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AMIR, ERDOGAN CO-CHAIR FOURTH MEETING OF THE QATAR-TURKEY SUPREME STRATEGIC COMMITTEE We’ll always stand with Turkey: Amir

Qatar will never forget the support of Turkish president Turkey and Qatar prove to be true during the crisis the nation faced, says Amir friends, says Erdogan

We are proud of the successes achieved by the Turkish-Qatari partnership since its inception in 2014. With the signing of more agreements, new horizons are opening up for the relations of cooperation and brotherhood between the two countries in order to achieve the goals of our people and serve the issues of security and stability in the region.

The Amir HH Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al Thani and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan during the fourth meeting off the th Qatar-T Q t Turkey k Supreme S Strategic St t i Committee C itt in Istanbul on Monday. SEE ALSO PAGE 20

QNA investment and culture. He underlined that Tur- Responding to Erdogan’s for Turkey is the support of Qa- ISTANBUL Later, the Amir and Er- key and Qatar have supported Qatar, Turkey sign slew of pacts thanks for Qatar, the Amir said tar and its people. dogan co-chaired the fourth one another in hard times, and it was the duty of Qatar by vir- “We are advocates of peace THE Amir HH Sheikh Tamim meeting of the Qatar-Turkey proved to be true friends on THE Amir HH Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al Thani and Turkish Presi- tue of brotherhood, affirming and we do not want problems, bin Hamad al Thani and Turk- Supreme Strategic Committee. many occasions. He especially dent Recep Tayyip Erdogan attended the signing of an agreement that Qatar will never forget the but be assured, Mr President, ish President Recep Tayyip At the outset of the meeting, the referred to Turkey’s efforts to get and number of MoUs between the two countries. A MoU between support of the Turkish presi- that if Turkey needs anything in Erdogan on Monday discussed Turkish president welcomed the unjust siege on Qatar lifted, the Civil Aviation Authority of Qatar and the Directorate General dent to Qatar during the crisis the future we will always stand the strong strategic relations the Amir and the accompany- Qatar’s all-out support to Turkey of Civil Aviation of Turkey was signed. A MoU for the executive the country faced a year and with our friends and brothers,” between the two countries, ing delegation. during the failed coup attempt programme for the Cultural Year 2019-2020 on cooperation in seven months ago. the Amir said, adding that Tur- and the means of promoting Erdogan praised the level in June 2016, as well as its sup- the field of culture between the two countries was also signed. The Amir said Qatar was key will do the same thing and them in wider fields. of relations and cooperation port during the fierce campaign The Amir and the Turkish President also witnessed the signing of wronged in this crisis, but will always support Qatar. During the meeting at between the two countries, against Turkey recently. two cooperation protocols between the two countries. (QNA) Turkey stood with the right, The Amir noted that he dis- Vahdettin Pavilion in Istan- which coincides with the Erdogan, on behalf of the and now Qatar has proved to cussed with the Turkish Presi- bul, the Amir and the Turkish commemoration of the 45th Turkish people, expressed his pressed thanks and gratitude fourth meeting of Qatar-Turkey the world that it was right and dent a number of issues, in- president reviewed areas of anniversary of the establish- thanks for Qatar’s solidarity to the Turkish president for the Supreme Strategic Committee, that the accusations against it cluding the development of the joint cooperation, mainly in ment of diplomatic relations and strong support for Turkey. warm hospitality, expressing which HH described as a model were false. economic and trade relations the politics, trade, economy, between Qatar and Turkey. For his part, the Amir ex- pleasure to visit Turkey for the of fraternal relations. The Amir said the support and other issues. PM GRACES INTERNATIONAL TRAFFIC SAFETY CONFERENCE Strict action to be Traffic safety plan aims taken for cheating at zero accidents: Sulaiti in examinations QNA TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK DOHA DOHA

PRIME Minister and Minister STRICT action will be taken against students found of Interior HE Sheikh Abdullah cheating, according to a new ministerial decree. bin Nasser bin Khalifa al Thani Minister of Education and Higher Education attended the opening session of HE Dr Mohammed bin Abdul Wahed al Hammadi the International Traffic Safety has issued a decision amending some provisions Conference organised by the of Ministerial Decision No. 22 of 2015 on student Prime Minister and Minister of Interior HE Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa al Ministry of the Interior in coop- assessment policies. The amendments include the Thani inaugurated Qatar’s first global destination campaign in Doha on Monday. eration with Qatar University in addition of two articles to the student assessment Doha on Monday. policy for grades 4 through 11, as well as the ad- The PM also inaugurated dition of two articles to the student assessment NTC launches Qatar’s first the Traffic Exhibition being policy for Grade 12, approved by the Ministerial held along side the conference. Decision. The PM toured the exhibition The amendment for grades 4 to 11 abolishes global destination campaign where he was briefed on the the student’s test in all subjects and stipulates that most important efforts in en- the student is considered failed in his class, given CATHERINE W GICHUKI lish, French, Italian, German, hancing traffic safety and the the word “cancelled” and deprived of study in the DOHA Russian, Turkish and Mandarin latest techniques used in road same academic year in the following cases: targeting 225 million visitors in 15 engineering. Prime Minister and Minister of Interior HE Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser (1) If any of the mobile devices or other means of THE National Tourism Council countries. Speaking at the opening ses- bin Khalifa al Thani during the opening session of the International communication, whether wired or wireless, were (NTC) on Monday launched Qatar’s Just a few weeks earlier, Qatar sion, Minister of Transport and Traffic Safety Conference in Doha on Monday. obtained during the examination, whether they first global destination campaign Tourism Authority and the Perma- Communications HE Jassim were used in cheating or attempted or not. aimed at positioning Qatar as an nent Committee for Conferences bin Saif al Sulaiti said the minis- zero-accidents vision. The plan gaps, building a comprehen- (2) If the student found to be in possession of any attractive destination was converted into the try began implementing its five- also focuses on building highly sive traffic control centre for equipment or any means during the exams that for authentic and be- NTC. year traffic safety plan, covering efficient road networks, which road users, further developing lead to the dissemination, broadcasting or promo- spoke experiences. QATAR. QURATED FOR YOU The new govern- many aspects with an aim to re- reduces traffic congestion and mass transport services and tion of the test questions or answers. Prime Minister ance structure paves ducing accidents and deaths. accidents. meeting the needs of 2022 (3) If the student participated in any social net- and Minister of Interior HE Sheikh the way for the implementation He said the plan focuses He said the plan includes FIFA World Cup in Qatar. working sites for the purpose of cheating or dis- Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa al of key initiatives across the public on decreasing deaths by 50 adopting a national road safety rupting the general system of examination. The Thani, who is also the Chairman of and private sectors to develop solid percent to finally achieve the design system addressing all More on page 20 Ô test of the student will be cancelled and he will be the Board, National Tourism Coun- tourism infrastructure and deliver considered failed. cil, inaugurated the promotional exceptional visitor experiences. campaign. Both the revised governance Continued on page 2 Ô The campaign, ‘Qatar. Qurated model and the global promotion for you’, brings to life Qatar’s focus campaign are critical components Turkish police search City College on tailored visitor experiences that of the sector’s newest strategy celebrate its heritage, and will be launched in 2017 (The Next Chap- Yalova villas in for vocational rolled out across 15 existing and tar- ter of the National Tourism Sector Khashoggi murder courses opens Qatar’s investment in France geted priority markets. Strategy). (PG 12 ) The campaign will run in 8 case (PG 10) in Doha (PG 2 ) crosses €30 bn: QBA languages, including Arabic, Eng- Continued on page 2 Ô 02 Tuesday, November 27, 2018

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Quick read ‘Qurated is designed to make Labour minister meets Sri Lankan delegation Qatar top-of-mind destination’ MINISTER of Administrative Development, Labour and Social Af- fairs HE Yousef bin Mohammed al Othman Fakhro on Monday met Continued from page 1 Ô with a delegation of the joint committee to regulate manpower in Sri Lanka, chaired by Yamo Nabera Perera, additional secretary at THESE foundational develop- the Sri Lankan Ministry of Telecommunication, Digital Infrastruc- ments are further complement- ture and Foreign Employment. (QNA) ed by the country’s revised visi- tor visa policies which have Hammadi meets Texas earned it the ranking of most Democratic Representative open country in the Middle East and the 8th most open in the SECRETARY-GENERAL of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs HE Dr world, according to UNWTO’s Ahmed bin Hassan al Hammadi met with the US Democrat Rep- recently updated visa openness resentative for Texas’s 34th congressional district Filemon Vela in rankings. Doha on Monday. (QNA) NTC official Hassan al Ibra- him said, “We are proud of this Qatar condemns Somalia explosion campaign and the process fol- Hassan al Ibrahim speaks at the lowed to develop it, which took launch of the campaign. QATAR expressed its strong condemnation and denunciation of into account inputs from our the explosion at a religious centre in the north central city of Gal- partners in both the public and ‘We look forward to bringing kayo in Somalia, which left a cleric and nine of his followers dead. private sectors. the spirit of Qurated to life In a statement on Monday, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs reiter- “This process is representa- on people’s television ated Qatar’s firm stance rejecting violence and terrorism regard- tive of our ethos as an industry, Prime Minister and Minister of Interior HE Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa al Thani with other less of their motives and causes. The statement also expressed which is deeply rooted in the screens, in airports around dignitaries at the launch of Qatar’s first global destination campaign in Doha on Monday. Qatar’s condolences to the families of victims as well as the spirit of collaboration and part- the world, and eventually government and people of Somalia. (QNA) nership to deliver exceptional here in Qatar where the the essence of the Qatar experi- their next visit to Qatar from in eight different languages, experiences at every touchpoint world is welcomed to ence and how it can be tailored the moment they read about the Qurated will also leverage QMC chairman meets Iraq’s envoy of the visitor’s journey.” experience our authentic to each of our visitor segments.” destination through to making partnerships with global tel- He added, “We look forward Qurese added, “To deliver reservations and enjoying the evision networks such as CHAIRMAN of Qatar Media Corporation (QMC) Sheikh Hamad to bringing the spirit of Qurated heritage.’ bespoke end-to-end experienc- destination’s various cultural CNN International, Al Jazeera bin Thamer al Thani met on Monday with Charge d’Affaires at to life on people’s television es to our visitors while achiev- and natural attractions.” Network, BeIN, Digiturk and the Embassy of Iraq in Qatar HE Abdulsattar Hadi al Janabi. They screens, in airports around the NTC representative Rashed ing true impact for the industry, The campaign will be SkyTV. Through captivating discussed the media relations between the two countries. (QNA) world, and eventually here in al Qurese said, “Qurated is NTC is partnering with some of launched in all the markets in visuals that offer glimpses of Qatar where the world is wel- more than an advertising cam- the world’s most popular travel which NTC has representation Qatar’s authentic tourism of- Parachute and hang gliding comed to experience our au- paign. We’ve closely examined platforms such as TripAdvi- –across the US, Europe, Asia ferings, the campaign is de- drills at Umm Al Shakhout thentic heritage and forward- what Qatar offers as a destina- sor and Lonely Planet so that and Russia. Running across signed to make Qatar a top-of- looking vision.” tion to bring into sharp focus prospective visitors can curate print, TV and digital platforms mind destination. THE Ministry of Defence on Monday said the Skydive Qatar cen- tre will carry out parachute jump and hang gliding drills in Umm Al Shakhout area from December 1, 2018 to January 1, 2019 from 6am to 6pm. The Directorate of Moral Guidance at the ‘Cheating to ministry called on visitors to the area to take precautions. (QNA) Shura discusses 2019 draft budget Indian Embassy open house on Nov 29 be deemed QNA nancial allocations to complete ing towards the future with THE Ambassador of India to Qatar HE P Kumaran will hold an DOHA major projects and projects re- confidence, determination and a failure’ open house on Thursday (November 29) on the embassy prem- lated to the 2022 World Cup. stability despite the unjust siege ises from 3pm to 4pm to listen to and address urgent labour THE Advisory (Shura) Coun- He aaded that the budget’s imposed on it,” the speaker said. Continued from page 1 Ô and consular issues facing Indian nationals in Qatar. (TNN) cil, at a meeting chaired by its objectives aimed to develop in- He thanked the Minister Speaker HE Ahmed bin Abdul- frastructure in the economic, of Finance and Ashghal presi- The Ministerial Decision in- lah bin Zaid Al Mahmoud on industrial and logistical areas, dent and their accompanying cluded the addition of two ar- Monday, discussed the draft improve business environment, team for attending the Council’s ticles to the 12th grade evalua- General State Budget for the enhance the role of the private meeting and responding to the tion policy. Ministry urges students to fiscal year 2019 and the draft sector, support food security queries of its members. A student’s examination law approving it. projects, allocate sufficient re- After the extensive discus- in all subjects stands cancelled benefit from digital lessons The meeting held at the sources over five years to devel- sions, the Advisory Council and the student is considered a Ministry of Finance was at- op an integrated infrastructure praised the draft General State failure in his class in the follow- QNA This aims to provide all tended by Minister of Finance Advisory Council Speaker HE for citizens’ lands and continue Budget for the fiscal year 2019 ing cases: DOHA students with a series of digital HE Ali bin Shareef al Emadi, Ahmed bin Abdullah bin Zaid work to increase the efficiency and lauded the efforts of the (1) If he/she receives, during educational tutorials linked to President of the Public Works Al Mahmoud. of public spending. Government and its plans and the course of the examination THE Ministry of Education Qatar’s curriculum standards Authority (Ashghal) Dr Saad Mahmoud said that in light programmes within the frame- process, any mobile devices or and Higher Education has from the 3rd to the 12th grade, bin Ahmed al Mohannadi and fidence of global financial insti- of these foundations and goals, work of the National Develop- other means of communication urged students to benefit from to raise the level of academic a number of senior officials. tutions. the draft budget meets expecta- ment Strategy 2018-2022 and or reception by wire or wireless. the digital lessons offered by achievement and ensure that The minister explained the He expressed satisfaction tions and is in line with the re- Qatar National Vision 2030. (2) If he/she receives any the Electronic Department to they meet the subject goals. government’s view on the draft that the directives and visions quirements of the State. Meanwhile, the Informa- equipment or any means to as- support and enrich the sourc- It also comes as part of the budget and answered questions of HH the Amir are embodied “It opens the horizons for tion and Cultural Affairs Com- sist in the dissemination, broad- es of learning. ministry’s efforts to provide raised by the members of the in the draft budget as well as in further development and con- mittee of the Advisory Council casting or promotion of the test The digital lessons cover learning sources that are di- Council. its objectives, foundations and struction in various fields to on Monday held its first meet- questions or answers by the all subjects between the third verse and attractive to students At the beginning of the dis- philosophy. increase our economy strength ing at the 47th ordinary session testing committee and during grade and 12th grade. The min- and to enable self-learning. cussion of the draft budget, the The Shura speaker affirmed and durability, to preserve the of the Council. its session. istry gave out awareness flyers The digital lessons were Speaker of the Advisory Council that the foundations on which country’s sovereignty, free will At the outset of the meeting, (3) If he/she participates in to students to explain the steps launched three years ago and thanked the Amir His Highness the draft budget is based were and its independent national the Committee elected HE Mo- any social networking sites, in a needed to access the lessons currently have nearly 3 million Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al welcome, praised and support- decision, and to achieve the hamed bin Ali al Maadid as its group of constituent groups for through Youtube, then to the views and more than 22,000 Thani for his wise guidance and ed by the Council, adding that ambitions and aspirations of its Rapporteur. the purpose of cheating or dis- channel of the needed grade subscribers. policies which have enabled the they aimed to provide the nec- people,” he said. The Committee examined a rupting the tests. and finally to the playlist of the Students may use this link country to occupy prestigious essary allocations for the Qatar “We take pride in our lead- draft law on the establishment The decision shall also notify subject required. The Youtube to access the lessons: https:// position and enjoy a strong National Vision 2030 plans and ership and our loyal people of the media city and decided to the student’s employer of the vi- channel is continuously updat- www.youtube.com/channel/ economy capable of growing at projects, continue to increase that our country is making all complete the study of the draft olation and the measures taken, ed with new lessons. UCeW65lIctwlk85F4Mghe-eg high rates and gaining the con- non-oil revenues and provide fi- these achievements and mov- law at its next meeting. if the student is an employee. City College opens to provide higher vocational training SANTHOSH CHANDRAN lege also caters to employees cil (BTEC), approved by Pear- DOHA who wish to pursue their stud- son Education and are licensed ies while working, and has close by the Ministry of Education ‘Qatar keen to strengthen IN partnership with the Uni- links with major companies and Higher Education in Qatar. vocational education sector’ versity of Portsmouth in the in Qatar. City College designs City College offers the same UK, the City College opened its tailor-made, internationally-ac- business programmes as its in- THE Assistant Under-Sec- maiden campus at Barwa Com- credited education programmes ternational partner, the Univer- retary for Education and Di- mercial Avenue in Doha on for all industries and sectors sity of Portsmouth in the United rector of Higher Education Monday. and for both government and Kingdom. BTEC programmes Institutes in the Ministry of Announcing the official private entities. are well-established and have Education and Higher Edu- launch of the college, Assistant Through its partnership trained tens of thousands of stu- cation Khalid al Ali has said Under-Secretary for Education with the University of Ports- dents over many years. BTEC that the Higher Education and Director of Higher Edu- mouth, City College also offers courses are accepted by over Department gives priority cation Institutes Khalid al Ali preferential entry for its stu- 339 universities worldwide. to expanding vocational and said, “The Ministry of Educa- dents to pursue their honours The opening ceremony was technical education in the Khalid al Ali. tion and Higher Education is degree in the United Kingdom. attended by prominent per- country. committed to implementing Assistant Under-Secretary for Education and Director of Higher They also have the choice to join sonalities including Director Referring to the recent gion is keen to have good vo- quality education system in Education Institutes Khalid al Ali and other guests at the launch of more than 339 other universi- of Qatar Career Development GCC meet on this topic on the cational education institutes Qatar. The private sector plays the City College on Monday. (JALAL PATHIYOOR) ties worldwide. City College Centre Abdullah al Mansoori, sidelines of an event in Doha to meet the requirements of a vital role in the education sec- promises students its own de- President of Community De- on Monday, Ali said: “GCC the market. We have plans tor of the country and interna- and practical approach to high- tionally recognised courses are grees in the near future. velopment at Qatar Founda- countries are very much in- to open internationally ac- tionally acclaimed institutions er vocational education offering academically rigorous and also Representing City College tion Machaille Hassan al Naimi, terested in having vocational claimed brands like German like City College can further internationally accredited busi- rooted firmly in employability students, Nasser al Noaimi former Minister of Information and technical training col- University and many others contribute to it.” ness programmes. and business competency. The said, “There is a unique bond and Communications Technol- leges in the region. A strategy to strengthen the technical Ali described the benefits of The college admitted its first courses are tailored to the needs between students and lecturers ogy Hessaal Jaber, Vice Chair- in this regard was developed education sector of the coun- vocational learning and exhort- batch of students in September of Qatar’s business world and of at City College. The lecturers man of Qatar Business Women also and its draft prepared try. Ali also said that some ed private investors in Qatar to 2018, and runs three intakes course, to the global economy. take real interest in students Association Aisha Hussein Al- at the recent GCC meet. The projects that offer quality contribute to the quality and a year (in September, January Our students study for a UK and help them reach their po- fardan, officials from the Min- draft will be reviewed one training in fields like nursing diversity of higher education in and April). honours degree, but only spend tential.” istry of Education and Higher more time and final draft will and information technology the country. Director of Education at City one year abroad.” City College courses are Education (MoEHE), members be come out soon.” are also in the pipeline. The City College breaks new College Nicholas Evans said, Through its part-time and developed by the Business and of diplomatic community and He added: “The Gulf re- (SANTHOSH CHANDRAN) ground with a learner-centric “Our internationally and na- evening programmes, City Col- Technology in Education Coun- officials of the British Council. Nation Tuesday, November 27, 2018 03 New theatre season to be bigger French universities, QNA institutes to attend DOHA

MINISTER of Culture and University Expo Qatar Sports HE Salah bin Ghanem al Ali has affirmed the ministry’s TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK al student services and inter- commitment to supporting the- DOHA national mobility, HEC Paris atre activity and projects in Qa- in Qatar, Toulouse Business tar to raise people’s awareness FRENCH universities and high- School, the engineering school of the art form and to develop er education institutes, as well CESI and the French foreign their taste. as the French Agency Campus language school Azurlingua. This came during the min- France, will exhibit at the Uni- Ambassador of France ister’s meeting with the heads versity Expo Qatar to be held to Qatar HE Franck Gellet of the national theatrical under the patronage of Min- will attend the opening of groups and a number of art- ister of Education and Higher the exhibition. ists representing private pro- Education HE Dr Mohammed He said, “France welcomes duction houses. Abdul Wahed al Hammadi on many international students The meeting aimed at en- November 28 and 29. and we are very pleased that hancing coordination between To be held at Qatar Nation- for this important event, Uni- theatre organisations in Qatar al Convention Center, the Uni- versity Expo Qatar, students to present a memorable season versity Expo Qatar will gather and parents will have the op- this year. more than 50 universities from portunity to meet French insti- The minister also discussed 15 countries. tutions and discuss with them with theatre representatives Minister of Culture and Sports HE Salah bin Ghanem al Ali with the heads of the national theatrical groups and a number of artistes representing The exhibition is open to the opportunities of studying the reservation of Qatar Na- private production houses. students, parents, school coun- in France.” tional Theater as the appropri- sellors and career advisors. HE Ali Zainal, Permanent ate venue for staging new plays The meeting saw a construc- They also agreed on ex- dren with the participation of ber 15, 2019, the statement re- Five French institutions Delegate of Qatar to Unesco, for both adults and children tive dialogue in which the play- tending the theatre season to nine teams in the theatre com- vealed. The Center for Theater will exhibit Campus France, will give a presentation of the this season, a statement issued wrights promised a successful accommodate more plays this petitions. Affairs will make amendments the French Agency for the pro- studies in France on Wednes- by the Ministry of Culture and theatre season and agreed on season, including five plays for The closing ceremony of the to its annual calendar of stage motion of the French higher day, November 28 from Sports said. the schedule of performances. adults and four plays for chil- season will be held on Septem- events accordingly. education system, internation- 11:15am to 11:45am. HMC cautions against danger of carbon monoxide poisoning TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK ber of patients were treated DOHA at HMC Emergency Depart- ments for serious burns sus- HAMAD Medical Corporation tained due to using small en- (HMC) is warning residents gines, stoves, lanterns, grills, against the dangers of burning fireplaces, gas ranges or fur- charcoal and wood inside their naces as heating sources. homes as the Corporation’s He said there were also Emergency Departments fatalities as a result of carbon treated between 70 and one monoxide poisoning. hundred patients for carbon “Sadly, there have been Ambassador of the State of Qatar to France HE Sheikh Ali bin Jassem al Thani with the President and members of Qadran. monoxide (CO) poisoning each deaths as a result of carbon month during last winter. monoxide poisoning. These Dr Galal Saleh al Essai, an preventable poisonings were accident and emergency con- the result of smoke inhalation sultant at HMC, said: “Dur- Dr. Galal Saleh al Essai, Accident from the burning of coal and Qadran key in promoting ing the colder months, we see and Emergency Consultant at wood in enclosed areas. It is an increase in the number of Hamad Medical Corporation. essential that we raise aware- patients with carbon monox- ness about the dangers of this ide positioning. Many people toms such as headaches, diz- practice and the importance seek ways to keep their homes ziness, disorientation, nausea of only using approved heat- Qatari-French ties: Envoy warm and some resort to burn- and fatigue. Some may also ing appliances,” said Dr Essai. ing coal or wood inside. experience chest pain, espe- While anyone is at risk “When charcoal and wood cially those with coronary for carbon monoxide posi- the importance of joint work President of Qadran Chris- burn without oxygen, they heart disease. If carbon mon- tioning, some population Qadran to provide space for interaction within Qadran to make it a tophe Bourland stressed that produce fossil fuels that re- oxide has been inhaled in a groups are particularly vul- between French and Qatari cultures space for interaction between the attention given by Sheikh lease carbon monoxide - a col- high concentration, as is the nerable, including pregnant French and Qatari cultures, Ali to the activities of Qadran ourless, tasteless and odour- case in the incidence of fire, women, newborns and young QNA the President and members of pointing out that Qatar Cultur- will give it a new start. less gas. Carbon monoxide is patients could also experience children, elderly people and PARIS Qadran, which included senior al Year 2020 in France will be He said Qadran will or- very hard to detect, leading impaired vision, confusion those with chronic illnesses, executives and managers of the an important occasion for the ganise the second edition of its to people inhaling it and be- and loss of coordination,” Dr such as pulmonary, respira- AMBASSADOR of the State most prominent French groups two countries to highlight the meetings and will work closely ing poisoned. This can happen Essai added. tory or cardiovascular prob- of Qatar to France HE Sheikh - Airbus, Total, Dassault, Ac- works of art, heritage and folk- with Qatar’s business initiatives very quickly and is extremely He said last winter a num- lems and anaemia. Ali bin Jassem al Thani has corHotels and Printemps. lore, in addition to the innova- in France and the French initia- dangerous.” underscored the importance He called for continued tions of modern technology, tives in Qatar. Dr Essai said carbon mon- of the Franco-Qatari economic work to create new invest- especially artificial intelligence, Bourland said Qadran oxide poisoning is so danger- Tips to prevent carbon circle (Qadran) in promoting ment opportunities to enhance which has become a new chal- will participate in the mis- ous because the signs and partnerships between Qatar exchange and highlight the lenge to societies. sion of the Movement of the symptoms can be easy to miss. monoxide positioning: and France. solid relations between the two He said Qadran would be Enterprises of France (Me- He said many people with O Never use a gas-powered generator indoors, including The envoy made the re- countries. the link between France and def), which will visit Doha mild carbon monoxide poi- marks during a meeting with The ambassador stressed Qatar in this regard. this weekend. soning think they have food inside a camper or tent. poisoning or flu and dismiss O Ensure battery-operated electronic heating appliances are the symptoms. approved; approved appliances will include an approval He said symptoms of car- bon monoxide poisoning can number or mark. start to appear within five to O Never burn charcoal or wood indoors, unless it is in an MoPH training on dietary guidelines 20 minutes of exposure but approved indoor wood-burning appliance. noted that lower concentra- QNA healthy lifestyle in Qatar. tients in order to enable them the Ministry of Public Health. tions may lead to a delay in the O Never use a gas range or oven for heating. Using a gas DOHA The workshop is part of the to choose wisely and achieve a Dietary Guidelines include onset of symptoms. range or oven for heating can cause a build-up of carbon objectives of the Qatar National healthy lifestyle in line with the recommendations on the im- Dr Essai urged anyone who monoxide inside your home, cabin, or camper. THE Ministry of Public Health Nutrition and Physical Activ- recommendations of the Di- portance of eating healthy develops symptoms of carbon recently organised a workshop ity Action Plan in line with the etary Guidelines. foods from all six food groups, monoxide poisoning, which O Never burn charcoal indoors. Burning charcoal – red, gray, for trainers of nutritionists, National Health Strategy 2018- The ministry had organised maintaining a healthy weight, can include a headache, diz- black or white – gives off carbon monoxide. health educators and nurses in 2022 and Qatar National Vi- a workshop in November last minimising foods that contain ziness, nausea, shortness of the health and education sec- sion 2030. year for the first batch of train- high sugar, salt and fat, ensur- breath, weakness and confu- O Never use a portable gas camp stove indoors. Using a gas tors, on nutritional guidelines. The workshop included ers working in the fields of nu- ing regular physical activity, sion, to get into the fresh air camp stove indoors can cause carbon monoxide to build up The workshop comple- seminars, practical and interac- tritionists, health educators and drinking enough amounts of immediately and seek emer- inside your home, cabin, or camper. ments the implementation plan tive activities with participants, nurses in the health and educa- water, ensuring the safety and gency medical help. of the Qatar Dietary Guidelines offering them communication tion sectors. The workshop was cleanliness of food preparation “Most of the patients we O Keep warm by wearing layers of warm clothing and drinking which was launched by the tools to provide nutrition ad- approved by the Qatar Council methods, healthy eating and receive at the Emergency De- hot fluids. ministry in 2015 to promote a vice to the community and pa- for Healthcare Practitioners of preserving the environment. partment show flu-like symp- IIRSM Qatar holds Commitment to education highlight of training workshop Tamuq’s Teaching Week celebrations

TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK tips to achieve active learning. gain a deeper understanding of DOHA Teaching Week also fo- how a lab is operated safely. cused on extended reality Teaching Week also in- TEXAS A&M at Qatar (Ta- applications in teaching. Ex- cluded an event where winners muq) recently hosted its an- tended reality is a term refer- of transformative educational nual Teaching Week, which ring to all computer-generated experience (TEE) grants dis- highlighted the branch cam- environments and wearable played their projects and the pus’ commitment to edu- technologies. progress they’ve made on them. cating exemplary engineers Associate mechanical en- These TEE grants fund faculty through various talks, panels gineering professor Dr Bilal and staff to come up with ways and showcases. Mansoor and software applica- to enhance student learning. The event’s activities were tions developer Ali Sheharyar Teaching Week concluded organised by the Center for presented on the mixed reality with a talk by mechanical engi- Teaching and Learning, which applications they are utilising neering associate professor Dr aims to highlight teaching in- in classrooms today. Shehar- Reza Tafreshi, who is the most novation and excellence in en- yar explained the usefulness of recent recipient of the Distin- gineering education. oil and gas field visualisations guished Achievement Award THE International Institute of Risk and Safety Management (IIRSM), The keynote address, ti- and even augmented and in- College-level in Teaching from Qatar branch, held a training workshop at Radisson Blu Hotel re- tled ‘STEM Education: Cur- teractive textbooks. Texas A&M University’s As- cently in which about 100 people took part. Held as part of IIRSM’s rent Issues and Future Di- The annual Teaching Week aims to highlight teaching innovation and Mansoor showcased the sociation of Former Students. objectives to promote professional development and safety culture rections’, was delivered by excellence in engineering education. app he created to enhance stu- Tafreshi summarised his teach- in Qatar, the event was sponsored by M/s Vibrant Consultancy Qatar. Dr Richard M Felder and Dr dents’ visual and spatial skills ing principles and how he has During the event, K Venkatesan, corporate HSE manager at Galfar Al Rebecca Brent, co-authors tured? How should classes be the traditional methods and in his materials science class. emphasised project-based Misnad, presented an overview of the sustainability and green build- of ‘Teaching and Learning taught? Who should teach? emerging methods in teaching. Mechanical engineering profes- learning techniques. On what a ing rating systems while Jefferspm Jobby from Vibrant Consultancy STEM: A Practical Guide’. And how should faculty be Felder and Brent also host- sor Dr ArunSrinivasa then out- student needs to do to be a good spoke on raising safety awareness. There was also a short session on In their talk, they asked prepared to teach? They went ed two hands-on workshops lined the future of augmented student in his class, he said, Qatar’s legal requirements. Also present at the event was A Balamuru- four key questions: How on to answer each question with faculty and teaching staff lab courses at Texas A&M — all “There is no requirement other gan, chair, IIRSM. (TNN) should curricula be struc- through a comparison between at Tamuq to provide practical in an attempt for students to than enthusiasm.” 04 Tuesday, November 27, 2018 Nation NAMA’s new batch set Bazm-e-Urdu organises to graduate on Nov 29 monthly ghazal evening BAZM-E-URDU Qatar (BUQ), TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK the oldest Urdu literary organ- DOHA isation in Qatar, held its regu- lar poetic symposium at the THE Social Development Cent- Elite Garden in Doha recently. er (NAMA) is all set to gradu- The evening session was ate the students of its second organised in honour of well- batch of Social Entrepreneur- known Indian poet Alok Ku- ship Development (SAMA mar Srivastav (Shaaz Jahani). NAMA) course on November BUQ’s President and popular 29, enabling them to continue poet Mohamed Rafique Shad development activities in their Akolvi compered the event. communities, in line with the Srivastav presided over aspirations of the State of Qatar. the programme where BUQ’s ‘SAMA NAMA’ is consid- General Secretary and popular The evening session was organised in honour of well-known Indian ered one of the non-traditional poet Iftekhar Raghib was the poet Alok Kumar Srivastav (Shaaz Jahani). projects in the Qatari soci- chief guest, and Wasim Ah- ety. Through the programme, mad was the Guest of Honour. The programme entered Bazm’s team for continuing NAMA aims to achieve an aspi- The programme started into its last leg with Wasim Ah- to serve the cause of Urdu in rational vision that contributes with the auspicious recitation mad delivering a short speech a foreign country. Bazm’s Me- to expanding the choices of the As part of their overseas training, the participants gained practical experiences in the social sphere in of the Holy Quran by Akolvi. where he pointed out the need dia Secretary Irshad Ahmed young people, enhancing their Athens, Greece. Those who recited Urdu to promote Urdu language and proposed the vote of thanks. participation in community ghazal at the programme in- literature in the society. Bazm, founded in 1959, service, and building a broad of 18-35 years. develop the personal skills of cial sphere in Athens, Greece. cluded noted poet Shakeel Iftekhar Raghib congratu- has been organising monthly base of social pioneers and fu- The training included a the participants. They interacted with officials Badayooni, Vazir Ahmed lated Bazm’s tireless efforts to poetic symposiums for the last ture leaders. The programme series of workshops and lec- As part of their overseas and leaders to boost their skills Vazir (Communications Sec- promote Urdu language and five decades. It also organises targets Qatari and non-Qatari tures to define the concept training, the participants gained of social entrepreneurship and retary of Bazm), Iftekhar literature in Qatar. President quarterly and annual Urdu participants in the age group of social pioneering and to practical experiences in the so- community service. Raghib, Shaad Akolvi and of the evening Shaaz Jahani, seminars and international Shaaz Jahani. in his speech, appreciated poetic symposiums. (TNN)

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TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK cuisine - a Peruvian favour- DOHA ite, featuring ingredients from the Incas in Peru, in- MANKO Doha, a sophisti- corporated with Japanese cated bar lounge at the Inter- finesse. Manko’s Cebiche of- Continental Doha, is offering fering also includes authen- a dynamic menu and unique tic Peruvian classics such as Nikkei cuisine, a combina- the Clásico, a wide selection tion of Peruvian- and Japa- of Nigiris, and grilled items. nese-influenced dishes for a “I am excited about the one-of-a-kind nightlife expe- opening of Manko Doha as rience. a completely new concept in Manko brings Parisian Qatar and I look forward to flair to Qatar, with a chic welcoming Doha’s top social- and contemporary interior, ites to come, dine and relax a rooftop terrace with gor- in a unique setting, that has geous views of the Arabian never been seen before,” says Gulf, along with hip, ener- General Manager and Bever- getic vibes for Doha social- age Director Tomislav Lok- TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK such as best facial, hammam, is an honour to receive such a ites to enjoy all night long. vicic. DOHA couples treatment, best spa significant award which recog- Manko Doha is the place Socialites in Doha can en- brand, design, products, and nises our exceptional services. to socialise, from sunset to joy Manko’s signature cock- HEAVENLY Spa at The Wes- beauty and hair salons. We would like to thank Ohlala late night as it turns into tails all night long, includ- tin Doha has recently been Heavenly Spa has been Magazine for showcasing the an ultra-lounge at mid- ing the world famous Pisco awarded with a prestigious awarded the Favourite Ho- great effort and service that night and boasts vibrant sour, especially curated by prize at the Ohlala Spa & Well- tel Spa in Doha, in view of our team provides.” vibes with its distinctive DJ Manko’s innovative mixolo- ness Awards ceremony. its service excellence at The “I would like to thank our line-up directly from Paris. gists. With international DJs The award ceremony is Westin. associates who put their very Whether guests are looking being flown in from Paris held annually to select the Thrilled by the accom- best and our guests who ap- for a mid-week jaunt to ease and an uplifting ultra-lounge best in luxury spas in Qatar plishment, Gianrico Esposito, preciate the value we provide; their stress or a weekend cel- concept, Manko will become through public voting, based General Manager of The Wes- and we strive for more success ebration with friends, Manko the venue of choice in Doha. rated Nikkei oriented menu, the venue for socialites to on categories and services tin Doha Hotel & Spa, said, “It in the future,” he added. Doha is quickly becoming Offering a specially cu- guests can enjoy this unique gather in style. Nation Tuesday, November 27, 2018 05 Quit smoking to avoid lung cancer, MoPH urges smokers

TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK users to quit its consumption ‘There is no safe use of tobacco or safe exposure to Those who quit, regardless of portant that families and loved tially lower birth weights than DOHA as it is one of the major causes passive smoking. To limit the risks of developing lung their age or years of smoking, ones are protected from the those who don’t. Besides, chil- of the disease. cancer and other smoking-related diseases, people are bound to make substantial harms of passive smoking.” dren raised in households with THE Ministry of Public Health People are also informed must quit the habit. Those who quit, regardless of their gains in terms of life expectan- Shisha smoking has same smokers have an increased (MoPH), in association with about the Hamad Medical cy and health.” health risks as cigarette smok- risk of developing respiratory its healthcare partners in Qa- Corporation’s (HMC) Tobacco age or years of smoking, are bound to make substantial Catherine Gillespie, execu- ing as it contains several toxic problems such as asthma. tar, has launched an aware- Control Center and the Prima- gains in terms of life expectancy and health’ tive director of Nursing, Na- agents known to cause lung, According to the Qatar Na- ness campaign for lung cancer ry Health Care Corporation’s tional Center for Cancer Care throat, bladder and oral can- tional Cancer Registry 2015 IN November. services for smoking cessation Dr Sheikh Mohammed bin Hamad al Thani, and Research (NCCCR), said, cers. In fact, shisha smokers Annual Report, lung cancer The ministry and other during the ongoing campaign. Public Health Department director at the MoPH “Passive smoking is a major absorb more of the toxic sub- ranked 5th and 8th among healthcare entities are holding Dr Sheikh Mohammed health hazard for children and stances than cigarette smok- the most common cancers in activities across Qatar to pro- bin Hamad al Thani, Public no safe use of tobacco or safe ing lung cancer and other young people exposed to it. ers. Babies born to women males and females respectively vide information on lung can- Health Department director exposure to passive smoking. smoking-related diseases, Tobacco smoke contains over who smoke shisha during and the peak of incidence was cer and to encourage tobacco at the MoPH, said: “There is To limit the risks of develop- people must quit the habit. 4,000 chemicals and it is im- their pregnancy have substan- in the age group of 55-59 years. Screening for bowel cancer advised for WCM-Q promotes healthy living TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK 50 to 74-year-olds DOHA WEILL Cornell Medicine – TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK Screen For Life is encourag- Qatar (WCM-Q) held its first DOHA ing men and women to take Lifestyle Medicine Week to re- inforce the message of leading ‘SCREEN For Life’, Qatar’s Na- care of their bowel health healthy lives among Education tional Breast and Bowel Cancer and undergo bowel cancer City (EC) staff, faculty and stu- Screening programme led by screening as the disease, dents. the Primary Health Care Corpo- like many other types of The event was organised by ration (PHCC), in line with the cancer,is a silent killer that WCM-Q’s Institute for Popu- global Movember awareness lation Health, and featured month, which highlights men’s can develop without any workshops and demonstra- health issues, is reminding peo- obvious symptoms tions designed to improve EC ple of the importance of timely community members’ health screening for bowel cancer. nochemical Test (FIT), which is and remind them of the need to Screen For Life is encour- a simple and accurate test that make good lifestyle choices. Chef Jens Heier gives a cooking demonstration at WCM-Q’s first-ever Members of the Education City community take part in a Walk for Life aging men and women to take can be done privately at home The event began with the Lifestyle Medicine Week event. at QF’s Oxygen Park during WCM-Q’s Lifestyle Medicine Week. care of their bowel health and too. Walk for Life at Qatar Founda- undergo bowel cancer screen- Dr Shaikha Abu Shaikha, tion’s Oxygen Park, which was most importantly, tasted great. support specialist at WCM-Q; Dr Sohaila Cheema, direc- consciously think about their ing as the disease, like many Cancer Programme manager attended by EC staff, faculty He said: “It was really im- and ‘Quiet your busy mind and tor of the Institute for Popula- health and consider ways in other types of cancer, is a silent at PHCC, said: “Movember of- and students as well as their pressive watching Jens cook body’ presented by Jacki Wood- tion Health, said it had been a which it could be improved. killer that can develop without fers an opportunity to reach out friends and families. the meals so quickly. I’m not worth, learning facilitator and fascinating week. “I think eve- Dr Mamtani said: “Non- any obvious symptoms. to the community to continue The week continued with sure I would be as quick but mindfulness teacher with Qatar ryone has picked up tips and communicable diseases are the During the ‘Movember’ ini- raising awareness of the impor- cookery demonstrations by the demonstration really Development and Consultancy ideas for improving their health biggest causes of premature tiative, Screen For Life advises tance of bowel cancer screening. Jens Heier, executive chef at the made you think about the food Centre, who provided attend- and wellness in small but sig- deaths in the world today. These men and women aged between We encourage eligible people to Millennium Hotel, Doha, who that you eat and how you can ees with ideas of how to build nificant ways and we will look chronic diseases, examples of 50 and 74 years to undergo book an appointment at any made Vietnamese chicken salad improve your diet with just a healthy habits that promote im- at hosting the week again next which include heart disease, screening for bowel cancer of our centres and get the test and sea bass with cucumber and few tweaks.” proved health and wellness. year,” she said. strokes and diabetes can all - for at one of the three dedicated done to secure a healthy life.” dill, among other dishes, before Other events included ‘Get The final day of the week Dr Ravinder Mamtani, pro- the most part - be prevented or ‘Screen For Life’ facilities at Al To book an appointment at an appreciative audience. Connected’, a seminar on build- saw experts from the Tobacco fessor of healthcare policy and in some cases even reversed by Wakra, Leabaib and Rawdat Al one of the three screening cen- Russell Clarke, who works ing and maintaining good re- Control Center at Hamad Medi- research and senior associate eating healthily, taking regular Khail health centres. tres, call the programme’s call in Information Technology lationships with others, which cal Corporation visit WCM-Q dean for population health, said exercise and curtailing known Bowel cancer screening is center at 8001112 or visit our Services at the college, said the was presented by Sobia Rah- to deliver messages and tech- the aim of the Lifestyle Medi- health risks like smoking ciga- done through the Fecal Immu- website www.screenforlife.qa recipes were quick, healthy and man, psychologist and learning niques for stopping smoking. cine Week was to make people rettes and shisha. Qatar’s largest pop culture event QC to provide safe drinking ‘Geekdom’ returns to Ajyal fest water with 200 wells in Ghana TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK back at his childhood and the DOHA television shows and movies that influenced and cultivated QATAR’S largest pop culture his love for all things geeky. event, Geekdom returns to the The Geekdom Tourna- sixth edition of the Ajyal Film ments, at the gaming area Festival, the annual cinema sponsored by Virtuocity, are event to be hosted by the Doha not to be missed. Compete at Film Institute (DFI) from No- the FIFA 19 Tournament, the vember 28 to December 3 at latest and greatest edition of Katara Cultural Village. the ever-popular EA football The must-visit event for video game franchise, organ- nerds, gamers and everyone ised by Youth Hobbies Centre. who loves to have a good time in You can also register your team the company of friends, Geek- for Overwatch, a videogame dom is part of the Ajyal Creativ- played in teams of six, with ity Hub, which aims to engage players selected from a roster of the community. Entrance to 29 characters known as heroes, The project prepared by Qatar Charity office in the capital Accra aims to drill more than 200 surface and the Geekdom pavilion in Katara each with a unique style of play; artesian wells in various parts of the country. Buildings 18 & 19 is free and Geekdom is part of the Ajyal Creativity Hub, which aims to engage the the event is organised by the open to the public. community. Entrance to the Geekdom pavilion in Katara Buildings 18 Kanpeki team. TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK along with a number of local pality, thanked the donors in Among the highlights are & 19 is free and open to the public. Other videogame tourna- DOHA officials and a large number Qatar for their support, which cool cosplay days, edge-of-your- ments include Super Smash of residents. has contributed to the provi- seat video game tournaments the story of a young witch who sadness of childhood, starring Bros, a fighting game featuring QATAR Charity (QC) has com- The ambassador said the sion of safe water to the com- and film screenings ensuring is a little green and plenty head- Dakota Fanning. Nintendo’s ‘all-stars’ as playa- pleted drilling of more than wells are part of the projects munities in dire need. that everyone has something strong, starring Kirsten Dunst At Geekdom Talks, engage ble characters and organised by 50 wells in the remote areas of that QC is implementing in She added that the wells to enjoy from November 29 to and Minami Takayama; Spir- in insightful and interesting 1-UP Gaming Centre; Tekken 7, Ghana as part of the charity’s the country to address the will positively impact the lives December 3. In addition, Qa- ited Away (Japan/2005), co- discussions as author, actor, di- the best-selling fighting game project to provide safe drink- challenges faced by local of more than 30,000 people tar’s character designers, con- directed by Miyazaki and Kirk rector and voice artist Omar al franchise in history; and Street ing water to the people. communities. He said the benefiting from these projects. cept artists, storyboard artists Wise, about 10-year-old Chihi- Shamma takes you through his Fighter V, the legendary fight- The project prepared by wells would greatly benefit She hoped that QC would and fan artists will demonstrate ro and her parents, who stum- life journey, especially the chal- ing franchise; and Dragon Ball QC office in the capital Accra the local people by helping consider building and de- their skills and share them with ble upon a seemingly aban- lenges he faced as one of the FighterZ, the latest 2D fighting aims to drill more than 200 them save time and effort, as veloping Abu Bakr Al Siddiq the community, with their arts doned amusement park, which founding members of the dub- game from Bandai Namco, all surface and artesian wells in they were going through se- High School in the Municipal- and products offered for sale. won the Golden Bear at Berli- bing movement in the region. three organised by Qatar FGC. various parts of the country. vere hardships to fetch water. ity to provide quality educa- The Geekdom screenings nale and the Academy Award Also listen to Dr Gregory Bergi- The closing night – Cine- Some 25 wells were drilled He also expressed optimism tion to students. this year is a special showcase of for Best Animated Feature da talk on ‘Immersive Content: moon meets Geekdom – will and inaugurated recently in that the wells would help QC opened its regional of- films by eminent Japanese ani- Film in 2003; and My Neigh- Expanding Outward by Look- be held at the Katara Espla- Agona. Qatar’s Ambassador prevent the spread of water- fice in Ghana in 2107 to inten- mator and director Hayao Mi- bor Totoro (Japan/1988), an ing Inward. The final Geekdom nade on December 3 from 9 to to Ghana HE Mohammed borne diseases in the area. sify its humanitarian and de- yazaki. The films include: Kiki’s enchanting tale that captures Talk is by Professor Leland Hill 10 PM, organised by the Qatar Ahmed al Humaid attended Jostina Marigold Asan, velopment programmes in the Delivery Service (Japan/1989), all the wonder, awe and gentle on ‘Life as a Geek’ as he looks Philharmonic Orchestra. the inauguration ceremony, MCE of Agona West Munici- West African countries. At get-together, CMU-Q alumni share experience in business field TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK set us apart from other busi- and we developed the trans- DOHA ness graduates.” ferable skills that you need in Mohammed al Rawahi, every job.” AS members of Carnegie who joined Commercial Bank Mohammed Hadi Takid- Mellon University in Qatar’s of Qatar soon after graduation din, who works as head of (CMU-Q) Class of 2013 gath- and worked as an analyst and finance in the commercial ered to celebrate their five-year corporate assistant for three branch of Qatar Museums, reunion, Business Adminis- years, commented, “Business said: “The way I looked at it tration graduates shared their Administration is quite a com- was different. My studies at experiences in Qatar’s evolving prehensive programme. Along CMU-Q were about how to economic landscape. with preparing you for your become a better person, and Hussain Abdulla Hajji specific area, it gives you a gen- how to think outside the box works at Qatar Shell as part of eral idea of how things work. so you can stand out in the the marketing and economics CMU-Q provided us with great marketplace.” scheduling team. He can draw skills, which I think can be used Takiddin has worked at a direct line between his educa- anywhere, whichever industry Qatar Museums since gradua- tion and the skills he uses in his we are in.” tion, and he credits his success career. “There is a lot of focus Rawahi left Qatar to pur- and ability to handle pressure on mathematics, calculations sue graduate studies in finance on a solid educational founda- and economics, but also let’s and investment in the UK. To- tion: “My major in Business not forget what really makes Members of Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar’s Class of 2013 gathered to celebrate their five-year reunion. day he works for Oman Avia- Administration was one of the CMU-Q graduates special: tion in Muscat, but still main- best decisions of my life. If you their interpersonal skills. The respect. At work it’s not just the put things together.” pect of big business, Hajji also is unique as you are exposed to tains strong ties with Qatar. start from a good place and courses you take at CMU-Q quality of data that matters, it’s As technology becomes sees an advantage for CMU-Q mandatory programming and “Studying in Qatar, you have have a good foundation, you prepare you for working in this also the way you present and infused in nearly every as- graduates: “This programme computer courses. These skills many opportunities to learn will move up.” 06 Tuesday, November 27, 2018 Nation QBRI, KHCC join hands to Qatar team wins at Huawei ICT Skill Competition finals in China accelerate cancer research TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK All participants underwent highly selective examina- DOHA TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK transform healthcare through tions at the national level. Participants worked in real DOHA innovation in the preven- A TEAM of three students laboratories and tackled some of the industry’s most tion, diagnosis and treatment from Qatar University walked complex challenges related to cloud computing, QATAR Biomedical Research of diseases. away with the Excellent Acad- Institute (QBRI), part of KHCC is one of the lead- emy at Huawei’s Interna- switching, routing and other key ICT solutions and Hamad Bin Khalifa University ing cancer centres in the re- tional ICT Skill Competition technologies related to digital transformation (HBKU), and the King Hussein gion, with more than 52,000 finals and award ceremony in Cancer Center (KHCC) in Jor- patients receiving treatment Shenzhen, China. dan will work together to help there since the turn of the cen- The winners were se- wei’s road show. real laboratories and tack- accelerate cancer research in tury. These include an increas- lected following a gruelling About 950 students led some of the industry’s the region. ing number from the GCC, in three months of qualifying passed the Huawei HCNA most complex challenges The collaboration was un- addition to many others from rounds that saw participation certification exam. The 13 fi- related to cloud computing, derscored through the signing Qatar Biomedical Research Institute has signed a collaborative agree- conflict-stricken countries from 10 countries in the Mid- nalist teams had a unique op- switching, routing and other of an important research agree- ment with King Hussein Cancer Center to conduct mutual research. around the region who also dle East. Their prizes were portunity to learn from Hua- key ICT solutions and tech- ment between the two entities benefit from the invaluable awarded at the ICT Talent wei’s leading global ICT on an nologies related to digital in the presence of Dr Omar El access to different populations. QBRI’s research capa- support provided by KHCC. Cultivation & Award Ceremo- all-expense paid trip to Hua- transformation. Agnaf, acting executive director “Over the next five years, bilities will play a signifi- Prior to this agreement, ny in Shenzhen. wei’s headquarters in China. The finalists competed in of QBRI; Dr Asem Mansour, we hope that this symbi- cant role in the collaborative QBRI’s biomedical research In total, 14,748 students The first prize went to day-long finals, participated director-general of KHCC; and otic relationship will help research conducted. teams have been working across the Middle East ap- Iraq, the second prize went to in a technology workshop by Dr Richard O’Kennedy, vice us deliver innovative break- The all-encompassing on the development of novel plied for the competition, two teams from Lebanon and global ICT experts and wit- president for research, develop- throughs that better address agreement ushers in new tech- biomarkers and diagnostic from which 4,915 were select- Bahrain while the third prize nessed a high-level panel dis- ment and innovation at Qatar this pressing healthcare chal- niques and methodologies in and therapeutic strategies for ed to take part in the prelimi- went to three teams from Jor- cussion by senior delegates Foundation and vice-president lenge and have regional and cancer-related research. The many diseases. nary rounds. Two hundred dan, Saudi and Pakistan. from Middle East countries for Research at HBKU. worldwide resonance.” agreement includes, but is not As a disease-focused in- and fourteen (214) students The remaining seven to China. Highlighting the impor- Dr Mansour said, “Our limited to, sharing research stitute, QBRI operates three made it to the final round teams won the Excellence “Building a pool of high- tance of the agreement, Dr El collaborative agreement with data with KHCC regarding primary scientific centres and 39 in total from 13 teams Prize to award them for their quality ICT talent is a criti- Agnaf said, “This agreement QBRI is a significant milestone new diagnostic and predictive of excellence: the Cancer travelled to China to compete great participation. Six tu- cal success factor for govern- between QBRI and KHCC will in cancer research at the re- biomarkers for breast cancer, Research Center, Diabetes internationally. tors and 11 academic insti- ments aiming to transition to bring together many teams of gional level. We are excited to potential novel biomarkers for Research Center and the The ICT Competition was tutions received the Excel- knowledge-based economies. accomplished researchers and see teams from our institutions cancer patients with diabetes, Neurological Disorders Re- made possible through the lent Tutor and Excellent As one of the world’s leading clinicians with aligned ambi- combining expertise to deliver and the detection of circulat- search Center. These centres cooperation of 17 ministries Academy Awards. innovators, knowledge-trans- tions, skills and objectives. It cutting-edge translational re- ing tumour cells and protein concentrate on applying in- across 10 countries. Altogeth- All participants under- fer has always been a core pil- also allows both institutions to search and generate quality biomarkers in the plasma of tegrative and multidiscipli- er, 226 colleges and universi- went highly selective ex- lar of the Huawei ethos,” said benefit from complementary oncology-specific scientific con- patients with early stage cancer. nary approaches to provide ties took part in the contest aminations at the national Charles Yang, president, Hua- research assets and immediate tent from the region.” QBRI aims to improve and insights into many diseases. and 65 participated in Hua- level. Participants worked in wei Middle East. VCUarts Qatar’s 200 CNA-Q alumni attend annual celebration TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK Prior to the dinner, the af- ‘Art and Ingenuity’ DOHA ternoon’s agenda included the four schools at the College – the THE College of the North School of Business Studies, the evening today Atlantic-Qatar (CNA-Q) re- School of Engineering Tech- cently hosted more than 200 nology and Industrial Trades, TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK alumni at a gala dinner organ- the School of Health Sciences, DOHA ised on the occasion of annual and the School of information alumni celebration. Technology - hosting their own VIRGINIA Commonwealth The alumni joined tables events for former students. University School of the Arts with their faculty, deans and Since its inception in in Qatar (VCUarts Qatar) will other leaders of the college at 2002, CNA-Q has grown to be organising an evening of the courtyard to hear speakers, offer 30 diploma and certifi- ‘Art and Ingenuity’ at the Fire including among others former cate programmes, graduating Station Cinema and at Art29 president Dr Ken MacLeod. thousands of students from gallery at the W Doha hotel on “You studied together, full-time programmes who November 27. worried about exams together, have populated the workforce The event will begin at 6pm and celebrated each other’s College of the North Atlantic-Qatar alumni with faculty, deans and other leaders of the college at a gala dinner in Qatar or pursued further with a ‘Crossing Boundaries’ Oscar Boyson, New York-based cultures and diversity at events organised on the occasion of annual alumni celebration. education. This year marks lecture by New York-based filmmaker and producer. like Souk Areej. You cheered the 17th year that CNA-Q has filmmaker and producer Oscar for each other at awards night ing part of the CNA-Q family, from the Human Resource Q Academic Council. Qatari been providing high-quality Boyson, who directed the globe- and graduation, and supported and that you continue to at- Management programme at celebrity Mr Q, the founder experiential technical edu- trotting, collaborative docu- each other in times of diffi- tend these family gatherings.” CNA-Q in 2014. He is cur- of the I Love Qatar Network cation in Qatar to support mentary ‘The Future of Cities’. culty,” said Dr MacLeod. “No Other speakers during rently working as a procedure entertained the crowd with the State’s strategic vision to It will be followed by ‘Minber’, matter where your life takes the evening included Hus- coordinator at QatarGas, and his lively presentation on the educate, develop and retain an exhibition by the university’s you, I hope you always feel be- sain al Marri, who graduated is also a member of the CNA- importance of networking. young Qataris. painting & printmaking stu- dents at Art 29 gallery at the W Doha hotel,from 7pm to 9pm. Boyson’s lecture, titled ‘Learn the rules, then re-write your own alphabet’, will take ‘Designs For Llife’ competition organised by the audience on a tour of nota- ble triumphs of art and ingenu- ity over commerce and indus- The opening reception for Le Mirage Real Estate draws huge response try in recent history, and in his ‘Minber’, a collection of art- personal career as a producer works created by 15 junior and TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK The competition, a pioneering ented designers with a platform and director. senior-year students from the DOHA industry-academia partnership, to present their Topics will include the val- painting & printmaking pro- is in line with Qatar National innovative ideas.” ue of culture, the currency of gramme at VCUarts Qatar, will LE Mirage Real Estate, Qatar’s Vision 2030 and its vision of Cherif Amor, the chair of trust versus monetary curren- take place at Art 29 gallery at leading real estate development building a sustainable future for the interior design department cy, information as renewable the W Doha hotel. The works and property management generations to come. at VCUarts Qatar, stated: “Le energy, turning nothing into reflect individual identities and company, has announced that The contest invites crea- Mirage Real Estate design com- something, and evolving defi- frame several years of research the recently launched ‘Designs tive design talent from VC- petition has paved the way for nitions of sustainability within and creative practices. Each of For Life’ competition, being Uarts Qatar’s Interior Design a great opportunity for students creative pursuits. the artists’ conceptual and aes- held in association with Vir- programme junior students, in to work on a real live project. Boyson’s recent directorial thetic backgrounds are repre- ginia Commonwealth Univer- teams of two, to produce fresh Students are amply benefiting work includes ‘Rammellzee: sented in their works, and the sity School of the Arts in Qatar ideas and visualise interiors for from this partnership as they It’s Not Who But What’ (2018), contrast between their practices (VCUarts Qatar), has received a typical two-bedroom apart- are addressing three challeng- a documentary about legend- manifests itself throughout the an enthusiastic response. ment at the 400-apartment es: sustainability, culture, and ary New York artist Rammell- way visual language is used. As the competition, which luxurious Marriott Executive universal design.” zee, who Sotheby’s described The students whose works targets talented interior-design Apartments Doha, Le Mirage The first prize winning team as a ‘Shape-shifting multime- will be shown are Amna al students, approaches its mid- City Walk. will earn a trip to a leading in- dia artist…and a hip-hop pio- Thani, Aisha al Abdulla, Amna point, the enthusiasm of stu- Amer Fares, CEO of Shara- ternational interior design exhi- neer who left behind an aston- al Muftah, Amira Radhi, Ame- dents is palpable as they will ka Holdings, the parent com- bition in Italy while the second ishingly varied and influential na al Yousef, Deepu Prathyu- be, for the first time, able to The contest invites creative design talent from VCUarts Qatar’s Interior pany of Le Mirage Real Estate, prize winners will earn a two- body of work’. sha, Hana El-Leithy, Joseph transform their design ideas Design programme junior students, in teams of two, to visualise inte- said: “We are elated to receive month paid internship at Le Boyson has also worked as a Zampetti, Maryam H al Tha- into reality. riors for a typical two-bedroom apartment at the Marriott Executive such an encouraging response Mirage Real Estate. producer on films such as Good ni, Muneera al Thani, Noor The excitement is expected Apartments Doha, Le Mirage City Walk. to this competition. Our collab- The contest is open exclu- Time (2017), Heaven Knows Alshebani, Sarah Jayyousi, to grow as industry experts and oration with Virginia Common- sively to VCUarts Qatar’s 3rd What (2014), Mistress America Salma Awad, Tiflah al Naimi designers from the interior de- Estate and Qatar Green Build- reach programme, is providing wealth University School of the year students with all submis- (2015) and Frances Ha (2012), and Yara Elfouly. signing industry join it as ju- ing Council. VCUarts Qatar’s third year inte- Arts in Qatar (VCUarts Qatar) sions due by mid-November. and directed dozens of mu- The exhibition will run until rors to judge the entries, along The ‘Designs for Life’ com- rior design students with a great for this incredible journey has Judging will begin the follow- sic videos, commercials, short December 10, 2018. Both events with the representatives from petition, part of Le Mirage’s platform to put their skills and been great for the industry at ing week with the winners an- films and online videos. are free and open to the public. VCUarts Qatar, Le Mirage Real community and education out- design knowledge to good use. large and provides young tal- nounced by mid- December. QA Al Khor introduces student leadership programme TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK DOHA

QATAR Academy Al Khor (QAK), part of Qatar Foun- dation’s Pre-University Edu- cation, has launched a new student leadership safety pro- gramme titled, ‘QAK Safety Officers’ Club.’ The programme is of- fered to students in grades 3 to 5 with the aim to en- hance their leadership skills, build better communica- tion skills, promote safety awareness and teach conflict resolution tactics. As part of the initiative, students are trained by ad- officers. Once training is swear candidates in during an ticipants wear safety vests rules. The students serve for new group. to 5 will have the opportunity ministrative staff and local complete, a Qatari police en- official ceremony. and issue citations to those five weeks and then ‘retire’ During the academic year, to be trained and serve as a safety and law enforcement forcement representative will While on duty, the par- violating the school’s safety to serve as mentors for the every student from grades 3 QAK safety officer. Tuesday, November 27, 2018 07 Reports by Catherine W Gichuki For events and press releases email African Panorama [email protected] or call (974) 4000 2222 NIGERIAN SHOWCASES INNOVATIVE KIT FOR EARLY DETECTION OF EYE DEFECTS The Crispvision Eye Test Kit invented in Nigeria is used to detect eye defects, correct shortsightedness and also to monitor debilitating eye diseases such as cataract, onchocerciasis and trachoma NIGERIAN innovative kit used for be used to correct shortsightedness and a early detection of eye defects as measuring rope so that one does not need to well as for correction of shortsight- guess the distance. edness was showcased at the inno- She said that the kit is easy to use. “We vation hub at the just concluded have used it in schools in children as young as AWorld Innovation Summit for Health (WISH) 7 years old and they, in turn, have used the kit that brought to- to test their fellow gether over 2, 000 students. It has policymakers, worked perfectly health experts, and well. The class pre- government minis- fect of each class in ters from over 100 the last school we countries. went to used the Optometrist kit to test their fel- Ucheoma E Udoha, CEO/Founder of Crispvi- low students. Within 3 hours they were able to sion Ventures Ltd said that late detection and screen people who had problems with their eyes inaccessibility of eye care services make treat- as well as others who didn’t. We checked the ment of eye disorders difficult. eyes of 1,500 students. It takes about 2 or three “The Crispvision Eye Test Kit from Nigeria is minutes to complete the test.” used to detect eye defects, correct shortsighted- Udoha said she was motivated to work on ness and also to monitor debilitating eye diseases this innovation when she came into contact such as cataract, onchocerciasis and trachoma. with a woman and asked her to have an eye One can also do self-examination with the device test and when she covered her one eye and and if one suffers from shortsighted- tried to see, she realised that she couldhardly ness, he/she can use the kit for see things with the uncovered eye. “On closer correction too. examination, it was discovered that she She said that if one has had lost about 60 percent of vision in cataracts or visual defects that eye. She started crying. I felt dis- as a result of diabetes or turbed as I knew that we couldn’t keep any eye disease that re- providing eye care to rural folks, travel- duces vision gradually, ling from one village to another. They one can use the eye test need something handy that they can al- kit to monitor it. ways use to check their eyes and know if According to her, the anything is wrong. Had she been aware kit features some charts of her poor vision, she would have sought with instructions, and early help and not lost that much of also has some her vision. I took action and glasses designed this kit.” that can She designed the kit in 2016. The kit is given at subdisised rate, about $4 a piece in Nigeria. According to Udoha, this was her first visit to Qatar though she had ex- hibited the innovation in South Africa at Mandela Washington Fellowship Conference. Talking about WISH, she said, “For me it was an eye-opener, a great event, and I felt excited to be part of the summit.” Her one wish is that every family should have this kit at home. Talking about the platform that WISH 2018 provided, Udoha said, “I IMG_2547 feel honoured to have this opportunity. I don’t take it lightly in any way because I feel that we need to do more work at home. There- Ucheoma E fore, I am excited about the Udoha task ahead of me.” Ucheoma E Udoha at the Innovation Hub during the World Innovation Summit for Health in Doha, recently.

ITH less than a month left for the Qa- dressed in their cultural regalia, waving Qatari tar National Day QND) celebration on flag and those of their respective countries in African expats look forward to December 18, African expatriates are show of solidarity with Qatar. Wlooking forward with excitement to the “It was fun last year at Darb Al Saai. We were various activities that will take place during the able to interact with other communities living in celebration of the national festival of Qatar. Qatar. We were very happy to be part of the activ- During last year’s National Day, a num- ities. We hope this year too we will have a similar QND activities ber of African communities in Qatar took part opportunity,” said Joy, a Kenyan expatriate. in the Friendship Parade which was hosted at As people from different communities Darb Al Saai. showcased their traditional music, others sang The Kenyan, South African and Ethiopian and danced along. “We really enjoyed as we communities among others joined the parade danced to different tunes. Music is a universal at which they displayed their cultural identity. language that is understood by everybody,” said They danced and sang their traditional songs, another African expatriate.

A group of Kenyan (left) and South African expats at the Friendship Parade during National Day celebration, at Darb Al Saai in 2017. 08 Tuesday, November 27, 2018

ESTABLISHED SEPTEMBER 3, 2006 PRINTED AT ALI BIN ALI PRINTING PRESS Opinion HAMAD BIN SUHAIM AL THANI CHAIRMAN ADEL ALI BIN ALI MANAGING DIRECTOR DR HASSAN MOHAMMED AL ANSARI EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

California must reconsider putting homes in path of fires Trump Not Crazy To The question facing state and local authorities is Suspect Pence loyalty whether Paradise and other towns that have burned– can be rebuilt to withstand the next, inevitable wildfire S the fast-moving Camp fire closed in oped properties. Rebuilt communities must The doubts about Pence’s loyalty to the president aren’t entirely on the Sierra foothill city of Paradise have sufficient evacuation routes and the most and the few roads out of town clogged stringent, fire-resistant construction. Struc- paranoid—nor are they new with cars, residents literally had to run tures that didn’t burn should be retrofitted, Afor their lives, the soles of their sneakers replacing wood roofs and flammable vegeta- melting on the asphalt. The escape from Para- tion. Cities need to enforce requirements that MCKAY COPPINS dise was terrifying, deadly — and predictable. residents empty leaf-clogged rain gutters and TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE The entire town is in a high-risk fire zone. clear a 100-foot perimeter of defensible space Residents have had to evacuate regularly in around their homes to reduce the chance that S Mike Pence loyal to Donald recent years. During a fire in 2008 that de- an ember will set their home on fire. Trump? It’s a question that’s appar- stroyed more than 80 homes on the edge of All of this work comes with significant ently been on the president’s mind Paradise, residents were stuck in traffic jams upfront costs, which is why so few local gov- of late. Last week, The New York as flames burned on both sides of the road. ernments do it. The state should consider I Times reported that Trump has been A grand jury report following that fire said providing grants or loans to help local com- privately asking aides whether they the city and county needed more evacuation munities cover the costs of fire prevention think the vice president’s loyalty can be routes and should consider halting new home and resilience. After all, the cost of inaction counted on—repeating the question so construction in fire-prone areas until thor- is far greater. But are there some areas of the many times that “he has alarmed some ough emergency plans were in place. state that are just too dangerous to build or of his advisers.” Paradise developed a plan for staggered rebuild in? In 1993, after fires raged through What’s behind this line of inquiry? evacuations of its estimated 27,000 residents. Malibu, Joseph T. Edmiston, the head of the Speculation abounds, both inside the But the plan proved inadequate in the face of Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy, called White House and outside. Is Trump the Camp fire, which was so fast and so intense for a “three-strikes” rule to limit the number thinking of dropping Pence from the that it leveled the town. At least 81 people died of times recovery funds could be spent to help 2020 ticket? Is he worried about Pence’s and more than 17,000 homes and commercial rebuild a home destroyed by wildfire. role in the Mueller investigation? Or buildings were destroyed in the deadliest fire Lawmakers can’t necessarily stop people is he just asking because, as the Times in California history. from rebuilding, given the 5th Amendment’s notes, he’s been thinking about replac- To rebuild Paradise as it was would be protections for property owners. But Edmis- ing his own chief of staff with Pence’s, land-use malpractice. With thousands of ton suggested that California could offer to buy and wants to make sure they’re all on newly homeless Paradise evacuees bivouack- out property owners to prevent them from re- the same page? ing in parks and parking lots, officials are al- building in high-risk areas and use the land for A casual observer could be forgiven, ready discussing how to get people home and park space. The federal government already of course, for finding this all a tad ludi- back to normal quickly. But there’s no more has a program that buys out homes that have crous. More than any other figure in the normal. California is facing the new abnor- repeatedly flooded. Participation is voluntary, administration, Pence has mastered the mal, with climate change expected to fuel and it’s a humane way to compensate property art of performing his fealty. He speaks more frequent, more destructive fires. owners and deter them from rebuilding again of the president in reverent tones, gazes The question facing state and local author- in harm’s way. Policymakers should develop a at him with an almost doglike devo- ities is whether Paradise–and other towns that similar effort for wildfire ravaged communi- tion. Even some of the president’s allies, have burned –can be rebuilt to withstand the ties in California. speaking on the condition of anonymity, next, inevitable wildfire. Other experts have suggested creation have marveled to me at how zealously— If not, how does California relocate com- of a state commission, much like the Cali- and frequently—Pence plays the part of munities and restrict new construction while fornia Coastal Commission, that would have Trump apologist in public. leezza Rice as his running mate. stretch in which Pence praised Trump respecting property rights and not worsen- authority over new development in hazard- Predictably, Trump tried to dismiss Amid the chaos, Trump convened a about every 12 seconds. A devout evan- ing the state’s affordable housing crisis? At ous fire zones. Local control over land-use the Times report over the weekend as meeting of his top advisers in his Man- gelical who likes to say he’s a “Christian, a minimum, cities should remap fire-prone has been sacrosanct in California, but it’s just another “phony story” from “the hattan penthouse. He went around the a conservative, and a Republican—in areas and focus reconstruction in areas with clear that a patchwork, parochial approach enemy of the people.” The doubts about room and asked each person for his that order,” Pence also sees a biblical lower risk. They should design fire breaks and to approving development in high-risk fire Pence’s loyalty to the president aren’t damage assessment. Reince Priebus rationale for submitting to Trump. buffer zones between open space and devel- areas has failed protect the public. entirely paranoid—nor are they new. bluntly told Trump he could either drop According to Marc Short, a long- Last year, while working on a profile out immediately or lose in a historic time Pence adviser who left the White of the vice president, I spoke with sev- landslide. According to someone who House earlier this year, the vice presi- eral Republicans who told me about was present, Priebus added that Pence dent believes in a scriptural concept a moment during the 2016 election and Rice were “ready to step in.” called “servant leadership,” which Jesus when Pence appeared ready to turn on A spokesman for Pence denied this modeled in the Gospels when he hum- Trump. account, as did Priebus. But among the bly washed his disciples’ feet. “That’s at The infamous Access Hollywood tape president’s loyalists, the weekend fol- the heart of it for Mike,” Short told me, had just been published by The Wash- lowing the release of the Access Holly- “and it comes across in his relationship ington Post, and Trump was facing calls wood tape is remembered as a key test with the president.” But Pence’s pub- from all corners of the Republican Party of fidelity—one that separates the true lic obsequiousness belies the enormity to drop out of the race. Rather than rally believers who stuck by Trump’s side of his personal ambition—something to his running mate’s defense, Pence in- from the opportunists and cowards who that’s also long been tangled up in his itially retreated from the campaign fray were ready to abandon him. religious beliefs, according to people and issued a disapproving statement. Pence’s behavior in those crucial who know him. This is a man who (ac- According to the Times, Trump “has 48 hours left some with the impression cording to a former fraternity brother I never completely forgotten” this act of that he wouldn’t hesitate to prioritize talked with) has dreamed of becoming disloyalty. But behind the scenes, Pence his own political self-interest in a mo- president since he was in college, a man went even further that weekend in 2016. ment of crisis. “I don’t think he goes who looks at his ascent to the vice presi- Within hours of The Post’s bomb- down with the ship,” one former Trump dency and sees divine intervention. shell, Pence made it clear to the Repub- adviser told me last year.For now, at “If you’re Mike Pence, and you be- lican National Committee that he was least, Pence’s political future is tethered lieve what he believes, you know God had ready to take Trump’s place as the par- to Trump’s—and he clearly knows that a plan,” Ralph Reed, an evangelical power ty’s nominee. Such a move would have flattery is essential to keeping this presi- broker and friend of the vice president’s, been unprecedented—but the situation dent happy. told me last year. Whether the next stage of seemed dire enough to call for radical After one particularly gratuitous dis- that plan will include perfect loyalty to the action … Republican donors and party play of fawning at a televised Cabinet president is unknowable at this point. But leaders began buzzing about making meeting last year, the Post’s Aaron Blake at least some of Trump’s allies believe Pence Pence the nominee and drafting Condo- noted that there was a three-minute has given him reason to worry. (Tribune News Service) Jonestown mass murder: Betrayal by A Preacher

A preacher and madman forced more than 900 men, women and children to drink a cyanide-laced punch at his eponymous settlement

JULIA SCHEERES Jones’ victims, their bodies lay in the sear- has begun to change. A number of survivors bands and wives, parents and children. TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE ing equatorial sun for four days while the have published first-person accounts about Despite boasts of bumper crops, the United States and Guyana squabbled over their experiences in the jungle community. thin jungle soil couldn’t produce enough ORTY years ago, an American preach- what to do with them. And a lawsuit compelled the FBI to food to feed the increasingly hungry resi- er and madman named Jim Jones or- The US pressured Guyana to bulldoze release some 50,000 pages of documents dents. But the most chilling aspect for im- chestrated the largest mass murder in the dead into a mass grave–but Guyana re- and nearly 1,000 audiotapes collected from migrating Temple members was the change recorded history when he forced more fused to clean up what it saw as an Ameri- Jonestown after the massacre. This infor- in their leader. After sequestering his fol- Fthan 900 men, women and children can mess. By the time US soldiers bagged mation deepens our understanding of the lowers in the jungle, Jones dropped the fa- to drink a cyanide-laced punch at his epon- the bodies and flew them to Dover Air tragedy and starkly contradicts the narra- cade of caring pastor and became a vulgar, ymous settlement in Guyana. Force Base in Delaware, they were so badly tive of blame imposed on Jones’ victims. drug-addled tyrant who banned any criti- Early news reports referred to Jones- decomposed that forensic examiners could Jones sold his town to his followers– cism of his town. Even mentioning the heat town as a “cult of death” and spread the idea identify only 69 percent of the victims. most of whom were African American– was considered “counter-revolutionary.” that residents calmly lined up on Nov. 18, Of these, roughly half were buried as a utopia where they could live free of He forbade residents from leaving, 1978, to offer cups of poison to their chil- by their relatives; other families were so America’s racism, sexism and elitism. telling them the wilderness that sur- dren before drinking it themselves. Report- ashamed of their link to the “suicidal cult” Instead, the nearly 1,000 Americans who rounded them was infested with poison- ers lustily relayed what sensational details that they refused to accept the remains of participated in this four-year experiment ous snakes, big cats and shadowy mer- they had, but also filled in the gaps with their loved ones. found themselves trapped. cenaries who wanted to destroy their outrageous claims. “They welcomed their Several cemeteries refused to accept the Residents believed they could return community. He censored incoming and own destruction,” declared one San Fran- remaining 409 bodies because of the stig- home at any time if Jonestown wasn’t to outgoing mail to make the world believe cisco newscaster. That became the “official” ma–and vociferous objections from neigh- offices; employers wanted nothing to do their liking. But it was a two-day river jour- Jonestown was a happy success. take on the tragedy: A bunch of Californian bors–before Evergreen Cemetery in East with them. They were deemed monsters, ney from the capital of Georgetown to Port It was in Guyana that Jones first held a lunatics had killed themselves at the behest Oakland agreed to bury them. deserving of their fate. Kaituma, the closest village to Jonestown. vote on his idea of “revolutionary suicide.” of a sick demagogue. Surviving members of Jones’ church, Today, the horrific mass murder at No roads connected the capital to the hin- Although he’d discussed the notion in Cali- This caricature of the Jonestown vic- Peoples Temple, were also vilified. Angry Jonestown has been reduced to a banality. terlands–still the case today. fornia with his inner circle _ an equally ni- tims was much easier to digest and dis- crowds gathered outside the building on “Don’t drink the Kool-Aid” is a glib warn- Jones confiscated everyone’s passport hilistic coterie that ultimately helped him miss–than the true story, which was one Geary Boulevard in San Francisco, shout- ing against groupthink or blind loyalty to a and money and told them that if they didn’t bring his macabre plan to fruition _ the of betrayed ideals, terrifying helplessness ing, “Baby killers!” Those returning from charismatic leader or institution. (For the like it, they could “swim home.” Despite regular members of Peoples Temple moved and unfathomable heartbreak. Even as Guyana–penniless and distraught–were record, it was poisoned Flavor Aid.) In re- promising families that they would live to- to Jonestown seeking a better life for them- the news media prompted public scorn for turned away from welfare and food stamp cent years, the pervading view of Jonestown gether in private homes, he separated hus- selves and their children.

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US seeks Pakistan’s Mumbai attacks anniversary draws solemn tributes for victims cooperation to combat terrorism known as 26/11 -- have been 166 people were killed Nobody can divide India as long as compared in India to New WASHINGTON: The United and hundreds injured we are united: Ex-J&K CM Farooq York’s suffering on September States has said that it will 11, 2001. continue to seek Pakistan’s when 10 heavily-armed NEW DELHI: Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Farooq The co-ordinated attacks cooperation to combat terror- militants stormed the Abdullah said on Monday that nobody can divide India as long on the city of nearly 20 million ist threats in the region. city on 26 Nov 2008 as the people remain united. people hit luxury hotels, the In a message on Friday’s He said he was an optimist and hoped that India would be main railway station, a restau- terrorist attacks in Orakzai AFP able to prevent any future terrorist attacks of the kind but main- rant popular with tourists and and Karachi that killed over 30 MUMBAI tained that “our own house has to be united” for that to happen. a Jewish centre. people, the US State Depart- “We have been fighting terror for years. They are state ac- The Taj Mahal Palace and ment also praised the bravery INDIA marked the 10th anni- tors (of Pakistan). They are trying to ethnically cleanse Kashmir Tower Hotel held a private of Pakistan’s first responders. versary of the Mumbai terror but let me tell you we are achieving success because the larger service to remember the 31 Spokesperson Heather attacks on Monday with cere- Indian policemen pay tribute at the memorial to the victims, at number of our population are tired of them. people who died there. Over Nauert assured Islamabad monies at sites across the city Police Gymkhana, in Mumbai, India, on Monday. (EPA-EFE) “Our successes are not because of intelligence but because 60 hours, four attackers shot that the United States that became battlegrounds in common people are fed up of terrorists and they are giving the dead guests and hotel staff, “stands with the Pakistani the wave of violence that killed started on Wednesday No- to Pakistan-based militant exact information,” he said. (IANS) detonated explosives and set people in the face of these scores and dealt a critical blow vember 26, 2008. group Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT). ablaze parts of the building -- terrorist acts, and will con- to relations with neighbouring A decade on, the United At a solemn ceremony including its famous dome. tinue to seek opportunities to Pakistan. States offered a new $5 mil- Mumbai’s police remem- petals at a police memorial the terrorists during the Dramatic scenes of Indian cooperate with the Pakistani Armed with AK-47 assault lion reward for the capture of bered more than a dozen of- honouring the dead while the Mumbai attacks,” said Prime commandos battling the heav- government to combat these rifles and hand grenades, 10 the remaining attackers and ficers and commandos killed force’s brass band played the Minister Narendra Modi, who ily armed gunmen, and guests threats in the region”. militants killed 166 people called on Islamabad to co- in the operation against the ‘Last Post’. called the attacks “gruesome”. tried to escape from windows “We also commend the and injured hundreds more in operate with the hunt for the militants. Relatives of the vic- “A grateful nation bows to Played out on TV news down bedsheet ropes were Pakistani security forces’ a three-day rampage through planners of the assault. tims and local dignitaries laid our brave police and security channels around the world, beamed around the world on quick and brave response to India’s financial capital which The attackers belonged wreaths and sprinkled rose forces who valiantly fought the bloody events -- widely live television. the attack.” (DAWN.COM)

Pakistan PM pays CPI-M suspends maiden visit to 7 Cong accuses Modi of Kerala MLA for Fata districts newly ‘misbehaviour’ IANS merged with KP politicising national THIRUVANANTHAPURAM DAWN.COM THE Kerala unit of the CPI-M ISLAMABAD on Monday suspended PK Sasi for six months from its prima- PRIME Minister Imran security for votes ry membership for misbehav- Khan arrived in Miranshah ing with a women member, a on Monday, marking the communique said. start of his maiden visit of Using sacrifices of soldiers for political gains is intrinsic to BJP: Surjewala The decision was taken newly merged tribal districts here after a meeting examined from North Waziristan. a detailed probe report sub- The premier is accompa- mitted by a party committee nied by Chief of Army Staff consisting Law Minister A.K. Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa and Balan and Kannur Lok Sabha Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief member PK Sreemathi. Minister Mahmood Khan. The Communist Party of Director General (DG) Prime Minister Imran Khan India-Marxist communique Inter-Services Public Rela- said the Shornur legislator had tions (ISPR) Maj Gen Asif Officials say PM Imran not behaved befitting his stat- Ghafoor said that the prime ure and position while speak- minister had been briefed Khan is expected to ing to the woman and hence on the “security situation, announced a large pack- the action was being taken. ongoing stability operations, age for the districts and After the Congress and the socio-economic projects and will also announce the BJP cried foul, Sreemathi told rehabilitation” of internally establishment of a major the media that the probe con- displaced persons (IDPs). ducted was proper. The military’s spokes- hospital and sports com- “We found out that there person added that the pre- plex in Miranshah was merit in her complaint mier will later visit the Ghu- and the party has taken the ac- lam Khan trade terminal in Miranshah. tion,” she said. and will also address a jirga Seven districts of the “I don’t think she will ap- of local elders in Miranshah. erstwhile Fata were merged proach the police as she has Officials say the premier with KP in the wake of the full faith in our party,” Sreem- is expected to announced a 25th Constitutional amend- athi added. large package for the dis- ment. This is the head of the tricts and will also announce government’s first visit to the establishment of a major the region after its merger hospital and sports complex with the province. Sri Lanka’s ousted PM vows to take over state finances

AFP At least 30 security personnel Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi (right) addresses an election rally as BJP candidates from Vidisha district hold Lotus flower cutouts which COLOMBO is BJP’s poll symbol during state Assembly election campaign in Vidisha, about 60km from Bhopal, India, on Sunday. (EPA-EFE) killed in two Afghan provinces SRI Lanka’s ousted prime IANS liticise terror attacks, answer minister Ranil Wickremesing- DPA The attack in Faryab NEW DELHI, Modi insulting people who on his government’s track he initiated moves on Monday KABUL province left three wounded, record on bringing the 26/11 to take control of state financ- provincial council mem- ACCUSING Prime Minis- built this nation: Rahul attackers to book,” asked Sur- es as a power struggle with the AT least 30 security person- bers Nader Saeedi and Tahir ter Narendra Modi of using jewala pointing to attack mas- country’s president entered a nel have been killed after the Rahmani said. Five soldiers “blood and sacrifice of soldiers POKHRAN: Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Monday at- termind and Lashkar-e-Taiba second month. Taliban attacked a military disappeared in the clashes, as a vote garnering tool”, the tacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for alleging that India commander Zaki-ur Rehman Wickremesinghe’s United checkpoint and ambushed po- according to Rahmani. Congress on the 10th anni- made little or no progress during decades of Congress rule, Lakhvi “virtually securing his National Party (UNP) said it lice officers in two provinces, A civilian was also killed, versary of the Mumbai terror saying this was an insult to the people who built the nation. acquittal” with the Pakistan would call a parliamentary officials said on Monday. Saeedi said. attacks on Monday blamed “Modiji says India was a sleeping giant before he became government indicating no vote this week to block spend- At least 18 police officers A number of deadly attacks the BJP-led Centres “flip-flop Prime Minister. This is an insult to all the Indians who have built plan to challenge his bail in the ing by the new administration were killed in Afghanistan’s have left more than 100 secu- Pakistan policy” for its failure this nation,” Gandhi told an election rally here. He said Modi ear- Supreme Court. installed by President Maithri- western Farah province after rity personnel dead in Farah to bring the perpetrators in- lier used to talk about creation of jobs and wiping out corruption Citing consistent terror pala Sirisena. Taliban ambushed the officers province in November alone. cluding mastermind Zaki-ur but forgot all that the moment he became the Prime Minister. attacks during the 54 months The UNP says that as Sri who were on their way from At least 25 policemen were Rehman Lakhvi to book. “Modi used to say ‘don’t make me Prime Minister, make me of BJP regime, Surjewala Lanka does not have a recog- the capital city of Farah to killed on November 6 in Posht Taking strong objection country’s chowkidar’. Before becoming the Prime Minister he charged the Modi government nised government all spending Lash-e Juwayn district. Koh district. to Modi’s Monday assertions used to talk about jobs, just price for farmers... But the moment with “compromising national powers should revert to parlia- At least four others were A total of 37 local police- in Rajasthan of “never having he became Prime Minister, he forgot all that.” (IANS) security and betraying nation- ment, where the UNP and its wounded in the incident, ac- men were killed in Khak-e played politics on national se- al interests”. allies have a majority. cording to provincial council Safid district of the province curity”, the Congress called him “Lack of political action UNP spokesman Champi- members Dadullah Qaneh on November 12, while 38 an “emperor of lies” and said to bring the other perpetrators under the Congress-led UPA and policy has led to a disquiet ka Ranawaka said on Monday and Shah Mahmood Naeemi. members of the army were “Modi’s politicising of national of the Mumbai attack to book. Ajmal Amir Kasab was hanged border and an alarming inter- a majority in the 225-mem- Later in the day, 12 sol- killed in an insider attack on security and sacrifice of our sol- The Pakistan based perpetra- in 2012, and one of the mas- nal security situation,” he said ber legislature would vote on diers were killed after the November 15 in Farah Rod. diers was intrinsic to the BJP”. tors are still at large in Paki- terminds, David Headley, was claiming that “426 soldiers Friday to freeze spending by militants attacked a military Officials in the province “Modi government’s flip- stan,” said Congress spokesper- convicted. and 278 civilians” were killed former strongman president checkpoint in northern Fary- described the situation as flop Pakistan policy in the past son Randeep Singh Surjewala. “Will Modi, who pounces in Pakistan sponsored terror- Mahinda Rajapakse’s disputed ab province. fragile and getting worse. four-and-a-half years has failed He reminded Modi that upon every opportunity to po- ism in the last 54 months. ministerial team.

Maldives top court overturns Nasheed’s Philippine claim on Scarborough, terror conviction Bangladesh faces Rohingya anger Spratlys, older than China’s: Carpio COLOMBO: The Maldives top REUTERS More than 700,000 Mus- court overturned a terrorism COX’S BAZAR lim Rohingya fled a sweeping AGENCIES/PHILSTAR shoal was never given a name conviction on Monday against army crackdown in mostly MANILA in any map,” Carpio said. the country’s first democrati- ROHINGYA refugees from Buddhist Myanmar’s Rakhine He was referring to the cally elected leader Moham- Myanmar in camps in Bangla- State last year, according to THE Philippines was way ‘mother map’ that Father Pe- ed Nasheed, who fled into desh began a protest on Mon- UN agencies. ahead of China in claiming the dro Murillo Velarde made exile after being sentenced day, demanding that Bangla- The crackdown was laun Spratly Islands and the Scar- upon the order of Spanish to 13 years behind bars. desh recognise their ethnicity ched in response to Rohingya borough Shoal in the South King Phillip, through Gover- The SC said Nasheed as Rohingya and that officials insurgent attacks on security China Sea or West Philippine nor-General Fernando Tamon, was wrongfully charged and aid agencies stop sharing forces. Sea, Acting Chief Justice An- to make an official map of the and should not have been their family information with Rohingya regard them- tonio Carpio said on Monday. Philippine territory at the time. convicted in the 2015 trial Myanmar. selves as native to western During a forum at the Carpio added that the tra- described by the United Na- Markets were shut at sev- Myanmar’s Rakhine State House of Representatives, ditional fishing ground off the tions as politically motivated. eral of the refugee camps in but Myanmar authorities and Carpio said the Spratly Islands coast of Zambales was only “President Nasheed’s southeast Bangladesh because many citizens regard them as and the Scarborough Shoal given an English name when entire trial was a politically- of the protest. Rohingya work- illegal immigrants from the were already included in the a British ship called “Scarbor- motivated sham,” his lawyer, ing with non-government Indian subcontinent. Philippine national territory ough” ran aground on the rocks Hisaan Hussein, said after groups and the UN High Com- Rohingya Muslims arrive to the Thae Chaung village in Sittwe, Rakh- Many are stateless as a as early as 1734. of the shoal. his conviction was quashed. missioner for Refugees also ine State, Western Myanmar, recently. (EPA-EFE) 1982 law restricts citizenship “In this (Murillo-Velarde) European cartographers re- “It is appalling that an inno- boycotted their jobs as part of for the Rohingya and other map, he included in Philippine named the Scarborough Shoal, cent man was unjustly forced the strike. have been persecuted because adding that while the term was minorities not considered national territory Scarbor- which is now called Panatag Shoal to spend a year in jail. (AFP) “The term ‘Rohingya’ is of our identity,” the protesting banned in Myanmar, it should members of one of Myanmar’s ough Shoal but called it ‘Pana- but the Filipinos were the first very important because we refugees said in a statement, not be banned in Bangladesh. “national races”. kot’ because before 1734, that ones to give it a Tagalog name. 10 Tuesday, November 27, 2018 Gulf / Middle East / World Iran nuclear chief warns of ominous consequences if deal fails

REUTERS ties have floundered. But Salehi, exports with purchases of EU gress in creating it is likely to be BRUSSELS the head of Iran’s Atomic En- goods. Speaking on the side- slow, despite the political will in ergy Organization, told report- lines of talks on civilian nuclear Paris, Berlin and London. IRAN’S nuclear chief warned ers in Brussels: “If words are If words are not turned cooperation, EU diplomats ad- “This is a hugely complex the European Union on Mon- not turned into deeds, then... it into deeds, then... it is mitted they could only do so and unique undertaking, tech- day of “ominous” consequenc- is very ominous, the situation very ominous, the situation much to urge firms to brave the nical work has been advancing,” es if it did not follow through would be unpredictable.” would be unpredictable risk of US penalties and do busi- Europe’s Climate and Energy with action to keep the eco- The EU and other remain- ness with Iran. Commissioner Miguel Arias nomic benefits of the 2015 nu- ing parties to the accord - China Ali Akbar Salehi “What we are doing now is a Canete said at a joint briefing clear agreement alive. and Russia - hope to convince lot of symbolism,” said one EU with Salehi. Ali Akbar Salehi said the Tehran to respect the curbs that diplomat involved in talks with “Nobody should have any European Union was “doing the deal placed on its nuclear sanctions, EU nations plan to Iran. “The SPV isn’t going to be doubt on the level of political its best” after the United States programme, despite Washing- facilitate non-dollar transac- a game changer,” said another ambition and determination pulled out of the deal and re-im- ton’s pull-out and the its sanc- tions with Iran. EU official. by the member states involved, posed sanctions on Iranian oil tions that aim to force the rest of A so-called Special Purpose Ali Akbar Salehi (left), Head of the Atomic Energy Organisation of Iran “The prospects are pretty in particular France, Germany exports this month, even as the the world to stop buying Iranian Vehicle (SPV) would act as a (AEOI), and European Commissioner for Climate Action and Energy grim.” No EU country has yet and the United Kingdom to bloc’s efforts to salvage trade oil. Striving to circumvent those barter system offseting Iranian Miguel Arias Canete at a press conference in Brussels, on Monday. (EPA) agreed to host the SPV and pro- swiftly operationalise the SPV.”

UN envoy meets Yemeni Turkish police search villa outside officials to lay groundwork for peace negotiations Istanbul in Khashoggi investigation AFP RIYADH

It is believed that one UNITED Nations envoy Martin of the Saudi agents Griffiths met Yemeni officials in Riyadh on Monday as part of ‘involved in murder’ efforts to kick-start peace talks called the villa’s owner next month between Huthi re- bels and the Saudi-backed gov- a day before killing ernment. The visit comes as a tenu- REUTERS ous calm settles over Yemen’s YALOVA, TURKEY rebel-held port city of Hodeida, a vital lifeline for imports and UN envoy Martin Griffiths. TURKISH police searched a aid that had seen fierce clashes remote villa in a coastal area in a renewed offensive by a Sau- southeast of Istanbul on Mon- di-led military coalition. Under The visit comes as a tenu- day as part of the investiga- heavy international pressure, ous calm settles over tion into the killing last month the Yemeni government and Yemen’s rebel-held port city of Saudi journalist Jamal the coalition have largely sus- of Hodeida, a vital lifeline Khashoggi, officials said. pended their five-month-old for imports and aid Authorities believe that one battle to seize Hodeida. of the Saudi agents allegedly Griffiths, who is spear- involved in the murder at the heading efforts to hold peace Griffiths, who is spearheading kingdom’s Istanbul consulate, talks in Sweden in December, efforts to hold peace talks, Mansour Othman Abahussain, met Yemen’s Vice President met Yemen’s Vice President called the villa’s owner a day Ali Mohsen al-Ahmar and Ali Mohsen al-Ahmar and FM before the killing, the Istanbul Foreign Minister Khalid al- Khalid al-Yamani in Riyadh chief prosecutor’s office said. Yamani in the Saudi capital, The owner of the property the Yemeni state-run news is a Saudi national, Moham- agency Saba said. have continued. Military offi- med Ahmed Alfaozan, who The Yemeni leaders dis- cials quoted by Saba on Sunday had the codename “Ghozan”, it cussed with Griffiths arrange- evening said the loyalists had said. Two officials told Reuters ments for the upcoming negoti- foiled a Huthi “infiltration at- that Alfaozan had purchased ations and possible “confidence tempt” into a camp in Hays, a the property, near Yalova on Turkish forensic officers conduct a search at a villa in the village of Samanli in Yalova’s Termal district, Turkey, on Monday. (AFP) building measures” to test the district about 100 kilometres the Sea of Marmara, around “rebels’ seriousness” about (60 miles) south of Hodeida. three years ago. ously carried out inspections killed and his body dismem- peace efforts, Saba reported. The rebels said they had The phone call was be- at the kingdom’s consulate and Former Spain king under fire for bered when negotiations to The UN envoy, who visited detonated an explosive device lieved to be about the destruc- the consul general’s residence persuade him to return to Hodeida last week to assess near the eastern entrance of tion or disappearance of the in Istanbul as part of an inves- meeting Saudi crown prince Saudi Arabia failed. the humanitarian situation, Hodeida, “destroying a (pro- body parts, the prosecutor’s tigation into the killing of the MADRID: Former Spanish King Juan Carlos was under fire Mon- Turkey’s President Tayyip was also expected to meet with government) military vehicle... office said. journalist, a Washington Post day after a photo emerged of him meeting Saudi Crown Prince Erdogan has said the killing Yemen’s internationally rec- killing and wounding soldiers Police used sniffer dogs to columnist and a prominent Mohammed bin Salman who has been tainted by the murder of was ordered by the highest ognised President Abedrabbo inside”, Huthi-run Al-Masirah search the garden of the villa critic of the Saudi government. journalist Jamal Khashoggi. level of Saudi leadership but Mansour Hadi, a Saudi govern- TV reported on Monday. and the nearby wooded area, Khashoggi’s killing has The photo, which was released on the Twitter account of probably not from King Sal- ment source said. Loyalists did not confirm according to Reuters cam- strained Saudi Arabia’s ties the Saudi foreign ministry (@KSAmofaEN), was published in man, putting the spotlight Fighting in the Red Sea city the attack. But pro-govern- eramen at the scene. Officials with the West and battered the several Spanish newspapers. instead on the 33-year-old intensified in early November ment military officials said on told Reuters last month that image overseas of its de facto Conservative daily El Mundo ran it along with the headline: crown prince. as coalition-backed loyalist Monday that their operations Khashoggi’s killers may have leader, Crown Prince Moham- “The photo of shame”. US President Don- forces attempted to enter the in the east and south of the Red dumped his remains at a rural med bin Salman. Far-left parties Podemos and Izquierda Unida which oppose ald Trump said last week city, but calm returned after Sea city had been suspended. location near Yalova, which is Saudi Arabia has said the the monarchy criticised the unexpected meeting between the Washington would remain a Griffiths arrived in Yemen on Both warring sides have ex- a 90-km (55 mile) drive south- prince had no prior knowl- former monarch and the de facto Saudi ruler at the Abu Dhabi “steadfast partner” of Saudi Wednesday. Griffiths has urged pressed support for the UN east of Istanbul. edge of the murder. After of- Grand Prix on Sunday. Arabia despite saying that the warring parties to “keep envoy’s current effort to They had halted the search fering numerous contradic- “It is humiliating Spain and Spaniards,” wrote Pablo Echin- Prince Mohammed may the peace” in Hodeida. While hold talks, which marks the on Monday evening. tory explanations, Riyadh ique, a leading member of Podemos, on Twitter. (AFP) have known about the plan the loyalist advance there has biggest push for a peace deal Authorities have previ- later said Khashoggi had been to murder Khashoggi. largely stalled, minor clashes in Yemen in two years.

News Chemical watchdog to probe ‘Aleppo gas attack’ UAE pardons British citizen in brief sentenced to life for ‘spying’ REUTERS UN war crimes investi- Four farmers killed THE HAGUE/GENEVA gators, who have a standing AFP “Mr. Hedges will be per- in Boko Haram mandate to examine all hu- ABU DHABI mitted to leave the UAE once attack in Nigeria THE global chemical weap- man rights violations commit- formalities are completed,” ons agency will investigate an ted in Syria, are also collecting THE United Arab Emirates Jaber al-Lamki, a govern- KANO: Boko Haram militants alleged gas attack in Syria’s information and asking sourc- on Monday pardoned British ment media official, said in have killed four farmers near Aleppo on Saturday that re- es for any evidence, a U.N. of- academic Matthew Hedges a statement. the northeast Nigerian city portedly wounded up to 100 ficial in Geneva said. just days after sentencing him The UAE showed footage of Maiduguri, in the latest people, the head of the agency “Once they have some- to life in prison for spying in a at a news conference in the bloodshed in the restive said on Monday. thing concrete and credible case that stunned Britain and capital Abu Dhabi in which region, witnesses and a The Syrian government, that meets their standard of his family. Hedges purportedly confessed local militia leader said on which accused rebels of firing proof, they will be able to re- The UK thanked its Gulf to being an MI6 foreign intel- Monday. Dozens of fight- chlorine, asked the Organi- A Syrian girl receives treatment at a hospital in the regime-controlled port publicly,” he said. The ally and Hedges’s wife ex- ligence agent. ers believed to be loyal to sation for the Prohibition of Aleppo, on Saturday. (AFP) panel has attributed 33 doc- pressed her joy after he was British Foreign Secre- Boko Haram factional leader Chemical Weapons (OPCW) umented chemical attacks to among more than 700 pris- tary Jeremy Hunt expressed Abubakar Shekau attacked to send a fact-finding mission asked the United Nations government forces two years the government since 2013, oners pardoned by UAE gratitude to the oil-rich state, a group of farmers working to the city, Fernando Arias, the department of security to ago ousted rebels from the while the perpetrators of six President Sheikh Khalifa bin which London considers a in their field near Jiddari-Polo OPCW’s new head, said. say whether it was safe to de- last pocket of territory that others have not been suffi- Zayed Al-Nahyan for next strategic Middle East ally and on Monday, said the farm- Arias said the OPCW had ploy a team to Aleppo, where they controlled. ciently identified. month’s National Day. supplies with British arms. ers who survived the attack. They said the Islamists hacked their victims to death and left another farmer with severe injuries. (AFP) Israeli minister invited to 2019 conference in Bahrain DR Congo rejects US ‘terrorist REUTERS ments. After a surprise trip the Startup Nations Ministe- Israeli troops shoot Palestinian to death threat’ warning JERUSALEM to Oman last month, Israeli rial conference on April 15, a Prime Minister Benjamin Ne- forum for public policymakers BEIT UMMAR, West Bank, Nov 26 (Reuters) - A Palestinian was KINSHASA: The Democratic AN Israeli cabinet minister tanyahu on Sunday hosted a to discuss how to promote en- shot dead while carrying out a car-ramming attack on Monday Republic of Congo on Mon- said on Monday he had been first visit by Chadian President trepreneurs. that injured three Israeli soldiers in the occupied West Bank, the day accused Washington of invited to attend a conference Idriss Deby. The official, who requested Israeli military said. sparking “needless fear” next year in Bahrain, in what “I myself received a per- anonymity given the sensi- The military said one of the soldiers sustained moderate after the US embassy in he described as part of Israel’s sonal invitation to Bahrain,” tivity of the matter, said the injuries and the other two were slightly hurt when the Palestin- Kinshasa warned of a “pos- emerging relations with Arab Israeli Economy Minister Eli invitation originated with the ian crashed his vehicle into them along a West Bank road north sible terrorist threat” against and Muslim countries that do Cohen said in a radio inter- Manama government and was of the city of Hebron. its mission in the country not formally recognise it. view. relayed to Israel by Switzer- Another soldier then shot and killed the assailant, the mili- ahead of a key election. “You Israel’s diplomatic push Cohen told Army Radio the land. tary said. Palestinians, many of them individuals without known have to distrust information in the Gulf, where it sees Arab invitation was to a conference Officials in Manama did associations with militant groups, carried out a wave of car-ram- coming from people who states as its natural allies in the first quarter of 2019 “in not immediately respond to a ming attacks in the West Bank in late 2015 and in 2016, but want to spread needless fear against regional powerhouse the realm of technology and Reuters request for comment. the frequency of such incidents has since decreased. and uncertainty among the Iran, has become increasingly high-tech, in which the State Switzerland’s ambassador to Israel’s Economy Minister There was no claim of responsibility for Monday’s incident, Congolese a few days before public after years of covert of Israel is certainly a leader”. Israel, Jean-Daniel Ruch, said Eli Cohen. which drew praise from the Hamas militant group as “a re- elections,” government contacts. He did not say whether he in an emailed statement that sponse to crimes carried out by the occupation”, a term it uses spokesman Lambert Mende Shared worries about Iran planned to attend. his embassy had no knowledge sition, is one of several flash- to refer to Israel. (REUTERS) said. Relations between Kin- or needs in terms of security, Asked to elaborate, an of any such invitation. points in a regional tussle shasa and West have been agriculture and water have Israeli official briefed on Co- Bahrain, where a Saudi- for influence between Saudi strained under Kabila. (AFP) thawed hostility toward Israel hen’s affairs said the event to backed Sunni Muslim ruling Arabia and Iran. Manama and Emiratis, Gulf forces potential partners against its among some Arab govern- which he had been invited was family faces a Shia-led oppo- is a close ally of the Saudis that Israel has described as arch-foe Iran. Europe / Americas Tuesday, November 27, 2018 11 Cheers as NASA’s quake-sensing spacecraft touches down on Mars

relayed to Earth from one of two miniature one Martian year - taking seismic and tem- InSight will spend 24 months - satellites that were launched along with In- perature readings to unlock mysteries about about one Martian year - using Sight and flying past Mars when it arrived how Mars formed and, by extension, the ori- shortly before 3 pm EST (2000 GMT). gins of the Earth and other rocky planets of seismic monitoring to unlock Members of the mission control team the inner solar system. The stationary probe mysteries about how Mars formed burst into applause and cheered in relief as is programmed to pause for 16 minutes for they received data showing that the space- the dust to settle, literally, around its land- REUTERS craft had survived its perilous descent to the ing site, before disc-shaped solar panels are PASADENA, CALIFORNIA Martian surface. unfurled like wings to provide power to the The landing capped a six-month journey A replica of the InSight Mars Lander is on dis- spacecraft. NASA’S Mars lander InSight touched down of 301 million miles (548 million km) from play at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory in The mission control team at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Minutes after the landing, JPL con- safely on the surface of the Red Planet on Earth, following its launch from California Pasadena, California. (AFP) Laboratory (JPL) react on a video screen as the trollers received a fuzzy photograph of the Monday to begin its two-year mission as the in May. spaceship InSight sends its first picture back to probe’s new surroundings on Martian soil. first spacecraft designed to explore the deep Carrying instruments that detect plane- Its 77-mile descent was then slowed by JPL, in Pasadena, California, on Monday. (REUTERS) The 880-pound (360 kg) InSight marks interior of another world. tary heat and seismic rumblings never meas- atmospheric friction, a giant parachute and the 21st US-launched Mars mission, dating Engineers at the Jet Propulsion Labora- ured anywhere else but Earth, the stationary retro rockets, bringing the three-legged middle of a vast, barren plain called the Ely- back to the Mariner fly-bys of the 1960s. tory (JPL) near Los Angeles said the suc- lander streaked into the thin Martian atmos- spacecraft to a gentle landing 6 1/2 minutes sium Planitia, close to the planet’s equator. Nearly two dozen other Mars missions have cessful landing was confirmed by signals phere at 12,300 miles per hour. later. InSight came to rest as planned in the InSight will spend 24 months - about been sent from other nations. US agents fire tear UK’s May comes under gas at crowds of migrants trying to fire over EU exit deal cross from Mexico PM faces the difficult task of winning over her critics and getting the pact passed by parliament AFP ing to cross from Tijuana TIJUANA, MEXICO in a “violent way,” and said AFP they would be deported. LONDON US agents fired tear gas and “Far from helping the rubber bullets at hundreds of caravan, they are hurting BRITISH Prime Minister The- Central American migrants it,” he told the Milenio tel- resa May faced parliamentary who climbed over a fence evision network. fury on Monday as she set off and attempted to rush the Video clips posted on on the tricky task of convincing border from Tijuana, Mexico Twitter showed crowds of mutinous lawmakers to back into the United States. migrants dashing across a her divorce deal with the EU. The San Ysidro border shallow concrete riverbed The British leader crowned post -- the busiest crossing toward the United States. nearly two years of painful on the US-Mexico border The sudden rush over- talks with Brussels that threat- -- was closed to north and whelmed the outnumbered ened to fall apart many times south traffic and pedestri- Mexican police, who were by sealing Brexit arrange- ans for several hours follow- deployed with large clear ments on Sunday with the 27 ing the incident on Sunday, shields and full riot gear. EU heads of state. But this dif- the US Customs and Border Some 5,000 migrants ficult chapter was always go- Protection (CBP) office in have been gathering in Ti- ing to be the easy part. San Diego, California said. juana in hopes of entering May must now navigate The migrants, mostly the United States. the deal through a divided from Honduras, are part Secretary of the US De- chamber in which she holds of a “caravan” loudly con- partment of Homeland Secu- the slimmest working major- demned by US President rity (DHS) Kirstjen Nielsen ity -- and where lawmakers Donald Trump. accused the migrants of seek- oppose it on all sides. The shutdown took ing to harm US border pa- She announced the vote on place only three days after trol personnel “by throwing the deal will be on December 11. Trump threatened to close projectiles at them.” “DHS The beleaguered leader got the “whole border” with will not tolerate this type a taste of just how tough her Mexico if “it gets to a level of lawlessness and will not job will be as she briefed law- Britain’s Prime Minister Theresa May (second left) gives a statement to the House of Commons in London on Monday. (AFP) where we’re going to lose hesitate to shut down ports makers on the outcome of her control or people are going of entry for security and pub- Brussels visit. conducted by British media “This is that deal. A deal to start getting hurt.” Mexi- lic safety reasons,” she said in Yet May might be more are not stacking up in May’s Brexit deal an act of national self-harm: Corbyn that delivers for the British can Interior Minister Alfon- a statement, adding that US disconcerted by the seemingly favour. people.” EU foes in her Con- so Navarrete accused some officials would “seek to pros- growing and clearly more vo- Many expect the deal to LONDON: The Brexit deal agreed by EU leaders is an “act of servative Party accuse May of of the migrants of attempt- ecute” offenders. cal chorus of resentment from fail the first time around and national self-harm”, Labour opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn told ceding too much to Brussels her own Conservative Party. for May to call a second vote parliament on Monday as Prime Minister Theresa May sought to while the Labour opposition Conservative MP Mark on more or less the same set persuade MPs to back her. argues that it will devastate Francois told May her deal of arrangements before the “IT’S not in the national interest for the prime min- the British economy. was “as dead as a Dodo”. chamber breaks for the winter ister to plough on when it’s clear this deal does not have the But both Brussels and May Former May loyalist Mi- holidays. support of either side of this House or the country as a whole. said the deal now on the table chael Fallon said the govern- Britain would be enter- Ploughing on is not stoic, it’s an act of national self-harm... For is final -- and the best one Brit- ment was asking parliament to ing unchartered waters -- and the good of the nation, the House has very little choice but to ain can get. “take a huge gamble” and “sur- quite possibly new elections -- reject this deal,” Corbyn said. “We don’t want to give the rendering our (EU) vote and if the deal fails a second time “THE prime minister says if we reject this deal it will wrong impression to people, our veto without any firm com- arround. take us back to square one. The truth is under this government whether they are passion- mitment to frictionless trade”. Brexit enters into force on we’ve never got beyond square one,” he added. (AFP) ate Remainers or passion- More than an hour passed March 29 and May’s govern- ate Brexiteers, that there is before the first member of her ment is also making “no-deal” another agreement that can own party stood up to voice preparations just in case. wanted their leaders to get honours the referendum and command the support of 28 Central American migrants look through a border fence as a US her support for the prime min- May argued on Monday things resolved once and for all. allows us to come together member states. There isn’t,” Border Partol agent stands guard near the El Chaparral border ister. that voters were simply ex- “The British people want again as a country, whichever Irish Prime Minister Leo Var- crossing in Tijuana, Baja California State, Mexico, on Monday. (AFP) The current vote counts hausted with Brexit and just us to get on with a deal that way we voted,” May said. adkar said.

News US warns Russia over ‘outrageous’ violation of Ukraine sovereignty Austrian rail strike in brief disrupts travel of REUTERS The US will with Russia. But outlaw ac- Germany’s Merkel to push for de-escalation 100,000 passengers GENEVA tions like this one continue to of Ukraine-Russia standoff over ship capture Italy’s Salvini maintain its make that impossible,” said REUTERS leads demolition US Ambassador to the United Crimea-related sanctions Haley, a member of Trump’s KIEV: German Chancellor Angela Merkel told Ukrainian President VIENNA of mafia villa Nations Nikki Haley warned against Russia. Further cabinet. Petro Poroshenko that she would do everything to try to defuse the Russia on Monday that its sei- Russia seized two small standoff between Ukraine and Russia, Poroshenko’s office said TRAINS stopped running ROME: Italy’s far-right Interior zure of three Ukrainian vessels Russian escalation of Ukrainian armoured artillery after a phone call between the two leaders. across Austria on Monday as Minister Matteo Salvini on was an “outrageous violation this kind will only make vessels and a tug boat, which Russia has ignored Western calls to release three Ukrainian na- last-minute pay negotiations Monday personally began the of sovereign Ukrainian ter- Moscow said had illegally en- val ships it fired on and captured near Crimea at the weekend and failed to avert a planned two- demolition of a luxury villa ille- ritory” and urged Moscow to matters worse tered Russia’s territorial wa- accused Kiev of plotting with its Western allies to provoke a conflict. hour strike, disrupting travel for gally built in Rome by the city’s reduce tensions caused by its US Ambassador to the UN ters. Kiev said its vessels did “Angela Merkel expressed concern about the escalation of Rus- 100,000 travellers in Europe. most infamous mafia clan. “arrogant” act. Nikki Haley nothing wrong and has accused sian aggression with the use of weapons and said that she would Wedged between eight Wearing a hard hat, Salvini Haley said she had spo- Russia of military aggression. do everything for de-escalation,” a statement on Poroshenko’s countries including Italy, Ger- boarded a digger and knocked ken with President Donald “The United States will website said. (REUTERS) many, Switzerland, Hungary a small chunk from the roof of Trump and Secretary of State highest level.” “As President maintain its Crimea-related and the Czech Republic, Aus- the villa before the Italian army Mike Pompeo earlier on Mon- Trump has said many times, sanctions against Russia. ters worse. It will further un- Russia’s relations with the US tria is an important hub for took over to finish the job. day and that her statement the United States would wel- Further Russian escalation of dermine Russia’s standing in and many other countries,” European rail travel. The villa property will be “reflects the concerns at the come a normal relationship this kind will only make mat- the world. It will further sour Haley said. The main rail workers’ un- converted into a children’s ion called the “warning strike” playground, Salvini said. Just to press its demands in the an- last week, eight other villas nual pay talks. belonging to the Casamonica Austrian national rail com- mob family clan were confis- Macron warns protest ‘battle scenes’ may harm France’s image pany OBB said shortly before cated. (REUTERS) the strike began that since the REUTERS abroad,” government spokes- union had not told it which Brazil says it has PARIS man Benjamin Griveaux told a lines would be affected, all replaced nearly all news briefing, recounting the services would be shut down, Cuban doctors PRESIDENT Emmanuel Ma- president’s words. including trains arriving from cron warned his cabinet on The demonstrations, now other countries. RIO de Janeiro: Brazil has Monday that violent protests in their second week, have “The union has still not an- replaced nearly all of the against diesel tax hikes in seen the “yellow vests” pro- nounced the affected connec- thousands of Cuban doctors France risked unnerving for- testers block roads across the tions and lines. Therefore, for whom Havana has been pull- eigners and pressed his gov- country, impeding access to operational security reasons, ing out following the election ernment to respond to the some fuel depots, out-of-town OBB temporarily shut down of right-winger Jair Bolsonaro concerns of voters. shopping malls and factories. rail traffic across Austria at 12 as president, the Health Min- Police on Saturday fired “Behind this anger there is o’clock,” it added. istry announced on Monday. tear gas and water cannons obviously something deeper The Vida trade union later “97.2 percent of the at thousands of protesters and which we must answer, said talks had broken down posts have already been who trashed restaurants and because this anger, these anxi- French President Passersby walk by a board tagged with ‘Macron resign’ in the after- after it had received “no seri- taken. “8,278 have already shop-fronts and set wheelie eties have existed for a long Emmanuel Macron math of a rally by ‘yellow vests’ protesters against higher fuel prices, ous offer” on pay. Its state- been placed in municipalities bins ablaze on the upmarket time,” Griveaux added. at the Champs-Elysees avenue, in Paris, France, on Sunday. (REUTERS) ment did not say what further to start working immediately,” Champs Elysees in Paris, a The social unrest is a quan- with life outside France’s ma- industrial action it might take. the statement said. Former magnet for tourists. dary for a president who casts jor cities. ahead of next year’s European ingness to ensure financial By 1300 GMT, OBB said army captain Bolsonaro won “We shouldn’t underesti- himself as a champion of the Macron refuses to reverse elections, as well as the tax support for low-income mo- long-distance services were the presidential election on mate the impact of these images fight against climate change the diesel tax increases, con- revenues the levy generates. torists, at a time many house- resuming and local ones would October 28 and will be sworn of the Champs-Elysees (...) with but is battling tumbling popu- scious he needs the support However, the former in- holds complain his economic follow shortly afterwards, but in on January 1. (DPA) battle scenes that were broad- larity ratings and voter criti- of Green Party members as he vestment banker has in past reforms have eroded their disruptions were likely to con- cast by the media in France and cism that he is out of touch seeks to build a broad alliance days shown a growing will- spending power. tinue until the late afternoon. Mitsubishi Motors ousts www.facebook.com/QatarTribune Ghosn as chairman, www.youtube.com/QatarTribuneChannel days after www.twitter.com/Qatar_Tribune Nissan firing TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 2018 PAGE 14

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GLOBAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FORUM ‘$222 bn GDP shows Qatar’s economic might’ The country’s economy remains strong despite an unjust economic blockade, says undersecretary of the Ministry of Commerce and ndustryI SATYENDRA PATHAK Qatar and China have wit- DOHA Qatar is performing exceedingly nessed great progress in all ar- well on a clutch of key indicators, eas since the establishment of QATAR has succeeded in GDP GROWTH according to reputed agencies diplomatic relations between strengthening its economy as the two countries in 1988, he the country’s gross domestic said. product (GDP) increased to China is an important $222 billion in 2017 despite trade partner of Qatar, as the the economic blockade im- 2017 2018 2019 2020 trade exchange between the posed on the country, Under- two countries reached about secretary of Ministry of Com- $10.4 billion in 2017, he said merce and Industry Sultan $222 BN adding that there are about bin Rashid al Khater said on 190 Qatari-Chinese companies Monday. QATAR GDP operating in Qatar with a total Speaking at the sixth Glob- IN 2017 capital of QR1.4 billion. al Economic Development Cooperation agreements to Forum in Doha, Khater said 1.6% 2.8% 3% 3% enhance relations between Qa- Qatar is progressing towards tari and Chinese private sec- sustainable development by ST tors and to attract more private reducing dependence on oil 1 16% 18% 49.9% sector partnerships in both and gas and working towards THE RISE IN QATAR’S INCREASE IN QATAR’S RISE IN TRADE countries were also signed on a knowledge-based economy. Undersecretary of Ministry of Commerce and Industry Sultan bin Qatar’s rank in terms FOREIGN TRADE IN 2017 EXPORTS IN 2017 SURPLUS LAST YEAR the sidelines of the forum. “The World Bank expects Rashid al Khater addresses the sixth Global Economic Development of low inflation Qatar Tribune on the side- that Qatar’s economy will grow Forum in Doha on Monday. (HANSON K JOSEPH) GRAPHIC: SHIBU SHAMSUDHEEN lines of the forum Global Eco- by another 2.8 percent in 2018, nomic Development Forum and achieve an average growth competitiveness report of the to streamline the issuance of to enhance the manufacturing standing including an MoU Chamber and the organising Chairman Gui Hanfeng said rate of around 3 percent in World Economic Forum. commercial and industrial and export capacities of com- on Cambridge International committee of Global Economic that Chinese companies are 2019 and 2020, as the country Qatar is ranked first in licences and speed up the re- panies operating in Qatar,” he School between Taleb Group Development Forum based in expected to make big invest- seeks to further promote for- terms of low inflation rates newal of existing ones,” he said. and Hong Kong Sino-Austria China, the forum titled ‘Global ments in Qatar in the near fu- eign investment,” Khater said. and sixth globally in the non- said. “We look forward to ex- Group. A second MoU on digi- Mindset for Connecting with ture. “Qatar’s foreign trade also impact of taxes on competition Qatar’s commitment to ploring measures to support tal finance was signed between Pearl of the Middle East-Qa- He said that the presence grew by 16 percent last year, and other important indica- spending on long-term and and promote initiatives that Taleb Group and You Kongpai tar explores economic, trade of shipping lines between the driven by an increase of 18 tors, he said. multipurpose expansion plans will contribute to the develop- Blockchain while a third MoU and investment cooperation two countries contribute to the percent in exports, which re- “Foreign companies seek- has created promising oppor- ment of investment and trade on international trade was among participants. growth of economic relations, sulted in trade surplus of 49.9 ing to expand their businesses tunities in a number of projects ties. This includes China’s Belt signed between Taleb Group Speaking on the occa- and also supports investment percent,” he said. in Qatar can benefit from an related to the 2022 World Cup, and Road initiative, which and Tongtian International sion, Qatar Chamber First opportunities between the two Business and investment advanced and flexible busi- as well as sustainable develop- represents an important op- Group. A fourth MoU on trad- Vice-Chairman Mohamed bin countries. environment in Qatar offers ness environment that allows ment projects implemented portunity for development of ing platform was also signed Ahmed bin Twar said the fo- The forum also featured countless incentives and fa- up to 100 percent foreign own- within the framework of 2030 regional and global coopera- between Taleb Group and rum underscores the increas- panel discussions during cilities to foreign companies, ership across all sectors and Qatar National Vision. tion,” he said. Yangyang Trading Co. ing role played by Qatar as the which speakers discussed he said, adding these facilities economic and trade activities. “The development and ex- During the forum, Khat- Organised by the Ministry capital of trade, business, and how the Qatar National Vision have contributed to Qatar’s ad- Qatar is also working on devel- pansion of our industrial and er witnessed the signing of of Commerce and Industry investment. 2030 meets the China’s One vanced position in the global oping its laws and legislations logistics areas is also underway four memoranda of under- in collaboration with Qatar Bilateral relations between Belt, One Road policies. QBA: Qatar reaps first-mover advantage in France as investment crosses €30 bn

SATYENDRA PATHAK ber of presentations, meetings DOHA and round tables. The presentation included QATAR’S investments in a public briefing and three France have reached about panel discussions focusing on €30 billion as Qatar is the first the agriculture, food indus- investor in the region to in- tries, logistics, IT, health and vest in France and continues pharmaceutical sectors. Rep- to invest in some of the most resentatives from QFC and important French companies, the Supreme Committee for Qatari Businessmen Associa- Delivery & Legacy also met tion Chairman Sheikh Faisal with members of the French bin Qassim al Thani said on delegation. QC Chairman Sheikh Khalifa bin Jassim al Thani with other attendees at the fourth consultative meeting Monday. The Forum also featured of GCC ministers of commerce and chairmen of federations and chambers, in Kuwait on Wednesday. Speaking at the first Qa- bilateral meetings during tar-France Business Forum which Qatari and French busi- in Doha, Sheikh Faisal said nessmen reviewed investment QC chairman attends GCC meet in Kuwait that economic and trade rela- Yahya bin Saeed al Nuaimi, assistant undersecretary for commerce af- opportunities in both Qatar tions between the two coun- fairs at the Ministry of Commerce and Industry (HANSON K JOSEPH) and France and discussed ef- TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK The meeting reviewed Sabah, hosted the GCC min- tries have achieved qualitative forts to build long-term eco- DOHA ways of increasing the pub- isters of commerce and in- breakthroughs over the last 20 he said. “Today, France ranks as Qa- nomic cooperation mecha- lic-private partnership, de- dustry as well as presidents years. Earlier, Yahya bin Saeed tar’s 16th largest trade part- nisms between both sides. QATAR Chamber Chairman veloping SMEs and strength- of the chambers of com- “Several agreements such al-Nuaimi, assistant undersec- ner with QR4.9 billion worth Guillaume Pepy, president Sheikh Khalifa bin Jassim ening cooperation between merce and industry at the as double taxation as well as retary for commerce affairs at of traded goods in 2017, the of the France-Qatar group at al Thani participated in the GCC ministries of trade and Bayan Palace on Wednes- collaboration in various sec- the Ministry of Commerce and equivalent of 1.4 percent of MEDEF International and fourth consultative meeting industry. It also discussed fa- day. tors such as tourism, educa- Industry, and French Ambas- Qatar’s foreign trade.” HE CEO of SNCF, led the French of GCC ministers of com- cilitating custom procedures The meeting was held tion, transport and aircraft, sador to Qatar HE Franck Gel- noted that French companies delegation of the occasion. merce and industry and and combating obstacles fac- on the sidelines of the 56th pollution control and infra- let inaugurated the forum. operating in Qatar play an im- Talking to Qatar Tribune chairmen of federations and ing the GCC joint market. meeting of the GCC Trade structure have directly con- Organised by the French portant role in supporting the on the sidelines of the forum, chambers, held in Kuwait on The Emir of Kuwait, Sa- and Industrial Cooperation tributed to the development of Embassy in Doha in partner- national economy by contrib- Pepy said the French com- Wednesday. bah al Ahmad al Jaber al Committee held in Kuwait. bilateral relations,” he said. ship with the Ministry of Com- uting to the development of panies are looking to partner This is in addition to the merce and Industry, the Qatar numerous projects. with Qatari companies in ar- establishment of the French- Businessmen Association and “Today, 294 companies, eas of agriculture, logistics, Qatari Investment Fund in Qatar Financial Centre (QFC), including 228 firms jointly technology, health and educa- 2013 which has contributed the forum saw participation owned by Qatari and French tion. QCSD provides new services in to building a new generation of representatives from more citizens, and 66 companies He said that some of the of businessmen in the fields than 60 French companies fully owned by French citi- French companies were also of trade and industry and the and a number of Qatari firms. zens, are currently operating in the advanced stages of talks preparation for listing of QAMCO field of manufacturing and Delivering opening speech in Qatar,” he said. to set up manufacturing units clean energy in both countries, on the occasion Nuaimi said, The forum featured a num- in Qatar. QNA tronic statement which can be DOHA Electronic screens printed through the compa- ny’s electronic services portal QATAR Central Securi- QCSD would provide through which the sharehold- ties Depository (QCSD) has electronic screens at the er can obtain a daily, weekly extended a number of elec- offices of financial services or monthly statement. tronic services that are part companies (brokerages) to The company stated that if of the ongoing preparations the shareholder does not have to list Qatar Aluminium inquire about the a registered NIN number, a Manufacturing Company shareholders’ numbers new shareholder’s number (QAMCO). (NIN) and shares allocated will be defined based on the The aim is to allow the to them in QAMCO using information in the IPO ap- shareholders to inquire about their ID cards numbers plication, and then an SMS the shares allocated to them, message will be sent to the thereby saving time and ener- shareholder. gy, QCSD said in a statement SMS messages will be sent issued on Monday. and shares allocated to them to each shareholder whose The company said that in QAMCO using their ID shares are listed in QAMCO it would provide electronic cards numbers. on the company’s systems, as screens at the offices of finan- The allocated shares will well as to update sharehold- cial services companies (bro- be available in the sharehold- ers’ data by adding the IBAN kerages) to inquire about the ers’ statement once they are according to the data in QAM- Diginitaries at the Qatar-France Business Forum in Doha on Monday. (HANSON K JOSEPH) shareholders’ numbers (NIN) listed, as well as the elec- CO’s shareholder register. Economy & Business Tuesday, November 27, 2016 13 Woqod opens petrol station Rawdat Al Hamama -2

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QATAR Fuel ‘Woqod’ opened a new petrol sta- tion Rawdat Al Hamama-2 Projects on Monday. Woqod CEO Engr Saad Woqod CEO Engr Saad Rashid al Muhannadi said, Rashid al Muhannadi said “We are pleased to open said Woqod is overseeing new fixed petrol station implementation of 17 new Rawdat Al Hamama-2. petrol stations, some of Woqod aspires to expand these stations are its petrol station network expected to be operational in the country to meet during the current year. He the rising demand for pe- noted that there are nine troleum products and achieve the goal of provid- stations in the bidding Doha Bank Group CEO R Seetharaman addresses a knowledge-sharing session in Doha on Sunday. ing customers with access phase and 14 stations in to products and services the design phase at their convenience and comfort. “Woqod has accelerated include Sidra convenience ‘Regulatory framework makes the process of construction store, manual car wash, oil of new petrol stations to change and tyre repair ser- meet the fuel and energy vice, sale of LPG cylinders, needs of the country. besides sale of gasoline and The Woqod team diesel products for light ve- would like to extend their hicles. Qatar’s banking system robust’ gratitude to all concerned Muhannadi said Wo- governmental and private qod is overseeing imple- entities that contributed mentation of 17 new pet- to the completion of the rol stations, some of these Qatar’s banking system needs no support from the central bank and sovereign wealth fund: Doha Bank CEO project.” stations are expected to be Rawdat Al Hamama-2 operational during the cur- SATYENDRA PATHAK is spread over an area of rent year. He noted that DOHA 10,000 square metres and there are nine stations has three lanes with six in the bidding phase and ROBUST regulatory frame- dispensers that will serve 14 stations in the design work and effective supervision Rawdat Al Hamama and its phase. have helped ensure the resil- neighbourhood. “Woqod aims to build a ience of the financial system The new petrol sta- total of 130 fuel stations by in Qatar, Doha Bank Group tion offer round-the-clock the end of 2020,” Muhan- CEO R Seetharaman said on services to residents and nadi added. Sunday. Speaking at knowledge- sharing session, ‘Changing Global Economics and Their Impact on Growth Momen- tum’ organised by Doha Bank, Seetharaman said that Qatar’s banking system needs no fur- ther support from the central bank and sovereign wealth fund as the decline in non- resident liabilities of lenders after the economic blockade has subsided. Seetharaman said that Qa- Former Indian foreign secretary Ranjan Mathai addresses a Dr Sayuri Shirai, professor at KEIO University in Japan, speaks at a tar has turned the blockade knowledge-sharing session organised by Doha Bank on Sunday. knowledge-sharing session organised by Doha Bank on Sunday. on the nation by some of the neighbouring countries into projected at 3.7 percent. In served as India’s ambassador shoring up or shaping a new an opportunity to achieve self- the United States, momentum to Qatar, spoke on challenge world order. Other countries Rawdat Al Hamama-2 is spread over an area of 10,000 square reliance in most of the eco- is still strong as fiscal stimu- to the globalist world order in Asia like Japan and India metres and has three lanes with 6 dispensers that will serve nomic sectors. lus continues to increase, but Qatar is expected to grow by and an intensification of geo- are continuing engagement Rawdat Al Hamama and its neighbourhood. Despite the blockade, he the forecast for 2019 has been 2.7 percent in 2018 and political competition. He also with China, while pursuing said, Qatar’s economy is grow- revised down due to recently 2.8 percent in 2019. The touched upon the impact of preparedness to defend their ing at a decent pace. Quoting announced trade measures, growth is revised marginally election of US President Don- interests, he said. the International Monetary including the tariffs imposed upwards from IMF’s forecast ald Trump, Brexit, China’s “Russia under Putin is de- Fund (IMF), he said, “Qatar on $200 billion of US imports rejection of the world court termined to play itself back is expected to grow by 2.7 per- by China. Growth projections in April this year of 2.6 ruling on South China Sea and into a globally relevant role. Ex-IMF chief Rato goes cent in 2018 and 2.8 percent have been marked down for percent in 2018 and 2.7 Russia’s intervention in Syria Trump is open to this, and in 2019. The growth is revised the eurozone and the United percent in 2018 on the global economy. wants to reach some under- marginally upwards from Kingdom following surprises He said that US under standing with Russia, perhaps on trial again in Spain IMF’s forecast in April this that suppressed activity in Doha Bank Group CEO Trump has increased uncer- create a triangular scenario to year of 2.6 percent in 2018 and early 2018.” R Seetharaman tainty in global politics and China’s disadvantage, but fac- AFP who in October began serving 2.7 percent in 2018.” Speaking on the occasion economics. es resistance from within the MADRID four-and-a-half years in prison The Qatar Central Bank Dr Sayuri Shirai, professor “It is now clear that US,” he said. for misusing funds when he was (QCB) is further strengthening at KEIO University in Japan, of GDP which is the largest in ‘America First’ does not mean South Asia, Latin America, A major trial harking back to the the boss of Caja Madrid, anoth- its financial sector surveillance gave an overview of the Japa- the world,” she said. withdrawal or isolation, but a and Africa in particular are fu- dark years of Spain’s economic er bank, and of Bankia between to detect in a timely fashion nese economy. Highlighting the chal- reshaping of global commit- ture growth poles in the world crisis kicked off Monday over 2010 and 2012. emerging pressures including A former member of the lenges facing the Japanese ments, following cost benefit if they can manage their poli- the alleged fraudulent 2011 list- Bankia was formed in 2010 those related to liquidity, real policy board of Bank of Ja- economy, she said, “The analyses of how specific rela- tics, he said. ing of financial giant Bankia, when Caja Madrid and six other estate sector, the impact of US pan, Shirai said, “The Japa- economy is shifting from be- tionships have helped the US African mineral resources with former IMF head Rodrigo unlisted savings banks merged. monetary policy normalisa- nese government’s efforts at ing export-oriented to invest- economically and in retain- which are essential for the hi- Rato in the dock. Rato arrived at the court in tion and the on-going Gulf cri- industrialisation in the 1950’s ment-driven. Ageing society, ing its predominant power. tech and green economy of the The Spanish state was forced San Fernando de Henares, a sis, he quoted IMF as saying. resulted in Japan becoming labour shortage, restraining Trump’s views are guided by future, he said, will be the target to step in to prevent the bank’s Madrid suburb, for the trial in a Qatar is set to increase a trade surplus country by labour productivity growth on the fact that the US is still of a new global competition. collapse and then to borrow police van out of sight from the liquefied natural gas produc- 1960’s. The country is now in- account of shift from manu- the most powerful country “The nationalist phase in 41 billion euros ($46.5 billion) glare of the media. tion capacity by about 30 vesting in setting up factories facturing to services are other and one of the most prosper- foreign policies will produce from the EU to keep the rest of A total of 35 people and percent from 77 MTPA to 110 outside the country to cope challenges.” ous with continued growth. winners and losers but will Spain’s banking sector afloat. companies including Bankia, its MTPA, he said, adding the with the ageing population.” Ranjan Mathai, former Trump has managed to get not minimise risk of a heav- The 69-year-old Rato, head parent company BFA and De- increase in output will ensure “The Japanese economy foreign secretary of India, also NAFTA amended, he has tak- ily armed world. It is impor- of the bank at the time, is ac- loitte consultants are on trial. sustained economic growth currently is the third largest addressed the high-profile en US out of TPP and is try- tant for foreign policies to cused of falsifying the books and The opening day of the of the country. with size of $5 trillion, per gathering of diplomats, high ing to reshape WTO,” Mathai strengthen multilateral insti- fraud to the detriment of inves- trial was dominated by proce- Speaking about the global capita GDP of $40,000 and net worth Qatari individuals said. tutions which moderate com- tors. dural issues. Rato is expected economic growth and chal- largest international creditor. and representatives of local For China, he said, now petition and conflict, and pur- Prosecutors are seeking a to take the stand on Tuesday or lenges, he said, “Global The total value of foreign as- corporate sector. is the opportunity to step in sue a rule-based world order,” five-year jail sentence for Rato, Wednesday. growth for 2018 and 2019 is sets is $3 trillion or 64 percent Mathai, who has also to take a much larger role in he said.

Barclays appoints Jean-Damien Marie Falling business morale points to weak German growth as head of Investments EMEA REUTERS Reciprocal tariffs on goods facture in both countries and ex- quarter would be corrected with BERLIN port in both directions across the a firmly positive growth figure in TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK He will be based in Geneva,” imposed by the world’s two Pacific. The tariffs are not only the fourth quarter.” DOHA Barclays said. GERMAN business morale largest economies are hurt- dampening the business outlook Detailed July-September Jean-Christophe Gerard, fell by more than expected in ing German companies that but are starting to leave their GDP data on Friday showed ex- BARCLAYS announced on Head of Investments, Private November as the country’s ex- manufacture in both coun- mark on the German economy, ports fell 0.9 percent on the quar- Monday that Jean-Damien Bank & Overseas Services, porters get caught up in a trade tries and export in both which has long depended on ex- ter while imports rose 1.3 per- Marie has joined as Head of Barclays, said, “Jean-Damien’s dispute between China and the ports for growth. cent, with net trade knocking a Investments EMEA in Private appointment significantly ad- United States. directions across the Pacific Data last week showed that full percentage point off growth. Bank & Overseas Services. vances our plans to strengthen Economists expressed con- weaker exports were the main This translated into a third quar- With over 20 years’ expe- our capabilities. He will play cern about the drop in the Ifo Fuest. “Companies scaled back reason for the quarter-on-quar- ter contraction of 0.2 percent. rience in capital markets, asset an important role in helping economic institute’s business their assessments of the current ter contraction in July-Septem- The third-quarter GDP and wealth management busi- us originate tailored invest- climate index, which followed business situation albeit from a ber, and economists said there contraction was mainly due to ness development and portfo- ment solutions that are rel- the first quarterly contraction in high level. Their business expec- are clear signs that overall Ger- weakness in the car industry as it lio construction for large asset evant for our clients.” German GDP since 2015. tations also clouded over.” man growth was slowing. struggled to adjust to new emis- owners, Jean-Damien brings Barclays is a transatlan- Munich-based Ifo said on He added that the economy In addition to trade tensions, sion testing requirements. deep private banking and Jean-Damien Marie. tic consumer and wholesale Monday the index fell for the would grow by 0.3 percent in the German economy is also feel- While that problem should investment expertise to the bank offering products and third month in a row to 102.0. the fourth quarter at most after ing the effects of slowing growth not affect the fourth quarter, team to support the delivery of the development and position- services across personal, cor- This was lower than a consensus contracting by 0.2 percent in the in the euro zone. the industry remains vulnerable high-growth strategy for Pri- ing of Barclays as a best-in- porate and investment bank- forecast of 102.3 in a Reuters poll July-September period. “The index’s fall is some- to trade disruptions as a result vate Bank & Overseas Services class advisory and discretion- ing, credit cards and wealth of economists. Reciprocal tariffs on goods what alarming,” Uwe Burkert of threatened US tariffs on cars across the region, Barclays ary manager and as a leading management, with a strong “Sentiment among German imposed by the world’s two of LBBW wrote in a note. “It manufactured in the European said in a press release. sales, trading and transac- presence in markets of the UK businesses weakened further this largest economies are hurting was generally expected that the Union and Britain’s planned exit “He will be responsible for tional idea provider in EMEA. and the US. month,” said Ifo chief Clemens German companies that manu- economic weakness of the third from the bloc. 14 Tuesday, November 27, 2018 Economy & Business

Mitsubishi Motors’ Europe rallies on Italy hopes, board removes Ghosn as chairman REUTERS oil rises after ‘black’ Friday TOKYO MITSUBISHI Motors Corp QItaly’s banks index leaps 5% QBrent futures up 2.3% as US crude rises 1.6% said on Monday its board removed Carlos Ghosn from REUTERS his role as chairman, fol- LONDON lowing his arrest and ouster from alliance partner Nis- EUROPE’S markets rallied on san Motor Co last week for Monday on signs that Italy was alleged financial miscon- preparing to rework the spend- duct. ing plans that have fuelled ten- Ghosn’s sacking in a sions with the European Union, unanimous board vote while Wall Street futures were marks the end of his chair- looking for post-Black Friday manship of Japanese au- pick-me-up. tomakers, just two years A bounce in oil after its after he was praised for Carlos Ghosn. own “black” Friday, the sur- bringing a steadying hand vival chances of Britain’s newly to Mitsubishi Motors fol- sealed Brexit agreement and lowing a cheating scandal renewed Russia and Ukraine in 2016. CEO Osamu Mas- tensions had all kept Europe’s uko will become temporary traders busy, but it was Italy that chairman, the automaker stole the show. said. Deputy Prime Minister Mat- “Ghosn has lost the con- Osamu Masuko teo Salvini had hinted over the fidence of Nissan” and it is to replace Ghosn weekend at the possibility of “difficult for him to fulfill tweaking the country’s budget his duties”, spurring the Ghosn’s sacking in a deficit goal, saying “no one is dismissal, Mitsubishi Mo- unanimous board vote marks stuck” to the 2.4 percent target tors said in a statement. Ni- the end of his chairmanship and there was talk on Monday ssan holds a controlling 34 of Japanese automakers, of closer to 2 percent. percent stake in Mitsubishi just two years after he was Italy’s banks index duly leapt Motors and has two execu- praised for bringing a 5 percent towards its strongest tives on the board. steadying hand to Mitsubishi day since June and an equally The move comes amid Motors following a cheating strong rally in bond markets discontent over French part- scandal in 2016. CEO sent Italian borrowing costs to ner Renault SA’s role in the Osamu Masuko will become their lowest since September. 19-year Franco-Japanese “It will help the banks if the alliance of which Ghosn was temporary chairman, the BTP-Bund spread goes lower The stock exchange in Frankfurt, Germany. (REUTERS) the driving force. automaker said which it has been this morning,” Sealed in 1999 when Ni- Pierre Bose, head of European Euro climbs O Pound rises 0.3 percent against the dollar after Britain and up 0.6 percent, led by gains in ssan was rescued from near- strategy at Credit Suisse Wealth EU reached an agreement over Brexit Hong Kong and Taiwan, while bankruptcy, it was enlarged Top alliance execu- Management, said. The euro also climbed, O MSCI’s broadest index shares excluding Japan edged up 0.6 Japan’s Nikkei advanced 0.8 in 2016 to include Mitsubi- tives are meeting this week “You potentially move from rising 0.25 percent to percent, led by gains in Hong Kong and Taiwan percent. shi and enabled the mem- in Amsterdam, aiming to a negative spiral to a more posi- $1.1370 and as much O Japan’s Nikkei advanced 0.8 percent In China, the Shanghai com- bers to jointly develop prod- shield their joint operations tive spiral where you end up as 0.7 percent at posite index eased 0.1 percent, ucts and control costs. The from the fallout of Ghosn’s with less pressure on the banks, 128.73 yen O Russian and Ukraine bonds saw some selling after Russia though, and Bitcoin extended alliance vies with Volkswa- arrest as a power struggle more ability to lend and that seize three Ukrainian naval ships off the coast of Crimea its recent wrechid run, dropping gen AG and Toyota Motor between Nissan and Re- will underpin growth in a better more than 5 percent from the Corp for the ranking of the nault looms. Renault has fashion.” day’s highs as selling in crypto- world’s biggest automaker. refrained from firing him as The euro also climbed, ris- over Brexit plans on Sunday. the S&P 500 record its lowest Both US WTI and Brent fu- currencies returned. Even as Nissan has re- chairman and CEO. ing 0.25 percent to $1.1370 and It was flat against the euro, close in six months, more than tures are down more than 20 Bitcoin was last trading at covered and grown rapidly, Mitsubishi Motors al- as much as 0.7 percent at 128.73 though, and analysts remain 10 percent down from Septem- percent this month, and unless $3,880 -- holding above the it remains a junior partner ready had plans to discuss yen, though it lost a bit of trac- cautious that the Brexit deal ber’s peaks, and pushed it back they recover further this week 2018 lows it hit last week but it in the shareholding struc- its position in the alliance tion after Germany’s monthly faces stiff opposition within the in ‘correction’ territory. the losses would mark their big- has lost around three quarters of ture. Renault owns 43 per- with Ghosn and, following Ifo survey showed a larger-than- British parliament, which will is Signs that shoppers had gest fall since October 2008. its value this year. cent of Nissan and the Japa- the ouster, it needs to con- expected drop in business mo- expected to vote on the agree- succumbed to deep discounts Brent crude futures last Russian and Ukraine bonds nese automaker holds a 15 sider focusing on regions rale. ment in around two weeks’ time. offered on Black Friday and Cy- stood at $60.15 per barrel, up also saw some notable selling percent non-voting stake in and technology where it “The (Ifo) index’s fall is “The failure of the pound ber Monday saw Amazon shares 2.3 percent in London. US crude after Russia seize three Ukrain- the French firm. And Nissan can retain competitiveness, somewhat alarming,” Uwe to rally on recent positive de- jump 2.7 percent and eBay gain futures last fetched $51.23 per ian naval ships off the coast of is almost 60 percent bigger CEO Masuko told reporters Burkert of LBBW wrote in a velopments suggest the market 2.1 percent in premarket trading. barrel, up 1.6 percent on the day Crimea that Russian authori- than Renault by sales. after the board meeting. note. “It was generally expected is pricing in that the deal won’t Heavy oil price losses that and off Friday’s low of $50.15. ties said had illegally entered that the economic weakness pass the first time in parlia- sent Brent crude plunging be- “It is difficult to say whether its waters. Gold, meanwhile, of the third quarter would be ment,” said Lee Hardman, a low $58 per barrel had dragged $60 is the new normal, as there rose as fears of a slowdown in corrected with a firmly posi- currency analyst at MUFG. energy stocks lower on Friday. doesn’t seem to be a ‘normal’ at global economic growth and tive growth figure in the fourth “During the next two weeks Brent, hit by growing signs of the moment,” Cantor Fitzger- uncertainty surrounding the US quarter.” the pound will likely trade with crude oversupply on world mar- ald oil and gas analyst Jack Al- interest rate trajectory and U.S. GM to slash jobs, production, There was also a 0.3 percent increased volatility,” he added. kets as demand ebbs, clawed lardyce said. China trade tensions bolstered rise for the pound against the Wall Street stock futures back lost ground on Monday Overnight in Asia, MSCI’s the metal’s appeal ahead of a and cancel some car models dollar after Britain and Europe- firmed up after another nega- but was struggling to get much broadest index of the region’s G20 meeting at the end of the an Union reached an agreement tive session on Friday had seen above $60. shares excluding Japan edged week. REUTERS discontinued in the US market DETROIT/WASHINGTON in 2019. Plants in Baltimore, Mary- GENERAL Motors Co said land, and Warren, Michigan Qatar Stock on Monday it will cut produc- that assemble powertrain Exchange Global trade growth likely to slow further: WTO tion of slow-selling models components will have no rises 105 points and slash its North American products assigned to them af- REUTERS 93.3 from 102.2 in the previous tariffs on steel and aluminum workforce in the face of a stag- ter 2019 and thus are at risk DOHA: Qatar Stock Exchange GENEVA quarter, while agricultural raw and on goods from China. nant market for traditional of closure, the company said. (QSE) index gained 105 materials slumped to 97.2 from The WTO’s new forecasts gas-powered sedans, shifting It will also close two factories points (+1.02 percent) when GLOBAL growth in merchan- Risks to the forecast are 100.1 and export orders slid to of 3.9 percent growth this year more investment to electric outside North America, but the bourse closed trading at dise trade is likely to slow fur- considerable and firmly 96.6 from 97.2 in August. and 3.7 percent in 2019 may and autonomous vehicles. did not identify them. 10,356.62 points on Monday. ther this quarter, the World weighted to the downside. A World trade growth has still prove optimistic. The announcement is the “We are right-sizing ca- The volume of shares traded Trade Organization (WTO) further ratcheting up of struggled to outpace economic “Risks to the forecast are biggest restructuring in North pacity for the realities of the increased to 9,132,636 from said on Monday, as it published trade tensions could have growth since the global finan- considerable and firmly weight- America for the US No 1 car- marketplace,” Chief Executive 2,901,756 on Sunday and the a quarterly indicator showing cial crisis of 2008, ending a ed to the downside. A further maker since its bankruptcy a Mary Barra said, adding that value of shares also increased declines in all seven of the driv- direct negative effects on long streak in which trade in- ratcheting up of trade tensions decade ago. Its shares rallied the cuts were prompted by to QR289,082,181.33 from ers of trade that it tracks. trade, but also beyond, creased at roughly double the could have direct negative ef- 7.6 percent to $38.66. auto industry changes. QR82,215,844.26 on Sunday. The WTO’s quarterly trade rate of global GDP. fects on trade, but also beyond,” GM plans to halt produc- Barra said the company FROM the 48 companies listed on outlook indicator showed a WTO report on G20 Trade appeared to be reviv- the WTO said in a report on tion next year at three assem- will double resources dedicat- QSE, shares of 44 saw trading. reading of 98.6, the lowest trade barriers ing last year when it grew by G20 trade barriers last week. bly plants - Lordstown, Ohio, ed to electric and self-driving Indices of all seven sectors ended since October 2016, reflecting 4.7 percent, prompting cheery “A build-up of economic Hamtramck, Michigan, and vehicles over the next two in green zone today. QSE Total Re- a further loss of momentum quarter, export orders, interna- forecasts in April of a further and financial risks could un- Oshawa, Ontario. The compa- years. turn Index increased 1.02 percent since August, when the index tional air freight, container port 4.4 percent rise this year and dermine trade and output and ny also plans to stop building The UAW union vowed to to 18,247.21 points and QSE Al was at 100.3. A reading below throughput, car production and 4.0 percent in 2019. developing and emerging econ- several models now assembled “confront this decision by GM Rayan Islamic Index gained 0.57 100 signals below-trend growth sales, electronic components However, the WTO cut omies could experience capital at those plants, including the through every legal, contrac- percent to 3,899.91 points. QSE in trade. The indicator is based and agricultural raw materials. those forecasts in September, outflows and financial conta- Chevrolet Cruze, the Cadillac tual and collective bargaining All Share Index rose 1.14 percent on seven drivers - merchandise In the latest reading, elec- following the opening salvoes gion as developed countries CT6 and the Buick LaCrosse. avenue open to our member- to 3,078.32 points. (QNA) trade volume in the previous tronic components plunged to of a trade war triggered by U.S. raise interest rates.” The Cruze compact car will be ship.” QDB hosts ‘Young Entrepreneur Exhibition’

TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK the Young Entrepreneur pro- “This initiative reflects DOHA Target audience gramme included students QDB’s efforts in supporting between the age group of 12 startups and aspiring entre- QATAR Development Bank The target audience of the to 15 years from independent preneurs to contribute effec- (QDB) hosted the ‘Young Young Entrepreneur pro- and private schools in Qatar tively in the sustainability and Entrepreneur Exhibition’ at gramme included students and the members of the Qatar diversification of the national Doha Festival City on Novem- between the age group Scientific Club. economy in line with Qatar’s ber 22 and 23 with the aim to of 12 to 15 years from Ibrahim al Mannai, Execu- National Vision 2030 and offer growth paradigms to en- independent and private tive Director of Advisory and creating a knowledge-based trepreneurs. schools in Qatar and the Incubation at QDB, said, “The economy by empowering Qa- The hosting of the ‘Young members of the Qatar QDB’s endeavour is in close tari entrepreneurs and assist Entrepreneur Exhibition’ fol- Scientific Club conjunction with our vision SMEs to overcome the obsta- lows the successful launch of to offer poised platform to our cles they face.” the ‘Young Entrepreneur’ pro- talented youth. The programme provided gramme in collaboration with “Time and again, they have an open floor for the youth to Qatar Scientific Club, which ings, which was followed by a surprised us with their path- showcase their ideas and pro- aimed at encouraging entre- competition for the younger breaking ideas and this event jects. preneurship and trade amog generation targeting young further accentuated their It supported young en- school students. entrepreneurs and attracted growth paradigms and of- trepreneurs, engaged and at- The Young Entrepreneurs them to the field to present fered them a greater avenue to tracted them to the entrepre- programme achieved its goal their ideas and projects, which showcase their hidden talent. neurial scene in the country. by providing an integrated qualified the winners to have “Such events also help The event also fostered the business environment where the priority to showcase and in honing the skills of young entrepreneurial awareness youth were able to innovate sell their products on Mata- minds at work and give them among youth. and create in a competitive jercom online shop as well an opportunity to network The programme offered business environment. as showcasing their products with the experts in the various a tremendous opportunity to The Young Entrepreneurs programme achieved its goal by providing an integrated business environment The programme consisted during the exhibition. fields as per the changing mar- network and grow for the par- where youth were able to innovate and create in a competitive business environment. of workshops as well as train- The target audience of ket dynamics.” ticipating entrepreneurs. www.guide.com.qa  Tuesday November 27, 2018

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Sebastian Vettel takes stock as Team Ferrari lick Formula One wounds PAGE 18 UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE JUVENTUS VS VALENCIA England complete historic series sweep in Sri Lanka Paris Saint-Germain’s French for- ward Kylian Mbappe (right) and Brazilian forward Neymar attend the French Ligue 1 match between PSG and Toulouse at the Parc des Princes Stadium in Paris on Saturday. (AFP) Mbappe hopes everything ‘clicks into place’ for PSG in Champions Team effort League It’s been exceptional. It’s Scoreboard AFP been a complete team PARIS ENGLAND 1ST INNINGS 336 effort, it’s been a great tour. (J. Bairstow 110; L. Sandakan 5-95) PARIS Saint-Germain’s teen- England captain Joe Root SRI LANKA 1ST INNINGS 240 age superstar Kylian Mbappe (D. Karunaratne 83; A. Rashid 5-49) has told AFP that they will ENGLAND 2ND INNINGS 230 (J. Buttler 64; D. Perera 5-88) need the breaks to fall their AFP SRI LANKA 2ND INNINGS way if they are to finally fulfil COLOMBO (Target 327 - Overnight 53-4) their dream of winning the K. Mendis run out (Leach) 86 Champions League. L. Sandakan c Stokes b Leach 7 SKIPPER Joe Root hailed R. Silva lbw b Moeen 65 The French giants face England’s “complete team- N. Dickwella c Jennings b Leach 19 Liverpool in a crunch group effort” Monday after his team D. Perera c Jennings b Moeen 5 game at the Parc des Princes sealed a tense victory over Sri S. Lakmal lbw b Leach 11 on Wednesday, when a de- M. Pushpakumara not out 42 Lanka in the third and final Extras: (b8, w5, nb2) 15 feat could end their hopes of Test to record their first over- TOTAL: (All out, 86.4 overs) 284 even reaching the knockout seas series sweep in 55 years. Fall of Wickets: 5-82 (Sandakan), 6-184 (Mendis), rounds, unthinkable for a In the face of stubborn Sri 7-214 (Dickwella), 8-225 (Perera), 9-226 (Silva), club with their ambitions. 10-284 (Lakmal). Lankan resistance, spinners Bowling: Broad 5-0-14-0 (w3), Moeen 26-3-92-4, They may have won all Jack Leach and Moeen Ali Leach 28.4-4-72-4, Stokes 8-1-25-1 (w2, nb1), 14 Ligue 1 games this season took four wickets each to set Rashid 19-1-73-0 (nb1). Toss: England under new coach Thomas up the 42 run win inside four Result: England beat Sri Lanka by 42 runs. Tuchel – meaning a success- Series: England win three-match series 3-0. days in Colombo. Needing Man of the match: J. Bairstow ful defence of the domestic 327 for an unlikely victory, Sri Man of the series: B. Foakes. title is inevitable – but PSG Lanka reached 284. underperformed in a 3-2 de- Leach trapped captain feat in Liverpool. Suranga Lakmal lbw for 11 to Two draws against trigger celebrations for Eng- Napoli followed, and now land who have not won all the another defeat against Jur- games in an overseas series of gen Klopp’s side and a win three or more Tests since Ted for Napoli against Red Star Dexter’s side won 3-0 in New Belgrade at the same time Zealand in 1963. would send Paris packing. It was the third time Sri England players celebrate their win against Sri Lanka on the fourth day of their third and final Test at the Sinhalese Sports Club Stadium in Colombo on Monday. (AFP) “We have struggled a Lanka have been whitewashed bit so far, but we are still at home after India last year said Root, who has set the on Sunday with Jos Buttler 240 as the tourists built a in the running and we have and Australia in 2004. target of overtaking India as England’s 3-0 victory is the first time they have won making a crucial 64 after they crucial lead. our fate in our own hands. I The third Test highlighted world number one Test team. every Test in a series in Sri Lanka and is only the third had fallen to 39-4 against the However Sri Lanka coach think that in order to win a England’s pool of talent with “It’s easy for me to sit time – after India last year and Australia in 2004 – that opposition spinners. Chandika Hathurusingha said competition you need things Leach coming in as the third here and take all the compli- a touring side have beaten the hosts by that scoreline. Wicketkeeper-batsman the hosts fought hard in a se- to click into place,” Mbappe spinner with Ali and Adil ments but without that squad Foakes, who hit a century on ries that was not as one-sided said in an interview. Rashid, and Ben Foakes tak- of players pushing each other, debut in the opener in Galle, as the result reflected. “There are games in ing the wicketkeeper’s gloves being willing to learning and scare with his unbeaten 42 off century but was finally trapped made an unbeaten 36 in the “I thought it was a very which you think, at first but also scoring big runs. improving, we wouldn’t have 40 deliveries, lifting the hosts lbw by Ali. second innings. closely fought series espe- sight, that nothing unusual “That’s been a big secret achieved what we have,” Root from 226-9 and raising hopes Leach also ended the 58- He was named man of the cially the last two games. The is going to happen. And in our success – being able said at the post-match presser. of a miracle. run last wicket stand, claiming series for leading the batting difference between the two then there is maybe a little to bring different guys in, But Sri Lanka did not give Leach broke the Mendis- Suranga on the fourth ball of chart with 277 runs including teams was very little,” said moment in the game -- it and pick a team that is going up without a fight. Silva stand with a brilliant the final session. a ton and a half-century. Hathurusingha. can be a half, or a spell in to take 20 wickets and score Kusal Mendis, who hit a one-handed pick-up and bul- “It went a couple of hours Jonny Bairstow, returning “I thought England han- which you are on top -- and enough runs to put teams un- gritty 86, and Roshen Silva, let throw at the non-striker’s longer than I would have liked from injury, made his pres- dled tough situations well.” your team grows in confi- der pressure,” said Root. who made 65, put on 102 runs end that got Mendis out. to,” admitted England coach ence felt with 110 in England’s The whitewash sealed dence and things go in your “The experienced players for the sixth wicket to launch He had started the day on Trevor Bayliss who nonethe- first innings of 336 after they a complete domination of favour, to take you far in a have taken the extra respon- Sri Lanka’s resistance cam- 15 and registered his seventh less hailed the series win as a elected to bat first. the tour by England who competition like this.” sibility. It’s been exceptional. paign on a turning wicket. Test fifty with eight fours and “just reward”. Rashid then claimed five clinched the One-Day Inter- It is not just on the field It’s been a complete team ef- Number 11 Malinda Push- a six. England were bowled out wickets with his leg spin to nationals 3-1 and the only that PSG need things to go fort, it’s been a great tour,” pakumara also gave England a Silva hit a fighting half- for 230 in their second innings help dismiss Sri Lanka for Twenty20 match. their way, with Tuchel cur- rently sweating on the fitness of both Mbappe and Neymar for Wednesday’s game. Big delight Mbappe came off with Teen who survived horror crash flies home after surgery a shoulder injury during France’s friendly against Uruguay last week, while AFP “I am still overwhelmed by Neymar hurt a groin playing HONG KONG all the support I got from you for Brazil the same night. fans all around the world,” An injury to Neymar TEENAGE racing driver who she added. cost Paris dear against Real fractured her spine in a hor- Dramatic footage captured Madrid in the Champions rifying crash at the Macau gasps from the crowd as Flo- League last season, and they Croatia’s tennis team captain Grand Prix said on Monday ersch’s car flew through the will be desperate to have Zeljko Kraja and Marin Cilic she was flying home to Germa- air and into safety netting at both players fit. celebrate with the Davis Cup in ny for further treatment. the Guia Circuit’s sharp right- Mbappe, meanwhile, Zagreb on Monday. (REUTERS) The 17-year-old Sophia hand Lisboa bend. knows exactly what it takes Floersch’s car flew off the Lying 16th, she lost control at this level, having starred Croats dance as track in the Formula Three in a contact down the straight, in France’s glorious World Davis Cup victors race earlier this month, cata- launched off a kerb and Cup campaign in Russia, come home pulting spectacularly over bounced off Japanese racer scoring in the 4-2 final win safety barriers before hurtling Sho Tsuboi’s vehicle. I am still overwhelmed over Croatia. ZAGREB: Thousands of Croats backwards into a hut housing Floersch acknowledged by all the support I got Mbappe – who turns 20 danced and cheered in Zagreb’s media and officials. her miraculous survival. from you fans all next month – believes PSG central square on Monday as She underwent marathon “I celebrated my 2nd birth- can learn from France’s they welcomed their national ten- surgery when doctors battled day on the 18.11.2018 in Ma- around the world. campaign in Russia, and nis team back home after their for more than nine hours to cau... Now a new chapter starts F3 driver Sophia Floersch sees their 4-3 win over Ar- Davis Cup victory. Top-ranked repair her fractured vertebra and I can’t wait for it to begin. gentina in the last 16 as a ref- Marin Cilic and other players and remove a bone splinter, Let’s focus on 2019,” Floersch erence point. “At the World boarded a special bus straight which was sitting dangerously said in her post, ending with a Cup, during the group stage, from the airport, drove into the close to her spinal cord. fingers-crossed emoji. German F3 racing driver Sophia Floersch leaves hospital after a press conference in Macau to discuss her nobody thought we would heart of the capital and climbed Despite her ordeal, Flo- Tsuboi received treatment injuiries and recovery before flying home on Monday. (AFP) go on to win it,” said the onto a stage in Ban Jelacic ersch has said she is deter- but was considered to have had French forward.. Square to greet their fans. The mined to race again. a lucky escape after Floersch’s was not to blame after the acci- about 275km/h, coupled with during the Macau Grand Prix’s “I had said our aim was players sang and danced along “Today I am flying back airborne car hit the safety-arc dent raised concerns about safe- tight, blind corners. motorcycle race. to win it and people laughed with the crowd. “We’re extremely home. Really happy to see all or halo just behind his head. ty standards. The International At least three people have In 2012, Portuguese mo- at me a bit. So it can be dif- happy to bring this trophy to my family and friends in the A race commissioner and Motoring Federation (FIA) has died on the Macau Grand torcyclist Luis Carreira and ficult to look too far forward, Croatia and to show everyone next days again,” she wrote in two photographers were also opened an investigation. Prix course. Hong Kong driver Phillip Yau all the more so in the Cham- that we are the best,” Cilic said a Facebook post Monday, after injured in the accident. The 6.2 kilometre (3.9 British rider Daniel Hegar- were killed within two days of pions League where there from the stage as he held up spending more than a week in Floersch’s team boss has mile) urban circuit features ty died last year after hitting a each other during the Macau are so many matches.” the prize. (REUTERS) a Macau hospital. said the historic Macau circuit long straights with speeds of barrier at Fisherman’s Bend Grand Prix. Sports Tuesday, November 27, 2018 17 Yasir’s career-best haul destroys New Zealand

Kiwis 131-2 in SCOREBOARD PAKISTAN (IST INNINGS) 418-5 2nd Inns after (Haris Sohail 147, Babar Azam 127 not out, Azhar Ali 81; C. de Grandhomme 2-44) being made NEW ZEALAND (IST INNINGS) Qatar’s Cherif Younousse talks to QVA official Reoberto Reggiani at J. Raval b Yasir Shah ...... 31 the Aspire Park in Doha on Monday. to follow-on T. Latham c Imam b Yasir ...... 22 K. Williamson not out ...... 28 AFP R. Taylor b Yasir ...... 0 H. Nicholls b Yasir ...... 0 Qatar spikers DUBAI BJ Watling run out ...... 1 C. de Grandhomme lbw b Hasan ...... 0 LEG-SPINNER Yasir Shah I. Sodhi c Sarfraz b Yasir ...... 0 wrecked New Zealand with a N. Wagner lbw b Yasir ...... 0 Cherif and Ahmed Ajaz Patel lbw b Yasir ...... 4 career best eight-wicket haul T. Boult st Sarfraz b Yasir ...... 0 as Pakistan sniffed victory on Extras: (lb3, nb1) ...... 4 aim to end their the third day of the second TOTAL: (All out; 35.3 overs) ...... 90 Fall of wickets: 1-50 (Raval), 2-61 (Latham), 3-61 Test in Dubai on Monday. (Taylor), 4-61 (Nicholls), 5-63 (Watling), 6-69 The 32-year-old grabbed (Grandhomme), 7-72 (Sodhi), 8-72 (Wagner), 9-90 season on a high 8-41 in 12.3 overs which an- (Patel), 10-90 (Boult). nihilated New Zealand to 90 Bowling: Abbas 9-4-18-0 (1nb), Hasan 10-5-25-1, Hafeez 2-1-1-0, Yasir 12.3-1-41-8, Asif 2-1-2-0. all out in just 35.3 overs before NEW ZEALAND (2ND INNINGS FOLLOWING-ON) defending champion and the taking two more wickets as J. Raval st Sarfraz b Yasir ...... 2 Aspire Qatar pressure, he insisted, “There is New Zealand – following on T. Latham not out ...... 44 no pressure on me at all. We’ve – were 131-2 at close in their K. Williamson c Sarfraz b Yasir ...... 30 Master Beach Yasir Shah (right), who took eight wickets for 41 runs in the first innings, celebrates with captain Sarfraz R. Taylor not out ...... 49 nothing to lose here. It is just second innings. Extras: (b 4, lb 2) ...... 6 that we want to finish the tour- Yasir dismissed opener Ahmed after dismissing New Zealand’s Jeet Raval on the third day of their second Test on Monday. (AFP) TOTAL: (For two wkst; 43 overs) ~ ...... 131 Volleyball from nament with good results. Win Jeet Raval for two before ac- Fall of wickets: 1-10 (Raval), 2-66 (Williamson). or loss is not very important. counting for New Zealand to take the fight to the Paki- when the action started Yasir 27 without loss, lost Raval in Bowling: Abbas 4-1-11-0, Hasan 5-3-5-0, Yasir Wednesday 15-2-65-2, Hafeez 3-1-6-0, Asif 14-1-30-0, Sohail For us, the next season is go- skipper Kane Williamson stan bowlers. was lightening, bowling to his an unfortunate way as he tried 2-0-8-0. RAAJIV TRIPATHI ing to be very crucial. caught behind for 30 to com- But the day belonged to best ability on a turning Dubai to reverse sweep Yasir but the Toss: Pakistan. DOHA “Here, we’ll try to play our plete his third ten-wicket haul Yasir, who rocked New Zea- stadium pitch. ball deflected off his bat to his best and just keep our level in the match. land in the first innings. Yasir dismissed Latham thigh and hit the stumps. QATAR’S star players Cherif high as we did in the Asian Tom Latham (44) and Ross He also became the first (22), Taylor (nought) and Raval top-scored with 31. Wagner, Ajaz Patel and Trent Younousse and Ahmed Tijan Games and the Asian Cham- Taylor (49) were at the crease Pakistani to take ten wickets in Henry Nicholls (nought) in his From 50-1 it became Boult – all without scoring in are determined to end their pionship. I feel that it will take at close as New Zealand need a single day, ninth in the world ninth over, triggering a col- 61-2 when Yasir had Latham the space of nine balls. Asian beach volleyball season the care of the results itself.” another 197 runs to avoid an with England’s left-arm spinner lapse during which New Zea- caught at short-leg by Imam- Six New Zealand batsmen on a high. Currently world- Tijan said, “To be honest, innings defeat while Pakistan Johnny Briggs doing it twice. land lost all their ten wickets ul-Haq off the first ball of his fell without scoring, making ranked 10th, the local pair this event will not be easy. can level the series by taking “When I was coming to for just 40 runs after being ninth over. it the fifth occasion in a Test having stamped their class at We don’t underrate anyone. another eight wickets with two the ground I was thinking that well set on 50 without loss. Two balls later he bowled when six batsmen failed to the 2018 Asian Games and the Some of the teams are tough days to play. I must get ten wickets in the Yasir’s bowling figures experienced Taylor with a score in an innings. Asian Championships are now and experienced. They will New Zealand won the first match, but never thought it will – his 15th five-wicket haul – beautiful delivery that turned Williamson remained gunning to make it three out of all try to beat us but we’ve Test in Abu Dhabi by four runs come in a single day,” said Yasir. beat his previous best of 7-76 and beat the forward push by unbeaten on 28, watching three at home. done the home work well last week to gain a 1-0 lead in “I came from injury and against Sri Lanka at Galle in the batsman. wickets fell like nine pins at With the qualifying round with the coach. the three-match series. didn’t get the needed rhythm 2015 and also the best against Off his fifth ball Yasir the other end. With Sodhi’s of the Aspire Beach Volley- “Last year, I had played Taylor has hit six bounda- against Australia (last month) New Zealand. bowled Nicholls through the wicket Yasir also completed ball Qatar Master on Tuesday with Julio (Cesar do Nasci- ries and a six in his return-to- but now I am getting it and Intikhab Alam (7-52) held gap between bat and pad. 100 wickets in 16 Tests in the being scrapped due to lack of mento) and lost in the pre- form innings while Latham very happy to achieve this the record for Pakistan’s best It was Yasir who ran United Arab Emirates (Dubai, extra entries, the main round quarters to Cherif and Jeff. has hit three boundaries as feat,” said Yasir. bowling against New Zealand, Bradley-John Watling run out Sharjah and Abu Dhabi). The will now begin straight on This year, I’m playing with the two have added 65 for the Rain had delayed the start achieved at Dunedin in 1973. soon after lunch for one be- third Test will be played in Wednesday involving 16 top Cherif. The season had been unbroken third wicket stand of the third day by an hour but New Zealand, resuming at fore dismissing Ish Sodhi, Neil Abu Dhabi from December 3. pairs of the continent. quite amazing with a lot of Besides Younousse and good results on the FIVB Tijan, Qatar’s second pair World Tour. consists of Tamer Abdelra- “As far as this tourna- soul (who was fifth at the ment is concerned, we’ll play 2014 Asian Games) and As- our natural game, take each Women provide Australia cheer in forgetful year sam Mahmoud. The third pair match just like a last match comprises Nasser Ahmed al and see how we can do this REUTERS Meer and Hamad al Kuwari. time. We also hope that a MELBOURNE After an evening work-out good crowd will turn up to under the watchful eyes of Ar- support all the three teams IN a year blighted by a ball- gentine coach Mariano Barac- from Qatar,” he added. tampering scandal that etti, the ex-world champions, Mahmoud, the Al Ahli in- brought the Australian men’s Younousse and Tijan said they door volleyball team captain, cricket team to its knees, the have had a good preparation is teaming up with Abdelra- nation’s women have given for the tournament, especially soul for the second time. They fans no small reason to cheer. after having two more teams had played together in the Meg Lanning’s team se- joining them. Asian Championship in Sa- cured their fourth World Younousse, who had won tun, Thailand and qualified for Twenty20 trophy in Antigua the event last year with Jeffer- the main round. In the group on Saturday, thrashing Eng- son Santos Pereira, said, “This league, they put up a brave land by eight wickets to earn is a home tournament. It is quite display, won one match but plaudits at home and abroad. important for us. Last year, Jeff lost the remaining two going Though being paid a frac- and I had won. And after win- down to the wire. tion of their male counter- ning both the Asian Games and Mahmoud said, “Ours is an parts, the team’s achievements the Asian Championships, we’ll experienced team. In the Asian stand at odds with the men, be natural target for all. Championships, we’d played who have lurched to four series “After the World Tour, we well but could not progress losses across test and one-day had enough time to be ready after the group league despite formats since ‘sandpaper-gate’ Being professional for a one last time this sea- good efforts. We’ve trained broke in Cape Town in March. son. We’ve put in a great deal hard and this event presents With the next Twenty20 There’s no doubt that being of efforts in getting ready a good opportunity for us to World Cup only 14 months professional allows us to for the Qatar Master. Now post appreciable results. away on home soil, Lanning put everything we can into we’ve two more good national “I’m happy to be back to speaks of dynasty-building becoming better cricketers teams and I hope they will beach volleyball and looking in much the same way men’s and better people off the also be able to make the sec- forward to playing matches captains Mark Taylor, Steve ond round,” he added. in front of the home crowd,” Waugh and Ricky Ponting did field as well. Talking about being the he added. in decades past. Australia captain Meg Lanning “We want to be a very consistent cricket team and I think we have done that over the last few years without Australia players with the ICC Women’s World Twenty20 2018 trophy at Shirley Heights, English Harbour, Antigua and Barbuda. (AFP) the success at world tourna- ments,” Lanning said. season in 60 years. Steve Smith and vice-captain gives you a bit of a grounding slice of the total forecast pay- “So hopefully this win is Shortly after Lanning hoist- David Warner. and real level-headedness that ments pool of A$459 million, sort of the start of something. ed the winner’s trophy, Aaron Lanning’s team, however, potentially - through absolute- the extra funding has already “I’ve got no doubt that this Finch’s men’s T20 side were have been an exemplar of ly no fault of their own – the led to welcome results and is group is capable of something thrashed by six wickets in Syd- sportsmanship on and off the guys haven’t had in the last 10 in no way taken for granted. special. The T20 World Cup ney by Virat Kohli’s India. field, and have little need for or 15 years because the game “There’s no doubt that be- is in Australia in 2020, which The result meant the the puffed-up aggression that is so demanding and they’re ing professional allows us to is going to be massive (and) I teams split their three-match made the men’s side one of the travelling 11 months of the put everything we can into be- think we’ve shown that we can series 1-1 but Australia were game’s least likeable. year,” she told British media. coming better cricketers and be the world’s best team.” probably fortunate that rain That may be because only In the new collective bar- better people off the field as The Antigua triumph was a washed out the second match a few years ago, Australia’s top gaining agreement struck last well,” said Lanning. ray of light in another gloomy after they suffered a character- women needed jobs to support year, the women’s team saw “We’re very lucky that weekend for Australian elite istic batting collapse. their cricketing ambitions, a payments increase to A$55.2 we’ve got the support network sport, coming hours after the Three of Australia’s top burden unimaginable to most million from A$7.5 million behind the scenes to allow us Qatar’s Hamad al Kuwari (left) and Nasser Ahmed al Meer during a men’s rugby team was wal- men players remain suspend- male professionals, said star ($5.44 million) over the life of to do that. And we just love practice session at the Aspire Park on Monday, ahead of the Aspire loped by England in London ed from the ball-tampering all-rounder Ellyse Perry. a five-year deal. what we do. I guess it’s a job Qatar Master Beach Volleyball Tournament. to complete their worst test episode, including captain “In some ways, I think that While still only a small but, gee, it’s a good one to do.”

Quick Singles Bangladesh coach Steve Rhodes defends ICC bids for inclusion of women’s Twenty20 Pakistan’s Azhar Ali to return to Somerset county hostile pitch after West Indies collapse in 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Games as overseas player for 2019 season CHITTAGONG: Bangladesh coach Steve Rhodes has defended the pitch used DUBAI: The International Cricket Council (ICC) has submitted a bid for the LONDON: Pakistan batsman Azhar Ali is returning to Somerset as an overseas for the first Test against West Indies where his side won in three days, insisting inclusion of women’s Twenty20 in the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birming- player for the 2019 season, the club announced on Monday. The 33-year-old, foreign teams must expect hostile spin tracks in South Asia. Bangladesh spin- ham, the governing body said on Monday. Cricket has not featured in the quad- currently playing in the second Test against New Zealand in Dubai, will be ners took all 20 West Indies wickets to fall in the Chittagong game that ended rennial Games since its maiden appearance in 1998 when the South African available for the entire County Championship and Royal London One-Day Cup Sunday with a 64 run victory for the home side. Rhodes strongly indicated that men’s team won the gold medal in Kuala Lumpur. campaigns in his second spell at Taunton. Azhar will not play for Pakistan at the Caribbean side should have foreseen a tough pitch after they used a pace- “Cricket and the Commonwealth are inextricably linked and almost perfectly next year’s World Cup in England and Wales, having retired from One-Day Inter- friendly track in Antigua when Bangladesh were skittled out for 43, their record aligned with 910 million of cricket’s one billion plus adult fans from Common- nationals, making him available for the whole summer after making a positive low total. “I think that’s the beauty of playing all around the world,” Rhodes wealth countries,” ICC chief executive David Richardson said in a statement. impression during a spell at Somerset last season. “I very much enjoyed my said of the Chittagong track. “There’s lots of different ways to play this wonder- “Creating a new partnership between women’s cricket and the Commonwealth time with the club this year and I am really pleased to be going back,” he said. ful game and coming to Bangladesh and playing on spinning wickets it made Games demonstrates the commitment both organisations have to growing “Somerset is a special club and it was a pleasure to play for them in 2018. for some intriguing cricket,” the Englishman added. “I think in the subcontinent, women’s sport...” Birmingham is the perfect place to launch this partnership There was a really good atmosphere in the dressing room and there are some in places like Pakistan, in Sri Lanka, in India, in Bangladesh you have come to as 23 percent of its residents have links to cricket-playing nations outside the very good players at the club. The supporters were excellent and I look forward expect turning wickets. So, it’s no surprise,” Rhodes said of the result. (AFP) United Kingdom, Richardson said. (REUTERS) to seeing everyone again next year.” (AFP) 18 Tuesday, November 27, 2018 Sports Vettel takes stock as Minister of Culture and Ferrari lick wounds Sports meets FIA chief QNA DOHA AFP gether so obviously we did a ABU DHABI step back towards the end of MINISTER of Culture and the year, which enabled us to Sports HE Salah bin Ghanem SEBASTIAN Vettel, so grace- be more competitive again,” he al Ali met with United Nations ful in his handling of defeat by said, explaining how the team (UN) Secretary General’s Spe- Lewis Hamilton in this year’s had been forced to abandon an cial Envoy for Road Safety and drivers’ title race, on Monday update package that saw them President of International Au- began serious reflections on under-performing. tomobile Federation (FIA) Jean his and Ferrari’s disappoint- “But I think we’ve under- Todt, who is participating in ing season and a harsh self- stood what went wrong. We the International Traffic Safety examination. obviously will try to do a better Conference (ITSC) in Doha. The four-time champion job in the future. That was one The meeting discussed vari- German, whose Ferrari car key thing. On the other hand, ous topics related to the future was often the fastest on the I think we had a lot of lessons. of motorsports and ways to de- grid, conceded he had to look It was a tough year in general. velop it, especially in Qatar and at himself first and the team “The team is strong and the Middle East, in addition to Minister of Culture and Sports HE Salah bin Ghanem al Ali with secondly after he had finished the team has potential, but reviewing future projects be- International Automobile Federation FIA President Jean Todt. second behind new five-time surely it was a lot of things that tween FIA and Qatar Motor and champion Hamilton in Sun- happened inside the team.... Motorcycle Federation. people express their talents The two sides also discussed day’s season-ending Abu Dha- “It’s up to us to look into They also reviewed ways within the existing regulatory means of enhancing traffic bi Grand Prix. Ferrari’s German driver Sebastian Vettel (right) with Lewis Hamilton every single detail and make to attract youth to motorsport, framework, which ensures the safety through exchanging “I don’t think I ever have during the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix weekend. The German’s Ferrari was sure we come out as a stronger which is a key area where young safety of practitioners. experiences. any problems raising my hand often the fastest on the grid but Vettel’s mistakes and Mercedes’ im- group, enabling us to build a if I made a mistake,” he said, pressive run clinched Hamilton’s fifth title, one ahead of Vettel. (AFP) stronger package for next year conceding that in 2018 he had and for the future.” made a few. “I have to look at he said. In Italy, at Ferrari’s home Vettel will be joined at Fer- First Thai driver of F1’s modern era myself first.” “But there’s other things race, he tangled with Hamil- rari next year by a new team- In a spectacular season that that went wrong and don’t ton on the opening lap with mate in Monegasque prodigy saw the title race ebb and flow need a lot of reviewing or over- a similar outcome - another Charles Leclerc who replaces Thailand’s Albon to race for Toro Rosso in 2019 as Ferrari and Mercedes bat- complicating too much. Hamilton triumph that added Finn Kimi Raikkonen in a bid tled for supremacy before an “I know what I need to to the gathering momentum of to rejuvenate the drivers’ line- LONDON: Alexander Albon will become the first Thai to race in Formula One’s modern era after the exceptional purple patch from do. Certainly, here and there, the 33-year-old Briton. up and add competitive focus. Red Bull-owned Toro Rosso team announced on Monday that they had signed the British-born young- Hamilton secured both titles looking back I haven’t been at While Vettel admitted his On Sunday, Raikkonen ster for next season. The 22-year-old, who joins Russian Daniil Kvyat in a new lineup, finished third for the Silver Arrows, Vettel the top of my game so... I look own faults, he was prepared bade farewell to the Italian in this year’s Formula Two championship and had been due to compete for Nissan in the all-electric was, he admitted fallible. at myself first....” also to concede that Ferrari team with an early retirement Formula E series. The only other Thai to have raced in Formula One was the wealthy Birabongse “Knowing as well, as a rac- In his home German had not been faultless in an after losing power. It was a Bhanuban, better known as Prince Bira, who contested 18 grands prix between 1950 and 1954 with a ing driver, how quickly things Grand Prix, Vettel crashed out inconsistent season over- downbeat end to an often col- best result of fourth. Albon’s arrival means New Zealander Brendon Hartley, a Le Mans 24 Hours win- can go wrong, how quickly of the race lead and handed shadowed by team upheavals ourful career with Ferrari be- ner and world endurance champion, has lost his seat. Hartley’s French team mate Pierre Gasly has things could have gone differ- the initiative in the title race following the death of Sergio fore he moves to Sauber, but graduated to the main Red Bull Racing team. Team principal Franz Tost said Albon, who was dropped ently this year, I think I have to Hamilton who, in the rain, Marchionne. a signal that Ferrari are ready from Red Bull’s young driver programme in 2012, had showed in Formula Two -- the official feeder to review a couple of things,” claimed a famous victory. “Things didn’t come to- for change. series to Formula One -- that he had what it takes to drive in F1. (REUTERS)

Farrell to replace Schmidt as Raptors hot streak Ireland rugby continues, Vucevic coach after World Cup scores 31 for Magic

AFP AFP ic snapped the Los Angeles DUBLIN LOS ANGELES Lakers’ three-game winning streak with a 108-104 victory. WORLD coach of the year Joe KAWHI Leonard delivered 29 Terrence Ross had 16 Schmidt is to step down as Ire- points and 10 rebounds as the points including a clutch lay- land handler after next year’s NBA-leading Toronto Rap- up with 34 seconds left as the World Cup and be replaced by tors won their fifth consecutive Magic beat the Lakers for the their defence guru Andy Farrell game by cruising past the Mi- second time in eight days. On the Irish Rugby Football Union THE F1 DRIVER ami Heat 125-115 on Sunday. November 17, Orlando defeat- announced on Monday. Kyle Lowry finished with ed Los Angeles 130-117. The 53-year-old New Zea- 12 points and 10 assists for the “We’re trying to build lander – named coach of the scenario for 2019 Raptors, who are off to their something, and wins like these year on Sunday – has guided With the 2018 Formula One season ending with best 21-game start in history can really help you build some the Irish to unprecedented suc- Sunday’s Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, here is the situation with 17 wins and four losses. momentum,” Vucevic said. cess in his tenure since taking in the drivers’ market for next year. Jonas Valanciunas had 17 Aaron Gordon had 17 over the reins of a demoralised points and 10 rebounds, and points and D.J. Augustin add- outfit in 2013. MERCEDES: World champion Lewis Hamilton has Pascal Siakam finished just two ed 12 points and nine assists Under him they have won renewed his contract until 2020 and Valtteri Bottas is Robert Kubica points shy of his career best for the Magic. three Six Nations titles – in- also staying on. with 21 points. LeBron James had 24 cluding this year’s Grand Slam FERRARI: Sebastian Vettel is under contract until Veteran Dwyane Wade points and seven assists for – and two historic wins over 2020 and talented Charles Leclerc takes the place of turned back the clock by scoring the Lakers, who have won world champions New Zealand, veteran Kimi Raikkonen. a season high 35 points. It was six of their last seven NBA including a first ever win over RED BULL: Max Verstappen has a deal until 2020, the most points ever for a Heat games. Kyle Kuzma scored 21 them on Irish soil in an epic and Pierre Gasly is promoted in place of Daniel Ric- player coming off the bench, points and Brandon Ingram 16-9 victory earlier this month. ciardo. but they still lost for the seventh added 17. Schmidt will next year hope RENAULT: Nico Hulkenberg has a new partner in Ric- time in their last nine games. The Magic used a rock- to set right the one major dis- ciardo who takes the place of McLaren-bound Carlos Josh Richardson scored 19 solid defense and some timely appointment in his reign – the Sainz. points and Bam Adebayo had scoring by Gordon and Vuce- humbling by Argentina in the MCLAREN: Retiring Fernando Alonso is replaced by 16 points and a career-high 21 vic to outscore the Lakers 35- 2015 World Cup quarter-finals Sainz, and youngster Lando Norris arrives for Stoffel rebounds in the loss. 19 in the third quarter and – and deliver the Webb Ellis Vandoorne. seize a 86-71 lead. trophy to Ireland. HAAS: Romain Grosjean and Kevin Magnussen were Magic beats Lakers James and Kuzma were Schmidt, who was hired as both given another year by the improving midtable Elsewhere, Nikola Vucevic a combined zero-for-five in Ireland coach on the back of a team. finished with 31 points and 15 the quarter in which the team successful spell at Irish province FORCE INDIA: Sergio Perez is to continue but Este- rebounds as the Orlando Mag- shot just five-of-21. Leinster, says he will take time ban Ocon will leave and it is an open secret he will out from coaching to be with his be replaced by Lance Stroll, who leaves Williams. family. One of Schmidt’s chil- WILLIAMS: Incoming Briton George Russell will debut dren Luke suffers from epilepsy in 2019 while Robert Kubica makes a heroic return and the coach has become heav- from injury. Stroll and Sergey Sorotkin depart. ily involved in the epilepsy char- TORO ROSSO: Gasly is promoted to sister team Red ity in Ireland. Bull and Daniil Kvyat has been signed as his replace- “I have decided to finish ment. New Zealander Brendon Hartley is expected to coaching and will prioritise depart as well. Thai-British racing driver Alex Albon family commitments after the joins Kvyat. RWC in 2019,” Schmidt said. SAUBER: Raikkonen takes Leclerc’s place and test “I feel that Irish rugby is in driver Antonio Giovinazzi replaces Marcus Ericsson. good hands. The management (DPA) and players have been incred- ible to work with and the sup- port we have had, particularly at home at Lansdowne Road , but George Russell Toronto Raptors forward Kawhi Leonard (2) battles to get past Miami where ever we have travelled Charles Leclerc Heat centre Bam Adebayo in the second half of their NBA game at has been uplifting.” Scotiabank Arena in Toronto on Sunday. (USA TODAY SPORTS) Qatari jockeys gain valuable experience in England and South Africa

TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK nises the importance of having South Africa last year. riding and racing tactics. It in- Shahania in international rac- DOHA Qatari jockeys present at races Again, another group of five cluded a series of theoretical es in Europe. to compete with the more jockeys did the same earlier this classes and practical sessions. “I would like to thank THE Qatar Racing & Equestri- famed and experienced inter- year when Khalid Abdulaziz al We sometimes even partici- Nasser bin Sherida al Kaabi, an Club (QREC) management national jockeys who ride in Kuwari, Abdulla Saleh al Yahri, pated in show jumping train- QREC General Manager, for has hailed the steps being tak- the weekly race meetings at Al Ali Khalid al Mosallam and ing to gain the experience of the valuable assistance and en by Qatari jockeys in getting Rayyan Park, which is in line Abdulla Rashid al Adgham un- balance while riding. There motivation. In the meantime, trained at world’s best avail- with the QREC’s strategy and derwent a one-month training were also fitness sessions. At I will continue my studies able horse riding academies. vision for the coming years. course in South Africa. the end of the course, Saleh for the PhD as well and I am These initiatives reflect the Recently, two riders Ab- Later, jockey Abdulla and I received accredited cer- proud that I will be a jockey jockeys’ commitment to ben- dulaziz Jaber Dharman (23) Mubarak al Maadeed attend- tificates from the Academy, with a PhD ,” he added. efit from the highest training and Saleh Salem al Marri (25) ed a training course for two which helped me obtain a Al Marri shared his col- level in order to improve their have undergone training at the months in South Africa as well. QREC jockey license. I will ride league’s attitude, saying, “Like performance and reach the British Racing School in New- “I have benefited a lot and in races both reserved for Qa- Abdulaziz, I would like to stage, which will qualify them market, England. learned a great deal about tari jockeys and others involv- thank the QREC management to realise their ambitions. However, this is not the horseracing,” said Dharman ing international jockeys. and, in particular Nasser bin QREC said it encourages first time that Qatari jockeys highlighting how valuable the “I also look forward to ride Sherida Al Kaabi. such steps with a view to creat- have gained professional ex- training course in England for Qatar’s leading farms and “I wish priority of riding at Qatari jockeys Abdulaziz Jaber Dharman and Saleh Salem al Marri ing a fine base of Qatari jock- perience as a group of them has been. “The two-month studs, including Al Shaqab QREC races would be given to during their training. eys. The QREC Board recog- attended a training course in course was dedicated to horse Racing, Umm Qarn and Al Qatari jockeys in future. Sports Tuesday, November 27, 2018 19

News QFA, China Football Association sign deal in brief TNN/QNA tional capabilities.” DOHA Italian city Genoa offers to host QFA President meets Copa Libertadores final second leg THE Qatar Football Associa- US Congressman Fi- tion (QFA) has signed a five- lemon Vela MILAN: Genoa offered River Plate and Boca Juniors on Monday year cooperation agreement President of Qatar Foot- the opportunity to play the second leg of the postponed Copa with the Chinese Football As- ball Association Sheikh Ham- Libertadores final in the Italian city after it was postponed for a sociation (CFA) at the football ad bin Khalifa bin Ahmed al second time on Sunday. headquarters in Al Bidda Tow- Thani met with US Congress- The clash between the Buenos Aires arch-rivals was due to er on Monday. man Filemon Vela in Doha on be played on Sunday after initially being postponed on Satur- Du Zhaocai, Vice-Minister Monday. He is a democratic day following an attack on the Boca team bus by River fans of Sports and Acting President representative of the 34th bus near the Monumental stadium, which left Boca players of the Chinese Football Associ- District of Texas, who is visit- with injuries from shards of broken glass and suffering the ef- ation met with QFA President ing the country. fects of smoke inhalation. Sheikh Hamad bin Kahlifa During the meeting, they But the match, dubbed the biggest in the history of Argen- bin Ahmed al Thani, and oth- discussed the distinct rela- tine football, was postponed for a second time by South Ameri- er top football officials, for the tions between the two coun- can football federation Conmebol, after Boca had called earlier contract ceremony. tries and ways of developing demanded that River face a series of punishments including The new agreement also them, particularly in the field forfeiting the match. brings QFA and CFA closer of football, as Qatar is set as they look into ways and Du Zhaocai, President of the Chinese Football Association with QFA President Sheikh Hamad bin Kahlifa to host the World Cup in in means to develop the world’s bin Ahmed al Thani at a signing ceremony in Doha on Monday. 2022. Klopp praises Firmino as Brazilian biggest sport. It is expected The member of the US ends goal drought for Liverpool that Qatar and China will President of the QFA for his We are proud to be working oping the sport. Their training House of Representatives was have exchange programmes warm welcome and I am also with a body like the QFA. It courses for players, officials, briefed on the development LONDON: Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp has praised “unbeliev- between the two countries in pleased to sign the coopera- is a professionally run sports referees and coaches etc are of work related to the 2022 ably valuable” Roberto Firmino after the Brazil forward ended various age brackets to de- tion agreement between the body that works diligently to hugely beneficial for the par- World Cup and the readiness his two-month Premier League goal drought in the 3-0 victory velop youth football. two federations. I look for- develop the sport in Qatar and ticipants,” he added. of Qatar to host the big foot- against Watford. Qatar will also rely on the ward to permanent coopera- around Asia,” said Du Zhaocai. “I am impressed by Qa- ball event, which is a historic He also had a hand in Mohamed Salah’s opener on Satur- help from Aspire Academy tion between the two sides in “The agreement will tar’s preparations for the 2022 opportunity to accelerate hu- day and won the free-kick for Trent Alexander-Arnold to make it and Aspetar Sports Medicine the coming period. “ strengthen the cooperation in World Cup and I’m confident man and economic develop- 2-0.Firmino, who is playing a deeper role, has just six goals for Hospital to beef up their ex- “There is no doubt that various fields related to foot- that it will be able to organise ment- from caring for workers club and country this season -- and only two in his past 15 out- change programs with CFA. Qatar has become the lead- ball. We know the experience a unique World Cup, especially to the concept of sustainability ings -- but Klopp is in no doubt about the player’s quality. “I thank Sheikh Hamad, ing sports center in Asia. Qatar has in the field of devel- with its high level of organisa- and legacy. “In the game against Fulham, 20 German coaches were in the stadium,” said Klopp. “I’m not sure how the critics were but when I saw them and we had a drink together, they were saying ‘Bobby Firmino. What a player.’ “Because of the small things he’s doing, he’s working so hard, he’s here, he’s there, he’s got six goals but he opens 5,000 gaps for everybody.” Red-hot Ronaldo guns for Scolari’s Palmeiras win Brazil title with a match to spare RIO DE JANEIRO: Palmeiras won the Brazilian championship with a match to spare when they won 1-0 at Vasco da Gama on revenge against Valencia Sunday, bringing their coach Luiz Felipe Scolari another major title at the age of 70. Scolari, Brazil coach when they won their fifth World Cup in 2002 and also in charge of the side humili- ated 7-1 by Germany on home soil in 2014, took over for a The striker was controversially sent off in tears after a small push on Jeison Murillo in Spain third spell at Palmeiras in July when they were seventh, eight points behind the leaders. Under the leadership of the man AFP who also took Portugal to the European Championship final in TURIN 2004 during his long, distinguished career, Palmeiras won 16 of their next 22 league matches and drew six, conceding just CRISTIANO Ronaldo is in hot nine goals. Substitute Deyverson scored the winner in the 71st form and gunning for revenge minute of Sunday’s match at Sao Januario after he turned in going into Tuesday’s Champi- Willian’s pass from close range and was then booked for the ons League clash against Va- almost inevitable shirtless celebration. lencia after seeing red against the Spaniards in the away leg, with Juventus needing a draw Ex-Chelsea, Juventus striker Vialli in Turin to book their ticket to reveals cancer battle the knockout rounds of the Eu- ropean competition. MILAN: Former Juventus and Chelsea striker Gianluca Vialli on “Happy to have helped the Monday revealed that he has been battling cancer for the past team on another important year. Vialli, 54, who also scored 16 goals in 59 games for Italy win,” the 33-year-old wrote and is now a popular TV pundit, told Italian daily Corriere della on social media after scoring Sera that he hoped that his story would “inspire people”. his tenth goal this season for “I’m fine now, very well indeed,” said Vialli, who won a the Italian giants in Saturday’s host of trophies over his playing and short managerial career, 2-0 win over SPAL as Juventus including the Champions League with Juventus and two Serie opened up a record eight-point A titles. “It’s been a year and I’m back to having a beastly lead on the top of Serie A after physique, although I still have no certainty of how this match 13 games. will end. “I used to wear a sweater under my shirt so no-one Ronaldo was purchased by noticed anything. I was still the person everyone knew.” Juventus for 100 million euros Vialli has just published his second book ‘Goals, 98 sto- ($113 million) from Real Ma- ries +1 to face the most difficult challenges’. “I hope my story drid last summer to help their can inspire people, who are at crucial intersections of their quest for the elusive Champi- lives, and I hope mine is a book to keep on the bedside table ons League title after finishing so people can read one or two stories before falling asleep or runners up twice in the past in the morning as soon as they wake up,” he said. e became four seasons. the Blues’ player manager towards the end of the following But the Portuguese super- season, when he won both the Cup Winners’ Cup and League star is also proving to be a key Juventus’ Cristiano Ronaldo and teammates during training session at the Juventus Training Centre, in Turin, on Monday. (REUTERS) Cup. He also won the FA Cup as permanent manager in 2000. element in the team’s race to- wards an eighth straight Serie four games, with Manchester last 16. There are also reports he tici. “Only a fool can doubt his A title, with nine goals and five United two points behind and - ‘Best player in the world’ has been snubbed for the final qualities,” said Paratici. assists of their 28 goals this sea- the Spaniards on five. -Despite his success on the three in the Ballon d’Or for the “He is the best player in the son. No Italian team have ever Ronaldo’s Champions pitch -- leading the way in Eu- first time since 2008, with the world and the most important achieved 37 points from the League debut for Juventus in rope with 31 goals this calendar winner to be revealed in Paris in the history of football. first 13 games, with Ronaldo September was marred when year for both Real Madrid and on December 3. Colombian teammate Juan becoming the fastest forward he was controversially sent off Juventus -- Ronaldo missed out Ronaldo -- a five-time Bal- Cuadrado warned that Ron- in the club’s history to score 10 in tears after half an hour for a on the world player of the year lon d’Or winner -- spent much aldo’s focus remains on the goals in all competitions. small push on Valencia defend- award to Croatia’s Luca Modric. of last month vehemently deny- pitch, as he bids to add to his “I don’t not care about the er Jeison Murillo in Spain. ing allegations by former model five Champions League titles numbers. I don’t count any- The red card was his first in Fixtures Kathryn Mayorga that he raped between Manchester United thing, the important thing is 154 Champions League appear- her in Las Vegas in 2009. and Real Madrid. that we take it home in May,” ances, but Juventus still went AEK Athens v Ajax He was dropped by Por- “Cristiano Ronaldo’s main said coach Massimiliano Al- on to beat the Spaniards 2-0. CSKA Moskva v Viktoria Plzen tugal for the Nations League quality is his professionalism,” legri. Ronaldo scored his first Bayern Munich v Benfica internationals, with the Euro- said Cuadrado. “He’s hungry Next up is a Group H return Champions League goal for Ju- pean champions becoming the for victory and he’s come to leg clash against Valencia, who ventus and the 121st of his ca- Hoffenheim v Shakhtar first team to book their passage the right place. We all think the beat Rayo Vallecano 3-0 in La reer against Manchester United Lyon v Man City to the semi-finals. same way he does.” Liga at the weekend, but are in Turin earlier this month be- Roma v Real Madrid Leaving Ronaldo off the Juventus won the elite Eu- Gianluca Vialli, former Chelsea player and manager reveals his midtable in Spain. fore a stunning comeback gave Man United v Young Boys Ballon d’Or podium would ropean title twice in 1985 and secret battle with cancer on Monday. Juventus are top of the his former club a 2-1 win to de- Juventus v Valencia be “madness,” says Juventus 1996, but have finished run- group with nine points after lay the Italians’ passage to the sporting director Fabio Para- ners-up seven times. Ramos in spotlight again but Madrid need him more than ever

of tongue and apparent readi- leaving their rivals, Sevilla. Champions League final. More Real travel to Roma in the Champions ness for confrontation has be- But there are few stadiums than 530,000 Liverpool fans come a vivid part of Ramos’ where the sound of screeching signed a petition demanding League on Tuesday football persona. whistles are not heard as soon retrospective action against In September, Antoine as Ramos leaves an opposition Ramos. “No one’s nose is more AFP Then Ramos moved onto Griezmann was in the firing striker in a heap. fractured than Ramos’,” San- MADRID the anti-doping allegations line when Ramos used a Cham- - Red-card villain -Lionel tiago Solari said this month. published on Friday by Ger- pions League press conference Messi knows the feeling. In “There is no bad intention, he MORE than hour after the final man magazine Der Spiegel. to slap down the Frenchman’s 2010, Ramos lashed him to always plays fair. This is a con- whistle had sounded on Real The most damaging among pinings for the Ballon d´Or. the ground with a swinging tact sport.” Madrid’s 3-0 humiliation by them claimed Ramos tested “Ignorance is bold,” Ramos left boot and in 2017, clattered Ramos has long been a co- Eibar on Saturday, Sergio Ra- positive for dexamethasone af- said, poker-faced. him again, sliding in as Barca lossus for Real Madrid and, mos began to let rip. ter the 2017 Champions League More recently, he turned threatened a counter-attack. over the past decade, arguably Deep in the belly of the final and failed to declare it, as Antonio Conte from favourite Both times, Ramos was the finest central defender in tiny 7,083-capacity Ipurua sta- is required according to World to no-hoper in the running to sent off, two of his 19 La Liga the world. The concern, howev- dium, Ramos said his side’s at- Anti-Doping Authority regula- replace Julen Lopetegui as Real red cards, the most of any play- er, is that this season, for club titude had been off, their inten- tions. coach. “Respect is earned, not er still playing by quite a dis- and country, he has been no- sity lacking. “When you don’t Responding for the first imposed”, Ramos said, suppos- tance. There would be more if where close to those standards. match your opponent, you be- time, Ramos said: “You can tell edly a dig at Conte, a renowned referees had interpreted differ- His increasingly error-rid- come a vulgar team,” he said. a lie many times over but it is disciplinarian. This pugnacious Real Madrid’s Sergio Ramos looks dejected at the end of their La Liga ently all flailing arms, charging den partnership with Raphael It was not the result Real still a lie.” He added: “These Ramos off the pitch chimes so match against Eibar recently. (REUTERS) shoulders and misplaced feet Varane at the back became as wanted before they travel types of people try to stain my perfectly with his demonic too ambiguous to be deemed much a problem for Lopetegui to Roma in the Champions reputation and my professional reputation on it and so it seems surrounds him. tles, as well as another four in deliberate. as a lack of firepower up front. League on Tuesday, when the career.” possible that one of the game’s He is loved by Real Ma- La Liga. He is liked too at the Mohamed Salah missed Sevilla and Barcelona each winner is likely to go through The issue may have been most reviled characters has be- drid, their captain and winner Benito Villamarin, where Real most of the World Cup finals took advantage, to the tune of top of Group G. exceptional but the sharpness gun to revel in the noise that of four Champions League ti- Betis fans still appreciate him after one such tussle in the eight goals between them. 20 Tuesday, November 27, 2018 The Last Word Amir, Erdogan discuss ties, regional developments QNA ISTANBUL

THE Amir His Highness Sheikh Tamim bin Ham- ad al Thani and President of the Republic of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan co- chaired the fourth meeting of Qatar-Turkey Supreme Strategic Committee at Vah- dettin Pavilion in Istanbul on Monday. Talks during the meeting covered stra- tegic cooperation between the two countries in various fields to serve the interests of both countries and the brotherly peoples. The two sides also exchanged views on the most important is- sues on the regional and in- ternational arenas. HH the Amir and Er- dogan also attended the sign- the Supreme Strategic Com- brotherly countries, and the mutual concern. HH the Amir was seen express deep thanks and ap- efit of the two peoples and ing of an agreement and a mittee meeting were attended means of promoting them in His Highness also attend- off upon departure at Atat- preciation for the warm wel- the common interest; and number of memorandums of by members of the official wider fields. ed a dinner banquet hosted urk International Airport come and hospitality accord- his best wishes of the best of understanding (MoUs) be- delegation accompanying HH HH the Amir and the by the Turkish president in by the Minister of Foreign ed to him during the visit. health and wellness for HE tween the governments of the the Amir, and a number of Turkish president also re- honour of HH the Amir and Affairs of Turkey Mevlut HH the Amir also expressed the President and further two countries, including an ministers and senior officials viewed areas of joint coop- the accompanying delegation Cavusoglu, Qatar’s Ambas- his deep satisfaction with progress and prosperity for MoU between the Civil Avia- from the Turkish side. eration, mainly in the fields at Vahdettin Pavilion. sador to Turkey HE Salem the positive and construc- the Turkish people. tion Authority of Qatar and Prior to the Supreme Stra- of politics, trade, economy, Later in the evening, Mubarak Shafi al Shafi, Tur- tive outcome of the meet- HH the Amir and the ac- the Directorate General of tegic Committee meeting, HH investment and culture. HH the Amir left Istanbul key’s Ambassador to Qatar ing, which will contribute to companying official delega- Civil Aviation of Turkey and the Amir and President Er- The two sides also dis- following the conclusion of HE Fikret Ozer and the Qa- strengthening and develop- tion arrived earlier on Mon- another MoU for cooperation dogan discussed the develop- cussed the latest develop- the fourth meeting of Qatar- tari Embassy staff. ing strong relations between day to attend the Fourth in the field of culture. ment of the strong strategic ments in the region, and ex- Turkey Supreme Strategic HH the Amir sent a ca- the two brotherly countries Meeting of Qatar-Turkey Su- The signing ceremony and relations between the two changed views on issues of Committee. ble to President Erdogan to in various fields for the ben- preme Strategic Committee.

INTERNATIONAL TRAFFIC SAFETY CONFERENCE KICKS OFF IN DOHA MoTC seeks to bring down deaths in road accidents by 50%: Sulaiti

QNA Sulaiti also described the Development Goals through DOHA achievements of the National developing road networks, Traffic Safety Committee in transport services, gridlock QATAR is implementing a reducing accidents. reduction, transport plan- five-year strategy that fo- He also highlighted the ning, land use and construc- cuses on reducing deaths in launch of Qatar Highway tion of smart cities. road accidents by 50 percent Design Manual (QHDM), The ministry has taken in order to realise the zero Qatar Traffic Control Manual several steps to develop in- accidents vision, the Minister (QTCM) and the Pedestrian frastructure including mod- of Transport and Communi- Crossing Master Plan as part ern road networks, metro cations HE Jassim bin Saif al of the ministry’s commit- and mass transport as well Sulaiti has said. ment to improving traffic as building stadiums for PRIME MINISTER MEETS FIA PRESIDENT: Prime Minister and Minister of Interior HE Sheikh Abdul- Speaking at the opening HE Jassim bin Saif al Sulaiti safety. World Cup 2022. A plan lah bin Nasser bin Khalifa al Thani met with President of the International Automobile Federation session of the International He, however, noted for linking land, air and sea (FIA) Jean Todt on the sidelines of the International Traffic Safety Conference at Sheraton Hotel Doha Traffic Safety Conference on and deaths and injuries re- that despite the successes transport has also been de- on Monday. They discussed bilateral relations in the field of traffic safety, and a number of topics on Monday, Sulaiti said the plan sulting from it. achieved since the launch veloped, he added. the agenda of the conference. (QNA) includes building highly ef- The minister said the plan of the National Strategy for The National Strategy ficient road networks and includes adopting a national Traffic Safety in 2013, as for Traffic Safety includes putting in place second gen- road safety design system ad- many as 177 deaths in road sustainable transport, traf- eration intelligent transport dressing all gaps, building a accidents in a year remain a fic safety, economy and na- systems that ease gridlock comprehensive traffic control concern, calling for continu- tional security, as well as Qatar pioneer in traffic safety and reduce accidents while centre for road users, further ous efforts to improve the the establishment of the meeting the development re- developing mass transport situation. National Road Safety Office quirements of the State. services, and meeting the Sulaiti said the ministry and the launch of the second management in ME: Kharji The plan covers all as- needs of 2022 FIFA World continues to work towards executive plan for the next pects that can curb accidents Cup in Qatar. achieving the UN Sustainable five years. QATAR has become a pioneer the General Directorate of in the field of traffic safety Traffic seeks to enhance its management in the Middle role in traffic management, East and the Third World develop accident and patrol UN official countries, Director-General investigation systems, and QNRF funds 27 research of the General Directorate of support the efforts of the team lauds Qatar Traffic Major-General Mo- that visits road accident sites hamed Saad al Kharji has said. that includes experts from the projects on traffic safety UN Secretary-General’s Kharji was highlighting National Traffic Safety Office, Special Envoy for Road the achievements of the Min- the Public Works Authority, HE Qatar National Research these research projects resources in Qatar. Safety and President of istry of Interior (MoI) in road and the Ministry of Munici- TFund (QNRF), since its address various aspects The QNRF provides op- International Automobile safety and the objectives of pality and Environment. establishment, has funded 27 including intelligent transport portunities for researchers at Federation (FIA) Jean Todt the second phase of the Na- Brigadier Mohammed research projects on traffic systems, behavioural factors all levels -- from students to has praised Qatar’s com- tional Traffic Safety Strategy Maj-Gen. Mohamed Saad al Kharji Abdullah al Malki, secretary safety, including 10 for univer- in the use of roads, character- professionals and the fund has mitment to improving road 2017-2022, during the inau- of the National Traffic Safety sity students, Executive Direc- istics of roads, smooth traffic, been supporting research in safety and its achievements gural session of the two-day cerned parties. Committee, said the aim of tor of QNRF Dr Abdul Sattar al optimal handling of injuries Qatar over the past 10 years. in reducing accident deaths. International Traffic Safety Kharji said the second ITSC-2018 is to inform the Taie has said. and ambulance service accel- “QNRF is pleased to be He said Qatar has been Conference (ITSC) in Doha phase of the implementation world about the efforts ex- In a presentation at the eration, that would contribute one of the main sponsors of able to reduce deaths on Monday. plan for the National Traffic erted by Qatar in providing International Traffic Safety to reducing accidents, saving this conference,” he from road accidents by 50 Major General Kharji also Safety Strategy, 2018-2022, road safety and to learn about Conference (ITSC), Taie said lives and preserving human added. (QNA) percent. highlighted the role of the which was launched in 2018, the experiences and efforts “I am also delighted National Traffic Safety Com- is under way. He called for of other countries to benefit that you are ready to share mittee as a leading institution cooperation from all sides from them. your experience and the re- and the first National Traffic to address traffic problems, The National Traffic Safe- ‘Conference helps preparations for WC 2022’ sults you have achieved in Safety Strategy 2013-2022 and help achieve 2022 goals ty Committee prepared the improving traffic safety in and its implementation plan on time. first National Road Safety HE International Traffic Safety community through its strategy general. Traffic safety occu- in bringing down accidents in He said that although good Strategy, an ambitious strate- TConference (ITSC) will pro- to contribute to the comprehen- pies an important place and the country. results were achieved during gy aimed at reducing the mor- mote Qatar’s international status sive growth of Qatar. QU’s Qatar must be provided to all road He also pointed to the es- the 2013-2017 period, there tality rate from road accidents in terms of road safety, while Transportation and Traffic Safety users,” he said. tablishment of the National lies a major challenge ahead from 13 deaths per 100,000 to preparing the national institutions Center (QTTSC) is one of the key The national goal of Qa- Traffic Safety Office, which to reduce mortality rate by 10 6 deaths per 100,000 by year concerned with traffic safety in partners in implementing the tar is consistent with the UN seeks to implement an ef- deaths per year compared to 2022, but Qatar achieved this the run up to the highly anticipat- National Traffic Safety Plan 2013- goals, which calls for reduc- fective system to strengthen 2017, and to achieve the target goal five years ahead of sched- ed 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar, 2022,” he said. ing traffic accidents by half Qatar’s position as a global of 2022, i.e. 130. The pedes- ule. Last year, it recorded 5.4 Qatar University (QU) President Dr The QU president said the by 2020. leader in traffic safety and trian mortality should also be deaths per 100,000 people, Hassan al Derham has said. QU is responsible for implement- Todt expressed con- to promote evaluation and reduced from 32 percent to 17 which placed Qatar in the In his speech at the opening ing 13 procedures at the state fidence that Qatar would follow-up system to acceler- percent and serious injuries to group of countries with a session, Derham said, “QU is level within the framework of road continue to take its own ate the implementation of 400 by 2022. distinguished position in Dr Hassan al Derham working hard to serve the Qatari safety strategy. (QNA) approach to eliminate acci- strategic plans for the con- Major-General Kharji said traffic safety. dents by 2050. (QNA)