ER 10:00 The Blind Side 11:00 The Kitchen 08:30 Rustic Adventure Argentina 02:00 Valley Of The Wolves 12:10 Twister TRACERS ON OSN MOVIES ACTION 12:00 The Pioneer Woman 09:00 Korean Soul Food 02:50 Monster Fish 14:10 Goosebumps 12:30 The Pioneer Woman 09:55 A Is For Apple 03:45 Monster Fish 16:00 Rocky II 05:30 Doctors 20:05 The Lion Guard 13:00 Siba's Table 10:20 Great Escapes 04:40 Deadly Instincts 18:00 Enemy Of The State 06:00 Father Brown 20:35 Mickey Mouse Clubhouse 13:30 Siba's Table 10:50 Island Hunter 05:35 Valley Of The Wolves 20:15 Down And Out In Beverly Hills 06:50 Holby City 21:00 Goldie & Bear 14:00 Diners, Drive-Ins And Dives 11:45 What's For Sale? 06:30 Monster Fish 22:00 There's Something About Mary 07:50 New Tricks 21:25 Doc McStuffins 14:30 Diners, Drive-Ins And Dives 12:10 What's For Sale? 07:25 Monster Fish 08:45 Call The Midwife 21:50 Minnie's Bow-Toons 15:00 Chopped 12:40 A Is For Apple 08:20 Deadly Instincts 09:15 Intimate Enemies 09:40 Father Brown 00:00 Hank Zipzer 22:00 Sofia The First 16:00 The Kitchen 13:05 Ariana's Persian Kitchen 10:10 Wild 24 10:30 Holby City 00:25 Alex & Co. 22:30 Mickey Mouse Clubhouse 17:00 The Pioneer Woman 13:35 Ariana's Persian Kitchen 11:05 Animal Fight Club 4.5 11:35 New Tricks 00:45 The Hive 22:55 PJ Masks 17:30 The Pioneer Woman 14:00 Rustic Adventure Argentina 12:00 Cuba's Secret Reef 00:30 How Do They Do It? 12:30 Call The Midwife 00:50 Evermoor Chronicles 23:20 Henry Hugglemonster 18:00 Chopped 14:30 Health Secrets Behind Korean 12:55 Storm Cats 00:55 Food Factory 13:25 Father Brown 01:15 Sabrina Secrets Of A Teenage 23:35 The Hive 19:00 Guy's Grocery Games Cuisine 13:50 Monster Fish 01:20 Strangest Weather On Earth 14:15 Holby City Witch 23:45 Loopdidoo 20:00 Chopped 15:25 A Is For Apple 14:45 Monster Fish 02:10 Mega Engineering 15:15 New Tricks 01:40 Sabrina Secrets Of A Teenage 21:00 The Great Food Truck Race 15:50 Great Escapes 15:40 Deadly Instincts 03:00 Da Vinci's Machines 16:10 Call The Midwife Witch 22:00 Diners, Drive-Ins And Dives 16:20 Island Hunter 16:35 Little Killers 03:48 Mythbusters 17:10 Father Brown 02:05 Binny And The Ghost 22:30 Diners, Drive-Ins And Dives 17:15 What's For Sale? 17:30 Wild 24 04:36 How Do They Do It? 18:00 Doctors 02:30 Binny And The Ghost 23:00 Chopped 17:40 What's For Sale? 18:25 Ultimate Animal Countdown 05:00 Food Factory 18:30 EastEnders 02:55 Hank Zipzer 18:10 Charlie Luxton's Homes By The 19:20 Monster Fish 05:24 Strangest Weather On Earth 19:05 New Tricks 03:15 The Hive Sea 20:10 Deadly Instincts 06:12 Mega Engineering 20:00 Poldark 03:20 Hank Zipzer 00:20 Wheeler Dealers 19:05 A Is For Apple 21:00 Little Killers 07:00 How Do They Do It? 21:00 Sherlock 03:45 Alex & Co. 01:05 The Island With Bear Grylls 19:30 Great Escapes 21:50 Wild 24 07:26 Da Vinci's Machines 22:35 Thirteen 04:10 Alex & Co. 01:50 The Wheel: Survival Games 20:00 Island Hunter 22:40 Ultimate Animal Countdown 08:14 Mythbusters 23:30 Doctors 04:35 Sabrina Secrets Of A Teenage 02:35 Running Wild With Bear Grylls 00:10 Pick Me! 21:00 What's For Sale? 23:30 Cuba's Secret Reef 09:02 Mega Engineering Witch 03:20 Misfit Garage 01:00 Emmerdale 21:30 What's For Sale? 09:50 How Do They Do It? 05:00 Sabrina Secrets Of A Teenage 04:05 Abandoned Engineering 01:30 Coronation Street 22:00 Charlie Luxton's Homes By The 10:14 Food Factory Witch 04:50 Gold Rush 02:00 Coronation Street Sea 10:38 Strangest Weather On Earth 05:25 Binny And The Ghost 05:35 How Do They Do It? 11:26 Da Vinci's Machines 05:45 The Hive 06:00 Gold Divers 12:14 Mythbusters 00:00 It Takes A Killer 05:50 The 7D 06:45 Wheeler Dealers 00:15 Black Beauty 13:02 How Do They Do It? 00:30 It Takes A Killer 06:00 Jessie 07:30 Misfit Garage 01:45 The Land Before Time: Journey Of 13:26 Food Factory 01:00 Fred Dinenage: Murder Casebook 06:25 Jessie 08:15 Abandoned Engineering The Brave 13:50 Mega Engineering 02:00 I Didn't Do It 06:50 The Adventures Of Disney Fairies 09:00 Baggage Battles 03:15 The Incredible Adventures Of 14:38 Da Vinci's Machines 03:00 It Takes A Killer 07:15 Tangled Before Ever After Sneak 09:25 How Do They Do It? Professor Branestawm 15:26 Strangest Weather On Earth 03:30 It Takes A Killer Peek 09:47 How Do They Do It? 04:15 Further Adventures Of Professor 16:14 Mythbusters 04:00 It Takes A Killer 07:20 Elena Of Avalor 10:10 The Island With Bear Grylls Branestawn 17:02 Mega Engineering 04:30 It Takes A Killer 07:45 The Zhuzhus S1 10:55 The Wheel: Survival Games 05:20 Mary Poppins 17:50 Da Vinci's Machines 05:00 Fred Dinenage: Murder Casebook 08:10 Bizaardvark 11:40 Running Wild With Bear Grylls 07:40 The Land Before Time: Journey Of 18:40 Mythbusters 06:00 Evil Up Close 08:35 Bunk'd 12:25 How Do They Do It? The Brave 19:30 Invent It Rich 07:00 Evil Up Close 09:00 Stuck In The Middle 12:47 Baggage Battles 09:10 Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie 20:20 How Do They Do It? 08:00 The First 48 09:25 Miraculous Tales Of Ladybug... 13:10 Gold Rush 10:55 Mary Poppins 20:45 Food Factory 09:00 Crimes That Shook Britain 09:50 Best Friends Whenever 13:55 Abandoned Engineering 13:15 The Unbeatables 21:10 Mega Engineering 10:00 Monster In My Family 10:15 Liv And Maddie 14:40 Gold Divers 15:00 Looney Tunes: Rabbit's Run 22:00 Invent It Rich 11:00 Monster In My Family 10:40 Bad Hair Day 15:25 Misfit Garage 16:20 Step Dogs 22:50 Da Vinci's Machines 12:00 Monster In My Family 12:15 Tangled Before Ever After Sneak 16:10 Wheeler Dealers 17:50 D3: The Mighty Ducks 23:40 Mythbusters 13:00 Monster In My Family Peek 17:00 How Do They Do It? 19:35 Ghost Squad 14:00 The First 48 12:20 Jessie 17:25 How Do They Do It? 21:05 Looney Tunes: Rabbit's Run 15:00 When Life Means Life 12:45 Jessie 17:50 Baggage Battles 22:25 D3: The Mighty Ducks 16:00 Evil Up Close 13:10 Girl Meets World 18:20 Baggage Battles 17:00 Homicide Hunter 13:35 Austin & Ally 18:50 Abandoned Engineering 18:00 Homicide Hunter 14:00 Austin & Ally 19:40 How Do They Do It? 19:00 The First 48 14:25 Rolling With The Ronks 20:10 How Do They Do It? 00:20 My Extreme Excess Skin 20:00 Crimes That Shook Britain 14:50 The Zhuzhus S1 20:35 How Do They Do It? 01:05 My Baby Has Two Heads: Body 21:00 When Life Means Life 15:15 Whisker Haven Tales... 21:00 Dive Wars Australia Bizarre 22:00 My Haunted House 15:20 Bizaardvark 21:50 Strip The City 00:00 Unfinished Business 01:50 Monsters Inside Me 23:00 Paranormal State 15:45 Elena Of Avalor 22:40 Made By Destruction 01:45 The Longest Yard 02:35 Cake Boss 23:30 Paranormal State 16:10 Liv And Maddie 23:05 Made By Destruction 03:45 The Grand Seduction 02:57 Cake Boss 16:35 Tangled Before Ever After Sneak 23:30 Misfit Garage 05:45 Father Of The Bride 03:20 Little People, Big World Peek 07:40 Don Verdean 03:42 Little People, Big World 16:40 Miraculous Tales Of Ladybug... 09:25 The Grand Seduction 04:05 Toddlers & Tiaras: Coach Wars 17:05 Stuck In The Middle 11:25 Father Of The Bride 04:50 Ultimate Shopper 17:30 Bunk'd 13:15 Don Verdean 05:35 Say Yes To The Dress 00:30 Man v Expert 17:55 Girl Meets World 15:00 Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot 06:00 Obsessive Compulsive Cleaners 01:20 The Next Great Magician 18:20 Disney Mickey Mouse 06:00 Gravity Falls 16:35 Father Of The Bride Part II 06:45 Oprah: Where Are They Now? 02:10 Guinness World Records 18:25 Alex & Co. 06:25 Disney11 18:30 Under The Tuscan Sun 07:30 Oprah's Master Class Smashed UK 18:50 Best Friends Whenever 06:50 Supa Strikas 20:30 Break Point 08:15 Little People, Big World 03:00 Destroyed In Seconds 19:15 Star Darlings 07:15 Right Now Kapow 22:00 Bananas 08:37 Little People, Big World 03:25 Destroyed In Seconds 19:20 Liv And Maddie 07:40 Future-Worm! 23:35 Adventures Of A Pizza Guy 09:00 Cake Boss 03:50 Ultimate Survival 19:45 Mako Mermaids 08:05 Marvel's Rocket And Groot 09:25 Toddlers & Tiaras: Coach Wars 04:40 How It's Made 20:10 The Adventures Of Disney Fairies 08:10 K.C. 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KNCC PROGRAMME FROM THURS- DAY TO WEDNESDAY (29/06/2017 TO 05/07/2017) SHARQIA-1 TISBAH ALA KHAIR 8:30 PM DESPICABLE ME 3 -3D-4DX 1:30 PM THE MUMMY 11:45 AM TISBAH ALA KHAIR 10:30 PM DESPICABLE ME 3 -3D-4DX 3:30 PM TUBELIGHT (Hindi) 2:00 PM TISBAH ALA KHAIR 12:45 AM DESPICABLE ME 3 -3D-4DX 5:30 PM TRANSFORMERS: The Last Knight 4:45 PM PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: Dead Men Tell No Tales 7:30 PM TUBELIGHT (Hindi) 7:45 PM FANAR-3 THE MUMMY 10:15 PM THE MUMMY 10:30 PM Mr. FROG 11:30 AM PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: Dead Men Tell No Tales 12:30 AM THE MUMMY 12:45 AM PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: Dead Men Tell No Tales 1:30 PM PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: Dead Men Tell No Tales 4:15 PM AVENUES-3 SHARQIA-2 PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: Dead Men Tell No Tales 6:45 PM TISBAH ALA KHAIR 12:00 PM DESPICABLE ME 3 12:00 PM TUBELIGHT (Hindi) 9:30 PM TISBAH ALA KHAIR 2:00 PM DESPICABLE ME 3 2:00 PM TUBELIGHT (Hindi) 12:30 AM TISBAH ALA KHAIR 4:00 PM DESPICABLE ME 3 4:00 PM TISBAH ALA KHAIR 6:00 PM DESPICABLE ME 3 6:00 PM FANAR-4 TISBAH ALA KHAIR 8:00 PM DESPICABLE ME 3 8:00 PM DESPICABLE ME 3 12:00 PM TISBAH ALA KHAIR 10:00 PM PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: Dead Men Tell No Tales 10:00 PM DESPICABLE ME 3 2:00 PM TISBAH ALA KHAIR 12:05 AM PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: Dead Men Tell No Tales 12:45 AM DESPICABLE ME 3 4:00 PM DESPICABLE ME 3 6:00 PM AVENUES-4 SHARQIA-3 DESPICABLE ME 3 8:00 PM DESPICABLE ME 3 2:45 PM TISBAH ALA KHAIR 12:30 PM PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: Dead Men Tell No Tales 10:00 PM KHAMMIS & JUMMA (Horoob Ejbary) 2:45 PM TISBAH ALA KHAIR 3:00 PM PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: Dead Men Tell No Tales 12:45 AM TISBAH ALA KHAIR 5:30 PM PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: Dead Men Tell No Tales 5:00 PM DESPICABLE ME 3 7:30 PM TISBAH ALA KHAIR 7:45 PM FANAR-5 KHAMMIS & JUMMA (Horoob Ejbary) 9:30 PM KHAMMIS & JUMMA (Horoob Ejbary) 9:45 PM THE MUMMY 12:30 PM TISBAH ALA KHAIR 12:15 AM TISBAH ALA KHAIR 12:30 AM THE MUMMY 2:45 PM Mr. FROG 5:00 PM 360º- 1 MUHALAB-1 KHAMMIS & JUMMA (Horoob Ejbary) 7:00 PM DESPICABLE ME 3 11:30 AM TISBAH ALA KHAIR 11:45 AM KHAMMIS & JUMMA (Horoob Ejbary) 9:45 PM DESPICABLE ME 3 (3D) 1:30 PM TUBELIGHT (Hindi) 1:45 PM THE MUMMY 12:30 AM DESPICABLE ME 3 3:30 PM THE MUMMY 4:30 PM DESPICABLE ME 3 (3D) 5:30 PM TUBELIGHT (Hindi) 6:45 PM MARINA-1 DESPICABLE ME 3 7:30 PM CHANGE OF NAME THE MUMMY 9:30 PM TISBAH ALA KHAIR 2:15 PM DESPICABLE ME 3 9:30 PM TRANSFORMERS: The Last Knight 11:45 PM KHAMMIS & JUMMA (Horoob Ejbary) 2:15 PM DESPICABLE ME 3 11:30 PM I, NR Rockie Rodgers S/o TISBAH ALA KHAIR 5:00 PM Noel Rodgers, holder of MUHALAB-2 KHAMMIS & JUMMA (Horoob Ejbary) 7:00 PM 360º- 2 TISBAH ALA KHAIR 12:30 PM TISBAH ALA KHAIR 9:45 PM KHAMMIS & JUMMA (Horoob Ejbary) 1:00 PM Indian Passport No. KHAMMIS & JUMMA (Horoob Ejbary) 2:30 PM TRANSFORMERS: The Last Knight 11:45 PM KHAMMIS & JUMMA (Horoob Ejbary) 3:45 PM K4263817 & Civil ID No. TISBAH ALA KHAIR 5:15 PM Mr. FROG 0:02 274112305085 has KHAMMIS & JUMMA (Horoob Ejbary) 7:15 PM MARINA-2 Mr. FROG 8:30 PM changed my name to TISBAH ALA KHAIR 10:00 PM THE MUMMY 11:30 AM TUBELIGHT (Hindi) 10:30 PM KHAMMIS & JUMMA (Horoob Ejbary) 12:05 AM PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: Dead Men Tell No Tales 1:45 PM THE MUMMY 1:15 AM Jahangir hereinafter in all THE MUMMY 4:15 PM my dealings and docu- MUHALAB-3 PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: Dead Men Tell No Tales 6:30 PM 360º- 3 ments I will be known by DESPICABLE ME 3 11:30 AM TRANSFORMERS: The Last Knight 9:15 PM TUBELIGHT (Hindi) 12:00 PM name of Jahangir. (C 5323) DESPICABLE ME 3 1:30 PM PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: Dead Men Tell No Tales 12:15 AM TUBELIGHT (Hindi) 2:45 PM DESPICABLE ME 3 3:30 PM TUBELIGHT (Hindi) 5:45 PM 2-7-2017 DESPICABLE ME 3 5:30 PM MARINA-3 TUBELIGHT (Hindi) 8:45 PM DESPICABLE ME 3 7:30 PM DESPICABLE ME 3 12:45 PM TUBELIGHT (Hindi) 11:45 PM PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: Dead Men Tell No Tales 9:30 PM DESPICABLE ME 3 2:45 PM PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: Dead Men Tell No Tales 12:15 AM DESPICABLE ME 3 4:45 PM AL-KOUT.1 SITUATION WANTED PRAYER TIMINGS DESPICABLE ME 3 6:45 PM DESPICABLE ME 3 11:45 AM FANAR-1 DESPICABLE ME 3 8:45 PM DESPICABLE ME 3 1:45 PM DESPICABLE ME 3 11:30 AM THE MUMMY 10:45 PM DESPICABLE ME 3 3:45 PM Accountant holding quali- Fajr: 03:19 TRANSFORMERS: The Last Knight 1:30 PM THE MUMMY 1:00 AM DESPICABLE ME 3 5:45 PM fication of ACCA, MBA THE MUMMY 4:30 PM DESPICABLE ME 3 7:45 PM Finance and B.Com, with 8 Shorook: 04:53 TRANSFORMERS: The Last Knight 6:45 PM AVENUES-1 PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: Dead Men Tell No Tales 9:45 PM years of experience in THE MUMMY 9:45 PM TUBELIGHT (Hindi) 1:00 PM PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: Dead Men Tell No Tales 12:30 AM Kuwait, looking for suitable Duhr: 11:52 TRANSFORMERS: The Last Knight 12:05 AM TUBELIGHT (Hindi) 3:45 PM TUBELIGHT (Hindi) 6:30 PM AL-KOUT.2 job in reputed Audit Firms, Asr: 15:26 FANAR-2 TUBELIGHT (Hindi) 9:15 PM KHAMMIS & JUMMA (Horoob Ejbary) 1:00 PM Investment companies or TISBAH ALA KHAIR 11:45 AM TUBELIGHT (Hindi) 12:05 AM TISBAH ALA KHAIR 1:45 PM Islamic banks. Contact: Maghrib: 18:51 TUBELIGHT (Hindi) 1:45 PM PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: Dead Men Tell No Tales 3:45 PM 55829223, email: TISBAH ALA KHAIR 4:30 PM AVENUES-2 KHAMMIS & JUMMA (Horoob Ejbary) 6:30 PM TISBAH ALA KHAIR 6:30 PM DESPICABLE ME 3 -3D-4DX 11:30 AM KHAMMIS & JUMMA (Horoob Ejbary) 9:15 PM [email protected] Isha: 20:23 (C 5324) 2-7-2017

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Arrival Flights on Wednesday 5/7/2017 KAC 662 Abu Dhabi 13:15 Departure Flights on Wednesday 5/7/2017 KAC 511 Mashhad 12:45 Airlines Flt Route Time CLX 792 Luxembourg 13:15 Airlines Flt Route Time IAW 158 Al Najaf 13:00 MEA 400 Beirut 00:05 KAC 672 Dubai 13:55 AIC 988 Hyderabad/Chennai 00:05 JZR 176 Dubai 13:10 THY 772 Istanbul 00:10 IRC 6521 Lamerd 14:00 JZR 1540 Cairo 00:20 JZR 786 Riyadh 13:10 JZR 513 Sharm el-Sheikh 00:15 QTR 1078 Doha 14:10 JAI 573 Mumbai 00:30 FEG 932 Alexandria 13:55 KAC 786 Jeddah 00:30 KNE 231 Riyadh 14:10 MSC 406 Sohag 00:30 THY 767 Istanbul 13:55 JZR 267 Beirut 00:35 KAC 364 Colombo 14:15 MSR 2615 Cairo 00:30 MSR 611 Cairo 14:00 KAC 102 London 00:55 SVA 500 Jeddah 14:15 FDB 072 Dubai 00:30 UAE 872 Dubai 14:15 DLH 635 Doha 01:00 GFA 221 Bahrain 14:15 MEA 401 Beirut 01:00 CLX 792 Hanoi 14:30 PGT 858 Istanbul 01:15 KAC 618 Doha 14:20 THY 773 Istanbul 01:40 IRC 6512 ABD 14:50 JZR 539 Cairo 01:20 FDB 059 Dubai 14:20 KAC 363 Colombo 01:55 KNE 382 Taif 15:00 MSR 618 Alexandria 01:35 KAC 540 Sharm el-Sheikh 14:35 DLH 635 Frankfurt 02:00 GFA 222 Bahrain 15:00 UAE 853 Dubai 01:40 JZR 357 Mashhad 14:50 KAC 677 Dubai 02:15 KAC 673 Dubai 15:00 RJA 642 Amman 01:45 KAC 692 Muscat 14:55 PGT 859 Istanbul 02:35 FDB 060 Dubai 15:05 THY 1464 Istanbul 01:50 KAC 788 Jeddah 14:55 MSR 619 Alexandria 02:35 QTR 1079 Doha 15:15 KKK 6506 Istanbul 01:55 KAC 304 Mumbai 14:55 THY 765 Istanbul 02:50 KAC 563 Amman 15:40 KLM 446 Bahrain 02:05 KNE 529 Jeddah 14:55 KKK 6505 Istanbul 02:55 SVA 501 Jeddah 15:45 QTR 1086 Doha 02:10 ETD 303 Abu Dhabi 15:05 ETH 621 Addis Ababa 03:05 JZR 188 Dubai 15:50 PGT 830 Istanbul 02:10 KNE 683 Madinah 15:05 AEE 943 ATH 03:15 KNE 530 Jeddah 15:55 JZR 553 Alexandria 02:10 KAC 562 Amman 15:10 UAE 854 Dubai 03:30 KNE 684 Madinah 16:00 GFA 211 Bahrain 02:15 OMA 645 Muscat 15:10 KLM 446 Amsterdam 03:30 KAC 619 Doha 16:00 ETH 620 Addis Ababa 02:15 KAC 502 Beirut 15:25 RJA 645 Amman 03:55 KAC 775 Riyadh 16:05 AEE 942 ATH 02:25 KAC 412 Bangkok 15:30 THY 753 Istanbul 04:00 OMA 646 Muscat 16:10 THY 1404 AYT 02:30 ABY 127 Sharjah 15:35 OMA 644 Muscat 04:05 ABY 128 Sharjah 16:15 KAC 418 Manila 02:50 UAE 857 Dubai 15:45 QTR 1087 Doha 04:10 KAC 615 ahrain 16:30 THY 752 Istanbul 03:05 SAW 705 Damascus 15:50 ETD 306 Abu Dhabi 04:10 SAW 706 Damascus 16:50 OMA 643 Muscat 03:05 SVA 504 Madinah 16:00 MSR 613 Cairo 04:15 MSR 576 Sharm el-Sheikh 16:50 ETD 305 Abu Dhabi 03:10 RJA 640 Amman 16:00 PGT 831 Istanbul 04:20 RJA 641 Amman 16:55 RJA 644 Amman 03:10 MSR 575 Sharm el-Sheikh 16:10 KAC 417 Manila 04:20 SVA 505 Madinah 16:55 KAC 382 Delhi 03:15 QTR 1072 Doha 16:15 JZR 560 Sohag 04:45 FDB 052 Dubai 17:05 MSR 612 Cairo 03:15 FDB 051 Dubai 16:15 RBG 550 Alexandria 05:00 JZR 266 Beirut 17:15 FDB 069 Dubai 03:15 JZR 535 Cairo 16:20 PGT 4561 Istanbul 05:00 KAC 503 Beirut 17:15 QTR 1076 Doha 03:45 KAC 118 New York 16:25 KAC 103 London 05:00 QTR 1073 Doha 17:25 KAC 544 Cairo 03:50 JZR 787 Riyadh 16:35 QTR 1091 Doha 05:05 KAC 283 Dhaka 17:25 KAC 796 Madinah 03:55 JZR 358 Mashhad 16:35 QTR 1077 Doha 05:35 JZR 240 Amman 17:30 PGT 4560 Istanbul 04:00 NIA 361 Alexandria 16:50 KAC 303 Mumbai 05:50 JZR 1442 Doha 17:30 QTR 1090 Doha 04:05 KAC 542 Cairo 17:05 FEG 954 Asyut 05:55 KAC 361 Colombo 17:35 RBG 559 Alexandria 04:10 SVA 510 Riyadh 17:15 THY 1465 Istanbul 06:00 UAE 858 Dubai 17:40 KAC 346 Ahmedabad 04:15 GFA 215 Bahrain 17:30 RJA 643 Amman 06:25 KAC 357 Kochi 17:40 KAC 358 Kochi 04:50 JZR 777 Jeddah 17:35 GFA 212 Bahrain 06:50 NIA 362 Alexandria 17:50 FEG 931 Alexandria 05:00 JZR 177 Dubai 17:45 THY 771 Istanbul 06:50 KAC 381 Delhi 17:50 KAC 784 Jeddah 05:00 AZQ 4565 Baghdad 18:00 JZR 238 Amman 07:00 KAC 343 Chennai 18:00 DHX 170 Bahrain 05:10 QTR 1080 Doha 18:10 FDB 070 Dubai 07:05 SVA 511 Riyadh 18:15 KAC 344 Chennai 05:30 MSR 620 Cairo 18:30 JZR 164 Dubai 07:15 GFA 216 Bahrain 18:20 KAC 332 Trivandrum 05:40 JZR 483 Istanbul 18:30 KAC 501 Beirut 07:50 JZR 184 Dubai 18:25 KAC 362 Colombo 05:50 KAC 512 Mashhad 18:40 KAC 171 Frankfurt 07:50 JZR 538 Cairo 18:30 THY 770 Istanbul 05:55 UAE 875 Dubai 19:05 KAC 613 Bahrain 07:55 KAC 785 Jeddah 18:45 BAW 157 London 06:05 GFA 217 Bahrain 19:05 BAW 156 London 08:20 QTR 1081 Doha 19:15 KAC 1802 Cairo 06:35 FDB 063 Dubai 19:10 FDB 054 Dubai 08:30 JZR 124 Bahrain 19:20 KAC 206 Islamabad 06:40 ABY 123 Sharjah 19:20 KAC 741 Dammam 08:30 MSR 621 Cairo 19:30 KAC 284 Dhaka 06:50 KAC 154 Istanbul 19:30 KAC 773 Riyadh 08:35 GFA 218 Bahrain 19:50 KAC 678 Dubai 06:55 KAC 674 Dubai 19:40 KAC 539 Sharm el-Sheikh 08:40 FDB 064 Dubai 19:50 KAC 302 Mumbai 06:55 KAC 616 Bahrain 19:40 KAC 661 Abu Dhabi 08:45 ABY 124 Sharjah 20:00 KAC 156 Istanbul 07:05 KAC 620 Doha 19:50 KAC 513 Tehran 08:45 AZQ 4566 GYD 20:00 JZR 1541 Cairo 07:10 FDB 057 Dubai 19:50 KAC 776 Riyadh 19:50 JZR 356 Mashhad 09:00 FDB 058 Dubai 20:30 FDB 053 Dubai 07:50 KAC 104 London 20:00 KAC 101 London 09:00 UAE 876 Dubai 20:35 KAC 384 Delhi 08:00 OMA 647 Muscat 20:05 KAC 117 New York 09:15 KAC 331 Trivandrum 20:35 UAE 855 Dubai 08:25 KNE 381 Taif 20:10 KAC 787 Jeddah 09:15 KAC 353 Bangalore 20:55 ETD 301 Abu Dhabi 08:55 DLH 634 Frankfurt 20:15 KAC 671 Dubai 09:15 DLH 634 Doha 21:00 ABY 125 Sharjah 09:00 MEA 402 Beirut 20:15 JZR 534 Cairo 09:30 KAC 1543 Cairo 21:00 IRC 6511 ABD 09:10 JZR 189 Dubai 20:25 KAC 691 Muscat 09:30 OMA 648 Muscat 21:05 QTR 1070 Doha 09:25 QTR 1088 Doha 20:40 KAC 561 Amman 09:30 KNE 232 Riyadh 21:10 IRA 665 Shiraz 09:25 KAC 564 Amman 21:00 JZR 482 Istanbul 09:40 JZR 554 Alexandria 21:15 FDB 055 Dubai 09:40 KAC 172 Frankfurt 21:05 ABY 126 Sharjah 09:40 MEA 403 Beirut 21:15 IRM 1188 Mashhad 09:55 JZR 1443 Doha 21:05 UAE 856 Dubai 09:50 KAC 301 Mumbai 21:40 MSC 415 Sohag 10:15 ETD 307 Abu Dhabi 21:10 ETD 302 Abu Dhabi 10:00 KAC 203 Lahore 21:45 GFA 213 Bahrain 10:40 KLM 445 Amsterdam 21:15 IRC 6522 Lamerd 10:00 DHX 171 Bahrain 21:50 MEA 404 Beirut 10:55 ALK 229 Colombo 21:15 KAC 541 Cairo 10:00 QTR 1089 Doha 21:50 SYR 341 Damascus 11:00 UAE 859 Dubai 21:15 KAC 617 Doha 10:15 JZR 1542 Cairo 21:55 QTR 1074 Doha 11:00 THY 764 Istanbul 21:30 IRA 664 Shiraz 10:25 KAC 205 Islamabad 21:55 AXB 889 Mangalore/Bahrain 11:05 GFA 219 Bahrain 21:50 VIZ 205 IQA 10:30 ETD 308 Abu Dhabi 22:00 JZR 561 Sohag 11:10 QTR 1082 Doha 22:05 KAC 153 Istanbul 10:30 KAC 155 Istanbul 22:15 KAC 614 Bahrain 11:15 ETD 309 Abu Dhabi 22:10 QTR 1071 Doha 10:35 ALK 230 Colombo 22:20 KAC 742 Dammam 11:45 JZR 125 Bahrain 22:15 FDB 056 Dubai 10:35 KLM 445 Bahrain 22:25 JZR 165 Dubai 11:50 AIC 975 Chennai/Goa 22:25 JZR 359 Mashhad 10:45 THY 1413 TZX 22:25 IAW 157 Al Najaf 12:00 BBC 143 Dhaka 22:30 IRM 1189 Mashhad 11:10 UAE 860 Dubai 22:35 JZR 239 Amman 12:25 JZR 241 Amman 22:55 MSC 416 Sohag 11:15 KAC 383 Delhi 22:35 KAC 774 Riyadh 12:45 RBG 551 Alexandria 23:00 GFA 214 Bahrain 11:35 GFA 220 Bahrain 22:50 UAE 871 Dubai 12:45 JZR 185 Dubai 23:00 MEA 405 Beirut 11:55 ETD 310 Abu Dhabi 23:00 FEG 953 Asyut 12:55 RBG 555 Alexandria 23:25 JZR 776 Jeddah 12:00 JZR 528 Asyut 23:05 THY 766 Istanbul 13:00 MSR 2614 Cairo 23:30 SYR 342 Latakia 12:00 KAC 783 Jeddah 23:10 MSR 610 Cairo 13:00 FDB 071 Dubai 23:35 AXB 890 Mangalore 12:05 QTR 1083 Doha 23:20 KAC 514 Tehran 13:10 PIA 239 Sialkot 23:40 QTR 1075 Doha 12:10 RBG 552 Alexandria 23:40 stars34 WEDNESDAY, JULY 5, 2017

CROSSWORD 1651 STAR TRACK

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

There is news of a part-time job, if you want it. This part-time job may This is a period emphasizing an enhanced sense of personal possibility remind you of the job you had as a youth. You know you will be able to and potential. There is tremendous psychological growth and it will lead to great per- handle it easily. Family, home, relatives and real estate play a bigger part in your life and it sonal success, if you follow through with it. You might also find that you will put on the may be time to think about investing in a home. You want to belong on a private, inti- pounds if you are not careful. Respect, status and achievement are central goals for you mate, personal level and to have the security of a home and a place to call your own. Your as a new phase begins in your life. Ambition unlimited always ends in defeat. In-depth work moves as it should . . . Smoothly. You are in a mood of self-enjoyment and can discussions and probing conversations find you at your mental best. Your analytical appreciate your own better qualities. You may see value in or feel love for an older person abilities are at a high point. Good practical job-related thoughts and ideas are available or someone in authority. You are very animated and it is fun for you to convey your ideas. to you. The ability to communicate with superiors or describe what you see is a talent After work you might drive around to see some of the homes that are for sale. others may wish they had. Take some time to relax and enjoy some quiet time tonight.

Taurus (April 20-May 20) Scorpio (October 23-November 21)

You could be in the limelight today, especially in relation to your work. Your insight and vision into what unites people and into the dreams and You may find that you enjoy your job or the responsibility it entails more than usual. mystical regions of our minds are profound. You may be working and communicating Financial security and enjoying the finer things in life, appreciating and creating with others in these matters and with music and the arts. New paths to world or person- things others long to have are experiences that assume a high priority. You are valued al unity are a major interest, and you have a very practical sense of how to make your in the workplace but it is important to keep up appearances and show that you value dreams real. You think of life as a grand experience and will do whatever it takes to find yourself and others in the way you present yourself. You may be planning a shopping where the best opportunities are developing. Concentrate on developing your special trip this afternoon. While it is good to have money in the bank, it is also good to go talent or on helping a loved one develop his or her special talent. This is an excellent shopping for clothes that fit. You enjoy a big chuckle with a friend this evening when time to seek out an inspiring teacher or mentor. You are generous to the extreme with you see the new magic trick he or she has finally achieved. others. You are good at sensing the unity in life. Relax with your loved one this evening.

Gemini (May 21-June 20) Sagittarius (November 22-December 21) Everything points to your taking the initiative. You could feel great sup- Today brings you a kind of recognition of who you really are with regard port from those around you. You feel healthy and natural with a sharp, to how you appear to others, in the business as well as the social world. You have a nimble mind and ready wit. You are quick to achieve and gain insights to new solutions. strong need for this recognition and you are appreciative. You will be wise to make Your response to stress makes the difference between success and failure. Your ability plans toward securing your professional and financial life instead of spending time in ACROSS to converse with most any individual in any sector of life puts you in the genius arena 6. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on worry. Write out a plan that will include these goals. More demanding years could be when it comes to communication skills. Others will find that you have a natural physical 1. Being three more than fifty. the sea or ships. in the forecast. Now is the time to build on all of your relationships. A lover or child dexterity-good hands too. Your enchanting manner transports all who meet you 5. A steep artificial slope in front of a fortification. 7. A cry expressing disapproval. becomes a focal point in your life. Laughter and fun communications come easily this beyond the mundane and into the extraordinary regions where you spend a lot of your afternoon. There is fun competition with a hobby this evening. You won't be up late time. You may find yourself being put to good use by your friends this afternoon. 11. A closed sac that develops abnormally in 8. Widely cultivated in tropical and subtropical tonight but you will be distracted from the everyday stress. some body structure. regions for its fragrant flowers and colorful 15. Dutch astronomer who proved that the fruits. galaxy is rotating and proposed the exis- 9. Having any of numerous bright or strong colors Capricorn (December 22-January 19) tence of the Oort cloud (1900-1992). reminiscent of the color of blood or cherries Cancer (June 21-July 22) 16. Somewhat ill or prone to illness. or tomatoes or rubies. You have a great love of the written and spoken word; ideas are what You have a natural appreciation for the past-personal or worldly-all that is 17. A member of the Shoshonean people of 10. A sliver-white metallic element of the plat- you like to work with best. Your enthusiasm for mental stimulation and the world of traditional. There is an opportunity to lead a club or group organization today. This northeastern Arizona. inum group that resembles platinum. ideas makes it easy for you to communicate to others. You may find yourself teaching could mean a location away from your place of work. You will find that you enjoy deco- spiritual lessons today. You have no trouble putting feelings into the way you express 18. A state in the western United States. 11. Affectedly trendy. rating homes or advising medical groups on how to use color and floral setting as well your words; this carries a lot of meaning. A choice of entertaining, teaching, speaking as pictures and furniture settings. Part of this decorator job entails the confirmation of 19. Treated with contempt. 12. A Hindu theistic philosophy. or singing comes about in order to communicate hope, realities and possibilities. Your times, products and people. You enjoy moods and emotions, especially in social sur- 21. Flightless New Zealand birds similar to 13. An edible tuber native to South America. expression of this hope, acceptance and good insights shows off the magnitude of roundings. You find it easy to work with other people and you tend to pour a lot of gallinules. 14. Hoop that covers a wheel. your perspective. You will always find new ways to relate in a love relationship and energy into those around you. Perhaps stage-managing would also be a good way to this evening is a good time to do just that. 23. A ductile gray metallic element of the lan- 20. The bivalent radical UO2 which forms salts express your many talents. Your dreams are memorable-keep your diary current. thanide series. with acids. 25. A Bantu language spoken by the Kamba peo- 22. A small railroad car propelled by hand or by a Aquarius (January 20- February 18) ple in Kenya. small motor. Leo (July 23-August 22) 28. Of or relating to the perineum. 24. An independent ruler or chieftain (especially Your mind is full of practical ideas, especially related to your particular 31. Submersible vessel for one or two persons. in Africa or Arabia). When it comes to taking care of business you are relentless in getting down to the nitty-gritty. Others sense this about you. When asked for your services, per- talents. You may come up with new ideas to manage things better. You sense things 35. A rapid bustling commotion. 26. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk haps a favor or some volunteer situation, you see the best in a situation-making it hard to with the mind and understand that feelings are thoughts first. What does this or that 36. A comic incident or series of incidents. and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an say no or cut yourself the best deal. Think your answer through before obligating time thought meanwhile is it pointing these are questions you may ask. You use subjective 38. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in edible pulp called monkey bread. and energy that you do not have. You look to home and family for support and encour- rather than objective logic-intuition and gut instinct. Your image and ideals could be challenged by another who sees you as too probing. You understand that thoughts Turkey). 27. North American republic containing 50 states agement. You trust a more experienced person today when you seek guidance. There could be opportunities to discuss or hear past experiences-amusing stories-perhaps your must be productive. Poetry, music and the arts interest you, as do psychology and the 39. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling). - 48 conterminous states in North America own childhood events. Security is very important and you need to have stable roots in psyche. A classic movie or a book about new discoveries is enjoyed this evening. You 41. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth plus Alaska in northwest North America and order to be productive. The social scene grabs your attention this evening. will want to record the antics of an animal this evening. group. the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean. 42. The act of slowing down or falling behind. 29. United States swimmer who in 1926 became 43. Indicating the most important performer or the first woman to swim the English Channel Virgo (August 23-September 22) Pisces (February 19-March 20) role. (1903- ). 44. At full speed. 30. French sculptor noted for his renderings of You could find that you are appreciated or valued for your feelings or In-depth discussions and probing conversations find you at your men- your ability to act and get things done. Everything may be pouring in at once and it's tal best this day. Your analytical abilities are well tuned. Others will find a 48. Relating to or near the ulna. the human form (1840-1917). all good news. Your career direction gets some encouragement and life's problems good understanding of your thoughts and ideas. This afternoon is a good time to 49. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single 32. Food mixtures either arranged on a plate or seem to have easy solutions. You benefit from an older person or one in authority. Life study-you have a real appreciation for innovative thinking and new discoveries are ovary having one or many seeds within a tossed and served with a moist dressing. could assume a dreamlike stance. You may find yourself more than a little greedy and escalating all around you. This may mean medical discoveries, weather discoveries or fleshy wall or pericarp. 33. A landlocked republic in eastern Africa. your current appreciation for just about everything may lead you to overspend. trends that have escalated into everyday uses. You may find yourself needing to set an Something you really want to purchase may not be as desirable after a few days of alarm when you visit the library or bookstore, use your computer or chat with a bud- 50. Tropical starchy tuberous root. 34. Capital and largest city of Iraq. delay-compare prices. You will make career gains by your ability to sense quality and dy or just generally involve yourself somehow with learning about the latest discover- 51. A toxic nonmetallic element related to sulfur 37. The process of leaching. choose accordingly. Someone understands your complaints. ies. It is awesome to learn about the latest happenings and you could be quite hungry and tellurium. 40. A hostel for pilgrims in Turkey. 53. The federal agency that insures residential 45. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake mortgages. Chad. Word Search Yesterday’s Solution 55. A public promotion of some product or serv- 46. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the ice. alkali metal group. 57. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from 47. Genus of North American herbs with basal aba cloth. cordate or orbicular leaves and small pani- 61. A defeat of the Persian army by the Greeks in cled flowers. 479 BC. 52. An unnaturally frenzied or distraught woman. 65. Type genus of the Anhimidae. 54. Long and thin and often limp. 68. A river in north central Switzerland that runs 56. Of or relating to or containing barium. northeast into the Rhine. 58. 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Stars hit Dior's encyclopedic 70th birthday show in Paris

hristian Dior feted its 70th birthday at Paris' Couture cate, sexy tulle dress with peek-a-boo sheer sections - called Week Monday in style with an accomplished, star-filled "Andalusia" - evoked iconic black Spanish lace. But this wasn't Cshow that mapped the iconic house's journey across the just an encyclopedic check list - and the 66 varied looks world. It was an unabashed, encyclopedic celebration of femi- packed some true style. Gently cinch-waisted silhouettes bil- ninity in all its guises for Maria Grazia Chiuri - the house's first lowed out into beautiful culottes, alongside voluminous full female designer. Here are some highlights of Monday's fall- skirts in organza, or vintage pleated evening dresses. This cou- winter 2017 collections. ture season, Chiuri really found her voice.

Dior front row Ralph & Russo's plumage Dior breathed a sigh of relief that it didn't rain on Chiuri's In a white shoulderless halterneck, actress Zendaya joined first outdoor presentation - and her best show to date. But the "Fast and Furious" star Michelle Rodriguez in a silken teal coat unexpected rays of sun caused their own set of problems for dress to add star power to the Ralph & Russo front row. It was the myriad VIP guests that included singer Celine Dion and perhaps a welcome boost to a collection that was hard to pin actresses Jennifer Lawrence, Natalie Portman and Kirsten down. Tamara Ralph's designs are a red carpet favorite - and Dunst. They sweltered alongside the forest-like show decor of no doubt some looks, like an asymmetrical pastel plum satin verdant grass, exotic trees, huge wooden elephants, croco- gown that unfurled around the bust, will be a big hit. But the diles and eagles at the Invalides venue. collection - which moved between varying pastel shades - "I'm going to stand in the shade as it's just too hot," model seemed to lack focus at times. Karlie Kloss explained as she raced away momentarily for the Big Ottoman-style cone hats, strapped under the chin, refuge of a tree from her front row seat. Meanwhile, actor defined many of the shimmering gowns doused with lash- Robert Pattinson - a Dior brand ambassador - mingled with ings of embroideries and sequins. Then, there were the guests in the cool of the shade cast surreally by a gargantuan feathers. Plumes shot out from large shoulder sections, atlas, hoisted up above the show foliage. down a cinched 60s skirt, across the arm like a bird's wing, and then down the chest on one black-and-silver, traffic- Dior's female empowerment stopping gown that evoked a peacock with its tail feathers The starting point of Chiuri's empowering, feminist dis- down. There were plenty of great dramatic moments - play was a 1953 Atlas etching of five continents discovered including an off-white feather hat that might have been the in the Dior archives, which mapped the house's global pick of the late Elizabeth Taylor. — AP expansion. Chiuri took Monsieur Dior's own words - that a collection should represent "all types of women in all coun- tries" - and gave them renewed legitimacy - as the house's first female head. The ankle-length silhouettes, which riffed on the 1950s, celebrated powerful female trailblazers of history - and the bold styles worn by women thousands of miles apart. A loose, pleated gray wool menswear aviator outfit was called "Amelia Earhart," in celebration of the American aviation pioneer who succeeded in a man's world. An anthracite jumpsuit with a chic, Asian-style crossover and large turned-up sleeves was named "Siam" in celebration of Thai women's style. And a deli- lifestyle WEDNESDAY, JULY 5, 2017

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Models present creations by Georges Hobeika during the 2017 fall/winter Haute Couture collection in Paris. — AFP photos

Fashion designer Georges Hobeika acknowledges the audience at the end of the 2017 fall/winter Haute Couture collection in Paris.

Models present creations for Christian Dior during the 2017 fall/winter Haute Couture collection in Paris. WEDNESDAY, JULY 5, 2017 lifestyle

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Models present creations by Ralph and Russo during the 2017 fall/winter Haute Couture collection in Paris. lifestyle WEDNESDAY, JULY 5, 2017

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A band performs in Military Park in Newark, NJ. — AP photos The lobby of Hotel Indigo, a boutique hotel in downtown Newark, NJ. Photo shows a jazz exhibition in Newark, NJ, with Ella Fitzgerald perform- ing on video next to the gown she was wearing. Tourism in Newark? 50 years after riots, city says it's time

ourism in Newark? You might not think of it as a des- Manhattan via PATH, NJ Transit or Amtrak trains. That Museum." Before hopping the train back to New York, tination, but boosters say Newark is ready for visitors makes Newark a viable lodging option for visitors to New Vartanian heads to the Ironbound, where dining options Tas part of a comeback. A company called Have You York City. Downtown Newark hotels include the historic range from old-school bacalhau at Seabra's Marisqueira to Met Newark? has taken more than 2,000 visitors on walk- Robert Treat , which has hosted four U.S. presidents; the tapas with a hipster vibe at Mompou. ing tours and bar crawls. Tour company founder Emily Hilton at Newark Penn Station , popular with airline crews; The Ballantine House and the Ironbound are featured Manz points out everything from Nasto's ice cream parlor, and the Indigo boutique hotel. Rates for a July Sunday in Craig's "100 Things to Do in Newark Before You Die" made famous in an episode of "The Sopranos," to a night at the Newark Indigo were $136 compared with book, too. On a recent day, she also took a visitor to the church, St. Stephan's, that appeared in the movie "War of $209 at the Indigo in Manhattan. Off the Hanger boutique , where "Newark Vs Everybody" T- Photo shows Lauren Craig, who calls herself the ‘glambassador’ of the Worlds." Treasures at the Newark Museum, a 10-minute walk shirts are prominently displayed; the Jimenez Tobacco Newark, NJ, pointing to a ‘Newark Vs Everybody’ T-shirt on display at the The Greater Newark Convention and Visitors Bureau from Newark Penn Station, include an 1885 mansion cigar lounge and bar; Casa D'Paco , an Ironbound restau- Off the Hanger and ANE boutique on Linden Street in Newark. has started taking travel writers to see attractions like the called the Ballantine House , a room of paintings by rant; and Gateway Project Spaces , an art gallery adjacent Newark Museum and the Ironbound, a neighborhood Joseph Stella, a Tibetan altar visited by the Dalai Lama and to Newark Penn Station. At one point on Craig's whirlwind known for Portuguese and Spanish restaurants and shops. impressive collections of Native American and African- tour, a taxi driver disputed the idea that Newark was ready And in August, the "100 Things to Do Before You Die" American art. "I go there as much as I can," said Hrag for tourists. "I beg to differ," Craig said politely, then said to series will publish a Newark guidebook written by Lauren Vartanian of Brooklyn, New York, editor-in-chief of online a guest, "You see what I'm fighting against?" Craig, who fell in love with Newark while attending arts publication Hyperallergic.com . "But it's amazing to Rutgers Law School and calls herself the city's "glambas- me how many people have never heard of the Newark The city past and present sador." But this summer also marks 50 years since riots Of course, problems persist. Newark's population scarred the city. "The perception of Newark being declined from 400,000 in the 1960s to 280,000 today. unfriendly, dangerous, dirty is something that has been Thirty percent of residents live in poverty. Crime remains a ingrained in people for many, many years," Craig said. "I top concern, though it's decreasing: Newark is statistically fight against that every day." safer than Washington, DC, Atlanta and Memphis, Tennessee. But Newark's decline in the last half of the 20th Hahne & co, a symbol of rebirth century wasn't isolated. Many urban areas lost population Officials point to a massive brick building, vacant since as factories closed and white middle-class Americans fled the Hahne department store closed in 1987, as a symbol to the suburbs. Even Newark's riots were part of a larger of Newark's rebirth. The Hahne building reopened this pattern: Riots rocked more than 100 cities in 1967, and year with apartments (one-bedrooms rent for $2,000 many - including Newark's, which erupted after the arrest monthly) and businesses, including a Whole Foods. of a black cabdriver - were sparked by allegations of police Celebrity chef Marcus Samuelsson plans a restaurant brutality amid racial inequality and lack of opportunity in Photo show cigars being hand-rolled at Jimenez Tobacco, which operates there. An arts incubator, Express Newark , hosts work- African-American communities. More than 20 people died a cigar lounge and bar in Newark, NJ. shops and exhibits onsite, including a jazz history show in Newark's riots; millions of dollars in property damage organized by Rutgers University's Institute of Jazz Studies. was sustained. On a recent day, another downtown gem, Military Park Karin Aaron, CEO of the Greater Newark Convention , was busy with kids riding a carousel, a jazz band playing and Visitors Bureau, left the city in the early '90s because and the after-work crowd mingling at a trendy park she "didn't see any progress," even though her mother eatery, BURG. "I've been waiting for this," said Jeremy often spoke about "how great Newark used to be." Aaron Johnson, executive director of Newark Arts, as he sur- moved back in 2016 and believes a renaissance is under- veyed the scene in the park. "No one is asking me if the way, saying: "Everybody loves a comeback story." — AP National Guard is going to protect them when they come to Newark. They asked me that 20 years ago. So this is the dream."

Attractions and hotels Destination Newark has a lot to offer: New Jersey This image provided by Reedy Devils hockey games and more at the Prudential Center , Press shows the cover of ì100 concerts and shows at the New Jersey Performing Arts Things to Do in Newark Before Center and Newark International Airport, among You Dieî by Lauren Craig, who America's 20 busiest airports. describes herself as the ìglam- Newark Penn Station is also just 20 minutes from bassador of Newark.

Photo shows ‘The Iron Man’ sculpture of a hockey player next to the Prudential Center where the New Jersey Devils hockey team plays in Newark.

Photo shows Lauren Craig, who calls herself the ‘glambassador’ of Newark, Photo shows Ferry Street in the Ironbound district of Newark, NJ, a Portuguese neighbor- Photo shows a display of bags and shoes made from cork in the window NJ, watching as sangria is poured into a glass at Casa d’Paco, a Spanish hood. of CS Cork, a shop in the Ironbound district of Newark, NJ. restaurant in the Ironbound section of Newark. 'Star Wars' droids join lineup for July 4 concert in DC

he annual July Fourth concert near the US Capitol will July Fourth concert, known as "A Capitol Fourth," will also include an appearance by two droids who fought for feature performances by the Beach Boys, the Four Tops and Tindependence in a galaxy far, far away. The two "Star Trace Adkins, among others. John Stamos will host the Wars" characters will be on stage yesterday evening while show. — AP the National Symphony Orchestra plays John Williams' music from the beloved sci-fi movie. The performance will celebrate the 40th anniversary of "Star Wars," which was In this file photo, Droid released in 1977. characters from "Star Wars", R2-D2 and C-3PO are veterans of the Washington stage, BB-8, from left, R2-D2, and having participated in the Kennedy Center Honors when C-3PO speak at the Oscars "Star Wars" creator George Lucas received the award. The at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. — AP lifestyle WEDNESDAY, JULY 5, 2017

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Masao Gunji, a retired police officer, standing at an entrance to his pink- painted Hello Kitty house with his wife Yoshiko Gunji (left) in Yotsukaido.

This photo shows retired Japanese police officer Masao Gunjiposing with his Hello Kitty collection at his pink-painted Hello Kitty house in Yotsukaido, Chiba prefec- Masao Gunji showing his Hello Kitty collection to a neighbor at his pink- ture. — AFP photos painted Hello Kitty house. Ex-Japan policeman breaks records with Hello Kitty collection 'This is his dream'

67-year-old former policeman with the world's themed house, which he built specially and has become red bow, propelling Gunji past the previous record hold- biggest Hello Kitty collection has become the a magnet for tourists. "Kitty has been like the love of my er, also Japanese. Gunji's wife Yoshiko says she fully sup- Aenvy of little girls everywhere with a quarter of a Though he doesn't live in the property, Gunji was recog- ports her husband's passion. "I don't care how much he million dollars' worth of moon-faced memorabilia. nized last November by Guinness World Records for his spends on Hello Kitty," she said. "People need to make a Masao Gunji, who spent his working life on the trail of collection, having spent around 30 million yen mark on the world, and Hello Kitty is the one he lives hardened criminals, now spends his retirement tracking ($267,000) on thousands of items, including the house. for," she added. "This is his dream." — AFP Masao Gunji (right) posing next to his Hello Kitty collection as his wife down pink and white soft toys to keep in a Hello Kitty- More than 5,000 items he owns bear Kitty's iconic Yoshiko Gunji (left) looks on, at their pink-painted Hello Kitty house.

Afghanistan's Sesame Street gets proud brother muppet

eerak the bespectacled orange muppet is the lat- est innovation from Sesame Street in Afghanistan: Za children's TV character who reveres his educated older sister, brought on to screens to show a new gener- ation that a woman's place is beyond the home. Producers are betting the new character-a four-year-old boy dressed in a traditional shalwar kameez and a waist- coast embroidered in Afghan national colors will inspire millions of children-and their parents-to see the value in education. Zeerak's big sister Zari, introduced last year with great fanfare as the first Afghan muppet to join internationally cherished characters such as and , has already proved a success on the local version of Sesame Street, known as 'Baghch-e-Simsim'. Massood Sanjer, head of Tolo TV which airs the show, believes introducing a boy, who adores and wants to emulate his school-going, older sibling, will "indirectly teach the kids to love their sisters" in a conservative, gen- der-segregated nation which traditionally has invested more in its sons. Baghch-e-Simsim is the only program on Afghan television dedicated to children and has a remarkable reach-a recent survey showed some 80 per- cent of children and parents with access to television watch the show. Sanjer believes the show can, from an early age, underline the importance of educated women in Afghan Afghan puppeteers Seema Sultani (right) holds new society, but also show boys that a good education bene- Sesame Street Muppet 'Zeerak' as she performs with fits everyone. "People-kids and parents, who have access Afghan puppeteers Seema Sultani (left) and Mansoora Shirzad hold Sesame Street Muppets 'Zeerak' and 'Zari' as they colleague Mansoora Shirzad, holding Muppet 'Zari', to TV are watching and know the brand of the character. meet children after a recording at a television studio in Kabul.— AFP photos during a recording at a television studio in Kabul. So it is a very good sign that people love to learn and it is great to use media as an education tool for kids," he told change attitudes -- the new muppet Zeerak's name Last week it courted controversy in the US after to television, but Baghch-e-Simsim is also broadcast on AFP.That message still needs to be hammered home in means 'smart' in Dari and Pashto, Afghanistan's two offi- tweeting a group image of some of its stars to reflect a the radio across 44 FM stations, says Anwar Jamilli, who many parts of Afghanistan nearly 16 years after the end cial languages. And even his trendy, black-rimmed glass- rainbow in support of 'LGBT Pride Month'. "Sesame runs the audio programs. The producers also organize of the Taliban's repressive regime. A report published es were chosen for a reason. Street is proud to support families of all shapes, sizes, small mobile theatres that travel to kindergartens in rural last year by the National Risk and Vulnerability Producer Wajiha Saidy explains that wearing spec- and colors," the official account said. areas, with Jamilli estimating that they reached nearly Assessment Center showed that just 66 percent of boys tacles is seen as shameful for Afghan youngsters, so In Afghanistan, the show's attention to equality 20,000 children last year. He says the show's focus on and 37 percent of girls aged 15-24 can read and write, they wanted to address the issue and show it to be extends to its casting, with two talented female pup- friendship and sharing brings a dose of happiness to while barely 45.5 percent of Afghans attend primary normal. Across its global iterations, Sesame Street has peteers, Sima and Mansour, lending their voices to Zari children living with the ever-present threat of violence. school, and 27 percent secondary school. made a point of inclusivity with its cast. Earlier this and Zeerak. Zari is by far the favorite character on the "This is very new for Afghan children", he says. — AFP year the American version debuted a character with show in Afghanistan, according to the study commis- Driving social change autism, while in South Africa the program features a sioned by Tolo which surveyed some 1,500 children and The broadcaster is utilizing everything it can to help HIV-positive muppet. their parents. Just 60 percent of Afghanistan has access

Afghan puppeteers Raziya Nazaria (left) and Mansoora Shirzad dress Sesame Street Muppets 'Zeerak' (second left) Afghan children meet Sesame street Muppet 'Zari' after a recording at a television studio in Kabul. and 'Zari' ahead of recording at a television studio in Kabul. Afghanistan's Sesame Street gets proud brother muppet

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In this photo tourists look on from a glass-bottomed skywalk, certified as the world's longest, at the Ordovician park in Wansheng. — AFP photos Don't look down: Glass bottom skywalk thrills in China

uspended more than 120 meters (400 handrail with both hands as they inch along feet) above a gaping chasm, the world's the walkway. The structure at the Ordovician Slongest cantilevered glass skywalk is park in Wansheng, which is held up by thick delighting and terrifying visitors in China. The cables, was certified earlier this year by v-shaped walkway stretches almost 70 meters Guinness World Records as being the longest from a sheer cliff face in southwest of its type anywhere on the planet. Similar Chongqing, offering intrepid tourists a verti- glass-bottomed constructions have become go-inducing view of the ground some 123 popular attractions at scenic parks in China. meters below. Last year, a 430-metre-long, 300-metre-high No more than 30 people are allowed on glass bridge opened in central Hunan the skywalk at any one time. While some province. It temporarily closed after being pause to pose for photos, others find it all a overwhelmed by crowds. — AFP A couple walks on a glass-bottomed skywalk. little too much to cope with, and grip the

Tourists look on and take photos while standing on a glass-bottomed skywalk, certi- fied as the world's longest.

A tourist walks on a glass-bottomed skywalk. Tourists look on from a glass-bottomed skywalk.

A view of the Ordovician park is seen from a glass-bottomed skywalk.

Tourists walk across a glass-bottomed skywalk. A tourist poses with standing on a glass-bottomed skywalk.