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MAIN BRANCH LULU HYPER SANAYYA ALKHOR RAMADAN TIMING Business 13 Doha D-Ring Road Street-17 M & J Building TODAY IFTAR TOMORROW IMSAK MATAR QADEEM MANSOURA ABU HAMOUR BIN OMRAN Trump urges Japan business Near Ahli Bank Al Meera Petrol Station Al Meera 6:20PM 3:08AM leaders to invest more in US alzamanexchange www.alzamanexchange.com 44441448 Get your Box of Joy every day on Ooredoo App Baladna to launch ATTIYAH VISITS NYUTABARU AIR BASE IN JAPAN condensed milk by year-end: Official Amir greets Indian PM Company set to QNA enter cheese DOHA segment within THE Amir HH Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al Thani held two months a telephone conversation with Indian Prime Minister SATYENDRA PATHAK Narendra Modi to congratu- DOHA late him on his Bharatiya Janata Party’s win in the BALADNA Food Industries, recent elections in India. Qatar’s largest producer of The Amir wished him well fresh dairy and beverages, is Cows at Baladna’s farm in Al Khor. and the Indian people Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Defence Affairs HE Dr Khalid bin Mohammed al Attiyah all set for major expansion to further progress and pros- visited the Nyutabaru Air Base in Miyazaki, Japan, on Saturday. During the visit, Attiyah met a number achieve self-sufficiency in milk the country. Our product will be even perity. They also reviewed of ranking officers in the military base and toured the air base. Attiyah was provided with an overview products in the country. Also known as evaporated better than other similar prod- bilateral ties and coop- of its facilities and services, in addition to the inspection and service centres of F-15 planes available After successfully launch- milk, the official said, there is ucts as it won’t be shipped eration and the means to in the base. Attiyah was accompanied by Ambassador of Qatar to Japan HE Hassan Mohamed Rafei al ing the country’s first UHT a huge demand for condensed from thousands of kilometres advance them. Emadi. (QNA) PAGE 20 (Long-Life milk) line, Baladna milk in the country, especially away from factories outside is preparing to start produc- among the large Asian expatri- of Qatar. We are also working tion of condensed milk in the ate communities. to ensure that the price of our country, a senior company of- “Currently, Qatar depends condensed milk brand will be ficial has said. entirely on imports to meet the more competitive than oth- A first-of-its-kind initiative demand for condensed milk in ers available in the market,” Qatar Farms in the country, the locally-pro- the local market. It is mainly Eldaly said. Al Khor Hospital to set up duced condensed milk will be imported from Kuwait and He also revealed that Bal- programme sees available for sale in the Qatari Turkey. Like other milk prod- adna will be expanding to market by the end of this year. ucts, our aim is to achieve 100 cheese segment in the next two diabetes centre soon 318% rise in sale Talking to Qatar Trib- percent self-sufficiency in con- months. une on the sidelines of the densed milk segment as well,” “We are entering differ- TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK nous medicines. This room helped many of vegetables company’s Ghabga event in the official said. ent kinds of cheese segments. DOHA patients to take their intravenous treat- Doha recently, Baladna Sen- “We are in the process of Currently, we are in the pro- ments at a time away from the overcrowd- HE second edition of Qatar Farms ior Marketing Director Ma- importing machines for this cess of acquiring and setting AL Khor Hospital is working to set up a ing emergency departments. This room has Tprogramme has seen a whopping her Eldaly said the company purpose. All the machines will up machines. We are expected diabetes centre soon to serve patients with reduced overcrowding at the emergency 318 percent increase in the sales of has made investments worth be set up at the factory soon to start production after sum- diabetes. Once the centre opens, patients department and internal sections.” locally-grown vegetables as compared millions of dollars to procure and the production is expect- mer,” the official said. with diabetes seeking medical care in Al The work is currently under way to to the first season. In the second state-of-the-art machines to ed to start by the end of this Khor area will be treated at the Al Khor fa- operate Ras Laffan Hospital in the near season, about 8,226 tonnes of locally- produce condensed milk in year.” Continued on page 2 Ô cility itself instead of traveling to Doha. future, which will contribute to reducing grown vegetable were sold as com- Besides, the Al Khor hospital receives overcrowding at other hospitals, especially pared to 1,969 tonnes during the first about 400 patients in the outpatient de- for the workers. season. The Qatar Farms programme partment every day. The emergency de- “Some of the times we face problems in is being implemented by the Ministry partments receive 700 patients per day and communicating with them (workers) about of Municipality and Environment and US TROOP DEPLOYMENT TO MIDDLE EAST A 350 operations are performed monthly. fixing appointments. Many workers even Ministry of Commerce and Industry for THREAT TO INTERNATIONAL PEACE: IRAN Dr Wissam Ghadhban, Medical Direc- don’t have health cards or phone numbers. the marketing of local vegetables. It tor of Al Khor Hospital, said the hospital is This causes problem in communicating aims to provide Qatari farmers with the THE US said it was deploying 1,500 additional troops to the Middle East to working to reduce the waiting list by open- with them to follow up their treatment,” opportunity to display their vegetables counter “credible threats” from Iran in a move denounced by Tehran on Saturday ing additional clinics. The hospital is also he said. in various consumer complexes at as “a threat to international peace”. “Increased US presence in our region is planning to expand its dentistry clinic. The Nursing Department conducts dai- reasonable prices. (TNN) PAGE 2 very dangerous and a threat to international peace and security and must be “We have recently started receiving di- ly reports and follows up with the company confronted,” Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif told the official IRNA alysis patients in the evening shift. The ser- in which the worker is employed and re- news agency. The escalation of the US military pres- vice is available three days in a week,” Dr views the patient’s situation with the com- ence follows a decision in early May to send an aircraft Ghadhban said. pany’s representative. carrier strike force and B-52 bombers in a show of force “We have a new service in the hospital “There are different nationalities with- Qatar Charity raises against what Washington’s leaders believed was an im- which is venous treatment,” he said, adding in the nursing staff (India, the Philippines QR25 million to help minent Iranian plan to attack US assets. PAGE 10 that “The venous treatment room receives and Bangladesh). This helps us a lot,” he (PG 3 ) patients who take antibiotics or other ve- added. refugees worldwide Saudi continues to politicise Hajj and Umrah pilgrimage: AHW the ongoing war in Yemen. Morocco, where Tawfik blamed the Saudi prevents Yemeni pilgrims from entering its territories for performing AHW also urged Islamic coun- Saudi authorities for the negligence tries, institutions and governments of the Moroccan pilgrimage mission Umrah, threatens to cut Morocco’s Hajj quota: Al Haramain Watch to immediately intervene in the last year. administration of the Islamic Holy He said Morocco is responsible TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK pilgrimage. source said more than 72 buses car- Places in the Two Holy Mosques to for the travel and housing expenses, Doha It said the Saudi authorities are rying pilgrims and expatriates were ensure their neutralisation after the while Saudi Arabia manages the ac- preventing dozens of Yemeni pil- not allowed to enter. failure of the Saudi authorities to en- commodation and transportation in AFTER putting obstacles for pilgrims grims from entering Saudi territory The continuation of this situation sure the neutrality of places of wor- Mina and Arafat. from Qatar for performing Hajj and for Umrah. for a longer period may push many ship. Tawfiq held the Saudi authori- Umrah, Saudi Arabia is now do- A Yemeni source said the Saudi pilgrims to return. AHW said Saudi Arabia has also ties responsible for the organisa- ing the same with the pilgrims from authorities have returned many resi- The money they have is barely violate the right to worship for all threatened Morocco’s Ministry of tional and management problems in Yemen and Morocco. dents and pilgrims and most of those enough for them to perform Umrah Muslims. Awqaf and Islamic Affairs to reduce camps of Mina and transportation The International Commission stranded in the port stayed on buses. and return. The situation for many AHW has called on the admin- Morocco’s Hajj quota. and relief in the holy sites. to Watch Saudi Administration of Some of them were staying in hotels pilgrims, including women and chil- istration of Riyadh to allow all Yem- AHW said it has witnessed a cri- AHW warned that the Saudi au- Muslim places “Al Haramain Watch” in the area, while others returned to dren, continues to be dire. enis to enter for performing Umrah sis between the Saudi Embassy in thorities had failed miserably to run (AHW) has said Saudi Arabia is con- Sayoun. Some of the stranded peo- AHW said the Saudi government and not to involve Muslims in their Morocco and Ahmed Tawfiq, Min- the holy sites during the Hajj and tinuing to politicise Hajj and Umrah ple live in difficult conditions. The has no right to take decisions that political differences and use them in ister of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs of Umrah seasons. 02 Sunday, May 26, 2019

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Amir congratulates King of Jordan Muraikhi attends THE Amir HH Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al Thani sent on Satur- Local farm produce sales day a cable of congratulations to King of Jordan Abdullah II bin South African al Hussein on his country’s Independence Day. (QNA) president’s Amir congratulates drive delivers 318% rise inauguration president of Argentina QNA THE Amir HH Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al Thani sent on Satur- Program provides Qatari farmers opportunity to display their vegetables in various consumer complexes PRETORIA day a cable of congratulations to President of Argentina Mauri- cio Macri on the occasion of his country’s National Day. (QNA) TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK MINISTER of State for DOHA Foreign Affairs HE Sul- Deputy Amir congratulates tan bin Saad al Muraikhi Jordanian king THE Qatar Farms programme organised participated in the in- by the Ministry of Municipality and En- auguration ceremony of THE Deputy Amir HH Sheikh Abdullah bin Hamad al Thani on vironment (MME) in cooperation with Cyril Ramaphosa as the Saturday sent a cable of congratulations to King of Jordan Abdul- the Ministry of Commerce and Indus- President of South Africa. lah II bin Al-Hussein on his country’s Independence Day. (QNA) try (MoCI), has recorded sales of about The Minister of State 8,226 tonnes of agriculture produce in conveyed the greetings Deputy Amir congratulates its second season, compared to 1,969 and congratulations of president of Argentina tonnes recorded during the first season the Amir His Highness in 2018, representing a 318 percent rise. Sheikh Tamim bin Ham- THE Deputy Amir HH Sheikh Abdullah bin Hamad al Thani on Satur- The programme is part of the min- ad al Thani to the South day sent a cable of congratulations to President of Argentina Mau- istry’s efforts to improve the local mar- African president, wish- ricio Macri on the occasion of his country’s National Day. (QNA) keting process and help the farmers to ing him and the people of market their produce. South Africa good health, PM sends greetings to The second season of the programme happiness, more progress Jordanian counterpart launched in December 2018 saw the par- and prosperity. ticipation of more than 10 commercial On his part, the presi- PRIME Minister and Minister of Interior HE Sheikh Abdullah complexes. The second season of the programme launched in December 2018 saw the participation of dent of South Africa bin Nasser bin Khalifa al Thani on Saturday sent a cable of The programme aims to provide more than 10 commercial complexes. entrusted the Minister congratulations to Prime Minister of Jordan Omar Razzaz on Qatari farmers with the opportunity to of State to convey his his country’s Independence Day. (QNA) display their local vegetables in vari- Meera and Family Food Center. duce marketed in various consumer com- thanks and his greetings ous consumer complexes at reasonable The programme has led to about 20 plexes during the second season, Meera to HH the Amir, wishing PM congratulates president of Argentina prices to the consumer without an inter- percent increase in the marketing of lo- was the most popular consumer market him and the people of mediary. cally produced vegetables, which indi- for local vegetables with a record of about Qatar good health, hap- PRIME Minister and Minister of Interior HE Sheikh Abdullah The first season of the programme cates the positive impact of the initiative 56 percent of the sales, followed by Lulu, piness and further pro- bin Nasser bin Khalifa al Thani on Saturday sent a cable of was launched in March 2018 with the on improving the marketing of local veg- Carrefour and Family Food Center, each gress, development and congratulations to President of Argentina Mauricio Macri on the participation of only four major con- etables in consumer complexes. accounting for 19 percent, 15 percent and prosperity. occasion of his country’s National Day. (QNA) sumer complexes -- Carrefour, Lulu, Regarding the quantities of the pro- seven percent, respectively.

‘Baladna all set to produce five more juice flavours by year-end’ Continued from page 1 Ô

“WE are also working on a large scale to expand the range of juices in different flavours. We already have juices in six flavours and we are go- ing to add five more flavours by the end of this year,” the official said. “We have lots of innovations in the pipeline. Cooking aides such as sour cream, fresh cream will also be produced at our factory soon,” Eldaly said. With over 20,000 high-breed cows owned by Baladna, he said, the company is in a position to meet the demands for dairy products in the country. we are in negotiations with several we will be exporting to countries “We have also started exporting Asian countries to export our prod- that are well-known in the region,” some of our products and right now ucts. In the next four to five months, the official said.

IEI Qatar calls for infrastructure monitoring

TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK He stressed that smooth function- tablished in July 1991 for the benefit DOHA ing of critical infrastructure systems of its members residing and practic- at their required capacity is an essen- ing engineering profession in Qatar. THE Institution of Engineers (India) tial condition for the sustenance and He said, “The chapter has now be- Qatar Chapter (IEI Qatar) organised growth of (urban) human habitats. come the most active and resourceful a seminar on ‘Why Do Our Critical As many as 80 participants who overseas chapter of the Institution of Infrastructure Systems Need Health are mainly engineers, designers, con- Engineers. He also spoke about the Monitoring’ recently. sultants, managers and administra- active role the Qatar Chapter is play- In his presentation, guest speaker tors attended the event. ing in the professional development Dr Siddhartha Ghosh, a professor He appealed to all participants of its member engineers, outlining of Civil Engineering at the Indian to focus on small things initially and the forthcoming programme.” Institute of Technology, shared his come forward to provide economic Since its inception, the Qatar views on the theme and explained the engineering solutions for the better- Chapter of the Institution of Engi- critical infrastructure systems (CIS), ment of society. neers (India) chapter has been ren- particularly the civil infrastructure Honourary Chairman AbdulSa- dering excellent professional services systems such as housing, roadways, thar welcomed the gathering and to the engineering community of water supply, and other transporta- stated the importance of the seminar. Qatar in consistent to the objective tion networks, form the backbone of He said the Institution of the En- of the Institution uninterruptedly for any community. gineers (India) Qatar chapter was es- last 28 years.

As many as 80 participants, mainly engineers, designers, consultants, managers and administrators, attended the event. Nation Sunday, May 26, 2019 03 QRI clinical teams help Qatari boy discover passion for art TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK Inspiration DOHA Creating art has been an ABDULRAHMAN Shahin al important outlet for me to Neimi, a 16-year-old Qatari express myself and along with boy with spinal muscular at- physical therapy has helped rophy who has benefited from me to achieve greater the specialised care provided independence and mobility. by Hamad Medical Corpora- tion’s (HMC) Qatar Reha- bilitation Institute (QRI), is all praise for his care team’s benefits. His severe muscu- assistance in helping him de- lar weakness and abnormali- velop his artistic abilities. ties prevented him from fully “I started drawing while practising his hobby so we I was recovering from sur- focused on building his fine gery at a medical centre in motor skills through hand Germany. When I returned therapy exercises and by pro- to Qatar, the rehabilitation viding assistive devices,” said team at QRI encouraged me Anteena Aziz. to develop my talent. My oc- Salam Amin Nassar, Day cupational therapist Anteena Care Rehabilitation Program Aziz saw the benefits of art Sixteen-year-old Qatari boy Abdulrahman Shahin Al Neimi with members of his care team. Coordinator at QRI, said the therapy and she also saw my Abdulrahman Shahim al Neimi with his art collections. hospital is the region’s largest passion for art. She found the was diagnosed with spinal and support can help man- “Abdulrahman has severe tertiary rehabilitation center assistive devices and strate- muscular atrophy at the age of age symptoms and help those atrophy in his muscles and tion program here at QRI to improving his hand coordina- and provides world-class in- gies needed for me to practise four months. Spinal muscular with SMA to have the best malformations in the joints of help improve trunk control, tion, which is when his pas- tegrated rehabilitation servic- my hobby and to express my- atrophy (SMA) is a rare ge- possible quality of life. his limbs and spine. His con- balance and his ability to use sion for art was discovered. es tailored to the individual self through art. Creating art netic neuromuscular disorder Dr Ahmad Sameral dition is progressive, meaning his hands,” said Dr Qawadri. “Abdulrahman’s artistic needs of patients.“Our unit has been an important outlet characterised by muscle dete- Qawadri, Physical Medicine it develops and grows as he Through an intensive day talent and his passion for art was opened in 2017 under for me to express myself and rioration and joint deformi- and Rehabilitation Physician ages and grows. The deform- rehabilitation programme at were discovered while he was the supervision of Dr. Wafa along with physical therapy ties. Due to a loss of nerve at QRI and Abdulrahman’s ity of his spine affected his QRI, Abdulrahman’s respira- completing the rehabilitation Al Yazeedi, Chairperson of has helped me to achieve cells in the spinal cord and case manager, says his story ability to sit and his balance tory function increased and programme at QRI. Our Oc- Rehabilitation at QRI. We re- greater independence and brainstem, individuals with and healthcare journey dem- and respiratory function. In the control of his head and cupational therapists noticed ceive patients with a variety mobility,” said Abdulrahman. SMA are unable to control the onstrate the importance of August 2018 he underwent spine improved. He achieved his talent for painting and of care needs, including those Abdulrahman, who is cur- movement of their muscles. both a positive mindset and surgery in Germany to correct good sitting balance control drawing and were eager to en- recovering from a stroke, spi- rently a tenth-grade student While there is no cure for the the incorporation of alterna- the spinal deformity and this and therapists at QRI began courage his hobby as we saw nal cord injuries, and brain at Khalifa Secondary School, condition, ongoing treatment tive therapies. was followed by a rehabilita- working with him to focus on the physical and emotional injuries.”

QATARIS AND RESIDENTS DONATE GENEROUSLY Ministry intensifies inspection to ensure Qatar Charity raises QR25 mn food safety in Ramadan TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK tivities of the Ministry of Public DOHA Health entail all aspects that to help refugees worldwide may directly or indirectly affect THE Ministry of Public Health the safety and quality of food The sum was raised within two hours on live TV broadcast; opportunity to donate to the initiative will be available soon (MoPH) has intensified its in- supply. All stages of the food spection campaigns on con- chain are inspected -- from the sumer complexes across the receipt of primary foodstuffs to country during the Holy Month the stage of the supply of the of Ramadan to ensure food prepared food. safety and protect the health The inspectors are particu- of consumers in light of high larly keen to examine critical temperatures causing the rapid points, including the initial contamination of food. preparation stages - cooking, The ministry prepared an cooling and display of ready- integrated plan for the inspec- to-eat food - and the extent tion of consumer complexes. to which the food company is The first phase of the plan in- committed to health require- cluded inspections carried out ments during the food chain by the health inspectors of the stages. The inspectors focused Department of Food Safety and on assessing the awareness of Environmental Health at 11 food traders about the impor- consumer outlets to determine tance of maintaining clean- their compliance with health liness of hands and proper requirements. mechanism to ensure hygiene. The second stage covered The consumer complexes’ 64 complexes during the Holy leaders were also provided Month of Ramadan, including with instructions and recom- Al Rayyan TV and other media outlet Al Quran Al Kareem Radio raised the sum on live broadcast to support Qatar Charity’s project for refugees worldwide. visits to a number of hypermar- mendations regarding the cor- ket branches in Qatar. rective actions of the violations TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK ensure they are safe, healthy gees around the world to im- development of cooperative of the campaign of the initia- The health surveillance ac- observed DOHA and well fed. prove their living conditions, relations between Qatar Char- tive, Khalifa said, “It aims at The ‘4H’ initiative seeks Ghamdi said, thanking the ity and the UNHCR for over 18 helping 300,000 refugees THE ‘For Humanity’ initia- to provide a leading model Qatari media, social media in- years, which started in 2002, from Yemen, Syria, Somalia tive launched by Qatar Char- for global emergency support, fluencers and social activists pointing out that the signing of and Iraq, in addition to the ity (QC) in cooperation with consultation and joint action for their support. a strategic cooperation agree- Rohingya refugees in Bangla- UNHCR to provide aid to to enhance humanitarian re- The opportunity to donate ment with UNHCR in 2017 desh.” more than 300,000 refugees sponse and field cooperation to the initiative will be avail- was a qualitative leap in the re- There are more than one from Yemen, Iraq, Somalia, between the two parties. able soon. lations between the two sides. million Rohingya refugees liv- Syria and Rohingya refugees Mohammed Ali al Gham- The live TV broadcast of “This agreement enables ing in Cox’s Bazar in Bangla- in Bangladesh witnessed an di, assistant to Qatar Charity’s the campaign hosted Gham- the two sides to develop strate- desh, where the host commu- overwhelming response from CEO in the Governance and di, Khaled Khalifa, UNHCR’s gies, plans and joint initiatives nity basically needs help as it the people in Qatar through Institutional Development regional representative to for a period of five years. This suffers from considerable eco- the Al Rayyan TV and Al Sector, thanked Qataris and the Gulf Cooperation Coun- cooperation has resulted in nomic problems, Khalifa said, Quran Al Kareem Radio, rais- residents for their response to cil countries; Sheikh Saud al the opening of a coordination urging benefactors in Qatar to ing QR24.75mn within two the campaign and their gener- Hajri, Iman al Kaabi, a media office of UNHCR in Qatar,” contribute to the campaign, hours. ous donations. figure, Captain Adel Lamy, Ghamdi said, stressing that especially as it coincides with The ‘For Humanity (4H)’ This interaction confirms former Qatari footballer, and the ‘For Humanity’ initiative is the last ten days of Ramadan. is the largest humanitarian re- that Qatar and the people in Sheikha al Muftah, a social ac- an outcome of the cooperation The campaign seeks to lief initiative to provide emer- country have always been tivist and a member of Qatar between Qatar Charity and the provide food, medical and gency assistance to vulnerable proactive in standing by the Charity women’s team. refugee agency during 2018. emergency shelter assistance refugees across the globe, and afflicted, displaced and refu- Ghamdi highlighted the Speaking at the launching to the targeted refugees. QRCS inks pact with Mali Red Cross to open regional office

They agreed to coordinate The two parties will make a positive impact with other components of on the living conditions of vulnerable the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement people under the five-year cooperation on developing an emergency response strategy. The bilat- TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK Mali Red Cross, Rasheed al eral partnership will translate DOHA Karouti, Head of the new rep- into humanitarian operations resentation office, Abdullah where the geographic features, QATAR Red Crescent Society M. al Mulla, Director of Com- required activities, and respec- (QRCS) has recently signed a munication at QRCS, Dr. Faw- tive strategic approaches are memorandum of understand- zi Oussedik, Head of Interna- taken into consideration. ing (MoU) to open a regional tional Relations, and Najlaa The new regional represen- representation office in Mali, al Haj and Said Tijani from tation office will facilitate com- which will undertake its relief QRCS Relief and International Ali Hassan al Hammadi, Secretary-General of QRCS with Dr. Abdour- A group photo of the Qatar Red Crescent delegation and Mali Red munication, follow up with and development operations Development Division. ahmane Cissé, President of Mali Red Cross sign an MoU in Bamako. Cross during a signing ceremony in Bamako recently. the existing operations, and in West and Central Africa. Expressing his joy about launch new ones in Mali and The MoU was signed by Ali the agreement, Hammadi humanitarian conditions in portant of the agreement as branches,” he noted. “This can able groups, with a view to other Sub-Saharan countries. Hassan al Hammadi, Secre- said. “It confirms the bilateral those countries. It is our duty a framework for future bilat- be possible with such a strong, making a positive impact on Other forms of cooperation tary-General of QRCS, and Dr. agreement will help to meet at QRCS to build partnerships eral cooperation to deal with balanced, flexible, and long- their overall living conditions. include transfer and integra- Abdourahmane Cissé, Presi- the needs of the most vulner- with the fellow Red Cross soci- the rising humanitarian chal- term understanding and coop- QRCS commits itself to back- tion of knowledge, exchange of dent of Mali Red Cross. able communities in Mali and eties there, to ensure intensive lenges. “We need to enhance eration as with QRCS”. ing Mali Red Cross, for the lat- experience, promotion of the The signing ceremony was neighbours,” he commented. cooperation and wider out- our operational capacity and Under the five-year ter to be able to respond well to best humanitarian practices, also attended by Mamadou “Poverty and domestic conflict reach”. support the central headquar- agreement,the two parties will the priorities of intervention in and expanded cooperation on Traoré, Secretary-General of have weighed heavily on the Dr. Cissé stressed the im- ters, as well as the domestic fulfil the needs of the vulner- a self-sustaining manner. common issues. 04 Sunday, May 26, 2019 Nation

McDonald’s brings Ooredoo partners EnrichAl to various nationalities together for Garangao launch IoT solutions in Qatar Enables digital transformation of industry verticals, especially for smart cities, smart metres and smart fleets TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK Connect platforms. Ooredoo’s DOHA teams also handle integration, as well as class A service deliv- OOREDOO, the region’s lead- ery and solutions assurance. ing enabler of digital business Arijit Biswas, Chief Ex- innovation, announced on Sat- ecutive Officer, EnrichAI, said: urday partnership with Enri- “Ooredoo is now Qatar’s go-to chAI to enable the development service provider for IoT solu- of diverse Internet of Things tions. While Qatar’s CEOs un- (IoT) solutions to drive the digi- derstand the power of IoT, they tal transformation of Qatar’s or- often need assistance in im- ganisations. plementing IoT solutions. Our Across Qatar, every indus- partnership with Ooredoo sees try vertical is seeing strong IoT our business customers able to demand – in which connecting gain bespoke IoT solutions that objects, devices, and people on Sheikh Nasser bin Hamad bin Nasser al Thani (centre), Chief Business Officer Ooredoo with Arijit Biswas, can accelerate digital transfor- one platform can deliver real- CEO, EnrichAI (fourth left) during a signing ceremony in Doha. mation and free up IT staff.” time insights. The partnership Business customers can builds on Ooredoo’s existing Yousuf Abdulla al Kubaisi, sectors will play a major role in cal and commercial teams, as leverage the Ooredoo Advan- Children take part in the Mcdonald’s Garangao event at McDonald’s capabilities in the IoT arena to Chief Operating Officer, Ooredoo diversifying and growing Qatar’s well as a strong team for service tage, making Ooredoo “Best for Town Center branch in Doha recently. develop solutions and industry- Qatar, said: “Our partnership economy, and enhance Qatar’s delivery and assurance, which Business”, thanks to its breadth wide products. Ooredoo expects with EnrichAI is an important role as a global IoT leader.” plays a key role in the whole and depth of talent, best fixed TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK special gifts items. to work on a range of solutions milestone for Ooredoo to be- Ooredoo gains critical IoT process. These teams will de- and mobile networks, broadest DOHA Ghada Kamal, market- as varied as Smart Cities, Smart come the IoT reference provider capabilities with a team of de- sign IoT solutions, from archi- portfolio of ICT services and so- ing manager of McDonald’s Utilities Metre, and Smart Fleet in Qatar. The ability to develop velopers and architects working tecture to devices, and code on lutions, and trusted partner for MCDONALD’S Qatar re- Qatar, said: “Garangao Management. innovative IoT solutions across closely with Ooredoo’s techni- Ooredoo’sIoT Builder and IoT 60 years. cently celebrated an en- celebration allows us to chanted Garangao event, spread happiness among an age-old annual Qatari the young members of the tradition on the night of Qatari community. It is a mid-Ramadan, with many tradition that is deeply- Karnataka Sangha children of various nation- rooted in Arabic culture Bunts Qatar organises alities and their families the that is designed to teach delightful event at McDon- children the art of giving organises iftar party ald’s Town Center branch. and sharing. mega cultural programme The atmosphere was “We, at McDonald’s, amplified with the loud always provide a range cheers and singing of Ga- of initiatives designed to ‘Gaana Naatya Vaibhava’ rangao songs by the chil- foster social engagement dren as they walked collect- and inspire people to learn ing goody bags filled with more about Qatar culture. TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK candies prepared by the By participating in this tra- DOHA LSM. Different McDonald’s ditional celebration, we are branches, including Air- perpetuating our message BUNTS QATAR, an associate port, Markiya, Tebah, Umm of kindness, sincerity and organistion of Indian Cul- Salal, Wakra, City Center, the importance of being as- tural Centre, which is under Al Meera-Qutaifiya Dafna, sociated with the local com- the aegis of the Embassy of Rayyan 2, Woqod and Abu munity.” India, organised mega cul- Hamor also hosted a fun- In addition to the enter- tural fiesta “Gaana Naatya filled Garagao festival. tainment and arrays of ac- Vaibhava”, which included The restaurants were tivities arranged at selected a musical event dedicated to packed with children and restaurants, the grand ap- Karnataka Sangha hosted iftar gathering at the labour camp of Popu- maestros of Indian cinema their parents. Selected kids pearance of birdie character lar Trading & Contracting in Doha recently. R.D.Burman and Ilayaraja, dressed in best traditional wishing the kids and fami- and a dance programme, at and colourful Garangao lies a joyful Ramadan en- TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK and Arun Kumar, and Milan the DPS MIS auditorium re- attires were awarded with liven the celebration. DOHA Arun, ex-president of Indian cently. cultural Centre, also attend- The event was anchored KARNATAKA Sangha Qatar ed the iftar. by RJ Mayur of “Unplugged (KSQ) hosted iftar at the La- President Venkata Rao with Nimma Mayuraa” fame. bour Camp of Popular Trad- welcomed people to the Well known play back sing- ing and Contracting at Al gathering, while Saqib Raja ers Malvika Sundar of Indian Wukair to mark the Holy Khan delivered a special ad- Idol Season 9 final and Nakul month of Ramadan recently. dress on the significance of Abhyankar of Zee Sare Ga- In attendance at the event Ramadan and explained the maPa fame performed live at were Vice President of ICBF appropriate approach for the the musical event with Drum Mahesh Gowda, Joint Sec- holy month. Manju and his band from retary of ICBF Subramanya Yogish Pai, Joint Secre- Bengaluru. Hebbagilu including Karna- tary of the Karnataka Sang- A high octane dance per- taka Sangha officials. ha, delivered the opening formance by Energie Dance Committee representa- and closing speech of the Crew (EDC) led by Manish tives from other Karnataka- programme. and his team was very well Al Muftah Contg, and Satish, Khan (President, KMCA), Ab- based associations such as Like every year, Karna- received by the audience. executive manager of QDC, dul Majeed (President, SKM- KMCA, SKMW, Tulu Koota, taka Sangha Qatar presented President Deepak Shetty for their support in organis- WA), Sunil Dsilva (President, Bunts Qatar and Billawas the Umrah expense package handed over mementos to ing the event. He thanked the MCC), Raghunath Anchan Qatar also participated in to Mehboob, an employee of event sponsor Jeppu Chidan- sponsors for their help. (President, Qatar Billavas) the event. Al Muftah Contracting Com- and Naik, GM, M Pallonji, Suhail Bukhari (Chair- and committee members and The advisory board mem- pany. The committee praised main sponsor Sooraj Hegde, man, IBPC), Venkat Rao members of several Karnata- bers of Karnataka Sangha VS the selfless contribution of Intermodal Services, golden (President, KSQ), Asmath Ali ka-based organisations were Mannangi, Deepak Shetty Mehboob for all its events. sponsors V S Mannangi, GM, (President, Tulukoota), Ibraiz also present. Nation Sunday, May 26, 2019 05 QFC to support UN agencies in facing humanitarian issues

the QFC facilitate increased tary-General of QRCS Ali Has- and bringing the private sector ‘Hope for Gaza’ is mobilisation of the private sec- san al Hammadi and Dana al closer to engaging on the human- the first beneficiary tor on key global humanitarian Fardan, as well as representa- itarian response to help more issues, as well as assist with the tives from key UN agencies, than 132 million people in need.” of the collaboration promotion of these challenges to QFC firms, the media and other Ali Hassan al Hammadi increase awareness among the key stakeholders. said: “For NGOs, financial and TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK greater business community. Yousuf Mohamed al Jaida, corporate organisations are the DOHA The first initiative to result CEO of QFC, said: “Our col- first and foremost source of fi- from this collaboration is the laboration comes in light of the nancial, in-kind, and logistic QATAR Financial Centre (QFC), QFC’s support to the ‘Hope QFC’s previous engagements support. They play a key role in one of the world’s leading and for Gaza’ initiative, which is Dr Ahmed al Meraikhi, Yousuf Mohamed al Jaida, Ali Hassan al Hammadi and Dana al Fardan speak at the with the office of Dr Meraikhi, delivering the humanitarian aid fastest growing onshore busi- organised by the UN Secre- annual suhour event organised by the QFC. both in Davos earlier this year to beneficiaries everywhere.” ness and financial centres, an- tary-General’s Humanitarian and last month in Doha, and we Dana al Fardan said: “Spend- nounced its support to and Envoy Dr Ahmed al Meraikhi, The campaign aims to mo- ty in Diversity’, the QFC’s Ram- ian issues and the ever-increas- remain confident that our work ing time in Jordan has shown me collaboration with the Office Qatar Red Crescent Society bilise financial resources during adan Suhoor event emphasised ing need for greater engage- together will lead to actionable the amount of difficulties that of the UN Secretary-General’s (QRCS), United Nations Relief the Holy Month of Ramadan to the importance, extent and ment by the private sector in and effective outcomes.” Palestinians face on daily basis. Humanitarian Envoy. The an- and Works Agency for Pales- support the services provided by impact of its social investment meeting the UN’s Sustainable Dr Meraikhi noted: “I am It’s the duty of every Arab and nouncement was made at QFC’s tine Refugees in the Near East UNRWA for Palestinian refu- programmes and how socially Development Goals. grateful to QFC and Yousuf Mo- every Qatari to stand by them annual Ramadan suhour event. (UNRWA) and Qatari Com- gees in Gaza. responsible business practices The event was attended by hamed Al Jaida for his continued and support them through this The collaboration will see poser Dana al Fardan. Held under the theme ‘Uni- can impact global humanitar- Dr Ahmed al Meraikhi, Secre- support to the United Nations time of critical need.”

City Centre Rotana Doha announces offers Baladna and Qatar Charity distribute for its Bodylines Fitness & Wellness Club 10,000 litres of milk at Ramadan tents TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK DOHA TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK DOHA IN keeping with its commitment to motivating people to indulge in any BALADNA Food Industries, Qatar’s largest fresh dairy form of exercise, City Centre Rotana producer, in collaboration with Qatar Charity (QC), is Doha has unveiled special offers at distributing 10,000 litres of long-life milk (UHT) to the Bodylines Fitness & Wellness Club workers at Al Thakira and Al Khor Ramadan tents. during the Holy Month of Ramadan. The milk will also be distributed to families in need. The club is offering hotel guests The collaboration is part of the campaign ‘Qatari prod- opportunity to enjoy 25 percent dis- pool and thermal facilities, in addition tions aimed to restore the freshness and ucts supporting charity’. count on the swimming pool access to providing one free training session vitality of the skin of any type. On top “We take pride in our collaboration with QC. The in addition to special rates on one- with a personal trainer for every four of that, Bodyline recently introduced work they have done over the years, has been extraor- munities in various sectors.” month and 3-month memberships. paid sessions. Members will also en- its new nails treatment service through dinary, and has helped millions of people. Baladna will Baladna has been an active contributor to the Qatari Moreover, special swimming classes joy a 20 percent discount on massage two exquisite and competitive offers continue to support the local communities in every way economy over the past few years. As a result of the block- are being held for kids aged four years treatments and 15 percent discount in ‘Express Manicure’ and ‘Express Pedi- possible way, as having a comprehensive corporate so- ade, Baladna accelerated the diversification of products and above, from Sunday to Thursday, the hotel’s F&B outlets. cure’ and the more advanced treatment cial responsibility is part of our core values,” said Saba al to help enhance its role in meeting the country’s self-suf- between 10am and 5pm, by talented For those looking to rejuvenate the ‘Tropical Spa Manicure & Pedicure’. Fadala, director of Public Relations and Communication ficiency goals. trainers. their mind, body & soul, Bodylines Fit- Sena Catak, director of Market- of Baladna. QC has set up 45 tents across Qatar during Ramadan Bodylines is offering daily fitness ness & Wellness Club has in offer Pure ing & Communications at City Centre Ali al Ghareeb, director of the Local Development 2019, benefiting 350,000 blue-collared workers. Iftar classes, allowing people to enhance Harmony Rose Oil Massage, which is Rotana Doha, said, “Through such Department at QC, said, “Baladna Food Industries’ meal packets have been delivered to labourer accom- their stamina and encouraging them one of the most delightful and most compelling proposition, we seek to contribution supports blue-collared workers and low- modations in industrial area and homesteads, benefit- to follow a healthy lifestyle. treasured of all oils as it softens and re- encourage members of the society to income families during the Holy Month of Ramadan ing 39,000 workers. Additionally, charity food packages Moreover, the privileged guests stores the skin, balances the hormones work out, stay fit and take advantage at tents located in Al Khor and Al Thakira. QC is open have also been handed out to 10,000 low-income fami- availing the ‘Bodylines’ membership and supports the heart, lungs, liver, of their spare time to take care of their to contributions from both government and private lies. Overall, 3.4 million people from 30 different coun- will also get limitless access to the stomach and blood. health and have good time during the entities to improve services provided to the local com- tries have benefited from QC’s initiatives this year. steam room, sauna, jacuzzi, swimming Bodylines also offers a set of solu- holy month and beyond.” 06 Sunday, May 26, 2019 CAMPUS CORNER HBKU’s CIS offers insight into Mamluk legacy

TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK den growth spurt in architec- lectures aimed to contribute DOHA ture after the discovery of oil to a deeper understanding of in the Arabian Gulf result- Islam and Muslim societies THE College of Islamic Stud- ed in various architectural in all of their aspects. Such ies (CIS) at Hamad Bin Khali- trends and styles being intro- interactive forums aim to fa University (HBKU) offered duced into the region. provoke and present debate its perspective on the archi- Dr Swelim said there is within historical and mod- tectural legacy of the Mamluk not yet a coherent Islamic ern-day frameworks, which era, at a seminar held at the architectural style in the Ara- in turn supports the scholarly University of Oxford, the UK, bian Gulf, but rather an ex- work and academic output of recently. perimenting ground for new CIS.” Dr M Tarek Swelim, asso- ideas which can inspire new CIS regularly participates ciate professor of Islamic art trends in the region. in local and international and architecture at CIS, led He pointed out that, while events, public lectures and the seminar and discussed projects such as mosques may conferences that highlights the era of the Circassian draw upon ideas from the and contextualises various Mamluk Sultan Al-Mu’ayyad past, this inspiration is not aspects of Islam in relation Shaykh, who ruled over Egypt necessarily native to the Gulf, to modern-day needs and and Biladal-Sham in the early except for the State Mosque debate. The college is home 15th century. of Qatar, but is rather taken to several distinguished re- Dr Swelim discussed the from neighbouring countries search centres that unite magnificent religious and fu- such as Egypt, India, Iraq, scholars and thought leaders nerary complex built by Sul- Iran and Turkey. from around the world. tan Al-Mu’ayyad Shaykh dur- He also argued that as the Commencing in the Fall ing his reign. Gulf States seek to establish 2019, CIS will offer a Master Situated next to Bab Zu- and present a national iden- of Arts in Applied Islamic wayla in Cairo, the complex Dr M Tarek Swelim, associate professor of Islamic art and architecture at College of Islamic Studies, delivers a lecture at University of Oxford. tity and character through Ethics degree, the first of its included a mosque, a ma- contemporary architecture, kind worldwide, which will drasa and mausoleums. The torical contexts. laboration between CIS and Urbanism. the Gulf’ at Leighton House such stylistic diversity and tackle ethical issues across seminar discussed the re- The event was hosted at Oxford University for the Earlier in the month, Dr Museum, London. Western influences are now a variety of disciplines and nowned complex in the con- the Khalili Research Centre uniquely designed Master Swelim delivered a lecture ti- The lecture, which was being challenged. fields. Admissions to the text of the earlier and later at Oxford University. It was of Science programme in Is- tled ‘Past and Present: Mod- conducted by the Barakat Commenting on the semi- programme is now possible Mamluk architecture in his- organised as part of the col- lamic Art, Architecture and ern Islamic Architecture in Trust, discussed how the sud- nars, Dr Swelim said, “Both through HBKU’s website. MES pupil wins artistic gymnastics championship MES shines in CBSE Qatar TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK testants representing over 30 dif- DOHA ferent nationalities, Vidyusha won the first position in level 2 and Cluster Chess Tournament PADALA Vidyusha, a grade VI earned herself the title of ‘The first student of MES Indian School, individual artistic gymnast’ for her TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK emerged as the winner of the First exceptional skills displayed during DOHA Open Artistic Gymnastics Cham- the competition. pionship organised by Pearling School Principal Hameeda THE boys and girls chess teams of Sports Academy recently. Kadar congratulated the MES Indian School bagged the over- In the tournament that wit- winner for her remarkable accom- all second runner up position in the Padala Vidyusha nessed stiff competition from con- plishment. CBSE Qatar Cluster Chess Tourna- ment, which was held at Birla Public School for students under 11, 14 and 17 and 19 categories. In the tournament that saw the participation of all the CBSE schools in Doha, MES obtained 46 points in ag- gregate, including the team champion- 19, 17 and 14 boys categories of the for the CBSE Chess National Champi- ship to its credit, by winning four gold tournament, MES won 16 bronze onship to held in India later this year. medals in girls’ under-19 category. medals. School Principal Hameeda Kadar In the under-14 girls and under The girls’ U-19 team got selected praised the efforts of the students.

DPS-MIS honours 280 students for distinctive academic performance

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DPS-MODERN Indian School re- cently held the Scholar Badge & All Rounders’ Award Ceremony to felicitate 280 students of Grades V to VII for their distinctive per- formance in academics and extra- curricular activities in the 2018-19 academic year. The students were awarded with trophies, certificates, blue blazers and special awards for their outstanding academic and other students. lence. all round performance. Director of Highlighting the true meaning She instilled pride in the hearts DPS-MISRocky Fernandes was the of academic excellence, he advocat- of the attendees by sharing the re- chief guest on the occasion. ed the need to uphold values, cope sults of grade X and XII. He commended the young with the changing world and be Speaking about the pros and achievers for their dedication, per- well-equipped for the future. cons of social media, the principal severance and persistence, and en- In her address, Principal Asna advised the parents to monitor their couraged them to use their success Nafees extolled the students for wards and guide them to make judi- to benefit, inspire and influence consistency in their pursuit of excel- cious use of technology. Sunday, May 26, 2019 07 Reports by Ailyn Agonia For events and press releases email Kabayan Corner [email protected] or call (974) 4000 2222 More than 25 Filipino groups come together for iftar drive Led by Elite Group OFW Qatar and Filipino Vloggers Qatar (FVQ), around 2,500 iftar boxes containing light snacks and drinks were distributed to fasting people during the initiative

ORE than 25 uted into four big groups to Filipino com- reach out to as many motor- munity groups ists as possible. came together “We are glad to be able on Friday to dis- to unite the different com- Mtribute iftar meals to motor- munity groups to support a ists passing through one of common cause. We intend the busiest streets in Doha. to continue sharing love and Led by Elite Group OFW joy to our Muslim brothers Qatar and Filipino Vloggers and sisters every year dur- Qatar (FVQ), around 2,500 ing the holy month of Rama- iftar boxes containing light dan,” Ronquillo said. snacks and drinks were distrib- Aside from members of uted during the initiative. FVQ and Elite Qatar, other Majority of the groups that community groups who participated and supported took part in the activity the iftar campaign are mem- were member of The Filipi- bers of Bayanihan Qatar. no Community, SRB, FAMS, Commenting on the ac- Kabisig, HERO Qatar, Kusi- tivity, Elite Group OFW to make this campaign a through our Facebook live drive we were able to reach na ng Pinoy, Republika Su- Qatar President Ramel A. success as well as to show broadcasts. When we learned out to our Muslim brothers premo, APO Qatar, Qatar Gardiano said, “It is an hon- our respect and love to our about the iftar campaign of and sisters.” Pilipino Helping Hand, GRII our for our group to lead beloved second home Qa- Bayanihan Qatar, we did not Just like in the previous Lady Force, BMKQ, AKO this iftar community service tar.” hesitate to be part of the pro- iftar distribution activities, OFW, TGBI, OBQ, PGBI, which is aimed at demon- FVQ Adviser Melanie ject as our simple way of giv- Bayanihan Qatar President Kapuso, Familia, Buklod, strating solidarity and re- Joana Laud also reiterated ing back to the communities Jerry Ronquillo took the Ilokano Group, Association spect towards our Muslim the importance of such pro- here. It is an honour to be lead in providing guidelines of Filipino Realtors & Entre- brothers and sisters on the jects. She said, “There are a part of the Bayanihan move- and instruction to ensure preneur Executives in Qatar occasion of the holy month number of Filipino expats ment given our shared desire the smooth implementa- (AFREEQ), AGWI , TSDQ, of Ramadan. I am pleased as well as other nationali- to be of help and service to tion of the activity as well as GSSI, Brethren, Ang Munt- with the level of support ties supporting the service our compatriots and other safety of the volunteers. The ing Tambayan, GGGBAI and demonstrated by each group that we do to the community expats. Through this iftar organisations were distrib- Filipino Institute Qatar.

Filipino brotherhood holds JOIN THE IFTAR annual blood donation drive DRIVE TODAY

HE Scouts Royale Brotherhood always been a partner of HMC in the Qatar Alumni Association (SR- important campaign which encour- TBQAA) organised its ages the public to donate annual blood donation blood fostering a culture drive in cooperation of voluntary blood dona- with Hamad Medical tion. The group educates Center – Blood Donor its members on the im- Center recently. portance of blood dona- The initiative is in tion and how it can make response to Hamad a positive impact on the Medical Corporation’s lives of many patients. (HMC) campaign of SRBQAA is continu- giving the gift of life ously conducting commu- through blood donation. nity works in country as part of its mis- According to SRBQAA leader- sion of giving back and promoting the ship, the Filipino brotherhood has spirit of solidarity and brotherhood.

ilipino expat Mega Cervantes, Fvolunteers and bloggers will be spearheading an iftar drive to be held at the Ramada Signal on May 26, from 5:45pm. The initiative titled ‘Ramadan Iftar Drive with Mega and Friends’ will be held in association with Qatar Mirror, Future 318, IdealDiet.Me, Coal Restaurant, Inspire Me by Elizabeth Wood, McDonalds Qatar, Family Food Centre, San Bernardo Water from Italy and Pinoy Heart Radio. About 1,000 iftar boxes containing light meals and drinks will be distributed during the activity. 08 Sunday, May 26, 2019

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

No Pardons For US War Criminals Granting clemency to servicemen accused of war crimes Modi 2.0 Confronts A would send an awful signal to other military members about their commitment to honourable service and duty HE power of the president to pardon is Challenging Foreign absolute. There is no chance for review, Texcept for Congress to remove the presi- dent if he exercises it without principle. Presidents of both parties have misused their power. Usually, they have done so for political reasons, to reward supporters or Policy Landscape contributors. It happened again last week, when President Donald Trump pardoned former newspaper publisher Conrad Black, who was convicted of fraud and obstruction Modi faces tough foreign policy challenges in India’s neighbourhood arising from a of justice related to sales of his newspa- pers but later wrote a glowing biography of more assertive China and deteriorating relations with Pakistan. During his second Trump, and former California Republican Assembly leader Patrick Nolan, who plead- term, Modi will be required to put many of his ideas that he has articulated to test ed guilty to racketeering in a 1990s political President Trump is considering a series corruption case but who also pleased Trump HARSH V PANT by criticising the Russia investigation. of pardons that would be grotesque TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE Trump has used his power more judi- ciously in pardoning deceased boxer Jack water contractors opened fire in a Baghdad S Indian Prime Minister Narendra Johnson and commuting the sentence of traffic circle and killed 14 unarmed civilians. Modi turns his attention to gov- Alice Johnson, a first-time nonviolent drug Mathew Golsteyn, an Army Green Beret ernance after his massive electoral offender who served 21 years in prison. But major accused of killing a suspected Afghan victory, he will find that a number now Trump is considering a series of par- bomb maker after the unarmed man had Aof challenges beckon him on the dons that would be grotesque. He is pre- been released and then disposing his body foreign policy front. From managing In- paring to grant clemency to current and in a burn pit. Golsteyn admitted to the kill- dia’s periphery to engaging major global former American servicemen accused of ing in a TV interview. powers, challenges abound which will de- war crimes. Four Marines videotaped urinating on mand all the diplomatic and leadership Let that sink in. These are men, some al- corpses of dead Taliban fighters, after which skills Modi and his team can muster. ready convicted, who betrayed our nation’s they were found guilty of dereliction of duty. Modi has been a foreign policy prime honour and integrity with their actions to- Charges of war crimes must be carefully minister in his first term. He relished ward other countries’ citizens. Among them considered. But two cases have resulted in global engagements and never gave an are: Edward Gallagher, a Navy SEAL pla- convictions. The other two clearly are trou- impression that his lack of experience on toon leader scheduled to be tried soon on bling. There was no valour here, no mis- the foreign policy front was a handicap. In charges that he routinely sprayed machine- understood motives, no defence of Ameri- fact, he made it his strength as he encour- gun fire randomly into civilian neighbour- can values. These are not cases in which a aged greater involvement of Indian states hoods in Iraq, killed an unarmed schoolgirl president should feel compelled to grant a in diplomacy. He led from the front in some sort of conclusion. Modi will have to and an old man as a sniper, and stabbed pardon. Doing so, especially for Gallagher, diplomatic engagements and managed to In his first term, Modi had succeeded in remake the case of India’s relevance in the to death a captured and wounded Islamic would send an awful signal to other military carve out personal equations with world articulating a global role for India as a unfolding dynamic in Afghanistan. State fighter who was around 15 years old. members about their commitment to hon- leaders which has paid dividends. Modi leading player in the international sys- A range of other issues would demand Gallagher was turned in by seven fellow our and duty. also has been successful in selling Brand Modi’s immediate attention. Rising ten- Navy SEAL commandos, who did so despite The fact that Trump apparently wants India abroad and in leveraging the vast tem. In his second term, he should be sions in the Middle East between Iran and warnings from superiors that they could to do so as part of the commemoration of Indian diaspora to national causes. He focusing more on how to operationalise the US will test India. Comfortable as- jeopardise their military futures. Memorial Day — the nation’s formal rec- took risks in his foreign policy and more idea into concrete policy outcomes sumptions of the past about balancing the Army veteran Nicholas Slatten, found ognition of the hundreds of thousands of of than not succeeded in converting them trifecta of Iran, Arab Gulf states and Israel guilty of first-degree murder in a notorious Americans who gave their lives in honoura- into substantive gains for India. will no longer suffice. India’s energy secu- 2007 incident in which he and fellow Black- ble service to their country — is disgraceful. For all his successes so far, Modi will Meanwhile, China’s growing global rity requires a stable Middle East and New find that there is hardly any time to rest footprint is constraining India’s options Delhi will have to raise its profile in the re- (Tribune News Service) on his laurels. Global and regional re- significantly. Globally, as India tries to gion with all the attendant consequences. alities are evolving at a pace which tra- make a case about its own role and place A more coherent response to China’s ditional diplomacy is finding difficult to in the international order, China contin- formidable Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) comprehend. At the global level, the de- ues to push back and remains reluctant to will be needed as multiple infrastructure veloped world continues with its navel acknowledge India’s global rise. Despite initiatives are emerging. India’s place in gazing, the kind which would have been Modi’s China outreach in Wuhan, bilater- this network remains as of yet undefined. It’s Time To Regulate unthinkable just a few years back. The al disputes remain far from resolved. And Engaging with like-minded powers in the Trump administration is challenging the this is also having an impact on India’s Indo-Pacific will remain a priority and fundamentals of economic globalisation engagement in its immediate periphery in the Quadrilateral grouping’s agenda too Supplements Industry and its trade and technology conflict with South Asia and the Indian Ocean region. requires serious recalibration. Finally, re- China is escalating. The consequences for India’s neighbours continue to look to defining the parameters of Indo-Russia CRACKDOWN by both the US Food lated. But Congress has repeatedly blocked a global economy, already facing negative China as a power with more capabilities ties will have to be a priority as Moscow and Drug Administration and the attempts to make supplement producers headwinds from multiple directions, can and increasingly serious intent whereas gets closer to Beijing and ceases to act as A Federal Trade Commission on 12 sup- back up health claims. A 1994 law lobbied only be deleterious. For India, this is a big India’s inability to deliver and economi- a bulwark for protecting Indian interests. plement makers selling 58 products that for by the supplements industry specifically challenge for a stable global economic or- cally integrate the region makes New Del- In his first term, Modi had succeeded in claimed to help Alzheimer’s patients is exempts supplements from being reviewed der is sine qua non for its global rise. hi regional outreach challenging. articulating a global role for India as a lead- just the latest in decades of reports about for effectiveness or safety before they are India-US tensions with trade are bub- The Pakistan problem is unlikely to go ing player in the international system, one fraud in the supplement industry. In 2016, sold – unlike prescription drugs. bling under the surface and Modi will have away anytime soon and Modi will have to which shapes global rules and is not merely Senator Claire McCaskill, D-Missouri, suc- Government regulations can go too to work out a way to resolve these tensions continue to find different means of manag- a rule-taker. In his second term, he should cessfully pushed Amazon to stop selling the far and have contributed to problems like with a Trump Administration which may ing the challenge. Growing Sino-Pak axis be focusing more on how to operationalise ‘Brain Armor’. California’s housing shortage. But when get even more intransigent as it enters the adds another dimension to this problem. this idea into concrete policy outcomes. Given that more than half of American it comes to products that have a long his- election phase. Where India-US strategic One of the most immediate challenges in This will involve building an institutional adults use supplements and that it is a $120 tory of making false claims about medical partnership is likely to continue becoming the neighbourhood for India will be to find framework which can engage in long-term billion-plus annual industry, it is astound- benefits, regulation is appropriate — and stronger, the economic dimension of the a place for itself in the unfolding peace pro- strategic thinking more effectively than in ing that supplements are so lightly regu- overdue. relationship needs serious work. The role cess in Afghanistan. Though there is hardly the past as well as strengthening the eco- of Iran and Russian the Indo-US bilateral any clarity on the pace and direction of this nomic and military building blocks of In- (Tribune News Service) matrix will also need addressing. process, there is a push to see it through to dia’s comprehensive national power. No American Belongs On A Barbecue The process of reducing America’s feathered, finned and hooved living beings into parts for the plate is neither clean, polite, nor kind

INGRID NEWKIRK from farmers who want to take them away into burgers, bacon and nuggets. Indi- TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE and much more. vidual care and consideration do not play This Memorial Day, while remember- a role at all. The process involves tearing T may sound peculiar, but billions of ing those who died for our country, surely them away from their loved ones; confin- Americans are killed every year in the we can also find it in our hearts to spare a ing them to filthy cages, sheds or feedlots; United States. They don’t lose their thought for the other Americans — those dehorning, debeaking, castrating or other- lives fighting for freedom or as victims with hooves and wings — who deserve to wise mutilating them; and subjecting them Iof accidents — they’re killed just so that be respected, not terminated. to a terrifying, violent death in a wretch- they can be cooked on the grill. Human Americans may not look like or edly filthy, stinking place. No, the victims aren’t humans, but speak the same language as Americans of This Memorial Day, I propose that we they are Americans, born in this country, other species, but why should that prevent swallow our prejudices instead of animals’ mostly on factory farms. Like you and me, us from caring? We don’t have to ration body parts. Let’s show respect and concern they feel pain, grief, joy and love. They val- our compassion. It is not some small cake for our feathered, finned and hooved com- ue their lives, long for liberty and yearn to from which we can take only one slice. patriots by rejecting speciesism, a suprem- pursue activities that make them happy — We can open our hearts and start to think acist worldview as offensive as any other even simple ones, like stretching, bathing about chickens, for instance — winged arbitrary form of discrimination. Instead and looking up at the sky. Americans, if you will. We can open our hearts and start to think about chickens as winged of eating them, let’s respect them for who If you doubt that, you’re missing the Workers roughly grab the terrified they are: our fellow Americans, born on near-daily news reports on animal behav- birds by the legs, slam them into crates on Americans. Workers roughly grab the terrified birds by the legs, slam them this very soil. iour, such as swine surpassing dogs in in- a truck, transport them through all weath- into crates on a truck, transport them through all weather extremes, shackle telligence tests, chickens showing empathy er extremes, shackle them upside down them upside down and then cut their throats (Ingrid Newkirk is the president for other chickens, octopuses decorating and then cut their throats. Is it ridiculous and founder of People for the their dens with colourful objects, fish re- or unimportant to imagine that they would Ethical Treatment of Animals, 1536 membering events that happened months have preferred a kind touch or, better yet, The process of reducing living beings lite, nor kind. There is no civilised way to 16th Street NW, Washington, DC earlier, cows hiding their newborn calves to be left in peace? Of course not. into parts for the plate is neither clean, po- turn billions of cows, chickens and turkeys 20036; www.PETA.org.)

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North Korean missile test violated UN resolution, says Bolton Indonesia ends curbs on social media after post-election riots TOKYO: National Security Adviser John Bolton said on Saturday North Korea’s recent missile JAKARTA : Indonesia on Saturday ended restrictions on social media and messaging services News launches violated a UN Security Council resolution and urged leader Kim Jong-un to return to imposed to curb fake news during unrest triggered by the loss of opposition presidential candidate denuclearisation talks. Prabowo Subianto, an official said. in brief It was the first time a senior US official has described the tests as a violation of UN resolu- The government began limiting access to Facebook, WhatsApp and other platforms on tions aimed at halting North Korea’s nuclear and missile programmes and came ahead of a Wednesday after clashes broke out between protestors supporting Prabowo and police. Eight peo- four-day visit to Japan by President Donald Trump who arrives later in the day. “The UN resolution ple were killed in two days of rioting that ended on Thursday. “All services returned to normal this prohibits the launch of any ballistic missiles,” Bolton said at a press roundtable. (REUTERS) afternoon,” said a spokesman for the Communication and Information Technology Ministry. (DPA)

EASTER SUNDAY BOMBINGS Pakistan PM warns against war in region amid Iran tensions with US, Saudi REUTERS ISLAMABAD

PAKISTANI Prime Minister Imran Khan warned against the risk of conflict in the re- gion, following a visit to Is- lamabad by Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif as ten- sions between Washington and Tehran escalated. Strains have increased between Iran and the United Prime Minister Imran Khan States, which is a firm backer of Tehran’s regional rival Sau- Pakistan and Iran also di Arabia, in the wake of this month’s attack on oil tankers accuses each other of not in the Gulf region that Wash- doing enough to stamp out ington has blamed on Iran. militants allegedly shelter- Tehran has distanced itself ing across the border from the bombings, but the United States has sent a air- exercise maximum restraint in craft carrier and an extra 1,500 the current situation.” troops to the Gulf, sparking Washington has been concerns about the risks of seeking to increasingly tighten conflict in a volatile region. sanctions against Iran, as rela- Khan, who has been seek- tions continue to worsen un- Sri Lankan army soldiers patrol on a road while other soldiers search houses during a special cordon and search operation conducted by the military in capital Colombo and suburbs, ing to improve Pakistan’s der President Donald Trump. in Mattegoda, Sri Lanka, on Saturday. (REUTERS) strained relations with neigh- At the end of the two-day bour Iran, said he was con- visit to Pakistan, Zarif told Ira- cerned about the “rising ten- nian state-run newswire IRNA sions in the Gulf”, but did not that US allegations against specifically name the United Tehran were increasing ten- Sri Lanka hunts militants States or Saudi Arabia. sions. “These actions are also “He underscored that war a threat to global peace and was not a solution to any prob- stability,” he said. lem,” Khan’s office said in a Pakistan’s relations with statement late on Friday, cit- Iran have also been strained linked to suicide attacks ing the premier. in recent months, with both “Further escalation in ten- sides accusing each other of Security forces have arrested Christians make up 7.6 ical interference to free some sions in the already volatile not doing enough to stamp out The April 21 attacks on three churches scores of suspects in con- percent and Muslims 10 per- suspects. region was not in anyone’s militants allegedly sheltering cent of mainly Buddhist Sri “As soon as they (the sus- interest. All sides needed to across the border. and three hotels claimed 258 lives nection with the bombings Lanka. pects) were released, the mob Meanwhile, the independ- attacked all Muslim owned AFP Similar operations were On Wednesday, President ent Human Rights Commis- shops in Kuliyapitiya town Bilawal accuses Imran of blackmailing NAB COLOMBO also carried out in North West- Maithripala Sirisena sion of Sri Lanka accused po- during the curfew and went KARACHI: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) chairman Bilawal Bhutto ern Province, near Colombo, extended for one month the lice of failing to prevent the on to attack shops all the way Zardari has accused Prime Minister Imran Khan of resorting to SRI Lanka’s military launched where anti-Muslim riots this 30-day state of emergency anti-Muslim riots after the to Rambawewa,” the commis- blackmail the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) in a bid to hin- a major hunt on Saturday for month left one man dead and bombings. sion said. der accountability of the government officials. remnants of an Islamist group hundreds of Muslim-owned Wednesday extended for one “There appeared to be no It acknowledged that po- At a news conference in Larkana on Saturday, Bilawal said the which carried out the Easter shops, homes and mosques month the 30-day state of preventive measures taken lice could not have controlled premier had been exerting pressure on the anti-corruption watchdog suicide bombings that killed destroyed. emergency imposed after the although retaliatory violence the mobs on their own, but for a while but no one expected him to stoop to blackmailing. 258 people, officials said. Security forces have arrest- suicide bombings. against the Muslim communi- they had failed to arrange re- “I condemn his attempt to defame NAB … why only a single TV Several Colombo suburbs ed scores of suspects in con- Sirisena said the move was ties was a distinct possibility inforcements from security channel which is being run by the PM’s adviser and friend aired the were targeted by troops using nection with the bombings of to maintain “public security”, after the terror attacks of April forces. news,” he remarked, adding that NAB law was a black law, promul- emergency powers on arrests three hotels and three church- with the country still on edge 21,” the HRCSL said in a letter “Ensure that no undue gated by a dictator. and detentions adopted after es and over what appeared to after the attacks on three ho- to acting police chief Chan- political or other external in- The PPP chairman said that just a single Iftar-dinner, he hosted the April 21 attacks. be organised violence against tels and three churches that dana Wickramaratne. terventions are tolerated, and for all prominent opposition leaders at his Islamabad residence last “Special cordon-and- the island’s Muslim minority. were blamed on a local jihadi The commission faulted that strict legal action be tak- Sunday, was enough for the government to panic as “screams could search operations are under While authorities say the group, the National Thow- the police for releasing sus- en against those who obstruct now be heard coming out of the PM House”. way in three areas just outside immediate jihadist threat heeth Jama’ath (NTJ). The pects who were later seen tak- police officers from perform- Earlier, the PML-N also hinted at the government’s possible role Colombo,” a military official has been blunted, Presi- Islamic State group has also ing part in attacks on Muslim ing their duties,” the commis- in a video scandal of the NAB chairman’s alleged conversation with told reporters. dent Maithripala Sirisena on claimed a role in the attacks. targets. It said there was polit- sion said. a woman and has called for a parliamentary inquiry. (TRIBUNE.COM.PK) Sea dispute high on agenda of Death toll on Everest hits 18 for climbing season Duterte’s 7th meet with Abe REUTERS Many were not was descending with his sher- KATHMANDU pa guides from the summit INQUIRER Friday next week. well qualified or when he suddenly fainted.” MANILA This will be immediately A BRITISH climber too weak prepared climbers and Fellow guides changed Fish- followed by a meeting with to descend from Mount Ever- were without the support er’s oxygen bottle and offered PHILIPPINE President Du- Abe, where they are to dis- est died on Saturday, officials him water, but could not save terte will renew the Philip- cuss the two countries’ stra- said, the eighth climber to die necessary to ascend and him, Sharma said. pines’ pledge to uphold free- tegic partnership in several on the world’s tallest moun- descend safely Garrett Madison of the US dom of navigation and the areas and developments in tain and the 18th in Nepal’s based Madison Mountaineer- exercise of self-restraint in the South China Sea mari- Himalayas during the current US Madison Mountaineering ing company that sponsors the South China Sea when he time dispute and the Korean climbing season. climbers to Mount Everest said meets with Japanese Prime Peninsula. Hiking officials attributed ism department official, said. many were not “well qualified Minister Shinzo Abe in Tokyo Meynardo Montealegre, most of the deaths to weakness, He is the eighth fatality on Ev- or prepared climbers” and were next week. the assistant foreign secre- exhaustion and delays on the erest in the current climbing without the support necessary The Department of For- tary for Asian and Pacific af- crowded route to the 8,850-me- season that ends this month. to ascend and descend safely. NEW WORLD RECORD FOR CLIMBING MT EVEREST: Nepalese vet- eign Affairs (DFA) said the fairs, said next week’s meeting tre (29,035 feet) summit. “He died because of weak- “If they were with a strong eran mountaineer Kami Rita Sherpa (centre), waves as he stands President would be in the would be Duterte’s seventh Robin Haynes Fisher, 44, ness after a long ascent and and experienced team they between his wife and son after arriving at Kathmandu Airport in Japanese capital to participate with Abe since he took office died in the so-called “death difficult descent,” Murari would have likely been fine, Kathmandu, Nepal, on Saturday. Kami Rita, a professional moun- in the 25th Nikkei Conference in 2016. zone” known for low levels of Sharma of the Everest Parivar but with minimal support, taineer guide has successfully climbed Mount Everest 24 times on the Future of Asia, where It would also be the Presi- oxygen on descent from the Treks company that arranged once something goes wrong it’s setting a new world record for climbing Mount Everest. (EPA-EFE) he would deliver a speech on dent’s third visit to Japan. summit, Mira Acharya, a tour- his logistics told Reuters. “He tough to get back on course.”

Trump in Japan! Abe, Trump to burnish ties over golf, sumo and steak AFP pair will again find time for a years,” said Trump before tion dictates when a Grand leaders’ summit in the west- TOKYO round to cement their diplo- his departure. But the visual Champion (yokozuna) falls. ern city of Osaka. matic bromance. highlight is more likely to be The leaders will play golf “Three visits in both di- US President Donald Trump The official centrepiece is Trump’s visit on Sunday to before going to the sumo and rections in a short amount of arrives in Japan on Saturday Trump’s meeting on Monday the final day of the summer then repair with their wives to time is really emblematic of for a four-day trip likely to be with Japan’s new Emperor “basho” or sumo tournament a restaurant in Tokyo’s Rop- just how close the relation- dominated by warm words Naruhito, who only ascended where he is expected to pre- pongi entertainment district, ship is,” said a senior Trump and friendly images, but light the Chrysanthemum Throne sent the cup to the winner. where the menu features administration official, who on substantive progress over at the beginning of the month Trump’s appearance at skewers of prime sirloin beef asked not to be identified. trade. following his father’s historic the hallowed sumo hall has at 5,184 yen ($47) f or two. A Japanese diplomat Japanese and US officials abdication for health reasons. presented security and proto- Abe has just recently re- said the frequency of contact hail as “unprecedented” the “With all the countries of col nightmare, ranging from turned from Washington and “demonstrates the unprece- (File) Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (left) and US President relationship between Trump the world, I’m the guest of where he sits to how he should Trump himself will be re- dented level of close personal Donald Trump after a ‘friendly golf match’ at Trump International and his “golf buddy”, Prime honour at the biggest event be protected if the crowd start turning to Japan in just over relations between the Japa- Golf club in West Palm Beach, Florida, US. Minister Shinzo Abe, and the that they’ve had in over 200 throwing pillows -- as tradi- a month for the Group of 20 nese and US leaders”. 10 Sunday, May 26, 2019 Gulf / Middle East / World

Zimbabwe’s main opposition MDC meets to elect president China calls on Germany to correct ‘mistakes’ over asylum for HK activists GWERU: Zimbabwe’s main opposition this weekend is expected to elect Nelson Chamisa as its BEIJING: China has made “solemn representations” to Germany after it granted refugee status to two NEWS next president in its first congress since the death of its revered founder, Morgan Tsvangirai. The Hong Kong activists facing rioting charges in the Chinese-ruled city, demanding it correct its “mis- Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) is likely to elect Chamisa unopposed, boosting a party takes”, state news agency Xinhua reported on Saturday. Xinhua said the Hong Kong office of China’s IN BRIEF plagued by infighting since Tsvangirai’s death and battered by an election defeat. Tsvangirai foreign ministry summoned Germany’s Acting Consul General to Hong Kong David Schmidt for an appointed Chamisa and Elias Mudzuri as party co-vice presidents before succumbing to colon emergency meeting on Friday, where a representative expressed “strong dissatisfaction and resolute cancer in February 2018. Chamisa, 41, then took the party helm, becoming its champion in the opposition”. The two Hong Kong activists - Ray Wong, 25, and Alan Li, 27 - were former members of first presidential elections since the authoritarian Robert Mugabe was ousted.(AFP) Hong Kong Indigenous, a group advocating Hong Kong’s independence from China. (REUTERS)

C Africa militia hands over Sudan military chief visits Egypt, Nine civilians killed in Yemen’s Taez province, say rebels men wanted for massacre first trip since Bashir’s ouster SANAA: Nine civilians were killed in overnight air strikes east of AFP a deal in February aimed at re- Yemen’s third city of Taez, a medic and rebel forces said Saturday. BANGUI storing peace to one of Africa’s REUTERS immediate details on what they Two children were among the nine killed in air strikes by a most troubled countries A gov- CAIRO would discuss - but the meet- Saudi-led military coalition fighting on the side of the government, THE 3R militia group, blamed ernment source said the 3R’s ing will be closely watched by a doctor at Al-Thawra hospital said. for a massacre of more than 50 three men “were questioned THE head of Sudan’s ruling Sudan’s opposition and protest The doctor, who requested anonymity, said a number of other civilians in the Central Africa yesterday at Paoua. They said military council visited neigh- groups who have warned Egypt people were wounded. Republic earlier this week, has they had led a group of 22 men bouring Egypt on Saturday - his not to interfere in their politics. The Huthi rebels said the coalition targeted a petrol station in handed over three of its mem- to carry out this operation.” first trip abroad since the army Sisi has said he will help Taez province, according to the rebel-run Saba news agency. bers to the authorities, the gov- On Wednesday, the gov- overthrew former president support stability in Sudan, The city of Taez is under siege by the Iran-aligned Huthi ernment said Saturday. ernment and the UN peace- Omar al-Bashir last month after which shares many of Egypt’s rebels but controlled by pro-government forces, who are sup- The massacre Tuesday in keeping mission in the Central mass protests against his rule. Lieutenant General Abdel Fattah security concerns. Sudanese op- ported by the military coalition led by Saudi Arabia and the villages near the northwestern African Republic, MINUSCA, Abdel Fattah al-Burhan met Abdelrahman Burhan. position members have called United Arab Emirates. town of Paoua, close to the bor- delivered an ultimatum to Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah for a two-day general strike to Yemen’s four-year conflict has triggered what the UN terms der with Chad, were the worst 3R, giving it 72 hours to hand al-Sisi, who is himself a former his country’s last leader, the pressurize the transitional mili- the world’s worst humanitarian crisis, with over 24 million people, single loss of life since the gov- over those responsible for the military chief who got the top Muslim Brotherhood’s Mo- tary council to hand power to a more than two-thirds of the population, in need of aid. Tens of ernment and 14 militias signed killings and disband. job after leading the ouster of hamed Mursi. There were no civilian government. thousands of people, mostly civilians, have been killed. (AFP) Promising jobs and US to send more troops to Middle justice, Ramaphosa sworn in as president East to counter Iranian ‘threat’

REUTERS National Congress (ANC) Increased US presence PRETORIA clinched a 57.5% majority in our region is a threat in a general election earlier TRADE unionist-turned- in May, down from 62% in to international peace businessman Cyril 2014 as voters turned against and security and must Ramaphosa was sworn in as the ruling party due to rev- South Africa’s president on elations about government be confronted: Zarif Saturday, vowing to create corruption and record unem- jobs and tackle deep-rooted ployment. AFP corruption that has strangled Ramaphosa narrowly WASHINGTON economic growth. won the ANC leadership race Ramaphosa, who be- in late 2017 and replaced THE United States said it comes the country’s fourth scandal-plagued predecessor was deploying 1,500 ad- democratically elected presi- Jacob Zuma as state presi- ditional troops to the Mid- dent since the end of apart- dent in February 2018, a year dle East to counter “credible heid, took the presidential before the latter’s term was threats” from Iran in a move oath before a crowd of about due to expire. denounced by Tehran on Sat- 32,000 people in a rugby sta- Since then he has strug- urday as “a threat to interna- dium in the capital, Pretoria. gled to mend factions in the tional peace”. “Today our nation en- party opposed to his reform “Increased US presence in ters a new era of hope and plans, especially at cash- our region is very dangerous renewal,” said Ramaphosa, strapped state power sup- and a threat to international 66, wearing a dark suit and plier Eskom. peace and security and must flanked by foreign leaders in- His promises to punish be confronted,” Foreign Min- cluding Congolese President party members accused of ister Mohammad Javad Zarif Felix Tshisekedi and Chinese corruption have also stut- told the official IRNA news Premier Li Keqiang. tered. agency. “Let us forge a compact The challenges facing The escalation of the US for growth and economic Ramaphosa were highlighted military presence follows a opportunities, for produc- on Friday by the resignation decision in early May to send tive land and wider oppor- of Eskom’s chief executive, an aircraft carrier strike force tunities... A compact of an who quit only a year since he and B-52 bombers in a show efficient, capable and ethical was appointed to stabilise the of force against what Wash- state. A state that is free from utility and keep the lights on ington’s leaders believed was Supporters of Iraqi Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr carry banners during a demonstration in Tahrir Square (Liberation Square), in central Baghdad, corruption,” said Ramapho- after nationwide blackouts. an imminent Iranian plan to Iraq, on Friday. (EPA-EFE) sa, a former anti-apartheid Also on Friday, S&P attack US assets. activist and trade union Global Ratings kept South And it comes as the Trump has denied involvement in any leader who has wide-ranging Africa’s credit rating un- administration is planning to Iran can sink US warships with ‘secret weapons’: Military official of the attacks. business interests. changed one notch below in- bypass congressional restric- DUBAI: Iran can sink U.S. warships sent to the Gulf region using missiles and “secret weapons”, a sen- “Americans make such Ramaphosa’s African vestment grade. tions to sell arms to Saudi Ara- ior Iranian military official was quoted as saying by the semi-official news agency Mizan on Saturday. claims to justify their hostile bia, a close US ally and Iran’s The United States on Friday announced the deployment of 1,500 troops to the Middle East, policies and to create tension arch-enemy in the region. describing it as an effort to bolster defenses against Iran as it accused the country’s Revolutionary in the Persian Gulf,” Zarif “This is a prudent response Guards of direct responsibility for this month’s tanker attacks. said. to credible threats from Iran,” “America.. is sending two warships to the region. If they commit the slightest stupidity, we The initial threat came at acting Defense Secretary Pat- will send these ships to the bottom of the sea along with their crew and planes using two mis- the beginning of May, accord- rick Shanahan said Friday. siles or two new secret weapons,” General Morteza Qorbani, an adviser to Iran’s military com- ing to Rear Admiral Michael President Donald Trump, mand, told Mizan. Gilday, director of the Penta- who approved the deploy- The US actions were the latest by the Trump administration as it highlights what it sees as a gon’s Joint Staff. ment, called it “protective.” threat of potential attack by Iran, and follows decisions to speed the deployment of an aircraft car- The US caught the IRGC “We want to have protection rier strike group as well as send bombers and additional Patriot missiles to the Middle East. attempting to covertly deploy in the Middle East,” Trump Western experts say Iran often exaggerates its weapons capabilities, although there are concerns “modified dhows capable of told reporters as he prepared about its missile programme and particularly its long-range ballistic missiles. (REUTERS) launching cruise missiles,” he to set off on a trip to Japan. said, referring to small tradi- “We’re going to be send- tional boats. ing a relatively small number gineers. Six hundred of the multiple threatening actions launched into the Green “We view this as a cam- of troops, mostly protective,” personnel belong to a Patri- and several small-in-scope Zone in Baghdad, explosive paign,” Gilday told report- Trump added. “It’ll be about ot missile defense battalion attacks in May by Iranian devices that damaged four ers. The moves “are all part Cyril Ramaphosa takes the oath of office at his inauguration as 1,500 people.” that had its deployment in forces, the Iranian Revolu- tankers in Fujairah near the of a dangerous and esca- South African president, at Loftus Versfeld stadium in Pretoria, The new deployment the region extended. tionary Guard Corps, and entrance to the Gulf, and a latory strategy by Iran to South Africa, on Saturday. (REUTERS) includes reconnaissance Pentagon officials said “proxy” forces. Houthi drone attack against threaten global trade and to aircraft, fighter jets and en- the move was necessary after Those include a rocket a Saudi oil installation. Iran destabilize the region.”

Turkey sends weapons to Syrian Lebanon denies forcing Syrians home from Beirut airport rebels amid Russia-backed assault AFP key, quashing their plans to that had 4.5 million inhabit- REUTERS exodus by bombarding Idlib BEIRUT seek asylum, HRW said. But ants before the Syrian civil AL-KHALIDI AMMAN and adjacent areas. It has been Lebanon’s General Security war erupted in 2011. the biggest escalation since last LEBANESE security forces on agency “categorically denies it The latest deportees said TURKEY has equipped an ar- summer between Assad and his Saturday denied accusations forced any Syrian to sign any they were “pressured” by Gen- ray of mainstream Syrian rebels enemies in Idlib province and a by rights groups that they form”, it said in a statement eral Security officers at the it backs with fresh supplies of belt of territory around it. had coerced Syrians who had carried by state-run news airport, the rights group said. weaponry to help them try to Ankara stepped up supplies landed at Beirut airport into agency NNA on Saturday. Around 30 Syrians have repel a major Russian-backed in recent days after failing to signing forms to return to “Any Syrian who arrives been deported from Beirut assault, senior opposition offi- persuade Russia in recent meet- their war-torn country. in Lebanon and does not meet airport this year by the Gener- cials and rebel sources said on ings of a joint working group Human Rights Watch and entry requirements, and... al Security agency, the rights Saturday. that it should end its escalation four other groups Friday ac- wants to go to Syria because group said, citing local refu- Russia is backing the Syrian to avert a major influx of refu- cused Lebanon of “summar- they do not wish to remain in gee organisations. army’s large aerial and ground gees pouring into Turkey, two ily deporting” at least 16 Syr- their country of residence for General Security esti- (File photo) Lebanon hosts almost one million Syrian refugees, a signif- assault as it seeks to gain control senior opposition figures said. ians on April 26, after forcing a number of reasons, signs a mates that over 170,000 Syr- icant burden for a country that had 4.5 million inhabitants before the of the last big stretch of rebel- In doing so Turkey signaled its them to sign “voluntary repa- declaration of responsibility ians returned home from Leb- Syrian civil war erupted in 2011. held territory in the northwest readiness to preserve its influ- triation forms”. for choosing to return volun- anon between December 2017 of the country. Syrian President ence in northwestern Syria, Most of them had been tarily,” it said. and March 2019. and its Russian ally since rights groups say some 74 Bashar al-Assad launched the where it has beefed up its troop sent back to Lebanon after Lebanon hosts almost one The conflict has wound 2015, but the United Na- percent of Syrians in Leba- assault last month, saying re- presence in a dozen military they were barred from enter- million Syrian refugees, a sig- down in Syria, after a string tions has stressed all returns non lack legal residency and bels had breached an existing bases that were set up under a ing northern Cyprus via Tur- nificant burden for a country of victories by the regime should be voluntary. The are at risk of detention. ceasefire, triggering a civilian de-escalation deal with Russia. India Sunday, May 26, 2019 11 Police charge owners as Surat’s school fire toll hits 20

AFP floors of the building on Fri- urday. All had passed with while there were angry skir- gret that I couldn’t save her, SURAT day afternoon have spread flying colours, one official mishes on Friday night at but I am happy I could help on social media. said. the hospital where the in- around eight to ten students INDIAN police on Saturday A youth died in hospital Police have charged jured were taken. escape,” he added. charged the owners of a pri- on Saturday, increasing the three owners of the tuition But 22-year-old Ketan Widespread safety vate school which turned toll, as an inquiry revealed centre at the Takshashila Chodvadiya has been hailed breaches were found at the into an inferno that killed 20 that the victims were study- Arcade with culpable homi- as a hero of the tragedy af- centre, officials said. teenagers, some who died ing in a plastic dome that cide not amounting to mur- ter he was shown in vid- “The fire was caused by jumping from the building was quickly engulfed by der, and attempted culpable eos climbing the side of the a short-circuit in one of the in a desperate bid to escape flames. homicide. flaming building to try to air-conditioning ducts on the the flames, officials said. The victims were aged Surat police commis- save some of the teenagers. ground floor... and spread to Sixteen of the dead were between 15 and 22, police sioner Satish Sharma told “I climbed to the spot the third floor,” said Surat’s young women who had been said. More than 50 stu- reporters that one of the where I was seen in the vid- fire and emergency services preparing for exams at the dents were in classes when accused, Bhargav Bhutani, eo with the help of a ladder,” commissioner U Upadhyay. tuition centre illegally set up the fire erupted. had been detained. Media he told the Indian Express The Takshashila Arcade on the top of a commercial Government officials reports said the other two newspaper. “One student fell had permission for just one building in the western city said five of the dead had were on-the-run. down and I couldn’t catch floor but two additional sto- of Surat, the officials said. been due to receive exam Sharma appealed for Indian organisers of tuition classes hold candles as they pay homage her. I could see her lying reys were illegally construct- Horrifying images of stu- results determining their calm after some groups to the students who died in yesterday’s fire in building housing a dead and I can’t forget the ed, according to a chief fire dents leaping from upper university entrance on Sat- called for public protests college in Surat, Gujarat on Saturday. (AFP) sight and I will always re- official Basant Parekh.

CWC rejects Rahul’s Modi promises inclusion ahead of offer to resign, urges second term as Prime Minister him to streamline party AFP display against Modi, who Modi calls on President NEW DELHI mocked the opposition leader as a spoiled member of the Kovind and stakes INDIAN opposition leader family dynasty that has domi- claim to form next govt Rahul Gandhi, scion of the nated Indian politics since Nehru-Gandhi dynasty, of- independence in 1947, pro- fered to resign Saturday af- viding three prime ministers. DPA ter his Congress party was Modi was unanimously NEW DELHI trounced in a second straight elected head of his BJP-led national election but the ges- alliance in a special ceremo- NARENDRA Modi, one of ture was rejected, party offi- nial meeting at parliament. India’s most polarizing poli- cials said. He is to be sworn in for a new ticians, talked of inclusion While Prime Minister term this week. and trust on Saturday after a Narendra Modi triumphant- thumping victory in general ly accepted pledges of alle- elections set him up as prime giance from members of al- minister for a second term. lied parties after his second “We will work for those landslide win, Congress lead- who believe in us and for those ers licked their wounds at a whose belief we have to win,” special meeting in New Delhi. Modi told a large gathering “Party President Rahul of lawmakers from his Hindu Gandhi offered his resigna- nationalist Bharatiya Janata tion but it was unanimously Party (BJP) and its allies in rejected by the members of the central hall of parliament. Congress Working Commis- The BJP powered to victo- sion,” Randeep Surjewala, ry in India’s general elections a party spokesman, told re- with a decisive majority of 303 porters. of the 542 seats in parliament. Gandhi led the party cam- The BJP-led National Demo- paign against Modi’s Hindu Congress Party President cratic Alliance won 353 seats. nationalist Bharatiya Janata Rahul Gandhi. The BJP election cam- Party (BJP) but managed paign focused largely on Hin- only 52 seats, barely more du nationalism and populist than the historic low of 44 in policies. the 2014 election. “Whatever religious rituals The BJP increased its ma- Party President Rahul we follow at home, when we jority, taking 303 of the 543 Gandhi offered his walk out we are only devotees elected seats announced Fri- resignation but it was of Mother India,” Modi said. day, up from 282. unanimously rejected by the As Modi prepared to take “In a democracy wins members of Congress his oath as prime minister and losses keep happening next week, opposition parties Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) President Amit Shah (left-centre) feeds sweets to Prime Minister Narendra Modi (right) during a National Democratic but providing leadership is Working Commission across the country were taking Alliance (NDA) meeting at the central hall of the parliament, in New Delhi, on Saturday. (AFP) a different matter. He gave Randeep Surjewala stock of their stunning defeat. leadership,” senior Con- The party won 52 seats in the prising Prakash Singh Badal, elections, and also cautioned gress member Ghulam Nabi elections. Rajnath Singh, Nitish Kumar, the newly-elected members Azad told reporters after the In West Bengal state, where Modi called on President Ram Vilas Paswan, Sushma against taking favours. meeting. Modi’s BJP took seats from the Ram Nath Kovind and staked Swaraj, Uddhav Thackeray, He invoked the spirit Azad said party barons regional Trinamool Congress his claim to form the next gov- Nitin Gadkari, K Palaniswami, of the 1857 freedom strug- at the meeting, including party, supporters of the two ernment. Exercising powers Conrad Sangma and Neiphiu gle, saying all communities Gandhi’s mother Sonia and sides fought battles that left vested in him under Article 75 Rio, called on the President had then joined hands for former prime minister Man- one dead, officials said. (1) of the Constitution of India, and submitted to him a letter independence and a similar mohan Singh, urged Rahul Paramilitary forces boost- the President appointed Modi stating that Narendra Modi movement should be started Gandhi to continue. ed security on Saturday be- to the office of Prime Minis- had been elected leader of the for good governance now. Gandhi led the Congress cause of the violence. ter. Sources indicated that the BJP Parliamentary Party. Urging the newly-elected campaign in the 2014 defeat The BJP said a 23-year- swearing-in ceremony is likely Before reaching the MPs to work without any dis- before taking over from his old party worker was shot to take place on May 30 but an Rashtrapati Bhavan, the Na- crimination, Modi said that mother as party president in dead by Trinamool activists official confirmation is awaited. tional Democratic Alliance minorities, in the past, have 2017. late Friday at Chakda, north “President today gave me (NDA) elected Modi as their been “deceived and made to The 48-year-old lost his of the regional capital Kolka- a letter designating me as the leader at the parliamenta- live in fear by those who be- constituency in Amethi, Ut- ta. The rival party denied any Prime Minister. The country ry board meeting after the lieved in vote-bank politics.” tar Pradesh, that has been a involvement. has given me a huge mandate BJP’s historic win in the Lok India’s PM Narendra Modi speaks to the media after his meeting with In his attack at the oppo- family bastion for decades. The man’s family said and the mandate comes with Sabha elections. In his over President Ram Nath Kovind, to stake claim to form the new government sition, Modi said that instead He was allowed to contest a he was shot in a field near the expectations of the people,” 75-minute address after be- at the Presidential Palace, in New Delhi, on Saturday. (REUTERS) of fear-mongering, education second seat however and won his home. Clashes between Modi said after meeting Kovind. ing elected the leader of the and health of the minorities in southern India. BJP and Trinamool activists Earlier, an NDA delegation, NDA, Modi stressed on the of minorities, spoke exten- consecutive victory, pro- should have been the concern Experts outside Congress were also reported in three led by Amit Shah and com- need to win over the trust sively on the BJP’s second incumbency, the Lok Sabha of political leaders. have strongly criticised his other districts.

Shutdown in Kashmir valley over killing SP registers third poor poll showing under Akhilesh AGENCIES al party chief, but Yadav was the party contested under Yadav’s of ‘most wanted’ militant commander NEW DELHI de facto leader of the SP’s 2014 absolute leadership just three AGENCIES ternet services were snapped a spontaneous shutdown campaign. By the time the elec- months afterwards, came as a SRINAGAR soon after the killing. Howev- in places where restrictions NOTHING seems to work for tions ended, SP was down to jolt to the SP, which won barely er, in the afternoon internet were not imposed. Samajwadi Party (SP) national five Lok Sabha seats, from 23 in 47 seats in the 403-member THE Kashmir valley wit- was restored in some parts of On Friday separatist president Akhilesh Yadav. His 2009, as the Bharatiya Janata legislature, down from 224 in nessed a complete shutdown the city and town. leader and Hurriyat chair- comeback strategies have failed Party (BJP) snapped up 71 of 2012. BJP cleaned up 312 seats. for the second consecutive Shops and business es- man Syed Ali Geelani had to deliver results, and the par- the 80 seats filled by UP in Par- The vote share of the SP fell day on Saturday over the kill- tablishments remained asked people to observe a ty’s performance has been on a liament’s lower house. to 22% in the assembly polls in ing of top militant leader Zakir closed across Kashmir and strike for the second day. steady downhill path from elec- “The party is puzzled. Akh- 2017, from 29.15% in 2012. Simi- Musa in a gunfight with secu- less traffic was visible on Police and Central Re- tion to election. ilesh ji is a good leader, well- larly, the vote share of the party rity forces on Thursday night. roads. serve Police Force (CRPF) Yadav, now 45, son of SP pa- intentioned and well-meaning in LS polls has also seen a decline. Musa, who was instru- The administration has personnel were deployed triarch Mulayam Singh Yadav, politician, yet things are not In the 2009, SP’s vote share was mental in setting up an Al closed schools and colleges in large numbers at many seemed to be just what the SP working his way,” an SP leader 23.26%. In 2014, the vote share Qaeda affiliate, Ansar Gazwat- in the Valley fearing wide- places in Srinagar to prevent needed when in the run-up to Samajwadi Party (SP) national said on condition of anonymity. fell to 19.77%, and in 2019, it has ul-Hind in India, had been on spread protests over the kill- a 2016-like situation.Kash- the Uttar Pradesh state assembly president Akhilesh Yadav. Soon after the 2014 results, slid further to 17.96%. the radar of security forces, ing of the top commander. mir had witnessed violent elections in 2012, he converted a the famous Yadav family feud In 2014, Yadav had ruled according to the police. Train services also remained protests following the killing rickety old vehicle of his father’s chief ministerial candidate. broke out, with uncle Shivpal out any kind of pre-poll alli- For the second day, re- suspended for the second of Hizbul Mujahideen com- into what he called the Kranti It was to be his last elec- Yadav challenging Yadav’s con- ance, projecting his father as a strictions were imposed in day. On Thursday, evening mander Burhan Wani. Over Rath and toured the entire state. toral success. Akhilesh Yadav trol in SP. Yadav won, and was potential candidate for the post the old city and additional restrictions were imposed in 100 people lost their lives Crediting him for the vic- was chief minister when the SP appointed national president of of prime minister. But in 2017, security forces were deployed parts of old city and south during four months of clash- tory, his father, the then party went into the 2014 parliamen- the party, replacing Mulayam he struck an alliance with the in sensitive areas. Mobile in- Kashmir. People observed es with security forces. president, stepped down and tary polls under his leadership. Singh, in January 2017. The Congress in an attempt to con- appointed Yadav as the party’s Mulayam Singh was the nation- UP assembly elections that the solidate backward classes. 12 Sunday, May 26, 2019 Europe / Americas EU in key vote Race for British PM post begins as far right seeks after May’s decision to quit blow to Macron AFP May is bowing out with her legacy in tatters and the country in agony over what to do about Brexit BRUSSELS SLOVAKS and Latvians cast AFP their ballots in EU elections on LONDON Saturday as the far right hoped to clinch major gains and deny THE race to become Britain’s a pro-Europe victory to French next premier opened Satur- President Emmanuel Macron. day with an array of hopefuls Polls were open in Malta, promising to succeed where Slovakia and Latvia, with Theresa May failed and fi- most of the bloc’s 28 member nally pull the divided country states –including big players out of the EU. Germany, France and Italy–to But European leaders in- vote on Sunday, with turnout President Emmanuel Macron. sisted they had made their fi- expected to be low. nal offer during months or ac- Polling has shown for rimonious talks that produced months that eurosceptics and Big stake an unpopular compromise for the anti-immigration far right France’s staunchly pro- which May ended up paying could make big gains in the with her job. vote, which will also help de- European Macron has a The British prime min- termine who replaces Jean- big stake in the outcome, ister’s voice broke on the Claude Juncker as head of the hoping to see his centrist steps of her Downing Street European Commission as well Republique en Marche office as she told Britons on as other top jobs. make a strong showing Friday that she was quitting on More than 400 million and shake-up EU politics June 7. people are eligible to elect 751 in a direct challenge to the May is bowing out with members of the European Par- nationalists. But Marine Le her legacy in tatters and the liament, with the first official Pen of France’s National country in agony over what results to be announced late Rally and Matteo Salvini to do about voters’ decision Sunday once voting in all EU of Italy’s anti-immigrant in 2016 to abandon the Eu- countries is over. ropean integration project France’s staunchly pro- League want to team-up. after nearly 50 years. European Macron has a big The markets view the stake in the outcome, hoping risk of Britain crashing out to see his centrist Republique cron’s 22.5 percent. of the bloc when the twice- en Marche make a strong “Once again Macron is dar- delayed departure date ar- showing and shake-up EU pol- ing us to challenge him. Well rives on October 31 as un- (File photo) Ex-UK Foreign Minister Boris Johnson (centre) stands behind Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II (right) and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall as itics in a direct challenge to the let’s take him at his word: On comfortably high. they wait for a plaque unveiling after an official visit together with Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge in central London on March 1, 2012. nationalists. May 26, we’ll challenge him in The pound has been stead- But Marine Le Pen of the voting booth,” Le Pen said ily losing value since May 6 Johnson’s main challenges will the announcement of my own worst result in a national elec- France’s National Rally and at a rally on Friday. and British business lobbies come from former Brexit sec- candidacy at the appropriate tion. Matteo Salvini of Italy’s anti- Eurosceptics got a major are raising the alarm. Their retary Dominic Raab -- viewed time”. The contest is being The candidates are also immigrant League want to boost from Britain’s Nigel Far- main concern is that current as an even more committed We will leave EU on Oct 31, held against the backdrop of mindful of a party revolt over team-up to disrupt the EU age whose Brexit Party, ac- frontrunners to head May’s eurosceptic–and Foreign Sec- deal or no deal. The way to European Parliament elections May’s fateful decision to court establishment, and are woo- cording to polls, will score a Conservative Party say they retary Jeremy Hunt. get a good deal is to that the new Brexit Party of the the pro-EU opposition with ing Hungarian Prime Minister resounding victory in the UK. will get Brexit done at any cost. Britain’s top diplomat had prepare for no deal anti-EU populist Nigel Farage the promise of a second Brexit Viktor Orban’s Fidesz party to If that is confirmed, the “We will leave the EU on campaigned against Brexit but is expected to win with about a referendum. join them in parliament. veteran Brexiteer would likely October 31, deal or no deal,” has since reversed himself and Boris Johnson third of the vote. The concession was de- Salvini’s League tops group with Italy’s anti-estab- former foreign minister Boris made headlines in September Polls show the Conserva- signed to help ram her with- the polls in Italy and Le lishment Five Star movement Johnson said in Switzerland. by comparing the European tives getting punished for their drawal agreement through Pen’s RN party has an edge to become another force to “The way to get a good Union to the evils of the for- moments after May’s resig- bickering over Brexit and fin- parliament on the fourth in France, with around 25 destabilise the Strasbourg, deal is to prepare for no deal.” mer Soviet empire. Hunt said nation that he would “make ishing as low as fifth -- their attempt. percent support against Ma- France parliament.

At least 29 inmates killed in clashes France hunts suspect after Lyon bomb ‘attack’ Thousands of Croatians rally against abortion at Venezuela jail AFP shrapnel, an “attack” and sent ter Nicole Belloubet told BFM AFP “March for Life”, which drew tected from conception till LYO N interior minister Christophe television it was too soon to say ZAGREB some 5,000 people to the birth,” said 34-year-old Ivan AFP Castaner to Lyon. Police issued whether the blast was a “terror- centre of the capital. Plese, a theologist walking CARACAS POLICE in France were on Sat- an appeal for witnesses on Twit- ist act”. The case was nonethe- THOUSANDS of anti-abor- The crowd was full of with his wife and 10-month urday hunting a suspect follow- ter as they sought the man be- less handed to the Paris pros- tion marchers took to the children with balloons while baby boy. AT least 29 prisoners were ing a blast in a pedestrian street lieved to be in his early 30s, who ecutor for anti-terrorism that streets on Saturday in three demonstrators marched with Ivana Lozo, a 19-year-old killed and 19 police wound- in the heart of Lyon that lightly was picked up by security cam- deal with all terrorist cases. cities around Croatia, a large- a banner that read: “Let’s at the rally, said that “abor- ed in clashes at a jail in wounded 13 people two days eras on a mountain bicycle im- The number of wounded ly Catholic country where ac- protect the most endangered tion should be completely western Venezuela Friday, ahead of hotly contested Euro- mediately before the explosion. stood at 13 people, with 11 tivists say reproductive rights minority in Croatia -- unborn banned.” Abortion is legal authorities said. pean Parliament elections. An image of the suspect, taken to hospitals. None of are increasingly under threat. children.” Thousands of other until the 10th week of preg- The incident at the po- President Emmanuel Ma- wearing light-coloured shorts the injuries was life-threat- In Zagreb, police briefly anti-abortion activists also nancy in Croatia under a 1978 lice station jail in the town cron called the Friday evening and a longsleeved dark top, ening but included eight detained around a dozen marched in the coastal towns law from when the country of Acarigua, in Portuguesa explosion, from a package be- was posted. He was described women and a 10-year-old women’s rights protesters of Split and Zadar. was still part of communist state, occurred when police lieved to have been packed with as “dangerous”. Justice minis- girl as well as four men. who tried to block the annual “A child should be pro- Yugoslavia. special forces (FAES) tried to stop a “massive prison break” which resulted in the deaths of 29 inmates, according to Greek coast guard seizes 33 Portuguesa public security Global tribunal tells Moscow to free Ukrainian sailors secretary Oscar Valero. migrants off Aegean island The prisoners received AFP The tribunal judges addi- included. The tribunal ruling the officers with “a hail of BERLIN tionally ruled Russia should is a clear signal to Russia that DPA gunfire” while detonating “immediately” return the The Russian Federation it cannot violate international migrants were safely trans- three grenades, which in- AN international tribunal on three Ukrainian navy vessels law with impunity,” Ukraine’s ATHENS ferred to the harbour, the jured 19 police, Valero told Saturday urged Russia to re- Berdyansk, Yani Kapu and must proceed immediately vice minister for foreign af- coast guard said. The UN reporters. The Una Ventana lease “immediately” 24 Ukrain- Nikopol it seized in the Kerch to release the Ukrainian fairs Olena Zerkal said on THE Greek coast guard said refugee agency, UNHCR, a la Libertad NGO, which ian sailors seized last Novem- Strait off Crimea, which Mos- soldiers and allow them to her Facebook page after the Saturday that one of its pa- said 668 migrants had ar- defends prisoner rights, ber off the Crimea peninsula. cow annexed in 2014. return to the Ukraine judgement. trol boats intercepted a mo- rived on the Aegean islands gave a preliminary toll of “The Russian Federation Ukraine took the matter to New Ukraine President torized rubber boat off the from Turkey last week. 25 dead. NGO director Car- must proceed immediately the tribunal last month -- but Judge Jin-Hyun Paik Volodymyr Zelensky wrote coast of Agathonisi island The islands host some los Nieto said the clashes to release the Ukrainian sol- Russia does not recognise its on Facebook that if Russia with 33 migrants on board. 15,000 refugees and mi- broke out when the FAES diers and allow them to return jurisdiction to rule in the af- complies with the tribunal’s The small island, south grants in state registration attempted to rescue visitors to the Ukraine,” said Judge fair and did not send repre- ian point of view,” said Paik, demand to release the sailors of Samos, is a favoured centres and accommoda- who had been taken hostage Jin-Hyun Paik at the Interna- sentatives to the hearing. “The heading a tribunal tasked then that “could be the first transit point for those set- tion provided by aid organ- Thursday by the leader of tional Tribunal for the Law of continued denial of freedom with overseeing maritime dis- signal from the Russian lead- ting out to illegally migrate izations, according to the the inmates -- at the jail. the Sea, which is located in the to the Ukrainian sailors is putes since 1982 and which ership about real readiness to from Turkey to Greece. The UNHCR. German port city of Hamburg. worrying from a humanitar- 168 states recognise, Russia end the conflict with Ukraine.” Defying Congress, Trump sets over $8 billion in weapons sales to Saudi Arabia, UAE

REUTERS precedent for congressional ing a loophole in arms control to such a plan, fearing that McCaul said in a statement. WASHINGTON review of major weapons law to go ahead by declaring blowing through the “holds” US Secretary of State sales. Members of Congress a national emergency. “Presi- process would eliminate Mike Pompeo said in a state- US President Donald had been blocking sales of of- dent Trump is only using this Congress’ ability to check not ment that US partners in Trump, declaring a national fensive military equipment to loophole because he knows just Trump but future presi- the Middle East needed the emergency because of ten- Saudi Arabia and the United Congress would disapprove... dents from selling weapons contracts to be completed sions with Iran, swept aside Arab Emirates for months, There is no new ‘emergency’ where they liked. to help deter Iran, and that objections from Congress on angry about the huge civilian reason to sell bombs to the Representative Mike the decision to circumvent Friday to complete the sale toll from their air campaign Saudis to drop in Yemen, and McCaul, the top Republi- Congress was meant to be a of over $8 billion worth of in Yemen, as well as human doing so only perpetuates the can on the House of Rep- “one-time event.” weapons to Saudi Arabia, rights abuses such as the humanitarian crisis there,” resentatives Foreign Af- It is not the first time the United Arab Emirates murder of Saudi journalist said Senator Chris Murphy. fairs Committee, said the Congress and Trump have and Jordan. Jamal Khashoggi at a Saudi Murphy, a Democrat, administration’s action was clashed over policy in the The Trump administra- consulate in Turkey. made public on Twitter on “unfortunate” and likely to region, or the division of tion informed congressional Lawmakers and congres- Wednesday that Trump was damage future White House powers between the White committees that it will go sional aides warned earlier considering the loophole in interactions with Congress. House and Capitol Hill. The ahead with 22 military sales this week that Trump, frus- the Arms Control Export Act “I would have strongly House and Senate voted to to the Saudis, United Arab trated with Congress holding to clear the sales. preferred for the adminis- end US military support for Emirates and Jordan, in- up weapons deals including Several of Trump’s fellow tration to utilize the long- the campaign in Yemen ear- furiating lawmakers by cir- the sale of bombs to Saudi Republicans, as well as Dem- US President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with business established and codified lier this year, but Trump ve- cumventing a long-standing Arabia, was considering us- ocrats, said they would object leaders in Tokyo, on Saturday. (AFP) arms sale review process,” toed the resolution. Foreign investors hope India dials back policy shocks PAGE 14

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Yuan bears AIMING HIGH will suffer Trump urges ‘heavy losses’, warns official Japan business

REUTERS BEIJING leaders to invest CHINA’S banking and insur- ance regulator said on Satur- day it did not expect a persis- more in US tent decline in the yuan and warned speculative short sell- REUTERS lationship,” Trump said. ers they would suffer “heavy TOKYO Trade is one of Trump’s losses” if they bet against the signature issues, and encour- currency. US President Donald Trump aging foreign investment in The yuan has lost more urged Japanese business lead- the United States is a hallmark than 2.5% against the dollar ers on Saturday to increase of his trips abroad. since the festering China-U.S. their investment in the United Trump will meet Japanese trade dispute intensified ear- States while he chided Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on lier this month. It is now less for having a “substantial edge” Sunday for a round of golf, a than a tenth of a yuan away on trade that negotiators were sumo tournament and a pri- from the 7-per-dollar level trying to even out in a bilateral vate dinner. authorities have in the past deal. The two men share a warm indicated as a floor. Trump arrived in Japan on relationship, which the Japa- “Short-term fluctuation of Saturday. Shortly after arriv- nese leader aims to emphasize the yuan exchange rate is nor- ing at the airport to a red-car- as Washington considers tar- mal, but in the long-run, Chi- pet welcome, Trump attended iffs on Japanese auto exports na’s economic fundamentals a reception at the residence that the Trump administration determine that the yuan will of US Ambassador William views as a potential national not depreciate persistently,” Hagerty that the White House security threat. Xiao Yuanqi, the spokesman said included Japanese busi- Trade is likely to be ad- Baladna has started campaigns in several Asian countries to popularise its products. for the China Banking and In- ness executives from Toyota, dressed during a formal surance Regulatory Commis- Nissan , Honda, SoftBank and meeting on Monday between sion (CBIRC), told a finance Rakuten. Trump and Abe, but even a forum in Beijing. Trump told the company partial trade agreement isn’t “Those who speculate officials there had never been expected, said Trade Minister and short the yuan will for a better time to invest in the Toshimitsu Motegi after meet- Baladna set to launch sure suffer heavy loss.” Xiao United States and repeated ing his counterpart, US Trade was reading from a script a complaint that the Federal Representative Robert Light- prepared for Guo Shuqing, Reserve’s policies had kept US hizer, in Tokyo on Saturday. CBIRC’s chairman and the economic growth from reach- Motegi said there was no Communist Party chief of ing its full potential. discussion of Trump’s decision the People’s Bank of China With trade talks ongoing, to declare some auto imports a IPO in Q4 2019: Official (PBOC). Guo was scheduled Trump also got in a dig at Ja- national security threat. to give a speech at the same pan and said he wanted a deal “We deepened our under- forum but couldn’t make it to address the trade imbalance standing of each other’s posi- In talks to export huge volumes of dairy products to Asian countries after summer due to last-minute arrange- between the two countries. tions on trade. However, we’re ments. “Japan has had a substan- not in complete agreement,” SATYENDRA PATHAK ket, the official said, Baladna Sources have told Reuters tial edge for many, many years, Motegi told reporters follow- DOHA has already started exporting China’s central bank will use but that’s OK, maybe that’s ing the talks. “There are still IPO BOOST dairy products to international foreign exchange interven- why you like us so much,” he some gaps. We need to work to BALADNA Food Industries, Currently we have above markets. tion and monetary policy said. narrow our differences.” The Qatar’s largest producer of If things go as per sched- “Our shipments are on ule, Baladna will be the 20,000 cows. If the export tools to stop the yuan weak- “With this deal we hope to United States is in the middle fresh dairy and beverages, is volume rises, we will have way to few countries and we ening past the key 7-per-dol- address the trade imbalance, of an expensive trade war with set to launch initial public of- first company to be listed are in negotiations with sev- lar level in the near-term. removing barriers to United China, and trade tensions als fering (IPO) for listing on Qa- on QSE in 2019 more cows to meet the eral other Asian countries to A defense of the 7 level States exports and ensure fair- als simmering with Japan and tar Stock Exchange (QSE) in demand. Our aim will be to export our products. We have could help boost confidence ness and reciprocity in our re- the European Union. the fourth quarter of this year, According to a recent create value for investors by started with long-life milk. In in the currency and soothe a senior official of the compa- report, QSE has received exporting al least 10 the next four, five months we investor fears about the yuan, ny has said. approval from the percent of the total turnout will be exporting to countries even as souring trade rela- Talking to Qatar Tribune Ministry of Commerce volume that are well-known in the re- tions with Washington make on the sidelines of the com- and Industry regarding gion,” Eldaly said. competitive devaluation a pany’s Ghabga event in Doha Baladna IPO for its list- Baladna Senior Marketing The official said that Bal- compelling option for Beijing. recently, Baladna Senior Mar- Director Maher Eldaly adna will consider increasing Xiao also said Beijing keting Director Maher Eldaly ing on the exchange. the number of cows if there must look out for hot mon- said the company has done will be huge demand from the ey moving in and out of the all necessary formalities to rent fiscal year,” the official According to a recent re- international market. country, as well as large launch the IPO after the sum- said. port, QSE has received ap- “Currently we have above amounts of capital flowing mers are over. “We don’t want to take any proval from the Ministry of 20,000 cows. If the export vol- into the frothy real estate “IPO launch will be a ma- chances. We have shown the Commerce and Industry re- ume rises, we will have more market. jor milestone in our road to world that how a brand can be garding Baladna IPO for its cows to meet the demand. Our “We must be especially success. We want to launch it established within a short span listing on the exchange. aim will be to create value for vigilant about money from at a time when all the investors of two years. Today, Baladna is If things go as per sched- investors by exporting al least overseas moving in and out are in the country. Once the a phenomenal success. We are ule, Baladna will be the first 10 percent of the total turnout in large quantities, and hot summer holidays are over, we working to emulate the same company to be listed on QSE volume,” he said. speculative money, and we will look for a suitable date to success once the IPO is floated. in 2019. The official said that Balad- must resolutely fight bubbles launch the IPO. It will be done We want to ensure that we re- After achieving 100 per- na has also started campaigns in real estate and financial as- US President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with business this year and most probably in ceive huge response from in- cent self-sufficiency in meet- in several Asian countries to sets,” he said. leaders in Tokyo on Saturday. (AFP) the fourth quarter of the cur- vestors,” the official said. ing the demand for local mar- popularise its products. Jet Airways’ founder Goyal deplaned, held at Mumbai airport

AFP ban but some media reports Jet halted its operations after dreds on to the streets as rier quickly gained a repu- MUMBAI said they were allowed to a consortium of lenders de- some 20,000 staff face losing tation for introducing new leave the airport later. clined to pay emergency cash their jobs. initiatives -- Jet was the first INDIAN Immigration author- Goyal is not under investi- as they failed to find a buyer Bad investments, compe- Indian airline to offer a fre- ities on Saturday stopped for- gation but a number of high- tition from several low-cost quent flyer programme and mer Jet Airways chief Naresh profile businessmen have fled carriers, high oil prices and a in-flight entertainment. Goyal and his wife from trav- India over their alleged in- Goyal was taken into cus- weak rupee have led to Jet’s But it began to take a bat- elling to London, an official volvement in financial crimes, tody at Mumbai’s interna- current financial predica- tering from new, well-run said, a month after the debt- causing a massive public out- tional airport along with ment. Mismanagement has budget airlines including laden company grounded its cry. his wife Anita after also plagued the airline. IndiGo, GoAir and SpiceJet, fleet. Emirates said they were authorities recalled the Analysts trace the start which were founded between Goyal was taken into “co-operating fully with the of Jet’s financial problems 2005 and 2006. custody at Mumbai’s inter- relevant authorities.” Dubai bound Emirates to its 2006 purchase of Air Another low-cost carrier, national airport along with The 69-year-old stepped flight as it headed to the Sahara for $500 million in Kingfisher Airlines closed in his wife Anita after authori- down from the company’s runway for take-off cash. 2012 after it failed to repay ties recalled the Dubai bound chairmanship and board in Goyal, a travel-agent- loans worth millions of dol- Emirates flight as it headed March following a debt re- turned entrepreneur, lars to state-owned banks. to the runway for take-off, a structuring pact with lenders for a 75 percent stake in the Jet Airways founder Naresh Goyal. launched Jet in 1992 af- Its owner Vijay Mallya fled spokesperson for the immi- as it reeled under a loan of carrier in April. ter the Indian government India in 2016 and is cur- gration department said in a $1.2 billion. The consortium led by pledging to give $218 million dole-out cash to the belea- passed a series of reforms rently fighting an extradition statement to AFP. Anita also stepped down State Bank of India, India’s in “immediate funding sup- guered airline that has failed designed to make the econo- case in London court against Officials gave no expla- from the board. biggest state-owned bank, port” as part of a rescue plan. to pay employees’ salaries my more market-driven. his deportation for facing fi- nation for the couple’s travel Once India’s top airline, took control of Jet in March, But the lenders refused since January, forcing hun- The Mumbai-based car- nancial fraud trial. 14 Sunday, May 26, 2019 Economy & Business Flood of spot QNB report delves into effects cargoes push LNG prices to of US-China trade disputes seven-week low The costs of tariff hikes have so far fallen mostly on US businesses and households: Research REUTERS showed. LONDON Trading houses Gunvor TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK and Trafigura won seven DOHA ASIAN liquefied natural and two cargoes respec- gas (LNG) prices slumped tively, and Vitol might have DEVELOPMENTS in US- this week on a flood of spot also won two cargoes, three China trade negotiations have volumes amid subdued de- trade sources said. suddenly changed for the mand. Angola LNG continued worse as the US hiked tariffs Prices for delivery into to offer spot volumes and on $200 billion of imported northeast Asia in July are will close a tender for June Chinese goods from 10 percent estimated at $4.50 per mil- delivery on May 29. to 25 percent. lion British thermal units Algeria’s Sonatrach is The action broke the (mmBtu), the lowest level actively offering spot car- Trump-Xi trade “truce” and in seven weeks. The August goes as some of its long- added to other measures im- price is in a slight contango term buyers backed out posed by the US on China last but is also below $5.00 per from taking the volumes year, including tariffs on solar mmBtu. linked to the oil price, panel and washing machines, Price spreads between sources said. steel and aluminium, and on Europe and Asia shrank to $50 billion of other goods. below 50 cents from over China has retaliated by im- $1 earlier in May, reducing posing tariffs on $60 billion of opportunities for spot trade imported US goods, adding to between the Pacific and At- previous retaliatory measures. lantic basins. The situation may escalate Cargo offers came from further as the US is threaten- a variety of sellers around LNG cargo ing to impose additional tariffs the world, with oversup- prices dip on all remaining imports from ply absorbing supply curbs China (about $300 billion), from Russia’s Sakhalin 2 Prices for some cargoes Qatar National Bank (QNB) and Malaysia’s Bintulu LNG might have been as low as said in its weekly analysis. plants following outages. $3.50 per mmBtu, trade QNB’s analysis delves In the Pacific, the BP- sources said, with the low into the three main channels operated Tangguh LNG prices being a result of a through which tariffs are ex- project in Indonesia offered drop in European gas pected to affect both the US three cargoes for loading and China - net exports, real in August and September, prices incomes and financial condi- while state-owned Pertam- tions. ina offered two cargoes for First, a lift in bilateral tar- loading from the Bontang In Europe, Norway’s iffs affects net exports of both plant in June and July. DEA Norge offered a spot countries. This takes place Brunei LNG offered a cargo on the free-on-board through export losses and cargo for late June loading (FOB) basis for July load- import reduction as tariffs hit and may have awarded it at ing, two trade sources said. export competitiveness and A Chinese woman walks past a logo of Adidas in Adidas store in Beijing recently. (EPA) $4.50 to $4.60 per mmBtu, Also, Argentina is mak- partially shift demand to- sources said. ing its way into the LNG wards domestically produced Chinese imports from the US. Third, additional tariffs economies through different In the Middle East, of- exporters club. State-owned goods. According to recent re- US, China and bad news coming from channels. fers came from Oman where energy firm YFP this week In this sense, from a di- search from the US National US-China trade negotiations China is more affected by two spot cargoes were made offered a small cargo from rect trade exposure perspec- Bureau of Economic Research, stocks fall often produce a deterioration the direct trade channel while available for loading from the new floating produc- tive, there is a considerable the costs of tariff hikes have so Ever since signs of disruptions in sentiment that may lead the US is more affected by the end of June to the end tion facility Tango at Bahia asymmetry between the US far fallen mostly on US busi- in trade negotiations started to a tightening in financial the real income and financial of August. Blanca. and China. While US exports nesses and households. In fact, conditions, i.e., lower equity condition channels. Recent In the Atlantic, Egypt’s On the demand side, ac- to and imports from China a granular dive on US trade to come out in early May prices, higher credit spreads events suggest that a broader natural gas company tivity was much more sub- account for 0.9 percent and volumes and prices suggests 2019, the US S&P 500 and and less availability of credit. trade deal is rather unlikely. (EGAS) awarded its sell ten- dued. 2.7 percent of GDP, Chinese that tariff-affected Chinese ex- Shanghai Stock Exchange Ever since signs of disrup- However, the negative ef- der for 13 cargoes loading in Japan’s gas inventory exports to and imports from ports to the US did not decline Composite plummeted by 3.6 tions in negotiations started fects of an escalating econom- June and July. is still high while Chinese the US account for 3.5 per- in prices, i.e., the costs of tar- percent and 5.6 percent to come out in early May 2019, ic conflict may compel both Prices for some car- buyers were seeking LNG cent and 1.1 percent of GDP, iffs have been shouldered by the US S&P 500 and Shanghai parties to reach a narrower or goes might have been as cargoes for winter at below respectively. US corporates and consumers Stock Exchange Composite preliminary deal, the report low as $3.50 per mmBtu, market prices, which is also Given this relative com- rather than Chinese exporters. be amplified should the US plummeted by 3.6 percent pointed out. trade sources said, with the weighing on spot prices, position of bilateral trade, Moreover, the price effect decide to apply further tariffs. and 5.6 percent, respectively. The G-20 summit in Osa- low prices being a result trade sources in Singapore the US is less affected by ex- of tariffs on Chinese prod- Consumer goods account for A bout of risk-off senti- ka, Japan, on June 28-29, of a drop in European gas said. port losses and benefits more ucts are spilling over to pric- only about 15 percent of all im- ment started with widening may be an occasion to grasp prices. Indian buyers were in from import substitution, the es charged by non-Chinese ports subjected to tariffs so far credit spreads and tighter fi- further indications on the di- Usually cargoes from the market, with Torrent report said. exporters of tariffed goods, but for about 60 percent of all nancial conditions in general. rection of bilateral discussions EGAS are sold at a level Power and Gujarat State Second, tariffs directly and which implies that export- the remaining imports from “Should this continue, ef- as Trump and Xi are expected close to the benchmark Petroleum Corp (GSPC) indirectly affect price levels, ers from other countries are China. fects on growth are likely to to meet. price at the British gas hub looking for July delivery pushing inflation up while behaving opportunistically If the trade war escalates, be significant, especially given Stakes are high and a posi- NBP, trade sources said. cargoes. real incomes go down. The ef- to widen their margins at the the effects of tariffs on infla- the importance of the wealth tive outcome would likely be June and July contracts Mexican utility CFE fects of tariffs on inflation are expense of US residents. Tar- tion will persist for a longer channel in the US and credit supportive for a global econ- on the NBP traded between awarded its buy tender into relatively small and mostly iffs are currently boosting core period and will likely be lifted in China,” the report said. omy that is already facing a $3.59-3.99 per mmBtu this Altamira to Royal Dutch temporary, but much more inflation by around 20 basis by another 35 bps, eventually All in all, a trade war of significant slowdown and sev- week, Refinitiv Eikon data Shell, a source said. significant in the US than in points (bps) in the US. producing further losses in tariffs between the US and eral political headwinds, the China, given the small share of Importantly, the effect will real incomes, the report noted. China negatively affect both report said.

BUSINESSES HOPE MODI’S STRONG MANDATE COULD SPELL PRO-BUSINESS REGIME Foreign investors hope India dials back policy shocks

REUTERS and Walmart, just months after NEW DELHI it invested $16 billion in India’s Flipkart. FOREIGN companies in India have Policy changes also hurt foreign welcomed Prime Minister Nar- players in the $5-billion medical endra Modi’s election victory for device industry, such as Abbott the political stability it brings, but Policy easing Laboratories, Boston Scientific now they need to see him soften a and Johnson & Johnson, following protectionist stance adopted in the After Modi’s win, about a dozen 2017 price caps on products such past year. officials of foreign companies in as heart stents and knee implants. Modi’s pro-business image India and their advisers told Modi’s government said the and India’s youthful population Reuters they hoped he would ease move aimed to help poor patients have lured foreign investors, with his stance and dilute some of the and curb profiteering, but the US US firms such as Amazon.com , policies government and lobby groups said Walmart and Mastercard commit- it harmed innovation, profits and ting billions of dollars in invest- investment plans. ments and ramping up hiring. more friendly steps are global pay- “If foreign companies see their India is also the biggest market ments companies that had ben- future in this country on a long- by users for firms such as Facebook efited since 2016 from Modi’s push term basis...they will have to look Inc, and its subsidiary, WhatsApp. for electronic payments instead of at the interests of the people,” But from around 2017, critics cash. Ashwani Mahajan, an official of a say, the Hindu nationalist leader Last year, however, firms such nationalist group that pushed for took a harder, protectionist line on as Mastercard and Visa were asked some of the measures, told Reuters. sectors such as e-commerce and File photo of Walmart store in India. to store more of their data in India, That view was echoed this week technology, crafting some policies to allow “unfettered supervisory by two policymakers who said that appeared to aim at whipping investors.” India stuck to its policies After Modi’s win, about a dozen Protectionism concerns “are access”, a change that prompted government policies will focus on up patriotic fervour ahead of elec- despite protests and aggressive lob- officials of foreign companies in In- small hurdles you have to go WhatsApp to delay plans for a pay- strengthening India’s own compa- tions. bying by the United States govern- dia and their advisers told Reuters through”, however, said Prem ments service. nies, while providing foreign play- “I hope he’s now back to wooing ment, U.S.-India trade bodies and they hoped he would ease his stance Watsa, the chairman of Canadian Modi’s government has also ers with adequate opportunities for businesses,” said Prasanto Roy, a companies themselves. and dilute some of the policies. diversified investment firm Fairfax drafted a law to clamp similar growth. technology policy analyst based in Modi was set to hold talks on Other investors hope the gov- Financial, which has investments of stringent data norms on the entire Such comments worry foreign New Delhi, who advises global tech Friday to form a new cabinet after ernment will avoid sudden policy $5 billion in India. sector. executives who fear Modi is not firms. election panel data showed his changes on investment and regula- “There will be more business- But abrupt changes to rules on about to change his protectionist “Global firms remain deeply Bharatiya Janata Party had won tion that catch them off guard and friendly policies and more private foreign investment in e-commerce stance in a hurry, with one offi- concerned about the lack of policy 302 of the 542 seats at stake and prove very costly, urging instead enterprise coming into India,” he stoked alarm at firms such as cal of a US tech firm saying, “I’d stability or predictability, this has was leading in one more, up from industry-wide consultation that told Reuters in an interview. Amazon, which saw India opera- rather be more worried than be sent a worrying message to global the 282 it won in 2014. permits time to prepare. Among the firms looking for tions disrupted briefly in February, optimistic.” 15 www.guide.com.qa Sunday, May 26, 2019

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Coach wants Qatar to play their Sanchez best AFC DOHA relishing AFC Asian Cup UAE 2019 champions Qatar are aiming to put out a strong performance in the 2019 Copa America, says head coach Felix Sanchez. Copa America Qatar will become the first West Asian team to participate in the Copa America, and will be joined by AFC Asian Cup UAE 2019 runners-up Japan, as the Samurai Blue return to the tour- challenge nament for the first since their inaugural appearance in 1999. “We are looking forward to the event. Our target is to play to our best. It will be a great ex- perience and a great challenge,” said Sanchez, whose contract has been extended till the 2022 There are strong sides like Argentina and FIFA World Cup Qatar. Paraguay. There are World Cup winning “After the tournament sides in that competition. Most of the we will be a better team. Our players are very competitive. sides are top 50. It will be hard but that’s We saw that at the Asian Cup. what we want to do – we want to play They are confident. We are committed to giving our best. against them and learn. Let’s see what stage we are at Qatar coach Felix Sanchez since it has been a long season. We have great motivation to play a great tournament.” Qatar are in Group B of the hungry to prove themselves against five-time world cham- Copa America, where they will against stronger teams. pions Brazil on June 5. face 14-time champions Argen- “I am extremely happy with “It will be a short training tina, Colombia and Paraguay, in the squad. We have a number camp before we travel to the the June 14-July 7 tournament. of stars, not one, who could do US for some days and then to Despite some formidable well in Brazil also. I hope these Brazil. We play Brazil on June opponents lying in wait, a con- players showcase themselves 5. That will be our first game fident Sanchez is looking for- well. I know they will be looked on the Brazil trip. Then on ward to taking on the likes of at by top teams, by big clubs. June 9, we will play a Brazil- Argentina to further improve Most of the players ian club side. This his team. are young and they will allow us to “There are strong sides want to get experi- test the players.” like Argentina and Paraguay. ence,” he said. Sanchez, There are World Cup win- “We are will- however, has ning sides in that competition. ing to learn. It has cautioned the Most of the sides are top 50. It been a long season fans to not expect will be hard but that’s what we for the players. We too much from want to do – we want to play played the Asian Qatar in the Copa against them and learn. Cup followed by America. “We need to arrive and the AFC Cham- “We are hap- compete well. It will be physi- pions League apart from the py with what we did in the cally tough. We have to forget regular football that started in Asian Cup. We are proud to the Asian Cup triumph. It is August last year. But we know see Qatar fans were so happy. not easy at this level. For sure we have to arrive in good con- There was a big support which it is a huge challenge,” Sanchez dition at Copa America. The helps us to be better. But we said to local media. players have the motivation to are appearing in Copa Amer- Qatar displayed some im- do well.” ica for the first time. We are pressive performances in the Qatar have begun prepa- not used to playing against AFC Asian Cup, with players rations for the Copa America South American sides.” like Almoez Ali – who now with a boot camp now un- The Spaniard has called up holds the record of most goals derway, with more players 40 players for the boot camp scored in the AFC Asian Cup, expected to join the squad, but only 23 will make the Akram Afif and Bassam al before continuing their train- squad for Qatar’s Copa Amer- Rawi showing great maturity NEYMAR ARRIVES AT BRAZIL CAMP: Brazil’s footballer star Neymar signs authographs upon arriving in a helicopter at the Granja Comary Sport ing in the United States and a ica challenge, with injuries to and Sanchez believes they are Complex in Teresopolis, Brazil, on Saturday where the national team is training ahead of the Copa America tournament. (AFP) series of friendlies, including some players a concern. PSG coach Tuchel Afghanistan celebrates warm-up win with pride and gunfire extends deal to 2021 REUTERS As the match concluded, PARIS: Paris Saint-Germain KABUL automatic gunfire rang out coach Thomas Tuchel has across Kabul as fans rushed extended his deal with the AFGHANISTAN’S victory into the streets of the Afghan French Ligue 1 champions over Pakistan in a warm-up capital in now a familiar cel- through to June 2021, the match for the Cricket World ebration of cricket success. club announced on Saturday. Cup on Friday was greeted The rise of Afghan cricket The 45-year-old German took with prolonged volleys of cel- has been a remarkable by-prod- over in June 2018 and despite ebratory gunfire and prompt- uct of the decades of turmoil winning Ligue 1 has come ed a rare show of unity in a that forced millions into refugee under scrutiny after the Paris- country split by increasingly camps across the border in Paki- ian club’s defeat to Manches- bitter political divisions. stan, where young men uproot- ter United in the Champions Lifted by a controlled 74 ed from home and with little to League last 16. not out by Hashmatullah occupy them learned the sport. The news cuts short specula- Shahidi and a quickfire 49 On social media, politi- tion that PSG’s Qatari owners from Hazratullah Zazai, the cians set aside brawls in par- would fire Tuchel and hire out- and I’m sure that the best is Blue Tigers chased down Pa- liament and bitter accusations going Juventus coach Massi- yet to come for our club.” kistan’s total of 262 to win of corruption, incompetence miliano Allegri. “I’m delighted Nasser al Khelaifi, Paris Saint- by three wickets in a timely and nepotism to hail the team to extend my contract and Germain chairman and CEO, boost before the World Cup under Gulbadin Naib who commitment to Paris Saint- praised Tuchel’s energy and starts on Thursday. hope to make the semi-finals. Germain,” Tuchel said. modus operandi. For Afghanistan, still “We, the Afghans, de- I’d like to thank the chairman “For a year now, Thomas searching for peace after dec- feated Pakistan in cricket,” Afghanistan’s Rashid Khan (centre) and Hashmatullah Shahidi greet Pakistan’s Wahab Riaz after winning and the whole club for their has been bringing fantastic ades of war, the victory was es- tweeted Amrullah Saleh, a the 2019 Cricket World Cup warm- up match at the Bristol County Ground in England on Friday. (AFP) trust in me and my staff. This energy to the daily life of the pecially sweet because it came former intelligence chief now only reinforces my ambition club, not only for the players, against Pakistan. running on President Ashraf a range of other officials and played Afgan Cricket Team”. terested in gunshots can join to bring this team to the very but for the whole of Paris Many Afghans accuse Ghani’s team for elections in political figures. Amid the congratulations, ANDSF, we need them on the top through hard work,” he Saint-Germain,” Khelaifi said. their neighbour of support- September. In a sporting concession, there was also criticism of the battlefield,” said Abdul Moqim told the club website. “We are delighted to be able ing the Taliban and fuelling “Yes it happened this Gen. Asif Ghafoor, the power- gunfire which regularly greets Abdulrahimzai, a senior offi- “I’m also very touched by the to rely on his qualities on a instability in their country, evening and a massive mark ful head of the Pakistani mili- sporting success. cial in the interior ministry, re- backing of our supporters, long-term basis.” (AFP) a charge which Pakistan, for was registered in history.” tary communications wing, “Celebrating with gunfire ferring to the Afghan National its part, denies. Similar messages came from sent a tweet saying “Well is a shame, those who are in- Defense and Security Forces. Sports Sunday, May 26, 2019 17

FRENCH OPEN Federer, Nadal threaten Djoko bid for historic Slam in Paris

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NOVAK Djokovic can be- A bit of golf, a bit of come only the second man in There is an extra history to have twice held all family: Nadal ready four Grand Slam titles at the motivation and same time with victory at the incentive to win Roland French Open. Garros because of the to seek 12th crown However, a returning Rog- er Federer and rejuvenated opportunity to hold DPA Djokovic in the quarter- Rafael Nadal will once again all four Slams. PARIS finals. In 2016, he withdrew stand in his way. injured ahead of his third- World number one Djoko- Novak Djokovic KING of clay Rafael Nadal round match. vic completed his first private took a brief break after his Every other edition from stranglehold of all four Slams Rome title on Sunday and his 2005 debut onwards he with victory at Roland Garros is now ready to seek a re- has won. It may have taken in 2016. cord-extending 12th French until Sunday in Rome – Having clinched the 2018 Open title. against world number one Wimbledon and US Open titles “Well, I have been at Novak Djokovic – for Nadal and then a seventh Australian home, one day of golf, one to lift a first 2019 trophy in Open crown in January this day of family,” he told re- general and on his favourite year, the Serb is tantalisingly porters on Friday at the surface, but semi-final berths close to another ‘Djoko Slam’. Roland Garros tennis cen- in Monte Carlo, Barcelona Federer and Nadal, with tre, adding he has had two and Madrid still confirm that 20 and 17 career Grand Slam “good” practice sessions at he is the man to beat. titles each respectively, may be the compound. “I feel myself playing ahead of 15-time major winner Nadal has an incred- well, and my goal is just to Djokovic in total hauls. ible 86-2 record at the Paris keep playing at that level,” However, they have never grand slam which he opens he said, adding that he managed to hold all four of the against German quali- plans to improve by “just sport’s greatest prizes at the fier Yannick Hanfmann on working on small things.” same time. Monday or Tuesday. “In general terms, it is It is such a rare feat that Novak Djokovic during a training session on the eve of the start of the French Open at the Roland Garros on Saturday. (REUTERS) His only defeats came in just about being healthy, the only Don Budge (1938) and 2009 in the last 16 against main thing, and then just Rod Laver (1962 and 1969) Roland Garros stands at Swede Robin Soderling and compete well and be fresh – all calendar Grand Slams – a staggering 11 titles and in 2015 against Serb Novak mentally and physically.” have pulled off the sweep in a win-loss record of 86-2, the sport’s history. claimed a ninth Italian Open Djokovic, who turned 32 on I feel like I’m playing title and a record 34th Mas- Wednesday, is playing down ters last week. his potential date with destiny. good tennis, but is it “I don’t care if I’m the fa- After losing to Nadal in the enough against the vourite,” said Nadal who starts Italian Open final last week- against German qualifier Yan- end, the Serb was in no doubt absolute top guys when nick Hanfmann, the world 184 that it was the Spaniard who it really comes to the who has never won a Grand would likely be celebrating a crunch? I’m not sure if Slam match. 12th Roland Garros title in a “I care about feeling well little over two weeks’ time. it’s in my racquet. and playing well.” “Nadal, number one fa- Roger Federer Nadal’s three-set win over vourite, without a doubt – Djokovic in Rome was timely then everyone else,” he said. as it was his first title of 2019 However, he admits his and had followed three succes- Paris triumph of 2016 which sive semi-final losses at Monte gave him his first sweep, is fuel- Switzerland’s Roger Federer attends a training session in Paris on Saturday. (REUTERS) Carlo, Barcelona and Madrid. King of clay Rafael Nadal during a training session at the Roland ling his bid for more history. The last two of those were Garros on the eve of the start of the tournament. (REUTERS) “There is an extra moti- quarter-finals, a defeat which land Garros for the first time and Djokovic are slim. against Dominic Thiem and vation and incentive to win sent him crashing out of the since 2015 having turned his “I feel like I’m playing good Stefanos Tsitsipas, both of Roland Garros because of the top 20 for the first time in back on clay court tennis to fo- tennis, but is it enough against whom play with a one-handed ORDER OF PLAY ON SUNDAY opportunity to hold all four over a decade. cus on Wimbledon. the absolute top guys when it backhand, just like Federer. Slams, something I did three This time around he starts This year marks the 10th really comes to the crunch? Thiem, the 2018 runner- COURT PHILIPPE-CHATRIER years ago, and that gives me his campaign against Poland’s anniversary of his one and only I’m not sure if it’s in my rac- up to Nadal at Roland Garros, 5-Angelique Kerber (Germany) v Anastasia Potapova (Russia); 6-Stefanos Tsitsipas (Greece) v Maximilian Marterer (Germany); Lorenzo Sonego (Italy) v 3-Roger Federer (Switzerland); Madison Brengle (U.S.) v 2-Karolina Pliskova obviously enough reason to Hubert Hurkacz, the world Paris triumph and should the quet,” he said on Friday. has defeated the Spaniard four (Czech Republic) believe I can do it again.” number 43 with a potential 37-year-old defy the odds and The Swiss star faces Italy’s times on clay. COURT SUZANNE-LENGLEN Twelve months ago, such quarter-final against Germa- clinch the 2019 title he would Lorenzo Sonego, ranked at 73 “There is a new wave com- Thomas Fabbiano (Italy) v 11-Marin Cilic (Croatia); 7-Kei Nishikori (Japan) v Quentin Halys (France); Fiona Ferro confidence would have ap- ny’s Alexander Zverev who become the oldest Grand Slam in the first round on Sunday ing through with the one- (France) v Kristina Mladenovic (France); 7-Sloane Stephens (U.S.) v Misaki Doi (Japan) COURT SIMONNE-MATHIEU peared reckless when he was has still to get past the last champion of all time. and could meet Nadal in the handed backhand that can 19-Garbine Muguruza (Spain) v Taylor Townsend (U.S.); 16-Marco Cecchinato (Italy) v Nicolas Mahut (France); Venus shocked by Italian journey- eight at a Slam. However, Federer admits semi-finals. counter some of Rafa’s spins Williams (U.S.) v 9-Elina Svitolina (Ukraine); 27-David Goffin (Belgium) v Ricardas Berankis (Lithuania). man Marco Cecchinato in the Federer is returning to Ro- his hopes of seeing off Nadal Nadal, whose record at and lefty play,” said Federer.

Grand Slam clock ticking for weary Serena French me. From day one, I expect to Vitalia Diatchenko and could tennis The American star won go out and, quite frankly, to then face Indian Wells cham- French player win. That hasn’t happened,” pion Bianca Andreescu, the Gael Monfils has her most recent major said Williams in the aftermath promising Canadian who been hampered at the Australian Open of her Melbourne defeat. hasn’t played since Miami due by injuries, the surrounded in 2017 while preg- “But I do like my attitude. I to a shoulder injury. latest being a nant. However, the like that I don’t want to go out Australia’s Ashleigh Barty knee problem. by gloom all-time record of 24 here and say, ‘I expect to lose is a possible last-16 opponent because I had a year off, I’ve and should she keep winning, majors set by been playing for 10 months. Williams could meet world Australia’s Margaret I’m not supposed to win.’ number one Osaka in the Court between 1960 “I don’t have that attitude. quarter-finals. and 1973 has proved I have the attitude of, ‘I’ve only With a question mark over frustratingly out been playing 10 months, but her physical condition, her long- I expect to win, and if I don’t, time coach is keen to keep a lid of reach. it’s disappointing.’” on expectations of her chances Since Melbourne, Williams on the clay of Roland Garros. has been unable to finish the “For her game, it’s perhaps REUTERS lowed by a second-round loss of their experience in the Grand three tournaments she has en- the least favourable surface,” PARIS at the Madrid Open and a Slams, Jo-Wil(fried Tsonga), AFP rivalry with Maria Sharapova. tered – she retired to Garbine Patrick Mouratoglou told first-round defeat at the Italian Richard (Gasquet), Gael (Mon- PARIS An arm injury torpedoed Muguruza in the third round l’Equipe newspaper. A combination of injuries, a lack Open for the world number 25. fils) and even Lucas Pouille, can that meeting and stalled her of Indian Wells, withdrew af- Williams, for her part, of confidence and poor results Last year, none of have hope,” said Forget. WITH her 38th birthday fast assault on a fourth title in Par- ter winning a round in Miami, wants to keep playing even if mean there is a little chance of a France’s men went past the Gasquet only returned to approaching, the clock is tick- is after 2002, 2013 and 2015. and withdrew after winning a she still harbours doubts over French player shining at Roland third round and only the competition earlier this month ing for Serena Williams and on She still made headlines round in Rome last week due her match fitness. Garros this year let alone claim- 16th-ranked Gael Monfils ap- after going under the knife to her pursuit of a record-equal- in Paris by wearing an all- to a right knee injury. “When you’re sedentary, it ing a title that has eluded the pears to have a chance of sur- treat a hernia with Tsonga los- ling 24th Grand Slam title at black bodysuit which has In total, her 2019 activity becomes hard to manage your country’s men since 1983 and passing that this season. ing in the first round in Monte Roland Garros. now been banned by Roland reads just nine matches played body. So it’s just basically you the women since 2000. Yet Monfils, who won in Carlo and Rome having strug- The American star won Garros officials. Defeat in the – only one on clay, a straight- have to eat grass. That’s kind of When Lucas Pouille Rotterdam in February, has gled with long-term injuries. her most recent major at the 2018 Wimbledon final and US forward win over Swedish qual- what I did. It was a nightmare,” reached the semi-finals at the been hampered by injuries, the Benoit Paire might be a Australian Open in 2017 while Open championship match, ifier Rebecca Peterson in Rome. she explained after her lone win Australian Open in January, latest being a knee problem. safer bet having reached the pregnant. However, the all-time where her now-infamous However, nobody is yet in Rome on her recovery. French hopes were raised that Asked how he prepared for final at the Lyon tournament record of 24 majors set by Aus- meltdown overshadowed writing off a player who also “But it worked and it paid they might finally have a play- the French Open, Monfils said where he will face Canadian tralia’s Margaret Court between Naomi Osaka’s title triumph, battled life-threatening blood off. I didn’t get to train too er who could be a force to be bluntly: “I rested. I had some teenager Felix Auger-Alias- 1960 and 1973 has proved frus- followed her Paris heartbreak. clots as she gave birth. much. It’s more of a process. I reckoned with at the majors. MRIs, block tests to see what sime later on Saturday. tratingly out of reach. Her Australian Open cam- “Serena Williams will beat feel like I’m taking it one day Yet Amelie Mauresmo’s my body was doing, and then I On the women’s side, Caro- Williams returned to paign in January ended in a Margaret Court’s record,” said at a time. I’ve been really put- protege then went three started training.” line Garcia had struggled to Grand Slam tennis, after giv- quarter-final loss to Karolina former Wimbledon champion ting in the hours in terms of months without winning a Tournament director Guy reach the latter stages in any ing birth to her daughter, at Pliskova despite having led Conchita Martinez, now the keeping my cardio as much match until he claimed the Forget put on a brave face when tournament this season until Roland Garros in 2018, mak- 5-1 in the final set and holding coach of World No. 2 Pliskova. as I could with a knee injury, title at a second-tier tourna- asked about French hopes at Ro- she reached the final in Stras- ing the last 16 where she had four match points. Williams opens her Paris which is really impressive how ment in Bordeaux in May. land Garros this year. “They can bourg, where she will play Daya- been set to resume her bitter “It’s definitely not easy for campaign against Russia’s I’ve been able to do it.” This, however, was fol- play the surprise card. Because na Yastremska on Saturday. 18 Sunday, May 26, 2019 Sports Hamilton snatches Monaco GP pole with record lap

out after he missed a signal to The defending the weighbridge. five-time champ He was pushed back to the scales, to avoid any penalty, but clocked an it was another example of Fer- rari’s operational and decision- unprecedented lap making failings. “I need explanations,” said in 1min 10.166sec Leclerc. AFP “The problem was not the MONACO weighbridge and I have had no real answers. It is very difficult LEWIS Hamilton snatched a to take as we had plenty of time Ecuador’s Richard Carapaz dramatic pole position for Sun- and enough fuel... Now, I must sprints toward the finish line to day’s Monaco Grand Prix with take risks in the race.” win stage 14 of the Giro d’Italia an all-time circuit record lap Out with an upset Leclerc, on Saturday. (AFP) in the final seconds to outpace who was fastest in the morning, Mercedes team-mate Valtteri went Sergio Perez, Lance Stroll, Bottas by 0.086 seconds. George Russell and Robert Ku- Carapaz to fight The defending five-time bica. Q2 then began with a blis- champion and series leader tering record lap from Bottas all the way to clocked an unprecedented lap in 1:10.701. Hamilton was one- in 1min 10.166sec to end Bottas’ tenth down for second with Ver- Verona after run of three successive poles as stappen third ahead of Kvyat. Mercedes, mourning the death With four minutes remain- grabbing pink this week of non-executive ing, all 15 returned for a final chairman Niki Lauda, produced flurry in which Verstappen jersey a record-equalling 62nd front Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton (centre) celebrates qualifying in pole position alongside second positioned Mercedes’ Valtteri Bottas (left) and third topped Bottas in 1:10.618 - a row lockout. placed Red Bull’s Max Verstappen at the Monaco Grand Prix in Monte Carlo on Saturday. (REUTERS) record that suggested he might AFP It was an emotional Ham- repeat Red Bull’s success, with COURMAYEUR, ITALY ilton’s second pole in Monaco nussen for Haas. Last year’s “We all take our cars, fast or the opening part of qualifying. rear wheel off the barriers in the Ricciardo, last year. and the 84th of his career as he race winner Daniel Ricciardo slow, to the limit and here, at the After Vettel’s crash in the swimming pool complex, re- Out went Nico Hulkenberg, RICHARD Carapaz vowed to dug deep in the final seconds to was seventh for Renault ahead limit, it’s like wrestling a bull. I morning’s final free practice quiring a rapid pit-stop. Lando Norris, Romain Gros- fight all the way to win the Giro find the speed required to grab of Daniel Kvyat of Toro Rosso, had an oversteer moment in the session, Q1 began cautiously in He emerged with seconds jean, Kimi Raikkonen and his d’Italia on Saturday after shoot- the prime grid position from his Carlos Sainz of McLaren and Rascasse and I just held on.” the warmest conditions of the remaining on shiny new ‘softs’ Alfa team-mate Antonio Gio- ing to the top of overall stand- team-mate. Alex Albon in Toro Rosso. Bottas said: “I’m disap- weekend, the track registering as Hamilton topped Bottas, but vinazzi, all bickering about the ings with an impressive solo “Whoooah!” shouted Ham- “This is the race that every pointed. I felt after the first lap 44 degrees Celsius under a hazy faced a desperate rush to re- traffic and blocking before the summit finish victory to take ilton on team radio. “That’s driver dreams of, even as a kid,” there were plenty of places to sun. Mercedes, as they feared, climb from 17th - and exceeded top ten shootout. stage 14 and the pink jersey. what I am talking about....” said Hamilton. improve, but I had traffic and found the conditions testing and expectations by going fastest in On his first run, Bottas Movistar’s Ecuadorian Max Verstappen was third “We’ve arrived with a great couldn’t get the tyres up to tem- required longer to bring their a frantic finale. laid down a marker in a record climber edged ahead of Primoz for Red Bull ahead of four-time car, a great battle with Valtteri perature.” tyres alive, but were soon first Leclerc was left standing in 1:10.252 to lead the way ahead Roglic in the standings after champion Sebastian Vettel of and I think the desire and the Luckless local hero Charles and third with Bottas and Ham- the Ferrari garage as he tumbled of Verstappen as Hamilton breaking from the chief con- Ferrari, Pierre Gasly in the sec- will to get this pole. I’ve had to Leclerc qualified 16th after a ilton sandwiching Verstappen. down the timesheets to finish struggled for a clean lap, but all tenders on the Giro’s toughest ond Red Bull and Kevin Mag- dig deeper than ever before. strategic muddle by Ferrari in Vettel then bounced his left 16th, the team not keeping him that changed on his final run. hill yet, and after the win a con- fident Carapaz, 25, threw down the gauntlet to his principal ri- vals. “I was thinking just now, it Lippi back as China coach, seems only yesterday that I was Celtic edge Hearts to win Scottish at home in Ecuador playing on a toy bike. Now I’m here wearing four months after leaving the Maglia Rosa,” said an elated Cup, complete domestic treble Carapaz. AFP “We’ll try and keep the jer- SHANGHAI sey and defend it all the way to AFP Verona.” MARCELLO Lippi was back GLASGOW Britain’s Simon Yates was as coach of China on Friday, second after attacking on the four months after the World CELTIC claimed an unprec- last kilometre, gaining some Cup winner quit and following edented third consecutive do- redemption for earlier disap- a failed stint by fellow Italian mestic treble after coming from pointments and climbing to Fabio Cannavaro. behind to win the Scottish Cup ninth overall, 5min 28sec off The 71-year-old Lippi’s by beating Hearts 2-1 thanks to the lead. return to the top job in Chi- China coach Marcello Lippi. (AFP) Odsonne Edouard’s double at New leader Carapaz said nese football had been widely Hampden on Saturday. there was no problem in his tipped in domestic media and tion is 550,000, compared with The Hoops were on course team where Mikel Landa would will be welcomed by fans. China’s 1.4 billion. for a first domestic cup defeat in normally be seen as the team Lippi, who vacated the role The reappointment of 27 games when Ryan Edwards leader and who stands fifth at after China were dumped out Lippi, who took Italy to World shot Hearts into a shock lead 2min 50sec, and was instead of the Asian Cup quarter-fi- Cup glory in 2006, follows seven minutes into the second in dreamland after winning his nals 3-0 by Iran in late Janu- four months of confusion and half. However, Celtic quickly second stage in this year’s Giro. ary, is tasked with guiding the speculation. However, China responded when Edouard lev- “I worked so hard for this, team to the 2022 World Cup lost to lower-ranked Thailand elled from the penalty spot and it’s a real dream come true,” in Qatar. and Uzbekistan in Cannavaro’s the Frenchman sealed another Celtic players celebrate with the trophy after winning the Scottish Cup final against Heart of Midlothian at added Carapaz at the winning China have reached the opening two matches and he clean sweep of silverware by Hampden Park in Glasgow on Saturday. (REUTERS) post. World Cup only once, in 2002, quit, saying that he could not racing clear to score the winner “I felt good this morning. when they exited without a do two jobs at once. eight minutes from time. Celtic were again disjointed with their first big chance of the pointed to the spot. We knew the altitude was good point or scoring a goal. Re-enter his mentor Lippi, Uncertainty still surrounds for long spells and could easily game. Zlamal could have made for me. I gave it everything be- “Since Lippi coached the who was a three-time CSL who will be the Celtic manager have been beaten but for a bit Sixteen-year-old Aaron amends, but did not get a strong cause I knew the entire Giro was national team, they have shown champion with Guangzhou and next season with this Neil Len- more quality and composure Hickey fed Arnaud Djoum on enough hand to Edouard’s pen- at stake.” a positive and tenacious fight- among the best-paid coaches in non’s final match in charge as from a Hearts side missing a the edge of the area, his mis- alty to keep it out. Man-to-beat Roglic and ing spirit,” the Chinese Foot- football during his first spell in caretaker. host of key players through in- cued shot found its way to Sean Celtic paid a club record £9 two-time winner Vincenzo Ni- ball Association (CFA) said. charge of the national side. Despite consolidating an jury. Clare who backheeled to find million for Edouard from Paris bali kept a close eye on each “We believe that in the days He will earn similarly well eight-point lead when Brendan Edouard had the only de- the free Edwards to slot home. Saint-Germain 11 months ago other all day with the Italian to come, under the leader- in his second spell, with Ever- Rodgers left the Scottish cham- cent chance of a poor first 45 Celtic seemed to need the and he took his tally for the sea- testing the Slovenian with a ship of Lippi and his coaching grande subsiding his wages, pions to take charge of Leicester minutes when he was played in shock of going behind to snap son to 23 when Mikael Lustig’s daredevil descent on the pe- team, the national men’s side Chinese media said. Lippi, in February to win an eighth by Tom Rogic, but John Souttar into action and levelled within forward header somehow evad- nultimate climb, the Colle San will make a full impact on their who is surely in his last job straight Scottish Premiership, slid in to make a brave block. 10 minutes. ed the whole Hearts defence. Carlo. It was on that hill that World Cup dreams.” in football, marginally im- and now the Scottish Cup, Len- Hearts had not won in five Edouard was tripped by Edouard kept his cool to overnight leader Jan Polanc China sit a lowly 74th in the proved China last time, win- non has faced criticism for his games since their semi-final vic- Hearts goalkeeper Zdenek Zla- slot past the advancing Zlamal ran out of gas and gave up the FIFA rankings, a rung above ning 13 of his 32 games in side’s performances and style tory over second-tier Inverness, mal, although contact was min- and seal Celtic’s sixth domestic pink jersey and lost almost eight Cape Verde – whose popula- charge and losing 11. of play. but they made the breakthrough imal and referee Willie Collum treble. minutes on the day. Saracens crush Gloucester, face Exeter in final Messi finishes Europe’s top scorer for third straight year REUTERS good or bad. That energy is what Tompkins scoring three tries LONDON gets us through each week.” in 16 minutes, only the second REUTERS at Stade de Reims. Gloucester took an early hat-trick in a Premiership semi- BARCELONA While Messi’s goal haul SARACENS reached their fifth lead when Mark Atkinson’s in- final. Gloucester mounted a helped his side clinch the Premiership final in six years side pass allowed number eight brief comeback as Ruan Dreyer LIONEL Messi has become La Liga title last month the with a convincing 44-19 win Ben Morgan to charge over in and Lewis Ludlow went over the first player to win Eu- 31-year-old Argentine said over Gloucester at Allianz Park the right corner for a simple try but Saracens were resilient in rope’s Golden Shoe award earlier on Friday that he was in London with centre Nick in the third minute. There was defence and eased to an em- for three straight years after not giving the Golden Shoe Tompkins grabbing a second- an instant response from Sara- phatic win. his nearest challenger Kylian race much thought with the half hat-trick of tries. cens two minutes later, how- In the other semi-final, Har- Mbappe failed to score the side still coming to terms The European champions ever, as Owen Farrell’s dink al- ry Williams, Joe Simmonds, four goals he needed in Paris with their dramatic Champi- will face Exeter Chiefs in the lowed Sean Maitland to get the Dave Dennis, Tom O’Flaherty, St Germain’s final league ons League semi-final elimi- final at Twickenham on June 1. ball and score a try of his own. Sam Simmonds and Sam Hill match of the season on Fri- nation to Liverpool, despite Exeter reached their fourth con- European champions Sara- scored tries to give Exeter victo- day. having a three-nil advantage secutive final with a 40-12 win cens opened up a 16-point lead ry over Northampton at Sandy Messi earned the hon- going into the second leg. over Northampton Saints. by the end of the half with tries Park. our, which goes to the lead- “I haven’t been thinking “Nothing brings us down,” from scrumhalf Ben Spencer Joe Simmonds also kicked ing scorer in league matches about that prize at all, we Tompkins told BT Sport. – thanks to a powerful run by six conversions for Exeter who in Europe’s top divisions, are still coping with what “We found our rhythm in Maro Itoje – and winger Liam led only 14-12 at halftime. for a record-extending sixth happened against Liverpool the later stages and didn’t let Williams. Exeter lost to Saracens in time after finding the net 36 and I’m not thinking about anything dictate how we felt. Farrell was off target several the 2016 and 2018 finals but times for Barcelona, while personal awards,” Messi told Saracens’ Jamie George (left) in action with Gloucester’s Charlie Shar- “We just try get to a point, times but that did not stop a re- did get the better of them in the Mbappe ended the campaign a news conference ahead of ples during the Rugby Union Premiership semi-final at Allianz Park in that nothing will set us back, lentless Saracens from extend- 2017 semi before going on to on 33 goals after scoring Saturday’s Copa del Rey fi- London on Saturday. (REUTERS) nothing will upset our energy, ing their lead with replacement beat Wasps and lift the trophy. PSG’s only goal in a 3-1 loss nal against Valencia. Sports Sunday, May 26, 2019 19 New Zealand brush aside India Smith’s ton sparks in low-scoring WC warm-up

REUTERS to leave India floundering at “It was quicker in the first in- LONDON 39-4. Ravindra Jadeja’s 54 off nings than the second innings, Aussies to victory 50 balls gave India a respect- it got slower later on.” During NEW Zealand comfortably able total before he was caught the chase, Kohli opted not to beat India by six wickets in a sharply at backward point by give his trio of front-line fast World Cup warm-up match at Martin Guptill. bowlers too many overs with England skittled out for 285 during a World Cup warm-up match The Oval in London on Satur- James Neesham’s me- Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jas- day after restricting the Virat prit Bumrah and Mohammed AFP England’s reply saw James Kohli-led side to 179. Shami bowling only four overs SOUTHAMPTON (UNITED KINGDOM) Vince, on his Hampshire Skipper Kane Williamson India’s top order capitulat- each. home ground, make 64 and and Ross Taylor made a 114- ed in the first innings as “We bowled well. They STEVE Smith ignored the stand-in captain Jos Buttler a run partnership for the third Trent Boult made the best were going at four, 4.5 (runs) jeers of the crowd to mark his blistering 52. wicket which helped the Kiwis use of seaming conditions per over and looking at that in first match against England But both batsmen got out to chase down the total with isolation we did well,” Kohli since a ball-tampering ban when well set as England, top nearly 13 overs to spare. to pick up three quick said. with a century that set up Aus- of the one-day international “Facing a quality side like wickets. “From 50 for four to get tralia’s 12-run win in a World rankings and fresh from a 4-0 India and scoring some runs to 180 was a good effort. And Cup warm-up clash at South- series win over Pakistan, suf- is always good,” Williamson dium pace came in handy as of course, there wasn’t much ampton on Saturday. fered their first defeat of the said. he picked up three wickets in the pitch when we came to Smith’s 116 was the centre- season. India’s top order capitu- but there was nothing on of- bowl.” India play one more piece of world champions Aus- Buttler, leading England lated in the first innings as fer to assist spinners Mitchell warm-up game against Bang- tralia’s 297 for nine. in the absence of the injured Trent Boult made the best use Santner and Ish Sodhi who ladesh in Cardiff on Tuesday A target of 298 proved just Morgan, hit 24 off one over of seaming conditions to pick were both carted for 19 and 18 while New Zealand play West beyond England, without four from fast bowler Nathan Coul- up three quick wickets, send- runs respectively in their three Indies in Bristol on the same first-choice players including ter-Nile. ing Rohit Sharma, Shikhar overs. day. The World Cup begins on captain Eoin Morgan and fel- A fierce cut for four was fol- Dhawan and KL Rahul back to “We didn’t get too much Thursday. low batsman Joe Root, as the lowed by an 84-metre straight the pavilion for a combined 10 from the spinners but hope- Brief scores World Cup hosts and favourites six before Buttler cut another runs. fully we can get them some New Zealand 180 for 4 (Taylor 71, Williamson were dismissed for 285 with boundary. Kohli also fell quickly, cas- work in the second warm-up 67) beat India 179 (Jadeja 54, Boult 4 for three balls left. He didn’t score off the tled by Colin de Grandhomme game,” Williamson added. 33, Neesham 3 for 26) by six wickets “I’m pretty chilled, every- fourth ball of the 27th over but one’s entitled to their opinion,” Australia’s Steve Smith celebrates his century during an ICC World made amends off the last two, Smith told Sky Sports during Cup warm-up match against host team England in Southampton on with a huge pulled six off the the innings break when asked Saturday. (REUTERS) fifth delivery followed by an about the crowd’s taunts. edged four past wicket-keeper RABADA READY FOR ENGLAND CHALLENGE “I’m just happy to be back But that fixture was played as he returned to the pavilion to Alex Carey. playing. Fortunately, I was able in front of fewer than 30 spec- be replaced by Smith, coming But Coulter-Nile had his CARDIFF: South Africa speedster Kagiso hoped Rabada would get better as the tourna- to contribute today and hope- tators whereas there were sev- in with Australia 82 for two. revenge when Buttler chipped Rabada conceded feeling rusty in their warm-up ment progressed. fully I can take this form into eral thousand in the main arena The BBC reported there him to short mid-wicket. match against Sri Lanka but was relieved that “KG has been slowly building up, working the World Cup.” on Saturday for the first of sev- were a few chants of “cheat, Vince then guided paceman he did not feel any pain on his return to action on his action and working on his run-up. Today Afterwards, Australia cap- eral Anglo-Australian clashes cheat, cheat”, although a lone Jason Behrendorff straight from a back injury. was the first time he was bowling at full inten- tain Aaron Finch said: “Overall in a season featuring both the Australia fan shouted “Get ‘em to Nathan Lyon at short third A key cog in South Africa’s bid for a maiden sity,” du Plessis said. the way we batted was a good World Cup and a five-Test Ash- Stevie!”. man. World Cup title, Rabada returned home from Rabada headlines what is one of the effort. I thought Steve Smith es series. There was, however, the Worryingly for England, the Indian Premier League (IPL) earlier this best pace attacks in the tournament who will played a really impressive Warner was booed first by customary round of applause fast bowler Mark Wood could month to avoid aggravating a back problem begin their campaign on Thursday against an knock.” spectators on Saturday when he from the crowd for a batsman only manage 3.1 overs before ahead of the showpiece tournament. England side teeming with explosive stroke- Smith and David Warner walked out to open with Finch reaching his fifty when Smith going off with what a team The right-arm paceman returned figures of players. only returned to international after Australia lost the toss. got to the landmark. spokesman said was “left foot 7-0-40-1 in their 87-run victory against 1996 “England is going to be a stiff challenge, duty earlier this month after Long a thorn in England’s discomfort”. champions Sri Lanka on Friday and was not but an enjoyable one,” said Rabada, who they both completed year-long Jeers & boos side, Smith went to 99 with a England do, however, ex- unhappy with the outing. turned 24 on Saturday. suspensions for their roles in And when the left-hander superb carved six over third pect to have Morgan back from “I felt a bit rusty, but it was good to get a “It’s crunch time - the first game of the a ball-tampering scandal in arrived at the crease, one fan man off Ben Stokes. a finger injury when they open run out in the middle and get a feel for things World Cup and it’s going to go down in history. South Africa. shouted: “Get off Warner you The next ball delivery saw the World Cup against South again,” he said. “They’re a strong team, with good batsmen The disgraced duo’s first cheat.” Smith complete a 94-ball hun- Africa at the Oval on Thursday. “There’s no pain. I’m feeling all right, just and bowlers. Multiple players from our team match in England this tour Warner’s dismissal for 43, dred, including eight fours, rusty in terms of my bowling smoothness. But have played against England, we’re familiar was a hastily arranged, unof- caught in the deep by Jonny prompting yet more boos as Brief scores it’s all a work in progress. with them and that helps. ficial warm-up match against Bairstow off Liam Plunkett, well as clapping to acknowl- Australia 297 for 9 (Smith 116, Warner 43, “That’s why we have warm-up games so “On the day, we have to rock up. With the the West Indies on the nurs- was greeted by immediate edge his century before he was Plunkett 4-69) beat England 285 all out it’ll be a challenge for me to get ready before quality they possess, we need to make sure we ery ground at Southampton on cheers from England fans. dismissed off the penultimate (Vince 64, Buttler 52, Behrendorff 2-43) by the tournament starts.” Skipper Faf du Plessis are on top.” (AFP) Wednesday. But there were more boos ball of the innings. 12 runs

Panesar hopes M Pallonji claim Gulf Incon-Metabo cricket title to return to TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK Cenia, General Manager, Me- Praveen was dismissed in the DOHA tabo Middle East, and Prateek third over. Thereafter, they action soon Yadav, Business Development pressed the accelerator with M Pallonji capped their calcu- Manager, Metabo. other opener Sajeev smash- AFP lated chase with a fine eight- Batting first after the toss, ing the ball all around the LONDON wicket victory over CCRC and CCRC put up a stiff 132 in field. He faced just 11 balls won the Gulf Incon- Metabo 12 overs. Muzzamil struck a and before he fired 32, which FORMER England spinner Ramadan Cricket Tournament quick 19 with two sixes to give included four sixes and one Monty Panesar says he wants at the packed Old Ideal Indian a good start of 35 for one in boundary. to return to cricket having School floodlit ground. power play. They suffered two Sandesh and Rauf main- been cured of the “paranoia/ Sajeev and Rauf contrib- more setbacks in the fourth tained the momentum, col- schizophrenia” which bedev- uted fast 32 each while going over, delivered by Sadiq. lecting 30 (12 balls) and 32 (10 illed him over the past few after a competitive 133-run But that did not dampen balls). They also cracked eight years. target and enabling their team their spirit and Afzal stepped sixes and a boundary between The 37-year-old – who be- to become champions in the on the crease to thrill the them, lifting M Pallonji to the came a bit of a cult hero at his annual tournament. crowd with his big hitting. victory in 11 overs. Mohsin, peak taking 167 wickets in 50 At the prize distribution He smashed half a dozen Nixon and Suraj grabbed a Tests – told the Daily Mail he ceremony, Sajjad Ahmed sixes and chipped in with 44. wicket each. had been helped enormously Khan, Senior Manager Sales As a result of his fine knock, Rauf from M. Pallonji was by former England captain and Marketing, Gulf Incon CCRC set up a demand- also declared man of the fi- Mike Brearley, who is a re- & Metabo, was present along Sajjad Ahmed Khan, Senior Manager Sales and Marketing, Gulf Incon & Metabo presents the winner’s tro- ing target. Sadiq and Alban nals. There was a raffle draw spected psychoanalyst. with Rajkumar Selvarajan, phy of the Gulf Incon-Metabo Ramadan Cricket Tournament to M Pallonji players during the prize distribu- shared four wickets, giving for fans as well. His career has declined Credit & Inventory Control- tion ceremony in Doha in presence of QVC and QCA officials. away 17 and 22 runs, respec- since being unceremoniously ler, Ramesh Natarajan, Dep- tively in their allotted two SPECIAL AWARDS: let go by Sussex in 2013 – the uty Accounts Manager, and Shahid Mehboob, QCA na- Mohammad Naseem, QCA of- The organising committee overs. Rauf and Sahil also Best batsman: ...... Sulfan of CCRC same year he made the last of Vincent Vimaldas, Product tional team coach, Gul Khan ficial umpires, and Qatar Vet- extended special thanks to Ad- ratted a wicket each. Best bowler: ...... Siraj of Hanan his Test appearances – which Manager, Tools & Equip- Jadoun, QCA Head of Domes- erans Cricket officials were nan al Mannai, Managing Di- M. Pallonji launched the Best all-rounder: ...... Nishad of Hanan came after he urinated on a ment. Guests of Honour were tic Cricket, Tahir Mehmood, also present. rector, Gulf Incon, and Marcel pursuit a bit slow as opener Best wicket-keeper: Neeraj of M. Pallonji nightclub bouncer.

JARA, JAWO CHAMPIONS IN AMIR CUP BEACH VOLLEYBALL CHAMPIONSHIP

Al Sadd Club’s Nbibi Jara and Sainey Jawo won the Amir Cup beach volleyball crown with a come-from-be- hind victory. At the Al Gharafa courts, Jara and Jawo lost the opening set in a tight finish but bounced back to beat experienced Tamer Abdelrasoul and Mohammad Obaisha of Al Shamal Club 22-24, 21-16, 16-14 to emerge the champions. Al Khor Club’s Abdelaziz Khallouf and Mahdi Badruddin took the third spot. QVA President Ali Ghanim al Kuwari was the chief guest at the closing ceremony and presented the awards. 20 Sunday, May 26, 2019 The Last Word

ATTIYAH VISITS NYUTABARU AIR BASE IN JAPAN

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Defence Affairs HE Dr Khalid bin Mohammed al Attiyah visited on Saturday the Nyutabaru Air Base in Japan’s Miyazaki, as part of his official tour of Japan. During the visit, Attiyah met with a number of high-ranking officers at the military base and toured the air base. He was also provided with an overview of the facilities nda services at the base, in addition to the inspection and service centres of F-15 planes there. The minister was accompa- nied during the visit by Ambassador of Qatar to Japan HE Hassan Mohamed Rafei al Emadi. (QNA)

PISQ hosts ‘Mathemagic Contest-2019’ Qatar Academy Sidra honours TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK DOHA

PAKISTAN International 18 students of Class of 2019 School Doha-Qatar (PISQ) organised its first Annual Mathemagic Competition at Students to continue studies in countries across the world including US and UK the Arbab Auditorium in the school recently. Eight teams with three par- ticipants each from Boys Wing and Girls Wing took part in the Amir and Laiba Hina obtained foundation and enthusiasm for event. the first position. From Grade Mathematics. This is an inter- School Principal Nargis VII, Maimoona Luqman, Ahl- active way for students to learn Raza Otho, heads of all wings, am Rashid and Bushra Qazi Mathematics and its entire teachers and a number of stu- bagged the top position. From trigonometry,” she said. dents attended the lively show. Grade VIII, two teams shared Reema Rashid was the The programme, right from the first position: Eisa Haider, coordinator of the event, the onset, had a number of Maalika Hisham and Rafia while Wasim Rana performed twists and turns with the lead Khan from (GW), and Muham- as Stage Secretary and An- changing during every round. mad Asjad, Muhammad Has- eeqa was the announcer of However, towards the end, five san and M Taha Amjad (BW). the event. Zobia Bashir and different teams from Grades V The principal admired the Naeem Fakhar were the to VIII bagged the first position brilliant performance of the Judges. and were declared the winners. young mathematicians togeth- At the end, the chief guest From Grade V, Rawaha er with their mentors. “The handed over the Certificates Muhammad Riaz, Muham- purpose of this maiden event is of Appreciation to the win- mad Rayan and Abu Bakr to teach students how to work ning teams and certificates of notched up the first position. mentally with calculus, nurture participation to all the con- The event saw 18 students being honoured in the presence of Buthaina Ali al Nuaimi, president of PUE, QF, as well as QAS board members, From Grade VI, Eshal Ali, Dua number sense, and create a testants. faculty, family members and friends.

TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK family members and friends. novation Summit for Educa- ing the students that their DOHA Dr Abdulla al Kaabi, chair- tion – a QF initiative – deliv- wings are ready to support man of the Advisory Board, ered the keynote address. them as they soar into their QATAR Academy Sidra (QAS), QAS, wished the graduates a As a QAS board member future. AMU Alumni Association part of Qatar Foundation’s happy and fulfilling future. and as a parent of a Grade 12 This year, the graduates (QF) pre-university education, He advised them to be kind student, she congratulated the are headed to colleges and uni- celebrated the graduation of and responsible citizens, to graduates on their achieve- versities all around the world, organises iftar gathering its Class of 2019 at a ceremony work hard to achieve their aca- ments and shared some words including the USA, Canada, at Multaqa (Education City demic and personal potential, of advice as they prepare to Hong Kong, Qatar, the UK, the Student Center). and to live meaningful lives in take the next step of their jour- Netherlands and Oman. The event saw 18 students service of the wellbeing of hu- ney. QAS was launched in 2012, honoured in the presence of manity. Kim Green, director of and this year’s Class of 2019 Buthaina Ali al Nuaimi, presi- Dr Asmaa al Fadala, direc- QAS, expressed her gratitude marks the second graduating dent of PUE, QF, as well as tor of Research and Content to the parents and teachers of class of QAS, bringing the total QAS board members, faculty, Development, the World In- the graduating class, remind- number of alumni up to 21.

More than 80 members of AMU Alumni Association along with their families attended the event.

QATAR Chapter of the Aligarh exchanging pleasantries. Parwez Mohammed proposed Muslim University Alumni As- AMUAAQ General Secre- the vote of thanks. He praised sociation (AMUAAQ) organ- tary Aqueel Ahmed and Senior Executive Committee members ised an iftar gathering for its Advisor Jawed Ahmed wel- Zia Alam, Mazhar Khan, Irshad members at Nuaija Family Park comed the guests. AMUAAQ Ahmed, Mohammed Obaidul- recently. President Moen Azmi ad- lah, Mohammed Khubaib, Mohd More than 80 members dressed the gathering with a Kashif Shahzad and Anwer Ka- along with their families at- motivational speech. rim for their efforts in making the tended the event, greeting and AMUAAQ Vice-President event a great success. (TNN) Qatar committed to protecting endangered wildlife species: MME

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QATAR is fully committed to protecting endangered an- imal species in the country, the Ministry of Municipality and Environment (MME) has reaffirmed. In a statement issued to mark the World Turtle Day, the ministry’s Department of Environmental Protection of Reserves and Wildlife stated that it’s making all ef- forts, in cooperation with Qatar Petroleum, to protect the Hawksbill turtles, which is on the endangered spe- cies list. The International Union for Conservation of Nature, the global authority on the status of the natu- ral world and the measures needed to safeguard it, has placed the Hawksbill turtles on the endangered species list since 1982, the statement pointed out. The project to protect Hawksbill turtles began in 2003, the department noted, adding that the 2019 sea- son has already seen a completion of coordination be- tween Qatar Petroleum, which finances the project, and Qatar University, which is implementing the project. The first step was taken in April when Fuwairit Beach was closed and the public informed through media, in order to prepare for the nesting season. Hawksbill turtles are on the endangered species list since 1982.