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Brad Pitt slams claim of hurricane victims 13 SHOW WORLD 7 Musk’s tunnel to revolution Car overturns after collision TDT | Manama Mohammed Zafran

car overturned after colliding with another vehicle yesterday near A Yateem Centre in Manama Souq. The accident occurred around 7.30 am and according to sources, the victims were Arab nationals, who escaped unhurt. “Luckily, other vehicles as well as pe- destrians did not get involved in the acci- dent,” a source told Tribune. “A team of police instantly rushed to the scene. It is believed that speeding has led The seized baskets carrying shrimp caught illegally. to the accident,” he added. The Ministry of Interior is yet to release a statement on the accident. Among other things, the ministry con- Coast Guard seizes firmed two fire mishaps on its Twitter handle yesterday. While a bakery in East Riffa was de - illegal shrimp catch stroyed in the first incident, the second saw the fire gutting a warehouse in Ras TDT | Manama by the radar system of the Mar- Ruman. itime Operation Centre while Special teams from the Civil Defence he Coast Guard patrols sailing without operating the rushed to the sites and distinguished the yesterday seized around Automatic Identification Sys- fire. No injuries were reported. Thalf a tonne shrimp tem (AIS). According to sources, electric short-cir- caught illegally by fishermen. He said relevant procedures cuit is considered to be the reason behind The Coast Guard Command- are being taken to refer the The overturned vehicle at the accident site. both fire accidents. er said the boats were spotted case to Public Prosecution.

Anger in Iran after overnight police raids Battle won, Tehran

nger has erupted in AIran’s restive Khuz- war still on estan province after securi- ty forces arrested dozens of striking steel workers. US declares victory against IS; to More than 4,000 employ- ees at the National Steel continue war against terrorism Industrial Group in Ahvaz stopped work on Nov 9 in a dispute over unpaid wages Most US troops and benefits. • After a series of rallies in Syria are special These victories over and protest meetings by forces working with Daesh in Syria do not the strikers, police raided the Syrian Democratic signal the end of the workers’ homes overnight Forces (SDF), an global coalition. on Sunday and detained at SARAH SANDERS least 30 men. alliance of Kurdish and Arab militias. “We have defeated Daesh in Syria, my only reason for A complete being there during the Trump withdrawal• from Syria presidency,” he said. White House spokeswoman would still leave a Sarah Sanders said the cam- sizeable US military paign against terrorism would DON’T MISS IT presence in the region, move to a new phase. “Five including about years ago, Daesh was a pow- erful and dangerous force in 5,200 troops across the Middle East, and now the the border in Iraq. US has defeated the territorial Ex-chairman caliphate,” she said. urges new council Jeddah “These victories over Daesh to continue in Syria do not signal the end 03 he US has begun to of the global coalition. We have developmental withdraw all its 2,000 started returning US troops push Tremaining troops in home as we transition to the Syria after President Donald next phase.” Special care for Trump declared victory over Most US troops in Syria are 04 special needs Daesh. special forces working with the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), an alliance of Kurdish Special and Arab militias. festivities for Turkey views Kurdish YPG 05 residents of Isa forces in the alliance as ter- rorists, but the presence of US Town troops has given the Kurds a 2,000 measure of protection. US troops will be withdrawn from Syria Their fate is now uncertain, soon, says the US. and Ankara has said it plans to launch an operation against Kurdish militias east of the 125 Al Khalifa Avenue - Manama - Kingdom of Bahrain Euphrates River. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 20, 2018 02

The Deputy King, His Royal Highness Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa yesterday received the United States Secretary of the Navy, Richard V Spencer, at Riffa Palace. During the meeting, the Deputy King and the US Secretary of the Navy discussed a wide range of regional and international developments, highlighting that Bahrain-US military relations represent the cornerstone of bilateral relations between the two countries. The Deputy King highlighted Bahrain’s long and active role promoting stability, stressing that these efforts encompass a broad spectrum of military, political, and economic collaboration with Arab and international partners.

Tamil cultural organisation Kalaalaya organised Winter Vibes at the Indian Club. Zayani Motors General Manager Mohammed Zaki, Trafco Group Chief Executive Officer S Sridhar and many other dignitaries, artists and community leaders attended the event.

IYCC Hidd and Arad Area Committee in association with Middle East Medical (MEM) Centre organised Third Annual Free Medical Camp on the occasion of Bahrain National Day. Bahrain Keraleeya Samajam President Radhakrishna Pillai, MEM senior executives and staff attended the event.

The Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland – Medical University of Bahrain (RCSI Bahrain) kicked off its Diabetes Mobile BD 1.9 Unit programme for the only new academic year, with a trip to Safra Primary and Intermediate Girls School in Riffa. The visit was the first in a series of similar trips to schools around the country and featured 15 students from the University’s senior nursing class, raising awareness of type 2 diabetes and how to prevent the Try out our Indian plate - Super disease through a number of delicious and great value for money interactive educational games and activities. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 20, 2018 03 Ex-chairman urges new council to continue developmental push New Muharraq Municipal Council was sworn in last week following elections

Mr Al Sinan had stepped• down from his position to run for the parliamentary elections this year.

The new Muharraq Council• was sworn in last week and Ghazi Al Murbati was elected the chairman while Hassan Al Doy was named the vice-chairman.

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ne of the former munici- pal council chairmen has Revamping Muharraq Souq has been one of the major projects spearheaded by the previous council. Ourged the newly-elected council to extend support to all “Until now, the shading pro- and Al Ghous beaches. All of ments in Muharraq. Some of ongoing projects initiated by the ject is on track. Nearly two kilo- them are massive beaches and the successful projects includ- previous council. metres of area come under the will be open to the public, al - ing Busaiteen beach, Muharraq Mohammed Al Sinan, former shaded zone.” though some areas will be re- Central Market, jogging paths on chairman of Muharraq Munici- Among other projects, he said served for the private sector. Three beaches are Al Dair and Galali, four gardens pal Council, has listed out many renovation of existing beach- Work will begin by the end of set for opening in apart from signing agreements projects which need attention es, opening new beaches, com- this year.” Muharraq within to build three malls.” from the new council and among pleting infrastructure projects Mr Al Sinan said that new re- a year or two. The The new Muharraq Coun - them the shading project at Mu- including the construction of vamped Muharraq Central Mar- projects are being cil was sworn in last week and harraq Souq should be given top footpaths should be completed ket will be at least four times carried out in Ghazi Al Murbati was elected priority. on a priority basis. the old one. “The market will collaboration with the chairman while Hassan Al “The shading project will “Three beaches are set for feature a large hypermarket and Doy was named the vice-chair- benefit owners of shops, shop- opening in Muharraq within a hundreds of outlets to sell vege- Bahrain Tourism man. keepers as well as customers. year or two. The projects are table, meat and fish.” and Exhibitions Mr Al Sinan had stepped Apart from this, it will also help being carried out in collabora- Describing some of his pet Authority. down from his position to run in giving a traditional look to the tion with Bahrain Tourism and projects for Muharraq, he said, MR AL SINAN for the parliamentary elections souq, especially when we think Exhibitions Authority. “In the past four years, we have this year. in a tourism perspective. “They include Galali, Al Hala had many impressive achieve- Expo showcases agricultural initiatives

ing Life”, provided an excellent initiatives that BDB takes to pro- was inaugurated by Her Royal opment and the Ministry of Mu- to a larger number of buyers.” TDT | Manama opportunity for the participants mote the agricultural sector in the Highness Princess Sabeeka bint nicipalities Affairs and Agricul- Farmer’s Market has proved to share experiences, achieve- kingdom. Ibrahim Al Khalifa in February, tural and Urban Planning. to be a great success and a pop- ahrain Development Bank ments and exchange knowledge “One of our recent joint initia- 2018. The market is a joint pro- “The market displays fresh lo- ular destination among the res- (BDB) participated in the related to the agricultural field. tives is the launch of the Farmer’s ject between BDB, The National cally produced crops to help Bah- idents in Bahrain and for GCC Bthird Agricultural Exhibi- The exhibition featured dis- Market in Hoorat A’ali, which Initiative for Agricultural Devel- raini farmers sell their products visitors. tion 2018, organised by Bahrain plays of various experiments Training Institute (BTI). and agricultural initiatives The exhibition was held under implemented in educational the patronage of the Education institutions and agricultural Minister Dr Majid Al Nuaimi at companies. the institute’s premises in Isa The participation of BDB Town. comes as part of the bank’s The annual event, held this year efforts to support the agri- under the theme “Sustaining Ag- cultural events conducted in riculture: Saving Earth, Preserv- the kingdom and to spread awareness among the public about the financial facilities the bank offers to the Bahraini farmers. The BDB provides agri- cultural finance to Bahraini farmers with a zero per cent profit rate and with a financ- ing amount of BD15,000. BDB Group Chief Executive Officer Sanjeev Paul stated, The bank is keen “The bank is keen to partici- pate in initiatives that support to participate in the Small and Medium Enter- initiatives that support prises as well as agricultural the Small and Medium projects and motivate them Enterprises as well as to come up with modern mar- agricultural projects keting concepts and mecha- and motivate them to nisms in order to expand and come up with modern grow their businesses. “This exhibition is a great marketing concepts platform to share experi- and mechanisms in ences, achievements and ex- order to expand and change knowledge related to grow their businesses. the agricultural field. MR PAUL Mr Paul highlighted the THURSDAY, DECEMBER 20, 2018 04 Special care for special needs Education Minister inaugurates programmes for students with special needs Manama

ducation Minister, Dr Ma- jid Al Nuaimi, yesterday Einaugurated the first phase of the ministry’s programme to teach slow learners which will be implemented in 35 schools. This came as the minister pat- ronised a ceremony held by the Education Ministry at the Bu- saiteen Primary Girls School to highlight its success stories in implementing its policy to inte- grate students with special needs in government schools. Education Ministry’s offi- cials, students from integration schools, institutes and rehabilita- tion centres, teachers and parents also attended. The minister said that the inau- Dr Al Nuaimi inaugurates the programme. Dr Al Nuaimi interacts with children of Busaiteen Primary Girls School. guration of the new programme targeting slow learners, and the expansion of the other on en- ing those with special needs, in He highlighted the outstand- the most distinguished at the by integration services and their Down syndrome are provided hancing the use of technology in line with the directives of His ing results achieved by the 81 international level as they deliver positive impact on the level of with agricultural skills. teaching students with learning Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al integration schools, citing the quality educational services to the students. Then, the minister crowned disabilities is part of the king- Khalifa to provide educational success in integrating 115 autistic students with special needs. Dr Al Nuaimi was also in - the winning schools of the quin- dom’s pioneering experience in services that help the students to students. The minister was also in - formed about the “Seed of Giv- tet football championship for providing suitable educational improve their academic achieve- Dr Al Nuaimi asserted that formed about samples of the ing” project through which stu- secondary students with special services for all students, includ- ments. the two programmes are among educational services provided dents with mental disability and needs.

National Day marked

The management, staff, teachers and students of New Generation Private School held a special event to celebrate the National Day.

A thanksgiving prayer was conducted at St Christopher Cathedral Manama marking the beginning of the Golden Jubilee celebrations of the Bahrain Malayalee CSI Parish Choir. Rt Rev Thomas Samuel, Rev Christopher Butt, Rev James Joseph and Rev Stephen attended.

The Palakkad Toastmasters Club, Bahrain, honoured students who emerged winners in the Youth Leadership Programme Grand Finale. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 20, 2018 05

HRH Deputy King holds Majlis Baby torture trial adjourned

The baby girl was• admitted to hospital with second- degree burns in her private parts, behind her thighs, legs as well as a fractured humerus and a subdural hematoma.

TDT | Manama Ali Tarif

he Supreme Criminal TCourt has adjourned the case of an Arab woman accused of beating her own Deputy King, His Royal Highness child to January 2, 2018, to Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, seek a medical report. yesterday held his weekly Majlis at Riffa Palace. Members of the royal The investigation docu- family, senior government officials, ments revealed that the Arab members of the Shura Council and woman had tortured her own Council of Representatives, members 15-month-old baby girl. of municipal councils, religious and The baby girl was admitted community leaders, journalists, and to hospital with second-de- diplomats attended the Majlis. His Royal gree burns in her private Highness welcomed the broad range parts, behind her thighs, legs of visitors at the weekly Majlis, which as well as a fractured humer- demonstrates Bahrain’s commitment us and a subdural hematoma. to rooted traditions and values, that And it was the 27-year- are underpinned by His Majesty’s old woman’s husband who aspirations to maintain a strong bond lodged the case against his amongst Bahrain’s society. wife, accusing her of beating and causing harm to their infant. “My client is married to the defendant and they have a seven-year-old boy and a girl aged one year and three months,” the husband’s law- yer said. “He had previously filed a case against his wife after Special festivities for their infant’s hand got bro- ken. But his family intervened and the case got cancelled.” The woman said that the infant’s hand got hurt after she fell down while trying to walk, but her narration of events were not “believed” residents of Isa Town by her husband, who re - ported the incident to po- Isa Town was established by late Amir HH Shaikh Isa 50 years ago lice. Manama by Mohammed Al Kholasi, fol- Majlis, received sen- lowed by a melodious poem read ior officials, prominent outhern Governor Shaikh by Mish’al Al Malki in praise of personalities, Interior Khalifa bin Ali bin Khalifa the glorious history of Bahrain’s officers, dignitaries and SAl Khalifa has patronised leadership. citizens. the National Day festivities of Also, a documentary was shown HH the Governor Isa Town residents. narrating the history of Isa Town stressed pushing on with The event marks the King- established by the late Amir of communicating with cit- dom’s National Day celebrated Bahrain, HH Shaikh Isa bin Sal- izens and implementing on December 16-17, the anni- man Al Khalifa, 50 years ago. initiatives to meet their versary of its establishment as a The event concluded with the needs and aspirations. modern Arab and Muslim State traditional Ardha performance He said the citizens’ by its founder Ahmed Al Fateh in which the governor, residents participation in the na- in 1783, the 47th anniversary of and guests partook. tional celebrations re- its accession as fully-fledged UN They expressed their sincere flected their loyalty to member and the 19th anniversary appreciation to the Governor HM King Hamad bin Isa of His Majesty King Hamad bin for sharing their joys as part Al Khalifa, HRH Prime Isa Al Khalifa’s Accession to the of the Kingdom’s National Day Minister Prince Khalifa Throne. celebrations, wishing the King- bin Salman Al Khalifa and The governor was received by dom perpetual progress, peace, HRH Prince Salman bin Isa Town citizens and officials. security and prosperity. Hamad Al Khalifa, Crown The ceremony began with ayahs Separately, Shaikh Khalifa Prince, Deputy Supreme from the Holy Quran recited yesterday at the Governorate Commander and First Deputy Prime Minister. He paid tribute to the role of the South - ern Police Directorate in maintaining secu - rity and safety of citi - zens and residents. He wished the homeland further security and stability and the peo - ple of Bahrain more advancement and pros- perity. The audience ex - pressed delight in tak- ing part in the national celebrations organised by the Southern Gover- norate, highlighting ap- preciation of the Gover- TERMS & CONDITIONS APPLY* Shaikh Khalifa interacts with governorate officials after taking part in nor’s keenness to meet celebrations. citizens’ needs. 06 THURSDAY, DECEMBER 20, 2018 world

Greek court orders Pope accepts US extradition to bishop’s resignation France of Russian over ‘misconduct’ Bitcoin suspect China detains third with minor Athens, Greece

he Greek Supreme TCourt yesterday or- dered the extradition to France of Russian Alexan- Canadian: official der Vinnik, who headed the Bitcoin exchange BTC-e, on AFP | Ottawa, Canada suspicion of money laun- detainees -- former Canadian dering, judicial sources diplomat Michael Kovrig and said. hina has arrested a third China-based business consult- Vinnik has been held in Canadian amid a diplo- ant Michael Spavor -- of activ- custody since his arrest in matic spat between Bei- ities “that endanger China’s C KNOW WHAT July 2017 at the northern jing and Ottawa over the arrest national security.” Greek tourist resort of Hal- of a Chinese telecom executive, They were both detained on kidiki. a Canadian official said yester- December 10. Los Angeles auxiliary bishop In an October 2017 rul- day. Beijing has threat- Kovrig took an unpaid leave Alexander Salazar ing the court accepted the “Global Affairs Canada is ened Canada with from his diplomatic post last extradition request from aware of a Canadian citizen “grave consequenc- year to work as a Hong Kong- Vatican City, Holy See Moscow, having earlier fa- detained in China,” ministry es” if Meng was not based senior adviser at the In- voured the US request. spokeswoman Maegan Grave- freed and Chinese ternational Crisis Group think But on Wednesday it de- line said, without providing fur- tank, while Spavor facilitates ope Francis has accept- cided he should instead be ther details. state-run media trips to North Korea and helped Ped the resignation of Los sent to France since Paris A government source said has lashed out at former NBA star Dennis Rod- Angeles auxiliary bishop had submitted a European “there is no reason to believe the arrest, saying man travel to the neighbouring Alexander Salazar over his Arrest Warrant. that this case is linked to (two) it was politically country. “misconduct” with a minor, The French warrant other recent cases of Canadians motivated. Beijing has threatened Can- the Vatican said yesterday. says Alexander Vinnik detained in China.” ada with “grave consequences” The case is the latest in a had defrauded more than Earlier Chinese foreign min- if Meng was not freed and Chi- litany of child sexual abuse 100 people in six French istry spokeswoman Hua Chuny- Huawei Technologies Chief Financial nese state-run media has lashed scandals to have rocked the cities between 2016 and ing told a regular press briefing Officer Meng Wanzhou. the cases. Meng was released out at the arrest, saying it was Roman Catholic Church of 2018. that she had “not heard” about raised suspicions that Beijing on bail last week in Vancouver politically motivated. 1.3 billion followers around BTC-e, founded in 2011, the detention first reported by is holding them in retaliation pending a US extradition hear- Ottawa has repeatedly said the world. became one of the world’s Canada’s National Post. for Huawei chief financial of- ing on US fraud charges related the arrest was not political but The Vatican said an inves- largest and most widely The recent detentions of a ficer Meng Wanzhou’s Decem- to sanctions-breaking business rather a judicial process in keep- tigation by the Archbishop used digital currency ex- Canadian former diplomat and ber 1 arrest, though no link has dealings with Iran. ing with an extradition treaty of Los Angeles had found changes. a Canadian entrepreneur has officially been made between China has accused the other with Washington. suspicions about Salazar’s behaviour to be “credible”. A letter from the arch - bishop, Jose H. Gomez, said that in 2005 he had been “made aware of an allega- Stop ‘weaponising’ space EU agrees to ban most tion against Bishop Salazar of misconduct with a mi- AFP | Beijing, China a commander and deputy com- single-use plastics nor” during the 1990s when mander who will need Senate he was serving as a parish hina said yesterday it op- approval. Brussels, Belgium world’s oceans. priest. Cposed the “weaponisation” It is not the first military Officials from the parliament The allegations were in- of space as it criticised US Pres- space entity proposed by the U countries and the Eu- and the EU Council, which vestigated by the police but ident Donald Trump’s orders to US president this year. Eropean Parliament yester- represents the bloc’s member not prosecuted, Gomez said. create a new command centre In June, Trump said he want- day agreed details of a ban on states, negotiated through the Salazar “consistently for controlling military space ed to create “Space Force”, an single-use plastics, including night, finally reaching a deal denied any wrongdoing,” operations. entirely new branch of the mil- plates, cutlery and drinking on Wednesday morning after Gomez said, and after ob- “China has consistently pro- itary, alongside the Navy, Ma- straws, in a bid to cut marine 12 and a half hours of wran- taining permission from posed the peaceful usage of Hua Chunying rine Corps, Army, Air Force and pollution. gling. Rome, he had put the matter space, and opposes the weap- Coast Guard. The new rules, which still “Where possible, the meas- in the hands of the archdi- onisation of space and a space Pentagon that will have over- He insists such a move is nec- need final approval before ures laid down in this direc- ocese’s “independent Cler- arms race,” said Chinese foreign all control of military space essary to tackle vulnerabilities becoming law, target the tive and their implementation gy Misconduct Oversight ministry spokeswoman Hua operations. in space and assert US domi- top 10 items most frequent- should give priority to waste Board.” Chunying at a press briefing. SpaceCom, as it will inevi- nance in orbit. ly found littering European prevention or to the transition “The Board found the al- “We oppose even further tably come to be known, will But its creation is not a done beaches. to reusable products rather legation to be credible and turning space into the new bat- be on equal footing with other deal, as it needs to be approved Plastic cotton bud sticks and than to other single-use alter- I submitted its findings and tleground,” she added. US military commands, such as by Congress, and the concept expanded polystyrene food natives,” the council said in a recommendations along On Tuesday, Trump or - Central Command in the Mid- has met with some scepticism containers are also barred, statement. with my own votum to the dered the creation of “Space dle East or Indo-Pacific Com- from lawmakers and defence as the EU tries to cut back The EU hopes to complete Holy See to make its final Command”, a new organisa- mand in Asia, and will require officials wary of the cost and on products that account for the final legal steps to bring the determination as to Bishop tional structure within the a new headquarters as well as added bureaucracy. huge quantities of waste in the new rules into force in 2021. Salazar’s status,” he said. Facebook sold users data to Amazon, Netflix, Spotify, Microsoft Washington, United States roiled by a series of scandals on permission,” and maintained said they remained active as late acebook offered a renewed data protection and privacy and that the deals did not violate a as 2017 and some were still in Fdefence yesterday of its data BETTER has been scrutinized over the 2012 privacy settlement with the effect this year. sharing practices after a report hijacking of user data in the 2016 US Federal Trade Commission. Papamiltiadis said however revealing that certain partners of US election campaign. According to documents seen that “we’ve been public about the social network had access to KNOW Konstantinos Papamiltiadis, by the Times, Facebook allowed these features and partnerships a range of personal information Facebook’s head of developer Microsoft’s Bing search en - over the years because we want- about users and their friends. platforms and programs, said gine to see names of Facebook ed people to actually use them.” The New York Times late Some 150 companies in a blog post early Wednesday users’ friends without con - “They were discussed, re - Tuesday reported that some 150 -- including powerful that the Times report was about sent and gave Netflix and Spo- viewed, and scrutinized by a companies -- including powerful partners like Amazon, “integration partners” which en- tify the ability to read private wide variety of journalists and partners like Amazon, Microsoft, Microsoft, Netflix and abled “social experiences -- like messages.” privacy advocates,” he said. Netflix and Spotify -- could ac- Spotify -- could access seeing recommendations from The report said Amazon was But he said most of the fea- cess detailed information about their Facebook friends -- on oth- able to obtain user names and tures are now gone. Facebook users, including data detailed information er popular apps and websites.” contact information through “Still, we recognize that we’ve about their friends. about Facebook users, Papamiltiadis added that their friends, and Yahoo could needed tighter management The report marked yet an - including data about Myanmar youth browsing Facebook “none of these partnerships or view streams of friends’ posts. over how partners and devel- other potential embarrassment their friends page at an internet shop in Yangon. features gave companies access While some of the deals date opers can access information,” for Facebook, which has been to information without people’s back as far as 2010, the Times he added. 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lon Musk bores tunnel to revolutionize city driving E Elon Musk on Tuesday Musk took a break from futuristic elec- arrives in tric cars and private space travel a modified to unveil a low-cost tunnel he Tesla Model X sees as a godsend for city traffic. electric vehicle The billionaire behind Tesla during an unveiling Tunnel boring equipment and SpaceX late Tuesday put event for the Boring Co. the spotlight on the a 1.14 mile Hawthorne test tunnel in (1.8 kilometer) tunnel created Hawthorne, south of Los Angeles by his Boring Company for about $10 million. The sample tunnel is part of Musk’s vision to have an under- Boring is using Teslas in ground network that cars, pref- The sample the tube. erably Teslas, can be lowered to by lifts, then slotted into tracks tunnel is part Soul-crushing inspiration and propelled along at speeds up of Musk’s The idea for the project to 150 mph (241 kmh). came to the billionaire of “The only way to solve this is vision to South African origin when to go 3D, for the transport sys- he was fuming at the wheel tem to match the living quar- have an of his car, trapped in traffic ters,” Musk said of solving the jams between his Bel Air problem of traffic congestion in underground villa and the SpaceX offices urban areas. in Hawthorne. “It’s all relatively simple. No network It is a journey that takes Nobel Prize is needed here.” him more than 90 minutes An entrance to a sample tun- that cars, and he considered soul-crush- nel was shown publicly for the ing. first time in this city near Los preferably The “tunnel test” unveiled Musk during the event Angeles as the initial stage of Tuesday appeared simple: a nar- Musk’s project to revolutionize Teslas, can row tube, only 3.65m in diameter city traffic by zipping along be- (12 feet), freshly painted white, ramps low congested streets. be lowered in which a Tesla Model X is fit- where Musk founded the Boring ted with stabilizers on wheels space allows. company two years ago as a to by lifts, to slot into the track and avoid Boring has self-financed, side-endeavor to bumping the walls. partnered with public his work at Tesla and SpaceX. then slotted The entrance to the tunnel transit in Los Angeles to study Specially designed equipment into tracks was dug in a parking lot in the possibility of connecting drills tunnels wide enough to Hawthorne, with an elevator tunnels with subway stations. accommodate a car on a track. and propelled platform on a street corner Chicago chose Boring for its The network envisioned is an raising and lowering cars to the project for a high-speed, cap- expandable mesh of tunnels and along at track. sule-shaped train connecting elevators capable of having more Journalists and others attend- the city center to the airport. Re- than 4,000 cars pass through speeds up to ing the event got to bolt through quests for drilling services flow he said. per hour. the short tunnel at about 40 mph in at a rate of five to 20 a week, The Boring “The deepest mines are deep- 150 mph (241 (65 kmh) in what felt somewhat according to Boring president company, on the er than the tallest buildings,” akin to an amusement park Steve Davis. other hand, was on the Musk said. kmh) ride. For his idea to succeed, Musk cusp of deploying a prototype inspired by a liter- “The profound breakthrough must manage to slash the time “Prufrock” machine capable of ary work. Prufrock came from a is very simple: it’s the ability to Slower than a snail and cost of tunnel drilling. Con- drilling 15 times faster than the poem by T.S. Eliot. turn a normal car into a pas - The broad vision is that elec- ventional tunnels take, on aver- best gear in use now, according Musk’s mechanical recipe in- sively stable vehicle by adding small tunnel.” tric vehicles on city streets age two to four months to dig a to Musk. cludes using batteries and elec- the deployable tracking wheels, Tunnels will eventually be would be able to easily drop into mile (1.6 kilometer} proceeding Like the “Godot” and “Line- tric motors to boost power to stabilizing wheels, so that it can open to all compatible self-driv- tunnels or rise out using elevator “14 times slower than a snail” Storm” models that came before boring machinery while elimi- travel at high speed through a ing electric vehicles, but for now platforms built into streets, or while costing a billion dollars, that machine, the nickname was nating harmful exhaust fumes. Trump panel recommends guns in schools to keep students safe Washington, United States was set up after the February Instead, it suggested arming ficers who “can also serve as negative impact on school dis- safety panel set up by US massacre in Parkland, Florida, staff -- even teachers in some highly effective educators.” cipline and safety.” The Amer- A President Donald Trump when a former student shot dead circumstances -- “for the sake The report pushes for a re - ican Civil Liberties Union con- in the wake of numerous school 17 people, sparking mass gun of effectively and immediately view of disciplinary guidelines demned that proposition. shootings recommended Tues- control protests. responding to violence.” introduced in 2014 under former “The Trump administration day that schools consider arming The commission rejected School districts where police president Barack Obama, which is exploiting tragedies to justify staff, using veterans as guards calls to increase the minimum responses could be slower, such suggested alternatives to sus- rolling back school children’s and reversing Obama-era guide- age required for gun purchases, as rural districts, may benefit in pension and expulsion to tackle civil rights protections, despite lines. arguing in its 180-page report particular, the commission said. discrimination against black and the lack of any evidence link- The Federal Commission on that most school shooters ob- It also recommended educa- Latino students. ing school discipline reform to School Safety panel, led by Ed- tain their weapons from family tion authorities hiring military The commission’s report said school shootings,” it said in a ucation Secretary Betsy DeVos, Donald Trump members or friends. veterans and former police of- the measure has had “a strong statement. 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sure. But clowns nevertheless. And earlier this year, some olution, a series of terrorist in the wake of “colour” revolu- ing or the Georgian explosions Rather than stay in the Ritz, 305 supersecret James Bond attacks struck Georgian in - To the Kremlin, Yushchenko tions for democracy in Ukraine were not attacks, but payback. they stayed in a two-star East wannabes were outed by a frastructure. That Sept 14, was a United States agent, and Georgia, and also during To the Kremlin, Yushchenko London hotel with no private shared blunder: They all reg- a power line in the Hashuri simply because he had an the American-led war in Iraq. was a United States agent, sim- bathroom, but plenty of mice; istered their vehicles to the region was blown up. That American wife who worked A former economic advis - ply because he had an American TOP a witness claimed they smoked address of their supersecret was followed by explosions for the United States er to Putin, Andrei Illarionov, wife who worked for the United Putin’s marijuana and romped noisily operating base. on Sept 20 and Oct 9 and 10. is undoubtedly right when he States Treasury and whom he YULIA LATYNINA Treasury and whom he had 4 with a prostitute. Rather than “Spying is one of the most The Georgian police said met by chance on a plane. says that the war was the turn- had met by chance on a plane. TWEETS n 1985, Viktor Suvorov, a carefully disposing of a bottle of important jobs in the world,” the group responsible was ing point of the Russian presi- It seems never to have occurred defector-turned-histori- Novichok, the hypertoxic nerve Putin proclaimed recently. But headed by a GRU major, Ro- dent’s policies, Before it, Putin to Putin’s spymaster that Russia Ian of the GRU, the Soviet agent they used, they threw the if he really thinks it’s so impor- man Boiko. A later group was presented himself as an ally of was losing influence because of 01 military intelligence agency, evidence into a charity collec- tant, why does he put up with run, according to Georgians, the West and even sought Rus- its own actions. penned a novel, “Aquarium.” tion bin. And they had chosen such sloppy spycraft? by another GRU major, Yevg- sia’s membership in NATO. But Which leads to a final ques- keystone It was a brilliant tableau of a poison quickly diluted by wa- The easy answer is: because eny Borisov. he considered Iraq within Rus- tion: Why is Putin doing all that deadly Soviet organisa- ter; in the end, damp weather there’s no efficient state ma - But the attacks were not sia’s sphere of influence and this? tion, in which ruthlessness was saved the victims’ lives. chinery. The state apparatus is always successes. The agents adamantly opposed the war The answer is obvious: be - equaled only by efficiency. How well hidden were the customised for graft, ineptitude blew up an old pipeline, mis- America began there in 2003. cause he thinks he has no other The book’s most shocking spies? Not very. A database of and corruption. Spies are no taking it for a new one. Instead When the colour revolutions choice — that Americans, not scene was of a traitor being passports, available for pur- exception. of blowing up a wall of the swept through Georgia and Russians, are the aggressors, arliament chairman @ burned alive. It was made into chase online, testified to their Then why doesn’t he clean up American Embassy, they blew charge of the Georgian police Ukraine the next year, Putin — and he’s just striking back. Pfawziazainal5 prom- spies a video shown to all new re - secret service affiliation: In the apparatus? up an adjacent wall. When a as internal affairs minister, dis- then a 51-year-old ex-KGB lieu- And he can’t renounce this ised to drop all pending cruits. The message: There was fact, it contained a consecu - The blunt answer is: because bomb set to blow up a railway cussed these attacks with me tenant colonel — acted as if they view. It would be tantamount charges against Social no way to quit the organisation tive list of passports issued to he is afraid to. An efficient mil- bridge on Oct 2, 2010, didn’t in 2011 (before he was ousted were the result not of political to renouncing his vision of him- Media influencers who Why does a strongman alive. “A ruble for entry and two secret GRU agents, Could some itary could stage a coup against go off, the agent responsible by Georgia’s corrupt and often mistakes, miscalculations and self as a powerful leader who criticized the previous for exit” became the agency’s hapless GRU clerk have thought him. So inefficiency is a price for the attack tricked his han- pro-Kremlin elite and impris- the inability of corrupt govern- wants to Make Russia Great parliament. This is great brought up in the KGB put up informal motto. it easier to submit the whole Putin will pay. dlers by claiming, incredi- oned on trumped-up charges), ments to contain discontent in Again. He’d have to acknowl - news. Bahrain should But earlier this year, in bunch in a single file? And when did the sloppiness bly, that the Georgians were he opined that graft and greed those former Soviet republics. edge the truths that he, not defend free speech and with sloppy Russian Vladimir Putin’s Russia, this After all, such botches were start? hushing up an explosion. To were the real causes of all this No, he apparently thought, America, is turning Russia into constructive criticism & grandiose image of the Great nothing new. The first public poisoning check his story, Borisov’s dep- bungling. The Russian officers, all of this was one nefarious a third-world country haem - not be afraid of hearing it! military intelligence agency? Evil was forever destroyed in In 2016, a GRU agent in Mon- we know about — apparently uty called a European Union he suggested, were stealing plot hatched in Washington orrhaging its smartest brains, @ATEEKSTER a Chernobyl-scale meltdown tenegro sent money intended with dioxin — was the at - monitoring mission in Geor- most of the funds allocated to to encircle Russia deep in its with a failing economy and no experienced by the GRU in the for a coup (which failed) via tempt on Sept. 5, 2004, to kill gia with profuse of- carry out the attacks. What was historical sphere of influence. chips with which to bargain wake of the British indictment Western Union, with the return Viktor Yushchenko, a candi- fers of help, all left was peanuts, and for pea - Americans had smiled when with the rest of the world. of two GRU hit men, Alexander address recognisable as that of date opposing a pro-Krem- but admitting nuts you can hire only losers. they persuaded him in 2002 to So more of the same is to fol - 02 Petrov and Ruslan Boshirov, GRU headquarters. Last April, lin favourite in a Ukrain - the provenance of Why is all this history impor- accept Lithuania and Poland low, and God help us all. who bungled an attempt to four agents were apprehended ian presidential election. the device. Five days tant? Because the timing hints as new NATO members, and all poison their former colleague upon arrival in the Netherlands He recovered and won the later, it was discovered at the motivation behind all of the time they were just waiting (Yulia Latynina is a Russian journalist with Echo of Moscow and Sergei Skripal and his daughter. for a hacking mission; one had presidency. intact, completing the this skulduggery. The Yush - to plant a dagger into his back. Novaya Gazeta, and is a recipient The two intended killers kept a taxi receipt for traveling Within two weeks of that major’s humiliation. chenko poisoning occurred on We need to understand that of the Defender of Freedom Award were no James Bonds. They from GRU headquarters to the poisoning, and soon after When Vano Mera- Sept 5, 2004. The attacks on in the Kremlin’s warped world- from the United States State were clowns. Murderous, for Moscow airport. the Georgian Rose Rev - bishvili, formerly in Georgia started a week later — view, the Yushchenko poison- Department.) EPORTER: “I guess I’m Rwondering, using terms like ‘rat’ and things like that to talk about people who are cooperating witness- es with the FBI –” SARAH SANDERS: “—for people who are dishonest and ly- CIVILIAN’S TRIBUNE ing, I mean, it seems like a pretty appropriate term.” @jaketapper How caste underpins the blasphemy crisis? 03 Rein in Trump, prevent Perhaps, Bibi mentioned quarrel over sharing water into to her three accusers how blasphemy. Islam did not permit such Perhaps, Bibi mentioned to discrimination. But in her three accusers how Islam US from destruction Pakistan, the Christians, are did not permit such discrimi - n 2006, 26 Senate Dems FAISAL DEVJI understood to have been nation. But in Pakistan, neither Ivoted for 700 miles of the Christians, who are under- border fencing. Hillary n June 14, 2009, Asia low-caste Hindus. stood to have been low-caste Clinton, Joe Biden, & Ba- Bibi, a poor Christian Hindus, nor the Muslims, who rack Obama all supported Owoman, was picking have adopted the role of their it. Sitting Senators Schum- fruit in the field of Itan Wali high-caste coreligionists, can er, Carper, Feinstein, Stabe- village in Pakistan, about 30 refer to the vanished past that now, Nelson, & Wyden vot- miles from the city of Lahore. mediates their relations. ed yes. What’s changed Caste On the landowner’s order, Bibi The increasing refusal of Mus- except their opposition to fetched drinking water for her lims to share water or food with @realDonaldTrump? discrimination co-workers, but three Muslim Christians suggests an inability @GOPChairwoman women among them accused to come to terms with a past that against her of contaminating the water defies the religious identifica- 04 by touching the bowl. An argu- er-caste coreligionists behind. tions meant to structure all of Christians, ment followed. In the southern province of Pakistan’s social relations. Later, the Muslim women ac- Sindh, some upper-caste land- In post-colonial India and Pa- whose cused Bibi of making blasphe - owners stayed, while low-caste kistan, religious offence among mous statements against Islam Hindus took the religion, its Hindus, Muslims, Sikhs and ancestors — a charge punishable by death temples and practices into their Christians continues to deploy under Pakistani law. Despite hands in a startling departure the secular language of hurt sen- were lower- little evidence, Bibi spent nine from Hindu tradition that has timents rather than the theolog- or the first time in years in prison — eight in soli - no Indian counterpart. ical category of blasphemy. Fdecades we’ll have full caste Hindus, tary confinement on death row In Punjab Province, former Bibi’s case is resolutely local control over who comes persists in — till she was finally acquitted “untouchables” accelerated and has led to no Muslim ag - here. A new, skills-based by the Supreme Court of Paki- their conversion to Christiani- itation outside Pakistan. This immigration system where Pakistan stan in late October. ty, taking given names common is because it emerges from the fter the shooting at the Tree of Life syna- that never stopped him from lying before. workers’ talent and ex- Pakistan’s religious right has among their Muslim neighbours Muslim disavowal of caste. gogue, he said that if there had been armed The National Climate Assessment was released pertise matter, not where violently protested her acquit- while replacing the caste sur- In Pakistan, both the discrim- Aguards in the synagogue, they could have and said climate change has and will continue to they’re from.It’ll attract tal and Bibi is being held in an names with appellations like ination of caste and the history prevented the killings. Great — let’s arm all places devastate our health and economy, and he still the brightest and best to a undisclosed location to keep “Masih,” the Urdu word for Je - of religious difference are offi- of worship instead of having saner gun laws. denies that there is a problem. UK open for business and her safe. The initial accusation sus in his role as Messiah. cially proscribed and forgotten. Then, he blamed the California wildfires on He doesn’t believe the scientists, but believes be fair to workers at home. against her was not about reli- It is now Muslims, especially But for this very reason they poor forest management and said raking would Fox News and the world’s biggest polluters — oil, @theresa_may gion but caste. Her handling of in Punjab, who maintain a caste continue to haunt the present have prevented the loss of forests, homes and life. coal and other companies that spew toxins into a drinking vessel was seen to hierarchy. And since Islamic in disavowed ways that include Who was going to rake thousands of acres of the air, water and soil. pollute the water inside because beliefs don’t include a caste sys- the charge of blasphemy against forests? Mexicans? Oh, wait, he doesn’t want It’s no wonder the rest of the world is laughing Disclaimer: (Views expressed she belonged to an “untoucha- the charge of blasphemy, the by Muslims who otherwise at- non-Muslim population and its al India, upper-caste Hindus tem, the discrimination cannot Bibi. Mexicans in this country. at Trump and the US. I can only hope that the by columnists are personal and ble” Hindu caste that had con- shift signalled the simultane - tribute the practice to Hindus Hindu past. and Sikhs fled or were forced be defined in terms of caste and He also said the immigrants from Guatemala incoming Congress can rein in his dangerous ac- need not necessarily reflect our verted to Christianity. ous disavowal and internali - in India. Caste discrimination When Pakistan was created to leave for India, leaving their is labelled religious. This shift (Faisal Devji is a professor of history and Nicaragua included “criminals and unknown tions and prevent the destruction of our country. editorial stances) at the University of Oxford.) When this offence turned into sation of caste discrimination in Pakistan often involves its after the partition of coloni - poorer and less mobile low - was illustrated by turning Bibi’s Middle Easterners.” He had no proof, but, hey, Arnold

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olution, a series of terrorist in the wake of “colour” revolu- ing or the Georgian explosions attacks struck Georgian in - To the Kremlin, Yushchenko tions for democracy in Ukraine were not attacks, but payback. frastructure. That Sept 14, was a United States agent, and Georgia, and also during To the Kremlin, Yushchenko a power line in the Hashuri simply because he had an the American-led war in Iraq. was a United States agent, sim- region was blown up. That American wife who worked A former economic advis - ply because he had an American TOP was followed by explosions for the United States er to Putin, Andrei Illarionov, wife who worked for the United on Sept 20 and Oct 9 and 10. Treasury and whom he had is undoubtedly right when he States Treasury and whom he 4 The Georgian police said met by chance on a plane. says that the war was the turn- had met by chance on a plane. TWEETS the group responsible was ing point of the Russian presi- It seems never to have occurred headed by a GRU major, Ro- dent’s policies, Before it, Putin to Putin’s spymaster that Russia man Boiko. A later group was presented himself as an ally of was losing influence because of run, according to Georgians, the West and even sought Rus- its own actions. 01 by another GRU major, Yevg- sia’s membership in NATO. But Which leads to a final ques- eny Borisov. he considered Iraq within Rus- tion: Why is Putin doing all But the attacks were not sia’s sphere of influence and this? always successes. The agents adamantly opposed the war The answer is obvious: be - blew up an old pipeline, mis- America began there in 2003. cause he thinks he has no other taking it for a new one. Instead When the colour revolutions choice — that Americans, not of blowing up a wall of the swept through Georgia and Russians, are the aggressors, arliament chairman @ American Embassy, they blew charge of the Georgian police Ukraine the next year, Putin — and he’s just striking back. Pfawziazainal5 prom- up an adjacent wall. When a as internal affairs minister, dis- then a 51-year-old ex-KGB lieu- And he can’t renounce this ised to drop all pending bomb set to blow up a railway cussed these attacks with me tenant colonel — acted as if they view. It would be tantamount charges against Social bridge on Oct 2, 2010, didn’t in 2011 (before he was ousted were the result not of political to renouncing his vision of him- Media influencers who go off, the agent responsible by Georgia’s corrupt and often mistakes, miscalculations and self as a powerful leader who criticized the previous for the attack tricked his han- pro-Kremlin elite and impris- the inability of corrupt govern- wants to Make Russia Great parliament. This is great dlers by claiming, incredi- oned on trumped-up charges), ments to contain discontent in Again. He’d have to acknowl - news. Bahrain should bly, that the Georgians were he opined that graft and greed those former Soviet republics. edge the truths that he, not defend free speech and hushing up an explosion. To were the real causes of all this No, he apparently thought, America, is turning Russia into constructive criticism & check his story, Borisov’s dep- bungling. The Russian officers, all of this was one nefarious a third-world country haem - not be afraid of hearing it! uty called a European Union he suggested, were stealing plot hatched in Washington orrhaging its smartest brains, @ATEEKSTER monitoring mission in Geor- most of the funds allocated to to encircle Russia deep in its with a failing economy and no gia with profuse of- carry out the attacks. What was historical sphere of influence. chips with which to bargain fers of help, all left was peanuts, and for pea - Americans had smiled when with the rest of the world. but admitting nuts you can hire only losers. they persuaded him in 2002 to So more of the same is to fol - 02 the provenance of Why is all this history impor- accept Lithuania and Poland low, and God help us all. the device. Five days tant? Because the timing hints as new NATO members, and all later, it was discovered at the motivation behind all of the time they were just waiting (Yulia Latynina is a Russian journalist with Echo of Moscow and intact, completing the this skulduggery. The Yush - to plant a dagger into his back. Novaya Gazeta, and is a recipient major’s humiliation. chenko poisoning occurred on We need to understand that of the Defender of Freedom Award When Vano Mera- Sept 5, 2004. The attacks on in the Kremlin’s warped world- from the United States State bishvili, formerly in Georgia started a week later — view, the Yushchenko poison- Department.) EPORTER: “I guess I’m Rwondering, using terms like ‘rat’ and things like that to talk about people who are cooperating witness- es with the FBI –” SARAH SANDERS: “—for people who are dishonest and ly- CIVILIAN’S TRIBUNE ing, I mean, it seems like a pretty appropriate term.” @jaketapper How caste underpins the blasphemy crisis? 03 Rein in Trump, prevent Perhaps, Bibi mentioned quarrel over sharing water into to her three accusers how blasphemy. Islam did not permit such Perhaps, Bibi mentioned to discrimination. But in her three accusers how Islam US from destruction Pakistan, the Christians, are did not permit such discrimi - n 2006, 26 Senate Dems understood to have been nation. But in Pakistan, neither Ivoted for 700 miles of the Christians, who are under- border fencing. Hillary low-caste Hindus. stood to have been low-caste Clinton, Joe Biden, & Ba- Hindus, nor the Muslims, who rack Obama all supported have adopted the role of their it. Sitting Senators Schum- high-caste coreligionists, can er, Carper, Feinstein, Stabe- refer to the vanished past that now, Nelson, & Wyden vot- mediates their relations. ed yes. What’s changed The increasing refusal of Mus- except their opposition to lims to share water or food with @realDonaldTrump? Christians suggests an inability @GOPChairwoman to come to terms with a past that defies the religious identifica- 04 er-caste coreligionists behind. tions meant to structure all of In the southern province of Pakistan’s social relations. Sindh, some upper-caste land- In post-colonial India and Pa- owners stayed, while low-caste kistan, religious offence among Hindus took the religion, its Hindus, Muslims, Sikhs and temples and practices into their Christians continues to deploy hands in a startling departure the secular language of hurt sen- from Hindu tradition that has timents rather than the theolog- or the first time in no Indian counterpart. ical category of blasphemy. Fdecades we’ll have full In Punjab Province, former Bibi’s case is resolutely local control over who comes “untouchables” accelerated and has led to no Muslim ag - here. A new, skills-based their conversion to Christiani- itation outside Pakistan. This immigration system where ty, taking given names common is because it emerges from the fter the shooting at the Tree of Life syna- that never stopped him from lying before. workers’ talent and ex- among their Muslim neighbours Muslim disavowal of caste. gogue, he said that if there had been armed The National Climate Assessment was released pertise matter, not where while replacing the caste sur- In Pakistan, both the discrim- Aguards in the synagogue, they could have and said climate change has and will continue to they’re from.It’ll attract names with appellations like ination of caste and the history prevented the killings. Great — let’s arm all places devastate our health and economy, and he still the brightest and best to a “Masih,” the Urdu word for Je - of religious difference are offi- of worship instead of having saner gun laws. denies that there is a problem. UK open for business and sus in his role as Messiah. cially proscribed and forgotten. Then, he blamed the California wildfires on He doesn’t believe the scientists, but believes be fair to workers at home. It is now Muslims, especially But for this very reason they poor forest management and said raking would Fox News and the world’s biggest polluters — oil, @theresa_may in Punjab, who maintain a caste continue to haunt the present have prevented the loss of forests, homes and life. coal and other companies that spew toxins into hierarchy. And since Islamic in disavowed ways that include Who was going to rake thousands of acres of the air, water and soil. beliefs don’t include a caste sys- the charge of blasphemy against forests? Mexicans? Oh, wait, he doesn’t want It’s no wonder the rest of the world is laughing Disclaimer: (Views expressed tem, the discrimination cannot Bibi. Mexicans in this country. at Trump and the US. I can only hope that the by columnists are personal and be defined in terms of caste and He also said the immigrants from Guatemala incoming Congress can rein in his dangerous ac- need not necessarily reflect our is labelled religious. This shift (Faisal Devji is a professor of history and Nicaragua included “criminals and unknown tions and prevent the destruction of our country. editorial stances) at the University of Oxford.) was illustrated by turning Bibi’s Middle Easterners.” He had no proof, but, hey, Arnold

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uawei Rotating Chair- man Ken Hu yesterday Hbrushed aside security allegations raised against the company as “groundless specu- lations” stating that it is best “to let facts speak for themselves”. Emphasizing repeatedly that the company’s security record was clean, Hu noted that there have been no serious cybersecu- Ken Hu during a media roundtable at the Huawei’s new campus in Dongguan, China rity incidents in 30 years. During a press conference Hu emphasized that Security to install mandatory backdoors. with leading global media at is Huawei’s highest priority and “We will continue to increase the company’s new campus in it overarches everything. our investment on security and Dongguan on Tuesday, Hu said security related technologies. In Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (Sabic) Samir A. Al-Abdrabbuh, that some security concerns 5G: 25 contracts signed our most recent board meeting, Executive Vice President, Agri-Nutrients along with Abdulnaser Babtain, based on the technology for KNOW WHAT On 5G, Hu mentioned that we decided on a companywide General Manager, Nitrogen Business Unit and Awwad Al Ahmadi, Director, Economics & Business Support, Agri-Nutrients SBU during a visit to the 5G were very legitimate, “but Huawei has secured 25 com- transformation program to im- Gulf Petrochemical Industries Company (GPIC). They were received by able to be clarified or mitigated prove our software engineering mercial contracts, ranking num- its President, Dr Abdulrahman Jawahery, members of the Executive through collaboration with op- ber one among all ICT equip- capabilities. The company will Management and Labour Union Deputy Chairman. The visit was part of erators and governments.” Huawei to invest an ment providers, having already invest an initial special budget mutual co-operation between the two Companies, was to take a look at He, however, refrained from initial special budget of shipped more than 10,000 base of $2 billion US dollars in the GPIC’s facilities, operations and training activities. answering questions about Hua- $2 billion US dollars in stations to markets around the next five years to comprehen- wei’s CFO, Ms Meng Wanzhou. the next 5 years to com- world. sively improve our software Hu said he was unable to com- Almost all network customers engineering capabilities so our ment due to legal processes un- prehensively improve have indicated they want Hua- products will be better prepared derway, but he did express that software engineering wei, which is currently the mar- for the future world” Hu added. business operations were not capabilities ket leader with the best equip- being impacted by this event. ment and will remain so for at US$100 billion revenue “Rare cases”, Hu said, have least the next 12 to 18 months, Looking ahead, Hu said Hua- arisen where some countries are for faster and more cost-effec- wei expects to record revenues using 5G issues as an excuse for tive upgrades to 5G. exceeding US$100 billion for groundless speculation based market competition would slow Regarding often-quoted con- 2018 citing the trust of hundreds on “ideological or geopolitical adoption of new technology, cerns over Chinese law, the of network operators, nearly considerations”. increase costs for network de- Ministry of Foreign Affairs in half of the world’s Fortune 500 Security concerns disingenu- ployment, and raise prices for China had formally clarified companies, and hundreds of ously raised as excuses to block consumers. that no law requires companies millions of consumers.

Ali Al Meshaal and Maher Abdulla of CrediMax being honoured at the annual ceremony held for the distinguished manager and diligent workers in the private sector. Meshaal was recognised within the category for the distinguished manager and Maher Abdulla was recognised as a diligent employee in the Banking, Finance and Insurance sector. Organised by the Ministry of Labour, the annual event was held under the patronage of His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al-Khalifa. The ceremony took place at The Crown Plaza Hotel, Manama, on 12 December 2018.

Shukat Ali (M.D Higen Group of Company) celebrates 47th National Day at Manama office. More than 200 participated in the celebrations NBB names 15 winners Manama ly cash prizes in addition to the largest Dream Prize com- he National Bank of Bah- prising US$1 million in cash, a Train (NBB) yesterday luxury villa in Riffa Views and US and China spar at WTO policy forum announced 15 winners of Porsche SUV all for one winner. Geneva, Switzerland its flagship “AlWatani Sav- Commenting, Abdulaziz where the WTO’s 164-members Americans. dump its products on our mar- ings Scheme” for the month Al Ahmed, Chief Executive – he US and China renewed are given the chance to scruti- US WTO ambassador Dennis kets, claiming that all is okay be- of November 2018 totalling Retail, Commercial and SMEs Thostilities at the World nise the practices of the member Shea mocked the notion that cause our consumers pay a little US$100,000. The details of the Banking at NBB, said, “We Trade Organization yesterday, under the microscope. Washington should remain less,” Shea said. “If the United winners are available on the are delighted to announce with Washington accusing Bei- China on Monday said the passive in the face of Chinese States musters a response, we Bank’s website www.nbbon- the lucky monthly cash prize jing of expecting impunity de- US had renounced its leader- threats. “Strip away the jargon, are abusing our power and act- line.com. winners for the AlWatani Sav- spite countless violations. ship role of the world economy and here is China’s argument: ing irresponsibly. Rather, we The newly enhanced prizes ing Scheme. To this end, we The world’s top two econo- by imposing tariffs and other China will force technology should resign ourselves to nurs- of the 2018 AlWatani Savings look forward to announcing mies exchanged harsh words restrictions designed to harm transfer, and outright steal it ing the wounds inflicted on our scheme provides customers the MEGA prize winner next at the US Trade Policy Review, others for the narrow benefit of when it sees fit... China will citizens. This is not acceptable.” with the chance to win month- January.” THURSDAY, DECEMBER 20, 2018 11

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In July, Uber said it was in record IPO but uthorities in the US state devoted to the technology, but using cars with human drivers British annual Aof Pennsylvania have has yet to actually do so. to test and improve autono - given Uber the green light The San Francisco-based mous capabilities. market debut flops inflation slows to resume testing self-driv- company suspended use of The company, which is pre- ing cars, the ride-sharing gi- self-driving cars in March after paring to go public with an ant said Tuesday, after a fatal one struck and killed a pedestri- offering of shares next year, crash in Arizona prompted a an in Tempe, Arizona. is in a self-driving car race pause. The Uber vehicle was in au- with an array of companies Uber said it had received tonomous mode with an oper- including Alphabet-owned authorization to put autono- ator behind the wheel when Waymo. Representative picture London, United Kingdom K annual inflation France ‘open’ to temporary state Uslowed in November, SoftBank Corp. President and CEO Ken Miyauchi rings the bell during a partly thanks to falling mo- ceremony for the company’s listing at the Tokyo Stock Exchange tor fuel prices, official data control of Ford plant: fin minister showed yesterday. yen, down 14.5 percent from Paris, France Tokyo, Japan The consumer price in- the IPO price with heavy sell- dex rose by 2.3 per cent, its apanese technology giant ing into the close. slowest increase since the rench Finance Minister JSoftBank celebrated the Ken Miyauchi, CEO of the start of 2017, the Office for FBruno Le Maire said yes- world’s second-biggest IPO SoftBank Corp mobile divi- National Statistics (ONS) terday that he was open to for its mobile unit yesterday sion, acknowledged it was “un- said in a statement. the possibility of the state be- but the newly traded shares fortunate that the share price That was in line with coming temporary owner of a endured a torrid time in their ended down”. market expectations and doomed Ford plant to prevent debut session, plunging nearly “But this is only the begin- compared with 2.4pc in large-scale job losses. 15 percent. ing. Many things will happen. October. Around 850 jobs are on the A spokesman for the firm We are off to a tough start of “The largest downward line at the Blanquefort plant in confirmed it had raised around our journey... but I see this as contributions... came from southwest France, which has People wearing a tee-shirt reading “Ford, save our employments” and “Ford, 2.65 trillion yen ($23.5 billion) a new start for our business,” falls in petrol prices and been turning out gear boxes for stop job cuts” (R) march during a demonstration in central Bordeaux, south- via the unit’s IPO, making it Miyauchi told reporters. across a variety of recrea- Ford since 1972. western France. Japan’s largest and the biggest SoftBank took more than tional and cultural goods Ford last week rejected an of- globally since Alibaba went one-third of its mobile unit and services, principally fer for the plant, where it plans could buy the factory from Ford of solution”. public in 2014. But at the open- public and was able to sell games, toys and hobbies, to halt production by August and then sell it to Franco-Bel- “I’m open to the most original ing bell, the stock was already the full offering of 1.76 billion and cultural services,” the 2019.That decision infuriated gian equipment manufacturer solution that guarantees the trading at 1,463 yen, signifi- shares at the IPO price of 1,500 ONS said in a statement. the French government, which Punch Powerglide, whose offer survival of a successful indus- cantly under the initial offer yen, beating the previous na- Petrol prices dipped ow- has been involved in negotia- was spurned by the US auto- trial site, which has a good [po- price of 1,500 yen per share, tional records set by NTT in ing to the falling cost of tions to try to find a buyer. maker, he told BFM television: tential] buyer and workers that and headed lower from there. 1987 and its subsidiary NTT crude oil on world markets. Asked whether the state “Why not? I’m open to this kind are fully committed,” he said. The firm finished at 1,282 Docomo in 1998. European Union implements Brexit ‘no deal’ contingency plans Brussels, Belgium measures can enter into appli- ages and economic instability in he European Union yester- cation on 30 March 2019 in or- the event it crashes out of the Tday adopted back-up plans der to limit the most significant bloc without a deal. to protect essential air transport damage caused by a ‘no-deal’ Under the plan, the European and finance in the event that scenario”. Union will allow UK-based fi- Britain leaves the bloc without The package covers 14 areas KNOW WHAT nancial operators to continue to a Brexit deal in 100 days. where a “no-deal” Brexit “would access European markets for 12 And the bloc also promised create major disruption for cit- months under a “temporary and that British citizens living in Eu- izens and businesses” including The package covers conditional equivalence” period rope would continue to enjoy in financial services, air trans- 14 areas where a “no- to prevent disruption. residents’ rights “provided that port, customs and climate policy. Europe will allow British deal” Brexit “would Theresa May attending a weekly Prime Minister’s Questions (PMQs) this approach is reciprocated by Brussels hopes that it will create major disrup- flights to continue to access the the UK”. not have to activate its plan if tion for citizens and “Single European Sky” air traffic The European Commission Prime Minister Theresa May withdrawal deal she struck with from certain and on Tuesday control area for 12 month and said it was acting “to ensure persuades a sceptical British businesses” European leaders last month. Britain announced its own con- extend some aviation licences that the necessary contingency parliament to endorse a broad But the bill’s passage is far tingency plans to prevent short- for nine months after March 29. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 20, 2018 12

IMF board approves US Senate new Ukraine loan introduces stopgap package, releases to avert shutdown $1.4 bn immediately Markets rise on Washington, United States Washington, United States he US Senate will vote he International Mon- Ton an emergency short- Tetary Fund executive term spending bill intro- board on Tuesday gave fi- duced by Republicans yes- nal approval to a new loan terday that averts a govern- package for Ukraine and Italy budget deal ment shutdown, but does released $1.4 billion for im- not include funding that mediate use. London, United Kingdom President Donald Trump The IMF had agreed on the sought for a US-Mexico bor- $4 billion, 14-month loan in uropean stock markets der wall. mid-October but the board rose yesterday as the EU Senate Majority Leader was waiting for the govern- Ereached a deal with Italy Mitch McConnell told col- ment to follow through with over Rome’s disputed budget leagues that the measure a series of economic policies and implemented contingency “will provide the resourc- before approving the aid to plans for a no-deal Brexit. es necessary to continue the war-torn nation, includ- Wall Street began the New normal operations through ing raising gas and heating York trading day with small February 8th,” avoiding a rates. gains, while Asian stocks were potentially crippling clo- Another key step was ap- mixed, with all eyes on the US sure of some federal offices proval of the 2019 budget Federal Reserve’s upcoming de- over next week’s coming late last month with a deficit cision on interest rates. Christmas holiday. of about 2.3 percent of GDP. The dollar slipped, while oil McConnell’s move fol- “The Ukrainian author- prices recovered somewhat a lows a softening of Trump’s ities have successfully re- day after slumping to the lowest position on demanding $5 stored macro-economic sta- levels since late 2017 on con- billion in border wall fund- bility and growth, with sup- cerns about a surplus of crude. ing, and comes a day after port from the international “Confirmation of a deal be- Democratic leaders rejected community,” IMF number tween Italy and EU instilled a a longer-term Republican two David Lipton said in a modicum of Christmas cheer offer that would have in - statement. in the markets,” noted Connor creased border security. Campbell, analyst at Spreadex Pedestrians walk past a stock indicator board showing share prices of the Tokyo Stock Exchange in Tokyo trading group. The EU and Italy’s populist Key figures around 1445 GMT the-counter medicines. government on Wednesday The tie-up of OTC brands in- Ryanair wants to London - FTSE 100:  0.8pc at 6,751.70 points Fed poised to signal called a truce in their bitter cluding GSK’s Sensodyne tooth- sack all Eindhoven- row over Rome’s disputed 2019 Frankfurt - DAX 30:  0.5pc at 10,795.97 paste with Pfizer’s Centrum pause in US interest based crew: union budget, as Brussels said revised Paris - CAC 40:  0.4pc at 4,773.00 multi-vitamins paves the way rate hikes spending plans fell within bloc for British group GSK to have The Hague, Netherlands Milan- FTSE MIB:  1.6pc at 18,939.29 Washington, United States rules. two UK-listed companies, one In a first, the European Com- EURO STOXX 50:  0.4pc at 3,051.50 specialised in the development yanair has filed for the mission in October rejected New York - Dow:  0.3pc at 23,744.09 of drugs and the other in con- he US Federal Re - collective dismissal of Italy’s original budget, which sumer healthcare. serve will wade into R Tokyo - Nikkei 225:  0.6pc at 20,987.92 (close) T all Dutch-based staff at its promised a universal basic in- In Tokyo, Japanese technol- a charged political atmos- now shuttered base at Ein- come and a pension increase for Hang Seng:  0.2pc at 25,865.39 (close) ogy giant SoftBank celebrated phere, with another inter- dhoven airport, a union rep- low-wage earners. Shanghai - Comp:  1.1pc at 2,549.56 (close) the world’s second-biggest IPO est rate hike likely but ac- resenting pilots said. Brussels judged it would not Euro/dollar:  at $1.1421 from $1.1365 for its mobile unit but the newly companied by a strong sign The request is the latest produce the promised growth traded shares endured a tor- it will hold off on further in a three-month stand-off and only increase Italy’s already Dollar/yen:  at 112.17 yen from 112.51 yen rid time in their debut session, increases. between the budget Irish- massive debt burden. Pound/dollar:  at $1.2655 from $1.2641 at 2140 GMT plunging nearly 15 percent. The Fed opened the sec- based carrier and staff Meanwhile, the European Oil - Brent Crude:  52 cents at $56.78 per barrel A spokesman for the firm ond day of its highly antic- based in the southern Dutch Union adopted back-up plans confirmed it had raised around ipated policy meeting but city, who are fighting plans to protect essential trade, trans- Oil - W Texas Inter:  53 cents at $47.13 2.65 trillion yen ($23.5 billion) the outcome is perhaps the to move them elsewhere in port and finance in the event via the unit’s IPO, making it most uncertain of any in the Europe. that Britain leaves the bloc Japan’s largest and the biggest past decade. Ryanair closed its base at without a Brexit deal in just 100 der to limit the most significant in annual UK inflation. globally since Chinese e-com- A remarkably low 75 per- southern Eindhoven early days’ time. damage caused by a ‘no-deal’ On the corporate front, shares merce giant Alibaba went public cent of market participants last month, citing financial The European Commission scenario”. in GlaxoSmithKline surged after in 2014. Later Wednesday, the expect an increase in the considerations, after cutting said it was acting “to ensure The pound was down against the UK pharmaceutical group US Federal Reserve is expected federal funds rate which is the forecast for its annual that the necessary contingency the euro and flat versus the dol- said it and US peer Pfizer would to raise its benchmark lending used to set the cost of bor- net profit by 12 percent. measures can enter into appli- lar, with pressure on sterling merge their consumer health- rate while signalling that it will rowing for everything from cation on 30 March 2019 in or- coming also from news of a drop care units that produce over- hold off on future increases. homes to cars. German govt plans to relax rules to attract foreign workers AFP | Berlin, Germany Germany. on a final decision on their asy- orker-starved Germany lum claims or deportation -- idle Wplans to ease immigration ‘Pragmatic solution and susceptible to taking on jobs rules to attract foreign jobseek- German industry and employ- in the black market. ers and replenish its fast ageing ment leaders however wrote The government ministers workforce, despite mounting in a letter to Interior Minister had stressed that the new im- public resistance against new Horst Seehofer that “attempts migration rules are not designed arrivals. to essentially water down the to allow failed asylum applicants Germany’s first ever immigra- planned rules in the draft law to win residency in Germany by tion law, to be agreed by Chan- endanger the aim of a target - switching over to become em- cellor Angela Merkel’s cabinet, ed and necessary migration of ployment migrants. is eagerly anticipated by indus- workers”. Rather the new rules are tries. Some 60 per cent of compa- aimed at providing a “pragmatic But the law, which will have to nies see a worker shortage as solution” for migrants who, for be put to parliament, risks open- a risk for the development of instance, have been in Germany ing new fault lines in a country their businesses, according to for a protracted period because already deeply split over a re- the letter, which added that the they cannot be deported if they cord influx of more than a mil- number of unfilled apprentice- face the risk of torture in their lion mostly Muslim refugees and ship posts surpasses the 33,000 country of origin. migrants since 2015. applications that are still being With unemployment at a re- The German Trade Union processed. cord low since Germany’s 1990 Confederation has also warned Immigration has become a reunification, companies in that the eased access could lead Ammar Alkhouli (L), 19-year-old refugee from Syria, and German trainee Dennis Strohmaier work on a Porsche 911 Carrera hot potato issue in recent years Europe’s biggest economy have to salary dumping and exploita- S at the training center of Porsche AG in Stuttgart, southwestern Germany. over the record influx of mi - been complaining that a chronic tion of foreign workers. grants, many fleeing war in Iraq shortage in workers is threaten- Under the planned relaxed German and can financially sup- have joined the fabric of German issue of employment for rejected or Syria. ing growth. rules, jobseekers from outside port themselves. society. asylum seekers. Railing against the newcom- In the areas of mathematics, the EU -- including, for exam- More controversial has been Following an outcry from Julia Kloeckner, a heavy - ers, the far-right AfD has be - computing, natural sciences and ple, cooks, metallurgy workers a plan to allow migrants already the more conservative wing of weight in the CDU party, has come Germany’s biggest oppo- technology, a record 338,200 or IT technicians -- would be in Germany who are awaiting Merkel’s CDU party, it was un- warned amid a heated debate sition party. jobs went unfilled in September, allowed to come to Germany for decisions on their asylum appli- clear whether ministers would that this part of the package But Germany is also anxious to according to data from the Co- six months to try and find em- cations to stay if they are gainful- water down elements of the could create “a wrong incentive” not leave thousands of migrants logne-based German Economic ployment, provided they speak ly employed and can show they draft proposal, especially on the for more people to try to get to -- who may spend years waiting Institute. 13 THURSDAY, DECEMBER 20, 2018

ZERO (PG-15) OASIS JUFFAIR: DAILAY AT: (KIDS CINEMA): CITYCENTRE DAILY AT: 10.45 AM. + 3.00 + 7.15 (HINDI/DRAMA/COMEDY/ROMANTIC) NEW 2.15 + 8.45 PM. + 11.30 PM. SHAH RUKH KHAN, ANUSHKA SHARMA, SEEF (II) DAILY AT: 11.15 AM. + 1.30 + 3.45 + 6.00 + 8.15 + 10.30 PM. HUNTER KILLER Brad Pitt slams claim KATRINA KAIF (PG-15) (ACTION/THRILLER) STARTING FRIDAY 21st 9-SPIDER MAN INTO THE SPIDER GERARD BUTLER, GARY OLDMAN, OASIS JUFFAIR DAILY AT: 11.00 AM + 2.00 + COMMON 5.00 + 8.00 + 11.00 PM. VERSE CITYCENTRE DAILY AT: 6.15 + 8.45 + 11.15 PM. CITYCENTRE DAILY AT 10.30 AM. + 10.45 AM. (PG) (ANIMATION/ACTION/ADVENTURE) NEW + 11.45 AM. + 1.30 + 2.00 + 3.00 + 4.45 + 5.15 + HAILEE STEINFELD, NICOLAS CAGE, THE POSSESSION OF HANNAH GRACE of hurricane victims 6.15 + 8.00 + 8.30 + 9.30 + 11.15 PM. + 11.45 PM. MAHERSHALA ALI + (12.45 MN. THURS./FRI.) (18+) (THRILLER/HORROR) IANS | Los Angeles DAILY AT (VIPII): 10.30 AM. + 1.45 + 5.00 + 8.15 OASIS JUFFAIR DAILY AT: (KIDS CINEMA): 6.15 SHAY MITCHELL, STANA KATIC, LOUIS ber, that he entered any contract + 11.30 PM. DAILY AT: (3D)(KIDS CINEMA): 11.00 PM. HERTHUM with any putative class member, or SEEF (I) DAILY AT: 11.00 AM. + 12.00 + 1.00 + CITYCENTRE DAILY AT : 11.00 AM. + 1.30 + 4.00 CITYCENTRE DAILY AT: 11.15 AM. + 3.15 + 7.15 ctor Brad Pitt has come out to defend that he made any misrepresentation 2.00 + 3.00 + 4.00 + 5.00 + 6.00 + 7.00 + 8.00 + 6.30 + 9.00 + 11.30 PM. + 11.15 PM. himself against claims that he helped to any putative class member”. + 9.00 + 10.00 + 11.00 PM. + 12.00 MN. + (1.00 SEEF (II) DAILY AT: 12.00 + 4.30 + 9.00 PM. AM. THURS./FRI.) EL BADLAH Hurricane Katrina victims for good Furthermore, the actor’s at- SAAR DAILY AT : 12.45 + 3.15 + 5.45 PM. A SAAR DAILY AT : 10.45 AM. + 1.45 + 4.45 + 7.45 + (PG-13) (ARABIC/COMEDY) press. torneys claim that, while 8.15 PM. + (10.45 PM. + 11.15 PM. THURS./FRI.) WADI AL SAIL DAILY AT: 1.30 + 6.15 + 11.00 PM. Pitt is fighting back against claims the class-action lawsuit TAMER HOSNY, AKRAM HOSNI, WADI AL SAIL DAILY AT: 11.15 AM + 11.45 AM. CREED II MAJED EL MASRY, AMINA KHALIL made in a class-action lawsuit accus- levels “a myriad of pur- + 2.15 + 2.45 + 5.15 + 5.45 + 8.15 + 8.45 + 11.15 ing the actor of only helping out in ported wrongful con- + 11.45 PM (PG-13) (DRAMA/ACTION/SPORT) CITYCENTRE DAILY AT: 1.30 + 5.45 + 10.00 PM. New Orleans, following the devasta- duct”, the plaintiffs in TESSA THOMPSON, MICHAEL B. JORDAN, tion of Hurricane Katrina, to secure the suit “do not supply BUMBLEBEE (PG-13) SYLVESTER STALLONE ODIYAN (ACTION /ADVENTURE/SCI-FICTION) NEW (PG-13)(MALAYALAM) NEW publicity and good press, reported any specific facts in- DAILY AT: 3.00 + 8.15 PM. HAILEE STEINFELD, JOHN CENA, JORGE MOHANLAL, PRAKASH RAJ, etcanada.com. dicating that Mr. Pitt CITYCENTRE DAILY AT: 12.45 + 3.30 + 6.15 + According to court docu- was personally in - LENDEBORG JR. 9.00 + 11.45 PM. MANJU WARRIER ments, Pitt’s legal represent- volved in any of them”. OASIS JUFFAIR DAILY AT: 10.45 AM. + 1.15 + CITYCENTRE DAILY AT: 11.30 AM. + 2.30 + 5.30 atives filed a motion on Mon- The motion comes 3.45 + 6.15 + 8.45 + 11.15 PM. KANAA (PG-13) (TAMIL) NEW + 8.30 + 11.30 PM. day asking to be removed as in response to a recent DAILY AT (VIP): 12.15 + 2.45 + 5.15 + 7.45 + 10.15 STARTING THURSDAY 7.00 PM ONWARDS PM. VOX LUX a defendant from the lawsuit, memorandum filed by AISHWARYA RAJESH, SATHYARAJ, (15+) (DRAMA/MUSCIAL) NEW which was filed against both the the plaintiffs, claim- CITYCENTRE DAILY AT: 11.30 AM. + 2.00 + 4.30 SIVAKARTHIKEYAN, DARSHAN, BLADE + 7.00 + 9.30 + 12.00 MN. + (1.00 AM.THURS./ NATALIE PORTMAN, JUDE LAW, Oscar winner and his charity the ing the actor “gladly FRI.) SHANKAR, RAFFEY CASSIDY Make it Right Foundation. accepted responsi- DAILY AT (IMAX 3D): 11.00 AM. + 1.30 + 4.00 + OASIS JUFFAIR DAILY AT: 12.15 + 5.30 + 10.45 Pitt’s lawyers argue that the lawsuit bility for his personal 6.30 + 9.00 + 11.30 PM. PM. SEEF (II) DAILY AT: 10.45 AM. + 3.00 + 7.15 + “does not otherwise contain a single fac- participation when the DAILY AT (VIPI): 10.30 AM. + 1.00 + 3.30 + 6.00 SEEF (I) DAILY AT: 11.30 AM. + 2.30 + 5.30 + 11.30 PM. + 8.30 + 11.00 PM. 8.30 + 11.30 PM. tual allegation that Mr. Pitt made any publicity was favourable”, re- REMI, NOBODY’S BOY promise to any putative class mem- ported etcanada.com. SEEF (II) DAILY AT: 11.15 AM. + 12.15 + 1.45 + Brad Pitt 2.45 + 4.15 + 5.15 + 6.45 + 7.45 + 9.15 + 10.15 + KEDARNATH (PG) (ADVENTURE/ DRAMA/FAMILY) (NEW) 11.45 PM. + (12.45 MN. THURS./FRI.) (PG-15)(HINDI/DRAMA/ROMANTIC) NATALIE PORTMAN, JUDE LAW, RAFFEY SAAR DAILY AT : 11.00 AM. + 1.30 + 4.00 + 6.30 RAJINIKANTH, AKSHAY KUMAR, CASSIDY + 9.00 + (11.30 PM. THURS./FRI.) AMY JACKSON SEEF (II) DAILY AT: 1.45 + 5.45 + 9.45 PM. WADI AL SAIL DAILY AT: 11.15 AM. + 1.45 + 4.15 Miley Cyrus OASIS JUFFAIR DAILY AT: 2.45 + 8.15 PM. boasts about Liam Hudgens was + 6.45 + 9.15 + 11.45 PM. CHRISTMAS ELF ANCHOR’S UP JOSEPH (PG-15) (MALAYALAM) (DRAMA) (NEW) Hemsworth (G) (ANIMATION/ADVENTURE) NEW JOJU GEORGE, MALAVIKA MENON, KIM SHAW, SEAN PATRICK THOMAS, nervous to meet JLo MARIE BLOKHUS, ANDERZ EIDE, JAMES ELIYA NICHOLLE TOM MARCUS GUNNARSEN OASIS JUFFAIR DAILY AT: 12.00 + 5.30 + 11.00 SEEF (II) DAILY AT: 1.00 + 5.15 + 9.30 PM. PM. (KIDS CINEMA): 10.45 AM. + 12.30 + 4.30 PM. Lopez in “Second Act”. CITYCENTRE LITTLE MISS DOLITTLE “When I came in to meet CITYCENTRE DAILY AT: 11.15 AM. + 1.00 + 2.45 (PG) (ADVENTURE/FAMILY) (NEW) + 4.30 PM. with Jennifer, I was so nervous ASHER (15+) (CRIME/DRAMA) NEW PERI BAUMEISTER, AYLIN TEZEL, SEEF (II) DAILY AT: 11.00 AM + 12.45 + 2.30 PM that I actually laid down on the FAMKE JANSSEN, RON PERLMAN, RICHARD CHRISTOPH MARIA HERBST floor beforehand,” Hudgens DREYFUSS MAARI (2) (TAMIL) (NEW) SEEF (II) DAILY AT: 4.15 + 6.30 + 8.45 + 11.00 said in a statement to IANS. STARTING FRIDAY 21st CITYCENTRE DAILY AT: 11.15 AM. + 3.30 + 7.45 PM. + 12.00 MN. “To just try to calm my nerv- DHANUSH, SAI PALLAVI,TOVINO THOMAS, SEETHAKAATHI Liam Hemsworth and Miley Cyrus ous system. But as soon as I VIDYA PRADEEP, KRISHNA KULASEKARAN ANNA AND THE APOCALPSE (PG-13) (TAMIL) (NEW) got into the room and start- (15+) (COMEDY/ MUSICAL /HORROR) NEW OASIS JUFFAIR DAILY AT: 10.45 AM. + 1.45 + VIJAY SETHUPATHY, PARVATHY NAIR, IANS | London ed working with her, all the 4.45 + 7.45 + 10.45 PM. ELLA HUNT, MALCOLM CUMMING, REMYA NAMBEESAN worries disappeared. She is all SEEF (II) DAILY AT: 11.30 AM. + 2.30 + 5.30 + SARAH SWIRE inger-actress Miley the things I wanted her to be. 8.30 + 11.30 PM. SEEF (II) DAILY AT:10.30 AM. + 1.30 + 4.45 + CITYCENTRE DAILY AT: 1.15 + 5.15 + 9.15 PM. SCyrus has advised wom- But even better. She is literally AL HAMRA DAILY AT 11.30 AM. + 5.45 + (12.00 8.00 + 11.15 PM. en not to give up looking for my ultimate role model,” she MN. FRI.) SEEF (II) DAILY AT: 11.45 AM. + 3.45 + 7.45 + AL HAMRA DAILY AT: 2.30 + 8.45 PM. 11.45 PM. a man with a number of de- added. SEETHAKAATHI AUTORSHA sirable qualities, including In the film, Lopez features RALPH BREAKS THE INTERNET (PG-13) (TAMIL) (NEW) (PG-15)(MALAYALAM) NEW common sense, faithfulness as Maya, a 40-year-old wom- (PG) (ANIMATION/ADVENTURE/COMEDY) VIJAY SETHUPATHY, PARVATHY NAIR, AISHWARYA RAJESH, SATHYARAJ, and empathy. an who is frustrated with her JOHN C. REILLY, SARAH SILVARMAN, REMYA NAMBEESAN SIVAKARTHIKEYAN, DARSHAN, Her comment played out unfulfilling life while working GAL GADOT on Instagram, reported fe- Jennifer Lopez and Vanessa Hudgens in a box store. It tells how her OASIS JUFFAIR DAILY AT: 12.30 + 3.45 + 7.00 BLADE SHANKAR, + 10.15 PM. CITYCENTRE DAILY AT: 11.30 AM. + 1.45 + 4.00 malefirst.co.uk. life turns around when she + 6.15 + 8.30 + 10.45 PM. SEEF (I) DAILY AT: 3.15 + 8.45 PM. Meme account SourPsy- IANS | Los Angeles finds herself in the position to AQUAMAN WADI AL SAIL DAILY AT: 11.15 AM. + 4.00 + SINGAMSILUKKUVARUPATTI SINGAM cho shared a graphic on In- land her dream job in Madison (P-15) (ACTION/ADVENTURE) 8.45 PM. stagram which read: “No ctress Vanessa Hudgens Avenue. (PG-15) (TAMIL) (NEW) JASON MOMOA, AMBER HEARD, SECOND ACT (PG-15) (COMEDY) NEW STARTING THURSDAY 7.00 PM ONWARDS Man has all five: good d**k Asays she was extremely Directed by Peter Segal, the NICOLE KIDMAN game, empathy, a height nervous to meet singer-actress film also features Leah Rem- JENNIFER LOPEZ, VANESSA HUDGENS, MILO VISHNU VISHAL, REGINA CASSANDRA, OASIS JUFFAIR: 10.30 AM. + 1.30 + 4.30 + 7.30 VENTIMIGLIA OVIYA, YOGI BABU, ANANDARAJ above 5’9, no hoes, common Jennifer Lopez. ini, Treat Williams and Milo + 10.30 PM. sense.” Hudgens worked with Ventimiglia. CITYCENTRE DAILY AT: 1.00 + 5.15 + 9.30 PM. SEEF (I) DAILY AT: 12.30 + 6.00 + 11.30 PM. CITYCENTRE DAILY AT : 10.30 AM. + 12.00 + SEEF (II) DAILY AT: 2.30 + 7.00 + 11.30 PM. 1.00 + 3.00 + 4.00 + 6.00 + 7.00 + 9.00 + 10.00 PADI PADI LECHE MANASU + 12.00 MN. JOHNNY ENGLISH STRIKES AGAIN (1.00 AM. THURS./FRI.) (PG-15) (TELGU) (NEW) (PG) (COMEDY/ACTION/ADVENTURE) STARTING FRIDAY 21st Stana SEEF (II) DAILY AT 11.45 AM. + 2.45 + 5.45 + ROWAN ATKINSON, OLGA KURYLENKO, Katic 8.45 + 11.45 PM. + (12.45 MN. THURS./FRI.) SHARWANAND, SAI PALLAVI Beckett is a character EMMA THOMPSON SAAR DAILY AT : 11.00 AM. + 2.00 + 5.00 + 8.00 SEEF (I) DAILY AT: 10.45 AM. + 4.45 + 10.45 PM. PM. + (11.00 PM. THURS./FRI.) CITYCENTRE DAILY AT: 12.00 + 2.00 + 4.00 + WADI AL SAIL DAILY AT: 11.30 AM. + 2.30 + 6.00 + 8.00 + 10.00 + 12.00 MN ANTARIKSHAM 9000 KMPH 5.30 + 8.30 + 11.30 PM. that I’m proud of: Katic ROBIN HOOD (PG-15) (TELGU) (NEW) STARTING FRIDAY 21st RALPH BREAKS THE INTERNET (PG-15) (ACTION/ADVENTURE) VARUN TEJ, ADITI RAO HYDARI, IANS | New Delhi I play or story that I tell. (PG) (ANIMATION/ADVENTURE/COMEDY) TARON EGERTON, EVE HEWSON, LAVANYA TRIPATHI, SATYEDEV Throughout the time JOHN C. REILLY, SARAH SILVARMAN, JAMIE FOXX ctress Stana Katic, who played de- that I was on ‘Castle’, I GAL GADOT SEEF (I) DAILY AT: 1.45 + 7.45 PM. Atective Kate Beckett for eight sea- was doing features almost sons in the comedy-crime series “Cas- every single hiatus so, I tle”, says she is proud of that character. would jump out of the have to know when to end...at a stage CHANGE OF NAME “Kate Beckett is a character that I ‘Castle’ world regularly,” where the audience still wants more. am proud of. I personally don’t feel any said “The Possession of “So, I’d like to have one more season I, KHALID S/O I RAHAMATHULLA BASHA pressure to ‘break away from the image Hannah Grace” actress. certainly and I think then we will see holding Indian Passport No. L3419180 dated of Kate Beckett’. 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Mohammed Subah clinched• gold in 45-49 years up to 90kg gold

Ali Al Khayyat sealed• another gold in 45-49 years up to 70kg category A car in action on BIC’s drag strip Sayed Hamza Al TDT | Manama Competition 4.5, Outlaw 10.5, Hussaini• won bronze Pro Mod, Index 10.5, Index 9.5, ahrain International Cir- Index 8.5, Street Fight Bikes, in classic physique Bcuit (BIC) is set to host the Street Bikes, Super Street over 45 years exciting second round of the Bikes. 2018/2019 Bahrain Drag Rac- Action in the meeting has TDT | Manama ing Championship today and already gotten underway with Abdulrahman Askar and other top sports officials welcome members of the Bahrain bodybuilding team tomorrow. two evenings of Test and Tune Being the region’s biggest being held on Tuesday and ahrain’s elite bodybuild- Veteran Mohammed Sub- rounded off Bahrain’s honora- ber Shaikha Hayat bint Abdu- and most competitive drag Wednesday night. Bers made yet another ah clinched Bahrain’s maiden ble show by winning the master laziz Al Khalifa, BOC executive racing series, scores of partic- Qualifying is then scheduled impressive show at the 2018 medal by taking home the mas- men’s classic physique over 45 director Abduljalil Asad, Bah- ipants from Saudi Arabia, Ku- for Thursday while Race Day IFBB World Master Champi- ter men’s bodybuilding 45-49 years open bronze. rain Weightlifting Federation wait, the UAE and beyond will is on Friday. Action begins at onships in Tarragona, in Spain years up to 90kg gold, while Ali The team was given a special president Sultan Al Ghanem be joining the nation’s leading 4pm on those final two days. recently. Al Khayyat doubled the king- welcome on return by Supreme besides other board members talents as they go head to head The upcoming meeting fol- The nationals took on some dom’s account after coming on Council for Youth and Sports and officials. in what promises to be another lows the hugely exciting sea- of the world’s best bodybuilding top in the master men’s body- assistant secretary general and Askar congratulated the team exciting weekend of racing. son-opening round held last athletes, but a superb show saw building 45-49 years up to 70kg Bahrain Olympic Committee on this impressive achievement BIC’s quarter-mile drag strip, month, and it will mark the them win two gold medals and category. (BOC) secretary general Abdul- in one of the world’s most chal- a member of the prestigious final action for the calendar one bronze. Sayed Hamza Al Hussaini rahman Askar, BOC board mem- lenging championships. National Hot Rod Association year. (NHRA) Worldwide Network, The 2018/2019 campaign is the venue for these heated features five rounds in all, battles. ensuring plenty of action un- The participants will be vy- til early March of next year. ing for podium places, points Round three will be from Jan- and ultimate bragging rights uary 15 to 19, round four from Solskjaer named Manchester in the various competition February 19 to 23, and then classes, including the Outlaw the championship finale will FWD, Super Street 6-Cylinder, be held from February 26 to Outlaw 6-Cylinder, Street V8, March 2. United caretaker manager

• Man Utd ‘legend’ Tickets now on sale for takes temporary charge BETTER Goodwill Basketball Games at Old Trafford KNOW AFP | London TDT | Manama of Bahrain Basketball Associa- tion (BBA) President Shaikh Isa ickets to the ninth Bah- bin Ali bin Khalifa Al Khalifa. le Gunnar Solskjaer was Ole Gunnar Solskjaer Train-Philippines Good- They are being organised by yesterday handed the will Basketball Games 2019 The Hooperz Sport Events and Odaunting task of saving scored Manchester are now being sold, organisers members of the Filipino com- Manchester United’s season United’s winner in 1999 confirmed yesterday. munity, in cooperation with after the disastrous final few European Cup final The event is scheduled to the BBA. months of Jose Mourinho’s take place on January 3 and The Elasto Painters are reign.. LY CONFIRMED! Great day for 4 at Zain Basketball Arena in scheduled to play two exhibi- The Old Trafford hierarchy Norwegian football. Good luck Um Al Hassam, and it will fea- tion games – the first will be sacked Mourinho in the after- keeping control of the Red Dev- ture the visiting Rain or Shine against national champions math of Sunday’s 3-1 defeat at ils, @olegs26_ole.” Elasto Painters from the Phil- Manama Club on the evening Anfield that left the 20-times United are hoping that Sol- ippine Basketball Association of January 3, to be followed the champions an embarrassing 19 Cardiff City manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and ‘Fred The Red’ before the skjaer, who coached Paul Pog- (PBA). next night by a game against points behind league leaders Barclays Premier League match at Old Trafford, Manchester ba and Jesse Lingard in the The Goodwill Games are be- perennial contenders Muhar- Liverpool after just 17 matches. reserves, will inject renewed ing held under the patronage raq Club. Former United striker Sol- mier League and facing an up- both on the pitch and in coach- positivity into an ailing side, skjaer, the current manager of hill task to qualify for next year’s ing roles. whose underperforming players Norwegian side Molde, will take Champions League “His history at Manches - and drab style played a big part charge of the first team with im- Alex Ferguson’s former right- ter United means he lives and in Mourinho’s exit. mediate effect and will remain hand man Mike Phelan will breathes the culture here and Solskjaer is seen as a safe pair in place as caretaker manager join the 45-year-old Solskjaer everyone at the club is delighted of hands who understands the while the club looks for a new as first-team coach, working to have him and Mike Phelan club, as United target a return to full-time boss. alongside Michael Carrick and back. We are confident they will the pinnacle of English football Tottenham manager Mauri- Kieran McKenna. unite the players and the fans as -- a position they have ceded to cio Pochettino and former Real “Manchester United is in my we head into the second half of bitter rivals Manchester City Madrid boss Zinedine Zidane heart and it’s brilliant to be com- the season.” since Ferguson’s retirement in are among the bookmakers’ fa- ing back in this role,” said the 2013. vourites to take the United job Norwegian. “I’m really looking Beckham support The club are understood to be on a full-time basis at the end forward to working with the David Beckham sent his for- looking to hire a head of foot- of the season. very talented squad we have, the mer teammate a message of sup- ball, reporting to Woodward, at Seef District too Mourinho was axed on Tues- staff and everyone at the club,” port on Instagram that read: to oversee football operations day after just two-and-half years Executive vice-chairman Ed “Good luck Ole”. -- a role it is believed Mourinho in charge at Old Trafford, with Woodward said: “Ole is a club Norwegian Prime Minister had a long-standing reluctance Um al Hassan +973 17728699 Seef District +973 17364999 United in sixth place in the Pre- legend with huge experience, Erna Solberg tweeted: “FINAL- about. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 20, 2018 15

‘Disrespectful, silly’ Indian captain blasted Man City advance to at home and abroad AFP | New Delhi antics were unnecessary. ndian captain Virat Kohli “At the end of the match, Ifaced stiff criticism both you should be able to look League Cup semis Down Under and at home yes- each other in the eyes, shake terday after his side’s crushing hands and say ‘great contest’,” loss to Australia in the second he wrote in a column for Fox Manchester City rely on penalties to beat Leicester in League Cup Test. Sports. Former Australian paceman “Virat Kohli could not do Mitchell Johnson called Kohli that with Tim Paine, shaking Manchester City’s “disrespectful” and “silly” over the Australian captain’s hand • his heated exchanges with fel- but barely making eye contact young keeper Arijanet low skipper Tim Paine during with him. To me, that is disre- Muric was the hero the Perth Test. spectful. of their shoot-out Former India great Sunil “Kohli gets away with more win at Leicester Gavaskar meanwhile hit out than most cricketers simply at “selection blunders” and the because he is Virat Kohli and Indian Express daily slammed he gets placed on a pedestal AFP | London Kohli’s “explicit lack of confi- but this Test left the Indian dence” in some of his players. captain looking silly,” he add- anchester City sur- Kohli and Paine exchanged ed. vived a penalty barbs, at one point prompting After the game both Paine Mshoot-out to reach intervention from the umpire, and Kohli played down their the League Cup semi-finals as during the game that Australia on-field sledging, which was young keeper Arijanit Muric won by 146 runs on Tuesday to picked up by stump micro - starred in the dramatic finale to level the four-match series 1-1. phones. the holders’ win over Leicester It was reported that Kohli Kohli described it as simply on Tuesday. belittled Paine as just “a stand- banter that was part and parcel Pep Guardiola’s side took the in captain” -- a claim angrily of Test cricket. lead when Kevin De Bruyne denied by India’s team man- “As long as there is no swear- marked his return from injury agement. ing the line doesn’t get crossed. with a fine finish in the first half The retired Johnson said the And no personal attacks,” he at the King Power Stadium. Arijanet Muric of Manchester City makes a save during the penalty shoot out famously combative Kohli’s said. Marc Albrighton cancelled De Bruyne added: “I feel stiff ed in the 14th minute. Muric kept his side’s lead in- out De Bruyne’s first goal since but I am happy to contribute. To De Bruyne took control on the tact when he sprawled to the April with a late equaliser to set be out for so long and to play 70 left edge of the Leicester area, left to repel a long-range drive up the 3-1 shoot-out win. minutes is a good sign for me. cleverly shifted the ball onto from Demarai Gray that ap - Muric, making his second “We want to win titles so his right foot before unleashing peared destined for the bottom City appearance in place of the there’s two games more and we a low drive that zipped through corner. rested Ederson, stole the spot- can battle for another trophy.” the legs of Hamza Choudhury light as the 20-year-old Kosovo City had 87 percent of the and past goalkeeper Danny Muric shines international made two penalty possession in the early stages Ward. Sergio Aguero, back from an saves to clinch his team’s last and their pressure was reward- It was a cathartic moment for injury that sidelined him for four berth. De Bruyne in only his seventh three weeks, should have put Just hours after Guardiola’s appearance of a frustrating sea- City two up moments after half- old rival Jose Mourinho was son ravaged by two knee inju- time. sacked by Manchester United ries. However, the Argentine for- after their worst start for 28 The Belgium midfielder was ward shot too close to Ward af- years, City could afford to make making his first start since being ter running onto Mahrez’s pass. eight changes and still went KNOW WHAT injured in City’s League Cup Leicester drew level in the through as they chase the third win over Fulham on Novem - 73rd minute when Wilfred Ndi- trophy of the Guardiola era. ber 1. di lofted a pass that picked out No wonder City fans cheekily Manchester City Riyad Mahrez was making Albrighton’s run behind Olek- chanted “bring back Mourinho”. had beaten Leices- his first return to Leicester fol- sandr Zinchenko and the sub- “A tough game, it is always ter on penalties at lowing his move to City in the stitute slammed a fierce strike difficult at Leicester. We played close-season. into the far corner. with a guy (Eric Garcia) who is the same stage of The Algeria winger almost Guardiola’s men had beaten 17 years old and some injured the League Cup last doubled City’s lead when he Leicester on penalties at the players, but it was a good game,” season pounced on Brahim Diaz’s shot same stage of the League Cup Tim Paine of Australia celebrates as Virat Kohli of India looks dejected after Guardiola said. and smashed a volley just over. last season. he was dismissed by Nathan Lyon of Australia

Fortuna hand Bundesliga German football boss Post-scandal Australia ‘grit’ blasts Infantino over leaders Dortmund shock loss hailed after ‘best win’ for decades lack of transparency AFP | Berlin AFP | Perth, Australia erman Football Feder- ine months on from the Gation president Rein- Nbiggest scandal to hit Aus- hard Grindel has launched tralian cricket, the embattled a withering attack on FIFA team have come out the other president Gianni Infantino side with a victory that yester- over a lack of transparency day was hailed as their most on proposals for new com- important in decades. petitions in an interview In beating India by 146 runs with Sportbuzzer.de pub- Dusseldorf’s Takashi Usami (m) shoots the ball past Dortmund’s goalkeeper in Perth, Tim Paine’s men lished yesterday. Roman Burki pulled off their first Test win “With this lack of trans- AFP | Berlin points when they travel to since the ball-tampering saga parency on these questions Dortmund this Friday. exploded in South Africa in he is reinforcing the prej- orussia Dortmund were Marco Reus had an ear - March. udices against FIFA,” said left reeling on Tuesday af- ly goal ruled out for offside The cheating row saw coach Mitchell Starc of Australia celebrates after taking the wicket of Lokesh Rahul Grindel. B of India ter a breathtaking goal from but Dortmund were sent into Darren Lehmann quit, captain “It is why I am insisting Jean Zimmer saw them lose shock when Dodi Lukebakio Steve Smith and vice-cap - winning back faith and respect pressed by the way Paine has with my UEFA colleagues in 2-1 to relegation candidates gave Duesseldorf the lead on tain David Warner banned, from fans and the media has handled himself. the FIFA Council on the cre- Fortuna Duesseldorf in a sen- 22 minutes. and Cricket Australia dump a been challenging. “Quality performance from ation of a task force where sational first league defeat of The Belgian striker broke swathe of top executives. “I’m relieved personally,” he Australia this week ... Tim Paine all the information can be the season. free of the back line to latch The unassuming Paine was said after his maiden win as is a very very good leader who laid out on the table and we The defeat saw Dortmund’s onto Kevin Stoeger’s through installed as skipper and Jus- skipper eased the pressure. deserves all the credit,” he can determine with honesty lead at the top of the table ball and place the ball into the tin Langer as coach, vowing to Test great Shane Warne tweeted. if we need other competi- shrink to six points after Thor- bottom corner. change their win-at-all-costs summed it up in a tweet after Importantly, the win in Perth tions and if so what format gan Hazard inspired Borussia The league leaders looked culture and rebuild a team that the victory, saying: “This was to level the four-Test series 1-1 they should take.” Moenchengladbach to a 2-0 helpless in their search for an had been rocked to its core. the best Test win for Aust in a was also warmly embraced by Infantino has long envis- win against Nuremberg earlier equaliser before Duesseldorf It has taken time and Paine, long time. Tim Paine take a bow the country’s sometimes-scath- aged the creation of an in- in the day. delivered the next hammer who has proven to be an ex - - we now have a Test captain.” ing media, with The Australian ternational nations league Gladbach have the chance blow 15 minutes into the sec- ceptional wicketkeeper and a Former England skipper hailing “the grit of a new Aus- and a Club World Cup ex- to narrow the gap to just three ond half. savvy captain, admitted that Michael Vaughan was also im- tralia cricket era”. panded to 24 teams. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 20, 2018 16 Rain, epic stand save Sri Lanka Rain ruins Black Caps’ shot at victory in first test against Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka 1st innings 282 Rain completes (Mathews 83, Dickwella 80; • When we were batting Southee 6-68) Mathews and Mendis’ New Zealand 1st innings 578 epic rescue we lost three early (Latham 264 not out, Williamson 91; wickets in both innings Kumara 4-127) and when we were Sri Lanka 2nd innings (overnight 259-3) New Zealand, Sri M. Gunathilaka lbw Boult 3 Lanka• draw 1st test bowling we couldn’t get early wickets. So F. Karunaratne c Boult b Southee 10 that’s an area we’ll D. de Silva b Southee 0 AFP | Wellington K. Mendis not out 141 have to improve as a A. Mathews not out 120 team Extras (lb2, nb3, w8) 13 ri Lanka battled to a rain-af- DINESH CHANDIMAL Total (for 3 wkts, 115 overs) 287 fected draw in the first Test Result: Match drawn Sagainst New Zealand yes- Series: 0-0 terday after the Black Caps were unable to break an epic stand by Kusal Mendis and Angelo New Zealanders. smarting from a 3-0 Test white- Mathews. “Both boys out there showed wash against England last The tourists were 287 for a lot of character,” said skip - month. three in their second innings per Dinesh Chandimal. “They They have also had to contend -- still nine runs away from an fought hard when the situations with disarray in their coaching innings defeat -- when the um- came.” and selection ranks. pires called time with only 13 It was the only time in New The fourth-ranked Black Caps overs bowled on the final day. Zealand that a full day’s play has entered the two-match contest Mendis was unbeaten on 141 been completed without a Test buoyed by their first away Test and Mathews 120 not out at wicket falling, and the first time series win over Pakistan in 49 stumps after a stubborn 274- anywhere since South Africa years. run stand that, along with the achieved the feat against Bang- They are looking for a fourth Sri Lanka’s Kusal Mendis plays a shot weather, allowed Sri Lanka to ladesh in Chittagong in 2008. straight Test series win after also salvage a draw. order, there was still very much a as the highest score by an opener ‘Lots of character’ The partnership was also a defeating England and the West New Zealand captain Kane chance of a result,” he said. carrying their bat in Test history. Sri Lankan record against the Indies in the past 12 months. Williamson was left to rue New Zealand’s early domi- The emphatic performance The pair came together late on Black Caps. The second and final Test missed opportunities after con- nance was built on a mammoth should have given the New Zea- day three with Sri Lanka reeling The draw snaps Sri Lanka’s begins on December 26 in trolling the match for three days 578 in the first innings, featur- land bowlers two full days to at 13 for three in their second four-Test losing streak against Christchurch, where the tourists then failing to land a killer blow. ing an unbeaten 264 from Tom attack a Sri Lanka line-up that dig, trailing New Zealand’s first the Black Caps on New Zealand have not won in three attempts. “Obviously it’s a shame to have Latham. showed little fight in the first in- inning total by 296. soil. Williamson did not expect the the weather around today be- The left-hander’s career-best nings, but Mathews and Mendis They batted through the It will give the world’s sixth- Christchurch pitch to flatten out cause we felt if we could pick up effort overhauled former Eng- responded with a masterclass of whole of day four, fending off ranked team confidence after as it did in Wellington, offering a wicket and get into their lower land captain Alastair Cook’s 244 their own. a barrage of bouncers from the they arrived in New Zealand more for his seamers.

Ibrahimovic ‘not finished yet’ Hamilton deserves more recognition: Wolff with MLS, re-signs with LA Reuters | Los Angeles Mercedes team • latan Ibrahimovic is not boss hits out at Zyet done with Major ‘negativity and envy’ League Soccer (MLS), as the of F1 world champion Los Angeles Galaxy said on Tuesday the Swedish striker 27 goals were scored by Toto Wolff believes agreed to return to the club for Zlatan Ibrahimovic • another season. in 27 regular season Lewis Hamilton is not Ibrahimovic, who joined appearances in 2018 appreciated enough the Galaxy in March after because people are leaving Premier League side “envious” of his position Manchester United, enjoyed season. an impressive debut season The prolific goal scorer be- in North America and was came the latest high-profile Reuters | London named MLS Newcomer of the player to join MLS in the latter Year. part of his career following the ewis Hamilton may be the But the 37-year-old Swede, likes of David Beckham, Ste- Lgreatest Formula One driver the subject of rumours linking ven Gerrard, Thier- of all time but ‘negativity and him to a transfer to AC Milan, ry Henry and envy’ are denying him the rec- felt he had more to prove in Frank Lam- ognition he deserves, according MLS after failing to lead his pard. to his Mercedes team boss Toto Lewis Hamilton waves ahead of the Hungarian Grand Prix (file photo) Galaxy side to the playoffs Wolff. and so agreed to return to Comparing the five-time after he retired and even more nage, words he later clarified, the club as a Designated world champion to retired Fer- when tragedy struck. And I and has been criticised for mov- Player. Zlatan rari great Michael Schumacher, think it’s a pity.” ing to the tax haven of Monaco “I’m not finished yet with Ibrahimovic Wolff suggested people might Schumacher, who turns 50 where many other Formula One the MLS,” Ibrahimovic said in not appreciate the 33-year-old in January, has not been seen drivers reside. a video provided Briton’s achievements until he in public since the German suf- KNOW WHAT “We are live spectators, live by the too had left the scene. fered severe head injuries in a witnesses of a great racing driv- Galaxy. “Not everybody recognizes skiing accident five years ago. er at the peak of his abilities,” “I started a great career, a great sports- Hamilton has set a string of said Wolff. “In the U.S. you are good, I did man or greatness overall while records on his way to his fifth Lewis Hamilton now very much inspired by success. good but I am still not satisfied it’s happening. There is a lot of title this season, and could go on on 73 victories, has In Europe it triggers much more for the outcome. negativity and envy whilst it to match Schumacher’s seven won 51 of the 100 envy and negativity. “I have things still to do and happens,” Wolff told Reuters in championships and 91 wins. grands prix in the V6 “I am certainly biased because I see my first year as a warm- a telephone interview. The Briton, now on 73 vic - turbo era that started I have an emotional attachment ing up and the second year “It’s only being recognized tories, has won 51 of the 100 in 2014 and four of to Lewis, for me the greatest will be different. It will be a once a career has ended as hav- grands prix in the V6 turbo era the last five champi- sports person that is in his ca- big difference because now I ing been really great and I don’t that started in 2014 and four of reer in Britain.” know the league and I know know why that is. We are ex- the last five championships. onships Wolff said Hamilton was ful- my opponents more.” tremely privileged in following Hamilton also has a record ly motivated to chase his sixth Ibrahimovic finished the a career of maybe the greatest 83 pole positions and is only title next season and that the 2018 campaign with 22 goals racing driver of all time. the third driver ever to win five sonality of the Year awards — a Briton, who leads a jet-setting and 10 assists in 27 regu- “Obviously Michael has set titles or more. public vote — to Tour de France celebrity lifestyle with interests lar season appearanc- the records and was unbeliev- winner Geraint Thomas. in fashion and music away from es, making him only able but Lewis is on a similar Runner-up He was condemned on so - the racetrack, would also not be the third player in trajectory,” he added. “Also with Last Sunday, he was run - cial media for ‘slum’ comments the champion he was without MLS history to record Michael, it was only recognised ner-up in the BBC’s Sports Per- about his boyhood town Steve- dividing opinion. a 20-goal, 10-assist