TWITTER SHOW @newsofbahrain FRIDAY 8 Women singers test limits, signal Afghanistan’s changing times INSTAGRAM Green Book: /nobmedia 12 a bumpy ride LINKEDIN FRIDAY newsofbahrain APRIL 2019 through the deep 200 FILS WHATSAPP south 38444680 ISSUE NO. 8079 Green Book is a 2018 FACEBOOK American biograph- /nobmedia ical comedy-drama MAIL film directed by Peter [email protected] Farrelly. | P13 WEBSITE newsofbahrain.com Kim Kardashian studying to be a lawyer in apprenticeship 14 CELEBS WORLD 6 India’s incredible election begins Taliban ‘ban’ Red Cross, WHO in Sudan army topples president Omar Al-Bashir Afghanistan Khartoum, Sudan lenge yet to Bashir’s long rule. Kabul, Afghanistan The security agency also an- udanese president Omar nounced it was freeing all polit- he International Com- al-Bashir was ousted by the ical prisoners. Tmittee of the Red Cross Sarmy yesterday, brought Army vehicles carrying troops said yesterday it had sus- down by months of anti-govern- were seen deploying across the pended work in Afghanistan ment protests against his three centre of Khartoum from early after the Taliban announced decades of iron-fisted rule. Thursday. a “ban” against the humani- “I announce as minister of Troops raided the offices of tarian group and the World defence the toppling of the re- the Islamic Movement, the ide- Health Organization. gime and detaining its chief in a ological wing of Bashir’s ruling Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir According to a Taliban secure place,” Defence Minister National Congress Party, wit- statement, the ICRC had not Awad Ibnouf said in a sombre Chanting “the regime has fall- nesses said. And martial music “acted upon its agreements” televised address to the nation. en,” thousands poured into the was played on state television as with the Taliban. A transitional military council open ground outside army head- soldiers ordered the TV to halt The insurgents, who con- would replace Bashir for two quarters where defiant protest- its normal programming. Sudanese people chant slogans in the capital Khartoum trol or influence about half years, he said, adding that the ers have braved tear gas to keep Outside army headquarters, of Afghanistan, also accused country’s borders and airspace up an unprecedented sit-in now dozens of joyful protesters the WHO of “suspicious would be shut until further no- idents. He is wanted on charg- crowds of jubilant Sudanese in its sixth day. climbed on top of landcruisers movements” during a vac- tice. es of genocide and war crimes had begun thronging squares The protests, which erupted and armoured vehicles that had cination campaign. The veteran leader, who swept by the International Criminal across the centre of Khartoum in December over the govern- been posted to protect them As a result, the Taliban to power in a 1989 coup, was one Court. yesterday as the army promised ment’s tripling of the price of from intervention by other has “decided to ban the op- of Africa’s longest serving pres- Since early morning huge an “important announcement”. bread, were the biggest chal- branches of the security forces. eration of these two organ- isations across the country until further notice,” the militants said, noting they would not guarantee health workers’ safety. ICRC spokesman Robin Waudo said the organisa- tion had put its activities on hold in war-torn Afghani- stan, where many in rural Assange arrested areas have scant access to health care and where polio rates are rising. AFP | London, United Kingdom refuge from prosecution since 2012. ikiLeaks founder “No one is above the law,” Julian Assange’s British Prime Minister Theresa Trump floats idea of Wseven-year hideout May said to a round of cheers in in Ecuador’s London embassy parliament. third North Korea ended spectacularly yesterday The moment of high drama summit when British police arrested came after Ecuador, which has him on an extradition request grown increasingly frustrated Washington, United States from the United States to face with Assange’s stay under pro- hacking charges. US President Lenin Moreno, S President Donald Footage shot by the Rus - withdrew its asylum. UTrump said yesterday sian video news agency Ruptly UK police said Assange had he is considering a potential showed a frantic-looking As- been initially arrested for Assange arrives at the Westminster third nuclear summit with sange -- his worn face framed by breaching his bail conditions in Magistrates court after he was North Korea’s leader. a bushy white beard and shock 2012 and then “further arrested arrested. - Reuters “We will be discussing of silver hair -- being hustled out on behalf of the United States that and potential meet- of the building by burly men in authorities”. Judge Michael Snow pro - WikiLeaks’ Editor-in-chief Kristinn Hrafnsson (R) and barrister Jennifer ings, further meetings suits and pulled into one of two nounced Assange guilty of the Robinson (C) address the media outside Westminster Magistrates Court in London. - AFP with North Korea and Kim waiting police vans. Court appearance bail charge, which carries a sen- Jong Un,” Trump said in A Ruptly reporter who shot Within hours, pony-tailed tence of up to a year in prison, Pentagon documents detailing “Assange is charged with the Oval Office at the start the scene and requested ano- Assange appeared in court for and remanded him in custody alleged US war crimes in Af - conspiracy to commit comput- of talks with South Kore- nymity said that Assange shout- a brief hearing where he gave to face sentencing at an unspec- ghanistan and Iraq. er intrusion and is presumed an President Moon Jae-in. ed “UK must resist” as he was a thumbs-up sign to the press ified later date. He also faces The US Justice Department innocent unless and until prov- Both Trump and Moon are hauled away by at least seven gallery and sat reading a copy a separate hearing on the US said Assange was being charged en guilty beyond a reasonable heavily invested in bringing men dressed in dark suits and of Gore Vidal’s book “History extradition request on May 2. with a computer hacking con- doubt,” a US Justice Department North Korea out of the cold. ties. of the National Security State” Assange had long suspected spiracy relating to his work with statement said. The scene took place on a about the US military-industri- that he was secretly wanted by former US intelligence analyst “If convicted, he faces a max- plush side street in the heart of al complex, before the hearing Washington for his decision Chelsea Manning in March imum penalty of five years in London that has been Assange’s began. to publish a trove of classified 2010. prison.” Incredible election PLANET OF THE APES DON’T MISS IT Scientists create monkeys with human brain Hong Kong, China Institute of Zoology and the Chinese Academy of Sciences, The ‘time off’ hinese scientists have im- working with US researchers 03 Bahrain Cplanted human brain genes at the University of North Car- into monkeys, in a study in - olina. Mulberry fest in tended to provide insights into The study was published last 04 Budaiya the unique evolution of human month in Beijing-based journal intelligence. Representative picture National Science Review. Researchers inserted human “Our findings demonstrated New Zealand gun versions of MCPH1, a gene that tests of short-term memory as that transgenic nonhuman pri- 05 laws scientists believe plays a role in well as reaction time compared mates (excluding ape species) the development of the human to wild monkeys. have the potential to provide An Indian woman of the Dongria tribe waits to cast her vote while holding her child at a polling station in an area affected by Maoist groups during brain, into 11 rhesus monkeys. The test, the latest in a series important -- and potentially India’s general election in in Rayagada District of Odisha state, yesterday. They found the monkeys’ of biomedical experiments in unique -- insights into basic India’s gargantuan election, the biggest in history, kicked off yesterday with brains -- like those of humans China to have fuelled medical questions of what actually Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking a second term from the South Asian -- took longer to develop, and ethics debates, was conducted makes human unique,” the au- behemoth’s 900 million voters. (Full story on page 6) the animals performed better in by researchers at the Kunming thors wrote. FRIDAY, APRIL 12, 2019 02 His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa with Sultan Ibrahim Ibni Almarhum Sultan Iskandar Al Haj Sultan of Johor Darul takzim, The Commander-in-Chief Field Marshal Shaikh Khalifa bin Ahmed Al Khalifa during an inspection Malaysia, marking his visit to the Kingdom of Bahrain, at Al-Safriya Palace. Sultan Ibrahim expressed deepest thanks to HM the King for tour to one of the BDF units where he reviewed their administrative, combat and technical readiness. his kind invitation to Bahrain, hailing the warm welcome and kind hospitality. Present were HM the King’s Personal Representative His He urged everyone to perform their assigned duties precisely, professionally and effectively Highness Shaikh Abdulla bin Hamad Al-Khalifa and HM the King’s Representative for Charity Works and Youth Affairs, Supreme Council implementing all training programmes, exerting more efforts to boost the units combat efficiencies for Youth and Sport (SCYS) President HH Shaikh Nasser bin Hamad Al-Khalifa and their readiness AMH to open hospital in A’ali TDT | Manama will open its Maternity and Minister calls for greater US he American Mission Hos- Children’s hospital there. Tpital will open a new hos- A groundbreaking ceremony pital in A’ali, the hospital said will be held on April 24 at 9:30 yesterday.