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Thousand held at Sources said that Moscow rally the• suspect plotted to Moscow murder the imam and he hid an iron bar olice in Moscow have inside the mosque. Pdetained more than Imam’s killer 1,000 people at a rally, in one of the biggest crack- The Attorney General downs in years. requested• the execution Demonstrators were of these sentences dragged away from the city as required by law. hall as security forces used batons against the crowd. People were protesting TDT | Manama against the exclusion of op- put to death position candidates from he main convict in imam local polls. The opposition murder case was execut- say they were barred for po- Ted yesterday following Two other individuals convicted of terror crimes as well executed litical reasons. the rejection of his appeal by the Court of Cassation. Earlier, the High Court of formation went viral on social body pieces. Appeals had also rejected his media platform. The 35-year-old defendant appeal, upholding the death sen- Putting an end to the mys - told prosecutors that he had tence issued by the High Crim- tery, the Ministry of Interior informed his wife of killing DON’T MISS IT inal Court. announced on its official Twitter the imam, sources had told Trib- The Public Prosecution had account that Hamood’s body une. 19 referred the main convict along was found cut into pieces inside convicts were sentenced with the second defendant on plastic bags in Al Mazra area Terror convicts executed to life in prison in the charges of deliberate, premed- near the scrapyard in Askar. same terror trial. BD53,000 ‘goes itated murder, desecrating and A 35-year-old Asian man was The Attorney-General of the missing’ from concealing the victim’s body. later arrested in connection Criminal Crimes Commission in 03 expat resident’s The jury unanimously agreed with his murder. The suspect, Imam Abduljaleel Hamood Bahrain, Counsellor Dr Ahmed on issuing the death sentence a Bangladeshi national, was Al Hammadi announced that bank account against the first and one year in working as a prayer reciter at he was suspended from carrying two other convicts were sen- for the maximum sentence for jail and deportation against the the same mosque. out his duties and was asked to tenced to death as well yester- the accused individuals. Oman’s top second defendant. It’s believed that the suspect leave Bahrain. day. The court sentenced two de- diplomat in Iran According to court docu - committed the crime following It was revealed that he had hit The case included charges of fendants to death, 19 to life in ments, Bahraini imam Abdul- differences that arose after the his victim’s head and back mul- joining a terrorist group, mur- prison, 17 to 15 years, nine to 10 04 amid mounting jaleel Hamood went missing in victim reported the main con- tiple times using an iron bar that ders, and possession of explo- and five to 11. It acquitted two Gulf tensions the early hours of August 5 last vict to the Ministry of Justice for would have caused death. sives and firearms to carry out defendants. year after he performed the Al illegal trading of visas. He then decided to cut terror acts. The rulings were upheld by Tear gas, rubber Fajr prayer (dawn prayer). Sources said that the suspect the imam’s body into pieces af- The defendants were referred the Court of Appeals and sub- bullets fired at Police were notified about his plotted to murder the imam and ter purchasing a knife and two to the High Criminal Court sequently by the Court of Cas- 07 absence by his family after they he hid an iron bar inside big plastic boxes. where the judges heard the sation. Hong Kongers lost contact with him, while the mosque, awaiting the right The other defendant in - pleadings of the lawyers of the The Attorney General re - search efforts went at full swing opportunity to pounce on him. volved with him is said to have accused and the Public Prose- quested the execution of these 210 fils (includes VAT) as his photos and missing in- He was driven by the fact that helped him in getting rid of the cutor. The prosecution called sentences as required by law. WORST TRAGEDY Libyan rescuers find dozens of bodies Tripoli

escue workers yesterday were looking for more The bodies are still Rbodies from a migrant floating onto the shore boat capsize off Libya that a UN continuously, it’s not official has called “the worst possible to give a total Mediterranean tragedy of this year”, with at least 62 confirmed number. deaths so far. ABU SBEIH About 145 migrants were res- cued by the Libyan coastguard surface of the water where the after their overloaded boat went boat went down”. down east of the capital near the The head of the UN refugee port city of Khoms on Thursday. Migrants rescued by the Libyan coastguard come ashore in Tripoli. agency Filippo Grandi called Aid agencies fear that scores of the wreck “the worst Mediter- others had drowned, with the cent rescue unit said 62 bodies about 400 people aboard when ranean tragedy of this year”. number of missing estimated had been recovered by Friday. it went down, according to glob- Libyan navy spokesman Gen- at more than 110 by the Inter- “The bodies are still floating al charity Doctors Without Bor- eral Ayoub Kacem said most of national Organisation for Mi- onto the shore continuously, ders (MSF). the rescued migrants were from gration (IOM), and fishermen it’s not possible to give a total One of the fishermen who Eritrea, although Palestinians reported the waters were full of number,” Abdelmoneim Abu was the first on the scene to and Sudanese were also among floating bodies. Sbeih said. save the survivors recounted the group waiting to be taken on The head of Libya’s Red Cres- Survivors reported there were finding “bodies floating on the to reception centres.

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His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa visited the majlis of Abdulla bin Hamad Al Majid Al Nuaimi in Riffa, accompanied by HM the King’s Personal Representative His Highness Shaikh Abdulla bin Hamad Al Khalifa and HM the King’s Representative for Charity Works and Youth Affairs and Supreme Council for Youth and Sports (SCYS) President HH Shaikh Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa. HM the King offered deepest condolences to Abdulla bin Hamad Al Majid Al Nuaimi and to the members of the Al Nuaimi family, on the death of Mubarak bin Hamad bin Abdulla bin Hamad Al Majid Al Nuaimi, praying to Allah the Almighty to lay the deceased’s soul in paradise.

Delegated by His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Shaikh Khalid bin Ahmed bin Mohammed Al Khalifa, participated in the funeral held for the late President of the Republic of Tunisia, Beji Caid Essebsi, in the Presidential Palace in Carthage. The Minister of Foreign Affairs conveyed to the President of the Republic of Tunisia, Mohamed Ennaceur the deep condolences of His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa and those of His Royal Highness Prime Minister Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa, and His Royal Highness Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, the Crown Prince, Deputy Supreme Commander and First Deputy Premier, on the demise of President Caid Essebsi, as well as their condolences to his family and the Tunisian people.

The General Directorate of Civil Defence yesterday held the graduation ceremony of the first course for female officers and commissioned officers. Organised by the Civil Defence Schools in co-operation with the Operations Directorate, the course aimed to enable the civil defence female staff to deal with dangerous substances and carry first aid. The training would reinforce the fast response to cases that required the deployment of females at the scene. The course was also part of women empowerment efforts of the Interior Ministry in various security sectors.

Bahrain for All (BHR4All) and the Bahrain Institute of Hospitality and Retail (BIHR) have joined hands to organise the first-of- its-kind inclusive summer camp for differently-abled children for five weeks. The camp began on July 1 and will end with a public gathering at the Atrium Mall on August 8, 2019.

The Gulf Petrochemical Industries Company (GPIC), in co- operation with the General Directorate of Traffic, organised an activity to spread traffic awareness among the children of employees taking part in the Company’s Annual Summer Camp. A team from the Directorate, during their visit to the company’s headquarters, briefed the children on a set of traffic guidelines that they should observe on the road for their safety. They also learned about road signs that regulate the movement of vehicles and pedestrians.

Students of Pakistan School clinched excellent results in the Federal Board Result of SSC I 2019.The results are a proof of the exemplary academic planning and goal setting of all the stake holders, the school management said. “This is definitely the outcome of the constant support of the parents, relentless hard work of our beloved students, dedicated, focused and professional teaching of teachers, comprehensive academic planning of Principal Attiq ur Rehman and the The Indian Community Relief Fund (ICRF) distributed bottled water and fruits to around 180 construction workers at a incessant support and guidance of the Chairman Board of Management, Sami ur Rehman.” Nineteen students clinched worksite near Central Market yesterday. This is the fifth of a series that has been added to ICRF’s programme for the ‘A+’ positions, with an equal number fetching ‘A’ grades followed by 33 students with ‘B’ grades. summer. ICRF Thirst-Quenchers intend to continue this weekly event for 8 to 10 weeks at various worksites. SUNDAY, JULY 28, 2019 03 BD53,000 ‘goes missing’ from expat resident’s bank account Bank employee suspected of withdrawing money using forged signature

coming back spending one- savings to the fraudulent act. The victim said and-a-half month in his home “The bank has assured that an • country. investigation is ongoing.” that the bank is now “I had gone to Pakistan for 90 I was told that it was The victim has also filed a trying to locate where days to meet my family there. a bank employee who complaint with the local police. the suspect is. All my bank documents were committed the fraud Many banking fraud cases are secured. Yet, somehow all the and he has now stopped being reported, of late, across The victim has money in my account was taken. showing up for work. the region. • “The fraud was committed by Last week, the Central Bank of also filed a complaint withdrawing BD400 every day VICTIM Bahrain (CBB) warned the public with the local police. from my account until it became against dealing with a financial empty. It may have even started were saying that the amount is institution, which is accused of TDT | Manama before my trip to Pakistan. not there because I withdrew it. fraud. Mohammed Zafran “I have a joint account with “But I would dispute with The financial institution my wife. And my wife has never them. Later, I was told that it named ‘National Investment gone to the bank without me. was a bank employee who com- Bank’ has been targeting resi- n expat resident in the “No-one else is aware of my ac- mitted the fraud and he has now dents of the Kingdom, according Kingdom was shocked af- count details as I haven’t shared stopped showing up for work.” to CBB authorities. Ater coming to know that them with any.” The victim said that the bank Despite having no licence is- BD53,000 has gone missing from The victim told Tribune that is now trying to locate where he sued by the CBB to operate as a Forged signatures were allegedly used to steal money from the victim’s account. his account. this was his primary savings ac- is. “It is believed that he has left financial institution, it has been The victim of bank fraud, a count and the money amounted A probe has been launched forged signature and fraudulent the country.” undertaking trading services, Pakistani national, who doesn’t to his lifelong savings. after the victim filed a complaint. documents to commit the crime. “Apparently, I am only one of post trade services, depositing want to be named, said he re- “This is something I can’t af- Initial investigations revealed “In the beginning the bank the victims. There are many oth- certificate of shares and market alised he was defrauded after ford to lose,” he lamented. that the fraudster had used a denied any responsibility. They ers, who have as well lost their information services.

Man climbs Bahrain Embassy in London, held

Earlier, many supporters of ter- Diplomatic premises ror organisations, who staged a • protest in front of the embassy, are protected under were accused of blocking visitors both international to the embassy as well as bothering and the UK laws. passers-by. The embassy had also asked the London British Government to keep the protesters under control. Many parliamentarians then n individual was arrested observed that such protests yesterday for trespassing should be termed as acts of ‘road Ainto Bahrain Embassy terrorism’. premises in London. “Many Bahraini citizens in Lon- He climbed onto the roof of the don including students, patients embassy building in a clear viola- and others have complained of tion of law. harassment they were subjected Police were called by the em- to by these protesters while vis- bassy officials and subsequently iting embassy for various needs. the offender was arrested and “This act is absolutely against taken to the Westminster Police international conventions, norms Station. and the protection of human The same individual was ar- rights.” rested and convicted for the same They had stressed that peaceful offence in 2012, Bahrain News protests are allowed both in the Agency reported yesterday. Kingdom and in Britain, but such The individual trespassed onto liberal laws should not be subject- the roof of the embassy in support ed to exploitation. of known members of terrorist The parliamentarians also organisations, it is learnt. urged the British authorities to The Individual was threatening take strict action against these to jump off the roof and embassy protesters who are not allowing staff stepped in to restrain him visitors to enter the embassy. for his own safety until the police “Both nations share over 200 arrived. years of friendship and love. Such Diplomatic premises are pro- protests are against our bilateral tected under both international ties. and the United Kingdom Laws, “This should not be allowed and this individual’s actions clear- as many Bahrainis in the UK are ly go far beyond any legitimate getting affected while visiting peaceful protest, the report said. Protesters outside the Bahrain mission in the UK are often accused of bothering visitors to the embassy. the embassy for various reasons.”

Renowned voluntary award distribution ceremony set for September Manama of participants who vied for the 2019 He paid tribute to Bahrain Basket- entries in the economic, social and She commended the expatriate prize. ball Association Chairman and Hon- health fields on its electronic website. communities living in the Kingdom ceremony will be held in Sep- Individuals, voluntary work associa- orary President of the Good Word Good Word Society board member for their keenness on participating in tember to honour the winners tions and the expatriate communities Society Shaikh Isa bin Ali bin Khalifa and Award Marketing and Media Com- the second edition of the voluntary A of His Highness Shaikh Isa bin living in Bahrain are showing a big Al Khalifa for his keenness on sup - mittee chairperson Samia Hussein work award, reflecting Bahrain’s drive Ali Award for Voluntary Work. interest, said HH Shaikh Isa bin Ali porting different voluntary work in stressed the importance of the prize, to embrace all community through Registration for the fifth edition of Award for Voluntary Work Organising the Kingdom. which reflects keenness on keeping peaceful co-existence and the values the prize opened officially by the end Committee Secretary-General Yacoub In a statement yesterday, he said that abreast of global developments in the that long marked the Bahraini society of last June, attracting a large number Bouhazaa. the organising committee had received field of voluntary work. all along its history. SUNDAY, JULY 28, 2019 04 middle east Oman’s top diplomat in Iran amid mounting Gulf tensions Visit ‘conducted in the framework of bilateral relations, continuous consultations’

Iran and has previously been a July, with 12 Indian crew mem- Oman maintains go-between for the two coun- bers on board, the Indian for- • tries, which severed diplomatic eign ministry said, and appealed friendly ties with both relations after the 1979 Iranian for the release of the remaining the United States and revolution. crew. No reason has been pro- Iran and has previously Washington and Tehran are vided as to why the three are been a go-between for in a protracted stand-off over being held. Iran’s nuclear and missile pro- “Nine crew members have the two countries. grammes, and tensions have been released and they will be on flared after Iran downed a their way to India soon,” foreign Iran’s Foreign US drone over the Gulf and the ministry spokesman Raveesh Minister• Mohammad United States said it brought Kumar said. “Our mission in Iran Javad Zarif met Yousuf down at least one Iranian drone, has requested the release of re- which Tehran denied. maining crew members from the bin Alawi bin Abdullah, Iran’s Foreign Minister Mo- Iranian authorities concerned.” state television hammad Javad Zarif met Yousuf Dozens of Indian sailors on reported, without giving bin Alawi bin Abdullah, state tel- ships in the Gulf have been details of the talks. evision reported, without giving caught up in rising tensions be- details of the talks. tween Iran and the West. “The visit was conducted in the Iranian state TV aired footage Dubai framework of bilateral relations of the vessel a few days after it and continuous consultations of was seized, saying it had been de- man’s minister respon- the two countries with the aim tained by Iran’s elite Revolution- sible for foreign affairs of exchanging views on recent ary Guards for smuggling fuel. Oheld talks with Iran’s for- regional developments, bilater- Indian and Iranian authorities eign minister yesterday, Iranian al relations ... and international said this week Iran had grant- state media reported, as tensions issues,” state television reported. Oman’s Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Yousuf bin Alawi bin Abdullah (L) shakes hands with Iran’s Foreign Minister ed India consular access to 18 mount in the Gulf between Teh- Meanwhile, Iran has freed Mohammad Javad Zarif in Tehran. Indian crew seized on another ran and Washington. nine of 12 Indian crew members ship, the British-flagged Stena Oman maintains friendly ties of MT Riah, a Panama-flagged part of a growing diplomatic Indian foreign ministry said on The MT Riah was detained Impero, that Iran seized in the with both the United States and tanker it seized this month as crisis in the Middle East, the Saturday. by the Iranian coastguard on 13 Strait of Hormuz on 19 July.

UAE grants $50 New UAE work permits to allow firms hire sons, husbands million to UNRWA Abu Dhabi adult children. visas - and allow families to companies, he said. Abu Dhabi Until now only women, bring in more earnings. Previously, a work permit ew work permits will typically wives and daugh - “The resolution aims to pro- cost up to 5,000 dirhams, he UAE yesterday an- allow companies to hire ters sponsored by a parent or The resolution aims vide stability to families by en- though the costs vary depend- Tnounced a $50 million Nmen who are sponsored spouse, have been eligible. to provide stability to abling them to increase their ing on the position and the type donation to the United by their family, The National Work permits exist to allow families by enabling source of monthly income,” of company. Nations Relief and Works reported yesterday. companies to hire people who them to increase their Saif Ahmed Al Suwaidi, un - All work permit fees must be Agency for Palestine Refu- Sons who are on visas spon- are already legal residents. source of monthly dersecretary at the Ministry paid by the company and not gees in the Near East (UNR- sored by their parents - includ- They enable firms to save on of Human Resources and Emi- the employee, the undersecre- WA), as part of its commit- ing those leaving school or at visa costs and medical insur- income. ratisation, was quoted by the tary said. ment to supporting the Pal- university - will be among the ance, which would be covered MR AL SUWAIDI paper. Last month, the UAE govern- estinian people, UAE news main beneficiaries. by the spouse or usually, their The new fee for a two-year ment said parents will be able agency (WAM) reported. Husbands sponsored by their spouse’s employer. work permit for a skilled or to sponsor their sons for up With this donation, UN- wives will also benefit as could The Labour Ministry said for businesses to take on staff limited skilled worker is 300 to two consecutive years once RWA will provide health older fathers living with their the move will make it cheaper - work permits cost less than dirhams for all categories of they reach the age of 18. services to Palestinian ref- ugees - namely mothers and children - implement educational programmes to ensure the youth have Abha airport expansion project launched access to education, and Riyadh deliver other services to more than five million Pal- estinians living in dire hu- mir of Asir Prince Turki manitarian conditions. Bin Talal has launched a In a statement issued Eproject for the expansion by the Ministry of Foreign of Abha International Airport 12 Affairs and International passport counters will within the numerous develop- be opened at the airport Cooperation, the UAE also ment projects carried out by along with two gates for praised the efforts of Pierre the General Authority of Civil departure. Krahenbuhl, Aviation (GACA) as part of its Commissioner-General strategy in compliance with the of UNRWA, and agency em- Kingdom’s 2030 Vision. ployees who are working It is aimed at achieving the hard to ensure the provi- sustainable development of the is set at 1,030 sq meters accom- sion of services, especial- Saudi national economy, pro- modating 340 passengers. ly in light of the financial moting the basic infrastructure There will be two gates for challenges the agency is and upgrading the services be- departure and two others for facing. The ministry also ing provided for the passengers. arrival, a carousel for luggage praised international do- The airport’s development and 12 passport counters. nors for supporting the projects consisted of expand- The parking area for the air- agency and ensuring the ing the arrival and departure craft has been expanded to ac- continuation of its vital lounges and rehabilitating and commodate 13 planes at a time work. improving the main runway while the runway has been ex- The ministry noted that with a view to increasing the panded to accommodate wide- the provision of education- operational capacity of the air- body aircraft. al services is a top priority port. The emir lauded the projects for the UAE, and is in line The departure lounge is pro- being established by GACA and with the country’s foreign posed to be expanded to reach said the authority is building aid policy which views ed- 805 sq meters accommodating new airports for the welfare ucation as the main driving about 309 passengers and the and comfort of the citizens and engine to the development expansion of the arrival lounge Emir of Asir Prince Turki Bin Talal at the launch of new new projects at Abha airport. expatriates. and prosperity of people. 05 SUNDAY, JULY 28, 2019 world State funeral for Essebsi as new polls loom Parliament speaker Mohamed on behalf of women”. Thousands of Ennaceur, who was sworn in as The interior ministry said it • interim president hours after was deploying a large number Tunisians mourners Essebsi’s death, paid tribute to of security forces to guarantee a lined the 20-kilometre the late leader describing him as smooth ceremony, adding how- (12-mile) road from “the architect of national recon- ever that it would respect “spon- the presidential ciliation”. taneous gatherings by citizens”. “He was determined to suc- “President Beji Caid Essebsi palace in Carthage cessfully achieve democratic belongs to the Tunisian people transition,” in the birthplace of and each Tunisian has the right Essebsi’s widow and the Arab Spring uprisings. to attend his funeral,” the late tearful• family members Essebsi’s widow and tearful leader’s son Hafedh Essebsi were flanked by Macron, family members were flanked said in a Facebook message on by Macron, Spain’s King Felipe Friday. Spain’s King Felipe VI, VI, Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim Essebsi is the first president Qatar’s Emir Sheikh bin Hamad Al-Thani, Palestinian to receive a state funeral since Tamim bin Hamad president Mahmud Abbas and Tunisia gained its independence Al-Thani, Palestinian other regional and European from France in 1956 and the gov- leaders. ernment has declared seven days president Mahmud Macron hailed a leader who of mourning. Abbas and other regional “in these times of threatening Tunisia’s first president Habib and European leaders. obscurantism... was keen on Bourguiba was buried in a hasty keeping Tunisia enlightened, ceremony in 2000, under the Tunis, Tunisia tolerant and committed to uni- reign of now ousted autocratic versal values”. president Zine El Abidine Ben Mourner Amira was among Ali who lives in exile in Saudi housands of Tunisians large crowds who packed the Arabia. yesterday attended the Military officers carry the coffin of late Tunisian president Beji Caid Essebsi during his state funeral at the presidential cemetery for the final farewell Tunisians unable to attend Tfuneral of president Beji palace in the capital’s eastern suburb of Carthage to Essebsi. the burial packed cafes in the Caid Essebsi as the North Af- “It is a sad day. I feel deep pain capital to watch a live television rican nation gears up for snap age of 92, triggering fears of po- pay their last respects. ern Tunis where Essebsi was at losing a dear person who unit- broadcast. elections as early as September litical unrest in a country seen Thousands of Tunisians buried. ed us. History will remember A military band preceded the to defend the democratic gains as a rare success story following mourners lined the 20-kilo - Officers in full uniform carried him,” she said. funeral procession as it wound of the Arab Spring. the Arab Spring uprisings. metre (12-mile) road from the the coffin draped in the Tunisian its way to the cemetery while air Essebsi, the country’s first French President Emmanuel presidential palace in Carthage, flag into a ceremonial room at Unprecedented state funeral force jets flew overhead letting head of state elected in nation- Macron and other foreign lead- where the body was laid in state, the Carthage palace packed with Farah, an architect, said she off red and white smoke trails wide polls, died Thursday at the ers also travelled to Tunisia to to the Djellaz cemetery in south- dignitaries, placing it on a dais. came “to pay tribute to his work -- the colours of the national flag. US teens arrested over killing of police officer Rome, Italy

wo US teenagers ap - peared at a court hear- Ting in Rome on Saturday after being arrested over the murder of an Italian police of- ficer whose death has sparked a national outcry. Officer Mario Rega Cerciello died after being stabbed eight times as he and a colleague tried to arrest two men following a complaint for theft. Cerciello, 35, had only recently returned from his honeymoon. His killing took on a political aspect when the country’s far- right Interior Minister Matteo A man who was allegedly questioned in the case of a slain Carabinieri policeman Salvini, responding to initial is seen on a Carabinieri car in Rome (Bloomberg) reports that the suspects were Vatican City. they arrested them. Their bags North African, denounced the A statement from Italian po- were packed and they had been killers as “bastards”. lice said that the two Americans planning to fly home that same Police said they arrested the had confessed to stealing a bag evening. two American teens on Fri - from an Italian. They were de- day as they were preparing to manding 100 euros ($111) and Floral tributes check out of their Rome ho - a gramme of cocaine for its re- Officers found a large knife tel and fly home. Prosecutors turn. hidden in the false ceiling of have charged them over the The victim of the theft tipped their hotel room and seized killing, which occurred in the off the police, but when the two clothing that the pair were small hours of Friday morning officers went to arrest the pair, thought to have been wearing in Rome’s city centre. one of them pulled a knife. on the night of the murder. Media reports citing the po- Italian media reports, citing Prosecutors in Rome are lice have named the two sus- investigators, said that the two holding them on suspicion of pects as Christian Gabriel Na- US teenagers told police that aggravated homicide and at- tale Hjorth and Elder Finnegan the man they had stolen from tempted extortion. Lee, both aged 19. had sold them aspirin powder The American who confessed One of them has confessed to instead of cocaine. to killing remained silent dur- the killing but said that he did The suspect who confessed to ing a court hearing in front of not realise that Cerciello was a stabbing Cerciello said he had a judge on Saturday afternoon, police officer because both the taken the officers for friends his lawyer told local media. officers involved were in plain of the alleged dealer and had The killing has made front- clothes, according to Italian panicked. page headlines in Italy. Many media reports, citing the police. Police said surveillance cam- people have left floral tributes The incident happened in an eras helped them track the pair left at the spot where Cerciello up-market neighbourhood near to their four-star hotel where died. SUNDAY, JULY 28, 2019 06 World’s largest concert piano strikes chord in Latvia Ventspils, Latvia designs. It is not just his new instru- oaring to new musical ment’s mammoth size that heights, a German-born in- makes it stand out; having no Snovator has crafted what is The size of the piano wooden casing means that audi- believed to be the world’s largest and length of strings ences seated in the concert hall grand piano. do not set records can see its long, steely strings. It is without question one of a Laying them bare in this way kind: attached high on the wall for a record’s sake: lets music lovers “hear every of a concert hall in Latvia, the the idea is to create sound nuance unmuted,” Kla- steel-framed vertical grand pi- the best imaginable vins said. ano hangs as if in mid-air some sound for all the Opening this Friday in Vent- three storeys above the audi- performers and spils, the Latvija venue where ence. listeners who come the piano is installed, boasts two To play it, pianists must climb to this particular concert halls with a combined a steep flight of steel stairs to a seating capacity of 1,000. It is balcony. hall also home to a music academy Although the Guinness Book KLAVINS for emerging young talent. of World Records has not yet “Traditional pianos are meant measured the new instrument, to be transported in and out of it was made by David Klavins works, for example Rach - the concert venues, but my verti- whose Model 370 piano unveiled maninoff, Scriabin but also Bee- cal design has to be mounted on in 1987 is currently regarded as thoven’s sonatas would sound the building’s structure,” Klavins being among the world’s largest. totally different on this instru- said. Klavins’ standard new model, ment,” Klavins said. the 470i Vertical Concert Grand The innovator, who has Latvi- Size matters piano, has strings that are 4.7 an roots, has worked on pianos “The size of the piano and metres long. nearly all his life, driven by a length of strings do not set re- The custom-built 450i piano desire to push the boundaries cords for a record’s sake: the idea installed at a new concert hall in of the instrument first created is to create the best imaginable the Baltic seaside port and resort by Italian Bartolomeo Cristofori sound for all the performers and town of Ventspils is even larger; around the year 1700. listeners who come to this par- Setting new its imposing navy blue-painted ticular hall,” he added. steel frame is six metres high. High school dropout On display to the public for musical heights, With some strings measur- “Since I was 16 years old and the first time on Friday, the in- ing almost five metres, the in- dropped out of school to become strument has already created a German-born strument emits bold, sonorous a piano restoration apprentice, I buzz among piano enthusiasts. music. have been trying to explore new “Composers and performers innovator David “The most suitable music designs and principles, which from all around are interested in for this in - deviate from the 140-year-old playing the new Klavins piano, Klavins has strument construction of the traditional which will open new avenues would be grand piano,” Klavins, now 65, of artistic expression for them,” crafted what is all the said while sitting at the 450i. said Miks Magone, the creative very ex- He crafted his first vertical head of the new concert venue. believed to be the pressive piano in 1985. Now at his work- Pianist Lubomyr Melnyk from shop, the Klavins Piano Man- Canada, known for a technique world’s largest ufaktura based in the town of using an extremely rapid succes- Vac just north of the Hungarian sion of notes, will be among the vertical piano capital Budapest, first to play the 450i he dreams up next week, Magone that sits in a his signature said. concert hall in v e r t i c a l One of six Ger- man pianists will Latvia. The piano also use it in a per- formance of “Six is around three Pianos” by Steve Reich, he added. storeys above the Ventspils May- or Aivars Lembergs audience. To reach has his fingers crossed that the record-break- the keys, pianists ing piano will help the in- dustrial port city of 40,000 face a long uphill rebrand itself into a fami - ly-friendly tourist destina- climb up a steep tion. “We’re hoping to attract flight of steel foreign music lovers as well,” he said. stairs. Villagers beat tigress to death WHO says e-cigarettes New Delhi, India ndian police made four ar- ‘undoubtedly harmful’ Irests on Friday after a mob of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil villagers brutally beat to death smokers trying to quit conven- a tigress that had attacked local tional cigarettes, it said. people. lectronic cigarettes are “un- “In most countries where As a mobile phone video of Edoubtedly harmful” and they are available, the majority the bloody incident went viral should be regulated, the WHO of e-cigarette users continue on social media, officials said said Friday as it warned against to use e-cigarettes and ciga - one of nine people injured by the use of vaping products by rettes concurrently, which has the tigress earlier had died in smokers trying to quit their little to no beneficial impact hospital. deadly habit. on health risk and effects,” the It is the latest in a growing Tiger “Dasha” cools off in her pool at the zoo in Duisburg, western Germany The growing popularity of report said. number of man-versus-beast e-cigarettes, battery-powered Myst P series e-cigarettes. Big tobacco companies have showdowns in India, which with wooden batons and spears, the animal’s organs did not get devices that enable users to in- (Bloomberg) been aggressively marketing experts blame on shrinking he said. into the hands of smugglers, hale addictive nicotine liquids, e-cigarette and heated tobacco habitat and food shortages for Thirty-three people were officials said. has raised fears among poli - (electronic nicotine delivery products in recent years as they wildlife. The tigress attacked wanted over the killing of the Around 30 people were killed cymakers worldwide of a new systems) has not yet been seek new customers. people after straying out of the tigress and four had been ar- by tigers in India in 2018, and gateway addiction for young conclusively estimated, ENDS They argue such products Pilibhit Tiger Reserve park rested so far, the magistrate more than 60 tigers have died people. are undoubtedly harmful and are far less dangerous than in the northern state of Uttar added, saying the villagers were or been killed so far this year While vaping exposes users should therefore be subject to traditional cigarettes and can Pradesh, district magistrate scared and angry after the at- across the country. to lower levels of toxins than regulation,” the WHO said in a help some smokers completely Vaibhav Srivastava told AFP. tacks on humans. The phone In one case last month a ti- smoking, the World Health Or- new report on the global smok- switch to “safer” alternatives. Dozens of armed people video showed people battering gress and her two cubs died ganization said the devices still ing epidemic. But the WHO warned misin- surrounded the animal after the animal as it lay nearly mo- after villagers poisoned the car- pose “health risks” to users. There was also “insufficient formation spread by the tobac- it entered their village, chased tionless on the ground. cass of a cow the animals had “Although the specific level evidence” to support claims of co industry about e-cigarettes it and bludgeoned it to death Its corpse was cremated so hunted a day earlier. of risk associated with ENDS their effectiveness in assisting was “a present and real threat.” SUNDAY, JULY 28, 2019 07 Tear gas, rubber bullets fired at Hong Kongers Hong Kong, China connections and their staunch support for the pro-Beijing es- ong Kong police fired tablishment. tear gas and rubber Police say they have arrested Hbullets yesterday at pro- 12 people so far in connection testers holding a banned rally with Sunday’s violence, nine of against suspected triad gangs whom have known triad links. who beat up pro-democracy The white shirt mob ran into demonstrators near the Chinese two villages near Yuen Long sta- border last weekend, tipping the tion after their attack and later finance hub further into chaos. left without police making any Riot police used tear gas arrests despite a large presence throughout the afternoon and of officers. These two villages evening in Yuen Long, a town became the focus of protester close to the border, after tense anger on Saturday. standoffs with protesters, some The rally began peacefully. But of whom were throwing pro - small groups of more hardcore jectiles and had surrounded a protesters, many in helmets and police van. carrying shields, confronted po- Hospital authorities said nine lice outside the villages and ac- people were injured, with five cused them of protecting triads. in a serious condition, as rubber Tensions soon rose with pro- bullets were fired later in the jectiles hurled and a police van evening to disperse remaining containing officers surrounded protesters. and daubed in graffiti. Public anger has been raging Soon tear gas rounds were since last Sunday when a gang arcing through the air and a of men in white T-shirts, armed now-familiar pattern of running with poles and batons, set upon battles between police and pro- anti-government protesters and testers began. Throughout the bystanders in Yuen Long station. afternoon and into the evening That brazen assault -- which protesters formed shield walls of hospitalised at least 45 people A protester throws back a round of tear gas fired by the police during a demonstration in the district of Yuen Long in Hong Kong umbrellas, scattering each time -- marked an escalation of seven new volleys of tear gas came weeks of unprecedented politi- their way. Some hurled bricks cal violence that shows little sign or turning a blind eye to the sporadic violent confrontations but have evolved into a call for chaos. and stones at police. of abating as the city’s pro-Bei- pro-government mob -- allega- erupted between police and wider democratic reforms and On one road, a parked Lexus jing leaders refuse to budge. tions the force has denied. pockets of hardcore protesters. a halt to sliding freedoms. Triad links that was found to have wooden Police have been heavily Hong Kong has been plunged The demonstrations were Saturday’s violence com - Yuen Long is in Hong Kong’s sticks and clubs similar to those criticised for being too slow to into its worst crisis in recent triggered by a controversial bill pounds the political crisis with New Territories, a rural area used in Sunday’s attacks inside respond to Sunday’s violence, history after millions of demon- which would have allowed ex- the city’s leadership seemingly where many of the surround- it -- as well as a Samurai-style fueling accusations of collusion strators took to the streets and traditions to mainland China, unable, or unwilling, to end the ing villages are known for triad sword -- had been trashed. Indian navy rescues hundreds stranded on train in floods

An aerial view of a stranded Indian train in a flooded area between Badlapur and Vangani following heavy monsoon rains, some 70 kms from Mumbai An aerial view of a flooded area following heavy monsoon rains, in Badlapur some 70 kms from Mumbai 12 hours in Thane district before The train was stuck authorities called in the Indian onwards on their journeys. • navy and the National Disas - Heavy monsoon rains battered for about 12 hours ter Response Force (NDRF) who Mumbai forcing the cancellation in Thane district deployed helicopters, boats, and of 11 flights from the financial divers. capital’s international airport on New Delhi, India Indian Railways said the train Saturday. Nine incoming planes was emptied in about five hours were diverted to other airports. after the operation started. Nine The main highway from ndian navy helicopters and pregnant women were among Mumbai to the resort of Goa was emergency service boats those taken off. closed because of rising waters. Icame to the rescue of more Aerial images showed boats At least 20 centimetres (eight than 800 people stranded on taking people wearing life jack- inches) of rain fell in some parts a train in floods near Mumbai ets away from the stricken train, of Mumbai over 24 hours. yesterday. trapped in a sea of muddy brown More than 250 people have The Mahalaxmi Express left water that covered surrounding died in flooding across India in Mumbai late Friday for Kol- fields. Ambulances and at least the past two weeks, with Assam hapur but travelled only 60 37 doctors were sent to treat and Bihar states in the north the kilometres (37 miles) before it passengers, who were also given worst hit. The army said it had became stranded after a river food and water, Indian Railways rescued more than 150 people burst its banks in torrential rain, said. A spokesman for the state stranded in their homes in As- covering the tracks. company added that a “special sam’s Nalbari district in recent The train was stuck for about relief train” would take people An Indian boy sits on the corpse of a whale shark that washed ashore at Kasimedu fishing harbour in Chennai days. SUCCESS DEPENDS UPON PREVIOUS PREPARATION, QUOTE AND WITHOUT SUCH OF THE PREPARATION THERE IS SURE DAY TO BE FAILURE. SUNDAY, JULY 28, 2019 CONFUCIUS

TIM MARSHALL in Sierra Leone. But then came Iraq and Libya. With their fingers, and ato is unsure of itself, the two countries horribly burnt, so- The world EU is divided as never be- called humanitarian intervention Nfore, Russia is on the front was off the table, and most Nato foot, and the myriad disputes in powers remain cautious when it the Balkans remain unresolved. comes to committing to action. And yet, 20 years after the Kosovo At the same time, the EU is at- must not War, western powers are not paying tempting to flex its limited military attention to a region that remains a muscles and to forget its hapless powder keg. response as the war in Bosnia was In the summer of 1999, 50,000 about to break out in 1992. abandon Nato troops entered the Serbian Jacques Poos, the then prime province of Kosovo following a 78- minister of Luxembourg, said: day aerial bombing campaign. The “This is the hour of Europe.” Serbian military had been forced to Jacques Delors, the EU Commis- retreat after Nato sided with the sion chairman, added: “We do not the Balkans Kosovo Liberation Army. interfere in American affairs. We They were heady days. The hope they will have enough respect Americans and British, led by Bill not to interfere in ours.” There is a need to safeguard Clinton and Tony Blair, saw the They then dithered for three outcome as a victory for human- years, amid a huge loss of life until peace in the region; it is time itarian intervention, as outlined the US stepped in. Now, Moscow in Mr Blair’s famous “Chicago may have concluded that the de- for the West to shift the focus speech” a few days after the bomb- gree of delusion about EU’s military ing started. It was a theme he re- and diplomatic powers remains back on the Balkans turned to in the lead-up to the Iraq intact. War of 2003. To Moscow, Kosovo marked 10 I was in Kosovo on the swelter- years since the fall of the Berlin ingly hot day British troops crossed Wall and the diminishing of Rus- the border from Macedonia. But, sian power. Moscow was helpless Kosovan-Albanian children walk near by a destroyed Serbian military tank in the village of Fushtica in Kosovo. the night before, I had watched a to come to Serbia’s aid. It was also Russian armoured column rumble determined that humiliation would policy goals relatively quickly. If Losing Kosovo led to the through the capital, Pristina, on its be its last. Getting to the airport that is the case, the Balkans pre- revolution in Serbia, which way to take the Slatina military air- first, and making itself a player in sents a stage on which it can still base before Nato could get there. It what happened next, was a small play. overthrew President had travelled 600 kilometres from victory, but one upon which Russia The politics of this was not on Slobodan Milosevic the Bosnia, using a training exercise as built. the minds of Kosovan-Albanians’ following year. cover for its movement. The Second Chechen War was minds this summer, as they marked I drew different conclusions launched in October to avenge the the 20th anniversary of the war. Mr from Mr Clinton and Mr Blair. I ignominy of the first, then, two Clinton was the most high-profile saw a rare example of air power months later, Vladimir Putin came guest, and it is a fair bet that some alone achieving a military victory, to power and the military budget of the young men in the crowds and was relieved at the Serbian grew rapidly. Military success in were named ‘Tonibler’ after the surrender, as a ground war would Chechnya in 2002 was followed former British prime minister. have been devastating for both by Georgia in 2008, Crimea in 2014 There is much to celebrate in sides. I also was convinced that I and Syria since 2015. Kosovo and indeed Serbia – an end had just witnessed the moment Two decades on, Nato is war-wea- to the mass killing, and the birth of when, after a decade of the tide of ry and Russia is back on the world democracy. However, the ongoing Russian power rolling out, it began stage. But Moscow knows that, tensions between the two, and in- to roll back in. with a declining population and an deed their neighbours, mean that are mulling a drawdown. Western For the Americans and British, economy reliant on energy sources the situation is never more than an attention is at best fitful, and this is the success of Kosovo was followed that are slowly running down, it “incident” away from escalating. a mistake. When Europe takes its in 2001 by a well-executed Nato will struggle to maintain its current This is why 3,500 troops remain eye off the Balkans, things rarely peacekeeping deployment in Mace- level of strength. Hence, it may be on the ground even though several go well. donia, and the British intervention tempted to achieve some foreign Nato members, including the US, Serbia and Kosovo remain hos- Financial independence still remains a challenge for women

SHELINA JANMOHAMMED According to Princess Reema Bint Bandar Al Saud, self-suffi- n 1966, American singer-song- ciency is a “solvable” problem. writer James Brown released Speaking to the Rockefeller Foun- Ione of his biggest hits, It’s a dation this month, the Saudi Am- Man’s Man’s Man’s World. And bassador to the US explained that when it came to finances, this idea it is a low-tech problem that re- was particularly true. He even quires a low-tech solution – but made a point of writing “Man one that must have a lasting im- makes money to buy from other pact. Whether they man”. “I truly believe that liberty for a It is hard to imagine that when woman comes from the ability to are rich or the song was released more than make financial decisions for her 50 years ago, a woman could not life,” she said. poor, and at hold a bank account or mortgage Globally, women are less likely without a man’s signature – even than men to have bank accounts. every stage in countries such as the US and According to a 2018 World Bank UK. In fact, there was no such report, the gender gap stood at in their lives, thing as a woman’s financial in- nine per cent, despite an extra 1.2 dependence. A man was always billion people joining the finan- women face required. And that’s no kind of cial system over a period of seven independence at all. years prior to that report. a financial Half a century on, things are This gender gap is persistent changing. But globally, women across every stage of a woman’s penalty still need to focus on their finan- financial life. Moneybox, a finance cial lives in order to achieve the app available in the UK, states that security and freedom that money seven out of 10 millennial women promises. Whether they are rich admit they have never been taught or poor, and at every stage in their to manage money – compared to lives, women face a financial pen- 42 per cent of men. A study by UBS alty. Just because a woman lives a investment bank indicates that 58 comparatively comfortable life in per cent of women globally leave a comparatively wealthy country, long-term financial decision-mak- the UK’s millennial women, which mies – need to take more control in extremely vulnerable situa - it does not mean she has secured ing to men. It is worth noting that suggests that women – whether in over their money. tions, simply because they do not her financial well-being. this rises to 69 per cent among developing or developed econo- Some women are forced to live have the freedom to leave. Women

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TIM MARSHALL in Sierra Leone. But then came Iraq vo question in the hope that even- and Libya. With their fingers, and tually the EU will fall apart, Nato Getting a piece ato is unsure of itself, the two countries horribly burnt, so- will disband, and Russia will ride The world EU is divided as never be- called humanitarian intervention to the nation’s rescue and help re- of the tech cake Nfore, Russia is on the front was off the table, and most Nato build a shattered dream of “Greater TOP foot, and the myriad disputes in powers remain cautious when it Serbia”. the Balkans remain unresolved. comes to committing to action. That is unlikely and President 4 And yet, 20 years after the Kosovo At the same time, the EU is at- Vucic is not pushing this agenda, TWEETS must not War, western powers are not paying tempting to flex its limited military but those who dream of that sce- attention to a region that remains a muscles and to forget its hapless nario are still players in the game. powder keg. response as the war in Bosnia was That includes President Putin. In In the summer of 1999, 50,000 about to break out in 1992. January, he showed up in Serbia for 01 abandon Nato troops entered the Serbian Jacques Poos, the then prime his third visit in eight years to shore province of Kosovo following a 78- minister of Luxembourg, said: up both countries’ non-recognition CAPT. MAHMOOD AL MAHMOOD day aerial bombing campaign. The “This is the hour of Europe.” of an independent Kosovo. Serbian military had been forced to Jacques Delors, the EU Commis- The situation needs a solution. retreat after Nato sided with the sion chairman, added: “We do not One proposal to draw a line under n a move that we all should study, the Balkans Kosovo Liberation Army. interfere in American affairs. We the past involves a land swap in the French Senate has passed a bill They were heady days. The hope they will have enough respect which Kosovo gives up territory in resident Trump: “I that will see tech companies with Americans and British, led by Bill not to interfere in ours.” its north, which has a Serb-majori- Pwant Apple to build Imore than €750 million in global reve- There is a need to safeguard Clinton and Tony Blair, saw the They then dithered for three ty population, and Serbia gives land their plants in the US, I nue and €25 million in French revenue outcome as a victory for human- years, amid a huge loss of life until with a Kosovan majority. don’t want them to build pay a three per cent tax on total annual peace in the region; it is time itarian intervention, as outlined the US stepped in. Now, Moscow This sounds attractive, but is them in China so when I revenue generated by providing services in Mr Blair’s famous “Chicago may have concluded that the de- problematic, as any land swap heard they were going to to French users. for the West to shift the focus speech” a few days after the bomb- gree of delusion about EU’s military would attract the envious atten- build in China I said, ‘Oh The move will affect major players ing started. It was a theme he re- and diplomatic powers remains tion of others in the region. The it’s okay you can build in like Google, Facebook, and Amazon, back on the Balkans turned to in the lead-up to the Iraq intact. Serbs in Bosnia might step up ef- China but when you send and was made as plans for EU-wide tax War of 2003. To Moscow, Kosovo marked 10 forts to integrate their territory, your product in to the US, changes seemed to stall. I was in Kosovo on the swelter- years since the fall of the Berlin known as Republika Srpska, into we’re going to tariff you.’” Obviously the legislation, which ingly hot day British troops crossed Wall and the diminishing of Rus- Serbia proper. Then the Albanians @thehill countries like the UK are already mak- the border from Macedonia. But, sian power. Moscow was helpless Kosovan-Albanian children walk near by a destroyed Serbian military tank in the village of Fushtica in Kosovo. of Macedonia, kindred spirits of ing plans to emulate, has not pleased the the night before, I had watched a to come to Serbia’s aid. It was also the Kosovans, could reignite their 02 US, because almost all the tech giants are Russian armoured column rumble determined that humiliation would policy goals relatively quickly. If Losing Kosovo led to the tile to one another, to the extent the back, went through his heart, 2001 military effort to create a sep- American companies. through the capital, Pristina, on its be its last. Getting to the airport that is the case, the Balkans pre- revolution in Serbia, which that the 2018 announcement of exited his abdomen, and hit a bod- arate state. This, in turn, means Till now, these companies were of- way to take the Slatina military air- first, and making itself a player in sents a stage on which it can still plans for a Kosovan army brought yguard. He was 51 and left behind that both Kosovan and Macedonian fering services and pocketing revenue base before Nato could get there. It what happened next, was a small play. overthrew President the threat of war from Belgrade. a wife, two young children, and a Albanians might wish to merge into globally but paying taxes only in Amer- had travelled 600 kilometres from victory, but one upon which Russia The politics of this was not on Slobodan Milosevic the Several times in the past two years, divided nation. a “Greater Albania”. ica. Naturally, the revenue came to US Bosnia, using a training exercise as built. the minds of Kosovan-Albanians’ following year. the Serbian army has been put on The outside world barely no - These are, indeed “mights”, but coffers as did the taxes but the con - cover for its movement. The Second Chechen War was minds this summer, as they marked full alert, and moved elite forces to ticed. There was already a war in given the region’s history over the sumer countries saw major outflow of I drew different conclusions launched in October to avenge the the 20th anniversary of the war. Mr the border. Afghanistan, and it was just eight past 120 years, they are plausible. he work of diplomacy money with no returns. from Mr Clinton and Mr Blair. I ignominy of the first, then, two Clinton was the most high-profile It could have been different. days before the invasion of Iraq It follows that if the above sce- Ttakes me around the Will this trend of taxing foreign tech saw a rare example of air power months later, Vladimir Putin came guest, and it is a fair bet that some Losing Kosovo led to the revolu- began. The news channels men- narios came to pass, what was left world, but there’s noth- companies benefit GCC countries? I alone achieving a military victory, to power and the military budget of the young men in the crowds tion in Serbia, which overthrew tioned Mr Djindjic’s death, and of Macedonia would fall prey to ing better than coming think we should seriously examine it and was relieved at the Serbian grew rapidly. Military success in were named ‘Tonibler’ after the President Slobodan Milosevic the moved on. Meanwhile, in Serbia, division as Serbia, Greece and Bul- home to work alongside through the lens of our gains. surrender, as a ground war would Chechnya in 2002 was followed former British prime minister. following year. In came a genuine corruption came back strongly, garia scrambled to protect their the fine people of @Stat- In Bahrain, we are seeing ambitious have been devastating for both by Georgia in 2008, Crimea in 2014 There is much to celebrate in liberal, Zoran Djindjic, who had democratisation slowed, and the interests. eDept. Looking forward plans unfold, as the Kingdom seeks to sides. I also was convinced that I and Syria since 2015. Kosovo and indeed Serbia – an end called the EU “Serbia’s fresh air”. gangs running guns, drugs, and The outside world remains busy to celebrating the 230th position itself as the MENA Leader for had just witnessed the moment Two decades on, Nato is war-wea- to the mass killing, and the birth of He announced complete co-op- illegal immigration into western elsewhere, but, after the drawdown anniversary of our insti- fintech; the investment success sig- when, after a decade of the tide of ry and Russia is back on the world democracy. However, the ongoing eration with the International Europe flourished. from Afghanistan, the retreat from tution this week. We are nalled by Amazon Web Services which Russian power rolling out, it began stage. But Moscow knows that, tensions between the two, and in- Crimes Tribunal for the former Today, a former ultra-nationalist, Iraq, and a partial recovery from the Department of State. is a central narrative in the transfor- to roll back in. with a declining population and an deed their neighbours, mean that are mulling a drawdown. Western Yugoslavia and swore to root out Aleksandar Vucic, is president of the financial crash, there is enough #OneTeamOneMission mation of Bahrain into a For the Americans and British, economy reliant on energy sources the situation is never more than an attention is at best fitful, and this is organised crime from government Serbia. Mr Vucic seeks a peaceful diplomatic bandwidth for the Bal- @SecPompeo digital economy; the Gov- the success of Kosovo was followed that are slowly running down, it “incident” away from escalating. a mistake. When Europe takes its and big business. This ensured re- solution to the issues between Bel- kans to come back onto the radar. The economic ernment-wide Cloud First in 2001 by a well-executed Nato will struggle to maintain its current This is why 3,500 troops remain eye off the Balkans, things rarely taliation. In March 2003, Mr Djind- grade and Pristina, even if his past And a glance at the screen shows impact of AI policy; and the C5 Cloud peacekeeping deployment in Mace- level of strength. Hence, it may be on the ground even though several go well. jic was shot and killed by a sniper gives some hope to the hardliners how much work remains to be 03 Scalerator. donia, and the British intervention tempted to achieve some foreign Nato members, including the US, Serbia and Kosovo remain hos- in Belgrade. A bullet hit him in who still want to “freeze” the Koso- done. adoption on GCC All this means that we economies is are riding the wave of estimated to reach technology, R and D that roughly $277 billion these large companies have invested and man- by 2030. aged to leapfrog into a far Financial independence still remains a challenge for women ributes to our former advanced trajectory of TPresident, Bharat Rat- tech growth. na Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam ji Much of this would not on his punyatithi. He was be possible if we were to SHELINA JANMOHAMMED According to Princess Reema Becoming financially that are rigged against them. an outstanding scientist and emulate Europe and tax Bint Bandar Al Saud, self-suffi- liberated is about more Financial independence is nat- a great motivator whose big companies for their n 1966, American singer-song- ciency is a “solvable” problem. urally linked to the ability to get teachings has inspired mil- partnership because, we writer James Brown released Speaking to the Rockefeller Foun- than just having a job. It is a job with fair and equal pay. It is lions of lives. Nation can may be geographically Ione of his biggest hits, It’s a dation this month, the Saudi Am- about understanding how also affected by pregnancy, child- never forget his monumen- significant but right now we represent Man’s Man’s Man’s World. And bassador to the US explained that our financial lives work and care and the disproportionate tal contribution in the field too small a slice of the cake to warrant when it came to finances, this idea it is a low-tech problem that re- being in control of them. burden of household and elderly of science & technology. taxing these companies and we might be was particularly true. He even quires a low-tech solution – but care on women. @AmitShah going against the co-operative spirit we made a point of writing “Man one that must have a lasting im- It quickly becomes clear that are currently enjoying with the Ameri- makes money to buy from other pact. this is a matter of collective ur- 04 can companies. Whether they man”. “I truly believe that liberty for a gency that women themselves Moreover, despite very bright minds, It is hard to imagine that when woman comes from the ability to need to take ownership of. Wom- the GCC still does not have world-class are rich or the song was released more than make financial decisions for her en recognise this. R and D facilities. 50 years ago, a woman could not life,” she said. Recently, Bayt.com published We depend on ‘borrowed’ technology poor, and at hold a bank account or mortgage Globally, women are less likely a survey titled ‘Working Women and not original tech. without a man’s signature – even than men to have bank accounts. in the Middle East and North Af- Still, according to a report released by every stage in countries such as the US and According to a 2018 World Bank rica’. Of the 600 women polled, PwC in 2018, the economic impact of AI UK. In fact, there was no such report, the gender gap stood at 57 per cent said that they want to he Puerto Rican is- adoption on GCC economies is estimated in their lives, thing as a woman’s financial in- nine per cent, despite an extra 1.2 have to spend more time paying work in order to achieve financial Tland of Vieques was to reach roughly $277 billion by 2030. dependence. A man was always billion people joining the finan- back their own debt. independence. heavily polluted by dec- The average annual growth rate of AI’s women face required. And that’s no kind of cial system over a period of seven Women’s finances are affected Becoming financially liberated ades of US military bomb- contribution to the GCC is expected to independence at all. years prior to that report. by a variety of factors such as later is about more than just having a ing exercises. That’s why range between 29-34 per cent. a financial Half a century on, things are This gender gap is persistent marriage; rising rates of divorce, job. It is about understanding how @RepAOC & I have led What we must do, is create a Depart- changing. But globally, women across every stage of a woman’s especially in later life; women our financial lives work and being our colleagues in urging ment of IT Industry in our government penalty still need to focus on their finan- financial life. Moneybox, a finance holding greater responsibility for in control of them. funding for safer cleanup and urge these companies that are doing cial lives in order to achieve the app available in the UK, states that financially maintaining children; So, while talking about financial there. We owe it to our business in Bahrain to invest in our fu- security and freedom that money seven out of 10 millennial women the often pressing need to have a management might sound dull, fellow citizens in Vieques ture through R and D units and training promises. Whether they are rich admit they have never been taught two-income household; and ris- we have to remember that for all & across Puerto Rico. of Bahrainis in technology-related ca- or poor, and at every stage in their to manage money – compared to ing life expectancy, especially for of us – especially women who @SenWarren reers or follow the European countries lives, women face a financial pen- 42 per cent of men. A study by UBS women. globally still do not have control plans of taxation. alty. Just because a woman lives a investment bank indicates that 58 As a result, women today are in over their own finances – money Disclaimer: (Views expressed (Captain Mahmood Al Mahmood is the comparatively comfortable life in per cent of women globally leave less control of their finances than provides security and freedom by columnists are personal and Editor-in-Chief of The Daily Tribune and a comparatively wealthy country, long-term financial decision-mak- the UK’s millennial women, which mies – need to take more control in extremely vulnerable situa - are also too often burdened by men. Studies show this is a matter to manage one’s own life, and need not necessarily reflect our the President of the Arab-African Unity it does not mean she has secured ing to men. It is worth noting that suggests that women – whether in over their money. tions, simply because they do not men’s debt and, owing to structur- of nurture rather than nature, and there is nothing more exciting editorial stances) Organisation for Relief, Human Rights and her financial well-being. this rises to 69 per cent among developing or developed econo- Some women are forced to live have the freedom to leave. Women al issues in the financial industry, the prevalence of social structures than that. Counterterrorism)

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TDT | Manama Group’s contracting arm from a project level to an operating novest reported first half level due to the completion of a 2019 consolidated net profit large Government contract. Iattributable to parent share- From financial position per- holders of US$4.29 million, rep- spective, the Equity Attributa- resenting a 58 per cent decrease ble to Parent Shareholders de- as compared to US$10.16m for clined slightly by 1pc to stand the same period of last year. at US$135.12m in comparison to The dip in net profit, CEO of US$136.53m at the end of 2018 Inovest, Yasser Al Jar said, stems as a result of Inovest’s recent in principle from the extraordi- dividend payout. nary profit attained from con- tracting agreements and invest- Second-quarter results ment exits accounted for during Inovest’s recorded a consol- this time last year. idated net profit attributable “Accordingly, our results dur- to the parent shareholders of ing the first half of the year fol- US$ 1.27m in comparison to low a very natural and expected US$ 7.18m for the same quarter curve, especially in relation to of last year, representing 82pc the normal fluctuations that we, decrease. Earnings Per Share and our counterparts, are ex- attributable to the equity share- posed to within the investment holders of the parent company industry.” amounted to US cents 0.45 as Earnings Per Share attributa- compared to US cents 2.53 for ble to the equity shareholders of the same period in 2018. the parent company amounted Consolidated operating prof- to US cents 1.52 as compared to it decreasing by 57pc to reach US cents 3.59 a year ago. US$4.15m in comparison to Consolidated net operating US$9.69m for the second quarter profit declined by 65pc from Inovest’s Chairman Dr Omar Salem Al Mutawa CEO of Inovest, Yasser Al Jar of 2018. The net operating profit US$9.82m to US$3.40m due to decreases from US$0.930m from an increase in the Group’s op- income decreased by 34pc in climate, and a specifically chal- ing the goals of our recently ap- Operating expenses saw an US$6.84m recorded in the same erating expenses as well as an the first half of this year, reach- lenging investment atmosphere, proved strategy. In accordance increase of 28pc, standing at quarter a year ago. expected decrease in revenue ing US$9.89m in comparison to we are pleased to see Inovest with it, we have taken some nec- US$6.49m in the first half of 2019 Looking ahead, Dr Al Mutawa from the Group’s contracting US$14.90m for the same period sustaining its profitability; a con- essary steps towards improving in comparison to US$5.07m for said the company is in the pro- activities and the capital gain of 2018. dition it has upheld quarter on the efficiency of investments the same period of 2018. This cess of “undertaking an invest- from one of the investment dis- Commenting on the results, quarter from 2016 to date. The held by the Group; God will - increase continues to stem, as ment opportunity prospect that posal that has been taken place Inovest’s Chairman Dr Omar Group performance for the first ing we hope to quickly see the it did in the first quarter of the has been under review by the in the same period of last year. Al Mutawa said, “Despite a half of 2019 is a clear indication realization of these efforts and year, from the reclassification executive team and which will Consequently, the operating challenging regional economic of our commitment to achiev- actions.” of labour expenses within the be announced in due course.”

BisB trims payment rate for BCCI holds workshop on “SMEs Registration System”

“Mazaya” scheme benefits for SMEs. TDT | Manama The workshop will The system was launched by • the Ministry of Industry, Com- ahrain Islamic Bank be conducted in Arabic merce, and Tourism in April B(BisB) has reduced the 2019 following Cabinet Res- down payment rate from TDT | Manama olution (06-2416) on allocat- 10 per cent to 1pc for the ing 20 per cent of government Bank’s Social Housing Fi- he Bahrain Chamber of procurement and tenders to nance Scheme “Mazaya” TCommerce and Industry small and medium-sized enter- launched in 2014 with the (BCCI) in cooperation with the prises, in addition to giving a Ministry of Housing. Ministry of Industry, Com - 10pc advantage in the auctions Commenting on the merce, and Tourism is holding of public utilities held within move, General Manager of a workshop on the “SMEs Reg- the establishments of govern- Retail Banking, Dalal AlQais istration System” on Tuesday ment departments. Register- said: “By introducing a re- from 10:00 am to 12:00 pm in ing will allow entities to apply duced down payment rate Al Majlis Hall in BCCI’s main for classification certificates, of 1pc for “Mazaya”, it will premises in Sanabis. benefit from the implications become easier for potential The workshop, which will be of the cabinet’s resolution, and customers to acquire hous- General Manager of Retail Banking, conducted in Arabic, will centre gain access to an array of pro- ing units.” Dalal AlQais on the registration process and Bahrain Chamber of Commerce & Industry grammes and initiatives. KHCB receives students for annual training programme TDT | Manama Head of Human Resources, affirmed that the training pro- haleeji Commercial Bank gramme is suitable for student K(KHCB), one of the leading studying requirements in the Islamic banks in Bahrain, re - fields of Islamic banking and cently received university stu- other specializations, as it dent trainees in different de - contributes to enriching their partments of the bank as part of knowledge and gives them new requirements to complete their skills in this area. academic programmes. She added: “This university The two-month training pro- students training project is con- gramme grants students the sidered as one of the pillars of opportunity to familiarize with partnership and integration be- the Islamic Banking System and tween local institutions, through Work Environment by working which we look forward to de- closely with KHCB employees. veloping the Bahraini human Fatema Ahmed Al Bin Ali, element.” Officials and trainees during a photocall SUNDAY, JULY 28, 2019 11

Apple will face tariffs on imports from China: Trump Washington, United States sentative, saying certain com- India cuts tax on electric ponents for its $6,000 Mac resident Donald Trump Pro desktop computer could Pwarned Friday that he only be sourced from China would snub Apple’s requests and should be exempt from for tariff exemptions on device US tariffs. components imported from The move comes amid fric- vehicles to boost uptake China, as he put pressure on tions between the two eco - the tech company to shift pro- nomic powers, which are try- Reuters | New Delhi duction to the United States. ing to restart failed negotia- “Apple will not be given tions on ending a trade war. ndia yesterday slashed tax- Tariff wavers, or relief, for Trump has threatened to es on electric vehicles and Mac Pro parts that are made slap punitive tariffs on more Ichargers, as it looks to en- in China. Make them in the goods to press Beijing to ac- courage the use of more envi- USA, no Tariffs!” Trump said cept more imports and im - ronmentally friendly cars. on Twitter. prove protections for US intel- The goods and services tax Later, Trump told reporters lectual property. (GST) on electric vehicles and that he wanted Apple to make Trump praised Apple CEO chargers was reduced to 5 per the parts in the United States. Tim Cook, saying he was cent from a previous 12pc and “When I heard they were someone “I have a lot of liking 18pc respectively, India’s fi - going to build in China, I said for and respect.” nance ministry said in a state- when you send your product to “We’ll work it out. I think ment. the United States, we’re going they’ll announce they’ll build a The government had earlier to tariff you.” plant in Texas. If they do that, this month given tax breaks in Last week, Apple filed a re- I’m starting to get very happy,” the federal budget for consum- quest with the US trade repre- he said. ers buying electric vehicles. Sat- urday’s decision to slash the tax was taken at a meeting of the GST council chaired by India’s Finance Minister Nirmala Sith- US approves sales to support raman in New Delhi. India, the world’s third-big- Pakistan’s F-16s, India’s C-17s gest emitter of greenhouse gases and home to 14 of the world’s Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu Edappadi K. Palanisami (2R) poses before taking a ride during the launch of Hyundai’s most polluted cities, is aiming India’s first electric SUV ‘KONA’ at the Secretariat Park in Chennai for electric vehicles to account for 30pc of all passenger vehicle high cost of batteries. manufacturing, with large man- import taxes earlier this month sales in the country by 2030. Sitharaman said during the ufacturing plants for lithium on some auto components to They currently make up less budget announcement that the storage batteries and solar elec- help boost electric vehicle sales than 1pc, largely due to a lack of government’s plans was to make tric charging infrastructure. and reduce the country’s de- charging infrastructure and the India a hub of electric vehicle The government also removed pendence on fossil fuels.

US approves merger of Trump announces asylum deal operators T-Mobile, Sprint with Guatemala Washington, United States Washington, United States

S antitrust authorities resident Donald Trump Uon Friday approved the Pannounced Friday that a Representative picture $26 billion merger of T-Mo- “landmark” asylum agreement bile and Sprint in a deal that has been reached with Gua- Washington, United States personnel that provide 24/7 brings together the third- and temala, as the United States end-use monitoring,” the state- fourth-largest wireless opera- ratchets up pressure on its ashington on Friday ment announcing the Pakistan tors as the industry moves to- southern neighbors to stem Wapproved $125 million approval read. ward deployment of superfast the flow of migrants towards worth of support for Pakistan’s Separately, the DSCA said 5G networks. its border. F-16 warplanes, and also $670 that India asked to buy spare The tie-up aims to create a The White House said Gua- worth of support for India’s parts and test equipment for strong number three US oper- The tie-up aims to create a strong temala would now be consid- C-17 transport planes. their Boeing C-17 transport ator to compete against sector number three US operator ered a “safe third country,” Approval to support US-built planes, and is seeking per - leaders Verizon and AT&T and meaning that US-bound mi- aircraft for the two south Asian sonnel training, among other expedite 5G deployment, but Makan Delrahim, head of the grants who enter Guatemala rivals were approved by the things, “for an estimated cost consumer groups have com- Justice Department’s antitrust would be required to seek asy- Donald Trump US State Department, and an- of $670 million.” plained it would mean reduced division. lum there instead. nounced simultaneously by “India needs this follow-on competition and higher prices. Delrahim added that the But the US Department of grants through Mexico to the the US Defence Security Co- support to maintain its opera- The deal calls for Sprint to agreement would provide Dish Homeland Security said the southern US border. operation Agency. tional readiness and ability to sell some of its prepaid wire- with the resources needed to term did not appear in the text In another immigration-re- The approval for technical provide Humanitarian Assis- less operations to satellite TV “provide a full range of mobile agreed on Friday, of which few lated triumph for Trump, the and logistics support for Pa- tance and Disaster Relief (HA/ operator Dish Network, which wireless services nationwide.” details were initially known. Supreme Court on Friday kistan’s F-16s comes just days DR) assistance in the region. would create its own telecom T-Mobile, whose parent is Trump said the deal will issued a ruling allowing the after Prime Minister Imran “India will have no difficulty service. “With this merger and German-based Deutsche Tel- “provide safety to legitimate president to proceed with Khan met with US President absorbing this support into its accompanying divestiture, we ekom, and Sprint, controlled asylum seekers and stop asy- plans to divert $2.5 billion in Donald Trump at the White armed forces,” the statement are expanding output signifi- by Japan’s SoftBank, say the lum fraud” in the region. Pentagon funds toward con- House. announcing the approval read. cantly by ensuring that large merger will be good for con- “This landmark agree - struction of a border wall with The potential sale will sup- Both statements added that amounts of currently unused sumers. ment will put the coyotes and Mexico. port US foreign policy and the proposed sales of equip- or underused spectrum are Sprint executive chairman smugglers out of business,” “Big VICTORY on the Wall,” national security “by protect- ment and support “will not made available to American Marcelo Claure said the tie-up the president said, referring Trump tweeted after the rul- ing US technology through alter the basic military balance consumers in the form of high “will allow the US to fiercely to the “bad people” who have ing. “Big WIN for Border Se- the continued presence of US in the region.” quality 5G networks,” said compete for 5G leadership”. trafficked thousands of mi- curity and the Rule of Law!” France aims for US digital tax deal by late August: minister Paris, France others. Leaders of the Group of Seven internet heavyweights paying rance wants to reach a deal Trump denounced French highly industrialised countries next to nothing in European Fwith the US on taxing tech President Emmanuel Macron’s are to meet in the southwestern countries where they make huge giants by a G7 meeting in late “foolishness”, though they dis- French city on August 24-26. profits as their legal base is in August, Economy Minister Bru- cussed the issue by phone on Le Maire emphasised that smaller EU states. no Le Maire said yesterday. Friday, according to the White “there is no desire to specifi - France has said it would with- He was responding to US Pres- House. cally target American compa- draw the tax if an internation- ident Donald Trump, who on Le Maire told a news con - nies,” since the three-percent al agreement was reached, and Friday vowed “substantial” re- ference Saturday: “We wish to tax would be levied on reve - Paris hopes to include all of the taliation against France for a work closely with our American nues generated from services OECD countries by the end of law passed this month on taxing friends on a universal tax on to French consumers by all of 2020. digital companies even if their digital activities. the world’s largest tech firms, The Organisation for Econom- headquarters are elsewhere. “We hope between now and including Chinese and European ic Co-operation and Develop- The law would affect US-based the end of August -- the G7 heads ones. ment is a Paris-based forum that global giants like Google, Apple, French Economy Minister Bruno Le Maire addresses journalists at his ministry in of state meeting in Biarritz -- to The law aims to plug a tax- advises the world’s advanced Facebook and Amazon, among Paris reach an agreement.” ation gap that has seen some economies. SUNDAY, JULY 28, 2019 12 Brexit is a ‘massive economic opportunity’ Manchester, United Kingdom

ritish Prime Minister Boris Johnson yesterday Brexit timeline Jul 24 Jun 7 Boris Johnson becomes Bsaid Brexit was a “massive Main developments in 2019 May 23 May steps economic opportunity” but had Prime Minister been treated under his prede- UK votes down as cessor Theresa May as “an im- in European Conservative pending adverse weather event”. Parliament Party leader Jul 26 In a speech in Manchester UK parliament begins summer recess where he pledged new invest- election ment in Leave-voting areas, Johnson promised to step up ne- Apr 12 Sept 3 gotiations on post-Brexit trade Second Brexit deadline UK parliament reconvenes deals and set up free ports to (delayed) boost the economy. “When people voted to leave the European Union, they were Mar 29 Oct 17-18 not just voting against Brussels, Original Brexit EU summit they were voting against London too,” he said. deadline (delayed) He promised a £3.6 billion ($4.5 billion, 4 billion euros) Oct 31 “Towns’ Fund” to support a 100 Jan 15, Mar 12, struggling towns, “so that they New UK will get the improved transport Mar 29 UK MPs deadline and the improved broadband to leave EU connectivity that they need. reject Prime “Taking back control doesn’t Minister Theresa just apply to Westminster re- "We're going to get gaining sovereignty from the EU, May’s deal Brexit done on it means our cities and counties 3 times and towns becoming more self October 31 governing,” he said. " “Leaving the EU is a massive economic opportunity to do Source: AFP bureaus/AFP Photo: Niklas Halle’n things we’ve not been allowed to do for decades,” he said. them to come to us, we are going latest deadline of October 31 -- in 2015, in 2016, in 2017,” he said favour of leaving the European Asked about the prospect of to try to solve this problem,” he deal or no deal. during a visit to the central Eng- Union in a shock 2016 referen- Brexit negotiations, Johnson said. But he has focused on domes- lish city of Birmingham. dum that partially reflected deep said he was willing to engage Leaving the EU is a “We can’t do it as long as that tic priorities in his first few days “What they want us to do is resentment over economic ine- with EU partners but only if the massive economic anti-democratic backstop, that in office, including a pledge on deliver on their mandate, come quality. backstop clause was removed opportunity to do backstop that seeks to divide our Friday to reverse drastic cuts out of the EU on October 31. Johnson said speech intended from the current divorce agree- things we’ve not been country, divide the UK, remains to the police force made under “They don’t want another to “set out his vision to rebalance ment struck by May. allowed to do for in place. We need to get it out May. electoral event, they don’t want power, growth and productivity The backstop seeks to ensure decades and then we can make progress.” Commentators have speculat- a referendum, they don’t want a across the UK”. a free-flowing post-Brexit bor- ‘Absolutely’ rules out election ed that he could be preparing to general election.” May also came to power prom- BRITISH PRIME MINISTER BORIS der between British Northern JOHNSON The new leader earlier tried call a general election, hoping to However, Britons could be ising to fight Britain’s “burn- Ireland and the Republic of Ire- to dampen speculation he could regain the Conservative majority headed to the polls if MPs bring ing injustices” but her domes- land, an EU member state, in all call an early election. that May lost at the polls in 2017. down Johnson’s new govern- tic agenda was overwhelmed eventualities. The former mayor of Lon - Johnson on Friday “absolute- ment in a no-confidence vote to by Brexit negotiations and her “The approach of the UK gov- don, who only took charge on ly” ruled out initiating such a try and prevent a no-deal Brexit failed attempts to persuade par- ernment is not going to be dis- Wednesday, has promised to poll before Britain leaves the from happening. liament to vote in favour of her engaged or aloof or waiting for take Britain out of the EU by the bloc. “The British people voted Britain voted 52 percent in exit deal. Trump threatens not to recognise China’s special WTO status

and other developed countries Developing country must meet,” she said. • Any new tariffs Trump wants status in the WTO The WTO is to impose still would have to be allows governments BROKEN when the justified under current US law, longer timelines for world’s RICHEST which requires an investigation implementing free countries claim into whether developing coun- trade commitments to be developing try status harms US companies. countries to avoid And she said Trump’s unilat- WTO rules and get eral approach already has an- Washington, United States gered countries like India and special treatment. South Africa. resident Donald Trump on NO more!!! Today But Trump said allowing PFriday threatened to with- I directed the U.S. wealthy economies to claim draw recognition of the special Trade Representative developing country status will “developing nation” status of to take action so harm “economies that truly re- China and other relatively rich that countries stop quire special and differential countries at the World Trade CHEATING the system treatment,” and that “cannot Organization unless changes are continue to go unchecked.” made to the body’s rules. at the expense of the Developing country status in The salvo fell the week before USA! the WTO allows governments top US trade officials are due longer timelines for implement- to return to China to rekindle TRUMP SAID ON TWITTER ing free trade commitments, as trade talks that acrimoniously well as the ability to protect collapsed in May. some domestic industry and “The WTO is BROKEN when maintain subsidies. the world’s RICHEST countries to gain unfair advantages.” The Trump administration claim to be developing coun - Without “substantial pro - repeatedly criticized the WTO statement. tice though it likely could open has long complained that WTO tries to avoid WTO rules and get gress” to reform WTO rules since taking office. While Trump’s statement the door to even more retaliatory rules are unfair to the United special treatment. NO more!!! within 90 days, Washington will Trump’s order directs Ligh- points to multiple countries tariffs against Beijing. States, and has nearly throttled Today I directed the U.S. Trade no longer treat as a developing thizer’s office to “use all availa- that benefit from the develop- key WTO proceedings by refus- Representative to take action so country any WTO member “im- ble means to secure changes at ing nation designation, it focuses ‘Cannot go unchecked’ ing to name new members of that countries stop CHEATING properly declaring itself a de- the WTO,” with the cooperation mostly on China. Jennifer Hillman, a former top the appellate body for the dis- the system at the expense of the veloping country and inappro- of other countries where pos- The statement notes that sev- US trade official who served at pute settlement system, which USA!,” Trump said on Twitter. priately seeking the benefit of sible. en of the 10 wealthiest econo- the WTO, questioned the ration- will cease to function later this In a memo to Robert Ligh - flexibilities in WTO rules and ne- mies in the world claim develop- ale since the benefits granted to year. thizer, the US trade represent- gotiations,” the statement said. Lighthizer applauded the move ing country status, as do Mexico, countries with the special status Hillman said that is a much ative, Trump said the global It was another unilateral at- “This unfairness disadvantag- South Korea, and Turkey, which in most cases has long passed. more pressing threat to the trade body uses “an outdated tack on the multilateral trade es Americans who play by the are members of the Group of 20 “Therefore even self-declared world’s trade referee since it dichotomy between developed body, which was created to set- rules, undermines negotiations leading economies. developing countries are now will block the ability to enforce and developing countries that tle disputes and prevent all-out at the WTO and creates an un- It is unclear how the measure obliged to meet most of the same rules or for countries to comply has allowed some WTO members trade wars but which Trump has level playing field,” he said in a would change US policy in prac- legal requirements that the US with decisions. 13 SUNDAY, JULY 28, 2019

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BHAKTI KLEIN CITY CENTRE: 11.00 AM + 5.15 + 11.30 PM BRIE LARSON, ROBERT DOWNEY JR., KAREN GILLAN أأأأ BLUE ELEPHANT 2 (15+)(ARABIC/THRILLER/HORROR) CITY CENTRE: 10.45 AM + 12.45 + 2.45 + 4.45 + 6.45 + 8.45 + 10.45 PM SEEF (II): 12.00 + 2.00 + 4.00 + 6.00 + 8.00 + 10.00 PM + 12.00 MN KADARAM KONDAN (PG-15) (TAMIL) CITY CENTRE: 12.15 + 3.00 + 5.45 + 8.30 + 11.15 PM MOHAMED SAAD, MAI SALEEM, MOHHAMED THARWAT OASIS JUFFAIR: 10.30 AM + 3.45 + 9.00 PM VIKRAM, AKSHARA HAASAN,YOGI BABU اااااااا (SEEF (I): 12.30 + 3.15 + 6.00 + 8.45 + 11.30 PM THE EXTRACTORS (15+)(ACTION/THRILLER WADI AL SAIL: 12.30 + 6.00 + 11.30 PM CITY CENTRE: 10.30 AM + 12.30 + 2.30 + 4.30 + 6.30 + 8.30 + 10.30 PM SAAR: 12.15 + 3.00 + 5.45 + 8.30 + 11.15 PM AXEL 2: ADVENTURES OF THE SPACE KIDS (G)(ANIMATION SEEF (II): 11.45 AM + 1.45 + 3.45 + 5.45 + 7.45 + 9.45 + 11.45 PM SACHIN (PG-13) (MALAYALAM) KARIM ABDULAZIZ, HIND SABRY, NELLY KARIM SEEF (I): 11.00 AM + 1.00 + 3.00 PM SYLVESTER STALLONE, DAVE BAUTISTA, 50 CENT OASIS JUFFAIR: 1.00 + 6.15 + 11.30 PM ااااا (SKIN (18+)(DRAMA/THRILLER/BIOGRAPHI (NEW) SEEF (I): 1.00 + 6.15 + 11.30 PM KATE HIGGINS, COLLEEN O’SHAUGHNESSEY, ALYSON LEIGH ROSENFELD JOHN WICK 3 PARABELLUM (15+)(ACTION/THRILLER/CRIME) ALHAMRA: 3.00 PM DHYAN SREENIVASAN, RESHMA RAJAN, AJU VARGHESE, RAMESH PISHARODY أأأأأأأأأ - 3 أأأ أأأ SEEF (I): 10.30 AM + 3.45 + 9.00 PM أأأأأ (THE LION KING (PG)(ADVENTURE/DRAMA/FAMILY JAMIE BELL, DANIELLE MACDONALD, DANIEL HENSHALL CITY CENTRE: 11.15 AM + 1.45 + 4.15 + 6.45 + 9.15 + 11.45 PM OASIS JUFFAIR (ATMOS): 11.15 AM + 1.45 + 4.15 + 6.45 + 9.15 + 11.45 PM KEANU REEVES, HALLE BERRY, IAN MCSHANE LUCA (PG-15) (MALAYALAM) RIVER RUNS RED (PG-15)(CRIME/DRAMA) OASIS JUFFAIR (KIDS CINEMA): 10.30 AM + 1.00 + 3.30 + 6.00 + 8.30 +11.00 OASIS JUFFAIR: 11.30 AM + 2.30 + 5.30 + 8.30 + 11.30 PM PM SEEF (I): 11.45 AM + 5.45 + 11.45 PM أأأأ (SEEF (II): 10.30 AM + 2.30 + 6.30 + 10.30 PM SUPER 30 (PG-13)(HINDI/DRAMA/BIOGRAPHY OASIS JUFFAIR (VIP): 11.00 AM + 1.30 + 4.00 + 6.30 + 9.00 + 11.30 PM OASIS JUFFAIR: 11.15 AM + 2.15 + 5.15 + 8.15 + 11.15 PM ALHAMRA: 9.00 PM + (12.00 MN THURS/FRI) TAYE DIGGS, GEORGE LOPEZ, JOHN CUSACK CITY CENTRE: 11.00 AM + 1.30 + 4.00 + 6.30 + 9.00 + 11.30 PM + (12.30 MN TOVINOTHOMAS, SHALU RAHIM, SRIKANT MURALI THURS/FRI) CITY CENTRE: 2.15 + 8.30 PM SEEF (I): 5.00 + 8.00 + 11.00 PM LYING AND STEALING (15+)(THRILLER/CRIME) CITY CENTRE (ATMOS): 11.30 AM + 2.00 + 4.30 + 7.00 + 9.30 PM + 12.00 MN HRITHIK ROSHAN, MRUNAL THAKUR, PANKAJ TRIPATHI DEAR COMRADE () (TELUGU) CITY CENTER (IMAX 2D): 10.30 AM + 3.30 + 8.30 PM SEEF (II): 12.30 + 4.30 + 8.30 PM FROM FRIDAY 26th THEO JAMES, EMILY RATAJKOWSKI, FRED MELAMED CITY CENTER (IMAX 3D): 1.00 + 6.00 + 11.00 PM OASIS JUFFAIR: 11.00 AM + 2.00 + 5.00 + 8.00 + 11.00 PM أأأأ أأأأأأ (ANNABELLE COMES HOME (15+) (HORROR أأأأأ أأأ CITY CENTRE VIP (I): 10.45 AM + 1.15 + 3.45 + 6.15 + 8.45 + 11.15 PM CITY CENTRE VIP (II): 11.30 AM + 4.45 + 10.00 PM SEEF (I): 2.45 + 8.45 PM أ (ARJUN PATIALA (PG-13)(HINDI/COMEDY CITY CENTRE: 11.15 AM + 3.30 + 7.45 + 12.00 MN ALHAMRA: 6.00 PM SEEF (II): 10.30 AM + 11.00 AM + 11.30 AM + 1.00 + 1.30 + 2.00 + 3.30 + 4.00 VERA FARMIGA, MCKENNA GRACE, MADISON ISEMAN OASIS JUFFAIR: 11.15 AM + 4.15 + 9.15 PM + 4.30 + 6.00 + 6.30 + 7.00 + 8.30 + 9.00 + 9.30 + 11.00 + 11.30 PM + 12.00 VIJAY DEVERAKONDA, RASHMIKA MANDANNA, SHRUTI RAMACHANDRAN SEEF (II): 10.30 AM + 12.45 + 3.00 + 5.15 + 7.30 + 9.45 + 12.00 MN MN + (12.30 MN THURS/FRI) (A1 (PG-13) (TAMIL أأأأأ (WADI AL SAIL: 11.00 AM + 1.00 + 1.30 + 4.00 + 6.00 + 6.30 + 9.00 + 11.00 + THE HUSTLE (PG-15) (COMEDY/CRIME DILJIT DOSANJH, KRITI SANON AMIT MEHRA 11.30 PM CITY CENTRE: 10.30 AM + 3.00 + 7.30 + 12.00 MN FROM FRIDAY 26th WADI AL SAIL (3D): 10.30 AM + 3.30 + 8.30 PM ANNE HATHAWAY, REBEL WILSON, ALEX SHARP ALHAMRA: 12.00 NOON SAAR: 10.30 AM + 11.00 AM + 1.00 + 1.30 + 3.30 + 4.00 + 6.00 + 6.30 + 8.30 SANTHANAM,TARA ALISHA BERRY,MOTTA RAJENDRAN,MANOHAR,SWAMI- + 9.00 + 11.00 + 11.30 PM STUBER (15+)(ACTION/COMEDY) NATHAN,SAIKUMAR DONALD GLOVER, SETH ROGEN, CHIWETEL EJIOFOR CITY CENTRE: 1.30 + 5.45 + 10.00 PM KAREN GILLAN, DAVE BAUTISTA, BETTY GILPIN أأ أأأ(SPIDER-MAN: FAR FROM HOME (PG-15)(ACTION OASIS JUFFAIR : 1.30 + 6.30 + 11.30 PM CITY CENTRE: 10.30 AM + 1.00 + 3.45 + 6.30 + 9.15 + 12.00 MN + (12.45 MN THURS/FRI) CITY CENTRE VIP (II): 2.00 + 7.15 + (12.30 MN THURS/FRI) SEEF (II): 12.45 + 3.30 + 6.15 + 9.00 + 11.45 PM WADI AL SAIL: 11.00 AM + 3.15 + 8.45 PM TOM HOLLAND, SAMUEL L. JACKSON, ZENDAYA ااااا (CRAWL (18+)(THRILLER/HORROR OASIS JUFFAIR: 1.45 + 6.30 + 11.15 PM CITY CENTRE: 12.00 + 2.00 + 4.00 + 6.00 + 8.00 + 10.00 + 12.00 MN SEEF (II): 11.30 AM + 1.30 + 3.30 + 5.30 + 7.30 + 9.30 + 11.30 PM WADI AL SAIL: 1.45 + 3.45 + 5.45 + 7.45 + 9.45 + 11.45 PM KAYA SCODELARIO, BARRY PEPPER, ROSS ANDERSON أأأأأ أأأأ (ALADDIN (PG)(ADVENTURE OASIS JUFFAIR : 11.00 AM + 3.45 + 8.30 PM CITY CENTRE: 12.30 + 3.15 + 6.00 + 8.45 + 11.30 PM SEEF (II): 12.00 + 2.45 + 5.30 + 8.15 + 11.00 PM WADI AL SAIL: 1.30 + 6.15 + 11.00 PM WILL SMITH, NAOMI SCOTT, MENA MASSOUD

MOVIE REVIEW

River Runs Red: A captivating thriller with late identity issues ‘River Runs Red’ is a crime drama about racially motivated police violence with a controversial twist

The flm balks at being• a socially relevant movie in favor of a typical action revenge plot KNOW WHAT

hen a judge’s son is killed in an unjustified police officer ‘River Runs Red’ is a brutal Wkilling, Judge Charles Cole- exploration of systematic man (Taye Diggs) becomes conflicted in trying to get justice for his deceased racism, and the powerless- son from the same men he works with. ness individuals have with- Charles goes after those that are re- in large systems of power sponsible with the help from a veteran detective (John Cusack) and another father (George Lopez) mourning his son’s murder. In the third act, the film takes a huge River Runs Red covers a very serious turn in going from pure drama to an issue going on in America which is all-out thriller. The third act is Charles officer brutality and shooting deaths and Javier hunting down the cops that of unarmed victims. The film takes the killed their son which involves violence, controversial subject and turns it into a police chases, and shootouts. It kind of dramatic thriller, one that feels like two comes out of nowhere even though different films. Charles hints at doing everything he For the first two acts of the film, can to find justice for his son. He ap- the story is heavy on set up. It’s filled parently will do everything. with dramatics and conflicts with just A scene from ‘River Runs Red’ Despite some questionable scenes about every character in the film. After and dialogue, it does have some good Charles’s son gets killed by two officers, family, his co-workers go against him mayor in which things get a little heat- tage that just feels out of place. Charles acting. River Runs Red’s star-studded his relationship with his wife begins by attempting to cover up the murder. ed. After both confrontations, Charles and his wife are showing some affec- cast adds a whole lot to the film, as it to crumble under the stress of finding Charles has a couple of run-ins with leaves the room, and the mayor will say tion, which had been absent for a while should. It’s been a while since Diggs justice. Charles is then forced to choose the mayor (Jou Jou Papailler), and something a villain from an 80s flick in their relationship, and it’s backed up had a role as the main character in a between his family or his career of be- these run-ins feel cheesy. On two dif- would say. by some R & B music that puts the icing project, but Diggs held the film to - ing a judge. When Charles chooses his ferent occasions, Charles confronts the The film attempts an intimate mon- on the cake. gether. 14 SUNDAY, JULY 28, 2019

Kim Kardashian

Alex Rodriguez and Jennifer Lopez

Marvel drops Kim Kardashian heartbreaking considers deleted scene from ‘Avengers: Endgame’ daughter Chicago Los Angeles ans have not gotten over her ‘twin’ Fthe void that ‘Avengers: Endgame’ left in their life, Alex Rodriguez reveals he got ill while Los Angeles and the creators released one scene that did not make dancing at Jennifer Lopez’s birthday bash merican television host and supermodel it to the final movie. Los Angeles Sauna. I’ve been drinking coffee all Kim Kardashian feels that there is a strong Ahead of ‘Avengers: End- day. I’m a mess. She went out there Aresemblance between her daughter Chicago game’ digital release Mar- ormer professional baseball and destroyed it in Miami. Killed it, and her. vel Cinematic Universe player Alex Rodriguez made a like if she slept ten hours. Am I the Kim shared a series of adorable pictures of her- released a deleted scene Fshocking revelation that he suf- only one that can’t recover anymore? self spending some quality time with her younger which will surely make you fered from immense pain following Does it suck to get old or what?” daughter Chicago, 18 months. cry. the birthday bash of Jennifer Lopez I am so sore from one night of danc- In the clicks, the ‘Keeping Up with the Kardashians’ The heartbreaking scene in Miami on Wednesday. ing, I don’t know how Jennifer does star can be seen wearing matching shared by USA Today shows In an Instagram video uploaded it!” he captioned the video. white off-the-shoulder dresses what happened right after by the sportsperson on Friday, he The birthday party of the ‘On the as they sat together on a white Tony Stark sacrificed him- said that he was in great pain after Floor’ featured a number of celebrity couch. self to defeat Thanos. the bash. guests, including LA Reid, Ryan Sea- Ever the doting mother, the In the scene, Stark is tak- “Jennifer’s done 28 shows in about crest, Fat Joe, DJ Khaled and Ashanti. 38-year-old star appeared to tie ing his last breath after hav- 58 days. She has two more here do- According to People, the famous two tiny bows on her daughter’s ing a mammoth fight with mestically here in Miami. Last night couple also brought their blended ballet shoes as she gazed up at the movie’s villain Thanos. for her birthday, it was a big one, it family out to party -- including Alex’s her face. The one-minute-36-sec- was 50. I danced for about an hour children, Natasha, 14, and Ella, 11, Referencing the strong family re- ond scene starts with teary- and seven minutes,” Alex said in the as well as Lopez’s twins, Max and semblance between the pair, the reality eyed Pepper Potts plant- video. Emme, 11. Chicago star commented on the images, writing, ing one last kiss on Tony’s Even two days after the party – “It was actually epic – it was a real “My twin.” Cheek. Then in an unseen which took place at Gloria and Emil- friends and family thing,” a source Flaunting some more family pictures earlier this week, Kim moment, Hawkeye bends io Estefan’s sprawling estate in Star inside the party told PEOPLE. “It was posted numerous photos from her grandmother Mary Jo “MJ” a knee as a mark of respect Island – the sportsperson had a cold like the closest people in her life and Campbell’s 85th birthday party. followed by other Avengers body temperature, even after a variety you could tell by the way she said Making a bold fashion statement, the reality star’s older who too take a knee. Black of remedies. hello to everyone that it didn’t work.” daughter North showed off a new nose ring at the bash, which Panther and Captain Mar- Continuing, he said, “I couldn’t According to the source, the duo her mother quickly pointed out wasn’t actually real. vel can be seen paying their get out of my bed tonight,” he ex- was also spotted busting their moves “Fake nose ring alert!!!” the KKW beauty mogul wrote over a pic- respects too, followed by plained. “I’ve iced. I’ve done cryo. I out on the dance floor until around ture of North posing alongside her cousins Penelope, 7, and True, Peter Quill, Valkyrie and got stretched. I got a massage. Steam. 3 a.m. 15 months, and aunts Kourtney and Khloe Kardashian. Nebula.

Caitlyn Jenner Bella Thorne Camila Morrone hits back at trolls criticising proud of daughter her and Leonardo DiCapro’s age difference Kylie’s success starrer ‘Southland’ begins shooting Los Angeles where are your friends?? Los Angeles Los Angeles Somebody stop her.” ctress Camila “Leo only cares about eality star Caitlyn Jen- he production of Bella Thorne Morrone, who your body,” the second Rner praised her daugh- starrer ‘Southland’ has be- Ahas been linked user wrote while another ter Kylie Jenner on the Tgun in Oklahoma. to actor Leonardo Di- declares that the mod- success of her cosmetic The film helmed and written by Caprio for over a year now, Leonardo el’s relation- business. Joshua Caldwell also stars Jake has hit back at trolls for DiCapro ship with Di- Showering all the love, Manley, Amber Riley and Michael pointing out the 22 years age Caprio will Caitlyn shared a photo of Sirow, reported Variety. gap between the couple. be “over when Kylie Cosmetics headquar- The film follows two young lovers This comes after the 22-year-old you’re 25.” ters lobby on Instagram who got robbed on their way to actress posted photos of Lauren After see- with a caption: “20 years southland. The lovers posted their Bacall and Humphrey Bogart on ing the ago, when your mom and exploits on social media and gained her Instagram last week, reported comments, I were changing diapers, fame and followers along the way. E! News Morrone teaching you to walk, and “I could not have shot ‘South- “A love like this,” Morrone wrote took to her putting you to sleep, we had land’ anywhere but in Oklahoma,” alongside the pictures. Instagram no idea this was coming. So said Caldwell. Bacall and Bogart--like Mor- Story to sound proud.” “Its geographical diversity allows it to rone, 22, and DiCaprio, 44, had off on her haters. Kylie responded to her stand in for a multitude of other locations, over a 20-year age gap between “Good morning dad’s sweet post, comment- including Florida and Texas, and the land them. Defying their critics, Bacall people and happy Fri- ing, “I love you [?][?][?].” on which this state rests is both haunting and Bogart tied the knots in 1945. day,” Morrone said in the In addition to the upcom- and beautiful,” Caldwell added. After Morrone’s post, many so- Instagram Story video. ing nail care, Kylie is also ‘Southland’ began principal pho- cial media users left hateful com- “I just read some of the reported to be coming out tography in Guthrie and will con- ments on her Instagram. comments on my Insta- with her own fragrances tinue throughout the month “I can’t believe what a dork she gram and...my God, peo- and perfumes. She also filed filming in multiple commu- is posting something like this,” one ple are so mean and full a trademark for ‘Kylie Baby’, nities in the central Okla- user commented. “It’s obv a com- of anger with people that back in May, complete with homa region. parison to herself and Leo. Girl, they know nothing about.” furniture, cribs, bouncers Bella and more. Thorne It’s official: Kylie Jenner no more friends with Jordyn Woods ‘Aladdin’ becomes Will Smith’s first Los Angeles biggest hit to cross $ 1 billion eality star and makeup mo- Los Angeles gul Kylie Jenner has offi- Rcially parted ways with best friend Jordyn Woods by unfollowing isney’s live-action ‘Aladdin’ her on Instagram. Jordyn Woods and Kylie Jenner has crossed USD 1 billion This comes almost five months after Dmark making it Will Smith’s Kardashian family got to know about the demise of their years-long friendship. biggest hit to enter USD 1 billion club. Tristan Thompson and Jordyn Woods “I called her and she didn’t really say The film which had hit the thea- cheating scandal. anything. She was just like; you know tres in May finished Thursday with However, the American model still crying the whole time. And I was just a North American total of USD 343.1 follows the makeup mogul on the pho- telling her, ‘I’m like scared of you now. million and USD 656.2 million over- to-sharing platform. Like, you’re capable of waking up the seas for a global haul of USD 999.3 Massoud told fans that he’d The whole drama was aired on the next morning with a smile on your million, according to The Holly- predicted the film would gross recent season of ‘Keeping Up with the Kar- face,” Kylie recalled of confronting her wood Reporter. USD 1 billion despite being dashians,’ where Jenner opened up about with the hookup rumour. Sharing her excitement, Mena “dismissed” for believing so. 15 SUNDAY, JULY 28, 2019 sports

Global media celebrates Shaikh Khalid’s vision Bernal set for Tour title TDT | Manama orldwide media was Egan Bernal wraps up ‘incredible’ Tour de France after retaining yellow for ride to Paris Win attendance at the Copper Box Arena for BRAVE 24: London and left the are- Bernal remains in na with the impression they • had witnessed history in the overall lead following making. That was the over- penultimate stage all sentiment from media KNOW WHAT row, as members from web- Team Ineos sites and newspapers from teammate• Geraint England, Ireland, and Brazil Thomas second 22-year-old Egan were treated to an unfor- Bernal is set to gettable night of fights and in standings entertainment. become the Tour’s Before and after BRAVE 24, Bahrain Merida’s youngest winner media members were con- Vincenzo• Nibali since Francois Faber nected to BRAVE president wins stage 20 of in 1909 Mohammed Shahid through special interviews in which Tour de France they were presented with cool conditions in 12 Celsius HH Shaikh Khalid bin Ham- AFP | Val Thorens, France (53.6 Fahrenheit) atop the Val ad Al Khalifa’s vision for the Thorens ski resort at 2,356m sport, and were impressed gan Bernal all but altitude. to see it all unfold on fight clinched victory in the Egan Bernal is congratulated by his Team Ineos teammate and last year’s winner Geraint Thomas as they finish stage 20 Green jersey wearer Peter Sa- night. ETour de France defend- gan said he was delighted the The goal of connecting ing his overnight lead in the he raised his finger to his lips, Bernal and Thomas, co-cap- ished down the field to drop to race had been shortened today. the world through MMA was penultimate stage which left kissed it and raised it to the sky. tains at Team Ineos, crossed fifth place overall. “Tomorrow is Paris and one achieved with astounding the Colombian only needing to “I still have to get Paris but the winning line a few seconds Bernal, who is set to become for the sprinters, so let’s see, a success, as 350 VIP personal- cross the finish line in today’s it’s incredible,” said the rider ahead of their key rivals and Colombia’s first Tour winner, win in Paris would be great,” ities from around the world parade into Paris to win the 2019 who is set to become the Tour’s smiled broadly at each other as now leads Thomas by 1min 11sec said the Slovak gunning for the were treated to a night they edition. youngest winner since Francois they held hands in unity to mark and Jumbo-Visma’s Kruijswijk sprinter’s jersey for a record sev- will never forget, and the The champion in waiting said Faber in 1909. the moment. by 1min 31sec ahead of the pro- enth time. media was there to witness he was so nervous on the climb “I’m a little calmer now,” add- Ineos principal Dave Brails- cessionary day of racing ending “It’s been a beautiful Tour,” it all. he counted down the kilometres ed the modest Colombian. ford appears to have master- in the French capital. he said. The overall impression on the way up as defending “It’ll take a few days to realise minded seven tour wins from Nibali, who won in 2014, came Frenchman Romain Bardet was that BRAVE CF is, indeed, champion Welshman Geraint what I have achieved. the last eight editions with Brad- second on this year’s Giro d’Ita- redeemed what had looked like developing a global ecosys- Thomas ended the day in second “To be honest I was feeling ley Wiggins, Chris Froome and lia and while he looked wiped a disastrous three weeks for him tem for mixed martial arts, overall, with Dutch rider Steven good today, I kept thinking 5km, Thomas having taken six and out early in the Tour was radiant by rallying to win the ‘King of which will take MMA from Kruijswijk in third. 4km, 3km one less, one less to go Bernal within a parade of the when picking up a stage win late the Mountains’ polka dot jersey the event business to the The stage itself was won by each time. latest triumph. in the game. with two fine performances in sports business, focusing on 2014 winner Vincenzo Nibali “When we got to the finish Frenchman Julian Al - “To win here is a great joy,” th Alps. the development of the sport who broke from the main con- and Geraint held out his hand I aphilippe, who led for 14 days said Bahrain Merida’s Italian Today’s final parade to Paris instead of brands develop- tenders late in the final climb to realised it was over and I was go- before cracking on Friday’s captain. embarks late and is due to finish ing at the cost of the sport win by 17sec at the line where ing to win the Tour de France.” weather neutralised stage fin- Yesterday’s race embarked in beneath the Arc de Triomphe. itself.

Perez double as Barcelona beat Iniesta’s Kobe Ayyad is a hero in the AFP | Kobe, Japan The World Cup-winner, who lifted 32 major trophies with making: Daley arles Perez scored his first Barcelona, signed for Kobe last Ctwo goals for Barcelona May in a deal worth a reported TDT | Manama as the Spanish giants won 2-0 $30 million a year. Iniesta, 34, against a Vissel Kobe side fea- became team captain in April. ritish MMA pioneer and turing Andres Iniesta, a legend Kobe also announced the Bcombat sports star Paul of the Catalan club. signing of Belgium defender Daley was just one of many VIP As Kobe’s Iniesta, David Villa Thomas Vermaelen, after the guests at the historic BRAVE 24: and Sergi Samper were all reu- 33-year-old reportedly turned London event, which shook up nited with their former team, it down an offer to join country- the mixed martial arts world was Perez who stole the lime- man Vincent Kompany at An- by connecting the sport to the light with a top-class double. derlecht. highest level of personalities The 21-year-old, a product of Yesterday’s win wrapped up from around the world. Da- Barcelona’s academy, played a Barcelona’s pre-season friend- ley was full of praise for the one-two inside the box and nut- lies in Japan following their 2-1 event, but left with one certain megged the goalkeeper for his loss to Chelsea earlier this week. thought: Bahrain’s Hussain first goal, and fired a stunning Barcelona’s forward Carles Perez shoots to score World Cup-winning French Ayyad will be a star. left-footer for his second in the striker Antoine Griezmann and Daley was impressed with dying minutes. “It was my first goal for Bar- my childhood,” he added. former Ajax midfielder Frenkie Ayyad’s performance, as “Iron” Hussain Ayyad during his fight Iniesta had his chances and celona and I’m glad to score Iniesta said: “I am glad Bar- de Jong, who both made their only needed a few minutes to 28,000 fans sighed their frus- even two,” Perez said. celona were able to come here unofficial debuts in the Chelsea submit Mitchell Johnson in the to support him because he can tration as he put a fierce shot “It’s been my dream to score and play. It was a good game match, played again yesterday first round of their BRAVE 24 become a superstar, I’ll tell you just wide. goals for this great team since honestly as we played well.” with no goals bout, which opened the high- that right now”, said Daley be- ly-anticipated fight card last fore meeting Ayyad himself for Thursday. a picture. “When I was invited to Meanwhile, Hussain was BRAVE 24, I started watch - very proud of his own perfor- De Bruyne, Sterling on target in Man City win ing the guys on the card be - mance and called Daley one of cause I love MMA and want his heroes. He couldn’t believe AFP | Yokohama, Japan just outside Tokyo, as the Bel- both sides including an attempt Guardiola’s City, who kicked it to know some of these guys. when he heard that “Semtex” gian cut inside and unleashed a by Sterling in the 58th minute off by arriving two days in China I was already impressed with had high hopes for him. evin De Bruyne, Raheem powerful shot with his left foot. that was ruled out for offside. and faced criticism in Chinese Hussain, and one of my team- “He said that? Wow, that is KSterling and Lukas Nmecha Keita Endo scored a surprise Kazaki Nakagawa was de - state media for their treatment mates talked to me about him awesome. I train really hard were all on target as Premier equaliser for Yokohama before nied by City goalkeeper Clau- of fans. too, so I came in early to catch and it’s great to reap the re - League champions Manchester De Bruyne released the pace of dio Bravo before Nmecha, 20, “It was an incredible test, him in action. I was not dis- wards of my hard work. I City wrapped up their Asian Sterling, who made no mistake bundled in the visitors’ third preparation for the next games appointed, as he just walked couldn’t do this without the tour with a 3-1 win over Japan’s as he slotted past the goalkeeper goal in the final minute after a in the future,” Guardiola said. through a very tough Mitchell support of KHK MMA, my head Yokohama Marinos yesterday. with two defenders in pursuit. cross from 18-year-old Adrian “It was perfect for us to play Johnson. I really think he will coach Eldar Eldarov and the Bernardo Silva fed De Bruyne The fast-paced first half gave Bernabe. this kind of game” before the be a star, and I know the whole support of BRAVE CF and HH for the game’s opener in front of way to a slower second period, The victory ended a some - season, he added. “We made Kingdom of Bahrain is already Shaikh Khalid bin Hamad Al 65,000 fans at Nissan Stadium, with a few missed chances for times difficult Asian tour for Pep mistakes but that’s good.” proud of him. Bahrain needs Khalifa”. SUNDAY, JULY 28, 2019 16 Iran clinch FIVB U21 World title YESTERDAY’S RESULTS Iran break Italian hearts • Iran bt Italy 3-2 (17-25, 25-17, 25-23, 22-25, 15-12) to win FIVB U21 World Brazil bt Russia 3-0 (25-21, 27-25, 25-12) Championship in Bahrain Argentina bt China 3-1 (23-25, 25-23, 25-19, 25-19) TDT | Manama Korea bt Bahrain 3-1 (25-19, 25-23, 13-25, 25-23) Czech Republic bt Cuba 3-0 (28-26, 26-24, 25-20) ran were crowned champions of the Poland bt Canada 3-2 (15-25, 25-23, 28-26, FIVB Volleyball Men’s U21 World 23-25, 15-12) IChampionship 2019, which came Egypt bt Tunisia 3-1 (25-19, 20-25, 25-14, 25-22) to a thrilling close yesterday night at Morocco bt Puerto Rico 3-2 (25-22, 25-22, 32-34, Shaikh Isa Sports City in Riffa. 19-25, 15-12) The Iranians clinched the coveted title after breaking the hearts of previ- ously undefeated Italy 3-2 (17-25, 25-17, the winners, combining for 47 points. 25-23, 22-25, 15-12) in an epic and hotly Donghyeok was their top scorer with contested final that could have gone 25. For Bahrain, Hasan Mohamed had either way. a fine performance with 21 markers. The match lasted two-and-a-quarter Sayed Mohamed Alabbar was their only hours as neither team would budge un- other player in double-figures with 14. til Iran managed to execute the decisive Donghyeok commented after the plays in the end. game: “Every moment here is a good The result earned the Iranians their memory. It wasn’t all about our wins or first-ever gold medals in the history of losses. Every moment mattered for us. I the biennial Federation Internationale am happy with this championship that de Volleyball (FIVB) junior competi- we got the seventh place.” Bahrain captain Mahmood Abdul- tion. They had previously won a single Iran’s Amirhossein Esfandiar looks to score against Italy’s blockers bronze medal once in the past in 2007. husain said: “We are always doing our Yesterday’s result was Italy’s first and game. The trio of Porya Yali, team captain up just 15. best to play well. The other teams have only loss in the global event. They had Argentina claimed fifth place after Amirhossein Esfandiar and Morteza Guilherme Voss Messias Dos Santos more experience so we need to take to settle for the silver medals, which beating China, while finishing the Sharifi were the stars of the match. put in a 13-point performance for the our experience in this championship. was their fourth in this competition. competition ranked ninth to 16th, re- They brilliantly spearheaded the Irani- winners whereas Victor Aleksander We had hoped to do a better job in this They have yet to win the gold. spectively, were the Czech Republic, ans’ attack, with Yali scoring 22 points, Almeida Cardoso added 11. Maksim championship, but being in the top Meanwhile, Brazil captured the Cuba, Poland, Canada, Egypt, Tunisia, Esfandiar adding 20 and Sharifi con- Sapozhkov paced Russia with 16 points. eight teams is a good memory for us.” bronze medals after overcoming Russia Morocco and Puerto Rico. tributing 15. Kristian Gamba and Dan- He was their only player in double-fig- Argentina claimed fifth place after 3-0 (25-21, 27-25, 25-12). The Brazilians In yesterday night’s final, the Italians iele Lavia had 17 apiece for Italy in the ures. rallying from a set down to defeat China claimed the last step on the winners’ had a brilliant start with their first-set loss. Brazil captain Rhendrick Resley Rosa 3-1 (23-25, 25-23, 25-19, 25-19). podium and took third place for the win, but Iran were able to turn things The two teams split the main scoring commented: “We’re very happy with In the fight for ninth place, the Czech fifth time. around quickly and claim the next categories, with Iran superior in attack this victory and this medal. It’s a lot Republic surprised Cuba in a 3-0 (28- Bahrain Volleyball Association (BVA) two sets for the match advantage. The (60-57) and serve (10-3). Italy were better to win third place than lose the 26, 26-24, 25-20) sweep; while playing President Shaikh Ali bin Mohammed Al fourth set saw Italy fighting for their better in block (12-9) and opponents’ first place, so we were all for it.” for 11th, Poland rallied after losing the Khalifa was in attendance in the final, lives and they were able to send things errors (30-25). In Bahrain’s loss, the Koreans domi- first set to beat Canada 3-2 (15-25, 25-23, as were Bahrain Olympic Committee into the tie-breaker, which turned In the match for third place, Brazil nated attack (55-40), but the home side 28-26, 23-25, 15-12). (BOC) Board Member and Women’s out to be a heart-stopping, see-saw were in fine form from start to finish as were superior in block (15-5). Korea In the battle for 13th, Egypt were Sport Committee Chairwoman Shaikha affair. they needed just three sets to overcome also had a slight advantage in serve (8- able to overcome fellow-African side Hayat bint Abdulaziz Al Khalifa and The two teams were deadlocked at their European rivals. 6), while Bahrain had 29 points on their Tunisia 3-1 (25-19, 20-25, 25-14, 25-22); other high-ranking officials. 11-apiece but then Iran took the next The Brazilians took control in all opponents’ errors while giving away while in the fight for 15th place overall, Hosts Bahrain finished eighth overall three points to take a 14-11 advantage. categories, winning 41-35 on attack and 20. Morocco defeated Puerto Rico in an after losing to Korea 1-3 (19-25, 23-25, They then closed things out in the next 10-4 on block, while taking 22 points Skipper Donghyeok Im and Sungjin exciting five-setter (25-22, 25-22, 32-34, 25-13, 23-25) in their final classification two plays for the superb win. on their opponents’ errors and giving Lim provided the one-two punch for 19-25, 15-12). Inter edge Neymar- Hamilton grabs German GP pole less PSG on penalties On an overcast and much Disaster for Ferrari cooler day after heavy overnight • rain, the Williams team were as Sebastian Vettel first on track for Q1, in front of starts from back an enthusiastic crowd boosted by Verstappen’s ‘orange army’ Ferrari suffer and many local supporters for mechanical• failures Vettel in Ferrari red. Luckless Vettel Max Verstappen Leclerc was soon on top for qualifies• second, the ‘scarlet scuderia’ ahead of Valtteri Bottas is third Verstappen, but it was bad news again for the luckless Vettel. After sitting in his car, strand- AFP | Hockenheim, Germany ed under repair in the Ferrari Paris St. Germain’s Marco Verratti (L) vies for the ball with Inter Milan’s Lewis Hamilton waves to fans after the qualifying session of the German GP garage, he climbed out, con - Danilo D’Ambrosio (front) ewis Hamilton secured a demned to start from the back Lgift-wrapped record-ex- The Moneqasque will start one in the 1:11’s all weekend at of the grid. AFP | Macau, China side comes just days after they tending 87th pole position of 10th, 10 places ahead of his luck- the Hockenheimring, where “I don’t know exactly what lost to Italian rivals Juventus his career yesterday when he less Ferrari team-mate Sebas- he last took pole in 2008, and happened, but we lost the turbo ortuguese midfielder Joao on penalties in a friendly in made the most of a double dis- tian Vettel who was unable to gave his team a perfect cause for and the car would not run. I feel PMario scored the final China. aster for Ferrari in qualifying at take part in qualifying due to celebration on the anniversary bitter, of course, as the car is spot-kick as Inter Milan beat Neymar, linked with a move the German Grand Prix. a turbo problem and will start of 125 years of motorsport and great and it’s a big chance lost Neymar-less Paris Saint-Ger- back to his former club Bar- The defending five-time at the back of the grid for his their 200th Formula One race – but we have another chance main on penalties in Macau celona, remained in China’s world champion, who had home race. start. tomorrow. yesterday. Shenzhen, PSG’s previous stop struggled for pace and consist- Kimi Raikkonen was fifth for ”My first lap was spot-on and “I am looking forward to the With their want-away Bra- on their Asian tour, while his ency in his Mercedes in prac- Alfa Romeo ahead of Romain the second lap was better in race, of course, but I would pre- zilian superstar left out of the team-mates flew to gambling tice, improved to clock a best Grosjean of Haas, Carlos Sainz places,” said Hamilton. fer to be right up at the front trip to the former Portuguese enclave Macau. lap in one minute and 11.767 and of McLaren, Sergio Perez of Verstappen said: “We could than at the back.” colony, PSG were seconds In a scrappy game in Macau, outpace Max Verstappen of Red Racing Point and Nico Hulken- have been closer, but went a After struggling with their from victory before Samuele Inter were quicker out of the Bull by 0.346 seconds. berg of Renault. bit wide and bottomed out and own problems, Hamilton and Longo’s injury-time equaliser blocks forcing three fine stops Hamilton’s Mercedes team- “Congratulations Lewis – I lost the rear end, but this is a Bottas qualified third and sixth made it 1-1. from PSG’s Alphonse Areola in mate Valtteri Bottas was third you never stop amazing us,” good result.” for Mercedes with Gasly and Inter goalkeeper Samir the first 10 minutes. ahead of Pierre Gasly in the sec- said Mercedes team chief Toto Bottas said: “I think the Raikkonen between them, while Handanovic saved from Adil New signing Stefano Sensi ond Red Bull while Charles Le- Wolff as the Briton drove his weather is going to play a big British rookies Lando Norris Aouchiche and then Arthur and Ivan Perisic were instru- clerc, who had been fastest for slow-down lap. “Thanks, Toto,” part tomorrow. I’m a bit dis - of McLaren and Alex Albon of Zagre before Mario stepped mental in the early Inter at- Ferrari in final practice, failed he replied. “A great job guys appointed, especially with the Toro Rosso joined the Williams up to slot the winner for Inter, tack, producing quick probing to run in the Q3 top-10 shootout – I don’t know how we did pace in Q3. Ferrari had been men George Russell and Robert who edged the penalties 6-5. passes and causing problems due to a fuel systems problem that.” very quick here… so we’re in a Kubica with Vettel in taking an The win for Antonio Conte’s behind the PSG defence. with his car. Hamilton’s lap was the only good place.” early exit.