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Inmate swap terms in few days Salaries ready for VRS first batch candidates Aden Manama January 31. He concluded by reiterating emen’s warring parties Mr Al Zayed went on noting CSB’s commitment to efficiently Yare expected to agree he President of the Civ- that the salary transfer on Janu- transition the remaining VRS’s on the terms of a prison - il Service Bureau (CSB), ary 24th will include additional The CBB is successful candidates to re - er exchange in around 10 TAhmed Al Zayed, yes - purchased years of service, end committed to tirement, and reminded all days, a representative of the terday announced that the CSB of service entitlements, previ- efficiently carry human resource directorates internationally recognised will efficiently transfer the ous promotion differences, and out the retirement that fall under the CSB to con- Yemeni government said on salaries of the Voluntary Re - the Periodic Annual Allowance of successful VRS tinue uploading all successful Wednesday. Talks between tirement Scheme (VRS)’s 773 in accordance with the King- candidates. candidates’ information to the the two sides took place in successful candidates who are dom’s 2019 Salaries and Bene- ‘Horizon’ portal in accordance Jordan last week. Both par- transitioning to retirement on fits regulation. MR AL ZAYED with the scheme’s time plan. ties need to agree on lists of prisoners to be swapped. “We expect that in 10 days time the final signing will have happened,” the head of the government delegation to the prisoner-exchange talks, Hadi Haig, told Reu- ters by telephone. Syria co-operation vow Conspiracy case Erdogan and Putin vow closer co-operation on Syria at Moscow talks linked to Qatar London The two leaders are on oppo- The two leaders site sides of the Syria conflict: our former Barclays • Russia provides critical support Fexecutives conspired are on opposite sides We agreed how we’ll to the Syrian government, while to commit fraud by hiding of the Syria conflict. coordinate our work in Turkey has backed rebel groups £322 million of payments the near future. fighting President Bashar As- to Qatar in return for cash sad’s forces. Russia and Turkey PUTIN injections in 2008, a pros- have• agreed to Despite this, they have ecutor alleged at the open- worked closely to find a polit- ing of one of London’s most coordinate ground “We agreed how we’ll coor- ical solution to the seven-year high-profile criminal trials. operations in Syria. dinate our work in the near fu- conflict. Former chief executive ture,” Putin said, calling the talks Russia and Turkey have John Varley and three former Moscow which included the countries’ agreed to co-ordinate ground directors are the most senior defence ministers “effective.” operations in Syria following bankers to be prosecuted in At the start of their meeting US President Donald Trump’s Britain over events during ussian President in the Kremlin, Putin addressed shock announcement last the financial crisis, when Bar- Vladimir Putin and his Erdogan as “dear friend,” saying month about pulling 2,000 clays avoided a state bailout RTurkish counterpart Re- that their countries “work on American troops out of Syria. by raising more than £11 bil- cep Tayyip Erdogan at a meeting Putin with Erdogan after talks in Moscow. issues of regional security and Putin said that if carried out, lion from mainly Gulf inves- in Moscow yesterday vowed to actively cooperate on Syria.” the withdrawal of US troops tors in two cash calls. co-ordinate their actions more for Syrian peace and stabili - lasted around three hours. Erdogan used the same term from northeastern Syria “will closely in Syria. ty,” Erdogan said in translated “With our Russian friends we for Putin and said “our solidari- be a positive step, it will help “Co-operation between Rus- comments at a joint press con- intend to strengthen our coordi- ty makes a weighty contribution stabilise the situation in this sia and Turkey is a touchstone ference after their talks, which nation even more.” to the security of the region.” restive area.” VEGAN ANGER DON’T MISS IT Hindus urge top Aussie bank to print beef-free notes Busaiteen pays Canberra which is rendered from beef 02 tribute to HRH or mutton fat, are used in the Premier he Hindu community is production of polymer cur- requesting the Reserve 440,000 rency to provide anti-static ‘House, SCW TBank of Australia print Hindus live in the properties. beef-free banknotes after it was country, according Cows are sacred to Hindus 03 co-operation vital’ revealed that cow fat is used in to 2016 census and the consumption of beef their production. Data revealed by is highly conflicting to Hindu Bapco attains Newly designed banknotes the Australian beliefs. It is banned in Hindu major milestone are being introduced into the Government. religious centres. country, with the new $5, $10, Mr Zed has urged RBA Gov- 04 as modernisation and $50 notes already in cir- Rajan Zed, asked the RBA to ernor Philip Lowe to take the programme starts culation. ‘show respect to the feelings issue seriously and for Scott The $20 and $100 notes will of Hindus and come up with a Morisson to step in because be introduced in 2019 and 2020 banknote production process it is ‘highly insensitive on respectively. which did not use beef as an the part of RBA to continue This week, President of the ingredient’. with reportedly beef-laced Universal Society of Hinduism, Small amounts of tallow, banknotes’. THURSDAY, JANUARY 24, 2019 02 Busaiteen pays tribute to HRH Premier Citizens hail the contribution of HRH the Premier towards nation development

Many cultural activities were organised as part of the event. Manama successful medical check-ups. citizens. They paid tribute to HRH the Abdulaziz Buzabun, owner Businessman and Chairman Traditional Ardha shows, folk- They all extended deepest con- Premier, hailing his prolific of Buzabun Majlis in Busaiteen of Bahrain Society for Toler- ceremony was held in loric songs and other activities gratulations to HRH the Premier, achievements in different towns congratulated the people of Bah- ance and Interfaith Co-exist- Busaiteen, Muharraq, were staged at the celebration, praying to Allah the Almighty to and villages across the Kingdom rain on the safety of HRH the ence Youssef Buzabun stressed Ain tribute to His Royal in the presence of Busaiteen bless him with abundant health of Bahrain. They lauded HRH the Premier, hailing his statesman- Bahraini citizens’ delight at the Highness Prime Minister Prince residents, lawmakers, munici- and happiness to continue the Premier’s stances in support of ship and pivotal role as the ar- recovery of HRH the Premier, in Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa, pal councils, dignitaries, busi- march of achievements for Bah- citizens and keenness on reach- chitect of national development recognition of his role in building who recovered after undergoing nessmen, heads of majlisses and rain and its loyal people. ing out to loyal people. and progress. the nation.

Social organisation in full efforts to tackle rising suicides among expats

Forum members during a photocall.

TDT | Manama issues faced by them and thus The organisation will hold its on this occasion. tackle the rising suicides. tenth anniversary celebrations “The prodigy of PGF award will social organisation based “We have 120 trained profes- tomorrow at the VKL Auditorium be shared this year by Ramesh in the Kingdom has be- sional counsellors to carry out from 7.30 pm to 10.30 pm. Narayanan and Sheeba Manoj. Agun a drive to tackle ris- the task.” The Chief Guests of the event “The other usual awards of ing number of suicides among Other programmes undertak- will be Mr James Joseph, for- Best Counsellor, Best Faculty the expatriates. en by the organisation includes mer higher secondary director and Best Coordinator will be Pravasi Guidance Forum, Youth Leadership Programmes of Govt of Kerala and Dr Jancy given to Saji John, Amritha Ravi widely known as PGF, an asso- for Teenagers, Diploma Courses James, former Vice Chancellor and Radhamoni Somarajan re- ciation of trained counsellors in Counselling, Walk with a Civil of MG University. spectively. working under the able guidance servant Training for School-go- “We will be giving away our “A number of medals will also of Dr John Panackel, a renowned ing students, Differential Apti- prestigious Karmajyothi Award be given away to students in counsellor will work towards tude Test and Career Counsel- to Mr. Francis Kaitharathu, a recognition to their outstanding reaching out to the expatriate ling, Summer Camps and PSC well-known social worker in performance in our events,” or- communities to address the Training. Bahrain and Chairman of IMAC ganisation release said. Social worker dies in Chennai TDT | Manama Disabled Sports Federation as Muslim Jamaath relief works, ong-time Bahrain resident programme co-ordinator. sources said. and Indian social worker T Funeral will take place in He had organised a lot of cul- LP Abdulla, 71, passed away Chennai today. He is survived by tural programmes under the aegis in Chennai, India yesterday. his wife Fatima and four children. of Kerala Arts and Cultural Asso- He was working with Bahrain He was active in Bahrain Kerala ciation, sources added. The deceased Abdulla THURSDAY, JANUARY 24, 2019 03 ‘House, SCW co-operation vital’ HRH Princess Sabeeka highlights legislative role to boost achievements of Bahraini women Manama

RH Princess Sabeeka bint Ibrahim Al Khalifa, Wife Hof HM the King, Pres - ident of the Supreme Council for Women (SCW), yesterday received Speaker of the Council of Representatives, Fawzia Zainal, Chairman of the Shura Coun- cil, Ali Al Saleh, deputies, heads of committees and a number of members of the two councils. HRH Princess Sabeeka high- lighted maintaining co-operation with the SCW to promote various women and family issues, wishing the two councils to bring more successes to attain the set goals. HRH Princess Sabeeka pointed out the support of HM King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, HRH Prime Minister Prince Khalifa HRH Princess Sabeeka receives the delegation led by Ms Zainal and Mr Al Saleh. bin Salman Al Khalifa and follow up of HRH Prince Salman bin fining priorities for the next stage, promote women’s advancement vice, financial an economic, in- ing on their national and family Hamad Al Khalifa, Crown Prince, including following up the inclu- and their participations in the frastructure and environment, responsibilities. Deputy Supreme Commander sion of the National Plan for the national development process. which were the result of the con- The Shura Chairman pointed and First Deputy Prime Minister, Advancement of Bahraini women SCW Secretary-General Hala Al Including the sultations between the SCW and out the SCW President’s role in to Bahraini women and family in the Government’s Action Pro- Ansari gave a brief on the work National Plan for government under the umbrella supporting women’s issues and files, which clearly contributed gramme. strategy (2019-2022) that focuses the Advancement of of following up the outcomes of promoting their active partici- to the addition of the National HRH Princess Sabeeka not- on the integration of Bahraini Bahraini Women in the the Government Forum overseen pations in the construction and Plan for the Advancement of Bah- ed the constant support of the women in various development by HRH the Crown Prince. development process, noting raini women to the agenda of the SCW-Parliament Coordination programmes and the national GAP is a key milestone. The Speaker hailed the SCW women’s achievements and gains Government Action Programme Committee for women file, at- efforts to enhance women’s ad- HRH PRINCESS SABEEKA President’s effort to upgrade the made during the prosperous era (GAP). taching significance to the role vancement for sustaining family Bahraini women’s status, as an of HM the King. He stressed the HRH Princess Sabeeka praised of the permanent committees to stability and raising women’s con- the harmonisation of the require- essential partner in the compre- Shura support for reinforcing the the legislative branch’s keenness adopt women file in legislative tributions to the national econo- ments of the National Plan for hensive development process, Bahraini women’s status, say- to hold this periodic meeting to branch’s meeting, calling on the my by adding the National Plan the Advancement of Bahraini affirming readiness to boost ing the Shura-SCW co-operation mark the launch of the beginning committees’ members to accen- for the Advancement of Bahraini Women 2013-2022 with the GAP parliament-SCW cooperation to would ensure turning the nation- of a legislative term to discuss tuate, in their international par- Women to the agenda of the GAP. and State Budget through five achieve Bahraini women’s ad- al strategies for the advancement promoting cooperation and de- ticipations, Bahrain’s effort to Ms Al Ansari emphasised on topics, including legislative, ser- vancement to assist them in tak- of Bahraini women into reality.

Autumn Fair 2019 kicks off in style

Mr Al Moayyed opens Autumn Fair 2019 at the Bahrain International Exhibition and Convention Centre. Commerce and Tourism, Un- range of products including It is expected to dersecretary of Commerce arts and crafts, boutiques • Affairs Nader Al Moayyed and fashion, electrical goods attract large number of opened Autumn Fair 2019 and appliances, furniture and visitors and shoppers at the Bahrain International furnishings, houseware and from inside and outside Exhibition and Convention decors, kitchenware, leather of Bahrain mainly from Centre. goods, shoes, cosmetics, toys, The fair is organised by Ara- textiles, specialty foods and the Kingdom and GCC bian Exhibition Management many more. particularly Saudi Arabia. and runs until January 31. This year’s Bahraini busi - This year’s 30th edition of ness participants, as in the TDT | Manama Autumn Fair, spanning over past, will be offering special 15,400 square meters of ex - deals to visitors. nder the patronage of hibition space, will bring to - The Autumn Fair is the big- Zayed Al Zayani, the gether 650 exhibitors from 18 gest gathering of distributors, UMinister of Industry, countries to display a wide- retailers and agents present- ing the widest range of choic- es and competitive prices to shoppers. It is expected to attract large number of visitors and shoppers from inside and outside of Bahrain mainly from the Kingdom and GCC particularly Saudi Arabia. Counties participating this year includes: Bahrain, China, Egypt, India, Kuwait, Lebanon, Morocco, Oman, Pakistan, Pal- estine, Poland, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Tunisia, Turkey, Mr Al Moayyed along with other ministry officials tours the expo. UAE, Yemen and Zimbabwe. THURSDAY, JANUARY 24, 2019 05 THURSDAY, JANUARY 24, 2019 04 Bapco attains major milestone as world Drone disrupts air traffic into Newark Tonga: Whole country cut off from Facebook, YouTube New York, United States to Newark, however, until the modernisation programme starts “backlog” of arrivals landing at Nuku’alofa, Tonga service Matangi Tonga said yes- book have been blocked to pre- drone briefly disrupted air the airport were cleared. terday. serve much-needed bandwidth. Atraffic Tuesday at New- “Around 5:00 pm, we re - onga has been plunged into “There’s no Facebook, which The restricted access also BMP designed to optimise the refinery configuration to place Bapco amongst the most competitive refineries ark airport, one of New York’s ceived two reports from in- Tvirtual cyber darkness after is how the Tongan diaspora meant serious problems getting three major hubs for air traffic, coming flights into Newark an undersea cable broke, cutting communicate with each other, money transfers. TDT | Manama US officials said. that a drone was sighted at off the Pacific island kingdom businesses can’t get orders out, Tonga Cable, which admin- There were no further about 3,500 feet (1,070 me - from almost all cell phone and airlines can’t take bookings for isters the 827-kilometre (514- he Oil Minister, the drones sighted, and arrivals ters) above Teterboro,” anoth- Internet services. Representative picture passengers or freight.” mile)cable between Tonga and Chairman of the Board of The oil sector of were allowed to resume after er nearby airport in New While life without the Inter- While the authorities look Fiji, said Internet traffic had to Directors of the Bahrain Bahrain has adopted a short suspension, a Feder- Jersey, the spokes- net may be considered a par- as officials struggled to fix the into the cause and struggle to be prioritised until repairs were T al Aviation Administration adise for many, Tonga relies problem. find a solution, they have turned completed, and in the mean- Petroleum Company (Bapco) a clear strategy based Shaikh Mohamed bin Khalifa on implementing spokesman told AFP. heavily on links with the out- “We are all heavily tied to to a small, locally operated satel- time social media websites may bin Ahmed Al Khalifa has inau- The FAA ordered a ground side world for daily supplies the Internet for doing business lite connection as back-up. be blocked while the country key developmental stop for other flights heading and vital tourist earnings, and and for the government,” Mary In the meantime non-essen- of 110,000 relies on makeshift gurated the Bapco Modernisa- projects. tion Programme (BMP) ground- faced “an absolute disaster” Fonua, editor of the online news tial social media sites like Face- connectivity. breaking ceremony at the site of SHAIKH MOHAMED the project. Present at the event were sen- damentals of refining, namely ior officials of the oil and gas safety, training, maintenance, Two drowned Saudi sector in the Kingdom. process engineering, reliability Hacker uses Nest camera On this occasion, the minister engineering and advanced pro- sisters committed stressed that the oil sector of cess control. suicide: US medical to broadcast nuke alert Bahrain adopts a clear strate- Later, Bapco’s Chief Exec - Floods, landslides San Francisco, United States gy based on implementing key utive, Dr Pete Bartlett gave a examiner of hackers using passwords developmental projects, and speech in which he expressed New York, United States | stolen from other online ven- that the National Oil and Gas his privilege to be part of this est urged owners of its ues. Authority (NOGA) and compa- major project and emphasised wo Saudi sisters whose Nsecurity cameras Tuesday “Nest was not breached,” nies under its umbrella exert its importance to all employ- Tbodies were found to use enhanced authentica- Google said in a statement. utmost efforts in implementing ees. taped together on the banks kill at least eight tion to thwart hackers, after “These recent reports are vital projects which promote the Then, Mr Marco Villa gave a of a New York river com- one terrified a family with a based on customers using national economy and bolster speech on behalf of TTSJV. He mitted suicide, the city’s hoax nuclear missile attack. compromised passwords - ex- the sustainable growth of the said: “We are pleased to see the medical examiner said on A couple living in a Califor- posed through breaches on Kingdom. progress of the project on land Tuesday. nia town near San Francisco other websites.” He further said that the pro- Shaikh Mohamed inaugurates the programme in the presence of top Bapco executives and senior government officials. rather than on paper and ex - Rotana Farea, 22, and her told local media they expe - Reported incidents involv- sister Tala, 16, were found in Indonesia rienced “sheer terror” over ing Nest cameras in the US gress attained in oil industry in pressed the contractors’ com- the entire region has recently thanks and appreciation to HM ter Prince Salman bin Hamad gave a brief speech in which he now we are realising the efforts mitment to the successful imple- beside the Hudson River in the weekend when a Nest in the past three months in- gone through recent technologi- King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, Al Khalifa for their continued expressed pride at this impor- of many who contributed to this mentation of this project.” late October with no visible security camera atop their clude a hacker threatening to cal trends and advanced applica- HRH the Prime Minister Prince support and guidance to the oil tant occasion which marks an achievement over the years. The BMP is designed to opti- signs of trauma, dressed all family’s television issued a re- snatch a baby and a seemingly tions in order to ensure the con- Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa, and gas sector of Bahrain. important milestone in Bapco He reiterated the four critical mise the refinery configuration in black with fur-trimmed alistic-sounding warning of well-intended hacker telling tinued progress and improved and HRH the Crown Prince, the During the event, Bapco’s and Bahrain’s history. pillars of successful Project Ex- to place Bapco amongst the most coat collars. missiles heading to the United someone that his data was ex- results in the oil industry. Deputy Supreme Commander Board Director and BMP Pro- He stated that this was a jour- ecution (safety, quality, budget competitive refineries beyond They were tied together States from North Korea. posed. The minister expressed and First Deputy Prime Minis- ject Sponsor Dr Dawood Nassif ney that started 12 years ago and and schedule), and the six fun- 2022. at the ankles and waist by The couple and their fright- Nest camera users were duct tape. ened child eventually fig- urged to prevent such inva- “My office determined ured out they had sions by implementing that the death of the Farea been targeted by two-factor verifica- sisters was the result of su- a hacker who tion, meaning that icide, in which the young got control of a second step such Appeals Court 20 delegates from Bahrain attend PBD women bound themselves speakers built as entering a code together before descend- into the cam- sent via text mes- ing into the Hudson River,” era, which is sage is needed to hear fake Chief Medical Examiner equipped for along with a pass- Barbara Sampson said. two-way con- word to get into an prescription case Fatimah Baeshen, spokes- versations. account. woman for Saudi Arabia’s Nest, which is People can check on- TDT | Manama “The accused himself wrote US embassy in Washington, owned by Google-par- line at sites such as www. Morphine in the prescription tweeted that “Reports that ent Alphabet, told AFP that haveibeenpwned.com to see n appeals court will chart and gave it to a pharma we ordered anyone related Indonesian soldiers evacuate flood-affected residents in Makassar incidents of commandeered whether their email ad- hear the case of a Bah- shop salesman. to the Saudi sisters, Tala and camera control in dresses have been raini accused of forging “After being suspicious, the Rotana Farea, God rest their recent months found in troves A souls, (who recently died in Jeneponto district, while their homes and destroyed two were the result of stolen data. a medical prescription to obtain pharma shop salesman rang up Jakarta, Indonesia Morphine from a pharma shop. the doctor to verify whether he tragically in NY), to leave three people were killed in bridges. He was sentenced to one year had prescribed Morphine for the US for seeking asylum; Gowa, Indonesia’s disaster mit- “Boats and food assistance in jail after being found guilty the patient.” are absolutely false.” t least eight people have igation agency said. for evacuees is still needed,” in the case. According to Public The doctor denied and in- Mr Thomas at the panel discussion chaired by India’s Minister of State for External Affairs V K Singh. been killed and thou- At least four people are miss- Nugroho said. Prosecutors, the man went to stantly police was alerted, the Asands forced to evac- ing but authorities say data is “(Rescuers) are still search- Philippine lawmakers back bill Jidhafs Medical Centre on the prosecutors added. TDT | Manama uate their homes after heavy still being collected across ing for the missing.” pretext that he was suffering “In between, the accused also Harpreet Kaur Tunisia mother rain triggered devastating flash hard-hit areas. Heavy rains and the extent of to jail 12-year-olds from a severe headache. made an attempt to attack the floods and landslides in Indo- “Extreme rain that started to flooding has hampered search “He asked the doctor to pre- pharma shop salesman. How- ore than 20 delegates represented faces trial for nesia, authorities said yester- fall on (Tuesday) in several are- efforts, authorities said. Manila, Philippines rage the lower House of Rep- scribe Morphine. But the doctor ever, a team of police arrived at the Kingdom’s Indian Community racism against day. as of South Sulawesi caused the Landslides and flooding are resentatives raised it to 12 and denied as it was not required to the scene on time and the man at the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas that Heavy rain and strong winds flooding,” agency spokesman common in Indonesia, espe- hildren as young as 12 passed the bill on the second M teacher buffeted parts of Sulawesi is- Sutopo Purwo Nugroho said in cially during the monsoon sea- years old could be incar- reading. treat headache. was rescued.” was held at the Indian City of Benares. C Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD) is cele- Tunis, Tunisia land overnight, swelling rivers a statement. Footage showed son between October and April, cerated under a bill backed The current age at brated to strengthen the engagement of that burst their banks and in- rivers overflowing with water when rain lashes the vast tropi- by Philippine lawmakers on which children are held the overseas Indian community with the woman faces trial in the undated dozens of villages in spreading across vast swathes cal archipelago. Wednesday which has been criminally liable in the Government of India and reconnect them Aeastern Tunisian city of nine southern districts, as well of land, flooding rice fields and In October, flash floods and attacked by the UN and rights Philippines is 15. Bahraini sentenced for with their roots. Sfax under a new anti-rac- as parts of the provincial capital submerging cars. landslides killed at least 22 peo- monitors. If the Senate approves it the The convention also honours Overseas ism law for allegedly hurl- Makassar. The flooding has forced ple in several districts across Duterte’s allies had origi- Philippines would join coun- forging maid recruitment Indians with the prestigious Pravasi Bhara- ing insults at a teacher who Five people were found dead thousands of residents to flee Sumatra island. nally proposed lowering the tries like Afghanistan which tiya Samman Award to recognise their con- threw her daughter out of “age of criminal liability” to punish 12-year-old children tributions to various fields both in India class. They said the woman, nine, but after mounting out- for criminal acts. application loses appeal and abroad. Bahrain’s Al Hilal Hospital Vice who rushed to school after TDT | Manama Chairman and leading businessman Dr V a phone call from the girl to “The financial condition of T Vinod was among those non-resident say she was being expelled, he First High Criminal the accused was also not in his Indians who received the prestigious award. had insulted the teacher Appellate Court has up- favour as he had debts in the The PBD convention this year was held Mr Vinod receives the award from Indian President Ram Nath Kovind. over the colour of his skin. held the sentence hand- excess of BD40,000. He also had under the banner of ‘Role of Indian Diaspora She was detained on T Tuesday, three days after ed down to a 62-year-old Bah- no proper sources of income.” in building New India’. to Passport Sewa and efforts are in to issue like brain haemorrhage.” raini convicted of forging ap- The fraud was revealed when Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi chip-based E-passport, he added. Aruldas Thomas, chairman of ICRF, said: the incident. The spokes- plication to recruit housemaid. one of the officials at the con- inaugurated the plenary session of the 15th Speaking to Tribune, one of the dele - “The panel discussion was a continuation man for the prosecutor’s of- The convict was sentenced to cerned department became edition of Pravasi Bharatiya Diwas at Deen- gates, Sudheer Thirunlath said: “In terms of previous panel discussions conducted in fice, Murad Turki, said the three years in jail along with a suspicious and verified the ap- dayal Hastkala Sankul. of Bahrain, two main points were discussed, May 2018 at Delhi and most of the points woman was being held in fine of BD200. plication. Speaking about the welfare of Indians one of which is the long pending cases of suggested by panel members were incor- custody pending trial next According to Public Prose- “Upon proper verification, it overseas, Mr Modi said passport and visa individuals who are above 60 years old and porated and taken for actions. We hope the week on racism charges un- cution, the man had already was found that the accused had rules have been simplified and e visa had how they need to be given legal support and results of government actions based on our der the law passed in Octo- recruited one maid and was in- forged the application with the made it much easier for them to travel. secondly how to provide medical assistance suggestions will result in for the betterment ber 2018 and for insulting a An aerial view of the flood situation in Gowa, Sulawesi. eligible to recruit another. help of another Bahraini.” All Pravasi Bharatiya is now being linked to workers in Bahrain especially for cases of distressed Indians abroad.” public sector worker. 05 THURSDAY, JANUARY 24, 2019 world

Drone disrupts air traffic into Newark Tonga: Whole country cut off from Facebook, YouTube New York, United States to Newark, however, until the “backlog” of arrivals landing at Nuku’alofa, Tonga service Matangi Tonga said yes- book have been blocked to pre- drone briefly disrupted air the airport were cleared. terday. serve much-needed bandwidth. Atraffic Tuesday at New- “Around 5:00 pm, we re - onga has been plunged into “There’s no Facebook, which The restricted access also ark airport, one of New York’s ceived two reports from in- Tvirtual cyber darkness after is how the Tongan diaspora meant serious problems getting three major hubs for air traffic, coming flights into Newark an undersea cable broke, cutting communicate with each other, money transfers. US officials said. that a drone was sighted at off the Pacific island kingdom businesses can’t get orders out, Tonga Cable, which admin- There were no further about 3,500 feet (1,070 me - from almost all cell phone and airlines can’t take bookings for isters the 827-kilometre (514- drones sighted, and arrivals ters) above Teterboro,” anoth- Internet services. Representative picture passengers or freight.” mile)cable between Tonga and were allowed to resume after er nearby airport in New While life without the Inter- While the authorities look Fiji, said Internet traffic had to a short suspension, a Feder- Jersey, the spokes- net may be considered a par- as officials struggled to fix the into the cause and struggle to be prioritised until repairs were al Aviation Administration adise for many, Tonga relies problem. find a solution, they have turned completed, and in the mean- spokesman told AFP. heavily on links with the out- “We are all heavily tied to to a small, locally operated satel- time social media websites may The FAA ordered a ground side world for daily supplies the Internet for doing business lite connection as back-up. be blocked while the country stop for other flights heading and vital tourist earnings, and and for the government,” Mary In the meantime non-essen- of 110,000 relies on makeshift faced “an absolute disaster” Fonua, editor of the online news tial social media sites like Face- connectivity.

Two drowned Saudi sisters committed Hacker uses Nest camera suicide: US medical to broadcast nuke alert Floods, landslides San Francisco, United States examiner of hackers using passwords New York, United States | stolen from other online ven- est urged owners of its ues. wo Saudi sisters whose Nsecurity cameras Tuesday “Nest was not breached,” Tbodies were found to use enhanced authentica- Google said in a statement. taped together on the banks kill at least eight tion to thwart hackers, after “These recent reports are of a New York river com- one terrified a family with a based on customers using mitted suicide, the city’s hoax nuclear missile attack. compromised passwords - ex- medical examiner said on A couple living in a Califor- posed through breaches on Tuesday. nia town near San Francisco other websites.” Rotana Farea, 22, and her told local media they expe - Reported incidents involv- sister Tala, 16, were found in Indonesia rienced “sheer terror” over ing Nest cameras in the US beside the Hudson River in the weekend when a Nest in the past three months in- late October with no visible security camera atop their clude a hacker threatening to signs of trauma, dressed all family’s television issued a re- snatch a baby and a seemingly in black with fur-trimmed alistic-sounding warning of well-intended hacker telling coat collars. missiles heading to the United someone that his data was ex- They were tied together States from North Korea. posed. at the ankles and waist by The couple and their fright- Nest camera users were duct tape. ened child eventually fig- urged to prevent such inva- “My office determined ured out they had sions by implementing that the death of the Farea been targeted by two-factor verifica- sisters was the result of su- a hacker who tion, meaning that icide, in which the young got control of a second step such women bound themselves speakers built as entering a code together before descend- into the cam- sent via text mes- ing into the Hudson River,” era, which is sage is needed Chief Medical Examiner equipped for along with a pass- Barbara Sampson said. two-way con- word to get into an Fatimah Baeshen, spokes- versations. account. woman for Saudi Arabia’s Nest, which is People can check on- US embassy in Washington, owned by Google-par- line at sites such as www. tweeted that “Reports that ent Alphabet, told AFP that haveibeenpwned.com to see we ordered anyone related Indonesian soldiers evacuate flood-affected residents in Makassar incidents of commandeered whether their email ad- to the Saudi sisters, Tala and camera control in dresses have been Rotana Farea, God rest their recent months found in troves souls, (who recently died in Jeneponto district, while their homes and destroyed two were the result of stolen data. tragically in NY), to leave Jakarta, Indonesia three people were killed in bridges. the US for seeking asylum; Gowa, Indonesia’s disaster mit- “Boats and food assistance are absolutely false.” t least eight people have igation agency said. for evacuees is still needed,” been killed and thou- At least four people are miss- Nugroho said. Asands forced to evac- ing but authorities say data is “(Rescuers) are still search- Philippine lawmakers back bill uate their homes after heavy still being collected across ing for the missing.” Tunisia mother rain triggered devastating flash hard-hit areas. Heavy rains and the extent of floods and landslides in Indo- “Extreme rain that started to flooding has hampered search to jail 12-year-olds faces trial for nesia, authorities said yester- fall on (Tuesday) in several are- efforts, authorities said. Manila, Philippines rage the lower House of Rep- racism against day. as of South Sulawesi caused the Landslides and flooding are resentatives raised it to 12 and Heavy rain and strong winds flooding,” agency spokesman common in Indonesia, espe- hildren as young as 12 passed the bill on the second teacher buffeted parts of Sulawesi is- Sutopo Purwo Nugroho said in cially during the monsoon sea- Cyears old could be incar- reading. Tunis, Tunisia land overnight, swelling rivers a statement. Footage showed son between October and April, cerated under a bill backed The current age at that burst their banks and in- rivers overflowing with water when rain lashes the vast tropi- by Philippine lawmakers on which children are held woman faces trial in the undated dozens of villages in spreading across vast swathes cal archipelago. Wednesday which has been criminally liable in the Aeastern Tunisian city of nine southern districts, as well of land, flooding rice fields and In October, flash floods and attacked by the UN and rights Philippines is 15. Sfax under a new anti-rac- as parts of the provincial capital submerging cars. landslides killed at least 22 peo- monitors. If the Senate approves it the ism law for allegedly hurl- Makassar. The flooding has forced ple in several districts across Duterte’s allies had origi- Philippines would join coun- ing insults at a teacher who Five people were found dead thousands of residents to flee Sumatra island. nally proposed lowering the tries like Afghanistan which threw her daughter out of “age of criminal liability” to punish 12-year-old children class. They said the woman, nine, but after mounting out- for criminal acts. who rushed to school after a phone call from the girl to say she was being expelled, had insulted the teacher over the colour of his skin. She was detained on Tuesday, three days after the incident. The spokesman for the prosecutor’s office, Murad Turki, said the woman was being held in custody pending trial next week on racism charges under the law passed in Octo- ber 2018 and for insulting a public sector worker. An aerial view of the flood situation in Gowa, Sulawesi. THURSDAY, JANUARY 24, 2019 06

Nurse arrested in case of US woman Thai king signs decree approving Three arrested at US airport, who gave birth in vegetative state first election since coup charged with supporting IS Los Angeles, United States The suspect -- identified as Bangkok, Thailand Nathan Sutherland, age 36 -- male nurse has been ar- faces charges of one count of hailand’s king has issued Arested in Arizona for the sexual assault and one count of Ta royal decree endorsing sexual assault of a woman who vulnerable adult abuse, Phoe- the first general election since gave birth while in a long-term nix police Sergeant Tommy a 2014 coup, with a date for vegetative state, police in the Thomson told a news confer- the long-delayed poll expected US state said Wednesday. ence. later. The 29-year-old victim gave “The baby I am told is doing “It’s a suitable time to hold birth late last month to a baby good,” Thompson said. an election of members of par- Thai King Maha Vajiralongkorn boy, whose DNA was matched The CEO of the nursing fa- liament,” said the decree by to that of the suspect, lead - cility resigned following the 66-year-old King Thai King Wednesday and countersigned ing to the arrest, according to scandal, according to a state- Maha Vajiralongkorn, pub- by junta leader Prayut Chan- police. ment sent to media. lished in the Royal Gazette on O-Cha. From left, Booking photos of Muse Abdikadir Muse, Mohamud Abdikadir Muse and Mohamed Salat Haji. (Courtesy of woodtv/kent Country Sheriff’s office)

The three were arrested The three men, Monday at Gerald Ford Airport “I’m on a plane that looks • in the city of Grand Rapids all in their 20s and as Muse Abdikadir Muse, 23, related to each other also known as Muse Muse, was going through the TSA security Chicago, United States screening process. like it’s going to fall apart” Authorities said he had checked in for a trip that hree American citizens would eventually take him to Search resumes for missing plane of Cardiff striker Sala as his last words emerge Tof Kenyan descent have Mogadishu, Somalia, with the been charged with conspiring goal of joining IS. AFP | St Peter Port, United to support the Islamic State In an online exchange with Kingdom group after an arrest at a Mich- an undercover FBI agent, Muse igan airport foiled their alleged allegedly said he wanted to olice on the British island plot, authorities announced join IS in Somalia and “fight in Pof Guernsey resumed the Tuesday. the front lines,” according to search yesterday for a missing The three men, all in their the affidavit. plane carrying Premier League 20s and related to each oth- Police also arrested at the player Emiliano Sala, who is er, allegedly recorded videos airport terminal the men said presumed dead after debris was pledging their allegiance to to be Muse’s co-conspirators: found in the water. IS and discussed a potential his brother Mohamud Ab - The light aircraft carrying the car attack in the United States dikadir Muse, 20, and another Argentine striker, who signed if one of them was unable to relative, Mohamed Salat Haji, for Cardiff City at the weekend, travel overseas to fight for the 26. disappeared from radar around terror group. The two are alleged to have 20 kilometres (12 miles) north FBI agents employed under- purchased the airline ticket of Guernsey on Monday night. cover agents to communicate and driven Muse to the airport. “We have resumed search- with the suspects and multiple All three men, who are ing,” the police said. search warrants of their social naturalized US citizens from “Two planes are taking off media accounts to monitor the Kenya, were charged with and will search a targeted area suspects’ communications be- conspiring to provide mate- we believe has the highest tween each other, according rial support or resources to a likelihood of finding anything, to an affidavit filed in federal designated foreign terrorist based on review of the tides court. organization. and weather since it (the plane) went missing. “Coastal areas around (the Home Grown Coral nearby island of ) Alderney and off-lying rocks and islands will FC Nantes football club supporters gather in Nantes after it was announced that the plane Argentinian forward Emiliano also be searched from the air.” Sala was flying on vanished during a flight from Nantes in western France to Cardiff in Wales Sala, who signed on Saturday from French club Nantes for a reported fee of 17 million euros ($19.3 million), was flying to Sala ‘made own travel arrangements’, says Cardiff chairman Cardiff on a single-engine Piper London, United Kingdom travel to Cardiff. at this stage -- but it certainly PA-46 Malibu aircraft. “We spoke to the player wasn’t Cardiff City.” It has emerged he expressed miliano Sala made his own and asked him if he wanted “Cardiff City will be in - concerns about the plane on Earrangements to travel to us to make arrangements for volved with the investigation,” the flight, according to an au- Cardiff, the chairman of the his flight which, quite frank- he said. dio message sent to friends and Premier League club said ly, would have been commer- According to a separate re- relatives. yesterday as the search re - cial,” Cardiff chairman Me- port on the BBC, Dalman said “I’m on a plane that looks sumed for the player’s missing hmet Dalman was quoted as there were no plans to re - like it’s going to fall apart, and plane. saying. “He declined and made arrange the club’s next Pre- I’m leaving for Cardiff,” Sala The club told Wales Online his own arrangements. mier League match, against said in a WhatsApp audio that they had offered their new “I can’t tell you who arranged Arsenal at the Emirates on message carried by Argentine forward a commercial flight to the flight because I don’t know January 29. media. “If in an hour and a half you to look for me, because they will A 15-hour search Tuesday the Channel spotted “a number have no news from me, I don’t not find me, you know. Dad, I’m covering a 1,155 square-mile of floating objects in the water”, know if they will send people so scared,” he added. (3,000 square-kilometre) area in Guernsey police said.

Now you may buy a Robocop dog for home An employee of Burgers Zoo in Arnhem, removes coral from a growing basin on January 23, 2019. Over 300 home-grown coral, sea anemones and Tokyo, Japan gress reports via smartphone coral fish are shipped from the Burgers Zoo, supplying England’s London in the service offered from Aquarium and Chester Zoo. ony’s puppy-sized robot dog next month in conjunction Saibo, equipped with cam- with home security company eras, artificial intelligence and Secom. internet capability, can now “You will be able to check remotely check up on family how remote family members Pope Francis announces Japan visit members, children or even pets, are doing or what children are On Board The Papal Plane, young Catholics. the Japanese electronics giant doing when they get home,” Italy The Argentine pontiff has said yesterday. project chief Izumi Kawanishi repeatedly voiced a desire The 30-centimetre (one-foot) told reporters at the Sony head- ope Francis announced to visit Japan, home to some robopup with flapping ears and quarters in Tokyo. Pyesterday he will visit Ja- 450,000 Roman Catholics, in- cutting-edge LED eyes will roam “We aim to make you feel a bit pan in November, becoming cluding most recently in Sep- around the home at pre-desig- more secure by living with aibo the first pontiff to do so since tember last year. nated times looking for family and having fun,” added Kawani- John Paul II nearly 40 years Around 510,000 Protestants members. Versions of Sony’s puppy-sized robot dog “Aibo”, including a 2019 limited shi. The gadget will also be able ago. “I will go to Japan in live in the largely Shinto Bud- However, the latest canine special colour model (R), are displayed to watch over real pets in the November,” he said on board dhist country, according to tech does not come cheap, with $3,000 for a three-year pack- such as data storage. future thanks to image recog- the Papal plane bringing him Japan’s Agency for Cultural a single dog costing nearly age, including software services The owner will receive pro- nition and learning capabilities. to Panama for a gathering of Affairs. THURSDAY, JANUARY 24, 2019 07

After a month of shutdown, US workers turn to food banks New York, United States are pushing more and more fam- ilies into poverty, said Francisco ost never needed help Tezen, head of development at Mfrom a food pantry. But a the Food Bank for New York month since the US government City. shutdown began, dozens of fed- KNOW WHAT The non-profit, the city’s eral employees have been lining largest food assistance or - up in Brooklyn for basics. ganization, hosted the distri- Customs, tax and emergen- Customs, tax and bution along with corporate cy management officials are all emergency man- sponsors. among the crowd, having gone agement officials “Something like this is un - unemployed since December 22. precedented, it’s almost equiva- Others deemed “essential” like are all among the lent to times when we have had transportation workers or prison crowd, having gone to activate response and services guards are forced to continue unemployed since in response to a disaster,” said working without pay, taking ad- December 22 Tezen. vantage of their lunch breaks to “Just the length of period of stock up. time, and the volatility and the Volunteers are manning distri- watching what I spend, not unknowns.” bution tables in the lobby of the spending.” Organizations like his “can New York borough’s Barclays “Praying that they make a de- be of assistance and help,” he Center, which usually hosts con- cision sooner than later.” said -- “but we are not an an - certs or sporting events rather She hopes to return to work tidote to gridlock or just bad than charity drives. on February 1 -- an optimism of policy.” Those in need first register which she’s no longer so certain. Furloughed federal workers gather bags of food and milk as the Food Bank For NYC holds food distribution for federal He refrained from pointing and then fill plastic bags with “I am a person where the workers impacted by the government shutdown in Brooklyn, New York specific blame for the political canned goods, potatoes, chicken, glass is always half-full,” said stalemate, but many in New grapes and basic toiletries. the mother of a college student. along with her mother, and says one 39-year-old single mother, the monthly bill for her cell York, a Democratic strong - “I came here to grab some “I have to stay hopeful,” she she hasn’t been able to sleep or who works as a prison guard phone -- which she needs hold, pin culpability on Donald goods, to be honest,” said An- said. “If you don’t have hope, you eat healthy since being out of at Brooklyn’s federal detention for work -- albeit with a late Trump. toinette Peek-Williams, an em- don’t have anything.” work. facility. penalty. In Johnson’s view, the border ployee of the Homeland Security It’s a sentiment echoed by “I just want them to open it She came to the food pan - But she won’t be able to make situation is not dire enough to Department, who came an hour Chante Johnson, a tax admin- up,” she said. “Start talking and try on her lunch break seeking it after mid-February. require the $5.7 billion the pres- by subway from Harlem. istrator. open up the government.” enough to prepare a few meals. “After that I won’t be able to ident has demanded to build a “Any way I can save money But “it’s getting rough,” the For those federal workers Her daughter is nearing the go to work,” she said, saying she wall. and put towards something else 48-year-old said. “It’s coming, forced to work without pay, the end of high school, and as stu- won’t have money to fill her car’s “What happened? Did a Mexi- -- that’s what I am trying to do.” like, to the end of everything.” situation is even more tense. dents apply for universities, she gas tank. can beat him up as a little boy so Since the budget impasse be- They can only testify anony- laments being unable to pay her The shutdown has exacerbat- he is so gung-ho on this wall?” gan, the 62-year-old lives “day ‘Unprecedented’ mously, sworn to confidentiality. child’s application fees. ed an already precarious situa- she asked. “Talk about it and get to day -- watching what I eat, She provides for a daughter “It is very stressful,” said She managed to postpone tion in a city where soaring rents us back to work. Gandhi family scion Alone in takes a plunge into a jungle India’s political fray India’s Modi recounts self- Congress leader Rahul Gandhi names popular sister discovery solo jungle trips Priyanka Gandhi Vadra to party post New Delhi, India

ndian Prime Minis- Reuters | New Delhi ter Narendra Modi I would pack enough Ihas claimed he used food to last for those ongress leader Rahul to spend days “reflecting” Gandhi appointed his alone in the jungle, in a five days. I would Ccharismatic sister Pri- new interview. reflect... People often yanka Gandhi Vadra to a senior Modi, who secured a asked me, ‘Who are party position yesterday that landslide poll victory in you going to meet?’ officials say will energise the 2014, has long touted And I would say, ‘To campaign to oust Prime Min- his remarkable back- meet myself’ ister Narendra Modi in the na- story that saw him rise tional election expected in a from humble origins as MODI few months. the son of a tea seller to Priyanka, 47, has campaigned become India’s leader. for the Congress party in previ- Modi shared fur- ous elections to help her broth- ther details of his er, but largely stayed in the hardscrabble life on wings, letting her brother fully Tuesday, telling the despite his family’s meagre take the mantle of the Neh - popular Humans of earnings. ru-Gandhi dynasty that ruled Bombay Facebook “Even though we couldn’t af- India for most of its post-inde- Priyanka Gandhi Vadra adjusts her flower garlands as she campaigns for her page that he regular- ford an iron, I would heat some pendence era. mother Sonia Gandhi during an election meeting in Uttar Pradesh (file) ly left home to seek coal, use an old ‘lota’ (rounded Bearing a striking resem - uencies, the Congress party said mother, Indira Gandhi, suc- solitude during the vessel)... This was the begin- blance to her grandmother and in a statement. ceeded him after a brief inter- Hindu festival Di- ning of everything that I am former prime minister Indira Priyanka is seen as a more val. After she was assassinated wali. today and I didn’t even know it Gandhi - who was known as natural campaigner and a big- by her Sikh bodyguards in 1984, “Not many people at the time,” he said. “India’s iron lady” – Priyanka ger draw than her brother, who her son, Rajiv Gandhi, took over know this, but I would go Modi has used his simple or- will be a Congress general sec- appeared wooden during the as premier. away for the five days... some- igins to contrast himself with retary for Uttar Pradesh, the last election. Rajiv was killed by an ethic where in a jungle,” Modi said. Rahul Gandhi, the scion of the most populous state and key to “We want to congratulate the Tamil suicide bomber while “I would pack enough food to Nehru-Gandhi dynasty that the national poll. Congress party on this move. campaigning for a general elec- last for those five days. I would has dominated Indian politics “We will play politics on the Basically, they are saying Ra- tion in 1991. reflect... People often asked me, for decades, who is leading a front foot,” Rahul Gandhi told hul has failed, now they need His Italian-born widow, So- ‘Who are you going to meet?’ resurgent opposition to polls reporters. “I am very happy my his sister,” said BJP spokesman nia, initially resisted calls to And I would say, ‘To meet my- expected by May. sister, who is very capable, will Sambit Patra. enter politics before taking the self’.” The prime minister has been work with me.” The siblings’ great grandfa- plunge and lifting Congress’ Modi also spoke candidly a champion of Hinduism and Priyanka will oversee the ther, Jawaharlal Nehru, was flagging fortunes under her about his early life, saying he Indian culture, last year publi- eastern part of Uttar Pradesh, India’s first prime minister family’s brand name. Sonia grew up with “a great need cising the yoga exercises he said including the city of Varanasi, following independence from Gandhi stepped back as her son to look sharp and groomed” were key to his fitness regimen. one of Modi’s political constit- Britain in 1947. Their grand- took the reins of the party. CHANGE YOUR LIFE TODAY. DON’T GAMBLE ON THE TODAY 1972 1977 1984 1989 QUOTE DAY IN OF THE FUTURE, ACT NOW, WITHOUT Japanese Sgt. Shoichi Yokoi is Atocha massacre occurs in Apple Computer places the Notorious serial killer Ted Bundy, DAY DELAY. HISTORY found hiding in a Guam jungle, Madrid during the Spanish Macintosh personal computer with over 30 known victims, is SIMONE DE BEAUVOIR where he had been since the end transition to democracy. on sale in the United States. executed by the electric chair at THURSDAY, JANUARY 24, 2019 of World War II. the Florida State Prison.

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elf proclaimed hacker SSyed Shuja was never on ECIL’s rolls as a regular employee nor was May’s plan B is quite similar to plan A. he involved in EVM de- signing & development between 2009 & 2014. @ This, of course, was not a vote generations, leave blood on the Dixon told me that a side the European single market through against her wishes.” KapilSibal and the Con- to remain in the European Union streets,render the expression of “Remain” campaign in a until a new trade relationship is Dixon told me that a “Remain” gress have much to an- after all. It reflected anger across the people’s will meaningless, second referendum would worked out; it reflected May’s campaign in a second referen- swer!! ideological lines that united Con- and even destroy British democ- need to focus on the real recognition that a no-deal Brexit dum would need to focus on the @MrsGandhi servative lawmakers who want racy. would be an economic disaster. real issues that caused the Brexit a complete British break from But Britain is split one way or issues that caused the This compromise, in turn, infu- vote: immigration, the areas of ROGER COHEN Europe and representatives of another and not about to heal. It Brexit vote. riated many in her Conservative Britain starved of investment and other parties who want to remain voted in 2016 on make-believe Party. Two Brexit secretaries quit left behind, a deficient National 03 democracy that cannot in the 28-nation union. Above all, shamelessly peddled by the likes last year over the agreement ne- Health Service. None of these change its mind is not a it reflected complete disarray, of the former foreign secretary gotiations. problematic issues were caused Ademocracy. The people the incapacity of May or anyone Boris Johnson. At stake is the The bill for the divorce, which by the European Union. “In fact,” may do that when presented with to come up with an acceptable country’s direction for decades Britain agreed to under May’s he said, “they are best addressed documents. (That system works until 2016 to ask the Peruvian From the start, the Peru the United States-Mexico-Can- the whole picture after seeing compromise deal to accomplish to come. It’s worth voting on the rejected plan, would be about $50 in Europe, with an economy giv- all too well, repeatedly demon- government to verify the legal- deal has served as a cover ada Agreement — through only a partial or distorted one. something so inherently unde- facts, not some post-truth phan- billion, or about eight of Donald en a boost by a decision to remain strating that logging companies ity of a timber shipment — and for almost laughably forthcoming congressional It has taken more than 30 sirable as to defy prettification. tasmagoria, of a British exit. The Trump’s walls. and a political agenda no longer lie.) On passage, then-Sen. Max even then, did so only after the hearings. (Happily for the USTR, months to shift from “Fantasy The vote, the most overwhelm- unicorn of little English dreams Corbyn’s Labour Party, but not consumed by Brexit.” Baucus assured skeptics that Department of Homeland Secu- rampant illegal logging. the environmental provisions of he last WH brief- Brexit” to “Reality Brexit.” The ing defeat for a prime minister turned out to be nonexistent. Re- Corbyn himself, favours staying There are no good solutions to enforcement of the treaty’s add- rity, acting on information from the unpronounceable USMCA Ting was more than difference, after vitriolic debate in recent British history, makes cent polls suggest that British in the European Union; presum- the current impasse but a second RICHARD CONNIFF ed provision would “have real Osinfor, had already impound- are largely too weak to require a month ago, before the that has consumed British poli- it more likely that the March 29 citizens now favour a second vote Jeremy Corbyn, the Labour ably Corbyn will eventually come referendum is the least bad. All teeth.” ed the timber in Houston. It was much enforcement.) shutdown began. Sanders tics virtually to the exclusion of deadline will not be met. It also and that, if held, the decision to Party leader, called for a vote around, in the absence of any the debate has come up against a hen the trade deal Sadly, the US-Peru Trade the first time the USTR had ever For now, Lighthizer has “re- has not taken one question all else, is stark. makes it more likely, if not yet leave would likely be overturned. of no confidence in May’s gov- viable alternative. stubborn fact: Brexit is damaging between the United Promotion Agreement is now issued an environmental verifi- quested consultations with Peru from the podium about The first was Britain’s 2016 probable, that a second referen- Other union countries, includ- ernment, which May narrowly Britain is a parliamentary de- to the British national interest. No WStates and Peru went slouching toward its 10th anni- cation request in any trade deal. under the Environment Chap- a shutdown that has im- vote, fuelled by lies, to leave the dum will be held. ing Denmark and Ireland, have survived 325-306 on Wednes- mocracy. As Hugo Dixon, the deal can make it look good. May into effect in 2009, proponents versary on Feb. 1 in shambles, When Osinfor inspectors sub- ter” of the trade agreement, an- pacted millions of Ameri- European Union, trumpets blar- As Timothy Garton Ash, the voted twice on European Union day. Then, later this week, the deputy chair of the People’s Vote, tried and failed. The British, and touted it as a shining example brought on this time by the sequently demonstrated that other first for the USTR, with cans. We have to catch her ing. The second, after a crash British historian and author, treaties and reversed the initial parliamentary maneuvering will a grass-roots movement for a sec- particularly British youth, deserve of environmental good sense. Peruvian government’s latest 93 per cent of the impounded the possibility of sanctions still in the driveway after her course in the facts of what mem- tweeted from Parliament: “This outcome. They are still thriving begin under a 10-week deadline ond referendum, wrote in the the right to determine their long- It was the first time the main attempt to hobble, cripple or timber was illegal, the USTR re- ahead. In Lima, government hits on Fox. So the briefing bership brings for Britain, came increases chances of #peo - democracies, as far as anyone can to March 29. French daily Le Monde: “Parlia- term future on the basis of reality. text of any trade deal included otherwise rid itself of this med- sponded by suspending a single ministers are taking a this-too- room sits empty. Tuesday in the form of the crush- plesvote and Britain remaining tell. People change their minds The backdrop to the maneuver- ment will need to pass a new law (Roger Cohen is a columnist detailed protections for the en- dlesome Osinfor. Peruvian timber exporter from will-pass attitude. @Acosta ing defeat by a 432-to-202 parlia- where it belongs … in Europe.” and survive. ing is this. The European Union to authorise this referendum. It with The New York Times.) vironment and for labor. That From the start, the Peru deal the United States market for up It should not pass. Tolerating mentary vote of Prime Minister Resistance to a second vote The road from here to a second has said the only deal is the one can do this either the easy way, mattered — and still matters — has served as a cover for almost to three years. Peru’s response off a letter to the USTR, angri- stolen timber imports costs the Theresa May’s plan for British is ferocious. We are told it vote is no straight line but its May tabled. That deal was a fudge with prime minister’s support; (In collaboration with New York both as a model for other trade laughably rampant illegal log- was to fire the head of Osin - ly protesting this “brazen, bad jobs of thousands of Americans withdrawal on March 29. would split Britain in two for trajectory is at least discernible. in extremis leaving Britain in - or the hard way, by forcing it Times) deals and also because the envi- ging. The Environmental In- for, who fled the country after faith decision” as “a flagrant in the legal timber industry. It 04 ronment ostensibly being pro- vestigation Agency, a nonprofit death threats and a firebomb- attack on the heart of the for- lends an eager hand to deforest- tected includes a large chunk of group, laid out detailed evidence ing of one of Osinfor’s regional estry annex.” The surprise came ation even as an intact Amazon CIVILIAN’S TRIBUNE the Amazon rainforest. in 2012 that Peru’s timber indus- offices. when the trade representative, forest is increasingly seen as a As part of the deal’s Forest try was a “laundering machine,” The Peruvian government, Robert Lighthizer, appointed critical factor in fighting climate Sector’s Annex, the United mass-producing “legal” paper- which rates a 37 out of 100 on by a Trump administration that change. It implicates everyone States provided $90 million in work for stolen timber. Stolen, the Transparency International is otherwise outspokenly con- who buys or sells lumber, or technical assistance to beef up that is, from national parks, pro- scale of perceived corruption temptuous of environmental who lives in a wood house, in aving botched Brex- Ban Jallikattu with immediate effect enforcement by Peru’s forest tected areas and the lands of (with 100 being “very clean”), concerns, wrote back just two a global pattern of corruption, Hit and created a service and to create an elec- indigenous communities, whose has been maneuvering ever days later, “in complete agree- murder and devastation. And deadlock in Parliament, tronic system intended to track leaders risked assassination if since to bring Osinfor under its ment with you and your col - it turns all trade agreements it’s shocking that a third allikattu should be immedi- them, twisted their tails and tried ly survive the ordeal, while a few every log from stump to export. they resisted. So not laugha - thumb. In mid-December, when leagues that this development into thinly veiled invitations of the Cabinet have the ately banned by the Indian to hang onto them. It is considered youth lose their lives. (That system does not appear ble, after all, especially since many people were distracted is unacceptable.” to crime. audacity to run off to JGovernment as it is a inhuman to be a fun, frenzy and enjoyment A tragedy as in Viralimalai in to be working so far, because much of the stolen timber has by pre-Christmas doings, the One possible explanation is If in fact the Office of the US sip champagne with the and dangerous sport. I do not know for the men but fear and pain for Pudukottai district of Tamil Nadu, of software issues, according to routinely been making its way government’s council of minis- that the USTR has finally be- Trade Representative has over- world’s elite. how many of the youngsters who a the bulls. where two men were gored to death rumours.) Peru in turn agreed, from the Amazon port of Iquitos ters decided on short notice and come fed up after 10 years of come its teething pains, that’s @jeremycorbyn few years ago protested on Marina Jallikattu may have drawn the by bulls, was waiting to happen. among other things, to ensure to American lumber yards and without consulting the affected being lied to and laughed off by good news. Now when trade Beach actually witnessed Jallikattu. attention of animal rights activists Whatever the precautions taken, the independent status of its DIYdo-it-yourself stores. agencies to bury Osinfor within Peru. Also possible: Lighthizer partners prove false, it should Thirty years ago, I saw the cruel for the innumerable accounts of and there were many, one cannot forest watchdog agency, called The Office of the United the environmental ministry. may simply be making a show learn how to bite. Disclaimer: (Views expressed game with bulls being driven out cruelty to bulls, but the deaths fall prepare for the behaviour of a ram- Osinfor, which sends its agents States Trade Representative, Rep. Richard Neal, Democrat of force on past environmental (Richard Conniff is the author of “The by columnists are personal and of an enclosure. They were totally mostly on the human side of the paging bull. into the field to check that log- which has traditionally focused of Massachusetts, as incoming commitments to help ease the Species Seekers: Heroes, Fools and need not necessarily reflect our in a state of panic seeing the fren- ledger. gers have actually harvested the on promoting trade, has been chairman of the House Ways revised North American Free the Mad Pursuit of Life on Earth” and editorial stances) zied crowd. Tens of people set upon The animals suffer but general- T S Narayanan trees reported in their export toothless in response. 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The US should get tough TOP Hold a second brexit referendum 4 on timber with Peru TWEETS 01 A poorly enforced trade agreement continues to damage the environment and the economy

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elf proclaimed hacker SSyed Shuja was never on ECIL’s rolls as a regular employee nor was he involved in EVM de- signing & development between 2009 & 2014. @ through against her wishes.” KapilSibal and the Con- Dixon told me that a “Remain” gress have much to an- campaign in a second referen- swer!! dum would need to focus on the @MrsGandhi real issues that caused the Brexit vote: immigration, the areas of Britain starved of investment and left behind, a deficient National 03 Health Service. None of these problematic issues were caused by the European Union. “In fact,” he said, “they are best addressed documents. (That system works until 2016 to ask the Peruvian From the start, the Peru the United States-Mexico-Can- in Europe, with an economy giv- all too well, repeatedly demon- government to verify the legal- deal has served as a cover ada Agreement — through en a boost by a decision to remain strating that logging companies ity of a timber shipment — and for almost laughably forthcoming congressional and a political agenda no longer lie.) On passage, then-Sen. Max even then, did so only after the hearings. (Happily for the USTR, consumed by Brexit.” Baucus assured skeptics that Department of Homeland Secu- rampant illegal logging. the environmental provisions of he last WH brief- There are no good solutions to enforcement of the treaty’s add- rity, acting on information from the unpronounceable USMCA Ting was more than the current impasse but a second RICHARD CONNIFF ed provision would “have real Osinfor, had already impound- are largely too weak to require a month ago, before the referendum is the least bad. All teeth.” ed the timber in Houston. It was much enforcement.) shutdown began. Sanders the debate has come up against a hen the trade deal Sadly, the US-Peru Trade the first time the USTR had ever For now, Lighthizer has “re- has not taken one question stubborn fact: Brexit is damaging between the United Promotion Agreement is now issued an environmental verifi- quested consultations with Peru from the podium about to the British national interest. No WStates and Peru went slouching toward its 10th anni- cation request in any trade deal. under the Environment Chap- a shutdown that has im- deal can make it look good. May into effect in 2009, proponents versary on Feb. 1 in shambles, When Osinfor inspectors sub- ter” of the trade agreement, an- pacted millions of Ameri- tried and failed. The British, and touted it as a shining example brought on this time by the sequently demonstrated that other first for the USTR, with cans. We have to catch her particularly British youth, deserve of environmental good sense. Peruvian government’s latest 93 per cent of the impounded the possibility of sanctions still in the driveway after her the right to determine their long- It was the first time the main attempt to hobble, cripple or timber was illegal, the USTR re- ahead. In Lima, government hits on Fox. So the briefing term future on the basis of reality. text of any trade deal included otherwise rid itself of this med- sponded by suspending a single ministers are taking a this-too- room sits empty. (Roger Cohen is a columnist detailed protections for the en- dlesome Osinfor. Peruvian timber exporter from will-pass attitude. @Acosta with The New York Times.) vironment and for labor. That From the start, the Peru deal the United States market for up It should not pass. Tolerating mattered — and still matters — has served as a cover for almost to three years. Peru’s response off a letter to the USTR, angri- stolen timber imports costs the (In collaboration with New York both as a model for other trade laughably rampant illegal log- was to fire the head of Osin - ly protesting this “brazen, bad jobs of thousands of Americans Times) deals and also because the envi- ging. The Environmental In- for, who fled the country after faith decision” as “a flagrant in the legal timber industry. It 04 ronment ostensibly being pro- vestigation Agency, a nonprofit death threats and a firebomb- attack on the heart of the for- lends an eager hand to deforest- tected includes a large chunk of group, laid out detailed evidence ing of one of Osinfor’s regional estry annex.” The surprise came ation even as an intact Amazon the Amazon rainforest. in 2012 that Peru’s timber indus- offices. when the trade representative, forest is increasingly seen as a As part of the deal’s Forest try was a “laundering machine,” The Peruvian government, Robert Lighthizer, appointed critical factor in fighting climate Sector’s Annex, the United mass-producing “legal” paper- which rates a 37 out of 100 on by a Trump administration that change. It implicates everyone States provided $90 million in work for stolen timber. Stolen, the Transparency International is otherwise outspokenly con- who buys or sells lumber, or technical assistance to beef up that is, from national parks, pro- scale of perceived corruption temptuous of environmental who lives in a wood house, in aving botched Brex- Ban Jallikattu with immediate effect enforcement by Peru’s forest tected areas and the lands of (with 100 being “very clean”), concerns, wrote back just two a global pattern of corruption, Hit and created a service and to create an elec- indigenous communities, whose has been maneuvering ever days later, “in complete agree- murder and devastation. And deadlock in Parliament, tronic system intended to track leaders risked assassination if since to bring Osinfor under its ment with you and your col - it turns all trade agreements it’s shocking that a third ly survive the ordeal, while a few every log from stump to export. they resisted. So not laugha - thumb. In mid-December, when leagues that this development into thinly veiled invitations of the Cabinet have the youth lose their lives. (That system does not appear ble, after all, especially since many people were distracted is unacceptable.” to crime. audacity to run off to A tragedy as in Viralimalai in to be working so far, because much of the stolen timber has by pre-Christmas doings, the One possible explanation is If in fact the Office of the US sip champagne with the Pudukottai district of Tamil Nadu, of software issues, according to routinely been making its way government’s council of minis- that the USTR has finally be- Trade Representative has over- world’s elite. where two men were gored to death rumours.) Peru in turn agreed, from the Amazon port of Iquitos ters decided on short notice and come fed up after 10 years of come its teething pains, that’s @jeremycorbyn by bulls, was waiting to happen. among other things, to ensure to American lumber yards and without consulting the affected being lied to and laughed off by good news. Now when trade Whatever the precautions taken, the independent status of its DIYdo-it-yourself stores. agencies to bury Osinfor within Peru. Also possible: Lighthizer partners prove false, it should and there were many, one cannot forest watchdog agency, called The Office of the United the environmental ministry. may simply be making a show learn how to bite. Disclaimer: (Views expressed prepare for the behaviour of a ram- Osinfor, which sends its agents States Trade Representative, Rep. Richard Neal, Democrat of force on past environmental (Richard Conniff is the author of “The by columnists are personal and paging bull. into the field to check that log- which has traditionally focused of Massachusetts, as incoming commitments to help ease the Species Seekers: Heroes, Fools and need not necessarily reflect our gers have actually harvested the on promoting trade, has been chairman of the House Ways revised North American Free the Mad Pursuit of Life on Earth” and editorial stances) T S Narayanan trees reported in their export toothless in response. It waited and Means Committee, fired Trade Agreement, or NAFTA — a contributing opinion writer.)

Bank of Japan IIFM, BAFT lowers inflation develop Shari’ah- forecasts again China blasts US ‘bullying’ Compliant MPAs TDT | Manama

The United States IFM (International Islam- • Iic Financial Market) and faces a January 30 BAFT (Bankers Association deadline to file an We will continue to for Finance & Trade), yes- extradition request pursue the extradition terday announced a joint of defendant Ms Meng initiative for creating global Meng, the daughter Wanzhou, and will master participation agreements to support the devel- of• Huawei’s founder, was meet all deadlines set by the US/Canada opment of Islamic Trade BoJ governor Haruhiko Kuroda arrested at Vancouver Extradition Treaty Finance business. airport on December 1 The IIFM-BAFT Master MARC RAIMONDI Tokyo, Japan Participation Agreements AFP | Beijing, China US JUSTICE DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN (IIFM-BAFT MPA’s) consist of two separate standardized apan’s central bank again framework documentation Jrevised down its infla- hina yesterday accused to cater for Shari’ah-com- tion forecasts yesterday, a the United States of “bul- US extradition request as with- pliant Unfunded and Fund- further sign that authori- Clying behaviour” after US out “legitimate reason” and “not ed participation arrange- ties are losing the battle to authorities confirmed plans to in conformity with international ments for Trade Finance boost prices in the world’s seek the extradition of a top law”. transactions. third-largest economy. Chinese telecom executive de- “This is a type of technolog- The standard master After a two-day meet - tained in Canada. ical bullying behaviour and agreements are supple - ing, the Bank of Japan’s The United States faces a Jan- everyone can clearly see the mented by a Structure policy board left its mam- uary 30 deadline to file an extra- real purpose,” said Chinese Memorandum and an Op- moth monetary easing dition request for Huawei chief foreign ministry spokeswoman erational Guidance Memo- programme in place, as financial officer Meng Wan- Hua Chunying at a regular press randum to provide a better expected, and lowered the zhou, whose arrest last month briefing. understanding of the use inflation forecast for the fis- sparked diplomatic tensions. The US “will stop at nothing of the documentation from cal year ending March next “We will continue to pursue to suppress Chinese high-tech Shari’ah, legal and opera- year to 0.9 percent from 1.4 the extradition of defendant Ms enterprises and restrain China’s tional aspects. In addition, percent. Meng Wanzhou, and will meet legitimate development rights”, there is a separate Shari‘ah BoJ Governor Haruhiko all deadlines set by the US/Can- she added. pronouncement for each Kuroda said the decision ada Extradition Treaty,” said US Meng’s arrest has sparked an master agreement. to revise down the forecast Justice Department spokesman escalating diplomatic crisis be- According to Khalid was “due primarily to the Marc Raimondi on Tuesday. In this file photo taken on December 12, 2018 individuals with flowers tween Ottawa and Beijing. Hamad, Chairman of IIFM, decline in crude oil prices”, Meng, the daughter of Hua- exiting from a vehicle with consular plates arrive at the residence of Huawei Two Canadians have since the IIFM-BAFT Master Par- but added it would only be wei’s founder, was arrested at Technologies Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou(R) after she was released been detained in China on na- ticipation Agreements, like temporary. Vancouver airport on December on bail in Vancouver, British Columbia. tional security grounds, in what previous IIFM Standards, “It is true that it will take 1 at the request of the United is thought to be retaliation for will provide greater trans- some time for us to achieve States, which says she violated between the two countries, the ministry has 30 days to begin the arrest. parency, cost and time ef- the two-percent target,” he American sanctions on Iran. United States has 60 days after official extradition proceedings, A Chinese court also this ficiency, legal certainty as told reporters, referring to She has since been freed on an arrest made at its request in though the process can take month sentenced a Canadian well as Shari’ah harmoniza- the bank’s long-held goal. Can$10 million (US$7.5 million) Canada to formalise an extradi- months or years. man to death for drug traffick- tion which in turn will con- The downward revision bail and is awaiting a hearing on tion request. China, which has defended ing following a retrial, a drastic tribute in creating more ac- follows a previous down- her extradition. Once a request has been sub- both Huawei and Meng since increase of his previous 15-year tive Islamic Trade Finance grade in late October. According to the agreement mitted, the Canadian justice the CFO’s arrest, criticised the prison sentence. business.

VIVA offers ‘Doubles Chances of Sony to shift UK HQ Tokyo, Japan Winning’ during Shop Bahrain

ony will shift its Euro- Spean headquarters from Britain to the Netherlands to avoid Brexit-related customs issues, but operations at its current UK company will remain unchanged, a company spokesman said Undersecretary of Commerce Affairs Nader Al Moayyed meeting Chairman of the Commercial Representation Authority Wednesday. Ahmed Antar, in presence of Assistant Undersecretary of Foreign Trade Eman Aldoseri and Director of Foreign Trade “We are moving the loca- Relations Sheikh Hamad bin Salman Al Khalifa, on the sideline of Autumn Fair 2019. They reviewed bilateral economic tion of our European head- relations between the Bahrain and Egypt quarters’ registration to the Netherlands” by the end of March, company spokesman Takashi Iida said.

Viacom buys Shaikh Khaled bin Humood & VIVA Acting CEO Mohammed Al Khushail streaming service for $340 mn TDT | Manama Also, VIVA Cash application users will be able to shop VAT San Francisco, United free during this period and re- States IVA Bahrain announced ceive a 5pc cash back in their Vlaunching a series of pro- e-wallet. Visitors of Festival S media group Viacom motions and benefits as part City will get a free ticket for Uannounced Tuesday a of its partnership with the every ticket purchased using deal to buy free streaming fifth-edition of Shop Bahrain. the VIVA Cash app. television service Pluto TV As part, during the month- “We thank VIVA Bahrain for for $340 million in cash to long partnership, VIVA Bah- their continuous support of better compete as lifestyles rain customers will receive six Shop Bahrain, one of the larg- shift to online entertain- points for every BD1 spent at all est events held under BTEA’s ment. Pluto streams content participating malls and hotels. calendar,” said the Chief Ex- through Roku, Amazon Fire KFH-Bahrain announced the winners of the December Shop & Win promotional campaign for all KFH credit and prepaid This is the maximum number ecutive Officer of the Bahrain TV, Android TV, Apple TV cardholders. The winners of the month’s cash-back prizes included Ahmed Ali AlBahdahi, Khawla Abdulatif Alfozan, of points that shoppers can Tourism and Exhibitions Au- and Sony PlayStation video Abdulrahman Aaref AlOmar, Abdulla Hamad AlThawadi, and Sh. Shaikha Sabah Al Khalifa with amounts of BD 1000, BD collect through the festival’s thority (BTEA), Shaikh Khaled game consoles. 800, BD 600, BD 400 and BD 200 respectively. Loyalty System. bin Humood Al Khalifa. THURSDAY, JANUARY 24, 2019 11

Japan logs first trade deficit since 2015 Trade meeting still on White House denies reports of canceled trade meeting

reports during an appearance The Financial Times on CNBC. • “With respect, the story is not and CNBC reported true,” Kudlow said Tuesday. that Washington “There was never a planned had canceled a meeting that was canceled.” preliminary meeting China’s foreign ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying concurred yesterday at a regular Washington, United States press briefing, adding that she had not heard of any changes he White House said and that “both sides remain in Representative picture (Courtesy of the Star) Thigh-level trade talks with contact on China-US trade con- Beijing were proceeding un- sultation issues”. interrupted, quickly rebutting Stock prices recovered some Tokyo, Japan ucts at Chinese factories as media reports that progress to- of their losses following Kud- apan logged a trade defi- well as exports from China by ward resolving their trade war low’s remarks but still finished Jcit last year for the first Japanese businesses operating had faltered. US President Donald Trump (L) and China’s President Xi Jinping leaving a substantially lower for the day. time since 2015, with export there, he said. Chinese Vice Premier Liu He business leaders event at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. Asian markets were mixed on growth slowing amid ten - “If the global economy car- is to meet his US counterparts Wednesday. sions between the country’s ries on as it is now, we cannot in Washington next week as the canceled a preliminary meeting Kudlow said the United States two biggest trading part - expect growth in exports,” Mi- two sides work to resolve their set for this week ahead of Liu’s continued to press the Chinese ners -- China and the United nami said. trade disagreements by March visit. on the subject of intellectual States. He added that Japan’s trade 1, when a 90-day truce is due American officials had report- property and state intervention Japan logged the deficit of figures could worsen in the to expire, allowing US import KNOW WHAT edly cited a lack of progress on in markets, among other mat- 1,203 billion yen ($11 billion) in coming months. duties on Chinese goods to in- the most difficult issues in the ters. 2018 after two years of surplus, Japan is to hike its sales tax crease sharply. trade dispute -- including alleg- He also said American of - with annual growth in exports from the current 8.0pc to 10pc Washington and Beijing im- edly forced technology transfers ficials were insisting that any slowing to 4.1 per cent from in October, which could mean posed tit-for-tat tariffs on more If both sides fail to and far-reaching structural re- agreement have teeth to ensure 11.8pc in 2017, according to a spike in consumer demand than $360 billion worth of goods reach a resolution to forms to China’s economy. Beijing’s compliance. finance ministry data released before the new rate. in two-way trade last year. the trade war, US duty The reports sent Wall Street “Enforcement is absolutely yesterday. “This could boost imports Trump initiated the trade rates on $200 billion in even further into the red. US crucial to the success of these Exports to China increased until September, which could war because of complaints over Chinese goods are due stocks had already opened low- talks,” Kudlow said. 6.8pc, markedly slower than expand Japan’s deficits,” he unfair Chinese trade practices er on downgraded forecasts for “Will it be solved at the end the previous year’s 20.5pc said. -- concerns shared by the Euro- to rise to 25 percent global economic growth. of the month? I don’t know. I growth. For the month of December, pean Union, Japan and others. from their current 10 But, shortly before the close wouldn’t dare predict and want Growth in shipments to the Japan logged a deficit of 55.3 The Financial Times and percent, a prospect that of trading in New York, top to make sure people understand United States slowed to 2.3pc billion yen, compared with a CNBC both reported Tuesday has shaken markets in White House economic aide how important that is to put it from 6.9pc. surplus of 356 billion a year afternoon that Washington had recent months. Larry Kudlow flatly denied the on the table.” “US-bound exports were not earlier. strong but still solid, where- Exports for the month were as shipments to Asia, notably down 3.8pc, while imports to China, slowed down,” said rose 1.9pc. General Electric to Takeshi Minami, chief econo- The data was published mist at Norinchukin Research hours before the Bank of Japan Britain must pay EU bill cut up to 468 jobs in Institute. was due to issue a policy state- France: unions “US-China trade tensions ment after a two-day meeting. Belfort, France should be blamed for that,” The central bank is expected even in ‘no deal’: Barnier he said. to revise down its forecasts for The trade war negatively growth and inflation, despite Brussels, Belgium S energy giant Gen - affected Japanese companies’ an aggressive monetary policy crashes out on March 29. agreed between members Ueral Electric plans to exports of parts and devices intended to boost inflation to he British government will “For the EU budget, we’ve while Britain remained in the slash up to 468 jobs across for assembly of finished prod- 2.0pc. Tface a multibillion euro di- always said one simple thing: bloc, and approved November’s France, union sources said vorce settlement with the Eu- the totality of the commitments divorce deal. Tuesday. ropean Union even if it leaves made by the United Kingdom But the British parliament -- They said 229 jobs would the bloc without a deal, Brus- while still an EU member will divided between deal support- be cut from the staff at Al- sels negotiator Michel Barnier be respected,” the senior EU ers, eurosceptics who want a stom Power Systems (APS), French watchdog warned yesterday. official said, according to Le ‘no deal’ departure and pro-Eu- including 146 at GE Energy’s Some anti-Europeans, op- Monde. ropeans seeking to halt Brexit -- European headquarters in posed to a negotiated settle- “It will be more difficult to rejected that accord and threw Belfort, eastern France. sounds alert over ment with Brussels, balk at the make them respect them in the the process into limbo. Another 149 jobs are on idea of settling a bill that their case of a ‘no deal’, but we will And some hardliners in the chopping block at GE own government estimates at continue to insist: These com- London want to withhold the Energy Power Conversion chemicals in diapers £39 billion (44 billion euros) to mitments are legally binding payment as leverage ahead of France and 90 at GE Grid, Paris, France cover outstanding obligations. under international law and I post-Brexit talks to agree a new they said. gues, said. But Barnier, in inter- can not imagine that Brit- trading relationship between French public health The chemicals identified in views with several Eu- ain would not respect Britain and the remaining 27 Awatchdog issued a warn- the study -- described as the ropean newspapers, its commitments.” EU member states. ing yesterday about the risks first of its kind -- include two said the bill would Prime Minister Separately in the inter - Dutch say 250 firms of several chemicals found in artificial perfumes as well as still be settled at Theresa May’s gov- view, given to French daily Le disposable nappies, particular- other complex aromatic prod- some point, even if ernment does not Monde, the Luxemburger Wort interested in Brexit ly artificial perfumes, leading ucts that are refined from oil, London rejects the dispute that Brit- and Poland’s Rzeczpospolita, move the government to demand and potentially dangerous di- withdrawal agree- ain owes budget Barnier restated the consensus The Hague, Netherlands that manufacturers withdraw oxins. ment Britain signed contributions to EU position that the withdrawal them from their products. Scientists working for Ans- in November cover EU spending deal must stand and that it is up The Anses health body es tested 23 types of nappies and to May’s government to find a utch officials are in stressed there was no medical in real-life conditions as they way to save it. Dcontact with more than study which had proved health were worn by children, which “Things could start moving 250 companies about a pos- problems caused by disposable it said was a world first. rapidly. This depends on the sible post-Brexit move, the diapers. “We calculated the amount future relationship, like I al- government said Wednes- But “we cannot exclude a (of chemicals) absorbed, cal- ready said. We are ready to be day, after Sony revealed it risk... because we have record- culated according to the time more ambitious if the British would shift its base to the ed some substances that are a nappy is worn, the number decide to shift their red lines, Netherlands. above healthy limits,” the of nappies worn by babies, up for example by remaining in a The Dutch government deputy director to 36 months, and then we customs union, or participat- will announce a final fig- of the Agen- cy for compared the results with ing in the single market,” he ure in Feb but “every new Food, Environmental toxicology standards,” said, according to the Lux- arrival of a business, big or and Occupational Lasfargues said. emburger Wort. small, is a success,” Michiel Health and Safety “I believe there is a readi- Bakhuizen, a spokesman for (Anses), Gerard Representative ness in London for that.” the Netherlands Foreign In- Lasfar- picture vestment Agency, said. Japanese electronics giant Sony is following Pana- European Union’s chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier sonic in moving its Europe- gestures as he speaks during a debate an HQ across the North Sea on the Britain’s withdrawal from the EU to the Netherlands ahead of during a plenary session at the European Britain’s scheduled depar- Parliament ture from the EU in March. THURSDAY, JANUARY 24, 2019 12

China to pass US France is world champion in retail sales this in social spending: Study year: forecast Gulf markets gain New York, United States September. Dubai breaks three Closing Bell The Egyptian blue-chip hinese consumers • index was up 0.2pc with its Cshould outspend their day losing streak SAUDI  0.8 pc » 8,466 pts largest listed bank Com - American counterparts in DUBAI  0.9 pc » 2,517 pts mercial International Bank ` 2019, with retail sales in the Nasdaq-listed DP gaining 4.2pc. Asian giant continuing to QATAR  0.4 pc » 10,650 pts World• gains after The Egyptian Exchange yes- grow in the coming years, ABU DHABI  0.3 pc » 4,971 pts stake purchase terday cancelled all transac- according to an industry EGYPT  0.2 pc » 13,507 pts tions made the previous day forecast. KUWAIT  0.4 pc » 5,482 pts in local firms Sixth of October Retail sales in China 9 of 10 banks Development and Investment are expected to hit $5.64 •  rise in Saudi OMAN 0.4 pc » 4,166 pts Company (SODIC) and Madinet trillion, an increase of 7.5 BAHRAIN  0.7 pc » 1,362 pts Nasr for Housing and Develop- per cent over 2018, while Egypt exchange ment (MNHD). Americans are likely to Tourists stand under umbrellas as they look at the Eiffel Tower from the • The move followed SODIC’s spend $5.53 trillion, a 3.3pc Trocadero Plaza resets SODIC, MNHD regional economies. decision against a takeover increase, according to the after merger called off Paris, France That trend is broadly in line Amlak Finance rose 2.2pc af- of MNHD and involved their market research firm eMar- with other developed coun- ter announcing a renegotiation shares being suspended yester- keter. Growth in China’s tries, reflecting the develop- Reuters of restructuring terms with its day as the bourse reset prices. retail sector has been driv- rance’s social spending is ment of more comprehensive financiers to allow more flex- Global Telecom Holding en by online sales, which Fthe highest in the devel- welfare states and higher pen- The Dubai stock market ibility in adapting to “current jumped 10pc before trading should expand by 30pc this oped world relative to the size sion spending as more people snapped a three day losing market conditions”. on its shares were suspend - year, reaching $1.99 trillion. of its economy, an OECD study live longer. streak yesterday, boosted by Nasdaq-listed DP World in- ed, pending a statement from This would mean more found yesterday, as the govern- But France’s outlays are well its financial and proper - creased 0.7pc after increasing the company after VEON Ltd, a than 35pc of all Chinese ment weighs how to respond above the average of 20.1pc of ty shares, while Saudi Ara - its stake in its Australia unit. major shareholder in the firm, retail sales will occur on- to “yellow vest” protests. GDP for the 36 OECD member bia rose on the back of its The port operator will spend at said it was considering taking line, by far the highest pro- Expenditure on healthcare, countries, with pensions mak- banks. least $250 million buying back it private. portion for ecommerce in pensions and other social ing up a large chunk of the cash The Dubai index was up 0.9 some shares in its Australian But Alexandria Mineral Oils the world. By comparison, services was the equivalent benefits paid out every month. per cent higher with Emirates port terminals unit. Co plunged 7.8pc in active trade online sales in the US rep- of 31.2 per cent of GDP last In neighbouring Germany, NBD, its largest bank, adding Saudi Arabia’s index rose after posting a 62.6pc drop in its resented only 10.9pc of the year, said the Organisation for social spending was just 25pc 2.1pc and its largest listed devel- 0.8pc, with nine out of 10 banks half-year net profit. overall market in 2019, ac- Economic Cooperation and of GDP last year, while in the US oper Emaar Properties gaining rising. Al Rajhi Bank was up Qatar’s index lost 0.4pc with cording to eMarketer. Development, a Paris-based it made up just 19pc. 2.2pc. 0.6pc and Samba Financial Industries Qatar and Qatar Gas China’s online retail sales inter-governmental research And when taking all public Gulf Arab economies are Group closed 1.7pc higher. Transport (Nakilat) both shed- are already greater in value institution. spending into account, such expected to grow at a slower Petrochemical investor Alu- ding 1.6pc. than in the US and should Outlays have risen sharply as police and defence, France pace than previously forecast, a jain added 1.5pc after an update Abu Dhabi’s index added represent 55.8pc of global since 1990, when they repre- leads Europe with govern - quarterly Reuters poll of econo- on the fire at its affiliate’s plant. 0.3pc, with First Abu Dhabi online ecommerce by the sented just under 25pc of GDP, ment outlays the equivalent mists found, as oil output cuts, The company said it now ex- Bank the largest lender in the end of this year, rising to and are nearly triple the level of 56.5pc of GDP in 2017, ac- lower crude prices and weaker pects the NATPET plant to start United Arab Emirates gaining 63pc by 2022 -- when Amer- of roughly 12 percent of GDP cording to the most recent data global growth put pressure on operating all units by the end of 0.6pc. icans will account for only in 1960. available. 15pc.

Volvo recalls Uber threatens to pull 219,000 cars to check for fuel leaks back from Barcelona Stockholm, Sweden Barcelona, Spain olvo Cars, owned by the ber yesterday threatened VChinese group Geely, Uto pull back from Barce- has recalled 219,000 die- lona after the regional govern- sel-engine cars to fix poten- ment unveiled new regulations tial fuel leaks in the engine which will severely restrict compartment, a spokesman ride-hailing services, as taxis said yesterday. upped the pressure with a res- “Volvo preventative- tive strike. ly recalls the cars to avert The US giant, which has seen any possible future prob- conflicts in other European Representative picture lems,” the spokesman countries as taxis complain told AFP. “There are no of threats to their livelihoods, in Spain where UberOne, a reports alleging injuries said that if the rules are ap - more expensive premium ser- or damages related to proved as planned next week, vice, also operates. The news this issue.” Electricity and Water Affairs Minister Dr Abdulhussain Mirza receiving Nathalie Martin from economic organisation “We will not be able to contin- comes as taxis strike in Ma- The action concerns 11 Global Insight. Martin is currently in Bahrain to prepare a special economic report on the kingdom in cooperation ue providing our UberX ser- drid and Barcelona against models, including the up- with The Japan Times. The minister reviewed the details of the next issue of the foundation’s report and presented a vice in Barcelona”. tourism vehicles with chauf- scale XC60 and XC90, that comprehensive explanation of the achievements and projects in the electricity, water and sustainable energy sectors as That is the cheapest Uber feur or VTCs such as Uber or were sold in 2015 and 2016, well as the most important plans in the next five years. ride and commonly-used Cabify. he added. GPIC and BANAGAS chiefs receive top ROSPA recognition TDT | Manama ROSPA Vice President Lord ahrain National Gas Com- Jordan of Bournville invited Bpany (BANAGAS) Chief Ex- Dr Sheikh Mohammed and Dr ecutive Dr Sheikh Mohammed Jawahery to attend a ceremony bin Khalifa Al Khalifa and Gulf at Dubai’s Ritz Carlton Hotel, Petrochemical Industries Com- where a reception was organ- pany (GPIC) President Dr Abdul- ised in conjunction with the rahman Jawahery were elected National Occupational Safety to receive Global Award by the and Health Examination Board British Royal Society for the Pre- (NEBOSH). vention of Accidents (ROSPA) in Dr Sheikh Mohammed and Dr recognition of their companies’ Jawahery said that they were de- success in the fields of gas and lighted at the recognition, which petrochemicals. is a tribute not only to their com- ROSPA Chief Executive Officer panies but also to the Bahraini Errol Taylor spoke of the success industry. of Dr Sheikh Mohammed and They said ROSPA selecting Dr Jawahery and their commit- them as Ambassadors was an ment to the highest standards The award ceremony honour and a source of pride and of safety, health and environ- are determined to move forward mental protection. He said these tigious RoSPA awards, including inspirational leadership of BA- terprises in terms of their indus- ment and community service.’ with plans to raise performance principles are among the most the Sir George Earl Trophy. NAGAS and GPIC,” said Taylor. trial and commercial activities He said ROSPA has now decid- in the field of safety, health, en- important, noting the success of “Since joining ROSPA 25 years “These are not just two of the but are also exemplary in their ed to invite the two to become vironment and accident preven- BANAGAS and GPIC deserve pres- ago, I have been aware of the world’s leading industrial en- approach to safety, the environ- their Award Ambassadors. tion. 13 THURSDAY, JANUARY 24, 2019

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(PG) 1-SERENITY (18+) (DRAMA/THRILLER) NEW 12.00 MN MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEY, ANNE HATHAWAY, DIANE LANE DAILY AT: 3.00 + 8.15 PM (ANIMATION/ADVENTURE/COMEDY) NEW MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEY, ANNE HATHAWAY, DIANE LANE DAILY AT: 12.30 + 2.45 + 5.00 + 7.15 + 9.30 + 11.45 PM 2-MANIKARNIKA: THE QUEEN OF JHANSI (PG-15) DAILY AT: 11.00 AM + 1.00 + 3.00 PM DAILY AT: 12.30 + 2.45 + 5.00 + 7.15 + 9.30 PM + 11.45 PM + (1.00 10-GLASS (PG-15) (THRILLER) AM THURS/FRI) (DRAMA/ACTION/BIOGRAPHY) NEW 2-NADI ELREGAL EL SERI (PG-15) (ARABIC/ JAMES MCAVOY, BRUCE WILLIS, SAMUEL L. JACKSON 11-BTS WORLD TOUR LOVE (PG) (MUSICAL/ KANGANA RANAUT, DANNY DENZONGPA, SURESH OBEROI COMEDY) NEW DAILY AT: 12.15 + 5.45 + 11.15 PM CONCERT) NEW 2-NADI ELREGAL EL SERI (PG-15) (ARABIC/ DAILY AT: 12.00 + 3.00 + 6.00 + 9.00 PM + 12.00 MN KARIM ABDULAZIZ, GHADA ADEL, MAJDE ALKIDDAWI DAILY AT (VIP): 10.30 AM + 3.15 + 8.00 PM J-HOPE, JEONG-GUK JEON COMEDY) NEW DAILY AT: 12.15 + 2.30 + 4.45 + 7.00 + 9.15 + 11.30 PM KARIM ABDULAZIZ, GHADA ADEL, MAJDE ALKIDDAWI 3-CHARLIE CHAPLIN 2 (PG-15) (TAMIL) NEW ONLY ON SATURDAY 26TH: 11.45 AM + 2.00 + 4.15 + 6.30 + 8.45 11-THE UPSIDE (PG-15) (COMEDY/DRAMA) + 11.00 PM DAILY AT: (12.45 MN THURS/FRI) PRABHU DEVA, NIKKI GALRANI, PRABHU, ADAH SHARMA 3-THE KID WHO WOULD BE KING (PG) KEVIN HART, BRYAN CRANSTON, NICOLE KIDMAN FROM FRIDAY 25TH: 12.30 + 6.15 PM + 12.00 MN (ADVENTURE/ACTION/FANTASY) NEW DAILY AT: 1.30 + 6.15 PM 12-GLASS (PG-15) (THRILLER) 3-THE KID WHO WOULD BE KING (PG) LOUIS ASHBOURNE SERKIS, PATRICK STEWART, REBECCA JAMES MCAVOY, BRUCE WILLIS, SAMUEL L. 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MAJNU (PG-13) (TELGU) NEW *- CHRISTIAN BALE, AMY ADAMS, STEVE CARELL 14-AQUAMAN (PG-15) (ACTION/ADVENTURE) NOOMI RAPACE, INDIRA VARMA, EOIN MACKEN 14-URI: THE SURGICAL STRIKE (15+) (HINDI/ACTION/ AKHIL AKKINENI, NIDHI AGERWAL, IZABELLE LEITE, V.VIJAYA DAILY AT: 1.45 + 6.30 + 9.00 + 11.30 PM DRAMA) JASON MOMOA, AMBER HEARD, NICOLE KIDMAN DAILY AT: 1.00 + 5.30 + 10.00 PM PRAKESH VICKY KAUSHAL, KIRTI KULHARI, PARESH RAWAL DAILY AT: 11.30 AM + 2.30 + 5.30 + 8.30 + 11.30 PM FROM FRIDAY 25TH: 11.30 AM + 2.30 + 5.30 + 8.30 + 11.30 PM 6-BTS WORLD TOUR LOVE (PG) (MUSICAL/ 6-ON THE BASIS OF SEX (PG-15) (DRAMA/ CONCERT) NEW DAILY AT: 12.00 + 2.45 + 5.30 + 8.15 + 11.00 PM 15-HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON: THE HIDDEN BIOGRAPHY) NEW 7-PETTA (PG-15) (TAMIL/ACTION/THRILLER) J-HOPE, JEONG-GUK JEON 15-VISWASAM (PG-15) (TAMIL) WORLD (PG) (ANIMATION/ACTION/ADVENTURE) FELICITY JONES, ARMIE HAMMER, JUSTIN THEROUX RAJINIKANTH,VIJAY SETHUPATHI,SIMRAN,TRISHA ONLY ON SATURDAY 26TH: 11.15 AM + 1.30 + 3.45 + 6.00 + 8.15 + 10.30 PM AJITH KUMAR, NAYANTHARA CATE BLANCHETT, JONAH HILL, GERARD BUTLER DAILY AT: 10.30 AM + 3.00 + 7.30 PM + 12.00 MN DAILY AT: 3.00 + 8.45 PM DAILY AT: 2.15 + 7.45 PM DAILY AT: 11.15 AM + 1.30 + 3.45 + 6.00 + 8.15 + 10.30 PM 7-GLASS (PG-15) (THRILLER) DAILY AT (IMAX 3D): 11.45 AM + 2.00 + 4.15 PM 7-MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS (15+) (DRAMA/ JAMES MCAVOY, BRUCE WILLIS, SAMUEL L. 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Movie Review ‘Mary, Marry Me’: A fun-filled flick with love and rivalry

ary, Marry Me is a 2018 ed after their parents are killed The casting of the Gonzaga MPhilippine romantic com- in a car accident, forcing Mary sisters and Milby actually opens edy film directed by RC Delos Jane to send Mary Anne to live up a very golden opportunity for Reyes and starring Toni and Alex with their aunt in the United the film to merge real life, pop Gonzaga and Sam Milby. States. The two reunite under culture with its ridiculous story It marks the first film to star the unlikeliest of circumstanc- of sisters feuding for love the Gonzaga sisters, and the es, with Mary Jane serving as reunion project between Toni wedding planner to Mary Anne’s Gonzaga and Sam Milby, who upcoming marriage to Pete (Sam starred in 2009’s Ang Tanging Milby), who happens to be Mary Pamilya: A Marry Go Round. Jane’s ex-boyfriend. Mary, Marry Me was released Its premise may look delight- URGENTLY on December 25, 2018 as an of- fully bizarre on paper. However, ficial entry to the 2018 Metro given that screenwriters Mika REQUIRED Manila Film Festival. Mary Jane Garcia-Lagman and Juvy Galam- (Toni Gonzaga) and Mary Anne’s iton had to make do with what A reputed international (Alex Gonzaga) relationship gets feels like a draft, the premise fast food company is hiring tested in ‘Mary, Marry Me.’ actually exposes a glaring vice of individuals for the position bike A scene from the film ‘Mary, Marry Me’ drivers, interested candidates It’s all cute and dandy for the most films being produced today can contact 17683222 or email first few months, but as soon as out of the closet, staying with The film is lovely at first, as it between Mary Jane and Mary — relying on intriguing premises CV to sujith.udhayam@gmail. all the problems start creeping it becomes an absolute chore. briskly details the sisterly bond Anne, who are abruptly separat- rather than solid storytelling. com 14 THURSDAY, JANUARY 24, 2019

Kate Middleton Depp denies Heard shares her Amber’s motherhood domestic struggles violence London charge

uchess of Cambridge Kate Middleton opened up Los Angeles about the struggles that follow motherhood and Dpointed some relatable issues that mothers around the world would attest to. uperstar Johny Depp has filed legal docu- The mother of three started off by admitting that it is ments supporting his claim that he nev- hard to be a mother. “You get a lot of support with the Ser physically assaulted his former wife baby as a mother particularly in the early days, but Amber Heard. Depp is in the midst of a def- after the age of 1, it falls amation case which he slapped on a British away. After that, there publication for calling him a “wife-beater” in isn’t a huge amount of an article. The actor has claimed that he has Y U books to read,” she told an evidence which will prove that he never US Weekly. beat Heard, reports eonline.com. “Everybody ex- The “Pirates of the Caribbean” star’s lawyer periences the same Adam Waldman said: “We filed a partial list struggle,” Kate as- of evidence that we will use to disprove the serted. fraudulent underlying allegations against Kate, who shares Depp.” The lawyer said they have “dozens of Prince George (5), video security tapes” as well as “eyewitness Princess Char- statements” which will prove the allega- lotte (3), and tions wrong. Prince Louis “We continue to take profound witness (8) months, statements in this matter,” Waldman added. with her hus- The lawsuit refers to an alleged fight be- band Prince William, revealed that she tween Heard and Depp that took place on May suffered from a severe form of morning 21, 2016. Heard previously accused her then husband sickness called hyperemesis gravidar- of throwing a cell phone at her, which struck her um during her pregnancies. in the eye and cheek.

Ariana Grande Drake, Odell Sophie announces Beckham Jr. sued Kate Middleton Turner tracklist for over nightclub ‘Thank U, Next’ attack terrible at Los Angeles keeping apper Drake and foot- Anne Rballer Odell Beckham Jr. Hathaway have been sued over an al- quits drinking secrets leged nightclub attack. Los Angeles According to tmz.com, a Los Angeles man named Bennett Sipes has claimed that Drake and ctress Anne ctress Sophie Turner Beckham assaulted him at AHathaway says cant keep a secret and Los Angeles the Delilah nightclub here on she has quit drinking Ahas already leaked the March 24, 2018. for the next 18 years be- ending of “Game of Thrones” riana Grande took Sipes said he was there to cause she does not want to a few people. Ato Instagram and see his girlfriend Sommer to drink around her two- In an interview with W released the tracklist Ray, who was in the VIP sec- year-old son Jonathan. magazine, Turner said she is for her fifth studio al- tion of the club, talking to During an appearance “terrible” at keeping secrets, bum, ‘Thank U, Next.’ Drake, OBJ and Kourtney on “The Ellen Degeneres reports eonline.com. According to an Ins- Kardashian’s ex, Younes Show”, Hathaway said: “I “I’m so bad at keeping tagram post, the track- Bendjima. quit drinking back in Octo- secrets. I don’t think peo- list for the upcoming As he was attempting to ber, for 18 years. I’m going ple tell me things anymore album, to be released enter the restroom, he said to stop drinking while my because they know that I February 8, includes he was attacked by Younes son is in my house just can’t keep them. I’ve al- songs named ‘Im- Bendjima, along with mem- because I don’t total- ready told the ending of agine,’ ‘Needy,’ bers of Drake and Beckham’s ly love the way I do it Game of Thrones to a few ‘ NASA,’ ‘Blood - entourage. and he’s getting to an people,” Turner said. line,’ ‘Fake Smile,’ The complainant told age where he really “I was like, ‘Hey, if you ‘Bad Idea,’ ‘Make the publication that he was does need me all want to know, I’ll tell you.’ Up,’ ‘Ghostin,’ ‘In suffering from “extreme the time in the But it’s people that I know, My Head,’ ‘7 Rings,’ mental anguish and phys- morning. not random people. It’s people that ‘Thank U,’ ‘Next’ and ical pain” and continues I know will keep the secret,” she ‘Break Up With Your Girl- to pay medical bills. added. friend, I’m Bored.’ The eighth and final season of the According to Variety, the hit series will bow out in April 2019. title track “Thank U, Next” It airs in India on Star World. was released as the lead single on November 3 and Grande dropped an accom- Brown freed after rape allegations in France panying music video that referenced classic films like Los Angeles guard and a friend, whom ‘Mean Girls,’ ‘13 Going on the accuser also claimed 30’ and ‘Legally Blonde’ on merican sing- had abused her, has also November 30. er-songwriter been released. ‘Thank U, Next’ became AChris Brown The Parisian prosecu- Grande’s first song to de- was released on his own tor’s office will continue but at No. 1. The album’s recognizance on Tuesday, to pursue the investigation. second single, ‘7 rings,’ hit a day after being arrested by Gossip magazine Closer re- platforms January 18 along French police following rape ac- ported the arrests and the assault with a music video. cusations, the Paris prosecutor’s accusations in an exclusive that The release of her latest office said. was later independently con- album comes pretty quick- at Seef District too The prosecutor’s office told firmed by several news agencies, ly with her fourth album Efe that Brown’s personal body- reports Efe. ‘Sweetener’ releasing in Au- Um al Hassan +973 17728699 Seef District +973 17364999 Sophie gust 2018. THURSDAY, JANUARY 24, 2019 15

Enduro karting set for Spin twins set up intense action at BIKC victory for India

Kuldeep Yadav took 4/39• as New Zealand Action from a previous karting race at BIC were bundled out TDT | Manama Saturday is scheduled to be for 157 in 38 overs held from 7.30am to 9am. A he stage is set for anoth- Drivers’ Briefing will then be Opener Shikhar Ter gruelling test of motor held at 9.05am, after which the • racing prowess as the second on-track action begins with Dhawan led India’s round of the 2018/2019 Bah- Qualifying Practice at 9.50am. chase with 75 not out rain Karting Enduro Cham- Final Qualifying follows while Kohli made 45 pionship (BKEC) takes place at 10.45am, setting the stage Saturday at Bahrain Interna- for the six-hour race, which BIKC is scheduled to flag off at AFP | Napier, New Zealand tional Karting Circuit ( ) in Sakhir. 11.30am. A grid of no less than 11 en- The podium ceremony is match billed as a runfest trants is set to compete in the scheduled to take place at was turned upside-down highly anticipated six-hour around 6pm. The 2018/2019 Aby India’s spin twins event. They will be battling it BKEC is set to be a hotly con- Kuldeep Yadav and Yuzven - out for placing in four class- tested series featuring four dra Chahal yesterday, as New es, including the Overall, Pro, hugely exciting rounds. Zealand were crushed by eight Corporate and Nations. The season-opening meet- wickets in the first one-day in- Racing will take place along ing was held in October of ternational in Napier. India’s Shikhar Dhawan drives through the off side BIKC’s 1.414-kilometre Com- last year as a three-hour race. India arrived at the ground mission Internationale de Round three will be a 12-hour with captain Virat Kohli expect- of a wicket was quite an easy wans’t that and required a bit New Zealand as the left-hand- Karting (CIK) Track. The driv- event, while the year’s ultimate ing 300-plus to be par but when total to chase down and it all more graft,” he said. er, who passed 5,000 ODI runs ers will be behind the wheel challenge, the championship his bowlers rolled New Zealand boils down to the effort of the “Judging by some of the dis- in the course of the innings, of identical 390cc Sodi GT4R finale and the most highly an- for 157 the outcome became a bowlers.” missals it showed we didn’t went on to make his 26th half go karts. ticipated event of the season: formality. Yadav and Chahal delivered a adjust as quickly as we would century. Sign-in for competitors on the 24-hour fourth round. “When I lost the toss I spin bowling masterclass, mes- like to.” thought it’s going to be 300 plus merising New Zealand with six Coming off a series win New Zealand but the way the guys bowled and wickets between them, while against Australia, India showed M. Guptill b Shami 5 created pressure turned out to Mohammed Shami claimed they are building nicely as a C. Munro b Shami 8 Federations attend sports day be absolutely opposite,” he said. three as New Zealand folded well-balanced unit four months K. Williamson c Shankar b Yadav 64 “You know, 150 on that kind for a mere 157 with 12 overs to out from the World Cup, while R. Taylor c&b Chahal 24 workshop organised by BOC spare. for New Zealand there is work T. Latham c&b Chahal 11 The target was reduced by to be done. H. Nicholls c Yadav b Jadhav 12 TDT | Manama PC systems analyst specialist two runs and one over for In- The New Zealand innings Zainab Hussain provided a BETTER M. Santner lbw Shami 14 dia following a 30-minute folded so quickly that India D. Bracewell b Yadav 7 nformation Technology comprehensive overview of break when the setting sun had time to bat for nine overs T. Southee not out 9 Idirectorate of the Bahrain the website and the ability to blinded the eyes of players and before the scheduled break, Olympic Committee ( BOC) take advantage of the website KNOW L. Ferguson st Dhoni b Yadav 0 umpires. reaching 41 with Dhawan on T. Boult c Sharma b Yadav 1 organized a workshop for na- with all its accessible date. But the interruption made no 29 and Sharma on 11. Extras (wd 2) 2 tional sports federations to an- She also explained how the difference to Shikhar Dhawan, Sharma went on the second Total (all out; 38 overs) 157 nounce how the website of the “torch of Bahrain” application The target was who was unbeaten on 75 after ball after the interval, with India 2019 Bahrain Sports Day. is used on mobile phones, spe- reduced by two leading India to mow down the Doug Bracewell making the R. Sharma c Guptill b Bracewell 11 The third edition of the cifically Apple devices. This runs and one over target in 34.5 overs. breakthrough, before the play- S. Dhawan not out 75 Bahrain Sports Day is sched- application is aimed to pres- for India following A disappointed New Zea - ers left the field again when the V. Kohli c Latham b Ferguson 45 uled for February 12, as the ent the sporting events in the land captain Kane Williamson setting sun reached a danger- A. Rayudu not out 13 organizing committee cre- Kingdom of Bahrain. a 30-minute break blamed his side’s effort on an ously low angle. ate a dedicated website to be A similar workshop will be when the setting Extras (lb 5, wd 7) 12 inability to handle the precision When India’s innings restart- Total (for 2 wickets; 34.5 overs) 156 used as part of a comprehen- held for the ministries as well sun blinded the Indian attack. ed again, Dhawan on 31 was Result: India won by eight wickets. sive plan to make this event a as other governmental author- eyes of players and “Usually you come here and dropped by wicketkeeper Tom Target reduced to 156 after 30 minutes success. ities, private institutions, clubs umpires you’re thinking 300-plus, some- Latham. lost because of sun in players’ eyes During the workshop, held and youth centers in the com- times mid 300s, but it certainly It was a costly error for at the BOC premises in Seef, ing weeks. Bale close to Real return Kooheji ease past Bharath Legends from injury, says Solari TDT | Manama AFP | Madrid Madrid play Giro - na on Thursday in the ooheji Contractors beat areth Bale is close to a re- first leg of the Copa del KBharath Legends by 129 Gturn after recovering from Rey quarter-finals be- runs in a CBA Division D 25 a calf strain, according fore facing Espan- overs League match. to Real Madrid coach yol in La Liga on Kooheji won the toss and Santiago Solari. Sunday. elected to bat first. Openers Bale has not Solari will Irfan (63) and Waseem (60) played since in - hope to have put a century run stand for juring his calf Bale at full first wicket that helped them against Villarreal fitness again to score 208 runs at the end Imran kooheji Contractors Shyju - Matrix Waseem - Kooheji Vishnu - SNCS TransFast on January 3 but for the city of 25 overs. Nabeel took two 3/53) by 10 runs (Rijo 22, Ajeesh 3/27) by 24 overs (Sajeer 87, Shyam 40) the Welshman has derby against wickets for Legends. SNCS Transfast 182/5 (Vishnu runs beat ETS 71/10 (Rizwan 27, Atul resumed light training Atletico Madrid on In second innings Kooheji 121, Lexman 2/24) beat CEBAR- Alpha Fire Bahrain 170/4 in 4/11, Abilash 3/18) by 166 runs this week. February 9, with a bowler’s tidy spells restricted CO 65/10 (Ajay 13, Jerin 3/17) 20.5 overs (Amila 38, Dilhara Shafiq Glass 169/10 (Moham- “Toni Kroos, Marcos Champions League Legends for 79 runs and won by 117 runs 33, Ruvin 30) beat Lantern Li- med 37, Juzer 36, Askhar 5/33) Llorente, Mariano Diaz, tie against Ajax to the match by a huge margin Hempel Paints 110/8 in ons 167/4 (Dhaval 85 85, Anup beat Challengers 131/10 (Shan Marco Asensio and Ga- come four days later. of 129 runs. Sahar took three 18.4 overs (Suresh 17, Iman 48) by 6 wickets 26, Mohammed .S 2/14) by 38 reth Bale are close to Real delivered one wicket. 2/14) beat Bahrain Hawks Indian Super Kings 124/6 in runs coming back, Keylor of the best perfor - Brief Score: Kooheji Contrac- 108/10 (Rajshakhar 28, Ra- 22 overs (Prashant 66, Zarawar Pak Panthers 178/9 (Naqeeb Navas too,” Solari said at mances of the season tors 208/5 in 25 overs (Irfan 63, jesh 27, Ahsan 3/9) by 2 2/18) beat Superb 123/8 (Dila- 46, Usman 32, Adnan 2/26) a press conference yes- to beat Sevilla last week- Waseem 60, Nabeel 2/36) beat wickets. war 29, Prashant 2/19) beat Fateh Curtain 116/10 (Zaid terday. end, a result that moved Bharath Legends 79/8 (Salman RUCT 143/10 (Arjun 36, Ray- Falcon 157/9 in 25 overs 26, Noman 5/12) by 62 runs “They are all im - them up to third in the 23, Sahar 3/9) by 129 runs ab 3/16) beat Karnataka Strik- (Renil 40, Preeth 2/2) beat Tornado A 168/7 in 25 overs portant players table. Other Team scores ers 126/9 (Rajesh 34, Mithun Black Feather 119/10 (Sam 33, (Nidhin 30, Chandran 28, Nwaf for the squad They remain, however, 10 Matrix 176/3 (Shyju 68, 2/11) by 17 runs Deepaak 4/37, Prashob 3/14) 2/10) beat Modest 147/10 (Ja- so we are hap- Gareth points behind leaders Bar- Danushke 57) beat Suha Trav- NDC Bahrain 143/10 (Balaji by 38 runs seer 30, Kingsly 4/22) by 21 py.” Bale celona. els 166/10 Usman 21, Danushke 39, Sunil 2/21) beat Bulls 119/9 NIA Kerala XI 237/7 in 25 runs THURSDAY, JANUARY 24, 2019 16 Pliskova slays Serena World number one Novak Djokovic eased through to the semi-finals at the Australian Open as Kei Nishikori retired injured

the first Japanese woman in the Karolina Pliskova’s final four since Kimiko Date in • 1994. reward for beating Djokovic, who is targeting a Serena Williams is a 15th Grand Slam title, endured clash against Japan’s KNOW WHAT his own tough fourth round Naomi Osaka for a showdown with Daniil Medve- place in the final dev and said he was glad to get Naomi Osaka off court early. became the first “As they say, this is exactly • Osaka saw off Japanese woman what the doctor ordered for me Svitolina in their quarter- in the final four at after the match two nights ago,” final match on day ten he said. “Not to spend too much Melbourne Park time on the court. since Kimiko Date in “I’ve had plenty of matches Lucas Pouille 1994 so far this year and I am in an- tops• Milos Raonic other semi-final and I will do to make semis “I tried to be consistent, it’s everything to get ready for that unfortunate that she got injured one.” but playing against her even Pouille had never won a match AFP | Melbourne when she was injured was still in Melbourne before this year really tough,” said the 21-year- but has recruited 2006 Australi- erena Williams’s bid for Czech Republic’s Karolina Pliskova hits a return against Serena Williams of the US old. an Open champion Amelie Mau- a record-equalling 24th “I just had one goal, to try as resmo to his team and said it was SGrand Slam title was courageous Kei Nishikori retired the lines on some of them,” said final to Angelique Kerber. hard I can and not get angry. I paying off. brought to a halt in sensation- with a thigh strain when los - the dumbfounded 37-year-old, “I was almost in the lock - didn’t do that really well in the “I started a new adventure al style at the Australian Open ing 6-1, 4-1 after going through who rolled an ankle but refused er-room but now I am standing last two rounds and I did that with my team, with Amelie. I yesterday by Karolina Pliskova, three five-set epics during the to blame it for the defeat. here as a winner. It is a very good today so I’m really happy with enjoy being on the court again but fellow former champion No- tournament. Since returning last year from feeling,” she said after depriving the way I played.” and that is the most important,” vak Djokovic cruised into the It kept the Serb’s bid for a giving birth, Williams has made Williams of a US Open final re- The win ensured she became he said. semi-finals. record seventh Australian title four unsuccessful attempts to match with Osaka. The American great had beat- on track and he will now meet match Margaret Court’s long- en world number one Simona French 28th seed Lucas Pouille, time standing 24 Grand Slam Calm Osaka Halep in the fourth round but who beat power-serving Cana- titles, and the wait continues Asked about facing Osaka next, folded against the tall Czech sev- dian Milos Raonic 7-6 (7/4), 6-3, with the French Open in May Pliskova replied: “She’s danger- enth seed, who saved four match 6-7 (2/7), 6-4 to make his first her next chance. ous but nobody is more danger- points before winning 6-4, 4-6, Slam semi. “The big picture for me is al- ous than Serena.” 7-5 under the hot Melbourne It was a gut-wrenching defeat ways winning,” she added. “I’m A focused Osaka rolled past sun. for Williams, who battled back not going to sit here and lie about Ukraine’s Svitolina, who was Her reward is a clash against from a set down and was leading that. It hasn’t happened yet, but troubled by neck and shoulder Japan’s Naomi Osaka for a place 5-1 in the third and serving for I feel like it’s going to happen.” problems. in the final, after the Japanese the match, only to throw it away For Pliskova, it is only her Despite the Ukrainian suffer- fourth seed brutally swatted with some wild shots as frustra- third semi-final at a major. ing, it was nevertheless a serious aside the injured Elina Svitoli- tions bubbled to the surface. She made the last four at Ro- statement from the steely-eyed na 6-4, 6-1. “There’s nothing I did wrong land Garros in 2017 and the US Osaka, who was playing the sort World number one Djokovic on those match points. I stayed Open a year earlier, where she of tennis which drove her to the enjoyed an early night when aggressive. She just literally hit beat Williams before losing the US Open title. Novak Djokovic in action during the match against Kei Nishikori Halep’s reign as world Serena hails Pliskova’s ‘crazy’ comeback number one over AFP | Melbourne erena Williams denied chok- AFP | Melbourne Entering the opening Grand Sing after falling victim to one Slam of the year, 11 players had of the greatest ever comebacks etra Kvitova’s surging a chance to hold the top spot, yesterday, saying she was pow- Pwin over Ashleigh Barty but that has now been whittled erless as Czech foe Karolina to make the Australian Open down. Pliskova “just went crazy” and semi-finals ensured Simona Of the three in the running, stormed into the Australian Halep’s reign as world number only Pliskova has been there Open semi-finals. one is over, not that the Roma- before, in 2017 when she be- “She just played lights out on nian is bothered. came the first Czech women match point, literally hitting The Czech star overtook Ha- to do so. lines,” Williams said. “Just went lep’s points total, while Naomi To do so again she must win for it, just went crazy on match Osaka and Karolina Pliskova the title on Saturday. point. She just played unbeliev- also have a mathematical shot Halep held the number one able.” at assuming the mantle when ranking for 48 weeks, but after The 37-year-old made a slow the new rankings come out her loss to Serena Williams in start and conceded the first set next week. round four, she said it wasn’t but had recovered and looked her priority. set for a hard-fought win before “The main goal is just to play a desperate Pliskova went on the as good as I can every match, to six-game rampage. win every match I play, so the “She was killing me... I was ranking doesn’t really matter,” almost in the locker room, now she said. I’m standing here as the winner. Serena Williams of the US reacts after a point against Czech Republic’s Karolina Pliskova “End of the year is more im- It’s a great feeling,” an exhaust- portant, the ranking, so I will ed Pliskova said after the two let’s try, this game (will make best comeback of her life and American, who made a come- not stress myself about this.” hour 10 minute epic. it) 5-2. She got a little bit shaky said she always believed she back last year after having a Halep also suggested there “My mind was in the locker in the end so I took my chances could beat the American legend. baby. “She literally played her was a difference between be- room. I wasn’t playing very well and I won.” “I know she’s the greatest best tennis ever on those shots.” ing the world number one and in the third set but I thought Pliskova, who will play Ja - ever, but I don’t want to put her Williams, seeded 16, had the best player in the world, pan’s Naomi Osaka in the semis, somewhere where I would not blazed through the early stages given Williams was only seed- was on the brink until Williams have a chance to beat her,” she of the tournament, seeing off ed 16 at Melbourne Park. double faulted with the end in said in explaining how she ap- world number one Simona Ha- “In my opinion, to be No. 1 sight after appearing to roll her proached the match. lep in the fourth round. in the world and to be the best She just played lights ankle. “I beat her before. She was But against Pliskova she player in the world, it’s a little out on match point, Williams, a seven-time Aus- No.1 at that time. I knew I’m lacked the intensity she had pre- bit different,” she said. literally hitting lines. tralian champion, then failed to going to have my chances. But I viously displayed and was soon “For sure she (Williams) is Just went for it, just win a point on serve for the rest had to play well.” trailing for the first time during the best player in the world be- went crazy on match of the match. Williams said there was noth- her campaign after a slew of Simona Halep of Romania walks cause she won so many Grand point. She just played She refused to blame the inju- ing she could do against an op- uncharacteristic errors. off court after defeat in her fourth Slams. She’s been number one ry for the loss, saying her ankle ponent in such form. The American said it was a round match against Serena a lot. I cannot compare my re- unbelievable “seems to be fine”. “I can’t say that I choked on lesson to not take anything for Williams of the United States sults to her.” SERENA WILLIAMS The elated Czech rated it the those match points, said the granted on match point.