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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • MONDAY, JULY 3, 2017
WORLD IN BRIEF
Associated Press
Smackdown! Trump’s insult act
comes from pro wrestling hype
NEW YORK — Making bombastic boasts. Dropping signa-
ture catch phrases. Attaching insults to rivals’ names. Shouting
down perceived enemies.
If President Donald Trump’s recent attacks on television
personalities, journalists and political rivals feel like some-
thing straight out of the pro wrestling circuit, it may not be a
coincidence.
Wrestling aficionados say the president, who has a long his-
tory with the game, has borrowed the time-tested tactics of the
squared circle to cultivate the ultimate antihero character, a fig-
ure who wins at all costs, incites outrage and follows nobody’s
rules but his own.
“In our terminology, he’s playing it to the hilt,” said former
World Wrestling Entertainment writer Dan Madigan.
On Sunday, Trump’s apparent fondness for wrestling emerged
in a tweeted mock video that shows him pummeling a man in a
business suit — his face obscured by the CNN logo — outside
a wrestling ring. It was not clear who produced the brief video,
which appeared to be a doctored version of Trump’s 2007 appear-
ance on World Wrestling Entertainment Inc. But it was tweeted
from the president’s official Twitter account.
Amtrak train cars derail in
Washington state; minor injuries
STEILACOOM, Wash. — Several people suffered minor
injuries after parts of an Amtrak passenger train derailed in Wash-
ington state, authorities said.
The locomotive and the baggage car of the Amtrak Cascades
train derailed Sunday about 45 miles south of Seattle near the
town of Steilacoom, Amtrak and the Pierce County sheriff’s
office said.
The train, which was carrying 267 passengers, derailed near
the Chambers Bay golf course, which was the site of the 2015
U.S. Open.
Mitchell Crowley, of Redmond, told the Seattle Times that he
was on one of the four cars that went off the track.
“I was in the farthest back, didn’t go very far off the rails,”
the 18-year-old said. “I did get to have that exciting experience:
Brake, brake, brake and tipping over.”
Crowley said the car he was on tipped about 15 degrees.
All passengers were evacuated and provided with alternate
transportation, the company said. The train runs between Van-
couver, Canada, and Eugene-Springfield, Oregon.
The cause of the derailment is under investigation, Amtrak
said.
The railroad tracks on which the locomotive derailed was
reopened shortly before 6 p.m. for service at limited speeds,
Amtrak said.
The Gig Harbor Police Department said one of its patrol boats
was helping environment officials put in pollution-control booms
to block fuel from the derailment from leaking into a nearby body
of water. The department posted a photo Sunday afternoon on its
Twitter account showing the work.
AP Photo/Richard Drew
Copies of the New York Post with an illustration of President
Donald Trump as a professional wrestler on the front page
are displayed at a newsstand in New York City, Monday. On
Sunday, Trump’s apparent fondness for wrestling emerged
in a tweeted mock video that shows him pummeling a man
in a business suit with his face obscured by the CNN logo.
Pearl Jam plays in the background.
Frates’ family said Sunday that he had returned to the hospital
and was “battling this beast ALS like a Superhero.”
He was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in 2012.
The disease weakens muscles and impairs physical functioning.
There is no known cure.
The ALS Ice Bucket Challenge raised more than $220 million
when it took off worldwide on social media in 2014.
Frates is a native of Beverly, Massachusetts, and played base-
ball at Boston College. He played professionally in Germany
after graduation and in amateur leagues upon his return to the
U.S.
He received his diagnosis after getting hit on the wrist by a
pitch and noticing it wasn’t healing properly.
Iraq on cusp of Mosul victory
but IS strikes back; 15 killed
MOSUL, Iraq — The Islamic State group is striking back with
suicide bombings as Iraqi forces appear on the cusp of full vic-
tory in Mosul, with at least 15 people killed in the latest assaults
across Iraq, officials said today.
The attacks underscore the intense violence still plaguing the
battered country and the perils that remain as the battle for Iraq’s
second-largest city nears its end.
In Mosul’s Old City neighborhood — the scene of IS’ last
stand, where Iraqi forces are fast closing in on the last remaining
pocket of militant-held territory — two women suicide bombers,
hiding among a group of fleeing civilians, targeted Iraqi troops
this morning, killing one soldier and wounding several others.
And at a camp for displaced people in Iraq’s western Anbar
province, a suicide bomber dressed in a woman’s all-covering
robe killed 14 on Sunday evening, a provincial official said.
After days of fierce battles, the territory held by the militants
in Mosul is rapidly shrinking, with IS now controlling just over 1
square kilometer in all, or about 0.40 square miles.
Arab nations extend deadline
Paraglider dies after crashing in
in Qatar crisis by 48 hours
Oregon’s Cape Lookout State Park DOHA, Qatar — A group of Arab nations early today extended
PORTLAND — A paraglider has died after crashing at Cape
Lookout State Park in Oregon.
The Oregonian reports that 53-year-old Clifton W. Westin of
Corvallis died on Saturday.
The Oregon State Police say he apparently launched in a para-
glider from a cliff overlooking the beach but failed to take flight.
He landed on some rocks and waves quickly took him out to sea.
Using a helicopter and a motor boat, the U.S. Coast Guard
recovered Westin and attempted lifesaving measures, but he
could not be revived.
Man who inspired ice bucket
challenge is back in hospital
BOSTON — The man who inspired people around the world
to dump buckets of ice water over their heads to raise millions of
dollars for Lou Gehrig’s disease research is back in the hospital
and is keeping his sense of humor.
A Facebook post from the family of 32-year-old Pete Frates
said he is resting comfortably at Massachusetts General Hospi-
tal and that “doctors, medicine, prayers and love continue to help
him get stronger.”
After some news outlets erroneously reported today that he
had died, Frates responded by posting a 45-second video on Twit-
ter showing him lying in a hospital bed while the song “Alive” by
a deadline for Qatar to respond to their list of demands in a dip-
lomatic crisis roiling the Gulf by 48 hours, saying Kuwait’s emir
requested the delay as part of his efforts to mediate the dispute.
Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt and Bahrain
cut off ties with 2022 FIFA World Cup host Qatar on June 5,
restricting access to their airspace and ports and sealing Qatar’s
only land border, which it shares with Saudi Arabia.
They issued a 13-point list of demands to end the standoff
June 22 and gave the natural gas-rich country 10 days to comply.
The joint statement early today by the four Arab nations said
they expected Qatar to respond to their demands later in the day.
The new deadline would expire late Tuesday or early Wednes-
day. Foreign ministers of the four Arab nations will meet Wednes-
day in Cairo to discuss their next moves, Egypt said today.
“The response of the four states will then be sent following the
study of the Qatari government’s response and assessment of its
response to the whole demands,” the statement said.
China’s Xi warns Trump of
‘negative factors’ hurting US ties
BEIJING — Chinese President Xi Jinping warned Presi-
dent Donald Trump today that “some negative factors” are hurt-
ing U.S.-China relations, as tensions flare anew over a slew of
long-standing sore points.
Xi’s comments in a phone call with Trump follow Beijing’s
displeasure over U.S. arms sales to rival Taiwan, U.S. sanctions
against a Chinese bank over its dealings with North Korea and,
most recently, the sailing of a U.S. destroyer within the territorial
seas limit of a Chinese-claimed island in the South China Sea.
Beijing was also miffed after the State Department gave Bei-
jing a dismal grade last week in a new human trafficking report.
As reported by state media, Xi told Trump in their call that
Beijing expects Washington to continue managing relations on
the basis of the “one China” principle that rules out formal con-
tacts with Taiwan, which China claims as its own territory.
“Xi Jinping emphasized that, since my meeting with the pres-
ident at Mar-a-Lago, China-U.S. relations have achieved import-
ant outcomes,” state broadcaster CCTV reported, referring to
Xi’s meeting with Trump in Florida in April.
“At the same time, bilateral relations have been affected by
some negative factors. China has expressed its position to the
U.S.”
White House: Trump backs
repeal-only health bill as ‘option’
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is pressuring
wavering senators to back a Republican bill to repeal and replace
former President Barack Obama’s health care law but is holding
open a repeal-only option if Republicans can’t reach agreement
over the July 4 recess, Trump’s top legislative aide says.
Marc Short, the White House’s legislative director, said
Trump was making weekend calls and believed senators were
“getting close” on passing a bill.
But Short maintained that Trump continues to believe that
repeal-only legislation should also be considered. Senate Majority
Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., has dismissed the suggestion.
McConnell says he intends to proceed with GOP legislation
being negotiated during the week-long recess.
He has previously said if Republicans don’t reach agreement,
he will have to turn to Democrats, who want to fix Obama’s
health care law without repealing it.
“Our preference is to pass the bill the Senate has right now,”
Short said. But he added: “If the replacement part is too difficult
for Republicans to get together, then let’s go back and take care
of the first step of repeal.”
“That’s an option,” Short emphasized.
Focus at pope’s hospital for
kids put profits over patients
ROME — Doctors and nurses at the Vatican’s showcase pedi-
atric hospital were angry: Corners were being cut. Safety proto-
cols were being ignored. And sick children were suffering.
The Vatican’s response was swift. A secret three-month
investigation in early 2014 gathered testimony and documen-
tation from dozens of current and former staff members and
confirmed that the mission of “the pope’s hospital” had been
lost and was “today more aimed at profit than on caring for
children.”
What happened next surprised many involved: The report was
never made public. While some of the recommendations were
carried out, others were not. And the Vatican commissioned a
second inquiry in 2015 that — after a three-day hospital visit —
concluded nothing was amiss after all.
An Associated Press investigation has found that Bambino
Gesu (Baby Jesus) Pediatric Hospital, a cornerstone of Italy’s
health care system, did indeed shift its focus in ways big and
small under its past administration. Under leadership that gov-
erned from 2008 to 2015, the hospital expanded services and
tried to make a money-losing Vatican enterprise turn a profit —
and children sometimes paid the price.
July Fourth holiday brings mixed
feelings for some minorities
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — As many in the United States
celebrate the Fourth of July holiday, some minorities have mixed
feelings about the revelry of fireworks and parades in an atmo-
sphere of tension on several fronts.
How do you celebrate during what some people of color con-
sider troubling times?
Blacks, Latinos and immigrant rights advocates say the after-
math of the 2016 presidential election, recent non-convictions of
police officers charged in the shootings of black men, and the
stepped-up detentions of immigrants and refugees for deporta-
tion have them questioning equality and the promise of life, lib-
erty and the pursuit of happiness in the United States.
Filmmaker Chris Phillips of Ferguson, Missouri, says he
likely will attend a family barbecue just like every Fourth of July.
But the 36-year-old black man says he can’t help but feel per-
plexed about honoring the birth of the nation after three officers
were recently cleared in police shootings.
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