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said Maia. Maia added that the firm had also experienced challen- Macau Lifestyle hopes to help ges communicating with their clients who did not understand the value of new media and the advantages of having informa- establish digital media in town tion accessible online in a rapid manner. “[At] the end of the day Lynzy Valles we’re spending the time most on our computers and phones. It’s rom suggesting local eate- just the way it is. It’s not going Fries, guides to city hotspots anywhere, [rather] it is going to and stories on different activi- be more of that.” ties held in the SAR, Macau Li- festyle aims to bring more to the table as it celebrates its second year on the market. The online There is more lifestyle publication showcases the best of the city’s offerings, negativity including its culture and herita- ge. around having Co-founded by Moscow-born Katya Maia and Australian-born a startup Sally Victoria Benson, Macau and being an Lifestyle has published over 1,000 articles, event listings and entrepreneur in city guides. Speaking to the Times, the fou- Macau than in nders recalled their participa- tion in the government’s finan- Hong Kong. cial support scheme for young Sally Victoria Benson entrepreneurs, which provided them with an interest-free loan. Macau Lifestyle also invests in However, the pair admitted that search engine optimization for the financial assistance was not both local residents and inco- enough to run a business in the ming tourists to find their web- SAR. Sally Victoria Benson (left) and Katya Maia site when seeking relevant infor- “There is some help availab- mation. The team is also crea- le from the government but it’s many talented people in Macau butors work from home, which the city’s several integrated re- ting relevant information for not enough. Another thing that with unique ideas who do not she considers both an advan- sorts. The online platform cura- tourists, particularly English- helps businesses grow and be have enough space, communi- tage and challenge in the new tes stories on local eateries, art speaking tourists to be aware of sustainable is the community,” ty support and financial help to media sector. “We all work in- exhibitions, activities to do on what the city has to offer. said Benson, who is currently grow. “We are so lucky to have dependently; we’re truly digital. the weekend and much more. “I think new media is the futu- based in Hong Kong. “I’ve been the support of a few hotels in We’re proud of this but it’s also a The co-founders also expres- re. I think people want news and running some of our operations Macau, but the amount of bu- challenge. It’s better in terms of sed that the rapid development information delivered as fast in Hong Kong and there is so sinesses who think we should stronger operations to still have of new media has given them and as easily as possible. Social much more community spirit, work for free is appalling and I an office,” said Maia. further opportunities to expand media has completely changed positivity and help available. think many SME owners would Currently, Macau Lifestyle also their business. “We’ve seen the way we receive informa- There is more negativity around agree, that is a big challenge,” collaborates with public institu- some lifestyle publications clo- tion,” said Benson. “I’m really having a startup and being an Benson said. tions including the Macao Go- se over the last two years and curious what things will be like entrepreneur in Macau than in Meanwhile Maia revealed that vernment Tourism Office and we see much more engagement in two to three years given how Hong Kong, which is a shame.” the team still does not have a Cultural Affairs Bureau, along with new media, including so- fast everything is changing and Benson worries that there are physical office as all its contri- with private clients, including cial media and digital [media],” developing.”

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as a place where outstanding Chinese movies are produced. On the topic of movie-making Fewer local students in with Hong Kong and Macau, Du said that Taiwan is “supportive” of such cooperation. “As to the exact actions [for Taiwan, tourism booming cooperation], they need to be discussed with the cultural de- Julie Zhu, Taiwan* partment,” said Du, adding that Taiwan hopes to export more of he relationship be- its own movies. tween Taiwan and the Previously, several Taiwanese SARs has not been citizens holding passports with affected by the rela- Republic of Taiwan stickers Ttionship between Taiwan and were denied entry to Macau. mainland China,” declared Du When questioned by the Ti- Jiafen, Secretary of Taiwan- mes, Du said that Taiwan’s Hong Kong Economic and Cul- foreign affairs authority, “has tural Cooperation Council. been intensifying publicity to On the second day of the visi- advise Taiwanese not to modify ting Macau media group’s trip their passports.” to Penghu County, Du met with Speaking with the Macau me- the group having spoken about dia, Du acknowledged that the several topics related to the relationship between mainland SARs relationship with Taiwan, China and Taiwan has “not in particular the relationship been so good” for the past two with Macau. years. The relationship became According to data provided more tense after Tsai Ing-wen started her presidency. by Du, in 2017 more than 1.06 The delegation visited the Dashu Old Railway Bridge Wetland Park in Kaohsiung city. Du Jiafen (inlet pictured) talks with journalists million Taiwan residents vi- As explained by Du, “The sited Macau, while 150,000 constitutional law of the Repu- Macau residents travelled to Nevertheless, SAR studen- all free-travel-scheme tourists. offers more relaxed policies for blic of China is a law inclined to Taiwan. ts are still the largest group of On average, SAR free-travel-s- SAR passport holders than for unification.” “The number of Macau and foreign students in Taiwan. cheme tourists visit Taiwan four foreign passport holders. “Regardless of whether it is Hong Kong students studying Independently, the number of times per year. “Young people “Regarding Hong Kong and the Democratic Progressive in Taiwan has been increasing Macau students ranked third come to Taiwan during winter Macau residents, before 1997 Party or the Kuomingtang, […] [overall],” said Du. “Currently, among foreign students in and summer vacations,” said and 1999, the polices were ra- they all need to maintain stabi- 13,400 Hong Kong and Ma- Taiwan, with mainland China Du. ther relaxed. Since [Hong Kong] lity across the Taiwan Straits.” cau students are studying in in first place and Hong Kong in The Taiwan government re- and [Macau] became SARs of As stated by Du, Ma Ying-jeou, Taiwan, approximately 5,200 of second. presentative also made a few mainland China, [Taiwan] ho- the previous leader of Taiwan, whom are from Macau.” In Taiwan, there are policies comments on Taiwan’s overall pes to continue beneficial po- and the Taiwan government had However, a decrease in the benefit students who come environment. “Taiwan’s offi- licies [for the SARs],” said Du. several meetings with mainland number of Macau studen- from the SARs and wish to stay cials do not seem like officials. “Macau students studying in China regarding the 1992 Con- ts has been seen since 2016 after finishing their studies. […] We don’t have bureaucra- Taiwan enjoy beneficial poli- sensus. During the meeting, when 5,529 students studied According to Du, 80 percent cy. […] It is related to Taiwan’s cies, including health insurance leaders of both regions agreed in Taiwan. The number went of SAR students who applied democracy. Young people like and the right to work while stu- to jointly respect the One China down to 5,116 in 2017. for a work and stay permits in it and like Taiwan’s rather open dying, which foreign students with Respective Interpretations The decline may be related to Taiwan through these policies and friendly environment,” said do not enjoy,” she added. policy. families having fewer children, were successfully approved. Du. “[Taiwan immigration] recom- “However, after Tsai stepped while mainland China has si- Generally speaking, SARs stu- “Policies concerning Hong mends [Macau residents] to into position two years ago, multaneously been attracting dents normally choose to study Kong and Macau residents are make a choice between [either mainland China kept talking Macau students. in Taiwan due to the influence rather [relaxed] compared to using a SAR passport or a foreign about the 1992 Consensus, but “Mainland China’s recruit- of their parents. policies for foreigners,” said passport] to enter Taiwan,” ex- the One China with Respective ment of Macau students appeals “I am still positive about the Du. “Because mainland China plained Du, adding that the cur- Interpretations has disappea- to them. [The decrease in the future number of Hong Kong has antipathy towards Taiwan, rent legal regime is not able to red,” said Du, who also re- number of Macau students in and Macau students studying in Taiwan has tight control over apply beneficial policies to SAR marked that, “Taiwan does not Taiwan] is related to mainland Taiwan,” declared Du. mainland China [residents].” residents if they enter Taiwan have the conditions to pursue China’s measures and policies,” In recent years, many SAR re- While addressing other poli- with a foreign passport. Be- independence.” said Du, who is also head of the sidents have travelled to Taiwan cies related to the SAR residen- ginning last year, Taiwan eased Department of Hong Kong and through the free travel schemes ts, in particular Macau residen- visa application procedures for *The journalist is in Taiwan Macau Affairs for the Mainland instead of packaged tours. Free- ts who are in possession of both residents of both SARs. at the invitation of the Taipei Affairs Council of the Executive travel-scheme tourists from the a SAR passport and foreign Taiwan has always been regar- Economic and Cultural Office Yuan of Taiwan. SARs represent the majority of passport, Du noted that Taiwan ded by the Chinese community in Macau Pansy Ho receives highest French order of merit ansy Ho, co-chair- tion of cultural exchange and for a multitude of Macau” to make French Pperson and executive and economic develop- good reasons.” art and culture more ac- director of MGM China ment between France and “Connecting people and cessible to the Hong Kong Holdings Limited, has China, Hong Kong and nations, and promoting and Macau communities. been bestowed the Che- Macau,” Pansy Ho said common development Ho was previously bes- valier de L’Ordre National during the bestowing ce- and peace, are enormous towed with the honor of de la Légion d’Honneur. remony. tasks that require indivi- Chevalier de l’Ordre Na- The order of merit was Describing the influence dual and collaborative ef- tional du Merite in April presented to her by Eric of French art and culture forts,” she added. 2009. She was appoin- Berti, the Consul General on her, Ho said: “Little Apart from her invol- ted as Ambassador of the of France in Hong Kong did I know then that my vement in organizing Le Louvre in China in 2012. and Macau. childhood visits would French May, Pansy Ho The Order of the Légion “To me, the significance evolve into a lifelong jour- brought prominent Fren- d’Honneur was created by of this award is much more ney of promoting French ch art exhibitions like the Napoleon Bonaparte in than to honor a particular art and culture, spanning “Biennial of the Lions, 1802. It is the highest ci- individual, but to salute is a decoration the French le role I play in my lifelong my career path, different Edgar Degas: Figures in vilian award given by the the concept of service for President grants to me for advocacy of French art businesses and industry Motion” and “A Golden French Republic for outs- common benefit. 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15-year-old people smuggling Hengqin relaxes mastermind arrested A 15-year-old male mainland resident was requirements for arrested for people smuggling, according to a statement released by Macao Customs Service. Another mainlander was also arrested for the same crime. Macau vehicles Foreign Ministry The 15-year-old suspect is reportedly the mastermind of a people smuggling he Administra- Spokesperson in town ring. Customs also detained another two Ttion Committee mainland residents for people smuggling. of Hengqin New Area oreign Minis- well as skills in handling The two suspects claimed to have entered has reportedly appro- Ftry Spokesperson, media enquiries. Macau to catch oysters. The 15-year-old ved an amendment to Lu Kang is in Macau to Lu Kang joined the Mi- was sent on to the public prosecutor, the regulation for Ma- speak about his expe- nistry of Foreign Affairs of while the other three illegal immigrants cau vehicles entering riences with local go- the People’s Republic of were transferred to the Public Security Hengqin, allowing vernment press officers. China in 1993. He is now Police Force. more drivers from the Yesterday in a seminar the Director-General of SAR to take their vehi- on the dissemination of the Department of Infor- 12 severe infractions cles into the neighbo- government informa- mation for the Ministry of ring region. tion held by the Office of Foreign Affairs of the Peo- in the continuing According to media the MSAR Government ple’s Republic of China. reports, the Commi- Spokesperson, Lu discus- This was the seventh se- education scheme ttee confirmed that sed international affairs minar on the dissemina- requirements for local with participants and tion of government infor- The Education and Youth Affairs residents have been explained the country’s mation held by the Office Bureau (DSEJ) announced 12 severe relaxed, allowing them single-plated cars to 18 measures to assist foreign policy direction. of the MSAR Government infractions related to the third phase of to drive to Hengqin enter the zone. This the Greater Bay Area Approximately 200 peo- Spokesperson. Since the the Continuing Education Development if they buy properties number is seven times plan across six fields, Plan, which goes on until the end of May. ple attended the seminar, first seminar in 2009, the more than it was pre- including coopera- During the third phase, on the island. Local including the heads of Office has invited expe- the DSEJ carried out approximately residents who are em- viously. tion of security forces, and press officers from a rienced spokesperson of- 1,700 inspections of Continuing ployed and pay social Macau’s single-pla- border entry of people number of Government ficers from several Central Education organizations, and the security there can also ted cars will also be and vehicles, and skil- departments. Government ministries department issued 150 warning letters. apply for permission exempted from an- led peoples’ residence During the question-and and departments, as well According to Wong Chi Iong, Chief to drive in the region. nual checks within the in the three regions. -answer session, Lu shared as scholars and journalism Executive of the DSEJ’s Division of Earlier this year, the next six years. The Hengqin autho- views on the functions of experts, to share fresh in- Continuing Education, 12 cases of fraud Hengqin Free Trade The Guangdong Se- rities are already prin- the spokesperson system, sights on dissemination of and documents forgery were referred on Zone allowed a maxi- curity Department ting and distributing requirements of a gover- government information to the public prosecutor. mum of 800 Macau previously announced the amendments. nment spokesperson, as with Macau officials. ad fri 15.06.2018

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AMCM: Cost of DSAT suspends road borrowing money may increase traffic law consultation, esterday the 2 percent on 22 March YMonetary Authority this year. The AMCM of Macao (AMCM) rai- expects that Macau sed the discount window banks would gradually protest continues base rate by 25 basis adjust deposit and len- he Transport Bureau points to 2.25 percent. ding rates at the retail (DSAT) has suspended pu- According to a state- level, along with deve- blic consultation on chan- ment issued yesterday lopments in the finan- bloomberg ges to the road traffic law by the AMCM, since the cial market and funding Tin order to review the proposal, the Macau pataca is linked costs. Bureau has advised in a statement. to the Hong Kong dollar, The statement notes, According to the statement, ac- “The movements of po- “The gradual upward counting for “community opinion, licy rates in Hong Kong adjustment of mortga- the government has decided to sus- and Macau should be ge interest rates would pend the public consultation plan- […] consistent, in order increase mortgagors’ fi- ned for the end of this month.” to maintain the effective nancial burden; hence, Despite the recall of the proposal, operation of the linked those who rely on mor- groups that have planned to protest exchange rate system.” tgages to purchase pro- tomorrow against the government’s As a result, the AMCM perties should prudently proposed increased parking fines followed its Hong Kong assess their ability to re- said the protest will not be suspen- counterpart in raising pay.” The AMCM says ded. the base rate by 25 basis that borrowers of other According to the organizers, tirely aware of this deeply-rooted Van Lake area. points. The US Federal types of loans should namely a group that includes problem and yet is deciding to in- This is not the first time groups Reserve also raised the also pay attention to lawmaker Ng Kwok Cheong and ga- crease parking fines to provoke pu- have organized demonstrations to federal funds rate target the financial risk asso- ming workers’ rights activist Cloee blic reaction,” Ng said, while also protest DSAT’s increase of taxes and range by 25 basis points ciated with rising inte- Chao among others, the protest will calling for an increase in the num- fines. A street protest was held in on 13 June (US time). rest rates and conduct go ahead as the fundamental issue ber of parking spaces to address January last year, where the organi- The Hong Kong dollar relevant cost analyses has not yet been addressed by the the large number of illegally parked zers claimed to have gathered arou- is linked to the US dollar and cash flow planning. government. vehicles, an opinion shared by Chao, nd 5,000 people to march against under a similar linked Meanwhile, local banks “The fundamental problem is the heard by the Times. the government’s proposed increa- exchange rate system. should assess the impact lack of parking spaces and the un- According to organizers, the street ses in fees for several DSAT-related Local interest rates of interest rate adjust- reasonable allocation of the parking protest will start at 3 p.m. tomor- services, especially those concerning have broadly increased ments on operations and spaces,” Ng Kuok Cheong said to row at Vasco da Gama Garden. The vehicle removal for parking infrin- since the base rate was strengthen risk manage- journalists. “The government is en- march will progress toward the Nam gements. RM raised 25 basis points to ment.

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groups should not receive mi- nimum wage as they reside in their employers’ residence. Migrant groups find Yosa Wariyanti, president of the Indonesian Migrant Workers Union, lamented that city has turned a blind eye to proposed bill discriminatory household workers, disregar- public consultation ding their contribution to the report issued by the lives of local residents. “We also government indica- suffer from paying high rents tes that nearly 90 This is not in Macau, then with transpor- percentA of the 2,461 opinions just unfair. tation and medical fees, [so] support the exclusion of domes- increasing the salary of migrant tic workers from the minimum It is blatant workers will improve our welfa- wage. re and we can work better with During the 45-day public con- discrimination less worries about our needs,” sultation that began in Novem- said Wariyanti. ber 2017, over 90 percent of and slavery. The two migrant groups opinions supported the mini- Nedie Taberdo hope that the government will mum wage legislation. also consider proposing bills However, migrant groups are if the hiring of domestic helpers to benefit domestic workers. not satisfied with the report, in China becomes legal soon, However, in the report the La- calling the bill (which recom- many will opt to move out of Ma- bor Affairs Bureau said that it mends the exclusion of domes- cau to go for “higher paid offers would recommend exempting tic workers and people with di- and better labor protection.” domestic helpers from mini- sabilities) discriminatory. Meanwhile, some in the report mum wage protection in future Migrant workers in Macau Nedie Taberdo, chairperson of claimed that wages in Macau are legislation, due to the “unique- the Greens Philippines Migrant already far higher than those in ness of the nature” of their jobs. Workers Union (GPMWU) unfair. It is blatant discrimina- ven decent food, it could be like- the domestic helpers’ places of It also noted that their salaries slammed the report, saying tion and slavery. With no labor ned to slavery,” Taberdo told origin, hence calling for their will be examined and assessed that the treatment to domes- protection, no minimum wage, the Times. “They keep on pro- exclusion from the minimum against the going market rate tic workers in Macau is akin to no time limit of work, not to posing [bills] that worsen our wage protection bill. Others su- when a work permit application modern slavery. “This is not just mention those who are not gi- situation.” Taberdo noted that ggested that these vulnerable is made.

Renato Marques The sky pool is located all the way at the top of the orpheus, the Morpheus opens today with building, 130 meters above Mlatest addition to ground with a 360 degree Macau’s resort panorama ‘ultra-luxury hospitality’ concept view of Cotai and the sur- opens today. The hotel was rounding areas. designed by late Pritzker There is a 12,000-square Architecture Prize winner foot retail area in the lobby Dame Zaha Hadid and he- featuring mostly designer ralds Phase 3 in the deve- brands and pop-up shops, lopment of Melco Resorts marques renato which now connect to the & Entertainment’s City of COD retail galleries. Dreams (COD). Along with the eye-po- From the outside, the pping design, Morpheus hotel impresses with its also houses an art collec- avant-garde free-form and tion that features Charles exoskeleton-bound design. Pétillon’s six-meter-high During yesterday’s media fabric bubble installation visit, journalists saw the ‘200 Litofairhour’, ‘Echoes interior of the building, in- of the Infinity’, a corridor cluding the common areas, of Japanese-style floral dining venues, hotel rooms new benchmark for ultra- casse, with two restaurants Hermé and the unusual omakase-style. This means panels by Japanese artist and duplex villas. luxury hospitality in Ma- that make up The World of Chinese fine dining restau- the restaurant will not Shinji Ohmaki, and KAWS’ Morpheus is also said cau.” Ducasse. The new proper- rant Yi, which is located in have a fixed menu, but an ‘Good Intentions,’ a large to be the first hotel brand In the dining area, a who- ty also features other gas- the Sky Bridge at the cen- array of choices depending sculpture in the Contem- wholly developed and le floor is dedicated to Mo- tronomic highlights such ter of the hotel. Yi serves on the season and on the porary Visual Art Gallery created by Melco to set “a négasque chef, Alain Du- as The Universe of Pierre regional Chinese dishes in best ingredients available. on the 23rd floor. ad 15.06.2018 fri

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amsung Electronics Co., Sthe world’s biggest smar- Samsung joins global pledge to tphone maker, joined yesterday a growing list of companies that are promising to increase their use of solar and other renewable increase renewable energy use energy to help curb global war- ming. major semiconductor plants. Samsung, part of South Ko- The effect of that would be lar- rea’s biggest corporate group, is ap photo gely symbolic because the por- the first Asian electronics ma- tion of renewable energy in Sam- nufacturer to join a movement sung’s South Korean business spearheaded by Apple Inc. and still would be minimal. other Silicon Valley companies. The South Korean tech giant said it would use more renewa- ble energy at factories and other Samsung’s operations in the United States, Europe and China but still would commitment rely on local power grids that use fossil fuels and, to compensate represents a big for that, would buy credits from outside renewable energy su- step forward ppliers. The company said it had in reducing the not determined which providers it might use. impact that our Other companies that have joi- list rely on outside contractors for nufacturing services, some of energy comes from coal and nu- ned the renewable energy pledge, manufacturing. whom had called on their su- clear power. technology is dubbed RE 100, include auto- “Samsung’s commitment repre- ppliers to make a similar com- It also declined to give a target makers General Motors Co. and sents a big step forward in redu- mitment. for Vietnam, which has become having on the BMW AG and a handful of other cing the impact that our techno- Apple, a major customer for its largest manufacturing base for planet. manufacturers. Most are in less logy is having on the planet,” the Samsung’s chips and display pa- smartphones. energy-intensive technology and environmental group Greenpea- nels, said in April it would push Samsung, also a major produ- Environmental group service industries. ce said in a statement. its supply chain to switch to re- cer of computer chips, said its Greenpeace The maker of Galaxy smartpho- Activists began pressing Sam- newable energy. plans include installing 42,000 nes faces bigger challenges due to sung a year ago to set a renewable Samsung gave no renewable square meters of solar panels South Korea gets 6 percent of its its vast factory network in more energy target. energy target for facilities in its this year at its headquarters in energy from renewable sources. than 30 countries, while many of The company faced growing home country of South Korea, Suwon, South Korea, and two The government aims to increase the Silicon Valley names on the pressure from clients for its ma- where about three quarters of the other cities where it operates that to 20 percent by 2030. AP

Gaming preparing ever since. The track will take the first bets in the state, starting at 10:30 a.m. bloomberg New Jersey set to begin EDT. Thirty minutes la- ter and about 112 kilo- taking legal sports bets meters to the south, the Borgata will become Atlantic City’s first casi- Wayne Parry, no to begin taking such Atlantic City bets. Other casinos and ap photo tracks eventually plan n 1978, the Demo- to offer sports betting, Entertainment Icratic governor of but none has announ- New Jersey threw the ced plans to do so in the Tokyo Disney operator to first dice at an Atlantic next few days. City casino to kick off New Jersey won a U.S. invest USD2.3b in expansion an era of legal gambling Supreme Court case in the state. Forty years last month, overtur- he operator of Tokyo add 50 billion yen in annual later, another Demo- ning a federal law that TDisneyland is investing revenue, according to Kyoi- cratic governor will pla- restricted legal sports 250 billion yen (USD2.3 chiro Uenishi, chief opera- ce the state’s first legal betting to just four sta- billion) in the biggest expan- ting officer of Oriental Land. bet on a sporting event. tes: Nevada, Delaware, sion to the Japanese resort in Uenishi said the resort may Gov. Phil Murphy Montana and Oregon; almost two decades as Walt consider raising ticket prices plans to place a pair of only Nevada had offe- Disney Co. continues to up- if there is an opportunity. He bets Thursday morning red bets on single ga- grade its theme parks in Asia. declined to give a specific tar- at Monmouth Park, a mes. Delaware started Oriental Land Co., whi- get for visitor numbers with horse racing track near taking single-game ch is licensed to operate the the new attraction areas. the Jersey shore in sports bets last week. Tokyo resort, will expand the Tokyo Disneyland opened Oceanport. (He won’t zed crime, and into the “I’m super-excited,” Experts predict in- DisneySea park to include a in April 1983, becoming the reveal in advance who light of regulation, con- said Joe Asher, CEO of game betting, in which hotel and new areas based first Disney park built out- he plans to risk his mo- sumer protection and William Hill US. “A lot customers use smar- on movies such as “Frozen” side the U.S., while the ad- ney on.) government taxation. of people have worked tphones to wager on and “Peter Pan,” according joining DisneySea opened 18 And like Gov. Bren- British bookmaker a long time to make developments over the to a statement Thursday. years later. Disney is conti- dan Byrne, who shared William Hill partnered this happen.” Asher course of a game, will The investment is in addition nuing to expand its parks in the first toss of the dice with Monmouth Park said he contacted Den- quickly become a major to a previously announced Asia. Earlier this year, it ope- with entertainer Steve to offer sports betting nis Drazin, who runs component of sports about 100 billion yen upgra- ned the first expansion, Toy Lawrence in the 1978 years before it was even Monmouth, in 2012 betting in the U.S. de to DisneySea and the Dis- Story Land, to its two-year opening of Resorts ca- possible, in anticipa- about getting in early But online sports be- neyland park. Oriental Land -old Shanghai resort, and is sino, Murphy will usher tion of the day when a on a U.S. sports bet- tting will not start for said it extended its license in the middle of a $1.4 billion in a new form of gam- federal prohibition on ting market that did at least 30 days in New with Disney for an additional upgrade of its Hong Kong bling intended to take it such wagering in all but not yet exist. They sig- Jersey; until then, it is 30 years, to 2076. resort, which will include out of the shadows and four states would be re- ned a contract to do it limited to casinos and The new areas are set to “Frozen” and Marvel-themed the domain of organi- versed. in 2013, and have been horse tracks. AP open by mid-2022 and will lands. Bloomberg 15.06.2018 fri

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hina’s government re- Cnewed its threat yesterday to scrap deals with Washington Beijing warns US trade deals aimed at defusing a sprawling trade dispute as the White Hou- se prepared to release a list of Chinese goods targeted for tariff off if tariff hike goes ahead hikes. President Donald Trump has Beijing has promised to buy “We made clear that if the U.S. threatened to raise tariffs on up more American soybeans, na- rolls out trade sanction inclu- to USD150 billion of Chinese tural gas and other exports but ding the imposition of tariffs, bloomberg goods in response to complain- warned after June 3 talks be- all outcomes reached by the two ts about Beijing’s trade surplus tween U.S. Commerce Secretary sides in terms of trade and eco- and technology policy. As part Wilbur Ross and China’s top nomy will not come into effect,” of that, the White House is due economic official, Vice Premier said a foreign ministry spokes- to issue a list on Friday of $50 Liu He, that all deals were off if man, Geng Shuang. “I just want billion of Chinese goods targe- Trump’s threatened tariffs went to repeat this point today.” ted for a 25 percent tariff. ahead. Beijing also has announced plans to cut import duties on au- tos and some consumer goods and to ease limits on foreign ow- nership in auto manufacturing, ONE SHOT NEWS insurance and some other in- dustries, though those don’t di- rectly address U.S. complaints. Economists also warn that Beijing will resist changing te- chnology development policies Shipping containers stand in a terminal at the Yangshan Deep Water Port, Shanghai Washington dislikes but that Chinese leaders see as success- ful. on $50 billion of U.S. exports ton and Trump’s threat of tariff The first round of tariff hikes including pork and soybeans, hikes. planned by Washington is in though authorities avoided re- “A few companies have in- response to complaints Beijing newing that threat following the creased the number of ‘short steals or pressures foreign com- latest round of talks. orders’ to avoid risks,” Gao panies to hand over technology Yesterday, a Commerce Minis- Feng said at a regular brie- Hong Kong Secretary for Transport and Housing Frank Chan Fan (center) in violation of its World Trade try spokesman said some Chi- fing. “However, this is not the speaks to the media surrounded by pro-democracy lawmakers outside the legislative chamber in Hong Kong. The Hong Kong Legislative Council passed Organization market-opening nese exporters are rushing to mainstream and will not affect a controversial bill yesterday on the co-location checkpoint arrangements commitments. fill orders due to concern about our country’s situation of stea- for a cross-border Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong express rail link, a high China also has threatened to possible trade risks. The spokes- dy and healthy development of speed rail link that connects Hong Kong and mainland Chinese cities. retaliate with its own tariff hikes man didn’t mention Washing- foreign trade.” AP ad fri 15.06.2018

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Trump seemed equally ecsta- tic. As he landed Wednesday in Washington following the US seeks to assuage Asian summit, he declared on Twitter that America and the world can “sleep well tonight.” “There is no longer a Nuclear allies after North Korea summit Threat from North Korea,” Trump wrote, even though Josh Lederman, North Korea has yet to give `Christopher Bodeen up any of its fissile material, ap photo estimated by independent ex- he United States and perts to be enough for between its Asian allies worked about a dozen and 60 nuclear yesterday to paper over bombs. any semblance of disa- Pompeo rejected the sugges- Tgreement over President Do- tion that Trump’s assertion nald Trump’s concession to Kim was premature. He said Trump Jong Un that the U.S. will halt was proceeding “with eyes military exercises with South wide open” to the prospect that Korea, with Trump’s top diplo- diplomacy may falter, and that mat insisting the president ha- Trump was merely reflecting dn’t backed down from his firm the historic nature of his con- line on North Korea’s nukes. fab with Kim. The Korean War U.S. Secretary of State Mike ended in 1953 without a peace Pompeo, meeting with top Sou- treaty, leaving the United Sta- th Korean and Japanese diplo- tes and North Koreas in a te- mats, put a more sober spin on chnical state of war. several moves by Trump after his summit with Kim in Singa- pore fueled unease in Washin- Wang Yi gton, Tokyo and Seoul. He said Trump’s curious claim that described the the North’s nuclear threat was over was issued with “eyes wide Singapore open,” and brushed off a North summit as of Korean state media report sug- gesting Trump would grant con- ‘great historic cessions even before the North fully rids itself of nuclear wea- significance’ pons. “We’re going to get denuclea- With the Trump-Kim summit rization,” Pompeo said in the concluded, the baton was being South Korean capital. “Only passed to lower-level U.S. and then will there be relief from the North Korean officials, who sanctions.” Pompeo said would likely resu- Pompeo flew from Seoul to me meeting as early as the next China’s capital, Beijing, later week to hash out details of a yesterday for a meeting with disarmament deal, sure to be a President Xi Jinping, whose complex and contentious pro- country is believed to wield con- cess. He said the U.S. was ho- siderable influence with North peful North Korea would take “major” disarmament steps Korea as its chief ally and eco- Pompeo (left) met with Foreign Minister Wang Yi nomic lifeline. Pompeo also met before the end of Trump’s first with Foreign Minister Wang term in office, which concludes Yi, who described the Singapo- The words of reassurance allies Japan and South Korea the United States will have to in January 2021. re summit as of “great historic from Pompeo came as diplo- view them as critical elements discuss further and coordinate,” In the brief, four-point joint significance” that could lead to macy continued at an intense of their own national security. Kang said. statement signed at the sum- “enduring peace.” pace after Tuesday’s summit in So Pompeo had some ex- The U.S. has stationed combat mit, North Korea committed Pompeo said there was still a Singapore, the first between a plaining to do as he traveled to troops in South Korea since the “to work toward complete de- risk that denuclearization might sitting American president and Seoul to brief the allies on what end of the Korean War and has nuclearization of the Korean not be achieved and added the- North Korea’s leader in six de- transpired in Singapore. used them in a variety of drills. Peninsula” — a promise it has re “is still more work to be done cades of hostility. In the village In public, at least, South Ko- The next scheduled major exer- made and reneged on several by China and the United States of Panmunjom along the Nor- rea’s leader cast the summit’s cise, involving tens of thou- times in the past 25 years. to get to that outcome.” th-South border, the rival Ko- outcome as positive during a sands of troops, normally would The statement made no men- At a daily briefing, foreign mi- reas yesterday held their first short meeting with Pompeo at be held in August. tion of verification, despite nistry spokesman Geng Shuang high-level military talks since the Blue House, South Korea’s The summit in Singapore did Trump’s longstanding insis- reiterated China’s support for a 2007, focused on reducing ten- presidential palace. President mark a reduction in tensions — tence on “complete, verifiable political settlement, while also sions across their heavily forti- Moon Jae-in, an avowed su- a sea change from last fall, when and irreversible” denucleari- pointing to an eventual lifting of fied border. pporter of engagement with North Korea was conducting zation. But Pompeo bristled United Nations Security Coun- Yet even as U.S. and South Ko- North Korea, called it “a truly nuclear and missile tests, and at reporters who pressed him cil economic sanctions. rean officials sought to parlay historic feat” that had “mo- Trump and Kim were trading about that apparent omission, “We believe that the sanctions the momentum from the dra- ved us from the era of hostility threats and insults that stoked calling questions on the topic themselves are not the end,” matic summit into more pro- towards the era of dialogue, of fears of war. “insulting and ridiculous.” Geng said. gress on the nuclear issue, there peace and prosperity.” Kim is now promising to work The omission is irrelevant, China has been praised by were persistent questions about Still, there were signs as Pom- toward a denuclearized Korean Pompeo said, adding that he Trump for ramping up econo- whether Trump had given away peo met later with the top Ja- Peninsula and state media he- was confident the North Ko- mic pressure on the North that too much in return for too little. panese and South Korean di- ralded the meeting as victorious, reans fully understood that the U.S. believes helped coax Trump’s announcement minu- plomats that concerns about with photos of Kim standing si- verification would be a neces- Kim to the negotiating table. tes after the summit’s conclu- the freeze had not been fully de-by-side with Trump on the sity. He pointed out that the On the joint U.S.-South Korea sion that he would halt the “pro- resolved. South Korean Foreign world stage splashed across statement makes reference to drills that Trump — after mee- vocative” joint military drills Minister Kang Kyung-wha, newspapers in Pyongyang. On a previous agreement that did ting Kim — said would be ter- were a shock to South Korea speaking in Korean, told repor- Thursday, North Koreans fi- mention verification, and ar- minated, Pompeo emphasized and caught much of the U.S. mi- ters afterward that the military nally got a glimpse of video of gued that as a result, the Trum- a key caveat: If the mercurial litary off guard, too. Pyongyang drills issue “was not discussed Trump and Kim together, as of- p-Kim statement automatically North Korean leader stops ne- has long sought an end to the in depth.” ficial Korean Central Television “incorporates” verification wi- gotiating in good faith, the “war exercises it considers rehearsals “This is a matter that military broadcast the first footage of thout having to state it outri- games” will be back on. for an invasion, but U.S. treaty officials from South Korea and Kim’s trip to Singapore. ght. AP 15.06.2018 fri

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Japan Utility eyes scrapping 2nd ap photo Fukushima nuclear plant Mari Yamaguchi, Tokyo reactors in Fukushima wou- local reconstruction,” Ko- ld be dismantled eventually. bayakawa said. he utility responsible for Fukushima officials and resi- Uchibori welcomed the de- Tmeltdowns at a nuclear dents have demanded TEPCO cision, saying TEPCO’s plan power plant in northeast Ja- decommission its remaining for Fukushima No. 2 decom- pan seven years ago said yes- reactors, saying uncertainty missioning would help alle- terday for the first time pu- has hampered reconstruction. viate negative image and sa- blicly that it will start making TEPCO president To- fety concerns. concrete plans to decommis- moaki Kobayakawa, who met TEPCO had kept mum on its sion another plant in Fukushi- Fukushima Gov. Masao Uchi- decision on Fukushima No. 2, ma that narrowly escaped the bori at the governor’s office, which has been offline since crisis. announced the plan following the tsunami and its restart Tokyo Electric Power Com- the governor’s renewed request was thought to be a difficult pany Holdings said it will de- to scrap Fukushima No. 2. proposition because of local cide on the timeline and other “We thought prolonging protests. This February 2018 aerial photo shows Fukushima Dai-ni, or No. 2, nuclear power plant details before formally annou- the ambiguity would hamper In addition, its four reac- ncing the dismantling four tors are more than 30 years Nuclear energy now ac- count for 20-22 percent of reactors at the Fukushima old and would have required counts for less than 2 percent Japan’s energy mix by fiscal Dai-ni, or No. 2, plant, which Nuclear TEPCO to make huge invest- of Japan’s energy mix since 2030 in a draft energy plan has never restarted since the energy now ments to improve safety to most reactors were idled af- that experts say as unrealis- 2011 disaster. get approvals for restarts. ter the 2011 disaster. Only tic. The Fukushima Dai-ichi, or accounts for TEPCO would be left with five reactors have since res- Japanese utilities have been No. 1, plant was heavily dama- only Kashiwazaki-Kariwa tarted. opting to scrap aging reactors ged in a March, 11, 2011, ear- less than 2 plant in Niigata, northern While the government of nearing their 40-year lifes- thquake and tsunami. Three percent of Japan, to produce nuclear pro-business Prime Minis- pan rather than take advanta- reactors had meltdowns and power. Local restart appro- ter Shinzo Abe is pushing to ge of an exemption that wou- a fourth had damage to its Japan’s energy vals for two of its seven reac- start up as many reactors as ld allow them to extend their building. Decommissioning tors are pending. possible, restarts are coming operation for up to 20 more of those reactors has started mix since most When Fukushima No. 2 de- slowly as anti-nuclear sen- years. Meeting new safety and the two others are set to commissioning becomes offi- timent remains strong and standards put in place after be scrapped. reactors were cial, the number of workable regulators have stepped up the Fukushima disaster costs An additional decommis- idled after the reactors in Japan would fall screening process. more, making nuclear power sioning in Fukushima wou- to 35, down from 54 before Still, the government says more expensive than it used ld mean all 10 of TEPCO’s 2011 disaster the disaster. nuclear energy should ac- to be. AP

India Rumors spread on social media fuel deadly mob attacks

Wasbir Hussain, Omer Farooq zen people dead across the more people have been in- bad, is a prominent local country. jured. voice on social media. But he rumors circula- Days after the messa- ap photo What’s behind the atta- he also worries it’s beco- Tted through the hills ges began to circulate in cks? Experts point to all ming dangerous. of northeastern India on Assam, two friends re- sorts of reasons, from the “Some people forward Facebook and Whatsa- turning from a trip to a power of social media to these messages and videos pp. There were photos of waterfall were driving India’s hobbled school under the impression that dismembered corpses in through a village when a system to widespread dis- they are doing a service some messages, and of an mob stopped their car and trust of the police and the to the people and alerting injured child lying in the yanked them out. courts, both of which are them against a potential street. In video footage shot by burdened by corruption threat to their families,” The messages said hun- someone in the crowd, one and poor training, leading he said. “But there are also dreds of people, someti- of the tourists, his face al- people to take the law into people active on social me- mes disguised as beggars, ready bloody and swollen, their own hands. dia who do it to create mis- were stalking the towns is shown begging for his “False news and rumors their car. “We have repeatedly is- chief.” and villages of India’s As- life, calling out his name being spread on social India has seen a string of sued denials of the presen- He also wonders whether sam state, slipping into and the name of his father media platforms were lar- similar attacks in the past ce of any such (kidnapping) the Indian media — which houses at night. One mes- to try to prove he was na- gely responsible for what few months. The victims gangs. There have been no is dominated by shouting sage said the outsiders tive-born Assamese. The happened,” said Mukesh are often outsiders in some incidents to suggest any TV anchors — adds to the were criminals. Another other man tries to reason Agarwal, a police official way, targeted because they such activity,” said V. Sa- problem by sometimes said they’d come from the with the crowd, but even- based in Assam. Police look different, or don’t tynarayana, a top official running stories based on poor, nearby state of Bihar. tually gives up, dropping have arrested 15 people for speak the local language. in south India’s Telanga- questionable reporting. All said the gangs had one to the ground and curling the attack, and 35 more on In just one day in Assam, na state, which has faced “They are in a hurry to goal: kidnapping children. up to protect himself as charges of spreading ru- police rescued six people a series of the attacks. “But beat the competition and “Be aware, people of As- much as possible. At least mors, false news and hate in three separate mob at- still the rumors have con- report without understan- sam!” one message read. a dozen men appear to be crimes. tacks. All the victims had tinued and created serious ding” a situation, he said. There was no truth to the punching, kicking and bea- The attack apparently been accused by crowds problems.” Some of those Das, the musician who rumors, police say, but fear ting the two with sticks. began when Das and Nath of looking for children to sending warnings truly was killed, told his parents ignited by those messages The attack did not stop had an argument with a kidnap. fear for their children, he there was no cause for con- led to the brutal deaths last until both men — Nilo- local man at the waterfall. While police have no na- said. Some only want to cern when he drove out to week of two Indian tou- tpal Das, a 29-year-old When they left, police say tional statistics on mob sow trouble. the waterfall. rists, the latest in a wave musician and sound engi- the man messaged area deaths, there have been Syed Ghouse Mohiuddin, “’Don’t worry,’” he told of mob attacks fueled by neer, and Abhijeet Nath, a villagers that Das and Nath at least 16 people killed in who runs the news portal his father, who repeated social media rumors that 30-year-old businessman were kidnappers. Soon af- a half dozen attacks sin- Indtoday.com from the the comments later to re- have left well over a do- — were dead. ter, the villagers stopped ce early May, and dozens southern city of Hydera- porters. “’I will be fine.’”AP fri 15.06.2018

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he rival Koreas were holding rare high-level Koreas holding military talks to military talks yesterday to discuss reducing tensions Tacross their heavily fortified bor- der. reduce tensions on border It’s possible North Korean offi- cials during the talks at the border bring in a new era of peace on the Koreas back on track. Still, North village of Panmunjom will seek a Korean Peninsula,” South Korean Korea’s state media continued its firm commitment from the South Maj. Gen. Kim Do-gyun told re- ap photo criticism of allied military exerci- on stopping its military drills with porters before the talks. ses, demanding Washington days the United States. At a building on the northern later “stop the acts of threatening U.S. President Donald Trump side of Panmunjom, the South its dialogue partner by force.” said after his summit with North Korean officials were greeted by a Since the 1970s, the United Sta- Korean leader Kim Jong Un on North Korean delegation led by Lt. tes and South Korea have held a Tuesday that the allies should stop Gen. An Ik San, who joked that he major summertime exercise called the war games during nuclear ne- was “very jealous” of the major ge- Ulchi Freedom Guardian that in- gotiations in “good faith.” South neral who he thought was proba- volves tens of thousands of troops. Korea’s presidential office has said bly the first Korean soldier to cross Choi Hyunsoo, spokeswoman of it’s trying to discern Trump’s mea- the military demarcation line that hotline between their top military The Korean Peninsula remains South Korea’s Defense Ministry, ning and intent, but also that the bisects the Koreas by foot and whi- officials. They may also discuss ef- technically at war, because the told reporters yesterday that the allies should explore various ways le wearing a uniform. forts to recover the remains of sol- 1950-53 conflict ended in an ar- allies “were closely coordinating to “further facilitate” dialogue with Kim Do-gyun told An that he was diers missing and presumed dead mistice, not a peace treaty. and holding discussions” on the the North. honored to meet him and expres- from the 1950-53 Korean War. Annual military drills between drills, which usually begin in Au- Seoul’s Defense Ministry said sed hope for a meaningful break- Moon met Kim Jong Un in April Washington and Seoul have long gust. She didn’t elaborate on what the military talks would focus on through in the talks. and again in May as Pyongyang been a major source of contention was being discussed. carrying out agreements from a An didn’t get his history right made a diplomatic push following between the Koreas. North Korea, Critics say the allies would be summit between Kim and South — top North Korean military offi- a provocative run of nuclear and which sees the exercises as inva- sending a bad signal to North Korean President Moon Jae-in in cial Hwang Pyong So, in uniform, missile tests in 2017. The Koreas sion rehearsals, last month broke Korea if they stop the drills befo- which they vowed to take steps to stepped into the southern side of have agreed to various sets of pea- off a high-level meeting with Seoul re the North takes concrete steps reduce military tensions and eli- Panmunjom on August 2015 for ce talks, including planned discus- over South Korea’s participation in toward denuclearization. There minate the danger of war. talks with South Korean govern- sions to set up reunions between a two-week military exercise with are lingering doubts on whether The discussions are the first ge- ment officials. war-separated families and to field the United States. Kim would ever agree to fully re- neral-level talks between the mili- The Korean military officials may combined teams at the Asian Ga- A second summit between Kim linquish the weapons he may see taries since December 2007. discuss holding military talks on a mes in Jakarta, Indonesia, in Au- and Moon, in late May, put the as his strongest guarantee of sur- “We will invest our best efforts to regular basis and establishing a gust. senior-level talks between the vival. AP

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US from 911 calls — a similar number to those made public last week. In one, an unidentified man Videos show Vegas police helping whispers to an emergency dispatcher that he’s hiding in a broom closet at the Planet Hollywood resort, several blo- people duck, escape gunfire cks away from the shooting. “We want to know if it’s safe,” he says in the call ti- Ken Ritter, Las Vegas me-stamped two hours and 30 minutes after the gunfire ome of the first Las ap photo began. Vegas police officers to respond to the dea- dliest mass shooting in The 28 clips Smodern U.S. history huddled with people taking cover, or- of police body- ganized escape routes, carried camera video wounded victims to safety and ducked behind barriers as released total bullets rained around them, according to video released about 10 hours yesterday [Macau time]. “It’s coming from the Man- of footage dalay Bay!” an officer is heard saying on one video. “Stay The information released down!” he tells unseen people by police has provided so- during bursts of rapid gunfire, metimes graphic and hear- while a dispatcher on his poli- tbreaking details of people ce radio says multiple people screaming for help, falling have gunshot wounds. “Over during rapid gunfire and here! Get behind the police helping each other escape car!” the carnage as gunfire rai- The Las Vegas Metropolitan ned down from the windows Police Department released of a hotel room on the 32nd 28 clips of police body-ca- floor. mera video ranging from a Newly released video bolste- few seconds to more than two red written reports from offi- hours, totaling about 10 hou- cers who raced from casino to rs of footage. It was the sixth casino on the Las Vegas Strip batch of information released County Sheriff Joe Lombardo, “You gotta go! We’re in the 30 minutes and not identi- debunking reports of multiple under court order in a public the elected head of the Police firing zone! He can see us fied with a time stamp, shows shooters and bomb threats. records lawsuit from media Department, has said the in- from here!” the unidentified officers in a hallway outside A preliminary police report organizations, including The vestigation has not identified officer tells people near the the Mandalay Bay hotel suite released in January said Pa- Associated Press. one. stage after the concert turned where authorities say gunman ddock, a 64-year-old high-s- Names of the officers were One 28-minute clip shows to chaos. Stephen Paddock killed him- takes gambler, researched po- not provided. Police and the an officer helping terrified Another clip has a radio dis- self before police reached lice SWAT tactics, rented ho- FBI have declined to com- concertgoers duck beneath patcher reporting “multiple him. The back of an officer’s tel rooms overlooking other ment on any of the material the stage of the country music casualties” before an officer hand was sweating as he un- outdoor concerts and inves- released months after the Oct. festival on the Las Vegas Strip parks and jumps from his pa- caps a bottle of water. tigated potential targets in at 1 shooting, which killed 58 to escape helicopter-sounding trol vehicle. He and other of- Another snippet shows the least four U.S. cities. people and injured hundreds gunfire. He carried a wou- ficers use it as a shield from view from the collar of a male Lombardo has said he expec- of others attending an out- nded woman to a makeshift the gunfire. officer armed with a rifle whi- ts a final investigative report door concert. triage center in a parking lot, More shots are fired, and le he and other officers search will be released next month. Video, audio and documents banding her bleeding leg with someone among the officers the hotel’s casino floor. The FBI plans to release a re- have not shed light on a mo- a tourniquet and driving her says, “I’m down, I got shot!” The department also relea- port by the anniversary of the tive for the massacre. Clark to a hospital. Another video, lasting about sed 511 additional audio clips shooting. AP

Russia Opposition leader Navalny released from custody

ussian opposition Contrasting the facility field was set up in the yard Navalny called a series of leader Alexei Navalny with regular conditions and English-speaking uni- rallies in the Russian capi-

R ap photo walked free yesterday after in Russian prisons, which versity students were ad- tal and other cities on May spending 30 days in custo- are notoriously miserable, ded to the staff. 5, just before Putin’s inau- dy for staging an unsanc- Navalny observed that all “Without any foreigners guration for a new term. tioned protest, noting with cells in the jail where he in sight, the students feel Demonstrations under the sarcasm that a Moscow spent his sentence have bored and complain lou- slogan “He is not our czar” jail where he was held has been freshly painted and dly, demanding mass ar- took place throughout the received a massive facelift the usual pit latrines were rests to make acquaintan- country. ahead of the World Cup. replaced with flush toilets. ces,” he added. A court in Moscow con- Navalny, President Vla- Normally poor rations “Anticipating your ‘I want victed Navalny on charges dimir Putin’s most visible were replaced with rich to be arrested’ comments, I of organizing an unautho- foe, said the authorities menus offering ample would like to note that the rized rally and resisting apparently feel that “they choice complete with halal number of available seats police, and ordered him may need to arrest British options, alcohol-free beer is limited, and if you plan jailed for 30 days. fans for drunken rampages and various desserts, Na- violating public order you The anti-corruption cam- and don’t want things to valny said. need to hurry up: After the paigner has served seve- look bad” during the Rus- On top of all that, huge World Cup is over, the gol- ral weeks-long jail terms sia-hosted World Cup that TV sets were put in each den carriage will turn back in the past for organizing opened yesterday. cell, an improvised soccer into a pumpkin.” other protests. AP fri 15.06.2018

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$294 billion, which includes a gain of $3.4 billion so far in 2018. Millionaires now control half of Wealth is also highly concen- trated in Hong Kong, where in- dividuals with more than $20 million hold 47 percent of in- the world’s personal wealth vestable riches. Money in investment funds Suzanne Woolley times as fast as in the U.S. and publicly traded equities Without the boost from a gained the most, while bonds he rich are getting a weakening dollar, the global were the only core asset class to lot richer and doing so wealth gain would have been 7 post negative growth last year, a lot faster. Personal percent. The region that bene- falling 7 percent. wealth around the glo- fited the most from currency The Middle East was the re- Tbe reached USD201.9 trillion appreciation was Western Eu- gion with the greatest share of last year, a 12 percent gain from rope, where a 15 percent advan- wealth held in investable assets 2016 and the strongest annual ce in U.S. dollar terms shrinks —- $3.1 trillion of a total $3.8 pace in the past five years, Bos- to 3 percent in local currency. trillion. Western European resi- ton Consulting Group said in a dents held 56 percent in curren- report released yesterday. Boo- cy and deposits, while in North ming equity markets swelled In HK, America the emphasis was on fortunes, and investors outside equities and investment funds, the U.S. got an exchange-rate individuals with 62 percent of $47 trillion bonus as most major curren- of investable wealth parked in cies strengthened against the with more than those assets. greenback. USD20 million If personal wealth creation The growing ranks of millio- ge of total wealth is increasing only the U.S. in the number of continues at the rate of the naires and billionaires now does not mean that the poor millionaires and billionaires, hold 47 percent past few years, Boston Con- hold almost half of global per- are getting poorer,” Anna Zakr- the biggest driver of growth in sulting projects a compound sonal wealth, up from slightly zewski, the report’s lead author, the Asian country was its so-cal- of investable annual growth rate of about 7 less than 45 percent in 2012, said in an emailed statement. led affluent segment, or those percent from 2017 to 2022, in according to the report. In Nor- “What it means is that everyone with $250,000 to $1 million of riches U.S. dollars. Events like stock th America, which had $86.1 is getting richer. Specifically, we investable assets. market corrections and geopo- trillion of total wealth, 42 per- believe that the rich are getting “China will continue to expe- Eastern Europe and Central litical uncertainties could knock cent of investable capital is richer faster.” rience similar growth as in the Asia had the greatest concen- that down to 4 percent. held by people with more than Last year’s big winner was past and this will mean that over tration of wealth at the top, with In a worse-case scenario, such $5 million in assets. Investable China, which now ranks second the next five years, there will be billionaires alone holding al- as a major economic crisis, assets include equities, invest- globally in terms of financial more wealth created in China most a quarter of investable as- global wealth might produce a ment funds, cash and bonds. wealth after overtaking Japan than in the U.S.,” she said, ad- sets. The 28 Eastern Europeans compound growth rate of only 1 “The fact that the wealth held in the past five years, Zakr- ding the number of millionaires in the Bloomberg Billionaires percent over five years, the stu- by millionaires as a percenta- zewski said. While China trails there is expected to grow four Index have a total net worth of dy found. AP

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TV canal macau cinema this day in history Friday cineteatro 13:00 TDM News (Repeated) 16 - 18 Jun 13:30 News (RTPi) Delayed Broadcast 15:00 Miscellaneous 16:50 Miscellaneous 18:25 Miscellaneous 18:55 Brazilian Soap Opera (Repeated) 19:45 Non-daily Portuguese News (Repeated) 19:50 Portuguese Serie 20:30 Main News, Financial & Weather Report 21:15 Portuguese Mini Serie 22:10 Brazilian Soap Opera 23:00 TDM News 23:30 Road to the 2018 FIFA World Cup 23:55 Movie 01:45 Main News, Financial & Weather Report (Repeated) 02:35 RTPi Live Saturday 10:30 Comedy 11:35 Miscellaneous 12:30 Miscellaneous 13:00 TDM News (Repeated) 13:30 News (RTPi) Delayed Broadcast (PT) Jurassic World: Fallen kingdom 15:00 Miscellaneous room 1 16:55 MIscellaneous 2:15, 4:45, 7:15, 9:45pm Director: J.A. Bayona 17:50 Miscellaneous Starring: Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, BD Wong 18:35 Miscellaneous Language: English (Chinese) 18:35 Miscellaneous Duration: 135min 20:30 Main News, Financial & Weather Report (PT) 21:00 Grimm Sr. 3 22:30 Miscellaneous 23:00 TDM News 23:30 Road to the 2018 FIFA World Cup 23:55 Main News, Financial & Weather Report (Repeated) 2000 British marines 01:10 RTPi Live leave Sierra Leone

Sunday The major contingent of the British military task force sent 10:25 Kids Serie to help restore order in the West African state of Sierra Leone 11:00 Sunday Mass (Live) has left the country. 12:00 Miscellaneous The departure of the prestigious Royal Marines was over- 13:00 TDM News (Repeated) seen by British Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott, who 13:30 News (RTPi) Delayed Broadcast said his government was proud of what they had done to 15:00 Miscellaneous restore stability. 16:55 Brainstorm Britain, the former colonial power in Sierra Leone, is han- 17:40 Got Talent Portugal ding responsibility for security to the United Nations. 19:20 Portuguese Serie About 300 UK troops and support staff will stay on in the 20:30 Main News, Financial & Weather Report war-torn African country for the next six to eight weeks to 21:00 Non-daily Portuguese News help establish a UK military advisory training team. Ocean’s Eight 22:00 Documentary room 2 Most people in Freetown would prefer to see the British 23:00 TDM News 2:30, 4:30, 7:30, 9:30pm military continuing their confidence-building street patrols, 23:30 Road to the 2018 FIFA World Cup Director: Gary Ross but British ministers always insisted their mission to help the 23:55 Miscellaneous Starring: Sandra Bullock, Cate Blanchett, Anne Hathway UN forces there was a short-term one. 00:35 Main News, Financial & Weather Report (Repeated) Language: English (Chinese) Brigadier David Richards, commander of the British forces 01:10 RTPi Live Duration: 110min in Sierra Leone, told BBC Radio’s Today program: “The UN have a much stronger resolve now and are clearer about their mandate and have shown that they have the resolve to fight. “When we arrived here about six weeks ago, they did appear on the verge of collapse. Today they have been transformed.” At the core of the continuing British effort will be the re- Offbeat training of the demoralized Sierra Leone army. Many of its soldiers - some of whom are children - are poor- Her life saved, Bulgarian cow ly trained and equipped. Sierra Leone continues to face horrendous problems. A war Penka waits to rejoin herd is being fought in the countryside about which there is little reliable information. Swatting away the flies with her long tail, Penka the cow happily munches on hay, unaware of the international stir she has caused. The UN says that one million people have been affected. The cow from the Bulgarian village of Kopilovtsi has won fame and The rebels hold the main diamond-producing area, which Europe-wide support since she wandered into neighboring Serbia deprives the government of revenue and, it is alleged, attrac- for two weeks last month and authorities threatened to put her down ts support for the rebels from neighboring Liberia. on her return. Bulgaria is a European Union member, Serbia isn’t. EU rules state Courtesy BBC News that any animal entering the bloc from the outside must have pro- per veterinary approvals and Penka didn’t, so she faced a death sentence. But after the outcry — pro-Penka campaigners included former In context Beatle Sir Paul McCartney — authorities ran tests on Penka that Death Wish Sierra Leone’s civil war saw nearly half the country’s 4.5 million room proved she was healthy. 3 population displaced. “So many people saw our story and expressed their support,” ow- 2:30, 4:30, 7:30, 9:30pm At least 50,000 people died in the fighting and there were an esti- Director: Eli Roth ner Raina Georgieva said this week. “I believed that there would be mated 100,000 victims of mutilation. Starring: Bruce Willis, Vincent D’Onofrio, Elisabeth Shue mercy for our Penka.” The economy was left in ruins and the country’s infrastructure col- Language: English (Chinese) Nonetheless, Penka has been confined to a separate quarantine Duration: 107min lapsed. box in the village waiting for the authorities to allow her to join the British troops entered Sierra Leone because a peace deal between rest of the herd. The Leakers government and rebels had broken down and rebel forces were Georgieva said she and her husband got Penka only several mon- room 3 scoring successes against the Sierra Leone army and the UN peace- ths ago and were worried how the tests would come out. 4:30pm keeping force. “It turned out she is absolutely healthy,” Georgieva smiled. Director: Herman Yau In 2002 more than 17,000 foreign troops disarmed tens of thou- Thousands of people have signed a petition to save Penka and her Starring: Francis Ng, Julian Cheung, Charmaine Sheh sands of rebels and militia fighters. The country now faces the chal- case was discussed during a European Commission daily briefing. Language: Cantonese (Chinese & English) lenge of reconstruction. McCartney wrote on Twitter: “She’s done nothing wrong.” Duration: 100min fri 15.06.2018

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YOUR STARS The Born Loser by Chip Sansom Aries Taurus

Mar. 21-Apr. 19 April 20-May 20 This is probably one of your No other sign enjoys shopping favorite times of the year. Everyone like yours under the current astral is a bit more sociable - and even the energy. Of course, you've probably meekest among us are a lot more been trying to go easy in that willing to try something new, at department since you're still trying least once. to pay off the credit card bills. Gemini Cancer

May 21-Jun. 21 Jun. 22-Jul. 22 All of a sudden, you're feeling quite The way you're feeling now - emotional - and even showing secretive, but with a burning your feelings in public. This isn't need to tell someone what's on what you're usually known for, so your mind and in your heart - you may be a bit embarrassed, but there's really only one thing to don't stop yourself. do. SUDOKU Weather Leo Virgo Min Max Condition Jul. 23-Aug. 22 Aug. 23-Sept. 22 China Your friends - the ones who've You're due for some serious changes Easy Easy+ been tried and true for years now on the job, and you'll see a hint of - are expecting you to join them what's coming soon - but there's no Beijing 19 32 cloudy tonight. Unfortunately, you're need to worry about it. The higher- Harbin moderate rain tempted to go along with your ups who've had their eyes on you 16 25 curiosity. are already quite pleased. Tianjin 21 30 clear Urumqi 30 clear/cloudy Libra Scorpio 20 Xi’an 22 35 overcast Sep.23-Oct. 22 Oct. 23 - Nov. 21 Lhasa 12 23 moderate rain/shower Ready for yet another day of Oddly enough, you'll also need to Chengdu 20 27 overcast romance, sidelong glances and make some time to tend to the needs sweet stuff in general? Sure you are. of your family members. No, this Chongqing 22 29 overcast It's your sign's job, and you'd better won't be easy - so you'd better get Kunming 15 22 moderate rain/shower prepare yourself because this could started. Make lots of lists, and don't well continue for quite some time. be afraid to ask a friend for help. Nanjing 22 32 clear Shanghai 22 30 clear/cloudy Sagittarius Capricorn Wuhan 22 34 cloudy Medium Hard Nov. 22-Dec. 21 Dec. 22-Jan. 19 Hangzhou 22 32 clear/cloudy You're in that mood - the one that For the next day or so, instead of being Taipei 25 30 heavy rain/drizzle makes your friends either avoid a friend's 'designated Visa chaperone,' Guangzhou cloudy/thundershower you or cancel their appointments you may need to hire someone to play 24 32 to spend all their time with you, the part for you. Careful, though: If Hong Kong 26 30 cloudy depending on their general you surrender your plastic to someone dispositions. who's truly dedicated.

Aquarius Pisces world

Jan. 20-Feb. 18 Feb.19-Mar. 20 Moscow 9 22 overcast/clear You should also expect for all You've definitely had your hands full Frankfurt 10 23 overcast/drizzle your sign's 'usual' traits to be lately - full of secrets. Now, you've doubly potent: rebelliousness, always enjoyed intrigue, but there Paris 10 21 drizzle/overcast outrageousness and an even more comes a point when secret meetings, London 12 19 clear/cloudy eager willingness to shock and amaze secret admirers, and secret the masses in any way you can. conversations get to be a bit too. New York 20 27 clear

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changed phone numbers with a fan, apparently to arrange a Scalpers still operating at World handover elsewhere. Five men with English ac- cents worked as a group, split- ting up to approach fans in the Cup despite crackdown queue for the sales office. One held a thick wad of tickets. Still, it’s a case of buyer bewa- James Ellingworth, Moscow tickets in the last month. He of- re. There’s no reliable way to fered two tickets that had been check if the tickets are fake, calpers are still opera- ap photo issued under Russian men’s have been canceled or whether Sting at the World Cup, des- names while standing next to the seller really changed the re- pite claims of a crackdown by the ticket office sign that said gistration. FIFA and Russian organizers “tickets are not available for “A significant number of on illicit ticket sales. Sellers most games.” unauthorized online ticket sa- have been visible outside the les, offered via websites and on main ticket office in Moscow, social media originating from buying spare tickets from fo- The most in- various countries, have been reign fans and sell at inflated stopped,” FIFA said in a state- prices. demand tickets ment. “Overall FIFA counts on An Associated Press reporter are being the cooperation of the respec- was approached six times wi- tive authorities to protect fans thin an hour and offered ticke- offered online from scalpers in line with the ts including a luxury Category applicable regulations.” FIFA 1 seat at the opening game be- for as much as didn’t respond to a question tween Russia and Saudi Arabia. Fans from different countries gather at the main ticket office in Moscow regarding scalpers operating One was offered at USD700, or USD2,300 outside the ticket office. $150 above the standard price. has made World Cup scalping but sellers exploit a loophole FIFA policy states registra- The most in-demand tickets, punishable by a fine for indi- in FIFA’s system allowing fans Like others, he declined to tions should only be changed such as for Argentina’s opening vidual sellers of up to 25 times to buy up to four tickets then give his name because the re- to a person with “a pre-existing game, are being offered online the ticket’s face value. change the registered names selling is illegal. relationship with the ticket for as much as $2,300, thou- Despite the tough talk from to three of them. So long as the Another seller claimed he’d purchaser.” gh buyers have no guarantee Russian authorities, police sta- new recipient has at least one received complimentary tickets FIFA’s system doesn’t allow they’re getting genuine access tioned at the ticket office on a ticket of their own — and so is and was selling them to fund his the original buyer of a group to the games. night earlier this week did li- registered in Russia’s Fan ID World Cup journey. “Because booking to change their own FIFA has tried to cancel some ttle besides briefly inspect one system — a switch is possible. FIFA’s given me this ticket, it’s registration, only those of tickets and last week filed a cri- seller’s documents. “You just need ID,” said one like a game to make money,” he other guests, so a fan could minal complaint against ticket Each World Cup ticket must seller, who said he was from said, displaying tickets to four end watching the game next to resale website Viagogo. Russia be registered to an individual, France and had sold “lots” of different games. He then ex- their scalper. AP ad fri 15.06.2018

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Cheryshev dribbles past Saudi Arabia players to score his side’s second goal Russian President Vladimir Putin delivers his speech prior to the opening match

when the penalty area was crowded. That had an effect on Gazinsky’s goal, which came Russia routs Saudi Arabia 5-0 after the Saudis struggled to clear a Russian corner, and the header from the tall and stocky Dzyuba. in opening game of World Cup One concern for Russia, however, is that creative mid- James Ellingworth, Yuri Gazinsky initially put chipped the ball in for Russia’s The Saudis, who last won fielder Alan Dzagoev appears AP Sports Writer Russia ahead with a header fourth goal in stoppage time. a match at the World Cup in to have injured a hamstring in from Alexander Golovin’s After Cheryshev’s first goal, 1994, failed to get a single shot the first half. nspired by the home cross when the Saudis failed Artyom Dzyuba made an ins- on target. Saudi Arabia sent some crowd in the opening mat- to clear a corner in the 12th tant impact off the bench to Russia’s players were sig- players to the Spanish league ch of the World Cup, Rus- minute. Gazinsky charged make it 3-0 in the 71st with a nificantly taller and heavier for experience this season but sia ended a 16-year wait forward to meet the ball as header from Golovin’s cross. than the Saudis, a help when they didn’t get much playing Ifor victory. Saudi player Taisir Al-Jassam Golovin added the fifth from a challenging for the ball and time while there. AP Substitute Denis Cheryshev stumbled, leaving him a sim- free kick. scored two goals today [Macau ple finish. Following a lavish opening time] to lead the host nation Putin and Infantino smiled ceremony featuring British over Saudi Arabia 5-0 in Group and shrugged as they sat next singer Robbie Williams, Putin group dynamics A with President Vladimir Pu- to Saudi Crown Prince Moham- welcomed visiting fans and tin watching from the stands med bin Salman in the VIP promised Russia would be a THE WIN for Russia is a big either of its two remaining oppo- alongside FIFA president box. Putin then reached over “hospitable and friendly” host. boost to its hopes of advancing, nents. Saudi Arabia’s route to the Gianni Infantino. to shake the prince’s hand. In a World Cup first, the vi- but it will still face a tough test knockout round is much more It was Russia’s first World Cheryshev chipped the ball deo assistant referee system against Egypt on June 19 and difficult. The Saudis will face Uru- Cup win since 2002 and ended over two Saudi defenders in was available for the match Uruguay six days later. But with guay on June 20 and then Egypt a seven-game winless run ove- the 43rd minute and shot between the tournament’s the five goals against the Saudis, on June 25. Egypt and Uruguay rall — the national team’s lon- over goalkeeper Abdullah Al lowest-ranked teams, though it a draw could be enough against play Friday in Yekaterinburg. gest winless streak in 20 years. Muaiouf’s right side. He later wasn’t used.

Preview European champion Portugal overlooked facing Spain Tim Booth, Sochi tugal based on its last ma- Any team that has the tting off to good starts in jor tournament. The team talent of Ronaldo has to major tournaments. It has hey’re the reigning ap photo won the 2016 European be considered a threat, been 10 years since Portu- Tchampions of Euro- Championship thanks to even though the discus- gal won its opener at ei- pe with arguably the best a magical run through the sion about what the Real ther the European Cham- player in the world. And knockout stage led by Ro- Madrid forward could pionship or World Cup — yet there seems to be li- naldo. do on this stage has been the team beat Turkey 2-0 ttle talk about Portugal Spain, Germany, Brazil sidetracked with talk of to begin Euro 2008. At the and Cristiano Ronaldo and France are all talked what awaits in his club past two World Cups, Por- heading into Saturday’s about as potential winners career. After winning his tugal played to a 0-0 draw [2 a.m. Macau time] much of this tournament. Rarely third straight Champions with Ivory Coast in 2010 anticipated World Cup is Portugal mentioned, yet League title, Ronaldo hin- and four years ago was match against neighbo- the players seem to un- ted that perhaps his time routed 4-0 by Germany ring Spain in Group B. derstand their place in the at Real Madrid was at an on its way to being ousted In a way it’s understood. hierarchy of contenders. end. from the tournament in Spain dominated the hea- “The favorites are the “He’s an extraordinary the group stage. dlines this week with the ones you have just listed,” captain. He’s an extraor- Even two years ago on its chaos surrounding its Moutinho said. “Portugal dinary player,” Portugal way to the European title, coaching situation, to the is, I think, among the can- coach Fernando Santos Portugal started with a 1-1 point a large number of didates to be able to take said. “He’s very positive draw against Iceland and questions on Thursday this cup home. It’s normal and a decisive influence barely advanced to the at Portugal’s news confe- between the Iberian nei- on the action of the team to have other favorites as the captain of the team, knockout round. rence were based around ghbors since 2012. and what we can do to at- with all they’ve obtained, whether it be on the pitch Saturday’s game will be their opponent’s decision “We’re focused, we’re tain our goal in this Wor- all they’ve achieved. Of or off the pitch or in prac- only the second World to replace coach Julen united and I don’t think ld Cup. We’re not really course you have favorites. tice. He’s an important fi- Cup match between the Lopetegui with Fernando we’re concerned with any- looking at what is happe- We are European cham- gure.” neighbors. The previous Hierro just days before the thing else,” Portugal mi- ning with other teams.” pions, but that doesn’t Portugal needs Ronaldo was in 2010 when Spain game. Secondary was the dfielder Joao Moutinho Perhaps a bit more res- give us the right to be fa- on Saturday to overcome eliminated Portugal 1-0 in fact this is the first match said. “We have to focus pect should be paid to Por- vorites.” its nagging problem of ge- the round of 16. AP THE UK lifts immigration cap for Station Air quality BUZZ medical workers amid shortages Roadside 80-100 Moderate Britain says it will lift a cap on the number of visas servative government with a longstanding — and granted to foreign doctors and nurses to help ease unmet — goal of cutting net immigration to below High staffing shortfalls in the National Health Service. 100,000. It’s currently more than double that. Cri- Density 50-70 Prime Minister Theresa May’s spokesman said tics say the target is arbitrary, unrealistic and eco- Residental yesterday that the government will remove non nomically harmful. Moderate -European Union doctors and nurses from a cap People from all 28 EU countries can now live in Area opinion on the number of skilled-worker visas that can be Britain under the bloc’s free-movement rules. They issued each year. will lose that automatic right when the U.K. leaves Ambient 80-100 It’s the first easing of immigration rules by a Con- the EU next year. Moderate World Views dsmg source: Ferdinando Giugliano, Bloomberg WORLD BRIEFS Macron misses a chance US returns 1493 to shut up ap photo Two weeks before a crucial meeting of EU leaders, Christopher Columbus member countries are at loggerheads again over immigration. A diplomatic spat between France and Italy’s new populist government shows how difficult letter to Vatican it will be for the European Council to strike a mea- ningful deal at the end of June on topics such as re- Nicole Winfield, Vatican City locating refugees or deepening the monetary union. INDIA A senior journalist The problem is tone as much as substance. So long ap photo he United States retur- and his two police as politicians keep playing to their domestic galleries, ned to the Vatican Library bodyguards were fatally the compromises Europe needs to thrive will remain T yesterday a rare copy of a le- shot by assailants elusive. in Indian-controlled The transalpine rift started when Italy turned away tter written by Christopher Kashmir, police and the a boat full of migrants, the Aquarius, after Malta had Columbus in 1493 announ- journalist’s colleagues just done the same. Spain eventually said it wou- cing his discovery of the New said. Shujaat Bukhari ld welcome the vessel (the boat has currently been World that was stolen and was shot by unidentified re-routed toward the waters around Sardinia becau- replaced with a forgery. gunmen as he left his se of adverse sea conditions.) But the Italian deci- It’s the third such return in office in Srinagar, the sion prompted furious reactions across the EU. In recent years after U.S. inves- disputed region’s main particular, French president Emmanuel Macron said tigators, tipped off by a rare city. it was “cynical and irresponsible.” Rome responded books expert, determined angrily in turn. Its foreign ministry summoned a se- that several authentic copies lumbus believed were ripe for Jamie McCall, an assistant An American nior French diplomat for a dressing down. Giovanni Vietnam citizen of Vietnamese Tria, Italy’s finance minister, cancelled a visit to Paris. of the Columbus letter had conquest by Spain and con- U.S. attorney in the district descent has been There’s little doubt that Matteo Salvini, Italy’s new been stolen from libraries version to Christianity. of Delaware, said Parsons detained in Ho Chi home affairs minister and leader of the anti-immigra- across Europe and replaced The letter is one of a few bought the book in good faith Minh City after joining tion League, used the 629 migrants stranded at sea with forgeries without library dozen authentic, reprinted and was not implicated in the a protest over a to score cheap political points. But the intervention officials’ knowledge. copies of Columbus’ original theft. Parsons died in 2014. controversial draft law by Paris was clumsy – and hypocritical. France has U.S. Ambassador Callista letter, which was handwritten When presented with eviden- on special economic repeatedly turned back migrants who want to cross Gingrich presented the letter to in Spanish in April 1493 and ce that the letter was stolen, zones that protesters the Italian border, hiding behind an EU rule that says the chief Vatican archivist, Ar- almost immediately reprinted his widow agreed to return it. fear would favor Chinese asylum seekers should be processed in the state chbishop Jean-Louis Brugues, in Latin by the Rome printer “She understood the signifi- investors. where they first enter the bloc. and the prefect of the library, Stephan Plannck. cance of this particular letter Italy has punched well above its weight in rescuing Bishop Cesare Pasini, at a ce- Columbus had sent the let- to the Vatican, to the world, migrants from the Mediterranean, receiving pre- remony in the Vatican library. ter to Spain’s King Ferdinand to the researchers who come cious little help from the rest of the EU. However ir- ap photo responsible Salvini’s behavior – and troubling the sig- Both monsignors thanked U.S. and Queen Isabella to offer to the library in search of nal about the populist government’s attitude toward investigators for what Bruges his first impressions of the answers for what occurred in migrants – Macron could have let this one pass. said was their “keen eye and riches that were to be found that period of time,” he said. His comments were diplomatically inept too. Ro- fine detective work” in locating in what he believed to be the He said his office had recei- me’s new rulers thrive on attacks from abroad, which the document. eastern edge of Asia. ved a tip in 2011 about seve- Salvini and his ilk depict as insults to Italy’s sove- The letter came from Mary The Vatican had acquired ral forgeries in European li- reignty. The best course of action, as shown in a re- Parsons, the widow of David the letter in 1921 as part of a braries, and so far has found A court cent interview with Olaf Scholz, Germany’s finance Hungary Parsons, an Atlanta actuary collection of rare books and three of the authentic ones sentenced four human minister, is to steer clear of public criticism and simply who purchased it from a rare manuscripts. and returned them. traffickers to 25 years in recall that all countries have obligations to meet. The prison each for their roles irony here is that neither Rome nor Paris ended up book dealer in New York in Brugues told diplomats and Just last week, U.S. authori- in the 2015 case in which offering to rescue the migrants stranded at sea. It 2004, unaware it had been U.S. officials at the handover ties returned a copy of the le- 71 migrants suffocated was Madrid. Macron missed a good opportunity to stolen from the Vatican. ceremony that the Vatican tter to Spain and replaced the to death in the back of a shut up. The 8-page text, handwrit- doesn’t know when the swap forgery that had been in the refrigerated truck found None of this is to exonerate Italy. The continuous ten and copied by hand in La- out occurred, but that the National Library of Catalonia. on a highway in Austria. lashing out at other countries could take a toll diploma- tin, conveys Columbus’ mar- forging technique used was In 2016, the U.S. returned to tically. Since the formation of the government, Rome vel at the fertile islands he fou- common in the 19th and 20th Italy a copy stolen from the lawmakers has indulged in angry spats with Tunisia, Malta and Greek nd, “full of the greatest variety centuries “so we will probably Riccardiana library in Floren- approved yesterday the France over refugees, and relentlessly criticized Ger- of trees reaching to the stars,” never know for sure who the ce and ended up in the U.S. last batch of economic many about the economy. Tria has been a welcome and the timid natives who Co- forger was.” Library of Congress. AP reforms required by exception. The attacks may play well at home, but creditors, as the country might be counter-productive in the long run. approaches the end of its A lot depends, of course, on what the populists ac- international bailout. tually want to achieve during their time in power. The Maybe the Five Star Movement and League would like to provoke their European partners to such an decisive moment extent that Italy is pushed out of the EU and the euro ap photo zone – creating an “Ital-exit” by the back door. But if that’s not what they have in mind, they need allies rather than sparring partners. It’s reasonable to want to change the so-called Dublin regulation to achieve a fairer distribution of asylum seekers, but this needs the backing of other countries. On the economy, Italy requires support to Roman bring about more financial risk-sharing across the Nicaragua Catholic authorities say euro zone, including a joint guarantee on bank depo- talks will resume today sits and, eventually, a euro zone Treasury. With Ger- to seek a solution to a many very skeptical of these plans, Italy’s best hope political crisis that has is Macron and his dreams of closer monetary union. seen more than 160 Unfortunately, the transalpine rift confirms a sad people killed in unrest truth about the EU. While countries need each other since April. to find answers to the problems affecting their voters, with immigration among the thorniest trans-national ’s military issues, politicians will always pander to their domestic Uganda says a former ally of audience. That’s how they win and lose elections. the longtime president Yet Britain’s constant sniping at the EU has alrea- who was recently fired dy helped push that country toward its vote to leave. as national police chief Without some careful leadership on both sides, this has been taken into could happen again. Aspect of a railway station yesterday in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Hundreds of thousands of people working in Dhaka are leaving for their hometowns to celebrate the upcoming Eid al-Fitr with their families. custody for unspecified questioning.