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FATHER AMIR VISITS DHOW FESTIVAL DEPUTY AMIR CHAIRS QP BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING

The Father Amir HH Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al Thani paid a visit to the 8th Katara Traditional Dhow The Deputy Amir HH Sheikh Abdullah bin Hamad al Thani, Chairman of Qatar Petroleum (QP), presided over the company’s board of direc- Festival at Katara beach on Thursday. The Father Amir visited a number of pavilions of the participating tors meeting at the Amiri Diwan on Thursday. The board reviewed QP’s workflow, future growth strategy and approved the 2019 budget. countries, where he saw various cultural and heritage events such as the handicrafts market, marine life During the meeting, the Deputy Amir directed that the new QP district buildings in West Bay be named as “Abdullah Bin Hamad Al Attiyah and crafts, and watched some performances of traditional marine folklore arts. PAGE 16 District”, in recognition of his great role and contribution to the development of the energy sector in the state. (QNA)

Qatar 2022 Khashoggi’s killers must can change history, says Thawadi be held accountable: FM PAGE 13

Qatar looks forward imposed on Qatar, he said several mistaken belief about the region ‘Qatar 2022 World Cup to organising the American institutions have reject- that it is a region of wars, extrem- will change the 2022 World Cup as ed this blockade. ism and conflicts. a model and a messenger of “What happened during the The FM said Qatar looks for- Israel would be in mindset of the West first months of the siege of Qatar ward to organising the 2022 peace. The Saudi people and was devastating to the reputation World Cup as a model and a mes- big trouble without about the region’ the Saudi leadership are of the entire Gulf. Qatar believed senger of peace. welcome in Qatar during the that American institutions had He said the Saudi people and Saudi Arabia: Trump TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK 2022 World Cup. submitted reports to explain the the Saudi leadership will be wel- SAUDI ARABIA’s alliance with the United DOHA picture to President Trump about come in Qatar during the 2022 States is critical for not only the United HE Sheikh Mohammed bin the campaign against Doha,” he World Cup. States, but Israeli interests as well, President DEPUTY Prime Minister and Abdulrahman al Thani added. On the war being waged by Donald Trump told journalists at a special Minister of Foreign Affairs HE The FM expressed his regret the Saudi alliance in Yemen, the press conference on Thursday. “If you look at Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdul- over the use of social media dur- foreign minister said that the war Israel, Israel would be in big trouble without rahman al Thani has said the to hold the culprits accountable Rome on Thursday. ing the Gulf crisis in spreading must stop and the parties to the Saudi Arabia. So what does that mean? Is perpetrators behind the killing of whether or not US President Don- He said that US policy cannot hatred among the people of GCC. conflict should be invited to the Israel going to leave? Do you want Israel to Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi ald Trump has the right conclu- be judged through the tweets that On the World Cup in 2022, the dialogue table. leave? We have a very strong ally in Saudi Ara- should be held accountable. sion on the issue,” Sheikh Mo- are published on the social net- FM said the organisation of the The Yemeni issue can be re- bia. We have an ally that says that it did not “What Khashoggi underwent hammed said during an interview working sites. World Cup in Qatar will change solved through diplomatic means, commit – at the top level, the Crown Prince, was very painful and we expect at the Mediterranean Dialogue in With regard to the embargo the mindset of the West and their he stressed. the King – this atrocity,” he said. (AGENCIES)

FIREWORKS UK’s Hunt believes UAE working hard Rain likely on Sunday: QMD DAZZLE to resolve case of jailed academic DOHA The country is likely to receive scattered thundery rain — moderate to heavy — associated with strong wind at LONDON Britain’s Foreign Secretary Jeremy working hard to resolve the situation ASAP.” times especially on Sunday and Monday, the Qatar Meteorol- DOHA Hunt said he had held constructive talks Meanwhile, Hedges’ wife Daniela Tejada ogy Department (QMD) has said. “The country is expected to with his UAE counterpart about the jailing on Thursday accused London of refusing to be affected by a state of atmospheric instability due to the SKYLINE of British academic Matthew Hedges on defend her husband for fear of upsetting extension of low pressure from Saturday until Tuesday,” the spying charges and believed Dubai. Britain views the QMD said. The prevailing wind will be mainly north-easterly to he was working hard to resolve UAE as a strategic Middle south-easterly between 10-20 kt reaching 40 kt during thun- the situation. “I’ve just had East ally which it supplies derstorms and the wave height is expected to range between a constructive conversation with arms. The UAE on 3-5 ft rising to 15 ft at times during thunderstorms. The QMD with UAE FM (Foreign Minister) Thursday said that Hedges urged people to be cautious, avoid marine activities as well as Spectacular fireworks illuminated the Katara skyline during the eighth Katara Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed,” can still appeal the verdict to follow latest updates through daily weather forecast bulle- Traditional Dhow Festival on Thursday. PAGE 16 Hunt said on Twitter on Thurs- or request “presidential tins and official social media accounts.(TNN) day. “I believe and trust he’s clemency”. (AGENCIES)

CIA had recording of MBS demanding Khashoggi be silenced: Report

REUTERS Denmark suspends France imposes gi, a critic of the kingdom’s de ISTANBUL EU demands credible investigation sanctions against facto ruler. weapon export “It is being said the crown A Turkish newspaper report- approvals to Saudi A transparent and credible investigation into 18 Saudis prince gave orders to ‘silence ed on Thursday that CIA di- the killing of Khashoggi has not yet been THE French foreign ministry Jamal Khashoggi’ as soon as rector Gina Haspel signalled DENMARK has decided completed, Federica Mogherini, the Euro- said on Thursday that it possible,” in a call which was to Turkish officials last month to suspend approvals of pean Union›s foreign affairs chief, said on would impose sanctions monitored by the US agency, that the agency had a record- weapon and military equip- Thursday, after talks with Turkey›s Foreign against 18 Saudi citizens he said. ing of a call in which Saudi ment exports to Saudi Arabia Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu. Speaking at a over the killing of journalist Khashoggi was killed at Arabia’s Crown Prince gave over the killing of journalist joint news conference with EU Commission- Jamal Khashoggi in Istanbul the Saudi consulate in Istan- instructions to “silence” Saudi Jamal Khashoggi and the er Johannes Hahn and Cavusoglu in Ankara, last month. “These meas- bul on October 2. journalist Jamal Khashoggi. situation in Yemen, its for- Mogherini said she was completely against ures... aim to prohibit these After offering numer- Asked about the report, a eign minister said on Thurs- any application of the death penalty. On his individuals from entering ous contradictory explana- Turkish official told Reuters day. The decision was taken part, Cavusoglu said Khashoggi investiga- national territory and the tions, Riyadh said last week he had no information about after recent discussions with tion was taking a long time and international entire Schengen area of Khashoggi had been killed such a recording. other foreign ministers in the community expected an independent probe Europe,” the ministry said in and his body dismembered “There is talk of another European Union, he added. into the case. (AGENCIES) a statement. (AFP) when negotiations to per- recording,” Hurriyet news- suade him to return to Saudi paper journalist Abdulkadir Arabia failed. Selvi wrote in a column, took place between Crown man (MBS) and his brother, to Washington. chief Gina Haspel indicated key,” he wrote, adding that saying the purported call Prince Mohammed bin Sal- Saudi Arabia’s ambassador “It is being said that CIA this during her visit to Tur- they had discussed Khashog- See also page 6 Ô 02 Friday, November 23, 2018

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MINISTER OF CULTURE MEETS UK ENVOY News Tajik cultural days in in brief Minister of Cul- ture and Sports HE Salah bin Doha from tomorrow Amir congratulates Lebanese president Ghanem al Ali THE Amir His Highness Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al Thani on received Ambas- QNA uting to facilitating the joint Thursday sent a cable of congratulations to President of Leba- sador of the DOHA cultural cooperation between non Michel Aoun on the anniversary of his country’s Independ- United Kingdom the two countries, through ence Day. (QNA) to Qatar HE TAJIKISTAN cultural days of organising cultural days, fine Ajay Sharma on the Republic, to be hosted by arts exhibitions and exchange Deputy Amir sends greetings Thursday. During the Ministry of Culture and of visits of artistic, musical to Lebanese president the meeting, Sports in cooperation with its and theatrical teams. they discussed Tajik counterpart, will begin In a statement on Thurs- THE Deputy Amir His Highness Sheikh Abdulla bin Hamad al means of en- in Doha on Saturday and will day, the Ministry of Culture Thani on Thursday sent a cable of congratulations to President hancing coopera- continue until November 26. and Sports said the Tajik cul- of Lebanon Michel Aoun on the anniversary of his country’s tion between the The activities, which will tural days in Doha include a Independence Day. (QNA) two countries in be in Katara and Qatar Mall, number of art shows and an the cultural and are part of the joint cultural exhibition of artifacts and PM congratulates sports fields. cooperation between Qatar crafts, all of which reflect dif- (TNN) and Tajikistan in various artis- ferent aspects of the heritage Lebanese counterpart tic and cultural fields, contrib- and arts of Tajikistan. PRIME Minister and Minister of Interior HE Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa al Thani on Thursday sent a cable of congrat- ulations to Lebanese Prime Minister-Designate Saad al Hariri on the anniversary of his country’s Independence Day. (QNA) ‘Chemical weapons’ use threatens global peace’

QNA vention (CWC) underway in towards success and achieving Chemical Weapons Conven- THE HAGUE The Hague, the Netherlands the desired goals.” tion, welcoming the acces- Shura takes part in NATO until November 30, 2018. Sheikh Jassim stressed sion of the State of Palestine THE continued use of chemi- Sheikh Jassim reviewed that the Fourth Review Con- to become the 193th member cal weapons in Syria and some Qatar’s efforts to achieve the ference of the CWC was a of the Convention, and called Parliamentary Assembly other countries by govern- universality of the CWC and fundamental step in the de- on the rest of the non-signato- ments and terrorist organisa- create a world free of weapons velopment of the chemical ries to join the Convention to QNA curity, political, economic and tions against innocent civil- of mass destruction. weapons ban regime, add- achieve a world free of chemi- DOHA social developments in North ians continues to be a burden He said, “Qatar appre- ing that despite progress in cal weapons. Africa, the Middle East and on the international commu- ciated the efforts made by the destruction of chemical The diplomat added that A DELEGATION of the Advi- the Gulf States. nity and a threat to regional the OPCW through the fact- weapons stockpiles declared Qatar believes that the le- sory Council participated in The NATO Parliamentary and international peace and finding mission and the in the world, which has so far gitimacy of the CWC derives the 64th Annual Session of the Assembly aims to strengthen security, Qatar has said. joint mission between the reached 96 percent, Member from the application of its NATO Parliamentary Assem- solidarity among alliance This came in the speech United Nations and OPCW States must comply with vari- just principles, stressing that bly in Halifax, Canada. members by bringing together of Qatar’s Permanent Rep- to oversee the elimination of HE Sheikh Jassim bin ous regulations, including the Qatar continues to pursue a The session discussed the parliamentarians from NATO resentative to the Organiza- the chemical weapons pro- Mohammed al Thani. verification system adminis- policy of supporting all legal challenges facing European member states, as well as tion for the Prohibition of gramme in Syria.” tered by the technical secre- instruments and internation- and Euro-Mediterranean se- members of partner countries Chemical Weapons (OPCW) On behalf of Qatar, he con- view Conference of the CWC. tariat, to ensure that chemical al initiatives that promote curity, as well as the outcome and observers. The Assembly HE Sheikh Jassim bin Mo- gratulated Ambassador of El He said, “We have full con- weapons do not reappear. disarmament, non-prolifera- of the recent Heads of State serves as a basic link between hammed al Thani during the Salvador HE Agustin Vasquez fidence in his ability and wise He said Qatar appreciated tion and regional and inter- and Government Summit in NATO and the parliaments of Fourth Review Conference of Gomez on his election as leadership in guiding the work the organisation’s efforts to national security on a fair and Brussels and the results of se- its member states. the Chemical Weapons Con- Chairman of the Fourth Re- of this important conference achieve the universality of the equitable basis. Baker meets European Parliament MoPH showcases food members to bolster aviation ties safety analysis methods TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK QNA gies in the field of food health food chain, from production DOHA DOHA and safety. to trade to ensure safe access Head of the Central Food to food with an emphasis on QATAR Airways (QA) Group THE Ministry of Public Health Laboratory (CFL) at the min- monitoring compliance with Chief Executive Akbar al Baker (MoPH) held a presentation istry Najat Ali al Abd al Malek health requirements and pre- met with influential European on its role in food control and said the ministry, in coop- venting violations that affect Parliament members and top technical and supervisory work eration with the authorities the public health. decision makers of the Euro- carried out by its employees. concerned, plays a key role Malek added that CFL at- pean Commission in Brussels, The presentation was held in implementing the highest tracts considerable interna- Belgium to strengthen relation- at an interactive event organ- standards of safe food in the tional and local trust, having ships that the airline enjoy with ised by Qatar National Library local market according to the received several advanced key MEPs and to demonstrate on food chemical contents. specifications approved region- rankings in the Food and En- Qatar Airways’ commitment The ministry also present- ally and internationally. vironment Research Agency to the European Union, the ed the development mecha- She said the ministry also laboratory performance as- world’s largest single market nisms that the Food Safety and activates cooperation with of- sessment programmes in the area. Qatar Airways Group Chief Executive Akbar al Baker with influential European Parliament members and Environmental Health Depart- ficials in food establishments UK and was among the top 15 During the visit, Baker held top decision makers of the European Commission in Brussels, Belgium. ment seeks to achieve in line to follow maximum preventive of 100 laboratories involved in successful one-to-one meetings with Qatar’s national strate- measures at all stages of the the evaluation programme. with MEP Ramon Tremosa, industries and businesses, more close to completing the final Europe, including Nice, Dublin, MEP Jose Ignacio Salafranca options for travellers and long- stage of the EU-Qatar Compre- Malaga, Prague and London and MEP Ismail Ertug at the term prosperity for our econo- hensive Air Transport Agree- Gatwick. Further route launch- European Parliament in Brus- mies. I have no doubt that we ment, which has offered Qatar es are planned in the next year, sels, the capital of Europe. will succeed. and Qatar Airways an excellent including Lisbon and Valletta, SCHOOLCHILDREN PREPARE FOR NATIONAL DAY He also met with European “We appreciate the open- platform to engage in candid which will take the total num- Commissioner and Vice-Presi- ness and understanding dem- discussions with its Europe- ber of destinations in Europe up dent Maroš Šefčovič and Hen- onstrated by the EU. We also an partners on the potential to 56. rik Hololei, director-general of thank the EU for the flexibility growth and future cooperation Qatar Airways launched its Mobility and Transport for the and support provided to Qatar between the two parties. operations to Brussels in Janu- European Commission. under the current blockade.” With 617 weekly flights to ary 2011 with a five-times-week- Baker said, “The support During the evening, more Europe, Qatar Airways flies an ly service. This was increased extended to our country and than 16 MEPs enjoyed a VIP average of 91,000 passengers a to a daily service in February airline by top European deci- dinner with key note speeches week to more than 50 key cities 2013 and increased again to an sion makers is truly valued and at Presidential Salon at the Eu- in the region. eight-times-weekly service in appreciated. We come here in ropean Parliament. Over the last 18 months, December 2015. The operation the spirit of pursuing enhanced The visit comes at a time the airline has enhanced this is currently operated by a Boe- aviation opportunities for our when Qatar and the EU are by launching 15 new routes to ing B777 aircraft type. Music knows no borders, says Rambo Amadeus CATHERINE W GICHUKI members. entertained people from differ- classic jazz, you recognise 12 him go to music school. hope I will go to Russia soon.” DOHA Speaking to Qatar Trib- ent parts of the world. tones in one octave scale. In “I noticed after a few days Talking to aspiring musi- une on Thursday, Rambo said. “Americans, for instance, Middle East and India, you rec- of going to the school the best cians, he said, “They should RENOWNED Montenegrin re- “One does not need to under- come to my shows and say ognise 52 tones in one scale.” time for me was when I went stick to the music and not cording artiste, composer and stand the language of the music they didn’t understand the lyr- He said although he doesn’t to the hall of the school and I get diverted. Though it is performance artiste Antonije to enjoy it.” ics but they enjoyed the shows have any song in Arabic, if a could hear different classrooms good to be ambitious, they Pušić, mostly known as Rambo He said he has done very much. It is a sign that mu- song comes in his mind he will practising different instruments should not become a slave of Amadeus who performed last only one song in English sic does not recognise borders. give it a trial. and music. I liked that mix very their ambitions.” night at the Ritz Carlton Doha language for Eurovision in That’s why I listen to Quran According to him, Qatar’s much. My music is inspired by However, he said one has to has described music as an art Baku Azerbaijan. readers,” he said. music industry has grown since those different melodies at the balance between life and music. that knows no boundaries. He, however, said in terms Rambo, who also enjoys the last time he was here seven same time,” he said. “I don’t travel a lot only once Rambo, whose genres of of instrumental, he communi- listening to music from the years ago. Rambo, who has been in in two months. I stay in my music are jazz, rock and hip- cates with everyone regardless Middle East region, said: “I Most of his songs are written the music industry for about 50 town composing music, theatre, hop enthralled Qatar audi- of their languages. like listening to Quran read- in Serbian-Croatian languages years, said has never stopped television and advertising. I also ence with funk, mix of Balkan “The biggest part of my ers because they make very and almost all people living in doing music. conduct sailing lessons. I don’t and afro with jazz at an event work in music is arrangements. captivating melodies. I don’t Balkan can understand it. He said, “Music has helped want to be a slave of my ambi- organised by CTBA Group on I think everybody can relate understand the lyrics but I am Talking about how he found me to travel the world. I have tion,” he said. Thursday. with that part of my work,” he attracted by the tunes. I have himself in the music industry, been to Canada, Great Britain, He performed alongside said, adding that regardless of found a lot of inspiration in this Rambo said he started doing Norway, Romania, Bulgaria, (PHOTOGRAPH BY his band which consists of six the language in lyrics, he has because I found out in Europe Rambo Amadeus. music when his mother made Azerbaijan, among others. I JALAL PATHIYOOR) Nation Friday, November 23, 2018 03 219 youth gather to hone humanitarian Customer wins one million flex in Vodafone skills at ROTA training programme and Baladna promotion TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK DOHA TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK Flex for free data and minutes. 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The participants ers Program, briefing them creation of a cadre of safety- TO complement their theoreti- then attended a series of oral on the significant steps that conscious leaders, since safety cal coursework on leadership and visual presentations deliv- the world-renowned oil-and- is essential for the success of with practical insights into the ered by Deputy Vice-President gas leader is taking in their every individual and industry.” workings of industry frontrun- Pearl GTL Misfer al Bidaiwi; drive to achieve ‘Goal Zero’ The full day’s agenda in- ners, 40 participants from the Vice-President of QSRTC Hus- – a safety-first organisational cluded a tour of the facilities, Executive Leaders Program sein Ahmed al Hijji; Director at culture that seeks to enable all executive presentations by spe- at Qatar Leadership Centre Tafawoq Bader al Jaidah; Gen- Shell operators to successfully cialists on a wide range of per- (QLC) recently visited Qatar eral Manager of HSSE Soy Tir; execute their roles while safe- tinent topics – such as industry Shell Research and Technology Country Health Manager Dr guarding personal, procedural case studies, safety leadership, Centre (QSRTC). 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Severing Ties of Kinship Is Seeking Forgiveness: Forbidden in Islam

QUESTION: AsSalamu Alaykum. I broke relations with my brother, who is not a Muslim, due to his wife and my hus- Tradition of the Prophets band flirting with each other. Before I took this measure, I explained to my sister in-law that we Muslims do not mix or talk to the opposite gender unless there is a need for it, yet my husband despite my advice kept talking to her and the Righteous freely and even ignoring my brother and my presence. I miss my brother and my family is sad for this because we have always been very close and kind to each other. What can I do? My husband denies his misbehaviour and blames and accuses me of jealousy. I feel he is more responsible for this sad situation because he is a Muslim and my sister in-law is not. Therefore, he should establish the limits and act as a Muslim man should. It has been several years I do not speak to my brother and my entire family is sad and disappointed with the situation and started to blame Islam for the action I took of remaining apart to avoid more troubles. Jazaka Allah Khair, Wa Salamu Alaykum wa Rahmatu Allah

Answer: All perfect praise be to Allah, The Lord of the Worlds. I testify that there is none worthy of worship except Allah, and that Muhammad, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, is His slave and Messenger. If your husband behaves in the manner which you have described in the question, i.e. flirts with your brother’s wife, then he is, without doubt, negligent in observing the rulings of the Sharee’ah. Your brother’s wife is not among the Mahaarim women of your husband. In fact, the prohibition is even more emphasised and his sin is graver because she is married. The fact that she is a non-Muslim does not constitute a valid justification for such an attitude on part of your husband. We advise you to keep on advising him to repent from his sinful acts. You should make sure that you advise him kindly and wisely so that your advice will be acceptable and fruitful. You should also remind him that he has to be a good example for others in terms of highlighting the virtues of Islam concern- ing preserving people’s honour and refraining from violating it. Besides, you should tirelessly supplicate Allah to guide him to the straight path. Allah, The Exalted, has enjoined us to implore Him and promised to answer our supplications. Allah, The Exalted, says (what means): {And your Lord says, “Call upon Me; I will respond to you.” Indeed, those who disdain My worship will enter Hell [rendered] contemptible.}[Quran 40:60] However, you should not have severed your relationship with your brother. In fact, even if we assume that your brother is aware of his wife’s inappropriate attitude, severing your rela- tionship with him may not be beneficial. It may even urge them (your brother’s wife and your husband) to be more stubborn. It may also reflect a distorted image of Muslims and Islam. Hence, if you do not fear any potential harm in maintaining the ties of kinship with your brother, then do so and hope for the reward of Allah in return for your deed. You should show kindness to your family in general as this may encourage them to embrace Islam. Allah, The Exalted, says (what means): {Allah does not forbid you from those who do not fight you be- HE Prophets, may Allah he said. Allah, The Almighty, Says on for You are the Most Merciful of the tion, also supplicated Allah, The Ex- cause of religion and do not expel you from your homes - from exalt their mention, and the tongue of Nooh (what means): {… merciful.} [Quran 7:151] alted. Allah Says (what means): {And being righteous toward them and acting justly toward them. the virtuous and righteous “My Lord, I seek refuge in You from Muhammad, may Allah exalt his Daawood became certain that We had Indeed, Allah loves those who act justly.}[Quran 60:8] people were the quickest of asking that of which I have no knowl- mention: tried him and he asked forgiveness of Moreover, Asmaa’ bint Abu Bakr, may Allah be pleased all to comply with the call edge. And unless You forgive me and The Companions of the Prophet, his Lord and fell down bowing [in pros- with her, reported: “My mother came to me during the lifetime ofT Allah, The Almighty. have mercy upon me, I will be among sallallaahu ‘alayhi wasallam, narrated tration] and turned in repentance [to of Messenger of Allah, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, and she Our father Aadam (Adam) and our the losers.} [Quran 11:47] that he, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wasal- Allah].} [Quran 38: 24] was a polytheist. I said to the Messenger of Allah, sallallaahu mother Hawwaa’ (Eve), may Allah ex- Besides, after Allah, The Exalted, lam, used to seek the forgiveness Abu Bakr, may Allah be pleased ‘alayhi wa sallam, (seeking his verdict), “My mother has come alt their mention, responded to the call had punished the disbelieving people of Allah, The Almighty, at least one with him: to me and she desires to receive a gift from me, shall I keep of Allah, The Almighty, immediately af- of Nooh, may Allah exalt his men- hundred times in each gathering, say- Abu Bakr, may Allah be pleased good relations with her?” The Prophet, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa ter they disobeyed Him when Shaytaan tion, with drowning and saved the ing: “O Lord, forgive my sins and grant with him, the best of this nation after sallam, said, “Yes, keep good relation with your mother.” [Al- (Satan) caused them to slip and incited believing people with Nooh, may Al- me (accept my) repentance; for You the Prophet, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wasal- Bukhaari and Muslim] them to commit a sin. They hastened to lah exalt his mention, he [Nooh] said are the Accepting of repentance, the lam, asked him “O Messenger of Al- We advise you to persistently supplicate Allah to guide your show remorse and to repent. (what means): {My Lord, forgive me Merciful.” In another version: “… You lah, teach me an invocation with which family to Islam and to grant them success in embracing it. Allah, The Almighty, Says (what and my parents and whoever enters are the Forgiving, the Merciful.” [Abu I may invoke Allah in my prayers.” Allah Knows best. means): {They said, “Our Lord, we my house a believer and the believing Daawood] The Prophet, sallallaahu The Prophet, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wasal- have wronged ourselves, and if You do men and believing women. And do not ‘alayhi wasallam, said: “By Allah! I ask lam, said: “Say, ‘Allaahumma inni not forgive us and have mercy upon increase the wrongdoers except in de- for forgiveness from Allah, The Ex- thalamtu nafsi thulman katheeran wa us, we will surely be among the los- struction.} [Quran 71:28] alted, and turn to Him in repentance la yaghfira th-thunoobilla ant; ighfir li ... A Muslim is the brother of a Muslim. He ers.} [Quran 7:23] Ibraaheem (Abraham), may Allah more than seventy times a day.” [Al- maghfiratan min ‘indik warhamni, inna- Nooh (Noah), may Allah exalt his exalt his mention: Bukhaari] ka anta Al-Ghafoor Ar-Raheem (O Allah, neither oppresses him nor forsakes him... mention: Ibraaheem, may Allah exalt his Furthermore, Allah, The Almighty, I have wronged my soul very much and When he, may Allah exalt his men- mention, who was the intimate friend urges the Prophet, sallallaahu ‘alayhi none forgives the sins but You; so please – [Muslim] tion, felt sympathy for his disbelieving of Allah, The Exalted, said in the verse wasallam, to seek His forgiveness. He, bestow Your forgiveness and mercy upon son, he said (what means): {… “My (which means): {And who I aspire that the Exalted, Says (what means): {… me. No doubt, You are the Oft-Forgiving, Lord, indeed my son is of my fam- He will forgive me my sin on the Day of ask forgiveness for your sin and for the Most Merciful).” [Al-Bukhaari] ily; and indeed, Your promise is true Recompense.} [Quran 26:82] the believing men and believing wom- ‘Umar, may Allah be pleased with him: and You Are the most just of judg- Moosa (Moses), may Allah exalt his en…} [Quran 47:19] ‘Umar, may Allah be pleased with es!} [Quran 11:45] Then Allah, The Al- mention: Yoonus (Jonah) may Allah exalt his him, said to the Prophet, sallallaahu mighty, Said to him (what means): {… Allah Says on the tongue of Moosa, mention: ‘alayhi wasallam, “O Messenger of Al- “O Nooh, indeed he is not of your fam- may Allah exalt his mention, (what Prophet Yoonus, may Allah ex- lah, ask forgiveness for me.” ily; indeed, he is [one whose] work was means): {He said, “My Lord, indeed I alt his mention, called out in the There are numerous righteous and other than righteous, so ask Me not for have wronged myself, so forgive me,” darkness of the whale’s belly (what devout people other than these, who Two things have distracted me from worldly that about which you have no knowl- and He forgave him. Indeed, He is means): {There is no deity except You; used to seek the forgiveness of Allah, edge. Indeed, I advise you, lest you be the Forgiving, the Merciful.} [Quran exalted are You. Indeed, I have been of The Almighty, frequently. Repent- pleasures: remembering death and thinking among the ignorant.} [Quran 11:46] 28:16] He, may Allah exalt his men- the wrongdoers.} [Quran 21:87] ance was their banner, their request Then, Nooh, may Allah exalt his tion, also said (what means): {[Moosa] Daawood (David), may Allah exalt for forgiveness was their slogan, and about standing before Allah mention, asked for the forgiveness of said, “My Lord, forgive me and my his mention: they repeatedly turned to Allah, The Allah, The Almighty, repenting of what brother and admit us into Your mercy, Daawood, may Allah exalt his men- Almighty. – Ibrahim At-Tamimi

SLAM advocates educating wom- en and enlightening them about opinions. To know more about her the teachings of religion, as this biography, review Tabaqaat Ash- Igreatly influences the life of wom- The Daughters of Scholars Shaafi‘iyyah by Al-Asnawi (Volume en as well as that of their children 1 / page 443) in the future. As Hafiz Ibrahim, the ing.” [Ahmad and Al-Haakim] him, completed the recitation of the series will urge women students appointed as the army’s commander Hafsah bint Seereen Poet of the Nile, said, “The mother The Mothers of the Believers, whole Quran, he used to gather his to exert their best efforts in learn- in order to conquer Sicily, he at- She is the sister of the no- is a school, if she is well-prepared, a such as ‘Aa’ishah and Hafsah, may family and supplicate Allah, The Al- ing religion and mastering what is tained a great victory and besieged ble Taabi‘i, Muhammad ibn Seer- noble nation is prepared.” Allah be pleased with them, used mighty. [Ibn Abu Daawood] beneficial for them in their scientific the city of Sousse, but was killed een, may Allah have mercy upon Besides, the Prophet, sallallaahu to explain and teach matters of the On the whole, scholars were keen and practical life. there in 213 AH. Asmaa’ married him. She was trustworthy and ‘alayhi wasallam, addressed women religion to women. This was also on teaching women. History has re- These women scholars spe- one of her father’s students whose knowledgeable in Fiqh as well as in saying: “O womenfolk….” He even the guidance of other male Com- corded the biographies of women cialised in different branches of name was Muhammad ibn Abu Al- other branches of knowledge. She specified a day on which he used to panions, may Allah be pleased with who were knowledgeable in religion knowledge at different ages, and Jawaad and who was the head of the was a sincere worshipper and one address them; when some female them, for they were keen on teach- and were taught by their fathers, their names have been arranged Hanafi scholars in Maghrib. Asmaa’, of the most prominent Taabi’i wom- Companions, may Allah be pleased ing their wives and informing them brothers and husbands. Such men alphabetically. The names of wom- may Allah have mercy upon her, en. She completed the memori- with them, said to him, “Men are about the teachings of the religion, present shining examples in car- en Companions, may Allah be died in 250 AH. sation of the Qur’an at the age of always with you. So, specify a day especially rulings that are specific ing for and educating both men and pleased with them, have not been To know more about her biog- twelve and lived for seventy years. for us.” He indeed specified a day to women, such as those related to women without discrimination. Life included because they are numer- raphy, review Ad-Dibaaj Al-Math- Her brother, Muhammad, used to on which he met them, admonished ritual purification, menstruation, [daily obligations and duties] did not ous and well-known. Rather, we hab by Ibn Farhoon (page 305) ask her about what he did not have them and commanded them…” [Al- post-partum bleeding, prayer, mar- divert them from their duty towards will mention women from among and Faqeehaat ‘Aalimaat by Mu- knowledge about in the Qur’an. Bukhaari and Muslim] riage, divorce, breastfeeding, and so their families until their sons and the Taabi‘is (the generation that fol- hammad Khayr (page 29). Mahdi ibn Maymoon mentioned Moreover, the Prophet, sallal- on. Some Companions, may Allah daughters grew into excellent role lowed that of the Companions) and The sister of Al-Muzani that she remained in her place of laahu ‘alayhi wasallam, used to urge be pleased with them, used to hold models in knowledge and piety. their successors: She is the sister of the Shaafi‘i worship for thirty years and did women to teach one another. For gatherings of knowledge in their Here, we mention the biogra- Asmaa’ bint Asad ibn Al-Furaat scholar, Ismaa‘eel Al-Muzani, the not leave it except for a siesta and example, he said to Ash-Shifaa’ bint homes in order to teach their chil- phies of some women who learned Her father was Maghrib’s companion of Ash-Shaafi‘i, may Al- answering the call of nature. She ‘Abdullaah Al-‘Adawiyyah, may Allah dren and daughters. from their fathers and husbands. (North-West Africa) famous schol- lah have mercy upon them, who died died after 100 AH. Her traditions be pleased with her, “Teach Hafsah An-Nawawi, may Allah have The purpose of this series is to high- ar and judge. She was her father’s in 264 AH. His sister used to attend are mentioned in different books the Ruqyah (protective and healing mercy upon him, transmitted on light the woman’s position in Islam. only daughter and he used to teach the Fiqh lectures of Ash-Shaafi‘i, of Hadeeth. To know more about supplications) for Namlah (Namlah the authority of Qataadah, may Al- Women scholars were appreciated her the Quran, Hadeeth (narration) may Allah have mercy upon him. her biography, review Tahtheeb literary means ant. It is a skin disease lah have mercy upon him, who was by Muslim biographers, and there- and Fiqh (Islamic jurisprudence). Some of the Shaafi‘i scholars used to Al-Kamaal by Al-Mizzi (Volume 35 where pustules appear on the side of a Taabi‘i (successor of the Com- fore, they included them in their She used to attend her father’s as- transmit her Fiqh opinions and her / page 151) and Siyar ‘Alaam An- the body and they are swallowed like panions), that whenever Anas ibn classifications of great figures and semblies of knowledge and contrib- decisions regarding what she be- Nubalaa’ by Ath-Thahabi (Volume 4 ants), just as you taught her writ- Maalik, may Allah be pleased with biographies. It is hoped that this ute to debates. When her father was lieved to be the most preponderant / page 507). Pakistan / SA / Philippines / SEA Friday, November 23, 2018 05 Over 200 skeletons found in Sri Lanka’s 5 freed Iranian security personnel held Three children killed playing with mortar largest mass grave in Mannar town by militants flown home from Pakistan in Pakistan’s Swat valley, say police COLOMBO Over 230 skeletons have been found in a mass grave TEHRAN Five Iranian security personnel, who had been held by PESHAWAR Three children were killed after a mortar shell they News discovered earlier this year in Sri Lanka’s Mannar town that has militants for a month, have been flown home after Pakistani mistook for a toy exploded in a field in Pakistan’s northwestern in brief turned out to be the country’s biggest such site. A court has or- forces secured their release, Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said on Swat valley, police said Thursday. The district was under the de dered detailed excavations at the site - a former co-operative depot Thursday. The five were part of a mixed unit of 12 border guards, facto control of the Pakistani Taliban in 2007-2009 until a mili- near the main bus terminus - after human remains were found by militiamen and Guards intelligence agents who were captured by tary operation ended their rule, and has since seen sporadic workers digging foundations for a new building. (IANS) militants of the Pakistan-based Jaish al-Adl. militants. (AFP) militant attacks. (AFP) Bamboo house for Manila slums wins top prize in future cities contest Vietnam protests new building by Beijing in South China Sea THOMSON REUTERS FOUNDATION CUBO, uses engineered bam- Hughes, competition judge and BANGKOK boo, and can be put together president of RICS. in four hours at a cost of 60 “Earl’s idea stood out for REUTERS its activities in Vietnam’s Paracels THE creator of a low-cost house pounds per square metre, ac- its simple, yet well thought HANOI has seriously violated Vietnam’s made of bamboo to tackle the cording to a statement released through solution to the world’s sovereignty on this archipelago,” chronic shortage of affordable Thursday. growing slum problem,” he CHINA’S construction of a new foreign ministry spokeswoman housing in the Philippine capi- The modular housing, said. platform in a remote part of the Nguyen Phuong Tra told a news tal has won a top international which can be manufactured Of Manila’s population of disputed South China Sea is a conference on Thursday. prize to design future cities in a in a week, includes design ele- 12 million, about a third live in serious violation of Vietnam’s “We vehemently object to this rapidly urbanising world. ments such as a tilted roof that slums, possibly the most in any sovereignty, its foreign ministry action by China and demand that Earl Forlales, 23, won the captures rainwater and reduces urban area in the world, chari- said on Thursday. China stop immediately, not re- first prize from the Royal In- heat gain, and elevated stilts ties estimate. Many residents The platform, which sits on peat similar activities, and respect stitute of Chartered Survey- that prevent floodwaters from are migrants from the provinc- the strategically-located Bombay Vietnam’s sovereignty in accord- ors (RICS) in its Cities for our entering the home. es who come in search of better Reef and was revealed in satel- ance with international law,” said Future competition. The prize “The world’s cities are opportunities, and cannot af- lite images published this week Tra. Malaysia, the Philippines, money of 50,000 pounds growing all the time and there ford housing. An additional 2.5 by a US think tank, which said Taiwan and Brunei also have com- ($63,915) will fund a prototype, is a real need to make sure they million migrant workers are the structure could be used for peting claims in the South China Earl Forlales, 23, won the first prize from the Royal Institute of Char- as well as actual units. are safe, clean and comfortable forecast to move to the city in military purposes. Sea, which is known in Vietnam tered Surveyors in its Cities for our Future competition. The house, known as places to live in,” said John the next three years. “The fact that China continues as the “East Sea”.

Bomb attack on Haqqani militants Trump: US is in ‘very strong’ kills 3 in Pakistan REUTERS When asked what he peace talks in Afghanistan ISLAMABAD meant by term “office”, the source said it was a meeting A bomb targeting Haqqani place for Haqqani and other network militants in their militants. US president hints at going to Afghanistan, says people in the country are tired of fighting hideout in Pakistan’s tribal One of those wounded areas bordering Afghani- was regional Haqqani com- REUTERS stan killed three people on mander Jamshed Khan, he PALM BEACH, FLORIDA Thursday, including two added. A Pakistani security militants, a security official official in the region said US President Donald Trump and a militant source said. three people were killed in said on Thursday the United No group claimed re- the attack, including two States was “in very strong” sponsibility for the blast. Haqqani militants, and 11 peace negotiations in Afghani- The Haqqani network were wounded. stan but he did not known is known for bloody attacks US officials have urged whether they would be suc- against government institu- Pakistan to act against cessful. tions and foreign forces in Haqqani militants but scant “I really think the people Afghanistan, and its pres- progress has been made. of Afghanistan ... are tired of ence inside Pakistan is a Privately, Pakistani officials fighting,” Trump told report- major source of friction be- say they fear such a move ers after delivering a Thanks- tween Washington and Is- could see Haqqani militants giving holiday message to US lamabad. turn their guns on Pakistani troops in Afghanistan, scene The United States and targets. of one of America’s longest- Afghanistan accuse Pa- Since coming to of- ever wars. kistan of providing a safe fice, US President Donald “We are talking about haven to senior Haqqani Trump has taken a hardline peace and we’ll see if that hap- commanders and allege the stance on Pakistan, recently pens ... We have negotiations group operates freely on Pa- saying during an interview going on. I don’t know that kistan’s side of the porous with Fox News that the they are going to be success- frontier, charges that Paki- South Asian country doesn’t ful, probably they’re not. Who stan has repeatedly denied. “do a damn thing” for the knows? They might be, they “It was the office of our US despite receiving bil- commander Naik Muham- lions of dollars in aid. mad,” a Haqqani network Trump’s comments have US troops invaded source told Reuters about further frayed the already Afghanistan in 2001 as the attack near the Paki- fragile relationship between part of a campaign to top- stan-Afghanistan border in the two countries. Pakistani ple the Taliban following the Pakistan’s South Waziristan Prime Minister Imran Khan region. hit back at Trump by saying September 11 attacks in “At the present we can the United States is turning the United States. Some not say who is behind this Pakistan into a “scapegoat” 14,000 US personnel are blast. It damaged our of- to mask its own failures in still there. fice,” he said. Afghanistan.

might not be.” Trump was speaking after Taliban leaders met with US special envoy Zalmay Khal- ilzad at their political head- quarters last week for the sec- ond time in the past month. US President Donald Trump speaks to the press via teleconference from his Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida, on Thursday. (AFP) Khalilzad said on Sunday he hoped to reach a peace deal ment that the Taliban believe The Taliban have strength- has yet to visit almost two here,” he said. by April 20, a deadline that they will “not win militar- ened their grip over the past years into his presidency, “We have a very power- coincides with the date set for ily” apparently angered senior three years, with the govern- even though previous US com- ful border now ... We took old presidential elections in Af- members of the group, who ment in Kabul controlling manders-in-chief have rou- broken wall and we wrapped ghanistan. warned US officials against just 56 percent of Afghani- tinely visited troops in active it with barbed wire plus ... no- However, the Taliban said mixed messages that could stan, down from 72 percent in war zones. body is getting through these their three-day meeting with muddle the peace process. 2015, a US government report Trump told troops in the walls and we’re going to make Khalilzad to pave the way for US troops invaded Af- showed this month. teleconference that while they sure they’re the right people peace talks ended with no ghanistan in 2001 as part of Two senior US officials were fighting, he was tak- because that’s what you and agreement on any issue and a campaign to topple the Tali- confirmed this week that a ing tough action to secure your family want,” he said. they had not accepted any ban following the September second round of peace talks the southern borders of the “That’s why we’re all fight- The Haqqani network is known for bloody attacks against gov- deadline set by the United 11 attacks in the United States. ended last week. United States from illegal im- ing - you know, we’re fighting ernment institutions and foreign forces in Afghanistan States to wrap up talks. Some 14,000 US personnel Trump hinted he may go migration. “You are doing it for borders, we’re fighting for Khalilzad’s public state- are still there. to Afghanistan, a country he over there; we are doing it over our country.”

Pakistanis file 100,000 complaints Eat, pray, exercise: Thailand’s monks battle weight problems about public services through app AFP Security Office. for sugar. AFP 84,000 complaints were yet BANGKOK “Some people even give Pre-packed alms that include ISLAMABAD to be addressed, while around monks cigarettes,” he added, in processed foods are also easily 16,000 had been resolved. EVERY morning Buddhist monk a symbolic offering to ancestors available at Thai stores, exacer- A mobile app launched by the Around 4,000 more com- Pipit Sarakitwinon takes walks who were heavy smokers. bating the problem. Pakistan government to allow plaints were received by Paki- around his temple and does hun- - ‘Can’t reject’ food -Thais Although the new guidelines the public to voice their griev- stanis living abroad, while 96 dreds of arm exercises, part of a boast some of the highest rates of call on monks to look after their ances over creaking infrastruc- percent of those who download- new regimen aimed at shedding obesity in Asia, according to the health so they can be “ready to ture has been inundated with ed the app were men. pounds as a health overhaul for Asian Development Bank. deliver Buddha’s teachings”, responses. Prime Minister Imran Khan members of the clergy gathers Members of the clergy are refusing devotees’ offerings is a A government official said came to power in July with a pace in Thailand. among the worst-hit -- a 2016 delicate subject. Thursday that more than a populist slogan of “Naya Paki- Followers have been show- survey of monks by the Faculty of “According to Lord Buddha’s hundred thousand complaints stan” (“New Pakistan”) -- prom- ering monks -- who are deeply Allied Health Sciences at Chula- teaching, whatever they offer, we had been made through the of- ising to root out corruption. respected in the kingdom -- with longkorn University in Bangkok have to accept. We can’t deny, ficial app, which launched only “Our state institutions will foods loaded with sugar, fat and found rates of obesity soaring as we can’t reject,” said Phra Ra- month ago. The application was be so strong that they will stop oil, contributing to a brewing high as 48 percent, with 42 per- jvoramuni, the assistant abbot at intended to offer swift resolu- corruption. Accountability will health crisis. cent suffering from high blood Sungvej temple in Bangkok who tion for basic civic problems be- start with me, then my minis- “Before I dieted I could A devotee gives food offerings to Buddhist monks in Bangkok. (AFP) pressure. helped author the new charter. ing faced by Pakistanis. ters, and then it will go from barely walk 100 metres without Buddhist precepts forbid Rajvoramuni hopes instead But the government has there,” Khan said in his first getting tired”, Pipit, 63, told AFP published a “Monk Health Char- sodas and salty snacks are among monks from eating after noon that health education -- includ- been overwhelmed with re- speech after coming to power during a medical check-up at a ter”, instructing members of the the array of sumptuous -- and and Buddha himself was said to ing training clergy to run basic sponses, particularly about in July. But Pakistan -- which hospital for monks in Bangkok, clergy to watch what they eat. unhealthy -- alms. have told his followers to refrain medical check-ups -- will bring problems in public services like has a population of around 207 adding that he used to weigh 180 Thais seeking to earn merit “If they eat our food and are from consuming meals later in about change. energy, health and education, million and around 150 million kilogrammes (397 pounds). and honour their ancestors often satisfied, we feel comfort that the day. “The monks also should do said the prime minister’s Spe- mobile phone users -- is known With cases of diabetes, hy- provide food to monks on their that food will be transferred to But certain juices -- referred something, like exercise... like cial Assistant Iftikhar Durrani. for sluggish bureaucracy, with pertension and knee problems daily rounds but they can be gen- our loved ones,” said Prachaks- to as pana in religious scripture walking meditation, cleaning the Talking to reporters in Is- incompetence and corruption skyrocketing, Thai health and erous to a fault. vich Lebnak, deputy secretary -- are allowed after midday, mak- temple in the morning, sweeping lamabad, Durrani said around rampant. religious officials last December Heavy curries, sugary sweets, general at the National Health ing them perfect delivery vehicles the grounds,” he said. 06 Friday, November 23, 2018 Gulf / Middle East Top Kurdish leader meets Iraqi premier in sign of thawing ties Iraq removes blast walls around Green Zone for partial reopening

BAGHDAD: Prominent Kurdish leader Massud Barzani met with Iraqi premier Adel Abdel Mahdi BAGHDAD: Iraqi authorities began removing cement walls surrounding Baghdad’s Green Zone on in Baghdad on Thursday during his first visit to the capital in over two years. Thursday in preparation for a partial reopening of the high-security enclave, an Iraqi official and AFP News Barzani’s visit is seen as another sign of an improvement in relations between Baghdad and correspondents said. in brief Iraqi Kurdistan that deteriorated sharply after the autonomous region held an independence The Green Zone became home to Iraq’s parliament and other government offices, United Na- referendum last year. tions agencies and western embassies after the US-led invasion of 2003. The prime minister’s office announced the meeting just after noon on Thursday, sharing a The area on the west bank of the Tigris River is ringed by blast walls topped with barbed wire photograph of Barzani dressed in a dark grey suit instead of his usual Kurdish garb. (AFP) and guarded by Iraqi security forces, but inaccessible for most Iraqi citizens. (AFP) Protests as Lebanon marks 75 years of independence with no govt REUTERS employment, pollution, poor lion refugees from the war in BEIRUT President Michel Aoun said education and housing, the neighbouring Syria. the country no longer had the national debt and political in- A new government com- LEBANON marked 75 years luxury of wasting time on gov- fighting. mitted to reform would unlock of independence on Thursday ernment formation and called “We want to say to the more than $11 billion worth but while the military staged on officials and parties to set country’s ruling mafia that it of donor investment for infra- an invitation-only parade, is responsible for the political, structure needing repair since a many citizens saw little to cel- aside their interests and work economic, social and environ- 15-year civil war ended in 1990. ebrate with the nation’s eco- Lebanese President Michel Aoun for the Lebanese people mental deterioration we are President Michel Aoun ac- nomic problems and political experiencing,” protest co-or- knowledged citizens’ frustra- stalemate deepening. Prime Minister-designate a state, we will celebrate inde- ganisers You Stink said in an tion in an address marking the As the army closed off Saad al-Hariri has hit a wall in pendence,” said Beirut worker online statement. anniversary of independence streets for its ceremony, pro- trying to form a national unity Suzanne Awada. Lebanon has the world’s in 1943 from French rule. testers angry at worsening government that is urgently Around 200 people joined third largest public debt as Aoun said the country no living conditions marched needed to reform the budget the protest but while the turn- a proportion of its economy longer had the luxury of wast- through Beirut under the slo- and manage the country’s out was small, the complaints and low growth, although the ing time on government for- Lebanese Civil Society activists carry banners with Arabic words ‘In- gan: “Our independence from huge debt burden. on their banners are daily central bank says the Leba- mation and called on officials dependence is the provision of electricity, water, medicine, and decent your exploitation”. “The economic situation is topics of conversation across nese pound’s peg to the dol- and parties to set aside their life for citizens’ during a demonstration at Martyrs’ Square in central More than six months on the floor, there’s no state, the country: corruption, bad lar is stable. The country is interests and work for the Beirut, Lebanon, on Thursday. (EPA-EFE) since a parliamentary election, no government ... Once there’s water and power supplies, un- also hosting more than a mil- Lebanese people. Yemen peace talks EU: All responsible for Khashoggi’s set for December in Sweden, says US murder must be held ‘accountable’ AFP EU’s Mogherini calls France imposes WASHINGTON UN envoy, rebel chief meet ahead for a ‘completely sanctions on 18 PEACE talks aimed at end- Saudi citizens ing the war in Yemen have of peace talks transparent and been set for early December credible investigation’ PARIS: France said on Thurs- in Sweden, between Huthi SANAA: UN envoy Martin day it had imposed sanc- rebels and the UN-recog- Griffiths met with Yemeni AFP tions, including travel bans, nised government, US De- rebel chief Abdulmalik ANKARA on 18 Saudi citizens linked to fense Secretary Jim Mattis al-Houthi on Thursday to the murder of Saudi journalist said on Wednesday. discuss logistics ahead THE EU’s top diplomat Fed- Jamal Khashoggi and said He said the Saudis and of planned peace talks in erica Mogherini said on more could follow depending United Arab Emirates -- who Sweden in December, a Thursday all those “really re- on results of an investigation. have militarily backed Presi- rebel spokesman said. sponsible” for the murder of The foreign ministry did dent Abedrabbo Mansour The two men addressed journalist Jamal Khashoggi not name the individuals Hadi in the brutal three-year- “what can facilitate new have to be held accountable. but said in a statement that old war -- “are fully on board, discussions in December After Saudi Arabia accept- the move was in coordina- by the way.” “It looks like that and procedures needed to ed responsibility and said that tion with European partners, very, very early in December, transport injured and sick 21 people were in custody, with notably Germany. Berlin on up in Sweden, we’ll see both for treatment abroad and death penalties sought against Monday also banned 18 the Houthi rebel side and the bring them back”, Houthi five men, attention turned Saudis and moved to halt all UN-recognszed government, spokesman Mohammed to whether the crown prince arms sales to Saudi Arabia. President Hadi’s govern- Abdelsalam said on Twitter. would be found culpable. The bans bind all ment, will be up there.” The rebel chief urged “Those responsible, really members of the European Mattis last month made the UN to remain “balanced responsible for this terrible Union’s passport-free Schen- a surprise call for a ceasefire and neutral in its work to murder have to be account- gen zone, it said. in Yemen and urged warring find a political solution”, able,” Mogherini told a news “The murder of Mr parties to enter negotiations Abdelsalam added. (AFP) conference in Ankara with Khashoggi is a crime of ex- within the next 30 days. Turkish Foreign Minister treme gravity, which moreo- The United Nations has Mevlut Cavusoglu. ver goes against freedom now pushed that deadline recently ended its refueling Calling for a “completely of the press and the most back to the end of the year. support for Saudi warplanes. transparent and credible in- fundamental rights,” the Mattis’ latest comments The Houthis failed to vestigation”, she said: “For us ministry statement said. came as the US State Depart- show up to peace talks in accountability does not mean France expected a ment said talks must not be Switzerland in September, revenge.” transparent, detailed and delayed any longer, and UN leading to the collapse of that Khashoggi, a US resident exhaustive response from envoy Martin Griffiths was effort to end the fighting. who wrote for The Washington Saudi authorities, it said. in Sanaa for talks with rebel The Houthis have said Post and had been critical of Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu (right) and Federica Mogherini, High Representative of the (REUTERS) leaders to push them to join repeatedly that they need Crown Prince Mohammed bin Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the Commission, during their meeting in the peace talks in Sweden. stronger security guaran- Salman, was lured to the Saudi Ankara, Turkey, on Thursday. (EPA-EFE) world’s biggest weapons im- Griffiths is spearheading tees from the international consulate in Istanbul on Oct 2, porters. It heads a military co- the biggest push in two years community that they will be killed and according to Turkish CIA has recording of Saudi prince demanding Khashoggi be ‘silenced’ alition fighting in a civil war in to end the war, which has given safe passage through prosecutors dismembered. Yemen in which tens of thou- sparked what the UN calls the crippling air and sea After lengthy denials, ISTANBUL: A Turkish newspaper reported on Thursday CIA director Gina Haspel signalled to Turkish sands of people have died and the world’s worst humani- blockade the coalition has Saudi authorities admitted officials last month that the agency had a recording of a call in which Saudi Arabia’s crown prince caused a major humanitarian tarian crisis. enforced since March 2015. responsibility and said 21 peo- gave instructions to “silence” Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. catastrophe. Washington has been pro- UN agencies say up to 14 ple had been taken into cus- “There is talk of another recording,” Hurriyet newspaper journalist Abdulkadir Selvi wrote in a col- “With the continued dete- viding bombs and other weap- million Yemenis are at risk of tody. However, a CIA analysis umn, saying the purported call took place between Prince Mohammed and his brother, Saudi Arabia’s rioration of the already terri- ons, as well as intelligence starvation if fighting closes leaked to the US media went ambassador to Washington. “It is being said that CIA chief Gina Haspel indicated this during her visit ble situation in Yemen and the support, to the Saudi-led the port of Hodeida, a gate- further, reportedly pointing to Turkey,” he wrote, adding that they had discussed Khashoggi, a critic of the kingdom’s de facto ruler. killing of Saudi journalist Ja- coalition backing Hadi, but way for humanitarian aid. the finger at the crown prince. “It is being said the crown prince gave orders to ‘silence Jamal Khashoggi as soon as possible’,” mal Khashoggi, we are now in Turkey has repeatedly in a call which was monitored by the US agency, he said. (REUTERS) a new situation,” said Foreign called for those who ordered the Minister Anders Samuelsen in murder to be held accountable a statement. but has stopped short of directly line with our principles, val- Meanwhile, Denmark has sident Saudi journalist and the Denmark issued ten such blaming Prince Mohammed. ues, practices on judicial sys- suspended future approvals of kingdom’s role in the conflict approvals last year, according “We’ve always been against tems full investigation, trans- weapons and military equip- in Yemen, the Danish Foreign to the ministry. Already given for instance any application of parent and fair to take place,” ment exports to Saudi Arabia in Ministry said on Thursday. approvals will not be suspend- death penalty but we expect in Mogeherini said. response to the killing of a dis- Saudi Arabia is one of the ed, a spokesman said. Iran sticking to nuclear deal amid new US sanctions: Watchdog UN special envoy for Yemen Martin Griffiths (left) holds talks with a REUTERS weeks after the latest wave the wars in Syria and Yemen ington has put back in place. nuclear-related commitments Houthi representative upon his arrival in Sanaa on Wednesday. (EPA-EFE) VIENNA of reimposed US sanctions and its ballistic missile pro- That has raised fears that Iran under the Joint Comprehen- against Tehran took effect. gramme, none of which are will breach the deal’s nuclear sive Plan of Action,” Interna- IRAN is implementing its President Donald Trump covered by the pact. limits, which are designed to tional Atomic Energy Agency side of its nuclear deal with said in May he was pulling Many Western companies keep it a year away from being Director-General Yukiya Ama- major powers, the UN atomic the United States out of the have cancelled plans to do able to build a nuclear weapon no told a quarterly meeting of watchdog policing the pact 2015 nuclear deal for reasons business with Iran for fear of if it chose to. his agency’s 35-nation Board US to install observation posts reaffirmed on Thursday, two including Iran’s influence on breaching the sanctions Wash- “Iran is implementing its of Governors. on Syria-Turkey border: Mattis

AFP fight,” so “that we can crush WASHINGTON what’s left of the geographic caliphate.” Heavy rains unearth Iraqi mines in Kuwaiti desert THE US military will install “They will be very clearly observation posts along Syr- marked locations day and AFP their plans until after the de- mines mostly in the desert. ia’s northern border with Tur- night so that the Turks know KUWAIT CITY fence ministry has searched the Through multi-billion dol- key to help minimise tensions where they’re at,” he added, areas, said Fahad al-Shutaily, lar contracts, Kuwait removed between the Turks and Wash- noting that the decision was UNPRECEDENTED heavy deputy director of Kuwait’s Jah- some 1.65 million mines, leav- ington’s Kurdish allies in the taken in close cooperation rains which recently lashed Ku- ra and Farwaniya governorates. ing behind 350,000 others. fight against the Islamic State with Turkey. wait unearthed dozens of land “Floods have uncovered Since early November the group, defence secretary Jim The SDF announced on mines planted by Iraqi troops and carried away scores of desert state of Kuwait has re- Mattis said on Wednesday. November 11 it would resume during their 1990-91 occupa- mines, bombs and ammuni- ceived about 300 mm of rain “We are putting in obser- its offensive against IS after tion, disrupting the emirate’s tion left by the Iraqi army in -- almost three times its annu- vation posts in several loca- having previously called it off popular desert camping season, desert areas. We are waiting al average rainfall -- which has tions up along the... northern due to new tensions with Tur- officials said on Wednesday. for the defence ministry to caused widespread damage to Syrian border,” Mattis told key, which had shelled its po- Authorities have closed 18 hand over the areas after clear- residential zones. reporters. sitions in northern Syria. desert sites and have so far re- ing them,” Shutaily told AFP. A car is swept away following heavy rain in Kuwait City recently. (EPA) The flooding of desert ar- He added that the goal was The violence caused embar- moved at least 48 mines after The ministry of defence is eas has come at the start of to ensure the Syrian Demo- rassment for the United States, receiving complaints from the currently searching at least 18 president Saddam Hussein, later by a US-led internation- the camping season, when cratic Forces (SDF), which in- which is a key partner of the campers, they said. sites which are normally used invaded and occupied Kuwait al coalition. But before that, hundreds of thousands of Ku- cludes the Syrian Kurdish YPG SDF, while Turkey is a NATO The civil defence commit- for camping. on August 2, 1990 before they Kuwaiti authorities say Ira- waitis set up modern camps militia, “are not drawn off that member and strategic ally. tee has urged campers to delay Iraqi troops, under former were evicted seven months qis planted some two million for around four months. India / World Friday, November 23, 2018 07

News Kerala’s CM meets governor, pledges to Thousands of distressed Maharastra in brief boost amenities for Sabarimala pilgrims farmers march in protest to Mumbai IANS DPA ister of State for Finance and The farmers who walked to assurance on a majority of their 8 killed in attack THIRUVANANTHAPURAM The two dignitaries also dis- Shipping, said the statement. NEW DELHI demands. on French drilling cussed complaints about The two dignitaries also Mumbai from various parts “More than eight months camp in Niger KERALA Chief Minister police action and the possi- discussed complaints about po- THOUSANDS of protesting farm- of the state of Maharashtra have passed and the government Pinarayi Vijayan on Thursday bility of lifting the restric- lice action and the possibility of ers reached India’s financial hub want their debts to state- has done less than 2 per cent of PARIS Seven employees of met Governor P Sathasivam tions imposed through lifting the restrictions imposed Mumbai on Thursday demanding run banks to be written off what it promised,” said Pratibha a French mineral and water and pledged to improve ameni- through Section 144. the government help them out of Shinde, general secretary of the drilling firm and a local offi- ties for the pilgrims visiting the Section 144 “The Chief Minister has deep distress. Lok Sangharsh Morcha (Peoples cial were killed early Thurs- Sabarimala temple, as the two- assured the Governor that all The farmers who walked to for years, followed by unsea- Struggle Forum), the organiser day when gunmen attacked month season to pay obeisance and on way to Sanidhanam,” ac- these issues will be looked into Mumbai from various parts of sonal rains that destroyed crops, of the march. The farmers who their site in southeastern to Lord Ayyappa peaks. cording to a statement released and acted upon as soon as pos- the state of Maharashtra want which pushed the farmers into mainly belong to the tribal belts of Niger, the company said. “During the half-an-hour by the Governor’s office. sible,” added the statement. their debts to state-run banks deep debt. An estimated 2,400 Maharashtra are also demanding “A group of terrorists meeting that began at 12.30 pm, The need to improve trans- The Governor had received to be written off. They are also farmers committed suicide in the higher prices for their crops. attacked the building where they discussed the measures port facility between Nilackal written petitions from Leader of demanding, among other things, state in 2017, according to media “Each of the protestors is a team of Foraco drillers taken to address complaints re- and Pampa was also discussed. opposition Ramesh Chennitha- to be granted ownership rights to reports citing official figures. carrying two kilogrammes of rice and technicians were resting garding lack of basic amenities The Governor also highlighted la, Sabarimala Karma Samithy land they have tilled for decades. The farmers had called off a and one kilograme of dal (lentils). in the village of Toumour, like drinking water, toilets and the grievance expressed by Pon and a delegation of the Kerala Parts of Maharashtra have faced similar protest in March after the We will not leave Mumbai until our in southeastern Niger,” the restrooms at Nilackal, Pampa Radhakrishnan, Union Min- Congress on Wednesday. severe drought and a water crisis government gave them a written demands are met,” Shinde said. company said in a state- ment. “The assailants opened fire on the sleeping personnel and killed eight people,” it said. (AFP) Tamil Nadu CM seeks Female opposition India, Pakistan make leader named Ethiopia poll chief Rs15,000 crore aid for ADDIS ABABA Ethiopia’s for- mer opposition leader Birtu- progress on ‘corridor’ for cyclone-hit in state kan Mideksa, who recently returned from exile, was on IANS Thursday named as head of NEW DELHI the country’s election body ahead of the 2020 polls. for Sikhs’ pilgrimage TAMIL Nadu Chief Minister Birtukan’s appoint- K Palaniswami on Thurs- ment makes her the latest day said the state govern- woman to be appointed to The Indian government approves the building of a new border entry point and ment has urged the Central a high-profile role and the government for release of most senior opposition road connecting Punjab to the border with Pakistan to facilitate Sikh pilgrims Rs15,000 crore towards cy- figure to be picked by Prime clone damage relief. Minister Abiy Ahmed who The severe cyclone Gaja is pushing through rapid crossed Tamil Nadu coast reforms. As head of the on November 16 leaving 63 National Electoral Board of people and thousands of Ethiopia, Birtukan will pre- livestock dead and damaging side over a ballot that Abiy properties, standing crops, K Palaniswami. has promised will be free, coconut groves, banana fair and democratic. (AFP) plantations and power dis- cyclone that battered Tamil tribution infrastructure in Nadu, the All India Kisan several districts. Speaking to Sabha (AIKS) on Thursday reporters here, Palaniswami asked the Central and state HC reserves order said a memorandum detail- governments to to fully com- on plea against ing the devastation left by pensate the losses suffered cyclone Gaja has been sub- by the farmers in the state. decision to vacate mitted to Prime Minister “AIKS demands that the Narendra Modi. Central government imme- Herald House He said for temporary re- diately release contingency lief works, a sum of Rs1,500 funds to meet the immedi- IANS crore has been requested to ate expenses,” AIKS said in a NEW DELHI be released immediately. statement. Palaniswami met Modi here “AIKS demands that the THE Delhi High Court on on Thursday. Central and state govern- Thursday reserved its order on “The Prime Minister ments must fully compensate the Associated Journals Ltd has assured to depute a the losses suffered by the (AJL) plea challenging the Cen- central team to assess the farmers.” The AIKS demand- tral government’s October 30 loss,” Palaniswami added. ed the waiver of loans taken by direction asking it to vacate the The Chief Minister said the the farmers in the state for ag- Herald House. compensation amount an- riculture. “The state and Cen- Justice Sunil Gaur extend- nounced by the AIADMK tral governments should take ed the high court’s interim di- government is far higher all possible steps for rescue, rection to maintain status quo than what the then DMK relief and rehabilitation of all till his further orders. government announced af- those who are affected. The The court was hearing AJL ter cyclone Nisha in 2008. Central government should plea alleging that the Centre Meanwhile, mourning provide adequate financial was “illegally, unconstitution- the lost of 69 lives in the help to the state,” it said. ally, arbitrarily and in a delib- erate attempt” trying “to sup- press and destroy the legacy of first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru”. Many Sikhs see Pakistan as the place where their religion began: the founder of Sikhism, Guru Nanak, was born in 1469 in a small village near Two Koreas connect DMZ The Central government the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore has, however, refuted the claim. road across border: Seoul The Urban Development REUTERS in both countries,” Pakistani Ministry had said the Herald NEW DELHI SAD welcomes Centre’s move Information and Broadcasting AFP in September. The neighbours House’s 56-year-old lease to Minister Fawad Hussain said SEOUL also pledged to remove bunkers AJL had ended and asked the INDIA on Thursday approved CHANDIGARH The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) on Thursday welcomed in a tweet. and weapons from the border AJL to vacate the premises by the building of a new border the Centre’s decision to approve construction of a corridor up to “It’s a step towards right NORTH and South Korea have truce village of Panmunjom. November 15. entry point and road con- the Punjab border to facilitate the journey of pilgrims to the historic direction and we hope such connected a road across their But Seoul and Washington The publisher had ap- necting the northern state of Kartarpur Sahib gurdwara in Pakistan. SAD President Sukhbir Singh steps will encourage voice of shared border for the first time are pursuing increasingly dif- proached the high court on No- Punjab to the border with Pa- Badal thanked the NDA government led by Prime Minister Narendra reason and tranquillity on in 14 years, Seoul’s defence ferent approaches to the nucle- vember 12 challenging the Oc- kistan, making it quicker and Modi for the decision taken at a cabinet meeting on Thursday. “We both sides of the border.” ministry said Thursday in the ar-armed North. tober 30 order of the Ministry. easier for Sikh pilgrims to visit are grateful to the Modi government for this historic decision. The Thousands of Sikhs al- latest reconciliation gesture be- The dovish Moon has pur- The AJL told the court that a holy site. 70-year-old demand of the Sikh community to have a corridor to ready visit the shrine in Paki- tween the neighbours. sued a policy of engagement it has been publishing the “Na- Pakistan has also decided offer prayers at the gurdwara has been finally acceded to,” Badal, stan every year. But the new The dirt road, which is with his isolated neighbour, tional Herald” newspaper for to open the corridor on its flanked by his wife and Union Food Processing Minister Harsimrat road has stoked fears among wholly within the Demilitarized while the US insists pres- decades. There was a tempo- side of the border and Prime Kaur Badal, told the media in New Delhi. The construction of the cor- some security experts that it Zone that divides the peninsula, sure should be maintained on rary suspension due to financial Minister Imran Khan will ridor will be undertaken by India from the border town of Dera Baba could be used by Pakistan and will be used for joint operations Pyongyang until it denuclear- trouble, but the newspaper and lay the foundation stone this Nanak to the international border with Pakistan. (IANS) foreign-based Sikh separatists next year to recover remains ises. its digital media operations has month, Foreign Minister Shah to campaign against India. from the 1950-53 Korean War. Pictures handed out by now fully resumed. Mahmood Qureshi said in a The corridor indicates a The 12-metre-wide con- Seoul’s defence ministry Thurs- The publication of weekly tweet. of Lahore. Indian government said in a thaw in relations between the struction of the route in Cheo- day showed a South Korean “National Herald on Sunday” Many Sikhs see Pakistan “Government of Pakistan statement. Pakistan welcomed two nuclear-armed foes. In rwon, near the mid-point of soldier and a North Korean was resumed on September 24, as the place where their re- will be urged to recognise the India’s decision. September, India called off a the DMZ, is one of several counterpart taking part in the 2017 and it is published from ligion began: the founder of sentiments of the Sikh com- “Indian Cabinet endorse- meeting between their foreign steps agreed at the Pyongyang “recent” roadworks holding the Herald House. On October Sikhism, Guru Nanak, was munity and to develop a cor- ment of Pakistan’s proposition ministers to protest the killing summit between the South’s their hands out toward each 14, the AJL also resumed its born in 1469 in a small village ridor with suitable facilities on #KartarPurBorderOpen- of Indian security personnel in President Moon Jae-in and the other, with their colleagues weekly Hindi newspaper. near the eastern Pakistani city in their territory as well,” the ing is victory of peace lobby Kashmir. North’s leader Kim Jong Un watching. The reclusive Indian tribe that wants to be left alone AFP lands and are protected by In- dren and pregnant women.” nel 50 years ago believes there census estimated their popula- PORT BLAIR dian laws which ban any contact Q‘Eyes on, hands off’: Brief should be no rush to make con- tion to be around 400. with the indigenous people. visits have been paid to the is- tact with the Sentinelese. “Of They fiercely resisted con- THE death of an American Their number was estimated land but the Sentinelese remain the four Andaman tribal com- tact with outsiders before open- missionary on a remote Indian to be some 8,000 when the Brit- untouched by modern civilisa- munities, we have seen that ing up gradually in the 1970s. island has cast a rare spotlight ish first made attempts to colo- tion. Starting in the 1960s, an- those in close contact with the Some travel companies were ac- on the Sentinelese, one of the nise these islands in the late 18th thropologists succeeded in ex- outside world have suffered the cused of organising “human sa- world’s most reclusive hunter- century. The tribe’s extreme iso- changing gifts and conducting most. They have declined de- fari tours” so that tourists could gatherer tribes. lation makes them very vulner- field visits but abandoned their mographically and culturally,” catch a glimpse. John Allen Chau, 27, was able to diseases to which they efforts some 25 years ago in the he told Down To Earth maga- Some say the younger gen- killed with arrows as he illegally have no immunity. Their cur- face of renewed hostility. zine in a recent interview. eration has even learnt bits of set foot on North Sentinel Island rent population is believed to be An Indian Coast Guard hel- The Sentinelese “are a the Hindi language from fre- in the Indian Ocean after pad- 150, although a national census icopter which flew over the is- highly vulnerable population quent interaction with tourists. dling there in a kayak last week. based on photos taken from afar land after the 2004 Asian Tsu- and would disappear in an epi- Some have taken up drinking Here are some interesting put their numbers as low as 15. nami was attacked with arrows. demic,” he added. “The govern- and smoking. In 2012, a video facts on the tribe: Q ‘Proud, strong and A man from the Sentinelese tribe aims his bow and arrow at a Coast The authorities then de- ment’s responsibility should be of a naked Jarawa woman QIsolation: The sole inhab- healthy’: Most of what is known Guard helicopter (not seen in photo) in Andaman Islands. (AFP) clared that no further attempts to keep a watch over them in dancing for tourists set alarm itants of North Sentinel Island, about the Sentinelese has been would be made to contact the the sense (that) no unauthor- bells ringing and led to tighten- around the size of Manhattan, gathered by viewing them from and headbands. Some have their 5 feet-5 inches tall (1.65 metres) Sentinelese. They do make pe- ised people reach them and ing of rules and enforcement. guard their territory fiercely. boats moored at a safe distance faces painted. Rare photos show with yellow paste on their faces. riodic checks, albeit from a safe exploit them. Otherwise, just In 2016 there were reports of a They rely on forest produce and from the shore. They are near- them carrying spears, bows and Survival International, a distance, to ensure the tribe’s leave them alone.” fair-skinned baby, assumed to sea resources for survival. naked, with the women wearing arrows. tribal rights advocacy group, well-being, following a strict Q ‘Human safari tours’: The have been fathered by an out- They are the most isolated fibre strings tied around their In his journal reportedly says the Sentinelese “look proud, “eyes on, hands off” policy. nearby Jarawas were the earliest sider, being killed by Jarawa among the native tribal groups waists, necks and heads, and written hours before his death, strong and healthy” and that ob- Veteran anthropologist T. N. tribe in the Andamans to be con- men according to a custom of that inhabit the Andaman is- the men also wearing necklaces Chau said the men were about servers have noted “many chil- Pandit who visited North Senti- tacted by the British. The 2011 the tribe. 08 Friday, November 23, 2018

ESTABLISHED SEPTEMBER 3, 2006 PRINTED AT ALI BIN ALI PRINTING PRESS Opinion HAMAD BIN SUHAIM AL THANI CHAIRMAN ADEL ALI BIN ALI MANAGING DIRECTOR DR HASSAN MOHAMMED AL ANSARI EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

Trump Gives Saudi Crown Prince A Pass. Congress Shouldn’t. Who’s Driving The Wedge Into

Congress must unite and take bipartisan measures, including sanctions and suspending arm sales to US-South Korea Relations? Saudi Arabia, to undo the damage President Trump has done by compromising the principles of the While the US is fixated on North Korea’s denuclearisation, Constitution and denting America’s moral leadership South Korea’s policy is driven by peace on the Peninsula. They must align their policies to resolve the North Korea problem HE number of exclamation marks pock- Trump’s blinkered allegiance to Riyadh marking President Donald Trump’s and the crown prince is rooted in his cast- T‘Standing with Saudi Arabia’ statement ing of Iran as Public Enemy No. 1. Trump BENJAMIN A ENGEL on Tuesday gave us the first clue about its is right in his assessment of Iran as a wor- TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE waywardness. Eight of them, to be exact. risome foe, but he’s wrong in refusing to “The world is a very dangerous place!” denounce the crown prince’s evident role in HERE has been concern for months Trump began. Yes, Mr President, it is. such a heinous act. about a rift the US-Republic of Ko- But it’s the state of denial underpinning By letting MBS off the hook, Trump rea (ROK) alliance. As the diplo- Trump’s position on the killing of Saudi dis- sends a message to other leaders capable of matic torrent of 2018 involving both sident journalist Jamal Khashoggi that’s so thuggery that Washington will look the oth- TKoreas and the United States took bewildering. Trump’s own intelligence com- er way when it’s expedient to do so. That’s a off ahead of the 2018 Winter Olympics munity has concluded what pretty much the dangerous, un-American message to send, in South Korea, US commentators were rest of the Western world has concluded. and it’s a message that will indelibly taint warning that North Korea wanted to drive Khashoggi was assassinated and dismem- the US’ standing in the world as a watchdog a wedge between Seoul and Washington. bered in Istanbul in October by a team of for the sanctity of human rights. Following the Singapore Summit between Saudi agents, and Saudi Arabia’s de facto The US has imposed sanctions on 17 US President Donald J Trump and North leader, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Sal- Saudis for their role in Khashoggi’s killing. Korean leader Kim Jong-un in June 2018, man, allegedly ordered the assassination. Trump has decided Riyadh’s punishment more alarms were sounded about North The CIA’s conclusion was bolstered by will stop there. As wrongheaded as that de- Korean wedge-driving. With all the wedge intercepts that showed a member of the as- cision is, it doesn’t have to be the last word. talk, South Korean and US officials have sassination team calling one of MBS’ aides Congress can take bipartisan action to sanc- often stared into cameras to assure the and saying “tell your boss” that the deed had tion the crown prince. It also can suspend world that all is well in their alliance. been done. And the agency’s leaders joined in arms sales to the Saudis. Enough lawmak- Painting North Korea as the wedge- rean Peninsula, the resolution of the nucle- on the Korean Peninsula, Washington is the consensus among a wide array of Middle ers should get behind these measures to wielding villain is natural given its nefari- ar issue is a single goal, and it is accompa- issuing veiled threats if such economic ties East experts that, given the crown prince’s make them veto-proof. ous march to developing nuclear weapons, nied by two others: developing sustainable are reopened before sanctions are lifted — sweeping authority over the kingdom, it There’s no doubt that Riyadh is a pivotal history of breaking deals, abhorrent human inter-Korean relations and building a new and sanctions will not be lifted until denu- would be unfathomable that such a murder ally for the US in the Middle East, particularly rights record, and unique ability to balance economic community on the Korean Pen- clearisation is underway. This behaviour, would take place without his approval. as a bulwark against Iran. Cutting off relations China and the Soviet Union (and later Rus- insula. No sequencing exists for achieving along with comments from Trump ques- Yet from the start, Trump has been in- with the Saudis would be rash and foolhardy. sia) off each other to pursue its own inter- these three goals, as they all contribute to tioning the sovereignty of South Korea, tent on giving the crown prince a pass. His But America cannot and should not condone ests. It’s a convenient narrative, and easy to the ultimate national interest of peace and are likely to deepen the split further than statement on Tuesday had the air of finality an act as barbaric as Khashoggi’s assassina- sell. Yet while North Korea certainly is not prosperity on the Korean Peninsula. anything Kim Jong-un could hope to do. to it. “We may never know all of the facts sur- tion — as well as the cover-up by the Saudis opposed to tensions in US-ROK relations, If advances in inter-Korean rela- Can the alliance be saved? Certain- rounding the murder of Mr Jamal Khashog- that followed. Starting with the crown prince, it is not the main instigator of the discord. tions are easier to make than immedi- ly. But the national interests of the two gi. In any case, our relationship is with the the Saudis should be held accountable. If The United States and South Korea are ately achieving denuclearisation, that is countries will have to realign. The bed- Kingdom of Saudi Arabia,” Trump wrote. Trump won’t do it, then Congress should. weakening their alliance on their own. And not a problem according to the policy of rock of the alliance throughout the Cold the fundamental reason for the widening War was anti-communism. After the col- (Tribune News Service) gap between the United States and South lapse of the Soviet Union the two allies Korea is a difference in national interests North Korea did not orchestrate the fun- remained steadfast in opposing North on the Korean Peninsula and how to pur- damental difference in the national inter- Korea’s pursuit of a nuclear weapon, al- sue their interests. These interests are not ests of the two alliance partners. Seoul though they often disagreed on how to decided by Pyongyang, but formed by lead- and Washington are just not in sync go about halting it. While there are still A Massacre At Mercy Hospital ers in Washington and Seoul. doubts about North Korean nuclear and The chasm between the two partners when it comes to engaging North Korea missile technology, Kim Jong-un has de- HIS time the bloodshed that indelibly in a drive-by shooting outside Mount Sinai was clearly on display for all to see in US clared “mission accomplished” and is now stains Chicago violated this city’s first char- Hospital’s emergency room; paradoxically, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s state- the Moon administration. With peace as striding out to engage the international Ttered hospital, a haven and healer that’s they were part of a group visiting a patient ment of November 20, 2018: “We have Seoul’s main interest, the government re- community. This represents a new era in given life for 166 years. We’ll likely learn more who’d been shot earlier that day. made clear to the Republic of Korea that jects a violent resolution to the nuclear is- relations with North Korea for both South in coming days about the why of this massacre Monday’s massacre began outside Mer- we do want to make sure that peace on sue and prefers easing sanctions and eco- Korea and the United States, and there is on a Monday. For now, Mayor Rahm Ema- cy, sources told the Tribune, when a man the peninsula and the denuclearisation of nomic engagement to induce North Korea disagreement about how to deal with this nuel’s characterisation will suffice: What took confronted his girlfriend, possibly over a North Korea aren’t lagging behind the in- out of its isolation and into the commu- new, confident Pyongyang. the lives of innocents at Mercy Hospital — one broken engagement. The man shot the wom- crease in the amount of inter-relationship nity of nations; presumably it will then The United States, for the most part, of them a Chicago police officer — is the face an several times and then, as she lay on the between the two Koreas. We view them as become enmeshed in the world economy has yet to change course. Despite Trump’s and the consequence of evil. ground, continued firing. Next the shooter tandem, as moving forward together.” and forsake violent provocations and, flashy summit with Kim, the bedrock of We strive when we write about incidents apparently entered the hospital, where he In other words, to US policymakers, eventually, nuclear weapons. US-North Korea policy remains “final, of slaughter not to draw comparisons between shot one police officer in the lobby and fired peace and denuclearisation are two dif- This is where the wedge exists in US- fully verified denuclearisation.” While them on such variables as the number of vic- at one or more others. The mortally wound- ferent outcomes that must be reached ROK relations. North Korea did not or- South Korea affirms its commitment tims. A single killing is as tragic for one fam- ed officer was identified as Samuel Jimenez, separately, although preferably simulta- chestrate this fundamental difference in to that goal, it is only a part of its North ily as a weekend of double-digit deaths is for who had been on the force since early 2017. neously. Lurking behind this statement the national interests of the two alliance Korea policy, which is more fixed on re- many other families. But when the violence As in the ambulance and Mount Sinai is the military option. Denuclearisation partners. Seoul and Washington are just alising peace on the Peninsula. Either the punctures the sanctity of a hospital, Chica- cases, some witnesses already were familiar can be achieved via violence through pre- not in sync when it comes to engaging United States will have to adjust its goals goans should be especially hurt and outraged. with guns and violence. One man said he emptive war and peace would come after North Korea. The United States is seeking to align with South Korea or a return of Sadly, there is recent if imprecise prec- recognised the shooter’s weapon as a 9 mm a regime change in North Korea. Thus, the denuclearisation first and foremost, while the conservatives to the Blue House will edent for Monday’s gunfire where health handgun. Another witness, able to estimate priority for Washington is denuclearisa- South Korea has a broader goal of peace be needed if the two long-time allies are workers keep patients — and hope — alive: the number of rounds in a cartridge, com- tion, not peace. And the means to achieve and prosperity. The methods to achieve to get back on the same page. On a Sunday morning in May, Chicago par- pared Monday’s carnage to other incidents. that goal span from war to sanctions, but these interests are also divergent. amedics were treating a patient in their am- Dismaying situations, yes, but Chicago do not include economic engagement or The United States has not been shy (Benjamin A Engel is a Research- bulance at 68th Sreet and Damen Avenue can’t let itself turn oblivious or accepting. sanctions relief. about forcing South Korea to adopt its de- er at the Institute for Peace and when they heard a fusillade. One bullet — What occurred on Monday is a horror like This fundamentally conflicts with nuclearisation-first policy either. As South Unification Studies at Seoul Na- perhaps a stray round — slammed into the so many other horrors here. Each of them South Korean President Moon Jae-in’s Koreans make plans for potential econom- tional University. He is also a PhD ambulance but didn’t strike anyone. A few should make all of us redouble our efforts to North Korea policy. For South Korea, ic cooperation initiatives with North Ko- candidate in East Asian Studies at weeks earlier, two women were wounded find causes and cures. peace and prosperity are the first priority. rea as part of the Moon administration’s Seoul National University’s Gradu- To achieve peace and prosperity on the Ko- goal of realising an economic community ate School of International Studies.) (Tribune News Service) To Lessen Climate Change, Educate The Public

Media must connect the dot and establish the undeniable connections between weather catastrophes and global warming in people’s mind

VINOD THOMAS actions and greenhouse gas emissions In addition to drawing broad links be- are every bit local. So is Hurricane Mi- TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE are contributing to global warming, and tween anthropogenic warming and disas- chael, which hammered Florida’s Pan- unless the planet’s temperature increase ter trends, scientists are also beginning to handle. These events also need to be seen S extreme weather strikes with (from pre-industrial times) is kept to be- attribute the higher probability of individ- as national disasters rather than natural greater frequency and ferocity — low 1.5 degrees centigrade, weather catas- ual events to climate change, for example, disasters. The United States is the second especially on the East and West trophes will go over the tipping point. the 2017 Hurricane Harvey in Texas, the largest emitter of greenhouse gases after coasts of the US— media attention There are many policy and techno- 2013 Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines China. The lowering of power plant emis- A rightly focuses on the often heroic logical avenues for climate mitigation, but and the 2013 Australian heat waves. sions standards by the administration and response of the emergency services. What they all start with a change in our mind- Drawing on this type of evidence, news encouraging the use of fossil fuels will is missing from these accounts, however, sets to link the new weather extremes reporters must make the climate-disaster only aggravate sea-level rises along the is a similar emphasis on climate change to global warming. That is necessary if connection so that people see the extrem- country’s long coastlines. as a source of the increasing extremity of a winning political platform for climate ity of the episodes as manifestations of Television and newspapers have the these events, and consequently, on pre- action is to be created. Political support global warming. The resulting shift in biggest bully pulpit in the United States. venting ever-worsening weather calami- and resources for climate abatement will understanding should also trigger a po- The current administration’s policies show ties. It is even more problematic when the unleash the innovation and adaptation in litical movement to see climate action as a a reckless disregard for the factors behind causes of these events are misdiagnosed, ways we may not have anticipated. This The 2018 report from the United pro-progress agenda, and a political plat- the increase in weather disasters, endan- as when the president attributed Califor- has been seen time and again in other Nations is clear: Human actions and form that can help win elections. Florida’s gering the well-being of people for years nia’s worst forest fires ever to “poor forest global crises, be it tackling terrorism or Democratic candidate for governor, An- to come. The media can make a difference management.” pandemics, where treating the problem greenhouse gas emissions are contrib- drew Gillum, developed a plan to preserve in this unfavourable setting by connect- The upshot of failing to make the cli- had to be complemented by attending to uting to global warming, and unless the the state’s natural resources, curb harmful ing the dots between climate and disas- mate change connection is that actions the root causes. planet’s temperature increase (from blue-green algal blooms and red tide, and ters in real time and helping to make en- continue to be limited to dealing with But unlike terrorism and pandemics, pre-industrial times) is kept to below invest in renewable energy to fight climate vironmental care a live political agenda.If disasters after they strike without taking climate change presents a fuzzier — and 1.5 degrees centigrade, weather catas- change. We need to see environmental enough people recognise the true climate- urgent steps to contain runaway global potentially deadlier — chain that connects agendas like this among the criteria for disaster link, positive actions will follow. warming. As climate inaction continues, cause and effect. The effects of climate trophes will go over the tipping point winning elections. weather disasters are poised to reach a change still tend to be viewed as some- To spur action, we also need to view (Vinod Thomas is author of a point where no amount of good manage- thing over the horizon rather than here on record were seen not only across the weather disasters as local affairs. The 2018 book ‘Climate Change and Nat- ment will be enough. The 2018 report and now. This perception must change: In globe but on United States’ soil in Califor- wildfires that swept across the town of ural Disasters’ and a former senior from the United Nations is clear: Human 2017 and 2018 the worst floods and fires nia, Texas, Florida and Puerto Rico. Paradise in California in just eight hours vice president at the World Bank.)

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WARSAW: The world’s oldest nun, a Pole who hid Jews from the Nazis during the war, has died LONDON: Britain’s former foreign minister William Hague called on Thursday for greater efforts to at the age of 110 in Krakow, according to the southern city’s archdiocese. prosecute rape in conflict zones such as Myanmar, Nigeria and Iraq, six years after he launched an News Sister Cecylia Maria Roszak was already well past 100 when she said a few years ago that initiative with Hollywood’s Angelina Jolie to end the crime. in brief “life is beautiful but much too short,” according to the obituary on the archdiocese’s site. Hague and Oscar-winning actress Jolie launched the Preventing Sexual Violence Initiative in Born in 1908 in the western town of Kielczewie, Roszak took her vows in 1934. 2012 to stop impunity for rape and boost support for survivors, but critics say it has failed to Four years later in Vilnius, she helped found a convent where she joined other nuns to hide achieve significant results. “As things stand, no member of ISIS or Boko Haram or the armed a dozen Jews from the occupying Nazi Germans. (AFP) forces of Burma has been brought to trial for crimes of sexual violence,” Hague said. (REUTERS)

Hundreds of volunteers to search for California wildfire remains No room for climate delay, called Camp Fire two weeks panied by winds of up to 45 UN chief tells online summit Death toll rises to 83 ago, Butte County Sheriff Kory miles per hour (72 kph), raised MAJURO, Marshall Islands: The world is not moving fast enough Honea said. risks of ravines turning into riv- to curb global warming and needs immediate action to address while 563 still missing Searchers moving through ers of mud. The fire has burned the issue, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told an online REUTERS affected areas around Para- across 153,336 acres (62,000 climate change conference on Thursday. CHICO dise, 175 miles (280 km) hectares) of the Sierra foothills Guterres issued the call to arms ahead of next month’s northeast of San Francisco, are and is 85 percent contained. COP24 climate talks in the southern Polish city of Katowice, HUNDREDS of volunteers will expected to face heavy rains “There’s no vegetation to which will attempt to revive a global climate deal reached in Paris spend Thanksgiving combing that may hinder their efforts. hold the earth and there’s a in 2015. Addressing the Virtual Climate Summit, Guterres urged through ruins in heavy rain for Between 4-6 inches (102-152 risk it could just start moving, world leaders to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 the remains of victims killed in mm) of rain was due to fall at with mud carrying everything degrees Fahrenheit) above pre-industrial levels. the deadliest wildfire in Califor- the weekend, forecasters said. in its path,” National Weather He praised the online summit, which has been organised by nia history, with strong winds The weather will not deter Service forecaster Johnnie the Marshall Islands using online technology to remain carbon and the risk of mudslides an some 830 people who have Powell said in Sacramento. neutral, as an example of the innovative thinking needed to additional complication. signed up to spend Thanksgiv- The death toll has been combat climate change. The blaze killed 83 people ing combing through ash and Volunteers prepare meals for a Thanksgiving event organised by World gradually rising, with two “We need more such creativity to transform our economy and and 563 people remain unac- rubble for human remains, Central Kitchen at California State University at Chico. (AGENCIES) more names added to the list limit global warming to as close to 1.5C as possible,” he said. counted for in and around Honea told a news briefing. on Wednesday to bring the “Climate change is moving faster than we are and we cannot Paradise, a community of Warehouses were opened rain as celebrity chef Jose for evacuees. total to 83 people, with 58 of afford any more delays. The world counts on all nations to ensure nearly 27,000 people that was in Chico to provide evacuees Andres prepared to cook hun- The rains, which in some them tentatively identified, next month’s climate conference in Poland is a success.” (AFP) largely incinerated by the so- protection from the cold and dreds of Thanksgiving meals areas were likely to be accom- Honea said. Tensions flare after Trump warns of shutdown Kosovo’s massive tariff on Serbia over border security in Dec AFP MITROVICA President renews White House gives KOSOVO’S move to slap threat to close US Mattis expanded Serbian imports with a 100 powers for US percent tariff triggered a border with Mexico troops on border new surge of tensions be- tween the former war foes REUTERS WASHINGTON: US Defence on Thursday, with Pristina PALM BEACH Secretary Jim Mattis said ignoring European Union on Wednesday that he had calls to reverse the decision. Kosovo’s premier Ramush PRESIDENT Donald Trump been granted authority to Kosovo’s Prime Min- warned on Thursday there allow troops on the Mexican ister Ramush Haradinaj Haradinaj insisted the could be a government shut- border greater powers to insisted the massive tariff massive tariff would remain down next month over securi- help protect border officials, would remain “until Serbia ‘until Serbia recognises ty on the border with Mexico, and would await direction recognises Kosovo as an Kosovo as an independent suggesting he could hold up from the Department of independent and sovereign and sovereign state’ negotiations if no more money Homeland Security. state”. is provided for a wall between Reuters reported on That is a red line for Bel- the two countries. Monday that the White grade, which has refused for of Mitrovica, which is divid- “Could there be a shut House was likely to give a decade to recognise the ed by its ethnic Albanian and down? There certainly could troops authority to protect independence of its former ethnic Serb populations. and it will be about border se- Customs and Border Protec- southern province, which “This is not good, they curity, of which the wall is a tion agents stationed along broke away in a bloody gue- are playing with people,” part,” Trump told reporters in the US border with Mexico if rilla war. she added. Palm Beach, Florida. they come under threat from Kosovo announced the Serbia accounts for Trump also said he had migrants seeking to cross tariff on both Serbian and more than half of the re- given the military the authori- into the United States. Bosnian goods on Wednes- gion’s exports to Kosovo. sation to use lethal force if Speaking with report- day after accusing Belgrade But Belgrade has warned necessary on the border with ers on Wednesday, Mattis of sabotaging its bid to join that the tariff amounts to a Mexico. “If they have to they confirmed that he had been Interpol, the international de facto trade ban. are going to use lethal force. given the additional author- police organisation. It has already reduced I’ve given the OK - I hope they ity, but would await a request Serbia has long fought the trade flow, said Kosovo’s don’t have to.” from the Department of to thwart Kosovo, which customs spokesman Adria- Trump also warned that Homeland Security (DHS) be- is home to an ethnic Alba- tik Stavileci, adding that 20 the United States could close fore deciding how to use it. nian majority, from joining trucks carrying Serbian and the whole border with Mexico “I have the authority to international organisations Bosnian goods had turned for a period of time “if we find do more, now we’ll see what like the United Nations. around at the border. that it gets to a level where we she asks me for,” Mattis On Thursday there was Belgrade newspapers are going to lose control or our said, referring to DHS Sec- anxiety in Kosovo’s north were also absent on the people are going to start getting retary Kirstjen Nielsen. He that the tariff would trigger stands in Mitrovica. hurt, we will close entry into the said he had no immediate a price surge. “We cannot bear this country for a period of time un- intention of changing “Today I took a few bot- 100 percent tax increase, til we can get it under control.” US President Donald Trump visits US Coast Guard Station Lake Worth Inlet in Riviera Beach, Florida, on the mission. (REUTERS) tles of oil, flour and sugar, so there are no newspapers Ahead of US congres- Thursday. (AFP) just to have them because I today,” explained Zvezdan sional elections earlier this do not know how long this Mihajlovic, who works for a month, Trump denounced the ity, told Reuters this week a Trump also said he had crats said they will be even less of Representatives. will last,” said Milanka, a firm that delivers papers to approach of a caravan of mi- memo signed by White House given the military the motivated than before to meet If the two parties cannot pensioner living in the city the city. grants as an “invasion” that Chief of Staff John Kelly gave Trump’s wall demands. reach a funding deal, there threatened American national Mattis the authority to protect authorisation to use lethal The president has issued would be a partial government security, and he sent thou- immigration agents and if nec- force if necessary on the ultimatums about wall fund- shutdown, with so-called “es- sands of US troops to the bor- essary, could include actions border with Mexico ing before, with little impact, sential services,” including der to help secure it. like use of lethal force, crowd even with his own Republican some at the Department of Two US officials, speaking control, temporary detention Having won control of the Party in majority control of Homeland Security, likely re- Italy set to resist on the condition of anonym- and cursory searches. House in the elections, Demo- both the Senate and the House maining in operation. budget pressure 11 migrants rescued from boat in English Channel Sweden faces flak for denying DPA seven people on board in the off Wimereux, south-west of basic rights to EU migrants ahead of EU polls PARIS English Channel north of Cap Calais. Gris-Nez, west of Calais. The French naval rescue STOCKHOLM: Sweden was criticised on Thursday for allegedly REUTERS Italy to grow.” FRENCH authorities rescued French maritime rescue centre was at first unable to de- discriminating against homeless migrants from within the Euro- ROME Salvini wants his League - 11 migrants in distress from authorities ordered the tug to termine the second boat’s loca- pean Union - mostly Roma - by denying them access to shelter, one of two parties that formed the English Channel in the follow the boat and contacted tion, but a navy helicopter lo- sanitation and basic health services. ITALY said on Thursday it a governing coalition in June early hours of Thursday, and British authorities, who inter- cated it at 6:10 am five nautical Amnesty International said several thousand EU migrants would resist pressure from - to help trim the European shadowed another migrant cepted it three nautical miles miles north of Cap Gris-Nez. were “living in desperate and dangerous situations across Brussels to revise its big-spend- Union’s powers over member boat until British authorities (five kilometres) off the British The 11 migrants on board Sweden” and authorities were “effectively abandoning people.” ing budget, effectively daring states and spearhead a populist could intercept it. coast at 3:40 am. were then rescued by a cus- Amnesty said it interviewed 58 EU migrants from Romania, as well EU authorities to punish it with attack on the European parlia- The operations began at While the tug was escort- toms patrol boat. Four were as civil society groups and public officials in Sweden. The findings fines ahead of May’s European ment at next year’s elections. 1:45 am when French rescue ing the first boat, at 3:00 am, hospitalised with hypothermia were published in a report titled ‘Sweden: A cold welcome: Human parliamentary elections. His coalition partner and tug the Abeille Languedoc ob- ambulance services were alert- and the other seven handed rights of Roma and other ‘vulnerable EU citizens’ at risk’. (DPA) co-deputy prime minister, served a semi-rigid boat with ed to another boat in trouble over to border police. Luigi Di Maio of the anti-es- tablishment 5-Star party, also We will not take a backward said Rome would not back step. We’re not spending down before then. “I rule out spending-cut- May defends draft Brexit deal agreed by EU, Britain this money at random. The ting measures before the EU idea is for Italy to grow vote,” Di Maio told journalists AFP May’s Brexit deal is the worst of all worlds: Corbyn have raised concerns in EU cap- Deputy PM Matteo Salvini in parliament, saying many LONDON itals, and it could still yet be re- European countries would LONDON: British Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit deal is the jected by the British parliament. have reasons to change the PRIME Minister Theresa May worst of all worlds, opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn British MPs of all parties Leaders of Rome’s populist “rules of the game” in Europe on Thursday fended off heavy said on Thursday after the publication of the political declaration criticised the divorce agree- government said they would thereafter. opposition in parliament after on the framework for future relations with the European Union. ment announced last week, press ahead with expanding The government argues a Britain and the EU agreed on “These 26 pages are a testament to the failure of the (Con- which includes a financial set- the deficit next year, a day budget expansion will boost the outlines of post-Brexit ties servatives’) bungled negotiations. Nineteen extra pages but noth- tlement and a controversial after the European Commis- economic growth and in turn as part of a draft deal due to be ing has changed,” Corbyn said in parliament, saying it fell short plan to avoid an Irish border. sion kicked off disciplinary tax revenues, bringing down signed off by EU leaders. of his party’s tests to support the deal. “It represents the worst May hopes the promise of procedures against Italy over its 2.3-trillion-euro ($2.63 After briefing her cabinet of all worlds: no say over the rules that will continue to apply and future cooperation will act as that plan in a dispute that has trillion) public debt, which in a hastily-arranged telecon- no certainty for the future.” (REUTERS) a sweetener to persuade her alarmed the whole euro zone. represents about 130 percent ference call, May addressed British PM Theresa May own Conservative MPs and “We will not take a back- of economic output. the House of Commons, say- any wavering opposition law- ward step,” Deputy Prime The Commission disa- ing the agreement was the curity, the environment and The pound leapt by about the EU next March with no makers to back her. But her Minister Matteo Salvini told grees, saying Italy must do “best possible deal”. other issues was agreed “in one percent against the dollar new arrangements in place. critics were quick to point out state-owned television Rai. more to ease its debt burden, EU Council President principle” and would be sent and also firmed against the But the deal does not ad- that the political declaration “We’re not spending this mon- proportionally the euro zone’s Donald Tusk said the 26-page to the other 27 member states euro on the news, which al- dress the thorny issues of fish- was not legally binding, unlike ey at random. The idea is for second highest after Greece. declaration covering trade, se- for approval. layed fears Britain could leave ing rights and Gibraltar, which the terms of the divorce. Nissan ends Ghosn reign with last-minute www.facebook.com/QatarTribune backing from Renault www.youtube.com/QatarTribuneChannel PAGE 12 www.twitter.com/Qatar_Tribune

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DOW24,464.69 QE 10,328.48 SENSEX 34981.02 GOLD 1,227.90 Failed tech reboot hits stocks; -0.95 PTS +35.66 PTS -218.78 PTS -0.01% pound cheers PAGE 12 PRICE PERCENTAGE PRICE PERCENTAGE 14.47 BRENT 62.57 -1.43% WTI 53.85 -1.43% SILVER -0.26% QSE resumes weekly gain as foreign funds remain bullish

SATYENDRA PATHAK Despite selling pres- The banks and financial Real Estate Company deleted DOHA sure from Qatari investors, services sector led the trading 6.4 points from the index. market capitalisation of the volume, accounting for 40.3 Qatar Cinema & Film Dis- QATARI stocks resumed bourse increased by 1.25 percent, followed by the Real tribution was the best per- weekly gaining momentum percent to QR583.8 billion Estate sector which accounted forming stock for the week on the back of strong buying against QR576.6 billion at for 21.1 percent of the overall with a gain of 14.1 percent on interest from foreign institu- the end of the previous trad- trading volume. 2,736 shares traded only. On tional funds. ing week. Vodafone Qatar was the the other hand, Islamic Hold- The Qatar Stock Exchange Qatari institutions re- top volume traded stock dur- ing Group was the worst per- (QSE) main index gained mained bearish with net sell- ing the week with 3 million forming stock for the week 114.29 points, or 1.12 percent, ing of QR39.3 million against shares. The number of trans- with a decline of 6.3 percent during the trading week to net selling of QR24.2 million actions, however, rose by 2.2 on 74,396 shares traded. close at 10,328.48 points. in the previous week. percent to 20,264 transactions Of the 45 listed companies, Foreign institutions re- Qatari retail inves- against 19,833 in the previous 26 ended the week higher. mained bullish with net tors also remained bearish week. While buying of QR209.7 million with net selling of QR153.7 Masraf Al Rayan, Ooredoo 18 stocks declined, there against net buying of QR99 million against net selling of and Industries Qatar were the was no change in the share million in the previous week. QR95.4 million in the previ- primary contributors to the price of the remaining one Foreign retail investors, ous week. weekly index gain. stock. however, turned bearish with Trading value during the Masraf Al Rayan was the The week also saw six of net selling of QR16.8 million week decreased by 7.9 percent biggest contributor to the in- the seven sector indices close against net buying of QR20.6 to QR1.1 billion against QR1.2 dex’s weekly gain, adding 34.2 in the positive territory. million in the previous week. billion in the previous week. points to the index. Ooredoo The telecom sector, which According to an estimate The banks and financial was the second biggest con- gained 4.88 percent, was the by QNB Financial Services services sector led the trad- A trader works on the floor of the Qatar Stock Exchange in Doha. tributor to the mentioned best performing sector index (QNBFS), foreign institu- ing value during the week, ac- gain, tacking on 20.2 points during the week. tions bought on net basis counting for 46.8 percent of ond biggest contributor to the the top value traded stock dur- by 5.8 percent to reach 25.4 to the index. Moreover, Indus- The real estate sector, Qatari equities worth $2.2 the total value. overall trading value, account- ing the week with total value of million shares against 26 mil- tries Qatar contributed 17.1 which gained 3.11 percent, was billion since the start of this The consumer goods and ing for 17.4 percent. QR201.4 million. lion shares in the previous points to the index. also vital in lifting the main in- year. services sector was the sec- QNB Group (QNBK) was Trading volume decreased week. On the other hand, Barwa dex higher. Kuwari leads Qatari delegation Alternative water brand Odeep set at GCC body meeting in Kuwait to debut in Qatar Meet discusses developments and amendments to commercial laws and regulations in GCC TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK DOHA Pure water

ODEEP, a new brand of pre- O Purity and quality mineral mium water drawn far off content of Odeep premium on the high seas and from water contribute to an the deep ocean where water intense is pure, clean and mineral- hydration of the rich, will be introduced at human body the Qatar–France Business just as the and Investment Forum be- ing held in Doha from No- upholding of vember 25 to 28. inner Odeep’s executive di- balance rector will attend the in- vestment forum to seek  out partners and distribu- O The tion opportunities as well composi- as spread awareness of tion of the extraordinary hydrat- Odeep ing power of this premium water mineral-rich water at the matches conference. the natural Committed to fostering minerality of a sustainable and ocean- the human friendly brand, the Odeep bottling vessel will cruise body and harvest Odeep from deep untamed spaces. natural minerality of Collected across the five the human body. oceans, Odeep frees itself Not only is Odeep a new Minister of Commerce and Industry HE Ali bin Ahmed al Kuwari along with ministers from other GCC countries in Kuwait. from mainland production brand of bottled water, but it sites in order to turn seas is also the name of the ves- TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK commerce and industry from touched on SME-related en- inputs. and oceans into a source sel that sails back and forth DOHA GCC countries. trepreneurial initiatives, the Participants also dis- of opportunities. Whether across seas and oceans. The The meeting of the com- recommendations of the WTO cussed the anti-dumping sourced from the coast of harvesting cruise explores MINISTER of Commerce and mittee on trade cooperation Participants discussed committee of GCC countries, ministerial committee’s de- Mauritius, Miami, Monaco the coasts of America, Ja- Industry HE Ali bin Ahmed al featured discussions on a anti-dumping ministerial and the responsibilities of the cision-making mechanisms, or Tahiti, Odeep reveals the pan, Australia and Europe to Kuwari chaired Qatar’s del- number of issues relating to GCC patent office. and examined the Gulf Or- richness of the ocean depths. bring the exceptional water egation at the 56th meeting developments and amend- committee’s decision- The meeting of the indus- ganisation for Industrial Purity and quality min- brand to Qatar. of GCC Trade Cooperation ments to commercial laws making mechanisms, and trial cooperation committee, Consulting’s reports and ac- eral content of Odeep pre- The Odeep bottling ves- Committee and 44th meet- and regulations, including examined the Gulf meanwhile, featured discus- tivities during 2017. mium water contribute to an sel can harvest, process, ing of Industrial Cooperation the unified law to combat Organisation for Industrial sions on topics relating to The committee stressed intense hydration of the hu- bottle and palletize Deep Committee on Wednesday. commercial fraud, and laws Consulting’s reports and the amendment of industrial the importance of the role man body just as the uphold- Ocean Water, all onboard. Both the meetings were regulating trademarks and laws and regulations, includ- played by Gulf industries in ing of inner balance. Such a technology stands as held in Kuwait with the par- competition. activities during 2017 ing the adoption of the rules supporting the economies of The composition of a breakthrough in eco-aware ticipation of ministers of The discussions also of exemption of industry GCC countries. Odeep water matches the bottling approaches.

Quick read Meeting of Arab ministerial council QFC official highlights growth of Fintech in Qatar, region for electricity begins markets. As part of our com- eighty percent of FinTech is THE 34th meeting of the Execu- Qatar offers plenty of opportunities for mitment to developing a Fin- non-regulated so we can start tive Bureau of the Arab Ministe- startups in areas like financial inclusion Tech hub, the QFC recently working on important themes rial Council for Electricity began signed an MoU with Europe’s such as cyber security, data on Thursday at the headquarters TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK the trends, insights and ap- leading Fintech platform B- analytics, digital access and a of the General Secretariat of the DOHA proaches to the adoption of Hive, which will help facili- cashless FIFA 2022.” League of Arab States in Cairo. FinTech by the financial in- tate co-operation on several The QFC is an onshore The meeting will discuss a num- QATAR Financial Centre dustry, how regulators can aspects based on the promo- jurisdiction, allowing compa- ber of items, including the Arab (QFC), one of the world’s use FinTech effectively and tion of business opportunities nies to operate in and from Common Electricity Market, as leading and fastest growing the lessons learned and best and knowledge sharing.” Qatar within the QFC legal well as a follow-up report on the onshore business and finan- practices from other regions Hoogendoorn said, “We and tax environment. The work of the Committee of Electric- cial centres, took part in a that have made significant are witnessing a steady up- QFC endeavours to promote ity Experts in the Arab states ‘FinTech/Blockchain’ panel advancements through the take of FinTech businesses Qatar as an attractive busi- and the adoption of reports and discussion at the 5th Annual use of the technology. in the Middle East, with the ness destination. Companies recommendations of its 10th Information Security Confer- Speaking on the occasion, number of FinTech startups that wish to establish a busi- meeting, the meetings of steering ence for the financial sector. Hoogendoorn said, “The QFC soaring to 105 from 46 be- ness in the QFC are guided committee, and the study group. QFC Financial Sector Of- is already actively contribut- tween 2013 and 2015. The throughout by a dedicated The ministers will discuss ways of fice Managing Director Henk ing to the national FinTech adoption of FinTech within QFC relationship manager peaceful uses of nuclear energy. J Hoogendoorn discussed the plan and will be a platform for Qatar’s financial sector will who assists in the process of The ministers will also discuss growth of FinTech during a international FinTech com- provide plenty of opportuni- obtaining a licence and offers the Arab Strategy for Sustainable panel discussion. panies that want to be active ties in areas such as financial support in matters related to Energy 2030. (QNA) The panellists debated in Qatar or nearby remittance inclusion. Additionally, about operating a business in Qatar. QFC Financial Sector Office Managing Director Henk J Hoogendoorn www.guide.com.qa  Friday November 23, 2018

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course, the economic risks Three-quarters of the lat- retaliation to steel and alu- trend since 2012. New restrictions cover six times more will increase, with potential minium tariffs imposed by The trade covered by the effects for growth, jobs and est trade restrictions were US President Donald Trump liberalising measures was trade than in the previous period consumer prices around the tariff hikes, many of them in March. worth $216 billion, about two world.” retaliation to steel and But the WTO did not and a half times more than in REUTERS than in the previous period The WTO was doing all it aluminium tariffs imposed count measures that had been the previous report. GENEVA and were the largest since could to help de-escalate the by US President Donald announced and not yet imple- Two-thirds of that value the WTO started monitoring situation, he added, but solu- mented, and one G20 country was attributable to China re- COUNTRIES belonging to G20 trade in 2012, it said in tions would need political will Trump in March had asked for its tariff retali- ducing more than 1,400 tar- the G20 group of the world’s a statement. and leadership from the G20, ation to be omitted from the iffs on vehicles, components biggest economies applied “The report’s findings whose leaders will meet in Ar- WTO Director-General Further escalation would car- monitoring report, which was and other products. 40 new trade restrictive should be of serious concern gentina next week. Roberto Azevedo ry potentially large risks for done for “transparency” pur- A further $541 billion of measures between mid-May for G20 governments and the The monthly number of global trade, with knock-on poses, the WTO said. trade, 4 percent of G20 coun- and mid-October, covering whole international commu- trade restrictions averaged the WTO statement said. effects for economic growth, G20 countries had also tries’ imports, was covered by around $481 billion of trade, nity,” WTO Director-General eight during the period cov- “The proliferation of jobs and consumer prices implemented a monthly av- expansion of the WTO’s In- the World Trade Organiza- Roberto Azevedo said in the ered by the report, up from six trade-restrictive actions and around the world,” it said. erage of almost seven trade- formation Technology Agree- tion said on Thursday. statement. “Further escala- per month in the previous re- the uncertainty created by Three-quarters of the lat- liberalising measures, such ment, a liberalising measure The new restrictions cov- tion remains a real threat. If port, which covered mid-Oc- such actions could place eco- est trade restrictions were as reducing import tariffs and that was excluded from the ered six times more trade we continue along the current tober 2017 to mid-May 2018, nomic recovery in jeopardy. tariff hikes, many of them export duties, in line with the report’s headline numbers.

Nissan ends Ghosn reign with last-minute Failed tech reboot hits backing from Renault

REUTERS YOKOHAMA, JAPAN/PARIS ‘The board acknowl- stocks; pound cheers edged the significance NISSAN’S board voted unan- of the matter and con- imously to oust Chairman firmed that the long- Europe’s share markets fall back into the red as investor are worried about slowing global growth Carlos Ghosn over allegations of financial misconduct, af- standing alliance part- REUTERS ter French partner Renault nership with Renault LONDON backed away from a last- remains unchanged,’ the minute demand to postpone Japanese carmaker said EUROPE’S share markets fell the decision on their alliance back into the red on Thursday, leader’s fate. as investor worries about slow- The vote - supported by demanded a postponement ing global growth in the face Renault appointees on the of the vote to fire Ghosn until of rising US interest rates and Nissan board after a four- the internal probe and legal trade tensions outweighed cru- hour meeting - may begin proceedings were complete, cial Brexit progress. to defuse a crisis that threat- sources familiar with the Chinese markets had ex- ened to upend the alliance matter told Reuters. tended their slump in Asia amid and spark a diplomatic rift Failing that, they had the trade war with the United between Japan and France, warned that the French States, and with Wall Street Renault’s main shareholder. carmaker would exercise closed later for Thanksgiving It also drew a firm line its right under the alliance and trading therefore lighter under Ghosn’s stewardship master agreement to ap- than normal, Europe followed of the car empire that was point Ghosn’s successor and suit. his life’s work. Ghosn was ar- a fourth Renault nominee to The region also had plenty rested in Japan on Monday the Nissan board, the sources to keep it busy. after a Nissan investigation said. The ultimatum was is- A disappointing batch of uncovered evidence of seri- sued in a strongly worded company earnings added to the ous wrongdoing including response to Nissan CEO Hi- stocks gloom but Italian bonds under-reporting of his remu- roto Saikawa - who had in- rallied for a second day as spar- neration and personal use of formed Renault in an earlier ring continued over its budget company assets. confidential missive that the and sterling jumped as London “The board acknowl- Nissan investigation was ex- and Brussels agreed wording on edged the significance of the panding to include Renault- a Brexit transition deal. matter and confirmed that Nissan finances. The dollar also edged low- the longstanding alliance Nissan is 43.4 percent- er for a second day as traders partnership with Renault re- owned by Renault. While sold the greenback going into The German share price index DAX graph is pictured at the stock exchange in Frankfurt on Thursday. (REUTERS) mains unchanged,” the Japa- almost 60 percent bigger by Thanksgiving and after Wall nese carmaker said. sales, it remains the junior Street had seen Apple shares, Europe’s Brexit drama unfold. bank triggered far more action Nissan said its board dis- partner in their shareholding which have slumped $280 bil- Sterling jumped back up though, as a tight decision to missed Ghosn and fellow rep- hierarchy with a smaller re- lion in recent weeks, fail with an Shares slide to $1.29 and 88.50 pence per hike interest rate in what had al- resentative director Greg Kel- ciprocal 15 percent non-vot- attempted rebound. euro after London and Brussels ready been a hard to call meet- ly, an alleged co-conspirator, ing stake in its French parent. “I think that the recent O Europe’s tech sector agreed on a text setting out their ing sent its currency, the rand, “after reviewing a detailed re- Ghosn had been explor- moves in equities have largely duly lost another 0.75 post-split ties that EU leaders up more than 1 percent. port of the internal investiga- ing a deeper Renault-Nissan been about big tech catching percent, but it wasn’t the are expected to endorse at a Sterling jumps Back in emerging economy tion” - the first time Renault tie-up that was resisted by the up with the rest of the market,” worst performer. Banks summit on Sunday. share markets, MSCI’s broad- had seen key findings. With Japanese firm - a fact which said Eoin Murray, the head of Just over four months be- Sterling jumped back up to est index of Asia-Pacific shares fell as much as 1.6 $1.29 and 88.50 pence per Ghosn and Kelly still in custo- has fueled speculation about investment at Hermes Invest- percent and mining fore Britain’s departure from outside Japan had ended little dy, neither man has been able ulterior motives for his arrest. ment Management. the EU, Brexit negotiations and euro after London and changed after recovering from companies and other Brussels agreed on a text to defend himself publicly After the board presentation Europe’s tech sector duly resources firms dropped political uncertainty in Britain an initial wobble. against the allegations. and its summary of findings, lost another 0.75 percent, but remain the key drivers for the setting out their post-split ties The index has managed to Before the meeting, two however, the tune in Paris it wasn’t the worst performer. nearly 2 percent before pound, and many analysts are that EU leaders are expected hold up so far in November after Renault board directors had had changed. Banks fell as much as 1.6 per- clawing some ground back cautious about its prospects. to endorse at a summit on three straight monthly declines, cent and mining companies and “With the UK and EU rush- Sunday. but is on track for its worst an- other resources firms dropped ing to dot i’s and cross t’s on a nual performance since 2011. nearly 2 percent before clawing Brexit deal, there’s some sup- Japan’s Nikkei had finished some ground back. billion of trade, the World Trade port for sterling at the moment almost 0.7 percent higher but The falls also reflected the Organization said on Thursday. and some upward pressure members of parliament and the ongoing trade and tech jit- bitter Sino-US trade war, en- Three-quarters of the restric- on the front end of the rates I think there is a reason- ters saw Chinese shares close couraging investors to take tions were tariff hikes, many market,” said Societe Generale able chance she would get this 0.4 percent in the red. money off the table before US of them retaliation to steel and strategist Kit Juckes. “Though through ... if not at the first vote In commodities, China- President Donald Trump and aluminium tariffs imposed by it won’t take long before we re- potentially in a second vote,” he sensitive metals like copper fell his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jin- US President Donald Trump in focus on the challenge facing told a call held by fund manager and oil prices reversed, although ping, meet in Argentina next March. the Prime Minister in getting Amundi. they were still above one-year week. The focus is on whether But the WTO did not count House of Commons support for The Brexit text had also lows touched earlier this week. they can make any progress on measures announced since or her Brexit deal,” he added. seen the euro rise against the US crude futures were last down their trade feud. not yet implemented, and one Simon Fraser, the former dollar which meant the single 42 cents at $54.21 a barrel after Countries belonging to the G20 country had asked for its permanent secretary at the UK currency barely budged when hitting a one-year low of $52.77 G20 group of the world’s big- actions to be omitted from the foreign office, said he expected ECB meeting minutes showed on Tuesday. Brent eased 45 gest economies applied 40 monitoring report, the WTO British politicians to vote on its policymakers were keen to cents to $63.03, off Tuesday’s (File photo) Chairman and CEO of the Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi new trade restrictive measures said. With no US trading to look May’s deal on December 10. affirm their plans to cut stimu- low of $61.71. Alliance Carlos Ghosn in Las Vegas, Nevada, US. (REUTERS) between mid-May and mid- forward to later, traders con- “There would be a huge lus at the end of the year. Gold rose, with spot prices October, covering around $481 tented themselves by watching amount of pressure put on South Africa’s central at $1,227.60 an ounce.

Tesla cuts China car prices Over 60 retailers take part in Friday Super Sale at Doha Festival City to absorb hit from trade war TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK offering discounts from No- REUTERS make our cars more affordable DOHA vember 22 to November 24 BEIJING/SHANGHAI for customers in China,” Tesla with some offering discounts said in a statement sent to Reu- DOHA Festival City is cel- up until December 5. TESLA Inc is cutting the price ters. The move marks a shift ebrating the sale season with Shoppers are encouraged of its Model X and Model S cars from July when Tesla was one a Friday Super Sale starting to arrive early to make use in China, the US firm said on of the first US carmakers to raise from November 21 to No- of the valet service and make Thursday, in a shift in strategy prices in the market in response vember 24, featuring top re- use of the Customer Service that will see it take more of a hit to tariffs. The firm hiked prices tailers participating in this Desk which offers a range from tariffs linked to a biting then on its Model X and S cars global trend worldwide. of services such as stroll- trade war between China and by about 20 percent. The event offers massive ers, wristbands for children, the United States. Tesla warned last month it discounts on electronics, maps, and portable chargers The electric carmaker, led by was facing major problems with fashion and beauty products to enhance their shopping ex- billionaire CEO Elon Musk, said selling cars in China due to new as well as household items. perience. it will cut prices of the two mod- tariffs that would force it to ac- Hosted for the second May Marzooq, Senior els by 12-26 percent to make the celerate investment in its first time, Friday Super Sale is Marketing Manager of Doha cars more “affordable” in the overseas Gigafactory in Shang- Doha Festival City’s take on Festival City, said, “We are world’s top auto market, where hai. The carmaker last month the day following Thanksgiv- excited about the Friday Su- sales of so-called new-energy ve- secured the site for the facility, ing Day in the United States, per Sale taking place at Doha hicles are rising fast. which will help it avoid steep im- the fourth Thursday of No- Festival City. The move comes amid se- port tariffs. vember, which has been re- With discounts up to 70 vere trade tensions between Chi- The firm, which recently garded as the beginning of percent by various retailers in na and the United States, which launched pre-sales of its new the country’s festive shop- the mall, this a great time for has seen extra tariffs slapped Model 3 car in China, added in ping season since 1952. shoppers to find bargains on on US imports into the country, its statement that the car’s pric- Top retailers participat- gifts and other items ahead of including automobiles, hurting etag would start from 540,000 ing in Friday Super Sale are the travel and festive seasons Tesla which imports all the cars yuan ($77,928.83) for a dual Ted Baker, Scotch and Soda, during December and Janu- it currently sells in the market. motor all-wheel drive version, Diesel, Mango, OLD NAVY, ary. We look forward to wel- “We are absorbing a sig- and 595,000 yuan for a perfor- Sacoor, Bebe and the Alsh- coming shoppers to Festival Hosted for the second time, Friday Super Sale is Doha Festival City’s take on the day following Thanksgiv- nificant part of the tariff to help mance version. aya Group. Various stores are City.” ing Day in the United States, the fourth Thursday of November. Ex-Chelsea striker Drogba retires at 40. The Ivorian scored 164 goals in 384 games for the London club PAGE 15

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Top three look to extend unbeaten records in EPL PAGE 15 QNB STARS LEAGUE UMM SALAL VS AL RAYYAN Umm Salal chase first league win against Rayyan in nine years Fifth-placed Al Ahli take on Qatar Sports Club “We know that our opponents aren’t having a good run of late. But IKOLI VICTOR we’ll be wary of them DOHA and we’ll play for a win UMM Salal will be chasing a Our team hasn’t been first win against Al Rayyan defeated in the last four in nine years in a QNB Stars games. That augurs well League Week 13 fixture at for the team and we Thani Bin Jassim Stadium in Gharafa on Friday. can achieve better In their last five league results in the coming fixtures, they drew thrice games. with Rayyan winning twice. The Lions are fourth in the Gilson Souza, Al Rayyan league standings with 22 points; seven ahead of the Orange Fortress having a bad run, collecting only two points from their last five matches. “I’m a coach, I definitely Al Rayyan’s U-23 coach Gilson Souza said: “The next love my job and I’ll do game against Umm Salal is everything to succeed in an important one as far as it. Umm Salal have to we’re concerned. We’re pre- get back to the winning paring very hard. We’ve to path and we’ve to give prove our capabilities on the pitch, where victories are everything to the team. achieved and not by history Bouziane Ben Arabi, and statistics. Umm Salal “We know that our op- ponents aren’t having a good Gilson Souza (right), Al Rayyan U-23 coach with a team player at a press conference in Doha on Thursday. run of late. But we’ll be wary of them and we’ll play for a added. we’ve to give everything to the win. Our team hasn’t been de- Meanwhile, Umm Salal team. feated in the last four games. assistant coach Bouziane Ben “I’m the assistant coach That augurs well for the team Arabi will be in charge of the and what’s important at this and we can achieve better re- game after the departure of stage is service to the team, sults in the coming games. the Dutch coach Laurent Ba- above anything else. We’ve a Al Rayyan were competi- nide following team’s decline good team and I hope they’ll tive during the international in form. bring out their best as was break, defeating Al Shahania “My first match as in- shown in the training sessions. 3-1 in the third round of the charge against Al Rayyan has “Al Rayyan are a good team, QSL Cup. turned out to be a very tough but we had held them to a draw “The two-week break in one. We have lost a lot of points in the first leg,” he added. the QNB Stars League didn’t of late. We’ve been mainly Fifth-placed Al Ahli looking affect our team. We played working on boosting the play- to take advantage of any slip and won against Al Shahania ers’ morale, so we can make from those above them, face a by a 3-1 margin in the QSL a strong comeback against Al Qatar SC side that are threat- Cup,” Souza said. Rayyan,” Bouziane said at the ened with relegation in tenth “It’s difficult to assess the pre-match press conference. place. level of the team. Our goal “I’m a coach, I definitely Al Kharaitiyat will be look- was title triumph. However, love my job and I’ll do every- ing for a morale-boosting it’s a fact now that Al Duhail thing to succeed in it. Umm victory against struggling Al are edging closer to it, so we Umm Salal assistant coach Bouziane Ben Arabi at a press conference Salal have to get back Shahania in Friday’s other aim to be in the top four,” he in Doha on Thursday. to the winning path and fixture. Qatar 2022 can change AFC CHAMPIONS LEAGUE DRAW history, says Thawadi Qatari clubs face familiar TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK This is a foes in continental duels DOHA once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK also cut ties in January 2016 THE 2022 FIFA World Cup DOHA and matches between clubs has the potential to positively the region – a region that is from the two countries are change the destiny of Qa- absolutely crazy about the AL Duhail SC and Al Sadd played in neutral venues. tar and the region, Supreme sport. The people of this SC will meet clubs from Iran, Despite requests from Committee for Delivery & region live, drink and Saudi Arabia and United UAE and Saudi Arabia in Legacy (SC) Secretary-Gen- breathe football. Plain and Arab Emirates once again in 2018 that meetings with Qa- eral Hassan al Thawadi has a politically-charged group tari clubs also be played in said. simple. It’s the one stage of the 2019 AFC Cham- neutral venues, the Asian Speaking to commemo- common denominator. pions League. Football Confederation rate the ‘four years to go’ Hassan al Thawadi, SC Asia’s premier club foot- (AFC) insisted otherwise. countdown to the tourna- ball competition, which fea- Qatar’s Al Sadd are con- ment, Thawadi told beIN Secretary-General tures 32 teams, is split into fident that the same will be Sports that Qatar 2022 is two geographic zones, east the case in February when not simply about 28 days of this World Cup? Absolutely. and west, until the final. It the tournament gets under football, but leaving a lasting the political situation will And are we welcoming them? means that the group stage, way. legacy to benefit future gen- have changed by 2022 and We will welcome them with drawn on Thursday in Kuala “We are in a group with erations. reiterated the positive senti- open arms.” Lumpur, is full of regional a Saudi Arabian team and an “This is not a tournament ment in relation to the tour- The Secretary-General rivalries. Iranian team,” Al Sadd man- just to bring people over, cel- nament across the region, also addressed recent specu- The toughest group puts Former Qatari international Wesam Rizik (right) at the draw of the ager Mohammed al Berik ebrate football and leave,” he including citizens of blockad- lation surrounding the po- the champions of Saudi Ara- AFC Champions League in Kuala Lumpur on Thursday. told AFP. said. “If you truly understand ing countries. tential expansion of the 2022 bia, Qatar and the United “We played in 2018 and what this does for you, for a “From day one, our goal FIFA World Cup from 32 to Arab Emirates together as Al everything went safely. nation; it changes lives. and our aim was that this 48 teams – saying plans re- Hilal, Al Duhail and Al Ain Groups “The football is football. It can change history. is not a Qatari bid,” he ex- main firmly on course to de- meet. The language of football is Group A: Al Wasl (UAE), Al Zawraa Club (IRQ), Winner of Playoff 4, Winner of Playoff 2 It can change perceptions, plained. “This was an Arab, liver a tournament format as Additionally, Al Sadd of Group B: Al Ittihad (KSA), Al Wadha FSCC (UAE), Uzbekistan 1st Club, Winner of Playoff 3 for everyone and we didn’t economies, societies and Middle Eastern bid – first per the bid promise. Qatar, winners in 2011, have Group C: Al Duhail SC (QAT), Al Hilal (KSA), Al Ain (UAE), Esteghlal FC (IRN) have any problems. We will industries.” and foremost. We recently He said: “There is a feasi- been drawn with Saudi Ara- Group D: Persepolis (IRN), Al Sadd (QAT), Al Ahli Saudi (KSA), Winner of Playoff 1 go to play at the end of the “This is a once-in-a-life- opened up our volunteer bility study that is currently bia’s Al Ahli. If qualified, Al Group E: Korea Rep. 3rd Club, Johor Darul Ta’zim (MAS), Winner of Playoff 4, Winner of Playoff 2 world if we have to.” Group F: Guangzhou Evergrande (CHN), Korea Rep. 2nd Club, Melbourne Victory (AUS), Winner of Playoff 3 time opportunity for the re- programme for people to ongoing. From our side we Rayyan will join Group B, Group G: Japan 2nd Club, China PR 2nd Club, Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors (KOR), Buriram United (THA) Former Qatar interna- gion – a region that is abso- register. Today, we are at are continuing with prepara- which includes the UAE’s Group H: Sydney FC (AUS), Kawasaki Frontale (JPN), Shanghai SIPG (CHN), Winner of Playoff 1 tional and Al Sadd star We- lutely crazy about the sport. 250,000, and among them tions for a 32-team format. Al Wahda, Al Ittihad of Sau- sam Rizik participated in the The people of this region live, are people from the blockad- “There are a lot of issues di Arabia and Uzbekistan chance to qualify for Group play-off. draw ceremony along with drink and breathe football. ing nations.” that need to be assessed and champions Lokomotiv. Al A, which includes Al Wasl of Saudi Arabia, as well as other stars from Asia. Plain and simple. It’s the one “So if you ask me whether addressed. I don’t want to Rayyan will fight with Saipa the UAE and Al Zawraa of the UAE, broke off diplo- Japan’s Kashima Antlers common denominator,” he there is a desire from the peo- pre-conclude what will be of Iran and Minerva of India Iraq. Al Gharafa will vie with matic relations with Qatar in won the 2018 title but did said. ple of the region to celebrate, out there, but as of today it’s in play-off. Al Wehdat of Jordan, Kuwait June 2017. not qualify for the 2019 ver- Thawadi said he hopes to participate, to be part of a 32-team World Cup.” Al Gharafa have the SC and Zob Ahan of Iran in Saudi Arabia and Iran sion. 14 Friday, November 23, 2018 Sports Mubarak al Rumaihi makes a roaring start with Bolandro

QNB Qatar International RESULTS finished as the runners-up with a time of Showjumping C’ship 2018 48.48secs and 38.22secs. Class: Two Phases FEI Art. 274.5.3 | Max. 140cm | Prize-Money Emerging on top in the Against the clock VINAY NAYUDU €7,000 1. Mubarak Yousuf al Rumaihi (Bolandro) QAT Faults: 0; Time: 49.86secs; (120/130cm) class was Qatar’s Mohammed DOHA Faults: 0; Time: 37.85secs; Prize: €1,960 al Saidan on Apple Bee being faultless and 2. Nasser al Ghazali (Colibri) QAT; 0; 48.48secs; 0; 38.22secs; €1,575 fastest in 63.93secs. QATAR rider Mubarak Yousuf al Rumaihi 3. Mubarak Yousuf al Rumaihi (Vivaldi K) QAT; 0; 51.39secs; 0; Jaber Rashid al Amri (on Canavaro De 39.28secs €1,225 stamped his authority on the World Cup 4. Mohd Said Haidan (Casanova) QAT; 0; 48.69secs; 0; 43.85secs €875 Muze (E.T.)) finished second in 67.17secs, qualifying Two Phases FEI Art. 274.5.3 | while Saeed Nasser al Qadi (riding Day- Max. 140cm class on the opening day of Class: Table A, Against the clock FEI Art. 238.2.1 | Max. 120/130cm dreamer EC) was third with a time of the three-day QNB Qatar International | Prize-Money €5,000 69.18secs. 1. Mohammed Said Haidan (Apple Bee) QAT; 0; 63.93secs; €1,250 Showjumping Championship 2018 at the 2. Jaber Rashid al Amri (Canavaro De Muze (E.T.)) QAT; 0; 67.17secs; Qatar Equestrian Federation’s outdoor €1,000 arena on Thursday. 3. Saeed Nasser al Qadi (Daydreamer EC) QAT; 0; 69.18secs; €750 The Qatar Armed Forces athlete has The Qatar Armed Forces athlete has 4. Mohammed Said Haidan (Frappant) QAT 0; 73.94secs; €500 been in blazing form of late, having 5. Rashid Towaim al Marri (Anyway II) QAT; 0; 76.28secs; €350 been in blazing form of late, having annexed 6. Achraf Oualla (Dino BB Z) MAR; 0; 78.87secs; €275 annexed five titles, including the Grand five titles, including the Grand Prix class in Prix class in last week’s Al Rayyan last week’s Al Rayyan Championship at the Class: Table A, Against the clock FEI Art. 238.2.1 | Max. 115cm | same venue. Prize-Money €4,000 Championship at the same venue. 1. Hussain Said Haidan (Belucci Van T’Vleminkhof) QAT; 0; 50.27secs; He continued his flawless show, this €1,000 time with his mount Bolandro, a 12-year- 2. Hussain Said Haidan (Colijn) QAT; 0; 52.72secs; €800 Morocco’s Achraf Oualla with his horse old bay stallion, for a swift win in the two- 3. Hamad Nasser al Qadi (Hugo Z) QAT; 0; 53.32secs; €600 Dino BB Z combined for a clean show but round €7,000 feature class in a time of 4. Abdulla Rashid al Amri (Cinderella B) QAT; 0; 53.57secs; €400. his time of 78.87secs saw him finish sixth. 49.86secs and 37.85secs much to the home Friday’s schedule Scoring a grand one-two finish in the crowd’s delight. 2pm: Table A, Against the clock with jump off - FEI Art. 238.2.2 | Max. 115 Against the clock 115cm class was Qa- Since each rider is allowed to enter with cm |2 Horses per athlete | 350 m/min | €5,000 tar’s Hussain Said Haidan who clocked two horses, Rumaihi also excelled with his 5pm: Table A, Against the clock with Jump Off FEI Art. 238.2.2 | Max. 130 50.27secs and 52.72secs on Belucci Van cm |2 Horses per athlete | 350 m/min | €6,000 favourite horse Vivaldi K and finished third 7pm: Qualifying competition for the FEI World Cup competition number.9 T’Vlehimkof and Colijn respectively. in the same class clocking 51.39secs and | Table A, Against the clock FEI Art. 238.2.1 | Max. 145 cm | 2 Horses Hamad Nasser al Qadi astride Hugo Z 39.28secs in the two faultless routines. per athlete | 350 m/min | €8,000. claimed the third podium finish with a time Mubarak Yousuf al Rumaihi and his mount Bolandro clear a hurdle during their win at the Qatar Equestrian Qatar’s Nasser al Ghazali on Colibri of 53.32secs. Federation’s outdoor arena on Thursday. Spaghetti, Rassan clinch feature races A fine treble RESULTS 10TH RACE MEETING (DIRT) Ladjadj) for rider Bent- LOCAL PUREBRED ARABIAN NOVICE PLATE 1,200m Won by 5, 6, 2.25. Time 1:55.58 Prize Money: QR45,000 (1st 25,650, 2nd 9,900, 3rd 4,950) Owner: Hussain Ali Bukannan Trainer: Mohammed Riyaz Ibrahim Kasim 1. Saab (Gerald Avranche), 2. Munaawashat (JP Guillambert), 3. Al Mustafiz (Harry ley, trainer Bentley) THOROUGHBRED HANDICAP (Class 4) 1,200m Won by 3.5, nose, 3.25. Time 01:20.22 Prize Money: QR55,000 (1st 31,350 2nd 12,100 3rd 6,050 4th 3,300 5th 2,200. Owner & Trainer: Khalid Nasser Hamad al Naimi 1. Ventura Shadow (Tomas Lukasek), 2. Noble Masterpiece (Harry Bentley), 3. Midaawi Jahromi & (JP Guillambert) PUREBRED ARABIAN MAIDEN PLATE (Fillies & Mares) 1,700m Won by 2, short head, 1. Time 1:12.39 owner Khalifa Prize Money: QR45,000 (1st 25,650, 2nd 9,900, 3rd 4,950) Owner: Mohammed Nasser al Naimi. Trainer: Hadi Nasser Rashid al Ramzani 1. Yanar (JP Guillambert), 2. Enfrad (Faleh Bughanaim), 3. Alanoud (Jean Baptiste Hamel) THOROUGHBRED HANDICAP (Class 3) 1,700m bin Sheail Won by 17, 0.25, 2. Time 2:02.49 Prize Money: QR 60,000 (1st 34,200, 2nd 13,200, 3rd 6,600) Owner: Khalifa bin Sheail al Kuwari. Trainer: Mohammed Riyaz Ibrahim Kasim 1. Perigee (Harry Bentley), 2. Rich History (Jean Baptiste Hamel), 3. King Of Doha (Faleh TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK Bughanaim) LOCAL THOROUGHBRED MAIDEN PLATE 1,200m Won by 0.75, 1, head. Time 1:48.62 DOHA Prize Money: QR45,000 (1st 25,650, 2nd 9,900, 3rd 4,950) Owner: Khalifa bin Sheail al Kuwari. Trainer: Jassim Mohammed Ghazali Jahromi 1. Admiral (Jimmy Quinn), 2. Sharhan Azzam (Tomas Lukasek), 3. Reem Brooq (Rashid THE 10th Race Meeting, fea- Ali al Marri, -5kg) AL DAAYEN CUP 1,800m turing Al Daayen Cup and Won by 0.75, 3, 2.5. Time 1:15.10 Prize Money: QR100,000 (1st 57,000, 2nd 22,000, 3rd 11,000, 4th 6,000, 5th Doha Cup, turned out to be Owner: Sheikh Khalid bin Jassim bin Thani al Thani. Trainer: Ibrahim Saeed Ibrahim al 4,000) Malki 1. Spaghetti (Harry Bentley), 2. Al Walid (Faleh Bughanaim), 3. Messine De Sinuhe (JP an exciting affair as jockey Guillambert), 4. Reda (Stephan Ladjadj), 5. TM Thunder Struck (Ronan Thomas) Harry Bentley, trainer Jas- THOROUGHBRED GRADUATION PLATE (Class 5) 1,000m Won by 6.75, 1.5, 1.5, 8.5. Time 2:04.77 sim Mohammed Ghazali Prize Money: QR50,000 (1st 28,500, 2nd 11,000, 3rd 5,500) Trainer: Khalifa bin Sheail al Kuwari. Trainer: Jassim Mohammed Ghazali Jahromi Jahromi and owner Khalifa 1. Catch A Wave (Ray Fuentes), 2. Subhaan (JP Guillambert), 3. Beach Samba (Saleem bin Sheail al Kuwari all end- Golam) DOHA CUP 1,200m Won by 1.25, 1.5, 4. Time 58.87 Prize Money: QR100,000 (1st 57,000, 2nd 22,000, 3rd 11,000, 4th 6,000, 5th ed up with a memorable tre- Owner: Eng Hassan Ali al Abdulmalik. Trainer: Deborah Mountain 4,000) ble on Thursday. 1. Rassan (Harry Bentley), 2. Raqee (Saleem Golam), 3. Al Muntathar (Eduardo At the Qatar Racing and Rider Harry Bentley leads Spaghetti to a brilliant victory in the Al Daayen Cup at the 10th Race Meeting in THOROUGHBRED HANDICAP (Class 5) 1,800m Pedroza), 4. Samhan Al Shajaa (Rashid Ali al Marri, -5kg), 5. Aahil (Ronan Thomas) Equestrian Club’s dirt track New Al Rayyan on Thursday. Prize Money: QR50,000 (1st 28,500, 2nd 11,000, 3rd 5,500) Won by 3, 1, short head, 6.25. Time 1:19.34 in New Al Rayyan, Bentley 1. Crisscrossed (JP Guillambert), 2. Tadeem (Harry Bentley), 3. Truancy (Stephan Owner: Jassim bin Ali al Attiyah. Trainer: Jassim Mohammed Ghazali Jahromi began his winning spree a bit late in the day. In the sev- enth race – Thoroughbred ward ridden by Faleh Bugha- bin Ali al Attiyah, went three and she went on to claim the Handicap Class 3 (1,700m), naim. lengths clear of Raqee (Sal- victory by 17 lengths against he pushed five-year-old peri- The third spot was taken eem Golam) before bagging Enfrad (Faleh Bughanaim). gee to a less than a length tri- by Messine De Sinuhe with the Doha Cup sprint. Alanoud was third. umph over Rich History. JP Guillambert astride, while Al Muntathar (Eduardo Guillambert and trainer While this was the second 2017 Dubai Kahayla Classic Pedroza) beat Samhan AL Mohammed Riyaz Ibrahim winner for owner Kuwari, it winner Reda and TM Thun- Shajaa by short head to win Kasim wrapped up a fine was the first of the day for der Struck, rated highest at the third spot and Aahil (Ro- double as Crisscrossed beat both the jockey and trainer 122 and having 12 credit- nan Thomas) notched up the Tadeem by five lengths in Jahromi. It must be a big re- able wins to his name, were fifth place. the Thoroughbred Handicap lief for the winning party as fourth and fifth, respectively. Rassan, who had five Class 5 (1,800m). Truancy the five-year-old bay colt had For the 2016 Qatar Sil- winners in 12 runs last sea- picked the third spot. not been able to win a single ver Sword and Amir’s Silver son, had a warm-up race be- Ventura Shadow, owned race last season. Overall, it Sword winner Spaghetti, it fore but he showed his real by Mohammed Nasser al was his third victory in 21 was the first race of the sea- pace in the second run today Naimi, Eng Hassan Ali al races, including three this son and the victory helped and emerged an easy winner, Abdulmalik’s Catch A Wave, season. him reach six in 15 runs. his overall 15th in 47 races. Sheikh Khalid bin Jassim Bentley and Jahromi Both Bentley and Jah- Earlier, owner Kuwari got bin Thani al Thani-owned then plotted a fantastic tri- Doha Cup-winning Rassan’s group celebrates at the QREC Club in New Al Rayyan on Thursday. romi progressed to com- the first winner of the day Admiral and Saab, owned umph by Spaghetti for owner plete their grand treble when through Yanar. Rider Guil- and trained by Khalid Nasser Kuwari in the Daayen Cup six-year-old runner, rated and managed to win by six Al Shaqab Racing-owned Al eight-year-old grey horse lambert took the five-year- Hamad al Naimi, shared oth- over 1,800m distance. The 115, worked up a hot pace and a three quarters against Walid, an Alban de Mieulle Rassan, owned by Jassim old grey filly off to a hot pace er four races of the day. World No. 1 Djokovic heads Qatar Kuwaiti, Omani shooters excel ExxonMobil Open 2019 list MAIN ROUND PLAYERS’ LIST The 2017 Nitto ATP Finals Wawrinka in runner-up announced recently Basilashvili, Nikoloz GEO 21 # Jarry, Nicolas CHI 43 that he was shutting down his alternates list # Bautista Agut, Roberto ESP 24 # Khachanov, Karen RUS 11 2018 campaign due to an el- # Berrettini, Matteo ITA 54 # Kohlschreiber, Philipp GER 35 bow injury. The 27-year-old last for main draw # Cecchinato, Marco ITA 20 # Kukushkin, Mikhail KAZ 53 # Copil, Marius ROU 60 # Lajovic, Dusan SRB 48 played at the Shenzhen Open # Djokovic, Novak SRB 1 # Lopez, Feliciano ESP 64 -- where he lost in his opening TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK # Dzumhur, Damir BIH 47 # Mannarino, Adrian FRA 42 match at the tournament to DOHA # Fucsovics, Marton HUN 37 # Pella, Guido ARG 58 # Gasquet, Richard FRA 26 # Ramos-Vinolas, Albert ESP 65 three-time Grand Slam cham- # Goffin, David BEL 22 # Seppi, Andreas ITA 38 pion Andy Murray. WORLD No.1 Novak Djokovic # Gojowczyk, Peter GER 59 # Thiem, Dominic AUT 8 Goffin debuted at the Doha will kickstart his 2019 season # Haase, Robin NED 50 # Verdasco, Fernando ESP 28 event in 2018 -- when he beat with the Qatar ExxonMobil # Herbert, Pierre-Hugues FRA 5 Dutch Robin Haase in the first Open which will be held from round, before losing to Spain’s December 31, 2018 to Janu- Three-time Grand Slam event due to injury. Fernando Verdasco in the ary 5, 2019 at the Khalifa In- winner Stanislas Wawrinka, The 31-year-old Serb, who Round of 16. ternational Tennis and Squash runner-up Andrei Rublev and will be making an appearance in Tournament Director Ka- Complex in Doha. the former world No. 4 Tomas Doha for the fifth time, defeated rim Alami said, “It is our pleas- Djokovic, the 2018 Wim- Berdych, who has not been former world No.1 Rafael Nadal ure to once again bring some of bledon and US Open cham- competing since June, are all in for his maiden title in 2016 and the world’s best players to Qa- pion, tops the entry list of star the first places of alternates list followed it up with a three-set tar at this year’s Qatar Exxon players which includes world and will probably make it in the win over Britain’s Andy Murray Mobil Open. Fans of the sport No. 8 Dominic Thiem, Nikolov main draw. in 2017 to claim a back-to-back are, without any doubt, in for Basilashvili, David Goffin, Ka- Of the 32 singles players triumph. He is also the absolute a week-long festival of top- Kuwait dominated the trap event, while Oman ruled in the 50m rifle 3 positions and 25m centre fire pistol ren Khachanov and this year’s and 16 doubles team featuring favourite this time around after notch tennis with unparalled at the 10th Arab Shooting Championship at the Losail Ranges on Thursday. Kuwait, led by Asian champion French Open semi-finalist Mar- in the six-day event, all eyes will having had an amazing second hospitality that we are well Abdulrahman al Faihan, bagged the men’s trap gold, beating Qatar. Faihan also claimed the individual title, co Cecchinato. be on Djokovic, the 14 Grand half of 2018. noted for. We look forward to his teammate Khaled al Mudhaf won the silver medal, while Qatar’s Rashid Hamad al Athba was third. In all, 25 players made the Slam champion and ATP Finals Meanwhile for Goffin, the welcoming all the players and Kuwait’s Sarah Alhawal clinched a golden double. She helped her team emerge the champion and went on entry list while three slots are 2018 finalist, who will be a mak- Doha event will be the Belgian’s the teeming fans to this year’s to bag the individual crown later as well. Oman’s Salyem beat Abdullah Alharbi to win the gold medal in allotted for wild card entrants ing a return to the tournament first tour event when he returns event which promises to be the the 50m men’s rifle 3 positions, while his teammates Zahra al Balushi and Siham al Hasani battled in the and four for qualifiers. after pulling out of the 2018 from an injury. best so far.” women’s event, with the former pocketing the crown by three points. Sports Friday, November 23, 2018 15 English Premier League returns after international break Former Chelsea striker Drogba retires at 40

AGENCIES His first spell in west Lon- year twice, ended his play- LONDON don ended on a high as he ing days with Phoenix Rising scored the winning penalty where he was a player-owner. FORMER Chelsea striker Di- in the Champions League fi- “It’s the best way to end, dier Drogba announced his nal shootout against Bayern helping some young talent retirement on Wednesday, Munich having also equalised to develop,” Drogba told the calling time on a 20-year ca- with a thumping header to BBC. reer in which the bullish cen- force extra time. “To give something back tre forward won four Premier to the game was the best way League titles and the 2012 to finish as I have learned so Champions League. much in the game.” Ivorian Drogba, who had The all-time top scorer for been playing in the United the Ivory Coast and the high- States for Phoenix Rising, had est foreign scorer for Chelsea, two spells at Chelsea, scoring Superb start Drogba also posted a picture 164 goals in 381 games, having of himself as a young player spearheaded the west London His first spell in west London before announcing his retire- club’s revival under owner Ro- ended on a high as he scored ment. man Abramovich. the winning penalty in the “When I think of the last Drogba, 40, began his ca- Champions League final 20 years of my professional reer at French side Le Mans in shootout against Bayern career, looking at this picture 1998, but did not play top-tier Munich having also equalised can’t make me more proud of football until he was 23 when with a thumping header to what I’ve achieved as a player he was signed by Guingamp in force extra time. but most importantly how this 2002. journey has shaped me as a He moved to Olympique de man,” Drogba wrote. Marseille in 2003 and a year Drogba spent the last 18 later was signed by Chelsea He had spells in China and months of his playing career Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola gestures during a recent Champions League match against Shakhtar Donetsk at the Etihad Stadium, where he became the attacking Turkey before returning to with US side Phoenix Rising, London. (REUTERS) focal point of the team under Chelsea where he won a fourth the club he co-owns, his last Jose Mourinho and helped the Premier League title and a game being a 1-0 defeat by club win their first top flight third League Cup, leaving the Louisville City in the final of English title in 50 years. club as their fourth highest the United Soccer League Cup. He went on to win three scorer of all time. “Safe to say [Drogba] will Premier League titles in his Drogba, who struck 65 not be playing for us next Top three look to first eight years at Chelsea as goals in his 104 appearances week,” the team said on Twit- well as four FA Cups and two for the Ivory Coast and was ter responding to reports of extend unbeaten League Cups. voted African footballer of the the retirement. records in EPL Chelsea face the trickiest task against Tottenham DPA he is focused on helping West football and now, we have to - the first Bournemouth player LONDON Ham. win football games. That’s how to ever score for England - and “I concentrate on West it is and that’s what we’ve done Howe believes others will ben- MANCHESTER City, Liver- Ham and we have a big game already.” efit. pool and Chelsea face another against Manchester City on “So many things are bet- “It lets everyone know test of their unbeaten records Saturday and I am only think- ter than last year: defending they are being watched and this weekend when the Pre- ing about this game and the is better, set-pieces are better; that their form in the Premier mier League returns after the following games,” he told Sky we are much more mature in League is being evaluated by international break. Sports in midweek. games, game management is the people from their coun- Leaders City travel to West “Whatever is going on with better. So many things are bet- tries - whether that’s England Ham, second-placed Liver- my agent and the clubs is not ter.” or other countries,” Howe told pool are away to Watford and my business. Chelsea go to Tottenham the Bournemouth Echo news- Chelsea have the trickiest task, as the third side yet to expe- paper. on paper, away to Tottenham, Guardiola will be aware of rience defeat but they will be “The form of the team this Chelsea’s Didier Drogba celebrates with the trophy after their Champions League final soccer match just a point behind them in wary of a home side nipping at season has been strong. That against Bayern Munich at the Allianz Arena in Munich on May 19, 2012. (REUTERS) fourth. the threat posed by West their heels. has certainly helped every- City manager Pep Guar- Ham, in particular by strik- And Tottenham could have one’s cause and will continue diola will assess the fitness of er Marko Arnautovic, who midfielder Christian Eriksen to do so as long as we can be Bernardo Silva after the play- is set to be fit for in the starting line-up for the successful. maker withdrew from interna- Saturday’s clash despite a first time in four days. “Hopefully, everyone will Spain, Germany & N Korea in tional duty with Portugal due niggling knee injury. The Dane played half of take inspiration from Callum’s to a muscular injury. his nation’s match with Ire- call.” Should he not make it, land in midweek and could Bottom side Fulham will Women’s U-17 WC quarters Guardiola could call on Fa- My business is to perform return, especially with the be looking for a morale-boost- bian Delph, who impressed on the pitch, to put in perfor- likes of Erik Lamela only due ing victory when they take on IANS over Cameroon 2-1, Efe news scoreboard. for England on Sunday, or Il- mances and that is what I want back from international duty fourth-bottom Southampton MONTEVIDEO reported. Spain will now face North kay Guendogan, who played in to do.” on Friday. on Saturday. The Spaniards went to half Korea on Saturday at the Al- City’s last match. Liverpool are just two Fifth-placed Arsenal, Second-bottom Hudders- SPAIN beat Canada, Germany time with a three-goal lead berto Suppici stadium in Co- Guardiola will be aware of points behind City after a su- looking to take advantage of field travel to Wolves while beat the US and North Korea thanks to shots by Salma Paral- lonia. the threat posed by West Ham, perb start to the season but any slip-up from those above Cardiff, one point and one edged Cameroon 2-1 to ad- luelo in the ninth minute, Irene Canada will face Germany in particular by striker Marko manager Juergen Klopp said them, travel to a Bournemouth place better off, are away to vance to the quarterfinals of the Lopez in the 22nd, and Claudia on Sunday at the Charrua sta- Arnautovic, who is set to be fit they still need to work on side riding high in sixth place. Everton. U-17 Women’s soccer World Pina in the 25th. dium here. for Saturday’s clash despite a many things. Bournemouth manager Manchester United face Cup underway in Uruguay. In the second half, Irene Japan will play against niggling knee injury. “We can improve, we have Eddie Howe is hoping the en- Crystal Palace, Brighton and Spain beat Canada 5-0 in a Lopez, chosen as player of the New Zealand on November 24 Arnautovic has been linked to and we will,” he said at a tire squad is boosted by the Hove Albion take on Leicester Group D match on Wednesday, match, scored her second goal in Colonia, while Ghana will with a move to one of the Eng- Liverpool Football Club foun- call-up of striker Callum Wil- and Newcastle travel to Burn- while in a Group C tie, Germa- in the 50th minute and Eva face Mexico a day later in Mon- lish sides in the Champions dation dinner this week. son to the England side. ley in the weekend’s other ny beat the US 4-0 as reigning Navarro scored in the 71st to tevideo in the other quarter League but the Austrian says “But between our best Wilson scored on his debut matches. champions North Korea won leave the final figures on the clashes.

Man Utd spell made him feel Griezmann must prove worth ‘like Benjamin Button’: Zlatan AFP that would give me an honest LONDON opinion. From all of them eve- to Atletico in Barcelona clash ryone said ‘do not do it’ -- they ZLATAN Ibrahimovic has said it would not be good for REUTERS Atletico, is also said to have revealed he was told by “eve- my career because you put your BARCELONA put Costa’s nose out of joint, ryone” not to risk his reputa- whole career on one season,” according to reports in the tion by playing in England but he said. BARCELONA’S interest in Spanish media. how a successful spell at Man- “If you do not do a good signing Atletico Madrid for- Griezmann’s lack of do- chester United made him feel season, people will say the ward Antoine Griezmann was mestic goals has not stopped young again -- “like Benjamin rest of the things you did be- the worst kept secret in foot- his team mates touting him Button”. fore were useless because you ball last season and on Satur- for the Ballon d’Or award, The 37-year-old Swedish didn’t make it in England but day the Frenchman will face however, with his cause bol- forward made a high-profile that triggered me and that’s the the club he so nearly joined stered by his role in helping switch to Old Trafford in July challenge I wanted.” when they meet in a mouth- France win the World Cup. 2016 after leaving Paris Saint- Ibrahimovic, who also watering Liga clash. “For me, he deserves it,” Germain, initially on a one- played for Ajax, Juventus, When Griezmann fired said defender Juanfran. “Li- season contract. Barcelona and both Milan gi- Atletico to victory over Olym- onel Messi and Cristiano Ibrahimovic made a major ants, added: “I went against pique de Marseille in the Eu- Ronaldo perform at such a impact at Old Trafford, scoring everyone and said that’s what ropa League final in May, it level which makes them the twice to help Jose Mourinho’s I wanted to do. They thought was widely viewed as his last best but last year Griezmann side win the 2017 League Cup I was too old... and I made the stand for Diego Simeone’s hit that level with goals and final against Southampton be- Premier League look old. side before a move to Barca trophies and if you analyse it fore suffering a serious knee in- “It took me three months but they successfully con- properly he should win it.” jury during the Europa League to convince everyone who I vinced the Frenchman to stay. Yet if Griezmann is to jus- quarter-final with Anderlecht. was. That was the challenge He revealed his decision tify being mentioned in the The veteran frontman re- and I never turn down a chal- to remain at Atletico in a re- same breath as Barca’s Messi covered and signed a contract lenge.” markable televised documen- and or Juventus’ Ronaldo, he extension but eventually left Ibrahimovic, who said he tary called ‘The Decision’, Atletico Madrid’s Antoine Griezmann (REUTERS) needs to take a step forward United to join Major League had an “amazing” connection which angered the Catalans, and prove he is able to win Soccer club Los Angeles Galaxy with United midfielder Paul not least because it was made he wants to make history at over Borussia Dortmund in Griezmann usually thrives pivotal matches on his own, as in March 2018. Pogba at Old Trafford, said he by Barca defender Gerard Atletico where everything is the Champions League but due to the aggression and the Portuguese and Argentine In an interview with BBC 5 had felt “unbreakable... like Pique’s Kosmos production built around him or go to a failing to galvanise his team at work rate of Costa, whose regularly do. Live, the much-travelled Ibra- Superman” before suffering his company. club where he will never go difficult places like Villarreal, form has suffered over the last Guiding Atletico to a first himovic recalled the advice he serious knee injury. Atletico chief executive down in history,” said Gil Leganes and Celta Vigo. few months, struggling with league win over Barca since had received when he was con- “The first year at United Miguel Angel Gil Marin had Marin. He has three goals in 12 injuries and failing to score in 2010, which would take templating life in the Premier we had a fantastic year,” he warned Griezmann, 27, of the But Griezmann has strug- league games, a meager tally the league. them top of the table and two League. added. “They made me feel like pitfalls of joining a club like gled this term, producing which can be traced to the The Frenchman’s salary points clear of the champions “When I went to England Benjamin Button. I was getting Barca. talismanic performances in dire form of fellow striker hike, which the Frenchman he turned down, would be a I was talking to different play- younger and younger, then un- “He needs to decide if games such as the 2-0 win Diego Costa. said was key to him staying at good start. ers that I knew well and trusted fortunately I got my injury.” 16 Friday, November 23, 2018 The Last Word

FATHER AMIR VISITS EIGHTH KATARA TRADITIONAL DHOW FESTIVAL

The Father Amir HH Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al Thani on Thursday paid a visit to the 8th Katara Traditional Dhow Festival, which is being held at Katara beach. He visited a number of pavilions of the participating countries, where he saw various cultural and heritage items such as the handicrafts market, marine life and crafts, and watched some performances of traditional marine folklore arts. (QNA) Fireworks, cultural shows mesmerise crowd

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THE Eighth Katara Tra- ditional Dhow Festival at- tracted huge crowds to the Katara beach on Thursday to witness a dazzling display of fireworks. The unique show was themed on sea traditions and narrated a story about div- ing and fighting in the sea in bright and shooting colours. The crowd watched in awe, shouting and cheer- ing as fireworks burst above, drawing thematic patterns into the sky in brilliant light and vivacious colours. a dedicated pavilion at Kata- of visitors every day. Iran has A similar fireworks show ra beach, featuring painting, set up a replica of the anthro- will take place today (Fri- drawing, face painting, paper pological house of the natives day) at the Katara beach from design, among others. of Kish Island in Iran, show- 8pm to 8.20pm. The evening Katara has announced the casing marine and sailing will also witness a surprise winners of three maritime traditions and the lifestyle announcement by Katara competitions- Al Haddaq, of the people of the Island Cultural Village. Tafreesh and Shoush- held 80 years ago. Visitors to the festival over the first two days of The ‘Omani House’ fea- over the past three days have the festival. tures sea-related products been treated to various tra- Al Hadaaq is an indi- and equipment from Oman, ditional shows and dances vidual contest in traditional along with Omani sweets, presented by teams from fishing, in which Yusuf al while also introducing tradi- the participating countries, Obaidli won the first prize of tional Omani dances related maritime contests and a wide QR5,000, Mohammed Salim to the sea. range of cultural activities. al Araimi won the second The ‘Kuwaiti House’ has The festival attract- prize with QR4,000 while the brought together a number ed large number of chil- third prize QR3,000 went to of marine experts from the dren from schools across Rashid al Magairafi. country, showcasing Kuwaiti Qatar, especially in the In Tafreesh - a rowing and third prizes went to Saleh prising Darwish Salim and ing Ahmed Yusuf al Hail and won the third prize. wedding traditions, among morning hours. contest using small boats - al Araimi and Musallam al Khalfan Salim won the first Ahmed al Miraikhi. The team Traditional stalls set up other things. Hundreds of children Ahmed Yusuf al Hail won the Araimi, respectively. prize, while the second prize comprising Ahmed Abdullah by the participating countries The five-day festival will took part in art workshops in first prize while the second In Shoush, the team com- went to the team compris- and Mohammed Malallah are attracting huge number conclude on Saturday.

Live streaming of NASA’s InSight Mars operations Qatar’s culture exhibition to land at at QNL on November 26 UNESCO HQ in Paris on Nov 29 TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK in advance. DOHA Dr Nouf Khashman, Out- TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK that museums play in the field Highlighting the impor- reach and Community Engage- DOHA of cultural dialogue and knowl- tance of the initiative, Andrew FOLLOWING a 205-day jour- ment manager at QNL, said: edge sharing. Faulkner, chairman and man- ney, NASA’s InSight Mars “Providing diverse learning THE Majlis – Cultures in Dia- “Visitor to the exhibition will aging director, Qatar Shell Lander is set to touch down on opportunities is a fundamental logue, a traveling cross-cultural be able to learn through objects Companies, said: “Qatar Shell Mars to begin a thorough ex- part of our work at the library. exhibition that features a col- and practices linked to their use, is honoured to be the platinum ploration of the planet’s inner The Science Book Forum ena- lection of the Sheikh Faisal how interconnected the world sponsor of The Majlis – Cul- space – and the landing will be bles young learners to foster Bin Qassim Al-Thani Museum has always been and how these tures in Dialogue. This initia- streamed live at Qatar National skills that will help them pur- – will land at the UNESCO exchanges are still enriching tive shows Qatar’s commitment Library on November 26. The sue careers in science. Such Headquarters in Paris on No- our lives.” to promoting outreach, open- InSight Mission will be NASA’s events play an important role vember 29 to continue its global Dr Hamda al Sulaiti, sec- ness and integration through first Mars landing since 2012, in encouraging discovery and tour showcase. retary-general of the Qatar the nation’s cultural heritage, and will be watched live by mil- imagination among the youth The exhibition is a unique National Committee for Edu- while also linking this herit- lions worldwide. in Qatar.’ assembly of artifacts reflect- cation, Science and Culture, age to those of other peoples The event will start at 10pm The event is part of the li- ing the interaction of civi- said: “Such exhibitions are the and civilisations”. with a lecture on landing on brary’s Science Book Forum, lisations in the past while cornerstones of cultural ties be- The Paris show will build on planets by Dr Essam Heggy, chaired by Dr Essam Heggy, encouraging dialogue in tween people and offer greater the outstanding public response research scientist in Earth and which aims to help young the present. insights into others rich herit- at the recently held exhibition Planetary Sciences and a mem- minds develop a lasting interest The Majlis – Cultures in Di- age. This event would also act as at the Grandmaster’s Palace in ber of several space missions. in reading science books. alogue has been organised at the The exhibition is a unique assembly of artifacts reflecting the interaction a powerful communication tool Valletta – Malta. Attendees will have the chance Dr Heggy, said: ‘Every land- initiative of the Sheikh Faisal of civilisations in the past while encouraging dialogue in the present. that transcend beyond bounda- The Majlis – Cultures in Di- to have live conversations with ing is a challenging moment for Bin Qassim Al-Thani Museum, ries and spread peace around alogue is a visitor’s experience scientists from NASA about the the whole space science com- in collaboration with the UN- Refalo & Zammit Pace Ad- tions. We hope that by sharing the world.” that reveals how global perspec- landing and the wider mission. munity. Insight will try to an- ESCO Doha Office, the Qatar vocates, the exhibition will objects which connect peoples Sheikh Nawaf bin Jassim tives can vary depending on the The landing is scheduled to swer crucial scientific questions National Commission for Edu- have a duration of two weeks with their past, we are keeping bin Jabor al Thani, chairman position of the viewer. It is only take place at 11pm (Doha time). on Mars interior and how it is cation, Culture and Science, and before moving forward to alive history, culture and tradi- of Katara Hospitality, said: the beginning of a much big- Astronomy enthusiasts, different from the one of our Qatar Museums. other venues. tions and highlighting how dif- “We are honoured to partner ger project to connect people, students, scientists and the planet. This will bring new in- The exhibition is being held Commenting on the expo, ferent cultures have much more with ‘The Majlis-Cultures in beliefs and cultures by creating general public are encouraged sights on Mars formation and under the patronage of the Amir Sheikh Faisal bin Qassim bin commonalities than differences Dialogue’ of Sheikh Faisal Bin opportunities for respectful, yet to attend the event by register- evolution that remains largely His Highness Sheikh Tamim Faisal al Thani, said: “The among them.” Qassim Al-Thani Museum in incisive dialogues to take place. ing online in advance, and col- unconstrained.’ bin Hamad al Thani and Direc- tangible, intangible and docu- Dr Anna Paolini, direc- its first edition in Paris, which Following Paris, the exhibi- lecting access cards from the The library will close at 8pm tor-General of UNESCO Audrey mentary heritage of all people tor of UNESCO Doha Office, serves the same values of Ka- tion will visit several European library. Since the event will take on November26 and reopen for Azoulay. – their artifacts, handicrafts, said: “The Majlis – Cultures tara Hospitality’s in creating countries, including Austria, place after hours, attendance the event at 9:30pm. To regis- With the Platinum spon- arts and songs – are central to in Dialogue in Paris will be a emotional connection through Germany, Spain, Turkey and will not be possible unless ac- ter, please visit: https://events. sorship of Qatar Shell and lo- the existence of a cultured and good opportunity to showcase crafted unique experiences for the UK. The tour will also in- cess cards have been collected qnl.qa/sbf-nov18/EN cal sponsorships of QNB and civilised dialogue among na- the crucial role and importance guests and visitors.” clude the United States by 2021.