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“Kingdom Security 6” exercise concludes Hariri to the fore The veteran politician named as ’s PM for a fourth time a Sunni Muslim in Lebanon’s “We will contribute to main- Public Security Chief patronises Vows to halt collapse power-sharing system. His last tain the positive climate,” said concluding ceremony • coalition cabinet was toppled Mohammed Raad, head of Hez- almost exactly a year ago as bollah’s bloc. Together with TDT | Manama • Hariri has already I tell the Lebanese who protests gripped the country, its allies, including Amal and served three terms are suffering from furious at the ruling elite for Aoun’s party, they hold a major- he Chief of Public Secu- hardships to the point decades of state graft and waste. ity in parliament. Trity, Lt-General Tariq Al He was the sole of despair that I am Hariri, the sole candidate in Lebanon’s two main Christian Hassan, yesterday attended • Thursday’s talks, was backed by blocs did not nominate Hariri. the final ceremony of the candidate in talks determined to work a majority of parliamentarians. The Free Patriotic Movement, joint maritime security ex- to stop the collapse The nomination of Hariri fol- led by Aoun’s son-in-law, said a ercise “Kingdom Security Agencies | that is threatening our lows weeks of political wran- veteran politician could not lead 6”. economy, our society gling that has delayed a deal on a technocrat government. Held in association with ebanese veteran politi- and security a new government. Its rival the Lebanese Forc- the Royal Naval cian Saad al-Hariri was He was backed by his own Fu- es, the second biggest Chris - Force, the four-day drill Lnamed prime minister SAAD AL-HARIRI ture Movement, the Shi’ite Amal tian bloc and a staunch Hezbol- aimed at enhancing the ef- for a fourth time yesterday and party, Druze politician Walid lah opponent, also declined to ficiency and security pre- pledged to form a new govern- Jumblatt’s party and other small name him. “Has this political paredness, along with the ment that can tackle the coun- crash, rising poverty and crip- that killed nearly 200 people blocs. class that took people hostage exchange of expertise be- try’s worst crisis since its 1975- pling state debts. and caused billions of dollars of The heavily armed , learned they cannot continue in tween public security per- 1990 civil war. A new government will also damage. which took part in Hariri’s last this way?” MP Georges Adwan sonnel and concerned par- After his nomination, Hariri have to contend with a COVID-19 At 50, Hariri has already cabinet, did not nominate any- said. ticipating authorities. said he would quickly form a surge and the fallout of the huge served three terms since 2009 one but said it would facilitate Former colonial power France cabinet of specialists “with a August explosion at Beirut port as premier - a post reserved for the process. has tried rallying Lebanon’s sec- mission to enact the economic tarian leaders but has been frus- Israel, said to and financial reforms” set out trated by the apparent lack of reach deal for ties in a French roadmap to unlock Mass protests against economic At 50, Hariri has urgency or progress. foreign aid. stagnation and corruption bring already served Hariri has presented himself But he faces major challenges down the government of Saad as the “natural candidate” to Times of Israel to navigate Lebanon’s sectarian three terms build a cabinet that can revive

Hariri, who was succeeded by 50 politics to agree a cabinet, which KNOW WHAT since 2009 as the French plan, which lists srael and Sudan will an- must then fix a mounting list of the academic Hassan Diab. premier long-neglected reforms and calls Inounce the establish- woes: a banking crisis, currency for resuming IMF talks. ment of diplomatic ties over the weekend or early next week in a US-brokered deal, Hebrew media report- DON’T MISS IT ed Thursday, citing officials No, that’s not correct! involved in the negotiations. The announcement will lated online claiming that a ma- likely come after a phone Works Ministry jor road project in the Kingdom call between US President • is flawed as inaccurate. Donald Trump, Sudan’s refutes rumours The Works, Municipalities transitional leader Lt. Gen. shaming major project Affairs and Urban Planning Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, Su- Ministry, in a statement, cate- dan’s Prime Minister Ab- TDT | Manama gorically denied the claims of dalla Hamdok and Prime engineering defects at the Saar Minister Benjamin Netan- Interchange on Shaikh Khalifa yahu, according to the Walla ahraini authorities yester- Bin Salman Highway. news site. Bday rebuffed rumours circu- The claims, which went viral An artist impression of the completed project on social media platforms here, services were no longer re - BAHRAIN stated that the authorities bull- quired with the project nearing dozed parts of the under-con- completion,” the Ministry con- TOTAL CASES struction flyover at the inter- firmed. change to coverup technical and The Works Ministry state- ‘Dead’ babies 87,446 engineering flaws. ment affirmed that the demoli- The Ministry clarified that tion of the factory occurred as discovered alive at ACTIVE CASES the structure got demolished scheduled earlier to complete at the project site was a tempo- the project. burial home 3,063 rary precast factory as planned The bridge, the Ministry said, 8 DEATHS earlier. is planned to reopen in the first P 03 “We razed the plant as its quarter of 2021. 308 The demolished factory in the vicinity of the project DISCHARGED Game changer! 75,840 NEW CASES This 14-year-old’s discovery could find a cure for Corona 304 CNN could provide a potential therapy to pandemic as I, like everyone else, wish CRITICAL Covid-19. that we go back to our normal lives soon,” 29 s scientists around the world race Anika’s winning invention uses in-sili- Anika said. to find a treatment for the coro- co methodology to discover a lead mole- Anika said she was inspired to find 210 fils (includes VAT) Anavirus, a young girl among them cule that can selectively bind to the spike potential cures to viruses after learning stands out. protein of the SARS-CoV-2 virus. about the 1918 flu pandemic and finding Anika Chebrolu, a 14-year-old from “The last two days, I saw that there is a out how many people die every year in Frisco, Texas, has just won the 2020 3M lot of media hype about my project since the United States despite annual vacci- Young Scientist Challenge -- and a it involves the SARS-CoV-2 virus and it Anika Chebrolu, 14, won the 2020 3M Young nations and anti-influenza drugs on the $25,000 prize -- for a discovery that reflects our collective hopes to end this Scientist Challenge. market.