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Condolence cables sent to US President HM the King receives outgoing US commander Trump TDT | Manama stressing the pivotal role of the US admin- TDT | Manama istration—in cooperation with allied and is Majesty King Hamad bin Isa friendly countries—in promoting region- is Majesty King Hamad Al Khalifa received at Safriya al security and stability and global peace. Hbin Isa Al Khalifa sent HPalace yesterday outgoing US In recognition of the major role of Vice a cable of condolences yes- Naval Forces Central Command and Admiral Malloy in bolstering relations terday to US President Don- Fifth Fleet Commander Vice Admiral of friendship and cooperation between ald Trump over the death of James Malloy. the Kingdom and the US, HM the King his brother Robert Trump. HM the King lauded deep-rooted his- bestowed on him Bahrain Order-First HM the King expressed torical relations and solid partnership Class. condolences and consola- between Bahrain and the US, which are For his part, the US Naval Forces Cen- tion to President Trump, based on mutual respect and joint coor- tral Command and Fifth Fleet Com - wishing mercy for the de- dination. He also praised growing bilat- mander expressed thanks and respect ceased, and patience to his eral cooperation, mainly in the military to HM the King for conferring the order family. and defence field, to serve common goals on him. He commended HM the King’s His Royal Highness the and aspirations. efforts in boosting strategic relations Prime Minister Prince HM the King commended the efforts between the two friendly countries, and Khalifa bin Salman Al Khal- of Vice Admiral Malloy in boosting bi- praised the vital role of Bahrain as a key ifa and His Royal Highness lateral cooperation. He also discussed partner in backing the efforts aimed at Prince Salman bin Hamad regional and international developments, fostering regional peace and stability. HM the King presents the Bahrain Order-First Class to Vice Admiral Malloy Al Khalifa, Crown Prince, Deputy Supreme Com - mander and First Deputy Prime Minister, also sent cables of condolences to HRH the Crown Prince President Trump. HRH the Premier and highlights key youth role HRH the Crown Prince ex- Terrorism fight pressed their condolences and consolation to Presi- dent Trump, and wished mercy for the deceased and patience to his family. to be bolstered HRH the Premier’s HM the King issues edict on establishing and forming Court dismisses committee to combat extremism, terrorism and its reports on call with financing, and money laundering Israeli official ordination with the relevant HRH the Crown Prince during the remote meeting TDT | Manama Committee to study authorities in the Kingdom. TDT | Manama King. • The mandate of the coun- HRH the Crown Prince high- he Court of His Roy- all issues related to ter-terrorism committee also ahrain’s youth are a central lighted the Fellows’ dedica- Tal Highness the Prime combatting extremism, encompasses submitting peri- Bcomponent of all develop- tion and diligence throughout Minister Prince Khalifa fighting terrorism DON’T MISS IT odic reports to the Cabinet, in- ment plans, and they contrib- the programme, which has bin Salman Al Khalifa dis- and its funding, as cluding the results of its work, ute significantly to realising a demonstrated their remark- missed as untrue yesterday well as countering as well as its recommendations more prosperous future for the able tenacity as they support the news circulated by some Interior Minister to on the appropriate measures to Kingdom and its citizens. national efforts aimed at over- news websites about a tele- money laundering; chair committee, be taken regarding them. This was said yesterday by coming challenges presented phone call between HRH suggest policies, and whose members The committee shall convene His Royal Highness Prince by the coronavirus (COVID-19), the Prime Minister and an coordinate national include several min- upon the request of its chair- Salman bin Hamad Al Khali- as part of Team Bahrain. Israeli official. efforts related to these man, and its meetings shall be fa, Crown Prince, Deputy Su- HRH the Crown Prince ex- HRH the Premier’s court isters and high-rank- valid only in the presence of a preme Commander and First pressed his appreciation to the stressed that what was pub- ing security officials majority of its members, includ- Deputy Prime Minister, dur- Fellowship’s administrators lished in this regard is total- Panel may seek ing necessarily the chairman. ing a remote meeting with the who have modernised work- ly false. assistance• from experts The panel shall issue its res- fifth intake of the First Deputy force education and wished and competent bodies, cy chief, the Public Security olutions and recommendations Prime Minister (FDPM) Fel- each Fellow success in ap - chief, and the Supreme Defence by the majority vote of the at- lowship. plying the knowledge they to listen to their views Council deputy secretary-gen- tending members, and in the Speaking to the intake, HRH have retained during the pro- BAHRAIN or be provided with eral. case of a draw, the chairman’s the Crown Prince highlighted gramme when they return to relevant information The Interior Ministry’s Joint side shall prevail. the importance of investing in their workplaces. TOTAL CASES Counter-Terrorism Centre shall In order to perform its duties, and facilitating the future em- For their part, the FDPM Fel- TDT | Manama undertake the duties of the the committee may seek the powerment of Bahrain’s youth, lows expressed their gratitude committee’s secretariat-general assistance of whom it deems outlining the key role they play and appreciation to HRH the 46,835 and all its administrative work. appropriate from those with ex- in the Kingdom’s comprehen- Crown Prince for his contin- ACTIVE CASES national committee to The panel’s jurisdictions in- pertise and competence, and in- sive development, under the ued support and encourage- combat extremism, ter- clude studying all issues related vite them to attend its meetings leadership of His Majesty the ment. 3,537 Arorism and its financing, to combatting extremism, fight- to discuss and listen to their DEATHS and money laundering is to be ing terrorism and its funding, views or to provide it with the established. as well as countering money information it deems neces- 170 This follows Royal Decree laundering. sary to carry out its terms of Zero COVID-19 deaths; 50/2020, issued yesterday by The committee shall suggest reference, without any of them DISCHARGED His Majesty King Hamad bin policies and coordinate the gen- having the right to vote on its recoveries rise over 43,000 43,128 Isa Al Khalifa, on establishing eral national efforts related to resolutions or recommenda- and forming the committee. countering extremism, fighting tions. TDT | Manama expatriate workers, 241 con- NEW CASES The Interior Minister shall terrorism and combatting mon- The relevant ministries and tacts of active cases, and four 405 be the chairman of the com - ey laundering, as well as revis- entities in the Kingdom must here were zero deaths due travel-related cases. mittee, whose members include ing and updating these policies provide the committee with the Tto the coronavirus (COV- There were also 322 ad - CRITICAL the Justice, Islamic Affairs and periodically. data, information, and studies ID-19) in Bahrain yesterday, ditional recoveries from the 41 Endowments Minister, the It shall also propose the it requests to conduct its work. keeping the total number of virus yesterday, bringing the Foreign Affairs Minister, the designation of individuals and HRH the Prime Minister and virus-related casualties at 170. Kingdom’s total number of dis- 210 fils (includes VAT) Finance and National Econo- entities on the national terror ministers–each in their capac- Meanwhile, the Ministry charged individuals to 43,128. my Minister, the Information list, assess the dangers of ex- ity—shall implement the pro- of Health announced early The total number of current Affairs Minister, the Defence tremist ideology, terrorism and visions of this Royal Decree, this morning that out of 9,669 active cases continued its re- Affairs Minister, the Central money laundering, and propose which takes immediate effect COVID-19 tests conducted yes- cent rise and is now at 3,537. Bank of Bahrain Governor, the the necessary legislation and and will be published in the terday, 405 new cases were The total tests conducted in National Intelligence Agen- systems to combat them, in co- Official Gazette. detected. These included 160 Bahrain increased to 972,003. MONDAY, AUGUST 17, 2020 02 HM the King issues edicts on TRA, NCC Indian Embassy issues form TDT | Manama opment, alongside men, in all for returning nationals fields. is Majesty King Ham- HRH Princess Sabeeka wished TDT | Manama special flights for this purpose ad bin Isa Al Khalifa Eng Jama’an every success in is presently under considera- issued yesterday Royal her new duties and praised he Indian Embassy has tion by both the governments, HDecree 48/2020, re-structur- her prolific career and fruitful Tannounced that it has cre- the embassy added. ing the Telecommunications achievements, as well as her ated an online form to collect The Indian Embassy will Regulatory Authority Board of keenness to represent Bahraini information on Indian nation- make an announcement Directors. women in an honourable way als who wish to return to Bah- through its social media ac- Chaired by Eng Mariam that reflects their well-deserved rain from India. counts when a decision has Ahmed Jama’an, the new board status as an indispensable part- The purpose of the form is been taken. shall comprise Brigadier Gener- ner in building their country. only for collection of informa- The online form, which is al Eng Mohammed Abdullatif Al Meanwhile, HM the King also tion, the embassy said. available at https://forms.gle/ Mahmoud, Khalid Ibrahim Hu- issued yesterday Royal Decree It noted that no decision LvRZgihZevKx6SSZ7, is to be maidan, Shaikh Salman bin Mo- HM the King HRH Princess Sabeeka 49/2020, appointing Yousif Mo- has been taken to date with filled for a single individual hammad Al Khalifa, and Amal hammed Albinkhalil as National regards to starting flights for at a time. Ahmed Al Abbasi as members Her Royal Highness Princess TRA chairperson. Communication Centre CEO. Indian nationals from India to Forms must be submitted for for a four-year term. Sabeeka bint Ibrahim Al Khali- HRH Princess Sabeeka hailed The Information Affairs Bahrain. The matter for bubble each family member, if more HRH the Prime Minister shall fa, Wife of His Majesty the King the royal appointment, which Minister shall implement the arrangement for operation of than one is travelling. implement the provisions of the and Supreme Council for Wom- reflects support to Bahraini Royal Decree, which takes Royal Decree, which takes im- en president, congratulated SCW women, in recognition of their immediate effect and will mediate effect and will be pub- member Eng Jama’an on the dedicated efforts and active be published in the Official lished in the Official Gazette. royal decree appointing her as participation in national devel- Gazette. Philippine Embassy to re-open

TDT | Manama premises”. The embassy added that it will be open only from he Philippine Embassy an- 8am to 12noon with limited HH Shaikh Khalid congratulates HH Shaikh Nasser on award Tnounced yesterday that it staff, in accordance with the will be re-opening to the pub- prescribed working arrange- ifa on receiving the “Leader of “This recognition is a well-de- lic today after being forced to ments of the Philippines’ De- HH Shaikh Nasser’s the Year in the Donation Field” served one for HH Shaikh Nas- close earlier this month af - partment of Foreign Affairs, • Award from the Internation- ser for his noble endeavours in ter two staff members tested and to ensure continued recognition ‘confirms al Donors Services Center—a service of all the people living positive for the coronavirus protection for its clients and his exceptional efforts member of the Regional Net- in the Kingdom, as well as for (COVID-19) and a third had personnel. towards serving work for Social Responsibility the prominent role he has been come into close contact with The public may communi- citizens and residents during the fourth Donors Con- playing in supporting all hu- an active case. cate with the embassy through ference and Award for the year manitarian cases and issues, be- In an advisory posted on so- its hotline of 39953235, or in the Kingdom’ 2020. sides backing the development cial media, the embassy said through its e-mail address- HH Shaikh Khalid underlined programmes and plans designed it will be resuming operations es, Facebook account or on TDT | Manama that recognising HH Shaikh to accelerate Bahrain’s econom- after complying “with existing WhatsApp. All contact infor- HH Shaikh Khalid Nasser with this award confirms ic growth and upgrade its social Ministry of Health testing and mation is available on its web- upreme Council for Youth Khalifa has congratulated His his exceptional efforts towards field,” HH Shaikh Khalid said. quarantine protocols for its site and social media accounts, Sand Sports first deputy chair- Majesty the King’s Humanitari- serving citizens and residents Several other high-ranking of- personnel, additional consul- including those for contacting man and Bahrain Olympic Com- an Works and Youth Affairs rep- in the Kingdom, in implemen- ficials expressed their congrat- tation with medical profes- the embassy’s attached agen- mittee president His Highness resentative His Highness Shai- tation of the directives of HM ulations to HH Shaikh Nasser sionals, and after conducting cies such as POLO, OWWA, SSS Shaikh Khalid bin Hamad Al kh Nasser bin Hamad Al Khal- King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa. yesterday. a complete disinfection of its and Pagibig. Precautionary measures compliance urged

Jafferi Endowments Directorate calls for cooperation in observing annual Ashoora rituals using social media technologies TDT | Manama

he Jafferi Endowments Directorate has urged Tcooperation to observe annual Ashoora rituals using social media technologies, in order to protect people’s safety and ensure compliance with mandatory official directives and precautionary measures, particularly from the National Taskforce for Combatting the The Jafferi Endowments Directorate chairman during the virtual meeting Coronavirus (COVID-19). yesterday The appeal was made yester- day during the annual meeting and initiatives of the govern- of community centres and Hus- ment, HRH the Crown Prince, seiynia processions, held re- and the national taskforce, motely, to discuss preparations Annual Ashoora chaired by Supreme Council for the Ashoora season. rituals to use social for Health president Lieuten- The virtual session was at- media technologies ant-General Dr Shaikh Moham- tended by 250 participants from to protect people’s med bin Abdulla Al Khalifa; and different community centres lauded the role of ministries and coordinators of Husseiynia safety, and ensure and medical and health profes- processions, in addition to rep- compliance with sionals in protecting citizens resentatives of official authori- official directives and residents’ health and safety. ties, the Public Security Deputy and precautionary Al Saleh praised the efforts Chief, lawmakers, and national measures, exerted by the Ministry of In- taskforce members. particularly from terior to maintain security and Jafferi Endowments Direc- the National stability, and protect national torate chairman Youssef bin achievements and community Saleh Al Saleh commended the Taskforce for safety. royal directives of His Majesty Combatting the He commended the Supreme King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa Coronavirus Islamic Affairs Council, chaired to care for religious rituals, par- JAFFERI ENDOWMENTS DIRECTORATE by Shaikh Abdulrahman bin ticularly Ashoora season. CHAIRMAN YOUSSEF BIN SALEH AL Mohammed Al Khalifa, and He also paid tribute with SALEH the follow-up of the Minister this respect to His Royal High- of Justice, Islamic Affairs and ness the Prime Minister Prince Crown Prince, Deputy Supreme Endowments Shaikh Khalid Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa Commander, and First Deputy bin Ali Al Khalifa to take care and His Royal Highness Prince Prime Minister. of worshipping venues and re- Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, He commended the efforts ligious rituals. MONDAY, AUGUST 17, 2020 MONDAY, AUGUST 17, 2020 02 03

HM the King issues edicts on TRA, NCC Indian Embassy issues form NOTHING SERIOUS TDT | Manama opment, alongside men, in all for returning nationals fields. Police summon woman Is common sense is Majesty King Ham- HRH Princess Sabeeka wished TDT | Manama special flights for this purpose ad bin Isa Al Khalifa Eng Jama’an every success in is presently under considera- issued yesterday Royal her new duties and praised he Indian Embassy has tion by both the governments, HDecree 48/2020, re-structur- her prolific career and fruitful Tannounced that it has cre- the embassy added. very common? ing the Telecommunications achievements, as well as her ated an online form to collect The Indian Embassy will Regulatory Authority Board of keenness to represent Bahraini information on Indian nation- make an announcement who smashed idols Directors. women in an honourable way als who wish to return to Bah- through its social media ac- Chaired by Eng Mariam that reflects their well-deserved rain from India. counts when a decision has Ahmed Jama’an, the new board status as an indispensable part- The purpose of the form is been taken. Top official condemns behaviour, says whoever commits such acts ‘is a stranger shall comprise Brigadier Gener- ner in building their country. only for collection of informa- The online form, which is and is not one of us’ al Eng Mohammed Abdullatif Al Meanwhile, HM the King also tion, the embassy said. available at https://forms.gle/ Mahmoud, Khalid Ibrahim Hu- issued yesterday Royal Decree It noted that no decision LvRZgihZevKx6SSZ7, is to be TDT | Manama P UNNIKRISHNAN maidan, Shaikh Salman bin Mo- HM the King HRH Princess Sabeeka 49/2020, appointing Yousif Mo- has been taken to date with filled for a single individual hammad Al Khalifa, and Amal hammed Albinkhalil as National regards to starting flights for at a time. Bahraini woman might Ahmed Al Abbasi as members Her Royal Highness Princess TRA chairperson. Communication Centre CEO. Indian nationals from India to Forms must be submitted for be facing a punishment always wonder how to judge the common sense of a person for a four-year term. Sabeeka bint Ibrahim Al Khali- HRH Princess Sabeeka hailed The Information Affairs Bahrain. The matter for bubble each family member, if more Aof at least six months in Smashing religious symbols is not the or of a decision-maker with my little common sense! HRH the Prime Minister shall fa, Wife of His Majesty the King the royal appointment, which Minister shall implement the arrangement for operation of than one is travelling. jail if found guilty of disrespect- behaviour of the people of Bahrain. It is a I Starting from Aristotle, so many brilliant social scientists implement the provisions of the and Supreme Council for Wom- reflects support to Bahraini Royal Decree, which takes ing a religion—an act that is crime that expresses an alien and rejected tried to define common sense as sound, practical judgment Royal Decree, which takes im- en president, congratulated SCW women, in recognition of their immediate effect and will criminalised by the Kingdom’s hatred. Here, all religions, sects and people concerning everyday matters, or a basic ability to perceive, mediate effect and will be pub- member Eng Jama’an on the dedicated efforts and active be published in the Official Philippine Embassy to re-open Penal Code. coexist and whoever did this is a stranger and understand and judge that has been shared by (“common to”) lished in the Official Gazette. royal decree appointing her as participation in national devel- Gazette. This comes as the woman re- is not one of us. nearly all people. cently smashed religious statues In simple words, you can call it as good sense or it can be TDT | Manama premises”. The embassy added inside of a shop in Juffair. HM THE KING’S DIPLOMATIC AFFAIRS ADVISOR SHAIKH KHALID BIN AHMED AL KHALIFA described as folk wisdom. that it will be open only from The 54-year-old was seen in I once even dared to ask a teacher, who questioned my com- he Philippine Embassy an- 8am to 12noon with limited video footage, along with anoth- mon sense, to explain the phenomenon. HH Shaikh Khalid congratulates HH Shaikh Nasser on award Tnounced yesterday that it staff, in accordance with the er woman, yelling at the shop- condemned the women’s be- And the reply was an eventful episode from the life of Mahat- will be re-opening to the pub- prescribed working arrange- keeper and breaking several re- haviour and commented that Indian Embassy ma Gandhi, the Father of the Indian freedom struggle. ifa on receiving the “Leader of “This recognition is a well-de- lic today after being forced to ments of the Philippines’ De- ligious idols by throwing them whoever commits such acts isn’t thanks authorities for Once, Gandhi, while boarding a train in South Africa along HH Shaikh Nasser’s the Year in the Donation Field” served one for HH Shaikh Nas- close earlier this month af - partment of Foreign Affairs, on the floor. a Bahraini. with his wife Kasturba, lost one of his shoes in his rush to get • Award from the Internation- ser for his noble endeavours in ter two staff members tested and to ensure continued “Hey you. Come here. What is DON’T MISS IT The former Minister of For- swift response into the compartment. When he realised that he wouldn’t be recognition ‘confirms al Donors Services Center—a service of all the people living positive for the coronavirus protection for its clients and this?” one of the veiled women eign Affairs tweeted: “Smash- able to retrieve his shoe, he immediately took off the other one his exceptional efforts member of the Regional Net- in the Kingdom, as well as for (COVID-19) and a third had personnel. was heard saying in the video ing religious symbols is not the he Indian Embassy yester- and threw it towards the track. towards serving work for Social Responsibility the prominent role he has been come into close contact with The public may communi- while questioning the shop - The woman could face behaviour of the people of Bah- Tday thanked Bahrain’s au- Kasturba, who never had any high regards to her husband’s citizens and residents during the fourth Donors Con- playing in supporting all hu- an active case. cate with the embassy through keeper. The other woman can rain. It is a crime that expresses thorities for their swift action common sense (courtesy historians), began ridiculing her ference and Award for the year manitarian cases and issues, be- In an advisory posted on so- its hotline of 39953235, or be also heard saying: “This is a a punishment of at an alien and rejected hatred. in response to the incident. husband, as ever. Gandhi instantly served the clarification: “It in the Kingdom’ 2020. sides backing the development cial media, the embassy said through its e-mail address- Muslim country, right? Why are least six months in jail Here, all religions, sects and In reply to the tweet of His would be better if someone gets a pair than just one shoe. At HH Shaikh Khalid underlined programmes and plans designed it will be resuming operations es, Facebook account or on you selling this here?” if found guilty of inten- people coexisted and whoever Majesty the King’s Diplomatic least he can use what I have lost.” TDT | Manama that recognising HH Shaikh to accelerate Bahrain’s econom- after complying “with existing WhatsApp. All contact infor- Both women continued yell- tional destruction and did this is a stranger and is not Affairs Advisor Shaikh Khalid I think this quick action easily constitutes an unparalleled HH Shaikh Khalid Nasser with this award confirms ic growth and upgrade its social Ministry of Health testing and mation is available on its web- ing at the shopkeeper, who re- publicly insulting a sect one of us.” bin Ahmed Al Khalifa, the em- definition for common sense. upreme Council for Youth Khalifa has congratulated His his exceptional efforts towards field,” HH Shaikh Khalid said. quarantine protocols for its site and social media accounts, plied to them saying: “I am Mus- bassy said: “This is yet another Once, when Pope Francis was ad- and a symbol that is glo- Interrogated When you sit on a Sand Sports first deputy chair- Majesty the King’s Humanitari- serving citizens and residents Several other high-ranking of- personnel, additional consul- including those for contacting lim too,” before he walked away. rified by the people of a reflection of Bahrain’s toler- dressing a crowd of nearly 150,000 man and Bahrain Olympic Com- an Works and Youth Affairs rep- in the Kingdom, in implemen- ficials expressed their congrat- tation with medical profes- the embassy’s attached agen- The footage also showed one Meanwhile, the Public Pros- ant culture and the spirit of decision-maker’s people, a young boy joined him on religion mittee president His Highness resentative His Highness Shai- tation of the directives of HM ulations to HH Shaikh Nasser sionals, and after conducting cies such as POLO, OWWA, SSS of the women emptying the ecution confirmed in a state- friendship between our two seat, especially stage. Later, the boy embraced the Shaikh Khalid bin Hamad Al kh Nasser bin Hamad Al Khal- King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa. yesterday. a complete disinfection of its and Pagibig. shelves by throwing all of the Kingdom’s approach of respect- ment posted on its official so- countries and people.” Pope, and found his seat on the cov- statues on the floor. “Let us see ing faiths, tolerance, and pro- cial media channels that it has in a daily eted chair. Instead of expressing who worships idols here? I want moting peace and co-existence. interrogated the woman and is mediately began interrogating newspaper, it is his anger, the Pope responded by the police,” the woman said. Thousands of netizens in Bah- completing the necessary pro- the accused and confronted her patting the tiny tot on the head and Yesterday, a few hours after rain and abroad condemned the cedures to refer the case to the with the testimonies of witness- important to use carried on with his speech. the video was widely circulated woman’s “radical behaviour” concerned court. es and the footage. the wisdom and Undoubtedly, the millions who online, the Interior Ministry and commended security au- Quoting Capital Governorate “She admitted that she had witnessed the scene through tele- Precautionary measures commented in a tweet: “Capital thorities for swiftly responding Chief Prosecutor Mohammed smashed these figures, so she common sense vision channels might have salut- Police took legal steps against a to the matter and taking legal Salah, the statement read: “The was charged with intentional not to publish or ed the common sense of the first woman, 54, for damaging a shop action against the woman. Public Prosecution has received destruction and publicly insult- post any content shepherd. in Juffair and defaming a sect a report from Nabih Saleh Police ing a sect and a symbol that is I can still recollect the smile of compliance urged and its rituals, in order to refer ‘Not one of us!’ Station, informing that a woman glorified by the people of a re- which can George Bush when an Iraqi Jour- her to the Public Prosecution.” His Majesty the King’s Dip- has broken statues at a shop in ligion. Preparations are being incite religious nalist threw shoes at him. He man- The video sparked public out- lomatic Affairs Advisor Shaikh Juffair area. taken to refer the case to the sentiments aged to brush aside the situation Jafferi Endowments Directorate calls for cooperation in observing rage online, as it is against the Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa “The Public Prosecution im- concerned court,” Salah added. with a simple smile. In fact, the or possibly entire world felt his “smile” as annual Ashoora rituals using social media technologies “common sense”. incite dislike or Recently, in India, a nephew of TDT | Manama Three in the dock for forging Lyrica prescriptions hatred among one of the members of the legisla- communities tive assembly in Bangalore posted he Jafferi Endowments TDT | Manama defendants and to keep them in Regulatory Authority (NHRA) sold Lyrica without a prescrip- derogative content in social media, Directorate has urged detention. In the Public Prose- discovered a fake prescription tion and at higher prices. hurting the religious sentiments of cooperation to observe Bahraini man, aged 31, and cution’s interrogation, the first while auditing the operations of Additionally, a statement a particular community. This ended Tannual Ashoora rituals using Atwo Asian male accom - defendant confessed to forging one of the pharmacies. issued following the regular up in a clash where three persons social media technologies, in plices, aged 27 and 34, recently the prescriptions and present- As reported earlier, the Bah- weekly Cabinet meeting last died and injured many others. This order to protect people’s safety stood trial before the Fourth ing them to several pharmacies rain government has been tight- September mentioned that it person was later arrested by the and ensure compliance with High Criminal Court for charg- across Bahrain, after falsely ening its grip on dispensing had approved a draft edict on police and sent to public prosecution. Unfortunately, later on, mandatory official directives es of forgery and drug abuse. claiming that they were issued medicines, such as Lyrica, to the procedures for regulating another party leader (also with no common sense) announced and precautionary measures, Court files show that the by the Health Services Direc- curb its misuse. This came after the dispensing of medicines a 51 lakh reward on the head of the nephew of the MLA, which particularly from the National three men were involved in torate in the Interior Ministry. reports and footage were widely containing substances listed un- intensified the issue in the society. After realising the trouble, Taskforce for Combatting the The Jafferi Endowments Directorate chairman during the virtual meeting faking 404 prescriptions in or- Investigations showed that circulated online claiming that der the pharmaceutical group he tried to flee to Nepal, but the police managed to snag him. Coronavirus (COVID-19). yesterday der to purchase large quantities eight prescriptions and 70 cap- Lyrica is being peddled and mis- gabapentinoid, to which drugs When you sit on a decision-maker’s seat, especially in a daily The appeal was made yester- of addictive prescription pills sules that were illegally ob - used among school students of such as Lyrica belong. newspaper, it is important to use the wisdom and common day during the annual meeting and initiatives of the govern- commercially known as Lyrica. tained were found in the first both genders in the Kingdom. It was added in the statement sense not to publish or post any content which can incite re- of community centres and Hus- ment, HRH the Crown Prince, The court ordered to view defendant’s house. On August 1 last year, the that the move comes out of the ligious sentiments or possibly incite dislike or hatred among seiynia processions, held re- and the national taskforce, the confiscated fake prescrip- It was also mentioned in NHRA announced that it had Cabinet’s keenness to place communities. motely, to discuss preparations Annual Ashoora chaired by Supreme Council tions and adjourned the case the police report that the man closed a pharmacy and suspend- more procedures to control the Yesterday, when one of our online team members asked the for the Ashoora season. rituals to use social for Health president Lieuten- to tomorrow. It also ordered to was exposed when an inspec- ed its manager for a year, after it dispensing of medicines and permission to post the video of a local woman damaging a shop The virtual session was at- media technologies ant-General Dr Shaikh Moham- assign a defence attorney for the tor from the National Health was proven that the pharmacy reduce their misuse. in Juffair and defaming a sect and its idols, my first response tended by 250 participants from to protect people’s med bin Abdulla Al Khalifa; and was a big “NO” and “WAIT”. Most of the time, those who work different community centres lauded the role of ministries on online platforms think only about the reach. and coordinators of Husseiynia safety, and ensure and medical and health profes- Online media is a very sensitive place where one can easily processions, in addition to rep- compliance with sionals in protecting citizens damage the reputation of an individual or country by posting resentatives of official authori- official directives and residents’ health and safety. Embezzlement convicts jailed for money laundering an unwanted inciting video or post. Bahrain’s name is known ties, the Public Security Deputy and precautionary Al Saleh praised the efforts globally for its religious harmony and tolerance. Chief, lawmakers, and national measures, exerted by the Ministry of In- TDT | Manama Public Prosecution traced the amounts they As expected, Bahrain’s legal system worked swiftly and taskforce members. particularly from terior to maintain security and stole from the company. arrested the woman within hours. The Diplomatic Advisor to Jafferi Endowments Direc- the National stability, and protect national he High Criminal Court yesterday sen- Clarifying further, Al Qurashi said the His Majesty the King, the former Foreign Minister, condemned torate chairman Youssef bin Taskforce for achievements and community Ttenced two private sector employees defendants have completed transactions the incident. Saleh Al Saleh commended the safety. to five years in jail and fined them BD5,000 using the stolen money with the intent of I still remember the day we had a power cut for a few hours; royal directives of His Majesty Combatting the He commended the Supreme each after finding them guilty of money conveying that it is from legitimate sources, the next day, the highest authorities had apologised for the King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa Coronavirus Islamic Affairs Council, chaired laundering. adding that these operations included de- inconvenience caused to the citizens. This makes Bahrain a to care for religious rituals, par- JAFFERI ENDOWMENTS DIRECTORATE by Shaikh Abdulrahman bin Announcing the verdict was Chief Pros- posits, withdrawals and remittances. perfect model for other countries to follow. ticularly Ashoora season. CHAIRMAN YOUSSEF BIN SALEH AL Mohammed Al Khalifa, and ecutor Ahmed Al Qurashi, who explained “When confronted in the interrogation, I think only a simpleton may allow publishing such videos He also paid tribute with SALEH the follow-up of the Minister that the court also ordered to confiscate the one of the defendants confessed to the and the one with no common sense may allow random people this respect to His Royal High- of Justice, Islamic Affairs and embezzled amounts and any money owned crime and his co-defendant’s assisting role to post inciting comments. ness the Prime Minister Prince Crown Prince, Deputy Supreme Endowments Shaikh Khalid by the defendants equal to the money they Al Qurashi in the crime. The prosecution referred the Am I making sense? Or is my common sense at stake? Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa Commander, and First Deputy bin Ali Al Khalifa to take care stole, in addition to deportation. case to the concerned court, which issued and His Royal Highness Prince Prime Minister. of worshipping venues and re- Al Qurashi said the duo, who work to- convicted of embezzlement and the money the aforementioned verdict,” the Chief (P.Unnikrishnan is the Chairman and Managing Editor of Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, He commended the efforts ligious rituals. gether at a tourism company, were already laundering charge was discovered when the Prosecutor added. The Daily Tribune Managment Board) MONDAY, AUGUST 17, 2020 04

Interior Ministry wins workers’ welfare award TDT | Manama ‘Youth empowerment he Ministry of Interior has Twon an award for “Best Workers Welfare Programme” for the year 2019. This came during the Pres- a top national priority’ entation and Appreciation Ceremony, held remotely, of the third edition of the “Happi- Bahrain’s young people are the future and they should be ness @ Work Award”, which is managed by Dubai-based Sus- involved in national decisions once ready: top official tainable Mindz—a pioneering strategic Corporate Sustaina- The Derasat chairman noted Interior Ministry officials during the awards ceremony bility and Responsibility (CSR) that HM the King’s Human- expertise centre in the Gulf and It follows his directives pressed his thanks and appre- itarian Works and Youth Af- Middle East and North Africa aimed at continuing to develop ciation to all those who have fairs Representative, National region. the capabilities of the minis- contributed to achieving this Security Advisor and Supreme On this occasion, the minis- try’s employees, in a way that international award. Council for Youth and Sports try’s Human Resources assis- contributes to raising their effi- The “Happiness @ Work (SCYS) chairman His Highness tant undersecretary Brigadier ciency and productivity in their Award” honours regional insti- Shaikh Nasser bin Hamad Al Adel Abdullah Amin affirmed fields of work. tutions that achieve the highest Khalifa is a youth leadership that the achievement of this He noted the continuous fol- levels of commitment to the role model, who holds initi - international accolade comes low-up of Ministry of Interior morale and health of their em- atives and transforms young thanks to the support of Interi- undersecretary Shaikh Nasser ployees. people into remarkable suc- or Minister Lieutenant General bin Abdulrahman Al Khalifa A total of 19 winners from 65 cesses. Shaikh Rashid bin Abdulla Al for the programmes and plans government institutions have Dr Shaikh Abdulla discussed Khalifa. of human resources, and ex- been announced in previous some of the successful initia- years in six different categories. tives, such as the Bahrain Sci- The award covers govern- entific Centre for Sustainable The “Happiness @ Work ment sector institutions, small Dr Shaikh Abdulla during the interactive discussion Development Goals, Manama, Award”, in its third year, hon- and medium-sized companies being chosen as Arab Youth and large companies, in addi- TDT | Manama (BIPA). Capital in 2015, the HH Shaikh ours regional institutions that tion to non-profit organisations The “Hipo Youth” advanced Nasser bin Hamad Internation- achieve the highest levels of that work to spread positivity mpowering youth to be leadership programme seeks al Award for Youth Creativi- KNOW WHAT commitment to the morale and out of their belief that “employ- part of the work force is to introduce young people to ty, the establishment of a fund health of their employees ee happiness” creates high per- Eon top of Bahrain’s pri- best practices in various scienc- to support gifted and creative formance. orities, Foreign Affairs Minis- es and knowledge, in order to youth, the Furas (Opportuni- try undersecretary Dr Shaikh qualify them to come up with ties) initiative to sharpen young Abdulla bin Ahmed Al Khalifa innovative projects. people’s research, the appli- stressed yesterday. Dr Shaikh Abdulla said that, cation and innovation skills, Electricity, water sector development discussed Dr Shaikh Abdulla, who is in line with His Majesty King Youth City 2030, and the In- also the Bahrain Center for Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa’s vi- ternational Youth Conference TDT | Manama Strategic, International and En- sion that youth are the future and Festival for the Sustainable ergy Studies (Derasat) board of energy, they should be involved Development Goals. inister of Electricity and trustees’ chairman, said this as in national decisions once they The meeting also discussed MWater Affairs (EWA) Wael he participated in a visual inter- are properly prepared. various topics of interests for bin Nasser Al Mubarak received active discussion entitled “Hipo He said that the King Hamad Bahraini youth and ways to for- Egyptian Ambassador Yasser Youth”, held as part of the ad- Youth Empowerment Award mulate a number of initiatives Mohammed Shaaban. vanced leadership programme to Achieve the Sustainable De- and programmes that contrib- They discussed ways to en- initiatives held for the second velopment Goals is an example ute to empowering young peo- hance cooperation in the fields year in a row, in cooperation to celebrate the youth’s efforts ple and developing their talents of exchange of expertise and with the Ministry of Youth and around the world, with the aim and capabilities, while prepar- experiences, transfer of knowl- Sports Affairs and Bahrain In- of investing their energy and ing them to lead the bright fu- edge in the field of electricity The EWA Minister, right, with the Egyptian Ambassador stitute of Public Administration creativity. ture of the Kingdom. and water, and the most im - strong bilateral relations re- in all fields. portant projects carried out inforced by cooperation in The ambassador affirmed his by EWA in line with the King- various development fields, country’s readiness to enhance dom’s economic vision and its expressing his best wishes to the existing cooperation in the national strategy 2030, in order the Egyptian Ambassador in electricity and water sectors, INJAZ Bahrain, US Embassy deliver to achieve the requirements of performing his diplomatic du- in a way that serves the inter- urban and population growth. ties in a way that contributes ests and aspirations of the two The minister praised the to strengthening coordination countries. laptops amidst COVID-19 crisis

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n collaboration with the US IEmbassy, INJAZ Bahrain de- livered 20 high-end laptops to students who had difficulties accessing INJAZ Bahrain’s dig- Bahrain Flour Mills Company B.S.C. ital programmes and online schooling. The initiative, which aims to tackle the lack of resources Announcement of Transferring the Unclaimed Cash some students may face, took Dividends to Bahrain Clear Company place in July. In addition to launching its series of digital programmes in In compliance with the instructions of Bahrain Bourse and its Resolution response to COVID-19 in Bah- No. (3) for the year 2020, and based on Article (2) of this resolution, rain, INJAZ Bahrain took the Bahrain Flour Mills Company B.S.C hastransferred the cash dividends initiative to survey its students to understand the effectiveness accumulated and not received by the shareholders for the previous years of its new digital programmes and up to the end of the fiscal year 2018, to the “Unclaimed Cash and address any difficulties and Dividends Fund” account approved by the Central Bank of Bahrain and concerns. The results of the sur- administered by Bahrain Clear Company B.S.C, which will also be vey showed that many students A screenshot of an INJAZ Bahrain video conference taking place faced challenges accessing its responsible for paying the accumulated cash dividends to its eligible series of online programmes affairs officer Haynes Mahoney dents may face challenges dur- shareholders. and online schooling due to was delighted to participate ing this digital transformation Accordingly, we request our honorable shareholders who did not receive the lack of essential resources, in an online dialogue with the phase but with the continuous their dividends forthe previous years until December 31, 2018, to contact such as, laptops and desktop INJAZ Bahrain students about support of our sponsors, we can Bahrain Clear Company on the addressshown below instead of Karvy computers. In response, a grant their career goals and to wish safely say that launching our was given by the US Embassy to the creative young Bahrainis digital programmes has been a Fintech (Bahrain) L.L.C to receive the accumulated cash dividends due to support impacted students and every success. great success.” them for those years. enhance their digital learning INJAZ Bahrain executive The online programmes de- experiences. director Hana Sarwani com- livered by INJAZ Bahrain aim to Bahrain Clear Company In line with INJAZ Bahrain’s mented: “We are very grateful educate students on workforce Bahrain Financial Harbor mission to educate and inspire to the team at the US Embassy readiness, entrepreneurship, the youth of Bahrain, the US who were quick to support our and financial literacy, while at 4th Floor, Tel: 17108833 Embassy believes in empower- students. The grant given by the home. INJAZ Bahrain has been ing and supporting the youth of embassy has helped us deliver able to reach more than 5,000 the Kingdom to enhance their an enhanced digital learning students through its online pro- Marwan Khalid Tabbara learning experiences, especially experience during these uncer- grammes. Chairman during these uncertain times. tain times. For more information, visit Furthermore, assistant public “We know that many stu - injazbh.org. MONDAY, AUGUST 17, 2020 05

Al Baraka transfers unclaimed dividends to CBB account Batelco backs 500 SMEs Shareholders are requested The company will cover fixed internet cost of SMEs for three months to contact Bahrain Clear, who Transferred manages the dividends ac - TDT | Manama • count, to claims the dividends. internet has increased due unclaimed” dividends Dividends can be collected atelco announced its to the rise in the adoption of of years “2006 to either in person or through support for 500 small We believe that digital channels during this 2018” into CBB’s an official notarized proxy, Al and medium enterprise period.” B this will have a dividends account Baraka said. (SME) customers through finan- Batelco statement said the Documents including pass- cial support towards their fixed positive impact on customers who will benefit port, National ID as well as internet cost for 3 months. the continuity of from the initiative as selected • Shareholders are banking document proving the This initiative stems from the these businesses, from the company’s database requested to contact IBAN are necessary to with- Company’s keenness to support as their dependence by “applying well-defined and Bahrain Clear draw the money. this segment of customers dur- on the internet has structured criteria.” Shareholders, whose resi- ing these exceptional circum- increased due to the Batelco has undertaken a Dividends can be dence is out of Bahrain, can stances. wide range of initiatives that • appoint a licensed broker in “This initiative serves to sup- rise in the adoption benefit multiple segments of collected in person Bahrain Bourse to clear their port the tremendous efforts of digital channels society including the provision or through proxy unclaimed dividends (www. made by the government of Bah- during this period of unlimited usage services for bahrainbourse.com). rain in assisting the business ABDERRAHMANE MOUNIR, GM ENTER- all Fixed Broadband custom- TDT | Manama Furthermore, only 2019 div- sector during this pandemic, PRISE DIVISION AT BATELCO ers, in addition to facilitating idends can be collected from and forms part of Batelco’s com- e-learning methods by provid- the Share Registrar (Karvy mitment to giving back to the ing free browsing on several l Baraka Banking Group Fintech) until 08/10/2020, society in which it operates in said, “Having recognized the the fixed internet costs of the educational websites. In light Aannounced transferring post which, it will also be its capacity as a proud member importance of supporting the selected businesses during this of the spread of Coronavirus its “accumulated and un - transferred to Bahrain Clear, of Team Bahrain,” Batelco said local economy during this time time of uncertainty.” in the Kingdom, the Company claimed” dividends of years the bank said. in a statement. and supporting the government “We believe that this will also donated BD3.5 million to “2006 to 2018” into the divi- Contact Bahrain clear on Commenting on this initia- in its efforts against COVID-19, have a positive impact on the the ‘There is Good in Us’ cam- dends account of the Central +973 – 17108833 or registry@ tive, Abderrahmane Mounir, GM we have made the decision to continuity of these business- paign, in addition to many other Bank of Bahrain. bahrainbourse.com. Enterprise Division at Batelco offer financial support towards es, as their dependence on the targeted community initiatives.

Most Gulf markets gain as Dubai hits five-month high Israel economy sinks nearly 30pc in Saudi Arabia’s bench - Closing Bell gave up earlier gains to end Q2; spending, exports slide mark index gained 0.7 per 0.9pc down. The real estate than the -22pc analysts had Emirates NBD SAUDI  0.7pc to 7,759 pts • cent, with Al Rajhi Bank ris - developer reported a net loss A contraction of forecast in a Reuters poll of extends gains for ABU DHABI  0.6pc to 4,413 pts ing 1.6pc and Riyad Bank of 38.6 million dirhams ($10.5 as• much as 6pc is economists. a fourth day 3.3pc. DUBAI  1.3pc to 2,183 pts million) in the second quarter, A contraction of as much as Elsewhere, Saudi Arabi - against a loss of 84.1 million dir- projected in 2020 6pc is projected in 2020, which QATAR n at 9,603 pts Ten of 11 Saudi an retailer Savola Group ad - hams a year earlier. would be the first annual con- Arabian• banks gain vanced 1.4pc after a sharp in- EGYPT  1.6pc to 11,120 pts The Abu Dhabi index was up Reuters | Jerusalem traction in Israel’s history. crease in second-quarter net BAHRAIN  1.3pc to 1,328 pts 0.6pc, led by a 1.1pc rise for the In the second quarter, ex- profit. country’s largest lender, First ports fell 29.2pc, while pri - OMAN  0.1pc to 3,560 pts • Savola Group gains Dubai’s main share index Abu Dhabi Bank, and a 0.5pc srael’s economy contracted vate spending slid 43.4pc, on profit jump closed 1.3pc up at its highest KUWAIT  1.6pc at 5,742 pts gain for telecoms company Eti- Iby an annualised 28.7 per imports dropped 41.7pc and since March 12, boosted by a salat. cent in the second quarter, investment in fixed assets Reuters 3.1pc gain for Emirates NBD and In Qatar, the index was the Central Bureau of Statis- was down 31.6pc — with res- a 1.5pc rise for Dubai Islamic flat, with market heavy - tics said on Sunday, with the idential building declining by Bank. weight Industries Qatar rising coronavirus pandemic harm- 41.6pc. ost major stock mar- Emirates NBD, Dubai’s largest 1.1pc. ing consumer spending, trade The lone bright spot for the kets in the Middle lender, is in preliminary discus- Outside the Gulf, Egypt’s and investment. economy was a 25.2pc jump in MEast ended higher sions with Lebanon’s Blom Bank blue-chip index gained 1.6pc, Preliminary data showed government spending. yesterday, with the Dubai in- over a potential acquisition of with 20 of the 30 stocks in pos- the contraction in gross do- First-quarter GDP was re- dex touching a more than five- its shareholding in Blom Bank itive territory, including a 0.8pc mestic product for the April- vised to an annualised con- month peak, led by its top lender Egypt. gain for Commercial Interna- June period over the prior traction of 6.8pc from a decline Emirates NBD. Union Properties, however, Representative picture tional Bank. three months was steeper of 6.9pc. German watchdog launches Kingdom of Bahrain new Amazon investigation The Bahrain Petroleum Company BSC (Closed) hereby invites tender for the following: TENDER INITIAL TENDER TENDER SUBMISSION TENDER TITLE No. BOND FEES (BD) (BD) DAY DATE TIME Up until 2013, PROVISION OF GEOTECHNICAL • INVESTIGATION AND 17518-2 500/- 15.750 06-Sep-2020 Amazon had prevented MATERIALS TESTING SERVICES traders from offering their products via other online sites at The above public tenders are issued through Bapco’s EAM (Oracle) system. Bapco invites interested Vendors with proven experience in providing the above services to participate in the above tenders. Registered suppliers with a lower price than Bapco’s EAM system can log in with their username and password and purchase the tender. Tender documents on its market place can be downloaded after paying the tender fee. Unregistered suppliers can register by visiting the following website: Reuters | Berlin https://www.bapco.net/doing-business-with-us.html#prequali cations Representative picture (Courtesy of CNBC) Under prequali cation, please select new supplier registration and complete the steps. For further clari cation ermany’s anti-trust author- you may contact Bapco Procurement Department at the Re nery on Telephone, 1775 7054, 1775 2995, Gity has launched a new in- blocked some traders because 1775 5684 or 1775 5845 vestigation into Amazon’s rela- of allegedly too high prices. Submission of the Tender is online through EAM system, but the Initial Bond is to be submitted in original. Initial tionship with third-party trad- “Amazon must not be a con- Bond shall be payable by a Certi ed Cheque, Cash, Manager cheque, letter of guarantee or insurance policy. The ers selling on its site, its head troller of prices,” he said, add- Initial bond shall remain valid throughout the tender period speci ed in the relevant tender documents (6 was quoted as saying yesterday. ing that Amazon had responded months from the date of submission). Initial Bond can be submitted at old BBK Building (Procurement “We are currently investigat- to his office’s requests for infor- KNOW WHAT Department – Tendering Unit) located outside the re nery, near North Gate between 10:00 am and 11:00 ing whether and how Amazon mation and those statements am on Tuesdays only. influences how traders set pric- were now being evaluated. Germany is Ama- This tender is subject to the provisions of Legislative Decree No.36 of 2002 with respect to Regulating es on the marketplace,” Andreas Up until 2013, Amazon had Government Tenders & Purchases and the Legislative Decree No.37 of 2002 with respect to the Tender Law’s Mundt, President of the Federal prevented traders from offering zon’s second-biggest implementing regulations. Cartel Office, told the Frank- their products via other online market after the The following conditions shall be complied with: furter Allgemeine Zeitung daily. sites at a lower price than on its United States. 1. Enclose a copy of the Commercial Registration Certi cate valid for the current year, and be During the first few months market place, a policy Germa- in conformity with the subject tender. of the coronavirus pandemic, ny’s anti-trust watchdog forced 2. Enclose a copy of Certi cate of Compliance with the Employment Percentage for when many stores were closed it to abandon. vice for third-party merchants, Bahraini Manpower issued by the Ministry of Labour. and shoppers flocked online, Last year, Amazon reached a prompting the office to drop a 3. Award of Purchase Agreement to a Contractor who is not on Bapco’s Approved List of Mundt said there had been deal with the German authority previous seven-month inves- Contractors will be subject to successful pre-quali cation. complaints that Amazon had to overhaul its terms of ser - tigation. • This announcement is to be read as part of the Tender Documents. MONDAY, AUGUST 17, 2020 06 Postal slowdown sparks claims of plot Bernie Sanders said on ABC’s all upset about this, come back to ernment agency that directly AFP News “This Week.” Washington” to reach agreement touches every American. Sanders had sought his party’s on a stimulus package including On Saturday, protesters gath- he United States Post- presidential nod but instead will aid for small businesses, he said ered at the Washington home of al Service is popularly be speaking Monday in support on CNN’s “State of the Union.” Postmaster General Louis De- Tknown for delivering mail of Joe Biden on the opening day “Put the postal funding in Joy, a recent Trump appointee, despite snow, rain or heat, but of the Democrats’ four-day nom- there. We’ll pass it tomorrow,” blaring horns and banging pots it faces a new foe in President inating convention, held virtual- Meadows said. “The president in anger. Donald Trump. ly for the first time. will sign it.” USPS spokesman David Parten- Ahead of the November 3 elec- Sanders called Trump’s asser- Biden has dismissed the pres- heimer attributed changes at the tions in which millions of vot- tion that it was Democrats who ident’s stance as “Pure Trump,” agency to its poor financial state. ers are expected to cast ballots were blocking postal funding saying, “He doesn’t want an elec- “We are not slowing down by mail due to the coronavirus, “pathetic,” adding, “The House tion.” And Senator Kamala Har- election mail or any other mail,” Trump has levelled an unprec- should come back and make ris, who is slated to accept the he said. edented attack at the USPS, op- sure the postal service is fully party’s nomination as Biden’s “The Postal Service is in a fi- posing efforts to give the cash- Some say the US Postal Service (USPS) is unduly removing street mailboxes funded.” running mate on Wednesday, nancially unsustainable posi- strapped agency more money before the 2020 election The president’s chief of staff, tweeted: “We cannot let Donald tion, stemming from substantial even as changes there have Mark Meadows, said the Dem- Trump destroy the United States declines in mail volume and a caused widespread delays in ocrats could obtain more postal Postal Service.” broken business model,” he ex- delivering letters and packages. funding if they are ready to make The matter has drawn intense plained. “They need that money in or- a deal on the stimulus package. attention across the country -- He called on Congress and der to have the post office work “If my Democrat friends are the postal service being one gov- regulators to enact reforms. so it can take all of these mil - lions and millions of ballots,” Meanwhile, in Congress... commit mail voting fraud.” idents’ votes count. Trump told Fox News on Thurs- In an interview, American Pennsylvania this week asked day, adding, “but if they don’t But Congress remains dead- Postal Workers Union President its supreme court to push back get those... that means you can’t locked over a new stimulus bill Mark Dimondstein blamed the its deadline for accepting mail- have universal mail-in voting.” to follow the $2.2 trillion CARES nationwide slowdowns in mail in ballots. Widespread mail-in voting, he Act package passed in March. deliveries on measures imple- In a court filing, it cited a let- added on Saturday, would be a Democrats have proposed mented by DeJoy, a Republican ter from a USPS official to the “catastrophe.” giving the USPS billions of dol- fundraiser who has pledged to state warning of “a risk that bal- Democrats on Sunday pushed lars in funding. Trump, after reform the agency. lots requested near the dead- back forcefully. initially saying he opposed that, Dimondstein said overtime line under state law will not be Some called for the House of said Friday that perhaps some for postal workers was recently returned by mail in time to be Representatives to return early Demonstrators gather outside the home of US Postmaster General Louis DeJoy to new funds could be included in reduced. That, combined with counted.” from summer recess to take ac- voice their anger over concerns about the viability of mail-in voting for the 2020 a compromise. the around 40,000 workers The Washington Post report- tion to protect the postal service, presidential election The president said candid- who have had to quarantine ed on Friday similar notices a call that found an echo from a ly in April that mail-in voting since March because of COV- were sent to 45 other states and senior Republican eager to seal a relief package. cerned” by Trump’s stance “doesn’t work out well for Re- ID-19, has created delays. the District of Columbia. deal on a huge new coronavirus “I am deeply, deeply con - on the postal service, Senator publicans.” He has repeatedly “But the same work is still Dimondstein said he hoped described such ballots as prone there to get done,” Dimondstein Trump’s “brazen challenge to to fraud. said. the democratic right -- that Trump has long been a critic of the postal service, insisting Experts disagree. somehow he’s going to starve BETTER it is poorly managed, but his latest charges come at a time A study this year by New York States act this institution to suppress the when he trails Biden in most polls. An NBC News-Wall Street University’s Brennan Center As concerns mount over the vote -- somehow gives more Journal survey released Sunday showed the former vice for Justice found that “it is... USPS’s ability to handle the ex- impetus to Congress to react.” KNOW president with a nine point lead over Trump among regis- more likely for an American to pected surge in ballots, states “Congress needs to act, and tered voters. be struck by lightning than to are working to ensure their res- they need to act soon,” he said.

Bling no longer king in India as gold loses its shine process much faster. Demand during Months after India “Gold offers more value for • money right now. Once the econ- the April-to-June lifted its strict omy improves, I’ll pay back the quarter plunged 70 lockdown, the loan and retrieve my gold,” he pc to 63.7 tonnes added. country’s biggest Digital gold AFP News gold market Zaveri Some tech-savvy consumers are betting on prices rising even ewellers in the traditionally Bazaar remains further as investors seek safe lucrative Indian gold mar- desolate, with havens, and are pumping funds Jket are struggling -- even into so-called digital gold. while the metal’s value skyrock- most stores closed “Consumers are buying digital ets -- as coronavirus fears keep gold in bits and pieces because it sales down, craftsmen at home and no customers enables you to buy gold for... as and shops shuttered. in sight little as one rupee,” said Rajesh Months after India lifted its Khosla, spokesman for the India strict lockdown, the country’s Bullion and Jewellers Associ- biggest gold market Zaveri Ba- ans have tradition- ation. zaar remains desolate, with most ally stockpiled “When they... need to convert stores closed and no customers gold bars and digital gold to physical gold, it in sight. coins as a hedge will be delivered to them,” he “We have been running this against inflation. said. shop for the last 40 years and Mumbai’s Zaveri Bazaar was hit hard by the March lockdown Many are now Gold will eventually make a I have never seen the business leveraging these comeback in India as consumers hit such lows,” said 75-year-old jewellery, even though it is con- to secure cred- recover their appetite, said So- Madhubhai Shah, one of only a sidered auspicious and a status it, exploiting the masundaram P.R., managing di- handful of jewellers who decid- symbol. A commodity’s high rector of WGC’s India operations. ed to reopen. “Previously we wanted the goldsmith value and securing “People who saved money The Mumbai market was hit 56pc wedding to be a grand affair makes lower interest rates on because of cancelled holidays According to the World hard by the March lockdown, and follow all Indian traditions, jewellery at a personal loans. or expenditures (will) invest in Gold Council (WGC), workshop in Hyderabad which saw millions of migrant India’s gold consumption just like our parents,” the Mum- Bhadresh Gowda, a farmer in gold,” he said. workers -- including many gold fell by a staggering 56 pc bai-based marketing manager compared with the same period Karnataka state, used his wife’s But with the economy still in craftsmen -- flee India’s cities as during the first half of said. last year. wedding jewellery to secure a the doldrums and coronavirus their income dried up. 2020 “But with the pandemic and Demand during the April-to- 200,000-rupee ($2,670) credit infections approaching three “Seventy per cent of our arti- uncertainty looming in the job June quarter plunged 70 pc to line after huge losses during the million, would-be consumers sans have left for their villages market, we decided to cut down 63.7 tonnes, the lowest since the lockdown. like Ahire say they would prefer and manufacturing units are all off in October and sees families on our spending on gold and in- 2008 global financial crisis. “Initially, I was hesitant to use to wait it out. closed,” Shah said. spend a small fortune, has failed stead keep the money for a rainy The twin blows of the lock- gold as collateral because these “It seems better to hold onto And with gold prices hit - to buoy spirits or boost spending day,” the 29-year-old said. down and high prices meant jewels are my family’s legacy, but (my) money right now,” he said. ting record highs after soaring as India braces for its first reces- customers did not empty their times are tough,” the 39-year- “With the global pandemic, around 30 pc this year, there is sion in four decades. Gold-backed loans pockets even during the Akshaya old said. economic downturn and weak little incentive for customers to Chiranjeevi Ahire and his fian- According to the World Gold Tritiya festival in April, consid- In contrast to traditional loans, employment prospects, I will splash out on jewellery. cee decided to break with tradi- Council (WGC), India’s gold con- ered a lucky time for Hindus to gold-backed credit “is very easy not risk my financial stability for Even the impending wedding tion for their December wedding sumption fell by a staggering 56 buy the metal. to access with less paperwork gold. It just seems like a terrible season, which traditionally kicks by choosing not to buy any gold pc during the first half of 2020 In addition to jewellery, Indi- required”, he said, making the idea.” MONDAY, AUGUST 17, 2020 06 07 MONDAY, AUGUST 17, 2020 Postal slowdown sparks claims of plot Bernie Sanders said on ABC’s all upset about this, come back to ernment agency that directly Classified AFP News “This Week.” Washington” to reach agreement touches every American. Sanders had sought his party’s on a stimulus package including On Saturday, protesters gath- he United States Post- presidential nod but instead will aid for small businesses, he said ered at the Washington home of al Service is popularly be speaking Monday in support on CNN’s “State of the Union.” Postmaster General Louis De- Tknown for delivering mail of Joe Biden on the opening day “Put the postal funding in Joy, a recent Trump appointee, despite snow, rain or heat, but of the Democrats’ four-day nom- there. We’ll pass it tomorrow,” blaring horns and banging pots it faces a new foe in President inating convention, held virtual- Meadows said. “The president in anger. Donald Trump. ly for the first time. will sign it.” USPS spokesman David Parten- Ahead of the November 3 elec- Sanders called Trump’s asser- Biden has dismissed the pres- heimer attributed changes at the tions in which millions of vot- tion that it was Democrats who ident’s stance as “Pure Trump,” agency to its poor financial state. ers are expected to cast ballots were blocking postal funding saying, “He doesn’t want an elec- “We are not slowing down by mail due to the coronavirus, “pathetic,” adding, “The House tion.” And Senator Kamala Har- election mail or any other mail,” Trump has levelled an unprec- should come back and make ris, who is slated to accept the he said. Electrokinetics Co. WLL edented attack at the USPS, op- sure the postal service is fully party’s nomination as Biden’s “The Postal Service is in a fi- posing efforts to give the cash- Some say the US Postal Service (USPS) is unduly removing street mailboxes funded.” running mate on Wednesday, nancially unsustainable posi- strapped agency more money before the 2020 election The president’s chief of staff, tweeted: “We cannot let Donald tion, stemming from substantial even as changes there have Mark Meadows, said the Dem- Trump destroy the United States declines in mail volume and a caused widespread delays in ocrats could obtain more postal Postal Service.” broken business model,” he ex- delivering letters and packages. funding if they are ready to make The matter has drawn intense plained. “They need that money in or- a deal on the stimulus package. attention across the country -- He called on Congress and der to have the post office work “If my Democrat friends are the postal service being one gov- regulators to enact reforms. so it can take all of these mil - lions and millions of ballots,” Meanwhile, in Congress... commit mail voting fraud.” idents’ votes count. Trump told Fox News on Thurs- In an interview, American Pennsylvania this week asked day, adding, “but if they don’t But Congress remains dead- Postal Workers Union President its supreme court to push back get those... that means you can’t locked over a new stimulus bill Mark Dimondstein blamed the its deadline for accepting mail- have universal mail-in voting.” to follow the $2.2 trillion CARES nationwide slowdowns in mail in ballots. Widespread mail-in voting, he Act package passed in March. deliveries on measures imple- In a court filing, it cited a let- added on Saturday, would be a Democrats have proposed mented by DeJoy, a Republican ter from a USPS official to the “catastrophe.” giving the USPS billions of dol- fundraiser who has pledged to state warning of “a risk that bal- Democrats on Sunday pushed lars in funding. Trump, after reform the agency. lots requested near the dead- back forcefully. initially saying he opposed that, Dimondstein said overtime line under state law will not be Some called for the House of said Friday that perhaps some for postal workers was recently returned by mail in time to be Representatives to return early Demonstrators gather outside the home of US Postmaster General Louis DeJoy to new funds could be included in reduced. That, combined with counted.” from summer recess to take ac- voice their anger over concerns about the viability of mail-in voting for the 2020 a compromise. the around 40,000 workers The Washington Post report- tion to protect the postal service, presidential election The president said candid- who have had to quarantine ed on Friday similar notices a call that found an echo from a ly in April that mail-in voting since March because of COV- were sent to 45 other states and senior Republican eager to seal a relief package. cerned” by Trump’s stance “doesn’t work out well for Re- ID-19, has created delays. the District of Columbia. deal on a huge new coronavirus “I am deeply, deeply con - on the postal service, Senator publicans.” He has repeatedly “But the same work is still Dimondstein said he hoped described such ballots as prone there to get done,” Dimondstein Trump’s “brazen challenge to to fraud. said. the democratic right -- that Trump has long been a critic of the postal service, insisting Experts disagree. somehow he’s going to starve BETTER it is poorly managed, but his latest charges come at a time A study this year by New York States act this institution to suppress the when he trails Biden in most polls. 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News in brief u Hong Kong Chief Executive HK’s Lam Robert, Trump’s brother who Carrie Lam has resigned from an honorary fellowship at a college at resigns from Britain’s Cambridge University after it questioned her commitment to the protection honorary role at of human rights and freedom of expression. Cambridge shunned the spotlight, dies Lam said the accusations made by Wolfson College were “groundless” and said she was “deeply disappointed by the college smearing a person on the basis of hearsay instead of facts”. u Thousands of The cause of death Thousands Thai protesters was• not revealed protest chanting “down with against Thai dictatorship” and “the government country belongs to the Trump made an • people” joined an anti- emotional visit to see his government demonstration in Bangkok yesterday that was one of the ailing brother on Friday biggest since a 2014 coup. Students have organised protests almost daily for the past month, but the latest drew wider support for the demands for the departure Reuters | Bedminster, NJ of former junta leader Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha’s government, a new constitution and an end to harrasing opposition activists. Some students have also called for reform of the monarchy - once a taboo subject. obert Trump, the younger u South Korea accused a conservative pastor on Sunday of brother of US President Donald Trump and a violating self-isolation rules and obstructing South R contact tracing at a church where 240 infections business executive who avoided have fuelled the country’s worst outbreak in over five Korea accuses the spotlight, died on Saturday church pastor night, a day after the president months. The focus on the Sarang Jeil Church, led by Rev. visited him in a New York hos- Jun Kwang-hoon, revived bad memories of the country’s as COVID-19 pital. biggest outbreak, among followers of a secretive Christian cases surge President Trump announced sect back in February. the death in a statement. In this Nov. 3, 1999 file photo, Robert Trump, left, joins then real estate developer and presidential hopeful Donald Trump says he is u US President Donald Trump said on “It is with heavy heart I share Trump at an event in New York. (AP) Saturday he is considering a pardon for that my wonderful brother, Rob- considering pardon for Edward Snowden, the former U.S. National ert, peacefully passed away to- ule in coming days with plans to later denied a request to stop Enough: How My Family Creat- leaker Edward Snowden Security Agency contractor - now living in night. He was not just my broth- visit four battleground states as publication and canceled the ed the World’s Most Dangerous Russia - whose spectacular leaks shook the er, he was my best friend,” the part of his re-election campaign. temporary restraining order. Man,” would violate a confi - US intelligence community in 2013.The Republican president said. The cause of death was not Robert Trump had said the dentiality agreement tied to the president’s comments followed an interview Trump “He will be greatly missed, revealed. Trump told reporters book, “Too Much and Never estate of his father Fred Trump gave to the New York Post this week in which he but we will meet again. His on Friday that his brother was Sr, who died in 1999. said of Snowden that “there are a lot of people memory will live on in my heart “having a hard time” with an The New York Post reported that think that he is not being treated fairly” by US forever. Robert, I love you. Rest undisclosed illness. A person in March that Robert Trump law enforcement. “I’m going to start looking at it,” in peace,” Trump said. familiar with the situation said Uncle Robert, we love had married his second wife, Trump told reporters about a possible pardon, speaking at a news conference at Robert Trump, who at 71 was the brother had been on blood you. You are in our Ann Marie Pallan, and that they his Bedminster, New Jersey golf club. younger than the 74-year-old thinners. hearts and prayers, lived in a country home on Long u Russia said yesterday it had Putin says ready to president, was a business exec- ABC News had reported that always Island. told Belarusian leader Alexander utive and real estate developer. Robert Trump was hospital- Two of Donald Trump’s chil- Lukashenko it was ready to offer help Belarus president Unlike his reality TV star broth- ized in the intensive care unit IVANKA TRUMP dren expressed sadness about military assistance if necessary as militarily if necessary er, Robert Trump shunned the at Mount Sinai hospital in New their uncle’s death. demonstrators gathered for limelight. York for more than a week in “Robert Trump was an in - what was expected to be one President Trump made an June. credible man - strong, kind of the biggest protests against emotional visit to see his ail- That month, Robert Trump and loyal to the core. Anyone Lukashenko’s re-election. A ing brother on Friday at New won a temporary restraining who encountered him felt his least two protesters have been York-Presbyterian/Weill Cor- order against his and the pres- 71 warmth immediately. He will killed and thousands have been nell Medical Center before ident’s niece, Mary Trump, to Robert Trump, who at be deeply missed by our entire detained since last Sunday’s vote, going to his golf club at Bed - stop her from publishing a tell- 71 was younger than the family,” said Eric Trump in a which opponents of Lukashenko, minster, New Jersey, for the all book that offered an unflat- 74-year-old president, was tweet. in power for 26 years, say was weekend. tering look of the president and a business executive and “Uncle Robert, we love rigged to disguise the fact that he has lost public support. He denies losing, The president was expected his family. real estate developer. you. You are in our hearts citing official results that gave him just over 80% of the vote. The Kremlin said to attend the funeral, an aide A state supreme court judge and prayers, always,” tweeted Russian President Vladimir Putin had told Lukashenko Russia was ready to assist said. He has a busy travel sched- in Poughkeepsie, New York, Ivanka Trump. Belarus in accordance with a collective military pact if necessary and said external pressure was being applied to the country, without saying where from.

Saudi plans UAE-Israel phone lines open after Global Countries worst affected distance learning accord to normalise relations Covid-19 Cases: Country Total cases New deaths Total Deaths for schools 1 USA 5,539,841 +156 172,762 Reuters | Cairo 21,700,737 2 Brazil 3,317,832 107,297 tudents at Saudi Arabia’s Deaths Spublic schools will be ed- 3 India 2,634,256 +761 50,845 ucated via distance learn- 4 Russia 922,853 +68 15,685 ing as a precaution against 770,523 coronavirus for the first sev- Recovered: 5 South Africa 583,653 11,677 en weeks of the new term, 6 Peru 525,803 26,075 which begins on Aug. 30, 7 Mexico 517,714 +635 56,543 the minister of education 14,407,861 said on Saturday. 8 Colombia 456,689 14,810 During that time the situ- New cases 9 Chile 383,902 10,395 ation for the rest of the term A man takes a picture as the municipality building is lit in the United Arab will be evaluated, Dr Ham- Emirates national flag following the announcement of a deal to normalise 10 Spain 358,843 28,617 ad bin Mohammed Al Shai- relations between the Jewish state and the United Arab Emirates, in Tel Aviv, +2,297 11 Iran 343,203 +147 19,639 kh said in remarks carried Israel on state-run al-Ekhbariya New deaths 12 UK 318,484 +5 41,366 TV. inaugurate the opening of the Reuters | Dubai 13 Saudi Arabia 298,542 +39 3,408 University and technical phone lines, Israeli officials schools will be online for elephone lines between said and UAE foreign ministry 14 Argentina 289,100 +20 5,657 theory-based curriculums Tthe United Arab Emirates spokeswoman Hend al-Otaiba +95,165 and in person for practical and Israel were open yes - wrote on Twitter. Middle East Figures as of closing curriculums, he added. terday in a development the The UAE’s Telecoms Regula- The United Arab Emir- Israeli communications min- tory Authority did not imme- Country Total new Total New Total Active Serious, Tot cases/1m pop cases cases deaths Deaths recovered cases Critical ates (UAE) announced that ister hailed as important for diately respond to a request to parents would be able to normalising ties between the comment. choose whether their chil- countries. Reuters made several calls Egypt 96,336 5,141 58,835 32,360 41 939 dren attend classes in per- Israel and the UAE on Thurs- from the UAE to Israel on Sun- son or online for the first day announced an agreement day and more Israeli news Saudi 298,542 +1,227 3,408 +39 266,953 28,181 1,774 8,559 term, which begins on Aug. that will lead to a full normal- websites that were previously Arabia 30, state news agency WAM isation of diplomatic relations blocked in the UAE were also UAE 64,312 +210 364 +3 57,694 6,254 6,493 37 said. between the two states, be - able to be viewed on UAE in- “Careful plans were put in tween which telephone calls ternet connections. Kuwait 76,205 +508 501 +3 68,135 7,569 117 17,812 place to guarantee a gradual had not been possible previ- “I congratulate the United Oman 83,086 +162 572 +10 77,680 4,834 151 16,223 return to studies in all of the ously. Arab Emirates on the unblock- country’s schools without The foreign ministers of ing,” Israeli Communications Qatar 115,080 +271 193 +1 111,794 3,093 74 40,986 exception, and for all levels both countries held a tele - Minister Yoaz Hendel said on of education,” it said. phone call with each other to Twitter. MONDAY, AUGUST 17, 2020 09 Hungry and homeless Jeepneys -- first made from leftover US jeeps after World War II -- are a national symbol in the Philippines, and serve as the backbone of the country’s transport system, pro- As the job seems im- viding rides for millions of people number of confirmed in- possible. fections in the Philippines surg- Standing on the across the country for as little as es past 157,000 -- the highest side of a busy road in swel - nine pesos ($0.18). in Southeast Asia -- and Ma - tering heat with other drivers nila endures another lockdown, asking for money, Bondoc says e d Flores has no idea when he will the desire to eat overrides his by po- Philippine ‘jeepney’ drivers hit by virus be allowed to drive again. fear of the virus or speeding cars. lice for al- He occasionally picks up odd “One time we were almost hit legedly violating a ban AFP attention and sympathy of pass- jobs selling scrap metal, painting by a car but we don’t really have on mass gatherings and KNOW WHAT ing motorists. or welding. But it is not enough a choice. We have to leave our rules on social distancing after “We have absolutely nothing to feed his family. homes and take our chances in they protested over the loss of orced off the road by left to spend,” Flores told AFP as “Often we will eat just once a the streets just to have some- their livelihoods. They were lat- The earliest origin of coronavirus lockdowns, he sat inside his jeepney, parked day. Sometimes, if no one helps thing in our growling stomachs,” er released on bail. the jeepney is from the FPhilippine “jeepney” driv- in a street and crammed with us, we don’t eat at all,” Flores Bondoc said, his voice cracking Even when the initial lock- Austin 7, which is also er Daniel Flores now plies the cooking pots, clothes and other said. as he fought back tears. down restrictions in Manila one of the precursors streets of Manila on foot begging humble possessions. So dire is their predicament Drivers have received some were eased in June only a frac- of the Jeep. These ar- for money to feed his hungry A sign asking for help from the couple sent their seven- money and food handouts from tion of the city’s roughly 55,000 family. passers-by sits on top of the ve- month-old baby to live with rel- the government. But it does not jeepneys were allowed to oper- rived in the Philippines The 23-year-old has not hicle, which his empathetic boss atives outside Manila to ease make up for their lost income. ate under strict rules. at the beginning of picked up a passenger since has loaned him. pressure on themselves and en- I n Drivers had World War II. It was March when public transport Flattened cardboard boxes sure the child gets enough food. June, to make their modified to seat eight was halted and people ordered cover the side windows and six vehicles vi- ‘Growling stomachs’ to ten people, greatly to stay home as President Rod- rear entrance to give the family jeepney rus-safe by in- exceeding the normal rigo Duterte’s government tried some privacy -- and a feeling of Sesinando Bondoc, 73, started drivers stalling plastic passenger capacity of to slow the fast-spreading con- protection from the virus they driving a jeepney when he was w e r e seat dividers tagion. fear is lurking outside. 28 and at his age finding another arrest- and reducing the Austin 7, though Jeepneys -- first made from capacity to they were still shorter leftover US jeeps after World comply with than later jeepneys. War II -- are a national symbol in social-distanc- the Philippines, and serve as the ing regulations. backbone of the country’s trans- Those used port system, providing rides for to pocketing as millions of people across the much as 1,500 country for as little as nine pesos pesos a day ($0.18). The wife of had to settle But drivers like Flores, and a jeepney for much smaller millions of others, are out of driver with her takings. work after the months-long re- daughter inside Then a new strictions crippled the economy, their temporary lockdown im- plunging it into recession. home posed nearly With no income and debts pil- two weeks ago in ing up, Flores started living in Manila and four the jeepney with his wife, two surrounding provinces -- home not announced if the deadline of his children and a fellow driv- to a quarter of the country’s pop- will be extended. er after they were evicted from ulation -- forced those lucky few Renato Gandas, 57, who has their apartment because they off the road. been a driver for 30 years, said could no longer pay the rent. Some are worried they may the owner of his vehicle had al- Instead of sitting behind the never drive again as the govern- ready sold a jeepney due to the wheel, Flores has spent many ment phases out smoke-belch- phasing-out programme and the days begging for alms just to get ing jeepneys that are 15 years lockdowns. by. or older. With his livelihood at risk, Other drivers carry plastic The programme to modernise Gandas is losing hope. containers and cardboard signs the vehicles was due to finish “We might just beg for alms around their necks to catch the Jeepney driver Daniel Flores attends to one of his children inside their vehicle, which has become a temporary shelter this year. The government has for the rest of our lives,” he said.

South Korea, US delay military drills New Zealand’s COVID-19 outbreak grows Reuters | Seoul Reuters | Melbourne part, Yonhap News Agency said. scaled down, not mobilising Zealand’s total active cases to New South Wales reported The combined drills are US-based troops amid COVID-19 new coronavirus outbreak 69, providing more ammunition just five new cases, while Victo- outh Korea and the United closely monitored by North restrictions on the travel of US Ain New Zealand is still to a conservative opposition ria, where masks became com- SStates will start their annual Korea, which calls them a “re- personnel to South Korea. growing, health officials said that wants to delay a Sept. 19 pulsory in July after the state joint military drills on Tuesday, hearsal for war.” They have This year’s programme, run- on Sunday, with the country general election, which opin- became the centre of the coun- in what local media said was been reduced in recent years to ning to Aug. 28, will focus on a that had an early triumph over ion polls show Prime Minister try’s largest outbreak, reported a two-day delay after a South facilitate US negotiations aimed “combined defence posture,” the pandemic recording 13 new Jacinda Ardern’s Labour Party 279 new cases on Sunday, along Korean officer tested positive at dismantling Pyongyang’s nu- while exercises for the tran- cases and putting the Septem- winning. with 16 more deaths. for the new coronavirus. clear programmes. sition of wartime operational ber general election in question. Ardern is expected to resist The daily number of new The drills will start on Tues- This year’s exercises will be control on the Korean penin- After stifling the virus ear- a delay but has said she will cases this week has been well day, “considering the COVID-19 sula will be “partly conduct- lier this year before it became decide by Monday.. below the peak of 725 on Aug. situation,” South Korea’s Joint South Korea and the ed,” the joint chiefs said in a a public health crisis and after In neighbouring Australia, 5. Melbourne, the state’s capi- Chiefs of Staff said on Sunday. United States had statement. This could delay 102 days without new infec- which has also been struggling tal, remains under a strict lock- The training, which had been cancelled their spring- President Moon Jae-in’s plan to tions, an abrupt resurgence last with a resurgence of the coro- down. Speaking before Victoria scheduled to begin on Sunday, take over wartime operational week in Auckland prompted navirus in two of its largest announced its daily tally, Aus- was pushed back after the pos- time drills due to the control from the United States an immediate lockdown of the states, New South Wales and tralia’s Health Minister Greg itive test on Friday of the Army pandemic. before his term ends in 2022, country’s largest city. Victoria, there were signs of a Hunt said the state still has a officer, who was to have taken experts say. Sunday’s numbers bring New further downward trend. long way to go. MONDAY, AUGUST 17, 2020 10 Oil leaking ship in Mauritius splits in two

The split was caused by a crack in a cargo hold on the stern side, the ship’s operator said

Mauritius declared an environmental emergency and salvage crews raced against Thousands of Mauritians have volunteered day and night to clean the powder-blue The salvage team intends to pull the front two-thirds of the ship out to sea using the clock to pump the remaining 3,000 tonnes of oil off the ship waters that have long been a favourite among honeymooners and tourists two tugboats and let it sink to avoid further damage to the Mauritian coastline

AFP News came from the vessel’s owner, further damage to the Mauritian of biodiversity,” he told reporters Nagashiki Shipping. coastline, said a police official in India sends team to Mauritius to in Tokyo on Saturday. ship that has leaked more The split was caused by a the capital Port Louis, speaking assist in oil spill Economic disaster than 1,000 tonnes of oil crack in a cargo hold on its stern to AFP on condition of anonymi- “We are making arrangements Ain pristine waters off the side, Mitsui said. ty because he was not authorised Reuters | New Delhi to dispatch a team of experts Mauritius coast has split in two, Officials had been preparing to brief the media. and environmental ministry its Japanese operator said Sun- for the development for days, The remaining portion is still ndia has sent technical equipment and a team of specialists to officials so that we can swiftly day. and images taken Saturday in- stuck on the reef and officials IMauritius to help local authorities deal with an environmental assess what the ministry can The bulk carrier MV Wakashio dicated it was inevitable, with have not yet determined how crisis after an oil spill from a Japanese ship, a government official do,” he said. ran aground on a coral reef off the two pieces only partially at- they might remove it, the offi- said on Sunday. France is also contributing to the southeastern coast of Mau- tached. cial said. Following a government request for assistance, India dis - the relief effort, and Sebastian ritius on July 25 and began ooz- Rough weather forecast The weather is expected to patched over 30 tonnes of technical equipment and material Lecornu, minister of overseas ing oil more than a week later, Nearly all the remaining 3,000 become rougher in the com - by aircraft to supplement the country’s salvage operations, the territories, was due to visit Mau- threatening a protected marine tonnes of oil had been pumped ing days, Mauritius’ govern - foreign affairs ministry said in a statement said on Sunday. ritius Sunday to supervise the park boasting mangrove forests off the ship by that time, though ment said in a statement Sat - A 10-member team of Indian coast guard personnel trained in team sent to help mitigate the and endangered species. there were still 90 tonnes on urday night, noting that waves oil spill containment measures has also been deployed to Mauri- effects of the pollution. Mauritius declared an envi- board, much of it residue from could climb to 4.5 metres tius to provide technical and operational assistance, it said. The spill is both an ecologi- ronmental emergency and sal- the leakage. (15 feet). cal and economic disaster for vage crews raced against the Mitsui noted Sunday that “an The government of Prime insurer” of the ship for “all losses vironment. Mauritius, which relies heavily clock to pump the remaining amount of unrecovered oil is Minister Pravind Jugnauth has and damages” caused by the spill Japanese environment min- on tourism. 3,000 tonnes of oil off the ship. believed to have leaked out of come under fire, including from as well as for costs related to the ister Shinjiro Koizumi said he As of Saturday night more “It was confirmed on August the vessel”. opposition leaders, for doing too clean-up. planned to dispatch a team of than 800 tonnes of oil liquid 15 that the vessel has broken into The salvage team intends little in the week after the ship Nagashiki, the owner, has environment ministry officials waste and more than 300 tonnes two,” the ship’s operator Mitsui to pull the front two-thirds of ran aground. pledged to “sincerely” respond and other experts to Mauritius. of solid waste sludge and de - OSK Lines said in a statement, the ship out to sea using two It has vowed to seek compen- to requests for compensation “We regard this as a significant bris had been removed from the noting that the information tugboats and let it sink to avoid sation from “the owner and the over damage to the marine en- crisis that could result in the loss ocean. Stained glass artist counts cost of Beirut blast Reuters | Beirut injured some 6,000 and dam- ting phone calls,” she said at her which was destroyed in the war, wo decades of Maya Hus- aged buildings across a swathe workshop on the outskirts of were restored by Husseini over Tseini’s work to restore of Beirut, carpeting streets in Beirut. Husseini learnt her craft two years in a project completed stained glass windows destroyed broken glass. in France, sent by her father, a around four years ago. in the Lebanese civil war was Damaged buildings included church engineer who used to “I had tried, as much as pos- lost in an instant in the seismic A team from the German the Sursock Museum, a modern order stained glass from over- sible, to feel the history of this port explosion in Beirut. Federal Agency for Technical and contemporary art museum seas as leaded, stained glass was church,” she said. “At that point “I can say that in this blast, 20 Relief, assist Lebanese reopened in 2015, whose vibrant not common in Beirut prior to I broke down, it was as if I was years of my professional life was engineers stained glass had been painstak- the war. injured, certainly not physically, on the ground,” said Husseini, ingly restored by Husseini. One of the projects in which but emotionally.” 60, who has worked on historic Its windows, which were par- she took greatest pride was the Husseini said she had been landmarks including many of ticularly eye-catching at night 19th century St Louis Capuchin thinking about stopping work Beirut’s churches. when they were illuminated, Cathedral in the Bab Idriss dis- in two years but her plans had “Part of me has gone.” were blown out by the blast. trict of Beirut’s historic city cen- now changed. The Aug. 4 detonation of a At least 10 of the projects tre, an area where she recalls “Even if 20 years of my work massive quantity of explosive Damaged stained glass at Husseini has worked on since going to drink lemonade with has gone - and perhaps I won’t chemicals stored unsafely at Bei- Stained glass maker Maya Husseini works inside the 19th century Saint Louis the 1975-90 civil war have been her friends as a child. last in this work for another 20 rut port killed at least 178 people, her workshop in Hazmiyeh Capuchin Cathedral in Beirut destroyed. “Every day I am get- The windows of the church, years ... we will rebuild.” MONDAY, AUGUST 17, 2020 11 How climate change could expose new epidemics AFP

ong-dormant viruses brought back to life; the resurgence of deadly and disfiguring smallpox; a dengue or zika “season” in Europe. These could be disaster movie storylines, but they are also serious and increasingly plausible scenarios of epidemics unleashed by global warming, scientists say. L The COVID-19 pandemic that has swept the globe and claimed over 760,000 lives so far almost certainly came from a wild bat, highlighting the danger of humanity’s constant encroachment on the planet’s dwindling wild spaces. But the expanding ecological footprint of our species could trigger epidemics in other ways too. Climate change -- already wreaking havoc with one degree Celsius of warming -- is also emerging as a driver of infectious disease, whether by expanding the footprint of malaria- and dengue-carrying mosquitos, or defrosting prehistoric pathogens from the Siberian permafrost.

‘Ignorance is our enemy’ In my darkest moments, I see a really horrible future for “Homo sapiens because we are an animal, and when we extend our borders things will happen to us,” said Birgitta Evengard, a researcher in clinical Birgitta microbiology at Umea University in Sweden. Evengard “Our biggest enemy is our own ignorance,” she added. “Nature is full of microorganisms.” Think of permafrost, a climate change time bomb spread across Russia, Canada and Alaska that contains three times the carbon that has been emitted since the start of indus- trialisation. Even if humanity manages to cap global warming at under two degrees Celsius, the cornerstone goal of the 2015 Paris Agreement, the permafrost area will decrease by a quarter by 2100, according to the UN’s climate science panel, the IPCC. And then there are the permafrost’s hidden treasures. “Microorganisms can survive in frozen space for a long, long time,” said Vladimir Romanovsky, a professor of geo- physics at the University of Alaska in Fairbanks. An Anthrax comeback? s ground thaws, once-frozen Two-million-year-old pathogens soil particles, organic mate- his case has been attrib- return of smallpox -- officially -- indirectly -- has intervened uty group leader for biosecuri- Arial and microorganisms that uted to the thawing of a declared eradicated 50 years here as well. ty and public health at the Los had been locked away for millennia Tlong-buried carcass, but ago -- cannot be excluded. 18th- “With the industrial exploita- Alamos National Laboratory in are carried toward the surface by wa- some experts counter that the and 19th-century victims of the tion of the Arctic, all the risk New Mexico.“They also have ter flows, he explained. animal remains in question may disease “buried in cemetaries in factors are there -- pathogens longer breeding periods.” “That’s how thawing can spread these Jean-Michel have been in shallow dirt and Siberia are totally preserved by and the people to carry them,” microorganisms into present day environments.” Claverie thus subject to periodic thaw- the cold,” he noted. Claverie said. There are already examples of ancient, ing. In the unlikely event of a local The revival of ancient bacteria long-frozen bugs coming to life. Other pathogens -- such as epidemic, a vaccine is available. or viruses remains speculative, “When you put a seed into soil that is then frozen for thou- smallpox or the influenza strain The real danger, he added, lies but climate change has already sands of years, nothing happens,” said Jean-Michel Claverie, that killed tens of millions in in deeper strata where unknown boosted the spread of diseases an emeritus professor of genomics at the School of Medicine 1917 and 1918 -- may also be pathogens that have not seen that kill about half a million peo- of Aix-Marseille University in France. present in the sub-Arctic region. daylight for two million years or ple every year: malaria, dengue, “But when you warm the earth, the seed will be able to germi- But they “have probably been more may be exposed by global chikungunya, zika. nate,” he added. “That is similar to what happens with a virus.” inactivated”, Romanovsky con- warming. “Mosquitoes moving their Claverie’s lab has successfully revived Siberian viruses that cluded in a study published ear- If there were no hosts for the range north are now able to are at least 30,000 years old. lier this year. bugs to infect there would not be overwinter in some temperate These reanimated bugs only attack amoebas, but tens of For Claverie, however, the a problem, but climate change regions,” said Jeanne Fair, dep- thousands of years ago there were certainly others that aimed higher up the food chain. “Neanderthals, mammoths, woolly rhinos all got sick, and ‘Climate change aperitif’ many died,” said Claverie. “Some of the viruses that caused their sicknesses are probably still in the soil.” ative to southeast Asia, ature could result in seasonal cial development could reduce eases “are worrying in terms of The number of bacte- the tiger mosquito (Ae- dengue transmission in south- that number to less than two expanding vectors, not neces- ria and viruses lurk- Ndes albopictus) -- which ern Europe if A. aegypti infect- billion, according to a study cited sarily transmission,” said Cyril ing in the permafrost carries dengue and chikungunya ed with virus were to be estab- by the IPCC. Caminade, an epidemiologist is incalculable, but -- arrived in southern Europe in lished,” according to the Europe “Recent experience in south- working on climate change at the more important the first decade of this centu - Centre for Disease Prevention ern Europe demonstrates how the Institute of Infection and question is how dan- ry and has been moving rapidly and Control. rapidly the disease may reappear Global Health at the University gerous they are. north ever since, to Paris and As for malaria -- a disease that if health services falter,” the IPCC of Liverpool. And here, scien- beyond. once blighted southern Europe said in 2013, alluding to a resur- “That said, we’re only tasting tists disagree. Meanwhile, another den - and the southern United States gence of cases in Greece in 2008. the aperitif of climate change so “Anthrax shows that gue-bearing mosquito, Aedes and for which an effective treat- In Africa -- which saw 228 far,” he added. bacteria can be resting in aegypti, has also appeared in ment exists -- the risk of expo- million cases of malaria in 2018, permafrost for hundreds of Europe. Whichever species may sure depends in large part on 94 percent of the world’s total years and be revived,” said Even- be the culprit, the Europe Cen- social-economic conditions. -- the disease vector is moving gard. tre for Disease Prevention and More than five billion people into new regions, notably the In 2016, a child in Siberia died from the Control (ECDC) has registered could be living in malaria-af - high-altitude plains of Ethiopia disease, which had disappeared from the region at 40 cases of local transmission of fected regions by 2050 if climate and Kenya. least 75 years earlier. dengue between 2010 and 2019. change continues unabated, but For the moment, the signals “An increase in mean temper- strong economic growth and so- for communicable tropical dis- MONDAY, AUGUST 17, 2020 12

France asks Afghans not to free Taliban convicted of killing Trump vows ‘snapback’ French citizens Plans to force return of UN Iran sanctions

theocratic regime does not have Only two of the the capacity to inflict even more • harm on the world.” Council’s 15 members Israeli Prime Minister Ben- voted in favour of jamin Netanyahu denounced a the US resolution “scandalous” UN vote. “Iranian terrorism and ag- Only two of the gression threaten the peace of • the region and the entire world. Council’s 15 members Instead of opposing weapons We’ll be doing a Newly freed Taliban prisoners walk at Pul-e-Charkhi prison, in Kabul voted in favour of snapback. You’ll sales, the Security Council is the US resolution be watching it encouraging them,” he said. Reuters | Paris next week Threatened Israeli Prime • DONALD TRUMPSTATE The embargo on conventional rance has asked the Afghan government not to include Minister Benjamin arms is due to expire on Oc - FTaliban fighters convicted of killing French citizens in a Netanyahu denounced a tober 18 under the terms of a prisoner release deal, the foreign ministry said on Saturday. “scandalous” UN vote. in a summit proposed by Rus- resolution that blessed the Iran The Afghan government has agreed to release 400 “hard- sian President Vladimir Putin nuclear deal, officially known as core” prisoners as part of moves towards peace talks with the on addressing the situation. the Joint Comprehensive Plan Taliban militants, and an official said on Friday that 80 of these AFP “I think we’ll wait until after of Action. convicts had been freed so far. the election,” he said, with the Since Trump pulled out of the “France is particularly concerned by the presence, among S President Donald US set to hold its presidential JCPOA and slapped unilateral the individuals liable to be released, of several terrorists con- Trump vowed Saturday poll in November. sanctions on Iran, Tehran has victed of killing French citizens in Afghanistan,” the foreign Uto use a technique to re- Putin had appealed to China, taken small but escalatory steps ministry said in a statement. instate UN sanctions on Tehran, France, Britain, the US, Germa- away from compliance with the “It firmly opposes the liberation of individuals convicted a move with huge repercussions ny and Iran to convene an emer- accord as it presses for sanctions of crimes against French nationals, in particular soldiers and for the Iran nuclear deal. gency video summit to avoid relief. humanitarian workers,” it said. His declaration came a day an escalation of tensions in the European allies of the United “As a result, we have immediately asked the Afghan author- after the UN Security Council Gulf. States -- who, along with Russia ities not to proceed with the release of these terrorists.” overwhelmingly rejected a US US Secretary of State Mike and China, signed the deal with Disagreement over the release of the prisoners, who include resolution to extend an Iranian The United States Pompeo, on a visit to Poland Iran -- have voiced support for individuals accused in connection with some of Afghanistan’s arms embargo. is determined to on Saturday, made it clear the extending the 13-year-long con- bloodiest attacks, has already delayed peace negotiations for “We’ll be doing a snapback,” make sure that United States would press on. ventional arms embargo, saying months as the United States withdraws troops under a deal Trump said during a news con- the Iranians and “It is unfortunate that the an expiry threatens stability in signed with the Taliban in February. ference at his New Jersey golf French and the United King- the Middle East. club. “You’ll be watching it next this regime, this dom... didn’t support what the However, their priority is to week.” theocratic regime Gulf states have demanded, preserve the JCPOA. The president was referring does not have the what the Israelis have demand- The US text at the Security to the contested argument that capacity to inflict ed... I regret that deeply,” Pom- Council on Friday, effectively Mideast peace talks remain priority, the US remains a “participant” even more harm on peo told reporters. called for an indefinite exten- in the 2015 Iran nuclear deal the world “The United States is deter- sion of the embargo on Iran, Macron says after call with Abbas -- despite Trump’s withdraw- mined to make sure that the which diplomats said would Reuters | Paris al from it -- and therefore can MIKE POMPEO, US SECRETARY OF STATE Iranians and this regime, this threaten the nuclear deal. force a return to sanctions if it he resumption of peace negotiations remain a priority to sees Iran as being in violation Treach a just solution in the Middle East, French President of its terms. Emmanuel Macron said on Twitter yesterday. Only two of the Council’s 15 Macron said he had spoken with Mahmoud Abbas, president members voted in favour of the of the Palestinian Authority. “I told him of my determination to US resolution seeking to extend work for peace in the Middle East,” Macron said. the embargo, highlighting the division between Washington and its European allies since Trump withdrew from the nu- CureVac doesn’t rule out accelerated clear accord in 2018. European allies have been approval for COVID-19 vaccine skeptical on whether Washing- ton can force sanctions, with experts saying a “snapback” threatens to plunge the Coun- cil into one of its worst-ever diplomatic crises. Trump also said Saturday he would “probably not” take part A wide view of a Security Council meeting

An employee of German biopharmaceutical company CureVac, demonstrates Lebanon faces ‘biggest danger’, needs research on a vaccine for the coronavirus (COVID-19) disease at a laboratory in Tuebingen, Germany Reuters | Frankfurt $213 million. elections, says patriarch The results of the recent- Reuters | Beirut erman biotechnology firm ly started clinical trials of the GCureVac does not rule out company’s prospective vaccine a speedy approval process for are to be published in autumn, ebanon’s top Christian cleric its prospective vaccine against Haas said, reiterating that at Lcalled yesterday for early COVID-19, its chief executive the moment approval was ex- parliamentary elections and a was quoted as saying yester- pected in the first half of next government formed to rescue KNOW WHAT day. year. the country rather than the rul- The company said on Fri- CureVac is researching how ing “political class” after the day that it expects to put its to use molecules carryinga vast explosion in Beirut’s port Under the constitu- vaccine on the market by mid- specific genetic code called threw the nation into turmoil. tion, President Michel 2021. Obtaining speedy ap - messenger RNA (mRNA) to The now-caretaker cabinet Aoun is required to proval suggests the company treat aseries of diseases, in- resigned amid protests over the is pushing for an earlier release cluding COVID-19. designate a candidate Aug. 4 blast that killed more People attend a prayer near the site of a massive explosion in Beirut date although CEO Franz-Wer- By using messenger RNA, than 172 people, injured 6,000, for prime minister ner Haas did not give any de- researchers hope they can left 300,000 homeless and de- biggest danger”. without the distraction of dis- with the most support tails on how likely this was. compel apatient’s own body stroyed swathes of the Medi- “We will not allow for Leb- cussing a new election law and from parliamentary “We are not ruling out accel- to create proteins that can play terranean city, compounding a anon to become a compromise to form a new government.” blocs. The presidency erated approval, but this can an importantrole in combating deep financial crisis. card between nations that want Several MPs submitted their has yet to say when only be achieved in close coop- disease. Patriarch Bechara Boutros Al- to rebuild ties amongst them- resignations over the port ex- eration with the authorities,” “We see a deeper and broad- Rai, who holds sway in Lebanon selves,” Al-Rai said in a Sunday plosion but not in the number consultations will Haas told the Boerse Online er understanding in the United as head of the Maronite church sermon, without naming any needed to dissolve parliament. take place. financial website. States that the mRNA technol- from which the head of state countries. Senior French and US officials CureVac, backed by Micro- ogy we use has the potential must be drawn under sectari- “We must start immediately have linked any foreign finan- soft founder and billionaire to quickly develop an effective an power-sharing, warned that with change and quickly hold cial aid with implementation cluding state control over the Bill Gates, listed on the Nasdaq and efficient vaccine,” Haas Lebanon was today facing “its early parliamentary elections of long-demanded reforms, in- port and Lebanese borders. stock market on Friday, raising said. 13 MONDAY, AUGUST 17, 2020 celebs

Kim Kardashian, Kanye West working on their marriage at Chrissy Teigen reveals how she luxurious Colorado resort ANI | Washington found out about surprise pregnancy ANI | Washington gery in June, the 34-year-old Teigen and Legend announced “Luna is very, very ex- n an attempt to breathe model tweeted that “It’s quite the pregnancy in his new music cited. Miles, not so much. Inew life into their mar- day after American model a story.” video, ‘Wild.’ The video includes Jealous!,” Teigen wrote riage, American rapper AChrissy Teigen and sing - The ‘Cravings’ author wrote, a close-up shot on her growing after admitting she was Kanye West and reality er husband John Legend an - “I did the routine pregnancy test baby bump, reported Page Six. nervous about the preg- TV star Kim Kardashi - nounced they were expecting a you do before surgery. It said The supermodel said she was nancy. an-West have rented out third child, Teigen revealed in a negative. It was not negative,” surprised and “didn’t think” “Part of me misses an entire 500-acre re - series of tweets how she found adding she took another test af- she could get pregnant natural- the safety of my per- sort deep in the San Juan out about the surprise pregnancy. ter the June 19 surgery. ly, without the aid of fertility fect embryos, created Mountains. According to Page Six, when “I was scared s**tless ... was treatments. The couple’s oth- in their little dish. According to Page Six, the one of her more than 13 million pretty positive you shouldn’t get er children -- 4-year-old Luna They felt untoucha- Wests left Colorado’s Dun- Twitter followers asked if she your boobs out while pregnant,” and 2-year-old Miles - were ble and safe. Now I ton River Camp earlier this knew she was pregnant during she said. conceived after undergoing IVF feel a bit...eggshelly,” week for the former cattle her breast implant removal sur- The tweets came a day after treatments. she tweeted. ranch along the Delores River, renting out the en- Chrissy Teigen tire property for a whop - ping USD 43K per night, TMZ reports. Cardi The resort gave the family Ryan Reynolds urges exclusive access to the re- B reveals she spent sort’s campfires, cabins, hot Canadian teens to stop springs, hiking trails and USD 100K on COVID-19 testing everything else needed for a getaway. before filming ‘WAP’ music video partying during pandemic This latest family ANI | Washington ANI | Washington vacation follows a rible that it affects our most weeklong trip to merican rapper Cardi B recently revealed that she had spent anadian-American actor vulnerable.” the Dominican AUSD100,000 for COVID-19 tests before shooting the video of ‘WAP’. CRyan Reynolds has sent a Variety reported that the Republic where According to Page Six, the 27-year-old rapper said in an i-D interview on message for partying Canadian ‘Deadpool’ actor claimed West was reunit- Thursday of making her new music video ‘WAP’, which features Megan Thee. Cardi B teens who aren’t practising so- that British Columbia is ed with his four She said, “It was kind of weird shooting the video in the age of corona. Stallion as cial distancing: ‘Don’t kill any- “home to some of the cool - kids, seven- well as a host of celebrity cameos, including Kylie Jenner and Normani.” one, especially not his mom’. est older people on Earth,” year-old North, “We had to spend USD100,000 just on testing. Everybody on the shoot had to According to Variety, John specifically his mother and four-year-old get tested for coronavirus,” added the ‘Bodak Yellow’ rapper. Horgan, the Premier of British environmental activist David Saint, two-year- She also spoke about the tiger and leopard featured in the video, “We didn’t Columbia, Canada, asked B.C. Suzuki. old Chicago, and film with them in there because of safety and because of the pandemic. We natives Reynolds and Seth Ro- Reynolds said, “My mom, 15-month-old spliced those scenes together.” gen to help spread the message she doesn’t want to be cooped Psalm, after be- Page Six reported that the video made waves when it was released ear- to teenagers that partying is up in her apartment all day. ing holed up for lier this month, even sparking backlash about its use of exotic animals not safe for them or those She wants to be out there weeks at his 14 mil- with ‘Tiger King” star Carole Baskin warning that it was a “terrible around them during the cruising Kitsilano Beach lion USD Wyoming message” and “harmful to big cats.” pandemic. Reynolds, looking for some young, ranch, as per Page Six. 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Like, let’s ports The 34-year- not kill that the Miley Cyrus addresses Cody Simpson old actor said, anyone, 39-year- “Young folks in I think old SKIMS founder is breakup on Instagram Live B.C., they’re par- that’s “exhausted.” ANI | Washington tying, which is, of reasona- “Between the kids, work, son, had split. course, danger- ble.” and dealing with Kanye’s Cyrus said (via Daily Mail), “But for right ous. They prob- Reyn- bipolar epi- merican singer-song- now, two halves can’t make a whole, and ably don’t know olds ended sodes, Awriter Miley Cyrus has we’re individually just working on ourselves that thousands the message it’s been addressed her breakup to become the people that we want to be, of people are with some hard with Australian singer like everybody else at this age. 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Tactics not important in Hinterland to centrestage, Dhoni Champions League, says Guardiola ends journey with enigma intact On Saturday, Dhoni shocked an unsuspecting nation, announcing his exit from international cricket with a cryptic Instagram message stroke against Pakistan. Dhoni’s biggest He also transformed himself Pep Guardiola • into a formidable ‘finisher’, se- legacy would be as curing India’s 2011 World Cup Reuters | Lisbon India’s ‘Captain Cool’ victory by hitting a six in the who was also one final against Sri Lanka. anchester City coach of one-day cricket’s Age, however, appeared to MPep Guardiola stood catch up with him in the World by his decision to shake up greatest finishers Cup in England last year. his side’s tactics in their He struggled to time the ball Champions League quar- Reuters | New Delhi even against mediocre attacks ter-final against Olympique and failed to provide the late Lyonnais after his team suf- he crestfallen look on assault that he once routinely fered a shock 3-1 defeat by Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s delivered. Those wild, flowing the unfancied French outfit. Tface was beamed across tresses that was once a rage Guardiola strayed from the subcontinent as the then among the youths in rural In- the 4-3-3 formation with 23-year-old -- his silky black dia, have now been replaced by which his side had out - mane cascading on his broad greying sideburns. classed 13-times winners shoulders -- appeared gutted af- An enigma throughout his ca- Real Madrid in the last 16, ter a nightmarish international reer, Dhoni quit test cricket in instead fielding a back-three debut in 2004. the middle of India’s 2014 series including vastly inexperi- Dhoni had fallen for a first ball in Australia. enced Erik Garcia, 19, as the duck in Chittagong, and in the On Saturday, he again shocked central defender. cruellest of manner -- run out. an unsuspecting nation, an - “In this competition the For much of the next decade- nouncing his exit from inter- tactics are not the most im- and-half, Dhoni subjected rivals Mahendra Singh Dhoni walks back to the dressing room ahead of his teammates after a match (file photo) national cricket with a cryptic portant thing,” Guardiola to such agonies -- from behind Instagram message. told a news conference. the stumps, with the bat, and trademark ‘helicopter shot’, a ranked test nation in 2009. His fairytale rise from In - “They (Lyon) are so fast as a shrewd captain of a highly culmination of violent convul- And he led a cricket-mad na- dia’s cricketing backwaters of and our central defenders successful team. sions involving his arm, wrists tion of 1.3 billion with ice in his Jharkhand sounds like a sto - are not so quick so I didn’t Three and half months after and torso. veins. ryline straight out of a Bolly- want to leave them two ver- that forgettable debut, Dhoni Dhoni wrote his own keep- KNOW WHAT “It’s almost as if he doesn’t wood script. In reality, it’s the sus two. announced his arrival with a ing manual too, barely moving have them; a performance-en- other way round. “We worked for three breath-taking 148 off 123 balls hands sideways before gather- hancing gift from birth,” India’s Known for his fondness for days on this, we discussed against Pakistan in Visakhap- ing the ball and rather thrusting former mental conditioning bikes and military fatigue, Dho- it and we reviewed this and atnam. them down to pull off electric Dhoni is the only coach Paddy Upton wrote about ni’s stellar career inspired a 2016 when you play like we did in He wielded the willow like a stumpings. captain to win all ICC Dhoni’s control over emotion in biopic “M.S. Dhoni: The Untold the last 20 minutes it shows mace and his batting was less His biggest legacy, however, trophies -- T20 World his memoir. Story” which was a roaring box the system is not the prob- technique and more pyrotech- would be as India’s ‘Captain office success. lem.” Cup in 2007, 50-overs Inspiring decision nic. Cool’ who was also one of one- World Cup in 2011 and Such has been his influence Garcia was badly caught He did not have the steely de- day cricket’s greatest finishers. Champions Trophy Dhoni’s penchant for taking that successor Virat Kohli still out of position for Lyon’s fence of a Rahul Dravid or the Dhoni is the only captain in 2013. Under him, inspiring decisions was best il- considers Dhoni his captain. second goal, while the de- silken touch of a VVS Laxman to win all ICC trophies -- T20 lustrated in the tense final of “The world has seen achieve- fence also slipped up badly but Dhoni made up with his World Cup in 2007, 50-overs India also became the 2007 World Cup, when he ments, I’ve seen the person. for the opening strike from muscular ingenuity. World Cup in 2011 and Cham- the top ranked test famously asked an unheralded Thanks for everything skip. I Maxwel Cornet, who was He converted the yorker into pions Trophy in 2013. Under nation in 2009 Joginder Sharma to bowl the tip my hat to you,” Kohli said on allowed a free strike at goal a scoring opportunity with his him, India also became the top final over in a tactical master- Twitter on Saturday. from outside the area.

Belinda Bencic latest to Halep beats Mertens to win WTA Prague Open Ruthless Bayern Reuters | London must build on Barcelona rout, withdraw from US Open op seed Simona Halep won Reuters | New York Tthe Prague Open, the sec- says Boateng ond post-lockdown WTA event, AFP | Paris orld number eight Be- after beating Belgium’s Elise Wlinda Bencic has with- Mertens in straight sets yes- erome Boateng yester- drawn from this year’s US terday. Jday praised the form of Open, joining a growing list of Romania’s Halep, the “world-class” Alphonso players who have decided to 28-year-old reigning Wimble- Davies and said treble-chas- skip the tournament amid the don champion and world num- ing Bayern Munich must COVID-19 pandemic. ber two, beat the 23rd-ranked stay focused in the wake of Bencic on Saturday an - Mertens 6-2, 7-5 in an hour and their Champions League nounced her decision on 33 minutes. demolition of Barcelona Twitter where she also said Belinda Bencic It was her 21st career WTA when they play Lyon in the she would skip the Western & there in the coming weeks the title, making her the fifth most semi-finals. Southern Open which is being best of luck.” successful active player behind “I don’t know whether held in New York this year in- The Swiss, who reached the Serena and Venus Williams, the others read the papers, stead of Cincinnati as a lead-up semi-finals of the US Open last Kim Clijsters and Petra Kvitova. I certainly don’t much, to the Aug. 31-Sept. 13 US Open. year, is the latest top-10 player Mertens took a 2-0 lead in but we know that it is al - “I have made the difficult on the women’s side to skip the the first set but Halep then won Simona Halep reacts after winning a point ready behind us,” Boateng decision to skip the US swing major, joining Australian Ash seven games in a row to win said of Bayern’s stunning in New York and will return to Barty (one), Canadian Bianca that set and start the second on Monday. 8-2 hammering of Barce- the tour starting in Rome next Andreescu (six) Ukraine’s Eli- on a high, extending her lead “Now it’s too fast to take a lona in Friday’s quarter- month,” she said. na Svitolina (five) and Dutch- to 4-2. decision, I just want to enjoy final. “I am looking forward to re- woman Kiki Bertens (seven). Leaning on her superb back- this victory and then I will have “It’s clear that a result turning to New York next year Her decision means three hand, Mertens put Halep under a thought about the US Open,” like that doesn’t happen and wish everyone competing of last year’s semi-finalists pressure with her aggressive 21 she added. every day, but it doesn’t have withdrawn, with Serena display, coming back for a 5-4 WTA titles have been Earlier on Saturday, Czechs count for anything from Williams the only one of the lead. won by Simona Halep in Lucie Hradecka and Kristyna now on,” he added. “Now four set to take part at Flushing But that was it from the her career Pliskova won the Prague Open we really want to reach the I have made the Meadows. 24-year-old Belgian as Halep doubles after beating Monica final.” difficult decision to The United States Tennis won the next three games to Niculescu and Raluca Olaru of Thomas Mueller and sub- skip the US swing in Association has decided to go seal the victory. Romania 6-2, 6-2. stitute Philippe Coutinho ahead with the Grand Slam “Even the first set was not “The second set was a little The tournament was played both scored two goals each New York and will without spectators while easy, she’s a great opponent and bit tougher but I was strong behind closed doors to avoid as Bayern crushed Lionel return to the tour players will be asked to follow it’s always tough to play against and that’s why I could win this COVID-19 contagion, and the Messi’s Barcelona, mark- starting in Rome next strict measures, including reg- her because she’s fast,” Halep match.” players had to wear face masks ing the Germans as favour- month ular testing, in a bid to avoid told the public broadcaster Halep said she would decide any time they were not playing, ites to win next Sunday’s f BELINDA BENCIC spread of the virus. Czech Television. on whether to play the US Open training or eating. inal. MONDAY, AUGUST 17, 2020 15

Lyon upset Man City to set up semi with Bayern Dazed Hamilton takes dominant win in Spain Lewis Hamilton wins Spanish Grand Prix to extend championship lead

Hamilton led from pole• to the chequered Lyon’s French forward Moussa Dembele prepares to shoot and score a goal flag in Barcelona Reuters | Lisbon Max Verstappen took• second with lympique Lyonnais Ostunned pre-tournament Valtteri Bottas in third favourites Manchester City 2 teams from both France and with a 3-1 victory on Saturday Germany are competing in AFP | Barcelona to move into the semi-finals of the Champions League semi- the Champions League where finals which is the first since ewis Hamilton claimed they will face Bayern Munich. 1991 without a team from his 88th Formula One ca- It is the first time that two England, Spain or Italy Lreer victory and, with it, French teams will compete in an outright record 156th podi- the semi-finals of the compe- um finish yesterday when he tition with Paris St Germain trophy since his 2011 victory drove his Mercedes to a master- facing RB Leipzig in the other with Barcelona. ful victory in the Spanish Grand Franco-German game in the The Spaniard’s tactical deci- Prix. last four. sion to play with an extra de- It was the world champion- The result also means that, fender, in a three-man central ship leader and six-time cham- for the first time the first since defence, failed to work and left pion’s fifth win in Spain and Lewis Hamilton gets out of the car after winning the race 1991 no team from England, City chasing the game in the his fourth in consecutive years, Spain or Italy will compete in second half. extending his record run of fin- I was just in a daze out there – it threat of serious tyre degrada- the last four of Europe’s pre- There was only one change ishes in the points to 39. was good.” tion in the conditions, a haz - mier club competition. in the City line-up from the Hamilton came home 24 sec- Verstappen was satisfied with ard that persuaded Hamilton But for City and their man- team that had beaten Real onds ahead of nearest title race his result. to control the lead pace with ager Pep Guardiola it is the Madrid in the last 16 earlier rival Max Verstappen of Red “To split them was the best we caution. third season in a row that the this month with attacking mid- Bull who finished 20 seconds could do today,” said the Dutch- KNOW WHAT Bottas was soon back on pace, team has gone out in the quar- fielder Phil Foden left out for ahead of Valtteri Bottas in the man who won the 70th Anniver- passing Stroll into Turn One and ter-finals of the Champions 19-year-old defender Eric Gar- second Mercedes. sary Grand Prix at Silverstone then launching his chase after League and they remain with- cia. City made a poor start, al- Hamilton had shared a record last week. Hamilton and Verstappen. out a place in the last four un- though twice Raheem Sterling 155 podium finishes with Mi- “We didn’t have the speed of Hamilton is now just The champion was soon clear der their Spanish coach. got behind the Lyon defence chael Schumacher whose other Lewis and it was important to three wins short of of the Dutchman by 1.5 seconds, “Different year, same stuff. I -- only to lack options in the records for championships and get past Valtteri at the start.” Ferrari great Michael but not surging clear as he think the first half wasn’t good penalty area. wins are in the Briton’s sights Bottas said: “I lost a place at Schumacher’s all- backed up Verstappen towards enough, I think we know that, Lyon were on the front foot this year. the start and that was it — it’s time record 91 the Finn. we started slow, we had not and stunned City when they His victory increased his lead so difficult to pass around here.” By lap 12, he was lapping fast- many options, but the second took the lead in the 24th min- in the drivers title race to 37 Four-time champion Sebas- Celsius and the air at 31, Hamil- er and reeling off fastest laps, half we played really well... it’s ute. points ahead of Verstappen. tian Vettel, in his final season ton made a clean start from his opening a gap of 1.7, which he a shame for us to go out in this A ball over the top found Sergio Perez, back in his with Ferrari and linked with a 92nd pole position, but behind increased to four seconds by way,” said a disconsolate Kevin Karl Toko Ekambi and al - Racing Point after missing two move to Aston Martin next year, him Bottas made sluggish pro- lap 15 while Bottas, third, closed De Bruyne. though Garcia halted his pro- races with coronavirus, was finished seventh ahead of Alex gress from second. to within two seconds of Ver- “We need to learn. It’s not gress the ball fell to Maxw - fourth ahead of his team-mate Albon in the second Red Bull, stappen. good enough, and that’s it,” el Cornet who, spotting that Lance Stroll and Carlos Sainz Pierre Gasly of Alpha Tauri and ‘Tyre is dead’ All of the top ten drivers had he added. Ederson was well off his line, of McLaren. Lando Norris who was 10th in Both Verstappen and Stroll started on softs, the rest on me- Guardiola’s methods have showed great awareness and “Wow, I was in another zone the second McLaren. took advantage on the ‘drag race’ diums. This meant pit-stops propelled City to two Premier skill, from just outside the box, then,” said Hamilton. On another hot afternoon at down to the first corner, push- were inevitable with tyre-wear League titles but he remains to curl a low shot into the un- “I didn’t even know it was the the Circuit de Catalunya, with a ing the Finn down to fourth. and strategy sure to be critical without a Champions League guarded near post. fastest lap. Thank you everyone. track temperature of 50 degrees All of them were aware of the factors.

Former India BRAVE CF 39: Bachar beats Hadbi in thriller, Gustafsson knocks Jurkovic out opener Chauhan TDT | Manama dies aged 73 brought to the cage. The Greek ments, such as body shots, high he third consecutive fight newcomer explored really well kicks, and flying knees. Tcard held by BRAVE Combat the low kicks and controlled the Felipe’s fellow countryman Federation in Sweden lived up to cage, constantly moving forward Rafael Macedo did not see the the expectations and delivered and cornering Hadbi. This gave same fate, though. Macedo took a night full of excitement and Bachar the edge in the judge’s the fight to the ground but was great fights. scorecard, which showed him as unable to keep Tobias Harila The main event of the evening the winner by unanimous deci- under control, which led to the saw the return of the French-Al- sion after the three rounds. opponent hunting him down Chetan Chauhan gerian powerhouse Tahar Had- The co-main event of the and opening a nasty cut, which bi, after almost two and a half evening between Sweden’s An- forced the Brazilian’s corner to Reuters | New Delhi years of absence. “Fast Hands” dreas Gustafsson and Serbia’s throw the towel between rounds welcomed Greece’s Giannis Miro Jurkovic was an abso - two and three. ormer Indian test open- Bachar to the fastest-growing lute war. During a back-and- The opening bout saw a domi- Fing batsman Chetan MMA promotion in the world. forth contest, both men left nant performance by Sahil Siraj, Chauhan, who had been The years sidelined clearly everything inside the cage from who scored with left hands and Giannis Bachar and Tahar Hadbi in action during their bout diagnosed with COVID-19, affected Hadbi, especially dur- the first seconds until the end body kicks at will, while avoid- died from complications ing the first round, in which the of the fight. BRAVE CF 39 counted with “D’ouro” Lima looked like a vet- ing his opponent’s Davide La yesterday at the age of 73, Frenchman struggled to keep However, Gustafsson seemed two athletes representing Brazil eran and beat Farbod Irannejad Torre takedown attempts, to the country’s cricket board up with Bachar’s pace. Known to be one step ahead of Jurkovic and they saw very different out- via unanimous decision, putting grab his fifth consecutive win, (BCCI) said. for his quick and deadly com- the whole time. His superiority comes to their matches. Making yet another striking clinic, with remaining undefeated as a pro- Chauhan, who played binations and agility, Hadbi got clearer and clearer through his international debut, Feilpe several highlight-worthy mo- fessional Mixed Martial Artist. for India from 1969 to 1981, picked up the rhythm once again the fight and after a prolonged, BRAVE CF 39 results partnered batting great through the fight and he ended and unanswered, beating less Sunil Gavaskar at the top the show with a much better than a minute to the end of the Welterweight: Giannis Bachar def. Tahar Hadbi by unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 30-27) of the order where his pa- performance, especially con- fight, the referee interfered with Middleweight: Andreas Gustafsson def. Miro Jurkovic by TKO - 4:10, R3 tience and dogged determi- necting good elbows and hands. the Serbian still standing, de- Lightweight: Tobia Harila def. Rafael Macedo by TKO (Corner Stoppage) - 5:00 R2 nation helped the pair stitch Still, that wasn’t enough to claring Gustafsson the winner Catchweight: Felipe Lima defeated Farbod Irannejad by unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 30-27) together 10 century stands deal with what Giannis Bachar via TKO. Lightweight: Sahil Siraj def. Davide La Torre by unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28)

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