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Important news for important people
www.dedicatedpress.com Volume 3447 Monday February 04, 2019
International Business Sports
Pope Francis landed in the United The US scrapping of the Interme- Kyrie Irving scored 30 points and Los Cabos
Arab Emirates on Sunday for the first diate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) passed out 11 assists on Sunday as the Mostly cloudy (day)
ever visit by a pontiff to the Arabian treaty with Russia could launch a Boston Celtics snapped Oklahoma Sunrise: 6:58 am
Peninsula -- the birthplace of Islam. new arms race, but will also allow the City’s seven-game NBA win streak Sunset: 6:08 pm
The pope touched down in... P.2 United States to update... P.3 with a 134-129 home triumph... P.5 Humidity: 65% 65-75 F

“We’re at 99 percent right now. We’ll be at 100” Officials
Trump pushes withdrawal from ‘endless’ Afghanistan, Syria wars 28 Haitians dead after ship
sinks off Bahamas
framework for peace negotiations, At least 28 Haitians have drowned off
raising prospects for a breakthrough the coast of Abaco in the Bahamas,
in the 17-year-old conflict. officials said Sunday, the latest trage-
On Syria, Trump said the 2,000 dy at sea for migrants seeking to leave
US troops in the country to assist the Caribbean’s poorest economy.
local forces would leave “in a mat- “Thus far, a total of 17 persons
ter of time” but cited the need to have been rescued alive and 28 bod-
protect Israel “and other things that ies have been recovered from the wa-
we have” for slowing down -- after ter” after two days of dive operations,
initially announcing an immediate the Royal Bahamas Defence Force
pull-out. said. The incident unfolded Saturday
He said he will soon be announc- when the ship carrying the Haitians
ing the recapture of “100 percent of sank near Fowl Cay, six miles (10 ki-
the caliphate” once claimed by the lometers) off the coast of Marsh Har-
Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria. bour, Abaco.
“We’re at 99 percent right now. Fifteen survivors and 13 dead bod-
We’ll be at 100,” said the president, ies were recovered Saturday in a joint
who was expected to make the an- mission between the RBDF and US
nouncement during his annual State Coast Guard. On Sunday, two more
of the Union address on Tuesday. survivors were found alive on a
In a report to Congress last week, nearby cay in addition to 15 bodies in
US President Donald Trump (Photo AFP) US intelligence leaders warned that the sunken vessel. In a tweet, the US
Pushing back against Republican op- ings by US intelligence chiefs that a IS still commands thousands of fight- embassy in Haiti described the ship
position, US President Donald Trump hasty US withdrawal from Afghani- ers in Iraq and Syria, and they could as a vessel trafficking people out of
reaffirmed his determination to pull stan and Syria could allow a resur- easily spring back in the absence of Haiti, adding: “No journey is worth
US troops out of “endless wars” in gence by Al-Qaeda and the Islamic US forces. risking lives - please urge families
Syria and Afghanistan, in an inter- State group. Trump responded by rebuking as and communities: Illegal migrant &
view that aired Sunday. But he said On Thursday, the US Senate voted “naive” and “wrong” his intelligence smuggling operations are dangerous
they would stay in Iraq to watch Iran. overwhelmingly for a measure spon- chiefs, who also had appeared to con- and frequently end in tragedy.”
Trump cited the high cost in blood sored by Mitch McConnell, the ma- tradict him on Iran and North Korea. The RBDF added that this year
and money after years of fighting jority leader of Trump’s Republican In the CBS interview, he played alone, some 300 Haitians had been
in Afghanistan, in arguing for a US party, warning against a “precipitous down the danger of an extremist re- apprehended by for illegal entry dur-
withdrawal from the place where the withdrawal” from either country. surgence but said “we’ll come back if ing four separate incidents.
9/11 attacks were hatched. But Trump appeared unmoved by we have to.” In a country where more than 60
“It’s time,” he said in the interview the rare Republican pushback, noting “You’re going to always have percent of the population lives on less
with CBS’s “Face the Nation.” “And that his promises to bring US troops pockets of something,” he said. “But than two dollars a day, there are fre-
we’ll see what happens with the home was “a big part” of the reason you’re not going to keep armies there quent attempts to reach the Bahamas
Taliban. They want peace. They’re he was elected. because you have a few people. Or or Turks and Caicos illegally.
tired. Everybody’s tired.” Trump’s US officials have been holding you even have fairly reasonable num- In recent years, thousands of young
comments come in the face of warn- talks in Qatar with the Taliban on a bers of people.” Haitians have migrated to Chile or
Brazil, countries where visas are more
He is among a crush of Democrats vying to unseat Republican Donald Trump next year easily obtained. Although Haitians
historically have gone to the United
Democratic candidate trusts Americans ready for gay president States, and to Florida in particular,
Pete Buttigieg, an openly gay mayor intelligence officer who served in president. But are Americans ready the flow of migrants has shifted to
who is running for US president, said Afghanistan, would become the first for a president who is openly gay and Canada and other neighboring coun-
Sunday he believes America will openly homosexual president of the in a same-sex marriage? The ques- tries. Since a devastating earthquake
judge him based on the quality of his United States. tion was put to him in an interview on in 2010, about 60,000 Haitians have
ideas and experience. He is among a crush of Democrats ABC’s “This Week.” found temporary protected status in
Buttigieg, the mayor of South vying to unseat Republican Donald “I think there’s only one way to the United States.
Bend, Indiana, launched his candi- Trump next year. Other declared find out,” said the mayor of the city US President Donald Trump’s ad-
dacy for the Democratic presidential Democrats include Trump nemesis whose population is about 100,000. ministration announced in 2017 it
nomination in January. Elizabeth Warren, and Kamala Har- Buttigieg, 37, recalled that he came was terminating the program but the
If elected -- which for now seems ris, a California senator who aspires out as gay in 2015 in the middle of a decision has been challenged in sev-
unlikely -- Buttigieg, a former naval to be the nation’s first black female re-election campaign. eral court cases.

International
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“It is a visit that carries great humanitarian value, and the UAE adds a new (chapter) in the history of fraternity and tolerance”
Pope Francis lands in UAE for historic visit


Pope Francis landed in the United to the UAE was not to be missed.
Arab Emirates on Sunday for the first “Since I came to know about the
ever visit by a pontiff to the Arabian pope’s visit to Abu Dhabi, we jumped
Peninsula -- the birthplace of Islam. (at) the opportunity to be witness.”
The pope touched down in Abu The UAE capital’s main streets and
Dhabi for the 48-hour trip during those leading to St. Joseph’s Cathe-
which he will meet leading Muslim dral -- which the pope is set to visit
clerics and hold an open-air mass for on Tuesday -- were lined with Vatican
some 135,000 Catholics. City flags and banners of the interreli-
He was greeted by Abu Dhabi gious meeting.
Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed UAE minister of state for foreign
bin Zayed and was warmly embraced affairs Anwar Gargash extended an
by Sheikh Ahmed al-Tayeb, the imam official welcome to Pope Francis on
of Cairo’s Al-Azhar, Sunni Islam’s Sunday.
prestigious seat of learning. The pon- “It is a visit that carries great hu-
tiff will take part in an interreligious manitarian value, and the UAE adds a
conference on Monday with Sheikh new (chapter) in the history of frater-
Ahmed. Hours before he flies back to nity and tolerance,” he tweeted.
Rome on Tuesday, he will lead mass He took an apparent jab at Qatar,
in a stadium in Abu Dhabi -- set to be which hosts Islamist cleric Youssef
the largest gathering ever in the UAE, Pope Francis (L) is welcomed by Abu Dhabi’s Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Za- al-Qardawi and is engaged in a bitter
according to local media. yed al-Nahyan upon his arrival at Abu Dhabi International Airport in (Photo AFP) standoff with its Gulf rivals.
His visit comes with the UAE conflict and a great many children mostly hailing from the Philippines Gargash pointed out the difference
engaged in a long-running military are suffering from hunger, but cannot and India. Around 135,000 have se- “between those hosting a cleric of
campaign in Yemen and embroiled in access food depots. “The cry of these cured precious tickets to Tuesday’s violence and terrorism... and those
a diplomatic spat with nearby Qatar. children and their parents rises up to mass at Zayed Sports City Stadium. who host the pope and the Al-Azhar
Before heading to the Gulf, the God.” On Sunday morning, hundreds of sheikh for a dialogue of love and
pontiff urged warring parties in Ye- US Secretary of State Mike Pom- Catholics queued in drizzling rain communication”.
men, where the UAE backs the gov- peo hailed the pope’s arrival in the outside St. Joseph’s Cathedral in Abu The UAE, along with Saudi Ara-
ernment against Huthi rebels, to re- UAE as “an historic moment for re- Dhabi to get their passes. bia, Bahrain and Egypt, cut all ties
spect a truce agreement. ligious freedom”. “I think the pope coming really with Doha in June 2017 over allega-
“I appeal to all parties concerned “The first Holy Mass by a pope opens doors for conversations about tions it supports extremists.
and to the international community in the Arabian Peninsula promotes tolerance that the whole world needs The UAE prides itself on its reli-
to allow the urgent respect of estab- peace and understanding between to hear,” said Collins Cochet Ryan, a gious tolerance and cultural diversity.
lished accords to ensure the distribu- two of the world’s great religions,” 39-year-old expectant mother from It has eight Catholic churches.
tion of food,” he said. “The popu- Pompeo tweeted. Nearly one million the US. For Indian Doris D’Souza, Oman, Kuwait and Yemen each have
lation is exhausted by the lengthy Catholic migrants reside in the UAE, who lives in Goa, Pope Francis’s trip four.

Protest Sudan That number fulfils the quorum required for such a request
Thousands rally for Turkish C. Africa peace deal to Egypt MPs table law amendment to extend Sisi rule
hunger strikers be initialled Tuesday Egyptian lawmakers on Sunday ta- quest from a fifth of the elected rep-
resentatives (120 deputies out of the
bled proposed constitutional changes
Thousands of people rallied in Istan- A peace accord between the Central that would allow President Abdel total 596) to amend certain articles of
bul Sunday for hunger strikers pro- African Republic government and Fattah al-Sisi to extend his rule be- the constitution”.
testing against the prison conditions 14 armed groups will be initialled in yond 2022, legislators said. That number fulfils the quorum re-
of militant Kurdish leader Abdullah Khartoum on Tuesday, and signed in The bill submitted to speaker Ali quired for such a request.
Ocalan. full at a later date, the government in Abdel Aal calls for several amend- A statement published later on the
The protesters gathered amid tight Sudan, which hosted the peace talks, ments to the constitution, including parliament’s website outlined seven
police security at a square in Ba- announced. on the duration of presidential man- amendments that it said would ad-
kirkoy on the European side of the Central African President Faustin dates currently limited to two four- dress “severe deficiencies in deter-
city. “I am saluting my friends resist- Archange Touadera would attend the year terms. The lawmakers who put mining the presidency term”.
ing in prisons. They are our honour, ceremony to initial the document, forward the amendments hope to Terms would become six years in-
they are not alone,” said Fahit Ulas, a originally scheduled for Sunday, Su- extend the length of mandates to two stead of four years, since the current
supporter of the Peoples’ Democratic danese foreign ministry spokesman six-year terms, which they say would term length “isn’t quite reasonable
Party (HDP). Babikir al-Siddiq said in a statement allow Sisi to run for the presidency given the reality and the country’s
“If needed we will sacrifice our on Sunday. two more times after his second term and region’s circumstances”, it said.
bodies for this cause. We have no He did not specify where it would expires in 2022. The revisions were aimed at sup-
fear,” he insisted. Around 250 prison- take place. That could see the former military porting the parliamentary represen-
ers all over Turkey have begun hun- A breakthrough was announced on chief ruling over Egypt until 2034. tation of women, youths, Christians,
ger strikes along with HDP deputy Saturday at the conclusion of talks in The parliament’s website said people with special needs and Egyp-
Leyla Guven, who wants to force the Khartoum, backed by the United Na- speaker Abdel Aal had received a “re- tians in the diaspora, it added.
Turkish government to let Ocalan tions and the African Union, which
hold regular meetings with his law- started on January 24 in a bid to end
yers and relatives. Ocalan, a founder years of fighting that has killed thou-
of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ sands of people.
Party (PKK), a group blacklisted as a No details of the agreement have
terrorist organisation by Ankara and been released. But one of the main
Washington, has been sentenced to points in dispute during the talks had
life in prison and has been held on a been the question of an amnesty for
prison island near Istanbul since his the rebels.
capture in 1999. Under Western pressure, Bangui
Guven, 55, was jailed in January has always refused pardons for war-
2018 for criticising Turkey’s military lords, several of whom are under UN
operation against a Syrian Kurdish sanctions or cited for human rights
militia. violations in UN reports.

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“We appreciate this will be disappointing for our UK team and partners”
Nissan cancels investment plan for UK plant
Japanese car manufacturer Nissan Nissan Sunderland Plant -- the next- fered decades of economic decline, est in Europe -- which has produced
announced Sunday it was cancelling generation Juke and Qashqai -- are and which voted heavily in favour of cars since 1986. Other multinational
plans to build its X-Trail SUV at its unaffected” by the decision, accord- Brexit. giants, including, Airbus warned this
plant in northeast England despite ing to the statement. Labour MP Julie Elliott said Brexit week that British jobs could suffer in
Brexit assurances from the govern- The company said it had decided to had played an “inevitable role” in the the event of an unfavourable outcome.
ment. shift investment away from the Brit- decision, adding: “none of it is con- The scenario of Britain exiting the
“While we have taken this decision ish plant, and towards developing ve- ducive to encouraging business in- European Union without a “divorce”
for business reasons, the continued hicle technology. vestment in this country”. deal is becoming ever-more possible
uncertainty around the UK’s future “A model like X-Trail is manufac- Nissan employs almost 7,000 peo- as the clock runs down the official de-
relationship with the EU is not help- tured in multiple locations globally, ple at the Sunderland plant -- its larg- parture date of March 29.
ing companies like ours to plan for and can therefore be re-evaluated
the future,” Nissan Europe Chairman based on changes to the business
Gianluca de Ficchy said in a state- environment,” explained Hideyuki Foreign Exchange
ment. Sakamoto, Nissan’s executive vice
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Sunderland has our full confidence.” tweeted that the reports “represent CAN .67 .76 - .58 1.05 .75 6.00 83.00
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that it planned to build the model at east economy -- So many jobs and AUS .63 .72 .95 .55 - .70 5.70 79.00
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assemble it instead at Nissan’s global success.” The car giant is a major H.KONG .11 .13 .17 .10 .18 .13 - 13.90
production hub in Kyushu, Japan. employer in the region, a former JAP .01 .01 .01 .01 .01 .01 .07 -
“Other future models planned for industrial powerhouse that has suf-

Business
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Officials said Sunday “Just think of all the buildings one could retrofit worldwide!” Big-screen diversity
Bomb threat shuts Australia ‘Inkjet’ solar panels poised to revolutionise green energy Berlin filmfest turns focus
international airport What if one day all buildings could be first identified by German mineralo- on women, Netflix
gist Gustav Rose while prospecting in
equipped with windows and facades
One of Australia’s busiest interna- that satisfy the structure’s every en- the Ural mountains and named after Women directors and the rise of
tional airports was locked down after ergy need, whether rain or shine? Russian mineralogist Lev Perovski. streaming services will take the spot-
a man brandished a knife and made a That sustainability dream is today In the following decades, syn- light at the Berlin film festival start-
bomb threat at a food court, prompt- one step closer to becoming a reality thesising the atomic structure of ing Thursday, with a star-studded
ing travellers to flee in panic, officials thanks to Polish physicist and busi- perovskite became easier. lineup making the case for big-screen
said Sunday. nesswoman Olga Malinkiewicz. But it was not until 2009 that Japa- diversity.
Queensland state police said they The 36-year-old has developed a nese researcher Tsutomu Miyasaka The Berlinale, now in its 69th
evacuated Brisbane Airport’s inter- novel inkjet processing method for discovered that perovskites can be year, figures with Cannes and Venice
national terminal late Saturday after perovskites -- a new generation of used to form photovoltaic solar cells. among Europe’s top cinema show-
finding a “suspicious device” when cheaper solar cells -- that makes it Initially the process was compli- cases. It will be the last edition led by
they responded to reports of the possible to produce solar panels un- cated and required ultra high temper- Dieter Kosslick, 70, who is handing
50-year-old man, who spoke Ara- der lower temperatures, thus sharply atures, so only materials that could over to a younger duo after 18 years
bic, threatening a woman. Terrorism reducing costs. withstand extreme heat -- like glass -- at the helm. Nearly 400 movies from
was later ruled out as the cause and Indeed, perovskite technology is could be coated with perovskite cells. around the world will be presented,
the man was charged with domestic on track to revolutionise access to so- This is where Malinkiewicz comes with 17 vying for the prestigious
violence offences, falsely claiming to lar power for all, given its surprising in. In 2013, while still a PhD student Golden Bear top prize.
destroy or damage an aviation facil- physical properties, some experts say. at the University of Valencia in Spain, Among the contenders, seven of
ity, and making a hoax bomb threat. “In our opinion, perovskite solar she figured out a way to coat flexible the pictures or 41 percent were made
The device was found to be “inert”, cells have the potential to address the foil with perovskites using an evapo- by women -- a Berlinale record and a
but Queensland Police Commissioner world energy poverty,” said Moham- ration method. milestone for an A-list festival.
Ian Stewart said its complex appear- mad Khaja Nazeeruddin, a professor Later, she developed an inkjet In comparison Cannes, which has
ance “indicates just the extraordinary at Switzerland’s Federal Institue of printing procedure that lowered pro- been roiled by calls for more diversi-
lengths that a person has gone to to cre- Technology Lausanne, an institution duction costs enough to make mass ty, only managed 14 percent last year
ate perception of risk, threat and fear”. on the cutting-edge of solar energy production economically feasible. and Venice just under five percent.
The device looked like a small, research. “That was a bull’s eye. Now high “The debates of the last year
black safe with wires sticking out of Solar panels coated with the min- temperatures are no longer required opened our eyes and when your eyes
it, according to a photograph released eral are light, flexible, efficient, in- to coat things with a photovoltaic are open, you make different deci-
by police. The man, who was taken expensive and come in varying hues layer,” Malinkiewicz told AFP. sions,” Kosslick told AFP, referring
into custody by police, is due to face and degrees of transparency. Her discovery quickly earned her to the #MeToo controversy over
court on Monday. The terminal was They can easily be fixed to almost an article in the journal Nature and sexual misconduct and the #TimesUp
reopened after two hours. any surface -- be it laptop, car, drone, media attention, as well as the Pho- movement against gender discrimina-
There have been growing fears spacecraft or building -- to produce tonics21 Student Innovation award in tion in the entertainment industry.
of terror-linked attacks by radicals electricity, including in the shade or a competition organised by the Euro- “But we wouldn’t have done it
inspired by Islamic State and other indoors. pean Commission. The Polish edition if the films had been bad, simply to
groups, with a foiled effort to target Though the excitement is new, of the MIT Technology Review also boost the women’s quota.”
an Etihad flight with a crude bomb in perovskite has been known to science selected her as one of its Innovators French Oscar winner Juliette
Sydney in 2017. since at least the 1830s, when it was Under 35 in 2015. Binoche will lead the six-member
jury selecting the main prizes.
“They want to bring forward elections, let’s have elections” The head of pressure group Wom-
en and Hollywood, Melissa Silver-
Venezuela’s Guaido pressures Maduro over humanitarian aid stein, said that, particularly in a year
The clock ticked down Sunday on a The opposition “want to deliver the During the protest, Guaido an- in which not a single female filmmak-
deadline for Venezuela’s beleaguered country in pieces to the gringo empire nounced the installation of collec- er was nominated for best picture or
leader Nicolas Maduro to call snap and the local oligarchies,” Maduro tion centers for medicine and food best director at the Oscars, festivals
presidential elections or see his oppo- told the soldiers. -- items lacking in Venezuela -- in were essential to boost industry di-
sition rival Juan Guaido recognized The US recognized Guaido as Ven- neighboring Colombia and Brazil. versity.
as interim president by European ezuela’s interim president on January “Answering the call of President “We need women to get to the top
powers. 23 while seven European nations, Guaido, the US is mobilizing & of the mountain in the same way that
Guaido, already recognized by the including Britain, France, Germany transporting humanitarian aid for the men can,” she told AFP.
United States, Canada, Australia and and Spain, have said they will do people of Venezuela,” US National “(A festival slot) means you get
several Latin American countries, likewise unless Maduro calls presi- Security Advisor John Bolton said on noticed, you get written about in pa-
said Sunday he would lobby the Eu- dential elections. Twitter. pers across the world. People will be
ropean Union for badly-needed hu- Austria was the latest to join the Speaking at a pro-regime demon- reviewing your film and buyers and
manitarian aid to a nation wracked by group. Foreign Minister Sebastian stration marking 20 years since his other (event) programmers will be
economic crisis. Kurz announced the decision to back predecessor Hugo Chavez came to looking at it.”
“We are going to exercise our pow- the ultimatum in a tweet on Sunday. power, Maduro ignored international Silverstein will attend the signing
ers to deal with the crisis, restore France warned Maduro of the ap- demands for a new ballot and instead of a gender-parity pledge Saturday
democracy and achieve freedom,” proaching deadline and that it was reiterated his call to bring forward that Cannes, Venice and other major
the 35-year-old National Assembly preparing to recognize Guaido. legislative elections slated for the end festivals have already inked, commit-
leader said on Twitter. “The ultimatum ends tonight,” of 2020 to this year. ting the Berlinale to striving for bal-
Guaido was also expected to an- France’s European Affairs Minister “They want to bring forward elec- ance in the event’s top management
nounce a date for the arrival of hu- Nathalie Loiseau told French media tions, let’s have elections,” he said. and transparency in the selection pro-
manitarian aid from the US -- a path on Sunday. Loiseau, the French minister, dis- cess.
President Maduro believes will lead “If between now and this evening missed Maduro’s threat to hold early In June, Kosslick will hand over
to a US-led military intervention. Mr Maduro does not commit to orga- legislative polls as “a tragic farce.” the reins to Carlo Chatrian, the cur-
In Washington, US President Don- nizing presidential elections, we will Maduro, making his first appear- rent head of the Locarno film festival,
ald Trump warned that military in- consider that Mr Guaido is legitimate ance at a rally since a military parade and Mariette Rissenbeek, the Dutch
tervention remains “an option” for to organize them in his place,” Loi- in August when he claimed to have director of German Film, which pro-
dealing with the crisis in oil-rich but seau added. been targeted in an attempted assas- motes homegrown movies abroad.
impoverished Venezuela. Tens of thousands of people turned sination, accused Guaido of being a Polish veteran Agnieszka Holland
Maduro addressed troops on mili- out Saturday for competing shows US “puppet” in a coup d’etat attempt. will unveil the Stalin-era thriller
tary exercises in Venezuela’s coastal of support for Guaido, who stunned Under Maduro’s stewardship, oil- “Mr Jones” starring James Norton
northeast Sunday, calling on them for the world 10 days ago by declaring dependent Venezuela has lurched into (“Happy Valley”) while France’s
“maximum cohesion” a day after a himself “acting president,” and for an economic crisis that has left the Agnes Varda will premiere a new
top Air Force general publicly sided Maduro who was sworn in January country suffering from hyperinflation autobiographical documentary out
with Guaido. 10 to a disputed second six-year term. and shortages of food and medicine. of competition.

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“We played with more aggressiveness on offense and we moved better on defense”
Irving scores 30 as Celtics snap Thunder NBA win streak


Kyrie Irving scored 30 points and the Los Angeles Clippers 121-103
passed out 11 assists on Sunday as the behind 18 points from Kawhi Leon-
Boston Celtics snapped Oklahoma ard plus 16 points and 12 rebounds
City’s seven-game NBA win streak from Congo-born Spaniard Serge
with a 134-129 home triumph. Ibaka.
Marcus Morris added 19 points and Canada’s Shai Gilgeous-Alexan-
Marcus Smart netted 18 as eight of der, a 20-year-old guard playing in
nine players taking the court for Bos- his homeland, led the Clippers with
ton scored in double figures and the 19 points.
Celtics improved to 34-19, matching The Raptors improved to 38-16,
Philadelphia for third in the Eastern second in the East by 1.5 games to
Conference. Milwaukee, while the Clippers fell
“We have great continuity, great to 29-25, clinging to the last Western
rhythm,” Irving said. “Playing the Conference playoff spot by one game
best we can every single day.” over Sacramento.
The Thunder fell to 33-19, four Memphis guard Mike Conley
games adrift of Western Conference scored 25 points and Spanish big
leaders Denver and Golden State, de- man Marc Gasol added 24 to spark
spite a sixth consecutive triple double the Grizzlies over the NBA-worst
from Russell Westbrook, who had 22 New York Knicks 96-84 at Madison
points, 16 assists and 12 rebounds. Square Garden.
Westbrook hit a 3-pointer, made a Kyrie Irving #11 of the Boston Celtics (Photo AFP) Conley added eight rebounds and
steal and sank two free throws to pull and the Celtics took the ball, Smart but Morris answered with a corner seven assists while Gasol contributed
the visitors within 121-119 in the fi- hitting two final free throws to seal 3-pointer to begin a 12-2 Boston nine rebounds and five assists for
nal minutes. the victory. run and the Celtics bounced back Memphis, which also had 19 points
Jerami Grant’s 3-pointer pulled “Down the stretch it’s winning to lead 99-93 entering the fourth from Justin Holiday.
the Thunder within 129-128. Bos- time. Just like that,” Irving said. quarter. New York’s league-worst record
ton’s Jayson Tatum hit only 1-of-2 “That’s a great team over there. It was “We played with more aggressive- slid to 10-42 after a 13th consecutive
free throws but Irving forced a West- a great challenge.” ness on offense and we moved bet- loss while the Grizzlies, second worst
brook turnover and Tatum added two Paul George led the Thunder with ter on defense,” said Celtics coach in the Western Conference, improved
more from the line to give the Celtics 37 points and New Zealand’s Steven Brad Stevens, whose club improved to 21-33.
a 132-128 edge with 7.4 seconds to Adams added 16 points and nine re- to 20-0 at home when leading after Kevin Knox led the Knicks with 17
play. bounds for Oklahoma City. three quarters. points while DeAndre Jordan, in his
Westbrook sank a free throw but The Thunder reeled off 11 points The Celtics hit a season-best 59 first game after arriving in a deal with
missed the rim on his second attempt in a row in just over two minutes percent of their shots from the floor. Dallas, contributed 12 points and 12
trying to set up a Thunder rebound for a 76-73 lead in the third quarter At Toronto, the host Raptors ripped rebounds.

NBA Five-time women’s world champion Jacobellis and Dierdorff Tennis
Porzingis tells NBA Knicks USA’s Jacobellis, Dierdorff win world team snowboard title Kiki Bertens fights back
fans to ‘Stay Woke!’ American stars Mick Dierdorff and Moioli, were second with Germany’s for St Petersburg title
Paul Berg and Hanna Ihedioha third
Lindsey Jacobellis combined to win
Kristaps Porzingis, the Latvian cen- the team snowboardcross crown Sun- ahead of Italy’s Emanuel Perathoner Dutch second seed Kiki Bertens dug
ter traded from New York to Dallas day, going unbeaten in three races at and Francesca Gallina. deep after suffering two early breaks
last Thursday, had a farewell mes- the World Freestyle Ski and Snow- Berg and Ihedioha beat Moioli and of serve against Croatia’s Donna Ve-
sage Sunday for Knicks fans after the board Championships. Visintin in the quarter-finals but the kic to win the WTA St Petersburg title
NBA deal -- “Stay Woke!” Five-time women’s world champi- Italian duo responded with a win in on Sunday.
The 23-year-old European 7-foot-3 on Jacobellis and Dierdorff, coming their semi-final heat. The 27-year-old fired eight aces to
(2.21m) giant, the NBA’s tallest ac- off his first world crown in Friday’s France’s Loan Bozzolo and Chloe prevail 7-6 (7/2), 6-4 in one hour 43
tive player, has not played since suf- men’s snowboardcross final, captured Trespeuch placed fifth after winning minutes to record her first ever win
fering a torn left knee ligament last their quarter-final and semi-final runs the consolation final. over Vekic in their fourth head-to-
February. before racing to victory in the cham- Sixteen teams of one man and one head meeting.
Three days after he was sent to the pionship heat. woman competed over three rounds “It’s great to be here. It was a great
Mavericks in a trade involving seven Italy’s Omar Visintin, a 2015 to decide a champion at the Solitude week and I hope to come back here
players and two draft picks, Porzin- X Games runner-up, and Michela course near Park City, Utah. next year to defend my title,” Bertens
gis advised Knicks supporters to be said after her eighth WTA crown.
watchful. “My coach (Raemon Sluiter) told
“The city deserves better than me that I was playing the right way
that... My suggestion for Knicks fans and just needed to keep going for my
is to STAY WOKE!! Peace,” Porzin- shots. And it worked!”
gis posted early Sunday on his Insta- Sitting 30th in the WTA rankings
gram account. Vekic started confidently breaking
An ESPN report said Porzingis, a Bertens’ service twice to establish a
restricted free agent after this season, commanding 5-2 lead.
told the Knicks on Thursday he was She was serving for the first set
concerned over the state of the club but Bertens refused to surrender and
and the direction the team was going pulled off an impressive comeback
and no longer wanted to be on the breaking back twice to level.
Knicks roster. In the ensuing tiebreak the Dutch-
The Knicks sent 2018 NBA All- woman played with great accuracy to
Star Porzingis, Trey Burke, Court- claim a one-set lead after 58 minutes
ney Lee and Tim Hardaway Jr. to on court.
Dallas for DeAndre Jordan, Dennis In the second set Bertens was even
Smith Jr., Wesley Matthews and more precise on the indoor court at
first-round NBA Draft picks in 2021 St Petersburg’s 7,000-seater Sibur
and 2023. Mick Dierdorff celebrates on the podium after finishing first place (Photo AFP) Arena.

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Sudokumania
The aim of the game is to fill a 9x9 grid (81 squares) that is subdivided into 3x3 “sub-squares, with each of the numbers one through nine, besides
the ones that are already filled with numbers.
The rule is that each number appear only once per row, once per column, and only once per sub-square. It is rather easy to solve, in fact no math-
ematical knowledge is required. The solutions are indicated below.
Have fun!

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