GLOBAL SNAPSHOT

Rich get richer

JAKARTA: An Oxfam report on inequality in Indonesia says its four richest men now have more wealth than 100 million of the country’s poorest people. The report says extreme poverty has declined sharply since 2000 but 93 million Indonesians still live on less than $3.10 a day, which is defined by the World Bank as the moderate poverty line.

Houses returned

WARSAW: The city of Warsaw has begun publishing a list of properties that can be legally claimed by their pre-World War II owners — among them Holocaust survivors and their families. Nearly 50 properties were published yesterday that can be returned to original owners or their heirs.

Big shoes to fill

TOKYO: Japan’s Crown Prince Naruhito has marked his 57th birthday with a pledge to follow in his father’s footsteps as symbol of the nation when his father’s abdication wish is realised. Last August, Emperor Akihito, now 83, expressed his apparent wish to abdicate.

Panda’s new digs

BEIJING: An American-born panda started settling into her new home yesterday in southwest China. Bao Bao was born in Washington to panda parents on loan from China. Under an agreement, such panda cubs must be returned to China before they are four years old, the earliest age at which they might begin breeding.

France sticks solid

PARIS: France is committed to a two-state solution for the Middle East conflict, President Francois Hollande said yesterday, a week after Donald Trump stepped back from the goal. Mr Hollande, addressing an event hosted by the CRIF group of Jewish organisations, said a two-state solution was the only guarantee for Israel to remain a “pluralist and democratic society”.

Awards no-show

HAVANA: A Cuban dissident group awarded a prize yesterday to the head of the Organisation of American States, Luis Almagro, who was denied a visa to accept it in person. The Cuban authorities denied visas to Mr Almagro and other foreign dignitaries invited to witness him receive the award.

Muslims help out

NEW YORK: Muslim Americans have helped raise more than $118,000 to repair vandalised headstones at a Jewish cemetery in St Louis, Missouri. “Muslim Americans stand in solidarity with the Jewish-American community to condemn this horrific act of desecration,” fundraisers said.