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Consensus on CR fees hike TDT | Manama he Chairman of the Bah- Inspect labour camps Train Chamber of Com- merce and Industry (BCCI) Sameer Nass yesterday said Strict legal action against providing substandard accommodation facilities to labourers that following lengthy discus- sions with the government officials a consensus was The directive follows reached, according to which • the fees for new Commercial the building collapse Registrations will be BD50 in the Salmaniya area with BD100 for up to three ac- last Tuesday, leaving tivities, while additional busi- four dead and more ness activities will be charged BD 100 each. than 30 injured. Mr Nass explained that the initial proposal of the cham- HRH the Premier ber was to keep the new fees reviewed• the steps within the range of neigh- taken by the ministries bouring Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries at of Labour and Social BD100 for new Commercial Development, the HRH the Premier chairs the Cabinet. Registrations and BD75 for Interior, Works, the renewal. Municipalities Affairs Municipalities Affairs and Urban The building, which was home Among other things, the session tation for two six-month periods He explained that the Planning to conduct frequent in- to over 170 labourers, collapsed welcomed Bahrain’s election as until the two sides reached an Chamber had formed an ac- and Urban Planning and spections to all labour accommo- following a gas cylinder blast. member of the UN Human Rights agreement. tion group headed by the sec- Health after the disaster. dation facilities in the Kingdom HRH the Premier reviewed the Council (UNHRC), expressing Under the agreement, a fixed ond vice-chairman Moham- to ensure the safety of labourers. steps taken by the ministries of pride in the International Com- BD100-fee will be imposed on the med Al Kooheji to carry out a Manama As per the directive, strict le- Labour and Social Development, munity’s confidence in Bahrain. first three business activities, and study on the impact of inflated gal action will be taken against the Interior, Works, Municipali- The Cabinet approved the BD 100-fee for each additional CR fees on business owners he Cabinet chaired by His those responsible for providing ties Affairs and Urban Planning agreement reached between the one. and the general business at- Royal Highness Prime substandard accommodation fa- and Health after the disaster. Bahrain Chamber of Commerce The session endorsed a draft mosphere in the Kingdom. TMinister Prince Khalifa cilities to the labourers across the He commended the efforts ex- and Industry (BCCI) and the Min- resolution amending the provi- He underlined that the bin Salman Al Khalifa yesterday Kingdom. erted by the various directorates istry of Industry, Commerce and sions of the executive regulations study was carried out on the gave directives to Labour and The directive follows the of the Ministry of Interior, par- Tourism on the fees of the busi- of the Decree-Law on the Estab- basis of a questionnaire apart Social Development Ministry building collapse in the Salmani- ticularly the Civil Defence, as well ness activities which HRH the lishment and Organisation of In- from roundtable discussions to cooperate with the Interior ya area last Tuesday, leaving four as those of the relevant ministries, Prime Minister had ordered the dustrial Zones promulgated by it held with businessmen in Ministry and Ministry of Works, dead and more than 30 injured. to deal with the incident. postponement of their implemen- Edict 1/2000. the country. Elaborating on the study, Mr Nass explained, “Of the LAND OF TOLERANCE total CRs in Bahrain, 83.24 per cent are involved in run- ning between one and three business activities, while the remaining 16.76pc run more Indian Premier Modi tweets praises for Bahrain than three business activ- ities.” showed Bahraini artist Noor sing- The song, Vaishnava ing a song that portrayed Indian • heritage. Jana To is one of the The song, Vaishnava Jana To is most popular Hindu one of the most popular Hindu bhajans, written in the bhajans, written in the 15th cen- DON’T MISS IT 15th century by the tury by the poet Narsinh Mehta in the Gujarati language. poet Narsinh Mehta in The bhajan, which was very the Gujarati language. close to the heart of India’s father Bahrain to host of the nation Mahatma Gandhi, 02 major weddings TDT | Manama HRH the Crown Prince Mr Modi speaks about the life, ideals and morals to be followed in one’s life. When bullies is Royal Highness Prince “Bahrain is a model of religious 03 rule schools Salman bin Hamad Al moderation and peaceful coexis- HKhalifa, the Crown tence where Mahatma Gandhi’s Prince, Deputy Supreme Com- principles are embodied. The Pipeline mander and First Deputy Prime walls of Arad Castle were chant- 05 bombers Minister yesterday retweeted a ed with Noor singing,” Mr Modi A screenshot of the Twitter page. sentenced remark made by Indian Prime tweeted. Minister Narendra Modi describ- Hailing the tweet, HRH the can see her soon in person at a ing Bahrain as the land of toler- Crown Prince retweeted: “We special concert at Arad Fort.” ance and peaceful coexistence. are proud of Bahrain’s long and Noor, a Bahraini singer, is Mr Modi had posted a video rich heritage of moderation and trained in Arabic and Carnatic link along with his tweet which A screenshot of the video posted by Mr Modi. peaceful coexistence. I hope you music. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2018 02

Bahrain’s solidarity HH Shaikh Nasser’s with Saudi stressed achievement lauded

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he Cabinet yesterday extended sin- cere congratulations to His Majesty TKing Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa on the landmark achievement of the Repre- sentative of HM the King for Charity Works and Youth Affairs, Supreme Council of HRH the Crown Prince HRH Prince Mohammad Youth and Sports Chairman and Bahrain Olympic Committee President, HH Shaikh Manama the Crown Prince also high- Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa, who won the lighted the long-standing Bah- IRONMAN World Championship which was is Royal Highness raini-Saudi ties which are un- held in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, USA. Prince Salman bin derpinned by shared strategic HRH Premier expressed congratulations HHamad Al Khalifa, interests. to HH Shaikh Nasser on the historic win the Crown Prince, Deputy HRH the Crown Prince that adds to Bahrain’s rich record of sports Supreme Commander and went on to emphasise the accomplishments, voicing deep pride in the First Deputy Prime Minister, constructive role played by Bahraini youth’s landmark achievements at yesterday held a telephone Saudi Arabia across all fields, various international gathering, including call with His Royal Highness both regionally and inter - the sports ones, a post-session statement by Prince Mohammad bin Salman nationally, and its efforts in the Cabinet Secretary-General, Dr. Yasser bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Crown safeguarding regional safety bin Isa Al-Nasser, said. Prince, Deputy Prime Minister and stability. In another development, the Cabinet and Minister of Defence of the HRH the Crown Prince con- affirmed that the Saudi Government, under Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. firmed that in response to HRH the leadership of the Custodian of the Two During the telephone call, Prince Mohammad bin Sal- Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz HRH the Crown Prince high- man’s invitation he will lead Al-Saud, is widely recognised for its com- lighted Bahrain’s full solidar- Bahrain’s high-level delega- mitment to its fundamentals, as well as ity alongside Saudi Arabia tion participating in the Future status as a cornerstone for global, Arab and against any targeted attempts Investment Initiative, which Islamic security and stability, highlighting to undermine its policies, po- is set to take place in Riyadh its regional and international weight. sition and sovereignty. HRH next week. It also underlined the widely-known keenness of the Saudi leadership on the security and safety of its citizens wher- ever they are, as well as on the stability of other countries and the safety of their peoples. Bahrain to host The Prime Minister gave directives to form a high-profile Bahraini delegation, comprising ministers and officials, to par- ticipate in the ‘Future Investment Initi- major weddings ative’ (FII) conference, set to be held in HH Shaikh Nasser lifts the trophy after winning the IRONMAN championship. Saudi Arabia, under the auspices of King Manama Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, and chair- World Bank Group in Indonesia. launched, and that 19 among them, costing manship of Crown Prince, Deputy Premier, The Cabinet said that the milestone BD 41.7 million, had been awarded. he Bahrain Tourism and Defence Minister, Council of Economic reflects the success of the government’s The minister also said that 50 projects, Exhibitions Authori- and Development Affairs Chairman and approach and policies aimed at wisely worth BD 126 million, are currently imple- Tty (BTEA) announced 5 Public Investment Fund’s Board Chairman, investing in the human capital, being the mented. that it will be hosting four million American HRH Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin cornerstone of sustainable development, The memorandum showed that a total major weddings, with more dollars is the expected Abdulaziz Al Saud. through its unwavering keenness on sup- of 88 tenders in roads, construction and than 2,000 guests arriving via contribution of the four The session welcomed Bahrain’s rank- porting their capabilities, knowledge and sanitation sectors, valued at BD 101 million, Gulf Air, the national carrier luxury Indian weddings ing first in the Arab world and 47th at the skills. had been launched in the first three quar- of Bahrain. to Bahrain’s GDP. world level, among 157, countries, in the It also affirms the success of the govern- ters of 2018, and that 90 tenders, worth BD “We are pleased to be host- “Human Capital Index”, launched recent- ment’s educational strategy and effective- 240 million, had been awarded. ing four major Indian wed - ly by the World Bank during the Annual ness of its policies to improve the quality The session reviewed, through a mem- dings in the upcoming months Meetings of the Boards of Governors of of the health services delivered to the orandum presented by the Industry, Com- which will contribute $5 mil- rain by providing turn-key the International Monetary Fund and the citizens, the cabinet said while comment- merce and Tourism Minister, the key eco- lion to the Kingdom’s GDP and solutions including organis- ing on a report submitted by the ministers nomic indicators of the the second quarter further promote Bahrain as a ing logistics, venue selection, of Finance and Education on the reasons of 2018. prime wedding destination. in addition to liaising with for Bahrain’s ranking high in the Human Figures showed an increase in Bahrain’s The weddings will be held suppliers and industry pro- Capital Index. gross domestic product (GDP) in the sec- during the period between fessionals such as Gulf Air,” 6.1 The session was informed about the ond quarter by 6.1 per cent compared to November 2018 and February he added. per cent will be tenders that had been launched during the the first. 2019,” said the adviser to the Bahrain boasts a number the growth in the third quarter of this year in the construc- They also showed an increase in the vol- Bahrain Tourism and Exhibi- of 5 and 4 star hotels with a Kingdom’s GDP during tion and sanitation projects. ume of trade exchange by 9.7pc compared tions Authority, Dr Ali Hassan fully dedicated service sector the second quarter of A memorandum submitted by the Min- with the first quarter, reaching BD 2.1 bil- Follad. that is able to offer all services 2018, according to key ister of Works, Municipalities Affairs and lion, while imports went up by 9.8pc and “The BTEA aims to provide from food and beverages, en- economic indicators. Urban Planning revealed that 23 ten - exports by 4.3pc compared with the first the needed support to seam- tertainment and unique wed- ders, valued at BD 17.7 million, had been quarter of this year. lessly host weddings in Bah- ding concepts. Co-operation discussed Expat ‘goes missing’

from the Kottayam district in If anyone has any the Indian state of Kerala. • Saju, whose family is in his information about the hometown, was staying in his missing person, they company accommodation in can contact Mr Sabu Riffa. on 39288072 or the He has been working in the same company since 2007, nearest police station. sources added. Mr Saju His brother Sabu Kurian TDT | Manama along with his family lives in vate company has been missing the Kingdom. n Indian expatriate has since last Friday. If anyone has any informa- been reported missing Relatives said the company tion about the missing person, Ain the Kingdom. had informed them about “their they can contact Mr Sabu on Labour and Social Development Minister Jameel Humaidan yesterday received Indian Ambassador to Bahrain Alok Kumar Sources said, Parampuzha missing staff”. 39288072 or the nearest police Sinha. They discussed labour strides in the Kingdom as well as co-operation between the Embassy and the Labour Ministry. Saju Kurian who works in a pri- The 55-year-old man hails station. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2018 03 When bullies rule schools Bahrain has the second highest bullying rate among school students globally TDT | Manama Thamer Taifoor

recent study has shocking- ly revealed that Bahrain Ahas the second highest school bullying rates for ele- mentary stage students globally, stressing that 43 per cent of stu- dents were bullying victims. The study, conducted by Bah- raini educationalist Dr Mariam Al Qassab, showed that verbal bullying is the most common type of bullying at Bahrain’s schools. It also revealed that male students were more exposed to school bul- lying when compared to female pupils. Dr Al Qassab speaking at the event. Students who underwent anti-bullying training at the event. Dr Al Qassab was a speaker at a local event that aimed to reduce Dr Al Qassab also said that ac- unlikely to be reported in such She commented: “This global school bullying incidents. cording to a study conducted by a society.” and dangerous phenomenon has Speaking to Tribune, she said, the Boston University, Bahrain The expert stressed on the ne- negative impact on students in “Bullying is a negative behaviour Bullying is divided comes second in terms of bully- cessity of raising more awareness the short and long run. This may that is annoying and hurtful, de- into three types that ing cases reported among pupils on bullying in Bahrain, calling push students who were victim- liberate and repeated, by one or include physical, studying in the first six academic upon parents and decision mak- 43 ised by bullies to hate schools and more persons, and is directed years. ers to be more involved in com- per cent of students in the entire educational process. against a person who finds diffi- verbal and social She explained: “According to batting such phenomena. the Kingdom are bullying “It could also lead to more culty to defend himself/herself.” bullying. It consists official statistics of the Telecom- “There are no official statistics victims, according to a serious psychological problems “Bullying is divided into three of three parties, munications Regulatory Author- on bullying available yet from the recent study. such as depression, anxiety and types that include physical, verbal which are the bully, ity, 37.3pc of the Bahraini youth Education Ministry or Labour suicide. Combatting bullying at and social bullying. It consists of the victim and the were victimised by cyber bully- and Social Development Minis- schools should be a priority to three parties, which are the bully, spectator. ing, while 30pc practised it. try,” she added. maintain school psychological the victim and the spectator. “Another local study showed On her part, Naseem Anti-Bul- bullying. safety of children, as they spent “Globally, and according to 80 DR AL QASSAB that 65.3pc of Bahrainis were lying Initiative President Enas Al Ms Al Fardan also said 11 info- most of their time at schools. A international studies, the aver- around 35pc and 15pc are exposed exposed to bullying at schools. Fardan said the initiative trained graphics; three short films and 23 safe and non-violent school en- age exposure of youth to tradi- to electronic bullying,” Dr Al Qa- Bahrain is a diversified society 600 students of both genders in paintings on anti-bullying were vironment should be provided to tional bullying is estimated to be ssab stated. and this high rate of bullying is six schools on methods to combat also introduced to the students. every student.” TUESDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2018 04

Man steals money to VIVA primed for further buy dog The accused was• tried before the Lower Criminal Court which gave him a suspended digital transformation six month’s imprisonment. ‘VIVA is committed to digital transformation and will work continuously to bolster its digital offerings’ TDT | Manama Ali Tarif specifically developed to make a finger under Bahrain’s fastest VIVA’s latest steps the lives of our customers easy and widest 4G LTE provider. young Bahraini stole • and rewarding as possible.” “For example, VIVA Skiplino ABD 1,700 from his close will support Bahrain’s VIVA places is a highly innovative and con- friend and spent it on buying Economic vision 2030 innovation and digital Digital Offerings sumer focused new cloud-based a dog, car accessories and a by playing an active role transformation at the system that serves both walk in phone, the court heard. to provide the needed heart of everything we Describing some of the new customers and customers who Being a good friend, the digital offerings introduced, he would like to book their visit victim would often host the technological support do and has taken great said, “An example of our initial to our retail stores remotely, accused in his apartment, and market visibility to steps towards this by digital offerings and marking offering greater flexibility and say prosecutors. strengthen Bahrain’s launching innovative Bahrain’s first advancement time efficiency. This allows cus- The accused allegedly position on the map products and services into the realm of connected dig- tomers to visit when convenient stole the money from his as a regional hub for that allow to better ital solutions has been with VIVA and minimise any waiting time. friend’s apartment while the serve customers. Connected Life – that served as “We have witnessed a 64 per victim was away at a gym. digital transformation. an epitome of breaking bounda- cent increase in the number of However, the identity of MR AL WETAID ries, progression, creativity and visitors compared to the same the accused was revealed TDT | Dubai innovation. period of last year. With an after the police officers re- Mohammed Zafran “Focusing on the most im - increased acquisition rate to viewed images caught by Digitisation “The typical services telecom portant aspects of life - home, reach 16pc when compared to CCTV cameras installed in IVA’s way forward will operators offer its customers, car, health, family by making 2017, this is a direct result of the the building. be with a stronger focus Mr Al Wetaid said that VIVA are no longer enough, which is them available to the communi- new, easier and user-friendlier “He would often visit Von digital transformation is committed to digital trans- why VIVA expanded its offer- ty through large physical devic- system that offers more flex- my apartment. But I never and innovation while continu- formation and will work con- ing beyond the telecom pure es embedded with electronics, ibility. thought he would do this to ously adapting to the changing tinuously to bolster its digital play services such as voice and software, sensors, automatons “Another example has been me,” the victim told prose- customer needs, according to its offerings. data, to offering services around and actuators that enables lim- the introduction our new VIVA cutors. Chief Executive Officer. “VIVA places innovation and the handset; device financing, itless connectivity regardless Self-Service Machines (SSM), a The accused was tried The changing times and land- digital transformation at the trade-in, handset insurance and of location. All this connected, ground breaking new self-ser- before the Lower Criminal scape has called for a shift in heart of everything they do and lifetime handset proposition. monitored, controlled and se- vice digital branch with ad - Court which gave him a sus- focus at VIVA, with the compa- has taken great steps towards “As a major consumer facing cured with the simple swipe of vanced features that help cus- pended six month’s impris- ny’s goals now firmly planted on this by launching innovative organisation, customer engage- tomers manage some of the onment. introducing innovative digital products and services that allow ment and the delivery of the quick services needed without However, the matter was solutions in addition to techno- to better serve customers. best possible service has always the need to visit and wait inside settled outside the court by logical investments to help en- “VIVA has worked continu- been a primary focus for us. any of the VIVA retail shops. “the friends”. hance lives of their customers, ously to bolster its digital oper- “VIVA has been consistently “It allows services such as “The defendant has to re- he pointed out. ations, and its strong subscrib- market leaders when it comes to payment, recharge, SIM-re- turn the BD1,700 to the vic- The telecommunication com- er base is the foundation of its introducing new, innovative and KNOW WHAT placement, service modifi - tim, or else he will be sent to pany has recently released sev- continued growth and success. an increase number of contact cation, plan charge, and the jail,” the ruling stated. eral services in the digital realm, “Customers have been the channels such as website and activation of add-on services. and will continue to do so vig- key drivers for VIVA to pursue mobile application based live Adding to this, we have also orously, said VIVA CEO Ulaiyan technological innovations and chat, WhatsApp, social media VIVA Self-Service introduced an all-new conven- Al Wetaid. He was speaking to deliver product portfolios that and email. Machines (SSM) is ient, easy and rewarding online New batches reporters during a media round- are relevant and responsive to “The increase in the num - a new self-service shopping experience, with our table session at STC’s stall at their needs. ber of channels available for VIVA Online store, shop.viva. to start GITEX held in Dubai yesterday. “And keeping up with tech- customers has seen a major in- digital branch with com.bh, provide our customers According to him, VIVA’s nological changes, adhering to crease in digital interactions, advanced features the ease and accessibility to at IMAC latest steps will support Bah- evolving customers’ require- reaching a monthly peak in 2018 that help customers shop their favorite smartphones rain’s Economic vision 2030 by ments and introducing digital of 200,000, compared to just manage some of and plans online. And adding playing an active role to pro - services that are powerful and 13,000 voice calls. the quick services to our growing digital services Fatima Al vide the needed technological simple solutions designed to “Digital transformation also needed without the is the recently launched VIVA • support and market visibility enrich the customers’ lives and plays a major role in our de - Cash - our Mobile Financial Mansoori, Bahraini to strengthen Bahrain’s position create a truly integrated digital livery of world class customer need to visit and Service, which we believe will Yoga Therapist and on the map as a regional hub for experience is at the core of VI- service and a number of our wait inside any of the lead the future of FinTech in social activist will join digital transformation. VA’s offering. recent innovations have been VIVA retail shops Bahrain,” he added. the Centre as their “Brand Ambassador” Businessman honoured TDT | Manama he Indian Music Arts TCentre will commence classes for the new batch- es at October 19 at its four centres in Manama, Riffa, Budaiya and Muharaq. Fatima Al Mansoori, Bahraini Yoga Therapist and social activist will join the Centre as their “Brand Ambassador” and she will head the Yoga department, said Francis Kaitharath, the Chairman and Managing Di- rector of the institute. The centre is having their own Professionally Quali- fied Staff to give training in various subjects like Dance (Classical and Cinematic), Carnatic Music, Instrumen- tal Music, Drawing, Painting, Yoga, Karate and Kung-fu. The children being trained at the Centre have achieved many awards like Kalashree, Kalaprathiba, Kalathilakam, The Bahrain Keraleeya Samajam honoured Jehad Bukamal, Chairman of Bukamal Group of Companies by presenting BKS Business Excellence Award in a glittering function during BKS Onam Navarathri Fest. Balaprathiba after taking The BKS award was given by Samajam President P V Radhakrishna Pillai in the presence of BKS General Secretary M P Raghu, Treasurer Dileesh Kumar V S and other Executive Committee members. Mr Pillai part in ISB Tharang, BKS acknowledged Mr Bukamal’s contribution towards the society, his leadership and management skills. The programme was followed by a musical night by Kallara Gopan, Sangeetha Prabhu and Parvathi Menon Balakalotsavam and various and a comedy show by Anoop and Abhilash. School Youth Festivals. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2018 05 ‘We won’t leave Manama, come what may’ TDT | Manama adversely affect our livelihood.” Rajeevan Purvankara Four people died and more than 30 were injured after a building collapsed he labourers and ‘free-visa People approach us for in a gas cylinder blast in the Salmaniya workers’ living in dilapidated various kinds of work area last Tuesday. Tbuildings and congested labour and if we are shifted According to sources, nearly 170 la- accommodations in Manama and Sal- bourers lived in the three-storey build- maniya area are unwilling to move out to some other place ing and tens were crammed in rooms, of the place as they believe it would they will lose access violating the labour laws regarding the affect their livelihood. to us. And this would provision of accommodation facilities There has been a huge demand from adversely affect our to expatriate workers. the part of lawmakers, councillors and livelihood. His Royal Highness Prime Minister social workers to move the labour ac- A WORKER Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa commodations out of Manama to dif- has ordered an investigation into the ferent places across the Kingdom. incident. While the demand highlights the Speaking to Tribune, a worker said on HRH the Premier also directed the safety of workers, the workers are wor- grounds of anonymity. “I don’t work for Ministries of Interior, Labour and So- ried about losing jobs and income as a particular company. People approach cial Development, Health, Works, Mu- people from across the Kingdom come us for various kinds of work and if we nicipalities Affairs and Urban Planning searching for workers in Manama and are shifted to some other place they to investigate the causes and submit an nearby areas. will lose access to us. And this would Labourers on one of the streets in Salmaniya area. immediate report. Pipeline bombers sentenced Life in prison for first, second, third, fourth and fifth defendants

to have been assembled in Bahrain, The court decided to while the operation was funded by the • Iran-based masterminds. revoke the nationality of Only four of the accused are in po- all the defendants except lice custody, as the masterminds along the seventh suspect. 200,000 with one of the men who took part in Bahraini dinar in fine planting the bomb are still at large and was imposed by the court being tried in absentia. • The court ordered the on the first, second, first, third, fourth, fifth third, fourth and fifth Catastrophic and sixth defendants to defendants. jointly pay the sum of BD The explosion damaged 30 cars, 64,577.041 to compensate 38 stores, 28 houses and five public properties, while hundreds of people for the damages caused by cruited its members, two of whom re- were evacuated from a nearby hospital bombing the oil pipeline. ceived training on using weapons and and homes in the village. bombs at Iran-based military camps The Interior Ministry said at the TDT | Manama The explosion damaged 30 cars, 38 stores, 28 houses and five public properties, sources say. owned by the Iranian Revolutionary time that the incident that could have Ali Tarif Guard. had a “catastrophic fallout” if it was to ten years in jail and the seventh the use of weapons and explosives to The third defendant was allegedly not for quick action taken by emer - he High Criminal Court yester- defendant to five years along with a commit terrorist crimes and financing the field leader of the culprits who gency response teams. day handed down tough sen- fine of BD 100,000 each. the terrorist group. bombed the pipeline. He is said to The affected pipeline had to be tem- Ttences to seven members of a Moreover, the court decided to re- The court ordered the first, third, have teamed up with the four de - porarily closed following the blast, terror cell accused of bombing an oil voke the nationality of all the defend- fourth, fifth and sixth defendants to fendants who participated in the op- but on November 13, 2017, authorities pipeline in Buri. ants except the seventh suspect. jointly pay the sum of BD 64,577.041 eration. said supplies to Bapco had resumed as The court sentenced the first, second, The defendants were held guilty to compensate for the damages caused The device which was used is said normal via the two unaffected lines. third, fourth and fifth defendants to life of establishing and joining a terror- by bombing the oil pipeline. in prison and fined them BD 200,000 ist group, handling, possession and According to court files, the first each. using explosives and detonation of a and second defendants, who are in It also sentenced the sixth defendant terrorist blast, receiving training on Iran, formed the cell and they re - Imam murder main Indonesia trade suspect ‘mentally fit’ expo chance for businessmen It’s believed that the• suspect committed TDT | Manama the crime after the Harpreet Kaur imam alerted the he Indonesian Embassy in collabora- Justice Ministry about tion with Indonesia Business Friend- his involvement in Tship Society and ASEAN Bahrain Coun- cil (ABC) is inviting Bahrain businessmen to illegal free visa trade. Imam Abduljaleel Hamood participate in the Trade Expo Indonesia (TEI), in Jakarta, which is to be held from October TDT | Manama However, the latter, also 24 to 28. Ali Tarif from Bangladesh, pleaded not The 33rd Trade Expo Indonesia is one of the guilty, stating that he wasn’t biggest business-to-business export product mental evaluation con- aware of his co-defendant’s exhibitions in Asia, which will have 1,100 exhib- firmed that the suspect- intention to murder. itors, 28,000 visitors from 125 countries, with a Aed mosque imam mur- According to prosecution, USD1.5 billion in transaction value. derer is responsible for his ac- the suspect killed the imam It will showcase a lot of Indonesian pre - tions, while the High Criminal by hitting him with an iron rod mium export products and services divided Court decided that it will issue in the head. He then cut the in eight zones, which are culinary, craft and its ruling on October 31, 2018. imam’s body into pieces along lifestyle products, furniture, creative products The 35-year-old Bangladeshi with the co-defendant before and services, manufacturing products, stra- defendant admitted earlier to dumping it in plastic bags near tegic industry products, food and beverages murdering Bahraini imam Ab- the scrapyard in Askar, accord- products. duljaleel Hamood before the ing to sources. The event which will serve as a platform for High Criminal Court. It’s believed that the suspect individuals to explore trade and investment He appeared before the committed the crime after the opportunities aims at providing a networking High Criminal Court along- imam alerted the Justice Min- experience that giving an opportunity to meet side another man accused in istry about his involvement in high-rank government officials and business the case. illegal free visa trade. leaders. 06 TUESDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2018 world

Berlin to expel 9/11 accomplice: reports Berlin, Germany

ermany will expel to Jordan reopens Syria GMorocco a convicted Moroccan accomplice in the September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States, media reported. Mounir el Motassadeq crossing after 3 years was sentenced in January 2007 by a German court to 15 years in jail for his role in Cars bearing Jordanian license plates queued to enter Syria as travellers expressed their joy the death of 246 passengers and crew aboard hijacked aircraft used in the Septem- surprise his parents in Damas- ber 11 attacks. Crossing a major cus. Other travellers were like- He was the first person • wise elated to make the crossing. ever convicted for com- link for direct trade, “Today is a celebration for us plicity in the attacks on the longer-distant transit and I wanted to be among the World Trade Center and the first to cross the border,” said Pentagon. The move is Syrian businessman Moham- The Moroccan was flown expected• to revitalise med Hisham as he waited for his at midday Monday by heli- turn to enter Syria from Jordan copter from the Hamburg Syrian economy where he now lives. jail where he has been The border crossing, known as serving his prison term to Traffic will resume Jaber on the Jordanian side and Frankfurt, according to daily• from 0500 Nassib on the Syrian side, was a Spiegel Online and Bild GMT to 1300 GMT key trade route before Amman daily. closed it after the post was over- run by rebels in April 2015. AFP | Jaber Border Crossing, Jor- dan Vital trade artery Bishop granted Nabil Romman, a Jordanian ordan yesterday reopened trade official, told AFP in 2015 bail in nun rape its main border crossing that “70 percent of what we eat, Jwith war-torn Syria, a key of everything we import and case Middle East trade route, after a export, passed through Syria”. three year closure. Jaber border crossing between Jordan and Syria (Nassib crossing on the Syrian side) on the day of its reopening Cross border trade between New Delhi, India The black metal border gate Jordan and Syria in 2010 -- a was opened from the Jordanian year before the war broke out n Indian bishop ac - side of the crossing at 8:00 am Syria as travellers expressed the first person to cross the bor- for all Arab countries not only -- stood at $615 million. Syria Acused of raping a nun (0500 GMT) as more than a doz- their joy at being able to cross der in his black Mercedes jeep. Jordan and Syria,” he said. also requested that Jordan send was granted bail Monday en police and customs officials the border. “I am extremely happy, I can’t “I wanted to be the first per- an expert to help with border in a case that has triggered stood nearby. Syrian businessman Hisham express my feelings. This cross- son to cross to show everyone checks at Nassib where there are rare dissent within the Cars bearing Jordanian li - Falyoun, who lives in Jordan ing should have been reopened that Syria is safe, Syria is back,” no X-ray machines, according to country’s Catholic Church. cense plates queued to enter with his wife and children, was earlier as it is a very vital line said Falyoun, who was hoping to the terms of the agreement. Bishop Franco Mulakkal was arrested on Septem- ber 21 in the southern state of Kerala on suspicion of raping the nun 13 times be- Lewinsky affair not an tween 2014 and 2016. Trump ‘did not directly Pope Francis suspend- abuse of power: Hillary ed him the day before his arrest, appointing another Washington, United States ator Kirsten Gillibrand, have bishop in his place. accuse’ Putin: Kremlin said that Clinton should have illary Clinton has said stepped down after he was im- Moscow, Russia make any direct accusations,” cusations against the Russian Hher husband Bill’s affair peached by a Republican-con- Kremlin spokesman Dmitry president. with former White House in- trolled House in late 1998 for Air hostess falls out he Kremlin yesterday Peskov told journalists after a Russia has insisted two tern Monica Lewinsky was not lying about the affair. Tdownplayed televised com- CBS News interviewer asked suspects in the nerve agent an abuse of power and he was But speaking on CBS News of plane ments by US President Donald Trump: “Do you agree that poisoning of former Russian right to not resign from the US on Sunday, former presiden- Trump that Russian counter- Vladimir Putin is involved in double-agent Sergei Skripal presidency in the wake of the tial candidate and secretary of Mumbai, India part Vladimir Putin was “prob- assassinations? In poisonings?” and his daughter are ordinary scandal. state Hillary Clinton said she ably” involved in assassinations and he answered: “Probably he citizens. The two-decades old epi- disagreed. flight attendant fell out and poisonings, saying they did is, yeah.” The Kremlin denounced any sode has come under renewed “Absolutely not,” she replied Aof an Air India plane not amount to a direct accusa- Peskov said that in any case attempt to link the events in scrutiny in the #MeToo era. when asked whether her hus- while trying to close its door tion. “The US president didn’t there are no grounds for ac - Salisbury, England to Putin. Some, like New York Sen- band should have resigned. yesterday, the airline said, reportedly breaking her leg when she landed on the tar- mac. The accident occurred at Mumbai’s international airport as the crew were Shocking extent of W. Cup deaths in Qatar revealed getting ready to welcome passengers aboard the New Mirror, Sportbible The total of 44 matches is almost the whole of the Delhi-bound flight. group stages at a World Cup, with only the final four “The cabin crew mem- trade union leader has revealed the shocking extent matches not affected. ber fell off while closing the Aof deaths of 2022 World Cup workers in Qatar. The Qatar World Cup will be the first not to be held back door of the Boeing 777 Qatar has come in for strong criticism over human in the summer with matches due to get underway on and sustained injuries on rights and the treatment of migrant workers. November 21. Monday morning,” Pravin There are set to be eight stadiums in use for the tour- Gabrielsen added, “Labour migration is one of the Bhatnagar, a senior manager nament with organisers desperately trying to get them biggest challenges facing international trade unions at Air India, said. ready for four year’s time. today. An ever-increasing economic globalization “An investigation will be It is unclear quite how many workers have died in means that we have more migrant workers today than carried out to determine the preparing for the World Cup but Hans-Christian Ga- ever before. exact cause of the incident.” brielsen, Leader of Norwegian Confederation of Trade “The stories of the workers in Qatar are unfortu- Indian media reports said Unions, has offered a frightening insight. nately not unique. It is the everyday life of hundreds the woman, a 52-year-old, “If we were to hold a minute of silence for every of thousands of migrant workers around the world.” was conscious but had leg estimated death of a migrant worker due to the con- Embassies, according to a report, had counted more fractures. A spokesper- structions of the Qatar World Cup, the first 44 matches than 400 deaths a year between them - a total of 1,239 son for Nanavati Hospital, of the tournament would be played in silence,” he said. deaths in the three years to the end of 2013. But Nepal where the flight attendant “The stories of the workers in Qatar are unfortu- and India account for only about 60 per cent of the was taken, was not immedi- nately not unique. It is the everyday life of hundreds Khalifa International Stadium, the first completed 2022 FIFA World estimated 1.4m migrant workers in Qatar, so the to- ately available for comment of thousands of migrant workers around the world.” Cup venue tal number of migrant worker deaths is certain to be when contacted. higher. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2018 07

MIT unveils new $1 bn college for AI Washington, United States Prince Harry and Meghan he Massachusetts In- Tstitute of Technology announced plans yesterday to create a new college of artificial intelligence with an initial $1 billion commit- expecting their first baby ment for the program focus- ing on “responsible and eth- AFP | London, United Kingdom ical” uses of the technology. Royals arrive in Down Under The prestigious universi- orget Brexit. Prince Harry ty said it would add 50 new and his wife Meghan an- Sydney, Australia the head of state in Australia faculty members and create Fnounced yesterday they although there is significant an interdisciplinary hub for were expecting their first baby, rince Harry and Meghan support for the country becom- work in computer science, sparking a media frenzy, debates Ptouched down in Sydney ing a republic. AI, data science, and related over the royal name, and expres- yesterday, kicking off a bumper Recent polls show Austral- fields. sions of delight from the queen. Pacific tour that is the Brit - ians fairly evenly split on the A large part of the new Kensington Palace said Queen ish royals’ first major outing issue, with only the slimmest of funds will come from a gift Elizabeth II’s 34-year-old grand- abroad as a couple. majorities in favour of ditching from Stephen Schwarzman, son and the 37-year-old US ac- The Duke and Duchess of the British Queen and nomi- chairman and co-founder tress, who had just arrived in Sussex made a low-key arrival nating an Australian head of of the financial giant Black- Sydney ahead of a 16-day tour to a wet and wintery Australia state. stone, after whom the new of the Pacific, would be having after a weekend spent cele - During the trip, the royals college will be named. a child in the spring. brating the marriage of their plan to pet koalas, watch sol- “As computing reshapes “The Royal Highnesses the relative Princess Eugenie and diers perform the haka and our world, MIT intends to Duke and Duchess of Sussex following an overnight com- attend the Invictus Games, a help make sure it does so are very pleased to announce mercial flight with Qantas. multi-sport tournament for for the good of all,” said MIT that the Duchess of Sussex is They were seen leaving the military service personnel President Rafael Reif. expecting a baby in the spring airport with staff, looking re- and veterans who have been An MIT statement said of 2019,” their Kensington Palace laxed, as Meghan clutched a wounded or suffered injury or the initiative represents the residence said in a statement. pair of purple binders and Har- illness that opens on Saturday single largest investment “Their Royal Highnesses have ry carried a brown and green 20 October. in computing and AI by an appreciated all of the support manbag. The whole visit will be keen- American academic insti- they have received from people Their more-than-two-week ly watched by the British and tution. around the world since their official visit will take in mul- Australian media. The initiative comes amid wedding in May and are delight- tiple stops in Australia, Fiji, Meghan, a photogenic US growing concerns about the ed to be able to share this happy Tonga and New Zealand -- all actress, married the grandson impacts of artificial intelli- news with the public.” parts of the Commonwealth, a of Queen Elizabeth II in May, gence on global institutions. The queen was said to be “de- group of predominantly former becoming the newest royal to “There is no more impor- lighted”, Prime Minister The- Britain’s Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex (R) and Britain’s Meghan, Duchess of British colonies. attract media obsession in Brit- tant opportunity or chal- resa May tweeted her “warmest Sussex (L) meet with young people on a visit to Joff Youth Centre in Peacehaven Queen Elizabeth II is still ain and beyond. lenge facing our nation than congratulations”, and Meghan’s in East Sussex, southern England to responsibly harness the mother Doria Ragland said she power of artificial intelli- was “very happy about this love- Union without an agreement. up an inter-continental rivalry princess who was mother to It turned out that she was -- gence so that we remain ly news”. “Happy news to wake TV stations broke away from over what the child, who will both Prince Harry and his older although speculation about Brit- competitive globally and up to on a Monday morning,” their Brexit coverage, banner become either an earl or a lady, brother Prince William -- along ain’s next royal baby began even achieve breakthroughs that US Ambassador Woody Johnson headlines appeared on newspa- will be called. with Arthur and Alice. before the couple celebrated a will improve our entire soci- said in his own tweet. per websites, and debates began Meghan was a popular US ac- Baby talk greeted the couple fairytale wedding at Windsor ety,” Schwarzman said. about possible name for the fu- tress before becoming the Duch- in Sydney, sparked by Meghan Castle on May 19. The new college is slat- Name game ture seventh in line to the British ess of Sussex. Some UK media carrying two large purple fold- Harry set off the rumour mill ed to open in September The big announcement came throne. said the California native would ers over her stomach. shortly after their November 2019, with a new building with the nation gloomily pon- Google said searches for draw on her American roots. “Is the Duchess of Sussex engagement, telling the BBC: scheduled to be completed dering the prospects of Britain “when is spring?” had spiked But the bookies are favour- hiding a Royal secret?” Sydney’s “Hopefully we’ll start a family in 2022. crashing out of the European while UK newspapers played ing Diana -- name of the late Daily Telegraph asked. in the near future”. Turkey suspends over 250 13 dead as flooding hits officials for ‘terror links’ southwestern France Ankara, Turkey tions the officials were alleged- Last week, the ministry sus- AFP | Toulouse, France ly linked to. pended 559 village guards -- lo- urkey has suspended more The muhtar is the elected cals employed to combat Kurd- t least 13 people died when Tthan 250 senior local offi- chief of a village or a city neigh- ish militants -- accused of links Aviolent rainstorms turned cials over alleged terror links bourhood, and responsible for to terror organisations while 76 rivers into raging torrents in and activities unrelated to day-to-day services for resi- were accused of people traffick- southwest France yesterday, their posts, the interior min- dents such as registration. ing and drug crimes. prompting some of the dead- istry said yesterday, in the Turkey has suspended or Turkey has been fighting an liest flooding in years, officials latest purge of the country’s sacked over 140,000 public insurgency against the out- said. The equivalent of three bureaucracy. sector employees because of lawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party months of rainfall was dumped Interior Minister Suleyman alleged links to the US-based (PKK) since 1984. overnight in the Aude region in Soylu removed 259 local neigh- Muslim preacher Fethullah Gu- The group is blacklisted as a just a few hours, swelling rivers People look at damaged cars following heavy rains that saw rivers bursting bourhood heads -- known as len blamed for the July 2016 terror group by Ankara and its and flooding fields and towns, banks “muhtar” in Turkish -- from failed coup and Kurdish mil- Western allies. officials added. their posts, his office said in a itants. Turkish authorities detained One of the overnight victims Bush priory in the village of turned cars, ripped up streets statement. Turkey claims Gulen ordered 137 people in country-wide op- was an 88-year-old nun who Villardonnel, north of the for- and battered buildings and It did not provide further the coup but he denies the ac- erations earlier this month over was swept from her room by tress city of Carcassonne. bridges, especially to the north detail on what terror organisa- cusations. alleged links to the PKK. floodwaters at the Burning Elsewhere, flash floods over- of Carcassonne. China purrs over white tiger triplets

Kunming, China -- is very naughty and has a real orange Bengal tiger. appetite. He’s the naughtiest. The mutation seldom occurs hree playful white Ben - The youngest is like a baby, she’s in the wild, but the zoo is home Tgal tiger cubs are charm - gentle. She never wins when to 41 cats of this rare white va- ing visitors as they clamber fighting for food,” zookeeper riety. around their enclosure at a zoo KNOW WHAT Hao Li said. There are currently more than in China. The cubs’ busy mother is 2,500 Bengal tigers outside cap- The rare, blue-eyed triplets getting a helping hand keep - tivity, most of them in India, ac- were born nearly three months The tigers’ white fur ing her youngsters from get - cording to conservation group ago at the Yunnan Wildlife is a genetic variation ting hungry, with keepers al - World Wildlife Fund. Zoo in Kunming, and made of the common or- ways ready to step in with a A competition is being held to their public debut in early bottle. name the three newborns, with October. ange Bengal tiger. The tigers’ white fur is a ge- final names chosen at the end “The oldest one -- the largest Chinese zookeeper feeds newborn white bengal tiger cubs netic variation of the common of October. DESIGN OUR WORLD SO THAT QUOTE WE HAVE POSITIVE SOCIAL OF THE AND ENVIRONMENTAL SIDE DAY EFFECTS. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2018 BJARKE INGELS

was finally established in March, the hope among many pro-Europe- an policymakers was that Merkel would find her footing and return Angela Merkel to the European agenda that she had highlighted during the campaign. JULIANNE SMITH Members of her own team have made that difficult. Her interior ampaigning in the spring minister, Horst Seehofer, the head of 2017, Chancellor Angela of the Christian Social Union, nearly could save CMerkel of Germany declared brought down the entire government at a packed beer hall in Bavaria that it last summer when he threatened to was time for Europe to “take its desti- resign over Merkel’s relatively open ny into its own hands.” In the face of immigration policies. That crisis was Britain’s vote to leave the European averted, but Seehofer continues to Union, Hungary’s slide into illiberal- contradict and challenge the chan- Europe. Why ism and an American president who cellor. And he isn’t the only one. Last viewed the European Union with month, Merkel’s own party ousted disdain, Europe, she argued, needed Volker Kauder, one of her closest a leader who could push forward allies in the Bundestag, the lower reform and push back against its de- house of Parliament. “The Merkel won’t she? tractors. Merkel vowed that she was era is officially over,” a journalist ready to be that leader. friend of mine texted me when the Unfortunately, in the 18 months news broke. since, Merkel has failed to fulfil But blaming domestic politics for Germany’s chancellor needs to that pledge. The European Union’s Merkel’s failure to push for further promise to form an “ever closer European integration misses a bigger forget about her political problems union” seems more like an empty story. Over the last year, she’s deliv- slogan than a strategy these days. ered several lofty speeches about the at home and focus on the continent’s future But further integration is necessary. need to maintain European Union With Europe besieged by illiberal unity and protect open societies. forces inside (Hungary) and from But she’s said little about how those outside (Vladimir Putin’s Russia), broad aims translate into actual pol- and voters electing anti-European icies. Union populists, leaders across the Her actions stand in marked con- begin work on a eurozone budget, may have fallen madly in love with Continent need to demonstrate that trast to those of President Emma- something Merkel once strongly Macron during his election cam- they are confident about Europe’s nuel Macron of France. Whereas opposed. Many analysts initially paign but that love affair is fading. shared future. Merkel clearly under- Merkel lacks concrete ideas, Ma- described it as a breakthrough — Today, Germans complain about a stands this — but she isn’t helping cron oozes them. Since he was until eight other eurozone members “Macron hangover” often in tandem Europe to do anything about it. elected last year, he has proposed came forward to reject the idea. with “Europe fatigue.” There’s a Merkel’s troubles started with dozens of ways to deepen European For Macron, always willing to buck sense in Germany that Berlin will the September 2017 election, when integration: the creation of a Euro- conventional thinking, the opposi- ultimately pick up the tab for any her party, the center-right Chris- pean Union finance minister, a joint tion was no reason to slow down. deeper European integration. Ger- tian Democrats, and the center-left military force, a eurozone budget, a For Merkel, the ultimate consensus mans feel like they already paid to Social Democrats lost a stunningly European intelligence agency and a builder, it was a major roadblock. save Europe once, in the wake of large number of voters to the far- common asylum policy — to name Merkel, who is a big fan of public the 2008 financial crisis. They don’t right Alternative for Germany. The just a few. polling, has also no doubt noted want to do it again. message was clear: Enthusiasm for Merkel’s response to this tsunami the rising opposition to MMacron’s Understanding all this, Merkel Merkel was waning. It then took the of ideas has been lukewarm at best. ideas inside Germany (and, indeed, will continue to nod politely when parties more than four months to The two met in France this summer inside France, where Macron’s pop- Macron presents innovative propos- form a government. Once a coalition and agreed in very broad terms to ularity has plummeted). Germans als, but she’s not going to grab his Sharing the wealth in Australia What can the world learn from our economic success and shortcomings?

wealthy nations. For the typical for religious schools. Democrats worker, wages have barely kept tend to be attracted to universal up with inflation. There are signs health care and a minimum wage that the economy lacks the diver- of about 19 Australian dollars sity of industries and the depth an hour (more than $13). Pop - of skills that will be needed in ulism and partisanship are not as ANDREW LEIGH the future. ferocious here as in some other To understand these challeng- advanced nations. en years ago, when the es, it helps to consider why the But now Australia needs to world economy suffered Australian economy did so well focus its innovative policy ap - Tits most severe slump since when the 2008 crash came. The proach on the economy and find the Great Depression, Australia financial sector held up, in large ways to share prosperity with was the only advanced country part, because banks here had few workers. to avoid a recession. exotic securities and risky loans. As in other advanced econo- While double-digit unemploy- Big interest-rate cuts immediate- mies, workers’ share of national ment ravaged many nations, Aus- ly helped most mortgage holders. income has dropped in recent tralia’s jobless rate stayed below A pre-emptive fiscal-stimulus years. Top executives seem to 6 per cent. The hit to our hous- package of one-off cash bonuses be the only ones with rising pay ing was minimal, and the impact and infrastructure spending was checks; in 2017, chief executives on the Australian stock market considered one of the most effec- of the largest 100 public compa- was temporary. It took until 2013 tive in the world. It also helped nies enjoyed a real pay increase for the United States to return that Australia has a smaller man- of 7pc. In a nation with a proud to pre-Great Recession living ufacturing sector (an area par- egalitarian ethos, many people standards, but Australia bounced ticularly hard-hit in the crisis) are uneasy about the benefits ers is in a union, down from There are many policy options from the rise of China, which back by 2010. and substantial exports to China of growth flowing dispropor- half the work force in the ear- to tilt the scales back toward is Australia’s leading source of Today, though, this country’s (whose economy continued to tionately to the fortunate few ly 1980s. Organised labour has employees. Ending the popular tourists, foreign students and so-called miracle economy isn’t demand our raw materials). in harbourside mansions and been squeezed out of pay nego- practice of hiring “permanent imports, and its top export mar- looking so miraculous. While Australia is known for its pol- corner offices. tiations, leaving workers increas- casual” employees would pro- ket. Few nations are as enmeshed major economies like those of icy innovation, from compulso- In principle, stagnant wages ingly reliant on the safety net. vide greater certainty to workers with China’s economy as Aus - Germany and the United States ry voting to income-contingent for average workers could re - This year, workers at Australia’s who want to start a family or tralia. Trade wars hurt everyone, have unemployment rates below loans for higher education. When flect poor productivity. But that largest envelope manufactur- buy a home. Reversing the cut but they pose a special risk for 4pc, Australia’s has been stuck American policy analysts look to isn’t true here, with productivity ing plant pushed for an annual in Sunday pay rates would raise countries that are smaller and around 5.5pc, higher than the Australia, there’s something for growing at a healthy rate. A big- wage increase of 2.5pc — close earnings for hundreds of thou- less diversified: Australia’s econ- average in the Organization for everyone. Many Republicans like ger problem for employees is that to the rate of inflation. It took sands of low-paid restaurant and omy would suffer badly from an Economic Cooperation and De- Australia’s immigration point they have less bargaining power. an eight-week strike before their retail workers. escalation of conflict between velopment, a group of mostly system and government funding Just 1 in 7 Australian work - employer agreed. Australia also faces a challenge America, our strongest security

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 DESIGN OUR WORLD SO THAT WE HAVE POSITIVE SOCIAL TODAY 1978 1984 1991 1993 QUOTE DAY IN OF THE AND ENVIRONMENTAL SIDE Karol Wojtyla is elected Pope Desmond Tutu is awarded the Luby’s shooting: George Anti-Nazism riot breaks out in DAY EFFECTS. HISTORY John Paul II after the October Nobel Peace Prize. Hennard runs amok in Killeen, Welling in Kent, after police stop BJARKE INGELS 1978 Papal conclave, the first Texas, killing 23 and wounding protesters approaching the Brit- TUESDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2018 non-Italian pontiff since 1523. 20 in Luby’s Cafeteria. ish National Party headquarters.

was finally established in March, Germans may have Like it or not the hope among many pro-Europe- fallen madly in love with an policymakers was that Merkel Macron during his election would find her footing and return to the European agenda that she had campaign but that love TOP Angela Merkel affair is fading. Today, highlighted during the campaign. JULIANNE SMITH Members of her own team have Germans complain about a Sky, not the limit made that difficult. Her interior Macron hangover often in TWEETS4 ampaigning in the spring minister, Horst Seehofer, the head tandem with Europe fatigue. of 2017, Chancellor Angela of the Christian Social Union, nearly could save CMerkel of Germany declared brought down the entire government we call them leaders. at a packed beer hall in Bavaria that it last summer when he threatened to Dubai economy always has many critics. They was time for Europe to “take its desti- resign over Merkel’s relatively open 01 say it’s a bubble filled with unrealistic dreams. ny into its own hands.” In the face of immigration policies. That crisis was When the recession hit Dubai nearly a decade Britain’s vote to leave the European averted, but Seehofer continues to ago, many so-called experts predicted a total Union, Hungary’s slide into illiberal- contradict and challenge the chan- collapse. Europe. Why ism and an American president who cellor. And he isn’t the only one. Last But within no time, Dubai would recover and viewed the European Union with month, Merkel’s own party ousted P UNNIKRISHNAN resurge with exciting projects. It was really disdain, Europe, she argued, needed Volker Kauder, one of her closest outstretched hand. That approach unbelievable. The exciting projects and dreams a leader who could push forward allies in the Bundestag, the lower will certainly prevent Germany ust spoke to the King id you recently watch the video of a man they sold made them survive through such reform and push back against its de- house of Parliament. “The Merkel from paying more, at least in the Jof Saudi Arabia who in Arab robes trying to waft across the turmoils. won’t she? tractors. Merkel vowed that she was era is officially over,” a journalist short term, and could possibly save denies any knowledge of Dmountains somewhere in the Middle The mantra behind any successful person or ready to be that leader. friend of mine texted me when the her political career. whatever may have hap- East (find it on #newsofbahrain) on a cheap a country is nothing but creating continuous Unfortunately, in the 18 months news broke. But Merkel needs to ask herself pened “to our Saudi Ara- camping chair dangling from a load of balloons? strings of excitements while running at a faster since, Merkel has failed to fulfil But blaming domestic politics for about the long-term costs of failure: bian citizen.” He said that If the answer is ‘yes’, I am sure you would pace to change dreams into reality. Germany’s chancellor needs to that pledge. The European Union’s Merkel’s failure to push for further How much does Germany stand to they are working closely have had enough laugh for the rest of your life. Right now, people in Bahrain seem to be a promise to form an “ever closer European integration misses a bigger lose if the European project contin- with Turkey to find an- I thought ‘UP’ the animated movie might have bit worried about the implementation of VAT. forget about her political problems union” seems more like an empty story. Over the last year, she’s deliv- ues to falter, if the French-German swer. I am immediately inspired him until it crashed Should we really worry about slogan than a strategy these days. ered several lofty speeches about the engine stalls and, when European sending our Secretary of into one of the rocky mountains that? I believe soon we would at home and focus on the continent’s future But further integration is necessary. need to maintain European Union leaders meet this month, they fail State to meet with King! after which he was airlifted by The mantra get used to it, it is just a matter With Europe besieged by illiberal unity and protect open societies. to produce fresh thinking? Deeper @realDonaldTrump a rescue team to safety. of time. forces inside (Hungary) and from But she’s said little about how those European integration and a demon- Many commented on this vi- behind any The new campaign ‘#Team outside (Vladimir Putin’s Russia), broad aims translate into actual pol- stration of faith in Europe’s com- ral video as utter nonsense. successful person Bahrain’ initiated by HRH Prince and voters electing anti-European icies. mon values and its common fate 02 ‘Fools rush in where angels Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa Union populists, leaders across the Her actions stand in marked con- begin work on a eurozone budget, may have fallen madly in love with are necessary to keep the populist fear to tread’ is what we think or a country has inspired many. It has un - Continent need to demonstrate that trast to those of President Emma- something Merkel once strongly Macron during his election cam- tide at bay. If Macron loses the bat- when we see such howlers. is nothing doubtedly received an over- they are confident about Europe’s nuel Macron of France. Whereas opposed. Many analysts initially paign but that love affair is fading. tle that he is waging against Viktor I had the same feeling for this whelming response. shared future. Merkel clearly under- Merkel lacks concrete ideas, Ma- described it as a breakthrough — Today, Germans complain about a Orban’s illiberal Hungary, Germany man until I read about the Brit- but creating It’s the latest talk in the town, stands this — but she isn’t helping cron oozes them. Since he was until eight other eurozone members “Macron hangover” often in tandem will surely pay a price sooner or ish adventurist Tom Morgan continuous strings even for expats. The hashtag Europe to do anything about it. elected last year, he has proposed came forward to reject the idea. with “Europe fatigue.” There’s a later. who managed to fly nearly 14 of excitements has created lots of excitement Merkel’s troubles started with dozens of ways to deepen European For Macron, always willing to buck sense in Germany that Berlin will In her final term in office, Merkel he US embassy in miles in two hours across Africa. and confidence among entre- the September 2017 election, when integration: the creation of a Euro- conventional thinking, the opposi- ultimately pick up the tab for any needs to summon the courage to TAustralia has apolo- The only difference, I believe, while running at preneurs. her party, the center-right Chris- pean Union finance minister, a joint tion was no reason to slow down. deeper European integration. Ger- work with Macron to lift the Eu- gized for sending an email is that the British adventurer a faster pace to We definitely need colourful tian Democrats, and the center-left military force, a eurozone budget, a For Merkel, the ultimate consensus mans feel like they already paid to ropean Union out of its existential meeting invite featuring had applied his basic knowl - balloons filled with dreams and Social Democrats lost a stunningly European intelligence agency and a builder, it was a major roadblock. save Europe once, in the wake of crisis by making good on some of a photo of a cat wearing edge of science and common change dreams aspirations in life. Let it fly high, large number of voters to the far- common asylum policy — to name Merkel, who is a big fan of public the 2008 financial crisis. They don’t the French president’s proposals. a Cookie Monster out- sense to his budget air, before into reality. carrying with it positive messag- right Alternative for Germany. The just a few. polling, has also no doubt noted want to do it again. The future of Europe depends on it. fit and holding a plate of the take off! es and risk-takers. message was clear: Enthusiasm for Merkel’s response to this tsunami the rising opposition to MMacron’s Understanding all this, Merkel biscuits to an unknown Risk plays a major role to The simple economics in a Merkel was waning. It then took the of ideas has been lukewarm at best. ideas inside Germany (and, indeed, will continue to nod politely when (Julianne Smith is a former deputy na- number of recipients achieve success. The successful turbulent economy is nothing tional security adviser to Vice President parties more than four months to The two met in France this summer inside France, where Macron’s pop- Macron presents innovative propos- Joseph Biden and now is a fellow at the @RobbieGramer entrepreneur Mark Zuckerberg but let the rich spend lavishly form a government. Once a coalition and agreed in very broad terms to ularity has plummeted). Germans als, but she’s not going to grab his Robert Bosch Academy in Berlin.) once said that the biggest risk is and the low-income guys work not taking any risk! a bit hard while cutting their 03 We still remember and ad - cost of living. mire great adventurers from Marco Polo, James It’s all about teaming up, creating excitement, Cook, Ibn Battuta, David Livingstone, Vasco marketing potentials and building confidence. da Gama, Christopher Columbus, Edmund Are you still wondering about the fate of that Hillary, Robert Peary to Steve Irwin for the crazy man sitting in that plastic chair hoisted Sharing the wealth in Australia risk they took in their lives by sailing against by balloons? Then let me break the excitement. the adversities. It is just a promotion advertisement of Har- ur plan is working: For sure, initially some might have made fun bour Views created for Emmar Dubai, a real es- OCarbon pollution is out of them for making such foolish decisions. tate developer based in the UAE! The excitement What can the world learn from our economic success and shortcomings? dropping, Canada’s un- But as time passed, they might have realised this video created on promoting this project is employment rate is the the contributions these risk-takers managed to beyond words. lowest it’s been in 40 bring to their country. Believe it or not, sometimes our perceptions wealthy nations. For the typical for religious schools. Democrats partner, and China, our most im- Having dodged the worst of years, wages are grow- We love balloons; its unique and colourful; it may go wrong. What we considered nonsense worker, wages have barely kept tend to be attracted to universal portant economic partner. the downturn a decade ago, ing at their fastest rate in flies exploring endless possibilities. However, may be ‘known sense’ while nuisance could up with inflation. There are signs health care and a minimum wage A generation ago, Australia Australia must now grapple close to a decade and, last balloons symbolise the dreams in us as well. turnout to be ‘new sense’. that the economy lacks the diver- of about 19 Australian dollars played a key role in world trade with the problems of equity year, the Canadian econ- It can burst and disappear suddenly like a (P Unnikrishnan is the Chairman of the sity of industries and the depth an hour (more than $13). Pop - talks by spearheading the Cairns and economic diversity. In omy grew faster than all short-lived bubble, quite similar to our dreams. Management Board as well as of skills that will be needed in ulism and partisanship are not as group of agricultural free-trad- other #G7 countries. When someone fails to fulfil the dreams, we Managing Editor of The Daily Tribune) a world of uncertainty and ANDREW LEIGH the future. ferocious here as in some other ing nations. Similar global lead- @cathmckenna blame them for being foolish, and if they succeed To understand these challeng- advanced nations. ership from Australia is needed technological disruption, en years ago, when the es, it helps to consider why the But now Australia needs to today. the country’s prosperity world economy suffered Australian economy did so well focus its innovative policy ap - Ideally, the next round of Aus- now depends more on smart 04 Tits most severe slump since when the 2008 crash came. The proach on the economy and find tralian prosperity would come long-term reforms. the Great Depression, Australia financial sector held up, in large ways to share prosperity with from reforms that spur both was the only advanced country part, because banks here had few workers. growth and equity. to avoid a recession. exotic securities and risky loans. As in other advanced econo- Australia’s export portfolio While double-digit unemploy- Big interest-rate cuts immediate- mies, workers’ share of national shows a nation with its economic ment ravaged many nations, Aus- ly helped most mortgage holders. income has dropped in recent eggs in too few baskets. We’d ben- tralia’s jobless rate stayed below A pre-emptive fiscal-stimulus years. Top executives seem to efit from diversifying the sourc- t is beginning to be - 6 per cent. The hit to our hous- package of one-off cash bonuses be the only ones with rising pay es of economic growth: through Icome apparent that the ing was minimal, and the impact and infrastructure spending was checks; in 2017, chief executives encouraging entrepreneurship, could be said about the Austral- vicious assault on Jus- on the Australian stock market considered one of the most effec- of the largest 100 public compa- increasing university attendance ian economy. tice Kavanaugh has hurt was temporary. It took until 2013 tive in the world. It also helped nies enjoyed a real pay increase rates, and fostering greater coop- Having dodged the worst of the Democratic Party. As for the United States to return that Australia has a smaller man- of 7pc. In a nation with a proud eration between businesses and the downturn a decade ago, Aus- I’ve said from the begin- to pre-Great Recession living ufacturing sector (an area par- egalitarian ethos, many people research institutions. tralia must now grapple with ning of the attempted standards, but Australia bounced ticularly hard-hit in the crisis) are uneasy about the benefits ers is in a union, down from There are many policy options from the rise of China, which From beer to banking, many the problems of equity and eco- Kavanaugh lynching, the back by 2010. and substantial exports to China of growth flowing dispropor- half the work force in the ear- to tilt the scales back toward is Australia’s leading source of Australian markets are dominat- nomic diversity. In a world of backlash against those Today, though, this country’s (whose economy continued to tionately to the fortunate few ly 1980s. Organised labour has employees. Ending the popular tourists, foreign students and ed by a few big firms. Slowing the uncertainty and technological denying due process will so-called miracle economy isn’t demand our raw materials). in harbourside mansions and been squeezed out of pay nego- practice of hiring “permanent imports, and its top export mar- pace of mergers and accelerating disruption, the country’s pros- be fierce. And I am stand- looking so miraculous. While Australia is known for its pol- corner offices. tiations, leaving workers increas- casual” employees would pro- ket. Few nations are as enmeshed the pace of startups would be perity now depends more on ing by that. major economies like those of icy innovation, from compulso- In principle, stagnant wages ingly reliant on the safety net. vide greater certainty to workers with China’s economy as Aus - good for growth. smart long-term reforms than @BillOReilly Germany and the United States ry voting to income-contingent for average workers could re - This year, workers at Australia’s who want to start a family or tralia. Trade wars hurt everyone, Across advanced nations, savvy crisis management. have unemployment rates below loans for higher education. When flect poor productivity. But that largest envelope manufactur- buy a home. Reversing the cut but they pose a special risk for health care systems are amaz- 4pc, Australia’s has been stuck American policy analysts look to isn’t true here, with productivity ing plant pushed for an annual in Sunday pay rates would raise countries that are smaller and ingly successful at saving peo - (Andrew Leigh, who represents the Fenner district in the Australian Disclaimer: (Views expressed around 5.5pc, higher than the Australia, there’s something for growing at a healthy rate. A big- wage increase of 2.5pc — close earnings for hundreds of thou- less diversified: Australia’s econ- ple in emergency rooms, but not Parliament, is the author of “Rand- by columnists are personal and average in the Organization for everyone. Many Republicans like ger problem for employees is that to the rate of inflation. It took sands of low-paid restaurant and omy would suffer badly from an so good at addressing chronic omistas: How Radical Researchers Are need not necessarily reflect our Economic Cooperation and De- Australia’s immigration point they have less bargaining power. an eight-week strike before their retail workers. escalation of conflict between problems such as obesity and Changing Our World.”) editorial stances) velopment, a group of mostly system and government funding Just 1 in 7 Australian work - employer agreed. Australia also faces a challenge America, our strongest security inactivity. Something similar A screenshot of the video.

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Japan unveils sales tax hike Tokyo, Japan Foreign tourist inflow rises apan yesterday an - Jnounced a much antici- Bahrain experienced a 5.8 per cent increase in inbound travellers in the first half of 2018 pated sales tax hike in 2019 to address the nation’s huge TDT | Manama their relatives, while a minor public debt, despite warn- 2pc preferred to stay in their ings it could hobble growth n happy tiding’s for Bahrain’s own apartments. in the world’s third-biggest tourism sector, authorities When it comes to occupancy economy. Ihere revealed yesterday that rates, 50pc of the visitors choose The point-of-sale tax will the footfall of foreign tourists to stay in four-star hotels, while rise from eight percent to in the Kingdom has gone up by 48pc chose 5-star hotels during 10pc from October next nearly 6 per cent. their stay in the Kingdom. year as ageing and heavily The number of foreign tour- The meeting, third of the year indebted Japan battles to ists visiting the Kingdom rose and headed by the Minister of finance snowballing social to 5.9 million in H1 2018, an in- Industry, Commerce and Tour- security bills -- especially crease of 5.8pc from the same ism, Zayed bin Rashid Al Zayani, medical fees. period a year ago, according to a was held on Sunday at the Min- The tax rise was original- new Bahrain Tourism and Exhi- Officials during the meeting of Bahrain Tourism and Exhibitions Authority istry’s headquarters. ly planned for October 2015 bitions Authority statistics. The board also reviewed and but was pushed back twice The report says 5,287,717 tour- discussed several topics on the due to fears it could derail ists entered Kingdom through kingdom from luxury liners. agenda including reviewing the the fragile economy. King Fahad Causeway, while The statistics for the first half financial reports dated up to 30 The last such move -- in 570,074 flown in via. Bahrain of 2018 further states that the September 2018. April 2014 -- was blamed International airport. A total increase in footfall has resulted for tipping Japan into a brief of 49,864 visitors landed in the in generating a total revenue of Watersports recession. The meeting also discussed This time, Prime Minis- several upcoming projects to ter Shinzo Abe believes he develop the Kingdom’s tourism can avoid a sharp decline infrastructure. in consumer spending by Some of the projects are the introducing measures to new exhibition and conference cushion the blow. centre located in Sakhir, devel- The government “will do opment of beaches in Galali and its best to avoid a negative Bahrain Bay to improve leisure impact on the economy by tourism and water sports ac- taking every possible meas- tivities. ure,” Chief Cabinet Secre- tary Yoshihide Suga told BD812.4 million, with the av- ago period. 109th UN meeting reporters. erage expenditure per visitor While 73pc of the visitors A proposal submitted by the being BD76 per night/day. chose to stay in hotels during BTEA to host the 109th United The increase has also resulted their stay in Bahrain, 14pc of Nations World Tourism Organ- in a 16pc increase in the average the visitors elected to stay in ization Executive Council Meet- Korean agricultural length of stay per visitor to 3.2 furnished apartments. Ten pc ing was also discussed during product showcase night per tourist, from the year- of the visitors tagged along with the meeting.

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he Embassy of the GITEX: Information & TRepublic of Korea an- nounced holding an intro- eGovernment authority ductory event which show- cases Korean food products at Al Jazira supermarket highlights ICT sector from 21 to 27 October. The Korean Agricultur- al Products Showcase, the second gourmet event of the year hosted by the Korean Embassy, aims to introduce Korean food products to the Bahraini citizens. Korean Cuisine Week 2018, a Korean culinary event was held from 10 to 15 September. Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C. (Alba) Chief Executive Officer Tim Murray during a special session on ‘Swimming Pool Safety’ Kimchi and Korean noo- for Alba employees at the Alba SHE Hall, yesterday. He will be conducting a series of the sessions throughout this week dles represent Korean food for employees and contractors from different departments. products worldwide, and this event is targeted at in- troducing food products beyond those well-known ones. Al Jazira and Hanaro Market will also bring to- gether Korean food prod- ucts that have been already on sale in their supermar- kets. The Information & eGovernment Authority’s booth at Bahrain’s pavilion in Hyunmo Koo, Korean GITEX 2018 Ambassador to Bahrain said this event will serve TDT | Manama that supports the ICT sector in- as an opportunity for the cluding the systems and eSer- two peoples and societies to he Information & eGov- vices delivered by the Author- deepen their understanding Ternment Authority (iGA) is ity for several segments, and on each other. participating for the 12th time strengthen economic growth The event begins with in GITEX Technology Week by attracting IT an opening ceremony at Al 2018 - held in Dubai – within investments. Jazira Zinj on October 21st Bahrain’s pavilion. Bahrain’s pavilion in GITEX at 10:00 am. Other venues The pavilion also houses the is organised by WorkSmart are Al Jazira supermarkets Ministry of Transportation together with Bahrain Tech- at Zinj (07:00 am – 00:00 Justin Siberell, Ambassador of the United States of America inaugurated the ‘Discover America’ promotion celebration and Telecommunication, Tam- nology Companies Society am), Juffair (24 hrs), Hama- at the Lulu Hypermarket, yesterday. The festival celebrates the bounty of American products across the aisles of LuLu. keen as well as 40 Bahraini ICT (BTECH). During last year’s ex- la (07:00 am – 11:00 pm), Juzer Rupawala, Director of the LuLu Group led the LuLu management at the inauguration. The promotion will run until companies. hibition, over 145,000 attended and Riffa (07:00 am – 11:00 21 October 2018. During this year, iGA pre- the event which also included pm). sents Kingdom’s infrastructure 5,000 exhibitors. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2018 11

Theresa May’s Brexit options Graphic News Brexit plan has drawn criti- cism with former Foreign Alcazar Capital and he EU and Britain face Secretary Boris Johnson and Ta “moment of truth” for ex-Brexit secretary David Da- Brexit negotiations at a crunch vis repeating calls for the UK summit Wednesday, where to “chuck Chequers” and seek leaders will decide wheth - a looser free trade deal with er enough progress has been Brussels like Canada. IQP launch $ 100m made in talks to warrant a spe- EU chief negotiator Michel cial summit in November. Barnier says that Northern Disagreement over the EU’s Ireland should stay in the EU’s so-called Irish backstop -- a Customs Union to avoid a land guarantee by both sides that border with the EU -- Johnson global fintech fund there will be no hard border in has said the EU’s fallback posi- Ireland -- is theTheresa biggest May’sobsta- Brexittion for theoptions Irish border would cleDisagreement for UK in March. over the EU’s so-calledmean Irish backstopNorthern – a guaranteeIreland bywas both sides that there will be no hard border in Ireland – is the biggest Aims to target Fintech investments in N America, Europe, Asia and the GCC Theresaobstacle toMay’s the UK’s Chequers orderly departure “annexed” from the blocby Brussels. in March 2019 track record to jointly build a Alcazar to anchor successful dedicated Fintech • venture capital fund. the fund with 10pc Charbel Abou-Jaoude, CEO of total capital of Alcazar Capital Limited said: “InQvest Partners offers a TDT | Manama unique FinTech proposition to support its investments across British Prime Minister Theresa May lcazar Capital Limited markets. We look forward to EU leaders rejected her “Chequers” free trade deal. EU chief negotiator (ACL) and Fintech Con- working with them in support- Michel Barnier (right) says that sortium’s investment ing ambitious entrepreneurs Northern Ireland should stay Norway A in EU Customs Union arm, InQvest Partners (IQP) yes- during the early stages of their terday announced the launch growth journey.” Norway of a strategic partnership and Gerben Visser, Founder of option Leave Customs Union a US$100 Million global fintech Fintech Consortium & Manag- but stay in EU fund. ing Partner of InQvest Partners Single Market for Charbel Abou-Jaoude Gerben Visser both goods and UK Alcazar Capital Limited, an said: “Alcazar Capital Limited services. investment firm based in the has a proven investment track Must accept freedom of Dubai International Finan- its expansion into Fintech in- The partnership will allow record and we are excited to lev- movement, pay into EU budget, abide by European cial Centre, recently merged vestment. Almaskati is also the InQvest Partners to combine erage their investment and fund Court of Justice judgements with Trucial Investment Part- Managing Partner and Head of its expertise, knowledge and capabilities to build a successful Turkey ners and appointed Maissan ACL’s North American platform, network in FinTech with ACL’s global fund and fintech portfolio option Almaskati who now also lead based in the United States. investment experience and together”. Leave both Single Turkey Market and Customs Switzerland Union. Create new customs union with EU for tariff-free Swiss option trade for goods, excluding financial Leave Single Market and services. Apply EU tariffs on imports Customs Union, negotiate bilateral from non-EU countries. No UK trade trade agreements. Restricted Arcapita invests in Saudi women’s fitness chain deals with third countries access for UK banking sector Canada option: Deal removes 99% of customs duties on exports between Canada and EU. Does not guarantee Canadian NuYu plans to deploy SAR 250 million to launch over 20 new boutique gyms, financial services “passport” to trade freely with Europe No deal: Leave Single Market and Customs Union, revert creating hundreds of new jobs to trading with EU on World Trade Organization rules. Tariffs on EU/UK trade and hard border in Northern Ireland. UK free to strike trade agreements with anyone TDT | Manama Source: Institute for Government analysis Pictures: Associated Press © GRAPHIC NEWS

rcapita, a global leader in AShari’ah-compliant alterna- tive investments, said it has in- vested in NuYu, a leading chain European and US equities of women-only boutique gyms in Saudi Arabia. defy Asian markets’ slide A statement released said, Arcapita’s capital will help London, United Kingdom nical hitch. Wall Street was NuYu deploy over SAR 250 mostly higher approaching million ($67m) to grow its net- uropean and US stock mar- midday, with the Dow up work of boutique gyms from Ekets defied a downturn in 0.4 pc. seven to over 30 across the Atif A. Abdulmalik, Arcapita’s Chief Asia, following several days of In Asia, Japanese equities Kingdom. Executive Officer market turbulence sparked by led the way lower, with the The new centers are expected From a base of over 50 facili- trade rows and a spat over the benchmark Nikkei 225 shed- to create hundreds of jobs, as ties nationwide, the female fit- US central bank. ding almost two pc. well as provide women access ness market in Saudi Arabia is Gold hit $1,236.90 an ounce, Japanese stocks faced pres- to fitness outlets in currently expected to grow at an annual with the precious metal profit- sure also after US Treasury underserved locations. rate of 30 per cent over the me- The new centers are expected to create hundreds of jobs ing from its haven investment Secretary Steven Mnuchin The investment will ena - dium-term. status. said over the weekend that ble the company – with five Atif A. Abdulmalik, Arcapita’s tor, said: “With support from exercise.” London’s FTSE 100 index Washington wants to include boutique gyms in Riyadh and Chief Executive Officer, said: Arcapita, we are excited to be Martin Tan, Arcapita’s Chief ended the day with a gain of 0.5 a provision to prevent curren- one each in both Khobar and “We look forward to working in able to accelerate our expansion Investment Officer, added: “The pc, while the CAC 40 in Paris cy manipulation in future trade Dammam – to capitalise on the partnership with NuYu, helping plans and grow our 6,000-strong female fitness segment in Sau- closed essentially flat. deals with Tokyo. significant market opportu- it realize its full potential during membership base. Launching di Arabia is virtually untapped The DAX 30 in Frankfurt Chinese stocks, which were nity arising from a landmark this exciting period of social new boutique gyms across the with a penetration rate of less meanwhile climbed 0.8 pc, the worst hit in last week’s decision by the General Sports change.” country will make it easier for than 1%, while having one of the despite the opening of trad- global rout, also tracked lower, Authority to grant licenses for Princess Sara Al Saud, NuYu’s Saudi women to access fitness highest revenues per member ing being delayed by more with the benchmark Shanghai female boutique gyms. Co-founder and Creative Direc- and reap the benefits of regular globally.” than an hour owing to a tech- composite off 1.5 pc. BIHR – HTMI hold second graduation ceremony

TDT | Manama The diploma was award - ed by the top Hospitality ahrain Institute of Hospi- School in Switzerland - Hotel Btality and Retail (BIHR), a & Tourism Management In - division of the Dadabai Group, stitute (HTMi), International hosted its second graduation Accrediting body for Bahrain ceremony at Wyndham Grand Institute of Hospitality and Hotel, Bahrain. Retail. Thirty students received their Thanis Na Songkhla, Thai- awards after successfully com- land Ambassador, Alfonso Ver, pleting 24 months of training Philippines Ambassador, Hum- in the hospitality sector. All of bert Vincent Buemi, the Swiss them are employed by Bahrain’s In pictures, highlights of the graduation ceremony Honorary Consul General to Top Hospitality Sector, said the Kingdom and Ian Larmour, BIHR in a statement. cision to climb up the ladder in an address on the occasion. and Social Development for Management, the graduation Managing Director and Head of “The programme helps young the hospitality sector,” said Ali Under the patronage of Jameel HTMI Swiss Diploma in Inter- ceremony was held on 11 Octo- Academics – HTMi Switzerland Bahraini Nationals in their de- Sulaibeekh, Director of BIHR in Humaidan, Minister of Labour national Hotel and Tourism ber 2018. were also present. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2018 12

Kuwait Airways to buy eight Airbus planes Reuters | Dubai Saudi market rebounds uwait Airways said on Closing Bell dropped 5.9pc after its profits KMonday it has signed Saudi recovers fell during the same period. an agreement with Euro- • SAUDI  4.1% » 7,568 The Egyptian blue-chip index pean planemaker Airbus to Sunday’s sharp losses DUBAI  0.03% » 2,713 shed 0.1pc but Madinet Nasr buy eight A330-800neo air- ABU DHABI  0.04% » 4,933 for Housing and Development liners following five months Institutional jumped 7.7pc, continuing a surge of negotiations. investors• buy QATAR  0.1 % » 9,834 that began on Sunday when Kuwait Airways expects shares actively KUWAIT  0.9% » 5,205 Sixth of October Development the deliveries to take place BAHRAIN  0.01% » 1,316 and Investment (SODIC) said it between March 2019 and aimed to take over Madinet by the end of 2026, the Gulf Oman’s market falls OMAN  0.8% » 4,461 exchanging one of its shares for carrier said on its Twitter after• bank earnings EGYPT  0.1% » 13,521 two Madinet shares. account. Arqaam Capital said the ra- Egypt’s Madinet tio was more favourable than continues• surge on expected for shareholders in started marketing polypropyl- Madinet; SODIC plunged nearly Saudi to meet share swap plan ene made by affiliate Al-Waha 10pc on Monday. Petrochemicals in the region. In Dubai, the index edged India’s oil demand Reuters Traders on the floor of Saudi Stock market (Courtesy of Mubasher Info) Saudi Industrial Export down 0.03pc as real estate and jumped 10pc as trade in the industrial shares reversed early Reuters | New Delhi audi Arabia’s stock market rights to its equity issue began. gains to trade lower. rebounded sharply yester- losses. The Saudi rial fell to its last several years. Meanwhile, Oman’s index Qatar’s index was up 0.1 pc on audi Arabia is committed day from losses suffered lowest level against the dollar in Petrochemical and bank dropped 0.8pc after a slew of a 2.7pc rise in Industries Qatar Sto meeting India’s ris- Sthe day before, as local institu- the spot market for two years on stocks lifted the index. The corporate earnings from its and a 0.4pc increase in Qatar ing oil demand and is the tions bought shares actively. Monday, while Riyadh’s interna- Gulf’s biggest petrochemical banks. Bank Muscat slid 1.9pc Electricity and Water after it “shock absorber” for supply The Saudi index - which had tional bond prices slipped. But producer, Saudi Basic Indus- despite reporting a rise in prof- signed a 15-year service agree- disruptions in the oil mar- plunged 7.2 per cent in the pre- the drops were much smaller tries, rose 3.7pc. it for the nine months ended ment with Japan’s Mitsubishi ket, Energy Minister Khalid vious two days jumped 4.1pc in than some bouts of instability Sahara Petrochemical add- Sept. 30. Hitachi Power Systems for 360 al-Falih said yesterday. heavy trade, erasing Sunday’s caused by low oil prices in the ed 6.9pc after saying a unit had Al Anwar Ceramic Tiles million riyals ($96 million). While there are many factors that could influence global oil prices, Saudi Ara- bia and other major pro - ducers will continue to act India’s trade deficit hits to cushion the market from oil price shocks, Falih said 5-month low of $13.98bn at the IHS CERA conference. “We could have another Reuters | New Delhi imports were up 10.45pc year- (round of ) unanticipated on-year. disruptions that we have ndia’s trade deficit narrowed “India expects to main - seen in Nigeria, Libya, Ven- Ito $13.98 billion in Septem- tain double-digit growth in ezuela. And we have seen ber from $17.4bn in August, the exports in the current fiscal sanctions on Iran. These trade ministry said on Mon- year despite fragile glob - supply disruptions need day, the lowest figure in five al recovery and trade ten - a shock absorber and the months. sions,” Commerce Secre - shock absorber to a large Solid growth in manufac- tary Anup Wadhawan told extent has been Saudi Ara- turing exports, which rose reporters. bia,” he said. 12.54 per cent in the first six India’s imports for the pe- “We have invested tens of months in dollar terms year- riod from April to September billions of dollars to build International Motor Trading Agency (IMTA), the preferred distributor for Mazda passenger vehicles in the Kingdom of on-year, cancelled out a rising were up 16.16pc year-on-year, spare capacity of 2-3 million Bahrain, held the official opening of its brand-new Mazda showroom. The new state-of-the-art facility is spread over oil import bill for the world’s while exports rose 12.54pc, barrels per day over years,” 3,753.00 Sq. Mt. and has been built at a substantial investment to offer customers the opportunity to experience the third-biggest crude importer the trade ministry said. The he added. famous brand first hand in a refreshing new setting. It is a subsidiary of Khalil Bin Ebrahim Kanoo (K. E. Kanoo) Group. that has been suffering from overall trade deficit over the Saudi Arabia has the ca- Above, officials during the inauguration rising oil prices. September period was $94.32bn. pacity to produce 12 mil- lion bpd and is currently producing 10.7 million bpd, Falih said, adding that pro- Employees of Seef Mall duction will rise further pledging their support to next month. the social media campaign Falih said oil prices would TeamBahrain initiated by His Royal Highness “easily be at the three digit Prince Salman bin Hamad range had it not been for the Al Khalifa, the Crown extra effort the kingdom has Prince, Deputy Supreme done over many years by Commander and First investing in capacity and Deputy Prime Minister. then unleashing that capac- ity, delivering barrels over last few months, reversing inventory draw down.” Brent crude prices were trading 80 cents a barrels higher at $81.23 by 1157 GMT. Falih said he told India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Petroleum Min- ister Dharmendra Pradhan that Saudi Arabia is com- Ford faces outrage in France over factory closure mitted to meeting its grow- ing oil demand. AFP | Bordeaux, France taken advantage of.” last year’s presidential election Ford’s management on Monday State oil company Sau- “Ford’s position cannot be campaign, which was won by before the end -- and angrily di Aramco plans to supply S carmaker Ford came under defended and what can’t be de- centrist Emmanuel Macron. denounced the company after- Indian buyers with an ad- Ufire from the French govern- fended needs to be combatted,” One of Macron’s far-left rivals, wards as “leading us on”. ditional 4 million barrels of ment on Monday over its plans he added. Philippe Poutou, is a mechanic Juppe and Le Maire’s anger crude oil in November, sev- to close a factory producing gear Ford announced in February KNOW WHAT at Ford’s Blanquefort plant who has focused on Ford’s reluc - eral sources familiar with boxes in southwest France that that it would stop investing in became a minor celebrity dur- tance to favour an offer for the the matter said last week. employs 850 people. its Blanquefort plant, which has ing the election with his angry site from Punch Powerglide, a Falih also said Saudi Ara- After a stormy meeting be - produced gear boxes since 1972, denunciations of multinationals manufacturer based in the east- bia wants to invest in Indian tween management and French and the issue has been raised by Ford announced and a pledge to outlaw redun- ern French city of Strasbourg, downstream projects and officials, Economy Minister the French and US governments. in February that it dancies. which would come with pledges strategic oil storage. Bruno Le Maire sounded furious The site has become another would stop investing Other past factory closures of more state aid. “Saudi Aramco’s desire is at the US group’s desire to shut battleground between French in its Blanquefort by American companies such as “I spoke to the chairman of to invest in consumer-facing the plant near Bordeaux, rather trade unions and American plant, which has Goodyear and Caterpillar, part Ford last Friday by phone and segments such as retail fuels than sell it to a French buyer. multinationals that are often of a wider trend of industrial the chairman told me that be- and petrochemicals, build- “If they think they can just portrayed in France as heartless produced gear boxes decline in France, have also led tween a purchase of the site by ing an integrated down- shut up shop and that the state job-slashing capitalists. since 1972, and the to bitterness and public cam- Punch and the closure of the stream business in India as and local authorities won’t react, Plans by US appliance maker issue has been raised paigns. site, Ford preferred closing the well as our commitment to then they’re making a mistake,” Whirlpool to close a factory in by the French and US Bordeaux’s mayor, former factory,” Le Maire said. invest in strategic storage,” Le Maire told reporters. “We’re the northern town of Amiens governments. prime minister Alain Juppe, “I completely disagree with Falih said. going to fight and we won’t be became a controversy during walked out of the meeting with this choice,” he added. 13 TUESDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2018

A STAR IS BORN NIGHT SCHOOL GHOST STORIES (15+) (DRAMA/ROMANTIC/MUSICAL) NEW (PG-15) (COMEDY) (15+) (DRAMA/HORROR) NEW LADY GAGA, BRADLEY COOPER KEVIN HART, TIFFANY HADDISH ANDY NYMAN, MARTIN FREEMAN CITYCENTRE DAILY AT: 1.00 + 3.45 + 6.30 + 9.15 CITYCENTRE DAILY AT: 11.30 AM + 1.45 + 4.00 SEEF (II) DAILY AT: 11.00 AM + 3.00 + 7.00 + Ariana Grande PM + 12.00 MN + (1.00 AM THURS/FRI) + 6.15 + 8.30 + 10.45 PM 11.00 PM CITYCENTRE DAILY AT (VIP I): 12.00 + 2.45 + SEEF (II) DAILY AT: 12.15 + 2.30 + 4.45 + 7.00 + 5.30 + 8.15 + 11.00 PM 9.15 + 11.30 PM THE LAST WITHNESS SEEF (II) DAILY AT: 12.45 + 3.30 + 6.15 + 9.00 + WADI AL SAIL DAILY AT: 12.00 + 2.15 + 4.30 + (PG-15) (THRILLER/CRIME/DRAMA/BIOG- 11.45 PM + (12.45 MN THURS/FRI) 6.45 + 9.00 + 11.15 PM RAPHY) splits from fiance SAAR DAILY AT: 12.15 + 3.00 + 5.45 + 8.30 + ALEX PETTYFER, ROBERT WIECKIEWICZ, (11.15 PM THURS/FRI) SMALL FOOT TALULAH IANS | Los Angeles SAAR DAILY AT (VIP I): 12.00 + 2.45 + 5.30 + (PG) (ANIMATION/ADVENTURE/COMEDY) SEEF (II) DAILY AT: 1.00 + 5.00 + 9.00 PM 8.15 + 11.00 PM CHANNING TATUM, JAMES CORDEN, BEKIYA inger Ariana Grande and WADI AL SAIL DAILY AT: 12.30 + 3.15 + 6.00 + CITYCENTRE DAILY AT: 11.00 AM + 1.00 + 3.00 “Saturday Night Live” star 8.45 + 11.30 PM + 5.00 + 7.00 + 9.00 + 11.00 PM (PG-15) (ARABIC/COMEDY/CRIME/DRAMA) S NEW Pete Davidson have called off BAD TIMES AT THE EL ROYALE CITYCENTRE DAILY AT (3D): 10.30 AM + 12.30 + 2.30 + 4.30 PM MOHAMMED RAJAB, ETHEN AMIR, MOHAM- their engagement. (15+) (THRILLER/CRIME) NEW SEEF (II) DAILY AT: 10.45 AM + 12.45 + 2.45 + MED LUTFI The couple ended their en- CHRIS HEMSWORTH, JEFF BRIDGES gagement over the weekend, 4.45 + 6.45 + 8.45 + 10.45 PM SEEF (II) DAILY AT: 6.30 + 8.45 + 11.00 PM TMZ reported on Sunday. CITYCENTRE DAILY AT: 11.30 AM + 2.30 + 5.30 SAAR DAILY AT: 11.30 AM + 1.30 + 3.30 PM + 8.30 + 11.30 PM DEAD TRIGGER “It was way too much too WADI AL SAIL DAILY AT: 11.45 AM + 1.45 + SEEF (II) DAILY AT: 11.30 AM + 2.30 + 5.30 + 3.45 PM (15+) (ACTION/HORROR) NEW soon. It’s not shocking to any- 8.30 + 11.30 PM *- DOLPH LUNDGREN, AUTUMN REESER, one,” a source told people.com. WADI AL SAIL DAILY AT: 5.45 + 8.30 + 11.15 PM AL DIESEL ISAIAH WASHINGTON Sources close to the couple (PG-15) (ARABIC/ACTION/THRILLER/CRIME) SEEF (II) DAILY AT: 10.45 AM + 12.45 + 5.15 + said the decision to split was a HELICOPTER EELA MOHAMMED RAMADAN, YASMINE SABRI, 9.45 PM mutual choice as both felt the (PG) (HINDI/DRAMA/COMEDY) NEW FATHY VENOM timing wasn’t right. KAJOL, RIDDHI SEN, TOTA ROY CHOWDHURY CITYCENTRE DAILY AT: 6.30 + 9.00 + 11.30 PM (PG-15) (ACTION/ADVENTURE) As of Sunday evening, Grande CITYCENTRE DAILY AT: 10.30 AM + 1.00 + 3.45 11-THE NUN (18+) (HORROR/THRILLER) had not deleted photographs + 6.30 + 9.15 PM + 12.00 MN *- TAISSA FARMIGA, DEMIAN BICHIR, BONNIE *- TOM HARDY, MICHELLE WILLIAMS, RIZ and videos of Davidson from SEEF (I) DAILY AT: 12.30 + 3.15 + 6.00 + 8.45 AARONS AHMED her social media accounts, but + 11.30 PM CITYCENTRE DAILY AT: 11.45 AM + 1.45 + 3.45 + SEEF (II) DAILY AT:11.15 AM + 1.45 + 4.15 + 6.45 Davidson’s accounts were no SAAR DAILY AT: 5.30 + 8.15 + (11.00 PM THURS/ 5.45 + 7.45 + 9.45 + 11.45 PM + 9.15 + 11.45 PM + (1.00 AM THURS/FRI) FRI) SEEF (II) DAILY AT: 2.45 + 7.15 + 11.45 PM SAAR DAILY AT: 10.30 AM + 1.00 + 3.30 + 6.00 + longer active. 8.30 + (11.00 PM THURS/FRI) The couple’s split comes after WADI AL SAIL DAILY AT: 12.15 + 3.00 + 5.45 + 8.30 + 11.15 PM THE HOUSE WITH A CLOCK IN IT’S WADI AL SAIL DAILY AT: 10.45 AM + 1.15 + 3.45 Grande has endured a difficult WALLS + 6.15 + 8.45 + 11.15 PM few weeks as she came to terms THE PRINCESS AND THE DRAGON (PG-13) (COMEDY/FANTASY/THRILLER) MY GIRAFFE with the loss of former boy - (G) (ANIMATION/ADVENTURE) NEW CATE BLANCHETT, JACK BLACK, LORENZA friend Mac Miller, who died IRINA KIREEVA, KONSTANTIN IZZO (PG) (FAMILY) NEW from an apparent drug overdose KOZHEVNIKOV, *- LIAM DE VRIES, MARTIJN FISCHER, CITYCENTRE DAILY AT: 12.30 + 4.45 + 9.00 PM DOLORES LEEUWIN on September 7. CITYCENTRE DAILY AT: 11.30 AM + 1.15 + 3.00 After venting about her emo- PM THE MEG SEEF (I) DAILY AT: 10.30 AM + 12.15 + 2.00 + tional exhaustion to her Twitter SEEF (II) DAILY AT: 11.30 AM + 1.15 + 3.00 + (PG-15) (ACTION/THRILLER) 3.45 PM 4.45 PM followers, the star took some JASON STATHAM, RUBY ROSE, BINGBING LI KAYAKULAM KOCHUNNI much-needed time off. Pete Davidson (L) and Ariana Grande JALEBI CITYCENTRE DAILY AT: 11.15 AM + 1.45 + 4.15 + (PG-15) (MALAYALAM) NEW On May 21, it was report - (PG-15) (HINDI/ROMANTIC/DRAMA) NEW 6.45 + 9.15 + 11.45 PM NIVIN PAULY, MOHANLAL, PRIYA ANAND ed the Grammy nominee and RHEA CHAKRABORTY, FARIDA DADI EL BADLAH SEEF (I) DAILY AT: 11.30 AM + 2.30 + 5.30 + Davidson had started casually had dated for a year. pling, though, the entertainers 8.30 + 11.30 PM dating. Grande and Davidson kept soon made it official on Insta- CITYCENTRE DAILY AT: 4.45 + 7.00 + 9.15 + (PG-13) (ARABIC/COMEDY) 11.30 PM TAMER HOSNY, AKRAM HOSNI, MAJED EL AL HAMRA DAILY AT: 6.00 + 9.00 PM + (12.00 The news of their pairing their relationship under wraps gram by sharing a shot of them SEEF (II) DAILY AT: 12.00 + 2.15 + 4.30 + 6.45 + MASRY, MN THURS/FRI) came just two weeks after it in the beginning. On May 20, posing together in Harry Potter 9.00 + 11.15 PM was confirmed that Grande he supported the “No tears robes - and began attending CITYCENTRE DAILY AT: 11.30 AM + 1.30 + 3.30 ARAVINDHA SAMETHA + 5.30 + 7.30 + 9.30 + 11.30 PM had split from rapper Miller left to cry” singer behind-the- events together. VENOM (PG-15) (TELGU) NEW and one week after Davidson scenes at the Billboard Music The couple confirmed their (PG-15) (ACTION/ADVENTURE) THE EQUALIZER- 2 N.T.R. JR. , POOJA HEDGE, SUNIL TOM HARDY, MICHELLE WILLIAMS confirmed his break-up from Awards. engagement in June after a (15+) (ACTION/CRIME/THRILLER) SEEF (I) DAILY AT: 11.00 AM + 2.00 + 5.00 + actress Cazzie David, whom he Once news broke of their cou- whirlwind romance. CITYCENTRE DAILY AT (IMAX 3D): 11.00 AM + DENZEL WASHINGTON, PEDRO PASCAL 8.00 + 11.00 PM 1.30 + 4.00 + 6.30 + 9.00 + 11.30 PM AL HAMRA DAILY AT: 12.00 + 3.00 PM CITYCENTRE DAILY AT: 10.45 AM + 1.15 + 3.45 + CITYCENTRE DAILY AT (ATMOS): 11.30 AM + 6.15 + 8.45 + 11.15 PM 2.00 + 4.30 + 7.00 + 9.30 PM + 12.00 MN ANDHADUN Kevin Hart hits back CITYCENTRE DAILY AT: (1.00 AM THURS/FRI) PEPPERMINT (PG-15) (HINDI/CRIME/COMEDY) CITYCENTRE DAILY AT: (VIP II): 10.30 AM + (PG-15) (ACTION/CRIME/THRILLER/DRAMA) TABU, AYUSHMANN KHURRANA, RADHIKA Kidman transforms for APTE at Dwayne Johnson 1.00 + 3.30 + 6.00 + 8.30 + 11.00 PM JENNIFER GARNER, RICHARD CABRAL SEEF (I) DAILY AT: 5.30 + 8.15 + 11.00 PM drama ‘Destroyer’ JOHNNY ENGLISH STRIKES AGAIN CITYCENTRE DAILY AT: 10.30 AM + 2.45 + 7.00 IANS | Los Angeles (PG) (COMEDY/ACTION/ADVENTURE) + 11.15 PM VARATHAN Reuters | London ROWAN ATKINSON, OLGA KURYLENKO MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE FALLOUT (MALAYALAM) omedian Kevin Hart has CITYCENTRE DAILY AT: 11.00 AM + 12.00 + 1.00 (PG-15) (ACTION/THRILLER/CRIME) FAHADH FAASIL, AISHWARYA LAKSHMI ollywood star Nicole slammed actor Dwayne C + 2.00 + 3.00 + 4.00 + 5.00 + 6.00 + 7.00 + 8.00 TOM CRUISE, HENRY CAVILL + 9.00 + 10.00 + 11.00 PM + 12.00 MN + (1.00 AM SEEF (I) DAILY AT: 12.45 + 3.30 + 6.15 + 9.00 + HKidman undergoes a Johnson aka The Rock for 11.45 PM dramatic makeover for new mocking at his weight. THURS/FRI) CITYCENTRE DAILY AT: 4.00 + 9.00 PM + drama “Destroyer”, playing A few days ago, the SEEF (II) DAILY AT: 11.30 AM + 1.30 + 3.30 + 12.00 MN 96 5.30 + 7.30 + 9.30 + 11.30 PM a tired-looking and worn out “Baywatch” actor posted (TAMIL) SAAR DAILY AT: 10.30 AM + 2.45 + 7.00 + (11.15 HOTELTRANSYLVANIA 3: SUMMER police detective with a painful a picture of his daughter PM THURS/FRI) (PG) (ANIMATION/COMEDY/DRAMA) VIJAY SETHUPATHI, TRISHA KRISHNANA history. watching him work out in SAAR DAILY AT: 12.30 + 4.45 + 9.00 PM ADAM SANDLER, ANDY SAMBERG SEEF (I) DAILY AT: 11.00 AM + 2.00 + 5.00 + The Oscar winner swaps her the gym, and compared her 8.00 + 11.00 PM WADI AL SAIL DAILY AT: 11.00 AM + 1.00 + CITYCENTRE DAILY AT: 12.00 + 2.00 + 7.00 PM blonde locks for a short bob to Hart in the most savage 3.00 + 5.00 + 7.00 + 9.00 + 11.00 PM and rugged style to play Erin way, reports metro.co.uk. Bell, a detective whose past The Rock tweeted: “My lil’ continues to haunt her years Jasmine Lia loves watchin after infiltrating a criminal me clang and bang in the gang undercover in an oper- Nicole Kidman Iron Paradise. Warms my Claire Foy hurt by gender pay gap ation with devastating conse- cold black heart as she sits quences. “The way I look and behave in awe.. ‘Wow daddy you’re IANS | London She said: “I was deeply hurt “I just felt her and I felt sad- in the film is the result of a so strong’ while I hammer by it, because I’d been working ness and I felt pain for her,” lot of trauma,” Kidman said. away. Ironically, my baby ctress Claire Foy says she on that show for two years. I Kidman said at the BFI London “That’s the beauty of cine - son Kevin Hart does the Afelt compelled to speak out loved everybody on it. And then Film Festival on Sunday. ma, you use the image, you exact same thing too when about the pay gap between her- I realised, ‘There’s been a big, “I thought there was a rest- don’t always have to have the watching his daddy.”But self and “The Crown” co-actor fat, dirty secret that nobody’s lessness and a complexity to words.” this didn’t go down too well Matt Smith to open doors for ever talked about’. her anger which I thought Director Karyn Kusama de- with Hart. He hit back at others fighting for fair play. “But then there was also that I had never seen on screen, scribed Bell as a “really com- Johnson. Foy became a figurehead of thing (of being) an inadvert- particularly in the form of a plicated human” dealing with Hart wrote: “If I was in sorts for those fighting for gen- ent spokesperson. Why did it female.” regret, guilt and shame. A team there, I would of taken a der equality when she spoke have to be me? I could have said The 51-year-old is no of hairdressers and makeup 15 lb weight and knocked out about the fact she was paid nothing. And I think everyone stranger to changing her looks artists worked together to your big a** out with it much less than Smith - even would have preferred that. But for roles, such as when she transform Kidman’s looks. and then I would’ve tak- though she was The Queen to I thought, ‘If I do that, I will Claire Foy played Virginia Woolf in “The “We talked a lot about sun en a shit in the middle of his Prince Philip on the dra - be cheating myself and all the Hours”, for which she won an damage and lack of sleep and that awful iron paradise of ma. The revelation forced the said the whole drama was very other women I know.’” Oscar. drinking too much and not eat- yours.” show’s bosses to publicly apol- upsetting and she had mo - Foy recently dismissed re- Critics have praised her per- ing well and we landed at a Both of them have worked ogise to both stars for inadvert- ments when she wished she ports suggesting she had been formance in “Destroyer” and very extreme version of all of together in movies like “Ju- ently putting them in a very didn’t have to be the one mak- offered $225,000 in back pay described her appearance as that lack of self-care,” Kusama manji” and “Central Intel- awkward position. ing waves, reports aceshowbiz. to settle the gender pay gap on “almost unrecognisable”. said. ligence”. Now, in a magazine, Foy has com. “The Crown”. 14 TUESDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2018 sports

Jayasuriya faces corruption charges

AFP | Dubai “The charges include failure or re- fusal, without compelling justification, India to unleash Pant, ashing former Sri Lankan bats- to cooperate with any investigation Dman and ex-chief selector San- carried out by the ACU, including fail- ath Jayasuriya has been charged for ure to provide accurately and com- not cooperating with a match-fixing pletely any information and/or doc- probe and concealing information, umentation requested by the ACU as Shaw on Australia the International Cricket Council said part of such investigation,” the ICC yesterday. said. AFP | Hyderabad, India “The International Cricket Council The other count included “obstruct- (ICC) has charged Jayasuriya on two ing or delaying any investigation that earless” young batting stars counts of breaching the ICC Anti-Cor- may be carried out by the ACU, includ- Prithvi Shaw and Rishabh ruption Unit (ACU) and have given him ing concealing, tampering with or de- “FPant will be India’s special 14 days to respond,” the ICC said in a stroying any documentation or other weapons during their upcoming tour statement. information that may be relevant to of Australia, according to captain Vi- Jayasuriya, 49, was reportedly asked that investigation and/or that may be rat Kohli. to cooperate with an inquiry from ACU evidence or may lead to the discovery Hailing the roles of 18-year-old chief Alex Marshall who visited Sri of evidence of corrupt conduct under Shaw and 21-year-old Pant in the Lanka last month. the Anti-Corruption Code”. two-Test victory over the West In- dies, Kohli said they had been giv- en free rein to play their natural games. “We were looking at them playing Shaikh Nasser praised on with a lot of freedom, which they did,” Kohli said after India’s three-day, 10-wicket win on Sunday. Ironman victory “Prithvi was outstanding, Rishabh was really fearless. I am really happy TDT | Manama Sports, President of BOC, on winning that these guys have grabbed their the Ironman World Championship in chances.” Prithvi Shaw ahrain Olympic Committee (BOC) Kailua-Kona, Hawaii. Shaw became the youngest Indian Bboard member and Bahrain Table Shaikha Hayat hailed the victory batsman to score a century on his Test Tennis Association president Shai- achieved by Shaikh Nasser bin Hamad debut, smashing 134 in the first Test fidence and understanding that you with some pundits comparing him to kha Hayat bint Abdulaziz Al Khali- Al-Khalifa, lauding his strenuous ef- against the West Indies in Rajkot. can score runs at the Test level,” said the great Sachin Tendulkar. He scored fa Congratulated Shaikh Nasser bin forts, strong determination and prepa- He followed it up with a quickfire Kohli. “From that point of view, (I’m) 237 runs in three innings against the Hamad Al Khalifa, Representative rations ahead of the world champion- 70 in the first innings of the second very happy that these guys have taken West Indies to get the Man of the to His Majesty the King for Charity ship, wishing him continuous success Test in Hyderabad. their chance so well.” Series award. Work and Youth Affairs, Chairman of in assuming his national responsibili- Left-hander Pant, who hit a century India coach Ravi Shastri compared the Supreme Council for Youth and ties to serve his nation. during this year’s Test tour of Eng- Shades of Tendulkar, Lara Shaw to Tendulkar and the destruc- land, followed up with scores of 92 in Pant, who shows an audacious range tive Virender Sehwag and Brian Lara. both the first and second Tests against of strokes as a middle-order batsman, The diminutive right-hander ag- the West Indies. has been rewarded for his Test per- gressively attacked the West Indies Academy to host CPR course “I know the conditions were not formances with a call-up for the first bowlers and showed quick reflexes as challenging as they might get in two one-day internationals against while fielding at forward short-leg TDT | Manama Director of the Olympic Acad - future, but in Test cricket, the first the West Indies. -- a dangerous position close to the emy Dr. Nabeel Taha stressed that and the most important thing is con- But it is Shaw who has stood out, batsman. he Bahrain Olympic Committee’s the course aims to prepare a number T(BOC) Bahrain Olympic Academy of athletes to obtain knowledge and is organizing a course on Cardiopul- skills to perform CPR procedure, which monary Resuscitation (CPR) starting would help in saving lives of many today. people in the future. Australia target first Asia series win since 2011 - Paine The two-day event is organized in Taha added that the academy will cooperation with the American base in organize three courses per year in AFP | Sydney final day in the first Test in Dubai, the Bahrain, with representatives of health cooperation with the American Base skipper and number 10 Nathan Lyon clubs and physical fitness are expected to cover the largest possible number ustralian skipper Tim Paine seeing out the final 12.2 overs after be- to take part. It will be presented by a of specialists in this area. Avowed his team would do its ut- ing set a daunting target of 462 runs. team of experts in this area. The course comprises theoretical most to win the second Test against “We want to win every series we The course is organized as part of and practical sessions. The partici- Pakistan starting in Abu Dhabi from are involved in,” Paine said yester- an attempt to avoid the increasing pants will receive an official two-year Tuesday for a first series win in Asia day. “We are focusing on what we do phenomena of sudden death among valid license covering CPR and first aid since 2011. and if we can do well for five days athletes in Bahrain. certified by the United States. The trying conditions of the pitches then we have a really good chance of and hot weather have stopped Aus- Australian skipper Tim Paine winning it. tralia from winning a series since they “We are reasonably confident. After beat Sri Lanka 1-0 in 2011. ka (2016), 2-1 in India (2017) and drew the last few days we got a little bit of Entries open for Indian Club’s Since then they have lost 4-0 in 1-1 in Bangladesh last year. relief and a little bit of mileage, so we India (2013), 2-0 in United Arab Emir- But Paine’s side snatched a mo - know if we play our best cricket we Football, Hockey Fiesta ates to Pakistan (2014), 3-0 in Sri Lan- rale-boosting draw on the fifth and have got a chance to win this Test. TDT | Manama Cricket tournament, the Hockey and Football tournaments will take the he Indian Club is all set to kick centre stage. Tstart the NHSC Football & Hockey The last date for entries is 17th Brave CF secures partnership with ARY, Championship from 20th October to October & will be followed by Cap- 1st November 2018. tain’s meeting at 8:30pn on the same After a very successful invitational day. Rockville and MRG in Pakistan TDT | Manama by Faisal Rehman. first edition of the event on 27th Oc- Mohammed Shahid, President of tober at the Nistar Sports Complex rave Combat Federation has en- the Brave Combat Federation, stat- in Lahore. Brave Pakistan Pvt Ltd Btered into a partnership with ARY, ed, “I am pleased to announce our will organise nationwide tryouts on a House of Rockville and MRG to form partnership with ARY. The partner- regular basis for Brave Combat Fed- Brave Pakistan Pvt Ltd. ship will ensure to direct our collec- eration to support the initiatives for This initiative will bring Brave tive synergies towards developing talent development in Pakistan. Combat Federation to Pakistan to host the sport of Mixed Martial Arts in Brave Pakistan Pvt will manage the the first International Mixed Martial Pakistan. We are glad to work along- initiatives and become the master Arts event to take place in the nation. side top industry leaders including franchise holder for Brave MMA Gyms, The event will be the most broadcast- ARY, GreenHill Sports and House Brave Nutrition and Brave Appar- at Seef District too ed combat sports event till date to take of Rockville to bring this initiative el. Salman Iqbal from ARY has been place in Pakistan. to Pakistan. This initiative will cre- elected as the Chairman of the Board Salman Iqbal representing ARY, ate economic opportunities and to of Brave Pakistan Pvt Ltd and Abrar Saad Ali Khan representing House strengthen the relation between the Ali Khan from Rockville will hold the of Rockville, Jahangir Riaz, CEO of two nations. We are thrilled to partner role of the CEO. GreenHill Sports and Dewan Adil with ARY in Pakistan and this mark a The initiative was supported by representing MRG Pvt Ltd signed the new chapter for sports media initia- UK based combat sports merchan- partnership agreement with Moham- tives in Pakistan” dise manufacturing brand, GreenHill Um al Hassan +973 17728699 Seef District +973 17364999 med Shahid, President of Brave Com- Brave Pakistan Pvt Ltd will initiate Sports, headed by Jahangir Riaz, CEO bat Federation who was accompanied operations in Pakistan by hosting the of GreenHill Sports. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2018 15

Turkish star Turan could face more Despair turns to optimism than 12 years jail AFP | Istanbul

urkish prosecutors Tcharged Barcelona play- as Mancini’s Italy take shape er Arda Turan over a brawl with a prominent singer, Reuters | Milan bring on Kevin Lasagna for his asking for the footballer to international debut at the age be sentenced to twelve-and- he despair which fol - of 26 rather than Lazio’s prolific a-half years in jail. lowed Italy’s defeat by marksman Ciro Immobile. The prosecutors charged TPortugal a month ago has Lasagna, whose flick on at the Turan, who is currently on suddenly turned to unbridled near post set up the goal, has loan to Istanbul’s Basakse- optimism following Sunday’s little more than two seasons of hir, with sexual harassment, 1-0 stoppage-time win away to Serie A experience. unlicensed possession of Poland in the Nations League. “Five years ago I was playing weapons and causing inten- Italian media agreed the per- in Serie D (the fourth tier) and tional injury over the fight formance was one of the best now, I’m making my debut for with singer Berkay Sahin, in the last few years as Roberto Italy,” Lasagna said. the state-run Anadolu news Mancini’s new-look side domi- “I put Kevin and not Immobile agency said. nated the match in Chorzow and because he’s stronger in the air Sahin, who goes on stage created chances almost at will. and we needed a few centime- by his first name Berkay, It was very different to the tres,” said Mancini was also charged, with pros- mood after Italy were outplayed Another surprise choice was ecutors demanding up to by Portugal, prompting Gazzetta Cagliari’s 21-year-old midfielder two years in jail. dello Sport to publish the head- Nicolo Barella who made his de- Turan, 31, had last week line “Italy always going down- but in last Wednesday’s 1-1 home been summoned to an Is- wards”. draw with Ukraine and excelled tanbul police station to give Yesterday, the same paper on Sunday. a statement about the in- boomed: “This is Italy”. Mancini sent the team out in a cident but was allowed to “Finally, Italy win and 4-3-3 formation with no recog- walk free. convince,” it added. nised striker. The incident, which took A headline in Corriere dello Marco Veratti and Jorginho place outside an Istanbul Sport, meanwhile, simply read: took control of the midfield and nightclub and reportedly “Bellissima.” the attacking trio of Federico left Sahin with a broken Mancini was appointed with Chiesa, Federico Bernardeschi nose, has transfixed Turkey the job of rebuilding Italy fol- Italy’s midfielder Nicolo Barella and Italy’s defender Cristiano Biraghi (L) vie for the ball with Poland’s forward Arkadiusz and Lorenzo Insigne caused Po- over the last days. lowing their failure to qualify Milik land many problems. for this year’s World Cup, the class players in abundance and was going to take time. Left back Cristiano Biraghi, “I wanted a team that plays at first time they have missed the teams such Juventus, Napoli It was a case, he said, of put- who scored the winning goal, home and away with the same tournament in 60 years. and AS Roma are dominated by ting faith in younger and less- was relegated with Pescara two mentality,” Mancini said. England fans It was never going to be an foreigners, as Mancini pointed er-known players and having seasons ago and was making his “We are starting a new chap- easy task for the former Man- out last month. patience. third appearance for Italy at the ter but, in football, you need disorder chester City and Inter Milan But Mancini said there was There were certainly some age of 26. time and there are no magicians. ‘unacceptable’: FA coach. still enough talent around to interesting choices in Sunday’s With Italy struggling to break We have simply started working Italy no longer produce world- make Italy great again, even if it line-up. the deadlock, Mancini chose to and getting to know the players.” AFP | Seville, Spain

he Football Association Thas condemned the be- haviour of some England Bolt fumes over drug test fans in Seville ahead of their Barca defensive problems team’s UEFA Nations League AFP | Sydney match against Spain. Riot police intervened on mount with Vermaelen injury print legend Usain Bolt says Sunday night to break up a She’s stunned after being group of English supporters Reuters | Barcelona Friday, when Vermaelen had handed a drug testing notice who had been drinking and to come off during Belgium’s despite retiring from athlet- were behaving badly as they arcelona were dealt a new UEFA Nations League match ics and having no professional wandered round the centre Bdefensive blow yesterday versus Switzerland. Vermael- contract as he bids to launch of the Spanish city. There with news that centre back en will miss Belgium’s coming a football career in Australia. have been no confirmed ar- Thomas Vermaelen has been match versus The Netherlands The 100m world re - rests or injuries. ruled out for six weeks with a in Brussels, as well as upcoming cord-holder quit athletics last An FA statement read: torn hamstring as the stuttering Barca matches.” year and is yet to be offered “We condemn the unac - La Liga champions prepare for Barcelona only have two a deal by Australia’s Central ceptable behaviour wit- a gruelling set of fixtures. natural centre backs in Gerard Coast Mariners, where he is nessed in Seville. The Catalans were already Pique and Frenchman Clement currently on trial. “With the Spain fixture short-staffed in central de- Lenglet available for a demand- “So guys I’ve retired from Usain Bolt still to come on Monday fence due to the prolonged ing run of games starting with track and field looking to be- night, we urge those follow- absence of France interna- a top-of-the-table clash against come a footballer but look at am I getting drug tested when ing the team to respect our tional Samuel Umtiti, who Sevilla on Saturday. this,” Bolt said yesterday via an I haven’t signed for a club yet?’ hosts and act in a responsi- is out with a knee problem Barca visit Inter Milan in Instagram video as he zoomed and she said they told her I’m ble manner.” and with no date set for his the Champions League next in on the notice. an elite athlete so I have to get return. Tuesday and play arch-rivals The demand for the out of tested. Okay then.” “Medical tests carried Real Madrid in the “Clasico” competition test -- to collect Despite his displeasure, it out this Monday confirmed on Oct. 28. urine and blood -- appears to appears the Australian Sports Sainsbury, coach’s that Barca defender Thom- Barca are second in the La have been issued by Football Anti-Doping Authority guide- as Vermaelen has suffered an Liga standings, one point be- Federation Australia. lines mean he is eligible to be son-in-law, eyes injury to the biceps femoris of hind Sevilla, although they are “How am I going to get a tested. Socceroos captaincy his right leg. He will be out ap- in the midst of a poor run of drug test today? I’m not even Their legislation defines an proximately six weeks,” Barca domestic results, having lost a professional footballer yet. athlete as a “person who com- AFP | Sydney said in a statement. one and drawn three of their Seriously,” said Bolt. petes in sport” if “the sport has “The injury happened on last four games. “So I asked the lady, ‘Why an anti-doping policy”. rent Sainsbury has put This hand up to be the new Socceroos captain, but his father-in-law, new coach Graham Arnold, is Del Potro suffers fractured kneecap after fall unlikely to make a long- term decision before their Reuters | Shanghai fracture of his right patella defence of the Asian Cup in bone in Shanghai”. January. S Open runner-up Juan “In the coming days, doctors Australia has only had Thomas UMartin del Potro has suf- It’s very difficult for will evaluate the recovery pro- two permanent skippers Vermaelen fered a fractured right knee- me to think about cess needed to return.” over the past decade -- Lu- cap following his fall during a The 30-year-old Argentine, cas Neill and Mile Jedinak -- match in Shanghai this week, recovery again, I did who is ranked fourth in the and Arnold is keen to make his spokesman said in a state- not expect this to world and had been enjoying the right choice. ment on Sunday. happen one of the best seasons of his He oversees his first Del Potro, who has been un- JUAN MARTIN DEL POTRO career, is wearing a splint on game in charge against lucky with injuries through- his right leg Kuwait in Kuwait City and out his career, retired from The statement said that “the “It’s a very difficult mo - plans to trial three play - his round-of-16 match medical studies carried out on ment,” he said. “I feel very sad. ers in their three friend - against Borna Coric after Saturday showed that Juan It’s a hard blow that leaves me lies before the Asian Cup falling heavily. Martin del Potro suffered a Juan Martin del Potro without strength. tournament. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2018 16

Halep secures second The Messi and year-end No. 1 ranking

AFP | Paris Ronaldo era is imona Halep has secured Sthe year-end number one ranking in the WTA standings for the second year running. phenomenal: The Romanian spent 40 weeks at No. 1 in 2018, a season that saw her win three titles from a tour-leading six final Guardiola appearances, amassing a 46-11 win-loss record. Goal.com | London aldo and Messi have hogged differ- This year Halep has won the plaudits and they are still ence. the Shenzhen Open, the anchester City going strong despite entering “To- Rogers Cup and her de- coach Pep Guardio- their thirties. geth- but Grand Slam crown Mla believes the foot- Every Ballon d’Or award er with at Roland Garros. ball world is witnessing an era since Kaka won it in 2007 has Cristiano In addition, she of “two phenomena” with the been taken home by either [Ronaldo] reached the title match exploits of Lionel Messi and Ronaldo or Messi, with the we have at the Australian Open, Cristiano Ronaldo. two tied on five each. lived and are in Rome and Cincin- Over the last 10 years, Ron- Guardiola knows what living an era nati. Messi is like to coach first- of two phe- “Finishing the Simona Halep hand from his time at Bar- nomena. season as the WTA celona and he believes his “They have World No.1 last who have achieved the year- Together with personality rubs off on team- spent 10 years year was a huge end No.1 ranking makes me mates, adding that he and Ju- scoring 50 goals a honour for me,” very proud.” Cristiano ventus star Ronaldo are a cut season. It’s incredi- said Halep. [Ronaldo] we above everyone else. ble. It’s not one year, “To do it for a sec- WTA rankings as of October 15 have lived and are “Leo is a competitive, fierce it’s year after year, ond time in 2018 1. Simona Halep (ROM) 7421 pts living an era of animal,” he told reporters at more and more.” feels like a special 2. Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) 6461 two phenomena. Festival dello Sport. Luka Modric appears achievement, es- 3. Angelique Kerber (GER) 5400 They have spent 10 “That helps others to be to be the biggest threat pecially having 4. Naomi Osaka (JPN) 4740 years scoring 50 competitive. He hates to lose to the duo’s Ballon d’or also won my first 5. Karolina Pliskova (CZE) 4465 (+1) goals a season and plays like when he was run, though, as the Croatian Lionel Grand Slam this 6. Elina Svitolina (UKR) 4350 (-1) a kid. In big matches, if the recently picked up the FIFA Messi year. To be able 7. Petra Kvitova (CZE) 4255 PEP GUARDIOLA team helps him, he makes the award for Best Men’s Player. (L) and to see my name 8. Sloane Stephens (USA) 4022 Cristiano again alongside 9. Julia Görges (GER) 3785 Ronaldo the other legends 10. Kiki Bertens (NED) 3740 Djokovic closing in on Nadal’s No. 1 spot AFP | Paris

ovak Djokovic is clos - Ning in on Rafael Nadal’s number one spot after win- Novak ning the Shanghai Masters ti- Djokovic tle, according to ATP rankings released yesterday. Nadal is struggling with a knee injury and has decided to sit out the current Asian segment of the ATP tour. Last week he joined the clean-up operation after deadly flash floods on his native Majorca. After his 6-3, 6-4 victory over Borna Coric in the Shang- hai final on Sunday, Djokovic is just 215 Max Verstappen feels qualifying should be more a shorter session points behind the Spaniard. ‘F1 risks qualifying becoming another practice session’ ATP rankings as of October 15 1. Rafael Nadal (ESP) 7660 pts 5. Alexander Zverev (GER) 5025 Autosport | London and qualifying should be more a putting a lap together straight 2. Novak Djokovic (SRB) 7445 6. Marin Cilic (CRO) 4185 shorter session where you don’t away in Q1, straight away in Q2 (+1) 7. Dominic Thiem (AUT) 3825 ax Verstappen of Red Bull have that many opportunities to and not sandbagging like a lot of 3. Roger Federer (SUI) 6260 (-1) 8. Kevin Anderson (RSA) 3775 Mbelieves Formula 1 risks do a lap. I would keep it like drivers are doing in Q1 and then 4. Juan Martin Del Potro (ARG) 9. Grigor Dimitrov (BUL) 3440 turning qualifying into “just an- “Otherwise, what’s qualifying it is, otherwise give it all out in Q2, or give it all 5860 10. John Isner (USA) 3290 other practice session” if it adds for? out in Q3. an extra phase to the knockout “It’s just another practice ses- you’re running so “If you have only once chance, format. sion, where everybody can get much. It’s more you put a lot of beans, a lot of F1 has considered a revised into a rhythm. and more practice, concentration, into that one format that would involve four “What I always understood and qualifying lap, because you cannot get it No Messi but Argentina cars being eliminated in Q1, Q2 in qualifying is that you have should be more wrong.” and Q3, leaving just eight for to go out, have a few shots at it, a shorter session One problem that has emerged ‘have to’ beat Brazil: Romero a final shootout in a new Q4 and that’s it. with the current format is that where you don’t | Jeddah, Saudi Arabia session. “If you start to do more and races where tyre degradation is AFP ward Sergio Aguero, Gonzalo At present, a driver that more and more, everybody at have that many higher have hurt, rather than Higuain of AC Milan and Paris makes it through to the top-10 one point starts to do a good opportunities to rewarded, the best-of-the-rest rgentina may be without Saint-Germain winger Angel shootout will likely run twice lap.” do a lap runners behind Mercedes, Fer- Asuperstar Lionel Messi but Di Maria, as well as Messi. in all three parts of qualifying, Renault driver Carlos Sainz MAX VERSTAPPEN rari and Red Bull. the two-time world champions Messi also sat out Argen - giving them five runs before the Jr shared his former Toro Rosso Making it into the top 10 simply must beat Brazil in a tina’s last three matches, all lap that finally determines their team-mate’s view that drivers with one set of tyres per session. means they need to start on the friendly in Saudi Arabia today, friendlies, since the country’s grid position. should not get as many chances “Don’t give the drivers a sec- tyre they used in Q2, which is Manchester United goalkeeper disappointing last 16 elimina- “I would keep it like it is, oth- in qualifying. ond chance, [make them] have usually the softest compound, Sergio Romero says. tion from the World Cup. erwise you’re running so much,” Asked by Autosport about the to do it one time per session. and this presents a strategic dis- While Brazil have picked He is believed to have asked said Verstappen of the mooted possibility of an extra session, “I think the pressure would advantage in the race because most of their star names, Ar- for some time off from interna- change. Renault driver Sainz said: “I be higher. their rivals immediately behind gentina are without the likes of tional duty ahead of next year’s “It’s more and more practice, would like to see that, but only “Your speciality as a driver is on the grid have free tyre choice. Manchester City’s in-form for- Copa America in Brazil.