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FM meets GCC Secretary-General Qatar making great efforts to help GOPAC

Amir greets combat corruption, King of Sweden QNA Doha says Al Mahmoud His Highness the Amir of State of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani General Secretariat office of GOPAC opens in Qatar on Sunday sent a cable QNA of congratulations to HM Doha King Carl XVI Gustaf of the Kingdom of Sweden on the Speaker of the Shura Council occasion of his country’s and Chairman of the Global Or- National Day. ganisation of Parliamentarians Against Corruption (GOPAC) Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs HE Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman HE Ahmed bin Abdullah bin Al Thani met with Secretary-General of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf (GCC) Zaid Al Mahmoud on Sunday HE Dr Nayef Falah Al Hajraf in Doha on Sunday. During the meeting, they exchanged views on the inaugurated the General Secre- Hotter days GCC progress and the latest developments in the region. (QNA) tariat office of the organisation in Qatar. The GOPAC plays an ahead: QMD important role in the field of di- minishing the phenomenon of The Qatar Meteorology Depart- corruption. ment (QMD) has announced that In the beginning of his Sunday is the first of A“ l Thuraya Qatar Airways set to resume speech at the opening ceremo- star nights”. The summer season ny, the Shura Council Speaker actually begins from Monday and expressed his sincere appre- the days are likely to get hotter. flights to Sharjah from July 1 ciation to His Highness the Al Thuraya star nights last for Amir of State of Qatar Sheikh 13 days, when the heat will be Tribune News Network Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani intense and the strong northwest DOHA The Sharjah flights will be operated by for his support for the GOPAC Shura Council Speaker and Chairman of the Global Organisation of winds will blow during the day. The the airline’s state-of-the-art Boeing 787 and the initiatives taken by Parliamentarians Against Corruption (GOPAC) HE Ahmed bin Abdullah QMD said strong winds and high Qatar Airways (QA) will re- HH the Amir. bin Zaid Al Mahmoud inaugurated the General Secretariat office of sea is expected from Monday. It sume services to Sharjah, the Dreamliner featuring 22 seats in First The initiative includes the organisation in Qatar on Sunday. cautioned about sunstroke as hot UAE, starting from July 1 with Class and 232 seats in Economy Class establishing Sheikh Tamim weather conditions will continue in a daily flight, the airline has Bin Hamad Al Thani Inter- The Shura Council speaker plays in combating corruption the coming days. (TNN) said. The Sharjah services will national Anti-Corruption affirmed that Qatar is making around the world, pointing to be operated by the airline’s Excellence Awards, which is a great effort to raise the role his invitation to deliver the of- state-of-the-art Boeing 787 given to distinguished peo- of this organisation to the ficial speech at the last emer- Dreamliner featuring 22 seats ple in this field each year in highest levels. gency session of the United Fahes to reopen in First Class and 232 seats in conjunction with the celebra- He explained that a com- Nations General Assembly Economy Class. tion of the International Anti- plete strategy for the goals to for the first time in its history, Industrial Area unit The resumption of services Qatar Airways flight Skytrax ratings — including Corruption Day, held by the be achieved was approved by and this is a great apprecia- branch on June 8 will enable passengers flying QR1036 will depart from the prestigious 5-Star Airline United Nations on December the Executive Committee. tion and recognition of the or- from and to Sharjah to benefit Hamad International Airport Rating, 5-Star Airport Rating, 9 of each year. He praised the great sup- ganisation’s important role in The light vehicle inspection unit from the airline’s extensive in- at 14:35, arriving at 16:45 in 5-Star COVID-19 Airline Safety He pointed out that Qa- port of HH the Amir to the combating this scourge. of Fahes at Industrial Area will ternational network in Asia, Af- Sharjah. Qatar Airways daily Rating and 5-Star COVID-19 tar, under the leadership of Global Organisation of Par- He also expressed his grati- reopen on Tuesday (June 8), ac- rica, Australia and the Ameri- flight RQ 1037, will depart from Airport Safety Rating. These HH the Amir, has attached liamentarians Against Cor- tude for the continuous support cording to Qatar Fuel (Woqod). cas, which currently stands at Sharjah at 17:55, and will arrive achievements highlight Qatar great importance to combat- ruption, and the role of His from the brotherly Gulf and The working hours will be from over 130 destinations. in Doha at 18:05. Airways’ commitment to pro- ing corruption and is keen to Highness in international Arab countries for the work of 6 am to 6 pm and the gates There are plans to increase As travellers return to the viding its passengers with an support international efforts efforts to combat corruption the organisation, whether at the will be closed by 5.30 pm. From services to more than 1,200 skies with Qatar Airways, they industry-leading experience to enhance transparency. In and taking additional steps to level of leaders or parliaments, Wednesday, the Mesaimeer and weekly flights to over 140 desti- can take comfort knowing that at every point of their journey, addition it has taken steps to strengthen the institutional citing the congratulations of Wadi Al Banat units of Fahes nations by the end of July. they are travelling with the only including the highest possible strengthen the institutional framework on integrity and Qatar at the Al-Ula Summit on will remain open until midnight. Sharjah will be an alterna- airline in the world that has, to- level of health and safety stand- framework on integrity and transparency. his election as head of the world The timing will be from 6 am to tive gateway for passengers to gether with its state-of-the-art ards that safeguard the wellbe- transparency and prevent He valued the United Na- organisation. 12 midnight and gates will be and from the other cities espe- global hub Hamad Internation- ing of its passengers both on crimes affecting public money tions’ recognition of the great closed by 11.30 pm. (TNN) cially Dubai in the UAE. al Airport, achieved four 5-Star the ground and in the air. or public office. role that the organisation Continued on page 2 

Vaccinated people from Qatar can enter Barwa offers apartments France without quarantine from June 9 for ownership at Dara (A) Tribune News Network Doha project in Lusail City

Fully-vaccinated travellers from Qatar Barwa Real Estate is will be able to enter France without continuing to enrich the having to undergo quarantine from June residential real estate 9, the French Embassy in Doha an- market in Qatar with nounced on Sunday. more high-end units, “As of June 9, Qatari or third- this time through the country travellers from Qatar, if they Dara (A) project. The already have a fully valid visa and are project developed by otherwise fully vaccinated, may re-enter MM E records first hatching of Barwa Real Estate has France without quarantine upon arrival,” offered its residential the embassy said, adding that it was hawksbill turtles at Fuwairit beach units in Building A1 working to reopen visa services in the required),” it added. The first hatching of the endangered hawksbill sea turtles was recorded at Fu- and is now available to investors wishing to own property. The coming weeks. Visitors will still be required to wairit beach, coinciding with World Environment Day which is being celebrated building provides 142 apartments of various sizes for owner- “Upon departure from Qatar, produce a negative PCR test result ob- this year under the slogan Generation Restoration, the Ministry of Municipality ship. This step comes after the success achieved by the sales presentation of evidence of a complete tained 72 hours or a negative antigen and Environment (MME) has said. “Under the direct oversight of the head of of Building A2, where the sales reached about 80%, out of vaccination cycle: 2 weeks after the test done 48 hours before arrival. department Taleb Khaled Al Shahwani, the team recorded the data and re- the total 129 apartments offered by the building, despite the 2nd injection of Pfizer, Moderna or “For those who do not already leased 53 hawksbill sea turtle to the sea under full safety measures. So far, repercussions of the COVID-19 pandemic. Dara (A) offers four AstraZeneca vaccine; 4 weeks after have a fully valid visa, the embassy is 92 nests were moved to the protected site at Fuwairit beach,” the MME said five-storey buildings that provide 271 apartments, including 94 injection of the Johnson & Johnson working to reopen the visa service in in a tweet. The project to protect the endangered hawksbill sea turtles is being one-bedroom apartments, 139 two-bedroom apartments, and vaccine; 2 weeks after single injection the coming weeks, with no date at this undertaken by the Environmental Science Center at Qatar University under the 38 three-bedroom apartments, in addition to providing 365 for those with a history of COVID-19 (is stage,” the embassy added. supervision of the MME with funding from Qatar Petroleum. (QNA) underground parking spaces. (TNN) page 8 02 Monday, June 7, 2021

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Quick read FM MEETS EUROPEAN UNION AMBASSADOR Lulu Hypermarket Deputy Amir congratulates king of Sweden Deputy Prime Min- The Deputy Amir His Highness Sheikh Abdullah bin Hamad Al ister and Minister of Thani has sent a cable of congratulations to HM King Carl XVI Foreign Affairs HE donates oxygen Gustaf of Sweden on his country’s National Day. (QNA) Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman PM congratulates Swedish counterpart Al Thani met with cylinders to Sri Lanka Prime Minister and Minister of Interior HE Sheikh Khalid bin Ambassador of the Tribune News Network fund. Khalifa bin Abdulaziz Al Thani has sent a cable of congratula- European Union to Doha Lulu Hypermarket has tions to Prime Minister of Sweden Stefan Lofven on his coun- Qatar HE Dr Cristian strong CSR policies in place try’s National Day. (QNA) Tudor on Sunday. Dur- Lulu hypermarket Qatar has and it has been working to ing the meeting, they joined the relief work coordi- reduce carbon emissions to NHRC chairman meets head of UN Office of Counter-Terrorism reviewed relations nated by the Sri Lankan Em- minimise its impact on the en- Chairman of the National Human Rights Committee (NHRC) between Qatar and bassy in Qatar by donating vironment. It has also made Dr Ali bin Smaikh Al Marri met with Head of the United Nations the European Union. oxygen cylinders to meet the efforts to reduce food waste Office of Counter-Terrorism Dr Aynabat Atayeva on Sunday. The (QNA) urgent medical requirements and promote healthy eating. meeting dealt with cooperation to protect and promote human in Sri Lanka in the wake of The management of Lulu rights. (QNA) surging pandemic cases across Group lauded the efforts of the the country. Sri Lankan Embassy to extend Lulu Group has been mak- relief to the needy and under- ing contributions to support privileged in Sri Lanka. the society during challenging Ambassador of Sri Lanka times. Recently, it donated to Qatar HE Mohamed Ma- oxygen cylinders and other faz Mohideen received the essential supplies along with oxygen cylinders consign- QRCS and OCHA launch emergency a substantial financial contri- ment from Regional Director bution towards Kerala Chief of Lulu Hypermarket Qatar health, nutrition response in Yemen Minister’s pandemic relief Shaijan M.O. Tribune News Network effectively address Taiz’s specific cable disease prevention, the es- DOHA needs, particularly those related sential sexual and reproductive to health. health (SRH) package, and mal- Qatar Red Crescent Society “I would like to thank QRCS nutrition treatment for mothers (QRCS) has launched an emer- for their previous contributions, and children, as part of the pro- gency health and nutritional which upgraded the center to be ject. response in internally displaced comparable to a district hospi- QRCS will also secure people (IDP) camps in Yemen’s tal in terms of advanced equip- monthly supplies such as medi- Taiz and Sa’ada governorates. ment,” said Jamil Al Jamai, cations, water, fuel for electric An introductory workshop manager of the Saina Health generators, a solar power sys- was held at the QRCS mission in Center in Al-Mudhaffar. Previ- tem, staff remuneration and Taiz for representatives from the ously, we served up to 13,000 training, community awareness health sector, the planning de- cases per month in three other raising, referral of critical cases partment, district health direc- districts.” to hospitals, and furnishing and tors, and managers of the target “Today, we are hopeful that maintaining health facilities. CRA publishes 4th health centers. The session discussed the project’s activities and mechanism in order QRCS will be back,” he added. The project, which is funded by The session discussed the to provide an overview of the interventions and procedures. “QRCS is most welcome. They the United Nations Office for the project’s activities and mecha- are always willing to assist. We Coordination of Humanitarian version of SRDs nism in order to provide an in Taiz, said: “We discussed the with $1 million funding from the are proud to be collaborating Affairs (OCHA) through YHF, is overview of the interventions details of the project of emer- Yemen Health Fund (YHF)”. with them, and we will collabo- expected to reach 230,000 peo- Tribune News Network which include wagons, cars, and procedures that QRCS will gency health and nutritional According to him, the pro- rate to provide health services.” ple. Two hospitals, three health Doha trucks and buses. carry out for IDPs and the most response in the places of IDPs ject includes a variety of health QRCS will ensure that the centers, and two mobile clin- CRA President Moham- vulnerable communities. in the districts of Al-Ma’afir,A l- interventions such as supplies, most vulnerable IDPs and host ics will provide services in Taiz. The Communications Regula- med Ali Al Mannai said, “The Nabil Jamel, general man- Shamayatayn, and Al-Mudhaf- training, awareness, health communities have access to Three health centers and three tory Authority (CRA) recently introduction of the additional ager of the Planning and Inter- far. We had already signed the equipment and staff compensa- comprehensive health services, mobile clinics have been con- published on its website the frequency ranges was in re- national Cooperation Bureau project’s agreement with QRCS, tion. He expected the project to such as vaccination, communi- tracted in Sa’ada. fourth version of the Class Li- sponse to the rapid increase cense for Short Range Devices in the uses of radio-commu- (SRDs) that replaces the third nications equipment and ap- version that was in place. plications and the numerous The fourth version was de- recent related advancements, signed to keep pace with rapid in addition to CRA’s keenness ‘Parliamentarians have responsibility to prevent corruption’ technological advancements in to ensure that there is enough Continued from page 1  great deal of work in combat- tion and effectively implement radio-communications equip- radio spectrum to keep pace ing corruption and fighting it, its international commitments ment and applications and ac- with the rapidly evolving tech- The Shura Council speaker which requires a double effort. to combat it. cording to the resolutions and nological environment, to en- reviewed the history of the He said the opening cer- For his part, President of recommendations of World sure that advanced, innova- organisation’s establishment, emony of this office comes at the Arab branch of the Global Radiocommunication Confer- tive and reliable information its objectives, the reasons for an important time when par- Organization of Parliamentar- ence 2019 (WRC-19). and communications tech- its establishment, and how he liamentarians must increase ians Against Corruption HE The Class License specifies nology services are provided was unanimously elected as its efforts to present creative ini- Dr Nasser Jassim Al Sanea, the harmonised standards to be across Qatar. president at the 7th Conference tiatives and supervise the huge thanked Qatar for hosting the used for SRDs and the fourth “The additional frequencies of the Global Organization of budgets allocated to combat- office of the General Secretariat version includes updates to the to these applications and the Parliamentarians Against Cor- ing COVID-19 and to stimulate of the organisation, and for pro- rules, international standards review of the authorised maxi- ruption, and the moves he has the economy, and to ensure viding all human, material and and technical specifications for mum allowed output power for taken since taking office. that monitoring exchange op- technological capabilities for the the SRDs intended to be im- some applications will allow us- He said the office of the erations to contribute to serving headquarters of the organisa- ported to Qatar as well as the ing and selling a greater variety General Secretariat of the the citizens and providing them tion to carry out its activities and corresponding authorised max- of SRDs in the country, which Global Organization of Parlia- with all means of decent living. has accomplished since his that heads of parliaments in spread its message from Doha. imum allowed output power. in turn will benefit consumers mentarians Against Corrup- Furthermore, the parlia- election as its president, fore- the world continue the work to He also reviewed the In addition to updates re- and other stakeholders.” tion (GOPAC) started its work mentarians all over the world most among which is the prep- expand membership in the or- role played by the organisa- lated to the addition of new fre- The fourth version of the with Qatari cadres and col- have a great responsibility to aration of a complete strategy ganisation and establish new tion in fightingcorruption, quency bands and applications Class License for SRDs is avail- leagues from different coun- play in preventing and com- for the goals that are supposed national and regional branch- by supporting legislation and for SRDs, including Wireless able at the link below: tries, noting that this number bating corruption, as they are to be achieved in a period of es and help carry out its tasks. parliamentary practices and Access Systems (WAS) appli- https://www.cra.gov.qa/ will increase in the future an essential part of the solu- two years and approved by He renewed the call of the educating and training parlia- cations like Radio Local Area en/document/class-license- because, according to the or- tion, he added. Mahmoud also the executive committee of international community to mentarians on how to combat Networks (RLANs) applica- for-short-range-devices---ver- ganisation’s strategy, there is a explained what the GOPAC the organisation, explaining address the scourge of corrup- this scourge in an optimal way. tions onboard land vehicles sion-4 Sudanese community proud to support Qatar’s FIFA World Cup preparations

Tribune News Network dation. Cup,” said ElObaid. Sudan to their culture and a Azhar Sied-Ahmed also known That was one of the things that Doha During her spare time, Launched in 2015, the way to create a sense of home as Zoozita. encouraged us to become part ElObaid acts as a link between Community Partnership Pro- for the older generations who The cultural performances of future events.” When Alaa ElObaid was Qatar’s Sudanese community gramme connects with the have lived abroad for years. In were met with positive re- Qatar is home to more than asked to become the Sudanese and the Supreme Committee country’s diverse communi- a way, this opportunity gives sponses, with ElObaid’s fa- 60,000 people with Sudanese community representative for for Delivery & Legacy – the or- ties to inform and engage them back to us just as much as we vourite coming during the heritage. This month, the Su- the FIFA World Cup Qatar ganisation responsible for de- with preparations for Qatar give to it,” she added. 2020 Amir Cup – at the in- dan national team will par- 2022, she grasped the oppor- livering the infrastructure and 2022. Through volunteering, cul- auguration of Ahmad Bin Ali ticipate in the FIFA Arab Cup tunity with both hands. legacy projects for Qatar 2022 In her role, El Obaid said tural booths, dance and musi- Stadium. qualifiers in a match against Born and raised in Qatar, – through its Community Part- she is proud to share Sudanese cal performances, the commu- She said, “Even though Libya. ElObaid said the com- ElObaid has been passion- nership Programme. It’s a role culture with the world. nity has participated in various many of the people in the munity is excited to watch the ate about giving back to the ElObaid is proud to commit to. “Our culture is very rich events, including the 2019 CAF crowd were not Sudanese and games. “Sudanese people are community ever since her “I wanted to show Sudan and diverse. What’s beauti- ElObaid. Super Cup, the Amir Cup and they did not understand the very excited to finally see their schooldays. After attaining and Sudanese culture in its tru- ful about Sudan is that if you “Sudanese youth are in- both editions of the FIFA Club lyrics, people were singing team represented in a major her linguistics and mass com- est from through the Commu- travel west, you’ll find peo- credibly talented and this has World Cup. Notable perfor- along and dancing. It goes to sporting event such as the Arab munication degree from Qatar nity Partnerships Programme. ple that speak a completely been the perfect platform to mances have included a live show how music, in the same Cup. It’s a brilliant opportunity University, she began working It was a once-in-a-lifetime op- different language from that show that. It has also been a art show by locally renowned way as football, transcends for the teams and fans to show in the community develop- portunity to become a part of spoken in the city and other gateway to connect young peo- graffiti artist Assil Diab and a language barriers and can con- their presence on the football- ment sphere with Qatar Foun- such a big event like the World parts of the country,” said ple who were born outside of musical performance by singer nect people in a beautiful way. ing stage,” said ElObaid. Nation Monday, June 7, 2021 03 MURAIKHI MEETS TURKIC-SPEAKING STATES OFFICIAL MoPH marks World Food Safety Day Tribune News Network related to food safety, such Doha as shopping, food prepara- tion, transport, display, sale, The Ministry of Public Health storage, general hygiene (MoPH) joins the world to and health practices,” said mark World Food Safety Day, Baker. which falls on June 7, under She added that samples the theme ‘Safe food today for of food products produced a healthy tomorrow’ as part of locally are tested to prevent the permanent theme of the any microbial and chemical event ‘Food Safety is Every- risks. one’s Responsibility’. She said food samples are On the occasion, the min- tested using state-of-the-art CHIEF OF STAFF MEETS ITALIAN COUNTERPART Chief of Staff istry organised a number of devices to ensure conformity of Qatari Armed Forces HE Lieutenant-General (Pilot) Ghanem bin activities and events, includ- with the highest standards Shaheen Al Ghanim met with Chief of the Defence Staff of Italy ing virtual workshops on food of Codex Alimentarius Com- Minister of State for Foreign Affairs HE Sultan bin Saad Al Muraikhi met with Secretary-General of the Lieutenant-General Enzo Vecciarelli in Doha on Sunday. During safety, three workshops tar- mission, Word Health Or- Cooperation Council of Turkic-Speaking States Baghdad Amreyev in Doha on Sunday. During the meet- the meeting, they reviewed military cooperation between the two geting family-run businesses ganization and GCC Stand- ings, they reviewed bilateral relations between Qatar and the Cooperation Council of Turkic-Speaking countries and the ways to enhance them. A number of senior offic- over three days and a work- ardization Organization. States. (QNA) ers in the armed forces attended the meeting. (QNA) shop titled ‘Common Food Baker pointed out that Safety Mistakes’ for food im- food testing is done at the porting companies. MoPH central laborato- The activities also included ries, which are accredited awareness messages on so- internationally and ranked cial media and text messages among the top 15 laborato- via mobile phones, short vid- ries in the world. eos on food safety, as well as The labs adopt ap- ‘QU committed to educating awareness leaflets contain- proved and reliable analysis ing food safety guidelines methods based on the ISO distributed at supermarkets 17025:2017 quality manage- and malls. ment guidelines. community about food safety’ The Ministry of Public She added that an online Health building was lit in system has been developed Tribune News Network orange to mark World Food for issuing health and food Doha Safety Day. certificates and paying the Wassan Abdulla Al fees associated with export- Qatar University (QU) is Baker, C at the Ministry of ed food certificates, food de- committed to educating the Public Health, said that the struction certificates and food students and the entire com- World Food Safety Day is an tests requested by importing munity about the importance important occasion to pro- and exporting companies. of food safety, said Dr Tahra mote food safety and warn of Marking World Food Safe- ElObeid, head of Human Nu- unsafe food risks on health. ty Day aims at raising aware- trition Department, College “The Ministry of Public ness of food safety, preventing of Health Sciences, as the de- Health is keen to ensure the diseases through food safety, partment marked World Food safety of food sold at outlets discussing collaborative ap- Safety Day. in Qatar, food compliance to proaches to enhance food She said, “College of health standards and inten- safety across different sectors Health Sciences has conduct- Dr Grace Attieh Prof Reema Tayyem Dr Tahra ElObeid Prof Zumin Shi sifying food safety aware- and promoting solutions and ed many workshops to raise ness campaigns which focus the ways to achieve further awareness inside the univer- sterilise the cooking place to talked about the importance ple way to keep our food safe.” ments who controls risks in on the right and safe ways progress in food safety. sity about the importance of avoid the transfer of bacteria of strengthening efforts to en- Prof Reema Tayyem, pro- the food supply chain through healthy food t prevent the to the food,” she said. sure that the food we eat is safe fessor of Human Nutrition, routine audits and the com- diseases that transfer through Dr Abdelhamid Kerkadi, and healthy. said: “There is need to enact munity. Our food supply sys- contaminated food. The de- associate professor of Human She said, “When the food laws that restrict the sale of tem relies on the food industry partment has worked in new Nutrition, said: “It’s essential is not handled properly its can unhealthy food products that to produce food compliance research about food safety to for the food industry to ensure be unsafe, and it can put you may lead to chronic diseases. with safety regulations and ensure food quality.” She add- that food is safe for the con- at risk of foodborne illness. In economic terms, there consumers share the respon- ed that improper preparation sumer. Most of the companies The symptoms can range from should be taxes on unhealthy sibility for maintaining food or storage of food can cause and restaurants’ goals are to mild such as diarrhea, vomit- food such as soft drinks and safety from the way foods are many foodborne illnesses. provide high value of nutrition- ing to severe such as sepsis desserts. We should also adopt prepared, cooked and stored.” “Animal products are one al food to protect the consumer and meningitis. Children and campaigns to promote fruits Dr Grace Attieh, teaching of the sources of foodborne from food poisoning and food the elderly with the impaired and vegetable, especially in assistant of Human Nutri- diseases. That’s why we should contaminated with bacteria, immune function are more schools.” tion, said: “Unsafe foods with make sure we follow the cor- leading to a health problem for susceptible to foodborne ill- Prof Zumin Shi, profes- bacteria, viruses, parasites or rect way in cooking and stor- children and adults.” ness. That is why we must fo- sor of Human Nutrition, said: chemicals cause more than age temperatures. We must Prof Vijay Ganji, profes- cus our efforts on educating “Food safety is a shared re- 200 diseases - ranging from Wassan Abdulla Al Baker, Director of Food Safety & Environmental always wash our hands and sor of Human Nutrition, the consumers in an easy, sim- sponsibility between govern- diarrhea to cancers.” Health at MoPH Deans of QU colleges applaud graduating students Tribune News Network As a national college for dents, and we are all proud second year of the COVID-19 of the College of Education, Doha Sharia education and Islamic of the success and excellence pandemic. When the pandemic said the college celebrates on studies at QU, the college is they have reached. Today, they began, most of us were affected this blessed day the graduation The deans of various colleges dedicated to the community. are about to embark on a new by the decisions made by the of a new constellation of its fe- at Qatar University (QU) have It provides high-quality aca- journey of their lives, after they state and the university - which male students, all of whom are applauded their students, who demic programmes that equip proved their worth during the led the university to adopt ‘dis- proud of their new colleagues graduated recently. graduates to successfully en- university days. In the name tance learning’. It wasn’t easy who are joining the ranks of the The deans had put in a lot gage in shaping their country’s of all of you, we pray for your for any of you because we all first educators who took upon of efforts to help the students and nation’s destiny. no doubt that this year’s gradu- the capabilities and resources success and righteousness in knew this time was very differ- themselves the task of raising achieve their academic goal, He said, “The college has ation ceremony will remain required to meet the difficult every step you take towards a ent than any other time in our the nation for generations that and also ensure the success of become a reliable reference engraved in all of our memo- challenges posed by the pan- future in which the country will history.” believe in God, belong to it and the graduation ceremony. that combines the Arab-Islam- ries in a very special way, as it demic on the educational pro- be elevated and advanced,” Dr Dr Hanan noted that with serve the country. Good luck to Ibrahim Al-Ansari, dean of ic identity, advances Islam in is completely different from its cess. Khaled Naji, dean of the Col- today’s graduation and access them. College of Sharia and Islamic its bright image, and promotes counterparts in the past years.” “Gratitude and respect for lege of Engineering said. to an internationally recog- Dr Muhammad Abdul Aziz Studies, said, “The College coexistence and dialogue with Since the start of the pan- everyone’s sincere efforts - es- Dr Hanan Abdul Rahim, nised education, the graduates Al-Khulaifi, dean of the College celebrated the graduation of the other, and has become demic, the teaching and learn- pecially yours, male and female dean of College of Health Sci- are well prepared for their fu- of Law, said: “It is a source of a new batch of our daughters, known regionally and globally ing process in various uni- students - to make the edu- ences, said: “This graduation is ture lives as they have been pleasure for you to participate students of the College of Sha- for leadership and excellence versities around the world, cational process successful in a wonderful occasion for each prepared by the college to be today in this great joy, in grad- ria and Islamic Studies, after in legal education.” particularly QU, have taken a these challenging circumstanc- of you. You have really shown lifelong learners, lifelong stu- uating a new group of jurists they were given honourable Dr Ibrahim Al Kaabi, dean sharp qualitative turn, whether es,” he added. that you are a group of tal- dents, but now with fewer ex- who will engage in legal prac- knowledge and with honesty of the College of Arts and Sci- in terms of educational tools “Today we celebrate the ented, hard-working alumni, ams and more salary! tice with efficiency and follow- and responsibility.” ences, commented, “There is and methods or in terms of graduation of a batch of stu- especially as we move into the Dr Ahmed Al-Emadi, dean ing the will of God.”

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AAB believes in long- Al Wakrah, Al Nayef, Abu Ham- quality service. who have post-graduate quali- programmes – Graphic Design, 1 pm.” 04 Monday, June 7, 2021 Nation ‘Qatar Charity, IOM have long history of global cooperation’ Tribune News Network the health sector.” Doha Women can receive ante- natal, delivery, and post-natal Qatar Charity (QC) and the health care services, as well International Organization for as consultation and treatment Migration (IOM) collaborated for gynecological conditions, to implement eight projects in through this project. The hos- Iraq, Syria, Yemen, Malawi, pital also offers primary health and Bangladesh between 2019 care to children, including dis- and 2021. Three projects have ease diagnosis and treatment, been completed, and five more with the help of the Interna- are in the works in the areas of tional Organization for Migra- health, shelter, and water. tion. President of Kyrgyzstan Sadyr Japarov presents award to Qatar Charity CEO Youssef bin The recently completed With the help of the IOM Ahmed Al Kuwari during his visit to Bishkek recently. projects in Yemen and Iraq and Qatar Charity, the hospi- helped to alleviate the daily tal was able to overcome a staff suffering of crisis-affected shortage. An additional gyne- communities. cology and obstetrician spe- The International Organi- cialist, as well as seven mid- Kyrgyzstan awards Medal zation for Migration (IOM), wives, is now available to see in collaboration with Qatar patients at all hours of the day. Charity, is assisting Al Aroos Furthermore, with the Hospital in Ta’iz governorate’s Sabir Al Mawadim district. of Honour to Qatar Charity This IOM-Qatar Charity The IOM-Qatar Charity pro- project aims to provide basic ject aims to provide basic Tribune News Network The meeting discussed the development and implement- The foundation stone was Qatar who donate and support emergency maternal, obstet- emergency maternal, Doha way to strengthen relations and ing charitable and development also laid for a multi-service cen- humanitarian and development ric, and neonatal care to dis- obstetric, and neonatal care increase cooperation between projects in health, education, tre while a visit was paid to a vil- work around the world. placed people and the commu- President of Kyrgyzstan the two countries in the hu- cultural and humanitarian lage in the Chui region, where a He stressed that this will nities that house them. Since to displaced people and the Sadyr Japarov and Chairman manitarian and development fields. primary school building project prompt Qatar Charity to inten- February 2021, nearly 2,200 communities that house of the Cabinet of Ministers of aspects. During the visit, the foun- is currently underway. The QC sify its efforts to benefit the Kyr- women and children have them. Since February 2021, Kyrgyzstan Ulukbek Maripov During his visit, Kuwari dation stone was laid for sev- CEO and his delegation attend- gyz people and other commu- benefited from maternal and nearly 2,200 women and received CEO of Qatar Charity also met with the chairman of eral projects in the presence of ed the mass wedding ceremony nities, and to implement more neonatal care services at Al children have benefited (QC) Youssef bin Ahmed Al Ku- the Cabinet of Ministers of Kyr- Kyrgyz government officials. of 36 orphan grooms and brides development projects in future. Aroos Hospital, which serves from maternal and neonatal wari during his visit to Bishkek, gyzstan in the presence of First Among these projects is the sponsored by Qatar Charity. He also thanked Ambassa- a population of approximately the capital of Kyrgyzstan where Deputy Minister of Foreign Af- new building of the Bishkek Kuwari congratulated the dor of Qatar to Kyrgyzstan for 50,000 people. care services Qatar Charity was awarded the fairs of Kyrgyzstan Nuran Ni- City Hospital. Minister of newlyweds, expressing his will- supporting the humanitarian “Prior to this intervention, Medal of Honour and a Certifi- yazaliev. During the meeting, Health and Social Develop- ingness to continue supporting work carried out by Qatar Char- Al Aroos Hospital was no more cate of Honour for supporting the chairman of the Cabinet of ment of Kyrgyzstan,Alymkadyr those sponsored by Qatar Char- ity in the country. than a small health center with assistance of Qatar Charity, the people and strengthening Ministers of Kyrgyzstan thanked Beishenaliev and Acting May- ity. At the end of the ceremony, Kuwari also praised the ef- a limited range of maternal IOM in Iraq recently assisted development efforts in Kyr- Qatar Charity for continuously or of Bishkek Baktybek Ku- the newlyweds received gifts, forts made by the employees of and neonatal services,” said 18 families in rebuilding their gyzstan. supporting the Kyrgyz people daibergenov took part in the which included furniture, appli- Qatar Charity’s Kyrgyzstan of- Doctor Fahd Sofiof the Inter- destroyed homes in West Mo- The QC CEO met with the and the country ground-breaking ceremony of ances and household needs. fice and all Qatar Charity’s of- national Organization for Mi- sul. The project helped to sup- Kyrgyzstan president in the He then awarded the Qa- the building. He thanked the Kyrgyz peo- fices around the world, indicat- gration’s health team in Aden. port long-term solutions to presence of Ambassador of Qa- tar Charity CEO a certificate of The two sides agreed to ple and officials for the warm ing that they are the unknown “Thanks to Qatar Charity’s displacement in Iraq by pro- tar to Kyrgyzstan HE Abdulla honour and the Medal of Hon- complete the construction of welcome, generous hospitality soldiers who closely follow the support, the Hospital can now viding assistance to the most Ahmed Al Sulaiti and Ambas- our of the Kyrgyz Republic in the hospital by the end of 2022, and honouring Qatar charity, implementation of projects on provide non-surgical emer- vulnerable families. sador of Kyrgyzstan to Qatar HE appreciation of Qatar Charity’s and to implement several other describing the honour as a trib- the ground and deliver support gency maternal and neonatal It is worth noting that pro- Chyngyz Eshimbekov. contribution to promoting social health projects. ute to all the philanthropists in to the deserving people. care, allowing the hospital to jects implemented in Iraq in receive a wide range of ma- collaboration between Qatar ternal cases and provide care Charity and IOM include sup- 24 hours a day, seven days a porting health and protection week,” he added. services in Nineveh, as well as “Women and children bear increasing capacity to prevent QC signs cooperation agreement the brunt of Yemen’s crisis, so and control the Covid-19 pan- ensuring their access to health demic. In response to the wa- care is critical to their survival ter crisis in Al Qurnah, a pro- and the country’s eventual ject was also completed. recovery,” said Ahmed Saad Qatar Charity is also im- with Ajyal Educational Center AlRumaihi, Qatar Charity’s plementing a multi-sector Director of Emergency and assistance project for people Tribune News Network educational, social and cul- grammes and fruitful projects Relief. affected by the Syrian crisis, Doha tural responsibility to activate inside Qatar and outside. He also stated, “Qatar as well as strengthening the partnerships with public and Al-Qahtani noted that the Charity is proud to partner health system in Bangladesh Qatar Charity (QC) and Ajyal private institutions to design agreement between QC and with IOM to extend humani- to improve access to health Educational Center have signed and implement educational Ajyal Educational Center is tarian support to improve care services for Rohingya ref- a cooperation agreement to programmes and projects concerned with the youth, the conditions of Yemeni dis- ugees. It carried out a cyclone jointly organise various activi- consistent with Qatar Nation- who are the hope of tomor- placed people, particularly in response project in Malawi. ties, events and programmes to al Vision 2030. row and the future leaders, develop children’s talents. Al-Fahida thanked Ajyal and supports rehabilitation The agreement also aims Educational Center for its and training, which is a fun- to promote and advance chari- permanent support for hu- damental pillar in the field of table, educational and volun- manitarian work and capacity human development. tary work and to strengthen Representatives of Qatar Charity and Ajyal at the agreement ceremony development, expressing QC’s It is worth noting that QC the bonds of cooperation and readiness to cooperate with all had signed many coopera- partnership between the two and Faisal bin Mubarak Al- local community, especially partners to the service of soci- tion agreements to sponsor parties to achieve their com- Qahtani, director-general of the youth, to contribute to ety to achieve the desired goals. educational programmes and mon goals. Ajyal Educational Center. the formation of a genera- Al-Qahtani expressed his voluntary initiatives with ed- This agreement was signed Al-Fahida said that the tion capable of building the happiness at the partnership ucational centres and youth by Faisal bin Rashid Al-Fahi- agreement comes within the future and advancing the with QC, praising the hu- and voluntary bodies to serve da, assistant CEO of the Pro- framework of the priority wheel of development for- manitarian and social role it the community and encour- grammes and Community that QC gives to programmes ward. plays through its cultural and age volunteer work among Development Sector at QC, and projects that serve the It is also in line with QC’s educational activities, pro- Qatari youth

BPS Debate Club holds introductory session Ooredoo’s renowned loyalty program Nojoom marks 12 years of success

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Ooredoo, Qatar’s leading telecommunications opera- tor, has announced a slew of exciting events to mark the 12th anniversary of its popu- lar loyalty program, Nojoom. Ooredoo will be running activities that will give No- joom members the chance to win up to 1 million Nojoom Points until June 30, 2021. Activities will be broadcast on into pairs. They will then re- social media and through the Win with Winners, as it does ceive an SMS containing in- Ooredoo App. every year, invites members formation about their vouch- Nojoom Members using to vote for their favourite er prize. the Ooredoo App can access Nojoom partners. They will Sabah Rabiah Al-Kuwari, Birla Public School (BPS) Debate Club members take part in an introductory session for students of grades VII to XII. the two in-app activities by Director PR at Ooredoo, said: clicking on the Gift Box icon: vote for 12 partners, and “We’re delighted to celebrat- Tribune News Network rules and regulations, as well The meeting started with winners Oorie and Madiha Win with Winners and Play each vote for a partner who ing 12 successful years of the Doha as intra- and inter-school Mansi Mehra, coordinator for shared their experiences and with Nojoom. makes the Top 12 earns an phenomenally popular No- and Qatar Debate activities. the year, introducing the club queries were addressed. Win with Winners, as it entry into the raffle draw for joom loyalty programme with The introductory session Around 100 students and the coach. English HOD Shweta, the QSDL coach does every year, invites mem- a chance to win a whopping our many valued members. of Birla Public School (BPS) were present and shared Lakshmi Devi addressed the for this year, shared intro- bers to vote for their favourite 1 million Nojoom Points Complete customer satisfac- Debate Club for the session interesting questions about students and briefed them ductory videos and a link for Nojoom partners. They will tion is our goal, and ensuring 2021-22 was held virtually debate. The session for Mid- about the commitment ex- Qatar debate tournament vote for 12 partners, and each our customers feel valued and recently for the students of dle School QPSDL students pected from them as a mem- with the students to watch vote for a partner who makes joom points or gift vouchers appreciated is a key factor in grades VII to XII. It was an was conducted by Baiju Jo- ber of the Club. Stanley over the weekend. the Top 12 earns an entry into by matching logo cards with achieving this goal. We hope ice-breaking session where seph and Aman Salma. briefed about the inter-house The links of QSDL debate the raffle draw for a chance to network partners; they must all our Nojoom members en- the students were welcomed The enthusiasm shown debate competitions to be sessions were shared with win a whopping 1 million No- memorise the cards before joy these exciting activities, and provided with the basic by the students was com- conducted during the year. the students to give them an joom Points. flipping, then match each pair and we wish everyone the best information about debating mendable. Last year’s Qatar Debate insight into debating. Members can win No- until all logos are matched of luck!” World Monday, June 7, 2021 05

Two drones downed Several killed as militants over Iraqi military base attack 2 Afghan districts hosting US forces dpa general Qassem Soleimani B aghdad in US strikes on Baghdad. In Baghdad, a diplomat- At least 10 members of pro-government forces, including the district’s police commander, have been killed The Iraqi army said two ic facility was on Saturday drones were shot down on the target of a rocket attack dpa cial capital and neighbouring Sunday over a military base without causing casualties, Kabul villages, Hashimi said. hosting US-led internation- the anti-Islamic State coali- Elsewhere in the country, al forces fighting Islamic tion said. Many members of the se- at least two policemen were State militants. “At approx 0015 local curity forces in Afghani- killed and 18 others, including The air defence system time, the Baghdad Diplomat- stan’s northern Faryab and civilians, were wounded after at Ain al-Assad base, lo- ic Support Center (BDSC) Balkh provinces were feared a Taliban suicide bomber det- cated in western Iraq, inter- was attacked by one rocket to have been killed in two onated a car bomb in north- cepted and shot down the round. The rocket impacted separate Taliban attacks in ern Balkh province, officials two drones, the Iraqi mili- near the BDSC and caused no the embattled country, offi- said on Sunday. tary-linked Security Media injuries or damage. The at- cials said on Sunday. Provincial police spokes- Cell said. No casualties or tack is under investigation,” Overnight, Taliban mili- man Adel Shah Adel said the damage was reported. coalition spokesman Wayne tants detonated a car bomb armoured tank packed with The attempted attack Marotto said on Twitter. at the gate of the police head- explosives was detonated at was the latest in a series The BDSC is a joint US- quarters in Qaysar district. the gate of the police head- against the same base. Iraqi facility located in the Heavy clashes followed in the quarters in the Balkh district Last month, an air at- military part of the Baghdad district, several local officials of the province. tack targeted Ain al-Assad, international airport. confirmed. The explosion was so causing no casualties. In recent months, the The district governor Ab- powerful that it partially de- In March, a US civilian heavily fortified Green Zone dul Baqi Hashimi said at least stroyed the building and lo- contractor died in a rocket in Baghdad - home to the 10 members of pro-govern- cal officials said they feared attack on the facility. US embassy - and facilities ment forces, including the many people could be buried Ain al-Assad was one of hosting US troops in Iraq district’s police commander, beneath the rubble. the bases that Iran attacked have been the target of re- were killed in the attacks. Adel said the number of in January 2020 to avenge peated attacks blamed on Another local official feared casualties could increase. the killing of top Iranian pro-Iranian groups. the casualty number could A security personnel stands next to a damaged vehicle at the site of an explosion in Kabul recently. (AFP) The district police chief be much higher, estimating was among the officers who that as many as 30 could have were wounded. He was taken been killed. Afghanistan records highest single-day COVID deaths to the military corps in the Another 18 people were province for treatment. wounded in the attack while Kabul: Afghanistan on Sunday symptoms do not get a test. Health Ministry spokesman Since the official with- at least 20 members of gov- recorded the highest single-day The country is also run- Dastagir Nazari told dpa that drawal of the United States News ernment forces were taken death toll from COVID-19 since ning out of vaccines amid the the president has ordered the and other NATO troops in Af- in brief captive by the militants, ac- the start of the pandemic. surge in infections, and there closure of wedding halls as well. ghanistan on May 1, at least cording to Hashimi. The country’s Health Minis- is no date for the arrival of new Last week, schools, universities seven districts have fallen to The militants were able try announced that 50 patients vaccines. The process of vac- and colleges in 16 provinces the Taliban, three of them UN secretary general shocked by killing to capture the police head- had died from the infection in cinating new people has been were closed down. within the space of the past of over 100 people in Burkina Faso quarters and the municipal- the past 24 hours, bringing stopped, and many of those Very few people are cur- week. ity building which are about the total number of deaths to who are waiting for the second rently wearing masks in public It was unclear to what Nairobi: UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has ex- 1 kilometre away from the 3,195. The ministry also regis- jab have not received vaccines. places. As hospital beds fill up, extent the remaining US and pressed his shock and outrage at the killing of more than 100 district centre, according to tered 1,379 new cases. To curb the coronavirus’ there are concerns about the NATO troops, currently fo- people in Burkina Faso on Saturday in one of the country’s three local officials. The number of infections spread, the government an- lack of oxygen and intensive- cusing on their withdrawal, deadliest attacks in years. Seven children are believed to be On Sunday, the district and deaths is believed to be nounced late on Saturday that care unit beds across the were still supporting Afghan among the victims, according to the UN, while the total number was on the verge of collapse much higher, since the country employees who are above age country. Only 496,749 tests security forces. of deaths is unclear. as fighting continued over the is registering only deaths in 55, pregnant or have diabetes, have been conducted for an NATO did not want to In in a statement late on Saturday, Guterres condemned district centre and Kohi vil- hospitals and not those who heart disease or cancer can estimated population of around comment on the current the “heinous” attack and called on the international communi- lage - the only areas still con- die at home. Many people with work from home for two weeks. 37 million. (dpa) developments in the coun- ty to step up its support in the fight against violent extremism. trolled by the government, try over the weekend. The The identity and motive of the attackers, who targeted a village officials added. withdrawal of international in the province of Yagha, is unclear. Several armed groups are For many years, the re- were largely controlled by the fied their daily attacks over have forced thousands of troops is due to be completed active in the Sahel region, which stretches south of the Sahara mote areas in the district militants, who have intensi- the past six months. These families to flee to the provin- by September 11 at the latest. from the Atlantic to the Red Sea. Some of these militant groups have pledged allegiance to Al-Qaeda and the Islamic State extremist organizations. While Burkina Faso had long been spared attacks, their frequency has increased significantly since 2015. According to the United 14 killed in Sri Lanka flooding 17 civilians killed in rebel Nations, more than 1.2 million people are now refugees in their own country. (dpa)

dpa attack, says Yemeni govt Colombo dpa told state news agency Saba. 2 dead in bomb explosion in Philippines Sana’a Al-Eryani said the report- Heavy rains followed by land- ed attack “amounted to a war Manila: Two people were killed on Sunday when a roadside slides and flooding in Sri Lanka At least 17 civilians were killed crime.” So far, there has been bomb allegedly planted by communist rebels exploded when killed at least 14 people and has in an attack by Yemen’s Iran- no comment from the Houthis. they ran over it while cycling in the eastern Philippines, police affected over 250,000 more in linked rebels in an embattled The rebels initiated an offensive said. A 16-year-old boy was also injured in the blast in Mas- the past two days with warn- city in the war-devastated in February to capture energy- bate City, 378 kilometres south-east of Manila, said Ma. Luisa ings that adverse weather con- country, the Yemeni govern- rich Marib, the last area under Calubaquib, a regional police spokeswoman. ditions will continue, officials ment has said. the Saudi-backed government’s The boy’s 40-year-old father and his 21-year-old cousin said on Sunday. On Saturday evening, control in northern Yemen. were killed in the explosion. South-west monsoon rains Houthi rebels fired a ballis- Yemen has been roiled by “It was an accident,” Calubaquib said. “They ran into the settling in the country’s west- A man pushes a child laying on an inflatable mattress to make their tic missile at a petrol station a devastating power strug- improvised explosive device reckleslessly planted by commu- ern, southern and central parts way through floodwaters in Kelaniya, near Colombo on Sunday. (afp) in the government-controlled gle since late 2014, when the nist rebels.” “Their targets are probably the uniformed person- resulted in heavy showers and city of Marib, followed by an Houthis seized the capital nel,” she added, referring to soldiers and policemen. “No other landslides in several areas, swept away by flooded rivers or Province, which includes the explosives-laden drone that hit Sana’a and other areas of the group would do this but the NPA,” she said, referring to the Disaster Management Centre streams, the DMC said. capital, continued to rise as rain ambulances which rushed to country. New People’s Army. (DMC) officials said. The majority of the affected kept falling on Sunday. the site to assist victims, Infor- Months later, when the The NPA is the armed wing of the rebel Communist Party of A family of four was killed resident were able to remain in The adverse weather condi- mation Minister Moammar al- rebels advanced towards the the Philippines, which has been fighting the government since on Saturday when they were their homes while some 20,000 tions were an additional bur- Eryani said. temporary capital, Aden, Saudi the late 1960s, making it one of the longest-running leftist buried in a landslide in Aranay- people were evacuated, the of- den on authorities already busy “This resulted in the killing Arabia formed a military coali- insurgencies in Asia. aka, some 90 kilometres east ficials said. Meanwhile water enforcing island-wide travel re- of 17 civilians, including a child tion backing the Yemeni gov- Additional forces have been deployed in Masbate City to of Colombo. The other victims levels of two of the main rivers strictions to prevent the spread whose body was charred, and ernment and its forces in March hunt down the suspects, Calubaquib said. (dpa) also died in landslides or were flowing through the Western of the coronavirus. the injuring of five others,” he 2015 against the Houthis. In war-ravaged Gaza, it’s no business, as usual

dpa in Gaza, with a May 21 truce for embedding its bases and Gaza City still holding. infrastructure near civilian While life has quickly areas. In the Karni Industrial Zone returned to normal in Israel, Even so, in the past, on Gaza’s eastern edge, the the business owners in this Israeli forces spared areas like Maatouq factory churned out industrial zone - once billed as Food shortage the Karni Industrial Zone, big plastic tubs of ice cream a showcase project designed to said Wadee Masry, who heads that made their way to the strengthen Israeli-Palestinian 70 percent of Gaza’s 2 million PADICO Holding, the com- company’s five stores sprin- ties - and in Gaza at large see people are struggling with food pany involved in creating the kled throughout the city. little hope for a swift recovery. insecurity and require zone. Just behind the plant, the The 11-day war killed more assistance, World Food Indeed, that formed part Harir factory made its own than 240 people in Gaza and Programme officials say. of the attraction for busi- contribution to compulsive 13 in Israel. Unemployment hovers around nesses to move there. Before, snacking by cranking out salt- During the fighting, 69 percent even if Hamas fighters snuck ed potato chips, which could Hamas fired more than 4,000 in, the Israeli side would com- be washed down with one of rockets, the majority of which municate with the business the hundreds of thousands of were intercepted by Israel’s Food Program officials say. owners, who made Hamas bottles of Coca-Cola manufac- Iron Dome missile-defense Unemployment hovers around pull the fighters back without tured and stored nearby. system; those that got through 69%. firing a shot, Masry said. Those businesses are now damaged 1,325 buildings, Coming on top of all that, “This was supposed to be mostly scorched husks of Israeli media reported. the war’s disastrous effect on a safe area. According to Oslo, singed metal and melted plas- For its part, the Israeli Gaza’s business community, the industrial zones at the tic, casualties of the latest bout military said its air and artil- A workman straightens a steel rod as part of the recycling of salvaged construction materials from build- with Israeli assaults reducing border should be outside any of violence last month that pit- lery strikes on Gaza hit more ings destroyed during the recent conflict between Hamas and Israel, in Gaza City on Saturday. (AFP) entire commercial towers to equation,” Masry said, refer- ted Israel against Hamas, the than 1,500 targets, a wave of rubble and chopping up major ring to the Israeli-Palestinian Palestinian militant group that devastation that has left hun- works ministries in Gaza. Hamas and Israel. after Hamas took power in the commercial thoroughfares, is peace accords negotiated in rules over this Mediterranean dreds of buildings as well as That is fewer than the ap- But Gaza was already reel- territory in 2007. so great that recovery will be the Norwegian capital in the wedge of territory between more than 1,800 commercial proximately 6,500 commercial ing from the compound effects Now, fully 70% of the harder than ever. Trade has 1990s. Israel and Egypt. units destroyed or damaged, units partially or completely of the COVID-19 pandemic enclave’s 2 million people are been disrupted just when it’s “But this time it was a The sights and sounds of according to initial estimates destroyed over 50 days in the and the stringent blockade struggling with food insecurity needed most. message, I believe, that there active combat are absent now from the economy and public 2014 confrontation between imposed by Egypt and Israel and require assistance, World Israel blames Hamas would be no red lines.” 06 Monday, June 7, 2021

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Biden Takes Aim At All Factors Hampering Black Biden’s First Defence Americans

he Black Lives Matter reckoning has mainly focused on the too-high proba- Budget Batters The Army Tbility that African Americans will be on the receiving end of deadly police force. But other racial inequalities — in health- care, education, housing and broader eco- nomics — are equally entrenched in this The Army’s 2022 budget needed to be $180 billion just to keep pace with inflation country, demanding powerful correctives by our government. but the budget offers only $173 billion On Tuesday, President Joe Biden made a good start. Thomas Spoehr It is an insult to the American values we purport to hold dear: The net worth of a typical white family is nearly 10 times O wonder the Biden administration greater than that of a typical Black fam- chose to release their 2022 budget ily. Nor can that gap be closed merely by just before a long holiday weekend. equalizing educational opportunity, or It’s a common Washington prac- expanding homeownership, or helping tice for releasing news that officials young people accumulate savings, or help- Nhope will go unnoticed. ing strengthen Biden’s defense budget offers little to family structures, improve any of the uniformed services, but US must or helping pro- it would absolutely devastate the readiness mote entrepre- of the US Army. address neurship. Con- The Army’s 2022 budget needed to be trol for all those $180 billion just to keep pace with infla- inequality in factors, and the tion. The Biden budget offers only $173 healthcare, chasm remains. billion, a loss of $7 billion in purchasing Only an ap- power. education, proach that at- It’s a budget calculated to take the tacks the prob- Army back to the final years of the Obama housing and lem from every administration, when readiness was miser- angle can begin able. After years of overuse and inadequate more to build a country defense funding, Vice Chief Gen. Dan Allyn where Black and informed Congress in February 2016 that white children have genuinely equiva- only three of the Army’s 58 brigade combat lent chances to excel. So applaud Biden teams were fit to go to war. for Tuesday launching, as he marked the Biden’s budget would cut crucial com- centennial of Tulsa’s “Black Wall Street” bat training, curtail needed end-strength massacre, a first-ever interagency effort to growth and slash equipment programs. If probe inequities in home appraisals and all of this were to go through, it would re- issue new rules to combat housing dis- duce soldiers and units to the poor readi- crimination. ness levels of 2016, if not worse. As our friends at Newsday discovered No element of the Army escapes un- in their groundbreaking “Long Island Di- scathed. vided” series, bias built into real estate, Training for brigade combat teams, the even when subtle, keeps neighborhoods Army’s primary combat force, is cut by 30 modernization programs are all slashed, then, soldiers will be forced to operate a responsible for America’s national security. split along color lines. percent. Army leadership tries hard to put cut by at least a third. While most civilians vehicle their grandfathers used in Vietnam. How odd that those two should be targeted In Biden’s infrastructure plan, $14 a positive spin on this, stating they intend probably wouldn’t opt to ride in an older When he was Army chief of staff, Gen. for what are effectively net decreases in billion in grants would be aimed at com- to focus training on lower echelons such as model helicopter, it looks like soldiers Mark Milley frequently stated the Army spending. bating transportation-related barriers to companies, instead of brigades, but the re- won’t get that choice. was too small and the regular Army needed America’s adversaries are rapidly in- mobility, which is inextricable from eco- sult will be inevitable — fewer units ready Procurement of key platforms like to grow to a size of at least 500,000. Many creasing and modernizing their military nomic mobility. In his jobs package, more when the nation needs them. the armored Joint Light Tactical Vehicle, experts, including the bipartisan National capabilities. They are also doing their ut- than $30 billion would go toward increas- Similarly combat training center ro- which replaces the unsurvivable HMMWV, Defense Strategy Commission (which in- most to intimidate their neighbors: think ing access to capital for small businesses, tations — the crown jewel in the Army’s are throttled way back to about 1,200 per cluded the current deputy secretary of de- Vladimir Putin in Ukraine and Xi Jinping with special priority on those owned by training program — are cut from 26 in year in 2022. At that anemic rate, the Army fense and Pentagon comptroller) agreed, in the South China Sea. Meanwhile, the people from disadvantaged communities. 2021 to 17 in 2022 (15 Regular Army and will need until 2055 to retire the HMMWV saying, “Simply put, the United States Biden administration proposes dangerous And because the federal government is 2 National Guard). The Defender-series of from its ranks. By then it will be 75 years needs a larger force than it has today if it is cuts to military readiness. the world’s top purchaser of products and joint exercises with NATO allies, which the old, the equivalent of driving the 1946 to meet the objectives of the strategy.” But This is no way to keep us safe. Fortu- services, Biden would use the bully wallet Army considers to be a tremendous suc- Willys CJ-2A jeep today. Biden’s budget puts all efforts to grow the nately, Congress will get the final word on to direct far more federal contracting dol- cess, is slashed by $339 million. This will The replacement for the venerable military on hold. In fact, it proposes cutting this budget. Let’s hope they think it through lars toward minority-owned businesses. harm readiness and coordination among 1960s era M113 armored personnel carrier the overall force by almost 5,000. better than the White House has. Some Americans want to turn every our European partners. was supposed to be the Armored Multi- All these cuts stand in sharp contrast to mention of “systemic racism” into a new Not just training gets the ax. Most Purpose Vehicle. After years of fits and the average increase of 16 percent that the (A retired US Army Lt. General, chance to supercharge white grievances. equipment programs are either put on life starts, it is finally ready for mass produc- Biden administration proposes for every Thomas Spoehr is the director of Ignore them. The racial opportunity gap support or just cut outright. The Black- tion, yet the Biden budget proposes buying federal department other than Defense and The Heritage Foundation’s Center is real. It demands a battle plan. hawk, Apache, and Chinook helicopter none in 2022. For the foreseeable future, Homeland Security — the two departments for National Defense.) Rethinking Friendship After A Pandemic

Thomas S. Hibbs is something of happenstance as dementia, while loneliness — an every activity or human relation- to how we come to have the friends “evolutionary alarm signal,” ac- ship is judged by its contribution to we do. One of the best modern What do our relationships do for us? cording to Dunbar — correlates to the future success of children, par- s we emerge from the so- writers about friendship, C.S. Lew- a 30% increased chance of dying. ticularly in the form of an accept- cial distancing habits of the is astutely observed: “Friendship ... Of course, Lewis himself recog- ance letter from a prestigious uni- pandemic, the quality and is born at the moment” when one nized the utility of friendship: “We versity. This threatens to turn the quantity of our friendships person “says to another ‘What! You need others physically, emotion- family into a community of self- will be for many a matter of too? I thought I was the only one.” ally, intellectually; we need them interested calculating machines, Adoubt and anxiety. There are any Friendships, when they are kin- if we are to know anything, even whose decisions are determined number of articles these days spec- dled, surprise us and invite us into ourselves.” To be human is to have by relentless market forces and ulating on what comes next for us a kind of bond whose foundations a complex set or order of needs, whose members tend to view oth- in the area of friendship. Some are are often concealed from outsiders. from survival to flourishing. What ers either as helpers on the road to speculative: “What Will Happen to Lewis also noted that while Lewis is saying is that we do not success or competitive obstacles to Friendship When We Crawl Out of ancient societies prized friend- consciously cultivate or appreci- it. Thus, are we tempted to reduce Our Hidey Holes?” Some offer self- ship and devoted a great deal of ate friendship primarily because of all human relationships to those of help: “How to Rekindle Friendship thought to it, modern societies the extrinsic goods that arise from usefulness. After COVID-19?” Some are bleak: neglect it. Perhaps that is because them. As is true of friends, so in the “The Pandemic Has Erased Entire modern societies are much more Following Aristotle, Lewis family we see that healthy relation- Categories of Friends.” pragmatic and utilitarian. Lewis thinks that true friendship, in ships are those in which profit and The uncertainty and inter- wrote, “friendship is unnecessary, which we value the friend for his or loss cease to matter, where help est might supply an occasion for like philosophy, like art, like the her own sake, is superior to friend- and pleasure are given, indeed us to examine what friendship is universe itself. … It has no sur- ships of pleasure, which predomi- assumed, but not because of the and why it matters to us. It’s not vival value; rather it is one of those nate among the young, or utility, expectation of an external payoff. that thinking about friendship can things which give value to sur- which characterize adult life. The alternative is at the root of guarantee that we will have more vival.” Friendship, as the ancient Yet we seem increasingly the spectacle, which families now or better friends; indeed, talking Greek philosopher Aristotle once tempted to invite standards of util- experience to varying degrees, of too much about friendship or seek- put it, is an indispensable ingredi- ity into our most intimate, familial worried and harried parents rais- ing out friends too consciously or ent in the worthwhile or noble life. relationships. In his new book, Lit- ing grim children, lacking joy, and aggressively can be detrimental to Yet, a new book, Friends: Un- tle Platoons: A Defense of Family old before their time. the likelihood we will find friends derstanding the Power of Our Most in a Competitive Age, Matt Feeney at all. Important Relationships by evolu- that friendship does not contribute physiological studies, shows that argues that families need to defend (Thomas S. Hibbs is a pro- Although friendships cannot tionary psychologist Robin Dun- to survival. Dunbar’s research, rich friendships align closely with themselves against the culture of fessor of philosophy at the be sustained without effort, there bar, casts doubt upon Lewis’ thesis based on extensive surveys and decreased risk of depression and incessant competition, in which University of Dallas.)

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News UK PM Johnson calls on G7 to in brief Global eradication of coronavirus not a reasonable target: WHO envoy London Global eradication of the coronavirus is not currently vaccinate world by end of 2022 a reasonable target, a special envoy on COVID-19 for the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Sunday. “Humanity is going to have to learn how to coexist with this The call comes after the government in London has faced questions over its own dosage donations to COVAX virus, preventing it from spiking and then surging and causing hotspots of disease,” Dr David Nabarro told British broadcaster dpa early formation. Sky News. “Eradication is not currently a reasonable target for London G7 leaders will arrive in the world,” he said, adding that people would need to be able Cornwall’s Carbis Bay on Fri- to coexist for the foreseeable future. British Prime Minister Bo- day for three days of meetings, Nabarro also said reports of a Nepal variant were being ex- ris Johnson will call on fellow with a focus on how the group, amined. “Each time there is a sudden surge, it does stimulate leaders at the G7 in Cornwall to which includes the US and in one’s mind the thought that there might be a new variant pledge to vaccinate the world’s Germany, can lead the global appearing. That wouldn’t be surprising.” He said that will be population against coronavirus recovery from coronavirus, of- “the pattern for the future,” adding “This virus isn’t going away by the end of 2022. ficials said. any time soon, there will be variants emerging.” (PA Media/dpa) With the face-to-face gath- No 10 said Johnson will ering of leaders due to take tell them that to end the coro- place on Friday, Boris Johnson navirus pandemic for good, Meghan Markle gives birth to daughter, is planning to use Britain’s G7 the world’s biggest economies names her after queen presidency to implore his coun- must go further and pledge to terparts to “rise to the greatest vaccinate the world by the end London The Duchess of Sussex gave birth to her second challenge of the post-war era” of next year. child, a daughter to be called Lilibet ‘Lili’ Diana Mountbatten- and put a stop to the pandemic He is set to make the case Windsor, on Friday in California, according to a statement from by ensuring every person on the for stepping up the manu- Harry and Meghan’s press secretary and foundation. globe has access to a jab within facture of vaccines, lowering Lili was said to be named after her great-grandmother, the next 18 months. barriers to the international Queen Elizabeth II, whose family nickname is Lilibet, while her “Next week the leaders of distribution of those vaccines middle name is that of Harry’s mother, Diana, the late Princess the world’s greatest democra- and sharing surplus doses with of Wales, the statement on Sunday said. cies will gather at an historic developing countries bilaterally “She is more than we could have ever imagined, and we moment for our countries and and through COVAX. remain grateful for the love and prayers we’ve felt from across for the planet,” said Johnson. During those sessions the the globe,” Harry and Meghan said. “The world is looking to us leaders, including those from Both mother and child are healthy and well after the deliv- to rise to the greatest challenge Canada, Japan, France and Ita- ery in Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital in California. (Dpa) of the post-war era: defeating ly, will be joined virtually by ex- COVID and leading a global Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson (left) receives his second jab of the Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID-19 perts, including Britain’s chief recovery driven by our shared vaccine in London recently. (AFP) scientific adviserS ir Patrick Nigeria’s president says Twitter ban is values. Vaccinating the world Vallance, philanthropist Melin- temporary, due to ‘fake news’ by the end of next year would be lead of the likes of Germany, that Britain had “led efforts to da French Gates and environ- the single greatest feat in medi- France and Italy who have com- ensure the world’s poorest and mentalist David Attenborough. Lagos Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari said a state- cal history.” mitted to donating at least 100 most vulnerable people have On Saturday, the G7 coun- wide ban on Twitter which prompted international condemnation “I’m calling on my fellow G7 million doses of COVID-19 vac- access to vaccines,” referencing tries will be joined either in per- over the weekend was only a temporary measure in response to leaders to join us to end to this cines before the end of the year, the part played by the Westmin- son or virtually by the leaders of misinformation, in comments posted on Facebook. terrible pandemic and pledge while they said Britain had only ster Government in funding the Australia, South Africa, South Many Nigerians, who use mobile networks to access Twitter, will we never allow the devasta- so far vowed to donate surplus Key meeting Oxford/AstraZeneca jab. Korea and India for discussions found they were unable to access the social media platform tion wreaked by coronavirus to shots in future to COVAX. On Saturday, the G7 countries With the jab made available on health and climate change. on Saturday. The Information Ministry’s announcement that it happen again.” Health Secretary Matt Han- will be joined either in person at cost, No 10 said almost one As well as asking leaders had suspended access to Twitter came days after the platform The call comes after the gov- cock told reporters on Friday or virtually by the leaders of in three shots administered to boost efforts to vaccinate removed one of the president’s tweets. ernment in London has faced that Britain would “absolutely” Australia, South Africa, South around the world have been the world, Johnson will ask Twitter said it had deleted the Buhari tweet because it vio- questions over its own dos- look to donate spare doses - fol- Korea and India for the Oxford vaccine, with 96 for their support for the Global lated the site’s rules against abusive behaviour. The US technol- age donations to COVAX, the lowing through on a govern- discussions on health and percent of the 80 million shots Pandemic Radar - a new global ogy giant also suspended the account for 12 hours. United Nations-backed scheme ment pledge made in February administered by COVAX sup- surveillance system that will Buhari said on Saturday that the suspension of Twitter was aiming to make vaccines avail- - but that there were not any climate change plied by AstraZeneca. protect immunization pro- not just a response to the removal of his own tweet. “There able to low and middle income available currently. Officialsalso highlight- grammes against new vaccine- has been a litany of problems with the social media platform in countries. Parliamentarians “At the moment we don’t quickly as possible,” he told re- ed the “significant financial resistant variants by detect- Nigeria, where misinformation and fake news spread through it and peers wrote to Johnson last have any excess doses, we’re porters. contribution” of 548 million ing them before they have the have had real world violent consequences,” Buhari said. (dpa) week urging him to follow the just getting them into arms as Downing Street argued pounds given to COVAX in its chance to spread. Merkel’s party Pope acknowledges ‘horror’ of German health minister wins key state Spahn dismisses report election mass grave of children in Canada on plans for faulty masks dpa dpa Secwepemc, formerly known dpa “It is outrageous that be- Magdeburg, Germany Rome as the Kamloops Indian Band. Berlin fore an election day, serious Some of the children were accusations are being made German Chancellor Angela As Canada reels from the as young as 3 years old and German Health Minister that this is how the govern- Merkel’s conservatives saw off discovery of a mass grave of the cause of their deaths is Jens Spahn has rejected ac- ment treats the vulnerable a challenge from the far right children at a school formerly still unknown. cusations that face masks sus- groups in our society,” Spahn to return to power in a key run by the Catholic Church, The case has prompted pected to be inferior were to be said on Twitter. state election on Sunday, the Pope Francis expressed his calls from Canadian Indig- passed on to homeless people The face mask scandal last major test of the country’s shock in comments after his enous groups to probe all for- and those with disabilities. emerged a day before Ger- political mood before Septem- traditional Angelus prayer The faces masks in ques- many’s final regional elec- ber’s national ballot. in St Peter’s square in Rome tion have been thoroughly A mass grave of 215 Merkel’s Christian Demo- on Sunday. tested and fulfil all the nec- The report said Spahn’s crats (CDU) under Premier “I received the news from Indigenous children was essary safety requirements, Reiner Haseloff in the small Canada with horror,” the Spahn said in a press state- ministry had planned to discovered last month at provide vulnerable mem- eastern German state of Sax- pope said, a week after news Kamloops Residential ment on Sunday, later taking ony-Anhalt won a better-than- of the discovery emerged. to Twitter to condemn the bers of society with masks forecast 35.8 per cent of the A mass grave of 215 Indig- School in British Columbia, “outrageous” claims. ordered from China that vote, representing a 6-per-cent enous children was discov- which operated between Opposition politicians had not undergone suffi- swing to the party over the last ered last month at Kamloops 1890 and 1978 under the slammed Spahn after news cient testing election in 2016, according to Residential School in British auspices of the Catholic magazine Der Spiegel re- public television poll projec- Columbia, which operated Church ported over the weekend that tions. After a neck-and-neck between 1890 and 1978 under Pope Francis leads a Holy Mass in Saint Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican the German government had tion before a national poll in election campaign with the the auspices of the Catholic City, on Sunday. (AFP) been left looking for a func- September that sees Angela CDU, the far-right Alternative Church and later the govern- mer residential schools. tion for uncertified face masks Merkel step down as German for Germany (AfD) will remain ment. ance” from the church. matter. He called for a shift For decades, thousands left over from a burst of orders chancellor. the second-biggest bloc in the The remarks come after The pope said he joined away from the ideology of col- of children were taken from during the first wave of infec- The mask scandal isn’t the new state parliament, despite Canadian Prime Minister with bishops to express his onization and for recognition their families and placed in tions in 2020. first to hit Merkel’s party, and the AfD’s vote sliding to 23.1 Justin Trudeau said he was closeness to the Canadian of the rights of all sons and residential schools, where The report said his min- Christian Democrat lawmak- percent, a swing against the “deeply disappointed” by people and that the discovery daughters of Canada. they had to learn the tradi- istry had planned to provide ers have previously been ac- party of 1.2 percent. the position of the Catholic had increased certainty about The discovery at the Kam- tions of European colonialists vulnerable members of soci- cused of profiteering during a Sunday’s result was a “clear Church both now and in past the pain of the past. loops school was first con- to forget their own culture. ety with masks ordered from shortage of face masks when message to the outside world” years and that the govern- Pope Francis said work firmed by Rosanne Casimir, Violence and sexual abuse China that had not undergone coronavirus cases first surged about the role of the far right in ment was “still seeing resist- continued to shed light on the the chief of the Tk’emlups te were common in the schools. sufficient testing. in 2020. German political life, Haseloff told German public television ARD. But the AfD result again highlights eastern Germany Russian activity in Germany increasing, as a bastion of the party’s sup- US to donate 750,000 COVID-19 port, with Sunday’s vote more security agency chief warns than double the party’s current standing in national opinion dpa more brutal,” he said in com- tantly than in the past. vaccine doses to Taiwan polls. Berlin ments published by Welt am Some state actors have dpa On Friday, the American plan to export coronavirus All other parties in Sax- Sonntag newspaper on Sun- adopted new approaches dur- Taipei Institute in Taiwan, which vaccines to other countries. ony-Anhalt have ruled out Russia is now as active in day. ing the pandemic, such as vac- acts as the de facto US em- Coons also noted that working with the AfD, which Germany as it was during the He cited the murder of cine diplomacy or selling face The United States will do- bassy, said that Taiwan Taiwan was prevented from attempted to make Germany’s Cold War, according to Ber- a Georgian man in Berlin in masks, he said. “Attempts are nate 750,000 COVID-19 would be included in the first joining the world health al- tough anti-pandemic lock- lin’s head of domestic intelli- 2019, which the agency blames being made with all possible vaccine doses to Taiwan, tranche of the more than 80 liance and has encountered down measures an election gence, who said Moscow has on Russian state agents. methods to secure their own Senator Ladda Tammy Duck- million Covid-19 vaccines roadblocks in its access to issue, claiming, as other right- considerably stepped up its Meanwhile Bruno Kahl, advantages and to stir up dis- worth said on Sunday. set to be donated by the US, safe and effective vaccines. wing populist parties around level of activity. president of Germany’s for- sonance between states in the “It was critical to the without mentioning details. Taiwan President Tsai the world, that the steps were Russia has a “very complex eign intelligence agency West,” he said. United States that Taiwan be Duckworth and fellow Ing-wen later also expressed a threat to freedom. intelligence interest in Germa- (BND), warned of Russia and However Haldenwang included in the first group to US senators Dan Sullivan her appreciation to the del- However, the fall in new ny in almost all policy areas,” China, saying, “just think also said that right-wing ex- receive vaccines, because we and Chris Coons on Sunday egation for the donation, coronavirus infections and said Thomas Haldenwang, about the dominance of other tremism once again presents recognize your urgent need arrived at Taipei airport and which she said shows the bi- a steady rollout of vaccines who leads the Agency for the powers that want to impose the greatest danger to democ- and we value this partner- were greeted by Taiwan For- partisan support of the US are likely to have played into Protection of the Constitution, their will on us.” He said there racy and security in Germany, ship,” Duckworth said at Tai- eign Minister Joseph Wu. Congress for Taiwan. Haseloff’s CDU’s hands, with as the domestic intelligence had been a change of morals, citing terrorist networks as pei Songshan Airport accord- Wu said Taiwan was “very The US senators stayed exit polls showing a rise in the agency is known. with rougher and more ruth- well as the groups and po- ing to state-run Central News grateful” for being included in the capital for about three number of voters approving of “The methods are becom- less actions being taken and litical parties in the far-right Agency. in the Biden administration’s hours before leaving. his government’s performance. ing rougher and the means interests pursued more bla- scene. QNB second most valuable company in Arab world: Forbes page 9

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34,756.39 10,739.14 52100.05 1,892.00 Dow +179.35 pts QE -15.34 pts sensex -132.38 pts Gold +1.00 % ‘Building green economies vital for global sustainability’ page 10 Price percentage Price percentage 27.90 Brent 71.89 +0.81% WTI 69.62 +1.18% Silver +1.52 % Barwa offers additional new apartments for ownership at Dara (A) in Lusail City

Tribune News Network This is in addition to owning Doha separated units (offices and shops) in commercial malls, Barwa Real Estate has an- in areas other than those stip- nounced to offer additional ulated in the decision, which new apartments for owner- in turn will contribute to a ship at its Dara (A) project in major leap in the expansion Lusail City of the real estate market in According to the company, the country. residential units in Building Lusail City is one of the A1 is now available to inves- freehold areas that create new tors wishing to own property. investment opportunities for The building provides 142 Barwa Real Estate Group as apartments of various sizes for the Group owns a huge land ownership. bank in Lusail City, extend- “This step comes after ing over an area of 3.5 million the success achieved by the square meters. sales of Building A2, where Barwa Real Estate is cur- the sales reached about 80 rently evaluating the most ap- percent, out of the total 129 propriate development plan apartments offered by the Barwa’s Dara (A) project in Lusail City offers four five-storey buildings with 271 apartments including 94 one-bedroom, 139 two-bedroom and 38 three-bedroom apartments. for its land stock in Lusail City building despite the COV- through feasibility studies for ID-19 pandemic. This brings ments, in addition to provid- is an attractive architectural nessed by Qatar, and it is one ment witnessed by Qatar’s real is one of the ar eas of the free- potential opportunities, and the total number of buildings ing 365 underground parking monument in this modern of the most promising and in- estate market. It complies with hold right included with this through a mix of ‘build to sell’ offered for sale in this pio- spaces. More units in Building city, and it is an added value to tegrated cities in terms of its the new legal and economic decision. and ‘build to lease’ models with neering project to three build- A1 will also be offered for sale Qatar’s residential market. It services. legislation related to the real The decision increased the the aim of enhancing returns ings,” the company said. in the coming months. The sale reflects the company’s goals to Barwa completed Dara (A) estate sector in Qatar. number of non-Qatari real es- in the short and long term. Dara (A), the first phase of of units will be managed by be home to a sustainable com- development in 2019 and be- The latest resolution of Qa- tate ownership areas to 9, and The company also aims to the Dara project, offers four Waseef, a subsidiary of Barwa munity that meets the require- gan offering its units for sale in tar’s Cabinet specifies the areas non-Qatari use of real estate add a distinct destination to five-storey buildings that pro- Real Estate Group. ments of modern life. the second half of the last year. in which non-Qataris may own to 16 areas, in addition to cre- the city of Lusail in particular vide 271 apartments, including The pioneering project The city of Lusail is wit- It reflects the Group’s vision and use real estate, and the ating new advantages where- and the country in general, 94 one-bedroom apartments, with its modern design and nessing a large urban move- and strategy and its foresight conditions, controls, benefits by Qatari and non-Qatari through the diversity of the 139 two-bedroom apartments, strategic location in the north ment and is considered part with the ‘build to sell’ model to and procedures for their own- investors can own a separate proposed uses and the integra- and 38 three-bedroom apart- of Fox Hill area in Lusail city of the great development wit- comply with the great develop- ership and use of it. Lusail City unit in a residential complex. tion of facilities there. Monday, June 7, 2021 09 Economy & Business

QNB second most valuable company in Arab world: Forbes

Satyendra Pathak Middle East’s largest and by the industrial sector with not as valuable or profitable reach $3.6 trillion. Overall, Doha most successful listed com- nine companies, and real es- as they were a year ago. The 93 percent of the companies panies for 2020, said the tate and construction, and tel- aggregate sales of the 100 indicated an increase in their Qatar remains one of the ranking is compiled from in- ecommunications, with eight companies in 2021 stand at market value compared to best countries for business depth research based on data entries each. $550 billion, while aggre- 2020, and 62 percent of the in the Arab world as it domi- from all stock exchanges in Saudi Aramco, which gate net income reached $91 firms were able to increase nates the ‘2021 Forbes list Arab countries and analysis made its debut in first place billion—a drop of 17.9 percent the value of their assets. De- of Top 100 Companies in of market value, sales, assets, last year, continues to be the and 38.5 percent respectively, spite last year being a tough the Arab world’ released on and profits. most valuable company in the compared to the 2020 list. one for businesses world- Sunday. Companies in Qatar are world with a market value of Combined, the market wide, eight newcomers de- The Qatar National Bank doing well despite and the $1.9 trillion. The QNB headquarters in Doha. value of the 100 companies buted on the list. (QNB) with assets worth country’s entry in the Forbes Saudi Arabia has the most stands at $3 trillion, a surge Of the 100, as many as 37 $281.6 billion and market list of Top 100 Companies companies on the list with the list. estate and construction sec- of 30.4 percent compared to companies feature on Forbes’ value worth $45.4 billion is in The Arab World 2020 is 37 followed by the UAE with The banking and financial tor and industrials sector are 2020—although Saudi Ara- annual Global 2000 list this at the second position of the marked by the presence of 17 20 companies. In third place services sector is still the most joint second with 10 entries mco’s valuation of $1.9 tril- year, with Aramco at fifth list and the top listed bank in companies. is Qatar, with 17 entries. For represented in the list with each. Telecommunications is lion makes up over 60 per- place, retaining its title as the the region. The banking and financial the second consecutive year, 42 entries, down from 46 in third with nine entries. cent of this total. world’s largest oil company Forbes Middle East, services sector dominates the these three countries together 2020. Five of the top 10 com- With the impact of the The total value of as- and the Middle East’s most which unveiled its list of the list with 46 entries, followed comprise nearly 75 percent of panies are banks. The real pandemic, most firms are sets climbed 2.9 percent to valuable firm. Qatar’s banking sector emerges stronger post-volatility: PwC Aggregated assets of the eight listed commercial banks in Qatar grew 7.3 percent to reach QR1.74 trillion at the end of 2020 Evolution of growth in total assets of Qatari listed banks

Satyendra Pathak agility demonstrated by the eight at a rate of 84.6 percent,” the report Doha listed commercial banks in Qatar, said. Performance of Qatari listed banks in 2020 the report said, the Qatar Financial “QFC is a fast-growing onshore Qatar’s eight publicly listed com- Centre (QFC) and the Qatar Finan- financial and business centre in Qa- mercial banks weathered macro- cial Centre of Regulatory Authority tar, supporting foreign businesses economic headwinds and demon- (QFCRA) have built a robust busi- to set up in Qatar. In 2020, around strated resilience throughout 2020 ness environment that continues to 334 new licences were granted for with growth of assets despite vola- attract foreign investments, despite organisations to operate in QFC. tility caused by the COVID-19 pan- Organisations being licenced come demic and drop in oil prices, PwC in from a wide range of industries rep- Qatar has said in a report released resented by both financial and non- on Sunday. financial institutions such as sports, According to PwC’s 2020 Qa- IT, finance and media and banks. tar Banking Sector Report, the ag- “QFC’s growth was bolstered by gregated assets of the eight listed new types of licences being issued, commercial banks regulated by the QCB role vital such as fintech start-ups and scale- Qatar Central Bank (QCB) grew In Qatar, financial institutions ups, a new legal service policy sup- 7.3 percent to reach QR1.74 trillion addressed volatility by remaining porting licenced law firms to work at the end of 2020 as compared united and increasing collaboration with foreign clients, and new regu- to 2019. between the public and private lations enabling financial institu- “The increase in assets is re- sector. The QCB played a vital role tions to establish a representative flected in the 7 percent growth of in the ecosystem, by combining office inQatar. In addition to these total aggregated loan and advances recently implemented measures, that reached QR1.2 trillion. Such supervision activities with a series QFC has several characteristics that increases show that the lending ac- of measures significantly mitigating are attracting foreign investors,” the tivity remains healthy, driven by economic volatility and assisting report said. diversified sources of funding,” the recovery across the private sector PwC Middle East Regional Fi- report said. nancial Services Partner Ahmed Of the total assets as of Decem- AlKiswani said, “QFC continues to ber 31, 2020, the report said, Islam- macroeconomic uncertainty. attract organisations from a wide ic banks’ market share was 20.5 per- QFCRA reported robust finan- range of industries. Despite pan- cent (QR 357 billion), in comparison cial and operational results in 2020 demic-induced headwinds, QFC to the 79.5 percent (QR1.39 trillion) including an increase in new licence experienced growth in its financial that was reported by the conven- issues of 63.7 percent as compared services and non-financial services tional banks. to 2019 underscoring confidence sectors. QFC’s growth was bolstered “The total loans and advances of in the potential for future growth. by new types of licences being is- the eight listed banks totalled QR1.2 Moreover, QFCRA’s regulated fi- sued, such as fintech start-ups and trillion as of December 31, 2020. economic volatility and assisting re- cial aggregated data reported by the to market confidence in the busi- nancial institutions reported total scale-ups, a new legal service policy The total market share provided by covery across the private sector,” the eight listed commercial banks which ness environment and the Qatari assets of QR44 billion in 2020, a supporting licenced law firms to Islamic banks stood at 20.5 percent report said. show the resilience of the sector economy.” rise of 12.8 percent as compared to work with foreign clients, and new (QR246 billion), compared to the For example, the report said, through volatility. Financial Year With banks maintaining a con- 2019 and a significant 51.2 percent regulations enabling financial insti- 79.5 percent (QR 953 billion) that QCB offered repurchase facilities at 2020 is marked by growth of assets, sistent lending strategy despite a increase as compared to 2018. tutions to establish a representative was disclosed by the conventional a zero interest that helped banks to streamlined non-interest costs as volatile market in 2020, Zatiturk “The growth in total assets is re- office in Qatar.” banks as at 31 December 2020,” the receive liquidity and reduce the in- well as an overall decreased profit- said, “We can see signs of mid-to- flected in the rise of the aggregated “Qatar’s financial industry has report said. terest and return rate for affected ability level,” the report said. long-term optimism for Qatar’s re- loans and advances of QFCRA FIs. demonstrated its agility and resil- In Qatar, the report said, insti- sectors, ultimately boosting their Commenting on the perfor- silience, the evolution of its robust Total loans and advances grew from ience throughout 2020, supported tutions addressed volatility by re- ability to repay the loans in the long mance of listed Qatari banks in financial industry and GDP growth. QR25.8 billion in 2019 to QR29.8 by enabling regulations and central maining united and increasing col- run. 2020, PwC Qatar Financial Services In the near-term, we will see banks billion in 2020, with a growth rate bank policies. The banking sector laboration between the public and “The eight listed commercial Leaders Burak Zatiturk said, “Meas- continuing to focus efforts on trans- of 15.5 percent in 2020 and 63.7 remains in a position of strength, private sector. banks have proactively responded ures introduced by QCB provided formation, through the adoption percent in the last three years. The ready to capitalise on new technolo- “The QCB played a vital role in to QCB’s support policies as well as the much needed liquidity amid of digital technologies, such as aggregated total profits of QFCRA gies and a diversified investor base, the ecosystem, by combining su- revised their financial models based times of increased volatility. Dur- RegTech in order to future-proof FIs witnessed an increase from in order to continue to be a cata- pervision activities with a series of on emerging macro trends. Macro ing 2020, the expansionary lending their operating models.” QR240.2 million 2019 to QR443.5 lyst for economic development and measures significantly mitigating trends are reflected into the finan- activity of listed banks is testament In addition to the strength and million in December 2020, growing growth,” the report said. 10 Monday, June 7, 2021 Economy & Business Rising inflation, growing economy ‘Building green economies could force ECB’s vital for global sustainability’ hand on stimulus Doha Bank CEO addresses International Conference and POP Festival for Youth Led Climate Action DPA “With headline infla- Berlin tion on the rise, the ECB’s attempt to avoid the taper Will the European Central conversation will become Bank (ECB) set the stage at more and more complicat- Thursday’s meeting to wind ed,” said ING Bank econo- down its emergency stimu- mist Carsten Brzeski. lus scheme in the coming Additionally, the Eu- months? Many avid watch- ropean Commission has ers are wondering, amid predicted the eurozone’s signs that the eurozone economy will grow by 4.3 economy is rebounding per cent this year, after the from the coronavirus crisis pandemic drove the region and that inflation is gaining momentum. Analysts expect the ECB will say this week that it held interest rates at record lows - its benchmark refinanc- ing rate is at zero - and left its emergency bond-buying ECB plans programme (PEPP) on hold, The European Central Bank at 1.85 trillion euros (2.3 could signal next week that trillion dollars). it plans to ease back on But many analysts also monetary stimulus, as a expect the ever-cautious post-pandemic economic Frankfurt-based bank to recovery takes shape flag plans to pare back the across the eurozone. But PEPP scheme by the end of the year, in the hope the the signs aren’t always worst of the crisis is now be- straightforward. The hind the eurozone and the European Commission has wider global economy. predicted the eurozone’s The programme is set to economy will grow by 4.3 end in March. Starting to ta- per cent this year. Tribune News Network firmed the disastrous conse- security and climate change are destroys energy levels. Young- being proposed to promote per it down would be a sign Doha quences of ecosystem loss. interchangeable. Gender equal- sters prefer instant gratification Green economies such as that the date for ending the “Health crisis of COVID 19 ity should also be given thrust.” and I would like to emphasize Lending for Green projects, PEPP emergency monetary into a dramatic 6.6-per-cent Building green economies has compelled many to rethink He highlighted the signifi- again that Youngsters should CDM scheme and Paperless scheme remains unchanged. contraction in 2020. is necessary for global sustain- our relationship with natural cance of the UN Sustainable focus on long term. “Please banking.” “I think we are now at New economic growth ability, said Doha Bank CEO R ecosystem and changing bio- development Goals and called don’t compare yourselves with He said Doha Bank has a turning point in May and and inflation projections to Seetharaman while addressing diversity. Interdependence be- on the youth to understand others and worry about it. You brought many initiatives on June,” ECB chief economist be unveiled by ECB presi- the third International Con- tween humanity and biodiver- them. try to excel yourselves, you are Green Banking. Philip Lane told the French dent Christine Lagarde at ference and POP (Protect Our sity is very profound.” “Individuals should think unique and thereby you create “Doha Bank was involved daily Le Monde last month. her press conference on Planet) Festival for Youth Led Economics and banking about controlling desires and your own destiny.” in Project financing for sup- “From now on, the econ- Thursday following the ECB Climate Action. have got redefined after COV- focusing on goals. When we Highlighting the problem porting the construction of omy will grow rapidly, but meeting are also expected to The virtual conference, or- ID-19, he added. have discipline everything of carbon emissions, Seethara- Qatar General Electricity & from a subdued level,” Lane be raised. ganised by the World Sustaina- “Governance is also im- becomes possible. Every day man said banks have a role to Water Corporation’s Water said. As a result, the forecasts ble Development Forum, began portant. Leadership means you do it if you find your duty play on protecting environ- Security Mega Reservoirs Pro- Originally introduced in are likely to confirm that the on Saturday (June 5) and will contributing to multiple stake- delightful. Persistence is very ment and contribute to sus- ject. The policy framework on March 2020 as the pandem- region’s economy will steam go on until Thursday. holders including society on a important in life. Life is so in- tainable development. sustainable development goals ic engulfed the eurozone, ahead this year as vaccina- Seetharaman participated sustainable basis. To contrib- teresting if principal centred “Bank should earmark will be much more global in the ECB scheme was aimed tions increase and new in- in the Leadership Conversa- ute to society we should embark values are followed and inte- minimum 10% of Tier 1 capi- the world. We have to reduce at shoring up the 19-mem- fections drop. tion on Sunday as a tribute to on the philosophy of sustain- grated in the heart and mind. tal subject to a cap of 10% of income equality, promote hu- ber eurozone economy as The sharp increase in Chief Mentor of POP, Late R K able development. If we have “We should have a drive risk weighted capital towards man values and thereby cre- it faced up to one of the inflation is likely to force the Pachauri. a concerted focus on long term and discipline. We should be Green banking or Clean devel- ate a better world. Corporates worst crises in a generation ECB to lift its projections for Addressing the youth in then we will aim to achieve the able to contribute to society. opment mechanism (CDM) or are adopting Environmental, and also sought to head off inflation, which former CE B his speech, Seetharaman said, solution. We should be able to protect any Sustainable development Social and Governance (ESG) meagre inflation rates. The chief Jean-Claude Trichet “If you have the drive and de- “Today, we are celebrating the planet for the generations projects taking into consid- frameworks which disclose the programme was beefed up once described as the needle termination you will succeed. the legacy of Dr RK Pachauri to come. I learn from the Young eration the carbon emissions corporate social responsibility again a year ago. in the bank’s compass. We need to have continuous and that has inspired me to generation. The continuous prevailing in the economy in activities of the Bank. CSR also However, data released But underscoring the education. Skill development follow sustainable develop- knowledge sharing sessions which the bank operates. enables organization to bal- this week showed annual in- ongoing uncertainty un- has come handy. Character, Ca- ment in my own bank. I was give me opportunity to net- “The Greenhouse gas ance its objectives, goals and flation in the currency bloc leashed by the pandemic, pacity and collateral are the key able to showcase the challenges work with different people. We (GHG) emissions need to be risk management by factoring hitting a two-and-half-year monthly eurozone retail lessons from Banking. Success from Global warming and cli- live in an interconnected and estimated for major economic the society and environmental high of 2 per cent in May, sales slumped by a worse- does not mean absence of fail- mate change across the globe interdependent world. Young- sectors in areas of operation dimension. The ESG frame- overshooting the bank’s an- than-forecast 3.1 per cent in ure. As long as you are able to through Doha Bank. sters need to be positive and to determine the carbon foot- work provides assistance on nual inflation target of just April, data released on Fri- adapt to changes then you can “We cannot help ourselves productive. They should man- print. Based on the carbon this. Life is beautiful and every below 2 per cent. day showed. steer forward.” without helping others. Elimi- age their anger better and be in footprint in various economic day is inspiring and we should He said COVID 19 has con- nation of extreme poverty, food a balanced environment. Anger sectors, various initiatives are enrich the society better.” Sweden faces a pandemic tax dilemma as wealth gap widens

Agencies Swedish government’s relative- els, but a new socioeconomic ing mint new millionaires, with has struggled to find work.I n- state, is dangling the idea of a broad wealth tax just isn’t the ly hands-off approach to social challenge is brewing: inequal- prime Stockholm real-estate equality as measured by house- levy on millionaires. best way to address burgeon- Wealthy Swedes were distancing. The economy and ity. prices up 7.7 per cent year- hold disposable income is Sweden has historically ing inequality, no matter how among the first to warn that civil liberties were protected, Rich Swedes are now on-year, according to Knight higher than it was in the 1980s, been a more equal place than politically attractive the theory. the pandemic would bring though ultimately at the cost of richer, with financial markets Frank. (That’s better than San according to the central bank. most of the rich world, but For Swedes, the disap- crippling social and economic a higher death toll than neigh- juiced by central bank liquid- Francisco and London.) A rich The stark contrast is lead- there’s new anxiety after Cov- pointing reality of wealth taxes costs. When Covid-19 struck, bouring countries, drawing an- ity and a vaccine-led rebound. seam of tech talent and soar- ing to a now-familiar refrain: id-19. It’s rare to see such a is still within living memory. industrialist Jacob Wallenberg ger from voters and the royal Five of the country’s top bil- ing valuations for start-ups like a possible wealth tax. Finance widening gap between those The country scrapped a staunchly opposed draconian family. The country’s image of lionaires added a combined Klarna Bank are stoking excite- Minister Magdalena Anders- who own property and shares long-running wealth tax in the lockdowns, fearing devastat- being a “moral superpower” $18 billion to their total wealth ment among bankers. son, keenly aware of the dam- and those who don’t, according mid-2000s (along with a host ing unemployment and social was broken. over the past year, according to At the same time, Sweden’s age to Sweden’s brand as a to Bloomberg Intelligence ana- of other levies on capital) that unrest. Today the economy is rac- data compiled by Bloomberg. services sector has shed jobs strongly egalitarian market lyst Johanna Jeansson. encouraged capital flight and That chimed with the ing back to pre-pandemic lev- A property boom is help- and its immigrant population with a cradle-to-grave welfare In this case, however, a discouraged investment.

Weibo purges cryptocurrency accounts McNair Chambers, Italian Embassy in Qatar to host ‘Doing Business in Italy’ webinar Agencies later.” Arab Emirates in a year, ac- This is not the first time cording to an estimate by the Tribune News Network versity of Rome La Sapienza, in partnership with McNair Chinese microblogging plat- China’s social media platforms Cambridge Bitcoin Electricity Doha will talk about arbitration Chambers is in line with our form Weibo has banned sev- purged influential accounts Consumption Index. law and practice; Francesca continuous efforts to assist eral influential cryptocurrency related to cryptocurrency. In Last month, Liu He, the McNair Chambers LLC and Ricci, Partner at Ughi e Nun- Qatari investors, institutions accounts following Beijing’s 2019, Weibo banned the ac- top economic adviser to Chi- the Italian Embassy in Qatar ziante law firm, will deliver a and operators with practical pledge to ramp up a crackdown counts of Binance co-founder nese President Xi Jinping, will jointly host a webinar on presentation on real estate in- and up-to-date information on bitcoin mining and trading. Yi He and famous cryptocur- said that the government will “Doing Business in Italy” for vestments in Italy; Giuseppe on Italian law and regula- At least a dozen popular rency entrepreneur Justin “crack down on bitcoin min- the benefit of the business Barreca, Partner at Barreca & tions.” Weibo users who post content Sun, who made headlines for ing and trading behaviour, and community in Qatar and in Partners law firm, will present Professor Khawar Qureshi about cryptocurrencies found winning a charity auction to resolutely prevent the transfer the GCC region on Wednesday highlights on labour law and QC, Head of McNair Cham- themselves unable to use their have dinner with billionaire in- of individual risks to society”. (June 9). The webinar will fea- taxation in Italy. bers, said, “We are honoured accounts on Saturday night. vestor Warren Buffett. that have fallen from a peak “It’s to protect investors ture leading lawyers from Ita- Presenting the upcoming to be able to assist the Ital- Other users who attempted to Binance, Huobi and OKEx, of more than US$60,000 last from being misled,” said Ben- ly who will discuss, and will be event HE Prunas said, “We ian authorities by convening access those pages were greet- three major bitcoin exchanges, month to around US$36,000 jamin Gu, a blockchain and available to answer questions are delighted to present to- a panel of internationally re- ed with a message saying the all had their accounts suspend- this past week. cryptocurrency expert who on important aspects of Italy’s gether with McNair Chambers nowned legal experts to dis- accounts had violated Weibo ed in March. The government is also founded Liyan Consulting. legal investment regime. this webinar focusing on how cuss some of the key legal and guidelines and “relevant laws The latest purge comes as concerned about meeting its “The total number of fans The workshop will be in- to invest in Italy, particularly practical issues that investors and regulations”. Beijing pledges to crackdown clean energy goals, with the of these people is more than troduced by HE Alessandro at a time when Italy’s ambi- need to be aware of when in- “The account I’ve been us- even further on cryptocur- aim of reaching peak emis- 5 million, and their influence Prunas, the Italian Ambas- tious post-pandemic recovery vesting in Italy”. ing for years is suddenly gone,” rency mining activities. The sions by 2030 and becoming on Chinese retail investors sador to Qatar, and by Dr. plan can boost new business The webinar will be held one of the banned users posted government has repeatedly carbon neutral by 2060. Bit- may not be less than [Tesla Stefano Nigro, Director of opportunities. on Zoom on 9 June 2021 at to the platform under a new warned about cryptocurren- coin requires a lot of energy to CEO Elon] Musk,” Colin Wu, the Department for Invest- Trade and investment re- 10AM Qatar time. Anyone in- account called Professor Hash. cy’s financial risks, which has mine because of how its block- a journalist who runs a cryp- ment Attraction at the Italian lationship between Italy and terested in attending the event “But I’m OK with it. The day gained fresh attention recently chain works, consuming more tocurrency news site, posted to Trade Agency. Professor Gui- the Qatar continues to grow should contact doha.ambas- was going to come sooner or amid volatile bitcoin prices electricity than the United Twitter. do Alpa, Faculty of Law, Uni- year after year. This initiative [email protected]. Economy & Business Monday, June 7, 2021 11 El Salvador President Nayib Bukele wants Bitcoin as legal tender

Agencies Congress a bill that will make holds a supermajority in the have a bank account and works centers where those caught vio- Bitcoin a legal tender in El new congress seated May 1, in the informal economy. Bit- lating the policy were detained. El Salvador President Nayib Salvador,” Bukele said. “In the giving any legislative proposal coin could improve financial While enjoying a posi- Bukele announced in a record- short term this will generate from the president a strong inclusion, he said. tive relationship with former ed message played at a Bitcoin jobs and help provide financial likelihood of passage. Riding his high popularity U.S. President Donald Trump, conference in Miami Saturday inclusion to thousands outside Additional details of the and his party’s dominance per- Bukele has had a much more that next week he will send pro- the formal economy and in the plan were not released. But formance in Feb. 28 elections, tense relationship with the ad- posed legislation to the coun- medium and long term we hope Bukele in subsequent messages Bukele has concentrated pow- ministration of President Joe try’s congress that would make that this small decision can help on Twitter noted that Bitcoin er. His party’s supermajority in Biden. the cryptocurrency legal tender us push humanity at least a tiny could be “the fastest growing congress ousted the justices of Last month, the White in the Central American nation. bit into the right direction.” way to transfer 6 billion dollars the Constitutional Chamber of House Special Envoy for the The 39-year-old president, The U.S. dollar is El Salva- a year in remittances.” He said the Supreme Court May 1. They Northern Triangle Ricardo who has maintained approval dor’s official currency. About that a big chunk of those money then replaced the attorney gen- Zúñiga said during a visit to El ratings above 90% and made one quarter of El Salvador’s transfers were currently lost to eral. Salvador that the U.S. govern- Twitter his preferred way of citizens live in the United States intermediaries and with Bit- They had been critical of ment would like to see El Salva- communicating, characterized and last year, despite the pan- coin more than a million low- some of Bukele’s more drastic dor reverse the moves against it as an idea that could help El demic, they sent home more income families could benefit. measures during the pandemic, the court and the attorney gen- Salvador move forward. than $6 billion in remittances. El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele delivers his annual address to He also said 70% of El Sal- including a mandatory stay-at- eral. Bukele said that would not “Next week I will send to Bukele’s New Ideas party the nation before Congress, in San Salvador, El Salvador on June 1. vador’s population does not home order and containment happen.

Oil poised for further rally amid indications Oil majors vow energy of strong global growth

Agencies “In the very short-term, transition, at own pace however, several commodi- Oil prices are poised for ties have seen [a] loss of mo- Agencies further highs with futures in mentum while others have New York expected to cross become overbought, thereby Oil majors are under grow- the $70 mark next week. raising the risk of a swift cor- ing pressure to stop drilling Crude commodity rection including most met- for crude to help curb climate benchmarks Brent and West als and coffee,” he added. change, but companies say Texas Intermediate regis- The potential return of they will wean themselves off tered weekly gains of 4.6 per Iranian oil and its impact fossil fuels at their own pace. cent and 4.1 per cent, respec- on prices will be considered The demand for change tively. in “an orderly and transpar- is coming from many sides: Brent, the international ent fashion”, Opec secretary lawsuits, shareholders and the benchmark, surged 0.81 per general Mohammed Barkin- International Energy Agency cent on Friday to settle at do said earlier this month. have all turned up the heat on $71.89 per barrel. Tehran, which resumed firms recently. WTI, which tracks US negotiations with the US to Last week alone, a Dutch crude grades, rose 1.18 per reinstate its nuclear deal in court ordered Shell to slash cent to close at $69.62 per April, is looking to conclude its greenhouse gas emissions, barrel. talks before its presidential and investors used sharehold- The higher prices follow election begins on June 18. er meetings to install activist a meeting of Opec+ produc- Crude prices have gained board members at U.S. oil gi- ers earlier this month. due to the improving eco- ant ExxonMobil and demand The group stuck to its nomic sentiment across the deeper emissions cuts at rival previously-announced deci- US and Europe and indica- Chevron. sion to bring 2 million bar- tions from Opec that demand The IEA sent shockwaves rels per day of production growth remains stable. through the industry last back to the market, in spite “No visible progress on month when it declared that of concerns about an in- Iran’s negotiations for roll- no fossil fuel exploration or flux ofI ranian production ing back oil export sanctions new oil and natural gas fields should Tehran finalise its ahead of elections on June are needed, thanks to the “rap- nuclear deal with the US. 18 gives Opec+ more time to id drop” in demand. “Rising inflation con- rely on oil demand growth The intergovernmental cerns, increased demand swallowing any eventual organization made the sugges- for green transformation ~1.5 million bpd increase tion in a report warning that metals, Opec+ keeping a in Iran oil exports,” Bank of all future fossil fuel projects stranglehold on supply and America said in a note on must be scrapped if the world weather concerns are all Sunday. is to reach net-zero carbon likely to continue fuelling a “Yet we note at 100 mil- emissions by 2050. broad rally [in commodities] lion bpd demand by late The agency, which advises Oil majors are facing pressure from shareholders, lawsuits and the IEA to change their ways. during the coming months,” 2022, Opec+ [and] Iran developed countries, has been Ole Hansen, head of com- would still carry more than criticized by environmental- more action.” BP plans to re- Mexico, Brazil, Suriname and India. modity strategy at Saxo 3 million bpd more spare ists in the past for being too duce oil and gas production The IEA sent shockwaves Guyana. “It’s nice to say that we Bank, said in a note on Sun- capacity versus pre-Covid timid while calling for oil in- by 40 percent within the next through the industry last The chief executive of To- need to stop producing oil, but day. conditions.” vestments to ensure supply. decade, Looney said. month when it declared that talEnergies, the French energy if there are no longer enough BP chief executive Bernard “It’s really a question of no fossil fuel exploration or group which changed its name projects or production, what Looney told the Columbia rhythm,” said Nicolas Bergh- new oil and natural gas last week, has bluntly said that will happen? Prices will rise,” Global Energy Summit that mans, an energy research fel- the company is not going to Pouyanne told Europe 1 radio. the report was “very much in low at the Institute for Sus- fields are needed, thanks to give up oil overnight. Following the IEA’s rec- line” with the British energy tainable Development and the “rapid drop” in demand. “In energy transition there ommendations would cause company’s strategy. International Relations think is the word ‘transition’ and I the prices of oil to surge to But Looney also noted that tank in Paris. ered last year in Russia, Tur- would like to remind everyone $100 per barrel in the next few while the report sees much Companies “are not go- key and Suriname. that today we live, our econ- years, he said. Prices are cur- lower investment in fossil fu- ing as fast as the IEA thinks is A report by the consultan- omy functions on 80 percent rently under $70. els, it is “still investment in oil needed” and they “are lagging cy Westwood Global Energy fossil fuel energies,” CEO Pat- BP, Shell and TotalEner- and gas”. behind” in their transition, he Group found “no evidence of a rick Pouyanne said last week, gies are betting on gas in their “At the end of the day,” he said. systematic change in industry warning against “radical- transition, as it is cleaner than said, the report “is a scenario Oil and gas exploration has exploration strategy” with re- ism.” He said it will take time oil and coal. on a piece of paper and what recently slowed down but this gards to energy transition. to switch to other sources of The IEA, however, has also Oil prices strengthened last week after an Opec+ meeting the world needs more than an- is due to the effects of the coro- The group expects dozens energy for transport or heat- called for a 55 percent reduc- decided to stick to current production curbs. ything is maybe less scenarios navirus pandemic. of exploration drilling opera- ing while oil demand rises in tion in gas consumption by and maybe less debate... and Huge fields were discov- tions this year, including in countries such as China and 2050. Growth in e-commerce a boon for India’s logistics sector

lockdowns in response to the of the market, according to The warehousing sector in The number of e-commerce shipments is pandemic, which meant that RedSeer. It says that “the road India, which makes up about people could only go out for logistics market and last mile 13 per cent of the logistics in- set to grow to 10.5bn by 2025, up from essential goods or services. delivery is moving in the right dustry, is going from strength 2.55bn last year, according to Redseer For the first month of the lock- direction to profitability”. to strength because of the e- down, Srivatsa at Blowhorn The last mile delivery seg- commerce boom. Agencies ther the trucks or warehouses explains that the company did ment, which is the area Blow- “The Covid-19 pandemic available through its network. “a small fraction of volumes horn focuses on, is expected to has been positive for growth in Logistics provider Blow- The company has received we were doing before” because expand to become a $6bn to the warehousing sector,” says horn has managed to double investment from the Michael of the “chaos” and “mass con- $7bn market by 2024, up from Niranjan Hiranandani, the its business to achieve 2 mil- and Susan Dell Foundation fusion” that the restrictions $800m to $900m in 2019, co-founder and managing di- lion deliveries a month, ser- and India’s Venture Catalysts, caused. Redseer estimates. rector of Hiranandani Group, vicing more than 70 cities in among others But as people moved to- There have been several a Mumbai-based property de- India amid a surge in online “E-commerce adoption wards online orders, the ser- factors working in the sector’s veloper. “A huge quantum of purchases since the pandemic took off during the pandemic vice started to see a surge in favour. Grade A warehousing spaces hit last year and as the logis- and has spurred more and India’s logistics sector has witnessed a boom during the pandemic as demand from its e-commerce “In recent years, there has are being created.” tics sector continues its own more people online,” says Sri- e-commerce shipments have flourished. clients and did “some of our been a rise in e-commerce The founder of digital lo- process of going digital. vatsa, who is the company’s best growth months dur- with more fleet in place to gistics platform, Zipaworld, The technology-driven, chief executive. “Suddenly you and over the years has en- “The industry overall right ing the pandemic”. With this cater to the increasing de- believes that better integra- Bangalore-based company had people like my mother, hanced its technology-based now is very bullish,” says Anja- boost, the company is expect- mand,” says Nakul Singh, the tion of parts of the network connects customers to ware- who was 65, deciding to buy offerings to suit various sec- ni Mandal, the chief executive ing to achieve profitability this co-founder at ANS Commerce, can create more efficiency. housing space and trucks for their groceries online.” tors and their needs,” the con- at Fortigo Network Logistics, year. an e-commerce enabler that “The increasing logistics deliveries within cities via its India’s logistics sector was sultancy says. a trucking platform based in The logistics market is helps brands to sell online. and supply chain cost, which website and mobile app. worth $320 billion in 2019 Its data shows that e-com- India’s tech hub, Bangalore. made up of of road transport, This has prompted is almost 14.5 per cent [of the Mithun Srivatsa, who co- and accounts for 11 per cent merce transportation grew 70 “The e-tailers have had a rapid warehousing and other deliv- “growth in the investment in cost of goods] in India shouts founded Blowhorn in 2014, of the country’s GDP, accord- per cent year-on-year to 2.55 growth because of the lock- ery networks such as air, sea infrastructure, last-mile con- out for integration and digi- describes his company as “an ing to a report by consultancy billion shipments in 2020, down.” and railways. nectivity, and emerging tech- talisation of processes,” says Uber for trucking or moving Redseer. and it projects that this will In March last year, In- Road logistics, at a value nologies are streamlining the Ambrish Kumar, who set up goods” and “an Airbnb for “Logistics have remained a increase to about 10.5bn by dia introduced one of the of $240bn in 2019, makes up logistics landscape in India”, the company last year in the warehousing”, as it owns nei- backbone for many industries 2025. world’s strictest nationwide the lion’s share at 75 per cent he says. midst of the pandemic. Sergio QatarTribune Qatar_Tribune Perez wins QatarTribuneChannel qatar_tribune turbulent Baku F1 Grand Prix page 14

MONday, JUNE 7, 2021 Qatar and Oman seek to settle matters in race for the top spot Bangladesh, India in crucial showdown AFC/TNN Doha

The race for top spot in Group E of the Asian Qualifiers for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 and AFC Asian Cup Chi- na 2023 will conclude at the Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium on Monday if Qatar avoid de- feat against Oman. The match starts at 8.10pm. India and Bangladesh, meanwhile, will fight it out in their bid to gain automatic plac- es in the third round of qualify- ing for the AFC Asian Cup. Qatar lead Group E with 19 points from seven matches with second placed Oman sev- en adrift but with two games in hand - against Afghanistan and Bangladesh. Felix Sanchez’s side stretched their lead at the top Qatar players during a training session ahead of their FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 and AFC Asian Cup China 2023 Qualifiers Group E match against Oman to be played at the Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium at 8.10pm on Monday. of the standings after defeat- ing India 1-0 on Thursday and Asian Cup holders. in us is greater than the pres- ladesh take on India in their When the two teams met a draw against Oman will seal While addressing the sures while we are playing in Standings (Group E) crucial clash at the Jassim Bin in 2019, Bangladesh were dis- top spot and confirm their media ahead of the match, Qatar which is an advantage COUNTRY P W D L GF GA GD PTs Hamad Stadium at 5pm with appointed not to walk away place in the AFC Asian Cup Sanchez said, “We want to se- for us to perform in the ap- Qatar 7 6 1 0 17 1 16 19 both sides vying to seal third with the three points as India China 2023 Finals. cure the top spot in the group propriate way, especially since Oman 5 4 0 1 11 4 7 12 place in Group E. scored late in the game cour- With their Matchday Two and we hope to win tomor- all the details can make a dif- Afghanistan 6 1 2 3 3 12 -9 5 Both teams are out of con- tesy of Seiminlen Doungel’s draw against India in Septem- row’s match against Oman. ference, and there is no doubt India 6 0 3 3 3 6 -3 3 tention of qualifying for the strike. ber 2019 the only blot in their We will play in order to that we aspire to present a next round of the FIFA World India, who had to play near flawless qualifying cam- qualify for the Asian Cup aim- good match through which we Cup Qatar 2022 Qualifiers with 10 men against Qatar on paign, Qatar will go into the tie ing to clinch maximum points. can qualify for the Asian Cup Branko Ivankovic’s Oman good result,” said Ivankovic. but still have a lot to play for Thursday, will be targeting having already beaten Oman “While we will push for a 2023 Finals.” are in a strong position to Oman will head into the tie in their remaining fixtures as their first win of the campaign once in the Asian Qualifiers, a win, we also realise that the Regarding Salem Al Hajri’s claim one of the qualifying against Qatar having registered a third place finish will seal as Igor Stimac’s side look to 2-1 win at the Al Janoub Sta- Omani national team is a ri- injury, Sanchez said: “Al spots for the best second- wins over Thailand (1-0) and qualification to the Third improve on their haul of three dium in 2019. val team for the top spot in Hajri’s injury has saddened placed teams should they fail Indonesia (3-1) in friendlies and Round of the AFC Asian Cup points from six matches. Sanchez wasn’t overly con- the group. We face a good us a lot, because he is return- to leapfrog Qatar after the Ivankovic has named a strong China 2023 Qualifiers. India kept Qatar at bay in cerned with his team’s inabil- team that plays with a strong ing from a previous injury completion of their remaining 29-member squad for this Currently at the bottom the second half thanks to some ity to put away their chances performance, and this is what and we stand with him. He is matches against Afghanistan month’s triple-header, includ- of the group with two points solid defending and with Glen against India on Thursday but motivates us to give as much ready to come back, but I was and Bangladesh. ing striker Munther Al Alawi from six games, Bangladesh Martins coming off an im- will remind his players that as possible in order to win, careful not to take the risk and “We are proud to play to- and 30-year old Ali Al Busaidi. rallied back to hold Afghani- pressive debut in Indian col- they can’t afford to squan- which is the desired goal of play him against India, but it morrow’s match against Qa- stan on Thursday and head ours alongside a rested Sunil der opportunities against an this match,” he added. is very possible that he will be tar, the Asian champions, we Bangladesh vs India coach Jamie Day will be rely- Chhetri, Stimac will be opti- Oman side bidding to steal top He further said, “I see that one of our squad members in will face a strong team and we Meanwhile, it will be an all- ing on that same intensity to mistic of his team’s chances spot from the reigning AFC the responsibility entrusted the upcoming matches.” will do our best and fight for a South Asian affair as Bang- see them get past India. against Bangladesh.

GROUP A Qata r bag mixed skeet gold at Arab shooting C’Ship Guam the centre of attention as Syria eye qualification, China seek lifeline the loss through injury of lead striker Omar Al Somah when he scored a hat trick in Friday’s 4-0 win over the Maldives as the Syrians edged closer to the next phase. That win was Syria’s sixth in a row in qualifying and they will be seeking to main- tain their perfect record in the competition so far on Monday. Maloul’s side hold an eight-point lead over second- placed China PR although they will go into the match at Sharjah Stadium without the services of defender Mouaiad Al Ajmaan, who was sent off against the Maldives when he received two yellow cards in Syria need a win against Guam to secure a place in the third round of quick succession. the Asian Qualifiers for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 and a berth at Guam go into the game the Finals of the AFC Asian Cup 2023. off the back of a 7-0 loss at the hands of the Chinese in AFC point after six matches - can Suzhou last month and Seo Sharjah do them a favour by deny- Dong-won’s side have yet Qatar’s Rashid Saleh Al Athba and Reem Al Sharshani (left); With other podium winners and officials after winning the mixed skeet gold at the ing Syria to give Li Tie’s side to secure a point in their six ongoing Arab Shooting Championships in Egypt on Sunday. Syria go into the meeting hope of finishing top in the matches so far. with already-eliminated Guam group, the only option to The American protectorate QNA 12, with the participation of tion achieved by the Qatari On Friday, Qatar shoot- knowing they can secure their book a confirmed berth in have no chance of moving into EGYPT more than 300 shooters rep- team in the c’hampionship. ing team opened its campaign place in the third round of the the third round of the Asian the qualifying positions for the resenting 15 Arab teams. Earlier, Qatar’s Rashid in the championship by win- Asian Qualifiers for the FIFA Qualifiers for the FIFA World FIFA World Cup and will be The Qatar shooting team se- Qatar’s gold in the mixed Saleh Al Athba, Masoud Saleh ning a gold medal and a silver. World Cup Qatar 2022 and a Cup Qatar 2022. battling to try to avoid having cured gold in the mixed skeet skeet competition was se- Al Athba and Ali Al Ishaq Reem Al Sharshani clinched berth at the Finals of the AFC to play in the qualifying rounds competition on Sunday at the cured by shooters Rashid won bronze in the team event the gold in the women’s skeet Asian Cup 2023 with a win. Guam vs Syria ahead of the third phase of Arab championships being Saleh Al Athba and Reem Al which was won by the Kuwaiti event while Rashid Saleh Al China PR, meanwhile will Mahmoud Al Mawas helped the preliminaries for the AFC currently held in Egypt and Sharshani. This is the fourth shooters. Saudi Arabia won Athba grabbed silver in the be hoping Guam - without a Nabil Maloul’s side overcome Asian Cup China 2023. which will continue until June medal in the skeet competi- the silver medal. men’s skeet. Sports Monday, June 7, 2021 13 With Wimbledon firmly in sight, Federer chooses to withdraw from French Open DPA see Roger back in Paris, where highly and look on what’s next Berlin he played three high-level and will do the same tonight matches. We wish him all the and tomorrow, because I need Roger Federer withdrew from best for the rest of the season.” to decide if I keep on playing the French Open on Sunday Federer entered the clay-court or not or is it not too much after winning through to the major with a 1-2 win-loss re- risk at this moment to keep on fourth round, citing a desire not cord for the year, most recent- pushing or is this just a perfect to rush his return from injury. ly losing to Pablo Andujar in way to just take a rest. The 39-year-old Swiss pre- Geneva last month, and little “Because I don’t have the vailed 7-6 (7-5), 6-7 (3-7), 7-6 was expected from him. week in between here and (the (7-4), 7-5 over Dominik Koepfer However, three wins on the grass-court tournament in) After discussions with my on Saturday night in the long- spin showed he is not finished Halle like normal, (we need) team, I’ve decided I will est match he has played in 18 yet at the highest level, with to see what’s best now if you need to pull out of Roland months, following double knee his withdrawal suggesting he count back from Wimbledon. Garros today. After two knee surgery. The contest lasted three wants to preserve himself for “It’s just a lot going on hours and 35 minutes. Wimbledon, which starts at but, having a match like this, surgeries and over a year of The 20-time grand slam the end of the month. knowing I could have prob- rehabilitation it’s important winner has played few tourna- Federer had been due to ably played a fifth set but not that I listen to my body and ments over the past 18 months play ninth seed Matteo Berret- knowing how I will wake up make sure I don’t push and said a need to rest his tini in the last 16 on Monday. tomorrow, is interesting, to myself too quickly on my body was behind his decision say the least.” German Koep- road to recovery. I am to withdraw. Roland Garros a ‘stepping fer, ranked 59, was looking to In a statement released stone’ to Wimbledon reach the fourth round at a thrilled to have gotten three by the French Open, Federer Earlier, Federer after surviv- slam for just the second time matches under my belt. said: “After discussions with ing a soulless late-night scrap having already posted his best There is no greater feeling my team, I’ve decided I will with Koepfer had admitted result at Roland Garros. than being back on court. need to pull out of Roland Gar- he could pull out of the tour- His resistance ran out ros today. nament with Wimbledon in when he was broken for 6-5, Roger Federer in a statement “After two knee surgeries mind. with Federer, who turns 40 and over a year of rehabilita- Federer searched and in August, finally clinching a tion it’s important that I listen searched for his game, finding weary victory. to my body and make sure I it in patches only for the errors Federer’s two knee op- don’t push myself too quickly to creep in again, but he even- erations mean he has mostly on my road to recovery. tually secured a 7-6 (7-5), 6-7 missed pandemic tennis with “I am thrilled to have got- (3-7), 7-6 (7-4), 7-5 victory and all its restrictions, and he said: ten three matches under my a place in the last 16 against “To go out tonight, sure, it belt. There is no greater feel- Italy’s Matteo Berrettini. wasn’t easy. ing than being back on court.” Federer has always cited “It was a lot of premiers Tournament director Guy Wimbledon as his main goal for me: playing against Koep- Forget said: “The Roland of the season, and he said: fer for first night session here Garros tournament is sorry “These are all stepping stones in Paris, first time no fans in about the withdrawal of Roger to something that is really im- a long, long time, or ever in Federer, who put up an in- portant to me. my career. That was definitely credible fight last night. “We go through these very unique in many ways, and Switzerland’s Roger Federer leaves the court after winning against Germany’s Dominik Koepfer in the men’s singles third round of The Roland “We were all delighted to matches, we analyse them I’m happy I found a way. Garros 2021 French Open tennis tournament in Paris on Saturday. (AFP)

Bopanna, Skugor reach Rybakina stuns Serena to men’s doubles last eight ANI Marcelo Arevalo and Mattwe Paris Middlekoop,” the official han- dle of SAI Media tweeted. India tennis player Rohan Bopanna and Skugor will roar into quarter-finals Bopanna and his Croatian part- now take on the Spanish pair ner Franko Skugor on Sunday of Pablo Andujar and Pedro DPA/WTA champion Williams came af- reached the quarterfinals of the Martinez in the quarterfinals Paris ter the Kazakh converted five ongoing French Open. on Monday. of her seven break points. She The pair was slated to Earlier, Bopanna and Sku- Serena Williams’ quest for also won nearly 60 percent of square off against Matwe Mid- gor had prevailed 6-4, 7-5 over a 24th grand slam singles title points returning the Williams delkoop and Marcelo Arevalo, Frances Tiafo and Nicholas goes on after a fourth-round second service. but Bopanna and his partner Monroe in the second round defeat by Elena Rybakina at “When I was small, of were given a walkover after match on Thursday. The entire the French Open. course I was watching her their opponents pulled out of match lasted for one hour and Having come into the tour- matches on TV, so many the match. “#TOPSAthlete @ 20 minutes. nament with low expectations, Grand Slams,” Rybakina said. rohanbopanna and his part- Bopanna needs to earn Williams had looked solid “It’s difficult to expect any- ner #FrankoSkugor have ad- points to improve his rankings. through her first three match- thing, because you watch on vanced to the quarterfinals of The final rankings on June 10 es, and, with big names falling TV and it’s completely differ- the French Open in men’s dou- will be considered for an entry by the wayside, the American ent when you come on court bles following a walkover from into the Tokyo Olympics. surged up the list of title fa- and you feel the power and vourites. everything. She went into the match “I knew that the serve was against her 21-year-old Ka- going to be difficult for me to zakh opponent as the only top- return. She’s powerful, but I Djokovic pleased by 20 player left in the bottom was ready.” half but an unexpected finalist Williams’s 15 winners were comparison with Hamilton is now guaranteed after Wil- outweighed by 19 unforced er- liams fell to a 6-3 7-5 defeat. rors, as her quest for a historic ANI who himself is a 1991 and 1992 Rybakina was not born 24th Grand Slam singles title Paris French Open champion. when Williams made her de- will have to wait until another “Berankis can’t do the same but at Roland Garros but a Kazakhstan’s Elena Rybakina serves the ball to Serena Williams of the US during their women’s singles attempt at Wimbledon. Wil- World number one Novak things. On the same track, he brilliant start to 2020 marked fourth round match at the French Open in Paris on Sunday. Rybakina won 6-3, 7-5. (AFP) liams had been 14-0 against Djokovic was honoured and can’t race the same. Novak can her out as a potential major players from Kazakhstan be- pleased by the comparisons drive how he wants.” challenger. fore Rybakina pulled off the between him and Mercedes Djokovic was very glad to She has not shown the upset. Formula One championship hear this comparison but was same form this season, and “I got some good matches driver Lewis Hamilton. ‘embarrassed’ to talk about his this was her first time through in here,” Williams told the This comparison was driving in front of 7 times F1 to the last 16 at a slam, but she press, after the match. “I did made by ITV4 commentator champion, Lewis Hamilton. played a calm and controlled not have the best clay-court Jim Courier as the Serbian ace “Well, I’m honoured to be match on the biggest stage of season, but it was good to fi- demolished Ricardas Berankis compared to Lewis. I respect her life. nally get some wins on clay.” 6-1, 6-4, 6-1 in straight sets at Lewis and everything he does Rybakina’s big serve and “It was definitely close,” ongoing Roland Garros. in his career, but also, off the powerful forehand frequently Williams said, regarding her With this win, Novak has court with his activism. Some- proved too much for Williams, match against Rybakina. reached French Open last 16 thing that truly inspires me who did not play badly but “There is literally a point for a record 12th consecutive and a lot of athletes,” said the lacked precision at important here, a point there, that could year. Djokovic’s streak of ap- 18-time winner. moments. change the whole course of the pearances at this stage sur- “I don’t want to talk about Rybakina moved ahead match. I’m not winning those passes the 11-year stint man- my driving next to Lewis’ early, breaking to lead 3-1, points. That literally could just aged by both Rafael Nadal and name. Honestly, it’s embar- and, although Williams re- change everything.” Roger Federer between 2005 rassing to speak about my driv- sponded with a break back for Rybakina, now into her and 2015. ing, and in the same sentence 3-4, she dropped serve again first Grand Slam quarterfinal, “It’s like the dominance with Hamilton. But I like to straight away and the young has yet to drop a set during the of Lewis Hamilton and the drive fast but I have to respect Kazakh clinched the set on her fortnight. Moreover, two first- Mercedes team. Berankis is the rules, I guess,” he joked. fourth chance. time Grand Slam semifinalists a great driver and maximises “I was never racing. But The second set followed a and a first-time Grand Slam -fi everything under the hood. the analogy and the compari- similar pattern, with Williams nalist are guaranteed from the But Novak Djokovic is driv- son of my game with an F1 car staying in touch with Rybaki- bottom half of the draw, with ing a completely different race is definitely something that na but vulnerable every time A SLAM TOO FAR! Serena Williams in action during the French Open fourth round match on Sunday. The Rybakina the highest-ranked car,” suggested the American pleases me.” her opponent found her hit- legend is chasing an elusive 24th Grand Slam crown. (AFP) player remaining in that half. ting zone. Rybakina will now face A final break for 6-5 proved match today,” Rybakina said, Slam round of 16, while 7th- months of 2020, and she has No.31 seed Anastasia Pavly- French Open Results the key - Rybakina appearing in her post-match press con- seeded Williams was contest- appeared to rekindle that fire uchenkova of Russia in the nerveless as she converted her ference. “Of course when I ing her 64th -- the first of those this fortnight, where she has quarterfinals. Men’s Singles (Fourth Round) Women’s Singles (Fourth Round) first match point. went on court I didn’t expect coming at 1998 Roland Gar- attained back-to-back wins Pavlyuchenkova followed Stefanos Tsitsipas (5), Greece, def. Pablo Tamara Zidansek, Slovenia, def. Sorana Cirstea, Williams can at least take anything. I just had a set plan, ros, a full year before 21-year- for the first time since the very up her third-round upset of Carreno Busta (12), Spain, 6-3, 6-2, 7-5. Romania, 7-6 (4), 6-1; Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova a good week of match prac- which we discussed with my old Rybakina was born. first week of the season. No.3 seed Aryna Sabalenka Daniil Medvedev (2), Russia, def. Cristian Garin (31), Russia, def. Victoria Azarenka (15), tice into Wimbledon, which is coach. I just tried to follow it. However, Rybakina exhib- In the first meeting be- with another stunner of a high- (22), Chile, 6-2, 6-1, 7-5. Belarus, 5-7, 6-3, 6-2; Paula Badosa, Spain, def. Marketa Vondrousova (20), Czech Republic, 6-4, surely her best chance of final- It worked out today.” ited the form that pulled her to tween the two players, Rybaki- er-seeded Belarusian, elimi- Alejandro Davidovich Fokina, Spain, def. 3-6, 6-2; Elena Rybakina (21), Kazakhstan, def. ly claiming that elusive 24th. No. 21 seed Rybakina was four WTA singles finals and a na’s one-hour and 17-minute nating No.15 seed Victoria Federico Delbonis, Argentina, 6-4, 6-4, 4-6, 6-4. Serena Williams (7), United States, 6-3, 7-5. “I’m so happy with the playing in her first-ever Grand Top 20 ranking in the first two upset of 23-time Grand Slam Azarenka earlier on Sunday. 14 Monday, June 7, 2021 Sports Perez wins Baku GP after Verstappen crash,

KTM Portuguese rider Miguel Oliveira competes during the MotoGP Hamilton mistake race of the Moto Grand Prix de Catalunya at the Circuit de Catalunya in Montmelo on the outskirts of Barcelona on Sunday. (AFP) DPA Berlin

Sergio Perez won the Azer- Oliveira powers baijan Grand Prix for Red Bull on Sunday, after then leading team-mate Max Verstappen to victory in crashed with five laps left ow- ing to a puncture and Mer- cedes’ Lewis Hamilton made a rare mistake in the closing Barcelona thriller stages. Perez got his second career Agencies made a mistake at the Turn 4 win ahead of Sebastian Vettel Barcelona right-hander on the third lap whose second place was a first to let Oliveira slip into the lead, podium for him with Aston KTM rider Miguel Oliveira while Quartararo dropped to Martin. Pierre Gasly complet- fended off Yamaha’s Fabio fifth following an unsuccessful ed a surprise podium in third Quartararo in an intense bat- overtaking attempt on Miller. for Alpha Tauri. tle to claim his first win of the Quartararo steadily im- Verstappen had completely season at the Catalunya Grand proved his lap timings to pass controlled the race since taking Prix in Barcelona on Sunday. Oliveira at the halfway stage the lead from Hamilton during Pramac Ducati’s Johann but the Portuguese roared the first round of pit stops but Zarco made a late charge back to reclaim the lead two crashed heavily into the barri- to finish second as champi- laps later. ers on the home straight, un- onship leader Quartararo Oliveira preserved his able to control the car after the dropped down to fourth after tyres to extend his advantage left rear tyre seemingly pun- being given a three-second at the top before Quartararo tured. penalty for exceeding track ran off the track with three The Dutchman kicked the limits. laps remaining. rubber in disgust before walk- Oliveira came under in- In a bizarre finale, Quarta- ing away and later told Sky TV: creasing pressure from Zarco raro’s leathers burst open and “Of course it is frustrating. I on the final stretch but held he lost his chest protector but had everything under control, off the Frenchman by 0.175 he continued to battle for the there was no pressure from be- seconds, while Jack Miller final podium spot with Miller. hind.” It was the second such Red Bull’s Mexican driver Sergio Perez wins the Formula One Azerbaijan Grand Prix at the Baku City Circuit in Baku on Sunday. (AFP) rounded out the podium on Oliveira was flawless in the incident because Aston Mar- his factory Ducati. final stages to take his third tin’s Lance Stroll had suffered “It was probably the best victory in the premier class exactly the same fate a few laps Results race of my career so far,” Ol- and move up to seventh in the earlier at the same section. F1 Azerbaijan Grand Prix iveira said in a post-race inter- championship standings. The race was stopped and a 1. Sergio Perez (MEX/Red Bull-Honda) 2hr view. “Everything was so hard Defending world cham- standing start ordered for the 13min 36.410sec, 2. Sebastian Vettel -- the tyre management and pion Joan Mir finished fifth on last two laps where Hamilton (GER/Aston Martin-Mercedes) at 1.385sec, Fabio was just putting pres- his Suzuki, ahead of Yamaha’s tried to pass Perez from sec- 3. Pierre Gasly (FRA/AlphaTauri-Honda) sure on me for so many laps. Maverick Vinales. ond place but locked up, went 2.762, 4. Charles Leclerc (MON/Ferrari) 3.828, 5. Lando Norris (GBR/McLaren- “But I kept it really cool Six-times MotoGP cham- straight on in turn one and fin- Mercedes) 4.754, 6. Fernando Alonso and it was a perfect race. I pion Marc Marquez crashed ished 15th. (ESP/Alpine-Renault) 6.382, 7. Yuki can’t thank KTM enough for out for a third consecutive It completed a weekend Tsunoda (JPN/AlphaTauri-Honda) 6.624, 8. giving me an amazing ma- race, while Honda team mate to forget for champions Mer- Carlos Sainz Jr (ESP/Ferrari) 7.709, 9. chine today.” Pol Espargaro joined him on cedes with no points at all as Daniel Ricciardo (AUS/McLaren-Mercedes) Miller used Ducati’s su- the sidelines. Valtteri Bottas was 12th. 8.874, 10. Kimi Raikkonen (FIN/Alfa Romeo-Ferrari) 9.576, 11. Antonio preme launch system to take The late drama ensured Hamilton’s mishap also Giovinazzi (ITA/Alfa Romeo-Ferrari) 10.254, the lead on the opening lap Quartararo’s championship meant that Verstappen re- 12. Valtteri Bottas (FIN/Mercedes) 11.264, ahead of Oliveira and Quarta- lead was trimmed to 17 points tained the championship lead 13. Mick Schumacher (GER/Haas-Ferrari) raro, who started on pole posi- by Zarco, with Miller taking four points ahead of him. 14.241, 14. Nikita Mazepin (RUS/Haas- tion for a fifth straight time. third place ahead of Ducati “It is hard to accept. But Ferrari) 14.315, 15. Lewis Hamilton (GBR/ The Australian, however, team mate Francesco Bagnaia. we will come back stronger,” Mercedes) 17.668, 16. Nicholas Latifi (CAN/Williams-Mercedes) 42.379, 17. Hamilton said. George Russell (GBR/Williams-Mercedes) Perez meanwhile said: retired, 18. Max Verstappen (NED/Red Bull- “Normally Baku is pretty crazy. Honda) retired I have to say sorry to Max, it Retired (not classified) would have been incredible to Esteban Ocon (FRA/Alpine-Renault), Lance get that one-two for the team. Stroll (CAN/Aston Martin-Mercedes) “But at the end, it was a Red Bull’s Mexican driver Sergio Perez celebrates on the podium after winning the Formula One Azerbaijan World championship fantastic day for us. This is def- Grand Prix at the Baku City Circuit in Baku on Sunday. (AFP) standings initely a strong boost of confi- Drivers: 1. Max Verstappen (NED) 105 pts, dence for myself.” Vettel, who leader Hamilton was held up ing the home straight. part on the track. But it can’t 2. Lewis Hamilton (GBR) 101, 3. Sergio took Perez place at Aston Mar- because Gasly also arrived in There was no change at the be. Stroll had a crash, I had Perez (MEX) 69, 4. Lando Norris (GBR) 66, tin (formerly Racing Point) the pit lane, and the precious top at the restart and Verstap- a crash. This is the way it is.” 5. Charles Leclerc (MON) 52, 6. Valtteri this season, said: “I’m over the lost seconds were enough pen seemed comfortably on Hamilton then tried to snatch Bottas (FIN) 47, 7. Carlos Sainz Jr (ESP) 42, 8. Pierre Gasly (FRA) 31, 9. Sebastian Vettel moon. We were not expecting a for the Red Bull duo to move course towards victory when first place at the death in the (GER) 28, 10. Daniel Ricciardo (AUS) 26, podium here.” Charles Leclerc ahead of him. he shockingly suffered the restart but was only left to say 11. Fernando Alonso (ESP) 13, 12. Esteban won the start from his surprise Stroll was the only driver same fate as Stroll. “I am sorry guys” via team ra- Ocon (FRA) 12, 13. Lance Stroll (CAN) 9, pole but it was soon clear that who hadn’t pitted yet but run- Verstappen suggested a dio after the attempt went hor- 14. Yuki Tsunoda (JPN) 8, 15. Kimi KTM Portuguese rider Miguel Oliveira celebrates on the podium after his Ferrari was inferior but he ning in fourth, up from 19th at possible general tyre problem ribly wrong. Raikkonen (FIN) 1, 16. Antonio Giovinazzi winning the MotoGP race of the Moto Grand Prix de Catalunya at the finally managed a solid fourth the start, his left rear tyre then whe he said in the direction of The season continues (ITA) 1, 17. Mick Schumacher (GER) 0, 18. George Russell (GBR) 0, 19. Nikita Mazepin Circuit de Catalunya in Montmelo on the outskirts of Barcelona on place. punctured and he hit the wall tyre makers Pirelli: “Pirelli will on June 20 with the French (RUS) 0, 20. Nicholas Latifi (CAN) 0. Sunday. (AFP) During the first pit stops hard at almost top speed enter- always say there was another Grand Prix. De Ligt to miss Kroos says he is ready for the final Dutch test Sifan Hassan betters for Euros Euros after COVID-19 illness DPA 10,000m world record DPA Hanover Seefeld (Austria) DPA The Netherlands will be with- Berlin Germany midfielder Toni out defender Matthijs de Ligt Kroos has said he is fit again in their final tune-up match for Sifan Hassan of the Nether- and ready to play at the Euros the Euros on Sunday against lands on Sunday bettered the after being infected with the Georgia, coach Frank de Boer 10,000 metres world record coronavirus. has said. by almost nine seconds. “In terms of corona, I De Boer said on Saturday The 1,500m and 10,000m don’t feel anything. I’m ready that the measure in connection world champion clocked to play,” Kroos told reporters with groin problems is a pre- 29 minutes 6.82 seconds at the end of a team training caution and that de Ligt is ex- in Hengelo, The Nether- camp in Austria. pected to be fit for the first game lands, bettering the mark The Real Madrid player Germany’s midfielder Toni Kroos during a training session in Seefeld, at the Euros on June 13 against of 29:17.45 from Ethiopian tested positive in mid-May Austria. (AFP) Ukraine. Debutants North Almaz Ayana at the 2016 and had to go into quarantine. Macedonia and Austria are the Olympics in Rio. He joined the Germany team many meet world champions the tournament starts, we will other teams in the group, with Helped by pacemakers on May 30 after testing nega- France, title holders Portu- see whether what we have the Dutch playing all their three early on and then the Wave- tive. gal and Hungary in the group worked out here over the two games in Amsterdam. light technology at the side Kroos said he only had stage from June 15 on - after a weeks works.” Kroos, 31, also Oranje ended a week-long of the track, Hassan was half mild symptoms such as a fever final test Monday against Lat- said he would decide on his training camp in Portugal on a minute faster than in her for a day or two, was exhausted via where he could feature. personal future in the team Saturday and will play Georgia European record in October for a few days but after a week “The basics are there when after the Euros. Kroos won back at home in Enschede. 2020 in the same stadium of training is now fine again. I look at the determination ad the 2014 World Cup with Ger- They drew 2-2 with Scot- and confirmed her status as a Dutch athlete Sifan Hassan wins the women’s 10,000m during the “I’m not worried about my training intensity. But that is many and long-time assistant land in a first tune-up game top contender for the upcom- FBK Games and sets new women’s 10,000m world record in Hengelo, fitness.I t’s not like I’m coming no guarantee of a successful Hansi Flick will become the during the camp which raised ing Tokyo Olympics. The Netherlands, on Sunday. (AFP) from a six-week injury. I just tournament,” he said. new head coach in succession questions around de Boer’s 5-3- “Wow, to run this world didn’t do anything for a week,” “It is important that we of Joachim Loew. 2 system. But the coach has in- record here today in Henge- “It’s the perfect confirma- I am so happy to share this he said. find ourselves even better “I have known him forev- sisted “I am convinced that we lo is something I could only tion of the hard work we’ve record in front of my Dutch Kroos said he is upbeat tactically than in the last in- er,” Kroos said of Flick. “I will need this system.” dream of,” she said. put in getting ready for Tokyo. fans. I am so happy!” entering the Euros where Ger- ternational matches. When decide after the tournament.” Sports Monday, June 7, 2021 15

QREC-SPONSORED QATAR PRIX DU JOCKEY CLUB Irish-trained colt St Mark’s Basilica provides Aiden O’Brien his first win

Ioritz Mendizabal guides St Mark’s Basilica to victory in the Qatar Prix du Jockey Club Gr.1 race at Chantilly in France on Sunday.

His Excellency Sheikh Ali bin Jassim Al Thani, Ambassador of Qatar to France, and Mr Edouard de Rotshchild, President of France Galop, presented the trophies to the winners at Chantilly on Sunday. (Pics: Zuzanna Lupa)

Tribune News Network Siyouni (based at the Norman- metres, even if he has got a lot Jockey Club. I was surprised Chantilly (France) dy stud of His Highness the Aga of speed. He had come on a at this because when you look Khan), St Mark’s Basilica, gave lot since the Poule d’Essai des at his record we think that he The Qatar Racing and Eques- his rivals the slip 300 metres Poulains. The plan was always has won everything already. It trian Club sponsored the Qatar from the post. Sealiway, repre- to run in the Poule d’Essai and was the same with John Gos- Prix du Jockey Club, the French senting the Haras de la Gous- after the Qatar Prix du Jockey den last year. I won him his Derby, for the first time in 2021. serie and Guy Pariente, came Club. You need to have a very firstJockey Club too. We had This Classic race reunites the in second for trainer Frédéric good horse to win the Jockey a good draw and we took ad- best European 3-year-old colts Rossi. Millebosc was a close Club. His ability to accelerate vantage of that. When you slot and is also known as a stallion third: he runs in the colours of where it counts and his tem- into a good position early, it’s making race, with the likes Gérard Augustin-Normand and perament have made the dif- easier. During the parade and of Lope de Vega, Shamardal, was ridden by Grégory Benoist. ference. He is able to adapt the preliminaries he was very Dalakhani and Montjeu all He is trained in Deauville by the to any type of ground, even if calm. It’s a huge advantage. I former winners. His Excel- young Stéphanie Nigge, who I think that, by looking at his was full of running turning in lency Sheikh Ali bin Jassim Al was having her first runners in action, he will be better suited for home. I didn’t want to go Thani, Ambassador of Qatar this Classic race. by better ground.” too early though, because he to France, and Mr Edouard St Mark’s Basilica is Will he get 2,400m? “We was trying the distance for the Ioritz Mendizabal celebrates triumph astride St Mark’s Basilica. de Rotshchild, President of trained by Irishman Aidan can’t fully say until we have first time. I probably still got France Galop, were present O’Brien, one of the most suc- tried it. It is possible because there a shade too early, but I for a step up in trip. I am very picked up so strongly. He is very he was a bit too much in the at Chantilly and presented the cessful trainers in Europe (he he is so relaxed during his rac- gave the horse a chance and happy for Franck [Blondel]. good horse. I’ve always believed jockey’s hands. We tried a few trophies to the winners. has won the Epsom Derby es. As regards the next step, thankfully he won. I had the horse as well as I in him and he has proved his things and put a cross nose- The Irish -rained St Mark’s eight times), although success we will see how he comes out “A year ago I never thought could for today. It’s great to class there. He had a few prob- band on him, which definitely Basilica, who started favour- in the Qatar Prix du Jockey- of the race but he has lots of I would get back on horses finish second in the Jockey lems early on in the year and helped. Grégory Benoist rode ite, was the clear winner of Club had eluded him until options. The Eclipse followed capable of winning Classics. Club with him. after his comeback run, which an excellent race. I want to this year’s exceptional edi- now! He is owned by the Cool- by the Champion Stakes could It’s thanks to John Gosden, “In the Poule he was un- was a bit late, he changed a lot thank all my team at home tion, which reunited the cream more, one of the powers of the be on the agenda.” who trusted me with the ride lucky, we made the running physically. Millebosc will be from the bottom of my heart. of the 3-year-old crop, three Thoroughbred industry, and Ioritz Mendizabal was over on Mishriff, and the excellent for everyone and got run out better in the Autumn. He is still We might see him out next weeks after his triumph in an entity which has forged a the moon with this Classic work by my agent, Pierre-Alain of it... I’ve wanted to step him very unexposed and that was at Deauville in August. But I the Group 1 Emirates Poule reputation as a veritable stal- victory for a second consecu- Chereau. Without them none of up for a while now.” only his fourth race. It’s great to think he will be better off in the d’Essai des Poulains at Paris- lion factory. tive year, “It’s incredible! It’s this would have been possible.” Stephanie Nigge was run- have a good horse and we can Autumn with softer ground. Longchamp. His was ridden “Ioritz rode a very good a huge privilege to be associ- The second placed Seali- ning in the race for the first time maybe step him up in distance “With Normandy Bridge, once again by Ioritz Mendiza- race, just like he rode in the ated with a horse trained by way ran a strong race and in her young training career, come the Autumn. it’s a shame, he was in front bal, who gave his mount a Poule d’Essai”, commented Aidan O’Brien. Pierre-Alain his trainer Frederic Rossi ex- and was responsible for the “Today, he travelled very and relaxed. He will now have dream ride on the rail. Aidan O’Brien. “We always Chereau, my agent, told me plained “It’s excellent. I have third, Millebosc. “I was shout- well and was relaxed. In the a break and we will re-evaluate By leading French stallion thought he would get the 2,100 that I would win him a first always said he will be better ing as loud as I could! Millebosc Prix de Guiche (Group 3), the situation.” Sibley, Root help England walk away with draw Rashid Khan chooses PSL over County Scoreboard England’s Dom Sibley New Zealand (1st Innings): 378 stint with Sussex (R) gets back to his England (1st Innings): 275 crease as New Zea- New Zealand (2nd Innings) ANI land’s BJ Watling takes T. Latham not out...... 36 Abu Dhabi the bails off on the fifth D. Conway b Robinson...... 23 K. Williamson lbw b Robinson...... 1 day of their first Test N. Wagner c Bracey b Robinson...... 10 Afghanistan spinner Rashid at the Lord’s Cricket R. Taylor c Bracey b Wood...... 33 Khan has revealed that he has Ground in London on H. Nicholls c Burns b Root...... 23 put his County contract with Sunday. (AFP) B. J. Watling not out...... 15 Sussex on hold in order to par- C. de Grandhomme not out...... 9 ticipate in the Pakistan Super Rashid Khan Extras: (b 6, lb 12, nb 1)...... 19 League (PSL). Total: (For 6 wkts, declared; 52.3 overs).169 The spinner praised the own cricket. Did not bat: M. Santner, K. Jamieson, T. County for understanding his “For all those Afghan Southee Fall of wickets: 1-39, 2-57, 3-74, 4-105, decision to play for Lahore Qa- youngsters who have not got 5-133, 6-159. landars in the PSL. an opportunity to play in other Bowling: J. Anderson 15.3-3-44-0, S. Broad “Unfortunately, I only leagues, this is a great chance to 12-1-34-1, O. Robinson 14-5-26-3, M. Wood played two games in PSL 6 and prove that they have the skills 7-0-31-1, J. Root 4-0-16-1. had to go away for national and talent to play in top-level England (2nd Innings; Target: 273) duty. Now I had the option to cricket,” said Rashid. R. Burns c Southee b Wagner...... 25 stay back in England and here “Playing cricket between D. Sibley not out...... 60 I must appreciate Sussex for two countries will increase the Z. Crawley c Nicholls b Southee...... 2 J. Root lbw b Wagner...... 40 their help and understand- love and respect between play- O. Pope not out...... 20 ing as I had to decide between ers of both sides; Sports is all Extras: (b 8, lb 10, nb 5)...... 23 missing five games with the about bringing unity between Total: (For 3 wkts, 70 overs)...... 170 county or playing a whole tour- countries,” he added. Did not bat: Dan Lawrence, James Bracey, nament like PSL which seemed The remaining PSL 2021 ANI The 49-run opening stand dismissed by Wagner but in that New Zealand was looking Ollie Robinson, Stuart Broad, Mark Wood, like a better option, especially matches will be played in Abu London was finally broken by Neil Wag- the end, Sibley (60*) along to score quick runs and de- James Anderson as the fans wanted me to play Dhabi from June 9-24 before ner in the 24th over as he dis- with Ollie Pope (20*) ensured clare their innings. Fall of wickets: 1-49, 2-56, 3-136. in the PSL,” Cricket Pakistan the Pakistan men’s side depar- that the hosts walk away with Bowling: T. Southee 17-1-37-1, K. Jamieson Skipper Joe Root and Domi- missed Burns (25). Zak Crawley The fourth-wicket partner- 15-6-28-0, C. de Grandhomme 7-3-12-0, M. quoted Rashid as saying. ture for Manchester from the nic Sibley helped England (2) failed to leave a mark with a draw. ship of 31 runs between Tay- Santner 13-3-38-0, N. Wagner16-7-27-2, K. The young spinner also be- UAE capital on June 25. walk away with a draw against the bat as he was sent back to For New Zealand, Wag- lor and Latham was ended by Williamson 2-0-10-0. lieves that playing in the PSL There will be six double- New Zealand on Day Five of the pavilion by Tim Southee, ner returned with two wickets Stuart Broad as he dismissed will give a good opportunity to headers – five of them during the first Test here at the Lord’s but Sibley and skipper Root while Southee took one wicket. Latham (36), reducing New after playing a 23-run knock, Afghanistan players and it will the preliminary round and the Cricket Ground on Sunday. ensured that England entered Earlier, resuming Day Five Zealand to 105/4. but Colin de Grandhomme help in improving relations sixth on June 21, when Qualifier Chasing 273, England got the tea break on Day Five with at 61/2 and a lead of 164, New Taylor’s (33) cameo came (9*) and BJ Watling (15*) took between the Pakistan and Af- and Eliminator 1 matches will be off to a steady start as openers eight wickets in hand and the Zealand got off to a bad start as to an end in the 45th over as the visitors to lunch with the ghanistan cricket boards. played. The Eliminator 2 match Rory Burns and Sibley saw off score being 56/2. the side lost Neil Wagner (10) he was sent back to the pavil- score at 169/6 and the lead “All the players who have will be played on June 22 and the new ball and the duo kept Root along with Sibley pretty early on off the bowling ion by Mark Wood and this was extended to 272. come from Afghanistan and the final on June 24. On June 9, the Kiwi pace attack at bay. frustrated the Kiwi bowlers of Ollie Robinson. ended the 28-run stand for New Zealand declared are playing the PSL, this is a fourth-placed Lahore Qalandars The run-scoring was slow, but and they kept the opposition Ross Taylor next came to the fifth wicket between Tay- their innings and as a result, great opportunity for them to will meet third-placed Islama- both batsmen ensured that at bay. the crease and he started play- lor and Henry Nicholls. The England was set a target come and play alongside top bad United in what will be the they keep the good balls out. Root (40) might have been ing aggressively, indicating left-handed Nicholls departed of 273. players and to improve their 15th match of the tournament. 16 Monday, June 7, 2021 The Last Word EAA, WPDI extend tie-up with new project in Uganda, South Sudan peace and reconciliation is the The project aims to reach 412,000 key. As SDG Advocate and UNE- SCO Special Envoy for Peace and learners from local communities Reconciliation, I believe that the association of my organisation Tribune News Network Education in Insecurity and with the teams of EAA, inspired Doha Conflict (PEIC) programmes, by Her Highness Sheikha Moza and WPDI aim to reach 412,000 bint Nasser, will help thousands The Education Above All (EAA) learners and youth from local of young women and men from Foundation and the Whitaker communities with the joint pro- South Sudan and Uganda bring Peace & Development Initiative ject, training over 187,000 youth transformative change in their (WPDI) have launched a new aged 15-24 years as global citi- schools and their countries.’ project in Uganda and South zens and peacemakers, and over These powerful words from our Sudan as part of their ongoing 190,000 children and other local founder will drive the effort of efforts to mobilise the power of stakeholders in human rights WPDI as we engage our youth education for peacebuilding. advocacy, with the participation on the ground.” Empowering youth, a large of 32,666 local stakeholders over young women and men are per- for lifelong peace, human rights able development depends on executive director of WPDI, re- As part of their shared goal demographic segment in the a period of three years. The pro- ceived as victims or perpetrators and sustainable development”. youth empowerment and the marked: “There is a potential of to educate youth on peace, dia- two countries, with skills and ject will build on a combination of violence in conflict-affected Maleiha Malik, executive safeguarding and promotion of youth for promoting peace and logue and reconciliation in ar- knowledge essential for human of interventions based on the ex- areas rather than key stakehold- director of EAA’s PEIC pro- the fundamental human right to welfare in their communities eas that have been impacted by rights advocacy and sustain- perience and expertise accrued ers who can be empowered and gramme, commented: “Par- education. Over the next years, that remains largely untapped. conflict, the EAA-WPDI project able peacebuilding, the project by WPDI in the past years, in- mobilised to foster lasting peace ticularly in areas of insecurity we aim to support children and This is a reality that needs to will provide youth with compe- will lend agency to participants cluding through ground-break- and sustainable development. and conflict, we must mobilise youth who have lived through be further recognised. As our tencies and tools they can use as global citizens, particularly in ing collaboration with EAA in Our new project supports youth the power of youth as advo- conflict, to equip them with the founder, Mr. Whitaker affirmed throughout the project and be- areas of conflict where educa- South Sudan and Uganda. in Uganda and South Sudan to cates, peacebuilders and active necessary tools to advocate and ‘When it comes to transform- yond, as they disseminate these tion is under attack. Abdulla Al Abdulla, execu- take ownership of and contrib- citizens. With WPDI, we found generate lasting change towards ing the world, providing the values in their communities and EAA, through its Reach Out tive director of EAA’s ROTA ute to their community as ac- a long-term, strong partner who a more peaceful future.” right tools to young people and prepare themselves to become To Asia (ROTA) and Protect programme, said: “Too often, tive global citizens, advocating echoes our belief that sustain- Caroline Descombris, its educating them to the values of committed citizens. QF’s HBKU joins global speakers to discuss educational priorities

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Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU), a member of Qatar Foun- dation for Education, Science and Community Development (QF), strengthened its global positioning through contributions to the stra- HBKU reaches several tegic knowledge exchanges at the 24th St Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF). agreements to expand HBKU’s senior leadership and graduate students showcased the university’s research achievements, partnerships at SPIEF multidisciplinary programmes and potential exchange opportunities at Tribune News Network research centres. its booth in the Qatar Pavilion and Doha Joint research, publications and li- were among key speakers on several and enable them to create the jobs brary exchanges, faculty lectures and panels and sessions. of the future.” With its multidisciplinary academic pro- talks, and participation in scholarly HBKU President Dr Ahmad M. The SPIEF Youth Forum gave grammes and research capabilities driv- events, as well as the exchange of faculty Hasnah participated in a prominent HBKU’s students the chance to con- ing collaboration with the world’s best in- and students for study, teaching and re- panel titled ‘The Pros and Cons of nect with graduate students from stitutions, Hamad Bin Khalifa University search are potential activities under the Cultural Expansion’. Russia’s leading universities and (HBKU) has expanded its cooperation with MoU. The university also signed a five- The discussions between high- scientific organisations, as well as Russian academic institutions and other year cooperation agreement with Finan- level government officials and lead- government leaders and young en- entities during the 24th St Petersburg In- cial University under the Government of ers in culture, media and the arts trepreneurs. ternational Economic Forum (SPIEF). the Russian Federation. examined how trends in the projec- Dr Michael Benedik, HBKU HBKU’s colleges and research insti- The two institutions will explore tion and promotion of culture might Provost said, “As a research univer- tutes signed several agreements to pro- academic exchange and double degree bring people together, and also the sity with a significant international mote closer working relationships in ar- programmes in areas of mutual interests risks of creating further divisions. including accessible and high-qual- tributing to discussions on how to presence, this forum provides an ex- eas of research and education. and support the cultural and academic Dr Mounir Hamdi, founding ity education, leadership, engage- support the meaningful participa- cellent opportunity to connect with HBKU, a Qatar Foundation (QF) exchange of students. dean of the College of Science and ment in solving global issues and tion of youth in policy and decision- partners, as well as to leverage pre- member, formalised a framework agree- The agreement provides for recipro- Engineering (CSE), spoke at ‘The others. making. existing partnerships and develop ment for cooperation with Saint-Peters- cal visits by teaching staff for professional Frontiers of Humanity as Defined Dr Hasnah, Dr Michael J. Ben- Dr Hasnah also shared HBKU’s new Rusiian ties through our pro- burg State University, one of the oldest development and the exchange of re- by Science and Life’. edik, HBKU provost, and Dr Hamdi efforts to encourage youth entre- grammes and innovative research Russian universities, intended to facilitate search experience, and will facilitate joint Representatives of some of and Dr Marc joined heads of Qatari preneurship through an innovative endeavours. joint academic and scientific exchange research among other forms of direct co- Russia’s leading scientific research and Russian universities at the edu- research ecosystem and the value of “As with all higher education and activities such as courses, confer- operation between their programmes. institutes discussed to what degree cational business breakfast ‘Uni- social entrepreneurship at a panel institutions, our mission is to drive ences, seminars, symposia or lectures and HBKU President Dr Ahmad M. Has- growth and development are com- versity between Global Challenges discussion ‘Youth Entrepreneur- the future. Those of us in educa- student exchange. nah said, “We welcome the opportunity patible with concerns surrounding and Local Commitments’, which ship: Empty Hype or the Future of tion have experienced the commit- The agreement will lead to collabora- to take part at SPIEF and highlight how the environment, the economy and considered changes in higher edu- the Russian Economy?’ ment and the imagination of our tive research projects and publications. HBKU’s innovation-driven research is society, and whether we can peace- cation systems and the strengths Speaking at the panel, Dr Has- students, and we recognise that the HBKU also signed a three-year mem- serving Qatar in building a competitive fully coexist with nature and reduce and weaknesses revealed by the nah said, “Youth entrepreneurship future is very bright. HBKU strives orandum of understanding (MoU) with knowledge-based economy. We are hap- the human burden. pandemic. has the ability to create new mar- to be a hub that empowers students the National Research University Higher py to be a part of international dialogue With June 5 focusing on the As part of the International kets. The role of governments, edu- and stimulates their creativity, but School of Economics, Russia, to enable that examines the changing dynamics be- education and youth agenda, the Youth Economic Forum, HBKU led cators and investors is to provide also mentors and enriches them cooperative programmes in teaching and tween human capital, culture, and tech- Qatar Pavilion brought together the international dialogue ‘Youth the training, policies, innovative inside and outside the classroom to research between their respective faculty nologies and how it can drive sustainable participants to discuss the most Building a New World’ in the Qa- ecosystem and access to business succeed and bring their contribu- members, departments, institutes and international economic development.” prominent topics for today’s youth, tar Pavilion, with Dr Benedik con- expansion to empower the youth tions to fruition.” Premiere of QF’s ‘Seeroo fi al ardh’ documentary to celebrate life of M F Husain Screening and webinar mark 10th anniversary of the death of inspirational Indian artist whose final work lives on at Education City Tribune News Network Doha

The story of how the final work of the late, great Indian artist Maqbool Fida Husain found its home in Doha will be told by Qatar Foundation (QF) next week at the interna- tional premiere of an award- winning short documentary, marking the 10th anniversary of his death. ‘Seeroo fi al ardh’ – a one- ‘Seeroo fi al ardh’ installation at Education City. Mustafa Husain Najma Husain Sujata Varma Yousif Ahmed of-a-kind art installation un- dertaken by Husain as part of Sheikha Moza bint Nasser, exploring the impact his work Najma Husain, Qatari artist nale president Bose Krishna- nas and Leonardo da Vinci, sance, the Arab world expe- a sweeping project that relives Chairperson of Qatar Founda- had, and continues to have, on Yousif Ahmed and Sujata Var- machari; and Dimitri Yuri, glass horses and vintage cars, rienced an age of enlight- the journey of human civilisa- tion, it has been permanently the world. ma, curator of the Doha-based award-winning director, The which move to music that Hu- enment, innovation, and tion from the perspective of housed at Education City since “He had his own ideas – Indian art showcase Fanqaar. Film House, the Qatar produc- sain himself selected and are experimentation. Seeroo fi al the Arab region – was con- December 2019, helping to he never followed a particular Moderated by poet, art tion company which created set against the backdrop of ardh, which has been closed ceived by the famed artist in ensure Husain’s artistic legacy style of painting,” says Mustafa critic, cultural theorist and cu- the documentary. Together, a giant mosaic of horses – a due to COVID-19, will reopen the twilight of his career, but lives on. Husain, the artist’s son, in the rator Ranjith Hoskote, a friend they will discuss the journey of tribute to Qatar’s equine her- to the public later in the year, he did not live to see his trib- And on Wednesday, June documentary. “He evolved and of Husain’s, the webinar, titled Seeroo fi al ardh from Husain’s itage as well as the artist’s own with more details to be an- ute to mankind’s spirit of in- 9 – a decade on from Husain, he got his own style. The pas- “Painter, polymath, provoca- imagination to its Education love of animals – Seeroo fi al nounced closer to the time. novation completed. who lived in Qatar in his later sion was to create something teur: Rediscovering M F Hu- City reality, the enduring influ- ardh’s main show tells the tale To watch the international Following and incorporat- years, passing away at the age different from nothing.” sain through his final artwork,” ence of his art, and what this of how first nature, then ma- premiere of the documentary ing every aspect of Husain’s of 95 – the QF documentary The documentary – which will welcome Mustafa Husain; installation says about Qatar’s chines, advanced the ambi- at 5pm Doha time on June 9, original plan for Seeroo fi will explore Husain’s life, in- has been showcased and won Layla Ibrahim Bacha, senior growing profile as an interna- tions of people throughout the and the webinar which will al ardh, QF ensured his vi- spiration and genius, with awards at leading film festivals art specialist and Seeroo fi al tional hub of arts and culture. Arab region. immediately follow, register sion came to fruition. Com- the premiere being followed around the world – also hears ardh project supervisor, QF; Comprising the flying It also reflects how, even on https://www.qf.org.qa/ missioned by Her Highness by an online panel discussion from Husain’s daughter-in-law artist, curator, and Kochi Bien- machines of Abbas Ibn Fir- before the European Renais- mfhusain-webinar