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DT News Network Manama ahrain’s Adam Batirov is set to compete JO3307_BFC_BAH_BOB_Centenary_Bonanza_Campaign_ad_67x85mm.indd 1 25/05/2017 15:44 in the 65kg category in the 2017 United BWorld Wrestling (UWW) Championships in France today. Batirov was subjected to the customary official examination of his weight in the Al Jazeera presence of Colonel Khalid Abdulaziz Al Khayat, Board Member of the Bahrain Olympic Committee, President of the Bahrain Management Association of Mixed Martial Arts (BMMA) Federation, administrator Eldar Aldarov and coach Habib Bairov. flayed for Batirov said: “My preparatory programme has finished successfully led by coach Habib Bairov and administrator Elder Aldarov and have reached the point of readiness and hope false claim to get a positive DT News Network x Bahrain, the Committee than once welcomed all the result for Bahraini [email protected] Head MP Mohammed Al inspectors and observers from wrestling against Maarifi said that the channel internationally recognised a strong field Trump imposes financial Manama was quoting anonymous bodies, and expressed their of prominent sanctions on Venezuela he Human Rights human rights organisations full readiness to cooperate wrestlers.” Washington Committee in the House to substantiate its false claim. with them in regards to the he White House ofT Representatives yesterday “The so-called human rights file,” he said. yesterday unveiled criticised Al Jazeera News international news agency “The international human Bahrain’s toughT financial sanctions Channel for making false airs reports that is based on rights report, which was against the Venezuelan allegations on human rights false information,” Al Maarifi presented to the UN Human regime, banning the trade conditions in Bahrain. said condemning the channel. Rights Council in Geneva Batirov in new bonds issued by Referring to a report aired “The channel has no at its thirteenth session, has the government and the o n Al Jazeera credibility. Politicising media already been praised by all state-run oil company last week, in such a way is a danger countries of the world for the eyeing PDVSA. alleging to the security and peace great reform steps taken by human in the region, especially His Majesty the King and the rights since Al Jazeera has been wise leadership in promoting UWW title violations continuing this practice since freedoms and protecting i n its inception. It’s a dangerous human rights,” Al Maarifi threat to the region’s security said, referring to several and peace. It was independent authorities that Medical team fully Strange statement by established to are concerned with human Bob Corker considering provoke chaos,” rights situations in the ready to serve pilgrims that he is constantly ask- he said in a Kingdom such as the National statement issued Institute for Human Rights, DT News Network Obaid. ing me whether or not he here yesterday. the Prisoners and Detainees Makkah He announced the full should run again in ‘18. Al Maarifi confirmed Rights Commission and the ahrain has deployed a large readiness of the Makkah-based Tennessee not happy! that the parliamentary Special Investigation Unit at dedicated medical team to delegation, adding that clinics committee visited detainees the Public Prosecution. Bserve pilgrims during the Haj would work round-the-clock @realDonaldTrump and is monitoring Al Maarifi also stressed season. in the holy sites. correctional institutions to that the Human Rights “The 32-strong medical team He conveyed greetings Today’s Weather Mohammed Al ensure that no human rights Committee in the House of is sparing no efforts to serve from Health Minister Faeqa Max Min Maarifi violations take place. Representatives is the true pilgrims, working as one team bint Said Al-Saleh, hailing the “The concerned authorities representative of the entire round-the-clock”, said Bahrain support of the Bahrain Haj 42°C 30°C in Bahrain and for more Bahraini people. Haj Medical Committee Delegation, chaired by Shaikh Chairman Dr. Ibrahim Adnan Al-Qattan. P 02 P 03 P 07 IS attack LMRA plans Trump calls kills 20 strict action Sisi to affirm in Kabul against illegal support mosque employment 2 Saturday, August 26, 2017 IS attack kills 20 in Kabul

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Afghan security personnel assist a colleague after a secondary explosion near the site of suicide attack that targeted a Shiite mosque in Kabul mosque Kabul Kabul police spokesman and vowing to punish the suicide bomb and gun Abdul Basir Mujahid “criminal terrorists”. attack claimed by the said a suicide bomber The assault underscores AIslamic State group on a “detonated himself inside the spiralling insecurity in mosque in Kabul killed 20 mosque” . Afghanistan as a resurgent people and wounded scores People gathered outside Taliban steps up offensives File photo of illegal street vending in Manama PIC BY: BIJU HARIDAS more yesterday, officials said, had tried to call women and across the country, while the the latest assault to highlight children trapped inside but Islamic State group, known DT News Network and residents in the past few practice, which has become a LMRA’s statement governorates in the Kingdom and street vendors. deteriorating security in their mobile phones were not for carrying out sectarian [email protected] years. phenomenon in the country. mentioned. and heads of the inspection The meeting also discussed Afghanistan. responding, a reporter at the attacks, expands its Afghan Labour Market Regulatory “The authority conducted a The authority confirmed that departments in LMRA. the recently-introduced Gunshots and explosions scene said. footprint. Manama Authority (LMRA) announced meeting with several officials the meeting was attended by As a result of the meeting, flexible work permits, which is could be heard during the “Our relatives have been It comes just days after he authorities have pledged in a recent statement that it on Monday to address the representatives of the Nationality, the officials announced that part of the innovative solutions attack that lasted around four stranded inside the mosque... US President Donald Trump to clampdown on illegal conducted several meetings phenomenon of street vendors Passport and Residence the inspection campaigns will to the irregular employment hours and witnesses reported We believe they have been cleared the way for thousands Temployment, which has been with different law enforcement and measures to combat Affairs in Interior Ministry, be intensified to solve the issue, the authority added in seeing worshippers smash held hostage by the gunmen. more American troops to raising concerns among citizens authorities to eradicate the irregular employment,” police directorates of all four issue of illegal employment its statement. windows to escape. We are very concerned about be deployed in the war-torn The mosque, in a residential their safety and may God country. area in the north of the city, help us and rescue our loved More than 10 ambulances was believed to have been ones,” one of the onlookers were at the scene to take Northern Governor keen packed with dozens of men, said. the wounded to local NHRA warns against unsafe women and children when Eyewitnesses described hospitals. Some relatives the assailants struck during horrific scenes inside the flocked to a nearby private on optimising services Friday prayers. mosque as the attackers hospital to search for loved DT News Network Ali bin Al-Shaikh Abdul “We have 20 killed and ran short of bullets and ones who had been in the Manama Hussain Al Asfoor has said. more than 50 wounded,” began “using knives to stab mosque at the time of the orthern Governorate has At the governorate’s weekly obesity treatment methods Mohammad Ismail Kawoosi, worshippers”. attack. followed for years the Majlis, the Northern Governor a health ministry official, told Others said the attackers Pools of blood could be Nevaluation and monitoring said that a team has been set up DT News Network premature device removal. AFP, without specifying how had been armed with rocket seen at the entrance to the system to assess the government to monitor public opinion in all [email protected] The second type of adverse many were civilians. propelled grenade launchers medical facility. services and optimise them in functions. effect is the development of Heavily armed security and had holed themselves up Shiites, a minority of line with the directives of His He added that the step had Manama acute pancreatitis, which WIN 3 CARS AND 300 GOLD COINS! forces stormed the building in the women’s section of the around three million in Royal Highness Prime Minister a great impact on continuous ealth authorities have also indicates premature and rescued more than 100 mosque. Afghanistan, have regularly Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al improvement of the services in warned against unsafe device removal,” the circular Celebrate a century with BFC! 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Shaikh Ali with chief guests and players Saturday, August 26, 2017 5 Turkey dismisses over 900 public sector workers Ankara including judges and working in the defence, foreign including newspapers and Hakan Fidan, to act as a witness urkey has dismissed over prosecutors since July 2016 and interior ministries as well broadcasters have been closed in court. (AFP) 900 public sector officials over alleged links to US-based as military personnel. down since July last year. inT the latest wave of the Islamic cleric Fethullah Gulen, Turkish authorities also purge that followed last year’s who Turkey has accused of stripped 10 retired brigadier More powers for spies failed coup, according to an ordering the attempted coup. generals of their rank. The second decree also gave emergency decree published Gulen has denied the charges. But the decree said 57 civil the Turkish intelligence agency yesterday. More than 50,000 people servants and military personnel the power to investigate the A second decree said including journalists have been returned to their jobs, including defence ministry and Turkish Turkey’s National Intelligence arrested under the state of 28 from the justice ministry armed forces personnel. Organisation (MIT), which emergency imposed last year in and related institutions. Erdogan’s authorisation was previously under the prime a crackdown that has triggered Another 734 security would be needed for the minister, would now report international concern. personnel returned to their intelligence chief to be to the president, expanding Critics have accused the jobs after being suspended over investigated under the President Recep Tayyip government of using the state suspected links to Gulen, the new decree. Erdogan’s powers over public of emergency to crack down national security directorate The president institutions. on all forms of opposition. But said in a statement on its would also In another example of his Turkish authorities insist it is website. need to growing control over major necessary to ensure Turkey’s Six organisations, including approve institutions, the president has security from the multiple three media outlets in the any been able to choose university threats it faces from Gulen and southeast, were shut down request rectors since a controversial Kurdish militants. including Dicle Media News made for emergency decree last October. A total of 928 people were Agency, based in the Kurdish- the MIT More than 140,000 people sacked in the latest decree, majority city of Diyarbakir. head, Turkish President Recep have been sacked or suspended including civil servants Dozens of media outlets currently Tayyip Erdogan CELEBRATING EID UL ADHA

id al-Adha will be celebrated on Friday We need to understand that the Government next week. It is the ‘Festival or Feast of makes huge efforts in planning, procuring theE sacrifice’. It is the second of two religious animals, food stuff and other related items for holidays celebrated by Muslims worldwide local consumption. It includes meat, poultry, each year. The main aspects of Eid al Adha are vegetables, fruits, dairy products etc. Meat congregational prayers, sacrifice of animals and poultry are lavishly eaten during the and get to gather of families and friends, Eid holidays. The demand of meat (beef and making and eating special dishes especially mutton), chicken and related meat products made of meat and wearing ceremonial and increase to around 50% of the normal demand. new dresses. Over the period of years, the festivities are Eid al Adha like other religious festival often increasing with more buying of consumable has a major impact on the environmental items and eatables per head. Consumption resources. Extra food, drinks and clothing’s of eatables has increased many folds in the are made, used and consumed making a major Kingdom and people have become more environmental footprint. The celebrations wasteful due to rise in income, living standards and festivity are often extravagant and cause and affordability. But affordability does not pollution. The day starts with the special mean that wastage should increase. prayers whereby men, women and children While planning for Eid celebrations, it is gather to offer prayers. The site of praying after now imperative that we need to think twice the ritual is often plagued by litter, rubbish before buying, procuring any food items, and waste scattered all over the place and even clothing etc and taking environment and blowing in the air and migrating to nearby pollution into consideration. safe heavens for unaesthetic accumulations. We need to change our attitude towards The Muslims on Eid al-Adha’s perform festivity and wastage and celebrate the festival ‘sacrifice of animal’ as a rite to celebrate the in the right spirit by buying limited number sacrifice given by Prophet Ibrahim to obey of clothes and dressings with minimum God’s command to sacrifice his son Ismael. packaging, preparing planned meals based on Many of the residents do the sacrifice at their the actual requirements and number of guests houses and other communal sites, which often to be served, making small or limited servings are not cleaned later on from blood, skin, left to the guests to avoid wastage, educating over fats, intestines limbs etc. guests in avoiding left over’s and wasting food, After sacrifice, special food and meat in serving drinks in small glasses, avoid using different styles is prepared in houses which are disposable cutlery, plates, napkins, tissues etc. visited by the relatives and neighbours. These and giving left over food to the less privileged sumptuous parties cause great food wastage and poor people in the neighbourhood as number of dishes and quantity of food Let us celebrate the Eid in an environmental prepared is usually more than the number of friendly manner and support our visitors and not proportional to their apetite. Environment. This practice is repeated in breakfast, lavish *Head of Waste Disposal Unit, Supreme snacks, sumptuous lunches and extravagant Council for Environment, Bahrain, Email: dinners during the festival days. [email protected] (The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the policy or position of this newspaper.) 6 Saturday, August 26, 2017

This image of Hurricane Harvey taken from NOAA’s GOES East satellite on August 25 at 1407 UTC shows Disaster looms the storm’s eye as it nears landfall in the southeastern as Harvey bears coast of Texas

Hurricane Harvey is forecast to become a category three storm before down on Texasmaking landfall along the Texas coast on Friday night Corpus Christi in damage that could take as well as in the coastal undreds of thousands months to repair. OKLAHOMA ARKANSAS towns of Port Arkansas, Hof people in Texas Local television footage Rockport and Arkansas and Louisiana were urged showed supermarket aisles U N I T E D S TAT E S Pass. yesterday to flee the path of plucked bare, highways Dallas Matagorda Sheriff Frank Hurricane Harvey as the Gulf clogged with bumper-to- Osborne made clear he was

Coast braced for the most bumper traffic, and long lines ALABAMA not fooling around, telling TV

dangerous storm to hit the US snaking outside gas stations. TEXAS Aug 28 MISSISSIPPI station KHOU: “If you’re in mainland in over a decade. “All the advice we can give Aug 30 a mandatory evacuation area Roaring towards land with is get out, and get out now,” Austin and you don’t evacuate, don’t winds whipping up to 110 said Patrick Rios, the mayor Houston call us. Because I’m telling you San Antonio miles (175 kilometers) an hour, of Rockport, Texas where an Baton right now, I’m not going to the category two hurricane estimated 60 percent of the Rouge put one of my deputies’ life on is predicted to smash into town’s 9,500 residents had left. the line to save somebody that coastal Texas late Friday or Rios had blunt words for Aug 27 didn’t leave when they were early Saturday as a much those determined to stay, LOUISIANA asked to.” more powerful category three telling them to “mark their Aug 29 storm, forecast to dump up arm with a sharpie pen, put G U L F O F New Orleans on alert to 35 inches (89 centimeters) their social security number” M E X I C O M E X I C O Texas Governor Greg Abbott of rain. -- to be identified if found issued disaster declarations in Harvey is on course to make dead. 01:00 Aug 26 300km 30 counties, allowing the state landfall as the strongest storm Coastal Texas is a fast- “to quickly deploy resources 04:00 Aug 25 200 miles since the devastating Katrina growing area, with some 1.5 for the emergency response 12 years ago, triggering million people moving into the effort.” Potential track area All times CDT (GMT-5) “catastrophic” floods in an area since 1999. Authorities In neighboring Louisiana, area that processes some seven said the combination of dense Source: National Hurricane Centre © GRAPHIC NEWS where the storm was feared million barrels of oil a day -- growth and a storm that could to deluge flood-prone New in what could prove a major deposit a year’s worth of buildings “washing away,” developments. hospital there had evacuated Orleans, Governor John new test for President Donald rain in just days could prove and some areas being left In Texas, FEMA has 10 newborn infants to a facility Bel Edwards described the Trump’s administration. deadly. “uninhabitable for weeks or prepositioned emergency inland due to the prospect of situation as “particularly Several Texas counties “Texas is about to have a very months.” supplies, and state authorities extended power outages. dangerous.” ordered mandatory evacuation significant disaster,” Brock Police in Montgomery have mobilized some 700 army Still, many Corpus Christi Edwards issued an from coastal areas. Long, director of the Federal County urged residents to and air national guard troops residents appeared bent on emergency declaration for his Those residents not under Emergency Management unchain their dogs lest they to help with evacuation and sitting the storm out, packing entire state. mandatory orders were also Agency (FEMA), told CNN. risk drowning. recovery. sandbags to protect their In New Orleans, where urged to leave immediately, “Their window to evacuate is Corpus Christi -- a major homes -- until the supply of Katrina killed more than 1,800 or bunker down for a storm rapidly coming to a close.” Newborns evacuated oil refining center, where sandbags ran out Thursday. people, Mayor Mitch Landrieu that could stall over the area The National Hurricane Trump tweeted that he had the hurricane was to make Evacuation was made said high-water rescue vehicles for four or five days, dropping Center (NHC) warned of spoken with the governors landfall early Saturday -- has mandatory in counties and boats were at the ready historic amounts of rain and the “complete destruction of Louisiana and Texas and issued voluntary evacuation including Calhoun, San -- although there were no inflicting billions of dollars of mobile homes,” of many was “closely monitoring” orders, with CNN reporting a Patricio and Matagorda, evacuations planned. (AFP) Arms reattached after train accident Inmate executed in Florida Grenoble the nearby city of Grenoble began using unproven sedative woman whose arms were sliced the operation to reattach the limbs. Miami off in a train accident has had “The muscles can’t be reactivated he state of Florida on Athe limbs successfully reattached in completely so some movements Thursday executed its first a rare and complicated operation in will be problematic for the patient, deathT row inmate in nearly two France, medics said yesterday. particularly with her hands,” years, using a lethal injection The 30-year-old victim lost both surgeon Michael Bouyer from the cocktail that had never been arms above the elbow after falling CHU Grenoble Alpes hospital told tried before in the United between a train and the platform reporters on Friday. States. at the Chambery station in the “But it will be much better than Mark Asay, 53, was foothills of the French Alps in mid- having a prosthesis”. sentenced to death in 1988 for August. The first operation to reattach two a racially motivated double Quick-thinking medics who arms was carried out in Germany in murder in Jacksonville, Florida arrived on the scene shortly 2008 and similar operations have a year earlier. This undated photo obtained afterwards were praised for helping been performed in China and India The execution was carried August 24, 2017 courtesy of preserve her arms by wrapping since. out at 6:22 pm (2222 GMT), the Florida Department of them in sterilised material and ice Bouyer said the patient was the Florida Department of Corrections shows death-row before transferring them quickly to “doing well” and, once recovered, Corrections said. inmate Mark Asay. hospital. would need between 18 months and For his last meal, Asay ice cream and Coca-Cola, Two hours after the accident, a two years of physiotherapy to regain Representative picture ordered fried pork chops, authorities said. He did not medical team of 10 at a hospital in movement in the damaged limbs. fried ham, fries, vanilla swirl make a final statement. Saturday, August 26, 2017 7 IS counterattack kills 34 regime forces in Raqa Trump calls Sisi

toCairo affirm support S President Donald Trump has told his UEgyptian counterpart Abdel Fattah al-Sisi that he wants to strengthen ties with Cairo, Sisi’s office said Friday, days after it emerged Washington had cut some aid to Egypt. “President Abdel Fattah Displaced Syrians queue up to receive food at the Al-Mabrouka al-Sisi received a phone call camp in the village of Ras al-Ain on the Syria-Turkey border tonight from U.S. President Beirut area under its control along Donald Trump who affirmed t least 34 Syrian soldiers the southern bank of the the strength of the friendship and allied fighters have Euphrates,” the Observatory between Egypt and the Abeen killed in an Islamic State said. United States and expressed counterattack in the east of “IS has managed to his keenness on continuing to Raqa province, rolling back push regime forces back 30 develop the relationship and regime gains, a monitor said kilometres (18 miles) from the overcome any obstacles that yesterday. western outskirts of Madan,” might affect it,” Sisi’s office The Syrian Observatory for Observatory director Rami said in a statement late on Human Rights, a Britain-based Abdel Rahman said. Thursday. monitor, said the jihadist group The Syria army operation in Egypt had protested on had recaptured large swathes the area, backed by air support Wednesday a US decision to of territory from government from ally Russia, is separate withhold some military and forces in the fighting on from the battle for provincial financial aid over human Thursday. capital Raqa city. rights concerns. Syria’s army is seeking to The effort to oust IS from the On Tuesday, two U.S. advance through Raqa province city, once the jihadist group’s sources familiar with the to reach neighbouring Deir Syrian stronghold, is being matter said that Washington Ezzor, where jihadists have led by the Syrian Democratic had decided to deny Egypt besieged government forces Forces, a US-backed alliance of $95.7 million in aid and to and civilians in the provincial Kurdish and Arab fighters. delay a further $195m. Egypt had protested a US decision to withhold some military and financial aid capital since 2015. The SDF has captured just In a phone call with Sisi, between the two countries decision. Sisi and his Foreign Earlier this month, under 60 percent of Raqa city Trump “affirmed the strength and surpassing any obstacles Its foreign ministry said on Minister Sameh Shoukry government troops and allied since it entered in June after of friendship between Egypt that might affect them,” Wednesday that the decision met Trump’s son-in-law and fighters arrived at the outskirts months of fighting to encircle and the United States,” according to the statement. to withhold aid reflected senior adviser Jared Kushner of Madan, the last IS-held town it. the presidency said in a Egypt, an important “poor judgment” and that in Cairo on Wednesday but in the eastern Raqa province More than 330,000 people statement. regional partner for the it could have “negative neither the presidency nor the countryside before Deir Ezzor. have been killed in Syria since The US president said United States receives $1.3 implications” on achieving ministry mentioned the aid But in Thursday’s the conflict began in March he was keen to continue billion in aid annually and common goals and interests issue in statements released counterattack, IS “made major 2011 with anti-government “developing relations was critical of the U.S. between the two countries. after the meetings. (Agencies) progress and... expanded the protests. (AFP) On high alert

Saudi armed forces march during a parade in Saudi Arabia’s holy city of Mecca ahead of the annual Hajj pilgrimage. The hajj to Mecca, the most revered site in Islam, is a pilgrimage that Muslims must perform at least once in their lifetimes if they are able to do so. 8 BUSINESS Saturday, August 26, 2017 Nilekani lays out his agenda at Infosys Bangalore andan Nilekani, the newly Heir to Samsung appointed chairman Nof troubled Indian software services giant Infosys, said yesterday he wanted to find a new chief executive, reconstitute the board and stabilise a business roiled with guilty of bribery conflict in recent months. As an Infosys cofounder who ran the business from 2002 Sentenced to five years jail to 2007, Nilekani was named Seoul down in tears while Lee’s chairman late Thursday night he heir to the Samsung lawyers said they would in an effort to calm investor empire was convicted of appeal “immediately”, unrest and steady the share briberyT and other offences with lead attorney Song price. Newly appointed nonex- yesterday and jailed for five Wu-Cheol saying he “cannot His return comes in the ecutive chairman of Infosys years in connection with the possibly accept” the court’s wake of chief executive Vishal Nanadan Nilekani speaks at scandal that brought down “interpretation of law and Sikka’s surprise decision last a press conference at the South Korean president Park finding of facts”. Friday to quit amid tensions company’s headquarters in Geun-Hye. Samsung is by far the biggest between the company’s board Bangalore Lee Jae-Yong’s penalty of the chaebols, as the family- and its founders. Sikka was the in recent months from some of could leave the vast controlled conglomerates first Infosys chief who wasn’t the founders of the company conglomerate, which that dominate Asia’s fourth- one of the company’s founders. on issues related to corporate includes the world’s biggest largest economy are known, The turmoil saw shares governance and salary increases smartphone maker, rudderless with its revenues equivalent to plunge as much as 15 percent for its top executives. and hamper its ability to make around a fifth of the country’s this week. “Over the last many months key investment decisions for GDP. Nilekani said he was and quarters, we have all been years. asked to return by the besieged by false, baseless, The vice-chairman of ‘Minimum sentence’ co-founders, former employees malicious and increasingly Samsung Electronics, 49, The verdict could add impetus and India’s top 12 mutual fund personal attacks,” he said in his arrived at Seoul Central to new President Moon Jae- investors and he agreed resignation. District Court on a justice Samsung Group heir Lee Jae-yong arrives at Seoul Central In’s campaign pledges of “because there was nobody The antagonism, Sikka ministry bus handcuffed and District Court in Seoul chaebol reform. else”. said, had taken a “heavy toll bound with white rope around return for favours including in response to strong demands In a rare statement on a “I have a set of tasks to personally” and had become his dark jacket. government support for Lee’s by the president.” court case, the presidential accomplish -- the next CEO “untenable”. Lee was found guilty of hereditary succession at the Four other top Samsung Blue House said: “We hope search has to be done, the Board Nilekani remains highly bribery, perjury and other group after his father was left executives were also convicted, that the ruling will serve has to be reconstituted and the respected in the technology charges related to payments bedridden by a heart attack in with two jailed for up to four to encourage the cutting business has to be stabilised,” world and analysts said his Samsung made to Park’s secret 2014, the court found. years, and the other pair given of collusive ties between Nilekani told reporters Friday. return would help end the confidante Choi Soon-Sil. Lee had denied the charges, suspended terms. politicians and businesses, “My goal is to get the stability risk of distraction and might In total 8.9 billion won ($7.9 but presiding judge Kim Jin- Supporters demonstrating which have hampered social to the company and take it even help the company attract million) was paid in bribes in Dong said: “He offered bribes outside the court broke progress.” forward.” external candidates for the top Sikka had come under fire job.

Capo, a golden retriever wearing a bright orange rescue harness, runs with his handler in tow towards a body sprawled in the high grass as a giant drone whirrs overhead. The exercise took place on Wednesday, the same day as a massive landslide on the Piz Cengalo mountain in the Swiss Alps that left eight people missing and triggered a search-and-rescue mission where dogs and drones were deployed.

Redog missions “The main benefit is The federation has for nearly to gain more time, to a year been working with the Swiss Association for Search be more efficient and and Rescue Dogs (Redog), providing drone teams to help to be faster to find with search-and-rescue. Since then they have assisted with the missing person,” 12 out of 22 Redog missions. Dominique Peter, Nose on the ground a pilot with the Swiss Federation of Civil Drones 8 Drones are meant to complement the work Costly, but saves lives! of the dogs. With their mounted high-definition The drones used by and infrared cameras, they quickly survey flat, the rescue teams can open areas, leaving the dogs to search in wooded cost up to 30,000 Matrice, DJI’s Ispire 2 terrain where the drones cannot fly. euros ($35,000) each. However, using them The Matrice 600 can fly up to 65 kilo- 8 An accompanying search specialist surveys saves money because metres (40 miles) per hour, while DJI’s the footage and communicates by mobile phone they speed up search- Ispire 2, which was also on display with handlers to let know which direction to send es and can often be Wednesday, can go up to 100 kilome- the dog. High-end drones can fly at high speeds, deployed instead of tres per hour and five kilometres away allowing them to quickly cover large areas. costly helicopters. from its pilot. Saturday, August 26, 2017 BUSINESS 9 I have come under enormous pressure both to resign Rajoy urges Spain to show its ‘love’ SA’s first rhino horn e-Auction ends and to remain in my current position. As a patriotic Madrid Johannesburg American, I am reluctant to leave my post... because panish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy called on Spaniards outh Africa’s first online auction of rhino horn concluded I feel a duty to fulfill my commitment to work Sto show their “love” for Barcelona and attend a weekend SFriday amid outrage from conservationists. The auctioneers on behalf of the American people. As a Jewish march against terror. In unusually did not set an opening price for American, I will not allow warm comments at a time of bids, but bidders paid 100,000 neo-Nazis ranting ‘Jews will high tension between Rajoy and rand ($7,626) to register and only not replace us’ to cause this separatist leaders in Catalonia registered bidders had access Jew to leave his job.” where the vehicle rampages took to the bidding process. John place, he praised the rapid work of Hume, the owner of the world’s the local police and spoke of the largest rhino farm, organised the Gary Cohn state’s affection for the region. controversial three-day selloff. Head of the White House national economic council

Brazil’s government has abolished a vast national reserve in the Amazon to open up the area to mining. The National Reserve of Copper and Sadaf Khan (C), the designer of Associates (RENCA) is thought to be rich in gold and other minerals hostesses, uniforms poses for pic- Fully protected conservation units ture with hostesses of the new Sustainable development reserves (RDS) Fly company during the launch- ing ceremony held at the King Territories of indigenous peoples Abdulaziz airport in the coastal BRAZIL city of Jeddah SURINAME FRENCH GUIANA Brasilia

Maicuru Biological Tumucumaque Reserve AMAPÁ National Park Main area STATE of interest for copper and gold exploration Walāpi Amapá State Forest Rio Paru Flyadeal to start D’Este Rio Iratapuru PARÁ STATE Pará State Rio Cajari flying next month Forest Extractive Reserve Jeddah city of Hamburg. prices. 50km audi Arabia’s new budget “Saudi Arabia has launched its The kingdom recently 30 miles carrier Flyadeal said Thursday Vision 2030; a strategic platform announced the launch of a Sit will start flying next month. for the future development of the massive tourism project that will RENCA: Covers 46,000 sq km – Jari Flyadeal, a subsidiary of the Kingdom where transportation turn 50 islands and a string of area larger than Denmark. About Ecological state-owned Saudi Arabian and tourism are key pillars,” he sites on the Red Sea coast into 30 percent will be open to mining Station Airlines corporation, will said in a statement. luxury resorts. operate a fleet of eight Airbus The airline said it will “Saudi Arabia and the region Sources: WWF, BBC © GRAPHIC NEWS A320ceo aircraft and initially fly commence operations on the at large, has a very young and domestic routes before expanding Saudi National Day on September digitally savvy population, who in the Middle East. 23, with the entire fleet expected has an increasing thirst for low “The launch is essential to to be delivered by mid-2018. fare travel domestically and across Make-up bill contributing to the continued Saudi Arabia’s ambitious the region,” Flyadeal CEO Con growth in air travel in Saudi “Vision 2030” plan, unveiled Korfiatis was quoted as saying in Arabia and beyond,” said Flyadeal last year, aims to broaden its the statement. causes chairman Saleh bin Nasser investment base and diversify “Flyadeal plans to serve and Al-Jasser after taking delivery of the once oil-dependent economy grow this significant segment of blushes for the first aircraft in the German following a sharp fall in crude air travel.” (AFP) Macron Paris Former VW engineer gets make-up bills -- one for 10,000 euros e’s only 39 and fresh-faced, but and another for 16,000 euros -- with HFrance’s President Emmanuel most of the French media publishing Macron has run up a make-up bill of stories about the issue. 40 months in ‘dieselgate’ 26,000 euros in his first 100 days in “While France is slaving away, Detroit his release from prison, according office, offering fresh ammunition to Macron is spreading (the equivalent US court yesterday sentenced to a spokesman for the US District his critics. of) 23 times the minimum wage on his a former Volkswagen engineer Court for the Eastern District of The bill, revealed by Le Point face,” wrote far-right strategist Florian Ato nearly three and a half years in Michigan. magazine and confirmed by the Philippot on Twitter. prison for his role in the company’s However, US authorities may presidency yesterday, was paid to a A source in the presidency told BFM emissions cheating scandal. choose to deport Liang to Germany freelance make-up artist for work since television that future costs would be James Robert Liang was sentenced once he is released, the spokesman the centrist took power in mid-May. “significantly reduced”. to 40 months in prison and ordered said. It recalled an embarrassing The leak to Le Point comes at a to pay a $200,000 fine after pleading The sentence was significantly revelation about the balding former bad time for France’s youngest-ever guilty to charges he conspired to James Robert Liang harsher than what prosecutors had president Francois Hollande who was president whose approval ratings have defraud the United States and fraud and conspiracy charges in recommended. forced to admit to employing a private fallen sharply. A recent poll showed violate the Clean Air Act, the court the “dieselgate” matter, which has In exchange for Liang’s hairdresser on a pre-tax monthly salary that only 37 percent of French people announced. brought one of the world’s to auto cooperation, Justice Department of nearly 10,000 euros ($11,800). were happy with his performance so The sentencing comes several makers into disgrace. officials had recommended a Opponents seized on the total of the far. (AFP) weeks after former VW executive Liang was also ordered to serve sentence of only three years and a Oliver Schmidt pleaded guilty to two years of supervised release upon fine of just $20,000. 10 BUSINESS Saturday, August 26, 2017

Traders work on the floor at the closing bell of the Dow Industrial Average at the New Stock York Stock Exchange markets higher as bankers gather COUNTRY/CURRENCIES BUY SELL AUSTRALIA 0.3059 0.3023 BANGLADESH 0.00478 0.00467 London Frankfurt stocks CANADA 0.3068 0.3025 tock markets climbed pushed 0.2 per cent higher. DENMARK 0.0629 Key figures EGYPT 0.0234 0.0217 yesterday as a much- London shares rose 0.3pc and Santicipated central bankers’ Paris 0.2pc. EURO 0.4536 0.4494 London - FTSE 100: UP 0.3pc at 7,425.88 points HONGKONG 0.04968 0.04928 meeting got under way and Wall Street opened higher, INDIA 0.00595 0.00592 traders digested ongoing with the Dow climbing 0.2pc Frankfurt - DAX 30: UP 0.2 percent at 12,207.81 INDONESIA 0.00003054 0.00002890 ructions in Washington. in the first minute of trading. IRAN TUMAN 0.000323 US President Donald In Asia on Friday, Tokyo’s Paris - CAC 40: UP 0.2pc at 5,124.13 IRAQI DINAR 0.000304 Trump on Thursday Nikkei stocks index ended JAPAN 0.00361 0.003540 berated top members of his 0.5-percent higher on a EURO STOXX 50: UP 0.2pc at 3,450.08 JORDAN 0.5350 0.5354 Republican party, days after weaker yen. KOREA 0.00038381 threatening to shut down the Hong Kong jumped 1.2pc, New York - Dow: UP 0.2 percent at 21,833.57 KUWAIT 1.249 1.249 government and rip up a key marking a fourth-straight MALAYSIA 0.0905 0.0902 trade deal with Canada and day of gains, while Shanghai Tokyo - Nikkei 225: UP 0.5pc at 19,452.61 (close) NEW ZEALAND 0.2778 0.2764 Mexico. rallied 1.8pc. NORWAY 0.0499 His ongoing battle with Energy firms in both cities Hong Kong - Hang Seng: UP 1.2pc at 27,848.16 (close) NEPAL 0.00395 0.00369 Capitol Hill has fanned fears were lifted by rocketing OMAN 0.98014 0.98262 Shanghai - Composite: UP 1.8pc at 3,331.52 (close) PAKISTAN 0.00371 0.00358 the tycoon will not be able to profits at PetroChina PHILIPPINES 0.00761 0.00738 push through his promised and subsequent dividend Euro/dollar: UP at $1.1812 from $1.1800 at 2100 GMT QATAR 0.10381 0.10376 tax cuts, deregulation and payouts. SAUDI ARABIA 0.10058 0.10066 infrastructure spending Seoul’s main index Pound/dollar: UP at $1.2835 from $1.2799 SINGAPORE 0.2812 0.2791 programme, which many rose 0.1pc, with market SOUTH AFRICA 0.02990 0.02980 believe would help fire up the heavyweight Samsung Dollar/yen: UP at 109.61 yen from 109.26 yen SRI LANKA 0.00270 0.00247 US economy. Electronics losing more SWEDISH 0.0497 Heads of central banks than onepc after company Oil - Brent North Sea: UP 38 cents at $52.04 per barrel SWITZERLAND 0.4002 0.3954 from around the world are heir Lee Jae-Yong was jailed Oil - West Texas Intermediate: UP 12 cents at $47.55 SYRIA 0.001740 0.0017 descending on Jackson Hole, for five years for bribery, TAIWAN 0.013100 Wyoming, for their annual perjury and other crimes THAILAND 0.011550 0.011550 symposium Friday, with linked to the corruption TURKEY 0.1142 investors focusing on Federal scandal that brought down gained as Hurricane Harvey of platforms. The Gulf Coast UNITED KINGDOM 0.4927 0.4879 Reserve boss Janet Yellen ousted president Park barrelled towards the crude- is home to around half UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 0.102500 0.102840 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 0.37790 0.37800 and European Central Bank Geun-Hye. rich Texas coastline, causing the United States’ refining YUAN 0.056800 0.056800 (ECB) head Mario Draghi. Elsewhere, oil prices the closure and evacuation capacity. (Reuters) Rates are for indication purpose only. For firm rates or for currencies not listed above please call Bahrain Financing Company. Telephone: 17228888, Website: www.bfc.com.bh Germany books record budget surplus in first half COUNTRY 1 US DLR 1 UK STG 1 SFR 100 YEN Frankfurt am Main municipal -- combined took in 2016. BAHRAIN 0.3770 0.5738 0.3903 0.3463 ermany notched up a in 18.3 billion euros ($21.6 Spending grew at the same KUWAIT 0.2855 31.0795 0.2955 0.2623 record budget surplus billion) more than they spent, pace, adding 4.3 percent to Gbetween January and June, data from federal statistics reach 705 billion euros. OMAN 0.3849 0.3718 0.3984 0.3536 official figures showed authority Destatis showed. With gross domestic product QATAR 3.6420 3.5182 3.7702 3.3456 yesterday, as Europe’s largest Government revenue from in the first half of the year at UAE 3.6730 3.5481 3.8023 3.3741 economy continued to grow taxes, social contributions and 1.6 trillion euros, the budget strongly. other sources amounted to surplus stood at around 1.1 SAUDI 3.7500 3.6225 3.8820 3.4448 All the levels of government 724 billion euros, a 4.3-percent percent of total economic -- federal, regional and increase on the same period output. Saturday, August 26, 2017 11 SpaceX launches Taiwan’s home-built satellite Los Angeles observation and space research. “Falcon 9 has lifted off,” About 10 minutes after orbit the Earth once every 100 major disasters in parts of Asia paceX on Thursday The satellite, called SpaceX engineer Lauren Lyons launch, SpaceX confirmed minutes. and Africa. It, too, had been launched the first satellite FORMOSAT-5, weighs nearly said as the rocket soared into that FORMOSAT-5 had been Its predecessor, designed to operate for just five Sdesigned and built entirely 1,000 pounds (450 kilograms) the sky over the launch pad successfully deployed into FORMOSAT-2, was years. in Taiwan, a spacecraft that and blasted off atop a Falcon at Vandenberg Air Force Base orbit. decommissioned last year “This is the 15th successful aims to boost disaster forecasts 9 rocket at 11:51 am (1851 in California, leaving billowing The satellite is designed to after 12 years, a lifespan in landing of a Falcon 9,” Lyons and mapping, environmental GMT). clouds of smoke in its wake. operate for five years, and will which it mapped a series of said. Futuristic! Brain recovery ‘lagging’ after sports concussion Paris allow various parts of the brain the symptoms we’re typically out. Concussion in sport and hanges in brain structure to interact. looking for when determining recreation is a growing health and function after a In athletes that took longer whether an athlete is ready to concern worldwide. concussionC remained visible in than usual to recover, the tests return to play,” he said in a university athletes even after also spotted anomalies in areas statement. Dementia risk they were medically cleared of the brain associated with In making a “return-to-play” In the United States alone, up to resume competitive sports, movement. determination, trainers and to 3.8 million such injuries researchers reported Thursday. “This is the first concrete doctors monitor symptoms occur each year in professional, This screen capture of Elon Musk Instagram account Using advanced magnetic evidence we have that the brain reported by the athlete, amateur and school sports. shows SpaceX futuristic new spacesuit posted on august resonance imaging (MRI), is lagging behind in terms of perform fitness tests, and The study, based on a 23rd, 2017. Spacex’s chief executive Elon Musk gave a scientists detected lingering recovery from a concussion,” follow a step-by-step protocol sampling of 27 college varsity sneak peek Wednesday at the California-based com- alterations in the brain’s white said lead author Nathan for the resumption of intense athletes from unnamed pany’s futuristic new spacesuit. In an Instagram post, matter, and changes in zones Churchill, a post-doctoral physical activity. universities who had suffered the sleek, white material appears lighter weight than linked to vision and planning, fellow at St. Michael’s Hospital The findings, however, concussions, showed that the bulky spacesuits worn by NASA astronauts, and is they reported in the journal in Toronto, Canada. suggest that longer recovery the problem is not confined accented with gray stitched seams and an American flag Scientific Reports. “Our study shows that the times may be needed to reduce to violent contact sports patch on the shoulder. White matter consists of neurobiological consequences the chances of repeat injuries in such as American football or nerve fibres, called axons, that xxof concussion may outlast athletes who have been knocked boxing. Vitamin ‘breakthrough’ to cut miscarriages Sydney B3, also known as niacin. needed to make NAD, they aking a common “Now, after 12 years of tested the effect of taking the vitamin supplement research, our team has also supplement on developing couldT significantly reduce discovered that this deficiency mice embryos that had similar the number of miscarriages can be cured and miscarriages NAD deficiencies as human and birth defects worldwide, and birth defects prevented by ones, and found a significant Australian scientists said taking a common vitamin,” change. Thursday, in what they said Sally Dunwoodie, a “Before vitamin B3 was described as a major biomedical researcher at introduced into the (mice) breakthrough in pregnancy the Victor Chang Cardiac mother’s diet, embryos were research. Research Institute. either lost through miscarriage The study, published in “The ramifications are or the offspring were born the New England Journal likely to be huge. This has with a range of severe birth of Medicine, found that the potential to significantly Picture for representation only defects,” the Victor Chang deficiency in a key molecule reduce the number of “Today’s announcement around the world currently and birth defects and found Institute said in a statement. among pregnant women miscarriages and birth defects provides new hope to the being born with birth defects gene mutations that affected “After the dietary change, stopped embryos and babies’ around the world, and I do not one in four pregnant women every year, this breakthrough production of the molecule, both the miscarriages and organs from developing use those words lightly.” who suffer a miscarriage,” is incredible news.” NAD (nicotinamide adenine birth defects were completely correctly in the womb, but Health Minister Greg Hunt Hunt said Thursday, citing The scientists used genetic dinucleotide). prevented, with all the could be treated by taking the hailed the study as a “historic Australian data. sequencing on families With Vitamin B3 -- found offspring born perfectly dietary supplement vitamin medical breakthrough”. “And with 7.9 million babies suffering from miscarriages in meat and vegetables -- healthy.” (AFP) 12 Saturday, August 26, 2017

Undersecretary for the Ministry of Works, Municipalities Affairs and Urban Planning Dr. Nabil Mohamed Abulfateh yesterday received Member of Parliament (MP) Ahmed Qarrata to discuss the services needs of the second constituency of the Capital Governorate

GFH Financial Group BSC (GFH) awarded one of British School of Bahrain’s top students with the GFH “Academic Performance Award”. The award was presented to Sa’ad Naeem Ullah Khan by Hisham Al Rayes, CEO of GFH Financial Group

GFH Financial Group BSC (“GFH”) awarded one of British School of Bahrain’s top students with the GFH “Academic Performance Award”. The award was presented to Sa’ad Naeem Ullah Khan by Hisham Al Rayes, CEO of GFH Financial Group. Assem Khalifa, Chairman of the Arab and Egyptian Squash Association, re- The Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland – Medical University of Bahrain (RCSI Bahrain) ceived a copy of the book entitled ‘Years of achievements ... and the process concluded its first Research Methodology and Scientific Professionalism Course at its continues’ from Khamis Al Muqla, President of the Bahrain Tennis Club dur- Busaiteen campus. Organised by RCSI Bahrain’s School of Postgraduate Studies and ing a visit to Cairo. Assem Khalifa praised the Bahrain Tennis Club’s docu- Research, the course is aimed at supporting the professional development of students mentary book, and development of tennis in Bahrain which included the across a variety of healthcare programmes and featured a series of workshops and discus- history of the club for four decades sions, led by senior academics from a multitude of disciplines Saturday, August 26, 2017 13

Batelco’s Health and Safety Section, in conjunction with the Building Services Division arranged a Health & Safety Workshop at Batelco’s headquarters in Hamala. The workshop was conducted for a group of designated staff, by Ministry of Labour Senior Occupational Safety Engineer, Hussain Al Hussaini

Rotary Club of Sulmaniya held a regular meeting on Wednes- day at the Golden Tulip Hotel. Guest Speaker was Moyez Kassam who spoke about “Conscious Capitalism” and the fine master was Osama Muein 14 Saturday, August 26, 2017

Kim Kardashian West‏ @KimKardashian I watched the movie Leap last night, it was so cute!!! A must see from the @WeinsteinFilms

Channing Tatum Los Angeles Channing Tatum is an American actor. Tatum made his film debut in the drama film Coach Carter. His breakthrough role onder Woman” director was in the 2006 dance film Step Up, which introduced him to a Patty Jenkins hit back wider audience. He is known for his portrayal of the character at “Avatar” director Duke in the 2009 action film G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra and its “WJames Cameron over his criticism 2013 sequel G.I. Joe: Retaliation. Although both G.I. Joe films of her superhero film as “a step received negative reviews from critics, they were commercially backward”. successful, grossing more than $300 million at the box office. She says “there is no right and wrong kind of powerful woman”, reports vanityfair.com. “James Cameron’s inability to understand what ‘Wonder Woman’ is, or stands for, to women all over the world is unsurprising as, though he is a great filmmaker, he is not a woman,” Jenkins said on Twitter on Thursday. She added: “Strong women are great. His praise of my film ‘Monster’, and our portrayal of a strong yet damaged woman was so appreciated. But if women have to always be hard, tough and troubled to be strong, and we aren’t free to be multidimensional or celebrate an icon of women everywhere because she is attractive and loving, then we haven’t come very far have we. (IANS) ctor Jared Leto said he prefers to make friends rather than enemies and does not deal Awell with conflict. The 45-year-old actor, however, admits that once he falls out with someone, there is no going back. “I like making friends better than enemies. I don’t deal well with conflict, when I fight I fight to the death. I like to just be friends, that works for me,” Leto said. The actor-musician said he likes to spend time alone at home, unless he is touring with his band 30 Seconds To Mars. Chris Pine “I stay in my own world, I work like a maniac, and I don’t really leave the house August 26, 1980 much, except to go on tour.” (TOI)

Became known for his role as James T. Kirk in the 2009 version of Star Trek, for which he won a Boston Society of Film Critics Award. He received additional acclaim for his roles in Smokin’ Aces and This Means War. Saturday, August 26, 2017 15 Sabrina joins ‘The Hate U Give’

ctor-singer Sabrina Carpenter has come on board the film based on Angela Thomas’ debut novel ‘The Hate U Give’. AThe ‘On Purpose’ hitmaker has joined Amandla Los Angeles Stenberg, Russell Hornsby and Regina Hall in the ctress Amy Schumer has said film, to be directed by George Tillman Jr, according she sought more money from to the sources. Netflix after learning what Stenberg will play Starr, a 16-year-old girl who Afellow comedians Chris Rock and grows up in a slum, while Sabrina Carpenter will Dave Chappelle were being paid by be seen in the role of Hailey, one of Starr’s friend. the streaming service for their stand- Hall and Hornsby will play Starr’s parents. Lamar up specials but she didn’t ask the Johnson has previously been cast to play Seven, makers to match her fee to theirs. Starr’s older brother. Algee Smith, Common and In an Instagram post on Thursday, Issa Rae are also attached to the project. (TOI) Schumer confirmed a report that Netflix agreed to increase her fee for “The Leather Special” after a deal had already been set, reports variety.com. Schumer also said she never sought pay equal to what Rock and Chappelle were making. “I believe women deserve equal pay. However I don’t believe I deserve equal pay to Chris and Dave. They are legends and (two) of the greatest comics of all time,” she said. She continued: “I would like to say that I have been selling out sghar Farhadi is not a director who hides arenas these last couple years. his symbolic subtext. The imagery in this Something a female comic has never Aengrossing drama, about a couple of actors whose done. (IANS) marriage is tested when she is violently assaulted in their new home, is so overt, Farhadi might as well be sounding a klaxon. There’s the choice of the play within the film – a Persian translation of Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman. Willy Loman’s impotence and frustration permeate the film like cheap aftershave. And there’s the reason that Rana (Taraneh Alidoosti) and Emad (Shahab Hosseini) have to move house in the first place – their original apartment building is collapsing. The cracks in their home life are literal as well as figurative. With a writer-director less skilled than Farhadi, this occasional lack of subtlety might be a problem. But Farhadi, who won his second foreign language Oscar with this film, the first being for A Separation, has an unparalleled gift for pacing, snaring us with well-timed reveals that subtly shift the story on its axis. While there may have been a political aspect to this second win – Farhadi chose to boycott the ceremony in response to the Trump administration’s travel ban – there is no question that this film deserved it. There is perhaps no director more adept at capturing the unfolding stories of ordinary people when the drama of their lives runs away with them. (theguardian)

ctor James Franco said there was a time when he was incapable of settling down with anyone. In an interview to a magazine, the actor added that he wasA so “self consumed” that he became incapable of sharing his heart with anyone else. “I was a person that was incapable of settling down with anyone because I was so self-consumed before,” Franco said. He added, “I was incapable of sharing my heart with anyone. I was so scared to be vulnerable that I made myself busy every minute of the day, so I had an excuse. But I didn’t realise until it started to hurt enough.” Franco’s last serious relationship was with for ‘The Help’ star Ahna O’Reilly. They split in 2011, after being in a relationship for five years. (TOI) 16 COOL ZONE Saturday, August 26, 2017 CROSSWORD Your star today A miscommunication with a business or (Mar 21st - Apr 20th) romantic partner might cause some ruffled YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION feathers today. You can divert this by explaining the facts clearly whenever you give information. Make sure your partner understands what you’re saying before they go and act on it! Do you work with a lot of documents? If so, you (Apr 21st - May 21st) might find today that some of the papers you need are missing. They might seem to have vanished into a black hole. Look everywhere, of course, but chances are that someone has them and isn’t aware of it. Don’t be too shy to ask people about the papers. You could save yourself a lot of unnecessary effort this way. A missed communication - or miscommunication (May 22nd - Jun 21st) - with a romantic partner could find you waiting in the wrong place. If you’re planning to get together with someone special tonight, make sure you get the full details of the location, including the exact address, cross street, and driving directions. Write it down! And don’t forget to note the time. Today you could find that you’ve left (June 22nd - July 23rd) something at home, perhaps a book or letter that you need. There’s no way around it, you’ll have to go back. This could make you late. Stay calm! This is a temporary irritation that will pass. Making yourself crazy over it will only stress you out. At lunch, treat yourself to Across Down a glass of wine or a soothing cup of tea. 1- Biblical birthright seller; 5- Sacred song; 10- Conduit; 14- Dresden 1- Winds up; 2- Chair; 3- Opera set in Egypt; 4- Not uniform; 5- Jewish (July 24th - Aug 23rd) You may need to spend a lot of time in the car today. You could hit traffic and miss some of denial; 15- Up ___ (trapped); 16- Crucifix letters; 17- Miami’s county; festival; 6- Indy 500sponsor; 7- The Altar; 8- Open the door for; 9- the people you need to see. Irritations could 18- Tiffs; 19- Somewhat; 20- Used in building casks; 22- Equality Unordered; 10- Zoologist Fossey; 11- Golden Rule word; 12- Jam-pack; quickly turn to anger if you aren’t careful. Park of political rights; 24- “Xanadu” band, for short; 25- Quartz vari- 13- Neat; 21- Biblical high priest; 23- Rust, e.g.; 25- Corrida call; 26- Chest your car and walk to some of the places. This ety; 26- Festival; 30- Uncle!; 35- Flightless bird; 36- Before, before; or closet material; 27- Miss by ___; 28- Corrodes; 29- Singer Garfunkel; will get you out of the crush of cars and work 37- Ventures; 38- Contort; 41- Most profound; 43- Choir section; 31- Opening; 32- ___ my case; 33- Roman goddess of the hearth; 34- off your frustration at the same time. 44- Beatty of “Superman”; 45- Canonized Mlle.; 46- Bowler’s button; Organic compound; 39- Digit of the foot; 40- Bony prefix; 41- Last mo.; 47- Curved sword; 50- This, in Tijuana; 53- Freight weight; 54- Black 42- Ready for editing; 44- Code-breaking org.; 48- Popular tattoo; 49- (Aug 24th - Sep 23rd) Paperwork involving money may need doing and white; 58- River in N South America; 62- Salon sweepings; 63- Momentarily; 51- Pry; 52- Earth; 54- Michael Moore’s “Downsize ___!”; today, and this could take you away from what Toothbrush brand; 66- Zaire’s Mobutu ___ Seko; 67- Role for Ingrid; 55- Mickey’s creator; 56- River to the Seine; 57- Streetcar; 59- Round you love most - working on your own projects 68- Projecting window; 69- Sandusky’s lake; 70- Wineglass part; 71- number?; 60- Medical suffix; 61- Nair competitor; 64- Televise; 65- Majors and spending time with a love partner. Don’t get European capital, in song; 72- Price tag; in acting; too crazy over it or you might make mistakes. Correcting those errors would eat up more time. Take care of it methodically and quickly and you’ll be able to get back to your life.

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Employees monitoring weather patterns at the Hong Kong Observatory headquarters in the Tsim Sha Tsui district of Hong Kong

Hong Kong symbols indicating a storm’s ‘Don’t cry wolf’ “The number 10 signal is tallest peak, Tai Mo Shan, recorded. s Hong Kong battens severity were hoisted from The meteorologist at the one of my best times -- some literally translated as “Big Hat It killed 130 people and down for Typhoon Hato, coastal hillsides. helm of the observatory, of our directors didn’t get a Mountain”, often shrouded in destroyed thousands of Aweather-obsessed residents Now residents receive director Shun Chi-ming, is chance to issue a number 10 cloud, rain and wind. residential huts, leaving 72,000 are glued to updates from the those warnings via the personally responsible for ever,” Shun told AFP. It is usually unmanned -- but people homeless. historic observatory which official MyObservatory app, issuing Hong Kong’s typhoon The last time he did so was if a typhoon is predicted, radar Since then, Hong Kong has has the power to shut down downloaded 6.5 million times signals. for Typhoon Vicente in 2012. workers make the 950-metre adapted to typhoons, including the city with a signal. since it launched in 2010, in a He says it is important for (3,117 feet) climb to ensure making sure its highest Early Wednesday the city of 7.3 million. forecasters not to “cry wolf” Weather frontline they can fix any damaged commercial skyscrapers can observatory issued Hong Complete with a typhoon so residents take the warning The white porticoed 19th equipment. sway in the wind. Kong’s highest level Typhoon tracker, a nine-day forecast and seriously. century building which serves as Specialists at Tai Mo Shan A massive drainage tunnel 10 warning, bringing the city frequent push notifications on “When I was a young the observatory’s headquarters can spend up to four days running along most of to a standstill with schools temperature and wind speed, forecaster, we got a satellite has been officially declared a sleeping in foldout beds next Hong Kong Island was also shut, hundreds of flights the observatory’s widely image of the area once every historic monument and sits to radar screens as a storm hits. completed in 2012 to alleviate cancelled, and the stock market seen forecasts are much three hours... Now we have atop a hill in the shopping Ip Wing-sing, a senior seasonal flooding caused by closed. discussed by residents and an image every 10 minutes,” district of Tsim Sha Tsui where radar mechanic who has heavy rain and typhoons, which The typhoon has left at least regularly provoke a visceral he adds. there was once a clear vantage worked for the observatory for now rarely cause deaths in the three dead in nearby Macau. reaction. The strongest three storm point of the harbour. 20 years, said the experience city. Founded in 1883, when Certain severe weather warnings -- T8, T9 and T10 It is now sandwiched can be dramatic, to the Despite the improved Hong Kong was a British warnings mean compulsory -- trigger citywide closures of between commercial and distress of the workers’ loved conditions, Shun still sees the colony, the observatory shutdowns and prompt schools, businesses and the stock residential towers, with a ones. observatory as an integral part originally used harbourside complaints from businesses market as well as widespread newer adjoining block packed Ip once had to fix a radar of Hong Kong. cannon to notify mariners of over lost earnings. transport disruption. with wall-to-wall touchscreens during a Typhoon 10. “Whether kids need to go a storm’s arrival. On the flip-side, some “The whole city closes displaying information from “The sounds of the wind and to school, or people should It then developed a workers keen for a day off down because of my radar stations perched on rain were very strong,” Ip said. go to work -- that all depends numeric warning system accuse the observatory of signature,” says Shun, who some of Hong Kong’s highest “Your family will always on the information from the with a T1 being the weakest shying away from issuing sees the responsibility as a way mountain peaks. want you to be safely at home observatory,” he says. and T10 the most powerful, notices that would affect trade to connect with residents. At the weather frontline are when there’s a typhoon.” Sceptical resident Sin which celebrated its 100th on week days. “I have a very close the radar specialists operating The city saw its strongest disagrees. anniversary this year and is “You’ll always check it to engagement with the public,” the observatory’s remote storm in 1962 when the eye of “I think residents can more still in use. see if there is a chance to have he explains, but admits he lookouts. typhoon Wanda passed over accurately predict the weather When the system was a holiday,” said 24-year-old relishes the chance to raise the Its highest weather station and gusts of 284 kilometres just by looking at the sky,” he introduced, massive iron office assistant Levi Sin. most severe warnings. stands on Hong Kong’s (176 miles) per hour were said. (AFP) The eye of the

The Hong Kong Observatory radar station (R) along with two other stations at the top of Tai Mo Shan, Hong Kong’s storm tallest mountain.jpg Saturday, August 26, 2017 19 z #PollToday Russia jails ‘sadistic’ teens who filmed animal torture Loveless Moscow sadistic methods, maiming The meat industry doesn’t publicise its use of antibiotics. Russian court yesterday and killing them,” said the McDonalds, however, said sentenced to jail two Investigative Committee. it will start globally rolling A“sadistic” teenage girls who The two filmed themselves back the use of antibiotics filmed themselves torturing torturing at least 15 animals monkey in its chicken products from and killing animals, including dogs and cats they 2018. Do you think that the agribusiness is squandering investigators said. got from shelters and small one of medicine’s most The two women took ads. They posted shocking potent weapons? animals to an abandoned videos including the killing Yes No Cant Say building where they shot of a puppy, leading to their adopts them with airguns, stamped arrest in 2016. on them and cut out their Alyona Savchenko was eyes, Russian TV reported. sentenced to four years and “The court established that three months, while Alina two friends who were then Orlova received three years minors between June and and 10 days after a closed chicken August 2016 systematically five-month trial in the far Poland today is not a coun- treated animals cruelly, using eastern city of Khabarovsk. try that can show Europe the way, it’s a country that has decided to go against European interests in many 18 die as bus plunges into areas. The country is plac- @ ing itself on the margins of Black sea in southern Russia Europe’s future history,” Israeli Emmanuel Macron French President

zoo A four-year-old Indonesian black macaque Pakistan’s population named Niv holds a young chicken at the Ramat Gan Safari Park near Tel Aviv tops 207 million

Ramat have a name, could easily chicken, but it spurned her lonely monkey at an escape through the bars but advances. Israeli zoo has found a chooses to stay near Niv. Seemingly unlikely animal Away to soothe her maternal “These kinds of friendships are often the result Rescuers working on a wreckage urges: by adopting a relationships are rare,” Porat of different species being put Pakistan’s population has Moscow hospitalised and five are chicken. said. “Sometimes macaques together by humans. surged by more than half to ighteen people died in in serious condition after Niv, an Indonesian black kill and eat chickens that A bear, lion and tiger 207 million, according to pro- Esouthern Russia on the bus fell into the water macaque, has spent the past enter their pens or play with discovered during a drug raid visional results of the coun- Friday after a bus carrying from a height of four metres week caressing, cleaning and them until they die.” in the United States remained try’s first census in almost two construction workers veered (15 feet), the statement playing with the bird at the To avoid such a tragic inseparable for life after they decades. off a pier and plunged into added. Ramat Gan Safari Park near end, officials separated Niv were moved to an animal the Black Sea. A spokesman for OTEKO, Tel Aviv. and her feathered companion sanctuary. Fresh violence kills 89 The bus was carrying a conglomerate which owns “It seems that Niv, who is from the other macaques But Porat said it wasn’t in Myanmar’s Rakhine people from their shift Tamanneftegaz, told Interfax four years old and has reached -- apart from her mother, clear where the chickens at building a pier for the that the bus was carrying the age of sexual maturity, has who is often the target of the zoo had come from. State Tamanneftegaz oil company people who were working on difficulty finding a partner,” hostilities from other females. The black macaque is listed At least 89 people includ- in the port of Taman when the company’s construction the zoo’s spokeswoman Mor Porat said the chicken as critically endangered by ing a dozen security forces the accident happened. site but who were not Porat said. “seems very happy to have the International Union for were killed as Rohingya mili- “Currently we know of 18 employed by the company “This probably explains found a surrogate mother. At the Conservation of Nature. tants besieged border posts dead and 33 people injured in directly. the maternal instinct she night they sleep together.” The domesticated chicken in northern Rakhine State, the tragedy,” said a statement He said the bus did not expresses to this chicken.” A few months ago, Niv is the most common bird in Myanmar’s authorities said. on the website of the local belong to the company. The bird, which doesn’t attempted to adopt a previous the world. (AFP) Chinese national authorities in Temryuk, a In a statement, OTEKO’s town in Russia’s Krasnodar deputy director Irina charged with US hacking region. Trifonova called the accident The FBI has charged a All of those injured were a “terrible tragedy”. US says won’t pull back Chinese national with using malicious software widely linked to a devastating hack of government from South China sea ops databases. ‘King of chicken’ fined Kuala Lumpur early Monday, tearing a huge n American general hole in the vessel’s hull and NATO chief demands $302m over unpaid taxes Ainsisted yesterday the leaving two sailors dead and Russian ‘transparency’ Cotonou United States would not pull eight missing. on war games businessman in Benin back from operations in the It was the fourth accident known as “the king of NATO yesterday urged the disputed South China Sea to involving an American warship Achicken,” who ran favourably Kremlin to comply with rules combat Beijing’s territorial in the Pacific this year, two of in last year’s presidential on transparency as Russia claims despite a series of them fatal. election, has been fined geared up for huge military accidents involving US The McCain had been hundreds of millions of exercises. warships. heading to the city-state dollars for allegedly engaging General Terrence after conducting a “freedom in a multi-year tax evasion Sebastien Ajavon Terrence O’Shaughnessy For more, catch us O’Shaughnessy, Pacific Air of navigation” mission -- online at: scheme, revenue officials said to execute an elaborate tax Forces commander, said the that the US armed forces are sailing close to a contested Friday. dodge for three years and American military still had overstretched in Asia. island in the South China www.newsofbahrain.com Sebastien Ajavon is now allegedly owes 167 “credibility... all over the In the latest incident, the Sea in a show of strength to /nobonline accused of having used billion CFA francs ($302 world” despite the incidents, USS John S. McCain collided challenge Beijing’s territorial /newsofbahrain several of his businesses million, 254 million euros). which have raised concerns with a tanker off Singapore claims. 20 Saturday, August 26, 2017 SPORTS Saturday, August 26, 2017 21 Inventor denies killing reporter Stockholm her body in the sea south of reported her missing a day after board decided to transfer the n eccentric Danish Copenhagen. the interview with Madsen. vessel’s ownership to Madsen, inventor who is being And he denies cutting off her That same day, Madsen according to the website. Aheld over the grisly death of legs and limbs. was rescued from waters a Swedish reporter whose Investigators say Wall’s body between Denmark and Sweden ‘Cursed’ headless torso was found at was “deliberately” mutilated shortly before his submarine In 2015, Madsen had sent a text Stokes, Root rescue Scoreboard sea has denied killing her and and weighed down with a sank. message to two members of England 1st Innings mutilating her body, police metal object to try and avoid Investigators recovered and the board claiming: “there is a A. Cook c K Hope b Gabriel 11 said Friday. detection. searched the sunken vessel, curse on Nautilus”. M. Stoneman c Dowrich b Roach 19 “The suspect denies She was last seen on board which police believe Madsen “That curse is me. There will T. Westley lbw b Roach 3 homicide and desecration of Madsen’s 60-foot (18-metre) sank intentionally. never be peace on Nautilus as J. Root c Blackwood b Bishoo 59 a human body,” Copenhagen Nautilus submarine on August Madsen, who is reportedly long as I exist,” Madsen wrote, D. Malan b Holder 8 police said in a statement, 10 when she went to interview married, has a reputation for according to a post written by B. Stokes c Dowrich b Gabriel 100 referring to Peter Madsen, 46, him. Investigators found traces histrionics and has angered the volunteers in Danish on J. Bairstow c Holder b Gabriel 2 who is being held on suspicion of her blood inside the vessel. many along his way. the website. M. Ali c Chase b Roach 22 of killing 30-year-old Kim Danish prosecutors The Nautilus was the Danish police are still Leeds Englandruns. Derbyshire prior to the first Test. But C. Woakes c Dowrich b Roach 23 Wall. are seeking to charge him A file photo shows Peter Madsen (R), builder and captain of the biggest private sub ever made searching for the clothes Wall ngland’s Ben Stokes Recalled fast bowler Shannon he soon found his range in Leeds. S. Broad b Gabriel 0 private submarine “UC3 Nautilus” as he talks to a police officer made the most of Gabriel led the attack with four Madsen, held in formal with murder and have until when Madsen built it in 2008 wore on the submarine: an E Early collapse J. Anderson not out 0 custody since August 12 September 5 to request an in Dragoer Harbor south of Copenhagen with help from a group of orange fleece, a skirt and white being dropped twice to score a wickets for 51 runs in 17 overs and Extras (b2, lb3, w4, nb2) 11 on suspicion of “negligent extension of his custody. volunteers. sneakers. hundred that took the shine off new-ball partner Kemar Roach took Alastair Cook, who made 243 at Total (all out, 70.5 overs, 319 mins) 258 manslaughter”, says Wall died Madsen, who describes himself Wall was a freelance The volunteers were According to her former an improved bowling display by four for 71 in 19.5. Edgbaston, fell for 11 yesterday when West Indies 1st Innings in an accident on board a Psychiatric evaluation as an “inventepreneur” on journalist who had reported engaged in a dispute over the class mate and close friend the West Indies on the first day This was still an encouraging England’s all-time leading Test run- K. Brathwaite not out 13 submarine he built, claiming Known for his foul temper and his website, is to undergo a for The New York Times and Nautilus between 2014 and Yan Cong, the sneakers had of the second Test at Headingley display by the West Indies given their scorer edged Gabriel low to Kyle K. Powell c Cook b Anderson 5 that he subsequently dumped fallouts with former colleagues, psychiatric evaluation. The Guardian. Her boyfriend 2015 before members of the sentimental value. yesterday. utterly inept performance in the field Hope at third slip. D. Bishoo not out 1 Stokes’s score of exactly 100 during an innings and 209-run defeat Both Tom Westley and Mark Extras 0 was the cornerstone of England’s inside three days in the inaugural day/ Stoneman, each looking to cement Total (1 wkt, 12 overs, 48 mins) 19 modest 258 all out. night Test in Britain at Edgbaston last their Test places, were dismissed Yet a good day for the West week that saw them go 1-0 down in cheaply by Roach to leave England Indies, 19 for one in reply at stumps, this three-match series. struggling at 37 for three. however, 71 for four. could have been so much better. Conditions in what was a standard They should have been 44 for four But with England on 100 for Both Stokes and England captain red-ball clash looked set fair for when Root nicked Gabriel only for four, second slip Kraigg Brathwaite Joe Root, who made 59 after batting when Root won the toss on Kieran Powell to drop the routine dropped Stokes off Roach. winning the toss, were dropped in a straw-coloured pitch beneath blue chance at first slip. To make matters worse for the Clashes kill 32 as court the slips in single figures. skies. Yet England still slumped to 71 When Dawid Malan, fresh from West Indies, the edge went for four Stokes was missed again on 98, for four shortly after lunch. a maiden Test fifty at Edgbaston, and left-handed batsman Stokes then with the three errors effectively Gabriel had bowled 24 no-balls in played onto West Indies captain drove Roach to the extra-cover rope. costing the West Indies some 142 a pink-ball warm-up fixture against Jason Holder for eight, England were, (AFP) convicts guru of rape US Open : Federer could face Nadal in semis New York Panchkula followers, sparking fury Authorities said 32 people Ram Rahim Singh has a As news of Singh’s Nadal, a 15-time major could meet Czech Tomas Murray plays American t least 32 among tens of thousands of had been killed and around vast following in many states conviction spread there were orld number one champion who this year won Berdych in the fourth round Tennys Sandgren in his first people were supporters who had gathered 180 injured after rioting broke of northern India, including reports of violence in several WRafael Nadal his 10th French Open title, and Bulgarian seventh seed match with French 16th seed Akilled Friday when for the verdict. out in Haryana, where many in Haryana, where he runs districts of neighbouring could face third- owns a 23-14 edge in his Grigor Dimitrov in the Lucas Pouille a possible round clashes broke Authorities rushed areas were now under curfew. a spiritual movement that Punjab state and on the ranked Roger Federer career rivalry with Federer, quarter-finals. of 16 opponent and French out in northern hundreds of troops to the city “The situation continues to claims to have millions of outskirts of the capital Delhi, in the semi-finals of but the Swiss has won their Federer, 36, opens his run eighth seed Jo-Wilfried India after a of Panchkula after followers be grim but we are gaining devotees around the world. which borders Haryana. the US Open under past four meetings, including in the Flushing Meadows Tsonga potentially awaiting court convicted of guru Ram Rahim Singh some ground. Hopefully we Authorities imposed an Authorities imposed curfew the draw unveiled at this year’s Australian Open fortnight against American him in the quarter-finals. a controversial torched cars went on a will mobilise more forces in indefinite curfew in Panchkula, in at least four districts of yesterday. final. Frances Tiafoe and could Tsonga’s first match will religious rampage throwing rocks and the night to take control,” a where mobile internet services Punjab to curb spread of Swiss star Nadal begins his quest for meet Australian Nick be against Romanian Marius leader of attacking television vans and senior state official told AFP had earlier been cut off. violence. Federer, a 19-time Grand a third US Open crown after Kyrgios in the fourth round Copil. raping setting fire to dozens of private on condition of anonymity. “I don’t understand what “Two train stations have Slam champion who won 2010 and 2013 against Serbian as well as Austrian seventh Fourth seed Zverev and two of vehicles. He said the large crowd the government and the police been burnt in Punjab and two this year’s Wimbledon and Dusan Lajovic. He could face seed Dominic Thiem in the Croatian fifth seed Marin Cilic Australian Open titles, has Frenchman Richard Gasquet quarter-finals. Tiafoe upset are also possible last-eight his More than 100,000 were went berserk soon after the are doing. We have been empty (train) coaches have England’s Ben Stokes celebrates estimated to have gone to the verdict was pronounced feeling unsafe since yesterday been set on fire in Delhi’s never faced Spanish legend in the third round, a foe he Germany’s Alexander Zverev opponents. Zverev opens reaching his century Nadal on the New York has defeated in all 15 of their in the second round at against a qualifier while Cilic city in Haryana state, where and attacked police and set and all our fears came true Anand Vihar station,” said Rafael Nadal of Spain returns a India’s federal investigations vehicles afire before the police today,” local resident Sandeep Neeraj Sharma, a spokesman hardcourts in the year’s final previous meetings. Cincinnati last week. begins against Frenchman shot while practicing prior to the Grand Slam tournament. The 31-year-old Spaniard British second seed Andy Gilles Simon. (AFP) agency had set up a special took action. Singh told AFP. for Indian Railways. start of the 2017 US Open court to rule on the charge Most of the fatalities were “Why did the police not act Hundreds of trains passing that he had raped two female caused by gunshots, the officer swiftly and forcefully against through Punjab and Haryana devotees. said. these followers?” have been cancelled, he said. Manama beat Al Malkiya Champions League 2017 / 2018 BTC Classification Group stage Tournament today to lift Bahrain Super Cup DT News Network Aidan Payne/DTNN Group A Group B Group C Group D Manama [email protected] he third Bahrain Tennis Club (BTC) Benfica Bayern Munich Chelsea Juventus Classification Tournament gets Manama underwayT today with six doubles matches anama Club defeated Al Malkiya 4-2 on Manchester United PSG Atletico Madrid Barcelona scheduled at the BTC premises in Juffair. penalties to win the Bahrain Super Cup after Basel Anderlecht Roma Olympiakos “The organizing committee rank the Mthe match was tied at 1-1 last night at the Khalifa players involved in two categories, men’s This file photo shows Sports City Stadium in Isa Town. Manama took CSKA Moscow Celtic Qarabag Sporting Lisbon doubles and super doubles. The players Indian chief of the reli- the lead through Mohammed Sayed Adnan after 75 compete in each category and matches will gious sect Dera Sacha minutes, then in the 89th minute Israa Hamwiah Group E Group F Group G Group H be concluded on Wednesday with the final,” Sauda (DSS) Gurmeet equalised to force the penalty shootout. Khalid Nass, head of the sports activity Ram Rahim Singh at Both sides recorded maiden trophy victories in Spartak Moscow Shakhtar Donetsk Monaco Real Madrid committee at BTC said. a news conference to Bahrain’s top flight football last season, with Al Today the top match is the pairing of Sevilla Manchester City Porto Borussia Dortmund launch the score for Malkiya clinching its first league with 33 points Nasser Khanji and Yousef Qaed against his film ‘MSG-2 The ahead of Riffa (31) and defending champions Al Liverpool Napoli Besiktas Tottenham Yousef Fakhro and Khaled Qayoom, among Messenger’ in Mumbai. Indian security forces walk next to burning vehicles set alight by Hidd (31), while Al Malkiya won the Kings Cup other matches are the meeting between rioting followers of a religious leader convicted of rape in Panchkula following a 2-1 victory over Muharraq. Maribor Feyenoord RB Leipzig APOEL Khalid Janahi and Khalid Nass against Abdul Source: UEFA Rahman Janahi and Ali Khonji. SPORTS Saturday, August 26, 2017 21 Stokes, Root rescue Scoreboard England 1st Innings A. Cook c K Hope b Gabriel 11 M. Stoneman c Dowrich b Roach 19 T. Westley lbw b Roach 3 J. Root c Blackwood b Bishoo 59 D. Malan b Holder 8 B. Stokes c Dowrich b Gabriel 100 J. Bairstow c Holder b Gabriel 2 M. Ali c Chase b Roach 22 Leeds Englandruns. Derbyshire prior to the first Test. But C. Woakes c Dowrich b Roach 23 ngland’s Ben Stokes Recalled fast bowler Shannon he soon found his range in Leeds. S. Broad b Gabriel 0 made the most of Gabriel led the attack with four E Early collapse J. Anderson not out 0 being dropped twice to score a wickets for 51 runs in 17 overs and Extras (b2, lb3, w4, nb2) 11 hundred that took the shine off new-ball partner Kemar Roach took Alastair Cook, who made 243 at Total (all out, 70.5 overs, 319 mins) 258 an improved bowling display by four for 71 in 19.5. Edgbaston, fell for 11 yesterday when West Indies 1st Innings the West Indies on the first day This was still an encouraging England’s all-time leading Test run- K. Brathwaite not out 13 of the second Test at Headingley display by the West Indies given their scorer edged Gabriel low to Kyle K. Powell c Cook b Anderson 5 yesterday. utterly inept performance in the field Hope at third slip. D. Bishoo not out 1 Stokes’s score of exactly 100 during an innings and 209-run defeat Both Tom Westley and Mark Extras 0 was the cornerstone of England’s inside three days in the inaugural day/ Stoneman, each looking to cement Total (1 wkt, 12 overs, 48 mins) 19 modest 258 all out. night Test in Britain at Edgbaston last their Test places, were dismissed Yet a good day for the West week that saw them go 1-0 down in cheaply by Roach to leave England Indies, 19 for one in reply at stumps, this three-match series. struggling at 37 for three. however, 71 for four. could have been so much better. Conditions in what was a standard They should have been 44 for four But with England on 100 for Both Stokes and England captain red-ball clash looked set fair for when Root nicked Gabriel only for four, second slip Kraigg Brathwaite Joe Root, who made 59 after batting when Root won the toss on Kieran Powell to drop the routine dropped Stokes off Roach. winning the toss, were dropped in a straw-coloured pitch beneath blue chance at first slip. To make matters worse for the the slips in single figures. skies. Yet England still slumped to 71 When Dawid Malan, fresh from West Indies, the edge went for four Stokes was missed again on 98, for four shortly after lunch. a maiden Test fifty at Edgbaston, and left-handed batsman Stokes then with the three errors effectively Gabriel had bowled 24 no-balls in played onto West Indies captain drove Roach to the extra-cover rope. costing the West Indies some 142 a pink-ball warm-up fixture against Jason Holder for eight, England were, (AFP) US Open : Federer could face Nadal in semis New York Nadal, a 15-time major could meet Czech Tomas Murray plays American orld number one champion who this year won Berdych in the fourth round Tennys Sandgren in his first Rafael Nadal his 10th French Open title, and Bulgarian seventh seed match with French 16th seed Wcould face third- owns a 23-14 edge in his Grigor Dimitrov in the Lucas Pouille a possible round ranked Roger Federer career rivalry with Federer, quarter-finals. of 16 opponent and French in the semi-finals of but the Swiss has won their Federer, 36, opens his run eighth seed Jo-Wilfried the US Open under past four meetings, including in the Flushing Meadows Tsonga potentially awaiting the draw unveiled at this year’s Australian Open fortnight against American him in the quarter-finals. yesterday. final. Frances Tiafoe and could Tsonga’s first match will Swiss star Nadal begins his quest for meet Australian Nick be against Romanian Marius Federer, a 19-time Grand a third US Open crown after Kyrgios in the fourth round Copil. Slam champion who won 2010 and 2013 against Serbian as well as Austrian seventh Fourth seed Zverev and this year’s Wimbledon and Dusan Lajovic. He could face seed Dominic Thiem in the Croatian fifth seed Marin Cilic Australian Open titles, has Frenchman Richard Gasquet quarter-finals. Tiafoe upset are also possible last-eight England’s Ben Stokes celebrates never faced Spanish legend in the third round, a foe he Germany’s Alexander Zverev opponents. Zverev opens reaching his century Nadal on the New York has defeated in all 15 of their in the second round at against a qualifier while Cilic Rafael Nadal of Spain returns a hardcourts in the year’s final previous meetings. Cincinnati last week. begins against Frenchman shot while practicing prior to the Grand Slam tournament. The 31-year-old Spaniard British second seed Andy Gilles Simon. (AFP) start of the 2017 US Open

Manama beat Al Malkiya Champions League 2017 / 2018 BTC Classification Group stage Tournament today to lift Bahrain Super Cup DT News Network Aidan Payne/DTNN Group A Group B Group C Group D Manama [email protected] he third Bahrain Tennis Club (BTC) Benfica Bayern Munich Chelsea Juventus Classification Tournament gets Manama underwayT today with six doubles matches anama Club defeated Al Malkiya 4-2 on Manchester United PSG Atletico Madrid Barcelona scheduled at the BTC premises in Juffair. penalties to win the Bahrain Super Cup after Basel Anderlecht Roma Olympiakos “The organizing committee rank the Mthe match was tied at 1-1 last night at the Khalifa players involved in two categories, men’s Sports City Stadium in Isa Town. Manama took CSKA Moscow Celtic Qarabag Sporting Lisbon doubles and super doubles. The players the lead through Mohammed Sayed Adnan after 75 compete in each category and matches will minutes, then in the 89th minute Israa Hamwiah Group E Group F Group G Group H be concluded on Wednesday with the final,” equalised to force the penalty shootout. Khalid Nass, head of the sports activity Both sides recorded maiden trophy victories in Spartak Moscow Shakhtar Donetsk Monaco Real Madrid committee at BTC said. Bahrain’s top flight football last season, with Al Today the top match is the pairing of Sevilla Manchester City Porto Borussia Dortmund Malkiya clinching its first league with 33 points Nasser Khanji and Yousef Qaed against ahead of Riffa (31) and defending champions Al Liverpool Napoli Besiktas Tottenham Yousef Fakhro and Khaled Qayoom, among Hidd (31), while Al Malkiya won the Kings Cup other matches are the meeting between following a 2-1 victory over Muharraq. Maribor Feyenoord RB Leipzig APOEL Khalid Janahi and Khalid Nass against Abdul Source: UEFA Rahman Janahi and Ali Khonji. 22 Saturday, August 26, 2017 SPORTS

UAE Team Froome keeps Vuelta lead Emirates’ Slovenian cyclist Matej Mohoric celebrates on Mohoric wins the podium

stageCuenca, Spain 7 Sky’s British cyclist left to contest RESULT lovenia’s Matej Mohoric’s bold late Chris Froome cel- the stage win, attack saw him clinch yesterday’s ebrates his Red with Froome, Vuelta a Espana stage 7 results: S Jersey A 207km ride from Lliria to Cuenca: seventh stage of the Vuelta a Espana as Esteban Chaves 1. Matej Mohoric (SLO/UAE) 4hr 43min 35sec Chris Froome safely retained the race and Nicolas Roche 2. Pawel Poljanski (POL/BOR) at 0:16 leader’s red jersey. all finishing close 3. Jose Joaquin Rojas (ESP/MOV) 0:16 Mohoric burst clear as a 14-man to nine minutes 4. Thomas De Gendt (BEL/LOT) 0:16 breakaway group tackled the final climb back. 5. Alessandro De Marchi (ITA/BMC) 0:27 of the 207km route between Lliria and Four-time 6. Floris De Tier (BEL/LNL) 0:27 Cuenca, holding onto his lead until the Tour de France Selected others: finish. champion Froome, 18. Chris Froome (GBR/SKY) 8:38 “It’s incredible! It’s been a long time bidding to become 19. Simon Yates (GBR/ORI) 8:38 since my last big win. I’ve always worked just the third 21. Esteban Chaves (COL/ORI) 8:38 hard and tried my best, but it is great to cyclist to complete 22. Adam Yates (GBR/ORI) 8:38 have a victory again,” said the 22-year-old the Tour-Vuelta 25. Alberto Contador (ESP/TRE) 8:38 Mohoric. double in the same 26. Nicolas Roche (IRL/BMC) 8:38 The Slovenian rider launched his attack year, remains 11 33. Vincenzo Nibali (ITA/BAH) on the descent of the Alto del Castillo seconds clear of Overall standings 11km from the end to drop his fellow Joaquin Rojas was third. Colombian Chaves with Irishman 1. Chris Froome (GBR/Sky) 27hr 46min 51sec escapees and cross 16 seconds ahead of the “I tried to save as much energy as Roche 13 seconds adrift. 2. Esteban Chaves (COL/ORI) at 0:11 chasing pack. possible and then just waited until the Today’s mid-mountain eighth 3. Nicolas Roche (IRL/BMC) 0:13 Poland’s Pawel Poljanski came second final which was well suited to my skills,” stage features an uphill finale with 4. Tejay Van Garderen (USA/BMC) 0:30 for the second time in as many days after explained Mohoric. the category one climb to Alto 5. Vincenzo Nibali (ITA/BAH) 0:36 finishing behind compatriot Tomasz The peloton enjoyed a relatively leisurely Xorret de Cati at the end of a Marczynski on Thursday. Spain’s Jose afternoon as the breakaway bunch were 199.5km ride from Hellin. (AFP) Million-dollar bets on Mayweather win

Las Vegas on Saturday. n eye-popping $1.2 million William Hill said bet is among a flurry of the biggest bet it Abig-money wagers on Floyd had received on Mayweather as the welterweight McGregor so far came champion prepares to take on July 24, when a on mixed martial arts star bettor staked $150,000 Conor McGregor, bookmakers on the Irishman, setting reported yesterday. up a potential $662,500 As Mayweather and windfall if Mayweather McGregor readied to face each loses. other at a weigh-in later Friday, Most experts say Las Vegas bookmakers were McGregor, who has never reporting a surge in betting on fought in a professional today’s cross-combat sports boxing contest, has next showdown at the T-Mobile to no chance against Arena. Mayweather, the 40-year- Bookmakers have said the old former welterweight total amount gambled on the star who retired in 2015 bout will make it the most bet- with a 49-0 record. upon fight in Las Vegas history. Mike Tyson’s former William Hill US reported trainer Teddy Atlas was that the flood of bets in the one of the latest voices past 24 hours included a punter Boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. (L) and Connor Mcgregor face-off during a media press conference to write off McGregor’s who strolled into a sports book trading Nick Bogdanovich said. according to ESPN. The bet Mayweather. chances of springing a and handed over $1.2 million “Whether it’s boxing, gladiators would net around $182,000 in Bogdanovich said that bets surprise. “It’s going to be like in cash on Mayweather, a or Game of Thrones.” profits. on McGregor were outstripping walking through a really bad 1/5 favourite. If Mayweather William Hill said another Vegas bookmakers say that wagers on Mayweather by a neighbourhood late at night,” wins, the bet will earn around gambler had staked $300,000 on while the majority of bets on ratio of 17 to 1. Atlas said of McGregor. $240,000. the outcome in Mayweather’s the fight have been placed on Bookmakers face multi- “He’s going to “It’s going to be the biggest favour. The MGM sportsbook McGregor, a 5-1 underdog, million-dollar losses if get mugged.” fight handle ever. Period,” also took a $1 million bet on most of the total ‘handle’ or McGregor stuns the boxing (AFP) William Hill US director of Mayweather on Thursday, betting pool has been placed on world and upsets Mayweather SPORTS Saturday, August 26, 2017 23 Bahrain lose in straight

Aidansets Payne/DTNN in a 13th-16thto place classification Turkey The semi-finals and more [email protected] match. classification matches are Japan maintained a perfect scheduled today with the Gold Manama record with a 3-0 (25-22, 25-18, and Bronze Medal matches ahrain under coach Yousuf 25-22) straight sets victory tomorrow.. For more information, Khalifa Alasbool were over the Czech Republic with visit u19.boys.2017.volleyball.fivb. Bdefeated in straight sets 25-17, the top scorers for the victors com. 25-20, 25-23 by Turkey in the 9th being Kento Miyaura (24) and Other scores: (Quarter finals): to 16th Classification matches of Tutsanori Otsuka (17) and for the Russia bt France 3-2 (25-27, the 2017 FIVB Boys’ U19 World Czech’s Marek Sobola (13) and 26-24, 23-25, 25-19, 16-14). Championship at Shaikh Isa Jan Svoboda (11). South Korea bt Egypt 3-1 (25- Sports City in Riffa. Iran also maintained its perfect 20, 20-25, 25-20, 25-15). Initially Bahrain started well record and a semi-final place Classification 9th to 16th): and were tied at 6-6 in the first set, following a 3-0 (25-21, 25-20, Argentina bt Puerto Rico 3-1 but then the Turks came stronger 25-15) win over Brazil. (26-24, 25-12, 21-25, 25-17). and then held a 16-9 advantage Top scorers for Iran were China bt USA 3-1 (24-26, which they comfortably held on to Porya Yali (20) and Amirhossein 25-20, 29-27, 25-20). and win the opening set. Esfandiar (14) and for Brazil Victor Italy bt Cuba 3-0 (25-18, 25-20, The second set was similar at Aleksander Almeida Cardoso (13) 25-17). the beginning with the scores and Welinton Oppenkoski (13). (Classification 17th to 20th tied at 6-6 and pretty close until Adis Lagumdzija (12) for Turkey. round-robin): midway when Turkey went 13-10 All are welcome to attend the Mexico bt Tunisia 3-2 (25-18, up and maintained its lead to matches and entrance is 500 25-21, 18-25, 22-25, 15-11). clinch the second set. fils per person and tickets are Chile bt Poland 3-1 (28-26, Third set action was close with available at the gate. 13-25, 25-21, 25-18). the Turkish team narrowly head at 12-11 and then Bahrain nudged ahead at 18-17 and held on at Today’s schedule: 22-22 before the Turks finished 17th-20th Classification (11am): Poland vs Mexico, Tunisia vs Chile off stronger to win in straight sets. Semi-finals (5pm): Japan vs Russia. (7pm): Iran vs South Korea Top scoring for Turkey was 5th-8th Classification: (1pm): Czech Republic vs France. (3pm): Brazil vs Adis Lagumdzija (21) for Turkey Egypt. 9th-12th Classification: (5pm): Argentina vs China. (7pm): Turkey and Ali Deniz Yilman (12) and for vs Italy. 13th-16th Classification: (1pm): Puerto Rico vs USA. (3pm): Bahrain Hussain Thamer (12).. Bahrain vs Cuba Bahrain play Cuba today at 3pm

Actions from USA - China match Actions from Bahrain-Turkey match Bahrain lose in P23 straight sets to Turkey SPORTS 2424 Saturday, August 26, 2017 Hami fired 200th

Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium young at heart -- so it’s good. It’s crazy to ahead of Max Verstappen of Red Bull ewis Hamilton insisted yesterday that think that I haverace been in Formula One and championship leader Vettel. he has no intention of slowing down as long as I have. I feel very privileged.” Daniel Ricciardo, who was 1.32sec off toL mark his 200th Formula One race at Having enjoyed the three-week break the leading pace, was sixth in the second this weekend’s keenly anticipated Belgian from racing, Hamilton said he felt ready Red Bull ahead of Nico Hulkenberg of Grand Prix. to mount a serious challenge for his Renault, Esteban Ocon of Force India, After being outpaced in the morning’s fourth world title. Carlos Sainz of Toro Rosso and Jolyon free practice, he bounced back to top the “I want the next nine (races) to all Palmer in the second Renault. afternoon times before rain swept across be (perfect),” he said. “I’m going to be Felipe Massa of Williams took no the majestic Spa-Francorchamps circuit ahead in every single race from now on part in the session after crashing and where on Sunday he will seek to trim and that’s my goal. No games. I am here damaging his car on his opening lap in Sebastian Vettel’s 14-point lead with his to win. I want it just as much if not more the first session yesterday, an accident he third Belgian victory. than anyone else.” said was not attributable in any way to a “You would think after 200 races that Hamilton topped the second session dose of vertigo that sidelined him during your passion or desire to win might times ahead of Kimi Raikkonen of last month’s Hungarian Grand Prix. fade, but it’s stronger than ever,” said Ferrari, who was fastest ahead of him in For Hamilton, it was an excellent start the three-time world champion, who is the morning session. He clocked a best to a key weekend. (AFP) also bidding to draw level with Michael lap in one minute and 44.753 seconds Schumacher in the record books on to finish 0.262sec ahead of Raikkonen Belgian GP free practice times Saturday with his 68th career pole who marked the confirmation of his position. Ferrari contract for 2018 with a speedy 1. Lewis Hamilton (GBR/Mercedes) 1:44.753 (17 laps) It might be an emotional achievement showing in Belgium. 2. Kimi Räikkönen (FIN/Ferrari) 1:45.015 (21) as the Schumacher family is marking The session began in bright and dry 3. Valtteri Bottas (FIN/Mercedes) 1:45.180 (17) the 25th anniversary of the German’s conditions, but finished in teeming 4. Max Verstappen (NED/Red Bull) 1:45.225 (16) maiden victory, in Belgium in 1992, with rain as the micro-climate of the forests 5. Sebastian Vettel (GER/Ferrari) 1:45.235 (20) son Mick driving the track in his father’s of the Belgian Ardennes delivered 6. Daniel Ricciardo (AUS/Red Bull) 1:46.072 (15) 1994 Benetton car to honour his father’s a capricious dose of its changeable 7. Nico Hülkenberg (GER/Renault) 1:46.441 (24) achievements. weather. 8. Esteban Ocon (FRA/Force India) 1:46.473 (19) “It’s crazy to think that I’m reaching Hamilton’s Mercedes team-mate 9. Carlos Sainz Jr (ESP/Toro Rosso) 1:46.561 (19) that milestone,” said Hamilton. “I still feel Valtteri Bottas was third quickest 10. Jolyon Palmer (GBR/Renault) 1:46.670 (23) Lewis Hamilton

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