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he General Directorate Tof Traffic has expressed thanks and appreciation to drivers who followed the traffic rules while marking the national celebrations in all governorates, and their co-operation that contrib- uted to the success of the traffic plans. Protest anniversary It highlighted that the Embassy denies asking permission period for stick- ing posters and images on Pakistan to skip summit cars had ended and called to remove them. Islamabad

he Saudi Embassy in 33 militants Pakistan yesterday de- The brotherly killed in Mali Tnied a claim that the relations between Kingdom had exerted pressure the countries are Paris on Islamabad to dissuade it long standing and from participating in the Kuala strategic based on rench forces have killed 33 Lumpur Summit. trust, understanding Fmilitants in an operation The claim was published in Mali, according to Presi- and aired by various media and mutual respect. dent Emmanuel Macron. outlets in the country. SAUDI ARABIA Mr Macron made the an- “The Royal Embassy of nouncement on a visit to Ivo- Saudi Arabia in Pakistan de- tween the countries are long ry Coast, where he reiterat- nied the information and fake standing and strategic based ed France’s commitment to news broadcast by some me- on trust, understanding and fighting jihadists in the region. dia channels, claiming that mutual respect, and the two It comes weeks after 13 the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia countries enjoy a consensus French troops died in a heli- pressurised and threatened of views on most regional and copter collision in Mali in the Pakistan to refrain from par- international issues, especially biggest single-day loss of life ticipating in the Kuala Lumpur the issues of the Islamic na- for its military since the 1980s. Summit,” said the statement. tion,” the statement contin- The statement added that ued, adding that the two sides Sudanese protesters cheer after arriving from the capital Khartoum to the town of Atbara to celebrate the anniversary the relations between Saudi had complete agreement on of the uprising that toppled Omar Al Bashir. Waving national flags and chanting slogans, marchers vowed to press on Arabia and Pakistan were cor- the idea of Muslim unity and with the political transition that stemmed from the protests. The United States yesterday dropped Sudan from its list dial and did not require use of maintaining the role of the Or- of nations that severely violate religious freedoms, signalling increased support for Sudan’s newly created transitional threatening language. ganisation of Islamic Cooper- government. In a statement, the US State Department said it upgraded Sudan to a special watch list for religious “The brotherly relations be- ation (OIC). freedom, citing “significant steps taken by the civilian-led transitional government.” DON’T MISS IT

Work on Shaikh Zayed Highway 02 Development Project ‘underway’ Tough talks begin National Lebanon PM-designate begins tough talks to form govt campaign on “Lebanon is in intensive care,” 03 way to Mr Diab was prime minister-designate Has- combat ‘rising • san Diab told reporters after designate prime All political sides are in meeting several political leaders diabetic cases’ minister on Thursday line with my proposal on Saturday. with backing from the “All (political) sides are in line ‘Future for a government of Iran-backed Hizbollah, independents and with my (proposal) for a gov- Profession’ ernment of independents and Amal and Bassil’s FPM. experts, including experts, including Hizbollah,” 04 project is Hizbollah. he said. reviewed Beirut Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri meets with Mr Diab in Beirut. MR DIAB Mr Diab, a 60-year-old engi- neering professor and self-styled ebanon’s prime minis- are warming up to a line-up of wide protests. ties to the country’s sectarian technocrat, said he is hoping to 210 fils (includes VAT) ter-designate yesterday independent experts. Demonstrators are demand- parties. set up a 20-member government Llaunched consultations Debt-burdened Lebanon has ing an overhaul of the politi - But Shiite groups Amal and within four to six weeks. to form a desperately-needed been without a fully functioning cal establishment which they Hizbollah have been demand- He said he would start talks government for a protest-hit government since former prime deem corrupt and inept, insist- ing a government that includes with representatives of the pop- country facing economic col- minister Saad Hariri resigned on ing on a government of inde - representatives of established ular movement on Sunday to lapse, saying political leaders October 29 in the face of nation- pendents and experts with no parties. form such a government.

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(BHD23.4m) Shaikh Zayed High- The key project will way extension project in the • Kingdom last June. contribute to reducing The project was launched traffic congestion in following an agreement signing both Salmabad and A’ali. ceremony between Bahrain’s Minister of Works, Municipal The development Affairs, and Urban Planning, • Essam Khalaf and representa- of the key artery will tives of the UAE firm, as well as include the diversion the UAE Ambassador to Bahrain, and protection of Shaikh Sultan bin Hamdan bin ground services. Zayed Al Nahyan. The UAE’s state-held news agency, Wam, reported that the Manama project, which is funded byAbu Dhabi Fund for Development, is ork on Shaikh Zayed a part of the Gulf Development Highway Develop- Programme. Mr Khalaf signs the agreement. (file picture) The first phase of the project was launched last August. Wment Project, which Mr Khalaf said the project began last August, is progressing bin Salman Highway. enue and Avenue 36 in A’ali. addressing traffic jams in front was a “key part” of the country’s according to schedule, Assistant Four roundabouts along the She pointed out that the high- of the driving school in A’ali and efforts to improve its road net- Undersecretary for Roads at Shaikh Zayed Highway will also way’s capacity is estimated at Bahrain National Stadium. work, adding that it would help the Works, Municipalities Af- be converted into intersections 53,000 vehicles per day in the The development of the key reduce traffic congestion. fairs and Urban Planning, Huda with traffic lights with the pro- two directions and that 2,800 artery will include the diversion Phase 1 of the project will see Fakhro, said. ject also including lighting work, vehicles use the highway during 60 and protection of ground ser- streets being expanded to three She said that the expansion roadblocks, traffic signs, revamp- the morning peak hour, 3,500 per cent is the expected vices, the development of the lanes in both directions, in ad- ing the asphalt layers, beautifi- in the afternoon peak hour and reduction in waiting time rainwater drainage network on of the Shaikh Zayed Highway is at intersections upon the dition to street renovation ac- one of the most important stra- cation and landscaping as well 3,200 in the evening peak hour. completion of the project. the road and surrounding areas tivities. tegic projects on Bahrain’s main as rainwater drainage, she noted. She indicated that by 2030, the as well as executing the imple- New traffic lights and signs, road network, noting that the She added that the Works highway’s capacity will increase mentation of a sewage station roadblocks, lighting, landscap- first phase of the project features Ministry had already started es- to 100,000 vehicles per day, with and sewage transmission light to ing, and rainwater drainage will the expansion of the highway to tablishing a rainwater drainage an average of 5,400 vehicles dur- serve the Ramli Housing Project. also be installed. three lanes in both directions network on the 16 December ing the morning peak hour, 6,700 to reducing traffic congestion in Bahrain’s Ministry of Works, Mr Khalaf had said wait - from December 16 Highway Highway, in addition to sewage during the afternoon peak hour both Salmabad and A’ali as well Municipal Affairs, and Urban ing times at its intersections to Shaikh Khalifa bin Salman network, noting that temporary and 6,100 during the evening as facilitate access to them, while Planning, along with UAE-based would also be reduced by 60 Highway and from the western diversion roads are being built peak hour. also easing access to the Edu- Western Bainoona Group, per cent once roadworks are roundabout of A’ali to Shaikh Isa between the Shaikh Salman Av- The key project will contribute cational Area in Isa Town and launched Phase 1 of the $62m completed.

UAE Exchange Bahrain actively participated as the Diamond Sponsor in the two day “Bijoy Mela- Bangladesh fair” organised as a fundraising programme for Bangladesh School on 19th and 20th December. The programme was initiated by Bangladesh School with the support of Bangladesh Embassy and Bangladesh Community. The Ambassador of Bangladesh, Major General K M Muminur Rahman visited the UAE Exchange stall. Sohan Jamwal, Head of Marketing and Customer Services, UAE Exchange, Mazhrul Islam Babu, Head of Bangladesh Corridor, UAE Exchange, Kaysar Alam, Business Development Officer, UAE Exchange were present at the event.

‘Khwabgaah: House of Dreams’ held their ticket launch of its upcoming project, Zill-E-Tabahi, to be staged at the Cultural Hall on the 10th of January 2020, at the Elite Grande Hotel. The event was attended by the organisers, sponsors, media and cast and crew of Khwabgaah. Zill-E-Tabahi is a satire, based in 16th century India, and, in the words of the writer, producer, director, Anupam Ramesh Kinger, the team is trying to recreate the magic of that era with the music, dance, language, and looks. ‘’We are working extremely hard to take you through those times, bring that warm smile back.’’ SUNDAY, DECEMBER 22, 2019 03

Support for art hailed His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa deputised his Personal Representative and Chairman of the Supreme Council for Environment Shaikh Abdullah bin Hamad Al Khalifa to attend a musical concert organised at Bahrain National Theatre yesterday by Bahrain Authority for Culture and Antiquities (BACA). The concert was attended by ministers, ambassadors, senior officials and invitees. BACA President Shaikha Mai bint Mohammed Al Khalifa gave a speech in which she extended sincerest thanks and gratitude to HM the King for patronising the concert which reflects the Bahraini people’s allegiance to the leadership. She also thanked Personal Representative of His Majesty the King and Chairman of the Supreme Council for Environment Shaikh Abdullah bin Hamad Al Khalifa, lauding his interest in supporting efforts to boost the Kingdom’s civilisational and cultural achievements. She also thanked artist Khalid Al Shaikh and all the other participating artists in the concerts for their creative art which showcases the kingdom’s rich cultural heritage and highlights the Bahrain’s accomplishments under the leadership of HM the King. The concert featured national songs and beautiful shows which demonstrate high patriotism and social cohesion. The concert also underlined Bahrain’s rich civilisational and cultural heritage from the Dilmun civilisation to the era of HM the King. National campaign on way to combat ‘rising diabetic cases’ Bahrain has one of the highest prevalence rates of diabetes in the world

The population of Bahrain to remotely follow the status of and healthy foods. and around BD2,000 annually The private players suffers from one of the highest their patients at any time. “icheck” would then calculate for maintenance. • prevalence rates of diabetes in The students said the app has the number of grammes of car- The pump gives patients the in the health sector the world. an insulin calculator through bohydrates in each meal, and no- required dose of insulin, after have also been carrying Currently, around 15 per cent which the patient determines tifies the patient of the amount entering the numbers of car- out many programmes of the population suffer from 15 the type of dish that will be tak- of insulin doses that must be bohydrates in each meal they and campaigns to diabetes, with the illness causing per cent of the en, where the app “icheck” al- taken before taking the dish. consume. five percent of deaths in Bahrain. population in the lows the patient to determine Ms Ali and Ms Mohammed They commented that address this menace. Diabetes is a metabolic disease Kingdom suffer from the type of dish that will be explained that the app works “icheck” does the same task, but which is caused by abnormal diabetes. consumed by choosing from the as an alternative for the insu- requires the patients to take the Diabetes is a insulin secretion that regulates types of foods in the application lin pump, which cost patients dose on their own and not auto- metabolic• disease which glucose use by the cell for en- such as local dishes, fast food around BD3,000 to purchase, matically, which the pump does. is caused by abnormal ergy. The result is a high glucose According to the Interna- insulin secretion that in the blood leading to damage tional Diabetes Federation, regulates glucose use to the blood vessels supplying five countries among the six by the cell for energy. main organs and tissues like highest diabetes prevalence the kidney, eye, nerves and the rates in the world are Gulf TDT | Manama heart. States countries, including There are two major types of Bahrain which is ranked the diabetes. In Type 1 (formerly fifth. he Kingdom’s Health called juvenile-onset or insu- The seriousness of the Ministry is planning lin-dependent) diabetes, the problem is that 50 per cent Ta national campaign to body completely stops produc- of cases are unaware that combat rising cases of diabetics. ing any insulin. they have the disease but This came as Health Minis- People with Type 1 diabetes even those diagnosed with ter Faeqa Al Saleh chaired the must take daily insulin injections diabetes are identified after work of the third meeting of to survive. years of the disease with no the National Committee for the This form of diabetes usually symptoms. Control of Chronic Noncommu- develops in children or young This is a silent disease and nicable Diseases. adults, but can occur at any age most patients have no symp- The government has been im- and it is genetically predeter- toms and this underscores plementing many programmes mined. the need for early screening to tackle diabetes. Type 2 (formerly called for those at risk of the dis- PREVENTIVE AND CURATIVE CARE OF JOINTS The private players in the adult-onset or non insulin-de- ease, according to experts. health sector have also been pendent) diabetes results when It is estimated that diabetes Expertise: carrying out many programmes the body doesn’t produce enough prevalence will increase by and campaigns to address this insulin and/or is unable to use more than two fold in Bah- All kinds of orthopedic surgeries Sports injuries menace. insulin properly. This form of rain in the next two decades. In their bid to ease the lives of diabetes usually occurs in people The “icheck” app was cre- Treatment of different kinds of Hand surgeries diabetic patients and help them who are older, overweight, and ated by Bahraini students keep their blood sugar levels un- have a family history of diabetes, Kawthar Ali and Muna Mo- accident injuries and fractures Osteoarthritis and osteoporosis der control apart from managing although today it is increasingly hammed. It gives diabetic Arthroscopic surgeries Back pain and neck pain meals and monitoring health occurring in younger people, readings, clear diagrams and statuses, two Bahraini Univer- particularly adolescents. graphs so that it is easy for Joint replacements Joint preservation procedures sity of Bahrain (UoB) students It is a disease of lifestyle as- them to give their therapists has launched an app that will sociated with the obesity epi- reports on their health, as Pediatric orthopedic surgery Joint reconstruction procedures help them maintain good health. demic. well as allowing the doctors

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SEA, Alba set ‘Future Profession’ to enhance ties project is reviewed Project to benefit students suffering from mental disabilities Manama Dr Mirza with Mr Al Baqali and accompanying delegation. he Education Ministry is in its best efforts to support Manama man bin Hamad Al Khalifa, Tstudents suffering from the Crown Prince, Deputy Su- mental disabilities. resident of the Sustain- preme Commander and First Education Minister, Dr Ma- able Energy Authority Deputy Premier. jid Al Nuaimi, received special P(SEA), Dr Abdulhussain It is also the fruitful out - education specialist, Fatima Al Mirza, received a delegation come of the dedicated efforts Atawi, who briefed him about from Aluminium Bahrain of Alba’s team work, super- the “Future Profession” project (Alba), comprising Acting CEO, vised by Board of Directors benefiting students with mental Ali Al Baqali, Chief Power Of- Chairman, Shaikh Daij bin Sal- disabilities, who are integrated in ficer, Amin Sultan, and Safety, man bin Daij Al Khalifa, and public schools. Health and Environment Di- led Deputy CEO, Ali Al Baqali, The project aims to prepare stu- rector, Mohamed Khalil. he said. dents with special needs to make Dr Al Nuaimi receives the report from Ms Al Atawi. Dr Mirza welcomed the The two sides discussed ar- a career after their graduation, delegation, and congratulat- eas of co-operation between through implementing a set of ac- sides at the Ministry of Education for more than two hours. ed them on the inauguration SEA and Alba to improve the tivities in various fields, including to benefit of the project and dis- MPs argued that some private of Alba’s Line 6 Expansion efficiency of energy consump- agriculture, drawing, sewing and cuss the mechanisms of its imple- schools have increased fees so Project, hailing the historic tion in Alba’s facilities. cooking, in order to help them mentation. 82 much that it has become unaf- exploit that adds to Bahrain’s Alba’s Acting CEO lauded start their own small enterprises After a heated debate, MPs re- public schools in the fordable to many Bahrainis. industrial achievements. Dr Mirza’s keenness to ensure in the future. cently agreed to approve a law to Kingdom now have They said such increases are He stressed that the pro - the complementarity of the The minister lauded the project restrict the increase of students’ systems in place to immoral especially in the educa- ject reflects Bahrain’s eco - efforts of the industrial and which motivates such students to fee at schools. integrate students tion sector. nomic progress during His sustainable energy sectors in learn and take full advantage of Private schools will not be able suffering from mental This comes after new perfor- Majesty King Hamad bin Isa the kingdom, highlighting his their skills in such fields, especially to increase the school fee every disabilities. mance based criteria was launched Al Khalifa’s prosperous era, key contributions to the indus- in light of the Education Ministry’s year, according to a law passed by last year where only schools rated and embodies the directives trial sector in Bahrain. integration of students with special the parliament. “Good” or “Excellent” will be au- of His Royal Highness Prime He expressed readiness to needs in 82 schools, or 40 per cent MPs voted in favour of restrict- The conclusion was made after thorised to increase students’ fees Minister Prince Khalifa bin cooperate with SEA’s work of the total number of schools. ing school fees to not more than heated discussions between MPs by five per cent, pending board of Salman Al Khalifa, and His team to implement the out- He gave directives to relevant three per cent every three years. in yesterday’s parliament session directors’ approval. Royal Highness Prince Sal- comes of the meeting.

Bahraini entrepreneurial ICT projects are ‘competitive on international level’ TDT | Manama the People’s Choice Award in Pitch@Palace Global 4.0 is one of the categories providing an international initiative that ahrain Technology Com- a clear example of the ability of has been launched in 2014 with panies Society (BTECH) emerging Bahraini products and the aim of providing a platform Bstated that Bahraini entre- services to meet the needs of the to help entrepreneurs achieve preneurs successfully participat- local market with international higher growth and further im- ed in the fourth global edition of standards, further enhancing the prove their businesses, through the international entrepreneurial opportunity to export to local and a comprehensive interactive pro- competition, Pitch@Palace 4.0, regional markets. DocWhere is a gramme that allows participating which reflects the potential for mobile app that connects patients Tamkeen Chief Executive Dr Ebrahim Janahi and University of Bahrain President Prof Riyadh Hamzah with Bahraini entrepreneurs to take advantage the growth and expansion of the to private medical services to participants at Pitch@Palace 4.0. of a wide network of experienc- information and communica- book appointments based on user ideas presented by the exhibi- this opportunity and for the sup- has reached the final round in es, support, assistance provid- tions technology (ICT) sector in reviews, order medication, have tion to entrepreneurs, especially port I have received from BTECH the global edition of the Pitch@ ed from local and international the Kingdom of Bahrain depend- live consultations and access and those related to artificial intel- and to everybody who voted us Palace competition. experts. ing on national labor force that is share their medical reports. ligence, cloud computing and and win the People’s Choice During the final round, the More than 60 countries partic- able to innovate and compete on BTECH noted that Dr AlSunni fifth generation (5G) networks. Award. The entire journey was a competition held between the ipated in this competition since a global level which was recently had previously participated in She further developed the ap- very memorable experience and winners from the GCC version of its launch in 2014, and more than held in London, UK. the Bahrain pavilion at the GITEX plication based on her reflection we are already energised to move the competition, that has been 1,000 entrepreneurs from around BTECH stated that the exhibition in Dubai this year. She on the smartphones and tablets towards the challenge ahead of held recently in the Kingdom of the world participated in it. DocWhere mobile application showed great commitment to application industry. us.” Bahrain with three participants, This competition also helped presented by Bahraini entrepre- developing the application idea Dr AlSunni mentioned in her It has been said that 18 entre- two from Kingdom of Bahrain to create more than 6,000 job neur, Dr Nahla AlSunni, received based on user feedback and the statement, “I am very grateful for preneurs from around the world and one from the UAE. opportunities around the world.

Cyber Safety Award for schools launched ICAI to host World Congress of Accountants Manama TDT | Manama Accountants (WCOA) is one of the and exposure to cyber bullying, caus- “TRA has the responsibility to pro- most prestigious global event of ing them psychological disorder and mote awareness among the commu- he 21st World Congress of professional accountants, where a he Telecommunications Reg- behavioural changes such as depres- nity and help individuals recognise Accountants (WCOA) will conglomeration of 6,000 delegates ulatory Authority (TRA) has sion and a sense of helplessness as and avoid the dangers of the Inter- Tbe hosted by the Institute from over 130 countries would ex- Tlaunched the Cyber Safety well as absence from school and net, especially those resulting from of Chartered Accountants of India change views with other account- Award, which aims to encourage physical violence in some . the use of social media, in addition (ICAI). ing and finance professionals from community and educational insti- “The Cyber Safety Award is pre- to giving solutions to overcome and WCOA has been held under the around the world and engage with tutions in the Kingdom to create sented by Safe Surfto allow young resist them,” Shaikh Abdulla added. auspices of the International Fed- visionaries and leaders to bring awareness in the field of cyber safety. people and adults in the Kingdom of The Cyber Safety Award aims to eration of Accountants (IFAC), the Mr Narayan their own expertise to the fore on The award is launched in an event Bahrain to create innovative aware- encourage students to achieve a safe worldwide organisation for the a world stage. held in TRA’s headquarters and is ness content in the field of cybersafe- cyber culture in order to raise more accountancy profession, every four years. This would be the first time ever that India attended by representatives from ty,” said TRA’s Director of Consumer awareness about its impact on daily The First World Congress dates back to would be hosting this prestigious event. It various schools in Bahrain. Affairs and Media, Shaikh Abdullah life, as well as to open the creative 1904. ICAI, being a member of IFAC, had bid is a proud moment not only for accounting During the event, TRA discussed bin Humood Al Khalifa. field for the promising talents of to host the WCOA 2022 and after rigorous fraternity in India but for the fraternity in the results of the study it recently “We launched this award to en- the Bahraini young generation and assessment regarding the abilities and ex- South Asia, as India is the first country among conducted under the Safe Surf initi- act TRA’s responsibility to spread involve them in spreading awareness perience of the member body; suitability of the South Asia and Middle East to host the ative in co-operation with Dr Nancy awareness among the community, among the community. proposed venue; attractiveness to potential World Congress. Willard,an expert on cyber bullying shedding light on the varied risks of TRA invites those interested in delegates, including site visits by IFAC; ICAI Hosting the event, ICAI gets a leading role challenges and threats. the Internet such as cyber bullying, participating in the Award to cre- won the bid to host the WCOA 2022 in Jio on an international stage, with the potential It was found that youths using the fraud and identity theft and many ate a short film (no more than 120 World Centre, Mumbai, India from 18 to 21 to shine as a friendly, welcoming world-class Internet for more than three hours a others that impacts the social, psy- seconds) highlighting the impact of November 2022. location that is open for business and will day leads to the possible emergence chological and educational aspect of excessive use of social media on Hosting WCOA is a matter of great pride for signify the importance of developing coun- of negative or dangerous behaviours of life.” young people and their social life. ICAI as well as India as the World Congress of tries like India. 05 SUNDAY, DECEMBER 22, 2019 world ‘Catastrophic’ conditions as bushfires rage in Australia

pattern of hot, dry air dominat- ous for months, or even years,” Bushfires buring ing the weather features at the added Loo, also a member of • moment,” he added. advocacy group Doctors for the across Australia’s east Evacuations were being car- Environment. coast have created ried out in the town of Bargo, Hospitals have been recording a dense haze that is on the front of a 185,000-hectare KNOW WHAT sharp increases in emergency engulfing Sydney, with blaze which tore through the room visits for heat exhaustion experts warning of a nearby area on Thursday. and respiratory problems. “It’s horrific, it’s devastating Australia endures bush- Loo said elderly patients, as “health emergency” driving around. We feel pretty well as children and outdoor isolated where we are with the fires every year but the early and intense start to workers were the most at risk, AFP | Bargo, Australia roadblocks. Loved ones can’t warning the health sector is “not come and see us,” Bargo resident this season, along with prepared” to deal with such cas- scorching heatwave in- Corey Cartes said. the record temperatures, es. tensified bushfires rav- Cartes was told to leave two has fuelled concerns Vulnerable people in New Aaging parts of Australia days ago, but has stayed behind about global warming South Wales have been urged to yesterday, and out-of-control to defend his property. stay indoors amid worries the blazes surrounding Sydney Temperatures were expected to peak at 47 degrees Celsius (116 Fahrenheit) in “Everyone is offering to help, scorching heat combined with worsened under “catastrophic” parts of the country’s most populous state, New South Wales but there is nothing they can do. Victoria, where fires were burn- the toxic smoke could cause “se- conditions. Not for us now, just stay out and ing following days of scorching vere illness, hospital admissions Australia’s eastern coast has stay safe and we hope the fireies temperatures. and even death”. been hit by a record-breaking to peak at 47 degrees Celsius fire burning on multiple fronts in (firefighters) can do their job.” Sydney resident Len Renekov heatwave, which has moved in (116 Fahrenheit) in parts of the the Blue Mountains, where au- In the state of South Austral- ‘Health emergency’ told AFP Saturday he was most from the west of the country, state -- the country’s most popu- thorities said an unknown num- ia, which in the past few days Leading doctors have warned worried about “getting all the fanning hundreds of fires in its lous -- including in parts of west ber of properties were burning. has borne the brunt of the heat of a “public health emergency” smoke particles into my lungs path. Sydney. Some 3,000 firefighters across wave, more than 1,500 fire - given the unprecedented toxic and into my heart.” Sydney was shrouded in tox- The fires have torched at least the state were bracing for a wind fighters have been battling fires smoke pollution choking Sydney. The 67-year-old was wearing ic smoke as blazes flared to its three million hectares (7.4 mil- change in the afternoon, ex - that ripped through more than “It is pretty much the whole a mask, still a rare sight, while north, south and west, some just lion acres) of land across the pected to bring “dangerous and 40,000 hectares. New South Wales population nearby a dozen Sydneysiders 130 kilometres (80 miles) from country -- an area equivalent difficult, volatile conditions”, Two people died in fires there being exposed to prolonged sweated through their regular Australia’s largest city. to the size of Belgium -- with at Fitzsimmons added. over the past two days, and doz- smoke and because we have Saturday morning workout un- “Today has been an awful day,” least 10 people killed and more “We will not get on top of ens of firefighters and residents never experienced this before, der the harbour bridge, without New South Wales sate fire com- than 800 homes destroyed. these fires until we get some have been treated for injuries we don’t know what the even- face coverings. missioner Shane Fitzsimmons A “mega fire” burning over decent rain,” Fitzsimmons said and smoke inhalation. tual outcome will be,” Kim Loo “A week ago it was worse, I said Saturday afternoon. 460,000 hectares north of Syd- of the outlook. Emergency crews were also said. couldn’t see the Opera House,” Temperatures were expected ney escalated Saturday, as did a “We are seeing a relentless on alert in the southern state of “It probably won’t be obvi - he said.

Toll in Europe from Man tells of using narwhal tusk to disrupt UK attack storm rises to 7 London Madrid next to the man with the chair, adding that “after a struggle, man who used a narwhal and the two of us confronted the (we) managed to restrain him to he death toll from a Atusk to tackle a knife-wield- attacker,” he said. the ground”. Police had arrived Tstorm that battered ing attacker in London last “He had knives in both hands by then and moments later shot Spain, Portugal and France month described on Saturday and, upon seeing me with the and killed Khan. rose to seven on Saturday as his “deep hurt” at not being able narwhal tusk, pointed at his Frost said he had left out many the region braced for more to save the two people killed. midriff. He turned and spoke to details in respect for the victims, violent winds. Darryn Frost, a civil servant me, then indicated he had an ex- but was speaking out to urge A 32-year-old South Ko- originally from South Africa, plosive device around his waist.” people to unite against terror- rean woman died Saturday, spoke out for the first time about It later turned out to be a ism.“I feel we all have a duty a day after being struck on the attack by Usman Khan on dummy device. to challenge the spread of fear, the head by falling debris London Bridge on November 29. ‘A duty to challenge...hatred’ hatred or intolerance within our from a building in central The 38-year-old and another Frost said the man next to him communities,” he said. Madrid, the Madrid region’s member of the public armed Frost said he grabbed the tusk from the wall and used it against Khan as another threw his chair at Khan, “who Khan was convicted in 2012 interior minister said Sat- with a fire extinguisher were man kept the terrorist at bay with a wooden chair then started running towards of terrorist offences, after being urday. hailed as heroes after confront- him with knives raised above part of a plot inspired by al-Qa- The building had passed ing Khan as he went on a stab- and work I am convinced they Fishmongers’ Hall when he his head”. eda to set up a terror camp in an inspection in 2015 “but bing rampage. represent all that is good in the heard a commotion downstairs. Frost passed the tusk over and Pakistan and bomb the London weather like this, with But two people were killed in world, and I will always feel the He seized a large whale tusk went upstairs to get another one. Stock Exchange. heavy rain and wind, causes the attack -- Saskia Jones, 23, deep hurt of not being able to mounted on the wall of the hall, When he returned, the first tusk He was released in December these fateful cases,” Enrique and Jack Merritt, 25, who were save them,” Frost told the PA the headquarters of the historic was “shattered across the floor” 2018, serving less than seven Lopez told reporters. working on a meeting on pris- news agency. Fishmongers’ Company, while and people were running out- years of a 16-year prison sen- Storm Elsa flooded rivers, oner rehabilitation that Khan Frost, who works for the Min- another man picked up a wood- side. “Along with others, I pur- tence, and was wearing an elec- brought down power lines attended. istry of Justice, was attending en chair. sued the attacker, tusk in hand, tronic monitoring tag at the time and disrupted rail and air “In reading about their lives the rehabilitation meeting in “I ran down the stairs, stood on to the bridge,” he recalled, of the attack. travel across the region. UK royals Meghan and Harry take a break in Canada AFP | London mitted to hospital on Friday for “The decision to base them- a month of ill-health, includ - ritain’s Prince Harry, his precautionary treatment for a selves in Canada reflects the im- ing a “bad fall” which left him Bwife Meghan and baby Ar- pre-existing condition. portance of this Commonwealth confined to bed for a couple of chie are spending some “pri - “Prince Harry, Meghan and country to them both.” days. vate family time” in Canada, a Archie, we’re all wishing you a She added: “They are enjoying He travelled to London’s spokeswoman for the couple quiet and blessed stay in Can- sharing the warmth of the Ca- King Edward VII Hospital from said yesterday. ada,” Prime Minister Justin nadian people and the beauty of the royal Sandringham estate The Duke and Duchess of Trudeau tweeted. the landscape with their young in Norfolk, eastern England, Sussex are taking a break from “You’re among friends, and son.” where he spends most of his royal duties after speaking of always welcome here.” Prince Philip, 98, is report- time following his retirement in the pressure of being in the spot- Harry has been a frequent vis- ed to have spent the night in 2017. light following their wedding itor to Canada and Meghan, a US hospital after being admit - The Daily Mail said he was last year and Archie’s birth in former actress, lived there for ted on Friday for what Buck- flown by helicopter and suffered May. seven years while filming the TV ingham Palace described as a “flu-like condition”. They had previously an - Britain’s Prince Harry and his wife Meghan are taking a break from royal duties series “Suits”. “observation and treatment The queen, 93, travelled as nounced they would miss in Canada “Their Royal Highnesses the in relation to a pre-existing expected on Friday from Lon- Christmas with Queen Elizabeth Duke and Duchess of Sussex are condition”. don to Sandringham, where she II, choosing to spend it instead Ragland. holidays without her husband spending private family time in The Sun tabloid said the spends Christmas with other with the duchess’ mother, Doria The queen has also begun the Prince Philip, after he was ad- Canada,” the spokeswoman said. Duke of Edinburgh had suffered senior royals. SUNDAY, DECEMBER 22, 2019 06 US removes Sudan from religious freedom blacklist Washington which was designated in 2018 continue to do so,” he said, call- tempting to covert a Muslim girl. after years of US hesitation over ing religious freedom a priority The State Department said he United States lifted concerns on the treatment of mi- for President Donald Trump’s that religious groups faced re- Tfast-changing Sudan from norities including through abuse administration. strictions and harassment in a blacklist for religious freedom of a blasphemy law, which can The State Department added both Cuba and Nicaragua, left- violations as it issued warnings carry the death penalty. Cuba, Nicaragua and Nigeria ist-led nations that have come to Nigeria, Cuba and Nicaragua. Also on the list was China, to a watchlist of countries that under growing pressure from Sudan was the only nation re- which according to rights groups could face a full designation Trump. moved from the State Depart- and US officials, has incarcerated if they do not improve their Russia and Comoros re - ment’s annual list of “countries at least one million Uighurs and records. mained on the watchlist. Sudan of particular concern,” which other Muslims, and US ally Saudi In Nigeria, the State Depart- as well as Uzbekistan, which are subject to sanctions if they Arabia, which imposes the rigid ment said in its latest report on was removed from the black- do not better protect religious Wahabi school of Islam. religious freedom that minor- list in 2018, were also on the liberty. The other countries on the ities have reported discrimi- watchlist. Civilian economist Abdalla list were Eritrea, Iran, Myan- nation including limits on free The latest designations no- Hamdok became Sudan’s prime mar, North Korea, Tajikistan and expression and in obtaining gov- tably did not target India de - minister in September, pledging Turkmenistan. ernment employment. spite mounting concern from US national reconciliation after dec- A Sudanese Christian woman prays during a Sunday service at the All Saints “No country, entity or individ- The State Department point- lawmakers over Prime Minister ades of military rule and conflict. Cathedral in Khartoum in August 2019 amid rising hopes for religious freedom ual should be able to persecute ed to the lack of accountability Narendra Modi’s Hindu nation- But Hamdok’s government is in Sudan people of faith without account- in violent crackdowns on the alist agenda, including a citi- still waiting for a bigger prize ability,” Secretary of State Mike Islamic Movement in Nigeria, zenship law that has prompted from the United States -- remov- terrorism, a designation that has Nine countries remained on Pompeo said in a statement. a pro-Iran Shiite group, and the widespread protests over charg- al from a list of state sponsors of severely impeded investment. the blacklist including Pakistan, “We have acted, and we will arrest of a Christian man for at- es it marginalizes Muslims.

Former Romanian dictator North Korea warns US could Ceausescu’s 4x4 sold at auction ‘pay dearly’ for rights criticism AFP | Seoul, South Korea been deadlocked since a summit in Hanoi collapsed in February, orth Korea yesterday and Pyongyang has said that if Nwarned Washington Washington fails to make it an would only aggravate tensions acceptable offer, it will adopt an and “pay dearly” for criticising unspecified “new way”. Pyongyang over human rights, Earlier this month, it even with nuclear negotiations be- promised a “Christmas gift” if tween the two deadlocked. the US does not come up with The international communi- concessions by the end of the This car was presented to Ceausescu by the Shah of Iran ty has frequently condemned year. North Korea for political re - It has carried out a series of Bucharest leader’s visit to Romania in pression, and for decades of North Korea has bristled at criticism of its human rights record static tests at its Sohae rocket fa- 1987. They waved through the prioritising its military and its said, according to the official spokesperson was quoted by cility this month, after a number 4x4 vehicle which be - sunroof to crowds thronging nuclear weapons programme Korean Central News Agency KCNA as saying. of weapons launches in recent Alonged to Romania’s the streets of Bucharest. over adequately providing for (KCNA). The United Nations Gen - weeks, some of them described former communist dictator The vehicle was made in its people. The statement was in re - eral Assembly this week had as ballistic missiles by Japan and Nicolae Ceausescu was sold at 1977 by Romanian carmaker Criticising Pyongyang’s hu- sponse to concern expressed also condemned Pyongyang’s others -- which Pyongyang is auction Friday by tax author- ARO and had 72,453 kilometres man rights record would only by a US state department offi- “long-standing and ongoing banned from testing under UN ities, just days before the 30th (45,000 miles) on the clock. aggravate the “already tense cial over North Korea’s human systematic, widespread and sanctions. anniversary of his removal. It sold for almost 40,000 eu- situation” on the Korean pen- rights situation, KCNA said. gross” violations of human The Pentagon’s top general The grey-blue vehicle was ros ($44,000), almost double insula, “like pouring oil over The United States “will be rights. said Friday the US military is the same one that Ceauses- the asking price. burning fire”, a North Korean made to pay dearly” for such Negotiations over North Ko- ready for anything from North cu and Mikhail Gorbachev The buyer’s name was not foreign ministry spokesperson remarks, the North Korean rea’s nuclear programme have Korea. travelled in during the Soviet made public. Mysterious artist Banksy unveils dark nativity in Bethlehem Bethlehem | Palestinian Terri- tories -- an establishment opened two years ago -- are far from Banksy’s manger scene juxtaposed only West Bank imprint. Aagainst concrete blocks In 2007, he painted a number seemingly pierced by a mortar of artworks in Bethlehem, in- shell: with Christmas looming, KNOW WHAT cluding a young girl frisking an the latest Bethlehem offering by Israeli soldier pinned up against secretive artist Banksy appeared a wall. Saturday in the Israeli-occupied In 2005, he sprayed nine sten- West Bank. Banksy rose to cilled images at different loca- Dubbed the “Scar of Beth - prominence after his tions along the eight-metre-high lehem”, the baby Jesus, Mary (27-foot) separation barrier. and Joseph are backlit through subversive artworks They included a ladder on the damaged concrete, chiseled started to appear in wall, a little girl carried away by pockmarks exploding out from a public spaces in the balloons and a window opening gaping hole in four directions to United Kingdom in onto a peaceful mountain land- approximate the Christmas Star. the early 2000s, and scape. The work is installed at Bank- he has long worked Palestinian graffiti artists, too, sy’s Walled-Off Hotel, where on themes of violence have made the separation wall all rooms overlook a concrete a place of political and artistic section of the barrier built by and conflict. expression. Israel to cut off the occupied Like elsewhere in the world, West Bank from Israeli territory. Banksy’s works in the occupied “Love” and “peace” are re - territory have become tourist spectively graffiti tagged in Eng- attractions -- in part due to him lish and French on the artistic often ghosting in to create his installation’s concrete blocks, works in the dead of night. while three large wrapped pre- separating them from Jerusa- The identity of the world’s sents are at the forefront of the A new Christmas-themed artwork dubbed the “Scar of Bethlehem” by secretive British artist Banksy is displayed at his lem. best known graffiti artist re - scene. Walled-Off Hotel in Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank mains a mystery and he was not “It is a nativity,” the hotel’s Regular Banksy haunt present during the revealing of manager Wissam Salsaa said Christmas story, in a different “shame in anyone who support- during the Palestinian uprising, Traditional Bethlehem Christ- his latest work. after the piece was installed. way -- to make people think ed” its construction. or intifada. mas festivities will take place “Banksy is trying to be a voice “Banksy has his own contribu- more” of how Palestinians live Israel began building the Built mostly inside the West next week at the church built for those that cannot speak,” tion to Christmas.” in Bethlehem. separation barrier -- in parts Bank, Israel says it is necessary on the spot where Christians Salsaa said. “It is a great way to bring Salsaa calls the Israeli wall concrete, with other stretches to prevent attacks, but Palestin- believe Jesus was born. He “is creating a new model of up the story of Bethlehem, the a “scar” that should induce consisting of fencing -- in 2002 ians label it an apartheid wall, The manger scene and hotel resistance through art.” SUNDAY, DECEMBER 22, 2019 07 End of trail for Niger’s nomadic herders Climate change threatens Niger’s nomadic herders

A Fulani herdsman and his cattle in Rouada Sabgari, an elderly herder, Ousman, a man from the Wodaabe Every winter, herder Rouada Sabgari Even in good years such as 2019, the Fulani herders gather at the N’gonga Bermo, a cool, moist haven on the wonders if his children will be able says that he camps nearby a well dug phantom of hunger has never gone cattle market near Dosso group of the Fulani, poses in traditional nomads’ trail to carry on their ancient herding attire in Bermo by his grandfather more than half a away traditions century ago wife Rabi and their five chil - produce yoghurt and cheese AFP | Bermo, Niger The herdsmen were able to Niger to the Central African Re- worsened by a jihadist insurgen- dren in the grounds of a wealthy that are then sold at the local draw on stocks of animal feed to public via Cameroon and Chad. cy and the displacement of the trader in Maradi, Niger’s second market. li’s sharp eyes scanned help them survive stress points, They are also nicknamed the rural population it caused. largest town. Help such as this has been a the heat-shimmered ho- while timely rainfall on some ar- Mbororo, like the hardy strain “Today, we have fewer animals On the floor of his hut, three boon to Hadiza Attahirou, 39, Arizon, searching in vain eas of the migration trail helped of reddish, large-horned steers and smaller harvests and more thin chickens rested in the who for 15 years went to Mali for clouds. tender young grass to grow. they drive. mouths to feed,” said the engi- shadow of a satellite dish where or Senegal to work for a few It was noon and 45 degrees But whether this respite en- There is little that Sabgari neer Amadou. Niger is the sixth clothes were stretched out to months to earn a little money. Celsius (113 degrees Fahrenheit) dures is the big question. doesn’t know about survival and poorest country in the world but dry. She received two cows under on the ninth day of their quest to Niger, one of the world’s poor- resilience. has the planet’s highest fertility Azzey earns a meagre 20,000 a help scheme -- a small income, reach new pastures. est countries, depends on farm- But he said he wondered rate at more than seven children CFA francs ($34, 30 euros) a but a lifeline. There was no tree anywhere, ing, particularly herding, to pro- whether his children will be able per woman on average. month, and to feed the children “I can ease the burden for my no shelter at all for his family, 27 vide a livelihood for 80 percent to carry on the ancient herding has to buy food on credit at the husband when he goes off with sheep and six camels. of its population. traditions. The crunch local grocery store. the herds and pay my daughter’s “We heard that the first rain In addition to its vulnerability Successive droughts over the Dwindling harvests, relent- “There’s nothing good in school fees,” she said. has fallen in the north. That’s to climate change, the country is past 10 years have caused him less population pressure, cli- towns. Just despair,” Azzey said. Others have benefited from where we’re going,” the tur - on the frontline of desertifica- to lose half of his herd. mate uncertainty, pollution of He is fixated by one idea -- micro-credit to buy farming baned herder said, as he filled tion -- the equivalent of around Today, he only has 32 cows -- a underground aquifers, rivalry “to earn enough money to re- tools or sewing machines. up a water bottle at the side of 150,000 football pitches is lost catastrophic loss of capital for between herders and farmers build my herd and get my old the road. each year. him and his 25-member family. over access to land: all this is a life back.” Store the good times An arduous trail lay ahead: In the Fulani culture, cattle are deadly mixture. The wheel of time turns, in more than 100 kilometres (60 Capricious the measure of wealth and free- In recent times, even in good Exodus the Fulani year, to Gerewol -- a miles) across the arid wastes of “The weather has become dom. According to their beliefs, years such as 2019, the phantom Azzey is just one of innumer- grand festival to mark the end of southern Niger before the family completely unpredictable,” said at the making of the world, the of hunger has never gone away. able young Nigeriens who have the rainy season. reached their goal. Djafarou Amadou, an engineer cow was created by God (Gueno) Harvests and livestock pro- turned their backs on the harsh In Fulani folklore, this is a There at Bermo, they counted working for a group called the himself, using a drop of milk. duction are in surplus and the life of herding to try their luck time to breathe and take into on joining thousands of other Association to Revitalise Herd- price of millet, sorghum and in the cities. account life’s blessings. Food is herders, spending a few months ing in Niger (AREN). Lethal droughts corn has fallen. In cities across West Africa, plentiful and the flanks of the in verdant hollows on the edge “What we fear most are pock- Seated on a mat in front of Yet despite this, between June you can see these young men animals are fat. of the Sahara, famous for their ets of drought which take peo- his tent, on a plain swept by and August, 1.2 million Nige- hustling for a few bank notes, Nomadic clans arrive in Ber- moist air, juicy grass and water. ple by surprise when they least winds and plastic bags snared on riens were in a position of seri- offering to shine your shoes, sell mo from across the Sahel. Bonds The annual migration of the expect it.” In 2018, more than thorny bushes, Sabgari looked ous food insecurity, according to you a SIM card for your phone or of friendship and love are re- nomadic Fulani community -- 60,000 people, gathered in Ber- back on a life of hardship and the UN’s Food and Agriculture some medicinal remedy. newed. Weddings and births are also called Peuls -- is a vast cara- mo, celebrated when rain began brutal change. Organization (FAO). Many become caught in the celebrated. van of herder folk that tails back to fall as early as May. “In the old days, we didn’t eat Barka Azzey, 38, is a testimony poverty spiral, and have no way The ageless rituals of courting to neighbouring Nigeria. But after a few weeks, the cereal or meat. The milk was to how herder families in Niger out. are renewed once more, as men Women and children perched precious rain suddenly stopped. rich and plentiful, it made us can be ground down by repeated AREN, the British charity Ox- -- their faces painted, their hair on donkeys already overbur- None fell for the next 30 days. strong just by itself,” he said. “It’s crises. fam and other NGOs have set in locks and bodies decorated dened with bags of jute, plas- The green plains turned yellow impossible to do that today.” His once-proud herd of 40 up programmes in rural areas with magical charms -- dance tic containers, mattresses and and the price of cereal fodder on Sabgari said the worst cows dwindled from hunger and that seek to stem this human for the women. gourdes. Scrawny cows, sheep local markets rocketed. droughts, in 1974 and 1984, were diseases, leaving only scrawny haemorrhage. Like their animals who have and goats trailed alongside in the Rouada Sabgari, an elderly turning points for Sahel herders. beasts that gave no more milk One such grown fat on the grass of Bermo, baking heat, looking exhausted. herder, said that he had to sell off They lost half of their cattle. and were unable to have calves. scheme is a dairy, the Fulani will also stock up on his skinniest cows at rock-bot- “We were unprepared for It was time to quit. set up in the vil- this moment. Vulnerable tom prices just to survive -- a it,” he recalled. “Everyone fled “We didn’t have enough to lage of Bermo, Tomorrow, they will set out Nomadic herders are among mere 5,000 CFA francs ($8.4, 7.6 (south) to Nigeria. The animals eat, to buy clothes, so I took which em- once more on the trail. the world’s most exposed com- euros) per animal, compared were so thin and tired that we my family and we went to ploys 300 They will draw on memories munities when it comes to the with more than 200,000 francs had to lift them to get them on live in the town,” Azzey people, of these days of comradeship, impact of climate change. at better times. their feet. Even the people were said, his voice betraying mainly love and fun -- a precious fund Higher temperatures, shift- Every winter, Sabgari said, he dying. There was nothing in sadness. wom- to sustain them in the perils that ing winds and moisture levels camps nearby a well dug by his markets.” He became a en, lie ahead. that alter rainfall patterns, sand- grandfather more than half a Prayers to God to raise this watchman, t o Before them lies furnace-like storms, torrential rain -- all can century ago, six kilometres (four “curse” and bring rain went in living with heat. Grass that will unexpect- change the quality or even the miles) from the village of Bermo. vain. his edly wither and die. Water holes location of pasture on which He is part of a Fulani clan After the big droughts, smaller that become parched. migrating herders depend. called the Wodaabe, famous for ones followed -- and food inse- And they will be doomed to This year, for the Fulani, has travelling extremely long dis- curity gradually became chronic, walk further and further, in been relatively good. tances with their herds, from search of those elusive clouds. THE FUNCTION OF EDUCATION IS TO TEACH ONE TO THINK INTENSIVELY AND QUOTE TO THINK CRITICALLY. INTELLIGENCE OF THE PLUS CHARACTER - THAT IS THE GOAL OF DAY TRUE EDUCATION. SUNDAY, DECEMBER 22, 2019 MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.

CON COUGHLIN Questions must he latest evidence provid- ed by human rights groups Tabout the abduction of pro- testers involved in anti-government be asked about demonstrations in Iraq raises fresh questions about Tehran’s role in suppressing the protests. Reports released earlier this Tehran’s role week by two human rights organ- isations, the Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor and the Iraqi Warcrimes Documentation in suppressing Centre, have both claimed that an armed Iraqi militia was responsible for kidnapping at least 300 pro - testers from Iraq’s Tahrir Square protests in Iraq during recent anti-government protests and that they are now be- ing held in secret prisons in the city. The US has warned Iran that And a further report by Human Rights Watch has accused mili - there will be decisive action if tias linked to the Iraqi government of being complicit in a massacre its interests are harmed in Iraq carried out against protesters on December 6. The publication of these reports comes amid mounting concern about the influence Iran is bring- ing to bear on the Iraqi government to end the protests, as well as its links to the militias responsible for targeting the protesters. But the US has been more ex- Since October 28, 10 rockets have in Iraq’s interests to stop the attacks Human Rights Watch officials plicit, imposing sanctions against been fired at areas where US sol- “because it is not good for anybody”. have been reluctant to blame Iran a number of individuals said to be diers and diplomats are stationed American intelligence officials be- directly for having ties with the mi- involved with militias linked to in Iraq and while no group has lieve Iran has mobilised its network litias, with a spokesman saying only Iran and issuing a direct warning claimed responsibility, US officials of agents in Iraq to make sure the that “unidentified armed forces, ap- to Tehran that it would not tolerate have blamed Iranian-backed para- protesters do not succeed in their parently in co-operation with Iraqi Iranian involvement in any attacks military groups. quest for wholesale changes in the national and local security forces, against US interests in the region. The attacks prompted US Defence way the country is run. carried out a brutal spate of killings Last week, US Secretary of State Secretary Mark Esper to express his There are now concerns that Iran in Baghdad’s main protest area”. Mike Pompeo warned there would concerns directly to Iraq’s outgoing will try to use its influence to deter- Another human rights official be a “decisive response” if Ameri- prime minister, Adel Abdul Mahdi, mine the formation of the next Iraqi commented: “I can’t say for sure can interests were harmed in Iraq reminding him that the US has “a government after Mr Abdel Mahdi who’s doing it but they’re not local.” – an ally of both Iran and the US. right to self defence” and that it was was forced to resign over corruption True peace in Syria is a mirage until returnees can be guaranteed a safe haven

KAREEM SHAHEEN

he arrests this month of 174 Syrians who had returned Tto government-controlled areas, after being urged to do so by the Assad regime, are a chilling de- velopment. The detained had been residents of the besieged Rukban camp, once a 40,000-strong set- tlement housing families displaced when they fled from ISIS years The arrests ago. The camp sits close to a US military base in the desert where of refugees the borders of Syria, Jordan and Iraq meet and had been under leaving siege since October last year, its residents being slowly starved to Rukban death as aid supplies were cut off. Syrian President Bashar Al Assad camp are promised a “humanitarian corri- a worrying dor” for returnees – then promptly arrested them when they took him indication up on his offer. Confirmation of the arrests was of the Assad made by a grassroots organisation called the Syrian Association for regime failing Citizens’ Dignity that campaigns for the rights of displaced Syrians. to keep its Most of those arrested were mil- itary-age men who had defected promises yet from the army or evaded the draft and who had been given guaran- again tees that they would be left alone if they agreed to surrender. The camp, where just a few The people arrested have been Middle East and farther afield who ly as the Assad regime has con - In Lebanon, hundreds of Syrians thousand people remain, has been sent to government terrorism are contemplating encouraging the solidated its military victory over have been returned after years of cut off from the outside world. courts, which have been known return of Syrian refugees because the rebels. As some semblance of having their lives made increas- Dozens of babies have died since to carry out summary executions. they have convinced themselves normality has returned to parts ingly miserable by the Lebanese the regime first stopped the flow The episode highlights the Assad that the conflict is over. Those who of the country reclaimed by the authorities and assorted non-state of crucial supplies, and US forces regime’s untrustworthiness – fur- do will have blood on their hands. government, countries that hosted actors. In Turkey, which hosts nearby have refused to intervene ther evidence, if any were needed, The issue of sending refugees refugees have sought to appease more than three million refugees, to end an unfolding humanitarian that it can never be a real partner home has been at the forefront voters at home by arguing that they human rights groups say the gov- tragedy in the desert of eastern in peace. But it should also serve of political debates among Syria’s should be sent back because Syria ernment has forcibly repatriated Syria. as a warning to countries in the neighbours this year, particular- is now safe. Syrians to so-called “safe zones”

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CON COUGHLIN Iran’s attempts to exercise With the Iranian regime itself un- der intense pressure from domestic Doing our he latest evidence provid- its influence over the Iraqi Questions must government is said to be opponents as a result of the impact ed by human rights groups of US sanctions on the country’s duty for Tabout the abduction of pro- one of the main driving economy, it appears that Tehran is TOP testers involved in anti-government forces behind the recent even more determined to make sure be asked about demonstrations in Iraq raises fresh wave of protests that have that it does not suffer any setbacks children questions about Tehran’s role in swept the country, with in neighbouring Iraq. TWEETS4 suppressing the protests. demonstrators specifically This has resulted in an upsurge in Reports released earlier this targeting Iranian Iranian activity in Iraq, which has so Tehran’s role week by two human rights organ- far resulted in the deaths of more isations, the Euro-Mediterranean diplomatic and military than 500 Iraqi demonstrators. 01 Human Rights Monitor and the bases in the country. Nor is Iraq the only area where Iraqi Warcrimes Documentation Iran forces have intensified their in suppressing Centre, have both claimed that an operations. The threat of further armed Iraqi militia was responsible Iranian attacks in the Strait of Hor- for kidnapping at least 300 pro - muz has resulted in the US-led naval CAPT. MAHMOOD AL MAHMOOD testers from Iraq’s Tahrir Square coalition strengthening its military protests in Iraq during recent anti-government mine the next premier of Iraq.” presence in the region. rump heralds Putin’s protests and that they are now be- The warning follows recent rev- Admiral Tony Radakin, the First Ttestimony that he’s hen I was a schoolboy, ing held in secret prisons in the city. elations about the true extent of Sea Lord of Britain’s Royal Navy, innocent. But Trump we went to school and The US has warned Iran that And a further report by Human Iran’s infiltration of the Iraqi gov- criticised Iran’s aggressive and won’t let Mulvaney, Bol- Wcame home to freedom Rights Watch has accused mili - ernment in recent years. Leaked outrageous behaviour in the Gulf, ton or Giuliani testify. at 2 pm everyday. After that it was there will be decisive action if tias linked to the Iraqi government Iranian intelligence documents, which he said had “not gone away”. @BillKristol family time and playtime without of being complicit in a massacre written mainly in 2014 and 2015 and Referring to the seizure of the any care of homework because our its interests are harmed in Iraq carried out against protesters on published earlier this year, provided British-flagged tanker Stena Impero schools did not encourage extra December 6. damning evidence of Iran’s attempts by Iran’s IRGC earlier in the summer, school work on a daily basis. The publication of these reports to embed itself in Iraq affairs, to the Admiral Radakin said Britain would 02 The underlying philosophy re- comes amid mounting concern extent that it paid Iraqi agents who maintain its high military presence garding homework is to make a about the influence Iran is bring- had previously been working for the in the region for the foreseeable student revise and recall lessons ing to bear on the Iraqi government US to switch sides. future. taught in school. But if the teaching to end the protests, as well as its The revelations prompted a sen- “We have to react when a nation is so weak that it has to be rein - links to the militias responsible for ior Iraqi official to confirm to The is as aggressive as Iran was,” he said. forced by homework, then it is the targeting the protesters. But the US has been more ex- Since October 28, 10 rockets have in Iraq’s interests to stop the attacks claims. National: “Everyone knows that “It was an outrageous act that hap- teacher who has to be blamed, not Human Rights Watch officials plicit, imposing sanctions against been fired at areas where US sol- “because it is not good for anybody”. American officials are particularly there is a shadow government run pened on the high seas and that’s the student! have been reluctant to blame Iran a number of individuals said to be diers and diplomats are stationed American intelligence officials be- concerned about the activities of by Qassem Suleimani that has infil- why we have responded in the way s president, I’ll invest For most children these days, directly for having ties with the mi- involved with militias linked to in Iraq and while no group has lieve Iran has mobilised its network Qassem Suleimani, the head of the trated the political, economic and that we have.” Athe trillions wasted the rush begins when they return litias, with a spokesman saying only Iran and issuing a direct warning claimed responsibility, US officials of agents in Iraq to make sure the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ security sectors of the Iraqi state.” But with the Trump administra- on regime change wars, from school. Eagle-eyed parents that “unidentified armed forces, ap- to Tehran that it would not tolerate have blamed Iranian-backed para- protesters do not succeed in their Quds Force. Iran’s attempts to exercise its in- tion showing no desire to ease the new cold war and nucle- wait at the bathroom door to hand parently in co-operation with Iraqi Iranian involvement in any attacks military groups. quest for wholesale changes in the David Schenker, US assistant sec- fluence over the Iraqi government pressure on Iran, the expectation ar arms race into win- over the towel after they bathe and national and local security forces, against US interests in the region. The attacks prompted US Defence way the country is run. retary of state, recently warned: is said to be one of the main driving among western military command- ning the ‘wars’ at home force-feed a hurried lunch before carried out a brutal spate of killings Last week, US Secretary of State Secretary Mark Esper to express his There are now concerns that Iran “Qassem Suleimani is in Baghdad forces behind the recent wave of ers is that the IRGC will maintain its — fighting for quality af- whisking them away to a series of in Baghdad’s main protest area”. Mike Pompeo warned there would concerns directly to Iraq’s outgoing will try to use its influence to deter- working this issue. It seems to us protests that have swept the coun- aggressive presence in the Middle fordable healthcare, en- tuitions or extra-curricular classes Another human rights official be a “decisive response” if Ameri- prime minister, Adel Abdul Mahdi, mine the formation of the next Iraqi that foreign terrorist leaders or mil- try, with demonstrators specifically East in 2020, with all the impli - vironmental protection, ranging from music and painting to commented: “I can’t say for sure can interests were harmed in Iraq reminding him that the US has “a government after Mr Abdel Mahdi itary leaders should not be meeting targeting Iranian diplomatic and cations that will have for regional and increasing the qual- tennis or soccer. who’s doing it but they’re not local.” – an ally of both Iran and the US. right to self defence” and that it was was forced to resign over corruption with Iraqi political leaders to deter- military bases in the country. security. ity of life for all Ameri- Last week, I saw a ten year old cans. #StandWithTulsi throw a tantrum and @TulsiGabbard refuse to come out of Homework and his 2pm bath because excessive tuition he was just not able 03 classes are a to face the three or True peace in Syria is a mirage until returnees can be guaranteed a safe haven four extra classes he sign of parents had to go to. And I handing over thought to myself that the complete he should be given a KAREEM SHAHEEN The drive to send refugees ous reasons, were often fearful of responsibility of long rope to relax and home has been fuelled speaking to journalists. regain his focus after he arrests this month of 174 However, the world can no grooming a child a tiring day at school. Syrians who had returned by the scapegoating of longer ignore the mounting evi- he fact that Pres - intellectually to Just think, if you Tto government-controlled Syrians by the government dence of the regime’s targeting of Tident Trump is en- the teacher. We were to come home areas, after being urged to do so by in Ankara, which has returnees who simply want to live couraging Rudy Giuliani can no longer after a difficult day the Assad regime, are a chilling de- profoundly mismanaged its in peace after nine years of war. For to continue to engage in renege on this in office only to find velopment. The detained had been a regime that used chemical weap- the same foreign election your spouse waiting economy and contributed important duty residents of the besieged Rukban to rising inflation and a ons on its own people, dropped interference that led to with a shopping list camp, once a 40,000-strong set- collapse in the national barrel bombs on schools and mar- his impeachment shows of nurturing our and errands to run, tlement housing families displaced kets and starved civilians to death, that he truly thinks he is future citizens. how would you feel? when they fled from ISIS years currency. it is simply a return to form. above the law. The Sen- It’s the same for chil- The arrests ago. The camp sits close to a US But the broader tragedy is that ate MUST hold him ac- dren. military base in the desert where arrests and the impunity they countable. We have to re-dis- of refugees the borders of Syria, Jordan and belie offer a glimpse at the real @CREWcrew cover the old educa- Iraq meet and had been under prospects of peace and reform in tional patterns which leaving siege since October last year, its Syria. That hope is impossible as did not tax the chil- Rukban residents being slowly starved to long as the Assad regime survives. dren with the burden death as aid supplies were cut off. tributed to rising inflation and a Reconstruction aid and the lifting 04 of extra classes and camp are Syrian President Bashar Al Assad collapse in the national currency. of sanctions on its acolytes by the homework but managed to give promised a “humanitarian corri- Right-wing populists in Europe European Union, the US and other them access to the correct knowl- a worrying dor” for returnees – then promptly have also argued that Syrians countries is supposed to be tied to edge. We have to teach our children arrested them when they took him should be encouraged or forced to real and measurable progress on the power of playing and discov- indication up on his offer. return home, seeking to capitalise political reforms and reconcilia- ering stuff for themselves through Confirmation of the arrests was on rising xenophobic sentiment. tion. With every passing day, the imagination. of the Assad made by a grassroots organisation The residents of Rukban have a regime’s actions concerning the To do that, we the parents must called the Syrian Association for different status as IDPs, or internal- Rukban detainees shows that its ne of President engage ourselves more in their regime failing Citizens’ Dignity that campaigns ly displaced persons, but the prin- promises are empty. OTrump’s top ree - lives. Homework and excessive for the rights of displaced Syrians. ciple is the same. The government For real and lasting peace, the lection advisers told in- tuition classes are a sign of par- to keep its Most of those arrested were mil- has repeatedly encouraged those fate of tens of thousands of de - fluential Republicans in ents handing over the complete itary-age men who had defected living in opposition-controlled tainees and of those arbitrarily swing state Wisconsin responsibility of grooming a child promises yet from the army or evaded the draft areas to surrender and rejoin the disappeared, including from Ruk- that the party has “tradi- intellectually to the teacher. We and who had been given guaran- fold of an Assad-led society, often ban, must be resolved. No country tionally” relied on voter can no longer renege on this impor- again tees that they would be left alone with the added coercion of relent- should force refugees to go back suppression to compete tant duty of nurturing our future if they agreed to surrender. less bombardment and the wanton home when that home is still not in battlegrounds, accord- citizens. The camp, where just a few The people arrested have been Middle East and farther afield who ly as the Assad regime has con - In Lebanon, hundreds of Syrians controlled by Turkish-backed Syri- killing of civilians. safe. Regime supporters such as ing to a recording of a pri- Teach yourselves to be just as thousand people remain, has been sent to government terrorism are contemplating encouraging the solidated its military victory over have been returned after years of an proxy fighters, who have shown Sporadic reports have emerged Russia must play a greater role vate event obtained by AP curious as the children and seek cut off from the outside world. courts, which have been known return of Syrian refugees because the rebels. As some semblance of having their lives made increas- a penchant for looting, committing over the past year-and-a-half of in enforcing the guarantees it has @JonLemire our answers with them. Let us not Dozens of babies have died since to carry out summary executions. they have convinced themselves normality has returned to parts ingly miserable by the Lebanese atrocities and filming them during returnees being taken in for ques- provided to the regime’s oppo - pass the buck to others without the regime first stopped the flow The episode highlights the Assad that the conflict is over. Those who of the country reclaimed by the authorities and assorted non-state military campaigns. tioning or facing detention and nents if they hope to bring an end doing our part. of crucial supplies, and US forces regime’s untrustworthiness – fur- do will have blood on their hands. government, countries that hosted actors. In Turkey, which hosts actors. In Turkey, which hosts The drive to send refugees home torture due to their ties to rebels, to the conflict and relief for Syria’s Disclaimer: (Views expressed (Captain Mahmood Al Mahmood is the nearby have refused to intervene ther evidence, if any were needed, The issue of sending refugees refugees have sought to appease more than three million refugees, has been fuelled by the scapegoat- but it has been difficult to confirm economy. by columnists are personal and Editor-in-Chief of The Daily Tribune and to end an unfolding humanitarian that it can never be a real partner home has been at the forefront voters at home by arguing that they human rights groups say the gov- ing of Syrians by the government such details or to establish wheth- Without even this lowest of bars, need not necessarily reflect our the President of the Arab-African Unity tragedy in the desert of eastern in peace. But it should also serve of political debates among Syria’s should be sent back because Syria ernment has forcibly repatriated in Ankara, which has profoundly er the practice was systematic as true peace in Syria will stay a mi- editorial stances) Organisation for Relief, Human Rights Syria. as a warning to countries in the neighbours this year, particular- is now safe. Syrians to so-called “safe zones” mismanaged its economy and con- many who went home, for vari - rage. and Counterterrorism)

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GFH properties names EWA joins Benefit’s Bahrain Credit reference bureau TDT | Manama mation, as well as enriching their request, and shows the Shaikh Hamed CEO credit information for individ- lending and debts incurred by he Electricity and Water uals by adding electricity and clients. TAuthority (EWA) has joined water bills to the credit report He clarified further that the the Bahrain Credit Reference to assess the client’s credit bureau helps facilitate the deci- Bureau operated by the Benefit status. sion-making process by provid- company. Al Janahi explained that the ing credit information. Benefit, CEO, Abdulwahed Al bureau receives credit infor- Benefit operates as per the Janahi, said the agreement al- mation, saves and classifies license of the Central Bank of lows EWA to contribute to the it, and then prepares credit Bahrain (CBB) to provide sup- development of credit servic- reports and provides mem - port services in the financial es by exchanging credit infor- Benefit, CEO, Abdulwahed Al Janahi bers with those reports upon sector.

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TDT | Manama launch of major commercial projects. Other strategic roles FH Properties, the real include Project Manager at the Gestate arm of GFH Fi- Bahrain Economic Develop- nancial Group, announced ment Board (EDB), where he the appointment of Shai - was in charge of national plan- kh Hamed Al Khalifa as its ning development studies and CEO. other key projects supporting He joins the Group with the creation of a master plan nearly two decades of expe- for the Kingdom. rience in urban planning and Commenting, Hisham Al- project development and will rayes, CEO of GFH Financial be responsible for overseeing Group, said, “We look for - the Group’s continued con- ward to the completion and ceptualization and realiza- continued redevelopment of tion of world-class projects some of our existing landmark in Bahrain and select regional projects under his leadership markets. and to benefiting from his vi- Shaikh Hamed most recent- sion for new developments ly served as General Director, that build and create value for Urban Planning, at the Min- Bahrain and the other markets istry of Urban Planning and in which we invest.” Municipalities, where he led Shaikh Hamed holds a Mas- the team and put in place the ter’s in Engineering Manage- Bahrain Airport Company (BAC), the operator and managing body of Bahrain International Airport (BIA), welcomed the arrival of the inaugural Fly Baghdad flight revised 2016 Masterplan for ment with a concentration in from Najaf to Bahrain, following the commencement of this new service. The Iraqi airline will operate a direct service between BIA and Baghdad International the Kingdom. Finance, Economics and Cost Airport twice a week. The airline also flies to three destinations in the GCC, including Dubai, Madinah and Jeddah. Previously, he was an Invest- Engineering and a Bachelor of ment Manager at Real Estate, Science in Systems Analysis Mumtalakat, where he was Engineering both from The responsible for overseeing George Washington Univer- the design, development and sity. Pentagon to stockpile rare earth magnets Reuters would be strategically aimed HSBC, JPMorgan used Bank of he US military plans to at actually doing something to Tstockpile rare earth mag- spur domestic production ca- England audio-feed now under nets used in Javelin missiles and pacity.” F-35 fighter jets, according to a China and Japan are the probe - FT government document, a step world’s largest NdFeB magnet Reuters that critics say does little to help producers. None of the special- create a domestic industry to ised magnets are made in the SBC Holdings Plc and JPMorgan Chase & Co accessed the build specialised magnets now United States, though a US Na- Hhigh-speed audio feed of central bank press conferences made almost exclusively in Asia. val Research Laboratory scien- that is in the midst of a probe by the Bank of England and the The Pentagon is seeking pro- A front-end loader is used to reinforce a safety berm inside the open pit at a tist invented them in the early Financial Conduct Authority, the Financial Times reported on. posals to cache a rotating six- rare earth facility in California 1980s. ft.com/2rdGbNk on Friday, citing a source. month supply of neodymium prowess for leverage in its trade industry analysts and executives Reuters reported last week The central bank said on Thursday that a rogue supplier has iron boron (NdFeB) magnets, war with Washington. say is a short-sighted misstep by that the Pentagon is funding been misusing audio feeds from the BoE news conferences a type of rare earth magnet es- The request effectively seeks the Pentagon. construction of rare earths pro- this year, giving traders access to potentially market-moving sential to weapons manufactur- someone to warehouse a six- “This is definitely a curve cessing facilities. But after rare information seconds before rivals. ing, according to the document, month supply of the specialised ball,” said Peter Afiuny of Ur- earths are processed, they must Briefings by BoE Governor Mark Carney and other central detailing the latest attempt to magnets and maintain it for at ban Mining Co, a privately held be turned into magnets, other- bank officials often move the prices of financial assets such as weaken China’s control over the least 30 months. It does not of- company building a rare earth wise they are of little value to currencies and government bonds, and early access to their rare earths sector. fer financial support for NdFeB magnet facility near Austin, electronics and weapons man- comments could allow traders to make millions. Beijing has been using that magnet manufacturing, which Texas. “We expected the call ufacturers. FIITJEE – Glorifying CBSE education for the past 12 years

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SUNDAY, DECEMBER 22, 2019 11 Germany, EU hit out at US over Russia sanctions tions were beginning to bite, pushing an ideology that hin- Swiss contractor Allseas sus- dered global trade, adding on her pended its Nord Stream 2 activi- Facebook page: “Soon they will ties while it awaited clarification demand that we stop breathing.” from the US authorities on the But the United States is not detail of the measures. the only nation to question the project -- Ukraine, Poland and ‘Particularly some of the Baltic nations have incomprehensible’ also expressed doubts. Although US Congress over- Ukraine had worried that the whelmingly backed the sanc- new pipeline would cut it out AFP | Berlin tions, there was some criticism of the gas supply business and among lawmakers of a move that allow Russia to ratchet up pres- ermany accused the US in effect punishes NATO allies sure over other issues. of interfering in its in - such as Germany. US lawmakers had cited sup- Gternal affairs yesterday, While an EU spokesman crit- port of Kiev as part of their jus- in an increasingly angry spat icised “the imposition of sanc- tification for imposing sanctions. over Washington’s decision to tions against EU companies con- But Demmer said this ration- impose sanctions on companies ducting legitimate business”, ale was “particularly incompre- involved with a major project the German government said hensible” because Moscow and to supply Western Europe with Berlin rejected “these sorts of Kiev reached an agreement in Russian gas. extra-territorial sanctions”. principle last week that will reg- Moscow and the European “They will hit German and ulate the transit of Russian gas to Union also issued statements European companies and con- Ukraine from 2020. criticising the sanctions, a day In the first sign that the sanctions were beginning to bite, Swiss contractor Allseas suspended its Nord Stream 2 activities stitute an interference in our More than 80 percent of the after President Donald Trump internal affairs,” said Chancellor undersea pipeline has been com- signed off on asset freezes and stymie what they regard as an sian natural gas to Germany via ro ($11-billion) project expected Angela Merkel’s spokeswoman pleted for the project -- half-fi- visa restrictions on those in - increasing reliance on Russian a pipeline under the Baltic Sea. to be completed in early 2020 -- Ulrike Demmer. nanced by Russia’s state-owned volved in the Nord Stream 2 energy in Western Europe by The sanctions target contrac- and another Russian gas project, Russian Foreign Ministry Gazprom, with the other half project. targeting the project, which tors working to lay pipes for TurkStream. spokeswoman Maria Zakharo- paid for by five European com- US lawmakers are seeking to aims to double deliveries of Rus- Nord Stream 2 -- a 10-billion-eu- In the first sign that the sanc- va accused the United States of panies. EU-UK trade deal cannot Pichai sees big pay boost decades ago in a California ga- Pichai’s annual pay rage, but will remain in control • of the Alphabet board based on will more than double share voting rights. allow ‘race to the bottom’ to $2 million next year Pichai will take over from Page as CEO of Alphabet, which Reuters | Brussels Barnier wrote. Google co-founders includes Google as well as units “We know that competing Larry• Page and Sergey focused on its “other bets” in ar- he European Union’s on social and environmental eas including self-driving cars, central interest in forg- standards – rather than on Brin are stepping away life sciences and a variety of Ting a free trade agree - skills, innovation, and quali- from their roles “moonshot” projects. ment with Britain is to agree ty – leads only to a race to the Sundar steps into his new common social and environ- bottom that puts workers, con- San Francisco role as antitrust enforcers in mental standards and avoid a sumers, and the planet on the Washington, Brussels and else- “race to the bottom”, the EU losing side.” where are stepping up their chief Brexit negotiator wrote Any free trade agreement oogle parent Alphabet scrutiny of Google, which is in an opinion piece. with Britain would then have Gboosted the salary of new- the internet’s dominant search British Prime Minister Boris to ensure a level playing field ly anointed chief Sundar Pichai engine and also the maker of Johnson said on Friday there The European Commission Brexit chief on standards, state aid and tax and promised more than $200 the leading Android mobile op- would be no alignment with EU negotiator Michel Barnier matters. million in shares if the company erating system. rules under the terms of a trade Barnier also wrote that any hits performance goals, a regu- The company has also been deal he wants to strike with the ed Dec. 20 that the European new economic agreement latory filing Friday said. in the crosshairs over how it bloc next year. Union would seek to make the forged by the end of 2020 Pichai’s annual pay will more manages “hate speech” and ex- The EU’s negotiator Michel most of the short time available. would most likely have to than double to $2 million next tremist content spread online, Barnier wrote in a piece on the “But like the UK, we will keep be expanded in the years to year, and he will be in line for and how it deals with children’s Project Syndicate website dat- our strategic interests in mind,” come. $90 million shares of stock privacy on its YouTube video based on how well the internet service. titan does in the market and Recently, its employees another $120 million in shares have organized to protest that vest over time, according what some claimed was a lack GE-Safran to buid more Airbus engines to a Securities and Exchange of action on sexual harass - New York Commission filing by the Al- ment by executives, as well as phabet board. Google’s dealings with the US The value of the perfor - military and border security General Electric-Safran mance-based shares could be authorities. Aaviation joint-venture zero depending on whether When Google dropped out plans to manufacture more en- Alphabet stock hits goals set of bidding for a massive mili- gines for Airbus planes amid in comparison to the S&P 100 tary cloud computing contract, the travails of the Boeing 737 in the coming two years, the it faced criticism for being MAX, The Wall Street Journal filing said. unpatriotic, and Pichai ap - reported Friday. Taking the reins as chief ex- peared to ease tensions with a The CFM International ven- ecutive of Google parent Al- fence-mending visit with Pres- ture, which builds LEAP engines phabet, the soft-spoken, Indi- will remain as Google CEO in ident Donald Trump. for both aerospace companies, an-born Sundar Pichai faces addition to taking up the new Last December, Pichai kept will increase output for Air- a host of challenges at one of post, is seen as a steadying in- calm while testifying in Con- bus’s A320neo, the newspaper the world’s most valuable com- fluence at a time when Alpha- gress as he parried US lawmak- reported, citing people familiar panies, which has become be- bet faces an onslaught from ers over complaints of political with the matter. sieged by activists and political regulators and others. bias and intrusive data collec- The report follows Boeing’s leaders. Google co-founders Larry tion. announcement on Monday that A General Electric-Safran aviation joint-venture reportedly plans to Page and Sergey Brin are step- “We build our products in a it plans to temporarily halt pro- manufacture more engines for Airbus planes amid the travails of the Boeing Increased scrutiny ping away from their roles at neutral way,” Pichai said in one 737 MAX duction of the MAX amid un- The 47-year-old Pichai, who the company they founded two exchange. certainty over when regulators will clear the plane to resume A GE spokesman said, “We to dent cash flow by $400 mil- service. are partnering with our cus- lion more in the fourth quarter, CFM earlier trimmed engine tomers and suppliers to miti- GE said in an October securities production for the MAX after gate the impact of the tempo- filing. China’s state fund to trim stakes in tech stocks Boeing cut output on the planes rary shutdown of the 737 MAX, On Tuesday, Safran Chief Ex- Reuters | Shanghai tech sector. The National In- percentage point each, accord- in April following a global while protecting the company’s ecutive Philippe Petitcolin told tegrated Circuitry Investment ing to those companies’ state- grounding after the two crash- ability to accelerate production a French business magazine hina’s state-backed semi- Fund, also known as the “Big ments. The state fund currently es, which together claimed 346 as needed in the future.” that the company expected to Cconductor fund announced Fund”, planned to cut its stakes holds 9.7 per cent, 6.6pc and lives. The MAX grounding resulted sharply reduce its production plans to reduce holdings in in Gigadevice Semiconductor, 15.6pc in the three companies Airbus, GE and Safran all in a $1 billion hit to GE’s cash of LEAP engines for the MAX some tech firms, even as for- chipmaker Shenzhen Goodix respectively. It did not elabo- declined to comment on the flow in 2018 through the end of but would not halt output com- eign investors continued to Technology and Hunan Goke rate on why it wants to cut its report. September and was estimated pletely. add exposure to the country’s Microelectronics by about one holdings. SUNDAY, DECEMBER 22, 2019 12

US consumer spending, incomes rebound UK on track for Jan 31 Brexit European Council President Lawmakers voted Charles Michel said a level play- • ing field on rules and standards by 358 to 234 to pass “remains a must” for any future the second reading relationship. of the legislation While Johnson has the sup- port of his 365 Conservative Britain voted lawmakers in the 650-seat lower • house, some opposition mem- to exit the EU in a bers criticised him for removing 2016 referendum the opportunity for parliament to have oversight over his ne- After leaving, Britain gotiating priorities in the next will• need to secure new phase of talks, and for getting rid of workers’ protections. Shoppers at a clothing store look for early Black Friday bargains in Los trading arrangements Opposition Labour leader Angeles, California with the EU Jeremy Corbyn described it as “terrible”. AFP | Washington Reuters | London “This deal does not bring certainty for communities or Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks during a lawmakers meeting to for business or for the work- S consumers had fatter wallets in November and spent more rime Minister Boris John- elect a speaker, in London, Britain force, in fact it does the oppo- Ufreely at the start of the all-important holiday shopping son won approval for his site and hardwires the risk of period, rebounding after an October scare, government data PBrexit deal in parliament Getting “the Brexit vote will take place after Christmas, a no-deal Brexit next year,” he showed. on Friday, the first step towards wrapped up for Christmas” was with the lower house of par- said. Meanwhile, inflation remained tame in the world’s largest fulfilling his election pledge to the main aim for Johnson show- liament having until Jan. 9 to Just a week after he won the economy, giving shoppers more purchasing power and reen- deliver Britain’s departure from ing that, unlike his predecessor approve the legislation, or With- largest Conservative majori- forcing the Federal Reserve’s decision this month to leave the European Union by Jan. 31 Theresa May who was thwarted drawal Agreement Bill, giving ty since Margaret Thatcher in benchmark interest rates unchanged. after his landslide victory. in parliament, he now has free it just over three weeks to then 1987, Johnson has set out an am- While markedly slower than at the start of 2019, the latest Lawmakers voted by 358 to rein to drive Brexit forward de- pass through the upper house bitious government programme, Commerce Department data should support GDP growth in the 234 to pass the second reading spite continued criticism from and receive Royal Assent. with securing Brexit at the top final quarter of the year, as the recession fears of late summer of the legislation, underlining opposition lawmakers. The European Commission of his agenda to repay the trust continue to fade. Johnson’s large majority in par- “This is the time when we said it was ready to take formal of voters. Low unemployment and steady wage gains help the working liament that should ensure a move on and discard the old steps to adopt the deal on its Hoping to satisfy the demands public maintain spending on retail goods and services, which smooth ratification of the di- labels of ‘leave’ and ‘remain’ ... side too. of voters in northern and cen- accounts for the lion’s share of US economic activity. vorce deal to implement Brit- now is the time to act together tral England who broke their October had been a different story: when adjusted for infla- ain’s biggest policy shift in more as one reinvigorated nation, one Trade talks to come tradition of backing the Labour tion, disposable incomes fell that month by 0.2 per cent -- their than 40 years. United Kingdom,” Johnson told After leaving, Britain will Party to support him, he has also first decline in more than two years. But November more than More than three years since parliament before the vote. need to secure new trading ar- pledged more funding to the erased that loss, posting a 0.4pc increase instead. Britain voted to exit the EU in “Now is the moment to come rangements with the EU - which state health service, education Inflation-adjusted spending also ticked higher, rising 0.3 a 2016 referendum, the deep together and write a new and the prime minister said would and policing. percent after slowing for much of 2019. uncertainty over Brexit has now exciting chapter in our national see the country agree a trade “Today we will deliver on the Along with the housing sector, consumer spending is a bright been replaced by a firm deadline story, to forge a new partnership deal with no alignment to the promise we made to the people spot in the US economy, helping prop up growth despite a man- of the end of January. Only after with our European friends, to bloc’s rules. and get the Brexit vote wrapped ufacturing recession, falling exports, weak corporate spending that will the prime minister face stand tall in the world, to begin In a change to the bill, John- up for Christmas,” he said in and inventory growth. talks to secure a trade deal with the healing for which the whole son made it illegal to extend comments before the vote. Also on Friday, the Fed’s preferred measure of inflation, the bloc and another target date people of this country yearn.” those talks beyond the end of “Next year will be a great year known as the Personal Consumption Expenditures price index, of the end of next year. The final stages of ratification next year. for our country.” held steady at a 0.2pc increase compared to October, a notch slower than forecasts. Excluding volatile food and fuel prices, the “core” index rose only 0.1 percent for the fourth month in a row. Compared to November of last year, the index was a tenth of a point hotter at 1.5pc, the highest level in seven months but Tourism ebbs in flood-hit Venice with still well below the Fed’s two percent target. Meanwhile, the core index slowed a notch to 1.6pc as prices for durable goods like autos fell. hotel bookings down 45pc AFP | Rome

Trump to deliver State of ears of more unprecedent- Fed flooding in Venice has brought hotel reservations Union February 4 down by 45 per cent, the city’s hoteliers association said. Last month, the northern Italian city of canals was hit by the highest tide in more than 50 years, with tourists wad - ing through flooded streets to seek shelter as a fierce wind whipped up waves in St. Mark’s Square. The exceptionally intense “acqua alta,” or high waters, US President Donald Trump has accepted House Speaker0 Nancy Pelosi’s peaked at 1.87 metres (six invitation to deliver his annual state of the union speech in the same feet) on November 12, accord- chamber where he was impeached ing to the tide monitoring centre. On November 12 the intense “acqua alta,” or high waters, peaked at 1.87 metres (six feet) Washington Pelosi is now at odds with the “Since mid-November, fol- Senate’s Republican leader- lowing a historic flood, we have S President Donald Trump ship about the parameters of seen an unprecedented drop (in Uhas accepted the invitation the impeachment trial. the number) of bookings. This from House Speaker Nancy “In the spirit of respecting did not even happen after the at- Pelosi to deliver his state of our Constitution, I invite you tacks on the Twin Towers,” said the union speech on February to deliver your State of the Vittorio Bonacini, chief of the 4, the White House said. Union address before a Joint Association of Venetian Hotel- The invite for the annual Session of Congress on Tues- iers during a press conference. presidential speech to Con- day, February 4, 2020,” Pelo- “We recorded a peak of 45 gress comes at a charged po- si wrote to the president in a percent cancellations (in the litical moment, with Trump letter. last 30 days) and had to cancel freshly impeached for abuse Trump “has accepted the events, conferences and ma- of power and obstruction of Speaker’s invitation,” White jor initiatives planned for next Congress, and facing a trial in a House spokesman Hogan Gid- year,” he added. US Senate that is almost certain ley said. Bonacini said people’s under- In November, the northern Italian city of canals was hit by the highest tide in more than 50 years to acquit him. Pelosi’s three-paragraph let- standing of the situation on the It sets up a potentially explo- ter also highlighted the system ground was far from reality. But he said Venice is more the old city. more than 31 million tourists sive encounter between Trump of separation of powers that “We have received worried than a meter above sea level and He also said the historic high visited Venice last year -- but 20 and Pelosi, his chief Democrat- was created by the framers calls from the United States, that when people speak of a 1.30 tide lasted only an hour and a million spent only one day there ic nemesis in Congress and of the US Constitution: “three asking us if a child one and a half metre high tide, the reality is the half, before the situation nor- and only 11.5 million stayed in the woman who launched the co-equal branches acting as meters tall (five feet) could visit water level is only 30 centime- malised within in a few hours. the 274 hotels in the historic formal impeachment inquiry. checks on each other.” without being in danger.” tres and only in some parts of According to the association, centre. 13 SUNDAY, DECEMBER 22, 2019

(PATI PATNI AUR WOH (PG-15)(HINDI/COMEDY/ROMANTIC م (INTO THE ASHES (PG-15)(DRAMA/CRIME/THRILLER) FROZEN 2 (PG)(ANIMATION/ADVENTURE/COMEDY SEEF (II):11.00 AM + 3.15 + 7.30 + 11.45 PM OASIS JUFFAIR (KIDS CINEMA): 10.45 AM + 1.00 + 3.15 + 5.30 + 7.45 + 10.00 OASIS JUFFAIR : 3.15 + 8.30 PM PM LUKE GRIMES, ROBERT TAYLOR (VII), JAMES BADGE DALE CITY CENTRE: 11.15 AM + 12.15 + 1.30 + 2.30 + 3.45 + 4.45 + 6.00 + 7.00 + 8.15 KARTIK AARYAN, BHUMI PEDNEKAR, ANANYA PANDAY + 9.15 + 10.30 + 11.30PM GO FISH (G)(ANIMATION/ADVENTURE) SEEF (II):11.00 AM + 1.15 + 3.30 + 5.45 + 8.00 + 10.15 PM MAMANGAM (PG-13)(MALAYALAM) SEEF (II): 1.15 + 5.00 + 8.45 PM WADI AL SAIL: 11.45 AM + 4.30 + 9.15 PM OASIS JUFFAIR :10.30 AM + 1.30 + 4.30 + 7.30 + 10.30 PM ELIJAH DHAVVAN, JUSTINE EZARIK, MARK HAMILL KRISTEN BELL, IDINA MENZEL, JOSH GAD SEEF (II): 11.00 AM + 2.00 + 5.00 + 8.00 + 11.00 PM AL HAMRA:11.45 AM + (12.00 MN THURS./FRI) I SEE YOU (PG-15)(THRILLER/CRIME/DRAMA) MAMMOOTTY, UNNI MUKUNDAN, NEERAJ MADHAV, PRACHI TEHIAN CITY CENTRE: 12.00 + 2.15 + 4.30 + 6.45 + 9.00 + 11.15 PM SEEF (II): 10.30 AM + 12.45 + 3.00 + 5.15 + 7.30 + 9.45 PM + 12.00 MN KETYOLANU ENTE MALAKHA (PG-15)(MALAYALAM) WADI AL SAIL:1.30 + 6.45 PM + 12.00 MN OASIS JUFFAIR : 12.30 + 5.45 + 11.00 PM HELEN HUNT, JON TENNEY, JUDAH LEWIS ASIF ALI, VEENA NANDAKUMAR BOONIE BEARS: BLAST INTO THE PAST (G) RULER (TELUGU) SEEF (II): 11.15 AM + 3.00 + 6.45 PM From Friday 20th onwards CHRIS BOIKE, JOSEPH S. LAMBERT, SIOBHAN LUMSDEN SEEF (I): 12.15 + 5.45 PM BALAKRISHNA, SONAL CHAUHAN THE LEGEND OF THE CHRISTMAS WITCH (PG) SEEF (II): 1.15 + 5.30 + 9.45 PM HERO (PG-15)(TAMIL) PAOLA CORTELLESI, STEFANO FRESI, FAUSTO MARIA SCIARAPPA From Thursday 8.30 pm onwards OASIS JUFFAIR :3.00 + 8.30 PM SEEF (I): 10.45 AM + 2.00 + 5.15 + 8.30 + 11.45 PM ممممممم ممممم(JUMANJI THE NEXT LEVEL (PG-15 WADI AL SAIL: 11.00 AM + 5.00 + 11.00 PM OASIS JUFFAIR: 12.30 + 3.15 + 6.00 + 8.45 + 11.30 PM AL HAMRA:2.45 + 8.45 PM OASIS JUFFAIR (VIP): 1.45 + 7.30 PM CITY CENTRE: 12.00 + 2.45 + 5.30 + 8.15 + 11.00 PM + (12.45 MN THURS/FRI) SIVAKARTHIKEYAN, ARJUN, ABHAY DEOL, KALYANI PRIYADARSHAN CITY CENTRE (ATMOS):10.30 AM + 1.00 + 3.45 + 6.30 + 9.15 + 12.00 MN CITY CENTRE (3D) : 12.30 + 3.15 + 6.00 + 8.45 + 11.30 PM م (CITY CENTRE (VIP II) : 12.45 + 3.30 + 6.15 + 9.00 + 11.45 PM 21 BRIDGES (PG-15)(CRIME/ACTION/THRILLER SEEF (I) : 10.30 AM + 1.00 + 3.45 + 6.30 + 9.15 + 12.00 MN CITY CENTRE: 12.30 + 2.45 + 5.00 + 7.15 + 9.30 + 11.45 PM SEEF (II)12.00 + 2.45 + 5.30 + 8.15 + 11.00 PM + (12.30 MN THURS/FRI) SEEF (II):11.00 AM + 4.15 + 9.30 PM WADI AL SAIL: 12.45 + 3.30 + 6.15 + 9.00 + 11.45 PM CHADWICK BOSEMAN, SIENNA MILLER, STEPHAN JAMES DWAYNE JOHNSON, JACK BLACK, KEVIN HART STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER (PG-13) م (MARDAANI 2 (PG-15)(HINDI/CRIME/THRILLER DRAMA OASIS JUFFAIR: 11.00 AM + 2.00 + 5.00 + 8.00 + 11.00 PM OASIS JUFFAIR :12.45 + 6.15 + 11.45 PM OASIS JUFFAIR (VIP): 10.45 AM + 4.30 + 10.15 PM CITY CENTRE: 12.00 + 3.00 + 6.00 + 9..00 PM + 12.00 MN RANI MUKERJI, SHRUTI BAPNA, RAJESH SHARMA CITY CENTRE (IMAX 2D) :11.00 AM + 2.00 + 5.00 + 8.00 + 11.00 PM م (CITY CENTRE (3D) :12.30 + 3.30 + 6.30 + 9.30 PM + (12.30 MN THURS/FRI) KNIVES OUT (PG-15)(CRIME/COMEDY/THRILLER CITY CENTRE (VIP I) :11.30 AM + 2.30 + 5.30 + 8.30 + 11.30 PM CITY CENTRE: 12.45 + 3.30 + 6.15 + 9.00 + 11.45 PM SEEF (II) :11.30 AM + 2.30 + 5.30 + 8.30 + 11.30 PM DANIEL CRAIG, CHRIS EVANS, ANA DE ARMAS WADI AL SAIL: 10.30 AM + 3.45 + 9.00 PM DAISY RIDLEY, MARK HAMILL, ADAM DRIVER MALEFICENT 2: MISTRESS OF EVIL (PG)(ADVENTURE CITY CENTRE:10.30 AM + 1.00 + 3.30 + 6.00 + 8.30 + 11.00 PM DABANGG 3 (PG-15)(HINDI/ACTION/COMEDY) ANGELINA JOLIE, TERESA MAHONEY, MICHELLE PFEIFFER OASIS JUFFAIR : 10.30 AM + 1.45 + 5.00 + 8.15 + 11.30 PM مممممم (CITY CENTRE: 10.30 AM + 11.30 AM + 1.45 + 2.45 + 5.00 + 6.00 + 8.15 + 9.15 + JOKER (15+)(THRILLER/CRIME/DRAMA 11.30 PM + (12.30 MN THURS/FRI) THAMBI (PG-13)(TAMIL) SEEF (I): 10.30 AM + 11.30 +1.45 + 2.45 + 5.00 + 6.00 + 8.15 + 9.15 + 11.30 PM CITY CENTRE: 10.45 AM + 1.15 + 3.45 + 6.15 + 8.45 + 11.15 PM + (12.30 MN THURS/FRI) From Thursday at 7.30 pm onwards SEEF (II): 10.30 PM JOAQUIN PHOENIX, ZAZIE BEETZ, ROBERT DE NIRO OASIS JUFFAIR: 12.45 + 6.00 + 11.15 PM WADI AL SAIL: 10.30 AM + 1.45 + 5.00 + 8.15 + 11.30 PM LE MANS ‘66 (PG-13)(DRAMA/SPORT/BIOGRAPHY) SEEF (I): 12.15 + 3.00 + 5.45 + 8.30 + 11.15 PM SALMAN KHAN, SONAKSHI SINHA, WARINA HUSSAIN WADI AL SAIL: 2.15 + 8.15 PM CITY CENTRE: 2.45 + 8.30 PM AL HAMRA: 6.00 PM SEEF (II):1.15 + 6.30 + 11.45 PM BOMBSHELL (18+)(DRAMA/BIOGRAPHY) KARTHI, JYOTHIKA, SATHYARAJ OASIS JUFFAIR : 10.30 AM + 3.30 + 8.45 PM MATT DAMON, CHRISTIAN BALE, JON BERNTHAL PRATI ROJU PANDAAGE (TELUGU) CITY CENTRE: 11.00 AM + 1.30 + 4.00 + 6.30 + 9.00 + 11.30 PM MIRACLE IN CELL NO . 7 (PG-15)(TURKISH/DRAMA) SEEF (II): 11.30 AM + 2.00 + 4.30 + 7.00 + 9.30 PM + 12.00 MN From Friday 20th onwards WADI AL SAIL: 2.00 + 6.45 + 11.30 PM CITY CENTRE:12.00 + 5.45 + 11.30 PM SEEF (I): 3.00 PM CHARLIZE THERON, NICOLE KIDMAN, MARGOT ROBBIE ARAS BULUT İYNEMLİ, NİSA SOFİYA AKSONGUR, İLKER AKSUM RAASHI KHANNA, SATHYARAJ, SAI DHARAM TEJ

MOVIE REVIEW ‘I See You’ is a beautifully crafted puzzle of a horror movie Small-town child disappearances intersect with one family’s domestic woes in this eerie, surprising thriller

fidelity could destroy a home. The movie keeps This all turns out to be fair- • ly false advertising, and “I See viewers guessing You” does a disservice to itself through the final shot DON’T MISS IT by not revealing until midway through what kind of movie it or its initial 40 plodding actually is. So I have little prob- minutes, the clumsy thrill- lem in clearing up that this is Fer “I See You” works very The film’s tone is a home invasion story, instead hard to get your attention. A extremely eerie, with of a supernatural tale. The boy, riding his bike through the creeping camera move- movie then retraces its bumps woods, is yanked thin air as if he ments, striking image- in the night from a different had reached the end of a bungie ry, abrupt edits, and a perspective, that of two grimy cord. He soon joins the roster teens, Mindy (Libe Barer) and of other missing kids in a small delicately sinister score the much more chaotic Alec town, where Detective Greg (Owen Teague). They dabble Harper (Jon Tenney) is trying so much as pile on a very tedious in an illegal activity known as to piece clues together (like a atmosphere. “phrogging,” which is a real green Swiss Army knife) before “I See You,” has a shaky dra- term for when criminals stay there are more disappearances. matic foundation too, as Graye’s in a stranger’s home, uninvit- On a smaller scale, something script isn’t interested in explor- ed, unnoticed. Their POV is first even more scandalous is afoot— Helen Hunt in ‘I See You’ ing the affair, so much as using shown through footage they’ve his wife Jackie (Helen Hunt) has chasing the family hamster, or Adam Randall, who is more of one of the script’s ominous vis- it for blunt conflict between the captured on camera, running recently cheated on him, which the silverware vanishes from a poor salesman with this script uals, and sounds like a steel mill mother, father, and son. Dialogue into the Harper’s upper-middle comes up in numerous terse ex- the kitchen drawers. But as loud from Devon Graye than an in- in space. “I See You” loves to use doesn’t help give it any nuance, class home one morning before changes that she has with Greg and in-your-face as these devel- ventive storyteller. Randall has these components to tease that nor do the performances, which the garage door closes. A little or their moody teenage son, opments are presented, they’re a comical bounty of drone shots a supernatural force might be are stuck in one-dimensional creepiness settles in, as it harps Conor (Judah Lewis). It’s a tense amount to a shabby collection that swoop around locations and lurking in the shadows, and then portrayals of anger or shame. on the concept of your space be- atmosphere, so much that when of Blumhouse-lite scenes that sometimes look they’re going abruptly cut—like it does right Hunt’s talents are ultimately not ing invaded, by people who are strange things start to happen would be a parody if it weren’t to crash into the Harper house; before wielding its title card. applied to this movie’s elements just out of your peripherals. It’s they seem like diversions, like so dull. Philipp Blaubach’s score empha- But it doesn’t build promise that of horror, but instead its unde- a disturbing idea, and also one of when Greg gets locked in a closet This is the work of director sizes the importance of every Something Scary is happening, veloped aggressions on how in- the film’s few good ones. 14 SUNDAY, DECEMBER 22, 2019

Margot Robbie

Margot Robbie: Sexual SRK takes five harassment issue not for hours to get ready: women to solve Hilary Duff Gauri Khan Hilary Mumbai Los Angeles bashes Duff paparazzi uperstar Shah Rukh Khan ctress Margot Robbie says sexual harass- Stakes way more time to ment isnt an issue for women to solve, for following get ready than his wife Gauri but a reason for everyone to come to- Khan. This candid confes- Agether and find a solution. her children sion came from none other “We’ve spoken about it a lot because sexual than Gauri herself. harassment isn’t an issue for women to solve. everywhere “I take five minutes and It’s something we all have to solve together,” he (SRK) takes 5 hours,” said variety.com quoted Robbie as saying. Gauri, adding “I can only imagine every guy out there has a Los Angeles all these rights”, shared the mother of that SRK has daughter, a wife, a mother, a friend, a girlfriend. They two before turning the camera to her a big room don’t want them to exist in a world where they might merican actor Hilary Duff ex- son who seemed terrified at the plight only full not be able to go to work, can be safe. No one wants pressed her frustration with the of his mother. of ward- that. We’’ll solve it together. I hope,” she added. Apaparazzi on Friday and took to Duff asked her son when she turned robes. The actress, who plays character of Kayla Popsil in Instagram to voice her concern over the that camera on him: “How much do you T o “Bombshell” used to represent the stories of women way several photographers were unre- like the Paparazzi follows you? Do you which, Shah who have survived sexual harassment, is happy with lentingly following her and her children feel sad, huh? Do you hate it?” Rukh replied: “I Shah Rukh the positive response to the film. Luca Cruz Comrie, 7, and Banks Violet Hilary who has become a star of the wear the same Khan “The response to the film has been incredible. I was Bair, 1. forthcoming revival of Lizzie McGuire clothes every- hoping that it would be impactful in that way,” Robbie said, “Here I am just trying to get around has been known for a long time as to where. I wear the black suit, adding: “I really wasn’t expecting it to hit home so closely with both my kids and I have paparazzi the point that she’s over-protective as so you got to have a differ- with a lot of men, which has been amazing, really amazing.” following me everywhere I go,” said a parent. ence in black suit everytime “Bombshell” chronicles the downfall of Fox News titan the actor Scarlett Johansson reached the Pa- you wear.” Roger Ailes (essayed by John Lithgow), whom multiple Fox According to Fox News, Duff said: parazzi in April and warned him of a Gauri’s revelation about employees accused of sexual harassment. Ailes denied all “Two grown men, three actually, one new tragic Princess Diana waiting to SRK came during an inter- the claims until his death in 2017. of them is running away. Just follow me happen, after reporters surrounded view with the news channel It follows Fox’s most famous female faces as they grapple and my kids to every location I go to.” ‘Avengers’ actor and her security team, NDTV. The star couple were with their own experiences with Ailes, including Megyn Kelly “This doesn’t seem to me right to say and was seeking support at a Los Ange- at the Vogue X Nykaa Fash- (Charlize Theron) and Gretchen Carlson (Nicole Kidman). at least in a world where women get les police station. ion Power List event where they bagged the Most Stylish Couple of the year award. Los Brittany Angeles Murphy Jane Fonda arrested ctor Leonardo Di - Caprio tried hard to for fifth time Brittany Anot get recognised Washington during a date night with girl - Murphy friend Camila Morrone in Aspen. scar-winning actress was killed, Camila The 45-year-old actor, who sport- OJane Fonda was arrest- Morrone ed a baseball cap and black coat, was ed for the fifth time here claims seen attempting to go incognito while protesting with cli- half- while leaving dinner with his mate change activists. 22-year-old girlfriend Dubbed as Fire Drill Fri- brother and friends at Mat- days, Fonda has been protest- suhisa in Aspen, ing every week since Octo- Los Angeles The Los Angeles coroner Ed ber, sometimes with other Winter ruled the deaths were due Leonardo DiCaprio goes popular personalities, to raise rittany Murphy’s to pneumonia, anemia and drug awareness about climate half-brother Tony Berto- intoxication, which was support- incognito on date night change and Blotti claims the actress was ed by the presence of dozens of focus atten- murdered, adding that some- prescription pills in their systems. Colorado, reports dailymail.co.uk. tion on the times an actress is worth more “If you look at it from a dis- Earlier in the day, the couple were spotted enjoying a anti-fos- dead than alive. tance, it’s like here’s this young shopping trip with DiCaprio’s best friend, 43-year-old sil fuels Bertolotti has been investigat- lady, a fairly healthy girl, she’s actor Lukas Haas. The trio enjoyed hitting the lux- move- ing Brittany’s death for 10 years home with her supposed hus- ury retailers including Chanel and Loro Piana. ment. after she collapsed at her home band and mother, and she died. DiCaprio, 45, attempted to keep a low profile A video of here on December 20, 2009. It How absurd is it? It’s only in as he pulled his hoodie over his head. He also Fonda’s most Jane Fonda was reported that she died from Hollywood that it’s considered wore a hat and pair of designer shades. recent arrest pneumonia and drug intoxica- another day at the zoo. No one Keeping up with the incognito theme, has made its way onto the tion at an age of 32. takes her to a hospital, which is he wore all black including leather social media, in which she is Bertolotti, a sibling from their just four miles away,” Bertolotti jacket, trousers and lace-up shown cuffed, and seems to be father Angelo’s first marriage, said. boots. enjoying the moment, reports feels her death is connected to “I spent years looking at this, hollywoodreporter.com. her husband and screenwriter suppressing my own anger. I Simon Monjack, who died just think Brittany was taken out. Ananya Panday excited to work five months later, reports daily- Who killed Brittany? She didn’t When the Queen mail.co.uk. die of natural causes,” he added. with Deepika Padukone scolded “Harry Mumbai CLASSIFIEDS looking forward to,” add- Potter” actor in ed the actress, who made ctress Ananya Pandey says work- her debut this year with Buckingham Palace ing with Deepika Padukone in an “Student Of The Year 2” London Aupcoming film ticks off a bucket and followed it up with list wish. It was announced a while ago “Pati Patni Aur Woh”. that Ananya will be seen with Deepika The film is produced by in an untitled project co-starring Sidhant Karan Johar’s Dharma Produc- A Chaturvedi. tions and directed by Shakun Batra. ctress “I’m really delighted that I can finally “Deepika Padukone is an actress Miriam tick it off my wishlist now. The film is I truly love and I also really enjoyed Margolyes, Miriam really of a different genre, where there watching Siddhant in ‘’Gully Boy’’. who played Margolyes will be some romantic drama. It’s some- Moreover, I’m working again with Professor Po- thing that I haven’t done before and I’m Dharma Productions, which feels like mona Sprout in the “Harry home and I’m really happy about Potter” film franchise, shared it. I’’ll forever be grateful to Karan that she once got scolded by SITUATION VACANT (Johar). My director Shakun Batra, Queen Elizabeth II in Buck- I believe, is one of the finest in the ingham Palace. MANAGER / SUPERVISOR industry and he has been the dream The British actress, 78, experienced in a Fine director I’ve always wanted to work claimed that she got scolded Dining Chinese / Japanese with,” Ananya gushed. for being too loud during a Restaurant required. Meanwhile, the budding actress fin- British Book Week reception Send your CV: ished shooting for Maqbool Khan’s a few years ago, reports the- [email protected] “Khaali Peeli” that also features Ananya sun.co.uk. Ishaan Khatter. Panday 15 SUNDAY, DECEMBER 22, 2019 sports Messi shines in Barca Christmas stroll Barcelona end 2019 victorious with a straightforward 4-1 win over Deportivo Alaves

AFP | Madrid decision, while Mohican-haired Chilean forward Arturo Vidal arcelona go into the brief had tried a dramatic overhead Spanish winter break on effort that the Alaves ‘keeper Btop of La Liga after a glit- just about stopped with his feet. tering show from Lionel Messi Vidal bagged a second just helped the defending champions KNOW WHAT before half-time when put into beat Alaves 4-1 on Saturday. open space on the right as Barce- Real Madrid, who drew 0-0 lona overwhelmed the visitors, in Barcelona in the midweek but they should have gone into Clasico, can draw level top on Lionel Messi took his the break more than 2-0 ahead. 39 points but behind on goal goals tally for club and Pere Pons pulled one back on difference if they win at home to country in 2019 to 50 56 minute for Alaves with nei- Atletico Bilbao on Sunday. ther Gerard Pique nor the re- Seville are assured third place turning Samuel Umtiti on hand over Christmas on 34 points af- as his header flew home from ter their 2-0 win in Mallorca. said the French World Cup win- close range. French star Antoine Griez- ner who has scored just seven Even with four defenders zman put Barca ahead with a goals since his summer move. around him, Messi was unsto- lovely snap-shot from outside “We have a great team with pabble on 69 minutes as he un- the area after a slick exchange some of the best players around leashed a trademark left foot with Messi on 14 minutes. and when we don’t click, well, strike from outside the box. “I needed to score a goal be- there’s always Messi.” The goal illustrated why the Lionel Messi of FC Barcelona eludes the pressure from Ruben Duarte, Wakaso Mubarak and Manu Garcia of Deportivo Alaves fore the holidays, now I can go to score his team’s third goal Messi had already had a better diminutive attacker recently into them happy with myself,” strike ruled out by a harsh VAR won a sixth Ballon d’Or. Leizpig keep top spot in Germany after comeback win

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B Leipzig will go into the RBundesliga winter break in first place after coming from behind to claim a 3-1 home win against Augsburg on Saturday. The German league starts a four-week winter break on Sunday and Leipzig’s hard- fight home win left them three points clear. Borussia Moenchengladbach can draw level on 37 points if they beat Hertha Berlin, who are chasing a third straight win under Jurgen Klinsmann, on Saturday night. Leipzig fell behind at home Yussuf Poulsen celebrates scoring in RB Leipzig’s 3-1 home win over Augsburg Officials of Khaleeji Commercial Bank (KHCB) with Bahrain’s national football team after presenting a token of after just eight minutes when recognition to the players for their historic triumph in the 24th Arabian Gulf Cup. The event was held at KHCB premises Augsburg’s top-scoring for- work, we’ll sit and talk it over,” at Bahrain Financial Harbour in the presence of the bank’s Board member Hisham Al Rayes and CEO Sattam Algosaibi as ward Florian Niederlechner said Bayern’s sports director well as executive management members stabbed home a cross. Hasan Salihamidzic. However, Leipzig battered Schalke are fifth after their the visitors’ goal and their 16th 2-2 draw at home to Freiburg, attempt finally went in when 37 who converted two second-half Abid, Masood give Pakistan edge over Sri Lanka midfielder Konrad Laimer points have been penalties. The Royal Blues took curled his shot inside the top earned by RB Leipzig in the lead in Gelsenkirchen when AFP | Karachi corner on 68 minutes. 17 matches to remain on Turkey midfielder Suat Serdar The hosts took the lead with top of Bundesliga table showed great finishing. bid Ali and Shan Masood ten minutes to go when Czech Freiburg equalised early in Abecame only the third forward Patrik Schick head- the second half when Germany opening pair for Pakistan to hit ed home his third goal in as striker Nils Petersen converted centuries in the same innings many games after he was left Germany winger Serge Gnab- a penalty. Their South Korean as Pakistan turned the tables on unmarked at the far post. ry then added a second goal just midfielder Kwon Chang-Hoon Sri Lanka in the second and fi- Danish striker Yussuf Pouls- before the final whistle to seal then hit the post just before nal Test in Karachi on Saturday. en grabbed Leipzig’s third goal the three points which leaves Freiburg winger Vincenzo Gri- Abid, nicknamed “legend” in in the 89th minute when he Bayern third. fo chipped home a penalty at- Pakistan’s dressing room, hit converted a pass from Timo The win came at a price, how- tempt to put them 2-1 up with 174 for his second hundred in as Werner. ever, as defender Javi Martinez 23 minutes left. many Tests -- becoming the first had to be helped off and will be However, Schalke claimed a Pakistani and ninth batsmen Teen nets for Bayern “out for six weeks,” confirmed point when substitute forward overall to score two centuries Elsewhere, Dutch teenager interim coach Hansi Flick. Ahmed Kutucu hit a brilliant in his first two Tests. Joshua Zirkzee continued his Bayern already have fellow shot from the edge of the area. When the third day’s play Shan Masood and Abid Ali get across for a run dream scoring run for Bayern centre-backs Niklas Suele and The result leaves Schalke lev- ended Pakistan were in a strong Munich by giving the defending Lucas Hernandez sidelined by el on 30 points with Borussia position with 395-2, having an resuming at 57-0 on a National Amir Sohail and Ijaz Ahmed champions a late lead in their long-term injuries. Dortmund, who crashed 2-1 overall lead of 315 after con - Stadium pitch which dried up had set that record against the 2-0 win at home to Wolfsburg. Having won his last three defeat at Hoffenheim on Friday. ceding an 80-run lead in the to help batting. West Indies at the same venue Having scored on his Bunde- league games and steered Bay- Cologne left the relegation first innings. Masood blasted 135 for his in 1997. sliga debut in their 3-1 midweek ern to the last 16 of the Cham- places with a 1-0 win at home Skipper Azhar Ali was un- second century in his 19th Masood batted for nearly five win at Freiburg, Zirkee, 18, fired pions League with six straight to Werder Bremen, who drop beaten on 57 -- his first fifty in Test as the duo put on 278 for hours for his 135, which includ- home a Thomas Mueller pass wins, a decision about Flick’s into the bottom three, thanks 14 innings -- and Babar Azam the opening wicket, just 20 ed three sixes and seven fours. with his first touch after com- future is expected in the com- to a first-half goal by Colom- on 22 not out. short of equalling the highest Abid struck 21 boundaries and ing off the bench at the Allianz ing days. bia striker Jhon Cordoba from It was a day for the batsmen opening stand for Pakistan of a six in his 398-minute stay at Arena. “We’re very happy with his close range. as Pakistan added 338 runs after 298. the crease. SUNDAY, DECEMBER 22, 2019 16

Lampard doesn’t want to be seen as a Ancelotti, Arteta suffer Mourinho ‘clone’ Everton’s Arsenal stalemate

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rank Lampard insists he Fdoesn’t want to emulate Jose Mourinho’s unique style as the Chelsea manager plots KNOW WHAT to out-wit his old boss in Sun- day’s crucial clash at Totten- ham. Lampard’s first Premier Frank Lampard had League meeting with Mour- won two league titles inho is the headline act in a with Jose Mourinho as fascinating derby that will de- termine which of the London manager at Chelsea Everton’s Jordan Pickford claims the ball above Reiss Nelson of Arsenal rivals spends Christmas Day in the top four. of the table was obvious in a Despite having two goals Spurs manager Mourinho Everton and Arsenal match completely devoid of ruled out after VAR reviews, played a key role in Lampard’s • quality. Sheffield United climbed to emergence as one of Chelsea’s show Ancelotti and A point leaves Arsenal 11th What a fantastic within one point of the top four all-time greats during their matches. Arteta challenges ahead and the Gunners have now won performance we as Oli McBurnie’s 23rd min - time together at Stamford “To go up against him for just once in their last 13 games (Everton) put in. I ute strike clinched a 1-0 win at Bridge. Derby against Manchester Southampton in all competitions. couldn’t have asked Brighton. Yet while Mourinho’s man- United last year was a big deal claim• crucial win Everton move up to 15th, but for any more from Either side of McBurnie’s agerial credentials are well for me. And that still remains,” are only four points clear of the cool finish, John Egan and established after winning a said Lampard in reference to relegation zone. them, they’ve been Jack O’Connell’s disallowed ef- host of trophies during his glit- last season’s win over Mour- AFP | London Ferguson’s role in Everton’s incredible for me forts gave fifth placed United a tering 19-year career, Lampard inho when they met in the impressive victory over Chelsea DUNCAN FERGUSON league-leading four goals over- is still carving out a name for League Cup third round. arlo Ancelotti and Mikel and draw at Manchester United turned by VAR this season. himself in the coaching world. “I’ll always have respect for Arteta got a glimpse of in their last two league games Wolves moved into sixth place The former England mid- him. The bigger thing is Chel- Cthe problems that lie was enough to ensure the Scot as they fought back for a 2-1 win fielder is in just his second sea- sea-Tottenham, and what that ahead in their new jobs as they a role in Ancelotti’s backroom at second bottom Norwich. son as a manager after leaving rivalry means to our players watched Everton and Arse - staff. Smith’s struggling hosts, who Canaries midfielder Todd Championship side Derby to and us. nal share a dreadful 0-0 draw, “What a fantastic perfor - have now lost their last four Cantwell opened the scoring take charge at Chelsea in July. Lampard won two league ti- while Southampton beat Aston mance we put in. I couldn’t have league games. in the 17th minute, but Romain Lampard acknowledges tles with Mourinho at Chelsea, Villa 3-1 in Saturday’s Premier asked for any more from them, Danny Ings struck for South- Saiss equalised with a 60th min- Mourinho was a big influence but they are managerial peers League relegation showdown. they’ve been incredible for me,” ampton in the 21st minute, the ute header from Joao Moutin- on him as a player but, now he now and the former England Former Napoli boss Ancelotti Ferguson said. in-form striker pouncing after ho’s cross. is in the dug-out, he will follow star recognises his old boss was confirmed as Everton’s new On Ancelotti, Ferguson add- Shane Long’s shot was saved to Mexico forward Raul Jimenez his own path rather than copy has a squad capable of denting manager on the morning of the ed: “A guy of that pedigree com- net his 12th goal of the season completed Wolves’ comeback in the Portuguese coach. his ambitions by knocking the match, 24 hours after Arteta ing here, I can’t wait to start and his sixth in his last seven the 81st minute with a tap-in for Asked to name the most im- Blues out of the top four. left his role as Manchester City working under him.” games. his 16th goal of the season in all portant lesson he took from “It should be relatively even assistant coach to take charge Ljungberg, meanwhile, looks Jack Stephens’ doubled competitions. working with Mourinho, when you look at the last four of Arsenal. set to remain on the Gunners’ Southampton’s lead 10 minutes Miguel Almiron bagged his Lampard said: “There’s not years, where Chelsea and Tot- Both bosses were in the coaching staff and the Swede later with a header from James first Premier League goal at the one thing, no; he’s obviously tenham have been fighting to Goodison Park stands with said: “I’ve been told by the club Ward-Prowse’s corner. 27th attempt to seal Newcastle’s a good manager with loads of get into the top four. It’s al - Duncan Ferguson and Freddie that they want me to stay. Ings wrapped up Southamp- 1-0 win against Crystal Palace, good attributes. ways a competitive fixture,” Ljungberg in temporary charge “I was very happy. We put a ton’s first win in three games before the Paraguayan earned a “But there’s not one specific Lampard said. of Everton and Arsenal for the very young side on the pitch and when he punished Marvelous buzz-killing booking for taking thing I learned working under Mourinho’s impact at Tot- final time. gave them a chance.” Nakamba’s poor defending in off his shirt to celebrate the 83rd him, and I wouldn’t strive to be tenham has surprised some And the lack the 51st minute. minute strike at St James’ Park. a clone or anything. who claimed he was finished of confidence Saints alive Jack Grealish’s fine 75th min- Jay Rodriguez’s 89th minute “I’m happy to go up against as a top manager after his last of two sides At Villa Park, Southampton ute strike was no consolation goal handed Burnley a 1-0 win Jose; for me to play under him, two jobs with Chelsea and struggling at climbed out of the relegation for Villa, who sit three points with their first shot on target at he was a big influence in my United ended in acrimonious the wrong end zone at the expense of Dean behind Southampton. Bournemouth. career.” circumstances. Lampard and Mourinho re- But the 56-year-old nev- main on good terms from their er doubted his ability to Chelsea days -- the Tottenham Tottenham back on track manager promising a “big hug” and now he wants to when they meet before kick- underline their resur- Mourinho encourages Vertonghen, off and talking of his “love” for gence with a statement the 41-year-old. win against Chelsea. But that didn’t stop the stu- “When we arrived Eriksen to stay at Tottenham dent admitting beating his old we were 12 points dis- teacher in such an important tance, we were closer AFP | London vision of the club, if I was them, I would game would be a memorable to the bottom than the say I want to be part of the next thing.” moment. top,” Mourinho said. ottenham manager Jose Alderweireld and Vertonghen have “But of course we TMourinho hopes Jan Ver- If I was Jan or Christian, I remained regulars since Mourinho ‘Every point is crucial’ knew where we belong and tonghen and Christian Eriksen would stay. They have been took charge a month ago, but Eriksen Chelsea were 12 points we knew it was a question of will follow Toby Alderweireld’s here for such a long time, has started just once, in a dead rubber ahead of Tottenham when time to leave this awful posi- lead to extend their stays at Spurs they are living the life of the Champions League tie at Bayern Mu- Mourinho replaced the sacked tion and to have an approach. beyond the end of the season. club in the past four, five nich. Mauricio Pochettino in No- “We know we can end this Alderweireld ended long-running “The only thing I will say about Chris- vember. year in the top four. But this speculation over his future by signing years, the transition from tian is that I want him to sign a new That gap is now down to just is not just between us and a new contract till 2023 on Friday. White Hart Lane to the best contract,” added Mourinho. three after Mourinho master- Chelsea. Manchester Vertonghen and Eriksen have just stadium in the world “The most important thing is what minded an immediate Totten- United are over six months left on their deals. JOSE MOURINHO Toby said. ‘I couldn’t be happier any- ham revival with four wins involved, “When I arrived, we had three top where else’. That is fantastic. from his five league games. Wolves are players potentially leaving, now we have time, they are living the life of the club “It helps that since I’ve arrived he’s In contrast, Chelsea are ex- involved. two top players potentially leaving,” in the past four, five years, the transition played every minute of every game, periencing the first major blip Every Jan Mourinho told Sky Sports. from White Hart Lane to the best stadi- probably. He probably feels like he’s of Lampard’s reign after four point is Vertonghen “If I was Jan or Christian, I would stay. um in the world. going to play under me, he’s going to be defeats in their last five league crucial.” “They have been here for such a long “The perspectives of the future, the first choice, and maybe that helps.”