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Spotlight on Mighty motherhood anti-graft steps More steps needed to cut fiscal Manama deficit, IMF tells Bahrain he team in charge of TDT|Manama from tighter global Timplementing the financing conditions United Nations (UN) Con- ahrain needs and delays in fiscal ad- vention Against Corrup- a comprehen- justments. tion held its first meeting sive package of Structural reforms yesterday. Breforms to reduce its 3.2 are also needed The session was attend- fiscal deficits over the per cent is the IMF in Bahrain’s busi - ed by officials representing medium term, the In- growth forecast for ness environment, entities in charge of imple- ternational Monetary Bahrain. according to IMF, menting Chapters II and Fund (IMF) said. which recommended V – “Preventive Measures” “Despite planned boosting productivity and “Asset Recovery”. fiscal consolidation and competitiveness Judges and experts were measures, fiscal deficit is projected through more privatisations and also present. to continue over the medium term,” adopting public-private partner- The director-general of IMF’s Executive Board said in a report ships to fund the projects that are the General Directorate for yesterday. in the pipeline. Anti-Corruption, Econom- The IMF emphasised the need to Greater female participation in the ic and Electronic Security “introduce direct taxation, includ- country’s workforce is another step in commended the role of the ing a corporate income tax, while improving the country’s businesses team in highlighting Bah- containing the public wage bill” and environment, the IMF noted. rain’s efforts to implement said Bahrain’s exchange rate peg to Meanwhile, the IMF raised its the UN covenant. the dollar “remains appropriate for growth forecast for the world’s top The Anti-corruption the economy.” crude exporter Saudi Arabia, citing crime directorate acting The country’s economy is forecast higher oil prices. director highlighted the to grow 3.2 per cent this year, accord- In its World Economic Outlook requirements for imple- Anita Areli Ramirez Mejia, an asylum seeker from Honduras separated from her six year-old son Jenri ing to the IMF. update, the IMF said the Saudi econ- menting the convention. near the Mexico-US border, is reunited with him in Harlingen, Texas. US President Donald Trump signed The fund, while praising Bahraini omy would grow by 1.9pc in 2018, up an executive order ending his policy of separating migrant families at the border a few days ago. More authorities continued efforts for fis- 0.2 percentage points from its April than 50 children have been reunited with their families, but the process has been slow and difficult. cal reforms, warned against risks projections. US rejects EU plea over Iran New York

he US has rejected Tpleas from the EU to grant exemptions to Eu- ropean firms from the sanctions on Iran that will Love at fourth sight start to be reinstated next month. Trump showers praise on Putin in his fourth meeting with the Russian President since his presidency Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Treasury Sec- Putin. retary Steven Mnuchin Trump’s handling of a joint His performance was denounced as wrote in a letter that they • “treasonous” by a former CIA chief and wanted to exert “unprece- news conference in Helsinki US Senator John McCain called meeting dented” pressure on Tehran. stirred a wave of condemnation with Putin a “tragic mistake,” although Waivers will only be giv- in the United States, where the some other Republicans were more cau- en on national security or White House has struggled for tious. humanitarian grounds. Asked if he believed US intelligence President Donald Trump months to dispel a suggestion agencies, which concluded that Russia ordered that the sanctions that Trump was unwilling interfered in the 2016 election in an be re-imposed in May after to stand up to Putin. effort to help him defeat Democratic abandoning a nuclear deal candidate Hillary Clinton, he said he was with Iran. At the news conference, not convinced. The UK, France and Ger- • “I don’t see any reason why it would many - which were also Trump was invited by reporters be” Russia, Trump said. “President Putin parties to the 2015 accord, to offer any criticism of Russia was extremely strong and powerful in his along with Russia and China but he repeatedly declined. denial today.” - pledged to continue abid- In one response, the Director of Na- Trump and Putin shake hands as they meet in Helsinki. ing by their commitments. Helsinki tional Intelligence Dan Coats, a Trump nominee approved by Congress, said staff to take a tough line, Trump spoke US intelligence agencies. in a statement, “We have been clear in tanding side-by-side with Vladimir not a single disparaging word in public A prosecutor announced an indict- our assessments of Russian meddling Putin, US President Donald Trump about Moscow on any of the issues that ment three days ago of Russian spies for in the 2016 election and their ongoing, Syesterday refused to blame the Rus- have brought relations between the two hacking into Democratic Party networks. pervasive efforts to undermine our de- sian leader for meddling in the US 2016 powers to the lowest ebb since the Cold Trump’s handling of a joint news mocracy, and we will continue to provide election, casting doubt on the findings of War. conference in Helsinki stirred a wave unvarnished and objective intelligence in DON’T MISS IT his own intelligence agencies and spark- Instead, he denounced the “stupidity” of condemnation in the United States, support of our national security.” ing a storm of criticism at home. of his own country’s policy, especially the where the White House has struggled Hours after the Helsinki summit, On a day when he faced pressure from decision to investigate election interfer- for months to dispel a suggestion that Trump tweeted, “I have GREAT confi- BD15m to boost critics, allied countries and even his own ence following the conclusions drawn by Trump was unwilling to stand up to dence in MY intelligence people.” 02 drugs stock EYE FOR AN EYE Govt’s pension 03 reform proposals Mob slaughters nearly 300 crocodiles in revenge killing ‘frustrating’ Jakarta on Friday morning while gathering vegetables on the crocodile farm’s breeding sanctuary. Glimpse of hope mob of villagers has killed nearly 300 crocodiles “An employee heard someone screaming for help, 05 for ‘stateless at a sanctuary for the animals in the Indonesian quickly went there and saw a crocodile attacking family’ Aprovince of West Papua. someone,” the head of Indonesia’s Natural Resources The slaughter was in retaliation for a local man Conservation Agency in West Papua said. thought to have been killed by one animal from the site. After the funeral on Saturday, several hundred angry Officials and police said they were not able to stop locals went to the sanctuary, armed with knives, shovels, the attack and may now press charges. The killing of hammers and clubs. Local media cite officials saying the a protected species is a crime that carries a fine or im- mob first attacked the office of the crocodile farm and prisonment in Indonesia. The local villager was killed All 292 reptiles at the sanctuary were slaughtered by the mob. then went on to slaughter all 292 reptiles at the sanctuary. TUESDAY, JULY 17, 2018 02

His Royal Highness Prime Minister Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa received an academic delegation from Thailand, led by Prince of Songkla University (PSU) Vice-President Dr Chutamas Satasook at the Gudaibiya Palace yesterday. The Premier hailed the visit of the Thai delegation which epitomises strong and outstanding relations between the two friendly countries. He described solid ties of cooperation and friendship between Bahrain and Thailand and their perpetual growth at all levels as a reflection of mutual understanding and coordination.

HRH the Premier chairs the Cabinet in the presence of HRH the Crown Prince. BD15m to boost drugs stock Premier directs Finance Minister and Health Minister to ensure medicine stocks

order to achieve their common The session interests. • The second MoU is on co - approved two operation between Bahrain’s Memoranda of 138 High Education Council and Understanding (MoU) million Bahraini dinars the French High Education, Re- between Bahrain and is the estimated cost of search and Innovation in high 69 different projects education in order to enhance France on cooperation implemented by the their academic relations. in security and high Works Ministry. The Cabinet endorsed anoth- education fields. er MoU between Bahrain’s Su- preme Council for Environment Manama (SCE) and the UK’s Department to tender. for Environment, Food and Ru- The projects include main- ral Affairs, represented by the he Cabinet chaired by His ly the implementation of the Centre for Environment, Fish- Royal Highness Prime BD7m-first phase of the recla- eries and Aquaculture Science TMinister Prince Khali- mation of the Muharraq Ring (Cefas). fa bin Salman Al Khalifa in the Road linking Diyar Al-Muhar- Under the MoU, approved presence of His Royal Highness raq and Busaiteen, the BD 1.5m based on a recommendation Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Halat Bu Maher road revamp, by the by the Ministerial Com- Khalifa, the Crown Prince, Dep- the construction of the Health mittee for Legal Affairs, and uty Supreme Commander and Ministry’s BD 11.5m long stay highlighted in the memoranda First Deputy Premier, yesterday care centre in Muharraq and the presented by the Deputy Pre- directed to allocate BD15 million BD3m Sanabes road revamp. mier and committee chairman, to purchase 650 types of medi- The session approved two the two sides will enhance their cines and boost drugs stocks at memoranda of understanding cooperation in marine sciences, the Salmaniya Medical Complex (MoU) between Bahrain and marine environment, biodiversi- and health centres. France on cooperation in secu- ty and pollution. The session reviewed the rity and high education fields, as The session reviewed a draft- roads, sanitation and buildings recommended by the Ministerial law, prepared based on proposals projects during the second quar- Committee for Legal Affairs, and by the Council of Representa- ter of this year. highlighted in the memoranda tives, on caring for, training and According to a memoran- presented by the Deputy Pre- employing people with special dum presented by the Works, mier and committee chairman. needs, and another on amending Municipalities Affairs and Ur- The first MoU aims to the Penal Code promulgated by ban Planning Minister, 69 pro- strengthen security coopera- Decree-Law 15/1976. jects, costing BD 138m, are be- tion and coordination between The two bills were referred to ing implemented, 37 projects, the two countries in combating the Council of Representatives, worth BD50m, had their ten- terrorism and its funding, in line along with a memorandum on ders awarded, and 24 projects, with their commitment to in- the government’s opinion on worth BD32m, have been put out ternational conventions and in them. 03 TUESDAY, JULY 17, 2018 big story Govt’s pension reform proposals ‘frustrating’ Lawmakers vow ‘no compromise’ on proposals that could go against the interests of citizens

The Cabinet, next week,• is expected to discuss the proposal in order to strike an agreement between the Legislative and Executive branches.

According to the government’s• vision, the minimum age for retirement should be 55 years beginning 2023, applicable for both male and female employees.

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number of MPs contin- ue to reject the Govern- Ament’s views on amend- ing the retirement law, stressing that they wouldn’t allow anything against the citizens’ interests. MP Adel Hameed told Trib- une that there is a parliamen- tary consensus on rejecting any amendments to the Pension Law that are not in the interest of cit- The joint committee meeting was the first step towards consensus on pension reforms. izens, and that the government’s vision of reforming the pension system is frustrating and should not be passed. He pointed out that the gov- ernment’s amendment propos- With How can als haven’t come at the right increasing cost we agree to 2,000 time. “There is an increase in Bahraini dinars has the prices of goods and taxes of living, the something been agreed upon as on the citizens. This situation proposals are that could be the maximum pension leads to frustration, and every- against the detrimental cap. one should wait before imposing interests of to 90pc of any law that affects the income citizens. employees? and finances of people.” Mr Hameed, a member of the MR HAMEED MR AL DOSARI committee of the members of joint parliamentary commit- House of Representatives, the tee of the Parliament and Shura employees. ers will have tough time after are to be excluded. Shura Council and the Gov - Council, revealed that the com- The vision includes the re-in- that dealing with inflationary For his part, MP Hamad Al Do- ernment, it was decided that mittee will present its views to surance for foreigners in the pressures. sari told Tribune that members DID the cap for inflation support be the Government on Wednesday public and private sectors, in According to the govern - of the House of Representatives fixed at BD1,200. and that these views will be pre- order to increase the solvency of ment’s vision, the new amend- will meet on Wednesday to dis- The committee had also sented in a written format. pension funds, aiming to guar- ments to the pension law will cuss the government’s views on KNOW agreed to set a BD2,000 limit Mr Hameed stressed the need antee its sustainability. cover 90 per cent of existing the law of retirement, stressing on pensions in the interest of to return the proposals to the It also proposes to limit the employees in the private and that they will reject anything benefitting the pensioners. House of Representatives (Par- annual increase in pensions to public sector while 10pc of em- that would adversely affect the With regard to the financial liament) before the adoption of only seven years after the retire- ployees who completed 25 years earnings of citizens. The joint support, the committee agreed any amendment to the Pension ment, which means the pension- of service in the private sector The proposal to unify the re- committee has on four conditions; BD150 allow- System because it is of utmost agreed to make ance for those earning less than importance and something that no changes BD300 in pension; BD100 in al- affects all citizens and their to housing lowance for pensioners earning lives. between BD301 and BD700; BD75 On Sunday, the government allowances. for the BD701-BD1,000 category presented a copy of the gov - and BD50 in allowance for the ernment’s official vision to the tirement age for both men and above category earning up to Parliament and Shura Council women at 55 years before grad- BD1,200. on the public and private pen- ually increasing it to 60 years is Meanwhile, when it comes to sion system. The government’s totally unacceptable as it would housing allowances, the com- vision includes gradually raising badly affect citizens’ lives. mittee has agreed to make no the early retirement age within “How can we agree to some- changes in the eligibility cri - next five years. thing that could be detrimen- teria. According to the govern - tal to 90pc of employees? Why The Cabinet next week is ex- ment’s vision, the minimum the annual increase in pension pected to discuss the proposal age for retirement should be be limited to only seven years? in order to strike an agreement 55 years beginning 2023, appli- These are unacceptable things.” between the Legislative and Ex- cable for both male and female The earlier draft had already been rejected by the House of Representatives. At the last meeting of the joint ecutive branches. TUESDAY, JULY 17, 2018 04 Waste management draft to be ready by next month Bahrain now generates 2.2 million tonnes of waste a year

We have a huge amount of• waste that is being generated and it is steadily 899,000 increasing as the population tonnes of trash were grows, he warned. collected in the first five months of 2018. TDT|Manama Mohammed Zafran

he final draft for Bahrain’s new that is being generated and it is stead- waste management strategy will ily increasing as the population grows, Tbe finalised by next month, it he warned. was learnt. Reducing the waste produced in the The preparation of the new strategy country is an important part of the for waste management is in its final project, he said. stages and the the draft plan, which “We certainly want to reduce the has taken almost six months to pre - waste generated in the country. But pare, will be finalised by next month, this can take some time and we are said Bob Doig, a waste management setting realistic targets for it.” adviser to the Ministry of Works, Mu- According to the latest statistics nicipalities Affairs and Urban Plan- from the Ministry, 899,000 tonnes of ning. trash were collected in the first five Mr Doig also works with Estidama months of 2018. - a waste management centre which The Kingdom is one of the biggest per capita waste generators in the world. The ministry said that Bahrain now comes under the Works Ministry. produces 2.2 million tonnes waste a According to him, following the fi- prepared right now. We need to in - new strategy, he said, “We are looking year, which means every resident/ nalisation of the draft, six months volve every stakeholder including the at all types of waste and trying to look citizen generates two tonnes of waste will be required to fully implement private sector, Ministry of Health and at ways of not just treating it but also annually. the strategy. It takes six months to formulate environment protection organisations. to prevent it, reduce it and recycle. We According to statistics, Bahrain’s “It takes six months to formulate the strategy and six months for By next month we will have the final are looking at where it comes from and household produces more waste than the strategy and six months for it to it to be implemented. draft.” where it goes,” he said. the country’s commercial, industrial be implemented. The draft is being MR DOIG Speaking about the objectives of the We have a huge amount of waste and green waste combined.

Reconciliation ‘Dream come true’ for Bahraini start-up owner agreement between dad, Sheikh Al Asfoor underlined• in his sons cancelled statement that TDT|Manama “providing opportunities Ali Tarif to establish and nurture youth projects is a he High Criminal Court Thas ordered the cancel- top priority for JWD’s lation of the reconciliation management, as it is agreement signed between a cornerstone of its a man and his sons, because they were below the legal investment vision”. age at the time of inking it. The duo took their father TDT|Manama to court for convincing Muhannad Mansour them to sign the agreement, through which he deprived day after Tribune pub- them some of their financial lished the plea of a Bah- rights, according to court A raini man who sought files. assistance for his private car- The pair later found that wash project, the Jaffaria Waqf Abu Amin (second from left) and Sheikh Al Asfoor during the meeting yesterday. they were fooled by their fa- Directorate (JWD) in Justice, Is- ther and they filed a lawsuit lamic Affairs and Endowments from Sitra to work with him and statement released yesterday ing him with a list of the lands to rescind the agreement. Ministry has stepped up and quickly strengthened his cli- that “Sheikh Al Asfoor wel - available and suitable for the “My clients were minors pledged to offer support. ents’ list to include customers comed the man and praised establishment of his project, in at the time they signed Tribune reported on Sunday from Saudi Arabia and Kuwait. his entrepreneurship efforts”. accordance with the investment the reconciliation agree- that Sayed Hashim Amin, who’s As the business rapidly ex- Sheikh Al Asfoor also said Abu formulas and mechanisms fol- ment. Their father initially also known as Abu Amin, devel- panded and the numbers of Amin is “an honourable model lowed by the directorate. presented the agreement oped his hobby for washing and clients soared, Abu Amin told of the hardworking Bahraini in front of another court polishing cars into a flourish- Tribune that washing cars out- youth”. Good Initiative which ruled in his favour. ing business named “Abu Amin side his house wasn’t practical The directorate is an admin- “But today the court re- Carwash”. anymore. istrative body that’s in charge Tribune spoke to Abu-Amin versed the initial ruling af- After being sacked from his He pleaded for assistance of mosques, maatams (religious following the meeting to learn ter noticing that they were job as a customs clearance agent from the concerned official de- I hope this is the and community centres) and more about his next step. “This minors when the agreement at a private company back in partments, such as Works, Mu- first step towards other properties and assets en- is a good initiative from the was signed,” the plantiffs’ 2016, Abu Amin began washing nicipalities Affairs and Urban a bright future dowed to these establishments. directorate’s side. It reflects lawyer Ibtisam Al Sabagh cars outside his house, located Planning Ministry, JWD and the It handles the rent and revenue their concern about the Bah - said. in Marquban village in Sitra. Sunni Endowments, to provide for me and my of such properties. raini youth and their interest. The court’s ruling stated The man started from zero him with a land so he could friends. Sheikh Al Asfoor underlined I was told in the meeting that that the agreement must be and earned the necessary rent with a reasonable price and ABU AMIN in his statement that “providing the directorate would list the deemed invalid because the amount to buy car-washing officially establish a registered opportunities to establish and lands under its supervision in plaintiffs weren’t of legal equipment and other materials, carwash. nurture youth projects is a top Sitra and get back to me with- age to give up their rights. after manually washing cars for JWD contacted Abu Amin Attending the meeting was priority for JWD’s management, in few days, so I could choose It also underlined that a couple of months. on the same day his story was JWD Chairman Sheikh Mohsen as it is a cornerstone of its in- which is suitable to establish the father had exploited his Abu Amin didn’t only provide published on the third page of Al Asfoor, JWD Acting Direc- vestment vision”. my project. I hope this is the sons to push them towards a living for his three-member Sunday’s edition of Tribune and tor Ali Khamis and other JWD He instructed the concerned first step towards a bright fu- signing the agreement de- family, but also attracted ten a meeting was held yesterday officials. departments in the directorate ture for me and colleagues,” spite the fact he was aware unemployed Bahraini youth with him. The directorate said in a to assist Abu Amin by provid- Abu Amin said. of their age. TUESDAY, JULY 17, 2018 05

Cooperation stressed Education Ministry Undersecretary for Resources and Services Dr Mohammed Mubarak Juma’a yesterday received Bahrain Authority for Culture and Antiquities (BACA) Culture and Arts Director General Shaikha Hala bint Mohammed Al Khalifa and discussed with her cooperation between the Education Ministry and BACA. The Education Ministry Undersecretary informed Shaikha Hala about the ministry’s main development programmes and the efforts to broaden the scope of student- oriented artistic and cultural activities.

I will behead you, IS man Drug lord ran smuggling tells cops The defendant was• among 24 men who were convicted network from prison cell of joining IS in Bahrain.

Six members of the racket on trial at High Criminal Court TDT|Manama Ali Tarif During questioning, he turned on his The other members of the accomplices, and police officers were n alleged member network• include a father-son shocked to learn that the network was of the Islamic State We were alerted that one of managed by the drug lord through a phone A(IS) has lost his ap- duo, two Nigerian citizens as the Nigerians would arrive in that was smuggled inside the prison. 3 peal against a month’s im- well as the drug lord’s brother. the Kingdom on April 19. We “We received communication that the kilograms of shabu prisonment for threatening made special arrangements to drug lord was operating a smuggling rack- were seized from the police officers. The racket was busted arrest him. et. We immediately tried to validate that Nigerian man. The defendant was put • information. We learned that he was co- on trial in a separate case after one of the Nigerian POLICE OFFICER ordinating with some men from Nigeria,” other than being an IS men landed in police net a police officer involved in dismantling the member after he pledged to at Bahrain International sentenced for the same crime. network revealed to prosecutors. over the drugs to the Bahraini man. As he behead officers who went Airport trying to smuggle in The Bahraini man was earlier found “We were alerted that one of the Nigeri- took drugs from the Nigerian man, we to arrest him. guilty of selling drugs in the Kingdom ans would arrive in the Kingdom on April pounced on him. Subsequently, all other He was charged with three kilograms of shabu. and inside the prison he led the network 19, 2018. We made special arrangements members of the racket were arrested,” the threatening the Ministry smuggling shabu using a mobile phone to arrest him. He was arrested carrying police officer said. of Interior’s employees TDT|Manama that was smuggled into the jail, the court more than three kilograms of shabu and The Bahraini man, who was a part of while trying to carry out Ali Tarif documents say. 177 grams of marijuana hidden inside his the network, told prosecutors that the their duties. The other members of the network in- bag,” he added. drug lord was working with him in the The defendant was xperiences generally refine humans, clude a father-son duo, two Nigerian citi- The Nigerian man revealed to police same company in 2007 before they began among 24 men who were but this wasn’t the case with a drug zens as well as the drug lord’s brother. officers that he was supposed to deliver smuggling drugs. convicted of joining IS in Elord serving a 10 year imprisonment The racket was busted after one of the the illegal drugs to a Bahraini man, and he The six men are on trial at the High Bahrain. for running a drug smuggling racket. Nigerian men landed in police net at the offered to cooperate to arrest other mem- Criminal Court for running a drug smug- The defendants received Court details say he continued to operate Bahrain International Airport trying to bers of the racket. gling network. Their first hearing is jail terms between 10 and the racket from behind bars after being smuggle in three kilograms of shabu. “We released him purposefully to hand- scheduled to be on September 9. 15 years and all of them had their Bahraini nationality revoked. Glimpse of hope for ‘stateless family’ TDT|Manama Muhannad Mansour

ope has been restored for a five-member state- I was told by an embassy staff there less family that has been living in the Kingdom that our matter has been referred to the Hwithout any legal documents for more than concerned department in the External 30 years. Affairs Ministry in Delhi. This comes as the Indian Embassy here informed the family yesterday that their matter is being processed MS YADIAH with top prominence at the External Affairs Ministry in New Delhi. our status is finally looked into by the Indian authori- Born to an Indian father and Sri Lankan mother, the A screenshot of the video showing Ms Yadiah speaking to Ms Swaraj. ties,” Ms Yadiah told. four siblings (three sisters and one brother) have been As reported yesterday, Ms Yadiah, her three siblings living in difficult conditions as they have no identity minister was her last resort, claiming that her repeated and their mother are living in a miserable condition proof except for birth certificates they obtained from requests to the Indian Embassy as well as the Sri Lankan and merely surviving on donations and whatever she the Health Ministry here. embassy were denied due to lack of identity verification and her younger sister earn from working as part-time The second eldest daughter Sumaya Yadiah, 30, told and other supportive documents. housemaids. Tribune yesterday that she had visited the embassy However, she told the minister promised her that Adding to the suffering, their mother was diagnosed yesterday to follow up on her request to issue passports their matter will be looked into and hopefully solved. with kidney failure a few years ago and undergoes dialy- for her and her siblings. “I was told by an embassy staff there that our matter sis three times a week, a process that costsBD 225 a week. As reported yesterday by Tribune, Ms Yadiah handed has been referred to the concerned department in the The stateless siblings weren’t able to enroll in a school over a written plea to India’s External Affairs Minister External Affairs Ministry in Delhi. He told me not to or receive proper medical attention. It was until recently Sushma Swaraj while she inaugurated the new Indian worry and to wait for the embassy’s call. I have waited that the Central Informatics Organisation (CIO) issued Embassy complex in Seef District on Saturday. for three long and difficult decades without a passport. exceptional temporary identity cards for them, on The woman told that conveying her plea to the I would wait another year if I have to. I’m happy that humanitarian grounds. TUESDAY, JULY 17, 2018 06

CSR Initiative Minister meets top UN official

Seef Properties donated BD15,000 to Shaikh Isa bin Salman Educational Charitable Trust Fund. The Vice Chairman and Cabinet Affairs Minister Mohammed Al Mutawa held a meeting in New York with the Special Representative of the CSR Committee Chairman of Seef Properties, Dr Mustafa Al Sayed, handed over the donation to the representatives of UN Secretary-General in charge of International Migration Louise Arbour. The meeting was attended by the Bahrain the Charity, Mona Al Balooshi and Wedad Al Mosawi in the presence of the Chief Executive Officer of Seef Properties, Labour Market Regulatory Authority’s (LMRA) Chief Executive Officer, Head of the National Committee Against Human Ahmed Yusuf. The donation comes in line with Seef Properties’ continuous efforts to contribute towards community Trafficking, Ausamah Al Absi. It was on the sidelines of Bahrain’s ongoing preparations to attend the High-level Political causes that leave a lasting and positive imprint on the society at large. Forum (HLPF) on sustainable development. 40,000 non-Muslims visited Grand Mosque last year Spreading messages of peace, love and peaceful coexistence our main aim, Mosque official say TDT|Manama Mohammed Zafran we rely heavily on volunteers. Recently we hosted a reception for our volun- teers to acknowledge and appreciate l Fateh Grand Mosque received their contribution to our activities and 40,000 non-Muslim visitors programmes. We have more than 100 Afrom 120 countries in the past volunteers who regularly assist in major year, it was revealed. events such as the Eid Open Houses The number of visitors is increasing event and the Cruise ship tourist pro- year-by-year, Ahmed Al Fateh Islamic grammes.” Centre coordinator Farahat Al Kindy “Most of the volunteers come from told Tribune. different backgrounds and speak sev- He said that the the number of visi- The visitor section eral languages. The main languages tors have increased dramatically since has trained spoken are English, French, German, 1999, when only 2,000 visitors were more than 100 Italian, Spanish, Hindi, Chinese, Rus- welcomed. volunteers to sian, Arabic, Tagalog, Urdu, Sinhalese, “The increase was gradual, in 1999 assist in handling Tamil and Malayalam,” he said. we only had 2,000 visitors but as more “The Ahmed AI Fateh Centre visitor’s crew ships began coming to Bah - the visitors section is dedicated to spreading the rain and as the US Navy presence got especially during message of peace, love and peaceful larger, we started to have a lot more the peak season. co-existence between all peoples and visitors. MR AL KINDY welcomes all non-Muslim expatriates “It has gradually increased year-by- and tourists who wish to visit this great year. Last year’s 40,000 visitors were architectural marvel. one of the highest we have ever re - “Currently there are only six staff em- corded. Volunteers ployed in the section. In order to handle “In 2016, we have had 35,000 visitors. The Grand Mosque hosts Eid Open House every year. The mosque only has a few full-time the increasing number of visitors, the We are happy to have a high number of staff and so nearly 100 people have visitor section has trained more than visitors every year.” direct the tourists here. “We actually do not do much adver- volunteered to give the visitors a tour 100 volunteers to assist in handling “The tourism agents contribute a “The tourism authority is the one tising to gain more visitors. In spite of of the mosque. the visitors especially during the peak great deal to increasing the number of that is advising the agencies to bring this, the number of visitors have been “It is impossible for the official staff to season from November until May each visitors. They coordinate with us and more tourists here. increasing.” give tours to all visitors by ourselves so year and on special occasions.”

Man sets carpentry on Blaze-hit workers get timely fire over unpaid salaries TDT|Manama and the Labour Court again Ali Tarif ordered my employer to set- help from social workers tle my dues,” he added. n Arab carpenter According to the court doc- TDT|Manama ers as most of them, had lost showed his anger by uments, the Labour Court Harpreet Kaur their money, clothes and all Asetting the carpentry ordered in his favour, and his their belongings in the fire. on fire after he was allegedly employer gave him a cheque ocial workers yester - As soon as these labourers not paid his salaries. for BD273. day provided aid to dis - settle down the society will The 53-year-old was enti- “The cheque bounced be- Stressed labourers who provide them with beds and tled to receive BD273 from cause there wasn’t sufficient lost everything in a blaze that mattresses.” his employer, but he caused balance in the account. Af - destroyed their accommoda- “Moreover if our budget more than BD300,000 worth ter a few days, I received a tion facility. permits we would provide the of damage by burning the call from my employer who A blaze that was extin - labourers with air conditioner property which is located in mocked me over the bounced guished by the Civil Defence and refrigerators. In summer Sitra, according to court files. cheque. At that point, I de - at a Labour camp in Salmabad a lot of fire occurs due to an “I came to Bahrain in 2017, cided to take revenge,” the on July 14 had left labourers electric short circuit and over- but due to difficult work - 53-year-old man said. stranded with all of their sup- load wherein safety awareness ing conditions and late sal - He lived up to his pledge plies lost. is the need of the hour among aries, I filed a case against by torching the carpentry They received an emergency the labourers with which sit- my employer at the Minis - before he surrendered to package yesterday from the uations like these can be pre- try of Labour. My complaint police. social workers of Migrant Pro- A society worker offers help to labourers. vented.” was solved, but my employ- The defendant will be tried tection Workers Society. “If anyone wishes to help er stopped paying my sala - before the High Criminal A social worker, Khatib Zu- tee of the Migrant Protection emergency packages, basic these labourers they can ap - ry from January 2018 until Court on grounds of arson. hair Ahmed, Head of Labour Workers Society, told Trib - toiletries as well as clothes proach the society directly,” April,” the accused said. He will stand before the Safety and Welfare Commit- une, “The society distributed to approximately 35 labour- Khatib Zuhair Ahmed added. “I filed another complaint court on September 9, 2018. 07 TUESDAY, JULY 17, 2018 business Middle East Medical Center opens its 4th facility at BIW the BIW area, Bahrain Interna- At present, Middle East MEM-BIW will tional Investment Park (BIIP) Group of Hospitals and Med- • and the Salman Industrial City, ical Centers has four facilities provide medical care in addition to the workers resid- located strategically in Mana- services to people ing in the labour camps in Hidd ma (MEH-Segaya), Salmabad working at Hidd Industrial area. (MEM-Salmabad) and Hidd industrial area There has been no medical (MEM-Hidd) and Bahrain In- facility in the area and MEM- vestment Wharf ( MEM-BIW BIW is the first facility providing Hidd Industrial area). The fa- TDT|Manama high-quality medical services in cilities and the dedicated highly this vicinity. qualified team of doctors make he Middle East Hospital The facility will provide im- the Middle East Hospital Group Group has opened its 4th mediate medical care, GP and an ideal choice for the compre- Tmedical facility at Bah- specialist consultations, outpa- hensive medical care of families, rain Investment Wharf (BIW), tient treatment procedures, ob- nationals and expatriates, corpo- in Hidd Industrial Area. servation care and dental servic- rate houses and companies for Lizhyamma Kurian inaugurat- es along with primary diagnostic the employees as well. ed the facility in the presence of services. The Middle East Hospital & Jeeben Kurian, Executive Direc- Speaking on the occasion, Medical Center is extending tor of VKL Power, Eng. Abdulla Eng. Abdulla Alabbasi said that their services to all parts of Bah- Jamal Alabbasi, Director-Tech- quality medical services were rain, with the next multi-spe- nical Affairs-BIW, officials, dig- an integral part of industrial ciality medical facility coming nitaries and the staff of MEH- townships. He congratulated up in Riffa. The facility will MEM Group. the team of Middle East Hospital commence operations by the MEM-BIW will provide the Lizhyamma Kurain, wife of Dr Varghese Kurian, Chairman & Managing Director of VKL & Al Namal Group, inaugurating the Group, Al Namal Group and VKL end of 2018. The group plans to much-needed medical care ser- Middle East Hospital Group’s 4th medical facility at Bahrain Investment Wharf, in Hidd Industrial Area. Jeeben Kurian, Holdings Chairman Dr Varghese open medical centres in Janabi- vices to a large number of people Executive Director of VKL Power, Abdulla Jamal Alabbasi, Director - Technical Affairs, Dr Sai Giridhar, Executive Director, Kurian for his vision to provide ya, Aali, And Hamad Town and working in business establish- Middle East Hospital Group, Dr Ammar Alanaisi, General Manager - Middle East Medical Center- Hidd, and Bennet Devadhas, high-quality medical services, work has commenced establish- ments and industrial houses in HR - Middle East Medical Center – Hidd, are also seen following the NHRA standards. ing these projects in 2019. Gulf Air employees honoured for outstanding performance

From Left: Hiroshi Inoue, Managing Executive Officer in charge of ASEAN Business and New Emerging Markets and President, Mazda South East Asia; K N Singh, Vice president, International Motor Trading Agency (IMTA); Adel Kanoo, MD, IMTA; and Yuji Nakamine, Senior Managing Executive Officer, Oversight of Operations in Europe, Asia and Oceania, Middle East and Africa and New Emerging Markets, during a felicitation ceremony at Mazda head office in Hiroshima, Japan. IMTA, the distributors of Mazda, were facilitated by Mazda Motor Corporation for the high market share and excellent after- sales activities in Bahrain.

BCCI delegation explores The Gulf AIR employees who were honoured for outstanding performance ing performance. the honoured staff. The hon- growth and success is directly business avenues in Thailand TDT | Manama Gulf Air Chief Executive Of- oured staff included members linked to our workforce’s in - ficer Krešimir Kucko and Dep- of Gulf Air’s maintenance, tech- dividual and collective growth ulf Air has honoured its top uty Chief Executive Officer nical, marketing, sales, human and success. I am delighted to Gemployees at a ceremony Captain Waleed Abdulhameed resources and operations de- recognise you all – represent- held at the airline’s Muharraq Al Alawi, alongside members of partments. atives from across the organi- headquarters. The employees the airline’s executive manage- “Employees are the backbone sation’s various departments, were honoured under its “High ment team including Gulf Air of any organisation, and never who have tirelessly worked and Flyer” award scheme rolled out Director of Human Resources more so than at the Kingdom’s excelled in their fields,” said recently to recognise outstand- Nouf AlSowaidi, congratulated national carrier. Our airline’s Kucko.

The BCCI delegation with a Thai official

TDT | Manama Bahraini-Thai business coop- eration with top Thai officials s part of a high-level Bah- and business owners. Araini business delegation Investment and partnership to Thailand, board members of potentials in the food sector the Bahrain Chamber of Com- were highlighted, with special merce and Industry (BCCI) Ab- emphasis on the Halal food dulhakeem, Al Shemeri and industry and projects on food Ahmed Al Saloom explored security. TUESDAY, JULY 17, 2018 08

7th HRM summit Egypt parliament from Nov 27-29 bill to monitor Academic year begins at social media TDT |Manama AFP|Cairo he 7th Annual Human TResources Management he Egyptian parliament Summit 2018 will be held Beacon Private School Tyesterday approved in from November 27-29 at a final reading a bill that the Diplomat Radisson Blu TDT| Manama meet the requirements of mem- would allow authorities to Hotel. bership of international bodies monitor social media us- Entitled “HRM Sum- eacon Private School, and organizations, especially ers with the aim of com - mit 2018” , the three-day Al Hidd, has opened its the International Baccalaure- batting “fake news”, the event will feature top notch Bdoors to students for the ate Diploma and the Common legislature said. The bill speakers, an HR Excellence next academic year after ob - Ground Collaborative (CGC) was backed by two thirds Awards Gala Dinner and taining the Ministry of Educa- which was established in 2014 of parliament’s 596 mem- three parallel post-confer- tion approval to register stu- as an independent institution bers and it will now be sent ence workshops. dents from kindergarten level through which education and to President Abdel Fattah Topics will cover the to the fourth grade, Mohammed education experts share expe- al-Sisi to be ratified. Under latest advancement in the Dadabhai, Chairman of Dadab- riences and keep pace with the the new law, people whose areas of employee engage- hai Group, has announced. latest developments in the field social media accounts have ment, talent management, “We thank the Minister of Mohammed Dadabhai Samir Chammaa of education,” he said. more than 5,000 followers HR strategies, recruitment Education and all the distin - Chammaa added: “I have just could be placed under the and retention strategies, guished officials of the Minis- returned with the school admin- supervision of Egypt’s Su- team work and the impact try for their keen support. We “The school is ready along critical thinking and close col- istrative team from “Common preme Council for Media of change management on are committed to all standards with its academic and admin- laboration among all partners Ground Collaborative (CGC)” in Regulations. This would en- employers, employees, busi- and directives in order to meet istrative staff to implement in the learning process through the US after attending a confer- compass websites, blogs and nesses and ministries. all requirements of the school its philosophy of education the implementation of an In- ence other training workshops personal accounts. This event will be a great toward the achievement of our through its future vision of re- ternational Curriculum “ said will be organized for the edu- The council would be opportunity to meet key-de- goal to provide a qualitative ad- search-based education and to Samir Chammaa, head of the cational and administrative staff authorised to suspend or cision makers from both the dition in the field of education develop independent learners consultancy and development and parents of the students’ on block any personal account private and public sectors. and the preparation of a gener- in an environment that fosters committee of Beacon Private the Educational System of CGC which “publishes or broad- The latest trends, econom- ation geared to keep pace with respect and accountability and School. “The school will abide schools which is a global net- casts fake news or anything ic slowdown and its effect the developments of the twen- stimulates innovation and in- by all educational laws and reg- work of educators, innovators (information) inciting vio- on GCC job market, global ty-first century,” he said. vention at the highest levels of ulations in the Kingdom and and partners. lating the law, violence or best practices and success hatred”. The government stories in the field of HR newspaper Al-Ahram pub- and strategic management lished on its portal details will be presented during the of the bill, including an event. amended article concerning HRM Summit 2018 is the detention of journalists an integrated networking and a new one the import of event that is focused on pro- satellite transmitters. viding deep insights into the human resources develop- ment and management life cycles, with particular em- CrediMax phasis on the application of international best practices prize winners tailored to the Middle East market. announced It is the region’s leading Chairman of the Bahrain Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI) Sameer Nass with the Charge d’ Affairs of the German Embassy to Bahrain Martin Loetzer event dedicated to the spe- and Chairman of the German Business Round Table Prof. Bernd Hoefer during a meeting held at Bait Al Tijjar. The meeting explored investment opportunities in TDT| Manama cialized needs of a fast de- education, health, and tourism, and underlined the need to activate the Bahraini-German Joint Business Council to spur liaison between members of the business veloping marketplace. community. BCCI officials Mohammed Al Kooheji, Aref Hejris, Dr Waheeb Al Khaja, Abdulhakeem Al Shemeri, Ahmed Al Saloom, and Sonia Janahi were present rediMax has announced Cthe name of its May and June winner for its 2018 “WE GIVE THE MAX” cam- paign. Ebrahim A. Rasool Esbai won the Lexus ES 350, the prize for the month of May. Ahmed Salman won the 1kg gold bar, the prize for the month of June. The upcoming prize for the month of July will be a Lexus ES 350 model 2018. For every accumulat- ed BD300 spent, the card- holder will be eligible to enter the raffle draw and get a chance to win a Lex- us ES 350 or 1 KG Gold Bar Al Salam Bank’s 12th batch of summer interns with Anwar Murad, First Deputy CEO of Al Salam Bank-Bahrain and Muna Al Balooshi, Group Head of Human Resources and Administration (center), during the following month. The an induction programme held at the Sheraton Hotel. 21 young Bahrainis, 14 female and 9 male students were inducted to the internship programme this year. The students are currently completing their cardholders can also dou- respective majors at the University of Bahrain as well as at other local and international private universities. The interns will undergo a two-month-long intensive training programme in retail banking, ble their chance when using Shari’a compliance, operations, risk management, HR and corporate communications amongst others their cards outside Bahrain. Alba organises workshop for its management-level personnel

Aluminium Bahrain management staff

TDT | Manama ous management level personnel 1st Line Management during the coming obstacles and achieving day, it is vital for our people to pabilities to thrive in a VUCA at the Alba Club. week at Alba Club. success and growth. understand the changing busi- world.” luminium Bahrain (Alba), in Presented by the well-known The workshop focuses on the Speaking about the ‘Thriving ness environments and move Professor Rangaraj is an ex- Aline with its commitment to Professor Rangaraj Ramanujam importance of self-management, in VUCA World’ workshop, Al- forward with new ideas in order perienced academic, researcher develop and prepare its manage- from Vanderbilt University, USA, decision making and handling ba’s Chief Executive Officer Tim to succeed in tomorrow’s world. and writer in the fields of man- ment for the future, is organising the workshop is being held for the stress of managing in a VUCA Murray said: Through this workshop, we aim aging teams, leadership, identi- a workshop ‘Thriving in VUCA Alba’s executive management world, with a special focus on “Success is where prepara- to prepare our junior leaders to fying causes of operational fail- (Volatile, Uncertain, Complex, and managers on July 16 and 17, business cases and examples of tion and opportunity meet. In successfully navigate and build ures and the mechanics of the Ambiguous) World’ for its vari- 2018 and for the 2nd Line and Fortune 500 companies in over- the ever-changing world of to- the necessary mind-set and ca- decision making process. TUESDAY, JULY 17, 2018 09

EU warns Airbnb to obey rules or risk fines Bank stocks lift Gulf indices AFP| Brussels, TAQA, Dana Gas buck trend as lower oil prices weigh; Emaar Properties rises in Dubai he European Union yes- Tterday warned holiday rental site Airbnb to bring Reuters| Dubai Closing Bell consumer terms in line with SAUDI  1.0% » 8,491 the bloc’s rules or risk finan- ost Gulf markets ended cial penalties. yesterday in positive DUBAI  0.7% » 2,919 The European Commis- Mterritory with Saudi ABU DHABI  1.1% » 4,747 sion, the executive arm of Arabian, Qatari, and Abu Dha- QATAR  1.1 % » 9,340 the 28-nation EU, said it bi indexes all gaining 1 percent found that some of Airbnb’s or more as the second quarter KUWAIT  1.0% » 5,390 pricing and other terms earnings reporting season got BAHRAIN  0.6% » 1,352 failed to meet EU guidelines. under way and despite a drop OMAN  0.2 » 4,449 “Airbnb has now until the in oil prices. end of August to propose Abu Dhabi’s main index added EGYPT  1.2% » 15,656 detailed solutions on how 1.1 per cent with support also to bring its conduct in com- from telecom shares. First Abu pliance with EU consumer Dhabi Bank (FAB) closed up 2 while National Commercial legislation,” the commission percent, Emirates Telecom (Eti- Bank rose 1.7pc, and Samba Fi- said. salat) up 1.8pc, and Abu Dhabi nancial Group edged up 2.7pc. Brussels said the firm Islamic Bank (ADIB) up 1.6 per- Developer Jabal Omar fell failed to meet EU guidelines cent. 1.4pc. on price transparency, with ADIB reported on Monday a In Dubai, Emaar Properties some prospective custom- 3.8pc second-quarter profit rise Gulf indices gained one per cent as second quarter earnings season got underway. - Reuters (File photo) closed up 2.8pc while Emaar ers seeing prices increase as to 572.7 million dirhams. Malls fell 0.5pc. Emaar Malls they proceeded with mak- Energy shares weighed with said after the market closed it ing a reservation. Dana Gas falling 1.9pc and Abu duction increases from Russia metals and fertiliser producer rose 1.2pc and Vodafone Qatar had appointed former Marks Dhabi National Energy (TAQA) and other oil producers. Industries Qatar closing 4.7 per- climbed 3.1pc. & Spencer executive Patrick closing 2.4pc lower as the oil Qatar’s benchmark index add- cent higher. Saudi Arabia’s index closed Bousquet-Chavanne as its new market slipped on potential pro- ed 1.1pc with petrochemicals, Qatar Commercial Bank up 1pc. Al Rajhi Bank rose 1.9pc, CEO. US challenges counter-tariffs at WTO Oil falls 4pc to 3-month-low AFP| Washington IMF warns of rising risks to Reuters| New York he United States has Tlaunched challenges at il prices slumped 4 per- global growth amid trade row the World Trade Organiza- Ocent yesterday, with Brent tion to hit back at the major reaching a three-month low, AFP| Washington GDP GROWTH ESTIMATES 2018 2019 trading partners who have as Libyan ports reopened and retaliated against President traders eyed potential supply he global economy is still expected to grow World 3.9 (0.0) 3.9 (0.0) Donald Trump’s tariffs on increases by Russia and other Tat a solid pace this year, but worsening trade metals and goods from Chi- producers. confrontations pose serious risks to the outlook, Advanced economies 2.4 (-0.1) 2.2 (0.0) na.Washington opened sep- Brent crude futures fell the International Monetary Fund said yesterday. arate disputes against Chi- $3.09 to $72.24 a barrel, a 4.1 The IMF’s updated World Economic Outlook United States 2.9 (0.2) 2.7 (0.2) na, the European Union, per cent loss, by 11:34 a.m. EDT (WEO) forecast global growth of 3.9 percent this Euro area 2.2 (-0.2) 1.9 (-0.1) Canada, Mexico and Turkey, (1534 GMT), while US West Representative picture year and next, despite sharp downgrades to esti- Germany 2.2 (-0.3) 2.1 (0.1) challenging the counter-tar- Texas Intermediate ( WTI) mates for Germany, France and Japan. France 1.8 (-0.3) 1.7 (-0.3) Italy 1.2 (-0.3) 1.0 (-0.1) iffs they have since imposed crude decreased $2.74, or 3.9 terbusch and Associates said The US economy is still seen growing by 2.9 on American farm exports percent, to $68.27 a barrel. in a note. per cent this year, and the estimate for China Spain 2.8 (0.0) 2.2 (0.0) Japan 1.0 (-0.2) 0.9 (0.0) and machinery, the office of Brent’s dive put it at its low- Russia and other oil pro - remains 6.6pc, with little impact expected near Britain 1.4 (-0.2) 1.5 (0.0) the US Trade Representative est level since mid-April. ducers could raise output by 1 term from the tariffs on tens of billions of dollars Canada 2.1 (0.0) 2.0 (0.0) said in a statement. Supply outages in Libya, a million barrels per day (bpd) in exports the countries have imposed on each Despite outrage from EU, labor dispute in Norway and or more if shortages hit the other so far. Emerging & developing economies 4.9 (0.0) 5.1 (0.0) Canadian and Mexican au- unrest in Iraq all helped to market, Russian Energy Min- “But the risk that current trade tensions es- thorities, the White House push oil prices higher late last ister Alexander Novak told calate further -- with adverse effects on con- Developing Asia 6.5 (0.0) 6.5 (-0.1) says alleged unfair trade by week, though prices still fell reporters on Friday. fidence, asset prices, and investment -- is the China 6.6 (0.0) 6.4 (0.0) these economies justifies for a second straight week. Also weighing on futures greatest near-term threat to global growth,” IMF India 7.3 (-0.1) 7.5 (-0.3) Trump’s stinging tariffs -- “The complex has wasted were reports that the U.S. Chief Economist Maurice Obstfeld said. but retaliation is not. little time in offsetting Fri- could tap its Strategic Pe - The fund warns growth could be cut by a half Latin America and the Caribbean 1.6 (-0.4) 2.6 (-0.2) “The actions taken by the day’s gains as the specter of troleum Reserve, which point by 2020 if tariff threats are carried out. Brazil 1.8 (-0.5) 2.5 (0.0) president are wholly legit- increasing production out of would add supply to the Although the global recovery is in its second Mexico 2.3 (0.0) 2.7 (-0.3) imate and fully justified Saudi Arabia, Russia and the market. year, growth has “plateaued” and become less as a matter of US law and US has come under increased Production in Libya re - balanced, and “the risk of worse outcomes has Russia 1.7 (0.0) 1.5 (0.0) international trade rules,” focus now that Libyan ports mained under threat. While its increased,” Obstfeld said in a statement. US Trade Representative appear to be reopening,” Jim ports are reopening, output at Middle East and North Africa 3.5 (0.1) 3.9 (0.2) Robert Lighthizer said in a Ritterbusch, president of Rit- Libya’s giant Sharara oilfield ‘Disenchantment’ statement. was expected to fall by at least The report comes as US President Donald Trump Sub-Saharan Africa 3.4 (0.0) 3.8 (0.1) “Instead of working with 160,000 bpd after two workers has imposed steep tariffs duties on $34 billion in us to address a common were abducted by an unknown imports from China, with another $200 billion World Trade Volume 4.8 (-0.3) 4.5 (-0.2) problem, some of our trad- group, the National Oil Corpo- coming as soon as September, on top of duties ing partners have elected ration said on Saturday. on steel and aluminum from around the world denting investment and trade,” the IMF report to respond with retaliatory $72.24 On July 11, the NOC said four including key allies. said. In addition, “higher trade barriers would tariffs designed to punish a barrel was the price export terminals were being China has matched US tariffs dollar for dollar make tradable goods less affordable, disrupt American workers, farm- of Brent crude futures reopened after eastern fac- and threatened to take other steps to retaliate, global supply chains, and slow the spread of new ers and companies.”Ligh- by 1534 GMT tions handed over the ports, while US exports face retaliatory taxes from technologies, thus lowering productivity.”The thizer said the counter-tar- while a lengthy shutdown at Canada, Mexico and the European Union. IMF said growth prospects are below average in iffs breached the member El Feel oilfield in the south- “An escalation of trade tensions could under- many countries and urged governments to take states’ WTO obligations. west also ended. mine business and financial market sentiment, steps to ensure economic growth will continue. China’s GDP growth softens to 6.7 per cent in second quarter

Reuters| Beijing looks set to meet the official for Oxford Economics in Hong hina’s economy expanded at 2018 growth target of around Kong, wrote in a note. The sec- Ca slower pace in the second 6.5pc, though the trade row with ond quarter GDP figure was quarter as Beijing’s efforts to The intensifying Washington, a slowing proper- slightly below the first quarter’s contain debt hurt activity, while trade conflict with ty market and lower shipments 6.8pc, the National Bureau of June factory output growth the US will start to have sharply increased the risks Statistics said on Monday, with weakened to a two-year low in weigh on growth to the outlook. net exports a drag on overall first a worrying sign for investment “We expect growth in H2 to half economic growth. and exporters as a trade war LOUIS KUIJS be challenged by the slow credit As the trade tussle with Wash- with the United States intensi- HEAD OF ASIA ECONOMICS FOR growth and softer real estate ington shows no signs of ebbing, fied. The world’s second-larg- OXFORD ECONOMICS, HONG KONG activity. Also, the intensifying more timely monthly activity est economy grew 6.7 per cent trade conflict with the US will data indicated growth was slow- in the last quarter year-on-year start to weigh on growth,” Louis ing at a faster pace going into the - matching expectations - and A man works at a steel plant in Liaoning province, China. – Reuters (File photo) Kuijs, Head Of Asia Economics second half of the year. FREEDOM MEANS THE QUOTE OPPORTUNITY TO BE WHAT WE OF THE NEVER THOUGHT WE WOULD BE. DAY DANIEL J. BOORSTIN TUESDAY, JULY 17, 2018

Defending global institutions from White House sledgehammer

their relationship as “tremendous.” Trump lavishly praises dictatorial strongmen like Vladimir Putin, Rodrigo Duterte and Kim Jong Un, yet treats the world’s most powerful women with excruciating BARIA ALAMUDDIN contempt. Dysfunction Meanwhile, Trump’s warning that Europe risks “losing its cul- and paralysis oming out of a BBC inter- ture” is an alt-right euphemism within global view in London last week, for the white, Christian West be- CI was engulfed by vast coming diluted with Muslims. One crowds demonstrating against can clearly discern the racist moti- institutions Donald Trump’s visit to the UK. vations behind his vicious attacks As a journalist, I was fascinated against London Mayor Sadiq Khan, precedes to discover what motivated peo- as well as his “Muslim ban.” ple to participate: Many had been Trump was merely echoing pre- Trump, but he horrified at Prime Minister The- vious US presidents when argu- is accelerating resa May’s unseemly rush to invite ing that NATO members should him for an official visit. Yet, in this increase military spending. How- their nation of etiquette and protocol, ever, his aggressive shock therapy even leftist republican protesters approach risks killing the patient. demise and were appalled at the disrespectful These tactics aren’t designed to indignities heaped upon May and strengthen NATO; the US president exacerbating the Queen by this man, who, upon calculatedly undermines the al- his arrival, conducted a newspaper liance by inciting his supporters the interview designed to undermine against it. Experienced Western the PM personally and torpedo her leaders stoically tolerate these rhe- international Brexit policy. Only 24 hours later, torical hand grenades so Fox News he stood shamelessly alongside May viewers in Nebraska may enjoy fallout decrying this interview as “fake their pound of raw flesh. news.” Rather than commending pro- Trump performed similar an - gress by NATO members toward tics at the NATO summit: Brutally the 2 percent military spending savaging German Chancellor An- goal, or even taking credit; Trump gela Merkel’s immigration, ener- unleashed a rant, impossibly de- gy and trade policies; but, after manding budget increases to 4 meeting face-to-face, described percent and darkly threatening Trump and May before attending a joint press conference in London. Stigma of mental diseases making the world sick The public discussion about mental health has become too focused on moderate illness

work in a public hospital where our It is common for patients patients include those with many to resist a diagnosis with a conditions that have been slower to shed stigma, such as schizophrenia, psychotic component, insisting mania, severe depression and person- instead that what they really ality disorders. This stigma differen- have is depression that should LISA PRYOR tial is something I feel keenly when be treated with antidepressant observing which diagnoses patients medication rather than s public conversation about will or won’t accept. antipsychotics. mental health has grown loud- It is common for patients to resist Aer and busier in recent years, a diagnosis with a psychotic compo- mental illness has become more than nent, insisting instead that what they a category of disease with social and really have is depression that should psychological dimensions. Especially be treated with antidepressant med- in the case of depression and anxiety, ication rather than antipsychotics. mental illness has come to be seen as They may describe themselves as a proxy for what is wrong with the having an anxiety disorder, when modern Western world. there is in fact a long-standing diag- Depression is like a Rorschach test: nosis of a personality disorder. People see in it whatever they like, in The conversation about mental Australia that showed that rates of order to make whatever point they health has become so focused on high distress in the community have like, about what they perceive to be mild to moderate illness and stigma remained steady despite increased the ills of society. reduction that it does a disservice to mental health spending by succes - Blame for depression is found in people living with mental illness at sive Australian governments. The capitalism, loss of religion, social the more debilitating end of the spec- authors suggested a major reason for media, processed food. Recently a trum, fuelling misunderstanding of the lack of a shift in outcomes is that book was released promising to tackle the nature and risks of these illnesses increased spending is not getting to anxiety “for good” with a two-week and under-resourcing of treatment. the people who need it most. sugar detox. Much good has come of Furthermore, the narrative that They showed that the greatest lev- the increased willingness to discuss “mental illness does not discrimi - els of mental distress, suggestive of mental disorders. There is greater ac- nate” and “mental illness can happen depression or anxiety, were expe - ceptance than in the past that mental to anybody,” which has been impor- rienced by those in the most socio - illness is real and common, and that tant in tackling stigma, has had the economically deprived areas. And when it arises, its causes are com - unintended consequence of disguis- and the food writer Anthony Bour- sion is a crisis of the wealthy West, countries. yet it was the people in the most ad- plex and cannot be explained away as ing the political and economic dimen- dain — and so much attention on high depression is a global problem, and Suffering is compounded when vantaged areas that were most likely weakness or lack of character. All of sions of the way that mental suffering, rates of mental illness in the United developing nations are not immune. the groups that are most in need of to be receiving psychological treat- this is vital in reducing stigma, which and the treatment of suffering, is States, people would be forgiven for World Health Organisation data show treatment for mental illness are the ment — even in a country where these in turn encourages people to step for- unfairly distributed. thinking that mental illness is evenly that the highest prevalence of depres- very groups who are less likely to sessions are often subsidized by the ward and seek help without shame. With so much of the recent focus of distributed through the population or sion by region is for women in Africa, receive it. government with the express purpose But as a doctor who works in men- public discussion about mental illness even disproportionately suffered by at 5.9 per cent. Suicide is also a global This is the case even within of providing better access. tal health, I think the direction of the based on celebrities — like the recent people in wealthy countries. problem. In 2015, 78pc of suicides wealthy countries. Consider a re - This is not to say that wealthy peo- conversation should give us pause. I suicides of the designer Kate Spade But far from the cliché that depres- occurred in low- and middle-income cent article summarizing research in ple suffering distress are wrong to

Hon. Chairman Najeb Yacob Alhamer | Editor-in-Chief Mahmood AI Mahmood | Deputy Editor-in-Chief Ahdeya Ahmed | Chairman & Managing Editor P Unnikrishnan | Advertisement: Update Media W.L.L | Tel: 38444692, Email: [email protected] | Newsroom: Tel: 38444680, Email: [email protected] Subscription & circulation: Tel: 38444698/17579877 | Email:[email protected] | Website: www.newsofbahrain.com | Printed and published by Al Ayam Publishing FREEDOM MEANS THE TODAY 1785 1815 1898 1966 QUOTE OPPORTUNITY TO BE WHAT WE DAY IN OF THE NEVER THOUGHT WE WOULD BE. France limits the importation of Napoleon Bonaparte surren- U.S. troops under General Ho Chi Minh orders a partial DAY HISTORY goods from Britain. ders to the British at Rochefort, William R. Shafter take Santiago mobilization of North Vietnam DANIEL J. BOORSTIN France. de Cuba during the Spanish- to defend against American TUESDAY, JULY 17, 2018 American War. airstrikes.

Defending global institutions from White House sledgehammer TOP their relationship as “tremendous.” that the US could walk away from Rather than allowing stoutly assert Russian non-inter- nity. Rather than allowing them- Trump lavishly praises dictatorial its NATO commitments if nations ference in American elections, and selves to be isolated and bullied TWEETS4 strongmen like Vladimir Putin, didn’t acquiesce to his constantly themselves to be isolated will trumpet every dubious con- — or pandering to Trump in the Rodrigo Duterte and Kim Jong shifting demands. and bullied - or pandering cession from Putin as proof of his hope of a fair hearing — Merkel, Un, yet treats the world’s most The Bush-Blair dismemberment to Trump in the hope of a deal-making genius. This is despite May, Justin Trudeau and Emma- powerful women with excruciating of Iraq sowed the seeds of the anar- fair hearing - Merkel, May, Putin’s promises meaning nothing, nuel Macron must forge their own BARIA ALAMUDDIN contempt. chy ripping the Middle East apart Justin Trudeau and Emmanuel and his ability to nimbly run circles common agenda. This doesn’t 01 Dysfunction Meanwhile, Trump’s warning today. We are still reeling from Macron must forge their own round Trump. mean provoking or opposing the that Europe risks “losing its cul- that eight-year reign of George W. common agenda. Powerhouses of global deci - US, but rather setting an example and paralysis oming out of a BBC inter- ture” is an alt-right euphemism Bush and the neocons; yet this US sion-making — the G-7, NATO, the about how pragmatic and mature view in London last week, for the white, Christian West be- administration after just one year World Trade Organisation and the multilateral diplomacy should be within global UN CI was engulfed by vast coming diluted with Muslims. One — with its vandalism of interna - — have almost ceased to func- conducted; presenting an enlight- crowds demonstrating against can clearly discern the racist moti- tional institutions, the surrender tion. The issue for world leaders at- ened and globalist bulwark against institutions Donald Trump’s visit to the UK. vations behind his vicious attacks of Jerusalem, policy confusion to- tending these summits is no longer the irrational, illiberal, racist rant- ussia’s attack on the As a journalist, I was fascinated against London Mayor Sadiq Khan, ward Syria, and open contempt for the policy agenda, but managing ings of the populist far right. The RUS & other democ- precedes to discover what motivated peo- as well as his “Muslim ban.” Islam — is like President Bush on fallout from predictable bouts of US Republican Party and Congress racies around the world ple to participate: Many had been Trump was merely echoing pre- steroids. Let’s take our heads out of pique and sabotage from the US. must likewise step out of this ad- transcends partisanship. Trump, but he horrified at Prime Minister The- vious US presidents when argu- the sand: Trump could conceivably This US administration is, mean- ministration’s shadow and reassert Congress needs to get se- is accelerating resa May’s unseemly rush to invite ing that NATO members should win an eight-year term; but what while, about to discover the bitter the enlightened principles of the rious with our president him for an official visit. Yet, in this increase military spending. How- would the consequences be for the Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s Turkey to consequences of its global trade war. American constitution. about protecting our their nation of etiquette and protocol, ever, his aggressive shock therapy Middle East, for global institutions, xenophobic populism in Hungary Dysfunction and paralysis within The world should not throw out national security & elec- even leftist republican protesters approach risks killing the patient. for the world? and Italy. In France, Germany and global institutions precedes the the diplomatic rulebook simply tions from future inter- demise and were appalled at the disrespectful These tactics aren’t designed to After the 9/11 attacks, it was Spain, the far right has surged into Trump administration, but it is because of one administration. national interventions. indignities heaped upon May and strengthen NATO; the US president NATO states that rallied around the mainstream and is hungry for accelerating their demise and ex- However, if at any point Trump or @SenBlumenthal exacerbating the Queen by this man, who, upon calculatedly undermines the al- America, based on their ethos of power. Along with their hostility acerbating the international fall- his successor were so minded, they his arrival, conducted a newspaper liance by inciting his supporters collective self-defense. Faced with to NATO’s founding aspirations and out. As the number of failing and would find the institutions of multi- 02 the interview designed to undermine against it. Experienced Western an aggressive Russia and an in - their cosy relations with the Krem- conflict-wracked states continues lateralism ready to welcome Ameri- the PM personally and torpedo her leaders stoically tolerate these rhe- creasingly assertive and powerful lin, these forces are diametrically to grow and liberal democracy is ca back from self-imposed isolation international Brexit policy. Only 24 hours later, torical hand grenades so Fox News China, these principles of mutual opposed to the cosmopolitan, lib- bludgeoned into decrepitude by into the community of civilized, he stood shamelessly alongside May viewers in Nebraska may enjoy support can’t be taken for granted. eral values of Europe’s traditional the twin curses of authoritarianism law-abiding nations. Let us simply fallout decrying this interview as “fake their pound of raw flesh. However, the threat to NATO is big- political classes, fuelling a polar- and neo-fascism, who is there to pray that the damage wrought upon news.” Rather than commending pro- ger than one US president. Trump ized, poisonous atmosphere within prevent the lights of civilization the world until that moment isn’t Trump performed similar an - gress by NATO members toward is part of a wider current of nativ- Western institutions. and progress being snuffed out more than we can bear. tics at the NATO summit: Brutally the 2 percent military spending ist, illiberal tendencies bubbling We know how Trump’s Helsinki altogether? resident Trump’s savaging German Chancellor An- goal, or even taking credit; Trump away under the NATO umbrella; meeting with Putin will go: Trump America and Europe need one (Baria Alamuddin is an award-winning Ppress conference with gela Merkel’s immigration, ener- unleashed a rant, impossibly de- from encroaching authoritarian- will deferentially offer flattery and another but, with a hostile White journalist and broadcaster in the Middle Putin was an embarrass- East and the UK. She is editor of the gy and trade policies; but, after manding budget increases to 4 ism and the throttling of demo - praise, will perform rhetorical House, European states can’t af- Media Services Syndicate and has inter- ing spectacle. Rather than meeting face-to-face, described percent and darkly threatening Trump and May before attending a joint press conference in London. cratic institutions in Poland and cartwheels to avoid criticism, will ford to lapse into confused disu- viewed numerous heads of state.) make clear that interfer- ence in our elections is unacceptable, Trump instead accepted Putin’s denials and cast doubt CIVILIAN’S TRIBUNE on the conclusions of our intelligence community. This is not normal. Stigma of mental diseases making the world sick @SenSanders The public discussion about mental health has become too focused on moderate illness Let this friendship flourish 03 work in a public hospital where our It is common for patients access those services, or that they patients include those with many to resist a diagnosis with a are unnecessary. No one would be - conditions that have been slower to grudge economically advantaged shed stigma, such as schizophrenia, psychotic component, insisting people accessing treatment for high mania, severe depression and person- instead that what they really blood pressure, or asthma, or sporting eanwhile, the Ka- ality disorders. This stigma differen- have is depression that should injuries, and nor should they be con- Mmikaze Brexiteers LISA PRYOR tial is something I feel keenly when be treated with antidepressant sidered to be acting inappropriately and Kamikaze Remainers observing which diagnoses patients medication rather than for accessing treatment for mental are currently tearing each s public conversation about will or won’t accept. antipsychotics. illness. But it does point to a terrible other to pieces in the mental health has grown loud- It is common for patients to resist unfairness that will never be recti - Commons over who has Aer and busier in recent years, a diagnosis with a psychotic compo- fied by public awareness and stigma the right to bring down mental illness has become more than nent, insisting instead that what they reduction alone. Theresa May. Bliss it was a category of disease with social and really have is depression that should When it comes to the public con- in that dawn to be alive... psychological dimensions. Especially be treated with antidepressant med- versation about mental illness, we @DPJHodges in the case of depression and anxiety, ication rather than antipsychotics. need to inflect that conversation with mental illness has come to be seen as They may describe themselves as nuance. After all, speaking of mental 04 a proxy for what is wrong with the having an anxiety disorder, when illness in blanket terms is no more modern Western world. there is in fact a long-standing diag- useful than speaking about “illness” Depression is like a Rorschach test: nosis of a personality disorder. in blanket terms. There is a world of People see in it whatever they like, in The conversation about mental Australia that showed that rates of difference between the common cold, order to make whatever point they health has become so focused on high distress in the community have cancer and diabetes. like, about what they perceive to be mild to moderate illness and stigma remained steady despite increased A nuanced discussion of mental the ills of society. reduction that it does a disservice to mental health spending by succes - health might include the fact that Blame for depression is found in people living with mental illness at sive Australian governments. The even within the diagnosis of depres- At the end of our jour- capitalism, loss of religion, social the more debilitating end of the spec- authors suggested a major reason for sion there are degrees of severity, ney here in Russia I have media, processed food. Recently a trum, fuelling misunderstanding of the lack of a shift in outcomes is that that other illnesses like psychosis to thank the @FIFAcom for book was released promising to tackle the nature and risks of these illnesses increased spending is not getting to deserve recognition, that there is an their great hospitality and anxiety “for good” with a two-week and under-resourcing of treatment. the people who need it most. entire dimension of human suffering I enjoyed every minute sugar detox. Much good has come of Furthermore, the narrative that They showed that the greatest lev- in the form of personality vulner - with all the great legends the increased willingness to discuss “mental illness does not discrimi - els of mental distress, suggestive of abilities and personality disorders that has been involved in mental disorders. There is greater ac- nate” and “mental illness can happen depression or anxiety, were expe - that can be borne of trauma and that all the events during this ceptance than in the past that mental to anybody,” which has been impor- rienced by those in the most socio - need much greater understanding great @FIFAWorldCup big illness is real and common, and that tant in tackling stigma, has had the economically deprived areas. And and discussion. thanks to the FIFA presi- when it arises, its causes are com - unintended consequence of disguis- and the food writer Anthony Bour- sion is a crisis of the wealthy West, countries. yet it was the people in the most ad- But ultimately, raising awareness, he growing ties between the Kingdom can also excel in trade, especially in the service dent and all the FIFA team plex and cannot be explained away as ing the political and economic dimen- dain — and so much attention on high depression is a global problem, and Suffering is compounded when vantaged areas that were most likely that impotent entreaty of our time, is and India is a welcome news for the sector, considering the strong human resources @midoahm weakness or lack of character. All of sions of the way that mental suffering, rates of mental illness in the United developing nations are not immune. the groups that are most in need of to be receiving psychological treat- not enough. Greater funding is need- Tglobal community now being harmed wealth the Kingdom possess. Let this friendship this is vital in reducing stigma, which and the treatment of suffering, is States, people would be forgiven for World Health Organisation data show treatment for mental illness are the ment — even in a country where these ed, and it needs to be targeted at the by narrow-minded leaders like Donald Trump, cherish and flourish setting a model for other in turn encourages people to step for- unfairly distributed. thinking that mental illness is evenly that the highest prevalence of depres- very groups who are less likely to sessions are often subsidized by the greatest suffering. Vladimir Putin and Erdogan. Both India and the world countries to emulate. Two lands symbol- Disclaimer: (Views expressed ward and seek help without shame. With so much of the recent focus of distributed through the population or sion by region is for women in Africa, receive it. government with the express purpose Kingdom have been for centuries the land of izing love and tolerance coming together will by columnists are personal and But as a doctor who works in men- public discussion about mental illness even disproportionately suffered by at 5.9 per cent. Suicide is also a global This is the case even within of providing better access. (Lisa Pryor, a medical doctor, is the author, tolerance with equal freedom for all faiths, all offer great lessons to the world isolated by au- need not necessarily reflect our most recently, of “A Small Book About tal health, I think the direction of the based on celebrities — like the recent people in wealthy countries. problem. In 2015, 78pc of suicides wealthy countries. Consider a re - This is not to say that wealthy peo- people. It is the humanity that serves the basic thoritarian leaders and their dividing ideologies. editorial stances) Drugs” and a contributing opinion writer.) conversation should give us pause. I suicides of the designer Kate Spade But far from the cliché that depres- occurred in low- and middle-income cent article summarizing research in ple suffering distress are wrong to guiding principles in both nations. Both nations Mahendra Chowdary

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Turkish woman, held by Israel, returns home Hero cave diver to sue Musk Istanbul, Turkey Rescue divers given diplomatic immunity Turkish woman, held Musk said the Afor over a month by • Israel on charges of pass- Thai rescue chief was AFP | Sydney, Australia ing hundreds of dollars to not really in charge a “terrorist” organisation, of the operation wo Australian divers who returned home to Turkey on Thelped extract the young Monday after her release. Bangkok, Thailand | AFP football team trapped in a Thai Ebru Ozkan, 27, arrived cave obtained diplomatic im- overnight on a scheduled munity before the rescue in flight from Tel Aviv, the British caver who helped case it failed, national broad- state-run Anadolu news rescue 12 boys from a caster ABC reported Monday. A member of the “Wild Boars” Thai agency said. AThai cave said yesterday Anaesthetist Richard Harris youth football team being moved on President Recep Tayyip he may take legal action against and his diving partner Craig a stretcher during a rescue operation Erdogan has already called Elon Musk after the entrepre- Challen, both cave diving spe- inside the Tham Luang cave in Khun Ozkan to pass on his best neur called him a “pedo”. British caver Vernon Unsworth gets out of a pickup truck near the Tham Luang cialists, played key roles in the Nam Nang Non Forest Park in Mae wishes after her return, said Tesla CEO Musk launched the cave complex (Courtesy of The National) rescue. Sai district. his spokesman Ibrahim Ka- extraordinary tirade against Their participation came lin, describing her incarcer- Vernon Unsworth without pro- allegation, Unsworth said: “If it’s after negotiations between of the rescue to Thai officials. ation as “unfounded”. viding any justification or ex- what I think it is yes.” Australian and Thai authori- The mission was “absolutely planation, after the cave expert The caver said he would make ties accorded them diplomat- life and death” and the cave slammed his offer of a miniature a decision when he flies back to ic immunity to protect them diving specialists were uncer- submarine to extract the foot- KNOW WHAT the UK this week, but added that from possible prosecution if tain if they would be able to At least 16 killed ballers from the Tham Luang the episode with Musk “ain’t anything went awry during successfully save all 12 boys cave as a “PR stunt”. finished”. the treacherous mission, ABC and their coach, Challen told in Pakistan traffic The “Wild Boar” team were reported, citing an official local media after returning collision rescued last week by an inter- Musk has been accused ‘Life and death’ source. home. national team of divers through of suppressing unions Unsworth, who lives part of the Australia’s foreign affairs “It wasn’t dangerous for us, Karachi, Pakistan a narrow network of twisting, at his Tesla factories, year in Thailand, took part in department declined to con- but I can’t emphasise enough flooded tunnels. something which he ve- the gargantuan 18-day effort to firm or deny the report, re - how dangerous it was for the t least 16 people were Unsworth, who provided hemently denies retrieve the 12 boys and their ferring questions about the kids,” he told Perth’s Sunday Akilled when a truck mapping knowledge of the cave coach, a mission that ended on planning and implementation Times. crashed into a parked bus in to rescuers, said Musk’s proto- July 10 when the last five mem- southern Pakistan Monday, type would have had “absolutely ya a signed dollar it’s true”. bers were extracted. in the latest fatal collision no chance of working”. Musk later deleted the tweets The boys are all in good health on the country’s notoriously Musk responded Sunday in a and did not immediately re - and expected to be released ing technology from his space national and instructor at Blue dangerous roads. The long bizarre series of tweets referring spond to a request for comment from the hospital Thursday. exploration firm to evacuate the Label diving in Phuket, called haul truck slammed into to Unsworth, without using his through Tesla. The boys got stuck in the cave boys, and travelled to Thailand the allegations “inappropriate” the back of the bus, which name, as “pedo guy”. “Pedo” is Unsworth said on Monday he after wandering in on June 23 with a prototype last Tuesday. and praised Unsworth’s role in was on stopped on the side short for paedophile. had not reviewed the tweets in after football practice only to Musk’s tweets attacking Un- the rescue. of the highway with a flat The entrepreneur doubled full and had only heard about find themselves trapped by ris- sworth prompted condemnation “He was one of the driving tyre near the southern city down on his claim, tweeting them. ing floodwaters. from those who took part in the forces in getting everything of Hyderabad. Several pas- from his official account to more But asked if he would take le- Musk had proposed using “a mission to save the boys. done and clarifying for us divers sengers were on the side of than 22 million followers: “Bet gal action against Musk over the tiny, kid-size submarine” featur- Claus Rasmussen, a Danish what was going on,” he said. the road during the incident as the driver sought help to change the tyre, while others were waiting inside Five European countries the vehicle. Turkey acquits top journo to take in migrants: Italy AFP | Istanbul, Turkey

UK’s Johnson AFP | Rome, Italy zallo, a report by the AGI agen- cy said quoting sources close to n Istanbul court yesterday Gul had in May 2016 returns as talian Prime Minister Gi- the premier. Aacquitted one of Turkey’s been sentenced to Telegraph Iuseppe Conte on Sunday Earlier Sunday, Germany most prominent political jour- five years in jail said five European countries agreed with Italy to take in 50 nalists in a long-running case columnist had agreed to take in 250 of migrants after Rome requested on espionage charges dating the 450 migrants aboard two that its EU peers take some of back to an arms interception on London, United Kingdom EU border agency vessels. the migrants stranded off the the Syrian border in 2014. Erdem Gul (Courtesy of Arab News) “Even Spain and Portugal Italian coast. A German gov- Erdem Gul, the Ankara bu- should be acquitted but Dun- fter resigning as for- will take 50 migrants each, as ernment spokeswoman said reau chief of the opposition dar given a stiffer sentence of Aeign minister last week France, Germany and Malta in a statement that “Germany Cumhuriyet daily, was acquit- secret services sought to deliver up to 20 years. A retrial then over Prime Minister The- have already done,” Conte said and Italy have agreed that, in ted by the Istanbul criminal arms to Syria rebels. commenced. resa May’s compromise in a tweet. view of the ongoing talks on in- court, the state-run Anadolu Despite spending time in The cases of Gul and Dundar plan for Brexit, Boris John- Despite the controversy over tensified bilateral cooperation news agency said. pre-trial detention, neither have now been separated and son is back at his old job who would take the migrants, on asylum policy, Germany is Gul had in May 2016 been was sent to jail immediately Dundar remains on trial. as a columnist at the eu - Conte authorised the disem- ready to take in 50 people”. sentenced to five years in jail and both walked free pending Gul is still working in his job rosceptic Daily Telegraph barkation of all 43 women and Conte had contacted his 27 and his then editor-in-chief appeal. for Cumhuriyet but Dundar left newspaper. 14 children on board. EU peers to remind them that Can Dundar to five years and But in a hugely complex Turkey for Germany shortly af- “He’s Back,” the paper The migrants were allowed they had agreed at their end- 10 months for revealing state process, Turkey’s top appeals ter the initial verdict, saying he said on its front page on to leave the two ships in the of-June summit on the need secrets over their front page court in March quashed both refused to put his head “under Monday. southern Sicilian port of Poz- to share the migration burden. story which alleged Turkish convictions, saying that Gul the guillotine”. Barack Obama visits Kenyan home to launch youth centre

AFP | Kogelo, Kenya “It is a joy to be back with so with “some chickens in my lap and... it gave me a sense of sat- many people who are family to and some sweet potatoes digging isfaction that no five-star hotel ormer US president Barack me, and so many people who into my side”. Then he had to could ever provide,” he said. FObama recounted fond claim to be family. Everybody’s pile into a matatu -- a minibus Obama was speaking at the memories of his family home a cousin!” he joked, to hoots of taxi -- “even more crowded than launch of the Sauti Kuu (Swahili in Kenya on a visit yesterday to laughter from the audience. the bus”, before a long walk to for “Strong Voices”) centre set launch a state-of-the-art youth After a visit to the home of his “Mama” Sarah’s house. up by his half-sister Auma Oba- centre run by his half-sister. step-grandmother Sarah Obama He remembered having to ma. He said that looking back on Obama is on his first trip to in the village of Kogelo, where catch a chicken for dinner, those memories, he “couldn’t be Kenya since he was president his father was born and is bur- which he was “a little squeam- prouder of what my sister has in 2015, when he was unable to ied, Obama recalled his first trip ish” to kill himself, visiting his built”. Auma said the state-of- visit his ancestral home as his jet to Kenya at the age of 27. father’s grave and bathing out- the-art centre would give local was too big to land in the west- Obama (C) with his step-grandmother Sarah (2R) and half-sister, Auma (L) during From Nairobi he took first a doors. youth access to books, internet ern city of Kisumu, he recalled. the opening of the Sauti Kuu Resource Centre “very slow train” and then a bus “And I looked up at the stars and sporting activities. TUESDAY, JULY 17, 2018 13

Scotland chosen as site for first British space port The beast challenger! London | United Kingdom

he UK Space agency Little is known about Tsaid Sunday that it had • chosen a peninsula on Scot- the features of the Senat land’s north coast as the site of the country’s first space Experts say Putin’s port. limo• features ‘an “Scotland is the best place armoured capsule’ in the UK to reach in-de- mand satellite orbits with vertically launched rock- Powered by a ets,” the agency said in a twin-turbocharged• statement. 4.4-litre Porsche- According to the head developed V8 engine of the agency, Graham Turnock, the new space port will “help kick-start Daily Mail an exciting new era for the UK space industry”. resident Vladimir Pu- tin rolled into his Helsin- US President Donald Trump Trump arrives in the US official state car also known as “The Beast” Pki summit with President Trump with a new ride that Huge drugs haul can compare to the Secret Ser- vice-operated ‘Beast.’ intercepted in Bali The Russian strongman ar- Denpasar | Indonesia rived in the back of his brand new Aurus Senat limousine in ali police said yester- only the second time it has been Bday they had intercept- used since his inauguration ear- ed a huge haul of Austral- lier this year. ia-bound cold relief tablets Little is known about the fea- that contained a key in - tures of the Senat save that it gredient for making illicit can be fully submerged in water drugs. while keeping the occupants Some 600,000 pseu - safe, and runs on tyres rein - doephedrine tablets being forced with steel to stop them sent from South Korea to going flat. Australia were found during Meanwhile The Beast features a stopover on the Indone- night vision cameras, tear gas sian resort island, they said. cannons, a completely sealed The bust happened in main compartment capable of Vladimir Putin arrived in Helsinki inside his new presidential limousine, the Aurus Senat Putin waves to crowd January but was announced withstanding a chemical attack, Monday. and several pints of the Pres- Bottles of the pills, weigh- ident’s blood for emergency and landmine blasts. there was a lot of strong bo - seats and wood detailing and en-seat black limousine which is ing nearly 140 kilograms transfusions. On the communication sys- ron-containing materials used. features a large Russian coat of designed to give Mr Trump the (310 pounds) in total, were Automobile expert Vyacheslav tem, he said: ‘The system is The car is almost seven metres arms stitched into the door. ultimate protection. labelled as health food, au- Subbotin told the Zvezda TV internal, it is built entirely on long, it is a very serious work It also features a digital dash- It can be turned into a sealed thorities said. channel that Putin’s limo fea- our satellites and is completely indeed.’ board and on board multimedia panic room with oxygen tanks, tures ‘an armoured capsule’ in-built into the car which is Russia began developing the system. Russia is also develop- night-vision camera and rein- which can withstand gunshots incredibly important. The car Senat limo as part of a family of ing four-door and minivan con- forced steel plating said to be will stay in touch under any cir- family of vehicles dubbed Ko- cepts based on the limousine able to resist bullets, chemical Thailand retrieves cumstances. rtezh in 2012 and has so-far which will be sold to the public, attacks and bombs. ‘The defence system is also spent $300million on the pro- some of which featured in Pu- The Cadillac has Kevlar-re- final body in top level; should there be a ject, according to The Drive. tin’s motorcade. inforced tyres and steel rims boating disaster chemical attack, the car can shut The vehicle measures 23ft According to the Financial that can keep the vehicle mov- its windows and remain for long long, which is slightly longer Express, the car was jointly ing even if the tyres have been Phuket | Thailand time underwater, just like a sub- than The Beast, but is lighter, developed with German firms destroyed. KNOW WHAT marine. ‘The limo has its unu- weighing in at 6.5 tons. Porsche and Bosch along with Bottles of the president’s hailand has recovered sual gear shift. It is automatic, Given how much it weighs Moscow-based Central Scien- blood type are carried on board Tthe last body after a and it’s hybrid with a generator the vehicle almost certainly tific Research Automobile & in case of a medical emergency, boating accident killed doz- ‘The limo has that can work both as an electric features armour plating and a Engine Institute. and a satellite phone enables ens of Chinese tourists this its unusual engine and as a generator.’ reinforced chassis to withstand It reportedly gets 592 horse- communication to be main- month off the southern re- The body is covered in 15 mil- bomb blasts, though Russia has power. Russian leaders trave- tained from anywhere in the sort island of Phuket. gear shift. It is limetres of armour plating with not revealed any of these details. led in a Russian-made ZILS un- world. The Phoenix was carrying automatic, and a reinforced chassis ensuring The Senat is powered by a der Soviet Times, and later in As well as being able to de - 105 people -- mostly Chi- it’s hybrid with the body will not fall apart under twin-turbocharged 4.4-liter Mercedes-Benz vehicles. fend the president, the car also nese -- when it sank on the a generator that stress. Porsche-developed V8 engine It wasn’t immediately known features a host of attacking ca- way back from a popular can work both ‘The body of the car is Russian and will replace the adapted what security capabilities it has, pabilities, such as a pump-action snorkeling spot on July 5. as an electric invention as despite its size and Mercedes-Benz Pullman limou- but ‘the Beast’ has puncture re- shotgun and a tear gas cannon. Divers and the navy spent engine and as a heavy protection it turned out to sine which Russian presidents sistant tires, armored plating, The new Russian vehicle is more than a week retrieving be quite light. have used since 1994. protection from bio chemical just one of many ways Putin is bodies, some from inside generator.’ ‘The construction deals really Inside, the limousine is attack, and a sealed gas tank. using symbolism to boost his the boat, as outraged rela- well with torsion and bending, decked out with white leather Meanwhile The Beast is a sev- public image at the summit. tives waited for news.

Italy’s Salvini calls Former Spanish king’s ex-mistress says he laundered to welcome Russia AFP | Madrid, Spain She has not denied that the of the country’s recession. Moscow | Russia voice in the recording is hers, The monarchy’s reputation pain’s former king Juan Car- instead issuing a statement de- was further tarnished when his taly’s far-right Inte - Slos is once again in the spot- nouncing a smear campaign. youngest daughter Cristina was Irior Minister Matteo light after his former mistress Royal expert Pilar Urbano, accused in a corruption probe Salvini said during a vis - claimed he was involved in mon- who has written several targeting her husband. it to Moscow on Monday ey laundering, sparking calls for books about the royal family, The Socialist government has that he wanted to see EU an investigation. said the content was “so ob - appealed for “calm” and said sanctions against Russia The scandal broke after two scure, so vague that it begged it first wanted to “hear” from dropped “by the end of the Spanish websites published re- for more light” to be shed, secret service chief Felix Sanz year”. cordings attributed to Corinna lending “credibility” to the Roldan. In a further embarrass- Salvini said he would zu Sayn-Wittgenstein in which claims. Spain’s far-left Podem- ment, the woman in the record- use any means possible to she alleges Juan Carlos tried to os party has demanded a probe ings is speaking with retired po- convince European part- hide money transfers and used Corinna zu Sayn-Wittgenstein was Juan Carlos into the activities of Juan Carlos, lice chief Jose Manuel Villarejo, ners to scrap sanctions her name to buy property in Mo- the former king’s lover (Courtesy the who is now 80. who is currently under investi- brought in over Russia’s an- naco and Morocco. Times) gation for money laundering. nexation of Crimea in 2014 The German aristocrat, who is with Saudi Arabia, saying he Spy chief to speak The conversation is mostly in and subsequent activity in based in Monte Carlo, also said wanted money to divorce his Juan Carlos abdicated in 2014, Spanish with snatches of Eng- the east of Ukraine. he told her he had moved mon- In the recordings, which were wife Sofia and marry her. two years after he outraged lish. “Corinna does not have Salvini also said Russia’s ey into the account of a cousin, released online last week, she Several royal experts said the Spaniards by going elephant this level of Spanish but she can return to the G7 would be Alvaro d’Orleans Bourbon, in claims he also pocketed money voice in the recording was in- hunting in Botswana with read,” said Romero, who has met “absolutely legitimate”. Switzerland. from a high-speed train contract deed that of Sayn-Wittgenstein. Sayn-Wittgenstein at the height her several times. 14 TUESDAY, JULY 17, 2018 features Changana is their mother tongue In Mozambique, classes come alive in local languages

Residents of the northern Mozambique village of Alua react as they watch a cartoon during a break of a live broadcasting of the Football World Cup quarter final match organised by the Italian Agency for Cooperation and Development with Mozambican organisations as part of Cinemarena

AFP | Manhiça, Mozambique ‘They express themselves’ acy in the country, has first-hand dren to be taught exclusively in ing that it is the optimal lan - experience of how much chil- Portuguese. guage for literacy and learning. bout 50 children In Arguenha’s class, only one dren struggle when they have to They later switch to the offi- In the developing world, chil- sit on a bare class- child spoke Portuguese at the learn in a language they do not cial language at about the age of dren are more likely to enroll room floor in front start of the year. speak fluently. 10, after children have had time and succeed in school. In par- of their teacher in But speaking in Changana, “What often happens is that to learn it. ticular, girls and rural children what could be any communication between teach- KNOW WHAT there is no communication be- “We could see that these with less exposure to a dominant lessonA in Mozambique, except er and pupils is fast and lively, cause the teacher speaks Por- kids got better results than the language stay in school longer that they are not learning in Por- with children throwing their tuguese, but the student doesn’t kids who had monolingual, and repeat grades less often if tuguese, the country’s official hands up high to answer ques- understand,” said Alcina Sitoe, Portuguese teaching,” Gina they learn in their native lan- language. tions. Mozambique has education officer at Associacao Guibanda, the government’s guage. The class is being taught in “In Changana the students are the only national Progresso. director of primary education, Specialist training needed Changana, a local language spo- more creative, they understand flag with a modern “If you don’t understand what told AFP. ken in southern Mozambique better and they are not shy. They weapon on it. It is being taught, it is difficult to “When the teacher in the class Guibanda said training is the and in the capital Maputo that is speak freely, they express them- shows a Kalash- learn anything.” spoke a language that the kids major problem holding lo - closely related to Tsonga spoken selves,” Arguenha said. The Mozambican government had never heard spoken, for the cal-language teaching back. across southern Africa. “When it is in Portuguese they nikov AK47 with has acknowledged the problem kid that was horrible.” Many rural schools have no Wearing backpacks and sur- are very shy, they are scared to bayonet attached and in 2017 introduced reforms The UN education agency UN- trained teachers to give lessons rounded by a pile of books, the speak and hide themselves.” crossed with a hoe aimed at having classes taught in ESCO has long encouraged moth- in local languages or any trans- children aged six and seven are The NGO Associacao Progres- local languages, although some er tongue instruction in primary lated books. gripped by the teacher’s every so, which works to improve liter- parents often want their chil- education, with research show- Government policy is for word -- a concentration level teachers to have three years of almost impossible to achieve in training, but that has been cut Portuguese. down to one year due to budget “Kids are breastfed by mums shortages and the nationwide speaking Changana and grow shortage of all teachers. up until the age of five speaking “It is not enough. Teachers Changana,” Helena Joaquim Ar- graduate while still having a guenha, their teacher at Mitilene number of problems,” said Fran- primary school in the rural dis- cisca Samboca, education officer trict of Manhica, about 80 kilo- at Associacao Progresso. metres (50 miles) from Maputo, “In reality, in all the rural ar- told AFP. eas these schools can only be “It is very important that the found in the district capitals.” children learn in their native For Arguenha, the new ap - language because it opens up the proach was made easier because kid to learn more.” ADPP and FFK provided special- Arguenha has taught at the ist training and materials in both government school for six years, Changana and Ronga, the other but only last year started teach- local language spoken around ing in Changana as part of a Food Maputo. for Knowledge (FFK) project ADPP and FFK now work with funded by US aid and the local 101 schools in four districts in action group ADPP Mozambique. Maputo province, with more Almost all teaching in Mozam- than 5,000 children taking part bique is in Portuguese -- a legacy in the programme and more than of the country’s colonial era be- 67,000 books have been distrib- fore independence in 1975 -- but uted. the majority of Mozambicans But the difficulties for teach- speak one of more than 40 local ers switching between languag- languages. es can not be estimated. The ministry of education said “In the beginning it was a that only 10 percent of children challenge,” said Arguenha. “I re- start school knowing Portuguese ally needed to concentrate when but now around 1,300 primary using the material and I needed schools out of 13,000 offer some Residents of the northern Mozambique village of Alua to use vocabulary I didn’t nor- bilingual teaching. mally use.” 15 TUESDAY, JULY 17, 2018 entertainment

CROSSWORD YOUR STAR TODAY

YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION Aries If you were offered the opportunity to take a trip around the world, where you would see wonderful palaces and experience a timeless love affair, would you take it? The freedom would tempt you, without a doubt, but would it make you happy? Have you considered the possibility that you can create an environment here at home that gives you that same sense of freedom? Taurus Today might be a bit difficult, because you aren’t likely to be as productive as usual. You won’t have much to say, and you’ll feel sleepy and somewhat grumpy. In other words, it’s the perfect day to go back to bed with that novel.

bread; 56- Greek goddess of the earth; 57- Prefix with content; Gemini 60- Spendthrift; 62- Striped; 65- Person to whom property You certainly are in a strange mood today. True, things is transferred; 66- Vientiane native; 67- Communication; 68- have been going smoothly for the past few days, but Extend; be careful not to fool yourself. “Pride comes before a fall,” as the expression goes. You should be wary of the Down way you treat your lover now. 1- “Critique of Pure Reason” author; 2- Ornamental case; 3- Writer Janowitz; 4- Second-century date; 5- Coal scuttle; 6- Putting to Cancer Across work; 7- Old Testament book; 8- Action word; 9- Land in la mer; It will be as though you’re in a new, hopeful world 10- Drinking cup; 11- One on track?; 12- Opponent; 13- Horn sound; today. The people you meet will be cordial and caring, 1- Condiment; 8- Oscillate; 15- Puzzled; 16- Bess’s predecessor; 14- Miscalculates; 21- Autumn tool; 23- Some hybrids; 24- Imitator; and the future will seem like a bright, attractive place 17- Ancient country in N Africa; 18- Nuclear-fission apparatus; 25- Attack from all sides; 26- Red fluorescent dye; 27- Appliance to live. In other words, you feel as though you’re living 19- Acapulco aunt; 20- Workers’ rights org.; 22- “Endymion” brand; 28- Clairvoyance; 30- Give ___ rest!; 32- Hopping mad; in a fabulous dream. poet; 23- Molten material; 25- Floe; 26- Devour; 29- One on 33- Thick; 35- Govt. security; 37- Busy; 39- Bobby of hockey; 41- slopes; 31- Suffix for human; 34- Beaten egg dish; 36- Aliens, Cream-filled cookie; 44- Word form for “ten”; 47- Breastbones; Leo for short; 37- As to; 38- Italian seaport; 40- Eternal; 42- Super- 48- Spanish rice dish; 51- Pays to play; 53- Water nymph; 54- Did Because your tendency recently has been to brood model Sastre; 43- Old California fort; 45- Expects confidently; the butterfly; 55- Racer Yarborough; 56- Merriment; 57- Principal; over everything, a day like this can’t be anything but 46- Henpeck; 47- Throat problem; 49- Lauder of cosmetics; 58- Rat-___; 59- Carson’s successor; 61- Hosp. readout; 63- Tacit beneficial. It has been difficult for you to find material 50- ___ Dogg; 52- Summer camp transport; 54- Biscuitlike quick assent; 64- DDE’s bailiwick; satisfaction of late, but today offers you a view into the world of the intangible and unreal. BEETLE BAILEY Virgo There are days when you feel wonderful without be- ing able to attribute the feeling to any real event. Of course, your rational mind will search for a reason for the happiness. If you count the number of times when you do things against your will or better judgment, it becomes obvious that logic and reason don’t always apply to this world. Libra The day ahead should be excellent. You’ve been searching for meaning behind recent events. No doubt there have been a lot of changes both at work and at home. You’re bursting with new ambition. Today, you’re likely to put all these experiences into the hopper, stir them up, and be grateful for the thrilling life you lead right now! Scorpio WORD OF THE DAY You’ll probably be perfectly in tune with the day ahead. Of course, there are days when it’s tempting to run away from the reality of the moment and its hardships. At times like today, you’re so compassion- Declivity Three different English words descend or “toward.” Hence, an acclivity is an up- ate that you find it easy to listen to others, and life is from clivus, the Latin word for “slope” or ward slope. The third word has a figurative truly rewarding. Definition: “hill”—with the help of three Latin prefixes. meaning in English: proclivity makes use 1 : downward inclination Declivity combines clivus with the prefix of the prefix pro-, meaning “forward,” and Sagittarius 2 : a descending slope de-, meaning “down” or “away.” Acclivity this word refers to a personal inclination, Don’t even try to understand what’s happening today, uses ad- (which changes its second letter predisposition, or “leaning.” because you won’t be able to fathom it. Collective Did You Know? depending on the root word), meaning “to” currents of concern are imposing upon your life and you’re powerless to stop them. Some soul searching may help. SUDOKU Capricorn YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION This kind of strange day doesn’t occur often. You no longer seem to know what you want. Work or time off? How to play Redecorate your house or live in a beach shack? It’s Place a number in the hard to communicate because you feel it’s pointless to empty boxes in such try to explain your point of view, especially when you a way that each row don’t know what it is. across, each column down and each 9-box Aquarius square contains all of Do countries abroad represent real opportunities for the numbers from one you? This is a question that you’ll soon have to answer. to nine. The grass may be greener on the other side of the world, but have you considered the possibility that it isn’t? Could it be that the dream of working abroad is a convenient explanation for the dissatisfaction you feel at work? Pisces Today won’t be like most other days. Look around and you’ll see that people either have their heads in the clouds, are depressed, or seem to be trying to keep up a good front. The planetary atmosphere is such that a lot of people - and you in particular - feel frustrated by an inability to realize their dreams. This is a difficult situation to be sure. Know that it will pass. 16 TUESDAY, JULY 17, 2018

SKYSCRAPER SANDRA BULLOCK, CATE BLANCHETT, 9.00 + 11.30 PM ANNE HATHAWAY (PG-13) (ACTION/THRILLERA/DRAMA) NEW DWAYNE JOHNSON, NEVE CAMPBELL, CINECO (20) 12.30 + 2.45 + 5.00 + 7.15 + 9.30 AL ABLA TAMTAM PABLO SCHREIBER + 11.45 PM (PG-13) (ARABIC/COMEDY) CINECO (20) (IMAX 3D): 2.30 + 7.30 PM + (12.30 SEEF (II) 12.15 + 2.30 + 4.45 + 7.00 + 9.15 + YASMIN ABDULAZIZ, HAMDI ALMIRGHANI, MN THURS/FRI) (VIP I): 11.00 AM + 1.30 + 4.00 11.30 PM BAYOUMI FOUAD + 6.30 + 9.00 + 11.30 (VIP II): 10.30 AM + 1.00 + 2.00 + 6.30 + 11.00 PM CINECO (20) 10.45 AM + 12.45 + 2.45 + 4.45 + Sony’s ‘Hotel SAAR 3.30 + 6.00 + 8.30 + 11.00 (ATMOS): 11.30 AM + 6.45 + 8.45 + 10.45 PM WADI AL SAIL 2.00 + 6.45 + 11.30 PM 2.00 + 4.30 + 7.00 + 9.30 PM + 12.00 MN 10.30 SEEF (II) 1.00 + 5.00 + 9.00 PM AM + 12.30 + 3.00 + 5.30 + 8.00 + 10.30 PM + (1.00 AM THURS/FRI) RAMPAGE SEEF (II) 11.15 AM + 12.30 + 1.30 + 2.45 + 3.45 + SANJU (PG-15) (ACTION/THRILLER/SCI-FICTION) 5.00 + 6.00 + 7.15 + 8.15 + 9.30 + 10.30 + 11.45 (PG-15) (HINDI/DRAMA/BIOGRAPHY) DWAYNE JOHNSON, JEFFREY DEAN MORGAN, PM + (12.45 MN THURS/FRI) (3D): 12.00 + 2.15 + RANBIR KAPOOR, SONAM KAPOOR, PARESH WILL YUN LEE Transylvania’ RAWAL 4.30 + 6.45 + 9.00 + 11.15 PM CINECO (20) 10.45 AM + 4.00 + 9.15 PM SAAR 12.00 + 2.15 + 4.30 + 6.45 + 9.00 + 11.15 CINECO (20) 11.30 AM + 2.30 + 5.30 + 8.30 + 11.30 PM WADI AL SAIL 12.00 + 2.15 + 4.30 + 6.45 + 9.00 AVENGERS: INFINTY WAR + 11.15 PM (3D): 2.45 + 7.15 + 11.45 PM SEEF (I) 11.00 AM + 2.00 + 5.00 + 8.00 + 11.00 (PG-15) (ACTION/ADVENTURE) WADI AL SAIL 10.45 AM + 3.45 + 8.45 PM KAREN GILLAN, ROBERT DOWNEY JR., HOTELTRANSYLVANIA 3: SUMMER TOM HOLLAND (PG) (ANIMATION/COMEDY/DRAMA) NEW JURRASIC WORLD: FALLEN KINGDOM CINECO (20) 1.00 + 6.15 + 11.30 PM tops box office ADAM SANDLER, ANDY SAMBERG, (PG-15) (ACTION/ADVENTURE/THRILLER/ FRAN DRESCHER SCI-FICTION) THE LULLABY CINECO (20) 12.15 + 2.30 + 4.45 + 7.00 + 9.15 + BRYCE DALLAS HOWARD, CHRIS PRATT, (18+) (HORROR/DRAMA) NEW 11.30 PM (3D): 11.15 AM + 1.30 + 3.45 + 6.00 + JEFF GOLDBLUM BRANDON AURET, REINE SWART, DEANRE 8.15 + 10.30 PM (DUBBED IN ARABIC): 11.45 AM + CINECO (20) 12.45 + 3.30 + 6.15 + 9.00 + 11.45 REINERS 2.00 + 4.15 + 6.30 + 8.45 + 11.00 PM SEEF (II) 12.15 + 3.00 + 5.45 + 8.30 + 11.15 PM SEEF (II) 11.00 AM + 3.00 + 7.00 + 11.00 SEEF (I) 11.45 AM + 2.00 + 4.15 + 6.30 + 8.45 + 11.00 PM THE INCREDIBLES 2 THE EXTRAORDINARY JOURNEY OF THE FAKIR SAAR 12.00 + 2.15 + 4.30 + 6.45 + 9.00 + 11.15 (PG) (ANIMATION/ACTION/ADVENTURE) CRAIG T. NELSON, SAMUEL L. JACKSON, (PG-15) (ADVENTURE/DRAMA) NEW WADI AL SAIL 11.45 AM + 2.00 + 4.15 + 6.30 CATHERINE KEENER DHANUSH, BERENICE BEJO, BARKHAD ABDI + 8.45 + 11.00 PM (3D): 12.30 + 5.00 + 9.30 PM (DUBBED IN ARABIC): 11.30 AM + 4.30 + 9.00 PM CINECO (20) 11.15 AM + 1.45 + 4.15 + 6.45 + 9.15 SEEF (II) 1.30 + 5.30 + 9.30 PM + 11.45 PM ANT-MAN AND THE WASP SEEF (II) 10.45 AM + 1.15 + 3.45 + 6.15 + 8.45 SOORMA + 11.15 PM (PG-13) (HINDI/DRAMA/ROMANTIC/BIOGRAPHY) (PG-15) (ACTION/ADVENTURE) NEW PAUL RUDD, EVANGELINE LILLY, MICHAEL PENA THE ESCAPE PLAN 2: HADES DILJIT DOSANJH, TAAPSEE PANNU, ANGAD BEDI CINECO (20) (IMAX 3D): 12.00 + 5.00 + 10.00 SEEF (II) 1.00 + 3.45 + 6.30 + 9.15 PM + 12.00 PM 11.00 AM + 1.30 + 4.00 + 6.30 + 9.00 + 11.30 (PG-15) (ACTION/THRILLER) PM + (12.45 MN THURS/FRI) SYLVESTER STALLONE, DAVE BAUTISTA, XIAOMING HUANG MY STORY SEEF (II) (1.00 AM THURS/FRI) CINECO (20) 11.15 AM + 1.15 + 3.15 + 5.15 + 7.15 (MALAYALAM) NEW SEEF (I) 11.15 AM + 1.45 + 4.15 + 6.45 + 9.15 + + 9.15 + 11.15 PM PRITHVIRAJ SUKUMARAN, PARVATHY, 11.45 PM MUKUL DEV SEEF (II) 11.30 AM + 3.30 + 7.30 + 11.30 PM SAAR 10.45 AM + 1.15 + 3.45 + 6.15 + 8.45 + SEEF (I) 12.45 + 3.30 + 6.15 + 9.00 + 11.45 PM 11.15 PM TAG AL HAMRA ON THURSDAY 12TH: 12.00 + 3.00 + ‘Hotel Transylvania 3- Summer Vacation’ took an estimated $44.1 million in ticket sales during its first weekend in North 6.00 + 9.00 PM + 12.00 MN FROM FRIDAY 13TH: WADI AL SAIL 10.45 AM + 1.15 + 3.45 + 6.15 + (18+) (COMEDY) American theaters -AFP 8.45 + 11.15 PM JEREMY RENNER, ED HELMS, JAKE JOHNSON 3.00 + 9.00 PM + (12.00 MN FRI) CINECO (20) 12.00 + 2.15 + 4.30 + 6.45 + 9.00 TAMIZH PADAM 2 THE FIRST PURGE + 11.15 PM AFP | Los Angeles from their hotel for their own being caught, as his shrinkable (18+) (ACTION/CRIME/HORROR) (TAMIL) NEW vacation. superhero alter-ego, fighting MARISA TOMEI, LEX SCOTT DAVIS, LUNA TAXI 5 SHIVA ISHWARYA MENON, DISHA PANDEY LAUREN VELEZ ON THURSDAY 12TH: 5.15 + 8.15 + 11.30 ony’s “Hotel Transylva- It swatted away last week’s some of the other Avengers in (PG-15) (ACTION/ADVENTURE/COMEDY) SEEF (I) CINECO (20) 11.45 AM + 2.00 + 4.15 + 6.30 + MALIK BENTALHA, BERNARD FARCY, RAMZY PM FROM FRIDAY 13TH: 2.00 + 8.15 PM nia 3: Summer Vacation” number one, “Ant-Man and the “Captain America: Civil War” 8.45 + 11.00 PM BEDIA AL HAMRA FROM FRIDAY 13TH: 12.00 NOON Sbooked a stay at the top of Wasp,” in at second with tak- (2016). SEEF (II) 10.30 AM + 12.45 + 3.00 + 5.15 + 7.30 + CINECO (20) 11.00 AM + 1.00 + 3.00 + 5.00 + the North American box office, ings of $28.8 million over the Struggling to balance home 9.45 PM + 12.00 MN 7.00 + 9.00 + 11.00 PM KADAIKUTTY SINGAM taking $44.1 million in ticket three-day weekend, according life and Ant-Man duties, he’s SAAR 11.45 AM + 4.15 + 8.45 PM (TAMIL) NEW DEADPOOL 2 KARTHI, SATHYARAJ, SAIYYESHA, SATHYARAJ sales, according to industry es- to industry tracker Exhibitor confronted by old flame Hope WADI AL SAIL 1.45 + 6.45 + 11.45 PM (15+) (ACTION/ADVENTURE/COMEDY) SEEF (I) FROM FRIDAY 13TH: 11.00 AM + 5.15 timates Sunday. Relations. van Dyne (Evangeline Lilly), RYAN REYNOLDS, JOSH BROLIN, MORENA + 11.30 PM The animated fantasy com- The 20th release in Disney’s alias the Wasp, with an urgent OCEAN’S EIGHT BACCARIN (PG-15) (COMEDY/CRIME) AL HAMRA FROM FRIDAY 13TH: 6.00 PM edy, whose voice cast includes Marvel Cinematic Universe new mission. CINECO (20) 11.00 AM + 1.30 + 4.00 + 6.30 + Adam Sandler and Selena sees ex-con Scott Lang (Paul Third place went to Univer- Gomez, follows Count Dracula Rudd) languishing under house sal’s new release “Skyscraper,” and his family as they get away arrest in San Francisco after with earnings of $25.5 million. Taylor Swift handles concert malfunction with ease Rita Ora wants to bag IANS | Los Angeles the hit single, an unexpected malfunction occurred that even inger-songwriter Taylor caught Swift by surprise, re- more acting roles SSwift turned a technical ports people.com failure on stage into a special “I’m pretty sure I’m stuck up IANS | Los Angeles from an early age. spontaneous moment with fans. KNOW WHAT here. It’s a nice view, though,” “I actually had my first act- The 28-year-old singer said Swift. inger Rita Ora wants to con- ing role at the age of eleven in played a second show to her After the song, Swift attempt- Stinue with her acting career the movie ‘Spivs’. I love acting. hometown crowd in Philadel- Taylor Swift became ed to explain what happened. after the success of the “Fifty Acting is pretty much like a per- phia as part of her Reputation the youngest sole Although Swift had an ear- Shades of Grey” movie fran- formance too,” dailymail.co.uk Stadium Tour. writer and singer of piece in, the only way she could chise, and says she would like quoted Ora as saying. The Grammy winner was try- communicate back to her team to do a horror film. When asked what kind of ing to perform “Delicate” as she a no.1 country song was to speak into her mic, let- Ora took on the role of Mia genre she would lean towards in was transported from one stage through her single ting the crowd in on every part Grey in the movie franchise, the future, Ora said she would to another. In between singing “Our Song” of the unexpected moment. and garnered positive response. “love to do a horror movie”. The “How we do” hitmaker But she is practical when it confessed that acting, along comes to the next step in the with singing, has been a passion Rita Ora acting business.

Binoche, Hawke to star in ‘La Verite’

IANS | Los Angeles France in October and Novem- ber. ctors Juliette Binoche and The script of the film is based AEthan Hawke have been on a stage play which was selected to star in Japanese writted by Kore-eda nearly filmmaker Hirokazu Kore-eda’s 15 years ago but never pro - directorial film “La Verite”. duced. Kore-eda said his film “La Binoche and Hawke will Verite” will also feature actors portray a married couple who Catherine Deneuve and Ludi- return to France from the US vine Sagnier, reports variety. when the wife’s mother (De- com. neuve), a well-known actress, Being produced by French publishes her autobiography. firm 3B and Kore-eda’s Bun- During their reunion, various Taylor Swift buku, the film will be shot in truths are revealed. Juliette Binoche 17 TUESDAY, JULY 17, 2018 sports

Woods made to wait Carnoustie, United King- dom ormer world num - Pacquiao wants more Fber one Tiger Woods much-anticipated return to the Open after a two year Pacquiao now hiatus will be a tardy one as • his tee-time for Thursday’s has a win-loss-draw first round at Carnoustie is record of 60-7-2 1521 local time (1421GMT). I feel good for The 42-year-old -- three Relishes another now. Boxing is my of whose 14 Major wins bout• with Mayweather passion and I would have come at the Open with be lonely if I quit his last in 2006 -- missed boxing the previous two editions General Santos, Philippines because of injury. MANNY PACQUIAO He will be partnered by anny Pacquiao said Japan’s Hideki Matsuyama yesterday he was good welterweight title last month, and Scotland’s recent Irish Mfor “two or three” while Lomachenko holds the Open champion Russell more fights, naming Terence WBA super world lightweight Knox. Crawford, Vasyl Lomachenko or title. Floyd Mayweather as possible Pacquiao soaked up the adu- opponents a day after winning lation Monday as a brass band a new world title. played and a police and military Sri Lanka skipper, The 39-year-old Filipino honour guard staged a welcome shrugged off renewed calls by at the airport in the city of Gen- officials banned for friends including President Philippines’ Manny Pacquiao (R) fights Argentina’s Lucas Matthysse during their world welterweight boxing eral Santos on Mindanao island. 2 Tests, 4 ODIs Rodrigo Duterte to hang up his championship bout at Axiata Arena in Kuala Lumpur “I’m a diehard fan of the sen- gloves after stopping World Box- ator. As you can see, I brought Colombo, Sri Lanka ing Association welterweight lonely if I quit boxing,” he told It was the first knockout win said he would relish another my baby along because I want- champion Lucas Matthysse, say- reporters. in nine years for the rags-to- bout with Mayweather, who ed to see a man who had made he International Crick- ing he would be “lonely” outside “I believe I still have two or riches southpaw, who is now an beat Pacquiao on points in 2015 the Philippines proud,” resident Tet Council banned the ring. three fights left in me.” elected Philippine senator but and later retired undefeated. Bayra Malagat told AFP as she Sri Lanka skipper Dinesh Pacquiao flew back from Pacquiao, already one of the who lost his World Boxing Or- “If Mayweather comes back to joined the welcoming crowds Chandimal and two top of- Kuala Lumpur to his southern greatest boxers in history with ganization welterweight title to boxing there is a possibility of a while cradling her two-year- ficials for two Tests and four Philippine home town Monday, unprecedented world titles in unfancied Australian Jeff Horn rematch,” he said. old boy. one-day internationals for where a crowd of at least a thou- eight weight classes, silenced in Brisbane last year. “But there are many other “We’re here to see Manny. breaching the spirit of the sand supporters waited for more some of his critics last weekend Pacquiao, now with a win- challenges, like Crawford, Lo- Hopefully we get a glimpse of game. than four hours to wave at or by pummelling the dangerous loss-draw record of 60-7-2, said machenko, Amir Khan and many him and get a photo, hopefully,” oach Chandika Ha - shake hands with him. Argentine into submission by he was enjoying his win and was others,” he added. Cieran Fox, one of two southern Cthurusingha, manag- “I feel good for now. Boxing technical knockout in the sev- not in negotiations at this time The undefeated American Philippines-based Irishmen in er Asanka Gurusinha and is my passion and I would be enth round. for his next bout. However he Crawford beat Horn for the WBO the welcoming crowd, said. Chandimal refused to take to the field for two hours during the second Test against the West Indies last month after the skipper was Brave Belfast event Philippines top combat sport spot accused of ball-tampering. The trio were also given six penalty points each. highlights released • President of Brave TDT | Manama visits Ambassador of Philippines Ozil to travel rave Combat Federation Bhas officially released the TDT | Manama with Arsenal to event highlights from Brave Singapore 13 hosted in Belfast, United ohammed Shahid, Pres- Kingdom for the fans. Mident of Brave Combat London, United Kingdom The event is the first and Federation held a meeting only major sporting event with Alfonso Ver, Ambassador Cian Cowley esut Ozil will travel hosted in Europe by a sports of Philippines to Bahrain. Mohammed Shahid alongside Alfonso A Ver during embassy visit Mwith Arsenal for their organisation based in Bahrain. phen Loman. The videos are The Bahrain based global pre-season tour of Singa- Bahrain also became the only accessible in the official you- mixed martial arts promotion pore, the Gunners’ new nation in the GCC to host an tube channel and social media has featured athletes from the the organisation found by His Philippines and shares strong head coach Unai Emery MMA event in Europe through of Brave Combat Federation. Philippines in events hosted Highness Shaikh Khalid bin relations and mutually-bene- confirmed on Monday. the global mixed martial arts The event highlights were re- around the world including Hamad Al Khalifa in the Phil- ficial ties between the Philip- Following the shock early organisation found by His leased prior to the initiation Bahrain, United Arab Emirates, ippines. pines. exit of Germany from the Highness Shaikh Khalid bin of operations to broaden the Brazil, India, Mexico, Jordan, Brave Combat Federation had Hosting Brave Combat Fed- World Cup, playmaker Ozil Hamad Al Khalifa. distribution channels. The Indonesia and the UK. hosted the first event in South eration in the Philippines will has been on holiday and has The event marked the first promotion was swarmed by The exposure received for East Asia in 2017 in Jakarta, ensure the growing interests yet to return to pre-season championship defence by the an increased demand to air athletes from the Philippines Indonesia and had announced in sports and media by the training, with Emery in - youngest champion in the the events. Currently Brave is and the successful champion- growing interests to host more Kingdom of Bahrain under His stead working with those promotion and only fighter aired live through Abu Dhabi ship title defence by Stephen events in the region. Highness Sheikh Khalid bin Arsenal players not involved from Philippines to defend a Sports, Combate, Fite TV, Star- Loman prompted the fans to Bahrain hosts a sizeable ex- Hamad Al Khalifa to have a in Russia 2018. championship in Europe, Ste- Sat and VodaCom. demand an upcoming event by patriate community from the strong base in South East Asia.

Halep stays on top as Djokovic back in top 10 Pyeongchang, South Korea Men ATP rankings: Women WTA standings: 1. Rafael Nadal (ESP) 9310 pts 1. Simona Halep (ROU) 7571 pts ovak Djokovic’s fourth Wimble- 2. Roger Federer (SUI) 7080 2. Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) 6740 Ndon win propelled him back into 3. Alexander Zverev (GER) 5665 3. Sloane Stephens (USA) 5463 (+1) the top 10 of the latest ATP rankings 4. Juan Martín Del Potro (ARG) 5395 4. Angelique Kerber (GER) 5305 (+6) released yesterday. 5. Kevin Anderson (RSA) 4655 (+3) 5. Elina Svitolina (UKR) 5020 Djokovic beat Kevin Anderson 6-2, 6. Grigor Dimitrov (BUL) 4610 6. Caroline Garcia (FRA) 4730 6-2, 7-6 (7-3) to claim his fourth Wim- 7. Marin Cilic (CRO) 3905 (-2) 7. Garbine Muguruza (ESP) 4620 (-4) bledon men’s singles crown on Sunday, 8. John Isner (USA) 3720 (+2) 8. Petra Kvitova (CZE) 4550 (-1) at Seef District too launching him 11 places to 10th in the 9. Dominic Thiem (AUT) 3665 (-2) 9. Karolína Pliskova (CZE) 4485 (-1) rankings, ending an eight months top 10. Novak Djokovic (SRB) 3355 (+11) 10. Julia Goerges (GER) 3980 (+3) Um al Hassan +973 17728699 10 exile. Spain’s Rafael Nadal remains Seef District +973 17364999 top of the table and has widened the gap over number two Roger Federer, one spot in the latest women’s rank- turmoil. The biggest gainer was Ser- who was eliminated by Anderson in a ings despite losing in the third round ena Williams who reached the final marathon quarter final. Meanwhile, at Wimbledon, but below her the up- in just the fourth tournament of her Simona Halep retained the number sets at the grass-court major caused comeback. TUESDAY, JULY 17, 2018 18

Wimbledon’s best quotes London, United Kingdom

imbledon came to Joshua vs Povetkin Wan end on Sunday, with Novak Djokovic win- ning the men’s singles af- Britain’s Anthony Joshua will defend his heavyweight titles against Russia’s Alexander Povetkin ter Angelique Kerber was crowned women’s champi- London, United Kingdom 2012 Olympic champion great- “Training hasn’t stopped for 38, knocked out David Price on want them all. on on Saturday. er freedom to choose his next me, but the next 10 weeks ahead the undercard of Joshua’s vic- “I’m glad that our fight will Here are a looks at some ritain’s Anthony Joshua opponent. will be intense both mentally tory over Parker. He previous- finally take place. The meeting of the best quotes from a will defend his World Joshua had been hoping to and physically. ly fought for the titles Joshua of two Olympic (super-heavy- dramatic fortnight at the All BBoxing Association, fight fellow unbeaten heavy- “I will push myself to breaking now holds in a 2013 defeat by weight) champions (Povetkin England Club: World Boxing Organization and weight champion Deontay Wild- point to make sure I am in peak Wladimir Klitschko. won in 2004, Joshua in 2012) International Boxing Federa- er, who holds the World Boxing condition for another huge night “The battle for the world title in the ring is destined to be a tion heavyweight titles against Council belt, but he could yet for British boxing at Wembley has always been my goal,” Pov- breathtaking event.” Russia’s Alexander Povetkin at face the American in April 2019. Stadium on September 22nd.” etkin said. Joshua’s promoter Eddie London’s Wembley Stadium on “I can’t wait to get back in the Joshua, 28, won his first world “I fought for the moment to Hearn added: “Last time (Josh- September 22, promoter Eddie ring. The end of March feels a title in 2016 and has made five face the strongest in the world ua) was there (at Wembley Hearn announced yesterday. long time ago now,” said Josh- defences, taking his record to and on September 22nd I get my against Klitschko, in April 2017) Povetkin is the ua, who beat Joseph Parker of 21-0 with 20 knockouts. opportunity. he produced one of the most mandatory New Zealand by unanimous “Anthony Joshua dramatic fights and endings in challenger points decision in Cardiff on Strongest in the world has four belts the history of the sport, and I for Josh- March 31. (including the expect this fight to be full of Wind player? I’m ua’s WBA “Povetkin is a serious chal- Wilder, 32, improved to 40-0 lightly-re- energy and drama. title and a lenge that I will prepare me- with 39 knockouts when he garded In- “Povetkin is a top-3 heav- coming from Kiel. It’s successful ticulously for. He has seri- knocked out previously unbeat- ternation- yweight and extremely dan- always windy there bout against ous pedigree and only a fool en Cuban Luis Ortiz in the tenth al Boxing gerous but in AJ I see the best ANGELIQUE KERBER ON WHETHER SHE the Russian would underestimate round in Brooklyn, New York, Organi- heavyweight in the world and CONSIDERS HERSELF A GOOD “WIND would give what he brings to on March 3. zation ti- I think we will see a major PLAYER the London the table. Meanwhile Povetkin, tle) and I statement.”

I hope this is a sign for Grand Slams to change. For us to be out there for that length of time. I Alexander really hope we can Povetkin look at this, because Anthony Joshua at the end you don’t feel great KEVIN ANDERSON AFTER SURVIVING THE SECOND LONGEST SINGLES MATCH IN GRAND SLAM HISTORY TO BEAT JOHN ISNER IN THE SEMI-FINALS -- 6 HOURS Zaman stars as Pakistan AND 36 MINUTES dominate Zimbabwe Juve fans give superstar Ronaldo rousing welcome

Rome, Italy | AFP

uventus fans gave Cris- tiano Ronaldo a rousing Jwelcome yesterday as the club prepared to unveil the su- It’s crazy. I had a perstar summer signing they really tough delivery hope will bring the Champions and multiple League trophy back to Turin. Hundreds of fans gathered surgeries and outside the Allianz Stadium almost didn’t make in Turin from early morning it to be honest. I singing “Ronaldo, bring us the couldn’t even walk Champions (League)” as the to my mailbox, so it’s European competition’s most definitely not normal lethal striker of all time made for me to be in a a brief appearance ahead of his medical Monday. Ronaldo waves to suppoters Wimbledon final The 33-year-old emerged SERENA WILLIAMS ON HER LONG ROAD from the club’s medical centre BACK AFTER GIVING BIRTH TO HER Pakistan batsman Fakhar Zaman in action DAUGHTER IN SEPTEMBER AND THE to sign autographs and shake COMPLICATIONS WHICH FOLLOWED hands amid raucous chants of Bulawayo, Zimbabwe | AFP manding performance. his name before shooting back Zimbabwe opted to bat first inside for further tests. n elated Fakhar Zaman on another cold morning and The five-times Ballon d’Or 120 Champions league goals 1996 cracked a career-best 117 were put under immediate winner will be officially un - A scored by Ronaldo is more is the last time Juve have as Pakistan dominated with pressure by the new ball, and veiled to the world’s media, in than anyone else in the won the competition. both bat and ball to win the in particular Khan. which he will sign a four-year history of the competition They reached final in 2015 second of five one-day inter- He had both openers caught deal that will earn him a report- and 2017 nationals against Zimbabwe by behind in his first spell, ed 30 million euros a season. nine wickets yesterday but Zimbabwe briefly rallied Ronaldo fever hit Turin after Zaman’s hundred was his during a 62-run partnership the announcement last week second in ODI’s after his barn- between Zimbabwe captain of his 100 million-euro ($117 Others wore t-shirts with the four straight domestic doubles, storming 114 in last year’s Hamilton Masakadza and million) transfer from Euro- message “Bem-vindo” -- “wel- the Old Lady of Italian football I make a mistake, Champions Trophy final Tarisai Musakanda. pean champions Real Madrid, come” in Portuguese -- which have struggled to turn domes- I put my shorts against India. The win was That was Zimbabwe’s best which Italian media reports 5,000 shopkeepers put up on tic dominance into European the other way. You also set up by Pakistan’s seam stand, however, and when will cost Juve a total of 350 mil- posters around the north-west- success as they strive for the cannot force me to attack, who bowled Zimba- Khan took two wickets with lion euros. Many of the young- ern Italian city ahead of Ronal- continent’s holy grail. bwe out for 194. consecutive deliveries in the sters who came out to greet do’s arrival late Sunday. “Our hope is to win the change my shorts in Usman Khan took four wick- 44th over the hosts were 166 their new hero were wearing Juventus fans are hoping Champions League that for front of everybody. ets and Hasan Ali chipped in for 7 and sinking fast. The in- Juventus shirts emblazoned that Ronaldo’s arrival will push now is the only objective that For me, that’s not with three for 32 to bowl the from Zaman was named Play- with “Ronaldo” and the number them onto Europe’s top table. we’ve not been able to conquer,” respectful hosts out, Pakistan’s top order er of the Series after the T20 7, which have been selling like Fresh from their seventh Se- says Francesco, 38, from the RAFAEL NADAL ON SHORTS REMOVAL batsmen then capping a com- tri-series in Harare. hot cakes in the city. rie A title in as many years and Tuscan city of Pisa. ETIQUETTE. TUESDAY, JULY 17, 2018 19 USA dominates athletics

The USA were virtually unopposed in landing the platinum winners trophy on a final tally of 219 points Vladimir Putin

AFP | London Russia targeted by Final standings 25 million cyber- he United States of Amer- 1. USA, 219 points, ica recorded a compre- 2. Poland 162, attacks: Putin Thensive victory in the in- 3. Great Britain and North- AFP | Moscow, Russia augural edition of the Athletics ern Ireland 155, World Cup after dominating the 4. Jamaica 153, ussia was the tar - second day of the event in Lon- 5. France 146, Rget of almost 25 mil - don on Sunday. 6. Germany 137, lion cyber-attacks during It might have lacked the pres- 7. South Africa 135, the World Cup, President tige and visibility of football’s 8. China 81 Vladimir Putin said, though World Cup final earlier in Mos- he did not indicate who may cow, hindered by the absence of have been behind the at- many of track and field’s most long jump with a leading effort tacks. recognisable names and an un- of 8.51m. “During the period of fortunate clash of dates with However at the conclusion, the World Cup, almost 25 the final of the greatest sporting it was the Americans who took million cyber-attacks and show on the planet. a lap of honour amid the fire- other criminal acts on the Yet reasonable crowds, com- works at the London Stadium information structures in pared to much of the Diamond which will also host the next leg Russia, linked in one way or League circuit, and a rapid for- of the Diamond League circuit another to the World Cup, mat with audience appeal, is next weekend. were neutralised,” Putin worth extending, according to And among those in action, said during a meeting on IAAF president Sebastian Coe, there appeared to be a consen- Sunday with security ser- with three nations understood sus that the Athletics World Cup vices. to have expressed interest in is an idea that could be replicat- The president, whose staging the next scheduled edi- The US team celebrate their win in the women’s 4x400m relay during the Athletics World Cup team competition at the ed or extended in the future. comments were reported tion in 2020. London Stadium in London “This sport needs one thing by the Kremlin on Monday, “I’ve been very clear that I and that’s more exciting events gave no information on the want new things to be tried,” really pleased UK Athletics have extending their margin with and this was certainly that,” said nature or possible origins of he said. taken up the challenge.” Paul Dedewo running a personal Hendricks. the cyber-attacks. “They are not always going to The USA were virtually unop- best of 44.48 seconds to win the “I know it conflicted with the “Behind this (World Cup) work out from the word go but posed in landing the platinum men’s 400m. soccer World Cup but to have success lies huge prepara- that can’t inhibit us from going winners trophy on a final tally Kenny Selmon took the men’s this chance to come together tory, operational, analytical ‘we tried, it didn’t do everything of 219 points. 400m hurdles and Vashti Cun- We will figure things as a national team is really cool. and information work, we so we go back to the same old They were well clear of Po- ningham leapt to a season’s best “Because what is great to operated at maximum ca- thing’. land in second on 162 with the of 1.96m to reign in the women’s out. They’ve already have is competition when you pacity and concentration,” “There is a lot of work being hosts consigned to third place high jump before their triumph had interest in this have people in different vests said Putin. done on the calendar and the when their men’s 4x400 relay was rounded off in the men’s from other cities. But competing against one another Russia, which hosted the Diamond Leagues. But while team were disqualified prior 4x400. I’m really pleased UK rather than just individuals in World Cup from June 14 to we’re working that out, I didn’t to the concluding event when Elsewhere, Jamaica’s Tyquen- Athletics have taken identical vests out there. July 15 in 11 cities and 12 want the sport just to stop doing first leg runner Cameron Chal- do Tracey recorded a lifetime up the challenge “And I think in future editions, stadiums, has been repeat- creative things. mers pulled a hamstring in the best of 10.03 seconds to win the you’ll see this grow and more edly accused by Western “We will figure things out. warm-up. men’s 100m with South Africa’s SEBASTIAN COE, IAAF PRESIDENT people will want to be there. countries of conducting cy- They’ve already had interest in Holding a 24-point advantage world champion Luvo Manyon- And I know I’d want to be a part ber-attacks. this from other cities. But I’m overnight, the Americans kept ga taking victory in the men’s of it.”

Kim wins John Deere in record- setting style

Michael Kim

Los Angeles, United States

ichael Kim made his Mlong-awaited first US PGA Tour triumph a re- Fadhel Ateya Ebrahim Dr Geetha Praveena Nair Yohan Kudala cord-breaker Sunday, win- ning the John Deere Clas- The Daily Tribune World Cup predict and win contest prizes were distributed yesterday at DT office in Zinj Pizza Hut Building (Ibrahim Plaza). The winners are Arif Iqbal Hossain, Yohan Kudala, GM Nicholas, sic by eight strokes with a Fadhel Ateya Ebrahim, Dr Geetha and Sameer Parker final-round 66. The South Korean-born American finished with a 27-under total of 257 -- one stroke better than the pre- It’s ‘just the beginning’ for Mbappe-led France vious tournament record set by Steve Stricker in 2010. AFP | Moscow, Russia ($123 million), played for just Saint-Germain forward has Kim also posted the tour- two minutes in the knockout drawn comparisons with the nament’s largest margin of ylian Mbappe and another stages, while France’s other Brazilian great. In scoring twice victory -- by four strokes -- Ksupremely talented gener- goalscorers on Sunday, Antoine against Argentina in the last 16, since it moved to TPC Deere ation of French players may just Griezmann, 27, and Paul Pogba, Mbappe became the first teen- Run in 2000. be getting started after overcom- 25, are in their prime. ager since Pele to score multiple “I’m just really thankful ing Croatia to win the World In scoring his fourth goal of goals in a World Cup game. and proud,” said Kim. “I feel Cup in Russia. the tournament and France’s After starring as a 17-year-old like I’ve been running on While the 19-year-old is the fourth of a 4-2 win in the World in 1958, Pele went on to win two fumes the entire back nine. poster boy for France’s new crop Cup final in Moscow’s Luzhni- more World Cups, and while I’m just super-thankful, of talent, the make-up of the ki Stadium, Mbappe -- named Mbappe has much to do to thankful to my parents, my squad suggests they have the young player of tournament match those feats, there is no team, my coaches ...” youth and firepower to domi- -- became the youngest player telling how dominant a young A day after celebrat - nate international football for since Pele to score in football’s French squad littered with ing his 25th birthday, Kim years to come. biggest match. world-class players can become. punched his ticket to next The average age of a fine back “I have a story to write, this Only Nigeria sent a younger week’s Open Championship four of Benjamin Pavard, Raph- is just the beginning,” Mbappe group than Didier Deschamps’s at Carnoustie. Italy’s Franc- ael Varane, Samuel Umtiti and warned the world. “I intend to 23 to Russia yet France can esco Molinari and Ameri- Lucas Hernandez is just 23. go even further.” boast serial winners at club lev- cans Joel Dahmen, Sam Ry- Ousmane Dembele, who cost It is not the first time in Rus- el in Varane, Mbappe, Pogba and der and Bronson Burgoon Barcelona 105 million euros France’s forward Kylian Mbappe kisses the World Cup trophy after winning the sia the lightning-quick Paris N’Golo Kante. shared second on 265. Russia 2018 World Cup final football match between France and Croatia TUESDAY, JULY 17, 2018 20

France’s national football team players celebrate on the roof of a bus as they parade down the Champs-Elysee avenue in Paris, Party begins in Paris AFP | Paris, France with friends under a wilting sun on the Two stations were rebaptised in trib- avenue. “We had to see them, and also ute to Deschamps, who captained the he World Cup-winning French the Cup.” national side to its first World Cup team returned home to a heroes’ The players arrived to a raucous victory, won on home soil in 1998. Twelcome yesterday as hundreds welcome at Charles De Gaulle airport Alongside Mario Zagallo and Franz of thousands packed the Champs Ely- northeast of Paris, including a “wa - Beckenbauer, he has become only the sees for their victory parade ahead of a ter salute” by the fire brigade which third man to win the World Cup both presidential reception in the evening. sprayed arcs of water over the Air as a player and coach. France overcame a determined Cro- France jet as it taxied to the gate. The team will have a private meet- atia team to win 4-2 in Sunday’s final, Captain Hugo Lloris, flanked by ing with Macron and his wife Brigitte, with teenager Kylian Mbappe applying coach Didier Deschamps, was the first and then they will enter the palace’s the coup de grace and cementing his to emerge from the aircraft, raising the gardens where Macron is expected to place as a new global superstar at the famed golden trophy before heading make a speech. age of just 19. down the stairs and onto a freshly laid Afterwards guests will be treated to Millions of fans in France celebrated red carpet. the beats of DJ Snake, who has worked into the night, honking car horns and After the parade France’s newest with pop stars including Lady Gaga flying the tricolour flag while the Eiffel idols will be welcomed at the Elysee and is part of the Pardon My French Tower and the Arc de Triomphe were Palace by Emmanuel Macron, whose collective of French DJs. lit up in the national colours of blue, office has already promised the Legion Macron had already celebrated with white and red. of Honour for the victors’ “exceptional the team on Sunday -- even doing “dab” Crowds began converging early services” to the country. dance moves with players in a video Monday on the Champs Elysees, the that has gone viral -- after attending the gathering point for all national cele- ‘Champions of the world’ - final in Moscow. brations, for a parade by the team atop In Paris, the metro system temporarily Some analysts believe the 40-year- an electric bus expected to start in the renamed six of its stations in honour of old centrist will benefit from the feel- early evening. the key players, with the Victor Hugo good factor sweeping France, with Ma- “We’re so proud of this team, they stop -- named after the famed 19th-cen- cron able to show a common touch after have truly become our players,” said tury writer -- becoming Victor Hugo months of criticism from his opponents Priscilla Lagneaux, 28, who was waiting France’s fans greet France’s national football team players as they celebrate on the roof of a bus Lloris after the team’s goalkeeper. that he is distant and elitist. ‘Bravo Vatreni’ : Croatians give heroes’ welcome to WC squad

AFP | Zagreb, Croatia celebrate the team reaching their first ever World Cup final. ens of thousands of Croa- “I closed my office to welcome Ttians gave a heroes’ welcome our heroes. I put a sign up read- to their team in Zagreb yesterday ing ‘Today, July 16, 2018’, office after the squad returned from KNOW WHAT closed due to our Vatreni (‘the Russia following their World Fiery Ones’ in Croatian),” doctor Cup final defeat. Sanja Klajic told AFP. A crowd estimated at more Croatia was un- Earlier noisy fans await - than 100,000 thronged the cap- ed their side’s appearance by ital’s main square to see the play- beaten in the FIFA singing a popular song “Play on ers, led by captain and World World Cup 2018 my Croatia, when I see you my Cup Golden Ball winner Luka before the final heart is on fire!” while watch- Modric, parade through the against France ing the plane carrying the team streets on an open-top bus. progress to the capital on a gi- Cheering fans, many waving ant TV screen. When the plane, flags and wearing the famous “This is how Croatia is loved,” accompanied by military jets red and white shirt of Croatia, read one banner. Another said: and emblazoned with the logo held up banners celebrating the “We are few, but we believed and “Bravo Vatreni” (good fire) flew runners-up after their gallant that is enough”. overhead the crowd cheered and 4-2 defeat by France. Many even skipped work to Croatian national football team members step out from their Airbus 319 airplane in Zagreb International Airport chanted “Hands up, hands up!”