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16 Pages Price 40,000 Rials 1.00 EURO 4.00 AED 39th year No.13522 Monday Tuesday 5, 2019 Aban 14, 1398 Rabi’ Al awwal 7, 1441 Rouhani to announce Trump delusional Iran U23 might Iran to host details of fourth to expect talks play Qatar: Russian Cultural nuclear step 2 with Iran 3 Hamid Estili 15 Days 16 Tehran, Shanghai stock Iranians mark U.S. exchanges ink MOU TEHRAN — Tehran Stock Exchange (TSE) Based on the MOU, the two sides will signed a memorandum of understanding be able to exchange information and ex- (MOU) with Shanghai Stock Exchange perience, hold training courses and coop- (SSE) for expansion of mutual cooperation, erate in foreign investment areas, design IRNA reported on Monday. products including various types of funds embassy seizure According to TSE office of public relations, and securities, develop trading and regu- the MOU was signed in Shanghai during the latory infrastructure, upgrade corporate Army chief says bowing to enemy will bring no achievement visit of an Iranian delegation to China on the governance structure, and also carry out occasion of the 70th anniversary of the founding joint study projects in accordance with of the People’s Republic of China. the laws of both markets. 4 See page 2 Iran unveils chain of 30 advanced IR6 centrifuges TEHRAN — The Atomic Energy Organi- and then will be delivered to a pit which is zation of Iran (AEOI) on Monday unveiled the main place for the centrifuges, therefor, a chain of 30 advanced IR6 centrifuges. here is a place of testing, research and “Today, we made operational a chain development,” Salehi, a nuclear physicist, of 30 advanced IR6 centrifuge machines,” explained. AEOI chief Ali Akbar Salehi said at the site He further said, “The total number of the Natanz nuclear enrichment plant. of centrifuges which we have installed “Here, there is a set titled S8 and there over the last two months stands at 15 new are some centrifuges which go under pro- generation centrifuges which is a great cessing and mechanical stabilizing tests achievement. 2

Aoun: Next govt’s first task is to fight corruption

Lebanon President Michel Aoun said According to daily Star, for his part, any new government’s first task will be Kubis expressed the UN’s willingness to to follow up on combating corruption, help Lebanon “in what it wants to achieve

Hamid Vakili during a meeting Monday with United to face the current circumstances.” Nations Special Coordinator for Lebanon Aoun said reforms he had promised to Jan Kubis. implement would “correct the path of the “The investigation will include all offi- state and [ensure] transparency in all of cials in all levels of public administrations,” [the state’s] institutions,” calling for the

Tehran Times/ Tehran Times/ Aoun said, according to a statement from support of the Lebanese people for these the president’s office. reforms. 13 PERSPECTIVE Civil Defense Organization chief: U.S. tried to endanger Iran’s food security ARTICLE Hanif Ghaffari TEHRAN — Gholamreza Jalali, chief of Ali Larijani and Judiciary Chief Hojjatole- appointment and today our country is in a Hamid Bayati Head of the Tehran Times Iran’s Civil Defense Organization, has said slam Ebrahim Raeisi decided on Saturday favorable situation in terms of food security.” Tehran Times journalist Politics Desk that monitoring food production in the coun- to ban the import of commodities which can He said, fortunately, today the enemies try will be increased. be produced inside the country. have realized that the country is able to meet “The issue of health of food is very im- The heads of three branches of government its needs in terms of food. Boris Johnson is the portant,” he told Tasnim in an interview made the decision during the 41th session He added the enemy has “hidden goals” From Operation published on Monday. of the Supreme Council of Economic Co- and that is why that the Passive Defense loser anyway! Pointing to the United States’ sanctions ordination. Organization should promote its monitoring Peace Spring to sea on Iran, he said that domestic production In remarks on Monday, Jalali also said system in order to be able to “counter such ore than three years have passed is the way to counter the sanctions. his organization has a priority under the hidden goals.” of tension since the referendum was held Domestic production will result in in- name of food security. For example, he said, the U.S. made genetic Mover the Brexit, which ended up crease in employment and also economic He went to say that “the enemy (the U.S.) changes to SARS virus against the Chinese. t is 20 days since the incursion in the victory of the proponents of the UK boom, he added. is trying to undermine the food security but SARS is abbreviation for “severe acute of the Turkish army and its allied exit from the EU. But the details of this President Hassan Rouhani, Majlis Speaker fortunately their attempts have led to dis- respiratory syndrome”. militia into northern Syria and the departure remains ambiguous among the I eastern Euphrates. The attack came to British authorities, and this ambiguity a halt a few days later through Russian seems to be intensified in 2020. What is certain is that Boris Johnson is a loser Iraq’s PM urges end to street protests, says unrest hurting economy mediation and a ten-article agreement anyway! Any outcome in the UK general between Ankara and Moscow. Iraq’s Prime Minister Adil Abdul-Mahdi has demonstrators spilled out into the streets of the rallies in a bid to target the protesters and election will worsen the complex situa- Regarding Turkey’s concerns over called for an end to street protests, saying that capital Baghdad and several other cities on Sunday security forces. tion in London. Many European analysts the future of northern Syria and terrorist they are paralyzing the country and costing the as part of ongoing economic and anti-corruption More than 200 have been killed and thousands believe that the UK will fight the crisis economy “billions of dollars.” protests in the country. of others wounded since the protests erupted in groups in the area, as well as Ankara’s of exit from the European Union for at In a statement published, Abdul-Mahdi The demonstrators shut down streets, schools early October, with security forces using tear territorial claims over cities in northern least another decade. This crisis will said that “it is a month that office buildings, and government offices. gas and rubber bullets against those taking to Syria, it seems that the halt of military not only crush the Conservative Party, schools, universities and a significant portion Consequently, Umm Qasr, Iraq’s main port in the streets. operation and the deal on pushing SDF but also the Labor Party and the Liberal of social life have been shut down” due to the Persian Gulf, has been at a complete stand- The Iraqi premier also lauded the rallies fighters 30 km deep into Syrian territory Democratic Party. the protests. still due to protests since Wednesday. The port in a statement, saying that the demonstra- The British Prime Minister is hav- will not last. “It is time for normalcy to be restored, for the receives the bulk of Iraq’s imports of grain, veg- tions, which “shook the political system”, ing a hard time. Boris Johnson is well Turkey, a key factor in the continued markets to be opened and the factories, offices, etable oils and sugar. have “achieved much of their objectives” in aware that even if he wins the UK general crisis and civil war in Syria, has report- schools and universities to resume operating,” Speaking on Sunday, the Iraqi prime min- pushing the Iraqi establishment to “reconsid- election, he will have a very dark and edly spent more than $120 billion for he said. ster said that “threatening the oil interests and er” its decisions and address the protesters’ difficult time. He has to fight constantly The Iraqi prime minister further explained blocking roads leading to Iraq’s ports is causing concerns. this purpose so far, and it appears there with nationalists, Labor, Liberal Dem- that the protests have led to a halt in the activ- big losses exceeding billions of dollars.” Abdul-Mahdi said that he welcomed is no prospect in sight for ending such ocrats, and even some Conservatives. ities of international and domestic investors He warned that the unrest was pushing up continued protests as an expression of a situation. 13 This is certainly not the final victory for who are leading development projects in the prices of goods. “free speech” and change, but urged the Johnson.Boris Johnson could, of course, country. Abdul Mahdi also expressed concern protesters to avoid participating in non-per- be defeated in the general election and He also said that the protests have caused a regarding high casualties both among mitted street protests and to convene in become the third victim of his coun- Tender of delay in the proposal of the country’s 2020 budget. protesters and security forces, adding that predestinated areas. try’s exit from the EU! However, no one The Iraqi prime minister’s remarks came after certain individuals were infiltrating the (Source: agencies) purchasing imagines a good future for the British Prime Minister. 200 tons of Brexit has long been a foggy point in the security, political, social, and watermarked economic equations in Britain and the Iran marks united Europe. Conflicts and debates papers with the over Brexit have increased in the UK, National and opponents of Britain’s exit from emblem of Islamic the European Union are about to hold Health Republic of Iran a referendum again. On the other hand, Prime Minister insists that the agreement (Mould) reached between London and Brussels Insurance Day is the best possible deal, and the British TEHRAN – The National Health Insurance See Page 5

Parliament should vote for it. Day was celebrated during a ceremony in 2559 The Guardian, in one of its most recent Tehran on Monday. analyses on the Brexit, wrote that the in- Iran’s universal public health insurance teractions that have taken place over the scheme, known as Salamat Health Insur- withdrawal of the UK from the European ance, covers hospitalization, para-clinical Dear readers, Union have “the UK a global joke.” Maryam Kamyab and out-patient services, including doctor’s Undoubtedly, when former British visits, radiology, lab tests and medication The next issue of the Prime Minister David Cameron held a costs at any public hospital affiliated with referendum on leaving the European Union the Ministry of Health. Tehran Times will be in the year 2016, he never imagined that People who are not under any insurance the other two prime ministers from the published on Saturday,

Tehran Times/ Tehran Times/ coverage can benefit from Salamat Health Conservative Party would also fall victim Insurance. 12 to the referendum. November 9. I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y NOVEMBER 5, 2019POLITICSANALYSIS & INTERVIEWNOVEMBER 5, 2019 2

Rouhani to announce details Iranians mark U.S. embassy seizure of fourth step in reducing Army chief says bowing to enemy will bring no achievement nuclear commitments POLITICAL TEHRAN – People, espe- pointed out. deskcially students, took to the ‘Bowing to enemy will bring no POLITICAL TEHRAN — Government spokesman Ali Ra- streets in various cities across Iran to mark achievement for people’ deskbiei said on Monday that President Hassan the 40th anniversary of the capture of the Mousavi also said that bowing to enemy Rouhani will announce details of Iran’s fourth step in reducing former U.S. embassy, known as the “den of will bring no achievement for the people and its nuclear commitments in response to the annulment of the espionage”, in Tehran. the revolution. 2015 nuclear agreement and return of sanctions by the United The seizure took place on November 4, The only way to make progress is main- States coupled with inaction by the European Union to protect 1979. The event is known as “Aban 13” in Iran. taining “independence”, “dignity” and de- Iran from sanctions. In the capital Tehran students joined a fending revolution, the top general remarked Under the nuclear deal, officially known as the Joint Compre- large gathering of people outside the former in apparent reference to the United States’ hensive Plan of Action, Iran agreed to put curbs on its nuclear work embassy building to honor what is considered “maximum pressure” campaign against Iran. in exchange for termination of economic and financial sanctions. a milestone in Iran’s ongoing fight against “Hegemonic system seeks to impose dis- Iran continued to fully adhere to the agreement even one hegemonic system. course of compromise, however, the great year after the U.S. quit the deal with the hope that the remaining The marchers chanted slogans against Iranian people’s resistance has promoted parties would offset sanctions. the United States and Israel. discourse of resistance throughout the re- “Based on our commitments, After forty years since the takeover of the gion,” he noted. we practiced strategic patience embassy, the Iranian people’s view Washing- He also said, “Enemy should know that and gave the Europeans opportu- ton’s policies has gone from worse to worst the Iranian youths will never relinquish their nities. The United States’ policy as the current administration in the U.S. has values and causes.” of bullying and lack of resistance introduced the harshest ever sanctions against “Enemy should know that sanctions, by the Europeans led us here,” their country in violation of international law. threats and sedition will not weaken the Rabiei said in a press conference. The embassy was taken over students people’s will and the people will never give He also noted that the U.S. nearly nine months after the victory of the in to excessive demands,” he said. sanctions are “modern capitu- Islamic Revolution, which ended the despot- On Sunday, one day ahead of the Aban lation” and the Iranian people Republic, hailed the move by describing it The commander said the United States ic rule of the U.S.-backed Pahlavi dynasty. 13 rallies, Leader of the Islamic Revolution from various walks of life will as the “second revolution.” has been directly or indirectly involved in The students detained 66 embassy staff Ayatollah Ali Khamenei underlined the need resist the U.S. cruel sanctions. According to Press TV, on Saturday Iran inciting civil wars and conducting coups who were in the process of destroying classified for a ban on negotiation with the U.S., say- U.S. President Donald Trump celebrated the event by unveiling new murals in at least 60 countries over the past 100 documents that would have incriminated ing it is one of the ways to block American abandoned the deal in May 2018 on the walls of the embassy, which signified years and predicted that if Washington’s them in plotting to topple the nascent Islamic infiltration. and returned sanctions and im- key aspects of the Islamic Revolution and embassy had continued its work in Tehran, Republic system. “A repeated ban on negotiation with the posed new harsh ones. Iran’s resistance against the U.S. hegemony. the Islamic Republic system most likely Iran released women, African Americans United States is one of the important means On May 8, exactly one year Standing out among the wall drawings would have found a fate similar to 60 other and as well as a man who was diagnosed to block their infiltration into our dear Iran,” after the U.S. abandoned the deal, Tehran began to partially re- is the painting of the Iran Air Flight 655, a countries. with multiple sclerosis days later but kept the Leader said in a meeting with university duce its commitments to the agreement at bi-monthly intervals. passenger flight that was shot down by the The top general enumerated certain rea- the remaining 52 detainees for 444 days. students in Tehran. In the first stage, Iran announced that it will not limit its stock- USS Vincennes on July 3, 1988 as it was flying sons, including a coup against the demo- The saga finally ended after Iran agreed “This prohibition has a strong logic: it pile of the nuclear fuel to 300 kilograms allowed under the deal. over the Persian Gulf with 290 people aboard. cratically elected government of Mohammad to release the detainees under a deal me- will block the way of the enemy’s infiltration, However, on that date (May 8) Iran’s Supreme National Secu- Near the painting lies a minimalist drawing Mosaddeq on August 19, 153, that led to the diated by Algeria, through which the U.S. display the Islamic Republic’s impressive- rity Council (SNSC) said if the remaining parties to the JCPOA, of a U.S. Global Hawk stealth drone that was capture of the embassy by students. undertook not to take hostile action against ness to the world, and shatter America’s especially Europeans, devise a mechanism to protect Iran from shot down on June 20, 2019 by the Islamic “Oppressive, anti-people and humiliating the Islamic Republic. false aura before the world,” the Leader the sanctions’ effect in the two-month deadline it will reverse Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) immedi- behaviors of the U.S. government, the Mor- Through years, however, Washington has added, according to Press TV. its decision. ately after it violated Iranian airspace over dad 28 coup, support for the Pahlavi regime, flaunted the agreement and done everything General Mousavi also said Iran’s policy But since European parties missed the deadline, on July 7 the Persian Gulf. plundering of the Iranian resources and an- it could to harm Iran and topple the Islamic of active resistance has forced the arrogant Iran announced that it has started enriching uranium to a higher Army chief: U.S. would have imosity with the Islamic Revolution led to Republic. powers to change their behavior and calcu- purity than the 3.67%, thereby starting the second step. derailed Islamic Revolution if embassy the capture of American’s den of espionage.” The student who took over the mission lations, Tasnim reported. Again, as Europe missed the second 60-day deadline, Iran had not been captured The CIA-orchestrated 1953 coup is known were able to piece together the shredded re- Their reasonable officials have realized moved to take the third step, removing a ban on nuclear research Addressing the marchers, Army chief Major as the Mordad 28 coup d’etat in Iran. mains of various embassy documents that that the “era of pressures with a zero cost has and development (R&D). General Abdolrahim Mousavi praised the sei- “Aban 13 is a day in which the Iranian hinted at Washington’s secret plots against ended,” the commander said, adding, “Iran Mahmoud Vaezi, the presidential chief of staff, told reporters on zure of the embassy in November 1979, saying people showed that through reliance on God Iran and the Islamic Revolution. has the necessary facilities, determination October 23 that Iran will take fourth step to reduce commitments the United States was seeking to undermine a nation can withstand against any hegem- Ayatollah Khomeini, founder of the Islamic and consensus to respond to pressures.” under the JCPOA if no concrete action is taken by the remaining the Islamic Republic through its embassy. onic power and achieve victory,” Mousavi parties to protect Iran from the U.S. sanctions. Government spokesman confirms Rouhani wrote letter to Saudi king Rabiei also said that the U.S. pressure should not cause division Araqchi to attend Moscow nonproliferation conference among the neighbors. POLITICAL TEHRAN – Iranian Deputy Foreign Min- According to the official website of the conference, “There are problems in the areas of economy and custom deskister for Political Affairs Abbas Araqchi The Moscow Nonproliferation Conference is one of the among the regional countries, however, the United States’ pressure is scheduled to visit Russia to attend the 2019 Moscow world’s largest forums on nuclear issues. should not cause division among the neighbors who have lived Nonproliferation Conference (MNC), IRNA reported on Since its inception in 2010, the MNC has gained promi- together for years (centuries) and have cultural and religious its English website. nence as a leading platform where officials, diplomats and commonalities,” he said. The conference is titled “Nuclear Energy, Disarmament members of the expert community from all stakeholder He noted that collective cooperation is required to establish and Nonproliferation”. countries can engage in a constructive dialogue, present peace in the region. Araqchi is supposed to elaborate on the latest situation their views and findings, and share ideas during plenary “The government has always said it seeks peace and stability surrounding the Iran nuclear deal, known as the Joint sessions and on the sidelines of the event. in the region which was basis of the president’s letter to kings of Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). The 2019 MNC will host up to 250 participants from Saudi Arabia and Bahrain,” he said. The event will be held with the participation of repre- over 40 countries, as well as from key international or- sentatives from 40 countries and 250 international figures ganizations in the relevant fields, including CTBTO, IAEA EU says remains committed from November 7 to 9. and UNODA. to nuclear deal By staff and agency Iraq condemns attack on Iran’s consulate in Karbala Maja Kocijancic, a spokeswoman for the European Commission, said on Monday that the European Union remains committed POLITICAL TEHRAN – The Iraqi embassies, consulates and representative Ministry urged Iranian travelers and pilgrims desk to 2015 nuclear deal, officially known as the JCPOA. Foreign Ministry, in a centers. to put off their trip to Iraq in the wake of “The deal is a matter of our security, not just the region or statement on Monday, strongly condemned The ministry underscored that such unwise escalation of anti-government protests in Europe but globally,” AP quoted her as saying. the so-called protestors’ assault on the Iranian acts will never have any effect on Iran-Iraq the neighboring country. However, she said the EU’s commitment to the deal “depends consulate in the holy city of Karbala. friendly relations. Praising the Iraqi government and na- on the full compliance by Iran.” The ministry’s statement emphasized On Saturday, a large Iraqi popular group tion for their generous hospitality during the Government spokesman Ali Rabiei said on Monday that that diplomatic centers which have been announced that the majority of Iraqis opposed Arbaeen season, the ministry cited reports President Hassan Rouhani will announce details of Iran’s established based on bilateral agreements strongly any form of insult against Iran in of unrest in Iraq for its decision to issue the fourth step in reducing its nuclear commitments in response in Iraq should be respected and their security the ongoing protests. travel warning. to the U.S. annulment of the agreement and return of sanctions should not be ignored. The Ansar group (supporters) allied to Public anti-government protests have coupled with inaction by the European Union to protect Iran Al Jazeera quoted security sources and Hashd al-Sha’abi warned against the neg- erupted in Iraq since early October. More from sanctions. a monitor as saying on Monday that at least ative impacts of divisive slogans by some than 230 Iraqis have reportedly been killed Iran has previously taken three steps in scaling down its three Iraqi protesters were killed during the curity of foreign embassies and consulates is protestors. in the protests so far. nuclear commitments. Europeans have been unable to give Iran attack on the consulate in the city of Karbala. a red line and Iraq will not allow any attack In the wake of recent violent protests At least 74 people were killed in Iraq last a way to help it sell its oil abroad as it faces strict U.S. sanctions. Al Jazeera added that demonstrators or assault on them. in Iraq, Iran’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs week and hundreds wounded as demonstrators Under the agreement, endorsed by the UN Security Council reportedly scaled the concrete barriers The statement further read that the Iraqi called on Iranians to postpone traveling to clashed with security forces in the second Resolution 2231, Iran is tasked to put caps on its nuclear program surrounding the building late on Sunday. security bodies have applied all necessary the country until further notice. wave of protests against Prime Minister Adel in exchange for termination of economic and financial sanctions. The ministry’s statement added that se- measures to prevent any threat against foreign In a travel advisory issued last week, the Abdul-Mahdi’s government. Iran is reducing its nuclear commitments in accordance with Paragraph 36 of the JCPOA which “allows one side, under certain circumstances, to stop complying with the deal if the other side Iran unveils chain of 30 advanced is out of compliance.” IR6 centrifuges INTERNATIONAL President highlights failure 1 Dear Iranian people should be informed to pave the way for working on the chain of 30 that the country’s experts at the Atomic Energy advanced centrifuges (in a later step), but, we of U.S. sanctions Organization have been very active and the or- are engaged in a political challenge.” AUCTION ganization’s activities have never been halted.” Salehi said, “The country’s senior officials TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said He added, “If we were inactive, we could not ordered us to showcase this challenge to display Hereby Sirjan Jahan Steel Complex announces selling the U.S. government has come to the conclusion that the policy add over 2,660 SWUs (separative work unit) to Iran’s potential will to prove that whatever the of imposing sanctions on Iran will get nowhere. the operation capacity which is 6,000 SWUs. Our country wants can be materialized and opera- and export 30,000 STEEL BILLET( Size 130 x 130 mm ) Speaking at a Sunday session of the cabinet, Rouhani highlighted capacity has now reached 8,660 SWUs; in the tional immediately.” Iran’s success to deal with the U.S. plots over the past decades. meantime, our uranium production which before So far, Tehran has scaled down its nuclear on basis of FOB, Interested bidders are invited to get doc- “The Americans have now clearly realized that (imposing) the organization’s third step (of reducing Iran’s commitments in three stages in accordance sanctions in not the path to victory,” the president said, stressing commitments under the Joint Comprehensive with articles 26 and 36 of the 2015 nuclear deal uments with send an email to [email protected] that Washington’s policy of slapping harsh sanctions on Iran is Plan of Action) was only 450 grams per day, has (JCPOA). The policy to partially reduce commit- doomed to failure. now increased to over 5,000 grams each day.” ments are in response to the U.S. abrogation of All the documents will be sent VIA email. Referring to the anniversary of the 1979 takeover of the U.S. The nuclear chief went on to say, “Today the nuclear deal and a failure by the remaining embassy in Tehran, Rouhani said it has been designated the (Monday), we had three symbolic unveiling nuclear parties, particularly the European sides, national day against global arrogance in order to enlighten Ira- ceremonies. We made operational a chain of to shield Iran from U.S. sanctions. All bids on conformity to tender instruction should nian generations on the long history of resistance and popular 30 advanced IR6 centrifuges. Previously, we In October, AEOI spokesman Behrouz Ka- struggle against foreign plots. had a chain of 20 advanced centrifuges which malvandi announced that only two other steps be submitted no later than Wednesday, november 13, Different U.S. administrations have tried various methods to had been installed on April 9 of the current year. have remained for his country to end the nuclear harm Iran over the past decades and interfered in Iran’s internal Now, the total number of our IR6 centrifuge deal undertakings if the Europeans still fail to 2019(2019-11-13) affairs, the president said, adding that such acts of interference machines has reached 60 with 10 SWUs each honor their commitments under the deal. For more information, please contact us at: became a concern for Iranian students who followed the teach- that will be totally 600 extra SWUs.” Iran says its reciprocal measures will be re- ings of late founder of the Islamic Republic Imam Khomeini, He said, “It was not supposed to make the versible as soon as Europe finds practical ways Tel: +2186084642 and triggered a reaction from them. chain of 30 advanced centrifuges at this time. We to shield the Iranian economy from unilateral Every year in early November, Iranian students mark the had planned to work 3-4 years on the chain of U.S. sanctions which were imposed last year Mobile: +989901212678 anniversary of the takeover of the American embassy in Tehran 20 advanced centrifuges, to (have enough time) when President Donald Trump withdrew from with anti-U.S. rallies. to test them and to finalize their performance the 2015 nuclear deal. I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y NOVEMBER 5, 2019 IRAN IN FOCUS 3 Iran to put three satellites into orbit POLITICAL TEHRAN — Iran is mental information; however, technical MPs chant anti-U.S., deskplanning to launch three problems that occurred during the final satellites in upcoming years, says Iranian stage of the launch prevented the space- Israeli slogans Space Agency (ISA) chief Morteza Barari. craft from reaching orbit. “Under the country›s second decade-long Speaking on Sunday, Barari noted that POLITICAL TEHRAN — Iranian lawmakers on Mon- space development program, three satellites that the development of space technology deskday chanted slogans against the United are being developed to be ultimately put in Iran could lead to «major» developments States and Israel to mark the 40th anniversary of the cap- into orbit,” Barari said on Sunday. in the country›s economy. ture of the former U.S. embassy, known as the “den of “The second decade-long space devel- The space agency chief explained that the espionage”, in Tehran. opment program was initiated in 2016 and newly emerging economic field related to The MPs chanted “down with the U.S.” and “down with will continue until 2025 with the devel- space technologies had grown 139 percent Israel”, Iran Press reported. opment of space-related infrastructure,” during the time span of a decade and there- he said, Press TV reported. fore represented an economic opportunity. The ISA chief underlined that no coun- Further elaborating on the economic try had helped Iran in the development benefits of advanced space technology, of satellites launched by the country so Barari explained that satellite images could far, adding that the Islamic Republic’s help increase efficiency in managing Iran›s top universities had instead made good environmental and agricultural sectors. investments in the field. Data gathered from the satellites could Iran’s indigenous satellite launch capa- also have a major role in avoiding and man- bilities first made headlines when the first aging natural disasters, he said. locally-built satellite, Omid (Hope), was The ISA director added that pre-existing launched in 2009. satellite information greatly contributed in The Islamic Republic also sent its first In February 2015, the Islamic Republic to stations on Earth. managing and reducing damages inflicted bio-capsule containing living creatures into placed its domestically-made Fajr (Dawn) In January 2019, the domestically-built from major floods earlier this year. space in February 2010, using a Kavoshgar-3 satellite into orbit, which is capable of tak- Payam (Message) satellite was launched “With new satellite data, this can be done (Explorer-3) carrier. ing and transmitting high-quality photos into space with an aim to collect environ- much better,” he said. “The Iranian nation does not give in to American bul- lying,” said Vice Speaker Masoud Pezeshkian. “The Americans violate all international obligations unilaterally and then they offer negotiations,” he added. Vaezi: U.S. has reached dead-end regarding Iran The seizure took place on November 4, 1979. The event POLITICAL TEHRAN — Mahmoud Vaezi, the pres- Tehran dates back to a CIA-sponsored coup against the is known as “Aban 13” in Iran. deskidential chief of staff, said on Monday legal government of Iran in 1953, noting that the U.S. in now November 4 was also named the National Day of Fighting that the United States has reached a dead-end in spite of weaker than that time but more “barbaric and flagrant”. Global Arrogance. imposing new rounds of anti-Iran sanctions. “The wolfish U.S. has certainly become weaker, but in the The embassy was taken over by students nearly nine “Today, the U.S. has no hope in practice that it can reach meantime, it has become more barbaric and flagrant,” the months after the victory of the Islamic Revolution, which its goal and desire via sanctions,” Vaezi said, Mehr reported. Leader reiterated, adding, “The Islamic Republic of Iran, ended the despotic rule of the U.S.-backed Pahlavi dynasty. He also said despite all the pressure exerted by Wash- in response, has blocked the entire ways on U.S. return The students detained 66 embassy staff who were in ington, Iran has passed the difficult phase of the sanctions and influence via mighty defense and logical rejection of the process of destroying classified documents that would and is currently at a better situation compared to last year. any talks (with the White House).” have incriminated them in plotting to topple the nascent Tensions started to build up between the U.S. and Iran Ayatollah Khamenei went on to say that today those Islamic Republic system. after U.S. President Donald Trump withdrew Washington who see dialogue with the U.S. as a remedy for problems Iran released women, African Americans and as well from the 2015 deal, officially known as the Joint Com- are seriously mistaken. as a man who was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis days prehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), in May 2018. Since “Negotiation with the U.S. is indeed fruitless. Those later but kept the remaining 52 detainees for 444 days. quitting the deal, the Trump administration has returned for talks, but the Islamic Republic maintains that as long who consider resumption of talks with the U.S. as the only The students who took over the mission were able to previous sanctions and added new ones in line with the as the sanctions are in place and the U.S. refuses to return way out of the country’s problems are one hundred per- piece together the shredded remains of various embassy White House’s declared “maximum pressure” campaign to the JCPOA, negotiations will be meaningless. cent wrong. There will be no achievement from talks with documents that hinted at Washington’s secret plots against against the Islamic Republic. The Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Ali the Americans, because they certainly will not give any Iran and the Islamic Revolution. The Trump administration has also made empty calls Khamenei said on Sunday that the U.S. enmity against concession to us.” Ayatollah Khomeini, founder of the Islamic Republic, hailed the move by describing it as the “second revolution.” The saga finally ended after Iran agreed to release the Deputy speaker: Iranians won’t give up Trump delusional to expect talks detainees under a deal mediated by Algeria, through which the U.S. undertook not to take hostile action against the resistance against U.S. bullying with Iran: Rezaee Islamic Republic. Throughout the years, however, Washington has flaunted the agreement and done everything it could to harm Iran and topple the Islamic Republic.

Guardian council: U.S. not entitled to defend human rights

POLITICAL TEHRAN — The spokesman for the deskGuardian Council said on Monday that the U.S. does not enjoy enough legality to present itself as a defender of human rights and democracy. Speaking on the sidelines of the Aban 13th rallies (the day marking the U.S. embassy seizure on November 4, 1979), Abbas Ali Kadkhoda’ei said, “The global arrogance, POLITICAL TEHRAN — The to resume negotiations with Iran, ignor- POLITICAL TEHRAN — Secre- Tehran and took 52 Americans, including deskparliament deputy ing that Iran once engaged in talks with desktary of the Expedien- diplomats and staff, hostage. They were resorting to propaganda and media campaigns, is try- speaker said on Monday that the Iranian Washington but it was the U.S. that did cy Council says U.S. President Donald held in captivity for 444 days. ing hard to portray itself as a defender of democracy and people are steadfast in their resistance not comply with its obligations (under Trump’s expectation to hold talks with The embassy in Tehran is now an Islamic human rights while it is plundering Syria’s oil and Iraqi against the U.S. bullying. the 2015 nuclear deal).” Iranian authorities is nothing but a mirage. cultural center and a museum. It stands as people’s wealth.” Masoud Pezeshkian, who presided “In case of resumption of possible Mosen Rezaee made the remarks on the a symbol of the Iranian revolution. He further said, “Wherever the U.S. exits, the American over the Monday session of the parlia- fresh talk with the U.S. who could guar- sidelines of the widespread rallies to mark Each year on November 4, Iranians president announces openly that Washington forces are ment, said, “Washington intends to antee that Washington would adhere the 40th anniversary of the U.S. embassy take to the streets across the country to there for preventing their interests and force rudely the boast its bullying in countering Irani- to its new commitments?” the senior takeover in Tehran on Monday. commemorate the anniversary of the em- regional people to pay expenses of their forces’ deployment.” an and world nations, but, it is a futile reformist MP asked. “We regard today a historic day and we bassy seizure. Touching upon people’s presence in the Aban 13th dream, because our nation will never Since May 8, exactly one year after will continue to fight the arrogance (the In remarks on Saturday, Chief of the rallies, he said, “Today, the young Iranian people proved compromise on its resistance (against the United States unilaterally abandoned U.S.) until we drive the U.S. out of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) that they have revealed the U.S. hypocritical policies. They such acts).” the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action region and neutralize the impact of their Hossein Salami said the U.S. embassy was are resolved to go forward via resistance against Wash- “Tyranny, force and oppression are (JCPOA) and reimposed sanctions, Teh- interferences in the region,” Rezaee told for years “a place for attempts against the ington’s threats.” not able to bring the Iranian nation to ran has started to partially remove limits reporters, according to Mehr. country’s interests.” their knees. The U.S. has revealed its on its nuclear program in compliance “Iran does not fear these sanctions at all “The Americans speak of freedom and real face via violating unilaterally the with paragraphs 26 and 36 of the JCPOA. and the Iranian nation has experienced worse democracy but all dictators in the world Top advisor highlights entire international undertakings,” stated Iran says its reciprocal measures will sanctions in the past 40 years,” he said, re- are pawns in their game of chess,” he said, Pezeshkian, a reform-minded MP who be reversible as soon as Europe finds ferring to U.S.’s unilateral sanctions on Iran. adding, “Dictators such as Iran’s Shah and U.S. greed on Iran, represents Tabriz in the parliament. practical ways to shield the Iranian On November 4, 1979, a group of Irani- reactionary kings in Islamic countries have He went on to say, “The U.S. wants economy from unilateral U.S. sanctions. an students stormed the U.S. embassy in been and still are their elements.” West Asia’s wealth

TEHRAN (IRNA) — The United States has not gone yet Military: U.S. embassy takeover symbol of Iranians’ freedom-seeking spirit off with Iran and the West Asia region and is still covetous TEHRAN (MNA) — The General Staff of the Armed imosity against our country started after the 1953 coup, against the country. of the region, a top military advisor said on Monday. Forces of the Islamic Republic, in a statement on the the range of its vicious measures against Iran has reached The U.S. embassy was taken over by hundreds of students occasion of the anniversary of the 1979 takeover of the its peak in the past forty years [after the victory of Islamic on November 4, 1979, nearly nine months after the Islamic U.S. embassy in Tehran, hailed the Iranian nation’s Revolution],” it says. Revolution dethroned the U.S.-backed Pahlavi regime. freedom-seeking spirit and their determination to fight The General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Islamic On Monday, the Iranian people, mostly students, took part against the global arrogance. Republic described “active resistance” and unity in all fronts in nationwide rallies to mark the anniversary of the takeover The statement, released on Monday, reads that the seizure as the best way to fight the U.S. pressures. and condemn the U.S. policies against the Islamic Republic. of the embassy – a day on which the enemies of the nation Referring to Iran’s self-sufficiency and independence In Tehran, demonstrators marked the anniversary of the suffered humiliation at the hands of the Iranian students - in the area of military power, the statement added that the landmark move at the venue of the former U.S. embassy, showed the nation’s great will and resistance in the face of considerable development of homegrown defensive equip- which is known by Iranians as the “den of espionage”. the Global Arrogance (hegemonic powers led by the U.S.). ment in the past decades has deterred the enemies’ threats Marchers also chanted slogans against the U.S., the Israeli “Although the historical records show the U.S.’s an- and disappointed them from the wish to trigger any war regime and arrogant powers plotting against Iran. Official: Iran attends Afghan talks only in presence of central government TEHRAN (FNA) — Rasoul Mousavi, assis- ter imposing peace, it is doomed to failure na-U.S. format that Pakistan has joined. There Major General Yahya Rahim-Safavi, the senior advisor tant to foreign minister and director general and Iran will never partner in such a plan.” is interest in connecting Iran to this format. to Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, made the remarks at a meeting of the Foreign Ministry department for West Elsewhere, Mousavi said given the fact It can be promising,” Lavrov said. held in Tehran. Asia, has said Tehran’s participation in any that the content of the Afghanistan peace A confrontation between Afghan govern- About the regional developments, Rahim-Safavi said talks on Afghanistan depends on the part- negotiations has changed, Iran may participate ment forces and the militants of the radical realistic attitude to the regional changes and events indi- nership of the Kabul government. in the next meeting of China, the U.S., Russia Taliban movement, which had previously cate that the countdown has started for the U.S. collapse. “The Islamic Republic has clearly declared and Pakistan on Afghanistan in Moscow. captured significant territory in rural areas Meanwhile, the former IRGC chief said that Iran’s rev- that it will not participate in any negotiations Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov of the country and launched an attack on olution in 1979 has been effective to defeat the U.S. in in which the Afghan government does not said on Friday that his country had an interest large cities, continues. The ISIL has also Afghanistan, Iraq and other states. participate,” Mousavi said on Monday. in Iran joining the Russia-China-U.S. format increased its influence in Afghanistan. Af- He further appreciated the Leader for his guidelines He stressed that peace in Afghanistan for Afghanistan talks. ghan national defense and security forces which have led to fostering solidarity among the Muslim should be established inside the Afghan “We have a dialogue with them (the United are conducting joint counter-terrorism nations and strengthening Islamic resistance in Lebanon, state, and said, “If the foreign states are af- States) on Afghanistan. There is a Russia-Chi- operations across the country. Palestine, Syria, Iraq and even Yemen. I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y 4 ECONOMY NOVEMBER 5, 2019

STOCK MARKET Industry minister TEDPIX 304676.5 IFX 3883.78 visits Shanghai to Sources: tse.ir, Ifb.ir negotiate co-op with CURRENCIES USD 42,000 rials Chinese officials EUR 46,916 rials ECONOMY TEHRAN – Heading a enterprises from more than 150 countries, GBP 54,345 rials deskhigh-ranking delegation, 15 Iranian companies are also attending AED 11,437 rials Iranian Industry, Mining and Trade Minister the event. Reza Rahmani arrived in Shanghai on The Iranian pavilion will showcase the Source: cbi.ir Monday to hold talks with Chinese officials. country’s latest products, technologies and The Iranian delegation is scheduled to services in this exhibition. visit the second China International Import CIIE is a significant exhibition for the Expo (CIIE 2019), which is being held from Chinese government in which it gives firm market to the world. cooperation and trade, and to promote global COMMODITIES November 5 to 10. support to trade liberalization and economic It facilitates countries and regions all trade and world economic growth in order Brent $62.60/b As reported, along with more than 3,000 globalization and actively opens the Chinese over the world to strengthen economic to make the world economy more open. WTI $56.92/b OPEC Basket $61.24/b Over $342b to go to state-run companies in next year’s budget bill Gold $1,513.80/oz ECONOMY TEHRAN – Head of said on the sidelines of the 15th meeting of more than 2 quadrillion rials (over $47.6 bil- projects following structural reforms in the Silver $$18.19/oz deskIran’s Planning and the budget headquarters on Monday. lion) in development projects, Nobakht said. next Iranian calendar year’s budget bill. Budget Organization (PBO) said 14.4 quad- According to the official, since PBO is “About 400 trillion rials (about $9.5 bil- According to the official, the revenues Platinium $956.25/oz rillion rials (over $342.85 billion) is going going to submit the budget plan for the lion) has also been allocated for job creation, gained from elimination of hidden energy Sources: oilprice.com, Moneymetals.com to be allocated for state-run companies in government-owned companies in the next so we can say that in the next year’s budget bill subsidies as well as increased tax incomes the next year’s budget plan, ILNA reported. Iranian calendar year (March 2020-21) to more than 3 quadrillion rials (about $71.42 will replace oil revenues. “For 382 government-owned corporations the parliament on November 6, so the final billion) will be allocated for development Back in September, Nobakht had an- 14.4 quadrillion rials has been envisioned. revisions and assessments were the main projects and creating jobs,” he added. nounced that the government was going to Tehran, Shanghai stock The figure is based on the companies’ per- focus of discussion during the 15th meeting. Back in October, Nobakht announced submit the budget bill for the next Iranian formance and the expenses of such public According to the next year’s budget plan, that the government is going to allocate all calendar year to the parliament on December exchanges ink MOU enterprises,” Mohammad Baqer Nobakht state-owned companies are expected to invest revenues from oil sales to the development 6 as scheduled. 1 Also, after the signing ceremony of the cooperation document, at the invitation of China Government Securities De- pository Trust & Clearing Company (CSDC), a meeting was held The U.S. has been disregarded to drive the world economy; China should assist with the officials of the company, during which they presented a report to the Iranian delegation on the capabilities and mecha- By Martin Torres were expected to make the financial arrangements of the nisms and announced their readiness for cooperation with the European Central Bank increasingly adequate to the 19 Iranian capital market. As usual, America’s dear companions and partners – Japan nations of the euro zone. and Germany – will proceed with their free riding on the U.S. That garbage will proceed on the grounds that the vast economy, and will make no net commitment to development majority don’t comprehend that Germany’s efficient refusal and work in the remainder of the world. to quit living off the remainder of its euro region exchange With a 0.6% normal yearly development in the year to last accomplices makes incomprehensible any trustworthy and June, Japan’s account service declared a week ago that it was manageable development approaches. Because of that, the not thinking about measures to prop up its lazy economy. ECB’s simple money related approach had been set up to Unfazed, punters continued wagering about enormous help counterbalance German-forced financial severity. bundles – presumably one of those where it is difficult to German financial approaches unravel what is, as the Japanese state, a “reasonable water” Macron realizes he can’t change German financial ap- improvement and what is only a pointless numbers game. proaches to get a genius development money related and Germany, the unquestionable pace-setter of the European monetary arrangement blend. What’s more, that can without economy, continues saying something very similar: There much of a stretch lead to Macron’s political destruction is no requirement for any help to its recessionary economy, during the following races in 2022. which is relied upon to stagnate in the months ahead. a 102.7 billion euro exchange surplus with the U.S., and a Just the U.S. can change those development smothering Adding Japan to the German-run Europe, one gets a fourth 127.4 billion euro exchange deficiency with China. EU strategies that are discouraging America’s biggest abroad of the world economy that needs to live off fares – which add Germany represented about 33% of the surplus with markets. The best approach to do that is straightforward: Hit up to $1.1 trillion dumped on the U.S. also, China in 2018. the U.S. also, ran an exceptionally little (7.5 billion euro) the German fares to the U.S. There are no different markets Representatives of TSE and SSE exchanging signed MOU doc- Surprisingly, Japan isn’t concealing its game. Its business shortfall with China. that can promptly give an option in contrast to Germany’s uments in a ceremony held in Shanghai on October 25. figures consistently underline the pivotal pretended by sends Is there a message here about contrasts of market access $126 billion merchandise deals to the U.S. in 2018. Located in the city of Shanghai, SSE is one of the two stock out for the nation’s monetary standpoint. China is viewed in the U.S. also, China? That is the main way Germany could be compelled to exchanges operating independently in China, the other is Shen- as key to Japan’s exchange, speculations and monetary The Japanese have no remark on that, however the Euro- produce more development from household request and zhen Stock Exchange. development, notwithstanding pressures brought about peans — drove by French President Emmanuel Macron and give some oxygen to choking out eurozone economies. Shanghai Stock Exchange is the world’s 4th largest stock market by apparently immovable questions. the EU Chamber of Commerce in Beijing — unequivocally The U.S. would be all around encouraged to make a fast after New York, NASDAQ and Japan Exchange Group by market There are no such issues with the U.S. Tokyo effectively gripe about China’s exchange rules and practices. economic accord with China and to mitigate its unnecessary capitalization at $4.5 trillion as of October 2019. gets a go from Washington on its enormous U.S. exchange Beijing is dismissing that since it sees no concession to and counter-beneficial enemy of Chinese talk. surpluses — $48.6 billion in the initial eight months of that among Paris and Berlin. Germany is evidently upholding China, as far as it matters for its, must comprehend this current year, a 6.3% expansion from the year sooner. a delicate methodology in light of the fact that the Chinese that its fair exchange accounts with the U.S. are a point of TEDPIX down 4,300 points That is evidently a remuneration for Washington’s military have diminished their surpluses on German exchanges to takeoff for a valuable relationship that the two nations can nearness in Japan and Tokyo’s relied upon restriction to irrelevant sums. Be that as it may, the French exchange de- live with – and that could be of colossal advantage to the in a day China’s monetary, political and military impact in Asia and ficiency with China – 29.2 billion euros in 2018 – is right remainder of the world. the remainder of the world. around multiple times bigger and speaks to France’s biggest Damaging encounter and expanding threatening vibe ECONOMY TEHRAN — TEDPIX, the main index of Tehran Working the two sides of the road, Japan is doing ener- reciprocal exchange hole. between atomic outfitted military forces — supported by deskStock Exchange (TSE), dropped 4,300 points getic business with U.S. what’s more, China. In the initial China, obviously, needs to take care of that. Macron is such a large number of thought-tested “strategists” – should to 304,676 on Monday, IRIB reported. eight months of this current year, Japanese fares to China visiting Shanghai this week and will talk exchange with offer route to a calm disapproved of statecraft dependent As reported, 2.999 billion securities worth 13.219 trillion rials came in at $86.4 billion, intently trailing fares to the U.S. China’s President Xi Jinping at the China International on a common appraisal of national intrigue. (about $314.7 million) were traded during 363,074 deals on Monday. of $94.6 billion. Those two nations right now represent Import Expo. Washington’s transatlantic approach must concentrate Most of the deals were on the stocks of the banks, refineries almost 40% of Japan’s all out deals abroad. Not to be beaten, German Chancellor Angela Merkel – who on Germany’s uncooperative and imprudent financial ar- and petrochemical units. Tons of cash was on a business strategic India a week ago – needs to make rangements. In the event that that implies a response to Washington ought to maybe take note of that Japan is exchange with China a point of convergence of Germany’s focused exchange instruments, so be it. Germany’s off-base Significant progress made on rehearsing altogether different pet names with its two big- turning EU administration one year from now with an every initiative has prompted a confused and partitioned country, gest exchange accomplices: Tokyo is raking in tons of cash one of the 27-part (expecting the UK leaves at that point) with hazardous voices of the past quickly taking the middle Asia trade deal, says Ross on its U.S. exchanges, while running significant exchange summit with China in Leipzig booked for September 2020. phase of the political scene. Washington ought not enable shortfalls with China. Given that French-German contention — where Berlin that to destabilize the remainder of Europe, and to decimate This combination of file pictures created on April 4, 2017 shows U.S. Europe is demonstrating a similar exchange design. During needs to have the high ground come what may – just badly the delightful undertaking of a serene and joined landmass. President Donald Trump in St. Louis, Missouri on October 9, 2016 the January to August period, the European Union revealed educated individuals can advocate that political abilities (Source: featureweakly.com) and China’s leader Xi Jinping in Beijing on December 5, 2012. Pres- ident Donald Trump announced on August 1, 2019 he will hit China with punitive tariffs on another $300 billion in goods, escalating his trade war after accusing Beijing of reneging on more promises. Over the last decade, central banks have gained huge influence over our lives As stated by thejakartapost.com, Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said the Trump administration remained “fully committed” By Joe Zammit-Lucia this was intended to pump money into the financial system to the Indo-Pacific, amid questions over U.S. strategy in the region which would eventually find its way into productive investment. fueled by the president’s absence from a regional summit. These and many other subjects tend to make people’s eyes Once again, the plumbing didn’t quite work as well as expected. Ross spoke at a business forum in Bangkok organized alongside glaze over, and are best left to finance nerds to battle over in By pushing down the yield on relatively safe assets such as meetings hosted by the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian quiet corners. highly-rated bonds, money moved to riskier investments in Nations. Ross and National Security Adviser Robert O’Brien are Yet central banks have, over the last decade, emerged from search of decent returns. This may create financial instability. leading a downgraded American delegation. the shadows of arcane macroeconomic policy discussions to The effects of quantitative easing Negotiators from 16 nations are seeking a breakthrough on become fundamental to all our lives – from being the guardians Further, the effects of quantitative easing were highly une- the world’s largest regional trade pact, the Regional Comprehen- of price and financial stability, to regulating our banking sys- qual. Those people with assets became wealthier, while those sive Economic Partnership, after India jeopardized the deal with tem, to influencing who becomes wealthier and who becomes without became relatively poorer. last-minute requests. poorer, to making the weather on economic confidence, to even And herein lies the final issue: should unelected and inde- Leaders had planned to present a preliminary deal on Monday, being seen by some as threatening the proper functioning of pendent central bankers be in a position to make decisions that paving the way for countries to finalize details on the legal framework our democracy. have such distributional consequences, without let or hindrance of an agreement that would cover one-third of the global economy. When it was all down to tweaking interest rates to keep from elected governments and politicians? The Philippines said Saturday that negotiations wouldn’t be com- inflation under control, very few people paid central banks Thus was launched an ongoing debate on the appropriate pleted until February. much attention. But since the financial crisis, their place in low. They invest when they have confidence that their invest- nature and limits of central bank independence in functioning The commerce secretary said in a morning keynote that the U.S. the management of the economy has expanded dramatically. ments will yield a return in a growing economy. democracies – a debate that continues to rage today. will continue negotiating a free-trade accord in the region, with In an attempt to keep economies afloat, they have resorted And herein lies the central banking tightrope. Lowering It is because monetary policy and what central banks do U.S. Indo-Pacific trade at a record $2 trillion in 2018. He called to ever more dramatic (by conservative central bank stand- interest rates not only cuts the cost of borrowing, it signals that directly affects all our lives that we at the think tank Radix are engagement with the region a priority for Donald Trump. ards) moves. there is less confidence in the economy – thereby potentially running a half-day, high-level conference titled What Next Ross also addressed Trump’s protracted trade war with Chinese For instance, interest rates are at an all-time low – and reducing the appetite for investment. for Monetary Policy. This is the first in a series of articles leader Xi Jinping, saying the U.S. was “very far along” with “Phase for sustained periods. In the Eurozone, they are in negative And when they did borrow, large businesses did not use where, in the run up to the conference, we will explore some One” of a deal. He expressed similar optimism in an interview with territory. This punishes savers and benefits borrowers. Yet it the money to invest in the productive economy. Instead, they of the trickier issues that central bankers have to navigate. Bloomberg Sunday night on the sidelines of the summit, where he has not had the expected effects on borrowing patterns. used it largely for share buybacks – the cocaine of stock prices. We hope that you will join us, and add your voice to the also said licenses would be coming “very shortly” for U.S. firms to Low interest rates are supposed to stimulate businesses to A quick and easy rush with no substance. Except that it does, debate on how monetary policy can evolve, especially at a sell components to Huawei Technologies. borrow for investment, thereby stimulating the economy. But coincidentally, also push up the compensation of senior ex- time when many have started to believe that central banks Kobsak Pootrakool, a deputy secretary-general to Thai Prime while high interest rates may be effective in limiting borrowing ecutives whose packages are tied to stock price performance. have run out of the ammunition needed to stimulate eco- Minister Prayuth Chan-Ocha, said officials had worked “very hard” and cooling the economy, it is not clear that low interest rates What’s not to like? nomic activity. up until Sunday night to make “significant progress” toward an have the opposite effect. When low interest rates failed, central banks turned to The conference What Next for Monetary Policy will be held RCEP deal. “Thailand will continue to actively work with parties Interest rates are low quantitative easing – creating money to buy privately-held on 27 November in London. Further details can be found here. concerned in order to reach an agreement subsequently,” he said. Businesses do not invest simply because interest rates are assets (bonds, mainly) through the financial system. Again, (Source: cityam.com) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y NOVEMBERNOVEMBER 5,5, 20192019 ANALYSISENERGY & INTERVIEW 5

‘32 European SMEs Singapore sees greener future in trading power with ready to enter neighborsBy Quayyum Raja By Shery Ahn and Dan Murtaugh Singapore’s state-owned power grid operator wants to build Iran’s oil industry’ more connections to neighboring countries to tap their greater potential for renewable energy. ENERGY TEHRAN — Head Britain, Germany, the Netherlands and Nations like Malaysia and Indonesia have ample spare land desk of Tehran Chamber Romania. for solar panels and enough wind to power turbines, both things of Commerce, Industries, Mines and As reported, TCCIMA’s energy that Singapore is lacking, Wong Kim Yin, chief executive officer Agriculture (TCCIMA)’s energy committee committee has been negotiating with of SP Group, said in an interview Friday. Building transmission says 32 European small and medium- foreign delegations visiting the country lines to connect the countries and using renewable energy credits sized enterprises (SMEs) have expressed in the past 18 months, which has resulted technical knowledge as well as providing to form partnerships with the mentioned to facilitate power trading can allow the island nation to use readiness for participation in Iran’s oil to a listing of 114 capable companies which investment,” he said. European SMEs so that their activity could clean power even if it can’t produce it. and gas projects. could collaborate with Iranian counterparts Mentioning the companies’ request be guaranteed after approval. Singapore’s Utility SP Group Seeks to Tap on Renewable “These companies are demanding in oil and gas projects. for the Oil Ministry’ guarantees, Padidar The official further noted that the Resources guarantees from the Oil Ministry for “Finally [of the mentioned 114 said that the issue has been raised with the payment for the companies’ services will “One of the possible ways of tapping renewable resources is cooperation with Iranian companies,” companies] 32 companies have Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh and be done through Instrument in Support of actually working with our neighbors,” Wong said on Bloomb- Reza Padidar told IRNA. announced their readiness for the Oil Ministry’s Engineering, Research Trade Exchanges (INSTEX) and most of erg Television. “Some physical regional interconnects will help According to the official, the companies cooperation with us in the country’s oil and Technology Department is to review the SMEs have also agreed on being paid Singapore in that department.” are from Italy, Spain, Greece, Poland, and gas projects and also for transferring the Iranian companies which are going in the form of bartering deals. Singapore faces two challenges getting more green power. The first is that producing clean energy for its densely pop- ulated urban areas requires a large amount of open land, a problem shared by grids globally Iran, Armenia discuss boosting energy trade as they seek more carbon-free ENERGY TEHRAN — Iranian Oil Minister Bijan electricity from Armenia. electricity. The second, which deskNamdar Zanganeh met with Armenian Armenia started importing gas from Iran since mid-2009. is unique to its city-state status, Minister of Territorial Administration and Infrastructure Suren Papikyan visited Tehran on top of a delegation to is that its borders are national Suren Papikyan on Sunday to discuss boosting gas exports attend the 19th Iran International Electricity Exhibition boundaries. to the country in return for importing more electricity, (IEE 2019). The idea of connecting pow- Shana reported. Earlier on Saturday, Papikyan had said that Iran could er plants and customers across In the meeting, Zanganeh underlined the energy act as an electricity hub in the region to connect Armenia Southeast Asia has been pursued sector as the most important aspect of the Iran-Armenia’s to other nations like Iraq. for more than 20 years, but sty- economic relations, saying that “exporting Iranian gas to “Just as Armenia is a gateway for Iran’s relations with mied by issues including lack of Armenia in exchange for receiving electricity (bartering Georgia and the Eurasian Union countries, naturally, Iran government coordination and gas with electricity) is part of the cooperation between could also be a gateway for Armenia’s greater connection infrastructure funding. But that the two countries.” with Iraq and other countries in the region,” he said. could be changing. Iran and Armenia signed a gas-for-electricity barter Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh (R) shakes Iran and Armenia have been cooperating for years Singapore Minister of Trade deal in 2004, based on which, for a 20-year period, Iran hand with Armenian Minister of Territorial Administration in gas and electricity swap, and two-way economic and & Industry Chan Chun Sing on Tuesday included regional power would export gas to Armenia to be consumed by the and Infrastructure Suren Papikyan on the sidelines of a political ties have grown in tandem with an increase grids as one of four measures the country will explore to help country’s power plants, and in return, Iran imports meeting in Tehran on Nov. 3. in trade. decarbonize its power sector, which is almost entirely reliant on imported natural gas. New grid connection Also last week, Malaysia’s energy minister, Yeo Bee Yin, said the nation is in discussions with Singapore about cross-border Oil ticks up slightly as tentative U.S.-China hopes lend support power supplies, and expects to complete 550 megawatts of new grid connection capacity this year and a similar amount next year. Oil prices inched up slightly on Monday after rising war and by the continued lack of clarity over Britain’s Legislation limits the use of Singapore and Malaysia’s existing expectations of a U.S.-China trade deal boosted departure from the European Union, a survey showed. power connections only to emergencies, Wong said. A bilateral benchmarks in the previous session. The United States are set to announce manufacturing government agreement could immediately allow trading across As per reuters.com, Brent crude futures for January data on Monday with more U.S. and Chinese data to those lines and start a movement toward wider international LCOc1 rose 15 cents to $61.84 a barrel by 0948 GMT, come later in the week. connections, he said. erasing earlier losses. December U.S. crude futures The “oil market faces ample supplies with global Malaysia already has links to Thailand, which is also connected CLc1 also swung back into positive territory, rising 11 demand almost stagnant and supplies rising from the to Laos, so eventually Singapore could invest in hydropower cents to $56.31 a barrel. U.S., Canada, Brazil and even the North Sea,” said dams in Laos and use renewable energy credits to receive the Chinese President Xi Jinping and U.S. President Norbert Rücker, Head of Economics at Swiss bank same amount of electricity from Malaysia, Wong said. Even Donald Trump have been in continuous touch through Julius Baer. if the power Singapore receives isn’t necessarily generated by “various means”, China said on Monday, when asked “We (…) see oil prices trading around $60 per barrel renewables, the net effect for the region would be more car- when and where the two leaders might meet to ink a in the near term and lower longer term.” bon-free electricity. trade deal. In a bid to prop up oil prices, production cuts by the SP Group is trying to speed the transition to electric vehicles Prices had jumped about $2 a barrel on Friday after Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries in Singapore by building 1,000 charging stations by the end of the world’s top two economies said they had made (OPEC), Russia and other producers since January 2020, from about 200 now. The company is focusing on large fleet progress on trade talks while U.S. officials said the have reduced oil output by 1.2 million barrels per day. owners, as EVs are more cost-efficient than traditional vehicles, deal could be signed this month. Still, Russia again exceeded its output target in even without subsidies, if they travel at least 80 kilometers (50 “For all of Friday’s feel-good factor, there is no October, energy ministry data showed on Saturday. miles) daily, Wong said. guarantee that they will put pen to paper before the OPEC’s output recovered in October from an eight-year In the long run, technologies including nuclear fusion and end of the year. This could be problematic given that low after a rapid rebound in Saudi Arabia’s production did not affect the second-largest OPEC producer’s oil hydrogen might be able to provide more carbon-free energy for U.S. tariffs planned for Dec. 15 remain on the table,” from attacks on its oil infrastructure in September offset exports. Singapore, Wong said. He sees them as potential options in 15 PVM analysts said in a note. losses in Ecuador and voluntary cuts under the pact. Saudi Aramco finally kick-started its initial public years or more, but both need more development to make them Capping gains, euro zone factory activity contracted Protests at Iraq’s main Persian Gulf port Umm Qasr offering on Sunday, but valuations vary by more than safer and cost effective. sharply last month as demand was whacked by the trade on Saturday blocked the country’s food imports but $1 trillion, according to fund managers. (Source: bloomberg.com)

Brazil to discuss potential OPEC membership next week: minister State Printing Office of Iran (SPOI ) Tender of purchasing 200 tons of watermarked papers Brazil also has annual bid rounds and subsalt production-sharing with the emblem of Islamic Republic of Iran (Mould) auctions scheduled for 2020 and 2021. Discovered oil field Tender NO : 2098001065000029 The transfer-of-rights auction is considered the world’s biggest-ever licensing sale, with the oil already discovered and one of the fields, Buzios, already in production. The sale is expected to raise more State printing office of Iran intends to purchase the aforementioned watermarked than $25 billion in signing bonuses, with oil companies winning papers through a public tender. Therefore ,participants in the tender should development rights based on how much profit oil is guaranteed to the government. first receive their tender documents from Nov.02-2019 to 12:00 hours on Industry sources said government officials were already working Nov.09-2019 in the Governmental portal address at : www.setadiran.ir and after to alleviate any concerns by reaching out to oil companies registered for the two sales. Brazil has a long history of honoring contracts and register needed documents in mentioned address , physically submit envelopes current concession and production-sharing contracts, including A,B and C to the secretariat of the company before the end of administrative those approved for the two bid rounds, don’t include any clauses that could limit output, the sources noted. hour(12:00 PM) on Nov.23-2019. Tender documents presented after the Bolsonaro also appeared to pull back slightly from his declara- stated deadline will not be accepted. tion in Saudi Arabia while also confirming upcoming talks with the Mines and Energy Ministry on Friday. The guaranteed amount for participating in the tender is 3/780/000/000 An “invitation was made on the part of a Middle Eastern country Rials( 30/000 EURO) and should be presented in the form of a bank guarantee Brazil’s government will hold meetings next week to discuss the for us to join OPEC,” Bolsonaro said in Brasilia. “I spoke quickly country’s potential entrance into OPEC after President Jair Bolsonaro with the Mines and Energy Minister, who told me that there were in envelope A. indicated Latin America’s largest oil and natural gas producer had pros and cons and that a decision shouldn’t be made quickly. We All stages of bid , including receiving tender documents ,submitting price once again received overtures from the cartel, Mines and Energy should talk next week. It was only an invitation.” Minister Bento Albuquerque said Friday. Brazil, which has long-term commercial ties to countries in the proposal of tenders and opening the envelopes ,will be done through the portal As per hellenicshippingnews.com, “we’re going to meet next week, Mideast, was previously invited to join OPEC by Iran during the of Government’s electronic procurement system at the following address : and I think during this opportunity he’ll tell us about the proposal administration of former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. Talks he received in Saudi Arabia and it will be analyzed by the Mines and never advanced beyond the preliminary stages. Brazil, however, www.setadiran.ir. Energy team as well as the Economy Ministry,” Albuquerque said. has participated in open OPEC production discussions, including It is necessary that tenders , if not taken membership previously , should Bolsonaro, who has a history of making off-the-cuff comments sending a delegation to attend talks in Algiers in August 2016. in public appearances that have caused rifts with congressional Economy Minister Paulo Guedes, a key architect of the Bolsonaro carry out the registration stages in the mentioned website and receive the leaders and members of his administration, surprised local oil in- administration’s plan to open Brazil’s economy, said Friday that an signed and sealed electronic certificate for participating in the tender. For dustry officials with the disclosure Wednesday during the Future invitation to join OPEC was “inevitable,” given the country’s likely Investment Initiative Conference in Riyadh. ascension to become one of the world’s top five oil producers over more information , please contact the governmental portal phone numbers “I personally would like Brazil to be a member of OPEC, the po- the next decade. The ANP estimates that Brazil will produce 5.5 at 41934 ,registration office Tel: 88969737 and 85193768. Envelopes opening tential is there,” Bolsonaro said. “We have enough reserves, they’re million b/d by 2030 as recent subsalt discoveries come on stream. actually larger than some current members have.” While membership in OPEC could make geopolitical sense, Guedes date is on Sunday Nov.24-2019 at 09:00 AM in Transactions Commission Brazil’s possible inclusion in OPEC generated concerns about the noted that participation in cartels and artificial price controls were Room of State Printing Office of Iran. impact future production limits or quotas could have on interest in anathema to the country’s core principles. upcoming bid rounds, with two important sales of subsalt acreage “We believe in democracy, market economies, cooperation and Meanwhile , the cost for publishing the advertisement shall be borne by the scheduled for next week. global integration,” Guedes said. tender winner. Brazil’s National Petroleum Agency, or ANP, will sell rights to Guedes noted that Brazil and the U.S produce about two-thirds develop 5.2 billion-15.1 billion barrels of oil equivalent discovered of the world’s soybeans, but had never joined forces to control Address : State Printing Office of Iran ,No: 29, Next to Khayyam Park, by state-led oil company Petrobras in the transfer-of-rights areas global food prices. Igbal Lahouri St. Imam Husein Square ,Tehran ,Iran , on Wednesday, with the country’s sixth subsalt production-shar- “Our concepts as a part of Western, liberal democracies would ing auction that includes five additional exploration blocks set for never be to use cartels or strengthen cartels as a way to corner Postal code : 1714744153,Tel : (021) 33349079 2559 Thursday. democracies that depend on oil,” he said. I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y 6 INTERNATIONAL NOVEMBER 5, 2019

U.S. is stealing Syria’s Keeping Syria as a unitary state oil - again TEHRAN (FNA) — The Syrian militaries (which is directly related to TEHRAN (FNA) — The United States plans to seize Constitutional Committee finally launched the previously mentioned point about control of Syria’s oilfields, and they will repel anyone on October 30 in Geneva as its delegates the future of the unitary state). else trying to take that oil with “overwhelming force.” attempt to fulfill the complex task of However these issues are resolved, According to Defense Secretary Mark Esper, this is carrying out UNSC Resolution 2254’s they must be decided solely by the 150 the chief military goal of the US in the war-torn coun- mandated constitutional reform that was Syrians that comprise the Constitutional try, which will include sending more troops and tanks adopted on December 18, 2015. Committee without any foreign interference to “deny access” to the oil reserves to either Russia or The intervening four years saw the whatsoever.The Astana guarantor countries the Syrian government. military aspect of this terrible war coming of Russia, Turkey, and Iran, as well as the The US is trying to build this narrative under the to a close and the rise of the political peace UN, have pledged to do their utmost to pretext of keeping ISIL from reclaiming the oil depos- process, which was largely enabled by the ensure that this is the case, though the its, since they held them once. The problem is that the Syrian Arab Army liberating the country’s continued illegal presence of the American terrorist group is already on the run and barely exists. vast majority with assistance of its Russian, military in Northeastern Syria (especially In addition, keeping Syria’s oil away from Syria is a Iranian, and Hezbollah anti-terrorism around its oil fields) might make this potential problem under international law and the allies. impossible in practice since Washington’s Charter of United Nations - no matter the US gives The national liberation process was a shadow still hangs heavy over the entire some of the money to the Kurdish SDF to support its lengthy one that occasionally experienced process. military mission there or not. its fair share of setbacks, but the overall The way forward is for all the Syrian trajectory of progress towards peace representatives to put any foreign loyalties continued, which brings everything to the quo, while the armed opposition wanted in January 2017 during the first meeting aside and unite as a patriotic whole present moment, where 150 members of to carry out regime change against the of the Astana peace process “might” be that’s dedicated to making the tough Syrian society are now gathering to discuss democratically elected and legitimate implemented. compromises to finally bring peace to the way forward for their war-torn country. authorities with the enormous assistance Some of the main issues that will have their millennia-old civilization-state. It was already difficult enough to assemble of their foreign patrons and demanded to inevitably be addressed are the right of The Syrian Constitutional Committee everyone in the first place, but now an that the post-war state of affairs in their President Assad to stand for reelection, is a promising step towards peace and even greater challenge awaits. country be entirely changed in order to the relationship between the country’s keeping the country as a unitary state in One of the reasons why the conflict has make the state unrecognizable after the executive and legislative branches, the spite of the still-formidable challenges dragged on for so long is that each side conflict finally ends. possibility of a bicameral parliament, ahead. This is because its very formation wanted to achieve its goals in full. For It’s too early to say exactly what the whether or not the currently unitary state proves that there’s still the political will Damascus, this entailed the restoration outcome of each compromise will be, but should decentralize or even federalize, on all sides to finally end the war in the of state control over the entirety of its an educated guess suggests that some of and the political status of the Northern interest of the nation. But this may come internationally recognized territory and the recommendations contained in the parts of the country still under the foreign true only when Idlib is taken back from a return to the pre-war political status Russian-written draft constitution unveiled occupation of the Turkish and American the terrorists.

This is while the oil theft business has shamelessly been going on for years, with no backlash from the U.S. fantasizes over Taiwan Straits dominance international community. Indeed, the new oil scheme GLOBALTIMES — The US Senate passed even the US won’t be able to save them. would bring to production and lifestyle cellation of the APEC summit, originally without Syria’s consent is not the first of the Pentagon the “Taipei Act” on Tuesday. The House Europe lacks empathy for hu- are comparable to those brought by steam scheduled in Santiago in November. Many campaign to ensure the illicit trade will go on as usu- version of the bill will soon be reviewed man smuggling engines and electricity. parts of the world are a witness to protests. al. It’s part of a planned provocation to escalate the by its Foreign Affairs Committee and will British media reported that 25 of the However, just one day earlier, the US Aside from Santiago, Paris, Barcelona and conflict. On the other side of the country, the same be submitted to the House for approval. 39 “death truck” victims were from Yen House Foreign Affairs Committee passed Hong Kong are also caught in social turmoil. provocation plan entails support for occupation and The legislation is called the “Taiwan Allies Thanh, a poor village in central Vietnam. two 5G-related bills, which was interpret- Is there something in common among the providing sanctuary for ISIL’s rival Salafi and Takfiri International Protection and Enhancement Although the police have not confirmed the ed as an attempt to cope with China’s demonstrations? Young people standing terrorist groups (including Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, for- Initiative Act of 2019.” news, the Western media has already had growing influence on 5G networks and at the forefront is one. In the future, the merly Jabhat al-Nusra or the Al-Nusra Front) who are The act, which has attracted wide atten- a large number of investigation reports on standard-setting. While China is keen on competitiveness and social stability of a foot soldiers in America’s resource war against Syria. tion, supports Taiwan “in strengthening illegal Vietnamese immigrants to Europe, developing 5G, the US is busy guarding city or country will largely link to whether What’s more, the US needs Northern Syria for its its official diplomatic relations as well as they had when they accused China over against China. This is abnormal in global it can satisfy young people’s employment international commodity dealers, oil autocrats and the as unofficial partnerships with coun- the weekend.It may still take some time to competition, which reflects the increas- needs. rest of the official Washington crew, all belonging to tries” around the world. It also supports confirm the identities of the victims, but ingly distorted and unhealthy mentality Columbia University professor Jeffrey “the indispensable nation,” who fund Pentagon and Taiwan’s membership, or Taiwan being one thing is clear: The stowaways died on of the US. But this has failed to impede Sachs wrote an article in October entitled soaring national security state budgets through their granted observer status, in all interna- the way from the European continent to China’s 5G development. However, the US, “Why Rich Cities Rebel.” He provided an purchase of black-market oil. Lest we forget, Russia tional organizations.The bill requires the the UK. There were smuggling gangs and obsessed with the hysteria of containing explanation: “Urban young people not born just recently revealed aerial surveillance and satellite US government to punish countries that recipients at the start and end of the trip. China, has repeatedly missed its chance into wealth despair of their chances of find- imagery showing oil-tanker trucks stretching from have reduced ties with Taiwan in terms As the suspects are all British, it shows that to lead the 5G race. ing affordable housing and a decent job.” US-controlled territory into the Mediterranean and of diplomatic and economic engagement, citizens from some European countries are The US and China have different atti- In other words, the employment of beyond. and reward countries that do the opposite. involved in human smuggling networks. tudes toward 5G, which leads to different young people determines the stability of Together, they have been smuggling Syrian oil to other This is a completely unreasonable bill, Human smuggling is believed to have results. China views 5G as something to a society. Today, most young people do not countries under the protection of US troops before and which expresses the self-righteous feelings become a large and profitable industry, be used to serve development. It never need to worry too much about basic living after the defeat of ISIL. According to Russian Defense and aspirations of many members of the with Europe being at the center. After thinks about using the technology to seek requirements as previous generations did. Ministry Spokesman Major General Igor Konashenkov, US Congress. It is questionable how much the tragic death of 39 people, European hegemony, but attaches more importance They tend to be more concerned about the “Oil was actively extracted and massively exported for effect it can have on China. public opinion has not yet examined their on how to apply it to facilitate people’s quality of their lives. processing outside Syria, under the reliable protection China will certainly not take this act moral responsibility for the tragedy, but lives as well as promote social progress When it comes to jobs, not many would of US troops, before and after the defeat of ISIL.” seriously. It will launch new measures instead shifted their accusations on coun- and economic development. The Ameri- take a stable position as a priority. Instead, In our grim world, consider it an irony that tank to combat “Taiwan independence” in tries where the illegal immigrants might cans, however, are stuck in the mind-set of their motives to work are diverse - get- trucks guarded by US military servicemen and private accordance with its own principles and come from.Since illegal migration is a geopolitical competition and don’t believe ting a high income, having fun, having military companies are still smuggling oil from the pace. The situation in the Taiwan Straits worldwide phenomenon aggravated by their Chinese counterparts are different. enough flexible time or having a sense of illegally occupied fields in Syria to other countries. has not been dominated by the US atti- the gap in economic development levels, They are narrow-minded. Their biggest accomplishment. These are the same reserves that should be used for tude any more.In the past two years, the it is pointless to blame developing countries problem is they are doing it to seek he- Social development and technologies are reconstruction efforts, which may cost as much as 200 US Congress has passed Taiwan-related for why some of their people want to leave gemony. Their policies are not based on behind the trend. However, thanks to rapid billion US dollars, including support for the rightful bills, but the effect of “protecting Taiwan” for developed countries. the technology itself, and they show no technological advances, a growing number owners of the oil - civilians, internally displaced per- is very limited, which reflects the actual European countries can crack down on respect to the laws of technological and of traditional industries are shrinking and sons, and refugees. decline of the US ability to influence the human smuggling networks and repat- economic development. vanishing. This, combined with rising living Significantly, the plot thickens when we realise the Taiwan Straits. Changes in the situation riate illegal immigrants, but they have a Such narrow-minded zero sum think- costs and increasingly fierce competition Syrian oil is extracted with the use of the equipment in the Taiwan Straits no longer depend on responsibility to preventing repeated ing conflicts with the inherent open na- in job markets are making young people supplied by certain Western corporations. Given that US will.The “Taipei Act” may increase the deaths of stowaways in their territories. ture of 5G technology. As a result, China anxious. To provide the youth adequate the cost of one barrel of oil smuggled from Syria is re- concerns of some small countries to cut This is the bottom line of human rights. is leading in 5G development. If the US high quality jobs, China has introduced a portedly 38 US dollars or more, the monthly revenue of their “diplomatic ties” with Taiwan and Illegal immigrants are also human beings, always opts for dirty tricks against China number of measures, including offering this illegal business exceeds 30 million US dollars. No establish formal relations with Beijing. and European countries should guarantee instead of how to conduct healthy compe- government funding to start-up companies; wonder President Trump says some American troops However, although Washington’s threat those people’s rights of not dying due to tition with China and develop its own 5G boosting vocational training; providing will remain in Syria to expedite the “state-sponsored to those countries has long been issued, extreme scenarios. based on the technological achievements more targeted employment services and banditry”. the Republic of Kiribati and the Solomon European countries are aware that they China has made, this will lead to nothing policies for fresh graduates and veterans; These are serious allegations that the US can no Islands still chose to establish or re-es- attract illegal immigrants, and there are but a larger gap between China and the and carrying out new support policies for longer afford to downplay. In fact, the evidence to the tablish diplomatic relations with Beijing. pros and cons of the newcomers. The US. Americans have probably forgotten flexible employment in the new era. allegations is so huge that it has forced US officials to This shows that the US would face many migrants have caused many problems, that the US became a superpower simply The country also implemented programs change their tune - after previous denials. Here is the unexpected difficulties when imposing but have also provided cheap labor that because it had seized the opportunities to boost the employment of young Hong- strange thing with the way they are presenting this its will in a way that violates justice and sustains the prosperity of Europe.Europe, brought about by technological innovation kongers. In 2017, the Chinese mainland new moral low. From one hand, they admit they are harms the interests of other countries. however, has never really cared about the and used technological development to and Hong Kong signed the Closer Eco- involved in trading Syrian oil. On the other, they claim The Chinese mainland’s oath to take the basic human rights of those migrants, and boost its national strength and improve nomic Partnership Arrangement, which it is “of no significance,” which is wilful ignorance. Taiwan question as its core interest and many similar cases have happened. the well-being of the American people. offers residents of Hong Kong preferential And that should qualify as odd indeed. Based on the its absolute confidence in resolving the European countries, including Brit- Now, Washington considers hegemony access to the mainland job market.Stabi- mounting evidence gathered by Russia, the amount of Taiwan question through military means ain, have not taken sufficient measures its ultimate goal. lizing and expanding youth employment oil being smuggled is extremely high, is worth hundreds have shaped a solid framework over the to combat and remedy the issue of human The technological revolution is not is not easy, especially in China. In 2019, of millions of US dollars, and has increased over time. development of cross-Straits ties. Beijing’s smuggling. If these countries exert enough a linear process. If a country can lead a Chinese universities produced a record The US State Department admits it is still business as policy of peacefully resolving the Taiwan effort to resolve the issue the way they technological revolution, it will be able 8.34 million graduates, which means China usual, which proves the Trump administration is well question and its patience are based on the fight terrorism, similar tragedies would to make a leapfrog development. The UK is shouldering greater pressure than any aware of the dealings and does nothing about it - trading framework. not have taken place repeatedly in Europe. seized the opportunity of the Industrial other country. their integrity instead. If Taiwan authorities go too far on “Tai- It could be that Europeans feel differently Revolution driven with the steam engine. Compared to many developed countries, The major architects of the Syrian tragedy should wan independence,” or are carried away about humans smuggling and terrorism, The US seized the opportunity of the revo- it can be said China has done a decent take note. Their dream of having the Arab state under by overly close relations with the US and as most of the deaths caused by terrorist lution sparked by the internal combustion job. The Korea Herald reported that South their belts is down in flames. They should stop fooling violate the Anti-Secession Law, the Chinese attacks are Europeans.The Western media engine. If a major country cannot realize Korea’s youth unemployment rate reached themselves with new geopolitical-financial motivations. mainland could change its Taiwan policy believed that the “death truck” incident constant innovation and self-revolution, 10.4 percent in June 2019. By any possible interpretation of international law, if overnight, which would be an unbearable was hard to avoid as Vietnamese are so it will only limit its own progress, and will Statista, an online German statistics there’s any side of the war the international community blow to Taiwan itself.Compared with the poor that they traveled to Europe in a waste its previous successes. The US is portal reported that the youth unemploy- should be joining, it’s not with the US and its oil auto- above-mentioned options that the Chinese most perilous way.This attitude is cold and putting chains on itself. While US 5G ment rate was 32.2 percent in Spain in crats. It’s with Russia, Iran, Syria, and Turkey.In the mainland has, the bills passed by the US dangerous, and against humanitarianism. technology lags behind, it is absurd for August 2019. In China, reports show the midst of such an embarrassing story, unless something Congress may eventually evaporate. Tai- People have not seen Europe’s strong will it to reject China’s advanced technology. unemployment rate of young people aged is done properly, Washington’s black-market oil trade wan authorities should be reminded not to keep such a tragedy from happening Chen Zhaoxiong, vice minister of Chi- 15 to 29 was 9 percent in 2018. will destroy any hope left for peace and democracy in to place high hopes on the members of the again, and Europeans still lack grief and na’s Ministry of Industry and Informa- This may serve as a reminder to the Syria. From Iran, Russia and Turkey to Europe, every US Congress who are keen on electoral deep introspection.Europe has always been tion Technology, said China will establish Western world. When it continues to point government actively involved in the Syrian peace process politics or the US “protection of Taiwan.” proud of its human rights, but it is really 130,000 5G base stations by the end of its finger at the Chinese government for bears responsibility for stopping this illegal scheme. Taiwan’s security and prosperity depend depressing to see Europe’s reaction to the the year, covering areas including Beijing lack of so-called freedom and democracy, It is their responsibility to stop Washington and its oil on how it coordinates its relationship with death truck tragedy. and Shanghai.China will not stop and wait China is making practical efforts to resolve autocrats on their tracks. the mainland. A wise cross-Straits policy US lags behind 5G race because for the US. But it sincerely welcomes the social problems. It is the West that has It is also their responsibility to step up the interna- is more beneficial than Taiwan’s purchase of mind-set US to catch up in an appropriate way and ignored the nature of its own troubles and tional campaign to settle the Syrian refugee question, of F-16 fighters.No country in the world With China’s three telecom operators jointly change the world with China. If the failed to find a way to solve them. and back restoration of Syria’s territorial integrity. In is willing to become a real enemy of Chi- jointly announcing the launch of 5G com- US continues to play tricks, it will only If the Western system cannot mobi- the era of Washington’s non-stop military interven- na, including the US, which just declared mercial services at the PT Expo China 2019 make others look down upon it. lize the competitive spirit of young people tion, if they ditch their responsibilities, or worse, steer that China is its strategic competitor. If on Thursday, 5G technology is entering the Job satisfaction, not freedom, while only focusing on looking for solutions away from the UN Charter and international law, it will Taiwan authorities insist on being hostile lives of ordinary Chinese. This is widely will decide social stability for the so-called freedom and democracy, become even more difficult to find a comprehensive, toward Beijing, it will lead to a catastrophe considered a milestone. Some analysts be- After being paralyzed by street protests, similar chaos will appear in more Western constitutional solution for the Syria tragedy. to themselves sooner or later. By then, lieve the revolutionary changes that 5G Chile on Wednesday announced the can- countries. I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y NOVEMBER 5, 2019 ANALYSIS & INTERVIEW 7 Former U.S. Vice President defeats Iowa poll Somali villagers say U.S. drone strike kills civilians Biden hard nightmare gathering frankincense By Saeed Sobhani far. “No one has shown me they can take By Brett Wilkins on Trump, including Biden.” TEHRAN —Recent polls in the United States Trump vs. any Dem: Who will win? ANTIWAR — A recent US drone strike targeting Islamic suggest that the nightmare of the former US In a match-up between President Trump State (IS) militants in northeastern Somalia accidentally Vice President is being interpreted! Biden and an unnamed Democratic nominee, Trump killed two civilians gathering frankincense, according is behind Democratic Democrats in Iowa narrowly led, 41%-39%, with 10% supporting to village elders and a survivor interviewed by Voice of polls. Biden’s defeat in Iowa, however, makes an unnamed third-party candidate. Another America.VOA reports the attack occurred during the the Democratic Party’s election path difficult 10% were undecided. That was a shift, albeit afternoon on October 25 near Ameyra, a remote village in and severely reduces his chances of reaching one within the margin of error, from the Au- the Golis Mountain region of Bari province in Puntland. the final. gust survey, when the unnamed Democrat “Men sent to the location of the strike brought back the Warren Leads Tight Iowa Race held a narrow lead over Trump, 41%-39%. dead bodies of two locally known villagers who went as Biden Fades, Poll Finds In the new poll, Republicans expressed there to collect frankincense,” local elder Sa’id Abshir As New York Times reported, Ms. Warren overwhelming confidence about the out- Mohamud told VOA. “One of the bodies was mutilated.” garnered 22 percent in a New York Times/ come of the election, with 86% predicting Mohamud identified the victims as Salad Mohamud Barre Siena College poll, to 19 percent for Bernie the president would win. Seventy-five percent and Ayanle Ibrahim Mohamud. Sanders. Pete Buttigieg has surged, while of Democrats said their nominee would win. Mohamed Mohamud Barre, who said he was out gath- Mr. Biden’s travails have put the race in flux. But independents by a double-digit margin ering frankincense with the victims when the strike oc- The top Democratic presidential candidates expected Trump to prevail.Despite the cloud curred, told VOA that he “ran through dark smoke and are locked in a close race in the 2020 Iowa of impeachment, overall those surveyed pre- debris and crawled under a nearby mountain cave” to caucuses, with Senator Elizabeth Warren dicted by 50%-40% that the president in the survive. “Then another missile was targeted at my loca- slightly ahead of Senator Bernie Sanders, end would claim a second term. tion but the cave and Allah saved me,” he added. “In the Mayor Pete Buttigieg of South Bend, Ind., “Trump has done a lot of the things he cave, I found out that I had sustained shrapnel injuries and former Vice President Joseph R. Biden has set out to do,” said John Siefkas, 52, a and remained there until midnight… I am bleeding and Jr., according to a New York Times/Siena support impeaching Mr. Trump and removing white, male and ideologically moderate to win farmer and political independent from Os- I feel kidney pain.” College poll of likely Democratic caucusgoers. him from office.Most Iowa Democrats in the presidential races, though that assessment ceola, Iowa, who was called in the poll. “He One prominent elder, Jama Mohamed, told VOA he Ms. Warren appears to have solidified poll said they were somewhat or very confident is not playing a decisive role in shaping their needs to keep his hands off Twitter, (but) he could confirm Barre’s claim. “One of the dead men left eight her gains in the first voting state while Mr. that the party’s top candidates would beat caucus preferences. Most poll respondents is doing some stuff that is needing done that orphans and the other, five,” Mohamed said. He added that Buttigieg has climbed quickly to catch up Mr. Trump in the general election. There said they believed it would be harder to win people haven’t had the guts to do.” one of the victims “took his pregnant wife… for medical with Mr. Sanders and overtake Mr. Biden, was no difference in how they assessed Mr. the election with a nominee who is more William Collins, 56, an independent who is care but could not afford to pay the bills [so] he decided the onetime front-runner. Ms. Warren is Biden and Ms. Warren on that measure, and liberal than most Democrats, or one who is a retired police investigator from Fort Valley, to go to the mountains and collect frankincense to sell drawing support from 22 percent of likely Mr. Sanders and Mr. Buttigieg fared only gay. About half expressed those reservations Virginia, also plans to vote for the president. and then pay the surgery bills for his wife, who is carrying caucusgoers, while Mr. Sanders is at 19 per- slightly worse. about a female nominee, and 4 in 10 were “I believe Trump has directed America in the twin babies, one of them dead.” Mohamed called upon cent, followed by Mr. Buttigieg at 18 percent The confidence Iowa Democrats expressed pessimistic about an African-American can- right direction, and I think he really has the the Somali government to investigate the deaths for the and Mr. Biden at 17 percent.The survey is full in Ms. Warren as a general-election candi- didate.These reservations about embracing American people in his own heart.” sake of the victims’ families “I think they were mistakenly of alarming signs for Mr. Biden, who entered date could represent something of a turning the diversity of their presidential field have Trump’s job-approval rating was 46% targeted,” he said. “I call for the federal government and the race in April at the top of the polls in Iowa point for her candidacy, if she can extend the not translated into enthusiasm for Mr. Biden. approve-52% disapprove, with 27% saying the government of Puntland Regional State to look into and nationally. He is still in the lead in most sentiment to other early states. For much of One reason may be his age: A majority of they “strongly” approved and 37% saying the incident.” national polls, but his comparatively weak the race, even Democratic voters who have respondents said they believed it would be they “strongly” disapproved. Harvesting frankincense – an aromatic resin used in position in the earliest primary and caucus embraced her ideas and political persona harder to win the election with a candidate More from the poll:Who’s sticking with incense and perfumes and famously gifted to baby Jesus states now presents a serious threat to his have harbored reservations about her odds over the age of 75. Trump? His seemingly unshakable base. by the Three Wise Men of the Christian Bible – is a major candidacy. And Mr. Biden’s unsteadiness against Mr. Trump. In Iowa, that appears Julia Roberts, a voter in Winterset, Iowa, USA TODAY interview with source of income in northern Somalia, one of the world’s appears to have opened a path in the race to have changed. is among those wary of nominating someone David Rubenstein: ‘The country most impoverished regions. However, resource depletion for other Democrats closer to the political Jonathan Morrison, 45, of Mason City, whose identity could unsettle rural conserva- will survive whatever happens now’ has made gathering frankincense an increasingly danger- middle, particularly Mr. Buttigieg. said he was drawn to Ms. Warren because of tives. Ms. Roberts, 60, a retired state employee, The telephone poll of 1,000 registered ous endeavor, with men and boys often suffering serious The poll reveals a race in flux but not in her grasp of economic issues and believed she favored Mr. Biden because she saw him as voters nationwide, taken Oct. 23-26, has a injuries or even dying while climbing cliffs and mountains disarray, framed by a stark debate about the would “hold her own” against the president.“I the strongest general-election candidate and margin of error of plus or minus 3 percentage in search of untapped trees. Armed conflict – Somalia has direction of the Democratic Party and by a don’t think she’s going to allow herself to be valued his foreign policy experience. points. The sample of 399 likely Democratic been continuously at war since the early 1990s – has made degree of fluidity arising from Mr. Biden’s pushed around or bullied by Trump,” he said. “I think, really, he’s got the best chance voters has an error margin of 4.9 points; the made the perilous undertaking even more dangerous.During travails. In the early states, at least, the for- “She’s going to stick to the facts and call him of beating Trump,” Ms. Roberts said, adding sample of 323 likely Republican voters has the Trump administration, civilian casualties have soared mer vice president appears to be buckling on out on his policies.” that she also liked Ms. Warren and Mr. Butt- an error margin of 5.5 points. in several countries under attack by the United States in its one side to the expansive populism of Ms. Mr. Morrison, who said he is a drone pilot igieg but feared there would be “prejudice Large field helps Biden open-ended anti-terrorism campaign, now in its 19th year. Warren and Mr. Sanders, and on the other to in the oil and gas industry, said he also liked in play” against them. Those surveyed were split down the mid- While campaigning for president in 2015, Donald Trump Mr. Buttigieg’s calls for generational change. Mr. Buttigieg, whom he described as having Tonda Hadden, 63, of Council Bluffs, dle when it comes to Congress: 43% said said he would “bomb the shit out of” Islamist militants and While no single candidate has a decisive a “leadership aura about him.” Iowa, said she had originally favored Mr. they supported the Democratic candidate kill their families. His administration has fulfilled that advantage, the strongest currents in the par- “I think Pete Buttigieg is going to be pres- Biden or Mr. Sanders. But she worried Mr. in their district; 42% the Republican. Asked promise, loosening rules of engagement meant to protect ty appear to be swirling around candidates ident someday,” he said. “I’m not sure it’s Sanders was “too old and too left.” With Mr. whether they would prefer Democrats or civilians and resulting in the deaths of thousands of Iraqi, promising in different ways to challenge the this time around.” Biden, she had grown “a little worried about Republicans to win control of Congress Syrian, Afghan and Somali civilians from US-led bombing, existing political and economic order.Several Both Ms. Warren and Mr. Sanders ap- his gaffes.” next November, they divided 46%-46%. artillery strikes and other military action. Earlier this year, of them would also represent change by virtue pear to be tapping into a thirst among many Ms. Hadden said she was now “still looking” The Democratic field now has a top tier of President Trump also signed an executive order revoking of their identities, including Ms. Warren, who primary voters for transformational policies over her options: She named Ms. Warren four candidates – Biden, Warren, Sanders an Obama-era requirement that the director of national would be the first female president, and Mr. rather than incremental improvements in as her current favorite and Mr. Buttigieg as and now Buttigieg, whose standing rose intelligence publish an annual report on civilian deaths Buttigieg, who is gay. But despite the historic governance. But the presence of two forceful, an intriguing alternative. And she said she 4 points from the August poll. They were caused by drone strikes in areas “outside of war zones” diversity of the field, all the top candidates well-funded populists in the race may be hoped some others, like Mr. Booker, whom she followed by Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbard at that are nevertheless under US attack, including Somalia, are white. In Iowa, a state that helped vault preventing either Mr. Sanders or Ms. Warren saw interviewed Wednesday on “The View,” 4% – up from less than 1% last time – and Yemen, Pakistan and Libya. Barack Obama into the presidency, the poll from gaining a wide advantage. would get a closer look from voters.“I really entrepreneur Andrew Yang at 3%.Califor- Trump’s escalation has taken a deadly toll on Somali found a substantial bloc concerned that an- They have assembled somewhat dif- like him,” she said of Mr. Booker, “and I don’t nia Sen. Kamala Harris was also at 3%, civilians. Drone strikes and other aerial bombardment yone other than a heterosexual white man ferent political coalitions: Ms. Warren is understand why he’s not up in the polls.” a drop of 3 points from August. Minne- are only part of the problem, as US Special Forces troops might struggle to defeat President Trump. the top choice of younger voters, women USA TODAY/Suffolk Poll: Bid- sota Sen. Amy Klobuchar, credited with have also killed men, women and children while con- The survey found Iowa Democrats in a and people with college degrees, while Mr. en’s lead over Warren narrows in a a strong performance in the last debate, ducting anti-terrorism raids that have themselves been divided and perhaps indecisive state about Sanders fares better with men and people turbulent Democratic field was at 2% – not a big number, but better condemned as a form of terrorism. The US has been what the party must do in order to deny Mr. with high school degrees or less. He also But USA Today reported that Former than in August, when she registered no reluctant to acknowledge when its forces kill civilians, Trump a second term. They are an ideologically retains significant backing from young Vice President Joe Biden continues to lead a support. New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker also even when it has credible evidence of such deaths. It mixed group, with younger voters trending people, and his supporters are the least turbulent field for the Democratic presidential was at 2%.None of the other 11 candidates wasn’t until April 2019 that US Africa Command (AF- to the left and leaning strongly toward Ms. likely to say they might change their minds nomination, a national USA TODAY/Suffolk had support higher than 1%, a troubling RICOM) admitted that Somali civilians had been killed Warren and Mr. Sanders. Mr. Biden remains before February.Though Mr. Buttigieg would University Poll finds, but his margin over sign as they try to raise money and break by a drone strike it previously said had killed five Al- the favorite candidate of older voters, but only be the youngest president ever, he is not Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren has through. Seven of them had either no or Shabaab militants and no civilians. 2 percent of respondents under 45 years old exceptionally popular with his generational been slashed in half. And most Democratic only a single backer in the survey. Once again, AFRICOM has denied killing any civilians. said they currently plan to caucus for him.In cohort. He fared somewhat better with older voters say they could still change their minds. “I like Warren, Harris and Booker,” said Instead of frankincense collectors, it claimed “the airstrike the poll, large majorities were supportive of voters than younger ones; like Ms. Warren, Almost exactly one year before Election Day Doleen Reynolds, 51, an independent from killed three terrorists” and that “no civilians were injured or ambitious liberal policy goals, like breaking he registered strongly among people with – and 96 days before the opening Iowa cau- killed.” AFRICOM public affairs director Col. Chris Karns Slidell, Louisiana, who is concerned that up big banks, increasing Social Security ben- college and postgraduate degrees. cuses – Biden was backed by 26% of likely Biden “would compromise too much” with added that US strikes “are important because they help efits and implementing single-payer health Mr. Biden’s support comes almost exclu- Democratic primary and caucus voters in the disrupt Al-Shabaab” and “set the conditions for develop- progressive principles. “But if he gets the care. But perhaps out of political caution, the sively from older voters: Among people 65 survey. Warren was second at 17%, followed nomination, I will vote for him, because we ment, they set the conditions for governance and they’re poll also found that more Democrats would years or older, he is still the front-runner, by Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders at 13% and cannot have the alternative.” 13 foundational to the progress that’s being made.” prefer to nominate someone who supports with backing from nearly a third of them. But South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete

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China launches high-res satellite able Astronomers catch wind to provide stereo imagery - CCTV rushing out of galaxy Exploring the influence of galactic winds from a distant galaxy China launched a new high-resolution meter, according to CCTV. called Makani, UC San Diego’s Alison Coil, Rhodes College’s remote sensing satellite capable of The satellite, which will be used David Rupke and a group of collaborators from around the providing stereoscopic imagery on for land surveys, urban planning and world made a novel discovery. Published in Nature, their study’s Sunday, state-run media said, marking statistical investigation, will help end findings provide direct evidence for the first time of the role of another important step as Beijing seeks China’s reliance on foreign imports in galactic winds -- ejections of gas from galaxies -- in creating the to reduce reliance on foreign technology high-resolution stereo mapping, the circumgalactic medium (CGM). It exists in the regions around in topographic mapping. CCTV added. galaxies, and it plays an active role in their cosmic evolution. The A rocket lifted off from the Taiyuan The purpose of China’s satellite remote unique composition of Makani -- meaning wind in Hawaiian Satellite Launch Centre in northern sensing project - the Gaofen series - is to help -- uniquely lent itself to the breakthrough findings. China at 11:22 a.m. local time, carrying build an all-weather, 24-hour, global Earth the Gaofen-7 high resolution satellite into remote sensing system by 2020 capable its designated orbit, the state-run China of monitoring the ground, atmosphere, Central Television (CCTV) said, citing and oceans, according to CNSA. China National Space Administration. The Gaofen project, one of the 16 Gaofen-7, a sub-meter resolution major projects that are key to the nation’s optical satellite, boasts the highest scientific development, is also aimed at mapping accuracy among its domestic comprehensively boosting China’s self- peers, and is able to map China and reliance in accessing high-resolution earth even the world’s lands stereoscopically observation data. with a margin of error of less than a (Source: Reuters) Curiosity sends back a bleak image of its lonely view on Mars Curiosity is climbing. In the Gale Crater it calls home, the Mars The Central Butte is deeply geologically interesting, with “Makani is not a typical galaxy,” noted Coil, a physics professor rover has been making its way up an eroded pediment called layers of sedimentary rock that hold clues to the region’s at UC San Diego. “It’s what’s known as a late-stage major merger the Central Butte. water in the distant past. Curiosity will be studying these -- two recently combined similarly massive galaxies, which came It’s studying the weather-worn layers of rock around the sedimentary layers to try to gauge their extent. together because of the gravitational pull each felt from the other base of Mount Sharp, which towers from the center of the Curiosity’s instruments are also investigating rock as they drew nearer. Galaxy mergers often lead to starburst events, crater. But it’s not just close-ups of rock that feature in the variations in the region - there are some different colors in when a substantial amount of gas present in the merging galaxies postcards Curiosity sends back to Earth. the rock that suggest several stratigraphic units. Data taken is compressed, resulting in a burst of new star births. Those new In between staring at the ground, the rover also fixes by Curiosity will help to characterize these units, and how stars, in the case of Makani, likely caused the huge outflows its robotic eyes on the Martian horizon. The image above they may be related to each other. -- either in stellar winds or at the end of their lives when they was taken using the rover’s Right Navigation Camera B on The rover will also take images of a region at the top of exploded as supernovae.” November 1, or Sol 2573. It shows the view back towards the butte - too difficult for the rover to reach, but well within Coil explained that most of the gas in the universe inexplicably the crater’s edge. imaging distance. appears in the regions surrounding galaxies -- not in the galaxies. In the foreground, the butte gently slopes towards the “After all of these observations, Curiosity will start driving Typically, when astronomers observe a galaxy, they are not mountain. In the distance, the rim of the Gale Crater - around the butte to look at it from the other side,” wrote witnessing it undergoing dramatic events -- big mergers, the created in a giant meteorite impact billions of years ago planetary geologist Kristen Bennett of the United States rearrangement of stars, the creation of multiple stars or driving - rises from the dusty haze. Geological Survey on NASA’s Mars Exploration website. huge, fast winds. The image seems to drive home the sheer isolation of a stationary lander). “We expect to continue having amazing views of Central “While these events may occur at some point in a galaxy’s Curiosity’s mission - after the sad shutdown of Opportunity, But the instrument has no time to be idle and contemplate Butte at our next stop!” life, they’d be relatively brief,” noted Coil. “Here, we’re actually Curiosity is now the only rover operating on Mars (InSight is its lonely fate. (Source: sciencealert.com) catching it all right as it’s happening through these huge outflows of gas and dust.” Coil and Rupke, the paper’s first author, used data collected ESO telescope reveals what could be the Scientists have made a quantum encryptor from the W. M. Keck Observatory’s new Keck Cosmic Web Imager (KCWI) instrument, combined with images from the Hubble Space smallest dwarf planet yet in the solar 1000 times smaller than what came before Telescope and the Atacama Large Millimeter Array (ALMA), to draw their conclusions. The KCWI data provided what the researchers call the “stunning detection” of the ionized oxygen gas to extremely large scales, well beyond the stars in the galaxy. It allowed them to distinguish a fast gaseous outflow launched from the galaxy a few million year ago, from a gas outflow launched hundreds of millions of years earlier that has since slowed significantly. “The earlier outflow has flowed to large distances from the galaxy, while the fast, recent outflow has not had time to do so,” summarized Rupke, associate professor of physics at Rhodes College. From the Hubble, the researchers procured images of Makani’s stars, showing it to be a massive, compact galaxy that resulted from a merger of two once separate galaxies. From ALMA, they could see that the outflow contains molecules as well as atoms. The data sets indicated that with a mixed population of old, middle-age and young stars, the galaxy might also contain a dust- obscured accreting supermassive black hole. This suggests to the scientists that Makani’s properties and timescales are consistent with theoretical models of galactic winds. “In terms of both their size and speed of travel, the two outflows are consistent with their creation by these past starburst events; they’re also consistent with theoretical models of how large and fast winds should be if created by starbursts. So observations and theory are agreeing well here,” noted Coil. Rupke noticed that the hourglass shape of Makani’s nebula is Astronomers using ESO’s SPHERE parent body. Astronomers expected the One of the ways in which quantum messaging—as soon as the cat is observed strongly reminiscent of similar galactic winds in other galaxies, but instrument at the Very Large Telescope event that led to the formation of this technology promises to revolutionize we know whether it’s alive or dead, in the that Makani’s wind is much larger than in other observed galaxies. (VLT) have revealed that the asteroid numerous family to have left a large, deep computing is through quantum key traditional puzzle. In QKD, as soon as the “This means that we can confirm it’s actually moving gas from Hygiea could be classified as a dwarf mark on Hygiea. distribution (QKD) – a quantum device message is observed by someone without the galaxy into the circumgalactic regions around it, as well as planet. The object is the fourth largest “This result came as a real surprise as that lets people securely encrypt and decrypt the key, it becomes unreadable. sweeping up more gas from its surroundings as it moves out,” in the asteroid belt after Ceres, Vesta and we were expecting the presence of a large communications. “In today’s world, cyber security is very Rupke explained. “And it’s moving a lot of it -- at least one to Pallas. For the first time, astronomers impact basin, as is the case on Vesta,” Now, scientists have been able to important as so much of our data is stored 10 percent of the visible mass of the entire galaxy -- at very high have observed Hygiea in sufficiently says Vernazza. Although the astronomers seriously shrink down the amount of space and communicated digitally,” says physicist speeds, thousands of kilometers per second.” high resolution to study its surface and observed Hygiea’s surface with a 95% needed to create one. Liu Ai Qun from NTU. Rupke also noted that while astronomers are converging on the determine its shape and size. They found coverage, they could only identify two Researchers have developed a QKD “Almost all digital platforms and idea that galactic winds are important for feeding the CGM, most that Hygiea is spherical, potentially taking unambiguous craters. “Neither of these chip just 3 millimeters (0.12 inches) in repositories require users to input their of the evidence has come from theoretical models or observations the crown from Ceres as the smallest dwarf two craters could have been caused by the size – an impressive feat considering passwords and biometric data, and as long that don’t encompass the entire galaxy. planet in the Solar System. impact that originated the Hygiea family of similar quantum computing setups can as this is the case, it could be eavesdropped (Source: Science Daily) As an object in the main asteroid belt, asteroids whose volume is comparable to be as large as a fridge or even take up an on or deciphered.” Hygiea satisfies right away three of the that of a 100 km-sized object. They are too entire office floor. We’re still waiting for quantum four requirements to be classified as a small,” explains study co-author Miroslav That opens up all kinds of new computing in its full form to become dwarf planet: it orbits around the Sun, it Bro? of the Astronomical Institute of possibilities for this type of quantum tech. a reality, but QKD systems have been Breathtaking image shows is not a moon and, unlike a planet, it has Charles University in Prague, Czech A chip just 3 mm in size can be built into a around for several years. The challenge not cleared the neighborhood around its Republic. smart watch or fitness tracker, for example, for scientists is to make the technology clouds on Jupiter soaring orbit. The final requirement is that it has The team decided to investigate further. but going around with a fridge strapped smaller and more practical – which is enough mass for its own gravity to pull Using numerical simulations, they deduced to your wrist is less practical. where this new chip comes in. above its swirling atmosphere it into a roughly spherical shape. This is that Hygiea’s spherical shape and large So why is QKD so important? Right The new solution developed by the what VLT observations have now revealed family of asteroids are likely the result now, when we encrypt data we generally scientists at NTU should be relatively Though it looks like it to us, Jupiter’s clouds do no form a flat about Hygiea. of a major head-on collision with a large use passwords or biometric data, which easy and cheap to produce, as it uses surface. Some of its clouds rise up above the surrounding cloud “Thanks to the unique capability of the projectile of diameter between 75 and 150 can be hacked or leaked. standard industry materials like silicon, tops. The two bright spots in the right center of this image are SPHERE instrument on the VLT, which is km. Their simulations show this violent Quantum technology, however, allows that are already widely used in computer much higher than the surrounding clouds. one of the most powerful imaging systems in impact, thought to have occurred about us to encrypt the key within the message. manufacturing. Jupiter’s atmosphere is a swirling, colorful, chaotic mix-up of the world, we could resolve Hygiea’s shape, 2 billion years ago, completely shattered Only the person with the exact same key For now though, this is still just a “proof- currents and eddies. Thanks to NASA’s Juno spacecraft, we know which turns out to be nearly spherical,” says the parent body. Once the left-over pieces as the one inside the message can open it. of-principle” chip – it shows what can be that Jupiter’s swirling bands of clouds can extend deep into the lead researcher Pierre Vernazza from the reassembled, they gave Hygiea its round “It is like sending a secured letter,” done, but it’s not ready for widespread planet. They go as deep as 3,000 km (1900 miles.) Laboratoire d’Astrophysique de Marseille shape and thousands of companion says physicist Kwek Leong Chuan, from production or use just yet. Jupiter’s atmosphere is the deepest of any planet in the Solar in France. “Thanks to these images, Hygiea asteroids. “Such a collision between two Nanyang Technological University (NTU) That should come, in time. To begin System. Jupiter has no solid surface, but the atmosphere is generally may be reclassified as a dwarf planet, so far large bodies in the asteroid belt is unique in Singapore. “Imagine that the person who with, like a lot of similar innovations, we considered to end at the point where the pressure reaches 100 the smallest in the Solar System.” in the last 3-4 billion years,” says Pavel wrote the letter locked the message in an might see this quantum computing tech kPa (1.0 bar). Though what scientist call the cloud layer may only The team also used the SPHERE Ševe?ek, a PhD student at the Astronomical envelope with its key also inside it. The used alongside systems based on classical be about 50 km (30 miles) deep, Jupiter’s atmospheric bands observations to constrain Hygiea’s size, Institute of Charles University who also recipient needs the same key to open it.” computing, while it gets established and can extend down to a much greater depth. putting its diameter at just over 430 km. participated in the study. “Quantum technology ensures that the refined. If this sounds a little confusing, it’s because Jupiter’s atmosphere Pluto, the most famous of dwarf planets, Studying asteroids in detail has been key distribution is secure, preventing any Despite the huge technological challenge and internal structure are very complex. has a diameter close to 2400 km, while possible thanks not only to advances in tampering to the key.” of developing quantum computing systems, Exactly how deep Jupiter’s storm bands went has been a Ceres is close to 950 km in size. numerical computation, but also to more It’s hoped that further down the line this scientists continue to edge closer to making mystery for decades. Juno was able to measure them with its Surprisingly, the observations also powerful telescopes. “Thanks to the VLT highly secure form of communication could true quantum computing a reality. When Gravity Science instrument. The deeper the cloud streams are, the revealed that Hygiea lacks the very large and the new generation adaptive-optics be used everywhere from cash machines it does arrive, it should mean our data is more mass they contain, which the Gravity Science instrument impact crater that scientists expected to instrument SPHERE, we are now imaging to online shopping sites. It’s dangerous a lot more secure. was able to measure. see on its surface, the team report in the main belt asteroids with unprecedented to brand any technology as “unhackable”, “This is the future of communication This new image of bright spots rising up above the rest of study published today in Nature Astronomy. resolution, closing the gap between but QKD gets close. security and our research brings us closer to Jupiter’s clouds comes from citizen scientist Gerald Eichstädt. Hygiea is the main member of one of the Earth-based and interplanetary mission The technology takes the classic quantum computing and communication,” Eichstadt used an image from Juno’s JunoCam to create this largest asteroid families, with close to 7000 observations,” Vernazza concludes. Schrödinger’s cat paradox often associated says Liu. enhanced-color image. members that all originated from the same (Source: Science Daily) with quantum mechanics, and applies it to (Source: sciencealert.com) (Source: sciencealert.com) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y 10 HERITAGE & TOURISM NOVEMBER 5, 2019

Iranian mayors, artisans Archaeologists find new evidence join World Craft Cities Network Forum of Paleolithic era in Iranian cave HERITAGE TEHRAN — A number of Iranian mayors HERITAGE TEHRAN — Excavations in a cave in deskand artisans are attending the World Craft deskwestern Iran have shed new light on Cities Network Forum, which is being co-hosted by China the history of the region, which has previously proved and Malaysia. to have links to the Paleolithic times. “A 19-member delegation of cultural officials, mayors “An analysis of the sediment layers in the cave, con- and artisans from Iran, which [currently] has the topmost ducted by a joint Iranian-Danish [archaeological] delega- number of world crafts cities tion, revealed that the cave bears evidence of the Lower and villages left for China Paleolithic, Middle Paleolithic and Upper Paleolithic last night to attend the World ages,” senior Iranian archaeologist Hajat Daribi said Craft Cities Network Forum,” on Sunday, IRNA reported. IRIB quoted deputy tourism The Paleolithic, also called the Old Stone Age, is a minister Pouya Mahmoudian period in human prehistory distinguished by the original as saying on Monday. development of stone tools that covers c. 99% of human “The delegation is com- technological prehistory. It extends from the earliest posed of the mayors of known use of stone tools by hominins c. 3.3 million years Marivan, Lalejin, Meybod, ago, to the end of the Pleistocene c. 11,650 cal BP. Sirjan and Saravan (who rep- The cave was first excavated in 1974 by a team of Danish resents Kalporgan village), experts led by archaeologist Mortensen Peter who was nine craftspeople and four able to discover evidence of the three Paleolithic periods, officials in charge of cultural which at the time yielded poor information about the heritage and handicrafts,” sequence of the findings. she added. “Also, no carbon dating of the cave was available be- The first leg of the forum forehand, as in other Stone-Age areas in central Zagros World Crafts Council-Asia is being held in Exi, China, on [mountain range].” Pacific Region Director Ghada November 4 to 6, while the The upper archaeological layers of the cave have Hijavi visits a crafts workshop second is scheduled to take yielded potteries and other objects that date from the in Meybod, central Iran on June place in Kuching, Malaysia, Late Bronze Age (LBA), Seleucid era, Sassanid rea and 17, 2019. she noted. [early] Islamic times, Daribi said. The World Crafts Cities Network Forum will be held In another significant archaeological findings in western in conjunction with the Ninth World Eco Fibre and Tex- Iran, archaeologists discovered in May further evidence for its Paleolithic residents in Kaldar cave, Lorestan prov- tile (WEFT) Forum, Exhibition and Fashion Show; and Archaeologists and technical personnel pose for a photo at the entrance of a cave in the western Iranian ince. The project shed a new light on Middle to Upper Asean Handicraft Promotion and Development Asso- province of Ilam, where Paleolithic-era objects are discovered, November 2019. ciation (Ahpada). Paleolithic transition in Iran. The WEFT Forum was initiated by Society Atelier Sar- The onset of the Paleolithic Period, according to years ago). In 2015, however, researchers excavating tools predate the oldest confirmed specimens of Homo awak in 1999 and has been a biennial event, with the ob- Encyclopedia Britannica, has traditionally coincided a dry riverbed near Kenya’s Lake Turkana discovered by almost 1 million years, which raises the possibility jectives to promote, share and acquire knowledge on the with the first evidence of tool construction and use by primitive stone tools embedded in rocks dating to 3.3 that toolmaking originated with Australopithecus or use of natural fibers and dyes; to conserve and encourage Homo some 2.58 million years ago, near the begin- million years ago—the middle of the Pliocene Epoch its contemporaries and that the timing of the onset of the use of natural, sustainable material in the creation of ning of the Pleistocene Epoch (2.58 million to 11,700 (some 5.3 million to 2.58 million years ago). Those this cultural stage should be reevaluated. arts and crafts; and to network amongst natural-material producers and the craftspeople through the establishment of an information database. The World Crafts Council - Asia Pacific Region (WCC-APR) National library to host event on World Day for Audiovisual Heritage has also designated other Iranian cities such as Mashhad, Audiovisual Heritage and to raise general occasion to remember the importance Isfahan and Tabriz as world crafts hubs. awareness of the need to take urgent meas- of audiovisual materials for connecting Handicrafts exports form the Islamic Republic reached ures and to acknowledge the importance with our history and understanding who we $289 million in the past Iranian calendar year 1397 (ended of such documents. are today. The past century was marked March 20), showing three percent growth year on year, The World Day for Audiovisual Herit- by unprecedented human development Mahmoudian said in June. age, which is globally marked on October and world-shaping events. We must en- 27, provides an occasion to raise general sure its lessons are transmitted to future awareness of the need to take urgent meas- generations.” ures and to acknowledge the importance The occasion was designated in 1980 by China and Greece are about to of audiovisual documents. the 21st UNESCO General Conference, of experience a boom in air travel Tens of Iranians scholars, literati, art- the Recommendation for the Safeguarding ists and mass communication experts have and Preservation of Moving Images. been invited to the gathering, which also UNESCO reminds that audiovisual ar- Air traffic between China and Greece is expected to rise be attended by the national library and chives tell us stories about people’s lives significantly in the near future. The governments of these archives director Ashraf Boroujerdi, and and cultures from all over the world. They two countries just signed a new memorandum of under- tourism minister Ali-Asghar Mounesan, represent a priceless heritage which is an standing that will allow their airlines to double the number IRNA reported. affirmation of our collective memory and of flights between China and Greece. Organizes scheduled to display a collec- a valuable source of knowledge since they Currently, airlines nominated by Greece and China are together tion of old are rarely seen/heard Iranian reflect the cultural, social and linguistic allowed to offer a maximum of 14 weekly flights between them. photos and radio broadcasts for the attend- diversity of our communities. But this right is not being used to its fullest. Only one carrier, ees. The timeline will also contains replay- “They help us grow and comprehend the Air China, flies between Greece and China. ing of UNESCO Director General Audrey world we all share. Conserving this heritage Air China serves Athens from Beijing three times weekly, A view of the National Library and Archives of Iran in northern Tehran Azoulay’s message for the day, which says, and ensuring it remains accessible to the year-round. Flights depart Athens just after 1 pm on Mon- “The World Day for Audiovisual Heritage, public and future generations is a vital goal days, Wednesdays and Saturdays and arrive at 4.30 am on HERITAGE TEHRAN — The Nation- of Iran is slated to host a special event to- which this year seeks to ‘Engage with the for all memory institutions as well as the the following day in Beijing. These are operated by an Airbus deskal Library and Archives day to commemorate the World Day for Past through Sound and Images’, is an public at large.” A330 aircraft and last 10 hours. (Source: Simple Flying) Replica of ancient Greek astronomical mechanism on display in China ROUND THE GLOBE HEFEI (Xinhua) — A replica of an ancient Greek mech- and studying the astronomical theories, scholars realized anism used to calculate the positions of heavenly bodies that the mechanism could be used for different purposes, Medina of Marrakesh such as the sun and the moon is on display at the Museum of including the calculation of heavenly bodies, prediction of the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC). certain astronomical phenomena, and conversion between A UNESCO World Heritage, the Medina of Marrakesh is an The exhibition displays a replica of the largest piece of the different calendars, according to Guan. old Islamic capital originating from the 11th century. It is mechanism, a replica of the device and relevant astronomy “Some even call the Antikythera Mechanism ‘the earliest enclosed by 16km of ramparts and gates. knowledge. analog computer in the world,’“ Guan said. Founded in 1070-1072 by the Almoravids (1056-1147), The Antikythera Mechanism was discovered in 1900 in a The exhibition is co-hosted by the USTC and the National capital of the Almohads (1147-1269), Marrakesh was, shipwreck off the Greek island of Antikythera. Dating back Hellenic Research Foundation, with the purpose of showing for a long time, a major political, economic and cultural to around 100-150 BC, the mechanism is made of bronze the development of science and technology in the Hellenistic center of the western Muslim world, reigning in North and consists of multiple gears and dials, said Guan Yuzhen, world and promoting academic exchanges between China Africa and Andalusia. deputy curator of the museum in Hefei, capital of east Chi- and Greece, according to the museum. na’s Anhui Province. The Antikythera Mechanism exhibition toured in a dozen Since the discovery of the mechanism, it has attracted of places, mostly in European countries, before it came to the attention of scholars all over the world. China. The exhibition will last until the end of December, By interpreting the inscriptions of the remaining parts the museum said. BA parent IAG ups bet on Latin America with Air Europa takeover IAG (ICAG.L), the parent of British Airways and could see it potentially combining with and Spain’s Iberia, announced a 1 billion Level, Vueling or potentially Iberia Express euro ($1.12 billion) takeover of Spain’s Air after some time,” analysts at Bernstein said. Europa to boost its presence on routes to Air Europa serves 69 destinations, in- Latin America and the Caribbean. cluding long-haul routes to the Americas and The deal comes less than six months after a the Caribbean. It had a fleet of 66 aircraft at proposal by BA, Iberia and partners American the end of 2018. Vast monuments dating back to that period: Koutoubia Airlines (AAL.O) and LATAM Airlines (LTM. It will initially keep its brand and as it gets Mosque, with the matchless minaret of 77 meters, an essential SN) aimed at reshaping international air travel integrated into the existing hub at Madrid it monument of Muslim architecture, is one of the important in Latin America was struck down by Chile. will be a standalone operation run by Iberia landmarks of the urban landscape and the symbol of the City, IAG shares rose as much as 2.3% to 555 boss Luis Gallego, IAG said. the Kasbah, ramparts, monumental gates and gardens. pence in early London trading but some an- “This is of strategic importance for the Later, the town welcomed other marvels, such as the alysts said IAG may have to shed routes in Madrid hub, which in recent years has lagged El Badia Palace, the Ben Youssef madrasa, les Saadians order to win regulatory approval. behind other European hubs,” said Gallego, tombs, Bahia Palace and large residences. Jamaa El Fna Ryanair CEO Michael O’Leary said his adding that Madrid had the potential to serve Square, inscribed on the Representative List of the In- company will ask the UK’s market watchdog as a gateway between Asia and Latin America. tangible Cultural Heritage, is a true open-air theatre that to force IAG to make divestments as part of Norwegian Air (NWC.OL), which has always amazes visitors. its Air Europa takeover, a deal he said would shaken up the market for travel across the Due to its still protected, original and well conserved be bad for competition. Atlantic with cut price fares, last month signed conception, its construction materials and decoration in “Potential remedies, perhaps in the form a partnership with JetBlue Airways (JBLU.O) constant use, and its natural environment (notably the Gar- of slot release or behavioral restrictions, to enable European passengers to book straight dens of Aguedal, Menara and the Palm Grove (Palmeraie) may be required and these could impact the through to around 100 U.S. cities. the plantation of which is attributed to the Almoravids), the potential synergies,” an analyst at Liberum IAG said it expected the Air Europa deal, Medina of Marrakesh possesses all its initial components wrote in a note. which will be funded through external debt, both cultural and natural that illustrate its outstanding IAG also owns carriers Iberia Express, to close in the second half of next year and universal value. Level, Ireland’s Aer Lingus and Vueling. for it to add to its earnings in the first full (Source: UNESCO) “We are not convinced that having just year after the closure. An Air Europa-branded Boeing 737 MAX aircraft is seen grounded at a storage area in another brand platform is the optimal move, (Source: Reuters) an aerial photo at Boeing Field in Seattle, Washington, U.S. July 1, 2019. I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y NOVEMBER 5, 2019 INTERNATIONAL 11

Corrupt officials in Lebanon govt. U.S.-British-Saudi support to Salafi terrorists led to decades of suffering, should be brought to justice: journalist says analyst

TEHRAN (Tasnim) – A Lebanese journal- fellow citizens in the predominantly Shiite TEHRAN (Tasnim) – An author and analyst based in Sweden ist and deputy editor of UNews Agency said cities in southern Lebanon, Nabatieh and highlighted the root causes of the emergence of the Daesh (ISIS expulsion of politicians engaged in corrupt Tyre, and vice versa. or ISIL) terrorist group, whose leader was recently killed in practices and bringing them to justice could How do think the unrest could be Syria, and said the US-British-Saudi support to Salafism has help ease protests in the Arab country. handled? produced suffering and destruction by such groups. “In my personal opinion, some of the A: In my personal opinion, some of the US-British-Saudi Support to Salafi Terrorists Led to Dec- solutions (to protests) could be: The resig- solutions could be: ades of Suffering, Says Analyst nation of government officials that have caused The resignation of government officials “The US-British-Saudi support to “Salafist jihadism” has disturbance in the country since the 1990s that have caused disturbance in the country produced incredible suffering and destruction over the past with properly taking them to trial, as well as since the 90s with properly taking them to three decades,” Hussein Askary said in an interview with those proven to be convicted with corruption,” trial, as well as those proven to be convicted Tasnim. Mohammad Kleit told Tasnim. with corruption Following is the full text of the interview: The resignation of the Central Bank gover- Since October 17, the Lebanese in Beirut nor and taking him to court for damaging the and other cities have been taking to the streets economy while abiding by a foreign country’s to express their strong discontent with the sanctions (The US) government’s failure to find solutions to the The substitution and accountability of country’s economic crisis. What are the main major figures that are suspected in corrup- reasons behind the ongoing anti-government tion, such as head of Middle East Airways demonstrations? Mohamad al Hout, Central Bank governor A: The causes of the demonstrations go Riad Salame, and others… back to the 1950s when the political turmoil Making bids from public contractors rather started in Lebanon between different political than the government appointing influential factions that caused the civil war, which in turn ones in secret made the country a cake that sectarian militia turn increased general life expenses, while more taxes on fuel oil, communication (a The placement of law of illegal income commanders and political leaders cut into wages remained low. (Beirut is one of the tax on WhatsApp calls), and others… this The cancellation of all “minister of state” their own favor and to protect their interests, most expensive Arab cities). It’s also worthy has caused an outrage amongst the public positions whether personal or sectarian-based. The to mention that the US has issued some sanc- who took to the streets to protest against the Cancellation of unnecessary expenditure system that was formed after the end of the tions on some Lebanese figures and banks deteriorating economy, corrupt politicians, for politicians such as cutting wages to half Askary is an Iraqi-born Swedish citizen. He is the South- civil war in 1990 was economically corrupt that it claims support Hezbollah, which the and Central Bank policies. and decreasing the number of delegations west Asia Coordinator of the International Schiller Institute. and based on a Capitalist economic system, US considers a “terrorist” group, while they Can you please name some of the main abroad Askary has worked as an economic and strategic analyst on which led to the sucking of the money out of have been formed in 1982 as a resistance achievements of the protests so far? A dependence on the Lebanese currency, Southwest Asia and North and East Africa for the Washing- the people without providing proper services faction against the Israeli occupation and A: One of the main achievements the pro- not the US dollar to strengthen the economy ton-based weekly magazine Executive Intelligence Review in return, such as electrical current, water became part of Lebanese politics in 1996. tests have made was breaking the long-run and the exchange rates since 1996. He is the co-author of several books on the New flow for houses, public transportation, fixing The economic crisis that debuted in re- sectarian and geographic segregation and High taxes on illegally privatized public Silk Road strategy and its impact on the world economy. His roads (only 5% of roads in Lebanon are fit for cent months has led the government to take psychological barriers that were the rem- spaces, especially those placed on public latest book-length special report “Extending the New Silk driving), and other related issues. austerity measures on the expense of the nants of the civil war and stressed by political beaches Road to West Asia and Africa” was published in November In addition to that, the banks, headed by people’s money, not its own, while avoid- leaders to keep their crowds under control, Closure of railway administration since 2017. He has spoken on these matters in international confer- the Central Bank, which has been governed by ing to fight the corruption of banks, major by installing fear of “the others”. One good the sector disappeared in the 80s in Lebanon ences and seminars in Sweden, Denmark, Germany, France, Riad Salame since 1993, that have benefited businessmen, and politicians (present and example that the Lebanese have witnessed in due to the war and never opened again Egypt, Sudan, Iran, Japan, and China. In 2018, he wrote an a lot from the political system to make huge former). On the 17th of October, the govern- the first week of the protests is the solidarity Changing the Civil Service Council and 80-page study on the reconstruction of Yemen and China’s profits, have increased the national debt of ment proposed a set of decrees to place in signs from people in predominantly Sunni Internal Inspection Administrations to re- Belt and Road Initiative. Lebanon to almost $103 billion, which in the 2020’s national budget, which included city in northern Lebanon, Tripoli, to their vive their monitoring role of public service The following is the full text of the interview: US President Donald Trump declared Sunday that Daesh leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was dead after a US military raid in northwest Syria over the weekend. In reaction, the U.S. killing of Baghdadi changes nothing worth bragging about: Nobel Nominee spokesman for Iran’s administration, Ali Rabiei, shrugged TEHRAN (Tasnim) – A prominent Amer- Foundation. have not murdered any terrorists or even off the US president’s announcement and said Washington’s ican author and five-time Nobel Peace Prize US President Donald Trump declared created any terrorists to murder. policies are the main reason for the emergence of Daesh, nominee shrugged off US President Donald Sunday that Daesh (ISIS or ISIL) leader Abu The US claims that it has started the adding that the death of Baghdadi does not mean that Takfiri Trump’s recent announcement about the death Bakr al-Baghdadi was dead after a US military withdrawal of its troops from Syria and says terrorism or “Daeshism” has ended. Do you think the killing of of Daesh (ISIS or ISIL) ringleader Abu Bakr raid in northwest Syria over the weekend. its forces shouldn’t be there. What was the the Daesh leader would play a major role in the fight against al-Baghdadi, saying it changes nothing worth In reaction, the spokesman for Iran’s ad- main reason behind the US military operation? terrorism in the region or bring an end to the phenomenon bragging about. ministration, Ali Rabiei, shrugged off the What do you think about the developments given its root causes? “The trouble for the Democrats is that the US president’s announcement and said behind the scenes? A: While it is true that it was the US policy, at least since public now expects Trump to be impeached, Washington’s policies are the main reason A: It is not a matter of anyone’s opinion that 2011, that contributed and directly fueled “Daeshism” under and killing Baghdadi won’t change that,” David for the emergence of Daesh, adding that the United States has sought the overthrow of President Obama and his allies in Britain, France and other Swanson, who is based in Virginia, said in the death of Baghdadi does not mean that the Syrian government for years. The trouble regional forces who wanted to overthrow the legitimate gov- an interview with Tasnim. Takfiri terrorism or “Daeshism” has ended. is that the US public is not excited about de- ernment in Damascus at whatever price, President Trump is “Nor will it change significantly the sit- Do you think the killing of the Daesh leader stroying Syria; it’s excited about destroying not the typical US president. It seems that President Trump uation in Syria or Iraq,” he said, adding, “A would play a major role in the fight against ISIS. So, for years now, the US government has carefully coordinated this current outcome in Syria with change worth bragging about would be a real terrorism in the region or bring an end to the has sought to appear to be attacking ISIS the US government as a whole has pretended Russian President Vladimir Putin. Both sides have had an withdrawal, a disarmament agreement, a phenomenon given its root causes? while attacking the Syrian government. This to put everything into attacking ISIS, while interest in ending this phenomenon, which goes back all weapons ban, a peace treaty, nonviolent A: You cannot promote the rule of law by does not seem to have changed. Killing the actually aiming at greater control of the world the way to the Afghan war against the Soviet Union in the peacekeeping, actual aid, or improved lives loudly bragging about committing murder. leader of ISIS -- six times thus far -- builds and of the US public, the Democrats have 1980s. The US-British-Saudi support to “Salafist jihadism” for people in Syria. We haven’t seen any of You cannot end terrorism by committing US public support for the war. But the war pretended to put everything into attacking has produced incredible suffering and destruction over the those things.” terrorism. Here is a US president openly pro- is to overthrow the government of Syria, or Trump, while actually aiming at pleasing the past three decades. I think what we are seeing in Syria is the David Swanson is an author, activist, claiming that he has committed murder in -- if that can’t be done -- at least to steal a same corporate oligarchs he serves. The trou- end of that phenomenon. But it is not thanks to Trump alone, journalist, and radio host. He is execu- order to let people be afraid they’ll be next. If bit of its oil. ble for the Democrats is that the public now but to Russia, Syria, and Iran too. Russia is leading and co- tive director of WorldBeyondWar.org and anything fits the definition of terrorism, that According to some analysts, the killing expects Trump to be impeached, and killing ordinating a movement in the region to end this problem in campaign coordinator for RootsAction.org. does. The US public cannot see it because (1) of the Daesh leader changes some things for Baghdadi won’t change that. Nor will it change coordination with all parties. All the major regional powers, Swanson’s books include War Is A Lie and whatever the US does is good, (2) Trump’s Trump. It temporarily changes the political significantly the situation in Syria or Iraq. including Egypt, China and India favor this policy. A new When the World Outlawed War. He blogs fans support anything he does, (3) loyalists of conversation away from the impeachment A change worth bragging about would be security architecture for the Persian Gulf region, which Russia at DavidSwanson.org and WarIsACrime. the Democratic Party believe that any crimes inquiry which began a month ago. What do a real withdrawal, a disarmament agreement, is proposing, will potentially usher a new era of stability and org. He hosts Talk Nation Radio. He is a Barack Obama committed can never be crimes you think? Wasn’t the operation a show-off a weapons ban, a peace treaty, nonviolent security in this troubled region. 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 Nobel Peace even if Trump commits them. But this crime for media attention? peacekeeping, actual aid, or improved lives The US claims that it has started the withdrawal of its Prize Nominee. Swanson was awarded the is not just accepted; it’s a point of pride -- a A: The Democrats will jump at any op- for people in Syria. We haven’t seen any of troops from Syria and says its forces shouldn’t be there. What 2018 Peace Prize by the US Peace Memorial way to feel superior to other countries that portunity to avoid impeachment, but just as those things. was the main reason behind the US military operation? What do you think about the developments behind the scenes? A: I think we should not say “the US” does this or that. There is no “united” US at the moment. There is a big fight going on inside the US. The people who voted for Trump in Corrupt officials in Lebanon govt. should be brought to justice: Journalist 2016 were fed up with the political elites, with meaningless TEHRAN (Tasnim) – A Lebanese journalist and deputy crowds under control, by installing fear of “the others”. One wars and the destruction of the US economy. Trump made editor of UNews Agency said expulsion of politicians engaged good example that the Lebanese have witnessed in the first a promise to those people in 2016 to end US involvement in corrupt practices and bringing them to justice could help week of the protests is the solidarity signs from people in in wars abroad. He cannot go for reelection now without ease protests in the Arab country. predominantly Sunni city in northern Lebanon, Tripoli, to fulfilling part of that promise. In an October 9 Trump press “In my personal opinion, some of the solutions (to pro- their fellow citizens in the predominantly Shiite cities in conference, which has been completely blacked out in the tests) could be: The resignation of government officials that southern Lebanon, Nabatieh and Tyre, and vice versa. American media itself, he said that he was intending to end have caused disturbance in the country since the 1990s with How do think the unrest could be handled? “useless” and “endless” wars in the Middle East. But he also said properly taking them to trial, as well as those proven to be A: In my personal opinion, some of the solutions could be: something no American president since Dwight Eisenhower convicted with corruption,” Mohammad Kleit told Tasnim. The resignation of government officials that have caused has said, which is that those who are interested in waging Following is the full text of the interview: disturbance in the country since the 90s with properly taking and continuing wars are the “military industrial complex”. Since October 17, the Lebanese in Beirut and other them to trial, as well as those proven to be convicted with While many of the things President Trump has said can be cities have been taking to the streets to express their strong corruption criticized, he is right on this one. discontent with the government’s failure to find solutions The resignation of the Central Bank governor and taking According to some analysts, the killing of the Daesh to the country’s economic crisis. What are the main reasons him to court for damaging the economy while abiding by a leader changes some things for Trump. It temporarily changes behind the ongoing anti-government demonstrations? some Lebanese figures and banks that it claims support foreign country’s sanctions (The US) the political conversation away from the impeachment inquiry A: The causes of the demonstrations go back to the 1950s Hezbollah, which the US considers a “terrorist” group, The substitution and accountability of major figures that which began a month ago. What do you think? Wasn’t the when the political turmoil started in Lebanon between differ- while they have been formed in 1982 as a resistance fac- are suspected in corruption, such as head of Middle East operation a show-off for media attention? ent political factions that caused the civil war, which in turn tion against the Israeli occupation and became part of Airways Mohamad al Hout, Central Bank governor Riad A: The people who want to impeach Trump are no angels. made the country a cake that sectarian militia commanders Lebanese politics in 1996. Salame, and others… The same people attacked him for withdrawing US forces from and political leaders cut into their own favor and to protect The economic crisis that debuted in recent months has Making bids from public contractors rather than the Syria. They want to continue the regime-change policies of their interests, whether personal or sectarian-based. The led the government to take austerity measures on the ex- government appointing influential ones in secret Bush and Obama. I think the operation to kill Al-Baghdadi system that was formed after the end of the civil war in pense of the people’s money, not its own, while avoiding The placement of law of illegal income was aimed at showing that the decision to withdraw from Syria 1990 was economically corrupt and based on a Capitalist to fight the corruption of banks, major businessmen, and The cancellation of all “minister of state” positions “after finishing 100% of ISIS” (in the words of Trump) was economic system, which led to the sucking of the money out politicians (present and former). On the 17th of October, Cancellation of unnecessary expenditure for politicians correct, and it was intended to silence those who criticized him of the people without providing proper services in return, the government proposed a set of decrees to place in the such as cutting wages to half and decreasing the number of in Washington that his policy will make Daesh rise again. He such as electrical current, water flow for houses, public 2020’s national budget, which included more taxes on fuel delegations abroad wanted to crown that with a big achievement that closes that transportation, fixing roads (only 5% of roads in Lebanon oil, communication (a tax on WhatsApp calls), and others… A dependence on the Lebanese currency, not the US chapter. Whatever Trump’s motivations are, I am sure that are fit for driving), and other related issues. this has caused an outrage amongst the public who took to dollar to strengthen the economy and the exchange rates the US can no longer be the major player in Syria. According In addition to that, the banks, headed by the Central the streets to protest against the deteriorating economy, High taxes on illegally privatized public spaces, especially to the plan made by Russia, the Syrian army will regain total Bank, which has been governed by Riad Salame since corrupt politicians, and Central Bank policies. those placed on public beaches sovereignty over its territories, and Turkey will have to accept 1993, that have benefited a lot from the political system Can you please name some of the main achievements Closure of railway administration since the sector dis- the new facts. Then Iran, Russia, and Turkey will continue the to make huge profits, have increased the national debt of of the protests so far? appeared in the 80s in Lebanon due to the war and never Astana process to reach a political solution. Trump might go Lebanon to almost $103 billion, which in turn increased A: One of the main achievements the protests have made opened again into new adventures as the heat of the presidential campaign general life expenses, while wages remained low. (Beirut was breaking the long-run sectarian and geographic segre- Changing the Civil Service Council and Internal Inspection increases. That is something to watch out for. The US policy is one of the most expensive Arab cities). It’s also worthy gation and psychological barriers that were the remnants of Administrations to revive their monitoring role of public towards Palestine, Iran, and Yemen should be a matter of to mention that the US has issued some sanctions on the civil war and stressed by political leaders to keep their service big concern for us all. I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y 12 SOCIETY NOVEMBER 5, 2019

Shahbazi appointed new Iran marks National Health head of FRWMO

ENVIRONMENT TEHRAN — Iranian Agriculture Minister deskMahmoud Hojjati appointed Khosro Shah- Insurance Day bazi as the new head of the Forests, Range, and Watershed 1 8m Iranians covered by Sala- The successful global experience that Management Organization (FRWMO). mat Health Insurance has so far been in center of attention is the During the event, Health Minister Saeed establishment of an insurance system on Namaki said that a scheme is launched all issues, even when people are worried today in the country to announce health about floods, accidents, and fires, insurance insurance compulsory for all the residents coverage can address those concerns, he not covered by any other insurances, ISNA highlighted. reported. Emphasizing that due to the importance “In the studies conducted on volun- of health, health insurance is the main pillar tary insurance coverage in 25 countries, of insurance and the main focus of justice we found that if we focus on voluntary for a society, he said that no country can insurance only, we would not be successful, claim justice, unless provided all its resi- therefore we decided to seek mandatory dents with insurance coverage. insurance coverage,” he added. Salamat Health Insurance scheme was He went on to say that people who earn launched in the Iranian calendar year 1394 sufficient income are supposed to pay the (March 2015- March 2016), covering some Shahbazi, who has previously served as the deputy head of insurance fees, but it is completely free of 10 million people. the organization, replaced Khalil Aqaei, ISNA reported. charge for those struggling financially, “so Regional countries welcome He has also worked as the head of Kermanshah province’s we are going through this plan to insure Iran’s experience in health insurance agriculture organization. about 8 million people in the country.” Given that Iran’s public health insur- Reducing additional costs in ance is pioneering in the region and in line health sector ‘a must’ with universal health coverage, regional Referring to the importance of reducing countries are ready to use the country’s A new home could save extra costs, he said, “We prepared the infra- The ministry’s first step in controlling company to stop even one hour of produc- experience, Mohsen Asadi Lari, the health structures to replace online health record costs in the field of medicine was to in- tion line by July next year, and there is no ministry’s director for international affairs, mountain pygmy possum system, which helped reduce additional crease domestic production and to reduce lack of medical equipment at the moment, said during the event. costs to the health system.” medicine import, he highlighted. he concluded. During the 66th session of the World from global heating, One of the costliest cases in the health Only 3 percent of imported medicines People should have equal right Health Organization Regional Commit- scientists say system is medicine, which accounts for 1.2 have costed 30 percent of the whole medi- to access health services tee for the Eastern Mediterranean, which percent of the country’s gross domestic cine cost in the country, so producing this First Vice-President Es’haq Jahangiri for was held in Tehran last month, Pakistan, products (GDP), he said, adding, in de- 3 percent could decrease the costs by 30 his part said that the health system should Iraq, Tunisia, Libya and other countries, Researchers studying fossil records say they have come up with an veloped countries, it constitutes about 6 percent, he explained. provide the people with equal opportunity expressed interest to use Iran’s experience, innovative approach to try to save the mountain pygmy possum, percent of the GDP. There is currently no pharmaceutical in receiving health care services. he concluded. an Australian species under serious threat due to global heating. Scientists from the University of New South Wales have used a new paper to argue for the translocation of the species from its current habitat in the alpine regions of Victoria and New South Families going present-free at Christmas to cut down on waste Wales into lowland rainforests. For many, Christmas is the most wonderful time of year – looked back,” he says. While lowland rainforest would be a new environment for but it is also the most wasteful. Two million turkeys, 100 “Since Christmas Day 2003 every year Natty Dread and the current species (Burramys parvus), the researchers say fossil sq km of wrapping paper and more than 100,000 tonnes me did a 20-mile walk from Tadcaster to York that took us records dating back 25m years show other species in the Burramys of plastic packaging will be binned on Christmas Day, while all day. I packed cheese and pickle sandwiches, a couple of lineage always occupied these areas. more than a few unwanted gifts will be packed away in cup- chocolate bars and a packet of sherbet lemons, which I could The paper identifies fossil records found in what is now the boards, never to be seen again. share with Natty Dread. I also used to give him a disgusting Tirari Desert in South Australia, the savannah woodlands of But some families are trying to combat the clutter and thing – a dried pig’s ear – as a once-a-year treat. Queensland’s Riversleigh world heritage area, and the savannah make festivities less stressful by cutting out presents – in- “When I first did it I never saw anybody but over the years grasslands of Hamilton, Victoria. stead opting for homemade baking, virtual gifts or even I saw more and more people doing the same thing as me, I The paper’s lead author, Mike Archer, a palaeontologist and just forgetting about it all and going on a long walk with think they’d just had enough of Christmas.” professor of biological, earth and environmental sciences, said the dog instead. Natty Dread died two weeks ago, so David thinks he will these previous populations thrived in these areas at a time when According to Richard Clapham, who works on campaigns volunteer to walk a dog at the local RSPCA centre this year. they were lowland rainforest communities. on the Waste and Resource Action Programme (WRAP), the Scientists say that people are most likely to have heart “Until we started doing our fossil work, most people have had younger generation is having an “awakening” in how they think attacks during the Christmas period because of increased no real idea of the history of this endearing animal,” Archer said. about the planet and shifting away from conventional gifts. emotional stress. “The environment it’s surviving in now is going to collapse He says: “They’re increasingly looking for experiences know society has completely moved on but I would like my Someone (often mothers) has to put in the legwork to underneath them and the expectation from scientists has been rather than ‘stuff’. I think this is partly driven by their kids to have an element of that – that Christmas is a treat.” make sure everyone enjoys the day – including decorating they’ll go extinct due to climate change. concern for the planet but also because they already have Alexia says she is part of a local community of mums the house, buying and cooking all the food and dishing “The fossil record is saying that a new approach may save so much stuff.” starting to do things differently in a bid to stop Christmas out presents. these animals.” Alexia Tibbs, 35, who lives in Frome with her hus- being so consumerist. “For my extended family I think not Jane Ruessmann, 58, a translator from Stony Stratford The mountain pygmy possum is a critically endangered mar- band Jonathan and two children, three-year-old Lyra giving presents is a bit of a relief. We can just enjoy spending near Milton Keynes, banned presents to try to alleviate supial that hibernates for five to seven months of the year. Just and eight-month-old Reuben, gave up presents last year time together,” she says. some of the strain. 2,000 of them remain in the wild. after being overwhelmed by the number of plastic toys Others gave up on Christmas presents decades before “The whole of December becomes a flurry of stress and Recent crashes in Australia’s bogong moth population, an impor- given to her children. the issue of plastic pollution or climate change made head- activity. Then one year, I just thought, shall we not do this tant food source for the possum, have put pressure on the animal. “Some of the presents I got I used to hide in the cupboard lines. David March, 59, who lives in Great Broughton near the anymore?” she says. Last year, scientists monitoring the mountain pygmy pos- and not even give them to the kids. They get so much,” she says. North York Moors, stopped giving and receiving Christmas Jane spends Christmas with her mother, her sister’s sum late in the breeding season in Victoria found that between “My daughter Lyra was excited about Christmas but gifts 25 years ago. family and her two daughters, Paula, 21, and Jo, 23. In the 50% and 95% of the animals had lost their full litters of young. didn’t really understand it and completely lost interest in “People look miserable before Christmas. People feel past few years she has given her daughters a WWF elephant Analysis found the animals had starved to death without their her presents. It was quite embarrassing because there were obliged to act in a certain way and it saddens me more than sponsorship, an orangutan sanctuary donation and a virtual main food source. a few presents she didn’t even bother opening. She liked the anything – they’re either drunk or stressed to hell,” he says. voucher for a trip to the sea. In the new paper, the UNSW researchers use the fossil wrapping paper more. “I have seven siblings and I remember when we were On Christmas Day everyone gets a homemade paper hat. records to suggest the current species may be living at the “Our family gets bigger and bigger each year and I hate growing up the presents under the tree took up a quarter She says her daughters are completely happy without the extreme of its habitat. to waste money on presents no one wants,” says Alexia, who of the room. When I started working in 1977 I brought present fuss. (Source: The Guardian) added that she used to “panic buy” and spend far too much. presents for all my nephews and nieces and it cost me a “God I sound like a right old hippie, don’t I? Getting Now she donates chickens to a community in rural whole week’s wages. together at Christmas was initially a bit of a nightmare as WORDS IN THE NEWS Africa through the Send a Cow charity on behalf of her “I used to be the same as anyone else. When I heard we all felt that we should bring along a present for all those family. A chicken costs £8 and a cockerel is £5. Last year people talking about the environment, I thought they were who were coming. It was nice but pretty stressful and we Winter Olympics come to she sponsored a fence post and a duck at Bath City farm, just bloody hippies. But then in 1985 I heard about global would end up spending a lot of money and going home with where she works. warming and knew we were in trouble.” an awful lot of stuff that we generally didn’t need at all and close amid controversy She will also bake gingerbread and may give her children, For years, David would see his family on Christmas Day didn’t know what to do with,” she says. nieces and nephews secondhand books. and then have friends over in the evening. Each year he would “It’s so over the top and then two days later it’s gone. I (February 25, 2002) “I love Christmas and it’s still really fun. This year we’re welcome half a dozen “Christmas refugees” who had spent am quite concerned about climate change and I think it’s The Winter Olympics have closed in Salt Lake City with a going to do up the shed like Santa’s grotto. He’s not going to all day with their families and had had enough. all part of the same thinking – we’ve got to take a few steps huge display of international music and dance. However, be giving out Christmas crap but it’ll be fun, we’ll see friends However, in 2003, David – who works in a local com- back and live more simply. the event has become entangled in controversy. This report and I’ll still have my Christmas playlist. munity centre and has no children himself – decided he’d “I sound like a real old lady now but kids get so much from David Willis: “My mum has such fond memories of Christmas. She was rather spend the day walking his little brown and black stuff. It makes them happy for half an hour but I think it The culmination of 17 days of skating, sliding, skiing and from a poor family and would get a tangerine, an orange, or terrier Natty Dread. would do good to give children a bit less. Things have got so sledding was filled with Olympic spirit. Almost all of the 2,500 a bag of nuts at Christmas and she has the most wonderful “I decided I didn’t want to go along with this Christmas much more relaxed since we banned presents.” athletes who competed in Salt Lake came to mingle and memories of those tiny little things at this time of year. I madness and the crap that comes along with it and I’ve never (Source: The Independent) party together in the final gathering of the 77 nations who’d contested the Games. Notable absentees - three athletes who earlier in the day ENGLISH IN USE had been expelled for taking drugs. The biggest doping scandal since Ben Johnson’s expulsion from the 1988 Seoul Olympics saw two of the Games’ biggest cross-country stars, LEARN NEWS TRANSLATION one from Russia, the other from Spain, stripped of their medals, and another disqualified only hours before the closing ceremony, after they tested positive for a new drug, called Iran outlaws private ownership of مالکیت شــخصی و نگهداری حیوانات وحشی .darbepoetin, which enhances endurance It was the latest twist in an Olympic drama which had wild animals ممنوع شد .also seen boycott threats and vote rigging Germany finished top of the medals table with 35, including Iran has outlawed the private ownership of wild animals, مدیــرکل دفتــر حفاظــت و مدیریــت شــکار و صیــد اظهــار داشــت: براســاس قانــون اگــر شــخصی a dozen gold. Hosts, USA, boosted by home cheers, including cheetahs, lions and tigers, and will fine or imprison اقــدام بــه نگهــداری چهارپــای وحشــی از جملــه یــوز پلنــگ، شــیر و ببــر کنــد، بــه جریمــه نقــدی collected 34, ten of them gold - their best Winter Olympics performance ever. anyone parading the wild animals in public, YJC reported on و زنــدان محکــوم مــی شــود . .Words Wednesday علــی تیمــوری مدیــرکل دفتــر حفاظــت و مدیریــت شــکار و صیــد ســازمان حفاظــت محیــط culmination: the culmination of an activity, or series “If a person seen in public walking an exotic pet, will be fined of events happens at the end of it and is its highest point زیســت در گفتگــو بــا خبرنــگار حــوزه محیط زیســت گــروه اجتماعــی باشــگاه خبرنگاران جــوان؛در to mingle: to move around and chat with people up to 800 million rials (about $20,000) and could face up to رابطــه بــا خیابــان گردانــی حیوانــات وحشــی اظهــار داشــت: بــرای متخلفــان نگهــداری از حیوانات notable absentees: here - important athletes who were three-year term of imprisonment,” Department of Environment’s not present at the ceremony وحشــی جریمــه ۸۰ میلیــون تومانــی و ۳ ســال حبــس در نظــر گرفتــه شــده اســت. .doping scandal: a situation involving athletes who are (DOE) director for hunting and fishing Ali Teymouri has said caught taking illegal drugs, which is seen as shocking and immoral stripped of: if an athlete is stripped of a medal, it is taken away from them PREFIX/SUFFIX PHRASAL VERB IDIOM enhances endurance: makes you feel fitter and stronger and perform better “cryo-, cry-” Nail somebody down Cream of the crop twist: an unexpected and significant development vote rigging: voting that is organized dishonestly, to Meaning: freezing or cold Meaning: to force someone to say clearly what they Explanation: the best people or things in a particular get a particular result For example: You can return to most normal activ- want or what they intend to do group boosted by home cheers: supported by their fellow ities the day after cryosurgery. For example: Before they repair the car, nail them For example: As usual, the cream of the crop of this countrymen (Source: BBC) down to a price. year’s graduates were offered the best jobs. I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y NOVEMBER 5, 2019 WORLD IN FOCUS 13

Aoun: Next govt’s 1st task to Biden hard nightmare

7 The big field is helping Biden, said David Paleolog�- os, director of the Suffolk Political Research Center. “Biden’s fight corruption strength has been, at best, fixed, and he benefits from so many 1 In a speech last week marking the ing parliamentary consultations, which are other candidates splitting the non-Biden voters,” Paleologos said. start of his fourth year in office, Aoun pledged necessary to designate a premier. “Overall, Biden has led in the national polls for some time but “to pursue the war against corruption ... to Whether he would name Hariri, now you can’t flatline to the Iowa caucuses.” push toward a productive economy ... [and] caretaker prime minister, to head the new The Democratic field has set records for size, but almost one not to spare any effort to establish the modern government, Berri declined to answer. “We in five Democrats, 18%, said they wished someone else would civil state and get rid of confessionalism.” will speak our piece at the right time,” he said. jump into the race. In response to an open-ended question about The president Monday said his calls to The speaker said a technocratic govern- who, 10% identified former first lady Michelle Obama, 7% said protesters “reflected his understanding of ment, a key demand of protesters, would not former New York mayor Michael Bloomberg and 4% said Hillary their demands,” noting that discussions must work. However, a politico-technocratic one Clinton, the party’s 2016 nominee.Among Republicans, a similar be held with them “to reach an agreement would be more acceptable. However, he added, number, 17%, said they wished someone else would enter the on the stated issues.” “everything is up to [political] agreement.” GOP contest. Asked who, 8% said former UN ambassador Nikki Aoun’s promises have failed to convince Berri also underscored his call for swift Haley and 6% said Utah Sen. Mitt Romney, the 2012 nominee. demonstrators, who took to the streets and government formation, citing the country’s Mitt Romney: A solitary GOP voice battling Trump for the blocked major highways again on Monday, “sensitive and delicate [economic situation] soul of the Republican Party the 19th day of a nationwide uprising against that does not tolerate [escalation and delays].” None of the three Republicans who are already running are the ruling elite. “Everyone must be convinced that an cutting into Trump’s support. In the poll, 85% of likely GOP voters Berri calls for inclusion of economic [crisis] is hanging above our heads backed Trump. Two percent supported former Massachusetts ‘popular movement’ in new govt all, and what is required is a quick, quick, Gov. Bill Weld; and 1% each supported former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford and former Illinois Rep. Joe Walsh. Meanwhile, Parliament Speaker Nabih quick government formation,” he said. Berri called for representation of the “pop- However, he stressed that government ular movement” in the new government, formation alone is not the answer, but “a reiterating the need for a swift government published Monday. Aoun’s son-in-law Gebran Bassil was a small part of it,” adding that the real solution From Operation Peace formation process. Nationwide protests, which started Oct. prominent target of insulting slogans, as starts with “hard work of the government and “The popular movement must be repre- 17, against state corruption have demanded protesters accused him of corruption. declaring a state of economic emergency.” Spring to sea of tension sented in the Cabinet ... the true movement the government’s resignation, early parlia- B?owing to street pressure, Saad Hariri Top political leaders declared a state that has demands that we all believe in ... not mentary elections and the end of President resigned last week, bringing down the govern- of economic emergency on Sept. 2 after a 1 For this very reason, the National Intelligence Organ- the movement that insults people,” Berri told Michel Aoun’s three-year-old term. ment. Ever since, the protesters demanded meeting at Baabda Palace attended by Aoun, ization (MIT) has spent the last few months trying to unite all local daily Al Joumhouria in an interview Free Patriotic Movement leader and that the president immediately hold bind- Berri, Hariri and others. the various terrorist groups dispersed in the region to launch a military operation against Kurdish fighters under the command of fugitive Syrian officers. Although Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and other Hamas says downed drone as Israel Turkey says delivery of second Russian senior officials have claimed that the main reasons for launching threatens new war S-400 batch may be delayed the so-called Operation Peace Spring is to fight terrorism and to transfer three million Syrian refugees from Turkey to their country, it is obvious that political struggles inside the country have prompted the operation. However, the main part of Turkey’s demands has been met by the halt of military operation and the agreement between Erdogan and Putin to push SDF forces 30 km deep inside the Syrian territory. The Syrian Democratic Forces and the militant PKK group are the main losers in the operation because they trusted the U.S. one more time after what they had experienced in Al Bab and Afrin, and rejected all the suggestions that Damascus had offered before the Turkish offensive. If they had agreed with the deployment of Syrian forces in the areas under their control, it would have been more difficult for Turkey to invent excuses to attack the eastern Euphrates. Despite the predictions and conditions on the ground, the Syrian nation and government were the main winners of the Hamas says it has shot down an Israeli Friday, killing a 27-year-old civilian and Delivery of a second batch of Russian S-400 “We are planning a timeline for next developments in northern Syria. With the deployment of Syrian drone over the Gaza Strip where tensions wounding two others. missile defense systems to Turkey may be year. As opposed to the first (batch), there forces along the Turkish border, which have advanced into an have heightened amid an Israeli threat to The Israeli military claimed that the delayed beyond a planned 2020 timeline is joint production and technology transfer area 3 kilometers from the border, the government retakes the launch a ground war on the besieged enclave. Friday air raids were launched in response by talks on technology sharing and joint here. It is beyond the ‘let’s buy it quickly control of lost areas and prevents Turkish leaders from making A source in Hamas said the Palestin- to the firing of 10 rockets into the occupied production, the head of Turkey’s Defense and install it’ of the first system,” Ismail excuses. By establishing order and security in the border, dis- ian resistance movement brought down territories from Gaza. Industry Directorate said Monday. Demir told broadcaster NTV. located people will be able to return to their home country and the quadcopter in northern Gaza Strip on Following the air raids, a high-ranking NATO allies Turkey and the United “The joint production concept may also the risk of terrorist groups’ activities will be diminished. Sunday evening. official from Hamas warned Israel against States have been at loggerheads over move the timeline. We have some sensi- It is true that U.S. troops are still present in the Al Waleed border Israeli daily The Jerusalem Post, how- escalating tensions, saying Tel Aviv would the purchase of the S-400 system, which tivities regarding some of the production crossing and some oil-rich parts of eastern Syria, but removing U.S. ever, cited some reports as saying that the face the consequences. Washington says is not compatible with being here. Technical work continues,” forces from the eastern Euphrates and replacing them with Syrian forces drone had flown out of the area after being The Israeli military frequently bombs NATO defenses and poses a threat to its he said. will be a very strategic and effective event. shot at. Gaza, with civilians being the main target Lockheed Martin F-35 fighter jets. Despite the threat of U.S. sanctions Regarding Turkey’s advance into the eastern Euphrates, the next Hamas has confiscated Israeli drones of such attacks. Despite Washington’s warnings and over Ankara’s move to buy the Russian goal of the Syrian army and its allies is to liberate Idlib and remove the several times, either after they crashed due Israel has launched several wars on threats of U.S. sanctions, Turkey started systems, Turkey has indicated it could tens of thousands of Syrian and non-Syrian terrorist forces from the to technical problems or in the wake of the Palestinian coastal enclave, the last taking delivery of the first S-400 batch in procure Russian fighter jets if the Unit- city. This is the issue that was highlighted during Bashar al-Assad’s shooting them down. of which began in early July 2014. The July. In response, Washington has removed ed States refuses to deliver the F-35 jets recent visit to an area in Idlib province. Therefore, the next chapter in The targeting of the drone comes amid military aggression, which ended on August Turkey from the F-35 programme, in which it has purchased. the fight against terrorism will begin not in the east of the Euphrates but heightened tensions in Gaza where Israeli 26, 2014, killed nearly 2,200 Palestinians. Ankara was a manufacturer and buyer. On Monday, Demir said Russia in northern Aleppo and Idlib province, and those terrorists present in aircraft launched airstrikes on Khan Yunis Over 11,100 others were wounded. Washington still hopes to persuade its ally had offered to sell Turkey its Su-35 these areas should wait for great operations by the Syrian army. and other areas in the besieged strip on (Source: Press TV) to “walk away” from the Russian systems. fighter jets.

Fifteen Asia-Pacific countries Erdogan may call off U.S. trip after Congress votes agree on trade pact, India Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan may call off a visit to what Ankara sees as Trump’s own erratic pronouncements. Washington next week in protest at votes in the House of Those personal ties could be crucial given NATO mem- holds back Representatives to recognize mass killings of Armenians a ber Turkey’s purchase of Moscow’s S-400 missile defense Fifteen Asia-Pacific countries have concluded negotiations for century ago as genocide and to seek sanctions on Turkey, system, which under U.S. law should trigger sanctions. a trade pact that would be among the world’s largest, but India three Turkish officials said. Turkey is already suspended from the F-35 fighter jet pro- still has “significant outstanding issues” before it is ready to sign Erdogan is due in Washington on Nov. 13 at President gramme in which it was both joint producer and customer, and on, the countries’ leaders said on Monday. Donald Trump’s invitation, but said last week that the votes the offensive it launched against Kurdish forces in northeast A summit of the leaders of the Regional Comprehensive Eco- put a “question mark” over the plans. Syria on Oct. 9 set the stage for further U.S. retaliation. nomic Partnership (RCEP)left open the door for India to still join “These steps seriously overshadow ties between the two Although Trump appeared to clear the way for the in- if it can resolve issues before the deal is set to be signed in 2020. countries. Due to these decisions, Erdogan’s visit has been cursion by withdrawing troops, the White House briefly Fifteen of the 16 prospective RCEP states “have concluded put on hold,” a senior Turkish official said, adding that a imposed sanctions before lifting them after a deal to halt text-based negotiations for all 20 chapters and essentially all final decision had not been taken. the fighting and clear the Kurdish fighters from the border. their market access issues,” said the leaders’ statement, which Turkish sources say Trump and Erdogan have a strong Then, two weeks after that deal, the Congressional votes included India. bond despite anger in Congress over Turkey’s Syria offen- infuriated Turkey once more. The RCEP countries include the 10 members of the Association sive and its purchase of Russian air defenses, and despite (Source: Reuters) of Southeast Asian Nations, plus China, Japan, South Korea, Australia and New Zealand. (Source: Reuters) N. Korea, U.S. could resume talks in mid-November North Korea and the United States could hold the North’s envoy saying the United States Lee told reporters. until the end of the year for the United another round of working-level talks as soon as failed to show flexibility. “It’s time for them to enter negotiations States to decide to be more flexible, and UK lowers national terrorism mid-November to expedite progress before a Both sides are expected to meet again no in earnest after checking each other’s stance suggested the deadlock had made him threat level to ‘substantial’ year-end deadline set by the North, a member later than early December to get the nego- in Stockholm, and there’s a deadline given question his moratorium on testing nu- of South Korea’s parliament said on Monday. tiations going before a year-end deadline by Chairman Kim.” clear weapons and long-range ballistic Britain downgraded its national terrorism threat level to “sub- North Korean and U.S. officials met last set by Kim, South Korean lawmaker Lee Kim is eyeing another summit with Trump missiles. stantial” from “severe” on Monday, its lowest level since 2014, month in Stockholm, for the first time since Eun-jae said after attending a briefing by in December, and could possibly visit China Kim and Trump still play up the personal interior minister Priti Patel said. U.S. President Donald Trump and North the National Intelligence Service (NIS). before that, Lee said. rapport they say they developed during three The threat posed to the country has largely stood at “se- Korean leader Kim Jong Un agreed in June There was no immediate response from the Kim first set the deadline in April, when face-to-face meetings. vere” for the last five years but in 2017 it was briefly moved to reopen denuclearization talks that stalled U.S. Embassy in Seoul to a request for comment. talks were stalled after the failed summit But North Korea has said in recent days to “critical”, twice, meaning an attack was highly likely in the after a failed summit in Vietnam in February. “The NIS expected the talks would resume in Vietnam. it is losing patience and won’t hold talks for near future. But the talks in Sweden broke off with this month or early December at the latest,” He said in a speech he would wait the sake of talks. Britain suffered four attacks in 2017 that killed 36 people, the most deadly of which occurred at the end of an Ariana Grande concert in Manchester, northern England. Other attacks occurred at London Bridge and near the Houses of Commons Kushner gave Saudi Crown Prince Bin Salman permission to arrest Khashoggi: report in Westminster. “Despite the change in the threat level, terrorism remains one U.S. President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and adviser Jared Khashoggi, a former advocate of the Saudi royal court, it believed MBS was the prime suspect in the state-sponsored of the most direct and immediate risks to our national security,” Kushner gave permission to his friend, Saudi Arabia’s de-fac- was killed and his body dismembered by a Saudi hit squad murder. Washington has refused to formally implicate Moham- Patel said in a statement. to ruler Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) to after he entered the Saudi consulate in Istanbul on October med, however. Kushner, a real estate developer-turned-White The “substantial” threat level continued to indicate a high arrest the dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi before he 2, 2018 to secure documentation for his marriage to his House adviser, is known to have close ties with bin Salman. level of threat and an attack might well occur without further was brutally murdered last year, a whistleblower alleges. Turkish fiancee, Hatice Cengiz. According to The Spectator, the Turkish intelligence warning, she said. Weekly British magazine The Spectator said investi- The Washington Post, for which Khashoggi was a col- intercepted a call between Kushner and bin Salman, and Britain’s threat level is set by the Joint Terrorism Analysis gators on the U.S. House Intelligence Committee were umnist, reported last November that the CIA had concluded President Recep Tayyip Erdogan then used it to force Trump Centre that is independent of government and makes its deci- aware of the whistleblower’s claims and were planning to that Prince Mohammed personally ordered the killing. to withdraw his troops from northern Syria. sions based on the latest intelligence and analysis of internal dig further into them. An investigative team led by the United Nations also said (Source: Press TV) and external factors. I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y 14 WORLD SPORTS NOVEMBER 5, 2019

Cardiff face transfer ban over Hamilton painting masterpiece non-payment of Sala’s fee - FIFA

Cardiff City face a three-window transfer ban unless they pay French club Nantes the first instalment for the transfer of Emiliano Sala who with sixth drivers’ title died in a plane crash on his way to join the Welsh club, world govern- ing body FIFA said on Monday. Valtteri Bottas won the battle but Lewis Ham- was still strong this weekend as he always is FIFA released the full reasoning for their September decision that ilton won the war, securing his sixth Formula so he got some points and got the champion- Cardiff must pay the agreed first instalment of 6 million euros (£5.2 One world championship on Sunday, despite ship,” said Bottas. “Lewis I am sure really million) to Nantes. finishing second to his Mercedes team mate wanted to win the title while winning the race After signing for Cardiff for £15 million in January, Sala was trav- at the U.S. Grand Prix. I got stop that so that feels good.” elling to Wales from the French club when his plane crashed in the Bottas, the last man with a chance of deny- Fast start English Channel. ing Hamilton another title, needed nothing Any thoughts that Hamilton might ap- The body of the 28-year-old Argentine striker was recovered nearly less a victory at the Circuit of the Americas proach the race with some caution were three weeks later after an underwater search found the wreckage. and did his part collecting his seventh career quickly removed as he went on the attack FIFA’s Players’ Status Committee said that if Cardiff does not pay win and fourth of the season. right from the start, shooting from fifth to the six million euros within 45 days of receiving bank details from But it was not enough to keep the Briton third before the first lap was completed. Nantes, “A ban from registering any new players, either nationally from becoming only the second driver after Bottas got away from pole position cleanly or internationally, for the maximum duration of three entire and retired Ferrari great and seven-times cham- with Red Bull’s Max Verstappen and Ham- consecutive registration periods shall become effective”. pion Michael Schumacher to win six titles. ilton in hot pursuit. The ban for three transfer windows would be lifted if Cardiff com- The math was as simple as it was daunting With Hamilton on a one-stop strategy and plied with the ruling in the meantime. for Bottas, Hamilton would secure the title Bottas and Verstappen on two, the Briton Cardiff City did not immediately respond to a request for comment by finishing eighth or better but would not took over the lead after his two challengers but the club had previously stated they intend to take the matter to need any points to retain the championship made their second pit-stops. the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Switzerland. if the Finn did not win. Victory now depended on whichever driver “Cardiff City FC is extremely disappointed at the decision of the Hamilton already has plenty of records, could make their tyres last. Players’ Status Committee to award against the club,” the Welsh club including 87 pole positions and his 83 wins With four laps to go Bottas swept past said after the initial verdict. put him on course to surpass Schumacher’s Hamilton who then focused on fighting off “It would appear the committee has reached its conclusion on record tally of 91 next year and a chance to a late challenge from third place finisher a narrow aspect of the overall dispute, without considering the full join the German great at the top of Formula A sellout crowd, that included both of showing why he is recognized as one of most Verstappen. documentation presented by Cardiff City FC to FIFA. One’s list of drivers’ champions. Hamilton’s parents, arrived early at a sun- competitive racers of all-time as he tried to “My dad told me when I was six or seven (Source: Guardian) “I’m working on a masterpiece and I kissed circuit outside Austin expecting to crown his championship with a seventh U.S. years old never to give up and that’s kind of haven’t quite finished it yet,” said Hamilton, see a coronation and were not disappointed Grand Prix victory. the family motto,” said Hamilton. who could join Schumacher next season with as the Briton battled Bottas to the death. He fell just short of crossing the finishing “I was pushing as hard as I could, I was Nadal returns to number one in a seventh title. “I think it takes a long time to Much of the drama had been removed line first but nothing could stop him from hopeful that I might be able to win today but master a craft and I feel like I am mastering it from the championship chase but Hamil- sealing another driver’s title. didn’t have it in the tyres unfortunately.” spite of Djokovic win in Paris but there is still more to master, to add to it.” ton had the crowd on the edge of their seats “I did my part which feels good but Lewis (Source: Reuters0 Rafael Nadal’s return to the world number one position for the eighth time in his career was confirmed when the ATP rankings were re- leased on Monday. Ferrari reject Verstappen ‘cheating’ Spurs consider appeal over Son’s red The Spaniard leapfrogs Novak Djokovic even though the Serb sealed his fifth Paris Masters title on Sunday with a 6-3, 6-4 victory claims card in Gomes incident over Canadian Denis Shapovalov. Nadal, whose last stint at the top ended a year ago on November 4, 2018, withdrew from his semi-final against Shapovalov in Paris with an abdominal muscle strain. Djokovic slips down the rankings because he loses the points that he won a year ago in London when Nadal was absent. The 2019 battle between Nadal, winner of the French and US Opens, and Djokovic who triumphed in Australia and Wimbledon, is set to go to the wire as either could still finish the year at number one. If the Spaniard does not play or fails to win a round-robin match at the World Tour Finals, Djokovic must claim two group-stage victories and make the final to pass him. Djokovic would also be sure of the year-end top ranking should he win the tournament and Nadal does not reach the semis. Nadal first reached number one on August 18, 2008 when he was just 22. He has spent 197 weeks at the top, the sixth highest in ATP history behind Roger Federer (310), Pete Sampras (286), Djokovic (275), Ivan Lendl (270) and Jimmy Connors (268). Gael Monfils returns to the top 10 for the first time since Febru- ary 2017 after reaching the semi-finals in Paris while 20-year-old Ferrari has hit back at Max Verstappen’s Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel retired early Shapovalov climbs 13 places to a career-high 15. Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino is what happened after (the incident).” ‘cheating’ claims made against the Italian with broken suspension and teammate (Source: AFP) hinted the club may appeal against Son The Premier League issued a statement team following the United States Grand Prix. Charles Leclerc, powered by an ‘old’ Spec 2 Heung-min’s red card following the horrific after the game to clarify why the card had Dutchman Verstappen, who finished engine, finished fourth, 50 seconds adrift injury suffered by Everton’s Andre Gomes been upgraded, in which it said: “The red Koeman open to Barcelona job third behind the Mercedes duo of Valtteri of Verstappen’s Red Bull. in the 1-1 draw on Sunday. card for Son was for endangering the safety Bottas and newly-crowned six-time Asked why he thought Ferrari had Pochettino -- whose side were denied a of a player which happened as a consequence after Euro 2020 champion Lewis Hamilton, said Ferrari suffered a slump, Verstappen said: “That’s first away win in the league since January of his initial challenge.” had lost their previous speed and form what happens when you stop cheating...” with a late stoppage time equalizer from Pochettino expressed his gratitude in Ronald Koeman will not quit his role as Netherlands head coach because they had been stopped from Binotto rejected the charge, saying: “As Cenk Tosun -- blamed VAR for the red the way the Everton players handled the before the European Championships in 2020 but said he could leave cheating by an official technical directive. a matter of fact, I believe we were very card as Son had been initially just booked. incident and especially the behavior of the for Barcelona next summer. The directive, from the sport’s ruling close to pole position as it was in the last The 26-year-old Portuguese interna- captain Seamus Coleman, who suffered a Nico-Jan Hoogma, the sporting director of the Dutch Football body, the International Motoring race. I think Seb could have scored pole, tional’s injury -- a fracture dislocation to similar injury in March 2017. Federation [KNVB], recently revealed the existence of a clause that Federation (FIA), followed an inquiry but maybe was a bit too cautious in one his right ankle which he will have surgery “The players from Everton were fantas- would allow Koeman to move to Barca, providing the Catalan club from Vertappen’s Red Bull about a ‘tricky’ corner.” on Monday -- occurred as his momentum tic,” said Pochettino. “The captain came to are interested in him and prepared to pay a fee. fuel-flow system, designed to boost power, He said Leclerc faced technical from Son’s trip saw him crash into Spurs the dressing room to console Son. owever, Koeman, who played at Camp Nou between 1989 and that was declared illegal. difficulties without which “he was defender Serge Aurier. “I want to say thank you to the players 1995, has stressed the clause does not come into effect until after Euro Speaking to reporters late Sunday at the potentially on the pole as well. So, I don’t Pochettino -- whose side remain in the and Coleman, who came in on behalf of 2020, where he hopes to lead a young, talented Dutch side to success. Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Ferrari see where is the problem... “ bottom half in 11th place with 13 points the squad of Everton.” “I can safely say that I will not leave my position as coach [of the team chief Mattia Binotto said: “I read and He explained that Ferrari changed their from their first 11 games -- expressed his Tosun said he and his team-mates could Dutch national team] for any club [before the tournament],” he told I heard a lot of comments this weekend base set-up and ran with more down-force sorrow for Gomes but said a visibly dis- not understand what Gomes was saying. Fox Sports Netherlands. about a technical directive and the impact –- a switch that helped them gain in the tressed Son had not intended to provoke “Everybody is sad inside. Some play- “[The clause] is only relevant to Barcelona and it only comes into on our cars. corners, but at the cost of speed on the such an injury. ers, they nearly cried,” said the Turkey play after the European Championships. I am not leaving now, that “I heard comments at the end of the straights. “It was clear it was never the intention international. is 100% certain. race, which I feel were very disappointing... “The trade-off between grip limit and of Son to create the problem that happened “He was in shock, his eyes were open “After the European Championships, there is an evaluation moment “It is the type of comments that are power limit has moved this weekend, as afterwards,” said Pochettino. so big. He was like crying, shouting and and, who knows, maybe the KNVB will say: ‘We have performed so completely wrong in the sport. It is not a test on our side, to try to match their “It is unbelievable to see a red card. In screaming. badly at the Euros, we are not going to continue together.’ But I also good for the sport and I think everybody cornering. I think that it is as simple as that.” that situation we need to help because the “I just tried to hold him and speak to have the opportunity to leave for one club. And there’s only one club should be a bit more cautious.” Leclerc, who is regarded as a rival to decision of the referee was a yellow card him. I tried to tell him to stay calm. We [included in the clause].” Binotto, who celebrated his 50th Verstappen as F1’s next champion driver, but the VAR changed the decision. couldn’t understand him.” Koeman, whose CV includes Ajax, Valencia and Everton, among birthday on race day Sunday, went on to said the Dutchman had no idea what he “It is the latest example of it being not Gomes has received plenty of mes- others, took over the Netherlands in 2018. The Oranje have failed to launch a defense of his team, explaining was talking about. clear. VAR needs to check if it was a bad sages of support, ranging from players in qualify for a major tournament since 2014 but have improved under how their six-race run of pole positions The Monegasque driver said: “I think it tackle from Son and judge the action, not the Portugal national team to his former Koeman. They reached the UEFA Nations League final earlier this came to an end and why they endured a is a joke, to be completely honest. He has what happened after. team-mates at Barcelona. Among Premier year, losing to Portugal. disappointing race with an apparent loss no clue. He is not on the team. We know “I don’t know what will happen now League players, Dele Alli, who scored Tot- (Source: Soccernet) of their previous big speed advantage on exactly what we are doing. (in terms of an appeal). The club will see tenham’s goal in the match. the straights. (Source: France 24) if it is possible but what we cannot change (Source: Independent) Paris launches works on 2024 Olympic village Bayern Munich had no choice but to sack Niko Kovac The French government on Monday launched construction on a mas- The team that shot him to prominence ultimately proved the press on multiple occasions to demand more respect sive project to build from scratch the village for the 2024 Olympic to be Niko Kovac’s demise, as the footballing gods for Kovac’s approach and results. However, with reports Games in Paris, a development that aims to reinvigorate the poorest demonstrated just how cruel their sense of humor is. of a political tug of war raging behind the scenes, their area in the country. After all, it was a 3-1 loss to Eintracht Frankfurt in attempts did more to erode his credibility in the eyes of The Olympic village, which will house some 15,000 athletes and the 2017 German Cup final that confirmed to Bayern players and fans than they did to provide a firm foundation. officials, is being built in the Seine-Saint-Denis area north of Paris, Munich bosses that they had made the right call in handing Bayern had no choice which for years has suffered from social tensions and neglect. Niko Kovac the most demanding coaching role in German On the pitch, you’d have to go back to the pre-Louis But the project is also controversial locally as it will force the re- football and a 5-1 defeat to the Eagles that convinced van Gaal era for the last time Bayern Munich looked this location of residents, businesses and even schools in the area where them to relieve him of it. vulnerable and, while injuries have played their part, the village is to be constructed. The German record titleholders’ biggest defeat in a they can’t shoulder all the responsibility. Since the 7-2 Prime Minister Edouard Philippe launched the works, which are decade barely scratches the surface of the problems that win over Tottenham in the Champions League, Bayern set to last over three years, in the suburb of Saint-Ouen. have arisen in light of recent events in Bavaria. performances have been almost unrecognizable, littered with Putting a strong emphasis on legacy, the authorities plan after It’s first worth pointing out that Kovac deserves great mistakes, defensive naivete and overly-reliant on moments the games to reconfigure the area into a new neighbourhood that will credit for taking the reins at Bayern during a period of talked fondly of their time at former clubs during their of goalscoring ingenuity from Robert Lewandowski. offer a total of 3,000 homes and also increase participation in sports. turbulent transition and guiding them to a domestic time in charge of Bayern, would any of them have referred No longer the all-conquering dominant force, the fact that “If we want them (the Games) to be a success we must make sure double. No one can deny him that achievement, but to an opposing set of fans as “the best in the league,” as none of Bayern’s competitors were capitalizing appeared that all this organisation, all this financing and this mobilisation does despite delivering the silverware demanded the doubts Kovac did before the Frankfurt game? to be Kovac’s only saving grace. In the end, though, the not just vanish when the Olympic flame goes out,” said Philippe as as to whether he could meet the extreme standards of The answer is no, because statements like that aren’t Croatian’s actions rendered his position untenable and he launched the works. the elite level never dissipated. befitting of the role of Bayern head coach. Neither is left Bayern with no grace left to give. Kovac’s tenure was Legacy is now a huge aspect of Olympic developments, especially Bar set high undermining the status of a key player with great standing, threatening to become divisive and, with the club’s identity after the success of the London 2012 Olympics which helped breathe With Pep Guardiola, Carlo Ancelotti and Jupp Heynckes as Kovac did when claiming that Thomas Müller would on the line during a time of intense transition, Bayern new life into the east of the British capital. as his predecessors, the bar was set extremely high for feature when there was a “personnel emergency.” had no choice but to nullify the threat. (Source: Mirror) the 48-year-old. But while the illustrious trio regularly Off the pitch, the club’s hierarchy assembled before (Source: Deutsche Welle) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y NOVEMBER 5, 2019 SPORTS 15

Iran U23 might play Qatar: Rouhani congratulates U23 Greco-Roman wrestling Hamid Estili team on c’ship MNA — Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has congratulated the TEHRAN — Iran U23 football team SPORTS nation on the championship of the Iranian U-23 Greco-Roman deskhead coach Hamid Estili says that the wrestling team in Budapest, Hungary. Qatar federation has offered them a friendly match In a tweet on Monday, President Rouhani expressed con- in Doha. gratulations to the noble Iranian nation, wrestlers, coaches, and Iran defeated Australia 2-1 in a friendly match in the national team managers on the championship of the Iranian Doha, Qatar in October and will play two friendly matches U-23 Greco-Roman wrestling team. with Indonesia. The U-23 Greco-Roman wrestling team of Iran won the title Iran and Qatar football teams are preparing for the of U23 Senior World Championships in Budapest, Hungary after 2020 AFC U23 Championship. collecting 3 gold medals and 3 bronzes on Sunday. Estili’s team have been handed a tough group in the The Iranian wrestlers won the world title with 122 points, competition, where they are drawn in Group C along with followed by Georgia and Russia in the second and third places defending champions Uzbekistan, China and South Korea. with 121 and 118 points, respectively. The competition will be held in Thailand from Jan. The U23 Senior World Championships were held in Budapest, 8 to 26, doubles as the qualification tournament for Hungary on October 28 - 03, 2019. the men’s football competition at the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics. The top three teams of the tournament will qualify for the Olympics in Japan as the AFC representatives. Idani seizes gold at Germany Iran have not been in the Olympics since the 1976 games in Munich. chess event “Qatar football federation has offered us a friendly match in Doha in late November. We will play two friend- lies against Indonesia in Jakarta in mid-November and MNA — Iranian chess player and International Grand- can arrange a match with Qatar in Doha. However, our master, Pouya Idani, ranked third at the 23rd Bavarian players should return to their clubs from international Championship Open. duty. We want Iran football federation to help us to ar- According to the Iranian Chess Federation website, Pouya range the match with Qatar because it can be very useful Idani (Ranking 2568) who was awarded the title of Grandmaster for us,” Estili said. (GM) by World Chess Federation (FIDE) in 2014 stood on the “Our players are young and need to play more warm- 3rd place at the 23rd Bavarian Championship Open, in Gmund up games. The friendlies can help them to improve more. am Tegernsee, Germany. This is a very hard situation, but we›re trying, and the The Iranian grandmaster was held to a draw against Belarussian football federation must support us ahead of the impor- chess player Sergei Nikolayevich Azarov (Ranking 2586) in the tant tournament,” he added. ninth and final round of the games on Sunday night, collecting a total of seven points. Ukrainian chess players won first and second places with a score of 7.5 points in this competition. Iran U23 Greco-Roman team win Persepolis edge Foolad in Iran The 23rd Bavarian Championship Open is a 9-round Swiss world title Professional League tournament which took place from 26 October to 3 November 2019 in Gmund am Tegernsee, Germany with participation of 26 chess players from 150 countries.

Hamid Estili’s memorable goal on former USA embassy’s walls

TASNIM — Goal of Hamid Estili against USA, known as the Goal of the Century, in the 1998 FIFA World Cup has been painted on exterior walls of the former USA Embassy in Tehran. Iran unveiled new murals painted on the walls ahead of the 40th anniversary of the 1979 takeover of the embassy.

SPORTS TEHRAN — Iran Gre- madreza Geraei in 72kg and Aliakbar Yousefi SPORTS TEHRAN — Persepolis Calderon said. deskco-Roman team won the in 130kg claimed three gold medals for Iran. deskfootball team edged past “Foolad play well in their home and I title of the U23 World Championships in Mehdi Mohsennejhad in 60kg, Sajad Foolad 1-0 in Matchday 10 of Iran profes- am happy for this win. I hope we can keep Budapest, Hungary on Sunday. Imentalab in 67kg and Mohammadhadi sional League (IPL) on Monday. going,” the Argentine added. The Iranian team finished in first place Saravi in 97kg took three bronze medals. Mehdi Torabi was on target from the On Tuesday, Esteghlal will host Sanat with 122 points, followed by Georgia (121) Final team standings penalty spot in the eighth minute. Naft Abadan and Sepahan play Tractor and Russia (118). 1. Iran – 122, 2. Georgia – 121, 3. Russia “We played an attacking football in in Isfahan. Iran won three gold and three bronze – 118, 4. Ukraine – 77, 5. Belarus – 69, 6. the first half and scored a goal. In the Sepahan sit top of the table with 19 medals in the competition. Japan – 65, 7. Turkey – 65, 8. Armenia – second half, we opted to defend and won points and one game in hands. Meysam Dalkhani in 63kg, Moham- 64, 9. Kazakhstan – 54, 10. Hungary – 42 the match,” Persepolis coach Gabriel Persepolis are second with 19 points.

Among the paintings is a depiction of the header of Estili in Cannavaro reprieved by Evergrande after severe scolding Lyon’s Stade de Gerland. Iran won the match 2-1 with Estili and Mehdi Mahdavi- Under-fire Fabio Cannavaro will remain coach of strug- Cannavaro was sacked once before by Guangzhou, kia’s goals. gling Guangzhou Evergrande for now, but only after a following a failed stint there in 2014-2015. stinging rebuke from the club’s hierarchy who warned Returning last year, Cannavaro failed to make it he needed to get things right. eight straight domestic league titles for the club in Cannavaro’s two-year reign as manager had appeared southern China. Bento names Korea Republic all but over last week after the club announced that he In March, the 2006 World Cup-winning captain was would be sidelined indefinitely while captain Zheng named coach of the Chinese national side, alongside his squad for Lebanon tie Zhi was given temporary control of the Chinese Super job at Guangzhou. League (CSL) leaders. But he failed to win either of his first two matches in Head coach Paulo Bento has announced the 23-man Korea Republic The 46-year-old Italian has since returned to the helm, charge of China and left saying two roles were too much. squad for the next round of the Asian Qualifiers for the FIFA World the club said, but only after he submitted a «deep self-re- Guangzhou then surged to the top of the CSL, but their Cup Qatar 2022 and AFC Asian Cup China 2023 on November 14. flection” report regarding his performance. form has faded badly in the last two months and they are Korea Republic will play Lebanon in Beirut in a Group H tie, The announcement on an official Chinese social media now only a point ahead of 2018 champions Shanghai which will be followed by a friendly against five-time FIFA World account late Sunday commended Cannavaro for “actively SIPG with three matches left in the season. Cup winners Brazil five days later in Abu Dhabi. nurturing the achievements of young players.” Evergrande failed to make the final of the AFC Cham- Leading the squad are captain Son Heung-min, Kim Shin- But it criticised his «weak ability to rectify mistakes, The giant real estate company owns the team. pions League this month when they lost 3-0 on aggregate wook and Hwang Ui-jo. and insufficiently strict handling of players.” Guangzhou added that Cannavaro was warned to work to Japan’s Urawa Red Diamonds in the semi-final. The three combined for seven of Korea Republic’s eight goals “If you are going to do it, do your best,” Evergrande harder, improve the standard of his coaching staff, and Cannavaro has also managed Al-Nassr in Saudi Arabia in an 8-0 win over Sri Lanka for the team’s second Group H Group chairman Xu Jiayin told Cannavaro, according «raise the players’ overall fighting ability to win the Chi- and China’s Tianjin Quanjian. victory on October 10. Kim netted four goals, with two by Son to the statement. nese Super League» again. (Source: AFP) and one by Hwang. Korea Republic were then held to a scoreless draw by DPR Korea in Pyongyang on October 15 but top Group H with seven Iran’s Navid Shams wins gold at Slovak Junior and Cadet Open points from two wins and a draw. DPR Korea also have 10 points, but are second on goal difference. Favorites for gold, the top seeds, Iran’s beat Poland’s Dawid Michna (11-8, 10- team silver in partnership with Marie Korea Republic are bidding to qualify for their 10th consec- Navid Shams and Charlotte Lutz of France 12, 11-8, 11-3), followed by success in Chapet and Sofia Ray, an event in which utive FIFA World Cup Finals. justified their status in Nitra on Sunday opposition to Flavio Mourier (11-3, 11-6, she lost just one match. Notably the only (Source: AFP) 3rd November; they secured the respec- 11-3), like Célian Besnier from France, defeat was against the Czech Republic tive cadet boys’ singles and cadet girls’ to reserve his place in the final. in the group phase; she lost to Kristyna singles titles at the Slovak Junior and Success and thus three titles secured Pankavova by the narrowest of margins Cadet Open. in the week. In Wladysawowo Navid (11-8, 10-12, 11-9, 5-11, 11-9). The wins came after just over one hour Shams had not enjoyed the best of Joining forces with Clea de Stoppe- Mbappe to Real Madrid will earlier, Charlotte Lutz had partnered fortunes in the boys’ singles event but leire, the partnership accounted for happen - ex-Monaco chief colleague Clea de Stoppeleire to success alongside Japan’s Sora Matsushima, Slovakia’s Ema Cincurova and Laura in the cadet girls’ doubles event; at the Korea Republic’s Jang Seongil and In- Vinczeova (11-4, 6-11, 13-11, 11-8), prior same time as colleagues Flavien Coton dia’s Payas Jain had been a member to securing the title at the final expense Paris Saint-Germain forward Kylian Mbappe will play for Real and Nathan Lam had emerged the cadet of the successful Asian outfit that won of Luxembourg’s Enisa Sadikovic and Madrid in the future, according to former Monaco vice-president boys’ doubles champions. the boys’ team title. On Thursday 31st Melisa Sadikovic (11-4, 11-5, 11-2). In the Vadim Vasilyev. Fresh from the ITTF World Cadet October, the concluding day of play, he adjacent half of the draw Enisa Sadik- victory (12-10, 6-11, 7-11, 11-1, 11-7). A The Russian was at Monaco for the start of Mbappe’s rise in Challenge in the Polish town of Wla- partnered Sora Matsushima to boys’ ovic and Melisa Sadikovic had beaten testing hurdle negotiated, she followed the principality and also played a role in the 20-year-old France dysawowo, Navid Shams secured the doubles gold. Germany’s Mia Griesel and the host by recording wins against Mia Griesel international’s PSG move. cadet boys’ singles title at the hands of Stepping higher nation’s Dominika Wiltschova (11-7, (11-5, 11-6, 11-8) and colleague Crystal Vasilyev said that, despite interest from some of Europe’s Frenchman Célian Besnier (12-14, 11-7, More gold for Nathan Shams, for Char- 8-11, 14-12, 11-4). Chan (11-6, 12-10, 11-8). biggest clubs, Mbappe decided to stay in his homeland in order 11-8, 12-10), after in his opening round lotte Lutz is was one and two steps higher. Confident, Charlotte Lutz secured In the opposite half of the draw to further his development. contest having experienced somewhat Earlier in the week she had been a bronze the cadet girls’ singles title overcoming Anastasiia Ivanova had beaten Italy’s “Kylian told me: ‘Vadim, I feel it deep inside me -- it is too of a fright; he was extended the full five medallist in the junior girls’ singles event, Russia’s Anastasiia Ivanova in the final Miriam Carnovale (11-8, 11-3, 11-5), early [to leave France],’” the 54-year-old told Telefoot. “’I have games distance by Gabrielius Camara losing at the semi-final stage to England’s (6-11, 11-9, 11-8, 11-3), having earlier Germany’s Jele Stortz (11-7, 9-11, 11-6, only played in my country for one year. of the Netherlands (10-12, 11-3, 11-5, Charlotte Bardsley, the champion elect ousted Slovakia’s Laura Vinczeova in 11-4) and Dominika Wiltschova (11-4, “’I am Parisian and I do not want to leave my country this 7-11, 11-7). (10-12, 11-9, 6-11, 11-9, 13-11, 11-7). The what proved her most severe test of 9-11, 11-8, 11-6). way. I want to be a great player here, Real can wait.’” A hard earned success, Navid Shams previous day it had been junior girls’ the day, she needed five games to claim (Source: ITTF) (Source: ESPN) Prayer Times Noon:11:48 Evening: 17:05 Dawn: 4:25 (tomorrow) Sunrise: 6:31 (tomorrow) NOVEMBER 5, 2019 ART&CULTURE I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y www.tehrantimes.com Managing Director: Mohammad Shojaeian Editor-in-Chief: Mohammad Ghaderi Editorial Dept.: Fax: (+98 21) 88808214 — 88808895 [email protected] Iran to host Switchboard Operator: Tel: (+98 21) 43051000 Advertisements Dept.: Telefax: (+98 21) 43051450 Public Relations Office: Tel: (+98 21) 88805807 Subscription & Distribution Dept.: Tel: (+98 21) 43051603 www.eshterak.ir Distributor: Padideh Novin Co. Tel: 88911433 Russian Webmaster: [email protected] Printed at: Jame Jam Bartar Borna - 44197737

Tehrantimes79 Tehrantimesdaily No. 18, Bimeh Alley, Nejatollahi St., Tehran, Iran Cultural P.o. Box: 14155-4843 Zip Code: 1599814713 Days CULTURE TEHRAN — The Iranian cities of Tehran and Qazvin will deskbe playing host to the Russian Cultural Days, which will open on November 9. Russia’s Ministry of Culture will organize the cultural days in collaboration with Iran’s Islamic Culture and Relations Organization (ICRO), the ICRO GUIDE TO announced on Sunday. SPIRITUAL AWAKENING Russian Deputy Minister of Culture Pavel Stepanov and ICRO director Abuzar Ebrahim-Turkaman will deliver speeches during the opening ceremony People dislike what they do not know. of the cultural festival, which will take place at Tehran’s Vahdat Hall. Groups of Russian cultural figures and officials will carry out various Imam Ali (AS) programs during the six-day cultural festival, which will be organized at Tehran’s Niavaran Cultural Historical Complex and Qazvin’s cultural centers. An exhibition of Russian traditional artworks will also be held at the Niavaran Cultural Historical Complex. The Russian cultural delegation is also scheduled to visit a number of Tehran short film festival Iranian cultural centers and museums, and to hold meetings with a number announces jury for intl. of Iranian cultural figures and officials as well during their stay in Iran. St. Basil’s Cathedral in Red Square, Moscow, Russia. competition By Samaneh Aboutalebi Naxos Records releases Ali Rahbari’s second volume of “My Mother Persia” ARTTEHRAN — Naxos Records, a Mother Persia’ by Mohammad-Farid Nasseri has TEHRAN — The organizers of the 36th edition of the Tehran deskHong Kong-based German record been dedicated to legendary vocalist Mohammadreza International Short Film Festival (TISFF) announced the jury label specializing in classical music, has released Shajarian,” he added. for the international competition. the second volume of “My Mother Persia” by Iranian Symphonic poem “Arabization” has also been The jury is composed of Belgian filmmaker Turi Finocchiaro, composer Ali Rahbari. dedicated to maestro Mostafa-Kamal Purtorab. Indian film critic Shubhra Gupta and Iranian scholar Ahmad Vocalist Mohammad Motamedi has collaborated “‘My Mother Persia’ is a cycle of eight symphonic Alasti, the director of the with Rahbari in this project, which has been recorded poems by Rahbari. His music utilizes the lavish sound festival, Sadeq Musavi, said by the Antalya State Symphony live in a concert. world of the symphony orchestra but contains many of during a press conference in “I dedicated the first symphonic poem named the essential elements, scales, rhythms and colors of Tehran on Monday. ‘World without War’ to my master musician Hossein Iranian music,” Naxos Records has said in an introduction Film critic and director Dehlavi,” Rahbari, the former conductor of the Tehran to the album. Joao Garcao Borges from Symphony Orchestra, told the Persian service of MNA The first volume of “My Mother Persia” was released Portugal and the director on Monday. on July 12 and was warmly received in different of the Show Me Shorts Film Celebrated composer Dehlavi, who was mostly famous countries. Festival, Gina Dellabarca, for “Sabokbal”, “Bijan and Manijeh” and many other The first album features melodies and improvisations from New Zealand are the compositions that connect traditional Iranian music in Iranian traditional styles, including a violin concerto other members of the jury. with Western classical music, died in October at the entitled “Nohe Khan” by soloist Paula Rahbari, as well A lineup of 50 movies from age of 92. as “Mother’s Tears” and “Children’s Prayer”. 25 countries, including Spain, “I have dedicated ‘In Love with the World’ selected The Prague Metropolitan Orchestra and the Antalya France, Germany, Canada and from Sadi’s poetry to the prominent musician and State Symphony collaborated with Rahbari on the Iran, will go on screen in the Cover of “My Mother Persia Vol. 2”. composer Ruhollah Khaleqi and ‘The Hymn of My first album. international competition. A number of foreign Director of the 36th Tehran cineastes from different Danish stage director Søren Valente Vitre Iranian film festival to make International Short Film countries have also been invited Festival, Sadeq Musavi, attends to the festival. Ovesen holding workshops in Tehran debut in December a press conference in Tehran on Film producer Ugur Sahin November 4, 2019 to brief the from Turkey, member of the ARTTEHRAN — Danish ARTTEHRAN — The media about the event. (Mehr/ selection committee for the deskplaywright and stage deskfirst edition of the Shahab Qayyumi) Berlinale Shorts Simone Späni director Søren Valente Ovesen is holding New Images of Iran (Nouvelles Images from Switzerland, Sixpack Film Company deputy managing- workshops on children’s theater in d’Iran), a festival of Iranian films, will be director Gerald Weber from Austria and the director of the Tehran during a three-day program organized in the northwestern French Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia, Seigo Tono, from Japan organized by the Institute for Intellectual town of Vitré from December 11 to 15. are among the cineastes. Development of Children and Young The Franco-Iranian Center will The 36th Tehran International Short Film Festival will be Adults (IIDCYA). organize the festival in collaboration held at Tehran’s Mellat Cineplex from November 10 to 15. The workshops, the first of which with Aurore Cinema, House of World was held on Sunday, has been dedicated Cultures, Ouest France, World Trade to those Iranian directors whose works Center Rennes Bretagne, and several have been selected to go on stage during other French centers and Iran’s Farabi Month of Sundays to perform the 26th edition of the International Cinema Foundation, the foundation Theater Festival for Children and Young announced on Monday. in Tehran Adults that will be held in Hamedan The festival aims to highlight from November 7 to 12. promising young Iranian filmmakers ARTTEHRAN — The Austrian band Month The workshops are being organized by inviting them to present their first desk of Sundays will be giving a performance of in collaboration with Iran’s ASSITEJ achievements. A poster for the first edition of the New contemporary chamber music in Tehran on November 10. (Association Internationale du Theatre Danish director Søren Valente Ovesen Six films by Abolfazl Jalili will be Images of Iran (Nouvelles Images The Tehran-based label Hermes Records and the Austrian de l’Enfance et la Jeunesse). in an undated photo. reviewed during the festival. d’Iran) festival. Cultural Forum in Tehran are the organizers of the performance, which will take place at the Niavaran Cultural Center. Month of Sundays features Alexander Kranabetter on horns, Philipp Harnisch on alto saxophone, Ivo Fina on guitar and Liam Gallagher wins first ever MTV Rock “Terminator: Dark Fate” is No. 1, Johannes Wakolbinger on drums. “Four serious young men, concentrating on the delicate Icon award at MTV Europe Music Awards but it’s no winner and detailed business of perfectly balanced soundscapes and SEVILLE (Reuters) — Oasis important,” said band member Johnny. LOS ANGELES (AP) — It might be landed in third place in its third weekend eschewing any temptation to grandstand as soloists, they lured the frontman Liam Gallagher took home “We want to show our fans in Europe judgment day for the Terminator franchise. with an additional $12.2 million. The audience into a reflective mood with a wistful, mysterious, almost the first ever MTV Rock Icon award at our great performance.” Despite generally favorable reviews Angelina Jolie-led sequel has grossed unearthly, sounding set of carefully arranged compositions,” Sunday’s MTV Europe Music Awards, The show at Seville’s FIBES and the return of star Linda Hamilton and $84.3 million in North America. Jazzwise, the UK’s biggest-selling jazz monthly magazine, which where the big winners of the night were Conference and Exhibition centre also producer James Cameron, “Terminator: Dark One bright spot of the weekend, which is published in London, has written about the band. Taylor Swift, newcomer Billie Eilish saw the first global performance of “Como Fate” has opened well below expectations at is down nearly 19% from last year when Month of Sundays was founded in Vienna in 2013 and has and South Korean Boyband BTS. No”, the reggaeton hit by Akon and Becky the box office. Studios on Sunday estimate “Bohemian Rhapsody” opened, is Focus been following the objective of creating contemporary chamber Taylor Swift won “Best U.S. Act” and G. She later performed a medley of her that “Dark Fate” earned only $29 million Features’ “Harriet,” which is the first film music ever since. “Best Video” and Eilish was awarded hits including “24/7”, “Sin Pijama” and from over 4,000 North American locations. ever made about Harriet Tubman. Starring In their songs, they strive for a high level of detail and “Best Song” and “Best New” in a show “Mayores”. The film from Paramount Pictures cost a Cynthia Erivo in the title role, “Harriet” put their focus on well-considered coordination of musical that celebrated “Year of the Woman” Some of the biggest screams on the red reported $185 million to produce. performed better than expected, earning content with its form, spanning the scope from minimal music, with performances from acts including carpet were for a surprise guest, footballer It was enough to win the top spot at the box $12 million from just over 2,000 theaters to post-rock and jazz. Dua Lipa, Halsey and Rosalia. Cristiano Ronaldo, who arrived with his office, but it’s a weak victory for the franchise. take fourth place. The film scored a coveted “We are about that girl power always, girlfriend Georgina Rodriguez. Although “Dark Fate,” which was directed A+ CinemaScore from audiences, who were I think that’s what’s happening right American rockers Green Day played by “Deadpool’s” Tim Miller, received much primarily female (62 and over the age of now,” host Becky G said on the red for thousands of fans in Seville’s iconic better reviews (currently at 69% on Rotten 35 (59%). African Americans also made Al-Daradjis’ “Path of Maryam”, carpet. Plaza de Espana, performing their new Tomatoes) and was praised for being a return up a significant portion of the audience “The Journey” on screen at Liam Gallagher closed the show single “Father of All” and fan favorite to form to Cameron’s original films, it opened (49%) according to exit polls. with his new single “Once” and a “Basket Case”. just slightly ahead of 2015?s roundly derided “It’s really heartwarming and gives Iranian theaters singalong rendition of Oasis anthem Other notable performances included “Terminator: Genisys.” you a lot of faith that there are still a lot “Wonderwall”, complete with string Halsey, who won “Best Pop”, lighting up “These big brands carry with them huge of people who want to see stories about ARTTEHRAN — “Path of Maryam” by Iraqi instruments and band. the stage for an intimate performance expectations, often unrealistic expectations,” real life superheroes,” said Focus Features deskfilmmaker Atia Al-Daradji and her brother “I want to thank MTV for recognizing of “Graveyard” during which she set fire said Comscore senior media analyst Paul distribution president Lisa Bunnell. “There’s Mohamed’s “The Journey” are on screen at the Art and Experience my brilliance,” Gallagher said when to a carousel horse. Dergarabedian. “It wasn’t for lack of a real feeling of love for this movie. I think Cinema halls across Iran. receiving the award. Local girl and international sensation enthusiasm for the stars and filmmakers.” it’s inspirational for people to see.” In “Path of Maryam”, the troubled widower Essa makes Korean superstars BTS, who have Rosalia gave a powerful performance of Internationally, “Dark Fate” did much Focus did outreach to faith-based groups a pilgrimage from Basra to the holy city of Karbala in a bid led the wave of K-pop music sweeping “Di Mi Nombre” backed by 52 dancers better, earning $72.9 million from 48 and educators and has seen enormous to find a miracle that will cure his daughter Maryam of her the global scene, won “Best Live” and against a pyramid of red chairs. She won markets. Fox International, not Paramount, success with group sales as a result. terminal cancer. “Biggest Fans”. “Best Collaboration” along with J Balvin is handling international distribution, Other newcomers struggled to find that The story of “The Journey” is set on the first day of Eid al- NCT 127 became the first ever K-pop for their hit “Con Altura ft. El Guincho”. excluding China. kind of enthusiasm this weekend. Edward Adha (Feast of Sacrifice) in 2006, when Sara, an unassuming group to perform on stage at the EMAs. Dua Lipa opened the show with the Second place went to “Joker,” which Norton’s adaptation of Jonathan Lethem’s young woman, enters Baghdad’s central train station with “Well, it makes us very nervous to first global stage performance of her added $13.9 million, bringing its global “Motherless Brooklyn” opened in ninth sinister intentions. On the edge of committing a destructive know that we are the first K-pop group to new song “Don’t Start Now” along with earnings to $934 million in just five weeks place to $3.7 million, while the animated and heinous act, Sara finds her plans are drastically altered. be here but that much more we think it’s a yellow wall of dancers. in theaters. “Maleficent: Mistress of Evil” “Arctic Dogs” took 10th with $3.1 million.