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Russia resumes Citizen first strikes in Daraa European ambassadors Amman ussia launched its first summoned in Tehran Rairstrikes in four days in the southern Syrian re- gion of Daraa yesterday after in a plot to bomb an Iranian minister expressed his coun- talks aimed at restoring the The Austrian opposition rally on the outskirts try’s “strong protest over the Assad regime rule collapsed. • of Paris, judicial sources said. arrest of an Iranian diplomat” The airstrikes targeted Ta- foreign ministry said Belgium is already investi- and that he should be released fas, northwest of the provin- on Tuesday it was gating two Belgians of Iranian “without any delay and with no cial capital Daraa, and Saida stripping the diplomatic origin arrested on Saturday, condition,” ministry spokesman to the east. Barrel bombs status of the diplomat the day of the National Council Bahram Qasemi said. were also dropped on Saida. of Resistance of Iran ( NCRI) He said the arrest was a plot Regime forces backed by arrested in Germany. meeting. to damage Iran-European ties, Russian air power launched Five hundred grams of the as Iranian President Hassan an offensive last month to London homemade explosive TATP and Rouhani was in Europe to save recapture the region from a detonation device were found the international nuclear deal opposition groups led by the ran’s foreign ministry sum- in their car. following Washington’s with- Free Syrian Army, and have moned the French and Bel- The Austrian foreign min- drawal. seized a large chunk of their Igian ambassadors and Ger- istry said on Tuesday it was The exiled Iranian opposition territory. many’s chargé d’affaires yester- stripping the diplomatic sta- group’s meeting was attend- Opposition delegates had HH Shaikh Khalid bin Hamad Al Khalifa, First Deputy President of the Supreme day in protest against the arrest tus of the diplomat arrested in ed by Donald Trump’s lawyer been negotiating with Rus- Council for Youth and Sports and President of Bahrain Athletics Association, of an Iranian diplomat linked to Germany. Rudy Giuliani, who gave a sia since Saturday to end embraces an elderly citizen during his visit to the Muharraq Governorate a bomb plot. Iran’s foreign ministry re- speech calling for the removal fighting by accepting the yesterday. Shaikh Khalid was in the governorate to inaugurate a project as part France and Germany said sponded on Wednesday by of Iran’s rulers. return of state sovereignty, of his #Your_Country_first initiative. The initiative saw a group of students from yesterday they would send two summoning the three Europe- Earlier, reports said Iran had but they failed to agree. Abdulrahman Kanoo International School contributing towards the renovation men, including an Iranian dip- an representatives, Fars news summoned France’s ambassa- of a dilapidated house in Muharraq. It was the first house in the governorate lomat, to Belgium to face ac- agency reported. dor to protest against the stag- renovated under the initiative. cusations they were involved The Iranian deputy foreign ing of the meeting. Protesters, security clash in Afghanistan Kabul

or the second con - Fsecutive day, Afghan security forces yesterday clashed with protesters who stormed the compound Women protest line of a governor as part of an- ti-government demonstra- tions over the arrest of a Women in groups hold massive protest in Gaza; Israelis attempt to raze a Bedouin village in West Bank local commander loyal to exiled Vice President Gen. Abdul Rashid Dostum. have been demonstrating along Israeli authorities and protesters At least one protester was They moved in the heavily guarded frontier in who feared preparations were killed and eight wounded by • protest at Israel’s decade-long underway to raze a Bedouin police fire as demonstrators groups to within 50 blockade of the territory and in village in a strategic part of the tried to storm a key govern- metres of the fence that support of the Palestinians’ right occupied West Bank, despite in- ment building in Maimana, divides the Gaza Strip to return to lands they fled or ternational calls for a reprieve. provincial capital of Faryab, from Israeli territory. were driven from during the war Protesters, including some part of Dostum’s main bas- surrounding the creation of Isra- waving Palestinian flags, tried tion, residents said. el in 1948. to block a bulldozer and scuffled The government con- Gaza On Tuesday, women arrived with police at Khan Al Ahmar, firmed the arrest on Mon- in buses from across the enclave, east of Jerusalem. Some climbed day of Nizamuddin Qaisari, housands of Palestinian many accompanied by their chil- onto the bulldozer in protest. a top commander for Dos- women demonstrated dren, sources said. Israeli police said 11 people tum, over disobeying senior Talong the fence that sep- They moved in groups to with- were arrested. The Palestinian authorities in a meeting in arates the Gaza Strip from Isra- in 50 metres of the fence that di- Red Crescent reported 35 people Faryab, in an incident that el, their first mass mobilisation vides the Gaza Strip from Israeli Palestinian women march in Gaza injured, with four taken to hospi- involved casualties among since protests erupted on the territory, they reported. tal. Police said the wounded in- Qaisari’s guards and secu- border three months ago. Seventeen people were Gaza’s health ministry spokes- In another development, Scuf- cluded three officers, including rity forces. Since the end of March, Gazans wounded by Israeli gunfire, man Ashraf Al Qodra said. fles broke out yesterday between one taken to hospital.

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DON’T MISS IT Expat found ‘murdered’ in Hoora TDT | Manama An unmarried man, Abdul Distribution of Mohammed Zafran came to Bahrain four years Al Lawzi housing ago. His immediate survivors 02 n Indian man was include mother Ramla, father units begins found murdered in his Abdullakutty, brother Anas Aapartment in Hoora on and sister Najma. Reforms may start Tuesday evening. Speaking to Tribune, Saheer, with executive, Sources said the deceased a relative of the deceased, said 03 identified as Abdul Nahas, an he was shocked after knowing legislature Indian national from the state the incident. Expat robbery of Kerala, was found lying in a “We tried calling him many pool of his blood in his apart- The deceased Abdul times over the phone and 05 gang jailed for ment located on Exhibition came here to check on him. We five years Road. found his body in the apart- Teams of police immediately ment. We are cooperating with the police. rushed to the scene and the The locality in Hoora where Abdul lived. “We want the police to complete the investi- body was moved to Salmaniya gation and arrest all those who are behind this Medical Complex morgue, the sources added. action,” said a resident in the locality. murder,” he added. “Teams of police have been questioning people in “It was his friends who informed the police after The Interior Ministry did not confirm the incident the locality the whole day. Forensic team were also in finding him dead in the room,” the resident said. before press time. THURSDAY, JULY 5, 2018 02

His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa yesterday received Finance Minister Shaikh Ahmed bin Mohammed Al Khalifa, Shaikh Hamad bin Mohammed Al Khalifa, and the grandsons of the late Shaikh Mohammed bin Hamad bin Abdulla bin Isa Al Khalifa, who passed away recently, at the Al Sakhir Palace. HM the King lauded the achievements of the deceased, praying to Allah the Almighty to rest his soul in eternal peace. His Majesty lauds Saudi, UAE and Kuwaiti supportive stances

HM King Hamad expressed• the kingdom’s appreciation and gratitude to the three countries for their initiative to ensure the kingdom’s financial stability.

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is Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa yesterday received HSaudi Ambassador to Bahrain Abdulla bin Abdulmalik Al Shaikh, UAE Ambassador, Shaikh Sultan bin Hamdan His Majesty receives the ambassadors of Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and the UAE at Al Sakhir Palace. bin Zayed Al Nahyen, and the Kuwaiti Chargé d’Affaires, Abdulla Al Shatti, at and strengthen the stability of the finan- HM King Hamad expressed the king- HM the King lauded the efforts being enhance sustainability and withstand the Al Sakhir Palace. cial situation in Bahrain. dom’s appreciation and gratitude to the exerted by His Royal Highness Prince the present and future developments. HM the King lauded the stances of the Such supportive stances, which em- three countries for their initiative to Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, the HM King Hamad stressed the major Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques body the deep-rooted relations between ensure the kingdom’s financial stability, Crown Prince, Deputy Supreme Com- role to be played by three countries’ sup- King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, UAE Bahrain and the three brotherly coun- adding that the stances are within the mander and First Deputy Prime Minis- port, which is a role model for comple- President, Shaikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al tries, stem from the belief in the com- existing brotherly cooperation and co- ter, to develop an integrated programme mentarity among brotherly countries, in Nahyen and Kuwaiti Amir Shaikh Sabah mon destiny bonding them, HM the King ordination between the kingdom and the to support economic reforms and finan- ensuring the success of the programme, Al Ahmed Al Jaber Al Sabah, to support said. three countries. cial stability in the kingdom in order to which will be unveiled soon. Distribution of Al Lawzi housing units begins A giant leap in the Kingdom’s social housing sector, says minister.

government, led by His Royal Highness Prime The Al Lawzi housing Minister Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa, • to continue implementing its action plan. project is a realistic translation Commenting on the move, Housing Minister, of HM the King’s directives to Bassem Al Hamer, said that the distribution build 40,000 housing units. process will continue until the end of next week. He pointed out that the distribution of the Manama project’s units proves the success of the exist- ing partnership with the private sector, adding that Al Lawzi, and the Salman Town, are among he Housing Ministry said that it had the projects covered by the agreement with started distributing the units of Al Lawzi Naseej Properties - company that is construct- Thousing project to beneficiaries. ing affordable and social housing on govern- This follows the order of His Royal Highness ment-owned lands. Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, the Crown He affirmed that the remarkable progress Prince, Deputy Supreme Commander and First of the Al Lawzi project’s implementation pro- Deputy Prime Minister, to distribute 5,000 cess and the beginning of the distribution of housing units, within the directives of His Maj- its units encourages the Housing Ministry to esty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa to meet the increase its cooperation with private com - citizens’ needs marking the holy month of Ram- panies to launch more housing projects for adan, and in line with the ongoing efforts of the low-income citizens.

Hospital CEO sentenced for forging doctor’s licence TDT|Manama It was revealed that the hospital was employ- Ali Tarif ing the same physician, who had not obtained the licence. n Indian chief executive officer of a hos- Later investigations proved that the CEO of the pital forged official documents to allow hospital had forged the letter of approval issued Aa fellow national work as a doctor in by NHRA. the Kingdom without obtaining the necessary The Indian man was tried before the High licence, a court heard. Criminal Court which gave him a year’s impris- The 36-year-old physician is said to have ap- onment. plied for a doctor’s licence with the National He, however, won’t go to jail, provided he Health Regulatory Authourity (NHRA), but his doesn’t commit the same mistake, as his sentence request bounced back owing to the hospital, has been suspended for three years. which offered him employment, not submitting “The defendant’s record didn’t contain any its data on the organisational structure. wrongdoing before, and we doubt he will conduct The truth came out after NHRA enquired about the same act again. Therefore, the court decided the doctors working at the hospital with Labour to award him a suspended one-year jail term for Market Regulatory Authority (LMRA). three years,” the verdict revealed. 03 THURSDAY, JULY 5, 2018 big story

PENSIONS RETHINK Reforms may start with executive, legislature Joint governmental-parliamentary committee on pension reforms holds first meeting

We will work under the eyes of the leadership and the people of this country. Our work will be hundred per cent transparent. SHAIKH AHMED The meeting in progress.

rights of retirees and citizens. collected in this regard was only Highness Prime Minister Prince The meeting focused According to the committee, BD149m. Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa to • BD285 million was the retire- The meeting follows the direc- seek ways on reforming the pen- mainly on amendments ment benefits handed over in tives of His Majesty King Hamad sion process without adversely to civil and private the year 2017, while the amount bin Isa Al Khalifa and His Royal affecting the beneficiaries. retirement rules, while looking for ways to protect the rights of retirees and citizens.

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he joint governmen- tal-parliamentary com- Tmittee, which held its first meeting yesterday, ascertained that the proposed amendments to the Pensions Law will not Shaikh Ahmed speaks to reporters after the meeting. touch the end of service benefits. The pensioners’ rights will be protected and utmost transpar- ency will be maintained through- out the process, the meeting ob- served. “We will work under the eyes of the leadership and the peo- ple of this country. Our work will be hundred per cent trans- parent,” said Finance Minister Shaikh Ahmed bin Mohammed Al Khalifa, on the sidelines of The meeting agreed The main aim of the meeting. not to jeopardise “To begin with, the changes these meetings the gains of is to reach an will be first made to the benefits beneficiaries, while received by Government min- understanding seeking ways to isters, lawmakers and members that guarantees of municipal councils. As public prolong the life of the continuity of servants we ourselves should pension funds. pension funds. set example for the citizens,” he MR AL ARADI added. MR FAKHRO The minister said that the ul- timate aim behind these reforms pointed out. nuses and benefits provided is to ensure the sustainability of “The meeting emphasised that to us.” funds. “Our important goal is to the rights of citizens cannot be Echoing a similar view, First sustain these funds and guaran- jeopardised. We, as MPs, have Deputy President of the Shura tee its existence in the coming agreed to begin the process with Council, Jamal Fakhro said years in order to serve the cit- ourselves by streamlining bo- both the Government and izens.” the Legislative Council had Parliament First Deputy agreed on not changing the Speaker Ali Al Aradi said the benefits of retirement. meeting reached consensus on “The main aim of these the general framework of activi- meetings is to reach an under- ties of the committee. 285 standing that guarantees the “The meeting agreed not to million Bahraini dinars continuity of pension funds,” jeopardise the gains of benefi- were handed over in he stressed. ciaries and retirees, while seek- retirement benefits The meeting focused main- ing the need to develop laws last year. ly on amendments to civil and related to retirement to prolong private retirement rules, while the life of pension funds,” he looking for ways to protect the THURSDAY, JULY 5, 2018 THURSDAY, JULY 5, 2018 05

Medical jobs expo

A career expo showcasing job vacancies in the medical sector opened yesterday at the premises of the Labour and Social Development Ministry in Isa Town. Labour and Social Development Minister Jameel Humaidan opened the exhibition. Health Minister Faeqa Al Saleh attended the opening ceremony along with other senior officials. Expat robbery gang jailed for five years Group of four Bangladeshi nationals would lure their victims to isolated areas before attacking them

TDT|Manama lured their victims to isolat - ed them in police net. (the second victim) had BD180 The defendants Ali Tarif ed areas, where they attacked The victims told police of - with him. We gave everything • them in a bid to rob their val- ficers that one of the four took to them along with a mobile were tried before the our Bangladeshi men, uables. them to a car park, where they The first defendant phone. The fourth defendant High Criminal Court aged between 27 and 30, Their last robbery occurred committed the crime. took me to a told us that he was working which ordered them F formed a robbery gang on August 4, 2017, in which “The first defendant took car park, where with the Criminal Investigation to be imprisoned for in 2017 to steal money and they robbed nearly BD300 me to a car park in Muharraq, Department before leaving the mobile phones, court files re- and a mobile phone from two where the other three sur - the other three place,” he added. five years each. vealed. men. rounded me,” one of the victims surrounded and The defendants were tried The four are said to have This incident, however, land- told prosecutors. robbed me. before the High Criminal Court The four men are said to VICTIM which ordered them to be im- have physically attacked prisoned for five years each. their victims in their bid They will be deported from to terrify them hand over “I had BD110 and 100 Saudi Bahrain once they serve their the valuables. riyal with me and my friend jail terms. THURSDAY, JULY 5, 2018 06 Bahrain-UK working group planned

The meeting discussed •several issues including the strengthening of relations in the sectors of education, science, innovation and scientific research, as well as cooperation at the level of higher education between universities in both countries.

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he preparatory meeting of the Joint Working Group between TBahrain and the United King- dom was held at the Ministry of For- eign Affairs, under the chairmanship of the Undersecretary for International Affairs, Dr Shaikh Abdulla bin Ahmed Al Khalifa. The preparatory meeting dealt with The preparatory meeting in progress. the topics to be discussed at the next Ministerial Meeting of the Joint Work- lations and means of enhancing them, It also discussed establishing a work- opments and cooperation in the fight strengthen cooperation and joint coor- ing Group, which will be held in London especially in the economic and invest- ing group in this regard, and ways to de- against terrorism. dination, thus enhancing the growing on July 19, 2018, under the chairmanship ment fields, and strengthening relations velop cooperation in the fields of energy, Dr Shaikh Abdulla stressed the partnership between the two friendly of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Shaikh in the sectors of education, science, transportation, water treatment and the importance of enhancing the strong countries. Khalid bin Ahmed bin Mohammed Al innovation and scientific research, as environment, and other related projects. friendship and close alliance between He also noted the active British role Khalifa, and his British counterpart. well as cooperation at the level of high- The meeting also reviewed regional the Kingdom of Bahrain and the United in ensuring the stability of the Gulf The meeting discussed several issues er education between universities in and international issues of common Kingdom, expressing his appreciation region, as well as bilateral cooperation of mutual concern, mainly bilateral re- both countries. concern, in relation to regional devel- and satisfaction for the mutual desire to in the fight against terrorism. New division set to boost Asry revenues The company plans to emerge leader in modular fabrication in the Arabian Gulf

chemical, water and industrial,” con- The multi-service yard now firmed Asry’s new Construction and • Engineering Senior Manager Sauvir includes four core services, Sarkar. defined as Ship Repair and “Fabrication facilities are insuffi- Conversion, Rig Repair and cient in the region, and even fewer Conversion, Naval Repair in Bahrain. Due to this, much of the fabrication and engineering work is and Conversion, as well as being contracted outside the region, Fabrication and Engineering. even from Bahrain. Asry can now be considered a preferred option for fab- TDT|Manama The fabrication rication work in the region. We believe Mohammad Zafran and engineering regional projects should be serviced by regional companies,” he explained. sry, the Bahrain-based mari- are already part In a statement issued, Asry stated time repair and fabrication fa- of Asry’s DNA that the move was is in response to Acility, has announced its plan to as they are key growing demand in the regional in - explore opportunities in a new sector elements in its dustrial landscape for high quality with the launch of a new fabrication ship and rig repair fabrication facilities. and engineering division. business. “New developments in the petro - The new arm – which provides chemical, desalination, and energy modular fabrication, steel structures, MR SHAW sector in Bahrain and the GCC have piping solutions, offshore structures pushed demand beyond current sup- and vessel construction – is the fourth The fabrication segment at Asry. ply, opening up a target space for pillar in the company’s newly defined “There is significant growth poten- Asry. core services. are key elements in its ship and rig tial in the regional fabrication sector, “The yard has over 40 years experi- The multi-service yard now in - repair business. starting with Bahrain, where our new ence in steel, piping and mechanical cludes four core services, defined as “Now we are deploying those years ownership structure as Bahrain gov- workmanship, as well as over 5,000 Ship Repair and Conversion, Rig Re- of expertise as own independent rev- ernment-owned entity will provide average employees on site, and a work pair and Conversion, Naval Repair and enue stream. Over the past 40 years, stability and longevity to meet fabri- space that is waterside with instant Conversion, as well as Fabrication and Asry has established itself as the lead- 1977 cation clients long-term needs.” access to water transport links. Com- was the year in which Engineering. er in ship repair, and now there is an Asry was established. “There is currently approximate- bined, these feature give Asry the Asry CEO Andy Shaw said yesterday opportunity to establish ourselves as ly $490 billion worth of projects in potential to quickly position as the that the fabrication and engineering the leader in modular fabrication in pre-execution phase across the GCC region’s leading fabrication facility,” are already part of Asry’s DNA as they the Arabian Gulf. in our target sectors of power, gas, oil, the company said.

BD7,000 payout for child accident victim’s family Project to reduce traffic jam on Al Mahzoura Avenue TDT|Manama hand lane on Estiqlal Highway. government. TDT|Manama “The planned improvements Mr Khalaf went on to stress that he work on Al Mahzoura Av- will reduce the waiting time on Al this particular project, which is Bahraini family was ordered to be enue-Estiqlal Highway Inter- Mahzoura Avenue by 28pc and im- The planned improvements considered essential to enhancing paid BD7,000 in compensation for the Tsection development project prove the efficiency of the intersec- will reduce the waiting the Kingdom’s road network, will A death of their two-year-old daughter. has begun, Works, Municipalities tion by 10pc. Street lighting will also time on Al Mahzoura have an immediate impact on con- The victim was killed in a road accident Affairs and Urban Planning Essam be refurbished. As of now, 50,000 Avenue by 28pc and gestion, and allow road-users easier caused by a Bahraini driver. Khalaf said yesterday. vehicles use the intersection on a access to residential and commer- The family’s lawyer Zainab Sabt said The minister noted that the pro- daily basis, peaking at a rate of 3,200 improve the efficiency of cial areas. that the High Civil Appeals Court ruled in ject, which is part of the second per hour,” he said. the intersection by 10pc. He explained that this project, and favour of the plaintiffs, and also ordered package of improvements that aim The project aims to streamline MR KHALAF the government’s comprehensive the imprisonment of the culprit for three to alleviate congestion at vital inter- traffic movement on Al Mahzoura road network plan more general- months. sections, will see the construction of Avenue to help alleviate bottlenecks sustainable economic growth and ly, will lead to a major expansion of The High Civil Court had earlier ordered a right turn for incoming traffic from and improve flexibility of traffic effective transport links are closely Bahrain’s transport capacity, accom- the insurance company to pay the compensa- Al Mahzoura Avenue towards Es- movement, especially during peak linked, adding that continual im- modating for increased urbanization tion, which was challenged in the High Civil tiqlal Highway, two eastward lanes times. provement of the Kingdom’s trans- as well as an exponential increase in Appeals Court. leading to Avenue 47, and one right- The minister highlighted that port network is a key priority for the the number of vehicles on the roads. 07 THURSDAY, JULY 5, 2018 business

Abe to cancel Uber, Careem in Iran trip over US merger talks pressure Local banks’ financial Reuters| Dubai Reuters| Tokyo ber Technologies is apanese Prime Minister Uin preliminary talks JShinzo Abe has given with rival Careem to com- up on a plan to visit Iran position robust: BAB bine their Middle East - this summer, Kyodo News ern ride-hailing services, said on Wednesday, as US Bloomberg news agency President Donald Trump in terms of credit rating and reported yesterday, citing has taken an increasingly The financial and ensure Bahrain’s stabilized fi- three people familiar with tough line against Tehran. • nancial condition with steady the matter. The visit to Iran would economic support improvements. The companies have dis- have been the first by a by KSA, UAE and Al Qassim also pointed out cussed several potential Japanese leader in 40 Kuwait will contribute that the International Mone- KNOW WHAT deal structures. years, forming part of Abe’s effectively to achieve tary Fund had praised Bahrain Under one of the pro - scheduled tour through the financial stability financial sector’s stability for posals, Careem’s current Middle East from July 11, its large capital reserves, capital Assets of retail leaders would manage the Kyodo said. adequacy and assets quality. banks operating in new combined business en- But Japan has told Iran TDT|Manama In the same context, Al Qas- tity while retaining one or Abe would not be able to sim noted the CBB’s continued the local market both of the companies’ local visit its capital, Tehran, de- ahrain’s banks are in a commitment to maintaining an rose from BD31.4 brands. spite arrangements it had very strong financial exchange rate peg at 0.376 Bah- billion in December Another proposal would been making for talks with Bposition with prudent Dr Waheed Al Qassim raini dinars to the US dollar. The 2017 to BD32.4 bil- be Uber acquiring the Mid- President Hassan Rouhani, financial and monetary poli- exchange rate peg provides an lion in May 2018, an dle East ride-hailing app, the agency added, citing cies adopted by Central Bank of anchor for monetary stability, increase of BD1 bil- the report added. government sources. Bahrain (CBB) and best financial financial stability, stressing that which contributes to controlling lion in five months In discussions with Ca- However, Motosada Ma- and banking practices followed the financial and economic sup- inflation and protecting the ex- reem, Uber has said that it tano, a spokesman for the by banks to ensure financial sta- port by KSA, UAE and Kuwait ternal value of the currency. would need to own more Japanese prime minister’s bility, sustainability and profit is contributing effectively to CEO of BAB assured that Bah- international currencies; the than half of the combined office, told Reuters noth- growth, Dr Waheed Al Qassim, achieve this objective, which rain’s financial ratios indicate pound sterling, euro, yen and company, if not buy Careem ing had been decided about chief executive of Bahrain Asso- will undoubtedly reflect posi- consistent positive financial Swiss franc due to dollar high outright, according to the Abe’s overseas travel plans. ciation of Banks (BAB), has said. tive credit ratings for Bahrain. health, where local liquidity exchange rate. This would in- Boomberg report. The decision not to vis- In an official statement, Dr Pointing out Moody’s and to expand in a stable manner crease Bahraini exports value Uber Technologies and it Iran was made in light Waheed Al Qassim said that the Fitch ratings, Dr Al Qassim said to keep inflation at low levels, and reduce imports value and Careem did not immediate- of Trump’s push to isolate Kingdom is continuously imple- that the tripartite Gulf support pointing to Bahraini dinar’s thus have a positive impact on ly respond to requests for Tehran. menting regulations to maintain will boost Bahrain economy improved value against major Bahrain trade balance. comment.

BisB to provide mortgage finance TDT| Manama

ahrain Islamic Bank (BisB) Bhas signed a memorandum of understanding with Bin Faqeeh Real Estate Investment Company to provide mortgage finance to villa buyers in Sidra residential project. Electricity and Water Affairs Minister Dr Abdulhussain Mirza with a delegation from the Regency Intercontinental Hotel, The signing ceremony was at- led by General Manager of InterContinental Hotels Group Bahrain Jan Ifcic, Director of the Regency Hotel Mohamed tended by Hassan Jarrar, Chief Sanad, and Director of Government Relations, Protocol and Contracting Ali Habil. The minister praised the efforts of the Executive Officer of BisB, along hotel in the tourism and hospitality sector and its keenness to provide the best services for tourists and visitors. with Faisal Faqeeh, Chairman of Bin Faqeeh Real Estate In- Hassan Jarrarand Faisal Faqeeh after signing the deal vestment Company, as well as a number of officials. Mohammed Qaid Al Zamzami, winner of As per the agreement, BisB “We are delighted to sign this project, located in Diyar Al Mu- the all-expenses paid trip to the 2018 FIFA will provide finance to villas agreement with Bin Faqeeh, harraq to cater to their residen- World Cup in Russia in a draw conducted buyers in the Sidra residential which comes as part of our ef- tial needs,” said Jarrar. as part of the VIVA Bahrain promotion. The project, under the bank’s mort- forts to continue to establish “This agreement comes in promo with Hisense offered a chance to gage financing scheme up to a strategic partnerships with line with Bin Faqeeh’s continu- enter a raffle draw on purchase of Hisense period of up to 25 years, with a leading companies in order to al efforts to further strengthen TV. The prize entailed a semi-final match 5 per cent reduction in the first expand our portfolio of services ties with leading banking insti- ticket along with BD1000 to cover hotel installment rate. and solutions for our custom- tutions, in order to contribute and accommodation expenses. The draw Non-Bahrainis will also be ers. The pact empowers our to the growth of the real estate was held in the presence of representatives eligible to apply under a differ- customers to purchase luxury sector in the Kingdom of Bah- from the Ministry of Industry and ent scheme. residential villas in the Sidra rain,” Faqeeh added. Commerce and Hisense Bahrain Baidu rolls out self-driving buses for tourist spots, airports

duction line of a factory in the ing Beijing, Guangzhou, Shen- try’s new megacity Xiong’an. CEO Robin Li south-eastern city of Xiamen. zhen, and the country’s new Early next year, they are set to • “2018 marks the first year of megacity Xiong’an. enter Japan’s self-driving mar- watched the 100th commercialisation for auton- Early next year, they are set to ket as shuttle buses at nuclear vehicle roll off a omous driving. From the mass enter Japan’s self-driving mar- power stations or in Tokyo to production line of a production of Apolong, we can ket as shuttle buses at nuclear ferry around elderly people in factory in the south- truly see that autonomous driv- power stations or in Tokyo to local communities. The vehicles ing is making great strides - tak- ferry around elderly people in have the “fourth level” of auto- eastern city of Xiamen ing the industry from zero to local communities. mation as defined by the Soci- one,” said the CEO. The 14-seater Apolong, about ety of Automotive Engineers, AFP| Beijing The 14-seater Apolong, about one-third the size of a normal meaning they can operate within one-third the size of a normal bus, has no steering wheel, driv- an enclosed location without hina’s Internet giant Baidu bus, has no steering wheel, driv- er’s seat, accelerator or brake. human intervention. This is one Cannounced yesterday it had er’s seat, accelerator or brake. Co-produced by Baidu and short of the highest level, where begun mass producing the coun- Co-produced by Baidu and Chinese bus manufacturer King vehicles can operate anywhere try’s first autonomous mini-bus, Chinese bus manufacturer King Long, they will soon be pressed on the road. “I took a self-driv- as the firm prepares to roll them Long, they will soon be pressed into commercial use in tour- ing car to come to the developer out in tourist spots and airports. into commercial use in enclosed An Apolong self-driving mini bus is exhibited at the Consumer Electronics Show ist areas and airports in several conference last year, and ended CEO Robin Li watched the areas such as tourist areas and Asia in Shanghai on June 13, 2018.- AFP (File photo) cities including Beijing, Guang- up getting a ticket at (Beijing’s) 100th vehicle roll off a pro - airports in several cities includ- zhou, Shenzhen, and the coun- fifth ring road,” Li quipped.

(Mustafa Akyol, a contrib- uting opinion writer and a THURSDAY, JULY 5, 2018 08 APM Terminals gives a ‘LIFT’ to KBSP TDT|Manama On the occasion, the Minis- s part of the ongoing ter praised APM’s continuous efforts in improving efforts in introducing advanced Acustomer experience at digitized systems to improve Khalifa Bin Salman Port (KBSP), and facilitate the ports’ users APM Terminals has introduced experience and operations and an online customer portal – LIFT for selecting Bahrain as one of - aimed at making transactions at their first two pilot countries the port easier, efficient, trans- globally for the launch of LIFT. parent and more cost effective to “With supply chains becom- the land side customers in Bah- ing global, technology is having rain, a major step in digitalizing a major impact on improving and facilitating logistical servic- Kamal Ahmed, Minister of Transportation and Telecommunications, with officials during the launch of it s portal ‘LIFT’ accessibility and efficiency for es. The portal was inaugurated the port sector. These easy to use by Kamal bin Ahmed Moham- services will ensure we deliver med, Minister of Transporta- ‘LIFT’, which can be accessed tus of their shipments/vessels, availability of support. By ena- and related costs. It also creates unparalleled port coverage and tion and Telecommunications, at www.lift.apmterminals.com/ schedule appointments such as bling customers to access these transparency of readiness of improved products and services at a ceremony held at Wynd - bahrain, allows customers to deliveries and destuffing of con- services online, this eliminates their shipments, available slots to our customers,” said Mark ham Grand which was attend- directly track and trace their tainers, pay online, and receive the need for agents to be pres- which helps better planning by Hardiman, Managing Director ed by high-level officials. The cargo real-time, check the sta- their invoices online, with 24/7 ent in person hence saving time the importers. of APM Terminals Bahrain.

VAT IN BAHRAIN Director of Conference Services at World Tourism Organization, Yolanda Sansegundo, Senior Expert on Innovation and Digital VAT impact on hospitality sector Transformation, Natalia Bayona travel. Issue will arise on book- and Senior Vice President of Enterprise Partnerships at ings done before implementation Mastercard, Diana Robino of VAT but travel date falling after with Chief Executive Officer of the VAT implementation date. Bahrain Tourism and Exhibitions Operational Issues Authority, Shaikh Khaled bin Humood Al Khalifa during GAURAV KHURANA / SANJOG MISHRA Loyalty program/Discount a meeting attended by the Schemes – Hotels and restau - Director of Facilities and Tourism rants have discount schemes for Services at BTEA, Hesham Al ahrain is one of the lead- municipal fees on hospitality its regular customers. They also Saken and Advisor at the BTEA, ing hospitality service pro- industry. For e.g., Dubai has have loyalty programmes which Jesus Florido-Banqueri Bviders in the MENA region. tourism Dirham (AED 7 to can be used for upgrading or pro- Tourism is the fourth largest non- AED 20) and Bahrain has 10 vision of complimentary suites oil contributor to the nation’s GDP. per cent government levy. It and dining facilities. VAT impact According to the World Travel will be interesting to see if in- in such cases, needs to be carefully and Tourism Council (WTCC) re- troduction of VAT will result evaluated. port, tourism in Bahrain directly in the abolishment of such Invoicing and ERP – Most of accounted for 4.3 per cent of GDP fees. In UAE, it was observed the hotels have different billing in 2015 (making BD465 million) that the tourism dirham and system or point of billing for ac- and along with the tourism’s municipality fee were re - commodation charges and res- feeding industries, the sector ac- tained post introduction of taurants. It is then consolidated counted for 10.6 per cent of GDP VAT. However, the industry at the time of check-out. It was (recording BD1.1 billion in the is demanding to abolish these observed that in certain instances, same year). The sector directly fees and only levy VAT. Such VAT was charged on food items in employed 31,500 people, almost practice has been observed the restaurant bill and upon con- 4.2 per cent of labor force, accord- in other countries as well to solidation, VAT was again charged ing to WTCC report. This makes make compliance easier. on the total amount i.e. double The Omani delegation from Public Establishment for Industrial Estates headed by the Director of tourism and hospitality one of the As stated earlier, most of the sup- VAT. This was purely due to wrong Communication & Investor Service Centre Mohammed bin Ahmed Al-Hinai with Undersecretary of Commerce Affairs Eng. Nader Khalil Al Moayyed, Assistant Undersecretary for Commercial Registration and Companies Ali most essential sectors of Bahrain. plies in the hospitality sector are IT configuration and hence sys- Maki and Director of Companies Control Ali Marhoon. The delegation is visiting the Kingdom to learn about its Introduction of VAT will clearly likely to be taxed @ 5 per cent. tem changes have to be properly experience in the field of service investment through the Bahrain Investors Center have an inflationary impact on However, there are few nuances managed. the hospitality sector since nei- which the sector needs to con- ther the GCC VAT Agreement, nor sider. These are probable issues Strategic Issues the UAE and KSA VAT legislations based on tax laws of KSA / UAE: Group Registration – There may indicate any exemptions or zero be instances where one group rating to services supplied by the Taxability of ancillary services company may be involved in hos- sector. So most of the supplies in Foreign Exchange – Certain ho- pitality and the other group com- the hospitality sector viz. accom- tels also provide Forex services pany in real estate industry. This SANITARY ENGINEERING OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE DIRECTORATE modation, dining, outdoor cater- to its customers. Forex services makes it a favorable instance for The Ministry of Works, Municipalities Affairs & Urban Planning would like to announce the following tender : ing, entertainment services etc. could be either taxable (conver- obtaining group registration as it Initial Tender Document Tender Box Closing Tender Title Tender No. are likely to be taxed at 5 per cent. sion fee) or exempt (conversion balances the slow movement of Fee (BD) Date / Time Bond (BD) Further, majority of the customers margin). If exempt, then the busi- cash revenue in real estate sec- 15/- Sunday, SUPPLY OF LIQUID will be tourist or retail customers ness has deal with reversal of In- tor with the quick flow of cash CED-PCP/74/2018 500/- Cash 22nd July 2018, CHLORINE TO TUBLI WPCC who will not be eligible for any put VAT related to the exempt revenue in the hospitality sector. (Non-Refundable) 2:00 PM VAT credit / refund on bills for revenue. Additionally, most multi-chain NOTE : you can now buy the tender documents through the Internal tender services on ministry of works website or the Bahrain e-Government – (https: Bahrain.bh) by using a credit card. hotel stays, F&B, entertainment Local Transportation – Hotels restaurants have central procure- • Tenders are invited from qualified Contractors registered with the Cost Engineering Directorate and Sanitary services, etc. However, consid- may also provide transportation ment for all subsidiaries. Group Engineering Operation and Maintenance Directorate of the Ministry for the Sanitary Engineering Affairs or having ering that the rate of VAT is only services to their guests. While registration may be beneficial in Commercial Registration in the relevant field to the above tender, entry to the ministry of works website or the 5 per cent (one of the lowest in UAE treats local transportation multi entity structures. Bahrain e-Government site as described above to get the tender documents from 05th July 2018, or pay the amount to the world), the impact of VAT is as a zero rated supply, KSA treats Given the importance of the the cashier, at the Financial Resources Directorate (3rd Floor New Building), who will issue a receipt. For further likely to be transient. In order to it to be taxable. It will therefore hospitality sector in Bahrain, it is information, please contact on 17545761-17545633. tide over the negative sentiment be pertinent to see the treatment imperative that the government • The works comprise of supply, deliver, load and unload the liquid chlorine cylinders to Tubli Water Pollution Control of increased cost, the sector will adopted by Bahrain. and industry work towards a Centre. have to invest in better service of- smooth and effortless transition • Interested Tenderers should comply with the Legislative Decree No. 36 and 37 of 2002 with respect to Regulating ferings to offer attractive avenues Technical issues into VAT regime. The industry on Government Tenders and Purchases, and also to comply with the Prime Minister’s Resolution No. 40 for 2015 for its customers. At the same time No show/Cancellation Charges its part has to start early prepara- giving priority to National Products and products at GCC Countries. Government has to play its part by – Hotels typically retain the entire tion to avoid any operational or • The Tenders must be deposited in the tender box provided on the Tender unit at 6th floor New Building, Ministry providing suitable policy support advance amount paid or deduct systematic issue while changing of Works, Municipalities Affairs and Urban Planning - as per the above mentioned date. to the sector. For example: certain amount as penalty in the its IT, accounting or business pro- • Tenders shall be submitted in One envelope. • the refund to the Tourist of event of no show or cancellation. cesses. Government, at the same • Tenderers are to supply copies of the following: 1.Company Commercial Registration indicating the tender relevant field and receipt for current registration fee. CR items purchased (such as tex- The issue is with respect to the time has to ensure that the indus- to be stamped with company stamp. tiles, electronics, etc.) should refund of VAT and/or applicability try is supported with favorable 2.The total tender sum as well as cost per unit (as the case maybe) should be written and submitted in form be allowed from the very first of VAT on the cancellation charge. policies to contain unnecessary 3.Initial Bond and a Copy of valid Certificate of Compliance with employment percentage for Bahraini Manpower date of VAT implementation. Perks to employees – Most of burden on the sector which along issued by the Ministry of Labour and stamped with company stamp. UAE and KSA have still not the restaurants and hotels have a with the ancillary businesses ac- 4.Any other items listed in the Instructions to Tenderers. put in mechanism for such practice of providing accommoda- count for nearly 10% of GDP. 5.All submitted documents (original or copy) should be stamped with company stamp. refund even after 6 months of tion/food to their employees. It is (Gaurav Khurana is a veteran VAT •Tenders shall remain valid for 180 days from the closing date. Initial Bond should be enclosed for the amount specified levy of VAT in these countries. essential to evaluate the taxability expert heading WTS Dhruva Bahrain, above or at a rate of 1% of the tender value whichever of the amount is lesser, provided that no initial bond’s Having such a refund mecha- of such supplies. a boutique tax services firm). Sanjog value shall be less than BD. 100/. Ensure that the initial bond is in cash or in a form of certified cheque or nism which is in line with the Transitional Provisions – This Mishra is a VAT specialist with signifi- bank/insurance company guarantee, valid for the duration specified in the tender documents and should be enclosed international best practices, is one of the most crucial issues cant experience of VAT and Indirect tax- with each tender. increases the goodwill of the in the VAT implementation for es. For any queries or discussion, please • Tenders not complying with the above conditions and requirements as well as terms and conditions mentioned in the country. hospitality sector. Most hotels and write to gaurav.khurana@dhruvaadvi- tender documents will be rejected. • Most of the GCC nations have resorts have advance booking and sors.com or call at +973 3442 3043 or • This advertisement should form part of the Tender Documents. some form of government/ payment made prior to the date of +973 16631921). THURSDAY, JULY 5, 2018 09

Abraaj probed over mismanagement UAE rise alongside oil prices Dubai ubai’s financial regu- Dlator is investigating Property and allegations of misman - • agement at private equity financial shares led the firm Abraaj, which is on Dubai index higher the verge of financial col- KNOW WHAT lapse after a scandal over The Dubai index its use of investor money, closed• 0.8pc higher two sources familiar with the matter said. The Dubai Financial Saudi Arabia’s The Tadawul All-Share • Index (TASI) reached Services Authority (DFSA) largest food products its highest point at has interviewed the firm’s company, lost 2.2pc founder, Arif Naqvi, and 20,634.86 on 25 Febru- other senior executives in ary 2006. It lists 171 pub- the past few months as part Reuters | Duba licly traded companies of the probe, the sources (as of August 20, 2017) said. nited Arab Emirates The DFSA declined to (UAE) markets closed Traders on the floor of Dubai financial market (Courtesy of Arabian Business) comment. Abraaj said in a Uhigher yesterday as oil statement discussions be- prices rose on uncertainty over tween it and the regulator the supply outlook. Closing Bell ly. Dubai Islamic Bank gained higher. rose 2.1pc and 1.7pc respectively. were “ongoing.” Falling US crude invento - SAUDI  0.1% » 8,247 0.8pc and Emirates NBD ended Abu Dhabi National Ener- Petrochemicals, metals, and fer- ries and looming US sanctions up 1pc. gy Co jumped 4.6pc and Dana tiliser producer Industries Qatar DUBAI  0.8% » 2,861 against Iran are a risk to sup - Contractor Drake & Scull In- Gas was up 1pc on the back was up 1.2pc. The Qatar index ply in an already tight market ABU DHABI 0.5% » 4,594 ternational (DSI) bounced 3.3pc of higher oil prices. Financial ending the day 0.5pc higher. Saudi offers despite OPEC pledges to raise QATAR  0.5% » 9,231 after a 9.9pc drop on Tuesday. shares also rose, with First Abu Savola Group, Saudi Arabia’s DSI Comoros $22m output. KUWAIT  2.6% » 5,132 , one of the weakest stocks Dhabi Bank up 0.4pc and Abu largest food products company, Property and financial shares in the Dubai index, fell after the Dhabi Commercial Bank up lost 2.2pc, and regional dairy led the Dubai index higher with BAHRAIN  0.9% » 1,322 outcome of an investigation into 0.7pc. The Abu Dhabi index company Almarai closed 1.5pc Moroni developers Emaar Properties OMAN  0.3% » 4,523 “violations” by previous man- closed 0.5pc higher. lower. and DAMAC Properties rising 1.8 EGYPT 0.7% » 16,3102 agement. In Qatar, telecom shares The Saudi index ended 0.1pc audi Arabia has signed per cent and 1.9pc respective- The Dubai index closed 0.8pc Vodafone Qatar and Ooredoo higher at 8,247 points. Sagreements with Co - moros worth $22 million to help finance water and road infrastructure in the Indian Ocean island nation, Stocks struggle on tariff concerns as Riyadh seeks to expand Brent crude firm its network of allies. London, United Kingdom The agreements were signed during a meeting in lobal stock markets faltered the Comoros capital Mo- Gyesterday as China- US roni on Tuesday between trade tensions simmered ahead the Saudi interior minister, of the introduction of new tar- Prince Abdulaziz bin Saud iffs. bin Nayef and his host Pres- Key European equity indices ident Azali Assoumani, Co- London and Frankfurt were moros officials said. lower at the close, after a down- beat session in Asia, while Paris managed to eke out tiny gains. Market volumes were sub- UAE further delays dued with Wall Street shut for Representative picture the Independence Day holiday. A pedestrian walks past a stock indicator displaying numbers of the Tokyo launch of first “European markets have Stock Exchange nuclear reactor struggled... hit by further Chi- Reuters | London na worries,” noted analyst Chris Chinese imports as retribution ter-measures, potentially cov- Abu Dhabi Beauchamp at trading firm IG. for what Washington describes ering another $400 billion in rent oil extended gains In Asia, Shanghai stocks twist- as Beijing’s theft of American Chinese goods. he United Arab Emir- Byesterday due to Middle $78.05 ed lower before US President technology and other unfair “There remain worries about Tates said yesterday that East tensions and a drop in US a barrel was the price Donald Trump’s new tariffs trade practices. the impact of a possible US-Chi- its first nuclear reactor crude inventories for the sec- of Brent crude futures kick in on Friday. Beijing has vowed to respond na trade war on both the Chi- would come online in late ond week in a row caused by an LCOc1 by 1121 GMT The US is due to begin en- with its own tariffs immedi - nese economy with potential 2019 or early 2020, further outage at a Canadian facility. forcing tariffs on more than $30 ately, which Trump has said fall out across the wider Asian delaying the launch of the The price was near session billion (25.8 billion euros) in will invite far steeper US coun- region,” said City Index analyst Arab World’s first atomic highs above $78 a barrel af- Fiona Cincotta. power station. ter an Iranian Revolutionary US authorities have mean- Construction of the first Guards commander said he weekly occurrences,” PVM Oil Trump’s trillion-dollar trade war while blocked a seven-year ap- of four reactors at the $20 was ready to prevent regional Associates strategist Tamas U.S. President Donald Trump’s trade wars with allies and trade partners plication from China Mobile to billion (17 billion euro) could easily surge through the trillion-dollar mark and affect almost crude exports if Iranian oil Varga said. “Under these cir- a third of America’s total trade with the world enter the domestic market, cit- Barakah plant has been sales were banned by the Unit- cumstances it is justified to ing national security concerns. completed ahead of “op- ed States. argue for higher prices when $17,500 billion However, in a contrasting eration by the end of 2019 Global merchandise trade in 2017 Brent crude futures LCOc1 production increases are an- development, Washington has (or) early 2020,” Emirates were up 29 cents at $78.05 nounced,” he said. temporarily allowed Chinese Nuclear Energy Corpation a barrel by 1121 GMT, while Trading is expected to be telecoms company ZTE to re- said, quoted by the state-run $3,900bn US crude futures CLc1 were limited on Wednesday by a US U.S. trade with the sume some activities. WAM news agency. down 34 cents at $73.80 a bar- national holiday, although the world in 2017 The first reactor had been rel, paring gains after rallying market has been more volatile. China concern due to come online last year, by as much as 1.2 percent on Implied options volatility, a Concerns remain for the but the launch was initially Tuesday. way of measuring uncertainty Shanghai stock market, which delayed until 2018 to make Iranian President Hassan among crude oil traders and is down more than 20 percent time for regulatory ap - Rouhani appeared on Tues- investors, is at its highest since $1,254bn from its January high on con- provals and complete safe- day to threaten to disrupt oil the run-up to last month’s Trade at risk cerns about a slowing Chinese ty checks. No reason was shipments from neighboring OPEC meeting where an agree- China Canada economy. immediately given for the states if Washington continued ment was reached to ease up Jul 6: U.S. and China U.S. has imposed 25% The yuan is also under pres- latest postponement. to press all countries to stop on output curbs in place since to impose tariffs on European steel and 10% sure, though it levelled after a State-owned ENEC said buying Iranian oil. January 2017. $34 billion of imports – Union aluminium tariffs worth rally on comments from cen- a second reactor was 93 tariffs on further $16bn $12.6bn. Canada US Threat to Looming sanctions on With the outlook unclear, announced. hit €10bn is responding with tral bank chief Yi Gang, who percent complete, a third Iranian crude exports, force investors were turning to op- Trump has vowed of U.S. goods if Trump like-for-like tariffs pledged to keep the exchange is 83 percent finished and majeure in Libya and un - tions to protect themselves further $400bn worth of imposes tariffs on auto Total: $25.2bn rate stable and avoid using the the fourth was 72 percent imports to be targeted planned pipeline outages in against any sudden move, said trade worth $61.2bn currency as a weapon in any complete. The nuclear plant with 10% tariff if Beijing Total: $71.2bn Nigeria have been clouding the Harry Tchilinguirian, head of strikes back. China Mexico trade war. west of Abu Dhabi is being supply outlook despite rising commodities strategy at BNP has pledged tit-for-tat Has imposed Oil prices diverged, after ear- built by a consortium led by tariffs tariffs on output by the Organization Paribas. Total: $900bn $3bn worth of U.S. lier climbing on the prospect of the Korea Electric Power of the Petroleum Exporting “When there is consolida- exports to match tumbling Iranian crude exports Corporation. Trump tariffs Countries. tion in the market, there is also India in the face of new US sanctions. When fully operational, Malaysia, South Korea Total: $6bn “In an ideal world an in - the expectation of an even - Tariffs hiked Hit by 30% tariff on Saudi Arabia has said it is pre- the four reactors should crease in global or regional oil tual price breakout in either by 50% on $4bn solar panel exports NAFTA pared to boost supply to balance produce 5,600 megawatts production would have down- direction. So in the options 30 imported U.S. goods to U.S. and 20% tariff Looming threat of auto the market, but traders are also of electricity, around 25 in retaliation to steel on $1.3bn washing levies on Canada and ward pressure on prices. These market, the volatility gets bid and aluminium levies machine exports Mexico weighing factors like Libyan percent of the UAE’s needs, are, however, no normal times up,” he told the Reuters Global Total: $240 million Total: $5.3bn Total: $246bn supply disruption and rising according to the energy as supply outages are almost Oil Forum. Sources: Bloomberg, Financial Times, India Today, Nikkei Asian Review, WTO © GRAPHIC NEWS UD demand. ministry. EVERYONE HERE HAS THE QUOTE SENSE THAT RIGHT NOW IS OF THE ONE OF THOSE MOMENTS DAY WHEN WE ARE INFLUENCING Thursday, July 5, 2018 Is Neymar black? Ever since his ‘It’s not like I’m black, you know?’ comment, Neymar has served as a focal point in Brazil’s cultural reckoning with racism, whitening, identity and public policy.

Unlike the national team, however, the Soccer is celebrated as one rights and African independence movements, upper echelons of most professions in Brazil of the meritocratic spheres black Brazilians had failed to mobilize in a — be it medicine, media, business, enter- in Brazil, where talent counts similar fashion, it concluded that Brazil’s tainment or government — are occupied by the most. But when the legacy of embranquecimento, or whitening, whites. The nation’s raw demographic data sport first took hold in the had a great deal to do with it. paints an accurate portrait of a diverse peo- country, in the early 20th Black rights groups in Brazil, such as Ed- CLEUCI DE OLIVEIRA ple; yet it also adds patina to the old myth, ucafro and the student movement Coletivo promoted for generations by the government century, the major clubs and Negrada, have since fought to counter that and first intellectualized by sociologists near- leagues barred nonwhites. legacy. Activists don’t want social ascension, ly a century ago, that Brazil is a democracia or economic betterment, to have to correlate ears before he became the most ex- racial,” or “racial democracy.” with whiteness. They want visibly black and pensive player in the world; before Because Brazil never had an apartheid sys- brown faces not just on the beloved national Yhis Olympic gold medal; before the tem like South Africa, or a ban on mixed-race team, but in the highest ranks of Brazilian Eiffel Tower lit up with his name to greet marriages like America, went the argument, And only 13% of those in the same age bracket society. And in the past two decades, they’ve his professional move from Barcelona to a spirit of warm relations blossomed across were enrolled in college. succeeded in measurable ways. Paris, Neymar da Silva Santos Júnior, the racial divides. Even that happier stat that a third of mar- Brazil now has some of the most robust Brazilian forward known to the world simply Never mind that Brazil was the riages are mixed-race comes with an asterisk: affirmative action policies in the world, with as Neymar, faced his first public relations last country in the Americas to According to the sociologist Edward Telles, many admissions spots in federal universities controversy. abolish slavery in 1888; or author of “Race in Another America: The reserved for nonwhite students and those at The year was 2010, and Neymar, that after abolition, the Significance of Skin Color in Brazil,” the the poverty level. In every department of the then 18, had shot to fame in Bra- ruling class mounted a rates of intermarriage are negligible among federal government, 20% of jobs go to black zil after a sensational breakout campaign to whiten wealthier Brazilians. and mixed-race candidates. season. During an interview the majority-black Soccer is celebrated as one of the merito- But with these gains came new dilem - for the newspaper O Estado population, by fully cratic spheres in Brazil, where talent counts mas. Concerns over affirmative action fraud de S. Paulo, in between a subsidizing the im- the most. But when the sport first took hold have plagued some of the most prestigious conversation about Disn- migration of over in the country, in the early 20th century, the university programs, fostering unease on eyland and sports cars, 4 million white major clubs and leagues barred nonwhites. campuses. Students of complex heritages and he was asked if he had Europeans, The most famous player of all time, Edson identities report each other to administrators ever experienced rac- giving them Arantes do Nascimento, popularly known as for not being black, or at least black enough. ism. “Never. Not in the free land and Pelé, had another nickname near the start of Episodes of mass expulsions occur multiple field, nor outside of it,” compelling his career: “gasolina,” the Portuguese word times a year — followed, inevitably, by law- he replied. Brazilians for “crude oil.” suits from the expelled students. “It’s not like I’m to take up with To the frustration of some Brazilians, Pelé And the mechanisms put in place to curb black, you know?” them. has long preferred a posture of attempting potential fraud, predominantly in the form of His answer was heard “The Bra - to ignore racism and he has largely resist- in-person interviews with government-ap- like a record-scratch zilian people, ed public alliances with activists. In 2014, pointed anti-racism experts, have proved across the country. more than any speaking on a Brazilian sports channel, Pelé cumbersome at best and counterproductive at Was this young man in other, needs chastised Brazilian club goalkeeper Aranha worst. In 2016, one government department denial about his racial the influence for confronting spectators who called him a in the state of Pará went as far as devising a identity? Particular- of advanced monkey. “If I had to stop or shout every time candidate checklist that measured features ly when in the same peoples in I was racially abused,” he said, “every game such as nose width, skull shape and hair curl interview he outlined building a would have to be stopped.” tightness. The department retired the check- his meticulous hair care race,” read one That same year, in Spain, a spectator threw list following a national outcry. regime, which involved 1914 pamphlet, a banana at Daniel Alves, Neymar’s fellow In 2017, Neymar addressed racism in a getting his locks chemi- “especially at the Brazilian and then-teammate at FC Barcelona. speech at the United Nations, as a represent- cally straightened every few historic moment Alves jauntily ate the banana in defiance. Ney- ative for the nonprofit Handicap Internation- weeks, then bleached blonde. when the percentage mar responded by starting a viral campaign al. Back in Brazil, the public applauded his Or was there a less alarming ex- represented by the Af- with the caption “somos todos macacos”: “we speech, interpreting it as a turning point in his planation behind his comment? Could rican race is beginning to are all monkeys.” The move was applauded as willingness to wrestle with the issue. “This Neymar merely be pointing out that, decline and must disappear a cheeky response by some. But many black has been a problematic theme for years,” he as the son of a black father and a white into the whirlpool of the Brazilians weren’t impressed. His image was said. “And it is prevalent within soccer. But mother, his lighter skin tone shielded him white race.” still haunted by the 2010 incident, in which incidents are occurring less and less. People from the racist abuse directed at other Even once “democracia ra- he appeared to distance himself from his are changing. The world is changing.” players? Had he, at least in his context, cial” was widely debunked by black heritage. When spectators — whether they be from reached whiteness? Whatever the inter- a new generation of social sci- “This is the difference between Brazil and England, the United States or India — see pretation, Neymar’s words revealed the entists, the enduring legacy of America,” Paulo César Lima, the 1970 World Brazil playing, they should resist any urge to tricky, often contradictory ways that many the myth was that, rather than Cup champion and black rights activist, said romanticize the country as a living illustra- Brazilians talk, and fail to talk, about race engage with the race question, during the 2010 episode. “Over there, if you’re tion of racial harmony. What they’re seeing, in a country with the largest population of Brazilians had turned racism, black, you stand up and say you’re black.” rather than a post-racial society, is a different black descendants outside of Africa. and talking about racism, into a Lima’s words point to a painful and some- country with distinct racial quagmires of its When audiences tune in to watch Brazil taboo. In concealing the problem what paradoxical consequence of Brazil’s own. play, they are treated to a rich spectrum from vigorous public debate, a racial fluidity. America’s politics of racial The World Cup is a wonderful event, show- of skin tones flashing vibrantly across the hierarchy based on skin colour purity, which culminated in the notion that casing the best of human achievement. And screen. The racial makeup of the Brazilian was allowed to congeal. even one-drop of African blood made a per- Brazil, with Neymar leading the way, have a squad, in fact, generally reflects the demo- Today, the socio-economic son legally black, fostered solidarity among good shot at winning it. But this pageant of graphics of the country. According to 2017 consequences of Brazil’s “pig- those targeted by discriminatory laws. In nations is also a reminder, on the 130th anni- data released by the census department, 47% mentocracy” still reverberate: Brazil, however, the often admirable blurring versary of slavery’s abolition, that the modern of Brazilians identify as mixed-race, while The top 1% of Brazil’s economy of racial boundaries is a modern reality that world, in all of its globalized splendour, still another 8% identify as black. One-third of is about 80% white; three-quar- — rather than stemming from colourblind- lacks a truly equal, multiracial society.. marriages happen across racial boundaries. ters of the bottom 10%, meanwhile, ness — is tainted with the sinister origins Such numbers confirm the common belief are black or mixed-race. In 2016, of state-sanctioned attempts to dilute, even (Cleuci de Oliveira is a journalist who has reported both in the United States and South America. Her work on held by Brazilians, and the millions of inter- more than half of black or mixed- dissolve, blackness. race and Brazilian law has appeared in Foreign Policy, national travellers who visited last year, that race students between the ages of When in 1965, Ebony magazine set out to The Guardian and other outlets.) the country is a racially fluid society. 18-24 hadn’t reached high school. explore why, at the height of the U.S. civil

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TOP Taxman’s yellow card 4 TWEETS and Ronaldo’s foul act 01 pose is to avoid taxes are typically not legal. In the case of Ronaldo, Spanish prosecutors considered as an aggravating circumstance that he created Is Neymar black? shell companies for the sole purpose of confusing the taxman. Why should we care about Ronaldo’s income Ever since his ‘It’s not like I’m black, you know?’ comment, Neymar has served GABRIEL ZUCMAN and tax affairs? Because they illustrate our col- as a focal point in Brazil’s cultural reckoning with racism, whitening, identity lective failure to adapt to globalization, and the pluribus unum — out efore his team lost on June 30, Portugal’s lessons we can draw from this example extend and public policy. Eof diversity comes a superstar forward Ronaldo was having a beyond soccer to the rest of society. deeper strength and uni- Bthrilling World Cup. There was his stun- Over the past three decades, the winners of ty rooted in the timeless ning performance against Spain, where he scored globalization have seen their income boom. ideals we celebrate to- The three of the game’s six goals. There was his out- Ronaldo’s image rights are worth more than a Unlike the national team, however, the Soccer is celebrated as one rights and African independence movements, day. It’s “We the People” standing early header against Morocco, which billion dollars because his brand is particularly upper echelons of most professions in Brazil of the meritocratic spheres black Brazilians had failed to mobilize in a not “Us vs. Them.” Hap- Portuguese prompted his coach to declare that Ronaldo was valuable to a company like Nike with a worldwide — be it medicine, media, business, enter- in Brazil, where talent counts similar fashion, it concluded that Brazil’s py 4th of July! ageing “like a port wine.” Exhilarating displays of customer base. But the tax rates of these winners, tainment or government — are occupied by the most. But when the legacy of embranquecimento, or whitening, @BillClinton soccer star’s virtuosity! Brilliance and showmanship! What’s instead of rising, have fallen dramatically. From whites. The nation’s raw demographic data sport first took hold in the had a great deal to do with it. financial not to like? 1930 to 1980, the top marginal income tax rate paints an accurate portrait of a diverse peo- country, in the early 20th Black rights groups in Brazil, such as Ed- Well — besides his collapse during last week- in the United States averaged 78 per cent; today CLEUCI DE OLIVEIRA ple; yet it also adds patina to the old myth, ucafro and the student movement Coletivo maneuvers end’s game — what about this: The day of the Por- it’s 37pc. Instead of redistributing the gains from promoted for generations by the government century, the major clubs and Negrada, have since fought to counter that 02 tugal-Spain match, Ronaldo, who plays for Real globalization, the tax system has concentrated and first intellectualized by sociologists near- leagues barred nonwhites. legacy. Activists don’t want social ascension, can tell us a Madrid, had acknowledged evading 14.7 million them into just a few hands. This path is unlikely ly a century ago, that Brazil is a democracia or economic betterment, to have to correlate euros (about $17.1 million) in taxes between 2011 to be sustainable, economically or politically. But ears before he became the most ex- racial,” or “racial democracy.” with whiteness. They want visibly black and lot about the and 2014. That’s enough to pay for 800 full-time we can fix this. pensive player in the world; before Because Brazil never had an apartheid sys- brown faces not just on the beloved national world’s failure Spanish primary school teachers for one year or We’re often told that taxing the most successful Yhis Olympic gold medal; before the tem like South Africa, or a ban on mixed-race team, but in the highest ranks of Brazilian to treat 1,000 patients with breast cancer. among us is impossible or counterproductive. Eiffel Tower lit up with his name to greet marriages like America, went the argument, And only 13% of those in the same age bracket society. And in the past two decades, they’ve to adapt to And Ronaldo is far from an isolated case. In But in fact, professional sports often shows how his professional move from Barcelona to a spirit of warm relations blossomed across were enrolled in college. succeeded in measurable ways. 2017, his archrival, Lionel Messi of Argentina misguided this argument is. Paris, Neymar da Silva Santos Júnior, the racial divides. Even that happier stat that a third of mar- Brazil now has some of the most robust appy Birthday, globalisation — who plays for FC Barcelona — was given a For one, governments could drastically curb Brazilian forward known to the world simply Never mind that Brazil was the riages are mixed-race comes with an asterisk: affirmative action policies in the world, with HAmerica! Today, let 21-month prison sentence (which was changed tax evasion by increasing the sanctions against as Neymar, faced his first public relations last country in the Americas to According to the sociologist Edward Telles, many admissions spots in federal universities us remember our com- to $2.5 million in fines) for the same crime. the intermediaries that facilitate it. It’s unlike- controversy. abolish slavery in 1888; or author of “Race in Another America: The reserved for nonwhite students and those at mon identity, deepest In both cases, the Spanish ly that longer prison time The year was 2010, and Neymar, that after abolition, the Significance of Skin Color in Brazil,” the the poverty level. In every department of the values and highest aspi- authorities found the play- Countries lure the best players or bigger fines would have then 18, had shot to fame in Bra- ruling class mounted a rates of intermarriage are negligible among federal government, 20% of jobs go to black rations. Out of many, one. ers guilty of dodging taxes by offering them sweet tax deterred Ronaldo or Messi. zil after a sensational breakout campaign to whiten wealthier Brazilians. and mixed-race candidates. So much of our greatness on the income derived from But revoking the licenses is yet to come. deals, and clubs from the Union season. During an interview the majority-black Soccer is celebrated as one of the merito- But with these gains came new dilem - their image rights. These of European Football Associa- of the banks found helping for the newspaper O Estado population, by fully cratic spheres in Brazil, where talent counts mas. Concerns over affirmative action fraud @tim_cook rights — which they, like tax dodgers and imposing de S. Paulo, in between a subsidizing the im- the most. But when the sport first took hold have plagued some of the most prestigious many other professional tions recycle billions of dollars sanctions against tax ha- conversation about Disn- migration of over in the country, in the early 20th century, the university programs, fostering unease on athletes, had transferred to from Russian oligarchs, with no vens would cause the sup- eyland and sports cars, 4 million white major clubs and leagues barred nonwhites. campuses. Students of complex heritages and 03 shell companies in exotic spending limit, except for how ply of tax evasion services he was asked if he had Europeans, The most famous player of all time, Edson identities report each other to administrators tax havens — account for a much debt they can accumulate to shrink. ever experienced rac- giving them Arantes do Nascimento, popularly known as for not being black, or at least black enough. large part of their income. Once tax evasion was ism. “Never. Not in the free land and Pelé, had another nickname near the start of Episodes of mass expulsions occur multiple For the top players on the curbed, governments could field, nor outside of it,” compelling his career: “gasolina,” the Portuguese word times a year — followed, inevitably, by law- planet, such rights can tax top incomes at higher he replied. Brazilians for “crude oil.” suits from the expelled students. amount to many millions of rates, for the greater good. “It’s not like I’m to take up with To the frustration of some Brazilians, Pelé And the mechanisms put in place to curb dollars a year. And don’t believe anyone black, you know?” them. has long preferred a posture of attempting potential fraud, predominantly in the form of That some of the world’s who says this would harm His answer was heard “The Bra - to ignore racism and he has largely resist- in-person interviews with government-ap- resident Obama is most famous athletes could defraud tax authori- the economy — these claims usually don’t make like a record-scratch zilian people, ed public alliances with activists. In 2014, pointed anti-racism experts, have proved Pa patriot. And was ties seems at first incomprehensible: They should much sense. Look no further than Ronaldo: His across the country. more than any speaking on a Brazilian sports channel, Pelé cumbersome at best and counterproductive at a better president than know that their tax returns will be closely scru- image would still be as valuable to Nike if he had Was this young man in other, needs chastised Brazilian club goalkeeper Aranha worst. In 2016, one government department Trump will ever be. He tinized, and being labelled tax evaders certainly to pay more in taxes, and it does not cost him denial about his racial the influence for confronting spectators who called him a in the state of Pará went as far as devising a had more swagger than does not enhance the value of their image or their much to provide it — so nothing bad would hap- identity? Particular- of advanced monkey. “If I had to stop or shout every time candidate checklist that measured features Trump will ever have, popularity with fans. pen if he had to pay more. With a lower after-tax ly when in the same peoples in I was racially abused,” he said, “every game such as nose width, skull shape and hair curl even in that tan suit. But as the cases of Ronaldo, Messi and many income, he would still score as many goals. You interview he outlined building a would have to be stopped.” tightness. The department retired the check- Trump couldn’t even wealthy individuals caught in recent leaks such don’t hurt anyone when you tax the Ronaldos of his meticulous hair care race,” read one That same year, in Spain, a spectator threw list following a national outcry. shine his tan shoes. as the Panama Papers and Paradise Papers illus- the world — you just make it possible for every- regime, which involved 1914 pamphlet, a banana at Daniel Alves, Neymar’s fellow In 2017, Neymar addressed racism in a Everyone who retweets trate, tax evasion is pervasive among the rich, one to gain when they do. getting his locks chemi- “especially at the Brazilian and then-teammate at FC Barcelona. speech at the United Nations, as a represent- agrees. Happy 4th of deserving athletes or idle rentiers alike. Why? The United States isn’t typically known for its cally straightened every few historic moment Alves jauntily ate the banana in defiance. Ney- ative for the nonprofit Handicap Internation- July! #DworkinReport Not because they are evil people or imper- redistributive tax policies nowadays, but even weeks, then bleached blonde. when the percentage mar responded by starting a viral campaign al. Back in Brazil, the public applauded his @funder vious to the consequences of their actions, Americans still understand this basic truth: Sky- Or was there a less alarming ex- represented by the Af- with the caption “somos todos macacos”: “we speech, interpreting it as a turning point in his but because they are wooed by a global tax high incomes for star athletes are socially useless. planation behind his comment? Could rican race is beginning to are all monkeys.” The move was applauded as willingness to wrestle with the issue. “This evasion industry. That’s why American sports leagues have either Neymar merely be pointing out that, decline and must disappear a cheeky response by some. But many black has been a problematic theme for years,” he Have you ever been invited by a Swiss salary caps (as in the NFL) or luxury taxes (as in as the son of a black father and a white into the whirlpool of the Brazilians weren’t impressed. His image was said. “And it is prevalent within soccer. But 04 bank to a golf tournament in Miami or the NBA) that severely limit how much teams can mother, his lighter skin tone shielded him white race.” still haunted by the 2010 incident, in which incidents are occurring less and less. People an exhibition’s opening in Paris? Neither spend on players. from the racist abuse directed at other Even once “democracia ra- he appeared to distance himself from his are changing. The world is changing.” have I. But the world’s “ultra-high-net- There is no such thing in European sports: players? Had he, at least in his context, cial” was widely debunked by black heritage. When spectators — whether they be from worth individuals” — whether they Countries lure the best players by offering them reached whiteness? Whatever the inter- a new generation of social sci- “This is the difference between Brazil and England, the United States or India — see live in the United States, France or sweet tax deals, and clubs from the Union of Eu- pretation, Neymar’s words revealed the entists, the enduring legacy of America,” Paulo César Lima, the 1970 World Brazil playing, they should resist any urge to elsewhere — regularly are. Law firms ropean Football Associations recycle billions of tricky, often contradictory ways that many the myth was that, rather than Cup champion and black rights activist, said romanticize the country as a living illustra- and financial intermediaries sell the dollars from Russian oligarchs, with no spending Brazilians talk, and fail to talk, about race engage with the race question, during the 2010 episode. “Over there, if you’re tion of racial harmony. What they’re seeing, superrich on shell companies, off- limit (except for how much debt they can accu- in a country with the largest population of Brazilians had turned racism, black, you stand up and say you’re black.” rather than a post-racial society, is a different appy fourth of July shore bank accounts, trusts and foun- mulate). So while inequality has increased less in black descendants outside of Africa. and talking about racism, into a Lima’s words point to a painful and some- country with distinct racial quagmires of its HAmerica, the 242nd dations — arrangements whose Europe overall than in the United States, when When audiences tune in to watch Brazil taboo. In concealing the problem what paradoxical consequence of Brazil’s own. birthday of the greatest purpose is to conceal assets by it comes to professional sports it’s the opposite. play, they are treated to a rich spectrum from vigorous public debate, a racial fluidity. America’s politics of racial The World Cup is a wonderful event, show- nation the world has ever disconnecting wealth, and the European soccer — with its tax evasion, un- of skin tones flashing vibrantly across the hierarchy based on skin colour purity, which culminated in the notion that casing the best of human achievement. And known, ,concieved in the income it generates, from its fettered tax competition and unconstrained screen. The racial makeup of the Brazilian was allowed to congeal. even one-drop of African blood made a per- Brazil, with Neymar leading the way, have a quest for liberty, our free- actual owner. inequality — is one possible path for the rest of squad, in fact, generally reflects the demo- Today, the socio-economic son legally black, fostered solidarity among good shot at winning it. But this pageant of dom fought and died for, Although this industry our societies, and the one the United States is graphics of the country. According to 2017 consequences of Brazil’s “pig- those targeted by discriminatory laws. In nations is also a reminder, on the 130th anni- our struggles blessed by presents itself as legal and currently favouring. We can keep going down data released by the census department, 47% mentocracy” still reverberate: Brazil, however, the often admirable blurring versary of slavery’s abolition, that the modern the Eternal God. legitimate, in many cases the that path. Or we can emulate the NBA instead of of Brazilians identify as mixed-race, while The top 1% of Brazil’s economy of racial boundaries is a modern reality that world, in all of its globalized splendour, still Happy birthday America products it sells are illegal, mimicking the UEFA In professional sports, as in another 8% identify as black. One-third of is about 80% white; three-quar- — rather than stemming from colourblind- lacks a truly equal, multiracial society.. @CharlieDaniels because people usually have the rest of the economy, inequality is a choice: marriages happen across racial boundaries. ters of the bottom 10%, meanwhile, ness — is tainted with the sinister origins to pay taxes on their worldwide Policies exacerbate it or prevent it. Some coun- Such numbers confirm the common belief are black or mixed-race. In 2016, of state-sanctioned attempts to dilute, even (Cleuci de Oliveira is a journalist who has reported both income (whether it’s “earned” tries do better than others, and we can learn from in the United States and South America. Her work on Disclaimer: (Views expressed held by Brazilians, and the millions of inter- more than half of black or mixed- dissolve, blackness. race and Brazilian law has appeared in Foreign Policy, by columnists are personal and in the British Virgin Islands or others and from the past. national travellers who visited last year, that race students between the ages of When in 1965, Ebony magazine set out to The Guardian and other outlets.) need not necessarily reflect our Spain makes no difference, as the country is a racially fluid society. 18-24 hadn’t reached high school. explore why, at the height of the U.S. civil editorial stances) long as you live in Spain), and transactions whose sole pur- (Gabriel Zucman is a professor of economics at the Univer-

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Barcelona deny buying illegal transplant liver Israel to demolish Bedouin Barcelona, Spain arcelona denied on Britain’s minister of state for the Middle East, Alistair Burt, visited the village in May and called on the BWednesday that they illegally bought a transplant Israeli government to show restraint liver for their former de - fender Eric Abidal. Contacted by AFP, a Bar- The Palestinian celona court said it had in- • vestigated a possible crime Red Crescent reported of organ trafficking for more 35 people injured than a year before deciding 173 not to proceed because of a Israeli police said 11 residents of Khan al- lack of evidence. people• were arrested Ahmar received Israeli “FC Barcelona round - military warrants ly deny any irregularity in the matter,” the club said in Khan al-Ahmar, Palestinian a statement in English on Territories their website. road was being prepared to fa- cuffles broke out yesterday cilitate its evacuation and dem- between Israeli authorities olition. Sand protesters who feared “Today they are proceeding Two people fall preparations were underway to with infrastructure work to fa- raze a Bedouin village in a stra- cilitate the demolition and for- critically ill near tegic part of the occupied West cible transfer of residents,” Amit UK nerve poisoning Bank, despite international calls Gilutz, spokesman for B’Tse- for a reprieve. lem, said. Israeli authorities say town Protesters, including some the village and its school were waving Palestinian flags, tried built illegally, and in May the Amesbury, United King- to block a bulldozer and scuffled supreme court rejected a final dom with police at Khan al-Ahmar, appeal against its demolition. east of Jerusalem. Some climbed Israeli security forces arrest a demonstrator But activists say the villagers wo people are critical- onto the bulldozer in protest. had little alternative but to build Tly ill in hospital after Israeli police said 11 people without Israeli construction suspected exposure to an were arrested. Israeli rights reported 35 people injured, with thrown at officers. Tuesday, authorising soldiers to permits, as the documents are “unknown substance” near group B’Tselem said they in - four taken to hospital. Police The incident came after ac- seize access roads to the village. almost never issued to Palestin- the English town where a cluded the organisation’s own said the wounded included three tivists said the Israeli military Heavy equipment was seen ians for building in parts of the former Russian spy was poi- head of field research. officers, including one taken to had issued a warrant to the 173 around the village on Wednes- West Bank where Israel has full soned with a nerve agent, The Palestinian Red Crescent hospital. Police said stones were residents of Khan al-Ahmar on day, prompting speculation a control over civilian affairs. officials said Wednesday. Counter-terrorism po- lice, who the led the inves- tigation into the poisoning of Sergei Skripal and his Nurse jailed after using Egypt unearths artefacts hidden in WW2 daughter Yulia, said they were assisting local police voodoo to traffick women Cairo, Egypt in the investigation which has been declared a “major London, United Kingdom undreds of ancient pottery incident” by the emergency Hitems have been discov- services. British-based nurse who ered in an Alexandria museum Aused the threat of voodoo in a hiding place “most proba- on five women to traffick them bly” created during World War from Nigeria to work as pros- II, Egypt’s antiquities ministry Open Arms ship titutes in Germany was yester- said yesterday. day jailed for 14 years. Pots and other receptacles with 60 migrants Passing sentence, judge dating back to Greek, Roman, docks in Barcelona Richard Bond said that Li - Coptic and Islamic eras were beria-born nurse Josephine discovered “during restoration Barcelona, Spain Iyamu was guilty of “vile” of- work” in a garden inside the fences that had left her five Greco-Roman museum of Al- ship belonging to Span- victims in fear of their lives. British nurse Josephine Iyamu Aish NGO Proactiva Open The women faced a “real and Pottery fragments dating from the Greco-Roman, Coptic, and Islamic eras that Arms docked in the port of significant” risk of death as stood the potential dangers, were discovered in Egypt’s second city of Alexandria Barcelona Wednesday with they were forced to make the you simply did not care.” 60 migrants rescued off the journey across north Africa Iyamu, 51, was found guilty Libyan coast on board, after and the Mediterranean to Italy. under the modern slavery act exandria in northern Egypt, the ried out quickly without being Italy refused to take them “Trafficking human beings at Birmingham crown court in KNOW WHAT ministry said in a statement. documented or recorded on the in. is an ugly offence -- it must central England. She was also “These pots were most prob- museum’s list”, he added. After a four-day cross- always be dealt with severely convicted of perverting the ably hidden by (British) archae- The haul includes “Hidari” ing of the Mediterranean, by the courts to deter others course of justice while on re- The artefacts were ologist Alan Rowe and... em- cremation urns -- intended for the 60 migrants -- 50 men, from taking part in this vile mand. The court earlier heard hidden to “protect them ployees in the museum’s garden ashes during Greek times, said five women and five minors trade,” said Bond. that the women were forced to during World War II”, Ayman another official, Nadia Khadre. including three who were “All five of your victims had hand over money during “juju” from looting or being Ashmawy, head of Egyptian an- Other items include coloured unaccompanied, according to be rescued from the boat ceremonies, where they were destroyed by repeated tiquities at the ministry, said in pots, large dishes and tableware to the NGO -- were due to they were on, before being put made eat chicken hearts and bombardments the statement. from the Greek, Roman and be examined by Red Cross into a camp in Italy. You under- drink blood containing worms. “The hiding process was car- Byzantine eras. workers.

Afghan warlord’s European police seize 25,000 trafficked ancient finds arrest sparks The Hague, Netherlands multaneously swooped on 40 area “which is rich in archaeo- technical support. violent protests houses -- the culmination of a logical sites from the Greek and Police also seized 1,500 tools olice forces in four coun - four-year investigation led by Roman epochs, local members including metal detectors in the Maimanah , Afghanistan Ptries yesterday seized some Italian police seized the Italians, the European police of the organised crime group il- early morning raids. 25,000 Greek and Roman ar- 3,000 archaeological agency said. legally excavated artefacts,” Eu- “International cooperation is he arrest of a powerful chaeological items worth over goods and 1,200 In Italy, the raids were fo - ropol said. The items were then key to the success of such inves- Twarlord in northern Af- 40 million euros ($46 million) in fake items, and cused on the regions of Sicily, smuggled out of Italy, “equipped tigations in the field of traffick- ghanistan sparked violent pre-dawn raids, cracking down confiscated 1,500 Calabria, Piedmont, Apulia, in with false provenances and sold ing of cultural goods, in which protests yesterday that of- on illegal trafficking in cultural what is considered one of the via German auction houses.” artefacts are moved through ficials said left at least one goods. tools biggest crackdowns in such Facilitators in Barcelona and several EU countries and levels person dead and several Some 250 officers in Italy, crimes “in Italian history”. London helped organise the before they are brought to the wounded. Spain, Britain and Germany si- In the Sicilian Caltanissetta “supply chain” and provided legal market,” Europol added. THURSDAY, JULY 5, 2018 13

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Japanese tourist has Adied attempting to three kids separated at border climb Australian tourist at- traction Uluru, police said Wednesday, adding to the death toll on the world’s Guatemalan mother drove across the country to be reunited with her kids -- aged 10, eight and five -- in largest monolith. the New York City facility Emergency services re- sponded to a call on Tues- day afternoon, but the Gonzalez said that 76-year-old was declared • dead at the scene. 400 other mothers “This person’s believed to were being held in the be a Japanese national. At detention center that she this stage, we don’t believe had been released from. it’s anything suspicious,” Northern Territory police Superintendent Shaun Gill Administration has told reporters. suspended• decision to separate children from parents who crossed Trump reverses the border illegally Gonzalez Garcia showing a picture of her kids race guidelines for AFP | New York, United States whose case is the latest to be pray to God that they get out of admissions thrust under the spotlight as a that place soon,” she said. eni Gonzalez sobbed as bitter debate rages over Trump’s Her lawyer Orochena, who Washington she clutched the lollipop immigration policy. has volunteered his services to Ygiven to her by one of her Collazo said she soon had the 12 detained mothers, said most resident Donald three children, whom she had $7,500 needed to bail Gonzalez migrants cannot spend thou- PTrump’s administration not seen since being arrested out of detention in Eloy, Arizona sands of dollars on bail to get out took steps Tuesday to re- and separated from them by US -- but there remained the chal- of detention centers. scind Obama-era guidelines border police six weeks ago. lenge of getting her back to her The crowd-funding system that encouraged schools to The 29-year-old Guatemalan Yeni Marciela Gonzalez Garcia (R), of Guatemala, the mother of three children kids, 2,500 miles (4,000 kilom- used by Collazo may be able to take applicants’ race and mother drove across the coun- at the Cayuga House in Harlem, gets a hug as she speaks at a news conference, eters) away in New York City. help with that however. ethnicity into account to try to be reunited with her kids after being reunited with her children, While thousands of people promote diversity. -- aged 10, eight and five -- in 400 mothers in detention joined rallies across the coun- The move indicates fed- the New York City facility where crossed the border illegally. The how the family had been de - “This is a horrible time in Amer- try at the weekend to protest eral support for schools to they are being held under Pres- decision overwhelmed deten- tained on May 19 on the border ica where women like her are the separation of families at the adopt a race-blind admis- ident Donald Trump’s zero-tol- tion centers and courts and led in Arizona, then separated and separated from their children,” border, she hopes her actions sions process and brings erance policy towards undocu- to kids being sent to facilities the children sent to a holding said Espaillat. “We have to make can provide concrete support the highly contentious issue mented migrants. across the country, sometimes center in New York. sure the process is expedited.” to detained migrants. “We are of affirmative action once Only the efforts of hundreds thousands of miles away. Julie Schwietert Collazo, a res- Gonzalez said that 400 other working on setting up a repli- again to the fore. of well-wishers helped her find The mobilization to help Gon- ident of the borough of Queens mothers were being held in the cation tool kit so that people them in the confusion trig - zalez started eight days earlier -- home to a large immigrant detention center that she had who would like to do something gered by the administration’s when a New York journalist, population -- quickly launched a been released from. similar can basically learn from now-suspended decision to sep- herself a mother of three, heard GoFundMe page to raise money “We shared a great sadness... what we would like to be an India fireworks arate children from parents who a lawyer on the radio describing to help the distraught mother, If this message gets to them, I open source model,” she said. factory fire kills nine workers IS says Baghdadi’s son died New Delhi | India Thai cave boys in “good health” powerful blast tore Mae Sai | Thailand Beirut | Lebanon during a sweeping offensive. Athrough a fireworks The jihadists have since factory in southern India new video released udhayfah al- lost much ground to separate Wednesday, killing nine AWednesday filmed in the HBadri, son of Islam- counter-offensives by Syrian labourers who had just re- bowels of a northern Thai cave ic State group leader Abu Bakr and Iraqi forces as well as US- ported for work, police said. showed members of a trapped al-Baghdadi, was killed during led operations, and the jihadist The manufacturing unit football team laughing as they an attack in the central Syr- presence is now confined to a in the Warangal district of greet the camera to say they ian province of Homs, the IS few holdouts. Telangana state burst into are in good health after their propaganda agency Amaq an- The Islamic State group is flames soon after the work- astonishing discovery by divers. nounced Tuesday. estimated to control no more ers entered at about 11am The footage, published by the Al-Badri was killed in an than three percent of Syria’s (0530 GMT), a local police Thai Navy SEAL Facebook page, “operation against the Nus- territory. Last December the official said. runs by 11 of the 13 members of Members of a Thai youth football team (R), some wrapped in portective foil sayriyyah and the Russians Iraqi government declared vic- “We have counted the the team, each makes a tradi- blankets, sitting with a diver (L) inside the Tham Luang cave in Khun Nam Nang at the thermal power station tory over IS but the military bodies of nine people. Four tional Thai greeting gesture to Non Forest Park in Mae Sai district, Chiang Rai province in Homs,” the group said in a has continued regular opera- others are injured and are the camera before introducing statement alongside a photo tions targeting mostly desert undergoing treatment,” themselves by nickname and a jovial note, with one of the 12 they took shelter from surging of a young man holding an as- areas along the porous Syrian police spokesman Mohana saying “I’m in good health”. young footballers saying he was underground waters on a mud- sault rifle.Nussayriyyah is the border. Krishna said. Several of the boys in the forgotten in the round of intro- dy ledge. term used by IS for the Alawite The group’s leader Baghda- frame are wearing protective ductions, sparking laughter. Several Navy SEAL divers religious minority sect of Pres- di, who has been pronounced foil blankets and are accom- The boys appear relaxed and have deployed along with med- ident Bashar al-Assad. dead on several occasions, re- panied by a smiling diver in a much more alert than when ics, while the complex process IS declared a cross-border mains alive in Syrian territory Rare US wetsuit. they were when discovered late of evacuating the “Wild Boar” “caliphate” in Syria and Iraq by the Iraqi border, an Iraqi in- independence The one-minute clip ends on Monday by British divers, as team begins. in 2014, seizing a third of Iraq telligence official said in May. declaration found London | United Kingdom Woman swept out to sea found alive after 18 months! rare parchment copy Aof the American Dec- months later. the same clothes as on the laration of Independence Sunarsih was Nining Sunarsih, 53, was night she vanished. has been found at a British • presumed dead by authorities The supernatural tale be- archive among the papers unconscious, fully when she was washed away gan in early January 2017 of an aristocrat who sup - clothed, and around by a large wave in West Java when, according to TribuJa- ported the rebels, officials 500m (1,600ft) in January last year. KNOW WHAT tim.com, Sunarsih was on hol- have said. The manuscript from where she But her body was never re- iday with her family at Cite- was discovered at the West initially vanished. covered and her family never pus Beach in Sukabumi. Sussex Record Office in gave up hope of finding her She has since re- Then, last month, Su - the southern English city alive - before the seemingly gained conscious- narsih’s father began having of Chichester by a team of Daily Mail miraculous happened. ness and has been dreams that she was back on researchers. Tests say it was On Saturday her family say the same beach and waiting produced in the 1780s, West n Indonesian family has they went back to the same able to eat and to be picked up. Sussex County Council said Abeen left stunned after a beach after her father began drink, but is so far She was discovered by her -- just a few years after the relative they watched being having mysterious dreams unable to talk sister - who was one of the declaration itself was issued swept out to sea turned up and found her lying uncon- people who had watched her in 1776. Nining Sunarsih, 53, vanished in January last year alive on the same beach - 18 scious on the sand, wearing disappear. 14 THURSDAY, JULY 5, 2018 features Lost in the zoo

Shortage of vets spells misery for Karachi zoo animals Elephants are pictured in their cage at the Karachi Zoo in Karachi

AFP | Karachi, Pakistan “Peshawar Zoo is very under- trich, which gulped it down. staffed, and those we have are “The long neck of the ostrich white African lion- untrained,” spokesman Naimat was badly damaged and we had ess stares blankly Khan told AFP. to operate,” says Abida Raees, at the spectators There is little legislation in a zoologist and deputy chief of crowded outside KNOW WHAT Pakistan to help support animal the zoo. her small, steel- welfare. The most recent law At least one young chimpan- barredA cage, her extraordinary on the books addressing animal zee, Raju, has been known to coat dotted with numerous Zoos cannot provide cruelty dates from 1890. unwrap juice boxes thrown to spots, the result of a fungal skin the amount of space him by visitors and drink from disease that has marred her once the plastic straw. animals have in the ‘Animals have emotions’ pristine fur. wild. Tigers and lions Zain Mustafa, a consultant to The ailment is curable -- or, have around 18,000 At the Karachi Zoological Gar- the government, and his team rather, it should be. But at the A lion eats meat in a cage at the Karachi Zoo in Karachi dens, shops have encroached surveyed and studied eight zoos Karachi Zoological Garden there times less space in on the zoo property, still dotted in different countries includ- are not enough vets to give prop- zoos than they would with centuries-old tamarind, ing the United States, Germany, er treatment to its more than 850 in the wild “This is unfortunate, that the which became the subject of banyan and ficus trees. Singapore, and India, drawing animals, many held in cages built zoo is heavily understaffed and a high-profile rights campaign “Stones and garbage from the from what they saw to plan the over a century ago. thus not able to take good care backed by music icon Cher in shops are thrown into the animal renovations in Karachi. “Here we have a mere two vet- lions, tigers, elephants, chim- of the animals,” said Humai - 2016 after it emerged the animal enclaves. That amounts to cru- “The old Victorian concepts erinaries and three paramedics. panzees, birds and reptiles. ra Ayesha, an expert from the was being kept in chains. elty,” Faheem Zaman, a former of keeping wild animals for ex- They are not at all sufficient,” But the council has usually World Wild Fund for Nature And the zoo in northwest - chief of Karachi Metropolitan hibition, as a toy, or amusement said the zoo’s chief, Mansoor focused more on sewage, roads, (WWF) in Karachi. ern Peshawar, which opened in Corporation, says. is over now,” said Mustafa. Ahmed Qazi. and garbage removal in the cha- Unfortunately the problem is February, has admitted that 30 Visitors also throw things into “Studies tell us that the ani- Management have been push- otic port megacity of some 20 not limited to Karachi. animals so far have died while the animals’ cages. An official mals have emotions, they feel ing the city council to approve million people, which until re- Islamabad’s zoo has long being transferred or in quaran- recalled that a spectator once loneliness and depression if kept a third veterinary position for cently had been rocked by years been criticised for its treatment tine, including three rare snow threw a handkerchief knotted in captivity and an unnatural the zoo’s population, including of political and ethnic violence. of its lone elephant, Kaavan, leopard cubs. with a steel wire towards an os- environment.” A night in Nelson Mandela’s prison cell - yours for $300,000

AFP | Johannesburg centenary of prisoner number could not be reached for com- 46664’s birthday. ment. The Nelson Mandela or rich corporate ex- “The suggestion was to auc- foundation said it was not a part ecutives, fine food, tion the cell to raise money to of the initiative and could not expensive wine and fund the Prison-to-College Pipe- be responsible for the usage of five-star hotels come line... educating incarcerated Mandela’s cell. as standard. people in South Africa,” said Li- Sixty-seven was chosen as FBut one discerning top ane McGowan, spokeswoman Mandela dedicated 67 years of boss with a spare $300,000 for the CEO SleepOut South Af- his life to the fight against the (260,000 euros) will give up rica adding that details of when racist apartheid system that gov- creature comforts for a night the one night only fundraiser erned South Africa until Man- in the cramped prison cell that will take place, had not been dela won the first democratic was Nelson Mandela’s home for finalised. non-racial elections in 1994. 18 years. The initiative is part of the That is according to organis- Unusual locations CEO SleepOut movement which ers of the annual CEO sleepout, Online bidding started at auctions nights in unusual loca- an initiative which raises money $250,000 (215,000 euros) and tions to wealthy business leaders for various charities. has already attracted three bids, to raise money for charitable South Africa’s first democrat- reaching $300,000 with the sale causes. The Robben Island event ic, black president was kept on set to close on July 16. will raise funds for the Pris - South Africa’s Robben Island The winner will spend one on-to-College Pipeline (P2P), a prison off Cape Town for much night in Mandela’s cell number scheme that began in New York of his 27-year incarceration. seven, while up to 66 other bid- to help prisoners access univer- A night in his iconic 8-foot by ders will sleep elsewhere in the sity-level education. The P2P 7-foot (2.4 metres by 2.1 metres) island prison that is now a mu- initiative will be launched in concrete cell will now be auc- seum and World Heritage site. South Africa on 18 July, Mande- A view of Nelson Mandela’s former prison cell on Robben Island tioned for charity to mark the The Museum’s management la’s birthday. 15 THURSDAY, JULY 5, 2018 entertainment

CROSSWORD YOUR STAR TODAY

YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION Aries Stop being an enabler to someone you care deeply about. It could be that you’re helping to continue dangerous addictive behaviour simply because you want to avoid a nasty confrontation. Realize that this is doing neither party any good. Taurus You may have found yourself having some issues with food lately. It could be that your sense of self-worth isn’t at its highest and you’re trying to make up for it by sabotaging your relationship with your body. Food is healthy nourishment that you need to survive. Gemini If there’s an issue that needs to be brought to the table now, feel free to do so. Don’t hold back just to objects; 61- King of pop; 62- Dedicated to the ___ Love; 63- Ac- maintain a relationship’s equilibrium. Don’t sacrifice tress Shire; 65- Baltic feeder; 66- Home of the Bruins; 67- Edit; your own peace of mind just to keep from rocking the 68- Director Riefenstahl; 69- Audacity; 70- Binge; 71- Fail to win; boat. Contributing unhealthy lies to maintain a healthy facade doesn’t do anyone any good. Down 1- He-Man’s twin sister; 2- Domesticates; 3- Inner self, to Jung; Cancer 4- Noblest knight of the Round Table; 5- An enthusiast; 6- Be in The intensity of the day is apt to bring opposition that debt; 7- Below; 8- Hasta ___; 9- Big name in printers; 10- Tums, e.g.; you aren’t necessarily expecting. Whether it’s being Across 11- “Barton Fink” director; 12- Mata ___; 13- Austen novel; 21- ___ de verbalized or not, the confrontations are quite real. Janeiro; 23- Calf-length skirt; 25- Able was ___...; 27- Title; 29- ___ Don’t underestimate a loved one’s emotions. Stand up 1- Deer sir; 5- Unit of energy; 10- Dull pain, often in the head or about; 30- Uncommon; 31- Health resorts; 32- Anthem starter; 33- to these issues and be realistic about their solutions. back; 14- Mandlikova of tennis; 15- Confess; 16- Linguist Chom- Flower holder; 34- Little rascals; 36- Hosp. procedure; 37- Star-___ sky; 17- Pianist Gilels; 18- Gives up; 19- Semester; 20- Comment; tuna; 40- “Power Lunch” network; 43- First; 44- Barrett of gossip; Leo 22- Narcissism amok; 24- Japanese beer brand; 25- Sardonic; 46- Hot; 49- Guido’s high note; 51- Pays to play; 52- Rascal; 53- Con- Give your loved ones the attention they need today. 26- Topnotch; 28- Some designer dresses; 32- “Metamorphoses” ger catcher; 55- Cowboy display; 56- Secluded valleys; 57- Strange Don’t let another day go by without saying you love poet; 35- Upper limb; 37- Abduct; 38- Newsman Donaldson; 39- and mysterious; 58- Magician Henning; 59- South American Indian; them. Life is short and getting shorter with each pass- Paris “thanks”; 41- Man-mouse connector; 42- Have high hopes; 60- Auction off; 61- Mediterranean juniper; 64- Serpent’s tail?; ing day. Feel free to be confrontational about a serious 45- Connections; 46- Raw materials; 47- Type of question; 48- issue that needs to be addressed. You’re responsible Bingo call; 50- Momentarily; 54- Big; 58- Space between two for your own feelings.

BEETLE BAILEY Virgo Don’t run away from tension today. Any sort of emo- tional stress you feel will be compounded tremendous- ly if it isn’t dealt with right away. Be in the moment while the moment is here. The more you face in the present, the less you’ll regret in the future. Clear up any sticky situation that arises and move forward. Libra Stop hiding behind the intellectual barrier that you may have put up. Playing games will get you nowhere. True strength is being able to demonstrate that you have the courage to say what you feel in any situation, especially regarding a close loved one. If you need to say something, say it. Scorpio Stop trying to feel everyone else’s emotions and really feel your own. Being empathetic to others’ needs is charitable, but you need to face the music and look at WORD OF THE DAY yourself. Make a clear distinction between your needs Did You Know? and those of others. Express your feelings to those Pyrotechnicsplay see such fiery relatives as pyromania, the around you. Ask for help if you need it. The use of military fireworks in elaborate term for an irresistible impulse to start fires, Definition celebrations of war and peace is an ancient as well as pyrite, the mineral also known as Sagittarius 1 singular or plural in construction : the Chinese custom, but our term for the mak- fool’s gold. (That word also has an obsolete It may seem like neither side of the bed is the right art of making or the manufacture and use ing and launching of fireworks is a product meaning, in the form pyrites, referring to a side to wake up on. The only solution you might be of fireworks of the 17th and 18th centuries. Pyrotechnics stone used for striking fire.) Like fireworks, able to come up with today is to go back to bed. Focus 2 a : a display of fireworks and the earlier adjective pyrotechnic de- pyrotechnics also has an extended figura- on your heart, because it’s trying to tell you that it b : a spectacular display (as of extreme rive via French from the Greek nouns pyr tive usage, referring to any kind of dazzling needs some attention. virtuosity) (“fire”) and techne (“art”). In pyr one can display or performance. Capricorn You could feel like you’re being double-crossed by SUDOKU a loved one today. It could be that your own words are being used against you in a way that makes you YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION look like the bad guy. When it comes time to make a rebuttal on your behalf, make sure you let the other How to play person know that you’re confronting their behaviour Place a number in the and not attacking them as a person. empty boxes in such a way that each row Aquarius across, each column You may say one thing one minute and the opposite down and each 9-box the next. Usually you can jump from one issue to square contains all of another with no problem, but today people are likely the numbers from one going to call you on it. Think about what you really to nine. mean before you say it. Don’t do all your thinking aloud where other people can hear. Your continuous thought process might be mistaken for a final analysis. Confusion could ensue. Pisces The subtle tension in the air today might be just what you need to make you more aware of subconscious issues that affect your behaviour. You’ll find that you need to get a lot off your chest. The more honest you can be about the pain people have caused you, the more loving words will be able to flow in the future. Open the channels of communication and let it flow. 16 THURSDAY, JULY 5, 2018

ANT-MAN AND THE WASP CINECO (20) 12.00 + 2.15 + 4.30 + 6.45 + 9.00 (PG-13) (ARABIC/COMEDY) + 11.15 PM YASMIN ABDULAZIZ, HAMDI ALMIRGHANI, (PG-15) (ACTION/ADVENTURE) NEW BAYOUMI FOUAD PAUL RUDD, EVANGELINE LILLY, MICHAEL PENA SEEF (II) 10.30 AM + 12.45 + 3.00 + 5.15 + 7.30 + 9.45 PM + 12.00 MN CINECO (20) 11.30 AM + 1.30 + 3.30 + 5.30 + CINECO (20) (IMAX 3D): 10.30 AM + 1.00 + 3.30 7.30 + 9.30 + 11.30 PM + 6.00 + 8.30 + 11.00 (VIP I): 11.00 AM + 1.30 + SAAR 11.45 AM + 2.00 + 4.15 + 6.30 + 8.45 + 4.00 + 6.30 + 9.00 + 11.30 (ATMOS): 11.30 AM + 11.00 PM SEEF (II) 4.45 + 6.45 + 8.45 + 10.45 PM Justin drops new 2.00 + 4.30 + 7.00 + 9.30 PM + 12.00 11.30 AM + 2.00 + 4.30 + 7.00 + 9.30 PM + 12.00 MN + (1.00 WADI AL SAIL 12.30 + 2.45 + 5.00 + 7.15 + 9.30 RAMPAGE + 11.45 PM AM THURS/FRI) (PG-15) (ACTION/THRILLER/SCI-FICTION) SEEF (II) 11.00 AM + 12.00 + 1.30 + 2.30 + 4.00 JURRASIC WORLD: FALLEN KINGDOM DWAYNE JOHNSON, JEFFREY DEAN MORGAN, + 5.00 + 6.30 + 7.30 + 9.00 + 10.00 + 11.30 PM WILL YUN LEE (PG-15) (ACTION/ADVENTURE/THRILLER/ CINECO (20) 11.30 AM + 1.45 + 4.00 + 6.15 + + (12.30 MN THURS/FRI) (3D): 10.30 AM + 1.00 + SCI-FICTION) song ‘Soulmate’ 3.30 + 6.00 + 8.30 + 11.00 PM 8.30 + 10.45 PM BRYCE DALLAS HOWARD, CHRIS PRATT, IANS | London SAAR 10.45 AM + 1.15 + 3.45 + 6.15 + 8.45 + JEFF GOLDBLUM 11.15 PM CINECO (20) 12.30 + 3.15 + 6.00 + 8.45 + 11.30 HEREDITARY (18+) (THRILLER/HORROR) inger Justin Tim - WADI AL SAIL 11.15 AM + 1.45 + 4.15 + 6.45 + SEEF (II) 12.45 + 3.30 + 6.15 + 9.00 + 11.45 PM TONI COLLETTE, GABRIEL BYRNE, ALEX WOLFF 9.15 + 11.45 PM berlake released his WADI AL SAIL 1.30 + 6.30 + 11.30 PM CINECO (20) 1.30 + 6.45 PM + 12.00 MN new song titled “Soul- TAG S SANJU AVENGERS: INFINTY WAR mate”. 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SEEF (II) (12.45 MN THURS/FRI) (MALAYALAM) MAMMOOTTY, KANIKA, TARUSHI com. fifth solo album “Man of SEEF (I) DAILY AT: 12.15 + 2.30 + 4.45 + 7.00 + THE INCREDIBLES 2 Titled “SoulMate”, the the Wood” back in January. 9.15 + 11.30 PM (PG) (ANIMATION/ACTION/ADVENTURE) SEEF (II) 1.45 + 6.45 + 11.45 PM CRAIG T. NELSON, SAMUEL L. JACKSON, AL HAMRA 9.00 PM song marks a departure Timberlake is currently SAAR 6.45 + 9.00 + 11.15 PM CATHERINE KEENER from the more coun- on his””Man of the Wood”” WADI AL SAIL 11.45 AM + 2.00 + 4.15 + 6.30 + CINECO (20) 10.45 AM + 1.15 + 3.45 + 6.15 + QALB QMMAH 8.45 + 11.00 PM try vibes of “Man in tour, which extends all the 8.45 + 11.15 PM (PG-15) (ARABIC/COMEDY) NEW the Wood” and a re- way into January 2019. LOVING PABLO SEEF (II) 12.45 + 3.15 + 5.45 + 8.15 + 10.45 PM HESHAM MAJID, SHEKO, DALAL ABDULAZIZ turn to Timberlake’s Amidst of the world tour, he (18+) (CRIME/THRILLER/BIOGRAPHY) NEW SAAR 11.15 AM + 1.45 + 4.15 PM SEEF (I) DAILY AT: 11.45 AM + 2.00 + 4.15 + 6.30 + 8.45 + 11.00 PM star-making dance is still finding time to pro- JAVIER BARDEM, PENELOPE CRUZ, WADI AL SAIL 11.00 AM + 4.00 + 9.00 PM PETER SARSGAARD bangers. duce new music, including CINECO (20) 11.30 AM + 1.45 + 4.00 + 6.15 + SICARIO: DAY OF THE SOLDADO TEJ, I LOVE YOU The song has a the new track which could 8.30 + 10.45 PM (TELGU) NEW lively dance beat to be a contender to be the (15+) (ACTION/CRIME/THRILLER) SAI DHARAM TEJ, ANUPAMA SEEF (I) DAILY AT: 12.00 + 2.15 + 4.30 + 6.45 + JOSH BROLIN, BENICIO DEL TORO, it and the track is the perfect soulmate for the 9.00 + 11.15 PM ISABELA MONER AL HAMRA FROM FRIDAY 6TH: 12.00 NOON first new music from popular title of “song of the CINECO (20) 11.00 AM + 1.30 + 4.00 + 6.30 + TAXI 5 9.00 + 11.30 PM MR. CHANDRAMOULI Timberlake since his summer.” (PG-15) (ACTION/ADVENTURE/COMEDY) NEW SEEF (II) 11.15 AM + 4.15 + 9.15 PM (TAMIL) NEW MALIK BENTALHA, BERNARD FARCY, KARTHIK, GAUTHAM KARTHIK, REGINA CASSANDRA RAMZY BEDIA DEADPOOL 2 CINECO (20) 11.00 AM + 1.00 + 3.00 + 5.00 + AL HAMRA ON THURSDAY 5TH: 12.00 MN (15+) (ACTION/ADVENTURE/COMEDY) FROM FRIDAY 6TH: 3.00 PM + (12.00 MN FRI) 7.00 + 9.00 + 11.00 PM RYAN REYNOLDS, JOSH BROLIN, MORENA BACCARIN SEEF (I) DAILY AT: 10.45 AM + 12.45 + 2.45 + PANTHAM 4.45 + 6.45 + 8.45 + 10.45 PM CINECO (20) 11.15 AM + 1.45 + 4.15 + 6.45 + 9.15 + 11.45 PM (TELGU) NEW GOPICHAND, MEHREEN PARIZADA Johansson criticised for OCEAN’S EIGHT SEEF (II) 1.30 + 6.45 PM + 12.00 MN AL HAMRA ON THURSDAY 5TH: 12.00 + 3.00 + (PG-15) (COMEDY/CRIME) NEW 6.00 PM FROM FRIDAY 6TH: 6.00 PM SANDRA BULLOCK, CATE BLANCHETT, AL ABLA TAMTAM ANNE HATHAWAY taking on transgender role Luke Evans set to BBC | London died in 2003 - is said to have Kirby joins Dwayne Johnson identified as a man and asked star in ‘Midway’ carlett Johansson has been to be called “Mr Gill”. ANI | Washington Johnson, and Deckard Shaw Scriticised for taking on the “There are literally so many played by Statham, confirmed role of a transgender man in a trans actors that could’ve been ctress Vanessa Kirby will The Hollywood Reporter. new film. cast in this role,” one person KNOW WHAT Ajoin the cast of the Fast Vanessa Kirby is known for The Avengers star will play wrote on Twitter. and Furious spinoff along essaying the role of Princess 1970s Pittsburgh crime boss The obituary in the Pitts - with actor Jason Statham and Margaret in the Netflix TV se- Dante “Tex” Gill, who was born burgh Post-Gazette - which re- Scarlett Johansson Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson. ries ‘The Crown.’ Jean Gill, in Rub & Tug. fers to Dante as a “she” through- The project ‘Hobbs and The movie will be script- According to a local US news- out - says: “For years, according is also a singer and Shaw’ will showcase Luke ed by Fast franchise’s veteran paper obituary, Dante - who to police, Ms Gill ran a string has released two Hobbs, the Diplomatic Secu- writer Chris Morgan and pro- albums, Anywhere rity Service agent played by duced by Original Films. I Lay My Head and Break Up Luke Evans NAME CHANGE NAME CHANGE PTI | Los Angeles of [massage] parlours as fronts I, IMTHIYAZ, S/O I, NISAR, S/O for prostitution, all the while ABDUL KHADIR, IBRAHIM, holding uke Evans is all set to insisting that she was a man and holding Indian Indian Passport star in World War II dra- telling everyone she wanted to Passport No. R7678263 No. M5615452 L dated 25/07/2017 dated 29/01/2015 ma “Midway.” According to be known as ‘Mr Gill’.” issued at Bahrain, issued at Bahrain, The Hollywood Reporter, It adds: “She may even have having permanent having permanent the 39-year-old actor will undergone the initial stages of residence at IMTHIYAZ residence at 1/159(1), play Commander Wade Mc- a sex change that made her ap- MANZIL, SILVER ARFA MANZIL, MAIL Clusky, who would go on to pear masculine.” COLONY, ARIHOLE GANGOLLI POST, win a Naval Cross for his Several people have criticised CROSS, NAVUNDA, KUNDAPURA TQ, role in the Battle of Midway, Scarlett for taking on a role they UDUPI 576224, INDIA, UDUPI, PIN:576216, which is considered a turn- say should have gone to a trans presently residing KARNATAKA, INDIA, ing point for the US against man. at FLAT NO. 32, BLDG presently residing Japan. The actress was previously NO. 3, ROAD NO. 369, at FLAT NO. 11, BLDG The film, to be directed by accused of “whitewashing” for ROAD NAME: MAAN NO. 1292, ROAD NO. Roland Emmerich, is about her role in 2017’s Ghost In The BIN ZAEADAH AVENUE, 1114, ROAD NAME: the Battle of Midway and Shell, in which she played a BLOCK NO. 318, ROAD 1114, BLOCK follows the soldiers and avi- character that was originally MANAMA, AL HOORA will NO. 111, HIDD will ators who helped turn the written as Asian. henceforth be known henceforth be known tide of the war in June 1942. Rupert Sanders, who directed as IMTHIYAZ ABDUL as NISAR IBRAHIM. Mandy Moore and Woody Ghost In The Shell, is set to KHADIR. Objection(s), if Objection(s), if any, Harrelson are already on direct the biopic. any, may be forwarded may be forwarded to board the cast. The director And some people see this as a to Embassy of India, P.O. Embassy of India, P.O. has co-written the screen- continuation of the 33-year-old Box 26106, Adliya. Box 26106, Adliya. play with Wes Tooke. Scarlett Johansson taking roles that she shouldn’t. 17 THURSDAY, JULY 5, 2018 sports

IMMAF: Bahrain Federer, Williams secure second place in a masterclass TDT | Manama ingdom of Bahrain made a leap Kin world rankings to secure the World No. 2 Caroline Wozniacki suffers shock Wimbledon exit second place in the latest IMMAF world rankings released for amateur mixed AFP | London Navratilova. martial arts. The initiative led by His On the evidence of his Highness Shaikh Khalid bin Hamad oger Federer extend- ruthless demolition of Slo- Al Khalifa had transformed the King- ed his flawless win- vakian world number 73 dom of Bahrain into a leading force in Rning streak at Wim- Lacko, it will take some - combat sports. Kingdom of Bahrain bledon to 26 consecutive thing special to stop Federer is the only nation that made it to the sets as the defending cham- making more Wimbledon rankings from the Middle East. pion crushed Lukas Lacko, history. The Kingdom of Bahrain had se - HH Shaikh Khalid celebrates alongside Hussain while Serena Williams pow- “I played very well. I felt cured this achievement after overtak- Ayyad after winning the championship (file) ered to her 16th successive good out there, less nerves ing regional powerhouses in the sport win in yesterday’s second than in the first round,” including the USA, Russia, UK, Brazil, is training in KHK MMA which was round action. Federer said. “I’m happy Japan and more. found under the initiative of HH Shai- While Federer and Serena how I am hitting the ball, The national team from Bahrain kh Khalid. KHK MMA Bahrain gym strolled, Caroline Wozni- good concentration on my also attracts professional MMA fighters acki suffered fresh Wimble- service games and able to from around the world to set up camps don woe as the world num- mix it up with some slices. to train ahead of competitions. ber two suffered a shock Federer wasn’t the only Champions from multiple global 6-4, 1-6, 7-5 defeat against former champion in peak promotions including Brave Combat Ekaterina Makarova. Switzerland’s Roger Federer reacts form on Centre Court as Federation had trained in KHK MMA Federer delivered a Cen- seven-time winner Serena KNOW WHAT Bahrain. tre Court masterclass last- routed Bulgarian qualifier KHK MMA fighters had recently ing 89 minutes as the Swiss bledon. Next up for Federer set. In his 20th Wimbledon Viktoriya Tomova 6-1, 6-4. secured medals in the IMMAF Afri- star hit 48 winners and 16 is a third round tie against appearance, top seed Feder- Williams brushed aside Bahrain is the only can Open and in the IMMAF Euro- aces in his 6-4, 6-4, 6-1 vic- German world number 64 er, a 20-time major winner, Tomova in just 66 minutes pean Open which contributed to the tory. Jan-Lennard Struff who is bidding to become only with 24 winners and four nation that made it improvement in global ranking for The 36-year-old is now came back from two sets the second player to claim aces to extend her streak of to the rankings from the Kingdom of Bahrain. Bahrain is on his joint second longest down to defeat 39-year-old nine singles titles at the All consecutive match wins at the Middle East preceded by Sweden who is currently streak of sets won at Wim- Ivo Karlovic 13-11 in the final England Club after Martina the All England Club. leading the rankings. Pakistan knock UCI calls for ‘safe’ Tour for Froome

Zimbabwe out of Tour de France • Roubaix starts on Saturday Arras T20I series Amiens AFP | Paris

Houilles Dreux FINISH: July 29, he head of world cycling, Fougères Paris Champs- David Lappartient, yester- Élysées T Mûr de day urged the public to ensure Bretagne Chartres Brest Lorient GRAND DEPART: July 7, British rider Chris Froome has Noirmoutier-en-l’Ile Chris Froome (file pic) a “safe” Tour de France. Quimper Sarzeau Cholet The world’s biggest cycling La Baule Team time-trial Mouilleron- Stage July km Le Grand race starts on Saturday, just Saint-Germain call on all spectators to protect 1 7 201 Bornand days after four-time champion 2 8 182.5 Fontenay-le-Comte all the athletes and to respect Froome was cleared of doping 3 9 35.5 La Roche-sur-Yon Annecy the judicial decision so that 4 10 195 Albertville La Rosière suspicions by the Union Cycliste 5 11 204.5 Chris Froome can compete in 6 12 181 Bourg- Saint- Internationale (UCI), headed 231 a safe and serene environment 7 13 Valence Maurice 8 14 181 Saint-Pée- Mende by Lappartient In a post on his Alpe d’Huez like all other athletes.” 9 15 156.5 sur-Nivelle Bourg Twitter account, Lappartient 10 17 158.5 Individual d’Oisans Kenyan-born Froome, 33, was Zimbabwe batsman Solomon Mire bats 11 18 108.5 time- Millau Saint-Paul- Pau said the UCI’s decision should be 12 19 175.5 trial Trois-Châteaux under investigation after deliv- 13 20 169.5 respected, as should “all riders, Trie-sur- ering an abnormal test sample 14 21 188 Baïse AFP | Harare including Chris Froome”. 15 22 181.5 during the Tour of Spain last 16 24 218 Espelette Carcassonne “He has the right to operate in 17 25 65 year. He recorded an adverse BRIEF SCORE Laruns 18 26 171 akistan knocked Zimba- a safe environment. I have heard 19 27 200.5 Lourdes analytical finding (AAF) for Stage Stage finish Rest day Mountain 20 28 31 Saint-Lary-Soulan bwe out of the Twenty20 calls, sometimes completely ir- stage Salbutamol, an asthma medi- P 21 29 116 Stage start Stage Pakistan 163 for 3 (Fakhar Bagnères- Time-trial tri-series in Harare in a close- rational, to violence on the Tour Total: 3,351km start / finish Transfer cation, meaning he exceeded 47, Talat 44, Sarfraz 38*) de-Luchon ly-fought encounter yester- de France. Source: Le Tour Picture: Associated Press © GRAPHIC NEWS the allowed dose of a permitted day, beating the hosts by seven beat Zimbabwe 162 (Mire “I cannot accept that and I substance. wickets with five deliveries to 94, Talat 1-10) by seven spare. Opener Fakhar Zam- wickets an top-scored for Pakistan with 47 before captain Sarfraz Boullier resigns as McLaren chief Ahmed overcame a spirited line-up, so we were confident Zimbabwean fightback and we could chase it,” he said. AFP | London saw his side home with an un- Pakistan given a rapid start beaten 38. by Zaman and fellow opener ric Boullier’s disastrous tenure as racing Their efforts meant that Haris Sohail, who took 56 from director of former Formula One giant Zimbabwean allrounder Sol- the Powerplay. EMcLaren ended yesterday as he resigned omon Mire’s bellicose earlier Sohail holed out soon after- with immediate effect just days before the Brit- innings earlier went in vain. wards, but Zaman continued ish Grand Prix. Mire struck 94, the high - to show the sort of touch that The 44-year-old Frenchman joined the team est score by a Zimbabwean made him vital to Pakistan’s in 2014 and oversaw successive years of disap- in Twenty20 internationals, successful Champions Trophy pointment with Honda and Renault engines as but Zimbabwe’s 162 for 4 was run last year. Mixing aggres- the once dominant force experienced the worst not enough to overcome the sion with an ability to manoeu- run in its 52-year history. world’s top-ranked T20 side. vre the ball around the field, he Boullier had stubbornly refused to resign in Zaman said Pakistan was al- cracked four fours and a six. late June amid reports of disquiet amongst the For reservations call ways confident they could pull The tactic spoke volumes staff -- he even had to deny a report in the Daily +973 17364999 (seef District) off a successful chase. about his development as a Mail that the staff were upset at being given +973 17728699 (um Al Hassam) “We have a very deep batting limited overs batsman. Freddo chocolate bars as a bonus. THURSDAY, JULY 5, 2018 18 Cheers and farewells Few things we learned from the round of 16

Mbappe’s time is now After three ponderous group games, France’s World Cup needed a spark and Mbappe provided it in style. He became the first teenager to score twice in a single game at the World Cup since Pele in 1958 as his quick-fire double blew away Argentina in a seven-goal thriller in Kazan. This was a statement performance from the man who cost Paris Saint-Ger- Mbappe main 180 million euros last year and has long been circled as a future star. There were the two smart finishes, not to mention a storming run that earned France a penalty for Antoine Griezmann’s opener.In the 31-year-old Messi, one extraordinary talent bowed out of perhaps his last World Cup. In Mbappe, another announced his arrival in style.

Iniesta’s sad farewell He will forever be remembered for the most important goal in Spain’s history to win the World Cup eight years ago, but Andres Iniesta’s international career ended in sad fashion among delirium for the hosts in Moscow. Dropped to bench for a tournament game for the first time in 12 years, Iniesta still nearly won the game with Spain’s best effort to break down the mass ranks of Russia resistence. Edinson His low strike from the edge of the box produced Cavani one of precious few good saves from Akinfeev before penalties. His final touch after 131 caps was to put Spain in front in the shootout with the calm assuredness that Gerard Pique and Andres Iniesta react after Spain’s defeat has personified a stunning international career.

Modric’s relief Croatia captain Luka Modric has had a difficult year in his homeland. Charged with giving false testimony for his role in a corruption case that saw former Dinamo Zagreb chief Zdravko Mamic sentenced to six-and-a-half years in prison last month, Modric’s popularity has dipped despite continued brilliance on the field for his club Real Madrid and country. His despair was therefore understandable when he missed a penalty three minutes from the end of extra-time that could have cost Croatia a place in the last eight. Modric didn’t hide in the penalty shootout. His second effort was one of just three of Croatia’s six spot-kicks on the night to beat Kasper Schmeichel as the Dane’s heroics couldn’t prevent a 3-2 shootout defeat thanks to three stunning saves from Danijel Subasic. Croatia now have a golden chance to match their previous golden generation’s run to the semi-finals in 1998 when they meet Russia in Sochi on Saturday. Luka Modric Fourth time lucky for England England’s history with penalty shootouts gave their fans little cause for optimism after Yerry Mina’s stoppage-time header prevented them from reaching the quarter-finals in normal time. However, England boss Gareth Southgate’s meticulous preparation for penalties paid off as for the first time in four attempts at the World Cup, England emerged victorious from the spot. With Sweden to come in the last eight, and Russia or Croatia to follow in the semi-finals if they make it that far, England have a golden opportunity to finally end 52 years of hurt.

Martinez saves Belgium The appointment of Martinez to lead Belgium’s golden generation fresh from being sacked by Everton two years ago was a surprise one. Despite cruising through qualifica- tion, Martinez hasn’t always had an easy ride from a Belgian public unhap- Cavani comes good py with his treatment of discarded midfielder Radja Nainggolan, Not to be outdone by his club team-mate or even from his own players as Kevin De Bruyne criticised his tactics Mbappe, Edinson Cavani produced two stun- in a 3-3 friendly draw with Mexico in November. ning finishes of his own to beat European However, with his side trailing 2-0 and seemingly crashing out of champions Portugal. the World Cup in a huge shock, Martinez reacted just in time to save Cavani tapped home from close range into Belgium’s chances of lifting the World Cup for the first time. Martinez an empty net to seal a 3-0 win over Russia to cap a perfect group stage for Uruguay. Harry Kane However scrappy a finish, the confidence of getting off the mark transformed Cavani from a striker struggling for form in the first three Kane closes in on Golden Boot games in Russia back into the man that netted For once England could at least start a shootout with full confidence that one of their 40 times for PSG this season. takers would find the net. He started and ended the move that put Harry Kane extended his lead in the race for the Golden Boot from the Uruguay into an early lead by powering home spot to open the scoring in Moscow and was just as deadly with England’s Luis Suarez’s cross on seven minutes and won first penalty in the shootout. the game with an even better curling effort Kane has now scored all four of his penalties in Russia and moved two from 20 yards. clear of Romelu Lukaku in his quest to be the first English top-scorer at the World Cup since Gary Lineker in 1986. THURSDAY, JULY 5, 2018 19

OFF SIDE Top scorers Ranking on July 3 1 Kane ENG 6 Fans and teams alike benefit from 2 Cristiano Ronaldo POR 4 good tunes, from Colombian salsa to - Lukaku BEL 4 Brazilian dirges 4 Cavani URU 3 - Cheryshev RUS 3 Foot of God he tournament contin- - Costa ESP 3 Tues to build toward its - Dzyuba RUS 3 exciting and unpredictable - Kylian Mbappé FRA 3 climax. Lionel Messi and his Argentine teammates - Mina COL 3 have gone home after being 10 Agüero ARG 2 beaten stylishly by France. MUSA OKWONGA - Coutinho BRA 2 Messi’s rival for the title - Granqvist SWE 2 of the world’s best player, - Griezmann FRA 2 Cristiano Ronaldo of Portugal, was eliminated the same day by - E. Hazard BEL 2 Uruguay. In the greatest upset so far, Russia, the host country - Inui JPN 2 and the lowest-ranked team still in the World Cup, defeated - Jedinak AUS 2 Spain. When anything could happen and a country’s fate is in the - Khazri TUN 2 balance, there’s often nothing better than a tune. I’ve seen this - Modric CRO 2 firsthand: It was the 1994 World Cup and I was there with my -Individually,Musa BrazilNGR 2 uncle, at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas, watching the quarterfinal - areNeymar the strongestBRA 2 match between Brazil and the Netherlands. The South Ameri- - Salahteam. That isEGY a 2 cans in the crowd had just been stunned into silence: The Neth- - Son Heung-min KOR 2 erlands had scored for the second time in 12 minutes, bringing compliment but it the score to 2-2. Then a Brazilian woman raised a trumpet to - doesn’tStones affect ourENG 2 - Suárez URU 2 Igor Akinfeev makes a save during the penalty shootout her lips and began to play a mocking funeral march. The crowd chances against in our section burst into laughter, the tension evaporated, and them AFP | Moscow some in the host nation think- They were eliminated two they cheered their team on to a 3-2 victory. BELGIUM ‘S VINCENT KOMPANY ing of the 32-year-old in even games later from what may The role of music at the World Cup often goes unsung. Of he World Cup joke more reverential terms. have been one of the easiest course, it’s ultimately a sporting competition, but it’s also, as around Russia is that “Akinfeev himself is a god,” groups in the draw. I’ve written before, about so much more — politics, economics, Tgoalkeeper Igor Akin- said his childhood coach Pavel Akinfeev’s personal misfor- history and identity. And culture. feev has the “Foot of God”. Koval. “I think Igor is better tune came when he suffered a In addition to being a football fan and a writer, I’m a musician, Comparisons to the “Hand than (Spain ‘keeper David) de knee injury while negotiating so this is a subject close to my heart. But I also firmly believe of God” goal Argentina great Gea.” a lucrative move from CSKA that music is one of the crucial ways that we show who we are Diego Maradona scored against Moscow to England’s Premier and what we care about, and so it’s worth England in 1986 came naturally In Yashin’s shadow League a decade ago. paying attention to the role it plays in this tournament. to Russians enraptured by the This level of exuberance is The deal fell through and the The tournament always has its official song (this year’s is unlikely performance of their relatively new terrain for a sol- Red Army club captain ended “Live It Up”). And individual teams often pick their own an- team. id player with his share of bad up spending his career in the them, too. But the most powerful songs are those performed Akinfeev had already won luck. relative anonymity of the do- by enthusiastic fans who have traveled from around the world. I don’t care if I’m admiration for stopping two During the 2014 World Cup mestic league -- one of the mod- Argentina can always call on a choir of tens of thousands of not the biggest Spain penalties that sent the Akinfeev palmed a soft shot in ern game’s rare one-team stars. supporters at the World Cup, who deliver choice lyrics about keeper. I’ve got that 2010 champions packing and Russia’s opener against South Akinfeev will get his chance their rivals (though it doesn’t seem to have worked this year). power and agility to Russia through to their first Korea that somehow arched in to shine before an even bigger In 2010, South African fans relied on the vuvuzela, a horn so get around the goal World Cup quarter-final since over his head. audience when he pulls on his raucous it was almost banned from stadiums, while Peru sup- 1970. The Russians came back to gloves on Saturday in Russia’s porters have tried to inspire their heroes with the triumphant ENGLAND GOALKEEPER JORDAN PICKFORD But his winning left-foot save draw the game but looked mis- most important match in gen- sound of drums. against Spain’s Iago Aspas has erable walking off the pitch. erations. Several other countries have used music for motivation this year. Some have gone for sounds that perfectly complement their on-field performances. The Colombian team likes to play the racy, rousing rhythms of salsa; Uruguay’s fans are blasting melodic yet swaggering rock music. It’s not always good, either: Cavani unlikely to face France After Croatia defeated Argentina in the first round, the Croatian defender Dejan Lovren posted footage of himself singing a song AFP | Moscow The Uruguayan Football With the 31-year-old Ca- with fascist connotations. Association (UFA) post- vani set to be sidelined, Uru- My favorite song that has found a prominent place in this ruguay striker ed photos of Wednesday’s guay coach Oscar Tabarez year’s tournament is “Seka Seka” by DJ Mareshal. It’s the UEdinson Cavani training session on social will likely play Cristhian soundtrack to a viral video of French players dancing in their is likely to miss his media, with Cavani a notable Stuani up front alongside plane after their 4-2 victory over Argentina. Mareshal was born side’s World Cup quar- absentee. Luis Suarez for the two- in the Ivory Coast, a country that, despite a proud footballing ter-final against After tests on Monday, time world champions. pedigree, did not qualify for Russia. Thanks to him, though, its France on Friday doctors confirmed the Paris Girona forward Stuani re- music may yet play a small but crucial role in deciding where after suffering a Saint-Germain star had suf- placed Cavani, after the lat- this year’s trophy ends up. calf injury in the fered bruising to his left calf, ter had scored both goals in last-16 win over although he had not torn a Uruguay’s 2-1 victory against (Musa Okwonga is a poet and writer based in Berlin. He is the Portugal. muscle. Portugal. author of two books on football, “A Cultured Left Foot” and “Will You Manage?”) Edinson Cavani (right) is helped off the pitch by Cristiano Ronaldo

Real Madrid deny Mbappe bid rumour Police rescue father of Maradona slams England win Reuters | Niznhy Novgorod, Reuters | Madrid Nigerian player Russia

eal Madrid yesterday rgentine great Diego Mara- Rdenied media reports John Obi Mikel Adona said England perpe- they have made a bid for • trated a “monumental robbery” Paris Saint-Germain’s teen- played on for Nigeria in their World Cup victory over age striker Kylian Mbappe, after kidnappers said Colombia and accused referee who is emerging as one of his father would be Mark Geiger of not being up to the biggest stars of the Rus- shot ‘instantly’ if he such a game. sia World Cup. Maradona, notorious in Eng- Twitter user Baptiste Ri- reported incident land for his famous ‘Hand of part, who identifies him- God’ goal at the 1986 tourna- self as a journalist, said that Reuters | Onitsha, Nigeria ment, said the American official the Spanish Champions Mikel John Obi should have penalised Harry League holders had agreed igerian police said they Kane rather than give a penalty a world-record 272 million have rescued the father of the Egede-Udi forest at around for a foul by Colombia’s Car- N Diego Maradona in the stands before Argentina’s match against France euro ($316 million) fee for national soccer team captain 2.30 p.m. (1330 GMT) on Mon- los Sanchez during Tuesday’s the French 19-year-old. John Obi Mikel after he was day following a “gun duel”. knockout match Real Madrid issued their kidnapped for the second time “They were rescued hale “Today I saw a monumental coincidence,” Maradona added quarter-final against Sweden. denial after Spanish sports in seven years. and hearty,” said the police robbery on the pitch... a fatal on his nightly World Cup show The ever-controversial for- dailies Marca and AS ran Mikel has been playing in in the statement, adding that mistake for a whole country,” for Venezuela-based Telesur mer World Cup winner also articles citing the posting. the World Cup in Russia, al- both victims had been reunited he said of the incident that put broadcaster. pointed the finger at Pierluigi “Given the information though Nigeria failed to make with their families. England 1-0 ahead in the sec- TV images showed Marado- Collina, head of FIFA’s referee published ...regarding an it out of the group stage. Kidnapping for ransom is ond half. na celebrating Colombia’s late committee, for allowing Gei- alleged agreement between Police in the southern state a common problem in parts “Here’s a gentleman who equaliser that took Tuesday’s ger’s designation. Real Madrid and PSG for Ky- of Enugu said in a statement of Nigeria, particularly in the decides, a referee who, if you Round of 16 match to 1-1 and “I’m just sorry for the whole lian Mbappe, we would like they had rescued the father, Niger Delta region, the coun- Google him, shouldn’t be giv- extra time. But he was despond- Colombian people,” Maradona to state that it is completely named as Pa Michael Obi, try’s oil production heartland en a match of this magnitude... ent when England won a pen- said. “I cheered Colombia’s goal false,” the club said. along with his driver unhurt in which neighbours Enugu state. Geiger, an American, what a alty shootout, taking them into as if I had headed it myself.” THURSDAY, JULY 5, 2018 20 Last-eight battle World Cup big guns primed for quarter-final challenge

Kylian Mbappe Neymar Jr Harry Kane Luka Modric

AFP | Moscow to face Belgium. Janne Andersson’s Sweden ation’ in Kazan on Friday while on his leg was a “shame for foot- gear in easing through the group Eric Dier’s spot-kick gave have recovered well from a an exciting young France side ball”. stage, but turned on the style as ngland became the last England their first-ever win on heartbreaking group-stage de- spearheaded by Kylian Mbappe Belgium were on the brink Mbappe dazzled in a classic 4-3 team to qualify for the penalties at a World Cup at the feat by Germany, seeing off Mex- take on a shrewd Uruguay outfit of another major tournament victory over Argentina to set up EWorld Cup quarter-finals fourth attempt -- ending the ico before edging out Switzer- in Nizhny Novgorod. failure when trailing 2-0 with 21 the clash with Uruguay. after a dramatic penalty shoot- jinx that has dogged them for land 1-0 in the last 16. Much of the focus surround- minutes to play, only for a mag- “We have been preparing out as favourites Brazil and fan- so long. RB Leipzig midfielder Emil ing Brazil’s bid for a record-ex- nificent breakway goal by Nacer for months, for weeks to play cied France trained their sights But Southgate said he was al- Forsberg grabbed the only goal tending sixth world title has in- Chadli in the fourth minute of matches like that,” said France on their last-eight opponents. ready looking forward to Satur- of a tight encounter midway evitably been on Neymar. injury-time to cap a stunning coach Didier Deschamps. England’s victory against Co- day’s quarter-final against Swe- through the second half to send But the world’s most expen- fightback. Uruguay’s success has been lombia takes Gareth Southgate’s den in Samara, with a last-four his country into the quarters for sive player has hit the head - Eden Hazard, Romelu Luka- built on a solid defence led by team into what looks like a win- clash against either Croatia or the first time since the 1994 side lines as much for his perceived ku, Dries Mertens and Kevin Atletico Madrid pair Jose Gime- nable match against Sweden, Russia up for grabs. who finished third in the United play-acting as for the on-pitch De Bruyne are likely to give nez and Diego Godin, with the who edged out Switzerland 1-0 “This was special but I want States. performances that have helped Brazil’s defence the biggest old-fashioned strike partnership earlier on Tuesday. us to go on,” Southgate, whose his side ease into the last eight test of their campaign so far, al- of Luis Suarez and Edinson Ca- Both teams are in the bottom penalty miss saw England lose to Neymar in the spotlight without ever being seriously though the South Americans vani doing the damage at the half of the draw in Russia, along Germany in the Euro 96 semi-fi- For all the drama around Eng- troubled. have only conceded once in four other end with five goals be - with the host nation and Croatia, nals at Wembley, said. land, the winner of the tourna- Mexico coach Juan Carlos matches. tween them. with England the only former “Sweden is another team we ment is more likely to come from Osorio said the stoppages caused “This is the sort of game you No South American side have winners of the four teams. have a poor record against. We the top half of the draw, where by Neymar’s antics stalled his dream about as a little boy and won on European soil since a Pe- The top half contains more have underestimated them for the teams can boast a combined team during their 2-0 last-16 we can enjoy it from the first le-inspired Brazil 60 years ago, heavyweights, with 1998 cham- years. They have created their eight tournament wins. loss to Brazil, claiming the Paris second,” said Belgium coach but in a World Cup of shocks and pions France taking on two-time own story and made history. I Favourites Brazil will come up Saint-Germain forward’s reac- Roberto Martinez. surprises, nothing can be taken winners Uruguay and Brazil set don’t want to go home yet.” against Belgium’s ‘golden gener- tion to Miguel Layun stepping France never got out of first for granted.

Uruguay v France (Friday 5pm, Nizhny Novgorod) Brazil v Belgium (Friday 9pm, Kazan) Sweden v England (Saturday 5pm, Samara) Russia v Croatia (Saturday 9pm, Sochi) URUGUAY BRAZIL SWEDEN RUSSIA One of only two teams to win all four games Along with Uruguay, Brazil share the best They are not prettiest side, but Sweden are ex- The hosts have delighted their public by sur- so far, Uruguay boast one of the meanest defensive record, having conceded just once tremely effective and happy to play the role of passing all expectations to make it to the last defences in Russia marshalled by talismanic in four games so far and are slowly starting underdog, having seen off Netherlands and It- eight thanks to a stunning penalty shootout captain Diego Godin, and a lethal strikeforce to hit their stride at the other end of the field aly in qualifying and Germany in group stages. elimination of 2010 winners Spain. in Edinson Cavani and Luis Suarez. too as Neymar struck his second goal of the Their run to the last eight for the first time Russian players were on their knees in ex- Cavani’s fitness is the big concern ahead of tournament in the last 16. since 1994 has been built on three clean sheets haustion after defending for 120 minutes in Friday’s meeting. The Paris Saint-Germain After a disappointing 1-1 draw against Swit- in four games, but while hard to break down, Moscow with just 26 percent possession and striker limped off with a calf injury after scor- zerland, 2-0 wins over Costa Rica, Serbia they lack a potent force up front. they must now summon another huge physical ing twice to end Cristiano Ronaldo and Portu- and Mexico have taken Brazil into a seventh ENGLAND effort, with Croatia expected to dominate the gal’s World Cup dreams in the last 16. straight quarter-final and they remain the fa- Freed from the curse of the penalty shootout ball once more. FRANCE vourites to erase the scars of a humiliating 7-1 after they beat Colombia from the spot, Eng- CROATIA After cruising through the group stage in un- semi-final thrashing at the hands of Germany land will be favourites to reach a first World Arguably the outstanding performers of the derwhelming fashion, France kicked through four years ago. Cup semi-final since 1990. group stage, Croatia were made to suffer to the gears thanks to Kylian Mbappe’s blistering BELGIUM For 92 minutes in Moscow, the Three Lions make it past Denmark on penalties. pace to blow Argentina away in a 4-3 World Belgium will be the true test of how good kept their cool as Colombia lost theirs and Luck often has not accompanied Croatia in Cup classic in the last 16. the Brazilian back line is in Kazan on Friday, played with a patience in possession rarely the knockout stages after bright tournament A very different task awaits in breaking but coach Roberto Martinez has some big seen by England sides in recent years. starts, but having bounced back from the blow through Uruguay’s defence that will not allow decisions to make after a stunning come - Yerry Mina’s stoppage-time header threat- of Luka Modric’s missed penalty four minutes Mbappe the same space to exploit. But as legs back from 2-0 down in the final 21 min - ened to change all that, but a win on penalties before the end of extra-time in the last 16, start to tire in latter stages, France’s strength utes avoided a shock exit to Japan in the in four attempts gives Gareth Southgate’s men the time for a highly talented generation may in depth could start to make difference. last 16. reason to believe this time will be different. have come.