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Man sets off explosive outside Strait of Hormuz – key oil waterway Saudi halts Theoil Strait of Hormuz is oneshipments of the world’s most crucial oil transport in Red-sea lane routes, with a third of global oil tanker traffic – carrying 18.5 million US embassy barrels of crude and condensate – passing through the strait every day Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps naval bases Condemned AFP| Beijing AFP| Riyadh Maritime Bandar-e-Abbas Larak Island IRAN Tehran with a two million barrels capacity, were boundary Bahrain: HQ Deep-water Qeshm of U.S. 5th attacked by Huthi rebels in the Red Sea, Bahrain strongly condemned the Houthi IRAQ 26-year-old Chinese audi Arabia has temporarily halted all shipping lane Fleet state giant Aramco said in a statement. militia’s attack on oil tankers belonging IRAN Aman set off a small ex- Soil shipments through a key waterway “One of the ships sustained minimal to the Saudi National Shipping Compa- plosive outside the US em- after Yemen’s Iran-aligned Huthi militia IRAN STRAIT SAUDI damage. No injuries nor oil spill have ny while the vessels were crossing Bab OF OMAN ARABIA UAE HORMUZ bassy in Beijing yesterday, attacked two crude vessels, officials said . Sirri been reported,” Aramco said. The oil Al-Mandab Strait in the Red Sea. “The OMAN sending smoke into the air “All oil shipments through Bab al-Man- Jask giant said the decision to suspend ship- cowardly attack is a flagrant violation of IRAN and injuring his hand before dab Strait have been suspended tempo- UAE ments was “in the interest of the safety international laws and norms and poses IRAN UNITED security officials rushed to rarily until... maritime transit through PERSIAN ARAB OMAN of ships and their crews and to avoid the a serious threat to the freedom of inter- GULF EMIRATES the scene and took him into the area is safe,” Energy Minister Khalid Fujairah risk of oil spill.” Earlier, the pro-Huthi national trade and maritime navigation Abu custody, police said. al-Falih said in a statement released by Dhabi Abu Musa Al-Masirah TV said that the militia had in Bab Al-Mandab Strait and the Red Occupied by Shipping lanes for tankers Chinese police said no state media. Two oil tankers operated Iran, claimed OMAN are just two nautical targeted a Saudi warship named Al-Dam- Sea,” the ministry of foreign affairs said by UAE miles wide, separated 25 miles by buffer zone one else was injured in the by the Saudi shipping group Bahri, each 40km mam, without providing further details. in a statement. China Iranian crude oil and gas Condensate incident, which took place condensate shipments 648 330,000 bpd (thousand barrels India near the area where visa per day, June 2018) 502 2.61 million applicants typically line up South Crude oil bpd Korea 2.28 million bpd Others to enter the embassy for in- 314 261 Turkey Italy Japan UAE France terviews. Spain 165 155 Greece 138 127 114 109 The explosion was set off 77 by a man from China’s Inner Sources: MEHR News Agency, S&P Global Platts, Stratfor © GRAPHIC NEWS Mongolia region surnamed Jiang, police said, adding that his injuries were not Imran Khan claims life-threatening. The Police did not indi- cate a possible motive for the man’s action.

War will destroy victoryImran Khan heads forin victory in PakistanPak polls Ex-cricket star Imran Khan is on track to become prime minister after an election marred by accusations of vote rigging all you own: Iran tweeted her congratulations. general to Trump There was no official “22 years later, after humilia- • tions, hurdles and sacrifices, my Reuters| Beirut confirmation of results 22 years sons’ father is Pakistan’s next from Pakistan’s election later, after PM,” she wrote. ran’s Quds force chief Qa- commission 24 hours humiliations, The Election Commission of Issem Soleimani warned after polls closed in hurdles and Pakistan dismissed allegations US President Donald Trump of manipulation, blaming the de- against war yesterday, say- Wednesday’s vote sacrifices, my lay on glitches in new, untested ing it would “destroy all that Imran Khan Shehbaz Sharif Bilawal Bhutto Zardari sons’ father is counting software. Leader of PTI party, will Head of PML-N and Leader of historically you possess”, the website AFP| Islamabad need to form coalition brother of jailed liberal PPP. Son Pakistan’s next “These elections were 100 of Iran’s Arabic language if he is unable to secure former Prime Minister of assassinated PM percent fair and transparent,” simple majority of Nawaz Sharif, vowing former Prime Minister Al Alam TV reported. “You akistan cricket hero JEMIMA GOLDSMITH said Chief Election Commis- know that this war will de- turned politician Imran 137 seats to challenge results Benazir Bhutto sioner Sardar Muhammad Raza stroy all that you possess. PKhan claimed victory yes- ELECTION RESULTS (47% of polling stations counted) KHAN’S EX-WIFE early Thursday as the outcry You will start this war but terday in the country’s tense Imran Khan grew. we will be the ones to im- general election, following accu- Pakistan 114 Election authorities have not pose its end. Therefore, you sations of “blatant” vote-rigging Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) military rigged in his favour. yet confirmed when they expect have to be careful about in- by rival parties. Shehbaz Sharif The unprecedented delay to announce the results. Some sulting the Iranian people There was no official confir- Pakistan Muslim 64 Majority: 137 seats in counting votes, along with reports suggested it would not and the president of our Re- mation of results from Pakistan’s League-Nawaz (PML-N) a surprisingly strong lead for be until Thursday evening at 272 National Assembly public,” Soleimani said re- election commission almost Bilawal Bhutto constituencies contested Khan, have fuelled widespread the earliest. Pakistan Peoples ported Al Alam. “You know 24 hours after polls closed in 42 Turnout estimated at 50-55% fears over the legitimacy of the Election observers including Party (PPP) our power in the region and Wednesday’s vote but partial, of 106 million registered voters exercise. a mission from the European our capabilities in asym- unofficial tallies showed Khan’s Newspapers and television Union are due to give their own 0 30 60 90 120 metric war. We will act and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Sources: Election Commission of Pakistan, Dawn Newspaper Pictures: Getty Images © GRAPHIC NEWS channels have been predict- observations on the voting pro- we will work,” he said. party enjoying a clear lead. ing victory for PTI since late cess on Friday. “We were successful and we Wednesday. By Thursday par- The military, which had been were given a mandate,” Khan, the country’s history. that would be “beneficial” for tial, unofficial results gave him accused of seeking to manipu- 65, said during a live broadcast, During the broadcast, Khan both countries. at least 100 seats so far in the late the vote in Khan’s favour adding that there was “no poli- vowed to tackle corruption that Khan’s statement came sev- National Assembly, the lower in the months leading up to the tician victimisation” in the acri- was “eating our country like a eral hours after his supporters house. A majority of 137 seats is polls, has yet commented on monious contest. cancer”. took to the streets to celebrate needed to form a government. the situation. It and Khan have DON’T MISS IT He went on to call the elec- He also touched on promises winning an election that oppo- Khan’s ex-wife, British film previously denied allegations of tions the “most transparent” in to balance relations with the US nents have said the powerful producer Jemima Goldsmith, intervention.

Eclipse of the IN FOCUS 03 century today Distressed father’s pleas Einstein was right: Astronomers confirm key theory answered, half 05 AFP| Paris stretch light, much like the their gravitational pull can trap compared it with predictions blind son to compression and stretching of even light, and the supermassive made by Einstein that the light undergo surgery consortium of astronomers sound waves we perceive with Sagittarius A* has mass four mil- would be stretched by the gravi- Asaid yesterday they had for the change of pitch of a pass- lion times that of our sun, mak- ty in an effect called gravitation- Demare silences the first time confirmed a pre- ing train. Researchers from the ing it the biggest in our galaxy. al redshift. Newtonian physics diction of Albert Einstein’s the- GRAVITY consortium led by the Astronomers followed the doesn’t allow for a redshift. 18 detractors ory of general relativity by ob- Max Planck Institute for Extra- S2 star as it passed close to “The results are perfectly in serving the gravitational effects terrestrial Physics realised that the black hole on May 19 at a line with the theory of gener- of a supermassive black hole on they had a “perfect laboratory” speed in excess of 25 million al relativity” and are “a major a star zipping by it. to test Einstein’s theory with the kilometres (15.5 million miles) breakthrough towards better The German-born theoret- Sagittarius A* black hole in the per hour. They then calculated understanding the effects of in- ical physicist had posited that centre of the Milky Way. its velocity and position using tense gravitational fields,” said large gravitational forces could Black holes are so dense that Albert Einstein a number of instruments and the research team. FRIDAY, JULY 27, 2018 02

HM King hails Maldivian, Liberian President

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is Majesty King Hamad Hbin Isa Al Khalifa sent a cable of congratulations to Maldives Republic’s Pres- ident Abdulla Yameen, on his country’s independence anniversary. A similar cable of congratulation was also sent to Republic of Liberia’s Labour and Social Development Minister Jameel Humaidan receiving Kamal Mohamed Bu Kamal President George Weah, on who presented him with a copy of his book titled Stars in Isa Town. The book includes profiles of his country’s independence the town’s most prominent sports personalities. The minister praised the researcher’s efforts in anniversary. compiling the history of Isa Town

During the farewell ceremony PM congratulates Maldivian President

Ministry gives Tunisian Manama is Royal Highness Ambassador farewell HPrince Khalifa bin Sal- man Al Khalifa the Prime TDT | Manama He commended the efforts exerted Minister sent a cable of con- by Ambassador Bin Yousef to advance gratulations to Maldives Re- he Ministry of Foreign Affairs relations between the two brotherly public’s President Abdulla Tyesterday held a farewell ceremo- countries. Yameen, on his country’s ny in honour of the Ambassador of the The Tunisian Ambassador ex - independence anniversary. Republic of Tunisia to the Kingdom pressed thanks and appreciation to of Bahrain, Mohamed Ben Yousef, on the Assistant Foreign Minister and all the occasion of the end of his tenure the officials of the Kingdom of Bah- in the country. rain for their continuous cooperation CP hails Maldivian Bahrain News Agency (BNA) Director-General Ahmed Mohammed Al-Mannai during a visit to the The Assistant Foreign Minister, and support. headquarters of “Alriyadh” and “Al-jazirah” leading newspapers in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. He hailed Abdullah bin Faisal bin Jabor Al Dos- The assistant foreign minister pre- President the fraternal and honourable stances of the Saudi press in support of the Kingdom of Bahrain. eri, affirmed Bahrain’s pride in its sented a commemoration gift to the He hailed Saudi press for supporting Bahrain’s security, stability and comprehensive sustainable brotherly ties with Tunisia, saying Tunisian Ambassador, Mohamed Ben Manama development, advocating just Arab and Islamic issues and playing a vital role in promoting the spirit they are based on mutual respect and Yousef, and wished him success in his of moderation. appreciation. future duties. RH Prince Salman bin HHamad Al Khalifa, the Crown Prince, Deputy Su- preme Commander and First Deputy Prime Min- ister, sent a cable of con - BDF Futsal tournament concludes on a high note gratulations to Maldives TDT | Manama President Abdulla Yameen marking his country’s Inde- he BDF Futsal Tournament pendence Day. Tconcluded yesterday in the HRH the Crown Prince presence of Assistant Chief- wished the Maldivian Pres- of-Staff for Operations, Ma - ident good health and hap- jor-General Ghanim Ibrahim piness marking the national Al Fadhala, at the Khalifa Sports occasion. City. The tournament was sched- uled within the Championship of His Majesty King Hamad bin MP to monitor Isa Al Khalifa, The Supreme Commander. Cambodia election The Royal Shields team won first place, the Technical Main- tenance team came second and Part of the Royal Guard team emerged • third. international team The Assistant Chief-of-Staff for Operations delivered a Manama speech marking this occasion, then crowned the winning During the presentation ceremony hairman of the Servic- teams and the referees crew. Ces Committee at the Council of Representatives, MP Abbas Al-Madhi, will take part in an internation- Under the patronage al monitoring team for the NIHR gets top rating of Assistant general elections in Cam- Undersecretary of bodia, set to be held on Sun- TDT | Manama Human Resources day to elect members of the of the Interior sixth National Assembly. IHRA services received a Ministry, Brigadier Al-Madhi will hold meet- N92 per cent approval rat- Adel Ameen, the ings with the representa- ing based on evaluation of the Officer Affairs tives of the Cambodian po- quality of services provided, Directorate has litical parties and the Na- said Khalifa bin Ali Al Fadhel, organised training tional Election Committee courses for officers the National Institution for ahead of the Sunday’s vote. of the Interior Human Rights (NIHR)’s Sec- Ministry, Bahrain He will also, along with an retary-General. Defence Force and international team, will visit The survey conducted in the polling stations, monitor Dr Al Fadhel National Guard. January obtained opinions The Undersecretary the voting and participate in asserted that the preparing a detailed report about the institution and its courses were part on the general elections in The National Insti- role in promoting and protect- of the directives Cambodia. ing human rights as well as sat- of the Interior In a statement he made tution for Human isfaction with the institution’s Minister to promote while leaving for Cambodia, Rights was the first Hotline 80001144. human resources Al-Madhi said that he was rights organisation to Dr. Al Fadhel said that NIHR development and participating in the inter- obtain ISO9001:2015 continuously works to im- enhance work national monitoring team in the region prove the quality of the ser- performance. at the invitation of the Asian vices it provides. Parliamentary Assembly, in The National Institution for recognition of Bahrain’s Human Rights was the first democratic experience, as rights organisation to obtain well as fair and transparent ISO9001:2015 in the region. elections. 03 FRIDAY, JULY 27, 2018 big story Eclipse of the century today

The people of Bahrain and the Gulf have an appointment with the whale today, as the sky above Bahrain and the Middle East shall witness the longest total eclipse of the century. This phenomenon will take place today evening and will last upto the first hours of tomorrow

TDT| Manama fore sunrise, which means that Golan, predicted that this red then the planet will be seen with eclipse, accompanied by the Thamer Tayfour the naked eye; the largest and appearance of Mars, is indic- The duration of brightest possible in 15 years. ative of bloodshed, expecting n the old days, there was the total eclipse, This facing is repeated every 26 the world to witness a major a tradition amongst the will be an hour months and Mars will be closer earthquake and events marking Arabian Gulf children, and 42 minutes to earth and much brighter. the beginning of the end. to go out to the streets and 57 seconds The astronomy researcher, The Druze community in during the eclipse of Mohammed Redha al Asfoor Lebanon and Syria hastened to Ithe moon and sing: “Oh carved said: “This eclipse is associated deny what the Sheikh had said whale, leave our dear moon... Dr Waheeb al Nasser with the conjunction of Mars and to denounce him, asserting leave it, leave it...what do you Physics teacher, UoB with the Moon, and can be seen that this talk does not represent This eclipse is want of it”. These words actual- with the naked eye in the form of any Islamic or Druze beliefs. ly mean: “Oh huge whale, leave a star shining south of the moon. The blood moon is a scientific associated with Dr Waheeb al Nasser the conjunction our dear moon, let go of it, what This phenomenon is possible in astronomical phenomenon re- do you want of it” Whilst the eclipse of January 31, large parts of Australia, Asia, Af- lated to the movement of the of Mars with the People those days used to the world. 2018, lasted for 76 minutes only. rica, Europe, South America and planets. The Druze community Moon, and can be believe that the moon was de- Physics teacher at the Univer- He added that during the Antarctica, while Central and does not adopt what this person seen with the naked voured by a huge whale. When sity of Bahrain, and the presi- eclipse, the sun, earth and Northern America and Green- claims, and especially the claim eye in the form of a the eclipse was over, the kids dent of Bahrain Astronomy So- moon are on one straight line, land in the Arctic and Northeast of occurrence of a global earth- star shining south would dance and sing: “Our ciety, Dr Waheeb al Nasser said but earth is in the middle, and Russia will be out of eclipse. The quake in conjunction with this of the moon. This mauled moon, thank god for that the world will witness this thats why the moon enters into regions that will be the most phenomenon, we absolutely do phenomenon is your return”, welcoming the Friday evening and upto Satur- the shadow of earth, and veils exposed to the phenomenon are: not adopt his claims at all.” return of the moon. day, the longest total eclipse of the sun rays from it. Thats why the Middle East, West Asia, the Since the repetition of these possible in large The people of Bahrain and the the moon of this century. The we cannot see it during a to - Indian Subcontinent, southern eclipses, scientists have never parts of Australia, Gulf have an appointment with duration of the total eclipse, tal eclipse. In reality, the moon Russia, eastern and southern Af- recorded any earthquakes coin- Asia, Africa, Europe, the whale on Friday, as the sky according to al Nasser, will be does not disapear during a total rica and Antarctica, where this ciding at the same time, or any South America above Bahrain and the Middle an hour and 42 minutes and 57 eclipse. Due to the refraction of phenomenon can be monitored end of the world, as these claims, and Antarctica, East shall witness the longest seconds. The moon will be en- sunlight around the earth’s edg- from the start and upto its finish, prophecies or religious predic- while Central and total eclipse of the century. This tering the shadow of earth zone es because of the earth’s atmos- in its entirety, whilst to the rest tions claim, about the connec- Northern America phenomenon will take place on - hence the start of the partial phere, these refracted rays are of the areas, this phenomenon tion of the moon’s phenomenon today evening (July 27) and will eclipse - at 9:24pm, and the total directed towards the moon, giv- will be less visible. “Al Asfoor to destruction or catastrophe. and Greenland in the last upto the first hours of Sat- eclipse will start at 10:30pm. ing it bright colors - in accord- also explained that the phenom- Like the Druze sheikh, the Arctic and Northeast urday (July 28). The eclipse will reach its ance with the level of pollution enon of the lunar eclipse, is a world has seen similar alle - Russia will be out of This total red coloured eclipse peak (directly behind earth) and its kind in the atmosphere natural phenomena that occurs gations, with Rev. Paul Bigley eclipse coincides with a clear appear- at 11:22pm and the total eclipse - yellow, orange or (blood)red. when the shadow of the earth warning he believes the “moon ance of the planet Mars, with will end at 0:12 next day Satur- The observer does not notice obscures the sunlight reflected of blood” on July 27 marks the MOHAMMED REDHA AL ASFOOR its red colour setting the back- day morning, whilst the partial any difference in the brightness from the moon, when the sun, end of time. “We are in the era of ASTRONOMY RESEARCHER ground of the eclipse. eclipse will end at 1:19am. of the moon in the first and last earth and moon are in one line. the end of the world. The bloody It is an astronomical phenom- He explained that this longest 30 to 45 minutes of eclipses. It is noteworthy that looking at moon, which will be the longest enon, like other phenomena total eclipse of the century, faces Mars will be at its closest eclipses do not hurt the eye, and in this century, takes place in the linked to some of the alien and the shortest eclipse of the centu- distance from earth and in the it can be monitored with the 70th year of the establishment strange beliefs. A Muslim cleric, ry, which took place on Saturday facing position (ie, in the mid- naked eye without the need to of the State of Israel, and in the from the Druze sect and a Chris- April 4, 2005, and lasted for 5 dle between earth and the sun), wear special glasses. 70th year Jerusalem was pro- tian American preist, have come minutes only. According to the starting from sunset where it For his part, one of the sheikhs claimed the eternal city of God, out to claim that this event will Arabic Hijri calender it was on is on the eastern horizon and (religious clerics) of the Druze and also at a time the volcano in mark the beginning of the end of 15 Jamadea al Akhera 1436 Hijri. ends at the western horizon be- sect of Islam in the occupied Hawaii launched its lava. FRIDAY, JULY 27, 2018 04 Man enters Bahrain hiding inside a wooden container! During interrogation, he Got arrested confessed to prosecutors that • he did so as his visa request during a clampdown got rejected. “I was working against beggars in a GCC state and was unable KNOW WHAT to renew my work permitted Container there due to high costs. It was was• shipped to then a friend of mine told me about an alternate way to enter Bahrain via sea Visitors to Bahrain Kingdom.” must obtain a visa “He wanted 150,000 Indian • Police found him in advance unless rupees (around BD825),” the stopping cars for they come from man told investigators adding jobs in Muharraq that he was surprised when one of the visa ex- asked to enter a wooden con- empt countries or tainer which will be shipped to TDT | Manama countries eligible the Kingdom via sea. for visa on arrival “I had no option. I slept Ali taraif throughout my journey and I found myself in Bahrain. ailure to procure a valid and visa. “I left the seaport and head- entry visa to Bahrain has The man, according to police ed to Muharraq, where I was Fprompted a man to enter officers, was caught while he sleeping in the car parks. the Kingdom illegally by hiding was asking for jobs while stop- “I was desperate to find a inside a wooden container. ping cars. permanent job to feed myself. Police came to know about “We saw a man stopping Therefore I decided to stop cars his adventure when he was ar- cars looking for a job. When and ask drivers for a job,” he rested in Muharraq during a we asked him his ID and visa revealed. clampdown against beggars. permit, he admitted that he en- He was tried before the Low- The 45-year-old man, an tered the Kingdom illegally,” a er Criminal Court, which sen- Asian by nationality, revealed police officer who participated tenced him to six months in his story to prosecutors when in the clampdown told prose- prison, followed by deportation he was asked to present his ID cutors. for entering Bahrain illegally. Representative picture Police arrest escaped terror case suspect from Kuwait airport arrested in Kuwait after he “He arranged for me to meet The suspect decided to use his own passport. someone, who would offer me a • He escaped Bahrain using his ride to Iraq.” escaped Bahrain using brother’s ID following a terror The Bahraini man said that he his brother’s ID case in 2015. saw his brother’s ID was an ideal The Bahraini man wasn’t option and he decided to use it He was when aware of an Interpol arrest war- for his escape. “I told my friend decided• to use his rant issued against him in the who was in Iran that I found an GCC. ID card. My brother with an - original passport Officers in Kuwait notified other man drove me through their Bahraini counterparts the King Fahd Causeway and I Interpol warrant about the man when he used stayed in my divorcee’s house issued• against him let his passport to visit Iraq. in Saudi for a couple of days,” him in police net During the trial, he told pros- he revealed. ecutors that he managed to According to court files, the escape police by hiding in his Iran-based fugitive was the one The terror case mother’s house until 2018. who advised the Bahraini man to was• registered “I knew someone who faced use his passport in Kuwait. against him in 2015 a similar situation that to mine The Bahraini man, along with and managed to flee to Iran,” two of his brothers as well as he said. another and the Iran-based fu- TDT | Manama “I asked him through Tele - gitive have been charged in con- gram, how I could flee? He told nection with the case. Bahraini man wanted in me to find someone who has an They will stand trial before Aconnection with a terror- ID with a picture identical to the High Criminal Court on 10th ist case in the Kingdom was Representative picture my face. September 2018.

Court rejects GCC man’s pension case e-Commerce under govt scanner TDT | Manama merce and Tourism, Zuhair A new law to regulate Albahrani, said the law aims to Ali Taraif • support the growth of electron- e-commerce on way ic commerce and protect users GCC man, whose social and increase their confidence Acontributions weren’t car- Effort to boost in the Kingdom. ried forward to his hometown local• economy In a press statement to “Alay- despite retiring, has had his am Economic”, Zuhair Albah- lawsuit rejected by the High rani said that the law will help Administrative Court. TDT | Manama develop the Kingdom’s local The plaintiff, in his sixties, economy, stressing that the pro- was serving in Bahrain from Huda Abdelnabi visions envisaged by the law 2001 until 2017, and was paying new law to regulate the will be valid for everyone who his social contributions as per Agrowing volume of e-com- practices electronic commerce the employment regulations Representative picture merce transactions is on the here in the Kingdom. in the GCC. However, he found anvil in the Kingdom, it was The move falls in line with that the Social Insurance Or- order the Social Insurance Or- failure to carry forward the announced. the efforts of the eCommerce Zuhair Albahrani ganisation didn’t pay his social ganisation to compensate him amounts he paid in the form of The move, according to a department to launch and insurance to the competent BD5500 and summon up an ex- social insurance to his country. top Industry ministry official, manage programmes aimed at authorities in his hometown, pert to estimate the damage The High Administrative forms part of an effort to boost Director of e-commerce and spreading awareness regarding leaving him without pensions. inflicted on him because of the Court decided to reject the the economy and Kingdom’s information technology at the e-commerce and information He requested the court to Social Insurance Organisation’s plaintiff’s case. position in the global arena. Ministry of Industry, Com - technology in daily lives. FRIDAY, JULY 27, 2018 05 Distressed father’s pleas answered, half blind son to undergo surgery

As per doctors’ instructions here and in India, the boy must undergo a crucial corneal implantation operation to save his eyes, which were severely damaged by pebbles thrown at him by another child while both were playing in 2015. (from left) Mohammed Ali and Khalid at the airport yesterday with one of their friends

TDT | Manama by another child while both kids and that he initially collected This is Khalid’s second trip were playing in 2015. almost half the amount. Howev- to India as he travelled with Muhannad Mansour Despite undergoing sever- We are er, a Bahraini businessman, who his father two years back for Bahraini man who al surgeries in both countries travelling to wished not to be named, pledged treatment. Tribune reported recently pleaded throughout the past three years, to bear the rest of the amount as last month that medical reports for financial as - the hit caused permanent visual Bangalore well as any additional expenses showed that Khalid suffers from sistance to take disability to the boy’s right eye where we will needed for the boy’s treatment. post-traumatic glaucoma, disor- his son to India to and is gradually affecting the initially stay “We are travelling to Ban- ganised anterior chamber of the undergoA a crucial eye surgery second one as confirmed by doc- for 9 days. galore where we will initially eye and that further retinal and travelled yesterday after collect- tors. More medical stay for 9 days. More medical corneal surgery is required to ing the necessary amount from Ali earlier informed that the checkups will checkups will be conducted. relocate an intraocular lens that donors. cost of the trip and the opera- be conducted. According to the results of the was previously implanted. As reported earlier in Tribune, tion is estimated to be around According to checkups, a date will be set to As informed by the father, Mohammed Ali’s six-year-old BD3,000. The helpless man undergo the surgery,” Ali happily the boy wasn’t able to live his son Khalid suffers from partial launched a fundraiser to collect the results of told Tribune one hour before he life normally as he had to wear visual impairment incurred the amount, as banks refused to the checkups, a leaves Bahrain. shades most of the time, causing while playing with another kid lend him anymore. He said that date will be set He thanked all donors, includ- him embarrassment with his fel- around three years ago. he was informed by all banks to undergo the ing the readers of Tribune, who low pupils during his first year As per doctors’ instructions here that he has reached the surgery stepped forward and helped him of school (ended last month). here and in India, the boy must limit his salary allows him to through his plight, adding that Additionally, and because the undergo a crucial corneal im- borrow (BD27,000). MOHAMMED ALI “after the operation is conduct- instability of his eye pressure, KHALID’S FATHER plantation operation to save his Tribune yesterday spoke to ed, Khalid will be able to see Khalid was taken to the hospital eyes, which were severely dam- Ali, who told that some donors again and live a normal life like at least thrice weekly to receive aged by pebbles thrown at him approached him since June Khalid and his father (file photo) children his age”. treatment (eye drops).

Indian mother desperately looking for son arrested in Bahrain

TDT | Manama relative of Mukul. “Aman’s sis- tried reaching the couple and us any answers. Nor the couple ter and another man were also get the details. They told us the is giving us a clear picture as Harpreet Kaur arrested along with Mukul,” said trio were arrested on suspicion to what is happening,” Mukul’s n Indian mother is desper- Savita. of drug peddling. Until now we An Indian couple mother said. Aately seeking the wherea- “Mukul is my nephew. He don’t have a clear picture as to Harjeet and Aman, Tribune contacted the couple bouts of their son Mukul Arora, arrived in Bahrain in October why he was arrested or where he who were living Harjeet and Aman. a native of Haryana state in India 2017. On June 17, he got arrested. is,” Mukul’s distraught mother “I was in India when the three who was recently arrested by the Neither do we know why he was told Tribune. together in a sharing people were arrested. Initially, local police from an apartment arrested nor his whereabouts,” “Mukul called us once and accommodation we did not know the reason for he was staying. said Savita. informed me that he has been helped him obtain the the arrest. But later we found “An Indian couple Harjeet “We don’t really know on arrested. He told me that he visa. When the couple out they were caught by the CID and Aman, who were living to- whose sponsorship he arrived doesn’t know the reason as to was on a trip to India, from the apartment on suspicion gether in a sharing accommoda- in Bahrain. We are from a small why he was arrested. After that, Mukul got arrested of drug peddling. We can’t take tion helped him obtain the visa. town. We aren’t that educated. we haven’t heard from him. We from their apartment the responsibility of the people. When the couple was on a trip to We don’t even have any papers want to know where he is and Mukul was just living with us India, Mukul got arrested from on us so that we could try and for what reason he is stuck in SAVITA and we helped him with the visa. their apartment,” said Savita, a Mukul Arora find out his whereabouts. We the Kingdom. No one is giving A RELATIVE OF MUKUL ARORA That’s all,” Aman told Tribune. FRIDAY, JULY 27, 2018 06 Making lives special

Ministry of education dedicates more school to welcome special needs students

Two schools will be• added during next academic year The number will 81 • schools dedicated to be raised to 16 merge students with special needs TDT | Manama

ore schools in the Kingdom will open Mtheir doors this year schools after preparing them to kids with special needs to with the help of The Gifted help them live a normal life. Students Centre in Bahrain to The move, according to improve their social and aca- the Ministry of Education demic skills. (MoE), is based on the results The Ministry also made achieved by the MoE and part clear that the schools will of a regional and international set up both personal and expansion plan. technical assistance to ease Accordingly, two schools interaction with special needs will be added by the Ministry children. to the programme during the Classes are designed meet- academic year 2018/2019. ing international standards. The total number of schools Classrooms include several targeted, the ministry said, as segmented areas to keep stu- per the project, is around 81, dents away from distractions with the authorities planning and maintain safety. to add at least 16 schools this MoE said it aims to provide year. students with the best educa- A total of 94 students were tion possible to help improve integrated into around 14 their team work skills, behav- schools during the academic iour, time management capa- year 2017-18, according to the bilities, table manners as well ministry. Of which 29 students as linguistics and communica- Ministry is lending a helping hand to differently abled students in the Kingdom (Representative picture) were selected from private tion skills.

348 affected with Hepatitis C Doctors on the dole an infected person As unemployment has reached its highest level on a Government has Hepatitis B & C, Dr Mahiba The graduates from • said, spread through an infect- • global basis, the likelihood of young doctors joining the taken all precautionary ed person’s blood or body flu- batches 2013 to 2015 measures, says Dr ids, but not by touching hands dole queue has become a reality in these unprecedented Mahiba Abdulla or sharing utensils. Nor does it Managed to find only spread through breastfeeding, administrative• jobs economic times. A group of dentistry graduates from kissing, hugging, coughing or TDT | Khadija Al Aradi sneezing. the Egyptian universities here are facing unemployment • Hospital favours even after five years of graduation total of 348 Hepatitis C Preventive measures foreign doctors with Acases have been recorded Confirming that the current years of experience pitals.” at Salmaniya Medical Com- treatment is effective, Dr Ma- Most clinics, according to the plex for which, according to hiba said that the Ministry of professionals, are looking at the experts, there is no vaccine. Health and the High Council TDT | Manama years of experience while hir- Dr Mahiba Abdulla, a gas- for Health has provided all ing. “From where can we gain troenterology and liver con- required medication to treat Khadija Alaradi experience when nobody ac- sultant at the department of patients in Bahrain. cepts us?” internal medicine in Salmaniya nstead of finding hospitals Likewise, they claimed that Medical Complex, said around Any side effects? Iready to welcome them, a those private hospitals in Bah- 188 patients were treated at the When asked about the side-ef- group of dentistry graduates rain prefer to employ foreigners hospital, while 75 are awaiting fects of medication, the doctor here are facing rejection, staring instead of Bahraini citizens. treatment. explained that there are very at educated unemployment. The onus, according to the Hepatitis C, Dr Mahiba said, few and that the medication Survival, according to a group doctors, is also on the Ministry has no vaccine, while hepati- is sure to end liver fibrosis of graduates from Egyptian uni- of Health. “Every time a vacancy tis E, a severe infection, can and prevent the need for liver versities, has become a big ques- is announced it comes with a be cured in a couple of weeks transplant. tion, despite being in one of the long list.” without any treatment. However, it needs to be con- most sought-after job segments Medical examinations, certif- tinued orally, for a period of 6 in the country. icate of good conduct, recom- What is viral hepatitis? months in some cases, instead A committee, according to mendation letter, interview etc Viral hepatitis is a disease that of injections. the graduates from batches are needed even after complet- causes inflammation and dam- 2013 to 2015, as ordered by His ing training in health centres, age of the liver. Many viruses Early diagnosis is the key Royal Highness Prince Khali- they claim. “Some have even cause hepatitis, Some of the Dr Mahiba Abdulla stressed fa bin Salman Al Khalifa, was obtained a work permit from strands are hepatitis A, B, C, that early diagnosis and treat- supposed to solve the issue by the National Health Regulatory D and E. ment is the key to preventing setting up training programmes, Authority (NHRA).” Hepatitis A and E usually liver fibrosis. but proved unsuccessful due to One of the graduates told Al cause severe and chronic in- Some hepatitis viruses are lack of interest. Representative picture Ayam that due to this desperate fections but gets cured in a spread through drinking con- They, however, said that the situation they are also unable to couple of weeks without treat- taminated water or by eating exhibitions launched by the trative jobs. ates told Al Ayam daily. “We are pursue any professional courses ment. This sort of infection pork that hasn’t been properly Ministry of Labour had result- “Training and employment open to working in both private as fees are hefy ranging from spreads through the faeces of cooked. ed in providing them adminis- are what we need,” the gradu- and governmental sector hos- BD350 to BD3000. FRIDAY, JULY 27, 2018

FINANCIAL RESULTS 3130 March June 20172018 (Reviewed)

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ASSETS Income from financing contracts 13,128 10,982 25,618 21,907 OPERATING ACTIVITIES Net income for the period 9,544 10,683 Cash and balances with banks and Central Bank of Bahrain 52,857 66,962 Income from investments 459 6,630 1,196 7,153 Adjustments for: Due from banks 119,475 46,107 Income from sukuk 2,898 1,684 5,064 3,428 Provision (reversals) charges - net (1,276) 1,225 Share of income from associates 25 247 81 438 Financing contracts 829,063 737,552 Depreciation 559 515 Net revenue from non-banking business entities (88) 177 (81) 777 Investments 7,177 7,747 Share of income from associates (81) (438) OPERATING INCOME 16,422 19,720 31,878 33,703 Investment in sukuk 221,821 157,065 Net gain on sale of investments (160) (6,780) Investment in associates 12,946 12,599 Foreign exchange gain (345) (161) Return on equity of investment account Receivables and other assets 255,782 272,856 Net unrealised loss on investment in real estate - 309 holders before Group’s share as mudarib (3,550) (2,739) (6,817) (5,300) Net unrealised loss on investments 3 31 Premises and equipment 9,379 9,437 Group’s share as mudarib 2,028 1,377 4,009 2,769 Dividend income (39) (51) TOTAL ASSETS 1,508,500 1,310,325 Return on equity of investment account holders (1,522) (1,362) (2,808) (2,531) Rental income - (43) Operating income before changes in LIABILITIES, EQUITY OF INVESTMENT ACCOUNT Profit on due to banks, due to non-banks operating assets and liabilities 8,205 5,290 HOLDERS AND OWNERS’ EQUITY and subordinated wakala payable (4,476) (3,535) (7,988) (6,628) Changes in operating assets and liabilities: LIABILITIES NET OPERATING INCOME 10,424 14,823 21,082 24,544 Mandatory reserve with Central Bank of Bahrain (2,465) (2,530) Customers’ current accounts 135,270 135,098 Due from banks 24,141 (93) Due to banks 168,440 163,760 Staff costs 3,930 3,477 7,570 6,987 Financing contracts (88,651) (37,826) Due to non-banks 421,427 234,933 Depreciation 274 256 557 508 Receivables and other assets (1,096) (5,691) Other liabilities 22,158 23,101 Provision (reversals) charges - net (783) 672 (1,276) 1,225 Customers’ current accounts 172 (9,467) Subordinated wakala payable 94,250 94,250 Other expenses 2,255 2,342 4,422 4,500 Due to banks 4,680 (39,082) Due to non-banks 186,494 (25,505) 841,545 651,142 Operating expenses of non-banking Other liabilities (1,393) 3,283 EQUITY OF INVESTMENT ACCOUNT HOLDERS 493,695 477,676 business entities 138 229 265 641 Net cash flows from (used in) operating activities 130,087 (111,621) TOTAL OPERATING EXPENSES 5,814 6,976 11,538 13,861

OWNERS’ EQUITY INVESTING ACTIVITIES NET INCOME FOR THE PERIOD 4,610 7,847 9,544 10,683 Equity attributable to shareholders of the Parent Disposal of investments - net 663 2,755 Share capital 132,519 132,519 (Purchase) disposal of investment in sukuk - net (65,016) 24,270 Attributable to: Statutory reserve 19,768 19,768 Purchase of investment in real estate - net - (87) Shareholders of the Parent 4,625 7,863 9,571 10,745 Distributions from investment in associates - 15,598 Fair value through equity reserve 82 - Non-controlling shareholders (15) (16) (27) (62) Dividend income 39 51 Proposed dividend - 18,095 4,610 7,847 9,544 10,683 Rental income - 43 Retained earnings 13,157 3,321 Purchase of premises and equipment - net (501) (495) 165,526 173,703 Net cash flows (used in) from investing activities (64,815) 42,135 Non-controlling shareholders 7,734 7,804 173,260 181,507 FINANCING ACTIVITY Net movement in equity of investment account holders 16,019 51,267 Net cash flows from financing activity 51,267 TOTAL LIABILITIES, EQUITY OF INVESTMENT 16,019 ACCOUNT HOLDERS AND OWNERS’ EQUITY 1,508,500 1,310,325 NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS 81,291 (18,219) OFF-BALANCE SHEET

EQUITY OF INVESTMENT ACCOUNT HOLDERS 135,045 135,080 Cash and cash equivalents at 1 January 58,500 103,687 CONTINGENT LIABILITIES AND COMMITMENTS 90,028 135,078 CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS AT 30 JUNE 139,791 85,468

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Balance at 1 January 2018 132,519 - - 19,768 - - - - 3,321 18,095 173,703 7,804 181,507 Net income for the period ------9,571 - 9,571 (27) 9,544 Other comprehensive income for the period - - - - - 347 - - - - 347 - 347 Total comprehensive income for the period - - - - - 347 - - 9,571 - 9,918 (27) 9,891 Dividend payout ------(18,095) (18,095) - (18,095) Net transfer from fair value through equity reserve - - - - - (265) - - 265 - - - - Net movement in share of non-controlling shareholders ------(43) (43) Balance at 30 June 2018 132,519 - - 19,768 - 82 - - 13,157 - 165,526 7,734 173,260

Balance at 1 January 2017 177,140 71,403 (21,923) 17,757 28,237 (3,574) 30,923 (91) 60,403 - 360,275 8,316 368,591 Net income for the period ------10,745 - 10,745 (62) 10,683 Other comprehensive income for the period - - - - - 57 - 58 - - 115 - 115 Total comprehensive income for the period - - - - - 57 - 58 10,745 - 10,860 (62) 10,798 Cancellation of treasury shares (12,044) (9,879) 21,923 ------Reduction of equity on asset transfer (32,577) (61,524) - - (28,237) 77 (30,900) - (56,839) - (210,000) - (210,000) Net transfer from fair value through equity reserve ------(23) - 23 - - - - Net movement in share of non-controlling shareholders ------272 272 Balance at 30 June 2017 132,519 - - 17,757 - (3,440) - (33) 14,332 - 161,135 8,526 169,661

These statements have been extracted from the interim condensed consolidated financial statements for the six month period ended 30 June 2018, reviewed by EY. These interim condensed consolidated financial statements were approved by the Board of Directors on 24 July 2018. Kuwait Finance House (Bahrain) B.S.C. (c) is licensed by CBB as an Islamic retail bank.

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Nissan profits fall Tokyo | Japan apanese automaker Nis- Rate rise a boon, says Fitch Jsan reported a drop in first quarter profits Thurs- day, under pressure from Saudi Arabia’s central bank raised the official repo rate from 2 per cent at end-2017 rising material costs and a higher yen. Nissan said sales Rating said. that allows commercial banks were up in China in the Four of Saudi In a report, the rating agen- to operate alongside Islamic three months to June, but • cy said the offsetting impact of banks. Four of Saudi Arabia’s 13 fell in North America and Arabia’s 13 licensed higher funding costs will be less licensed commercial banks are Europe. The firm’s quar- commercial banks are for Islamic banks than conven- fully sharia compliant, while the terly net profit in the peri- fully sharia compliant tional banks - which will also other nine provide a mix of sha- od dropped 14.1 per cent to get a boost - because they have a ria-compliant and conventional 115.8 billion yen ($1.05bn). Banks helped by higher proportion of non-profit banking products and services. Operating profit was down • bearing deposits. Saudi central All banks are regulated by the 28.8pc to 109.1bn yen, with lower funding costs and bank raised repo rate from 2 Saudi Arabian Monetary Au- sales also down slightly to a higher proportion per cent at end-2017 to 2.25% in thority with the same disclosure 2.7 trillion yen. of retail financing March and 2.5% in June. requirements. “We expect banking sector Saudi banks are predominant- Islamic banks earnings to increase in 2018, ly deposit funded, with depos- • although financing growth is its representing about 90pc of Puma confident are well capitalised, likely to remain muted. We also funding at Islamic banks and with an average Core expect Saudi banks’ capital buff- about 94pc at conventional after Q2 boosts Representative picture (Courtesy of pinterest) Capital ratio of 18.6pc ers to remain strong and suffi- banks at end-2017. Frankfurt am Main | Ger- cient to absorb a potential mild Islamic banks are well cap- many deterioration in asset quality,” banks, like conventional banks, ing regularly. “This is a positive italised, with an average Core Dubai | London the statement said. have benefitted from improved development to help Islamic Capital ratio of 18.6pc at end- erman sportswear Islamic banks, Fitch said, con- liquidity conditions. banks manage their liquidity,” 2017. “This was 70bp above con- Ggroup Puma reported ising interest rates in Sau- tinue to outperform convention- Last year, the Ministry of the agency said. ventional peers due to lower risk yesterday growing sales di Arabia’s banking sector al banks, helped by lower fund- Finance established a Saudi Saudi Arabia has the largest weightings on retail banking and profits in the second Rwill prove beneficial to ing costs and a higher propor- riyal-denominated sukuk pro- Islamic banks’ financing base assets and lower off-balance- quarter, enjoying a boost Islamic banks this year, Fitch tion of retail financing. Islamic gramme, which has been issu- (78 per cent) of any country sheet activities.” from top-scoring sponsored football players like Antoine Griezmann in the Russia World Cup. The firm’s net profits rose Airbus profits halved 42 per cent year-on-year be- Facebook enters freefall tween April and June, at 31.1 Paris | France liveries due to A320neo en- million euros ($36.5m). gine shortages, while on the Sales grew 15pc, to 1.05 Weak outlook uropean air giant Airbus positive side there was a billion euros, while oper- • Esaid yesterday its half-year strong improvement on the ating or underlying profits stuns market profits plunged, as the com- A350 programme,” CEO Tom climbed 33pc to reach 58m pany is hit by delays in the de- Enders said in a company euros. Zuckerberg KNOW WHAT livery of its A320neo engines, statement. said• Facebook lost but confirmed its objective to “A320neo aircraft deliver- around one million provide 800 aircraft this year ies picked up during the sec- despite “risks”. ond quarter but challenges Shell profit soars users in Europe Facebook shares Net income for the peri - remain to meet our full year plunge by some 21 od more than halved to 496 targets.” London | United Kingdom Instagram is making pe rcent, wiping million euros ($582m) from “Market demand remains up• for some of the out an estimated 1.09 billion last year includ- strong for the expanded Airbus oyal Dutch Shell said slowdown in growth $130 billion in ing “a negative impact from portfolio that now includes the Ryesterday that sec - Mark Zuckerberg the foreign exchange A220 at the smaller end.” ond-quarter net profits market value revaluation of financial instru- The A320neo is a more quadrupled, energised by San Francisco | United States ments.” fuel-efficient version of the high oil prices and asset sparked initial selling after “The first half financials Airbus company’s best-selling sales, adding that it has acebook shares went into it showed revenue and user reflect the back-loaded de - airliner, the A320. launched a vast $25-billion Fa freefall Wednesday as a growth came up short of ex- high single digit percentages” shares buyback. stunningly weak financial out- pectations. and added that “we are also Earnings after taxation look raised fresh concerns for Profit was up 31pc in the sec- giving people who use our surged to $6.0bn in the the social networking giant as it ond quarter at $5.1 billion; reve- services more choices around US won’t reach Mars by 2030 three months to June com- tries to recover from the impact nues rose 42pc to $13.2 billion, data privacy which may have pared with $1.5bn a year of data protection scandals and slightly below most forecasts. an impact on our revenue Tampa | United States President Donald Trump earlier, Shell said in a results investigations. Selling pressure accelerat- growth.” has touted a goal of sending statement. After-hours trade saw Face- ed when chief financial officer On the call, Jefferies & Co. he United States has Americans to the Moon again The company offloaded book shares plunge by some David Wehner warned in a call analyst Brent Thill said that Tvowed to send the first hu- for the first time since the $2.5bn of assets in the re- 21 pe rcent, wiping out an es- with analysts of a weaker out- “many investors are having a mans to Mars by the 2030s, but Apollo missions of the 1960s porting period, with dispos- timated $130 billion in market look in the coming quarter. hard time reconciling that de- space experts and lawmakers and 1970s, building a lunar als in Canada, India, Malay- value if the slump is confirmed Wehner said revenue growth celeration... It just seems like expressed concern that poor gateway to test the technology sia, Norway and Thailand. at Thursday’s market opening. “decelerated” in the second the magnitude is beyond any- planning and lack of funds will and spacecraft that will carry The second-quarter report quarter and will decline “by thing we’ve seen.” delay those plans. humans to Mars. Chile reports hack credit cards Venezuela to remove five zeroes from currency Santiago | Chile Caracas, Venezuela August 4 -- a measure already ackers gained access pushed back from June 4 at the Hto some 14,000 credit enezuelan President Nico- request of banks. The measure, card numbers in Chile and Vlas Maduro on Wednesday according to Maduro, seeks to published them on social announced the removal of five “protect” local currency. media, the government said zeroes from the country’s cur- “Five zeroes fewer, so that we late Wednesday. rency -- two more than origi- KNOW WHAT may have a new, stable financial The government’s bank nally planned -- amid hyperin- and monetary system,” he said. regulatory agency said the flation the IMF said could reach Maduro blames hyperinfla- hack was carried out by a one million percent this year. Since their current tion on what he calls a “war” mysterious group called the Maduro announced in a cab- against the currency -- which is Shadow Brokers. inet meeting that an “economic constitution came in serious shortage -- including In this case the hackers recovery” programme involving into power in 1999, exporting it to other countries published the credit card “monetary reconversion” would they have had the such as neighboring Colombia. numbers, expiration dates commence August 20. same President But the IMF, said it expects and security codes. Banks He previously said new boli- Venezuela’s to contract by 18 scrambled to cancel the var bills with three zeroes few- man walks past banners depicting Venezuela’s currency, the Bolivar, at the percent this year amid falling oil cards. er would enter circulation on Central Bank of Venezuela (BCV) in Caracas. production. FRIDAY, JULY 27, 2018 09

Qualcomm drops bid for Dutch rival Markets end mixed in Gulf NXP Washington, United States Closing Bell S computer chip giant Markets focus SAUDI  0.4% » 8,368 on• factors other UQualcomm dropped a DUBAI  0.1% »2,949 $43 billion bid to acquire than geopolitics Dutch rival NXP on Thurs- ABU DHABI  0.3% » 4,844 day after failing to win ap- Saudi CDS show QATAR  0.1% » 9,608 proval from antitrust au- no• increase in BAHRAIN  0.4% » 1,368 thorities in China. KUWAIT  0.4% » 5,379 “Qualcomm River Hold- security worries ings has terminated its pre- OMAN  1.6% »4,336 viously announced cash Banks pull Saudi EGYPT  0.1% » 15,199 tender offer to acquire all index• lower of the outstanding shares of NXP,” the company said in But shipper Bahri, ing market index next year. a statement, referring to a • “We view a rise of at least 20pc wholly owned subsidiary of involved in attack between now and early 2019 as Qualcomm. on tankers, rises totally plausible,” which would push the stock index to around Q2 earnings miss The Saudi index slipped 0.1 percent yesterday 10,000 points, Jadwa said. • In Dubai, the index was al - Hyundai sees Q2 pulls down Southern attack. But oil prices rose only Southern Province Cement far below analysts’ average fore- most flat but Dubai Investments Province Cement modestly, with Brent crude add- dropped 2.6pc after reporting a cast of 82 million riyals ($21.9 added 1.5pc. Emaar Properties profits fall on slow ing 0.9 per cent to $74.59 a barrel 62pc tumble in second-quarter million). and its unit Emaar Development demand Reuters | Dubai after gaining 0.7pc on Wednes- net profit to 36 million riyals, But National Shipping Co rose 0.4pc and 0.8pc, a day af- day, when the attack reportedly (Bahri), which said one of its ter Emaar gave an update on Seoul, South Korea audi Arabia’s stock market occurred. tankers was attacked, rose 2.6pc. its Dubai Creek Harbour de - fell slightly yesterday after “Saudi’s oil shipments that Many fund managers view velopment where it is building outh Korea’s largest au- SRiyadh reported an attack did go via the strait can easily be Saudi Arabia’s stock market the world’s tallest structure, the Stomaker Hyundai Mo- on two oil tankers by Yemen’s rerouted via the Cape of Good as richly valued, with SABIC at Dubai Creek Tower. tor yesterday said its sec- Houthi movement, while other Hope at little additional cost and over 20 times trailing earnings. Abu Dhabi’s index closed ond-quarter net profits tum- Gulf bourses moved little, sug- minimal delay,” London-based But major Saudi investment up 0.3pc with Emirates Tele- bled 11 per cent as a strong gesting investors don’t expect Capital Economics said. $74.50 bank Jadwa said in a report on communications Group rising won and slowing demand in the event to have much econom- The Saudi stock index closed a barrel was the price of Wednesday that the market 0.6pc after reporting this week a key markets took a toll on ic impact. down 0.4pc as banking shares Brent futures by 1542 GMT could rise further in coming 12.3pc increase in Q2 profit. But the company. Net profit for Riyadh said it would tempo- slipped, with Al Rajhi Bank and months as active foreign funds in Qatar, telecommunications the April to June period fell rarily stop shipping oil through National Commercial Bank fall- began entering ahead of Ri - firm Ooredoo fell 1.3pc, causing to 810.7 billion won ($724 a Red Sea strait following the ing 0.5pc and 1.2pc respectively. yadh’s entry into MSCI’s emerg- the index to close down 0.1pc. million) from 913.6bn won a year earlier.

China urges to reject go-it-alone trade US, EU to ‘immediately Daimler to split biz Reuters | Johannesburg resolve’ tariffs: Mnuchin Frankfurt hinese President Xi Jinping Washington, United States begin negotiating is... the is- aimler unveiled a new Csaid there would be no win- sue on the steel and aluminum Dcorporate structure ner in a global trade war, urging he United States and the tariffs and retaliatory tariffs,” yesterday designed to give fellow developing powers on TEuropean Union will “im- Mnuchin said on CNBC. its trucks, mobility services Wednesday to reject unilateral- mediately resolve” their dis- “We have the groundwork and Mercedes-Benz car di- ism in the wake of tariff threats pute over US steel and alumi- laid and I hope to resolve that vision greater scope to chase by US President Donald Trump. num tariffs and subsequent EU very quickly.” growth in an era when car- Trump’s warnings have given counter-measures, US Treas- Brussels had hit back at the makers prepare to launch Brazil, Russia, India, China and ury Secretary Steven Mnuchin US over the metals tariffs by fleets of autonomous cars. South Africa fresh impetus to said yesterday, as the two sides imposing duties on more than The company would set enhance trade cooperation, and work to defuse a costly trade $3 billion of US goods, includ- up three independent en- their leaders found a collective row. ing blue jeans, bourbon and tities — Mercedes-Benz voice championing global trade The punishing US metals motorcycles, as well as orange AG, Daimler Truck AG and as they began a three-day BRICS tariffs had angered Washing- juice, rice and corn. Daimler Mobility AG, under summit in Johannesburg. ton’s major trading partners Mnuchin also confirmed the umbrella of Daimler AG. The meeting of presidents including the EU and sparked that the US would not impose China’s President Xi Jinping takes his seat at the first closed session of the from the trade bloc is the first retaliation against important threatened auto tariffs on Eu- leaders of the BRICS summit since Trump’s administration American exports, spooking ropean cars while negotiations launched a push to rebalance dominant in the BRICS bloc. to observe international rules, global stock markets. were still ongoing. That would MasterCard’s profit trade multilateralism that “Unilateralism and protec- regardless of their size. But US President Donald head off another round of EU Trump has deemed unfair — tionism are mounting, dealing a South African President Cyril Trump and European Com- tariffs threatened on $20 bil- rises 33pc relationships that the United severe blow to multilateralism,” Ramaphosa called for thorough mission chief Jean-Claude lion in US exports. States once championed. he said. “China will continue discussions at the summit on Juncker announced a truce “Phase one will be to imme- Washington “We should be resolute in re- to develop itself with its door the role of trade in promoting in their trade war after White diately resolve those issues so jecting unilateralism,” Xi said at wide open.” sustainable development and House talks on Wednesday. there will be no tariffs in either asterCard Inc report- the opening ceremony. Xi also said the collective rise inclusive growth. The agreement was short direction,” Mnuchin said. Med a 33 per cent rise “A global trade war should be of emerging markets and de- “We are meeting here at a on details, but Mnuchin made He reiterated that Trump in quarterly profit. Net in- rejected because there will be veloping countries “is unstop- time when the multilateral clear the primary source of and Juncker agreed that as come rose to $1.57 billion, or no winner,” said Xi, who over- pable and will make global de- trading system is facing unprec- the aggravation would be ad- long as negotiations continue, $1.50 per share, in Q2, from sees the world’s second-largest velopment more balanced”. He edented challenges,” he said in dressed. “there will be no new tariffs in $1.18bn, or $1.10 per share, a economy, and whose nation is urged the BRICS governments a speech. “The first issue that we’ll either direction.” year earlier. Sorry, there is no Russian ‘treasure ship’, says South Korea firm Russian treasure ship was believed to contain gold bullion and coins worth $130 billion

Seoul, South Korea ble by announcing the discovery of the ($4.82) but nosedived to around 1,785 Donskoi, which sank in a 1905 naval won on Thursday, while Shinil replaced South Korean company that said battle against Japan. its board members and changed its Ait had found a long-lost Russian We sincerely apologise On Thursday Shinil said it may have name to Shinil Maritime Technology “treasure ship”, causing a stock market to the people for this gone overboard on the claims and apol- Co. At the press conference, the com- flurry, apologised yesterday admitting irresponsible citation ogised for the “misunderstanding”, say- pany played a brief clip of underwater it had not gleaned any riches from the ing speculation on the value of treasure footage that appeared to show the ship, wreck. contained within the ship was based with the word “Donskoi” visible on the CHOI YONG-SEOK, CEO Start-up business Shinil Group an- on news reports and unverified doc- hull -- but it stopped short of entering nounced last week it had discovered uments. the wreck. the imperial vessel Dmitri Donskoi off firm after news of the discovery caused “We sincerely apologise to the people Experts have said imperial Russia South Korea’s east coast, saying the ship the stock price of Jeil Steel -- a company for this irresponsible citation,” said would have no reason to load vast treas- was believed to contain gold bullion in which Shinil’s founder had acquired Choi Yong-seok, the firm’s CEO, bowing ure on a ship that was going into battle and coins worth $130 billion. Choi Yong-seok, CEO of Shinil Group, speaks a large stake -- to jump fivefold. before TV cameras and photographers and have also noted that there was a But financial regulators on Wednes- during a press conference on a Russian Critics noted that in 2003 another at a press conference. safer land route to Vladivostok, the day launched an investigation into the “treasure” ship in Seoul firm had already sparked a stock bub- Jeil Steel stock had hit 5,400 won treasure’s supposed final destination. WEAKNESS OF ATTITUDE BECOMES QUOTE WEAKNESS OF CHARACTER. OF THE ALBERT EINSTEIN DAY FRIDAY JULY 27, 2018 TALE OF AN ARTIST Following passion A prominent Bahraini artist describes her participation in ArtBAB as a great opportunity to showcase her work. Her participation showcased inspiring pieces of art that many visitors and art lovers praised and were impressed by

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Before salons, mobile barbers were ubiquitous in Beirut. A dapper teen is trying to change that one cut at a time Mohammad Khaled Jahjah is south Beirut’s dapper barber on a bike

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TALE OF AN ARTIST Following passion A prominent Bahraini artist describes her participation in ArtBAB as a great opportunity to showcase her work. Her participation showcased inspiring pieces of art that Some of the works by Mariam Nass many visitors Maryam Nass “I started painting on porcelain when I tunity through which Bahraini artists can successful and we in Bahrain have it all. We rominent Bahraini artist Maryam was a teenager but then I stopped when I display their works in exhibitions outside appreciate the concerned authorities who and art lovers Nass had passion for art since she went to university. I then started again in the country. provide all the required support.” was in her teens. This passion early 2000s when my father was diagnosed “I’ve exhibited my works at Artbab in She added that youth should seek their praised and were grew into a hobby and a talent with cancer and just did it for therapeutic Bahrain and the annual art exhibition held passion and that she has always encouraged impressed by that created today one of the most reasons and no one knew that I was a paint- at the national Museum but now because of her daughter to pursue this path that she has Pprominent names in the field of art in Bah- ing. I had passion for it although I had never ArtBAB I’m exhibiting in a gallery in London shown huge interest in. rain. studied it.” and I have clients from all over the Gulf and “I told my daughter to study what she Her participation in a major local event Mariam describes her participation in it is simply an amazing experience.” loves, and she is now doing so. And while gave her the opportunity to learn from oth- Art Bahrain Across Borders (ArtBAB) as an Mariam added that the new generation is many believe that youth should pursue a ers’ experiences and at the same time, main- opportunity to showcase her work. more aware, and many choose to follow their path that helps them make money, I continue tain an identity of her own, an identity that “They actually approached me to partic- passion and study art. to believe that my daughter and other young distinguishes her from other artists. ipate and it was a beautiful and rich expe- “During my time we weren’t allowed to people should study and practice what they The modern artwork that Mariam produc- rience. I believe ArtBAB opened doors for study art but as time changed, the younger love and have passion for it because that’s es is also a reflection of her unique approach many Bahraini artists to exhibit their work generations pursued this path right from the what brings happiness, and sources of in- and ability to present distinguished work in an amazing setting. beginning and choose to study it. I believe come will eventually materialize.” that draws the attention of many art lovers. “ArtBAB also gives everyone the oppor- it will continue to grow especially with the “I love art not only because it’s about crea- Her participation in Art Bahrain Across tunity to showcase their work alongside efforts exerted by the Bahrain Authority tivity, but it is also a way to express yourself. the Border showcased inspiring pieces of very talented artists from all over the world for Culture & Antiquities. When there is You can convey a message through art with- art that many visitors and art lovers praised and we also get to learn from each other’s a great platform through which an artist out verbally expressing it. Your work can and were impressed by. experiences. It is also a networking oppor- can promote their work, it will certainly be simply represent power of your emotions.”

MOBILE BARBER

AFP | Beirut with him. He taught me the trade and introduced people to me.” ressed in an old straw hat and navy suspenders, The hairdresser has become something of a celebrity Abo Tawila pedals around a southern district of in southern Beirut. He is slender, stylishly dressed, and DBeirut. A rare sight in modern-day Lebanon, the has a sharp wit. young barber-on-a-bike is looking for his next customer. “I’m so happy he’s here,” says Abo Saeed, one of his Everything he needs for a trim on the pavement is in favourite curbside customers. a handmade trunk attached to the back of his pushbike: “He’s talented and always available. When I have some scissors, combs, electric razors and brushes. time, I call him and he comes immediately, so I never have “It’s a beautiful idea because it’s a really old one,” says to leave work to go to the barber. the dapper 18 year old as he makes his way through the “On top of all of that, he reminds us of the barbers of buzzing district of Burj Al Barajneh. the old days.” His real name is Mohammad Khaled Jahjah, but he Abo Tawila wakes up at 9am every day, puts together prefers the name Abo Tawila - “the Tall One” in Arabic. an outfit and goes down to the coffee shop near his house “People like this, and I love everything old. If I ever before beginning his day at the salon. have the chance to open a barbershop, it’ll be a vintage In his free time or when his shift is done, he heads out one,” he says. on his bike to find customers, grooming between five to Before salons, mobile barbers were ubiquitous in Beirut. 30 people a day. Abo Tawila works in both, spending most of his day in “The situation changes depending on the day,” he said. a barbershop before hitting the tarmac on his bike. “There’s not much work now during Ramadan, because Some stop him for a haircut, but others hail him down people are waiting for Eid. to catch up or introduce themselves. “Before Eid, we have three days where we don’t sleep “I used to love watching the barber near my parent’s from all the customers coming in,” he says. house. I’d come back from school, drop off my backpack, While he dreams of opening his own shop, Abo Tawila and go to his shop,” Abo Tawila says. insists he’ll stay loyal to his bike. “He told me to come to the salon after school if I like Mohammed buzzes through district of Burj Al Barajneh looking for “If I open a salon, I’ll still keep it, because that’s what Mohammad Khaled Jahjah is south Beirut’s dapper barber on a bike this job. But I decided to leave school altogether to work clients got me here,” he said.

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Hamas vows revenge Gaza City | Palestinian Laos ravaged by collapse Territories he military wing of The $1.2 billion dollar Xe-Namnoy dam was a joint venture between Laos, Thai and Korean companies TGaza’s rulers Hamas on Thursday vowed revenge itary doctor helping with the after Israeli strikes killed Torrent of water has relief effort told AFP, requesting three militants in the latest • anonymity. flare-up of violence. drained into Cambodia, “Really I don’t know how they “We announce the raising forcing evacuations will overcome this devastation. of the preparedness level to They have lost everything.” the highest and alert all of 27 people have In crowded shelters across At- our soldiers and forces in been• confirmed dead, tapeu province, survivors have every location,” said a state- recounted the terrifying mo - ment from the al-Qassam with 131 still missing ment water cascaded through Brigades, the military wing their villages, saying they were of Hamas. Chinese rescuers in given little warning of the im- life• jackets and helmets pending disaster. joined local soldiers It was Monday evening and many of those forewarned had Russia dismisses US searching for the missing only been given a few hours to evacuate. Crimea declaration Others were told nothing, Moscow | Russia Hoi Kong | Laos scrambling in the darkness to rooftops, trees, or escaping via ussia scoffed at a US he bloated carcasses of boats to dry land. Many fled into Rdeclaration that said pigs and cows float in the the mountains seeking higher Washington would not ac- Tknee-high flood waters Displaced residents arriving by boat in floodwaters in Attapeu province ground. cept Moscow’s annexation covering the Laos village of Hoi of Crimea, suggesting the Kong, as mud-caked residents country’s Ukraine policy pick through the remnants of could change in the future. homes destroyed by a dam col- “We know the worth of lapse that they had little time Little warning these ‘fateful declarations’,” to flee. Russian foreign minis - Monday night’s dam break o one warned us,” said Mai village close to the ruined try spokeswoman Maria inflicted an unprecedented ca- “NPoosa Duangapai from dam said he was told to evac- Zakharova said in a sarcas- tastrophe on Laos, a poor coun- a makeshift shelter in a kinder- uate just two hours before the tic comment on Facebook try with little capacity to man- garten where the displaced lay dam burst on Monday evening, late Wednesday. age remote, large-scale rescue on mats. running to a neighbour’s house operations. “Only those who saw the with his family as his home Twenty-seven people are con- water coming shouted to us. quickly filled with water. firmed dead, with 131 still miss- I have only one sarong, one “We were on the roof of that Father charged over ing, after the Xe-Namnoy dam blouse and another piece of house the whole night, cold broke, sending a wall of water cloth with me.” and scared. At 4:00 am a wood- ‘acid attack’ on UK rushing across a large swathe of A Vietnamese man living in en boat passed and we decided Residents making their way by boat through floodwaters in Attapeu province boy southern Laos. the area said a loudspeaker to send my wife and my kid Details of the damage have warned his Ban Mai village out,” he told AFP from a nearby London | United Kingdom trickled out slowly in a country that water would be discharged village where he eventually whose Communist authorities from the dam, just two hours found dry land. ive men appeared tightly control information and before it totally collapsed. “My wife tied our child to Fin a British court on do not welcome media attention. “From 9:00 pm to 2:00 am, her body, saying if they died, Wednesday over a suspect- But with the waters receding, the water rose very quickly. We they would die together rather ed acid attack on a three- the scale of the disaster is reveal- ran to a house behind ours, the than being alone.” year-old boy, including the ing itself. water came to the second floor, The dam was an ‘earth-filled’ victim’s own father and Residents in Hoi Kong re - the third floor... then we were structure, made with a mixture three Slovakians. turned to their flooded homes all on the roof,” Tran Van Bien, of materials that are often less The boy was taken to hos- on Thursday, wading past ve- 47, told AFP. expensive than stronger con- pital with serious burns to hicles pushed onto their sides “I saw some people float- crete blocks his arm and face following by rushing water, with thick ing, but I couldn’t do anything. One of the Korean compa- the attack outside a store in red mud caking everything they Some of them survived, but nies who ran the dam said Worcester, central England, once owned. some must have died.” it was too early to say what on Saturday. “The people are in very bad Tran Van Bien, 47, from Ban caused the accident. Flood victims transport their belongings along a muddy road in Sanamxai, The boy’s father, 39, who condition,” a Vietnamese mil- Attapeu province, has not been named for le- gal reasons, appeared along- side the four others in court. IS leaves Druze reeling from heaviest losses of war Mother detained over dead baby in Beirut | Lebanon plane toilet he death toll in coordinated TIslamic State group attacks New Delhi | India in Syria’s Sweida neared 250 on Thursday, the Druze-ma- 19-year-old woman was jority province’s heaviest loss 250 Adetained after a dead of life of the seven-year civil killed as per the new death newborn baby was found in war. toll the toilet of an Indian pas- Sweida, which is mainly gov- senger plane, police said. ernment-held, had been largely Cabin crew on AirAsia insulated from the conflict rag- flight on Wednesday found ing in the rest of the country the dead foetus minutes since 2011. before the plane landed in But Wednesday’s onslaught dying and people who were un- New Delhi. AirAsia said shattered the relative calm accounted for are found dead,” that all female passengers and showed that IS retains the Observatory head Rami Abdel were questioned before ability to mount deadly attacks Rahman said. the suspect was identified against civilians, despite being State television broadcast and detained. “A 19-year- ousted from their last remain- footage of the funeral proces- old acknowledged that she ing urban pockets in recent a member of the Syrian security forces walking past a truck damaged in a suicide attack in the southern city of Sweida sions in Sweida, showing men had delivered the baby and months. in the traditional white caps of was taken to the hospital Four suicide bombers struck explosives. vatory for Human Rights, a Brit- idents who had taken up arms to the Druze minority exchanging for medical attention and the city of Sweida, while other The death toll reached 246 on ain-based monitoring group. defend their villages. condolences. examination,” police official IS fighters attacked villages to Thursday, 135 of them civilians, The others killed were “The toll keeps rising as ci- At least 56 jihadists died car- Sanjay Bhatia said. its north and east with guns and according to the Syrian Obser- pro-government fighters or res- vilians who were wounded are rying out the assault. 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Macron’s ex- bodyguard admits ‘mistake’ Deadly wildfire in Greece: Paris | France

rench President Emma- Fnuel Macron’s former top security aide admitted Survivors recount horror he “made a mistake” in at- tending a demonstration where he was filmed rough- ing up May Day protesters, Greece has announced a relief fund open to donations worth an initial 40 million ($47 million) euros to in an interview published help affected areas Thursday. But Alexandre Benalla also denounced what he The fires struck said was a “desire to get • at the president” over the coastal villages popular scandal. with holidaymakers “I feel like I have done something really stupid. Children among the And have made a mistake... remains• still awaiting I should never have gone to that demonstration as an identification observer, then I should have held back” he told the news- 187 people were paper Le Monde. hospitalised,• with 71 The former Elysee aide still being treated said he was angered by the sight of May Day protesters throwing bottles and other Athens | Greece projectiles at police. amily members were help- ing yesterday to identify Fthe bodies of the 82 peo- Endangered pygmy ple killed in Greece’s worst ever elephant shot dead wildfires as anger mounted over An aerial view shows a burnt area how authorities could have let Kuala Lumpur | Malaysia the disaster happen. scenes including entire families Firefighters were still dealing burned alive in their homes. pygmy elephant was with pockets of flames from the One resident of Mati, the vil- Ashot dead on Borneo unprecedented outbreak around lage worst affected, described it island after it destroyed vil- Athens as the government an- as “a night of hell”. lagers’ crops, a Malaysian nounced a raft of measures to An emergency services wildlife official said Thurs- compensate those affected. spokesman said yesterday that a blaze near Kineta, 25 kilometres 82 day, the latest of the endan- An 82nd person was pro - people killed in Greece’s gered creatures to be killed. nounced dead Thursday by a fire (15 miles) west of Athens, was worst ever wildfires The male elephant, be- service spokeswoman, without largely being managed, though lieved to be about four years specifying whether they were it was still working to extinguish old, was found Monday by found by rescuers or died in pockets of flames. the side of a road in the state hospital. There was still no official of Sabah, on the Malaysian The fires, which broke out on word on the number of people part of Borneo, local wildlife Monday, struck coastal villages missing after the catastrophe, when his car was caught in the department director Augus- popular with holidaymakers and but the death toll of 82 already wildfires, British media said. tine Tuuga told AFP. burned with such ferocity that makes this Europe’s deadliest The fire service said firefight- He said the “merci - most people fled to the safety of fire outbreak this century. ers were still searching for peo- less” killing was carried the sea with just the clothes on Among those killed was a ple reported missing by their out near a remote settle - their backs. newly married Irishman who relatives, while public ERT tele- ment, and authorities were Survivors spoke of harrowing had been on honeymoon in Mati A firefighting helicopter drops water to extinguish flames vision said around 30 bodies had investigating who was been formally identified. responsible. The head of Greece’s le - Malaysia is home to vast gal-medical services Nikos Kar- tracts of rainforest and akoukis said there were children a kaleidoscope of exotic among the remains still awaiting wildlife, from elephants to identification. orangutans and tigers. Family members of those missing were invited to provide DNA samples to help the process, which scientists hope to finish N. Korea to return by Saturday, Karakoukis told the ANA news agency. US war remains One legal official told ANA that soon the task was “huge, with many carbonised bodies, which com- Seoul | South Korea plicates the procedure.” A website set up by residents orth Korea will soon lists 27 people still unaccount- Nreturn the remains ed for, including a pair of nine- of some of the US soldiers year-old twin girls. killed in the Korean War, The swiftly moving flames on the South’s Yonhap news Monday evening overtook some agency reported Thursday, terrified residents and tourists starting a process agreed by in their homes as well some oth- leader Kim Jong Un and US ers trying to flee in cars or on President Donald Trump. foot. AFP photographers saw the Repatriating the remains A picture taken on July 26, 2018 shows burnt cars parked outside a football stadium following a wildfire at the village of Rafina, near Athens. burnt bodies of people and dogs. of US soldiers who perished during the 1950-53 Korean War was part of an agree- ment signed by Kim and Trump during their land- mark summit in Singapore DNA advances identify 26-yr-old man killed on 9/11 last month. The first transfer will be worker killed in New York have ties analyst at investment bank- since August 2017, although that made on Friday to mark Scott Michael been formally identified thanks ing company Keefe, Bruyette man’s identity was not publicly the 65th anniversary of the • to advances in DNA testing, of- and Woods, New York’s chief revealed at his family’s request. signing of the armistice that Johnson is the 1,642nd ficials announced Wednesday. medical examiner Barbara “We made a commitment to ended the war, Yonhap re- person to be identified Scott Michael Johnson is the Sampson said. the families of victims that we ported, citing diplomatic of the 2,753 people killed 1,642nd person to be identified “You get pulled right back would do whatever it takes, for sources. The remains will of the 2,753 people killed when into it and it also means there’s as long as it takes, to identify be airlifted from the North’s two passenger jets, hijacked by a finality. Somehow I always their loved ones,” said Sampson. Kalma Airport on the east- New York | United States Al-Qaeda, destroyed the Twin thought he would just walk up While more than 1,100 9/11 ern coast to Osan Air Base, Towers at the World Trade This September 11, 2001 file photo and say, ‘Here I am. I had am- victims remain unidentified, south of Seoul, before being eventeen years after the Sep- Center, the symbol of New shows pedestrians running from the nesia’,” his mother, Ann Johnson DNA technology has led to 89pct transferred to a forensic lab Stember 11, 2001 attacks, the York’s financial wealth. scene as one of the World Trade Center told The New York Times. of all positive identifications, the in Hawaii, it said. remains of a 26-year-old finance Johnson worked as a securi- Towers collapses in New York City It was the first identification medical examiner’s office said. 14 FRIDAY, JULY 27, 2018 features Henna losings it allure Tunisians have changed their habits and turned their backs on their traditions; henna is out of fashion

Gabes, Tunisia and support my family.” When it comes, the water sup- n and around the Tuni- ply costs 2.8 dinars ($1.10, 0.93 sian coastal city of Gabes, euros) per hour. henna has long been a key In mid-summer, the wait can driver of the economy -- reach up to 40 days, admits so much so that the plant Amel Ghiloufi, head of the re- Iis known as “red gold”. gion’s plants department at the But a water crisis and chang- agriculture ministry. ing consumer habits are mak- And pollution of the water ing farmers think twice about supply from a chemical plant has planting henna shrubs, despite seen farmers abandon land in their coveted leaves that have the oasis on the Mediterranean for centuries been ground down coast in recent decades. to paint nails, tint hair and ink temporary tattoos, especially for Production down 20 percent weddings. The water crisis is having a dra- “Gabes is dying because of matic impact on henna output. the lack of water,” says farmer Only 645 tonnes of the plant Houcine Akrout, as he digs intri- were harvested in the Gabes re- cate channels around his green gion in 2016/17 - down 20 per- Henna does plants to maximise water flow cent from the previous season, not make me in the early morning sunlight. Ghiloufi says. any money. It Akrout is hard at work, be - But other factors, including a isn’t profitable cause the local water supply will labour shortage, are also driving any more and today run from a canal onto his the long-term decline. I need to live land -- a rare thing nowadays, And it’s not only supply side and support my due to government rationing. pressures that undermine the Urbanisation and rapidly ris- market -- demand for local hen- family ing demand for water from in- na is also falling, as people opt dustry and agriculture have put for foreign alternatives. AKROUT, FARMER immense pressure on Tunisia’s Over the centuries, henna water reserves, according to the leaves have been dried and re- World Bank. duced to a fine powder before And a 2016 study of Tunisia’s being mixed with water, to cre- water services funded by Swe- ate the paste coveted by people den’s government found that in Africa, the Middle East and losses from the irrigation net- Asia. work reach 40 to 50 percent. The paste is used to colour For farmers like Akrout, that hair, palms of hands, arms and means waiting 15 to 20 days for feet with simple patterns that A bride shows her Henna painted hands, the day before her wedding in Gabes town, in southeastern Tunisia access to the water supply. last for a month or so. “It’s very long for the henna But the process can be messy plant which needs lots of water,” and people don’t always want to he says. keep the art work for that long. The situation is so bad he So imports of a treated ver- has uprooted most of his henna sion of henna from Sudan, Yem- shrubs and replaced them with en and India are increasingly KNOW WHAT pomegranate trees -- a much less popular, with added chemicals thirsty species. limiting penetration of the skin “Henna does not make me any and making it easy to wash from money,” he says. “It isn’t profit- hands. Ancient Egyptians able any more and I need to live Ahead of weddings, the ready- used ointment made of henna to protect their skin from the sun and prevent sun- burns. Henna is per- ennial plant, which means that it can A Tunisian seller displays powder Henna,”red gold”, at his shop in the souk of survive more than 2 Gabes town, in southeastern Tunisia years in the wild. to-use dye is handed out in dec- Only a few entrepreneurs sell full of clients who come from all orated boxes to guests at bach- Tunisian henna abroad -- and over Tunisia!” says 85-year-old elorette parties. they do so without state sup - Hassen Mrabet, who has been The processed imported ver- port -- so exports are minimal, growing and selling henna for sions are taking over from the despite the “good quality” pro- half a century. local product. duced by Gabe’s farmers, says “Now sales are limited to the And while once popular as a Ghiloufi. wedding season in July and Au- grandmother’s remedy for an- gust,” he adds. ything from migraines to skin ‘Out of fashion’ Another trader bemoans the problems, younger people are In Jara, the main tourist mar- rising popularity of other beau- more sceptical of henna’s heal- ket in the centre of Gabes, huge ty products and treatments, as ing powers. stalls overflow with henna and lifestyles change. But for Ghiloufi the only way incense -- but the streets are New forms of “dye and man- “to revive the sector is to break empty. icures have replaced henna to- new ground”, by promoting hen- Traders complain that the day”, according to 49-year-old na’s natural benefits and diversi- trickle of tourists is not enough Ismail. fying into new markets. to compensate for locals’ dis- “Tunisians have changed their In the capital Tunis, shampoos interest. habits and turned their backs on based on the plant have begun to “Henna is sold all the year their traditions; henna is out of A Tunisian farmer harvests Henna plants at his farm in Gabes town find their way into health stores. round. Our market was always fashion.” 15 FRIDAY, JULY 27, 2018 entertainment

CROSSWORD YOUR STAR TODAY

YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION Aries Things should flow extremely well for you today, es- pecially when it comes to anything having to do with love and beauty. Throw a party, or at least invite some close friends over for dinner. A tremendous fire from within fuels your romantic and social nature. Taurus You might have to do a bit of adjusting today in order to experience a harmonious understanding with the people around you. Adopt a feistier and more aggres- sive attitude toward love and romance if you want to receive any attention in that area. Feel free to go for the gold. Gemini Your love life is a kaleidoscope of shapes and colours today, full of complicated patterns and ever-chang- 53- Brouhaha; 57- Converse competitor; 58- Bar, legally; 60- ___ ing displays of beauty. A new perspective is revealed uproar; 61- Diana of “The Avengers”; 62- Knot again; 63- Title; everywhere you turn, and you learn something new 64- Caesar’s wings; 65- ___ Lang Syne; 66- Growl; about yourself and the people you’re involved with. Down Cancer 1- Biblical beast; 2- Anatomical pouch; 3- School org.; 4- Pioneer; Turn up your aggressive nature regarding your ro- 5- Trojan War hero; 6- Primp; 7- Reddish-brown gem; 8- Airport mantic life. You may find that a small spark is all that’s Across abbr.; 9- Gift; 10- Legal wrong; 11- Magazine founder Eric; 12- needed to rekindle a smouldering fire. You may be go- Champagne bucket; 15- Subtle absorption; 21- Ceremonial act; 23- ing through a period of transformation right now when 1- Snakes; 5- Basilica area; 9- Spitting sound; 13- Overfill; 14- Volcanic output; 24- Spain and Portugal; 25- Beliefs; 26- Bent over; it comes to this area of your life. If so, consider all the Muse of love poetry; 16- Univ. recruiting group; 17- Shoo!; 18- 27- Communion plate; 29- Put a new price on; 30- Go into; 31- Kid options and don’t shy away from a new way of relating. Geeky guys; 19- Fish-eating eagle; 20- Cornered; 22- Owner of leather; 32- Remains; 34- Type of question; 37- Artist; 40- Enclo- a slave; 24- Some sausage; 27- Prepare to be shot; 28- Assails; sure formed by the ribs; 42- Loos; 43- Shifting eastward; 45- Wade Leo 29- Temerity; 33- ___ nous; 34- Himalayan legend; 35- Hard- opponent; 46- Oozed; 48- Ruin; 49- Skater Lipinski; 50- Devil’s Today is a very powerful day for you. You may find ware fastener; 36- Rock’s ___ Speedwagon; 37- For ___ sake!; doing; 51- Capital of Latvia; 52- Westernmost of the Aleutians; 54- yourself going to extremes in certain areas of your 38- Leaves in a bag; 39- Like ___ not; 41- Strong ___ ox; 42- Like ___ even keel; 55- Lady of Spain; 56- Lulu; 59- Poseidon’s domain; life, especially when it comes to your romantic nature. untended yards; 44- Intending; 46- Frightens; 47- Pro ___ (free); You could be pulled way over to one side and then to 48- Cong. meeting; 49- Three lines of verse; 52- King Kong, e.g.; the other. At first you may give it your all and the next minute completely withdraw. BEETLE BAILEY Virgo You may not understand what all the fuss is about today. Suddenly there’s a fire burning all around and you may be left questioning the motivations behind others’ actions. You may not be able to make heads or tails of the situation, so don’t waste your time trying to figure it all out. Let it be. Libra Get your broom out of the closet today. Your job is to brush away the cobwebs from the corners of your emo- tional bedroom. Use the intense transformative energy of the day to say goodbye to stale and unsatisfactory relationships that have left a bad taste in your mouth. Scorpio There may be a great deal of charge in your battery WORD OF THE DAY today, but you could be unsure about where to put all this energy. Get up and do some exercise. Give your body the workout it needs. Remember what it’s like to sweat. You’ll feel much better about yourself Inchmealplay and make him / By inch-meal a disease!” the “gradually” meaning of inchmeal, and afterward, and you’ll be much more likely to continue So goes one of the curses the hated and has several other meanings as well). An old on a healthy path if you push your body to its limits. Definition: hateful Caliban hurls in the direction of suffix that means “by a (specified) portion little by little, gradually Prospero in Shakespeare’s The Tempest. or measure at a time,” -meal is related to the Sagittarius The origin of inchmeal is simple; the inch modern German word mal, meaning “time,” Let your love light shine today. There’s a great deal of Did You Know? half is the familiar measurement, and the as in the German word manchmal, meaning passion in your heart that needs to be expressed. Let “All the infections that the sun sucks up meal is the suffix we know from the more “sometimes.” your romantic nature take the reins, and allow your / From bogs, fens, flats, on Prosper fall, common word piecemeal (which shares creative nature to blossom. Be assertive with regard to the ones you love. Muster your courage and feel free to take the lead. SUDOKU Capricorn People might be a bit argumentative when it comes YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION to romantic issues today. Your instincts could be telling you to restrain yourself and hold back, while the prevailing winds are urging you to strike out for new ground. Realize that your heart may need a bit of freedom and detachment. Aquarius Consider going on a trip with a close loved one. A long-term break from the current reality may be just the thing needed to infuse a new blast of romance into your life. If you’re unattached, you might find that going on an adventure to a foreign country results in meeting the love of your life. Broaden your horizons and look to new ways of thinking and believing. Pisces Today is one of those days in which if you want love, How to play you need to go out and get it. Don’t waste your time sit- Place a number in the empty boxes in ting at home and sulking. Be adventuresome and take such a way that each row across, each that first step. You’re the only one who has the ability column down and each 9-box square to pull yourself out of the rut, so do it. There is a great contains all of the numbers from one deal of passion behind your romantic intentions at this to nine. time, Cupid, so be careful where you point your arrow. 16 FRIDAY, JULY 27, 2018

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The project, which DAILY AT (DUBBED IN ARABIC): 11.30 AM + 3.30 BACCARIN in the movie. is in early development, is rem- + 7.30 + 11.30 PM DAILY AT: 11.00 AM + 1.30 + 4.00 + 6.30 + 9.00 JUNGA Augustine Frizzell, who di- iniscent of Fox’s 1990 comedy SEEF (II) DAILY AT: 10.30 AM + 12.30 + 2.30 + + 11.30 PM (TAMIL) NEW 4.30 + 6.30 + 8.30 + 10.30 PM VIJAY SETHUPATHI,, MADONNA SEBASTIAN, rected the comedy “Never Goin’ “Home Alone,” which starred SAYESHA SAIGAL SAAR DAILY AT: 10.30 AM + 12.30 + 2.30 + THE INCREDIBLES 2 Back,” has been signed to direct, Macaulay Culkin as an 8-year- 4.30 PM (PG) (ANIMATION/ACTION/ADVENTURE) STARTING THURSDAY 7.00 PM ONWARDS reports variety.com. old boy mistakenly left behind WADI AL SAIL DAILY AT: 11.15 AM + 1.15 + 3.15 + CRAIG T. NELSON, SAMUEL L. 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AFP | Providence

himron Hetmyer scored a Scorecard superb century as Bangla- desh stumbled in the final West Indies 271 (Hetmyer S Action from the previous fight over to hand the West Indies a 125, Rubel 3-61) beat Bang- series-levelling victory in their ladesh 268 for 6 (Mushfiqur one-day game yesterday. 68, Shakib 56) by three The hosts made it 1-1 in the best-of-three series after Bang- runs Brave 14 features USA ladesh failed to score eight runs off their final over for what However both Tamim Iqbal would have been a series win. (54) and Shakib al Hasan (56) vs Russia clash Shimron Hetmyer blazed 125 fell to careless shots to spinners off 93 balls to pace the home Devendra Bishoo and Ashley TDT | Manama side to a competitive 271 all out Nurse respectively to get the batting first. West Indies back into the fray. rave Combat Federation Bangladesh were left strand- Mushfiqur and Mahmud- Bwill feature two matchups ed on 268 for six after their 50 ullah, who contributed 39, pitting two American mixed overs as West Indies held on for Shimron Hetmyer of West Indies celebrates his century -AFP then featured in an 87-run martial artists facing challeng- a three-run win. fourth-wicket stand that looked ers from Dagestan. KNOW WHAT West Indies captain Jason to have tilted the balance deci- Sidney Wheeler, who was a Holder, who started the in - “We just had to hang in there sively Bangladesh’s way. high school wrestling cham- nings by conceding 20 runs and and believe in ourselves,” said There were more twists to pion and a state kickbox - whose final analysis of one for the delighted captain after the come though as Mahmudullah ing champion, will compete Abdoul 66 was the most expensive ever match. was run out at the start of the against Abdoul Abdoulragui- Abdoulraguimov by a Caribbean bowler in an ODI Bangladesh came at “Bangladesh came at us hard 46th over at 232 for four, which mov, who has his roots in Dag- against Bangladesh, bowled the us hard and credit and credit to them for the way opened the door to a West In- estan and is a national Jiu Jitsu is undefeated with 50th over to give the hosts the to them for the way they batted at the top. But we dies team who appeared to have champion in France. seven wins in his victory. Holder’s first delivery they batted at the didn’t give up and it really sets been closed out from the contest The duo had already turned professional career accounted for topscorer Mush- top. But we didn’t things up for the final match.” just minutes earlier. their online interactions into fiqur Rahim for 68 via a catch give up and it really Yet it should never have come “It was a game we should have a war of words drawing battle on the midwicket boundary and to the final over drama, espe- won but we made too many mis- lines between United States of he conceded just four runs off sets things up for cially after the flying start in takes at the end,” said Bangla- America and Dagestan, Russia. against Santella who has 14 the remaining five deliveries to the final match which Bangladesh raced to their desh captain Mashrafe Mortaza. Abdoul Abdoulraguimov is out of his 20 wins coming out celebrate a result with his team- JASON HOLDER, WEST INDIES CAPTAIN fastest-ever fifty in ODIs – off 4.4 “We weren’t at our best in the undefeated with seven wins of submissions. mates which leaves the series to overs – and were 71 for one by field either but the series is still in his professional career out Sean Santella (20-6-1) had be decided in the final match on the seventh over and apparently alive and we believe we have of which six of them coming never faced a defeat in his ca- Saturday in St Kitts. cruising. what it takes to win it.” out of submissions. reer to submission and pose After the war of words a legitimate challenge to the against Dagestan, the bout undefeated fighter from Dag- against the kickboxing sensa- estan. tion from the United States is The fight night will take McGregor makes plea deal to avoid jail much anticipated by the mixed place at the Omnisport Indoor martial arts community from Sport Club in Tangier, Moroc- AFP | New York “I just want to say I’m thank- Dagestan. co on 18th August, 2018 mark- ful to the DA (district attorney) The second clash between ing the first ever mixed martial rish mixed martial arts su- and the judge for allowing me to USA and Dagestan is headlined art event hosted in Morocco. Iperstar Conor McGregor move forward,” he told report- by Sean Santella facing Veli- The event will be held under pleaded guilty in a Brooklyn ers outside the court, dressed in Adil Rashid murad Alkhasov. the patronage of His Majesty criminal court yesterday to dis- a dark suit and striped tie. The bout will pit the unde- King Mohammed VI of Mo- orderly conduct, in a plea deal “I want to say to my friends, England recall feated Velimurad Alkhasov rocco. that allows him to avoid prison my family, my fans -- thank you time over a New York brawl. for the support.” Rashid for first Test The 30-year-old, who is nick- Last month, McGregor ex- Irish mixed martial arts superstar against India named “The Notorious,” had pressed “regret” over the attack Conor McGregor talks to the press, in been charged with multiple on a bus that contained rival Brooklyn Criminal Court yesterday AFP | London Rizlen Zouak hails sports counts of assault and criminal fighters. He had faced up to sev- -AFP mischief after attacking a bus en years in prison if convicted ngland dramatically initiatives by Bahrain filled with UFC fighters at the on all counts, and was released also captured on surveillance Erecalled Adil Rashid Barclays Centre in April. on $50,000 bail following his cameras throwing a chair to- to their 13-man squad an- TDT | Manama The frenzied attack injured arrest. ward a passenger window of nounced yesterday for next two athletes. He was filmed lobbing a dolly the bus. week’s first Test against izlen Zouak, Olympian, McGregor pleaded guilty to a through a window of the bus The Irishman pocketed India even though the RAfrican Champion in Judo lesser charge of disorderly con- in a New York stadium at the around $100 million for the su- Yorkshire leg-spinner has and MMA Fighter praised the duct in a fleeting court appear- end of a media event on April perfight he lost in August in Las opted out of playing first- initiative to host Brave 14 in ance, and was handed a punish- 5. The bus was moving slowly Vegas against ex-welterweight class County Championship Tangier, Morocco on 18th Au- ment of five days’ community through the Barclays Centre champion Floyd Mayweather. cricket this season. gust. service. All felony counts were loading dock at the time. Their matchup was one of the Rashid is now in line to Rizlen had represented Mo- dropped. The Irish father-of-one was richest boxing bouts of all time. play his first home Test, rocco in London 2012 and Rio after all 10 of his previous 2016 Olympics and became the appearances were made first female Judoka to repre- overseas. sent Morocco. His inclusion alongside Currently, the athlete had Parker ‘in great shape’ ahead of bout off-spinner Moeen Ali in a transitioned into mixed mar- squad for what will be Eng- tial arts and has a record of Rizlen Zouak AFP | London at Thursday’s pre-fight press land’s 1,000th Test when 3-1-0. The Olympian who is conference. they face India in the first also 3 time African Champion ormer world champion “I’m here to do damage,” he of a five-match series at in Judo expressed that the in- initiative possible. FJoseph Parker says he is added. “I’m here to punch. I’m Edgbaston, comes despite itiative which is happening for She added that hosting in “great shape” ahead of his going to break him down.” Rashid deciding to opt out the first time in the continent Brave 14 it will create an envi- weekend heavyweight bout Parker lost on points in his of all first-class cricket this of Africa is a glorious achieve- ronment that will give expo- against Dillian Whyte in Lon- world heavyweight title uni- year ahead of a home World ment for Morocco. sure for the sport and athletes don. Joseph Parker fication fight with Britain’s Cup campaign in 2019. It Rizlen Zouak praised the from Morocco. The New Zealander takes on Anthony Joshua in Cardiff in was a bold move by a pan- initiative to host Brave 14 in Rizlen also expressed her Britain’s Whyte at the O2 Are- closer to a world title fight. March. el headed up by Ed Smith, Morocco and hailed the sup- support for Arnold Quero who na on Saturday, with both men “I’m in great shape. There are “My opponent has been talk- who earlier recalled Jos port from His Majesty King will competing against Felipe knowing a win will move them no excuses here,” Parker said ing a lot of smack,” he said. Buttler to the Test squad. Mohammed VI to make the Efrain at Brave 14. FRIDAY, JULY 27, 2018 18 Demare silences detractors

• French sprinter holds Nibali to undergo vertebrae off Christophe Laporte surgery after crash to win in stage 18 Cycling News | Paris race championships in Inns- Geraint Thomas bruck at the end of September. stays• in yellow after he Bahrain-Merida team Percutaneous vertebroplasty Thave announced that Vin- surgery involves injecting a keeping out of trouble cenzo Nibali will undergo special bone cement into the percutaneous vertebroplasty fractured vertebrae, with the AFP | Pau, France surgery on the T10 vertebrae goal of creating an internal cast he fractured during stage 12 of to stablise the bone and so ease renchman Arnaud Demare the Tour de France to L’Alpe any pain. silenced his critics with a d’Huez. “After consultations of the Fsuperb sprint finish that According to La Gazzetta Team Bahrain-Merida medical handed him victory over compa- dello Sport, the Italian hopes staff with various specialists triot Christophe Laporte in the the surgery will help reduce his and after an attentive and care- 18th stage of the Tour de France back pain and so allow Nibali ful examination of the athlete’s yesterday. to start training within a week. clinical condition and future Britain’s Geraint Thomas, of The Vuelta a Espana starts on perspectives, the team and the Team Sky, finished close behind Saturday August 25 and is con- rider agreed to the decision to to tighten his grip on the yellow sider vital if Nibali is to lead the have a percutaneous vertebro- jersey three days before the 21st Arnaud Demare (Groupama-FDJ) celebrates after crossing the line first in Pau Italian team at the world road plasty surgery. The procedure and final stage in Paris. is going to take place on next The Welshman holds a 1min injuries in a crash that almost the time cut, accused Demare week in Italy,” Bahrain-Meri- 59sec lead on Dutch rival Tom ended his campaign, Demare of holding on to a car to make it da team doctor Emilio Magni Dumoulin (Sunweb) with four- was keen to capitalise. through the mountains on stage confirmed in a brief statement time champion and teammate Demare had his Groupama 16. from the team. Chris Froome in third at 2:31 team work hard over the stage The best answer I “The best answer I could give Nibali is currently recover- heading into Friday’s 19th stage. as they easily chased down an could give Andre Andre Greipel was to win today,” ing at home in Lugano, Swit- “I think we’re expecting the early five-man breakaway, and Greipel was to win said Demare. zerland. He has been wearing worst, hoping for the best,” said particularly in the final, tech- today. Obviously what “Obviously what he said hurst a special corset when standing Thomas, who is expecting at- nical kilometres of the stage to he said hurst me, and me, and was also insulting. It’s and working in a swimming tacks from his rivals on the final make sure he was primed for a was also insulting. regrettable that people doubt my pool to try to ease the pain in day in the mountains. final burst to the line. It’s regrettable that performances.” Vincenzo Nibali his back. “I think guys will try to take But the Frenchman, who an- Demare also faced similar ac- any opportunity they can. It will gered Laporte by veering from people doubt my cusations on his way to victory in be interesting, but we’ve been his line when he launched his performances. I know Milan-SanRemo in 2016. focusing on the final stage on worse,” said Sagan. riding really well all race.” final burst from inside 200 me- I’m not the best in the “I know I’m not the best in the Sunday. “After what happened yester- What was the penultimate tres, was inspired by comments mountains, but I work mountains, but I work hard to Already mathematically as- day with the crash, I was in a lot chance for a diminished sprint aimed at him by Germany’s An- hard to make sure I make sure I get through them,” sured of his sixth green jersey of pain today. field to snatch some glory was dre Greipel. get through them he added. for the points competition, the “I think tomorrow will be not going to be missed by the fast Greipel, one of several sprint- Bora rider Sagan, who failed Slovakian is one of the favourites much harder, but I consider men of the peloton. ers who pulled out in the Alps, ARNAUD DEMARE to get in contention for the fi- for the final stage on the Champs myself lucky that, after such a And a day after Slovakian while others, like Mark Caven- nal sprint, simply wants to get Elysees. crash, I’m still in the race and sprint king Peter Sagan suffered dish and Marcel Kittel, missed over the last big climbs before “I can’t complain, I could be not sitting at home. Cherchesov expected to Tite keeps Brazil job despite WC flop AFP | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil sign new two-year deal Brazil will begin their post-World ite was handed a new contract to Cup rehabilitation with a series of Reuters | Moscow Tremain as coach of the Brazil na- friendlies, the first of which is against tional team until 2022 on Wednesday the United States in New Jersey on tanislav Cherchesov will be given despite their traumatic World Cup September 7. Sa new two-year deal to stay on as quarter-final exit in Russia, the Bra- “The CBF is investing in a long-term Russia coach after he guided the 2018 zilian football federation (CBF) said. project to guarantee the staff six-and- World Cup hosts into the quarter-fi- “The CBF has renewed the contract a-half-years in charge of La Selecao, nals, Russia’s Football Union (RFU) with coach Tite until the end of the and we believe that this careful plan- said yesterday. 2022 World Cup in Qatar,” wrote the ning will bring to Brazilian football The RFU’s executive committee ap- CBF on its website. the results we expect,” said Rogerio proved the deal at a meeting to discuss Tite is the first coach of the Brazil Caboclo, the executive director of the World Cup which ended on July national team to be re-appointed after the CBF. 15, the Interfax news agency report- a World Cup elimination since Clau- Adenor Leonardo Bacchi, who is ed, citing the union’s acting president dio Coutinho in 1978. universally known by his nickname Alexander Alayev. Brazil, with superstar Neymar in Tite, took over the Brazil job in June The contract will likely be signed their ranks, were regarded as one of 2016 and immediately faced a daunt- on Friday and could be extended for Russia coach Stanislav Cherchesov the favourites for the 2018 World Cup ing task. another two years when it expires, but they were knocked out in the last- The team under Dunga, who’d lawmaker Igor Lebedev, a member of They followed up group stage vic- eight, losing 2-1 to Belgium. Brazil coach Tite been fired, were an embarrassment. the RFU’s executive committee was tories over Saudi Arabia and Egypt by “The federation has given us the And Dunga himself had been hired quoted as saying by Interfax. knocking out 2010 World Cup cham- conditions to build an environment in 2014 to resurrect a team reeling Under Cherchesov, the hosts defied pions Spain in the last 16. Russia’s run of unity and professionalism, it’s a in a statement. from the ultimate humilation of that expectations by reaching the quar- was halted in the quarter-finals when great challenge and we are happy to Tite’s first challenge will be to win 7-1 loss to Germany in the semi-fi - ter-finals despite being the lowest they were beaten on penalties by even- face it, already focused on our next the Copa America in 2019 when Brazil nals of the World Cup on Brazilian ranked team in the tournament. tual finalists Croatia. matches and competitions,” Tite said hosts the tournament. soil.

Japan name Moriyasu as new head coach Reuters | Tokyo Olympic team for the 2020 Games in Tokyo. he Japanese FA said yesterday that Moriyasu’s first task will be pre - THajime Moriyasu, coach of the paring Japan for the 2019 AFC Asian men’s Olympic side, is to take over at Cup in January. Japan, who have won the helm of the national team. the competition a record four times, at Seef District too The JFA confirmed the decision have been drawn in Group F alongside to Reuters via telephone following a Uzbekistan, Oman and Turkmenistan. Um al Hassan +973 17728699 council meeting in Tokyo. The move The 49-year-old played 35 times for Seef District +973 17364999 comes after Akira Nishino, who led Japan during the 1990s, including in Hajime Moriyasu Japan to the last 16 at the World Cup, the ‘Agony of Doha’ match when they stepped down from the role. failed to qualify for the 1994 World freece Hiroshima to three J.League It is unclear whether Moriyasu, who Cup following a last-minute equaliser titles between 2012 and 2015 before was part of Nishino’s staff in Russia, by Iraq. resigning in 2017 following a run of would also remain in charge of the As a coach, Moriyasu guided San- poor results. FRIDAY, JULY 27, 2018 19 Sanchez on target as United Salah, Mane shine as edge Milan Liverpool sink City Sadio Mane’s stoppage-time penalty settled the Champions Cup friendly

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ohamed Salah and Sadio Mane made Man instant impact as Liverpool came from behind to beat Premier League cham- pions Manchester City 2-1 in their International Cham - pions Cup friendly match on Wednesday. Mane stroked home Liver- pool’s winner from the penalty spot deep into stoppage time to give Jurgen Klopp’s men a morale-boosting victory over an under-strength City team at the MetLife Stadium. AC Milan’s Patrick Cutrone gets tripped up by Manchester United’s Eric Bailly Klopp praised Mane’s perfor- mance after coming on in the second half. AFP | Los Angeles takers after a string of missed “The second half pleased me, spot-kicks. first half not so much,” Klopp lexis Sanchez was on tar- Ander Herrera fired United said. Aget as Manchester United into the lead in sudden death “You saw the difference when defeated AC Milan on pen - with his second penalty before Sadio came on. He played balls alties in their International Ivorian youngster Franck Kes- in behind and made life difficult. Champions Cup friendly here sie chipped his spot-kick over “With this and all the other Wednesday. the bar to give United the win. changes, it changed the game.” James Milner and Curtis Jones look to get the ball off Manchester City’s Riyad Mahrez Chilean international United’s Portuguese goal- Both Klopp and City boss Pep Sanchez was United’s best keeper Joel Pereira, deputising Guardiola were unimpressed performer in a low-key game for the absent David De Gea with the makeshift playing sur- rupted by the absence of several Nonetheless, it was City who at Carson’s StubHub Center and Sergio Romero, said he face in a venue used by the New key players who starred in the took the lead just after half-time which finished 1-1. hoped his performance in the York Giants and New York Jets World Cup. when German international Sanchez fired United into shoot-out had helped his bid NFL teams. Guardiola however sounded Leroy Sane caught Liverpool’s the lead with a well-taken goal to win a place in manager Jose “Better to throw the ball than a positive note about the ab - defence napping and burst clear on 12 minutes before Spanish Mourinho’s squad. pass it in this arena,” Klopp said. KNOW WHAT sentees. to slot past Caoimhin Kelleher midifelder Suso equalised for “Obviously I have been the Guardiola meanwhile said he “I learned that when I was on 57 minutes. Milan three minutes later. last 18 months here and the was relieved no players were little boy in Barcelona in the Egypt star Salah, however, Although Sanchez produced manager shows good faith and injured. In Liverpool’s first Academy. Don’t find excuses,” was quick to make his mark af- a lively performance for Unit- trust in me, he wants me to “This happened in my first ever season in the he said. ter coming on for Curtis Jones ed, the Premier League giants play and he thinks it’s the right season with Barcelona and I was “We are happy as a club to in the 62nd minute, scoring a were unable to find a further thing for me,” Pereira said. so angry, so upset,” Guardiola Football League they have 16 players out and the most header with virtually his first goal, sending the game to pen- “I will find out next week said when asked about the pitch. won the second divi- with their national teams, that’s touch of the game to level it at alties. where I play next season. “I grew up and am a more sion, going undefeat- a good sign for the club. 1-1. A bizarre shoot-out was won “I want to prove the man- mature guy. I look to the other ed, beating Newton “In the past it didn’t hap - The game appeared to be 9-8 by United, with both teams ager the faith he put in me is side. It is business. We pray be- Heath 2-0, who later pen, years ago, and that is good heading for a draw until Tosin having to recycle their penalty right.” fore the game that there would became Manchester for our future. But we are go- Adarabioyo crashed into Dom- be no injuries and that’s what United ing to adapt. It’s as simple as inic Solanke in the area for a happened.” that.” certain penalty. Both Liverpool and City’s Salah and Mane both reported Mane stepped up to send Joe pre-season preparations in the for duty for Liverpool in time Hart the wrong way and give Juventus ease past United States have been dis - for Wednesday’s game. Klopp’s team the win. Bayern Munich Atletico edge Ozil-less Arsenal on penalties AFP | Singapore

ew-look Arsenal left out Ncontroversy-hit Mesut Ozil but still impressed before they were edged 3-1 on penalties KNOW WHAT by Europa League champions Atletico Madrid in a friendly yesterday. Ozil, who caused a furore In terms of UEFA when he quit German national competition ti- duty claiming racism, was rest- tles won, Atletico Kwasi Okyere of Bayern Munich (R) fights the ball against Mattia Caldara of ed after his World Cup exertions Madrid is Spain’s Juventus as 17-year-old midfielder Emile 3rd most suc- Smith Rowe took centre-stage ESPN | Philadelphia latching on to a classy ball in Singapore. cessful club over the top of the defence After Luciano Vietto’s opener ndrea Favilli scored twice and curling a fine shot around for Atletico against the run of Ain the first half as Juven- Ulreich to send his team into play, teenager Smith Rowe hit Lacazette was denied from tus cruised to a straightfor- the dressing room with a com- a dazzling equaliser -- his first close range on three occasions, ward 2-0 win against Bayern fortable lead. senior goal -- in front of new including a full-length save by Munich in the International Bayern wasted numerous boss Unai Emery as it finished Atletico’s Jan Oblak after good Champions Cup on Wednes- chances in the second half 1-1 after normal time. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang of Arsenal and Juanfran of Atletico Madrid work from Smith Rowe. day. to get on the scoresheet, but Under International Cham- completes for the ball But Arsenal struck two min- Favilli, 21, tucked home from couldn’t find the back of the pions Cup rules, the game went utes into the second half when 10 yards away after an error net as Juventus saw out the straight to penalties where half before they were hit with keeper Bernd Leno. Smith Rowe curled the equalis- by Bayern Munich goalkeeper win. substitute Atletico goalkeeper a sucker-punch four minutes The German, starting ahead er into the top corner from the Sven Ulreich, who misplayed Juventus face Benfica in the Antonio Adan starred, saving from the break. of Petr Cech in goal, otherwise edge of the box, before being the ball out of the back in the ICC on July 28 before meeting three before coolly slotting the In a rare Atletico foray for- had little to do as Arsenal, em- mobbed by his team-mates. 32nd minute. Major League Soccer’s All- winner himself. ward, Angel Correa crossed ploying Emery’s trademark high Mass substitutions in the last And the youngster -- who Stars on Aug. 1, while Bayern Both sides started with unfa- from the byline to his fellow press, kept Atletico in their own half-hour made for a disjointed spent last season in Serie B -- Munich face Manchester City miliar line-ups but Arsenal were Argentine Vietto, whose header half. finale before the penalty shoot- made it 2-0 before half-time, on July 28 in their next fixture. the dominant force in the first looped past new Arsenal goal- French forward Alexandre out. FRIDAY, JULY 27, 2018 20 Battle of last four Korea, Thailand, Iraq, Iran march on to semis

TDT | Manama Today’s matches nly four teams remained stand- ing this evening as the Semi-fi- (in order of time, Court 1 game, Court 2 game) Onalists were set in the 19th Asian 9am: Uzbekistan vs Malaysia (not to be Men’s U20 Volleyball Championship. played), Maldives vs Macau The top-ranked duo of Iran and Ko- 11.30am: Sri Lanka vs Taipei, Turkmenistan vs rea were joined by fifth seeds Thai - Bahrain land and 11th-ranked underdogs Iraq 2pm: Australia vs China, Jordan vs New in qualifying for the last four. Zealand The Iraqis were the darlings of to- 4.30pm: SF-Iran vs Thailand, India vs Saudi night’s events at Isa Sports City in Riffa, Arabia as they posted a major upset with a 7pm: SF-Korea vs Iraq, Japan vs Pakistan stunning victory over defending cham- NB: Match order is subject to change pions China. Iran comfortably defeated Kazakh- stan 3-0 (25-13, 25-15, 25-16) to book their Semi-final seat, while Korea were in fine form as they made things look We had a good rotation easy in a dominant win over Australia today, we used all 3-0 (25-19, 25-19, 25-18). our players and they Thailand, meanwhile, enjoyed a sim- ilar straight-sets result against Taipei performed really well. 3-0 (25-19, 25-22, 28-26), while Iraq We have achieved our overcame the odds and took down their first goal coming into heavily favoured Chinese opponents this championship, 3-2 (17-25, 25-22, 15-25, 25-22, 15-10) in which is to secure a what was an epic, two-hour battle. semi-final berth Iran and Thailand now face off in IRAN HEAD COACH BEHROUZ ATAEI the first Semi-final of the competition, scheduled for 4.30pm today at the same venue. The other will be between the Iran skipper Amirhossein Esfandiar goes for a spike in between the defence of Kazakhstan’s Kaiyrkhan Asset and Semurg Turdiniyazov Koreans and the Iraqis at 7pm. Elsewhere yesterday in classification nals,” said Korea head coach fixtures, Macau beat Malaysia, Pakistan YESTERDAY’S SCORES Kang Sunghyung. Thailand’s Pipat Chansuksri defeated Saudi Arabia, Japan took care In Iraq’s victory, they man- reacts after winning a point of India, Sri Lanka defeated Qatar, and aged to take down the con - for his team against Taipei the UAE outplayed Hong Kong. Maldives beat Uzbekistan (25-0, 25-0, 25-0) tinental giants in a thrilling Iran needed just over an hour to seal Macau beat Malaysia 3-1 (25-21, 25-21, 23-25, 25-18) match that needed to go the their victory against an overmatched maximum. Kazakhstan. Morteza Sharifi was their Pakistan beat Saudi Arabia 3-0 (25-13, 25-20, 25-18) Ali Sahib Abushanan came up best scorer with 13 point, 10 of which with the heroics. He scored were in attack and the other three in Japan beat India 3-0 (25-20, 25-21, 25-13) 28 points overall in the blocks. Nurperzent Topar had just Sri Lanka beat Qatar 3-1 (25-21, 21-25, 25-18, 26-24) game, 26 of which five points as Kazakhstan’s leading were in attack. He scorer. UAE beat Hong Kong 3-2 (25-23, 10-25, 25-20, 15-25, 15-13) also had two blocks “We had a good rotation today, we as he almost in - used all our players and they performed QF-Iran beat Kazakhstan 3-0 (25-13, 25-15, 25-16) spired his team to really well,” said Iran head coach QF-Thailand beat Taipei 3-0 (25-19, 25-22, 28-26) the well-deserved Behrouz Ataei. “We have achieved our triumph. first goal coming into this champion- QF-Korea beat Australia 3-0 (25-19, 25-19, 25-18) Cong Tian put in ship, which is to secure a semi-final QF-Iraq beat China 3-2 (17-25, 25-22, 15-25, 25-22, 15-10) a solid effort with 19 berth.“It is difficult to predict future points as China’s best results, but we will prepare a good game scorer. plan for our semi-final match.” Aside from the Semi-finals today, Strong play markers for the winners, while Yu- attack. Im is one of the tournament’s there will also be sever- Thailand booked their semis tick - Sheng Chang led Taipei with 20 best servers, and his skills were on full al classification games, ets led by the strong play of Chaiwat points. display with three aces in tonight’s including Bahrain’s clash Thungkham, who was able to post 19 In Korea’s win, Donghyeok Im was contest. James Takken had eight points with Turkmenistan, which points, all of which came in attack. once again the best scorer for his team, in pacing the Australians in the loss. is scheduled for an 11.30am PIpat Chansuksri added another 18 finishing with 18 point including 13 in “We will be prepared for the semi-fi- start. ‘We must be proud’: Bahrain Assistant Coach

TDT | Manama we regret, but this is sport. “Our players are young, full of hope, ahrain have plenty to be proud of full of dreams, and they wanted to do Beven after being eliminated from well in this tournament so bad. After title contention in the Round of 16 of the game, most of them were crying the 19th Asian Men’s U20 Volleyball and it was very emotional.” Championship, says national assis- Coach Protic had some strong tant coach Protic Nebojsa. words of encouragement for the After winning their first three young Bahraini spikers. games, the hosts’ dream run in the “This is life, and losing is part of prestigious biennial competition the game,” he says, adding, “But it’s came to an abrupt end on Wednes- not losing that is bad; what’s bad is if day night following a thrilling five-set you don’t take a lesson from this and defeat to Australia. if you don’t grow. While they came up short in “If you do, it can be a good thing. achieving their goal of making it to at We, as a team, are still growing and least the Quarter-finals, Coach Protic we are all proud of these boys, they says that their players must not hang gave it their best shot. their heads in defeat. “Now it’s important that you pick “We gave our best shot,” Coach yourself up, dust yourself off, and Protic says. “We made mistakes that move on.” Action from the match between Japan and India