Page 9 - ARUBA TODAY

A9
WORLD NEWS Thursday 11 april 2019

Europe hurt by US trade threats, central bank says

By DAVID McHUGH Draghi was speaking hours cerns about new barriers to
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) after U.S. President Donald trade in Europe.
— The head of the Euro- Trump threatened to pile The eurozone economy has
pean Central Bank warned tariffs on another $11 billion sagged under the pressure
that global friction over worth of goods from the Eu- of the uncertainty stem-
trade — such as U.S. threats ropean Union, ratcheting ming from those ongoing
to impose more tariffs — is up tensions as the two sides concerns. One-off factors
holding back the economy negotiate trade terms. have also hurt activity, in-
as he underlined the bank's "The fact that these threats cluding troubles in the auto
readiness to deploy more are being voiced with industry.
stimulus if needed. some frequency is certainly The European Commission
Mario Draghi said Wednes- undermining confidence," forecasts eurozone growth
day that an improving jobs Draghi said. of 1.3% for all of 2019, from
market and rising wages The 19-country eurozone, 1.8% last year. Unemploy-
were helping the economy which relies heavily on ex- ment is down to 7.8% from
in the 19 countries that use ports, has also suffered a peak of 12.1% in 2013,
the euro but uncertain- from uncertainty created President of European Central Bank Mario Draghi speaks during helping domestic demand
a press conference following the Governing Council meeting in
ties like trade disputes and by a separate U.S. dispute Frankfurt, Germany, Wednesday, April 10, 2019. for goods and services.
Brexit are hurting it. with China over trade. Associated Press Draghi said that the ECB,
"Global headwinds contin- Trump has targeted coun- the chief monetary au-
ue to weigh on euro area tries that sell more to the economy. The International "a delicate moment." thority for the European
growth," he told a news U.S. than they buy, saying Monetary Fund on Tuesday Britain's looming departure Union member countries
conference after the cen- he is protecting American cut its growth outlook for from the EU - with leaders that use the euro currency,
tral bank kept its key inter- companies and jobs. this year to 3.3% from 3.5% meeting Wednesday to dis- was ready to use all its poli-
est rates and policy prom- Yet the trade disputes and its chief economist said cuss proposals for a delay cies to help the economy,
ises on hold. have unsettled the global the global economy was at - has further created con- should it be needed.q

Vatican opens its own probe in decades-old missing girl case

By GIADA ZAMPANO the words "Rest in peace." 15 when she disappeared remains were found in the the findings might eventu-
Associated Press Interim Vatican spokes- after a music lesson in basement of the Vatican ally shed light on one of the
ROME (AP) — The Vati- man Alessandro Gisotti de- Rome. The family has long Nunciature, an extrater- country's most persistent
can has for the first time clined further comment on demanded to see Vatican ritorial Church property lo- mysteries.
opened its own investiga- Wednesday. documentation about the cated in Rome's city cen- Investigators said at the
tion into the case of Eman- Orlandi was the daughter enduring mystery. ter. The identification of at time that preliminary ex-
uela Orlandi, a 15-year-old of a Vatican employee The cold case gained new least one of the bodies as aminations of the bones in-
Vatican citizen who disap- who lived with his family in attention at the end of female led to immediate dicated they belonged to
peared in the summer of the tiny city state. She was October when two sets of speculation in Italy that a woman likely in her 30s.q
1983.
The Orlandi family's law-
yer, Laura Sgrò, confirmed
the probe on Wednesday.
She told The Associated
Press that "the Secretariat
of State has authorized the
opening of an investigation
into a grave in the Teutonic
Cemetery inside the Vati-
can," after an anonymous
tipster indicated that inves-
tigators should look where
a statue of an angel in the
cemetery is pointing.
The Vatican had previously
said it was handling a re- In this May 27, 2012, file photo, demonstrators hold pictures of
quest from the Orlandi fam- Emanuela Orlandi reading "march for truth and justice for Eman-
uela" during Pope Benedict XVI's Regina Coeli prayer in St. Pe-
ily to reopen a tomb close ter's square, at the Vatican.
to the statue of an angel Associated Press
holding a sheet bearing