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Amir of Kuwait meets energy minister HIA sees record 38.78 mn passengers in 2019

Tribune News Network Amir, Iraq president Doha review recent Hamad International Air- developments port (HIA) has served a re- cord 38.78 million passengers The Amir HH Sheikh Tamim in 2019. The number shows a bin Hamad al Thani held a tel- year-on-year growth of 12.44 ephone conversation with Iraq percent compared to passenger President Dr Barham Salih. numbers in 2018, the HIA said During the phone call, the two in a statement. sides reviewed the develop- Engr Badr Mohammed ments in Iraq, particularly the al Meer, Chief Operating Of- recent events, and the means ficer at HIA, stated: “2019 has for calming and sparing Iraq been a spectacular year for and the region more tension HIA, having broken our re- and escalation. (QNA) The Amir of Kuwait HH Sheikh Sabah al Ahmad al Jabar al Sabah met with Minister of State for Energy cord for the most number of Affairs, President and CEO of Qatar Petroleum HE Saad bin Sherida al Kaabi in Kuwait on Sunday. Talks passengers ever served since during the meeting covered various aspects of the brotherly relations between Kuwait and Qatar and commencing our operations. FM, Pompeo review cooperation in the energy field. The meeting was attended by Kuwait Minister of Oil and Minister of It was also an exciting year Electricity & Water HE Dr Khaled Ali al Fadhel, who is also the Chairman of KPC, and the delegation ac- for the airport as the gateway Iraq developments companying the minister. The meeting came on the occasion of the signing of a long-term gas Sale and to some of the world’s biggest Purchase Agreement between Qatar Petroleum and Kuwait Petroleum Corporation. (QNA) sporting events including the Deputy Prime Minister and Min- IAAF World Athletics Cham- ister of Foreign Affairs HE Sheikh pionships Doha 2019 and the Mohammed bin Abdulrahman FIFA Club World Cup Qatar al Thani on Sunday held tel- 2019 which were successfully ephone conversation with United hosted by Qatar.” States Secretary of State Mike Eight new passenger des- Pompeo. During the phone call, QP inks long-term deal to tinations were added to HIA’s destinations were also added and Air India Express. HIA they reviewed the recent regional global network in 2019 which to HIA’s network — Istanbul, also welcomed two new air- developments, especially the were Davao (Philippines), Ra- New York and Almaty. line partners — Air India and latest developments in Iraq, and bat( Morocco), Izmir (Turkey), Fifteen airlines operating Tarco Aviation. the ways to solve controversial supply Kuwait with LNG Gaborone (Botswana), Lang- at HIA increased their weekly HIA handled a total of issues in the region. The FM also kawi (Malaysia), Mogadishu flight frequencies including 232,917 aircraft movements held phone calls with Minister (Somalia), Malta and Lisbon Kuwait Airways, Salam Air, in 2019, which is 5.57 percent of Foreign Affairs of Turkey QNA Port will commence in 2022 “This agreement extends (Portugal). Three new cargo Philippine Airlines, Oman Air more than the previous year. Mevlut Cavusoglu and Minister Kuwait to support meeting Kuwait’s Qatar’s long standing LNG of Europe and Foreign Affairs of growing energy needs and supply relationship with Ku- the French Republic Jean-Yves Qatar Petroleum (QP) and demand, particularly in the wait well into the 2030’s and Le Drian on Sunday. During the Kuwait Petroleum Corpora- power generation sector. highlights our commitment conversations, they reviewed the tion (KPC) on Sudnay entered to meeting Kuwait’s LNG re- recent developments in Iraq, and into a long-term Sale and Pur- This agreement quirements. We are confident Kahramaa rolls out smart ways to solve the contentious chase Agreement for the sup- extends Qatar’s that the exceptional reliability issues. (QNA) ply of up to 3 million tonnes of our LNG supplies will pro- per annum of Liquefied Natu- long standing vide KPC with the required registration service ral Gas (LNG) to Kuwait. LNG supply relationship flexibility and supply of securi- Qatar condemns The agreement was signed with Kuwait well into the ty to fuel Kuwait’s impressive Meriam Jelliti ties owners in Kahramaa automatically once by Minister of State for En- 2030’s and highlights our growth,” Kaabi concluded. Doha the lease contract or the title deed is authen- Tripoli attack ergy Affairs and President commitment to meeting On his part, Fadhel said, ticated without the need to submit requests or and CEO of Qatar Petroleum “Kuwait is embarking on an Qatar General Electricity and Water Corpora- documents. Qatar has expressed its strong HE Saad Sherida al Kaabi and Kuwait’s LNG needs. ambitious path of econom- tion (Kahramaa), in collaboration with the For usual customers, once the lease con- condemnation and denunciation Minister of Oil and the Min- — HE Saad Sherida al Kaabi ic growth, which requires Ministry of Municipality and Environment (MME) tract is documented by MME, data will auto- of the airstrike that targeted a ister of Electricity and Water, cleaner energy sources such and the Ministry of Justice (MoJ), has launched matically be transferred to Kahramaa’s system, military college in the Libyan the Chairman of the Board of as natural gas that will con- the Smart Registration Service that will allow creating a change of residency application and capital, Tripoli, leaving scores of Kuwait Petroleum Corpora- “We are pleased and tribute to reducing emissions customers to authenticate rental notifying the customer with the regis- students killed and injured. In a tion Dr Khaled A. al Fadhel in proud to join hands with Ku- and improving local air qual- contracts without any application tration success. statement on Sunday, the Min- Kuwait City. wait Petroleum Corporation, ity. Whilst KPC is working to- request for residency change, As for property owners, a docu- istry of Foreign Affairs said the Under the 15-year agree- and we look forward to pro- wards increasing local natural and automatically update and mented title deed is also required for airstrike may amount to a war ment, LNG deliveries to Ku- viding reliable LNG supplies gas production, there remains register new data concerning the data to be transferred in Kah- crime and crimes against human- wait’s new world-class LNG to our brothers in Kuwait for a pressing need to secure im- property titles. ramaa’s system, creating a conveyance ity. It called on the international receiving terminal at Al-Zour decades to come,” Kaabi said. ports of natural gas supplies.” The new service is con- in property application and notifying community to take immediate sidered a quantum leap in customer service. both previous and new owners with the suc- action to protect the civilians and Kahramaa has linked its data and integrated cess of transfer process. open an urgent investigation into its system with MME and MoJ to facilitate the the incident. (QNA) Iraq MPs back plan to expel US troops (PG 7) process of registering customers and proper- Continued on page 2 

Ashghal opens second Mall of Qatar expansion to include flyover at Umm Lekhba residential units and school: CEO Satyendra Pathak “We are also adding a giving more reasons for people Doha school for 1,400 students. A to come here for living, for en- major theme park will also be tertainment, for education, for Expansion of Mall of Qatar developed. The mall will not staying,” he said. will include development of be just a mall anymore. It will “It’s targeted towards giv- residential units, a school and have a mixed-use environ- ing more reasons for people theme park, the mall’s new ment where people can find in the wider region to come to CEO has said. everything,” Hosn said. Qatar,” Hosn said. “We have already begun “The expansion work will “We are located near a sta- the expansion of the mall. We be completed in three phases. dium with a seating capacity of broke ground on the develop- The school will be the first to 40,000 that will host the 2022 ment of 1,000 residential units be completed in 2021. The FIFA World Cup. We will find recently. The residential units residential units will be com- Khaled Sam Hosn, Mall of lots of people coming to Qa- are going to vary from studio pleted by the end of 2021 or at Qatar CEO tar even before the start of apartments to 4-bed room the beginning of 2022. These the World Cup. Through this The Public Works Authority (Ashghal) has opened the second 537-metre flyover bridge at Umm Le- apartments. All the apart- projects will be part of the first expansion work will be com- expansion, we want to be ‘the khba (Landmark) Interchange, providing free flow of traffic from Al Markhiya towards Doha as part of ments will have the five-star and second phases,” he said. pleted in 2022 and new facili- destination’ for fans and tour- Sabah Al Ahmad Corridor project. The flyover has two unidirectional lanes from Al Markhiya to Doha. type of designs,” Mall of Qatar The theme park will be ties will open for the public be- ists,” he said. It can accommodate about 4,000 vehicles per hour. page 16 CEO Khaled Sam Hosn told developed in the third phase, fore the FIFA World Cup. Qatar Tribune. Hosn said, adding that all the “The expansion will mean Continued on page 2  02 Monday, January 6, 2019

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MoEHE opens registration to grant licences MME, Boecker sign pact to provide to school leaders QNA Doha free training to 1,000 food workers THE Ministry of Education Courses aimed at developing a control system by promoting awareness of health and knowledge of food safety principles and Higher Education (MoE- HE) on Sunday announced that it has started receiving Tribune News Network January until the end of this ‘Hazard Analysis and Criti- applications for granting pro- Doha year with the possibility of ex- cal Control Points System’ and fessional licences to school tending them for additional ‘Food Safety Principles from leaders, including principals The Ministry of Municipal- periods according to the agree- the point of view of the relevant and their deputies. ity and Environmental (MME), ment between the two parties. laws and legislations’. The Department of Teach- represented by Al-Rayyan Majid Burhan al Zaidan, The courses will be offered ers Affairs of the ministry is Municipality, has signed a head of the Health Control in both Arabic and English lan- receiving the applications on- memorandum of understand- Department of Al-Rayyan Mu- guages for more than 40 work- line through the registration ing (MoU) with Boecker nicipality, stressed that through ers per month. link https://rukhsa.edu.gov. Public Safety Company to this initiative, the ministry aims During the training, the qa. provide free courses for to keep pace with global and Health Control Department The last for submission of about 1,000 workers of food es- sporting events that will be held in Al Rayyan Municipality will applications from candidates tablishments. in the country in the coming highlight the importance of ad- who meet the requirements To be held under the slogan years, especially the 2022 FIFA hering to the principles of food in accordance with the Profes- ‘Safe Food Always’, the courses World Cup. safety through the application sional License Policy is Janu- aim at developing the control He said, “Training and de- of laws, legislations and related ary 12. The move is part of the system by spreading health velopment is the basis for ac- standard specifications. ministry’s continuous efforts awareness and knowledge of cessing safe food. The devel- The department will also fa- to develop educational cadres food safety principles. opment of the control system miliarise food workers with the and upgrade the teaching and The MoU was signed by begins with the spread of health relevant laws and legislations. learning processes in Qatar. Nawaf bin Nasser al Shafi, di- awareness and knowledge of Boecker will prepare the Those wishing to apply for rector of Public Affairs Depart- food safety principles. There- scientific article on the princi- new professional licences or ment of Al Rayyan Municipality Public Safety Company. employees of the Ministry of duce and train workers in vari- fore, the Rayyan municipal- ples of ‘HACCP’ - hazard anal- want to renew the old licences on behalf of Rashid bin Saeed al The agreement signing cer- Municipality and Environment ous food establishments on how ity, in cooperation with Boecker ysis and critical control points must pass their training pro- Nuaimi, director of Al Rayyan emony was attended by a num- and representatives of Boecker to implement food safety stand- Public Safety Company, will - in food establishments, es- grammes according to the cat- Municipality, and Carla Gha- ber of department managers Public Safety. ards in the facilities. provide free courses for food pecially in restaurants and egory they belong to. leb, general manager of Boecker and heads of departments and The initiative aims to intro- The courses will run from workers. The courses are titled cafeteria shops.

QU adopts e-system for new students’ induction meetings Adhere to camel grazing ban, says MME QNA link sent to the students’ e-mail students are being tested via Doha with videos containing infor- an electronic link to ensure mation of interest to them in that they are familiar with QNA Environment work around the Qatar University (QU) has their university life. the introductory programme Doha clock to check violations and adopted, for the first time, an e- He said the introductory paragraphs. take all necessary legal meas- system for induction meetings meetings focus on clarifying DR Hindi said the students’ The Ministry of Municipal- ures against offenders. of new students for the Spring the university’s policies and success in the programme is a ity and Environment (MME) The ministry noted that 2020 semester, which started laws, the most important infor- condition to allow them to reg- has renewed its call to farm in December 2019, 111 viola- on Sunday and will continue mation and instructions that ister for the academic subjects and camel owners to adhere tions of the decision in vari- until January 9 in all colleges. enable the students to enter for the new academic semester. to the decision that bans ous regions of the country Chairman of the Strate- and use the electronic portal to He said the induction meet- camel grazing. The directive were recorded, and all the gic Initiative Committee on register courses for the Spring ing electronic system is compat- aims to preserve the natural necessary legal measures the Electronic Induction Pro- 2020 semester, as well as get- ible with QU’s strategic plan for environment and contribute were taken to preserve the gramme Dr Nizam Hindi said ting to know the IT services digital transformation in vari- to the efforts to enrich wildlife Qatari environment. the online induction meeting available at Qatar University to ous aspects of student life in or- throughout the country. The decision follows the aims to develop the educa- manage their academic affairs, der to improve the procedures, The ministry said that pa- positive results of the ban in tional process at Qatar Univer- student support and other processes and outputs in vari- trols of Department of Pro- the previous years in terms of sity by facilitating a seamless types of services. ous sectors of the university. tection and Wildlife at the growth of trees and plants as transfer of information via a He pointed out that the The Spring 2020 academic Ministry of Municipality and well as recovery of green areas.

‘Doha Metro Smart services part of efforts to a boon for Dozens of pregnant women stand make Kahramaa go ‘paperless’ Continued from page 1  in designing Kahramaa’s inte- Mall of Qatar’ grated smart internal systems. to gain from Al Khor’s VBAC Clinic Eng Nasser al Khuzai from The system automatically Kahramaa’s Planning and Qual- performs a number of steps and Continued from page 1  ity Department said the collabo- procedures, including automatic After having a caesarean, or C-section, many women may want a VBAC for the birth of their ration with MME and MoJ has querying of data from the au- Talking about the impact been one of Kahramaa’s objec- thorities, creating requests, up- of Doha Metro station at the next baby in order to avoid major surgery, as well as for religious or personal reasons tives, as interdependence be- dating data and automatically mall on the number of visitors, tween authorities and ministries registering subscribers on Kah- Hosn said, “The Doha Metro Tribune News Network a C-section. We are aware that is now an essential step to achieve ramaa without human interven- stop at the mall has come as a Doha many women might be skepti- smart solutions and advanced tion. boon for us. The impact is ex- cal about trying a vaginal birth public services. The smart registration also tremely positive as the number HAMAD Medical Corporation’s for fear of complications that Connecting and integrating contributes to faster completion of people visiting the mall has (HMC) Al Khor Hospital has could arise, such as the ruptur- the systems with the Ministries of subscriber transactions, sav- increased substantially after introduced a new clinic that is ing of their C-section scar. How- of the Municipality and Environ- ing time and effort, and reducing the opening of Green Line.” helping women who have had ever, this is why we offer coun- ment, and Justice, allows Kah- the number of subscribers to ser- “We already had a very a previous caesarean section to selling and education. Although ramaa to inquire about all the vice centres. loyal customer base in Qatar. deliver their next child through there are risks of complications transactions registered during a The smart services support The opening of Doha Metro is VBAC -- a practice known as during VBAC, we are very pre- specific period.A n internal sys- Kahramaa’s goal to become a pa- adding more customers on a vaginal birth after caesarean. pared to handle any emergency tem was established to automati- perless institution, daily basis. Increase in num- After having a caesarean, Mohammed al Jusaiman Mariama Feika that could arise,” added Feika. cally inquire about the rental as part of the efforts to ber of visitors has also resulted or C-section, many women Feika explained that women contracts documented with the achieve sustainable develop- in increased sales,” he said. may want a VBAC for the birth within the northern region of to boost antenatal services and who attend the clinic are pro- MME at a rate of once every 60 ment, preserving the environ- of their next baby in order to the country. improve the support offered to vided with detailed counselling minutes during working hours, ment and reducing harmful car- avoid major surgery, have a “We are constantly review- pregnant women. The opening and education. and on an average of once per bon emissions. ‘We also have high hopes religious or personal prefer- ing our existing services and in- of the clinic is also aligned with According to her, the clinic day for the property deeds docu- Khuzai said the smart reg- from the upcoming Shop ence, or have had a negative C- troducing new ones, such as the the National Health Strategy is midwifery-led because mid- mented by MoJ. istration service is offered spe- Qatar. We probably have section experience in the past. VBAC clinic, in our quest to of- objective of reducing the rate of wives play an important role Kahramaa’s latest accom- cifically for individuals, both the best lineup of events While a VBAC isn’t medically fer the best care possible to our caesarean sections performed in helping women achieve plishment of implementing a citizens and residents. How- during the Shop Qatar.’ appropriate for all women, the patients. This clinic is especially across hospitals in Qatar. normal birth and a positive smart registration system is sup- ever, additional services will be new clinic at Al Khor Hospital significant because it is serving Mariama Feika, director birth experience. ported by various competent Qa- announced soon for companies is helping to make it possi- high-risk pregnant women in of Nursing and Midwifery– “We see this clinic as very tari departments, which helped and official authorities too. “We also have high hopes ble for women who have been need of focused and specialised Women and Newborn Services necessary, offering vital infor- from the upcoming Shop Qa- deemed good candidates. Since care,” said Jusaiman. at Al Khor Hospital, who runs mation to women on the risks tar. We probably have the best the clinic opened, over 60 In some cases, C-sections the clinic, said it was developed and benefits of both VBAC lineup of events during the women have benefitted, with are medically necessary, even to empower women to take a and elective repeat caesarean Shop Qatar. The finale of shop more than 10 successfully hav- life-saving, but the procedure more active role in the deci- section (ERCS). We provide Qatar will happen at Mall of ing VBACs in September alone. can come with health risks, sion making around the birth compassionate care and sup- Qatar where major stars will Mohammed al Jusaiman, such as a higher chance of blood of their children. port during labor and post- perform,” he said. HMC’s deputy chief of the Gen- loss, infection, issues with the “There is a lot of misinfor- partum. The whole aim is to Currently, the occupancy eral Hospitals Group and Chief placenta and longer recov- mation about vaginal birth after provide normality to the birth- level and footfalls at the mall Executive Officer ofA l Khor ery times among others. The C-section and there is a lot of ing process. The less medical is very high, he said, adding Hospital, said the hospital is midwife-led VBAC Clinic at Al evidence that supports VBAC as intervention the better, for that the number is expected to looking to expand its services Khor Hospital was opened last an option for women who have both mother and child,” Feika increase. to better serve the population March as part of ongoing efforts previously given birth through pointed out. Nation Monday, January 6, 2020 03 HBKU TII opens registration for spring 2020 language courses The courses for children and adults include Arabic, German, French, Chinese, Portuguese and Spanish, while adults can also enrol in Italian, Russian, Turkish, Japanese, Korean and English language courses

BigBMeetUp 5th edition to focus on ‘Artists of Qatar’ Tribune News Network Faisal bin Qassim Al Thani porary art and artists,” said Doha Museum’s vision of creating Rick Enders, multi prop- a community for artists and erty general manager for JW The 5th edition of BigB- encouraging dialogue and Marriott Marquis City Cent- MeetUp will celebrate the culture.” er Doha and Marriott Mar- ‘Artists in Qatar’ at Sheikh Founder of BigBMeetUp quis City Center Doha. “To- Faisal Bin Qassim Al Thani Bosco Menezes said, “When day’s travellers’ focus is on Museum on January 11. The I founded BigBMeetUp in experiential travel through event will be followed by a early 2018, one of its pillars cultural explorations, the Tribune News network tive and engaging. We wel- six-week exhibition in the was to bring people of differ- arts, culinary samplings Doha come the community to enrol museum’s contemporary art ent cultures together under and wellbeing. And we of- in one of the languages cours- space ‘The White Majlis’. one roof. Little did I know I fer unique opportunities AS part of its aim to promote es, which will not only expand The programme has been would be bringing renowned to our guests to experience the exploration of different their language repertoire but themed to celebrate the art- artists together from differ- the magic of our destination countries and cultures, the also enhance their knowledge ists of Qatar -- local as well ent cultures. This is a first through art, food and the Translation and Interpreting of the different countries and as expatriate. It will feature a for me and I am honoured to warmth of our hospitality.” Institute (TII), part of the Col- cultures that make up Qatar’s panel discussion moderated collaborate with the Sheikh BigBMeetUp is a com- lege of Humanities and Social diverse society.” by multidisciplinary artist Faisal Museum team on this. munity initiative with the Sciences (CHSS) at Hamad Bin The classes are led by Othman Kunji with along The White Majlis is the per- aim of inspiring, informing, Khalifa University (HBKU), qualified instructors with with artists such as Bouthay- fect setting to host my 5th educating and spreading the has opened registration for its prior experience in teaching na al Muftah, Mohamed Farj meeting, especially as it is news of the good deeds indi- spring 2020 language courses. children and adults, and will al Suwaidi and Noor Abuis- themed on celebrating art- viduals and groups of people Courses available for chil- Students can look forward to a culturally enriching be held at flexible timings sa. There will also be a talk ists of Qatar. I am excited perform in their everyday dren, teenagers and adults in- learning experience where they will be taught the lan- throughout week. by world-renowned Arab about this event as it brings lives for the betterment of clude Arabic, German, French, guage through carefully planned lessons that use up-to- The spring courses fur- artist Ahmed al Bahrani, together artists from over 10 humankind. The meetup Chinese, Portuguese and date methodologies and songs, games, crafts, music, ther TII’s mission to provide followed by acclaimed Qa- countries, all call Qatar their brings locals and expats to- Spanish. Meanwhile, adults world-class foreign language tari artist Mariam al Mulla. home. And a lot of their cur- gether as one to celebrate can also enrol in Italian, Rus- drama, and art to facilitate the learning process education that enables learn- This will be followed by the rent artwork is inspired by the gift of life, championing sian, Turkish, Japanese, Ko- ers to acquire a new language launch of a 6-week long art the country that they live in.” camaraderie among all with rean and English language to a culturally enriching learn- Dr Ahmad Nazari, direc- in a natural setting. exhibition by various artists “We are excited and the intention to exchange courses. ing experience where they tor of the Language Center All courses will be held at based in Qatar. proud to be part of Qatar’s and impart knowledge. The courses, led by the will be taught the language at TII, HBKU, said, “The vast Penrose House (LAS building) Kees Wieringa, direc- 5th BigBMeetUp project. JW Marriott and Mar- Language Center at TII, will through carefully planned range of language courses is in Education City. To enrol in tor of Sheikh Faisal Mu- Together we share a vision to riott Marquis City Center provide a cultural context for lessons that use up-to-date designed for people of all ages one of TII’s language courses, seum, commented, “We are connect Qatar citizens and Doha will be Hospitality personal development, profes- methodologies and songs, and levels of proficiency. The please visit tii.qa/lc. Courses honoured to be part and to residents to build stronger Sponsors of the event, while sional enrichment and travel games, crafts, music, drama, courses are designed to pro- for children commence on host such an initiative that communities as we provide ‘ILoveQatar’ and ‘Fact Mag- purposes. and art to facilitate the learn- mote an immersive learning January 11, and for adults on falls in line with the Sheikh our support for the contem- azine’ are media partners. 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Spring Festival draws thousands to Souq Waqif, Souq Al Wakrah

QNA The festival has become a corded, praising the organising Doha major attraction for visitors committee for providing all ameni- from Arab and foreign coun- ties and guidance to the visitors. The 15-day Spring Festival at Souq He pointed out that the folk- Waqif and Souq Al Wakrah, organ- tries and has contributed lore shows of popular bands from ised by the celebrations organising remarkably to the business in Jordan, Oman, Tunisia, Lebanon, committee at the Private Engineer- the shops at the two venues and Malaysia added to the festive ing Office, concluded on Saturday. atmosphere at the souq. Speaking to Qatar News Agen- middle of Souq Waqif facilitated the Salem and Suwaidi thanked the cy (QNA), Director of Souq Waqif smooth transportation of families Ministry of Interior and the Hamad Mohammed al Salem praised the who turned up in large numbers. Medical Corporation for their facili- huge public turnout that exceeded Souq Al Wakrah Director Khalid ties and services offered to visitors past years for the various festi- Saif al Suwaidi told QNA that the at the festival venues. val activities, including the Rus- public turnout at events throughout The festival has become a ma- sian circus shows, popular bands the festival was remarkable. jor attraction for visitors from Arab from Arab countries and games for Suwaidi pointed out that the and foreign countries and has con- young and old. distribution of events contributed tributed remarkably to the busi- Salem pointed out that the to the smooth movement of Souq ness in the shops at the two venues, Green Line metro station in the visitors and no accidents were re- they added. 04 Monday, January 6, 2020 Nation Array of entertainment activities await visitors at ‘Qatar ExxonMobil Open 2020’ tournament Public Village set to host Motion Sphere, STEM quiz as well as lively mix of music, entertainment, performances, restaurants and a traditional souq

Tribune News Network pate in a STEM quiz on a touch balls into the audience at the DOHA screen to win lots of great in- end of each match, and lucky stant prizes. spectators can catch them and ExxonMobil Qatar, the ti- A social media competition claim a valuable prize at Exx- tle sponsor of the Qatar Exx- will also take place during the onMobil Qatar’s stand in the onMobil Open 2020, has an- tournament from January 6 Public Village. Those frequent- nounced an exciting series of to 11, and will require partici- ing the stand may get a chance activities for its stand in the pants to visit the ExxonMobil to meet their favourite tennis tournament’s Public Village. Qatar stand at the Qatar Exx- stars -- players randomly visit The stand is a popular feature onMobil Open’s Public Village, during the tournament to take of the annual tournament that follow @exxonmobil_qa on part in activities, talk to fans attracts visitors of all ages and Instagram and Twitter, take and sign oversized tennis balls. interests. a video in slow motion at the The Public Village is a lively This year’s activities have stand with fun props, upload it mix of music, entertainment, been carefully planned to tie on their social media account performances, restaurants and in to ‘Energy in Motion’, Exx- with the hashtag #e_slow- cafes, as well as a traditional onMobil Qatar’s campaign motion, and then tag three souq. Visitors and families can theme for the 2020 open. The friends. 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Tribune News Network other world with simulated Large Format Screen with Doha rain, wind, thunder, lightning, Laser Projection and Dolby motion and even scents, while Atmos. For the families, Qatar’s most popular and ScreenX offers a visually im- there will be a Kids Screen customer-focused cinema ex- mersive experience and the which will be open both on hibitor, Flik Cinemas, is all set thrill of a 270-degree theatre general sale and for private to expand its Qatar operations experience. Equipped with hire. with a new venue at Doha dynamic 4DX motion chairs “FLIK Cinemas is one Mall. and engaging environmental of the most highly coveted Set to revolutionise the effects, the FLIK Cinemas brands for our guests and cinema experience for audi- experience is set to turn each we are excited to be bringing ences, the Al Mana Entertain- movie into a journey beyond this concept to Doha Mall. ment brand outlet will include imagination. The Mall is more than just a 1,400 seats spread over 12 Across all 12 screens, cus- shopping location. It is a des- theatres, including 4DX and tomers will be able to watch tination where visitors will the first ever ScreenX tech- the latest Hollywood, Arabic, be able to take advantage of nology in Qatar. and Bollywood blockbusters, a huge variety of entertain- John Howard, general which is why this partner- leled customer experiences, experienced before moments will introduce the country’s as well as specially selected ment and activities, and FLIK manager of Flik Cinemas, ship is the perfect next step innovative concepts and high- for cinema goers in Southern first cutting-edge ScreenX global film choices in world- sets the standard for the pre- said: “The demand for inno- for FLIK Cinemas’ expanding quality food and beverage, Doha can.” technology. class surroundings. mium experience on offer,” vative entertainment experi- operations. With a 12-screen Flik Cinemas will provide Going beyond the confines The cinema’s 4DX concept Flik Cinema Doha Mall said Rony Mourani, general ences is very high in Qatar, cinema complex, unparal- many great moments never of the theatre, Flik Cinemas transports audiences into an- will also boast a Premium manager of Al Mana Malls. Monday, January 6, 2020 05 Reports by Santhosh Chandran For events and press releases email [email protected] Santhosh Chandran Indian Experience Santhosh Chandran or call (974) 4000 2222 Santhosh Chandran

ndian Ambassa- tensity of the disability. Policy dor to Qatar HE P holders need to renew the Kumaran officially scheme every two years. inaugurated an in- The beneficiaries will get ICBF insurance scheme launched Isurance scheme introduced the insurance amount within by the Indian Community seven days after furnishing A single-time premium of QR125 will cover an insurance worth QR100,000 in the event of natural or accidental Benevolent Forum (ICBF) for the required documents. If the members of the Indian expa- policy holder dies in India, the deaths. The insurance will also cover permanent or partial disability depending on the intensity of the disability triate community. money will be transferred to The initiative, which tar- the nominee after submitting gets over half a million In- the documents issued by the dian expatriates living in local authority in India and the Qatar, is being implemented Indian embassy in Qatar. under a scheme designed by The application and all de- Damaan Islamic Insurance tails of the scheme will be avail- Company – Bheema. able at the ICBF office at the ICBF President PN Babura- Integrated Indian Community jan signed a Memorandum of Centre at Al Hilal. Understanding (MoU) with ICBF President Baburajan Chief Operating Officer of said that ICBF will contact dif- Bheema Hari Krishnan at the ferent Indian establishments official launch. and community organisations Speaking on the occasion, to make available the details of the Indian ambassador urged the insurance scheme. all apex bodies of the Indian The official launch event community to work together to was attended by President of In- make the benefits of the scheme dian Cultural Centre AP Mani- to reach as many as members of kantan, President of Indian the community as possible. Business Professionals Council Indian community mem- Azim Abbas, ICBF Coordinat- bers in the age group of 18 to ing Officer RS H Fahmi, ICBF 65 years having Indian pass- Vice President Mahesh Gowda, port and Resident Permit (RP) General Secretary Avinash Gai- are eligible to join the scheme. kwad, Head of Development A single-time premium Juttas Paul, Management Com- of QR125 will cover an insur- mittee members Subramaniya ance worth QR100,000 in the Hebbaglu, Santosh Kumar, event of natural and acciden- Nivedita Ketkar, Rajani Moor- tal deaths. The insurance will thy and ICBF Development Sub also cover permanent or partial Committee member Abdulra- Office bearers of ICBF and Damaan Islamic Insurance Company – Bheema, at a press conference in Doha, on Sunday. disability depending on the in- hoof Kondotty. Long-term Indian businesspersons to be feted at Indian festival

HE Museum of Islamic Arts (MIA) will honour long- term Indian business persons at the Indian commu- nity festival ‘Passage to India’. The event is being or- ganised in Doha by the Indian Cultural Centre (ICC) inT association with the Indian embassy. The event will held at Zone 2 and Zone 4 of the Mu- seum of Islamic Arts Park on January 16 and 17. In a statement to the media, ICC management com- mittee stated that the MIA has requested the ICC to pro- pose the names with relevant details for the felicitation on the second day of the festival. A working committee headed by KM Varghese was set up for this purpose at a meeting attended by ICC office- bearers, prominent Indian community members, and del- egates of various Indian organisations affiliated to the ICC. The six-member committee that includes prominent Indian community members and delegates of various Indian organisations, invited applications from Indi- an business community members. The committee will short-list the candidates and submit it to the MIA. Candidates have to complete the prescribed forms which are available at ICC upon request and submit the completed forms to ICC on or before Wednesday, January 8, 2020. The ICC can be contacted at Tel: +974 44686607, email: [email protected] for further clarification and collection of application/nomination forms. ICC officials with prominent Indian community leaders at a function in Doha, recently.

Keralite Engineers Forum to celebrate its 25th anniversary eralite Engineers Photograph By: (KEF) Forum, an associa- Ktion of engineers from the Mrudunath Punathil south Indian state of Kerala, will organise its 25 anniver- sary in Doha on January 31. An event titled ‘KEFAK 2020’ will feature speeches by lead- ing Qatari engineers as well as a grand music programme by ‘Avial’, a popular band of south India. Speaking to Qatar Trib- Rex Vijayan Tony John une, organising committee members of the programme said that even though ‘Avial’ focuses on Malayalam lan- guage, it has a universal ap- peal with its magical tunes and draws fans across the world. Avial, known for its Ma- layalam lyrics, is an Indian alternative rock band formed in Kerala. It had its first breakthrough with the 2003 single ‘Nada Nada’. The mu- Mithun Puthanveetil Anandraj Benjamin Paul sicians of Avial are known for pioneering what they The event in Doha will booming economy of Qatar. call ‘Alternative Malayali also feature a comedy pro- KEF has been committed to Rock’, which is the style of gramme featuring famous supporting young talents in combining Malayalam lyrics stand-up comedians from In- music and performing arts. and rock music. The band’s dia. Entry to the venue will be The organisation is in- eponymous album got them restricted to those who have volved in several humanitar- six out of seven Jack Daniels the passes for the event. ian programmes and stayed Rock Awards and Footprints KEF, which is regis- at the forefront of helping its Young Achiever’s Award in tered with the Indian Busi- members who are profession- Sun Sets at Al Ghariya Beach: Al Ghariyah beach on the northeast coast of Qatar is one of the most beautiful beaches in 2008. ness Professionals Council ally skilled. KEF also encour- Qatar and an attractive tourist destination. The name ‘Ghariyah’ is derived from the Arabic word for cave, ‘Ghar’. It was so The band was praised for (IBPC), affiliated to Indian ages its members to take part named because the area contains many mountains with small caves. achieving mainstream suc- embassy, has provided a plat- in various championships as cess despite singing in their form for Kerala’s engineering a team, and to showcase their native language. professionals to explore the talents on the field. 06 Monday, January 6, 2020

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Can Trump De-Escalate Tension With Iran? Are Global Leaders It’s not clear at this juncture whether killing of Soleimani Up For The Challenge? will make the Middle East a safer or more dangerous place for Americans and American interests From the streets of Baghdad to Paris, it’s times like these that call for leaders MMEDIATELY after the Pentagon con- region. In the long term, though, Soleim- firmed on Thursday night that an Ameri- ani’s death hurts Iran because he was the with clear visions, leaders who understand the value of compromise rather can military airstrike in Iraq had killed mastermind of Iranian adventurism. Iranian General Qassem Soleimani, com- Soleimani had a long history of Ameri- than those who stand firm and respond with more repression and violence Imander of the Revolutionary Guards’ Quds can blood on his hands. His forces in Iraq Force, a political debate broke out back were responsible for killing hundreds of Ivo Daalder home. This was either a decisive, necessary American troops during the Iraq war. Tribune News Service US operation — or a dangerous gambit. Soleimani also supported the rise of Hez- As with many actions undertaken by bollah as a Lebanon-based terrorist organi- OREIGN policy wasn’t taking a President Donald Trump, assessments de- sation, and he protected Syrian strongman back seat as the year ended and we pend greatly on how much faith one places Bashar Assad. According to the Pentagon, started the third decade of this tur- in Trump’s judgment. Issues of national se- in recent months Soleimani orchestrated bulent century. While Iraq, Iran, curity shouldn’t be partisan; protecting the attacks on coalition bases in Iraq, includ- Korea and other crises are sure to country should be everyone’s business. But ing the December 27 attack that killed an demandF Washington’s immediate and fo- Trump’s blend of braggadocio and unor- American contractor. cused attention, the coming year is likely thodox impulses makes The United States and to be dominated by two major realities in him appear either bold Iran have been in a stand- global affairs: the deepening antagonism or irresponsible. What’s unanswerable at this off for years. The highest between China and the United States and Statements from the point: Does killing Soleimani priority has been to curb the growing conflict between authoritari- Pentagon, the State De- lead to retaliatory strikes by Iranian nuclear ambitions, anism and liberalism. partment and the White Iran that demand reciprocal but Iran’s shadowy mili- Although 2020 is starting off well for House suggested the US responses from the US, or can a tary moves represent an Washington and Beijing, with the an- military had justification perilous escalation be avoided? ongoing threat to US se- nounced signing of a phase-one trade for taking out Soleimani, curity and interests across agreement in mid-January, relations be- the Iranian military’s the Middle East. tween the world’s two largest powers will general in charge of murderous mischief In recent months, Iran has stepped up become increasingly competitive in the and unquestionably an enemy of the Unit- its provocation campaign, largely in re- coming year for both domestic and geo- ed States. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo sponse to the sanctions squeeze that Trump political reasons. said a planned attack on Americans had has put on Tehran, part of a broad effort In Washington, China hawks are gain- been “imminent” before the drone strike. to quell Iran’s nuclear ambitions. Iranian ing strength, not only in the White House The Pentagon said it went after Soleim- mine attacks on oil tankers near the Strait but also on Capitol Hill and in both politi- ani for “actively developing plans to attack of Hormuz were followed by missile strikes cal parties. Congress is looking to legislate American diplomats and service members on Saudi Arabian oil infrastructure. an ever harder line against China — both to in Iraq and throughout the region.” That Iran undoubtedly is weaker now that punish Beijing for its gross human rights sounds plausible, though gauging justifica- Soleimani is dead. And there’s other bleak violations in Xinjiang and Hong Kong tion for Soleimani’s death would be easier if news for Tehran in this assault: the realisa- and to guard against Chinese commer- align with China and its large investments leaders around the world — for in Bagh- the Pentagon or the State Department pro- tion that US intelligence was able to pene- cial and military spying and the growing to promote their economic development. dad, Beirut and Tehran, in Caracas, La Paz vide more details about such plans. trate Soleimani’s security bubble and hit him threat many now believe Beijing poses to Even in the West, China’s deep pockets and Santiago, in Paris, Rome and Warsaw, What’s especially hard to assess is as he was leaving Baghdad’s main airport. national security. In Beijing, meanwhile, and strong authoritarianism are gaining in Algiers, Johannesburg and Khartoum, whether eliminating a powerful military What’s unanswerable at this point: President Xi Jinping has also taken a hard increasing support and some admirers. and in so many other global cities, people adversary will make the Middle East a safer Does killing Soleimani lead to retaliatory line against domestic critics to ensure the in the millions have taken to the streets to or a more dangerous place for Americans strikes by Iran that demand reciprocal re- Communist Party’s unquestioned preemi- demand change and a government that and American interests. Tehran has already sponses from the US, or can a perilous es- nence in Chinese society and pursued an We enter the ‘20s at a time when serves the people rather than the power- vowed to retaliate, and in the short term, calation be avoided? Trump issued a mili- increasingly nationalistic foreign policy American power and influence contin- ful. Even as authoritarians have strength- the Iranian general’s death raises the risk tary order to take out a dangerous Iranian that frequently paints the United States ues to wane, China’s is increasing and ened their hold on power across the world, for US troops, government workers and military leader. What Trump does next will and the West as adversaries. people all around the world are making it would be foolish to dismiss the force that even civilians in Iraq and other parts of the be just as crucial. The domestic politics in both coun- clear that their voices need to be heard people can bring to bear in support of real tries is feeding increasing sentiment to change. Whether they will prevail in these separate the Chinese and American econ- confrontations is impossible to know, but omies and societies. One indication of this Yet, the competition between a new they’re bound to continue pushing their decoupling is the attempt to erect a tech- authoritarianism and the old liberalism demands for change in the coming year. nological iron curtain between advanced is hardly over. Even as the White House We enter the ‘20s at a time when communications systems like 5G and has muted its traditional criticism of hu- American power and influence continues even the internet. The urge to decouple man rights abuses and authoritarian rule to wane, China’s is increasing and people also reflects a growing geopolitical com- around the world, last year saw the emer- all around the world are making clear that petition for power and influence around gence of a powerful counterforce to both as their voices need to be heard. It’s times the globe, with China using its newfound millions of people all over the world took like these that call for farsighted leader- might to undermine a US-led global order to the streets to protest the corruption of ship — for leaders with clear visions on that has served America and its many al- power and the failure of governments to where to take their countries, who can see lies so well for more than 75 years. meet the people’s essential needs. problems and forge strategies and build Increased competition between the This confrontation between the people coalitions ready to solve them, and who United States and China is also apparent and those in power will very likely deepen can bring along the people without whose in the growing conflict between authori- in 2020. Even as Beijing has sought to consent and support they are bound to tarianism and liberalism more generally. tighten its grip, millions in Hong Kong fail. The big unknown for 2020 and be- China is increasingly promoting its own took to the streets and the ballot box to yond is whether the major powers in the brand of state capitalism and authoritar- declare their deep desire to decide their world will have the right calibre of leaders ian control as the best path for national own future. They’re unlikely to give up to help all of us succeed. development, pushing it as an alternative on their demands for more democracy to Western views that increased economic and the big question is whether China will (Ivo Daalder is president and political openness best fosters such agree or, instead, respond with more re- of the Chicago Council on development. And it is having some suc- pression and violence. Global Affairs and a former (Tribune News Service) cess, as countries around the world opt to That same question now confronts US ambassador to NATO) North Korea’s Move To Switch Visa Types To Bypass Sanctions The easiest way for Pyongyang to get around the sanctions is to switch Koreans’ working visas to either student or trainee visas

Tae-jun Kang more than 100,000 of North Koreans are dents to China. In theory, they are ex- saying that as many as 16,000 North Ko- an workers are not protected by labour laws Tribune News Service still working overseas. change students or learning Chinese, but rean workers used to be working in vari- and their human rights can be easily violat- How did they manage to bypass the in reality, they are just another type of ous industries including the construction, ed is, sadly, one reason they are in demand. HE deadline for a UN resolution that sanctions? After all, officials in Beijing and worker. Many of these students spend maritime, and garment sectors, but “most According to Yoon Yeo-sang, head of demanded the North Korean work- Moscow insist they are strictly abiding by most of their time working at North Ko- of them” were sent back to the North be- South Korea’s Database Center for North ers return home by December 22 has the new rules. rean restaurants, contributing foreign fore December 22. Korean Human Rights, countries around passed, and signs have emerged indi- Among the easiest ways to get around money to Pyongyang’s coffers. According to the report, however, the world are responsible for applying catingT that the new sanctions are working. the sanctions is to switch the workers’ visa The new workaround visas, however, Pyongyang is seeking ways to send its UN labour regulations to North Koreans News outlets, for instance, flocked type. The new UN sanctions ban member are not an ideal situation for the workers. workers back to Russia by changing the employed in their countries, but the stark to report how effective the new rule was. states from extending or issuing a working Many have to endure the inconvenience of type of visa, and Russia is willing to take reality is that they have almost no legal Popular topics include the closure of North visa for North Korean workers. going back and forth between China and them again. That’s little surprise, as the in- protections. Korean restaurants in China and several In response, Pyongyang simply North Korea to extend their visas, and terests of North Korea, China, and Russia In his New Year’s message, North Ko- Southeast Asian countries, the sudden ab- changed the type of visa requested for its some reportedly feel insecure about their coincide on this issue. rean leader Kim Jong-un made clear that sence of North Korean factory workers in workers. The most popular ones now are status within China without being able to China and Russia are behaving as if they the country has no intention to give up Russia, and “exclusive” comments from student visas and trainee visas. have access the social security system. were faithfully implementing the UN sanc- nuclear weapons and even warned that it grumpy North Korean workers who were North Korea’s move to switch visa Despite the inconveniences for the tions on the outside while tolerating the could further develop and complete such unhappy about packing and having to re- types to bypass sanctions was first spot- workers, it appears to be working well for expedient use of questionable visas because technology if its demands are not met. turn home. ted in 2018. The North dispatched work- the North Korean government given its at- of the economic benefits they can gain from Since it is evident that North Korean After a series of such reports flooded ers in the name of “training them” at Chi- tempt to do the same thing in Russia. attracting North Korean workers. workers overseas are one of the main through, however, now the media are talk- nese companies, including factories and A recent media report says that North It is natural for Chinese and Russian sources for Pyongyang to earn foreign ing about loopholes in the sanctions. Ac- restaurants. At that time, it was reported Korea has recently asked Russia if it could companies to actively seek out North Ko- money, it is necessary to thoroughly re- cording to reports, there are still many that several hundred North Koreans were resend its workers with student or trainee rean workers, as the labour costs of North view the current sanctions for effective im- North Korean workers abroad, mostly working in China under a trainee status. visas. Japan’s Asahi Shimbun quoted an Korean workers can be about half as much plementation and eliminate loopholes like in China and Russia. Some estimate that The North also sends university stu- unnamed government official in Russia as as native labour. The fact that North Kore- student and trainee visas.

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NATO to hold urgent meeting on Iraq parliament demands US Middle East tensions on Monday Brussels: NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has called an urgent meeting of the military alliance’s North Atlan- tic Council on Monday in response to growing tensions in the Middle East. troop ouster after Soleimani killing The ambassador-level meeting of the alliance’s main decision-making body will address the situation in Iraq after the killing of Iranian top general Ghassem Soleimani by the US The parliament has voted to commit the Iraqi govt to cancel its request to the international coalition for help to fight IS military, a spokesman told DPA in Brussels on Sunday. The ambassadors of the North Atlantic Council usually AFP They had been threatened meet once a week, while its foreign and defence ministers Baghdad by Hashed-linked MPs, who meet around twice a year. The meeting is scheduled for Mon- said they would be seen as day at 3 pm (1400 GMT). (DPA) Iraq’s parliament on Sunday having “betrayed” Iraq if they urged the government to oust boycotted. Pompeo sees ‘real likelihood’ Iran thousands of American troops Tom Warrick, a former will try to hit US troops from the country, stepping up US official and current fellow pressure over the US killing of a at the Atlantic Council, said Washington: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on top Iranian general in Baghdad. Soleimani and pro-Iran fac- Sunday that Iran will probably try to attack American troops US installations were also tions within the Hashed had after a US strike killed a top Iranian commander. facing new military stresses, long sought the US’s ouster. “We think there is a real likelihood Iran will make a mistake with missiles slamming into “If US forces do end up and make a decision to go after some of our forces, military the Baghdad enclave where withdrawing, it could grant forces in Iraq or soldiers in northeast Syria,” he told Fox News the US embassy is located and Soleimani a post-humous vic- in remarks aired on Sunday. an airbase north of the capital tory,” Warrick told AFP. His comments came as the military advisor to Iran’s housing American troops. As the session got under supreme leader said there would be a “military” response Ties have deteriorated way, the US-led coalition an- “against military sites” by Tehran after the US killing of Qasem after an American precision nounced it was suspending its Soleimani. “It would be a big mistake for Iran to go after drone strike on the Baghdad Iraq operations due to deadly them,” Pompeo said. international airport on Fri- rocket attacks on their bases. The US has about 60,000 troops in the region, including day that killed Iran’s Major “This has limited our ca- around 5,200 in Iraq. Washington ordered thousands more General Qasem Soleimani and pacity to conduct training with soldiers to the Middle East on Friday after Soleimani’s killing. top Iraqi military figure Abu partners and to support their “We’re preparing for all kinds of various responses,” includ- Mahdi al-Muhandis. operations against Daesh (IS) ing cyber attacks, Pompeo said. “We’ll have to take a look at Iraq’s foreign ministry Iranians gather in the northeastern city of Mashhad to pay homage to top general Qasem Soleimani and and we have therefore paused what we do when the Iraqi leadership and government makes a summoned the US ambassa- others after they were killed in a US strike in Baghdad, on Sunday. (AFP) these activities, subject to con- decision,” Pompeo told Fox when asked whether the US would dor, while caretaker premier tinuous review,” it said. leave Iraq if the government asks. (AFP) Adel Abdel Mahdi attended an There had been fears of a extraordinary parliamentary Iraqi protesters denounce twin ‘occupiers’ US and Iran volley of rocket attacks follow- Iran summons German envoy over session to slam the strike as ing a warning from a hardline ‘unacceptable’ remarks: Ministry a “political assassination.” He Diwaniyah: Iraqi protesters flooded the streets onS unday to denounce both Iran and the US as “oc- Hashed faction for Iraqis to joined 168 lawmakers -- just cupiers”, angry that fears of war between the rivals was derailing their anti-government movement. move away from US forces by Tehran: Iran on Sunday summoned Germany’s charge enough for quorum in Iraq’s For three months, youth-dominated rallies in the capital and Shiite-majority south have con- Sunday afternoon. d’affaires over “unacceptable” remarks by German officials 329-seat parliament -- to dis- demned Iraq’s ruling class as corrupt, inept and beholden to Iran. For protesters who were hitting Already, increased tensions after the killing of a top general in a US strike, the foreign cuss the ouster of US troops. the streets, Iran was also a target for blame. prompted NATO to suspend its ministry said. Some 5,200 US soldiers “No to Iran, no to America!” chanted hundreds of young Iraqis as they marched through the training activities in Iraq and In the aftermath of Friday’s US drone strike that killed Gen- are stationed across Iraqi southern protest hotspot of Diwaniyah. a US defence official toldA FP eral Qasem Soleimani, some German officials made “wrong, bases to support local troops Young children present carried posters in the shape of Iraq and waved their country’s tri-colour. American-led coalition forces thoughtless and damaging remarks in support of America’s preventing a resurgence of the “We’re taking a stance against the two occupiers: Iran and the US,” one demonstrator said. (AFP) would “limit” operations. Iraq’s terrorist attack in Iraq”, said the ministry in a statement. Islamic State jihadist group. foreign ministry said it had The ministry conveyed to the German envoy Iran’s “serious They are deployed as part summoned US ambassador protest” at such “one-sided and unacceptable” remarks, the of the broader international help to fight IS,” speaker Mo- mediately voting for foreign a tougher decision calling for Matthew Tueller to condemn statement added. coalition, invited by the Iraqi hammed Halbusi announced. troops to leave or revisiting the immediate expulsion of all American strikes on Iraq. On Friday, a German government spokeswoman said the government in 2014 to help The cabinet would have to their mandate through a par- foreign troops. “They were a blatant viola- US strike that killed Soleimani and a top Iraqi military com- fight IS. approve any decision but the liamentary process. No Kurdish and most Sun- tion of Iraqi sovereignty,” the mander was in reaction to “provocations” from Tehran. “The parliament has voted premier had earlier indicated Hardline parliamentar- ni MPs boycotted the session ministry said in a statement, “The American action is a reaction to a series of military to commit the Iraqi govern- support for an ouster. ians with ties to the Hashed as they were more supportive and “contradict the agreed- provocations for which Iran carries responsibility,” said the ment to cancel its request to “We face two main choic- al-Shaabi military force, which of a US troop presence, seen as upon missions of the interna- spokeswoman Ulrike Demmer. (AFP) the international coalition for es,” he told MPs: either im- is close to Iran, had demanded a counterweight to Iran. tional coalition.”

Iranians mourn general killed by US, chant ‘revenge, revenge’

AFP a procession. People held aloft por- Iran says to finalise new Tehran traits of Soleimani, one of the coun- SERVICE try’s most popular public figures retreat from nuclear deal Black-clad mourners packed who is seen as a hero of the 1980-88 Iran’s second city Mashhad on Iran-Iraq war. Tehran: Iran will finalise its fifth MEASURE Sunday as the remains of top gen- The “million-man” turnout in step back from a nuclear deal eral Qasem Soleimani were paraded Mashhad, northeastern Iran, forced later on Sunday, a spokesman through the streets after he was the cancellation of a Sunday night said, in retaliation for the US killed in a US strike. ceremony in Tehran, said the Is- withdrawing from the multilateral “Iran’s wearing black, revenge, lamic Revolutionary Guard Corps accord and reimposing sanctions. revenge,” they chanted as darkness who urged citizens instead to attend “Regarding the fifth step, deci- fell and they followed a truck car- a memorial on Monday at Tehran sions had already been made... rying Soleimani’s coffin towards University. but considering the current situa- the floodlit Imam Reza shrine. The Soleimani’s assassination ratch- tion, some changes will be made mourners threw scarves onto the eted up tensions between arch-en- in an important meeting tonight,” roof of the truck so that they could be emies Tehran and Washington and foreign ministry spokesman Abbas blessed by the “blood of the martyr”. sparked fears of a new Middle East Mousavi said in televised remarks Soleimani, who spearheaded war. Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah two days after the US killed a top Iran’s Middle East operations as Ali Khamenei vowed “severe revenge” Iranian general in a drone strike. commander of the Revolutionary and declared three days of mourning. “In the world of politics, all Guards’ Quds Force, was killed in Late on Saturday, Trump things affect each other,” he a US drone strike on Friday near warned that America would target added. Mousavi gave no indica- Baghdad airport. He was 62. 52 sites “important to Iran & Irani- tion as to what the next step The attack was ordered by Pres- an culture” and hit them “very fast would be nor when it would be ident Donald Trump, who said the and very hard” if American person- announced. (AFP) Quds commander had been plan- nel or assets were attacked. ning an “imminent” attack on US Iranian Foreign Minister Mo- diplomats and forces in Iraq. hammad Javad Zarif tweeted that doubt they have the courage to ini- Soleimani’s remains had been “targeting cultural sites is a WAR tiate” a conflict, said Major General returned before dawn to the south- CRIME”. Iran’s army chief said Abdolrahim Mousavi. Iran’s com- western city of Ahvaz, where the air Trump’s threat was an attempt to munications minister, Mohammad resonated with Shiite chants and distract the world from Soleimani’s Javad Jahromi, branded Trump a shouts of “Death to America” during “unjustifiable” assassination. “I “terrorist in a suit” in a Twitter post.

US army to ‘pay price’ for killing Regime air strikes kill Soleimani, says Hezbollah chief five in northwest Syria

AFP ministration will realise they have Beirut: Regime air strikes on Mercedes-Benz AMG GT S Beirut lost the region,” he said. Sunday killed five civilians in the Nasrallah’s speech was beamed embattled opposition stronghold of Idlib in northwest Syria, a Britain- Manufacturing Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasral- to black-clad supporters gathered Year 2015 lah on Sunday said the US army will in southern Beirut, who waved Hez- based war monitor said. “pay the price” for killing top Irani- bollah’s yellow flag or held up por- Jihadist-run Idlib has come an general Qasem Soleimani and a traits of Soleimani and Muhandis. under mounting bombardment in The transmission torque handle does not meet manufacturer senior Iraqi commander in a strike. Nasrallah also called on Iraq to recent weeks, forcing tens of thou- DEFECT specification “The American army killed them free itself of the American “occupa- sands to flee their homes in the and it will pay the price,” the Iran- tion”. “Our demand, our hope from region of some three million people. backed head of the Lebanese Shiite our brothers in the Iraqi parliament “Regime air raids killed five group Hassan Nasrallah warned in is... to adopt a law that demands civilians in the town of Ariha,” said Contact the dealer for the free required repair a televised speech following Friday’s American forces withdraw from the Syrian Observatory for Human PROCESS strike in the Iraqi capital. Iraq,” he said. Rights, which relies on sources “The only just punishment is (to Iraq’s parliament urged the gov- inside the war-torn country. target) American military presence ernment on Sunday to end the pres- The Damascus government Nasser Bin Khaled Automobiles in the region: US military bases, US ence of US-led coalition forces in has repeatedly vowed to take CONTACT Phone: 44587777 warships, each and every officer and the country, outraged by the Ameri- back control of Idlib, which is run soldier in the region,” Nasrallah said. can strike. Some 5,200 US soldiers by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, a group He added however that Ameri- are stationed across Iraqi bases to dominated by Syria’s former Al- can civilians such as “businessmen, support local troops preventing a Qaeda affiliate. For any consumer protection issues please contact us on the hotline 16001 engineers, journalists and doctors” resurgence of the IS jihadist group. A ceasefire announced in late should be spared. They are deployed as part of August was supposed to stem “When the coffins of American the broader international coalition, Russia-backed regime bombard- soldiers and officers... start to re- invited by the Iraqi government in ment of the region. (AFP) turn to the US, Trump and his ad- 2014 to help fight IS. 08 Monday, January 6, 2020 World

SPIRALLING US-IRAN TENSIONS Britain will not lament death News in brief of Soleimani: PM Johnson AFP London Austrian Foreign Trump threat to target Ministry hit by Britain will not lament cyberattack the death of Iranian general Qasem Soleimani, Prime Min- Vienna: The Austrian For- ister Boris Johnson said on eign Ministry has been hit Sunday, though he warned by “a serious cyberattack” Iranian cultural sites that reprisals would lead to on its IT systems, according greater violence. to the ministry. The United States killed “Due to the severity and top military leader Soleimani nature of the attack, it can- outside Baghdad airport in a not be ruled out that it is a drone strike on Friday. Given the leading role he targeted attack by a state sparks backlash In his first intervention on actor,” the ministry said in the escalation of tensions in has played in actions that a joint statement with the the Middle East, Johnson said have led to the deaths of Interior Ministry late on he had spoken on Sunday with thousands of innocent Saturday. US President Donald Trump, civilians and Western The attack was still French President Emmanuel personnel, we will not continuing on Sunday, Macron and German Chancel- lament his death Foreign Ministry spokesman lor Angela Merkel. He said he Peter Guschelbauer said. would speak to other leaders - British PM Johnson’s statement The ministry’s website was in the coming days. on the death of Iran’s top general not affected, but its internal “General Qasem Soleimani computer systems were, he posed a threat to all our inter- said. (DPA) ests and was responsible for a government to oust foreign pattern of disruptive, destabi- troops. The cabinet would have Greek PM on White lising behaviour in the region,” to approve any such decision. House trip amid Johnson said in a statement. British troops are part of Turkey tension “Given the leading role an international coalition of he has played in actions that forces stationed in Iraq -- in- Athens: Six months into his have led to the deaths of thou- vited by the government in term, Greek Prime Minister sands of innocent civilians and Baghdad in 2014 -- to help Kyriakos Mitsotakis heads Western personnel, we will fight against theI slamic State to his first White House visit not lament his death. (IS) jihadist group. on January 7 amidst tense “It is clear however that all A British government relations with NATO ally and calls for retaliation or repris- spokesman said: “The coali- regional rival Turkey. als will simply lead to more tion is in Iraq to help protect Athens is keen to enlist violence in the region and they Iraqis and others from the US investors for the growth are in no one’s interest.” threat from Daesh (IS), at the spurt envisioned by the Johnson said that follow- request of the Iraqi govern- Greek conservative govern- ing ministerial meetings and ment. ment -- but the visit comes further international calls, “We urge the Iraqi govern- as tensions escalate with MPs would be updated on the ment to ensure the coalition is Turkey over migration, en- Anti-war activists march from the White House to the Trump International Hotel in Washington, on Saturday. (AFP) situation on Tuesday. able to continue our vital work ergy exploration and territo- Meanwhile London has countering this shared threat.” rial disputes. AFP commit war crimes,” Senator barians have come and rav- urged Baghdad to allow inter- Some 5,200 US soldiers are “Greece and the United Washington Elizabeth Warren, one of the Immoral and aged our cities, razed our national coalition soldiers to stationed across Iraqi bases to States are closer than top Democrats hoping to chal- monuments and burnt our li- stay in Iraq, where the parlia- support local troops prevent- ever,” Mitsotakis said in a Secretary of State Mike lenge Trump in November’s Un-American braries,” said Foreign Minister ment on Sunday pressed the ing an IS resurgence. December 29 interview with Pompeo insisted on Sunday election, wrote on Twitter. Zarif. “Where are they now? the weekly, To Vima. (AFP) that any US military action “We are not at war with Donald Trump’s threat to We’re still here, & standing against Iran would conform Iran. The American people destroy Iranian cultural tall.” Venezuela oppostion to international law after do not want a war with Iran.” sites would be a war crime Nicholas Burns, who EU invites Iranian foreign denounces rival’s President Donald Trump was “Targeting civilians and cul- under UN Security Council served as US ambassador to ‘parliamentary coup’ accused of threatening a war tural sites is what terrorists resolution 2347 - support- NATO under president George minister to Brussels crime by declaring cultural do. It’s a war crime,” added ed by the Trump Administra- W Bush, said the Trump ad- Cara cas: Venezuela’s sites as potential targets. fellow Senator Chris Murphy. tion itself in 2017 to warn ministration would be guilty of Brussels: Iran’s foreign minister has been invited to Brus- opposition denounced Tehran’s foreign minister In a flurry of interviews ISIS+Al Qaeda of similar ac- hypocrisy given it was part of sels, the European Union said on Sunday, urging a “de-esca- a “parliamentary coup” drew parallels with the Islam- on the Sunday talkshows, tions. His threat is immoral international efforts to deter lation of tensions” in the Gulf after US air strikes that killed a after a rival to Juan Guaido ic State group’s destruction Trump’s top diplomat said the and Un-American IS from destroying countless top Iranian general. declared himself parliament of the Middle East’s cultural US would not hesitate to hit pre-Islamic artefacts, includ- The EU’s foreign policy chief Josep Borrell made the offer speaker on Sunday as se- heritage following Trump’s back hard against Iran’s “klep- - Former US ambassador to NATO ing in the Syrian UNESCO- to Mohammad Javad Zarif during a telephone call this week- Nicholas Burns curity forces prevented the tweets that sites which were tocratic regime” if it came un- listed site of Palmyra. end, a press release said. incumbent from entering. “important to... Iranian cul- der attack, but pledged that “Donald Trump’s threat to “Borrell invited the Iranian Foreign Minister to Brussels to Images of Luis Parra ture” were on a list of 52 po- any action would be consistent sion, of protecting and defend- destroy Iranian cultural sites continue their engagement on these matters,” it said. declaring himself head of tential US targets. with the rule of law. ing America,” he added. would be a war crime under A regional political solution was the “only way forward”, the chamber by megaphone And as Twitter was flooded “We’ll behave lawfully. His comments came after UN Security Council resolu- Borrell said, underlining “the importance of preserving” the were shown on state televi- with photos of revered Ira- We’ll behave inside the system. his opposite number in Teh- tion 2347 - supported by the 2015 Iran nuclear deal. sion channel VTV, as Guaido nian landmarks in ancient cit- We always have and we always ran Mohammad Javad Zarif Trump Administration itself He confirmed “his resolve to continue to fully play his role and fellow opposition ies such as Isfahan under the will,” Pompeo told the ABC net- tweeted that “targeting cul- in 2017 to warn ISIS+Al Qaeda as coordinator and keep the unity of the remaining partici- lawmakers were blocked hashtag #IranianCulturalSites, work’s ‘This Week’ programme. tural sites is a WAR CRIME”. of similar actions. pants in support of the agreement and its full implementation from entering the National leading US Democrats said the “The American people “A reminder to those hal- “His threat is immoral and by all parties”. Assembly. (AFP) president would be in breach should know that every target lucinating about emulating Un-American,” said Burns Trump warned Saturday night that the US would hit Iran of international protocols if he that we strike will be a lawful ISIS war crimes by targeting who is now a professor at Har- harder than ever before if it retaliates over the assassination Mexico to build made good on his threat. target, and it will be a target our cultural heritage: Through vard University’s John F Ken- of Qasem Soleiman. (AFP) cemetery for victims “You are threatening to designed with a singular mis- MILLENNIA of history, bar- nedy School of Government. of violence Ciudad Juárez: Mexico will build a cemetery in one of Spain’s Sanchez loses first bid to return as PM, eyes fresh vote the country’s most danger- ous cities because of a high Five dead, dozens hurt in Madrid: Spain’s parliament rejected number of unidentified and Socialist leader Pedro Sanchez’s bid to unclaimed dead, authorities be reappointed prime minister on Sunday said on Friday. ‘horrible’ US highway crash but he appeared on track to win a second More than 15,000 confidence vote later in the coming week. people were murdered in AFP “There are five fatalities,” it read on its visible side. Sanchez needed 176 votes -- an abso- Ciudad Juarez between Washingto the police said on Twitter, A FedEx trailer was near- lute majority in the 350-seat assembly -- to 2008 and 2019, including adding that 39 people were by, ripped open to expose its be confirmed as prime minister for another 1,497 last year, accord- Five people died and dozens taken to hospitals. load of brown packages, while term. He lost the vote as expected, with ing to official figures.I “ t is were injured in a “horrible” But Turnpike spokesman two other trucks had come to 166 in favour, 165 against and 18 absten- intended for the victims of crash involving a tour bus and Carl DeFebo said “probably rest against a snow-dusted tions. One lawmaker did not attend the the northern area of Chihua- three tractor trailers on a ma- dozens of patients, about 60 embankment. vote due to illness. hua, precisely because of jor US highway Sunday. patients” were transported to Police said the tour bus Sanchez will face parliament again on the large number of uniden- Pennsylvania State Police local hospitals after the “horri- “was traveling on a downhill Spanish caretaker prime minister, socialist Pedro Tuesday and this time he needs a simple tified people or those who said the pre-dawn crash on the ble crash.” “I personally haven’t curve and struck an embank- Sanchez, speaks during the second day of a parliamen- majority -- more yes votes than no -- to be no one is claiming,” Eberth busy Pennsylvania Turnpike witnessed a crash of this mag- ment” before the commercial tary investiture debate to vote for a premier at the Span- become premier for another term. Castanon Torres, a coordi- -- billed as America’s “First nitude in 20 years,” he told vehicles behind it then hit ish Congress (Las Cortes) in Madrid on Sunday. (AFP) While the political math works in his nator at the local prosecu- Superhighway” -- happened at Pittsburgh’s Action 4 News. the bus. A passenger vehicle favour after he struck a deal for the 13 tor’s office, said.(AFP) about 3:40 am (0840 GMT) in Aerial images broadcast by was also involved, police said, lawmakers from Catalan separatist party ERC to abstain, the numbers still look tight. At the latest Westmoreland County, east of the station showed a bus over- without giving a cause of the count Sanchez could win on Tuesday by a margin of just two votes. (AFP) Diver killed in Pittsburgh. turned. “New York” and “Ohio,” crash. Australia shark attack Sydney: A man has been mauled to death by a sus- pected great white shark at a popular diving spot off Aus- Hollywood prepares to toast winners at Golden Globes tralia’s southwestern coast, officials said on Sunday. AFP sures key momentum for the and heart-wrenching divorce the industry’s top filmmak- The man was attacked Los Angeles Oscars, which are a little more saga ‘Marriage Story’. “Cer- ing talent -- and to fund lavish at Cull Island near the town than a month away. tainly Netflix is pouring eve- awards season campaigns. of Esperance in Western Hollywood’s biggest par- Netflix and its expensively rything they can into this and It also has Eddie Murphy’s Australia state, the state’s ty, the Golden Globes, kicks off assembled roster of A-listers has a good shot in the drama comeback vehicle “Dolemite Is primary industries depart- the showbiz awards season on are far ahead of the tradition- category,” said Deadline’s My Name” in the best comedy ment said in a statement. Sunday, with streaming giant al studios with 17 Globe film awards columnist Pete Ham- or musical race -- unlike the “A man received fatal Netflix expected to be popping nominations. mond. Oscars, Globes organisers split injuries after being bitten by champagne corks through the The streaming giant se- “That would be a big deal films into two categories. a reported white shark,” the night. cured an equal number of for Netflix, definitely.”V atican But “Dolemite” is expected department said. Stars will don couture nods in the often-overlooked drama ‘The Two Popes’ is also to face stiff competition from Surf Life Saving West- gowns and extravagant jewels television categories, where it in contention for the streamer, frontrunner ‘Once Upon a ern Australia said he was before they hit the red carpet also leads the pack, ahead of while Warner Bros. dark com- Time... in Hollywood’. Quentin believed to be a diver. at the luxury Beverly Hills HBO at 15. ic tale ‘Joker’ and Universal Tarantino’s homage to 1960s The fatal attack, the first hotel where the calendar’s Netflix has two frontrun- war epic ‘1917’ round out the Tinseltown has resonated with in Australia this year, is the second-most important -- but ners to scoop the night’s most category. the 90-odd veteran entertain- second in the area in less rowdiest -- prize-giving gala prestigious film prize, best Netflix only began produc- ment reporters of the Holly- Golden Globe trophies are set by the stage ahead of the 77th Annual than three years. (AFP) takes place. drama -- Martin Scorsese’s ing original movies in 2015, wood Foreign Press Associa- Golden Globe Awards nominations announcement at the Beverly Victory at the Globes en- gangster epic ‘The Irishman’ but has spent billions to lure tion, which doles out the prizes. Hilton hotel in Beverly Hills recently. (AFP) Asia / Africa Monday, January 6, 2020 09

Seven children among 14 killed Shabaab attacks base used by US forces in Kenya in roadside bomb in Burkina Faso AFP since Kenya sent troops into aircraft, two American heli- Kenyan partners, the airfield is Ouagadougou: Seven children and four women were among Nairobi Somalia in 2011 as part of an Neither Kenya nor the US have copters and “multiple Ameri- cleared and still in the process 14 civilians killed when a roadside bomb wrecked their bus in African Union force protect- admitted casualties as yet, can vehicles” were destroyed of being fully secured,” said northwestern Burkina Faso, the government said on Sunday, Jihadists from Somalia’s ing the internationally backed despite Shabaab claiming to at the airstrip. the US Africa Command (AF- condemning the “cowardly and barbaric act”. Al-Shabaab group on Sunday government -- which the ji- have killed 17 Americans and Local government official RICOM) in a statement. Nineteen more people were hurt, three of them seriously, in stormed a military base used hadists have been trying to nine Kenyan soldiers Irungu Macharia said five The nearby civilian airport Saturday’s blast, the communications ministry said. by US forces in Kenya’s coastal overthrow for more than a people had been arrested near at Manda Bay, which brings Education Minister Stanislas Ouaro said the bus was using Lamu region, destroying sev- decade. the camp and were being in- tourists visiting Lamu Island a road that was supposed to be closed to traffic because of the eral aircraft and military ve- The Lamu region, which “Four terrorists’ bodies terrogated. Neither Kenya nor -- a UNESCO World Heritage risk of attacks in the region near the border with Mali. hicles, according to Kenyan includes popular tourist beach have so far been found. The the US have admitted casual- Site -- was closed for several No group said they planted the bomb but violence in Burkina police and army officials. destination Lamu Island, lies airstrip is safe,” he said, add- ties as yet, despite Shabaab hours after the incident, ac- Faso has been blamed on militants linked to both Al-Qaeda and Attackers breached heavy close to the Somali frontier ing that a fire had broken out claiming to have killed 17 cording to the civil aviation Islamic State groups. Ouaro said the dead were among around security at Camp Simba at and has suffered frequent at- but had since been dealt with. Americans and nine Kenyan authority. 160 passengers aboard three buses carrying 104 students. dawn but were repelled and tacks, often carried out with Kenya’s Inspector General soldiers. Al-Shabaab said in a state- The explosion happened in Sourou province, a security four jihadists were killed, said roadside bombs. of Police Hilary Mutyambai US military officials con- ment it had “successfully source said, telling AFP: “The vehicle hit a homemade bomb on army spokesman Colonel Paul Njuguna said “an attempt said officers were “on high firmed the attack and said SU stormed the heavily fortified the Toeni-Tougan road.” Meanwhile, the army reported an as- Njuguna. was made to breach security alert” after the attack. and Kenyan forces had re- military base and have now sault against gendarmes at Inata in the north on Friday, saying Al-Shabaab has launched at Manda Air Strip” at 5:30am An internal police report pelled the Al-Shabaab fighters. taken effective control of part “a dozen terrorists” had been killed. (AFP) regular cross-border raids but it was repulsed. seen by AFP said two Cessna “Working alongside our of the base”.

China rules out SARS in ‘RIGHT TO SELF-DETERMINATION DAY’ viral pneumonia outbreak

AFP tion on the internet without Beijing verification.” The health com- mission said that seven of the China on Sunday said a 59 patients are seriously ill but mysterious viral pneumonia that none have died. All are outbreak that has affected 59 being treated in quarantine. people was not the flu-like vi- The infection broke out rus SARS that killed hundreds between 12 and 29 Decem- more than a decade ago. ber, with some of the patients The infection was first re- employed at a seafood market ported last week in Wuhan, in the city that has since been a central Chinese city with a closed for disinfection. population of over 11 million No obvious evidence of -- leading to online specula- human-to-human transmis- tion about a resurgence of the sion has been found so far, it highly contagious SARS virus. added. “We have excluded several “The reported link to a hypotheses, in particular the wholesale fish and live ani- fact that it is a flu, an avian mal market could indicate an flu, an adenovirus, respiratory exposure link to animals,” the syndrome severe acute (SARS) World Health Organisation or Middle East Respiratory (WHO) said on Sunday. Syndrome (MERS),” the Wu- The symptoms reported han health commission said. in patients were mainly fever, Wuhan police on Wednes- with a few patients having dif- day said they had punished ficulty in breathing and chest eight people for “publishing radiographs showing invasive or forwarding false informa- lesions on both lungs. Pakistani youth shout slogans during a protest demanding the implementation of the United Nations resolution on Kashmir to mark the ‘Right to Self-determination Day’, in Lahore, on Sunday. Kashmiris on Sunday commemorated the right to self-determination across both Pakistani and Indian-administered sides of Jammu and Kashmir. Indian-administered Kashmir has been under lockdown since August 5, when New Delhi abolished the special status of the region. On January 5, 1949, the UN Security Council passed a resolution supporting the Kashmiris’ right to decide their future by themselves through UN-sponsored plebiscite. (AFP) News in brief

Cambodia building collapse death toll hits 36 as rescue called off Pakistan to protect its interest Kep, Cambodia: The search for victims in the rubble of a collapsed building in southern Cambodia drew to a close on Sunday with the final death toll at 36 -- the latest tragedy in a string of deadly construction accidents. Cambodia Prime Minister Hun Sen, said 23 people had been amidst Iran-US tensions: Govt pulled alive from the rubble of the seven-storey hotel, which crumpled to the ground in seaside Kep on Friday afternoon. “This is yet another tragedy,” said Hun Sen, who promised fami- In order to protect national Outcry in Pakistan lies of victims would get $50,000 each in compensation, while interest, Pakistan must over dropout’s those injured would receive $20,000, he said. He told reporters continue to play the role of appointment as the contractor responsible for the construction had died in the education minister accident, while the building’s owner had been detained. (AFP) a mediator, says PM Khan’s top aide Islamabad: Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan’s party Dawn.com was under fire for its decision Islamabad to appoint a high school drop- out as the education minister PAKISTAN’S Special Assis- in a north-western province. tant to the Prime Minister on The government in Khyber Information Dr Firdous Ashiq Pakhtunkhwa announced a Awan said that Pakistan, un- cabinet reshuffle onS aturday der the leadership of Prime and appointed Akbar Ayub Minister Imran Khan, will play Khan as minister for elemen- its role in maintaining peace in tary and secondary education. the region. Dawn reported that the Addressing a press confer- minister quit his studies Cambodia’s Prime Minister Hun Sen during a press conference ence in Sialkot on Sunday, the Shiite Muslims march to protest against the US strike that killed Iranian commander Qasem Soleimani in before completing the 12th at the site where an under-construction building collapsed, in PM’s aide stated: “As ambas- Iraq, during a demonstration in Karachi on Sunday. (AFP) grade and moving to Canada. southern Cambodia’s coastal Kep province on Sunday. (AFP) sadors of peace, we will be part He never received a higher of the solution, not the prob- whether Pakistan would step other. Protecting Pakistan’s future course of action. education. lem. Whenever tensions have in between Iran and Amer- interest is our responsibility.” “The prime minister and After the report sparked Six killed, including child, in wall arisen in the region in the past, ica, she stated: “Iran is like a She revealed that For- the current government have a outrage on social media, the collapse in northern India Pakistan has had to pay the brother to us. Friends can be eign Minister Shah Mehmood very clear stance on this; we will provincial govt’s spokesman price for it. Therefore, in order changed but not neighbours”. Qureshi will give a policy play a role in bringing peace to justified the appointment in a New Delhi: At least five labourers and a 1-year-old child were to protect national interest and “However, we have to see statement in the Senate on the region. The success of the video message by saying that killed when an under-construction wall collapsed on them in safety, we must continue to what is in the country’s inter- Monday (tomorrow) on the Afghan peace process is also the new minister could speak northern state of Uttar Pradesh, news reports said on Sunday. play the role of a mediator.” est. Pakistan’s interest is more government’s stance on recent attached to peace in the region. fluentE nglish. (DPA) The accident occurred in the Jhansi district on Saturday Further commenting on precious to us than that of any events in the region and the We have to promote peace.” evening when the wall came down and debris fell on the labourers working there, state-run broadcaster Doordarshan reported. Among the dead was a baby daughter of one of the workers, who was also at the site, the report said. State authorities expressed grief over the incident and or- dered monetary compensation for the families of the victims.Ac- Dozens held after shopping protest at HK border town cidents at construction sites are not uncommon in India where labourers routinely work under poor safety conditions. (DPA) AFP tres (a mile) from where the “If the police could spare Hong Kong rally took place. one of the cars they drove here The Sunday protest comes to handle the march to instead Nigerian militants kill four soldiers in Petrol bombs were hurled during a period of heightened deal with the trading problem, base attack at a Hong Kong police station anti-mainland sentiment in we would not have to organise and dozens of people were ar- Hong Kong, where a pro-de- this protest,” said Dino Chan, a Kano: Machine-gun wielding jihadists killed four Nigerian sol- rested on Sunday following a mocracy movement demand- Sheung Shui district councillor diers and wounded 11 more during an attack on an army base march against so-called par- ing greater freedoms from and one of the rally organisers. in the northeast, military officials told AFP on Sunday. allel trading near the Chinese Beijing has raged for nearly He added that 42 people Fighters from the Islamic State West African Province border. seven months. The marchers were arrested following the (ISWAP) arrived in six trucks to attack the Jakana base, near The Democratic Party said were protesting against paral- violence. the city of Maiduguri, on Saturday evening, according to the about 10,000 people marched lel trading, which sees thou- The anti-government pro- officials. The troops forced the jihadists to retreat after a peacefully in Sheung Shui dis- sands of mainlanders cross the tests have been blamed for prolonged gunfight. trict, but violence erupted af- border every day to bulk-buy People are detained by police during a clearance operation after a helping plunge Hong Kong’s In recent weeks, ISWAP, an off-shoot of regional jihadist ter police ordered protesters goods such as infant formula demonstration against parallel trading in Sheung Shui in Hong Kong economy into recession for the group Boko Haram, has intensified attacks in the region, target- to disperse. to sell at a profit in China. on Sunday. (AFP) first time in a decade. The pro- ing soldiers but also mounting fake checkpoints, killing and Several petrol bombs were There is significant resent- tests were triggered by a pro- abducting civilians. (AFP) thrown at the Sheung Shui po- ment against the practice, in short supply in border price of commodities as well as posal to allow extraditions to lice station, about 1.5 kilome- which frequently leaves goods towns, and has driven up the shop rents. mainland China. US unveils partial ban on flavoured e-cigarettes page 12

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IN PICTURES: The signing of Qatar-Kuwait LNG deal

Qatar Petroleum and Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC) have entered into a long-term sale and purchase agreement for the supply of up to 3 million tonnes per annum of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) to Kuwait. The agreement was signed by Kuwait’s Minister of Oil Khaled A al Fadhel and Qatar’s Minis- ter of State for Energy Affairs HE Saad Sherida al Kaabi.

al khaliji board meeting on Jan 20 Al Khalij Commercial Bank (al khaliji) on Sunday said its Board of Directors will meet on January 20, 2020, to ap- China team plans to travel to prove and disclose the 2019 year-end financial results. Washington to sign trade deal Japan blasts China delegation reschedules trip after US President unilaterally announced January 15 as signing date ‘unjustifiable’ Agencies

The Chinese trade delegation tentatively plans to travel to Ghosn’s escape Washington on January 13 for the signing of the phase one AFP have records of the defend- agreement that would herald Tokyo ant Ghosn departing Japan. a truce in the costly trade war It is believed that he used between the world’s two larg- Carlos Ghosn’s escape from some wrongful methods to il- est economies, a Chinese news Japan is “unjustifiable” and legally leave the country. It is website has said. he is thought to have left the extremely regrettable that we They will return on Janu- country using “illegal meth- have come to this situation,” ary 16, according to the South ods”, the Japanese justice added the minister. China Morning Post. minister said Sunday, in the She confirmed Ghosn’s The Chinese delegation, led first official public comments bail has already been cancelled by vice-premier Liu He, had on the case. and that an Interpol “red no- originally planned to set off The 65-year-old former Ni- tice” had been issued. earlier in the month but had ssan boss skipped bail and fled In separate comments, to change their travel sched- Japan where he was awaiting the public prosecutors of- ule after Donald Trump sent a trial over multiple counts of fice deemed Ghosn’s flight a surprising tweet on New Year’s financial misconduct that he “crime” and said the tycoon Eve claiming that he would denies. had “knowingly flouted” the sign the deal with “high rep- It was the latest twist in country’s judicial procedures. resentatives” from Beijing on a saga that has gripped the In their first remarks since January 15 in the White House. business world and his escape Ghosn’s dramatic flight just While the two sides had from Japan has left authorities before the New Year, prosecu- been expected to wrap up their there red-faced and scram- tors said the escape vindicated phrase one negotiations by bling to defend their justice their argument that he should January, the Chinese had not US President Donald Trump is eager to claim a big ‘win’ from the phase one deal with China, but it contrasts with Beijing’s more measured approach. system from fierceinterna - have been kept in custody. expected the US leader to make tional criticism. “The defendant Ghosn had a unilateral announcement instance where Trump, if he Chinese Academy of Social Sci- “Our country’s criminal abundant financial power and about the date or that he would can get credit, didn’t take it,” China accomodates Trump ences in Beijing, as saying last justice system sets out appro- multiple foreign bases. It was be willing to sign the deal even the person, who declined to be week that China values the es- priate procedures to clarify the easy for him to flee,” the state- if President Xi Jinping was not named, said. ● The Chinese delegation had originally planned to travel to sence instead of the format of truth of cases and is admin- ment said. available. “It was always going to be the US earlier in the month but had to change their travel the deal. istered appropriately, while He had “significant influ- After a full afternoon’s the case that Trump would de- schedule after Donald Trump sent a surprising tweet on New “As long as the agreement guaranteeing basic individual ence” inside Japan and glob- discussion, the Chinese side cide how the thing’s presented Year’s Eve claiming that he would sign the deal with “high is legally binding, does it really human rights. The flight by a ally, and there was a “realistic decided to revise their plan to and where and what his role is representatives” from Beijing on January 15. matter if it is signed in China defendant on bail is unjustifi- danger” he would destroy evi- accommodate Trump. … and the Chinese would obvi- or the US, or signed by the able,” said Masako Mori. dence related to the case, they The back-and-forth in nail- ously defer to that,” the person ● The Chinese had not expected the US leader to make a leaders of the world’s two larg- “It is clear that we do not added. ing down details of the sign- added. unilateral announcement about the date or that he would be est economies?,” Gao said. ing ceremony reflects the dif- Washington and Beijing willing to sign the deal even if President Xi Jinping was not “There’s no big difference ferences in how Beijing and have yet to officially confirm in fact as long as both sides Washington view the deal. Liu’s visit. available. bury the hatchet and get back Trump is trying to take full The US Trade Representa- ● After a full afternoon’s discussion, the Chinese side on a normal track.” credit for the phase one deal as tive Robert Lighthizer said on decided to revise their plan to accommodate Trump. Trump’s tweet also said a major “win” for the US and December 13, after the two that he would be visiting Bei- for himself, but the Chinese, sides reached an interim deal, jing at a “later date” once the although eager to sign the deal that officials from both coun- Trump said before Christ- being translated right now.” phase one deal was signed to to ensure stability, have been tries would sign the phase one mas that he would have a But there was little sign kick-start talks on the next less inclined to make a major trade deal “in the first week of signing ceremony with Xi to that the two leaders were go- phase. show. January”. confirm the deal, according to ing to meet and Chinese state The Chinese government A person in Washington The Chinese side did not Reuters. media has suggested that Xi has not confirmed that Trump who is familiar with the bi- officially say when they hoped “We will be having a sign- did not intend to sign the deal will visit China any time soon. lateral relationship said the to sign the deal, but Liao Min, ing ceremony, yes,” Trump in person. Asked last month when the change was understandable the finance vice-minister, told said. “We will ultimately, yes, The English-language ver- phase two talks would start, given Trump’s desire to get a late night press conference when we get together. And sion of Global Times, a news- Liao said any negotiations political capital from the China in Beijing on December 13 that we’ll be having a quicker sign- paper affiliated with the party about a phrase two deal will This file photo taken on March 6, 2019, shows former Nissan chair- deal. signing the phrase one deal ing because we want to get it mouthpiece People’s Daily, be decided by the implementa- man Carlos Ghosn (R) being escorted as he walks out of the Tokyo “I can’t think of a single was a “priority”. done. The deal is done, it’s just quoted Gao Lingyun, from the tion of the first phase. Detention House following his release on bail in Tokyo. (AFP) Economy & Business Monday, January 6, 2020 11 General Motors As Trump tariffs loom, US local reports lower 4Q sales, inventories retailers battle tech giants

AFP after strike Washington AFP American importers of New York French cheese, bubbly and porcelain are raising their General Motors reported voices in Washington, hoping lower fourth-quarter car against hope they can out- sales on Friday as a lengthy weigh Silicon Valley giants in US worker strike continued a battle over tariffs on luxury to pinch auto inventories. items from France. The biggest US au- President Donald Trump tomaker delivered 735,909 last month threatened to pun- vehicles during the quarter ish Paris for a new tax on tech ending December 31, down giants like Netflix and Ama- 6.3 percent from the year- zon, unveiling sky-high retali- ago period. atory duties on about $2.4 bil- At year’s end, the com- lion in French wines, makeup pany had inventories of and leather handbags. 616,023, down 18.4 percent. US trade officialson Tues- Although the figures day are due to hold a public demonstrated the contin- General Motors vehicles are hearing to allow individuals ued drag from a 40-day parked outside the GM and companies to comment on strike that ended in late Assembly plant in Oshawa, the punitive measure. October, executives touted Canada. (File photo) (AFP) But already complaints strong sales of larger sport have poured in from mom- utility vehicles and pickup to produce every vehicle we and-pop outlets across the trucks. can,” a GM spokeswoman United States warning of lay- Sales of “full-size” pick- said Friday. offs, lost business and damage up trucks and SUVs topped For all of 2019, GM re- to innocent bystanders. one million during the year. ported sales of 2.9 million, The new US import duties “Our fourth-quarter down 2.3 percent. are designed to pinch some Workers collect grapes of Chardonnay in a Montgenost vineyard, in the Champagne area, eastern France. (File photo) (AFP) stocks were leaner than we Among other large of France’s most emblematic wanted, but as we get ready companies, Fiat Chrysler and politically sensitive indus- other countries not to follow in August it “does not take a advertising and other services The imbalance of power in to launch our all-new full- reported 542,519 car sales tries – adding to the pain al- the example France set in position on whether the use -- earned by technology firms the latest episode was clear: size SUVs, we look forward to during the fourth quarter, ready hitting the country from July when it unilaterally an- of tariffs is appropriate” in the within the country’s borders. CCIA, for example, which another solid year in 2020,” down two percent. For the $7.5 billion in tariffs Trump nounced a tax on the gross case of France’s digital servic- In August, France agreed does not include Microsoft said GM vice president for year, FCA’s sales dipped slapped on European Union revenues of large tech com- es tax. to refund any taxes collected or Apple, claims its members US sales Kurt McNeil. one percent to 2.2 million. exports in October in a clash panies. The actual profits of in excess of the yet-to-be-de- employ a million workers and “We’ve focused our re- FCA said it scored re- over subsidies to aircraft mak- such companies are frequently cided international formula. generate $540 billion in rev- sources on what our cus- cords for its Ram pickup er Airbus. not disclosed on a country-by- The new US import duties But as proposals for digital enue a year. tomers want -- crossovers trucks and its Dodge Charg- The latest battle pits the country basis, frustrating local are designed to pinch services taxation gain popular- A group of US importers and trucks -- and that has er muscle car. But it expe- interests of globe-spanning governments. some of France’s most ity around the world, Wash- and distillers, however, said in paid off.” rienced declines in its Jeep American tech behemoths The US instead urged emblematic and politically ington has been left to pound August that retaliatory US liq- GM had previously sig- Cherokee. against local retailers and countries to wait for a negoti- sensitive industries – add- the table ever harder. uor and wine tariffs in the Air- naled that the strike would Toyota reported annual middlemen who eke out small ated multilateral solution. ing to the pain already hit- US Treasury Secretary bus dispute threaten between weigh on fourth-quarter sales of 2.4 million, down margins supplying bars, res- But Canada in December Steven Mnuchin early last 11,000 and 80,000 US jobs. results, saying in October 1.8 percent after a dip in taurants, shops and depart- became the latest country to ting the country from $7.5 month warned of a “prolifera- Others commenting on the that the stoppage would cut December. ment stores. say it was considering such a billion in tariffs Trump tion of unilateral measures” matter told the US trade repre- about $3 billion from 2019 Although US auto sales “The tariff will effectively measure. slapped on European and urged “all countries to sentative’s office that the new earnings. have declined from their shut down the access Ameri- Silicon Valley’s powerful Union exports in October suspend digital services tax tariffs would deprive them of The United Auto Work- peak levels of a few years cans have to European wines lobbyists have attacked the in a clash over subsidies initiatives,” allowing the Or- one of life’s fleeting joys. ers strike ended after the ago, analysts have projected (and many other artisanal French tax, pouncing on pub- to aircraft maker Airbus ganization for Economic Co- “Please do NOT impose union on October 25 ratified annual deliveries to again products) and as a result, tens lic statements from Finance operation and Development tariffs on European wines,” a new contract that boosted top 17 million, a robust of thousands, if not hundreds Minister Bruno Le Maire in (OECD) to complete a study a man named Gerald Ansel pay and contained health level. of thousands of people will particular to argue that US But “it appears that there on an international tax on the wrote in a comment he sub- care costs, but allowed the The solid sales in 2019 lose their jobs,” California industry is unfairly being sin- are limited options left to ad- digital giants. mitted on New Year’s Eve. automaker to permanently were the result of a strong wine merchants Kermit Lynch gled out. dress this dispute in a timely Public outcry has so far “I can no longer work due shut four plants. US labour market, lower in- and F. Dixon Brooke said last The Computer & Commu- manner,” the organization failed to persuade the White to a disability and my income “As of late October, GM terest rates and an increase month in a letter to US Trade nications Industry Association said. House to reverse course once has drastically decreased. plants are back up and run- in fleet sales to government Representative Robert Light- (CCIA), whose members in- The French tax imposes Trump -- whose family oper- Please don’t take away one of ning, and we are working and corporate customers. hizer. clude Facebook, Amazon and a three percent levy on the ates a winery in Virginia -- has the few things that still pro- Washington has urged Google-parent Alphabet, said revenues -- often from online announced tariffs. vide me with a little pleasure.” Canadian CEOs make 200 times more than average worker AFP on record in the 13 years ly keep up with inflation,” from bonuses related to paid executives were given Montreal we’ve been tracking these said report author David company stock prices, par- an amount equal to at least numbers.” Macdonald. ticularly through stock op- 40 percent of losses in- The 100 highest-paid CEOs Between 2008 and 2018, tions. curred. in Canada made 227 times the 100 highest-paid CEOs These options are secu- Additionally, 13 percent more than the average saw their salaries increase Between 2017 and 2018, rities that can be converted of profitable companies paid worker in 2018, an unprec- by 61 percent, compared CEO salaries jumped by into shares of the company, their executives more than edented high, according to a to the average worker, who 18 percent, while average which distributes them at they paid in income tax. report published Thursday. only saw a 24 percent rise worker pay rose just 2.6 an advantageous price set in The CCPA urged the Ca- “Put another way, by -- a rate more or less equal percent, according to the advance. nadian government to ad- 10:09am on January 2, the to inflation, the study found. In 2018, only four wom- dress the pay imbalance and average top CEOs will have Between 2017 and 2018, left-leaning CCPA en were among Canada’s proposed several methods made as much money as the CEO salaries jumped by 18 richest CEOs, up from only for doing so, including a average Canadian worker percent, while average work- On average, the top CEOs three the year before. higher income tax rate for will make all year,” accord- er pay rose just 2.6 percent, made Can$11.8 million ($9 The report also found top executives, the elimina- ing to the annual report according to the left-leaning million) in 2018, versus that CEOs were well-com- tion of corporate tax breaks published by the Canadian CCPA. about Can$52,000 for the pensated even when their for salaries over Can$1 mil- Center for Policy Alterna- “Wealth continues to average Canadian. companies reported losses. lion and a complete review tives (CCPA). concentrate at the very top Most (79 percent) of the One third of the companies of loop;holes such as stock “That’s the earliest time while average incomes bare- average CEO’s pay came reported that the five best- options. File photo of the buildings in the Finacial District of Toronto. (AFP)

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he Consumer Electronics Show opening Tuesday offers a chance to showcase the newest and shiniest gadgetry, looking past the turmoil engulfing the Tglobal technology industry. The annual Las Vegas gather- ing with more than 4,500 exhibitors brings out about 175,000 attendees searching for innovations of the fu- ture. For an industry facing unprec- edented turbulence, the hope is that what happens in Vegas does not stay in Vegas after it closes on Friday, but filters into the world where consum- ers can adopt new technologies for health, communication, transporta- tion, the home and lifestyles. The show opens against the backdrop of mounting concerns on how data gathered from connected devices can be exploited by mar- keters, governments and hackers. There has also been a wave of at- tacks from politicians and activists against dominant tech platforms, as well as intense trade frictions between the world’s economic and technology powers, the United States and China. Roger Kay, an analyst with End- point Technologies Associates, said consumers are slowly coming to terms with the digital world and its privacy tradeoffs, and still appear to be driven toward new gadgetry. “People always want to see a shiny new object,” Kay said. “I think people are going to ad- just to this world and adopt the technology that comes along that suits them.” CES 2020 will feature devices infused with artificial intelligence for cars, homes, smart cities and for personal health, with many gadgets embracing voice assistants from Attendees wearing RealMax 100 Augmented Reality glasses grasp at objects in an AR game, at CES 2019 in Las Vegas. (File photo) (AFP) Amazon, Google and others. “We will see AI and apps being home hubs; and robots with fea- data “is reaching a tipping point of espionage and national security. nity to demonstrate their ability to used to make people’s lives easier, tures to help understand or express CES 2020 will feature devices opportunity” for firms which can de- But China will still represent the compete globally with Silicon Valley. such as speech recognition and ob- emotion. code human emotions for market- largest non-US delegation at CES, “Chinese firmsare looking at ject recognition,” said Sarah Brown A series of panel discussions will infused with artificial intelli- ing, market research and political with hundreds of exhibitors includ- places like Latin America and Eu- of the Consumer Technology Asso- also explore questions around con- gence for cars, homes, smart polling purposes. ing Huawei, the smartphone and rope, where they have enormous ciation, which organizes the show sumer privacy, the importance of 5G cities and for personal health, “Emotional data will challenge infrastructure giant which has been opportunities,” Bryant said. that includes media previews Sun- wireless, technology for travel and with many gadgets embracing companies because reading people’s blacklisted by Washington over na- CES offers big Chinese tech day and Monday. tourism, the promise of quantum voice assistants from Amazon, emotions is a delicate business,” an tional security concerns. firms like Baidu the chance to show “You will see that across the en- computing and how lifestyles will Google and others Accenture report said. “Emotions “In terms of exhibit space, Chi- their digital assistant that compete tire CES -- AI embedded in all these change in “smart cities.” are highly personal, and users will nese space is down slightly from last with those of Amazon and Google, technologies.” Some of the new CES gadgets have concerns about privacy inva- year, but most of the major exhibi- for example. Trade and industry attendees will collect and analyze data such as be a better personal companion for sion, security breaches, emotional tors are returning and some even “The Chinese tech companies will see wearables offering more facial expressions and tone of voice the elderly, and a vehicle may adapt manipulation, and bias.” upping size of presence,” Brown are very aggressive,” he said. “Their precise health monitoring, for both -- creating the opportunity for more to signs of driver fatigue or impair- - US-China row on display -Al- said. domestic market is saturated, and athletes and seniors; cars with bet- personalized services, but with risks ment. though CES is not about politics, it Simon Bryant of Futuresource they need to grow outside Chi- ter computer vision to avoid acci- as well. According to a report by the con- takes place while US-China tensions Consulting said Chinese firms see na, but not necessarily in the US dents; televisions designed as smart This could mean a robot might sulting firm Accenture, emotional simmer over trade, tariffs, industrial the show as an important opportu- market.” US govt unveils partial ban on flavoured e-cigarettes AFP “It was the pod cartridge- met with Trump in Novem- specific pre-market authori- Washington based systems that got us ber, Matthew Myers, presi- zation was needed to sell any into this problem that are dent of the Campaign for To- of them. The US government an- most attractive to kids,” bacco-Free Kids, expressed But the agency chose not nounced recently it was ban- Health Secretary Alex Azar dismay at the new rule, to enforce the rule. It pre- ning most flavoured e-cig- said in a conference call with which he said “creates a gi- ferred to watch how the mar- arettes in a bid to curb the reporters. ant loophole that will benefit ket evolved in the hope that rising tide of youth vaping, “The kids simply are not the current existing tobacco vaping could become a public but under industry pressure it using in any material level companies.” health solution for tobacco stopped short of the full ban the open tank vaping sys- Nancy Brown, CEO and smokers who want to quit. promised in September by the tems,” he added. president of the American Flavors other than men- White House. Companies that do not Heart Association, called it thol and tobacco will be The Food and Drug Ad- cease making and selling “a huge victory for Juul, vape banned starting in Febru- ministration (FDA) said car- such cartridges will face pun- shops and the rest of the ary for cartridge-based e- tridge-based e-cigarettes in ishment, the FDA said, with- cigarette industry over the cigarettes. For other types of flavors other than tobacco or out specifying the potential interest of this nation.” e-cigarettes, all flavors will menthol would be illegal un- sanctions. - Hands-off approach remain authorized. less specifically authorized by “The United States has -The industry push high- But all vaping products the government. never seen an epidemic of lighted the risk that Trump will need to request a pre- The change will take effect substance use arise as quick- could lose votes in the 2020 market authorization by in early February, outlawing ly as our current epidemic of election because of the pro- May. They will be able to re- cartridges with fruit, mint youth use of e-cigarettes,” posed ban. main on the market for up to and candy flavors, which are Azar said in a separate state- Trump said he would ulti- 12 months afterward. particularly popular with ment. mately settle for raising from Azar said prioritizing young people. “We aim to see whether 18 to 21 the minimum age for flavors most widely used by Juul, the e-cigarette in- e-cigarettes could serve as an A man vapes in a local store in Jersey City, New Jersey recently. (AFP) buying vaping products, and children would ensure e- dustry leader, had anticipat- effective off ramp for adult the US Congress obliged late cigarettes were not an “on- ed the decision and withdrew smokers addicted to combus- products among American Azar had said in Sep- industries for the adminis- December with a vote ban- ramp” to nicotine addiction those flavors from sale in the tible cigarettes. We believe youths. tember after a meeting with tration to reverse the deci- ning both e-cigarette and to- for youngsters. US, leaving only tobacco and that remains a possibility,” Some 28 percent of high President Donald Trump in sion. On Thursday, demon- bacco sales to under-21s. “We will not stand idly by menthol. he added. school seniors said they had the Oval Office that all flavors strators chanted “We vape! The change is due to take as this crisis among Ameri- The ban will exempt large, In late summer, a health vaped in the previous 30 would be banned in an effort We vote!” as Trump’s limo effect nationwide by Septem- ca’s youth grows and evolves, tank-based rechargeable vap- crisis marked by severe and days, according to a govern- to curb youth vaping. drove by in Florida. ber. and we will continue moni- ing devices, however, which sometimes deadly lung ail- ment survey in 2019, com- His announcement trig- Speaking for a group of Since 2016 the FDA has toring the situation and take are primarily sold in vape ments added to overall con- pared with around 11 percent gered a pressure campaign anti-tobacco advocates and had authority over vaping further actions as necessary,” shops that cater to adults. cerns over the success of Juul in 2016. from the tobacco and vaping public health officials who products and technically a he added. 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Tribune News Network brace up for Doha show Doha Last year, the Qatar Exx- onMobil Open 2019 won the Vinay Nayudu ATP Best Tournament Trophy Doha for a third time in five years. The other two interna- Three of the top four seeds tional tennis meets to be at the Qatar ExxonMobil Open named as 2019 Tourna- 2020 are eagerly seeking a ments of The Year were the telling start to their new sea- BNP Paribas Open (Indian son’s campaign. As such their Wells) and Abierto Mexi- quest is sure to provide the cano Telcel presentado por Raising standards Doha tournament the spark HSBC (Acapulco). Qatar ExxonMobil Open is and keen competition at the The Qatar ExxonMobil Khalifa International Tennis & Open, a 250 category ATP not less than any ATP 500 Squash Complex. Tour event held in the open- tournament. We hope to Three-time Grand Slam ing week of the season in raise the Qatar champion Stanislas Wawrin- Doha has set high standards championship to that of a ka, 2018 runner-up in Doha since its inception in 1993 Masters. The problem is Andrey Rublev, 2008 Austral- and continues to build its in the crowding of the ian Open finalist Jo-Wilfried reputation for its superb fa- Tsonga, and 2016 Wimble- cility, world-class hospitality calendar; there are nine don finalist Milos Raonic are and welcoming fans. Masters category among the top guns vying to The tournament venue – tournaments with 1000 be crowned the first singles Khalifa International Tennis points. We are in talks with champion of the 2020 season. & Squash Complex – and the the ATP and hopefully soon Out of these, top-seeded organization has improved Wawrinka, 2nd seed Rublev and to new world standards since we can expect something. 3rd placed Tsonga – have all Boris Becker first won the tro- – Tariq Zainal, Secretary- been nominated for 2019 Come- phy in Doha way back in 1993. General, Qatar Tennis back Player of the Year. They are It is natural then that the also all former finalists in Doha. Qatar Tennis Federation is Federation Wawrinka finished run- looking to raise the tourna- ner-up to Andy Murray in ment’s category profile seek- Tennis Federation (ITF) 2008 and Rublev to Gael ing to have participation of because they created a new Monfils in 2018, while Tsonga more top-ranked players. team championship (the ATP won the title in 2008 with vic- The Khalifa International Tennis & Squash Complex in Doha is all set for Qatar ExxonMobil Open 2020 which begins on Monday. Explaining their efforts, Cup) that is being held in the tory over Monfils in the final. Tariq Zainal, Secretary-Gen- same week of the Qatar Open. Swissman Wawrinka has eral, Qatar Tennis Federa- “The ITF tournament already made his serious in- Monday Schedule tion, said, “Qatar ExxonMo- has the participation of the tentions known ahead of the bil Open is not less than any best 24 countries partici- tournament tweeting about Centre Court ATP 500 tournament. pate, and the ITF only or- 3.30pm: Alexan der Bublik (KAZ) vs 7-Adrian Mannarino (FRA) his fitness and eagerness. 5.30pm: Fernando Verdasco (ESP) vs Pablo Andujar (ESP) “It’s the best in financial ganises this tournament an- The 34-year-old’s 2019 Followed by: Q-Gregoire Barrere (FRA) vs Jeremy Chardy (FRA) prize. While some tourna- nually and insists that it be resurrection has had a fasci- Followed by: Kyle Edmund (GBR) vs Filip Krajinovic (SRB) ments from the 250 category held at the beginning of the nating sub-plot that provided offer $400,000 in prize, Qa- calendar. The ITF gave us Court 1 an insight into how he halved 3.30pm: Q-Corentin Moutet (FRA) vs Tennys Sandgren (USA) tar ExxonMobil Open offers various options to establish his ATP Ranking and then Followed by: Q-Mikael Ymer (SWE) vs Aljaz Bedene (SLO) prizes of up to $1.3mn. our tournament, however, it halved it again this season. Followed by: Miomir Kecmanovic (SRB) vs Jordan Thompson “We won the ATP award was not appropriate to us.” The Swiss was No. 68 in (AUS) in 250 category last year for Zeinal pointed out, February last year, and fin- Court 2 the third time in the last five “There is an agreement be- ished the season by storming 3.30pm: Ricardas Berankis (LTU) & Milos Raonic (CAN) vs Stanislas Wawrinka tweeted years and we are very proud. tween QTF and ITF that northward all the way back up Luke Bambridge (GBR) & Santiago Gonzalez (MEX) this picture of his following a Our secret is our teamwork. the tournament will be held to No. 16. Followed by: WC-Malek Jaziri (TUN) & Rashed Nawaf (QAT) vs sand duning session in Doha We always learn from our during the next versions on 2-Henri Kontinen (FIN) & Franko Skugor (CRO) Wawrinka held a career- Followed by: Alexander Bublik (KAZ) & Andrey Rublev (RUS) vs on Saturday. The Swiss will mistakes and make it better January 21 or 22 and it was high ranking of No. 3 as re- Frances Tiafoe (USA) & Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI) be seen in doubles action on the next time. We make sure agreed that this edition will cently as July 2017, but two Monday partnering Frances that we always improve.” be held from January 6 to knee operations later in 2017 Court 3 Tiafoe of the US against Andrey Talking about the raising 11 and next season’s tourna- 3.30pm: Marco cecchinato (ITA) & Lorenzo Sonego (ITA) vs knocked his ranking all the Rohan Bopanna (IND) & Wesley Koolhof (NED) Rublev of Russia and Alexan- the tier of the tournament, ment date will change due to way down to No. 263. der Bublik of Kazakhstan. he said, “We hope to raise the the organisation of the To- His last outdoor hard court Qatar championship to that kyo 2020 Olympics.” trophy was in 2016 when he of a Masters. The problem is Zainal was hopeful that captured his third and most in the crowding of the calen- a way would be worked out recent Grand Slam at the US he’s reckoned as a big challeng- ident Fernando Verdasco, Britain’s Kyle Edmund. Also on the scene will dar; there are nine Masters soon and possibly by 2022 Open. er against anyone in the world. who will be involved in an American Tennys Sand- be India’s well known Da- category tournaments with for Qatar to have a more Frenchman Tsonga, mean- While these players have a all-Spanish clash with Pablo gren meets qualifier Corentin vis Cupper Rohan Bopanna 1000 points. If we find any vibrant and more action- while, has already held aloft dominant presence in the draw Andujar. Similarly, French- Moutet of France, Slovakian along with Dutch Wesley city that organises a Masters packed tournament possibly the Falcon trophy once in 2012 and their appointed places, man Jeremy Chardy will take Aljaz Bedene plays qualifier Koolhof against Italian pair tournament and wants to sell as an ATP500 or 1000 event. and knows what it takes to there are some dangerous float- on compatriot and qualifier Mikael Ymer of Sweden, and of Marco Cecchinato and Lor- (the rights to host), we will “In all our work, we seek reach there again in this part ers too, and in sport no player Gregoire Barrere. Australian Jordan Thompson enzo Sonego. buy it immediately.” to promote the name of Qa- of the world. can be ignored as no threat. A win for Chardy will see will play Miomir Kecmanovic Overcast conditions on The 2020 edition kicks tar by improving the organi- Russian Rublev is young Among the lesser knowns him play Wawrinka in the sec- of Serbia. Sunday followed by light off on Monday which is a zation, which makes players and fearless at 22 and aim for and who would be beginning ond round. In the doubles action, there showers saw the mercury drop week ahead of the usual De- (though there is more than another shot at the title after the proceedings on Monday is Serbian Laslo Djere, seed- will be Qatar’s Rashed Nawaf by quite a few degrees. cember 31st start. one championship held at Monfils killed his dream in the 7th seeded Adrian Mannarino ed five, plays Italian Lorenzo teaming up with Tunisian wild Exciting tennis from “A year and a half ago we the same time) prefer to final two years ago. of France, who plays Kazakh Sonego, while 6th seed Filip card Malek Jaziri against Fin- Monday would provide for were in permanent discus- participate in Qatar Exxon Canadian Raonic, mean- Alexander Bublik. Krajinovic (Serbia) will have land’s Henri Kontinen and fans for just the right mix in sion with the International Mobil Open.” while, will look to show why Then there is Doha-res- a late evening meeting with Croatian Franko Skugor. the week ahead. Tsitsipas whips Zverev as top names crash at ATP Cup AFP now ranked six, was in a dif- and played clever again. I Belgium’s Goffin saved five Stefano Travaglia won Sydney ferent league to Zverev, who managed to stay calm and match points against Dan Ev- the other singles and Fognini only began hitting balls a week positive in my head.” ans, but it was too little, too bounced back alongside Si- Stefanos Tsitsipas whipped ago after an off-season cur- The Boris Becker-cap- late as he crashed 6-4, 6-4 in mone Bolelli to take the decid- an error-strewn Alexander tailed by a lucrative exhibition tained Germans have now won Sydney for one of the biggest ing doubles rubber. Zverev to win the battle of the tour. one of their opening ties, while wins of the Briton’s career. “Coming out here and big guns at the ATP Cup on The lacklustre German Greece has lost both of theirs. Jamie Murray and Joe beating two top 20 players at Sunday, inflicting a second world number seven sent The 24 countries are split Salisbury won the deciding the beginning of the year is successive defeat on the Ger- down 10 double faults and into six groups, with the top doubles to secure the tie for great for my confidence,” said man in his warm-up for the made just 45 percent of his eight from the round-robin go- Britain 2-1. world number 54 Ruud. Australian Open. first serves, a worrying sign ing onto the knockout phase be- Fognini was beaten in Mercurial Australian Nick On day three of the inau- ahead of the opening Grand fore one is crowned the winner. Perth by emerging Norwegian Kyrgios pulled out of his coun- gural 24-nation team event in Slam of the year. The Grigor Dimitrov-led 21-year-old Casper Ruud, who try’s tie against Canada just Sydney, Brisbane and Perth, He lost to Australia’s Alex Bulgaria won their second tie claimed his second big scalp af- hours before it started with world number 11 David Goffin de Minaur in his opening in a row, beating Moldova 2-1, ter upsetting American John Is- back soreness. was another loser, along with match on Friday, throwing to be in a commanding posi- ner in his first match on Friday. But John Millman seam- Italy’s Fabio Fognini, ranked away a one-set lead. Stefanos Tsitsipas of Greece against Alexander Zverev of Germany dur- tion in Group C, while Austral- Ruud, whose father Chris- lessly stepped in to stun Felix one place below him. “I worked very hard for ing their men’s singles match of ATP Cup in Brisbane on Sunday. (AFP) ia also made it two-out-of-two tian is Norway’s captain, won Auger-Aliassime in straight Greek star Tsitsipas, who this win, I found solutions, in Group F with De Minaur 6-2, 6-2, although it wasn’t sets before De Minaur again won the 2019 season-ending found my rhythm and my ing on court,” said impressive 6-1, 6-4 walloping in Brisbane. again on fire in their 3-0 sweep enough to prevent Norway los- showed the fighting qualities ATP Finals in London and is pace and knew what I was do- 21-year-old Tsitsipas after his “I was serving pretty okay of Canada. ing 2-1 to Italy. for which he is renowned. 14 Monday, January 6, 2020 Sports Qatar U-23 prepare for Thailand 2020 opener Al Duhail close to sealing move for Juve’s North Korean striker Tribune News Network Doha

Al Duhail are close to secur- ing North Korean striker Han Kwang-song from Juventus according to reports in the Italian media. The 21-year-old became the first North Korean to play in the Italian Serie A in 2017 when he played for Cagliari against Torino. Han secured a two-year loan move to Juven- tus last summer and has been playing for the Old Lady’s North Korea and Juventus striker Han Kwang-Song Qatar Olympic football team during a training session in preparation for the U-23 Asian Cup to be held in Thailand from January 8 to 26. It is youth team in Serie C. also a qualifying tournament for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Qatar are in Group B alongside Japan, Saudi Arabia and Syria. Qatar begin their If the moves goes through, from Juventus. Al Duhail are is rumoured to be on his way campaign on Thursday against Syria at the Thammasat Stadium in the city of Rangsit, Pathum Thani. he will join Mario Mandzukic expected to be without Qatar to a Euripean club this Janu- who recently joined Al Duhail international Almoez Ali who ary. Al Sadd look to Liverpool sink Everton, find winning touch Lucas rescues Spurs in ‘Doha Derby’ Tribune News Network to win and we have the ability to Doha win which is very important to Jones’ superb us.” With just two wins from their The former Barcelona leg- strike seals win last five QNB Stars League end said that The Wolves need matches, Al Sadd will hope a to keep improving, while de- for Klopp kids; change of fortune happens soon claring his full confidence in his as the reigning champions take players. Chelsea cruise on Al Arabi in a rescheduled “Through my experience league match on Monday. as a former player and now past Forest as After an impressive start a coach, there’s no other way to the season, The Wolves to develop players other than Palace crash out have endured some inconsist- work, especially as we have a of FA Cup ent run of form which has put very good team participating Xavi Hernandez in the hot in several championships. I am AFP seat. The Spaniard who be- proud to train this team and we London came coach of the club after must keep improving to get bet- calling time on his playing ca- ter results. Liverpool inflicted fresh reer last year, has led his team “We started the season well, misery on Merseyside rivals to fifthin the QSL – 12 points but we could not continue. The Everton as a superb strike from behind leaders Al Duhail. league has evolved a lot, which teenager Curtis Jones sealed A shock 2-1 loss to Al Wak- means we must also develop,” a 1-0 win in the FA Cup third rah on Thursday further high- he added. round on Sunday. lighted the club’s struggles For Al Arabi, five points Jones’ second half curler in a season where they were from a possible 15 in the has sent Anfield in ecstasy as the knocked out of the AFC Cham- seen The Dream Team drop to club’s youth academy graduates pions League, and currently fourth, though level on points handed Everton an embarrass- battling to qualify for the knock- with Al Sadd. Heimir Hall- ing derby defeat. out stages of the Ooredoo Cup. grimsson has been without the The 18-year-old Liverpool- However, ahead of Mon- influential Aaron Gunnarsson born midfielder was making day’s game at Al Arabi in the due to injury. only his fifth appearance and ‘Doha Derby’, Xavi said his The former Iceland coach his memorable match winner Liverpool’s Curtis Jones (left) celebrates after scoring the winner against Everton during their English FA Cup third round match at Anfield in team must show their capability has also seen his side drop was his first senior goal. Liverpool on Sunday. (AFP) to overcome this difficult run. points in matches they should Jones is the youngest goals- “It will be a difficult match have won. A 3-0 thrashing of corer for Liverpool in a Mersey- ager Yasser Larouci. top corner. “When we were losing 1-0, for Callum, he has had a bad and Al Arabi have improved Al Ahli though, marked a good side derby since Robbie Fowler. Ancelotti’s side threatened Elsewhere on Sunday, Lu- at that moment I had the feeling injury, is getting himself fit and a lot this season. It is a great start to the second half of the Without a win over their early on when Dominic Calvert- cas Moura kept Tottenham’s FA of ‘we are in trouble’,” Totten- getting sharper. His goal was an derby that puts pressure on season and Hallgrimsson will rivals in any competition since Lewin’s strike was pushed away Cup hopes alive with the equal- ham boss Jose Mourinho said. early settler for us,” Lampard both teams and Arabi’s attack hope his team keeps the mo- 2010 and thrashed 5-2 at An- from Adrian, who then repelled iser in their 1-1 draw at second “We could be out like a few said. have been potent lately so we mentum against Al Sadd. field in the Premier League ear- Mason Holgate’s header and tier Middlesbrough, while Cal- other Premier League teams. Crystal Palace became the have to be careful,” Xavi said on “Being the ‘Doha Derby’ lier this season, Everton will feel Richarlison’s shot. lum Hudson-Odoi got back in But then everyone reacted. I re- third Premier League club to Sunday. should be a great incentive for the pain from this defeat against Liverpool’s youngsters had the groove as Chelsea cruised acted. The boys reacted.” be knocked out this weekend “We do not want to suffer in us to win and advance in the ta- their under-strength neigh- been thrashed by Aston Villa to a 2-0 win over Nottingham At Stamford Bridge, there as second tier Derby won 1-0 at tomorrow’s game, we must play ble,” Hallgrimsson said. bours for some while. while the senior stars were away Forest. were signs that Hudson-Odoi Selhurst Park. Hit by injuries that left him at the Club World Cup in De- Tottenham haven’t lifted a might be emerging from his Jayden Bogle fizzed a cross with 12 fit senior outfield play- cember. major trophy since 2008 when sophomore slump. to the far post and Chris Martin ers, Liverpool boss Jurgen But they acquitted them- current Middlesbrough manag- He opened the scoring tapped into the net in the 32nd Klopp had made nine changes, selves much better this time er Jonathan Woodgate scored against the second tier side in minute. selecting Nat Phillips, 22, and and Japan striker Takumi Mi- the League Cup winner against the sixth minute, just his second In a VAR first inE ngland, teenage trio Neco Williams, namino, making his debut after Chelsea. goal of the season and his first referee Michael Oliver used the Harvey Elliott and Jones. joining from Salzburg, glanced Woodgate was on course since September. pitch-side monitor to change a In contrast, Everton manag- a header narrowly off-target to dent Tottenham’s bid to end Blues boss Frank Lampard decision, sending off Luka Mili- er Carlo Ancelotti made just two before Divock Origi’s low drive that wretched run when Ashley had made nine changes, but vojevic after initially booking changes, fielding a strong team was brilliantly saved by Jordan Fletcher put Middlesbrough Chelsea doubled their lead in the Palace midfielder for kick- as the visitors chased a first win Pickford. ahead in the second half at the the 33rd minute when Hudson- ing out at Tom Huddlestone in at Anfield since 1999. Jones’ moment of magic Riverside Stadium. Odoi’s shot was parried straight the 63rd minute. Liverpool’s injury problems came in the 71st minute when But Brazilian winger Lucas to Ross Barkley and the mid- Sheffield United avoided a mounted within 10 minutes he played a chipped pass to headed the equaliser to send the fielder poked home at the back non-league upset with a 2-1 win when James Milner limped off Origi, took the return ball and tie to a replay in north London post. against AFC Fylde at Bramall Al Sadd coach Xavi Hernadez (left) and defender Pedro Miguel during to be replaced by another teen- curled a stunning effort into the later in January. “I was particularly pleased Lane. a press conference on Sunday. ‘Shame on you’: Balotelli lashes Bayern coach says Bundesliga more balanced out in new Italy racism storm RB Leipzid in the Bundesliga. goalkeeper to Munich. That is AFP at Italy international Balotelli. The Germans are However, it is not the first time very far-sighted,” Flick said. Milan The former Manchester City they have found themselves Forward Serge Gnabry was and Liverpool player was tar- in Doha for their in such position. Last season, unable to train Sunday after Mario Balotelli lashed out geted every time he got the ball. annual winter The Bavarians were six points suffering an Achilles tendon on Sunday after again being “It’s already the second behind Borussia Dortmund problem during a running ses- targeted by racist insults, this time,” Balotelli was heard tell- training camp but a remarkable run of form sion. “We will have to see how time from Lazio fans after he ing referee Gianluca Mangan- and Dortmund’s own failures, quickly the problem is dealt scored for Brescia in a 2-1 Serie iello after half an hour, with the Tribune News Network helped Niko Kovac to the title. with and when he can train A defeat, telling his tormentors: latter replying: “Now I’ll take Doha “Leipzig is a strong team again,” Flick said. “Shame on you”. care of it”. and this season the Bundes- Defender Lucas Hernandez “A defeat that hurts but we Lazio coach Simone Inzaghi Bayern Munich will be ready liga is different. It is more bal- meanwhile took part in partial will come back stronger and gestured wildly in front of the for the second half of the sea- anced in my opinion and it’s team training for the first time we are on the right track,” the visiting fans to stop the chant- son according to coach Hansi something we have not seen in following ankle surgery at the 29-year-old wrote on Insta- ing. Brescia fans tried to drown Flick. Bayern Munich coach Hansi Flick (right) attends a press conference a while. But we have a strong end of October. gram. out the insults with whistles The 54-year-old, who suc- on Sunday during the club’s annual winter training camp in Doha. team and we will be ready go- Hernandez did some “Lazio fans that were today and cheering which Balotelli ceeded Niko Kovac at the ing into the second half of the warm-up and fitness work with at the stadium SHAME ON applauded. beginning of November and “Our team is focused and focus was on developing the fit- season,” Flick said. the squad but did not join in a YOU! #saynotoracism.” Italian stadiums are the will be coach at least until the the players are working really ness of the side. The former Bayern mid- playing session but worked out Balotelli struck the first goal scene of recurrent racist in- end of the season, told report- hard to be successful and in “We want to focus on our fielder also hailed the club’s with fitness coaches on an indi- after 18 minutes at Brescia’s cidents, including monkey ers during the team’s training the coming days we are going training sessions and want our move in signing Schalke goal- vidual programme. Stadio Mario Rigamonti before chants, and this season Inter camp at the Aspire Zone in to keep working to improve the young players to train with the keeper Alexander Nuebel, who Bayern will be in Doha title-chasers Lazio hit back with Milan’s Romelu Lukaku, AC Doha that the Bavarians have a team,” Flick said. first squad.” will join in the summer on a until January 10 and will be- a Ciro Immobile double. Milan’s Franck Kessie and strong group of players despite He also added that the The record German cham- five-year contract. gin their Bundesliga defence But the game was overshad- Fiorentina’s Dalbert have all a groin injury to goal machine team will not play any friendly pions are currently third and “Bayern Munich took the against Hertha Berlin on Jan- owed by insulting chants aimed been victims. Robert Lewandowski. while in Doha, adding that his four points behind leaders chance to bring a very talented uary 19. Sports Monday, January 6, 2020 15 Defiant Sibley puts England Punctures slow in control with gritty knock AFP England record - and Stokes Cape Town caught last man Anrich Nortje to set an England Test record A gritty 85 not out from open- of five catches by a fielder. er Dom Sibley ground down Zak Crawley made a down Attiyah in South Africa’s bowlers as Eng- streaky 25 when England land took control on the third started their second innings, day of the second Test against with Sibley making only three South Africa at Newlands. in an opening stand of 28, be- Sibley, playing in only fore the day settled into a bat- his fourth Test, came in dur- tle of attrition. Dakar opener ing the morning session after Sibley and Joe Denly (31) James Anderson had picked used up 33 overs in adding 73 up the last two South African for the second wicket before wickets to finish with 5-40 and Denly hooked Nortje to fine give England a first innings leg. lead of 46. England’s Dom Sibley celebrates England captain Joe Root By the close, Sibley was his half-century. was more aggressive as he and still there and England had Sibley added 116 for the third reached 218 for four, stretch- Brief Scores wicket. ing their overall lead to 264. Root made 61 off 98 balls Sibley’s 85, his first Test England 218 for 4 (Sibley 85*, Root 61) before being caught at slip off half-century, came off a pains- and 269 all out lead South Africa 223 Dwaine Pretorius shortly be- taking 222 balls in just under all out (Anderson 5-40) by 264 runs fore the close. six hours and included 13 Earlier, Anderson took boundaries. Stokes combined to secure an both South Africa’s remain- It was slow going but it important first innings lead. ing wickets as the hosts added consolidated England’s advan- Anderson completed his only eight runs to their over- tage after Anderson and Ben 28th Test five-wicket haul - an night total. Toyota’s Gazoo Racing driver Nasser bin Saleh al Attiyah of Qatar and his co-driver Mathieu Baumel of France compete during Stage 1 of the Dakar 2020 between Jeddah and Al Wajh in Saudi Arabia on Sunday. (AFP) AFP Results to win the event, completed Al Wajh (Saudi Arabia) the drive in his Toyota in 11th Aussies dominant: Lyon Dakar Rally after Sunday’s stage 1 (752 kilometres) from Djeddah to Al Wajh. place. Three punctures inside 10 Cars: The 38-year-old Spaniard, kms slowed down defending 1. Vaidotas Zala-Saulius Jurgelenas (LTU-LTU/Mini) 3h19:04, 2. Stephane Peterhansel-Paulo Fiuza with five-time Dakar bike champion Nasser bin Saleh al (FRA-POR/Mini) at 2mins 14secs, 3. Carlos Sainz-Lucas Cruz (ESP-ESP/Mini) 2:50, 4. Nasser champion Marc Coma navi- takes five-wicket haul Attiyah of Qatar in the inau- Al-Attiyah-Matthieu Baumel (QAT-FRA/Toyota) 5:33, 5. Bernhard Ten Brinke-Tom Colsoul (NED-BEL/ gating, was over quarter of an Toyota) 6:30, 6. Mathieu Serradori-Fabian Lurquin (FRA-BEL/Century) 6:55, 7. Orlando Terranova- AFP gural stage of the Dakar Rally Bernardo Graue (ARG-ARG/Mini) 7:15, 8. Yazeed Al Rajhi-Konstantin Zhiltsov (KSA-RUS/Toyota) hour behind surprise stage crowd, in front of your family from Jeddah to Al Wajh in 11:46, 9. Vladimir Vasilyev-Vitaliy Yevtyekhov (RUS-UKR/Mini) 13:25, 10. Erik Van Loon-Sebastien winner Vaidotas Zala. Sydney and friends. Nice to go up on Saudi Arabia on Sunday. Delaunay (NED-FRA/Toyota) 13:58 One driver facing an early the honours board.” The Toyota Hilux driver set flight home was France’s two- Australia took a com- Phillips, who only flew in a hot pace and was ahead dur- Motorcycles: time Le Mans 24 Hour winner manding 243-run lead over on the eve of the Test as cover ing the opening 200 kms into 1. Toby Price (AUS/KTM) 3h21:33 (penalty: 2:00), 2. Ricky Brabec (USA/Honda) at 5secs, 3. Matthias Romain Dumas, who could plucky New Zealand in the for a team weakened by a virus the stage but punctures blunt- Walkner (AUT/KTM) 40, 4. Kevin Benavides (ARG/Honda) 2:31, 5. Sam Sunderland (GBR/Ktm) 3:15, only watch from a safe distance third Test in Sydney on Sun- outbreak, was dropped twice ed his charge and the Qatari 6. Pablo Quintanilla (CHI/Husqvarna) 3:36, 7. Joan Barreda Bort (ESP/Honda) 5:51, 8. Luciano as flames engulfed his car after day, looking set for a clean and given a reprieve when Benavides (ARG/Ktm) 6:56, 9. Andrew Short (USA/Husqvarna) 7:03, 10. Adrien Van Beveren (FRA/ dropped behind a Mini trio, Yamaha) 7:52 only 65km. sweep of the series. caught off a no-ball. led by a surprise stage winner Defending motorbike The Australians dismissed Lyon put down the two and debutant Vaidotas Zala of champion Toby Price won the Black Caps for 251 to lead caught-and-bowled chances Lithuaian. rally world champion. At the “In 21 editions of the Da- Sunday’s first bike stage, de- by 203 runs on the first in- when Phillips was on two and “It was a hard day and wheel of an X-Raid Mini, the kar, I’ve never had a co-driver spite losing his roadbook. nings before batting a second 17. The Kiwi batsman dodged we had three punctures in 32-year-old added his name talk to me in English, so I need “Once the road book time in a bid to build an over- Australia’s Nathan Lyon another bullet on 28 when he 10 kilometres. I have no clue to the list of Dakar stage win- to get used to it,” he said. is gone, then you’re pretty whelming total with two days acknowledges the crowd after was caught by Travis Head what went wrong. It’s rather ners and proved that his auspi- Reflecting on a solid first much driving blind,” said the remaining. taking a five wicket haul. at deep midwicket only to be strange,” reported the Qatari, cious 12th place in 2019 was no day’s drive Peterhansel added: 32-year-old Australian. At stumps on day three, recalled when James Pattin- over five minutes adrift. fluke. “There were dunes, sandy pla- The KTM rider completed the hosts were 40 without loss charmed knock of 52. son was found to have over- Zala’s debut in Saudi Ara- He is 2mins 14sec clear teaus and rocky sectors where the 752km route over two min- with David Warner on 23 and “We’re in a very good posi- stepped for a no-ball. bia was not just a tour de force, of teammates Stephane Pe- we had to walk on eggshells. utes clear of American Ricky Joe Burns not out 16, and were tion here,” said Lyon, who has it was a performance for the terhansel, the 13-time Dakar We’re good at adapting to these Brabec on a Honda with Aus- expected to bat on for some now taken a career 385 Test ages. The varied terrain and champion, and Carlos Sainz. conditions, we’re nimble!” trian Matthias Walkner on an- time on the fourth day. wickets. “A lot of work to do Brief Scores fiendish navigation of the in- ‘Mr Dakar’, as France’s Dakar Rally debutant Fer- other KTM in third. Off-spinner Nathan Lyon in the morning and we have to Australia 454 and 0 for 40 (Warner 23*, augural stage appeared to rule Peterhansel is affectionately nando Alonso avoided any first Monday’s second stage is captured five for 68 to lead see what lead we the batsmen Burns 16*) lead New Zealand 251 (Phillips out any surprises, but instead known, struggled with a lan- stage pitfalls. The Spaniard, 401km to Neom, a planned fu- the Australian bowling attack, want to get to. 52, Latham 49, Lyon 5-68, Cummins 3-44) by it witnessed the rise to fame of guage barrier with his new co- trying to make history as the turistic city being built on the with Kiwi Test debutant Glenn “It is pretty special to play 243 runs the newly crowned Lithuanian driver Paulo Fiuza. first Formula One champion Red Sea. Phillips top-scoring with a here in front of your home

First phase of the league comes to an end Abdi leads Al Arabi to top in QBF League first phase

Tribune News Network as the match progressed and pulled Results placed outfits. Both had suffered seven DOHA themselves 31 points clear at one stage defeats in a row and it was Al Khor who (72-41) before scripting their sixth vic- A l Khor Club beat Al Sadd Club 88-63 (HT 44-30) ended their losing streak, using their Forward Khalid Suliman Abdi led tory in eight matches – their second Main performers – Al Khor: Malcolm Bernard 28 pts & 10 12-point run in the second quarter to Al Arabi Club’s aggressive display in in a row. The third loss snapped the rebounds, Aladji Magassa 19 pts, Khobi Williams 17 pts & pull 14 points clear at the interval. the last match of the first phase in the three-match winning run for Al Sha- 14 rebounds, Madrious Gibbs 13 pts & 11 assists Al Khor continued to push hard QBF League and sparked them to a mal, who are among three teams with Al Sadd: Justin Baker 31 pts & 14 rebounds, Babacar Dieng managed to stretch their advantage to dominant 95-79 victory against Al Sha- 13 points each. 13 pts maximum 26 points in the third quar- mal Club at the Al Gharafa Club Indoor Besides Abdi, centre Moham- ter (65-39). They sealed the win by 25 Al Arabi Club beat Al Shamal Club 95-79 (HT 53-33) Hall on Sunday. med Harat gathered 22 points and 14 Main performers – Al Arabi: Khalid Suliman Abdi 30 pts & points with a dunk by forward Aladji The former Qatar national team rebounds, Todic contributed 21 and 9 assists, Mohammed Harat 22 pts & 14 rebounds, Miroslav Magassa, who collected 19 points – player produced 30 points and provid- guard Kevin Galloway added 14 points Todic 21 pts, Kevin Galloway 14 pts the second highest behind swingman ed nine assists to end as the top-scorer for Al Arabi. Al Shamal: Mikheil Berishvili 26 pts & 15 rebounds, Lenny Malcolm Bernard’s 28 points and 10 of the crucial match. Both teams were For Al Shamal, small forward Daniel 18 pts, George Tsintsadze 12 pts rebounds. locked at 12 points each from seven Mikheil Berishvili was the chief scor- QBF League Standings Two other players to get a double- games and the winner was to join Al er with 26 points and 15 rebounds, Position P W L PF PA PD Pts double for Al Khor were centre Khobi Wakrah at the top. while forward Lenny Daniel earned 1.Al Arabi 8 6 2 720 618 102 14 Williams and guard Madrius Gibbs. 2.Al Wakrah 8 6 2 668 610 58 14 Al Arabi were wary of the rivals 18 points and point guard George 3.Al Gharafa 8 5 3 688 616 72 13 Williams collected 17 points and 14 re- and started to build up early pressure Tsintsadze got 12. 4.Al Shamal 8 5 3 674 615 60 13 bounds and Gibbs had 13 points and on them. At 6-6, centre Miroslav To- 5.Al Rayyan 8 5 3 647 590 57 13 11 assists. dic initiated a 13-2 run for them and Khor win finally 6.Al Ahli 8 4 4 638 606 32 12 For Al Sadd, swingman Justin 7.Qatar SC 8 4 4 653 655 -2 12 it was good enough to boost them to a Al Khor tasted the first success of 8.Al Khor 8 1 7 572 690 -118 9 Baker was the top scorer with 31 points Khalid Suliman Abdi of Al Arabi goes for a layup against Al Shamal 15-point lead after the first 10 minutes. the League as they outclassed Al Sadd 9.Al Sadd 8 0 8 535 795 -260 8 and 14 rebounds and forward forward during a QBF League match in Al Gharafa on Sunday. Al Arabi won Al Arabi proved unchallenged Club 88-63 in a match-up of bottom- Babacar Dieng secured 13. 95-79 and topped the table after the first phase. NVBS Qatar players shine in India tourney Hair dryer, steam iron fail to save

Tribune News Network port of their parents. The tour- Doha nament in India was a tough India-Sri Lanka T20 clash one as several talented shut- Mashal Manoj Sahibjan of tlers participated,” said NVBS AFP New Vision Badminton Sport chief coach Manoj Sahibjan. Guwahati (India) (NVBS), Doha, won a gold and silver at the Junior All-Kerala Damp patches on the pitch due to rain forced Badminton Prize Money Tour- Mashal, a 3rd standard the abandonment of the first Twenty20 inter- nament organised by Kerala student at Kings College national between India and Sri Lanka without Badminton Shuttle Association Doha, and his partner a ball being bowled in Guwahati on Sunday de- in India from December 27-30. Abhiram Sajith defeated spite groundsmen even turning to a hair dryer Mashal, a 3rd stand- and steam iron in a desperate attempt to save ard student at Kings College Gautham Sumesh and the game. Doha, and his partner Abhi- NVBS Qatar players with medals and trophies Keshav Krishna 15-11, The pitch and the square at the start of ram Sajith defeated Gautham 13-15 and 15-12 in the the three-match series were covered after rain Sumesh and Keshav Krishna Adlyn Mary Sojan of Ideal Adlyn was second runner- Under-9 Boys doubles final. started falling just after the toss won by India 15-11, 13-15 and 15-12 in the Indian School and a NVBS up in U-9 girls singles after she skipper Virat Kohli who elected to bowl first. A ground staff member uses an electric blower to Under-9 Boys doubles final. trainee and Shivani Shivaku- lost to Shreya Maria Mathew in But once the rain stopped, wet patches on dry the pitch in the first T20 international cricket But Mashal finished sec- mar emerged the winners of three thrilling games by 17-15, “NVBS hopes to build a the pitch were discovered, leaving umpires and match between India and Sri Lanka on Sunday. ond in the U-9 boys singles the U-9 Girls doubles, beating 12-15, 13-15 in the semi-finals. talented team which can par- players unhappy. final after he lost to Gautham Johina Mary and Shreya Ma- “The players did well due ticipate in the future tourna- Even a hair drier and a steam iron were used strip but commentators criticised the ground Sumesh (13-15, 15-9, 5-15). ria 15-6, 15-5. to their hard work and the sup- ments,” he added. to try and dry the dampness on the 22-yard staff for letting water seep through the covers. 16 Monday, January 6, 2020 The Last Word Ministry of Culture initiative set to help strengthen Qatar’s publishing industry

sional relations between The programme aims to sophisticated electronic sys- by Minister of Culture and develop the publishing and The inaugural DPFP will host 42 Qatari, Arab publishers and enhance the establish professional rela- tem that allows them to reg- Sports Decision No 51 of distribution industry by set- and foreign publishers from 22 countries concept of intellectual prop- tions between publishers ister their accounts, organ- 2019, with the aim of rais- ting up and participating erty in addition to bringing ise meeting with publishers, ing the professional level of in specialised professional QNA at a two-day forum featur- publishers from around the and enhance the concept exchange ideas, explore op- the publishing and distri- courses, revitalising the Doha ing seminars from leading world to trade rights for of intellectual property in portunities to acquire and bution industry; promoting cultural movement, coordi- publishing industry experts books and further promot- addition to bringing pub- sell copyright. joint cooperation between nating efforts and positions The Ministry of Culture and at the Doha International ing cultural exchange. lishers from around the The programme will also publishers and distributors; with Qatari associations, fo- Sports, represented by the Book Fair. For his part, Executive world to trade rights for provide participants with distributing the production rums and cultural centres in Qatari Forum for Publishing Speaking at a press con- Director of HBKU Press books and further promot- the opportunity to attend of Qatari authors locally, re- regional and international and Distributors (QFPD), is ference on Sunday, Gen- Bachar Chebaro said, “There seminars and take part in gionally and internationally; forums in cooperation with set to launch the first edi- eral Manager of the QFPD is a partnership between ing cultural exchange dialogs managed by lead- and participating in local the competent authorities tion of the Doha Publish- Ibrahim Abdulrahim al Bu- the Ministry of Culture and ing specialists in the field of and foreign publishing and in the state, and making a ing Fellowship Programme hashim said the DPFP is Sports and HBKU Press to Sports HE Salah bin Gha- publishing. distribution exhibitions in contribution to strengthen- (DPFP) on Sunday, Janu- a specialised professional facilitate this programme. nem al Ali and representa- Seminars will offer expe- cooperation with the min- ing the legal framework to ary 12, in cooperation with programme that will pro- The QFPD and the HBKU tives of the QFPD and the riences of copyright and uni- istry and other competent provide legal protection of Hamad Bin Khalifa Univer- vide an opportunity for Qa- Press have been mandated HBKU Press as well as rep- versal copyright market, and authorities; as well as docu- rights intellectual property sity (HBKU) Press. tari publishers to meet with to follow this work. resentatives of Arab and for- will make room for the ef- menting and strengthening and related rights for Qa- The inaugural DPFP will their Arab and foreign coun- The Doha Publishers eign publishers. forts to develop the industry. the relationship between the tari authors, regionally and host 42 Qatari, Arab and terparts. Fellowship Programme will The Doha Publishing The Qatari Forum for forum and cultural and sci- internationally, in coordina- foreign publishers from 22 He said the programme include an opening speeches Fellowship Programme Publishing and Distributors entific bodies. tion with the competent au- countries across the world aims to establish profes- by Minister of Culture and provides publishers with a was established last year The forum also aims to thorities. Qatar to host first international exhibition Celebrate Shop for travel and tourism in November 2020 Qatar at Mall of QTM 2020 seeks to boost Qatar’s tourism and reinforce investment opportunities in the sector Qatar to win big

Tribune News Network rations among them in order to the patronage of Prime Minis- gramme, where professional Doha enhance tourism. ter and Minister of Interior HE buyers and purchasers, which QTM 2020 will also provide Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin include top level senior execu- UNDER the patronage of Prime a platform to create business op- Khalifa al Thani as this reiter- tives and decision makers from a Minister and Minister of Interior portunities for industry profes- ates the government’s support variety of companies and indus- HE Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser sionals in the tourism and travel to the tourism sector as one of tries, will attend the exhibition. bin Khalifa al Thani, the inaugu- sectors. the pillars of Qatar National Vi- The Hosted Buyer programme ral edition of Qatar Travel Mart Having recognised tourism sion 2030 to diversify the econ- will give exhibitors and attend- 2020 (QTM 2020) will be held as one of the priority sectors fun- omy. Qatar Travel Mart 2020 ees an opportunity to meet in- Doha Exhibition and Conven- damental to expanding Qatar’s will boost Qatar’s position on ternational buyers from Asia, Mall of Qatar CEO Khaled Sam Hosn tion Center (DECC) in Novem- economy and increasing private the international tourism map Europe, Russia, Far East and ber this year. sector investment, the Qatar as a major tourist destination Latin America face-to-face in a Tribune News Network With the support of the Government has come up with Abdel Aziz al Kaabi in the region.” highly-effective environment de- Doha Prime Minister, QTM 2020, various measure to boost tour- For businesses in the travel signed to save time and money, Qatar’s international exhibition ism, including visa-free entry for Qatar is targeting 5.6 million industry, as well as their custom- enabling new business and sign- THE Mall of Qatar announced on Sunday that it is for travel and tourism, seeks to citizens of more 80 countries. international tourist arrivals by ers, technology plays a vital role. ing of new agreements. part of the Shop Qatar celebrations to be held from boost Qatar’s tourism and will As per an announcement by 2023. Investment in the tour- QTM 2020 will feature the latest In addition to the exhibi- January 7 to 31, and will be giving shoppers the reinforce business and invest- the World Tourism Organiza- ism sector is expected to go up in travel and tourism technology tion, QTM 2020 will feature chance to win exciting cash prizes and dream cars ment opportunities in tourism tion, Qatar has now become the to $4 billion by 2028, with the and hospitality automation, with a conference that will enable when spending QR200 at any of its stores. products and services. most open country in the Mid- share of the tourism sector in global travel industry experts industry professionals to stay The Mall of Qatar will celebrate Shop Qatar, or- To be held under the theme dle East and the 8th most open GDP to reach $36.57 billion. The showcasing innovative and up- abreast of the latest news in ganised by Qatar National Tourism Council, with ‘discover people, place and cul- in the world, in terms of visa tourism and hospitality sector is to-date technology to the discern- tourism sector. Besides, the ex- spectacular shows such as acrobatic aerial acts, DC ture’, QTM 2020 will bring to- facilitation. Qatar is also one of also expected to grow, keeping ing customer. QTM 2020 will be hibition will embrace the Glob- Justice League super heroes, the cheerful Masha & gether key government and pub- the fastest-growing tourist desti- with the FIFA guidelines to have introducing new technology pro- al Village that acts as a hub to The Bear and much more. lic sector authorities, domestic nations with massive growth ex- 60,000 hotel rooms by 2022. viders into the budding travel and connect different parts of the For the first time, Mall of Qatar will mark Chi- and foreign tourism entities as pected in the next few years. Abdel Aziz al Kaabi, VP of tourism industry in Qatar. world under one roof showcas- nese New Year celebrations with traditional Chi- well as travel and tourism pro- As per the Qatar National Nextfairs, said: “We are proud Another highlight of QTM ing heritage and philosophies nese entertainment, roaming parades and activities fessionals to enhance collabo- Tourism Sector Strategy 2030, to hold this exhibition under 2020 is the Hosted Buyer pro- of different countries. showcasing the country’s rich history and cultural heritage from January 24 until 31. “We are proud to be part of Qatar National Tourism Council’s initiatives as a partner in Shop Qatar festival for the third consecutive year, at- tracting tourists and residents alike. As the nation’s mall, we are committed to provide the most diversi- fied entertainment and we promise our shoppers a packed calendar of world-class events!” said Khaled Sam Hosn, Mall of Qatar CEO. During the closing ceremony on January 31, Mall of Qatar will host a celebrity singer to per- form live on the iconic 360-degree Oasis stage. The performance will take place after the an- nouncement of the names of the winners of Shop Qatar is targeting 5.6 million international tourists by 2023, and investment in tourism sector is expected to go up to $4 billion by 2028, with the share of the tourism sector in GDP to reach $36.57 billion. Qatar final raffle draw. Ashghal opens second flyover at Umm Lekhba Interchange

the pressure on Doha Ex- 65% of the upgrade pressway, especially at the Al works at Umm Lekhba Gharrafa interchange known as Immigration and Al Duhail Interchange completed intersections. It will also ensure smooth traffic flow for those Tribune News network coming from Doha Corniche, Doha Markhiya, Madinat Khalifa and Duhail and heading towards THE Public Works Author- Al Shamal Road, Sabah Al Ah- ity ‘Ashghal’ has opened the mad Corridor, Al Gharrafa and second 537-metre flyover at Gharrafat Al Rayyan areas to Al Umm Lekhba (Landmark) luqta and Al Rayyan. Interchange to enable smooth Sabah Al Ahmad Corridor traffic flow from Al Markhiya extends for approximately 25 to Doha. The new flyover consists of two unidirectional lanes from Al Markhiya to Doha and will accommodate around kilometres from Hamad In- The new flyover is part of 4,000 vehicles per hour. ternational Airport to Umm Sabah Al Ahmad Corridor pro- Lekhba Interchange (known ject and has been opened in heading towards Doha via 22 and Doha south. rections in addition to Al Sha- as Landmark Interchange) on coordination with the General February Street. It is worth mentioning mal road and the underpass of Doha Expressway. Its scope Directorate of Traffic in order It also offers an alterna- that 65 percent of the Umm the old interchange linking Al includes the upgrade of seven to improve traffic situation in tive route for motorists com- Lekhba interchange develop- Markhiya Street and Sabah Al (7) main roads namely, E Ring, the area. ing from commercial facilities, ment, known as Landmark In- Ahmad Corridor. F Ring, Mesaimeer, Al Bustan, The new flyover consists of complexes and many educa- terchange, has been completed. Umm Lekhba interchange Bu Erayyen, Lebday and sec- two unidirectional lanes from tional and health institutions in The construction of this huge is the largest interchange tions of Al Markhiya Street. Al Markhiya to Doha and will addition to those coming from and vital interchange is under- in Qatar with a length of 11 Once completed in 2021, accommodate around 4,000 Qatar University. way around the clock to com- kilometres. The interchange of Umm Bishr on the G-Ring pressway, Al Markhiya Street Sabah Al Ahmad Corridor will vehicles per hour. It will ease The bridge comes two plete it this year. accommodates more than Road where it is located at an and Sabah Al Ahmad Corridor. significantly contribute to the pressure on Immigration Inter- months after the opening of the Once completed in the 20,000 vehicles per hour. Five altitude of 35 metres. The interchange is located relief of traffic congestion on section, offering a parallel route 820 metre long first flyover at last quarter of 2020, the new bridges consist of two lanes in Umm Lekhba Interchange in a densely populated area Doha Expressway, in particular to Khalifa Street towards Doha. Umm Lekhba connecting Al interchange will significantly one direction, while the other is considered to be the north- with vibrant commercial ac- 22 February Street. The new The flyover serves the Hateem Street and 22 Febru- improve traffic to shorten the four bridges include one lane ern gate of Doha and a “distri- tivity owing to the presence of corridor will be a vital alterna- residents of Duhail, Madi- ary Street. The two flyovers journey time by more than in one direction. bution station” due to its stra- many government entities, ed- tive and parallel route that will nat Khalifa and Al Markhiya, cross 22 February Street to 70 percent. The bridges pro- The interchange is the tegic location. It is located at ucational and health facilities serve thousands of daily com- as well as commuters from form three lanes easing traf- vide nine arteries that provide second highest interchange a point where Al Shamal Road as well as commercial markets. muters from the north to the Al Corniche and Al Gharrafa fic between 22 February Street smooth trafficflow in nine di- in Qatar after the interchange intersects with the Doha Ex- The interchange will ease south of Doha.