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ore than 80 migrants Mhave gone missing and only four were rescued after their boat capsized off Tuni- sia on its way from Libya to Italy, Tunisia’s coast guard said yesterday. The Red Crescent and the navy said that three Malians and an Ivorian were rescued off Zarzis in southern Tu- nisia on Wednesday by the coast guard who had been alerted by local fishermen. His Royal Highness Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, the Crown Prince, Deputy Supreme Commander and First Deputy Prime Minister with the Ambassador of the United Kingdom to the Kingdom of The Ivorian, however, Bahrain, Simon Martin, at Gudaibiya Palace to mark the end of the Ambassador’s service in the Kingdom. HRH the Crown Prince highlighted the historical and strategic ties between Bahrain and the United died in hospital and one of Kingdom, stressing the importance of continuing to expand cooperation in all fields. HRH the Crown Prince wished him every success in his future endeavours. The Ambassador expressed his appreciation for the Malians has also been the support received during his tenure in Bahrain and thanked HRH the Crown Prince for further strengthening relations between Bahrain and the UK. The Minister of Finance and National Economy, Shaikh hospitalised in intensive Salman bin Khalifa Al Khalifa, attended the meeting care. Those rescued had told Tunisian officials that 86 people were on board their inflatable boat when it left from the Libyan town of Zu- wara, west of Tripoli, on its way to cross the Mediterra- nean to Italy. Iran loses its ‘Grace’ “About 80 migrants are feared dead. More updates are needed in order to con- British Royal Marines storm Syria-bound Iran supertanker, vessel detained at the request of the US firm what happened and the actual number of miss- Madrid, Spain ing,” Flavio Di Giacomo, a spokesman for the Inter- n Iranian supertanker national Organisation for suspected of carrying Migration, tweeted. Acrude oil to Syria in vi- Libya, which has been olation of EU sanctions was de- wracked by chaos since the tained in Gibraltar, which could 2011 uprising that killed further escalate Iran’s confron- veteran dictator Moam- tation with the west. er Kadhafi, has long been Authorities in Gibraltar did a major transit route for not say where the oil came from migrants, especially from but specialised shipping trade sub-Saharan Africa, desper- publication Lloyd’s List said the ate to reach Europe. Panamanian-flagged tanker was On Tuesday night, 44 mi- thought to be transporting crude grants were killed in an air from Iran. strike on their detention The Grace 1 vessel was halted centre in a Tripoli suburb. in the early hours of Thursday by Gibraltar police and customs agencies, aided by a detachment A British Royal Navy ship (L) patrols near supertanker Grace 1 suspected of carrying crude oil to Syria in violation of EU sanctions after it was detained off the coast of Gibraltar of British Royal Marines in the British territory on the southern of an entity that is subject to Eu- Iran’s Foreign Ministry sum- Council, setting out the details officials including government tip of Spain. ropean Union sanctions against moned the British ambassador of the sanctions which we have ministers over their role in the It was boarded when it slowed Syria.” to voice “its very strong objec- enforced”. “violent repression” of down in a designated area used The Grace 1 is a Panamani- tion to the illegal and unaccept- In a statement, Britain’s for- civilians. by shipping agencies to ferry an-flagged tanker, according to able seizure” of its ship. eign office said: “We welcome It has frozen the assets of goods to vessels. the shipping trade publication The diplomatic gesture lifted this firm action by the Gibraltar- some 72 entities and introduced “We have reason to believe Lloyd’s List. any doubt over Iran’s ownership ian authorities, acting to enforce an embargo on Syrian oil, invest- DON’T MISS IT that the ‘Grace 1’ was carrying “We have detained the vessel of the vessel, which flies a Pana- the EU Syria Sanctions regime”. ment restrictions and a freeze its shipment of crude oil to the and its cargo,” Picardo said. ma flag and is listed as managed European Union sanctions on Syrian central bank assets Banyas Refinery in Syria,” the Spanish Foreign Minister Jo- by a company in Singapore. against Syria have been in force within the European Union. territory’s Chief Minister Fabian sep Borrell told reporters the Picardo said he had “written since late 2011. Gibraltar is a British overseas Picardo said vessel was detained at the re- this morning to the Presidents of The 28-member bloc has im- territory, a small rocky outcrop Banking is poised “That refinery is the property quest of the United States. the European Commission and posed sanctions on 277 Syrian on Spain’s southern tip. 03 to change Call for drug App trouble 04 rehab centre Sudan talks Facebook services back online after worldwide outage 05 enter day two San Francisco, United States WhatsApp services. a bug that made it difficult for most impacted. Both individual blamed on a “server configura- “The issue has since been re- users to upload or send photos users as well as businesses and tion change.” acebook said it was “back at solved and we should be back at and videos, US media reported. organizations were affected. The March 13 outage was F100 per cent” Wednesday 100% for everyone,” the compa- #Facebookdown and #insta- “Yes, we are affected by #in- believed to be the worst ever evening after an outage on all ny tweeted at 0006 GMT Thurs- gramdown were trending on stagramdown, too,” the CIA for the internet giant, which of its services affected users in day, adding they were sorry for Twitter as users around the tweeted during the outage. reaches an estimated 2.7 billion 210 fils (includes VAT) various parts of the world. “any inconvenience.” world reported these apps were “No, we didn’t cause it. No, we people with its core social net- Online monitoring service A Facebook spokesperson, not functioning. can’t fix yours. Did you try turn- work, Instagram and messaging DownDetector reported ear- also speaking on behalf of Insta- According to DownDetector, ing it off and back on again?” applications. lier the outage began around gram and WhatsApp, explained thousands of users around the Earlier this year, an outage The company did not imme- 1200 GMT and affected Face- that a “routine maintenance op- world were reporting outages, lasting as long as 24 hours diately respond to a query on book as well as its Instagram and eration” accidentally triggered with Europe and North America that hit Facebook services was Wednesday’s outage. FRIDAY, JUNE 5, 2019 02

The Commander-in-Chief of the Bahrain Defence Force (BDF), Field Marshal Royal Guard Commander, Major-General HH Shaikh Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa at his Al-Rawdhah Camp office yesterday with officer candidates graduated from Shaikh Khalifa bin Ahmed Al Khalifa during an inspection visit to a BDF a qualifying session held at the Isa Royal Military College. HH Shaikh Nasser presented them with certificates of appreciation in preparation for involving them in unit. The commander-in-chief was briefed on the unit’s work progress and a session that will be held at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, the UK. The Royal Guard Commander urged them to exert efforts in the session at the Royal development process and gave them directives to continue carrying out their Military Academy Sandhurst to acquire military knowledge that will serve Bahrain Defence Force and the Kingdom of Bahrain patriotic duties with determination and professionalism

The Commander-in-Chief of Bahrain Defence Force (BDF) Field Marshal Shaikh Khalifa bin Ahmed Al Khalifa during a visit to the GCC Unified Maritime Operations Centre. He was welcomed by its Commander Commodore Eid Abdullah Al Ka’abi, Deputy Commander Commodore Mojab Jaza Al Atibi, Captain Ibrahim Abdullah Al Haram, Captain Osama Mohammed Al Kandari, Captain Yasser Abdullah Al Sayed, Captain Meshari Juma’a Al Abidi and officers. The BDF Commander-in-Chief underlined the importance of the Unified Maritime Operations Centre and praised the role of the centre’s National Guard Chief General Shaikh Mohammed bin Isa Al Khalifa opened staff in carrying out duties yesterday a new Military Consumer Establishment branch at Al-Mahadeer to secure freedom of marine neighbourhood in Khalifa Town. The opening ceremony was attended by navigation and confront ambient National Guard Staff Director Major General Shaikh Abdulaziz bin Saud regional challenges Al Khalifa and senior officers. The branch aims to provide basic consumer commodities to the National Guard personnel at suitable prices

Foreign Affairs Minister Shaikh Khalid bin Ahmed bin Mohammed Al Khalifa with the President of Bahrain Royal Equestrian and Endurance Federation and VP of the Supreme Council for Environment, HH Shaikh Faisal bin Rashid Al Khalifa. The minister congratulated Shaikh Faisal on his appointment by HM the King as President of the Follow- up Committee on the implementation of agreements and memoranda of understanding between Bahrain and HM the King’s Media Advisor Nabeel bin Yaqoub Al Hamer with the outgoing Ambassador of Morocco to Bahrain Ahmed Turkmenistan. In this regard, the Minister of Foreign Affairs affirmed the keenness of the Ministry to support all Rachid Khattabi. Al Hamer hailed the historic fraternal ties lauding Khattabi’s efforts in bolstering ties in various fields initiatives and programmes launched by Shaikh Faisal particularly in the media and wished him success in his future assignments

Officials of the Ministry of Interior’s Department of Personnel Affairs’ during a briefing organised by the Civil Service Bureau (CSB) in cooperation with MOI and the Department of Human Resources Development at the CSB. The meeting reviewed the latest developments regarding civil service laws and regulations. Director of Human Resources Shura Council delegation with Member of the Russian Federation’s Duma Security Committee Adalbi Shhagoshev on Development Mohammed Saleh Al-Dawood said the meeting covered several topics including the mechanisms used the sidelines of the second international Parliamentary systems development forum in Moscow. Deputy Head of Human in the promotions, bonuses, incentives and its requirements, as well as the procedures taken in the event of employee Rights Committee Darweesh Ahmed Al Manna’e and Member of Foreign Affairs, Defence and Security Committee Ali transfer or change of job title Abdullah Al Aradi expressed gratitude and appreciation to Duma for hosting this major inter-parliamentary gathering 03 FRIDAY, JULY 5, 2019 big story Banking is poised to change Open Banking reforms introduced by the Central Bank of When we first started Bahrain looking at fintech, the (CBB) is set to biggest hurdle was the fear factor. For any incite greater Bahrain leads GCC with revolutionary Open Banking standards regulator to think about change in the landscape competition in TDT | Manama account in another bank for ed- itless. ly, we target certainty, so we can bring anxiety the Kingdom’s ucation loan. As life moves on, As EDB says, “Open Bank- avoid the risk that can prevent because naturally, we fter the path-breaking then comes the turn for a home ing will make access to finan- financial instability. But what target certainty, so banking sector launch of the regulato- loan, car loan and even a person- cial information easier, faster we decided at the CBB is that we avoid the risk that Ary sandbox and the in- al loan account. and tailored to the needs of this coming technology is of im- can prevent financial by encouraging troduction of cryptocurrency Probably, many of us by now customers.” mense benefits to the economy regulations, Bahrain has added know how hard it’s to keep In short, open banking is an of Bahrain, that’s why we took instability. But what new product yet another first to its cap of track of all these credit/debit umbrella term for a range of the dive and made the neces- we decided at the CBB success- this time in the form accounts. changes that will allow trusted sary regulations and pushed is that this coming development, of the revolutionary ‘open bank- What if all these accounts are third parties to access your bank the industry to start looking at technology is of ing’ standards that is poised to integrated into an open Applica- account information, including this and introduce changes we immense benefits to the bringing in change banking forever. tion Programming Interfaces or balances and transactions. think will help the economy at economy of Bahrain, Mandated last year and forced API that let a third party app read Sounds dangerous? It’s not large.” new disruptive into action on 30 June 2019, the them and export it into a mobile as it is done in much the same According to Accenture, near- that’s why we took the regulation made Bahrain the app. If granted permission, the way as permission is granted ly 20 per cent of Banks globally dive players and first country in the middle east app can also transfer your funds to apps and websites to access have already invested in open RASHEED AL MARAJ to adopt ‘open banking’. to other accounts. Much better, a Facebook profile. Important banking-related initiatives-77pc GOVERNOR, CENTRAL BANK OF BAHRAIN by providing The new system debuted in isn’t it? thing is that you are in control will do so by 2019. the Kingdom with the National Forex conversion is anoth- of whether to give permission This is exactly where the consumers with Bank of Bahrain adopting the er scenario. With the physical or not. CBB has laid the groundwork open banking infrastructure boundaries are shrinking, in- Once access is given to your for with its open banking mod- better choices of Tarabut Gateway - the first dividuals now communicate, bank account, you will be able to ule. (http://cbb.complinet. How will it affect you? and leads company to graduate from the explore, shop and work glob- see this permission from a bank- com/net_file_store/new_rule- • The new CBB’s regulatory sandbox last ally. Meeting requirements for ing app or website and remove it books/v/o/Vol_5_Ancillary_ standards will year. Ithmaar Bank, Khaleeji quick money in various curren- at any time. OB_Dec_2018.pdf) pressurise bank Commercial Bank (KHCB) are cies are still a tedious job. Open Open banking is thus paving Presently, two types of reg- to improve the also leading the trend among API could be a saviour in such the way for a new banking envi- ulations are available on open services they GCC banks by announcing their situations too. API could help in ronment - one where customers banking: Account Informa - offer readiness. providing current and historical have more power and can imme- tion Service Provider ( AISP) • Expect to see more third- KNOW WHAT The move also comes at a foreign exchange rates, based on diately switch between service for accessing and aggregating party tools to help you take time when the country is fast users permission, it could even providers. account information, and Pay- adopting the 5G networks that get the best conversion rates. ment Initiation Service Provid- control of your spending In October 2015, the guarantee faster speeds thereby Open banking could also help Addressing fear factor er (PISP) for online payment European Parliament allowing for a smarter and more lenders get a more accurate pic- Addressing the fear factor is services. implemented the Re- connected world. ture of a consumer’s financial the key here. The developments also mean vised Payment Service To understand better, let us situation and risk level to offer As Rasheed Al Maraj, Gov- that banks now need to operate Directive, or PSD2 look into the saving habits of a more appropriate loan terms. It ernor, Central Bank of Bahrain in the same space as new-age person. A person may well be- could also help consumers get a said, “When we first started digital companies and need to gin this with a savings account more accurate picture of their looking at fintech, the biggest always give customer experi- This paved during his school/college days, finances before taking on debt. hurdle was the fear factor. For ence the top priority. This will • Getting a loan way for inno- which eventually gets turned any regulator to think about give customers more power to Limitless possibilities may become easier. Instead vative online into a salary account. Eyeing change in the landscape can switch between providers and of manually gathering and mobile higher education means a new Yes, the possibilities are lim- bring anxiety because natural- pick new products at their wish. information from a payments variety of sources How it works? What does API mean? Privacy? What happened so far? and submitting it to a potential UK takes lead pen banking is a system n application program- hird-parties, banks, and ccording to the Open lender, lenders can just grab what Othat provides a user with Aming interface, or API, is a TAPIs would all use robust ABanking Implementation By August 2016, the a network of financial institu- set of programming code that security measures to encrypt Entity (OBIE), the technology they need directly United Kingdom asked tions’ data through the use of queries data, parses respons- and protect confidential in- was used 3 million • Benefit from easier and less Barclays, RBS, HSBC, application programming in- es, and sends instructions be- formation. times in July, expensive bookkeeping Santander, Bank of Ire- terfaces (APIs). It forces large, tween one software platform up from 2 • Expect innovative startups to land, Allied Irish Bank, established banks to be more and another. APIs can facilitate million bring newer, better ways of competitive with smaller and the sometimes onerous process usages Danske Bank, Lloyds, doing things newer banks, ideally resulting of switching from one bank’s in June and Nationwide to allow in lower costs, better technolo- checking account to another licensed third-parties gy, and better customer service. bank’s. direct access to their APIs can also look at data transaction data to iden- tify a new savings ac- count that would earn In India, Open banking a higher interest rate emerged with the or a different credit unveiling of the Indian card with a lower government’s Unified interest rate. Payments Interface (UPI). YES BANK was one of the first to launch API banking services

DTN_03_03082018.pdf FRIDAY, JULY 5, 2019 04 Pakistan school students shine in SSC-I exam cured first position with 92pc Arts Group (Girls) Pass percentage in marks (476/520). Eman Ahmad • clinched the second position the science stream is with 90pc marks (470/520) fol- 80 per cent while Arts lowed by Andleeb Maqsood se- group registered 70pc curing the third position with 89pc marks (465/520). Overall success rate 19 Students clinched ‘A+’ posi- • tions, with 20 fetching ‘A’ grades among girls is 85pc followed by 33 students with’ B’ grades. Science Group (Girls) Group Science 19 students clinched This time also girls dominat- Fatima Junaid (476/520) - 1st Eman Ahmed (470/520) - 2nd Andleeb Maqsood (465/520) - 3rd ‘A+’• positions, with ed in clinching positions and Ayesha Siddiqa (454/530) - 1st 20 fetching ‘A’ grades securing high marks. The top three positions were secured by followed by 33 students girls. The overall success rate with’ B’ grades among girl students is 85pc with science group topping with 85pc Principal expressed followed by humanities with his• satisfaction with the 76pc. The Chairman, Board of Man- performance of the agement and the Principal con- students gratulated the students and said due recognition will be given TDT | Manama to the students and parents by (Boys) Group Science Usman Shabbir (445/520) - 1st M Tayyab Mumtaz (431/520) - 2nd Suhail Munir (437/520) - 3rd Aysha Arshad (450/530) - 2nd organising special events. Principal Attiq-ur-Rehman akistan School, Bahrain, expressed his deep pleasure students registered overall and satisfaction for the com - Pexcellence in the Second- mendable performance of the ary School Certificate (SSC) Part students. I Examinations of 2019 by Fed- Sami ur Rehman, the Chair- eral Board of Intermediate and man Board of Management, Secondary Education (FBISE) said that students will be grant- Islamabad. ed scholarships and awards for The pass percentage in the their results. science stream is 80 per cent Efforts of Board members in- Zoha M Yaqoob (395/530) - 3rd

while the Arts group regis- cluding Academic in charge Mu- (Boys) Arts Group Ziyad Mahmood (376/530) - 1st Hamid M Raza (314/530) 2nd Muhammad Ibrar M Ishfaq tered 70pc. Fatima Junaid se- hammad Naseem were praised. (305/530) - 3rd

Drugging passengers at Call for drug rehab centre airport: Court adjourns trial TDT Manama Mohammed Zafran proposal has been made to the Northern Munic- The centre should Aipal Council to establish serve to raise a drug rehab centre. awareness about The centre, the proposal said, addiction in the should focus on aftercare and community as well the successful integration of ad- as promote healthy dicts into society. behaviour The proposal by northern municipal council member Ab- Representative picture dallah Al Qubaisi also called for allotting a building and appoint- NORTHERN MUNICIPAL COUNCIL MEMBER TDT | Manama with a hypnotic drug to rob ing experts. ABDALLAH AL QUBAISI them. Al Qubaisi said the centre is he First High Criminal Footages also showed the necessary to provide proper TCourt on Wednesday ad- suspect transferring money psychological support and cre- journed the trial of a man ac- and booking a flight to a neigh- ating programmes capable of cilities including a gymnasium, However, statistics by senior Two students, accused of sell- cused of drugging and robbing bouring GCC country. producing a suitable environ- a reading room, cafeteria, spe- ministers showed that drug ad- ing drugs in a public school, got passengers at Bahrain Interna- Police arrested the man ment to treat addictions. cial treatment rooms, a social diction is well controlled and expelled from a school in Ham- tional Airport to July 9. while he was getting on board Raising awareness in the com- room and a room for exhibiting amounts to less than 1pc of Bah- ad town earlier. The court ordered to keep the plane. munity, according to Al Qubaisi, awareness materials. rain’s population. Reports say the two female the suspect, an Asian nation- When searched, police is the next big step. “The centre Moving on, the council dis- According to the Minister of students were involved in se- al, in detention until the next found cash and sleeping pills should serve to raise awareness cussed a claim by a shura coun- education, drug addiction af- rious violations related to drug session. in the defendant’s possession. about addiction in the commu- cil member on the percentage fects precisely 0.974pc of the possession and distribution. The incidents leading to his He, however, claimed nity as well as promote healthy of drug addicts in the kingdom. population. At that time, the Ministry arrest occurred when the Air- that the victims willingly behaviour,” he said. The member claimed that Drug addiction and peddling stated the students may have to port Police found three Asian gave him the money to get it The proposal further requires around 26 per cent of Bahrain’s were among the major topics of pursue home-schooling even passengers in an unusual men- exchanged. establishing various support fa- population is addicted to drugs. discussion this year. after their suspension is over. tal state. On 18 November 2018, the Footage from surveillance Public Prosecution accused cameras showed the three pas- the man of robbing the victims sengers speaking to a person, and attempting to escape from who offered them drinks. the country. Couple in dock for peddling drugs, prostitution Investigators said the man The prosecution accused at first spots targets at the him of possessing and abus- TDT | Manama The Thai woman was man. Court files say the wom- scale and a bag a shabu from the airport, and during the con- ing drugs and referred him to allegedly trafficking an was extremely cautious and woman’s possession. versation offer drinks laced the First High Criminal Court. he High Criminal Court has Methamphetamine, a never revealed her identity to Another woman, present in- Tsentenced a Thai couple to customers. side the apartment at the time five years in jail on charges of drug locally known as She landed in police custody of the raid, was also taken into drug trafficking and another “Shabu”, in Bahrain for when an undercover agent man- custody. year for prostitution. BD200-BD500 through aged to win their confidence by The woman initially claimed Two lanes closed on Airport The court also ordered them her boyfriend who offering to buy shabu worth of that she wasn’t involved in to pay a fine of BD3,000. The played the role of a BD440. drugs trafficking while confess- Avenue man involved was given an ad- middleman The agent was taken to the ing that she was a prostitute and TDT | Manama ditional 10 days imprisonment couple’s apartment, following a charged BD30-BD40 per hour Airport roundabout/intersec- for overstaying his visa. meeting held in Juffair. from customers. wo lanes on Airport Av- tion, the Ministry of Works The Thai woman was alleg- After sealing the deal, the The boyfriend, however, re- Tenue between Airport announced in a statement re- edly trafficking Methampheta- agent alerted the Anti-narcot- futed her claims and told pros- Roundabout and Avenue 20 leased. mine, a drug locally known as ics squad to raid the apartment. ecutors that she masterminded for 200 meters near Muhar- One lane will be provided on “Shabu”, in Bahrain for BD200- Officers retrieved the money the drug business, while also raq Garden will remain closed opposite directions effective BD500 through her boyfriend paid by the agent as well as sev- admitting his hand in the pros- on account of improvement from Friday for 40 days, the who played the role of a middle- eral tools including a delicate titution. works of Bahrain International statement said. FRIDAY, JULY 5, 2019 04 05 FRIDAY, JULY 5, 2019 Pakistan school students shine in SSC-I exam world cured first position with 92pc Arts Group (Girls) Pass percentage in marks (476/520). Eman Ahmad • clinched the second position the science stream is with 90pc marks (470/520) fol- 80 per cent while Arts lowed by Andleeb Maqsood se- A corpse doesn’t count? group registered 70pc curing the third position with 89pc marks (465/520). Hearse driver caught using carpool 19 Students clinched ‘A+’ posi- Sudan talks enter day two Overall success rate tions, with 20 fetching ‘A’ grades • lane Khartoum, Sudan among girls is 85pc followed by 33 students with’ B’ grades. Science Group (Girls) Group Science alks between Sudan’s rul- Eman Ahmed (470/520) - 2nd Andleeb Maqsood (465/520) - 3rd • 19 students clinched This time also girls dominat- Fatima Junaid (476/520) - 1st ing generals and protest ‘A+’ positions, with ed in clinching positions and Ayesha Siddiqa (454/530) - 1st leaders, held after weeks securing high marks. The top T 20 fetching ‘A’ grades of standoff following a deadly three positions were secured by followed by 33 students crackdown on protesters, en- girls. The overall success rate ter a second day yesterday with with’ B’ grades among girl students is 85pc with the key issue of forming a new science group topping with 85pc governing body still unresolved. Principal expressed followed by humanities with Representative picture Sudan has been rocked by a his• satisfaction with the 76pc. political crisis since the army The Chairman, Board of Man- Los Angeles, United States performance of the Upon inspection, the Chrys- ousted longtime ruler Omar al- agement and the Principal con- ler minivan had been decked Bashir in April on the back of students gratulated the students and said hearse driver transport- out like a funeral car, including widespread protests, with the due recognition will be given ing a corpse was stopped a rail and gurney holding the ruling generals resisting demon- Science Group (Boys) Group Science A TDT | Manama to the students and parents by Usman Shabbir (445/520) - 1st M Tayyab Mumtaz (431/520) - 2nd Suhail Munir (437/520) - 3rd Aysha Arshad (450/530) - 2nd by police for using a carpool body. strators’ demands to hand pow- organising special events. lane in the US state of Nevada “So, he doesn’t count in the er to a civilian administration. Principal Attiq-ur-Rehman -- but let off with a warning back?” the driver asked. The generals had previous- akistan School, Bahrain, expressed his deep pleasure after he claimed it counted as Smaka explained that pas- ly agreed over a broad civilian students registered overall and satisfaction for the com - a passenger. sengers need to be alive to structure, but talks between excellence in the Second- mendable performance of the Members of the Sudanese Military Council and the protest movement the Alliance for Freedom and Change meet at the P Police officer Travis Smaka qualify for the “high occu - the two sides collapsed in May Corinthia Hotel in the capital Khartoum ary School Certificate (SSC) Part students. told CNN how he flagged down pancy vehicle” lanes com - following a disagreement over I Examinations of 2019 by Fed- Sami ur Rehman, the Chair- a gray van on Monday when he mon across the US, but agreed who should lead an overall new killed across the country since Sudan’s political crisis eral Board of Intermediate and man Board of Management, spotted its driver using a lane to let the driver off with a governing body -- a civilian or the raid, including more than Economic crisis triggers protests against regime of Omar al-Bashir Secondary Education (FBISE) said that students will be grant- reserved for vehicles with at warning. a soldier. 2018 100 on June 3, according to doc- Dec 19 Islamabad. ed scholarships and awards for 2019 least two people on board. “It just threw me off,” he told Tensions further surged be- Feb 22 Bashir declares state of emergency tors close to the umbrella pro- The pass percentage in the their results. “The driver informed me the television network, adding tween the generals and protest test movement, the Alliance for science stream is 80 per cent Efforts of Board members in- Zoha M Yaqoob (395/530) - 3rd Apr 6 Start of mass sit-in protest outside that he had someone who was that it was one of the “more leaders after a deadly pre-dawn army HQ in Khartoum Freedom and Change. while the Arts group regis- cluding Academic in charge Mu- (Boys) Arts Group Ziyad Mahmood (376/530) - 1st Hamid M Raza (314/530) 2nd Muhammad Ibrar M Ishfaq deceased in the back of the interesting responses” he had raid on a longstanding protest The health ministry says 78 tered 70pc. Fatima Junaid se- hammad Naseem were praised. (305/530) - 3rd Apr 11 Army ousts Bashir, sets up vehicle,” Smaka said. heard. camp in Khartoum on June 3 military council to rule for 2 years people have been killed nation- killed dozens of demonstrators Interim military leader wide over the same period. and wounded hundreds. May 15 Protest leaders and army Gen. Abdel Fattah On Sunday, protest leaders agree on 3-year transition al-Burhan Talks finally resumed to civilian rule managed to mobilise tens of Drugging passengers at Wednesday after intense medi- May 20 Collapse of talks on forming a civilian-military thousands of supporters in the 27 dead as fishing boat ation by Ethiopian and African body to govern during transition to civilian rule first mass protest against the Union envoys, who have pro- June 3 Brutal crackdown on thousands camped since generals since the raid. airport: Court adjourns trial April outside army HQ. Scores of protesters killed sinks off Honduras posed a draft proposal to break The mass rally had been seen Call for drug rehab centre the deadlock. June 4 Military scraps power transfer agreement, as a test for the protest lead - calls for election within 9 months “Today, the discussion will be ers’ ability to mobilise crowds June 6 TDT Manama about who heads the sovereign African Union suspends Sudan over June 3 crackdown after the generals imposed a Mohammed Zafran At least 27 killed council,” a prominent protest June 30 Tens of thousands of protesters rally across the country widespread internet blackout including in Khartoum where police fire tear gas proposal has been made Honduras leader who is part of the talks, and deployed security forc - to the Northern Munic- The centre should aer fishing boat July 4 Protest leaders, ruling generals resume talks over forming Ahmed al-Rabie, told AFP, re- a new governing body es in the capital’s key squares ipal Council to establish serve to raise A sinks July 3 ferring to the governing body. AFP Photos/Ebrahim Hamid/Sudan TV and districts, its twin city Om- a drug rehab centre. awareness about Puerto He said the ruling military durman and other towns and The centre, the proposal said, addiction in the Caribbean council that took power after a civilian-majority ruling body. About 235 fighters from a fac- |villages. should focus on aftercare and community as well Lempira Bashir’s ouster insists the head On Wednesday, the first day of tion of a Darfur rebel group that Protest leaders have further the successful integration of ad- as promote healthy Sea of the new governing body be the latest round of talks, the two is part of the protest movement upped the pressure on the gen- dicts into society. behaviour Cabo from the army. sides did not discuss the crucial are expected to be released later erals by calling for a similar The proposal by northern Gracias “We believe that symbolically issue of the governing body. on Thursday. mass protest on July 13, to be municipal council member Ab- Representative picture the head of the state must be a “The parties conducted re- Protest leaders have exerted followed by a nationwide civil dallah Al Qubaisi also called for a Dios civilian,” Rabie said. sponsible negotiations and pressure on the generals since disobedience campaign a day allotting a building and appoint- NORTHERN MUNICIPAL COUNCIL MEMBER TDT | Manama with a hypnotic drug to rob For weeks this issue has agreed on some issues,” Afri- the June 3 raid on the mass sit- later. ing experts. ABDALLAH AL QUBAISI them. Cayo TEGUCIGALPA rocked Sudan, extending the can Union mediator Mohamed in outside army headquarters. The campaign, if observed, Al Qubaisi said the centre is he First High Criminal Footages also showed the Gorda political crisis triggered since El Hacen Lebatt told reporters The raid was carried out by would be the second such agita- necessary to provide proper TCourt on Wednesday ad- suspect transferring money the fall of Bashir. overnight after long hours of men in military fatigues. tion since the June 3 raid. psychological support and cre- journed the trial of a man ac- and booking a flight to a neigh- talks held at a luxury hotel in The ruling military council in- The first, held between June ating programmes capable of cilities including a gymnasium, However, statistics by senior Two students, accused of sell- cused of drugging and robbing bouring GCC country. Darfur rebels release NICARAGUA the capital. sists it did not order the violent 9 and 11, paralysed the country, producing a suitable environ- a reading room, cafeteria, spe- ministers showed that drug ad- ing drugs in a public school, got passengers at Bahrain Interna- Police arrested the man The joint Ethiopian and Af- “There’s a decision taken to dispersal of the sit-in. hitting an already dilapidated ment to treat addictions. cial treatment rooms, a social diction is well controlled and expelled from a school in Ham- tional Airport to July 9. while he was getting on board rican Union blueprint calls for release all political detainees.” At least 136 people have been economy hard. Raising awareness in the com- room and a room for exhibiting amounts to less than 1pc of Bah- ad town earlier. The court ordered to keep the plane. munity, according to Al Qubaisi, awareness materials. rain’s population. Reports say the two female the suspect, an Asian nation- When searched, police departure. The cause of the is the next big step. “The centre Moving on, the council dis- According to the Minister of students were involved in se- al, in detention until the next found cash and sleeping pills 55 people survived disaster was not immediately should serve to raise awareness cussed a claim by a shura coun- education, drug addiction af- rious violations related to drug session. in the defendant’s possession. • clear. about addiction in the commu- cil member on the percentage fects precisely 0.974pc of the possession and distribution. The incidents leading to his He, however, claimed when the vessel sank Meza added that the bodies Tutankhamun relic sells for $6m despite outcry nity as well as promote healthy of drug addicts in the kingdom. population. At that time, the Ministry arrest occurred when the Air- that the victims willingly off the remote coastal and the survivors would be behaviour,” he said. The member claimed that Drug addiction and peddling stated the students may have to port Police found three Asian gave him the money to get it Mosquitia region taken to Puerto Lempira, the London, United Kingdom Christie’s countered that The proposal further requires around 26 per cent of Bahrain’s were among the major topics of pursue home-schooling even passengers in an unusual men- exchanged. main city in eastern Honduras. Egypt had never before ex - establishing various support fa- population is addicted to drugs. discussion this year. after their suspension is over. tal state. On 18 November 2018, the Tegucigalpa, Honduras Hours before the “Wallie” 3,000-year-old quartz- pressed the same level of con- Footage from surveillance Public Prosecution accused sank, an overloaded fishing Aite head of Egyptian “Boy cern about an item whose exist- cameras showed the three pas- the man of robbing the victims boat in the same area went King” Tutankhamun was auc- ence has been “well known and sengers speaking to a person, and attempting to escape from t least 27 people died under. tioned off for $6 million yester- exhibited publicly” for many who offered them drinks. the country. Aand nine were missing Meza said that 49 people day in London despite an outcry years. Couple in dock for peddling drugs, prostitution Investigators said the man The prosecution accused Wednesday when their fish- were rescued from that boat, from Cairo. “The object is not, and has not at first spots targets at the him of possessing and abus- ing boat sank off the Caribbean the “Miss Francely,” which had Christie’s auction house sold been, the subject of an investiga- TDT | Manama The Thai woman was man. Court files say the wom- scale and a bag a shabu from the airport, and during the con- ing drugs and referred him to coast of Honduras, the coun- a capacity to carry 31 people. the 28.5-centimetre (11-inch) tion,” it said in a statement. allegedly trafficking an was extremely cautious and woman’s possession. versation offer drinks laced the First High Criminal Court. try’s military said. The head of the Honduran relic for £4,746,250 ($5,970,000, The auction house has pub- he High Criminal Court has Methamphetamine, a never revealed her identity to Another woman, present in- Armed forces spokesman Merchant Marine, Juan Car- 5,290,000 euros) at one of its lished a chronology of how the Tsentenced a Thai couple to customers. side the apartment at the time Jose Meza said that 55 people los Rivera, told HCH television most controversial auctions in relic changed hands between five years in jail on charges of drug locally known as She landed in police custody of the raid, was also taken into “Shabu”, in Bahrain for survived when the vessel sank that reports from the remote years. European art dealers over the drug trafficking and another when an undercover agent man- custody. off the remote coastal Mosqui- region were incomplete, but No information about the past 50 years. year for prostitution. BD200-BD500 through aged to win their confidence by The woman initially claimed Two lanes closed on Airport tia region. that experts will begin to look buyer was disclosed. Its oldest attribution from The court also ordered them her boyfriend who offering to buy shabu worth of that she wasn’t involved in Avenue Ninety-one people were into what happened to prevent The famous pharaoh’s fine- 1973-74 places it in the collec- to pay a fine of BD3,000. The played the role of a BD440. drugs trafficking while confess- aboard the boat, the 70-tonne such deadly accidents from ly-chiselled face -- its calm eyes tion of Prince Wilhelm of Thurn man involved was given an ad- middleman The agent was taken to the ing that she was a prostitute and TDT | Manama “Wallie,” when it set sail from taking place again. and puffed lips emoting a sense A 3,000-year-old stone sculpture of Tutankhamun and Taxi in modern-day Germa- ditional 10 days imprisonment couple’s apartment, following a charged BD30-BD40 per hour Airport roundabout/intersec- Cabo Gracias a Dios -- on the Rivera said that authorities of eternal peace -- came from ny. Yet that account was called for overstaying his visa. meeting held in Juffair. from customers. wo lanes on Airport Av- tion, the Ministry of Works country’s easternmost point have suspended navigation the private Resandro Collec- Christie’s decision “contra- “stolen” in the 1970s from the into doubt by a report from The Thai woman was alleg- After sealing the deal, the The boyfriend, however, re- Tenue between Airport announced in a statement re- bordering Nicaragua -- after a permits for up to three years tion of ancient art that Christie’s dicts international agreements Karnak Temple complex just the Live Science news site last edly trafficking Methampheta- agent alerted the Anti-narcot- futed her claims and told pros- Roundabout and Avenue 20 leased. seasonal ban on lobster fishing for boats whose owners bring last auctioned off 2016 for £3 and conventions,” Egypt’s for- north of Luxor. month suggesting that Wilhelm mine, a drug locally known as ics squad to raid the apartment. ecutors that she masterminded for 200 meters near Muhar- One lane will be provided on was lifted. on too many fishermen. million. eign ministry said on Wednes- “We think it left Egypt after never owned the piece. “Shabu”, in Bahrain for BD200- Officers retrieved the money the drug business, while also raq Garden will remain closed opposite directions effective The boat sank near Cayo The captain of the vessel But angry Egyptian officials day. Former antiquities minis- 1970 because in that time other Wilhelm was “not a very BD500 through her boyfriend paid by the agent as well as sev- admitting his hand in the pros- on account of improvement from Friday for 40 days, the Gorda, a tiny island just sent out the SOS just before wanted Thursday’s sale halted ter Zahi Hawass told AFP that artefacts were stolen from Kar- art-interested person,” his niece who played the role of a middle- eral tools including a delicate titution. works of Bahrain International statement said. northeast of their point of dying, local media reported. and the treasure returned. the piece appears to have been nak Temple,” Hawass said. Daria told the news site. FRIDAY, JULY 5, 2019 06 When gangs settle scores in Sweden Stockholm, Sweden explosives to settle their scores. On June 7 a bomb placed in a onour, debts, and pres- bicycle shed destroyed the fa- tige are serving as the cades of two residential build- Hpretext for an increas- ings, causing damages to over ing number of deadly shoot - 200 apartments in the city of ings that challenge the ideals Linkoping, a two-hour drive of equality and social harmony south of Stockholm. Miraculous- on which modern Sweden was ly it caused no serious injuries. built. “You strengthen your own Can’t ‘punish away the gang by eliminating an exter- problem’ nal threat and you gain pres - Some efforts by authorities tige,” Eddy Paver, a reformed have helped reduce local ten- former member of a biker gang, sions. The city of Malmo has said. adopted the Group Violence In- Paver was long willing to pay tervention (GVI) programme, the ultimate price in order to implemented in Boston in the “belong” to a criminal gang 1990s though its impact is still which required absolute loyalty uncertain. from its members. The right-wing and far-right “It’s about strengthening the opposition have been critical of sense of community and show- Social Democratic Prime Min- ing who’s the toughest,” the ister Stefan Lofven’s “laxity” in 47-year-old former convict ex- responding to the shootings. plained. They have been calling in Last year more than 300 particular for the abolition of a shootings resulted in 45 deaths prison penalty “discount” when and 135 injuries in Sweden. it comes to the incarceration of While the overall homicide people under 21 years of age. rate remains one of the lowest in “This violence is tearing apart the world, with one per 100,000 society as we know it and the inhabitants according to police country we want Sweden to be,” statistics, deadly shootings have conservative MP Johan Forssell been steadily rising and last year Police at the scene where two young men were shot in Sollentuna, north of Stockholm, Sweden said during a recent debate on reached record levels. gangs in parliament. This year is on track to create gling housing projects at the end in Stockholm, told AFP. The government for its part another unwanted record. In of metro lines. “Gangs have no institutional has said that a repressive re - Stockholm the first six months A 17-year-old was shot to death Other designated “vulnerable recourse to resolve conflicts... sponse is not enough and has of the year have seen as many areas,” with elevated levels of vi- The motive for settling a score is called for a joint mobilisation killings as the whole of 2018. and a 23-year-old was seriously olence are found in inner cities, not always important. It’s about of civil society and law enforce- Most of the shooters and vic- as in Malmo in the south. saving face,” said Torbjorn Fork- ment. tims are unemployed young men wounded. Swedish police Buildings are generally in by, a Professor of Social Sciences “The shootings and gang with immigrant backgrounds, believe the shooting was gang good condition, schools prop- at Linnaeus University. crime can only be uprooted if under 30 years of age, living in erly equipped and streets clean, The most badly affected areas police efforts are combined with disadvantaged neighbourhoods related. Honour, debts, and but social issues, unemployment are the capital Stockholm, and a strong social sector and a good and often without a high school and a high proportion of for - Malmo and Gothenburg, but vi- school,” PM Lofven told the par- diploma. prestige are serving as pretext eign-born inhabitants lead to olence has also started to spread liament last month. “If you don’t feel like you be- segregation, school drop-outs to medium-sized cities. Eddy Paver, who now long anywhere, you’re struggling for an increasing number and drug trafficking. The weapon of choice for works at a drug rehab cen - with the language (Swedish), “Some shootings are con - gangs are Kalashnikov auto - tre, also believes that a mere and you see these guys who sell of deadly shootings, that nected to the trade of narcot- matic rifles. Imported from the judicial response would be drugs, they have gold chains, ics, internal conflicts or when Balkans, they are available for insufficient. they drive fancy cars, they get challenge the ideals of equality someone has been cheated out between 2,500 and 3,500 euros “You can’t punish away the to sleep with the girls. It’s not of money... But many times it (around $2,800 to $3,950), al- problem. Penalties for posses- hard to find your way there,” and social harmony on which can be about honour. You can get though they become “more ex- sion of illegal weapons have said Paver. screwed over by someone in the pensive in the event of an open already been heightened and modern Sweden was built. same gang, fights over cliques or conflict,” according to Appel- that hasn’t helped. You have to Honour, narcotics girlfriends. The level justifying a gren. start earlier, what we need is life Like in other Europeans cities, retaliation is quite low,” Gunnar Sweden’s gang members have training in school, teaching kids you find many of Sweden’s strug- Appelgren, police commissioner also been using grenades and what’s right and wrong”. Japan on landslide alert as heavy rains lash south

along with small landslides that The Japan Meteorologi - More than one have buried cars. cal Agency has warned that • More than one million people life-threatening landslides are million people in in Kagoshima remained under possible. Kagoshima remained evacuation order on Thursday Heavy rain was moving north- under evacuation order morning, with additional orders west Thursday and forecast to being issued along with low - bring downpours to central and Television footage er-level evacuation advisories. eastern Japan in coming days. • Television footage showed Kagoshima Governor Satoshi showed cars swept away cars swept away by floods and Mitazono said in a message by floods and rivers rivers breaking their banks in Wednesday to residents that the breaking their banks Kagoshima. situation was “extremely dan- At an evacuation centre in gerous”. the region, elderly residents “A major disaster could hap- Tokyo, Japan sat on the floor eating, with pen anywhere, any time,” he their bedding and other be - said, adding that he had request- ears of landslides and flood- longings spread out around ed help from the military. Fing put southern Japan on =them. Japanese authorities are urg- high alert Thursday as heavy The evacuation order is issued ing people to take shelter ear- rains continued to lash the re- when a natural disaster is highly ly after disastrous heavy rains gion, prompting authorities to likely to occur and municipal- last summer in the west of the order more than one million ities repeatedly urge residents country that killed more than people to evacuate. to leave their homes, although 200 people. Despite the orders, just 3,000 the instruction is frequently ig- Many of the deaths were people were in shelters in nored. blamed on the fact that evacua- the Kagoshima region yester- It is the most serious warning tion orders were issued too late day morning, an official tally issued before a disaster actually and some people failed to heed showed. A landslide occurs beside a house in Kagoshima city occurs. The scale’s highest level them. Entire neighbourhoods The rains come a year after is activated once a disaster is de- were buried beneath landslides torrential downpours in western ple in flooding and landslides. killed in the rains that began at was buried in a landslide. Sev- clared and orders people to take or submerged in flood waters Japan that killed over 200 peo- One woman has so far been the weekend, after her house eral injuries have been reported measures to protect their lives. during the disasters. FRIDAY, JULY 5, 2019 FRIDAY, JULY 5, 2019 06 07 When gangs settle scores in Sweden Hands off Hong Kong: China tells Britain The sides’ relations are turn- Stockholm, Sweden Britain has been ing into a hot-button issue in explosives to settle their scores. • London because of Britain’s im- On June 7 a bomb placed in a under pressure from pending exit from the European onour, debts, and pres- bicycle shed destroyed the fa- the United States to Union and the imminent adop- tige are serving as the cades of two residential build- drop Huawei from its tion of 5G technology. Hpretext for an increas- ings, causing damages to over plans over national Brexit is forcing Britain to ing number of deadly shoot - 200 apartments in the city of seek closer trade relations with ings that challenge the ideals Linkoping, a two-hour drive security concerns the United States and the boom- of equality and social harmony south of Stockholm. Miraculous- ing economies of Asia. on which modern Sweden was ly it caused no serious injuries. London, United Kingdom And China’s controversy-hit built. Huawei telecoms giant has as- “You strengthen your own Can’t ‘punish away the ondon summoned Bei- sumed the global lead in rolling gang by eliminating an exter- problem’ jing’s ambassador for a out the next-generation mobile nal threat and you gain pres - Some efforts by authorities Ldressing down Wednes- network that should serve as tige,” Eddy Paver, a reformed have helped reduce local ten- day in a rapidly escalating diplo- a gateway to the “internet of former member of a biker gang, sions. The city of Malmo has matic feud over protests in Hong things”. said. adopted the Group Violence In- Kong as China told Britain to Britain has been under pres- Paver was long willing to pay tervention (GVI) programme, keep its “hands off” the city and sure from the United States to the ultimate price in order to implemented in Boston in the “show respect”. drop Huawei from its plans over “belong” to a criminal gang 1990s though its impact is still The demonstrations sweeping national security concerns -- and which required absolute loyalty uncertain. the former British colony have from China about the conse - from its members. The right-wing and far-right also revived tensions inherent quences to trade if it does. “It’s about strengthening the opposition have been critical of in the two sides’ historic agree- sense of community and show- Social Democratic Prime Min- ment on the global financial ‘Best possible understanding’ ing who’s the toughest,” the ister Stefan Lofven’s “laxity” in hub’s handover to Chinese rule Hunt appeared to try to both 47-year-old former convict ex- responding to the shootings. 22 years ago. soften his earlier comments and plained. They have been calling in Hong Kong enjoys broad reassert his leadership creden- Last year more than 300 particular for the abolition of a freedoms and rights not seen tials in a television interview shootings resulted in 45 deaths prison penalty “discount” when in mainland China under a doc- broadcast late on Wednesday. and 135 injuries in Sweden. it comes to the incarceration of trine known as “one country, two “I’ve been very reasonable While the overall homicide people under 21 years of age. systems”. with the Chinese. I’m someone rate remains one of the lowest in “This violence is tearing apart But fears and frustrations who believes we should be the the world, with one per 100,000 society as we know it and the over Beijing’s gradual tighten- Workers repair windows that were damaged in the Legislative Council building in Hong Kong best of friends with China, I inhabitants according to police country we want Sweden to be,” ing of those liberties has spilled want us to trade with China,” statistics, deadly shootings have conservative MP Johan Forssell over into mass demonstrations it made to London decades ago nese ambassador Liu Xiaoming Hunt told Channel 4 News. been steadily rising and last year Police at the scene where two young men were shot in Sollentuna, north of Stockholm, Sweden said during a recent debate on against a now-stalled draft law under the terms of the handover. hastily convened a press con- “I want us to have the best reached record levels. gangs in parliament. on extradition from Hong Kong His comments provoked a ference. possible understanding between This year is on track to create gling housing projects at the end in Stockholm, told AFP. The government for its part to China. cascade of condemnations from “I tell them: hands off Hong two of the great countries in the another unwanted record. In of metro lines. “Gangs have no institutional has said that a repressive re - On Monday, groups of most- China that began with its foreign Kong and show respect,” Liu world.” Stockholm the first six months A 17-year-old was shot to death Other designated “vulnerable recourse to resolve conflicts... sponse is not enough and has ly young, hardline protesters ministry in Beijing and contin- said, according to the state- Hunt has been playing up his of the year have seen as many areas,” with elevated levels of vi- The motive for settling a score is called for a joint mobilisation stormed and ransacked Hong ued with its embassy in London. owned CGTN news site. diplomatic and business cre- killings as the whole of 2018. and a 23-year-old was seriously olence are found in inner cities, not always important. It’s about of civil society and law enforce- Kong’s legislature, daubing it “He seems to be fantasising “This colonial mindset is still dentials in the two-man race Most of the shooters and vic- wounded. Swedish police as in Malmo in the south. saving face,” said Torbjorn Fork- ment. with graffiti such as “HK is not Do not use the He seems to be in the faded glory of British co- haunting the minds of some of- with former London mayor Bo- tims are unemployed young men Buildings are generally in by, a Professor of Social Sciences “The shootings and gang China”. protests as fantasising in the lonialism and in the bad habit ficials or politicians.” ris Johnson to succeed Prime with immigrant backgrounds, believe the shooting was gang good condition, schools prop- at Linnaeus University. crime can only be uprooted if British Foreign Secretary Jer- a pretext for faded glory of British of gesticulating while looking He spoke moments before be- Minister Theresa May at the end under 30 years of age, living in erly equipped and streets clean, The most badly affected areas police efforts are combined with emy Hunt -- one of two candi- repressions. Serious colonialism and in down on other countries’ af - ing summoned by the Foreign of the month. disadvantaged neighbourhoods related. Honour, debts, and but social issues, unemployment are the capital Stockholm, and a strong social sector and a good dates to become Britain’s next fairs,” Chinese foreign ministry Office for a private meeting with He has portrayed himself as an and often without a high school and a high proportion of for - Malmo and Gothenburg, but vi- school,” PM Lofven told the par- prime minister -- on Wednesday consequences await the bad habit of spokesman Geng Shuang told a UK diplomatic service chief Si- experienced one-time entrepre- diploma. prestige are serving as pretext eign-born inhabitants lead to olence has also started to spread liament last month. took the global lead in condemn- if China breaches the gesticulating while regular briefing in Beijing. mon McDonald. neur who knows how to reach “If you don’t feel like you be- segregation, school drop-outs to medium-sized cities. Eddy Paver, who now ing China’s handling of its “spe- commitments it made looking down on “I need to re-emphasise that Liu was informed “that the agreements on prickly issues long anywhere, you’re struggling for an increasing number and drug trafficking. The weapon of choice for works at a drug rehab cen - cial administrative region”. to London decades other countries’ Hong Kong has now returned to comments made on UK policy while securing Britain’s interests with the language (Swedish), “Some shootings are con - gangs are Kalashnikov auto - tre, also believes that a mere Hunt called on Beijing not to ago under the terms affairs its motherland.” towards Hong Kong by the Chi- abroad. and you see these guys who sell of deadly shootings, that nected to the trade of narcot- matic rifles. Imported from the judicial response would be use the protests as a “pretext nese ministry of foreign affairs Johnson told a campaign event of the handover CHINESE FOREIGN MINISTRY SPOKESMAN ‘Colonial mindset’ drugs, they have gold chains, ics, internal conflicts or when Balkans, they are available for insufficient. for repressions” and warned of GENG SHUANG spokesperson were unaccept- on Wednesday that he backs the they drive fancy cars, they get someone has been cheated out between 2,500 and 3,500 euros “You can’t punish away the “serious consequences” if Chi- BRITISH FOREIGN SECRETARY JEREMY The diplomatic offensive able and inaccurate,” a UK For- Hong Kong protesters “every challenge the ideals of equality HUNT to sleep with the girls. It’s not of money... But many times it (around $2,800 to $3,950), al- problem. Penalties for posses- na breaches the commitments raged on in London, where Chi- eign Office spokesman said. inch of the way”. hard to find your way there,” and social harmony on which can be about honour. You can get though they become “more ex- sion of illegal weapons have said Paver. screwed over by someone in the pensive in the event of an open already been heightened and modern Sweden was built. same gang, fights over cliques or conflict,” according to Appel- that hasn’t helped. You have to Honour, narcotics girlfriends. The level justifying a gren. start earlier, what we need is life Like in other Europeans cities, retaliation is quite low,” Gunnar Sweden’s gang members have training in school, teaching kids Tornado kills 6, injures nearly India recovers 13 bodies after monsoon dam breach you find many of Sweden’s strug- Appelgren, police commissioner also been using grenades and what’s right and wrong”. 200 in China In Mumbai, the death• toll from a wall collapse in a slum on Japan on landslide alert as heavy rains lash south Tuesday rose to 26 Mumbai, India along with small landslides that The Japan Meteorologi - More than one have buried cars. cal Agency has warned that • More than one million people life-threatening landslides are hirteen bodies have been million people in in Kagoshima remained under possible. Trecovered in western India Kagoshima remained evacuation order on Thursday Heavy rain was moving north- after the heaviest monsoon rains under evacuation order morning, with additional orders west Thursday and forecast to in a decade breached a dam and being issued along with low - bring downpours to central and caused mayhem in Mumbai, au- Television footage er-level evacuation advisories. eastern Japan in coming days. thorities said yesterday. • Television footage showed Kagoshima Governor Satoshi Eleven people were still miss- showed cars swept away cars swept away by floods and Mitazono said in a message A damaged car is seen a day after a tornado hit the area in Kaiyuan in China’s ing after the dam in Ratnagi- by floods and rivers rivers breaking their banks in Wednesday to residents that the northeastern Liaoning province ri, around 275 kilometres (170 breaking their banks Kagoshima. situation was “extremely dan- miles) south of Mumbai, burst At an evacuation centre in gerous”. on Wednesday and swamped the region, elderly residents “A major disaster could hap- Beijing, China seven local villages, rescuers Tokyo, Japan sat on the floor eating, with pen anywhere, any time,” he said. their bedding and other be - said, adding that he had request- tornado has left six peo- “We have commenced rescue ears of landslides and flood- longings spread out around ed help from the military. Aple dead and nearly 200 operations for the second day A destroyed building in the path of the water from the breached Tiware dam near Chiplun in Ratnagiri district, in the Fing put southern Japan on =them. Japanese authorities are urg- injured after ripping through a and recovered 13 dead bodies. south of India’s western Maharashtra state high alert Thursday as heavy The evacuation order is issued ing people to take shelter ear- northeastern Chinese city, lo- We are still trying to find re - rains continued to lash the re- when a natural disaster is highly ly after disastrous heavy rains cal authorities said yesterday. maining victims,” National Dis- Torrential downpours in gion, prompting authorities to likely to occur and municipal- last summer in the west of the The tornado hit Kaiyu - aster Response Force spokes- Mumbai earlier this week order more than one million ities repeatedly urge residents country that killed more than an in Liaoning province on man Alok Awasthy told AFP. caused traffic misery as floods people to evacuate. to leave their homes, although 200 people. Wednesday afternoon, tear- In Mumbai, the death toll swamped roads and railways Despite the orders, just 3,000 the instruction is frequently ig- Many of the deaths were ing down trees and electricity from a wall collapse in a slum and forced the closure of the air- people were in shelters in nored. blamed on the fact that evacua- poles, smashing the windows on Tuesday rose to 26 as the port’s main runway, which re- the Kagoshima region yester- It is the most serious warning tion orders were issued too late of apartment buildings, and A woman watches from a broken city braced for 200 millimetres mained off limits on Thursday. day morning, an official tally issued before a disaster actually and some people failed to heed knocking down some brick window a day after a tornado hit (eight inches) of fresh rain fore- India’s second-busiest air- showed. occurs. The scale’s highest level them. Entire neighbourhoods walls. the area in Kaiyuan in China’s cast in the coming days. port cancelled 75 flights on A landslide occurs beside a house in Kagoshima city northeastern Liaoning province The rains come a year after is activated once a disaster is de- were buried beneath landslides More than 190 people were Six labourers also died in the Wednesday and more than 100 torrential downpours in western ple in flooding and landslides. killed in the rains that began at was buried in a landslide. Sev- clared and orders people to take or submerged in flood waters injured and 43 of them were lic security bureau said on the nearby city of Pune when an- Indian rescue workers stand near the site of the breached Tiware dam near on Tuesday, causing chaos for Japan that killed over 200 peo- One woman has so far been the weekend, after her house eral injuries have been reported measures to protect their lives. during the disasters. hospitalised, the Kaiyuan pub- Weibo social media platform. other wall collapsed on Tuesday. Chiplun in Ratnagiri district passengers. LIFE IS LIKE A GAME OF CARDS. THE TODAY IN QUOTE HAND YOU ARE DEALT IS DETERMIN- 1687 1811 1865 1994 HISTORY OF THE ISM; THE WAY YOU PLAY IT IS FREE Isaac Newton’s great work PRINCIPIA Venezuelan Declaration of US Secret Service Amazon.com founded DAY published by Royal Society in Eng- Independence: 7 provinces begins operating in Bellevue, Washing- WILL. land. 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The word ceramic comes from Working with clay allows for the absorption CERAMIC PRO Ceramic art n award-winning Saudi ceramics art- the greek word keramos mean- of these charges too,” Alshatri said. ist is proving to be a real trail-glazer ing pottery, it isrelated to an old She pointed out that pottery had helped is enjoying a Ain reviving the ancient craft in the sanskrit root meaning to burn her to control her own energy and stress Kingdom. but was primarily used to mean levels and noted that it can teach adults and Enterprising business owner Morouj burnt stuff children to be patient and stay focused. revival with Ahmed Alshatri has gone from strength to Alshatri said that research had shown strength since setting up her Keramos studio clay to exude high levels of positive energy in Jeddah three years ago. and its use for making natural items such as the Keramos Her venture, the first of its kind in Saudi water jugs can have major health benefits. Arabia dedicated to teaching pottery and “I’ve watched people who have come into my studio of ceramics, is quickly gaining an international studio, and they have told me it has a calming reputation for its quality products. and relaxing atmosphere.” Alshatri developed her passion for arts at Since its creation, Keramos studio has won ceramic artist- a young age, honed her skills at school, and several awards in Saudi Arabia and abroad. eventually majored in Islamic arts at King Islamic elements together, and she finds Alshatri said one of her biggest challenges Abdul Aziz University. Arabesque to be significant, which is the use has been sourcing good-quality clay, and entrepreneur While studying, she took part in numer- of Islamic geometric patterns in a rhythmic she has approached Saudi Aramco with the ous exhibitions to gain industry experience, form. “I also like to add Arabic calligraphy as idea of using special extraction techniques Morouj Ahmed and after graduating worked for a Jeddah well as Qur’an verses to my work, because I to produce it in the Kingdom. She said: “We company in its art department. Alshatri feel that it holds a story; it will make people live in a desert and we have an abundance of said working in a professional environment stop to ask about the meaning instead of just sand and mud. I know we have the potential Alshatri taught her “how to turn a piece of art into passing it by.” to develop clay to the same standards as the something productive.” Alshatri runs workshops at her studio for imported products.” gaining an She added: “It taught me to deal with adults and children, partly aimed at fostering Looking ahead, Alshatri hopes to grow her clients and helped me to combine art and an understanding of how basic household company to be the leading Saudi brand for business aspects together. I decided to con- products are made. “The kids get such a developing ceramic art pieces. international centrate on the art of pottery and ceramics thrill when they eat and drink out of items She said interest in pottery was increasing because it brings together many different they have created. It really gives them a all the time and feedback from people attend- reputation for crafts such as sculpting, drawing, formation sense of joy.” ing her workshops was positive. and painting. According to Alshatri there are thera - “Some students continue to produce pot- “Pottery is something our ancestors prac- peutic advantages in being a potter. “Some tery pieces after completing the workshops, quality of its ticed, so I was alarmed to discover that there A work by Morouj Ahmed Alshatri psychologists and doctors suggest that to either for their own use or for commercial were no centers dedicated to teaching it (in reduce stress one should go outdoors and use. It’s always nice to know that I man - products Saudi). This is when I took the step of es- In March 2016, with the help of Torathuna, her Keramos enterprise. walk barefoot on sand or soil. This process aged to get people interested in pottery,” Morouj Ahmed Alshatri designs a cup tablishing something to bring pottery back an organization that supports local entrepre- Alshatri places an emphasis on quality of ‘grounding’ allows the natural surfaces to she added. into our lives.” neurs and craft businesses, Alshatri set up in all aspects of her studio to ensure items are produced to the highest standards and imports all her raw materials and equipment from countries such as Italy and the US. Inspired by Islamic art and miniature art, Alshatri said the main aim of Keramos was to Saudi potter Pottery is something our highlight Islamic and Saudi cultural heritage, ancestors practiced, so I with many of her pieces showcasing unique regional identities. was alarmed to discover “I’ve had many delegations from abroad that there were no centers visit the studio, including the consul general dedicated to teaching it (in of the US. They were all very interested to see Saudi). This is when I took our culture and civilization represented in has ceramic art the step of establishing the pieces,” she added. something to bring pottery A recurring theme in Alshatri’s designs is back into our lives Al-Qatt Al-Asiri, an ancient art form prac- ticed in the region of Asir, which is now on MOROUJ AHMED ALSHATRI the UNESCO list of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. Her works mix modern, traditional and industry cracked A set of pots on display at Keramos studio Ceramic products on display at Keramos studio

HENNAYA Saudi artist goes back to her roots for installation at the Venice Biennale

Riyadh | The National show, The Clocks Are Striking Thirteen, that cascaded to the ground, as if the place able to rediscover the truth of what he sees. Al Ghamdi, who received a PhD from under the title Mycelium Running, 2018, in itself were weeping. “The home represents identity,” she says. n a darkened room, waves of waxy, the University of Coventry in the UK a comparison between the leather orbs and The show is curated by artist and academic “To us Zahrah was a fitting choice because cream-coloured material hang from the and now teaches at King Abdulaziz mushrooms. In Inanimate Village, 2017, also Eiman Elgibreen, who says she was inspired in the previous years we have seen her us- Zahrah Al Iceilings. Scattered on the ground and University in Jeddah, frequently uses shown at Athr, she recreated the layout of her by Al Mu’alla qat, or the Suspended Odes, ing very traditional materials, like sand and climbing up the material are little brown or references natural elements in her family’s former village with lines of sand and a well- known group of pre-Islamic Arabic rocks, that are linked to her identity of her Ghamdi orbs, made of leather circles stitched togeth- dirt. Indeed her past has been an enduring poems. In one of these, by Zuhayr bin Abi village. She uses these old materials and gives er. Some are stuffed with cotton wool while work presence in her practice: another work re- Sulma, the poet returns home after 80 years them new life.” concentric designs are cut out in the tops of lating to her family’s home, which they left to find he cannot remember what his house The theme is also deliberately apolitical, invokes her others. They resemble small little bread rolls for Jeddah, shows the carved wooden doors looks like. It is only when he surrenders to Elgibreen notes. The artist and professor, or hollowed out limpets – though the artist of their house, tied shut with bright red rope his misperceptions that, paradoxically, he is who lives in Riyadh, says she expected the family’s behind the work, Zahrah Al Ghamdi, reso- audience to respond politically to the main lutely refers to them as “creatures”. exhibition’s exploration of the present mo- shepherding Al Ghamdi represents Saudi Arabia at its ment, titled May You Live in Interesting second national pavilion at the Venice Bien- Times. They deliberately switched tack to nale, foregrounding tactility and sensorial focus on sensorial engagement with the work past in her responses in her installation. The work, After rather than its message. Illusion, consists of 52,000 leather creatures “Being an artist myself, I’ve been eager installation that Al Ghamdi made in just three months, area of Al Bahah in the west of Saudi. “We for so long to see work that is handmade. with two teams working 12 hours a day to Visitors can touch the leather objects, triggering an audio component that plays the sounds of the production were in the midst of nature,” she says. “As We lost that human touch. For me, that is of 52,000 dry, boil, bake, stitch, and stuff the objects. process shepherds, we used every part of the lamb.” a statement we should use in our pavilion,” (She led one team, and her husband, who Al Ghamdi, who received a PhD from the she explains. “Our contribution to the main leather took off work to help, led the second shift.) of the creatures, sounds play: water dropping, to textiles, even to dough. When I discovered University of Coventry in the UK and now concept was how art could perform in times The experience of ¬production is present: hammers knocking, material being shuffled leather, I began manipulating it and discov- teaches at King Abdulaziz University in of uncertainty. My contribution to that theme the Venice space is suffused with the smells around. ered these forms.” Jeddah, frequently uses or references natu- was we need to regain trust,” she says. “We ‘creatures’ of cooked leather, while an audio component “I have been working with materiality for Leather is significant in other ways beyond ral elements in her work. An earlier, small- don’t want to hold on to the past or make a broadcasts a sound-recording taken from the a long time,” Al Ghamdi says. “And ¬experi- what it offers as a material: Al Ghamdi’s er-scale version of this work – without the future that looks like anyone’ else’s, we just Zahrah Al Ghamdi production process. When visitors tap some mented with different materials, from plastic family were shepherds in the mountainous sound element – appeared in the Athr Gallery Cell of the Earth by Zahrah Al Ghamdi at a previous exhibition in Dubai want to use what we have.”

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The word ceramic comes from Working with clay allows for the absorption CERAMIC PRO Ceramic art n award-winning Saudi ceramics art- the greek word keramos mean- of these charges too,” Alshatri said. ist is proving to be a real trail-glazer ing pottery, it isrelated to an old She pointed out that pottery had helped is enjoying a Ain reviving the ancient craft in the sanskrit root meaning to burn her to control her own energy and stress Kingdom. but was primarily used to mean levels and noted that it can teach adults and Enterprising business owner Morouj burnt stuff children to be patient and stay focused. revival with Ahmed Alshatri has gone from strength to Alshatri said that research had shown strength since setting up her Keramos studio clay to exude high levels of positive energy in Jeddah three years ago. and its use for making natural items such as the Keramos Her venture, the first of its kind in Saudi water jugs can have major health benefits. Arabia dedicated to teaching pottery and “I’ve watched people who have come into my studio of ceramics, is quickly gaining an international studio, and they have told me it has a calming reputation for its quality products. and relaxing atmosphere.” Alshatri developed her passion for arts at Since its creation, Keramos studio has won ceramic artist- a young age, honed her skills at school, and several awards in Saudi Arabia and abroad. eventually majored in Islamic arts at King Islamic elements together, and she finds Alshatri said one of her biggest challenges Abdul Aziz University. Arabesque to be significant, which is the use has been sourcing good-quality clay, and entrepreneur While studying, she took part in numer- of Islamic geometric patterns in a rhythmic she has approached Saudi Aramco with the ous exhibitions to gain industry experience, form. “I also like to add Arabic calligraphy as idea of using special extraction techniques Morouj Ahmed and after graduating worked for a Jeddah well as Qur’an verses to my work, because I to produce it in the Kingdom. She said: “We company in its art department. Alshatri feel that it holds a story; it will make people live in a desert and we have an abundance of said working in a professional environment stop to ask about the meaning instead of just sand and mud. I know we have the potential Alshatri taught her “how to turn a piece of art into passing it by.” to develop clay to the same standards as the something productive.” Alshatri runs workshops at her studio for imported products.” gaining an She added: “It taught me to deal with adults and children, partly aimed at fostering Looking ahead, Alshatri hopes to grow her clients and helped me to combine art and an understanding of how basic household company to be the leading Saudi brand for business aspects together. I decided to con- products are made. “The kids get such a developing ceramic art pieces. international centrate on the art of pottery and ceramics thrill when they eat and drink out of items She said interest in pottery was increasing because it brings together many different they have created. It really gives them a all the time and feedback from people attend- reputation for crafts such as sculpting, drawing, formation sense of joy.” ing her workshops was positive. and painting. According to Alshatri there are thera - “Some students continue to produce pot- “Pottery is something our ancestors prac- peutic advantages in being a potter. “Some tery pieces after completing the workshops, quality of its ticed, so I was alarmed to discover that there A work by Morouj Ahmed Alshatri psychologists and doctors suggest that to either for their own use or for commercial were no centers dedicated to teaching it (in reduce stress one should go outdoors and use. It’s always nice to know that I man - products Saudi). This is when I took the step of es- In March 2016, with the help of Torathuna, her Keramos enterprise. walk barefoot on sand or soil. This process aged to get people interested in pottery,” Morouj Ahmed Alshatri designs a cup tablishing something to bring pottery back an organization that supports local entrepre- Alshatri places an emphasis on quality of ‘grounding’ allows the natural surfaces to she added. into our lives.” neurs and craft businesses, Alshatri set up in all aspects of her studio to ensure items are produced to the highest standards and imports all her raw materials and equipment from countries such as Italy and the US. Inspired by Islamic art and miniature art, Alshatri said the main aim of Keramos was to Saudi potter Pottery is something our highlight Islamic and Saudi cultural heritage, ancestors practiced, so I with many of her pieces showcasing unique regional identities. was alarmed to discover “I’ve had many delegations from abroad that there were no centers visit the studio, including the consul general dedicated to teaching it (in of the US. They were all very interested to see Saudi). This is when I took our culture and civilization represented in has ceramic art the step of establishing the pieces,” she added. something to bring pottery A recurring theme in Alshatri’s designs is back into our lives Al-Qatt Al-Asiri, an ancient art form prac- ticed in the region of Asir, which is now on MOROUJ AHMED ALSHATRI the UNESCO list of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. Her works mix modern, traditional and industry cracked A set of pots on display at Keramos studio Ceramic products on display at Keramos studio

HENNAYA Saudi artist goes back to her roots for installation at the Venice Biennale

Riyadh | The National show, The Clocks Are Striking Thirteen, that cascaded to the ground, as if the place able to rediscover the truth of what he sees. Al Ghamdi, who received a PhD from under the title Mycelium Running, 2018, in itself were weeping. “The home represents identity,” she says. n a darkened room, waves of waxy, the University of Coventry in the UK a comparison between the leather orbs and The show is curated by artist and academic “To us Zahrah was a fitting choice because cream-coloured material hang from the and now teaches at King Abdulaziz mushrooms. In Inanimate Village, 2017, also Eiman Elgibreen, who says she was inspired in the previous years we have seen her us- Zahrah Al Iceilings. Scattered on the ground and University in Jeddah, frequently uses shown at Athr, she recreated the layout of her by Al Mu’alla qat, or the Suspended Odes, ing very traditional materials, like sand and climbing up the material are little brown or references natural elements in her family’s former village with lines of sand and a well- known group of pre-Islamic Arabic rocks, that are linked to her identity of her Ghamdi orbs, made of leather circles stitched togeth- dirt. Indeed her past has been an enduring poems. In one of these, by Zuhayr bin Abi village. She uses these old materials and gives er. Some are stuffed with cotton wool while work presence in her practice: another work re- Sulma, the poet returns home after 80 years them new life.” concentric designs are cut out in the tops of lating to her family’s home, which they left to find he cannot remember what his house The theme is also deliberately apolitical, invokes her others. They resemble small little bread rolls for Jeddah, shows the carved wooden doors looks like. It is only when he surrenders to Elgibreen notes. The artist and professor, or hollowed out limpets – though the artist of their house, tied shut with bright red rope his misperceptions that, paradoxically, he is who lives in Riyadh, says she expected the family’s behind the work, Zahrah Al Ghamdi, reso- audience to respond politically to the main lutely refers to them as “creatures”. exhibition’s exploration of the present mo- shepherding Al Ghamdi represents Saudi Arabia at its ment, titled May You Live in Interesting second national pavilion at the Venice Bien- Times. They deliberately switched tack to nale, foregrounding tactility and sensorial focus on sensorial engagement with the work past in her responses in her installation. The work, After rather than its message. Illusion, consists of 52,000 leather creatures “Being an artist myself, I’ve been eager installation that Al Ghamdi made in just three months, area of Al Bahah in the west of Saudi. “We for so long to see work that is handmade. with two teams working 12 hours a day to Visitors can touch the leather objects, triggering an audio component that plays the sounds of the production were in the midst of nature,” she says. “As We lost that human touch. For me, that is of 52,000 dry, boil, bake, stitch, and stuff the objects. process shepherds, we used every part of the lamb.” a statement we should use in our pavilion,” (She led one team, and her husband, who Al Ghamdi, who received a PhD from the she explains. “Our contribution to the main leather took off work to help, led the second shift.) of the creatures, sounds play: water dropping, to textiles, even to dough. When I discovered University of Coventry in the UK and now concept was how art could perform in times The experience of ¬production is present: hammers knocking, material being shuffled leather, I began manipulating it and discov- teaches at King Abdulaziz University in of uncertainty. My contribution to that theme the Venice space is suffused with the smells around. ered these forms.” Jeddah, frequently uses or references natu- was we need to regain trust,” she says. “We ‘creatures’ of cooked leather, while an audio component “I have been working with materiality for Leather is significant in other ways beyond ral elements in her work. An earlier, small- don’t want to hold on to the past or make a broadcasts a sound-recording taken from the a long time,” Al Ghamdi says. “And ¬experi- what it offers as a material: Al Ghamdi’s er-scale version of this work – without the future that looks like anyone’ else’s, we just Zahrah Al Ghamdi production process. When visitors tap some mented with different materials, from plastic family were shepherds in the mountainous sound element – appeared in the Athr Gallery Cell of the Earth by Zahrah Al Ghamdi at a previous exhibition in Dubai want to use what we have.”

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IMF approves $6 billion loan for Pakistan India predicts rebound The fund will review Pakistan’s• performance on a quarterly basis over 39 months

Washington, United States

he International Mone- Ttary Fund on Wednesday approved a $6 billion, three- year loan for Pakistan to help Acting IMF chief David Lipton right the South Asian nation’s economy. The programme “aims to With the IMF board’s ap- tackle long-standing policy proval, the fund released $1 and structural weaknesses, re- billion to Pakistan immediate- store macroeconomic stability, ly and will unlock from other catalyze significant interna- international partners around tional financial support and $38 billion over the program promote strong and sustaina- period. ble growth.” The IMF said in a statement While Lipton said it will be the programme aims to “sup- key for authorities to reduce port the authorities’ econom- the large public debt and im- ic reform programme” and to proved fiscal discipline, with help “reduce economic vul- a poverty rate of nearly 30 per nerabilities and generate sus- cent he said Pakistan must in- Indian Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman (front R) poses for a group photograph with her staff before finalising the 2019-20 union budget at her office in New tainable and balanced growth.” crease resources to help the Delhi The fund will review Paki- poorest segments of society. omy by 2025 to $5 trillion. India is ranked the lion economy by 2025, up from stan’s performance on a quar- “Protecting the most vul- Economy predicted The forecasts are part of an sixth-biggest economy $2.61 trillion now. terly basis over 39 months, nerable from the impact of • annual Economic Survey re- just behind Britain and India is ranked the sixth-big- phasing release of the addi- adjustment policies will be an to grow at 7.0pc this year leased before the full budget gest economy just behind Brit- tional aid over time. important priority,” he said. today and sheds light on the ahead of France ain and ahead of France. The US The government agreed The loan -- an extended fund Fall in domestic state of the Asian giant’s eco- expenditure on the distressed and China occupy the first and on the loan programme last facility -- includes cutting the demand• lowered nomic health. farm sector. second spots with $19 trillion month and announced plans primary budget deficit to a tar- its growth rate in India remained the world’s The annual growth in the last and $12 trillion. to slash civil expenditures get of 0.6pc of GDP, excluding fastest-growing major economy fiscal year remained at 6.8pc, India’s chief economic ad- and freeze military spending debt service costs, from 1.8pc. the last quarter for nearly two years, outpacing down from 7.2pc in 2017-18. visor K.V. Subramanian said while promising to substan- The IMF report said Paki- China after the right-wing gov- The report says India’s econo- the survey lays out a strategic tially raise revenues to stem stan’s economy is at a “critical The annual growth ernment of Prime Minister Nar- my will expand through invest- blueprint for achieving the goal, a yawning fiscal deficit, and juncture,” due to a “legacy of in• the last fiscal year endra Modi took power in 2014. ment and consumption along through “virtuous cycle” of sav- pledging to collect 5.5 tril - misaligned economic policies, remained at 6.8pc But a fall in domestic demand with a stable political govern- ings, investment and exports. lion rupees ($36 billion) in including large fiscal deficits, lowered its growth rate in the ment. Modi, who won a sec - “The key theme is about shift- taxes. loose monetary policy, and last quarter to 5.8pc, pushing ond landslide victory in recent ing gears, we have grown well “Pakistan is facing signifi- defense of an overvalued ex- New Delhi, India it to a five-year low and behind national elections, is likely to but we need to shift gears at cant economic challenges on change rate.” China’s 6.4pc in the same pe- push up government spending 8 percent sustained growth,” the back of large fiscal and fi- Those policies fueled a ndia yesterday predicted riod. and accelerate economic growth Subramanian told reporters at a nancial needs and weak and short-term growth boost in that its economy will re - The slowdown was largely through tax reliefs. press conference in New Delhi. unbalanced growth,” acting recent years but eroded budget Ibound and grow at 7.0 per linked to a slump in domestic The survey said India needs Modi tweeted that the report IMF chief David Lipton said in performance and ballooned cent this year as it outlined consumption that has impacted to sustain a growth rate of more “outlines a vision to achieve a $5 a statement. the debt. plans on how to double its econ- tax collection amid rising state than 8.0pc to become a $5 tril- trillion economy”. Mai Dubai recreates Bahrain’s landmarks in LuLu hypermarket TDT | Manama for its operations.” ottled water brand, Mai Du- The bottled water brand is Bbai, will celebrate its 5th an- represented in Bahrain by niversary in collaboration with Yaquby International. the Lulu Hypermarket’s eight “Yaquby International is outlets in the Kingdom with a proud of the collaboration with display of iconic landmarks of Mai Dubai which started in Bahrain recreated using Mai Du- January 2016. Since then, we bai water bottles. have seen the brand conquer the The idea is to showcase the Bahraini market to a growing fast-growing brand while under- consumer appeal. Both parties scoring the importance of water, continue to have great synergy especially in summer months. and we look forward to a long Alexander van ‘t Riet CEO of and prosperous future togeth- Mai Dubai LLC said, “Our unique er,” said Muneer Yaquby, CEO of landmarks campaign is a visual Yaquby International. treat and celebrates the ‘can Mai Dubai, a leading bottled do’ spirit of modern Bahrain. water company in the UAE, be- It also encapsulates the young gan operations in March 2014. and ambitious brand image of It currently exports to over 12 Mai Dubai.” countries including Bahrain “In keeping with making the and has continuously supplied most efficient and effective con- Emirates Airlines since 2015, tribution to reducing our carbon and is a leading water brand in footprint, from this year, Mai the region. Dubai’s total Water Treatment Yaquby International is a operation, Bottle making, Fill- leading trading and distribution ing, Packing, Storage, Dispatch company of consumer goods and Head Office will be fully and services established in the powered by Solar Energy. As Kingdom of Bahrain in 1991. The such Mai Dubai is the first in company markets and trades in the region - probably the first beverages, consumables, dispos- in the world - to rely fully on ables, frozen products and other renewable energy from the sun Officials during a photo call. Mai Dubai, will celebrate its 5th anniversary in collaboration with the LuLu Hypermarket consumer products. FRIDAY, JULY 5, 2019 11

Pak PM to meet Trump in US Islamabad, Pakistan The visit -- Khan’s first to Saudi raises $3.4 billion rime Minister Imran Khan the US since coming to power Pwill travel to Washington last year -- came at Trump’s to meet US President Donald invitation, a Pakistani foreign Trump on July 22, the Paki- office spokesman said at a stani foreign ministry said weekly briefing, adding: “The yesterday, a rare visit between focus will be to refresh the bi- in debut eurobond issue leaders of the sometimes lateral relationship”. prickly allies. He gave no further details. Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Finance Minister Mohammed al-Jadaan. audi Arabia has raised “The very high demand has three billion euros ($3.4 shown that the strength of Saudi Sbillion) in its first euro-de- Arabia enables it to enter multi- UK betting group William nominated bond sale, the gov- ple markets”. ernment said Wednesday, as the Riyadh has posted an accu- Hill plans 4,500 job cuts petro-state taps new funds to mulated budget shortfall of $313 plug a budget deficit.t billion over the past five years London, United Kingdom seen a significant fall in... rev- The finance ministry an- and projects another substantial enues”. nounced the “successful com- deficit for 2019. ritish betting company The job losses comprise pletion of the first offering of The government announced BWilliam Hill yesterday about one third of the compa- an international bond denom- an expansionary budget this said it planned to shut 700 ny’s global workforce of 15,500 inated in the euro currency... year as it seeks to boost the shops with a loss of 4,500 jobs, people, while the closures will with a total issue of 3 billion economy and diversify away blaming the UK government’s leave it with 1,577 shops, ac- euros”. from oil revenue. crackdown on problem-gam- cording to a spokesman. The world’s top crude export- Saudi Arabia has sought to bling. After pressure from cam- er, which had previously only raise money through the debt Explaining its decision, paigners and lawmakers to issued bonds denominated in markets to help fund its eco - William Hill said that since act on problem-gambling, the dollars, has posted budget defi- nomic transformation pro - the start of April, when the government dramatically cut cits since oil prices crashed in gramme. government slashed the top the maximum stake for a bet 2014. Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (R) posing for a picture with US To generate additional sourc- wager for fixed-odds betting on the machines to £2 ($2.5, The order book for the bond President Donald Trump during their meeting on the sidelines of the G20 es of income, the kingdom has machines, “the company has 2.2 euros) from £100. sale “peaked at 13.5 billion eu- Summit in Osaka, Japan. also increased the prices of fu- ros, which was 4.5 times over- els and electricity, imposed a subscribed,” the ministry said eight-year tranche offering a “One of the advantages of of- five-percent value added tax in a statement. 0.78 per cent yield and 20-year fering a euro bond is to increase (VAT) and levied duties on 11 The bonds are split into an notes yielding 2.04pc, it added. the diversity of investors,” said million expatriates. 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A twenty-member delegation, appointed by the Embassy of Pakistan in Bahrain has participated in Punjab Agri Expo- 2019 in Lahore from June 22-23, The delegation represents prominent companies from food and agriculture services sectors in the Kingdom of Bahrain FRIDAY, JULY 5, 2019 12

North Korea says Man detained for US ‘hell-bent’ on pouring water over sanctions despite MSCI upgrade lifts Kuwait Baidu chief’s head Trump-Kim meeting United Nations, United Closing Bell States • Egypt ends four SAUDI  0.1pc » 8,847pts orth Korea complained days of gains ABU DHABI  0.2pc » 4,999pts Non Wednesday after the DUBAI  0.2pc » 2,661pts United States sent a letter Kuwait rises QATAR  0.2pc » 10,566pts urging countries to send for• a sixth day back North Korean workers EGYPT  0.9pc » 13,997pts as President Donald Trump BAHRAIN  0.9pc » 1,511pts was inviting Kim Jong Un to Yansab slides after • OMAN  0.1pc » 3,823pts hold talks. trading ex-dividend This framegrab taken from AFPTV The North Korean mis- KUWAIT  0.6pc » 6,544pts shows a man (R) pouring water sion to the United Nations Property shares on Robin Li said the letter sent to all • strong in Abu Dhabi Beijing, China UN member-states showed that the United States is encouraging smaller investors “practically more and more Reuters to buy shares. man has been detained hell-bent on the hostile In Dubai, the index also slid Afor five days by Beijing acts” against North Korea, gypt’s blue-chip index 0.2 giving up early gains, with police after he poured water even though it is seeking snapped four straight its largest lender Emirates NBD over the head of Baidu CEO dialogue. Edays of gains yesterday losing 0.4pc. Robin Li as he delivered a The mission said the as most of its stocks dropped, Kuwait’s index added 0.6pc. speech at a conference, au- letter from the United while Kuwait rose for the sixth Last week, index compiler MSCI thorities said yesterday. States, along with Britain, consecutive session after MSCI said it would move Kuwaiti eq- Li was speaking about France and Germany, was decided to upgrade Kuwaiti uities to its main emerging mar- Baidu’s autonomous car sent on June 29, the day equities to its main emerging kets index in 2020, a move that development at an event on Trump tweeted that he markets index. could trigger billions of dollars Artificial Intelligence on would like to shake Kim’s Egypt’s blue-chip index of inflows. Wednesday when the man hand and say hello during slipped into negative territory Traders on the floor of Bahrain Bourse (file) Kuwait has outperformed its stormed onto the stage and his visit to the demilita - after four days of gains. The in- Gulf peers in anticipation of the emptied a water bottle over rized zone on the Korean dex was down 0.9 per cent with MSCI move, gaining over 24pc in his head. peninsula. Egypt Kuwait Holding losing led by a 0.4pc fall in Saudi Basic yweight Industries Qatar lost the year-to-date. “What’s your problem?” Trump met with Kim on 4.2pc. Industries and a 0.7pc drop in 0.6pc and Qatar Insurance de- Middle Eastern funds plan he said in English as his as- Sunday, becoming the first Egypt’s current account defi- Riyad Bank. creased 1.4pc. to continue increasing invest- sailant walked off the stage. US president to step onto cit widened to $7.6 billion in the Yanbu National Petrochem- The index has been gaining ments in Kuwait over the next A suspect surnamed North Korean soil at the first nine months of the fiscal icals dropped a further 1.3pc in recent sessions as a 10-to- three months, a Reuters poll Cheng was given five days demilitarized zone. He said year from $5.47 billion a year after falling 2.7pc the previous one stock split for companies found earlier this week. of administrative deten- the two leaders agreed to earlier, while net foreign direct day when it traded ex-dividend. on the exchange is being phased The Abu Dhabi index rose tion for “picking quarrels start working-level talks investments narrowed in the Qatar’s index dipped 0.2pc, in from June 9 and will be com- 0.2pc mainly helped by its prop- and provoking trouble”, on a denuclearization deal, same period. putting an end to a five-day pleted by July 7. The move is erty developer Aldar Properties Chaoyang district police ending a standstill. The Saudi index slipped 0.1pc winning streak. Market heav- designed to boost liquidity by which closed 2.6pc higher. said on Twitter-like Weibo.

France issues first 10-yr bond at negative interest rate China says US tariffs must be

billion euros in 15-year debt safest bonds are falling. lifted for a trade deal EU members Sweden with a coupon of +0.23 per cent On the secondary markets, exports to the United States and• Denmark also have and 2.974 billion euros in 30- where already issued debt Trumz and Xi is the starting point for the year debt at +0.8pc. changes hands, the yield on 10- • Sino-US economic and trade negative interest rates It is the first time that France, year French government bonds agreed at the G20 frictions,” Gao said at a weekly the eurozone’s second-biggest KNOW WHAT already drifted into negative in Japan to revive press briefing. Paris, France economy, has issued sovereign territory in mid-June. negotiations “If the two sides can reach debt at a negative rate with a Outside the eurozone, EU an agreement, the tariffs im- number of other countries in the Financially weaker members Sweden and Denmark Beijing, China posed must be completely rance issued its first-ever currency area -- notably Austria, also have negative interest rates, eliminated. China’s attitude F10-year bond at a negative Germany and the Netherlands eurozone members as does non-member Switzer- toward this is clear and con- borrowing rate yesterday, mean- -- already charging investors to Greece and Italy still land. S tariffs against China must sistent,” Gao said. ing investors pay, rather than buy their bonds. have to pay more Analysts predict yields in Eu- Ube lifted for the two sides The countries have ex - receive, interest for the privi- Official rates in the 19-coun- than two percent of rope will keep falling as Draghi’s to reach a deal to end the trade changed tariffs on $360 billion lege of owning French sovereign try eurozone as a whole have interest to find buyers successor at the helm of the ECB, war, the Chinese commerce in two-way trade and negotia- debt, said the state debt man- been negative since 2014 when for their government IMF chief Christine Lagarde, is ministry said yesterday. tions broke down in May after agement agency, AFT. the European Central Bank low- bonds. expected to increase economic Trade teams from the the United States accused Chi- AFT said in a statement that it ered its key deposit rate to -0.10 stimulus either through rate world’s top two economies na of reneging on its commit- issued 9.996 billion euros ($11.3 percent. cuts or quantitative easing. “have maintained communi- ments. The US leader said he billion) in long-term bonds, The ECB has since cut the But the move to more deeply cation”, ministry spokesman would not slap new tariffs on with just under half -- or 4.972 deposit rate further, to -0.40 negative yields raises concerns Gao Feng said, days after pres- Chinese exports and suggested billion euros -- in the form of percent. that Europe may be following idents Donald Trump and Xi he could take a softer stance on 10-year bonds at a rate of -0.13 But with more easing look- in the footsteps of Japan, which Jinping announced a truce. Chinese telecom giant Hua- percent. ing likely after ECB chief Mario month, the so-called yields, or has been having trouble to re- “The United States’ unilat- wei, which he has moved to The agency also issued 2.05 Draghi hinted as much last investors’ return, on Europe’s vive inflation and growth. eral tariff increase on China’s blacklist. Boeing to give $100 million to 737 MAX crash victims’ families

years, the company said it would of these accidents and these Boeing faces work with local governments lives lost will continue to weigh • and non-profit organizations heavily on our hearts and on our numerous lawsuits filed to provide “hardship and living minds for years to come,” said by the victims’ families expenses” and boost economic Boeing chief executive Dennis development in regions affected Muilenburg in a statement to The $100 million by crashes of planes operated by the media. figure• is less than the Ethiopian Airlines and Lion Air. “The families and loved ones Boeing faces numerous law- of those on board have our deep- list price for several suits filed by the victims’ fam- est sympathies and we hope this leading 737 MAX planes ilies, some of whom have ap - initial outreach can help bring peared at news conferences or them comfort.” New York, United States during congressional hearings Boeing referenced “multiple probing the disasters. lawsuits” in an April securities The $100 million figure is less filing, saying it was also coop- oeing announced Wednes- than the list price for several erating with various regulatory Bday it would give $100 mil- leading 737 MAX planes. Boeing probes. lion to communities and families said it would also match dona- “We cannot reasonably esti- affected by two crashes on its tions from employees to families mate a range of loss, if any, that 737 MAX planes that claimed and communities affected by the may result given the ongoing 346 lives. Nadia Milleron, the mother of Samya Stumo who was killed in the crash of Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302, reacts before an accidents. status of these lawsuits, investi- Describing the sum as an “in- aviation subcommittee hearing on “Status of the Boeing 737 MAX: Stakeholder Perspectives.” at the Capitol in Washington, “We at Boeing are sorry for gations, and inquiries,” the com- itial investment” over multiple DC the tragic loss of lives in both pany said in the securities filing. 13 FRIDAY, JULY 5, 2019

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MOVIE REVIEW SITUATIONS VACANT URGENTLY REQUIRED, a reputed international fast food company is hiring indi- viduals for the position bike drivers,interested candidates can contact 17683222 or Article 15: a riveting story backed by solid filmmaking send cv [email protected] Ayushmann Khurrana hunts for inconvenient truths in an essential film CHANGE OF NAME I, RAUF KHAN WARIS KHAN S/O WARIS KHAN, holding Indian Passport No. N5190419, dated 19.04.2016 issued at BAHRAIN having permanent residence at (full address in India) ALI MOHD MOHD rticle 15 is a 2019 In - MANZIL, 4TH FLOOR, FLAT NO. 405, BOMBAY COLONY, MUMBRA, dian crime drama film THANE DIST., M.S. presently residing at (full address in Bahrain) Flat 11, directed by Anubhav Building 3009, Road 5766, Block 557, Budaiya, will henceforth be known as A (Given name) RAUF KHAN WARIS (Surname) KHAN. Objection(s) if any, Sinha and produced jointly by Zee Studios and Benaras Me- may be forwarded to Embassy of India, P.O Box 26106, Bldg 1090, Road 2819, dia Works. Written by Gaurav KNOW WHAT Block 428, Al Seef, Kingdom of Bahrain. Solanki and Anubhav Sinha, it “I, AMALA LAXMAN s/o AMALA KAREIYNA holding Indian stars Ayushmann Khurrana, Passport No. H 7737432 dated 30.12.2009 issued at BAHRAIN having Isha Talwar, Sayani Gupta, Ku- Ayushmann Khurrana’s permanent residence at (full address in India) 1-65, PIPIRI, NIZAMABAD, mud Mishra, Manoj Pahwa and film is a reminder that TELANGANA, INDIA. Presently residing at (full address in Bahrain) Sumbul Touqeer. we already know the Building. 914, Road. 31, Block. 623, Kingdom of Bahrain will henceforth be The film is based on Article questions but don’t ask known as (given name) LAXMAN (Surname) AMALA. Objection (s), if any, 15 of the Indian Constitution, may be forwarded to Embassy of India, P.O. Box 26106, Adiliya, Kingdom of which prohibits discrimination them enough Bahrain.” on grounds of religion, race, caste, sex or place of birth. “I, LAL CHAND s/o GOBIND RAI holding Indian Passport No. H 5917257 While not based on one spe - Ayushmann Khurrana in a scene from ‘Article 15’ dated 31.12.2009 issued at JALANDHAR having permanent residence cific event, the film is inspired ally critically acclaimed reviews can be in these troubled times if of easy answers. Instead, it is a at (full address in India) H.No-549, W.No-2, MOH. RAGHIAN, V.P.O, by multiple true life events in- from critics. it chooses to hold a mirror up to reminder that we already know P.S-ADAMPUR DOABA, DIST- JALANDHAR, PANJAB, INDIA. cluding 2014 Badaun gang rape Anna M. M. Vetticad of First- our society...” the questions but don’t ask them Presently residing at (full address in Bahrain) Building. 914, Road. 31, Block. allegations and 2016 Una flog- post concurred with Sengupta Raja Sen writing for Hindu- enough. ‘Not cool, sir’.” 623, Kingdom of Bahrain will henceforth be known as (given name) LAL ging incident Filming began on and Sharma, gave 4.5/5 stars stan Times rated the film with Vijayalakshmi Narayanan of (Surname) CHAND. Objection (s), if any, may be forwarded to Embassy of India, P.O. Box 26106, Adiliya, Kingdom of Bahrain.” 1 March 2019 in Lucknow. The and found ‘Sinha’s unfalter- 4.5/5 stars and opined that the Radio City gave the film 4.5/5 film follows a police investiga- ing direction’ was backed by film is a tribute to Alan Parker stars, and said “Coming to the “I, SUSHIL KUMAR s/o RAGHUBIR SINGH holding Indian Passport tion that commences after three Ewan Mulligan’s ‘unsparing the director of 1988 film Missis- cast, Ayushmann leads from the No. H 5677750 dated 16.12.2009 issued at JALANDHAR having permanent teenage girls go missing from a cinematography’ and a ‘strong sippi Burning. He praised Solan- front and one cannot be thank- residence at (full address in India) VILL-KOLIAN, PO- HARSE KOTLA, small village. cast’. Concluding, she wrote, ki and Sinha for honest writing, ful enough. The actor proves THE- MUKERIAN, DIST- HOSHIARPUR, INDIA. Presently residing On review aggregator web- “Watching this film is an over- haunting shots by Mulligan his mettle yet again when it at (full address in Bahrain) Building. 914, Road. 31, Block. 623, Kingdom site Rotten Tomatoes, the film whelming emotional experi- and performances of ensem- comes to backing good scripts. of Bahrain will henceforth be known as (given name) SUSHIL (Surname) holds a rating of 93% based on ence,” and she opined, Article ble. Ending his writing, he said, He makes the right noise even KUMAR. Objection (s), if any, may be forwarded to Embassy of India, P.O. fifteen reviews. Article 15 gener- 15 is the best that Indian cinema “Article 15 is not a film in search in his moments of melancholy.” Box 26106, Adiliya, Kingdom of Bahrain.” 14 FRIDAY, JULY 5, 2019 celebs

Halle Bailey tapped to play Ariel in ‘The Little Mermaid’ Leonardo DiCaprio helps create AP | New York alle Bailey, half of the Hsister duo Chloe x Halle, will next be going un- new environmental alliance der the sea, starring as Ariel in the upcoming adaptation AP | New York and secure indigenous rights to the everything from lion recovery and of “The Little Mermaid.” benefit of all life on Earth,” according mangrove restoration to the defense The live-action version eonardo DiCaprio is to a statement. of indigenous rights and better access will include original songs joining with billionaire Earth Alliance said Tuesday it will to affordable solar energy. His founda- from the 1989 animated hit Linvestors and philan- provide grants, educational opportu- tion will be folded into Earth Alliance. as well as new tunes from thropists Laurene Powell Jobs nities and fund campaigns and films, Brian Sheth, the co-founder and original composer Alan and Brian Sheth to create a new as well as work with grassroots or- president of private equity firm Vista Menken and “Hamilton” nonprofit environmental pow- ganizations and individuals in places Equity Partners, is the board chair creator Lin-Manuel Miran- erhouse charged with tackling most affected by biodiversity loss and of Global Wildlife Conservation and da. Some of the tunes in - climate change and the loss climate change. founded The Sheth Sangreal Foun- clude “Under the Sea,” “Part of biodiversity. In the statement, DiCaprio called dation with his wife to support envi- of Your World” and “Kiss Leonardo The new organiza- Earth Alliance a “new larger, nimble ronmental and educational initiatives. the Girl.” DiCaprio tion, Earth Alliance, platform that shares resources and The Sheth Sangreal Foundation will Bailey will join Jacob “will work globally expertise while identifying the best fund operational and administrative Tremblay and Awkwafina to protect ecosys- programs to drive real change around costs of Earth Alliance. in the film, which will be tems and wildlife, the planet.” Powell Jobs, widow of former Apple directed by Rob Marshall, ensure climate DiCaprio has long championed co-founder and CEO Steve Jobs, is a who helmed “Mary Poppins justice, sup- environmentalism, with his eco-fo- philanthropist and entrepreneur and Returns.” port renew- cused Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation president of the Emerson Collective, Marshall says that Bailey able energy giving out $100 million in grants for a social impact organization. “possesses that rare com- bination of spirit, heart, youth, innocence, and sub- stance — plus a glorious singing voice — all intrinsic qualities necessary to play Mayim Bialik: Don’t forget the Kaley this iconic role.” vegans this July 4th Cuoco takes a AP | Los Angeles dramatic turn after he Fourth of July often means hot dogs and hamburgers sizzling Ton an open fire, but Mayim Bialik is pleading with all those grill ‘Big Bang Theory’ masters out there to not ignore their vegan guests. AP | Los Angeles Mayim “A lot of people want more plant-based food,” the actress Bialik said recently. “It doesn’t have to be just the food for people aley Cuoco is making a big move after wrapping 12 seasons who eat weird.” Kwith “The Big Bang Theory,” with a new production deal and The “Big Bang Theory” actress, who wrapped her last a pivot from comedy to drama. season as neuroscientist Amy Farrah Fowler earlier this Cuoco has signed an exclusive, multi-year deal with Warner Bros. year, said people who avoid animal products like her Television Group, the company said Monday. The agreement keeps and her kids get excited when chefs include food Cuoco in business with the studio that produced “The Big Bang The- they can eat. ory,” the CBS comedy in which Cuoco played Penny. It ended its hit “There are more of us out there and we do like to run last May. go to barbecues, too,” she said. “There are so many In a statement, Cuoco said she was excited to continue an more vegan options than when I became vegan.” “incredibly collaborative and gratifying relationship” with The former star of “Blossom,” a spokeswoman for Warner, adding, “They’re stuck with me now!” Sabra hummus, pointed to a range of favorites, from Financial terms of the deal were not announced. Asian dishes to fruit and, of course, hummus, as Her first announced project is the hour-long series simple go-tos for the summer party season. Rather “The Flight Attendant,” a thriller based on the than struggling to find good substitutes for animal novel of the same name by Chris Bohjalian. It products, all it takes is thinking of some dishes that will be made for the WarnerMedia stream- already avoid animal products and that everyone ing service set to launch for consumers will enjoy. in early 2020. This summer, Bialik has a bit more free time on her Under the deal, Cuoco and her pro- hands and is spending it with her family. duction company will develop ideas “There is a sweetness to being home,” she said. “My for original TV projects through kids are confused and excited I am home more.” various Warner TV group divisions. She’s gone from filming in front of a live studio audience The projects will be aimed at platforms including broad- to giving neuroscience lectures to small groups in her kids’ cast, cable and streaming, the company said. homeschool community (she has a Ph.D. in neuroscience). A holding agreement for Cuoco’s acting services is part Saying goodbye to the TV show that she starred on for nine of the overall deal, with Warner developing new seasons is bittersweet. “For those who were watching it, we series with her in mind. The company and hope it was satisfying,” she said. Cuoco, 33, signed a previous deal in 2017. Kaley Cuoco

Taylor Swift Taylor Swift’s lawyer claims she wasn’t given chance to buy her songs ANI | Los Angeles chine and acquiring her music “Scott Borchetta never gave Taylor catalogue. Swift an opportunity to purchase rama between Now, the singer is doubling down her masters, or the label, outright Dmusic manag - on the claims she made via a Tum- with a check in the way he is now er Scooter Braun and blr post on Sunday that she “wasn’t apparently doing for others,” her Taylor Swift erupted given an opportunity to buy” her lawyer Donald Passman told People on Sunday after the “life’s work.” in a statement. singer accused the According to Swift’s lawyer Big On Wednesday, a source told Va- manager of bully- Machine Label head Scott Borchet- riety that Swift had to sign a deal ing her following ta, who first signed the superstar that will bind her to Big Machine or his purchase of when she was a teen, never gave her its new owner for another 10 years Swift’s former the opportunity to buy her music, in order to buy her music or the label Big Ma- reported People. label. 15 FRIDAY, JULY 5, 2019 sports

Dutch great Robben announces retirement from Nadal survives Kyrgios football AFP | The Hague

Rafael Nadal defeats Nick Kyrgios in bad-tempered Wimbledon duel utch winger Arjen DRobben announced earlier this year -- gained in con- yesterday he is ending his Roger Federer fidence. playing career at the age • “Its been a tough journey and of 35 after a 10-year spell cruises into Slam a process of learning and grow- with German giants Bayern third round for 70th ing as a player and person,” said Munich. time at Wimbledon KNOW WHAT Davis. “It is without a doubt “The drop in ranking has the most difficult decision Angelique Kerber made this win even more ful- I have had to make in my • filling.” career, my heart says yes, my knocked out body says no,” Robben told It was Nadal’s 50th win ‘Infinity and beyond’ at the tournament as the Telegraaf. • Serena battles he continues his push There was a scare for sev - His contract at Bayern had back against for a third Wimbledon en-time champion Serena Wil- expired on June 30. Slovenian qualifier liams, who dropped the first set Robben played 96 interna- title and 19th major against 18-year-old Slovenian tional matches for the Neth- qualifier Kaja Juvan before pre- erlands, scoring 37 goals, and AFP | London vailing 2-6, 6-2, 6-4. starred in the team which business a bit from the baseline,” “It brings the best out of me reached the 2010 World Cup afael Nadal may not end said 37-year-old Federer who the pressure,” said 37-year-old final and finished third four up winning a third Wim- has now reached the third round Williams. years later. Rbledon singles title but he at the Slams for the 70th time. “I play best when I am down He won two Premier will take joy from having beaten Federer and Nadal’s half of the sometimes. I am a fighter I never League titles under Jose his ‘bete noire’ Nick Kyrgios in draw lost two of the potentially give up.” Mourinho at Chelsea in an engrossing but bad-tempered more awkward customers in Ashleigh Barty’s bid to be - 2005 and 2006, before grudge match yesterday. big serving duo John Isner and come the first woman since Wil- claiming a La Liga winner’s The 33-year-old Spaniard Marin Cilic. liams in 2015 to win the French medal with Real Madrid. came through in four sets 6-3, Ninth-seeded Isner, who Open and Wimbledon in the 3-6, 7-6 (7/5), 7-6 (7/3) which played in the epic semi-final same year stayed on track with saw fiery but talented Austral- Spain’s Rafael Nadal returns against Australia’s Nick Kyrgios last year with Kevin Anderson a 6-1, 6-3 second round victory ian Kyrgios receive a warning everything,” said Nadal, who ican legend Jimmy Connors’s which lasted over six hours, fell over Belgium’s Alison van Uyt- Atletico Madrid sign for unsportsmanlike behaviour was winning his 50th match at record of 17 appearances in the in five sets to unseeded Kazakh vanck. after a non-stop commentary Wimbledon. last 32. Mikhail Kukushkin 6-4, 6-7 Barty, only the second Aus- 19-year-old Joao to the umpire and twice served “I was just next to him so I On the women’s side, there (3/7), 4-6, 6-1, 6-4 in just over tralian woman after Evonne Felix for 126 million under-arm. don’t want to comment on this. will be a new name adorning the three hours of play. Goolagong Cawley over 40 years Nadal’s pleasure was evi - Potentially he is a Grand Slam trophy as defending champion Cilic, the 13th seed and final- ago to be number one in the euros dent when he sealed the match winner.” Angelique Kerber went out in ist in 2017, lost in straight sets world, said the most pleasure against a man he had accused of Earlier, his great rival eight- three sets to lucky loser Lauren to Portugal’s Joao Sousa, 6-4, she has had in her new status AFP | Madrid lacking respect for the sport as time champion Roger Feder- Davis 2-6, 6-2, 6-1. 6-4, 6-4. is when she speaks to her niece he fist-pumped and jumped in er had no such problems as he Federer said his game had Kerber looked in control after back in Australia. tletico Madrid on the air yelling to his camp seated eased into the third round, beat- not been perfect but Clarke had the first set but once she went “Over and over she tells me AWednesday signed on Centre Court. ing British wild card Jay Clarke helped his cause. 3-2 down in the second Davis you can go to infinity and be- 19-year-old Portuguese “I have been aware of 6-1, 7-6 (7/3), 6-2 to equal Amer- “I struggled to take care of -- ranked outside the top 250 yond,” sad Barty. striker Joao Felix from Benfica for 126 million eu- ros ($142 million), the clubs announced. The fee is a record for a Djokovic eases into Portuguese club and for At- Peru stun Chile to reach final letico Madrid and makes Wimbledon third round the teenager one of the five AFP | Porto Alegre, Brazil wins over Argentina in 2015 its essence, passing the ball and most expensive players in and 2016. running hard,” said goalscorer history. eru stunned defending Instead the finalists from Yotun. Atletico tweeted a video Pchampions Chile 3-0 to the previous two editions will “The game against Brazil was of the player in the Prado reach the final of the Copa meet in Saturday’s third-place tough but this will be a different gallery in Madrid contem- America for the first time in 44 play-off in Sao Paulo. Little was match. It’s a final that’s there to plating paintings by old years on Wednesday. expected of Peru in the knock- be won. We have to work hard masters, with the phrase, Goals from Edison Flores, out stages after they ended the and lift this cup.” “enormous talent”, before Yoshimar Yotun and Paolo group phase with a humbling Goalkeeper Pedro Gallese, he turned and smiled at the Guerrero handed Peru a de - 5-0 thrashing by Brazil. the villain of that 5-0 defeat, camera with the caption: served win which sends them But after riding their luck -- was again faultless, as he had “Welcome Joao Felix, pure into a final against Brazil at the and being saved by VAR three been in the quarter-final when talent.” Maracana Stadium on Sunday. times -- to beat Uruguay on decisively saving Luis Suarez’s The stunning upset prevent- penalties in the quarter-final, shoot-out penalty. ed Chile’s golden generation they were a completely reju- He again saved a penalty and Novak Djokovic plays a shot behind his back against American Denis Kudla from challenging for a third venated outfit in Porto Alegre. made a number of other vital Benfica sign striker straight title, following their “The team has gone back to stops. AFP | London “There were some mo - De Tomas from Real ments in the match where Madrid ovak Djokovic can make maybe I could have done bet- Ntennis look easy, and he ter,” the top-seeded Serb said. AFP | Madrid can make opponents look bad. “Dropped a couple of times The Serb dismantled Amer- my serve.” ortuguese champions ican Denis Kudla 6-3 6-2 6-2 The service hiccups didn’t PBenfica signed striker with ruthless efficiency and really matter, though, because Raul de Tomas from Real just enough flamboyance to Djokovic made up for it by Madrid on Wednesday for satisfy the Centre Court crowd. breaking Kudla multiple times a fee of 20 million euros The defending champion did in each set — seven in total. ($22.56 million), the two a bit of both on Centre Court at Djokovic will next face Hu- clubs announced. Wimbledon on Wednesday, bert Hurkacz on Friday, and The 24-year-old, who beating Denis Kudla of the then could face 18-year-old only played one competitive United States 6-3, 6-2, 6-2 in Canadian Felix Auger-Alias- game for Real, has signed a the second round. sime on Monday if they both five-year deal with the Lis- Despite the straightforward reach the fourth round. Au- bon giants. score, however, Djokovic was ger-Aliassime, who on Monday “The club wish(es) to short of perfection as he moves became the first male play- thank Raul de Tomas for his toward a fifth title at the All er born in the 2000s to win a commitment since joining England Club. His serve was Grand Slam match, defeated the youth team, and wish broken twice, once in each of Corentin Moutet of France 6-3, him all the very best in this the first two sets. 4-6, 6-4, 6-2. Peru’s Paolo Guerrero shoots to score against Chile new chapter,” Real said. FRIDAY, JULY 5, 2019 16

Gayle strikes as Windies Cricket World Cup 2019 standings Team Played Won Lost Tied No result Run rate Points Australia 8 7 1 0 0 1.000 14 (Q) India 8 6 1 0 1 0.811 13 (Q) England 9 6 3 0 0 1.152 12 (Q) see off Afghanistan New Zealand 9 5 3 0 1 0.175 11 Pakistan 8 4 3 0 1 -0.792 9 Sri Lanka 8 3 3 0 2 -0.934 8 Afghanistan Bangladesh 8 3 4 0 1 -0.195 7 • South Africa 8 2 5 0 1 -0.080 5 suffered their West Indies 9 2 6 0 1 -0.225 5 8th defeat of the Afghanistan 9 0 8 0 0 -1.322 0 tournament as they lost their last group Today’s match game by 23 runs to West Indies Pakistan vs Bangladesh

Carlos Brathwaite picked• four wickets Lords Cricket Ground – London in West Indies win 12:30pm Babar Azam AFP | Birmingham Babar Azam Shakib Al Hasan

hris Gayle removed Af- » Pakistan need to beat Bangladesh by an unlikely big margin to reach the semi-fi- ghanistan top-scorer nals as they play their final group game. Ikram Alikhil with his » They had given themselves an outside chance of a top-four spot by bouncing back C from defeat to India with three straight wins. tame off-breaks as the West Shai Hope of West Indies tries to stump Ikram Alikhil of Afghanistan Indies secured just their » Bangladesh are two points behind from their eight games and cannot reach the second win of a chastening to put a huge dent in Af - tury in a losing cause earlier ting strength and their lack of top four, but they will still finish ahead of Pakistan with a win. World Cup campaign yester- ghanistan’s slim hopes of this week, Holder smashed quality seam bowlers. day. victory. a quickfire 45 while Carlos Even highly rated leg-spin- Pakistan Bangladesh The Caribbean side scored Despite the victory, two- Brathwaite lashed 14 off four ner Rashid Khan ended the Pakistan’s defeat to India left them staring Defeat to India last time out spelled the 311 for six in their 50 overs time former champions West balls. tournament with just six into the World Cup mire but they have come end of Bangladesh’s top-four hopes, as in Leeds and although the Indies remain second-bottom In reply, Alikhil put on 133 wickets after taking 1-52 yes- back strongly with three straight wins. They they fell to 286 all out in reply to 314/9. Afghans put up a brave fight, of the 10-team table and will for the second wicket with terday. bounced back by posting 308/7 on their way The Tigers had needed to win their final two they ultimately went down slink home with just two wins Rahmat Shah (62) and there to a 49-run win against South Africa, with games, having set themselves up by bowl- by 23 runs. from nine matches. were notable contributions West Indies Haris Sohail leading the way with a quick-fire ing Afghanistan out for 200 in a 62-run win. Afghanistan have flickered by Najibullah Zadran and As- Gayle, almost certainly C. Gayle c Alikhil b D. Zadran 7 89. Pakistan followed that up against New Performances against the bigger teams has in spells during only their ghar Afghan but ultimately playing in his final World E. Lewis c Nabi b Rashid 58 Zealand, as Babar Azam’s unbeaten century cost them, however, including conceding second World Cup -- going they did not have the batting Cup match at the age of 39, S. Hope c Rashid b Nabi 77 helped them to a six-wicket win chasing 238. 381/5 in a 48-run loss to Australia. close against India and Paki- firepower to get them over failed with the bat but struck S. Hetmyer c N.A. Zadran b D. Zadran 39 They then left it late to see off Afghanistan stan -- but head home with a the line. with the ball, trapping Alikhil N. Pooran run out (Alikhil/Shirzad) 58 but eventually sealed a three-wicket win with Probable XI dispiriting nine defeats out Paceman Kemar Roach was lbw for 86 in the 36th over J. Holder c D. Zadran b Shirzad 45 two balls to spare. of nine. the pick of the West Indies Tamim Iqbal, Soumya Sarkar, Shakib Al C. Brathwaite not out 14 The West Indies, who bowlers, finishing with fig- Probable XI Hasan, Mushfiqur Rahim (wk), Liton Das, F. Allen not out 0 smashed 111 runs of the last ures of 3-37 in his 10 overs. Mossadek Hossain, Sabbir Rahman, Mo- Extras (lb4, w9) 13 Imam-ul-Haq, Fakhar Zaman, Babar Azam, 10 overs, had captain Jason West Indies began the tour- hammad Saifuddin, Mashrafe Mortaza (c), Total (six wickets, 50 overs) 311 Mohammad Hafeez, Haris Sohail, Sarfaraz Holder and Nicholas Pooran nament with a comprehen- Ahmed (c, wk), Imad Wasim, Wahab Riaz, Rubel Hossain, Mustafizur Rahman KNOW WHAT to thank for their acceleration sive seven-wicket win against Afghanistan Shadab Khan, Mohammad Amir, Shaheen after solid contributions from Pakistan and many tipped Gulbadin Naib c Lewis b Roach 5 Afridi Evin Lewis (58), Shai Hope them as dark horses for the R. Shah c Gayle b Brathwaite 62 PITCH REPORT (77) and Shimron Hetmyer title, with a power-packed Ikram Alikhil lbw b Gayle 86 With its iconic slope, Lord’s has given the bowlers something to work with so far in West Indies began the (39). batting line-up and fearsome Najibullah Zadran run out 31 tournament with a Gayle was caught behind pace attack. this World Cup. London is going to get hot by today, with temperatures up and the A. Afghan c Holder b Brathwaite 40 chance of rain null. comprehensive sev- after a slash against Dawlat But they have been er - M. Nabi c Allen b Roach 2 Zadran for just seven and re- ror-prone and lacklustre, en-wicket win against S. Shinwari c Hetmyer b Roach 6 Head to Head Pakistan and many mains 10 runs short of Brian failing to turn their promis- R. Khan c Holder b Brathwaite 9 Lara’s all-time West Indian ing positions into concrete D. Zadran c Cottrell b Brathwaite 1 Pakistan have a dominant overall record in this fixture, winning 31 of the 36 matches tipped them as dark record of 10,348 one-day in- results. between the two, but lately it has been all Bangladesh. The Tigers won 3-0 in their most horses for the title, S. Shirzad c Allen b Thomas 25 ternational runs. Afghanistan will head Mujeeb Ur Rahman not out 7 recent bilateral series against Pakistan and also beat them during last year’s Asia Cup. On with a power-packed Pooran picked up where home with more experience Extras (lb2, nb2, w10) 14 their way to the final, Bangladesh posted 239 thanks to Mushfiqur Rahim’s 99 from 116 batting line-up and he left off against Sri Lanka, under the belts but with ma- Total (all out, 50 overs) 288 balls, before Mustafizur Rahman claimed 4-43 as Bangladesh restricted Pakistan to 202/9. fearsome pace attack hitting 58 to add to his cen- jor questions over their bat-

New Zealand’s Williamson hopes break sparks World Cup revival England showed glimpses of their best in last two games - Morgan

Reuters | Durham viously the reason that we have got through and we have been ngland captain Eoin Morgan able to play some of our best Esaid his team had played cricket because of that. some of their best cricket in “So tapping into that, identify- their last two group games to ing what we did well and if that make the semi-finals of the still remains the same priority World Cup after 27 years. going into the semi-final, which Back-to-back defeats by Sri I think it will.” Lanka and Australia had jeop- A common factor in both the Kane Williamson is stranded outside the crease as ball travels to the stumps ardised England’s semi-final victories was the flying start prospects but Morgan’s men England got from openers Jon- AFP | Chester-le-Street a place in the semi-finals. bounced back in style, ending ny Bairstow, who smashed his But they were rarely in the India’s unbeaten run in Bir- second successive century on ew Zealand captain Kane hunt and New Zealand, who mingham and then crushing Wednesday, and Jason Roy who NWilliamson hopes an up- won five of their first six games New Zealand to storm into the made a roaring return from a England’s Eoin Morgan gestures during the match coming break provides his side in a sequence that included a last four. hamstring injury in the match with a chance to revive their washout with India, had to ac- Morgan said the hosts would against India. Morgan was pleased with how caught up and Jonny slowed faltering World Cup campaign. cept another defeat following draw a lot of inspiration from “We bat all the way down but the openers complemented down. The Black Caps suffered losses to Pakistan and Austral- their dominant performance in those two are pushing the ceil- each other. “It was really brilliant to their third straight defeat of ia -- the team that beat them in those games. ing as to what guys can normally “One of the things that sort of watch because normally you the tournament in a thump- the 2015 final. “I think we do tap into what do,” Morgan said. stands out for me that doesn’t have two guys competing with ing 119-run loss to England at The consolation for Wil - we have achieved the last two “That was part of the process happen in any normal partner- each other the whole time try- Chester-le-Street on Wednes- liamson’s men is they are all games,” he said after England in the first two years of this four- ship, it happens in great part- ing to get ahead, trying to get day. but certain of a place in the spanked New Zealand by 119 year cycle but looking at where nerships, is that both of them the strike, trying to be more Had they won, it would have semi-finals given their huge runs. the guys are now, it’s incredible ebbed and flowed. dominant, whereas as a part- been New Zealand and not net run-rate advantage over “It’s been extremely impor- the talent they possess.” “Jonny got off to a flyer, Jason nership they are extremely England who were assured of Pakistan. tant to our campaign. It is ob- More than the runs they raise, was quite slow to start and then dominant.”