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35.5% of eligible population received at least one COVID-19 vaccine dose: MoPH Amir greets 1,248,229 vaccine Daily COVID-19 cases Zimbabwe prez doses have been administered in QNA continue to plunge Doha Qatar so far Tribune News Network His Highness the Amir Tribune News Network Doha of State of Qatar Sheikh Doha Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani The new daily COVID-19 cases on Sunday sent a cable of Qatar’s national campaign against continued to drop further in Qatar, congratulations to President COVID-19 has crossed a milestone with the Ministry of Public Health of the Republic of Zimbabwe as one in three adults has received at (MoPH) reporting 823 new infec- Emmerson Mnangagwa on least one dose of a vaccine. tions on Sunday, less than the previ- the anniversary of his coun- The Ministry of Public Health ous day’s figure of 827.T he new daily try’s Independence Day. (MoPH) has announced that 35.5 cases were 978 on Friday. percent of people aged 16 years and Of the 823 COVID-19 cases re- above have received at least one dose ported on Sunday, 636 were from of the COVID-19 vaccine since the community and 187 among travel- start of Qatar’s National COVID-19 lers returning from abroad. Also, Vaccination Programme. About 82.8 percent of people over 60 years of age (the most 713 people recovered from the virus In its weekly update on Sunday, in the last 24 hours, bringing the to- doses given out so far to 1,248,229. the MoPH said 1,248,229 doses of the vulnerable population) have been vaccinated with at least one tal number of recoveries in Qatar to The MoPH said it is important vaccine have been administered in the dose, while 67.5 percent have received both the doses 173,970. for everyone to play their role in country until now, with 168,453 doses In the last 24 hours, the virus controlling the virus by following being given in the last seven days. Similarly, the figure is 80.1 per- Convention Centre and the Doha claimed the lives of six people, aged the precautionary measures such as About 82.8 percent of people over cent for people over 70 years of age, Industrial Area, as well as two drive- 49, 50, 63, 70, 88 and 90 years, rais- adherence to physical distancing, 60 years of age (the most vulnerable and 78.4 percent for people over 80 through vaccination centres in Al ing the total number of deaths so far avoiding close contact with others, population) have been vaccinated years of age. Wakra and Lusail. to 382. crowded places and confined closed with at least one vaccine dose, while COVID-19 vaccines are being On Saturday, the MoPH lowered As many as 23,119 doses of COV- spaces where other people congre- 67.5 percent have received both the administered at health centres, vac- the age threshold for COVID-19 vac- ID-19 vaccine were administered in gate, wearing a face mask and wash- Albania exempts doses. cination facilities at Qatar National cine eligibility to 35 years. the last 24 hours, bringing the total ing hands regularly. Qatari citizens from entry visa until Dec 31 QNA Commercial firms must declare Doha

An official source in the Consular Affairs Depart- real beneficiaries, says MoCI ment at the Ministry of QNA contains incomplete informa- Foreign Affairs stated that Doha tion. the authorities of Albania The MoCI underlined the decided to exempt citizens The Ministry of Commerce need for commercial compa- of Qatar from the entry visa and Industry (MoCI) has nies to submit a special record to Albania during the period begun receiving permits re- of the required information from April 1 to December lated to the real beneficiary about the real beneficiaries to 31, 2021. upon requesting registration, the Commercial Registration amendment, or renewal of the ● Commercial companies and Licenses Department with- commercial register for com- must submit a special in 10 days from the date of the panies. record of the required declaration of the real benefi- In a statement, the MoCI information about ciary, in addition to the obliga- said this procedure comes tion to update the required in- within the framework of im- the real beneficiaries formation if any change occurs plementing the provisions of to the Commercial to it as per the requirements of Law No (1) of 2020 regarding Registration and the legislation in force. the unified economic registry Licenses Department The ministry also stressed and its executive regulations within 10 days from the the need to adhere to the pro- issued by Cabinet Resolution date of the declaration visions stipulated in Law No Dozens injured after train derails near Cairo No (12) of 2020. of the real beneficiary (1) of 2020 regarding the uni- Woqod opens A passenger train derailed near Cairo on Sunday injuring at least 97 people, the Egyptian Health Ministry The ministry clarified that, fied economic registry and fuel station in said, in what is the latest in a series of rail mishaps in the country. Four carriages of the train, which was as of Sunday, any application its executive regulations to heading from Cairo to the Nile Delta province of Mansoura, derailed in the city of Qalyubia north of the for registration in the com- unless the declaration of the avoid legal accountability and Ras Laffan (PG 9 ) Egyptian capital. An investigation is under way to determine the cause of the accident. (DPA) mercial register won’t be ac- real beneficiary is attached to administrative and financial cepted, modified or renewed, it or if the submitted permit sanctions.

HMC’s WWRC first in Middle East to receive SC, QGBC team up to boost efforts to prestigious international recognition stage carbon-neutral FIFA World Cup QNA Doha Mega-events like the FIFA World Cup are the Supreme Committee for Delivery & known to produce excitement and joy to Legacy (SC) form a collaboration with The Society for Obstetric Anesthesia and the millions who attend and engage with Qatar Green Building Council (QGBC). Perinatology (SOAP) in the United States has them. In turn, there are numerous Together, the SC and QGBC consult with designated the Obstetric Anesthesia Services economic and social benefits to hosting Qatar’s hospitality sector to encourage at Hamad Medical Corporation’s Women’s Well- such an event. them to adopt sustainable practices, in ness and Research Center (WWRC) as a Center Yet, for all the positives that such an the lead-up to the World Cup and beyond. of Excellence (COE). economic boost provides, there is also “The actual partnership started when The WWRC is the first hospital in the Mid- associated waste, carbon emissions and we found that we have very specific areas dle East to receive the prestigious designation water use. It was these challenges, along where we can work together,” said QGBC recognising institutions and programmes that excellence by SOAP is an annual accreditation with many others, that prompted Qatar’s Director, Eng. Meshal Al Shamari. demonstrate excellent obstetric anesthesia programme, with new centers announced each pledge to deliver a carbon-neutral World “When we looked at the Sustainability care, for successfully demonstrating high quality spring. Cup. This will be achieved by estimat- Strategy for the World Cup, we became patient focused, safe, and effective care for The WWRC’s Center of Excellence status will ing carbon emissions, reducing them as even more committed to adopt the best pregnant women as well as excellence in educa- remain valid for four years with its application much as possible, and offsetting any that practices and tailor them for Qatar, and tion and research. having met certain criteria covering firstly all are remaining. partnerships with like-minded stakehold- also make them expandable to other The designation of hospitals as centres of aspects of obstetric anesthesia care. page 2 A goal such as this requires important ers. One of those partnerships has seen countries.” (TNN) page 16 02 Monday, April 19, 2021

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Deputy Amir congratulates Caretaker Prime president of Zimbabwe Minister of Lebanon Dr Hassan Diab arrived in The Deputy Amir His Highness Sheikh Abdullah Doha on Sunday on an bin Hamad Al Thani on Sunday sent a cable of official visit to the coun- congratulations to President of Zimbabwe Em- try. The Caretaker Prime merson Mnangagwa on his country’s Independ- Minister and his accom- ence Day. (QNA) panying delegation were welcomed at the Hamad PM congratulates president of International Airport by Zimbabwe Minister of State for For- eign Affairs HE Sultan Prime Minister and Minister of Interior HE bin Saad Al Muraikhi Sheikh Khalid bin Khalifa bin Abdulaziz Al and Charge D’Affairs of Thani on Sunday sent a cable of congratula- the Lebanese Embassy tions to President of Zimbabwe Emmerson in Doha HE Farah Berri. Mnangagwa on his country’s Independence (QNA) Day. (QNA)

Ashghal, Qatar Emiri Corps US-based body designates HMC’s of Engineering sign pact to WWRC as a Center of Excellence enhance human resources Tribune News Network demonstrates our commitment Tribune News Network of training programmes, events, discus- Doha to excellence in the care that we Doha sion forums and joint workshops quar- offer to women at the Women’s terly. For successfully demonstrat- Wellness and Research Center.” The Public Works Authority (Ashghal) Dr Muhannadi said the authority is ing high-quality patient focused, Dr Fatima Khatoon, WWRC’s and the Qatari Emiri Corps of Engineers keen to enhance cooperation and part- safe and effective care for preg- consultant anaesthesiologist, (QECE) have signed a memorandum nership with all state entities to imple- nant women as well as excellence who spearheaded the WWRC’s of understanding (MoU) to enhance ment various programmes. in education and research, the application for SOAP’s COE ac- cooperation between the two entities He expressed pleasure for signing Obstetric Anesthesia Services at creditation status said, “I am de- and benefit from resources through the MoU with Qatari Emiri Corps of Hamad Medical Corporation’s lighted that our application to the exchange of expertise, engineering and Engineers to enhance cooperation be- Women’s Wellness and Research Society for Obstetric Anesthesia technical references for implementing tween the two entities in many areas Center (WWRC) has been desig- and Perinatology was success- projects in several areas. of training by contributing to build the nated as a Center of Excellence ful and that the WWRC has been The MoU was signed in the pres- project management system. (COE) by the Society for Obstet- designated as the society’s first ence of Ashghal President Dr Eng Saad For his part, Major-General Kubaisi ric Anesthesia and Perinatology Center of Excellence in the Mid- bin Ahmed Al Muhannadi and Com- said that QECE is proud to work closely (SOAP) in the United States. dle East. This achievement is tes- mander of the Qatar Emiri Corps of En- with Ashghal to provide appropriate The WWRC is the first hospi- Dr Hilal Al Rifai in a group photo alongside Dr Fatima Khatoon and other tament to our dedication to high- gineers Major-General (Eng) Essa bin professional training programmes for tal in the Middle East to receive team members involved in the project. quality, safe and effective care, Ali Al Kubaisi. employees of both entities, pointing out the prestigious designation rec- which we will continue to provide The MoU specifies cooperation be- that the common areas are chosen care- ognising institutions and pro- implementation; and quality as- region, HMC prides itself in of- to all our mothers in Qatar.” tween Ashghal and QECE to develop fully to achieve highest levels of mutual grams that demonstrate excel- surance and patient follow-up fering cutting edged personalised She noted that the obstet- human resources through conduction benefit. lent obstetric anesthesia care. systems. care to women from preconcep- ric anaesthesia team, under the The SOAP, with a mission to Excellence in education and tion to postnatal stage. We do this clinical leadership of Dr San- improve pregnancy-related out- research is also included in the through a multidisciplinary team thosh Gopalakhrishnan, at the comes of women and neonates, exhaustive list of criteria need- comprising anaesthesiologists, WWRC, not only provide high- was founded in 1968 to provide a ed to fulfil the WWRC’s COE obstetricians and other health- quality clinical care, but also Noted Pakistani poet, forum for discussion of problems award by SOAP. Each metric is care practitioners ensuring that strive to deliver excellence in unique to the peripartum period. reviewed annually by the SOAP pregnant women receive the best, both education and research. SOAP is comprised of anaesthe- COE committee and updated as the safest and the most compas- The Obstetric Anaesthesia Fel- academic passes away siologists, obstetricians, paedia- appropriate. sionate care,” Dr Ansari said. lowship programme led by Dr tricians and basic scientists from “The designation of WWRC as With around 20,000 births Mitko Kocarev and the clini- LN Mallick He had a long association with around the world. a Center of Excellence by the So- per year, WWRC offers person- cal research guided by obstetric DOha Qatar-based literary organisation Ma- The designation of hospitals ciety for Obstetric Anesthesia and alised family-centred care to all anaesthesia research lead Dr jlis e Frogh e Urdu Adab, as centres of excellence by SOAP Perinatology shows our commit- women and newborns in Qatar. Roshan Fernando, underpins Well-known Pakistani established in 1996. He is an annual accreditation pro- ment to promote excellence, safe Its scope of services ranges from these additional aspects of car- academician and prolific participated in numerous gramme, with new centres an- and effective care for each and prenatal to perinatal, including ing for our pregnant patients. poet Fartash Syed passed international literary sym- nounced each spring. every one of our patients, includ- postnatal care and newborn care. “We therefore truly value away in Pakistan on Sun- posiums (mushairas) in The WWRC’s Center of Ex- ing women who receive obstetric “At WWRC, we are continu- the continuing support and en- day. Pakistan and abroad. cellence status will remain valid anaesthesia care at WWRC,” said ously improving and upgrading couragement that HMC cur- According to sources, Syed, who did masters for four years with its applica- HMC’s Chief Medical Officer Dr our services to cater to the in- rently provides to the obstetric Syed, who hailed from in Urdu from Bahauddin tion having met certain crite- Abdulla Al Ansari. creasing needs of our patients anaesthesia team for each and Luddan, a town located on Zakariya University, Mul- ria covering firstly all aspects He noted that many anaes- across a broad range of special- every aspect of delivering pa- the bank of the River Sutlej tan in 1992, was author of of obstetric anaesthesia care, thesiologists across HMC, and ties and sub-specialties,” said tient centred care in the region. at District Vehari in Paki- well-acclaimed books Har including personnel and staff- notably at WWRC, play an es- WWRC’s Acting Chief Executive As a team, we believe that much stan, passed away due to Warq Par Ussi Ka Naam ing; equipment, protocols and sential role in the interdiscipli- Officer and Medical Director more can be achieved in the fu- COVID-19 complications. (1992), Hashia ( 2009), policies; simulation and team nary care team and management Dr Hilal Al Rifai. “We are very ture, as knowledge and clinical Fartash, aged 54, taught Fartash Syed Bas Amn Chahye (2009), training; obstetric emergency of pregnant women. proud to have been designated care evolve looking after such an at Pak Shama School and West Pakistan Family Court management; cesarean delivery “As a leading healthcare pro- as a Center of Excellence by the important part of Qatar’s diverse College and Pakistan International Act 1964 (2010), Sinafi Tashadud; and labour analgesia care; rec- vider offering tertiary level mater- Society for Obstetrics Anesthe- and dynamic population,” Dr School before joining a university as a Aakhir Kab Tak (2011) and Hashia Aur ommendations and guidelines nity care in Qatar and across the sia and Perinatology. It further Khatoon said. lecturer in Pakistan. Hashia Ke Baad (2011). CNA-Q, Bradfield partner to deliver CIPD human resources training Tribune News Network and provide advanced and Continuing and Professional of Personnel and Develop- Doha internationally accredited Education, said: “As part of ment qualifications. We look training programmes. the overall CPE strategy, we forward to a long and fruitful Continuing and Profes- Commenting on the new are tying up with the top in- business relationship with sional Education (CPE) De- partnership CNA-Q’s Presi- ternational bodies to bring our friends and colleagues at partment at the College of the dent Dr Salem Al Naemi one-of-a-kind training solu- the College.” North Atlantic–Qatar (CNA- said, “As the country’s lead- tions to Qatar. We have devel- The Continuing and Pro- Q) has announced its new ing TVET College and an oped a trust relationship with fessional Education depart- partnership with Bradfield industry-driven institution, our clients from the public ment at College of the North Learning and Development, CNA-Q initiates many pro- and private sectors, and we Atlantic - Qatar answers the the UK expert institute in grammes and partnerships always aim to maintain this continuous need of learning people development during a that efficiently respond to relation by upgrading our ser- by offering courses led by virtual ceremony. market needs in Qatar. Join- vices and keep pace with their internationally recognised The collaboration is set ing hands with the reputable changing needs.” instructors and value-added to offer CPE clients in Qatar skills training firm Bradfield Engin Mustafa, director programmes that support levels 3, 5 and 7 of Chartered represents our commitment of Learning & Development the Qatar’s National Vision Institute of Personnel Devel- in supporting the human de- at Bradfield, said: “Bradfield 2030. opment (CIPD) certifications velopment pillar of the Qatar is delighted to be partnering College of the North At- for HR professional as blend- National Vision 2030. The three-year partnership is one of several steps that CPE plans to take in order to expand its offerings with the College of the North lantic – Qatar has recently ed sessions or online. “Now more than ever, and provide advanced and internationally accredited training programmes. Atlantic – Qatar to expand launched its Applied Bach- The three-year partner- private and governmental its already extensive educa- elor’s Degree Programme in ship is one of several steps sectors are focused on em- to reach better efficiency and serve as an important pillar skills is very important.” tional professional portfolio Human Resource Manage- that CPE plans to take in powering their workforce achieve higher results. Hu- of this workforce and helping Dr Suhaim Khalaf Al-Jo- and incorporate the newly ment and will soon graduate order to expand its offerings and strengthening their skills man resources professionals them operate with the right saiman, manager of CNA-Q’s revised Chartered Institute its first cohort. Nation Monday, April 19, 2021 03 Bosnian community provides iftar meals to 110 workers and families

QF partner GU-Q launches new research initiative on Energy Humanities Tribune News Network Through presentations and Doha a question-and-answer session with the audience, the panel- With the aim of contributing lists laid out the many ways to new thinking about the im- energy permeates all aspects pact and future of fossil fuels, of human and non-human the Center for International life, and is inextricably linked and Regional Studies (CIRS) at with social, political, historical, Qatar Foundation (QF) partner economic and cultural issues. Georgetown University in Qa- Understanding the history and Tribune News Network distribution campaign. This of meals. the Bosnian community. throughout the year. “If we tar (GU-Q) launched its newly- culture of energy, they argued, Doha was carried out in collabora- “Ramadan is a month “It is our social respon- all pitched in, we’d be able to formed Energy Humanities could help inform new energy tion with the embassy of the of blessings from Allah. We sibility to help care for the help more deserving families. research initiative with a pub- frameworks and narratives The Bosnian community in country and Wa’hab, a local want to share the blessings larger community in Qatar,” Hopefully, we will remember lic webinar, titled ‘Everyday that lead to solutions for the Qatar served iftar meals to food waste-reduction com- we have received from our Vahid Suljic said. those people in our prayers Energy: Approaches to Lived climate crisis that is threaten- 110 workers and family mem- pany. COVID-19 preventive Lord with our brothers and He also emphasised the and do our best to assist Experience’. ing the future of humanity. bers as part of its Ramadan measures were strictly fol- sisters who are in need,” said importance of serving not them not only during Rama- The event featured leading The webinar was launched packages In a door-to-door lowed during the distribution Adnan Dzakmic, a member of only during Ramadan, but dan, but all year.” experts in the field ofE nergy by GU-Q Dean Dr Ahmad Dal- Humanities, a rapidly emerg- lal and moderated by GU-Q ing field of study in the hu- scholars heading the CIRS manities and social sciences initiative, faculty members that examines the connections Professor Victoria Googasian, Qatar takes part in 48th GSO Technical Council meeting between energy and society. Professor Trish Kahle and Pro- The event panellists in- fessor Firat Oruc. QNA med bin Saud Al Musallam. Committee for Metrology and Regarding the corpo- cluded Dominic Boyer, dound- “It’s not surprising that Doha During the meeting, the report of the Chairperson rate services field, the par- ing director of the Center for scholarly approaches to energy they discussed the report of the GCC metrology group ticipants at the meeting re- Energy and Environmental have often been concerned with Qatar participated in the on the workflow of the Gulf from November to March of viewed the memorandum Research in the Human Sci- issues of state security, political 48th meeting of the Tech- technical committees for 2021. of the GSO’s presidency on ences at Rice University, Sara stability and global economic nical Council of the GCC standards, as well as GSO’s It discussed the memo- the unified financial system B Pritchard, associate profes- relations that arise out of the Standardization Organiza- memorandum on the evalu- randum from the GSOs presi- for standardisation services, sor in the Department of Sci- production and consumption tion (GSO), which was held ation of the Gulf techni- dency regarding the guideline while in the field of strategy, ence and Technology Studies of energy,” said Dr Googasian. virtually. cal committees for the year of product safety and market they reviewed the memoran- at Cornell University, and Jen- “But our goal for this project is During the meeting, 2020 and a memo regarding survey and the developments dum of GSO’s presidency on nifer Wenzel, associate profes- to use our position as humanity Qatar was represented by the technical work guide for of the GCC conformity sys- the strategic plan of GSO sor of English and Compara- scholars to add another layer of Chairperson of Qatar Gen- standardisation. tem, in addition to the mem- for the period from 2021 to tive Literature and of Middle nuance and texture to that study eral Organization for Stand- The meeting also ad- orandum regarding the fifth 2025, as well as the updates Eastern, South Asian and Af- of energy by bringing the scale ardization and Metrology dressed the outcomes of the meeting of the steering com- that emerged during the rican Studies at Columbia Uni- of everyday life of individuals (QGOSM) Engineer Moham- 31st meeting of the Steering mittee for recruitment. meeting. versity. and communities into focus.” 04 Monday, April 19, 2021 Nation DPS-MIS Junior Girls team wins HBKU’s College of Law meeting for 2nd position in national debate MENA scholars discusses ways to Tribune News Network Doha boost environmental legal teaching DPS Modern Indian School Tribune News Network ers and participants in sharing Dr Karamanian said: “Legal debaters added another feath- Doha knowledge and best practices educators and scholars are well- er to their cap when the Jun- from different initiatives related positioned to play a meaningful ior Girls team took second The College of Law at Hamad to teaching environmental law role in shaping the legislative place in the Qatar Preparatory Bin Khalifa University (HBKU) across the MENA region. The framework to regulate the re- School Debate Nationals held held a MENA Environmental exchanges identified progress sponses of governments to cli- on April 10th, 2021 via Zoom. Law and Policy Scholars Round- made so far, and innovative ap- mate change. They can identify Antara Alurkar, Vaidehi table, in partnership with the proaches that could inform the relevant environmental issues Rogiye, and Drishti Tibrewal United Nations Environment rapid development of courses and ensure that the laws are of the DPS-MIS Girls team Programme (UNEP) and the and programs that are respon- understood and implemented. finished second in the Open Association for Environmental sive to local needs. The roundtable continued the Category Grand Final after Law Lecturers in Middle East Dr. Damilola Olawuyi, dean, Col- The roundtable discussion dialogue that has already been an energising debate session. and North African Universities lege of Law featured Dr Aphrodite Smaga- initiated through ASSELLMU In addition, Drishti Tibrewal ual Speakers’ Open Category, Jaya Majumder, the debat- (ASSELLMU). di, legal officer, Law Division, on educating to implement was named Best Speaker in followed by Anah Merchant ers’ coach, was instrumental in The event was a high-level at the roundtable ranged from UNEP, Kenya; Dr Riyad Fahkri, change. Our speakers high- the Open Grand Final. DPS- in second, Vaidehi Rogiye their success. All motions were opportunity for environmental biodiversity loss and climate Hassan 1st University, Settat, lighted innovative educational MIS Girls won both leagues in third, Drishti Tibrewal in extremely difficult, and the de- law and policy educators and change to the safe management Morocco; Dr Radwa Salah Elsa- approaches and practices. and advanced to the National fourth, and Manjushree Ma- baters’ analytical and critical scholars in the MENA region of hazardous chemicals and man, assistant professor, Cairo Through Dr Olawuyi’s inter- Championship. Amishi Negi gesh and Antara Alurkar tied thinking skills improved as a to exchange knowledge and wastes, as well as many others. University, Egypt; Qaraman ventions, we shared our inter- took first place in the individ- for tenth. result. experiences with the aim of The College of Law was rep- Hasan, law lecturer, University national and comparative ap- strengthening the teaching of resented at the roundtable by of Raparin, Kurdistan Region of proach to environmental law environmental law. Discussions Dr Susan L Karamanian, dean Iraq; MsChristina Abi Haidar, and linked it to supporting Qa- explored the current landscape of the College of Law at HBKU, environmental lawyer, Leba- tar’s environmental strategies and opportunities for promoting and Dr Damilola S Olawuyi non; and Dr Samira Idllalène, and targets. The roundtable DPS-MIS Junior Boys team crowned national awareness of and edu- (SAN), associate professor professor, Cadi Ayyad Univer- brought in fresh perspectives cation concerning environmen- and the founding chair of AS- sity, Morocco. that all participants agreed can Qatar national debate champions tal issues. The issues addressed SELLMU. They joined speak- Speaking after the event, improve practice.” Tribune News Network Doha

DPS-Modern Indian School (DPS-MIS) Junior Boys team Lulu declares support for ‘Ramadan comprising Daiwik Dhar, Govind Krishna and Krish Nagrani, bagged the Qatar of Hope’ campaign by Qatar Charity Preparatory School Debate Na- tional Championship after a tough battle of words recently. Tribune News Network It was a long journey of Doha eight rounds of debates. Team prosecuted for the high death bagged the best speaker DPS-MIS topped both league rates and economic loss in their award. In the individual cat- Lulu Hypermarket Qatar has I & II and qualified for the Na- countries”. egory, Krish Nagrani secured announced its support for Qa- tional Championship in the In the Grand Final, DPS- 5th position, followed by tar Charity’s (QC) “Ramadan open category. They defeated MIS boys were against Olive Mehull Girdhar at 8th and of Hope” drive for the fourth Pakistan International School international school on the Govind Krishna at 9th posi- year in a row as part of its com- in the semi-finals with their im- motion, “This House Would tion. “It was an educative and munity initiative “Shop and promptu skills on the motion, forcibly relocate high risk com- interesting session and chis- Donate”. “This house believes that upon munities that refuse to resettle elled the debating skills of the This assistance is provided sufficient evidence that more in response to climate change”. participants,” Principal Asna in accordance with the coop- could have been done to avert After a close fight, Team Nafees said in her congratula- eration and partnership agree- pandemics in their countries, DPS-MIS was declared the tory message to the team on ment signed by Qatar Charity politicians should be tried and winners and Daiwik Dhar their stupendous success. and Lulu hypermarket, which allows the two parties to ex- change experiences and collab- orate and coordinate programs Ooredoo encourages donations to worthy causes in Ramadan and projects of mutual interest for the benefit of society. Director of Lulu Hypermarket Mohamed Althaf (second right) with Ahmed Omar Al-Sherawi, head of PR tribune News Network Lulu Hypermarket has over section at Qatar Charity in Doha, on Sunday. Doha 2000 items on its shopping list to support Qatar Charity’s Charity is always eager to col- ditions of society in the solidar- ous year. This Ramadan, Qatar’s lead- Ramadan campaign this year laborate with various bodies ity and cooperation between Lulu Hypermarket Qatar ing telecommunications op- by donating a portion of the and organizations from both the various segments,” said Dr. and Qatar Charity have previ- erator is encouraging mem- profits made from the sale of the public and private sectors Mohamed Althaf, Director of ously signed a number of col- bers of its loyalty program to these items. within the State of Qatar to Lulu Hypermarket. He added laboration agreements. The donate points to worthy causes Ahmed Omar Al-Sherawi, carry out various projects, and that such assistance would first agreement allows custom- through a Points Donation head of the Relations and Social he urged other companies and continue in the future dur- ers to donate riyal and dirham campaign. Responsibility section at Qatar organisations to follow Lulu’s ing different seasons such as fractions when paying their Members of Ooredoo’s Charity, expressed his delight lead and support Qatar Char- Ramadan to benefit the poorer purchase bills at various Lulu popular loyalty program, No- with Lulu’s support for the ity’s “Ramadan of Hope” drive sections of society and improve Hypermarket locations to char- joom, can donate their No- Members can donate tions during Ramadan is of ‘Ramadan of Hope’ campaign, this year. their standard of living. itable projects both within and joom Points to the program’s points through the Ooredoo huge importance,” said Sabah thanking the Lulu management “This support from Lulu It is worth noting that last outside of Qatar. charity partners, allowing App or the Nojoom section of Rabiah Al-Kuwari, Director for the two sides’ continued co- Hypermarket falls within the year (2020), Qatar Charity re- The second agreement pro- them to continue their vital the Ooredoo website. PR at Ooredoo. We thank our operation for community and framework of our Corporate ceived a QR125,000 donation motes Qatar Charity’s Khair work in Qatar’s communities. “We’re delighted to be of- members for their generous humanitarian services, empha- Social Responsibility (CSR), from Lulu Hypermarket Qatar Cards through Lulu outlets Members can choose from fering our valued Nojoom donations, which will allow sizing the importance of col- as we look forward to play- as part of its ‘Shop & Donate’ in order to promote char- charity partners such as Qatar members the facility to do- our partners to continue help- laboration between charitable ing an important role in social campaign during Ramadan. ity among shoppers, while the Charity, Qatar Red Crescent, nate their Nojoom points to ing our communities, and we and commercial institutions in responsibility programmes in The donation was made in sup- third agreement involves col- Education Above All, Silatech, our charity partners, as we wish everyone a peaceful and promoting the campaign. collaboration with Qatar Char- port of Qatar Charity’s Rama- laboration for the ‘Shop & Do- and Qatar Cancer Society. know fulfilling charity obliga- blessed month.” Al-Sherawi said that Qatar ity, based on the values and tra- dan Campaign from the previ- nate’ campaign. Ooredoo Group extends its winning streak in 2021 with a slew of new prestigious awards  Ooredoo Wins Four Sheikh Mohammed bin rate social responsibility strong corporate culture and company becomes the very Awards at the Middle East Abdulla Al Thani, Deputy Ooredoo won a series of highlighting it as a great place first organisation in Myanmar Stevie Awards 2021 Group Chief Executive Officer, awards for its commitment to to work. to achieve the Great Place to 14 New Award Wins in Ooredoo, said: “These awards good corporate governance, Ooredoo Oman was Work certification three years Q1 2021 Confirming Industry reflect the unwavering drive leadership and social respon- awarded ‘Best Employee Ex- in a row. Leadership Position and dedication of the com- sibility during the pandemic. perience Oman 2021’ at the pany and its people to uphold Ooredoo Myanmar won International Business Maga- New business awards Tribune News Network the highest standards, even in two prestigious awards for zine (IBM) Awards 2021, during Q4, 2020 Doha the most challenging times. It Global CSR Excellence and while Indosat Ooredoo was In the last quarter of 2020, is gratifying to see our efforts Leadership at World CSR Day the winner in three categories Ooredoo also added to its Ooredoo Group and its op- to deliver best-in-class mobile 2021. These awards recognise at the Indonesia Best Em- awards tally picking up a fur- erating companies were rec- connectivity and innovative the company’s work with com- ployer Brand Awards 2021. ther 16 prestigious interna- ognised with more than 30 products being widely recog- munities in Myanmar in the The company won the awards tional business awards. These prestigious international and nised. This only inspires us to areas of ‘Best COVID-19 So- for ‘Excellence in HR through included wins at the MENA local business awards over continue in our mission to en- lutions for Community Care’ Technology’, ‘Talent Manage- Digital Awards 2020, Stevie the past six months, including rich people’s digital lives and opment - Telecommunications app. These include ‘ANA’, and ‘Women Empowerment’. ment’, and ‘Best Employer Awards for Women in Busi- 14 in 2021. These awards rec- enhance their online experi- Industries’ for its innovative Kuwait’s first customisable Ooredoo Oman won the ti- Brand’. The awards are hosted ness 2020 and the Asia Pacific ognise excellence in the areas ence so they can enjoy the best work in the area of 5G and digital mobile plan, and ‘Oore- tle for most ‘Outstanding Tele- annually by The Employer Enterprise Awards (APEA) of market-leading product of- of the internet.” smart cities. The award rec- doo Surprise’, which provides communications Company’ at Branding Institute and the 2020, to name a few. ferings, business and technol- ognised Ooredoo Qatar’s lead- personalised offers based on the 2021 Corporate Excellence World HRD Congress. Sheikh Mohammed con- ogy innovation, as well as a 2021 Middle East Ste- ership role in accelerating 5G customers’ usage patterns and Awards. These Awards are or- At the Global HR Excel- cluded: “Our focus remains commitment to corporate so- vie Awards transformation in the country interests to ensure the best ganised by Corporate Vision lence Awards 2021, Ooredoo on investing in our people and cial responsibility and a great Ooredoo won four new and for pioneering innovative customer experience possible. Magazine and showcase com- Myanmar won the award for delivering innovative digital workplace environment. awards at this year’s Middle 5G-use cases across industries Ooredoo Kuwait also re- panies and individuals across ‘Innovation in Recruitment’. products and services to our In the first quarter of the East Stevie Awards, taking including sports, healthcare, ceived a Silver Stevie Award a range of industries that are The company was also recog- customers, both consumers year, Ooredoo Group won four two gold, one silver and one transportation and smart city in the category ‘Innovative most committed to innova- nised at the Dream Compa- and businesses. Across our in- awards at the Middle East Ste- bronze. The Stevie Awards are applications. Achievement in Growth’ and tion, business growth and pro- nies to Work For awards 2021, ternational footprint, Ooredoo vie Awards to add to earlier the world’s premier business Ooredoo Kuwait was a Bronze Stevie in the category viding the best products and where it picked up the prize in is acting as a digital enabler, wins at the CV Magazine Cor- awards competitions, recog- named the winner of a Gold ‘Innovation in Customer Ser- services to their clients. the ‘Organisation with Inno- making a real difference in the porate Excellence Awards, the nising business achievement Stevie in the category ‘Innova- vice Management, Planning vative HR Practices’ category. communities we serve. We International Business Maga- worldwide. tion in Business Information & Practice - Telecommunica- Ooredoo: a great place Ooredoo Myanmar was also will continue to leverage our zine Awards and the Global Ooredoo Qatar won a Gold Apps’ for its customer-centric tions Industries’. to work certified as a ‘Great Place to expertise in mobile technology CSR Excellence and Leader- Award for the category of ‘In- solutions and flagship fea- Ooredoo Group won a Work for 2021’ by the Great to realise positive social and ship Awards, among others. novation in Technology Devel- tures under the My Ooredoo Excellence in corpo- raft of awards recognising its Place to Work Institute. The economic change.” World Monday, April 19, 2021 05 3 dead as Pak police clash with TLP Iran searches for spy after recent seeking French envoy’s expulsion attack on nuke site dpa dpa Islamabad More clashes Tehran

At least three followers of a ● The clashes erupted after Iran’s intelligence service is radical Islamist group seeking police launched an said to have identified one of the expulsion of the French operation to clear the the masterminds behind an ambassador in a fight about headquarters of the act of sabotage at the Natanz the publication of caricatures recently banned group, nuclear facility a week ago. of the Prophet Mohammad Tehreek-e-Labaik Pakistan However, the person (PBUH) were killed in fresh identified as 43-year-old Reza clashes with police in the Paki- ● At least 11 police officers K had already left the country Reza Karimi stani city of Lahore on Sunday. were wounded, whereas before the attack took place, The clashes erupted after “six others, including an the intelligence service said in New Iranian centrifuges police launched an operation officer, were taken hostage a press statement, according for uranium enrichment are to clear the headquarters of by the TLP workers to state media on Sunday. produced in Natanz. Since the recently banned group, The search for the man Friday, uranium can be en- Tehreek-e-Labaik Pakistan is reportedly already under riched to a purity of 60 per (TLP). The group said three of On Friday, Pakistani Prime way. No further details have cent, according to nuclear its workers were killed while Minister Imran Khan lauded been released, including how chief Ali Akbar Salehi. dozens other were wounded. the role of police against re- the man was able to get into Critics say there is no “We will not bury our dead cent “organised violence,” in the country’s main nuclear non-military reason for such till the French ambassador which four police officers were facility. a high level of enrichment. is expelled,” Shafiq Ameeni, killed and more than 600 were The leadership in Tehran They warn that Iran has thus a senior TLP leader said in a injured. blames its arch-enemy Israel taken another step towards a video message. The TLP rose to promi- for the April 11 attack and nuclear weapon. Police faced stiff resistance Policemen stand guard as supporters of Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan party take part in a protest while nence in 2017 for its support of calls it an act of terrorism. The facility has been the from the TLP workers, who blocking a street after their leader was detained following his calls for the expulsion of the French anti-blasphemy laws that seek At the same time, it accuses site of several incidents or pelted stones and thrashed ambassador, in Lahore on Sunday. (AFP) a death sentence for those Israel of trying to sabotage attacks attributed to Israel, police officers. found guilty of insulting Islam the ongoing nuclear talks in which wants to prevent Iran At least 11 police officers ficers had not been released Earlier this week, the Emmanuel Macron said he or Mohammed. The group was Vienna. Israel has not com- from becoming armed with were wounded, whereas “six yet, he said. group launched violent pro- supported the right to free- banned on Thursday. mented on the incident. nuclear weapons. others, including an officer, Interior Minister Sheikh tests demanding the expulsion dom of speech in the wake The ban has lumped the were taken hostage by the TLP Rashid told media that law of the French ambassador as of the execution of a French group in with militant or- workers,” Rana Arif, a spokes- enforcement agencies had per government’s commit- teacher, apparently because ganizations like al-Qaeda and person for Lahore police told cleared 191 protest points ment. the teacher had displayed cari- the Pakistani Taliban, which dpa. across the country, while the France has been a target of catures of Mohammed that means the TLP will not be able Moderate earthquake hits Iran’s The operation has been “situation at TLP headquarter such attacks for months now, have, in the past, incited rage to stage rallies, raise funds or put on hold and the police of- was a bit tense.” ever since French President in the Muslim world. take part in elections. Bushehr, site of nuclear plant dpa juries, according to the ISNA Tehran news agency. There was ini- tially no information about The southern Iranian prov- damage. At least eight dead as gunmen open fire in Afghan mosque ince of Bushehr was hit by a Bushehr is the site of an moderate earthquake on Sun- Iranian nuclear power plant, dpa garhar province, officials said incident happened as a result land are common across Af- for several days. day. so quakes there are particu- Kabul on Sunday. of a dispute over a private ghanistan. The eastern province of According to local authori- larly dangerous. Provincial governor Zi- land,” Amarkhail added. Last April, at least six Nangarhar, a stronghold ties, the provincial capital of But operators of the nu- At least eight members of aulhaq Amarkhail said the A police spokesperson tribal members were killed of the Taliban and Islamic Bushehr and the port city of clear plant said later in the day a family were killed after incident happened in police said they are investigating and nearly 20 others wound- State, is rich in plains and Ganaveh were particularly af- that there had been no damage unknown gunmen opened district nine of the provincial the incident, but no one has ed in armed clashes about is one of the most impor- fected by the 5.9-magnitude at the nuclear plant because fire on them at a mosque in capital, Jalalabad. been arrested yet. disputed land in the same tant areas for agriculture in quake. it was built to be resistant to Afghanistan’s eastern Nan- “Initial findings show the Clashes about disputed province. The fighting lasted Afghanistan. Rescue workers reported earthquakes, the country’s nu- that five people suffered in- clear regulator told ISNA. Syria to hold Beijing, Washington to cooperate on B’desh arrests leader presidential of Islamic group blamed election climate, as Kerry touts US summit dpa “The word ‘urgent’ is to- for deadly protests on May 26 Beijing/Washington tally applicable to the current dpa crisis that we’re in because Dhaka ing violence,” Rashid told dpa Following talks between countries are simply not get- reporters. Damascus US climate envoy John Kerry ting the job done. Bangladeshi police have Haque’s group, which and his Chinese counterpart, “Even if we did every- arrested one of the top fig- campaigns for sharia, or War-torn Syria on Sun- Xie Zhenhua, the world’s two thing that we set out to do ures of a hardline Islamic strict Islamic law, in Bangla- day set May 26 as the date largest producers of green- in the Paris Agreement, the group blamed for the last desh, organized the protests for presidential elections house gases issued a joint Earth’s temperature is going month’s deadly violence dur- in Dhaka and other towns expected to give incumbent statement at the weekend to increase a very significant ing days of protests against during the two-day visit by President Bashar al-Assad a saying they would cooperate amount, perhaps as much as the Indian prime minister’s Modi, who joined Bangla- new term in office. on mitigating climate change. 3.7 degrees or more, and the visit to the Muslim-majority desh’s golden jubilee cel- Hamouda Sabagh, the The fight against global reason for the real urgency country, police said on Sun- ebration of independence on head of the Syrian parlia- warming must be tackled now is that because we’re not day. March 26. ment, said that candidacy with the seriousness and getting done what we said Officer Harun-or-Rashid The protesters clashed registration for standing urgency demanded, it said. we’d do in Paris, it’s actually said Mamunul Haque, joint with police, attacked police in the polls would start on More needs to be done na- heading towards 4 degrees or secretary general of the He- stations, set fire to public and Monday and continue for 10 tionally and multilaterally. more. fazat-e-Islam Bangladesh private offices and blocked days, the country’s state news The virtual climate sum- “That’s beyond cata- group, was arrested at a ma- major highways to denounce agency SANA reported. mit, to be hosted by US Pres- strophic in the consequences US Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry speaking during drasa, or Islamic religious Modi, who is a hated figure ident Joe Biden on Thurs- to food production, water, a press conference in Seoul on Sunday. (afp) school, in Dhaka’s Moham- among some groups in pre- day and Friday, should step habitability in various parts madpur neighbourhood for dominately Muslim Bangla- up efforts and also prepare of the planet, the melting said, adding that this week’s Kerry, a former US sec- his alleged involvement in a desh. for a climate conference in of ice, the sea level rise, the summit is part of the pledge retary of state, visited China case filed for vandalism last Modi has been accused of Glasgow in November, both warming - all the conse- within the Paris Agreement last week, the highest-rank- year. inciting a riot against Mus- agreed. quences.” Kerry acknowl- to reconvene and take stock ing representative of the new The officer did not men- lims in 2002 while he was Fourth term The US and China wanted edged that China - with near- of progress. US administration to do so as tion whether he was charged chief minister of the Indian to continue discussing “con- ly 30 per cent of the world’s Under the Paris deal, the of yet. for the violence related to state of Gujarat, in which at Assad, who has ruled Syria crete measures” to achieve emissions - was “essential” nearly 200 signatory states Climate is considered one protest against Narendra least 1,000 people were re- since 2000, is expected to the goals of the Paris Climate to resolving the climate crisis agreed to limit global warm- of the few areas in which co- Modi’s Bangladesh visit that portedly killed. run for and win a fourth term. Accord. and he hoped China is pre- ing to well below 2 degrees operation between the two left at least 15 people dead Bangladeshi police have His father held the presidency The need to tackle climate pared to assume its responsi- Celsius, if possible even to strategic rivals seems possi- and numerous public and launched investigations into from 1971 to 2000 change is “extremely urgent,” bility just as the US is. 1.5 degrees, in comparison ble at present. The relation- private offices destroyed. the violent protests and ar- Kerry told British broadcast- “This is not a moment with the pre-industrial times ship has slumped to its low- “We will investigate all rested at least eight other er Sky News on Sunday as he where any nation cannot of 1850-1900. By that meas- est point since diplomatic allegations against him since central leaders of the Hefaz- Syrians living abroad touted this week’s upcoming step up to raise the ambition ure, the Earth has already relations were established in Haque is accused in a num- at-e-Islam group earlier this will vote on May 20, Sabagh summit hosted by the US. that Paris envisioned”, Kerry warmed by about 1 degree. 1979. ber of cases related to incit- week. added. Al-Assad, who has ruled Syria since 2000, is ex- pected to run for and win a fourth term. His father held the presidency from 1971 to Let’s face it: Outdoor mask restriction lifted amid Israeli progress 2000. In 2014, he was re-elected dpa in the country. around 1,200. for a new seven-year term Tel Aviv About 5.3 million of the Sunday also saw most About 5.3 million of the after gaining a landslide country’s 9 million residents schools completely open for country’s 9 million residents in Syria’s firstmulti-candi - Israeli residents are no have received at least one the first time in a year, with have received at least one date election. Syria’s cri- longer required to wear a fa- dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech pupils arranged in full classes, dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech sis started with peaceful pro- cial mask in public, another instead of in small groups. vaccine. Nearly 5 million have democracy protests in sign that the country might be vaccine. Nearly 5 million That said, masks are still received the full doses of two Marh, 2011. It soon evolved putting the worst of the coro- have received the full doses required in classrooms. jabs. into a full-blown conflict, navirus pandemic behind it. of two jabs Thanks to a brisk vaccina- However, the vaccination drawing in foreign fighters Stepping outside early tion campaign, the number campaign has also stagnated, and powers. on Sunday revealed multiple of new reported cases has with about 1 million Israelis In recent years, al- people under way without a contacts with non-household dropped. The number of who are older than 16 still Assad’s forces, supported mask. members. That said, experts people currently seriously unvaccinated. Experts have by Russian air power, have However, the facial cover- also think that rule might be sick due to Covid-19 stands warned that the country has made military and territorial Youths gather on a street in the Israeli coastal city of Tel Aviv on ings are still required indoors, lifted in a month thanks to at around 200. 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Getting Out Of Afghanistan The Sensible Border Fix After 20 Years hy did the US go to war in Afghanistan 20 years ago? Be- Protectionists Will Hate cause of Sept. 11, 2001. Some 2,960 people were killed and W25,000 were injured in the terrorist attacks carried out by al-Qaida. So US retaliated, went to Afghanistan, where the Taliban gave If Biden wants to stop the flood of asylum-seeking immigrants, the US can use tax breaks and their allies al-Qaida safe haven. It was the only thing US could trade policy to encourage companies to build factories in Central America have done. But why did the US stay in Afghanistan, and stay for so long? Because, although the US answered the enemy, and managed Noah Smith to contain them, the US could never fully destroy the Taliban. And the US could never fully secure a non-Taliban government. It seemed too risky to walk away. There never seemed to be he US is once again facing a border crisis — a a right time. And the US forces remaining there were minimal. wave of asylum-seekers from Central America. But at some point the 20-year involvement had to end, and President Joe Biden knows that the only long- President Joe Biden decided that time is now, without conditions. term way to make the issue go away is to im- The Afghans must now govern and protect themselves. prove the economies of Honduras, Guatemala It is not possible to finally and Tand El Salvador. But doing that will require more totally defeat enemies such as the than foreign aid, it will require US companies to ac- Taliban and al-Qaida. The battle At some point, tually put factories in those countries. of this nation against terrorists is The Biden administration has little desire to let existential. the 20-year masses of asylum-seekers into the country. The bor- That battle will always be a involvement der will not be opened. In an interview last month, part of foreign and military policy, the president’s message to the desperate citizens and attention to it will ebb and had to end, and fleeing violence and poverty in their countries was: flow according to the degree of President Joe “Don’t come over.” threat, but it cannot be the only or But many still do. And that leaves the question even the central focus. Biden decided of how to actually stop the waves. Past efforts to And the world has changed. deter asylum-seekers with visible brutality failed While US’ terrorist enemies have that time is now, pretty spectacularly, damaging the US’ moral cred- been contained, new and more without ibility in the process. The Trump administration’s ominous enemies — Russia, China policies of forcing migrants to stay in Mexico while and Iran, quite possibly in coali- conditions they await their asylum hearing and of tightening tion — are knocking at the door. the rules for asylum appears to have stanched the There is no significant threat to the US coming from Afghani- northward flow only temporarily. In the long run, if stan at this time. If that changes, and the current Afghanistan Central American asylum-seekers are going to stop yearly incomes pass about $7,000 to $8,000, the spite Biden’s talk of combating corruption, there’s government falls, and terrorists begin to reassemble and take coming, it will have to be because they no longer effect reverses; opportunities are good enough in evidence that a decent amount of aid gets pocketed hold and build cells there, the US have the options of special forc- want to come. the home country that it’s not worth enduring the by local elites. Instead, what helps poor countries to es and air power to protect themselves. When do people stop wanting to leave their stress, danger and dislocation of migration. grow is foreign investment. The U.S. must source This has always been the case. This country was never going home countries? There are obviously many excep- Mexico is far beyond this peak, which is one rea- products made in Honduras, Guatemala and El to wholly tame the terrorist threat. This kind of war has no end tional events, such as war and natural disasters, son net migration from Mexico has halted and gone Salvador so that companies move their factories point and ground troops are not the most useful tool. Moreover, that can push people abroad seeking better liv- into reverse. The Northern Triangle countries in to those countries. This could be done by provid- the US always had a range of military options and other foreign ing conditions. But otherwise there are two pretty Central America, however, are all around the level ing tax breaks on the sales of products made in policy worries. Those worries have only grown larger. predictable factors driving migration: high fertility where migration pressure peaks. the Northern Triangle; this would incentivize both And the Americans have never been very good at being neo- rates and a medium-low per capita income. Biden wants to address this by making Central American and foreign companies to invest in the colonialists and setting up and maintaining protectorates, with High birth rates encourage migration because if America richer, which is a great idea. If the GDP of Northern Triangle in order to claim the tax break the exception of Japan, which was a special case. you have a lot of young people around, it pays to these countries can be doubled, the perpetual bor- and win market share in America. Given the often The foreign policy “experts” who regard themselves as tough- send some of them to a rich country where they can der crises would likely vanish. The question is how chaotic state of these countries, the factories would minded and omniscient, and are very far from either, will wag find work and send money back to the family. As to do it. start out modestly at first — they’d probably have their fingers and warn that bad things could happen. This is true. families have fewer children, though, aging parents Biden’s current plan is extremely vague on how to hire their own security and potentially generate But keeping a small number of troops in Afghanistan is not nec- need all of their kids to stay home and take care of he might actually make Central America a richer their own cheap electricity (perhaps with solar). But essary and certainly not a long-range solution. them, or take over family businesses or other such place. There is much talk of “combating corrup- if the price is right, they’ll do it. Since Vietnam, the foreign policy elites and their progeny, local imperatives. Fertility rates in El Salvador are tion,” forcing countries to show signs of verifiable Protectionists in the US will absolutely howl mostly hawks, have been wrong about almost everything — most already below replacement level, and Honduras progress, and putting in safeguards to make sure over giving preferences to goods made in Central predicted outcomes and virtually every predicted consequence. and Guatemala are headed that way. So this will re- the US isn’t wasting money. These items are remi- American countries, whose migrants they often Often they have been spectacularly wrong. In the case of Afghani- duce migration pressure in the future. But if those niscent of the strictures placed on foreign aid by in- see as invaders. Despite the tiny size of the coun- stan, they did not even understand their own war — the war they countries’ economies developed, their birth rates ternational aid agencies. tries involved, privileging products made overseas created. would probably fall even further, causing even few- But the problem here isn’t wasting taxpay- will make some people think their jobs are being Remember “the surge”? er migrants to leave. ers’ cash; it’s that handing out cash is not a dura- shipped out. No, the US have done what we can in Afghanistan. One more The other key circumstance that will reduce the ble route to growth in the first place. Aid relieves But if the US really wants to fix Central America, thing should be said: Most of us have never known war and know need to emigrate from Central American countries is poverty without leading to much investment. That this is what it needs to do. Only then will the mi- nothing of a soldier’s life. Before we ask someone to risk life and economic growth. Economist Michael Clemens has means the amount of aid to Central American coun- grant waves come to a durable end. limb for the country, we ought to be sure the stakes are worth it shown that as countries get richer, they initially send tries would have to be very large and permanent in and that some higher, or at least measured, success is possible. out more migrants, probably because people simply order to afford poor people in these countries a (Noah Smith wrote this piece for We could say that 20 years ago. Not now. have the money to move in search of work. But once significantly increased standard of living. And de- Bloomberg)

Even As More Asian Americans Become Doctors, Workplace Bias Flourishes Pauline W Chen privileged profession, free of the structural of race for Asian Americans and Pacific Is- Fewer than 1% of hospital chief executives racism that plagued other sectors of society. landers. In some parts, the report assumed are Asian American, while close to 7% iden- I had seen the studies showing that Asian that all Asians were the same and asserted tify as African American, Latino or Native he operating room nurse, a trim, medical students and doctors had become that Asian applicants in the physician pipe- Americans — which is also a terribly low muscular white man in his 30s, pos- so numerous they were in effect regarded as line could hinder other applicants of color percentage. sessed the brisk and efficient move- white. And I accepted this idea — until now. — making no mention of the diversity of Asian American and Pacific Islander ments of one well-versed in the elabo- It was the indifferent reactions to as- Asian Americans or that segments of the physicians regularly encounter race-based rate ritual of running a surgical suite. saults against Asian Americans in recent community, like Laotians and Cambodi- discrimination in the workplace, includ- TMy assistant that night, a young male months — and even to the targeted shoot- ans, remain significantly underrepresented ing outright harassment. Nearly half of surgeon-in-training, and I had been called ings of six Asian women in Atlanta — that in medicine. all Asian American doctors have reported to a hospital a hundred miles from ours to made me recognize a similar indifference to This view makes addressing discrimi- experiencing “substantial” discrimination help procure organs from a patient declared bias in my profession. nation in medicine extremely difficult. in their workplace, with close to a quarter brain dead. Standing with my assistant, our In medicine, anti-Asian racism has What little research that has been done changing their jobs and significant num- hands freshly scrubbed, we were ready to been hidden under the test scores, gradu- reveals that Asian and Pacific Islander bers contemplating leaving medicine alto- be gowned and gloved for the. ation statistics and double-speak about physicians face obstacles as challenging as gether. The nurse gathered the first sterile gown diversity. Over the last half century, large those that other physicians of color must In one study based at three prestigious in his arms. But instead of walking over to numbers of Asian Americans and Pacific overcome. urban medical centers, every single Asian- begin dressing me, the surgeon in charge, Islanders have sought to enter the medical Asian American After medical school, the path toward American physician-in-training reported he walked over to my assistant and draped profession, guided by the belief that more leadership positions for Asian Americans being asked by patients at least once during the material over his shoulders. I saw my scientific pursuits would be less vulnerable and Pacific Islander is almost completely blocked. In academic the previous year about their ethnic origins. young colleague flush under his mask, try- to the subjective whims of prejudice. medical centers, for instance, Asian Ameri- All but one of those Asian American doctors ing to shake off the gown and motion to me. By the early 2000s, Asian Ameri- physicians regularly can doctors are underrepresented at every had been confused with a team member of “Excuse me,” I said to the nurse, “If you cans, the great majority under 45, made rank among clinical and science faculty, the same race or ethnicity, and every one of want to get this operation started, you’ll up roughly 6% of the nation’s physicians. encounter race-based with the percentages decreasing as prestige the women recounted being assumed to be need to help me first.” With approximately 4% of the population discrimination in the and pay ascend. a non-physician. The man froze, a limp sterile glove held reporting as Asian in the 2000 census, the It is very hard to find the number of Structural anti-Asian racism has long in mid-air. He looked at me, then my male proportion of Asian-American and Pacific workplace, including Asian American medical school deans and existed in the medical profession and assistant, who nodded in confirmation of Islander physicians to the general popula- department heads because official surveys equating the experience of Asian American what I had just said. tion — the “demographic representation” — outright harassment fold them in with whites. Data from the and Pacific Islander physicians to that of “I’m so sorry,” the nurse stammered, as was higher than for other minority groups. Assn. of American Medical Schools shows white doctors willfully ignores the profound he rushed to get another gown for me. “It’s Asian Americans in the physician pipeline double-negative — a “non-underrepresent- that “non-underrepresented minorities” impact of race. That false equivalency must just that you don’t look like the surgeon.” also increased, making up more than 20% ed minority” — and effectively shut out of have made up around 90% to 94% of medi- be abandoned if we are ever to achieve an I am an Asian American woman, and of students in American medical schools in diversity-centered efforts. cal school deans since 1991. But when re- inclusive health system that truly cares for this was not the only professional incident 2016. A 2001 report from the National Acad- searchers drilled down for the 12 years end- all, patients and providers. where I was assumed to be the subordinate, As hospitals and medical schools be- emy of Medicine, for example, rightly fo- ing in 2008, they found that not one dean not the person in charge. gan recognizing the importance of having a cused on the need to increase diversity in was Asian. (Pauline W Chen is a surgeon in Up until very recently, I let incidents diverse physician workforce, Asian Ameri- the health professions, but it was also filled Outside academia, Asians fare poorly Boston and author of “Final Exam: A like this slip, believing that medicine was a cans were soon labeled with the gaslighting with awkward attempts to bypass the issue as a percentage in leadership positions. Surgeon’s Reflections on Mortality.”)

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News Biden administration warns Russia in brief France imposes mandatory quarantine on several countries of ‘consequences’ if Navalny dies Paris France is tightening entry restrictions from Argentina, Brazil, Chile and South Africa because of concerns about new variants of the coronavirus. dpa the vocal opponent of Russian A 10-day compulsory quarantine is to apply to people Washington/Moscow President Vladimir Putin. entering the country from these countries. It will go into effect French Foreign Minister on Saturday. The measure will also apply to air travellers from US President Joe Biden’s na- Jean-Yves Le Drian also did its overseas territory of French Guiana. tional security advisor said on not exclude consequences in France intends to create a system by then that allows for Sunday that Russia would face the event of Navalny’s death the verification of location and the corresponding quarantine “consequences” if imprisoned such as further sanctions, requirements. Furthermore, there must be proof of a negative opposition leader Alexei Nav- speaking in an interview with coronavirus test not older than 36 hours. alny dies. broadcaster France 3 on Sun- France has also extended the suspension of all flights to Navalny’s health has re- day. Brazil, imposed early last week. It is set to last through Friday. portedly deteriorated, with Latvia’s Foreign Minister The measure was ordered because of the Brazilian vari- doctors warning of the risk of Edgars Rinkevics also com- ant known as P1, which is said to be particularly virulent and heart failure. mented on the case, urging is blamed for a sharp rise in coronavirus deaths in Brazil in The 44-year-old has been “immediate and proper medi- March. (dpa) on hunger strike for the last cal care” for the jailed dissi- two weeks, in order to protest dent and calling the reports of the lack of medical attention. his deteriorating health “very Kidnapped French 8-year-old girl found His doctor has demanded to disturbing,” according to a in Switzerland with mother see him, but has not been let tweet. to him. EU foreign ministers Paris An 8-year-old French girl who was allegedly abducted are due to discuss the Nav- on behalf of her mother has been found in Switzerland, news alny case during a meeting on agency AFP reported on Sunday, citing the prosecutor. Monday, the EU said. The girl was found together with her mother in a squat in Meanwhile in Russia, the town of Sainte-Croix in the canton of Vaud, AFP reported, We have communicated to Navalny’s team appealed for citing the prosecutor of the city of Nancy, Francois Perain. the Russian government fresh protests to call attention According to the report, around 200 people had partici- that what happens to to his plight. According to an pated in the search operation. Navalny in their custody is announcement, people are to The girl was abducted by three men on Tuesday in the vil- their responsibility and they gather on Wednesday evening lage of Poulieres near the Vosges mountains, where she had in various Russian cities. been staying with her grandmother after the mother was not will be held accountable by “There are circumstances deemed fit to see her alone any more by the authorities. the international community File photo of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny. (afp) under which you have to act The girl was doing well and could return to her grandmoth- US National Security Advisor quickly, otherwise there will er, while the 28-year-old mother and one other person were be irreparable damage,” the taken into custody by Swiss authorities, the prosecutor said, Jake Sullivan call for protest read. according to AFP. Celebrities demand medical help Around 457,000 people According to authorities, the mother had wanted to live on Kira Yarmysh, his spokes- have already signed up for the the “fringes of society” and didn’t want anyone to interfere with person, warned at the week- for Navalny in letter to Putin protest on Navalny’s website. her life or the life of her daughter. (dpa) end that the Kremlin critic Originally, Navalny’s could die within “days” if ac- Moscow More than 70 celeb- peal was printed on Saturday Ferguson and Simon Schama team said it would wait until tion wasn’t taken soon. rities from around the world in several European publica- signed it. 500,000 people signed up to “We have communicated have written an open letter to tions, including The Econo- Navalny was in a criti- protest, but due to the devel- to the Russian government Russian President Vladimir mist in English. cal condition, the letter to opments the date has now France’s Macron says that what happens to Nav- Putin demanding medical “Harry Potter” author Putin said. “We call on you, been set, the organizers said. alny in their custody is their treatment for ailing dissident JK Rowling, the three Nobel Mr President, to ensure that After surviving a Novichok responsibility and they will be Alexei Navalny, who is being Prize winners for literature Alexei Navalny is immediately nerve agent attack and receiv- ‘clear and tough’ approach held accountable by the inter- held in a prison camp. Herta Mueller, Louise Gluck given the medical treatment ing treatment in Germany, national community,” US Na- Referring to his illness, it and Svetlana Alexievich, and care he urgently requires Navalny returned to Russia in needed with Russia tional Security Advisor Jake says: “As a Russian citizen, Abba member Bjorn Ulvaeus, - and is entitled to under Rus- mid-January and was immedi- Sullivan told broadcaster CNN he has the lawful right to be actors Benedict Cumberbatch sian law. As someone who ately arrested. He blames the dpa in an interview. examined and treated by a and Kristin Scott Thomas has sworn to uphold the law, Russian state for the attack. Paris “We are looking at a vari- doctor of his choice.” The ap- as well as historians Niall you have only to do so.” (dpa) He has since been sen- ety of different costs that we tenced to a prison term on French President Emma- would impose - and I’m not charges of violating parole for nuel Macron said it was “unac- going to telegraph that pub- dies,” he said in the interview. Navalny’s ailing health, Sulli- nels.” He noted that the United a 2014 fraud conviction, which ceptable” that Russian troops licly at this point - but we have When Sullivan was asked van said the White House was States and the European Un- itself was found to be arbitrary are amassing along Ukraine’s communicated that there will why Biden has not commented talking with Moscow “privately ion recently imposed sanctions by the European Court of Hu- eastern border and called for a be consequences if Navalny on the worrying reports about and through diplomatic chan- over Russia’s persecution of man Rights. tough stance against the threat of fresh military aggression from Moscow. “The situation today and the level of tension at the bor- Gaza Strip’s der is absolutely counterpro- Covid-19 deaths Czech police hunting men wanted ductive and unacceptable,” Macron said in an interview French President Emmanuel Ma- at all-time high that aired on Sunday. cron in Paris on Saturday. (afp) in Salisbury Novichok attack While he was in favour of dpa accelerating diplomatic efforts Gaza dpa identified as spies in a case the attack in Salisbury to jus- Tabarov. to ease the tensions, Macron ‘The situation today and London/Prague related to a huge ammunition tice, and commend the ac- An explosion on October said the discussions with Mos- the level of tension at the The number of daily Coid- depot explosion in the town of tions of the Czech authorities 16, 2014, in a depot in the cow needed to be “clear and 19 deaths in the Gaza Strip Police in the Czech Re- Vrbetice in 2014. to do the same. town of Vrbetice where 50 tough.” “I think we have to border is absolutely coun- reached an all-time high on public are hunting two men Petrov and Boshirov are “Russia must desist from metric tons of ammunition define clear red lines with Rus- terproductive and unac- Sunday: Within 24 hours, 23 whose passports match the wanted by police in Britain these actions, which violate was stored claimed two vic- sia,” Macron told US television ceptable,’ Macron said in new deaths were registered in names of the Russian nation- after the Crown Prosecution the most basic international tims. channel CBS. an interview the Palestinian territory di- als suspected of using the Service authorized charges norms.” Czech police said the Another explosion of 13 “This is the only way to be rectly on the Mediterranean nerve agent Novichok in a against them in connection tons of ammunition occurred credible. I think that sanctions Sea. pair of poisonings in Britain with the attempted killing of The two were using in the depot on December 3 of are not sufficient in itself, in talks with Franco-German me- In total, 761 people have al- in 2018. Sergei Skripal in Salisbury on Russian passports and that same year. themselves, but sanctions are diation are planned for Mon- ready died after a coronavirus Britain’s government said March 4, 2018. were identified as Skripal, a former Rus- part of the package,” he said. day, according to Zelensky. infection in the coastal strip, it “stands in full support” with Speaking about the latest sian spy turned double agent Macron has put himself at Anxiety is growing about which is ruled by the Islamist the Czech Republic after au- developments in the Czech Alexander Petrov, 41, and for MI6, and his 33-year-old the forefront of the diplomatic the conflict that erupted be- Hamas movement, according thorities published photos of Republic, Foreign Secretary Ruslan Boshirov, 43 daughter Yulia, survived the push to ease the latest flare up tween the Ukrainian military to the Ministry of Health. two foreign citizens who visit- Dominic Raab said: “The UK Novichok attack in Salisbury, in Ukraine’s conflict. and Russian-backed separatist In the Gaza Strip, about 2 ed the Czech Republic in 2014. stands in full support of our two men had visited the coun- but the incident later claimed He held discussions with rebels in 2014, the same year million people live in a con- Prague asked the public for Czech allies, who have ex- try between October 11 and the life of Dawn Sturgess after German Chancellor Angela that Russian forces annexed fined space, in sometimes any information about them. posed the lengths that the 16, 2014, and that they also she came into contact with a Merkel and Ukrainian Presi- the Crimean peninsula further miserable conditions and with The two were using Rus- Russian intelligence services visited Prague and another perfume bottle believed to dent Volodymyr Zelensky on south. poor medical care. sian passports and were iden- will go to in their attempts to north-eastern Czech region. have been used in the attack Friday. The three demanded Parts of Ukraine’s eastern The pandemic is pushing tified as Alexander Petrov, 41, conduct dangerous and ma- They said the suspects before being discarded. Russia pull back troops and Donetsk and Luhansk regions the health system to its lim- and Ruslan Boshirov, 43. lign operations in Europe. were also using passports is- The suspects were seen on urged that a shaky ceasefire in along the Russian border have its. As of Thursday, only about It came as the Czech Re- “We are as determined sued by Moldova for Nicolai closed circuit TV footage in eastern Ukraine be recommit- been controlled by rebels sup- 33,000 residents had received public said it was expelling 18 and committed as ever to Popa and a passport issued Salisbury the day before the ted to. ported by Moscow for nearly a vaccination. Russian diplomats who it had bring those responsible for by Tajikistan for Ruslan attack. New consultation-level seven years. US pause on J&J vaccine could be felt hardest in poor countries

dpa authorities also paused use world,” said Dr. Jeremy Far- have found that about 40 per crease the likelihood that new Los Angeles of the vaccine, which was the rar, director of the Wellcome cent of people don’t plan to get vaccine-resistant variants will only one available there. In Trust, a British medical re- any shot. emerge, he said. More than a billion people February, the country scut- search charity. “There’s a risk The vaccines from Johnson Both the Johnson & John- around the world have been tled plans to use AstraZeneca’s of sending that signal.” Even & Johnson and AstraZeneca son and AstraZeneca vaccines waiting for the Johnson & vaccine, which tested poorly - both of which use adenovi- play a major role in Covax, a Johnson vaccine - a cheap, against the coronavirus variant ruses to help train the immune global collaboration to procure easy-to-transport, one-dose that is dominant there and has Both the J&J and AZ system - can be manufactured and distribute vaccines fairly injection to reduce the risk of also been linked to blood clots. vaccines play a major much faster and more econom- across nations, particularly COVID-19. Experts said that while the role in Covax, a global ically than their competitors, poorer ones. Each company Now the global rollout has pause on Johnson & Johnson collaboration to procure which rely on newer mRNA has pledged to sell hundreds of been thrown into doubt. might make sense for the Unit- and distribute vaccines technology. Because they re- millions of doses through the The US Food and Drug ed States - where two other fairly across nations, quire only refrigeration - not initiative. Administration, which this vaccines are widely available - deep freezing - they’re also eas- The questions surrounding week recommended use of the stoppages in poorer countries particularly poorer ones ier to transport and store. the AstraZeneca vaccine were vaccine be paused while sci- with fewer options would wind “The only way to vaccinate already a setback to Africa, entists study a possible link to up costing many more lives if the FDA ultimately clears the rest of the world in the next which has barely started to extremely rare blood clots, has than they save. the Johnson & Johnson vac- 12 months is through these vaccinate its population. no authority outside the Unit- “One of the dangers of this cine, the pause could still harm adenovirus vaccines,” Farrar The Democratic Republic ed States. But many countries is how this is portrayed - that the global effort by undermin- said. of the Congo received more A pharmacist volunteer prepares doses of the Johnson and Johnson follow its lead. they somehow aren’t good ing trust in Covid-19 vaccines Without them, the un- than 1.5 million doses but has COVID-19 vaccine during a pop-up clinic in Detroit, Michigan recently. The fallout has already enough for America, but are more generally. checked spread of disease in yet to use a single one due to (afp) started in South Africa, where good enough for the rest of the In South Africa, surveys developing countries will in- safety concerns. EU to cooperate with US on global taxation deal pg 10

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China’s aviation sector recovers Nakilat net profit rises 14.5%to pre-COVID-19 level: Report

QNA to QR320 million in 2021 Q1 Beijing China’s civil aviation sector has recovered to the pre-COV- Company’s operating expenses decrease by 4.1%, while general and administrative expenses decrease by 28.1% ID-19 level in March, said an industry report. Tribune News Network pinnacle of excellence in managing Last month, the aver- Doha Global leader! the company’s health, safety and en- age daily number of flights in vironmental risks. the country reached 12,451, Qatar Gas Transport Company Nakilat group continues to In addition, the company was around 250 percent that of (Nakilat) on Sunday announced that strengthen its value proposition, recently given ISO certification for the same period a year ago, ac- the company has registered a net with the ship repair, offshore business continuity management cording to a report released by profit of RQ 320.1 million in the first fabrication, towage and other systems, demonstrating its proactive VariFlight, a China-based civil- quarter of 2021, an increase of 14.5 maritime services remaining fully approach in ensuring the maturity of aviation data service provider. percent compared to QR279.5 mil- operational and contributing its business continuity management The country has handled lion in the same quarter of 2020. systems across all operations. a total of 389,600 departure The company’s operating ex- towards the company’s vision to “Nakilat’s board of directors flights in March, up 140.91 penses decreased by 4.1 percent, be a global leader and provider of expressed their appreciation to all percent year on year. while general and administrative choice for energy transportation relevant authorities, including Qa- Chinese airports have seen expenses decreased by 28.1 percent. and maritime services tar Petroleum (QP) for its ongoing the total number of opera- Nakilat remained committed to support of Nakilat’s activities, to QP tions, including takeoffs and achieving its vision and continued to Industrial Cities for its co-operation landings, jump 69 percent deliver robust financial performance tion and remain focused on creating with the Erhama Bin Jaber Al Jalah- month on month to 820,000 and sustained operational excel- value for its shareholders and cus- ma Shipyard, and our strategic part- in March, nearly the same lev- lence despite the challenges brought tomers. Nakilat’s board of directors ner Qatargas, in playing a significant el before COVID-19 epidemic. about by the COVID-19 pandemic, have commended the company’s role to ensure our robust financial In terms of the passenger the company said in a statement. continued excellence in health, safe- performance,” the report said. load factor, it has reached 73.2 The company maintained its ty and environmental management, In line with Nakilat’s commit- percent per day, 11.84 percent excellent track record of delivering continues to strengthen its value choice for energy transportation and which was recently recognised and ment to providing the best practices higher than the average level clean energy to worldwide destina- proposition, with the ship repair, maritime services, as well as Qatar’s awarded the ‘Sword of Honour’ by in investor relations and its strategy in February, said the report. tions without any interruptions, up- offshore fabrication, towage and 2030 vision. the British Safety Council for the to engage shareholders and inves- Effective control of the holding its commitment to provide other maritime services remaining With solid business continu- third consecutive year. tors, the company will hold an inves- spread of coronavirus by China safe, reliable, and efficient shipping fully operational and contributing ity plans and robust infrastructures The ‘Sword of Honour’ is a pres- tor relations conference call to dis- helped its domestic markets to and maritime services. towards the company’s vision to in place, Nakilat has been able to tigious international award for or- cuss the company’s financial results bounce back quickly through- Additionally, the Nakilat group be a global leader and provider of swiftly adapt to the evolving situa- ganisations that have reached the on April 19, the statement said. out the second half of 2020.

Milaha President and CEO Abdulrahman Essa Al Mannai and Schlumberger Qatar MD Amit Singh press buttons to commence operations of the first Qatari-owned offshore well stimulation vessel Halul-48. اﻳﺮادات

إﻳﺮادات اﻟﺘﺸﻐﻴﻞ ﻣﻦ اﻟﺴﻔﻦ اﻟﻤﻤﻠﻮﻛﺔ ﺑﺎﻟﻜﺎﻣﻞ ﺣﺼﺔ ﻣﻦ أرﺑﺎح ﺷﺮﻛﺎت اﻟﻤﺸﺎرﻳﻊ اﻟﻤﺸﺘﺮﻛﺔ إﻳﺮادات اﻟﺨﺪﻣﺎت اﻟﺒﺤﺮﻳﺔ وﺧﺪﻣﺎت اﻟﻮﻛﺎﻻت Milaha, Schlumberger begin إﻳﺮادات ﻓﻮاﺋﺪ ﻣﻦ ﻗﺮوض ﻟﺸﺮﻛﺎت اﻟﻤﺸﺎرﻳﻊ اﻟﻤﺸﺘﺮﻛﺔ إﻳﺮادات ﻓﻮاﺋﺪ وﺗﻮزﻳﻌﺎت أرﺑﺎح وأرﺑﺎح ﻣﻦ ﺑﻨﻮك إﺳﻼﻣﻴﺔ إﻳﺮادات أﺧﺮى ﻣﺠﻤﻮع اﻳﺮادات Halul-48 operations in Qatar

اﻟﻤﺼﺎرﻳﻒ Tribune News Network ﻣﺼﺎرﻳﻒ ﺗﺸﻐﻴﻠﻴﺔ Doha ﻣﺼﺎرﻳﻒ ﻋﻤﻮﻣﻴﺔ وإدارﻳﺔ إﻫﻼك ﻣﻤﺘﻠﻜﺎت وﻣﻌﺪات Milaha and Schlumberger held ﻣﺼﺎرﻳﻒ اﻟﺘﻤﻮﻳﻞ ﻣﺠﻤﻮع اﻟﻤﺼﺎرﻳﻒ -a virtual event to mark the com mencement of operations of the

رﺑﺢ اﻟﻔﺘﺮة first Qatari-owned offshore well stimulation vessel Halul-48 that رﺑﺢ اﻟﻔﺘﺮة ﻣﻮزع ﻋﻠﻰ: -symbolises the strong capabili ﻣﺎﻟﻜﻲ اﻟﺸﺮﻛﺔ أﺳﻬﻢ ﻏﻴﺮ ﻣﺴﻴﻄﺮة ties of the Qatari supply chain infrastructure. اﻟﻤﺠﻤﻮع The collaboration between the اﻟﻌﺎﺋﺪ اœﺳﺎﺳﻲ واﻟﻤﻌﺪل ﻋﻠﻰ اﻟﺴﻬﻢ (ﺑﺎﻟﺮﻳــــــﺎل اﻟﻘﻄــــــﺮي) -two companies aligns with ‘Taw teen’, the supply chain localisation programme for the energy sector in Qatar, led by Qatar Petroleum. Commencement of operation of Milaha President and CEO Abdulrahman Essa Al Mannai and Schlumberger this stimulation vessel is a result of Qatar MD Amit Singh with other dignitaries at the commencement ceremony. the memorandum of understand- ing (MoU) signed by Milaha and “This achievement demon- the Qatari energy sector.” Schlumberger in April, 2019. strates our commitment to en- “We are pleased to commence The establishment of the Ha- hancing a highly resilient and com- operations of Halul-48, the first lul-48 offshore stimulation vessel petitive supply chain and in line Qatari-owned offshore stimu- leveraged the respective expertise with our vision to be the partner lation vessel. Schlumberger is of both Milaha, the leading mari- of choice to our customers. This proud of its collaboration with time and logistics service provider programme was developed to com- Milaha and looks forward to ongo- in Qatar, and Schlumberger, the plement the strategic objectives of ing contributions to the ‘Tawteen’ leading provider of digital solu- Qatar National Vision 2030 and we programme and increasing local tions and innovative technologies are very proud of our joint collabo- participation,” Singh said. for the global energy industry. ration with our partner Schlum- Since the launch of Qatar Pe- In his speech during the com- berger, and grateful to Qatar Pe- troleum’s ICV program in February mencement ceremony, Milaha troleum and Qatar Gas for their 2019, both Milaha and Schlum- President and CEO Abdulrah- support,” Mannai said. berger have demonstrated commit- man Essa Al Mannai said, “This Schlumberger Qatar Manag- ment to investing in local content Qatar-owned, Qatar-flagged and ing Director Amit Singh, “Schlum- by collaborating with in-country Qatar-operated offshore oil well berger is committed to enabling suppliers in oilfield-grade cement stimulation vessel is one of the operational performance and ef- and equipment manufacturing, as centrepieces of the five-year joint ficiency through localization of well as supporting educational and development agreement between supply chain by bringing best-in- development initiatives with opera- Milaha and Schlumberger.” class technology and expertise to tors and local universities. Economy & Business Monday, April 19, 2021 09 Real estate market continues to face a period of contraction: KPMG

advantages, superior offering fice market, the impact of Real Estate Valuations at Decline in rental for residential developments relatively at competitive rental due to COVID-19 was comparatively KPMG Qatar said: “Consist- added incentives such as rent- higher than residential seg- ent downward pressure on softer compared to commercial office and retail free periods of 1 to 2 months, ment. Q3 and Q4 2020 wit- rental yields across core real free utility bills and better nessed a cumulative decline of estate asset classes over past Tribune News Network Qatar said: “The real estate Qatar economy is expected services as well as improved 7.63 percent on the rental in- few years is due to growth Doha market continues to face a to grow rapidly post the pan- amenities. While the drop in dex compared to 1.56 percent in supply vis-a-vis demand period of contraction in both demic situation.” the rentals for the high-end experienced during the initial coupled with impact of pan- KPMG recently released its volume and price. Following Research showed the drop housing segment has been two quarters of 2020. demic over last four quarters. Qatar Real Estate Rental In- the large drop in the quarterly in rental for residential de- primarily due to competitive On the Organized Retail Such consistent downward dex Q1 2016 – Q4 2020, which rentals due to the pandemic, velopments, which was still landscape, there has been in- Mall front, the COVID-19 trend resulted in holistic ef- tracks quarterly changes in the real estate activity exhibited lower than other core asset crease in enquiries especially pandemic led to decline in fort from landlords in aug- real estate rental market cover- signs of improvement towards categories, including com- for the developments at The rentals. The rental index ex- menting value proposition ing three core asset categories: the end of 2020. We had then mercial office and organized Anurag Gupta, Director and Head Pearl and Lusail. Overall, perienced a further drop of by bundling product with KPMG Office Rental Index (K- anticipated it might approach retail mall. of Strategy and Real Estate Advi- Q3 and Q4 2020 witnessed a 8.77 percent over the last two services. Going forward, it ORI), KPMG Residential Rent- pre-pandemic levels by H2 Rentals in the affordable sory at KPMG in Qatar combined drop of 3.63 per- quarters of 2020 from 2.36 is essential to assess pain al Index (K-RRI) and KPMG 2021, but for the recent pan- housing category continue to cent on the residential rental percent as witnessed during points and challenges while Mall Rental Index (K-MRI). demic situation. With block- stay afloat whilemaintain - ence active demand primarily index compared to 2.53 per- Q1 and Q2 2020. designing integrated value- Anurag Gupta, Director ade coming to an end and the ing stable occupancy levels. due to movement of tenants cent as witnessed during Q1 Sayantan Pande, Associ- propositions thereby curating and Head of Strategy and Real regional trade activity show- The middle-income housing seeking better value proposi- and Q2 2020. ate Director and Head of In- a differential offering for all Estate Advisory at KPMG in ing signs of normalisation, segment continues to experi- tion which includes location For the Commercial Of- frastructure, Financing and stakeholders.”

Mobile gaming company AppLovin Qatar Chamber takes part in raises $2 bn in IPO virtual Hannover Messe 2021 Agencies tors who see the three- to five-year plan,” Foroughi Mobile apps and games said. “Every stock goes up 10 private firms platform AppLovin raised and down. We can’t control participate in the $2 billion in an initial public the short term, but we can offering Thursday that val- certainly control that long- fair under the ued the company at $28.6 term outcome and that’s Chamber’s umbrella billion. what we work really hard The Palo Alto, Califor- to do.” nia-based firm makes soft- AppLovin, which is ware to help developers backed by private equity Tribune News Network market and monetize their firm KKR & Co., is just the Doha apps, and it also has its own latest gaming company to portfolio of more than 200 go public, following kid- Qatar Chamber has partici- mobile games. AppLovin’s popular video game firm pated in the digital edition developer software has Roblox last month and of Hannover Messe 2021, more than 410 million daily developer platform Unity which was held from 12-16 active users, according to Software in September, April 2021 under the theme its regulatory filing. among others. “Industrial Transformation” But investors weren’t In 2020, AppLovin gen- with the participation of the immediately enthused erated $1.45 billion in rev- largest production compa- about AppLovin, which is enue, a 46% increase from nies in the world. trading under the ticker the prior year, but reported Qatar Chamber was part symbol “APP.” After listing a nearly $126 million net of the Qatar pavilion, which at $80 per share, the mid- loss. It had reported a $119 was set up by the Ministry point of its estimated range, million profit in 2019. of Commerce and Industry the stock closed down AppLovin estimates and featured 15 other entities 18% at about $65, putting that the mobile app ecosys- from Qatar. its market capitalization tem will grow to $283 bil- Under the Chamber’s around $23 billion. lion by 2024, up from $189 umbrella, 10 private compa- Founder and CEO billion last year. nies participated in the fair, Adam Foroughi told CNN While demand for con- including Doha Cables, Qa- Business he’s focused more sole games was boosted tar Pharma, Sarplast Qatar, on the company’s future during the pandemic, Ap- Coastal Steel and Galvaniz- than the present-day stock pLovin said its games, ing WLL and Qatar Industri- moves. which are more casual and al Manufacturing Company. “What we were trying to played on mobile devices, The fair helped these Qatar Chamber was part of the Qatar pavilion, which was set up by the Ministry of Commerce and Industry and featured 15 other entities from do is partner up with inves- experienced little impact. companies exchange experi- the country, at the digital edition of Hannover Messe 2021. ence and learn about the lat- est innovations in the indus- ing platform, the Chamber showcasing Qatari compa- mate and opportunities, as pation of about 1,800 exhibi- try sector, as well as promote expressed its thanks and ap- nies and products. well as the investment incen- tors from all over the world. the Qatari industry. preciation to the Ministry of In a pre-recorded presen- tives offered by Qatar to at- Over the course of its five Qatar’s participation Commerce and Industry for tation, the Chamber empha- tract foreign investments. days, the event’s programme in the Hannover Interna- its efforts in showcasing the sized its interest in support- The five-day exhibition includes organising a num- tional Industrial Fair forms industrial investment oppor- ing for the industry sector in provided a unique platform ber of discussion sessions to part of the continuous ef- tunities and promoting Qatar Qatar and encouraging busi- for Qatari participating com- be broadcast live, with the forts to highlight the invest- as a leading hub for invest- nessmen to invest in this vital panies to get acquainted with participation of more than ment opportunities avail- ments and businesses. sector and hold exhibitions the latest available technolo- 1,500 speakers. able in the industrial sectors, The Chamber also that promote Qatari products gies and innovations. It also The discussion sessions which would contribute to stressed that its participation and such as ‘Made in Qatar’ opened the door for boosting touch on a wide range of top- attracting more foreign di- in this international exhibi- expo. cooperation ties with compa- ics, such as industrial auto- rect investments (FDIs) and tion comes within the frame- It also noted that its par- nies from Germany, Europe mation, information tech- strengthening Qatar’s com- work of the cooperation with ticipation in the fair aims at and beyond. nology, industrial supply, AppLovin Founder and CEO Adam Foroughi said the company’s IPO petitive position in the region the Ministry of Commerce helping participants learn This year’s edition of the production engineering, ser- will help fuel its mobile gaming portfolio and software platform. and beyond. and Industry and in line with more about Qatar’s growing Hannover International In- vices, energy, and environ- Through a live broadcast- the Chamber’s keenness on economy and investment cli- dustrial Fair saw the partici- mental technology.

Scarce semiconductors a ‘big problem’ for carmakers Woqod opens fuel station in Ras Laffan Industrial Area Tribune News Network DPA plex - issues now are auton- Doha Shanghai omous driving and energy control and management, Jia Qatar Fuel (Woqod) on Sunday opened A Chinese industry official asserted. a new fuel station in Ras Laffan Industrial has said that a shortage of German industry expert Area, increasing its network of stations semiconductors will continue Ferdinand Dudenhoeffer across Qatar to 107. to plague German and other also considers the problem The new station is spread over 15,000 car manufacturers for a while as far from being solved. “It square metres and has three lanes with nine longer. will take two or three years dispensers for light vehicles and two lanes “[Chipmaking] not being before new factories are set with four dispensers for heavy vehicles. within the control of the au- up, the director of the Center The new station offers round-the-clock tomotive industry is a fatal Automotive Research (CAR) services and includes a Sidra convenience problem that can’t be solved research institute in Duis- store, a manual car wash, oil change and in the short term,” Jia Xin- burg said. tyre repair facility for light vehicles, LPG guang, director of the associ- He reckons that China outlet and a shop that sells gasoline and ation of Chinese car dealers, will become “the locomo- diesel products for light and heavy vehicles. told dpa on Sunday before tive” here too and said that CEO Saad Rashid al Muhannadi said, the start of the Shanghai In- the country is planning a “Woqod strives to expand its fuel station ternational Auto Show. “chip alliance.” Dudenhoef- network in the country to meet the rising “The automotive indus- fer noted that the Chinese demand and achieve the goal of provid- try is not capable of making are increasingly taking the ing customers with access to best-in-class its own chips, so this is a big lead with lithium-ion batter- products and services at their convenience problem. Many people think ies that. and comfort.” Woqod recently hastened the that the second half of the He predicted that some- construction of new petrol stations to meet year will ease...but the fun- thing similar will be ob- the fuel and energy needs of the country. damental solution to the au- served in semiconductors in “Woqod team would like to extend their tomotive chip is not available five years. “China is infinitely gratitude to all governmental and private now, and the automotive in- dynamic, and that’s why the entities that have contributed and still con- dustry cannot control it,” he car market and the economy tributing to the completion of such pro- added. are growing. There is no such jects,” Muhannadi said. Woqod’s new fuel station in Ras Laffan Industrial Area. It is spread over 15,000 square metres. The - increasingly com- dynamic in Europe.” 10 Monday, April 19, 2021 Economy & Business Renesas Dogecoin Qatari industries merit highest honour: MoCI Archegos blow-up surges more prompts regulatory resumes ops than 85% in at fire-hit last 24 hours questions at Basel chip plant Agencies years. Agencies Agencies “A case like this, with losses Global banking regulators of this magnitude at multiple Japanese chip manufacturer Bitcoin and Ethereum will discuss the collapse of Ar- global banks all traced back to a Renesas on Saturday restarted aren’t the only digital cur- chegos Capital Management, single client or a single transac- production about a month af- rencies that are hitting whose failure threatens to cost tion, will always be something ter a factory fire that threatens record highs this week. its lenders some US$10 billion that gets discussed at the Basel to worsen a global chip short- Dogecoin, the cryptocur- (S$13.3 billion) and is prompt- Committee table,” Rogers said. age, local media said. rency that features the ing calls for more oversight of The committee’s work The fire on March 19 at face of a Shiba Inu dog as the industry. comes as the United States its plant near Tokyo came its logo, has surpassed 10 Carolyn Rogers, secretary- Securities and Exchange Com- with car makers already bat- cents for the first time. general of the Basel Committee mission faces pressure to ex- tling semiconductor supply The virtual currency, on Banking Supervision, said amines rules meant to ensure problems, in part because of which originally started as the blow-up of Mr Bill Hwang’s all traders are transparent increased demand for chips an internet parody more family office last month has about their use of swaps. Data from manufacturers of lap- than seven years ago, has already highlighted holes in standards introduced by the tops, tablets and gaming de- surged more than 85% in banks’ understanding of com- Dodd-Frank Act are still not vices. the last 24 hours and is plex trades. fully implemented more than Renesas Electronics, a key trading at $0.13, accord- “Disclosure was an issue,” a decade later. Rogers, who supplier of automotive semi- ing to CoinDesk. Its market Rogers said in an interview has been secretary-general conductors, saw 600 square cap is now over $17 billion. this week. The banks involved, since 2019, also said that a meters of factory floor dam- The latest surge comes which included Nomura Hold- lack of data makes it difficult aged in the blaze. as investors gear up for the ings and Credit Suisse Group, to impose environmental risk The company said on April direct listing of cryptocur- could not “get a full picture of weightings on banks’ assets. 10 it completed repairs in the rency exchange Coinbase the complete exposure this cli- “Regulation is meant to fire-hit rooms and they came Global, which could further ent had”, she said. look at the risks of climate on online for initial output. help validate crypto buying Rogers said that while it is banks not the risk of banks on Jiji Press and other news and selling as a business. too early to lay out a specific climate,” she said reports said the firm partially Bitcoin also rocketed to a regulatory response, the Basel The authorities agree that began production Saturday new record above $62,700 Committee will probably in- pandemic-related regulatory morning, with plans to ship this week ahead of that list- tensify scrutiny of structured relief for banks should be un- initial products in about a ing, and other cryptocur- financial products and total wound, but the timing could month. rencies have also enjoyed Qatari industries merit the highest honour for laying down the foundations of future success, the return swaps. The committee, vary by country. Immediate confirmation of big gains. Ministry of Commerce and Industry said in a tweet on Sunday. “Let our ‘Qatari Product’ emblem reflect whose members include the The US’ so-called leverage the reports was not available. But Dogecoin’s rise is our belief in the efficiency of our national products and be a reinforcement for a brighter tomorrow,” it Federal Reserve and European ratio is “considerably tougher Renesas has so far hoped noteworthy. The curren- added in the tweet that highlighted the most important Qatari industries. Central Bank, has been look- than the Basel standard”, Rog- to restart operations at the fac- cy has soared more than ing into the products in recent ers said. tory unit producing 300 mm 2,000% from the start of wafers -- a key piece of tech the year, and has a big fan for modern cars -- in around a in Tesla CEO Elon Musk, month. whose tweets about it have But the plant will not re- on occasion driven up turn to 100 percent capacity Dogecoin’s value. for “between 90 days to 120 Dogecoin has also en- days”, CEO Hidetoshi Shibata joyed something of a cult EU to cooperate with US said late last month. status on Reddit, where a Company officials were popular group — not unlike tight-lipped about which of the WallStreetBets group their customers would get behind GameStop’s rally early supplies of semiconduc- — decided earlier this year on global taxation deal tors, and also said it would to propel its value “to the take more time to pinpoint the moon.” Dogecoin soared cause of the fire. over 600% in the wake of European Commission’s Paolo Gentiloni says any global agreement would ‘transfer’ into EU law With the blaze sparking that push. concern about the impact on Musk is Dogecoin’s Agencies for... the minimum taxation,” “thirty-year race to the bottom alliance of other small mem- the world’s chip supply, Ja- richest fan, but he has pre- Mr Gentiloni told journalists. on corporate tax rates”. ber states blocked propos- pan’s government and some viously been critical of the The European Union will “Of course, we will cooperate However, the commission als for a tech tax in 2018, in of Renesas’s own customers, more established bitcoin, cooperate with the United to reach the global agreement, has not backed the proposed favour of reaching an OECD including auto giant Toyota, once calling it “BS” in a States on finding a global deal and then to transfer the global tax rate of 21 per cent. The rate deal. France has pushed ahead have offered help. tweet. In a February inter- on taxation after Washington agreement in the legal Euro- is likely to prove contentious with its own national digital During a summit on Friday view on social app Club- proposed a global 21 per cent pean framework.” among some member states taxation law in the absence of in Washington, Prime Minister house, though, Musk said minimum corporate tax rate, Compared to an EU-only with competitive tax rates, an EU agreement. Yoshihide Suga and President he should have bought that and would “transfer” any glob- deal, a global agreement “will particularly Ireland, which de- Work has long been un- Joe Biden agreed to “partner digital currency eight years al agreement into EU law, the be much better not only for fends its 12.5 per cent tax rate derway at the OECD to agree on sensitive supply chains, ago. His company Tesla European Commission’s Paolo members states but also for as essential to compensate the a two-pillar global taxation including on semiconductors, has also promised custom- Gentiloni said on Friday. the business community and advantages of scale, resources scheme originally aimed at promoting and protecting the ers that they can buy their Speaking in a joint press also for consumers”, he added. and location enjoyed by larger tech giants like Google, Ama- critical technologies that are cars with bitcoin. conference with Minister for “If you want my prefer- countries. zon, Facebook or Apple, to al- essential to our security and Coinbase, meanwhile, Finance Paschal Donohoe fol- ence, my preference goes to a European commissioner for low for companies to be taxed prosperity,” according to their is set for its debut Wednes- lowing a meeting of the Eu- global solution in taxation, al- economy Paolo Gentiloni Levy where they make their profits, joint statement. day. The company is prof- rogroup, the economy com- ways,” Mr Gentiloni said. “My The EU has vowed to push regardless of their physical Renesas Electronics Cor- itable and has reported missioner described a new second best is European solu- commissioner’s comments. ahead with its own digital levy presence. poration has expanded its on- strong revenue growth. momentum towards a global tions, and the worst case is to The European Commis- if a global agreement is not The global minimum tax going work with Qualcomm Based on recent pri- deal on the taxation of digital have, as we are having on digi- sion has previously expressed reached, with the commis- rate, which would apply to Technologies to include 30W vate stock trades for Coin- services and multinationals tal services, the risk of prolif- support for the call by US sion set to lay out proposals in all companies, is a second as- wireless charging capabilities base, the company is val- since US President Joe Biden eration of national taxation.” treasury secretary Janet Yellen June. pect of the OECD discussions, for mid-range smartphones ued at a stunning level of took office. Asked the same question, for a common global mini- Several EU countries are which were stalled under the powered by the latest Qual- nearly $68 billion. “We understand the Amer- Minister for Finance said he mum taxation rate to redress impatient to bring in the regu- administration of former US comm Snapdragon 780G 5G ican proposal is very ambitious had “nothing to add” to the what she has described as a lation after Ireland and and an President Donald Trump. Mobile Platform. Realities of climate change pushing big businesses to focus on sustainability Agencies Wells Fargo aims for net- zero emissions A consensus appears to be Wells Fargo announced taking root in Corporate its goal of hitting net-zero America: What’s good for the greenhouse gas emissions — environment can also be good including from the companies for business. and projects it finances — by As President Joe Biden 2050. And while 2050 is far prepares to bring 40 world away, the announcement is leaders together for a two- a big step for Wells Fargo day climate summit this (CBEAX), which has long week, big businesses have been a major backer of oil, been amplifying their sustain- natural gas and coal projects ability initiatives and making that climate activists warn trillion-dollar pledges to fight threaten the planet. climate change. Meanwhile, consumers are increasingly Volvo goes fully electric concerned about business’ Volvo announced that by carbon footprints, and com- 2030, it will sell only electric panies are feeling the pres- cars, and only online. The sure and urgency to act. company hopes to have elec- Ahead of Earth Day and tric cars make up half of its Biden’s climate summit, CNN sales in 2025, and hybrid cars Business rounded up the lat- will make up the other half of est news from Corporate sales. America’s environmental en- lightenment. GM aims to sell emission- free cars JPMorgan’s $2.5 trillion will center around renewable A new Google Earth fea- astation from wildfires from information about the num- ers that are gently worn or General Motors, the larg- commitment energy, new clean technology, ture gives viewers a sobering 1984 to today. ber of trees that are required have manufacturing flaws. Af- est automaker in the United JPMorgan Chase (JPM) is waste management and con- look at how much climate to absorb the same amount ter cleaning and sanitizing the States by sales, plans to be putting serious firepower be- servation. The announcement change and human behav- Mastercard’s carbon cal- of carbon dioxide that is re- shoes, the company plans to completely carbon neutral hind the fight against climage is the latest addition to a long ior have damaged the planet culator leased from the consumer’s resell them at select stores at by 2040, and it hopes to of- change. The bank on Thurs- list of environment-focused during the past four decades. Mastercard (MA) created purchases in specific catego- a reduced price. Nike said it’s fer only zero-emission cars day said it would finance or pledges from financial insti- The feature, called Time- a calculator that measures ries. currently selling the returned by 2035. The company plans facilitate investments of $2.5 tutions, but it’s believed to be lapse, turns the platform’s consumers’ carbon footprints shoes in eight Nike stores in to reach the goal by transi- trillion over 10 years to sup- the largest of its kind by a ma- still images into a 4D experi- based on what they pur- Nike wants to resell your the United States, and it plans tioning to battery-powered port initiatives that focus on jor bank. ence. Clicking through reveals chase. The tool focuses on shoes to expand to 15 locations by electric vehicles or other zero- combating climate change and moving pictures of melting ice specific spending categories In an effort to reduce the end of April and several emission technologies. The enhancing sustainable devel- Google Earth shows the caps, receding glaciers, mas- but doesn’t track individual waste, Nike (NKE) is asking more by the end of the year. move will require a $27 bil- opment. Some of the efforts effect of climate change sive urban growth and dev- transactions. It also shares customers to bring in sneak- lion investment. Economy & Business Monday, April 19, 2021 11 Bitcoin suffers flash SpaceX beats Blue Origin to win crash following week of crypto hype $2.9 billion moon lander contract Agencies announced that it will offer its wealthy clients access to Bezos and Musk were competing to lead humankind’s return to the moon for the first time since 1972 After a hype-filled week bitcoin funds. for cryptocurrencies, Bitcoin For all those bitcoin true Agencies experienced a flash crash believers who survived the over the weekend, plunging crypto winter of 2017-2020 NASA has awarded billionaire nearly 14% in less than an with their holdings intact, entrepreneur Elon Musk’s hour, from about $59,000 the listing of digital currency space company SpaceX a $2.9 to $51,000, on Saturday exchange service Coinbase billion contract to build a night before rebounding. must have felt a vindication. spacecraft to bring astronauts Other popular cryptocur- Not only did its $75.9bn to the moon as early as 2024, rencies including etherium listing on Nasdaq mark the the agency said , picking it over and Dogecoin also fell dra- biggest cash-out in crypto Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin and de- matically, before recouping history, many would say it fense contractor Dynetics Inc. some of their losses. unequivocally established Bezos and Musk - the Bitcoin has skyrocketed digital currencies as a force world’s first and third richest in value this year as it gained to be reckoned with on Wall people respectively, according more mainstream accept- Street. For crypto boosters to Forbes - were competing ance, but the sharp price to lead humankind’s return to fall this weekend seems to the moon for the first time sine have been triggered by an 1972. unconfirmedT witter rumor Musk’s SpaceX bid alone that the US Treasury was while Amazon.com founder planning to crack down on Bezos’s Blue Origin partnered money laundering schemes with Lockheed Martin Corp, involving cryptocurrencies. Northrop Grumman Corp and The agency did not imme- Draper. Dynetics is a unit of diately respond to a request Leidos Holdings Inc. for comment on Sunday. “NASA Rules!!” Musk Bitcoin’s rapid overnight wrote on Twitter after the an- plunge is the latest indicator nouncement. that the crypto market re- The U.S. space agency mains wildly volatile. awarded the contract for Last week crypto en- the first commercial human thusiasm seemed to reach the world over, more sim- lander, part of its Artemis pro- SpaceX CEO Elon Musk unveils the company’s new manned spacecraft, The Dragon V2, designed to carry astronauts into space, in Hawthorne, a peak as trading platform ply, it marked the day they gram. NASA said the lander California, in 2014. Coinbase went public at a were finally proven right. will carry two American astro- valuation of $86 billion, fol- “It feels like a shift in nauts to the lunar surface. ambitious plan to send astro- talization of$702 billion. vital to Blue Origin establish- lowed by a wild 500% rally legitimacy not just for Coin- “We should accomplish the nauts to Mars. NASA is leaning Shot in the Musk has become a one- ing itself as a desired partner in Dogecoin — an asset that base but the whole industry. next landing as soon as pos- heavily on private companies person technology conglomer- for NASA, and also putting the was created as a joke in Crypto has a shot at being a sible,” Steve Jurczyk, NASA’s built around shared visions for arm for Musk ate, launching or controlling venture on the road to turning 2013. Cryptocurrency back- major force in the financial acting administrator, said dur- space exploration. companies pursuing space a profit. ers have spent years insist- world,” observed Coinbase’s ing the video conference an- SpaceX will be required to ● The announcement flight, electric cars, neural im- Musk has outlined an am- ing that bitcoin, ethereum chief executive Brian Arm- nouncement. make a test flight of the lander added to an extraordinary plants and subterranean tun- bitious agenda for SpaceX and and other digital coins could strong. “If they hit their mile- to the moon before humans run for Musk, who has nel boring. its reusable rockets, includ- revolutionize the world of fi- The group’s valuation stones, we have a shot at make the journey, NASA offi- turned electric car maker A factor in the choice of ing landing humans on Mars. nance, and with the success came hot on the heels of a 2024,” Jurczyk added. cial Lisa Watson-Morgan told Tesla Inc. into the world’s SpaceX was “what’s the best But in the near term, SpaceX’s of Coinbase’s Wall Street de- stellar set of first-quarter NASA said SpaceX’s Star- reporters. most-valuable automaker, value to the government,” main business has been but Wednesday, those back- earnings. The group post- ship includes a spacious cabin NASA had been expected with a market capitalization said Kathy Lueders, associate launching satellites for Musk’s ers are finally having their ed revenues of $1.8bn for and two airlocks for astronaut to winnow the lunar lander administrator for NASA’s Hu- Starlink internet venture, moment. the period compared with moon walks and that its archi- contest to two companies by of $702 billion. man Exploration and Opera- and other satellites and space Tesla has started ac- $191m last year. It made tecture is intended to evolve the end of April, but instead ● Musk has become a tions Mission Directorate. cargo. SpaceX announced cepting bitcoin payments net income of as much as to a fully reusable launch and it picked only SpaceX, a move one-person technology NASA said in a news re- on Wednesday it had raised for its cars and now holds $800m. That, the Street landing system designed for that deepens their coopera- lease that SpaceX’s HLS Star- about$1.16 billion in equity fi- some of the digital currency said, made it worthy of travel to the Moon, Mars and tion. On Thursday, NASA said conglomerate, launching or ship, designed to land on the nancing. on its balance sheet. Pay- comparisons to the New other destinations in space. it would send its crew to the controlling companies moon, “leans on the compa- An uncrewed SpaceX Star- ment processors including York Stock Exchange’s par- SpaceX also responded on International Space Station pursuing space flight, ny’s tested Raptor engines and ship prototype rocket failed to PayPal (PYPL), Mastercard ent company ICE, which Twitter, writing, “We are hum- aboard a SpaceX rocket on electric cars, neural flight heritage of the Falcon land safely on March 30 after (MA) and Visa (V) are trying has a valuation of around bled to help @NASAArtemis April 22. implants and subterranean and Dragon vehicles.” a test launch from Boca Chica, to streamline crypto pay- $67bn. usher in a new era of human The agency aims to create tunnel boring. NASA’s decision was a set- Texas. The Starship was one in ments on their networks. A more objective analy- space exploration.” regular service to the moon back for Bezos, a lifelong space a series of prototypes for the Meanwhile, Goldman Sachs sis would note this is not a Unlike the Apollo landings and said it will have a separate Systems division. enthusiast who is now more heavy-lift rocket being devel- will reportedly soon offer its fair comparison. Yes, ICE from 1969 to 1972 - the only competition for that contract. The announcement added focused on his space venture oped by SpaceX to carry hu- private wealth management posted revenues of $1.6bn human visits to the moon’s “We have to be able to pro- to an extraordinary run for after having announced in mans and 100 tons of cargo on clients avenues to invest in in the first quarter of 2020, surface - NASA is gearing up vide for recurring lunar servic- Musk, who has turned elec- February he would step down future missions to the moon bitcoin and other digital cur- putting Coinbase well in the for a longer-term lunar pres- es,” said Mark Kirasich, deputy tric car maker Tesla Inc. into as Amazon CEO. and Mars. A first orbital Star- rencies and Morgan Stanley same ballpark. ence that it envisions as a step- associate administrator for the world’s most-valuable au- The contract was seen by ship flight is planned for year’s pingstone to an even more NASA’s Advanced Exploration tomaker, with a market capi- Bezos and other executives as end. Green energy provider Alternus raises €9 million from backers

Alternus, which is led by Italy, Netherlands, Romania time. started trading on the Eu- valued at €82.2 million after Dublin-based company is expecting telecoms entrepreneur Vincent and Poland in excess of 140 “We are delighted to have ronext NOTC market in Janu- completing a private placement Browne, invests in solar photo- MW capacity. AVG as a new financing part- ary. This is a marketplace for of €27 million in conjunction five-fold increase in run-rate voltaic parks across Europe. In addition to funding, Al- ner and look forward to work- unlisted shares that is owned with a successful placement revenues to over €22m The company has grown ternus said its new financing ing with them going forward as by Oslo Børs. of €110 million of registered in four years from being a partner would help supply it we continue to grow Alternus Last month the company green bonds. of convertible notes. small Romania-based opera- with the latest technologies over the next few years in our announced a 77 per cent year- It expects 109MW of con- Agencies The funding has been led tor of two solar parks with 6 coming from the Nordic coun- continuing mission to become on-year increase in revenues to tracted projects to be com- by AVG Group, a Nordics- megawatts (MW) to becoming tries. one of the largest pan-Europe- €4.1 million with ebitda rising pleted in the first half of this Alternus, a Dublin-head- focused Luxembourg-based a pan-European independent The group also said AVG an solar operators by the end of to €2.6 million as gross mar- year and that on completion of quartered green energy pro- asset manager which provided power producer. It currently plans further funding to sup- the decade,” said Browne. gins from operating parks al- these that its annual run-rate vider, has raised €9 million in €8 million of the total invest- has a portfolio of 39 owned or ply Nordic-based capital to the Alternus successfully del- most doubled to €3.2 million. revenues will increase five-fold funding through the issuance ment. contracted parks in Germany, Dublin-based company over isted from the US market and The company was recently to more than €22 million.

Buyout drama Bidding war may break out for Toshiba; more business reform likely Agencies holders. while seeking cooperation from spotlighted chipmakers. Toshiba said last Wednesday the Development Bank of Japan Toshiba owns a 40.64 percent With a recent buyout offer Kurumatani, who has led the com- and Japan Investment Corp, a stake in Kioxia, into which the for Toshiba Corp from a Brit- pany since 2018, offered to resign. private-public sector fund, other Japanese firm spun off its chip ish private equity firm appar- He said in a statement he wants to sources have said. business after selling a majority ently hitting a snag, a bidding take some time for himself after But CVC did not deliver the stake to a consortium led by U.S. war involving other investors achieving the company’s turna- formal offer by Friday, as it private equity firm Bain Capital may break out for the Japanese round without making any refer- was seemingly monitoring the in 2018. Toshiba plans to list industrial conglomerate, industry ence to the CVC proposal. situation after Kurumatani’s Kioxia and use a large part of the experts say. Osamu Nagayama, chairman resignation with the possibility of proceeds to increase shareholder Investor interest in the of Toshiba’s board, confronted launching a hostile takeover bid. returns. growth potential of some of Kurumatani in the boardroom and American global investment Tatsuo Ushijima, a professor Toshiba’s businesses, such as expressed displeasure with CVC’s firm Kohlberg KravisR oberts & specializing in corporate strategy chip-making and infrastructure buyout offer, sources with knowl- Co and Canadian investment gi- at Keio University, said going systems, means the company is edge of the matter have said. ant Brookfield Asset Management private makes sense for Toshiba likely to face continued pressure Nagayama and some other Inc. reportedly plan to submit to further reform its group opera- to streamline its wide-ranging board members are believed buyout proposals of their own. tions. operations, they say. to have raised questions about “Investors are interested in “Toshiba would need to review Toshiba’s management rift Kurumatani’s stance of preventing Toshiba’s chip-making affiliate its wide-ranging businesses (from widened after CVC Capital Part- activist shareholders from wield- Kioxia Holdings Corp,” possibly nuclear power to home lighting ners made a buyout offer worth ing influence. outbidding CVC, SBI Securities equipment) in an environment over $20 billion, leading its board Aiming to block CVC’s acqui- Toshiba’s management rift widened after CVC Capital Partners made a buyout Co’s senior analyst Yoshiharu with fewer investors holding its members to believe the former sition plans and keep Toshiba offer worth over $20 billion. Izumi said. shares,” Ushijima said. “Toshiba president and CEO Nobuaki listed on the Tokyo bourse, the A global shortage of semicon- must at first outline its growth Kurumatani, once a CVC execu- conglomerate’s executives asked according to people close to the to submit a detailed proposal ductors due to robust demand strategy regardless of whether it tive, was pulling strings to fend creditor banks not to fund the matter. in 10 days after sending its ini- for automobiles, smartphones is going it alone or working with off pressure from activist share- private equity firm’s buyout, CVC had previously planned tial plan to Toshiba on April 6, and other electronic devices has partners.” QatarTribune Qatar_Tribune QatarTribuneChannel qatar_tribune Stefanos Tsitsipas wins his first ATP Masters 1000 title in Monte-Carlo MONday, APRIL 19, 2021 page 14 Verstappen wins turbulent Imola GP, Hamilton’s sensational recovery DPA Imola (Italy)

Max Verstappen of Red Bull was the big winner of a wet and turbulent Emilia Romagna Grand Prix on Sunday which was red-flagged mid-way through after a big collision. Seven-time world cham- pion Lewis Hamilton of Mer- cedes had a sensational re- covery to second place after sliding off the track and drop- ping to ninth. McLaren’s Lando Norris also put up a great performance towards the podium after start- Winner Red Bull’s Dutch driver Max Verstappen celebrates on the po- ing seventh on the grid. dium after the Emilia Romagna F1 Grand Prix at the Autodromo Inter- “Very challenging out nazionale Enzo e Dino Ferrari race track in Imola, Italy, on Sunday. (AFP) there, especially the begin- ning. I think we managed eve- Results rything well,” Verstappen said. Hamilton acknowledged it TOP 14 8: P. Gasly (AlphaTauri) +52.818s was the first time he’s made a 1: M. Verstappen (Red Bull) 2:02:34.598 9: K. Raikkonen (Alfa Romeo) +64.773s 2: L. Hamilton (Mercedes) +22.000s 10: E. Ocon (Alpine) +65.704s mistake “in a long time”, but 3: L. Norris (McLaren) +23.702s 11: F. Alonso (Alpine) +66.561s said he was “grateful.” 4: C. Leclerc (Ferrari) +25.579s 12: S. Pérez (Red Bull) +67.151s “It was so hard to get go- 5: C. Sainz Jr. (Ferrari) +27.036s 13: Y. Tsunoda (AlphaTauri) +73.184s ing again. I had some really 6: D. Ricciardo (McLaren) +51.220s 14: A. Giovinazzi (Alfa Romeo) +1 Lap fun battles with all the guys,” 7: L. Stroll (Aston Martin) +51.909s 14. Sebastian Vettel (Aston Martin) DNF he said. Verstappen had a fulminant but Verstappen made his way trouble after the restart as he start from third to drive straight through while Hamilton was cruised to his first win this past team-mate Sergio Perez, left with front wing damage. season and 11th of his career, who was second, and then The safety car came out in while Hamilton battled his challenged Hamilton down Winner Red Bull’s Dutch driver Max Verstappen celebrates after the Emilia Romagna Formula One Grand Prix at the Autodromo Internazionale the second lap after Nicholas way through the midfield to into Taburello. They touched Enzo e Dino Ferrari race track in Imola, Italy, on Sunday. (AFP) Latifi of Williams crashed fol- clinch a podium finish. lowing an incident with Haas’ Norris tried his best to hold Nikita Mazepin. on to second, but Hamilton Once the safety car was in, was “way to quick for me.” “It’s Miami GP to join F1 there was another battle be- nice to be fighting these guys, tween Verstappen and Hamil- it’s nice to be there on merit, ton at Tamburello for first place, there on pace. I’m happy with calendar from 2022 but the Dutch held position. third, I’m not disappointed,” They kept on a tight fight af- he said. ANI Circuit of The Americas in ter the pit stops, until Hamilton Perez had a catastrophic Miami (Florida) Austin. slid off the track and only didn’t race as he received a 10-time The race will provide lose more ground because penalty and spun on track af- Formula 1 is heading back an additional tourist boost team-mate Valtteri Bottas and ter the race restart, finishing to Florida, as the organisers and economic impact to lo- Williams’ George Russell had a 12th. Ferrari were fourth and on Sunday confirmed that cal businesses in the greater big crash which forced the race fifth with Charles Leclerc and the brand-new Miami Grand Miami region and Formula to be red-flagged for around Carlos Sainz respectively. Prix will join the F1 calendar 1 and the promoter will be half an hour. Four-time world champion in 2022. working closely with the local Russell tried to overtake Sebastian Vettel of Aston Mar- The race – set to be the community to ensure an al- Bottas, but the Williams driver tin retired on the penultimate first since 1959 in the US lotment of discounted tickets dipped his right-side wheels lap with gearbox issues. He state – will be held on an ex- for Miami Gardens residents, on the grass, which sent him had already started the race citing new layout at the Hard ensuring they have the op- into the Mercedes car at high from the pit lane due to brakes Rock Stadium complex in portunity to experience the speed. Both drivers walked off problem and received a 10-sec- Miami Gardens, home to the thrill of the sport. the car unharmed with Russell ond stop/go penalty earlier. NFL’s famous Miami Dol- Additionally, there will be Red Bull’s Dutch driver Max Verstappen (R) drives ahead of Mercedes’ British driver Lewis Hamilton during the angrily arguing with Bottas for Next stop on the calendar phins franchise. Although a programme to support lo- Emilia Romagna Formula One Grand Prix at the Autodromo Internazionale Enzo e Dino Ferrari race track in the way the latter defended. is the Portugal Grand Prix on the exact date of the race has cal businesses and the com- Imola, Italy, on Sunday. Hamilton finished second after he had slid off the track and dropped to ninth. (AFP) Verstappen had no major May 2. yet to be confirmed, the 2022 munity to ensure they get event will be the first in a the full benefits of the race 10-year deal, and means the being in Miami Gardens, in- USA will host two races. cluding a STEM education The circuit itself will be programme through F1 in 5.41km, and will feature Schools as well as the oppor- Quartararo wins dramatic duel in Portugal 19 corners, three straights, tunity for local businesses to and potential for three DRS be part of the race weekend. lap, but he made contact with zones, with an estimated We are thrilled to an- Marquez 7th in another rider on the second top speed of 320km/h. Hard nounce that Formula 1 will his first race lap and eventually dropped to Rock Stadium - a multi-pur- be racing in Miami begin- ninth place. pose sports and entertain- ning in 2022,” said Stefano after comeback He kept a decent pace but ment hub that has hosted six Domenicali, President and could only make up a few po- Super Bowls, two Baseball CEO of Formula 1. Agencies sitions, finishing just ahead World Series, and numerous “The USA is a key growth PORTIMAO (Portugal) of brother Alex Márquez and rock concerts - will sit at the market for us, and we are received a round of applause heart of the track, which has greatly encouraged by our Fabio Quartararo won the Por- from the members of his team been designed to encourage growing reach in the US which tuguese Grand Prix from pole after the race. close racing while meeting will be further supported by position on Sunday, with six- Quartararo lost ground the highest safety standards. this exciting second race. We time MotoGP champion Marc early on but was back in front Miami will be the 11th will be working closely with Marquez finishing seventh in his by the halfway point of the race location Formula 1 has raced the team from Hard Rock Sta- first race in ninth months. in southern Portugal, holding at in the United States since dium and the FIA to ensure The Frenchman converted on for his fifth MotoGP win. the Championship began in the circuit delivers exciting pole position to victory at the He was coming off a win in 1950, following Indianapolis, racing but also leaves a posi- Grande Premio 888 de Por- Qatar two weeks ago. Sebring, Riverside, Watkins tive and lasting contribution tugal as the MotoGP race saw Jack Miller and Miguel Glen, Long Beach, Las Vegas, to the people in the local com- some big names crash out, but Oliveira crashed early in the Detroit, Dallas, Phoenix, and munity,” he added. that wasn’t the case for sec- race, while Alex Rins fell later ond place Francesco Bagnaia Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP’s French rider and winner Fabio Quartararo (C) poses on the podium with when he was near the front. (Ducati Lenovo Team) and Ducati Lenovo Team’s 2nd-placed Italian rider Francesco Bagnaia (L) and Team Suzuki Ecstar’s third-placed Veteran Valentino Rossi also third place Joan Mir (Team Spanish rider Joan Mir after the MotoGP race of the Portuguese Grand Prix at the Algarve International crashed to add to his struggles Suzuki Ecstar). The returning Circuit in Portimao, Portugal, on Sunday. (AFP) at the start of the season, while Marc Marquez (Repsol Honda Johann Zarco — the champi- Team) battles through the Results at Turn 11 for P3. onship leader coming into the pain to finish P7 in Portimao. Marquez had a lackluster Portuguese GP — went down The win saw Quartararo 1: F Quartararo (FRA) Monster Energy Yamaha 41’46.412 9: Enea bastianini (ITA) Avintia Esponsorama +22.369 race in his return after break- with six laps to go while fight- 2: Francesco Bagnaia (ITA) Ducati Lenovo Team +4.809 10: T Nakagami (JPN) LCR Honda IDEMITSU +23.676 move into championship lead . 3: Joan Mir (SPA) Team Suzuki Ecstar +4.948 11: M Vinales (SPA) Monster Energy Yamaha +23.761 ing his right arm at the Span- ing at the top. Marquez made a wonder- 4: Franco Morbidelli (ITA) Petronas Yamaha SRT +5.127 12: Luca Marini (ITA) SKY VR46 Avintia +29.660 ish GP last summer. Zarco had finished second ful start and was battling Jack 5: Brad Binder (RSA) Red Bull KTM Factory Racing +6.668 13: D Petrucci (ITA) Tech 3 KTM Factory Racing +29.836 He missed the rest of last in the first two races of the sea- Miller (Ducati Lenovo Team) 6: Aleix Espargaro (SPA) Aprilia Racing Team Gresini +8.885 14: Lorenzo Savadori (ITA) Aprilia Racing Team +38.941 season and the first two races son, both in Qatar. 7: Marc Marquez (SPA) Repsol Honda Team +13.208 15: Iker Lecuona (SPA) Tech 3 KTM Factory Racing +50.642 for P3. 8: Alex Marquez (SPA) LCR Honda Castrol +17.992 this year. Maverick Vinales won the A graphic impression of the Hard Rock Stadium complex in Miami Mir made a typically great The Spaniard jumped to season-opener. Gardens, Florida, United States of America. start and was up into the top quez again on the opening lap. pion shoved his GSX-RR up fourth at the start and was as It was the third straight five, and it was Mir vs Mar- The reigning World Cham- the inside of the Repsol Honda high as third during the first win for Yamaha this season. Sports Monday, April 19, 2021 13 Icardi heads 95th-minute PSG winner in frenetic five-goal finale DPA Berlin

Returning substitute Mauro Icardi gave Paris Saint-Germain a remarkable 3-2 win at home to Saint- Etienne on Sunday to signifi- cantly boost the champions’ title hopes. A perplexing encounter was goalless until the 77th minute when Denis Bouanga had Saint-Etienne in front and PSG, beaten in their previous three home Ligue 1 games, facing defeat again. Kylian Mbappe levelled just 84 sec- onds later, though, and then won and converted a penalty to seemingly win the match and close to within a point of Paris Saint-Germain’s Argentinian forward Mauro Icardi (L) celebrates with PSG’s French forward Kylian Mbappe Paris Saint-Germain players celebrate after winning at the end of the French L1 match against Saint- leaders Lille, held by Montpel- after scoring against Saint-Etienne in French L1 at the Parc des Princes Stadium, in Paris, on Sunday. (AFP) Etienne at the Parc des Princes Stadium, in Paris, on Sunday. (AFP) lier on Friday. Yet that was far from the ful error from stand-in goal- Romain Hamouma a 92nd- Saint-Etienne had just to protect a point but allowed with a thigh strain, to reach nod in to spark jubilant cel- end of the drama, with an aw- keeper Sergio Rico gifting minute equaliser. three more minutes to see out Icardi, back after a month out Angel Di Maria’s cross and ebrations.

AFC CHAMPIONS LEAGUE UEFA warns clubs over participating Al Ahli Saudi rally to in a breakaway Super League hold Al Duhail 1-1 DPA sporting merit which are at Berlin the heart of the domestic and AFC European football pyramid.” Jeddah Europe’s ruling body The FA also condemned UEFA is set to approve sweep- the plans and German Foot- Al Ahli Saudi FC’s Omar Al ing Champions League reforms ball League chief Christian Soma scored in added time to on Monday and has issued a Seifert said his body “rejects cancel out Michael Olunga’s stern warning to clubs amid a any kind of European Super opener for Al Duhail SC as latest Super League threat. League concept” which would the two sides played out a 1-1 Sources told dpa that clubs “irreparably damage the na- draw on Matchday Two of the from England, Italy and Spain tional leagues as the basis of 2021 AFC Champions League were part of the latest plan, European professional foot- group stage at King Abdullah and news reports spoke of a ball.” Sports City on Sunday. league comprising 20 teams The latest development The home side had lost which could be announced as comes on the eve of a UEFA their opening Group C match early as Sunday and start in executive committee meeting against Esteghlal by a huge 2022. which apart from finalising scoreline while their Qa- Reports named Premier the host cities for the sum- tari opponents took all three League clubs Manchester mer’s Euro tournament is points against Iraqi side Al United, Arsenal, Liverpool, also to approve a Champions Shorta. The two sides had Tottenham and Chelsea; Ita- League reform from 2024 on- to settle for a draw this time ly’s Juventus and Milan clubs wards. around. AC and Inter, and the Span- The powerful European A lively start to the match ish trio of Barcelona, Real and Club Association (ECA) and took hold when inside the Atletico Madrid as part of it. UEFA’s club competitions first minute of play, captain Fifteen or 16 of the 20 committee were reportedly in Almoez Ali latched onto Ed- clubs in all are to be perma- agreement Friday about the milson’s pinpoint cross and nent members, and the re- reform under which the elite narrowly missed Mohammad maining four or five to qualify event is to be increased from Al Owais’ far post, as the Qa- for an event which according 32 to 36 teams and each team tari side looked to set the tone to the New York Times would plays 10 instead of six group for the match early on with Ol- “generate hundreds of mil- games in what is known as unga narrowly heading wide a lions of dollars in additional “the Swiss model.” Two of the few minutes later as well. revenue for the participating additional four clubs are to be Al Owais was forced into a teams, which are already the controversially come via his- save when Olunga received a richest clubs in the sport.” toric results not through qual- pass from Abdallah Al Ahrak Action from the Group C Matchday Two action between Qatar’s Al Duhail and Al Ahli Saudi played at the King Abdullah Sports City in jeddah on Sunday. Champions League title ification via domestic action. and carefully placed a right footed shot that the Saudi The deadlock was broken made no mistake in front of yet he somehow skied it. hail sitting atop Group C on keeper was more than equal to. less than 10 minutes into the goal this time. Al Soma equalised for four points, pending the late Ali once again tested the second half, with the home With the final whistle ap- the hosts at the death when game between Esteghlal FC keeper 10 minutes before side finally caving under pres- proaching, goalscorer Olunga Al Duhail’s defence failed to and Al Shorta while Al Ahli sit the break when he dribbled sure when Edmilson ran down missed a golden chance to clear a corner that fell to Mo- in third place with a loss and through the Saudi side’s ranks the right flank and crossed the double his tally and the score- taz Hawsawi, who played it to a draw. and fired a shot that was dealt ball into the area - initially line when some smart inter- the Syrian, the latter volleying with by Al Owais, after a peri- looking like it was aimed for play between his teammates it into the net against the run Scoreline: Al Duhail 1 (Michael od of play where the intensity Ali - but a deflection put into culminated in a penalty-shot of play. Olunga 53’) vs Al Ahli (KSA) 1 had slightly dropped. Olunga’s path and the Kenyan like situation for the Kenyan, The result leaves Al Du- (Omar Al Somah 90+1’).

The UEFA logo is seen at the organization’s headquarters in Nyon. UEFA and English, Spanish and Italian football authorities announced on Sunday that any clubs who take part in a so-called European Super Barcelona win Copa del Rey with League would be banned from all other domestic and continental competitions. European football’s governing body said it had learned that some English, Spanish and Italian clubs might announce a impressive destruction of Athletic breakaway competition. (AFP) holders Bayern Munich and The large number of ad- runners-up Paris Saint-Ger- ditional matches is a threat DPA many clear cut chances. main are said not to be among to domestic competitions and Barcelona Messi had a shot blocked the clubs who have not signed fan groups have also voiced and a free kick which hit the up or expressed interest. their dissent, with an even Lionel Messi and Frenkie de wall, while Inigo Martinez In a statement, UEFA and bigger upcry expected if a Su- Jong inspired Barcelona to a flicked an effort inches wide at football leagues and federa- per League becomes reality. 4-0 thrashing of Athletic Bilbao the other end. tions from England, Italy and The reports said that Eu- on Saturday to win the Copa del Antoine Griezmann should Spain spoke of “a cynical pro- ropean officials were discuss- Rey for a record 31st time. have broken the deadlock in ject, a project that is founded ing counter measures which The Catalans picked up the second half but was denied on the self-interest of a few could include banning Super their first trophy of the season from point-blank range by Ath- clubs at a time when society League clubs from next sea- and gained revenge for their letic goalkeeper Unai Simon. needs solidarity more than son’s Champions League. Spanish Super Cup defeat by The Spain international ever. “We will consider all meas- Athletic in January with a con- pulled off an even better stop “As previously announced ures available to us, at all lev- vincing victory. moments later, denying Sergio by FIFA and the six Federa- els, both judicial and sporting The Basques, who lost the Busquets from similarly close tions, the clubs concerned will in order to prevent this hap- postponed 2020 final a fort- proximity. be banned from playing in any pening. night ago also at La Cartuja in Eventually Barcelona other competition at domes- Football is based on open Seville, have not won the cup broke the deadlock on the tic, European or world level, competitions and sporting since 1984, when they beat hour mark, with Griezmann and their players could be de- merit; it cannot be any other Barcelona. making amends for his earlier nied the opportunity to repre- way,” the UEFA statement Ronald Koeman’s side, in miss by sweeping home from sent their national teams. said. search of their first trophy for De Jong’s cross. “We thank those clubs in “We call on all lovers of almost two years, started well The Dutchman headed other countries, especially the football, supporters and poli- and almost went ahead when home the second to end French and German clubs, ticians, to join us in fighting De Jong fired against the post Athletic’s resistance, before who have refused to sign up against such a project if it from Messi’s cut-back. Messi struck a superb brace to this.” The Premier League were to be announced. This It was the best opportunity A handout picture released by the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) shows Barcelona’s players celebrat- to give new president Joan said it “condemns any pro- persistent self-interest of a of a first half which they domi- ing with the trophy at the end of the Spanish Copa del Rey (King’s Cup) final against Athletic Club Bilbao at Laporta the first trophy of his posal that attacks the princi- few has been going on for too nated, without creating too La Cartuja stadium in Seville, Spain, on Saturday. (AFP) second reign. ples of open competition and long. Enough is enough.” 14 Monday, April 19, 2021 Sports Tsitsipas downs Rublev for maiden

A file photo of Roger Federer Masters 1000 title in Monaco celebrating his win against Stanislas Wawrinka in the 2019 ATP other. Playing Andrey was a French Open in Paris. (AFP) Monaco very difficult thing to do to- day, also considering that it Federer confirms Third time proved to be the was a final. charm for Stefanos Tsitsi- “There is extra stress French Open pas at the Rolex Monte-Carlo and extra importance in the Masters on Sunday when he match that we had to play. (I participation collected his first ATP Masters am) definitely proud of the 1000 title with a 6-3, 6-3 vic- way I managed to behave and DPA tory against Andrey Rublev. be out on the court today. Berlin Appearing in his third “The clay court season final at the level, Tsitsipas couldn’t have started bet- Roger Federer confirmed on dropped just four points be- ter,” Tsitsipas said. Sunday he will grace the clay hind his first serve (24/28) “It is the best thing win- courts at the French Open and to capture the second big- ning my first Masters 1000 Geneva Open. gest title of his career after and it is even more special The 20-time grand slam 71 minutes. As a result of doing it here on home soil in champion made his comeback his final win, the 2019 Nitto Monte-Carlo and doing it on at the Qatar ExxonMobil Open ATP Finals champion will clay, which is my favourite last month after a long ab- climb to first position in the surface.” sence following knee surgery. FedEx ATP Race To Turin Tsitsipas made a fast Federer was beaten on Monday. start on Court Rainier III. by Nikoloz Basilashvili at the The six-time ATP Tour The Athens native pinned quarter-final stage in Doha be- titlist did not drop a set Rublev into his backhand fore opting against playing in throughout his week at the corner to earn his first break Dubai and Miami. Monte-Carlo Country Club. point of the match at 1-0 and The 39-year-old Swiss on “I had an unbelievable week switched tactics with a back- Sunday announced he will fea- in Monte-Carlo,” Tsitsipas said hand up the line to claim the ture on home soil in a Geneva in his post-match interview. only break of the set. Open event that gets under “I can’t describe my feel- Tsitsipas dropped just way on May 16. ings right now. I am over- two points across his next World number seven whelmed by so many differ- four service games (16/18) to Federer will also be in the ent emotions and nostalgia. move one set from victory. draw for the second grand It is incredible that I am able Tsitsipas showcased a slam of the year at Roland to be in the position that I mix of power and precision Garros, where he reached the am. We both deserved to be Greece’s Stefanos Tsitsipas celebrates after winning the final of the Monte-Carlo ATP Masters against Russia’s Andrey Rublev 6-3, 6-3 in Mo- on his backhand and found semi-final two years ago in his in the final. We put on an naco on Sunday. (AFP) consistent depth on his first appearance at the Paris amazing fight and an amaz- forehand return to break for major since 2015. ing show… I would consider are the only players to have I had an unbelievable week in Monte-Carlo. I following his straight-sets the second time at 1-1 in the He tweeted: “Hi everyone! it as the (best) week of my claimed 20 or more victories can’t describe my feelings right now. I am over- quarter-final win at Roland second set. Happy to let you know that I life so far.” this season. whelmed by so many different emotions and Garros last year. The World No. 5 contin- will play Geneva and Paris. Tsitsipas claimed early The 23-year-old gained “I knew that he was go- ued his fine serving perfor- “Until then, I will use the breaks in each set and domi- revenge for his semi-final nostalgia. It is incredible that I am able to be in the ing to be a very difficult op- mance to reach match point, time to train. Can’t wait to play nated on serve to narrow the loss to the Russian at last position that I am. We both deserved to be in the final. ponent to face. There were when he broke Rublev for in Switzerland again.” Rafael gap on Rublev at the top of month’s ABN AMRO World We put on an amazing fight and an amazing show… I a lot of nerves coming into the third time. Nadal will be a strong favour- the 2021 wins leaderboard. Tennis Tournament in Rot- would consider it as the (best) week of my life so far. that match. Tsitsipas sunk to his ite to surpass Federer’s tally The Monte-Carlo finalists terdam. Tsitsipas has won “(We) always want to knees in celebration after of grand slam titles in Paris, currently occupy the top his past two clay-court en- Stefanos Tsitsipas bring the best out of [our- Rublev fired a cross-court where he has won the French two positions on the list and counters against Rublev, selves] when facing each backhand into the tramline. Open a record 13 times. Maxwell, De Villiers and bowlers Delhi Capitals register easy hand RCB 38-run win over KKR win over Punjab Kings ANI ANI Mumbai Chennai Mayank Agarwal masterclass Glenn Maxwell and AB de had put Punjab Kings on course Villiers’ knocks of 78 and 76 of victory but Shikhar Dha- were backed up a spirited wan’s ferocious knock took the bowling performance as Royal game away from the KL Rahul- Challengers Bangalore (RCB) led side as Delhi Capitals regis- defeated Kolkata Knight Rid- tered an easy win in the Indian ers (KKR) by 38 runs on Sun- Premier League (IPL) match day here at the MA Chidam- here at the Wankhede Stadium baram Stadium. on Sunday. Andre Russell played a Mayank’s sensational knock of runs for KKR, but in knock and a final over cameo the end, RCB managed to hold by Shahrukh Khan had pro- on to record their third victory pelled Punjab Kings to put in a row this season. This is the an impressive 195 for four. In first time that RCB has man- response, Dhawan’s firing in- aged to win their first three nings and Stoinis’ onslaught games in an IPL season. helped Delhi Capitals get over Chasing 205, KKR got the line with 10 balls to spare. off to a flier as ShubmanG ill Dhawan failed to score a scored 21 runs off just nine century as he got out on 92 Delhi Capitals’ Shikhar Dhawan during his knock of 92 runs against balls, but in trying to look for off 49 balls but the opening Punjab Kings in the Vivo IPL at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on another big shot, Gill lost his batsman ensured Delhi Capi- Sunday. (BCCI/IPL) wicket to Kyle Jamieson in the tals were right on track for a second over of the innings. victory. for six. The left-handed bats- for the first wicket. Rahul Tripathi then joined After Dhawan’s departure, man three back-to-back fours Rahul tried to change Nitish Rana in the middle and Stoinis’ cameo steered Delhi in the 14th over but got out in gears but Kagiso Rabada dis- the duo put on 34 runs for the Capitals to a comfortable win the next over. missed him in the 16th over second wicket, but in looking despite the side losing skipper With Delhi Capitals still as Marcus Stoinis took an for a maximum, Tripathi (25) Rishabh Pant in the 18th over. needing 44 in five overs, easy catch. Six balls later Chris ended up losing his wicket Chasing 196, Delhi Capi- Rishabh Pant played a cau- Gayle sliced the ball in the air to Shubman Gill in the sixth tals got off to a solid start as tious knock but Marcus but failed to get any distance over, reducing KKR to 57/2. openers Prithvi Shaw and Shi- Stoinis bludgeoned the Punjab as Chris Woakes took his first In the very next over, Yuz- khar Dhawan fired the side to Kings bowling attack thanks wicket of the day. vendra Chahal managed to 57 in the first five overs. to two no-balls from Shami in Deepak Hooda and Nicho- send Rana (18) back to the South African AB De Villiers (left) and Australian Glen Maxwell of Royal Challengers Bangalore during their However, Arshdeep Singh the 17th over. las Pooran then whacked what pavilion and KKR was left in a innings against Kolkata Knight Riders at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai on Sunday. (BCCI/IPL) ended Shaw’s short stint at the Earlier, put in to bat first came in their slot before Avesh spot of bother at 66/3. crease as the opening batsman Punjab Kings got off to a fly- Khan ended the West Indies KKR fell further into a In the end, the task proved (1) in the second over of the third-wicket partnership and departed after scoring 32 off ing start with Mayank and KL batsmen knock in the penulti- slump as Dinesh Karthik (2) too much and KKR ended up innings. Varun Chakravarthy reducing RCB to 95/3. 17 balls in the sixth over. Rahul firing on cylinders right mate over. failed to impress with the bat stumbling to a 38-run loss. provided the first two break- De Villiers then joined Steven Smith, who came from the word go. In the final over Shahrukh and ended up losing his wicket Earlier, RCB might have throughs to KKR. Maxwell in the middle and the into bat at number three failed Mayank hit his first fifty of Khan scored 15 runs to take to Chahal. been 9/2 in the second over, Maxwell then joined duo further accelerated the in- to leave a mark. The Austral- the season in just 25 balls as Punjab Kings close to 200 in Eoin Morgan played a 29- but Glenn Maxwell and AB de Padikkal in the crease and nings, not giving KKR bowlers ian batsman’s sluggish knock Punjab Kings got over the 90- their allotted 20 overs run knock from 23 balls, but Villiers’ knocks of 78 and 76 the duo revived the innings any sort of respite. ended when he tried to break run mark in 10 overs. How- Scores: Punjab Kings 195/4 his innings was cut short by ensured that the side posts a for RCB. Maxwell (78) finally de- the shackles but was caught in ever, Meriwala provided Delhi (Mayank Agarwal 69, KL Rahul Harshal Patel with KKR still total of 204/4 in the allotted Padikkal played a second parted in the 17th over as Pat the deep. Capitals the much-needed 61; Lukman Meriwala 1-32); needing 91 more runs for the twenty overs. fiddle while Maxwell took Cummins bounced him out. But Dhawan continued his breakthrough as he dismissed Delhi Capitals 198/4 (Shikhar win. Along with Maxwell and on the mantle of being the However, the Proteas bats- onslaught and smacked a Mo- Mayank in the 13th over end- Dhawan 92, Prithvi Shaw 32; Andre Russell came out de Villiers, Devdutt Padik- aggressor. man carried on with the mo- hammad Shami’s slower ball ing the 122-run partnership Jhye Richardson 2-41). to bat next and he even hit kal and Kyle Jamieson also The right-handed Max- mentum and in the end, RCB Yuzvendra Chahal for 19 runs played knocks of 25 and 11 well hammered KKR bowlers posted a total of more than the in the 17th over and as a re- respectively. all around the park and he was 200-run mark. sult, KKR needed 59 runs for For KKR, Varun looking set to take RCB’s score Muttiah Muralitharan undergoes angioplasty in Chennai the win from the final three Chakravarthy returned with beyond the 180-run mark. Scores: RCB 204/4 (Glenn Chennai: Former Sri Lankan spinner and Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) bowling coach Muttiah Murali- overs. Shakib Al Hasan (26) two wickets. Prasidh Krishna finally Maxwell 78, Ab de Villiers 76*, tharan has undergone angioplasty here in Chennai. According to a report in ESPNcricinfo, the bowling and Pat Cummins (6) lost Opting to bat first, RCB provided the much-needed Varun Chakravarthy 2-39) legend has had a stent fitted to unblock his artery. Muralitharan, who has 800 wickets in the longest their wickets to Jamieson in got off to a bad start as the breakthrough to KKR as he vs KKR 166/8 (Andre Russell format of the game, will rejoin SRH camp when he is discharged from the hospital. SRH lost the Indian the 18th over and it all boiled side lost wickets of Virat dismissed Padikkal (25) in the 31, Eoin Morgan 29, Kyle Jamie- Premier League (IPL) match against Mumbai Indians on Saturday. The David Warner-led team will next down to Russell. Kohli (5) and Rajat Patidar 12th over, ending the 86-run son 3-41). lock horns with Punjab Kings on Wednesday. (ANI) Sports Monday, April 19, 2021 15 Kipchoge back on top of podium with marathon win in Enschede DPA Frankfurt (GERMANY)

World record holder Eli- ud Kipchoge of Kenya won a tune-up marathon for the Tokyo Olympics on Sunday in the Netherlands. Kipchoge returned to the top of the podium in an eight-lap race under strict hygiene rules at Enschede airport after suffering a first defeat in October inL on- don in an eighth-place finish. He clocked 2 hours 4 min- utes 30 seconds on Sunday, almost three minutes off his (L-R) Second place Kenya’s Jonathan Korir, winner Kenya’s Eliud Kip- world record 2:01:39 hours. choge and third placed Eritrea’s Goitom Kifle pose on the podium after Compatriot Jonathan Korir the “Hamburg Marathon” in Enschede, the Netherlands on Sunday. (AFP) was second and Goitom Kifle of Eritrea was third. the Olympics to test our fitness. Dubbed “the fastest way to Kipchoge aims to become To organise this in the middle Tokyo,” the race was designed the third man to win two Olym- of a pandemic and show that to help runners meet qualify- pic marathon golds in a row, people can still run and deliver ing standards for the Olympics the others being Ethiopia’s their best race before the Olym- in summer. Abebe Bikila and Waldemar pics is very important.” Organizers said that 15 Cierpinski of East Germany. The race only open for elite men and 10 women met the “It is mission accom- runners was originally sched- automatic qualifying standard, plished,” Kipchoge said. “The uled to take place on April 11 the women including German conditions were really good, a in Hamburg but had to be can- winner Katharina Steinruck bit windy but I have no com- celled there owing to tightened who clocked 2:25:30 hours plaint, we were running as one. coronavirus regulations in the over the 42.195-kilometres The race was really perfect. The leading group consisting of Kenya’s Jonathan Korir, Kenya’s Eliud Kipchoge, Pacemaker Kenya’s Philemon Kacheran and Pacemaker Kenya’s German port city. Enschede distance to beat Sara Moreira “It was so good a marathon Noah Kipkemboi compete during the “Hamburg Marathon” held at the Twente airport in Enschede, the Netherlands on Sunday as part of the stepped in and organized the of Portugal and another Ger- happened a few months before qualification for the rescheduled Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games in Japan.( AFP) event in less than a fortnight. man, Rabea Schoeneborn. Dortmund keep Champions League bid alive with 4-1 over Bremen DPA tivated after yesterday,” Reus Dortmund (Germany) told Sky TV in reference to Frankfurt’s and Wolfsburg’s Erling Haaland scored a defeats. brace as Borussia Dortmund “We cut the deficit which came from behind on Sunday was our big aim. We stayed for a 4-1 Bundesliga victory calm after falling behind and AC Milan’s Croatrian forward Mario Mandzukic (C) and teammates over Werder Bremen and kept played our game. We must celebrate after Genoa scored an own goal during the Italian Serie A their Champions League am- continue this way. It’s all match vs Genoa at the San Siro stadium in Milan on Sunday. (AFP) bitions intact. open.” Bremen’s Niklas Mois- Bremen led early from ander said: We are aware of Milot Rashica but Dortmund the situation and need points Own goal keeps Milan turned matters around within against (fellow strugglers) nine minutes from Giovanni Mainz on Wednesday.” The Reyna and the double from second Sunday game between in Serie A title hunt Haaland who raised his season Mainz and Hertha Berlin was tally to 23 goals. Mats Hum- postponed because Hertha DPA hand by Scamacca, who inad- mels was named scorer of the are in a two-week quarantine Berlin vertently diverted Hakan Cal- late fourth which went in off after several positive corona- hanoglu’s corner into his own Bremen defender Theodor Ge- virus tests, with their next two Milan kept some pressure on net in the 68th minute. bre Selassie. games also pushed back. Serie A leaders Inter Milan as They required late defen- Dortmund remained fifth Bayern Munich won 3-2 in they cut the gap at the top of the sive heroics from Kjaer and but moved within four points Wolfsburg on Saturday to go table to eight points with an un- Fiyako Tomori to stay in front of Eintracht Frankfurt who in seven points clear at the top convincing 2-1 win over Genoa. as they each produced goal- fourth occupy the last Champi- but that was overshadowed by Ante Rebic’s superb 13th- line clearances to deny Andrea ons League slot with five games the announcement of coach minute opener appeared to Masiello and Valon Behrami left in the season and lost Sat- Dortmund’s Norwegian forward Erling Braut Haaland heads the ball during the German first division Bun- Hansi Flick that he wants to put Milan on course for a rou- and keep Milan hanging on urday, just as Wolfsburg one desliga match against SV Werder Bremen in Dortmund, Germany, on Sunday. (AFP) leave in summer. tine win, but they made heavy Inter’s coattails. point ahead of them in third. Bayern bosses reacted Sun- weather of things thereafter. Inter can stretch their lead Bremen are being sucked from Hummels after a long ball area in the 29th, Haaland con- a row following last week day after a long silence saying Former Milan loanee at the top back to 11 points by into the relegation fight after from Maximilian Eggestein and verted a penalty five minutes against Leipzig in the 87th “FC Bayern disapproves of the Mattia Destro levelled before beating Napoli later on Sun- a fifth straight defeat, in 13th striking into the far left corner later after captain Marco Reus when Jiri Pavlenka parried a unilateral communications is- half-time and the Rossoneri day, but Milan’s slim hopes just four points above the dan- for a 14th-minute lead. was brought down, and poked header from Hummels but the sued by Hansi Flick” because required an own goal from are still alive, while this result ger zone. But Reyna then sensation- Dortmund’s third in the 38th. ball bounced over the line off they said they had agreed to Gianluca Scamacca to claim is another step towards mak- The visitors started well, ally smashed into the top right Bremen were then con- Gebre Selassie. talk about it after next week’s maximum points. ing sure of Champions League with Rashica running away corner from the edge of the fined to a second 4-1 loss in “We were even more mo- two games. Milan were given a helping qualification. Bayern Munich still silent after Flick’s Nketiah nets late equaliser as departure plan; Nagelsmann next? Arsenal hit back against Fulham DPA DPA London Berlin Arsenal striker Eddie Nke- Bayern Munich were still tiah came off the bench on silent on their website and so- Sunday to score a last-gasp cial media accounts on Sunday equaliser against Fulham - morning after coach Hansi whose Premier League sur- Flick had revealed the pre- vival bid suffered another late vious day he has asked club blow as a result. bosses to be released out of his Scott Parker’s side lost to contract after the season. Leipzig’s German headcoach Julian Nagels- a last-minute goal to Wolver- There were neither post- mann reacts from the sidelines during the hampton Wanderers last time match quotes from the 3-2 German Bundesliga match against TSG out but appeared on course victory at Wolfsburg which 1899 Hoffenheim in Leipzig on Friday. (AFP) for a first-ever away win over drew Bayern closer to a ninth Arsenal following Josh Maja’s straight Bundesliga title, not second-half penalty. the usual broadcast of Flick’s Instead, it was further news conference, and no reac- heartbreak as Nketiah scram- tion from the leadership. bled in from point-blank range President Herbert Hainer, to earn the misfiringG unners chairman Karl-Heinz Rum- a 1-1 draw. menigge and others must now Mikel Arteta made five decide whether to grant Flick’s changes from Arsenal side Arsenal’s English striker Eddie Nketiah (L) celebrates scoring a late wish to go before the expira- board member sports Hasan ing to Kicker sports magazine ing a salary with RB Leipzig which cruised into the semi- equalising goal for 1-1 during the English Premier League match tion of his deal until 2023, and Salihamidzic. made Flick ponder an exit since coach Julian Nagelsmann who finals of the Europa League against Fulham in London on Sunday. (AFP) if they do so, find a successor In an interview with ZDF last autumn and that club lead- is considered the favourite for with a 4-0 win at Slavia for the man who won six ti- television Saturday night, ers “lost control” over the issue. the Munich hotseat. Prague on Thursday but they their penalty as referee Craig hammer the ball home from tles with the team last season Flick explicitly thanks Rum- “For Flick and Bayern it is Erik ten Hag of Ajax Am- never looked like hitting those Pawson pointed to the spot 12 yards and give Fulham re- and likely a seventh this term menigge, Hainer and ex-pres- now about making sure that sterdam, a former Munich heights here. on the advice of his assistant, newed optimism of avoiding through the league. ident Uli Hoeness for being the dents of the past months reserve team coach, has also But there would be VAR with VAR checking Gabriel the drop. They have all but no choice given the opportunity to coach and weeks for both parties been mentioned. Flick is controversy throughout, Dani Magalhaes’ foul on Mario Nketiah’s eventual leveller to let Flick go after the five re- Bayern, while Salihamidzic don’t amount to a total loss,” meanwhile expected to suc- Ceballos seeing a header ruled Lemina and then a potential would stand after an offside maining games. was not mentioned. Kicker said. ceed Joachim Loew as Germa- out after Bukayo Saka had offside against Ola Aina in the check against Rob Holding Flick refused to go into The relationship has been The report suggested that ny coach, having been Loew’s been centimetres offside in the move leading to the spot-kick. in the build-up, with Parker details but the main reason damaged for months, mainly Flick believed that Salihamid- assistant between 2006 and build-up. With both decisions stand- exasperated on the touchline is said to be a major rift with over transfer issues, and accord- zic was already even discuss- the 2014 World Cup win. Then Fulham would get ing, it was left to Maja to once again. 16 Monday, April 19, 2021 The Last Word QU to collect, document Qatari heritage stories from 1950s and 1960s Tribune News Network QU will collect and docu- [email protected].” through that period. Doha ment the stories of the people “The committee respects “The importance of docu- of Qatar that tell about their the privacy of individuals if menting social history and Within the framework of lives and daily experiences they wish to share some sto- monitoring the living real- Qatar University (QU) Li- during that period. This docu- ries without mentioning their ity during that era stems from brary’s keenness to collect mentation aims to preserve an names. Among the topics that the fact that it is a period of Qatari heritage, the university aspect of the national heritage can be written about are: work time during which the Qatari has formed a joint committee of Qatar in order to benefit the in the oil industry, changes society witnessed social and with the College of Arts and future generations of the Qatari in the family system, bureau- cultural transformations that Sciences to collect the stories people, as well as students and cracy, school systems and any represented a turning point of the Qatari people and their researchers from all around the other topics in the same con- in the lives of those who were daily lives during the 1950s world interested in studying text,” she added. contemporary of that period.” and 1960s, and to document and researching Qatar and the Peter Polak-Springer, as- He added, “They have the stories that tell about their Gulf region in general. sociate professor of European lived through the changes and lives and their daily experi- For concerned members Humanities at College of Arts transformations that affected ences in various walks of life. of the Qatari community, this and Sciences, said: “The Qatar them and were affected by This initiative led by Qatar project represents a rare op- University Library is building them. Therefore, we urge the University is importance due portunity to narrate and docu- an archive that documents the people and residents of Qatar to the lack of written records ment their life experiences Maryam Al Thani Peter Polak-Springer social history and intangible who were contemporaries of about this period in Qatar’s during the 50s and 60s, and cultural heritage of the early that era to convey to us their history, as many changes oc- based on that, the committee from that period of their lives formation Services at Qatar tari people and individuals modernisation era in Qatar in experiences and stories, as curred in the lifestyle of the will interview Qataris or those up to their personal choices. University Library, said, “We who lived in Qatar during the the 1950s and 1960s by col- they deserve to be an integral Qatari community during the living in Qatar in the 50s and Maryam Al Thani, section will start this campaign to period. These stories can be lecting realistic experiences part of the history and herit- 1950s and 1960s. 60s. To write their memoirs head of Reference and In- collect the stories of the Qa- sent to the e-mail: Library. and stories of those who lived age of our country.” QF’s WISH partners with BMJ to SC and QGBC team up to promote innovation in health care

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The World Innovation Sum- mit for Health (WISH) has Qatar’s hospitality sector announced a strategic part- nership with BMJ Innova- tions, a specialist peer-re- The partnership will boost efforts to stage a carbon-neutral FIFA World Cup in 2022 viewed online journal from The BMJ – the world’s most Tribune News Network eminent and most cited gen- Doha eral medical journal that focuses on emerging digital Mega-events like the FIFA When we looked at the health, medical devices, pro- World Cup are known to pro- Sustainability Strategy for cess and system innovations. duce excitement and joy to the the World Cup, we became BMJ Innovations, first millions who attend and en- even more committed to published in 2015, champi- Maha El Akoum, head of Content and Research Fellow at WISH gage with them. In turn, there adopt the best practices ons high-quality original re- (right), and Mahmoud El Achi, head of Innovation at WISH. are numerous benefits to host- search, early-stage innovation ing such an event, including and tailor them for Qatar, reports and systemic and nar- one (https://bit.ly/3sQ6G6a) economically and socially. and also make them rative reviews. The announcement of this co-authored by Maha El Ak- Yet, for all the positives expandable to other The partnership with new partnership comes as oum, WISH head of Con- that such an economic boost countries WISH – Qatar Foundation’s tent and Research Fellow; provides, there is also associ- global health initiative – will BMJ Innovations relaunch- and Mahmoud El Achi, ated waste, carbon emissions Eng Bodour Al Meer Eng Meshal Al Shamari Eng Meshal Al Shamari increase the publication of es with a new editorial WISH head of Innovation; and water use. It was these high-quality original research, board and global focus on and the other (https://bit. challenges, along with many countries.” hotels in Qatar since 2016. and schemes based on those provide greater global access accelerating the adoption ly/3mkqlZC) is a paper that others, that prompted Qatar’s Shamari added, “The de- The SC and QGBC have outcomes. It will be a great to evidence-based innovation of the latest innovations explores the use of innova- pledge to deliver a carbon- sign process took some time – collaborated to deliver work- legacy that we can share with practice and support the de- tion in Qatar’s approach to neutral World Cup. This will but when the implementation shops about sustainability best the world.” velopment of themed issues that will make the biggest COVID-19, authored by key be achieved by estimating car- started, we found the SC very practices and while Shamari is SC’s Sustainability Direc- on topics where new innova- impact on health figures in the fight against the bon emissions, reducing them advanced in the sustainability looking forward to measuring tor Eng Bodour Al Meer un- tions can make an impact. pandemic, including leaders as much as possible, and off- field. They have a great team the effectiveness of the collab- derlined the importance of the Director of Outreach and from the Ministry of Public setting any that are remaining. that uses sustainability experi- oration in the near future, he is collaboration with QGBC. Partnerships at WISH Nicho- as mRNA vaccines and AI – Health and a range of key A goal such as this requires ences and best practices from keen for the work to continue “The hospitality sector will las Bradshaw said, “This is a that will make a positive leg- stakeholders. important partnerships with all over the world.” long after the final whistle is play a key role in the successful significant partnershipand acy on health long after we’ve Collaborating with BMJ like-minded stakeholders. A member of Qatar Foun- blown at Qatar 2022. delivery of the tournament,” we believe it will contribute brought the pandemic under Innovations underlines One of those partnerships dation, QGBC was established “It is important at this said Meer. “We are proud to shaping how the concept of control. I hope that this new WISH’s longstanding commit- has seen the Supreme Com- in 2009 as a non-profit, mem- stage to capture challenges to be partnering with QGBC health innovation is perceived partnership with WISH will ment to promoting innovation mittee for Delivery & Legacy bership-driven organisation and explore solutions, in ad- on this project to encourage around the world. help accelerate the adoption in healthcare, both locally and (SC) form a collaboration with that provides leadership and dition to informing and edu- green practice in this sector. “The underlying objective of these and other innova- globally, as well as builds on Qatar Green Building Council encourages collaboration in cating the sector through lo- Fans, officials and teams that is central to our vision that is tions to improve health out- the ongoing relationship with (QGBC). Together, the SC and conducting sustainable prac- cal and global best practices” use their accommodation dur- supporting and promoting in- comes worldwide.” The BMJ that was first formed QGBC consult with Qatar’s tices in Qatar. Key to QGBC’s Shamari said. “The documen- ing the World Cup are one of novation in global healthcare. The announcement of this last year when WISH commis- hospitality sector to encour- goals are building and engag- tation of the work during this the main contributors to the As an amplifier of the work new partnership comes as sioned three BMJ-produced age them to adopt sustainable ing an active network of stake- period and during the World tournament’s carbon inven- that The BMJ does, we are BMJ Innovations relaunches research reports that were practices, in the lead-up to the holders to champion sustain- Cup in 2022 will make for a tory but by working together, very proud to form this stra- with a new editorial board also presented at the WISH World Cup and beyond. ability. very good reference of experi- we can reduce that. Hotels will tegic partnership.” and global focus on accelerat- 2020 virtual summit, the fifth “The actual partnership This has seen achieve- ences that can drive decision continue to welcome guests Editor-in-Chief of BMJ ing the adoption of the latest edition of the biennial global started when we found that we ments in supporting local ho- making process and national long after the tournament’s Innovations Ashley McKimm innovations that will make conference. have very specific areas where tels earn certification through policies towards a sustainabil- final whistle. It is an opportu- said, “WISH and BMJ Inno- the biggest impact on health. This partnership also we can work together,” said initiatives like the Green Key ity paradigm shift in the hospi- nity to leave a green legacy for vations have a shared vision The April issue of the jour- underscores WISH and The QGBC Director Eng Meshal Award (LINK: https://qatarg- tality sector within Qatar and the World Cup.” of a healthier world through nal, available online on April BMJ’s mutual commitment Al Shamari. “When we looked bc.org/programs/greenkey). also internationally.” Learn more about the SC’s better global collaboration, 19 via innovations.bmj.com, to sharing and disseminating at the Sustainability Strategy As a leading international He added, “Our support Sustainability Strategy: which will be particularly im- has a special focus on inno- evidence-based knowledge, for the World Cup, we became standard of excellence in the to sustainability in Qatar will https://www.qatar2022. portant leading on from the vations that were developed and supporting healthcare even more committed to adopt field of environmental respon- not conclude at the end of the qa/en/about/sustainabil- current pandemic. or matured during the COV- leaders, experts, and policy the best practices and tailor sibility and sustainable opera- World Cup, it will continue for ity (EN); https://www.qa- “Alongside the huge hu- ID-19 pandemic. makers in building healthier them for Qatar, and also make tion within the tourism indus- years after that. This will al- tar2022.qa/ar/about/sustain- man cost of COVID-19, we’ve This issue includes two communities and improving them expandable to other try, Green Key has certified 11 low us to amend our systems ability (AR) seen many innovations – such research papers from Qatar, health outcomes. VCUarts Qatar interior design alumna wins French design award

Tribune News Network senses that are as equally impor- go beyond the visual sense, and Doha tant as the visual. During my re- explores the psychology and the search at École Camondo I suc- curiosity of children. ‘How does this design make cessfully led a few experiments “The structure of the table me feel, and why is it that I feel that included different sensory was one of the most challenging this way?’ When an interior de- components; I was able to link tasks I had attempted,” she says. sign student first asked herself certain emotions to the textures “On one hand, my design was that question during a project in that I created. based on the psychological im- her sophomore year at Virginia “I decided to implement pact of a cocoon on children. The Commonwealth University these findings in my final pro- shape of the arches is meant to School of the Arts in Qatar (VC- ject ‘Au-delà’ where I could invite young users to crawl under Uarts Qatar) in 2015, little did design furniture that go ‘be- the table to play; to create their she know that that query would yond the visual’ or ‘Au-delà du own isolated, imaginary world. become a compass to keep her visuel’. I created three pieces of We installed Sunbrella’s fabric on the right course of every de- furniture: a dining table (which on the inside part of the arches to sign-related journey she would won the award), a couch and an show the concept. On the other undertake over the following armchair. In each design, I high- hand, I worked on ergonomics years, all the way to creating an lighted surfaces or zones that, as and anthropometrics for both award-winning entry for a de- designers, we don’t pay much children and adults in order to sign competition in France. attention to. For instance, for make sure that the table is func- In November 2020, Zeina the table, it was the underside; tional from both perspectives.” Sleiman, a Class of 2018 Interior rative competition with École ness renowned for developing man’s entry, a dining table de- magazine, which also has an ar- for the couch, it was the side cor- “When I heard that I was Design graduate from VCUarts Camondo, the interior architec- workspace solutions in multiple sign titled, ‘Au-delà du visuel’ ticle about each of the three win- ners, and as for the armchair, it one of the prize winners, I was Qatar, a Qatar Foundation (QF) ture and design school in Paris sectors, and Lafuma, a French- (Beyond the Visual), was select- ners and their projects. was the armrest.” elated,” Sleiman says. “And it partner university, won a prize where Zeina was a postgradu- based specialist in outdoor ed by Sunbrella, while Moore “As designers, we tend to According to the VCUarts wasn’t merely because of the in a competition by French in- ate student from 2018 to 2020, equipment and clothing. Designs and Lafuma chose de- focus on the visual aspect of the Qatar alumna from Lebanon, award. It was also because the ternational design magazine ‘In- Sunbrella, a company specialis- The competition awarded signs by two other students. interiors and furniture pieces,” the design for the award-win- honour seemed to bring the de- tramuros’. ing in performance fabric for prizes to the top three designs The three winning students says Sleiman, as she explains ning table was based on an en- sign-thinking processes I picked The magazine, for the first indoor & outdoor requirements, produced by the final year stu- feature on the cover of the the project. “I wanted to change tire semester’s research that up during my undergraduate time, had organised a collabo- Moore Design, a design busi- dents at École Camondo. Slei- March edition of Intramuros that, and highlight the other tackled sensory elements that studies, to tangible fruition.”