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U.N. chief affirms full support for Yemen peace envoy
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Sunday the U.N. envoy to Yemen had his
full support, days after Yemen's Houthi group asked him not to renew the diplomat's term
due to what it said was bias against the Iranian-aligned movement.
"Our envoy has my full support and I believe that he is doing an impartial work, that he
is doing it in a very professional way and independently of what other people may think,
he has my full support," said Guterres during a stop in Riyadh, part of a regional tour
that also includes the United Arab Emirates.
In a joint news conference with Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir in Riyadh, Guterres
appealed to the combatants in Yemen's almost two-year-old war not to exploit the delivery
of humanitarian aid, adding any such action was to be condemned.
A top official of the Houthi-led government which controls Yemen's capital called on the
world body on Friday not renew the term of U.N. envoy Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed, saying
he had shown "lack of neutrality" and sympathy for a Saudi-led coalition that is fighting
to reinstate Yemen's internationally-recognized government.
Ould Cheikh Ahmed, who has served as U.N. Yemen envoy since April 2015, has brokered
several ceasefires in a conflict that has killed more than 10,000 people.
The truces have tended to founder within days.
At the press conference, Jubeir said he expected support for rebels in Syria to continue despite
the fall of Aleppo to the Syrian government in December, but noted that any decision would
be made as part of the U.S.-led international coalition.
"We believe that the moderate opposition has an important role to play.
We believe that they need to be able to defend themselves, as well as to fight against Daesh
and Al Qaeda," he said.
Jubeir also described the Saudi-American relationship as "excellent," continuing to signal warm
ties with the new administration of U.S. President Donald Trump after visiting Washington and
New York earlier this month.
"We see eye to eye when it comes to the situation in Lebanon, in Syria, in Iraq, in Yemen, in
Libya.
We see eye to eye when it comes to the danger of Iranian interference in the affairs of
other countries," he said.
Jubeir's comments came two days after CIA chief Mike Pompeo made the first visit to
Saudi Arabia by a Trump administration cabinet member.
Pompeo came to Riyadh to award Crown Prince and Interior Minister Mohammed bin Nayef the
George Tenet medal, an award for counter-terrorism work named after a former CIA chief, Saudi
media reported.
Jubeir declined to discuss the agenda of Pompeo's visit outside, but said "it shouldn't come
as a surprise" given extensive security ties between the two countries.
Spain's anti-austerity Podemos seeks to stamp out divisions
Spain's anti-austerity Podemos party sought on Sunday to draw a line under a recent internal
conflict that has marred its image following its meteoric rise, as supporters voted to
back leader Pablo Iglesias and stick to the movement's leftist roots.
Podemos ("We Can") emerged as one of Europe's most prominent anti-austerity parties after
winning over millions of voters in the wake of a deep recession and disrupting four decades
of a stable two-party system in Spain.
It came third in two inconclusive elections in December 2015 and June 2016 with just over
20 percent of the vote, enough to deny its bigger rivals an absolute majority and putting
it almost neck-and-neck with the traditional center-left Socialists.
But a dispute between some of Podemos' senior leaders over the party's direction barely
three years after it was founded by Iglesias and fellow political scientists has threatened
to stunt its progress and even raised the prospect of a split.
A majority of grassroots supporters on Sunday rallied behind Iglesias, re-electing him as
leader and backing his far-left vision for the party, which was born out of mass street
protests at the height of Spain's economic crisis.
Iglesias, a 38-year-old pony-tailed professor who built up a strong personal following through
TV talk show appearances, faced a challenge from his number two in Podemos, Inigo Errejon,
who has pushed for a more moderate approach with policies designed to lure voters from
across the political spectrum.
"Change is still in the air and today Podemos is stronger and more mature," Iglesias told
party members at a conference in Madrid after his strategy proposals received the most votes,
to chants of "unity, unity".
Errejon, 33, was pushed down the party pecking order as a result of the vote.
Dismay over the spat, which had spilled over into the public arena as Iglesias and Errejon
locked horns on Twitter and in parliament, had spread to Podemos' senior ranks and prompted
resignations among the leadership team in recent weeks.
Podemos has sought to cast itself as the main opposition party after conservative Prime
Minister Mariano Rajoy secured a second term in office last October, at the helm of a minority
government.
But many of its supporters are reluctant to see Podemos - which tapped into discontent
over political corruption among Spain's old guard - drift idealogically into the center
ground space occupied by the Socialists.
"Podemos needs to reinforce itself on the left," said unemployed Manuel Vidal, 52, at
the party conference.
The internal divisions in Podemos come as Rajoy, 61, reinforces his own position and
vaunts the stability offered by his party.
He was re-elected as leader of his People's Party (PP) on Saturday for the fourth time
since 2004.
Trump aide says endorsement of Ivanka's brand was 'light-hearted'
A top aide to U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday defended his colleague, Kellyanne
Conway, after she was widely criticized for her public endorsement of the fashion line
of Trump's daughter, Ivanka.
Speaking on ABC's "This Week" program, White House aide Stephen Miller said Trump adviser
Conway was making a "light-hearted, flippant" comment when she urged Americans to buy Ivanka
Trump's products.
Conway's comments prompted criticism from both Republican and Democratic lawmakers,
as well as some legal experts who said she may have violated ethics rules that prohibit
using a public office to endorse products or advance personal business gains.
In comments to the Associated Press last week, Republican Jason Chaffetz, chairman of the
House of Representatives Oversight committee, said Conway's statement was "clearly over
the line, unacceptable."
Elijah Cummings, the top Democrat on the same committee, said on Sunday that Miller's characterization
of Conway's remarks was incorrect.
"This was a textbook case of a violation of the law," he said on "This Week."
Cummings said he was troubled by the fact that Trump is the authority who will ultimately
decide how to punish Conway, if at all, after the Office of Government Ethics issues its
recommendation on the matter.
Conway made the comments after retailer Nordstrom said it would stop selling Ivanka Trump's
clothing line, a move that had prompted a tweet from the president blasting Nordstrom.
Nordstrom said it had made the decision to drop the brand because sales had steadily
declined, especially in the last half of 2016, to where carrying the line "didn't make good
business sense."
Nordstrom shares initially fell after the president's criticism last Wednesday, but
closed up 4 percent on the New York Stock Exchange that day.
On Saturday, a spokesman for major U.S. retailers Sears and Kmart said they had removed 31 Trump
Home items from their online product offerings in order to focus on more profitable merchandise.
Macy's could have 50 percent upside in a sale Barron's
Macy's Inc (M.N) could see its shares rise by 50 percent in a potential sale, as the
struggling retailer looks to turn around its business by downsizing its physical-store
operations and reinvesting in its online presence, Barron's said on Sunday.
The Cincinnati-based company, which in recent years has become the sixth-largest online
retailer, is a bargain for investors despite Wall Street's gloomy outlook with management's
plans to close 100 underperforming stores, which could increase its stock by 20 to 30
percent.
It also plans to cut up to 10,000 jobs out of a total 157,900.
That could reduce costs by $550 million annually, freeing up funds to invest in the company's
growing online business.
Earlier this month, Hudson's Bay Co (HBC.TO) made a takeover approach for the retailer
in an effort to further push into the U.S. market, according to people familiar with
the matter.
A potential sale, particularly one with a spinoff of the company's real estate assets,
could boost Macy's stock to $45 to $50, the report added.
On Friday, its stock closed at $31.99.
Macy's property portfolio is estimated to be worth as much as $21 billion.
It has around 900 stores in the United States, which includes its Bloomingdale's outlets
and its flagship store in New
York City's Herald Square.
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