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Friday 31 May 2019 | 26 Ramadan 1440 www.thepeninsula.qa Volume 24 | Number 7908 | 2 Riyals

PM takes part in Makkah emergency summit Amir issues Law on QNA MAKKAH Media City

Prime Minister and Interior QNA Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah bin DOHA Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani participated with Their Majesties Amir H H Sheikh Tamim bin and Highnesses, leaders and Hamad Al Thani issued delegation heads of Gulf Coop- yesterday Law No. 13 of 2019 eration Council (GCC) States in on the establishment of the the opening session of the Emer- Media City. gency GCC Summit, which was Under the law, a city called held yesterday at Al Safa Palace the Media City shall be created, in Makkah. which shall have a moral person- The session was attended by ality and an independent budget. Their Excellences members of Its borders and coordinates shall the official delegation accompa- be determined by a decision of nying His Excellency.Prime Min- the Council of Ministers. ister and Interior Minister H E The Media City aims at man- Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin aging and developing media Khalifa Al Thani arrived yes- activity in the State of Qatar, and terday in Jeddah in the Kingdom enhancing its position as a venue of Saudi Arabia. for attracting international media, Earlier, H E the Prime Min- technology companies, research ister was received upon arrival and training institutions in the at King Abdulaziz International media and digital media, in Airport by Deputy Governor of addition to supporting and pro- Makkah Region Prince Badr bin moting digital and technological Sultan bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, and Prime Minister and Interior Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani being received upon arrival at King Abdulaziz media projects, achieving eco- Secretary-General of the Gulf International Airport in Jeddah, yesterday. nomic and professional inte- Cooperation Council Dr Abdul- gration with various state projects, latif Rashid Al Zayani, and Mayor his good wishes to H H Sheikh emergency summit of the Gulf Shula. The President of the people further prosperity and and providing an attractive inter- of Jeddah Saleh Al Turki. Sabah Al Ahmad Al Jaber Al Cooperation Council, the Arab Federal Republic of Somalia development. active environment through com- His Excellency was accom- Sabah and to the people of emergency summit and the 14th Mohamed Abdullahi Farmaajo They reviewed the relations panies licensed to work in the panied by an official Kuwait continued progress and session of the Islamic Summit also met, at his stay in Al Diyafa between the two countries and Media City. The law is effective delegation. prosperity. Conference in Makkah. Palace, with H E the Prime the most important topics on the on the day following its publi- Meanwhile, the Amir of the For his part, H H Sheikh The meeting was attended Minister. agenda of the Arab emergency cation in the official gazette. State of Kuwait H H Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmad Al Jaber Al by Kuwaiti National Assembly His Excellency conveyed the summit and the 14th session of Sabah Al Ahmad Al Jaber Al Sabah entrusted His Excellency Speaker Marzooq Ali Al greetings of H H the Amir and his the Islamic Summit Sabah met, at his stay in Al to convey his greetings to H H Ghanim, Deputy Prime Minister wishes to the President of Conference. Diyafa Palace, with His the Amir and to the Qatari people and Minister of Foreign Affairs Somalia and to the people of The meeting was attended by Excellency. further prosperity and Sheikh Sabah Al Khaled Al Somalia continued progress and the members of the official del- At the beginning of the development. Hamad Al Sabah, Minister of prosperity. egation accompanying H E the meeting, HE the Prime Minister They reviewed the fraternal Finance Dr Nayef Al Hajraf, and For his part, the President of Prime Minister. It was also and Interior Minister conveyed relations between the two coun- Minister of Awqaf and Islamic Somalia entrusted His Excel- attended by a number of the Ramadan Timing the greetings of Amir H H Sheikh tries and the most important Affairs and Minister of lency to convey his greetings to official delegation accompanying ` Today's Iftar: 6:22pm Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani and topics on the agenda of the Municipal Affairs Fahad Al H H the Amir and to the Qatari the President. P2 Tomorrow's Imsak: 03:06am QNTC to wow tourists during Eid, summer MME intensifies inspection SANAULLAH ATAULLAH “SiQ forms part of QNTC’s including the Ministry of Com- summer experience. Qatar drive ahead of Eid Al Fitr THE PENINSULA strategy to enrich and diversify merce & Industry (MCI), Ministry Airways' deals include 25 percent the country’s tourism offering, of Municipality & Environment discount on flights to Doha from SIDI MOHAMED Health Unit at the Health Control Qatar National Tourism Council particularly in the area of family (MME), Qatar Museums (QM), May 30 to August 15 along with THE PENINSULA Department of the Municipality (QNTC) in collaboration with over and urban entertainment,” Qatar Airways (QA), Katara Cul- 25 percent discount on Al Maha of Doha examined more than 30 partners has announced to hold Mashal Shahbik from QNTC said tural Village, Qatar Foundation Airport Meet and Assist / Lounge As part of its preparations for Eid 84,000 animals between April an array of tourist attractions, in a presentation at the event. (QF), Private Engineering Office Services. Al Fitr, the Ministry of Municipality 21 and May 25, said the Ministry offering discount on flight tickets She said that this year marks (PEO), Katara Hospitality, Al Under hospitality offers, 12 and Environment (MME) inten- on its website. 505 slaughters and hotels, shopping promotions, greater collaboration among Rayyan Hospitality, Marriott hotels from Katara Hospitality, sified its inspection drives were destroyed because they attractive entertainment QNTC’s partners in the public International hotels, nine par- Souq Waqif Boutique Hotels, Al throughout the country on eateries were unfit for human con- programmes for Eid Al Fitr and and private sectors, who have ticipating malls, and other event Najada Hotel and Souq al Wakra and food outlets and abattoirs to sumption. Al Daayen Munici- during the summer for families taken the initiative to create partners including QSports, Hotel from Al Rayyan Project ensure the safety of food items. pality has intensified its control and individuals under Summer in more tourism offerings. “SiQ is Social Studios, Alchemy and Management, and nine hotels MME has announced to increase and inspection campaigns for Qatar 2019 (SiQ) to boost tourism. part of QNTC’s focus on devel- Radio ONE FM Qatar. from Marriott International hotels the number of veterinary doctors food establishments on the The announcement was oping sustainable, year-round An array of unbeatable dis- are participating in this year’s to check the animals at abattoirs occasion of Eid Al Fitr. It is also made in a media round-table tourism, boosting a traditionally counts on travel & hospitality program offering 25 percent dis- during Eid days which will reduce working to increase the number held at Albidda Hotel - Souq slower season in Qatar,” she said. combined with dazzling count on best available rate on the waiting time for people at abat- of inspection campaigns to see Waqif which was attended by the There are over 30 partners shopping deals, promotions and accommodation from June 4 to toirs. their follow up to health require- QNTC officials and the partners. from public and private sectors packages offer a complete August 16. `P2 The veterinarians of the Meat ments. `P3 QA's inaugural flight touches down in Rabat

THE PENINSULA of the State of Qatar, Abdulla Executive, Akbar Al Baker, said: DOHA Falah Al Dosari; Minister Plen- “We are delighted to launch ipotentiary of the State of Qatar services to Rabat, a beautiful Qatar Airways’ first flight from in Morocco, Khaled Mohammed coastal city and key business Doha to Rabat landed on Al-Dosari; General Manager of hub. This new gateway to Wednesday at Rabat–Salé Morocco’s Civil Aviation Morocco will strengthen Qatar Airport, marking the airline’s Authority Zakaria Belghazi; Airways’ already robust third gateway to Morocco. Qatar General Manager of Air presence in the Moroccan Airways flight QR1463, operated Transport Morocco, Tarik market, while providing our by a Boeing 787, was welcomed Talibi; Deputy Mayor of Rabat, passengers travelling from by a celebratory water cannon Khalid Moujaouir, and Pres- Morocco enhanced connectivity salute upon arrival in the ident of the Regional Tourism to our extensive global route Moroccan capital. Council in Rabat, Hassan map of more than 160 destina- Present on board the inau- Bargach. tions. Rabat, the country’s gural flight to Rabat was Qatar Services to Rabat will be capital, is also a major com- Airways Senior Vice-President served three times per week by mercial and administrative Middle East, Africa and Pakistan, a Boeing 787 aircraft, featuring centre, making it a key desti- Ehab Amin. 22 seats in Business Class and nation for business travellers, VIPs present to greet the 232 seats in Economy Class. both from the region and inter- flight included the Ambassador Qatar Airways Group Chief nationally.” `P3 Officials cutting a ribbon to mark Qatar Airways' inaugural flight's arrival in Rabat–Salé Airport. 02 HOME FRIDAY 31 MAY 2019

PRAYER TIMINGS Amir of Kuwait meets Prime Minister FAJR 03. 16 AM SC releases 4th SHOROOK 04. 44 AM

ZUHR 11. 31 AM MAGHRIB 06. 22 PM progress report ASR 02. 56 PM ISHA 07. 52 PM on welfare WEATHER TODAY of workers QNA DOHA

One of the landmark achievements for SC was the successful reimbursement of recruitment fees — a first-ever initiative undertaken in the country said the Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy (SC) in its fourth Annual Workers’ Welfare Progress Report for the period February 2018 - January 2019 and released recently. The report outlines a number of key milestones, chal- lenges and priorities of the SC as part of its continued com- mitment to its 30,000 workforce in the country. The report pointed out that about 123 contractors and sub-contractors agreed to pay back recruitment and relocation costs to their Amir of the State of Kuwait H H Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmad Al Jaber Al Sabah met, at his stay in Al Diyafa workers. As a result, over 31,800 SC and non-SC workers Palace, with the Prime Minister and Interior Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al will collectively receive over QAR 80 million as reimburse- Thani. During the meeting, they reviewed the fraternal relations between the two countries and the ments over the next 36 months. most important topics on the agenda of the emergency summit of the Gulf Cooperation Council, Workers have also benefitted from a systematic the Arab emergency summit and the 14th session of the Islamic Summit Conference in Makkah Al grievance redress mechanism, which allows them to raise Mukarramah. matters of concern without fear of retaliation. The SC’s flagship grievance platform, the Workers’ Welfare Forum (WWF), was lauded at the Labour Law Reforms conference o o held last October in Doha. The model is being studied by 31 C 44 C the International Labour Organisation (ILO) Qatar office Minimum Maximum and the Ministry for Administrative Development, Labour and Social Affairs for wider implementation across Qatar. SC Secretary-General Hassan Al Thawadi said: “I am Hot daytime with slight dust at some extremely proud of the progress the SC has made over the places and some clouds. past year. Challenges and obstacles still exist but our com-

mitment to progress and improvement is unwavering. Our

HIGH TIDE 01:13 –15:58 LOW TIDE 09:20 – 21:37 efforts are now directed at leveraging the progress made Courtesy: Qatar Meteorology Department within workers’ welfare at the SC to spark action around legacy outcomes across the State of Qatar.” The report highlighted the paramount focus SC lays on Ooredoo announces workers’ health and safety at work sites. Last year saw a major breakthrough with the development of a fully func- free data promotion tioning cooling work wear range adapted to Qatar’s unique requirements. These suits are an advancement over the for Ooredoo Money 3,500 cooling vests deployed in June 2018, marking a new generation of heat management technology. SC also con- customers this Eid tinued to invest in innovation resulting in the establishment of the first electronic medical record system in Qatar, in THE PENINSULA partnership with the UK’s leading IT solution provider — DOHA TPP. The report also details the work of the SC’s External Monitor Impactt Ltd, the progress of the Joint Working Group Qatar’s leading telecommunications (JWG) inspections with the global trade union Building and operator today announced an amazing Wood Workers’ International (BWI) and provides an update new promotion for its Ooredoo Money Prime Minister and Interior Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani, arrived on its health and safety record, including work-related fatal- customers. yesterday in Jeddah in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. He was received upon arrival at King Abdulaziz ities and non-work related deaths. Recognising that customers tend to International Airport by the Deputy Governor of Makkah Region, Prince Badr bin Sultan bin Abdulaziz Khalid Al Kubaisi, Chief of the Advisory Unit & Special send remittances to their home countries Al Saud, and the Secretary-General of the Gulf Cooperation Council, Dr Abdullatif Rashid Al Zayani, Projects, said: “We are proud of the strategic initiatives we at special times of the year such as Eid, and the Mayor of Jeddah, Saleh Al Turki. have spearheaded throughout 2018 which will serve as the and that they also want to stay connected foundation for a lasting legacy for workers’ welfare in Qatar.” to family, friends and loved ones, Ooredoo has designed a promotion to accommodate both priorities. Customers sending transfers of QR QU wins best environmental project prize 1,001 or more to one of a list of eligible countries, with competitive fees and one THE PENINSULA and happy she is to be selected by con- of the best exchange rates in Qatar, will DOHA ference referees, and winning the prize get 2 GB data absolutely free. of outstanding research. She commented Countries included in the promotion Qatar University (QU) recently partici- saying, “It is a great honor to be selected are Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka, India, pated in the Second World Conference by the jury for outstanding research pres- Pakistan, Lebanon, Jordan, Tunisia, Pal- on Undergraduate Research in Germany entation, the best contribution in the field estine and Morocco. Free data will be valid (World CUR 2019) with eight students of environmental research. It was a ben- for five days from successful international from different colleges. QU’s involvement eficial and interesting experience that money transfer transaction via Ooredoo in this conference comes in alignment impacted us in personal and academic Money, and the promotion runs until 20 with the dedication to implement the latest levels.” June 2019. university strategy, focusing on supporting QU Associate Professor of Sociology Speaking of the promotion, Manar research conducted by students. This in the College of Arts and Sciences Dr. Khalifa Al Muraikhi, Director PR and Cor- conference includes discussions and oral Maher Khelifa handled and supervised porate Communications at Ooredoo, said: presentations in addition to poster the graduate fair table for QU programs. QU students at the 2nd World Congress on Undergraduate Research in Germany. “We know many of our customers regu- sessions. In 2016, the first round of this During the three days, College of Med- larly send transfers to family back home, conference was held at QU. icine student Sara Alareed presented inflammation among healthy Qatari and poster presentations, including and the volume of such remittances tends QU Biomedical Science student research on the molecular analysis of Cal- young cohort. He commented saying, “The Alhusain Abdalla (College of Engineering), to go up at auspicious times of the year Kamilia Omar from the College of Health modulin mutations and sudden cardiac conference represents a perfect oppor- Ibrahim Abdelhafez (College of Medicine), such as Eid. Sciences won a prize for the best environ- death. She commented saying, “This con- tunity for researchers from Qatar to Munia Hamdan (College of Health Sci- Of course, it’s also incredibly important mental project. Kamilia’s research study ference helped me to connect to fellow present, discuss and exchange their ences) and Iqrah Qurishi and Bassant Elk- for us all to be able to connect with family, revolves around the discovery of two new student researchers around the world who findings with the global community of attan (College of Pharmacy). friends and loved ones at this special time, species of sponge on the coast of Qatar share my passion for research.” research advocates to achieve solutions Dr Aiman Erbad, Director of Research so we’re delighted to be able to offer our entitled “Antibacterial Activity of New College of Medicine student Samer Ali in the fields of health, environment and Planning and Development, said QU customers a way to stay connected for less, Sponge Species Isolated from the Qatari presented research findings on the rela- economics.” undergraduate research is of high calibre simply for doing something they’d Marine Zone,” which proved to contain tionship between Vitamin D and Iron In addition, a selection of distin- and standard due to the high quality of probably be doing anyway.” antibiotics. Kamilia expressed how proud indices characterizing anemia of chronic guished students from QU displayed oral academic programs. QNTC to wow tourists during Eid Al Fitr, summer FROM PAGE 1 Kidzania, live shows, concerts, and of Eid Al Fitr & Eid Al Adha). Souq Meet & Greet with characters from World, esports competitions at VIRTUOCiTY, Angry Birds World Fraser Suites West Bay, The others. Waqif and Souq Al Wakrah Eid movies premiering this summer: VIRTUOCiTY and the opening of and Snow Dunes (opens mid-July) Curve Hotel, Wyndham Grand, Under Shopping Promotions, Festival are featuring cultural per- Toy Story 4, Spider Man- Far From their new snow themed park Snow at DHFC. KidzMondo Doha at Mall Regency Doha, La cigale Hotel, up to 70 percent discounts and formances, musical acts and family Home and Angry Birds 2 as well as Dunes in July. of Qatar, Megapolis & Minipolis at Oryx Rotana, Marsa Malaz Kem- other promotions offered across shows. Captain Marvel and Hulk, Tom & Tawar Mall will host Toon The Pearl-Qatar, Circusland at pinski, The Torch, Al Aziziyah Bou- nine Participating Malls: Doha Fes- The SiQ centerpiece and family Jerry, Titan the Robot, Ant Man and weekend in June, Sports Mania in Landmark Mall, Go Fun and Power tique Hotel and Amari Doha are tival City, Mall of Qatar, Lagoona favourite returns this year at Enter- Black Panther and Ugly Dolls. Jeem June-July and Heritage week in Loads at Gulf Mall, BOUNCE at also participating in the rich Mall, Landmark Mall, Gulf Mall, tainment City at DECC. Occupying TV & Baraem TV will also be doing July. Mall of Qatar will host Dora Tawar. Under Entertainment offering of Summer in Qatar by Tawar Mall, AlKhor Mall, Hyatt 29,000 m2 of indoor space at the live shows from various malls. and Ice Age sing along events. Shows & Fun For All, from glit- offering up to 25 percent off. Plaza, and Al Mirqab Mall. Each DECC, it features exciting rides, Lagoona Mall will host Aladdin superheroes costume competitions tering live performances by inter- Katara Hospitality is offering an QR200 spend qualifies for one of skill games, video games, live show on Eid Al Fitr & The Little and Meet & Greet Justice League. national, regional and Bollywood exclusive 40 percent discount for the three raffle draws total worth entertainment shows, food court Mermaid on Eid Al Adha. Al Khor Mall will hold activities for singers and actors to shows by the residents of Qatar, Oman and over QR2m cash & car prizes with & pop-up shops from 1st day of Eid Mirqab Mall will hold Family children along with cultural per- world renowned comedians — a Kuwait. a MacLaren as the grand prize. to July 13. Special shows for kids to Fun Circus on Eid Al Fitr and dif- formances of Arda, Arabic Dabke series of exciting events are lined Qatar Museums Culture Pass Entertainment & Family Fun be staged at QNCC: ‘Smurfs’ from ferent edutainment activities and Tannoura Dance. Hyatt Plaza up to rock summer. discounts on SiQ activities, retail, includes a memorable season for July 18 to 20 and ‘Hello Kitty’ from throughout summer including will host Folklore Shows (Pales- Celebrate Eid with the stars and access to cultural and com- the whole family packed with a July 25 to 27, Blue Man from August Fitness Fridays classes. Doha Fes- tinian & Jordanian) & A Cinderalla and dine with Ziad Bourji and munity classes. Members can avail broad range of entertainment 14 to 17. tival City will organise Original Story stage show on August 11-15. Adam will be held on June 6 at La of special discounts at: Trimoo options for all tastes and ages. There will be special enter- Monopoly Human Sized Game Under Theme Parks, children can Cigale Hotel. Enjoy performances Parks, QSports, KidzMondo Doha, Katara Cultural Village will tainment shows taking place during Eid Al Fitr and special acti- have loads of fun at their favourite by Bollywood celebrities at the Bol- Megapolis, Minipolis, Go Fun, Cir- have cultural performances, & across all the partner malls vations through summer at Trimoo theme parks across Qatar with lywood Music Festival on June 21 cusland, Power Loads, Bounce, family shows and fireworks (4 days including Balloon Stilt Walker, Parks: activities in Angry Birds special summer deals at: and 22 at Lusail Indoor Arena. FRIDAY 31 MAY 2019 HOME 03

Meet on National Road Safety Strategy held OFFICIAL NEWS Amir congratulates THE PENINSULA The follow-up DOHA President of Malawi committee stressed on re-election The follow-up committee of the the importance National Committee for Traffic of beginning the DOHA: Amir H H Sheikh Safety, chaired by Undersec- implementation of the Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, retary for Ministry of Education traffic plans related to Deputy Amir H H Sheikh and Higher Education H E Abdullah bin Hamad Al Ibrahim bin Saleh Al Nuaimi, the World Cup 2022. Thani and Prime Minis- met here yesterday with the ter and Interior Minister H E Supreme Committee for streets. Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser Delivery and Legacy (SC) as part They also stressed the bin Khalifa Al Thani sent of a series of meetings it is importance of beginning the cables of congratulations holding with the designated implementation of the traffic to President Peter Mutha- authorities to follow up on the plans related to the World Cup rika on his re-election as the implementation of the National 2022, such as closing Al Cor- President of the Republic of Road Safety Strategy. niche, as well as encouraging Malawi. QNA They recommended a people to use public transport review for the location of street during the world cup, in addition Amir congratulates signs, in order to facilitate the to relying on smart traffic lights process of guiding those driving to control the flow of fans during President-elect of The officials at the follow-up committee of the National Committee for Traffic Safety, yesterday. through or walking on those matches. Republic of Lithuania

DOHA: Amir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani Major efforts for hygiene at public places during Eid and Deputy Amir H H Sheikh Abdullah bin Hamad Al Thani THE PENINSULA sent cables of congratula- DOHA tions to Gitanas Nauseda, on the occasion of winning the The Ministry of Municipality and presidential elections in the Environment has intensified Republic of Lithuania. QNA efforts to maintain hygiene at public places during Eid Al Fitr. The Assistant Undersecretary for Inaugural General Services Affairs at the Ministry of Municipality and Environment, Safar Mubarak Al flight of QA Shafi, said in a statement that cleaning operation will be touches down continue round-the-clock during Eid Al Fitr. in Rabat ABOVE: The Assistant Undersecretary for General He said that a special field Services Affairs at the Ministry of Municipality and FROM PAGE 1 team was formed to cover cities and other parts of the country Environment, Safar Mubarak Al Shafi. RIGHT: Cleaning Moroccan Airports with especial focus on recrea- operation is being carried out near a mosque. Authority Chief Executive tional sites and picnicking places Officer, Mr Zouhair Mohammed like Corniche, public parks and programme of Eid Al Fitr but are special focus on Eid Al Fitr prayer and other key beaches which cooperate with cleaning team El Aoufir, said: “We are pleased beaches. in accordance with the plans set grounds providing all necessary attract huge crowd during hol- while taking out solid wastes to welcome Qatar Airways as “Such places attract big for these services, which run reg- services including washing and idays and Eid Al Fitr. caused by renovation of homes one of our airline partners number of visitors during hol- ularly and round-the-clock, cleaning the ground across the Al Shafi called on citizens and changing furniture ahead of operating flights to the Rabat- idays like Eid Al Fitr,” said Al taking into account the religious country in collaboration with and residents to maintain Eid Al Fitr. “Solid wastes should Salé airport. Shafi, adding that routine work aspects and worship rights of authorities concerned. hygiene during their visits to be taken out ahead of cleaning This new route continues to of cleaning will continue as per workers and Muslim drivers, as A special team was assigned picnic places and beaches by vehicles passed by the area as enrich the airport’s offers, and the daily program. work stops during the Eid prayer to clean the beaches across the putting the garbage especially per the schedule,” said Al Shafi, certainly opens further oppor- He pointed out that the daily and the operation will resume country with especial focus on cans and plastic bottles inside the adding that people can call on tunities for Rabat, the city of programmes of cleaning services afterword. the Corniche, beaches of Sealine, garbage bins. 184 in case of any help in this lights. are not affected by the special The Department made Al Khor, Al Wakra, Al Ghariya He also urged people to regards. This new route, in addition to the existing Doha-Casa- blanca route, strengthens our ambition to developing MME intensifies inspection long-haul flights to this airport, as well as reflecting the strong relationship and coop- drive ahead of Eid Al Fitr eration between our two FROM PAGE 1 out that the ministry has offered more veteri- countries.” For its part Al Shamal Municipality is con- narians to check the slaughters in abattoirs Visitors to Rabat can enjoy ducting more inspection aimed to catch any during Eid Al Fitr and all abattoirs are ready to a wide variety of activities, violation related to food items and public receive people. including shopping for textiles, hygiene and excavations during Eid holiday in To ensure the safety of meat, he has advised jewellery and crafts in the many various public streets, public parks and food people to get their animals slaughtered only at traditional souqs in the city’s establishments. abattoirs not at home to ensure the safety of Old Medina. “More inspections will be conducted which meat as abattoirs have veterinary doctors to Tourists can also visit the will be focused on food outlets and eateries check animals. Andalusian Gardens, a tranquil that witness more demands during Eid days “Some people prefer to slaughter their oasis where visitors can wander which include shops selling sweet shops and sheep at homes avoiding waiting at abattoirs, and admire the many tradi- nuts, butcheries and abattoirs,” a source at the but such act can create health problems and tional Andalusian flowers and Ministry of Municipality and Environment said. also spread of unpleasant odors when people shrubs, including orange, lemon The officials conducting an inspection. Regarding the work at abattoirs, he pointed throw the remains outside,” he added. and banana trees. Qatari, Japanese and American - bond of friendship in colourful bloom THE PENINSULA kimonos, an obi-tying ritual and friendship. DOHA a mini-catwalk of models car- There are rying the flags of Japan, Qatar many other Kimono culture may be centuries and America. details to old and steeped in tradition, but Kimono Club Doha is an explore on these today, Japan is reaching out to active and popular culture unique gar- share its culture with the world. organisation in Qatar and was ments, which With a new emperor and a new established in 2013. Chiho and saw daily use in era, there is much interest in all her club members have times past, and things Japanese. developed many colourful pro- which are still Just notice how active Haruhi grams, tailored to a wide variety worn today at Otsuka has been in Doha, sharing of audiences, both young and old. weddings and friendship and bringing Japan to The club performed at the DCCC, other formal her Qatari and international during the 11th Haya Fashion occasions. friends. Ambassador Seiichi Exhibition. At Qatar University Seasons of Otsuka, the Japanese envoy to and in several Doha schools, nature hold high Qatar, has an extroverted col- members have showcased the value in kimono league in his wife; a friend to all fine handiwork of these woven design, and and a second ‘ambassador’ for silk garments, and explained the accordingly, the price of one. traditions behind them. light and bright At a recent Kimono-fest at In a kimono ensemble, the colours are the American Ambassador’s res- obi is of great importance; it is a popular in idence in Doha, the Japanese- silk sash which is embroidered Spring, for American-Qatari bond of and richly decorated with example. Sleeve friendship was in colourful symbols or textures, and length signifies bloom. The event was hosted by wrapped around the waist. It the married or Haruhi and Mary Knight, wife of requires ample length, approx- unmarried ABOVE: Haruhi and Mary Knight at the event. William Grant, Chief of Mission imately four meters, to be status of RIGHT: The participants in kimonos holding flags. for the American Embassy. gathered into an elaborate, dec- women, and Also participating were 17 orative bow. intricate family members of the Kimono Club During the kimono fest, Mary crests are generously applied. member of the audience won the Doha, in a visually and thought- wore a formal black kimono and A kimono with accoutre- opportunity to step into a beau- fully choreographed program by her pink obi was shaped into a ments can weigh up to three tiful, red silk kimono, with Chiho one of the founding members, cherry blossom—sakura in Jap- kilos, and cost $10,000. performing the ritual tying of the Chiho Funeno. It featured several anese—apropos of the season The program ended with a obi sash into a Chocho, her own styles of formal and a legendary symbol of full immersion experience. A design of a butterfly. 04 MIDDLE EAST / AFRICA FRIDAY 31 MAY 2019 Russia rejects Iran’s missile request amid tension

BLOOMBERG & AP DUBAI/WASHINGTON We are not seeking regime Russia has rejected an Iranian change in Iran: Bolton request to buy S-400 missile defense systems, concerned that REUTERS/LONDON the sale would stoke more tension in the Middle East, The United States is not pursuing a policy of regime change in according to two people with Iran, White House National Security Adviser John Bolton said. knowledge of the matter, During a visit to London, Bolton also told reporters the threat including a senior Russian from Iran was not over but that the quick response and official. deployment from the United States had helped deter it. The request was rebuffed by The US military has sent forces, including an aircraft carrier President Vladimir Putin, the and B-52 bombers, to the Middle East in a move that U.S. offi- people said on condition of ano- cials said was made to counter “clear indications” of threats nymity because they’re not from Iran to American forces in the region. authorised to discuss the matter. Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif visited Moscow on May 7. the Middle East as it seeks to leaders that the US is not looking Sudanese from various women’s groups taking part in a march through the streets of the capital Russia’s Foreign Ministry protect its relations with other for conflict, press them to do Khartoum to call for the best outcome for women in the period of political transition. didn’t reply to a request for regional powers such as Saudi what they can to cool the situ- comment, and Iranian officials Arabia and Israel. ation, and perhaps open a couldn’t be reached for a Russia is one of the countries channel of communication with response. Sales of the missile defending the 2015 nuclear deal the Islamic Republic. Sudanese protesters threaten systems are controversial in the with Iran, which the US aban- After a brief stop in Berlin Middle East. Turkey, a Nato doned last year before reim- today to make up for a meeting member and a US ally, is risking posing a host of sanctions on the with German Chancellor Angela military with civil disobedience punitive measures by the Trump Iranian economy. Merkel that he abruptly called administration for agreeing to The two countries have also off earlier this month to fly to AP protesters demand “limited mil- opposition’s two-day strike on buy the batteries. helped Syrian President Bashar Iraq, Pompeo will make an KHARTOUM itary representation” on the Tuesday and Wednesday was Russia’s reaction to Iran’s Al Assad regain control of most unusual and extended stop in council but the ruling generals successful - despite threats of request reflects the delicate of the country following eight Switzerland, the country that Sudan’s protesters threatened refuse to relinquish power. layoffs in some sectors. Workers balance of power in the Gulf, years of civil war that claimed has long represented Wash- yesterday to launch a civil diso- “It is unacceptable that the held rallies outside their work- where a showdown is brewing hundreds of thousands of lives. ington’s interests in Tehran bedience campaign to pressure military council hijacks the rev- places, carrying banners and between the Islamic Republic on The S-400 is an advanced air and has in the past been an the ruling military to hand power olution and blocks attempts to chanting slogans demanding a one hand, and the US and its Gulf and missile defence system intermediary between the to a civilian transitional hold accountable criminals of civilian government. Arab allies on the other. President intended to engage targets at two. His three days in Bern government after their two-day the old regime,” said Saddiq “The message is clear: all the Donald Trump agreed this month ranges of up to 400km. will be the first visit to the strike failed to produce tangible Farouk, a leader of the Sudanese Sudanese people want a civilian to send more US troops to the Meanwhile, Secretary of Swiss capital by a secretary results. Professional Association, which government,” Farouk told region after the US blamed Iran State Mike Pompeo is off to of state in more than two The threat comes as negoti- has been spearheading the reporters. for attacks on Saudi oil installa- Europe yesterday to seek decades and comes amid ations between the protesters protests. Protest leaders chastised tions as well as four ships. support and a potential diplo- public signals from President and the military about the After the military ousted al- security forces for firing warning Iranian officials have denied matic climb-down to ease rising Donald Trump that he wants to handover of power remain Bashir, who ruled for 30 years, shorts to intimidate strikers. A any involvement in the attacks. tensions between the US and talk with Iran. “If they want to stalled, more than a month since army generals took over but the female street vendor was killed Russia and Iran have Iran. Even as the Trump admin- talk, I’m available,” Trump said massive protests drove longtime protesters remained in the late on Wednesday, an incident enjoyed close political and mil- istration revels in its “maximum last Friday, even as Pompeo and ruler Omar Al Bashir from streets, mainly in a sit-in outside the military blamed the killing itary ties in recent years, pressure” campaign against Iran, hawkish national security power. Al-Bashir has since been the military’s headquarters in on a drunk soldier. though there have been signs Pompeo is traveling to Germany, adviser John Bolton have stepped held by the military in a prison Khartoum, demanding the mil- “This approach is unac- that Moscow is seeking to grad- Switzerland, the Netherlands up warnings that any attack on in Khartoum. itary hand over power. The pro- ceptable and will lead to more ually reduce Iran’s footprint in and Britain to assure European American interests by Iran or its The two sides remain split testers are represented by the escalation,” said Farouk. “What proxies will draw a rapid over the make-up and the lead- Forces for Declaration of comes next is civil disobedience, and significant response ership of a sovereign council that Freedom and Change, an if the military council refuses to A reputed media organization from bolstered US forces would run the country during a alliance of opposition groups meet the demand of the in Qatar is looking for Reporter in the Mideast. three-year transition period. The and activists. 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FRIDAY 31 MAY 2019 ISLAM 05 Zakatul Fitr and its purpose Every free Muslim obligatory for one who possesses mentioned that in Pakistan the must pay Zakatul a nisab (a minimum amount of value of wheat is less than that property) after fulfilling the costs of dates, then how should we pay Fitr for himself, his of his house, servant, horse, and of it half the amount (i.e. Sa`) that wife, children, and weapon. we should pay of dates? He also servants. Al Khattabi explained that mentioned that nowadays raisins Zakatul Fitr was obligatory for are more expensive than wheat all Muslims, not only those who and dates. The only solution for very Muslim is required possess the nisab stating that this these problems, he says, is to to pay Zakatul Fitr at is the view of the majority of regard Sa’ as the criterion and the conclusion of the scholars. He said, “In essence, the basis. month of Ramadan as rationale behind it was stated to Al Qaradawi explains why a token of thank- be the purification of one who the Prophet (PBUH) appointed Efulness to God for having fasts from any indecent act or Sa` as the measure and did not enabled him to observe fasts. speech. And since every Muslim prescribe it in money saying that Its purpose is to purify those needs this, it is therefore oblig- in his opinion there are two who fast from any indecent act atory upon every fasting Muslim, reasons for this: First, money was or speech and to help the poor whether rich or poor, who pos- still rare among the Arabs par- and needy. sesses one Sa` in excess of his ticularly the Bedouins. They did This view is based upon the main staple food for the duration not have their own currency. So hadith which reads: “The Mes- of one day and night. This is if the Prophet (PBUH) had pre- senger of Allah (peace be upon because so long as the essential scribed it in money, he would him) enjoined Zakatul Fitr on rationale is shared by all have caused hardship to them. those who fast to shield them Muslims, then they also share the Second, the purchasing from any indecent act or speech, same obligation.” power of money changes from and for the purpose of providing Al Qaradawi also asserts the time to time. For instance, the food for the needy. It is accepted majority view when he says, “It purchasing power of a certain as Zakah for the one who pays it is a virtuous wisdom of Islam currency sometimes becomes before the `Eid prayer, and it is that it makes this Zakah oblig- low and other times high, so sadaqah for the one who pays it atory not only on the rich, but paying Zakatul Fitr in money after the prayer.” also upon nearly every Muslim, makes its value unstable. That is The prominet Islamic scholar for you can hardly find a person why the Prophet (PBUH) pre- Yousuf Al Qaradawi comments who does not possess one Sa` of scribed it with a stable measure, on this hadith by saying that food above his main staple food that is an amount of food which there are two purposes: One is for the duration of one day and fulfils the needs of one family. related to the individual; for night. The wisdom behind this For one Sa` provides a family completion of his fast and com- obligation, therefore, is to Fitrr is due at the end of kinds of food which can be given The calculation with food for a whole day. pensation for any shortcomings prepare the poor to practice Ramadan. They differ, however, are five: dates, raisins, wheat, The amount of Zakatul Fitr, in his acts or speech. The other benevolence and feel the dignity about the exact time. Al Thawri, barley, and dry cottage cheese. as we referred earlier, is one Sa’ The amount of Sa’ is related to society; for the and honour of giving in charity. Ishaq, Malik (in one of two Imam Ahmad is reported to of food. There is consensus on Sa’ is a certain measure spreading of love and happiness Allah described the believers reports), and Al Shafi’i (in one of have said that any kind of staple this amount among the scholars which equals 4 mudds (a mudd among its members, particularly with these words, “Those who his two opinions), are of the grain or dates are also permis- with regard to all types of food equals a handful of an average the poor and needy, during the spend (freely), whether in pros- opinion that it is due at the sunset sible, even if the above five except wheat and raisins. As for man). The contemporary equiv- day of Eid. perity, or in adversity…” of the night of breaking the fast, types are available. The Malikis these two types the Shafi`is, alent weights of Sa’ differs It also purifies one’s soul Thus if we contemplate on for this is when the fast of and Shafi’is are of the view that Malikis and Hanbalis agree that according to the stuff which is from such shortcomings as the this wisdom, we will not find it Ramadan ends. it is permissible to give any kind the prescribed amount is one Sa`, weighted. For example a Sa’ of adoration of property, and from strange that the needy pay this However, Al Layth, the of food as long as it is the main however the Hanafis say it is suf- wheat equals 2,176 grams, a Sa’ miserliness. Furthermore, it Zakah, because it does not cause Hanafi school, Al Shafi’i (in his staple in that particular region ficient to pay half Sa` from wheat of rice is 2,520 grammes, a Sa` purifies one’s property from the them to suffer any loss. He will other opinion), and the second or the main food of the person. and they differed with regard to of beans equals 2,250 grams etc. stain of unlawful earnings. It is pay only his Zakah and then report of Malik say that Zakatul As for the Hanafis, they permit raisins.After discussing the argu- Therefore some scholars are of also a cure for ailments. receive the Zakah of various Fitr is due at the start of Fajr paying the value of Zakatul Fitr ments of these two opinions Al the view that the criterion should The Prophet (PBUH), said: “It people.” Moreover, we have to (dawn) on the day of Eid because in money. Qaradawi reached the following be the measure not the weight would be better that you treat bear in mind that Zakatul Fitr is it is an act of worship connected Ibn Al Qayyim highlighted conclusion: Wheat was not a for there are kinds of food which your patients with charity.” obligatory for everyone who with `Eid, so the time of its these different viewpoints and common food amongst them are heavier than others. This is In addition, it provides for lives until the sun sets on the last payment should not be before concluded that the Prophet during the time of the Prophet the case if the equivalent weight the needs of the poor and the day of Ramadan. Eid just as sacrifice on the `Eid (PBUH), prescribed Zakatul Fitr (PBUH) so he did not prescribe of a certain kind of food is not indigent and relieves them from This is the point of view of of Adha. These two different as one Sa’ of dates, barley, raisins one Sa’ of it as he did with the known. If there is no available having to ask others for charity the Shafi’is, Hanbalis, and views acquire relevance if a baby or dry cottage cheese. These other types of food. measure or weight with the on the day of `Eid. The Prophet Malikis. Accordingly, whoever is born after sunset but before were the main staple kinds of As for those of the Com- person, then he should pay 4 (PBUH) said, “Fulfil their need on dies before the sun sets on the dawn on the day of `Eid; the food in Madinah. panions of the Prophet (PBUH) mudds. this day (i.e., the day of `Eid)” last day of Ramadan is exempted. question then is whether Zakatul As for people of other terri- who prescribed half Sa’ of wheat Nowadays, it is not that Likewise, a person who has a Fitr is obligatory for the baby or tories, what they should pay is instead of one Sa’ of barely or problem because ministries of Who must pay baby on the last day of Ramadan not. In accordance with the first one sa’ of their staple grain, such dates like Mu`awiyah and other religious affairs in Muslim coun- Zakatul Fitr is incumbent on should pay Zakatul Fitr for the view, it is not, since the birth took as corn, rice, etc. But if their main Companions, he views that they tries and mosques and Islamic every free Muslim who possesses baby. The majority of jurists place after the prescribed time, staple food is other than grain, did so by analogy, since the value centres in Western countries one Sa` of dates or barley which argue that we should not pay while according to the second such as milk, meat, fish, etc., then of wheat was more than those of announce the value of Zakatul is not needed as basic food for Zakatul Fitr for an embryo. But view, it is obligatory because the they should pay one Sa` of that other types of food which were Fitr every year. Anyhow, this is himself or his family for the Imam Ahmad holds that Zakatul birth took place within the pre- particular food. This is the equal. the obligatory amount which duration of one day and night. Fitr is also obligatory for an scribed space of time opinion of the majority of But according to their every Muslim should pay. It is Every free Muslim must pay embryo, because it is permissible scholars and is the preferred opinion, he says, the value should better and recommended that Zakatul Fitr for himself, his wife, to assign property to an embryo What type of food point of view, since it achieves be considered and taken as the one pays an extra amount, par- children, and servants. This is the by means of a will. The jurists hold different the purpose of fulfilling the needs criterion and this will cause ticularly for those who are opinion of Imam Malik, Al Shafi`i, views as to the types of food of the poor on the day of `Eid instability and confusion for it wealthy, for they will be and Ahmad. Imam Abu Hanifah, When Zakatul Fitr is due which must be given as Zakatul with the staple food of their changes from place to another rewarded for it. however, said that it is only The jurists agree that Zakatul Fitr. The Hanbali view is that the region. and from time to time. He Source: islamonline

This is how Ramadan manifests itself to the Bidding farewell to Ramadan Muslim Ummah so that when it departs in a day or two, none of us has the assurance of ormally, a guest does not opportunity to invest for the next is the one who is able to grab the month is also a time when gen- stay long with his host. world for which all living crea- Laylatul Qadar (Night of Power), erosity is greatly emphasised. receiving it again next year simply because NAfter dropping by for a tures are inevitably bound. a single night which could only One should try to be exceed- none of us knows his fate — whether he will while and completing his A person who has been be found in the last ten days of ingly generous during this be still around, or will already have joined purpose or courtesy call, he shall indifferent since the beginning Ramadan from 20th until 30th month. finally say goodbye and depart. of this month and who only pays — which is better and superior The Messenger of Allah was his Creator — by the time Ramadan returns When he will return is some- little attention to the essence and to one thousand months of the most generous of people. He again next year. thing that cannot be determined greatness of Ramadan can still worship. was especially generous in exactly by the host since he does rise up and toil on any act of Allah said: “We have indeed Ramadan when the Angel not possess the will of his visitor, worship he willingly chooses so revealed this message in the Gabriel would come and review servants! If the first of you, the His generosity is amplified nor does he have any control as not to be totally deprived of Night of Power. And what will the Quran with him. Gabriel last of you; the living of you, the during certain special times such and authority over him. Such the immense reward lying in explain to thee what the night of would to review the Quran with dead of you; the intact of you, as the month of Ramadan. It is visitor could return at his wait for him in the life after power is? The Night of Power is him every night during the the decomposed of you; were to in the context of discussing appointed time but may not find death. better than a thousand months. month of Ramadan. Verily, when gather in a vast plain, and Ramadan that he has revealed: the same host for he could have So much is the time spent in There come down the Angels Gabriel would come and review every individual were to ask of When my servants ask about Me, left for the destination from roaming around or staying and the spirit by Allah’s per- the Quran with him in Ramadan, me his wildest dream, and I verily I am close by. I respond to which he will never return at all. awake at night for senseless mission on every errand: Peace! the Messenger of Allah was more were to grant everyone what the call of the supplicant when This is how Ramadan man- things. “The worth of time is the This until the rise of morning generous than the free-blowing he asked, that would not he invokes me. (Quran 2:186) In ifests itself to the Muslim worth of man ‘s life”, the popular (Quran 97:1-5). wind. Imam Ahmad records this decrease my dominion as much a hadith mentioned by Imam Al Ummah so that when it leaves Arab writer Abbas Aqqad said. It has been suggested that hadith with the additional words as [the water taken from] an Tirmidhi and others, the Prophet and departs in a day or two from Once Hasan Al Basari passed the Night of Power could be on at its end, “He was not asked for ocean one of you were to pass (peace be upon him) mentioned, now, none of us has the by a group of people who made 23rd, 25th, or 27th. The reason anything except that he gave it.” by and dip a needle into it and “During it (Ramadan) a caller assurance of receiving it again mockery of Ramadan. He then why Allah, the almighty, did not Generosity is expansive and then extract it. That is because cries out, ‘Those desiring good next year simply because none said: “ Indeed, Allah has created make known on which night this abundant giving. Allah is I am generous, extant, and glo- come forward, and those of us knows his fate — whether the month of Ramadan as a virtuous night falls, is so that His described as generous. rious. I do what I please. My desiring evil stay away.’ Allah he will be still around, or will racetrack for his servants where servants will strive hard to seek We read in the compilation giving is a word and my pun- has those He liberates from Hell, already have joined his Creator they compete with one another and seize that particular night of Imam Al Tirmidhi, from the ishment is a word. My and that occurs every night — by the time Ramadan returns in worshiping Him. A group has by performing various acts of transmissions of Sa’d bin Abi command to something when (during Ramadan).” In that Allah again next year. advanced ahead and won while worships starting on the night Waqqas, that the Prophet said: I desire it is but to say, “Be, has predisposed His Prophet This blessing and virtue- other groups have lagged behind of 21st especially like in acts of “Allah is generous, He loves gen- and it is!” In a well-known upon the most perfect and filled guest of the believers has and failed to win. What is more ibadah such as taHajud, reci- erosity; He is noble, He loves narration, Fudail bin Iyyad noblest character traits, as is only come and stayed with us astonishing is one who laughs tation of the Quran and many nobility.” His compilation also mentioned, “Every night Allah related in a hadith from Abu for a while to bring us a chance and makes fun in the day. Those more in the middle of the night. mentions, on the authority of proclaims, ‘I am generous, I Hurayra, from the Prophet that to purify and cleanse ourselves who have come ahead are the We often focus on the fasting Abu Dharr, on the authority of love generosity; I am noble, I he said, “I have only been sent of wrongdoing and misdeeds winners and those who have and Tarawih prayers during the Prophet (PBUH) narrating love nobility.’” Allah is the to perfect the noblest of and lay before us the mocked are the losers. “ Lucky Ramadan. However, the blessed directly from his Lord: O my most generous of all. character.” 06 ASIA FRIDAY 31 MAY 2019 Modi sworn in, names 20 new faces in cabinet AGENCIES Some of the most NEW DELHI ministers rewarding giant killers visible faces of Modi’s in the Lok Sabha election and previous government dropping some of the most India’s Prime Minister Narendra including finance visible faces of his team - finance Modi launched his historic minister Arun Jaitley, external second term at a solemn minister Arun Jaitley, affairs minister Sushma Swaraj ceremony in front of cheering external affairs and commerce minister Suresh supporters yesterday. minister Sushma Prabhu. While Jaitley’s omission Modi was the first of more Swaraj and commerce had become public on than 50 cabinet ministers and Wednesday as he opted out on deputy ministers to be sworn in minister Suresh health grounds, the absence of at the presidential palace in front Prabhu have been Sushma and Prabhu came as a of 8,000 people including South dropped from the new surprise. Asian leaders, Bollywood stars cabinet. A bigger surprise, however, and leading political figures. was the inclusion of former Presidents and prime min- foreign secretary S Jaishankar President Ram Nath Kovind administers oath of Prime Minister Narendra Modi during a swearing-in isters from neighbouring Bang- minister walked up to take his into the cabinet. ceremony at the presidential palace in New Delhi, yesterday. ladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal and the oath of office to a standing In the last five years, despite Maldives were present, but arch- ovation, with supporters in the serious ailment, Sushma had won rival Pakistan was not among crowd chanting “Modi, Modi”. accolades for turning foreign Sadanand Gowda. The first indi- scoring a series of electoral wins. Congress (formerly with BJP), was those invited. Modi’s right-wing “Honoured to serve India!” office into people’s ministry and cation of Amit Shah’s progression Those who fought valiantly in the a rewarded with MoS rank. Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) he said on Twitter soon after. Suresh Prabhu was seen as the into the government had come election were rewarded even if Debashree Choudhary, who made history by increasing their After taking oath as the “to go” man handling key minis- when he decided to contest Lok they were first-time MPs. won from Raiganj in West Bengal majority in a second straight Prime Minister, Modi pressed the tries including railways. Sabha elections from Gandhi- First-time MP from Secun- in a tough fight, is now a minister. landslide election win. refresh button and inducted 20 The tallest among the first- nagar. After scripting historic derabad G Krishan Reddy was Pratap Chandra Sarangi, first- The 68-year-old prime new faces in his council of time ministers is party president victory for the BJP in the election, awarded with MoS (minister of time MP from Balasore in Odisha, Amit Shah who was seated third he was seen as a natural claimant state) berth. Kailash Choudhary, got the maximum cheers as he is in the row of seniority after the for a prominent position. The a young BJP leader who fought a already known on the Internet for PM and Rajnath Singh. He was Modi-Shah team will now be in tough battle in Barmer against his humble lifestyle, has been followed by Nitin Gadkari and play in the government after Madhavendra Singh of the made a minister. Jagan Reddy takes oath as Andhra CM Will not let you turn Bengal into IANS VIJAYAWADA elections, took oath in Telugu at gathered from across the state. Gujarat: Mamata 12.23pm, the auspicious time After the Governor left the YS Jagan Mohan Reddy chose by his advisors. The venue, Jagan addressed the gath- IANS yesterday took oath as the Chief 46-year-old is the second Chief ering. Chandrashekhar Rao, KOLKATA Minister of Andhra Pradesh as Minister of new Andhra Pradesh Stalin and Jagan’s mother YS thousands of his supporters and succeeds N Chandrababu Vijayalakshmi shared the dais. West Bengal Chief Minister lustily cheered him. Naidu, whose Telugu Desam Son of Congress leader and Mamata Banerjee yesterday Governor ESL Narasimhan Party (TDP) suffered the worst- former Chief Minister YS Rajas- lashed out at people chanting administered him the oath of ever defeat in the elections held ekhara Reddy and hailing from “Jai Sree Ram” around her office and secrecy at a public last month. Jagan, as the young Kadapa district of Rayalaseema convoy in West Bengal’s North ceremony held at Indira Gandhi leader is popularly known, region, Jagan was re-elected to 24 Parganas. She said she will Municipal Stadium here and arrived at the venue, standing in Assembly from Pulivendula. He never allow Bengal to become attended by Telangana Chief an open top vehicle, greeting the was twice elected to Lok Sabha Gujarat. Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao crowd with folded hands and a from Kadapa. Addressing a protest dem- and DMK leader MK Stalin. big smile. As he began taking the Jagan had quit the Congress onstration in Naihati, Banerjee Congress President Rahul Gandhi and his mother Sonia Gandhi arrive Jagan Reddy, who led the oath, there were loud cheers and floated YSRCP in 2011, one- also viciously attacked the BJP to attend Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s swearing-in ceremony YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) to from thousands of YSRCP and-a-half year after his father saying she hated them for prac- at the presidential palace in New Delhi, yesterday. a landslide victory in Assembly leaders and workers who had died in a helicopter crash. tising communal and divisive politics. She said she was con- fident the saffron party will not Indian Navy to Congress team in Amethi to probe poll defeat get a single seat in Bengal in the 2021 Assembly elections. get new chief IANS reasons for the defeat,” a senior reason for the party’s debacle in accused Dubey, district President The incidents took place in AMETHI party leader told IANS. Amethi. Once they collect Yogendra Mishra (who resigned Bhatpara and Naihati, while today According to party leaders, feedback, they will submit their a day after Rahul Gandhi lost) of Banerjee was on her way to Almost a week after defeat of Sharma was earlier in-charge of report to Rahul Gandhi. working for the BJP. address a demonstration IANS Congress President Rahul Gandhi Amethi, however, he was shifted According to party leaders, With the party’s loss, ques- outside the Naihati Municipality NEW DELHI in the family pocket borough of to Rae Bareli after the new team the new team of Rahul Gandhi in tions have also been raised on the against the alleged “capture” of Amethi against BJP’s candidate of Rahul Gandhi took over. Under Amethi was led by Chandrakant personal team of Rahul Gandhi, the civic body by the BJP in the After serving for more than four Smriti Irani, party’s general Sharma, the party was able to Dubey, who was Gandhi’s repre- who handled his communication aftermath of the 2019 Lok decades, Chief of Naval Staff secretary Priyanka Gandhi’s team save its fort in Rae Bareli where sentative in his Lok Sabha seat. and publicity campaign since Sabha polls. Admiral Sunil Lanba will pass members yesterday arrived here United Progressive Alliance (UPA) Dubey along with the Rahul Gan- 2012. Banerjee was about to get on the baton to Vice Admiral to find the reasons for the rout. chairperson and senior party dhi’s team were blamed for the The Congress leaders into her vehicle after giving Karambir Singh, who will take “Kishori Lal Sharma and leader Sonia Gandhi won by a party’s poor performance on the requesting anonymity said that some instructions to the police over as the Navy chief at a Zubair Khan, secretary of the margin of 1.67 lakh votes. The home turf of Amethi where he many in Rahul’s team did not officers in Bhatpara when a ceremony in South Block today. party and in-charge of Uttar party leader said Sharma and lost by a margin of 55,000 votes. “give him the real picture of the group of youths gathered near The switch-over is taking Pradesh, respectively, have Khan will meet the party workers After the defeat of the Congress ground situation and presented her convoy raised the “Jai Sree place in the backdrop of a suc- arrived here to find out the and supporters to know the in Amethi, many leaders have him a differemnt data.” Ram” slogan. cession row triggered by Andaman and Nicobar command chief Bimal Verma Indian celebrity jeweller Nirav challenging the appointment of Karambir Singh as the new chief. Verma’s plea against Modi appears in UK court overlooking him for the top post AFP wanted to receive the opening despite being the senior-most LONDON note in the case within six officer is pending in the Armed weeks, after state prosecutors, Forces Tribunal (AFT) though Nirav Modi, India’s fugitive acting on behalf of the Indian the Defence Ministry has jeweller to the stars, appeared authorities, said it would be dif- rejected his objection. at a London court yesterday as ficult to provide it within four AFT on Wednesday allowed his extradition battle focused on weeks. Karambir Singh to take over till which prison India would send Modi fled India in February a decision on the petition him to. 2018 after being accused of comes. Lanba’s retirement has Accused of involvement in having a central role in a $1.8bn led to changes at the top of the a massive bank fraud that fraud involving Punjab National defence establishment. rocked India’s corporate com- Bank (PNB), the country’s Vice Admiral Atul Kumar munity, Modi, 48, appeared in second-largest public lender. Jain took over as the eastern custody at Westminster Magis- Forbes estimated Modi’s fleet commander from Kar- trates Court and spoke only to wealth at $1.73bn before the ambir Singh. Air Chief BS confirm his name and date of alleged fraud, placing him 85th Dhanoa replaced Lanba as birth. Judge Emma Arbuthnot, on India’s rich list. Chairman of Chiefs of Staff England’s chief magistrate, said Arbuthnot ordered Modi to Committee (COSC), a tri-service she wanted to know within 14 reappear before the court via integrated body. An alumnus of days which prison the Indian video-link on June 27. the National Defence Academy, Refilling a dried-up well authorities intended to hold A further case management Khadakwasla; Defence Services A dried-up well is refilled with water from a water tanker in Thane district Maharashtra, India, yesterday. Modi in. Arbuthnot also said she hearing was set for July 29. Staff College, Wellington; College of Defence Man- agement, Secunderabad; and Royal College of Defence SC rejects EWS quota in Maharashtra medical courses Studies, London, Admiral Lanba’s career was enriched IANS could not apply it after the Maharashtra, dated March 7, the modalities of selection said the EWS was not applicable with vast experience at sea as NEW DELHI admission process had begun in insofar as the admission to post- couldn’t be changed after initi- to the existing seats in medical well as in operational, training November 2018. At least two- graduate medical courses is con- ation of the admission process courses in the state. and tri-services appointments, In a setback for the Maharashtra dozen candidates from the eco- cerned, will have no application and the Maharashtra gov- “Unless additional seats are said a Defence Ministry government, the Supreme Court nomically weaker section (EWS) to the ongoing process of ernment couldn’t change the rule sanctioned by the MCI, the statement. yesterday struck down the state’s would be affected with the top selection, so as to enable the rep- of the game while the game was existing seats can’t be subjected Lanba set the tone for decision to introduce the 10 court’s decision. resentatives of the economically on. The court said the Medical to the provisions of the aforesaid several transitions in opera- percent quota for academic year A Bench, headed by Chief weaker sections to avail of the Council of India (MCI) could have constitutional amendment by tional, training and organisa- 2019-20 in the postgraduate Justice Ranjan Gogoi, said: “We benefit of reservation for created more seats rather than issuing appropriate notifications, tional philosophy of the Indian medical courses. deem it proper to declare that the admission to postgraduate giving away from presently as has been done in this case,” Navy. The apex court said the state notification of the State of medical courses.” The court said available seats. As such, the court the court observed. FRIDAY 31 MAY 2019 ASIA 07

IS-claimed blast Pashtun MP linked to at Kabul military academy claims clash with military six lives AFP arrested in Pakistan KABUL At least six people were killed AFP “He (Moshin Dawar) sides, with the military publicly and 16 more wounded in a PESHAWAR, PAKISTAN warning PTM leaders to end suicide blast outside a military has been charged with their criticism of Pakistan’s academy in the Afghan capital A Pakistani parliamentarian and murder, attempted armed forces conduct during yesterday, an official said. civil rights leader linked to a murder, attacking their fight against militancy. The attack, which was violent weekend clash between law enforcement Since bursting onto the scene claimed by the Islamic State Pashtun activists and security last year, the PTM has rattled group, targeted students leaving forces was taken into custody personnel, disturbing Pakistan’s powerful military the Marshal Fahim National yesterday, officials said. law and order, and establishment, but a far- Defense University in western Moshin Dawar — an MP and terrorism,” an official reaching media blackout has Kabul. leading member of the Pashtun said. kept news and images of their Kabul police spokesman Protection Movement (PTM) — rallies off TV screens nationwide. Firdaws Faramarz said the had been in hiding for days fol- Despite the pushback, the suicide bomber had been on lowing the fatal incident Sunday a long struggle,” he added. PTM has continued to demand foot. He blew himself up when in a restive tribal region along Dawar is the second MP to action -- including investigations a soldier challenged him near the Afghan border where he was be arrested in connection with into disappearances and extra- the entrance to the war college. leading a protest against alleged the clash after PTM leader Ali judicial killings and an end to “In the blast, 16 people were abuses by the military. Wazir was taken into custody on what it says is undue harassment wounded and six were mar- “He has been charged with Sunday. of Pashtuns at security tyred,” Faramarz said. murder, attempted murder, The military said at least checkpoints. The attacker “detonated attacking law enforcement per- three activists were shot dead in Sunday’s incident occurred himself before reaching his sonnel, disturbing law and order, the incident after protesters in North Waziristan, where the target”, he added, without pro- and terrorism,” an official in attacked their checkpoint. movement is believed to draw viding further details. Bannu said on the condition of The PTM leadership disputed much of its support. The attack happened anonymity. that, saying at least 13 people The area was once plagued by around noon (0730 GMT), a Provincial Information Min- were killed after security forces militancy, and Washington pres- time when students typically ister Shaukat Yousafzai con- fired into an unarmed crowd. sured Pakistan for years to act leave school early during the firmed the arrest. International rights groups against Islamist groups based there. month of Ramadan. A video released by PTM on have called for an independent The army has carried out mul- The Afghan IS affiliate said Twitter yesterday afternoon probe into the incident, with tiple operations in North it had carried out the attack and showed Dawar saying he Human Rights Watch on Waziristan and other tribal claimed to have killed “50 mil- planned to turn himself into offi- Thursday demanding a “prompt, regions, and security — both there itary trainees”. cials. “I do not want to put my transparent, and impartial inves- and across Pakistan —has dramat- Police and security forces A file picture shows Ali Wazir (left) and Mohsin Dawar, leaders of people in difficulty to escape tigation by Pakistani ically improved in recent years. in and around Kabul have the Pashtun Tahaffuz Movement, walking at the venue of a rally their arrest,” said Dawar. authorities”. However, the PTM claims the come under frequent attack in “I am requesting the nation The clash follows months of operations came at a heavy price against, what they say, are human rights violations by security recent weeks, even as the US to be resilient and strong. This is rising tensions between the two because of alleged abuses. forces, in Karachi, on May 13, 2018. and the Taliban have held talks about a possible peace agreement. Opened in 2005 and named Sirisena slams intelligence chief over Easter attacks after former vice president Mohammed Fahim, the Marshal Fahim academy is modelled AFP not held National Security Council have around the time of the no officer raised warnings which had other officer,” Sirisena’s office after US and British war col- COLOMBO meetings to review threats such attacks blamed on Islamic State- been relayed by India. said in a statement. leges and trains cadets destined as the attacks carried out by backed militants. Official sources said neigh- Mendis also said security to become officers in Afghani- Sri Lanka’s president publicly Islamic State. Sirisena, who is also defence bouring India provided details authorities failed to arrest the stan’s army. rebuked his intelligence chief Authorities shut down a live minister, said in a statement he held of planned attacks based on jihadist, Zahran Hashim, who led A large annexe to the uni- yesterday after he told a parlia- broadcast of Chief of National Intel- NSC meetings twice a week, con- information from a jihadist in the attacks despite mounting evi- versity is home to dozens of mentary panel that the Easter ligence Sisira Mendis giving evi- tradicting Mendis who told par- Indian custody. dence against him. NATO troops who mentor the suicide bombings in which 258 dence to the parliamentary panel liament the last meeting was on “The precise information pro- Official sources said Hashim Afghan cadets. people died could have been without giving an explanation. February 19, more than two months vided by a friendly country was came to the attention of author- The explosion was not avoided. In a statement, Sirisena before the April 21 bombings. never brought to the attention of ities following a clash with a believed to have affected oper- The testimony appeared to denied claims by Mendis that the Sirisena said he met with the the president by the secretary to moderate Muslim group in his ations at that centre, which lies put President Maithripala Sirisena country’s highest security body national police chief and his top brass the ministry of defence, the village in eastern Sri Lanka two behind multiple layers of tight in a poor light by implying he had had not met as often as it should 13 days before the Easter attacks and inspector general of police or any years ago. security. Taliban say progress made at Afghan talks in Moscow

REUTERS gathering diplomatic efforts to that international forces must MOSCOW end the war. leave Afghanistan for any peace “We are satisfied, that was deal. A Taliban official said yesterday successful negotiations, and we “We will be firm: Withdraw that decent progress had been hope to continue this tempo in the foreign troops, we will be made at talks with a group of the future,” Mohammad Sohail firm that there should be a stable senior Afghan politicians in Shaheen, the chief spokesman government in Afghanistan and Moscow but that there had been for the Taliban delegation, told that all Afghans should have par- no breakthrough in their bid to reporters after the meeting. ticipation in future government,” end 18 years of war and that The meeting between senior he said. further talks would be needed. Taliban officials and a diverse Speculation has been The delegation, led by chief group of politicians was the growing that the Taliban could Taliban negotiator Mullah latest step in efforts to reach a agree to a temporary ceasefire Baradar Akhund, met politicians, peace settlement. over the three-day Eid holiday including senior regional leaders Shaheen said a ceasefire next week to follow a truce last and candidates challenging proposal had been discussed but year that gave the first concrete Members of a Taliban delegation, led by chief negotiator Mullah Baradar Akhund (centre, front), President Ashraf Ghani in this he gave no details. He also glimpse in years of what peace leave after peace talks with senior Afghan politicians in Moscow, yesterday. year’s presidential election amid repeated the Taliban demand could be like in Afghanistan. Nod for Pakistan’s national development outlay Bangla madrassas told to INTERNEWS The council was explained development plans (ADPs). administered by the finance appoint women mentors ISLAMABAD that the next year’s growth target Of the total Rs925bn federal ministry for special development of four percent was based on PSDP, the core PSDP would involve programme for internally dis- Adding about 300 new federal sectoral growth of agriculture 3.5 Rs575bn federal programme placed persons (IDPs) and AFP harassment, and died in hospital projects to the portfolio, the percent, industry 2.2 percent and including a foreign exchange com- security enhancement at the rate DHAKA on April 10 after suffering 80 National Economic Council services sector 4.8 percent. ponent of Rs127bn, it was said. of Rs32.5bn each while Rs10bn percent burns. (NEC) of Pakistan has approved The targets, based on the This would also include will be spent on the PM’s youth Bangladesh has ordered state- At least 16 people — a consolidated national devel- government’s stabilisation pro- Rs295bn projects of the federal min- skills development programme funded Islamic seminaries to including the head of her sem- opment programme for the next gramme and on ground situ- istries, Rs189bn projects of National and Rs2bn for tree plantation. appoint female mentors to inary — have been charged in fiscal year envisaging Rs1.837 ation, were realistic yet ambi- Highway Authority, Wapda and Another Rs22bn has been allo- prevent violence against women connection with the killing and trillion investments and four tious, the meeting was informed. power sector. About Rs90bn in cor- cated for the merged districts of KP and children, an official said could face death penalty if percent economic growth rate. While the four percent poration’s projects would come under 10-year special development yesterday, after at least 16 convicted. The NEC meeting, which was growth would represent a from foreign sources, mostly from plan. As such, these districts will get people were charged with the Saif Ullah, head of the Bang- presided over by Prime Minister marked slowdown from growth China, the council was informed. a total of Rs46bn in development horrific murder of a teenage ladesh Madrasa Education Board, Imran Khan and attended by all rates above five percent in the According to the sources privy during the next fiscal year. student. which controls nearly 10,000 the chief ministers as well as the previous two years, it is still well to the NEC meeting, special areas The federal PSDP also Activists say the killing of seminaries, said they have prime minister of Azad Jammu above the IMF’s own forecast of of Azad Jammu and Kashmir and includes about Rs250bn worth of Nusrat Jahan Rafi exposed a ordered each madrassa to appoint and Kashmir, also cleared in 2.8 percent next year. Gilgit-Baltistan will have Rs40bn alternative funding to be raised “culture of impunity” sur- a “woman mentor” as part of principle the 12th five-year plan The meeting approved the federal projects during the next through public-private part- rounding sex crimes, and that measures to prevent violence (2018-23) that forecasts 6.5 National Development Outlay fiscal year, while Rs24bn will be nership for which the project land those who report harassment against women and children. percent economic growth rate 2019-20 amounting to Rs1.837 spent on merged (Fata) districts of will be provided by the gov- often suffer a backlash. The measures will “create by terminal year i.e. 2023 while trillion, including Rs925bn Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Rs13bn ernment as equity and the private Rafi, 19, was doused in ker- awareness among students and mainly relying on the acceler- federal public sector devel- on the Knowledge Economy sector will make investments on osene and set alight on the order teachers,” he said, adding the ation of the China-Pakistan Eco- opment programme (PSDP) and Initiatives. a Build, Operate and Transfer of the head teacher at her sem- murder of Rafi prompted the nomic Corridor’s second phase. Rs912bn provincial annual About Rs100bn will be (BOT) basis or a rental basis. inary after she accused him of authorities to issue the order. 08 VIEWS FRIDAY 31 MAY 2019 Academic excellence must be accompanied

ESTABLISHED IN 1996 by good manners: Education Minister

CHAIRMAN SHEIKH THANI BIN ABDULLAH AL THANI

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF DR. KHALID BIN MUBARAK AL-SHAFI [email protected]

ACTING MANAGING EDITOR MOHAMMED SALIM MOHAMED [email protected]

DEPUTY MANAGING EDITOR MOHAMMED OSMAN ALI [email protected]

EDITORIAL Undersecretary of the Ministry of Education and Higher Education, Dr Ibrahim bin Saleh Al Nuaimi presenting a certificate to a student as Hassan Al Mohammadi, Director of Public Relations and Communication Department at the Ministry, looks on.

QNA be added to the long list of achieve- an academic year of outstanding work Qatar stronger then ever DOHA ments made by Qatar’s students in the and fruitful giving. current academic year. These achieve- In addition, the honored winning n June 5, Qatar will complete two years of the he impacts of the cademic ments included winning four gold students expressed thanks and appre- illegal blockade imposed by Saudi Arabia, the achievements of Qatar’s stu- medals and two silver ones in an inter- ciation for the wise leadership for pro- OUnited Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt. When dents this year will be national competition in Malaysia at the viding them with educational oppor- they blockade was first announced almost two summers reflected on the end of year beginning of this month, as well as tunities and an academic climate that T helped them to excel in science and to ago, the four blockading countries had little idea of exams said Minister of Education and winning third place at an international Qatar’s strong will to defend it’s sovereignty and honour Higher Education H E Dr Mohammed robotics competition that took place in compete in such competitions which among comity of nations. Not only did Qatar withstand bin Abdulwahed Al Hammadi Michigan last April, which is con- opened up new horizons and allowed the aftereffects of the unjust move, it turned a new page yesterday. sidered one of the biggest interna- them to contact their peers at the and surged ahead seeking complete self-reliance in just His Excellency called on students tional competitions in the fields of regional and international levels, to about every facet of everyday life linked with these four who won competitions abroad to research and innovation. A total of 108 gain experience and best practices that countries. focus on being well-mannered as teams from all around the world took enhance their academic performance On Wednesday, Qatar Chamber (QC) unveiled that much as they focus on academic part this year. in the future. They also praised the a staggering 32,000 companies were established in just excellence, stressing that they will be His Excellency also reviewed the efforts of the ministry and its keenness under two years. QC Chairman Sheikh Khalifa bin Jassim very pleased when students pass the many competitions won by Qatar’s to honor them in the presence of their bin Mohamed Al Thani said some 24,000 new firms end of year exams with high grades. students this academic year, such as parents, school principals, teachers entered the Qatar business field. These figures not only Undersecretary Dr Ibrahim bin winning the bronze medal in the 15th and ministry officials. reflect the change in the mindset of the business com- Saleh Al International Junior Science Olympiad Undersecretary of the Ministry of munity, it also shows the ease of doing business in a Nuaimi said, in Botswana. His Excellency high- Education and Higher Education country that is moving full steam ahead to host the 2022 in a speech lighted that the State of Qatar won the honored the students who won prizes FIFA World Cup. given on honor of becoming the first Arab in the external scientific competitions In just a matter of six behalf of H E country to host the competition, when for 2018-2019. months in 2017, Qatar saw The Minister stressed the minister, it was chosen to host the 16th edition In a statement to reporters, Dr Al the formation of 15,000 firms that the Ministry of during a cer- in Doha in December. That is in Nuaimi praised the achievements of followed by another 17,000 Education and Higher emony hon- addition to the students’ winning first Qatar students this year in various companies starting afresh in Education has a clear oring 53 stu- place in Arab robotics competitions in fields, which confirms the success of the 2018. The new factories dents who Jordan and Kuwait. the Qatari educational system. His Sheikh Khalifa gave boost to sectors like national strategy won in com- The Minister attributed the Excellency pointed out that all schools also mentioned manufacturing, agriculture, focused on preparing petitions achievements of Qatar’s students to governmental and private exert great that in the last transports and helped Qatar the Qatari citizen to abroad the strong commitment and cooper- efforts in this regard. They support and two years, QC had meet the target of gaining become an active during the ation of all members of the educa- take care of extracurricular activities, food security. The impressive 2018-2019 tional process, starting with school and this success has resulted in the has meetings with stats in the last two years also part of development, academic, principals and teachers who gave their favorable educational environment more than 200 show the setting up of 823 using all educational that the stu- all, to parents who His Excellency provided by the State for scientific and trade delegations. factories until this month, means in the process. dents’ win praised for their role in keeping their academic achievement, including sup- Those meetings registering an overall reflects the kids motivated to excel academically. porting schools and their equipment increase of 17 percent. In He noted that quality of the He stressed that the Ministry of and encouraging scientific research. opened up avenues 2016, Qatar registered 707 scientific research Qatari edu- Education and Higher Education has a His Excellency thanked the to forge economic new factories but the figure and promoting it cation clear national strategy focused on pre- schools, their principals and teachers partnerships with changed significantly fol- among students system. He paring the Qatari citizen to become an for their efforts as well as the parents lowing the blockade. highlighted active part of development, using all who are motivating students to partic- international According to stats released was one of the that the educational means in the process. He ipate in the local competitions which entities in Qatar. by QC, 623 permits have been main pillars of the success of noted that scientific research and pro- prepares them for international com- issued to establish these fac- educational system. The State of moting it among students was one of petitions in order to achieve the tories with total investments Qatar’s stu- the main pillars of the educational desired results. amounting to QR34bn. dents was system. His Excellency also addressed the QC Chairman underlined Qatar government’s will to greatly Minister of Education and Higher issue of investing in education and make things easy for those wanting to assert themselves admired by all who witnessed it. Education H E Dr Mohammed Abdul encouraging the private sector in this in the business field. Sheikh Khalifa also mentioned that He added that winning a number Wahed Al Hammadi, congratulated field through the provision of land and in the last two years, QC had has meetings with more of advanced rankings in the Intel the winning students and their schools school buildings, pointing out in this than 200 trade delegations. Those meetings opened up International Science and Engineering for their achievements. His Excellency context the ministry’s keenness to avenues to forge economic partnerships with interna- Fair, which was held recently in the expressed happiness with the achieve- serve and support children in public or tional entities in Qatar. United States, a new achievement to ments which coincides with the end of private schools. The QC Chairman said one of the highlights of the last two years has been the national move to back local produce at all levels. A bold project to boost fish farming is currently being looked at while setting up of several Election results show trust in EU not yet fully restored greenhouses — that have produced have tons of cucumbers, tomatoes, peppers and beans before reaching cross-country parliamentary situation. The situation will Parliament election five years the local markets in the last 10 months — has clearly THE JAPAN NEWS groups for their activities. continue in which euroskeptic ago, the euroskeptic forces been a boost to Qatar’s dreams of self-reliance in food In France, the ruling parties maintain influence to a increased their number of security. Earlier this year it was announced that Qatar he European Par- Republic on the Move led by certain extent in each member seats, taking advantage of the has achieved 100% self-sufficiency in the production of liament election for President Emmanuel Macron country and cause conflicts. EU’s poor handling of the live poultry, meat and dairy products. Qatar’s vegetable European Union and Marine Le Pen’s far-right Both center-left and European fiscal and financial production alone is expected to reach 70% over the next member countries National Rally competed center-right parties that have crisis that allowed it to expand. T led the European Parliament A brake was put on that five years. was held, and pro-EU forces fiercely to become the leading maintained the majority of the party, resulting in the National lost influence, while liberal momentum for the present, seats. The euroskeptic forces Rally slightly surpassing the parties and environmentalist perhaps because voters had a that seek policies placing top Republic on the Move. parties increased their number heightened sense of urgency priority on domestic interests Macron has come out with of seats. With the multipolarity following the confusion over struggled to increase their ambitious initiatives for EU of pro-EU forces, it is feared Brexit in Britain. The voting QUOTE OF THE DAY number of seats, acquiring reform, such as the creation of that consensus-building will rate was about 51 percent, up only about 30 percent of the a budget covering the entire become difficult. as many as eight percentage There will be no early total. The election results eurozone. If his ideas cannot The focal point for the points from the previous election, in September warrant no optimism that the obtain wider support, even in present is who will succeed election. The rate has been we will be preparing EU can restore unity and will his own country, Macron’s European Commission Pres- falling since the first election in head toward stability. The EU efforts to call for the pro- ident Jean-Claude Juncker 1979, but improved for the first the budget. If I wanted must produce concrete results motion of European inte- after he steps down in autumn time in this election. to bring down the on such imminent issues as gration will not be persuasive. this year. The center-right According to a recent government I wouldn’t refugees, security and eco- In Italy, which is suffering forces recommend a German opinion survey, nearly 70 spend night and day nomic disparity among EU from economic stagnation, the candidate, while Macron and percent had a high opinion of countries, and restore confi- far-right League that joined others oppose the candidate as their country joining the EU, putting together policy dence in the EU. the administration last year being inexperienced. Together seeing it as “beneficial.” proposals The European Parliament achieved a landslide victory. with the appointment of a new Many people cast votes, is one of the EU’s legislative The party’s tactic of touting the president of the European taking into serious consider- Matteo Salvini bodies. Seats are allocated confrontation with the EU over Central Bank, it is necessary to ation the significance of the Italy’s Deputy PM based on the population ratio fiscal and other issues worked smoothly coordinate this per- election. This can be said to of the member countries, and effectively. The spread of sonnel matter. have led to the moderate the lawmakers create anti-EU sentiment is a serious In the previous European outcome. FRIDAY 31 MAY 2019 OPINION 09 Pollution crackdown compounds slowdown woes in China’s heartland

or years, China’s industrial national rate and down 0.2 of a per- repairman, identifying himself by his a thriving model of e-commerce, heartland has been cloaked in centage point from 2017. surname Zhang, whose workshop near winning glowing write-ups in smog, its waterways choked But the interviews conducted by the plant was shut by inspectors. national newspapers after it was with pollution pumped from Reuters across Henan suggest con- Over the past years, Anyang has named in 2015 by the tech giant F tried encouraging new and cleaner enormous clusters of factories sumers are spending less, cities are Alibaba as central China’s very first churning out the mountains of cement struggling to retool their economies forms of economic growth. It has shut “Taobao village” - a designation for and steel needed to build the Chinese and the pollution crackdown is hurting hundreds of small polluters in sectors top rural sellers on the company’s PHILIP WEN & STELLA QIU economy. businesses and employment. like ceramics and cement, and tried to internet retailing platform. REUTERS Aiming to tackle what has become The steel-producing centre of attract industries like solar panels and But that all changed last year as a huge public health problem, the Anyang, which has long had some of electric vehicles by offering incentives China’s pollution crackdown inten- authorities have cracked down on pol- the worst air in China, is one place that and building sprawling new industrial sified. The top county-level official, luting industries, targeting provinces has been hit hard by the anti-pollution parks. However, it has struggled to factory owners said, held a town like Henan, which has a population of campaign. compete with numerous Chinese cities hall meeting and threatened to shut 100 million people and hundreds of The city of more than 5 million making similar bets, especially as everyone down permanently. A deal factory towns. people, dominated by the infra- China’s economy slows. was made for 19 of the 135 factories According to interviews with structure and insignia of the state- And the results of the anti-pol- to remain. Those wanting to stay factory and business owners, and con- owned Anyang Iron and Steel Group, lution efforts have been mixed. open agreed to upgrade their busi- sumers and workers across Henan, has forced local industry to upgrade Steel still accounts for more than nesses and invest in equipment to that crackdown — conducted with equipment and curb pollution, and half of Anyang’s economy — ensure they met water treatment often heavy-handed local enforcement shut down companies that were unchanged from a decade ago - and standards. Factories that opted out — is crippling the economies of towns unwilling or unable to comply. the environment is still bad. The taste were shut, their boilers and and cities that depend on polluting Li Huifeng, president of Baoshun of brimstone hangs in the air, and the processing equipment destroyed. industries. High-Tech Corporation, a coking coal fairy lights festooned on hundreds of The government of Mengzhou, Manufacturers across Henan have company founded by his parents in cranes on the city’s skyline could only which oversees Sangpo, declined to been particularly hard hit by the new 1983, said the cost of compliance had be dimly seen during a recent visit. comment when reached by phone. Manufacturers across environmental regulations, com- been painful. Baoshun’s huge plant, Part of the problem, according to But Mengzhou’s mayor said last year Henan have been pounding the pressures the province built in the hills in the west of Anyang, Liu Bingjiang, who heads the Ministry that the crackdown was necessary faces from China’s slowing economy was forced to implement production of Ecology and Environment’s air pol- and in accordance with the popular particularly hard hit by and a grinding trade war with the cuts last winter even though it had lution office, is that smog is also will, according to a statement on the the new environmental United States. installed low-emissions equipment blowing in from neighbouring indus- Mengzhou government website. regulations, compou- It also highlights the trade-off that exceeded required standards. trial regions, undermining local Sangpo village’s party chief nding the pressures China faces between providing a “Last year, business was really cleanup efforts. declined to comment when reached healthier environment for its citizens good but this year it is full of uncer- “All these measures, all these plans via the Chinese messaging app the province faces and maintaining economic growth in a tainties,” said Li. He added that new are in place, but it still can’t solve the WeChat. Calls to his cellphone went from China’s slowing province whose climb from poverty efficiency guidelines were likely to smog,” said Li, the steel mill owner. unanswered. The county govern- economy and a has lagged that of coastal regions. result in the closure of many producers The anti-pollution campaign is also ment’s plan is to corral remaining grinding trade war China does not provide statistics on of coking coal, which is used in steel hitting much smaller industrial centres. factories into a new industrial zone the costs of the environmental production. Li Xianzhong, the owner of Sangpo, a dusty two-street village by the end of the year. But with the United States. crackdown, but it has said that short- the Xinyuan Steel Mill in Anyang’s in northeast Henan, used to live off remaining business owners are It also highlights the term pain will lead to long-term western outskirts, said he was facing scores of sheepskin processing fac- worried about the slow pace of con- trade-off China faces growth through an economic curbs on production as well as spi- tories cranking out winter boots mod- struction and fear they will be “upgrade”. ralling costs because of the new envi- elled on UGG, the American brand with forced to shut. Ding, the former between providing a The information office of the State ronmental regulations. Australian roots. factory owner, said business owners healthier environment Council, China’s cabinet, did not According to industry estimates, While the industry was the main didn’t expect the crackdown — for its citizens and respond to a faxed request for environmental costs per tonne of steel employer in the village, that came with which has also discouraged lending maintaining economic comment on the economic effects of produced have risen to around 150 a heavy environmental cost: treating from banks - to be so harsh. the new restrictions. yuan per tonne, up from less than 50 the raw sheepskin consumed copious “Everyone in the village was growth in a province It’s difficult to get a full picture of yuan per tonne when the war on pol- amounts of water and contaminated moaning and sighing but no one whose climb from Henan’s economy from unreliable lution was launched in 2014. the local water supply. thought it would be this extreme,” poverty has lagged official figures, as it is for the whole “All this equipment needs a lot of Last July, the government moved Ding said. “We are at our wits’ end.” that of coastal regions. country. Henan’s official growth rate capital, and after you’ve invested, the to close most of the factories, sending was 7.6% in 2018, higher than the operation costs are also higher,” said dozens of police cars into Sangpo with Li. “If you don’t meet sirens wailing to enforce the shutdown. the standards, you Government inspectors were aren’t allowed to installed to keep watch at each factory operate.” to ensure compliance with the order. Near the sprawling Three factory owners were arrested D-RING ROAD Anyang steel plant in for violating environmental POST BOX: 3488 the city centre, residents regulations. DOHA - QATAR and workers com- During a visit to Sangpo by Reuters, [email protected] plained that the new most factories were idle during what environmental should have been peak production inspection rules had season. 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FAX: 44557819 aims to give clear ground rules that block such a referendum — indeed, While the United Kingdom as a [email protected] are legally watertight for any refer- any such stance would, in my view, whole voted to leave the EU in a endum vote. prove to be utterly unsustainable,” 2016 referendum, two of its four Sturgeon’s government In 2014, Scots rejected leaving she said in a statement. nations — Scotland and Northern their 300-year-old union with The bill does not set a date for a Ireland — voted to stay, feeding All thoughts and views wants to give visibility England and Wales by 55 to 45%. new independence vote but, political tension. and purpose to the Polls say support for independence speaking to the BBC in Dublin on Nationalists say the Brexit expressed in these columns discontent in Scotland has grown since, but a majority still Tuesday, Sturgeon said the latter watershed and the political chaos are those of the writers, over Britain’s exit from back the current UK political half of next year would be the “right that has ensued mean Scots now not of the newspaper. structure. time.” deserve a new choice on the UK the European Union. Results from last week’s Theresa May has said she will partnership, and accuse London of That puts extra pressure European election, in which Nicola step down as prime minister in riding roughshod over Scotland’s All correspondence on a UK government Sturgeon’s pro-EU Scottish June, opening a succession race in views on post-Brexit economic regarding Views and and parliament riven by National Party (SNP) increased its her party. relations. Opinion pages should be share of the vote to take three of For Scotland, any new prime May’s Conservative gov- sent to editor-in-chief political acrimony and six EU parliament seats assigned to minister aiming for a so-called hard ernment says Scotland’s views unable to decide the Scotland, appear to have Brexit will have to be aware of the have been heard, and that the office or mailed to the shape of Brexit. strengthened Sturgeon’s hand and risks of catalysing the independence nationalists want independence at [email protected] show the antipathy to Brexit north cause, said Professor Nicola any price. 10 ASIA FRIDAY 31 MAY 2019

China says US Japan-Russia talks on island disputes fail ‘playing with AP Japanese PM Abe TOKYO is eager to make fire’ over Russia and Japan accused each progress on the Taiwan other of military buildups as their dispute with Russia foreign and defence ministers and find opportunities AFP met in Tokyo yesterday for talks BEIJING that failed to make progress on to cooperate in decades-long island disputes. developing oil and The United States “is playing Russian Foreign Minister gas and other natural with fire” over Taiwan, Beijing Sergey Lavrov said at a joint resources. said yesterday, after recent US news conference after the talks moves related to the self-ruled that Russia was concerned about island - including the transit of Tokyo’s plan to build a pair of Russian-controlled islands warships through the Taiwan land-based Aegis Ashore missile claimed by both countries. Strait. defence systems, saying they The dispute over the islands, The United States diplomat- pose a “potential threat to which Russia calls the southern ically recognises China over Russia.” Kurils and Japan the Northern Taiwan, but Beijing has bristled The Aegis Ashore systems, Territories, has prevented the at the close relations between planned for deployment in Akita two countries from signing a Washington and the self-ruled on Japan’s northern coast and in peace treaty formally ending democratic island. Yamaguchi in the southwest, are their World War II hostilities. “The US recently often part of Japan’s rapidly expanding “Our country’s legal position played the Taiwan card, in a missile defence system to bolster does not accept the missile drills, vain attempt to use Taiwan to its ability to counter potential fighter aircraft deployment, and contain China. This is purely threats from North Korea and enhancement of the military wishful thinking,” Chinese China. presence in the Northern Terri- Defence Ministry spokesman Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu (both on right) attend Under guidelines approved tories,” Kono said. Wu Qian said at a monthly their joint news conference with Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono and Defense Minister Takeshi in December, Prime Minister Japanese Defence Minister press briefing. Iwaya after their two-plus-two Foreign and Defence Ministers meeting at the Iikura Guest House in Shinzo Abe’s government plans Takeshi Iwaya told his coun- China sees Taiwan as part Tokyo, Japan, yesterday. to increase purchases of terpart, Sergei Shoigu, and of its territory to be reunified, expensive American military Lavrov that the Aegis Ashore despite the two sides having equipment including F-35 stealth interceptors are “purely for international law, the territory Hokkaido, has been a priority for In November, Abe and being ruled separately since the fighter jets and cruise missiles as defensive purposes and never for is under Russia’s sovereignty and Abe and his conservative base. Russian President Vladimir Putin end of a civil war on the Japan continues to expand its use to threaten Russia or other those are Russian military activ- Abe is eager to make progress agreed to accelerate negotiations mainland in 1949. military cooperation with the US. countries.” Lavrov brushed off ities in Russian-held territory,” on the dispute with Russia and based on a 1956 Soviet proposal Two US warships sailed Japanese Foreign Minister Kono’s criticism, saying his he said. Regaining the disputed find opportunities to cooperate to return two of the islands to through the Taiwan Strait last Taro Kono accused Russia of a country is only operating in its islands, which are north of in developing oil and gas and Japan, but progress has since week in what the US Navy military buildup on own territory. “Under Japan’s northern main island of other natural resources. stalled. described as a routine transit in accordance with international law, triggering a protest from Beijing. Other moves that US looks to hold military drills with Jakarta angered China this month REUTERS include US lawmakers JAKARTA become entangled with rights KOPASSUS,” the statement said. approving legislation in support abusers prevented contacts with Lieutenant Colonel Dave of Taiwan, and a reported Acting US Defense Secretary Kopassus from advancing beyond Eastburn, a Pentagon spokesman, meeting between Taiwan’s Patrick Shanahan met his Indo- preliminary levels, US officials said the planning for the training national security chief David nesian counterpart yesterday as say. Indonesia and five other was still in the initial stages, but Lee and White House National the United States looks to Southeast Asian nations launched would likely be for four to six Security Adviser John Bolton. improve ties with an Indonesian the “Our Eyes” intelligence pact weeks and include approximately “The US is playing with fire special forces unit that have been last year aimed at combating mil- 150 participants. with its series of moves, which limited due to human rights itants and improving co-oper- “While planning is just are seriously jeopardising the abuses in the 1990s. ation on security threats. starting, the initial concept development of relations During a trip to Jakarta by The two sides said in a joint includes topics such as crisis between the two countries and Shanahan’s predecessor, Jim statement after the meeting response, hostage rescue, and the two militaries, as well as Mattis, last year, Indonesia said between Shanahan and his Indo- safeguarding human rights, seriously endangering peace it was hoping he could help ease nesian counterpart, Ryamizard among others,” Eastburn said. He and stability in the Taiwan American limitations on contacts. Ryacudu, that the United States added that the training would be Strait,” Wu said. The United States announced in was looking to normalise rela- with conducted with Kopassus 2010 that it had lifted its outright tions with Kopassus and hold a Unit 81. The meeting comes amid ban on US military contacts with joint exercise in 2020. increasing tensions between Vietnam teacher the Indonesian special forces “Both ministries affirm China and the United States. arrested over unit, known as Kopassus, which support for the expansion in our Indonesia has clashed with was accused of rights abuses in army to army exercise next year, China over fishing rights around Facebook posts East Timor as it prepared for and by normalising the Army the Natuna Islands detaining independence. special forces relationship Chinese fishermen and expanding AFP/HANOI Acting US Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan walks with his Indonesian But legal restrictions meant beginning in 2020 with a Joint its military presence in the area counterpart Ryamizard Ryacudu in Jakarta, Indonesia, yesterday. to ensure the US military does not Combined Exercise Training with in recent years. A Vietnamese music teacher has been arrested for posting material on Facebook “aimed Mahathir calls for Prosecutors seek sale of NY condos linked to Malaysian fugitive at undermining” the state, his family and official media said common Asia REUTERS Low has denied wrongdoing to lift a stay on forfeiture pro- spokesman said in a statement. US yesterday in the communist trading currency KUALA LUMPUR and his whereabouts is ceedings so that the properties prosecutors this month sought country where a crackdown unknown. Since 2016, the US can be sold, court filings showed. permission to sell a $39m Los against online critics has AFP US prosecutors are seeking to Department of Justice has filed The properties are a $31m pent- Angeles mansion that was also gathered pace. Activists, rights TOKYO sell two luxury condominiums forfeiture lawsuits on about house in the Time Warner Center allegedly bought with 1MDB pro- lawyers and bloggers have long in New York City linked to $1.7bn in assets allegedly bought allegedly bought by Low in 2011, ceeds. Authorities in at least six been targeted in the one-party East Asia should consider a fugitive financier Low Taek Jho, with stolen 1MDB funds, and a $14m condominium in a countries are investigating sus- state where independent media common regional trading court documents showed, the including a private jet, luxury trendy Manhattan neigh- pected money laundering and and public protests are banned, currency based on gold to latest effort to recover money real estate and jewellery. bourhood bought in 2014. graft linked to 1MDB, set up in with critics increasingly moving promote commerce, and free allegedly stolen from Malaysia’s The United States this month Low’s spokesman said his 2009 by the then Malaysian prime onto social media to voice the region from relying on state fund 1MDB. began returning to Malaysia client was “aware of two further minister, Najib Razak. Najib, who discontent. Nguyen Nang Tinh dollar transactions, Malaysia’s Low, known as Jho Low, has some $200m recovered from the successfully-negotiated agree- lost power in a general election was arrested for “producing, prime minister said yesterday. been charged in Malaysia and the sale of seized assets. ments with the US government.” last year, is facing more than 40 disseminating or spreading Mohamad Mahathir said the United States for his role in the On Wednesday, US prose- “This continued ongoing collabo- criminal charges related to losses information and documents proposed currency could be suspected theft of about $4.5bn cutors and the holding com- ration is crucial in order to protect at 1MDB and other government aimed at undermining” used for regional trade, but from state fund 1Malaysia Devel- panies for two New York apart- both the value of the assets and entities. He has consistently Vietnam, according to the would not replace national cur- opment Berhad (1MDB). ments asked a California court the parties’ legal rights,” the denied wrongdoing. official police newspaper. rencies for use at the domestic level. “In the Far East if you want Hong Kong raises jail threshold to come together, we should start with a common trading for proposed extradition law currency, not to be used locally but for the purpose of settling AFP mounting alarm within Hong of trade,” he said at the Future HONG KONG Kong’s business and legal com- of Asia forum in Tokyo. munities — as well as foreign “At the moment we have to Hong Kong’s government governments — who fear it will depend upon the US dollar but yesterday made more conces- hurt the semi-autonomous the US dollar is also not stable. sions to a controversial proposed financial hub’s international So the currency that we propose extradition law for mainland appeal. should be based on gold China, saying only those wanted Faced with a growing crit- because gold is much more for crimes facing at least a icism both domestically and stable,” he added. seven-year jail sentence would abroad — and angry debates in He said the exchange rate be handed over. the city’s parliament — the city’s of the regional currency would The city’s pro-Beijing security chief has unveiled a “relate to” the performance of authorities are pushing a bill series of tweaks to the proposed individual countries and would through the legislature which law. John Lee told a press con- help harmonise regional trade. would allow case-by-case extra- ference yesterday that rather “That way we know much ditions to any jurisdiction it than allowing extraditions for we owe, we know how much doesn’t already have a treaty crimes which carry a maximum have to pay, in the currency of with — including mainland three years of imprisonment, the east Asia.” In 1998, Mahathir China. Historically the city has threshold will be raised to at defied international experts and baulked at mainland extradi- least seven. imposed capital controls to Taiwan holds military drill tions because of the opacity of Lee also said that the gov- shield the economy amid a China’s criminal justice system ernment will only consider regional financial crisis, and he AH-1W attack helicopters launch Hellfire missiles during the live fire Han Kuang military exercise, which and its liberal use of the death extradition requests from other is a longtime critic of currency simulates China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) invading the island, in Pingtung, Taiwan, yesterday. penalty. The extradition plan has countries made through their trading. sparked huge protests and top authority. FRIDAY 31 MAY 2019 EUROPE 11 7 dead, several missing as tour boat sinks in Budapest

AFP Thirty-five people The tragedy comes five years BUDAPEST were on board after the Sewol disaster in South the boat, most of Korea in which more than 300 Hungarian rescuers were people, mostly children, perished hunting for survivors yesterday them South Korean when a ferry capsized in April after one of the country’s worst tourists including 2014. boat disasters that left seven a six-year-old girl In Budapest, army divers South Korean tourists dead and who was travelling joined police in the search for 21 others still missing. survivors and victims, but the The Mermaid sightseeing with her mother and operation has been complicated boat capsized and sank in just grandparents and by high river levels and a strong seconds after colliding with a remains missing. current after weeks of heavy huge passenger river cruise ship rainfall. on the Danube in the heart of Three bodies have been Budapest in driving rain on Jung told South Korea’s Yonhap found several kilometres south Wednesday evening. news agency. of the disaster site, police said. Army boats were scouring The 26-metre Mermaid, Police showed journalists the murky waters of the Danube which sank near Hungary’s par- security camera footage from a Police special forces officers and divers are seen on a vessel at the site of a ship accident, which as dozens of people looked on, liament building, was dwarfed bridge which captured the killed several people, near Margaret Bridge on the Danube river in Budapest, Hungary, yesterday. with chances of finding survivors by the vessel it collided with -- moment of the tragedy. fading more than 20 hours after the 135-metre four-storey Viking “The footage shows that the accident in the chilly and Sigyn “longship” which had before the collision the Mermaid regularly serviced and had no to fly to Budapest from Friday, member. Wreckage was found fast-moving river. about 180 passengers on board. turned towards the Viking Sigyn apparent technical faults, Mihaly the same day South Korea’s on the riverbed near the Mar- Thirty-five people were on “We were on our balcony, cruise boat, for some reason, the Toth, a spokesman for its owner Foreign Minister Kang Kyung- garet Bridge, one of the main board the Mermaid, most of them and we saw people in the water, Viking then turned the small boat Panorama Deck told Hungarian wha is set to arrive along with a links between the two parts of South Korean tourists including screaming for help,” said Ginger over, and it sank within seven news agency MTI, adding that it emergency task force. the Hungarian capital, local a six-year-old girl who was trav- Brinton, a 66-year-old American seconds,” police colonel Adrian was on “a routine sightseeing Hungary’s emergency media said. elling with her mother and tourist on the Sigyn. Pal told a press conference. trip”. Lee Sang-moo, chief oper- services spokesman Pal Gyorfi Zsolt Gabor Pataki, a colonel grandparents and remains “We never felt any bump. We Viking Cruises confirmed the ating officer of Very Good Tour said seven survivors were taken with the fire department, said the missing. didn’t realise. We just saw people Sigyn was “involved in an which organised the trip for the to hospital with symptoms of search operation had been “The current was so fast and in the water. It was just terrible.” incident” on the Danube but South Koreans, said most of the hypothermia and shock. extended to cover the entire people were floating away but Police said they have launched there were no injuries to its crew passengers were in their 50s and Fifteen boats are involved in length of the Danube in Hungary the rescue team did not come,” a probe into “criminal negli- or guests. “We are cooperating 60s, with the oldest a man in his the search for those still unac- south of Budapest and that the a rescued 31-year-old woman gence” and were questioning the with the authorities as required,” early 70s. counted for - including the Hun- authorities in neighbouring identified only by her surname Sigyn’s Ukrainian captain. it said. The Mermaid was Lee said 40 relatives are due garian captain and crew Serbia had been contacted. Corbyn calls for election or 2nd referendum on Brexit deal Four troops die AFP in Ukraine LONDON Brexit and it remains unclear Speaking ahead of meetings out of the Brexit crisis ripping our without a deal if necessary. whether the party would back with the Irish President and country apart is now to go back Corbyn said the country faced a copter crash Leave or Remain in the next Prime Minister in Dublin, Corbyn to the people. Let the people summer in which “our politics The leader of Britain’s main general election. The party’s said Labour would “work with decide the country’s future, will be paralysed and our coun- AFP/KIEV opposition Labour party Jeremy approach to Brexit — dubbed anyone across party boundaries either in a general election or try’s future put on hold while the Corbyn — criticised for failing to “constructive ambiguity” — saw and do whatever is necessary to through a public vote on any deal Conservatives are locked in An army helicopter crashed in take a clear position on Brexit — them get hammered at the ballot stop a disastrous ‘No Deal’ agreed by parliament.” Some internal conflict over their western Ukraine killing four on Wednesday said the only way box during EU elections last outcome, which would open the rival candidates vying to take leadership. servicemen, the military said out of the political crisis was to week, losing half of their 20 seats way for a frenzy of deregulation over from outgoing Prime Min- “The next Tory leader will be yesterday. hold a general election or a in the European Parliament and and a race to the bottom in jobs, ister Theresa May as premier and yet another unelected Prime The Mi-8 helicopter second “public vote on any deal finishing in third place behind rights and protections. leader of the Conservative Party Minister, without the support of crashed in the western Rivne agreed by parliament”. the staunchly anti-Brexit Lib “But faced with the threat of including frontrunner Boris the public and with no mandate region during a training flight Labour has come under fire Dems and the newly-formed ‘No Deal’ and a Prime Minister Johnson have said Britain must for whatever form of Brexit he late Wednesday, killing three for sitting on the fence over Brexit Party. with no mandate, the only way be prepared to leave the EU or she supports.” crew members and the com- mander of the 16th Separate Army Aviation Brigade of Italy avoids crisis Ground Forces, a statement Ukrainian parliament rejects PM’s resignation said. It was not immediately after minister’s clear what caused the crash. AFP was ready to accept any decision Ukraine’s new President fraud conviction KIEV lawmakers made. Zelensky does Volodymyr Zelensky expressed AFP/ROME not command majority support his condolences and tasked Ukraine’s parliament yesterday in the current parliament and newly-appointed general staff The Italian government avoided rejected the prime minister’s has called an election for July 21. chief Ruslan Khomchak with a crisis yesterday after a junior resignation, despite new Pres- His new party is leading in overseeing the investigation. far-right minister resigned ident Volodymyr Zelensky the polls but it is not yet clear “Our army should not be following his conviction for urging the government to quit whether it will win a majority in losing people during games and fraud and embezzlement in their posts ahead of a snap the vote. Groysman has said he drills,” the 41-year-old pres- what was known as the “crazy election. will stand in the election. ident was quoted as saying by expenses” trial. Volodymyr Groysman, con- Zelensky, a 41-year-old his office. Zelensky, a former The case threatened to put sidered close to fromer president comedian, was sworn in as comedian, swept last month’s the anti-migrant League and its Petro Poroshenko, presented his Ukraine’s sixth president and presidential election in a rebuke leader Matteo Salvini on a col- resignation to newly inaugurated used his inaugural speech to to the establishment fuelled by lision course with coalition Zelensky last week, pending par- announce the dissolution of par- popular anger over war with partner the Five Star Movement liamentary approval. liament, the Verkhovna Rada. Russian-backed separatists and Ukraine’s Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman delivers a speech (M5S) which has taken a tough “I thank you,” the 41-year- He urged ministers to resign, social injustice. during a session of parliament in Kiev, stance against corruption. old told parliament after they despite Ukrainian law obliging The conflict against Russia- The court in Genoa on voted to keep him in. Groysman, the government to do so only backed insurgents in the east Thursday sentenced infra- who has been in office for three after parliamentary elections. He head of the state security service, minister who are loyal to his has claimed some 13,000 lives structure and transport under- years, said before the vote he has called for the sacking of the prosecutor-general and defence predecessor. since 2014. secretary Edoardo Rixi to three years and five months in prison, one month more than the pros- Assange ‘not well’, extradition ecutor had demanded. “I have already handed my resignation to Salvini,” Italian hearing moved to June 12 media quoted Rixi as saying. AFP Arbuthnot said. WikiLeaks Deputy Prime Minister LONDON expressed “grave concerns” on Salvini said that he had Wednesday over Assange’s con- accepted the resignation “solely Britain’s review of a US request dition. The website, which pub- to protect him (Rixi) and the to extradite WikiLeaks founder lished a trove of classified State activity of the government from Julian Assange on espionage Department and Pentagon senseless attacks and scandals.” charges has been moved to June, material about US operations in The court also ordered 50,000 with his lawyer telling court Afghanistan and Iraq, said euros ($56,000) to be seized yesterday the whistleblower is Assange has been moved to the from Rixi, who will appeal. in poor health. The United States prison’s health ward. “During the The court heard that Rixi has slapped 18 charges against seven weeks in Belmarsh his and 19 others accused at the the 47-year-old Australian, who health has continued to deteri- Liguria regional council had had been hiding in London’s orate and he has dramatically submitted private expenses Ecuadorian embassy for seven lost weight,” WikiLeaks said in a including for amusement park years until his arrest on April 12. statement. visits, lottery scratch cards, Sweden has since reopened “The decision of prison oysters and flowers between a 2010 rape investigation against authorities to move him to the 2010 and 2012. Assange and could file its own health ward speaks for itself.” German Chancellor Angela Merkel (right) acknowledges the applause as she receives an honorary The case echoes that of extradition request. The West- Around 30 supporters, some Doctor of Laws degree at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, US, yesterday. fellow League infrastructure minster Magistrates Court in wearing Assange masks and one and transport undersecretary London held a brief hearing yes- dressed as a giant whistle to rep- and Salvini confidante Angela Merkel gets Harvard honorary degree terday at which it moved the US resent his whistleblowing activ- Armando Siri, who was sacked case to June 12. Chief magistrate ities, chanted “we want justice” earlier this month amid graft AP/CAMBRIDGE, US Laws degree yesterday in director of the Smithsonian’s Emma Arbuthnot referred to and “stop killing Assange” allegations. Prime Minister advance of her keynote speech National Museum of African Assange as “not very well”, with outside the courthouse. “Don’t Giuseppe Conte sacked Siri German Chancellor Angela at Harvard’s 368th com- American History and Culture. the next hearing possibly taking shoot the messenger,” one despite Salvini’s protests that Merkel has been awarded an mencement ceremony. The 64-year-old Merkel was place at the Belmarsh prison placard said. Sixteen of the 17 US he had not accepted a 30,000- honorary degree from Harvard Others receiving honorary elected to lead Germany in 2005 where he is serving a separate charges under the Espionage Act euro bribe from a businessman University. degrees included former and is serving her fourth term, 50-week sentence for skipping are related to obtaining and dis- for promoting the interests of The Ivy League school gave Harvard President Drew Faust which she has said will be her bail. “It may be more convenient seminating classified renewable energy companies. Merkel an honorary Doctor of and Lonnie Bunch, founding last. for everyone if it’s there,” information. 12 EUROPE / AMERICAS FRIDAY 31 MAY 2019

Judge raps Trump, Trump assails gives lenient sentence to El Mueller after Chapo witness AP CHICAGO new charges A federal judge in Chicago took a swipe at President Donald Trump’s comment last year AP “I think Mueller is a true never criticizing cooperators as he WASHINGTON Trumper. He’s somebody who handed a lenient prison didn’t get a job that he wanted sentence to a star witness at the President Donald Trump angrily very badly.” trial of drug lord Joaquin “El assailed special counsel Robert Trump also said Mueller, who Chapo” Guzman in New York Mueller’s motives yesterday, a day is a Republican, should have last year. after Mueller bluntly rebuffed investigated law enforcement The judge sentenced Trump’s repeated claims that the officials whom the President Vicente Zamaba yesterday to Russia investigation had cleared claims tried to undermine him. 15 years for his years as a him of committing a federal crime He rattled off a series of names of logistics chief for the Sinaloa of obstruction of justice. people that he thought Mueller cartel. Without his cooperation Trump’s 20-minute eruption should have been investigating. against more than 100 cartel came the day after Mueller Trump mentioned Peter figures, he likely would have US President Donald Trump arrives to board Air Force One for travel to Colorado from Joint Base pointedly rejected his claims — Strzok, a former FBI agent who received a life sentence. With Andrews, Maryland, yesterday. repeated nearly every day — that helped lead the investigation and time served, the 44-year-old the special counsel’s two-year exchanged anti-Trump text mes- could go free in less than five federal investigation exonerated sages during the 2016 election years. him of criminal activity and was with ex-FBI lawyer Lisa Page. Before UK visit, Trump praises Judge Ruben Castillo merely a “witch hunt.” Trump, asked about praised Zambada’s cooperation. Mueller said on Wednesday impeachment by Congress, called He alluded to comments Trump that charging Trump with any it a “dirty word” and said he Brexit-supporting ‘friends’ made last year criticizing crime in court was “not an option” couldn’t imagine the courts defendants for flipping in because of federal rules, but he allowing him to be impeached. “I REUTERS unofficial campaign to leave the “Leaving with no deal would be criminal cases. Castillo told the used his first public remarks on don’t think so because there’s no WASHINGTON/LONDON EU in the 2016 Brexit refer- a very bad outcome for the hearing, “Are you kidding me?” the Russia investigation to crime,” he said. endum, wants to leave the bloc economy.” Hammond, under- He said those who flipped were emphasize that he did not exon- Mueller made clear that his US President Donald Trump without any agreement. lining his view on a no deal, indi- doing so to cooperate in the erate the President. team never considered indicting lauded Britain’s most high- When asked about Brexit, cated he could be prepared to interest of justice with US “If we had had confidence Trump because the Justice profile Brexit supporters — Boris Trump’s National Security vote to collapse his party’s gov- prosecutors. that the President clearly did not Department prohibits the prose- Johnson and Nigel Farage — as Adviser John Bolton said the ernment if he felt it was heading commit a crime, we would have cution of a sitting president. his friends yesterday, weighing United States remained Britain’s in the wrong direction. European unity said so,” Mueller declared. He and others have indicated into Britain’s political crisis just most steadfast ally and dis- The United Kingdom was Trump called Mueller “con- that the next move, if any, is up to days before his state visit to missed questions about the supposed to have left the EU on vital to avoid new flicted.” He said falsely that Congress, which does have the London. security implications of leaving March 29 but its politicians are cold war: UN chief Mueller, who served as FBI power of impeachment. Trump Trump told reporters he had the bloc. “You know, America still arguing over how, when or director under President George has blocked House committees’ great respect for Johnson and declared its independence once even whether the country will AFP W. Bush, wanted his old job back, subpoenas and other efforts to dig Farage and considered them — we made out okay,” Bolton leave the club it joined in 1973. FRANKFURT AM MAIN but that he had told him no. into the Trump-Russia issue, friends, but declined to say quipped to reporters in London. That political failure caused “Robert Mueller should have insisting Mueller’s report has whether he supported Johnson Britain’s finance minister car production to plunge last UN Secretary General Antonio never been chosen,” Trump said. settled everything. to succeed Theresa May, who is warned those in his party vying month as factories shut down in Guterres yesterday warned stepping down as prime minister for May’s job that a no-deal expectation of a Brexit that never Europe must remain united if it after failing to steer the country Brexit would endanger the came, according to data pub- wants to avoid a new “cold war” out of the European Union. economy. lished on Thursday. in tumultuous political times. “Nigel Farage is a friend of The Brexit crisis that has An exit — currently due to “If you want to avoid a new mine. Boris is a friend of mine,” engulfed British politics for happen on October31 — without cold war... if you want to build Trump told reporters as he left months has deepened with the a deal would mean no transition a true multilateral order, we the White House to deliver a impending departure of May, period. Bank of England Gov- absolutely need a united and speech in Colorado. who was unable to get parlia- ernor Mark Carney said the dis- strong Europe,” Guterres said “I like them... but I haven’t mentary approval for the with- ruption could be akin to the as he accepted the Charle- thought about supporting them. drawal deal she had negotiated 1970s oil shock. magne Prize for services to Maybe it’s not my business to with Brussels. May’s government has European unity in Aachen, support people, but I have a lot A new Conservative Party repeatedly warned of the dis- Germany. of respect for both of those men.” leader, who should be in place ruption a no-deal Brexit would The prize has been awarded Johnson is a former foreign and take over the premiership cause for everything from travel annually since 1950 for efforts minister seen as the favourite to by the end of July, is likely to with pets to the import of crucial to cement European unification. replace May after she steps down want a more decisive split, medicines and supply chains that But the former Portuguese as Conservative Party leader on raising the chances of a confron- criss-cross Europe and beyond. prime minister warned that as June 7. He has said Britain should tation with the EU and poten- Opposition Labour leader trust in international institu- Roger Stone, longtime political ally of US President Donald Trump, be prepared to leave the bloc tially a snap parliamentary Jeremy Corbyn said the danger tions threatens to erode on a arrives for a hearing to convince a judge to dismiss charges without a deal, arguing that election. “We need to get the of a no deal had risen with May’s rising tide of populism, the con- stemming from Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s probe into stance would force the EU to spectre of a no-deal exit off the departure announcement, and tinent must be alert to the Russian interference in the 2016 election, at US District Court in offer it better terms. table,” finance minister Philip pledged to do everything he dangers accompanying that Washington, yesterday. Farage, who led the Hammond told the BBC. could to stop it. trend.

Lawyers working to avoid retrial Italy, Malta rescue migrants in Mediterranean AFP Rome by the United Nations High The migrants, who sent an Watch the Med, said the Italian to be on land after three days at of Jordanian just VALLETTA Commissioner for Refugees SOS signal to Alarm Phone, a vol- vessel could have rescued the sea”. off death row (UNHCR). Trapped by renewed unteer-run Mediterranean stricken migrants “nearly a day Malta has appealed to the EU The Italian navy rescued 100 fighting in conflict-struck Tripoli, rescue hotline, had said that a ago”. The Maltese navy said for help in dealing with the flow AP migrants stranded in the Medi- many were suffering from mal- five-year-old girl on board had earlier that it had rescued 75 of migrants, which its much CINCINNATI terranean yesterday, as 178 nutrition or needed medical perished, but the navy said no migrants found clinging to a tuna larger neighbour Italy has begun others were taken to the Italian attention. one had died. pen while trying to make the to turn away. Prosecutors and lawyers for a island of Lampedusa, and Malta, The Italian navy said the lives Italy’s far-right Interior Min- dangerous journey across the The island of 450,000 people Jordanian man who spent two officials said. of the 100 people it rescued had ister Matteo Salvini said the Mediterranean. is a common destination for decades on Ohio’s death row Meanwhile, 149 migrants been in imminent danger after migrants would be taken to the The UN refugee agency said migrants trying to cross the Med- before his conviction was tossed from East Africa, including 65 their boat’s engine failed in northern port of Genoa. it spoke to those rescued when iterranean from North Africa, said yesterday that they are minors and 13 babies under one, worsening weather. Only a few Alarm Phone, which is they arrived in Malta “exhausted, and a hardline stance from Italy trying to work out an agreement were airlifted from Libya to of them had lifejackets. operated by German association hungry, and extremely relieved has increased pressure on it. to avoid his retrial. Ahmad Fawzi Issa, 49, in jail stripes and handcuffs, pleaded not guilty to aggravated murder Austria gets first in Hamilton County court. He will remain jailed without bond. While the murder charge may end up being dropped, attorneys female chancellor said Issa will face likely depor- AFP She said that Clemens tation to his homeland after this VIENNA Jablons, a previous president of case is resolved. the Supreme Administrative Issa was convicted in 1998 Austrian President Alexander Court, was “ready to take up the and sentenced to die for allegedly Van der Bellen appointed the posts of vice-chancellor and arranging the 1997 slaying of a head of the country’s consitu- justice minister”. Cincinnati convenience store tional court as Austria’s first She added that she would owner. The 6th US Circuit Court female chancellor yesterday to put forward diplomat Alexander of Appeals last year threw out his lead an interim government Schallenberg for the post of conviction, ruling that his con- until elections later in the year. foreign minister. “If this is sur- stitutional right to confront wit- Brigitte Bierlein will now be prising for you, it is for me as nesses against him was violated tasked with forming a cabinet well,” Bierlein told journalists and that hearsay testimony was after the previous government gathered for the statement. used to convict him. collapsed spectacularly over the Van der Bellen called Last week, the US Supreme so-called “Ibiza-gate” cor- Bierlein a “prudent, far-sighted Court rejected Ohio’s appeal and ruption scandal. and highly competent gave the state six months to retry “I will seek to win Austrians’ personality”. Issa or release him. Prosecutor trust,” Bierlein said alongside Bierlein, 69, has been pres- Mark Piepmeier said it would be Van der Bellen in a televised ident of the constitutional court difficult to take the case to trial statement yesterday, saying she since last year and previously again after so many years, and would hold talks with political held several other prominent that at least two of the original parties and civil society organ- positions as a judge and Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen speaks next to designated Chancellor Brigitte Bierlein police investigators have died. isations in the coming days. prosecutor. during a news conference in Vienna, Austria, yesterday. FRIDAY 31 MAY 2019 AMERICAS / CLASSIFIEDS 13 Thousands protest in Brazil over education cuts AFP spending for public universities in day. “I’m here for those who are BRASÍLIA the second half of this year. poor and deserve the right to A suspension of post-graduate quality public education,” social Thousands of protesters took to scholarships for students in services student Kaio Duarte told the streets of Brazil’s capital science and the humanities has AFP in the capital. yesterday following calls for a also fueled anger. “I’m worried that the next second nationwide demonstration Tens of thousands protested generation won’t have all of the in as many weeks over the across Brazil on May 15, but Thurs- rights to education that I have had. government’s plan to slash day’s turnout could be lower after “This protest makes clear that stu- education spending. the government said it would free dents will never be silenced.” The Far-right President Jair Bol- up 1.59bn reais in funding (about protests come after thousands of sonaro’s government has pro- $400m) for the sector. Protests pro-Bolsonaro protesters voked outrage among students began in Brasilia ahead of dem- marched in cities across Brazil on and teachers over its proposal to onstrations in Sao Paulo, Rio de Sunday in a show of support for freeze 30 percent of discretionary Janeiro and other cities later in the the embattled leader. SERVICES

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A semi-truck and a bus carrying passengers back from a pilgrimage to a Catholic shrine crashed and burst into flames in eastern Mexico, killing at least 21 people, officials said. Thirty others were injured. Most of the victims were pil- grims from the southern state of Chiapas who were on their way back from a trip to Mexico City to pray at the basilica of the Virgin of Guadalupe, the country’s patron A general view shows the site where at least 20 people died in a saint, said the head of the Civil fiery accident in the southeastern Mexican state of Veracruz when Protection service for the state of a bus collided with a cargo truck in the municipality of Maltrata. Veracruz, Guadalupe Osorno. “The forensics experts at the scene report 17 bodies of pas- by this accident and share in their crashed into the other, causing sengers who were travelling in the families’ overwhelming pain,” it both to erupt in flames and leaving bus, plus two people who died in said. the bus a charred frame lying on the semi-truck,” she said. The accident occurred on a its side. Rescue and forensic “One person was dead on highway in a region known as the workers carried away the bodies arrival at the hospital, and another Maltrata hills, where the roads after covering them. who was in serious condition wind between peaks that rise In 2006, more than 50 Evan- died.” The Catholic archdiocese more than 6,500 feet above sea gelical Christians were killed in of Tuxtla Gutierrez, in Chiapas, level. the same region when their bus sent its condolences to the victims’ Emergency officials at the plunged into a ravine. Authorities loved ones in a statement. “We scene said one of the vehicles lost said that accident was also caused deeply regret the deaths caused its brakes going downhill and by faulty brakes. 14 CLASSIFIEDS FRIDAY 31 MAY 2019

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 BUSINESS Friday 31 May 2019 PAGE | 16 PAGE | 16 Telecoms giant Bitcoin likely EE launches to consolidate BBritain’s first 5G in $7,000 to services $10,000 range

Your Global Remittance Partner Currency TT Rate Currency TT Rate Currency TT Rate Currency TT Rate QAR/INR : 19.05 QAR/PHP : 14.23 QAR/LKR : 48.26 QAR/BDT : 23.10 EUR/QAR : 4.17 GBP/QAR : 4.73 CAD/QAR : 2.78 AUD/QAR : 2.63 CHF/QAR : 3.77 SGD/QAR : 2.76 KWD/QAR : 12.20 OMR/QAR : 9.55 MAIN BRANCH LULU HYPER MARKET SANAYYA (STREET 17) AL KHOR PH: 44441448 PH: 44650768 PH: 44510088 PH: 44213444 MATAR QADEEM MANSOURA - AL MEERA ABU HAMOUR BIN OMRAN - ALMEERA PH: 44655559 PH: 44357552 PH: 44621271 PH: 44162002 alzamanexchange www.alzamanexchange.com 44441448 QSE investors became QR30bn Brent falls on trade war worries REUTERS richer during last week SINGAPORE/LONDON Brent crude futures, MOHHAMMAD SHOEB The market cap rose Oil prices fell yesterday on THE PENINSULA trading value during last week fears of a global economic the international by 5.55 percent to accounted for 23.17 percent of slowdown due to a US-China benchmark for oil Investors at the Qatar Stock reach QR568.07bn the total traded value. Mesaieed trade war but losses were prices, were at Exchange (QSE) became nearly as compared to Petrochemical Holding capped by a tightening crude QR30bn richer during last week Company accounted for 22.82 market and rising political ten- $69.03 per barrel at as the benchmark index gained QR538.19bn at the percent and Ezdan Holding sions in the Middle East. 1325 GMT, down 42 542.49 points, or 5.58 percent, end of previous week. Group accounted 14.62 percent. Brent crude futures, the cents, or 0.6 percent, over the week when the bourse When compared on daily international benchmark for oil from their last close. closed yesterday at 10,273.01 24.03 percent and Real Estate basis, the QSE index gained prices, were at $69.03 per points. sector accounted 16.66 percent. 341.07 points, or 3.43 percent, barrel at 1325 GMT, down 42 The market cap rose by 5.55 Real Estate sector led traded yesterday compared to Wednes- cents, or 0.6 percent, from their Because of weakening subjecting Iran to almost percent to reach QR568.07bn as volume last week with 51.89 day’s closing. last close. demand, Bernstein said any unprecedented economic pain,” compared to QR538.19bn at the percent of the total traded volume. The volume of shares traded US West Texas Interme- upside for oil markets was said Helima Croft (pictured) end of previous week. Industries sector accounted for increased to 36. 63 million from diate (WTI) crude futures were capped despite relatively tight from RBC Capital Markets. Trading value during last 28.28 percent. Banking and 24.53 million on Wednesday and up 23 cents, or 0.4 percent, at supply. Arab leaders gather in week increased by 177.64 Financial Services sector the value of shares increased to $59.04 a barrel, supported by Oil prices have been sup- Saudi Arabia on Thursday for percent to reach QR4.96bn com- accounted 11.38 percent and Con- QR771.36m from QR399.20m on expectations of a fall in US ported in recent months by emergency summits that pared to QR1.78bn. sumer Goods and Services sector Wednesday. crude inventories. output cuts from the Organi- Riyadh hopes will deliver a Trading volume increased accounted 4.03 percent. From the 47 companies “An escalating US-China zation of the Petroleum strong message to Iran that by 178.95 percent to reach Real Estate sector led traded listed on QSE, shares of 44 saw trade war represents a risk to Exporting Countries (Opec) and regional powers will defend 202.65 million shares, as against number of transactions last trading today. From these, 35 oil markets,” Bernstein Energy other major producers as well their interests against any 72.65 million shares, while the week with 47.15 percent of the companies gained, five closed said in a note yesterday. as falling supplies from Iran. threat following attacks on Gulf number of transactions rose by total number of transactions. lower, while four remaining A senior Chinese diplomat Iranian May crude exports oil assets this month. 49.96 percent, to reach 68,041 Industries sector accounted for companies were unchanged. ramped up the rhetoric against dropped to less than half of Many analysts also expect transactions as compared to 21.78 percent. Banking and Indices of all sectors the United States yesterday by April levels at around 400,000 the Opec-led supply cuts to be 45,373 transactions, reports Financial Services sector ended in green zone today. comparing actions from Wash- barrels per day (bpd) after the extended until the end of 2019 QNA. accounted for 15.50 percent and QSE Total Return Index ington to “naked economic United States tightened sanc- as the group wants to prevent Industries sector led traded Consumer Goods and Services increased 3.43 percent to terrorism”. tions on Tehran’s main source oil prices falling back to levels value last week with 30.96 sector accounted for 9.61 18,903.20 points and QSE Al Bernstein said that under of income. Iran needs to export seen in late 2018 when Brent percent of the total traded value. percent. Rayan Islamic Index also “a full-blown trade war sce- at least 1.5-2.0 million bpd of slumped to $50 per barrel. Banking and Financial Services From the 46 listed com- increased 2.69 percent to nario” global oil demand would crude to balance its books. Since Opec and its allies sector accounted for 24.34 panies 30 ended last week 3,993.09 points. QSE All Share grow by just 0.7 percent this “We see an abundance of started withholding supply in percent. Consumer Goods and higher, while 13 fell and three Index increased 3.45 percent year, only half of current escalation risks in large part January, oil prices have risen Services sector accounted for unchanged. Qatar Fuel led to 3,046.22 points estimates. because the US sanctions are by about 30 percent. EU threatens Brazil govt, Petrobras US firms with asset seizures lobby ahead of key over any Cuba privatisation ruling claims REUTERS and stems ultimately from a BLOOMBERG BRASILIA similar decision made by a dif- BRUSSELS ferent judge last year. Brazilian state-run oil company A ruling upholding the The European Union warned Petrobras and sectors of the gov- injunctions would be a blow to US companies they risk having ernment are mobilizing in the Petrobras, which is counting on their assets seized if they lead-up to a Supreme Court asset sales to reduce its hefty net pursue claims over the bloc’s session next week that could have debt load of roughly 372 billion dealings with Cuba, adding to a profound effect on privatiza- reais ($93bn). Among the asset the friction in transatlantic ties. tions in the country. divestitures that would likely be Earlier this month, Pres- In recent days, lawyers for affected by the ruling is the sale ident Donald Trump decided Petroleo Brasileiro SA, as well as of eight refineries that the to let US citizens file lawsuits S Africa retains its Finance Minister Brazil’s Ministry of Mines and company has said could fetch over property confiscated in Tito Mboweni (right) is being sworn in as South Africa’s Finance Minister by Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng Energy and the federal solicitor- some $15bn. Cuba during the 1959 revo- in Pretoria, South Africa, yesterday. The Democratic Alliance (DA), the main opposition, has applauded general’s office, known as the Privatizations are also a lution, meaning claimants can President Cyril Ramaphosa’s decision to retain Tito Mboweni as finance minister. Mboweni was the 8th AGU, have been lobbying the top major pillar of President Jair Bol- sue companies that have used Governor of the South African Reserve Bank and the first Black South African to hold the post. court to overturn injunctions sus- sonaro’s economic programme. their former property on the pending divestitures by Petrobras, His economy minister, Paulo island. according to several sources with Guedes, has said privatizations The EU, which is the knowledge of the matter. could bring 1 trillion reais into biggest foreign investor in Brazil’s Supreme Court, the public coffers. As part of the gov- Cuba, has said Trump’s Uber Technologies lowers barrier to STF, was initially scheduled to ernment’s full court press, the decision to activate the con- rule at 2 pm Brasilia time (1700 AGU has sent a memorandum to troversial provision in the GMT) on whether the sale of state- STF justices defending the sale of Helms-Burton Act could result drive for those with little cash run companies and their subsid- assets without congressional in a flood of litigation against iaries needs the approval of Con- approval, according to the foreign firms. In a letter sent BLOOMBERG payments owed to Fair. drivers that now make up gress and whether they need to sources, who requested ano- to the US Chamber of Com- NEW YORK “Uber wants to really find a roughly half of the company’s be sold in an auction format. nymity as they were not merce, the European Com- way to lower the barrier or the more than 30,000 active users. However, at the beginning of authorized to speak to media. mission threatened to retaliate Uber Technologies Inc is going hurdle to getting into a car,” Initially conceived as a way to the hearing, STF President Dias Brazil’s solicitor-general, against any claims targeting EU nationwide with a programme Scott Painter, Fair’s founder and help new drivers get started, Toffoli delayed a ruling until André Luiz Mendonça, has per- companies. that helps those without a car, chief executive officer, said in Uber’s unit formerly known as Wednesday next week, saying the sonally met with STF President “Initiating a court case in or the financial means to get a phone interview about the Xchange Leasing racked up court would dedicate the Toffoli, and Petrobras lawyers the US will likely start a pro- one, drive for the ride-hailing program, which is expanding to losses and drew criticism for Thursday session to testimony have also been at the STF to tracted legal process in which giant. 10 major markets across the US. saddling drivers with financial from interested parties. defend the company’s position. those companies might win Since January, Uber has “This is designed specifically to commitments they struggled to Brazil-listed preferred shares The AGU has also publicly compensation in US courts partnered in California with attract drivers who may not meet. Painter said Fair’s model in Petrobras turned negative after defended Petrobras’ ability to sell only to have the same amount flexible car-leasing startup Fair even have enough credit to get will be less risky because the the STF delayed its decision, and assets without congressional seized from their EU oper- to supply vehicles to drivers for a traditional car loan of any company is more flexible about were down 0.5 percent in approval. ation,” the bloc’s executive arm a $185 refundable security kind.” allowing drivers to return a car afternoon trade. The hearing “This ruling is going to give a said in the letter addressed to deposit. Drivers can then earn Uber agreed to sell its sub- when they want and isn’t follows a decision by a single big signal to the market,” said a John G Murphy, senior vice- that much in credits from Uber prime-lending unit to Fair in requiring them to make a sig- justice on Tuesday to suspend the government source. “It’s strate- president at the US Chamber if they complete 70 trips a week, January 2018, which gave the nificant financial commitment $8.6 billion sale of Petrobras’ TAG gically important, and it’s vital for of Commerce in Washington. which can effectively offset startup access to a pool of over a years-long lease. pipeline unit to France’s Engie SA, Brazil.” 16 BUSINESS FRIDAY 31 MAY 2019 Telecoms giant EE launches Britain’s first 5G services

AFP Thames. Next-generation 5G 5G services on July 3 in seven UK LONDON mobile networks offer almost cities, but it has also paused the instantaneous data transfer that sale of the Huawei Mate 20 X 5G British mobile phone operator EE will become the nervous system smartphone. yesterday became the first in the of Europe’s economy in strategic Vodafone does not use country to launch a high-speed sectors like energy, transport, Huawei in its core UK network but 5G service, but without smart- banking and health care. uses a mixture of Ericsson and US internet titan Google has phones from controversial EE had announced last week Huawei technology in its radio meanwhile started to cut ties Chinese technology giant Huawei. that it would make its 5G network access network or masts, between its Android operating EE, which is a division of British available to the public, but would according to a company system and Huawei, a move that telecoms giant BT, has launched not sell Huawei’s first 5G phone, spokesman. He added that there affects hundreds of millions of 5G in six major cities comprising the Mate 20 X 5G. are “multiple” layers of security smartphone users, after the US Belfast, Birmingham, Cardiff, However, the Chinese between the masts and the core government announced what Edinburgh, London and Man- company still provides 5G network. amounts to a ban on selling or chester, and more hubs will network infrastructure equipment Huawei faces pushback in transferring technology to the follow. to EE. some Western markets over fears company. “From today, the UK will be able “We are very pleased to be that Beijing could spy on commu- Earlier this week, Huawei to discover 5G for the first time one of the partners supporting EE nications and gain access to asked a US court to throw out US thanks to EE,” BT’s Chief Executive with a new era of faster and more critical infrastructure if allowed legislation that bars federal Philip Jansen (pictured) said in a reliable mobile connectivity over to develop foreign 5G networks. agencies from buying its products. statement, after an official launch 5G in the UK,” a Huawei spokes- The Chinese company flatly The US moves against Huawei featuring a performance from person told AFP yesterday. denies what it describes as come as the Washington and chart-topping grime act Stormzy Rival British mobile phone “unsubstantiated claims” about Beijing are embroiled in a wider on a boat on London’s River giant Vodafone will launch its own being a security threat. trade war. Bitcoin likely to consolidate in $7,000 to $10,000 range

BLOOMBERG program built on blockchain tech- resolute during last year’s “crypto NEW YORK nology. Novogratz named those two winter,” even as his firm lost mil- projects as evidence of the trend, lions amid a wider market tumble, Given the huge run-up in crypto- saying that “both were wild creden- saying then that he had high hopes currencies this year, billionaire tializers for this space.” crypto adoption would become investor Mike Novogratz (pictured) “We have gone from, you know, more universal. That forecast is predicting Bitcoin will soon con- crypto as an experiment, is it real? proved to be prescient, Bitcoin is up solidate to a narrower trading range, Is it tulips? To crypto is going to be more than 130 percent since New but noted that pure excitement a substantial part of the financial Year’s Day to about $8,700. Other could carry prices even higher. and consumer infrastructure of the coins, including Ether, have also “On a go-forward basis, Bitcoin world,” the former Fortress Group gained significantly but still have a probably consolidates somewhere hedge-fund manager and Goldman lot of catching up to do, he said, between $7,000 and $10,000. You rally to wider mainstream Sachs Group Inc. partner said on the adding that Ethereum’s got a long know, trees don’t grow to the sky,” acceptance and greater embrace of call. way to go in getting its technology the chief executive officer of Galaxy cryptocurrencies and their under- For the three months ended right. Digital Holdings Ltd, said on a con- lying blockchain technology by March 31, net income was $12.9m, But there’s “lots of excitement ference call yesterday discussing the established Wall Street and tech- compared with a net loss of $134m in the space” he said on the company’s first-quarter financial nology firms. Facebook Inc. is in the year-earlier period. The 10-minute call, joking that he spent results. “If I’m wrong on that, I think reportedly working on creating its income was largely a result of more time being stuck on an ele- I’m wrong to the upside, that there’s own cryptocurrency that will let realized gains on digital assets and vator early Thursday morning than enough excitement and momentum users transfer money on one of its unrealized gains on investments, he spent discussing the results. “We that it could carry through.” messaging apps, and Microsoft Corp. Galaxy Digital said in a statement. really do feel significantly better Novogratz credits this year’s has launched a digital identity Novogratz was similarly about the business.”

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A 50-year-old single father faces disapproval from his family and his ex-wife when he falls in love with a 26-year-old woman. FRIDAY 31 MAY 2019 SPORT 17 You need multiple winning seasons and Tiger Woods you need to do that for decades. That’s TODAY TOMORROW says he is ready to bounce Pakistan vs West Indies New Zealand vs Sri Lanka something I’m proud of. That’s not back from his PGA 2nd match 3rd match, in Cardiff something that happens overnight. To be Championship flop as he able to come this close to get to one chases another golfing in Nottingham Afghanistan vs Australia behind Sam Snead has been pretty amazing. landmark. 12:30pm (Qatar time) 4th match, (D/N) in Bristol Hazard inspires Chelsea to win Europa League

REUTERS Chelsea’s BAKU Eden Hazard celebrates Eden Hazard scored twice and created a after scoring third to steer Chelsea to a 4-1 victory over his first goal London rivals Arsenal in the Europa in the final. League final in what looks likely to be the Belgium winger’s final game for the Blues. Chelsea destroyed Arsenal with four second-half goals that handed coach Maurizio Sarri his first major trophy at the age of 60, although that might not be enough to silence the speculation that he could also be leaving Stamford Bridge Brits wave imminently. Former Arsenal hero Olivier Giroud and Spain attacker Pedro each got a goal farewell to Spain to give Chelsea their third European title in seven years, with the Champions lay out red carpet League triumph in 2012 followed by their first Europa League victory in 2013. to ‘hero’ Hazard Hazard, who joined Chelsea in 2012, looked emotional when he was substi- AFP tuted in the final minutes and held his LONDON hands over his eyes to an ovation in Baku’s cavernous Olympic Stadium. Belgian star Eden Hazard is reportedly The Belgium winger has signalled he Chelsea’s Rob Green and team-mates celebrate with the trophy after winning the Europa League final against Arsenal all set for a move to Real Madrid and wants to move to Real Madrid in the close at the Baku Olympic Stadium in Baku, Azerbaijan, on Wednesday. will depart Chelsea with praise ringing season. in his ears after the 4-1 trouncing of “My dream was to play in the Premier Arsenal in the Europa League final. League and I did it for seven years,” Chelsea ahead in the 49th minute with Giroud to concede a penalty that Hazard Cup against Parma. The defeat in the And if the deal goes through a red Hazard told a television reporter shortly an angled header. stroked home after 65 minutes. early hours yesterday - the final in the carpet welcome awaits the striker after the final whistle. “Maybe I think it The Blues doubled their lead 10 Alex Iwobi clawed a goal back for Azerbaijan capital kicked off at 11pm local already lauded as a legend in Spain is time to say goodbye. minutes later when Pedro diverted a Arsenal but Chelsea restored their three- time to coincide with peak viewing time following his two-goal strike against “We will decide in a few days and the cross from Hazard beyond former goal cushion in the 72nd minute when in England - also deprives Arsenal of their hapless Arsenal in Baku on only target in my mind was to win this final. Chelsea keeper Petr Cech, who was Hazard swapped passes with Giroud to last chance to qualify for next season’s Wednesday. I have made my decision already and now making his last appearance before score his second. Champions League. “It’s Hazta La Vista,” wrote the Sun I’m waiting on both clubs. I think it is a retiring as a player. Arsenal have lost five of their six Chelsea had already made sure of in characteristic style while the The goodbye, but in football you never know.” With Arsenal on the ropes, defender major European finals, with their only their place in Europe’s elite competition Guardian and The Times settled for After a tepid first half, Giroud put Ainsley Maitland-Niles collided with victory coming in the 1994 Cup Winners’ by finishing third in the Premier League. ‘Hazard’s golden goodbye’ and the Daily Mail lingered over the player’s post-match ‘goodbye kiss’ to Chelsea fans in the Baku stands. England-born Yennaris Injured Suarez included in Speaking after the game Hazard, 28, said “I think it’s a goodbye, but in football you never know,” unwilling becomes China’s first Uruguay’s Copa America squad to confirm that his dream to play for Real Madrid would be quickly realised. naturalised player AFP Brazil, where they line up in a tough Group But for the media, it’s already a MONTEVIDEO C alongside Ecuador, champions Chile and done deal bringing to an end Hazard’s guests Japan. astonishing seven year stint in the REUTERS However, Yennaris is one of Barcelona star Luis Suarez was included in Suarez’s presence is crucial to Uruguay’s Premier League. HONG KONG a number of overseas-born Uruguay’s Copa America squad yesterday chances of winning the Copa America for “When Maurizio Sarri allowed him players of Chinese descent to despite undergoing knee surgery just three the first time since 2011. to leave the pitch to a prolonged Former Arsenal and Brentford have joined a Chinese Super weeks ago. The Barca forward is his country’s all- ovation, the cheering mingled with midfielder Nico Yennaris has League club since the turn of the The 32-year-old striker was a doubt for time record goalscorer, ahead of Cavani in more than a few sighs,” wrote Oliver become the first overseas-born year in a sign that the mood had the continental showpiece due to begin in second, and the pair are amongst the few Brown in the Daily Telegraph. player to be called up for the changed. Brazil on June 14 after going under the knife survivors -- Godin being another -- from “For once the joy of this Europa China national team after he was The issue was also believed on May 9 to repair an “internal meniscal the last national team squad to lift the con- League triumph subsides, the club can included in Marcello Lippi’s squad to be a factor in Lippi’s decision injury.” tinental trophy. scarcely bear to contemplate what for upcoming friendlies against to return to the helm of the team Barcelona had said he would be out for Suarez scored 21 goals in La Liga this they will be missing.” the Philippines and Tajikistan. earlier this month, with the World “between four andd ssix weeweeks.” s. season, fewer only than his Barca teamteam-mate mate The Daily Mirror said the loss of a Yennaris, known as Li Ke in Cup winner standing down when That was just ovoverer f fiveive weekweekssbes bebeforefore and ArgentinaArgentinasua susuperstarperstar LionLionelel Messi, Messi, whowho player of Hazard’s quality would be China, was born and grew up in his contract ended following Uruguay’s first match,atch, aagainstgainst EEcuadorcuador on will also lineline uupp for hihiss country in Brazil.Brazil. keenly felt by the Premier League as England and is eligible to play for China’s quarter-final Asian Cup June 16 in Belo Horizonte.rizonte. a whole. China through his mother, who exit in January. Coach Oscar TabaTabarezrez iiss cocon-n- The Daily Mail focused on trouble was born in the country. Lippi’s squad at the conti- fident Suarez will bbee ffiringiring on all ahead for Chelsea, who’s joy at The 26-year-old signed for nental championship had the cylinders when cacalledlled upon, winning the Europa League would be Chinese Super League side Beijing oldest average age of the 24 despite his lay-off. tempered by Hazard’s impending Guoan in January and has been nations competing and is in des- Suarez had missedsed Barca’s finalfinal departure. granted Chinese citizenship, perate need of rejuvenation two league matcheses and the CCopaopa The Telegraph injected a note of making him eligible for selection ahead of China’s attempt to del Rey final on MMayay 25, wwhichhich tthehe caution amid the lavish praise, saying by Lippi as the Italian seeks to secure a spot at the World Cup Catalan giants lost 2-1 to Valencia.Valencia. Hazard “will be paraded (at Real boost the fortunes of the coun- in Qatar in 2022. With Suarez included,ncluded, ththereere were no Madrid’s Bernabeu) as a successor to try’s struggling national team. China will start their cam- major surprises to Tabarez’sTabarez’s 23-23-manman Cristiano Ronaldo,” but pointed out Yennaris’ inclusion marks a paign to qualify for the finals for selection as felloww starsstars EdinsonEdinson he “has neither the strike-rate nor the significant shift in policy by the the first time since 2002 in Sep- Cavani, the Paris Saint-Germain precision in his finishing to support Chinese Football Association, tember, with the games against forward, and center-backnter-back DiegoDiego such a comparison.” which had previously resisted the Philippines and Tajikistan in Godin, who is leavingng AtAtleticoletico MaMadriddrid Spanish sports daily Marca calls to include naturalised Guangzhou on June 7 and 11 after nine years, werewere alsoalso included.included. brushed aside negative appraisals, players in the national set-up respectively the only warm-ups Record Copa wwinnersinners UruUruguayguay are saluting Hazard as pure “Belgian despite it being common practice planned ahead of their first bidding for a 16th ccontinentalontinental crown in genius,” who was coming to Spain as Luis Suarez in many other countries. qualifiers. a “champion.” WoodsWoods ttargetsa Snead’s record after PGA flop

AFP next month’s US Open fast bit more now. And hopefully it be able to come this close to get “If you’re around for 20 CHICAGOCHICAGO approaching, Woods added this will be four solid days this week to one behind Sam Snead has years, that’s four a year, every week’s Jack Nicklaus-hosted heading into the U.S. Open.” been pretty amazing. year. It’s very, very impressive. A rejuvenatedrejuvenated TiTigerger Woods tournament in Dublin Ohio to his Woods, who is within three “It’s been a pretty amazing I think if you’re winning multiple ((pictured)pictured) ssaysays hehe is reareadydy to schedule in an attempt to hone majors of Nicklaus’s all-time run throughout my 20 some-odd times a year, you’re doing pretty boubouncence back fromfrom hishis PGAPGA his game for Pebble Beach. record of 18 majors, could equal years out here.” well.” CChampionshiphampionship flopflop at the The 15-time major winner Sam Snead’s mark of 82 PGA One of Woods rivals this Woods has won nearly twice MemorialMemorial Tournament yesterdayyesterday practiced on Monday and Tour victories with a win in Ohio week, Rory McIlroy, believes the as many PGA Tour titles than his asas he chases another golfinggolfing Tuesday before partnering NFL this week. tally of titles accumulated by nearest rival amongst active landmark.landmark. legend Peyton Manning in “To get into those numbers Snead and Woods may never be golfers, with Phil Mickelson on TThehe 43-year-old43-year-old formerformer Wednesday’s pro-am. it takes longevity and hot years,” equalled. 44 wins, ninth overall. worldworld numbernumber oonene camecame Afterwards, Woods said he said Woods, who has five pre- McIlroy said Woods’ 81 “I think with the way the crashingcrashing backback to earthearth at thethe PGA feels ready to put his disap- vious victories at Memorial. career victories was more game is going you’re going to see afterafter his victorvictoryy in the Masters, pointing performance at “You need multiple winning notable than his haul of 15 guys have shorter careers if they missingmissing tthehe cut aafterfter a Bethpage Black behind him this seasons and you need to do that majors. want to,” McIlroy said. “I think wwaywardayward opening week. for decades. That’s something “In this day and age, it’s more that could definitely be a number twotwo rounds.rounds. “I feel a lot better,” Woods I’m proud of. That’s not some- impressive than his major tally,” that stands the test of time, for WithW i th said. “I just need to play a little thing that happens overnight. To McIlroy said. sure.” 18 SPORT FRIDAY 31 MAY 2019 Pakistan seek CT inspiration Virat Kohli as dangerous Windies loom

Pakistan captain Sarfaraz Ahmed (right) AFP has taken just five wickets speaks with head coach Mickey Arthur during NOTTINGHAM in 15 matches since his a training session, yesterday. match-winning three Pakistan will seek inspi- We will seek wickets against India in the ration from their dramatic Champions Trophy final. Champions Trophy (CT) inspiration from Pakistan have only win in England two years our Champions won three times in 10 ago when they take the Trophy win World Cup matches field in their opening against the two-time world World Cup match against a because then also champions, including a resurgent West Indies today. we were losing thumping 150-run loss at Pakistan have lost their and then lifted Christchurch in 2015. past ten one-day interna- ourselves at the Andre Russell tionals including a 5-0 smashed a 13-ball 42 with whitewash by Australia right time to four sixes and then took and 4-0 thumping by win the trophy: three wickets as Pakistan Captain Kohli England, and their Sarfaraz Ahmed were blown away. problems were further Russell smashed 54 off compounded when they for a month we are well 25 balls and Hope hit a steps in with went down to outsiders prepared and you will century to propel the West Afghanistan by three hopefully see us doing Indies to 421 in their ball at nets wickets in a warm-up well,” said Sarfaraz, one of warm-up win against New match. Pakistan’s only two sur- Zealand on Tuesday. IANS But skipper Sarfaraz vivors from the 2015 World That prompted all- LONDON Ahmed hopes his side will Cup, with left-handed rounder Carlos Brathwaite draw inspiration from batsman Haris Sohail the to say his team can break If India skipper Virat Kohli could be when they were in a other. the 500-barrier. defined in a word, it would be just similar position in 2017. Sarfaraz will also hope “If you are asking me ‘passionate’, and the 30-year-old has WI skipper Holder “We will seek inspi- his spearhead Mohammad if we are capable of it, def- once again showed his hunger to be at ration from our Champions Amir -- playing his first initely we are,” Brathwaite his best in the World Cup 2019, Trophy win because then World Cup after missing said. currently under way here. reluctant to jump onto also we were losing and the 2011 and 2015 editions “However, in a real Kohli was seen sharpening his then lifted ourselves at the due to a spot-fixing ban -- game you probably won’t bowling skills at the nets yesterday at the 500 hype train right time to win the will dismantle the West have the depth in batting India’s practice session in trophy,” Sarfaraz said Indies top order boasting at 10 and 11 that we had Southampton. ahead of the game in hard-hitting opener Chris today. So you need to be a The India skipper, who had earlier REUTERS Nottingham. Gayle and the impressive little real about the target.” termed this tournament as one of the NOTTINGHAM Pakistan had lost 4-1 in Shai Hope. West Indies are also most difficult World Cup, seems to be Australia before the tour- “We know Amir is an returning to form after leaving no stone unturned to prepare West Indies skipper Jason Holder refused to get swept away by talk nament and arch-rivals impact bowler and he sneaking their way into the for the showpiece event. of records and breaking through the 500-run mark as his side pre- India whipped them by 124 knows his responsibilities World Cup through a qual- It was a rare occasion yesterday pared for today’s World Cup clash with Pakistan at Trent Bridge. runs in the opening game and I am sure he will lift ifying round in Zimbabwe when Kohli, usually seen batting at the England racked up a one-day international world record of 481 of the Trophy. his bowling and get us last year. nets, rolled his arms as well. The run- for six in 50 overs against Australia at the same Nottingham ground But Pakistan then beat early wickets,” said Sar- They squared a machine was seen trying a few off- a year ago. West Indies also smashed an exuberant 421 runs, including South Africa, Sri Lanka and faraz of Amir, who one-day series against top- cutters in the nets. 18 sixes and a century for Shai Hope, in a final warm-up game against England on their way to recovered from chick- ranked side and pre-tour- Earlier, in their first practice match New Zealand in Bristol that sent a few ripples through the game. the final, where they enpox in time to get a nament favourites England on May 25, the famed Indian batting Holder has said he wants his eighth-ranked team to fly under the thumped India by 180 runs. World Cup call after being 2-2 at home earlier this line-up struggled before the pace and radar in England and he was not about to add to any hype when asked “The boys are moti- left out of the preliminary year before losing the final swing of New Zealand bowlers, espe- yesterday whether his big-hitters were ready to make a statement. vated and are eager to put squad. of a tri-series to Bang- cially Trent Boult who wreaked havoc “I don’t want to sit here and try to predetermine what’s going to these losses behind them His form will be ladesh in Ireland. and picked up four wickets in chal- happen,” he told reporters. and by playing in England crucial for Pakistan -- he lenging batting conditions at “I think where the game has gone now, especially in England, Southampton. there have been some high totals but there have been totals where Mickey Arthur (right) speaks with players during But for Ravindra Jadeja, no Indian I saw one or two games lately that were relatively low scoring. It can a training session, yesterday. batsmen could stay for long at the happen,” he added. crease and the Men in Blue were “That’s the way cricket is played, and that’s the nature of the bundled out for mere 179 within 40 game. I just don’t want to sit before a game and say we’re looking to overs, which the Black Caps chased score 500 or 600. I just want to play it as we see it and assess the down without hiccups. conditions like any other game.” In the second warm-up match as Holder said Hope, who said after the New Zealand match that he well, the Indian top order failed to saw 500 as a definite goal with West Indies having the firepower to perform as per expectations and didn’t achieve the breakthrough at some point, was confident and on form. seem to be in control of their game. “I think he’s worked out pretty much his method of scoring in this Only KL Rahul and MS Dhoni could format,” he said of the 25-year-old Barbadian. make the most of the situation and “It’s really good to see a young batter stepping up and being as score brilliant hundreds to help India consistent as he has been and leading the charge for us, and obvi- post a mammoth 360-run target, ously we’ve got power around him and some other touch players.” which it successfully defended against Bangladesh. Tahir becomes World Cup a dream come true for Amir 1st spinner to bowl opening Mohammad Amir AFP worldwide bans from cricket by the during the warm-up NOTTINGHAM International Cricket Council. over at Cup match against Amir said he had moved on from Afghanistan in Pakistan spearhead Mohammad the “sordid chapter” in his career. Bristol, in this May Amir says playing in the World Cup My target is to take “It was unfortunate to miss so IANS 24. 2019 file photo. will be a dream come true after he wickets and be lucky much cricket, including two World LONDON missed the previous two tourna- for the third time in Cups, but my belief is that you ments following a ban for spot- can’t avoid your destiny. Those South African leg-spinner fixing. England after winning World Cups were not in my destiny Imran Tahir scripted his name The 27-year-old nearly missed the World Twenty20 but there is sadness on missing in the history books yesterday out this time as he was left out of and Champions Trophy: them. as he became the first spinner the preliminary World Cup squad, Mohammad Amir “But once you think that this is to bowl the first ball of a World having taken just five wickets in the your chance, you try to make full Cup. 14 matches before the recent use of it by forgetting everything, so After electing to bowl one-day international series against and 2017. Amir said Pakistan had I will do that and everything is against England in the opening England. positive memories of playing in behind me.” match at The Oval, South Africa He did not get to bowl in the first England, which they hoped to take Amir believes talk of flat tracks skipper Faf du Plessis surprised match against England at the Oval, into the World Cup. and big scores at the World Cup are everyone by bringing in Tahir which was ruined by the weather, “Our triumph in the World exaggerated. to bowl the first over. and missed the last four games with Twenty20 was excellent and then “People have made a mountain Tahir too, grabbed the a bout of chicken pox. The home the Champions Trophy -- the impact out of a molehill that flat tracks will opportunity with both hands as side won the series 4-0. of those wins are with us and the do this and that. I agree that it’s a he dismissed England opener But selectors decided to include amount of support we get in the UK challenge for bowlers but you need Jonny Bairstow (0) off just his him in the final 15 for the World Cup is extraordinary, so naturally we will to swing the ball and if it’s not hap- second delivery. Bairstow failed in England and Wales. like to match those. pening then you have to rely on your to read Tahir’s googly and “It’s a dream come true,” Amir “People love the Pakistan team variations. moved forward to defend it, but said ahead of Pakistan’s first match and come in large numbers to “I don’t get bogged down by the ended up giving a catch to against West Indies at Trent Bridge support us. I can’t forget the final of hype on flat tracks.” stumper Quinton de Kock. today. the Champions Trophy at the Oval Amir hopes to overturn a poor Prior to this, New Zealand “Every cricketer dreams of rep- (2017).” run of personal form. great Martin Crowe had sur- resenting his country in a World Cup Amir was among three players “I am sure things will get better,” prised everyone in the 1992 so this is my chance. involved in a spot-fixing scandal he said. cricket World Cup by bringing “My target is to take wickets and during a 2010 Test against England. “I know I have not taken wickets off-spinner Dipak Patel into the be lucky for the third time in The quick bowler, fellow but I have not bowled badly, so I am attack in the second over. Patel England after winning the World paceman Mohammad Asif and thankful to the team, selectors and bowled the second over in his Twenty20 and Champions Trophy,” Salman Butt, Pakistan’s captain in others who have backed me and I side’s clash with Australia, which said the paceman, recalling Paki- that match, were sentenced to jail will do my best to fulfil their the Kiwis won by 37 runs. stan’s triumphs in England in 2009 terms, and were all given five-year confidence.” FRIDAY 31 MAY 2019 SPORT 19 England thrash SA in World Cup opener

AFP LONDON Stokes shines for the hosts That wasn’t Ben Stokes produced a fine all- round display as England began my best their quest to win the World Cup with a 104-run thrashing of South Africa in the tour- catch, says nament opener at the Oval yesterday. Stokes The all-rounder top-scored with 89 in England’s 311 for eight, held a brilliant catch and AFP took two for 12, including the LONDON last wicket, as England won with 61 balls left. Ben Stokes insists his astonishing Jofra Archer did the early catch in England’s World Cup rout damage with the ball, the fast of South Africa yesterday doesn’t bowler taking three for 27 in rank as the best of his career. seven overs. Stokes capped a man-of-the- “We were very good today match display in England’s 104-run -- we were good as a batting victory at the Oval with one of the unit even though we couldn’t greatest catches in World Cup score a considerable total history. which was our Plan A,” said England’s Ben Stokes Diving backwards to dismiss England captain Eoin Morgan. celebrates with team- Andile Phehlukwayo with a one- “Ben Stokes has had a full mates after taking a handed take on the boundary off day, his catch was absolutely catch of South Africa’s Adil Rashid, Stokes’ sensational outstanding. He is a match- Andile Phehlukwayo, effort was immediately labelled winner and lifts everybody.” yesterday. “the catch of the century” by former “Jofra Archer bowled fast England spinner Phil Tufnell on the and accurate on a slow pitch, it BBC. was outstanding from a young It was the culmination of a guy,” Morgan added. remarkable day for Stokes, who Barbados-born Archer, also top-scored for England with who only qualified for England Archer then reduced the Proteas in the hunt but holed The 40-year-old, the oldest from Lungi Ngidi before he too 89 in 79 balls and took the last two in March, made his presence Proteas to 44 for two. out off fast bowler Liam player in the tournament, was caught in the deep. wickets in successive balls to finish felt even before he had taken a Aiden Markram edged to Plunkett for 68 and Rassie van struck almost immediately Left-hander Stokes saw his off the South Africans. wicket with a bouncer that beat Joe Root at slip and South Africa der Dussen then make exactly when Jonny Bairstow was 79-ball knock end in the penul- But Stokes claimed he preferred Hashim Amla for pace and captain Faf du Plessis fell for 50 when he miscued Archer to caught behind by De Kock for timate over when caught at third his stunning one-handed grab of crashed into the grille of the just five when he top-edged a mid-on. a golden duck. man following a reverse hit off an Adam Voges edge in the gully helmet, with the veteran hook to long leg. His exit saw Amla return Root and Roy repaired the paceman Ngidi (three for 66). during a 2015 Ashes Test against opener retiring hurt on five. Quinton de Kock kept the with South Africa struggling at damage and Morgan, whose South Africa captain Faf du Australia at Trent Bridge. 167 for six in the 32nd over. aggressive approach has been Plessis said: “We were out- Asked if it was the greatest The game was all but up for symbolic of England’s rise to the played in all three depart- catch of his life, Stokes told South Africa when a back-ped- top of the one-day international ments.... I thought 300 was par, reporters: “Nah, that one was Free from Brexit burden, alling and diving Stokes held a rankings after their woeful first- we were bowling cutters, but against the Aussies, so that one brilliant one-handed catch in round exit at the 2015 World there were some really good ranks higher!” PM May heads to cricket the deep to dismiss Andile Cup, struck the match’s first batting performances from Stokes admitted he had mis- Phehlukwayo. Amla’s brave two sixes off successive balls England.” judged the flight of the ball initially, REUTERS effort to rescue the innings leading Phehlukwayo’s shot to flash LONDON ended on 13 when he was SCOREBOARD past him until the all-rounder leapt caught behind off Plunkett’s backwards to complete a jaw- England South Africa (target 312) As the contest to replace her as prime minister gathered pace slower-ball bouncer and Stokes J. Roy c Du Plessis b Phehlukwayo ...... 54 Q. de Kock c Root b Plunkett ...... 68 dropping catch with his right hand. yesterday, Theresa May opted for a different battle - watching finished the match when Imran J. Bairstow c De Kock b Tahir ...... 0 H. Amla c Buttler b Plunkett ...... 13 “I was actually in the wrong England take on South Africa in the opening match of the 2019 Tahir edged to Root. J. Root c Duminy b Rabada ...... 51 A. Markram c Root b Archer ...... 11 position. It would have been a reg- Cricket World Cup. Stokes was one of four E. Morgan c Markram b Tahir ...... 57 F. du Plessis c Ali b Archer ...... 5 ulation catch if I was in the right An emotional May announced last week she would step England batsmen who got to 50 B. Stokes ct Amla b Ngidi ...... 89 R. van der Dussen c Ali b Archer ...... 50 place, but yeah it is one of those that down as Conservative Party leader on June 7 after three times on a tricky surface, with captain J. Buttler b Ngidi ...... 18 J.P. Duminy c Stokes b Ali ...... 8 sticks or doesn’t,” Stokes said. failing to get her Brexit deal approved by parliament. Eoin Morgan (57), Jason Roy M. Ali c Du Plessis b Ngidi ...... 3 D. Pretorius run out (Stokes/Morgan) ...... 1 “I bowled the next over and C. Woakes c Du Plessis b Rabada ...... 13 A. Phehlukwayo c Stokes b Rashid ...... 24 Free from the burden of trying to deliver Britain’s exit (54) and Root (51) all out soon L. Plunkett not out ...... 9 K. Rabada c Plunkett b Stokes ...... 11 Eoin Morgan had to come to me and from the European Union, a relaxed-looking May gave a speech after reaching the landmark. J. Archer not out ...... 7 L. Ngidi not out ...... 6 ask if my heart rate had gone down. on student funding before heading to the Oval cricket ground England lost a wicket Extras (lb2, w8) ...... 10 I. Tahir c Root b Stokes ...... 0 Things like that catch do get you around two miles from her Downing Street residence. second ball before Roy and Total (8 wickets, 50 overs) ...... 311 Extras (b4, lb5, w1) ...... 10 fizzed up. I didn’t really know quite The British leader was photographed applauding from Root shared a stand of 106 that Did not bat: A. Rashid Total (all out, 39.5 overs) ...... 207 hard to react to be honest. I just the stands during the unannounced trip, as her would-be suc- was equalled by Morgan and Fall of wickets: 1-1 (Bairstow), 2-107 (Roy), 3-111 Fall of wickets: 1-36 (Markram), 2-44 (Du Ples- tried to take it in.” cessors toured the television studios setting out their plans Stokes. (Root), 4-217 (Morgan), 5-247 (Buttler), 6-260 sis), 3-129 (De Kock), 4-142 (Duminy), 5-144 (Pre- Regardless of which catch (Ali), 7-285 (Woakes), 8-300 (Stokes) torius), 6-167 (Dussen), 7-180 (Phehlukwayo), for the country. Du Plessis opted to field Bowling: Tahir 10-0-61-2 , Ngidi 10-0-66-3 (2w), 8-193 (Amla), 9-207 (Rabada), 10-207 (Tahir) deserves top billing on Stokes’ CV, May, who once likened her resolve to see her Brexit plan despite being without injured Rabada 10-0-66-2 (2w), Pretorius 7-0-42-0, Bowling: Woakes 5-0-24-0, Archer 7-1-27-3 (1w), the 27-year-old was grateful to be through to the determination of her cricket hero Geoffrey spearhead Dale Steyn and took Phehlukwayo 8-0-44-1 (4w), Duminy 2-0-14-0, Rashid 8-0-35-1, Ali 10-0-63-1, Plunkett 7-0-37-2, back in the spotlight for the right Boycott to get runs, has long been a lover of the sport. the unorthodox decision to give Markram 3-0-16-0 Stokes 2.5-0-12-2 reasons. leg-spinner Tahir the first over. Osaka survives as Djokovic and Serena stroll AFP seed to win her two opening 6-3. Fourth seed Dominic Thiem PARIS matches at Roland Garros after overcame an entertaining chal- losing the first set since Lindsay lenge from Kazakhstan’s Alex- Naomi Osaka staged a second Davenport in 2005. ander Bublik to reach the third successive Roland Garros great “She deserves to be where round for the fourth straight escape yesterday as fellow top she is -- she is very powerful and year. seed Novak Djokovic, playing in explosive,” said 29-year-old The Austrian fourth seed was front of his four-year-old son for Azarenka. facing a fifth set when trailing the first time, and Serena Siniakova, the world number 5-2 in the fourth, but reeled off Williams strolled into the last 32. 42, also endured a marathon win, five straight games to win 6-3, World number one Osaka, putting out Greek 29th seed 6-7 (6/8), 6-3, 7-5. bidding to add the French Open Maria Sakkari 7-6 (7/5), 6-7 World number 91 Bublik to her US and Australian Open (8/10), 6-3 in a three-hour delighted the Court Philippe titles, came back from a set and 10-minute duel. Chatrier crowd with his wide 2-4 down to defeat former world Siniakova had trailed 1-5 in range of shots, including three number one Victoria Azarenka the first set before surrendering underarm serves in the opening 4-6, 7-5, 6-3. a 5/2 lead in the second-set set. Her win came on the back of tiebreaker. Japan’s Naomi Osaka reacts during her second The reward for Thiem is a being just two points from defeat Djokovic cruised into the last round match against Belarus’ Victoria Azarenka, clash against Uruguay’s Pablo in her tournament opener 32 for the 14th successive year, yesterday. INSET: Serbia’s Novak Djokovic celebrates Cuevas who made it through against Anna Karolina admitting it had been an emo- after winning his second round match against when British number one Kyle Schmiedlova. tional day playing for the first Switzerland’s Henri Laaksonen. Edmund retired with a knee The 21-year-old held her time in front of his four-year-old injury at 7-6 (7/3), 6-3, 2-1 nerve, despite squandering two son. down. match points late in the deciding Djokovic, bidding to become Fifth seeded German Alex- set, to secure a clash against Kat- just the second man to hold all ander Zverev, a quarter-finalist erina Siniakova of the Czech four Slams at the same time in 2018, easily disposed of Republic. twice, cruised to a 6-1, 6-4, 6-3 Swedish qualifier Mikael Ymer “I was lucky to have played win over Swiss lucky loser Henri and a half. Usually, he’s not that Three-time French Open famously beat Williams in a dra- 6-1, 6-3, 7-6 (7/3). Victoria twice before. I knew she Laaksonen. patient with tennis.” champion Williams thrashed matic 2018 US Open final, Juan Martin del Potro, the had been playing well coming Watching from the player’s Djokovic goes on to face Japanese qualifier Kurumi Nara remains a possibility. Argentine eighth seed and a two- into the tournament,” said Osaka. box on Court Suzanne Lenglen Italian qualifier Salvatore Caruso, to step up her bid for a record- Williams hammered 10 aces time semi-finalist, needed “It was an unfortunate was Djokovic’s son Stefan. ranked 147, for a place in the last equalling 24th Grand Slam title. and 36 winners past world treatment on his right knee second round draw for me so I “It’s a very special day for me 16 in Paris. The 37-year-old cruised to a number 238 Nara, who stands a against Japan’s Yoshihito am happy to win.” as it’s the first time in my life that Yesterday was a lot more 6-3, 6-2 victory and next faces mere 5ft 1in (1.55m). Nishioka in a three-hour Osaka finished the two-hour I have played in front of my son,” enjoyable for Djokovic than his fellow American Sofia Kenin. Defending champion Simona 46-minute thriller. 50-minute encounter on Court said the 32-year-old Serb after last visit to Court Suzanne “I’m very serious when I play, Halep wasted three match points But he still ground out a 5-7, Suzanne Lenglen with 52 a 23rd straight win at the Slams. Lenglen in 2018 when he was but I’m happy,” said Williams. in the second set of her clash 6-4, 6-2, 6-7 (5/7), 6-2 win to winners and 43 unforced errors. “He showed incredible knocked out in the quarter-finals A mouthwatering quarter- with Poland’s Magda Linette but progress, sending down 17 aces She becomes the first top patience to sit there for an hour by Marco Cecchinato. final clash with Osaka, who eventually prevailed 6-4, 5-7, and 69 winners. SPORT Friday 31 May 2019 PAGE | 17 PAGE | 18 Injured Suarez Pakistan seek included in CT inspiration Uruguay’s Copa as dangerous America squad Windies loom Qatar’s Olympic side arrives in France for Toulon Tournament

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Qatar’s Olympic team yesterday arrived in France to make their sixth appearance in the Toulon Tournament. This year’s tournament, which will be held in the region of Provence from June 1 to 15, will be the 47th edition of the annual event. Qatar will join three Asian teams during the tournament, namely Bahrain, China and Japan in the 12-team event which will take place across six host cities in Southern France. Qatar are pitted along with France, Guatemala and Brazil in Group C and will meet the tournament hosts in their opening fixture on June 2 at the Stade de Lattre-de-Tas- signy, Aubagne and will play against Guatemala on June 5. On June 8, they will play their final group match against the strong South American counterparts. In this season the tournament will be contested mostly by under-22 national teams, although France, Portugal, England and Republic of Ireland will play with their under-18, under-19, under-20 and under-21 teams, respectively. Mexico, Chile, England, Portugal and Ireland are the rest Qatar U23 team members and officials pose for a photograph yesterday, upon their arrival in France ahead of the 47th Toulon Tournament which of the teams who are competing in the 15-day event. will be held in the region of Provence from June 1 to 15. U20 World Cup: US advance with close win against Qatar

FIFA.COM Qatari forward Yusuf Abdurisag (left) vies for the ball TYCHY, POLAND possession against United States defender Mark Mckenzie Copa America: Sanchez during their final Group D match of the FIFA U-20 World A sublime 76th-minute Cup, played in Tychy, Poland, yesterday. announces Qatar squad Timothy Weah goal earned USA a 1-0 win that advanced THE PENINSULA them to the knockout phase RIO DE JANEIRO of the FIFA U-20 World Cup as Group D runners-up and Coach Felix Sanchez yesterday announced the extinguished opponents Qatar squad for the upcoming Copa America. Qatar’s Ahmed Tijan (right) in action against Germany’s Qatar’s faint hopes yesterday. Asian champions Qatar are currently training Nils Ehlers during their opening match of the Pool D in The Asians surprisingly in Porto Bela, a coastal town near Rio. had the better of the first half. Copa America, the continental championship the J&T Banka Ostrava Beach Open 2019 in Ostrava, Hashim Ali had their best will be held from June 15-July 7. Czech Republic, yesterday. chance, going clean through, On June 5, Qatar take on five-time World but David Ochoa, making his Champions Brazil in an international friendly at first start in Poland, made a the Mane Garrincha Stadium in Brasilia. Cherif, Ahmed move fine block and Yusuf The Brazil friendly will be followed by a Abdurisag couldn’t convert the friendly with a club, coach Sanchez announced into knockout stage rebound. last week. The US assumed control Qatar face Paraguay on June 16 followed by THE PENINSULA after the break, and were a match against Colombia on June 19. Al Annabi OSTRAVA finally rewarded when Alex face former World Cup winners Argentina on Mendez found Weah, who June 23. Qatari beach volleyball sensations, Cherif Younousse and nutmegged his marker before The Copa America will take place from June Ahmed Tijan had mixed fortunes, but managed to advance finishing with aplomb. 15 to July 7 at six stadiums in five cities with the to the elimination round of the four-star J&T Banka It should have been 2-0 in participation of 12 teams. Qatar and Japan are Ostrava Beach Open 2019, part of the FIVB Beach the 85th minute, but Shehab help Norway thrash Honduras through ball, and the hulking the invited teams for this year’s Copa America. Volleyball World Tour, in Ostrava, Czech Republic, Mamdouh made a superb save 12-0 in the biggest victory in centre-forward did the rest. yesterday. from Mendez’s penalty, before the competition’s history. He Two red cards for Hon- QATAR SQUAD: The pair who occupies the 5th spot in the FIVB World the crossbar denied the Amer- outranked Adailton, who duras made matters worse as Mohammed Ahmed Al Bakri, Abdullah Abdulsalam, Rankings, won their opening match against Germany’s icans deep into injury time. scored six for Brazil in a 10-3 Los Catrachos crashed out of Ali Hassan Afif, Yousuf Hassan Ali, Ahmed Fathi, Nils Ehlers and Lars Flüggen in straight sets (24-22, 21-12) USA will face the winners win over Korea Republic in Poland 2019 emphatically. Ahmed Moin, Tamim Al Muhaizah, Saad Al Sheeb, before going down to their Brazilian counterparts Alison of Group E - either France or 1997. Norway will have to wait to Abdul Karim Hassan, Pedro Miguel, Tarek Salman, Cerutti and Álvaro Morais Filho 1-2 (19-21, 21-18, 9-15) in Mali - in Bydgoszcz in the Haland’s first came in the find out their fate in the Boualem Khouki, Hassan Al Haydos, Akram Afif, their second Pool D match of the main draw. Round of 16. seventh minute, and by half- competition. Hamed Ismail, Al Moez Ali, Bassam Al Rawi, Karim Today, Cherif and Ahmed will play their Main Draw, Also yesterday, Erling time he already had four to his They hope their goal dif- Boudiaf, Assem Madbo, Sultan Al Brik, Abdel Aziz Round 1 match. A win today will secure their spot in Haland scored nine times to name. The pick of the bunch ference will be enough to see Hatem, Mehdi Ali, Salem Al Hajri, Abdul Rahman tomorrow’s second elimination round of the main draw shatter the record for goals in was when Tobias Borkeeiet them finish as one of the top Mohammed and Ismael Mohammed. against Czech duo Ondrej Perusic and David a U-20 World Cup match and found Haland with a looping four third-placed sides. Schweiner. Al Attiyah maintains lead despite stage-4 hiccup

FIA the challenge as the crews once again ahead of rival Ten Brinke, to move Mohammed Al Meer and Alexey AKTAU, KAZAKHSTAN powered over dunes, camel grass, back up the standings to second Kuzmich continue to lead the T2 cat- fast muddy tracks and standing overall with exactly one minute sep- egory ahead of the penultimate leg The Toyota Hilux Overdrive crew of water. With nearly 12 minutes in hand arating the two crews. of Rally Kazakhstan which takes the Nasser Al Attiyah and Mathieu this morning, Al Attiyah could afford Ten Brinke slipped from second crews north from the Aktau bivouac Baumel maintained their Rally Kaza- to be tactical, the Qatari eyeing a to third in the overall standings, for a 290.19 kilometre section. khstan lead after the fourth of six second Rally Kazakhstan win and dropping one minute and 27 seconds legs, despite finishing fifth in the another 2019 victory in the FIA World to Przygonski but the battle remains OVERALL STANDINGS AFTER second longest stage of the event Cup for Cross Country Rallies. intense as the crews fight for pre- FOURTH STAGE (TOP 3) yesterday. “It was a long stage and we cious seconds. The battle for second position didn’t take risks, it wasn’t necessary The husband and wife duo of 1: Nasser Al Attiyah/Mathieu continues to be fierce and yesterday, to push,” said Al Attiyah, who was Stéphane and Andrea Peterhansel Baumel (Toyota Hilux Overdrive) Jakub Przygonski and Timo Gottschalk fifth fastest through the section. “We also had a good day, the John Cooper 13hr 09min 33.0sec retook the advantage, moving back will have a better road position for Works Buggy crew second fastest to 2: Jakub Przygonski/Timo into second ahead of Bernhard Ten tomorrow and can hopefully retake Al Rajhi and claimed their first stage Gottschalk (MINI John Cooper Brinke and Tom Colsoul. another two or three minutes if pos- win of the event by three minutes, Works Rally) 13hr 18min 16.0sec Yesterday’s 399.24 kilometre sible; we’re just keeping an eye on powering their Toyota Hilux Overdrive 3: Bernhard Ten Brinke/Tom Qatari driver Nasser Saleh Al Attiyah in action during the fourth section provided yet another mix of ‘Kuba’ (Przygonski) and Ten Brinke.” through the section in 3 hours 43 Colsoul (Toyota Hilux Overdrive) 13hr 19min 16.0sec stage of Rally Kazakhstan in Aktau, yesterday. conditions, overnight rain adding to Przygonski was third fastest, minutes and 53 seconds.