TIMES GLOBAL THE TIMES OF INDIA, NEW DELHI | TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2017
FAULT, THEN
INDIFFERENCE
IS A CRIME
JACK KEROUAC
BEN AFFLECK SAYS IN JUSTICE LEAGUE FILM, LONER LADY GAGA POSTPONES HER EUROPEAN LEG
BATMAN WILL WORK ALONG WITH OTHER PLAYERS OF WORLD TOUR DUE TO HEALTH STRUGGLES
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akistan has indicated it AFP
might go for broke aga- nerability it is under by ban- possible meeting of its new elite in the dry country say United Nations: US Presi-
inst the US with ties bet- ning operations in the US of PM Shahid Khaqan Abbasi even forceful private conversa- dent Trump criticised the
ween the two countries rea- Habib Bank, the countrys lea- with vice-president Mike Pen- tions regularly disappoint, United Nations for bloated
ching a new low. Enraged at be- ding financial institution, for ce in New York on sidelines of the FT noted in a report, quo- bureaucracy and mismana-
ing called out by President regulatory violations, the the UN General Assembly. Pre- ting James Dobbins, special gement on his first visit on
Trump for nurturing terror Trump administration has in- sident Trump appears to have envoy in 2013-14 saying, Its ve- Monday to UN headquarters,
groups, Islamabad is believed dicated it has more weapons little time or patience with a ry difficult to deal with an in- calling for truly bold re-
to have devised a three-option up its sleeve. Among them: country whose proliferation terlocutor who says he agrees forms so it could be a greater
toughest diplomatic policy, Stripping Pakistan of the sta- activities are being recalled with you but actually doesnt. force for world peace.
including an extreme case sce- tus of a non-Nato ally, cutting again following North Koreas On Pakistani television, Ahead of his maiden spe-
nario where it will block ac- off all aid, imposing travel ban aggravations in the nuclear some talking heads and an- ech to the UN General Assem-
cess for US and Nato supplies on suspected ISI personnel in and ballistic missile sphere. chors are now discussing the bly on Tuesday, Trump hos-
to land-locked Afghanistan. the US operating undercover, Even the state department, imminent collapse of the co- ted a short event to boost sup-
Afghanistan-bound Nato supply trucks cross Killa Abdullah in Pakistan
Actions prior to this will and finally, formal designation whose bureaucrats have long untrys economy if US puts port for changes to the UN. Trump retweeted a doctored
include, according to media, li- of Pakistan as a terrorist state. US have long argued the count- des to put the squeeze on a co- advocated a cautious line on the squeeze. Pakistanis are al- In recent years, UN has not video on Sunday showing him
miting diplomatic ties with Withdrawal of non-Nato al- ry was too big to fail and app- untry whose elites have grea- Pakistan fearing its collapse so stunned that many reports reached its full potential be- swinging a golf club and hitting
USand reducing mutual coo- ly status and designating it a lying too much pressure on it ter affinity for London and and a loose nukes scenario, now rank Bangladesh ahead of cause of bureaucracy and Hillary Clinton with the ball. The
peration on terrorism-related terrorist state would limit wea- would push it into Chinas New York than for Beijing. appear to have fallen in line it in several economic metrics, mismanagement, while the GIF also shows Clinton tripping
issues and non-cooperation in pons sales and probably affect arms. But, the US appears to Talk of a western visa ban with the White Houses get-to- including exports and foreign budget has increased by 140% and falling after being hit
US strategy for Afghanistan. billions of dollars in IMF and have reckoned that the count- terrifies Pakistani military ugh policy stemming from Isla- exchange reserves. But the co- and its staff has doubled sin-
Pakistan has also warned that World Bank loans, along with ry is already firmly in the Chi- and political elites such as Gen mabads perfidy regarding untrys hardline nationalists ce 2000, Trump said. initiate effective, meaningful
it would not buy any more F-16 access to global finance, the Fi- nese camp, and Beijing can do Musharraf and Nawaz Sharif, using terrorism as a policy in- and fantasists believe China, Trump said the UN must reform. Guterres, however,
jets from the US, and would le- nancial Times has reported. little to stave off a financial who owns prime property and strument. Some who recall and perhaps even Russia, will hold every level of manage- agreed that UN bureaucracy
an towards China. Small pro- Pakistan partisans in the meltdown if Washington deci- camp out in the west whenever being beguiled by late nights come to its rescue. ment accountable, protect was a problem that kept him
whistleblowers and focus on up at night.
results rather than on pro- Trump, who complained
cess. I am confident if we during his campaign about
China opens
Knife-wielding
US college
JuD candidate third in key bypoll; dual-use
work together and champion
truly bold reforms, UN will
emerge as a stronger, more ef-
fective, more just and greater
the US paying a disproportio-
nate amount of money to the
UN, made the point again on
Monday. We must ensure
tack mastermind Hafiz Sae- ys reform meeting after sig- the biggest UN contributor,
Atlanta: Campus police shot eds Jammat-ud-Dawa will Beijing: China has opened a ning on to a US-drafted 10-po- providing 22% of its $5.4 bil-
a Georgia Tech student who foray into Pakistans politi- strategic highway in Tibet to int political declaration back- lion biennial core budget and
plan of thousands
Snow leopard now no longer endangered
the firm responsible for them Malaysia cans beer fest
has apologised, just days after after Islamist anger
AP
A rupture in the main pipe-
line carrying jet fuel to New
Zealands largest airport has
the shared girlfriends began
strutting their silicon stuff.
Chinese retailer Touch said it
Malaysia has canned an annual
craft beer festival after an
Islamist party warned it would
Christine Hauser But the snow leopard can skins are thick and whitish,
still face a decline of 10% or patterned with dark rosettes disrupted the travel plans of will explore healthier and more turn the city into the biggest
more over the next three gen- and spots. Their bones and thousands of people and is harmonious ways to diversify centre of vice in Asia.T he
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he snow leopard is no
longer an endangered erations in its habitats, which other body parts are used in expected to cause further peoples sex lives. The firm Better Beer Festival, billed as
species, but its popula- are mostly mountainous areas traditional Asian medicine. cancellations next week. About was fined and ordered to cease Malaysias biggest craft beer
tion in the wild is still at risk of Central Asia, including Emerging potential 60,000 liters of fuel spilled from its promotional activities. festival, was due to take place
because of poaching and hab- Kyrgyzstan and Pakistan. It threats include mining and the rupture. A Auckland airport on October 6 and 7.
itat loss, conservationists still faces a high risk of ex- other infrastructure develop- spokeswoman said 41 flights Man under lens for cutting
said this week. tinction, the conservation cat from moving even closer to ment that would affect their have been cancelled since noisy dogs vocal cords Man didnt want to drink
The International Union group said, from habitat loss extinction, the group said. habitats, the report said. Saturday due to low jet fuel A Chinese man is being in- alone, breaks in with beer
for Conservation of Nature and degradation, declines in Conservationists warned The IUCN, in its report on supplies. He said most flights vestigated for running a veter- Police said a drunken Penn-
said on Thursday that new da- prey populations and poach- that the risks are not over for the snow leopard, noted the were still operating as normal. inary clinic on the street that sylvania man who didnt want
BUT STILL AT RISK military has stepped in to help cut the vocal cords of noisy to drink alone forced his way
ta taken through 2016 prompt- ing for illegal wildlife trade, the snow leopards, whose dis- population numbers could be
ed the reclassification of the gone from very high risk to among other reasons. tinctive appearances make partly speculative, given the by offering a naval tanker and dogs for a fee. Chinese media into a womans home and sat
snow leopard from the endan- high risk of extinction in It is essential to continue them attractive to poachers. difficulties in collecting hard truck drivers to transport fuel released footage of the alleged down with two 12-packs of beer.
gered list to the vulnerable cat- the wild. The teams lowest es- and expand conservation ef- Their tails are longer than data on the elusive and secre- and by cancelling a planned quack using scissors to remove Sean Haller faces charges of
egory. The difference means, timate was that about 4,000 live forts to reverse its declining most cats to help them bal- tive species across all re- military exercise with Singapore anaesthetised dogs vocal cords criminal trespass and remained
simply, that the animals have in the wild. trend and prevent this iconic ance on steep slopes. Their gions. NYT NEWS SERVICE to help preserve fuel. while their jaws were held open in the York County jail.