内容摘要：Mohamad said that violence must cease before any elections in Myanmar, which he said would be futile if there was just partial participation. Opposition parties are mostly either banned from contesting or are boycotting elections. It is also unclear how the polls can be carried out as the military has reportedly lost control of a large part of Myanmar.

Mohamad said that violence must cease before any elections in Myanmar, which he said would be futile if there was just partial participation. Opposition parties are mostly either banned from contesting or are boycotting elections. It is also unclear how the polls can be carried out as the military has reportedly lost control of a large part of Myanmar.

They also will be without their race strategist, lose their qualifying points and their teams were issued $100,000 fines.“Did you guys see Josef out there today? He’ll be just fine,” quipped Kyle Larson, who returned to Indianapolis Motor Speedway early Monday from the NASCAR All-Star Race the previous night in North Wilkesboro, North Carolina.

at running all 1,100 laps of the Indy 500 and Coca-Cola 600 in Charlotte next Sunday.“It’s kind of a weird situation, I would say. You don’t see this every year,” Rinus Veekay, who had qualified last but will now start 31st, said of the Penske penalties. “If you told me a week ago that I would be starting on the same row as two Penskes, I would be very happy. Unfortunately, we’re at the tail end of the field.”McLaughlin had a car capable of winning the pole until his crash in an hour-long practice Sunday, which left the No. 3 team just over 24 hours to put together the backup for him. IndyCar said the unapproved alteration on the cars of his teammates was not found on McLaughlin’s wrecked ride, so he will maintain his 10th starting position.

McLaughlin’s best lap in practice Monday was 221.561 mph, better only than Kyffin Simpson and Christian Lundgaard.Other favorites struggled, too.

Robert Shwartzman, the first rookie to

in 42 years, was 26th among the 33 cars with a best lap of 222.561 mph. And while 2008 winner Scott Dixon showed plenty of speed, he only managed six laps before warning lights went off to signal an overheating issue, and he spent the last 90 minutes of the practice session in the garage.Ishiba, in his speech, also called on other countries in Asia, a global hub of growth, to show “the importance of rules-based, free and fair economic order,” and said the way to demonstrate that is to promote the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership, or CPTPP.

The 12-nation CPTPP includes Japan, the United Kingdom, New Zealand, Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Malaysia, Mexico, Peru, Singapore and Vietnam. The U.S. is not a member.Ishiba pledged that Japan will work toward further expanding and upgrading the framework, which he said not only contributes to the economy but also to peace and prosperity.

While Tokyo is strengthening economic ties with Southeast Asia and Europe, Japan still considers the United States as its lynchpin of security policies.HONOLULU (AP) — Lava from a