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Sunday 22 September 2019 | 23 Muharram 1441 www.thepeninsula.qa Volume 24 | Number 8022 | 2 Riyals Champions aim higher Ashghal completes 72% construction of Umm Lekhba Interchange
SANAULLAH ATAULLAH The new free-flow Ibrahim said that the inter- THE PENINSULA interchange with a change accommodates over 20,000 vehicles per hour and The Public Works Authority length of 11km, the five bridges consist of two lanes (Ashghal) has completed 72 largest in Qatar, will in one direction, while the other percent of the development consist of nine bridges four bridges include one lane in works on Umm Lekhba Inter- with the capacity one direction. change, known as ‘Landmark “The interchange is the Intersection’ within the work of to accommodate second highest interchange in Sabah Al Ahmad Corridor 20,000 vehicles in Qatar after the interchange of The construction in progress at Umm Lekhba Interchange. project. an hour. Parts of the Umm Bishr on the G-Ring Road The new free-flow inter- interchange will be where it is located at an altitude change with a length of 11km, the of 35 metres while the height of complexes and commercial Lekhba Interchange in approx- The project will convert all largest in Qatar, will consist of opened by the end of the highest bridge reaches 36 markets. imately 18 minutes compared roundabouts to more efficient nine bridges with the capacity to this year. metres,” he added. Once completed in the fourth to the current 50 minutes via and safer signalised junctions as accommodate 20,000 vehicles “The interchange is designed quarter of 2020, the new inter- Doha Expressway and 22 Feb- well as build and upgrade 17 in an hour. Parts of the inter- to ensure the free flow of traffic, change will significantly improve ruary Street reducing traffic interchanges. change will be opened by the end Details about the project resulting in the construction of traffic to shorten the travel time time by 70 minutes. These interchanges will of this year. were given by Ashghal officials nine bridges (largest interchange) by more than 70 percent. This significant improvement deliver 32 bridges and 12 Once completed in 2021, during a media tour of the con- on 1st four-level interchange, The bridges provide nine in traffic will occur due to vehicular underpasses to Sabah Al Ahmad Corridor will struction site of Umm Lekhba some of which are approximately arteries that provide free traffic increased road capacity to more enhance connectivity and significantly contribute to the Interchange. 28 metres high (equivalent to a flow in nine directions, in than 20,000 vehicles per hour provide smooth traffic move- relief of traffic congestion on “The construction of the huge nine-storey building),” said addition to the free traffic on Al in both directions after the ments in addition to 12 pedes- Doha Expressway, in particular and vital interchange is Ibrahim. Shamal Road as well as the expansion of the corridor, which trian bridges. on 22 February Street. The new underway, parts of the new Above all, the interchange is underpass of the old interchange will be upgraded to four and five A total 12 pedestrian and Corridor will be a vital alter- interchange are scheduled to located in a densely populated linking Al Markhiya Street and lanes in each direction instead cycle paths with a length of 65km native and parallel route that will open by the end of 2019, fol- area and a vibrant commercial Sabah Al Ahmad Corridor. of three lanes, Doha Expressway along with 1.5 million square serve thousands of daily com- lowed by other openings until the activity where there are many Commuters travelling from currently accommodates 12,000 metre of landscaping will also be muters from the north to the end of 2020,” said project government entities, educational Hamad International Airport vehicles per hour in both delivered as part of the project’s south of Doha. engineer, Ali Ibrahim. and health facilities as well as will be able to reach Umm directions. scope of works. Qatar Airways’ fleet grew 57% since 2014-15 Waseef begins renting SACHIN KUMAR countries has failed to deter destinations, Qatar Airways is markets ahead of the compe- THE PENINSULA Qatar Airways from expanding the first Middle Eastern carrier tition. The fleet expansion plan out Barwa Labour City its global network. Since the first to operate to that airport. is well-aligned with its route Qatar Airways’ fleet size has day of the blockade, the airline Such expansion plans will expansion plans. In the last THE PENINSULA Group in three phases, will accom- grown by 57 percent, driven by has launched 24 new destina- help the airline to reap long-term financial year, it added 25 new DOHA modate over 100,000 workers, its aggressive global expansion tions. For many of these new benefits by entering in these aircraft to the fleet and also wel- and will include over 3,100 resi- plan. Its fleet has grown from 159 comed its 250th aircraft. Waseef, the leading property dential villas (including eight aircraft in 2014-15 to 250 aircraft Qatar Airways added 11 new management and marketing master bedrooms and a kitchen), as of March 21 this year. It has QATAR AIRWAYS AIRCRAFT AS OF destinations to its global route map company has begun signing as well as integrated commercial been a tremendous journey for FLEET HAS GROWN TO 250 MARCH 21, 2019. in 2018-19, extending its presence contracts for renting low-cost and administrative facilities con- Qatar Airways Group, which had in Europe, and also launching new housing units of Barwa Labour sisting of a hyper market at a total just four aircraft 20 years ago. destinations in Africa, Asia and the City, one of the largest labour area of 5,200 square metres, four Its fleet is made up of 203 pas- PASSENGER CARGO Middle East. The airline carried housing projects in Qatar, with two storied buildings containing senger aircraft, 25 cargo and 22 203AIRCRAFT 25 AIRCRAFT around 29.5 million passengers major Qatari companies in the over 90 shops (ground and mez- Qatar Executive jets. In addition, during 2018-19. country. zanine), offices and clinics on the the Group has sub-leased eight The airline’s flexibility to Waseef signed a contract with upper floor. aircraft to Air Italy, according to QATAR effectively and quickly reposition Al Bandary Engineering & Con- The project is located in the recently launched Qatar Airways 22 EXECUTIVE JETS its network has enabled it to con- tracting, and a contract with Al area of Meknes along Salwa Annual Report 2018-19. tinue grow while its competitors, Khayarin Group, to lease over 170 Road and 19km from the indus- With an average aircraft age unable to adjust to changing residential villas in the project. trial area, in an area of 1.18Sqm, of under five years, its state-of- markets, are shrinking. The contract was signed by of which about 185,000Sm for the-art fleet continues to be one One the highlights of last year Mohammed Ali Al Hammadi, parking of buses. of the youngest and most Unjust blockade was taking the delivery of the Director of Leasing Department The project also includes modern in the industry. imposed on Qatar by world’s first Airbus A350-1000, at Waseef; Thaer Saadeh, many facilities and services, such It receives a new aircraft on siege countries has With an average aircraft age which is the world’s most tech- Director of Housing Department as mosques, a police station, green average every 13.5 days, which nologically advanced aircraft. at Al Bandary Engineering & seating areas, recreational areas, failed to deter Qatar of under five years, its state- allows it to continue its aggressive of-the-art fleet continues to With strong expansion plan Contracting, and Khurram in addition to surveillance route expansion strategy and Airways from ahead, the airline will continue to Shahzad, General Manager at Al cameras, outdoor cleaning and provide passengers with increased expanding its global be one of the youngest and grow its fleet. The Group has more Khayarin Group. sanitation. Waseef has received connectivity across the globe. network. most modern in the industry. than 300 aircraft worth more than The low-cost Barwa Labour the first phase of the project, Even the unjust blockade $85bn in order, including options City project, which is being which includes over 1,100 resi- imposed on Qatar by siege and Letters of Intent. developed by Barwa Real Estate dential villas and 46 shops. `P3 ‘Qatar, UN have strategic partnership for peace and development’
IRFAN BUKHARI THE PENINSULA partner in the international com- number of partnership agree- between the State of Qatar and regarding Qatar’s generous post also mentions the UN’s munity to achieve international ments were signed between the the United Nations stem from the support to the UN initiatives like, praise when the organisation peace and security; achieve sus- State of Qatar and the United deep and solid relationship “the important support Qatar said: “The state of Qatar which The Ministry of Foreign Affairs tainable development; combat Nations to support some of its between the two sides. provides to our agencies con- contributes in many humani- has said that the State of Qatar terrorism; and confront the agencies. This was done in the The post of the Ministry of tributes distinctively in different tarian projects with us has and the United Nations have common challenge. presence of Deputy Prime Min- Foreign Affairs further said: sectors”, and “the importance of become structural partner in the strategic partnership for peace The post mentions $500m ister and Minister of Foreign “State of Qatar ranked first in the our agreements with Qatar goes purposes of international and development. support from the State of Qatar Affairs H E Sheikh Mohamed bin Arab world and sixth in the world beyond Doha’s generous contri- organisation.” In a post on its official to the UN agencies which Qatar Abdulrahman Al Thani and the in the list of the biggest share- butions to a qualitative change The UN also lauded Qatar’s Twitter account yesterday, the announced in December last UN Secretary-General Antonio holders to the multi-partnerships in the relationships between the role saying: “Doha played key Ministry said that Qatar’s support year. Guterres. funds for 2017.” two sides that will have role in the central debates at the to the UN is consistent with its It is pertinent to mention At that time, H E the Deputy The post also mentions important prospects in the UN and supported the most dif- foreign policy and its shared here that during 18th Doha Prime Minister had stressed that appreciation by the top UN offi- future.” ficult and thorny issues related responsibilities as an active Forum in December 2018, a the signing of agreements cials made at different occasions The Ministry in its Twitter to world peace and security.” 02 HOME SUNDAY 22 SEPTEMBER 2019
Speaker of Shura Council in Kazakhstan A-G meets French official OFFICIAL NEWS QNA/NUR-SULTAN Nursultan International Airport was Deputy Chairman of the Amir sends The Speaker of the Shura Council, Majilis, Vladimir Bozhkov, and congratulations to Ahmed bin Abdullah bin Zaid Al Charge d’Affaires of the State of Mahmoud, arrived yesterday in Qatar to the Republic of Kaza- President of Armenia Kazakhstan to participate in the khstan, Ahmed Saad Hazeem Al DOHA: Amir H H Sheikh Fourth Meeting of Speakers of the Sulaiti. The meeting aims to hold Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani Eurasian Countries Parliaments a direct, multilateral dialogue and Deputy Amir H H “Greater Eurasia,” which is set to between speakers of Eurasian Sheikh Abdullah bin Hamad be held for several days. parliaments, as they play a main Al Thani sent yesterday In reception of His Excel- role in the political and eco- cables of congratulations to lency and the delegation at the nomic development. the President of the Repub- lic of Armenia, Armen Sarkissian, on the anni- Al Muraikhi meets UN official versary of his country’s Independence Day. Prime QNA/NEW YORK Nations General Assembly in Minister and Interior Minis- New York. The meeting ter H E Sheikh Abdullah bin The Minister of State for Foreign reviewed the cooperation Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani Affairs, H E Sultan bin Saad Al between Qatar and the Alliance also sent a cable of con- Muraikhi, met with High Repre- of Civilizations. H E the Minister gratulations to the Prime The Adviser to President of the French Republic for the Middle-East and North African Affairs, Arnaud sentative for the United Nations also met with the Minister of Minister of the Republic Pescheux, met yesterday with Attorney-General, H E Dr. Ali bin Fetais Al Marri. The two sides reviewed Alliance of Civilizations, Miguel Foreign Affairs and International of Armenia, Nikol Pashin- Angel Moratinos, on the sidelines Cooperation of the Republic of a number of issues of joint interest. The meeting was attended by Ambassador of the State of Qatar yan, on the anniversary of of the 74th session of the United Malawi, Francis Kasaila, to France, Sheikh Ali bin Jassim Al Thani. his country’s Independence Day. QNA Amir sends Qatari organisations’ support for Syrian refugees lauded congratulations to President of Malta P K NIAZ Talking to The Peninsula, on the sidelines have decided to set up a ‘safe THE PENINSULA IN of a breakfast meeting organised by the zone’ in North Eastern Syria that DOHA: Amir H H Sheikh GAZIANTEP, TURKEY can host up to three million Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani Turkish Airlines, Governor Davut Gul, said, Syrians. and Deputy Amir H H Sheikh The Governor of the south- Turkey, in spite of taking the responsibility of The Governor urged Qataris Abdullah bin Hamad Al Thani central Turkish province of accommodating 3.6 million refugees from Syria, to utilise the booming tourism sent yesterday cables of con- Gaziantep, which borders Syria, and food sectors in the province. gratulations to President of said charity organisations in is providing them with all the facilities on par He also invited Qatari busi- the Republic of Malta, George Qatar have been doing with its own citizens. nessmen to invest in the Vella, on the anniversary commendable work for the sprawling industry. of his country’s Independ- Syrian refugees who are being “We are the leaders in food ence Day. Prime Minister and treated as guests by the Turkish Gaziantep’s population saw millions of refugees in Turkey, and textile industries. For tasting Interior Minister H E Sheikh government. 30 percent of growth due to Davut said: “It doesn’t mean the best Turkish cuisine, pastries Abdullah bin Nasser bin Kha- Talking to The Peninsula, on refugee intake. Providing them Turkey will throw out our Syrian and fresh dry fruits Gaziantep is lifa Al Thani also sent a cable the sidelines of a breakfast with all the basic facilities has put brothers and sisters from this the answer”, he said. of congratulations to the meeting organised by the in April 2011, Turkey started to a huge strain on the resources of land. Everybody knows that we Gaziantep’s food is so Prime Minister of the Repub- Turkish Airlines, Governor Davut receive refugees from Syria. The the province. Still the gov- are handling the refugees with popular that people fly down lic of Malta, Joseph Muscat, Gul (pictured), said, Turkey, in first batch of 252 people came ernment is doing its best. utmost care. However, it is from Istanbul just for lunch. And on the anniversary of his spite of taking the responsibility from Aleppo and surrounding “The major issue we are unethical that Turkey alone carry its baklava (a kind of Turkish country’s Independence Day. of accommodating 3.6 million areas. Within a year their facing is in the education sector. this burden of the flowing pastry) and pistachio are the QNA refugees from Syria, is providing number rose to 23,000 and by More than half of the refugees migrants. In an agreement region’s best known products. them with all the facilities on par 2015, it reached two million. are under 18 and we need at least reached with the European Davut Gul recalled the recently Amir sends with its own citizens. Gaziantep is holding the 5,000 classes for them as there Union in March 2016, we gave concluded Gastronomi Festival congratulations to “We call them protected record of accommodating are average and bright students assurance to stem the flow of ref- which attracted thousands of President of Nepal people. They are not refugees. 200,000 refugees within a among them and they must be ugees into Europe in return for foodies and hundreds of foreign We are giving them all facilities 24-hour period as the exodus given education and training on financial aid. But Turkey so far tourists. DOHA: Amir H H Sheikh to have a better life until they go was unimaginable during the those levels”, Davut said. has received only a fraction of The Governor said that plans Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani back to their home land,” Davut peak of war. Istanbul, Turkey’s Answering to a question on the amount”. are under way to convert and Deputy Amir H H Sheikh said. largest city with a population of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s warning should be Gaziantep airport from domestic Abdullah bin Hamad Al Thani The Governor said over 15 million, hosts 560,000 Erdogan’s recent statement that viewed in the wake of Idlib to international as thousands of sent yesterday cables of Gaziantep, one of the five refugees while Gaziantep, which Turkey may reopen the route for offensive by the Syrian regime passengers have been visiting the congratulations to the Pres- Turkish provinces that share has a tenth of Istanbul’s popu- refugees into Europe, if it does raising the prospect of a new city and surrounding places to ident of Nepal, Bidhya Devi border with Syria, is hosting lation, has accepted almost that not receive adequate support to wave of refugees, he added. explore its natural beauty and Bhandari, on the occasion of around 400,000 refugees. It was many refugees. enable it to cope with the Turkey and the United States delicious cuisine. her country’s National Day. Prime Minister and Interior Minister H E Sheikh Abdul- lah bin Nasser bin Khalifa ‘Made in Bangladesh’ expo Al Thani also sent a cable of congratulations to the Prime Minister of Nepal, Khadga in December; around 100 Prasad Sharma Oli, on the occasion of his country’s companies to participate National Day. QNA Qatar strongly IRFAN BUKHARI investors and entrepreneurs from condemns explosion THE PENINSULA Bangladesh and their counterparts in in Iraq’s Karbala Qatar which has emerged as a center With the participation of around 100 of wealth and commerce in the Middle DOHA: Qatar expressed its Bangladeshi companies representing East. strong condemnation and almost all important sectors, ‘Made in Earlier addressing the community denunciation of the explo- Bangladesh’ exhibition will be held in outreach event, Ambassador Ashud sion that targeted a bus Qatar in December this year. Ahmed emphasised that collective in the Iraqi city of Karbala, The Bangladesh Embassy and the efforts from each member of the Bang- killing and injuring sev- Bangladesh Forum Qatar (BFQ) ladesh community was essential to eral people. The Ministry of recently held a Community Outreach imprint the perception about true Foreign Affairs reiterated Programme to promote ‘Made in Bang- Bangladesh in the host society. Qatar’s firm stance on reject- ladesh’ exhibition. The Ambassador added that Bang- 72% work on Umm Lekhba Interchange complete ing violence and terrorism Made in Bangladesh —the first-ever ladesh had made remarkable progress regardless of the motives Media persons with Ashghal officials during a media tour of the construction site of Umm Bangladeshi trade fair in Qatar — will in many sectors which could be show- and causes. It expressed Lekhba Interchange on Thursday. PIC: SALIM MATRAMKOT / THE PENINSULA be held at Doha Exhibition and Con- cased in the upcoming ‘Made in Bang- Qatar’s condolences to the vention Centre (DECC) from December ladesh’ exhibition. He also thanked the families of the victims and 10 to 12, 2019 to showcase Bangladeshi Bangladesh Forum Qatar (BFQ) for the Government and people products, said a statement. taking up the ‘Made in Bangladesh’ of Iraq, wishing the injured a Talking to The Peninsula, the initiative. Mada Center gains membership speedy recovery. QNA Ambassador of Bangladesh to Qatar, The Ambassador called upon all Ashud Ahmed, said that he was members of the Bangladesh com- Qatar condemns expecting the participation of around munity to collectively contribute to the of World Wide Web Consortium blast in Afghanistan 100 Bangladeshi companies in ‘Made ‘Made in Bangladesh’ exhibition from in Bangladesh’ exhibition. their respective positions. He also QNA ongoing work to understand and meet the DOHA: Qatar expressed its “As many as 18 sectors will partic- called upon the Bangladeshi com- DOHA needs of people with functional limitations strong condemnation and ipate in the first-ever ‘Made in Bang- munity in Qatar to organise value- professionally, was represented by the denunciation of an attack ladesh’ exhibition in Qatar in December added programme alongside govern- Mada Center has achieved membership of Digital Access Team at technical meetings that took place in Afghan- this year like textile, pharmaceuticals, ment’s initiatives to enhance Bangla- the World Wide Web Consortium planning on the issuance of standards and rules for istan’s southern Kandahar leather among others,” he added. desh’s bilateral cooperation in the areas and consulting committee (W3C) as the only accessible digital content. province which killed two The Ambassador said that the exhi- of trade, investment, health and Middle Eastern organisation in the world to The CEO of Mada Center, Maha Al Man- and left more injured. The bition would provide an opportunity education. localise and adapt digital access and assistive souri, expressed pride in the fact that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to business individuals and entities to The founding President of BFQ technology solutions to the needs of Arab centre is the only Arab institution to have renewed Qatar’s firm posi- have Business-to-Business (B2B) Iftekhar Ahmed gave the welcome persons with disabilities in the world and is achieved full membership in the association, tion of rejecting violence meetings while sideline conferences speech. He introduced the BFQ and its now a key member of the W3C Advisory as a result of the tireless efforts made by the and terrorism regardless would also be organized during the different initiatives to members of Committee. Mada to make browsing the web and digital of the causes and reasons. exhibition. Ambassador Ashud further Bangladeshi community and high- The membership was gained as Mada content of digital platforms an ideal expe- The statement expressed said that he had high expectations with lighted the importance of their active wrapped up its participation in committee’s rience for people with functional limitations the condolences of Qatar to the event that would surely help participation to make the ‘Made in meetings W3C that primarily specializes in in Qatar and the Arab world. the families of the victims, opening new vistas of trade and Bangladesh’ event fruitful for programs and websites and that is respon- It is worth noting that Mada Center is a the government, and peo- business cooperation between Qatar enhancing image of Bangladesh and sible for setting up guidelines, standards and private institution for public benefit, which ple of Afghanistan, wishing and Bangladesh. upholding the potential trade and regulations on which websites are designed. was founded in 2010 as an initiative that the injured a speedy recov- The exhibition also aims at building investment portfolio of Bangladesh in Mada center, being a center of excel- aims at promoting digital inclusion and ery. QNA bridges between businessmen, Qatar. lence in digital access in Arabic, and for its building a technology-based community, SUNDAY 22 SEPTEMBER 2019 HOME 03 Waseef begins renting out low-cost housing units of Barwa Labour City
FROM PAGE 1 Mohammed Ali Al occupancy rate in the first phase The second and third phases Hammadi, Director now stands at 38 percent for res- will be received in the coming idential units (accommodating months. Commenting on the of Leasing at Waseef, approximately 14,000 workers) signing of the contracts, said: “Barwa Labour and 100 percent for commercial Mohammed Ali Al Hammadi, City is a low-cost shops, pointing out that the com- Director of Leasing at Waseef, development project mercial activities in the project said: “Barwa Labour City is a were distributed to serve the res- low-cost development project that aims to serve idents in the area. that aims to serve the labor the labor sector in Thaer Saadeh said: “We sector in Qatar and provides all work in the Bandari Group to Zhou Jian, Ambassador of China to Qatar, during a press meet at his residence on Thursday. Qatar and provides facilities and services that are in provide decent and sophisticated PIC: BAHER AMIN / THE PENINSULA all facilities and line with international standards accommodation for workers, of workers’ accommodation. services that are in and Waseef company provides He said that the villas are line with international multiple options for the accom- Qatar-China ties reached designed in the style of tradi- standards of workers’ modation of workers in tional Arabic houses, and each accommodation. accordance with international villa has its own patio, allowing and international specifications residents to enjoy the outdoors in this area. Khurram Shahzad historical point: Envoy while maintaining their privacy. permanently receives requests said: “The low-cost labor city Al Hammadi said that the from companies that have the project meets the needs of the FAZEENA SALEEM “China is building at the Lusail Stadium and other rental prices of residential villas desire to house their workers in local market for high-end THE PENINSULA upon its strong ties World Cup projects. Qatar and in the project are considered the project to obtain high-end housing for workers, in line with with Qatar in several China also hails a sound relation competitive prices in the local housing for them. the group’s wishes in the field of The strong ties between Qatar in sports cooperation. In Feb- market, pointing out that Waseef However, he said that the workers’ accommodation.” and China have reached a areas including ruary of 2022, China will hold historical point with several trade, investment in the 24th Winter Olympic Games. opportunities to further enhance free zone, tourism, We can share our experience of the bilateral relations, said Zhou culture, and sport. holding major sport events,” said Jian, the Chinese Ambassador to Jian. Qatar on Thursday. We would like to In regard of tourism, we “China is building upon its work closely with our signed a tourism cooperation strong ties with Qatar in several Qatari counterparts agreement in 2017, and a mutual areas including trade, to deepen our visa exemption agreement in investment in free zone, tourism, 2018. Chinese tourists visiting culture, and sport. We would like cooperation in all Qatar reached 63 thousand to work closely with our Qatari fields,” said Jian. during 2018, increasing by 38% counterparts to deepen our year on year. Qatar has gained cooperation in all fields,” said world with 1.4 billion population, wide-spread popularity on the Jian. I believe that there’s strategic Chinese internet, and I am con- “Since my arrival in Qatar, I opportunity for both countries fident that there will be skyrock- have strongly felt that the to deepen economic cooperation eting number of Chinese people bilateral relation between Qatar under the Belt and Road Initia- choosing the charming Qatar in and China remains strong tives. We could connect the Belt their future trip plans,” he added. despite the diplomatic crisis. and Road Initiatives and Qatar Jian said that the Qatar Under the wise leadership of H National Vision 2030 together, pavilion at the Beijing Horti- H the Amir, the Qatari people are to enhance the pragmatic coop- culture Expo has seen great working hard against the eration in energy, investment , success and 1.8 million have Mohammed Ali Al Hammadi, Director of Leasing Department at Waseef; Thaer Saadeh, Director blockade and building a strong free zone and other areas to visited till now. He also of Housing Department at Al Bandary Engineering & Contracting; and Khurram Shahzad, General economy. I can feel their admi- bring more benefit for people of expressed high expectations for ration and respect to His both countries,” he added. the Horticulture Expo 2021 Manager at Al Khayarin Group, during the signing of the contract for renting out low-cost housing Highness. We are happy to see The envoy highlighted the scheduled to be held in Qatar. units of Barwa Labour City. that Qatar has gained great plans to establish a Chinese Cul- The Chinese Embassy will development not only in industry tural Centre and the Confucius host a reception today (Sunday) but also in agriculture, achieving Academy in Qatar and opportu- to mark the 70th Anniversary of greater self-sufficiency, and is nities in field of sport and the Founding of the People’s actively committing to National tourism. Republic of China. Jian high- Vision 2030 towards an “China is a strategic partner lighted achievements of the advanced country of achieving in terms of people-to-people Chinese people and government sustainable development, com- exchanges. Once completed, the over the past 70 years. The petitiveness and a high standard Chinese Cultural Centre and the envoy stressed that in the past of living,” said Jian, who Confucius Academy will pro- 70 years, China’s comprehensive assumed as the Chinese ambas- foundly enrich the relations national strength has achieved sador to Qatar in July. between our two countries. Our a historic leap to become the “As the largest market in the workers are fighting against time world’s second largest economy. HMC hosts first Qatar Summit for Healthcare Risk Management THE PENINSULA directly affect patient safety and healthcare organizations. She DOHA the quality of care delivered. said the gathering was intended The two-day event, which to focus attention on the critical Hamad Medical Corporation’s took place earlier this month, issues surrounding healthcare (HMC) Corporate Quality and featured an opening address risk management. Patient Safety Department from H E Sheikh Bandar bin “At HMC, we have taken (CQPS) has collaborated with the Mohamed bin Saud Al Thani, many bold steps on our patient American Society for Health Qatar’s President of the State safety journey. As we build and Care Risk Management (ASHRM) Audit Bureau, and ASHRM Pres- nurture our patient safety initi- to hold the first Qatar Summit ident, Denise Shope. atives, we need to encourage all for Healthcare Risk Dr. Moza A Latif Al Ishaq, our staff to embrace change and Management. Executive Director, Clinical to be a catalyst for improve- The summit, which is Transformation, Corporate ments in our system. In par- believed to be the first-of-its- Quality and Patient Safety and ticular, change concerning our kind held in the region, was QSHRM Chairperson said the service delivery, with an attended by over 400 healthcare main goal of the summit was to emphasis on minimizing the risk professionals and featured tools highlight risk-reducing innova- of patient safety incidents and and techniques designed to tions in healthcare, to improve striving toward a ‘zero harm’ identify and evaluate the patient safety, and to create tolerance level,” said Dr Al healthcare risk factors that value for hospitals and Ishaq. Security, traffic plans in place to facilitate access to venues of IAAF Championships
QNA is ready to secure the roads that closer the date of the start of the DOHA lead to the event’s venues after tournament, the security work completing a comprehensive has been intensified in terms of The traffic and airport security plan to facilitate traffic processing traffic personnel and units of the IAAF 2019 World movement. He noted that there security plans for the hotels that Athletics Championships Doha will be patrols on the roads will host the participating dele- organising committee prepared leading to the Corniche around gations. He added that the Cor- yesterday their process of facil- the hour on the day of the niche closure will not affect itating access to Khalifa Inter- opening ceremony, and added traffic due to the presence of national Stadium, which will that there are backup plans in alternative routes. He stressed host the opening ceremony. case of any emergencies. on the importance of cooper- Special counters were also He pointed out that the unit’s ation between the public and dedicated at the airport for del- preparations for the champi- drivers with police patrols. He egations. Fahd Bohendi, who is onship started two years ago, called on the public to use alter- in charge of traffic at the security work has been divided according native methods of transport such committee, said that the his unit to the available time and the as the Metro and buses. 04 HOME SUNDAY 22 SEPTEMBER 2019 Qatar participates in International Chairman of GAC meets US official City Planning Congress in Jakarta
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The State of Qatar, represented by the Ministry of Municipality and Environment, participated yesterday in the 55th Interna- tional Society of City and Regional Planners Congress in Indonesian capital Jakarta. The Qatari delegation was chaired by the Assistant Under- Secretary for Urban Planning, Eng. Fahd Mohammed Al Qahtani. He signed on the side- lines of the meeting a contract The Chairman of General Authority of Customs, Ahmed bin Abdullah Al Jamal, met yesterday with that will see Qatar hosting the US Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator, Vishal Amin, and his accompanying delegation, as The Assistant Under-Secretary for Urban Planning, Eng. Fahd 56th edition of the congress in November 2020. He gave a part of his tour to discuss the enforcement of intellectual property with a number of governmental Mohammed Al Qahtani, signing a contract, that will see the State speech to invite the attendees to authorities in the state. The meeting focused on ways to enhance cooperation and the practices of Qatar hosting the 56th edition of the congress in November the Doha Congress, which will implemented by the customs to protect intellectual property in the State of Qatar. The two sides 2020, in Jakarta, on the sidelines of the 55th International Society coincide with the countdown to also discussed the enforcement of mechanisms so that to ensure the rights of major manufacturers of City and Regional Planners Congress. the start of the World Cup 2022. and brand names registered in the state. CCQ holds annual Students’ Sponsors Meeting for 2019-2020
THE PENINSULA flexible, all-day schedule. CCQ’s annual event serves as a platform to work forward this agenda and breathe DOHA “However, this unique approach closely with state institutions, sponsorship new life into the labor market, to college education can only partners, and major stakeholders in the labour while bolstering the role CCQ The Community College of Qatar have its desired impact, when we plays in the national education (CCQ) hosted the representatives develop our programmes and market to further align its career-oriented landscape During the meeting, of 15 prominent organisations for deliver our processes in absolute academic offerings with Qatar’s strategic CCQ’s sponsorship partners were the ‘2019-20 Students’ Sponsors harmony with the State’s objec- objectives. given detailed presentations on Meeting’ held recently. tives,” said Al Naemi. the diverse range of academic The organisations included He said that Considering that programmes and specialisations the Amiri Diwan, the Qatar the Qatar National Vision 2030 institutions and eminent private sponsorship partners, the annual available at the College, and how Armed Forces, Ministry of Justice, is adopted - and, in many cases, organisations in critical sectors, Students’ Sponsors Meeting is an they have been designed to meet Ministry of Transport and Com- set in motion - by national many of which are CCQ’s excellent opportunity to push the evolving needs of the munications, Ministry of Com- national labor market. merce and Industry, Hamad The College’s Student Affairs Medical Corporation, Primary Division also presented the spon- Health Care Corporation, the students. The President of CCQ, soring institutions’ representa- General Authority of Customs, Dr. Mohamed Al Naemi (pic- tives with an overview of CCQ’s the General Tax Authority, Qatar tured), underscored the impor- admission requirements, regis- Petrochemical Company, Qatar tance of the annual meeting in tration procedures, and the Fertiliser Company, Qatar discovering more ways to enrich services offered to their spon- Petroleum, Dolphin Energy the on-campus experience of sored students. As part of the Limited, Commercial Bank, and partner institutions’ sponsored event, the College’s President, Aspire Zone. students and enhance their skill- Vice-President, Dr. Khalid Al CCQ’s annual event serves as sets to become indispensable Abdulqader, and Deans of the a platform to work closely with assets at their workplace, as well various academic divisions held state institutions, sponsorship as adding value to their organi- an open discussion with the partners, and major stakeholders sations upon graduating. sponsorship partners, where in the labour market to further He said that one of the things they talked through the needs of align its career-oriented aca- that set CCQ apart from other sponsored students, reviewed demic offerings with Qatar’s higher education institutions in the institutions’ objectives, and strategic objectives, explore new Qatar is its proximity to the labor identified ways to jointly develop programme development oppor- market, whether through a and improve processes in the tunities, and ensure a fruitful flexible 2+2 certification interests of all parties educational and professional framework, skill-based practical The representatives of the 15 prominent organisations during the ‘2019-20 Students’ Sponsors concerned. journey for its sponsored training and internships, or a Meeting’ held recently at CCQ.
Ooredoo unveils enhanced Al Khor Mall celebrates ‘Festival of Flavours’ to VSAT Internet service showcase all F&B options available for visitors for remote connectivity THE PENINSULA Not only they will offer a special deal An official spokesman of Lulu Hyper- THE PENINSULA/DOHA DOHA but under a ‘Dine & Win’ campaign market Qatar, that manages the Al they stand a chance to win QR2,500 Khor Mall, said, “ We are very excited Ooredoo has enhanced its VSAT Internet service for Al Khor Mall — the leading shopping each for four winners making it to host and celebrate the ‘Festival of remote connectivity, with new packages featuring mall of the region, situated in the QR10,000 worth of gift vouchers Flavours’, this will give a great higher capacities and reduced cost. northeast coast of Qatar — is excited from Lulu. To win this, customer has opportunity to our patrons to enjoy Ooredoo’s VSAT Internet service enables organ- to announce its first-ever food to spend a combined total of QR50 great food and participate in activ- isations – especially in the oil and gas, transport and festival named aptly as the ‘Festival from any of the mall food outlets, by ities and contest and win some great logistics, and emergency services industry sectors of Flavours’ to celebrate and doing so they will get a raffle coupon prizes too, this will be also a great – to stay connected via reliable and fast satellite showcase the various options from the customer service counter also be hosting weekend activities platform to our tenants to showcase broadband services with download speeds of available within the mall for great upon producing the bills. Raffle targeting the entire family, which their special offering so that they can 50Mbps. VSAT Internet provides fully secured gastronomic experiences to its draw for this will be held on 20th includes culinary workshops and engage more visitors, Festival of Fla- internet connectivity using the innovative Ka Band visitors from all around Qatar. The October 2019. food challenges with the support vours is a natural step for us in our VSAT technology. Ka Band uses small spot beams festival will run from September 1 to For all food photography and from its tenants namely Lulu, Chilis, endeavor to offer great experiences enabling frequency re-use and higher throughput. 15 October 2019. Instagram lovers, the mall is offering Batteel, Pink Sushi, Saravanaa to our customers as we all love good Yousuf Abdulla Al Kubaisi, Chief Operating In conjunction with the ‘Festival a Food Photography contest; to enter Bhavan, Zaffran, McDonald’s, Daiso, food.” Officer, Ooredoo Qatar, said:: “As Qatar’s economy of Flavours’, there will be a series of the contest a customer has to take a Ximi Vogue, Baskin Robbins, Al Al Khor Mall takes shopping in continues to grow and develop, companies in many weekend activities and contests that photo of the food purchased from Al Tawfeeq Travels, Kenza, Madeline Al Khor to a whole new level and industries including oil and gas, transport and are inventive yet familiar, as the fes- Khor Mall and upload it to their and Ginger Club, which will also also fast becoming a centre of con- logistics, and emergency services require secure, tival will stay true to its name by Facebook or Instagram page with offer various gifts and prizes to the venience to the residents of Al Khor reliable, and fast Internet services in remote loca- shining the spotlight on various fla- the hashtag #foodfiewithakm and participants and winners. City as well as the visitors from Doha tions. Our enhanced VSAT Internet provides Qatar’s vours, food photography, and tag Al Khor mall @alkhormall. You All the weekend activities will be which offers various F&B option organisations with the highest quality Internet culinary workshops. can participate in this contest till held on Thursday and Friday from including a food court, fashion services that they need to grow their operations and One-of-the-biggest attractions October 15. A total of five winners 7pm to 9pm. There will be dedicated outlets, family entertainment center, cater to their customers effectively.” to the ‘Festival of Flavours’ is special will stand a chance to win Lulu Gift activity area for the kids too. Inter- large hypermarket, three screen VSAT Internet supports a broad range of appli- and exclusive promotion being vouchers worth QR500 each. estingly, its free to enter all the cinema, banks and various other cations including point-of-sales transactions, data offered by the malls’ F&B tenants. As a part of the festival, Mall will contest, workshops and activities. services with large parking spaces. processing, reservation systems, business continuity and highspeed Internet access. Ooredoo has replaced its previous offerings with two new packs – Base Pack and Unlimited Pack – which offer faster services at a 40 percent discount compared to the old packages. Both packs provide download speeds of 50Mbps and upload speeds of 10Mbps, compared to 30Mbps and 6Mbps respectively under the old packages. VSAT Internet offers a flexible connectivity model and cost structure with an always-on Command Control Centre for constant monitoring. Business customers can leverage the Ooredoo Advantage, making Ooredoo “Best for Business”, thanks to its breadth and depth of talent, best fixed and mobile networks, broadest portfolio of ICT services and solu- tions, and trusted partner for 60 years. SUNDAY 22 SEPTEMBER 2019 HOME 05 Exhibition provides peek into artists’ creative process
RAYNALD C RIVERA While they are pieces nation’s traditions through art for THE PENINSULA of art in themselves, future generations. the sketchbooks Kholoud Al Ali, another rising Art enthusiasts had a rare peek provide art lovers an Qatari artist, approaches the into the creative process of some sketchbook as a space of freedom of Doha’s most sought-after interesting historical where she draws her dreams and contemporary artists at the recent perspective to how writes her hopes and fears like in launch of Al Markhiya Gallery’s the final artworks a diary. “It is where I can unleash “Sketchbooks” exhibition at Katara my imagination and draw infi- Art Centre. came about, from nitely all the ideas I have in my Sketchbooks alongside some the time the idea mind,” said Kholoud, whose art- finished works by ten Qatari and emerged in the mind works reveal a passion for anime Arab artists based in Qatar of the artist to how it and animation. The sketchbooks including Ahmed Nouh, Ali and artworks come in different Hassan, Bouthayna Al Muftah, evolved and is finally mediums and deal with various Fatma Alremaihi, Hassan Man- enjoyed on canvas as themes and are offered for sale for asrah, Kholoud Al Ali, Mohammed painting as well as in interested art collectors. Atiq, Salman Al Malik, Yasser Al other art forms. Considered the oldest pri- Mulla and Yousef Ahmad are being Artworks by Qatari artist Yasser Al Mulla (left) and emerging Qatari artist Bouthayna Al Muftah on vately owned gallery in Doha, Al featured at the exhibition. display at “Sketchbooks” exhibition currently on show at Al Markhiya Gallery at Katara Art Centre. Markhiya Gallery is a pioneering While they are pieces of art in PIC: RAYNALD C RIVERA / THE PENINSULA show are very much relevant to the art gallery in the country which themselves, the sketchbooks theme of the exhibition as she deals continues its mission promoting, provide art lovers an interesting as painting as well as in other art known for utilizing palm leaves as he “uses these drawings to accom- with the intersection of history, exhibiting and selling Qatari and historical perspective to how the forms. medium, places his mixed media plish one of his works of art or time and memory in light of Arab contemporary art. final artworks came about, from In keeping with the main sketchbook in a box. recall memories through these archiving narratives on culture and “Sketchbooks” exhibition is the time the idea emerged in the purpose of the sketchbook and For Yousef, the sketchbook is initial sketches.” heritage. In her works, she said she open for public viewing until mind of the artist to how it evolved denoting its importance, seasoned “a recording of an important event Emerging Qatari artist wanted to stress the importance of October 30 at Katara Art Centre, and is finally enjoyed on canvas Qatari artist Yousef Ahmad, or story in an artist’s life” and that Bouthayna Al Muftah’s works on collecting and documenting the Building 5. Nasa astronaut shares experiences in space exploration at QNL THE PENINSULA Discovery and her second was wanted to learn about traveling DOHA the STS-101 Atlantis mission for to space from someone who has the construction of the Interna- actual first-hand experience. As Celebrating 50 years since the tional Space Station. Dr. Weber a scientist-to-be, I appreciate the first moon landing, Qatar continues to serve on the Nasa commitment and hard work that National Library (QNL) hosted a Advisery Council Committee on Dr. Weber, and in fact all space public presentation on space Technology, Innovation and scientists, put in to make such exploration, in collaboration with Engineering, and is a consultant marvelous adventures possible,” the US Embassy in Qatar, on in technology innovation, stra- he added. Wednesday. tegic communications and high- Another participant, Nasa’s Dr. Mary Ellen Weber risk operations. Mohammed Siraj, a petro- presented “The Moon and Rashid Al Ali, a high school chemical engineer, said: “I have Beyond: The Experience of Space student who attended the talk, attended around 20 events at the and Future of Space Explo- said,“I am fascinated by people Library over the past seven ration,” sharing experiences from who want to achieve extraor- months since I moved to Qatar A presentation on space exploration by Dr. Mary Ellen Weber in progress. her 10 years of life as an dinary things. Dr. Weber is one with my family. There is some- astronaut. Dr. Weber flew on such person, and I was fortunate thing for everyone to learn and “My younger daughter even think the lecture is a great Qatar and is inspiring young two Space Shuttle missions. Her to have the chance to listen to an opportunity to meet new wore her spacesuit to come and example of how the Library people to follow their own first flight was aboard STS-70 her insightful lecture.” “I always people. hear Dr. Weber speak today. I offers something for everyone in dreams.” The journey of a QSTP mentor THE PENINSULA that I agreed, as it has been an DOHA exceptionally rewarding experience. I moved to Qatar 11 years ago from As a mentor, it’s exciting to be San Francisco to start my own exposed to fresh ideas from company, says Wisam Costandi enthusiastic minds, all wanting to (pictured). To say it was a big change the world – it allows me change is an understatement. to stay connected with the Starting a company is difficult, but upcoming generation and trends. launching it in a foreign land adds Besides helping shape the leaders a layer of complexity he added, of tomorrow, mentoring has noting that many of the issues you helped me learn more about face are completely outside your myself – about my profession and area of expertise, with the most my skills, as well as how to mundane tasks suddenly becoming improve them. Often as an entre- monumental challenges. Telling his PDF allowed us to continue devel- preneur, nobody believes in you personal exprience Costandi said oping the system. In fact, ‘EMMA’ except yourself. The journey is “I’m an engineer, so how can I hire has since become its own long, with many twists and turns, a qualified accountant? What is company, and is now marketed and, as someone who has lived cashflow? How do I open a bank worldwide. From that experience, through the darkest days, I want account?” The entrepreneurship I learned QSTP had a slew of pro- them to know that there is a light journey is a lonely one, and wish grams to support entrepreneurship at the end of the tunnel. that I had someone to talk to at the and the startup ecosystem. This autumn will be my third time who had walked a similar path. I had actually never con- cycle as a mentor for QSTP’s I first learned about Qatar sidered being a mentor – I was XLR8, and my message to men Science & Technology Park (QSTP) focused on my work and had and women looking to become in 2017, when my company was never taken a step back to look at entrepreneurs is, like any startup, awarded a grant from the Product the entrepreneurship journey to persevere and be persistent. Development Fund (PDF) – a QSTP from a more holistic point of view. There is no substitute for hard program that funds SMEs and However, QSTP evidently saw work, especially in the face of startups working to develop value in me become part of the (what seems) endless obstacles products and services relevant to program. So, when I was asked to and setbacks. There will be local market needs. We received be a mentor for its XLR8 program rewards along the way, so take the grant for an airport system that – its flagship accelerator initiative time to celebrate your victories. we had developed for Hamad – I thought it would be a good The entrepreneurial journey is dif- International Airport, called opportunity to give back to the ficult – but if it were easy, eve- ‘EMMA’, and, consequently, the community. And I am delighted rybody would do it.
QC laying cornerstone for two projects in Kyrgyzstan QNA/BISHKEK crises. The complex includes a number of facilities that provide integrated social services to the orphans Qatar Charity (QC) has laid the cornerstone for two and poor families in Kyrgyzstan. The total cost of the large projects in Kyrgyzstan: integrated orphan village centre is estimated at QR1,000,000. It will be built and a multi-service complex, benefiting more than on an area of about 1045 square metre, it includes a 18,000 people, at a total cost of around QR3m. primary school with 5 classrooms for 250 students, The cornerstone-laying ceremony was attended in addition to a health centre that provides health by Charge d’Affaires of Qatar’s Embassy to Kyr- services to the residents of the area and surrounding gyzstan, Adel Ahmad Al Anzi, and a number of local areas, and is expected to benefit between 5,000 to officials including Director of the branch of Qatar 10,000 people, the complex also includes a sewing Charity in Bishkek, Osama Al Turabi. The two projects workshop and a well with Water tank, in addition to aim to provide integrated community services in a mosque. various sectors, contribute to improving the living, This complex will contribute to ensuring quality environmental and social conditions of poor fam- education and promote opportunities for students ilies, as well as contribute to the development of to complete their studying, spreading cultural appropriate social protection systems so that they awareness among the residents of the complex, as can reduce their vulnerability to economic and social well as empowering economically poor families . 06 HOME SUNDAY 22 SEPTEMBER 2019 SUNDAY 22 SEPTEMBER 2019 HOME 07 Orthopaedic surgery at Al-Ahli Hospital improves life of two children
THE PENINSULA may not see children walking around fracture,” said Dr Stanley. The family is DOHA with an external fixator. It is a rare originally from Jordan and long term surgery and procedure in Qatar,” said residents of Qatar. “Many suggested we Successful orthopaedic surgery for a Dr Stanley. see Dr Stanley at Al-Ahli Hospital to con- severe paediatric fracture which was “These surgeries are a External fixation is a surgical tinue treatment for our children. We undertaken at Al-Ahli Hospital has testimony that we at Al- treatment wherein wires and rods are believe it was the best decision we made helped an 11-year-old boy to recover Ahli Hospital are capable inserted into bone and exit the body to as the care and support given to us is from his injuries. of treating any type of be attached to a stabilizing structure commendable,” said Akram Shora, Majeed had met with a fatal road on the outside of the body. It is an alter- father of Majeed and Dana. accident while on holiday with his complicated children’s native to internal fixation, where the “Everyone at Al-Ahli Hospital were parents and siblings in Turkey. He sus- fracture.” components used to provide stability very professional and caring. They know tained a severe fracture to his left tibia. are positioned entirely within the exactly how to deal with patients and His four year old sister Dana also had patient’s body. their families. Especially Dr Stanley was a fracture, but less complicated than “Children’s bones are special While, Dana’s fracture was always open for a conversation with us her brother’s. On return from Turkey, because they are growing. We analysed, operated on July 21 and a bone plate about the condition of both children. He his parents chose to continue the discussed with the family and chose and screws were used to fix her explained the condition thoroughly to treatment at Al-Ahli Hospital. the best options available for both fracture. The plate is fixed to the bone us, cleared all our doubts, answered all The orthopaedic team lead by Dr Majeed and Dana. Now both of them by application of screws on both sides our questions very patiently and pro- Stanley Jones, Consultant Orthopaedic are in a stable condition and recovering of the fracture. vided the best care to my children Surgeon, Head of Department at Al-Ahli fast,” said Dr Stanley. “These surgeries, especially the one Majeed and Dana,” he said. Dr. Stanley Jones, Head of Department Hospital have taken all steps to reduce Majeed underwent surgery on July done on Majeed is a testimony that we According to Akram, both his and Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon. the pain and stress that a broken bone 24 and the fracture to his leg was sta- at Al Ahli Hospital are capable of treating children are recovering fast, able to walk PIC: ABDUL BASIT / THE PENINSULA can have on a child and family. bilised with an external fixator. “You any type of complicated children’s on their own and attending school. Veteran Nasa astronaut shares insights on decision-making dynamics at CMU-Q
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During a lecture at Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar (CMU-Q), Mary Ellen Weber, a veteran NASA astronaut and US national skydiving champion, discussed the dynamics of decision-making when risks are high and time is short. President of Indian Business and Professionals Council (IBPC), Azim Abbas; Vice-Chairman, Drawing on her long experience Gope Shahani; Birla Public School Principal A P Sharma; and others inaugurating the as a consultant in innovation and Higher Education Career Fair held at Birla Public School Doha. high-risk operations, Weber explained that the need for urgent action can be a major risk factor in Overwhelming response to any decision-making process. “The reason why there are lessons from space on decision- Higher Education Fair at BPS making is because it applies to any THE PENINSULA/DOHA first-hand information of varied range of situation where you have to make a higher education courses available in Qatar decision fast,” said Dr Weber, who Higher Education Fair 2019 at Birla Public and foreign universities. Premium univer- was selected in the 14th class of NASA School Doha got overwhelming response sities from UK, USA, UAE, Qatar and India astronauts and went on two space- from the students and parents. Around showcased over 100 courses. flights during her ten years with Mary Ellen Weber speaking during the CMU-Q’s Dean’s Lecture. 2,500 students and parents visited the Information about higher education NASA. two-day fair. The fair was inaugurated by courses of all the three streams i.e. science, Michael Trick, dean of CMU-Q, the President of Indian Business and humanities and commerce was made said, “We are delighted to have Weber is currently a member of Weber is a guest of the US Professionals Council (IBPC) Azim Abbas, available. Guidance on the admission pro- worked with the US Embassy in Qatar the NASA Advisory Council Com- Embassy in Qatar, and will be Vice-Chairman of the School Management cedures, eligibility criteria, scholarships, to host Dr. Weber for this lecture to mittee on Technology, Innovation speaking to several different com- Gope Shahani, and Principal A P Sharma. interest profile testing and personal our community. and Engineering, which advises NASA munities during her stay in Qatar. Leadership team, teachers, staff members, statement writing was highly appreciated. Her remarkable experience pro- leadership on future space technol- Now in its ninth year, CMU-Q’s parents and students were present on the Career Talks on the topics ‘Careers in Com- vides key insights for our students ogies. She is a consultant in tech- Dean’s Lecture Series features occasion. merce’, ‘Careers in Banking and Finance’, who are forging their own career nology innovation, strategic commu- industry leaders, government offi- The school has a special programme ‘Careers of Future’, ‘Science of Success’, paths, and learning about leadership, nications, and high-risk operations cials and members of the community for the senior students named ‘DISHA’- ‘Understanding the True Value of a Global problem-solving and through her company, Stellar who share their expertise on relevant ‘Directing and Inspiring Students Undergraduate Programme’, ‘What After decision-making.” Strategies. and topical issues. Advancement’. Organisation of the career Class Twelve’ and ‘Liberal Education - The fair is one of the events planned under this Right Choice’ gave deeper insight to the program. students and parents to make prudent Humax appoints Jumbo Electronics The event aimed at providing choice of higher education courses. as official distributor in Qatar
THE PENINSULA HUMAX currently provides 80 major DOHA broadcasting companies and mobile carriers with high-quality video Founded in 1989, HUMAX is a leading gateways, set-top boxes and gateway developer dedicated to broadband gateways. offering a diverse range of products providing better content delivery Since the beginning, HUMAX and services across its various systems for the consumers through has focused on performing business verticals in consumer elec- continuous research, development extensive R&D in the field of digital tronics & durables retailing, distri- and innovations. technology. In 1996 it became the bution, e-commerce, telecom Humax has been selling its first company in Asia and the third services, B2B, MEP and after sales devices in Qatar for many years and in the world to successfully develop service. in a bid to provide better service to the digital satellite set-top box, Humax Free to Air Receivers its customers it has appointed Jumbo paving the way for its current lead- are available across Jumbo Elec- Electronics as its official distributor ership in the world’s gateway tronics showrooms, leading in Qatar. market. hypermarkets and retailers can With 20 overseas subsidiaries Jumbo Electronics is one of the also be shopped online on and branches across the globe, leading business groups in Qatar JumboSouq.com.
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EDITOR-IN-CHIEF DR. KHALID BIN MUBARAK AL-SHAFI [email protected] MOHAMMED RASHID AL-SULAITI ACTING MANAGING EDITOR MOHAMMED SALIM MOHAMED atar has experienced rapid [email protected] economic growth due to the discovery and production of Qfuel oil and natural gas. DEPUTY MANAGING EDITOR Being one of the fastest growing econ- MOHAMMED OSMAN ALI omies in the region makes the Qatari [email protected] economy different than its neigh- bouring states, as the world has never witnessed growth in this pace. In 2000, Total GDP was $17 billion. By 2014, this figure had increased to $206 billion, and has since continued to rise. Low Carbon Green Growth (LCGG) is a towards LCGG, is the nation’s fast association between increasing air EDITORIAL concept that first emerged in 2005 in demographic growth. The population pollutant levels and patients admitted the Ministerial Declaration adopted at of Qatar has five-folded than what it for respiratory and cardiovascular dis- the Fifth Ministerial Conference of was in the 1990s, which causes stress eases. The results suggest that children Fight against rights violations Environment and Development in Asia on infrastructure and available with asthma miss more days of school ince the four countries imposed the ongoing siege on Qatar and the Pacific. LCGG was not born resources. As the report published by than those who do not have asthma. on June 5, 2017 and severed their relations with it, travel solely out of economic theory, but Euromointor International presents, in The study concluded that there is a Sof Qataris to these countries has become a threat to their rather, it is a vision put forward by 2030 the population of Qatar will reach seasonal influence of asthma and security and safety. policymakers in an attempt to find 3.7 million, which is a huge increase of wheezing on school attendance These countries have become like a trap for every Qatari practical ways of reconciling eco- 53.2% from records 2015. Net migration among students in the spring and citizen as no one is going there for Haj or Umrah, or for social nomic growth and environmental sus- will continue to be the main driver of autumn when the air pollution is very or economic commitments but sometimes it become imper- tainability. One may ask: what kind of population growth, accounting for high during that period. ative for them to take this risk. difference the inclusion of LCGG can 68.6% of the increase. Over four fifths Although this article has reviewed Whenever any Qatari citizen is subjected to arbitrary make in Qatar’s policy agenda? The of the total population will be made up the benefits of LCGG on economic and detention and forced disappearance in these countries and answer perhaps lies in the amount of of foreign citizens and there will be environmental quality, LCGG has lack information about them and their whereabouts, the Qatari disappointment resulting from the around three men to every female in much wider benefits. No one can deny government finds itself obliged to disclose this to the local and repetition of 2015-2030, due to the country’s that oil and gas resources are international community, although it knows the government sustainable reliance on mainly male foreign depletable and the need to shift concerned will first deny and then provides unreasonable jus- mechanisms workers. Qatar’s urban population is towards LCGG has become important tifications and fabricated stories in order to mislead local and in all set to account for an enormous 99.7% than ever. An integrated approach can international public opinion. mediums of the population in 2030. help Qatar to understand how to max- In light of this inhumane reality and a flagrant violation of without a tan- For local policymakers, it will be imize, prioritize, and sequence its dif- the rights of its citizens, Qatar had no recourse except Using and involving gible impact. challengeable to relinquish oil and gas ferent benefits to human well-being, approaching official global platforms and international human the local expertise, Nevertheless, resources, but there is a good possibility which can be derived from a healthy rights institutions including UN human rights organizations to particularly there remains to develop strategy to ensure the con- environment. Shifting to LCGG is not make them bear their responsibilities towards the egregious resources available great potential tinued robustness of Qatar’s economy an easy process and needs to be violations of human rights. in the appli- and make a successful green economic understood in depth in terms of its Qatar National Human Right Committee (NHRC) believes in the Qatar National cation of model to be followed globally. In opportunities and potential barriers. that protection of basic human Research Fund, to LCGG if addition to this, the existence of the South Korea has a magnificent model rights and dignity of individuals, generate a fortified handled green economy will promote sus- of LCGG which can be adopted into respect of laws and global conven- and correct database properly. tainable development and will shift the national policies. The South Korean tions are part of the key respon- Oil and gas economy towards a model that serves Government has been pursuing green sibilities of these institutions. The to launch a climate are at the the environment. Economic growth and growth in a comprehensive and vig- The NHRC committee has approached these change strategy heart of the environmental sustainability should not orous way through promoting green Chairman called organizations and government’s will be the best Qatari be achieved at the cost of each other. growth as a global agenda, especially on the UN High officials in this context. pathway forward for economy. Ultimately, this will improve the quality as a new development strategy for Commissioner for The Chairman of NHRC, Dr. Ali About 70% of of life in Qatar and the nation’s environ- emerging and developing economies. bin Smaikh Al Marri, recently a sustainable future Qatar’s total mental footprint. As an outcome of the In addition, last January, the Global Human Rights, revealed that representatives of in Qatar. revenue origi- green economy, green jobs are Green Growth Institute (GGGI) Michelle Bachelet, families of arbitrarily detained nates from oil expected to emerge including but not announced that they will be working to visit Qatar and Qatari nationals and victims of and gas resources. The oil and gas limited to: clean cars engineers, recy- together with the Ministry of Munici- the countries enforced disappearance in Saudi sector accounts for more than 85% of clers, natural scientists, green builders pality and Environment (MME) to Arabia will present live testi- the country’s export earnings and 60% and green design professions. support the State of Qatar in realizing of the region to monies of the victims’ suffering of its gross domestic product. This indi- Despite the benefits that the the Qatar National Vision (QNV) 2030. closely examine before the European Parliament, cates that the Qatari economy is inclusion of LCGG in the policy’s Using and involving the local the repercussions United Nations Human Rights heavily dependent on its oil and gas agenda may have on the local expertise, particularly resources Council and relevant international resources. Which leads one to ask, economy, the main impact of LCGG available in the Qatar National of the violations bodies soon. what would happen if these natural will be on improving the ecosystem in Research Fund, to generate a fortified resulting from the For this purpose the NHRC will resources were to become depleted? Qatar. Since hydrocarbon resources and correct database to launch a blockade. submit comprehensive and doc- Does Qatar have a backup plan? Inevi- have been discovered, they have been climate change strategy will be the umented files to the UN Committee tably, inclusion of economic diversifi- found to have contributed to unprece- best pathway forward for a sus- on the Elimination of Racial Dis- cation and the green economy as an dented health symptoms. A study done tainable future in Qatar. crimination (CERD) and the UN Working Groups on Arbitrary economic policy agenda can maintain by Hamad Medical Cooperation and The writer is PhD Candidate Detention and Enforced and Involuntary Disappearances on robustness in the Qatari economy. the University of Manchester in the from Centre for Environmental Pol- the continuation of the Saudi violations that affected a few Another reason that urges Qatar to shift United Kingdom found there is an icy - Imperial College London Qatari citizens who were allowed to enter Saudi Arabia with security clearances before being arbitrarily detained. Not only this, the NHRC’s Chairman called on the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet to visit Justin Trudeau says his privilege made him do it Qatar and the countries of the region to closely examine the repercussions of the violations resulting from the blockade. MOLLY ROBERTS Yet the trouble with Trudeau’s permissive upbringing in a world of He also urged her to send a technical mission to the block- THE WASHINGTON POST comment comes not only from casting wealth had left him ignorant of the rami- ading countries to investigate the effects of the blockade as modern-day minstrelsy as just another fications of his actions. You see, your such visit of high commissioner and technical team to help in eople in the United States might “costume,” or even in the coy familiarity Honor, he was never told “no.” revealing the fate of the enforced disappearance of Qatari cit- feel a smidge of schadenfreude Trudeau assumes his audience has with That Trudeau is a relatively liberal izens and force them to comply with the resolutions of inter- at our neighbor’s struggle with a his proclivity for dress-up. No, the politician living in a relatively liberal national bodies and organizations. transgression alarmingly trouble comes from the concept that country - one that markets itself as a P haven of multiculturalism and tolerance Qatar reiterated that it refutes all the false reports and common among politicians here at home enthusiasm is an excuse - as if Trudeau allegations made by Saudi officials and media and their claims - if only our own schaden weren’t so tre- were a small child who simply could not and, in many ways, actually is - likely that Qatari citizens are welcome in the Kingdom. This will mendous. Still, there’s something about help himself from dressing up in amplified the problem. He never learned a remain disinformation as long as the fate of several citizens’ the Trudeau story that makes it espe- Jamaican garb and singing the banana lesson because he was always getting gold unclear and arbitrary arrests are continuing and denying cially hard to ignore, and his explanation boat song, or dressing up as a turbaned stars for doing relatively liberal things. human right bodies’ access to their countries. for his behavior gets right at it. character from “Aladdin” for an Arabian It’s obvious what’s wrong with “I came from a place of privilege . . . Nights party, or dressing up as whatever treating the thing that caused insensitive but now I have to acknowledge that that on earth he’s supposed to look like in the behavior as a reason you expect for- QUOTE OF THE DAY comes with a massive blind spot,” most recently released dark makeup giveness for that same insensitive Trudeau told reporters in the latest of his video, because, gosh, it was just so fun! behavior. Ignorance won’t go away if it multiple apologies for his multiple mis- Trudeau speaks with the bashfulness justifies itself. There’s a catch, though: In a certain way, the takes. “The fact of the matter is I’ve of a man who expects sympathy from a Trudeau isn’t wrong. gilets jaunes (yellow always - and you’ll know this - been country that adores him as a father does Trudeau says he “didn’t understand more enthusiastic about costumes than is his little boy. That’s fitting for the scion of how hurtful this is to people who live vest crisis) were very sometimes appropriate,” he told a Quebecois dynasty and son of former with discrimination every single day,” good for me. Because reporters in the first instance. prime minister, the late Joseph Philippe because he doesn’t live with discrimi- it reminded me Trudeau’s critics, of course, have been Pierre Yves Elliott Trudeau. He didn’t do nation every day. It’s a cop-out on one who I should be. saying he loves costumes for a long time better because he didn’t “know better,” level, but on another his words under- now. He masks the shallowness of his and he didn’t know better because no score a precept of responsible identity commitment to the First Nations people one ever taught him. politicking: Check your privilege, the Emmanuel Macron with a tattoo based on a Haida design on Justin Trudeau sounds a bit like the exhortation-turned-cliché goes. It means French President his sculpted left triceps; he camouflages a adult version of the notorious affluenza acknowledge your advantages - both retreat from welcoming refugees with a teen who drunkenly drove a Ford F-350 how they’ve helped you, and how they constant flow of lovely language con- into more than 14 people and killed four, limit you when it comes to compre- demning President Trump’s xenophobia. then had a psychologist testify that his hending others’ less-charmed lives. SUNDAY 22 SEPTEMBER 2019 OPINION 09 Trump’s asylum ban will worsen a crisis the US helped create
n yet another devastating blow to both substantively and procedurally, migrants’ rights, and growing hostility drug and weapons charges. refugees fleeing violence, chaos while attempting to deter asylum towards them, the suggestion that The US has contributed to the and deprivation in Central seekers through calamitous family Mexico or its immediate southern humanitarian crisis in other ways as America, on September 11, the US separations and horrific conditions of neighbours can satisfy this standard is well. It is the primary consumer of I tragically absurd. Already grim condi- Supreme Court allowed the Trump detention, all amid reports the admin- drugs flowing through the region, administration to implement a near- istration is contemplating dramatic tions at the border are deteriorating as and its lax gun control laws make LAUREN CARASIK total ban on asylum seekers at the new reductions in refugee admissions. refugees await their fate. arms trafficking lucrative and AL JAZEERA southern border while litigation Immigration policies were deeply To shore up his actions, Trump has cartels more deadly. seeking to block the rule proceeds. flawed before Trump, but they have attempted to strong-arm Mexico and Less directly but no less conse- Issued in July, the rule functionally grown immeasurably crueller under Guatemala into signing safe third quentially, climate change is bars asylum for migrants - including his watch. country agreements. Despite wide- increasingly driving migration from unaccompanied children - who arrive The right to petition for asylum is spread opposition in his country, out- Guatemala, Honduras and El Sal- at the southern border after travelling enshrined in domestic and interna- going Guatemalan President Jimmy vador, where drought, hurricanes, through a third country without being tional law. The 1951 Refugee Con- Morales agreed to sign the deal, and mudslides are rendering areas denied asylum there first. Its imple- vention and 1967 protocol evince a though the fate of the accord remains uninhabitable, exacerbating food mentation will have catastrophic con- global understanding of collective unclear. insecurity and poverty, and threat- The US has built its sequences for refugees and worsen the responsibility to shelter those seeking Mexico, which has thus far resisted ening employment for the roughly prosperity on a global escalating humanitarian crisis that US refuge from persecution, and is incor- a formal agreement, is cracking down 30 percent of people who work in economy that has President Donald Trump’s racist pol- porated into US law. The Immigration on refugees at Trump’s behest. His the agricultural sector. bled Northern Triangle icies have already unleashed. and Nationality Act holds that a nonci- administration is reportedly seeking These countries have been Aimed primarily at refugees from tizen who is physically present or similar agreements with Honduras and responsible for a vanishingly small countries dry, and the Northern Triangle countries of El arrives in the United States may apply El Salvador, despite the bitter irony amount of the carbon emissions long propped up the Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala, for asylum, with two exceptions: when that it is precisely the mayhem and that cause climate change, while corrupt and brutal the ban also applies to migrants from she is “firmly resettled” in another misery in these countries from which the US’s historical contributions governments that serve South America, Africa and elsewhere. country first, or is covered by a safe the refugees are fleeing. have been immense. Though the its own geopolitical The move is the latest salvo in Trump’s third country agreement. In addition to running afoul of the World Bank warns that extreme xenophobic efforts to close the US to Neither transiting through a law, the ban is unconscionable, given weather could drive between 1.4 interests, irrespective migrants he deems undesirable, country, nor being forced to wait there the US’s long and sordid role sup- and 2.9 million people to flee their of the human costs. including his Muslim ban, the constitutes firm settlement.The latter porting rights-abusing regimes in homes in Mexico and Central Washington bears a deep “metering” process controlling who exception requires a formal agreement Central America. Washington con- America over the next three moral responsibility to can access the southern border to between the US and the third country tinues to provide security aid for gov- decades, Trump calls climate mitigate, not worsen, the request asylum, and his “Remain in that ensures a host of safeguards to ernments that engage in state-spon- change a hoax and guts efforts to Mexico” programme, which has protect migrants from persecution and sored repression and embrace milita- ease the coming catastrophe. Dis- staggering humanitarian stranded more than 40,000 migrants full and fair procedures to adjudicate rised counter-narcotics and anti-gang placement will only grow worse. crisis that its past and in harrowing conditions as they await their asylum claims. policies that stoke violence, and The US has built its prosperity present policies have processing of their asylum requests. Given the pervasive criminal net- ignores systemic corruption. Trump is on a global economy that has bled helped to create. He has also worked to systemati- works, inadequate infrastructure and exhorting the countries to embrace a Northern Triangle countries dry, cally eviscerate asylum standards, lack of political will to protect militarised approach to immigration and long propped up the corrupt enforcement as well. and brutal governments that serve Economically, the US has promoted its own geopolitical interests, irre- its neoliberal agenda through trade spective of the human costs. Wash- policies and international financial ington bears a deep moral responsi- institutions that enhance the climate bility to mitigate, not worsen, the for US investors while further immiser- staggering humanitarian crisis that ating the poor. And as he railed against its past and present policies have refugees, Trump punitively slashed aid helped to create. to the Northern Triangle earlier this year in a move that even puzzled many of his supporters. 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FAX: 44557819 and placed in various wings of the gov- the Civil Services on whom falls the For all of this it becomes a [email protected] ernment to implement the policies responsibility of implementing the requirement of the time that senior flowing from the top. Years ago a development policies of the Centre officials across the spectrum of gov- policy decision of great administrative are finding it easier to coordinate the ernance — who are adept at handling value was taken by the Centre to put efforts that cut across various minis- development — should also be fully All thoughts and views the newly inducted officers of all these tries and institutions -- somewhere informed of the national security Today, India is services together for a short ‘Foun- because there are no psychological imperatives that the governance had expressed in these columns grappling with dation Course’ at what is now the Lal barriers amongst them. In the domain to reckon with. A little exposure to are those of the writers, the challenge of Bahadur Shastri National Academy of of development they had enough what was the state of affairs on the not of the newspaper. pursuing economic Administration (LBSNAA) at Mussoorie, shared experience to put their heads national security front and the devel- before they dispersed to join the estab- together in a meaningful way. They opments of strategic import hap- growth of a nation lishments of their respective services had knowledge of various facets of pening in the world outside, in an All correspondence of 1.3 billion people at other places for a full length spe- what constitutes development -- early stage of their training might regarding Views and spread across far cialised training. financial, agriculture, infrastructure, prove quite rewarding for them. In the Opinion pages should be The foundation course had the forestry, public health and so on. 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AFP become the “main battlefield”, nature” and focused on air and and there are also other coun- Khordad 3 air defence battery Yet he warned that “a limited ANKARA the Revolutionary Guards missile defence. tries involved in the probe,” he they say was used to shoot down aggression will not remain warned yesterday after Wash- But Islamic Revolutionary told a press conference. the Global Hawk. limited” as Iran was determined Turkey’s preparations on the ington ordered reinforcements Guard Corps commander Major “We are sure the attack was “What are your drones doing to respond and would “not rest border with Syria ahead of a to the Gulf following attacks on General Hossein Salami said Iran not launched from Yemen, but in our airspace? We will shoot until the aggressor’s collapse”. possible operation have been Saudi oil installations it blames was “ready for any type of from the north. them down, shoot anything that The Guards’ aerospace com- completed, Turkish President on Tehran. scenario”. “When it (the probe) is com- encroaches on our airspace,” mander said the US ought to Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Tensions escalated between “Whoever wants their land pleted, we will take the appro- said Salami. learn from its past failures and yesterday ahead of talks with Iran and the United States after to become the main battlefield, priate procedures to deal with His remarks came only days abandon its hostile rhetoric. US counterpart Donald Trump. last weekend’s attacks on Saudi go ahead,” he told a news con- this aggression,” said Jubeir, after the strikes on Saudi oil “We’ve stood tall for the past After a US-Turkey deal energy giant Aramco’s Abqaiq ference in Tehran. without specifying. facilities claimed by Yemen’s 40 years and if the enemy makes agreed last month to create a processing plant and Khurais oil- “We will never allow any war Iran’s Salami, for his part, Huthis. a mistake, it will certainly receive buffer zone in northeastern field halved the kingdom’s oil to encroach upon Iran’s was speaking at Tehran’s Islamic Saudi Arabia, which has been a crushing response,” Brigadier Syria, Erdogan warned Wash- output. territory. Revolution and Holy Defence bogged down in a five-year war General Amirali Hajizadeh said. ington that Ankara expected to Yemen’s Huthi rebels have “We hope that they don’t museum during the unveiling of across its southern border in The United States upped the see results otherwise the claimed responsibility for the make a strategic mistake”, he an exhibition of what Iran says Yemen, has said Iran “unques- ante on Friday by announcing Turkish military would target strikes but the US says it has con- said, listing past US military are US and other drones cap- tionably sponsored” the attacks. new sanctions against Iran’s a US-backed Kurdish militia. cluded the attacks involved “adventures” against Iran. tured in its territory. The kingdom says the central bank, with President “Our preparations along the cruise missiles from Iran and In Riyadh, the Saudi minister It featured a badly damaged weapons used in the attacks Donald Trump calling the border have been completed,” amounted to “an act of war”. of state for foreign affairs, Adel drone with US military markings were Iranian-made, but it has measures the toughest America Erdogan told reporters in Washington approved the al-Jubeir, warned of “appro- said to be an RQ-4 Global Hawk stopped short of directly blaming has ever imposed on another Istanbul ahead of his flight to deployment of troops to Saudi priate measures” once the source that Iran downed in June, as well its regional rival. country. New York for the United Nations General Assembly. He has given the US until the end of the month for con- UN welcomes Houthi crete results on the devel- opment of a “safe zone” on Tur- key’s border, after which move to halt attacks Turkey will go in. Trump and Erdogan will discuss the matter when the on Saudi Arabia Turkish leader is in New York. Although earlier this month, AP/AFP Yemen’s conflict the NATO allies launched joint SANA’A has killed tens of patrols in northeastern Syria, Turkish officials have described The UN envoy for Yemen has thousands of people, the US actions as “cosmetic” said the Houthi rebels’ initiative mostly civilians, and and warned against delays. to halt attacks on Saudi Arabia driven millions more There were also air patrols “could send a powerful message to the brink of famine. by Turkish and American mil- of the will to end the war” in itary helicopters, state news Yemen. agency Anadolu reported Martin Griffiths’ comments placing the blame on Tehran and yesterday. yesterday came hours after the announcing new sanctions The zone is intended to Houthi announcement, and a against Iran. move the Kurdish People’s Pro- week after the rebels claimed a Mehdi al-Mashat, head of the tection Units (YPG) militia away strike that crippled a key oil Huthis’ supreme political council, from the Turkish border. facility in Saudi Arabia. announced in a speech marking Ankara says the YPG is a Griffiths called for “taking the 2014 rebel seizure of Sanaa “terrorist” offshoot of the out- advantage of this opportunity “the halt of all attacks against the lawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party and moving forward with all territory of Saudi Arabia”. (PKK), which has waged an Houthi followers rally to mark the 5th anniversary of their movement’s takeover of the Yemeni capital necessary steps to reduce vio- He added that he hoped “the insurgency against the Turkish Sana’a, in Yemen, yesterday. lence, military escalation and gesture would be answered by a state since 1984. unhelpful rhetoric.” stronger gesture” from the Yemen’s Huthi rebels unex- Saudis, according to the rebels’ “bringing about peace through He also called for the reo- four rebel targets north of the Second drone pectedly announced late Friday Al-Masirah television channel. serious negotiations to achieve pening of Sanaa’s international port. that they planned to halt all “Pursuing war is not in any- a comprehensive national rec- airport and open access to The Huthis have been downed over attacks on Saudi Arabia as part one’s interest.” onciliation which does not Yemen’s Red Sea port of fighting against a Saudi-led coa- of a peace initiative to end their Yemen’s conflict has since exclude anyone”. Hodeida, a crucial entry point for lition that intervened in 2015 to south Syria country’s devastating conflict, killed tens of thousands of people A major goal was to “pre- imports and humanitarian aid. support the country’s interna- five years after they captured the — most of them civilians — and serve the blood of Yemenis and The announcement was a tionally recognised government. AFP capital Sanaa. driven millions more to the brink achieve a general amnesty”, he sharp reversal from previous Iran denies US and Saudi accu- DAMASCUS The Huthis claimed respon- of famine in what the United added. statements from the Huthis, who sations that it arms the Huthis. sibility for the attacks on Saudi Nations calls the world’s worst The plan calls for rebels to early on Friday had accused The rebels have repeatedly tar- A drone was shot down oil facilities last week, but Riy- humanitarian crisis. “stop all attacks on Saudi ter- Saudi Arabia and its allies of geted key Saudi infrastructure yesterday in Quneitra province adh’s ally Washington has con- Mashat said the Huthis’ ritory by drones, ballistic mis- endangering the fragile truce in recent months in cross-border in southern Syria, the second demned them as an “act of war”, peace initiative was aimed at siles and other means”, he said. around Hodeida with strikes on attacks. such incident in 48 hours, state media said. Authorities “dismantled a Iraq detains drone” after it was shot down Kuwait says international inaction encouraged on the edge of Jaba al-Sheikh suspect after 12 in the countryside of Quneitra province, southwest of dead in blast Israel to continue defiance and intransigence Damascus, state news agency settlements and annexing land SANA reported. AP in the West Bank, including East The drone was loaded with BAGHDAD Jerusalem, undermines the bombs and C4 explosive, it said. opportunity to establish a Pales- The origin of the drone was Iraqi security forces boosted tinian state based on relevant not specified, though SANA their presence and measures Security Council resolutions and reported it “came from the around the city of Karbala a two-state solution. west”. yesterday, a day after a deadly He added that the measures On Thursday, another bombing hit a minibus packed taken by Israel and the policies drone was downed by Syrian with passengers outside the pursued by the occupying Power anti-aircraft defences over the city. Iraq’s prime minister said on an ongoing basis and dis- village of Aqraba, south of security forces have detained a regard of world opinion is clearly Damascus, SANA reported, also man suspected of detonating reflected in its recent without specifying the origin of the bomb. announcement to approve the the drone. The Syrian Observ- The blast was one of the establishment of more than atory for Human Rights con- biggest attacks targeting 2,300 housing units in the West firmed the downing of the civilians since the extremist Bank, including East drone yesterday but was not Islamic State group was Jerusalem. able to confirm if it was hit by declared defeated inside Iraq Al Otaibi stated that this forces of the Syrian regime, or in 2017. The group’s sleeper latest step was followed by the its ally, the Lebanese movement cells continue to wage an insur- recent provocative declaration Hezbollah. gency and carry out sporadic of the intention to annex terri- On August 24, Israel attacks across the country. tories from the occupied West launched a strike on Aqraba to The charred minibus was Bank in 1967 in flagrant violation prevent what the Jewish state still on the road near the city Palestinian youth react to tear gas canisters fired by Israeli security forces during clashes in the of international law, the UN said was a planned attack with yesterday morning, hours after occupied West Bank village of Al-Eizariya, yesterday. Charter and the relevant inter- drones carrying explosives to the blast killed 12 people and national resolutions, including its territory by Iran and pro- QNA wounded five others. speech at the Security Council including East Jerusalem, and Security Council resolutions 242 Iranian militia fighters. NEW YORK Prime Minister Adel Abdul- session on the situation in the fully respect all its legal obliga- and 338. The Observatory said that Mahdi in a statement released Middle East, including the Pal- tions in this regard. He explained that the illegal strike killed five fighters, by his office yesterday gave no Kuwait has reiterated that the estinian issue delivered by He stressed that Israel, the Israeli annexation plans for the including two Hezbollah further details about the continued international inaction Kuwait’s Permanent Represent- occupying power, while con- Palestinian territories led to an members and an Iranian. suspect. has clearly encouraged Israel to ative to the United Nations tinuing to build and expand increase in the number of set- The August operation was Parliament Speaker continue its defiance and intran- Ambassador Mansour Al Otaibi. illegal settlements in the tlers, which in turn contributed followed hours later by what Mohamad al-Halbousi sigence in front of the will of the Al Otaibi said that the occupied State of Palestine, to the increase in the number of Hezbollah described as an expressed in a statement his international community, Security Council, in resolution including East Jerusalem, sent a violent and criminal attacks by Israeli drone attack on its Beirut frustration with the repeated violating international law and 2334, demands that Israel imme- clear message that it was deter- settlers against Palestinian stronghold. Since the start of “failures of intelligence defying resolutions of interna- diately and completely cease all mined to continue. Al Otaibi civilians, which are still taking Syria’s war in 2011, Israel has agencies” to prevent such tional legitimacy. settlement activities in the noted that building new settle- place under the eyes of the carried out hundreds of strikes attacks. This was stated in Kuwait’s Occupied Palestinian Territory, ments, expanding existing Israeli occupation forces. on the country’s territory. SUNDAY 22 SEPTEMBER 2019 AFRICA 11 Over 70 arrested in Egypt after rare anti-Sisi protests
AFP A security source said ‘Leave’ from the first minute,” CAIRO at least 74 people Shama noted. Thousands shared footage on Protests erupted overnight in had been arrested social media documenting the Cairo and other Egyptian cities after the protest on demonstrations, which sprang calling for the removal of Pres- Friday night. Egypt up in several cities including ident Abdel Fattah Al Sisi, in a sizeable crowds blocking traffic rare show of dissent quickly effectively banned in Alexandria, Al-Mahalla, quashed by authorities. protests in 2013 and a Damietta, Mansoura and Suez. Hundreds of Egyptians took state of emergency is Shama, who wrote a book on to the streets late Friday, still in full effect. Egypt’s foreign policy, said the chanting slogans including “totally organic” nature of the “Leave, Sisi!” and demanding the small-scale protests was “fall of the regime”. Mohamed Aly, a disgruntled “unprecedented”. At least 74 people were exiled Egyptian businessman, “This is the first time people arrested, a security source said, demanding Sisi be toppled. take to the streets in many years with plain clothed police The construction contractor but I am not sure it will be the patrolling sidestreets of has been posting videos from last,” he added. downtown Cairo. Spain that have gone viral since Under the rule of general- After overnight clashes with early September, accusing Sisi turned-president Sisi, authorities the protesters, security forces and the military of rampant have launched a broad Protesters gather in central Cairo shouting anti-government slogans and demanding ouster of President yesterday maintained tight corruption. crackdown on dissidents, jailing Abdel Fattah Al Sisi, in Cairo, yesterday. control of Tahrir Square — the The president flatly denied thousands of Islamists as well as epicentre of the 2011 revolution the allegations last week at a secular activists and popular dangers of protesting. On tele- Egyptians quickly took to to official figures released in July. that unseated long-time autocrat youth conference and sought to bloggers. vision Friday night, boisterous social media to criticise Adib, a Human Rights Watch urged Hosni Mubarak. assure Egyptians that he “was Sisi led the military ouster of and pro-Sisi host Amr Adib lam- vocal backer of Mubarak during Egyptian authorities on Saturday The country effectively honest and faithful” to his people former president Mohamed basted Aly, the businessman, the 2011 revolution, for dis- to “protect the right” to protest banned protests under a 2013 and the military. Morsi in 2013 and won back-to- showing footage of him allegedly missing the protesters as “people peacefully and demanded that law and a state of emergency is In Aly’s latest video posted back landslide elections after in a drunken stupor. against the country”. those arrested be released. still in full effect. early Friday morning on his running virtually unopposed. Adib urged his fellow coun- Discontent over rising prices Sisi flew Friday night to New “I think it’s safe to say that growing social media accounts, He has regularly invoked trymen to “take care of the has been swelling in Egypt, York, where he is scheduled to the events of the past few weeks, he urged Egyptians to head to the security and stability as hall- country... because the Muslim where Sisi’s government has address the UN General including the development last streets after a highly anticipated marks of his reign in contrast to Brotherhood want to raze it to imposed strict austerity Assembly next week. night, pose the most serious Super Cup football match the situations in regional hot the ground”. measures since 2016 as part of a The president’s office did not legitimacy crisis facing Sisi,” Nael between Cairo powerhouses Al spots such as Iraq, Libya and The Brotherhood group, once $12bn loan package from the comment on the protests. Shama, a Cairo-based political Ahly and Zamalek. Syria. considered one of Egypt’s most International Monetary Fund. “Now the ball is in the gov- analyst, said. “No one shouted bread, During last week’s youth organised political forces, was Nearly one in three Egyptians ernment’s court,” said Shama, The protests came on the freedom, social justice like in conference, Sisi again took the outlawed as a terror group in live below the poverty line on the analyst. “They have to back of an online call put out by 2011, they escalated straight to opportunity to warn of the 2013 after Morsi’s overthrow. less than $1.40 a day, according respond somehow.” Congo plans to Former Tunisian president Ben Ali laid to rest in Madinah introduce second AFP shroud, was carried to his final Ben Ali, the first leader to be humiliation by police. exile with daughters Nesrine and Ebola vaccine MADINAH, SAUDI ARABIA resting place by a procession of toppled by the Arab Spring That sparked protests which Halima — along with son about a dozen men. revolts, died aged 83. rocked Tunisia and triggered a Mohamed — has little incentive REUTERS Tunisia’s former president Zine Some dressed in white, and He ruled his North African deadly clampdown. to return home. GOMA El Abidine Ben Ali was buried in others in suits, they crossed a country from 1987 until 2011 and But the protesters won: on She faces heavy sentences the Muslim holy city of Madinah marble forecourt in the shadow was viewed by some as a January 14, 2011 Ben Ali fled for embezzlement, alongside Health authorities in Demo- yesterday, an AFP photographer of the green dome of the mosque, bulwark against extremism, but Tunisia for Saudi Arabia where possession of weapons, drugs cratic Republic of Congo said said, after he died in exile in before entering the cemetery. he faced criticism for muzzling he stayed until his death. and archaeological artefacts. yesterday that they plan to Saudi Arabia. Some of Ben Ali’s family the opposition and his reluctance His rapid departure sparked Ben Ali himself was sen- introduce a second Ebola Ben Ali, who died on were to receive condolences on to embrace democracy. a string of similar uprisings tenced several times to life in vaccine, manufactured by Thursday in the city of Jeddah, Sunday in an upmarket suburb Eventually, growing frus- across the region, toppling prison, including for the bloody Johnson & Johnson, to counter was laid to rest at Al-Baqi cem- of Tunis, according to a small tration over unemployment and Egyptian and Libyan strongmen suppression of protests in the the second-worst outbreak of etery next to the Prophet notice published in Tunisia’s La high prices snapped. Hosni Mubarak and Muammar last weeks of his autocratic rule the virus in history. Muhammad’s (PBUH) mosque - Presse newspaper. In late 2010, a young trader Gaddafi. that killed more than 300 The team overseeing a place of great reverence for The Saudi media and author- in Sidi Bouzid, in the impover- The former leader’s wife, people. Congo’s Ebola response did not Muslims. ities have not made any ished centre of the country, set Leila Trabesli, who has led a He never faced justice. say when exactly the J&J His body, covered by a green comment about his death. fire to himself in protest at comfortable and discreet life in vaccine would be introduced. It will complement another vaccine manufactured by Merck, which has been admin- Somali pirates release istered to more than 225,000 people since August 2018. Iranian man after 4 years The J&J vaccine has been a source of controversy among AFP Shariff is also suffering from Congolese health officials. The ADDIS ABABA “severe stomach problems and former health minister, who internal bleeding,” Steed said. was stripped of oversight of the An Iranian man held by Somali Shariff arrived in Addis Ebola response in July, opposed pirates for more than four years Ababa on an Ethiopian Airlines its use, saying it had not been was flown to Ethiopia’s capital flight from the city of Garowe. proven safe or effective. yesterday after his captors He will receive some medical But in a statement, the released him because he needed care in Ethiopia before being current Ebola response team urgent medical care. flown home to Iran, Steed said. said the vaccine was safe and The release of Mohammad Shariff was captured with noted that it was already being Shariff Panahandeh means just three other men in March 2015 trialled in neighbouring Uganda three hostages remain in the after an attack on the Iranian and in the West African country custody of Somali pirates, fishing vessel FV Siraj. of Guinea. according to the Hostage Steed said no ransom was “It is a vaccine that other Support Partnership, the charity paid for Shariff, but that the countries already use. Why that negotiated his release. pirates were likely to try to hold can’t we use it in Congo to His health had deteriorated out for large sums before letting protect our population?” the significantly in recent weeks, the other three go. statement said. lending new urgency to efforts In a statement announcing to secure his freedom, John Shariff’s release, the Hostage Steed of the Hostage Support Support Partnership said Somali Somali President Partnership said yesterday. community leaders had been Nigeria clean-up campaign “He’s severely malnour- crucial in the negotiations. signs anti-graft ished. He lost a huge amount of Steed said the same kind of Volunteers for Mondo4Africa, a non-governmental organisation, clear the gutter during the clean-up weight. It reminded me of local involvement would likely bill into law of wastes at Makoko, the biggest community slum settlement at the lagoon waterfront in Lagos, someone who’s just been be needed in the case of the final ANATOLIA / MOGADISHU Nigeria, yesterday. The volunteers removed waste to mark World Clean-up Day, a global social action released from Belsen (a Nazi) three hostages. “We need to get programme aimed at combating the global solid waste problem. concentration camp,” Steed said. them out,” he said. Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed signed the anti corruption bill into law in Mogadishu yesterday. Nigerian govt says calm restored in parts affected by violence The signing ceremony attended by Somali president, AFP the rapporteur was silent on authorities responded made a big Muhammadu Buhari”. In a pre- Nigeria to stop extra-judicial ministers, lawmakers, and ABUJA intra-group violence,” presi- difference,” he said. liminary report at the end of a killings by security forces in the international partners including dential spokesman Garba Shehu Calm has virtually returned 12-day visit to Nigeria, Special country. Turkey was held at the presi- Nigeria has rejected the findings said in a statement. to all parts affected by the Rapporteur Agnes Callamard Local and global rights dential palace in Mogadishu. of a UN report on violence in the Shehu defended the gov- peculiar violence, he added. accused the government of not groups, including Human Rights ”This anti corruption bill country accusing it of simply ernment saying it was trying its Shehu called for the support doing enough to end the violence Watch and Amnesty Interna- will be good for our country and blaming the government of Pres- best to end the violence. of the UN rapporteur in reporting between herders and farmers in tional have accused Nigerian our economy and the formation ident Muhammadu Buhari. “There is absolutely no doubt government efforts to end the central Nigeria as well as the kid- security agents of abuses and of an Independent Ethics and “While we agree that the vio- that violence between farmers conflicts, rejecting a report that nappings for ransom and ban- summary executions of suspects. Anti Corruption Commission is lence in Nigeria, or in any and herders, which has a long he said “scratches the surface of ditry in the northwest which Hundreds of Boko Haram our top priority after this country, is a major concern and history in our country spiked in the subject then ends up blaming have claimed thousands of lives detainees have been killed, while signing,” Mohamed said at the that there is a rippling effect, we recent years but the effectiveness the government under the able in recent months. dozens of civilians have died in signing ceremony. are disappointed that with which the federal and state leadership of President The report also called on police custody. 12 ASIA SUNDAY 22 SEPTEMBER 2019 India’s PM heads to US; Houston gears up to stage ‘Howdy Modi’ IANS On the Houston leg Minister Narendra Modi as he NEW DELHI of his visit, Modi will takes the stage, with Trump interact with CEOs joining him in a rare gesture. Prime Minister Narendra Modi left The event at the NRG for a week-long visit to the US, of leading energy Football Stadium, one of the voicing confidence that his visit companies in the largest in the US, has been would present India as a vibrant US with the aim to organised by the Texas India land of opportunities, a reliable enhance India-US Forum (TIF), a non-profit partner and a global leader, and organisation. also help impart new energy to energy partnership. The Indian American com- bilateral ties with the US. munity has been busy preparing In a statement, Modi said he for the three-hour show that will looks forward to meeting US an event to celebrate the 150th see artistes present Indian clas- President Donald Trump in birth anniversary of Mahatma sical and folk songs and dances, Houston as well as in New York, Gandhi that will see the partic- among other numbers. Farmers’ woes in a span of a few days. ipation of several heads of state More than a 1,000 Gujaratis Both sides will review and government along with the from Houston are preparing for Hundreds of farmers and members of farmers’ representative organisation ‘Bharatiya Kisan Sangh’ bilateral relations “in order to UN Secretary General to “pay our a mega ‘dandiya’, a traditional march from Noida to New Delhi’s Kisan Ghat to demand among others full loan waivers, higher rate bring even more benefits to our collective tribute to Gandhiji and Gujarati dance, to welcome the for sugarcane crops, revised power tariff in Uttar Pradesh, on a highway road in Ghaziabad on the two nations and peoples”, he said, underscore the significance of Prime Minister for the event. outskirts of New Delhi, yesterday. terming the US “a vital partner his message”. TIF spokesperson Gitesh for our national development” On the Houston leg of his Desai said that Indian Americans and that their “shared values, visit, Modi will interact with from across the US would be convergent interests and com- CEOs of leading energy com- attending the “historical event”. Centre-State showdown over hefty traffic plementary strengths provide the panies in the US with the aim to “Some 50,0000 attendees foundation for natural part- enhance India-US energy from Indian American commu- fines, matter reaches A-G’s office nership between the world’s partnership. nities, and people from the 48 oldest and largest The New York leg of the visit states are attending. It is going IANS Top sources in the Union Law further, Gujarat Chief Minister democracies”. will also cover important ele- to be a historical event, the NEW DELHI Ministry revealed that a legal Vijay Rupani announced Modi will also address the ments of bilateral relations and largest such event held for a opinion has been sought from the reduction in penalties for 18 UN General Assembly session. he will also addressing the democratically elected head of The issue of hefty fines imposed Attorney General on the powers of compoundable offences. For He is slated to hold around opening plenary of the state. No such programme has on traffic violations under the State government to defer instance, under the new law, 20 bilateral meetings during his Bloomberg Global Business been held earlier in the past. new Motor Vehicle (MV) Act has enforcement of a Central legislation. driving a vehicle without Driving New York visit, including with Forum and receive the Bill and Senators, Congressmen, mayors snowballed into a major Besides, opinion has also been Licence can invite a fine of Rs President Trump. During his Melinda Gates Foundation’s and the US President Donald showdown between state sought on the issue of reduction of 5,000 while driving despite dis- UNGA speech he will focus on Global Goalkeepers Goals Award Trump are going to attend,” said governments and the Union fines by the state government. qualification can impose a fine India’s role towards devel- 2019. Desai. Ministry of Road Transport and Several state governments of over Rs 10,000. opment and peace and security, Preparations are in full Several cultural programmes Highways (MORTH). The disa- including BJP-ruled Gujarat gov- Sources said that Rupani’s with no mention of Article 370 swing for the mega ‘Howdy are on the anvil for the show, greement over the fines between ernment have postponed the decision to defer enforcement which is an “internal issue”, the Modi’ event at the massive NRG which has a theme “Woven”, sig- state governments and MORTH enforcement of the new MV of new MV Act was followed by Ministry of External Affairs had stadium in Houston that will see nifying how the Indian American has now reached the office of (amendment) Act amid uproar other states including Delhi, said. 50,000 enthusiastic Indian community has become part of Attorney-General K K Venugopal, in public over hefty fines on Uttrakahand, Rajasthan, Mahar- India will also host at the UN diaspora members greet Prime America, he said. the Centre’s chief legal advisor. traffic violations. Moving a step ashtra, Karnataka, MP etc. World’s biggest Assembly polls in Maharashtra, Haryana on October 21 coastal clean-up IANS “The Assembly polls in Haryana Arora also said that the tenure power for 15 years in the state. in Sikkim, two seats each in campaign at NEW DELHI and Maharashtra will be held on of the Haryana legislative Meanwhile, bypolls to 64 Himachal Pradesh, Tamil Nadu October 21 and the counting of assembly will expire on Assembly seats in 17 states and and Rajasthan and one seat each Puri beach Assembly elections for the votes will take place on October November 2, while that of Mahar- one Union Territory will be held in Arunachal Pradesh, Tel- 288-member Maharashtra and 24.” He said the notification for ashtra will end on November 9. on October 21 and the results will angana, Madhya Pradesh, Meg- IANS 90-member Haryana assembly the elections will be issued on In the 2014 Assembly polls in be declared on October 24, the halaya, Odisha and Puducherry. PURI will be held on October 21, the September 27. Maharashtra, the BJP had won 122 EC said yesterday. The EC said the notification Election Commission said “Last date for filing nomi- seats, its ally Shiv Sena 63 seats, The poll panel announced for the bye-elections will be A mega cleanliness drive yesterday. The results will be nation is October 4, while the the Congress 42 seats, the Nation- the schedule for Assembly bye- released on September 23. under the banner of ‘Mo declared on October 24. scrutiny of the nomination alist Congress Party (NCP) 41 seats elections to 15 seats in Kar- The last date for filing nom- Beach’ cleaning initiative was Announcing the schedule of papers will be done on October while others managed 20. nataka, 11 seats in Uttar Pradesh, inations is September 30, it said, organised at Odisha’s Puri the Assembly polls in both the 5,” he said. The CEC said that the The Congress and the NCP five seats each in Kerala and adding that the scrutiny of the beach to mark the Interna- states, Chief Election Commis- last day for withdrawing nomi- had contested the 2014 Assembly Bihar, four seats each in Gujarat, nomination papers will be done tional Coastal Clean-up Day sioner (CEC) Sunil Arora said, nations is October 7. polls separately after sharing Assam and Punjab, three seats by October 1. yesterday.The Puri adminis- tration claimed that it is the world’s largest coastal clean- up drive that aims to sensitise Gujarat HC judge named people about the importance of clean beaches. More than 10,000 volun- as Tripura Chief Justice teers participated in the drive at several places along the dis- IANS Tripura High Court. Though, trict coast. NEW DELHI the Collegium has not disclosed Forest and Environment any specific reason for the Minister Bikram Keshari The Supreme Court Collegium modification of its earlier Arukh, Bollywood actor Vidyut has recommended Justice A A resolution. Jammwal and internationally Kureshi appointment as Chief “On reconsideration and acclaimed artist and writer Justice of Tripura High Court. after taking into account the Nandita Das were spotted at The Collegium has modified aforesaid two communications the drive while supporting the its May 10 recommendation in dated August 23 and August 27, initiative. connection with the and the accompanying material, “Puri is the pride of our appointment of Justice Kureshi the Collegium resolves to reit- country and I am happy to be as the Chief Justice of Madhya erate its earlier recommen- a part of world’s mega clean- Pradesh, as the Centre had sent dation dated May 10, with the up drive here at the sea two consecutive letters to recon- modification that Justice A A beach,” said Jammwal. sider the proposal. Justice Kureshi be appointed as Chief “It is a great day for us as Kureshi is the senior most judge Justice of the Tripura High thousands came forward to from the Gujarat High Court. Court”, said the resolution. clean up the beach at Puri,” The Collegium, in a reso- A public furore had emerged said internationally acclaimed Climate protest lution on September 5 but pub- after the Collegium recom- sand artist Sudarsan lished on September 20, led by mended the transfer of Madras Youth participating in a demonstration to protest against governmental inaction towards climate Pattnaik. Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi has High Court Chief Justice, VK breakdown and environmental pollution, part of rallies being held worldwide in a movement dubbed The volunteers took an recommended to the Centre to Tahilramani, to the Meghalaya oath to protect the oceans and “Fridays for Future” in Hyderabad. appoint Justice Kureshi to the High Court. beaches by the simple mantra of Reduce, Reuse and Recycle of waste, especially plastic waste. Another intriguing Supply shortage sends onion prices soaring to four-year high activity at the beach was a life-size human chain for- IANS of the Agriculture Produce Mar- In a bid to restrict onion export, subject to a Minimum Export Export from India Scheme (MEIS) mation of Mo Beach Puri NEW DELHI keting Committee (APMC). the government has set its minimum Price (MEP) of $850 FOB per in June after bulb prices rose typography. Several other markets in the export price (MEP) at $850 FOB (free metric tonne till further orders. sharply in the country. Students and volunteers The spiralling onion prices due country too witnessed a four-year on board) per tonne. “A higher MEP means export Onion was then selling around were found joining in large to supply shortage are proving high rise in onion prices on Friday According to a Directorate would be impossible,” said an onion Rs20-25 per kg in Delhi and Rs15 numbers to clean beaches difficult for the government to amid reports of crop damage and General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) exporter in Nasik, one of India’s per kg at Lasalgaon in Mahar- near Ramachandi Temple, control. delay in arrivals of new crop from notification dated 13 September, major onion producing areas. ashtra, Asia’s biggest wholesale Konark and Astarang area Onion was quoted 25 per cent Maharashtra, Karnataka and all varieties of onions, as The government had with- onion market. The prices have along the coastline across the higher on Friday at Delhi’s other southern states due to described in the notification, will drawn export incentives on risen sharply since, almost tearing district. Azadpur Mandi, a major market heavy rains recently. be permitted a letter of credit onion under the Merchandise up the consumers. SUNDAY 22 SEPTEMBER 2019 ASIA 13 US appreciates Imran’s warning against joining Kashmir fight
INTERNEWS “Applaud PM Imran India that he will not allow mil- ISLAMABAD Khan’s unambiguous itants to use the Pakistani ter- ritory for carrying out their Pakistani Prime Minister Imran and important activities. Khan’s latest statement that the statement that It’s this “sustained com- militants are enemies of both militants from mitment” that Assistant Sec- Pakistan and Kashmiris is being Pakistan who would retary Wells mentioned in her appreciated in Washington too tweet, as the US media and where a senior US official under- carry out violence in American lawmakers also lined Islamabad’s “sustained Kashmir are enemies appreciated Islamabad’s efforts commitment” to countering all of both Kashmiris and to fight back militancy. Arif Alvi receives Turkish media delegation terrorist groups. In an earlier statement, Pakistan,” US Acting Pakistan President Dr. Arif Alvi (centre) during a meeting with a Turkish media delegation in Islamabad This appreciation came from Wells had also reminded on Friday. Acting Assistant Secretary Alice Assistant Secretary Islamabad that this militancy G Wells who looks after South wrote in a tweet had done more damage to and Central Asian affairs at the posted on Thursday Pakistan than to any other State Department. afternoon. country in the region. “Applaud PM Imran Khan’s Last week, four key US sen- Prime Minister departs to US; to unambiguous and important ators sent a letter to President statement that militants from the Kashmiris,” Khan said during Donald Trump, reminding him Pakistan who would carry out a speech in Torkham. that the “US engagement with address UN General Assembly violence in Kashmir are enemies On Wednesday, Afghan India will be critical in providing of both Kashmiris and Pakistan,” President Ashraf Ghani relief for all of the people of INTERNEWS occupied Kashmir and the countering hate speech and on she wrote in a tweet posted on tweeted that he also has Kashmir.” ISLAMABAD ongoing human rights abuses in environmental protection and Thursday afternoon. received a call from PM Khan, But in the same letter, they the disputed territory. poverty alleviation, co-hosted “We agree,” she added. condemning the latest terrorist also emphasised the need for Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Foreign Minister Shah by Malaysia and Pakistan. Wells also reminded attack in Afghanistan that Pakistan to stop militants from Khan left for New York yesterday Mehmood Qureshi, Advisor on A trilateral summit meeting of Pakistan that its “sustained com- killed at least 48 people on taking advantage of the current morning to attend the 74th Finance Dr Hafeez Shaikh and Pakistan, Malaysia and Turkey will mitment to counter all terrorist September 17. situation as this “could further session of the United Nations Special Assistant on Overseas Paki- also be held on the sidelines. The groups is critical to regional “As there’s precedence of destabilise Kashmir.” General Assembly (UNGA). stanis Zulfikar Bukhari are accom- prime minister will also interact stability”. Pakistan’s help in reduction of Pakistani diplomats in both During his week-long visit panying the prime minister. with a cross-section of interna- On Wednesday, PM Khan violence during past elections, I New York and Washington to US, the prime minister will PM Imran is slated to address tional media outlets including warned citizens against joining ask Pakistan to help mitigate acknowledge that any militant hold several bilateral meetings the UN General Assembly session meetings with editorial boards. the fight in held Kashmir, saying violence in the next one. PM activity at this stage would derail with his counterparts from on September 27. Prior to the UN His speaking engagements that the Indian authorities were Khan promised help within their their effort to stay focused on various countries and participate General Assembly session, the at leading think-tanks and waiting for “any excuse” to crack capacity,” Ghani wrote. India’s human rights violations in high-level UN summits on premier will meet the heads of meetings with heads of major down on the residents in Since August 5, when India in Kashmir. climate change, sustainable various states and apprise them international human rights Kashmir. illegally annexed held Kashmir, India, on the other hand, development, universal health about the Indian government’s organisations are also envisaged. “If someone from Pakistan the Prime Minister has spoken seems eager to move the con- coverage and financing for violations of human rights in the The prime minister’s visit goes to India and he thinks he on this subject on several occa- versation to terrorism. Prime development. valley. will further reinforce Pakistan’s will fight in Kashmir the first sions, each time reiterating Paki- Minister Narendra Modi is PM Imran’s US visit will be The prime minister will also abiding commitment to the UN person he will be inflicting stan’s commitment to uprooting expected to play up this issue Kashmir-centric, revolving attend and speak at high-level Charter, international law and cruelty on is the Kashmiris. He terrorism from its soil and in his address to the UNGA as around India’s decision to side events co-hosted by cooperative multilateralism, will have acted as an enemy of assuring both Afghanistan and well. revoke the special status of Pakistan and Turkey on with the UN at its core. Afghan forces nab plotters of hospital bombing Ghani urges Taliban ANATOLIA terrorists including the alleged directly facilitated the Zabul hos- and Ghazni provinces marred by KABUL perpetrators and facilitators of pital bombing. Operation Mobeen the deadly insurgency. again for ceasefire the deadly hospital bombing in is going on,” said the statement. The Taliban took responsi- Afghan security forces busted a Zabul province. The massive suicide truck bility for the attack, claiming to ANATOLIA “The people and the gov- gang of Taliban militants The Ministry said the arrests bombing hitting the main public have hit the regional office of the KABUL ernment of Afghanistan pursue including the perpetrators of were made during the ongoing hospital in the Zabul province on spy agency, National Directorate a dignified and sustainable deadly hospital bombing in Operation Mobeen in restive Ghazni Thursday killed more than 20 of Security, located nearby. In connection with the Interna- peace and are committed to Zabul province that had killed province neighbouring Zabul. people and left more than 90 others In its mid-year report, the tional Peace Day, Afghan Pres- putting any effort into ensuring scores of civilians, an official “ … Our Commandos and injured, Atta Jan Haq, the chairman UN Assistance Mission in ident Ashraf Ghani yesterday peace in the country. However, statement said yesterday. Ghazni PSU [police special unit] of the provincial assembly, said. Afghanistan documented 3,812 blamed Taliban for the the government considers the The country’s Defence Min- arrested 9 Taliban terrorists It was the only public hospital civilian casualties (1,366 deaths bloodshed in the country by not Taliban’s obstinacy to increase istry issued a statement and pic- including three prime facilitators in that remote province located and 2,446 injured) in the first half accepting ceasefire offer. violence against Afghans as the tures of the suspected Taliban to include one person who between the restive Kandahar of 2019 alone. In a televised speech, Pres- main obstacle to the ongoing ident Ghani said the raging vio- peace negotiations”, said a lence continues in the country statement by the presidency on Pakistan frees simply because the Taliban are September 8. not accepting the ceasefire. Earlier, the US president said two Pashtun “If the Taliban agree to peace, Taliban leaders and Afghan we (Afghan government) do not President Ashraf Ghani were lawmakers want continuation of the war separately coming to the US to event for a single moment, and I meet him at Camp David, Mar- on bail say it again that those are respon- yland, but Trump said he had sible for all the killing and canceled the meeting over a Tal- REUTERS bloodshed who are not accepting iban-claimed attack in Kabul. PESHAWAR peace and ceasefire”, Ghani said. “Unfortunately, in order to Earlier this month, hours build false leverage, they Two Pakistani parliamentarians after US President Donald (Taliban) admitted to an attack and human rights campaigners Trump called off peace talks in Kabul that killed one of our were released on bail in the with the Taliban, Ghani great, great soldiers, and 11 other northwestern Khyber announced ‘real peace’ was only people,” Trump said in a tweet. Pakhtunkhwa province after possible if the insurgents agreed “If they cannot agree to a four months in detention, their to a ceasefire and direct talks ceasefire during these very lawyer said yesterday. with the Afghan government. important peace talks, and The two lawmakers, Ali The Afghan president, who would even kill 12 innocent Wazir and Mohsin Dawar, along was increasingly concerned over people, then they probably don’t with several activists of the the proposed deal between the have the power to negotiate a Pashtun Tahaffuz Movement US and Taliban, said the Kabul meaningful agreement anyway,” (PTM), were arrested after a government praises the earnest said Trump. deadly clash between troops Tusker’s city safari efforts of its allies and is com- Trump’s announcement and activists at a security post mitted to working together with came days after top US peace in northern Pakistan in May. An Indian-born tusker called Nadungamuwa Raja is being escorted by security personnel as he walks the United States and other negotiator Zalmay Khalilzad “Both the parliamentarians on a street on the outskirts of Colombo, yesterday. Elephants in Sri Lanka are listed as endangered partners to ensure honourable said the US had reached an were released from Haripur jail by the International Union for Conservation of Nature as the population has declined by at least and enduring peace in the agreement in principle with the after midnight,” Tariq Afghan, the 50% over the last three generations. country. Taliban. lawyer for the two leaders said. PTM campaigns against alleged extrajudicial killings and enforced disappearances of Pakistan’s anti-graft body recovers billions in 22 months Pashtuns and other ethic minorities. It emerged last year after the INTERNEWS of NAB’s excellent performance eradicating corruption by of complaints, inquiries and Transparency International, killing of an ethnic Pashtun man ISLAMABAD, as the bureau has recovered and adopting “Accountability for All” investigations recorded this year World Economic Forum, Pildat by police in the southern city of deposited Rs71bn in the national policy with iron hands. almost doubled as compared to and Mishal Pakistan have appre- Karachi, which led to nationwide National Accountability Bureau exchequer which is a record The chairman said that NAB those of the last year. ciated NAB’s efforts to eradicate protests and turned the issue of (NAB) of Pakistan’s Chairman achievement,” the NAB chairman wanted to uproot corruption NAB, he said, had also filed corruption from society. alleged state violence against retired Justice Javed Iqbal has said while presiding over a through an effective national anti- 600 corruption cases in respective According to Gillani Research Pashtuns into a national debate. said the bureau had recovered meeting. corruption strategy and it was accountability courts over the last Foundation and Gallup Survey, The military has accused Rs71bn over the last 22 months. A NAB spokesman quoted focusing mainly on white-collar 22 months, which were under trial. 59 per cent of people have the PTM of being funded by “Comparative figures of the the NAB chairman as saying that crimes. “Reputed national and inter- shown confidence in NAB,” he foreign intelligence agencies last 22 months are also indicative the bureau was committed to He said that figures national organisations such as added. 14 ASIA SUNDAY 22 SEPTEMBER 2019 Hong Kong police, protesters clash in 16th weekend of rallies AFP to respond. Officers were seen HONG KONG The city has been making multiple arrests yes- convulsed by 16 terday in Yuen Long, sparking Riot police and protesters in straight weekends angry chants from locals and Hong Kong fought brief skir- of sometimes violent protesters. mishes near the Chinese border Calvin Tan, 22, was among yesterday, the latest clashes rallies calling for those taking part in the rally during huge pro-democracy greater democratic earlier in the day. protests that have battered the freedoms and police He said most protesters were financial hub for more than three accountability. prepared for a “long term fight”. months. “Every small protest matters, Police fired tear gas and even though it doesn’t seem to rubber bullets at small groups of Tensions spiked after police help that much, it’s like each hardcore activists who had built snatch squads rushed into a park small step in a marathon,” he barricades in the outlying town where crowds had gathered and said. of Tuen Mun, some of them made a series of arrests. Tan described himself as a lobbing bricks and at least one Hundreds of hardcore moderate who avoids clashes Molotov cocktail. activists then built barricades with police. But he said he ideo- Multiple people were seen and dismantled nearby fences to logically supports those on the being arrested in the clashes, arm themselves with makeshift frontlines. which were less sustained than clubs. Objects were also thrown “When facing institutional the intense battles of previous onto nearby train tracks. violence, we have no choice but weekends. But protesters showed little to respond with street fights,” he The city has been convulsed appetite in holding ground, said. “We have tried peaceful, by 16 straight weekends of some- quickly retreating as soon as rational and non-violent times violent rallies calling for police advanced. methods and continued using Police in riot gear stand watch past a burning barricade during clashes with pro-democracy greater democratic freedoms and By the evening yesterday, these ways to fight for our demonstrators in Hong Kong’s Tuen Mun district, yesterday. police accountability. pockets of demonstrators and demands.” Hong Kong has been The movement is the biggest police were playing a familiar plunged into crisis this summer. challenge to China’s rule since game of cat and mouse. The protests were ignited by as used slingshots in their battles also criticised the city’s law alarmed by the latest tactics from Hong Kong was handed back by There were also skirmishes a now scrapped plan to allow with officers, who have enforcement. protesters. “Our officers are Britain in 1997 and shows no sign yesterday in Yuen Long, a nearby extraditions to the authoritarian responded with tear gas, rubber But police have rejected worried that... violence has got of ending, with city leaders and town where protesters were Chinese mainland. bullets and water cannons with those condemnations, saying to such a level that they might Beijing taking a hard line. attacked by local Beijing sup- But when local leaders and growing frequency. their officers have used propor- have to kill someone or be killed In a now familiar pattern, the porters in July. Beijing refused to budge it snow- On Friday Amnesty Interna- tionate force against hardcore themselves,” he said, speaking day began with a peaceful rally. People had gathered to mark balled into a wider campaign for tional released a report accusing protesters who are showing on condition of anonymity. At one point, a handful of the two month anniversary of democracy, fuelled by animosity Hong Kong’s police of using increasing levels of violence. “We have been so restrained protesters pulled down China’s that assault — further fuelling towards the police. excessive force, in some cases At a briefing with foreign but in the face of such violence, flag flying outside a local gov- animosity towards police, who Protesters have hurled rocks, amounting to torture. journalists on Friday, a senior this pressure has become ernment office and burned it. were accused of being too slow bottles and petrol bombs as well The UN’s rights watchdog has commanding officer said he was extremely dangerous.” China and Solomon Islands sign About 900,000 suffer South Korea to respiratory problems host defence pact to establish diplomatic ties exhibition REUTERS due to haze in Indonesia QNA BEIJING BLOOMBERG 25% in the same period, the SEOUL JAKARTA country’s Health Ministry said China and former Taiwan ally on Friday, citing data from 31 South Korea will host a large- the Solomon Islands established Almost 900,000 Indonesians clinics. The country gave out free scale biennial international diplomatic ties yesterday in a suffered from an acute respi- N95 masks in states surrounding aerospace and defence expo sign of Beijing’s growing ratory infection this year as the capital, Kuala Lumpur. next month, South Korean influence in the Pacific. noxious smoke and ash from Indonesia’s government said defence ministry said yesterday. In a setback for self-ruled forest fires blanketed central the nation’s timber and plan- The Seoul International and democratic Taiwan, which and western parts of the archi- tation industries showed a lack Aerospace & Defence Exhibition China claims as a province with pelago. of commitment in preventing (ADEX) 2019 is scheduled to run no right to state-to-state ties, South Sumatra province has fires on their land as only about from October 15 to 20th at Beijing this week won over two been the worst-affected area 22% of forestry business permit Seoul Airport in Seongnam, previous Taiwanese allies in the with 291,807 sufferers, followed holders submitted mandatory south of Seoul, and is expected Pacific — the Solomon Islands by Riau with 268,591 people, reports on forest fire control. to bring together around 430 and Kiribati. according to the National Dis- The Council of Palm Oil Pro- defence companies from 34 Washington, which also only aster Mitigation Agency. Serious ducing Countries defended the countries, Yonhap news agency has official relations with China cases were also found in Jambi, industry, saying oil palm plan- reported. The Foreign Minister of Solomon Islands, Jeremiah Manele (left), rather than Taiwan, has watched West, South and Central Kali- tations were generally not the At the venue, various types and China’s State Councillor and Foreign Minister, Wang Yi, holding with growing alarm at China’s mantan, it said. source of burning. Authorities of aircraft, unmanned aerial increasing influence in the a joint news conference in Beijing, yesterday. The haze is still at alarming have named more than 200 vehicles, and weapons systems Pacific. levels even after the number of companies and farmers as will be on display, including In a show of displeasure, decision to desert Taiwan, Palau. “Now, there are only a hotspots from illegal burning in responsible for starting the fires F-15K and KF-16 fighter jets, K2 Vice President Mike Pence has standing next to Solomon handful of countries who have Indonesia dropped Friday once and sealed off their land battle tanks and Chunmoo mul- declined a request from the Islands’ Foreign Minister Jer- not yet established diplomatic artificial rains in Dumai, Riau holdings. tiple rocket launchers, as well Solomon Islands leader to meet emiah Manele at a state guest- relations with China. We believe province, and Palangkaraya, The air quality levels in as the US’ EA-18G Growler elec- to discuss development partner- house in Beijing. more and more visionary people Central Kalimantan, helped Kuala Lumpur and Kuching in tronic attack fighter, KC-135 ships after it cut ties with “China must and will be in these countries will speak up douse some of the fires. The Malaysia ranked among the tanker plane and MQ-1 Taiwan. The Chinese govern- reunified. Factually and legally, for justice in keeping with the country has opened clinics and world’s worst, as was the case Predator drone. ment’s top diplomat, State Coun- Taiwan island has been and will overriding trend of the times,” “oxygen house” at state hospitals for Jakarta, according to IQAir About 85 top military offi- cillor Wang Yi, told reporters in always remain an inalienable Wang said. to treat people suffering from AirVisual pollution data yes- cials and experts from 45 coun- Beijing after signing diplomatic part of China’s territory. This “Solomon Islands’ decision respiratory illness and dis- terday. Kuala Lumpur’s air tries will also join what will ties with the Solomon Islands status will not change, and is to establish relations with the tributed masks to people in quality index was 180 and Kuch- become a stage for military that it was “neither reasonable impossible to change,” Wang People’s Republic of China is haze-affected areas. ing’s 168, levels deemed diplomacy. nor sustainable” for them not to said. based on our national interests,” Malaysia reported a 16% unhealthy for all, while Jakarta’s have formal ties. Taiwan now has formal rela- Manele said. “The development increase in people suffering air is unhealthy for sensitive “This was a strategic tions with just 15 countries, challenges of my country are from asthma this week, com- groups such as children and the Australia Senate decision, a transparent decision mostly small and poor nations huge. We need a broader part- pared with the average over the elderly. and a natural decision,” Wang in Latin America and the Pacific, nership with everyone, including past 10 weeks, while those suf- The air quality in Singapore probes country’s said of the Solomon Island’s including Nauru, Tuvalu and the People’s Republic of China.” fering from conjunctivitis rose remained at a moderate level. oil, gas reserves Typhoon triggers Kazakhs protest against former president, many detained BLOOMBERG power outage in SYDNEY southern Japan AFP service, Saniya Toiken, was Australia’s upper house of ALMATY, KAZAKHSTAN detained while attempting to parliament opened an inquiry AFP cover the protests, Toiken told into the country’s oil and gas TOKYO Police detained dozens of AFP after police released her. reserves. protesters in Kazakhstan Kazakh courts sentenced The matter was referred to A powerful typhoon hit Japan’s yesterday for rallying against around 50 people to detention the Senate Economics Refer- southern Okinawa islands Chinese economic expansion for up to 15 days ahead of the ences Committee, with submis- yesterday, cutting power to and former strongman president protest, according to civic groups sions to close November 1, and more than 15,000 homes and Nursultan Nazarbayev, who is monitoring the detentions. a first sitting day in March 2020, grounding hundreds of flights. still a powerful force in the DCK, which is led by long- according to a statement on the Tapah — packing wind former Soviet nation. time regime opponent Mukhtar Australian federal parliament’s gusts of up to 180km per hour Kazakhstan’s interior min- Ablyazov, was ruled extremist website. — is now moving north and is istry said that 57 people had been by a Kazakh court last year. The inquiry will look into expected to progress through detained in Almaty and Nur- Kazakhstan’s state prose- how Australia can maximise the the sea separating South Korea Sultan, the national capital, for cutor said this week that benefit to the public of national and western Japan. participating in unsanctioned Ablyazov — a former energy oil and gas reserves. The country’s weather protests. minister and bank chief who fled The Australian Financial Kazakh law enforcement officers detain a woman during a rally bureau issued warnings of “Despite repeated warnings the country in 2009 — “misleads Review earlier reported that held by opposition supporters in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan, yesterday. heavy rains, floods and high from the prosecutor’s office, ordinary people” with calls to Independent South Australian tides, while the Okinawa pre- some citizens succumbed to the protest against the regime. Senator Rex Patrick accused oil fectural government issued an provocative calls of a banned One man in Almaty criticised raw goods country!” he said. Kazakhstan’s new President and gas companies of short- evacuation advisory to some extremist organisation,” the the government for favouring After he finished speaking, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev had changing the country by paying 334,000 people. Okinawa interior ministry said, referring Chinese investment and trade police detained him. earlier this month pledged to little or no tax, as he launched Electric said some 9,200 house- to the Democratic Choice of over local production. In Nur-Sultan, a journalist ease restrictive legislation on the Senate inquiry into the tax holds were still without power. Kazakhstan organisation. “They have turned us into a for Radio Free Europe’s Kazakh demonstrations. treatment of the industry. SUNDAY 22 SEPTEMBER 2019 EUROPE 15 French police break up ‘yellow vest’ and ‘black bloc’ protests in Paris
REUTERS PARIS Climate march organisers call French police fired tear gas and for end to protest after clashes made over a hundred arrests in Paris yesterday as they dispersed AFP “yellow vest” protesters PARIS attempting unauthorised rallies and black-masked demon- Organisers of a climate march in Paris yesterday urged protesters strators who disrupted a climate to call it quits after violent clashes between police and radical march. activists who authorities said had infiltrated the rally. Police had made 137 arrests “Take no risks and leave the march for the climate. The con- in Paris by mid-afternoon and ditions for a non-violent march are not in place,” Greenpeace, a had pushed back around one co-organiser of the event, said on Twitter. hundred protesters who Another co-organiser, Youth for Climate, also told demon- A man falls between French policemen during an anti-government demonstration called by the “yellow gathered on the Champs-Elysees strators to go home. vest” (gilets jaunes) movement, in Paris, yesterday. shopping avenue, the Paris police The rally in the French capital was part of a global climate prefecture said. change action, which has also involved mass cleanups and striking Some 7,500 police “End of the world” while some to contest the government’s The government deployed a school children across the world. held carnival effigies, including planned overhaul of France’s massive police presence as it The Paris march took place on the same day as protests by were mobilised, one of President Emmanuel retirement system. The proposed feared yellow-vest supporters the “yellow vest” movement which has been demonstrating weekly, several districts Macron wearing a crown marked reform prompted a strike by and other activists, including and sometimes violently, against French government policies. including the Champs- “King of bla-bla”. metro workers on September 13, “black bloc” anarchists, would Police said around 1,000 activists belonging to the radical Elysees were made The yellow vests, named shutting most of the under- take advantage of authorised “black blocs” wing had infiltrated the climate march seeking to after motorists’ high-visibility ground network. protests over climate change and provoke clashes with security forces. out-of-bounds for jackets, were holding a 45th con- The authorities have also pension reform. protests, and over 30 secutive Saturday of action. The been taking precautions so pro- Some 7,500 police were demonstrators who had infil- Similar skirmishes occurred metro stations closed. movement emerged late last testers do not disrupt an annual mobilised, several districts trated the march. later in the march with the pre- year, triggered by fuel tax rises heritage event this weekend that including the Champs-Elysees Groups wearing black fecture again attributing violence and swelling into a revolt against gives the public special access to were made out-of-bounds for clothing associated with the so- to black blocs. Police responded the streets, a day after marches in Macron’s style of government. many historic sites. protests, and over 30 metro sta- called black bloc anarchist with tear gas. Paris and other cities worldwide Some of their protests have Some sites like the Arc de Tri- tions closed. movement formed barricades, The violence tarnished an oth- to demand government action been marked by rioting, partly omphe monument have been The climate rally saw spo- set fire to bins and a motorbike, erwise peaceful march that against climate change. blamed on black blocs. closed while others like the Elysee radic confrontations between and threw paint over the front of brought thousands of people, Demonstrators carried A separate march yesterday presidential palace have required police and masked a bank. including some yellow vests, onto slogans like “End oil now” and was called by the FO trade union visitors to register in advance. Russia, China work out plan for military ties French drugmaker,
ANATOLIA “I think that the joint partic- Collective Security Treaty and … if that would ever come to MOSCOW ipation of Russian and Chinese Organization (CSTO) — Russia, fruition, we’d be ready to watchdog on trial servicemen in the military Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, execute,” he said. Russia and China worked out a exercise shows the high level of Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan — will In its response to the US for diabetes pill deaths plan of military cooperation for our relationship, which is char- host some stages of the drill threat, Russia on Friday called it 2020-2021, Russia’s Defense acterised as ‘shoulder to which will run through Sep- a “naive” plan and dubbed Har- AFP and nine subsidiaries are Minister Sergey Shoygu said. shoulder’,” Russia’s defense chief tember 21. rigian’s remarks “mindless.” PARIS charged with fraud for allegedly “A big cooperation plan has said. On Tuesday, US Air Forces The Defense Ministry concealing Mediator’s risks, been prepared for the near The Center-2019 drill Commander in Europe and assured in a statement that France’s medicines watchdog while the ANSM drug watchdog future, and I am sure that we will involves some 128,000 serv- Africa Gen. Jeffrey Lee Harrigian Russia is “effectively protected” will join a pharma firm in the is being pursued for negligence analyse and approve it within the icemen from eight countries, said that the US can “take down” all around. dock from today on fraud and and allegedly dragging its feet next month,” Shoygu told including Russia, China, Pakistan, Russia’s enclave Kaliningrad in “… (the US) ‘plans’ for the negligence charges linked to the in suspending the drug. reporters in Russia’s southern Kyrgyzstan, India, Kazakhstan, case of necessity. conquest of Kaliningrad, should deaths of multiple people At the end of the trial, both city of Orenburg on the sidelines Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. “If we have to go in there to worry, first of all, his direct sub- prescribed a diabetes pill for risk a fine or an order to com- of the Center-2019 military Over 20,000 pieces of take down, for instance, the ordinates,” the ministry said. weight loss despite safety pensate victims. exercise. weaponry and military Kaliningrad IADS [Integrated Air Separately, Maria Zakharova, concerns. “Servier knew that it was Shoygu said some 1,500 equipment and about 600 air- Defence System], let there be no spokeswoman for the Foreign At least 500 people are selling poison,” said 71-year-old Chinese servicemen were taking craft are taking part in the mil- doubt we have a plan to go after Ministry, said Moscow described thought to have died of heart Joy Ercole, who took Mediator part in the drill and performing itary exercise. that … We train to that. We think the Harrigian’s remarks as an valve problems in France after for six months ten years ago, and “high training standards.” The member countries of the through those plans all the time, “irresponsible threat.” taking the drug, Mediator, in a said she suffered heart damage major health scandal that as a result. “The unlucky ones, became the subject of a 2016 like me, are condemned to a Malta govt takes some French movie called “150 Milli- slow death. My life is ruined.” grams”. Legal experts have con- Francois de Castro, a lawyer migrants from rescue cluded the drug may cause as for Servier, said the company many as 2,100 deaths in the long was “keen to come and explain ship, others left onboard term. that they did not identify the risk The criminal trial, with 12 before 2009.” REUTERS individuals in the dock, will Pulmonologist Irene LA VALLETTA focus on 91 victims, four of them Frachon had alerted French deceased, for whom lawyers health authorities of heart A group of 265 migrants were brought to believe a link can be shown problems among patients who Malta yesterday, including 36 from the rescue between their illness and had taken the drug. She pub- ship Ocean Viking, but the operators of the Mediator. lished a book in 2010, which ship complained that more than 180 other The medicine was on the became the basis for a docu- migrants on board had been refused disem- market for 33 years, and used mentary movie. barkation by the island. by about five million people. In 2015, a civil court found The Maltese armed forces said 229 Though initially intended for Servier negligent for having left migrants among yesterday’s arrivals were overweight people with dia- “defective” medicine on the rescued from three boats in distress in Malta’s betes, it was widely prescribed market. search and rescue zone. to healthy individuals as an It ruled that in 2003 and Another 36 were transferred to a Maltese appetite suppressant. 2006, when the medicine was patrol boat from the Ocean Viking, which Safety alerts were first prescribed to two claimants, “the had rescued them in Malta’s zone. Rescued migrants embrace as they arrive on an Armed Forces of Malta patrol boat in flagged in the mid-1990s, but the state of scientific knowledge The arrivals were the fourth group to Valletta’s Marsamxett Harbour, yesterday. drug was only banned in France meant the risks of pulmonary arrive on the Mediterranean island in a week. in 2009 — long after being out- hypertension” and heart valve But Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF), picked up outside its rescue zone. migration from Africa through Libya. lawed in the US, Spain and Italy. damage “could not be ignored”. which operates Ocean Viking, said in a tweet The island took more than 300 migrants EU states have been at loggerheads over Victims “want to understand The ANSM, then known as that 182 survivors from other rescues, from the Ocean Viking in August on condition how to handle refugees and migrants how this medicine could have Afssaps, in 2010 linked at least including a newborn, children and a pregnant that they would be shared among other EU reaching its shores since a 2015 spike in Med- been left on the market for so 500 deaths to Mediator. woman, remained stranded on board. countries, but most are still on the island, iterranean arrivals of people fleeing conflicts long,” said Charles Joseph- Victims have submitted This, it said, “demonstrates the discrim- stretching its limited reception facilities. and poverty in the Middle East and Africa. Oudin, who will represent about nearly 10,500 claims for com- inatory, arbitrary and inhumane nature of a The plight of the Ocean Viking, run by Tomorrow, Malta will host an EU home 250 complainants in the trial pensation from Servier, and system which continues to prioritise political MSF and another French charity, SOS Médi- affairs ministers meeting which will discuss expected to run for six months many have accepted payment gameplay above human lives and dignity”. terranée, has exposed Europe’s failure to migration and how EU states may share in the Paris criminal court. in return for not taking part in Malta argued that those people were come up with a coherent policy to deal with arrivals. Drug manufacturer Servier criminal proceedings. Family of murdered Malta journalist fumes over inquiry board composition
REUTERS independent public inquiry into charged with the murder and parliamentary assembly of the The Caruana Galizia family The government said in a VALLETTA whether the government could are due to stand trial, but the Council of Europe in June. in a statement requested a statement yesterday that it stood have prevented the killing. police are continuing their The inquiry board is formed meeting with the prime minister by the appointments to the The family of murdered Maltese Caruana Galizia, an anti-cor- investigations to establish who of retired judge Michael Mallia, to discuss its concerns, saying the inquiry board. journalist Daphne Caruana ruption journalist, was killed by the real mastermind was, and lawyer and constitutional law board would be unfit for purpose It added that contacts were Galizia has protested over the a car bomb outside her home on the motive. expert Ian Refalo and former if the public had reasons to doubt being made to arrange the fam- composition of a board set up by October 16, 2017. The inquiry was requested forensics expert Anthony Abela about its independence or ily’s requested meeting with the the Prime Minister to conduct an Three men have been in a resolution by the Medici. impartiality. prime minister. 16 EUROPE SUNDAY 22 SEPTEMBER 2019 UK Labour deputy leader survives bid to oust him
REUTERS Deputy leader Tom Watson described the LONDON attempt as “a drive-by shooting” after he challenged the Labour leader’s position on The deputy leader of Britain’s Brexit and suggested a second referendum Labour Party survived an attempt to oust him over Brexit should be held before any new election. yesterday after party chief Jeremy Corbyn moved to defuse Britain’s decision to back a row that threatened to over- leaving the EU in a 2016 refer- shadow the party’s bid to show endum has divided not only the it was ready for power. country’s main political parties, Holding its annual party con- but its towns and cities and often ference just weeks before Prime families. Minister Boris Johnson has More than three years on, promised “do or die” to lead little is clear on how Brexit will Britain out of the European happen. Union, Labour was keen to set Johnson has said he will take out its agenda for government Britain out of the bloc on October rather than put its Brexit divi- 31 with or without a deal to sions on display. smooth the country’s biggest Anti-Brexit campaigners protest outside the Labour party conference in Brighton, on the south coast But a move by Corbyn ally trade and foreign policy shift for of England, yesterday. Jon Lansman, founder of the A Labour source said Corbyn, more than 40 years. left-wing grassroots movement who backs an election first, had Labour, and other opposition Momentum, to propose a intervened just as the party parties, have tried to prevent him motion to abolish the deputy’s gathered for the annual con- from being able to stage a poten- Johnson to meet European leaders post because of disloyalty over ference in the seaside resort of tially damaging no-deal Brexit, Brexit threatened to derail those Brighton. refusing to back his call for a plans. “Jeremy Corbyn proposed new election until the prospect in New York in push for Brexit deal The attempt only underlined that the motion not go to a vote of leaving without an agreement the deep divisions in Britain’s and instead that there be a is taken off the table. REUTERS said yesterday. not the formal written legal pro- main opposition party over review of the position of deputy Labour said in a draft LONDON “What this gives the Prime posals Brussels has asked for Brexit, rifts that have also frac- leader and other positions in statement on Brexit that if the Minister an opportunity to do is however. tured the governing Conserv- support of the leader,” the source party won power, it would “get British Prime Minister Boris talk to them at leader level about In New York, Johnson will ative Party and have cast doubt said. Brexit sorted one way or another Johnson will hold talks with what some of our proposals are,” address a breakfast meeting of over when, how or whether The motion, which appeared within six months of coming to European leaders on the sidelines the official said. British and American business Brexit will take place on October to blindside Corbyn’s team, had power”. of the UN General Assembly “We are under no illusions leaders tomorrow, during which 31. provoked criticism from Labour The statement, yet to be (UNGA) in New York next week that there is an awful lot of work he will set out his pitch for why Deputy leader Tom Watson figures, including London Mayor agreed at the conference in the as part of his push to secure a still to do and you should view they should invest in post-Brexit (pictured), who has often criti- Sadiq Khan, as Britain heads seaside resort of Brighton, sets Brexit deal by the end of October. the discussions at UNGA as part Britain. cised Corbyn, described the towards a possible parlia- out that a Labour government Johnson is due to meet Irish of an ongoing process.” He is also due to hold bilat- attempt as “a drive-by shooting” mentary election to unlock the would “secure a sensible leave Prime Minister Leo Varadkar, Earlier this week, Britain erals with leaders including US after he challenged the Labour Brexit impasse. deal with the EU within three European Council President shared technical documents with President Donald Trump, Indian leader’s position on Brexit and “We must focus on fighting months, and within six months Donald Tusk, French President Brussels setting out its ideas for Prime Minister Narendra Modi, suggested a second referendum against Boris Johnson & his cat- would put it before the people Emmanuel Macron and Ger- dealing with the contentious issue Turkish President Tayyip should be held before any new astrophic no-deal Brexit, not in a referendum alongside the many’s Angela Merkel on Monday of the border between Northern Erdogan and New Zealand’s election. each other,” Khan tweeted. option to remain.” and Tuesday, a senior UK official Ireland and Ireland. These were Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern. Greece police Ukraine minister denies arrest suspect in 1985 hijacking Trump put pressure on
REUTERS Zelenskiy during call ATHENS REUTERS a foreign leader. The source Greek police have arrested a KIEV requested anonymity because 65-year-old Lebanese man of the sensitivity of the issue. suspected of involvement in the Ukrainian Foreign Minister Zelenskiy’s office has so far 1985 hijacking of a Trans World Vadym Prystaiko yesterday declined to comment on the Airlines (TWA) plane in which denied suggestions US President allegations. a US navy diver was killed. Donald Trump had put pressure “I know what the conver- A Greek police official said on Ukrainian leader Volodymyr sation was about and I think yesterday the suspect had dis- Zelenskiy during a phone call in there was no pressure,” Prys- embarked from a cruise ship on July. taiko said. “This conversation the island of Mykonos on In an interview with media was long, friendly, and it Thursday and that his name outlet Hromadske, Prystaiko touched on many questions, came up as being wanted by said Ukraine was an inde- sometimes requiring serious German authorities. pendent state and would not answers.” “He was also wanted in take sides in US politics even if Trump dismissed the Sep- connection with a 1987 kid- “in theory” the country was in a tember 12 complaint from the napping crime, possibly related position to do so. He added that whistleblower within the intel- Destroyed cars seen next to a damaged building after an earthquake in Tirana, Albania, yesterday. to his release in return for the Kiev appreciated the assistance ligence community as a partisan freeing of two German citizens it received from Washington. hit against him. held hostage by his accomplices On Friday reports by US Trump had spoken Zel- in Lebanon, the source said. Strong quake hits Albania, damages reported media outlets said Trump enskiy less than three weeks “The suspect was being held in repeatedly pressured Ukraine’s before the complaint was filed. a high-security prison until AFP damaged but were still standing was seen strewn over the floor. president to investigate Joe Trump is due to meet Zelenskiy German authorities identify him TIRANA and that the ministry was Falling masonry had Biden, one of Trump’s chief during a United Nations gath- as the person wanted.” accessing damage in other towns damaged parked cars in Tirana. political rivals, in a July phone ering in New York. The TWA 847 flight from A strong earthquake hit Albania and villages. At the University of Tirana, call. Prystaiko said Zelenskiy had Cairo to San Diego with several yesterday afternoon, forcing Albania’s Defence Ministry the building housing the geology The call featured in a clas- the right to keep conversations en route stops was hijacked residents into the street in said it was “the strongest earth- department was also damaged, sified whistleblower complaint with other leaders confidential. shortly after taking off from several cities, triggering power quake in the country in last 20 according to witnesses. that has sparked a political “I want to say that we are an Athens in 1985. The hijackers cuts in the capital and the to 30 years”. Media reported that a big battle between Democrats independent state, we have our demanded the release of pris- collapse of some buildings in a The epicentre of the quake, building in Tirana was seriously warning of a national security secrets,” he was quoted as oners from Israeli custody. nearby village. with a magnitude of 5.6 and a damaged and that residents threat and Republicans turning saying in the interview. The passengers and crew “There are no deaths,” Alba- depth of 10km, was located near were being evacuated. it into an attack on Biden, a The July 25 call between the endured a three-day intercon- nia’s Defence Ministry spokes- Durres, less than 40km west of According to local media frontrunner in the field of Dem- leaders is under investigation by tinental ordeal. Some pas- woman Albana Qajaj said. “Some the capital Tirana, according to reports, at least two people were ocrats seeking to challenge three Democratic-led House sengers were beaten and a U.S. 20 people went to the hospital the US Geological Survey. lightly injured and a dozen Trump in the 2020 presidential committees, who want to know Navy diver who was on board for light injuries caused by Reporters and witnesses saw houses collapsed in the village election. if Trump and his personal the aircraft was beaten and (falling) objects or parts of walls windows broken and deep fis- of Helmes. In Tirana, many A source familiar with the lawyer, Rudolph Giuliani, tried murdered. Dozens of pas- as well as for panic attacks.” sures in the facades of buildings people fearful of aftershocks matter said the complaint to pressure the Ukrainian gov- sengers were held hostage over She added that houses and in Durres, as well as in the capital. remained outside their homes alleged “multiple acts” by ernment into aiding Trump’s re- the following two weeks. buildings in Tirana had been Merchandise in a supermarket for several hours. Trump, not just a phone call with election campaign. Former Romanian president ‘worked with communist secret police’: Court AFP Securitate” in a case based on Although the relevant back- The case will be a blow to In 2006, Basescu made a CNSAS,” Basescu told the Digi24 BUCHAREST documents dating back to his ground checks had found Basescu’s reputation as one of landmark speech in front of the station. time as a student at the Marine nothing comprising when he ran the key figures in Romania’s Romanian Parliament asking for In December, Romania will Former Romanian president Institute in the southeastern city for public office, the present case post-communist transition. “an examination of the nation’s mark 30 years since the fall of Traian Basescu was found by a of Constanta. was opened after new evidence “It’s an exemplary tale conscience” and apologising on communism after a bloody rev- court in Bucharest to have Basescu, 67, served two was unearthed by the CNSAS, the because he’s the one who con- behalf of the Romanian state for olution that toppled dictator collaborated with the feared terms as president from 2004 body charged with studying demned communism and the suffering under Nicolae Ceausescu. communist-era Securitate secret until 2014, and in May of this year Securitate archives. opened the archives, a historic communism. The Securitate was regarded police. was elected as a member of the “I didn’t know it was the initiative”, researcher and his- “I have to admit that I feel a as one of the most brutal secret The Court of Appeal on European Parliament. Securitate,” he told media, torian Madalin Hodor said, certain bitterness seeing as I was police forces in the former Friday said that it had found that He said that he would appeal admitting that he had passed adding that it was Basescu the one who condemned com- Eastern Bloc and had a network “the defendant, Traian Basescu, against the decision at the some information on fellow stu- himself that had enabled munism, opened the archives of of hundreds of thousands of was a collaborator of the Supreme Court. dents to a security officer. CNSAS’s work. the Securitate and sent them to informants. SUNDAY 22 SEPTEMBER 2019 AMERICAS 17 Trump says he had ‘perfectly fine’ call with Zelenskiy
AP Democrats condemned according to the person. Trump and Zelenskiy plan to WASHINGTON what they saw as The US government’s intelli- meet on the sidelines of the UN Biden decries reports on a clear effort to gence inspector general has General Assembly this coming President Donald Trump urged damage a political described the whistleblower’s week. The Wall Street Journal Trump, Ukraine President the new leader of Ukraine this August 12 complaint as “serious” first reported that Trump pressed summer to investigate the son of rival, now at the and “urgent.” Trump insisted “it’s Zelenskiy about Biden. AP/WASHINGTON former vice-president Joe Biden, centre of an explosive nothing” and “just another The standoff with Congress a person familiar with the matter whistleblower political hack job.” raises more questions about the Former vice-president Joe Biden decried reports that President said. Democrats condemned complaint against The president said he has extent to which Trump’s Donald Trump urged the president of Ukraine to look into his son’s what they saw as a clear effort to conversations with many leaders. appointees are protecting the business dealings there. damage a political rival, now at Trump. “It’s always appropriate. Always Republican president from over- Biden said in a statement that if the reports are true, “Then there the centre of an explosive appropriate,” Trump said. “At the sight and, specifically, whether is truly no bottom to President Trump’s willingness to abuse his whistleblower complaint against a July 25 call between Trump and highest level always appropriate. his new acting director of power and abase our country.” Trump. Ukrainian President Volodymyr And anything I do, I fight for this national intelligence, Joseph The 2020 Democratic presidential candidate said Trump should It was the latest revelation in Zelenskiy, according to a two country.” Maguire, is working with the release the transcript of his July phone conversation with President an escalating controversy that has people familiar with the matter. Trump was asked whether he Justice Department to shield the Volodymyr Zelenskiy “so that the American people can judge for created a showdown between In a tweet yesterday, Trump knew if the whistleblower’s com- president. themselves.” congressional Democrats and the referred to “a perfectly fine and plaint centered on the July 25 call Democrats said the adminis- Biden released the statement after news organisations reported Trump administration, which has routine conversation I had” with with Zelenskiy. “I really don’t tration is legally required to give Trump had urged Zelenskiy to probe the activities of Biden’s son refused to turn over the formal Ukraine’s leader. “Nothing was know,” Trump said. Congress access to the whistle- Hunter, who worked for a Ukrainian gas company. complaint by a national security said that was in any way wrong.” When questioned whether he blower’s complaint. The At least two of Biden’s rivals called on fellow Democrats in the official or even describe its According to one of the had brought up Biden in the call, chairman of the House Intelli- House to push forward on impeachment of Trump. contents. people, who was briefed on the Trump said, “It doesn’t matter gence Committee, Rep Adam Massachusetts Sen Elizabeth Warren said that posture makes Trump is defending himself call, Trump urged Zelenskiy to what I discussed.” But then Schiff, D-Calif, has said he will go Congress complicit in Trump’s outreach to Ukraine. against the intelligence official’s probe the activities of potential Trump urged the media “to look to court in an effort to get it if “A president is sitting in the Oval Office, right now, who con- complaint, asserting that it comes Democratic rival Biden’s son into” Biden’s background with necessary. tinues to commit crimes,” Warren tweeted. “He continues because from a “partisan whistleblower,” Hunter, who worked for a Ukraine. The intelligence inspector he knows his Justice Department won’t act and believes Congress though the president also says he Ukrainian gas company. Trump “There has yet to be any evi- general said the matter involves won’t either. Today’s news confirmed he thinks he’s above the law. doesn’t know who had made it. did not raise the issue of US aid dence of any wrongdoing by the “most significant” responsi- If we do nothing, he’ll be right.” The complaint was based on a to Ukraine, indicating there was Biden or his son regarding bilities of intelligence Julián Castro, the former housing secretary, said Trump “needs series of events, one of which was not an explicit quid pro quo, Ukraine.” leadership. to be impeached. California, 22 other states sue Trump over auto emission rules
AP lawsuit. vehicles.” “We will not let SACRAMENTO Democratic Governor Gavin political agendas in a single state Newsom, who has clashed with be forced upon the other 49.” California sued to stop the President Donald Trump on The National Highway Trump administration from several fronts, vowed the state Traffic Safety Administration revoking its authority to set “will hold the line in court to said its authority to set greenhouse gas emission and defend our children’s health, nationwide fuel economy fuel economy standards for cars save consumers money at the standards pre-empts state and and trucks, enlisting help from pump and protect our local programmes. 22 other states in a battle that environment.” California Attorney-General will shape a key component of The Trump administration’s Xavier Becerra cited a 2007 US the nation’s climate policy. decision does not just affect Cal- Supreme Court decision that Federal law sets standards ifornia. Thirteen other states, rejected the NHTSA’s argument for how much pollution can plus the District of Columbia, that greenhouse gas emission come from cars and trucks. But have adopted California’s standards under the Clean Air since the 1970s, California has standards. Act interfered with its ability to been permitted to set tougher A spokesman for the set fuel economy standards. rules because it has the most cars National Highway Traffic Safety “The Oval Office is really not and struggles to meet air quality Administration declined to a place for on-the-job training. standards. On Thursday, the comment on the lawsuit. But President Trump should have at National Highway Traffic Safety Thursday, Transportation Sec- least read the instruction manual A view shows a bus carrying Chinese-speaking tourists after it crashed off a road near Bryce Canyon Administration withdrew Cali- retary Elaine Chao said the rules he inherited when he assumed National Park, in Utah, yesterday. fornia’s waiver. “were making cars more the Presidency, in particular the The NHTSA action does not expensive and impeding safety chapter on respecting the Rule take effect for 60 days, but state because consumers were being of Law,” Becerra said in a Four dead in Utah tour bus accident leaders did not wait to file a priced out of newer, safer statement.
AP several of them have since people needed helped help the PANGUITCH improved, Street said. Not eve- most,” he said. One devastated Man’s death is fifth linked to Woman convicted ryone was wearing a seatbelt, as man was cradling his dead wife, A tour bus crashed on a highway is common in tour buses, he said. and Driedonks wrapped his Storm Imelda’s aftermath in texting suicide running through the red-rock The crash happened near a arms around them both, trying AP case denied parole landscape of southern Utah, highway rest stop a few miles to bring him a little comfort until BEAUMONT killing four people from China from southern Utah’s Bryce paramedics arrived. AP and injuring dozens more. Canyon National Park, an oth- Authorities believe the driver BOSTON On Friday, the bus from erworldly landscape of narrow swerved on the way to the park Authorities in Texas have attributed a fifth death to the remnants of Southern California rolled onto red-rock spires. on Friday morning, but when he Tropical Storm Imelda, which caused widespread flooding in south- The Massachusetts woman a guard rail, crushing its roof and To Robert Driedonks, who yanked the steering wheel to put eastern Texas and parts of Louisiana. convicted of urging her ramming the rail’s vertical posts heard the crash from the wildlife the bus back onto the road the Jefferson County spokeswoman Allison Getz said yesterday that boyfriend to kill himself via text into the cab, Utah Highway museum he owns nearby, it momentum sent the bus into a 52-year-old Mark Dukaj, of Florida, was found dead on Thursday in messages has been denied early Patrol Sgt Nick Street said. sounded like “a bomb going off.” rollover crash. his stranded pickup truck on Interstate 10 just west of Beaumont, release. Five passengers remained in He ran to the scene marked by The driver, an American which is near Texas’ border with Louisiana. She didn’t know where The state Parole Board critical condition Friday night, carnage and debris, rushing to citizen, survived and was talking in Florida he lived. announced it rejected Michelle and the death toll could rise, he check pulses and help the ter- with investigators, Street said. Getz said floodwaters seeped into the pickup, but emergency per- Carter’s bid for release after said yesterday. rified people as best he could, The driver didn’t appear intox- sonnel don’t believe he drowned, adding that investigators believe his serving about half her 15-month All 31 people on board were though they were far from home icated, but authorities were still death is related to the storm and an autopsy will be conducted to jail sentence. Carter appeared hurt. Twelve to 15 were con- and couldn’t understand his investigating his condition as determine the cause. Authorities have attributed four other deaths to before the board on Thursday. sidered in critical condition words. well as any possible mechanical the storm, including that of a 19-year-old man who was electrocuted Board members Sheila shortly after the crash, but “All I could do is see which problems, he said. while trying to lead his horse to safety through floodwaters. Dupre and Tonomey Coleman said in their brief decision that Carter “needs to further address” the factors that led to her actions. Congressman Joe Kennedy They also wrote that they “remain troubled” that Carter announces US Senate bid not only encouraged Conrad Roy III to kill himself in 2014, AP forced a long overdue reckoning but also actively prevented BOSTON in America. And how we respond others from intervening. And will say everything about who they said her statements and US Representative Joe Kennedy we are.” actions before and after Roy’s III formally declared his Joe Kennedy is a grandson of death appeared “irrational and candidacy for the Senate Robert F Kennedy, who was lacked sincerity.” yesterday, becoming the first attorney-general in his own “Given subject’s behavior in member of the Kennedy political brother John F Kennedy’s White facilitating victim’s death, dynasty to bid for the upper House and was a senator running release is not compatible with chamber of Congress since for the Democratic presidential best interest of society.” Edward M Kennedy in 1962. nomination when he was assas- Eric Goldman, a lawyer for The Massachusetts Democrat sinated in 1968. JFK was felled Roy’s family, said the board’s formally announced his cam- by an assassin’s bullet five years decision was “well-reasoned paign in an email before a kickoff earlier, in 1963. and correct.” But Carter’s event in East Boston, where the The 38-year-old Joe attorney, Joseph Cataldo, said Kennedy clan first settled after Kennedy will face 73-year-old the board’s decision appears to arriving from Ireland well over incumbent Sen. Edward Markey be based on the state Supreme a century ago. in next year’s primary. US Representative Joe Kennedy III announces his candidacy for the Senate in Boston, yesterday. Judicial court’s prior decision “I’m running because our Joe Kennedy’s father, Joseph upholding his client’s con- country is at a moment of truth,” Kennedy, also served in Con- Kennedy II and Kathleen tenant governor. position himself as more of a viction, which he argues was Kennedy told supporters in the gress. Others elected to office Kennedy Townsend, who served First elected to Congress in pragmatist than those on the left an “incorrect and dangerous” e-mail. “Donald Trump has include former US Rep Patrick two terms as Maryland’s lieu- 2012, Kennedy has tried to of his party. ruling. 18 AMERICAS SUNDAY 22 SEPTEMBER 2019
UN aviation Youth leaders at UN seek agency head open to meeting bold climate change action Greta Thunberg AP “I encourage you to vulnerable places like her Pacific UNITED NATIONS keep your initiative. island nation. REUTERS Keep your mobilisation “Young people from different MONTREAL Fresh off the climate strike that parts of the world are living in took hundreds of thousands of and more and more constant fear and climate The secretary-general of the UN young people out of classrooms to hold my generation anxiety, fearing the future, the aviation agency said she is open and into the streets globally, accountable,” UN uncertainty of a healthy life or a to meeting with Swedish teenage youth leaders gathered at the Secretary-General life for their children at all,” activist Greta Thunberg, who will United Nations yesterday to Kumar said. lead a Montreal climate protest demand radical moves to fight Antonio Guterres said. She added: “I do not want our next week in part targeting emis- climate change. future generations to submerge sions from flights. “We showed that we are provide greener energy. They with our sinking islands.” Thunberg, who sailed across united and that we, young also insisted that the world After listening to Thunberg the Atlantic from Britain to the people, are unstoppable,” should wean itself quickly from and other youth climate activists, United States in a zero-carbon Swedish 16-year-old activist coal, oil and gas that cause a tie-less Secretary-General emissions boat to protest air travel Greta Thunberg, who started the climate change. Antonio Guterres credited young emissions, is being courted by climate strike movement with “Stop the criminal contam- people with transforming him some environmentalists and her lone protest in front of her inant behaviour of big corpora- from a pessimist to an optimist European politicians to address a country’s parliament about a tions,” said Argentine climate in the fight against global global gathering at the Interna- year and a half ago. activist Bruno Rodriguez. warming. tional Civil Aviation Organization More than 700 mostly young “Enough is enough. We don’t Guterres said he sees “a (ICAO) when she heads a Sep- activists attended the first of its want fossil fuels anymore.” change in momentum” going tember 27 climate protest. kind Youth Climate Summit, Jayathma Wickramanayake, into Monday’s Climate Action ICAO Secretary-General Fang according to Luis Alfonso de the UN Secretary-General’s Summit taking place ahead of the Liu said she would meet Thunberg Alba, the UN special climate youth envoy, called climate UN General Assembly gathering if the activist’s schedule permits it. summit envoy. change “the defining issue of our of world leaders that starts Commercial flying currently Friday’s strike across six con- time. Millions of young people tomorrow, telling the youths Greta Thunberg with fellow youth climate activist Bruno Rodriguez accounts for about 2.5% of global tinents and yesterday’s youth all over the world are already “you have started this at the first ever United Nations Youth Climate Summit, in New York carbon emissions but that number conference presage a full-on being affected by it.” movement.” City, yesterday. could rise as global air travel climate conference next week at During Thunberg’s short “I encourage you to keep increases if adequate steps are not the UN General Assembly, which lifetime, for example, the Earth your initiative. Keep your mobi- will hold you accountable and if of hashtags, entrepreneurial taken to curb it. The aviation has placed the issue of climate has already warmed 0.6 degrees lisation and more and more to you do not, remember we will ideas and climate art and poetry. industry has cut carbon emissions change at front and center as Fahrenheit (0.34 degrees hold my generation mobilise to vote you out.” “Be that hummingbird that from each plane traveler in half world leaders gather for the Celsiuis). accountable,” Guterres said. “My The youth activists brain- puts out the forest fire by since 1990, largely thanks to more annual meeting. Fiji climate activist Komal generation has largely failed stormed about what they could fetching water with its small fuel-efficient aircraft. Industry and Activists at yesterday’s gath- Karishma Kumar said global until now to preserve both justice do to change the trajectory of an beak as all the other animals, environmentalists have urged ering demanded money for a warming is not just taking a toll in the world and to preserve the ever-warming planet and how including the elephant, told her ICAO’s assembly to go further and fund to help poorer nations on the planet but on her gener- planet.” they can help the world adapt to it was impossible,” said Kenyan commit to setting a long-term adapt to a warming world and ation, especially people from Kumar told Guterres that “we climate’s changes. There was talk activist Wanjuhi Njroge. target for reducing emissions. Pulitzer Prize Trudeau loses little ground in polls since blackface scandal winner Robert REUTERS published on Friday. previous survey compared with ocrats (NDP) or the Greens. at 33.8% yesterday, with the Boyd dies at 91 OTTAWA Conservatives would win a 0.2 percentage-point slide by “Almost none of the soft Liberal advantage among the 338 36.8% of the vote and the Lib- the Conservatives. Liberal support is interested in House of Commons constitu- AP Canada’s Liberal Party lost a little erals 32%, the poll said. The The Mainstreet poll, con- tipping to the Conservatives. Any encies slipping slightly. NEW YORK ground to rival Conservatives October 21 election day is less ducted between September 17 Liberal scandal doesn’t signifi- Pollster David Coletto of after bombshell images of Liberal than five weeks away. and 19, had the Liberals at 36.8% cantly increase Conservative Abacus Data said the blackface Robert S. Boyd, who shared a Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in The Nanos poll was con- compared with 34.2% for the support, but would go to the NDP scandal may not shift votes away 1973 Pulitzer Prize with blackface emerged this week, ducted over three nights until Conservatives. or Greens,” said Marc Di Gaspero, from Liberals and that the real colleague Clark Hoyt for according to two polls published September 20. The first image of Scheer and Trudeau have head of research for North risk might be Liberal supporters coverage of Democratic vice- yesterday. Trudeau in blackface at a 2001 been statistically tied in most America at Potloc. stay home on election day. presidential candidate Thomas Conservative leader Andrew “Arabian Nights” party when he polls over past few months, with The Nanos poll showed the “I don’t see a big flight away Eagleton’s exit from the Scheer had a 4.8 percentage- was a 29-year-old teacher little movement one way or the New Democrats gained to 13.7% from the Liberals or a collapse campaign due to mental health point lead against Trudeau, emerged on the evening of Sep- other. compared with 12.8% the day in their support,” Coletto said. issues, has died. He was 91. according to a Nanos Research tembr 18. A separate survey by con- before. “But there is certainly the chance The journalist died of con- poll published for CTV and the The Liberals were leading in sumer research firm Potloc indi- The Canadian Broadcast that this further demotivates gestive heart failure at a Globe and Mail newspaper. a Mainstreet poll published by cated that disillusioned Liberal Corp’s poll tracker, which aggre- those Liberals and makes them retirement home in Phila- Scheer had a 3.2 percentage- iPolitics yesterday, but had lost voters were most likely to go to gates public polls, had the Con- less likely to want to actually cast delphia, Hoyt said. point lead in the previous survey 0.4 percentage point from the either the left-leaning New Dem- servatives at 34.8% and Liberals a ballot.” Boyd spent 20 years as Washington bureau chief of Knight Ridder, once the nation’s second-largest newspaper Suspect in Chicago bike chain with properties like The Philadelphia Inquirer and attack shoots officer Miami Herald. He witnessed the secret US bombing of Cambodia AP to death,” said Jane Kayle Lee, during the Vietnam War and CHICAGO the trauma surgeon who received a tour of the Bay of operated on the officer for about Pigs from Cuban leader Fidel A man suspected of shooting and 2 hours, said. “He had already Castro. wounding a Chicago police lost a significant amount of At 65, Boyd became a officer yesterday is the bicyclist blood.” science writer and traveled suspected of shooting a woman Lee said she believes the with a scientific expedition to in the back in broad daylight officer will have a “good the South Pole. near downtown earlier in the recovery.” week, police said. Mayor Lori Lightfoot went Michael Blackman, 45, to the hospital and met with the Hurricane Lorena managed to get away from both officer’s family. shootings and should be con- “I ask that all Chicagoans chugs through sidered armed and dangerous, continue praying for the officer northwest Mexico police spokesman Anthony and his family,” Lightfoot said Guglielmi tweeted. Blackman at the news conference. “Also, AFP/MEXICO CITY hasn’t been charged in either keep all of our first-responders shooting. in our thoughts and prayers. Hurricane Lorena advanced “The officer was shot and They run to danger to protect Cory Booker, US senator and Democratic presidential hopeful, smiles while frying veggie burgers at through the Gulf of California wounded at around 8:40am us.” the Polk County Democrats’ Steak Fry in Des Moines, Iowa, yesterday. after the Category 1 storm made while serving a warrant on the On Friday, police released landfall near the popular Los city’s South Side. Police and surveillance video from a bicycle Cabos beach resort, the Mexican Cory Booker hints at ending White House bid federal agents were searching shop showing Blackman at the hurricane monitor said. the area for the suspect,” counter getting a flat tire fixed With maximum sustained BLOOMBERG/DES MOINES leading candidates, including ends because Booker must build Guglielmi wrote. just minutes before he allegedly winds of 120km per hour, the front-runner Joe Biden, Bernie his grassroots efforts in early The wounded officer, whose rode up to a woman and shot storm is expected to bring Senator Cory Booker’s fund- Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, primary states to stay viable. In name wasn’t released, is 40 her in the back. Johnson said the heavy rains to Baja California raising isn’t keeping pace with Kamala Harris, Pete Buttigieg, a memo to supporters, Demissie years old and a 16-year Chicago woman underwent surgery and Sur and the neighbouring states what’s required and the New Amy Klobuchar and Beto said fundraising in recent weeks police veteran in the fugitive is expected to survive. of Sonora and Sinaloa as it Jersey lawmaker will quit the O’Rourke. has slowed after an uptick in apprehension team, Police Two other officers were moves north at 19km per hour, Democratic presidential race In a fundraising appeal sent August. Superintendent Eddie Johnson injured in an unrelated case early CONAGUA said. “Landslides unless he collects $1.7m in the shortly after his campaign In the call, he said the cam- said during a news conference yesterday. Police said the officers along with river and stream next 10 days, the campaign said. manager spoke, Booker also told paign is at an “inflection point” at Christ Medical Center in Oak responded to a call about a man overflows that affect roads and “If we cannot raise the $1.7m potential donors this is a make- as state ballot deadlines Lawn, where the officer was with a gun inside of a South Side highways could be recorded to scale up our operation, we or-break moment. approach and Booker needs to treated. restaurant shortly after 4 a.m. due to the rains, along with don’t believe we are going to be “The next ten days will meet targets to qualify for the The officer underwent After the officers patted down the flooding in low-lying areas and in position to compete for the determine whether I have a path Democratic National Commit- surgery and was hospitalised in man and found his gun, he saturation of drains in urban nomination,” Addisu Demissie, in this race,” he said in the solic- tee’s December presidential stable condition. Doctors said pushed past them, ran outside, sites.” Booker’s manager, said yes- itation. “To be completely trans- debate. the officer was shot once in the got into a vehicle and drove off, The US National Hurricane terday in a call with reporters. parent with you, team, I’m only Booker has remained at 2% groin and twice in his lower left dragging both officers before Center said Lorena is expected The former Newark, New going to continue running if I see or 3% in recent polls of Demo- leg. He lost nearly a third of his getting away. to move across the Gulf of Cal- Jersey, mayor raised $12.3m by a clear path to victory.” crats likely to vote in next year’s blood despite applying a tour- The two officers were hos- ifornia and then approach the June 30 and had $5.3m cash on Demissie said the campaign primaries, well behind the niquet on himself, Guglielmi pitalised with abrasions, contu- northwestern coast of mainland hand. He lags behind the fund- wants to emphasise a need for emerging top tier of Biden, tweeted. sions, internal injuries and pos- Mexico. raising of other resources as the third quarter Warren and Sanders. “He came basically bleeding sible bone fractures. SUNDAY 22 SEPTEMBER 2019 HOME 19 QU pharmacy students hold QPHUS executive committee elections
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Qatar University’s (QU) College of Pharmacy (CPH) held its annual elections for its Qatar Pharmacy Undergraduate Society (QPHUS) for the academic year 2019-2020. Students from all four profes- sional years of pharmacy were encouraged to run for the nine executive council positions and to participate in electing their representatives. The executives are members of CPH undergraduate student advisory committee which is a forum to discuss any strengths, concerns or area for improvements relating to the students’ academic and non-aca- This year’s elected students pose for a group photo. demic experience. These members take an active role in leading stu- Bassant Elkattan, Media and Mar- is a great opportunity to develop the uptake executive positions in the dents’ initiatives in hosting academic keting Director Nadin Kamel, student leadership skills and be a society to experience the benefits and nonacademic outreach and Treasurer Aliah Aly, General Sec- role model to other students by dis- of such roles, and how they both social events. QPHUS board members retary Ruba Sulaiman, and four playing the core values of our teach and develop us, as better may also be selected to represent Class Representatives Rana college: which are professionalism, pharmacists and people.” Qatar regionally or internationally at Mekkawi, Hiba Mohammed, Laila respect, commitment, impact, inno- The President of this year’s conferences, scientific or educational Shafei and Marwa Elshazly. vation, partnership.” QPHUS, Hend AlNaimi, commented events. QPHUS in an active member CPH Assistant Dean for Student The former QPHUS president saying: “I do believe that being a of the international pharmaceutical Affairs Dr. Alla El-Awaisi who Sara Thiab said: “Leading Qatar QPHUS member is a great oppor- students’ federation. oversaw the campaign, nomina- Pharmacy Undergraduate Society tunity for us youths to invest our The name of the elected tions and the elections, commented: was an enriching experience. The skills preparing us for future posi- members of this year’s QPHUS “Congratulations to the new exec- amount of knowledge and skills that tions. I am very excited to take the executive council are as follows: utives for their new positions and I developed during my time to fulfil lead this years society, I am sure President Hend AlNaimi, Vice Pres- wish them all the best in success- this role are now lifelong skills that that the president position will hold ident Kheloud Awad, Contact fully leading QPHUS over the next I will be using beyond my time in a lot of experience and knowledge Person and Public Relations Officer year. Being an executive member college. I encourage all students to and I can’t wait to start this journey.” QRCS holds health education activities for 53,000 beneficiaries THE PENINSULA/DOHA Academy, Eadad International Academy, Inspire and society members, both male and female. Special Needs Therapy Center, and Khalid bin Multiple health education messages were posted Qatar Red Crescent Society (QRCS) has concluded Ahmed Preparatory School for Boys. At the QRCS- on QRCS’s website and social media channels, its celebrations of World First Aid Day 2019, by managed Workers’ Health Centers, which are which reached around 50,000 visitors with holding over a week a series of health education supervised by the Ministry of Public Health informative and audiovisual materials. activities for the benefit of over 53,000 people. (MOPH), public events and competitions were held Muhsen A Al Malik, Director of Communi- Health educators at QRCS’ Medical Affairs for the visitors of four health facilities in Zekreet, cation and Public Relations at QRCS, said: “Every Division delivered first-aid training workshops at Al-Hemailah, Mesaimeer, and Fareej Abdulaziz. year, QRCS marks this important global occasion, five educational institutions: Rawdat Rashid Sec- The workshops were attended by over 3,000 through its Training, Research, and Development ondary School for Boys, Oscar International students, workers, persons with special needs, Center (TRDC).”
CROSSWORD MALL ROYAL PLAZA Valmiki (2D/Telugu) 2:15pm; Finals (2D/Malayalam) Kaappaan (2D/Tamil) 2:00, 8:00 & 11:00pm; 2:00pm; Nikka Zaildar 3 (2D/Punjabi) 2:15pm; Kaappaan (2D/Tamil) 2:00, 8:00 & 11:00pm; The Zoya Factor (2D/Hindi) 2:30 & 11:30pm; The Zoya Factor (2D/Hindi) 4:30pm; Finals (2D/Malayalam) 2:15pm; Pattabi Raman (2D/Malayalam) 4:30pm; The Lion King Pattabi Raman (2D/Malayalam) 5:00pm; (2D/Drama) 5:15pm; Diego Mardona 7:00pm; Rambo: Last Blood (2D/Action) 7:15 & 11:30pm; Pal Pal Nikka Zaildar 3 (2D/Punjabi) 4:45pm; Dil Ke Paas (2D/Hindi) 9:00pm; Ad Astra (2D/ Valmiki (2D/Telugu) 5:00pm; Adventure) 9:15pm; Prassthanam (2D/Hindi) 11:30pm Diego Mardona 7:00pm; Al Kanz 2 (2D/Arabic) 9:15pm; Ad Astra (2D/Adventure) 7:30 & 9:00pm; LANDMARK Rambo: Last Blood (2D/Action) 7:15 & 9:45pm;
Finals (2D/Malayalam) 2:15pm; Prassthanam (2D/Hindi) 11:30pm; Ittymani (2D/Malayalam) 11:15pm; The Zoya Factor (2D/Hindi) 9:00pm; Nikka Zaildar 3 (2D/Punjabi) 4:45pm; Ad Astra (2D/Adventure) 7:00pm; Rambo: Last Blood (2D/Action) 7:00 & 9:15pm; ROXY Valmiki (2D/Telugu) 11:00pm; Kaappaan (2D/Tamil) 2:15, 8:00 & 11:00pm Ad Astra (2D/Adventure) 12:30, 1:00, 3:30, 6:30 & 6:50pm Prassthanam (2D/Hindi) 2:30pm Al Kanz 2 (2D/Arabic) 9:45pm The Big Trip (2D/Animation) 5:00pm Bandobast (2D/Telugu) 6:30 & 10:00pm Porinju Mariam Jose (2D) 8:45 & 11:30pm Final (2D/Malayalam) 4:10pm Kaappaan (2D/Tamil) 12:30, 3:45, 7:00 & 10:15pm AL KHOR Prassthanam (2D/Hindi) 3:50 & 8:20pm Kaappaan (2D/Tamil) 10:45am, 5:00, 8:15 & 11:30; The Big Trip (2D/Animation) 12:30, 2:20 & 4:20pm Rambo: Last Blood (2D/Action) 10:30am, 12:45, 3:00, Valmiki (2D/Telugu) 12:30 & 10:00pm 5:15, 7:30, 9:45pm & 12:00midnight; Love Action Drama (2D/Malayalam) 10:45am, 4:00 & 9:15pm; Pattabi Raman (2D/Malayalam) 2:00pm; Finals (2D/Malayalam) 1:30, 6:45pm & 12:00midnight ASIAN TOWN Kaappaan (2D/Tamil) 6:30, 7:30, 9:30 & 10:30pm FLIK Mirqab Mall Finals (2D/Malayalam) 9:30pm 47 Meters Down: Uncaged (2D/Adventure) 10:40, Pattabi Raman (2D/Malayalam) 9:15pm 11:50am, 2:15, 4:40, 7:05, 9:30, 11:55pm & 0:30am Prassthanam (2D/Hindi) 6:30pm Ad Astra (2D/Adventure) 10:25am, 12:50, 3:15, 5:40, 8:05 & 10:30pm; Aladdin 12:30 & 3:00pm The Zoya Factor (2D/Hindi) 6:30pm Angel Has Fallen (2D/Action) 10:10am, 12:30, 5:30, 7:50, 10:10pm & 0:10am; Dora And The Lost City Of Gold (2D/Adventure) 10;10am & 2:05pm; Al Kanz 2 (2D/Arabic) 6:00, 8:30 & 11:00pm; IT: Chapter 2 (2D/Horror) 5:50, 7:30 & 9:00pm; Kaappaan (2D/Tamil) 10:40pm; Note: Programme is subject to change without prior notice. Lion King 10:50am, 1:10 & 3:30pm Rambo: Last Blood (2D/Action) 10:20am, 11:20am, 12:20, 1:20, 2:20, 3:20, 4:20, 5:20, 6:20, 7:20, 8:20, 9:20, 11:20pm & 0:20am; The Angry Birds Movie 2 12:10 & 4:05pm
KAAPPAAN Kaappaan is a Indian Tamil-language action thriller film written and directed by K. V. Anand and co- written by Pattukkottai Prabakar. It is produced by Lyca Productions and stars Suriya in the titular role. 20 MORNING BREAK SUNDAY 22 SEPTEMBER 2019
PRAYER TIMINGS Hundreds of parachutists jump to mark WWII operation FAJR 04. 06 AM SHOROOK 05. 22 AM AP More Allied troops — GINKEL HEATH, NETHERLANDS about 11,500 — died ZUHR MAGHRIB 11. 27 AM 05. 33 PM in the nine days of ASR 02.53 PM ISHA 07. 03 PM Parachutes glowing gold and white against clear blue skies, Operation Market hundreds of paratroopers Garden than during WEATHER TODAY floated to the ground in the the D-Day landings in eastern Netherlands yesterday to mark the 75th anniversary France two months of a daring but ultimately earlier. unsuccessful mission that Allied commanders hoped would bring a swift end to Bernard Montgomery ill-fated World War II. plan for Operation Market Operation Market Garden Garden. dropped nearly 35,000 para- Paratroopers from the U.S. troopers deep behind enemy Army’s 101st and 82nd Air- lines in the Nazi-occupied borne Divisions and Poland’s Netherlands. 1st Independent Parachute After landing, the troops Brigade also were dropped were to capture and secure into the Netherlands. key roads and bridges so Allied British veteran Les Fuller forces massed in Belgium was 23-years-old when he could pour into Germany’s leapt behind enemy lines close Spectators watch parachutists during commemoration for the 75th anniversary of the Battle industrial heartland. to Arnhem with orders to of Arnhem, part of Operation Market Garden during the World War II, in Ede, Netherlands. Recreating the mass drops capture the city’s bridge over of September 1944, military the Rhine. Now 98, he still aircraft flew low over Ginkel remembers it clearly. amputated shortly afterward. Britain’s Prince Charles, the and that is exactly what NATO Heath yesterday and current “It was a day like today. The Allied troops met former Dutch queen, Princess is about.” Lt. Col. Andrew military parachutists leaped Weather was just like this; stubborn German resistance Beatrix, and other Wareing, Commanding Officer out. Thousands of spectators lovely sunny day,” he said, in and around Arnhem. dignitaries. of the 4th Battalion The Para- watched and applauded the adding there was no oppo- Their advance stalled on a Charles, wearing camou- chute Regiment, said Market o o soldiers once they were on the sition on the Sunday afternoon bridge spanning the River flage fatigues and the para- Garden defined airborne oper- 32 C 40 C ground. when he landed close to two Rhine, a battle immortalised chute regiment’s maroon ations and the “bloody mind- Minimum Maximum One veteran of the original German soldiers lying in the in the book and Hollywood beret, mingled with the vet- edness” of paratroopers. landing, Sandy Cortmann, heathland with their film “A Bridge Too Far.” erans after the service as more “For that reason and on Misty to foggy at places at first becomes jumped again Saturday while girlfriends. More Allied troops — about paratroopers drifted to the subsequent battlefields from relatively hot and relatively humid daytime strapped to a British para- “They were quite surprised 11,500 — died in the nine days ground behind him. the Falkland Islands to with slight dust at times. Humid by night. trooper. After their landing, a to see me,” he added with a of Operation Market Garden NATO Secretary General Afghanistan, when facing
wheelchair took Cortmann to cheeky smile. than during the D-Day Jens Stoltenberg said he adversity and danger, British
HIGH TIDE 11:16 – 19:57 LOW TIDE 03:28 – 18:08 a tent to watch the anniversary But as he and other para- landings in France two months attended to pay tribute to the paratroopers’ have spoken the Courtesy: Qatar Meteorology Department ceremony. troopers got to Arnhem there earlier. World War II heroes and said same words,” he said. The British 1st Airborne was plenty of opposition from Veterans of the operation, that Operation Market Garden “’Remember Arnhem, lads.’ Division led the huge airborne German troops. a group with ever-dwindling showed “the importance of ‘Keep going, we won’t let them assault 75 years ago that was He was hit by a German members, attended the mass forces from different countries down... show them the Arnhem part of British Field Marshal shell and his right arm was parachute drop, joined by being able to operate together spirit.’” Turkey leads with high-tech 25 years later, a devices at aerospace event new generation gets immersed ANATOLIA Vehicle (UAV). They have put the ANKARA country a step ahead of other in ‘Friends’ nations, Unay said. Turkey’s largest technology and Referring to Akinci, which is AP aerospace fair, Teknofest, not Turkey’s latest armed UAV, he LOS ANGELES only displays technological said the country produces better achievements, but also validates UAVs than other advanced “Friends” is getting old. Its fans country’s march over other countries. have never been younger. countries in producing vehicles The Akinci with nearly 1.5 As the sitcom about six and equipment indigenously. tons of load can fly at an opera- twentysomethings marks its More so, technological tional altitude of 40,000 feet and 25th anniversary today, it has marvels have been produced stay in the air for 24 hours. spawned a devoted youthful using Turkey’s own national The Akinci is equipped with viewership, especially among resources, said an expert, who an electronic support pod, air- tween and teen girls who visited the festival in Istanbul. to-air radars, satellite commu- weren’t yet born when it went “Vehicles produced by nication system, barrier-iden- off the air in 2004. Turkey in recent years have tification radar, synthetic In an era when everyone burst us with pride,” social media aperture radar, and meteoro- assumed they would move on specialist Deniz Unay said. logical radar. to YouTube and Instagram Turkey’s technological Dubbed as “flying fish”, video, young girls have A team of Turkey’s Gendarmerie General Command performs progress is visible almost in Akinci can also perform some embraced the series and its old- during the technology and aerospace event, TEKNOFEST every field, especially in the pro- tasks of warplanes like air fashioned, studio-audience, Istanbul, at Ataturk Airport in Istanbul, yesterday. duction of Unmanned Aerial bombardment. sitcom format, bingeing its 10 seasons on Netflix through their tablets and phones, wearing T-shirts with the show’s logo Environmental activists mark global clean-up day and constantly quoting catch-phrases. AFP and plastic containers — while workers “It is old but you can’t tell PARIS from the ecology ministry picked up that much when you’re 12,528 cigarette butts in the La Defense watching,” said 15-year-old Thousands of volunteers wielding nets area of Paris. Sammy Joyce of Long Beach, and bin bags scoured coasts, parks and On the streets of the capital, climate California. “It’s too funny to riverbanks across the globe yesterday, in protest organisers called for an end to care about how old it is.” a litter-picking drive highlighting the vast their demonstration after clashes broke Some first hear about the quantity of trash dumped worldwide, a out between security foreces and a violent show from Generation X day after mass international climate minority that police said were linked to a parents who watched the initial protests. hardcore strain of the country’s “yellow NBC run, but the show has Campaigners took part in World vest” movement. caught on mostly via word-of- Clean-up Day from Manilla to the Medi- “The conditions for a non-violent mouth between Friends. terranean, as hundreds of thousands of march are not in place,” Greenpeace, a “My Friends all really liked people across the world take part in dem- co-organiser of the event, said on Twitter. it. They were all really into it onstrations and activities calling for urgent While the types of trash collected and they would always be action on the environment. across the world varied, the common quoting it so I decided to give it Young people have been at the fore- material in the bin bags across the world a try,” said 15-year-old Adelaide front of the movement, with masses of was plastic, amid surging concerns over Driver of Taos, New Mexico. “I children skipping school on Friday for a the environmental costs of single use kind of immediately was super global climate strike, which teen activist items and microplastics in oceans, rivers into it.” Greta Thunberg said was “only the and drinking supplies. Lucia Mozingo, 10, of Long beginning”. Plastic pollution is a major problem Beach says she’s been spreading Volunteers collect trash as they participate in the 34th International Costal Cleanup Some four million people filled city across Southeast Asia, but particularly in her love for the show “like a Day in Manila, Philippines, yesterday. streets around the world on Friday, organ- the Philippines, which -- along with China, disease” among her grade- izers said, in what was billed as the biggest Vietnam and Indonesia -- is frequently school classmates. ever protest against the threat posed to listed among the world’s worst offenders. because they think that it is food,” she cleanup is coordinated by the Estonian She and Sammy, who the planet by rising temperatures. In the Philippine capital, some 10,000 added. In the Pacific island nation of Fiji, Let’s Do It Foundation, which says that 18 watches her after school, can The World Cleanup Day — an initi- people swept across a long stretch of which is among the countries worst million people from 157 countries partic- mimic their way through entire ative that has got millions into the streets beach on heavily polluted Manila Bay, affected by sea level rises and has become ipated in the global cleanup day in Sep- episodes, sing every word to and cleaning up litter across the globe clutching sacks they filled with rubbish. a vocal advocate for global climate action, tember 2018. This year, it says over 160 Phoebe’s song “Smelly Cat” and since it began just over a decade ago — “It’s for us to help the environment, people scoured palm-fringed beaches for countries are taking part. can do impressions of every falls at the beginning of a week of climate especially here in Manila, there’s a lot of rubbish, heaving discarded car tyres and In Vietnam’s capital Hanoi, around major character and many action called for by activist Greta garbage,” Mae Angela Areglado, a engine parts from the coast just west of 1,400 volunteers went searching for litter minor ones. Thunberg. 20-year-old student said as she pitched the capital Suva. under the scorching sun. “Although our The show has become In France, volunteers posted images in with the cleanup — held right next to On Australia’s Bondi beach activists actions are very small, it could spread a almost a rite of passage in some of their trash hauls on social media — the city’s huge Baseco slum. sifted through the sand, carting off bits of meaningful message,” 18-year-old Hoang circles, where their “Friends” heaps on assorted waste, soft drink cans “(Plastic is) affecting the marine life plastic and cigarette butts. The mass Thi Hoan said. phase is almost a coming of age.