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| Dimapur, Wednesday September 6, 2017 Xiamen (China), Sep. 5 (IANS): The Russian pres- ident on Tuesday warned that ramping up military hysteria with North Korea over its nuclear missile test could lead to a global catastrophe and instead advocated for renewed dip- lomatic efforts, a move that could hamper the US’ petition for tighter interna- tional sanctions. Vladimir Putin, speak- ing at a press conference following a BRICS meet- ing in Xiamen in China, str uck a discord with Washington’s approach to the North Korea crisis when he criticized the pur- suit of further sanctions as useless and denounced military threats against the regime of Kim Jong-Un as dangerous, reports Xinhua news agency. “Ramping up military hysteria in such conditions is senseless, it’s a dead end,” Putin said. “It could lead to a global, planetary catastrophe and a huge loss of human life. There is no other way to solve the North Korean nuclear issue, apart from through peaceful dialogue.” E a r l y o n S u n d a y, the world was alerted to Pyongyang successfully carrying out its largest ever nuclear missile test in the mountains in northern North Korea when observ- ers detected up an 6.3-mag- nitude earthquake. North Korean state me- dia broadcast triumphant
claims of success soon after. Amid fears that the North Korean regime was planning a ballistic missile test similar to that con- ducted on July 4, the US escalated its rhetoric and called upon the UN Secu- rity Council to completely isolate the so-called hermit kingdom from the outside world, including the sever- ance of its fuel-trade chan- nel with China. China and Russia have both since distanced them- selves from that approach. “They would rather eat grass than give up their nuclear programme,” Pu- tin said at the meeting of BRICS representatives, which gathers leaders from five emerging global econo- mies: Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. He told the audience that Russia condemned Nor th Korea’s recent actions but opined that there was no other way to manage the situation than through dialogue. Putin more directly criticized US diplomatic policy when he said it was drafted by people who confuse Australia with Austria, in reference to a famous slip of the tongue by former US President George W. Bush. Nikki Haley, the US ambassador to the UN, on Monday called on the Security Council to impose the strongest possible sanc- tions on Pyongyang. Meanwhile, the South Korean military has held drills as a show of force. North Korea claimed that its nuclear warhead could be mounted onto an intercontinental ballistic missile, which would sig- nal considerable progress in its nuclear programme. Hours after the test, US President Donald Trump logged onto Twit- ter to denounce North Korea as an embarrass- ment to China, which he claimed was “trying to help (end the crisis) but with little success”. He later said he was considering stopping all US trade with any country that maintained commercial relations with the North Korean regime. Russia and China both have trade links with Pyongyang. Washington, Sep. 5 (PTI): North Korea is “begging for war” with abusive use of mis- siles and nuclear threats, US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley has said, pushing for the “strongest possible measures” against Pyongyang following its sixth and most powerful nuclear test. On Sunday, North Korea said it deto- nated a hydrogen bomb designed for a long-range missile and called it a “perfect success”, inviting worldwide condemnation and promises of tougher US sanctions. Haley said North Korean dictator Kim Jong-Un’s action cannot be seen as defen- sive and he wants to be acknowledged as a nuclear power. “But being a nuclear power is not about using those terrible weapons to threaten others.” “Nuclear powers understand their re- sponsibilities. Kim Jong-Un shows no such understanding,” Haley told members of the UN Security Council during a meeting on North Korea. The Indian-origin US ambassador to the UN said that his abusive use of missiles, and his nuclear threats show that he is “begging for war”. “War is never something the US wants. We don’t want it now. But our country’s pa- tience is not unlimited. We will defend our allies and our territory,” she said. The idea that some have suggested of a so-called freeze- for-freeze is insulting, she said. “When a rogue regime has a nuclear weapon and an ICBM (Inter-continental Bal- listic Missile) pointed at you, you do not take steps to lower your guard. No one would do that. We certainly won’t,” she said, adding time has come to exhaust all diplomatic means to end this crisis. Haley and her counterparts from Japan, France, the UK, and the South Korea re- quested the emergency meeting in response to North Korea’s latest nuclear test. “To the members of the Security Coun- cil, I must say: enough is enough,” she said. British Ambassador to the UN Mat- thew Rycroft said North Korea has created a deeply dangerous and unstable situation. “The UK will work with our partners on this Council and beyond to tackle the chal- lenge,” he said. Dialogue, he said, will always be the “end goal”. “But returning to dialogue with- out a serious sign of intent from Pyongyang would be a set up to failure. North Korea must change course to allow a return to dia- logue. Were they to do so, the opportunity exists to end this crisis. Ambassador Koro Bessho of Japan said it was clear how belligerent and dangerous the North Korean actions were, posing a problem, not only for that country’s neigh- bours, but the entire international com- munity. In that context, he stressed the need for the Council to swiftly adopt a new resolu- tion with further robust sanction measures Firmly supporting the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula, the Chinese Ambas- sador Liu Jieyi strongly urged Pyongyang to comply with international measures. Haley told the 15-membered body that US will be circulating a draft resolution soon, with the expectation to have it passed by Monday September 11. The South Korean Ambassador Cho Tae-yul said the Security Council must re- spond to this serious provocation with the adoption of a new resolution containing much tougher measures, corresponding to the magnitude and gravity of the test. “Now is the time to take measures that are strong and robust enough to compel North Korea to seriously engage in dialogue. The new resolution must include not only additional measures to further block funds that could possibly flow into North Korea’s illegal WMD program, but also truly biting and robust measures such as cutting off crude oil and oil product supplies,” he said. Canberra, Sep. 5 (IANS): The High Court of Australia on Tuesday began a two-day hear- ing on the legality of a postal survey which is crucial in determining whether same-sex mar- riage will be legalised in the country. The Liberal Party-led government of Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, who promised a plebiscite on same-sex marriage during the 2016 election campaigns, resorted to the postal survey after the Senate rejected a proposal to hold a plebiscite for a second time, reports Efe news. The High Court must rule on whether the government has the power to allocate about 122 million Australian dollars ($97 million) to this project without parliament’s approval. The plaintiffs in the case also appealed that the project has been entrusted to the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), whose purpose is to collect and disseminate data and not opinions, and not to the Australian Electoral Commission. “Families like mine and trans- and diver- sity young people have already, without the campaign having started, been subjected to vile hate and abuse,” Felicity Marlowe, who has three children with Sarah -- her partner of 17 years, said at a press conference in Melbourne. The government plans to start distribut- ing the postal survey, which is voluntary and non-binding, on September 12, and partici- pants have until November 7 to return their response. If a majority of citizens are in favour, it is expected that the legalisation on the matter will be passed before December 7, when par- liament closes the current legislative session. Australia, which allows civil unions in several states, has been criticised by several organisations for not legalising same-sex mar- riage. In December 2013, the High Court re- scinded a law allowing such marriages in the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) as it was deemed to have contravened the Federal Mar- riage Act of 1961. Similar legislative proposals have also failed in the states of Tasmania and New South Wales. Geneva, Sep. (AFP): Human Rights Watch on Tuesday accused Beijing of sabotaging United Nations efforts to pro- mote rights and slammed the world body for often capitulating to Chinese pressure. “China engages with the UN on human rights but often with the goal of aggressively silencing criticism and eroding access for activists who work on China,” HRW chief Kenneth Roth said in a statement. He acknowledged that China was far from the only country misbehaving at the United Nations. “But its Security Council membership, global influence, and fierce crackdown on civil society at home make it a model of bad faith that challenges the integrity of the UN rights system,” he warned. His comments came as the organisation launched a new report detail- ing Chinese efforts to harass independent activists, mainly from China, who attempt to participate in UN human rights forums. Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Geng Shuang rejected the criticism, saying Beijing “attaches high importance and is committed to promoting and protecting human rights.” He urged “relevant organisations (to) re- move their tainted lenses and view China`s human rights development and contribu- tions to international human rights causes in an unbiased way and stop groundless accusations.” In its report, HRW accused Chinese of- ficials of routinely photographing and film- ing activists on UN premises, in violation of UN rules, and barring Chinese activists from travelling to the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva. Beijing has also used its clout to block non-governmental organisations critical of China from receiving UN accreditation and managed to blacklist accredited activists from taking part in UN events. HRW acknowledged that taken individ- ually, the Chinese actions might not seem so serious. “But taken together, they amount to what appears to be a systematic attempt to subvert the ability of the UN human rights system to confront abuses in China and beyond,” the report said. In the most shocking case, Chinese authorities detained activist Cao Shunli in 2013 as she attempted to travel to Geneva ahead of a UN review of China`s rights record. She died in custody. With China scheduled for the next so- called Universal Periodic Review of its hu- man rights record in 2018, the organisation voiced concern that many Chinese activists might opt to stay away. Cao death “sends a signal to anybody who dares to stand up to Xi Jinping and his government,” Roth told AFP. HRW`s report also said the UN often folds to pressure from China, pointing to the example of well-known ethnic Uy- ghur activist Dolkun Isa who in April was ejected without explanation from the UN headquarters in New York, despite being fully accredited to participate in a forum on indigenous issues. Islamabad, Sep. 5 (PTI): Over 5, 00,000 Pakistanis have been de- ported from 134 countries, includ- ing countries like Saudi Arabia, the UAE, India and China, in the last five years, according to a me- dia report on Tuesday. While it is commonplace for Pakistanis to be deported from Saudi Arabia, the UAE, and a number of European Union member states, many small- er and lesser-known countries have also booted Pakistani nationals for a number of reasons, the Express Tribune reported. Some of the places where Pakistani nationals were kicked out from are countries like Laos, Togo, Port Louis, Liberia, Guinea, Burkina Faso, Botswana, Burundi, Madagascar, Malawi, Republic of Congo, Dominican Republic, Mozambique, Angola, and Ethio- pia. In response to a question put forward by Senator Jehanzeb Jamaldini, the Interior Ministry placed before the Senate a list of countries from which Pakistanis have been deported and their an- nual breakdown from January, 2012 till June, 2017. Of the 544,105 Pakistanis deported, 71,723 were expelled in 2012; 79,539 in 2013; 78,409 in 2014; 116,185 in 2015; 111,084 in 2016; and 87,165 in just the first six months of 2017. Saudi Arabia topped the overall list, followed by the UAE, Oman, Malaysia, the UK, Turkey, and Greece. India de- ported 12 Pakistanis in 2012; six in 2013; 13 in 2014; 10 in 2015; five in 2016; and three by June this year. China deported 240 Pakistanis. Of these 26 were in 2012; 39 in 2013’; 36 in 2014; 46 in 2015; 80 in 2016; and 13 by June this year. The Interior Ministry started tabulating reasons for deportations from 2014. Overstaying visas, lost passports, passport retained by visa sponsors or employers, illegal immigration, entry refused, and other illegal entries are the most common of the over 115 reasons for which these people were sent back home by the authorities of these countries. Data placed before the Senate shows an 280,052 Pakistanis were deported from Saudi Arabia. In 2012, a total of 17,369 Pakistanis were deported from the kingdom in 2012; another 33,351 in 2013; followed by 45,456 in 2014; 61,404 in 2015; and 57,784 in 2016. The record from 2015 has already been broken this year, as 64,689 have been deported from January to June 2017. The UAE did the sec- ond-most deportations – 10,235 in 2012; 9,597 in 2013; 8,434 in 2014; 8,690 in 2015; and 9,987 in 2016. The Emirates had deported 5,115 Pakistanis by June 30 this year. Oman was third, having sent home a total of 20,416 Pakistani nationals during this period. It was followed by Malaysia, which deported 16,124 Pakistanis in this period. The UK deported 13,700 and Turkey 9,776 Pakistani na- tionals during this period. Among non-Brexit EU coun- tries, Greece tops the list with 16,591 Pakistani deportees, fol- lowed by Italy with 887, Germany with 815, France with 798, Spain with 408, Belgium with 315, Nor- way with 265, and Austria with 248 deportees from January 2012 till June, 2017. Other notable European de- porting states were Sweden with 98, the Netherlands with 123, Bulgaria with 165, Cyprus with 316, Romania with 145, and Swit- zerland with 58 Pakistanis de- ported during this period. The US deported 832 Pakistanis, while Canada sent home 337. Interestingly, Pakistanis were also deported from war-torn coun- tries in the Middle East. Iraq de- ported 27 Pakistanis in 2012; 85 in 2013; 79 in 2014; 102 in 2015; 121 in 2016; and another 90 till June this year. Yemen deported 16 each in 2012 and 2013; seven in 2014; 49 in 2015; and seven by June of this year. Syria deported 33 Paki- stani nationals, all of them in 2012. Libya deported 50 Pakistanis in 2012; 59 in 2013; 129 in 2014; 48 in 2015; one in 2016 and four by June this year. Iran deported 10,346 Pakistanis in 2012, fol- lowed by 6,358 in 2013, declining sharply to 50 in 2014; 71 in 2015; 78 in 2016; and 50 by June this year. Meanwhile, western neigh- bour Afghanistan deported a total of 32 Pakistanis – one each in 2012 and 2013; 29 in 2014; and one in 2016.
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Michael Jackson’s son can’t do the moonwalk Late King of Pop Michael Jacksons Prince Jackson says he cannot do the iconic moonwalk his father used to perform. Prince is working in the music business as a video music producer and says it was never an option for him to try to become a singer, reports mirror.co.uk. In an interview on British TV show “This Morning” on Monday, Prince said: “I can’t sing, I can’t dance, I can’t do any of that. I tried to do the moonwalk and it’s embarrassing.” Wish you would rise above this muck: Sona to Kangana
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I n an open letter to Kangana Ranaut, singer Sona Mohapatra said she hopes the actor would take a higher moral ground and not make a mockery of her personal life anymore. The 41-year-old musician’s comments come after the “Queen” star’s recent appearance on TV talk show “Aap Ki Adalat”, where she said that actor Hrithik Roshan should apologise to her publicly for causing her trauma after their alleged relationship ended. In the letter posted on Facebook, Sona wrote she has always sup- ported Kangana “in private and in public” even before she turned a superstar. She, however, added, “... But your current run across the airwaves regurgitating personal details of your love life over and over again, washing dirty linen in public and more so as part of a professional PR campaign before your film release is in bad taste.” Kangana will be next seen in Hansal Mehta-directed “Simran”, which releases on September 15. The singer also called out the actor as her current actions are doing “a big disservice” to feminism and fair play. “Wish you would rise above this muck and make your point through actions and your work. Your success doesn’t need this tabloid trail. Your well-thought out and superbly worded open letters of the past, fearless interviews address- ing larger issues, taking a stand, taking legal recourse are welcome. The current ‘circus’, not,” she continued. Sona also said she believed there are many feminists who belong to the opposite gender and asked Kangana to recognise their contribution as well. PTI S inger John Legend revealed that years ago he tried to dump his then- girlfriend and now-wife Chrissy Teigen, but she said no. The singer admitted that their “break up” lasted an hour-and-a-half. “I was really stressed and busy,” Legend told The Guardian. “I was just like: ‘I’d just be happier single right now,’ and she was like: ‘No.’” A few hours after her husband’s interview hit, Teigen, who has been with the singer for over a decade, took to Twitter to respond, reports eonline. com.
She shared a link to the break up story with a laugh-crying emoji and the caption, “11 years later, baby.” Teigen, who shares daughter Luna with her husband since 2013, also tweeted: “It wasn’t a typical break up. He was on tour and his voice hurt and he was being a whiny face about everything and so yeah, I was like ‘No’.” In 2013, the couple had a lavish wedding ceremony. Prior to their extrava- gant affair, the two were actually wed in a secret and low-key courthouse ceremony in New York. IANS A fter inviting a plethora of Bollywood stars on her talk show No Filter Neha, Neha Dhupia this time had Bollywood’s Baby Doll Sunny Leone getting all candid and chatty. As Neha asked Sunny if she managed to make real friends in Bollywood, Sunny said, “Probably not, I made really nice friends with people that I have worked with, and I know it sounds weird but I only meet people when I’m working with them. I am not a part of any social group or club and what I find is that people get so weird and shallow that it’s not me that they want to know, it’s someone else.”
She even revealed the name of the one person who agreed to accompany her on the stage at an awards ceremony when eve- ryone else refused. It was Chunky Pandey. Ask her why nobody agreed, Sunny says, “I was new in the in- dustry then and when in and especially when they think it’s shady or who is this person and where does she come from, there is some sense of curiosity. Also, at that moment there were probably many women who didn’t like me. I’m okay with that but it was weird to sit there, and wait for someone to turn up and go with me on stage.” Sunny Leone has left many Bol- lywood A-listers behind to become the most searched Indian on Google for last three years. Sharing the feeling of it, Sunny told Neha, “It feels great because people always try to tear you down or they are trying to hurt you with their words but numbers are something which is real. They are not a paid report and when I see them it just confirms in my head that I’m in the right place, I’m where I need to be and it reminds me how amazing and supportive my fans are beside anybody else who tries to push me down.” Revealing other intrin- sic details about herself the Laila of Bollywood said that she is mighty scared of insects and her team has to keep a box of odomos, a can of HIT and get out sticks handy. And for those who don’t know, Sunny knows how to create her own website, she knows HTML, webmaster pro- gram, and also how to edit videos and photos. Indianexpress T he ‘Seek & Destroy’ rocker narrowly avoided a serious in- jury after stepping backwards into a hole in the stage near to the drum kit at Ziggo Dome. Video footage showed the 54-year-old singer fall down and pause for a moment in pain as the band performed ‘Now That We’re Dead’. In the clip shared on YouTube by a fan, James asks the crowd: “Is everyone OK?” He appeared to take the fall in good spirit and joked about how much his “ego” was hurting. He replied to himself saying: “Yes, I am OK. My ego not so much. But, we are fine. It hurt my feelings a maybe, a little bit. But I can tell you about it now it’s done.” The guitar god and vocalist then bravely carried on with the rest of their 18-song set including an encore of ‘Blackened’, “Nothing Else Matters’ and Enter Sandman’. Metallica are currently on the European leg of their ‘WorldWired’ tour, which comes to London’s The O2 on October 22 and 24 and concludes at Birmingham’s Genting Arena on October 30. Meanwhile, the band recently announced they are set to re-release their third studio album ‘Master Of Puppets’ on November 10. The reissue of the classic 1986 metal record will feature unreleased material including demos, rough mixes, videos and live tracks, including a new version of ‘Disposable Heroes’ and a live record- ing of ‘The Thing That Should Not Be’. The LP was the band’s first record to go platinum and ended up going 6 x plati- num in the US. ‘Master Of Puppets’ was the last studio release the band recorded with late bass player Cliff Bur- ton, who was in the band from 1982 until his death in September 1986. femalefirst.co.uk T V host Sharon Osbourne says her husband Ozzy cheated on her with six other women. In an interview with The Telegraph, Sharon opened up about the af- fairs, and said that they almost led to their divorce, reports people.com. “The Talk” co-host said that “there wasn’t just one woman; there were six of them”. “Some Russian teen- ager, then a masseuse in England, our masseuse (in the US), and then our cook. He had women in different countries. Basi- cally, if you’re a woman giving Ozzy either a back rub or a trolley of food, God help you,” Sharon added.
The TV host also spoke about discovering her husband’s infidelity with hairstylist Michelle Pugh. “We were sitting on the couch watching the telly. Ozzy on one couch and me on the other, and suddenly, he sends me this email. ‘Why did you send me this stupid email?’ I asked, and when Ozzy told me that he hadn’t sent me anything, I grabbed his phone and said, ‘Look!’ And of course it was a message meant for one of his bloody women,” she recalled.
S inger Adele is report- edly in talks for her first Hollywood movie role in a new film adaptation of the iconic musical “Oliver!”. According to The Sun newspaper, Adele, 29, is “seriously consid- ering” the offer, reports dailymail.co.uk. The film executives are keen on getting the “Hello” hitmaker on- board to play Nancy in a remake of the hit 1968 musical.
“It would be a major part for her and she’s seriously considering it. She’s talked about An- gelo (her son) being her number one priority and she sees this as a role that he could appreciate too. It would be a new challenge for her, but one she would definitely be up for,” said a source. “Oliver!” is based on the Charles Dickens novel “Oliver Twist”, which released in 1837. It tells the tale of orphan Oliver who meets a pick- pocket on the London streets. He then joins a household of boys who are trained to steal for their master. The original film starred Mark Lester as the protagonist with Ron Moody playing the crooked Fagin and Shani Wallis portraying Nancy.
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