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Katy Perry denies Dr. Luke raped her 16 SHOW WORLD 12 Russia to hold biggest drills since Cold War Turkish lira ‘Hurricane Maria killed 3,000 in Puerto Rico’ Bahrain bags more medals weakens again San Juan Istanbul the Milken Institute School of urricane Maria killed Public Health at George Wash- he Turkish lira weak- nearly 3,000 people in ington University. It was re - Tened yesterday as inves- HPuerto Rico in the des- leased Tuesday. tors weighed up Turkey’s perate, sweltering months after “We are hopeful that the efforts to manage its rift the storm — almost double the 2,975 government will accept this with the United States af- previous government estimate died in the six months as an official death toll,” said after Maria devastated ter Finance Minister Berat — with the elderly and impov- the island. Lynn Goldman, dean of the in- Albayrak said US trade sanc- erished hit hardest, according stitute. “A lesson from this is tions against Ankara could to an independent study or- that efforts for assistance and destabilise the Middle East. dered by the US territory. recovery need to focus as much The currency has lost The new estimate of 2,975 September 2017 and knocked as possible on lower-income about 38 per cent of its dead in the six months after out the entire electrical grid areas, on people who are older, value against the dollar Maria devastated the island in was made by researchers with who are more vulnerable.” this year due to a sell-off accelerated by a row with Ali Khamis, Salwa Naser and Abbas Abbas of Bahrain celebrate after winning Washington over an Amer- the 4 x 400 metres mixed relay at the Asian Games in Jakarta. ican evangelical Christian pastor detained in Turkey Jakarta was third. on terrorism charges. More Manal El Bahroui folowed broadly, investors are wor- suit, racing to women’s 800m ried about the direction he Kingdom of Bahrain bronze in 2 minutes and of monetary policy under The biggest athletes put on another 2.69 seconds. Chunyu Qang President Tayyip Erdogan. Tsplendid show at the (2:01.80) clinched the gold, The president, a self-de- 18th Asian Games, being held followed by silver medal - scribed “enemy of interest in Jakarta and Palembang. ist Margarita Mukasheva rates” has repeatedly put On the fourth day of athletics (2:02.40) of Kazakhstan. public pressure on the cen- events, held at Gelora Bung Late on, the team of Ali tral bank and picked Al - Karno Sports Complex, the Khamis, Abbas Abubakr, Olu- bayrak, his son-in-law, as destabiliser Bahrainis extended their supe- wakemi Adekoya and Salwa finance minister. ‘Iran will be held accountable for its reckless acts’ rior run and notched four med- Naser rounded off Bahrain’s als – two gold and two bronze victorious day by taking home to remain in 12th position in the 4x400m mixed relay gold Iraq sending Brian Hook, the the medal table with 18 in total medal in total time of 3 min- • (8 gold, 3 silver 5 bronze). utes and 11.89 seconds. team to US Trump administration’s Kalkidan Befkadu opened India (3:15.71) and Kazakh- Baghdad newly appointed Iran has Bahrain’s medal haul win of stan (3:19.52) were respective special representative been the the day after coming first and second and third. The race saw raq will send a delegation for Iran, said Tehran’s single biggest third in the women’s 5,000m Oluwakemi fall in her final me- Ito the United States seek- final in a time of 15 minutes tres after passing on the baton ing an agreement on finan- policy of destabilising destabilising and 8.08 seconds. Maslova to Salwa, and was rushed to cial transactions with Iran its neighbours come element in the Daria (15:30.57) of Kazakhstan hospital for x-ray tests. following Washington’s at the expense of the Middle East was second and another Bah- There was even more joy for re-imposition of sanctions Iranian people. region. raini Rebitu Bontu (15:36.78) Bahrain as Edidiong and Yaqob on Tehran, Prime Minister MR MATTIS Salem made it to the women’s Haider Al Abadi said yes- and men’s 200m final. terday. Washington, DC Edidiong Odiong came sec- His statement was the threats to the Strait of Hormuz bollah and other proxy groups ond in her women’s semi-final first by an Iraqi official since he US Secretary of De- — would not be tolerated by the across the Middle East. heat in 23.01 seconds, while Reuters reported last week fence Jim Mattis said US and its allies. Slogans making similar Salem complete the men’s Baghdad was going to ask Tyesterday that Iran The Defence Secretary went points have been chanted at semi-finals heat in third place Washington for exemptions would be “held accountable” on to say that Iran was the anti-regime protests in Iran in in 20.61 seconds. from some of the sanctions for its reckless behaviour in the “single biggest destabilising recent months. The protests Meanwhile, Bahrain riders because Iraq’s economy is region. element in the Middle East re- have intensified as Iran plunges reached the second round of closely linked with neigh- He was speaking as a string gion.” further into an economic cri- the individual showjumping boring Iran. of senior American officials In Washington, Brian Hook, sis exacerbated by a return of events as they moved up to “We are not with eco - offered fresh warnings about the Trump administration’s tough US sanctions after Donald 14th position in the team sec- nomic sanctions against any Tehran’s aggressive foreign newly appointed special repre- Trump pulled out of a deal to tion country and that is our stra- policy and the effect it has on sentative for Iran, said Tehran’s curb Tehran’s nuclear program. The second day of equestri- tegic position,” state televi- destabilising the Middle East. policy of destabilising its neigh- “The regime’s economic mis- an sports saw Bahrain team sion quoted Abadi as saying Mattis said that Iran had bours come at the expense of management has put the coun- of Shaikh Hasan bin Rashid at a weekly news conference. been “put on notice” that its the Iranian people. try in a tailspin,” Hook said. Al Khalifa, Khalid Al Khatry, “continued mischief” in the Speaking at an event at the “The rial’s value has collapsed Sayed Adnan Al Alawi and region — including its support Foundation for the Defense of in the past year. A third of Ira- Ahmed Makki scored 82.82 for Houthi rebels in Yemen Democracies think tank, the nian youth are unemployed. A Bahrain’s Kalkidan Befkadu points in the team qualifier and supplying of missiles fired envoy highlighted the vast sums third of Iranians now live in celebrates winning the final of the staged at Jakarta International into Saudi Arabia, as well as spent by Iran on funding Hiz- poverty. women’s 5,000m athletics event. Equestrian Park. DON’T MISS IT RARE GIFT How safe is the 03 water we drink? Kate Middleton wears Bahrain Pearl Drop earrings ‘National London “The earrings contain a large round diamond with economy remains a smaller circle diamond hanging below it. Three ate Middleton has once again proved she knows baguette diamonds hang from there, with three more 04 key target of exactly how to rock jewellery fit for a literal queen. small diamonds making way to the dangling pearl. terror elements’ K The mother of three was photographed head- “Prince William‘s grandmother is more than gen- ing to church on Sunday during her family’s visit to erous in lending pieces from her jewelry vault to her Sudani killed Queen Elizabeth‘s summer retreat in Scotland, Bal- relatives for special occasions. As Kate walked onto the Indian ‘out moral Castle, People.com reported. steps of the Lindo Wing outside St. Mary’s Hospital to “Kate rode in the backseat of a car next to the 92-year- introduce her newborn son, Prince Louis to the world, 05 of his love for old monarch herself and wore earrings straight from she paid homage to the Queen by wearing another pair Bahrain’ her grandmother-in-law’s jewellery box: the Bahrain of diamond and pearl drop earrings,” the website said. Pearl Drop Earrings. The simpler earrings have proved to be one of Kate’s “According to Her Majesty’s Jewel Vault, the earrings favorites. She has worn them on several occasions, in- were made from a shell containing seven pearls gifted cluding during a 2016 visit to the Mauritshuis gallery to Queen Elizabeth from the ruler of Bahrain for her in Holland, where she viewed the iconic painting “Girl wedding in 1947. Kate seen wearing Bahrain Pearl Drop Earrings. with a Pearl Earring.” WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 29, 2018 02 Anti-human trafficking efforts lauded His Majesty praises initiatives launched by the LMRA to combat human trafficking

in persons and to safeguard freedoms HM the King expressed and human rights. • His Majesty also commended the appreciation of the sincere efforts of the Foreign Affairs Ministry, efforts that contributed to LMRA, National Committee to Combat bringing the achievement Trafficking in Persons, as well as other under constant keenness to government and civil organisations which earnestly worked to accomplish maintain values based on the honourable achievement. respect, equality and justice. HM the King congratulated the LM- RA’s CEO over the honour he received Manama by the US State Department as the first Arab personality among ten interna- is Majesty King Hamad bin Isa tional figures who have made remarka- Al Khalifa has praised the out- ble efforts to combat human trafficking, Hstanding international achieve- in addition to his significant initiatives ment made by the Kingdom, as it has to protect rights of expat labour. become the first Arab State to reach Tier The Foreign Affairs Minister stressed 1 in the US Department of State Traffick- that the achievement reflects the royal His Majesty receives Shaikh Khalid, Mr Al Absi and other senior officials at Al Safriya Palace. ing in Persons (TiP) Report. vision of making Bahrain a pioneering This came as His Majesty received country in the field of combating traf- Foreign Affairs Minister Shaikh Khalid Ausamah Al Absi, and members of the to bringing the achievement under by HRH Prince Salman bin Hamad Al ficking in persons. bin Ahmed Al Khalifa, Chief Executive committee received at Safriya Palace constant keenness to maintain values Khalifa, the Crown Prince, Deputy Su- He pointed out the close cooperation of Labour Market Regulatory Authority, yesterday. based on respect, equality and justice. preme Commander and First Deputy between the three sides, which has Chairman of the National Commit- HM the King expressed appreciation HM the King paid tribute to the role Prime Minister, in laying out initiatives contributed to bringing the national tee to Combat Trafficking in Persons, of the sincere efforts that contributed of the Coordination Committee, led and programmes to address trafficking achievement.

BCCI role hailed Parliamentary delegation from Jordan holds talks with MPs

MP Abdulrahman Boumajid, the ses- The Jordanian delegation sion of talks was attended also by MPs • Dr Jameela Al-Sammak and Hamad hailed the reform project, Salim Al Dosery. led by HM the King, Mr Boumajid stressed the impor- lauding Bahrain’s landmark tance of such meetings in exchanging development strides in all expertise and highlighting ways of combating terrorism and extremism fields in the prosperous era. through legislations and concerted efforts. His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa yesterday received, at Al Safriya Palace, Khalid Abdulrahman Almoayyed. HM the King appreciated Manama The Bahraini side shed light on the the sincere and dedicated efforts which were exerted by Mr Almoayyed to enhance the performance of the Bahrain Chamber of Commerce and programmes and strategies of the gen- Industry (BCCI) and serve the trade and economic sectors in the Kingdom. His Majesty commended the role of Bahraini traders and businessmen joint parliamentary session was eral secretariat, focusing on the efforts as well as marked contributions to the national economy, wishing Mr Almoayyed continuous success. held yesterday between Bah- exerted by the Council of Representa- Arain and Jordan at the Council tives to enhance parliamentary work of Representatives. in Bahrain. The Jordanian parliamentary del- The Jordanian delegation hailed the egation, chaired by Jordan-Bahrain reform project, led by HM the King, Fraternity chairman MP Qusai Ahmed lauding Bahrain’s landmark develop- Al Damisi arrived on an official visit to ment strides in all fields in the pros- the Kingdom. perous era. The visit affirms deep-rooted his- The delegation commended the ef- toric bilateral relations binding Bah- forts exerted by the Council of Rep- rain and Jordan, led by His Majesty resentatives Speaker in Bahrain to King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa and develop legislative work and promote King Abdulla II of Jordan. parliamentary diplomacy.

The Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Bahrain Center for Strategic, International and Energy Studies, Dr Shaikh Abdulla bin Ahmed Al Khalifa took part in the opening session of the third edition of the Indian Ocean Conference which was organised by India Foundation in Hanoi. The conference was inaugurated by Ranil Wickremesinghe, Prime Minister of the Republic of Sri Lanka and the Chairman of the Conference Organising Committee, Sushma Swaraj, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of India and Vivian Balakrishnan, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Singapore, and attended by government officials, distinguished political and academic figures and representatives from 43 countries. 03 WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 29, 2018 big story How safe is the water we drink? Two children had died in the Kingdom after consuming water, which carried a deadly germ Chromobacter Violaceum

Know the villain hromobacterium vi- Colaceum is a rare, but potentially life-threat- ening infection, with a high mortality rate. The bacteria first infects the skin, which can pro - gress and extend into A nitric acid can being used to deliver Mold seen on the cap of a water can. the bloodstream, and in- ‘sweet water’. fect key organs, causing organ failure and death. Symptoms include high fever, vomiting and low blood pressure. The rare These black family of germs causing containers are used the infection are resist- to store acid, the ant to first-line antibi - jewellers used it for otics used for standard their purpose but it infections. The bacteria is now being used to is water-related. store water which is totally unsafe. A SOURCE Mold formations seen inside a tanker truck. Unclean cans filled with ‘sweet water’ kept on a footpath in Manama.

side, according to claims. that came from out of an unhy- water containers can cost The parents of A Bahraini citizen, who is a gienic water tank, I once again 700 fills per refill or even • resident of Manama, said he has decided to speak out. over BD 2 for sealed new DID the dead children resorted sealed containers or wa- “Now I am doubly conscious ones. has blamed the ter after being suspicious about about the water I consume. Tribune contacted company as well as the quality of “sweet water”. Many of the cheap restaurants an illegal supplier who KNOW the Ministry of Health “I started noticing how dirty will give you free water which was seen refilling water the bottles they used to deliver they pour out of a jug. Just bottles at a cold store in for failing to inspect were. One day as I opened the imagine the process it goes Manama souq area yes- the tanks to ensure bottle and looked behind the cap, through before it reaches your terday. When asked about According to the they remained clean. I saw something green which glass. his business, he said, “I World Health very much looked like mold or “First of all they buy from own this business, I run it Organisation, Scores of unhygienic bacteria. these free visa suppliers who and take care of it.” waterborne • “I tried to wipe it off and it do not keep their containers When asked if had a diseases account water containers were clung to my hand, at this point clean, secondly they keep the licence he refused to an- spotted by Tribune I was sure that it was mold and water in their tank, which is swer citing that he needs for about 1.5 yesterday outside of that it would be unwise to drink also dirty. to leave as the traffic was million human residential buildings it. This is when I stopped drink- “Unlike food, water is much getting congested. deaths annually. ing water that is refilled from easier to pollute. Food can be His water taker ap - and shops in the these shops. It is unhygienic and cleaned by washing off with peared to have superficial tions could cause water-borne Manama souq area. I do not want to put my health water while water cannot be rusting and small holes. infections. Some of the water in danger. cleaned in such a manner. They The water bottles which “This is absolutely unhygienic. containers were the “Initially, when I found out are playing with the lives of he was filling seemed Many people drink this water about this I tried to warn people the people by distributing such dirty and molded. most probably because of igno- ones used to store acid. and tried to complain but I could water,” he warned. Scores of unhygienic rance. The tanks are definitely Superficial holes and rust found on a water not make a long lasting impact. According to sources, gangs water containers were not cleaned regularly. It is pos- tanker used by illegal suppliers. TDT|Manama I kept myself safe by avoiding it of ‘free-visa’ workers control spotted by Tribune yes- sible that many water-borne in- Mohammed Zafran but I could not make an impact the water supply business. terday outside of residen- fections can occur. Diarrhea and for other people. “This is basically an illegal tial buildings and shops gastroenteritis can be caused. rinking water supplied “However, after reading the business as they don’t have in the Manama souq Authorities I am sure will take to a large number of news in Tribune recently about any approval from the health area. Some of the water a note of this and take needful Dhouseholds and shops the two boys who died after authorities. containers were the ones steps,” he said. in Manama is unhealthy and un- drinking contaminated water “They earn a profit of mini- used to store acid. Tribune reported yesterday that hygienic, according to apparent mum BD10 per day or more in “These black contain- the High Appeals Court will hear evidence. most cases, so they are quite ers are used to store acid, on September 9, 2018, the appeal Apart from the seemingly dirty happy to continue doing this. the jewellers used it for filed by the parents of two children containers and bottles used in This is a business that expa- their purpose but it is who reportedly died after con- storing and delivering water, Many people triates manage, although the now being used to store suming bacteria-infected water. many of the containers also had drink this water, vehicle belongs to Bahrainis, water which is totally un- The children aged 5 and 11 holes and were left exposed in probably out who allow them to do this. safe,” a source said. years, died after drinking water the open on the streets. of ignorance. “These workers would pay a Tribune’s queries relat- which carried a deadly germ, According to sources, illegal monthly amount to the Bahrai- ed to the matter have so namely Chromobacter Violace- drinking water suppliers have The tanks are nis to be able to run and profit far not been responded to um, according to court docu- been mixing tap water with definitely not from the business. The expatri- by the Ministry of Health. ments. ‘sweet water’ in a 50% ratio. The cleaned regularly. ates are often free visa workers, When shown the pic- The parents of the children tap water is not purified in any Authorities, I am they do not work under a com- tures and videos of the blamed the company as well as way and is thought to be added sure will take a pany name or own a licence,” water containers, Gener- the Ministry of Health for fail- for adulteration, sources said. note of this. the sources added. al Practitioner Dr Babu ing to inspect the tanks of the The tanker truck delivering the While these workers charge Ramachandran said that former to ensure they remained DR RAMACHANDRAN One of the containers spotted with a huge water have mold formation in- 100 fils per refill, large sealed hole in the middle. such unhygienic condi- clean. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 29, 2018 04 ‘National economy remains key target of terror elements’ Workshop calls for joint efforts between nations to combat funding of terror

Maj Gen Al Hassan praised the• security efforts exerted Countries should enhance by the Ministry of Interior, cooperation countries to and the security authorities, combat criminal activities, in dealing with terrorist acts, including terrorist crimes, and in taking the necessary money laundering and measures to thwart these terrorist financing. crimes, in order to protect MR SIBERELL citizens and residents and fight against terrorism and its financing preserve their safety. cannot be carried out by a single insti- tution or state, but rather is a collective Mr Siberell said that it is action that requires joint national and the• common responsibility international efforts. of all countries to impose He highlighted the need to invest this opportunity to upgrade the security strict laws in order to combat system in the battle against terrorist terrorism while stopping the elements. flow of funds that facilitate The event was attended by US Am- all terror-related crimes. bassador to the Kingdom Justin Siberell and a number of representatives of the US Department of Justice and the TDT|Manama Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). For his part, Mr Siberell said that The main target of Iran-sponsored it is the common responsibility of all terrorists in the Kingdom is its nation- countries to impose strict laws in order al economy, Head of Public Security, to combat terrorism while stopping Major General Tariq Al Hassan said A senior Interior Ministry official honours Mr Siberell in the presence of Maj Gen Al Hassan. the flow of funds that facilitate all ter- yesterday. ror-related crimes. Maj Gen Al Hassan was speaking practices during the investigation and Security Officers Club, when he made The US envoy thanked the Minister after inaugurating a workshop on ‘Best funding of terror crimes’ at the Public this remark. of Interior for his directives to organise “The terrorists are trying to destabi- the event. lise Bahrain, target the lives of security The terrorists are trying to He pointed out the importance of men, hit the national economy and destabilise Bahrain, target continuing such activities that enhance endanger national interests.” the lives of security men, hit mutual cooperation and exchange of Maj Gen Al Hassan praised the secu- experiences between the two countries rity efforts exerted by the Ministry of the national economy and to combat criminal activities, including Interior, and the security authorities, in endanger national interests. terrorist crimes, money laundering and dealing with terrorist acts, and in taking MAJ GEN AL HASSAN terrorist financing. the necessary measures to thwart these The workshop, which had 28 partici- crimes, in order to protect citizens and pants from various departments within residents and preserve their safety. the importance of continuing to devel- the Ministry of the Interior, aimed to He hailed the sacrifices of the securi- op the skills of the security man and the exchange experiences and develop the ty men who even offered their lives in need to provide them with sufficient skills in uncovering and investigating defence of the security and stability of knowledge to confront any kind of ter- terrorist financing methods, combating the homeland. rorist acts while performing work. terrorism directed at local and interna- The workshop in progress. The head of public security stressed Maj Gen Al Hassan stressed that the tional communities.

Bahraini on trial for hiding fugitive TDT|Manama 22-year-old provided him shelter ‘New left-turn’ to boost traffic flow Ali Tarif despite knowing his status. The defendant revealed that Bahraini man, in his twen- the fugitive is his cousin and he ties, is set to stand trial requested to offer a shelter in Abefore the High Criminal order to hide from the police. Court for giving shelter to a want- “I asked him to surrender. But ed man in a serious security case. he was returning to our house The fugitive had been awarded a despite being kicked out many 15-year imprisonment sentence times, until police officers came in absentia after he was held and arrested him at our house,” guilty in a security case, but the the defendant said.

The expansion is expected to reduce waiting time by 35pc.

Manama Muharraq, Amwaj and Diyar al The project includes two new Muharraq. lanes, increasing the number of he Ministry of Works, The Minister of Works, Mu- lanes to five and delivering a 100 Municipalities Affairs nicipalities Affairs and Urban percent increase in capacity for Tand Urban Planning Planning, Essam Khalaf con- 1.2 vehicles turning left towards yesterday launched the work firmed that the works form part billion American dollars Hatem Al Tai road. Safety meas- to develop a new left-turn at of a five year strategy to develop is the Gulf Development ures and new traffic signals are the intersection between Dry road infrastructure in the King- Programme funding included. Dock Road and Hatem El Taie dom, supported by $1.2 billion for infra projects in the The expansion is expected road in Hidd, Muharrraq gov- of funding from the Gulf Devel- Kingdom. to expand the capacity of the ernorate, designed to improve opment Programme. Phase two junction to 1,500 vehicles dur- traffic flow between Shaikh of the strategy will include 15 ing rush hour, reducing waiting Khalifa Bridge towards Hidd, projects, it was learnt. times by 35 per cent. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 29, 2018 05

Expo opens

Works, Municipalities Affairs and Urban Planning Minister Essam Khalaf yesterday opened the third edition of Bahrain Property Development Exhibition (BaPDEX) at the City Centre. Leading Bahrain and Gulf real estate developers are taking part in the expo. The expo showcases projects worth over BD2 billion, according to the minister, who highlighted the contribution of the construction sector to the national economy.

Anchorman wins plea in Sudani killed Indian ‘out insult case TDT|Manama Ali Tarif

local anchorman Aconvicted of in - of his love for Bahrain’ sulting a former MP has been acquitted follow- ing a successful appeal Defendant charged with premeditated murder; next hearing on September 16 against a two month’s jail sentence. The defendant, aged out an ‘Islamic State killing’, where he tor- “I went to his apartment because I 53, was held guilty earlier The report stated that the tured his victim to death while recording wanted to advise him. He opened the for allegedly insulting ex- Indian• man was strangled to the murder using a camera, according to door for me, and I entered inside. He MP Mohammed Khalid court files. I decided to pour Chlorine on locked the door and attacked me. And I on his Twitter account. death after he was beaten up. The Sudani national murdered the vic- the body of the victim because responded in self-defence,” he revealed. The case was filed tim after encountering him on a public I saw in movies that they were The court documents say the defendant against the defendant by road at dawn. then proceeded with torturing the victim the former MP To mislead investigators, using chemicals to conceal the himself, the• accused is said to have He also sodomised him while he was and he killed him. but at that time it was dying, according to medical reports. traces of the crimes. To mislead investigators, he is said to lodged against an anony- written slogans on the walls The report stated that the Indian man THE ACCUSED have written slogans on the walls of the mous individual because of the apartment with an was strangled to death after he was beaten apartment with an intention to get people the Twitter account’s intention to get people up. belonging to a certain sect indicted in the profile indicated a fake belonging to a certain sect The Sudani national said he did “I didn’t have any relationship with murder. person. everything out of his love for Bahrain the victim. I saw him on the day of the “I decided to pour Chlorine on the body Following investi- indicted in the murder. and refusal to see drunk men walking incident at dawn and he was drunk. I was of the victim because I saw in movies that gations, police officers publically. talking with my Bahraini friends on the they were using chemicals to conceal the identified the anchorman TDT|Manama The defendant came to Bahrain in road and I stopped him. traces of the crimes. I also poured alcohol was behind the alleged Ali Tarif search of a job and he is a holder of a “I asked him about his religion and be- and powder all around the apartment. crime and he admitted medical engineering certificate. cause I love Bahrain and I don’t like to see “Before I left I wrote some slogans on he was the owner of the Sudani national told judges yester- “I came to Bahrain four months ago, drunk people walking in public. I ordered the walls to mislead investigators,” he account. day that he killed a drunken Indian looking for a job. My sister works as a him to show me his ID. But he ran away,” explained. The High Appeals Anational because “he loves Bahrain doctor at a hospital here. Her employers he added. The defendant has been charged with Court, however, fined and hates seeing drunk people walking on sponsored me, but I couldn’t find a job,” The defendant got to know about the premeditated murder. the anchorman BD50 for public roads”. the defendant said in his statement yes- accommodation of his victim through one His next hearing is scheduled for Sep- causing a nuisance to Shockingly, the 41-year-old man carried terday before the High Criminal Court. of his friends. tember 16 to hear prosecution witnesses. Mohammed Khalid. Council to seek British Preparations for Ashoora season discussed expertise for assessing credibility of universities TDT|Manama Thamer Tayfour

ahrain will use the expertise of British Accreditation Council to assess the Bcredibility of higher education insti- tutions operating in the Kingdom, Dr Abdul Ghani Al Shuwaikh, the Secretary-General of the Higher Education Council, said yesterday. Mr Al Shuwaikh said that the council is preparing to implement the third phase of the academic accreditation programme in Our academic Mr Al Asfoor in talks with the delegation. coordination and cooperation with the British accreditation Accreditation Council with the start of the standards cover Manama needs of the citizens, in coordination with the new academic year 2018-2019. relevant parties. He said that all academic institutions will be diverse aspects He discussed with the delegation areas of joint assessed to ensure that they meet all required from governance hairman of the Jaffari Endowments Council, cooperation and coordination during the Ashoora standards. to facilities. Shaikh Mohsen Al Asfoor, yesterday received season, affirming the Jaffari Directorate’s keenness He pointed out that a team of experts has MR AL SHUWAIKH Ca delegation from the Northern Governo- to finalise preparations for the events as early as been hired, from the British Accreditation rate’s Municipality, in the presence of Acting Jaffari possible. Council, to assess the credibility of higher strategy, financial management, teaching Endowments Director, Ali Mirza Khamis. Mr Al Asfoor said that the directorate had put education institutions. and learning, research, grants and innovation Mr Al Asfoor lauded the role of the Northern forward organisational regulations for all events to “Our academic accreditation standards apart from buildings and other facilities,” the Governorate’s Municipality in managing and de- be held on the sidelines of the Ashoora Commemo- cover diverse aspects including governance, official pointed out. veloping services and public facilities to meet the ration, and would announce them soon. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 29, 2018 06 Relief from Bahrain charities continues to flow to Kerala Yousif and Aysha Almoayyed Charity donates BD3,500 to help flood victims of Kerala

Mr Suresh hands over the cheque to Indian Club officials. Relief materials ready to be flown to Kerala.

soaps, antiseptic lotions and other relief tional since August 15 due to flooding statement added. |Manama TDT materials to be shipped to Kerala. and torrential rains. As a special gesture to students from The Indian Club Senior Member T The airlines have been notified re- CBSE affiliated schools, whose board any charity organisations and V Suresh handed over a cheque for INR garding the same and asked to make exam academic documents such as societies continue to send re- 100,000 towards Kerala Chief Min- sure the smooth functioning of the mark sheets/ migration certificates/ Mlief material to Kerala, the ister’s Disaster Relief Fund through 440 services as per the schedule. Passengers pass certificates have been lost or dam- Indian state which was devastated by Indian Club. people have died in floods can now book tickets to/from COK as aged in the Kerala floods, the Central floods and landslides over a week ago. The Club’s Acting President Thank- and landslides across the most of the airline’ s sites have already Board of Secondary Education has de- Yousif and Aysha Almoayyed Charity achan Vithayathil along with Acting Gen- various districts of Kerala. started facilitating journey planner on cided to facilitate and provide digital made a donation worth BD 3,500 to Bah- eral Secretary Siby Varghese and Indian or after august 29, Cochin International mark sheets, migration certificates and rain Keraleeya Samajan (BKS) in aid of the Club Kerala Flood Relief Committee’s Airport Limited (CIAL) stated. pass certificates. people in the affected areas of the state. Convener Mohamed Hussain Malim The flight services from Kochi Naval Over 1,300 schools are affiliated to The donation was handed over to received the cheque from T V Suresh. Base, which was carrying out rescue the CBSE in Kerala. Board exam aca- officials from BKS and includes dry Meanwhile, the Cochin International full-scale operations at 2pm today. operations have also been suspend- demic documents are crucial for admis- rations and other essentials such as Airport, which was closed due to inces- The airport, among the busiest in the ed. “Services from Naval base will be sion for higher studies and employment toothpaste, toothbrush, baby diapers, sant flooding in Kerala, will resume its country, had been rendered non-func- suspended from August 29 noon,” the etc.

Illegal Bangladeshi taxi driver loses appeal BDB plans to fuel entrepreneurial TDT|Manama Ali Tarif He was reported to police spirit by investing in start-ups by a Bahraini citizen who saw him transporting several peo- TDT|Manama Explaining the investment sive platform designed to assist he High Criminal Court ple to Bahrain International Mohammed Zafran plan for the programme, and empower entrepreneurs in has rejected an appeal Airport, after which they paid he said, “The investment starting their businesses”. The Tfiled by a Bangladeshi him money. ahrain Development amounts for start-ups through programme supports entrepre- man, who provided taxi servic- “When I asked them why you Bank (BDB) plans to in- BDB Seed Fuel Rowad Pro - neurs from the earliest stage of es without a licence. paid him, they told me that this Bvest in six to eight start- gramme is up to BD 250,000. idea conceptualisation all the He was earlier fined BD1,000 was agreed between them that ups per year, the bank’s Chief “In 2017, we invested in six way to the stages of growth and and was ordered to be expelled he would pick them up to the Executive assured. start-ups with a total invest- maturity along with distressed out of Bahrain as well as denied airport in return of BD5,” the The bank, through it Seed ment of BD 150,000. In 2018, stages. entry for three years. eyewitness told police officers Fuel Rowad Programme hopes we just completed one invest- The programme has a num- The defendant was arrested earlier. to fuel entrepreneurial spirit ment and have several others It is too early ber of centres dedicated to offering transportation services The defendant confessed and innovation in the Kingdom in the pipeline,” he said. supporting the development to pedestrians without having during questioning that he was by supporting promising and “For Seed Fuel Rowad we to give an exact of entrepreneurial enterpris- the required permissions from providing taxi services without innovative startups. are just within the second year success rate, es. The centers include Bah - the competent authorities. having the required licence. “We aim to invest into 6-8 of the funding program and but we believe rain Business Incubator Centre innovative startups annually are happy to say that 2 out of through our (BBIC) a multipurpose incubator that fit the overall criteria for the 6 have already received intense coaching, with office space and workshop BDB Seed Fuel Rowad,” Group further seed funding. mentoring and units, Business Women Incu- CEO of Bahrain Development “It is too early to give an ex- monitoring that bator Center (Riyadat) main- Bahrain-Russia Bank Sanjeev Paul confirmed act success rate, but we believe ly housing start-ups owned by to Tribune. through our intense coaching, we will hopefully Bahraini women entrepreneurs, mentoring and monitoring be able to achieve Rukn.me - supporting technolo- ties discussed that we will hopefully be able great success. gy start-ups, Arts cluster which Moscow DID to achieve great success,” he MR PAUL offers incubation facilities and the friendly relations between said. affordable rent for startups, and ussian Deputy Foreign the Kingdom of Bahrain and When asked about the big- Farmers Market which is a joint Minister and Special the Russian Federation which KNOW gest challenges faced by entre- why many of the innovative initiative between Bahrain De- RPresidential Envoy for are developing in various fields. preneurs in Bahrain, he said, Bahraini talents fail in commer- velopment Bank (BDB), Ministry the Middle East and North Af- They reviewed ways to en- “The biggest challenge for en- cialization of business despite of Municipalities and Urban rica, Mikhail Bogdanov, yester- hance them and develop them trepreneurs in Bahrain is not taking patents, he said, “We do Planning and Agricultural Af- day received at the Ministry of to a wider horizon to meet the The farmers market specific to them – typical chal- not see that it is linked to not fairs (MUN) and Tamkeen in Foreign Affairs of the Russian common interests of the two lenges is managing cash flow being business savvy. It is up to support of the National Initia- Federation, the Ambassador of countries and the two friendly which is located in and ensuring that they are able the individual to take advantage tive for Agricultural Develop- the Kingdom of Bahrain to the peoples. Hoorat A’ali has had to raise funding in a timely man- of the opportunity and the var- ment (NIAD). Russian Federation, Ahmed A number of issues of mutual over 60,000 visitors ner. Also for technology start- ious support programs that are The farmers market which is Al Saati. interest at the regional and in- since its inception in ups is being able to hire talent available to entrepreneurs.” located in Hoorat A’ali has had During the meeting, Mikhail ternational levels were further February. for programming, coding etc.” According to BDB, Rowad over 60,000 visitors since its Bogdanov hailed the course of discussed during the meeting. Responding to a question on Programme is “a comprehen- inception in February. 07 WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 29, 2018 business

Canada eyeing free trade Bahrain, Pakistan with southeast Asian bloc AFP| Ottawa US hopes to reach anada wants free trade Canada trade Cwith the ASEAN bloc, agree to boost trade Trade Minister Jim Carr said 'quickly': Mnuchin on the eve of a trip to Thailand and Singapore for “explorato- AFP| Washington The two sides ry” talks. expressed• commitment His comments follow a he United States hopes breakthrough in US-Mexico Tto strike a quick bar- as Foreign Minister bilateral talks to revamp the gain with Canada after Shaikh Khalid KNOW WHAT North American Free Trade reaching an agreement telephoned Shah Agreement (NAFTA) that saw with Mexico this week on Mehmood Qureshi Foreign Minister Chrystia continent-wide trade, US Foreign Minister Freeland interrupt a European Treasury Secretary Steven trip to rejoin trilateral NAFTA Mnuchin said yesterday. TDT| Manama Qureshi congratu- negotiations in Washington. Canada's Foreign Minis- lated Shaikh Khaild Carr on the August 28-30 ter Chrystia Freeland was he Minister of Foreign on achieving the trip will look to promote bi- due in Washington to begin Affairs of the Kingdom of Tier-1 status on lateral trade and investment talks later Tuesday, one day Bahrain, Shaikh Khalid anti-human traf- with Thailand and Singapore after US President Donald T Shaikh Khalid Shah Mehmood Qureshi bin Ahmed bin Mohammed Al ficking efforts and -- which, along with Canada, Trump suggested he could Khalifa and his Pakistani coun- termed it a remark- is expected to soon ratify the cut Ottawa out of any final terpart Shah Mehmood Qureshi, cooperation. in the Kingdom of Bahrain next Trans Pacific Partnership -- deal if disagreements per- yesterday agreed to reinvigorate Foreign Minister Qureshi year. able achievement and press for free trade with sist in the year-long efforts economic and investment rela- congratulated Shaikh Khalid For his part, the Pakistan Min- that made the en- the Association of Southeast to rewrite the North Amer- tions between their countries to on achieving the Tier-1 status ister expressed sincere thanks tire Muslim world Asian Nations (ASEAN). ican Free Trade Agreement boost the current bilateral trade on anti-human trafficking ef- and appreciation to the Minister proud “Expanding into the South- (NAFTA). volume of $310 million. forts and termed it a remarka- of Foreign Affairs for his con- east Asia region will help The two sides expressed the ble achievement that made the gratulations. up Hamad University in Islam- Canadian-owned businesses commitment as Foreign Min- entire Muslim world proud, The The Pakistan Minister af - abad and for hosting more than access one the world’s fast- Laos, Burma and Cambodia, ister Shaikh Khalid telephoned News reported. firmed the pride of the Islam- 100,000 Pakistani workers in est-growing markets,” he said would give Canada access to Shah Mehmood Qureshi to Shaikh Khalid stressed the ic Republic of Pakistan in its Bahrain. in a statement. 650 million consumers. congratulate him on assuming keenness of the Kingdom to strong and distinguished rela- He expressed concern over Canada and the EU provi- Ottawa is also eying free the office of foreign minister, support these relations and to tions with the Kingdom of Bah- the reports of visa suspension sionally entered into a free trade with Argentina, Brazil, Pakistan newspaper The News continue joint cooperation be- rain, praising the stances of the for Pakistani nationals by Bah- trade pact last September, as Paraguay and Uruguay, which reported. tween both countries to achieve Kingdom of Bahrain that sup- rain and hoped the visa restric- NAFTA appeared to falter and form the Mercosur bloc, and The two foreign ministers common aspirations. port the security and stability tions would be eased up. the US exited from the Trans has suggested a trade deal with agreed to revive institutional Shaikh Khalid also said that of the Islamic Republic of Paki- During the telephone call, Pacific Partnership. China is also in the works, mechanisms of joint ministe- he looks forward to the sec - stan and wishing the Kingdom both sides exchanged views on A deal with the ASEAN bloc, which if successful would rial commission and bilateral ond meeting of the Joint Bah- further progress and prosperity. the latest regional and interna- which includes Thailand, Ma- make Canada the first Western political consultations to ex- raini-Pakistani Ministerial He expressed gratitude for tional developments and issues laysia, Singapore, Indonesia, nation to do reach a free trade plore fresh avenues of bilateral Committee which will be held Bahrain’s assistance in setting of mutual interest. Philippines, Brunei, Vietnam, deal with Beijing.

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after officials from Washing- They manage using broad Equities had ton and Beijing last week held • talks aimed at easing trade ten- integrating mechanisms already been enjoying sions that have seen them hit a run higher after each other with tariffs on tens EOs must avoid trying to do too much themselves. It just isn’t Federal Reserve boss of billions of dollars worth of possible for them to make or even ratify most decisions directly. Jerome Powell last goods. CInstead, effective CEOs put in place well-designed structures week indicated that and processes that help everyone else in the organization make good ‘Festive mood’ choices. These inform, support, enable and integrate the work of While the meeting did not others while building the organization’s capabilities. AFP| London achieve any breakthrough, the The most powerful integrating mechanisms include strategy (on fact it took place was seen as a which CEOs in our study spent an average of 21% of their work time), tock markets climbed good sign. functional and business unit reviews (25% of their time), developing yesterday, with Wall Stephen Innes, head of people and relationships (25% of their time), matching organization- SStreet pushing even high- Asia-Pacific trading at OANDA, al structure and culture with the needs of the business (16% of their er a day after setting records said dealers were “in a festive time), and mergers and acquisitions (4% of their time). following a trade deal struck mood” as the deal removed Traders on the floor of New York Stock Exchange (File photo) HARNESSING STRATEGY. The CEO’s single most powerful lever is between the United States and “one major hurdle that has ensuring that every unit — and the company as a whole — has a clear, Mexico. been haunting North Ameri- well-defined strategy. Strategy creates alignment among the many Equities had already been Key figures around 1330 GMT can investors for months”. decisions within a business and across the organization. By spending enjoying a run higher after He added: “Markets are rev- New York - Dow Jones:  0.2pc at 26,100.65 points time on strategy, a CEO provides direction for the company, helps Federal Reserve boss Jerome elling in any trade positives... make its value proposition explicit and defines how it will compete Powell last week indicated New York - S&P 500:  0.2pc at 2,901.09 After all, a deal is a deal.” in the marketplace and differentiate itself from rivals. Strategy also that the US central bank would New York - Nasdaq:  0.3pc at 8,039.01 However, Trump appeared provides clarity on what the company will not do. A compelling not aggressively raise interest to temper expectations for a London - FTSE 100:  0.5pc at 7,617.89 strategy — if well understood throughout the organization — is rates. fresh round of talks with Chi- motivating and energizing. And without clarity on strategy, the CEO “US stocks are adding to a Frankfurt - DAX 30:  0.1pc at 12,554.75 na, saying after announcing will be drawn into too many tactical decisions. recent run in early action that Paris - CAC 40:  0.5pc at 5,504.72 the new pact that “it’s just In large, complex firms, CEOs can almost never spend enough time has the markets back in record not the right time to talk right EURO STOXX 50:  0.1 at 3,460.15 on strategy — they must constantly be working to shape it, refine it, high territory, with the global now” before adding “eventual- communicate it, reinforce it and help people recognize when they markets finding support from Tokyo - Nikkei 225:  0.1pc at 22,813.47 (close) ly, I’m sure that we’ll be able to may be drifting from it. CEOs must also ensure that the strategy is yesterday’s bilateral trade Hong Kong - Hang Seng:  0.3pc at 28,351.62 (close) work out a deal”. US renewed from time to time and based on changes agreement between the and Shanghai - Composite:  0.1pc at 2,777.98 (close) In foreign exchange trad- in the environment. Portfolio choices such as divestitures, mergers Mexico, which appeared to ing, Turkey’s lira weakened to and acquisitions are critical to strategy, and a CEO must be personally alleviate some of the festering Euro/dollar:  $1.1725 from $1.1680 at 2100 GMT around 6.2 against the dollar, involved with them. uneasiness,” said analysts at Pound/dollar:  $1.2926 from $1.2895 with dealers continuing to fret ALIGNING ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE AND CULTURE. To foster Charles Schwab brokerage. Dollar/yen:  111.08 yen from 111.07 yen over the country’s financial appropriate decisions across the company, the organization’s struc- The Dow added 0.2 percent crisis. The pound slid after ture needs to be aligned with its strategy. Otherwise, the CEO will at the open. In opening trad- Prime Minister Theresa May be drawn into endless adjudication among units. It can also become ing, the S&P broke through the raises hopes that the North Congress would approve a bi- indicated that a no-deal Brex- a big drain on the CEO and others if the organization is constantly 2,900 level for the first time American Free Trade Agree- lateral deal with Mexico. it would not be a disaster for lurching from one structure to another. ever, while the Nasdaq Com- ment, rejected by the White “For now, market partici- Britain, playing down warn- Culture — which encompasses an organization’s values, beliefs and posite also blew by the intra- House soon after US President pants seem to be content ings of serious consequences norms — is another key CEO lever for reinforcing strategy and influ- day record it set the day before. Donald Trump’s election, can knowing something got done for the UK economy. encing how the organization as a whole goes about doing its work. In afternoon trading in Eu- be salvaged after Canada re- at least with Mexico,” he said But it later rebounded CEOs can shape a company’s culture in many ways, from the time rope, London’s benchmark joins talks on Tuesday. in a note to clients. following a report from the they spend talking about it at various forums, to personally living the FTSE 100 index was up 0.5 per- Analyst Patrick O’Hare at Mizuho Securities said in a Evening Standard newspaper valued behaviors, to recognizing, rewarding and celebrating those cent. In the eurozone, Frank- Briefing.com said that it is note to clients that investors that Mark Carney had been who exemplify the desired culture while taking corrective action furt’s DAX 30 rose 0.1 percent still unclear whether a three- are monitoring “the US-Can- approached about staying on with those who don’t. It is the CEO’s job to champion the organiza- and the Paris CAC 40 gained way deal with Canada can be ada negotiations... and the im- another year as head of the tion’s culture and constantly look for opportunities to strengthen it. 0.5 percent. reached by the end of the week pact on US-China trade talks”. Bank of England following the DESIGNING, MONITORING AND IMPROVING PROCESSES. CEOs must The US-Mexico agreement as needed, or whether the US Monday’s agreement comes end of his term in June 2019. ensure that the company’s strategy is being well executed. This will occur when the organization has rigorous processes through which work — such as marketing plans, pricing, product development and strategy development itself — is done. Good processes bring together the best organizational knowledge and keep the CEO from continu- ‘Post-Brexit UK will be key investor in Africa’ ally having to override decisions. Formal reviews are essential to monitoring whether the compa- AFP| Cape Town premier in 2016 -- is seen as African continent. ny is delivering the required process performance. Though these an effort to reinforce Britain’s “As prime minister of a consume a quarter of a CEO’s total work time, they allow CEOs to ritish Prime Minister global ambitions after Brexit. trading nation whose success track progress, provide regular feedback, uphold high standards BTheresa May yesterday “By 2022, I want the UK to be depends on global markets, and ensure timely course corrections. Reviews are also necessary pledged to prioritise invest- the G7’s number one investor I want to see strong African to make sure that lessons learned are used to enhance the various ment in Africa as she started a in Africa, with Britain’s private economies that British com- processes through which work gets done. three-nation visit to the con- sector companies taking the panies can do business with,” However, excessive participation in reviews can get the CEO too tinent aimed at drumming up lead,” May told business lead- she said. involved in the company’s operations and mired in unnecessary de- trade deals ahead of leaving ers in Cape Town. “I want to create a new tails. We talked a lot with the CEOs in our study about this problem. the European Union. The G7 groups major in - partnership between the UK We have found, again and again, that many have a hard time shedding Her tour of South Africa, dustrialised nations but does and our friends in Africa built the COO or president roles they may have previously held. Some also Nigeria and Kenya -- May’s not include China, which has around shared prosperity and forget that their senior team should bear the primary responsibility first to Africa since becoming May with children in Cape Town become a big investor on the shared security.” for many reviews and keep the CEO informed on a regular basis. When CEOs fail to delegate reviews to direct reports who can handle them, they erode the autonomy and accountability of their management teams. That doesn’t help CEOs get the best out of others. A new batch of pilots who DEVELOPING PEOPLE AND RELATIONSHIPS. Building the company’s underwent training under the Gulf leadership pipeline is an important CEO function in its own right. Air-Tamkeen programme took We have found that CEOs must be personally committed to and be to the skies with the Kingdom’s involved in improving the quality of the company’s leaders. They national carrier as they completed cannot just leave this task to human resources. Leadership choices ground and base training courses. are also pivotal in shaping the company’s culture. Who gets hired, Seven pilots are now operating as second officers to complete a set promoted or fired signals what is truly valued by the CEO and the of flying hours and earn their next company. stripe to be first officers. CEOs need to get the most out of an organization’s talent, and In the picture: Top (from left to to do that, they must forge personal connections. Our CEOs spent right): Qasim Galadari, Khaled another quarter of their total work time in meetings that focused AlAbbasi, Gulf Air Chief Executive on building relationships. When trust is mutual, delegation comes Officer Krešimir Kucko, Omar Fathi more naturally, agreement is easier to reach and less monitoring and and Ebrahim Bushager. follow-up are necessary. Good relationships also make people more Below: Gulf Air Chief Operations likely to give you the benefit of the doubt when you need it — and to Officer Captain Suhail tell you the truth, which is invaluable at the top. Abdulhameed Abdulaziz Ismaeel, The time CEOs spend building social capital through a network Gulf Air Director Human Resources of personal relationships has many benefits and is time well spent. Nouf AlSowaidi, Gulf Air Chief Executive Officer Krešimir Kucko, Michael E. Porter is a university professor at Harvard, based Abdulrahman AlJanaid, Moayed at Harvard Business School in Boston. Nitin Nohria is dean of Darwish and Abdulaziz AlHasan Harvard Business School WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 29, 2018 09

Nestle to market Starbucks coffee Saudi stocks rise for 3rd day Zurich, Switzerland espresso maker Nestle Nyesterday said it has Saudi market Closing Bell sealed a deal to market the • products of US coffee giant SAUDI  0.5% » 8,037 buoyed by inflows Starbucks around the world, of foreign funds DUBAI  0.4% » 2,819 outside of its cafes. ABU DHABI  0.4% » 4,958 Swiss food giant Nestle, Dubai was QATAR  0.6% » 9,858 which also produces Nes- weighed• down by cafe instant coffee, had an- KUWAIT  1.0% » 5,5258 nounced in May it would Emaar Properties BAHRAIN  0.1% » 1,347 pay $7.15 billion (6.13 bil- OMAN  0.7% » 4,410 lion euros) for the rights Property, financial to market Starbucks coffee stocks• helped Abu Dhabi EGYPT  2.4% » 15,606 globally. Under the deal, some 500 Abu Dhabi index rose 0.4pc, Starbucks employees in the Reuters | Dubai helped by property and financial United States and Europe stocks. will join Nestle, the Swiss audi Arabia’s stock market In Egypt, the benchmark in- company said in a state - rose yesterday for a third dex rose 2.4pc as buying interest ment. Sconsecutive day, fuelled by returned to the market after a “With Starbucks, Nesca- gains in energy and telecommu- miserable quarter when emerg- fe and Nespresso we bring nications shares, while Qatari ing market assets came under together the world’s most stocks were lifted by financials. Traders on the floor of Saudi stock market (Courtesy of Asharq Al Awsat) pressure due to Turkey. iconic coffee brands,” Nestle Saudi Arabia’s main index Commercial International CEO Mark Schneider said. added 0.5 per cent, with Saudi Bank rose 4pc and El Sewedy “The outstanding collab- Telecom rising 1.8pc and oil re- of Riyadh joining emerging mar- sustained interest in financials, down by Emaar Properties Electric Co climbed 4.4pc, as oration between the two finer Petro Rabigh up 1.4pc. ket indexes next year. Recent ex- which were recently battered by which fell 2.4pc and a 2.1pc drop broker CI Capital raised its price teams resulted in a swift Saudi market, which has add- change data indicates those in- concerns about Turkey. Qatar in Emirates NBD as investors target to 248 Egyptian pounds completion of this agree- ed about 11pc in the year-to- flows have slowed but not halted National Bank rose 0.6pc and remained jittery about its agree- ($13.89) from 165 pounds. ment, which will pave the date, has been buoyed by inflows as stock valuations have risen. Masraf Al Rayan climbed 2.1pc. ment in May to buy Turkey’s The stock last closed at 181.66 way to capture further of foreign funds in anticipation Qatar index rose 0.6pc on Dubai index was weighed Denizbank in a $3.2 billion deal. pounds. growth opportunities,” he added. According to the state- ment, the deal will signifi- cantly boost Nestle’s portfo- Oil touches 7-week highs lio in North America. Gold climbs as dollar dips Bloomberg News said Reuters | London Nestle has struggled in the Reuters | London US for years. il prices stabilized yester- Oday, pausing after strong old edged higher yester- gains last week, but losses Gday, helped by weakness were limited after a US-Mexico $76.27 in the dollar after a trade deal Moody’s to pay $16 trade agreement eased con- a barrel was the price was struck between the United cerns about tensions between of Brent crude by 1500 States and Mexico but analysts mn over flawed the two countries. GMT said ongoing US-China tensions credit ratings Brent crude futures LCOc1 would continue to weigh. rose 6 cents to $76.27 a bar- The United States and Mex- Washington rel by 11:00 a.m. EDT (1500 ico agreed on Monday to over- GMT). The global benchmark haul the North American Free atings agency Moody’s touched $76.97 earlier in the agreed on Monday to over- Trade Agreement (NAFTA). Rhas agreed to pay session, the highest since July haul the North American Free The dollar was pinned at more than $16 million to 11. US West Texas Intermediate Trade Agreement (NAFTA). its lowest in nearly a month resolve charges tied to its (WTI) crude CLc1 futures fell Modest output increases against a basket of major cur- assessment of residential 21 cents to $68.66 a barrel. from OPEC also supported pric- rencies, while riskier assets An employee sorts gold bars in the Austrian Gold and Silver Separating Plant mortgage-backed securi- Last week Brent marked a es. The monitoring committee such as equities rose. A weaker ‘Oegussa’ in Vienna ties worth tens of billions 5.6 percent gain, while WTI of the Organization of the Pe- US currency generally boosts of dollars, market regulators increased 4.3 percent. troleum Exporting Countries demand for dollar-denominat- announced Tuesday. “We have put in a good ral- found that producers partic- ed commodities. after snapping a six-day losing $14.88 while platinum rose 0.7 The case also involved the ly the last couple of days and ipating in a supply-reduction “The main trade dispute, streak in the previous session percent to $805 after touching first charges brought by the for lack of any headline devel- agreement, which includes meaning US-China conflict, and touching a two-week high. a two-week high of $810. Securities and Exchange opments, possibly people are non-OPEC member Russia, cut is still going on so this NAFTA US gold futures for delivery Palladium rose 0.4pc to Commission involving de- starting to take profits against output in July by 9 percent deal is just a small aspect,” said in December were up 0.3pc at $952.50, having touched $956, ficient ratings symbols. these levels,” said Bob Yawger, more than called for. Commerzbank analyst Daniel $1,219.10. its highest since July 10. According to the SEC, director of futures at Mizuho OPEC and its partners agreed Briesemann, adding that the Short-covering could kick The NAFTA deal, which in- Moody’s failed to establish in New York. in late 2016 to cut output from effects on gold markets would in if gold breaks above $1,220, cludes new rules for the car and enforce proper internal Boosting market sentiment, 2017 by around 1.8 million bar- be limited. Kitco Metals analyst Peter Hug industry, lifted platinum and controls for models used however, was news that the rels per day (bpd) versus Octo- Spot gold rose 0.1 per cent to said. palladium because of their use to rate mortgage backed United States and Mexico ber 2016 levels. $1,212.65 an ounce by 1407 GMT Spot silver was up 0.2pc at in auto catalysts. securities between 2010 and 2013. As a result, the agency, one of the largest in the United States, corrected more than 650 ratings of mortgage-backed securities India says manned space mission to cost $1.4 billion valued at more than $49 bil- lion, according to the SEC. Reuters | New Delhi orations with space agencies In 54 cases, Moody’s rated from “friendly countries with securities differently than ndia said yesterday it expect- advanced space programmes”, its own models suggested it Ied to spend less than 100 the statement added. should but kept no record of billion rupees ($1.43bn) on its India’s neighbour and old ri- its reasons for doing so, the first manned space mission to KNOW WHAT val China first sent humans to commission said. be launched by 2022, suggesting space in 2003, becoming only The agency also issued 26 it is likely to be cheaper than the third country to have such ratings of securities called similar projects by the United India is cultivating a capability after Russia and the “combo notes” valued at States and China. reputation as a low- United States. about $2 billion in a man- India is cultivating a reputa- cost space power, China’s Shenzhou program is ner the SEC said was incon- tion as a low-cost space pow- after the 2014 launch secretively run through military sistent with ratings of other er, after the 2014 launch of an of Mars mission at a and government agencies and securities using the same unmanned Mars mission at a cost of $74 million, or its budget is not public. In 2003, ratings symbols. cost of $74 million, or less than less than the budget of officials said it had cost 18 billion A congressionally man- the budget of the Hollywood ISRO Chairman, K Sivan yuan here($2.62 billion). dated inquiry in 2011 said space blockbuster “Gravity” and blockbuster “Gravity” India’s space programme that ratings agencies had a fraction of the $671 million the has a total budget of around played an “essential” role US space agency NASA spent on crew to space for five to seven cape system, crew module con- the agency had “perfected the $4 billion, and Modi’s govern- in fomenting the 2008 melt- its MAVEN Mars mission. days in a craft that will be placed figuration, thermal protection engineering aspects of the mis- ment hopes recent satellite down on Wall Street -- and The Indian manned mission, in a low earth orbit of 300-400 system, deceleration and floata- sion”, although it was new to the launches - many on behalf of accused Moody’s in par- announced this month by Prime km, the Department of Space tion system, sub-systems of life field of bioscience - dealing with foreign governments - would ticular of internal “break- Minister Narendra Modi and said in a statement. support system etc required for living beings. improve its prospects of win- downs” in which the com- to be led by the Indian Space “ISRO has developed some this programme,” the statement Private agencies will also ning a larger share of the more pany systematically gave its Research Organisation (ISRO), critical technologies like re-en- said. participate in the mission, and than $300 billion global space highest rating to toxic assets will aim to send a three-member try mission capability, crew es- ISRO Chairman K. Sivan said ISRO might consider collab - industry. that later crashed. EMOTIONAL SELF-CONTROL IS QUOTE THE RESULT OF HARD WORK, OF THE NOT AN INHERENT SKILL. DAY TRAVIS BRADBERRY WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 29, 2018

ger to gain legitimacy and would repeatedly say in public that “the people’s voice is the voice of God.” The ouster of Mugabe did bring Old about the end of petty oppression. The police stopped harassing and PANASHE CHIGUMADZI taking bribes from drivers on the roads. Zimbabweans actively ex- he old guns have retained ercised their newfound freedom power in Zimbabwe. On to speak out: Many energetically Zimbabwe TAugust 24 the country’s insulted Mnangagwa in their com- constitutional court confirmed ments on his social media accounts. Emmerson Mnangagwa, the lead- Murehwa, my ancestral vil- er of the incumbent Zimbabwe lage in Zimbabwe, is a ZANU-PF African National Union-Patriotic stronghold. In late March, as the Front, as the president after re- campaign season was picking up, is the new jecting a legal challenge by the my family was surprised to see leading opposition party seeking Chamisa lead the first opposition the annulment of the results of the rally in the area in years, without country’s July 30 election. any incident. In April, I attend- According to the official results, ed a performance of “Operation Zimbabwe the incumbent ZANU-PF led by Restore Regasi,” a political satire Mnangagwa narrowly won the about the ouster of Mugabe, in elections - the first after the fall Harare. The play was directed of Robert Mugabe - with 50.8 per by the celebrated Zimbabwean Zimbabwe’s constitutional cent of the vote, and the opposi- playwright Daves Guzha. tion Movement for Democratic In late July, I had an event about ocratic openings, the cynicism unprecedented alliance with the court has upheld the election Change Alliance led by Nelson a book I wrote interrogating the about a fair electoral process re- military to force out Mugabe, the Chamisa won 44.3pc of the vote. events and history leading up to mained. On the eve of the elec- military and the police used tear of Emmerson Mnangagwa as Chamisa disputed the results, Mugabe’s fall at the same venue. tions, a young cousin who sup- gas, water canons and live bullets describing them as “fraudulent, Despite concerns about the wis- ports the charismatic and young against protesters from the oppo- the president of the country illegal and illegitimate,” and dom of holding such an event in Chamisa remarked, “The boy sition. Six civilians were killed. claimed he had won 56pc of the high electoral season, we were will win, but the old man will The actions of the military and vote. On August 10, he challenged freely able to discuss controver- rule.” Many of us, though hopeful police after the elections made it the results in the constitutional sial subjects such as Gukurahundi about change, were hard-pressed clear that in Mnangagwa’s “New court, which led to the postpone- — the term used in Zimbabwe to to see an outcome where the old Zimbabwe,” citizens enjoy their ment of Mnangagwa’s inaugu- describe the killing and torture men, the veterans of the libera- constitutional rights at the dis- ration. of thousands of civilians from the tion struggle of the 1970s, would cretion of the state. Despite the opposition’s opti- Ndebele minority in the Matabe- cede to young Chamisa the power Members of the opposition par- mism, the legal challenge was not leland province between 1983 and they consolidated after deposing ties continued to be harassed, expected to succeed owing to the 1987. The Ndebeles were accused Mugabe. assaulted and arrested. On Aug. judiciary’s tilt towards ZANU-PF of being “dissident” supporters of In early August, Chamisa’s sup- 4, riot police interrupted a news since independence from British Joshua Nkomo, a rival of Mugabe. porters poured into the streets conference held by Chamisa in colonial rule in 1980 Mnangagwa ran internal security of Harare disputing the election Harare. To control the bad press, After replacing Mugabe in No- for Mugabe at the time. results. In contrast to November, Mnangagwa sent a minister to vember, Mnangagwa has been ea- Despite these tentative dem- when Zimbabweans formed an disperse the riot police, tweeted Avoid all worries, better get a C-section! The challenges of trying to give birth naturally in surgery-happy Brazil

reaching 84.6pc. The procedure anomalies. is more profitable for these insti- Those of us who want a nor- tutions, which must think about mal delivery must often resort money, and more convenient for to small birthing centers with doctors, who don’t have to wait a staff of midwives and nurs - hours for the natural processes es, where epidurals are usu - VANESSA BARBARA of labor to unfold. ally not available, or to public And so, C-sections are rou - hospitals, where, according to t takes determination to have tinely prescribed under an end- a study by the Brazilian think a normal childbirth in Bra- less number of pretexts, many of tank Fundação Perseu Abramo, Izil, and I’m not talking about them as implausible as: placental women are more likely to suf - just getting through labour. allergies, asthma, scoliosis, gin- fer obstetric violence — that is, My country has one of the givitis, an excessively hairy baby, physical, sexual and verbal abuse highest rates of cesarean sec - a soccer match between Atlético from medical staff during labor. tions in the world: In 2015, and Cruzeiro, and — most crea- A third option is to hire a they accounted for 55 per cent tive of all — the assumption that whole “birth team” of out-of- of all births. (By comparison, evolution made the female body network professionals (com- that same year, the U.S. had a incompatible with labor. posed of an obstetrician or mid- C-section rate of 32pc, while Surgery is the rule; vaginal wife, a nurse, a doula, an anes- in Sweden, they accounted childbirth is the exception. thetist and a neonatologist) who for just 17.4pc of births.) Sure, So when I expressed my de - attend to the patient at her home C-sections are necessary and sire to let nature take its course or in a private hospital. But most lifesaving in certain situations, ahead of the birth of my daugh- women cannot afford their fees, like cord prolapses or placental ter two months ago, my OB-GYN which hover around $4,000. abruptions. told me she would assent “only In any case, it’s necessary to But according to the World if everything goes perfectly until prepare beforehand — I, for Health Organisation, once the due date.” She didn’t seem to instance, read the WHO’s “In- C-section rates climb higher notice that her logic was invert- trapartum Care for a Positive than 10pc, there is no evidence ed — natural labor should be the Childbirth Experience” — and that they help reduce maternal default unless something goes write down a birth plan with and newborn mortality; on the wrong — but perhaps that was one’s choices concerning labor but nonetheless routine inter- surgical incision of the vagina more severe lacerations and contrary, the surgery can lead to to be expected from a physician and delivery. ventions that I didn’t want, such that is performed to, supposed- pelvic floor dysfunction. But in significant complications, which who, according to insurance re- Mine contained demands as pubic shaving, the adminis- ly, protect the pelvic floor from Brazil, episiotomies are still per- is why the WHO recommends it cords, has an 80% C-section rate. which should be self-evident, tration of an evacuation ene - lacerations. The procedure was formed in 53.5% of births. only be undertaken when medi- When I asked why she hadn’t such as the ability to move ma and the artificial rupture of widely adopted in the past, but So, when my OB-GYN said, “I cally necessary. overseen more vaginal births, around freely during labor, to membranes. has undergone a steady decline do perform episiotomies, every That’s definitely not the case she said that nowadays, most of choose the delivery position and In my research I also learned over the last four decades as time,” I decided to find another here. In Brazilian private facil- her patients face complications to have my husband present in that there is a lack of evidence studies have shown that it not doctor. (She also said, “Nobody ities, C-section rates are even in their pregnancies. Brazil, it the delivery room, as well as a for the effectiveness of a pro - only does not provide benefits, deserves a 12-hour labor, right?” higher than in public hospitals, seems, is the land of statistical long list of potentially harmful, cedure called an episiotomy, a but might even contribute to even though I would have been

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ger to gain legitimacy and would Zimbabwe is rife with tales wa has repeatedly stated, includ- Wide Angle repeatedly say in public that “the of multiple centres of power ing in these pages, that the “New people’s voice is the voice of God.” within the establishment. Zimbabwe” is open for business The ouster of Mugabe did bring and will ensure democratic and John Locke’s about the end of petty oppression. Many believe that Chiwenga, human rights for all. TOP Old the army general who The police stopped harassing and The new United States law PANASHE CHIGUMADZI taking bribes from drivers on the ensured Mugabe’s ouster insists that the recent Zimba - political philosophy: roads. Zimbabweans actively ex- and Mnangagwa’s ascension bwean election must be “widely TWEETS4 he old guns have retained ercised their newfound freedom as president, is the power accepted as free and fair,” and its Is it still relevant? power in Zimbabwe. On to speak out: Many energetically behind the throne. army has to act as “nonpartisan” Zimbabwe TAugust 24 the country’s insulted Mnangagwa in their com- and “respect the fundamental constitutional court confirmed ments on his social media accounts. rights and freedoms of all per- Emmerson Mnangagwa, the lead- Murehwa, my ancestral vil- sons,” before the sanctions can 01 er of the incumbent Zimbabwe lage in Zimbabwe, is a ZANU-PF be removed. Without shedding African National Union-Patriotic stronghold. In late March, as the the sanctions, Zimbabwe cannot Front, as the president after re- campaign season was picking up, readily get loans from global fi- is the new jecting a legal challenge by the my family was surprised to see nancial institutions such as the JOEL INDRUPATI leading opposition party seeking Chamisa lead the first opposition World Bank or the International the annulment of the results of the rally in the area in years, without test of Mnangagwa’s treatment Monetary Fund. The sanctions bout a year ago, at Oxford in the United Kingdom, country’s July 30 election. any incident. In April, I attend- of his political opponents and had ban defence-related trade with smile at Senators and the guide of our walking tour was showing us vari- According to the official results, ed a performance of “Operation ramifications for Zimbabwe’s at- Zimbabwe as well as govern - Iothers talking about Aous colleges of those prestigious academic environs. Zimbabwe the incumbent ZANU-PF led by Restore Regasi,” a political satire tempts to better its relations with ment assistance for numerous how good free trade is He showed us a building where he said philosophy Mnangagwa narrowly won the about the ouster of Mugabe, in the global political and business programmes. for the U.S. What they students might have debated and discussed radical ideas, elections - the first after the fall Harare. The play was directed community in the post-Mugabe The postelection repression don’t say is that we lose for centuries. of Robert Mugabe - with 50.8 per by the celebrated Zimbabwean world. and the renewed American sanc- Jobs and over 800 Billion Among the philosophers he mentioned was one special Zimbabwe’s constitutional cent of the vote, and the opposi- playwright Daves Guzha. The United States, the Euro- tions are derailing Mnangagwa’s Dollars a year on real - name. John Locke. tion Movement for Democratic In late July, I had an event about ocratic openings, the cynicism unprecedented alliance with the his regrets and promised an inde- pean Union, the United Nations attempts to find international ly dumb Trade Deals.... A few months ago, when I was listening to Michael court has upheld the election Change Alliance led by Nelson a book I wrote interrogating the about a fair electoral process re- military to force out Mugabe, the pendent investigation. The police High Commissioner of Refugees acceptance and secure funding and these same countries Sandel’s video lectures on ‘Justice’ - available freely on Chamisa won 44.3pc of the vote. events and history leading up to mained. On the eve of the elec- military and the police used tear have reportedly suspended 16 and several additional countries from the international commu- Tariff us to death. These YouTube, from Harvard University - I met the name again. of Emmerson Mnangagwa as Chamisa disputed the results, Mugabe’s fall at the same venue. tions, a young cousin who sup- gas, water canons and live bullets officers for their conduct during criticized the mistreatment of the nity to rebuild Zimbabwe’s fragile lawmakers are just fine John Locke. describing them as “fraudulent, Despite concerns about the wis- ports the charismatic and young against protesters from the oppo- the crackdown on postelection opposition leaders and activists. economy. with this! Born some 400 years ago, John Locke the English the president of the country illegal and illegitimate,” and dom of holding such an event in Chamisa remarked, “The boy sition. Six civilians were killed. demonstrations. To contain the fallout, Mnangag- Zimbabwe is rife with tales of @realDonaldTrump philosopher and physician had influenced politics and claimed he had won 56pc of the high electoral season, we were will win, but the old man will The actions of the military and Police had also charged Tend- wa tweeted that he had “inter- multiple centers of power within justice systems in ways more powerful than, probably, vote. On August 10, he challenged freely able to discuss controver- rule.” Many of us, though hopeful police after the elections made it ai Biti, an opposition leader and vened” to ensure that Biti gets the establishment. Many believe 02 how many other frontrunners of western philosophy the results in the constitutional sial subjects such as Gukurahundi about change, were hard-pressed clear that in Mnangagwa’s “New former finance minister, with in- bail and is released. Mnangagwa’s that Chiwenga, the army general would have done. court, which led to the postpone- — the term used in Zimbabwe to to see an outcome where the old Zimbabwe,” citizens enjoy their citing violence and protests by announcement revealed the judi- who ensured Mugabe’s ouster It was on this day, 29 August, in 1632, that he was born ment of Mnangagwa’s inaugu- describe the killing and torture men, the veterans of the libera- constitutional rights at the dis- proclaiming that the opposition ciary’s lack of independence from and Mnangagwa’s ascension as in Somerset, England. And it is unlikely that anyone may ration. of thousands of civilians from the tion struggle of the 1970s, would cretion of the state. had won the elections. A threat- the governing party. president, is the power behind have thought then, that John Locke would grow up to Despite the opposition’s opti- Ndebele minority in the Matabe- cede to young Chamisa the power Members of the opposition par- ened Biti sought refuge in Zambia The United States has enact- the throne. As with Mugabe, the become one of the most influential thinkers of the Age of mism, the legal challenge was not leland province between 1983 and they consolidated after deposing ties continued to be harassed, but the Zambian officials handed ed a new law imposing tougher biggest challenge to Mnangag- Enlightenment (1620s – 1780s). expected to succeed owing to the 1987. The Ndebeles were accused Mugabe. assaulted and arrested. On Aug. him over to Zimbabwean police. conditions that Zimbabwe is ex- wa’s rule is likely to come from In fact, he went on to become the judiciary’s tilt towards ZANU-PF of being “dissident” supporters of In early August, Chamisa’s sup- 4, riot police interrupted a news When Biti was produced in a pected to meet before the sanc- his own ranks. he Foreign Minister “Father of Liberalism”. since independence from British Joshua Nkomo, a rival of Mugabe. porters poured into the streets conference held by Chamisa in Harare court, many foreign dip- tions imposed upon the country Tof Bahrain Shaikh It is essential Some political philosophers even say colonial rule in 1980 Mnangagwa ran internal security of Harare disputing the election Harare. To control the bad press, lomats and election observers during the Mugabe regime can (Panashe Chigumadzi is the author of Khalid Bin Ahmad Al that his writings had generated such agi- “These Bones Will Rise Again,” a book for us to After replacing Mugabe in No- for Mugabe at the time. results. In contrast to November, Mnangagwa sent a minister to attended to observe the pro - be removed. After taking over as about the coup that deposed Robert Khalifa called the For- understand tation in political discourse that they are vember, Mnangagwa has been ea- Despite these tentative dem- when Zimbabweans formed an disperse the riot police, tweeted ceedings. Biti’s case became a president in November Mnangag- Mugabe.) eign Minister Makh - that Locke the main reason the French and Ameri- doom Shah Mahmood can Revolutions actually happened! Qureishi. Both sides made us think His philosophy had influenced French agreed to work together of governance thinkers like Voltaire and Jean-Jacques to bring our two coun- by social Rousseau, and his momentous work tries and nations closer. contract that called ‘Two Treatises of Government’, @ForeignOfficePk benefits nation, in particular, had given monarchs, gov- society and the ernment leaders and politicians radical Avoid all worries, better get a C-section! 03 individual. new perspectives on ‘governance’ that they were unable to ignore. This British scholar was among those The challenges of trying to give birth naturally in surgery-happy Brazil who argued that all of us have a ‘natural right to life, liberty and property’; and that governments, based on ‘social con- tract’, must not violate these rights. reaching 84.6pc. The procedure anomalies. fine with it.) But when you think about to look like a sensible choice? Thomas Jefferson, one of the founding is more profitable for these insti- Those of us who want a nor- Instead of a whole team, I de- it, this is not a surprise in a Luckily my obstetrician smug- n three occasions fathers of the United States of America, was so captured tutions, which must think about mal delivery must often resort cided to hire only an obstetri - country where abortion is gled in several cups of water and Otoday, I asked the by the teachings of John Locke that he had incorporated money, and more convenient for to small birthing centers with cian and a nurse, who would be peach Jell-O, and that was how I President to comment on them into the US Declaration of Independence of 1776. doctors, who don’t have to wait a staff of midwives and nurs - complemented by the staff at the still illegal. On childbirth, as managed to deliver my daughter, @SenJohnMcCain and, When Thomas Jefferson drafted the declaration, bor- hours for the natural processes es, where epidurals are usu - hospital. The contractions be- on so many other matters Mabel: with the help of anes - finally, on the American rowing from Locke, he gave three examples of “unaliena- VANESSA BARBARA of labor to unfold. ally not available, or to public gan on a Sunday morning, in the concerning women’s rights, thetics, exercise and Jell-O. It Legion’s call to lower ble rights” which all his country’s citizens must be entitled And so, C-sections are rou - hospitals, where, according to middle of the World Cup match everybody wants to have a was almost midnight. the White House flags to to, namely “Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.” t takes determination to have tinely prescribed under an end- a study by the Brazilian think between England and Panama. say in what we should do. The fact that I could do this half staff. He ignored my The related text in the US Declaration of Independence a normal childbirth in Bra- less number of pretexts, many of tank Fundação Perseu Abramo, I was at home when I started by myself, and then immediate- questions, but eventual- says: “We hold these Truths to be self-evident, that all Izil, and I’m not talking about them as implausible as: placental women are more likely to suf - to feel weird and spotted some ly hold Mabel in my arms and ly he issued a statement Men are created equal, that they are endowed by their just getting through labour. allergies, asthma, scoliosis, gin- fer obstetric violence — that is, blood. By the time Japan vs. Sen- nurse her for an hour was a lit- and lowered the flags. Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among them My country has one of the givitis, an excessively hairy baby, physical, sexual and verbal abuse egal had begun, I was vomiting tle miracle of its own in such a Jonathan Karl added, are Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness – That to highest rates of cesarean sec - a soccer match between Atlético from medical staff during labor. orange juice and frantically call- medicalized, paternalistic set- @jonkarl secure these Rights, Governments are instituted among tions in the world: In 2015, and Cruzeiro, and — most crea- A third option is to hire a ing the nurse. At some point, I ting. It’s a shame that it takes so Men, deriving their just Powers from the Consent of the they accounted for 55 per cent tive of all — the assumption that whole “birth team” of out-of- saw a black vulture landing on much effort — and money, and Governed”. of all births. (By comparison, evolution made the female body network professionals (com- the roof of a neighboring build- knowledge — for a woman to get 04 The choice or the consent of its citizens is therefore that same year, the U.S. had a incompatible with labor. posed of an obstetrician or mid- ing (seriously). what should be normal. A vagi- paramount when it comes to the conduct of elected C-section rate of 32pc, while Surgery is the rule; vaginal wife, a nurse, a doula, an anes- When the nurse arrived, four under me while I tried to con - nal birth is, after all, the wish of governments. in Sweden, they accounted childbirth is the exception. thetist and a neonatologist) who hours into the start of labor and centrate on a contraction, even 72pc of Brazilian women at the While it may have the right to control what its citizens for just 17.4pc of births.) Sure, So when I expressed my de - attend to the patient at her home many hot showers later, I was though there was already blood beginning of their pregnancies; do, the government must note however that it can do C-sections are necessary and sire to let nature take its course or in a private hospital. But most almost 8 centimeters dilated. We and vomit everywhere in the then so many of them are per- so, only to the extent that it does not violate the natural lifesaving in certain situations, ahead of the birth of my daugh- women cannot afford their fees, rushed to one of the hospitals room. Later, they would check suaded to have a C-section in the rights of individuals. like cord prolapses or placental ter two months ago, my OB-GYN which hover around $4,000. in my insurance plan’s network me over many times for surgery months that follow, sometimes he majority of school Locke had believed that no government should ever abruptions. told me she would assent “only In any case, it’s necessary to (with a C-section rate of 88.8pc), stitches that didn’t exist. only for the convenience of their Tstudents here in take away any individuals’ fundamental rights. But according to the World if everything goes perfectly until prepare beforehand — I, for where they gave me a combined During the whole process, doctors. #Gaza are in great need For example, since the fruit of a man’s labour is effec- Health Organisation, once the due date.” She didn’t seem to instance, read the WHO’s “In- spinal-epidural block that made the hospital’s anesthesiologist But when you think about it, of basic school supplies. tively his property, how much of it can be taken away as C-section rates climb higher notice that her logic was invert- trapartum Care for a Positive life beautiful again. wouldn’t allow me to eat or this is not a surprise in a country Therefore, we have de- ‘tax’? Is it with his consent? Moreover, is the man able to than 10pc, there is no evidence ed — natural labor should be the Childbirth Experience” — and The next stage took seven drink anything, just in case it where abortion is still illegal. On cided to help these stu- enjoy the results of what he has gained without undue that they help reduce maternal default unless something goes write down a birth plan with hours of exercises, massages turned out I needed a C-section. childbirth, as on so many other dents get the needed tools government intervention? and newborn mortality; on the wrong — but perhaps that was one’s choices concerning labor but nonetheless routine inter- surgical incision of the vagina more severe lacerations and and a few lindy hop steps to (A recent review by Cochrane, matters concerning women’s and clothes to start their Conservative governments may not hold the same view contrary, the surgery can lead to to be expected from a physician and delivery. ventions that I didn’t want, such that is performed to, supposed- pelvic floor dysfunction. But in the sounds of “Fly Me to The a global independent organi - rights, everybody wants to have new school year in Gaza as liberal governments. But it is essential for us to under- significant complications, which who, according to insurance re- Mine contained demands as pubic shaving, the adminis- ly, protect the pelvic floor from Brazil, episiotomies are still per- Moon.” The hospital staff some- zation that produces systemat- a say in what we should do. Here, which has almost started. stand that Locke made us think of governance by social is why the WHO recommends it cords, has an 80% C-section rate. which should be self-evident, tration of an evacuation ene - lacerations. The procedure was formed in 53.5% of births. times fell into the same routine ic assessments of evidence on the real miracle is a woman be- @MuhammadSmiry contract that benefits nation, society and the individual. only be undertaken when medi- When I asked why she hadn’t such as the ability to move ma and the artificial rupture of widely adopted in the past, but So, when my OB-GYN said, “I procedures drilled into them by health care, found no evidence ing heard at all. Is there a threat to the life of an individual? Is the lib- cally necessary. overseen more vaginal births, around freely during labor, to membranes. has undergone a steady decline do perform episiotomies, every thousands of C-section births: supporting this protocol.) Who Disclaimer: (Views expressed erty of the individual restricted? Is the individual unable That’s definitely not the case she said that nowadays, most of choose the delivery position and In my research I also learned over the last four decades as time,” I decided to find another The obsession with sterility, for could have guessed that with - (Vanessa Barbara, a contributing by columnists are personal and to fully enjoy his own property? opinion writer, is the editor of the here. In Brazilian private facil- her patients face complications to have my husband present in that there is a lack of evidence studies have shown that it not doctor. (She also said, “Nobody example, was absurd. I clear - out any food, enduring hours of literary website A Hortaliça and the need not necessarily reflect our If the answer to these questions is yes, then the govern- ities, C-section rates are even in their pregnancies. Brazil, it the delivery room, as well as a for the effectiveness of a pro - only does not provide benefits, deserves a 12-hour labor, right?” ly remember a nurse aimlessly labor would start to feel impos- author of two novels and two nonfic- editorial stances) ment is failing in following moral principles, laid down higher than in public hospitals, seems, is the land of statistical long list of potentially harmful, cedure called an episiotomy, a but might even contribute to even though I would have been trying to change a dirty sheet sible and a cesarean would start tion books in Portuguese.) by Locke.

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RSergei Lavrov warned suspect was detained Mon- The Vostok-2018 exercises that Moscow will take recip- day -- as he was leaving a will be carried out from Sep - rocal measures in response psychiatric hospital -- on tember 11 to 15 in the country’s to Washington’s latest sanc- suspicion of assault and sex- east with the participation of tions, in an interview to a ual harassment. China and Mongolia. Slovak newspaper published Laguerre wrote on Face- “This will be something of yesterday. book that she was returning a repeat of Zapad-81, but in “We will continue to act home when a man started some senses even bigger,” Ser- calmly and pragmatically, using “dirty language, in a gei Shoigu said of the 1981 war reacting to all attacks in ac- humiliating and provocative games in Eastern Europe, in cordance with the principle manner”. comments reported by Russian of reciprocity,” Lavrov told news agencies. the Slovak paper Pravda. He said “more than 1,000 The interview was also aircraft, almost 300,000 troops published in Russian on the Japanese man freed and almost all the ranges of the Russian foreign ministry’s Central and Eastern military website. “At the same time by N.Korea returns districts” would be involved in we remain open to building to Tokyo the exercises. normal mutually respectful “Imagine 36,000 pieces of relations with Washington Tokyo, Japan military equipment moving to- A picture taken on August 26, 2018, shows Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) and Russian Defense Minister Sergei based on a genuine consid- gether at the same time -- tanks, Shoigu (R) looking at vegetation during a short vacation in the remote Tuva region in southern Siberia eration of each other’s inter- Japanese man detained armoured personnel carriers, in- ests,” Lavrov added. Aby North Korea earlier fantry fighting vehicles. And all This month the US imposed this month arrived in To- of this, of course, in conditions cus is planning a Russian-backed that the jihadist group Tahrir nesses and the scientific educa- new sanctions on Russia over kyo on Tuesday, local media as close to combat as possible.” offensive on rebel-held Idlib al-Sham “is close to committing tional community while expand- the attempted assassination reported, after Pyongyong Moscow said last year’s Za- province. a very serious provocation in ing the freedom for initiative of a former spy in Britain. said it was freeing him on pad-2017 military drills, con- Quoting anonymous sources, Idlib using chemical weapons”. and creativity of our people,” The sanctions include humanitarian grounds. ducted in ally Belarus and re- the Kommersant daily reported Putin said in comments released halting foreign aid to Russia, Tomoyuki Sugimoto ar- gions of Russia, saw the partici- that Russia sent two warships Focus on tech by the Kremlin. blocking the sale of items or rived at Tokyo’s Haneda pation of roughly 12,700 troops. and an additional anti-aircraft In another development, Pres- He called on the authorities to services related to defence airport from Beijing, where But NATO claimed Russia missile system to the Mediter- ident Vladimir Putin said yes- do everything for talented youth and national security, and he landed earlier Tuesday, could have been massively un- ranean in August. terday that a scientific break- to “feel like they are in demand” banning any govt credit sup- according to public broad- derreporting the scale of the Pro-Kremlin paper Izvestia through was a key priority for and to lure “scientists from all port for any exports. caster NHK and Kyodo news exercises, which some of the said Russia currently has 10 Russia as the country struggles over the world to Russia”. The sanctions, first an - agency. alliance’s eastern members said warships and two submarines with increasing international Putin said Russia’s financing nounced August 8, are a Reporters at the airport involved more than 100,000 ser- in Syrian waters, saying this isolation and a brain drain. for science has drastically in- response to the March 4 did not see the man while vicemen. amounted to Moscow’s biggest “We have placed the scientif- creased in the last 17 years and failed attempt to kill former the foreign ministry did not military presence there since it ic technological breakthrough called for the state to “create Russian agent Sergei Skri- immediately confirm his ar- ‘Reinforcing military presence became involved in the conflict among our key national goals conditions to attract talented pal and his daughter Yulia rival. His arrest was report- off Syria’ in 2015. and priorities,” Putin said at a youth to science”. Skripal using Novichok, a ed earlier in August, though Meanwhile, Russian media re- According to Izvestia, Russia tech forum in Siberia’s main city But critics say the government military-grade nerve agent the exact date and reason ported that the country is rein- plans to send “several more” Novosibirsk. has done little to improve the developed by the Soviet Un- for his detention remains forcing its military presence in warships to Syria. “I am convinced that we are investment climate and oppor- ion during the Cold War. unclear. Earlier this week the Mediterranean near Syria, as Russia’s deputy foreign min- able to accomplish this by unit- tunities for businesses and sci- North Korea’s KCNA news speculation grows that Damas- ister Sergei Ryabkov charged ing the efforts of the state, busi- entists in Russia. agency said he was being released, without providing further details. Britain’s May dances with children in South Africa Strong quake Her moves provoked hilarity online, with Tweets comparing her to the Tin Man from The Wizard of Oz strikes off eastern Indonesia Daily Mail tween Britain and South Africa. At a packed school assem - Kupang, Indonesia heresa May cemented her Theresa May has bly, Mrs May told pupils: ‘Can Treputation as the ‘Maybot’ I thank all those young people strong 6.2 magnitude today with a cringeworthy at- stolen my ‘I should who were involved in the per- Aearthquake struck east- tempt at dancing with school- have gone to bed at formances outside who wel- ern Indonesia on Tuesday, children in South Africa. least an hour ago’ comed me.’ the US Geological Survey The Prime Minister was wedding dance She added: ‘What I see before me in this hall today is the future said, but there was no tsu- greeted by a beautiful display of ANDREW JONES nami warning or immediate traditional singing and dancing of South Africa.’ reports of damage. as she met youngsters in Cape TWITTER USER The Prime Minister is to make The offshore tremor Town this morning. clear the £13billion annual de- struck at a shallow depth But her toe-curling bid to copy velopment budget will ‘una- of eight kilometres (five the children’s movements had Others were more forgiv - shamedly’ be used for the UK’s miles), about 100 kilometres TV viewers watching through ing, sympathising with Mrs ‘national interest’. southeast of Kupang on the their fingers as she jerked and May for being made to dance Mrs May landed in Cape Britain’s Prime Minister Theresa May (C) watches school children dancing during Indonesian portion of Ti- shuffled her way across the play- on TV, something which they a visit to the ID Mkhize Secondary School in Gugulethu Town this morning on board mor island, the USGS said. ground. said would terrify most British the RAF Voyager following a 12- It was followed by a shal- A video of her dance moves people. Sky News reporter Alan so.’ hour flight ahead of a three-day low 5.6 magnitude quake provoked hilarity online, with Twitter user Andrew Jones McGuinness added: ‘Theresa The Prime Minister was vis- tour of South Africa, Kenya and nearby. Witnesses described Twitter jokers comparing her to joked: ‘Theresa May has stolen May is me at weddings after be- iting the I.D. Mkize Secondary Nigeria. In a keynote speech a powerful jolt from the first the Tin Man from The Wizard of my ‘I should have gone to bed ing dragged to the dance floor School, which takes part in a today, she will also pledge to tremor which lasted a few Oz and footballer Peter Crouch at least an hour ago’ wedding and forced to dance after an en- British Council funded teacher drive up investment by British seconds. doing his robot celebration. dance.’ tire evening of avoiding doing exchange, to promote ties be- businesses in Africa. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 29, 2018 13

Truce reached in Libyan capital Tripoli, Libya No role for UN court truce has been reached Aafter deadly clashes erupted between rival mi- litias in Tripoli, a security source said Tuesday as res- idents reported calm had returned to Libyan capital. in Iran case, says US Five people were killed and 33 wounded on Mon- day, the health ministry US lawyer told the International Court that it “lacks prima facie jurisdiction to hear Iran’s claims said, as two factions faced off with tanks and pickup trucks mounted with ma- Iran argued that chine guns. • After explosions and gun- Trump breached fire rocked Tripoli’s sub- a 1955 treaty urbs, a truce was reached on KNOW WHAT Monday evening according Trump said the deal to a source from the security did• not do enough to services. Negotiations were due curb the threat from Iran A second wave of to take place on Tuesday punitive measures aimed at achieving a lasting The Hague, Netherlands ceasefire, the source added. is due to hit the A resident of the Ain Zara he United States told UN OPEC member neighbourhood in south- judges yesterday they had state in early No- east Tripoli confirmed calm Tno jurisdiction to rule on vember, targeting had returned to the area. Tehran’s demand for them to its vital energy order the suspension of debili- sector including tating nuclear-related sanctions oil exports against Iran. UN meeting on Washington cited security concerns in its first legal re - Jennifer G Newstead (C), lawyer of lawyer for the United States and representative of Iran Mohsen Mohebi (L) are pictured Syrian constitution sponse to a suit by the Islamic during the opening of case between Iran and the United States at the The International Court of Justice (ICJ) in the Hague Republic, which is suffering in- Geneva, Switzerland creasing economic chaos. States had the right to protect nuclear weapons. ness deals. The Islamic Republic’s lead Iran has argued that US Pres- its national security and other But Trump said the deal did The US lawyers held Iran to representative in the case, Mo- he UN peace envoy for ident Donald Trump breached interests. not do enough to curb the threat blame for its economic woes. hsen Mohebi, branded the sanc- TSyria will host senior a 1955 treaty with his decision The treaty “cannot therefore from Iran. They have “deep roots in the tions “naked economic aggres- officials from a range of to reimpose the sanctions after provide a basis for this court’s He pulled out of the accord Iranian government’s misman- sion”. Western and Middle-East- withdrawing from a multilateral jurisdiction” in the case, she in May and began reimposing agement of its own economy US Secretary of State Mike ern countries next month nuclear accord. said. sanctions this month, alarming and repression of its own popu- Pompeo on Monday dismissed for talks on drafting a new But US State Department law- Sanctions on Iran had been other signatories to the deal. lation,” Newstead said. Iran’s claims as “meritless”. Syrian constitution, the UN yer Jennifer Newstead told the lifted under a landmark 2015 In the first day of hearings The US measures have added said yesterday. International Court of Justice in accord with the five perma - at the ICJ on Monday, Iran’s Oil sanctions coming to Iran’s economic woes, fuel- Syria envoy Staffan de The Hague that it “lacks prima nent members of the UN Secu- lawyers said the sanctions were Trump says the sanctions are ling strikes and protests across Mistura has been tasked facie jurisdiction to hear Iran’s rity Council plus Germany. In threatening the welfare of its needed to ensure Iran never the political spectrum. with setting up a committee claims”. return, Tehran made commit- citizens and disrupting tens of builds a nuclear bomb. He ac- Iran’s currency has lost to write a new constitution She argued that the United ments not to seek to develop billions of dollars’ worth of busi- cuses it of supporting terrorists. around half its value since April. for the war-ravaged country. He is already set to host a meeting on September 11-12 at the UN’s European head- quarters in Geneva of sen- Philippine court asked to ior officials from the main Pompeo visit scrapped foreign powers backing the halt ICC withdrawal project. And on Tuesday, UN spokeswoman Alessan- Manila, Philippines the tribunal’s founding treaty. dra Vellucci said de Mistu- after letter from North Duterte in March gave no- ra had convened a one-day ights advocates urged the tice he was pulling out of the meeting on September 14 Washington Yong Chol, vice chairman of had not seen sufficient progress RPhilippines’ top court yes- agreement, saying the ICC’s with senior representatives North Korea’s ruling party, toward Pyongyang denuclear- terday to halt President Rod- examination of his interna- from Egypt, France, Germa- S Secretary of State Mike were not known, the Post said. izing. Trump acted amid in- rigo Duterte’s push to quit the tionally condemned drug war ny, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, the UPompeo’s planned trip to Pompeo received it Friday dependent reports that North International Criminal Court, was “unduly and maliciously United Kingdom and the North Korea last weekend was and showed it to President Korea has done little or nothing which has launched a prelimi- created”. United States. cancelled after he received Donald Trump. They conclud- to roll back its nuclear program, nary probe into his deadly nar- However opposition sena- what US officials deemed to be ed it was belligerent enough to despite promises made at a his- cotics crackdown. tors and rights advocates have a belligerent letter from Pyong- call off the visit, the Post said toric summit in June with Kim In oral arguments before the asked the Supreme Court to yang, The Washington Post re- late Monday, quoting two ad- Jong Un. Supreme Court in Manila, they declare the withdrawal invalid, In U-turn, Trump ported. ministration officials. Trump also blasted China for told the justices the Philippine arguing the constitution re- The precise contents of the In pulling the plug on the not doing enough to help push Senate would have to approve quires two-thirds of the Senate lowers WHouse flag letter, which came from Kim visit, Trump tweeted that he denuclearization. the nation’s withdrawal from to approve the move. for McCain Washington, United States

nder fire for what crit- Uics said was a lack of Rare 1962 Ferrari sold for a staggering $48.4 million respect for the late US sen- ator John McCain, Presi- went for $21.5 million (£16.7m) - Italian factory with a 3.0-litre dent Donald Trump issued The car eclipsed the third most expensive British V12 engine under the bonnet Monday a formal procla- • car of all time - and raised a total that produces a quoted 300bhp. mation about the lawmak- the previous record - of $157.6 million (£122.1m) in That was good enough for a er’s death and ordered the also held by a Ferrari total with 124 vehicles changing zero to 60mph sprint in 6.1 sec- White House flag back to 250 GTO made in the hands. onds and a top speed of 174mph half-staff. same year - of $38.1 The sale is one of the biggest - enough for the 250 GTO to “Despite our differenc- of the year, taking place dur- dominate the motorsport scene es on policy and politics, I million (£29.5m) ing the Pebble Beach Concours during its heyday. respect Senator John Mc- d’Elegance - a five-day festival If rumours are to be believed, Cain’s service to our coun- Daily Mail of auctions, exclusive vehicle a later 1963 Ferrari 250 GTO sold try and, in his honor, have unveilings (like the Lamborghini for $70million earlier this year. signed a proclamation to fly ay hello to the most expen- Aventador SVJ) and invite-only Leading Ferrari historian the flag of the United States Ssive car ever to be sold at parties for car collectors with Marcel Massini, who described at half-staff until the day auction. the deepest pockets on the plan- the car as ‘one of the top three of his interment,” Trump This 1962 Ferrari 250 GTO Experts have estimated that Ferrari 250 GTOs could soon be changing hands for et. Chassis number 3413 GT is or four GTOs in the world’, con- said. - just one of 36 in existence - in excess of $100m before 2023 one of the earliest made. It was firmed it had been bought by an Defense Secretary Jim sold for a record-breaking the third 250 GTO to ever leave American businessman in June. Mattis, Chief of Staff John $48,405,000 (£37.5m) at RM So- previous record - also held by the hammer. the Maranello production line, And he predicted the famed Kelly and National Security theby’s Monterey sale in Califor- a Ferrari 250 GTO made in the The car was part of the same though it’s widely believed that GTO could get pricier, with val- Advisor John Bolton will nia at the weekend. same year - of $38.1 million auction that included a 1963 As- all 36 examples remain in exist- ues expected to rise beyond represent Trump at a me- Dubbed the Holy Grail of (£29.5m) to take the title of the ton Martin DP215 Grand Tour- ence today. $100million in the next five morial service for McCain, collectible cars, it eclipsed the most valuable motor to go under ing Competition Prototype that Each road-legal racer left the years. the president added. 14 WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 29, 2018 features The need for speed After driving ban ends, Saudi women taste thrill of speed

AFP | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia pected government decision that would say many exhibit an appetite for muscle university professor in Riyadh. Auto permit women to obtain a “racing licence”, cars like the Camaro or the Mustang con- “But I don’t expect to see many women onning a helmet inside which would allow her to hone her pas- vertible. in Saudi Arabia overtaking and speeding showrooms a pearl silver sports se- sion in motor-sport competitions. Many new drivers seek inspiration in the streets anytime soon.” tapping new dan, Rana Almimoni skids That includes drifting –- oversteering from Aseel al-Hamad, the first female The driving reform is said to be trans- and drifts around a Riyadh the car to slip and skid or even spin, and member of the kingdom’s national motor formative for women, freeing them from women clients park, engine roaring, tyres other high-speed daredevilry -- which is federation, who got behind the wheel of dependence on private chauffeurs or male have rolled Dscreeching and clouds of dust billowing illegal in public but tolerated in the con- a Formula One car in France in June to relatives, but many are keeping off the from the back. trolled environment of Dirab park, whose mark the end of the driving ban. streets. out a line-up For Saudi women, such adrenaline rush- private owners insist on safety. Clad in skinny jeans and Harley-David- “Congratulate me, finally saw a female es were unimaginable just weeks ago. son T-shirts, a handful of women are also driving! Although she is Bahraini but it of cherry red Speed-crazed women drivers are bound Joyriding in Riyadh training to ride motorbikes at a Riyadh counts as she is driving in Saudi land,” Mini Coopers, to turn heads in the desert kingdom, which Author Pascal Menoret’s acclaimed driving school, a scene that is still a stun- comedian Yaser Bakr said on Twitter after overturned the world’s only ban on female book “Joyriding in Riyadh” described the ning anomaly in the petro-state. the ban was lifted. but sales motorists in June as part of a liberalisation high-octane Saudi obsession for drifting, Transport authorities have rolled out professionals drive led by Crown Prince Mohammed long seen as a symbol of revolt among le- racing simulators to help first-time wom- Costly driving courses bin Salman. gions of restless youth, as all “about being en drivers get a feel of being behind the For now, most women drivers appear to say many Almimoni, 30 and a motor racing en - a real man”. wheel. be those who have swapped foreign li- exhibit an thusiast, is defying the perception –- or Now newly mobile Saudi women are As a male traffic official demonstrated cences for Saudi ones after undergoing a sexist misconception that only dainty cars embracing what was previously deemed a the importance of seatbelts by buckling practical test. appetite for in bright colours are popular with women male entitlement -- speed. up inside a car tethered to a flat platform Many complain that driving courses cost muscle cars like drivers. “Most of our enquiries (from women) and upturning the vehicle, some women several times more than those available to “I adore speed. I love speed... My dream are about drifting -- how to learn drifting, zipped around twisted tracks in toy cars. men and that women instructors are in the Camaro or car is more than 500 horsepower,” said which cars can they train on, how long will Another sat down behind the wheel of a short supply. the Mustang Almimoni, slamming the accelerator of her it take them” to drift, said instructor Fa- simulator and instantly floored the accel- While no overt incidents of street har- silvery sleek Kia Stinger inside Riyadh’s lah al-Jarba as he watched Almimoni zip erator, sending the speedometer assment have been reported public- convertible. Dirab motor park. around the park. soaring. ly, many women are also wary of “It’s a myth... that Saudi women only Auto showrooms tapping new women “I don’t feel I’m in Saudi pervasive sexism and aggres- choose pink and cute cars.” clients have rolled out a line-up of cherry Arabia anymore,” said Nag- sion from male drivers despite Almimoni said she was awaiting an ex- red Mini Coopers, but sales professionals wa Mousa, a 57-year-old warnings from authorities.

I adore speed. I love speed... My dream car is more than 500 horsepower. It’s a myth... that Saudi women only choose pink and cute cars RANA ALMIMONI

Rana Almimoni, a 30-year-old Saudi motor racing enthusiast, walks with her helmet on the track in Dirab motor park, on the southern outskirts of the capital Riyadh

Rana Almimoni drifts a car 15 WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 29, 2018 entertainment

CROSSWORD YOUR STAR TODAY

YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION Aries A friend who planned to come over tonight might not show up. You may worry, since this person isn’t one to blow you off. Don’t imagine accidents or disasters. The culprit’s probably traffic. Phone your friend. If you don’t reach him or her, leave a message to call you. Taurus Travel of any kind might be virtually impossible today. Airports could be jammed, flights delayed, and planes plagued with mechanical problems. If you’re traveling by car, expect road construction and backed-up traffic. Stay home if you can. If you must travel, take music and books to keep you occupied while you’re waiting. Gemini This isn’t a good day to invest in anything. Don’t spend much time working on speculative projects, and don’t put your money into anything but gold, land, or blue- mental coronet; 64- “Rule, Britannia” composer; 66- Snack in chip stocks and bonds. You probably wouldn’t lose a shell; 67- Pesto ingredient; 68- Visualized; 69- Sock ___ me!; everything, but it would be a long time before you saw 70- Cosmetician Lauder; 71- Meat-grading org.; 72- What you a profit. Concentrate on what you know is secure now. do to a shadow; Cancer Down A love partner could be gloomy today. This might be Across 1- Plantain lily; 2- Acrylic fiber; 3- Reconnoiter; 4- Buffalo hockey the kind of day when no matter how many times you player; 5- Iowa city; 6- Bovine animals; 7- Back muscle, for short; 8- draw your mate’s attention to the doughnut, he or she 1- One of the Cartwrights; 5- Legal rights org.; 9- Latin stars; Actress Thurman; 9- Hitching posts?; 10- Gets the picture; 11- Civil still sees only the hole. The glass is always half empty, 14- Killer whale; 15- Polite address; 16- Ninth-century pope; 17- wrong; 12- Ascend; 13- Affirm; 21- Grenoble’s river; 25- “Exodus” never half full. Your beloved will probably be this way Slovenly person; 18- Blues singer James; 19- Curt; 20- Traveler; role; 26- ___-mo; 27- Singer Sheena; 29- Sight; 30- Makes brown; all day. Don’t let it drive you crazy. 22- Fall bloomer; 23- Pays to play; 24- Coherent light beam; 31- Columnist Chase; 32- Christmas song; 33- Richard of “Chicago”; 28- Eternal; 34- Adventurous expedition; 38- Colorful moths; 34- Drench; 35- Neat as ___; 36- Rover’s pal; 37- Once again; 42- Leo 39- Tropical plant; 40- Shares viewpoints; 41- Cargo ship; ___-Saxon; 45- ___ degree; 46- Definite article; 49- Cash register You tend to be curious, and you’re always trying to 43- West Wing worker; 44- CD earnings; 47- Marked down; key; 50- Pressed; 53- Caper; 54- Mazda model; 55- Covenants; 56- learn more about your many interests. But today you 48- Ignoramus; 51- ___ Majesty’s Secret Service; 52- Lanterns; Snob; 57- Let ___; 58- Buenos ___; 59- Make it to the end; 60- Tole- could be eager to research a subject but be unable to 57- Runs without moving; 61- Pertaining to Oxford; 63- Orna- do’s lake; 62- Lucy Lawless role; 64- Sun Devils’ sch.; 65- Hi-___; find any information about it no matter how many libraries or databases you explore. Don’t bother with it today. You’ll only get frustrated. BEETLE BAILEY Virgo The need to attend to business or networking obliga- tions disguised as parties could get to you today. You may have been forced to attend too many of these recently, and now there are even more coming up. You dread going to a place you don’t want to go, eating food you hate, talking with people you can’t stand. Libra Your home could be empty today. Other household members may be away and you could find it depress- ing. Instead of enjoying the solitude, you could feel like the walls are closing in around you. The only answer is to go out for a while. Take a walk or visit some bookstores or antique shops. Scorpio WORD OF THE DAY Someone close to you might be uncharacteristically silent today. Something is bothering them terribly, and they don’t seem to want to talk about it. You’re willing to listen or help, but don’t try to coax your friend into Lodestar star is “a star that leads or guides,” and it is a the time of Geoffrey Chaucer. The literal sharing. Use your intuition to sense what’s going on term that has been used especially in refer- sense fell out of use in the 17th century for and do what you can to alleviate the situation. Definition: ence to the North Star. (The first half of the the most part, and so, for a while, did the 1: one that serves as an inspiration, model, word derives from the Middle English word figurative sense—but it appeared again 170 Sagittarius or guide lode, meaning “course.”) Both the literal years later, when Sir Walter Scott used it Financial worries might come up today. You may check Did You Know? and the figurative sense (“an inspiration in his 1813 poem The Bridal of Triermain. your bank balance and find that you have little money. The literal, albeit archaic, meaning of lode- or guide”) date back to the 14th century, This might come as a shock, because you thought there was plenty there. Before you panic, ask whoever’s in charge at the bank to double-check the records. It’s probably a computer error. SUDOKU Capricorn YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION Today you might be so gloomy that you don’t even want to get up. It might not be a good idea to stay home, however. Try to find some tasks to distract you. At some point during the day, get out in the open air and take a walk, preferably through a park and near water, if possible. Aquarius Any work today could require a higher level of con- centration than you can muster. You might lapse into daydreams, think about personal matters, and feel guilty because you aren’t doing what you’re supposed to be doing. On days like this it’s best to focus on rou- tine tasks you can do automatically. That way, your mind can wander.

Pisces How to play Today your creative impulses could seem blocked. You Place a number in the empty boxes in might be trying to reach your own or someone else’s such a way that each row across, each deadline. You may feel the need to get some work done, column down and each 9-box square while your muse seems to have gone on vacation. If contains all of the numbers from one your deadline is official, phone whoever’s in charge to nine. and ask for an extension. 16 WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 29, 2018

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PM + (1.15 AM UPTO SAT) Judi Dench made her SEEF (I) 12.00 + 2.00 + 4.00 + 6.00 + 8.00 + GOLD The 83-year-old actress who 10.00 PM + 12.00 MN + (2.00 AM UPTO SAT) (PG-13) (HINDI/DRAMA/SPORT/HISTORY) NEW won an Oscar in 1999 for her stage debut in Shake- MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE FALLOUT AKSHAY KUMAR, FARHAN AKHTAR, MOUNI ROY speare’s “Hamlet”. SAAR 10.45 AM + 12.45 + 2.45 + 4.45 + 6.45 + (PG-15) (ACTION/THRILLER/CRIME) role as Queen Elizabeth I in 8.45 + 10.45 PM + (12.45 MN UPTO SAT) SEEF (II) 10.30 AM + 1.30 + 10.30 PM + (1.30 TOM CRUISE, HENRY CAVILL, VING RHAMES AM UPTO SAT) “Shakespeare in Love” will get Judi played the role WADI AL SAIL 11.30 AM + 1.30 + 3.30 + 5.30 + CINECO (20) 10.30 AM + 1.30 + 4.30 + 7.30 + the Donostia Award on Septem- of Ophelia in this Vic 7.30 + 9.30 + 11.30 PM + (1.30 AM UPTO SAT) 10.30 PM + (1.30 AM UPTO SAT) HAPPY PHIRR BHAG JAYEGI ber 25, they said. Production Company SEEF (II) 12.30 + 3.30 + 6.30 + 9.30 PM + (12.30 (PG-15) (HINDI/COMEDY) NEW THE DARKEST MINDS MN UPTO SAT) JIMMY SHEIRGILL, SONAKSHI SINHA, DIANA Dench, a veteran star of the play and performed (PG-13) (THRILLER/SCI-FICTION) NEW PENTY stage and screen, made her AMANDLA STENBERG, MANDY MOORE, BRADLEY WADI AL SAIL 12.30 + 6.15 PM + 12.00 MN with the company from WHITFORD SEEF (I) 2.00 + 7.30 PM + (1.00 AM UPTO SAT) cinema debut in 1964 and has SKYSCRAPER worked with directors as var- 1957-1961 CINECO (20) 11.15 AM + 1.30 + 3.45 + 6.00 + JAWANI PHIR NAHI ANI 2 Judi Dench 8.15 + 10.30 PM + (12.45 MN UPTO SAT) (PG-13) (ACTION/THRILLERA/DRAMA) ied as Stephen Frears, Kenneth DWAYNE JOHNSON, NEVE CAMPBELL, PABLO (PG-13) (URDU/COMEDY/ROMANTIC) NEW SEEF (II) 2.30 + 4.45 + 7.00 + 9.15 + 11.30 PM + SCHREIBER MAWRA HOCANE, KANWALJIT SINGH, HUMAYUN Branagh, Clint Eastwood and (1.45 AM UPTO SAT) SAEED CINECO (20) 12.15 + 2.30 + 4.45 + 7.00+ 9.15 + Sam Mendes. James Bond films. She will join US actor Danny SAAR 5.30 + 7.45 + 10.00 PM + (12.15 MN UPTO 11.30 PM + (1.45 AM UPTO SAT) SEEF (I) 4.00 + 9.45 PM Her subtle portrayal of com- It will be her first visit to de Vito and Japanese director SAT) SEEF (II) 11.45 AM + 2.00 + 4.15 + 6.30 + 8.45 + AL HAMRA ON WEDNESDAY 22ND: 12.00 MN plex characters such as Queen the film festival in the Basque Hirokazu Kore-eda, whose film WADI AL SAIL 6.15 + 8.30 + 10.45 PM + (1.00 11.00 PM + (1.15 AM UPTO SAT) FROM THURSDAY 23RD: 12.00 NOON Victoria in “Mrs Brown” or au- Country, where her new film “Shoplifters” won the Palme AM UPTO SAT) thor Iris Murdoch in “Iris” have “Red Joan,” directed by Trevor d’Or in this year’s Cannes Film CHRISTOPHER ROBIN LOAD WEDDING PAPILLION earned her critical acclaim. Nunn, will be screened. Festival, in receiving the Don- (PG) (FAMILY/ADVENTURE/COMEDY) (PG-13) (URDU/COMEDY/ROMANTIC) NEW (15+) (THRILLER/DRAMA/BIOGRAPHY) NEW EWAN MCGREFOR, HAYLEY ATWELL, BRONTE MEHWISH HAYAT, FAHAD MUSTAFA (II), SAMINA A seven-time Oscar nomi- In the film inspired on a true ostia Award. CHARLIE HUNNAM, RAMI MALEK CARMICHAEL AHMED nee and the recipient of sever- story, she plays a tranquil re- Past recipients include Greg- CINECO (20) 11.00 AM + 1.45 + 4.30 + 7.15 + CINECO (20) 10.45 AM + 1.00 + 3.15 + 5.30 + SEEF (I) 10.30 AM + 1.15 + 7.00 PM + (12.45 MN al Bafta awards, Dench is per- tiree who is suddenly arrest- ory Peck, Robert De Niro, Bette 10.00 PM + (12.45 MN UPTO SAT) 7.45 + 10.00 PM + (12.15 MN UPTO SAT) UPTO SAT) haps best known worldwide for ed by MI5 and exposed as a Davis, Susan Sarandon and SEEF (II) 7.45 + 10.30 PM + (1.15 AM UPTO SAT) SEEF (II) 10.45 AM + 1.00 + 3.15 + 5.30 PM AL HAMRA 22ND: 9.00 PM FROM THURSDAY playing M, the head of MI6, in long-standing KGB spy. Meryl Streep. WADI AL SAIL 3.30 + 9.15 PM 23RD: 3.00 PM HOTELTRANSYLVANIA 3: SUMMER CHARMING (PG) (ANIMATION/COMEDY/DRAMA) PARWAAZ HAI JUNOON (PG-13) (ANIMATION/COMEDY) NEW ADAM SANDLER, ANDY SAMBERG, FRAN (PG-13) (URDU/DRAMA/COMEDY/ROMANTIC) NEW DEMI LOVATO, WILMER VALDERRAMA, SIA DRESCHER HAMZA ALI ABBASI, AHAD RAZA MIR, SHAZ KHAN CINECO (20) 11.00 AM + 1.00 + 3.00 + 5.00 + CINECO (20) 11.30 AM + 1.30 + 3.30 + 5.30 + 7.00 + 9.00 + 11.00 PM + (1.00 AM UPTO SAT) 7.30 + 9.30 + 11.30 PM + (1.30 AM UPTO SAT) SEEF (I) 11.15 AM + 4.45 + 10.15 PM SEEF (II) 10.45 AM + 12.45 + 2.45 + 4.45 + 6.45 SEEF (II) 2.30 + 6.45 + 11.00 PM AL HAMRA 6.00 PM + 8.45 PM THE INCREDIBLES 2 LAKSHMI SAAR 11.30 AM + 1.30 + 3.30 PM (PG) (ANIMATION/ACTION/ADVENTURE) (TAMIIL) NEW WADI AL SAIL 12.15 + 2.15 + 4.15 PM CRAIG T. NELSON, SAMUEL L. JACKSON, CATHE- PRABHU DEVA, AISHWARYA RAJESH, SALMAN RINE KEENER YUSYFF KHAN FROM A HOUSE ON WILLOW STREET CINECO (20) 1.15 + 6.00 + 10.45 PM AL HAMRA FROM THURSDAY 23RD: 9.00 PM + (15+) (THRILLER/HORROR) NEW (12.00 MN UPTO SAT) CARLYN BURCHELL, SHARNI VINSON, GUSTAV OCEAN’S EIGHT GERDENER (PG-15) (COMEDY/CRIME) CHRISTOPHER ROBIN CINECO (20) 10.30 AM + 12.30 + 5.00 + 9.30 PM SANDRA BULLOCK, CATE BLANCHETT, ANNE (PG) (FAMILY/ADVENTURE/COMEDY) + (2.00 AM UPTO SAT) HATHAWAY EWAN MCGREFOR, HAYLEY ATWELL, BRONTE SEEF (II) 5.30 + 7.30 + 9.30 + 11.30 PM + (1.30 CINECO (20) 11.00 AM + 3.45 + 8.30 + (1.15 AM CARMICHAEL AM UPTO SAT) UPTO SAT) WADI AL SAIL 11.15 AM + 1.30 + 3.45 PM

Eddie Murphy expecting his 10th Katy Perry child Katy Perry denies Dr. Luke raped her IANS | Los Angeles Butcher, 39, was photo- IANS | Los Angeles allegation that was made public malicious act, in 2016, Kesha graphed wearing a flo- as part of his defamation suit told Lady Gaga that Dr. Luke ctor Eddie Murphy, 57, ral maxi dress that inger Katy Perry has denied against Kesha, who accused raped Katy Perry, which is out- Ais expecting his 10th accentuated her Sshe was raped by Dr. Luke, him of raping her. rageous and untrue,” Dr. Luke’s child. His partner Paige growing belly. according to a deposition un- The producer’s legal team attorneys said in the statement. Butcher has debuted her The Austral- sealed on Monday from the on- previously accused Kesha of “Katy Perry testified under baby bump . ian actress going legal battle between Luke circulating the rumour that he oath in this case that Dr. Luke “Eddie Murphy and long- looked com- and Kesha. raped Perry. never raped her. Regardless, time girlfriend Paige Butch- fortable as In court documents obtained “The false narrative Kesha Kesha refused to apologize. er are pleased to announce she kept her by people.com, Perry’s dep- created about being raped be- Instead, she issued a press re- that they are expecting their hair down osition from July 21, 2017, came widely accepted, dam- lease which again irresponsibly second child in December,” and wore flip- reveals that the singer, 33, aging Dr. Luke’s reputation suggested that Katy Perry was a representative for Murphy flops.The cou- repeatedly shut down the irreparably. Compounding this actually raped by Dr. Luke. said in a statement. ple, who have been together since 2012, already share two-year-old Price urges Andre to inform about kids Eddie Murphy and daughter Izzy longtime girlfriend Oona. IANS | Los Angeles Twitter to check in on them Paige Butcher The legend- after alleging she has not been are pleased to ary actor and elevision personality Katie able to make contact with chil- comedian has TPrice has requested her dren, reports metro.co.uk. announce that they eight other former husband Peter An - She tweeted: “Still up at are expecting their children from dre to inform her about their this hour, trying to contact second child in previous rela- children, who have gone on my kids in America. Been try- December tionships. His a trip to Orlando with their ing Morning, Afternoon and oldest son Eric is father. Night. Please Peter Andre let 29. Price on Monday took to Katie Price me know they are okay?” Eddie Murphy 17 WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 29, 2018 sports

Serena surges into second round Nadal sends Ferrer Halep toppled at US Open into Slam retirement

Murray, Wawrinka return• in style

AFP | New York

efending US Open champi- Don Rafael Nadal sent close friend David Ferrer into Grand Slam retirement on Monday when his veteran compatriot Serena Williams was forced to quit their first round match with injury, but AFP | New York Williams’ path may have former winners Andy Murray been eased by Kaia Kanepi’s and Stan Wawrinka made suc- erena Williams made a tri- stunning upset of world num- cessful returns to New York. Sumphant return to the US ber one Halep, who became Ferrer, a former world num- Open on Monday, launching the first top-seeded woman to ber three but now standing at her bid for a record-equalling lose in the first round of the a lowly 148, called it quits on a 24th Grand Slam victory with a US Open. hot and humid night on Arthur straight-sets win as top-seeded It was the kind of Grand Ashe Stadium despite leading Rafael Nadal Simona Halep made dubious Slam history Halep could have 4-3 with a break in the second history with a first-round exit. done without as she tried to set after twice receiving treat- Williams, who counts six expunge the memory of her ment on a left leg injury. “I am very sorry for David and last 32. worth. US Open titles among her 23 first round loss to Maria Shara- Top seed Nadal had taken the sad for him,” said Nadal. Nadal’s potential semi-final Murray, the 2012 champion Grand Slams, can match Mar- pova at Flushing Meadows last opener 6-3. “We are close friends and opponent, Argentine third seed and playing just his fifth tourna- garet Court’s all-time record of year. “This is my last Grand Slam,” have shared great moments and 2009 champion Juan Mar- ment of the year after undergo- 24 majors with another title at But the Romanian, who said Ferrer who was runner-up -- the Roland Garros final and tin del Potro, also reached the ing hip surgery in January, last Flushing Meadows. broke through for a first Grand to Nadal in the 2013 French Davis Cup wins. second round with a 6-0, 6-3, featured in a major at Wimble- She missed last year’s edi- Slam title at the French Open Open final. “He is one of the greatest 6-4 win over American qualifier don in 2017. tion as she gave birth to daugh- this year, had no answer for “I have great memories of this players to have come from our Donald Young. Wawrinka, the 2016 champi- ter Olympia on September 1, Kanepi’s power. tournament and I am just sorry country. He’s a great person and Former world number one on, swept to a 6-3, 6-2, 7-5 vic- but showed every indication Venus, a seven-time Slam that I couldn’t finish it tonight.” great player.” Murray marked his first Grand tory on Arthur Ashe Stadium she’s ready to make up for lost winner, outlasted another Ferrer, 36, will play his last Nadal, chasing his 18th Grand Slam tournament in 14 months to repeat his opening round tri- time in a 6-4, 6-0 victory over former champion, Svetlana tournament on home ground in Slam title, will face Canada’s with a 6-7 (5/7), 6-3, 7-5, 6-3 win umph over Dimitrov at Wim- Poland’s Magda Linette. Kuznetsova, 6-3, 5-7, 6-3. Madrid next year. Vasek Pospisil for a place in the over Australia’s James Duck- bledon. Ahmed Amir trains at KHK First edition of Brave MMA Gym in Bahrain Talks launched TDT | Manama Xtreme Couture, USA. TDT | Manama Stephen Loman who is the reign- rave Combat Federation unveiled ing bantamweight champion of Brave hmed Amir has initiated training Bthe first edition of the latest con- Combat Federation is trained by Mark Aat the KHK MMA Gym in Bahrain. tent segment branded - The Brave Sangiao at Team Lakay. The Egyptian lightweight fighter Talk. Jeremy Pacatiw from Team Lakay made an impact in the world of mixed The first edition featured Mark San- claimed the record for most number of martial arts when he dominated the giao, Head Coach of Team Lakay. The appearances at Brave Combat Federa- Jiu Jitsu legend Richie Martinez dur- segment gives an inside look into the tion during Brave 14 hosted at Tangier, ing the inaugural edition of Brave philosophy and concepts that motivate Morocco. Combat Federation. athletes to strive towards their goals. Mark Sangiao elaborated what Amir started training alongside the The veteran coach elaborated what makes Team Lakay athletes special KHK MMA Fight Team which is an motivates him and his team to embrace from other mixed martial artists initiative by HH Shaikh Khalid bin the sport of mixed martial arts and and the ethics they follow in their Hamad Al Khalifa. the social aspects of the impact Team careers. Amir became the first Egyptian ath- Lakay have created for Philippines. Sangiao also analysed upon growth lete to train at the SBG Ireland during Team Lakay is the only Asian team to of mixed martial arts in Bahrain and his preparation for Brave 11. Amir was have scored victory twice against SBG the role played by Brave Combat Fed- trained by veteran coach John Kavan- Ahmed Amir in action Ireland and to have a victory against eration in the MMA world. agh to prepare for the fight. Amir has been victorious three who are preparing for their upcoming undergoing training for the upcoming times over his four appearances at the fights in Brave 16. 2018 IMMAF World Championships Brave Combat Federation.He will join Currently KHK MMA Fight Team hosted in the Kingdom of Bahrain the training alongside the pro-fighters trains multitude of athletes including during the Brave International Com- Hamza Kooheji and Hussain Ayyad the Bahrain National Team who are bat Week. Undefeated record on the line for Lazzez TDT | Manama Homjakovs turned pro in 2014 and took his first two fights with the ounir Lazzez will be having Full Metal Dojo promotion in Thai- at Seef District too Mhis promotional debut at Brave land. He has a 4 fight undefeated 16 hosted on 21st September at the record coming into this bout. The Um al Hassan +973 17728699 Mubadala Arena in Abu Dhabi. fighters will face off in a catchweight Seef District +973 17364999 The Sniper who is undefeated in his bout. career will be matched up with yet Meanwhile Mounir who was born another undefeated fighter from Swe- in Tunisia and has stopped 5 of his 6 den. Dmitrijs Homjakovs (4-0) will opponents in his unblemished 6-fight face Mounir Lazzez (6-0) at Brave 16. Mounir Lazzez run. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 29, 2018 18

Henry not joining Bordeaux as talks break down Mourinho calls for respect AFP | Bordeaux, France

hierry Henry will not Lucas Moura double for Spurs deepens gloom at Manchester United Tbe the next coach of Bordeaux, with the French AFP | Manchester, United King- club’s president confirming dom to AFP yesterday that nego- tiations had broken down. anchester United man- “Yes, we can confirm the ager Jose Mourinho I think it was an end of those negotiations,” Mcalled for respect af- undeserved defeat for Stephane Martin told AFP, ter suffering the heaviest home us, in our desire, in following earlier reports in defeat of his career as Harry everything we put into France and England that Kane and a Lucas Moura double it. But football can be Henry had turned the job moved Tottenham joint top of down. the Premier League with 3-0 cruel. We just have to Sky Sports, the channel win at Old Trafford. bounce back for whom Henry worked A second consecutive defeat PAUL POGBA as a pundit for four years piles even more pressure on the before quitting last month, Portuguese coach as United now said late on Monday that he trail Spurs, Liverpool and Chel- had refused the offer to take sea by six points and stand four his first managerial role adrift of champions Manchester ment to his charges. But the since retiring as a player. City just three games into the damage had already been done new campaign. and the final reckoning could The odds on Mourinho losing have been even more embarrass- his job have been slashed in re- ing for the hosts. Vardy, Cahill retire cent weeks as on top of adverse Lindelof, on for the injured results, he has clashed with the Jones, was handed a reprieve from England duty club’s executive vice-chairman Lucas Moura celebrates scoring Tottenham’s second goal against Manchester United with Harry Kane (right), who scored when De Gea denied Alli after Ed Woodward over a lack of the first two minutes earlier a short back pass by the Swede AFP | London signings. before Kane headed wide when However, he railed against his “Today I had the proof the trips to Old Trafford under Mau- And Pochettino’s faith in his unmarked from another corner. amie Vardy and Gary Ca- critics by citing his record of best judge are the supporters,” ricio Pochettino. skipper was rewarded when Lucas did rub salt into United Jhill announced their in- winning the Premier League Mourinho said. Yet, the Argentine’s half-time Lloris denied Lukaku again with wounds six minutes from time tention to retire from inter- three times over two spells at The fans and Mourinho’s re- words of wisdom made a huge a brilliant save to keep Spurs in when he outpaced Lindelof be- national duty with England Chelsea. sponse came after a dominant difference as Spurs came out a front. fore firing into the far corner. yesterday, although both “I won more Premierships first 45 minutes from the hosts different side after the break. A minute later, they doubled Mourinho was goaded with did leave the door open to alone than the other 19 man - before Spurs took control with David de Gea had already their advantage when Christian chants of “you’re getting sacked a return in emergency cir- agers together. Three for me, two goals in two minutes just denied Kane and Dele Alli had Eriksen’s cross was swept home in the morning” by the travelling cumstances. two for them. Respect!” a fiery after the break. seen a goalbound effort deflect- by Lucas. Tottenham fans. Leicester striker Vardy, Mourinho raged at reporters United, though, were left to ed wide by the time Kane rose “It is a massive victory for us Woodward is not expected 31, and Chelsea defender on exiting his post-match press rue a series of missed chances highest from Kieran Trippier’s and I am very proud of the per- to bite the bullet quite so soon. Cahill, 32, were both part conference. by Romelu Lukaku, particular- corner to loop a header into the formance,” said Pochettino. “It But with United already facing of Gareth Southgate’s squad Mourinho stood in front of ly when the Belgian fired wide net. is difficult to beat Manchester an uphill battle just to make the that reached the semi-finals Old Trafford’s Stretford End at with an open goal on 15 minutes. Hugo Lloris kept his place in United at Old Trafford. They top four nevermind challenge of the World Cup in Russia. the end of the game to applaud the Spurs goal and retained the were better in the first half but for the title, time is running out However, both saw their the home fans, who didn’t boo Second-half surge captain’s armband despite being we dominated from then on.” for Mourinho to get the 20-time playing time limited and his side at full-time despite the Tottenham hadn’t even scored arrested for drink driving in the Mourinho encroached onto champions of England back on believe the time has come result. in losing on their four previous early hours of Friday. the pitch to bellow encourage- track. to concentrate on their club careers. Bolt struggling with Ronaldo Jr joins Salah row escalates Juventus youth A-League pace academy AFP | Milan, Italy with Egyptian FA ortuguese superstar AFP | Cairo PCristiano Ronaldo’s old- est son has started training bitter spat between Egypt with the Juventus youth Astar Mohamed Salah and academy’s Under-9 team, his country’s football authori- according to media reports ties escalated Monday, casting a in Italy. fresh shadow over his involve- Five-time Ball d’Or win- ment with the national team. ner Ronaldo, 33, signed for Salah, 26, and the Egyptian Italian champions Juventus Football Association have pre- this summer from Real Ma- viously been at loggerheads due drid for 100 million euros. to a disagreement over image His oldest son Cristiano rights. Jr -- who was born in June Now the conflict has flared 2010 -- was photographed up again after the striker and Mohamed Salah training on Monday with Thirty-one-year-old eight-time Olympic champion Usain Bolt trains for the his lawyer accused the FA of the Juve Pulcini 2010 squad A-League football club Central Coast Mariners in Gosford failing to respond to a list of re- pened before. The fresh war-of-words be- reserved for Under-9s at Ju- quests dealing with the player’s “I’m the person that these tween the two sides comes ventus’s Vinovo ground. AFP | Gosford, Australia a jog around the pitch, he took treatment. things happen to. I’m the per- ahead of Egypt’s African Cup of part in ball drills and while his Salah’s lawyer Ramy Abbas son who gets harmed by these Nations qualifier against Niger print superstar Usain Bolt passing was fine, he was slow Issa said the demands involved things,” he said. on September 8. Sadmitted yesterday he was to get the hang of the move- the player’s “well-being whilst “These requests are very The disagreement between Real Madrid set to struggling with the tempo of ment required. with the national team, and as- small but make things easier, national hero Salah and the professional football but is The 32-year-old’s lack of surances that the image rights they make the player focused Egyptian FA first burst into the buy back Mariano working hard to raise his fit- football fitness was also evi- violations wouldn’t happen in the match.” open in April over the player’s ness levels ahead of his first dent and he appeared to tire again”. image rights. AFP |Madrid trial match this week. quickly, resting more than his In an angry rebuttal the foot- Salah was angered that his The eight-time Olympic teammates. ball federation said Monday image was being used by the eal Madrid are set to champion has been given an Bolt admitted to struggling that it would not accept the national team’s main sponsor, Rbring striker Mariano opportunity by Australia’s with the constant stop-start of requests, blasting some as “il- telecoms firm WE, when he al- Diaz back to the club, a Central Coast Mariners to ful- football, more used to a quick logical” and insisting it would ready had a contract with rival year on from selling him to fil his dream of a soccer career fire sprint on the athletics not “favour one player over an- KNOW WHAT company Vodafone. Lyon, after they matched an and has stepped up his training track before winding down. other”. That dispute was eventually earlier bid by La Liga rivals regime since hooking up with “The most challenging thing Salah hit back with a pair of resolved following intervention Sevilla, the Andalusian side the A-League club last week. for me is the stop and go be- Facebook videos, insisting he And Salah has been from political leaders. said on Tuesday. He was put through his pac- cause I’m not used to picking was asking for better security credited with a rise The player was also report- “Real had first refusal and es with the rest of the squad at up speed, going back down, for the whole squad at team in attendance at edly left unhappy after he was they have told us that they a more intensive session at the then back again,” he said. hotels. made to appear with Chechen are going to activate their team’s base in the town of Gos- “It’s all about practising and He said that he did not want England’s oldest strongman Ramzan Kadyrov at buy-back clause,” Sevilla ford, 75 kilometres (47 miles) getting used to the system. I to be disturbed in his room by mosque, which is in Egypt’s training ground in the president Jose Castro told north of Sydney, yesterday. have time so will just learn the visitors wanting to chat in the Liverpool region for the World Cup in media. After some warming up and ways and keep pushing.” middle of the night as had hap- Russia this summer. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 29, 2018 19

China’s teen divers Indian’s women boxers take the cake struggle without Kom

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uswatun Hasanah set the Asian Games box- Hing tournament alight yesterday, becoming the first Indonesian woman ever to win a medal as India’s female fight- ers struggled without “Magnif- icent” Mary Kom. Meanwhile Manny Pacquiao’s proud boxing nation, the Phil- China’s Zhang Minjie and Zhang Jiaqi perform in the women’s synchronised 10m platform event ippines, secured their first medal of the men’s tournament through flyweight Rogen Ladon. AFP | Jakarta Indonesia’s 20-year-old Hasanah showed a touch of ar- wo 14-year-old divers rogance as she showboated in Tfrom China became the the second round and edged youngest gold medallists at her lightweight quarter-final the 2018 Asian Games when by split decision, 3-2, against they romped to victory in the India’s Pavitra, who goes by just women’s synchronised 10 me- a single name. tre platform yesterday. “I didn’t think I could beat Zhang Jiaqi and Zhang Min- her, she is very experienced,” Indonesia’s Huswatun Hasanah (in blue) fights against India’s Pavitra (in red) in their women’s light (60kg) quarter-final jie -- fresh from a win at the Hasanah said of Pavitra, 31, who boxing match at the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta on August 28, 2018 Wuhan World Cup event in was in her first Asian Games June -- tumbled into a com- and succeeding Sarita Devi, who porters after the crushing dis- despite wearing three butterfly manding lead from their ex- controversially refused her 2014 appointment of a unanimous plasters to close the wound. quisite opening dive and never bronze medal in a judging row, points defeat to tough North He will face Thai Yuttapong looked threatened, securing in the 60kg division. Korean Jo Son Hwa in the wom- Tongdee in Friday’s semi-final. the top spot with 361.38. and-a-half somersaults and “My strategy was to box to my en’s featherweight (57kg) quar- “I will listen and follow my Victory was the icing on the one-and-a-half twists in the coach’s instructions,” she told ter-final. coach’s instructions for that op- cake for Zhang Minjie, who fifth and final round to clinch reporters. KNOW WHAT Filipino Ladon squeaked past ponent,” Ladon added. “I need was celebrating her 14th birth- the gold. “There were no difficulties awkward Kazakhstani Azat to focus more closely on what day yesterday. Exiting the pool and even and I could tell how she was Mahemtov to secure at least a he tells me.” Behind the terrific teens wiping their faces in perfect boxing from the first round.” Mary Kom took bronze via a 3-2 split decision in India were left licking their came North Korean duo Kim synchronisation, there was no Indonesia’s women’s boxing boxing seriously a battle of southpaw flyweights. wounds without all-time great Kuk Hyang and Kim Mi Rae smile -- just a conspiratori - team was only formed in 2006 Ladon had arrested a major Kom, the flyweight (51kg) gold -- who placed fourth in the al whisper from Zhang Jiaqi, and they have never won a med- only after gradu- Philippines meltdown on Sun- medallist from four years ago, 2016 Olympic Games in Rio nicknamed “Little Fu Ming- al at the Asian Games, until now. ation. It’s Dingko day when he became the first and former world and Asian -- on 337.86. zia” after the Chinese diving Hasanah’s win means she Singh’s winning fighter to reach the last eight champion Devi. Malaysian pair Leong Mun great, into the ear of her team- is guaranteed a bronze even if gold medal in after four of his more fancied Five-time world champion Yee and Nur Dhabitah Sabri mate. she loses her semi-final against 1997 Asian Games team-mates lost. Kom, the subject of the Bolly- bagged the bronze with 310.80. The Chinese also reigned Thailand’s Sudaporn Seesondee that became a He prevailed even though he wood biopic “Magnificent”, has Zhang Jiaqi, ranked five in supreme in the men’s synchro- on Friday. life-changing in- reopened an existing cut over skipped the Asiad to concen- the world, and world number nised three metre springboard, But India’s 2016 World Cham- his right eye early in the first trate on winning a sixth world nine Zhang Minjie showed no grabbing gold ahead of South pionships silver medallist Sonia spiration for Mary round. title on home soil in Delhi in hint of nerves as they rolled Korea in second and Japan in Lather refused to speak to re- Kom “The cut? It’s OK,” he told AFP, November. out a spectacular back two- third.

Twins make it a double sister act Korean archer refuses to celebrate Reuters | Jakarta Reuters | Jakarta es, yesterday’s final was the last opportunity to win a gold and wo sets of twins stood on ottenham Hotspur striker obtain an early discharge. Tthe podium with Asian TSon Heung-min is not the Kim said he performed with- Games medals around their only South Korean chasing an out thinking about the implica- necks after the final of women’s Asian Games gold to avoid mil- tions of the outcome. duet in synchronised swim- itary service and the issue influ- “It was just tough to beat ming yesterday. enced celebration in yesterday’s someone that I know so well China’s famed Jiang sisters archery final in the men’s indi- after months of training togeth- Tingting and Wenwen won the vidual recurve event. er,” he said. event for the third time, dom- Kim Woo-jin won the all-Ko- Lee, who won a team silver inating both technical routine rean contest 6-4 for his third on Monday, rued his perfor- and free routine to claim their Asian Games gold but refused mance. sixth golds over three editions to celebrate his victory over “I am disappointed with the of the Games. compatriot Lee Woo-seok. Lee Woo-seok competes against result, but I have to accept these Japan’s Yukiko Inui and Megumu Yoshida compete in the artistic swimming compatriot Kim Woo-jin The Japanese duo of Yukiko women’s duets final competition Korean law states that every results because they’re all my Inui and Megumu Yoshida won able-bodied man must re - own doing,” he said. the silver at Jakarta’s Golera The Jiang sisters, who also 2013. port for national service for Kim secured his exemption “And the military isn’t all Bung Karno Aquatic Center and have two team Olympic medals The pair returned to pool af- 21 months before their 28th eight years ago when he won that bad. South Korean men all in third place were 23-year-old from 2008 and 2012 Games, ter giving birth to daughters birthday, while exemption is of- two golds in the 2010 Games have to go, anyway. I’ll go back twins Alexandra and Yekaterina won the event at the 2006 and and won the Chinese national fered to all Olympic medallists in Guangzhou. But for Lee, al- and serve the country the best Nemich from Kazakhstan. 2010 Games before retiring in crown last year. or Asian Games champions. ready serving in the armed forc- I can.” Vietnam fans laud South Korean coach as football ‘wizard’ Reuters | Hanoi ter-finals of the Asian Games in added wistfully: “I just wish wiz- wave flags and toot horns in ju- Indonesia. ard Park Hang-seo sensei was bilant scenes reminiscent of a ietnamese football fans have “I’m so pumped up, I kept cry- Vietnamese.” revolution. Vdubbed national coach Park ing all night long,” football fan Park may be South Korean but Those scenes were repeated Hang-seo a “wizard” following Nguyen Hoang Ha posted on he has given football-mad Viet- on Monday night when Park’s a rare string of successes by Facebook. “Thank you Mr. Park nam, which has never qualified side beat Syria to earn the uni- the Southeast Asian country’s Hang-seo.” for the World Cup as a unified fied nation’s first Asian Games “Golden Star” team. A second Facebook user was nation, its first taste of success semi-final, spurring calls for the Thousands of people took more effusive. on the international stage. 59-year-old to be granted Viet- to the streets of Hanoi late on “Park Hang-seo is Vietnam’s When he led Vietnam to the namese citizenship in return for Monday night to celebrate an soccer wizard. He changed play- final of the under-23 Asian Cup his coaching prowess. otherwise minor event in in - ers and predicted the game so in January, hundreds of thou- In a cruel test of his patriot- ternational football - a 1-0 sharply,” Nguyen Son wrote. sands of people took to the ism, Vietnam’s semi-final will be victory over Syria in the quar- Vietnam’s Doan Van Hau (C) vies for the ball with Syria’s players Another of their compatriots streets of Vietnam’s cities to against South Korea. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 29, 2018 20 Hosts excel in badminton Christie, ‘Minions’ send Indonesia into raptures

‘Idol’ Liu Xiang inspires• China’s ninth straight hurdles win I did not expect that I can win a Sarah Lee bags gold at the Asian women’s• keirin gold Games. Actually there are a lot AFP | Jakarta of good players here and I never ndonesia’s Jonatan Chris- expected that I tie stunned Taiwan’s Chou could come out as ITien-chen for Asian Games a winner badminton gold as a home pair JONATAN CHRISTIE affectionately dubbed the “Min- ions” won the men’s doubles at a rocking Jakarta arena yesterday. Christie sent the home crowd into raptures as he upset Tai- wan’s sixth-ranked Chou Tien- chen 21-18, 20-22, 21-15 to be- come Indonesia’s first men’s singles champion since 2006, before ripping off his shirt in celebration. The 20-year-old’s surprise win capped a memorable run for In- donesia’s men after Anthony Sinisuka Ginting knocked out world champion Kento Momo- ta and Olympic gold-medallist Chen Long en route to bronze. Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo and Marcus Fernaldi Gideon, nick- named the “Minions” owing to their stature, rounded off the party as they won an all-Indo- Indonesia’s Jonatan Christie hits a return against Taiwan’s Chou Tienchen in their men’s singles final badminton match nesian final against Fajar Alfian and Muhammad Rian Ardianto 13-21, 21-18, 24-22. Medal list In a celebratory atmosphere at the badminton stadium, Sukam- Rank Country Gold Silver Bronze Total uljo and Gideon collapsed to the floor as their opponents’ final 1 China 97 64 45 206 shot went wide to settle a tense 2 Japan 43 38 61 142 final game. 3 South Korea 32 40 46 118 Once-dominant China failed 4 Indonesia 24 19 29 72 to win a singles badminton med- 5 IR Iran 17 16 16 49 al for the first time in 38 years, 6 Taipei 13 14 20 47 7 North Korea 12 8 7 27 but otherwise it was another 8 India 9 19 22 50 productive day for the Olympic 9 Uzbekistan 9 15 14 38 heavyweights. 10 Thailand 9 11 33 53 Olympic medallist PV Sind- 11 Kazakhstan 8 9 30 47 hu yet again finished second-best 12 Bahrain 8 3 5 16 in a major final but grabbed a historic individual silver medal at the Asian Games after losing with four golds in track and win in the event, before reveal- the women’s singles title clash field, including Xie Wenjun’s ing he had received “special in- to world number one Tai Tzu- come-from-behind victory in the structions” from Chinese hur- Ying in Asian games Women’s 110m hurdles. dling great Liu Xiang. Badminton Singles finals. Xie, 28, capitalised on a late “Before the match, before I China passed 200 medals ear- stumble by Taiwan’s Chen Kuei- went to Europe, he gave me spe- ly in the day and they finished ru to claim China’s ninth straight cial instructions. I really thank Indonesia’s Marcus Fernaldi Gideon (L) and Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo (R) celebrate

him,” said Xie, who also won the sze successfully defended her sprint hurdles in 2014. keirin title, becoming the first As the dust settled on day 10, woman to win four track cycling China were on 97 gold medals, golds at the Asian Games. more than double Japan’s 43, India yesterday clinched two with South Korea on 32 and In- medals, one gold and one sil - donesia on 24. ver, in the men’s 800m athlet- ics event of the ongoing 18th Kurash, bang, wallop edition of the Asian Games. Earlier, Saudi Arabia ended their While Indian athlete Manjit wait for their first gold medal Singh bagged the gold medal of the Games when they won with a clock timing of 1:46.15, his equestrian’s team jumping event. fellow tracker Jinson Johnson Hong Kong’s former Olympic settled for a silver after clocking bronze medallist Sarah Lee Wai- 1:46.35 in the finals of the event. After complaints over the judging in pencak silat, in which Indonesian athletes won all six golds, Uzbekistan cleaned up in kurash, another martial art making its debut. 38 India’s Pincky Balhara and China failed to win a singles badminton Malaprabha Yallappa Jadhav medal for the first handed India another two time in 38 years medals as they won silver and bronze, respectively, in women’s (L-R) Japan’s Taioh Kanai and China’s Xie Wenjun compete in the final of the men’s 110m hurdles athletics event 52 kg kurash.