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Prince Philip unhurt in traffic accident New envoy stresses need for UN-backed solution to Syria war London, United Kingdom Damascus, Syria The new envoy on Twitter late of failed UN-brokered peace sion to facilitate Syrian-Syrian tenure shortly after his appoint- Wednesday said he had a “con- talks. After Damascus, Peder- dialogue with the objective of ment was announced in October. ueen Elizabeth II’s he new UN envoy to Syria structive meeting” with Syrian son said he was off to meet the reaching a political solution to “Syria will cooperate with the Q97-year-old husband Tended his first visit to the Foreign Minister Walid Mual- Syrian Negotiations Committee, the Syrian crisis”, a foreign min- new UN envoy Geir Pedersen Prince Philip emerged un- war-torn country yesterday, lem during his stay in Damascus. Syria’s main opposition group. istry statement said. provided he avoids the methods scathed after a vehicle he stressing the need for a UN-bro- During it, he stressed the need But he “agreed to come back Pederson takes over from Staf- of his predecessor,” Deputy For- was driving was involved kered political solution to the for a “Syrian-led and -owned to Damascus on a regular basis fan de Mistura, a Swiss-Italian eign Minister Faisal al-Meqdad in a traffic accident that in- eight-year conflict. political solution facilitated by to discuss commonalities and diplomat who stepped down at said. jured two people near the Geir Pedersen, a seasoned the UN”, he added. progress on points of disagree- the end of last year over “per- De Mistura ended his four- monarch’s Sandringham Norwegian diplomat, concluded Pedersen, who started his new ment”, he added. sonal reasons”. year tenure with an abortive Estate yesterday, according his three-day visit and headed job last week, is the fourth UN On Tuesday, Muallem ex - Officials in the government of push to form a committee tasked to Buckingham Palace and to the Lebanese capital Beirut, envoy to seek a solution to Syr- pressed Syria’s “readiness to President Bashar al-Assad had with drawing up a post-war con- police. a UN source said. ia’s conflict, after endless rounds cooperate with him... in his mis- set the tone for the new envoy’s stitution. “The Duke of Edinburgh was involved in a road traf- fic accident with another vehicle this afternoon,” a palace spokesman said. “The Duke was not in - jured. The accident took place close to the Sandring- 15,000 prisoners for ham Estate. Local police at- tended the scene.” A palace spokeswoman confirmed to Britain’s Press Association that the duke was driving, alongside a pas- senger in the vehicle, when swap, talks continue the accident happened. The agency said it was likely the duke was travel- Yemen government, Huthis meet to hammer out major prisoner swap ling with his close protec- tion officer. AFP | Amman, Jordan national donors meet in Ber- 4.5 million euros as the opening Norfolk Police said of- lin to set up a fund to support contribution to the new peace ficers were called to the emeni government and the fledgeling peace process in process support fund. estate shortly before 3pm rebel representatives met Yemen. “The important thing right (1500 GMT) “following re- Yin Jordan yesterday for Representatives of the United now is to seize this small but real ports of a collision involving a second day to thrash out the Nations, which brokered the opportunity and work to ensure two cars”. details of a major prisoner ex- swap agreement, and the Inter- that international support for A spokesman added that change, a UN source said. national Committee of the Red the peace process is as construc- ambulance crews also at- The swap, which could in - Cross, which will supervise its tive and resilient as possible.” tended and two people in volve up to 15,000 detainees implementation, are taking part The truce in the largely re - one of the vehicles suffered from both sides, was agreed in in the Amman talks. bel-held Red Sea port city was minor injuries. principle as a confidence-build- During the first day of talks on the centrepiece of a series of ing measure ahead of peace talks Wednesday, the warring parties breakthrough agreements bro- in Sweden last month. met separately with the media- kered by the United Nations in But the details were left to tors and submitted lists of pris- Representatives of Huthis and a Yemen government delegation meet in the Sweden last month. afterwards as UN mediators oners they want to see released. Jordanian capital Amman But in a sign that much work focused on brokering break- On Thursday, they were ex- still needs to be done before through truce deals for the aid pected to meet face-to-face to Wednesday unanimously ap- withdrawal of combatants. formal peace negotiations can lifeline port of Hodeida and the hammer out the details of its proved the deployment of up to begin, UN envoy Martin Griffiths DON’T MISS IT battleground third city of Taez. implementation. 75 monitors to oversee the truce International support fund said last week that he had post- The talks in the Jordanian The new meetings come af- in Hodeida, which has largely In Berlin, German Foreign poned until February a planned capital Amman come as inter- ter the UN Security Council on held despite delays in the agreed Minister Heiko Maas pledged second round of talks.

Awaiting calm FUTURISTIC Iran aims to destabilise 03 ME, warns Brian UAE hyperloop to finish initial construction Hook Abu Dhabi, UAE Gresta did not give a specific date for the launch but said es- Court jails three he company building the timates put the cost at $3 to $6 over terror Tworld’s first superfast hy- billion. 04 perloop train system in the Last April, Hyperloop signed offences United Arab Emirates will a memorandum of understand- complete a first phase of its ing with Al-Dar Properties, a Sandstorm construction next year, a top major real estate firm based in 05 engulfs Bahrain executive said yesterday. Abu Dhabi, for the construction Elon Musk’s Hyperloop and operation of the near-su- Transportation Technolo- personic transport link. Initial concept designs for Hyperloop Transport Technologies.( Courtesy of gies, based in California, plans The first capsule of the UAE Syrian children sit in their tent look out at the muddy path at the Cordoba PriestmanGoode) camp for internally displaced Persons (IDP), close to Batabu town, along the to build 10 kilometres of a train has now left the assembly highway leading to the Syrian Bab al-Hawa border crossing with Turkey, in 150-kilometre route linking facility in Spain to Toulouse, that travels on magnetic rails, the northern Syrian Idlib province. Following heavy rain storms, the camp Abu Dhabi and Dubai next France where it will be tested somewhat like a train, but has become water logged, flooding the tents and making the the roads year, company chairman Bibop on a prototype track. which runs in a tube with little muddy and difficult to maneuvre on. Gresta told WAM news agency. A hyperloop is a shuttle pod or no air. FRIDAY, JANUARY 18, 2019 02 Modernisation drive to continue: HM King

TDT | Manama Kingdom, HM the King lauded ly-knit family that welcomes strong cooperation between the people from all over the world is Majesty King Hamad Council of Representatives and with utmost hospitality that Hbin Isa Al Khalifa yester- the Inter-Parliamentary Union, stems from long-standing tradi- day vowed to continue Bahrain’s stressing the importance of such tions”, said HM the King, wish- modernisation march and devel- visits in bolstering joint coopera- ing the IPU president success opment drive to help citizens tion and exchanging parliamen- during her visit to take stock of progress and thrive. tary and democratic expertise Bahrain’s home-grown democ- HM the King was receiv - and practices. racy. ing Inter-Parliamentary Un- His Majesty further hailed the The IPU president expressed ion (IPU) President Gabriela election of a Bahraini woman delight at meeting HM the King Cuevas Barron at Al-Safriya as the Speaker of the Council and visiting the Kingdom of Bah- Palace. of Representatives and com - rain. Outlining Bahrain’s pioneer- mended Bahraini women for She commended Bahrain’s de- ing democratic and parliamen- succeeding in attaining a high velopment and progress, hailing tary strides ever since the re - status. parliamentary strides and wom- form project was launched in the His Majesty the King with Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) President “In Bahrain, we live as a close- en’s political participation.

BDF Commander-in-Chief Field Marshal Shaikh Khalifa bin Ahmed Al Khalifa during a visit to one of BDF units to review military administrative and combat readiness as well as technical preparations. The Commander-in-chief was briefed by the unit commanders about the progress of training and preparations as part of development plans.

Deputy Prime Minister, His Highness Shaikh Mohammed bin Mubarak Al Khalifa receiving Kuwaiti Ambassador to Bahrain Shaikh Azzam Mubarak Al Sabah, Doyen of the Diplomatic Corps. HH Shaikh Mohammed reviewed the brotherly relations between the two countries, and ways to boost cooperation in various fields.

Interior Minister General Shaikh Rashid bin Abdulla Al Khalifa receiving Bahraini Ambassador to Japan, Ahmed Mohammed Al Dosseri. The meeting reviewed security cooperation between the Kingdom and Japan and ways of opening new horizons of joint work.

The Minister of Industry, Commerce Housing Minister Bassim Al Hamer with Member of Parliament (MP) Essa & Tourism Zayed R. Alzayani during a Alkooheji. They discussed various topics concerning Muharraq‘s fourth discussion with the Group Chairman constituency, citing the cooperation between the Housing Ministry and the & CEO of A.R. Al Sane Group and Sons Council of Representatives on the implementation of housing programmes in Jameel Abdul Razzaq Al Sane and a the interest of the citizens. number of board members, in presence of Undersecretary of Industry Affairs Osama Alorrayedh. They reviewed a number of topics related to economic and commercial development in the Kingdom stressing the importance of this sector in revitalizing the trade movement in the country.

The National Guard’s Staff Director Major-General Shaikh Abdulaziz bin Saud Al Khalifa with US Military Attaché to Bahrain, Col. David C. Wallin. They discussed boosting the ongoing cooperation as well as various topics of mutual concern.

HRH the Prime Minister’s Adviser HH Shaikh Salman bin Khalifa Al Khalifa receiving Acting Charge d’Affaires of Brunei Darussalam, Noorul Huda Ahmad. HH Shaikh Salman commended the envoy’s efforts in bolstering the ties between the two friendly countries 03 FRIDAY, JANUARY 18, 2019 big story Iran aims to destabilise ME, warns Brian Hook

Special Representative Brian Hook speaks about US-Iran policy at the Bahrain Center for Strategic, International and Energy Studies (Derasat) TDT | Manama

top US envoy has warned Iran against indulging in Aa proxy war against Bah- rain, which he said was “part of a much larger strategy to desta- bilise the region”. “Iran must stop testing and proliferating missiles, stop launching and developing nu- clear-capable missiles, and stop supporting its militias in Leb- anon, Syria, Iraq, Bahrain, and Yemen,” said US Special Rep- resentative for Iran and Senior Policy Advisor to the Secretary of State, Brian Hook hailing Bahrain as a ‘key partner’ in Iran strategy. Speaking on the US-Iran policy at the Bahrain Center for Stra- tegic, International and Energy Studies (Derasat) in a specially arranged roundtable discussion, Special Representative Brian Hook discusses US-Iran policy at Derasat he said that the US and Bahrain are working closely to promote of Technology. stability and strengthen security University head Ahmad Mot- in the region. amedi said Amirkabir had al- “Iran, on the other hand, has ready received an order for a tried to weaken national identity In defiance of the replacement, Mehr news agency in Bahrain and create sectarian international community reported. divisions. But Bahrain’s leaders & UNSCR 2231, Iran’s Iran also plans to launch an- have responded by deepening Brian Hook addressing the conference regime fired off a other low Earth orbit satellite, their commitment to peaceful space launch vehicle. the Doosti (Friendship in Per- coexistence and religious free- relations between Bahrain and He told the US Special Rep- The launch yet again sian), Jahromi said. dom,” Hook told the conference the United States, and Bahrain’s resentative that the Kingdom is shows that Iran is He did not give a date for the held in conjunction with Secre- commitment to the US’s strategy looking forward to continuing launch but said the satellite was tary of State Mike Pompeo’s visit to combat Iran’s destabilising efforts in this regard. pursuing enhanced intended to orbit the earth at an to the region. activities. Meanwhile, Iran, which failed missile capabilities that altitude of 250 kilometres (156 Bahrain, the US Special Repre- The meeting, Dr Sheikh in its attempt to launch a satel- threaten Europe and the miles). sentative said, is a “key partner Abdulla said, highlighted the lite named Payam into orbit said Middle East Iran’s satellite-delivery rock- in our Iran strategy.” importance of convening rele- yesterday that it will be ready MIKE POMPEO ets use technology “virtually Speaking on the occasion, Dr vant stakeholders in Research for a new satellite launch in a identical” to nuclear-capable Sheikh Abdulla bin Ahmed Al Centers such as Derasat as a way few months’ time, The National US SECRETARY OF STATE ballistic missiles, Pompeo said Khalifa, the Chairman of Dera- of coordinating efforts and cre- report said quoting President on January 3. sat, affirmed the longstanding ating partnerships. Hassan Rouhani. Earlier this month, Pompeo missile capabilities that threaten “The United States will not said that the launch defied UN Europe and the Middle East,” stand by and watch the Irani- Security Council resolution Pompeo tweeted. an regime’s destructive policies 2231 of 2015, which endorsed The United States says Iran can place international stability and an international agreement, use technical know-how from security at risk.” from which the United States satellite launches to develop Iran has launched sever- Trump says to roll out has withdrawn, on ending Iran’s long-range missiles. al short-life satellites into or- nuclear weapons. Both the Payam and its carrier bit over the past decade, in - “The launch yet again shows were designed and produced at cluding the Simorgh and the missile defence review that Iran is pursuing enhanced Tehran’s Amirkabir University Pajouhesh. and able to change direction, Aims to counter these weapons don’t follow • a ballistic arc so are much threats from North harder to track and cannot be Korea and Iran intercepted. As a result, the Pentagon is Washington, United States urgently looking at ways to enhance its ability to track hy- personic missiles, primarily by resident Donald Trump using existing sensors that are Pwill unveil a review of US deployed in space. missile defence capabilities “Enhancing our ability to yesterday that aims to coun- track these emerging threats ter threats from North Korea will make defending against and Iran while adapting to ever cruise missile and (hypersonic) more sophisticated weapon threats possible,” the Missile systems being developed by Defence Agency (MDA) said in Russia and China. US President Donald Trump a summary of the review. Top among the concerns Trump ordered the analy- highlighted by the Missile De- such as hypersonic missiles sis in 2017, amid heightened fence Review is the speed at that can thwart traditional de- tensions with Pyongyang over which rivals, particularly Bei- fence systems. its nuclear program -- the first jing and Moscow, are pushing Flying at low altitude, many such review of America’s bal- ahead with new technologies times the speed of sound, listic defences since 2010. US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo (L) is greated by Bahraini Foreign Minister Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa after arriving in Manama International Airport in Manama. (file) FRIDAY, JANUARY 18, 2019 04

National Bureau for Taxation Court jails three over terror holds VAT awareness meet offences, revokes citizenship TDT | Manama Court files say the first suspect Town, as well as monitoring wo suspects, accused of contacted the terrorist elements and following the movement of Tjoining a terrorist group, in Bahrain and abroad and trav- an Interior Ministry’s officer to have been sentenced to 10 years The suspects were elled to Iraq in 2017, where he target him. each in jail by the fourth High found guilty of received military training on The Public Prosecution re- Criminal Court yesterday. joining a terrorist making and using explosives lied on technical and verbal evi- They were also fined BD 600 group, training on and firearms by the Sariyya dence, including the testimonies and BD 500 respectively, Acting the use of weapons al-Muqawama al-Sha’bia (Pop- of the prosecution witnesses Head of the Terror Crime Prose- and explosives, ular Resistance Brigades)-affil- and the confession of the sus- cution, Chief Prosecutor Hamad possessing iated second suspect. pects. Shaheen said. weapons and The latter recruited the first The accused were referred to The court also handed down to that terrorist group in order the High Criminal Court which Officials and participants during the workshop a seven-year jail term to another ammunition for to prepare him to carry out ter- heard the case and provided defendant (the second), as well terrorist purposes, rorist acts in Bahrain. them with all legal guarantees TDT | Manama King to review the VAT appli- as revoked the citizenship of all in addition to The first defendant was also and issued its afore-mentioned cation process during its trial of them. possessing por- trained on making and using verdict. he National Bureau for period. The suspects were found nographic explosives by the third suspect The suspects have the right TTaxation (NBT) held an The NBT statement said it guilty of joining a terrorist materials. outside Bahrain. to challenge the ruling before awareness workshop yester- will continue to hold an ex- group, training on the use of The first suspect was also the Court of Appeal and, then at day for government entities tensive series of workshops to weapons and explosives, pos- found guilty of transporting ma- the Court of Cassation as guar- on VAT treatment and policies. facilitate the exchange of tech- sessing weapons and ammu- in addition to possessing por- terials for making explosives anteed by the Bahraini Consti- The workshop, which at- nical expertise and assure the nition for terrorist purposes, nographic materials. from Bani Jamra to Hamad tution. tracted representatives from correct application of the VAT. around 30 government enti- For VAT related queries ties, focused on core VAT con- contact NBT call-centre on cepts in addition to reviewing 80008001 or [email protected]. the VAT treatment and policies. bh for general and technical School Mini Olympics preparations underway As per a Cabinet decision, inquiries. Also, log on to NBT’s 1,400 public services are not website (www.nbt.gov.bh) or TDT | Manama subject to 5 per cent VAT. The Instagram and Twitter (@Bah- move also falls in line with the rainNBT) for more VAT related reparations for the sixth Royal Directives of HM the information. Pedition of the School Mini Olympics, organised by the Bah- rain Olympic Committee (BOC), is now underway. The event Air-India Express unveils brought up in cooperation promotional rates to India with the Minis- TDT | Manama from BD62. The statement fur- try of Education ther said AIR-INDIA Express, will see schools IR-INDIA Express an - a wholly owned subsidiary of from all over the Anounced introducing all Air India, offers 30 kg free bag- nation in the fray. inclusive promotional fares gage allowance on all flights 22 team and for its services from Bahrain to from Bahrain. individual sport- sectors including Kozhikode, Passengers are allowed to ing events were Kochi, Thiruvananthapuram carry one cabin baggage of confirmed with initial registra- and Mangalore. maximum 7 kg (including lap- tion starting on 17. Deadline for The Projects Directorate meeting with the Ministry of Education The promotional fares are top and duty-free shopping accepting entries is February 7. applicable for tickets booked bags). Not any player will be allowed ing eight on the field. ject Directorate, Mariam Abdul specialist Jawahar Abdullah, between 17 and 23 Jan 2019 5 kg additional allowance to register after the specified Events part of the Mini Olym- Jabbar from the IT directorate Maryam Abdul Jabbar of the with travel date between 17 can be availed by paying BD8 period. pics will be held at Isa Sports gave a detailed report on how Information Technology Direc- Jan and 30 March 2019. and 10 kg by paying BD16 at A technical meeting will be City, Khalifa Sports City, Umm to use the electronic registration torate, in addition to Ministry of Fares from Bahrain to Kochi the time of purchasing tickets. held on February 17, it was an- Al Hassam, Bahrain Interna- method. Education’s physical education fights will be starting from With a fleet size compris- nounced. tional Circuit (cars and bicycles) The meeting was attended head Dr Nader Jamali, Hani BD47, Bahrain to Thiruvanan- ing 25 Boeing 737 – 800 NG 12 players are eligible to rep- and the Polytechnic University by projects manager Lounes Hussain Ali and Fatima Hassan thapuram from BD47, Bahrain aircraft, the Airline flies to 13 resent each of the teams in the tennis court. Madene, senior management from the Physical Education to Kozhikode from BD52 and International and 20 domestic football championship, includ- During a meeting of BOC Pro- specialist Mamoon Al-Khateeb, department. Bahrain to Mangalore will be destinations. ‘Bahrain Eye’ photography competition announces winners

TDT | Manama The Mobile Photography cate- The final category of Ta - gory, which highlights the tech- wasul, which covers the top - atelco has announced the nical perception and sensory ic of communication in all its Bwinners of its ‘Bahrain Eye skill of the photographer, was forms, was won by Hussain competition’ held as part of the won by Batool Bader. Esraa Ra- Saeed Hassan Ayaad. Faisal fourth edition of its Bahrain Eye dhi and Rashmi Ramachandran Ali Khalaf followed in second Exhibition ongoing at the Ave- bagged second and third spots, place and Mehreen Sakhi in nues Mall. respectively. third. The competition covered four For the My Bahrain category, The exhibition, which contin- categories. The People in Bah- which covers places and land- ues until January 24 at The Av- rain category, which focused on scapes in Bahrain, Asim Koda- enues Mall Gate 3, is being held spontaneous portraits, was won kkattu was awarded first place. under the patronage of Shaikh by Sanaullah Mohammad Ali. Mohammed Mohsen followed Hisham bin Abdulrahman Al Nader Isa Al Bazzaz took second with second place and Sayed Khalifa, Governor of the Capital Prize winners with Shaikh Isa Bin Ali Al Khalifa, the Director of the Department of Social and Community Affairs in the place and Hassan AlTaif third. Hussain Saleh third. Governorate. Governorate and Batelco officials. Shaikh Isa inaugurated the event

A delegation from Bahrain Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI) headed by board chairman Sameer Abdullah Nass with Deputy Governor of the Eastern Region Prince Ahmed bin Fahad bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud in the presence of the head of the Saudi side of the Saudi-Bahraini Joint Business Council Abdulrahman Al-Otaishan. Both sides expressed keenness on bolstering business between Bahrain and Saudi Arabia and to push the trade volume to its optimal level. FRIDAY, JANUARY 18, 2019 05 Sandstorm sinks Bahrain

The sandstorm that hit Bahrain yesterday brought the visibility to less than 1000m. (Picture courtesy of @weatherBahrain) A screen shot from a video circulating on social media

“The wind is expected to con- again by mid of next week.” fect the Kingdom, with dust TDT | Manama tinue blowing over the King- Yesterday afternoon, Yas- haze. dom throughout the weekend,” een said, a wide area of thick The ministry also urged citi- dust storm hit many parts Khalid Yaseen, Head Weather dust generated over the north- zens to exert extreme caution as of the Kingdom yester- Forecasting, A/Chief, Meteoro- ern parts of Arabian Penin - visibility is expected to reduce to Aday, disrupting normal logical Operations and Observa- sula due to high wind speed less than 1000 meters. life, with wind speeds reaching tions told Bahrain News Agency has moved towards Kingdom Satellite images, according to over 32 knots at the Bahrain In- (BNA). along with the North Wester- the Ministry’s twitter account, ternational Airport. According to Yaseen, the dust ly winds causing the visibility showed intense dust movement However, no loss of life or storm was caused by a very to deteriorate to less than 500 with high-speed. major damage to property was strong North Westerly winds as metres. The report further said that reported. predicated by Bahrain Meteoro- The dust is expected to thin the dust intensity is expected to Reports said many areas in the logical Directorate. out today and the visibility will come down as the winds con- Kingdom experienced strong “This will lead the temper- improve gradually, he said. tinue. gusts reaching around 38 knots ature to decrease to around 12 Earlier yesterday, Bahrain’s The meteorological directo- at times with authorities warn- degrees Celsius,” he said. Ministry of Transportation and rate has asked all citizens es - ing that the adverse condi - He added: “Wind speed will Telecommunications tweeted pecially sailors to be cautious tions are expected to continue decrease temporarily by early that very strong North West- during the period as the sea is throughout the weekend. next week, but it will strengthen erly winds are expected to af- expected to get rough.

Top official in dock US coast guards in Bahrain over fake certificate il Service Bureau has started The suspect monitoring government agen- feel the pinch of shutdown • cies. is an Assistant Accordingly, first-time of- Undersecretary at fenders were given a warning TDT | Manama Labour Ministry and a salary cut of ten days. However, if the offence is undreds of US Coast Guards The suspect is repeated, actions including Hdeployed here are officially • dismissal from service were working without paychecks due likely to face five taken. to a US government shutdown, years imprisonment The investigation also creat- Stars and Stripes report. if convicted ed quite a stir in the Kingdom’s Fortunately for Coast Guard private sector with many of the schools in the Kingdom members in Bahrain, they live TDT | Manama in government-leased housing requesting teachers and em- off base, meaning they won’t ployees there to submit attest- have to worry about impatient government assistant Un- ed certificates. landlords. Adersecretary, accused of This, however, according Despite attempts in Washing- holding a fake Master’s degree, to the employees have re - ton to push the money through, was dismissed from service sulted in putting a strain on Coast Guard Commandant following his arrest. their monthly budget with Adm. Karl Schultz confirmed The suspect, an Assistant the cost of certification from Tuesday in a statement that the Undersecretary of Labour, abroad touching around 110 mid-January paychecks were now under police custody, is dinars not coming, saying it marked US Coast Guard Members (Courtesy of Coast Guard All Hands) likely to face five years of im- Following the footsteps, ma- the first time he was aware of prisonment if convicted. Pub- jor companies operating in the when servicemembers in one also have been idled by the shut- tactically under the Navy, still which officials said would be lic Prosecution is investigating banking, construction sector of of the armed forces branch - down -- many of them low-paid falls under the Department of used to fund interest-free loans the case now. the Kingdom have also asked es haven’t been paid during a service workers who live pay- Homeland Security. Coast guard for about two week’s worth of The move follows a di - their employees to verify the shutdown. check to paycheck. members here are among the bills. rective issued by His Royal authenticity of certificates. Four weeks into the show- The Coast Guard’s Patrol 42,000 of the service’s officers “There are many resourc - Highness Prince Salman bin The Ministry of Education down, there are still no signs Forces Southwest Asia is per- and enlisted personnel. es available to their depend - Hamad Al Khalifa, the Crown has promised to investigate of a breakthrough in the face- manently posted in the Gulf at Across the Coast Guard, sup- ents back home,” said Senior Prince, Deputy Supreme Com- false testimonies in the gov- off between President Donald the request of US Naval Forces port resources available to ser- Chief Ryan Doss, a spokesper- mander, First Deputy Prime ernment sector. However, it is Trump and Democrats in Con- Central Command. vice-members include financial son for Coast Guard Atlantic Minister. unclear what would happen if gress, which led to the partial “The US Coast Guard has been counselling, loans, information Area, the Bahrain team’s parent In a similar incident report- such practices are detected in shutdown of the government on proactively communicating the and aid from other military sup- command. “By engaging with ed four months earlier, a Di- the private sector. December 22. impacts of the lapse in appro- port organisations. This week, our deployed members here rector of a bank was dismissed The General Secretariat of More than 800,000 feder- priations across the service,” the the service’s commandant an- ... we hope to minimise the from service for submitting the Higher Education Council al workers didn’t get paid last report quoted Gregg as saying. nounced that the USAA insur- personal impacts [of the shut- forged certificates. confirmed that there will be no week, pain shared by several The report also points out that ance and financial services com- down] on our crews and their Following the incident re- complacency and forgers will million more contractors who the coast guard, while operating pany had donated $15 million, families.” ported last September, the Civ- be prosecuted. 06 FRIDAY, JANUARY 18, 2019 world

Greek PM wins confidence vote after Macedonia name row Thailand deports Model claiming Trump secrets

an Aeroflot flight for Moscow, She promised to bringing to an end the Thai side • of a baffling case. reveal “missing puzzle Thailand’s immigration chief Greek Prime Minister Alexis pieces” regarding Surachate Hakparn said the last Tsipras and members of his claims the Kremlin KNOW WHAT of the group would leave the government applaud after country this evening. winning a confidence vote aided Trump’s 2016 presidential They are also blacklisted from Athens, Greece Vashukevich plead- returning to Thailand. election victory ed guilty alongside It was unclear what would reek Prime Minis - seven others to happen to them on arrival in Gter Alexis Tsipras on It was unclear what multiple charges, Moscow but the two Belarusians Wednesday survived a con- would• happen to them including solicita- on the afternoon flight -- which fidence vote after a row over would include Vashukevich -- a landmark name deal with on arrival in Moscow tion and illegal as- are expected to not stay over- Macedonia sunk his four- sembly at a Pattaya night and transit to Belarus. year coalition. AFP | Bangkok, Thailand court on Tuesday, That may be preferable for A total of 151 lawmakers which ordered the Vashukevich, who has more supported Tsipras’ govern- Belarusian model who group be deported than 120,000 followers on Ins- ment out of 299 present, in- Aclaimed she had evidence tagram and penned a book about cluding several independ- of Russian efforts to help Donald seducing oligarchs, because she ent MPs, the official count Trump win office was deported In the risque Pattaya seminar also faces legal problems in Rus- showed. from Thailand yesterday after led by Alex Kirillov, a self-styled sia. “Parliament today gave a being convicted of participating Russian seduction guru, some Deripaska won an invasion vote of confidence to stabil- in a “sex training course”. participants wore shirts that of privacy lawsuit against her ity (and) the effort to regain Anastasia Vashukevich, said “sex animator” -- though and Kirillov in July after a video the country’s international known by her pen-name Nastya one person at the time described apparently filmed by the model credibility,” Tsipras told re- Rybka, was held with several it as more of a romance and re- showed the tycoon vacationing porters after the vote. others in a police raid last Feb- lationship course. with an influential Russian dep- “To a government which ruary in the sleazy seaside resort Vashukevich pleaded guilty uty prime minister at the time. has already changed Greece of Pattaya. alongside seven others to mul- “I don’t think she wants to get and will continue until the In a case that veered be - tiple charges, including solici- out in Moscow,” a Russian friend completion of its constitu- tween salacious and bizarre, tation and illegal assembly at a in Thailand who helped with the tionally-mandated term,” Vashukevich said she had trav- Pattaya court on Tuesday, which case told AFP on Thursday. he said. elled to Thailand after becoming ordered the group be deported. Both Washington and Mos- Despite the victory, the embroiled in a political scandal Kirillov, who has served as a cow publicly shrugged off subsequent fate of Tsipras’ with Russian aluminium tycoon quasi-spokesman for the mostly Vashukevich’s story, which the government -- and whether Oleg Deripaska -- a one-time Russian group, told reporters as US State Department described he will complete his four- associate of Trump’s disgraced they arrived at court Tuesday as “bizarre”. year term which ends in former campaign director Paul that he believed they were set Kremlin-connected Deripaska September -- is far from Manafort. up. “I think somebody ordered and Manafort, Trump’s ex-cam- certain. She then set tongues wagging (our arrest)... for money,” he paign manager, did business to- The PM now faces an im- by promising to reveal “missing said. Vashukevich looked som- gether in the mid-2000s. mediate challenge to also puzzle pieces” regarding claims bre as she entered the court - Manafort has since been con- push through parliament the Kremlin aided Trump’s 2016 house and did not respond to victed in the US of financial the controversial name deal presidential election victory. questions from the media. crimes related to political work with neighbouring Mace- But the material never sur- Detained Belarusian model Anastasia Vashukevich (R) known by her pen name On Thursday afternoon, he did in Ukraine before the donia, which has sparked faced and critics dismissed the Nastya Rybka leaves Thai immigration department in Bangkok Vashukevich and the majority 2016 election as well as witness protests in both countries. claims as a publicity stunt. of the convicted were put on tampering.

Body of trapped miner found after 36 days Brazil museum holds first exhibition New Delhi, India Rio de Janeiro, Brazi ndian emergency workers Isaid yesterday they have razil’s historic National Mu- found the body of one of 15 Bseum on Wednesday dis- miners trapped inside a so- played fossils discovered in the called “rat hole” mine for over Antarctic at an off-site venue a month. in its first exhibition since the The illegal and dangerous Rio-based institution was gut- mine in the remote, miner - ted by fire last year. al-rich state of Meghalaya in Among the fossils on display India’s north-east was flooded at a sister museum -- the Palace on December 13. of the House of Money -- was a The Indian Navy said they bone from a pterodactyl, which spotted the body inside the the National says is the first deluged shaft at a depth of 160- evidence of a big reptile spe- 210 feet (50-65 metres) with Search operation to recover the rest of the miners is underway. (Picture cies from the Jurassic era being the help of a remote-controlled courtesy of ANI) found in the continent at the probe. “Our operation is contin - ter local communities com - southern pole. “The body has been pulled up uing,” S. K. Singh, in-charge plained it was polluting wa - The bone, and a few other to the mouth of Rat-hole mine of the national disaster relief ter sources and putting lives items being shown off at the A woman takes a picture in the expo “When Not Everything Was Ice: New and shall be extracted out of the force, said. at risk. money museum, had been Discoveries in the Antarctic Continent” part of the Brazilian Antarctic mine under the supervision of Rat-hole mines are deep But the practice continues, undergoing scientific studies Programme, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil doctors,” the Indian Navy said vertical shafts dug mostly into with mine owners and the state at the time of the September in a tweet. hillsides that branch out into government challenging the 2, 2018 blaze that wiped out tuted using fossils collected with available tools.” The breakthrough comes af- narrow tunnels to reach and ban at India’s Supreme Court. most of the National Muse - from other areas. The 200-year-old institution ter several attempts by navy retrieve coal and other sub - At least 15 miners were killed um’s collection. Eight piec- The director of the National was considered the main nat- divers to reach the trapped stances. after they were trapped in a es were recovered from the Museum, Alexander Kellner, ural history museum in Latin miners inside the treacherous A federal environment flooded rat hole mine in Megha- ashes. told reporters that the exhibi- America, and was known for its mine. Efforts to pump out water court banned wildcat min - laya in 2012. Their bodies were All the rest of the 160-piece tion was “major proof that the paleontology department and have also failed. ing in Meghalaya in 2014 af - never recovered. exhibition had to be reconsti- museum is alive and operating its 26,000 fossils. FRIDAY, JANUARY 18, 2019 07 Foods killing the planet? Human diet causing ‘catastrophic’ damage to planet: study

AFP | Paris, France driver of biodiversity loss, and to absorb human activity -- “we swathes of carbon-absorbing be more responsible when mak- the main cause of deadly algae must adopt a healthy diet, slash forests –- mostly in Brazil -– are ing serious dietary recommen- he way humanity pro - blooms along coasts and inland food waste, and invest in tech- cut down every year to make dation,” said Alexander An- duces and eats food must waterways. nologies that reduce environ- room for them. ton, secretary general of the Tradically change to avoid Agriculture -- which has mental impacts,” said co-author “For climate, we know that European Dairy Association, millions of deaths and “cata - transformed nearly half the Johan Rockstrom, director of coal is the low-hanging fruit, noting that dairy products are strophic” damage to the planet, planet’s land surface -- also uses the Potsdam Institute for Cli- the dirtiest of fossil fuels,” said “packed” with nutrients and according to a landmark study up about 70 percent of the global mate Change Impact Research. Rockstrom. “On the food side, vitamins. published yesterday. fresh water supply. the equivalent is grain-fed beef.” Christopher Snowdon of The key to both goals is a dra- “To have any chance of feed- Where’s the beef? It takes at least five kilos of the Institute of Econom - matic shift in the global diet -- ing 10 billion people in 2050 “It is doable but it will take grain to produce a kilo of meat. ic Affairs in London said roughly half as much sugar and within planetary boundaries” nothing less than global agri- And once that steak or lamb the report “reveals the full red meat, and twice as many -- the limits on Earth’s capacity cultural revolution,” he told AFP. chop hits the plate, about 30 agenda of nanny-state cam- vegetables, fruits and nuts, a The cornerstone of “the great percent will wind up in the gar- paigners.” consortium of three dozen re- food transformation” called for bage bin. “We expected these searchers concluded in The Currently, in the study is a template human Dairy is also limited to about attacks,” said Lang. But Lancet, a medical journal. diet of about 2500 calories per one cup (250 grammes) of whole the same food companies “We are in a catastrophic sit- nearly a billion day. milk -- or its equivalent in cheese pushing back against uation,” co-author Tim Lang, a people are “We are not saying everyone or yoghurt -- per day, and only these findings realise professor at the University of has to eat in the same way,” Lang one or two eggs per week. that they may not London and policy lead for the hungry and said by phone. “But broadly -- have a future if they EAT-Lancet Commission that especially in the rich world -- it Push back don’t adapt”, he compiled the 50-page study, told another two means a reduction of meat and At the same time, the diet calls said. AFP. dairy, and a major increase in for a more than 100 percent in- “The question Currently, nearly a billion billion are plant consumption.” crease in legumes such as peas is: does this people are hungry and another The diet allows for about sev- and lentils, along with vegeta- come by crisis, two billion are eating too much eating too much en grammes (a quarter of an bles, fruits and nuts. or do we start of the wrong foods, causing ep- ounce) of red meat per day, and Grains are considered to be planning for it idemics of obesity, heart disease of the wrong up to 14. A typical hamburger less healthy sources of nutrients. now.” and diabetes. patty, by comparison, is 125 to “We can no longer feed our Some mul- Unhealthy diets account for foods, causing 150 grammes. population a healthy diet while tinationals up to 11 million avoidable pre- For most rich nations, and balancing planetary resources,” responded mature deaths every year, ac- epidemics of many emerging ones such as said The Lancet editor-in-chief positively, if cording to the most recent Glob- China and Brazil, this would Richard Horton. cautiously, to al Disease Burden report. obesity, heart represent a drastic five-to-ten- “For the first time in 200,000 the study. At the same time the global fold reduction. years of human history, we are food system is the single larg- disease and severely out of sync with the est emitter of greenhouse gas- diabetes. Beef is the main culprit. planet and Nature.” e s , the biggest Not only do cattle pass mas- The report drew heavy fire sive quantities of planet-warm- from the livestock and dairy in- A student holds a ing methane, huge dustry, and some experts. placard while taking “It goes to the extreme to cre- part in a ‘Youth For ate maximum at- Climate’ rally which urges tention, pupils to skip classes to but we protest a lack of climate must awareness in Brussels

A young Malawian man stands among stationary engineless boats which lie idle at the dried inland Lake Chilwa’s Chisi Island harbour in Zomba District, eastern Malawi Musk to build a tunnel through an Australian mountain Sydney, Australia itician tweeted at Musk on ed Australian software startup in Thailand last year, Australia could become a Wednesday about the costs of Atlassian, weighed in on the ex- calling him a “pedo test ground for another of Elon drilling through a mountain change, saying the estimated guy” after the Brit Musk’s massive infrastructure range north of Sydney, he re - price tag “sounds like a bargain slammed his idea projects after the maverick bil- I’m a lawmaker in sponded quickly. for Sydney”. of building a mi- lionaire tweeted a “bargain” Sydney, which is “I’m a lawmaker in Sydney, The population of the Sydney ni-submarine to price to build a tunnel through choking with traffic. which is choking with traffic. region has grown by around 25 save the children a mountain to solve Sydney’s How much to build a 50km tun- percent since 2011 to reach 5.4 as a public rela - traffic woes. How much to build a nel through the Blue Mountains million, out of a national pop- tions stunt. Musk in 2017 made a Twitter 50km tunnel through and open up the west of our ulation of 25 million, and road Meanwhile, rid- pitch -- and followed through the Blue Mountains State?,” asked New South Wales congestion is a major concern. ers who have test- with the offer -- to build what and open up the west state MP Jeremy Buckingham. There was no indication the ed out Boring’s was the world’s biggest battery of our State? “About $15M/km for a two exchange of tunnel tweets would prototype tunnel in an Australian state to solve its way high speed transit, so prob- lead to any quick action, but it -- where cars severe energy crisis. MP JEREMY BUCKINGHAM ably around $750M plus maybe could bring some needed posi- are lowered by NEW SOUTH WALES STATE The entrepreneur behind $50M/station,” Musk replied tive publicity for Musk. lifts then slotted electric carmaker Tesla has most late Wednesday, with his re- Musk has risen to prominence into tracks and recently turned his sights on sponse liked more than 22,000 with a series of ambitious ven- propelled along tackling city traffic via low-cost times on Twitter. tures, particularly Tesla, but has at high speeds -- tunnels created by his Boring He has more than 24 million also drawn plenty of criticism have complained Company, and in December un- followers on the social media for some volatile behaviour. of a bumpy jour- veiled a sample project near Los platform. He waged a public battle with ney. Angeles. Another billionaire, Mike a rescuer who helped save a So when an Australian pol- Cannon-Brookes, who found- group of boys trapped in a cave IT IS THE MARK OF AN EDUCATED MIND QUOTE TO BE ABLE TO ENTERTAIN A THOUGHT OF THE WITHOUT ACCEPTING IT DAY ARISTOTLE FRIDAY JANUARY 18, 2019 Lebanese fashion designer reinvents Arab menswear

BACK TO THE FUTURE London-based Lebanese fashion designer Nour Hage decided to shift from creating womenswear to menswear

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hen London-based Lebanese fashion designer Nour Hage Wdecided to shift from creating womenswear to menswear, she figured she’d check if any other Arab women were creating clothes for Arab men. “I don’t know of any others,” she says. “Nada Khoury in Beirut has a small mens- wear line, but that’s more about suits, it’s quite classical. And besides that I don’t know of any. I might be wrong, but I didn’t find anything.” So Hage’s recently launched Zero One collection, which takes clothes traditionally associated with the Middle East — abayas, thobes, et cetera — and gives them a dis- tinct, contemporary feel, is something of an Mashrou Leila wearing Nour Hage anomaly. But it’s already proving popular

SPREADING HAPPINESS Saudi artist leaves portraits as gifts for strangers at cafe Some of Fatima’s portrait drawings are characterized by sloping rectangle faces, wistful eyes, long necks and coloured hair Al Arabiya | Riyadh with a thank you note,” she said. magine walking into a cafe and finding on 27-year-old Fatima Al-Daoud Some of Fatima’s portrait drawings are Iyour table a painting and with a note read- from Saudi Arabia has found characterized by sloping rectangle faces, ing: “This is a gift for the next person who’s wistful eyes, long necks and coloured hair. sitting here.” a unique way of connecting to “This is a style of drawing I first adopted five One would undoubtedly feel happy. This is people through art. The young years ago. The human face is the part of one’s the case of a young woman in Riyadh named body that expresses personality and feelings Fatima al-Daoud, 27, who draws on cups of artist leaves painted cups and the most. Complementing it tends to be cou- coffee and leaves it for random guests who drawings at her table for ran- pled with unrealistic facial expressions. This take her table after she’s finished. way, we see them in a different light and are “When I go to the cafe to read or work, I dom guests while she leaves able to express feelings,” she said. noticed that I had missed my art projects, so the cafe in Riyadh I decided to buy a sketchbook and paint. I practiced painting while I was going to the cafes,” al-Daoud told Al Arabiya English. “The idea came to me to leave the drawings I get a great feeling every time on the table and leave a message to the next I do something like this and person that it was gifted to. The idea came to fruition in early July,” she added. leave a part of myself behind. I “I get a great feeling every time I do some- also want to convey a message thing like this and leave a part of myself not to stick to the things that behind. I also want to convey a message not couraging customers to sit for hours to ex- we love. When you get used to stick to the things that we love. When you press themselves through either art or per- to not owning it, leaving the get used to not owning it, leaving the worked sonal work. worked on with hours of energy on with hours of energy to make others happy “I do not know what the fate of my draw- to make others happy makes makes you feel good,” she said. ings is, but some of those who picked up my She pointed out that in recent years, cof- drawings contacted me through social media you feel good Portraits of faces drawn by Fatima al-Daoud fee shops in Saudi Arabia have been en - while some put them on the board in the café FATIMA AL-DAOUD

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among some of the most influen- rejected in early 2012. tial young cultural players in the It wasn’t until she moved to Middle East, the wider Muslim London a couple of years ago Nour Hage’s Zero One col- world, and beyond. that she decided to switch to lection takes clothes tra- In September, for example, When I was designing menswear. Emmy-winning British actor the collection, I was “I wanted to rebrand com - ditionally associated with and rapper Riz Ahmed was on thinking about who pletely,” she says. “I felt the need the Middle East — abayas, the cover of GQ in the UK. On my target audience to bring out Arab culture and thobes, et cetera — and the inside pages he was pictured is. The brand is about the traditional clothing that I wearing two items from Hage’s think is beautiful, but was over- gives them a distinct and collection; an abaya and Satra expressing pride in looked in the last few decades. (a jacket inspired by traditional Arab culture and There’s something really proud contemporary feel Levantine wrapped coats). putting Arab identity about the way Arab men dress, Other prominent artists to at the forefront of especially in the Gulf and North wear Hage’s designs include Ira- the global market. Africa. I started researching and qi-Canadian rapper Narcy and It’s about bringing it sparked something inside me. Kuwaiti multimedia artist Zahed unique high-quality I think it’s the best decision I’ve Sultan, while Firas Abou Fakher ever made for the brand.” — guitarist and keyboardist with Arab design to the It wasn’t an easy choice, the seminal Lebanese indie band world. I want people though. “Menswear is much Mashrou’ Leila — has performed who aren’t Arabs more challenging,” Hage says. in a striking blue abaya from to experience Arab A model wearing a dress designed by Nour Hage “Men tend to buy for comfort Zero One. design fit as well. only just started out in mens- more than aesthetics, whereas that challenge, the primary in- These ‘brand ambassadors’ “So I’d basically narrowed it wear. Hage launched her own women tend to buy something fluence on Zero One has been (not in the ‘paid-social-influ- down to a group of people and womenswear brand in 2013, out because it looks nice rather than Hage’s research. “When you NOUR HAGE encer’ sense, importantly) have it turns out that not only did of Beirut, having returned to because it’s comfortable. But I look at how men in the (MENA) been of great value to Hage. Not (that association) make sense in her homeland when her French like that challenge of designing region used to dress, their taste just because they’ve helped raise my head, it made sense in their work permit (she was working something new and avant-garde in clothes was very soft. They the profile of her work, but be- heads.” She laughs. “So it all for Paris-based German designer and innovative, but in the frame also wore a lot of colors. So it’s cause they’ve proved that the who my target audience is,” she worked out.” Damir Doma, who at the time, of it being comfortable and prac- not like I’m doing something people who she wanted to wear says. “The brand is about ex- It’s an impressive roster of she says, was “kind of the dar- tical.” insanely new. It all comes from her clothes also want to wear pressing pride in Arab culture supporters for someone who’s ling of the fashion scene”) was Alongside the desire to meet research.”Take what Hage de- them. and putting Arab identity at scribes as the “key element” of “When I was designing the the forefront of the global mar- her collection: the abaya. “Dec- collection, I was thinking about ket. It’s about bringing unique ades ago, farmers, merchants high-quality Arab design to the and landowners would all wear world. I want people who aren’t it. But depending on your social Arabs to experience Arab design. class you wore it in different “So I looked at who represents types of fabrics and colors. So Arab culture in the best way pos- farmers and shepherds would sible — looking at, like, the ‘new wear it, but they’d also use it as a type’ of Arab men. For me, Narcy bag to carry food for animals, or is one of them, Zahed Sultan is as shelter when it rained. It was one of them, Mashrou’ Leila… an overgarment that was also a They’ve had such an impact on practical thing. When you first the new generation all over the look at it, you might think you Arab world, and on me person- wouldn’t wear it every day. But ally and on my work,” she con- it’s actually really easy to wear. tinues. “And Riz Ahmed, he’s an You just throw it on.” activist about representation in Her research also influenced the media — having non-white smaller details too. Her shirts people represented in big mov- don’t have folded collars “be- A model wearing a dress designed by ies and TV shows, but not being cause Arab men didn’t tend to Nour Hage stereotyped. So he was a perfect A look from Nour Hage’s lookbook wear ties.” They don’t have

SPREADING HAPPINESS Saudi artist leaves portraits as gifts for strangers at cafe Some of Fatima’s portrait drawings are characterized by sloping rectangle faces, wistful eyes, long necks and coloured hair with a thank you note,” she said. Some of Fatima’s portrait drawings are characterized by sloping rectangle faces, wistful eyes, long necks and coloured hair. “This is a style of drawing I first adopted five years ago. The human face is the part of one’s body that expresses personality and feelings the most. Complementing it tends to be cou- pled with unrealistic facial expressions. This way, we see them in a different light and are able to express feelings,” she said.

I get a great feeling every time I do something like this and leave a part of myself behind. I also want to convey a message not to stick to the things that we love. When you get used to not owning it, leaving the worked on with hours of energy to make others happy makes you feel good FATIMA AL-DAOUD Painting left behind as a gift by Fatima al-Daoud at a cafe

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US in criminal probe of China’s Back on the brink Huawei: report UK PM May reaches out to rivals after winning confidence vote

political relations with the rest May must return of the world. • Her defeat sparked warn - to parliament on ings from European leaders Monday with a Plan B that the prospect of “no deal” had increased, with the po - More than a third of tential for huge economic dis- the• Conservatives and ruption on both sides of the Channel. all 10 DUP members of May must return to parlia- parliament voted against ment on Monday with a Plan B that she and her team intend AFP | London, United Kingdom to negotiate with various MPs through the weekend. But main opposition Labour ritish Prime Minister leader Jeremy Corbyn said he Theresa May has reached would only meet May if she Bout to her opponents af- could “remove clearly, once ter narrowly surviving a con- and for all the prospect of the Individuals with flowers exiting from a vehicle with consular plates arrive fidence vote sparked by the catastrophe of a no-deal Brexit”. at the residence of Huawei Technologies Chief Financial Officer Meng crushing defeat in parliament May said she was “disappoint- Wanzhou(R) after she was released on bail in Vancouver, British Columbia. of her Brexit deal. ed” by Corbyn’s decision and (file) After a tumultuous 24 hours stressed that “our door remains which she admitted voters open”. might find “unsettling”, she On Wednesday evening her Washington, United States conceded the divorce terms she spokesman said the possibili- struck with the EU had been ty of a “no deal” had not been S authorities are in the “advanced” stages of a criminal roundly rejected, but vowed to ruled out. Uprobe that could result in an indictment of Chinese tech- work to find an alternative. Ian Blackford of the Scottish nology giant Huawei, a report said Wednesday. “Now MPs have made clear National Party (SNP) said his The Wall Street Journal, citing anonymous sources, said the what they don’t want, we must party would only participate if Department of Justice is looking into allegations of theft of all work constructively togeth- she were prepared to consider trade secrets from Huawei’s US business partners, including a er to set out what parliament delaying Brexit, ruling out “no T-Mobile robotic device used to test smartphones. does want,” May said in a tel- deal” and the option of holding Huawei and the Department of Justice declined to comment evised evening address to the a second referendum. on the media report. nation. However, Huawei noted that “Huawei and T-Mobile settled On Tuesday, MPs dealt the May has flatly rejected a their disputes in 2017 following a US jury verdict finding neither prime minister the heaviest Political satire artist Kaya Mar poses with one of his artworks depicting second vote. damage, unjust enrichment nor willful and malicious conduct drubbing in modern British po- Britain’s Prime Minister Theresa May outside the Houses of Parliament in Her offer to meet with the by Huawei in T-Mobile’s trade secret claim.” litical history by rejecting the central London opposition “rings hollow with- The move would further escalate tensions between the US divorce agreement by a stunning out evidence of her readiness to and China after the arrest last year in Canada of Huawei’s chief 432 votes to 202. House,” she had told earlier told compromise on the substance financial officer Meng Wanzhou, who is the daughter of the But May emerged victorious parliament. of Brexit”, the Guardian news- company founder. on Wednesday night in a con- Opposition leaders set out a paper said, pushing for a “menu The case of Meng, under house arrest awaiting proceedings, fidence vote triggered by the list of demands for cooperating, of options” to be presented to has inflamed US-China and Canada-China relations. opposition Labour party, the including discussing delaying parliament. Two Canadians have been detained in China since Meng’s first for 26 years, winning 325 KNOW WHAT Brexit beyond March 29, and Meanwhile the Daily Tele- arrest and a third has been sentenced to death on drug traf- votes to 306. ruling out the possibility that graph warned that parliament ficking charges -- moves observers see as attempts by Beijing She set out a schedule of Britain crashes out without any “may be planning a betrayal”. to pressure Ottawa over her case. cross-party talks that began im- European leaders deal at all. “After two-and-a-half years, Huawei, the second-largest global smartphone maker and mediately with meetings with have repeatedly said Plan B is to let parliament take biggest producer of telecommunications equipment, has for the Scottish nationalist, Welsh they will not reopen Late-night talks over,” the Telegraph said. “At years been under scrutiny in the US over purported links to the nationalist and the pro-EU Lib- the draft withdrawal The prime minister is work- least it is a plan; but is parlia- Chinese government. eral Democrat leaders. agreement sealed at a ing to the tightest-possible ment capable of delivering on Huawei’s reclusive founder Ren Zhengfei, in a rare media “We must find solutions deadline as Britain prepares to the referendum result, or is this interview Tuesday, forcefully denied accusations that his firm that are negotiable and com- special Brussels sum- leave the bloc that for half a cen- the start of a great betrayal of engaged in espionage on behalf of the Chinese government. mand sufficient support in this mit in December. tury defined its economic and that vote?” Microsoft pledges $500 million to ease local housing crunch San Francisco, United States and housing growth has been work,” Hood and Smith said. icrosoft on Wednesday even greater in the suburban cit- “Teachers, nurses, first re- Mpledged $500 million for ies around Seattle than in Seattle sponders and many in key roles loans and grants aimed at ramp- itself,” the blog post said. at nonprofits, businesses and ing up construction of afforda- “This is a big problem. And it’s tech companies now begin and ble housing in the Puget Sound a problem that is continuing to end their workdays with long area of Washington state where get worse.” commutes.” the US technology giant has its The $500 million will be used A total of $250 million will home. to “help kick-start new solu - be made available at market “In recent years, our region tions” to the housing crisis, ac- rates for low-income housing hasn’t built enough housing for cording to the executives. development, while $25 million the people who live here,” Mi- Microsoft planned to make will be devoted to philanthrop- crosoft executives Amy Hood $225 million available at be - ic grants aimed at addressing and Brad Smith said in a blog low-market rates to subsidize homelessness, according to Mi- post. preservation and construction of crosoft. “We are committing $500 mil- middle-income housing, initially “With these and similar in- lion as a company to advance targeting six cities east of Seattle vestments, it’s possible to lend affordable housing solutions.” and Lake Washington. money, accelerate progress, be Microsoft was only a few years Representative picture (Courtesy of the New York Times) “Median income in the re - repaid and then lend this money old when it moved from New gion hasn’t kept pace with ris- again,” Hood and Smith said. Mexico to the Seattle area city Since 2011, job growth in the A gap in available housing has the sixth most expensive region ing housing costs, increasingly “Our goal is to move as quickly of Bellevue in 1979, and now has region has been 21 per cent while caused housing prices to nearly in the US, according to Hood making it impossible for lower- as possible with targeted invest- its headquarters in nearby Red- housing construction growth double in the past eight years, and Smith. and middle-income workers to ments that will have an outsized mond. has trailed at 13pc. making the greater Seattle area “The gap between job growth afford to live close to where they impact.” FRIDAY, JANUARY 18, 2019 11

Airbus boosts US footprint with new A220 plant in Alabama US shutdown after 4 weeks Mobile, United States

uropean aircraft man- Volunteer groups are collecting food to hand out, towns are organising job fairs, and banks and Eufacturer Airbus on telecommunications firms have loosened rules on payments Wednesday broke ground on its second assembly line in the southern US state of ty line ... I know that they’re Alabama, where it plans to frustrated. They’re sad. They’re build its small A220 jets, angry. They’re still on duty,” as it seeks to swipe market said retired Rear Admiral Cari share from rival Boeing. Thomas, chief executive of “We continue to grow,” Coast Guard Mutual Assistance, Airbus Americas CEO Jeff a non-profit set up to help Coast Knittel said at the ceremony Guard families. in Mobile, where the com- pany already opened a plant Food banks in 2015 for building its A320 Chef Andres drew crowds and passenger jet. headlines when he launched Now, more than 1,500 of his “ChefsforFeds” free lunch our planes are flying in the on Wednesday. “It calls some US,” he added. attention about the people left Production at the $300 in the cold by a lot of selfish ad- million plant is expected to ministrators and congressmen. begin in the third quarter They should wake up and see of this year, with the first how their actions are affecting delivery of an A220 set for people,” said Lewis Chlitt, who 2020. The facility expects works at the National Gallery, eventually to put out four of where the doors are locked to the aircraft a month. visitors due to the shutdown. Airbus says it generated Less publicly, more humble $48 billion in aircraft- and Volunteers prepare a free meal for furloughed federal workers at Andres in Washington, DC local food banks around the space-related expenditures country were calling for dona- in the US in 2017, supporting Washington, United States advice on applying for unem- and crime. They want nothing to Economic Advisors says quar- tions and opening their doors to more than 275,000 jobs. ployment benefits. do with the major humanitarian terly economic growth will lose laid-off workers. And in Middletown, New Crisis on our Southern Border,” 0.13 percentage points for every Washington’s Bread for the our weeks into the US gov- York, Pets Alive, an animal shel- Trump tweeted Wednesday. week the government remains City said visitors seeking food ernment shutdown, cash- ter, announced free dog and cat “He is just sticking to his posi- partially closed. handouts surged to more than Japan’s Hitachi Fstrapped federal workers food for the pets of families hit tion and won’t budge,” said Sen- The worst-hit area is Wash- 500 Tuesday after it offered a are tapping life savings, selling by the shutdown. ate Democratic leader Chuck ington DC, but federal workers five-day supply of groceries to freezes British possessions and turning to soup “We will provide 1 bag of food Schumer. are spread across the country. people left out of work by the nuclear project kitchens to make ends meet -- per family, Need proof of fed House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, In Kodiak, Alaska, for ex- shutdown. ramping up pressure Wednes- employment,” they announced. the top Democrat in Congress, ample, hundreds of Coast “Yesterday maybe Tokyo, Japan day for leaders in Washington meanwhile pressed Trump to Guard workers haven’t one in three people said to strike a deal. No sign of compromise postpone his January 29 State been paid for weeks, but that they were here as itachi said yesterday Communities from Washing- By afternoon Wednesday, of the Union address until after still have to work. Lo- furloughed workers,” Hit would freeze con- ton to Kodiak, Alaska are feel- there was no sign of a break- the government opens, citing cal shops are hurting said George Jones, struction of its stalled nu- ing increasing pain, with the through in the faceoff between security concerns arising from because they have head of the food clear power station in Wales cutoff of paychecks to families President Donald Trump and the shutdown. less to spend. bank. due to problems financing snowballing to hit stores and Democrats in Congress, which “Many of the “These are the project, a blow to Brit- businesses dependent on their led to the partial shutdown of Unpaid bills, battered economy employees of people who ain’s nuclear strategy. spending. the government on December Furloughed government the Coast wouldn’t The company said in a Volunteer groups are collect- 22. More than 800,000 feder- workers gathered at the con- Guard are ordinarily statement the decision was ing food to hand out, towns are al workers didn’t get paid last gressional office of Senate Ma- below the come to made “from the viewpoint organising job fairs, and banks week, pain shared by several jority Leader Mitch McConnell pover- us.” of Hitachi’s economic ra- and telecommunications firms million more contractors who Wednesday to pressure him to tionality as a private enter- have loosened rules on pay - also have been idled by the shut- help get the government prise”. ments, all to cushion the hard- down -- many of them low-paid back to work. Shelving the project at ship. service workers who live pay- Even the Trump admin- the Wylfa Newydd plant In Washington, celebrated check to paycheck. istration admits that the on Anglesey, a small island chef Jose Andres launched a Trump insists he won’t agree shutdown is damaging to the off the Welsh coast, will “ChefsforFeds” programme to open the government until economy and people’s lives. cost the Japanese firm 300 with a new “food kitchen” of- Congress signs off on his de - The White House Council of billion yen ($2.8 billion), it fering free meals to hard-hit mand for $5.7 billion to build a Faye Smith, a furloughed said. workers on Pennsylvania Av- border wall, which he argues is Smithsonian contract worker Hitachi launched the enue -- halfway between the needed to prevent illegal immi- who has not been paid during planned construction after White House and Congress. gration. the partial government shutdown, acquiring Britain-based In Pennsylvania, West Virgin- “It is becoming more and more holds an unpaid electric bill to present to Senate Horizon Nuclear Power in ia and other states, furloughed obvious that the Radical Demo- Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s office on Capitol Hill in 2012. federal workers were getting crats are a Party of open borders Washington, DC

India gives New York breaks tourism record with 65.2m visitors Volkswagen 24 New York, United States hours to pay record-breaking 65.2 mil- Dieselgate fine Alion tourists visited New New Delhi, India York in 2018, its tourist board said Wednesday, with British ndia’s environmental people particularly keen to visit KNOW WHAT Icourt yesterday threat- the Big Apple from overseas. ened Volkswagen execu- According to new figures from tives with arrest and gave NYC & Company, around 51.6 Britons topped the the German automaker a million Americans and 13.5 mil- list of overseas day to pay $14 million for lion foreign tourists visited the visitors, with 1.24 violating pollution norms city last year -- compared to 13.1 million, followed by by fudging emission overseas visitors in 2017. China (1.1 million), tests. Britons topped the list of The “Dieselgate” scan- overseas visitors, with 1.24 mil- Canada (1 million), dal, which saw VW cheat lion, followed by China (1.1 mil- Brazil (920,000) and emissions tests on millions lion), Canada (1 million), Brazil France (807,000). of diesel vehicles, has al - (920,000) and France (807,000). ready cost the firm over $30 New York ranked the 6th billion in fines, recalls and most-visited city in the world ahead of London, Paris, Dubai compensation worldwide. for foreign tourists, according to and Singapore. India’s National Green Mastercard’s annual Global Des- The US’s financial capital, Tribunal ruled in November tination Cities list published in where tourism employs over VW must deposit a fine of 1.7 September, based on a projected 390,000 people, hopes to break billion rupees ($24 million) 13.1 million visitors. records again in 2019 with a pre- with the pollution control Bangkok topped that list, Tourists take a photo in Times Square in Manhattan, New York. dicted 67 million visitors. board as “health damage”. FRIDAY, JANUARY 18, 2019 12

Japan court rejects ex- Nissan chief’s bail appeal Tokyo, Japan Last week he was formally Earnings boost Gulf charged on two of the counts ormer Nissan boss Car- and his request for bail was Flos Ghosn will stay behind denied. Even his own lawyer Emirates NBD bars in Japan for the foresee- has admitted he is likely to be • able future after a Tokyo court kept behind bars until a trial -- continues to gain quashed his appeal for bail which could take six months. on Q4 results as he faces charges on three His legal team said they counts of financial miscon- would now appeal to the Su- Air Arabia rises duct. Since his stunning arrest preme Court. after• lawsuit against on November 19 the auto ty- The appeal -- and its rejec- coon has languished in a To- tion -- came as the French Abraaj founder kyo detention centre, facing government called for him to questioning over allegations be replaced at the head of Re- Saudi’s Samba he under-reported his salary nault. Financial• gains and tried to shift personal loss- Japanese firms Nissan and on FY results es on to the company. Mitsubishi Motors jettisoned The court had previously him as boss almost immedi- refused to release the 64-year- ately after his arrest, but Re- National old Franco-Lebanese-Bra- nault was more cautious and Commercial• Bank zilian businessman on the appointed an interim leader rises on merger talk grounds that he could present while Ghosn fought the charg- a flight risk and destroy es. evidence. With the latest rejection Reuters he faces at least a two-month period in pre-trial detention. ubai’s stock market rose This can be extended almost yesterday, buoyed by automatically by one month Dheavyweight constitu- Traders on the floor of Bahrain Bourse (file) at a time. ents, with most Gulf markets His wife Carole has ap- lifted by corporate earnings an- Closing Bell pealed to rights group Hu- nouncements. chemical and bank shares. Its by 0.2pc, with declines for 23 of man Rights Watch over his The Dubai index added 0.6 SAUDI  0.5pc » 8,448 pts biggest lender, National Com- its 30 stocks, mirroring a dip in detention, saying he was per cent as lender Emirates DUBAI  0.6pc » 2,517 pts mercial Bank (NCB), rose 0.8pc emerging markets. being held in “harsh” con- NBD rose by 1.1pc and develop- in heavy trade. EFG Hermes was down 2.3pc QATAR  0.2pc » 10,788 pts ditions and subjected to er Emaar Properties advanced NCB is expected to pick JP- and Eastern Co fell by 2.1pc. round-the-clock interro- by 1.3pc. ABU DHABI  0.1pc » 4,985 pts Morgan to advise on merger In Qatar, blue-chips Qatar gations in an attempt to Emirates NBD, Dubai’s largest EGYPT  0.2pc » 13,483 pts talks with smaller rival Riyad Gas Transport and Qatar In - extract a confes- bank, reported a 10pc gain in KUWAIT  0.2pc » 5,480 pts Bank, Reuters reported,cit- surance rose 3.6pc and 2.9pc sion. fourth-quarter net profit after ing sources familiar with the respectively, pushing the index loan growth and improved mar- OMAN  0.5pc » 4,237 pts matter. Riyad Bank added up by 0.2pc. gins offset higher expenses and BAHRAIN  0.1pc » 1,341 pts 0.1 pc. The Abu Dhabi index edged a drop to investment securities Samba Financial Group, Sau- up by 0.1pc as telecoms com- income. di’s third-largest bank by assets, pany Emirates Telecommu- Ajman Bank was up 3.5pc af- ($46.3 million). rose 2.2pc after a 10pc jump in nications Group added 0.4pc ter full-year profit jumped by Saudi Arabia’s main index 2018 net profit. and National Bank of Ras Al China’s top trade 28pc to 170 million dirhams rose 0.5pc, helped by petro - Egypt’s blue-chip index eased Khaimah gained 2.2pc. negotiator to visit US Beijing, China India’s Reliance anonymous sources, the Wall Street Journal said the De - Stock Markets falter on trade posts 8.8pc rise in hina’s top trade negotia- partment of Justice was look- Q3 profit tor will travel to the Unit- ing into allegations of theft of C Mumbai, India ed States for talks later this trade secrets from Huawei’s US tensions, Brexit, US shutdown month ahead of a March dead- business partners, including a London, United Kingdom line to avoid bruising tariff T-Mobile robotic device used Key figures around 1435 GMT ndian conglomerate Reli- hikes, the commerce ministry to test smartphones. ance Industries yesterday London - FTSE 100:  0.7pc at 6,811.57 points I said yesterday. US lawmakers also intro - tock markets retreated reported a 8.8 per cent rise Vice Premier Liu He will duced a bill to ban the export Syesterday, with US-China Frankfurt - DAX 30:  0.5pc at 10,875.93 in its third quarter consoli- visit Washington on January of American parts and com- tensions, Brexit worries and Paris - CAC 40:  0.7pc at 4,777.17 dated net profit, boosted by 30-31 for the negotiations, the ponents to Chinese telecom a lingering US government growth in its core business EURO STOXX 50:  0.6pc at 3,059.11 ministry said, following up on companies who are in viola- shutdown taking their toll to a of petrochemicals and oil talks between lower-level of- tion of US export control or greater or lesser degree across New York - DOW:  0.4pc at 24,114.62 refining. ficials in Beijing earlier this sanctions laws -- with Huawei the world’s trading platforms. Tokyo - Nikkei 225:  0.2pc at 20,402.27 (close) The Mumbai-based com- month. and fellow Chinese firm ZTE The pound recovered against pany owned by India’s rich- Hong Kong - Hang Seng:  0.5pc at 26,755.63 (close) President Donald Trump the likely targets. both the dollar and the euro, a est man Mukesh Ambani and Chinese leader Xi Jinping day after the UK government Shanghai - Composite:  0.4pc at 2,559.64 (close) said its consolidated net agreed to a three-month trade China blasted the US actions. narrowly survived a no-confi- New York - DOW:  0.6pc at 24,207.16 (close) profit for the three months war truce in December, sus- “The whole world is very dence vote. Pound/dollar:  at $1.2907 from $1.2877 at 2140 GMT through December rose to pending US plans to increase clear that the real intention Key European markets were 102.50 billion rupees ($1.44 tariffs on Chinese goods to of the United States is to use around half a percent lower Euro/pound:  at 88.24 pence from 88.44 pence billion) from 94.20 billion give negotiators space to find every possible piece of state in mid-afternoon, while the Euro/dollar:  at $1.1390 from $1.1395 rupees reported a year ear- a solution. machinery to suppress and Dow Jones index in New York Dollar/yen:  at 108.83 yen from 109.05 lier, even as its refining mar- Liu and US officials will smear China’s high-tech com- was down around 0.4 per cent gins fell. “hold negotiations on eco - panies,” said foreign ministry shortly after the opening bell. Oil - Brent Crude:  73 cents at $60.59 per barrel “In an oil price environ- nomic and trade issues and spokeswoman Hua Chunying. “US stocks are mostly lower Oil - West Texas Inter:  77 cents at $51.54 ment that witnessed height- work together to push forward The US lawmakers’ actions in early action, following yes- ened volatility through the and implement the important reeked of “extreme arrogance,” terday’s jump, with the markets quarter, RIL has delivered consensus” reached by Xi and she said, adding: “The actions digesting a number of earnings on sentiment,” said David Mad- previous agreement with the strong quarterly results on Trump, ministry spokesman of the US are not the normal reports as the season ramps up, den, analyst at CMC Markets UK. EU. a consolidated basis,” Reli- Gao Feng told reporters. actions of a normal country, let while the government shut- British Prime Minister The- May reached out to rival par- ance chief Ambani said in a But Liu’s trip could run alone the world’s leading down drags on today,” said an- resa May scrambled to put to- ties shortly after surviving a statement. into complications power.” alysts at the Charles Schwab gether a new Brexit strategy no-confidence vote Wednesday, Revenues for the period after a Wednes - brokerage. on Thursday with cross-party hoping to hammer out a Brexit were up 56.4pc to 1.60 tril- day report said US In Europe, meanwhile, “po- talks after MPs sparked polit- fix that she could present to lion rupees. authorities were litical and economic risks weigh ical turmoil by rejecting her parliament next week. Reliance said in a state- in the advanced ment that its gross refin - stages of a crim- ing margin, the profit inal probe that earned from each barrel of could result in Vice Premier Liu World’s biggest sovereign fund ejects Chinese company crude, was down to $8.8 an indictment of He in the December quarter Oslo, Norway Chinese telecom el manufacturer Texwinca is workers, health and safety risks from $11.6 in the previous giant Huawei. the main shareholder in Meg- at the factories, and restrictions year. Citing orway’s sovereign wealth awell Industrial, which has on the right to form unions. Meanwhile, RIL’s tele- Nfund, the world’s biggest, been criticised for working According to the latest avail- com venture Jio reported has excluded a Chinese com- conditions at its factories in able data, the Norwegian fund robust growth by increasing pany from its almost $1 trillion Vietnam. held 1.01 per cent of Texwinca its subscriber base by 27.9 portfolio because of human The Council on Ethics, which at the end of 2017, worth $7.7 million for the quarter. rights violations, the Norwe- makes recommendations to million. Jio also reported a 65 per- gian central bank said yester- Norway’s central bank which The fund is governed by eth- cent rise in its profits to 8.31 day. runs the fund, cited as concerns ical guidelines laid down by billion rupees, adding to the Yarn, fabric and appar - the discrimination of female parliament. quarterly results. 13 FRIDAY, JANUARY 18, 2019

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MISSING PETS Movie Review Rajinikanth brings Baasha back in Petta

etta (lit. Hood) is a 2019 Indian Ta- flesh-and-blood character bubbling Pmil-language action film written with vitality and vim rather than the and directed by Karthik Subbaraj and computer-generated figures from 2.0. produced by Kalanithi Maran under Subbaraj’s screenplay smartly draws MAU - Male, Egyptian SPOTS - Male his production studio Sun Pictures. on Rajinikanth’s back catalogue and is Mau, 1 yr, white w Himalayan/Persian, 5 DREAM - Female Shih The film stars Rajinikanth with an overflowing with the lines, witticisms grey patches, years, very friendly, SARA - Female Shih Tzu/Poodle mix, 1.5 ensemble cast including Vijay Sethu- and gestures that have endeared the ALEX - Male esponds to name, not neutered, white and Tzu, 3 yrs, purple/ yrs, black w white fur pathi, Simran, Trisha, M. Sasikumar, actor to his fanbase and made every Himalayan, 3 yrs, lion COSTA - Male, 8 mos, wearing collar or ID black, indoor cat (door pinkish collar w bell on chest/left leg, not Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Bobby Simha, new release the equivalent of sighting cut, white and ginger, grey and black tabby, tag, did not return left open), scheduled - no ID tag, gate left wearing collar or ID J. Mahendran and Guru Somasund- a deity. inside cat, escaped wearing green collar from garden, Adliya to fly to U.S. in March, open, someone tag, gate left open aram. It was released on 10 January In between reeling off numerous from home, wearing - no ID tag, gate left (behind CID office), not wearing collar or saw a man take her (seen running w large 2019. quotations from Rajinikanth’s pre- reen collar - no ID Saluki/GSD), neighbors open, Riffa/Bukuwara, 3/1/19. 39031525 or ID tag, Sanad (next from empty lot, Jidd Rajinikanth protects his turf in vious films, Subbaraj spins a yarn tag, Amwaj (behind saw someone pick up, 9/1/19. 33772443 33311062 to postoffice and Ali (near Discovery more ways than one in Karthik Sub- that spans generations and locations. Neutel building), BD50 YumYum Tree), 11/1/19. area), 26/9/18. Arad (close to City REWARD for safe School), 5/8/18. baraj’s Petta. The unabashed fan-boy Petta has traces of the Hindi film 36220444 WhatsApp 34525940 tribute has none of the gravitas of Main Hoon Na even as it reworks return. 9/1/19. or phone 35133681 33389480 or 33707770 33314818 the Tamil screen icon’s recent films Rajinikanth’s older blockbusters, most Kabali and Kaala, and its hero is a notably Baasha from 1995. 14 FRIDAY, JANUARY 18, 2019

Zendaya’s fashion line inspired by her grandfather Beyonce drops IANS | Los Angeles given “creative control” over all aspects of her collection. ctress Zendaya, who She said: “When I was first Ahas teamed up presented with the opportu- with American cloth- nity, I was told that Tommy ing company Tommy Hilfiger himself wanted to lawsuit over Hilfiger for the Paris talk to me about it. And Fashion Week 2019, says sure enough he was on the her collection is inspired phone, explaining how he by her grandfather. wanted me to be as crea- In an interview to tive as I wanted. Harper’s Bazaar magazine, “He told me how I ‘Feyonce’ items the “The Greatest Showman” would be able to truly star said that she has “re-cre- have creative control Reuters | Los Angeles ated” her grandfather’s old from concept to cloth- showed on Wednesday. October rejected the singer’s shirts to be part of the se- ing, down to the font The pop superstar had complained request for a permanent in - lection. on the packaging. lawsuit brought by Beyonce in a 2016 lawsuit that the shirts, hood- junction to stop the sale of the “My Grandpa’s work “ I was in heaven over the sale of “Feyonce” ies and other items sold to engaged Feyonce items and ordered both shirts, they’re my most when I showed up Aitems to engaged couples couples by a Texas company under sides to discuss trial dates and a favourite clothes I’ve with my inspiration has been dismissed at the singer’s the name Feyonce infringed on her possible settlement. ever owned. I actually boards and a mil- request, court trademark rights and would confuse Beyonce in December asked re-created them for the Zendaya lion ideas, and I docu- customers. the court to dismiss the case. TommyxZendaya col- was allowed to ments One of the Feyonce items was a It was not clear from Wednes- lection,” she added. just go for it, mug with the phrase “he put a ring day’s court filing granting the Zendaya was de- with all support on it,” which Beyonce said was in- dismissal whether the two Beyonce lighted to have been in the world.” tended to recall the lyrics of her 2008 sides had reached a settle- global hit song “Single Ladies (Put a ment. Attorneys did not Julia Ring on It).” return a request for com- Roberts A federal judge in New York in ment. Miley Cyrus shuts down pregnancy rumours with Julia Roberts viral egg meme ANI | Washington The ‘Wrecking Ball’ star sparked rumours that she was pregnant when she was spotted out in won’t return for iley Cyrus shut down reports Miami with what some tabloids alleged Msuggesting that she is expect- was a baby bump. Liam has not ing a baby with her husband Liam yet commented on their ‘Homecoming’ Hemsworth like a boss! plans to start a family. The 26-year-old singer took The couple has been to Twitter to put a stop to all the enjoying the marital season 2 pregnancy rumours using the bliss and celebrating IANS | Los Angeles viral egg meme. Liam’s recent 29th Under a Daily Mail birthday. Twitter post to a sto- Earlier, Miley had ctress Julia Roberts wont be appearing in ry titled “Miley shared a heartfelt message Aseason two of thriller TV series “Homecom- Cyrus and Liam for Liam on his birthday. The ing”. Hemsworth ‘are ‘Malibu’ singer raved about her According to sources, Roberts’ initial deal for expecting their loving husband and gave a beau- “Homecoming” -- her first TV series regular role -- first child togeth- tiful insight into her relationship was for a one-season commitment based purely on the er,’” Miley used the egg’s picture that with Liam. Amazon drama’s creative storyline. recently beat Kylie Jenner’s picture of Cyrus and Hemsworth tied the The Oscar-winning actress will still remain involved baby Stormi Webster as the most liked knot in a secret wedding at their as an executive producer alongside showrunner Sam Instagram photo ever to reply to the article. home in Franklin, Tennessee on Esmail. “I’m not “Egg-xpecting” but it’s “Egg- December 23, reported E! Online. It is not clear if there will be any other major cast celent” to hear everyone is so “Happy The couple first met on the departures for season two or if any of the other stars For Us” .... we’re happy sets of the movie ‘The Last -- including Stephan James, Bobby Cannavale, for us too! “Egg-cit- Song’ in 2008. Af- Shea Whigham, Alex Karpovsky and Sissy ed” for this next ter dating Spacek -- will return. chapter in our on and off The show hails from Anonymous lives.... Now, can for many Content and Universal Cable Produc- everyone leave me years, Liam tions where Esmail is under an overall alone and go back popped the deal. to staring at an egg,” big ques- “Homecoming”, adapted from a pod- she tweeted alongside tion for the cast with the same name, follows the a photo of her, covering Miley Cyrus second time in life of case worker-turned-waitress her belly with the egg meme. 2016. Heidi Bergman (Roberts) as she strug- gles to remember her time working at a facility that treats soldiers return- ing from war. January Jones January Jones to star in skating drama series

IANS | Los An- In the Netflix series, the 41-year- skates after a disastrous fall took geles old actress will play Carol Baker, a her off the competition track. former competitive figure skater Scodelario is popular for “Clash ad Men” who had to forfeit her dreams of the Titans”, “Pirates of the Car- at Seef District too “Mstar Jan- when she became pregnant with ibbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales” uary Jones is set to her oldest daughter at a young age, and “Maze Runner: The Death play a lead opposite reports deadline.com. Cure”, which will air on Star Mov- Kaya Scodelario in Created by Samantha Stratton, ies on January 20. “Spinning Out”, an up- “Spinning Out” revolves around Other cast members include coming drama series set Kat Baker (Scodelario), an up- Johnny Weir, Sarah Wright Olsen, in the world of com- and-coming, high-level single Will Kemp, Kaitlyn Leeb, Amanda Um al Hassan +973 17728699 Seef District +973 17364999 petitive figure skating. skater who is about to turn in her Zhou and Mitchell Edwards. FRIDAY, JANUARY 18, 2019 15

India must keep the pressure on Shiotani screamer guides Japan Australia openers, says Dhawan Oman reach Asian Cup last 16 to end Palestine’s qualification hopes Reuters | Melbourne

ndia will continue to Japan beat Itarget Australia’s un - • der-pressure openers Uzbekistan to secure Alex Carey and Aaron top spot in Group F Finch as they seek to add KNOW WHAT a one-day series win to AFP | Al-Ain their first ever test series victory in the third and fi- nal match in Melbourne sukasa Shiotani thumped Japan had smashed a today. home a sizzling sec - total of 12 goals past Carey and Finch’s best Tond-half winner as Japan Uzbekistan in their opening partnership in the changed 10 players but still beat previous two Asian Cup first two matches of the Uzbekistan 2-1 to finish top of encounters series is the 20 runs they their group at the Asian Cup achieved in Adelaide on yesterday. Tuesday. The unfamiliar line-up briefly who will now face defending Carey, the team’s trailed after Eldor Shomurodov champions Australia in the last vice-captain, has scored a scored for the Uzbeks, but New- 16. total of 42 runs while cap- castle United forward Yoshinori Elsewhere, Muhsen Al Ghas- tain Finch has tallied just Muto’s header and Shiotani’s sani and Mohammed Al-Mus- 12 and been bowled by Bhu- thunderbolt gave Japan their allami fired late goals as Oman vneshwar Kumar in both third win in Group F. beat Turkmenistan 3-1 in Abu games of the series, which Japan had smashed a total Dhabi to progress in third place is locked at 1-1. of 12 goals past Uzbekistan in from the same group. Finch was also dropped their previous two Asian Cup The Gulf side took the lead from the test squad after he encounters and with only one after 20 minutes thanks to an struggled in the that series loss in their last 30 games in the Ahmed Al Mahaijri free-kick, and India have concentrat- tournament, excluding penal- Yoshinori Muto of Japan scores his side’s first goal before Altymyrat Annadurdyyev ed on the 32-year-old, who ty shoot-outs, confidence was slammed home the equaliser has 11 one-day international high. Nesterov also tipped over early in the second half resulted flush from outside the area and shortly before half-time. centuries and two in Twen- Only Shimizu S-Pulse striker Kitagawa’s turn and shot be - in a thunderous goal from Shi- the ball was rocketing towards But Al Ghassani pounced from ty20 internationals. Koya Kitagawa survived from fore Shomurodov opened the otani, who plays his club foot- the top corner before the div- close range with six minutes “We respect that Finch the team that beat Oman but scoring with a fine piece of ball with Al Ain and unfurled ing Daniel Schmidt gloved it left and Al-Musallami added a is a great player ... we make the Blue Samurai still looked work, nudging the ball between a rippling strike just before the away. stoppage-time header to give sure our guard is up always,” sharp with Junya Ito swinging two defenders and stabbing hour-mark. However, there was to be no Oman their first points of the Indian opening batsman in dangerous crosses from the home for his fourth goal of the It knocked the stuffing out late equaliser for the Uzbeks, tournament. Shikhar Dhawan told re- right. tournament. of Uzbekistan and when they porters yesterday. As Uzbekistan’s fans drummed But the Uzbek lead lasted only finally started to press forward Asian Cup “The boys must have seen along samba-style, Shomuro- three minutes before defend- again in the final 15 minutes, Japan 2 - 1 Uzbekistan his weakness and they are dov scooped a decent chance er Sei Muroya’s cross from the Japan nearly caught them on implementing their plans over and Japan’s Takashi Inui byline was met by a solid header the break when Kitagawa blazed Oman 3 - 1 Turkmenistan quite nicely. They’re not worked veteran goalkeeper Ig- from Newcastle’s Muto, arriving over. Lebanon 4 - 1 North Korea giving him singles that natiy Nesterov with a powerful at the back post. With four minutes to go, Dav- Saudi Arabia 0 - 2 Qatar easily or even boundary volley. A spell of Japanese pressure ronbek Khashimov caught a shot options.

Son Heung-min boosts South Korea’s Chelsea agree Higuain loan from Juventus Asian Cup hopes as Spurs sweat Reuters | London eight goals in 22 appearances this term. AFP | Abu Dhabi started the game in Abu Dhabi, red shirt and play for the na- helsea have agreed a deal Chelsea manager Maurizio but completed 87 minutes -- tional team,” he said. Cto sign striker Gonzalo Sarri is keen to strengthen his purs manager Mauricio long enough for China’s rugged “Not everyone gets the Higuain on loan from Juventus options in attack after dropping SPochettino will be like a defenders to leave their mark chance, and if it’s possible I try until the end of the season, ac- misfiring Spain forward Alvaro nervous parent for the next on South Korea’s talismanic my best on the pitch always.” cording to reports in the British Morata to the bench and be - two weeks as Son Heung-min captain. South Korea, who have failed media. ing forced to deploy playmaker tries to help South Korea end 59 “Of course I didn’t expect to to win the Asian Cup since The Argentina international Eden Hazard as a ‘false nine’ in years of Asian Cup hurt. play for so long,” Son told AFP. 1960, beat the Philippines and joined the Italian champions recent games. The mercurial Tottenham “I’m a bit tired, but that’s nor- Kyrgyzstan 1-0 in their opening in 2016 but was loaned to AC Sarri worked with Higuain forward, who played in the mal. It was my dream to play two matches in the United Arab Milan at the start of the current when he was manager at Napoli London club’s defeat by Man- football when I was a kid and Emirates. season where he has scored and it was under the Italian that chester United three days ear- still it’s my dream. I love to play But the addition of Son has the striker scored 36 goals to lier, had a hand in both goals for my country.” energised the 2015 runners-up, equal Serie A record for most as the Koreans beat China The 26-year-old has just who suddenly look a very dif- goals in a season in 2015-16. 2-0 on Wednesday to come off a punishing run of ferent proposition. Sky Sports reported on reach the last 16 as fixtures with Spurs, playing in It will not have done Pochet- Wednesday that the loan Group C winners. 13 matches since the beginning tino’s blood pressure any good, 8 deal for Higuain could But Pochetti- of December. however, to see some of the in- goals have been scored be extended for anoth- no will be more But there were few signs of dustrial tackles dished out on by Gonzalo Higuain in er 12 months subject concerned that fatigue against China, as Son his Korean star. 22 appearances for AC to certain condi- Son not only won the first-half Son went down clutching his Milan this season tions. Gonzalo penalty converted ankle after a particularly meaty Higuain by Hwang Ui-jo challenge late on, which earned and whipped in tattooed China defender Zhang the corner for Kim Linpeng a yellow card. Min-jae to head Title-chasing Spurs can ill home just after afford another injury blow, ISB storm into school cricket final the break. having just lost England striker “I think we Harry Kane until March with TDT | Manama an unbeaten 29 by all rounder er Gautham Chabar top scored deserved to win ankle ligament damage. Aravind Rajeev. Young Aryan with 36 runs and Limon Raton the game,” said Son. he Indian School beat Pa- Pande gave a very good bowl- gave a good support with a fine “We dominated from the Tkistan Urdu School by 5 ing support to Srivatsav Murali 23runs. Abdullah Rasheed was start to the end. It was my first wickets and stormed in to the with 2 -19 in 4 overs. the outstanding bowler who game this tournament -- clean final of the CBA –BOC Under 16 Chasing the target of 111 for took 2 for 9 in 4 overs. sheet, 2-0, it’s a happy after- I’m a bit tired, but School Cricket Championship victory, Captain Govind Bingly In reply, the Pakistan school noon.” at the National Stadium ground (27) and Anirudh.S.Nair (21) reached the target 119 for the Over the past year, Son has that’s normal. It was on Saturday. gave a very good start for the loss of 4 wkts in the last over. played for his country at the my dream to play Batting first Pakistan Urdu Indian School and added 39 Zulfiqar Hussan top scored World Cup in Russia and the football when I was School were restricted to 110 runs for the opening wicket. with 38 and Yaseer Mehmood Asian Games in Jakarta, where a kid and still it’s my runs for 9 wkts in 20 overs. The Indian School has won all scored a polished 28 runs. he led them to gold, earning dream. I love to play Abdullah Iqbal top scored for the matches in this tournament. The Indian School will face him an exemption from South for my country Urdu School with 30 runs. The Pakistan School upset Rest of Pakistan School in the final of Korea’s military service. highlights of the innings were the School by 6 wkts in the oth- the CBA – BOC Under 16 School Son Heung- SON HEUNG-MIN min a superb bowling performance er semi final. Batting first Rest Cricket championship on Sat- Injury fear by Srivatsav Murali who took of the School could score only urday at the Bahrain National “It’s an honour to wear this a fine hat trick (3 for 22) and 118 for 7 wkts in 20 overs. Open- Stadium ground at 1 pm. FRIDAY, JANUARY 18, 2019 16 Serena, Djokovic in charge Fourth seed Alexander Zverev scrapes into Australian Open third round er for the next generation, also men’s player Nishikori needed Nishikori back from struggled against veteran world an energy-sapping 3hr 48min to • number 36 Jeremy Chardy, be- get past big-serving Croat Kar- brink to overcome fore putting him away 7-6 (7/5), lovic 6-3, 7-6 (8/6), 5-7, 5-7, 7-6 Karlovic in thriller 6-4, 5-7, 6-7 (6/8), 6-1. (10/7) in humid conditions. Amid rain delays and drawn- Sixteenth seed Raonic Reluctant star out matches, Spain’s Garbine emerged the victor against Waw- Osaka• rockets to Aussie Muguruza and Britain’s Johanna rinka, a three-time Grand Slam Konta didn’t get on court until champion who is on the come- Open third round half-past midnight - the latest back trail from injury. start to a match in the event’s The Swiss, unseeded for the Harried Halep history. first time since his debut in staggers• into Open US Open champion and fourth 2006, fell 6-7 (4/7), 7-6 (8/6), clash with Venus seed Naomi Osaka had it rela- 7-6 (13/11), 7-6 (7/5). tively easy, sweeping past Slo- Despite being seeded six and venia’s Tamara Zidansek 6-2, 6-4 seven respectively, neither Elina AFP | Melbourne with the roof closed on Margaret Svitolina or Karolina Pliskova Court Arena due to the rain. has progressed further than the erena Williams stepped The 21-year-old’s break- last eight at the Australian Open. up her drive for a re - through at Flushing Meadow But self-assured Svitolina is Scord-equalling 24th Grand over Serena Williams last year bubbling with confidence after Slam yesterday by swatting aside made her a new standard bearer dismantling Viktoria Kuzmova Eugenie Bouchard, as world for tennis in her Japanese home- 6-4, 6-1, while Pliskova woke number one Novak Djokovic land and Asia, and she is work- up after losing the first set to won an emotional 2008 Aus - ing hard on living up to the hype. race past Madison Brengle 4-6, tralian Open final rematch with “I thought I served alright, 6-1, 6-0. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga. Serbia’s Novak Djokovic hits a return against France’s Jo-Wilfried Tsonga this was my first time playing Other women through in- But women’s top seed Simona her and I’m just happy to win cluded Italy’s Camila Giorgi and Halep and young gun Alexander the third round on a day of epic lifting the trophy in 2017 while this, it’s so tough to explain what to be honest,” Osaka said after China’s impressive Wang Qiang. Zverev had to dig deep to make battles and the latest start to a pregnant. happened on court,” said the setting up a clash with Taiwan’s Men still in the hunt included match ever at the tournament. Serbian top seed Djokovic is French Open champion, who Hsieh Su-wei. Croat Borna Coric and Spain’s American great Williams fol- also looking to make history by now meets Venus Williams af- In contrast, Asia’s top-ranked Pablo Carreno-Busta. lowed up her first round 49-min- winning a seventh title. ter the 38-year-old rolled back ute romp by spending just 70 He was too good again for the years to beat France’s Alize minutes on Rod Laver Arena to France’s Tsonga, who he beat in Cornet. dispose of the Canadian 6-2, 6-2. the 2008 final, rolling through In another titanic battle, Ca- KNOW WHAT “It wasn’t an easy match to- 6-3, 7-5, 6-4. nadian Milos Raonic ousted night,” said the 37-year-old, “You could feel the tension on 2014 champion Stan Wawrinka seeded just 16. court at the beginning. We felt a in four tightly-contested sets “So I knew ‘Serena, you’ve got lot of emotion and tried to play that all went to tie-breaks, while Despite being seeded to come out hot, you’ve got to a great game,” said Djokovic as eighth seed Kei Nishikori was six and seven respec- come out firing, she’s a really the memories of that tense final stretched to a draining five sets tively, neither Elina good player and I haven’t had came flooding back. against Ivo Karlovic. Svitolina or Karolina many matches since last year’.” In contrast, world number one Seventh seed Dominic Thi- Pliskova has pro- Williams is bidding to match Halep staggered through against em limped out when he re - gressed further than Margaret Court’s record of 24 American Sofia Kenin 6-3, 6-7 tired while losing 7-5, 6-4, 2-0 the last eight at the Grand Slam crowns, and win an (5/7), 6-4 -- her second three-set to young Australian wildcard Australian Open eighth in Australia, on her first test in a row. Alexei Popyrin. Serena Williams of the US plays a backhand return during her women’s singles return to Melbourne Park since “I have no idea how I won Zverev, hailed as a flag-bear- match against Canada’s Eugenie Bouchard

Spain game: De Minaur-Nadal Sagan closes in on lead with stage win clash promises ‘something special’ AFP | Adelaide, Australia

riple world champion Peter TSagan held off former race winners Luis Leon Sanchez and Daryl Impey to win stage three and close in on the overall lead of Australia’s Tour Down Under yesterday. The Slovak Bora-Hansgro- he sprint superstar repeated his victory in last year’s corre- sponding stage in Uraidla, edg- ing out Spain’s Sanchez on the Rafael Nadal of Spain shakes hand with Alex De Minaur of Australia after line in the 146.2-kilometre (90- winning the Gentlemen’s third round of the Wimbledon Championships mile) leg through the Adelaide Hills in South Australia. AFP | Melbourne sition for me, a position I’m Sagan, who won consecutive not really used to. It’s sort of world road race championships alf-Spanish Alex de Min- come out of nowhere,” De from 2015 to 2017, closed to Haur said it will be special Minaur said early yesterday within one point of overall tour facing “king” Rafael Nadal at morning after a late-night sec- leader Patrick Bevin of New the Australian Open today af- ond-round win. Zealand. ter the 17-time major champi- The teenage sensation won Sagan said his experience rac- (L-R) Luis Len Snchez of Spain and Astana Pro Team, Peter Sagan of Slovakia and Team Bora-Hansgrohe and Daryl Impey on called the teenager “one of the Sydney International ing on the same roads last year of South Africa and Team Mitchelton-Scott after crossing the finish line the best players in the world”. warm-up last weekend, beat- helped him in the closing stages. The 19-year-old Australian ing veteran Andreas Seppi in “I won by a little bit but I won hind, with Australia’s Michael Sagan benefited from the small number one De Minaur went the final. and I am very happy with that,” Storer fourth (10 seconds) and bunch grouping together in the to primary school in Spain, He extended his win streak he said. defending champion Impey final kilometre. has a Spanish mother and a to seven matches by surviving “On the last climb, I said, ‘It’s fifth (11 seconds). Sagan also took over the Uruguayan father and speaks Wednesday night’s four-hour My Bora-Hansgrohe going to be the same as last year It was a punishing stage sprint leader’s jersey by two fluent Spanish. marathon against little-known team worked hard to again.’ In the end it was like with temperatures around 35C points from Italy’s Elia Viviani Expectations are being Swiss Henri Laaksonen to set keep me on the front copy paper. (95F) and riders having to ne- (Deceuninck-Quick-Step) and heaped on the young shoulders up a blockbuster last-32 clash and take care of me. In “My Bora-Hansgrohe team gotiate six undulating circuits, Bevin. of the 27th seed nicknamed with Nadal. worked hard to keep me on the including six tilts up the sap- Australia’s Jason Lea (Uni- “Demon” by a feverish home “Obviously against Rafa the end I had a lot of front and take care of me. In the ping Spring Gully Road and SA-Australia) retained the King support. that’s going to be something energy for the last lap end I had a lot of energy for the the up-and-down twists and of the Mountain jersey after And pundits such as legend special,” said De Minaur, who and it was really under last lap and it was really under turns rising towards the finish stage three from Italy’s Manue- John McEnroe are predicting was sent packing in a straight control control.” at Uraidla. le Boaro (Astana Pro Team) and him as a future multiple major sets by the Spaniard at the PETER SAGAN Sanchez is in third place over- In an eventful stage there Kazakstan’s Artyom Zakharov champion. same stage of last year’s Wim- all a further nine seconds be- were a few attacks late on, but (Astana). “Yeah, it’s a different po - bledon.