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he Republican-con- Ttrolled US Senate has approved a bill to send aid to the border with Mexico, as the image of a drowned migrant family shocked the US. It earlier rejected a rival Peace hope aid bill from the Democrat- ic-led House of Represent- ‘Peace to Prosperity’ workshop concludes with proposals to find an economic solution for Palestine crisis atives imposing restrictions on US immigration agencies. have different “I think what you Lawmakers in both cham- Kushner said US have seen from us is that we bers now face pressure to • have been very respectful, very reconcile the two bills. President Donald Trump straightforward. We have been Reports of migrant had delivered on his very deliberate. We take actions, deaths, poor detention con- promises to everyone, not weighing thepolitical conse- ditions and neglected child and would deliver on his quences. We have been weigh- detainees have shaped the ing what is right and wrong.” debate. promise to Palestinians. Kushner said US President Donald Trump had delivered Blair said the “Peace on his promises to everyone, and New June to• Prosperity” plan would deliver on his promise to heat records would only work with Palestinians. deep cultural acceptance “President Trump has said he Berlin wants to help the Palestinians Tony Blair Christine Lagarde David Malpass from both sides. achieve a better future for them- ermany, Poland and selves, and I hope they will take Gthe Czech Republic hit TDT | Manama it very seriously that he has been their highest ever record- trying to do that. ed June temperatures on he “Peace to Prosperity” “Hopefully what you have Wednesday - with more re- workshop in the King- seen in the last couple of days cords anticipated to fall as Tdom was “a remarkable shows there has been a lot of the heat continues to rise in couple of days,” White House effort on a very high level, a lot the coming days. adviser Jared Kushner said yes- of resources devoted to it. Some nations, including terday as he was pressed by Is- “We are going to keep moving France and Switzerland, are raeli reporters demanding to forward and we will put out our expected to see levels above know what consequences Pal- political plan at the right time. I 40C (104F) on Thursday. estinians would face for refusing do think that one of the things Meteorologists say ex- to attend. from today is that it will be very ceptionally hot air blown The conflict was a “solvable hard for people to go back to in from northern Africa is problem economically,” Kush- looking at this through a tradi- Shaikh Salman Mohammed Al Jadaan Obaid Al Tayer to blame for the European ner said. “The Palestinian peo- tional lens. heatwave. ple have been promised a lot of “I do think that hopefully we French officials have is- things over the years that have have helped people look at it a sued stark warnings about not come true, and I do want little bit differently, and that is the risk to life. to show them that this is the one of our goals.” France was traumatised plan, this is what could happen Former British Prime Minis- by a heatwave in 2003 which if there is a peace deal.” ter Tony Blair told US President was blamed for 15,000 extra Kushner said he planned Donald Trump’s son-in-law and deaths. to follow up with investors to adviser, Jared Kushner, that he Nearly all of country is secure the funding. “Once we remains a firm believer in a two- now on orange alert - the have that, we will roll into the state solution to the Israeli Pal- second-highest warning political plan but we will do it estinian conflict, but that it will level after red - with local with a context of people having only happen “when the econom- authorities issuing advice the opportunity to digest what ics and politics are right.” on how to keep cool. is possible.” It was a “constant Speaking to Kushner at the theme” during the conference Bahrain conference on Wednes- Gianni Infantino Mohammed Al Shaikh Randall L Stephenson “that this is actually very doa- day, Blair said the “Peace to Pros- ble,” he said. perity” plan was a good basis for “We have left the door open doing the economics, but that a given that Hamas is more con- happens in Gaza is a tragedy. Be- the whole time. One thing you “deep cultural acceptance” on cerned about “the destruction” fore we get a long-term solution, have seen with me is I tend not both the Israeli and Palestinian of Israel than the well being of its I would like to see a short-term DON’T MISS IT to get emotional about trans- side was needed for the politics own citizens, Blair said that the agreement where the violence actions at the end of the day, I to work. situation in Gaza is “a tragedy.” I do think that one of can be halted. That we get the understand people have their When asked by Kushner what “One of the things that I’m the things from today necessary construction going domestic politics and people he thinks will happen in Gaza, pleased about with the (Peace to is that it will be very into Gaza,” Blair said. Low radiation hard for people to go A unified Palestinian leader- back to looking at this ship is desirable, the former Brit- scanning facility ish Prime Minister continued, 04 available at four through a traditional lens. but it needs to be unified around health centres peace. MR KUSHNER The Middle East, Blair said, US ‘determined has come to realise that it’s up Prosperity) plan is that you do to the Israelis and Palestinians to confront’ focus a lot on Gaza. I think what to solve the conflict in the end. 05 Iran’s violent expansionism Oman to open Light up your Ramadan. Send money and win embassy in exciting prizes. 06 Palestinian territories

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We are talking about a Capital is a coward. It won’t Football is a magical sport, place with more than 31 go to a complicated place. which can bring people per cent unemployment. What we need is good together. Mohammed Saleh We can make changes governance and human is an Egyptian footballer, phase to phase, but for resources. Palestinian people but he has fans across the this we need to link the are very intelligent and world. This game can end plan to unemployed youth. hence I am sure that returns all prejudices. Let’s play We have to do proper are guaranteed on each football in Palestine and research, survey and investment. I am hopeful across the Mideast and understand the market to that the plan will deliver bring in harmony and convert hopes into reality. great things for Palestine. peace in this part. AUSAMAH AL ABSI, CEO, LMRA KHALID AL RUMAIHI, CEO, EDB GIANNI INFANTINO, FIFA PRESIDENT ‘Conflict complicated, still very much solvable’ Investments can turn Palestine’s political and economic landscape, observe experts Palestine plan should incorporate the economic success of other countries

Shaikh Salman speaks at the panel discussion.

They noted that investments are more likely in areas where physical safety and stability All three Gulf nations are present, and the rule of law represented on the is firmly embedded in socie- panel had successfully ty. Business leaders who are diversified their confident of the business environment will ultimately make economies by creating much-needed, critical invest- the right conditions for ment, they said. businesses to thrive A conversation on strength- while repositioning ening the workforce through the government as a women’s empowerment fol- regulator. lowed, featuring important voices such as Hala Al Ansari of SHAIKH SALMAN Bahrain, Dina Powell, Ambassa- dor Josette Sheeran, and Reem Khalifa Al Khalifa comment- Fawzy, a successful Egyptian ed that all three Gulf nations entrepreneur. represented on the panel had A dialogue between White successfully diversified their House Senior Advisor Jared economies by creating the Kushner and Former British right conditions for business- Prime Minister Tony Blair high- es to thrive while repositioning lighted the importance of en- the government as a regulator gagement between global lead- and partner with the private ers and regional stakeholders. sector. The final panel session of the On the sidelines of the event, workshop featured a discus- The Foreign Minister of Bahrain sion between the United States said the Kushner plan was an Secretary of the Treasury, Ste- “opportunity not to be missed.” ven T Mnuchin, and the Min- He reiterated the need for a isters of Finance of Bahrain, two-state solution, which has Saudi Arabia, and the UAE on underpinned every peace plan the conditions and mechanisms for decades. required to generate economic “I think if we take this matter transformation. seriously it could be a very im- Taking the Gulf region as an portant game-changer,” Shaikh example, Bahrain’s Finance Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa A segment of the audience. Minister, Shaikh Salman bin said. THURSDAY, JUNE 27, 2019 THURSDAY, JUNE 27, 2019 02 peace to prosperity 03 peace to prosperity

We are talking about a Capital is a coward. It won’t Football is a magical sport, Women can do a lot in We have to work out strategies The problem faced by place with more than 31 go to a complicated place. which can bring people Palestine and we are confident after looking into the each and every country is per cent unemployment. What we need is good together. Mohammed Saleh of this. The real three pillars strength and weaknesses of different and hence there We can make changes governance and human is an Egyptian footballer, for growth in any nation are the existing system. I think are no general solutions. In phase to phase, but for resources. Palestinian people but he has fans across the social stability, economic inclusion of the private sector Palestine, the biggest problem this we need to link the are very intelligent and world. This game can end empowerment and political is something that would make is unemployment. There plan to unemployed youth. hence I am sure that returns all prejudices. Let’s play participation. Palestine can this plan great. Palestine are more than five million We have to do proper are guaranteed on each football in Palestine and learn from the Kingdom needs good infrastructure and qualified jobseekers. Growth research, survey and investment. I am hopeful across the Mideast and when it comes to social and social development. It needs can be generated but it has to understand the market to that the plan will deliver bring in harmony and economic development and to cut down unemployment be job incentive. Agriculture convert hopes into reality. great things for Palestine. peace in this part. women empowerment. significantly. and tourism also need a focus. AUSAMAH AL ABSI, CEO, LMRA KHALID AL RUMAIHI, CEO, EDB GIANNI INFANTINO, FIFA PRESIDENT HALA AL ANSARI, SECRETARY GENERAL, SCW SHAIKH SALMAN, BAHRAIN FINANCE MINISTER CHRISTINE LAGARDE, MANAGING DIRECTOR IMF ‘Conflict complicated, still very much solvable’ Investments can turn Palestine’s political and economic landscape, observe experts Palestine plan should incorporate the economic success of other countries

TDT|Manama P Unnikrishnan structure expansion driven by Minister of State for the King- the private sector and inter- dom of Saudi Arabia, em - he Peace to Prosperi- national organisations. phasised the need to engage Team Bahrain ty workshop conclud- A varied group of interna - with the fast-growing youth approach stressed Ted yesterday follow - tional investors and govern- population, which faces high ing two days of discussions, ment leaders spoke about the rates of unemployment, and Manama He emphasised that the which focused on bringing necessary conditions for the Lagarde called women the workshop has represent- economic prosperity and op- success of the plan laid out by workforce’s “secret weapon”. haikh Salman bin Khal- ed a critical opportunity portunity to the Palestinian the White House. World-class business lead- Sifa Al Khalifa, Minister to advance discussions on people. One panel focused on eco - ers including Khalid Al Ru - of Finance and Nation - the economic future of the The second day sessions nomic development needs in maihi and Daniel Mintz then al Economy, yesterday Palestinian people and the included discussions about a the region. Christine Lagarde, joined infrastructure special- participated alongside region, pointing out that range of issues, including the Managing Director of the In- ists in a conversation to dis - United States Secretary prosperity, hope and op- need for workforce develop- ternational Monetary Fund, cuss the environment needed of the Treasury Steven T portunity are vital founda- ment, job creation, and infra- and Mohammed Al Shaikh, for investments to occur. Mnuchin, the Minister of tions of lasting peace. Finance of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Moham- med bin Abdullah Al Jadaan, and the Minister of State for Financial Af- fairs of the United Arab Emirates, Obaid bin Hu- maid Al Tayer, in a panel discussion at the Peace to Prosperity workshop. During the panel session, he welcomed all vis- itors to the Kingdom of Bahrain and to the Peace to Prosperity workshop, hosted in partnership with the United States.

Shaikh Salman speaks at the panel discussion.

They noted that investments HRH Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa are more likely in areas where physical safety and stability All three Gulf nations The Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Bahrain are present, and the rule of law represented on the is firmly embedded in socie- panel had successfully ty. Business leaders who are diversified their confident of the business environment will ultimately make economies by creating RCSI Bahrain would like to much-needed, critical invest- the right conditions for ment, they said. businesses to thrive express its appreciation A conversation on strength- while repositioning ening the workforce through the government as a for His Royal Patronage at the 10th women’s empowerment fol- regulator. lowed, featuring important voices such as Hala Al Ansari of SHAIKH SALMAN RCSI Bahrain Conferring Ceremony Bahrain, Dina Powell, Ambassa- dor Josette Sheeran, and Reem Khalifa Al Khalifa comment- Fawzy, a successful Egyptian ed that all three Gulf nations entrepreneur. represented on the panel had A dialogue between White successfully diversified their House Senior Advisor Jared economies by creating the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland - Kushner and Former British right conditions for business- Prime Minister Tony Blair high- es to thrive while repositioning lighted the importance of en- the government as a regulator Medical University of Bahrain gagement between global lead- and partner with the private ers and regional stakeholders. sector. The final panel session of the On the sidelines of the event, workshop featured a discus- The Foreign Minister of Bahrain sion between the United States said the Kushner plan was an Secretary of the Treasury, Ste- “opportunity not to be missed.” ven T Mnuchin, and the Min- He reiterated the need for a isters of Finance of Bahrain, two-state solution, which has Saudi Arabia, and the UAE on underpinned every peace plan the conditions and mechanisms for decades. required to generate economic “I think if we take this matter transformation. seriously it could be a very im- Taking the Gulf region as an portant game-changer,” Shaikh example, Bahrain’s Finance Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa A segment of the audience. Minister, Shaikh Salman bin said. THURSDAY, JUNE 27, 2019 04

BACA achievements hailed His Majesty receives AMH chief medical officer His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa yesterday received Dr George Cheriyan, Chief Executive and Chief Medical Officer of the American Mission Hospital (AMH) at Gudaibiya Palace. HM the King was briefed on the AMH future development programmes and was presented with a scale model and a photo album of the new AMH building to be built in the Kingdom as part of the expansion plans. HM the King blessed the development project and praised the AMH officials’ efforts to offer the best medical and therapeutic services for His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa yesterday received, at Gudaibiya Palace, Bahrain Authority for Culture and citizens and residents, pointing out the Antiquities (BACA) President Shaikha Mai bint Mohammed Al-Khalifa, who presented to HM the King a collection of BACA good reputation of the AMH as a medical publications. She also updated HM the King on BACA preparations to participate in the 2020 Expo Dubai in the United Arab and healthcare centre that has offered Emirates. HM the King lauded BACA-led efforts to conserve national heritage and civilisational and cultural monuments great services to the people of Bahrain and enriching literary and cultural life in Bahrain. and the region since its inception.

HRH the Premier returns CTF-152’s role hailed

His Royal Highness Prime Minister Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al The BDF Commander-in- Khalifa returned to the Chief Field Marshal Shaikh Kingdom yesterday after Khalifa bin Ahmed Al Khalifa a private visit to Thailand. yesterday received Naval The Thai presidency Staff Colonel Mubarak Ali accorded him gracious Al Sabah, Commander of welcome and hospitality the Combined Task Force in appreciation of his (CTF-152). The Commander- pioneering role in boosting in-Chief praised the CTF-152’s bilateral relations and role in boosting maritime co-operation. HRH the navigation security in the Premier was welcomed region. Major-General Hassan at Bahrain International Mohammed Saad, Director Airport by the Deputy of the General Command’s Prime Ministers, ministers headquarters, and senior BDF and senior officials. officers were also present. Low radiation scanning facility available at four health centres Move part of Health Ministry’s efforts to provide upgraded health services

around the clock. The health centres have been “The new devices are high- recent weeks. The ministry provided with state-of-the-art ly advanced with sophisticated Earlier this month, it was an- • TDT | Manama devices for its radiology depart- modern technology equipped nounced that two additional has taken several Mohammed Zafran ment, the Health Ministry sourc- The new devices are with digital services. health centres have been di - steps to improve es said. highly advanced “It will be faster and more ac- rected to operate around the the health services oth citizens and res - The centres that received the with sophisticated curate than older technology. It clock. provided to residents idents can now avail equipment are Jidhafs Health modern technology will provide very high resolution Since the start of this month, in recent weeks. B‘low radiation’ scans af- Centre, A’ali Health Centre, equipped with images, which will help correctly Shaikh Jaber Al Ahmad Al Sabah ter BD400,000 worth medical Hamad Kanoo Health Centre, diagnose diseases. Health Centre in Barbar, Mo- equipment were distributed to and National Bank of Bahrain digital services. “The devices also promises hammed Jassim Kanoo Health Earlier this month, four main health centres in the Health Centre in Arad. HEALTH MINISTRY SOURCES to emit less radiation ensuring Centre in Hamad Town, Hamad it• was announced that Kingdom, it was revealed. “These multi-purpose devices that the patient receives minimal Kanoo Health Centre in Riffa, two additional health The move is part of the Health can be used to diagnose bone and “This can also be used in amount of radiation.” Muharraq Health Centre and Ministry’s efforts to provide up- spinal diseases, chest infections, emergency cases of accidents The ministry has taken sev- Isa Town Health Centre, have centres have been graded health services to the cit- throat infections, for young as and fractures,” a ministry official eral steps to improve the health begun receiving patients round directed to operate izens and residents. well as older patients. said. services provided to residents in the clock.

Diplomat received Need to donate blood stressed TDT | Manama

he General Secretary of Bahrain Red Crescent TSociety (BRCS), Dr Fawzi Abdullah Amin, has stressed the keenness of the society, under the guidance of the chairman, Shaikh Khalid bin Abdulla Al Many took part in the blood donation campaign Khalifa, Deputy Prime Minister, to participate actively in various the fundamental principles of the initiative to donate blood saves humanitarian and volunteer ac- International Red Cross and Red the lives of many patients.” tivities in the Kingdom. Crescent Movement, namely, hu- “It is a donation to every per- This came during a blood do- manity, impartiality, neutrality, son in need, regardless of reli- nor day campaign organised by independence, voluntary service, gion, race, gender and nationality. Arad Village Charity Society in unity and universality.” This humanitarian event reflects co-operation with Blood Bank He praised the participation of the principle of universality and and BRCS. board directors at the event. unity.” Dr Amin said that blood do- “Being a doctor, I have seen Dr Amin praised and thanked nation is a voluntary act of hu- situations where emergency sur- blood donors for taking part in Saadiya Noori, the Commercial Attache of Pakistan Embassy, visited The Daily Tribune office yesterday. She was manity that embodies the highest geries needed to be stopped due the humanitarian initiative. He received by P Unnikrishnan, Chairman and Managing Director of the Management Board of The Daily Tribune, CEO meaning of giving. to lack of blood for the patient. also hailed the key role played Abdul Jaleel Abdulla and CFO Jayaprakash Menon. “This donation is reflected in So, we always emphasise that the by Blood Bank. THURSDAY, JUNE 27, 2019 05 Bahrain-US strategic ties discussed Manama the common interests of the two The Minister of Foreign Af- friendly countries and peoples,” fairs noted the keenness of the inister of Foreign Af- they observed. United States of America to hold fairs, Shaikh Khalid The Minister of Foreign Af- the “Peace for Prosperity” work- Mbin Ahmed bin Mo - fairs commended the continuous shop, which reflects the strate- hammed Al Khalifa, met the efforts of the United States of gic partnership between the two Special Representative for Iran America to establish security and friendly countries and their ef- and Senior Policy Advisor to the peace in the region, to counter forts to achieve good and help Secretary of State, Brian Hook, Iran’s irresponsible practices, in progressing the countries of on the sidelines of the “Peace for its repeated violations of inter- the region and support the de- Prosperity” workshop held in the national laws and norms, its sup- velopment and stability of their Kingdom. port for violence, terrorism and peoples. During the meeting, the Min- terrorist groups and its attempts Mr Hook expressed his pleas- ister of Foreign Affairs expressed to disrupt the security and safety ure in meeting the Minister of deep pride in the historic friend- of maritime traffic and desta- Foreign Affairs, stressing the ly relations and strategic part- bilise international peace and keenness of the United States of nership between the Kingdom security. America to enhance co-operation and the US, which are based on He affirmed the Kingdom’s sol- with the Kingdom in all fields. mutual respect, trust, and co-or- idarity with these efforts, stress- He also conveyed his appre- dination. ing the need for the international ciation for the Kingdom’s keen “The bilateral relations contin- community to assume its respon- role in maintaining security, sta- ue to advance to a wider political, sibilities in maintaining security bility and fighting terrorism in economic, security and military and peace in the region and the the region, wishing the Kingdom perspective, so as to enhance Shaikh Khalid receives Mr Hook. world. progress and prosperity.

Brothers lose appeals in murder case US ‘determined to confront’ TDT | Manama he High Appeals Court Thas upheld the sentences issued against two brothers convicted of robbing and murdering an elderly man. Iran’s violent expansionism According to court files, the 58-year-old man’s body was spotted in an abandoned place US Special Representative for Iran praises the Kingdom for standing up to Tehran regime and a used injection syringe was found near the body. targeted many times and this “very strong” sanctions put by It was initially thought that Hook made visits to government has done a very the US were making a differ- the man died owing to a drug • good job of standing up to Ira- ence in the region. overdose but such a theory Saudi Arabia, the UAE, nian aggression and will con- “We need to take a new was refuted after detectives Kuwait and Oman before tinue to do that. We are on track to approach. Iran’s threats are saw bruises in his head, the arriving in the Kingdom. “They are security partners deny the Iranian much bigger than the nuclear Prosecutors said. and close friends and continue regime $50 billion programme. One of the short- “Therefore, investigations He said the “very to be working together,” he in oil revenue, that’s coming of the nuclear deal were launched into a possible • said during a session with the almost half of its that it has misled people on murder case. strong” sanctions local media in the Bahraini believing that the Iran threats “It turned out that the de- implemented by the capital. budget. don’t go beyond the nuclear fendants consumed heroine US against Iran, were The US official said they kept MR HOOK programme,” he said. along with the victim and making a big difference their diplomacy squarely with- “The president from the be- when he lost his conscious, in the left right limits ginning taking a comprehen- they beat him in an effort in the region. “Our diplomacy has stayed Trump policy to Iran,” a coun- progress in a very short time. sive approach we shaped the to rob his belongings,” they within diplomatic limits, but try that has “rejected diploma- We are on track to deny the re - political landscape around the added. Manama you can’t say that about Iran; cy so many times.” gime $50 billion in oil revenue, world. People now understand Prosecutors said that it it has responded to diplomacy “The economic pressure and that’s almost half of its budget. that Iran nuclear has come at wasn’t the first time for them senior US official has with violence and force.” economic isolation, these are “We have black listed seven the expense of regional sta - to attack other drug dealers in stressed his country’s Hook said there was “very the necessary ingredients in Iranian banks and disconnect- bility because Iran took the an effort to rob them. A readiness and willing- strong support for President order to both deny Iran the ed them from swift system,” sanctions relief and they spent “When we realised he was ness to continue to work with revenue it needs to fund its Hook said. it on their proxies and military under the influence of drugs, its partners to confront Iran’s proxies and fund its military “Israelis were able to con- budget. we decided to rob him,” the expansionist violent policy. but also to bring it back to the duct an operation in the heart During the years when Iran first defendant told prosecu- “Even if you get outside the negotiating table,” Hook said. of Tehran that liberated half had the nuclear deal, the re - tors. region, to Europe or elsewhere, Iran uses surrogates and a ton of atomic material that gime reached a record level of “We hit him with a stone on no one is defending Iran’s ex- 14 direct attacks and exports its the Iranian regime was hiding spending militarily, $14 billion his head. And then we stole billion American dollars pansionist violent policy,” US revolution, which is the source from the IAEA on how to build a year, he said. his wallet, mobile and five a year was the amount Special Representative for Iran Iranian regime was of so much instability in the nuclear weapon in the delivery “When we came to the office heroine cigarettes,” he added. and Senior Policy Adviser to spending on its military region today, he added. system.” and put sanctions back in place The duo admitted to rob- the Secretary of State Brian when the nuclear deal was However, the US action has Hook who had been to Saudi they reduced the budget by 10 bing their victim but denied Hook said yesterday. reached a few years ago. financially hurt Iran’s proxies, Arabia, the United Arab Emir- per cent , and then in March murdering him. However, “They have known Iran for he noted. ates, Kuwait and Oman before this year they had to do a 28pc they were sentenced to 15 four decades. Bahrain has been “We have made very rapid coming to Bahrain said the cut in spending.” years behind bars each. Asian convict who gouged Justice Minister to honour colleague’s eye, loses plea charity project participants TDT | Manama He later grabbed a cutter and Manama hit my eye,” the victim told The Directorate of Religious he High Appeals Court prosecutors. Affairs said that the partici - rejected the appeal filed I didn’t mean to cause The latter was rushed to Sal- ceremony will be held pants who will be honoured Tby an Asian man convict- any harm to him. It maniya Medical Complex and on Sunday in honour include companies, banks, col- ed of gouging his colleague’s happened during an he underwent surgery. The A of the participants in a umnists, local newspapers, art- eye. altercation and I feel medical report pointed out that project to help inmates pay off ists and social media activists. The defendant was sentenced the defendant had suffered a 35 their debts. The ceremony is in recog - to five years behind bars as a bad about it. per cent visual disability. Justice, Islamic Affairs and nition of their sustained con- medical report revealed that DEFENDANT “I didn’t mean to cause any Endowments Minister Shai- tribution to the success of the the victim suffered a visual dis- harm to him. It happened dur- kh Khalid bin Ali bin Abdulla campaign which extends a ability in the attack. ing an altercation and I feel Al Khalifa will patronise the helping hand to indebted in- According to court files, the “The fight broke out after bad about it,” the defendant event at the Judicial and Le- mates. pair engaged in a physical brawl an argument. We went to the stressed to prosecutors. gal Studies Institute ( JLSI) The directorate stressed the following an altercation at the second floor of the under-con- The defendant will be de - headquarters. The project crucial importance of Zakat, a construction site, where they struction building and he physi- ported once he completes his was launched by the Zakat and pillar of Islam which achieves were tasked to work. cally attacked me with his hand. jail time. Charities Fund. Shaikh Khalid social solidarity and cohesion. 06 THURSDAY, JUNE 27, 2019 world

10 migrants dead, Egypt says 7 30 hurt in Turkey Oman to open embassy in Palestinian territories policemen killed in Muscat, Oman support for the Palestinian peo- lah, the seat of the Palestinian ister for foreign affairs, Yusuf bus crash: official ple, the Sultanate of Oman has Authority, to take the necessary bin Alawi bin Abdullah, held Sinai jihadist attack Istanbul, Turkey man said yesterday that it decided to open a diplomatic measures to open the embassy, talks with Palestinian pres - Cairo, Egypt Ohas decided to open an em- mission at the level of embassy the statement said. ident Mahmud Abbas in en illegal immigrants bassy in the Palestinian territo- in the State of Palestine,” the Oman was also the first Gulf Ramallah. even police officers have Tdied yesterday and ries in support of the Palestinian foreign ministry said in a state- state to receive Israeli Prime He also made a rare visit by Sbeen killed in a jihadist 30 were injured when the people, in a first for a Gulf Arab ment on Twitter. Minister Benjamin Netanyahu an Arab official to the flashpoint attack in restive North Si- driver of a packed minibus state. A delegation from the foreign in October 2018. Al-Aqsa mosque complex in Is- nai, Egypt’s interior minis- refused an order to stop “In continuation of Oman’s ministry will travel to Ramal- Last year Oman’s state min- raeli-annexed east Jerusalem. try said yesterday. and crashed into a shop in The attack near the re- northwest Turkey, local of- gional capital El-Arish tar- ficials and media said. geted an “assembly centre” The driver ignored an or- for police, according to the der by a security official to ministry. halt, speeding up instead Four assailants died “dur- and crashing into a shop Johnson’s model bus hobby ing clashes” following the near the Greek border, the attack, one when he det- office of the governor of onated an explosives belt, Edirne province said in a it said. statement. The private DHA news drives frenzy of reaction agency said there were 40 people in the minibus. All London, United Kingdom Greek priests 30 survivors were injured. “what he was talking about”. The nationality of the il- “That shows how down to to bless beetle- legal immigrants was not ritish prime ministerial earth he is,” she said of the pas- devastated forest known. hopeful Boris Johnson time. Thessaloniki, Greece Bprompted puzzlement, Leading Brexit advocate amusement -- and some skep- Johnson has another, contro- ticism -- with the unexpected versial, connection to buses: the church in northern West Indies legend admission that he makes model campaign coach he used to tour AGreece yesterday said it buses by painting up wooden the country in the run-up to the would bless a hilltop forest Lara discharged wine boxes. 2016 referendum. recently devastated by bark from Mumbai The former London mayor, It was emblazoned with the beetle attacks. battling with Foreign Secretary claim that Britain sends the “Our Church has always hospital Jeremy Hunt to be the next EU £350 million a week, which used its weapons, prayer Conservative Party leader and was widely criticised as mis- and blessings, even to ad- prime minister, said he partakes leading because it represent- dress natural disasters,” the in the pastime to relax. ed its gross contribution to the Dormition of Mary church “I make things,” the 55-year- bloc and excluded a budget re- of Oreokastro said in a state- old told TalkRadio in an inter- bate and other payouts from ment. view Tuesday when asked how Brussels. he winds down. The link was not lost on BBC Boris Johnson has revealed that he makes model buses by painting up wooden West Indies legend Lara “I get old wooden crates, television news anchor Simon right? And I paint them,” the wine boxes McCoy, who -- with a heavily Fake cops steal $3.7 Mumbai, India former foreign secretary added, furrowed brow -- he quipped noting the boxes would have Opposition Labour MP Owen and his 31-year-old girlfriend of Johnson’s crafty bus hobby: million est Indies batting typically contained two wine Smith cast doubt on the veracity Carrie Symonds, told Channel “wonder what he writes on the Geneva, Switzerland Wlegend Brian Lara bottles. of Johnson’s claimed hobby. 4 television she had even seen side of it?” was given the all-clear and “It will have a dividing thing, “Is there anyone out there raudsters posing as po- discharged from a Mumbai and I turn it into a bus and... I who believes that Boris spends Flice officers stole$3.7 hospital yesterday, a day af- paint the passengers enjoying his spare time relaxing by ‘mak- million from a Swiss woman ter he was admitted because themselves on the wonderful ing model buses out of crates through an elaborate scam, of chest pains. bus.” and then painting model happy Swiss media reported “He was discharged The unusual hobby produced people enjoying the bus’?” he A female suspect first at 12:00 pm (0630 GMT). an immediate outpouring of asked on Twitter. contacted the victim in Zu- His condition is normal,” global reaction on the internet But others pointed out the rich in November, posing as hospital spokesman Parag and among politicos -- ranging gaffe-prone politician has a an officer who claimed to Dhurke said. from the bemused to the belit- track record of sketching and be investigating a network Lara was rushed to hos- tling. painting. of thieves. pital on Tuesday in India’s US political scientist Brian His mother is an artist and The woman was told financial capital where he Klaas called it “truly weird” Johnson became an accom - that employees at her bank is currently working for Star and “so bizarre that it’s mes - plished painter at a young age. were planning to rob her. Sports, the official broad- merising”, while Australian A doodle of a bus he made They then instructed her to casters of the ongoing crick- broadcaster Matt Bevan said recently raised £1,000 (1,117 eu- transfer her assets to a new et World Cup. “this is exactly how my (three- ros/$1,270) at a charity auction. account, in order to protect The 50-year-old Trini- year-old) son would answer this Women’s rights campaigner her savings from being sto- dadian underwent an angi- question”. Nimko Ali, a friend of Johnson The sketch of a London bus by Johnson - which raised £1,000 for charity (Sun) len by her own bank. ography “as a precaution”, Dhurke said. “His health is good,” he added. Lara released an audio re- cording on Tuesday night in which he said he was “fine”. Images of drowned migrant and child stir outrage “I may have just ex - Ciudad Victoria | Mexico tended myself in the gym by violent currents, drowning Guardsmen forcibly detaining this morning,” he said, hocking images of a drowned before her mother’s eyes, who two women and a girl at the Rio thanking people for their SSalvadoran migrant and his survived the ordeal and arrived Grande. concern. two-year-old daughter who died on shore. On Tuesday, the Mexican He added that he was while trying to cross the Rio The two bodies were found leader said the 15,000 troops “chilling” in his hospital Grande river from Mexico to the Monday in Matamoros in Tama- his government has deployed to bed watching the England United States have sparked out- ulipas state. the US border do not have orders versus Australia match and rage, underscoring the dangers A series of haunting photo- to stop migrants from crossing, joked that he hoped Aus- faced by asylum-seekers. graphs showing the young fa- and vowed to investigate the tralia would win. Twenty-five-year-old Oscar ther and child lying face-down controversial detention. One of the best batsmen Martinez Ramirez fled El Sal- in water have stirred anger in International law protects the of all time, Lara holds two vador with his 21-year-old wife El Salvador and Mexico, where right of undocumented migrants world records -- the highest and their daughter and decided the government had faced sharp to cross borders to seek asylum, Test score of 400 not out, to make the risky crossing from criticism for its treatment of mi- and Mexico has not typically and the highest first class Mexico to the US on Sunday af- grants. stopped them from doing so at knock of 501 that he scored ternoon, according to a Mexican President Andres Manuel its northern border. in the English county cham- court report. Lopez Obrador, a leftist who But Lopez Obrador is facing pionship in 1994. Ramirez carried the little girl took office in December vowing pressure from US President The former skipper re- on his back, stowing her inside to protect migrants’ rights, has Donald Trump on the issue, and tired in 2007 after a dismal his t-shirt to keep her safe as previously come under fire over his government is eager to show West Indies campaign in the they attempted to cross the riv- The pair were swept away by violent currents an AFP journalist’s images last results and avoid the punitive World Cup. er. But the pair were swept away week of heavily armed National tariffs the US leader threatened. THURSDAY, JUNE 27, 2019 07 Trump on rape accuser: ‘She’s not my type’ Washington, United States

S President Donald Trump once again vigor- Uously denied allegations by a magazine advice columnist that he sexually assaulted her I’ll say it with great It was a fight. With in the 1990s in a New York de- respect: Number all the 15 women or partment store dressing room, one, she’s not my 16 who have come adding: “She’s not my type.” type. Number two, it forward, it’s the Trump made the comment in an interview with The Hill, a po- never happened. It same. He denies it. litical news outlet, that touched never happened, OK? He turns it around. on the allegations from E. Jean He attacks. And he Carroll, who says in her new threatens book that the alleged rape oc- curred in the mid-1990s. “I’ll say it with great respect: E. JEAN CARROLL Number one, she’s not my type. DONALD TRUMP Number two, it never happened. It never happened, OK?” Trump said in the interview, which was conducted in the Oval Office. The president added that Car- roll was “totally lying” when she made her claims. “I know nothing about this Donald Trump; E. Jean Carroll (Courtesy of Salon) woman. I know nothing about misconduct before he became “With all the 15 women or her,” he said. president. Then jokingly, they each sug- and puts his mouth against my all while himself fully dressed 16 who have come forward, it’s Carroll’s account, revealed She said that in a chance en- gested that the other should try lips,” wrote Carroll, who works -- until she finally managed to the same. He denies it. He turns last week in an excerpt of her counter at the Bergdorf Good- it on. for Elle magazine. push him out and run from the it around. He attacks. And he new book that was published man store in Manhattan, Trump “The moment the dress - Pinning her against the wall, dressing room. On Monday, Car- threatens.” by New York magazine, makes -- then a real estate developer ing-room door is closed, he lung- Carroll says, Trump proceeded roll told CNN that he “just went Carroll never went to the po- her at least the 16th woman to -- asked her for advice on buying es at me, pushes me against the to pull down her tights, unzip at it” after he cornered her. lice because, she said, she was have accused Trump of sexual lingerie for an unnamed woman. wall, hitting my head quite badly, his pants and penetrate her -- “It was a fight,” she said. afraid of repercussions.

US celebrity YouTuber found Instagram chief insists it dead: police Jerusalem’s Tomb of the doesn’t spy on users New York, United States of House Speaker Nancy Pe- Kings to reopen to public losi that was slowed down to nstagram doesn’t snoop on make her appear drunk or im- and Thursday mornings, the the entire city as its capital, Iprivate conversations as paired, and a “deepfake” video Excavations of the consulate’s website said. while the Palestinians view the part of its advertising target- of Mark Zuckerberg altered • Visits will be limited to 15 eastern sector as the capital of ing strategy, the head of the to show the Facebook chief site began in the 1860s people in 45-minute stretches, their future state. popular social media site said bragging about controlling bil- the ticket order page said, not- Excavations of the site be- in an interview Tuesday. lions of people’s “stolen” per- The vast site ing the need for “proper dress” gan in the 1860s, with Felicien “We don’t look at your mes- sonal data. “We are not going is• located in east at the Tomb of the Kings, which de Saulcy of France taking on sages, we don’t listen in on to make a one-off decision to Jerusalem is a funeral site. the project in 1863 and seek- your microphone; doing so take a piece of video down just Desmond Amofah The graves themselves will ing to confirm it was the tomb would be super problematic because it’s of Mark and Mark remain closed to the public for of biblical figures King David for a lot of different reasons,” happens to run this place,” he New York, United States • It has been closed conservation and safety rea- and Solomon, giving rise to the Instagram chief Adam Mosseri said. “That would be really since 2010 due to sons. site’s name. said in an interview with CBS. inappropriate and irrespon- merican YouTube celeb- renovations The vast site, located in east That theory has been ruled “But I recognize you’re not sible.” Arity Desmond Amofah, Jerusalem some 700 metres out, but the name has endured. going to really believe me.” He said any policy would be better known as “Etika,” has Visits will be (yards) north of the Old City, Several sarcophagi were During the interview, Mos- based on “defined principles” been found dead in New • is hidden behind a wall with a found inside and are now in seri acknowledged that he is and would be “transparent.” York nearly a week after he limited to 15 people in metal gate marked by a French the Louvre museum in Paris, grilled regularly by Instagram The first order of business disappeared, police said on 45-minute stretches, flag. including one with an Aramaic users who insist they receive is to locate doctored content Tuesday. It has been closed since 2010 inscription. ads from restaurants, stores more quickly, he said. The 29-year-old became Jerusalem, Undefined due to renovations costing According to the most com- and other companies after “Once we can do that, then known on the video site for around a million euros ($1.1 monly accepted theory, it refers only conducting a private con- we can have the next debate playing and criticizing Nin- million). to Queen Helena of Adiabene, versation about an item and about wheth- tendo games. he Tomb of the Kings, a A spokeswoman for the in today’s Iraqi Kurdistan, and not posting to the broader site. er or not New York police said that T2,000-year-old archaeolog- French Consulate General said she may have built the tomb for Like its parent company to take he disappeared after having ical gem in the heart of Jeru- that in opening the site, France her dynasty. Facebook, Instagram -- a social it down a telephone conversation at salem owned by France, is to was implementing a decision After de Saulcy’s excavation, media site for posting pho - when we 8:00 pm on June 19. reopen to the public for the first and a commitment “made a the tomb was purchased by tographs -- offers a private find it,” They said that on Monday time since 2010, the French long time ago”. the Pereire brothers, a Jewish messaging system, as well as Mosseri evening officers were called consulate said Wednesday. Jews consider the tomb a banking family in Paris that a platform to post items to said. to the South Street Seaport The elaborate Roman-era holy burial site of ancient an- would later hand the property followers. area in south Manhattan tomb with stone shelves that cestors and demand the right over to France. Mosseri said there were two for a person floating in the once held sarcophagi, consid- to pray there. ways that users may have this water. ered among the largest in the Israel occupied mainly Pales- experience, “dumb luck” and if He had posted his vide- region, will be opened on tinian east Jerusalem in the 1967 users are talking about a con- os on YouTube and other Thursday, and the Six-Day War and later annexed sumer good more generally. platforms including Twitch following it in a move never recognised “You saw a restaurant on since 2012 and had hun- Tuesday by the internation- a l Facebook or Instagram and you dreds of thousands of fol- community. really like the thing. It’s top lowers there and on Twitter It sees of mind, maybe it’s subcon- and Instagram. scious and then it bubbles Sometimes he talked up later,” Mosseri said. “I about his mental problems, think this kind of thing hap- as in the last video titled pens often in a way that’s “I’m sorry,” which shows really subtle.” Instagram chief him walking the streets of Adam Mosseri New York talking about su- icide. Social media “can give you an image of what you want your life to be and get Mos- blown completely out of seri was also proportion,” he says in the probed on the company’s video. “It consumed me.” policy on videos of famous The video was later re- people that are altered and moved by YouTube for vio- can go viral. lating the platform’s rules. Facade of the Tombs of the Kings, owned and administered by the French Consulate of Jerusalem Recent cases include one OUR GREATEST WEAKNESS LIES IN GIVING UP. THE MOST QUOTE CERTAIN WAY TO SUCCEED OF THE IS ALWAYS TO TRY JUST ONE DAY MORE TIME. THURSDAY, JUNE 27, 2019 THOMAS A. EDISON Our obsession with scandals is detracting from burning issues

SHOLTO BYRNES maddened by what he viewed as Johnson succeeds Theresa May. the criminality of Mr Duterte’s I am not saying that it is un - iven the current levels war on drugs that he compared reasonable to have objections to of hysteria in political him to the Cambodian dictator the three examples I give above. Gdiscourse, it is some - Pol Pot and the Butcher of the Mr Trump has so little regard for times forgotten that former Balkans, Slobodan Milosevic. constitutional niceties – indeed, US president George W Bush This was over the top, to say he probably has little knowl - once prompted a similar reac- the least. Poor Mr Miller must edge of them – that it has been Outrage tion among bien pensant opin- be driven apoplectic by the wild observed in some quarters that ion-formers – so much so that popularity the president contin- he might only be in the clear against the US commentator Charles ues to enjoy among Filipinos. when it comes to obstructing elected Krauthammer coined the term Now we have a new derange- justice because his attempts to “Bush derangement syndrome”, ment syndrome, inspired by Bo- do so failed. individuals, defined as “the acute onset of ris Johnson, the former foreign Mr Duterte’s callous attitude paranoia in otherwise normal secretary who is the frontrunner towards the thousands of deaths from the people in reaction to the policies, to be the next leader of the Con- caused by his largely extrajudi- the presidency – nay – the very servative Party and therefore cial campaign against drugs is Philippines existence of George W Bush”. prime minister of Britain. This indeed shocking. And I under- I have long believed that huge is nothing new – left-wing vehi- stand the feelings of those who to the US, numbers have been suffering cles issued apocalyptic warnings charge Mr Johnson with being from its modern-day reincar- before he was elected mayor of a reckless opportunist – even if takes up too nation, Trump derangement London in 2008, although in the I do not share them, having had syndrome. Still trapped by the event even his detractors had many dealings with him over the much of our feeling that the globe fell off to agree that in terms of crime years in which he showed the its axis when he was elected in reduction and improving infra- spirit-rousing good nature and attention and 2016, their response to anything structure, his two terms helming leadership his admirers credit he says or does is coloured by Britain’s capital were at least him with. time their – doubtless heartfelt – dis- moderately successful. What I do think, though, is belief that such a man could be The prospect of Mr Johnson in that the outrage provoked in president. 10 Downing Street is, however, many people is totally dispro - Others have been likewise af- something that his critics find so portionate. And that, when taken flicted when it comes to pres - appalling that one – his former in conjunction with the amount ident Rodrigo Duterte of the editor at the Daily Telegraph, Sir of time wasted concentrating on is currently near-paralysed by ister. He denies the allegations Philippines. One of his biogra- Max Hastings – has promised “scandals”, has consequences. the circulation of sex tapes, al- but the accompanying brou - phers, Jonathan Miller, was so to emigrate to Argentina if Mr Malaysian politics, for example, legedly involving a senior min- haha – a police investigation,

Thirty years after Cold War, the fault lines are being redrawn

GAVIN ESLER the united city. My friend and I walked down ight now countries across Friedrichstrasse, nowadays a eastern Europe are pre- wealthy shopping district, to - Rparing to celebrate wards Checkpoint Charlie. He the 30th anniversary of their laughed at a couple of actors liberation from Soviet com - dressed in American and Rus- munism. The year 1989 was one sian uniforms, standing by mil- of the most momentous in world itary-looking sandbags, posing history. for photographs. The West won the Cold War, The only obvious signs of the but there are signs that tradi - Berlin Wall now are shows ad- tional western democratic val- vertised for tourists. The battle ues are losing control of the It is difficult to imagine that, is no longer peace. for years, heavily armed soldiers, I am writing from Berlin, a city border police, and tanks sat on about the full of Cold War memories. Ger- the road here. The scene now is mans are planning celebrations dominated by a massive McDon- competing of the 1989 fall of the Berlin Wall, ald’s sign. the collapse of communism, and The Soviet system created a ideologies of the previously impossible dream stagnant economy and a geri - of a reunified Germany. atric leadership that could not communism I recently took a walk with compete with western entrepre- a friend who had never visited neurship, innovation and con- and Berlin before, and he insisted we sumerism. go to Checkpoint Charlie. It was Early in 1989, there had been capitalism. the most famous crossing point signs of stresses within com - between West and East Berlin, munism. I was a reporter for the Instead, it the front line between two nu- BBC when Chinese students took clear-armed powers, with two over Tiannmen Square in Bei - is between competing ideologies. jing, just as Mikhail Gorbachev, My friend is part of a gener- the leader of the USSR was pre- disruption ation of people who grew up paring to visit China. and order thinking that Checkpoint Char- Publicly, everything was lie was where World War Three friendly between the two coun- were right. Beijing stopped the with the West. In 2019, we have a world filled would break out. Any East Ger- tries. Privately, Chinese offi - Tiannmen Square protests, but The US president at the time, with disrupted democracies man citizen trying to escape over cials told me that Gorbachev freed up the economy and cre- George HW Bush, talked of a and distrusted democratic in- the Berlin Wall to West Germany was “mad” for embarking on ated a modern consumer-driven “New world order” and a “un - stitutions. Nato has been under- would be shot or jailed, yet su- his programme of perestroika China. ipolar World” with one super- mined. The European Union is perpower competition at times and glasnost (restructuring and Gorbachev’s reforms were power, the United States. Nato far from being a happy organisa- was almost comic. openness) in the USSR. much more ambitious, but the expanded to Poland and the tion. In Britain, a survey by the In the 1960s, the communist They said it was possible to re- result was, indeed, chaos, and Baltic states. The European Hansard Society, a non-partisan east erected a massive TV Tow- form an economic system. It was the destruction of the Soviet Un- Union took on new members group, found that 54 per cent of er in Alexanderplatz, making also possible to reform a politi- ion. A string of new democracies in 2004. Democratic ideals had those surveyed wanted a strong, sure it was bigger than its West cal system. However, no leader sprang up, from the Baltic down triumphed by the first years of rule-breaking leader, while 42 Berlin rival. It is now a much- could do both at the same time through the Czech Republic, the 21st century. Thirty years on, per cent thought that many loved landmark standing over without causing chaos. They while East Germany integrated things are not so secure. problems could be dealt with if

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Our obsession with scandals is detracting from burning issues TOP 4 SHOLTO BYRNES TWEETS maddened by what he viewed as Johnson succeeds Theresa May. with. The national teachers’ un- This is insanity. The world Damien McElroy rightly point- the criminality of Mr Duterte’s I am not saying that it is un - ion recently called for a compre- faces huge challenges, ed out that the most important iven the current levels war on drugs that he compared reasonable to have objections to hensive study into the decline question facing any incoming of hysteria in political him to the Cambodian dictator the three examples I give above. in English proficiency among including the potential UK prime minister is just how 01 Gdiscourse, it is some - Pol Pot and the Butcher of the Mr Trump has so little regard for students, an issue that gravely destruction of life as we he will handle Brexit. I, for one, times forgotten that former Balkans, Slobodan Milosevic. constitutional niceties – indeed, affects Malaysia’s productivity know it if we do not deal would like to hear very precise US president George W Bush This was over the top, to say he probably has little knowl - and international competence. with climate change. details from all candidates of once prompted a similar reac- the least. Poor Mr Miller must edge of them – that it has been That is a far greater scandal. But how Britain would transition Outrage tion among bien pensant opin- be driven apoplectic by the wild observed in some quarters that it is not what is talked about in to World Trade Organisation ion-formers – so much so that popularity the president contin- he might only be in the clear Kuala Lumpur, not when there status in the event of a Brexit against the US commentator Charles ues to enjoy among Filipinos. when it comes to obstructing are muck-raking recordings to no-deal. Mr Johnson must also ow many times, in elected Krauthammer coined the term Now we have a new derange- justice because his attempts to discuss instead. explain how he would get a no- Hprayer, do we limit “Bush derangement syndrome”, ment syndrome, inspired by Bo- do so failed. In America, the fact that the deal through parliament when ourselves to asking for individuals, defined as “the acute onset of ris Johnson, the former foreign Mr Duterte’s callous attitude endless conversations about im- he has Tory colleagues who have gifts and listing requests, paranoia in otherwise normal secretary who is the frontrunner towards the thousands of deaths peachment and Russian inter- said they will bring down the forgetting that the first from the people in reaction to the policies, to be the next leader of the Con- caused by his largely extrajudi- ference will likely end up going government rather than allow thing we should do is the presidency – nay – the very servative Party and therefore cial campaign against drugs is nowhere – whether through lack that to happen. praise God’s name, adore Philippines existence of George W Bush”. prime minister of Britain. This indeed shocking. And I under- of evidence, or a lack of politi- Yet apparently the fact that Mr Him, and then go on to I have long believed that huge is nothing new – left-wing vehi- stand the feelings of those who cal will in the Republican-con- equality ought to be one of the Johnson had a row with his girl- acknowledge His living to the US, numbers have been suffering cles issued apocalyptic warnings charge Mr Johnson with being trolled Senate – is not a reason most burning questions being friend is far more important, image in our brothers from its modern-day reincar- before he was elected mayor of a reckless opportunist – even if to neglect talking about these considered in the US today, as judging by the coverage in UK and sisters. takes up too nation, Trump derangement London in 2008, although in the I do not share them, having had issues. should the shocking fact that in papers. Some even ludicrously @Pontifex syndrome. Still trapped by the event even his detractors had many dealings with him over the But it is cause to recalibrate the UK, the fifth largest economy suggest that a domestic quarrel much of our feeling that the globe fell off to agree that in terms of crime years in which he showed the the amount of attention devot- in the world, people are having reflects poorly on the diplomatic its axis when he was elected in reduction and improving infra- spirit-rousing good nature and ed to them. During his recent to resort to food banks. skills he will need to deal with 02 attention and 2016, their response to anything structure, his two terms helming leadership his admirers credit testimony in a US congression- But the outrage against spe - the EU. he says or does is coloured by Britain’s capital were at least him with. al hearing to consider mak - cific individuals takes up way This is insanity. The world time their – doubtless heartfelt – dis- moderately successful. What I do think, though, is ing reparations and a national too much space and time, even faces huge challenges, including belief that such a man could be The prospect of Mr Johnson in that the outrage provoked in apology for slavery, the noted though they were elected ac - the potential destruction of life president. 10 Downing Street is, however, many people is totally dispro - writer Ta Nehisi-Coates point- cording to various constitution- as we know it if we do not deal Others have been likewise af- something that his critics find so portionate. And that, when taken ed to the little-known fact that al rules. Quite apart from the with climate change. Obsessing flicted when it comes to pres - appalling that one – his former in conjunction with the amount the average black household issues of devastation caused by over the flaws of politicians, who ident Rodrigo Duterte of the editor at the Daily Telegraph, Sir of time wasted concentrating on is currently near-paralysed by ister. He denies the allegations commentaries on the veracity have leaked it – will rumble on has one-tenth of the income of austerity and how Mr Johnson can all be removed at the ballot emocrats want Open Philippines. One of his biogra- Max Hastings – has promised “scandals”, has consequences. the circulation of sex tapes, al- but the accompanying brou - of the tapes, arguments about for months. The country has far the average white household can bring a fractured country box, simply cannot be our over- DBorders, which phers, Jonathan Miller, was so to emigrate to Argentina if Mr Malaysian politics, for example, legedly involving a senior min- haha – a police investigation, who recorded it and who might more serious problems to deal in America. Such startling in - together, my fellow columnist whelming priority. equals violent crime, drugs and human traf- ficking. They also want very high taxes, like 90%. Republicans want what’s CIVILIAN’S TRIBUNE good for America - the exact opposite! Thirty years after Cold War, the fault lines are being redrawn @realDonaldTrump 03 GAVIN ESLER the united city. The Soviet system created A meaningful step towards My friend and I walked down a stagnant economy and ight now countries across Friedrichstrasse, nowadays a a geriatric leadership that eastern Europe are pre- wealthy shopping district, to - a just and lasting peace Rparing to celebrate wards Checkpoint Charlie. He could not compete with the 30th anniversary of their laughed at a couple of actors western entrepreneurship, liberation from Soviet com - dressed in American and Rus- innovation and Bahrain is proud to be munism. The year 1989 was one sian uniforms, standing by mil- consumerism. ing Abdullah of Jordan part of an event which to reach a deal which doesn’t hese families seek- of the most momentous in world itary-looking sandbags, posing made a highly impor- fulfil these principles, or to Ting asylum are often history. for photographs. tant statement in re - represents a step on the block progress towards a deal fleeing extreme violence. K path towards peace and we The West won the Cold War, The only obvious signs of the cent weeks on “the need for will never be accepted by And what happens when but there are signs that tradi - Berlin Wall now are shows ad- a comprehensive and lasting emphasise our solidarity the Palestinians, by the Arab they arrive? Trump says, The battle tional western democratic val- vertised for tourists. peace based on a two-state with the Palestinian nation world, and all those with a ‘Go back to where you ues are losing control of the It is difficult to imagine that, solution, leading to an inde - in their just struggle for conscience around the world came from.’ That is in- is no longer peace. for years, heavily armed soldiers, pendent Palestinian state on independence. who have supported the Pal- humane. Children are dy- I am writing from Berlin, a city border police, and tanks sat on 4 June 1967 lines with East estinian issue over many dec- ing. This is a stain on our about the full of Cold War memories. Ger- the road here. The scene now is Jerusalem as its capital”. ades. moral conscience. mans are planning celebrations dominated by a massive McDon- In fact, this isn’t the Jorda- If America and the interna- @KamalaHarris competing of the 1989 fall of the Berlin Wall, ald’s sign. And here’s the really curious nian position, but rather the tional community are serious the collapse of communism, and The Soviet system created a thing. In the Cold War days, common Arab stance which about peace on these terms, ideologies of the previously impossible dream stagnant economy and a geri - many western Europeans ad - has been reiterated on count- there must be substantial con- 04 of a reunified Germany. atric leadership that could not mired Russian culture. But less occasions since the launch fidence-building measures to communism I recently took a walk with compete with western entrepre- Vladimir Putin’s Russia has no of the 2002 Arab Peace Initi- convince the Palestinians and a friend who had never visited neurship, innovation and con- great cultural figures: no Alex- ative, which itself has been their leaders that this is a pro- and Berlin before, and he insisted we sumerism. ander Solzhenitsyn, Boris Pas- repeatedly affirmed in succes- Millions of dollars investment cess which deserves engaging go to Checkpoint Charlie. It was Early in 1989, there had been ternak or Andrey Tarkovsky. Nor sive Arab League events. can be destroyed by airstrikes with. Peace cannot be imposed capitalism. the most famous crossing point signs of stresses within com - does Mr Putin have a coherent The Peace to Prosperity eco- and incursions. Livelihoods on the Palestinians; it must be between West and East Berlin, munism. I was a reporter for the world-embracing ideology. nomic workshop, to be held can be destroyed by blockades, achieved in accordance with Instead, it the front line between two nu- BBC when Chinese students took What he has is a style – that of in Manama on 25-26 June is closures and checkpoints; their priorities in a spirit of pleasure meeting @ clear-armed powers, with two over Tiannmen Square in Bei - a macho, street-fighting tough one of the most important set- while harvests can be ruined dialogue and compromise – ADr SJaishankar in In- is between competing ideologies. jing, just as Mikhail Gorbachev, guy. piece events on the Palestinian by rampaging Zionist settlers. while not expecting one side dia today. #USIndia strate- My friend is part of a gener- the leader of the USSR was pre- US GDP capita is $53,000 and issue in recent years. It is a The US can define East Jeru- only to be making all the com- gic partnership is rooted disruption ation of people who grew up paring to visit China. in Germany it stands at $48,000. much-needed opportunity to salem, the Golan Heights, and promises and concessions. in our shared values as the and order thinking that Checkpoint Char- Publicly, everything was In Russia, it is a dismal $12,000. encourage investment in sup- even the West Bank however it Bahrain is proud to be part world’s oldest and largest lie was where World War Three friendly between the two coun- were right. Beijing stopped the with the West. In 2019, we have a world filled governments didn’t depend on Since 1989, Russia has remained port of the Palestinian econ- likes; but this doesn’t change of an event which represents democracies. This is criti- would break out. Any East Ger- tries. Privately, Chinese offi - Tiannmen Square protests, but The US president at the time, with disrupted democracies votes in parliament. an economic failure. But, aston- omy, with the aspiration of the fact that this is and will a step on the path towards cal as we continue to grow man citizen trying to escape over cials told me that Gorbachev freed up the economy and cre- George HW Bush, talked of a and distrusted democratic in- Political disrupters, such as ishingly, some politicians and giving ordinary Palestinians a remain Arab land, as recog - peace and we emphasise our our trade relationship and the Berlin Wall to West Germany was “mad” for embarking on ated a modern consumer-driven “New world order” and a “un - stitutions. Nato has been under- Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin, even some voters admire Mr Pu- better standard of living and a nised by international law and solidarity with the Palestinian expand cooperation in the would be shot or jailed, yet su- his programme of perestroika China. ipolar World” with one super- mined. The European Union is Matteo Salvini and Nigel Farage, tin’s strongman persona. dignified future. affirmed by the vast majority nation in their just struggle for #IndoPacific region. perpower competition at times and glasnost (restructuring and Gorbachev’s reforms were power, the United States. Nato far from being a happy organisa- represent an authoritarianism In the case of the US president, However, the Peace work- of civilised nations. independence. We hope that @SecPompeo was almost comic. openness) in the USSR. much more ambitious, but the expanded to Poland and the tion. In Britain, a survey by the that is in the ascendant. They they even admire Mr Putin him- shop is not the peace process The Manama Peace to Pros- this dream will be achieved In the 1960s, the communist They said it was possible to re- result was, indeed, chaos, and Baltic states. The European Hansard Society, a non-partisan talk tough and promise a firm self. It is a reminder that as we and shouldn’t be seen as an perity Workshop thus should sooner rather than later; par- east erected a massive TV Tow- form an economic system. It was the destruction of the Soviet Un- Union took on new members group, found that 54 per cent of hand, but the change they ad - celebrate the 30th anniversary alternative or replacement reinforce and accelerate the ticularly as the Palestinian is- Disclaimer: (Views expressed er in Alexanderplatz, making also possible to reform a politi- ion. A string of new democracies in 2004. Democratic ideals had those surveyed wanted a strong, vocate does not represent coop- of a free Europe, the dangers to to the peace process. If there peace process, towards the sue has been the principle ob- by columnists are personal and sure it was bigger than its West cal system. However, no leader sprang up, from the Baltic down triumphed by the first years of rule-breaking leader, while 42 eration and cohesion. Instead, democracy have not gone away. isn’t an end to the occupation, unambiguous goal of a viable, stacle to lasting peace across need not necessarily reflect our Berlin rival. It is now a much- could do both at the same time through the Czech Republic, the 21st century. Thirty years on, per cent thought that many what they want is a New World Walls can come down, but they then there are few prospects independent and sovereign the region. editorial stances) loved landmark standing over without causing chaos. They while East Germany integrated things are not so secure. problems could be dealt with if Disorder. can also be rebuilt even higher. for a flourishing economy. Palestinian state. Any attempt Citizens for Bahrain

Muna Yaqoob Abdulla wins $50,000 “Libshara” prize South Korea, Saudi sign $8bn TDT | Manama

uwait Finance House K(KFH)–Bahrain has an- economic co-operation pact nounced Muna Yaqoob Abdul- la as the winner of US$50,000, Seoul tween Saudi Aramco and Kore- 5th Grand Prize of ‘Libshara’ an firms, including Korea Na- Savings Investment Account. outh Korea and Saudi Ara- tional Oil Corporation, Hyundai Besides, 40 monthly win- bia signed an $8.3 billion Heavy Industries and carmaker ners each received a prize of Seconomic co-operation Hyundai Motor. US$1,000 and 60 winners were pact yesterday during Crown The crown prince also met awarded US$500 in the special Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s with the heads of the country’s segment categories for “Our first visit to Seoul. biggest conglomerates, includ- Women”, “Our Children”, Saudi Arabia is resource-poor ing Samsung heir Lee Jae-yong. “Our Savers”, “Our Cards”, Seoul’s biggest oil supplier and Prince Mohammed aims to “Jazeel” and “VIVA”. most of the agreement is ac - diversify his country’s heavily The draw was held at KFH– counted for by a $6 billion deal oil-dependent economy and to Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s shakes hands with South Korean Bahrain’s headquarters at Bah- Khalid Rafea between oil giant Saudi Aramco sell up to five percent of Saudi rain World Trade Centre. and Korean firm S-Oil to build President Moon Jae-In Aramco --the world’s largest Commenting, Khalid Rafea, all ‘Libshara’ customers the refinery and downstream facil- Saudi Arabia is South Korea’s Mohammed. energy firm. Executive Manager and Head best of luck.” ities in South Korea. “biggest construction market Prince Mohammed visited Proceeds from the sale -- of Retail Banking Group at The Grand Prize winner, A giant banner welcoming overseas, the largest investor Pakistan, India and China in which aims to raise up to $100 KFH-Bahrain revealed, “We Muna Yaqoob Abdulla said, “I the crown prince was hung on in the country among countries February and is scheduled in billion -- will help create the look forward to announcing received the news of winning the Seoul headquarters of S-Oil, in the Middle East and also the Japan later this week to attend world’s biggest government in- next month’s winner of the 3rd this award with overwhelming South Korea’s third-biggest re- biggest trading parter in the re- the G20 summit in Osaka. vestment fund, whose profits luxury apartment at Durrat emotion mixed with joy and finer, which is majority owned gion,” President Moon Jae-in The economic pact also in- could provide an alternative to Marina. Therefore, we wish happiness.” by Saudi Aramco. said at a meeting with Prince volved several other deals be- oil revenues.

Gulf Air names Bahraini Country Manager in Dubai TDT | Manama

ulf Air announced ap- Gpointing Esam Abdul- hameed Al Hammadi as a Country Manager for its Dubai station. Al Hammadi has been part of the Gulf Air family for 8 years, during which he was a country manager for Bahrain as the hub of Gulf Air. “This is a great challenge Al Baraka Banking Group (ABG) honoured its staff who completed 5 and 20 years of continuous service during the Group’s lunch gathering on 18 June 2019 at the for me as I move from the Gulf Hotel. Adnan Ahmed Yousif, President & Chief Executive of Al Baraka Banking Group honoured the staff alongside members of the executive management and hub of Gulf Air to one of its other senior officials. Honorees: Ebrahim Abdulaziz Al Zayani -First Vice President (20 Years), Eman Hussain Haji -Assistant Manager (20 Years), Ahmed Mahmood most successful and revenue Esam Abdulhameed Al Hammadi AbdulGhaffar-First Vice President (15 Years), Eman Hasan Alhariri -Assistant Vice President (10 Years), Mahmood Taher Taheri -First Vice President (10 Years), generating stations – Dubai. Shaheen Husuin Abdulkarim -Assistant Manager (10 Years), Ali Asgar Shabbir -First Vice President (10 Years), Ahmed Khaled Albalooshi -Senior Vice President Although Bahrain and Dubai and travel patterns, I am sure (10 Years), Bindu Anil Pillai -Assistant Manager (10 Years), Mohamed Abdulaziz Jamsheer -First Vice President (5 Years), Ameera Abdulredha Haji -Assistant Vice markets have similarities in there will be so much to learn,” President (5 Years), Amr Ehab Tantawi -First Vice President (5 Years), Salman Mahmood Sayyar -Vice President (5 Years) and Jasim ALEbrahim -Assistant Vice terms of customer behaviour Al Hammadi said. President (5 Years)

Solidarity introduces Video Insurance Service FedEx sues US govt over restrictions TDT | Manama New York and conduct transactions such Chinese telecom giant Huawei determine “the origin and tech- olidarity Bahrain, one of the as registering or tracking a from the American market and nological make-up of contents Slargest insurance companies claim, obtaining quotes or re- merican logistics giant limit its ability to purchase US of all the shipments it handles in Bahrain and a subsidiary of newing policies. AFedEx sued the US gov- technology. and whether they comply with” Solidarity Group Holding has Jawad Mohammed, CEO, Sol- ernment on Monday, saying A statement by the delivery US laws. announced introducing a first idarity Bahrain stated: “The Washington’s restrictions on firm said the restrictions placed The statement was released of its kind Video Insurance Ser- service is in its pilot phase and exports and imports due to “an unreasonable burden on hours after China called on Fe- vice aimed at enhancing the currently available in Solidari- growing trade disputes and FedEx to police the millions of dEx to explain why a parcel customer experience. ty’s Seef Mall branch only and sanctions created an “impos- shipments that transit our net- from Huawei to the US went The service enables the cus- we are planning to expand sible burden” for delivery work every day” or face heavy undelivered, in the second spat tomers to interact with custom- this digital service to the other firms. fines. The company said it was between the two companies in er service through a video call Jawad Mohammed branches shortly”. The US has also sought to bar impossible for employees to less than a month.

The Bahrain Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI) chairman Sameer Nass took part in the joint meeting of the board of directors and executive board of the Arab- German Chamber of Commerce and Industry held in Berlin. The joint meeting, headed by Arab-German Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s (Ghorfa) president Dr. Peter Ramsaur in the presence of secretary-general Abdulaziz Al Mikhlafi and other members from Arab and German chambers, discussed financial standing of the chamber, its activities for the year 2019, and budget for 2020. Nass attended the General Assembly meeting of Ghorfa, held following the joint meeting. THURSDAY, JUNE 27, 2019 11

Bombardier sells jet division to Mitsubishi for $550 million Montréal, Canada a majority stake in its new me- dium-range C Series jetliners Pompeo hails Modi’s anadian manufacturer to Airbus, which has been re- CBombardier announced named A220, and its Q Series Tuesday the sale of its CRJ turboprop line to a Canadian Series regional jet program investment fund. to Japan’s Mitsubishi Heavy The sale of the 75- to 100- Industries (MHI) for US$550 seat CRJ line -- along with its wonderful re-election million, effectively exiting the service and support networks commercial passenger aircraft in Montreal, Quebec City and sector. The deal with Mitsub- Toronto; Bridgeport, West Vir- ishi, which has been seeking ginia; and Tucson, Arizona -- is India retaliated to break into aviation, comes expected to close by the end • after Bombardier recently sold of 2020. earlier this month with tariffs on 28 items imported from the US

Lost ‘$170 million Caravaggio’ New Delhi, India snapped up before auction S Secretary of State Mike Pompeo hailed yester- UdayIndian Prime Minis- ter Narendra Modi’s “wonderful” re-election, vowing both sides will overcome a number of spats that have dogged relations under President Donald Trump. “I am confident that we have the benefit of building on a strong foundation between two of the world’s great democracies. We saw this in the election, we saw this incredible democratic vigour lead to a wonderful outcome,” Pompeo said after meeting Modi in New Delhi. Workers hang on a wall a painting believed by some experts to be With Trump calling India the Caravaggio’s “Judith Beheading Holofernes” for its public presentation at the “tariff king”, Washington has Drouot auction house in Paris refused to exempt India from higher steel and aluminium leading authority on Old Mas- tariffs and has ended India’s Toulouse, France ters paintings, had staked his preferential trade status that reputation on the work being allowed the Asian giant to send painting thought to be the fiery artist’s lost “Judith America $6 billion in goods du- Aa “lost masterpiece” by and Holofernes”. ty-free every year. Italian painter Caravaggio has The painting depicting a India retaliated earlier this been bought two days before it grisly biblical scene of the month with tariffs on 28 items was due to go under the ham- beautiful Jewish widow Judith imported from the US, including mer in France. beheading a sleeping Assyrian almonds, apples and walnuts “Judith and Holofernes”, general was to be auctioned in -- products close to the hearts which was found under an old Toulouse on Thursday. of voters in Trump’s rural base. mattress in the attic of a house But before bidding could in the French city of Toulouse, start a foreign buyer “close to G20 groundwork was snapped up by a foreign a major museum” stepped in, But Pompeo -- preparing the buyer, the auction house sell- said Marc Labarbe, the local groundwork for talks between ing it said on Tuesday. auctioneer who discovered the Modi and Trump at the G20 in Art expert Eric Turquin painting when he was asked to Japan later this week, when the US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo (L) shakes hands with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi during their meeting at -- who authenticated the value some “old things in the president’s myriad trade battles the prime minister’s residence in New Delhi. painting -- said it was worth attic” five years ago. will loom large -- suggested re- between 100 and 150 million “The fact that the offer lations could be fixed. Pompeo “understands euros (up to $170 million), comes from a collector close “There are tariffs and coun- that this is today the world’s although several Italian spe- to a major museum convinced ter-tariffs and we said we’re go- fifth-largest economy, which cialists have doubts about the the seller to accept (the offer),” ing to do our best to make sure I am confident that we have the benefit of imports 85 percent of its energy, canvas. But Turquin, France’s he said. that all the right people get in building on a strong foundation between two a large part of it from the Gulf... all the right places and work of the world’s great democracies. We saw He gets what our interests are,” through these problems, so that this in the election, we saw this incredible Jaishankar said. we can get out of this and get on democratic vigour lead to a wonderful “We all know that we need with the business of growing outcome to keep that waterway open,” Saudi relaxes ownership limits each of our two economies,” Pompeo said, referring to the Pompeo told a news conference. Strait of Hormuz. for strategic foreign investors This was echoed by Indian MIKE POMPEO “And we also know that Iran is Reuters | Riyadh “enhance the market’s effi- Foreign Minister S. Jaishankar, THE US SECRETARY OF STATE the world’s largest state sponsor ciency and attractiveness and who said he was “optimistic of terror. We know how the In- audi Arabia’s Capital Mar- to expand the institutional about where our economic re- dian people have suffered from Sket Authority (CMA) has investments base,” the regu- lationship is going”. terror around the world.” relaxed a 49 per cent limit for lator said in a statement on its But he appeared to stick to foreign strategic investors in website. India’s guns that it intended to shares of listed companies, it There will be no minimum buy the S-400 missile defence said in a statement yesterday. or maximum limit for the tar- system for $5.2 billion from The kingdom has introduced geted ownership percentage Russia despite the threat of US a raft of reforms in recent years by strategic foreign investors sanctions slapped on countries to make its stock market, the and that they must retain buying Moscow-made military region’s biggest, attractive to shares for two years after date kit. foreign investors and issuers. of ownership before disposing Russia has long been a ma - The move is aimed to help them. jor arms supplier to India, but New Delhi’s use of its hardware complicates US efforts to bolster regional security cooperation to counter China, as well as its UAE’s NPCC forecasts foreign push to pressure the Kremlin. “I think Secretary Pompeo contracts to drive revenue rise knows, and I have explained Abu Dhabi state-owned oil and gas servic- to him in some detail, we have es contractor will hit 7.1 billion many relationships with many bu Dhabi-based Nation- dirhams ($1.9 billion) com- countries... We will do what is Aal Petroleum Construc- pared to 5.3 billion dirhams in our national interest,” Jais- tion Company ( NPCC) ex- last year, Ahmed al-Dhaheri hankar said. pects revenue to grow by 34 said. He also said Pompeo was “re- per cent this year on the back “The higher revenues are ceptive” to Indian worries that of projects it has won over- from projects won outside the any US-Iran conflict might in- seas, its chief executive said UAE with 84pc of the value of terrupt the flow of oil from the yesterday. projects from non-UAE compa- Middle East and endanger the US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo (L) listens to Indian Foreign Minister S. Jaishankar (C) during a press conference at Revenue at the majority nies,” al Dhaheri said. large Indian diaspora there. the Foreign Ministry in New Delhi THURSDAY, JUNE 27, 2019 12

GDA hosts business leaders, industry experts VCBank expands US portfolio TDT | Manama

enture Capital Bank (VC- VBank), a Bahrain-based Islamic wholesale bank, said it has expanded its multifamily property portfolio in the USA through the acquisition of Glenbridge Manors in Cin- cinnati, Ohio, for a total trans- action value of US $ 57 million. This investment marks the Bank’s fourth property acquisition in the resilient multi- Participants posing for a group photo family property sector. The offering has been fully sub - sharing and harnessing it for a Q&A session open to the our peers on board in the com- scribed with VCBank’s network Abdullatif Mohamed Janahi, Board TDT | Manama continued and sustainable de- audience. ing months and unveiling even of investors across the GCC. Member and CEO of VCBank velopment of the GCC and global Commenting on the success more partnerships, resources Glenbridge Manors is a he Gulf Downstream As- downstream industry. of the event, Al Ahmadi, said, and opportunities from which ‘garden and townhouse-style’ folio of multifamily properties Tsociation (GDA) hosted a The evening consisted of “We’re delighted with the strong they and the industry will be apartment community located in Atlanta and Cincinnati now gathering of prominent business high-level networking and turn- out of our colleagues from able to benefit.” within the Northeast Cincin- comprises a total of 1,750 hous- leaders and industry experts a presentation delivered by across the local, regional and GDA is open to all members nati / Warren County submar- ing units.” at the Bahrain Capital Club on GDA’s Secretary General, international downstream in- of the downstream and re - ket of Ohio, which is regarded “The Bank’s three proper- Monday. Audah Al Ahmadi, on “A New dustry.” lated industries and offers a as one of the most desirable ties in Atlanta, which were Discussions focused on col- Initiative for Knowledge-Shar- “We look forward to welcom- broad range of membership residential areas in the Mid- acquired between 2015 and laboration and knowledge ing”, which was followed by ing an even greater number of options. west region of the USA. The 2016, have performed excep- property is rated as a grade ‘A-‘ tionally well to date and have high-quality asset with an ‘A-‘ been distributing to investors grade superior location. on a quarterly basis, a yield Commenting on this trans- amounting to an annual cash- action, Abdullatif Mohamed on-cash return of 8.5 per cent. Janahi, Board Member and Glenbridge Manors is expect- Huawei ‘Watch GT’ sells more CEO of VCBank, said: “Glen- ed to deliver a similar yield,” bridge Manors marks the he pointed out. Bank’s fourth ‘garden and “We are currently identi- townhouse-style’ acquisition fying further properties in in the US multifamily sector, major US metropolitan areas than two Million Units globally in which we have developed that display robust economic considerable knowledge and growth and attractive potential TDT | Manama expertise since 2015. Our port- for investment,” Janahi added.

uawei Consumer Busi- ness Group (CBG) an- Hnounced that its HUA- Uber buys AI firm to advance WEI WATCH GT smartwatch has sold more than two million units globally since its launch push on autonomous cars last October. vehicles that will be deployed Citing leading analyst firm Mighty AI autonomously. IDC’s report for global weara- • “The team at Mighty AI has ble vendors in the first quar- specializes in built technology to label at ter of 2019, Huawei said it has computer vision scale using the latest AI and achieved year-on-year growth user experience techniques,” of 282.2 per cent compared to Washington, United States said Jon Thomason, vice pres- the same quarter last year, ship- ident of software engineering ping five million units putting WATCH GT is powered by Huawei’s in-house Lite OS system and empowered dual-chipset architecture to deliver ultra- for the Uber division. it among the top three global long battery life ber said yesterday it has “Training our AI at increas- wearable vendors. Uacquired computer vi- ing pace is critical to scaling The research revealed that and message notification – to real time providing detailed gimes and training schedules. sion startup Mighty AI to help our self-driving technology, short run time between charges get up to two weeks’ full func- feedback on a user’s health. In March of this year, HUA- advance its technology for and I look forward to bringing was a pain point for consumers, tionality between charges. A This technology was nomi - WEI launched two new edi- self-driving cars. Mighty AI’s technology togeth- Huawei responded by introduc- post-purchase study conducted nated for the MWC 2019 Best tions, 46mm Active Edition and Terms of the acquisition er with our existing labeling ing WATCH GT, which is pow- earlier this year shows that 81pc Wearable Mobile Technology 42mm Elegant Edition, provid- were not disclosed, but the automation expertise to help ered by Huawei’s in-house Lite of consumers buy the WATCH Award. ing consumers with even more ride-hailing giant said some us move even faster.” OS system and empowered du- GT because of its class-leading • Huawei Trusleep 2.0 choice. 40 employees from the Se- Daryn Nakhuda, Mighty AI’s al-chipset architecture to deliv- battery life. which helps users to identify Based on the impressive first attle-based firm would join chief executive, said: “I’m ex- er ultra-long battery life. Users Other technological innova- six typical sleep problems and quarter performance including Uber’s plans for autonomous cited to pair Mighty AI’s plat- can now expect - under typical tions welcomed by consumers provide advice and personal- strong sales from major Chinese taxis. form and expertise in generat- usage conditions, including all- include: ized services to improve sleep e-commerce platforms, HUAWEI Mighty AI specializes in ing high-quality labeled data day wear and heart rate function • Huawei Truseen 3.0 heart quality. remains confident in its contin- computer vision, a field with- with Uber ATG’s world-class activated, scientific sleeping rate monitor technology that • More than 10 sport modes, ued growth in the expanding in artificial intelligence that research and engineering to function activated at night, 90 can monitor the heart rate for which help consumers track wearable technology market, is used to better understand accelerate the development of minutes of exercise per week an entire day (24 hours) in and monitor their exercise re- led by the HUAWEI WATCH GT. or “label” the surroundings of self-driving technology.” US Fed ‘grappling’ with need for rate cut: Jerome Powell

President Donald Trump’s in sentiment that could quickly Powell insisted persistent criticism of the Fed evaporate. • chairman. “The question my colleagues the central bank was The speech in New York am- and I are grappling with is “insulated” from plified the Fed’s recent mes - whether these uncertainties will political pressure KNOW WHAT sage that policymakers are continue to weigh on the outlook ready to step in to protect the and thus call for additional poli- Markets world’s largest economy, which cy accommodation,” Powell said • next week will mark its long- in prepared remarks. overwhelmingly Trump said Powell was est expansion on record but Wall Street reacted nega - expect the Fed to cut doing a “bad job” man- is showing increasing signs of tively to Powell’s remarks and rates next month aging policy as countries strain. to others on Tuesday from Markets overwhelmingly ex- James Bullard, president of like China stimulate pect the Fed to cut rates next the Fed’s St Louis regional Washington their economies. “He month as Trump’s trade battles branch, who told Bloomberg a has to lower interest drag on and the global economy cut of 50 basis points would be merica’s grinding trade wars rates for us to compete slows -- both factors that have excessive. Aare darkening the economic with China,” Trump told begun to dent business confi- The Fed last week held steady horizon and could help justify a Fox Business Network, dence and investment in the on interest rates for the fourth decrease in interest rates, Fed- adding that other coun- United States. time this year. And with US un- eral Reserve Chairman Jerome But Powell was careful to employment near historic lows Powell said Tuesday. ties are also stimulating temper this message, warning and inflation forecast to rise only Powell also insisted the cen- their economies Jerome Powell, chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve, that the central bank would not slowly, the outlook remained tral bank was “insulated” from speaks with Neil Irwin of The New York Times at the Council on Foreign Relations “overreact” to individual data generally “favorable,” Powell political pressures despite in New York points and short-term swings said. 13 THURSDAY, JUNE 27, 2019

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4.30 + 6.30 + 8.30 + DAILY AT: 1.30 + 6.15 + 11.00 PM 1-ANNABELLE COMES HOME (15+) (HORROR) NEW DAILY AT: 10.30 AM + 1.45 + 3.45 + 9.00 PM 10.30 PM 19-CASABLANCA (PG-15) (ARABIC/ACTION/CRIME/ THRILLER) 18-BHARAT (PG-13) (HINDI/DRAMA) *-VERA FARMIGA, MCKENNA GRACE, MADISON ISEMAN DAILY AT: 12.00 + 2.15 + 4.30 + 6.45 + 9.00 + 11.15 PM 6-TOY STORY 4 (G) (ANIMATION/ DVENTURE/COM- *-AMIR KARARA, GHADA ADEL, EYAD NASSAR *-SALMAN KHAN, KATRINA KAIF, DISHA PATANI 11-O.P.160/18 KAKSHI: AMMINIPPILLA (PG-13) EDY) (MALAYALAM) NEW DAILY AT: 1.00 + 5.15 + 9.30 PM DAILY AT: 9.00 + 12.00 MN 2-ANNA (15+) (ACTION/CRIME/THRILLER) NEW *-ASIF ALI, VIJAYRAGHAVAN, BASIL JOSEPH, AHMED SIDHIQUE *-TOM HANKS, TIM ALLEN, JOAN CUSACK DAILY AT: 12.15 + 2.30 + 4.45 + 7.00 + 9.15 + 11.30 PM *-SASHA LUSS, HELEN MIRREN, LUKE EVANS FROM FRIDAY 28th DAILY AT: 11.00 AM + 1.30 + 4.00 + 6.30 + 9.00 + 11.30 PM DAILY AT: 1.30 + 6.30 + 11.30 PM DAILY (3D): 11.15 AM + 3.30 + 7.45 + 12.00 MN SEEF (II) SEEF (I) DAILY AT (IMAX2D): 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MOVIE REVIEW ‘Toy Story 4’ lowers the stakes and ramps up the whimsy CHANGE OF NAME I,SRISHTI BISHNOI D/O HANUMAN SINGH oy Story 4 is a 2019 American com- BISHNOI, holding Indian puter-animated comedy-drama passport No.L4520029, film produced by Pixar Animation dated 08/04/2014 issued at T BAHRAIN having permanent Studios for Walt Disney Pictures. It is the fourth installment in Pixar’s Toy residence at VPO MANGALI Story series, and the sequel to 2010’s , SURATIA , TEHSIL & KNOW WHAT Toy Story 3. DIST. HISSAR , HARYANA It is directed by Josh Cooley (in his fea- presently residing at FLAT ture directorial debut) from a screenplay NO. 25 , BUILDING 332G After a hesitant start, the ,ROAD 1115, BLOCK 211, by Andrew Stanton (who had co-written MUHARRAQ , BAHRAIN the first three films) and Stephany Fol- gang gets into top gear on a road trip that showcases the will henceforth be known as som; the three also conceived the story , SRISHTI (Given name), alongside John Lasseter (director of the studio’s visual wizardry and BISHNOI (Surname), first two installments in the franchise), A scene from ‘Toy Story 4’ narrative skill Objection(s), if any, may be Rashida Jones, Will McCormack, Valerie forwarded to Embassy of LaPointe, and Martin Hynes. of 98% based on 288 reviews, with an out of 100 based on 53 critics, indicating puter-animated cartoon features, and the India, P.O. Box 26106, Al Seef, The film stars the voices of Tom average rating of 8.36/10. The website’s “universal acclaim”. fourth movie wraps up the saga beauti- Kingdom of Bahrain. Hanks, Tim Allen, Annie Potts, Tony critics consensus reads, “Heartwarming, Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave fully. At least, for now.” Hale, Keegan-Michael Key, Jordan funny, and beautifully animated, Toy the film an average grade of “A” on an A+ Writing for IndieWire, David Ehrlich Peele, Madeleine McGraw, Christina Story 4 manages the unlikely feat of to F scale, while those at PostTrak gave gave the film a grade of B+ and wrote, Hendricks, Keanu Reeves, Ally Maki, Jay extending – and perhaps concluding – a it an overall positive score of 89% and a “Clever, breathless, and never manic just Hernandez, Lori Alan, and Joan Cusack. practically perfect animated saga.” 75% “definite recommend”. for the sake of keeping your kids’ eyes On review aggregator Rotten Toma- Metacritic, which uses a weighted Peter DeBruge of Variety wrote that busy, the action in Toy Story 4 is char- toes, the film holds an approval rating average, assigned the film a score of 84 “Toy Story ushered in the era of com- acter-driven and paced to perfection.” 14 THURSDAY, JUNE 27, 2019 campus A day of pride RCSI Bahrain celebrates tenth Conferring Ceremony

RCSI Bahrain has produced• more than 2000 graduates in medicine, nursing and postgraduate studies who are now working in 26 countries across the world.

RCSI Bahrain is a constituent• university of RCSI, which was established in Dublin, Ireland in 1784.

TDT | Manama The medicine graduating class. he Royal College of Sur- geons in Ireland – Med- Their biggest-ever medicine Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al members and senior representa- Gold Medal, the James Finu- Tical University of Bah- cohort of 134, along with 85 Khalifa, Prime Minister of the tives of RCSI in Dublin and RCSI cane Prize in Medicine, the Ni- rain (RCSI Bahrain) yesterday graduates from the undergrad- Kingdom of Bahrain. Bahrain all O’Higgins Prize in Surgery, celebrated the biggest day in its uate and postgraduate nursing Over 1,000 guests attended the The morning’s ceremony was in addition to the silver Senior calendar as it played host to the were honoured during the event, campus across the two ceremo- attended by His Highness Shaikh 1,000 Cycle Medal for Academic Years tenth annual Conferring Cere- which took place under the pa- nies, including staff, stakehold- Salman Bin Khalifa Al Khalifa, guests attended the 2017/18 and 2018/19. mony at its Busaiteen campus. tronage of His Royal Highness ers, dignitaries, students’ family Advisor to His Royal Highness campus across the two Dr Nabila Mann-Isah was pre- Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al ceremonies, including sented with the John Murphy Khalifa, Prime Minister of the staff, stakeholders, Prize in Obstetrics and Gynae- Kingdom of Bahrain, as repre- dignitaries and students’ cology. sentative of His Royal Highness family members. In the School of Nursing and the Prime Minister. Midwifery honours, the BSc The afternoon ceremony was Nursing Gold Medal was award- attended by, Faeqa Al Saleh, the were also among the guests in ed to Dana Ahmed Alabbadi and Minister of Health of the King- addition to the Chancellor of the MSc Nursing Gold Medal was dom of Bahrain and represent- National University of Ireland presented to Stephanie Joanne ative of the His Royal Highness (NUI), Dr Maurice Manning, who Mantley. Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al addressed the guests and high- The Rufaida Alaslamia Prize Khalifa, Prime Minister of the lighted the ongoing collabora- in Nursing was awarded to Maha Kingdom of Bahrain, patron of tion and partnership between AbdulRaoof AlBalooshi. the ceremony. Bahrain and Ireland specifically The Clinical Tutor Award was National University of Ireland in the higher education field. presented to Arwa Mohammed (NUI) Registrar, Dr Attracta RCSI President, Mr Kenneth from Bahrain Defence Force Halpin, and President of Royal Mealy was in attendance to pres- Hospital (BDF) while Dr Basma College of Physicians in Ireland ent the degrees, alongside RCSI Almanai from Salmaniya Medi- Dr Maryam Jameel Naser won the Degree Award Gold Medal for medicine. (RCPI), Professor Mary Horgan Bahrain President, Professor cal Complex (SMC) was present- Sameer Otoom. ed with the Clinical Lecturer Mr Mealy congratulated the Award. graduates on their achievements RCSI Bahrain is a constituent to date and praised the ongoing university of RCSI, which was relationship between RCSI and established in Dublin, Ireland Bahrain. in 1784. Licensed as an inde - Professor Otoom meanwhile, pendent private university, RCSI took the opportunity to congrat- Bahrain is a not-for-profit health ulate the graduates and extended sciences institution focused on sincere gratitude to the friends education and research to drive and family members who had positive change in all areas of supported them in their achieve- human health worldwide. ments. Since hosting its first Con - It was a particularly special ferring Ceremony back in 2010, day for multiple award-winning RCSI Bahrain has produced more graduate and class valedictori- than 2,000 graduates in medi- an, Dr Maryam Jameel Naser, cine, nursing and postgraduate who won the Degree Award Gold studies who are now working in Shaikh Salman with Dr Manning, Mr Mealy, Professor Otoom and other dignitaries at the event. Ms Al Saleh at the event. Medal, the Medicine Overall 26 countries across the world.

PGF new office inaugurated P Unnikrishnan, Chairman of the Management Board of The Daily Tribune, inaugurated the new office of the Pravasi Guidance Forum (PGF) in Sehla. PGF president Mr Crisostum Joseph delivered the presidential address and general secretary Mr Thomas gave the welcome speech while event co-ordinator Viswanathan extended the vote of thanks. PGF advisory board chairman Dr John Panakkal conducted the Foundations Diploma Graduation ceremony and working chairman Pradeep Puravankara held the Youth Leadership Programme Certification. The Eid message was given by vice-president E K Salim. More than 300 people attended the event. 15 THURSDAY, JUNE 27, 2019 sports Pakistan inflict first Kiwi defeat

knew Pakistan would win the match,” New Zealand said man-of-the-match Babar. Babar Azam ton keeps M. Guptill b Amir 5 “We know we’d need to score runs • C. Munro c Sohail b Shaheen 12 Pakistan’s World Cup semi- off the pace bowlers. Once (Mitchell) K. Williamson c Sarfaraz b Shadab 41 final hopes alive in stunning Santner came on it was doing stuff off R. Taylor c Sarfaraz b Shaheen 3 the pitch so (Mohammad) Hafeez told victory over New Zealand T. Latham c Sarfaraz b Shaheen 1 me to stick at it and score three or four J. Neesham not out 97 runs an over.” Pakistan then chased C. de Grandhomme run out 64 Sarfaraz Ahmed’s side, who beat • M. Santner not out 5 down the 238 target with South Africa on Sunday to revive their Extras: (b2, lb3, w4) 9 ease to win by six wickets flagging World Cup campaign, now Total: (six wkts, 50 overs) 237 have seven points, level with fifth- AFP | London placed Bangladesh and just one point Pakistan behind hosts England. I. Ul-Haq c Guptill b Ferguson 13 During the course of his innings, F. Zaman c Guptill b Boult 9 Pakistan’s Babar Azam plays a shot akistan kept alive their chanc- Babar became the second-fastest to B. Azam not out 101 es of reaching the World Cup reach 3,000 one-day international runs M. Hafeez c Ferguson b Williamson 32 Psemi-finals yesterday, cruis- in front of thousands of fanatical Paki- H. Sohail run out 68 ing to a six-wicket win against pre - stan fans. S. Ahmed not out 5 Cricket World Cup 2019 standings viously unbeaten New Zealand at Babar, 24, took 11 innings more than Extras (w7) 7 Edgbaston. South Africa’s Hashim Amla, who Total (four wkts, 49.1 overs) 241 New Zealand scored 237 for six in reached the milestone in 57 innings, Team Played Won Lost Tied No result Run rate Points their 50 overs but that total proved but overtook West Indies great Viv ridi (3-28) starred as Pakistan reduced Australia 7 6 1 0 0 0.906 12 inadequate as Babar Azam scored an Richards (69 innings). New Zealand to 83-5, with in-form New Zealand 7 5 1 0 1 1.028 11 impressive unbeaten 101 and Haris He reached his hundred off 124 balls captain Kane Williamson dismissed by India 5 4 0 0 1 0.809 9 Sohail (68) offered valuable support. with 11 fours. leg-spinner Shadab Khan for 41. England 7 4 3 0 0 1.051 8 Pakistan reached their target off the Earlier, Jimmy Neesham hit a ca - New Zealand are second in the table Bangladesh 7 3 3 0 1 -0.133 7 first ball of their final over, finishing reer-best 97 not out while Colin de on 11 points behind Australia, the only Pakistan 7 3 3 0 1 -0.976 7 on 241-4. Grandhomme made 64 after New Zea- team who have qualified so far. Sri Lanka 6 2 2 0 2 -1.119 6 “The wicket was difficult but my aim land won the toss and chose to bat. The top four teams qualify for the West Indies 6 1 4 0 1 0.190 3 was to bat for 50 overs and if I did I Left-arm seamer Shaheen Shah Af- semi-finals. South Africa 7 1 5 0 1 -0.324 3 Afghanistan 7 0 7 0 0 -1.634 0

Today’s match Federer seeded West Indies vs India ahead of Nadal for Wimbledon Old Trafford – AFP | London Manchester 12:30pm oger Federer has been Rseeded second ahead of great rival Rafael Nadal for Wimbledon despite trailing the Spaniard in the world rankings. • India take on West Indies at Old Trafford, scene of India’s victory Nadal complained earlier against Pakistan and West Indies’ thrilling defeat to New Zealand so this week that Wimbledon’s far in this tournament. unique formula for seed- • India have won all four of their completed games so far, most recently ing that combines ranking seeing off Afghanistan. points with form in grass- • West Indies’ hopes of a semi-final place will be over if they lose - they court competitions was dis- have not won since ripping through Pakistan in their opening game. respectful. World number one and West Indies India defending champion Novak Djokovic is the top seed. West Indies started the tournament India have won all four of their Eighteen-time Grand in fine form with a dominant win completed matches so far, most re- Slam winner Nadal, ranked against Pakistan but they have not cently seeing off fierce rivals Paki- number two in the world, backed it up, losing all four com- stan with a dominant performance is therefore guaranteed to pleted matches since. They went at Old Trafford before a narrow win be in the same half of the close against both Australia and against Afghanistan. draw as either Federer or New Zealand – losing by 15 runs In the former, Rohit Sharm led the Djokovic. and five runs respectively – but in way with 140 out of a total of 336/5, “Obviously it would be between suffered an eight-wicket in an eventual 89-run win on the better to be two than three loss to England and a seven-wicket DLS method. Next up, India were but if they think I have defeat to Bangladesh. restricted to 224/8 but Mohammed to be three I will accept Probable XI Shami claimed four wickets – finish- three and fight to win the ing the innings with a hat-trick – as matches I have to win,” Chris Gayle, Shai Hope (wk), Sunil India held on to win by 11 runs. Nadal told Spanish televi- Ambris, Nicholas Pooran, Shimron Probable XI sion channel Movistar on Hetmyer, Jason Holder (c), Carlos Monday. Brathwaite, Ashley Nurse, Kemar Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul, Virat Kohli “The only thing that Roach, Sheldon Cottrell, Oshane (c), Vijay Shankar, MS Dhoni (wk), doesn’t seem right about Thomas Kedar Jadhav, Hardik Pandya, Mo- this issue is that it is only hammed Shami, Jasprit Bumrah, Wimbledon that does it. If Head to Head Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal they all did it, it would seem more correct. While West Indies’ historic success means they still have the slightly better The women’s seedings do head-to-head record in this fixture, India closed the gap again when they last mirror the rankings with met – winning 3-1 at home. The five-game series included the second tied ODI French Open champion between the two – Virat Kohli’s 157* helping India to 321/6 before West Indies Ashleigh Barty top of the scored 321/7, led by Shai Hope’s unbeaten 123. pile for the first time at a West Indies won the third game to level the series – their 62nd ODI win against grand slam ahead of Naomi APPLY * CONDITION India – as both Hope and Kohli shone with the bat again – but India dominated Osaka. the last two games. Rohit Sharma (162) helped them to 377/5 and a 224-run win Defending champion An- in Mumbai in the fourth game, before they bowled West Indies out for 104 in gelique Kerber is seeded the final match – Sharma’s 63* leading them to a nine-wicket win. It was India’s fifth with seven-time Wim- 59th ODI win against West Indies. bledon champion Serena Williams down in 11th. 16 THURSDAY, JUNE 27, 2019