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Taylor Swift in all-star film version 16 SHOW WORLD 13 Trump lashes ex-lawyer, says taping of client ‘perhaps illegal’ King meets Premier BIA adds 12 new routes TDT|Manama (Morocco). Meanwhile, AtlasGlobal has welve new routes have added new routes from Bahrain been added by various to Izmir, Antalya, and Trabzon, Tairlines operating out of 14 Turkey. Turkish Airlines has Bahrain International Airport million passenger also added Trabzon to its list (BIA), bringing the BIA’s total capacity is what BIA destinations. number of destinations up to aims to achieve in the BAC Chief Commercial Of- 53, its operator and managing days to come. ficer, Ayman Zainal, said: “Im- body, Bahrain Airport Company provements being made to BIA’s (BAC), announced yesterday. facilities, infrastructure, and The BIA also recently wel- services as part of the Airport comed the arrival of Azerbaijan’s strategy and network expan- Modernisation Programme have flag carrier, Azerbaijan Airlines, sion, Gulf Air has added eight given airlines the confidence following the commencement of new routes. It now operates to expand their networks out its direct service between Baku direct services to Bangalore of BIA.” and Bahrain. The airline now (India), Calicut (India), Abha Last year saw a marked in- His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa yesterday visited His Royal Highness Prime Minister Prince Khalifa bin operates a service twice a week (Saudi Arabia), Tubuk (Saudi crease in new airlines operating Salman Al Khalifa. HM the King paid tribute to HRH the Premier, hailing his pivotal role in enhancing Government’s between Heydar Aliyev Interna- Arabia), Alexandria (Egypt), out of BIA, including Ethiopian work to meet citizens’ needs, cater to their required services and bolster their status as the focal point of tional Airport and BIA. Sharm El Shaikh (Egypt), Baku Airlines, Atlas Global Airlines, comprehensive development. As part of its new corporate (Azerbaijan), and Casablanca and Wataniya Airways.

Jordan Premier wins confidence vote ordan Prime Minister Israel spits racist venom JOmar Razzaz’s comfort- able victory in a parliamen- tary confidence vote has A new barrier in ending decades-long Israeli-Palestinian conflict given the reformist leader some breathing space - for the Jewish-state law enshrines the racist the time being at least. Adoption of the law practises against Palestinians and falls in Razzaz survived the vote • the context of weakening the current po- by a 79-49 margin after a “reflected the regime of litical direction for a two-state solution,” week of intense debate in racism and discrimination Dr Anwar Gargash tweeted. the 130-member Parlia- against the Palestinian people,” Earlier this year King Salman reaf- ment. GCC secretary general firmed Saudi Arabia’s “steadfast” support However, the embattled for the Palestinian cause, after Crown leader, who has been in Abdullatif Al Zayani was Prince Mohammed bin Salman signalled office for only six weeks, quoted by SPA as saying. a shift in the country’s approach. knows the victory cannot Prince Mohammed in April said in a be taken for granted. Jeddah magazine interview that Israelis as well The confidence vote is as Palestinians “have the right to have likely to give Razzaz room audi Arabia has joined the UAE in their own land”. to introduce wide-ranging slamming a controversial Israeli law Arab citizens account for some 17.5 per reforms at least until the Sas “perpetuating racial discrimina- cent of Israel’s more than eight million end of the year. tion” against Palestinians by defining the population and have long complained of Jordan’s Parliament will country as the nation state of the Jewish discrimination. return from recess in Octo- people, state media reported. Arab lawmakers stand up in protest during a Knesset session in Jerusalem. The Israeli legislation was also con- ber and, short of an emer- The law adopted by Israel’s parliament demned by the six-nation Gulf Coopera- gency, another vote of con- on Thursday also defines the establish- proves” of the new legislation which it law would also be a barrier to ending the tion Council, comprised of Saudi Arabia, fidence is unlikely. ment of Jewish communities as being argued contradicts international law. decades-long Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman and the United in the national interest and downgrades The source called on the international On Friday, the UAE’s Minister of State Arab Emirates. Arabic from an official language to one community to “confront such a law and for Foreign Affairs Anwar Gargash Adoption of the law “reflected the with special status. or other Israeli attempts, aimed at per- branded Israel racist for enacting the regime of racism and discrimination Citing a Saudi foreign ministry source, petuating racial discrimination against law, saying it weakened the possibility against the Palestinian people,” GCC sec- the official Saudi Press Agency said late the Palestinian people”, SPA reported. for a two-state solution. retary general Abdullatif Al Zayani was Friday the kingdom “rejects and disap- Saudi Arabia said the adoption of the “The Israeli Knesset’s ratification of quoted by SPA as saying. DON’T MISS IT SPACE MUSICIAN Beauty battle Astronaut drops in, 240 Filipinos plays duet from space embraced 02 Islam Berlin last year raftwerk fans are used to hearing otherworldly Call for Arab Ktunes, but the German electronic music pioneers took unity to end Alexander Gerst 04 Palestinian it to another level at a gig in Stuttgart. He’s not the first space musi- plight Video posted Saturday by the cian. Canadian astronaut Chris European Space Agency shows Hadfield recorded a cover of Qatar behind German astronaut Alexander David Bowie’s “Space Oddi- online hatred Gerst “dropping in” for a live ty” and played a duet with the 05 performance from the Interna- Barenaked Ladies while 400 campaigns tional Space Station. kilometers (250 miles) above Using a tablet computer with the Earth in 2013. a virtual synthesizer, Gerst American astronaut Ron Mc- played a duet of Kraftwerk’s Nair planned to play saxophone 1978 song “Spacelab” with the from orbit with Jean Michel Arianne Deseree Viardo, fifth from left, overcame 12 beauty contestants to win the title of Mutya Ng Pilipinas Bahrain band Friday night to cheers Jarre in 1986 but died in the 2018. Arianne will represent Bahrain at the upcoming Mutya Ng Pilipinas, which will be held in the Philippines. The from the audience. Challenger tragedy. Mutya Ng Pilipinas Pageantry is a Filipino foundation that organises the event every year. SUNDAY, JULY 22, 2018 03 SUNDAY, JULY 22, 2018 big story 240 Filipinos embraced Islam last year IAC has successfully helped around 1,500 new Muslims from 16 different Two women repeat Shahadah (statement of faith) after Mr. Al Wazzan nationalities to live their lives in accordance with the teachings of their new religion. and entering Islam TDT|Manama importance to a new Muslim, digital communication methods. Muhannad Mansour who requires the kind of support Mr Mehboob highlighted that and direction that will allow him many individuals are more com- s many as 243 nationals of or her to be steadfast in faith. This fortable to learn about Islam on- the Philippines embraced project has been taking place since line instead of actual books or AIslam last year while 50 the establishment of the centre 40 personal interaction. convert every month on an av- years ago. It helps to bring about He noted that “the Internet has erage in the Kingdom, thanks to a generation of new Muslims become the main communication the efforts of a Bahraini centre who have a sound knowledge and platform nowadays and it’s eas- specialised in the teaching of Is- awareness of their Islamic faith,” ier to overcome the boundaries lam, which recently expanded its he underlined. of anxiety or embarrassment for Daawah (proselytising) activities some people”. to include social media networks Digitalising However, Mr Mehboob also un- and other digital platforms. derlined that different nations in- Islam Awareness Centre (IAC) Daawah teract differently, mentioning that was established in 1978 and began At the centre, Tribune witnessed “some prefer interacting online, as an idea by a group of ambitious the workflow of the centre’s staff while others find more comfort in Bahraini youth back then, says Filipino members are offered classes in Tagalog at the centre. The numbers of people who embraced Islam at IAC members, which included online reading books and others in direct Tariq Al Wazzan, the president noticeably grew in the past seven years Daawah activities, such as com- interaction”. of the centre. municating with individuals who “This depends on the social and After forty years, the IAC is Centre hosted an Islam awareness (statement of faith), new Muslims are curious to know more about cultural background of a person,” today one of the most active programme during the Formula are enrolled in classes on reli- Islam through emails and social he commented. Daawah centres in Bahrain and 1 event at the Bahrain Interna- gious rulings, Qur’an recitation, media networks. Mr Mehboob added that online the region, as it organises nu- tional Circuit. During the days of the Arabic language, principles of Tribune met Faith Adviser Daawah activities and programmes merous activities and conducts the race, an awareness stand was Islamic sciences and other such Zeeshan Mehboob, who spends are available at the centre for both different programmes to suit the set up both at the Circuit and at courses.” around 12 hours a day practising genders, adding that the centre’s different expatriate communities Bab AI Bahrain (old market) in “This phase that follows their online Daawah, through Facebook, page on Instagram and Facebook living in the Kingdom. Manama, with the aim of raising entrance into Islam is of critical What’sApp, emailing and other has around 20, 000 followers. While speaking to Tribune, Mr awareness about Islam, cor- Al Wazzan elaborated more on rect the common miscon- the activities of the centre and ceptions and offer authentic how it successfully helped around Our programmes hospitality to visitors of this 1,500 new Muslims from 16 differ- aim to bring about global event. Books, leaflets ent nationalities to live their lives a generation of and complimentary gifts are in accordance with the teachings new Muslims who distributed to visitors. By of their new religion. have a sound the grace of Allah, around Explaining the goals, vision and knowledge and 20 visitors embraced Islam mission of IAC, Mr Al Wazzan from different nationalities said, “Our goal is to spread aware- awareness of the through this activity,” Mr Al ness of Islam to non-Muslims, Islamic faith. Wazzan revealed. caring for the needs of new Mus- MR AL WAZZAN “This project aims to con- lims, teaching Arabic to non-na- nect directly with non-Mus- tive speakers and educating ex- lim communities in a civil patriate Muslim communities. Lanka, Ghana, Ethiopia, Kenya, manner. Answers are pro- We always strive to achieve ex- the UK, Ireland, Portugal, Albania vided to questions asked by cellence in spreading awareness and more.” visitors of different nation- of Islam with wisdom and good IAC provides its visitors and alities and an open channel teaching, using modern tools and members with a variety of free is maintained between com- in partnership with the other Is- Islamic books that are available in munities and the members lamic awareness organisations.” over 10 languages. Tribune visited of the centre,” the president the centre’s library, which also said, adding that “over 70 includes a large screen to play people have embraced Islam Growing numbers documentaries in different lan- at these stands in 2017 and Mr Al Wazzan revealed that guages to visitors and members. 60 in 2016”. the numbers of people who con- Additionally, the centre grants He also said that the cen- verted to Islam have been steadily non-Arab members the opportu- tre distributes complimen- growing since the establishment nity to enroll in free Arabic lan- tary material about Islam of the centre, confirming that guage classes that are supervised in different languages to IAC helped 25 people to convert by well-known language special- non-Muslim communities in 2011, while in 2016 a total of ists and educators. in public places. 312 individuals embraced Islam. “A team of dedicated and “By the grace of Allah, this is a knowledgeable members remarkable achievement for the Programmes from the centre explains the centre and we look forward for The centre organises a number basic principles of Islam to more accomplishments,” Mr Al of Daawah programmes and ac- raise awareness about its Wazzan commented. tivities in public places through- message and also answers He also informed that the ma- out the year. This includes stands any questions or doubts on jority of the new Muslims at the at public events such as the an- the religion. This is one of our centre were women, with more nual Formula 1 Gulf Air Bahrain most lively events in terms of than 200 women joined Islam last Grand Prix and the National Day interaction with non-Mus- year in comparison with around celebrations. lims,” Mr Al Wazzan said 100 men. “For the 10th year running, and while speaking about the According to Mr Al Wazzan, in cooperation with other Islamic public activities of the centre. most of the people who embraced awareness centres in Bahrain, the Another programme that Islam through the centre were targets new Muslims and Filipinos. He said, “The centre’s members of the centre is the annual statistics indicate that “Teach Me Islam” project, Filipinos have more tendency to which is aimed at educat- join Islam than people from other ing Muslims who newly em- nations. The latest figures showed braced the religion. that a total of 243 nationals of the 200 Mr. Al Wazzan added, Philippines from both genders women embraced “This programme is focus- converted to Islam in 2017. There Islam last year ing on teaching Islam to the were less than 20 individuals join- compared to 100 men. 1,500 members that have ing from each of the other nation- embraced Islam at IAC. Af- alities, which included India, Sri ter declaring the Shahadah SUNDAY, JULY 22, 2018 04

10 years prison for drug seller TDT|Manama Call for Arab unity to Ali Tarif he High Criminal Court sentenced Ta drug seller to 10 years behind bars in addi- tion to BD5,000 fine. The defendant was arrest- end Palestinian plight ed on King Fahad Causeway along with another man and he was carrying hashish Parliamentary delegation raps unjust use of force by Israelis against Palestinian people weighing 270 grams, court details show. Bahzad, stressed that the Occupa- Shura Council tion Forces’ incessant violations • against the brotherly Palestinian member, Ahmed people contravene the Interna- Bahzad, stressed that I noticed he was tional Legitimacy resolutions, as nervous and the occupation forces’ well as all the international con- ordered a search, incessant violations ventions, norms and agreements that protect human rights, espe- which found he was against the brotherly cially the right to protest which carrying drugs. Palestinian people is guaranteed to the Palestinians CUSTOMS OFFICER contravene international as per such conventions and cov- resolutions, as well enants. He added that the AIPU meeting The drugs were hidden as all conventions. aims to re-assert the Arab firm inside his underwear. He stance in support of the brotherly told police officers during Cairo Palestinian people’s right on their questioning that he bought land, and right to establish their hashish with co-accused embers of the parlia- independent state with Jerusalem from Saudi Arabia with mentary delegation to as its capital. an aim to sell it across the Mthe 28th extraordinary Representatives Council Kingdom. session of the Arab Inter-Par- member, MP Mohammed Milad, “I noticed he was nerv- liamentary Union (AIPU) have stressed the need for stepping up ous and ordered a search, called for the need to protect the Arab coordination, cooperation which found he was carry- rights of the brotherly Palestinian and consultation to address the ing drugs,” the customs of- people, continue providing them current challenges facing the Pal- ficer who nabbed them told with the necessary support and estinian cause, the Arab’s central prosecutors. reject the continuous violations cause. “They said there was of the Israeli Occupation Forces Shura Council member, Dr nothing in their possession. in the occupied territories. Mansoor Sarhan, welcomed the When I inspected them I Shura Council member, Hala The Bahraini delegation at the 28th extraordinary session of the Arab Inter-Parliamentary Union. convening of the extraordinary found hashish hidden inside Ramzi, expressed her condem- session of AIPU to discuss the lat- his underwear,” he added. nation of the unjustified and traditions and religious princi- said that supporting the Palestini- Palestinian cause and its brotherly est dangerous escalation in the The defendant’s sali - excessive use of force by the Is- ples, stressing the importance of an issue requires a comprehensive people in obtaining their legiti- Palestinian territories, calling on va also tested positive for raeli occupation forces against Arab solidarity and cooperation Arab and international action to mate rights, according to the 2002 the Palestinians to rally together, hashish and other types of civilians in the Gaza Strip, while to put an end to such dangerous stop the massacres and grave vi- Arab Peace Initiative, and based and urging concerted Arab, Is- drugs. demanding their just and legiti- escalation in the occupied Arab olations committed by the Zionist on the two-state solution on the lamic and international efforts to The defendant revealed to mate rights. lands. authorities. 1967 borders, and all the relevant put an end to the Israeli Occupa- prosecutors that he bought She said that such abhorrent Member of the Council of Rep- The delegation affirmed the UN resolutions. tion Forces’ illegitimate practices hashish from a Saudi nation- practices contravene all norms, resentatives, MP Jamal Dawood, support of the Kingdom for the Shura Council member, Ahmed against the Palestinians. al for BD1,800.

Bahrain shines at British Parliament London

ll eyes were on Bahrain as the DID Diplomat Business Club organ- Aised a unique and highly pres- tigious seminar at the British Parlia- KNOW ment Committee Room titled “Bahrain Opportunities Forum 2018”. The first-of-its-kind event was or- ganised by the President of Diplomat Bahrain-UK trade relations Business Club, Javed Malik who previ- have been growing over ously served as Pakistan’s Ambassador the years. to the Kingdom and now presides the UK-based Diplomat Business Club. honorary chair, of the UK chapter of the The guests at the high profile forum Diplomat Business Club said he was included British MPs, Lords and senior delighted to welcome the Bahraini del- businessmen including Andrew Rosin- egation and looks forward to growing dell MP, Lord Roberton, as well as Sir business ties between UK & Bahrain. Anwar Pervez OBE, who is the owner Mr Al Rumaihi, gave a detailed pres- of Bestway group and the most affluent entation about the unique and attrac- and successful British Muslim busi- tive business climate that has been nessman. Speaking on the event, Mr The event was a big success with a full house in attendance. created in the Kingdom to welcome Malik said that “it was a huge success investors from around the world. with the venue filled to capacity which the business, trade and investment ticipants was evident from the fact that chairman BCCI, who was accompanied Mr Nass in his speech highlighted the indicates the we were able to generate opportunities in Bahrain and the par- Mr Al Rumaihi met back to back with by first vice chairman Khalid Moham- tremendous opportunities in Bahrain positive interest about Bahrain”. ticipants showed a lot of interest in the various individuals who were almost med Al Najibi was very instrumental being the hub of trade and gateway to He added, “the presentation by excellent opportunities that Bahrain queuing up to see him post the event.” in showcasing Bahrain’s business cli- the Gulf. Khalid Al Rumaihi, chief executive has to offer.” Mr Malik, further said that “the busi- mate”. of the EDB, was excellent highlighting “The huge interest shown by the par- ness delegation led by Samir Nass, Andrew Rosindell MP, who is the Tribute

The President of the Diplomat Busi- ness Club was joined by other guests in paying a special tribute to His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa. Mr Malik said, “The wise, dynamic and visionary leadership of His Majes- ty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa has positioned Bahrain as one of the most business friendly and welcoming socie- ties in the Arab world and His Majesty’s policies have made Bahrain an inclusive society that welcomes people from different cultures, faiths and traditions Mr Malik and Mr Rosindell honour Mr Al Rumaihi, Mr Al Najibi and Mr Nass. without any discrimination.” SUNDAY, JULY 22, 2018 05 Qatar behind online hatred campaigns Move aimed at damaging Bahrain-Saudi ties as well as destroying the Kingdom’s economy fugitives facing justice”. security and safety, and on account of its legal re- The posts raised a nationwide sponsibility to maintain security and order, through • the General Directorate of Anti-corruption and public outcry for a couple of weeks, Passport for sale? Economic and Electronic Security, continues to with some accounts claiming that One of the topics that were recently raised by monitor the social media accounts that violate “the Bahraini naturalisation system is several social media accounts, which were re- the law and harm civil peace and the social fabric. harming the interests of neighbouring vealed to be backed by Qatar, was the alleged sale Legal action has also been taken in this regard.” of Bahraini citizenships for BD35,000 to BD85,000 “These threats constitute a purposeful assault countries, including Saudi Arabia”. by Arab brokers. against the citizens, although they are immune The posts included a copy of a written ad - to the risks such attempts pose and have prov- The ministry called upon citizens vertisement allegedly posted on a regional ad- en through history their firm stand on national and• residents to remain vigilant vertising website where it was claimed that the values, thanks to their awareness and sincere de- to such threats and advised them Bahraini passport is being sold for SR350,000 termination to foil all attempts targeting security (BD35,000). and social peace,” it was added in the statement. to be cautious from falling prey to Another post that raised controversy was a similar hatred campaigns online. recording of a man, apparently a broker, speaking about “a new investment”, with regards to selling Rumours TDT|Manama the Bahraini citizenship for SR850,000 (BD85,000). The ministry also underscored in its statement Muhannad Mansour The posts raised a nationwide public outcry for the importance of avoiding rumours, which harms a couple of weeks, with some accounts claiming A copy of one of the ads posted online claiming that Bahraini the civil peace and security of Bahrain. atar has been behind a handful of contro- that “the Bahraini naturalisation system is harming passports are available for BD85,000 each. It called upon the public to “be cautious and versial cases stirred up in Bahrain through the interests of neighbouring countries, including avoid recirculating false reports, as the current Qthe different social platforms during the Saudi Arabia”. such campaigns aim to “jeopardise the upcoming stage requires joint efforts, unity and awareness past few weeks, Interior Ministry confirmed in a This was until yesterday when the ministry’s parliamentary elections by negatively focusing on to protect the nation’s supreme interests and civil statement yesterday. statement was released, clarifying that the rumours a number of issues, including the new pensions peace”, stressing that “the strengthening of nation- The ministry affirmed that a number of sensitive were created by the Qatari accounts and wanted scheme, to negatively swing the public opinion and al unity is the responsibility of all”. matters raised on social media, mainly Twitter and fugitives to disturb the kingdom’s public order and distort the Bahraini identity to project it as having The ministry said, “Interior Ministry affirms the Instagram, jeopardises the Kingdom’s interests and harm the strong Bahraini-Saudi relations. negative characteristics”. constitutional principles that protect the citizens’ harms its social unity. “Interior Ministry clarifies that such accounts rights, especially their freedom of expression, This includes the naturalisation of citizens, the tend to instigate disturbances and sedition, and and urges them to follow the laws relating to Bahraini-Saudi relations, the municipal and parlia- incite hatred, in an attempt to tear into Bahrain’s Vigilance such rights and ensure that the information they mentary elections, the new pensions law and other social fabric,” the ministry underlined. The ministry called upon citizens and residents circulate is credible by obtaining it from official domestic issues of Bahrain. The ministry also mentioned the campaigns to remain vigilant to such threats and advised them sources. They should not post malicious rumours “The monitoring of recent social media posts targeting the upcoming municipal and parlia- to be cautious from falling prey to similar hatred that go against security and civil peace.” has shown a systematic targeting of Bahrain to mentary elections emerging recently, stating that campaigns online. The ministry concluded its statement by ad- compromise its national interests by influencing “The Ministry urges everyone to assume re- vising citizens, journalists, media figures and all public opinion on various issues, including natu- sponsibility to control the risks posed by the social organisations in the Kingdom to “perform their ralisation,” the ministry’s statement read. media and reduce its negative impact. The current role in spreading awareness to protect the society The ministry stressed in its statement that These threats constitute a purposeful phase is crucial and requires everyone to remain from the threats posed by the social media and the posts are aimed at “damaging the close and firm in the face of threats and avoid drifting to- ensure positive public opinions that challenge special Bahrain-Saudi relations and hit the econ- assault against the citizens, although wards destructive ideas,” the statement read. such campaigns through the commitment to the omy by circulating false information through they are immune to the risks. “The ministry with a view to inform the public law and consideration for the Arab values and fake accounts run from Qatar and by the wanted INTERIOR MINISTRY about the latest developments on the score of their traditions of the Bahraini society”.

INTERIM CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 30 JUNE 2018 (REVIEWED) STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION STATEMENT OF PROFIT OR LOSS STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS 30 June 31 December Three months ended Six months ended Six months ended 2018 2017 30 June 30 June 30 June Reviewed Audited 2018 2017 2018 2017 2018 2017 Reviewed Reviewed Reviewed Reviewed Reviewed Reviewed ASSETS BD BD BD BD Non-current assets BD BD Gross operating revenue 1,545,659 2,152,646 3,003,347 4,045,463 Property, plant and equipment 72,617,632 70,621,555 OPERATING ACTIVITIES Investment in an associate 7,709,859 Gross operating costs (1,141,879) (1,303,010) (2,242,706) (2,456,767) 7,314,647 Profit for the period 358,765 1,343,964 Non-current investments 4,519,669 4,458,312 GROSS OPERATING PROFIT 403,780 849,636 760,641 1,588,696 Adjustments for: Depreciation 1,016,780 1,027,473 Total non-current assets 84,451,948 82,789,726 Net investment income: Share of profit from an associate (682,028) (774,151) Share of profit from an associate 312,433 302,177 682,028 774,151 Fair value gain on investments at fair value Current assets Dividend income 556 556 108,927 106,205 through profit or loss - net (769) (2,934) Inventories 75,285 90,846 Interest income 26,613 40,954 58,785 86,351 Dividend income (108,927) (106,205) Current investments 45,002 44,233 Fair value gain on investments at Interest income (58,785) (86,351) Trade and other receivables 818,453 1,027,929 fair value through profit or loss - net 211 1,158 769 2,934 Interest expense 25,556 66,207 Provision for employees’ end of service benefits 54,029 30,606 Bank balances and cash 745,820 3,188,049 339,813 344,845 850,509 969,641 Operating profit before working capital changes 604,621 1,498,609 Total current assets 1,684,560 4,351,057 Miscellaneous income 77,797 66,633 160,322 131,596 Depreciation (508,468) (517,538) (1,016,780) (1,027,473) Working capital changes: TOTAL ASSETS 86,136,508 87,140,783 General and administration expenses (168,584) (89,611) (369,728) (252,220) Inventories 15,561 8,417 Financial charges (16,433) (30,437) (26,199) (66,276) Trade and other receivables 253,976 25,473 EQUITY AND LIABILITIES Trade and other payables (541,298) (135,876) Equity PROFIT FOR THE PERIOD 127,905 623,528 358,765 1,343,964 Share capital 11,025,000 11,025,000 Cash flows from operations 332,860 1,396,623 Treasury shares (94,726) (94,726) BASIC AND DILUTED EARNINGS Interest paid (25,556) (66,207) PER SHARE (in fils) 1 6 3 12 Statutory reserve 5,512,500 5,512,500 Employees’ end of service benefits paid (174,473) (23,782) General reserve 2,190,079 2,190,079 Directors’ remuneration paid (95,000) (179,000) Revaluation reserve 31,206,911 31,206,911 STATEMENT OF OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME Charitable contributions paid (24,900) (39,000) Investment revaluation reserve 1,902,457 1,841,100 Share of reserves of associate 72,786 7,183 Three months ended Six months ended Net cash flows from operating activities 12,931 1,088,634 30 June 30 June Retained earnings 30,684,102 30,368,180 Proposed dividend - 1,091,747 2018 2017 2018 2017 INVESTING ACTIVITIES Reviewed Reviewed Reviewed Reviewed 83,147,974 BD BD BD BD Purchase of property, plant and equipment (2,779,367) (172,152) Total equity 82,499,109 Dividends received from an associate 1,100,000 1,100,000 Profit for the period 127,905 623,528 358,765 1,343,964 Other dividends received 108,927 106,205 Non-current liability Interest received 14,285 86,351 Employees’ end of service benefits 310,962 431,406 Other comprehensive income (loss) Other comprehensive income (loss) not to be Net cash flows (used in) from investing activities (1,556,155) 1,120,404 Total non-current liability 310,962 431,406 reclassified to profit or loss in subsequent periods: FINANCING ACTIVITIES Current liabilities Net movement in fair values of investments at Trade and other payables 2,162,976 2,318,188 fair value through other comprehensive income Repayments of term loan (1,243,215) (1,243,218) Current portion of term loan - 1,243,215 during the period 92,036 (30,679) 61,357 (122,716) Dividends paid (1,091,747) (1,310,097) Bank overdraft 1,163,461 - Share in associate’s other comprehensive income (loss) 7,006 865 22,760 (5,292) Net cash flows used in financing activities (2,334,962) (2,553,315) Total current liabilities 3,326,437 3,561,403 - Other comprehensive income (loss) 99,042 (29,814) 84,117 (128,008) DECREASE IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS (3,878,186) (344,277) Total liabilities 3,637,399 3,992,809 for the period Cash and cash equivalents at 1 January 2,927,269 4,581,621

TOTAL EQUITY AND LIABILITIES 86,136,508 87,140,783 Total comprehensive income for the period 226,947 593,714 442,882 1,215,956 CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS AT 30 JUNE (950,917) 4,237,344

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY (continued)

Investment Share of Investment Share of Share Treasury Statutory General Revaluation revaluation Reserves of Retained Proposed Share Treasury Statutory General Revaluation revaluation Reserves of Retained Proposed capital shares reserve reserve reserve reserve associate earnings dividend Equity capital shares reserve reserve reserve reserve associate earnings dividend Equity BD BD BD BD BD BD BD BD BD BD BD BD BD BD BD BD BD BD BD BD

As at 1 January 2017 11,025,000 (94,726) 5,512,500 2,190,079 31,206,911 2,224,552 49,392 29,282,547 1,310,097 82,706,352 As at 31 December 2017 11,025,000 (94,726) 5,512,500 2,190,079 31,206,911 1,841,100 7,183 30,368,180 1,091,747 83,147,974

Transfer to retained earnings Profit for the period ------1,343,964 - 1,343,964 on adoption of IFRS 9 by an associate ------42,843 (42,843) - - Other comprehensive loss

As at 1 January 2018 11,025,000 (94,726) 5,512,500 2,190,079 31,206,911 1,841,100 50,026 30,325,337 1,091,747 83,147,974 for the period - - - - - (122,716) (5,292) - - (128,008)

Profit for the period ------358,765 - 358,765 Total comprehensive (loss)

Other comprehensive income for the period - - - - - (122,716) (5,292) 1,343,964 - 1,215,956 income for the period - - - - - 61,357 22,760 - - 84,117

Total comprehensive income for the period - - - - - 61,357 22,760 358,765 - 442,882 Dividends paid (note 9) ------(1,310,097) (1,310,097)

Dividends paid (note 9) ------(1,091,747) (1,091,747)

As at 30 June 2018 (reviewed) 11,025,000 (94,726) 5,512,500 2,190,079 31,206,911 1,902,457 72,786 30,684,102 - 82,499,109 As at 30 June 2017 (reviewed) 11,025,000 (94,726) 5,512,500 2,190,079 31,206,911 2,101,836 44,100 30,626,511 - 82,612,211

Mr.Faisal Ahmed Al Zayani (Chairman) Mr.Adel N Hamadah (Vice Chairman & Managing Director) SUNDAY, JULY 22, 2018 06 Health warning as food product recalled over Listeria outbreak Bahrain received shipments of only one product that could have been possibly contaminated |Manama TDT in Hungary. Mohammed Zafran DID “Since this outbreak has been identi- fied, one case of Listeriosis was report- frozen food product is being ed outside of Europe, in Australia, that recalled from the market over was found to be highly related to the KNOW Aworries about it being contam- current outbreak strain.” inated with deadly Listeria bacteria. “The implicated frozen vegetables The Listeria outbreak concern has have since been recalled from the come in the form of a frozen corn prod- market. Many of the recalled products uct imported from Europe. Listeriosis can lead to were recently determined to have been Although a total of 43 different prod- hospitalisation and even exported to over 100 countries. The ucts by a number of different compa- death. High risk people WHO, through the International Food nies are believed to have been con - include elderly, pregnant Safety Authorities Network (INFOSAN), taminated, Bahrain has only received women, patients undergo- has been actively engaging with mem- shipments of one product which is ing treatment for cancer, bers in recipient countries to ensure believed to have a possibility of being and HIV-infected. distribution details are received and contaminated, according to sources. It is suspected that many sweetcorn products got infected with the bacteria. risk management measures are imple- The product in question is frozen mented, including recalls and public sweetcorn product by the brand ‘Pen- must not be consumed and rather be cessed at a single plant in Hungary. The communication,” it said. guin’. returned to the seller while sellers of outbreak has been spreading since 2015 This is the second Listeria outbreak The Ministry of Health released a the products are urged to follow the and has resulted in 47 cases. concern that has made its way to Bah- statement yesterday warning custom- required procedures. Hungarian Food Chain Safety Office rain this year. ers against purchasing or consuming Apart from Penguin Sweetcorn, other recently shut down the the factory in Rockmelons imported from Austral- the product and urging sellers to re- 47 products from well known brands to which the food was processed. Major ia in April were feared to have been cases of Listeriosis move it from the market. infection have been be recalled globally include Tesco Fro- product recalls have been made around contaminated with the bacteria and “ The Ministry received a notifi - reported across the zen Every Day Value Sweetcorn, Ross the world. were promptly recalled by the health cation from The International Food Europe. Mixed Vegetables, Sainsbury’s Frozen Explaining the outbreak, the WHO authorities. Safety Authorities Network (INFOS- Basic Mixed Vegetables, and Lidl Fro- stated, “Since 2015, an outbreak of in- Listeriosis can lead to hospitalisation AN) of the World Health Organisation zen Green Grocer Supersweet Corn. vasive listeriosis, caused by the bacte- and even death. The milder symptoms with regards to concerns about frozen However, it is not clear whether con- ria Listeria Monocytogenes, has been of listeriosis are diarrhea and fever. products by the Penguin brand. In its Authorities have already informed taminated shipments of these products ongoing in five European countries, High risk people such as elderly peo- notification, the organization informed the sellers and relevant companies to have reached Bahrain as no official resulting in 47 cases over a multi-year ple, pregnant women, patients under- about the Listeria outbreak and the remove the products from the brand confirmation has been made on these period. This outbreak has been linked going treatment for cancer, and HIV are withdrawal of the products from mar- which were packed between August 13, products. by whole genome sequencing (WGS) to more likely to suffer from the severe kets of a number of European Union 2016 and 20 June, 2018. According to WHO, the outbreak can frozen corn and possibly other frozen form of the disease which can also countries.” the ministry stated. The Ministry stated that the products be traced to frozen vegetables pro - vegetables processed at a single plant cause septicemia and meningitis. BCCI delegation visits more markets Saudi national jailed for vandalism in the office of a private com- The convicted Saudi pany operating public buses. • And police officers had to in- man was also fined tervene to end the chaos, and BD300 for committing he assaulted them too. the crime. “I went to the company to book a ticket to return to Sau- TDT|Manama di. I was told the tickets for Ali Tarif the trip were sold out. I head- ed to a local bar and drank alcohol. I returned back to 45-year-old Saudi man the office for the next trip. has been jailed for one But I was denied from taking A month after he was the bus. I got very angry,” the convicted of attacking police 45-year-old revealed to pros- officers and vandalism. ecutors. The defendant is said to It’s said that police had to have been under the influence use pepper spray to control of alcohol when he committed the 45-year-old man. the crime. The convicted Saudi man According to court files, the was also fined BD300 for com- defendant caused a mayhem mitting the crime.

Long-time resident passes away TDT|Manama

rs Rachel Philip, a long- The delegation interacting with traders at a market. Mtime resident of the Kingdom, passed away in her Manama home state of Kerala in India Sonia Janahi and representatives of minis- He underlined the importance of step- on Friday. She was 82. Bahrain Chamber of Commerce tries, government departments and other ping up all efforts with competent author- Mrs Philip worked as a tu- and Industry (BCCI) delegation official entities. ities to develop markets to be more attrac- tor at the College of Health A paid field visits to the local mar- Members of the BCCI markets committee tive for citizens, residents and tourists. Sciences from 1968 to 1987 kets in Sitra, Riffa, Salmabad, Budaiya were also present. He said that hotline 38212030 functions (19 years). and Jidhafs. Mr Al Kooheji stressed the chamber’s round the clock to help traders reach out Her funeral will be held on Mrs Rachel Philip Led by BCCI Second Deputy Chairman keenness on visiting local markets as part directly to the committee and submit their Sunday at St Thomas Ortho- Mohammed Abdul Jabbar Al Kooheji, the of efforts to meet traders’ needs and aspi- proposals as well as the challenges they dox Church, Kumarapuram, Her immediate survivor in- delegation also included board member rations and serve the national economy. are facing. Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. clude a son. 07 SUNDAY, JULY 22, 2018 business

S&P boosts Greece debt outlook to BisB, Dadabhai Travel team up ‘positive’ AFP| Washington TDT| Manama fering access to a wide range of exclusive services that simplify he ratings agency S&P ahrain Islamic Bank their daily life. This alliance will TGlobal on Friday raised (BisB) has signed a joint This alliance will allow us to offer our Al Thuraya its outlook for Greek sov- Bventure agreement with allow us to offer our account holders special travel ereign debt to “positive” Dadabhai Travel. This comes on Al Thuraya account related deals, promotional offers from “stable,” citing great- the heels of the bank’s relaunch and exclusive holiday packages.” er political stability in the of AlThuraya Privileged Banking holders special Shahnaz Al Qaseer, General long-troubled European Services, which offers a selec- travel related deals, Manager of Dadabhai Travel, nation. tion of new, unique features as promotional offers added, “For more than thir - But S&P did not change its part of its ongoing commitment and exclusive holiday ty-five years, Dadabhai Travel highly speculative “B+” debt to the continuous development packages has continued to strengthen its rating, which it had raised of its products and services. The DALAL ALQAIS position as a leader in the tour- on June 25 due to what it signing ceremony was attended ism industry of the Kingdom said was an improving bal- by Dalal AlQais, General Man- of Bahrain. We are proud to ance of risks. ager of Retail Banking of BisB partner with BisB, the leading “The positive outlook on and Shahnaz Al Qaseer, Chief Travel, considering its outstand- provider of Sharia-compliant Greece reflects the likeli- Operating Officer of Dadabhai ing level of service and repu - integrated financial solutions, hood of an upgrade should Travel, along with a number of tation in the market as one of through which we will be able the government implement officials from both parties. the leading travel agencies in to offer an unprecedented range reforms to broaden the tax Dalal AlQais, said, “We are the Kingdom. At BisB, we are of services by virtue of our first- base and improve the busi- delighted to form this exclu - Dalal AlQais and Shahnaz Al Qaseer signing the agreement always seeking to cater to the rate, experienced consultants at ness environment, leading sive partnership with Dadabhai needs of our customers, by of- Dadabhai Travel.” to a stronger economic re- covery,” the agency said in a statement. The agency also said pub- lic infrastructure projects VIVA, Skiplino to could boost investment in GFH awards $150 million tourism and logistics and introduce queue thereby raise economic growth forecasts. contract to Chinese company Athens in June reached management system an agreement with its euro DT News| Manama nership, VIVA Bahrain Chief area creditors, allowing a 10- China Machinery Commercial Officer, Karim year extension for repaying and• Engineering n line with its commitment Tabbouche said, much of its debts, which, at Ito empower the Bahraini “As the fastest-growing, a 180 percent of GDP, are still Corporation will start-up landscape, VIVA has most innovative telecommu- the highest in the European KNOW WHAT finance and construct partnered with the home - nication operator in Bahrain, Union. California Village, a grown Skiplino Technologies, we recognise the need to sup- The agreement will also to introduce the Kingdom’s port Bahrain’s Economic vi- allow Greece to exit its fi- Dubailand based project The contract will see first cloud-based queue man- sion 2030 and play an active nancial bailout program on financing provided by agement system by a telecom role to support the scale-up August 20. TDT| Manama Chinese banks under operator. of the Bahraini start-ups by an insurance policy to A revolutionary online sys- empowering them with tech- FH Financial Group (GFH) be issued by Chinese tem which allows people to nological support and market Ghas awarded a turnkey state government queue digitally through a mo- visibility to help them succeed. Germany drops Engineering, Procurement & agencies bile application, VIVA custom- Moreover, this is in line with Contracting (EPC) Contract to ers will now be able to book our efforts to maintain an edge sanctions on Turkey China Machinery and Engi- Hisham Al Rayes their appointments at any of in innovation by enhancing neering Corporation (CMEC) pleased to create this impor- the 19 VIVA retail outlets or via our customers’ experience AFP| Berlin for the construction and financ- to the well-known IMG.. park tant strategic relationship with the VIVA self-care app in just through a convenient, on-the- ing of up to 85pc of its Dubai- on Sh Mohammed Bin Zayed CMEC, who is a leading global a few clicks anywhere, and at go digital offering that gives ermany has lifted eco- land based project, California Highway in Dubai. EPC provider. California Village any time. them greater control over their Gnomic sanctions on Village, for approximately $150 CMEC, which is listed on the will mark our first cooperation This collaboration with time and life.” Turkey and relaxed its travel million. The contract will see Hong Kong Stock Exchange and we expect to build on this Skiplino marks another signif- CEO of Skiplino Technol- advice to the country, Berlin financing provided by Chinese with a market capitalization of relationship with CMEC and icant step from VIVA Bahrain ogies, Zaman Abdulhameed said Saturday, after Ankara banks under an insurance poli- $15 billion and owned by the other Chinese partners to un- towards digital transformation Zaman said, ended its two-year state of cy to be issued by Chinese state State Government of China, dertake works that reach up to and extending its support to “Skiplino was developed emergency. government agencies. will assume all activities nec- US$ 1 billion in value covering Bahrain Economic Develop- to eliminate the problem of A 1.5 billion-euro ($1.7 bil- California Village is one of essary at the Dubailand-based other projects currently under ment Board’s (EDB) initiatives queues and replaces it with lion) limit on export guaran- the high-end mixed-use devel- project for the completion of discussion in the Gulf region. in encouraging the growth of efficient, real-time queue tees to Turkey would not be opment and gated community villas, apartments, facilities and We look forward to obtaining local ecosystem as a key engine monitoring information for renewed this year, Germa- located in Dubailand with more other amenities. the necessary approvals and to foster grassroot innovation businesses to understand and ny’s economy ministry told than 200 private villas and 400 Commenting, Hisham Al- concluding this important mile- and entrepreneurship. respond to their customers’ AFP, confirming an earlier branded residence opposite rayes, CEO of GFH, said, “We’re stone successfully.” Commenting on the part- needs more efficiently. report by the newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zei- tung. The measure was im- posed in July 2017 as a way to pressure Ankara after the detention of a German hu- man right campaigner and five other activists, includ- ing the head of Amnesty In- ternational in Turkey. Opposition parties in Ger- many have accused the 1.5 billion-euro limit of being too timid, given that the value of export guarantees increased from 1.1 billion euros in 2016 to 1.46 billion euros the following year. Germany’s foreign minis- try also removed a warning on its website about its na- tionals facing a high risk of arrest when visiting Turkey. Turkey’s state of emer- The Gulf Petrochemical Industries Company (GPIC) President Dr Abdulrahman Jawahery and Yasser Al Abbasi, General manager, manufacturing, with technical managers. As part of its plans and strategies gency, imposed after a failed to inject new blood into the executive management, GPIC Board of Directors has announced rotation of its senior managers. The company named Fadhil Malallah Al Ansari as General Manager Corporate 2016 coup and saw the big- Support; Yasser Abdul Rahim Al Abbasi, General Manager,Manufacturing; Jehad Ali Khalfan, Finance and Marketing Manager; Khalid Yousuf Al Bin Ali, Plants Operations Manager; Jassim Ahmed Darwish, gest purge of officials in the Maintenance Manager; Bader Mohammed Al Mansouri, Technical Services Manager; Jamal Ali Al Shawoosh, Safety, Security, Health and Environment Manager; and Ahmed Mubarak Al Arabi, Procurement country’s modern history, and Warehousing Manager. came to an end on Thursday. SUNDAY, JULY 22, 2018 08

State-actors likely behind Singapore cyberattack: Aramco’s potential SABIC deal Experts AFP| Singapore tate-actors were likely likely to affect IPO timing Sbehind Singapore’s big- gest ever cyberattack to date, security experts say, citing the scale and sophis- Aramco is looking tication of the hack which • hit medical data of about a to buy a strategic If the deal is quarter of the population. stake in SABIC, which completed, The city-state announced could boost its market with relevant Friday that hackers had bro- valuation ahead of ken into a government data- regulations taken base and stolen the health a planned IPO into account, it records of 1.5 million Sin- will definitely gaporeans, including Prime Reuters| Riyadh affect the Minister Lee Hsien Loong timeframe for who was specifically target- audi Aramco’s potential the partial IPO of ed in the “unprecedented” acquisition of a stake in Saudi Aramco attack. petrochemicals maker SA- S AMIN NASSER Singapore’s health min- BIC would affect the timeframe CHIEF EXECUTIVE, ARAMCO ister said the strike was “a of its own planned initial public deliberate, targeted, and offering, the firm’s chief execu- well-planned cyberattack tive, Amin Nasser, said in a TV would be up to the government and not the work of casual interview. to decide, Nasser said. hackers or criminal gangs”. The offering is the center- “As I said in previous inter- piece of an ambitious plan views, when Saudi Aramco is championed by Crown Prince ready, the decision of going Mohammed bin Salman to di- ahead with the IPO is for the US open to lifting versify Saudi Arabia’s economy Preparations for Saudi Aramco IPO, to be the biggest in history, has slowed state to make,” he said beyond oil, but preparations for On Thursday, Aramco said it sanctions off Rusal the IPO, which could prove the was in “very early-stage discus- biggest in history, have slowed. state oil giant less vulnerable to the timeframe for the partial was looking to buy a strategic sions” with the kingdom’s Public Reuters| Sao Paulo Saudi-owned Al Arabiya tele- price volatility. IPO of Saudi Aramco,” he said stake in SABIC, which could Investment Fund (PIF) to ac- vision cited Nasser as saying that “If the deal is completed, with in a transcript provided by the boost its market valuation ahead quire the SABIC stake in a private he US Treasury is open buying a stake in a petrochemi- relevant regulations taken into government media office. of a planned IPO. When Aramco transaction, and had no plans to Tto removing Russian cals company would make the account, it will definitely affect Aramco said on Thursday it is ready to list, the IPO timing acquire any publicly held shares. aluminum producer Rus- al from a US sanctions list, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Friday, adding the objective was “not to put Rusal out of busi- Xi ends UAE visit with raft of deals signed ness.” Mnuchin’s comment was the latest indication the AFP| Dubai It said this would “contribute Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Trump administration was to cementing and intensifying Al-Nahyan during his visit. trying to aid sanctions-hit he United Arab Emirates cooperation, boost joint devel- Abu Dhabi was the Chinese Rusal, which has taken a Tyesterday said it agreed to opment and prosperity, which is president’s first stop on a tour series of steps to try to ap- set up a “comprehensive strate- consistent with the common in- which now takes him to Senegal, pease the US government gic partnership” with China as terest of both countries and their Rwanda and South Africa. and get the restrictions lift- President Xi Jinping wrapped peoples”.China and the UAE had A joint statement by China ed.The US Treasury in April up a three-day visit to the Gulf already signed on Friday a raft of and the UAE, published Satur- imposed sanctions against country. economic agreements and in the day by WAM, said the two coun- billionaire Oleg Deripaska “The UAE and China have run-up to Xi’s visit they agreed tries were committed to bolster and the eight companies in agreed to enhance cooperation oil and trade deals. cooperation across the board, which he is a large share- in all fields to higher levels and Xi met UAE Vice President including politics, economy, oil, holder, including Rusal, for forge overall strategic partner- Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid gas and security. There would what it called “malign activ- ships,” the official WAM news Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al-Nahyan bids farewell to Al-Maktoum, ruler of Dubai, also be joint military training, ities” by Russia. agency said. Xi Jinping, President of China, as he leaves the UAE after a three-day state visit and Abu Dhabi’s Crown Prince the two countries agreed. Trump ups ante ahead of G20 meet

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S President Donald Trump’s latest Uattacks on China and the Europe- an Union will shape the discourse on global trade conflicts and competitive KNOW WHAT devaluation as Group of 20 finance ministers meet in Buenos Aires this weekend. Trump’s protectionist policies that Trump has already have seen him slap steep tariffs on slapped China with a 25pc steel and aluminum, angering allies levy on $34 billion in such as the EU, Canada and Mexico, goods, with another $16 already looked set to fashion discus- Donald Trump billion on the way sions between finance ministers and goods the US imports from the Asian central bankers from the world’s 20 powerhouse. As well as his steel and leading economies during two days of aluminum duties, and threats to like- Christine Lagarde, whose press con- meetings. That is even more the case wise hit foreign car imports with tar- ference will kick off activities on Sat- after his latest Twitter outburst on Fri- iffs, Trump has already slapped China urday morning, said earlier this week day saw him accuse the EU and China with a 25 percent levy on $34 billion that increasing trade restrictions pose of “manipulating their currencies and in goods, with another $16 billion on “the greatest near-term threat” to the interest rates lower,” while he also the way. world economy, despite projected took aim at the US Federal Reserve for growth of 3.9 percent through 2019. hiking interest rates, complaining that ‘Very serious’ She also warned Trump that “the US it eroded “our big competitive edge.” Other than announcing counter-meas- economy is especially vulnerable” due China and the US have no plans for ures, China has kept relatively quiet to “retaliatory measures.” bilateral talks, according to US Treas- over Trump’s various threats -- per- IMF economists say that in a worst ury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, who haps safe in the knowledge that his case scenario $430 billion -- a half has vowed to “respond to concerns on tariffs are a drop in the bucket next point -- could be cut off global GDP US trade policies” when he meets with to their expected $2.4 trillion exports in 2020 if all tariff threats and retal- fellow ministers. But China will be a for 2018. But German Chancellor An- iation are implemented. Others are hot topic as Group of Seven ministers gela Merkel warned that the EU was also worried about Trump’s measures, hold a one-hour session on the mar- “ready” to respond to the US should including India, which alongside Chi- gins of the wider meeting, not least more excises be forthcoming, describ- na, Brazil, Russia and South Africa after Trump threatened to crank up ing current trade tensions as “very make up the five emerging market punitive tariffs against the country serious.” BRICS countries, all of which are G20 to include the entire $500 billion in International Monetary Fund chief members. SUNDAY, JULY 22, 2018 09 Trump’s tweets spark STEPPING STONE

fear of ‘currency war’ MIKE ORLOV Trump attacked China and the European Union for keeping their currencies low Strategic New York | United States

he dollar slid against Performance the euro and pound yes- Tterday as US President Management Donald Trump adopted an ag- gressive posture on trade and ecognising their or- the reviewed models were un- foreign exchange, stoking talk ganisation’s current satisfactory. They developed of a currency war in addition to Rperformance meas- their own quantitative tools a trade war. urement systems were based included using hard measures In an interview with CNBC tel- mainly on financial factors, to determine how well the evision broadcast Friday, Trump measuring monthly revenue, company was tracking over bluntly threatened to slap all profit and total costs against time to achieve explicit goals Chinese imported goods with last year and budget, leader- as well as qualitative analysis tariffs, saying the US has been ship decided there had to be a relying more on personal judg- “ripped off by China for a long change. Most of their perfor- ments from their experienced time.” mance measurement frame- key managers and supervisors; Later in a pair of tweets, works focused on the needs of releasing knowledge which Trump attacked China and the the owners and non-executive exists in the enterprise and European Union for keeping board members. Even their stimulating a learning-organ- their currencies low to gain a Traders work on the floor at the closing bell of the Dow Industrial Average at the New York Stock Exchange customer information was be- isation approach. trade advantage, while again ing collected to be reported Through goal-setting, blasting the Federal Reserve for upwards, not to aid in building employees and managers raising interest rates. Key figures at 2100 GMT “Chinese authorities have stronger relationships with agreed realistic objectives to That came after CNBC on been responding to Mr. Trump’s customers. It was clear these help focus on concrete action Thursday aired portions of a New York - Dow  less than 0.1% at 25,058.12 (close) threat of tariffs (by) continu- monitoring systems were no plans, with key performance Trump interview in which he New York - S&P 500  0.1% at 2,801.83 (close) ously devaluing the yuan, a pol- longer acceptable. indicators explicitly outlined, criticized the Federal Reserve’s New York - Nasdaq  0.1% at 7,820.20 (close) icy move that has the impact of These performance meas- ensuring measurement of ac- current course of interest rate making exports into China more urement frameworks were tivity was possible when re- hikes. London - FTSE 100  0.1% at 7,678.79 (close) expensive,” said Boris Schloss- too limiting, rigid and inflex- viewed. The dollar fell against most Frankfurt - DAX 30  1.0% at 12,561.42 (close) berg, managing director at BK ible. Leaders felt they needed Alignment of employ - major currencies on Friday, Paris - CAC 40  0.4% at 5,398.32 (close) Asset Management. measurements enabling rap- ees against goals and objec- adding to Thursday’s declines. Fears are growing over a id shifts to the organisation’s tives, their morale, individ- EURO STOXX 50  0.2% at 3,464.08 (close) “Currency is now part of fierce global trade war, after strategies, resource-allocation, ual competencies, how well the trade war, folks,” said Greg Tokyo - Nikkei 225  0.3% at 22,697.88 (close) Trump’s imposition of hefty process-development and ca- they worked together and McKenna, market strategist at Hong Kong - Hang Seng  0.8% at 28,224.48 (close) import taxes on steel and alu- pability-building; shifts which skills-gaps became the most AxiTrader. minum from the EU, Canada would help them tackle the important strategic perfor- Shanghai - Composite  2.1 at 2,829.27 (close) “And it is worth pondering and Mexico, in addition to levies volatility, uncertainty, changes mance management issues, whether this is a president who Euro/dollar  at $1.1723 from $1.1642 at 2100 GMT already on goods from China and ambiguity in social, eco- linked with improvement is going to break with 25-30 Pound/dollar  at $1.3135 from $1.3014 worth tens of billions of dollars nomic, political and techno- of internal activities and pro- years of tradition in not interfer- Dollar/yen: DOWN at 111.50 yen from 112.47 yen that have sparked retaliatory logical environments. cesses. ing in Fed policy deliberations tariffs. The needs of other stake- Reviewing those factors going forward.” Oil - Brent Crude  49 cents at $73.07 per barrel European stocks slid sharply holders such as employees, which were outside the com- Oil - West Texas Intermediate: UP $1.00 at $70.46 per barrel in afternoon trading, buffeted customers and suppliers had pany’s power to influence Yuan weakness hits imports by their stronger currencies, actually been forgotten, or at became part of the organiza- But Trump’s comments did but clawed back much of their best, not systematically re- tion’s culture. This ensured not do much to push the dollar lowering of the trading range for April, is expected to extend its losses. London closed less than viewed. The leadership did early warning systems for both down versus the yuan, however. the yuan in two years. steady decline, providing Bei- a tenth of a percentage point an about-turn in how they threats and opportunities from The Chinese central bank im- The yuan, which has fallen jing with a buffer against puni- lower while Frankfurt ended thought about other stake - changes in the social, techno- plemented the sharpest one-day about 10 percent since mid- tive US trade tariffs. the day down nearly 1.0pc. holder groups, particularly logical, political and economic employees. influences on the company, All stakeholders, not just particularly those of high im- owners and the board, expect portance, immediacy and im- something from the organisa- pact. IMF warns G20 that tion but the organisation also Delivering, delighting and India cuts sales tax wants something in return. exciting customers became tariffs hurting economy Performance measurement common language in the com- The tax rate on ethanol should therefore consider pany, not just customer-satis- Tax rate on lithium blended with petrol, footwear whether such stakeholders are faction. Suppliers were treated • costing up to 1,000 rupees and delivering for the organisation as partners, not as enemies to ion batteries was fertilizer grade phosphoric and its needs and whether the be fought. Measuring quality cut to 18 percent acid has been cut to from 12 to leadership of the organisation of delivery and implementing 5pc, Goyal said. is delivering for the stakehold- incremental improvements be- The revised tax The council cut taxes on ers. came part of the company-cul- rates• will be applicable sanitary pads and fortified These leaders recognised ture, not because it was dic- baby milk to zero, Goyal said. they were not measuring the tated from above and because from July 27 In a boost to mobile phone right things; what they were a form needed to be filled in manufacturing and electric ve- actually measuring were re- but because employees cared, Reuters | Mumbai hicles, the tax rate on lithium sults. They reviewed some management gave them free- ion batteries was cut from 28 of the more common perfor- dom to act. ndia slashed the sales tax percent to 18pc. mance measurement tools, Strategic performance man- Irate on over 50 products “The decision taken today such as Six Sigma, Balanced agement involved the lead- yesterday in a move aimed at will increase compliance and Scorecards, Activity Based ers taking a detailed look and appealing to traders and the the revenue impact on total tax Argentina’s Economy Minister Nicolas Dujovne (L) and International Costing, Total Quality Man- re-setting specific goals and Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Christine Lagarde offer a joint press middle classes. collections will be marginal,” agement, certain ISO Standards objectives for divisions, de- conference in Buenos Aires A nationwide goods and said Goyal. and the Five Prism Model. partments, managers, and services tax (GST) was imple- The revised tax rates will be All these are renowned employees, and then gather- mented a year ago that has hit applicable from July 27. Reuters | Buenos Aires the impacts of the restrictions strategic management per- ing information to measure businesses and public hard. Revenue collections from already announced on trade. formance measurement ap- performance, making changes The GST council, headed by GST are a crucial pillar of gov- he International Monetary “It certainly indicates the proaches attempting to im- and improving performance interim finance minister Pi- ernment’s plan to cut its fis- TFund (IMF) warned world impact that it could have on prove companies’ performanc- with the involvement of em- yush Goyal, agreed to lower the cal deficit in the current year. economic leaders yesterday GDP (gross domestic product), es. Some of them are very de- ployees who are key players in indirect tax slab on products India’s GST collection for the that a recent wave of trade tar- which in the worst case sce- tailed and data-heavy in their achieving results for all stake- such as paints, leather goods, fiscal 2017/18 was 98pc of the iffs would significantly harm nario under current measures attempts to reduce the number holders. bamboo flooring, stoves, tele- budgeted target. global growth, a day after ... is in the range of 0.5 pct of of errors in individual business visions and washing machines “The broad level reductions US President Donald Trump GDP on a global basis,” Lagarde processes by using statistical (Mike Orlov is a Partner from the highest rate of 28 per- in rates could lead to lower tax threatened a major escalation said at a joint news conference measurements to find errors, at Stepping Stone Global, cent to mostly 18pc. collections,” said M S Mani, in a dispute with China. with Argentine Treasury Min- then attempt to remove the a Bahrain-based boutique “The exercise was to ensure partner at consulting firm IMF Managing Director ister Nicolas Dujovne. problem. strategic management con- simplification and rationaliza- Deloitte India. Christine Lagarde said she The IMF said global growth Deciding to develop their sultancy. He is also a Fellow tion of GST and extend relief to However, the tax cut will would present the G20 finance may peak at 3.9 per cent in own measuring processes of the Institute of Lead - the common man,” Goyal told a lead to higher sales which ministers and central bank 2018 and 2019, while downside based on a management-by-ob- ership and Management. news conference in New Delhi could offset revenue losses, governors meeting in Buenos risks have increased due to the jectives approach, the lead- Email: info@steppingston- on Saturday evening. Mani added. Aires with a report detailing growing trade conflict. ership team believed most of eglobal.com) SUCCESS IS GETTING WHAT QUOTE OF THE YOU WANT. HAPPINESS IS DAY WANTING WHAT YOU GET. B.R. HAYDEN SUNDAY, JULY 22, 2018 Roots of Balochistan conflict run deep

The Islamic State claimed re- sponsibility for the attack, cit- ing Raisani’s relationship with the military. The group has been terrorizing Pakistan’s border regions such as Balochistan by MALIK SIRAJ AKBAR attacking unarmed civilians. Increasing The suicide bombing was the n July 13, several hundred first time the group targeted a attacks by the tribesmen and students prominent political asset of the Islamic state Ofrom religious seminar- military. ies gathered at a public meet - The carnage in Balochistan can in Balochistan ing in Mastung, a town in Paki- be understood by considering the stan’s southwestern Balochistan long history of separatism in the are connected province, to hear Siraj Raisani, province, the resentment against a 55-year-old politician from the the federal authorities for deny- to Pakistan’s Balochistan Awami Party. ing its people their proper share As he appeared on stage wear- of resources and opportunities, failed strategy ing dark sunglasses, the crowd and the failed strategy of the Pa- of encouraging cheered, whistled and raised kistani military to use repres - their hands, in a gesture affirm- sion and to encourage and use and using ing their loyalty to him. “O! Brave Islamist groups and militants to people of Balochistan!” said Rai- crush Baloch nationalist rebels Islamist sani, who was known and feared and politicians. militants to for his strong ties to the Pakistani Balochistan, which is home to year for the federal government, tive of the military to unite the to his band of counterinsurgents. military. Before he could utter a about 12 million of Pakistan’s 208 but its people barely receive their pro-Pakistan tribal chiefs to help The video was uploaded with crush Baloch second sentence, a suicide bomb- million people, is the country’s share of state investment and them defeat Baloch nationalist the soundtrack of an immensely er blew himself up near the stage. largest province, stretching from opportunities. politicians — who seek an end popular Taliban battle song. rebels and The explosion killed Raisani and the Arabian Sea coast through Raisani, who came from a to the military’s control over the The most recent insurgency in separatists 149 of his supporters, and injured a vast desert and mountainous prominent pro-Pakistan family state’s resources — in the forth- Balochistan against the Pakistan 186 others. landscape to Iran in the west and in a province with a long history coming elections. government and the military — Abdul Khaliq, a resident, told Afghanistan in the north. The of separatism — his father was Before he started his election dominated by ethnic Punjabis the BBC Urdu that three of his gas, gold and copper reserves the governor, his brother was the campaign, Raisani was mostly — started in 2004. Five separa- sons had gone to the rally. “All of Balochistan are among the chief minister, another brother known for working with the mil- tist militant groups with about three of them were killed,” he largest in Asia and account for was a senator — was contest - itary to fight the Baloch separa- 500 men have been fighting the said. Another person lost 15 rela- half of Pakistan’s gas production. ing his first election. His party, tists. In a video posted on social military. tives. In some homes, there were The province’s resources gener- which was formed in March, is media, Raisani is administering The Pakistani army has few no men left to lead the funerals. ate about a billion dollars every widely believed to be an initia- an oath of loyalty on the Quran Baloch soldiers and officers, so How World Cup guarded against hollow news bits? Ignorance is bliss, but untenable. Temporary distraction, however is quite nice

politics, is also colorful, joyful, remains volatile. And many im- downright good television and, ages of young Arabs and North in the grand scheme of things, Africans in Western media are, not all that important. to put it kindly, reductive. This is not an insult. It’s an But for weeks the nation made ode. At a time when 7 out of 10 headlines around the world TOM PHILIP Americans admit they are worn simply for the exploits of their out by the high-stakes anxiety forward Mohamed Salah, the hen history looks back of the news, this summer’s tour- 26-year-old winger with a wide and remembers the nament couldn’t have come at a smile and quick feet, who scored Wstunning 2018 World better time. dozens of goals this past season Cup, what will be the lasting im- You may have heard: The for his English professional club, ages: Neymar attempting, game world is a dark and unstable Liverpool. When Salah scores, after game, to break the land place right now. Syria is still he often celebrates by kneeling speed record for rolling while burning, and chauvinism is on in prayer — a public display of clutching your ankle? The ref- the rise seemingly everywhere. faith to which his adoring Liv- erees experimenting with VAR? In the United States, Flint, erpool fans dedicated an entire The replays of celebrating players Michigan, still does not have tongue-in-cheek chantey: and fans in rapture, tossing their clean drinking water, and the “Mo Sa-la-la-la-lah! If he’s drinks in the air, after yet another government appears to be pre- good enough for you, he’s good last-minute game-winning goal? occupied with kidnapping and enough for me. If he scores an- (This tournament’s 23 stoppage then losing people’s children. other few, then I’ll be Muslim time goals shattered the previous Luckily, for every new horror too. If he’s good enough for you, record.) or outrage, there has been the he’s good enough for me. Sitting Or maybe it will be a singular respite of obsessively watching in the mosque, that’s where I On June 27, as the debate raged the self-important discourse Court nomination? A watershed moment, like Kylian Mbappé’s a sport in which 22 men sprint wanna be!” over whether White House about the proper way to pro - moment in American politics, strike to make it 4-1 and become after a ball for an hour and a In mid-June, Donald Trump press secretary Sarah Huckabee test being volleyed around by but I missed the empty buildup the first teenager to score in a half — the game that can end ended an inflammatory anti-im- Sanders should have been asked verified Twitter accounts ever and hours of conjecture (turns World Cup final since a man with a score of 0-0, yet somehow migration speech by hugging the to leave a little restaurant in since the Sanders incident. I sat out Kavanaugh was reportedly named Pelé. Regardless, this consistently produce moments American flag, a truly ridiculous Virginia, I was preoccupied by it out and instead looked up for- Kennedy’s mandated pick) be- has been hands-down the most of ecstasy and tension. and near-dystopian sight that Germany’s loss to South Korea, eign embassy jobs after seeing a cause I was too busy laughing entertaining World Cup in re- “Egypt are in trouble here,” a would have haunted me for days which in a wild turn of events video of Mexican fans holding and texting my friends about all cent memory, and it turns out we Fox commentator said gravely had I not been numbed to the simultaneously sent the defend- the Korean consul general to the cheekily maximalist memes needed this more than we could on the second day of the tour- whole thing by Cristiano Ron- ing champions home before the Mexico aloft, celebrating him as surrounding England’s team have imagined. nament, referring to nothing aldo’s sublime hat trick against knockout round and put Mexico if this bespectacled middle-aged and, before that, lying down in The World Cup, while peren- more than their inability to Spain and the minicontroversy into knockouts despite having gentleman were the hero who a cold dark room to recover from nially mired in FIFA corruption press Uruguay higher up the that erupted around his awful been routed by Sweden. had scored the winning goal. the seven-goal thriller that was and never far away from fraught field. Egypt’s political landscape goatee. Please, feel free to engage in Trump’s second Supreme France vs. Argentina.

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The Islamic State claimed re- it relies heavily on native prox- The Pakistani army has few itants boomeranged as the Isla- sponsibility for the attack, cit- ies such as Raisani for counter- Baloch soldiers and officers, mist militants began attacking ing Raisani’s relationship with insurgency operations. Raisani so it relies heavily on native the Pakistani state after gaining 01 the military. The group has been seemed more likely to be at - some strength. proxies such as Raisani CAPT. MAHMOOD AL MAHMOOD terrorizing Pakistan’s border tacked by Baloch militants, who for counterinsurgency In recent years, Pakistani au- regions such as Balochistan by killed his teenage son in 2011. thorities retaliated by killing MALIK SIRAJ AKBAR attacking unarmed civilians. In a rare move, Lt Gen Qamar operations. Raisani seemed some leaders of the extremist hat a racist society we are. Yes, I know Increasing The suicide bombing was the Javed Bajwa, the army chief of more likely to be attacked by groups, which has only given rise Bahrain is celebrated for its harmony n July 13, several hundred first time the group targeted a Pakistan, travelled to Balochistan Baloch militants, who killed to a more militant cadre of jihad- Wand its freedom of religion and cultural attacks by the tribesmen and students prominent political asset of the and attended Raisani’s funeral. his teenage son in 2011. is. Raisani’s assassination by the got severely criticized identity. It’s a quirk of human nature that these Islamic state Ofrom religious seminar- military. The conflict became more Islamic State seems to be a part Iby the Fake News Me- admirable traits can exist easily cheek-by-jowl ies gathered at a public meet - The carnage in Balochistan can complex after the Sept. 11 at - of the ongoing battle between the dia for being too nice to with casual racism that would never pass muster in Balochistan ing in Mastung, a town in Paki- be understood by considering the tacks, as the United States got military and jihadists loyal to the President Putin. In the in countries that boast of a high happiness index. stan’s southwestern Balochistan long history of separatism in the embroiled in the war on terror; Islamic State. Old Days they would call I am speaking about the views expressed by are connected province, to hear Siraj Raisani, province, the resentment against Arab, Central Asian and Taliban Islamabad blames India and it Diplomacy. If I was Bahraini fishermen to our Tribune reporters, a 55-year-old politician from the the federal authorities for deny- militants spilled out of Afghani- Afghanistan for supporting Ba- loud & vicious, I would which placed the blame of rising fish prices (quite to Pakistan’s Balochistan Awami Party. ing its people their proper share stan finding sanctuary; and the loch separatists while continuing have been criticized for seasonal in high summer) squarely on expatriate failed strategy As he appeared on stage wear- of resources and opportunities, Chinese started building the to allow Taliban leaders to find being too tough. Remem- fishermen. Really? Rules in Bahrain are very strict ing dark sunglasses, the crowd and the failed strategy of the Pa- massive Gwadar Port on Ba - 2004, Pakistan has disappeared, sanctuary in the province and ber when they said I was about restricting the operating of fishing vessels of encouraging cheered, whistled and raised kistani military to use repres - lochistan’s Arabian Sea shore. tortured and assassinated thou- form new alliances with various too tough with Chairman to Bahraini owners. It is quite another matter that their hands, in a gesture affirm- sion and to encourage and use Gwadar port is the flagship sands of young Baloch students, jihadi groups. Kim? Hypocrites! the Bahraini fishing fleet owners employ expats and using ing their loyalty to him. “O! Brave Islamist groups and militants to project in the $50 billion Chi - activists and rebels, as the Amer- The new jihadis seek to under- @realDonaldTrump from other cheap labour nations to man the boats people of Balochistan!” said Rai- crush Baloch nationalist rebels na-Pakistan Economic Corridor, icans weren’t concerned about mine the Pakistani state while and they work under very difficult conditions. Islamist sani, who was known and feared and politicians. which is a part of China’s “Belt Baloch aspirations and needed the generals still seem to be These are the ‘expat fishermen’ that Bahrainis are militants to for his strong ties to the Pakistani Balochistan, which is home to year for the federal government, tive of the military to unite the to his band of counterinsurgents. and Road” initiative. But the Chi- the military. deluded that they can use and 02 blaming, quite overlooking the fact that they are military. Before he could utter a about 12 million of Pakistan’s 208 but its people barely receive their pro-Pakistan tribal chiefs to help The video was uploaded with nese presence and investment The separatist sentiment in- control these groups. Islama - not independent operators but merely employees crush Baloch second sentence, a suicide bomb- million people, is the country’s share of state investment and them defeat Baloch nationalist the soundtrack of an immensely have not improved the economic tensified after the military killed bad needs to dismantle these of Bahraini fishermen. er blew himself up near the stage. largest province, stretching from opportunities. politicians — who seek an end popular Taliban battle song. conditions of the Baloch peo - Nawab Akbar Bugti, a prominent networks and deal with the le- What are the conditions at sea for fishermen? rebels and The explosion killed Raisani and the Arabian Sea coast through Raisani, who came from a to the military’s control over the The most recent insurgency in ple, who have come to see the Baloch leader. Pakistan’s securi- gitimate demands of the resi - Firstly, despite the mechanised trawlers, it is a separatists 149 of his supporters, and injured a vast desert and mountainous prominent pro-Pakistan family state’s resources — in the forth- Balochistan against the Pakistan Chinese as the new colonizers. ty establishment responded by dents of Balochistan for control tough life, exposed to the elements, 186 others. landscape to Iran in the west and in a province with a long history coming elections. government and the military — Baloch militants have attacked using Islamist militant groups of their resources, reduce the the salty air and spray and the blaz- Abdul Khaliq, a resident, told Afghanistan in the north. The of separatism — his father was Before he started his election dominated by ethnic Punjabis Chinese engineers, and about 10 such as the Taliban, the Lash - coercive military presence, stop Sometime ing sun. Even if the fleet goes out at the BBC Urdu that three of his gas, gold and copper reserves the governor, his brother was the campaign, Raisani was mostly — started in 2004. Five separa- people have been killed. kar-e-Jhangvi and the Lash - the rights violations and move t was in your lead - back, top class night, there will be stinging sea waves sons had gone to the rally. “All of Balochistan are among the chief minister, another brother known for working with the mil- tist militant groups with about After September 11, Pakistan kar-e-Taiba to promote radical toward equal citizenship for the Iership skip @Im- and always, the risk of straying into three of them were killed,” he largest in Asia and account for was a senator — was contest - itary to fight the Baloch separa- 500 men have been fighting the utilised the resources Wash - Islam in the region to balance people of Balochistan. rankhanPTI that we be- restaurants in non-Bahraini waters and facing ar- said. Another person lost 15 rela- half of Pakistan’s gas production. ing his first election. His party, tists. In a video posted on social military. ington had provided it to fight and isolate the Baloch separa - came world champions Dubai started rest and imprisonment. There is no tives. In some homes, there were The province’s resources gener- which was formed in March, is media, Raisani is administering The Pakistani army has few al-Qaida and the Taliban to tists. But the strategy of using (Malik Siraj Akbar is a journalist from in 1992. It is in your lead- guarantee of a boatload of catch – it is Balochistan based in Washington.) a ‘Say No no men left to lead the funerals. ate about a billion dollars every widely believed to be an initia- an oath of loyalty on the Quran Baloch soldiers and officers, so crush Baloch separatists. Since radical Islamist groups and mil- ership that we can again to Hamour’ a profession of chance. It is a job that become a great demo - requires patience, nerves and muscles cratic country. #vote- movement to of steel, the focus of a fighter and the forkapatan#nayapaki- encourage guests ability to withstand the disappoint- stan to explore other ment of poor catches and fluctuating @wasimakramlive fish options of prices. and reduce the In Bahrain, because the sea is a bay How World Cup guarded against hollow news bits? and the waters are not ocean-deep, pressure in the fishing boats are of medium size. 03 market for the Still, the problem of over-fishing per- endangered fist. sists even in our territorial waters. Ignorance is bliss, but untenable. Temporary distraction, however is quite nice Why can we Reclamation has bitten huge chunks into our coastline and our waters and not do this in boats are having to travel further and Bahrain? further inland to seek fish. Moreover, politics, is also colorful, joyful, remains volatile. And many im- Ignorance is bliss, but unten- A watershed moment in fires of war in Central America. in their rush to meet market demand, downright good television and, ages of young Arabs and North able. Temporary distraction, American politics, but I I am in no way an advocate of ould everyone fishermen are fishing indiscriminate- in the grand scheme of things, Africans in Western media are, however, is quite nice. missed the empty buildup looking away. Not being angry, Cscreaming at me ly – so much so, that classic Bahraini fish such as not all that important. to put it kindly, reductive. Even the host nation Russia not being scared, not thinking about Trump & Brexit Hamour and Safi are being pushed to scarcity. This is not an insult. It’s an But for weeks the nation made got in on the fun. On a geopo - and hours of conjecture about the barrage of bad news — please just shut up? It’s Even now, during these months of the shrimping ode. At a time when 7 out of 10 headlines around the world litical scale, the nation’s gov - because I was too busy even for a moment — is a luxury. Saturday, I’m watching ban to allow stocks to replenish during the breed- TOM PHILIP Americans admit they are worn simply for the exploits of their ernment has a lot to answer for. laughing and texting In the 52nd minute of the fi- @TigerWoods light up ing season, violators are being caught daily. out by the high-stakes anxiety forward Mohamed Salah, the Still, for those who, like me, are my friends about all the nal, three Russians from the pro- The Open, and I just What can we, the chair-bound advisors in hen history looks back of the news, this summer’s tour- 26-year-old winger with a wide exhausted by “Russia” appearing cheekily maximalist memes test-art group stormed the pitch, don’t have the patience air-conditioned offices and homes, do to make this and remembers the nament couldn’t have come at a smile and quick feet, who scored in headlines and Facebook fights surrounding England’s team. clad in police uniforms, bringing today for your incessant, situation better? Firstly, we need to watch what Wstunning 2018 World better time. dozens of goals this past season every day, it has been endearing the match to a brief halt and foul-mouthed, ill-in- we are eating and eat seasonally available food. Cup, what will be the lasting im- You may have heard: The for his English professional club, to see TV stations around the reminding us that this spectacle formed echo chamber That means, no shrimp biryani during summer ages: Neymar attempting, game world is a dark and unstable Liverpool. When Salah scores, world praising the Russians for of smiley-faced globalism was hysteria. Sorry. months. Sometime back, top class restaurants in after game, to break the land place right now. Syria is still he often celebrates by kneeling their strong defense capabilities hosted by a harsh police state. @piersmorgan Dubai started a ‘Say No to Hamour’ movement to speed record for rolling while burning, and chauvinism is on in prayer — a public display of and inexhaustible aggression in Before security dragged the encourage guests to explore other fish options and clutching your ankle? The ref- the rise seemingly everywhere. faith to which his adoring Liv- the context of athletics. protesters away, France’s star, reduce the pressure in the market for the endan- erees experimenting with VAR? In the United States, Flint, erpool fans dedicated an entire For four glorious weeks, the Kylian Mbappé — in a moment gered fist. Why can we not do this in Bahrain? Start The replays of celebrating players Michigan, still does not have tongue-in-cheek chantey: World Cup has also stood guard maybe more brilliant than his 04 a ‘Say No to Shrimp’ movement and refuse to buy and fans in rapture, tossing their clean drinking water, and the “Mo Sa-la-la-la-lah! If he’s against the more hollow dai - yet oversized way, the World goal — smirked and high-fived the illegal catch. If we choke off demand, supply drinks in the air, after yet another government appears to be pre- good enough for you, he’s good ly news bits that are, typical - Cup has allowed the news-ob- one of the women. will automatically dwindle. last-minute game-winning goal? occupied with kidnapping and enough for me. If he scores an- ly, inconsequential but usually sessed among us to remember So thank you for helping us Fishing methods need to be reorganised. Coun- (This tournament’s 23 stoppage then losing people’s children. other few, then I’ll be Muslim invade my news feed and my that some shiny objects of dis- multitask the light with the tries like Bahrain are still closer to sustainable fish- time goals shattered the previous Luckily, for every new horror too. If he’s good enough for you, thought. traction aren’t all so bad. Some, dark, World Cup, it’s been fun. ing methods. But in the big seas, we have fishing record.) or outrage, there has been the he’s good enough for me. Sitting The speculative master the- like earnestly cheering for your In the proverbial post-match factories in the high seas which, the FAO says, ac- Or maybe it will be a singular respite of obsessively watching in the mosque, that’s where I On June 27, as the debate raged the self-important discourse Court nomination? A watershed ories on the Mueller probe; the countrymen — or even better, analysis, that should matter odi is an aggressive count for discarded fish and sea life that accounts moment, like Kylian Mbappé’s a sport in which 22 men sprint wanna be!” over whether White House about the proper way to pro - moment in American politics, latest nonsensical tweets from whimsically for someone else’s more to us than whoever won Morator. But if you for 8 per cent of the total weight of the world’s strike to make it 4-1 and become after a ball for an hour and a In mid-June, Donald Trump press secretary Sarah Huckabee test being volleyed around by but I missed the empty buildup President Trump; Papa John’s country — are probably, in fact, the thing. don’t have new content, captures, or more than 7.3 million tonnes of fish. the first teenager to score in a half — the game that can end ended an inflammatory anti-im- Sanders should have been asked verified Twitter accounts ever and hours of conjecture (turns racist comments on a confer - pretty healthy. Except for me — I’m Scottish; public gets bored. Modi We can reduce our use of single-use plastic and World Cup final since a man with a score of 0-0, yet somehow migration speech by hugging the to leave a little restaurant in since the Sanders incident. I sat out Kavanaugh was reportedly ence call. The part of my brain The World Cup will not raise so in watching England lose is repeating same old microplastics which end up causing damage to the named Pelé. Regardless, this consistently produce moments American flag, a truly ridiculous Virginia, I was preoccupied by it out and instead looked up for- Kennedy’s mandated pick) be- dedicated to getting worked wages or fix our crippled health in the semis and in the third- speech. marine environment. has been hands-down the most of ecstasy and tension. and near-dystopian sight that Germany’s loss to South Korea, eign embassy jobs after seeing a cause I was too busy laughing up by these trending-for-a- care system. It will not make place game, stripped of their @waglenikhil You know how you spot a fresh fish catch? By its entertaining World Cup in re- “Egypt are in trouble here,” a would have haunted me for days which in a wild turn of events video of Mexican fans holding and texting my friends about all day controversies has taken a “Arrested Development” good World Cup dreams, I’m proud to clear eyes. Similarly, we have to spot our fisheries cent memory, and it turns out we Fox commentator said gravely had I not been numbed to the simultaneously sent the defend- the Korean consul general to the cheekily maximalist memes much-needed breather. again, nor will it decide for the say my country has never been problems with clear eyes and not get diverted by needed this more than we could on the second day of the tour- whole thing by Cristiano Ron- ing champions home before the Mexico aloft, celebrating him as surrounding England’s team In a time of threatened de - left whether Hillary or Bernie stronger. Disclaimer: (Views expressed cloudy judgement that blames expats and other have imagined. nament, referring to nothing aldo’s sublime hat trick against knockout round and put Mexico if this bespectacled middle-aged and, before that, lying down in mocracy, staying vigilant and was right. It may engender glob- by columnists are personal and non-existent causes. The World Cup, while peren- more than their inability to Spain and the minicontroversy into knockouts despite having gentleman were the hero who a cold dark room to recover from remaining an engaged citizen is al unity but it can’t end our wars. (Tom Philip is a writer based in need not necessarily reflect our Brooklyn, New York. He contributes nially mired in FIFA corruption press Uruguay higher up the that erupted around his awful been routed by Sweden. had scored the winning goal. the seven-goal thriller that was an essential duty. It’s also ter- In fact, there’s a good case to be editorial stances) (Captain Mahmood Al Mahmood is the to Vulture, The New Yorker, GQ and Editor-in-Chief of The Daily Tribune) and never far away from fraught field. Egypt’s political landscape goatee. Please, feel free to engage in Trump’s second Supreme France vs. Argentina. ribly exhausting. In its small made that it once flamed the other outlets.)

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Firefighters injured as blaze near Nine family Yosemite grows Gaza truce members among Los Angeles, United States

fire that claimed the life Aof one firefighter and 17 dead in ‘duck injured two others near Cal- ifornia’s Yosemite national largely holds park has almost doubled in boat’ tragedy size in three days, authori- ties said Friday. Friday’s flare-up is the latest on the frontier since March The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) said the have seen at least 149 Palestinians killed so-called Ferguson fire had spread to an area of 22,892 acres (92.6 square kilom- eters), and is so far only 7 percent contained. More than 2,700 peo - ple are tackling the blaze, which started a week ago in the Sierra Nevada forest. Currently, there is no pre- A tourist duck boat is seen bobbing in rough water before capsizing in the diction as to when it will be severe thunderstorm that struck the area completely contained. Two firefighters were injured Five of the days after their colleague • Braden Varney, 36, was dead were aged killed while fighting the fire. 15 or younger The accident KNOW WHAT occurred• Thursday Astronaut plays night in full view duet from space of witnesses Duck boats are am- phibious vessels that AFP | Chicago, United States travel on both land and water, and are popular among tour- Palestinian brother (1st-R) of 27 years old Mohammed Badwan mourns during his funeral in Gaza City on July 21, 2018. ine members of one fam- ists in major cities Gaza’s health ministry said on July 20 that a fourth man named as Mohammed Badwan was shot dead by Israeli forces Nily were among 17 people that day during protests along the border. killed when an amphibious US tourist boat capsized during a But Hamas’s decision to ac- statement early Saturday. sudden storm on a Missouri TV station. Israel declined to cept a ceasefire and not further A senior Hamas official, lake, a tragedy which raised re- Coleman said the boat’s cap- confirm• the truce retaliate reduced those fears speaking on condition of ano- newed questions on Saturday tain had told passengers earli- German astronaut Alexander for now. nymity, said the deal involved about the safety of the craft er in their trip that they “won’t Gerst As has been the case with “the cessation of all forms of known as “duck” boats. need” life jackets. The United previous such truces, Israel did military escalation” including The hybrid vessels, with “He said it when we were Nations• urged all not confirm the deal announced Israeli air strikes and Hamas wheels allowing them to drive in the water,” she told Fox59. AP | Berlin sides to step “back by Gaza’s rulers that went into mortars and rockets. on city roads but which can “When it was time to grab effect around midnight Friday. The source said that balloons also travel on water, are popu- them, it was too late and I be- raftwerk fans are used There was relative calm on and kites attached with incen- lar with tourists in many cities. lieve that a lot of people could Kto hearing otherworld- Soldier’s death was Saturday except for one in - diary devices, which Palestini- The accident occurred have been spared.” ly tunes, but the German the• first linked to Gaza cident, with the Israeli army ans have been floating over the Thursday night in full view She added that the water electronic music pioneers violence since 2014 saying a tank struck a Hamas border for months to spark fires of witnesses, at least one of “didn’t look ominous at the took it to another level at observation point east of Gaza inside Israel, were not included whom captured video of the very first.” a gig in Stuttgart. Video City in retaliation for an at - in the agreement. vessel bobbing in rough waters Coleman told CNN affiliate AFP | Gaza City, Palestinian posted by the European tempted border infiltration in Israeli politicians have been on Table Rock Lake near the KOLR of her own near-death Territories Space Agency shows Ger- northern Gaza. calling for a fierce response to city of Branson, a vacation des- by drowning: “I was yelling, man astronaut Alexander There were no reports of in- the kites and balloons, which tination popular for its theat- I was screaming, and finally I Gerst “dropping in” for a ceasefire announced juries in that strike and there have caused damage amount- ers and country music. said, ‘Lord, just let me die, let live performance from the by Hamas largely held was no major Israeli bombing ing to hundreds of thousands “My heart is very heavy. Out me die.’ She eventually floated International Space Station. Ayesterday after a wave campaign overnight or mortar of dollars. of 11 of us there’s only two to the surface. Using a tablet computer of deadly air strikes across the fire from the Palestinian en- Israel’s army and Prime Min- that’s surviving, that’s me and Early Saturday, the Stone with a virtual synthesizer, Gaza Strip sparked by the death clave toward Israel. ister Benjamin Netanyahu’s of- my nephew” Tia Coleman, County Sheriff’s Office con- Gerst played a duet of Kraft- of an Israeli soldier shot near “With Egyptian and UN ef- fice declined to confirm a truce her voice breaking, told Fox59 firmed to AFP the identity of werk’s 1978 song “Spacelab” the border. forts, we reached (an agree - was reached. The soldier, shot from her hospital bed. the 17 victims -- nine of whom with the band Friday night The soldier’s death was the ment) to return to the previous dead along the border in south- “I lost all of my children. had the name Coleman. to cheers from the audience. first linked to Gaza violence state of calm between the (Is- ern Gaza, was the first to be I lost my husband. I lost my They ranged in age from since a 2014 war and raised raeli) occupation and the Pales- killed in and around the Pales- mother-in-law and my father- one-year-old Arya Coleman to fears Israel’s response could tinian factions,” Hamas spokes- tinian enclave since a 2014 war in-law,” along with other rela- the oldest victim Ervin Cole- spiral into full-out war. man Fawzi Barhoum said in a between Israel and Hamas. tives, she told the Indianapolis man, 76. Australian skull displayed in US museum buried in France Girl 15-yr-old raped by brother jailed over abortion AP | Canberra day alongside her 17-year-old abortion about six months after n Australian soldier’s Indonesia forbids brother in a closed hearing at becoming pregnant, Budiman Askull has been bur - • Muara Bulian District Court said. She was helped by her ied in a French war grave abortion unless a on the island of Sumatra, court mother who is facing separate a century after it was tak- woman’s life is at risk spokesman Listyo Arif Budiman charges. en for eventual display in said. Her brother was sentenced Police arrested the siblings a Philadelphia museum, AFP | Jakarta, Indonesia to two years in jail for sexually in June after a male foetus was Australia’s government said assaulting a minor. discovered at a palm oil planta- yesterday. Indonesia law requires that an tion near Pulau village in Jambi Private Thomas Hurdis 15-year-old girl who was abortion must be performed by a province. was wounded in Belgium Araped by her older brother registered professional no later Prosecutors had originally on Sept. 26, 1917, and died has been jailed for six months than six weeks into a pregnancy. asked that the girl be jailed for a week later in a U.S. field for having an abortion, an In- The girl, who was raped by one year and her brother for hospital in France at the age donesian official said yesterday. An Indonesian woman takes part in a 2016 protest against child sexual abuse in her brother eight times starting seven. They say they may still of 26. The girl was sentenced Thurs- Jakarta (Courtesy The Guardian) in September last year, had the appeal the decision. SUNDAY, JULY 22, 2018 13

Austria ditches Turkish driving theory test They believed they were safe! Vienna, Austria After 15 years, thieves behind French heist surface in Serbia earner drivers in Austria Lwill no longer be able to take their theory test in Turkish, the transport These criminals ministry announced on Sat- • urday, blaming the cost of are thought to have translating the exam. carried out at least Of the nearly 300,000 380 armed robberies KNOW WHAT theory tests taken last year, only 3,631 were conducted Identified following in Turkish -- or 1.2 percent • of the total. an investigation into One pulled a handgun, There are around 360,000 blood on one of the while the others people of Turkish origin in glass cabinets smashed open the Austria, including 117,000 Turkish nationals. glass cases, snatching AFP | Uzice, Serbia 350,000 euros worth of jewellery and hey believed they were watches before fleeing More than 100 safe but a few blood -- all within the space drops betrayed them: 15 T The so-called Pink Panthers, an international network of jewel thieves, stole valuables worth 334 million euros between of a minute. report sexual years after a daring robbery at a 1999-2015, Interpol says misconduct by late French jewellery store, the four alleged perpetrators have been Ohio State doctor found -- in Serbia. but wanted in Austria: “Zica” Serbia prosecutor. cocaine, paying for prostitutes... But they never stage robberies The Belfort job had all the and “Boka”, both of them 41 buying luxury cars and expen- on home territory, their “ref- Reuters | Washington hallmarks of a “Pink Panther” years old. Funding a luxury lifestyle sive clothes” and often at expen- uge”. operation, the modus operandi And by crosschecking their At the hearing in November, all sive tourist sites. With extradition out of the ore than 100 former used by an international jewel phone records, they also found four denied involvement in the question, if France wants a trial Mstudents have told in- thief network of Serbs and Mon- the other two suspected of robbery. Statute of limitations expiring to be held in Serbia over Belfort, vestigators they were vic- tenegrins responsible for some involvement in the robbery: If they were in Belfort at the Their activities are not just lim- as happened with the Hamburg tims of sexual misconduct of the most audacious robberies “Sasa”, 37, and “Luka”, 48. time, they were there for “tech- ited to hitting jewellery stores, heist, the justice system will by a now-deceased Ohio of the past two decades. no music parties”, one claimed. with one Serb investigator say- need to transfer the case to Bel- State University doctor Between 1999 and 2015, these ‘Cult of the criminal’ Another said they were there “to ing they also link up with Al- grade. employed by its athletic de- criminals are thought to have All four come from Uzice, a buy second-hand cars”. banian gangs to smuggle drugs If found guilty, the perpetra- partment and medical staff carried out at least 380 armed once prosperous industrial town Boka had just been jailed over to the West. The money is also tors could face up to 15 years for nearly two decades, the robberies, targeting high-end some 150 kilometres (90 miles) a fatal car accident, while short- used for loansharking, financing behind bars. university said on Friday. jewellery stores and snatching southwest of Belgrade which ly after the November hearing, younger criminals, or investing Otherwise, French prosecu- New details about the in- 334 million euros ($391 million) has since fallen on hard times. Zica and Sasa began serving five in property, tors will have to fall back on a vestigation of the late Dr. worth of loot, Interpol says. “Most of these criminals origi- years for stealing watches worth bars and conviction in absentia and the Richard Strauss were made One morning in September nate from Nis, Cacak and Uzice,” almost 950,000 euros from a restau- issuing of an internation- public days after five for- 2003, a group of masked men the town’s prosecutor Ljubisa Hamburg jeweller in 2014. rants, al arrest warrant -- which mer varsity wrestlers sued burst into a jewellery shop in Dragasevic said, explaining that Several of them are also sus- h e would mean the four Ohio State over allegations Belfort, a town in eastern France many in this western region end pected of involvement in rob- said. thieves could no longer Strauss had sexually abused just 25 kilometres (15 miles) up turning to crime due to prob- beries in Switzerland and The leave Serbia without them and others and that from the Swiss border. lems making ends meet. Netherlands. risking arrest and ex- the university was complic- One pulled a handgun, while But there is also “the cult of Such audacious robberies tradition. it in failing to take action the others smashed open the the criminal within society, the fund a lavish lifestyle back against him. glass cases, snatching 350,000 tough guys”, he said. home, Dragasevic says, euros worth of jewellery and “In such circles, these activ- explaining that their watches before fleeing -- all ities overseas are a matter of takings are quickly within the space of a minute. prestige. They... see themselves spent “in bars Hundreds protest Police later managed to ar- as defenders of poor Serb vic- and restau- rest their Serbian fences, one tims of the West,” the prosecutor rants, over HK move to of whom had a stolen watch on said. tak- ban party his wrist. Even though they have been ing But the thieves themselves identified, the four remain out Reuters | Hong Kong were never caught. of reach for the French justice Nor were they identified un- system because Serbia does not undreds of Hong Kong til 2013 following progress in a extradite its citizens. Hpro-democracy pro- forensic investigation into trac- Over the past decade, France testers yesterday rallied es of blood on one of the glass and Serbia developed close ju- against the government’s cabinets, on a cupboard and on dicial ties following the 2009 attempt to ban a political a Cartier box. murder of a French football fan party, saying it dealt the By analysing the DNA, they in Belgrade, prompting a French most serious threat to the identified two Serb nationals judge to demand that the four be city’s freedom of association who were unknown in France summoned to a hearing before a since its return to Chinese rule. Organisers said 1,200 protested, while the police estimated 600 attended at the peak. Trump lashes ex-lawyer, says taping of client

Macron security ‘perhaps illegal’ aide scandal with the recording. Cohen rights to McDougal’s story, deepens Former Playboy has not yet been arrested or which she sold a month ear - • charged. lier to The National Enquirer Paris, France model Karen McDougal “Inconceivable that the gov- for $150,000. claims she had a months- ernment would break into The tabloid ultimately sat on he most damaging scan- long affair with Trump a lawyer’s office (early in the it, preventing it from becoming Tdal of Emmanuel Ma- after they met in 2006 morning) - almost unheard of,” public. The chairman of its par- cron’s presidency deepened Trump tweeted. ent company, American Media, yesterday with his interior “Even more inconceivable is a friend of Trump. minister due to face a grill- AFP | Washington, United States that a lawyer would tape a client Friday’s reports raised ques- ing in parliament over his - totally unheard of & perhaps tions about why Trump’s cam- response to a top security onald Trump yesterday illegal.” paign denied knowledge of the aide of Macron caught on Dsaid his ex-lawyer Michael Former Playboy model Ka- deal between McDougal and video beating up a young Cohen may have acted illegally ren McDougal claims she had a American Media when it be - man at a Paris protest in after it emerged he had secretly months-long affair with Trump came public and fanned specu- May. taped a discussion about pay- after they met in 2006, shortly lation about how much damage Opposition lawmakers ments to a former Playboy mod- after Trump’s wife Melania gave Cohen can inflict on the pres- have demanded that Ma- el who claims she had an affair birth to their son Barron. She ident. cron, who has so far re - with the US president. US President Donald Trump and Playboy model Karen McDougal told CNN previously that he tried Trump’s current personal at- mained silent about the In his first direction reaction to pay her for sex. torney, Rudy Giuliani, had con- incident, explain the gov- to a report broken by the New The Wall Street Journal said firmed to the Times that the ernment’s stand after the York Times a day earlier, Trump nothing wrong!” during a raid on Cohen’s of - the September 2016 conver- Cohen tape existed, but said it videos of his aide Alexandre added: “The good news is that The Times reported the fice earlier this year, quoting sation between Trump and showed the president had done Benalla emerged this week. your favourite President did FBI had seized the recording lawyers and others familiar Cohen was about buying the nothing wrong. 14 SUNDAY, JULY 22, 2018 features

Cosplayers attends Comic Con British actor Andrew Lincoln arrives for “The Walking Dead” photo call

Comic- Con laments Zombies take departure of ‘Walking Dead’ over San Diego star

San Diego | United States portrayed in “The Walking Dead” has Walking Dead.” his lieutenants. proved uniquely resonant. “I love this place and I love seeing the “Fear the Walking Dead” kicked off he world’s largest fan con- Dwarfing competition like HBO’s fans, and you’ve been such a vital part the two-hour zombocalypse earlier vention bid a poignant “Game of Thrones” in the US, it has the of this experience. But my relationship with a presentation that critics agreed farewell to the star of the highest total viewership in cable histo- with Mr Grimes is far from over.” seemed to be drawing a line under all most successful show in ry and, crucially, the highest audience It was unclear if he was talking about storylines past and presenting an al- cable TV history on Friday of 18-49s for any kind of US television the current shoot for his final episodes, most entirely new show. Tas zombies took over San Diego Com- between 2013 and 2017. the possibility of appearing in one of the ic-Con. franchise’s numerous side projects, or ‘Fermentation process’ An extensive line-up of stars de - ‘Tensions rising’ something else entirely. Aired since 2015, “FtWD” doesn’t get scended on the city’s sprawling conven- The show centers on Lincoln’s Grimes, The ninth season, coming in October, the history-making numbers of the tion center to whet appetites for AMC’s who wakes up in a hospital bed after takes place two years after the “All Out main show -- but is still one of the “The Walking Dead” and its sister show getting shot, only to find he is alone in War” saga of the previous two, with top-rated US cable series with just un- “Fear the Walking Dead.” a world of vicious, flesh-eating reani- story editor Angela Kang taking over der two million viewers per episode. The departure of British actor An- mated corpses -- known as “walkers” from veteran showrunner Scott Gimple. “Fear” shocked its legion of ardent drew Lincoln, who has appeared as on the show. AMC dropped a trailer lasting almost fans by presaging its parent show and Sheriff Rick Grimes in almost every “I got kind of choked up. It’s been six minutes at Comic-Con which shows killing its protagonist -- Kim Dickens’s episode since the 2010 pilot, has been nine years of coming here,” Lincoln Rick in more peaceful times as the lead- Madison Clark -- just before the half- an open secret since May, confirmed told reporters after what will be his last er of a sprawling settlement of survi- way break of season four. inadvertently by executive producer sojourn to San Diego on behalf of “The vors -- but with tensions rising among The remaining cast -- including es- Robert Kirkman. tablished stars Colman Domingo, Aly- But the official announcement was cia Debnam-Carey, Danay Garcia and reserved for Comic-Con, an annual pop newcomers Lennie James, Garret Dilla- culture celebration that attracts more hunt, Maggie Grace and Jenna Elfman than 100,000 devotees to southern Cal- -- spoke passionately about their work. ifornia, many in elaborate costumes, But it wasn’t long before the conver- every July. sation with journalists descended into “There seems to be an elephant in the a conversation about whether zombies room. This will be my last season play- were able to “poop,” as well as snarling Actress Lauren Cohan arrives at Comic-Con ing the part of Rick Grimes,” Lincoln, and shuffling. 44, told the packed 6,500-seat Hall H, The tone was lowered as Gimple by the prospect. prompting a dismayed murmur that mentioned in passing that James’s char- Grace, most famous for ABC’s “Lost” spread throughout the arena. acter Morgan, a crossover from the and the “Taken” movies, was disdainful, “I love this show. It means everything main show, is seen on the toilet in an however, explaining that she didn’t to me. I love the people who make upcoming episode and was asked if really go in for matters “scatalogical.” this show. I promise not to cry. I’ve zombies “poop.” She was game enough to suggest, done enough crying on screen,” Lincoln “What did I say? It’s going to be the though, that we might already be wit- promised. next thing people want to know! It’s nessing the effect of many a zombie Based on a comic book of the same exactly what I said!” grandstanded a call-of-nature in every episode. name by a trio of writers including one faux-exasperated James. “That’s why they walk so strangely,” of the show’s executive producers Rob- “I think there’s a fermentation pro- she said. ert Kirkman, the post-apocalyptic zom- cess that could result in projectiles,” Season four of “Fear The Walking bie-ridden vision of the United States Cosplayer Lady Corvid poses at Comic Con in San Diego offered a wry Gimple, clearly amused Dead” resumes on August 12. 15 SUNDAY, JULY 22, 2018 entertainment

CROSSWORD YOUR STAR TODAY

YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION Aries Things may roll along nicely in love and romance and then suddenly run into a snag, Aries. Perhaps you failed to recognize an important birthday or anniver- sary. Perhaps you were expected to act a certain way or do something you failed to do. Approach the person you hurt honestly and apologetically. Taurus Here’s a reminder that it’s OK to be you. You may feel more centered than usual, which encourages you to stand up for yourself and say the things you must to people who need to hear them. There may have been recent arguments with a partner, but those should subside now, thanks to today’s serene feelings. Gemini You may have that awful feeling that you really need to get down to work yet something seems to stand square 59- Covering; 63- Female child; 64- Vive ___!; 65- Opponent; in the way of progress. Perhaps you feel like you’re 66- Grab hold of; 67- Dadaist Max; 68- Fall faller; at a four-way stop with three other cars. Everyone is anxious to go first. You can’t all go at once, yet no one Down knows whose turn it is. 1- Rules; 2- Dies ___; 3- ___’acte (intermission); 4- Frail; 5- Cut- ting tool; 6- Volcanic fallout; 7- Canonized Mlle.; 8- Sacred Cancer Across place; 9- Senator Specter; 10- Learned; 11- Light air; 12- Jester You’re anxious to take action, Cancer, especially when Jay; 13- Jewish month; 18- Future fish; 22- Worships; 24- Mer- it comes to matters of the heart. Be careful about act- 1- Willingly; 5- “Peter and the Wolf” bird; 10- Fitzgerald of jazz; its; 25- Bounce on one foot; 26- Small moneybag; 27- Omega’s ing too hastily. It’s important that you and your loved 14- “Judith” composer; 15- Moving; 16- Conked out; 17- Paddle opposite; 28- Sidewalk eateries; 30- Emeritus: Abbr.; 32- Now; one be on the same page first. You’re probably ready wheel; 19- Humerus neighbor; 20- ___-Croatian; 21- Nuclear-fis- 33- Tickle pink; 34- Harder to find; 36- Doorkeeper; 37- In the to jump to the end of the book where everyone lives sion apparatus; 23- Golfer Trevino; 25- Accord maker; 26- Step; lead; 39- Legible; 40- Dancer Charisse; 42- ___ Angeles; 45- Less happily ever after. 29- Elvis’s middle name; 31- Playful swimmer; 35- Pay stub?; 36- fresh; 46- Pertaining to the teeth; 48- Christian writings; 50- Type of school or cook; 37- Ring of color; 38- Candid; 40- Cheese; Actress Ruby; 51- High-ranking NCO; 52- Inter ___; 53- Carefree Leo 41- Applauds; 42- Caustic substances; 43- Dug in; 44- Attacks; adventure; 55- Take a meal; 56- Architectural pier; 57- End- It may feel as if something or someone is trying to keep 45- Fizzy drink; 46- Textile worker; 47- Sums owing; 49- HST’s of-workweek shout; 60- Prince Valiant’s son; 61- Refusals; you from moving ahead with your ambitious goals and successor; 51- Swampfever; 54- Conclude by; 58- Thick piece; 62- Hobby shop buy; aggressive nature, Leo. At first you may resent this ball and chain attached to your ankle, but on closer exami- BEETLE BAILEY nation, you’ll see that this hindrance is actually a help. Virgo You’re apt to feel more talkative than usual, Virgo. There are many times when you may shrink from a sit- uation in disgust or perhaps boredom. You’re usually anxious to move from one scene and get on with the next. Feel free to call the shots and speak your mind. Libra You may be anxious to try an uncharted path that speaks to your sense of risk and adventure, Libra. It’s important to temper these actions with realistic plan- ning. You’re much more likely to get a flat tire when you don’t carry a spare. Make sure you have the proper resources to pull yourself out of any jam along the way. Scorpio Other people are likely to be anxious to get up and moving with their plans, Scorpio. It might be better WORD OF THE DAY for you to hang back a bit and see how things pan out before you take action. Let others go across the river descendant, acolyte, emerged in the 14th first to learn the best way. Do you take a boat, wade, Acolyte Did You Know? century. Originally, acolyte was exclusively or look for a bridge? Follow the etymological path of acolyte back a term for a person who assisted a priest Definition: far enough and you’ll arrive at kéleuthos, a at Mass, but by the 19th century, the word Sagittarius 1 : one who assists a member of the clergy Greek noun that means “path” and that is had acquired additional meanings, among Your heart has been active, Sagittarius, and you’re in a liturgical service by performing minor itself the parent of akólouthos, an adjective them “attendant body, satellite” (a meaning probably feeling the need to take charge of a certain re- duties that means “following.” Akólouthos trave- used in astronomy) and “attendant insect” lationship. Instead of being too hasty in your pursuit of 2 : one who attends or assists a leader : led from Greek, leaving offspring in Medi- (a zoological sense), as well as the general this romance, you should probably do more planning. follower eval Latin and Anglo-French; its English meaning “assistant” or “sidekick.” Look at the situation from a long-term perspective and see if the partnership is heading the way you want it to, based on how things are moving now. SUDOKU Capricorn YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION There is solid grounding to your emotions right now that is helping you stabilize your sensitive feelings, Capricorn. As you become more attuned to your internal needs, you may discover that recent actions in romance and love may not have been particularly appropriate. Aquarius Your relationships are going well from an intellectual perspective, Aquarius, but from an emotional one, you might feel like they aren’t as fulfilling as you’d like. Perhaps you’re letting your brain do too much of the driving. It’s time to let your heart take over and have its needs be tended to for a while. Pisces Concentrate on nurturing your needs right now in- How to play stead of trying to accommodate the needs of others, Place a number in the empty boxes in Pisces. There is a difficult tension that arises when you such a way that each row across, each try to comfort someone who really doesn’t want to be column down and each 9-box square comforted. The best way to handle the situation is to contains all of the numbers from one leave the person alone and tend to your own emotions. to nine. 16 SUNDAY, JULY 22, 2018

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OCEAN’S EIGHT (PG-15) (HINDI/DRAMA/BIOGRAPHY) RANBIR KAPOOR, SONAM KAPOOR SEEF (II) DAILY AT: 12.15 + 2.30 + 4.45 + 7.00 + (PG-15) (COMEDY/CRIME) 9.15 + 11.30 PM. SANDRA BULLOCK, CATE BLANCHETT SEEF (II) DAILY AT: 3.00 + 8.00 PM. CINECO (20) DAILY AT: 12.00 + 2.15 + 4.30 + 6.45 + 9.00 + 11.15 PM. THE INCREDIBLES 2 IN DARKNESS (PG) (ANIMATION/ACTION/ADVENTURE) SEEF (II) DAILY AT: 12.30 + 5.00 + 9.30 PM. CRAIG T. NELSON, SAMUEL L. JACKSON, CATHE- Taylor Swift in all-star film version (18+) (THRILLER/CRIME) NEW RINE KEENER NATALIE DORMER, EMILY RATAJKOWSKI THE FIRST PURGE SEEF (II) DAILY AT: 11.45 AM. + 4.15 + 8.45 PM. CINECO (20) DAILY AT: 12.30 + 4.30 + 8.30 PM. (18+) (ACTION/CRIME/HORROR) AFP | Los Angeles screen and won an Oscar for + (12.30 MN. THURS./FRI.) MARISA TOMEI, LEX SCOTT DAVIS NIRAALI directing “The King’s Speech.” SEEF (II) DAILY AT: 11.00 AM. + 1.00 + 6.00 + CINECO (20) DAILY AT: 10.45 AM + 12.45 + 2.45 (MALAYALAM) NEW 11.00 PM. + (1.00 AM. 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SYLVESTER STALLONE, DAVE BAUTISTA (TAMIL) project for British film - “Cats” tells of a feline tribe SEEF (II) DAILY AT: 2.15 + 6.45 + 11.15 PM. CINECO (20) DAILY AT: 12.00 + 2.00 + 4.00 + SHIVA ISHWARYA MENON, DISHA PANDEY maker Tom Hooper, who -- in human form on stage WADI AL SAIL DAILY AT: 11.45 AM. + 3.45 + 7.45 6.00 + 8.00 + 10.00 + 12.00 MN. SEEF (I) DAILY AT: 11.30 AM. + 2.30 + 5.30 + + 11.45 PM. 8.30 + 11.30 PM. brought novel-turned-musi- -- called the Jellicles who cal “Les Miserables” to the big decide who among them will make a fateful ascent into a new life. Variety said that Hud- son, who won an Oscar Robin Williams possessions up for sale for the 2006 film musi- cal “Dreamgirls,” would AFP | San Diego Friday. Items owned by Williams and KNOW WHAT play Grizabella, a for- The Oscar-winner, movie his second wife, film produc- merly glamorous cat who rt work, film memorabilia veteran, stand-up comedian er and philanthropist Marsha longs for acceptance. Aand personal items owned and television star was one of Garces Williams, will go on sale Variety and several by the late actor Robin Wil- Hollywood’s most popular en- on October 4 with proceeds Taylor Swift is ob- other film sites said that liams will go under the ham- tertainers whose tragic death going to charities they cham- sessed with “Disney “Cats” would also star, in mer in New York this October, in August 2014 triggered an out- pioned, Sotheby’s said. everything.” She even roles to be determined, more than four years after his pouring of emotion the world The dedicated sale will in- Swift, actor turned late- death, Sotheby’s announced over. clude autographed scripts, appeared in the Disney night comedian James awards, props, street art by feature movie Hannah Corden and veteran Brit- Banksy, more than 40 watches, Montana ish actor Ian McKellen. bicycles and sports memorabil- ia, furniture and art, the auction house said. Lots include a Hogwarts school robe worn by Daniel Tom Felton in new YouTube show Radcliffe in the 2001 movie AFP | Los Angeles “Harry Potter and the Sorcer- Malfoy in all eight “Harry Pot- er’s Stone,” valued between ter” movies. $10,000 to $15,000, and Wil- ouTube has offered the A teaser trailer for the 10-ep- liams’s Hollywood Walk of Yfirst glimpse of its new isode show made by Left Bank Fame award valued at $3,000 sci-fi thriller series fronted by Pictures and Sony Pictures to $5,000. “Harry Potter” star Tom Felton Television screened at a panel The collection will go on -- revealing it is an “Alien”-like at San Diego Comic-Con giv- public view at Sotheby’s on horror story on an isolated ship. en by the creators and cast on September 29 and the organi- “Resident Evil” director Paul Thursday. zations to benefit include The W.S. Anderson is to helm “Ori- The show follows a group of Juilliard School in New York, gin,” which brings together an outsiders who find themselves the Wounded Warrior Project international roster of talent abandoned on a ship bound for and the Challenged Athletes alongside Felton, the boy wiz- a distant land. The show will air A scene from the movie ‘Flubber’ starring Robin Williams Foundation. ard’s conniving nemesis Draco Tom Felton on YouTube Premium. 17 SUNDAY, JULY 22, 2018 sports

Undefeated fighter from Dagestan Girls futsal league returns at Brave 14 TDT | Manama gets thrilling opening kram Aliskerov who is lead- Iing the Middleweight divi- TDT | Manama sion of Brave Combat Feder- ation with three straight wins irls League which is and an undefeated profession- held as part of the 6th al record will make a return at GKhalid bin Hamad Futsal Brave 14. League began on Friday. KNOW WHAT The event will take place at The event witnessed a spe- the Omnisports indoor club cial women’s presence with the of Tangier, Morocco on 18th attendance of several female All of the top clubs in August 2018. celebrities. the world (Barcelona, The event marks the sixth The first match of the league Real Madrid, Chelsea, professional bout for the twen- saw Al Ataa and Al Quwah share ty five year old from Dagest- Ikram Aliskerov the spoils in a six-goal thriller Manchester United, an. Ikram is a Combat Sambo in Group 1. etc.) have their youth world champion and had de- division of Brave Combat Fed- Alataa’s player Mariam Al players playing futsal! feated three major athletes in eration. The event marks his Tamimi’s fine display during the In fact, most junior his past bouts including Ru- fourth appearance with Brave. match earned the best player of players in Brazil don’t fat Asadov, Jeremy Smith and He will face the veteran the match award. play outdoor soccer Chad Hanekom. Diego Gonzalez who has 33 Al Esrar had a perfect start until around age 13. In- Ikram is currently a part of fights in his career with a re- to their campaign in the league, Champion Fight Team based cord of 20 wins, 12 losses and thrashing Al Theqa 15-0 in Al Ataa team’s game against Al Quwah stead, they play futsal! on Derbent. He is the first a no-contest. Gonzalez is from Group 2. Fatima Mohammed fighter from Dagestan to en- Sweden and trains at the Pan- Bu Shehri contributed five goals 16 goals, but the latter scored a Activities, who was present at bly supporting and encouraging ter the growing Middleweight crase gym, Stockholm. to the winners en route to being consolation goal. Their broad the event, branded holding a young people to practice sports named the best player of the win was made possible thanks girls league as part of the Futsal as a lifestyle.” match award. to Eman Al Khatal who found League as a unique gesture ex- Fatima Al Tattan, futsal ref- In another match Al Amal the net on five occasions. She tended by HH Shaikh Khalid to eree in the Kuwait Football As- Brave 14: first step for secured a well-earned 5-2 win was named the best player of provide girls with an opportu- sociation, expressed her admi- against Al Azeema. the game. nity to show their talents. She ration for HH Shaikh Khalid’s further events in Africa Muneera Al Hamdan scored a said that holding such an event initiative to embrace the girls, brace for the winners to win the Generous Initiative for girls “serves an important noting that he has harnessed all TDT | Manama best player of the game award. Dr. Shaikha Yousef Al Jeeb, As- segment of Bahrain’s society, possibilities and created the ide- In the last match of the day, Al sistant Undersecretary for Ed- confirmed that this initiative al conditions for their support in rave 14 hosted in the Omni- Tahadi tore Al Erada’s net with ucational Services and Student has many benefits, most nota- all fields, especially sports. Bsports indoor club of Tang- ier, Morocco on 18th August 2018 marks the first global The way Brave martial arts event hosted in Af- Combat Federation rica with the largest broadcast brings together coverage in the history of the nations, cultures Athletes celebrate Olympic Day sport till date. and development Abu Dhabi Sports will broad- in sports is an TDT | Manama cast the event live across MENA region, StarSat and VodaCom example for the ahrain joined other parts of the globe as will cover the rest of African world. Apart from Bthey celebrated the 2018 Olympic Day continent, Combate will focus being the fastest at Isa Sports City’s track in Riffa City, with on the South American mar- growing global hundreds of participants turning up for the kets, FloCombat and Fite TV promotion, the 3km social race. will focus on the remaining venture is also More than 300 athletes of different ages global territories. Brave Com- creating milestones and nationalities took part in this day-long bat Federation has stated that with each of its festivities, organised by Bahrain Olympic further expansion is expected Committee (BOC) in cooperation with the during the days leading to the editions Bahrain Athletics Association’s Bahrain event. PRESIDENT OF BRAVE CF MOHAMMED Road Runners (BRR). The event will be held as the SHAHID The event featured a 3km race, which first step for the further events started from the sports halls of Shaikh that will be hosted in the con- November which will feature Isa Sports City in Riffa as all participants tinent of Africa by Brave Com- a premium edition of Brave received t-shirts with a printed ‘Olympic Participants at the walk/run event bat Federation. Mohammed Combat Federation alongside Day’ logo, while the organizing committee Shahid has recently hinted the 2018 IMMAF World Cham- provided water enroute. All the participants at the run. the Olympic values of fair play, persever- the possibility of South Afri- pionships of Amateur MMA. also received certificates of recognition at “We hope to build on the excitement and ance, respect and sportsmanship. ca among future destinations The event will become the the end of the race. interest generated by Olympic Day to really He also extended his gratitude to all those for the global promotion. The first Bahraini overseas event Supreme Council for Youth and Sports promote the Olympic values and encourage who contribute to making this event possi- Kingdom of Bahrain will host held under the patronage of assistant secretary general and Bahrain people to adopt sport into their everyday ble, including the Ministry of Information the Brave International Com- the King, Mohammed VI, King Olympic Committee (BOC) secretary gener- lives,” said Askar after the event. Affairs, the Ministry of Health and national bat Week 2018, in the month of of Morocco. al Abdulrahman Askar led the participants Askar added that this occasion observes sports federations.

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Um al Hassan +973 17728699 Seef District +973 17364999 Supreme Council for Youth and Sports Second Deputy Chairman and Bahrain Olympic Committee Honorary President Shaikh Isa bin Rashid Al Khalifa during a group photo session with Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) President Saleh bin Nasser, on the sidelines of the 19th Asian Men’s U20 Volleyball Championship being held in Bahrain. Joining them in the visit were AVC General Secretary Chang Chin Jong and GCC Volleyball Federation Chairman and Kuwait Volleyball Association President Waleed Aman. Others present at the gathering were Bahrain Volleyball Association (BVA) President Shaikh Ali bin Mohammed Al Khalifa, BVA Vice-President and Local Organising Committee Executive Director Jehad Khalfan, and BVA General Secretary Feras Halwachi. SUNDAY, JULY 22, 2018 18 Vettel celebrates home pole

before taking a motor-cycle ride Hamilton limps out back to the paddock. • It came two days after of German qualifying BETTER Mercedes confirmed he had signed a blockbuster two-year AFP | Hockenheim, Germany contract extension and followed KNOW other unexpected disappoint- ebastian Vettel surged to ments in Canada, Austria and pole for his home German Britain where Hamilton and his SGrand Prix yesterday as The most successful team had been unable to match Lewis Hamilton suffered a set- driver in the German expectations. back when his Mercedes broke Grand Prix is local pi- After heavy rain had washed down to leave him at the back lot Rudolf Caracciola, out final practice in the morning, of the grid. who won six times the session began in improved Vettel topped qualifying with conditions and on a drying track, a devastating final lap in his Fer- between 1926-1939. the two Saubers again setting the rari to pip Valtteri Bottas in the Michael Shumacher pace as they had in the rain. second Mercedes. recorded 4 wins in The atmosphere was sultry A distraught Hamilton limped his home Grand Prix, with a track temperature of 27 out in the first qualifying session all at the Hocken- degrees Celsius, air at 21 and when his car broke down with a heimring. Ferrari is humidity at 84 per cent. hydraulics failure. the most successful The two Ferraris were soon Vettel rubbed salt in the Brit- constructor with 22 on top of the times ahead of the ish defending wporld champi- Ferrari driver Sebastian Vettel on his way to pole at Hockenheim Mercedes before Verstappen en- on’s wounds by outpacing Bottas wins tered the fray, Vettel having set by two-tenths of a second. an early lap record in 1:12.538 In front of a huge crowd of full of adrenaline, but feel so Kimi Raikkonen was third in Airborne Silverstone.” that was soon trimmed by his flag-waving Germans at the happy.” the second Ferrari ahead of Max Hamilton is expected to start team-mate’s 1:12.505. track near his Heppenheim It is his second pole for a Ger- Verstappen of Red Bull and the Hamilton, who had attempted 14th on the grid after his set - The Q1 segment ended with birthplace, Vettel delivered a lap man Grand Prix and the 55th of two Ferrari-powered Haas cars to push his car to stay in con- back which saw him take a brief Ferrari on top and the elimina- record in one minute and 11.212 his career. of Kevin Magnussen and Romain tention, said: “It was definitely airborne excursion at Turn One tion of Esteban Ocon of Force seconds to top the Finn’s 1:11.416. Vettel’s qualifying success Grosjean. a tough one, but these things and go off again at Turn Eight. India, Pierre Gasly and Brendon “Thanks to those fans,” said makes him favourite to land Another home hope Nico happen and all you can do is try He lost use of his gearbox and Hartley of Toro Rosso, Lance Vettel. “It was amazing to see so his first Formula One victory at Hulkenberg was seventh ahead and gather your thoughts and was told by the team to stop to Stroll of Williams and Stoffel many Ferrari and Germany flags. Hockenheim and only his sec- of his Renault team-mate Carlos live to fight another day. avoid further damage, following Vandoorne of McLaren. “It just kept getting better ond Grand Prix win in Germany Sainz, rising Monegasque star “I’ll give everything tomor- a hydraulics failure. Hamilton clocked the fifth and I knew for the last lap I had as he seeks to extend his eight- Charles Leclerc of Sauber and row to see how high I can get After trying to push the car, best time before his problems a little bit more – I a m point advantage over Hamilton. Sergio Perez of Force India. up, but its not going to be like he crouched over it as if praying forced him to abandon. Justin Rose threaten leaders at Open AFP | Carnoustie, United King- No Englishman has won the dom Claret Jug since Nick Faldo at Woods charges into contention Muirfield in 1992, but whether ustin Rose made the most of Rose can be the man to end that Reuters | Carnoustie, United Jserene weather conditions long drought may depend on Kingdom to shoot his best ever round in what the leaders do later. a major and climb up the Brit- iger Woods turned back Tthe clock and briefly tied for the lead en route to a five- under-par 66 as players plun- ish Open leaderboard dered Carnoustie in perfect yesterday, with the conditions in the third round overnight pacesetters of the British Open yesterday. Tiger Woods from the fifth tee not starting until much Woods posted a five-under South Africa’s South Africa’s Keshav Maharaj (L) stops a ball beside Sri Lankan cricketer Dimuth Karunaratne later. 208 total that left him three the first 14 holes. Rose shot a seven-un- strokes behind American on- A tap-in at the par-five 14th der-par 64, equalling the course leader Kevin Kisner, lifted him to the top of a major lowest round in an Open who had completed six holes. championship leaderboard for Sri Lanka reign despite at Carnoustie set by Steve In scenes reminiscent of the first time since the second Stricker and Richard Green those in the prime of his ca- round at the 2013 Masters. Maharaj milestone here in 2007, to climb to reer, waves of excitement rip- But no sooner had he done four-under for the champion- pled through the massive gal- so than his six-iron to the par- halese Sports Club Ground. ship. lery as 14-times major cham- three 16th trickled off the side Karunaratne builds Sri Lanka, who made 338 in That left him just two shots pion Woods charged up the of the green, from where he • the first innings, were 151-3 at adrift of American duo Zach leaderboard. could not avoid dropping his lead after spinners rout stumps after deciding not to Johnson and Kevin Kisner, who Throwing caution aside af- first and only shot of the day. South Africa again impose follow-on against the were due to go out in the final ter starting the day six strokes He got a lucky break at the tourists who now stare at the pairing at 4pm local time (1500 behind, Woods wielded his last, where his pulled tee shot Reuters | Colombo possibility of a second succes- GMT). driver aggressively and was came within inches of landing sive test defeat inside three Rose’s blemish-free round rewarded with six birdies in in the Barry Burn. days. was capped by birdies at the eshav Maharaj returned Dimuth Karunaratne was last two holes, including after If the weather remains calm, en-under for his round after 13 Kthe second best figures by batting on 59 at stumps, his a stunning approach shot onto Johnson and Kisner will also holes. a South African bowler in a test fourth successive 50-plus the 18th green. hope to score low. England’s However, he dropped shots at innings but Sri Lanka took a knock in the series, with An- It was not quite good enough Fleetwood and American duo the long 14th and the 17th, be- firm step towards a 2-0 series gelo Mathews on 12 at the oth- to trouble Tommy Fleetwood’s Pat Perez and Xander Schauf- fore a sensational par save at the sweep after thoroughly domi- er end. overall course record of 63, set fele are also right in the mix, last after his approach ended up nating day two of the second For South Africa, left last year at the Dunhill Cham- starting the day on five under nestled against a fence. and final test on Saturday. arm-spinner Maharaj took his pionship, but it was still former par. “To be honest, it wouldn’t South Africa’s spin frailties match-haul to 11 wickets but US Open champion Rose’s best Level with Rose at four-un- have changed my mood an awful were laid bare once again as his team were in dire straits. ever round in a major. der before starting their rounds lot because the way I’ve played the tourists collapsed for 124 Earlier resuming the day on “I felt like it was a beautiful were Rory McIlroy, Erik van the first couple of days has been to concede a first innings lead 277 for nine, Akila Dananjaya morning to play golf. I felt like Rooyen, Zander Lombard, Tony terrible,” said the Englishman of 214 runs at Colombo’s Sin- and Rangana Herath frustrat- it was an opportunity to score Finau and Matt Kuchar, who when asked how important that ed South Africa with a dogged well out there. The greens were finished runner-up to Jordan had been for his round. 74-run stand for the final wick- somewhat receptive, obviously, Spieth last year at Royal Birk- “It was a good effort to get BRIEF SCORE et before Maharaj struck when and the pins weren’t as tough as dale. through and make the week- the latter was caught behind maybe the first couple of days,” Also impressing early on Sat- end really. So there’s no way I for 35. Dananjaya remained said the 37-year-old, who only urday were Japan’s Yusaku Mi- expected to be seven-under on Sri Lanka 338 (de Silva unbeaten on 43. made the cut thanks to a yazato, who had a bogey-free the day. 60, Maharaj 9-129) and Maharaj’s 9-129 is the sec- birdie at the last on Friday. England’s 65, and England’s Chris Wood, “So to shoot mid-60s today, 151 for 3 (Gunathilaka 61, ond best by a South African in “I felt like it was a typ- Justin who had a 66. regardless of how I finished, Karunaratne 59*, Maharaj tests, behind only Hugh Tay- ical set-up for a mov- Rose Both are now three-un - would have been a good effort,” 2-90) lead South Africa 124 field’s 9-113 against England in ing day today. So it der for the championship, added Wood, who finished tied (du Plessis 48, Akila 5-52, 1957, but his success brought was nice to make that although it could have been for third in The Open at Turn- Dilruwan 4-40) by 365 runs little cheer to a side battling move.” better for Wood, who was sev- berry nine years ago. their own spin vulnerabilities. SUNDAY, JULY 22, 2018 19 Dortmund ease past Man City Mario Gotze penalty saw The BVB down City in International Champions Cup opener

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ep Guardiola’s start to his pre-season campaign Pended in defeat as Borus- sia Dortmund captain Mario KNOW WHAT Gotze’s first half penalty was enough to see off the Premier League champions Manchester City 1-0 at Soldier Field in Chi- For the first seven cago on Friday. years of their his- Guardiola was able to call on tory, Manchester the likes of new signing Riyad City were known Mahrez and German Leroy as Ardwick FC Sane but his otherwise high - ly inexperienced, young team were unable to get the better of a Dortmund side who have already played one game this summer and looked far sharp- but it was opposite number Hitz er in the opening match of this who was almost beaten on 55 year’s International Champions minutes when another Mahrez Cup tournament. set-piece flew just past the post. Gotze’s winner came in the Guardiola said his team played 28th minute when American in- well despite not having a lot of ternational Christian Pulisic was time to train together. hauled down in the box allowing Borussia Dortmund midfielder Mario Gotze, right, scores a goal during the first half “It was really good for their the midfielder who famously futures because we played one scored the winning goal in the of the best teams in Germany 2014 World Cup final to beat Soldier Field. er with Pulisic. of the English domestic season, Nevertheless, Guardiola and we did many good things,” Claudio Bravo. Mahrez, the $75 million sign- Mahrez was City’s best player, brought down the lively Pulisic would have been all too aware he said. “The courage, intensity Mahrez showed flashes of his ing from Leicester, made his de- who showcased his attacking in the box and Gotze beat Bravo of his side’s lack of killer instinct. and desire to play was very good. quality yet Guardiola will be but while the precocious young threat with a decent run and from the spot before Alexander Jadon Sancho, who quit the I’m so satisfied.” disappointed about the lack of English midfielder Phil Foden cross midway through the first Isak almost made it two soon Premier League club for Dort- The Algerian’s cute pass set cutting edge on show. also started. half. after. mund last August following a Lukas Nmecha through on 70 With the bulk of his Premier There was a healthy crowd of Jack Harrison should have fall-out with Guardiola, was in- minutes but his finish was lack- League title-winning squad en- 34,629 inside Soldier Field and A satisfied coach done better just before the inter- troduced in the second half and ing before Hart produced an ex- joying an extended break after although a young City side held But on 28 minutes the Germans val when he miscued a shot from began promisingly. cellent point blank save to deny their exertions at the World Cup, their own early on, Dortmund were ahead. close range and then Mahrez Joe Hart, the former England Mahmoud Dahoud. it was a vastly inexperienced created the better chances with Alex Zinchenko, who is set to forced a great save from Dort- keeper, was making his first City Dortmund, however, held firm side sent out by the Spaniard at Gotze pulling the strings togeth- leave the club before the start mund keeper Marwin Hitz. appearance since August 2016 to seal a deserved win. Fraile ends Belgian hopes with first win Bayern dominate PSG

AFP | Mende, France cluding Philippe Gilbert and over 30km to race, it looked like 3-1 in International yellow jersey holder Greg Van Belgium would have an extra paniard Omar Fraile ended Avermaet. reason to celebrate. SBelgian hopes of a Tour de But Astana rider Fraile, who But Stuyven, a one-day clas- Champions Cup France victory on their national claimed his maiden Giro d’Italia sics specialist who finished in holiday with a gutsy, maiden stage last year following a long the top ten of Paris-Roubaix and victory on the race on the 14th breakaway, was desperate for the Tour of Flanders earlier this stage Saturday. a repeat. season, fell victim to his lack of Britain’s Geraint Thomas, “It was one of the stages I climbing prowess. of Team Sky, retained the race had marked and when I saw He held a 1min 40sec lead on leader’s yellow jersey after the breakaway go, I told myself a group of chasers with 10km crossing the line with teammate that I had to get in it,” he said. to race, with the main peloton Chris Froome and Dutch rival “It’s a dream. Soloing over the and Thomas at over 20 minutes Tom Dumoulin (Sunweb) just finish line was incredible. in arrears. over 18 minutes in arrears. “I think when a cyclist wins But on the final, 3km climb With four days of climbing in on the Tour de France it’s fab- leading to the flat finish at the Pyrenees yet to decide the ulous. It’s the most important Mende Fraile launched an au- outcome of the yellow jersey, race in the world. dacious counter-attack. the main peloton and all the “I dedicate this victory to my The Spaniard dug deep on race favourites were happy to girlfriend, to my family and to the climb, whose average gradi- allow an early breakaway escape all those who have supported ent is a punishing 10.1 per cent, in the opening kilometres. me.” and soon had Stuyven in his Intentions seemed clear on When Jasper Stuyven (Trek) sights. Belgium’s national holiday after Astana rider Omar Fraile of Spain capitalised on a mid-race spat When he overtook Stuyven seven Belgians got in among celebrates as he crosses the line to win between Gilbert and Fraile to with two kilometres to race, a group of 32 frontrunners in- stage 14 break away on his own with Fraile did not look back. Bahrain-Merida considering Kiwi Bevin abandons Tour AFP | Mende, France as on stage 11 to La Rosiere in Paris Saint-Germain’s Timothy Weah (L) vies for the ball with Bayern legal action against organisers Munich’s Josip Stanisic the Alps. Cycling News | Paris sidering legal action against ew Zealand’s Patrick Despite coming through Fri- the organisers of the Tour NBevin quit the Tour de day’s mainly flat 13th stage to AFP | Klagenfurt, Austria PSG had the best of the first he Bahrain-Merida team de France after team leader France after struggling to keep Valence, Bevin’s efforts over half and took the lead with a Thave confirmed to Cycl- Vincenzo Nibali was brought pace with the peloton on the three tough days in the Alps erman champions Bay- 31st minute goal by American ingnews that they are con - down and fractured a verte- 14th stage from Saint-Paul- appeared to catch up with him. Gern Munich hit three sec- Timothy Weah, the 18-year-old brae in a chaotic incident on Trois-Chateaux to Mende. ond-half goals as they beat son of African legend George the Alpe d’Huez. Bevin, 27, was part of the French titlists Paris Saint-Ger- Weah. Nibali was forced to quit the BMC team that raced to victory main, 3-1, yesterday in Inter- Bayern dominated the sec- Tour de France, ending his and in the team time trial on stage national Champions Cup in ond half and struck three times Bahrain-Merida’s chances of three. BMC then lost their team Klagenfurt, Austria. in 18 minutes. Spaniard Javier overall victory. leader Richie Porte to inju- PSG were without their Martinez opened the scoring The crash was not cap - ry following a crash on stage World Cup winners, but they past Gianluigi Buffon, the Ital- tured by live television cov- nine. did start Adrien Rabiot, who ian veteran who joined PSG erage, and it was initially Bevin went on to help Bel- refused to serve as a reserve for this summer. suspected that the incident gian teammate Greg Van Aver- the French squad. Bayern were Portuguese midfielder Re- had been caused by police mo- maet defend the yellow jersey without their legion of Ger- nato Sanchez and 17-year-old torbikes slowing in front of from stage three until he lost man internationals, despite Dutch striker Joshua Zirkzee Vincenzo Nibali him. the race lead to Geraint Thom- Patrick Bevin the national team’s early exit added the other two, after Buf- in Russia. fon had gone off. SUNDAY, JULY 22, 2018 20 Bahrain dominate Japan and Iran post big wins opening day of Asian U20 volleyball

TDT | Manama Today’s matches osts Bahrain joined Asian powerhouses Ja- (in order of Time, Court 1 game, Court 2 game) Hpan and Iran as big win- 11.30am: Pakistan vs Taipei, Macau vs ners on day one of the 19th Asian Maldives Men’s U20 Volleyball Champi- onship, taking place at Isa Sports 2pm: Korea vs China, New Zealand City in Riffa. vs India The Bahrainis put on an im- pressive show this evening in 4.30pm: Turkmenistan vs Thailand, front of their home fans, appear- Australia vs Sri Lanka ing dominant against a tough Iraq side in a 3-0 (25-23, 28- 7pm: Bahrain vs Qatar, UAE vs Jordan 26, 25-15) victory in Pool D1 of the competition’s Preliminary Round. Japan and Iran, meanwhile, looked just as imposing in their respective games, with each This was our needing just over an hour-and-a- first game of the quarter to dispose of their oppo- tournament so we nents. Playing against Thailand played a little nervous in Pool B1, the Japanese enjoyed today. We had many a 3-0 (25-19, 25-17, 27-25) result, mistakes in receiving while Iran followed suit with their own comfortable 3-0 (25- and didn’t do very 22, 25-13, 25-22) win. well in our attack. But All three teams are competing we hope to do better in Division One for the Prelim- in every game and we inaries, as are Sri Lanka, who are very happy we beat Kazakhstan 3-1 (23-25, 25- won today against a 16, 29-27, 25-10) in Pool C1. very strong team From Division Two on the tournament’s opening day, Tai- BAHRAIN’S MOHAMED ABDULLA pei beat Saudi Arabia, Malaysia beat the Maldives, Hong Kong Bahrain’s Hasan Abbas goes for a spike in their match against Iraq won over Jordan and India had their game against Uzbekistan cancelled following the late withdrawal of the Uzbeks. SCORES The now 23-nation Asian U20 Championship has been organ- ised by the Asian Volleyball Con- Taipei beat Saudi Arabia 3-0 (25-18, 25-19, 25-19) federation in cooperation with India beat Uzbekistan (not held, Uzbekistan withdrew) the Bahrain Volleyball Associ- ation. It is being held under the Japan beat Thailand 3-0 (25-19, 25-17, 27-25) patronage of His Majesty the Malaysia beat Maldives 3-0 (25-9, 25-19, 25-10) King’s Charity Works and Youth Affairs Representative, Supreme Iran beat China 3-0 (25-22, 25-13, 25-22) Council for Youth and Sports Chairman and Bahrain Olympic Hong Kong beat Jordan 3-1 (20-25, 25-22, 26-24, 26-24) Committee President Shaikh Bahrain beat Iraq 3-0 (25-23, 28-26, 25-15) Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa. Matches continue today at the Sri Lanka beat Kazakhstan 3-1 (23-25, 25-16, 29-27, 25-10) same venue from 11.30am on- wards. Games are being played simultaneously in two arenas. Entrance for spectators is free and all are welcome to watch. Bahrain will now look to end Sato also had four blocks apiece In Bahrain’s win in Pool D1, their Preliminary Round cam- in the game. Pipat Chansuksri the nationals received a wel - paign in Pool D1 with a win paced Thailand in the loss with come boost from the vibrant against Qatar tonight. Their con- 11 points. singing and cheers from the test is scheduled for a 7pm start. Japan next face Turkmenistan massive group of local fans that In Japan’s Pool B1 game with on Monday in their final Pool turned up to support the team. Thailand, they overcame a poor game. After a strong opening set, start to the third set when they In Iran’s win in Pool A1, the the Bahrainis found themselves faced a 3-6 deficit before bounc- world champions at the under-19 trailing midway through the sec- ing back and rallying. level were gave their opponents Japan captain Kento Miyaura tries to score against Thailand’s Pipat Chansuksri and Saoonram Chakkawat ond but some brilliant blocking The Thais managed to make China no chance. helped them rally and tie the things interesting, building a After losing the first two sets, proceedings at 22. 24-21 lead later on to almost the Chinese put in a spirited Their surge deflated their certainly extend the contest to fight to begin the third. But the opponents and they took full a fourth set. Iranians eventually found their advantage. The home side then But the Japanese came up groove and did enough to close carried over their momentum with the big points from there, out the contest. into the third set, while giving tying the proceedings at 24 be- “Our main target here is to win the Iraqis no chance at a come- fore taking three of the next four all the matches,” said Iran head back. points to close out the match in coach Behrouz Ataei. “Our team “This was our first game of style. is considered to be very strong the tournament so we played a “It is always important to be- but we cannot predict what will little nervous today,” said top tal- gin a championship of this lev- happen in any of our matches. ent Mohamed Abdulla after the el with a win,” Japanese head “We are just taking things one match. “We had many mistakes coach Kazushi Masunari said game at a time and we try to be in receiving and didn’t do very after their game. “Sometimes, better each time.” well in our attack. we do not play to our best and we Morteza Sharifi was their top “But we hope to do better in can only hold ourselves respon- scorer with 14 points, while Po- every game and we are very hap- sible. But the way we recovered rya Yali added 10. Feyzemam- py we won today against a very in the third set, it shows you the doust added four points and four strong team.” mental strength of the Japanese blocks. Jianfei Diao led China Hasan Abbas scored 11 points team.” with 16 points. to lead the hosts, while Sayed Japan captain Kento Miyaura Iran next play against Korea Alabbar finished with seven. Ab- had 13 points to lead his team. on Monday in what is expect- dulla had five blocks in the game. Ryuki Ban added 12 in the win, ed to be a thrilling and hotly Ali Abushanan paced Iraq with while Shunichiro Sato scored contested affair between two 14 points in the losing effort. nine points. Both Miyaura and juggernauts. Taipei captain Hsuan-Cheng Chiao attacks the net against Saudi Arabia