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Page 6 The Skanner July 11, 2018 News ter while they were trapped and are in good health, a health official said Wednesday. The 12 boys and coach rescued over the three pre- vious days “took care of themselves well in the cave,” Thongchai Lertwilairatanapong, a public health in- spector, said at a news conference at the hospital in Chiang Rai city where the group is recovering. The four boys rescued Sunday can eat normal food and walk around, and the four pulled out Monday were eating soft food. Thongchai said one member of the final group of four boys and the coach who arrived at the hospital Tuesday evening had a slight lung infection. Two of the first group had a lung infection as well, and Thongchai said they would need medicine for seven days. The average weight loss was 2 kilograms (4.4 pounds) for those with known information, Thong- chai said. They were able to obtain water dripping inside the cave. World News Briefs BRUSSELS (AP) — In a combative start to his NATO visit, President Donald Trump asserted Wednesday that a pipeline project has made Germany “totally controlled” by and “captive to Russia” and blasted NATO allies’ defense spending, opening what was ex- pected to be a fraught summit with a list of grievanc- es involving American allies. Trump, in a testy exchange with NATO Secre- tary-General Jens Stoltenberg, took issue with the U.S. protecting Germany when the European nation is making deals with Russia. “I have to say, I think it’s very sad when Germany makes a massive oil and gas deal with Russia where we’re supposed to be guarding against Russia,” Trump said during a breakfast with Stoltenberg, his first event since arriving in Brussels. “We’re sup- posed to protect you against Russia but they’re pay- ing billions of dollars to Russia and I think that’s very inappropriate.” The president appeared to be referring to the Nord Stream 2 pipeline that would bring gas from Russia to Germany’s northeastern Baltic coast, bypassing East- ern European nations like Poland and Ukraine and doubling the amount of gas Russia can send directly to Germany. The vast undersea pipeline is opposed by the U.S. and some other EU members, who warn it could give Moscow greater leverage over Western Europe. Trump said that, “Germany, as far as I’m concerned, is captive to Russia” and urged NATO to look into the issue. Trump, who has been accused of being too cozy with Putin — a man accused of U.S. election meddling — was expected to see German Chancellor Angela Merkel later in the day. China Vows Retaliation For Latest US Tariff Threat BEIJING (AP) — China slammed the U.S. threat to expand tariff hikes to imports including apples, fish sticks and French doors as a “totally unacceptable” escalation of their trade battle and vowed Wednesday CHINATOPIX VIA AP Trump Claims Germany ‘Controlled’ By Russia In this July 6, 2018, photo, a truck moves a China Shipping shipping container at a port in Qingdao in eastern China’s Shandong Province. China’s government on Wednesday, July 11, 2018, has criticized the latest U.S. threat of a tariff hike as “totally unacceptable” and vowed to retaliate in their escalating trade war. to protect its “core interests.” The government gave no details but the Commerce Ministry earlier threatened “comprehensive mea- sures.” That prompted fears Beijing might go beyond matching U.S. import tax increases by harassing American companies in China. The spiraling conflict over Chinese technology poli- cy threatens to chill global economic growth. It stems from Washington’s belief that Beijing steals or pres- sures companies to hand over technology and wor- ries that plans for state-led development of Chinese champions in robots and other fields might erode American industrial leadership. The U.S. Trade Representative announced Tuesday a possible second round of tariff hikes targeting a $200 billion list of Chinese goods ranging from bur- glar alarms to mackerel. That came four days after Washington added 25 percent duties on $34 billion of Chinese goods and Beijing responded by increas- ing its own taxes on the same amount of American imports. “It is totally unacceptable for American side to publish a tariff list in a way that is accelerating and escalating,” said a Commerce Ministry statement. “To protect the core interests of the nation and its people, the Chinese government will be forced to impose nec- essary countermeasures.” Kids Lost Weight But ‘Took Care of Themselves’ in Thai Cave MAE SAI, Thailand (AP) — The soccer team- mates rescued from a flooded cave in Thailand lost weight during their 18-day ordeal but had wa- Government Falls Short of Deadline to Reunite Kids, Parents SAN DIEGO (AP) — Some immigrant toddlers are back in the arms of their parents, but others remained in holding facilities away from relatives as federal of- ficials fell short of meeting a court-ordered deadline to reunite dozens of youngsters forcibly separated from their families at the border. In Grand Rapids, Michigan, Ever Reyes Mejia walked out of an Immigration and Customs Enforce- ment center Tuesday, carrying his beaming son and the boy’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles backpack. The boy was secured in a booster seat, and father and son were driven away. Another boy and a girl who had been in tempo- rary foster care were reunited with their Honduran fathers at the center about three months after they were split up. The three fathers were “just holding them and hugging them and telling them that everything was fine and that they were never going to be separated again,” said immigration lawyer Abril Valdes. The children were “absolutely thrilled to be with their parents again.” Late last month, U.S. District Judge Dana Sabraw in San Diego set a 14-day deadline to reunite children under 5 with their parents and a 30-day deadline for older children. Analysis: Dems Meet Supreme Court Pick With Mixed Message WASHINGTON (AP) — Chuck Schumer, the Senate Democratic leader, says it’s all about health care. Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., worries about the im- pact on the special counsel investigation. And Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., sees an assault that could set women’s rights back decades. There’s so much for Democrats to dislike about Brett Kavanaugh, President Donald Trump’s Su- preme Court pick. And that may be the problem. In the hours after the Republican president tapped See WORLD on page 7
