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Amir to attend FIFA Club World funeral of late Tunisian President Cup Qatar 2019 to Essebsi today QNA/DOHA kick off on Dec 11 Amir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani will attend the national funeral ceremony to QNA Three participants be held today by the ZURICH have already been Government of the Republic of Tunisia for the late Tunisian This year’s FIFA Club World Cup confirmed and the President Beji Caid Essebsi. will kick off on December 11, teams from CAF, with the champions being AFC and CONMEBOL MOPH warns crowned on December 21. The will be known in dates of the tournament taking consumers against a place in Qatar were confirmed the coming months. UK-made soft drink by the Bureau of the FIFA The champions THE PENINSULA/DOHA Council. will be crowned on In its current format fea- December 21. The Ministry of Public Health turing seven teams, the FIFA (MOPH) has warned consumers Club World Cup will again against having a non-alcoholic consist of eight matches, with for the second round of the FIFA soft drink, a Tesco brand made the draw that will determine the Club World Cup Qatar 2019, in the United Kingdom, due to A traffic police officer giving reflective safety vest to a worker on the Corniche. pairings for the second-round with the AFC runners-up playing the possibility of high fermen- matches and the semi-finals the opening match against tation within the glass pack- taking place at the Home of FIFA Hienghene Sport. aging which could lead to its in Zurich on September 16. If the AFC Champions Awareness campaign to reduce damage. Three participants have League winners are not a club In a statement issued yes- already been confirmed: CF from Qatar, then the current terday, the Ministry said that Monterrey from Mexico holders of the Qatar Stars pedestrian traffic accidents this warning includes the fol- (winners of the 2019 Concacaf League title, Al Sadd SC, will lowing products: Valencia Champions League), play the opening match SIDI MOHAMED the country in 2017. To address of crossing road from designated Orange & Passion Fruit (750 Hienghene Sport from New against Hienghene Sport on THE PENINSULA the problem, the Traffic places to save their lives and ml), Sicilian Lemon & Garden Caledonia (winners of the 2019 December 11. Department has already taken avoid fines of violating traffic Mint (750 ml), Raspberry & OFC Champions League) and The winners of the first- As part of its campaign to reduce a number of initiatives to reduce rules. Pomegranate (750 ml), Apple & Liverpool FC from England round match and the represent- pedestrian traffic accidents, the run-over accidents in areas wit- The Traffic Department will Elderflower (750 ml). The (winners of the 2018-2019 atives of the AFC, CAF and Con- General Directorate of Traffic nessing more fatalities. start recording violations of products expiration date is UEFA Champions League). The cacaf, who will be drawn in no yesterday distributed reflective The campaign launched yes- traffic rules by pedestrians from before March 2020, it added. participants from CAF, AFC and particular order as teams A, B, safety vests among workers at terday at the Corniche is part of August 1, 2019 and will impose The statement pointed out CONMEBOL will be known in C and D, will contest the second Corniche also educating them on ‘Accident-free Summer’ a fine of up to QR500 depending that the Ministry of Public Health the coming months. round. how to cross roads from desig- awareness campaign by the on the type of offence. received international notifi- The club representing hosts The second-round winners nated places. Ministry of interior recently, the Many entities from the cation in this regard and took all Qatar will depend on the will face the UEFA or CON- The pedestrian accidents traffic department said on its Traffic Department participated necessary measures to reduce outcome of the ongoing AFC MEBOL representatives in the emerged as a challenge because, official Twitter account. in the event including traffic any potential risks. The Ministry Champions League. If a team semi-finals, with the respective according to recent data of the The awareness campaign awareness department, patrols also urged consumers to avoid from Qatar are the AFC cham- pairings having been previously General Directorate of Traffic 32 primarily targeted workers edu- department and investigation consumption of these products pions, they will qualify directly defined by the draw. death cases were registered in cating them on the importance department. `P3 in order to maintain their health. HMC's Travel Clinic services expanded to thrice a week FAZEENA SALEEM Thursdays as well to meet the operate on an appointment basis were 558, according to Dr Al traveller’s physical and health and activities. The World Health THE PENINSULA increase in demand, Dr Muna Al and patients will be able to call Maslamani. “Travellers visiting condition as well as travel details. Organization recommends Maslamani, Medical Director of and book ahead of time and seek overseas countries where vac- We also provide specific advice getting travel advice and espe- The services of Travel Clinic at the CDC, told The Peninsula. services on Mondays between 12 cinations, medicines and other and counselling to travellers who cially vaccinations four to six Hamad Medical Corporation’s The clinic functions as a ‘One noon and 3pm and on preventive measures are plan to undertake activities such weeks prior to the travel date. Communicable Diseases Center Stop Shop’ for travellers in Wednesdays and Thursdays from required seek services from the as diving, mountain climbing as However, we advise people to (CDC) are now available thrice a Qatar and also provides highly 8am to 11am. Travel Clinic. The clinic also pro- well as cruising,” she said. come to us at least two weeks week for travellers, said a senior specialized advice and Opened in March 2017, the vides assessment and medical “We recommend travelers to before the travel date as this official. treatment for those returning clinic has seen an increase in care for travelers returning with consult with Travel Clinic doctors time is required for the vacci- The clinic operated only on from overseas trips who demand. In 2018 it received 824 travel-related infections. Spe- about what vaccines and med- nations to develop the Mondays in the interim and is suspect they may have a travel- travellers seeking services and in the cialized physicians will do a icines are needed based on resistance power within the now open on Wednesdays and related illness. The clinic will first six months of 2019 the numbers thorough assessment of the travel destination, trip duration body,” she added.`P3 Variety of other products on offer at Local Dates Festival RAYNALD C RIVERA industry is very much alive at one of this drink and I really liked it THE PENINSULA of the stalls selling beautiful and I’m glad it’s being sold here handicraft made from palm again. It’s not so sweet and very While the Local Dates Festival, leaves such as baskets, bags, refreshing,” said Peter, one of the which marks its fourth edition pouches and mats that come in visitors. this year, is famous for the wide different sizes and colours with Mouthwatering chocolate variety of locally grown fresh prices ranging from QR5 to coated dates, date balls, dates dates gathered under one roof, around QR60. with dried fruits and nuts and it also offers other products made “The material looks strong, date candies in addition to date from dates which are available it is beautifully crafted and it paste and date syrup are on sale at several stalls. looks unique that’s why I got at one of the stalls. Dried and Since it opened on Tuesday, interested to buy one for myself,” preserved dates in different vari- the festival being held at Souq said Angeline, one of the festival eties packed in attractive gift Waqif, has been attracting hun- visitors who purchased a boxes are also among the best- dreds of buyers to dozens of stalls handbag at the stall. sellers at the stall. which witness tonnes of fresh Thirst-quenching fresh date “I bought five boxes as gifts dates sold every day. But while slush is available at another stall, which I hope my friends back in One of the stalls at the fourth Local Dates Festival at Souq Waqif which attracts visitors for the variety the over a dozen varieties of perfect for the hot and humid the Philippines will like because of handicraft made from date palm leaves on sale. PIC: SALIM MATRAMKOT/THE PENINSULA fresh dates are the star of the fes- weather yesterday. Many people you can’t find these there,” said tival, a number of stalls also thronged the stall to sample its Cynthia, who bought the nicely stand out for their unique signature cold drink for only boxed dates with dried fruits 10pm until August 3. Summer in Qatar programme dates by providing local pro- products. QR10. and nuts. The festival being Organised by the Ministry of curated by the Qatar National ducers platform to sell their The traditional Qatari Al “It was during the previous held at Souq Waqif’s Al Ahmad Municipality and Environment Tourism Council, the festival goods directly to the public, Khous (palm fronds weaving) festival when I first had of taste Square is open from 4pm to and Souq Waqif as part of the aims to promote locally grown thus reach more customers. 02 HOME SATURDAY 27 JULY 2019

PRAYER TIMINGS Speaker of Shura Council FAJR 03. 33 AM Hamad Trauma Center SHOROOK 04. 58 AM advises parents not to sends written message ZUHR 11. 40 AM MAGHRIB 06. 24 PM to Greece counterpart ASR 03.07 PM ISHA 07. 54 PM leave kids alone in hot cars WEATHER TODAY THE PENINSULA DOHA

With the hot and humid weather expected to continue throughout August and September, the Hamad Trauma Center is warning members of the public about the dangers of leaving children alone in vehicles. “With the summer temperatures upon us, we would like to remind the public of the increased risk of leaving children alone in hot cars,” said Dr. Rafael Consunji, Director Leaving children alone in hot cars is dangerous, of the Hamad Injury Prevention Program, says Hamad Trauma Center. the community outreach arm of the Hamad Trauma Center. risk. “Throughout the summer in Qatar, the “Deaths from heatstroke can happen even temperature inside a parked car can be when cars are parked in the shade and double than the outside temperature. Most winding the window down a few centimetres of this temperature rise can happen within has little effect on rising heat. Additionally, the first five minutes of turning off the engine the colour of the seats and interior does not and air conditioning, putting children left affect rising heat and large cars heat up just inside the vehicles at great risk for high fever, as fast as small cars. It is not safe to leave a dehydration, seizures, heat stroke, and even child unattended in a vehicle for any amount death. Hot days bring dangers for everyone, of time, even for a minute. If you have to leave but for children, the dangers are magnified. your car for any reason, always take your A child’s temperature will rise five times faster child with you,” said Dr. Consunji. than an adult’s temperature, especially on He also said that children are sometimes hot days, increasing their risk for dehydration left in hot cars because they are asleep or are and heat stroke,” said Dr Consunji. forgotten about by busy parents. o o He said that even cars parked in the shade “Make a reminder that your child is in the 34 C 44 C can get hot very quickly and that the younger car with you. For example, put your child’s The Speaker of the Parliament of the Hellenic Republic, Konstantinos Minimum Maximum the child, the greater their sensitivity to heat- bag or lunch box on the front seat where you stroke, and the faster they can become dehy- can see it or leave an item that you will need Tasoulas, has received a written message from the Speaker of the drated. Dr Consunji also warned against on the back seat next to your child. Addi- Shura Council, H E Ahmed bin Abdullah bin Zaid Al Mahmoud, Hot daytime with slight dust at times and leaving children in parked cars even if the tionally, never give your child car keys to play pertaining to bilateral relations and means of supporting and some clouds. engine is left running and the air conditioning with and make sure to keep keys out of reach. developing them. The message was handed by the Ambassador is on. He explained that air conditioning This can help to prevent your child from acci- of the State of Qatar to the Hellenic Republic, Abdulaziz Ali

HIGH TIDE 14:22–22:25 LOW TIDE 06:24 – 19:53 Al Naama, during his meeting with the Speaker of the Greek cannot always be relied upon and any failure dentally locking themselves in the car,” Dr Courtesy: Qatar Meteorology Department in the cooling system could put children at Consunji added. Parliament in Athens. Message to ITC official QatarDebate’s Elite Academy incubating young talents

QNA 23 countries, including 13 coun- development of their training and to offer innovative and dis- DOHA tries participating for the first and arbitration skills, pointing tinct projects. He added that time from different continents. out the organisation of a special QatarDebate has become, QatarDebate, a member of Qatar He pointed out that the academy tournament for Al nokhba through the Elite Academy, the Foundation for Education, will continue for two years, members to enhance their abil- main incubator for young people Science, and Community Devel- during which the members will ities, and experience in the field in the world to spread the culture opment, announced the launch witness international tourna- of debate. of debating in their countries, of the third batch of the Elite ments for schools and univer- Al Subaie praised the inter- and the constructive cooperation Academy on September 21 in sities organised by the centre. action of educational institutions with local and international Doha with the participation of The members of the academy in different countries during the bodies in this field. 23 countries, including 13 partic- will be asked for a number of international competitions of the Elite Academy programme ipating for the first time. tasks and projects in the debates of schools and univer- hosts workshops and training Head of Programs, Commu- framework of implementing the sities organised by the centre and programmes offered by elite nications and Marketing at the conditions of participation. the various programmes and alumni and ambassadors of Qatar Debates Center, Abdul- Al Subaie considered Elite activities that organise it, which QatarDebate Center. The pro- rahman Al Subaie, said that the Academy a fingerprint in the earned the centre a good repu- gramme also includes an third batch of the Elite Academy lives of graduates and an tation in the world, and pushed outdoor training camp for all includes 40 people representing important stage for the a lot to join the Elite Academy members. Qatar Youth Hostels hones communication skills of youth The Executive Director of the International Trade Center (ITC), Arancha Gonzalez, has received a written message from the QNA / DOHA men and women at the Bait tourism internally among youth necessary information about the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, H E Sheikh Al-Hikma (House of Wisdom) and expand its concept. The various sites and tourist attrac- Mohamed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, pertaining to the relationship Qatar Youth Hostels organised Hall at the Ministry of Culture course seeks to empower young tions in the country, in a way that between Qatar and the International Trade Center. The message a training course on ‘commu- and Sports. people and improve their com- enhances their skills and abil- was handed over by H E Ali Khalfan Al Mansouri, Permanent nication skills with tourist dele- Qatar Youth Hostels said that munication and tourism skills, ities as part of the preparation of Representative of the State of Qatar to the United Nations Office, gations’. The training course this training course is within its as well as train them to build Youth Hostels to receive the par- and other international organisations in Geneva, during his meeting was presented by Jawahar Al strategic plan for youth hostels relations with tourist delegations ticipating tourist delegations in with Arancha Gonzalez, in Geneva. Mana and attended by 25 Qatari and its objectives to promote to provide them with the its various programmes. Toastmasters District 116 Qatar tops in global ranking for 2018-19 THE PENINSULA of responsibility. Though unex- DOHA pected and sudden, this fast forward of Qatar as a district was Toastmasters International has received by the fraternity with a recently announced that District clear conviction, vibrant vigor, 116 Qatar is the topmost district and sanguine spirit to succeed. in the world among 110 districts There was solidarity across all spanning across 143 countries. levels of leadership and a rein- “Our district’s success story forced faith in our collective in the very first year of formation ability to act, accomplish. is unique; it is unprecedented. “The annals of Qatar’s We, Toastmasters of Qatar, have history bear testimony to how it indeed created history together. faced and overcame challenges The mood of members is upbeat, by converting them into and all are rejoicing by cele- strengths with creativity and brating in their meetings,” said determination. District 116 just Rajeswar Sundaresan. took a leaf out that book and As the District Director carried on the legacy of courage (2018-19), he will have the rare and conquest,” said Rajeswar. honour in the Hall of Fame to Qatar is also placed second The district team of Toastmasters International. lead and to carry the Toast- globally in the President’s masters International flag at the 20-Plus Awards that celebrates Each year, Toastmasters Inter- membership, forming new clubs, Colorado. The convention is a membership and clubs around Parade of Flags during Opening those districts that successfully national recognizes leading dis- and ensuring that clubs meet the ‘must-do’ for every serious toast- the globe shows the importance Ceremonies at the international motivate their clubs to achieve tricts in the achievement of Dis- needs of their members. The master, to network and exchange of improving public speaking and convention in Denver, Colorado and maintain charter strength. tinguished District Program goals newly created Smedley Distin- ideas with people from diverse communication skills in the on August 2019. Three districts with the highest in growth and educational guished District Award is given cultures and backgrounds. Eve- digital age. We offer our In March 2018, Toastmasters percentage of active clubs with achievement that, as a result, to top-achieving districts and is ryone’s favorite is the grand members better tools and International announced that 20 or more paid members at bolsters the organization’s rep- the highest honor a district can finale of World Championship of resources than ever before. As a Qatar would be an independent year-end receive this award and utation as the world leader in receive. Public Speaking, where we see result, our members develop and provisional district effective 1st Qatar stood at 90 percent which communication and leadership “Toastmasters International the best of the best shine. It’s a apply the skills learned in club July 2018. It was a double-edged is commendable. As on date, training. 2019 Convention will be held jewel in the crown of our edu- meetings, to enhance their sword, coming with recognition Qatar has more than 1,800 The programme is also a during August 21–24, 2019 at cation programme,” said success personally and profes- of our potential as well as an members in 75 clubs, divided into management tool for district Gaylord Rockies Resort & Con- Rajeswar. sionally,” said Toastmasters CEO increased magnitude four Divisions and 22 Areas. leaders to focus on increasing vention Center, Denver, “The continued increase in Daniel Rex. SATURDAY 27 JULY 2019 HOME 03

MME to intensify inspections Qatar, Sierra Leone review ties OFFICIAL NEWS Qatar condemns on outlets ahead of Eid Al Adha attack in eastern THE PENINSULA Doha Municipality prepared a complete action Afghanistan DOHA plan under which the inspectors of Health Monitoring Section of the Municipality will The Ministry of Municipality and DOHA: The State of Qatar Environment (MME) represented visit shops selling sweets, chocolates and nuts, has strongly condemned by Doha Municipality has shopping complexes and other major outlets on the attack on a police sta- announced to intensify daily basis. tion in Ghazni province, inspection campaign against eastern Afghanistan, caus- food outlets, abattoirs, butch- ing deaths of security eries, meat shops and malls from properly following the health municipality, retail market and forces and injuring others. July 28 to August 8 on the rules. GCC market. In a statement yesterday, occasion of Eid Al Adha. The outlets offering meat, Abattoirs will be under close the Ministry of Foreign The Municipality prepared a fish and chicken at shopping monitoring of inspectors of meat Affairs reiterated the State complete action plan under complexes will be under the health unit during Eid Al Adha. of Qatar’s firm stance which the inspectors of Health special monitoring of the The slaughterhouse 1 and 2 will rejecting violence and Monitoring Section of Doha inspectors during Eid Al Adha work from 5am to 5pm terrorism regardless of Municipality will visit shops inspection campaign. throughout the week except motives and reasons. selling sweets, chocolates and The inspectors of Food Mon- Friday when there will be a The Ministry expressed the nuts, shopping complexes and itoring Unit at the Central Market break for Friday prayers from The President of Sierra Leone, Julius Maada Bio, met with Charge condolences of the State other major outlets on daily are assigned to inspect auction 11am to 1pm. Abattoir of camels d’Affaires of the Embassy of Qatar (non-resident) to Sierra Leone, of Qatar to the victims’ basis. ground for imported item, and cows will work from 5am to Fahd Rashid Al Muraikhi. The meeting, which took place in Monrovia families, the government The inspection campaign auction yard for local products, 3pm except on Friday when it on the sidelines of the participation of the President of Sierra and people of Afghani- will focus on the quality and kiosks, supermarkets, groceries will open in two shifts from 5am Leone in the celebrations of Liberia’s Independence Day, reviewed stan, wishing the injured a safety of the food products and wholesale markets for fruits to 10am and 1am to 5pm. And bilateral cooperation between the two countries, in addition to speedy recovery. QNA showcased in the outlets. The and vegetables, stores for the automated slaughterhouse issues of common concern. inspectors will also check wholesale markets for fruits and will also open from 5am to 5pm. whether food items were stored vegetables, cold storage of the Doha Municipality will dedicate some officials to receive the complaints daily from 8am to QSC concludes summer activities 5pm and 5pm to 2am. The food inspectors and vet- QNA DOHA engraving technology, types and electronics, renewable energies, erinary doctors will educate the forms of electronic components, 3D technology and robotics. food outlets regarding the health Qatar Scientific Club (QSC) electronic sensors and their QSC aims to promote and rules and catch the violations to announced the conclusion of its types. The 5-7 age group enjoyed develop a culture of innovation take legal action to ensure the second summer activities for exciting scientific programs in scientific fields and to develop public health. 2019 which included activities characterized by movement and and refine the abilities and skills The municipal inspectors in and projects that varied between interaction, such as experiments of scientific youth, as well as to coordination with Criminal solar energy and specialised in static electricity and experi- encourage young people to Investigation Department (CID) workshops in car mechanics, as ments on pressure and heat, as innovate and support their ideas will catch vendors offering their well as activities involving appli- well as the wonders of chem- and projects. It seeks to attract services for slaughtering sacri- cations of smart phones, Arduino istry, light and colors, with members to train and encourage ficial animals during Eid Al Adha. chips and programming and varying workshops. to learn as a contribution to the The action will be taken interactive scientific games. The summer activities also development of scientific and under a major campaign to The participating groups witnessed several accompanying mental skills of young people of maintain hygiene at public spent an enjoyable time in edu- programs with awareness both genders through various places by restricting the practice cation, entertainment and including health, sports and sci- scientific activities and events, The inspectors of Health Monitoring Section of Doha Municipality of the slaughtering animals in project implementation from the entific objectives through the allowing them to face challenges during an inspection. open out of abattoirs. basics of 2D drawing, cutting and fields of programming, in a creative and conscious spirit. HMC’s Travel ‘Little Hearts’ project by QRCS launched in Bangladesh Clinic services THE PENINSULA Activities (RACA), Hamad expanded to DOHA Medical Corporation (HMC), Qatar Airways, and BDRCS. thrice a week Forty-three children with Siam, a child with a hole in congenital heart defects in Bang- the heart, lives in a remote FROM PAGE 1 ladesh have had their hearts village, 480km away from catheterised by physicians from Dhaka. His father took him the Those accessing the clinic’s Qatar, the United States, Jordan, long way to the hospital that services will be able to attain a and the West Bank. hosts QRCS’s medical convoy. certificate of vaccination The ‘Little Hearts’ project, “The doctor in my village told (required for travel to some initiated by Qatar Red Crescent me that doctors from Qatar countries) as well as disease Society (QRCS) three days ago, would come on a charitable prevention advice for the coun- will last till July 28, targeting a mission to treat children free of tries they will visit. These total of 80 kids, with an overall charge,” the father of Siam include recommended 15 vac- budget of QR800,000. happily recalled. “What a great cines including for measles- It is a medical convoy that news it was. I immediately reg- mumps-rubella (MMR), diph- volunteers with QRCS to perform istered my son, and he happened theria-tetanus-pertussis, polio, cardiac catheterisations for ill to be among the first cases to be hepatitis A and B and the yearly children selected by Bangladesh accepted”. flu shot. Red Crescent Society (BDRCS) at He added, “I work as a Some additional vaccines the National Institute of Cardio- rickshaw driver, and I earn as for yellow fever, rabies, and vascular Diseases (NICVD) in little as $2 per day. While looking diphtheria may also be required Dhaka. for a specialist hospital to treat A child is treated under the ‘Little Hearts’ project of QRCS in Bangladesh. for travel, depending on the At the same time, the psy- my son, I found that the cost country being visited. Vaccina- chological aspect is taken into would be nearly $1,200, more tions will be free for all, unless consideration, by distributing capacity-building, providing suffering since their birth,” said cost of treatment. It is a long than my income for a whole the medication required is spe- gifts and toys to children under practical training for the local Dr. Mohamed S. Ibrahim, Exec- story of pain”. For the success of year, even if I and my family stop cialized (for example Japanese the Box of Joy, an initiative medical staff at NICVD, so that utive Director of QRCS Relief and this convoy, Dr. Ibrahim having food and water. But I did Encephalitis). Travelers can implemented by QRCS’s volun- they can undertake such sophis- International Development expressed big thanks to the not give up and tried every pos- now make appointments at the teers in Doha, with support from ticated procedures on their own. Division and the head of mission. medical team, the benevolent sible way, so that my kid would clinic by calling 40254003 from Qatar Airways. Another contri- “The purpose of this convoy is to “It gives hope to the parents, donors of Qatar, the Regulatory be able to live normally with a 7am to 7pm. bution by the medical convoy is treat kids who have been who are too poor to afford the Authority for Charitable sound heart”. Awareness campaign Bedaya holds event to reduce pedestrian on fashion styling traffic accidents with Fifty One East FROM PAGE 1 include Madinat Khalifa fol- THE PENINSULA and outlines in styling as well as lowed by Al Rayyan, Al DOHA different aspects of fashion According to the recently Maamoura, Old Airport and design as a career. The partici- released statistics by the General Industrial Area. Bedaya Center for Entrepre- pants were subsequently asked Directorate of Traffic, 32 people The officers participated in neurship and Career Devel- to select and coordinate gar- died due to run-over accidents the awareness event yesterday opment (Bedaya Center), a joint ments/accessories to plan the in 2011 and then the number at Corniche stressed that the initiative by Qatar Development complete look for their simu- declined in following years. It pedestrians should use cross- Bank and Silatech, in collabo- lated clients. reached to 24 in 2014. Again the walks or footbridges to cross the ration with Fifty One East, On this occasion, Reem Al number of pedestrians’ deaths road while motorists are obliged Qatar’s favourite department Suwaidi, General Manager of started increasing gradually to respect rights of the pedes- store, arranged a workshop on Bedaya Center, said: “We are touching 32 in 2017. trians to cross safely even in the fashion styling during the second delighted to collaborate with The Traffic Department ini- absence of a traffic signal and in episode of the 2019 summer Fifty One East for the second tiatives meant to decrease the internal roads. camp which was held from July time. Due to their long-standing number of pedestrian accident According to article 61 of law 14 to July 25, 2019. experience, we were able to deaths, include installing lights No. 17/2007 regarding the traffic With ‘Fifty One East’s’ highlight the importance of in dark places and speed humps law anyone intending to cross unparalleled expertise of over fashion which has started A discussion on the sidelines of the workshop organised by Bedaya and distributing reflective the carriageway shall do so with 70 years and substantial gaining momentum around the Center in collaboration with Fifty One East on fashion styling during bracelets to pedestrians espe- caution, and shall first ensure knowledge in the fashion globe offering endless opportu- the second episode of the 2019 summer camp recently. cially in the Industrial Area. that the place chosen does not industry, its stylists were able to nities for those interested in The areas which recorded expose them to any danger or share tips about the industry and working in this field by advising, clothes for customers in an era us to be in the best image and more pedestrian accidents cause obstruction to traffic. teach the students the guidelines choosing and coordinating where our dynamic lives require best appearance as possible.” 04 MIDDLE EAST / AFRICA SATURDAY 27 JULY 2019 Tunisia mourns, advances polls after death of president AFP mourning, while US President struggled to overcome bitter TUNIS Donald Trump in a White House internal divisions between Prime statement paid tribute to Minister Youssef Chahed and the Tunisia is gearing up for snap Essebsi’s “tremendous president’s son, Hafedh Caid elections as early as September leadership”. Essebsi, leading to the premier following the death of president The funeral ceremony is to being sidelined from Nidaa Beji Caid Essebsi, amid uncer- take place today with French Tounes and forming his own tainty over who could step President Emmanuel Macron rival party, Tahia Tounes. forward to run the North African and Palestinian leader Mahmud The president’s death also country. Abbas in attendance, before comes amid a debate over who Essebsi, the country’s first Essebsi is buried in his family’s will be able to run in the next head of state elected in plot in central Tunis. presidential elections. nationwide polls, died Thursday The birthplace of the Arab Essebsi neither rejected nor at the age of 92, triggering fears Spring revolts, Tunisia is the only enacted an amended electoral of political unrest in a country country affected by the uprisings code passed by parliament in seen as a rare success story fol- to have pushed through demo- June that would bar the way for lowing the Arab Spring uprisings. cratic reforms— despite political several strong candidates Newspapersyesterday paid unrest, a sluggish economy and including media magnate Nabil tribute to “the father of con- jihadist attacks. Militants have Karoui. Karoui, who has formed sensus”, while festivals were staged repeated deadly attacks a political party, was charged cancelled and the government since the overthrow of Ben Ali, with money laundering this declared seven days of raising fears for the country’s month after he stated his mourning. fragile democracy and throttling intention to stand. “Our pain is great, our its tourism industry. The presidential election, sorrow is immense,” read an edi- Following Ben Ali’s along with a parliamentary vote People gather in front of the military hospital waiting for an ambulance carrying the body of the late torial in French language daily departure, Essebsi founded the that had been set for October, Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi in Tunis, Tunisia, yesterday. Le Temps. secularist Nidaa Tounes (Call of also comes with Tunisia yet to Hundreds of people — some Tunis) party, which he led to set up a constitutional court eight in tears, others singing the Within hours of Essebsi’s election. The electoral com- power France have hailed victory at the polls in 2014. years after the Arab Spring. national anthem —gathered death, parliament speaker mission said the poll would Essebsi’s role in Tunisia’s dem- The party formed a coalition Despite the uncertainty, outside a military hospital in Mohamed Ennaceur was sworn “probably” be held on September ocratic transition. with the Islamist-inspired Chahed hailed a “peaceful Tunis on Friday as Essebsi’s body in as interim president, who 15, two months earlier than Algeria, Libya and Mauri- Ennahdha, which lasted four transfer of power”, while interim was taken to the presidential under the constitution has 90 planned. Foreign governments tania as well as Egypt and Jordan years before the two parties split. leader Ennaceur vowed that “the palace in nearby Carthage. days to organise a presidential including that of former colonial all declared three days of But Nidaa Tounes has state will continue to function”.

Saudi to resume Bodies of 62 migrants trial of dissident retrieved off Libya coast scholar: Amnesty AFP AFP & AP Survivors had reported a DUBAI TRIPOLI total of almost 400 people on board. The capsize came The trial of Saudi dissident Libya’s Red Crescent said yesterday its scholar Sheikh Salman Al Awda rescue workers had recovered the bodies only a few weeks after some is to resume tomorrow after an of 62 migrants a day after one of the dead- 68 migrants died when an almost six-month post- liest shipwrecks this year in the Mediter- Italy-bound boat sank off ponement, Amnesty Interna- ranean. “Our Red Crescent teams have Tunisia. tional said, expressing fear he pulled 62 migrants” from the water since will be sentenced to death. Thursday evening, the head of the unit The prominent scholar’s Abdelmoneim Abu Sbeih said. charity Doctors Without Borders (MSF). family and Saudi media have Aid agencies on Thursday said more Survivors had reported a total of said prosecutors are seeking the than 100 migrants were missing after an almost 400 people on board, MSF mission death penalty. The charge sheet overloaded boat sank off the Libyan coast chief Julien Raickman said. The head of has not been made public. east of the capital near the port city of the UN refugee agency Filippo Grandi Human rights groups have Khoms. About 145 migrants were rescued called the wreck “the worst Mediter- said the trial is a political Migrants are seen after being rescued by Libyan coast guard in Tripoli, Libya, yesterday. by the Libyan coastguard, and fishermen ranean tragedy of this year”. The capsize reprisal against Awda, a leading said the waters were full of floating bodies. came only a few weeks after some 68 figure in a 1990s Islamist “The bodies are still floating onto the migrants died when an Italy-bound boat a dozen were taken to a hospital in Khoms by an airstrike on July 3 that killed more movement associated with the shore continuously, it’s not possible to give sank off Tunisia. Libya, which has been while the rest were transferred to different than 50 people and raised new concerns Muslim Brotherhood. a total number,” Abu Sbeih added. wracked by chaos since the 2011 uprising detention centers, including Tajoura, over the treatment of migrants in Libya. The scholar was among Local authorities were gathering that killed president Muamer Gaddafi, has located near the front lines of the fighting One of the survivors from Thursday’s more than 20 people arrested and storing the bodies until burial places long been a major transit route for migrants, between rival Libyan factions, the offi- shipwreck, from Eritrea, said his vessel in September 2017 in a wid- could be found, a municipal source in especially from sub-Saharan Africa, des- cials said, speaking on condition of ano- started to capsize after an hour of sailing. ening crackdown on dissent in Khoms said. The migrants had appar- perate to reach Europe. nymity because they were not authorized Most of the migrants on board were the kingdom. “We are gravely ently been headed out to sea on three The migrants include nationals from to talk to the media. women, he said, and most of them concerned that Sheikh Salman boats lashed together, according to the Eritrea, Egypt, Sudan and Libya. At least The Tajoura detention center was hit drowned. Al Awda could be sentenced to death and executed,” Lynn Maalouf, Amnesty’s Middle East research head, said in a US: Iran test-launched a statement. “Since his arrest almost two medium-range missile years ago, Sheikh Al Awda has gone through a terrible ordeal AP it reached with world powers. including prolonged pre-trial WASHINGTON The deal eased sanctions in detention, months of solitary exchange for Iran curbing its confinement, incommunicado Iran test-launched a medium- nuclear program. Trump detention and other range ballistic missile inside its withdrew the United States from ill-treatment,” borders, US officials said the accord last year, reinstating According to Amnesty, yesterday, defying Trump sanctions on Iran and adding Awda was arrested a few hours administration demands that it new ones. Iran has openly after posting a tweet welcoming curtail the weapon program and exceeded the uranium reports of a possible reconcili- demonstrating its intent to enrichment levels set in the ation between Gulf countries. further push back against US accord to try to pressure Europe His family said Saudi author- sanctions. into offsetting the economic pain ities had demanded that Awda The test came amid of US sanctions. and other prominent figures heightened tensions between Trump insists that Iran must publicly back the kingdom in Iran and the West, mainly over agree to limits on its ballistic the dispute, but he refused. the safety of commercial missile program, but Iran thus shipping in the Persian Gulf and far has refused. Nations still Israeli army injures the Strait of Hormuz. A White party to the nuclear deal plan to House spokesman called the test meet in Vienna on Sunday to see Palestinian protester Syrian men wave rebel flags as they demonstrate in Azaz, north of Aleppo, yesterday. launch an example of Iran to what extent the agreement “acting out” as a result of intense can be saved. The European ANATOLIA/NABLUS pressure from US economic Union said the meeting of offi- More than 400,000 displaced in sanctions. “You’ve seen their cials from China, Russia, Britain, Israeli army yesterday used economy teetering on the verge France and Germany will be rubber bullets and teargas of collapse for a while now. And chaired by the EU. shells to disperse Palestinian northwest Syria in 3 months: UN when they’re backed into a Behnam Ben Taleblu, an protesters in the occupied West corner, they’re acting out,” said expert on Iranian defense at the Bank, a Palestinian official said. AFP/SARAQIB, SYRIA region is supposed to be pro- Nations’ humanitarian coordi- spokesman Hogan Gidley, who Foundation for Defense of “The Israeli army attacked tected by a months-old interna- nation office OCHA. He spoke also said President Donald Democracies, said the Shahab-3 the weekly march [in the Kafr More than 400,000 people have tional truce deal, but has faced to AFP as regime air raids pum- Trump wants to begin conver- is a liquid-fueled, medium- Qaddum town], using rubber been displaced by air raids in growing bombardment by the melled a market in the Idlib sations with Iran’s leaders. range ballistic missile capable bullets and teargas shells,” northwestern Syria over the past government and its ally Russia province town of Saraqib, the Iran has responded to of carrying a nuclear weapon. Murad Shtewi, the protest three months, the UN said since late April. second attack on the same stepped-up U.S. economic sanc- “The Shahab-3 is the organizer, said. yesterday, as its human rights The spike in violence has market this week, according to tions with a variety of military backbone of Iran’s class of Shtewi said at least one chief condemned “international killed more than 740 civilians, the Observatory. moves, and the Shahab-3 missile medium-range ballistic mis- protester was injured by rubber indifference” over a mounting according to the Syrian Observ- The Britain-based monitor test launch could be considered siles,” he said, adding that bullets and dozens others were civilian death toll. atory for Human Rights. said one civilian was killed and another signal from Tehran that Iranian news outlets have pre- affected by tear gas. “Airstrikes kill and maim sig- Aid groups have described several others were wounded it will not back down. viously called it one of the coun- Every Friday, Palestinians nificant numbers of civilians the latest bloody episode of there yesterday, four days after The US officials who con- try’s “Israel-hitting” missiles. across the Israeli-occupied several times a week, and the Syria’s eight-year civil war as a a similar attack killed more than firmed the missile launch spoke It is derived from a North West Bank stage demonstra- response seems to be a collective “nightmare”. More than 400,000 seven. It said two other civilians on condition of anonymity to Korean missile called the tions to protest Israel’s decades- shrug,” UN rights chief Michelle people have fled violence in the were killed and 20 others were discuss sensitive information. Nodong-A and can fly 1,150 to long policy of building Jewish- Bachelet said in a statement. area since the end of April, said wounded in regime attacks else- Tensions have mounted with 2,000km, depending on the only settlements on the confis- The jihadist-dominated Idlib David Swanson of the United where in the region. Iran over a 2015 nuclear accord variant. cated Palestinian land. SATURDAY 27 JULY 2019 ASIA 05 Iran frees nine Indian crew from seized tanker AFP “All 18 Indian crew early release,” junior foreign NEW DELHI members on board minister V Muraleedharan said on Twitter. Iran has freed nine of 12 are safe and doing Iran’s foreign ministry con- Indian crew from a Panama- fine. Will continue firmed that Indian diplomats had flagged tanker seized on July to push for their met the crew in a statement 14, India’s foreign ministry early release,” junior reported by Iranian state tele- said yesterday. vision on Friday. Iran had accused the MT foreign minister V The ministry added that Riah ship of smuggling con- Muraleedharan said further meetings between crew traband fuel when it was on Twitter. of other nationalities from the detained, amid mounting ten- Stena Impero with diplomats sions between the Iranian gov- from their countries had been ernment and both Britain and British-flagged Stena Impero arranged and would happen the US over shipping in the Strait tanker which was also cap- soon. of Hormuz. tured by Iranian forces on July Images from inside the ship The MT Riah crossed into 19. released by Iran on Monday Iranian waters around July 14 The Stena Impero and its 23 showed some Indian crew sat Senior leader of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), B S Yediyurappa (left), taking oath from Governor Vaju and stopped transmitting crew have been impounded at around a table, chatting and Bhai Valla as Karnataka Chief Minister for the fourth time, in Bengaluru, yesterday. signals shortly afterwards, the the southern port of Bandar smiling. Two members could be TankerTrackers online oil Abbas for allegedly breaking seen cooking in the ship’s shipment website reported at “international maritime rules”. kitchen. the time. The vessel is at the heart of the The tanker’s seizure has Yediyurappa takes oath as “Nine crew members have showdown between Iran and deepened a crisis triggered been released and they will be Britain. between Iran and Western on their way to India soon,” said Apart from the 18 Indians, countries in April when the Karnataka Chief Minister Indian foreign ministry there are three Russians, a United States said it would spokesman Raveesh Kumar. Latvian and a Filipino on the sanction countries buying oil IANS his shoulders, the 75-year-old Bommai and B R Sriramuly and “Our mission in Iran has ship. from Iran. BENGALURU Yediyurappa took oath in G Karunakar Reddy, elder requested the concerned Iranian India announced on Iran has hinted it is open to Kannada in the name of God in brother of Ballari mining baron authorities for the release of Thursday that its diplomats in swapping the Stena Impero for Karnataka Governor Vajubhai the presence of dignitaries, G Janardhan Reddy. remaining crew members.” Iran had been given access to an Iranian tanker, Grace 1, Vala yesterday sworn in BJP special invitees and top officials Party’s senior leader and The release left 21 other Stena Impero crew. detained in Gibraltar on July 4 state president B S Yediyurappa of the state, including police former state chief minster S M Indians in Iranian detention “All 18 Indian crew members allegedly carrying Iranian oil to as Chief Minister of the southern officers. Krishna also attended the event. however, including three from on board are safe and doing fine. Syria in breach of international state at Raj Bhavan in the city Hundreds of party’s leaders, Party’s Lok Sabha members the MT Riah and 18 from the Will continue to push for their sanctions. centre. legislators, cadres and Yediy- Shobha Karandlaje and Pratp “The Governor administered urappa’s family members were Simha were also seen seated in the oath of office and secrecy to also present at the event amid the audience. Drought-like situation in 20 districts of Chhattisgarh Yediyurappa around 6:30pm. at tight security. Sporting victory signs from a simple ceremony in the well- This is the fourth time Yedi- his both hands and smiling, IANS/RAIPUR Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel has asked lit ‘Glass House’ on the sprawling yurappa, who hails from Yediyurappa greeted the gath- agriculture and revenue departments’ officials lawns of Raj Bhavan,” a state Shimoga district in the pictur- ering on the occasion. Poor rains in 20 districts of Chhattisgarh has led to to come up with an effective plan for procuring official said. esque Malnad region of the state, As announced earlier, a drought-like situation which could result in poor seeds and fertilizers for an alternative harvest. State Chief Secretary T M has become chief minister. miffed Congress and Janata Dal- harvest. Government figures reveal that out of 27 He has also told them to arrange cattle feed. Vijay Bhaskar conducted the Among the prominent party Secular (JD-S) leaders, including districts only seven - Surajpur, Koriya, Gariaband, The Chief Minister has also instructed pat- 10-minute ceremony on the dais, leaders present on the occasion their former chief minister H D Dhamtari, Bastar, Narayanpur and Kondagaon - waris to take up crop assessment. Patwaris should with the rendering of the were BJP’s state in-charge Kumaraswamy and Congress have witnessed only average rainfall. The other 20 take officials from agriculture, revenue and pan- National Anthem in the Muralidhar Rao, former BJP chief legislature party leader Siddar- districts have witnessed below-average rain. chayat department as well as farmers with them. beginning and end of the event. minister Jagadish Shettar, former amaiah, KPCC president Dinesh The poor monsoon will have adverse impact They have to take the photographs of the fields Draped in white safari suite, Assembly speaker K G Bopaiah, Gundu Rao boycotted the on paddy, which is the main crop of the region. and signatures of the farmers. with a folded green shawl over former ministers Basavaraj ceremony.

Indian villagers beat tigress to Lynching: SC issues notice on plea for implementing order IANS before a bench headed by Chief their hands”, said the worker, and his son Danish were and attach action taken reports death after attacks NEW DELHI Justice Ranjan Gogoi. The peti- petitioner. beaten up by a group of men for “with regard to the directions AFP tioner contended incidents of Citing a spurt in violence, the allegedly consuming and storing and guidelines laid down by the NEW DELHI The Supreme Court yesterday mob lynching are on rise espe- petitioner said the cow vigilante beef. The court after hearing the apex court against repeated inci- issued notice on a petition seeking cially in the garb of cow pro- groups claiming to be “protector initial arguments issued notice dents of mob lynching.” Indian police made four arrests direction to stop increasing mob tection, and that such acts of vio- of cattle have already taken lives to the Centre, National Human The petitioner also sought yesterday after a mob of lynching incidents targeting the lence blatantly infringe on fun- of many innocent Muslims and Rights Commission and eleven court’s direction to Parliament villagers brutally beat to death minority community in the country. damental rights. “The angry mob Dalits merely on suspicion of cow state governments. The peti- to enact a law to contain the inci- a tigress that had attacked local A set of directions was laid down by is trying to become the final slaughtering and cattle trading.” tioner sought court’s direction dents of mob lynching by making people. As a mobile phone the top court in its 2018 judgement adjudicator by punishing the The petitioner cited the Sep- to state governments to furnish it “cognizable, non-bailable and video of the bloody incident to prevent mob lynching. accused without even informing tember 2015 incident where status report on mob lynching non-compoundable offence in went viral on social media, offi- The petition was listed the police and taking law into Mohammed Akhlaq, a farm incidents in their jurisdiction, a time-bound trial.” cials said one of nine people injured by the tigress earlier had died in hospital. It is the latest in a growing US official: Ties with number of man-versus-beast showdowns in India, which India ‘good, enduring’ experts blame on shrinking habitat and food shortages for IANS India-US ties. External Affairs wildlife. The tigress attacked NEW YORK Ministry spokesperson Raveesh people after straying out of the Kumar made a similar Pilibhit Tiger Reserve park in A senior White House adviser assessment that the India-US the northern state of Uttar says that US President Donald relationship “is an extremely Pradesh, district magistrate Trump has “a good and enduring important” one. Later, asked by Vaibhav Srivastava said. relationship” with Prime a reporter at the State Department Dozens of armed people Minister Narendra Modi as India if there was a change in US policy surrounded the animal after it tries to move beyond Trump’s towards Kashmir, spokesperson entered their village, chased it recent remarks about Kashmir Morgan Ortagus said on Thursday, and bludgeoned it to death with mediation. “I don’t have anything to say wooden batons and spears, he Asked by a reporter if Trump beyond the President’s said. Thirty-three people were had made up the claim about statement.” Both Conway and wanted over the killing of the Modi asking for his mediation Ortagus did not address the tigress and four had been on the Kashmir issue, his Coun- veracity of Trump’s statement arrested so far, the magistrate sellor Kellyanne Conway said, or its implications. added, saying the villagers were “We have a good and enduring While preparing to meet scared and angry after the relationship with Mr Modi and with visiting Pakistan Prime attacks on humans. the Indian government.” Minister Imran Khan at the The phone video showed And pressed about the White House, Trump had told people battering the animal as Indian government’s denial that reporters, “I was with Prime it lay nearly motionless on the mediation was requested, she Minister Modi two weeks ago, ground. Kargil anniversary said tersely: “You will have to and we talked about this subject. Its corpse was cremated so Indian Army officers line up to pay homage to soldiers who lost their lives in the Kargil War, at a ask them.” India has, mean- And he actually said, ‘Would you the animal’s organs did not get war memorial to mark the 20th anniversary of “Kargil Vijay Diwas” at Secunderabad, the twin city while, officially decided “it was like to be a mediator or arbi- into the hands of smugglers, of Hyderabad, yesterday. time move on” and instead con- trator?’ I said, ‘Where?’ He said, officials said. centrate on the larger picture of ‘Kashmir.’” WhatsApp to launch digital payments service in India AFP/NEW DELHI the past year. But a commercial this service to our users across more into the country’s fast- like Amazon Pay and Google Pay. far for its messaging platform. launch has been on hold while it India this year,” he added. growing digital economy. India WhatsApp, which has an The Reserve Bank of India, Messaging giant WhatsApp plans waits for approval from India’s India would be the first is one of the world’s quickest- estimated 1.5 billion users around that regulates the country’s to launch its first payment banking regulator. “WhatsApp country to get WhatsApp pay- growing major economies, with the world, has been roiled in financial system, has also service this year in India, its Payments will make it as easy to ments, but Cathcart did not say tens of millions already using controversy in India over data made it mandatory to store biggest market with 400 million pay someone on WhatsApp as it whether the authorities have online transactions. storage and privacy. payment-related data in India. users, the company said is to send a message,” the given final approval. He said Once launched, WhatsApp India has insisted that tech- WhatsApp has insisted that its yesterday. The Facebook-owned company’s global head Will such services were critical to will compete with local digital nology companies store data on payment services in India will firm has tested the service with Cathcart said in a statement. accelerating financial inclusion payment firms Paytm and Indians in the country, some- comply with the central bank about one million people over “We can’t wait to provide in India and bringing millions Phonepe and global behemoths thing WhatsApp has resisted so norms. 06 ASIA SATURDAY 27 JULY 2019 Pakistan may allow dual nationals to contest polls

INTERNEWS A meeting of the overseas Pakistanis and dual ECP had started the process of employees of the foreign mis- KARACHI/ISLAMABAD federal cabinet, nationals, she said. Therefore, she registration of overseas Paki- sions had been asked to poll their presided over by added, he had set up a committee stanis as voters, but it stopped for votes for fictitious candidates The government of Pakistan has Prime Minister Imran representing ministries of foreign some reasons. “Now the PM has through postal ballots and tele- decided to allow dual-national affairs, interior, parliamentary directed the ECP and other rel- phone voting. However, not a Pakistanis to contest elections in Khan, also decided affairs and overseas Pakistanis to evant departments to restart the single vote could be polled the country. A meeting of the to bring five major suggest a mechanism to remove process of registration of overseas through telephone call whereas federal cabinet, presided over by regulatory bodies hurdles in the way of dual Pakistanis on a war footing.” the postal ballots took six to 14 Prime Minister Imran Khan under the cabinet and nationals becoming legislators. A debate on the issue of reg- days to reach the ECP. (pictured), also decided to bring Awan said the PM had issued istration of overseas Pakistanis Another problem that the five major regulatory bodies under approved a proposal directives to the relevant minis- as voters and allowing the dual ECP pointed out to the com- the cabinet and approved a pro- for removing the tries as well as the Election Com- nationals to contest the elections mittee was that it had sent the posal for removing the column of column of profession mission of Pakistan to come up has been going on in the country ballot papers to overseas Paki- profession from the national with a comprehensive pro- for years. Some legislators were stanis through email, whereas a passport. from the national gramme for giving voting rights even disqualified for being dual significant number of Pakistanis The Prime Minister briefed passport. to overseas Pakistanis. nationals. working as labourers abroad had the cabinet members on his US The decision, if implemented, On the directives of the par- no access to emails. visit and termed it a successful reporters soon after her arrival will require an amendment to the liamentary committee, the ECP Later, the ECP and Nadra one in which he had presented at Karachi airport about the the country’s economy. Constitution as its Article 63 © conducted a mock exercise in four informed the parliamentary the country’s case in a befitting 10-point agenda taken up by the Dr Awan said two of those reads: “A person shall be disqual- countries. However, the ECP offi- committee that voters’ biometric manner. cabinet, she said the prime min- points were solely about ified from being elected or cials informed the committee that verification, use of electronic The Special Assistant to the ister had set up a high-powered overseas Pakistanis — their chosen as, and from being, a the exercise had failed due to some voting machines (EVMs) and PM on Information, Dr Firdous committee comprising officials voting rights and the mechanism member of the Majlis-e-Shoora technical and legal reasons. voting by overseas Pakistanis Ashiq Awan, said PM Khan wants from the ministries concerned to allow them to become (Parliament), if he ceases to be a They said they had carried would not be possible in the 2018 dual national Pakistanis to to suggest ways for making members of parliament. citizen of Pakistan, or acquires out the mock exercise in seven elections because of security of become part of the country’s overseas Pakistanis legislators PM Khan had a vision to the citizenship of a foreign state.” embassies, high commissions data, if provided for online or political system. Briefing so that they could contribute to utilise the talent and resources of Awan pointed out that the and consulates in which only offline verification of voters. Law firm sues UK Pakistan envoy elected as newspaper on behalf Vice-President of Shahbaz Sharif of UN body INTERNEWS INTERNEWS victims. Clearly were there any NEW YORK LONDON evidence in support of this, or any of the other allegations con- The Economic and Social Renowned UK media law firm tained in the article against me, Council of the United Nations Carter Ruck has started formal then I would have been arrested has unanimously elected Paki- legal action on behalf of Paki- and charged. stan’s Ambassador to UN, stani politician Shahbaz Sharif This appears to be yet Maleeha Lodhi, as one of its against the British newspaper another politically motivated four vice-presidents. the Mail on Sunday, online news campaign against me and my Ambassador Lodhi’s site Mail Online and its journalist family by the current gov- election was endorsed by 54 David Rose about a “politically ernment of Pakistan. members of the Asia Pacific motivated” article published on According to the article, it Group, sources in the Pakistan July 14, 2019. granted the journalist Consulate here confirmed yes- Carter Ruck confirmed that ‘exclusive access to some of the terday. Lodhi will now assume it has agreed to act on behalf of results of a high-level probe the Asia Pacific seat in the Shahbaz Sharif, the president of ordered by Khan’ including a Bureau of ECOSOC, a principal Residents travel on a makeshift raft to collect drinking water in a flood affected area following the Pakistan Muslim League-N ‘confidential investigation organ of the UN mandated to monsoon rain in Kurigram district. At least 104 people were killed in floods in Bangladesh as the party, leader of the opposition report’ and highly unusually deliberate on socio-economic in Pakistan and former chief access to ‘interview key wit- low-lying delta country is reeling from one of the worst monsoons in years. and development agenda of the minister of Punjab after nesses held on remand in jail’. world body. reviewing the case for a week. The PML-N leader said that Talking to reporters after Papers show that Alasdair at no stage were the allegations Bangladesh flood toll surpasses 100 the vote, Ambassador Lodhi Pepper, Antonia Foster and Vic- properly put to before him in said that her election to such an toria Anderson will represent advance of the publication. AFP Thursday, district administrator Several hundred thousand have important organ demonstrates Shahbaz Sharif in his legal claim “Had they been, I would DHAKA Ahmed Kabir said. been forced out of their homes. the faith of international com- against the publication. have pointed out - among other The Brahmaputra river, The Flood Forecasting and munity in Pakistan and the Carter Ruck said: “The matters - that at the time of the The death toll from monsoon which flows out of the Hima- Warning Centre said at least 26 of competence of its diplomats. article is gravely defamatory of earthquake in 2005, I was not storms in Bangladesh rose above layas, has risen dramatically the country’s 64 districts — cov- Sharif, including false allega- even in Pakistan but living in 100 yesterday with flood levels since July 10 leaving 1.2 million ering a third of the country — have tions that he misappropriated exile in the UK. I value my pro- still rising in many parts of the people in Jamalpur without been flooded by heavy monsoon 156 Pakistanis UK taxpayers’ money in the form fessional and personal repu- country, officials said. homes or affected by the floods. rains and a deluge from Hima- of DFID aid intended for the tation very highly and will do all About 30 people have been The river last week was at its layan rivers in India and Nepal. get Fulbright victims of the devastating 2005 that is necessary to clear my reported dead in the last three highest level since authorities The centre said water levels scholarships earthquake in Pakistan. Sharif name of these terrible allega- days, taking the toll to 114 — started keeping records in 1975. would remain high in many dis- denies these allegations in the tions, and will pursue this claim making it one of the country’s Six villages in Mymensingh dis- tricts until Saturday. The floods INTERNEWS strongest possible terms.” through the courts of England worst monsoons in years. Most trict were flooded after waters were receding in other districts ISLAMABAD Shahbaz Sharif’s English and Wales, if that is what is victims have drowned but some breached an embankment and however, centre head Arifuz- lawyers said yesterday that he required.” have been killed by landslides, forced 2,000 people to flee their zaman Bhuyan said. After receiving the prestigious was “utterly appalled by these Shahbaz Sharif’s represent- snake bites and lightning strikes. homes, district administrator Bangladesh is regularly Fulbright Scholarship, 156 allegations”. Shahbaz Sharif atives had met three different Five girls aged between six Mizanur Rahman said. flooded during the June-Sep- Pakistani students will pursue said: “It is disgusting for the defamation law specialist firms and 18 drowned when their boat Five million people have tember monsoon as hundreds of Master’s and Ph.D studies or Mail to claim that I stole money in the course of two weeks and capsized in a flood torrent in the been affected by the floods since rivers that feed into the Bay of teach at top universities in the from a fund for earthquake decided to go with Carter Ruck. northern district of Jamalpur on July 10, according to authorities. Bengal burst their banks. United States. US Embassy Chargé d’Affaires John Hoover congrat- Sri Lanka says illegal UK waste ulated the Pakistani students at Pakistani cop channels police an event preparing the recipients offloaded to India and Dubai for the exchange programme. “The American government stories into gritty novels AFP take immediate steps to return the believes in the power of education, COLOMBO containers to its origin (Britain),” and we’re investing accordingly. he said. “I have also ordered that We do so because we believe that AFP was threatened by jihadist A Sri Lankan investigation into all those responsible be prose- investing in these programmes KARACHI groups. nearly 3,000 tonnes of illegally cuted immediately.” He said 130 strengthens our relationship, Weeks after the release of his imported hazardous waste has containers had been taken to a builds stability, and leads to mutual His father was assassinated by first novel “The Prisoner”, his shown that some of it was sent free-trade zone near Colombo economic prosperity.” a notorious Karachi hitman, mentor and police partner on to India and Dubai, a top and some had been emptied The 2019 Fulbright cohort while his police partner was Chaudhry Aslam — the inspi- minister said yesterday. causing contamination of water hails from 42 universities across murdered by the Taliban. Per- ration for one of the book’s pro- Finance Minister Mangala sources and air pollution. Pakistan, with women repre- sonal tragedy haunts the hard- tagonists — was killed in a Tal- Samaraweera told parliament “The importer has been asked senting 58 percent of the group. boiled novels that are turning top iban-claimed suicide blast. the importer of the waste had to immediately repack all the The 156 new Fulbright stu- cop Omar Shahid Hamid (pic- In his third novel “The Party reshipped about 180 tonnes of garbage back in the containers,” dents will attend more than 80 tured) into one of Pakistan’s most Worker”, Hamid portrays the raw garbage to India and Dubai he said adding that all the waste US universities across academic popular English-language authors. rise of a brutal hitman who killed in 2017 and 2018. Sri Lanka’s must be sent back to Britain. disciplines, including engi- For nearly two decades at the behest of a fictional customs department found that The company at the centre of neering, energy management, Hamid has worn a badge in political party ruling the city with a local company imported 241 the probe, Ceylon Metal and social sciences. Karachi, the mega port city on as Sacred Games, about Mum- an iron fist. For Karachi insiders, containers from Britain, out of Processing Corporation Privater “This group is about to the Arabian Sea that for years bai’s corrupt underworld. the character mirrors the life of which 15 had been sent to India Limited, said the storage company embark on an experience that was rife with vicious political Hamid said the secret to his feared hitman Saulat Mirza, who and two to Dubai. at a free trade zone was respon- will enrich their lives,” noted US and extremist violence. Now a success is his unflinching served as the feared enforcer for Sri Lankan customs insist sible for processing what they Education Foundation in deputy inspector general, he is accounts of political corruption, the once-powerful Muttahida the British authorities should not imported as “used mattresses”. Pakistan Executive Director Rita also fast becoming one of Paki- contract killers, and crooked Qaumi Movement party — and have allowed the export without Ceylon Metal director Sasiku- Akhtar. “They were selected on stan’s most recognisable writers, cops alongside nuanced portraits whose list of victims include first clearing with Sri Lankan maran Muthuramar denied that merit-not just grades and test publishing four books in quick of Karachi’s divided neighbour- Hamid’s own father, Shahid. authorities if they were willing the containers, 111 of which are scores, but also their achieve- succession since 2013. hoods. “Books like mine “What he has written is fiction to accept the untreated waste. held up at Colombo port, con- ments in the context of their His work has even nabbed wouldn’t work if I pulled but it’s very close to reality,” says The customs service said the tained bio waste. Customs author- opportunities.” They will return the attention of major streaming punches,” he said. Faheem Siddiqui, Karachi bureau consignment was believed to ities said the waste had been mis- to Pakistan with advanced outlets on the hunt for new Hamid did the bulk of his chief for Geo News. “As a crime contain mortuary waste among labelled and imported as used degrees and join our proud Ful- original material from South writing while he was on sab- reporter, I know what had hap- other garbage which included mattresses, but contained bio and bright alumni to enrich the lives Asia, including Netflix, which has batical after being advised to pened in the city. It took a great large quantities of plastic. clinical waste in contravention of of others by contributing to Paki- already seen major success with leave Karachi and take a break deal of courage to write about “We have ordered the international laws on the stan’s development in nearly similar material in TV series such from policing in 2011 when he these events.” importer and shipping agent to transport of waste material. every sector.” SATURDAY 27 JULY 2019 ASIA 07 Hong Kong protesters rally at airport to ‘educate’ visitors

AFP The demonstration was group were using a television to HONG KONG peaceful and good- display a satirical version of an humoured, and there airline safety announcement Thousands of Hong Kongers, were no reports of any video that details the move- including flight attendants, held ment’s demands and warns of a rally in the airport’s arrivals disruption to flights. protests in the city. hall yesterday to “educate” vis- “Kindly put on your masks itors about the demonstrations challenge to Beijing’s authority and black t-shirts... when currently gripping the interna- since the city’s 1997 handover. attending the assemblies,” the tional finance hub as it braces for The protests were triggered video said, in reference to the another weekend of protests. by a controversial bill which colour widely adopted by anti- The cavernous hall is usually would have allowed extraditions government protesters. Others filled with excited friends and rel- to mainland China, but they have held “Tourist Warning” signs atives waiting to greet loved ones evolved into a call for wider detailing how police have fired Cabin crew walk past a protester handing out leaflets and chanting slogans as protesters rally against as they make their way out of one democratic reforms and a halt tear gas at protesters and how a controversial extradition bill in the arrivals hall of the international airport in Hong Kong yesterday. of the world’s busiest airports. to sliding freedoms. pro-government thugs attacked But yesterday, visitors were Organisers billed the airport demonstrators last Sunday, greeted by a sea of black-clad pro- rally as an opportunity to brief putting 45 in hospital. a flight attendant, the more she has supported the rally and the protest began it was still testers chanting anti-government arrivals on the political unrest, Meryl Yeung, a 29-year-old come to cherish Hong Kong’s encouraged members to join, a going, a huge crowd of people slogans, holding banners and particularly visitors from flight attendant, had just got off freedoms, which she feels are stance that earned it a rebuke in chanting “Free Hong Kong!” at handing out flyers — the infor- mainland China where the state- a plane and joined the protest. increasingly under attack. China’s state media. “We feel arrivals. Tourists had a variety mation desk plastered in a tapestry controlled news has portrayed “It’s important to come to the “No matter where we go, deep regret with the incapability of reactions to the display from of colourful sticky notes. the protests as a violent, foreign- airport and tell foreigners what’s Hong Kong is always our home of our (chief executive) Carrie baffled and bemused to sup- The rally is the latest bid to funded plot to destabilise the happening in Hong Kong,” she and our roots,” she said. Lam and her team that only play portive. “I feel like I’m back home keep pressure on Hong Kong’s motherland. The demonstration said, saying it was especially vital “Whether it’s before or after tricks to fool its people,” the now because in Chile we have pro-Beijing leaders after seven was peaceful and good- to make sure people in China are work, we have to fight for time union said in a message on similar issues with the police,” weeks of largely peaceful mass humoured, and there were no made aware of the protests. to show our support in rallies.” Facebook, referring to the city’s Margarita Duco, a 24-year-old demonstrations followed by reports of any disruption to flights. Yoko Tsang, 29, said the more Cathay Pacific’s Flight unelected leader. traveller who was in Hong Kong violent clashes, an unprecedented One particularly creative she travelled around the world as Attendants Union said it More than five hours after on a layover, said.

Japan police raid arson Duterte vetoes bill on short-term contracts attack suspect’s REUTERS “Security Tenure Bill vetoed Without Duterte’s veto, the bill Labor Unions-Trade Union Con- drive away investors at a time MANILA by the president,” the spokesman, would have become law on Sat- gress of the Philippines, the when the Philippines seeks to residence Salvador Panelo, told reporters via urday, but a two-thirds vote of the country’s biggest such grouping, attract foreign capital to boost eco- AFP Philippine President Rodrigo a messaging app. members of each house of Con- told news channel ANC. nomic growth and create jobs. TOKYO Duterte has vetoed a measure Businesses should be allowed gress is required to override it. “’He said, “I need a law to Foreign direct investment of that would have ended com- to outsource certain activities, Opposition Senator Risa address contractualization”, and $9.8bn into the Philippines last Japanese police yesterday raided panies’ practice of hiring workers particularly to boost efficiency, Hontiveros said Duterte’s com- now that there is a law, he vetoed year was dwarfed by that drawn the home of the main suspect in on short-term contracts, his as long as workers did not suffer, mitment to ending the practice the bill’,” Tanjusay added. by rivals such as Thailand and a deadly arson attack that killed spokesman said yesterday, Duterte told the Senate in a letter had been “wimpish and wishy- Both house of Congress over- Indonesia, and the government 34 people at an anime firm in reneging on a campaign promise to explain his veto. washy”, so his decision did not whelmingly approved the is eager to boost the figure by Kyoto, media reports said. that helped put him in office. “The Philippines is currently surprise her. measure, despite warnings by slashing red tape and over- The suspect, identified pub- Philippine law lets employers at a disadvantage in terms of cost Labour groups said Duterte employers’ groups and business hauling infrastructure. licly by police in a rare move as hire workers to meet demand at and flexibility of labour use, risked losing political capital by chambers that it could do the “The bill impinges on man- Shinji Aoba, reportedly remains peak times by using contracts compared to its peers,” he added. turning away from workers. Philippine economy more harm agement prerogatives anchored in hospital in serious condition that run five months, to avoid a Up to 28 million Philippine “It really hurts us because than good in the long term. on the constitution, and it excludes with burns from the blaze he is six-month rule that entails per- workers, or about 70% of the this is the president’s campaign Not only would it raise contract workers hired by gov- alleged to have started. manent job status and provision workforce, have short-term con- promise,” Alan Tanjusay, a business costs, they said, limiting ernment agencies,” more than a The horrifying inferno on of health and other benefits. tracts, the labour ministry says. spokesman of the Associated the number of hires, but it would dozen business groups said. July 18 killed 34 people, most of them believed to be in their 20s and 30s, and police have said the case is being treated as North Korea says new missile arson and murder. Public broadcaster NHK said a ‘solemn warning’ to South Kyoto police raided Aoba’s apartment in Saitama north of AFP and their annual manoeuvres Tokyo, with footage showing a SEOUL with South Korean soldiers have handful of police officers wearing always infuriated Pyongyang. white gloves arriving at the flat North Korean leader Kim Jong South Korean military mon- with large plastic boxes. Un has said two missiles fired itors said the two short-range mis- Despite the suspect’s claim under his supervision were newly siles flew nearly 450km and that Kyoto Animation, the designed tactical weapons that 700km respectively, before company targeted, stole an idea sent a “solemn warning” to the splashing down in the sea between from his novel, no link between South over plans to hold military the Korean peninsula and Japan. the firm and Aoba has been drills with the United States. That range would allow them to found, local media said. North Korean state media hit any target in South Korea. Aoba, who was found with provided no technical specifi- According to state-run KCNA, burns all over his body, is still cations, but said yesterday that Kim said the new “state-of-the- in critical condition and the latest tests were of a “new- art” missiles were capable of receiving medical treatment in type tactical guided weapon” low-altitude flight that made a hospital in Osaka. that sent a “solemn warning to them difficult to intercept and cau- the South Korean warmongers” tioned Seoul against “ignoring the over their insistence on holding warning” implicit in their devel- Volcano erupts the joint drills “in defiance of opment. The launches came a day near Bandung repeated warnings”. after US National Security Advisor There are close to 30,000 US John Bolton spoke with senior A new-type of tactical guided short-range missile being launched at an undisclosed location in North Korea. in Indonesia troops stationed in South Korea South Korean officials in Seoul.

REUTERS JAKARTA Seven dead tigers found First convict freed in Australian A volcano erupted near Indo- nesia’s third-biggest city of in car in Vietnam Bandung yesterday, sending ash gangland informant scandal several hundred metres into the AFP Nhan Dan, the official mouth- air and triggering warnings for HANOI piece of the Ministry of Public AFP getaway car for the 2002 killing Orman’s right to a fair trial and people to stay away. Security, reported. All seven MELBOURNE of mobster Victor Peirce, one of went to the very foundation of Broadcasters showed A haul of frozen tiger carcasses tigers appeared to be cubs, a spate of some 40 murders the system of criminal trial,” the footage of cars and motorbikes found in a car in Hanoi has led according to photos of the seizure. An Australian man jailed 12 years during a gangland war in court said. driving away from Tangkuban to the arrest of a key wildlife traf- It was not immediately clear ago for a gangland murder was Melbourne. Orman, who always pro- Parahu on roads covered by ficking suspect, Vietnamese state if the dead tigers had come from released yesterday after a court The case against him unrav- claimed his innocence of any ash. The disaster mitigation media said yesterday, as the the wild or from the many illegal quashed his conviction, raising elled after it was revealed that role in the Peirce killing, said he agency said the tourism spot country tries to tackle a well- tiger farms in Laos, which supply fears some of the nation’s most Gobbo was not only a police was not leaving prison “bitter had been closed and the alert worn smuggling route from Laos. much of Asia’s demand for tiger dangerous criminals could also informant but also the attorney and angry”. status of the volcano was being Nguyen Huu Hue, who is meat and parts. walk free over a scandal in representing the key witness “I have been so lucky, evaluated. believed to have smuggled Police have previously which their lawyer had secretly who testified against him. Orman throughout this experience, to The volcano is about 30km animals in from neighbouring busted several other members been a police informant. has always proclaimed his have people who believed in me north of Bandung, the capital Laos for years, was arrested on of the same wildlife trafficking Faruk Orman was the first in innocence. and fought for me,” he said in a of West Java province. Thursday with two other people ring, which has been running for a potential flood of convicts to The Victoria state court of written statement to the media. Indonesia is on the so- after seven dead tigers were dis- several years from a central benefit from revelations that a appeal ruled yesterday that The appeals court ruling is called Pacific Ring of Fire and covered in their vehicle at a province which shares a border prominent criminal lawyer, Gobbo’s actions amounted to “a expected to be only the first of has scores of active volcanoes, parking lot, according to Cong with Laos. Nicola Gobbo, was feeding infor- substantial miscarriage of many as Gobbo represented a sometimes posing a threat to An Nhan Dan newspaper. Vietnam is both a con- mation to police while sup- justice” and, on the recommen- large number of defendants, life and disrupting air travel, “Hue set up a company... sumption hub and popular smug- posedly defending them. dation of prosectors, quashed including some of Australia’s particularly on the most which sells building material as gling route for illegal wildlife -- Orman was sentenced in Orman’s murder conviction. most dangerous criminals, on heavily populated islands like a cover for the illegal trading of from tigers to elephant tusks, pan- 2007 to 20 years in prison after “On the facts conceded, Ms charges ranging from drug traf- Java and Bali. tigers and wildlife,” Cong An golins and rhino horn. being found guilty of driving the Gobbo’s conduct subverted Mr ficking to murder. 08 VIEWS SATURDAY 27 JULY 2019 Disease & dirty water: Residents ESTABLISHED IN 1996 deplore life in Syria camp CHAIRMAN SHEIKH THANI BIN ABDULLAH AL THANI

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF DR. KHALID BIN MUBARAK AL-SHAFI [email protected] DELIL SOULEIMAN AFP ACTING MANAGING EDITOR MOHAMMED SALIM MOHAMED [email protected] aha Al Nasser queues in front of a crowded clinic in Syria’s Al Hol camp, her DEPUTY MANAGING EDITOR Mfrail daughter squirming in MOHAMMED OSMAN ALI her arms under the stifling desert heat. [email protected] “My daughter has suffered from con- vulsions and malnutrition,” said 30-year-old Nasser. “When she con- vulses, she loses consciousness and foam comes out of her mouth,” she told at the camp in northeast Syria. Nasser and her daughter Fatima EDITORIAL are among tens of thousands of people who were trucked into Al Hol earlier this year from the eastern Syria village of Baghouz. Displaced Syrian children standing near a water tank at Al Hol camp for the internally Months later, they are among the displaced people in northeastern Syria. Yet another milestone 70,000 people — mostly women and port has a unique power to bring people together children — packed into the camp, and Qatar is adding many feathers in its cap by where residents depend on aid and from another section of the camp from acute diarrhoea and flu-like Shosting several sport events in the run up to 2022 complain of endless illness, dirty water under tighter security. infections”. Cup and beyond. and boiling hot tents. The clinic’s head Ramadan Youssef The UN humanitarian coordi- In yet another milestone, FIFA confirmed that this Fatima — now 14 months old — Al Daher said heat, poor sanitation and nation office OCHA has also reported a year’s Club World Cup will kick off on December 11, with started showing signs of high fever water shortages are contributing to the “sharp increase” in acute diarrhoea the champions being crowned on December 21. The dates months ago, but medication was not spread of diseases in Al Hol. and a “slight increase” in acute malnu- of the tournament taking place in Qatar were announced immediately available and her con- He said his clinic sees around 50 trition there this month. by the Bureau of the FIFA Council. In its current format dition worsened, her mother said. children every day, many with cases of The authorities have repeatedly featuring seven teams, the FIFA Club World Cup will again Despite two visits to a hospital diarrhoea and malnutrition. appealed to the international com- consist of eight matches, with the draw that will determine outside the camp, her health has still “Twenty children died this month, munity for support to manage Al Hol the pairings for the second-round matches and the semi- not improved, Nasser added. some during childbirth, others because and other camps housing displaced finals taking place at the Home of FIFA in Zurich on “The medical situation is bad,” said of malnutrition,” he told. civilians and suspected IS family September 16. the mother of At least 240 children have died en members. They have also asked for Three participants have already been confirmed: CF six, whose route or shortly after arriving in Al help to prosecute suspected IS fighters. Monterrey from Mexico, Hienghene Sport from New Cal- husband is Hol, the United Nations says, since Between endless rows of white tents in edonia and Liverpool FC from England. The club repre- detained. people started fleeing Baghouz late Al Hol, children fill jerry cans with senting hosts Qatar will depend on the outcome of the “Children last year. water from a tank provided by the ongoing AFC Champions League. If a team from Qatar The UN humani- constantly have Most of Al Hol’s residents are authorities. are the AFC champions, they will qualify directly for the tarian coordination diarrhoea. Syrian or Iraqi. And more than two- Umm Talha, another camp res- second round of the FIFA Club World Cup Qatar 2019, office OCHA has also Disease is thirds are children, according to the ident, complained of slow healthcare with the AFC runners-up rampant in this UN Children’s Fund. and water she said was sometimes playing the opening match reported a “sharp cursed camp,” Foreign women and children are green or yellow. against Hienghene Sport. If the increase” in acute she said. housed in a separate annexe, and most “It’s salty, and we don’t know AFC Champions League diarrhoea and a In the have little hope of returning home as where it comes from,” she said. winners are not a club from “slight increase” in courtyard of a Western countries have been largely Umm Osama, from Syria’s The hosting Qatar, then the current holders medical centre reluctant to take them back. northern province of Aleppo, said she acute malnutrition of sport of the Qatar Stars League title, run by the Red Human Rights Watch on Tuesday was fed up with eating just rice and Al Sadd SC, will play the there this month. Crescent, described the camp as a “dustbowl bulghur wheat. “They don’t give us events further opening match against The authorities women dressed inferno”. anything. They just want to humiliate strengthens Hienghene Sport on have repeatedly from head to toe It said it saw “overflowing latrines, us,” she said. Qatar’s position December 11. in black clutch sewage trickling into tattered tents, Umm Huzeifa, a 34-year-old Iraqi, appealed to the globally and Qatar hosts close to 80 children, some and residents drinking wash water said the time had come to leave. sporting events and world- international wailing from tanks containing worms”. “They’ve imprisoned us,” she said. “Let reflects the class competitions across a community for non-stop. It described “young children with them open up the door, let us out!” international Fellow Iraqi, Umm Osama, said multitude of sporting disci- support to manage Once in a skin rashes, emaciated limbs and community’s plines annually. It is the first while, a swollen bellies” sifting “through enough was enough — besides, she Al Hol and other confidence in Middle Eastern country to earn member of the mounds of stinking garbage under a disapproved of the education the rights to host the World camps housing security forces scorching sun”. children were receiving in the camp. the Qatari talent Championships in Athletics displaced civilians. brings in a The rights group warned that “We want them to learn the Quran,” of organising (2019) and the FINA World foreign woman many children in the camp “are dying she said. international Swimming Championships events. (2023). Also, the World Cor- porate Games 2019, will be held for the first time in the Middle East in Doha, Qatar. Facebook feels the pinch of privacy Taking place between November 6-9, 2019, the event expected to attract around 8,000 international and local BLOOMBERG growth in Europe is slower billions of people.) related to the Federal Trade participants and will include 24 different sports. than the pace in the US and The revenue warning Commission, which hit Qatar’s great preparations for the 2022 FIFA World t’s easy to believe that Canada and in the Asia- shows that when Facebook Facebook with a $5 billion Cup is winning praise on all fronts. Facebook is an unstop- Pacific region. Facebook has and its advertising partners fine for privacy-related vio- After winning the rights to host the 2022 World Cup pable advertising force also said the European data have handcuffs on how much lations and forced some at a historic FIFA vote in Zurich, Qatar has gone about built on pervasive rules are having an impact they can do to assemble structural changes on its I complex portraits of people handling of privacy matters. fulfilling its promises at a rapid pace and without a pause. human surveillance and that outside of that continent, Qatar has spent billions of dollars to link up the country’s meek regulatory or legis- perhaps because of more as they roam around the web Facebook did tell investors football stadiums with the most modern metro network. lative efforts do nothing to attention on Facebook’s and the real world, the that the FTC-imposed The Hamad International Airport has increased capacity stop it. privacy practices. unstoppable growth machine changes will require the to handle the rising numbers of passengers. Ashghal too Despite those concerns, Companies such as Apple sputters a bit. Facebook can’t company to spend a signif- is expanding Qatar’s road networks. Work continues to the privacy reckoning for that control important online pinpoint ever-more person- icant sum of money and will lay new road networks and bridges. Facebook and the rest of the gateways are also trying to alised ads, and people are most likely slow the release The hosting of sport events further strengthens Qatar’s internet is denting the com- crack down on the types of less likely, perhaps, to of new products. position globally and reflects the international commu- pany’s ad machine. broad data collection in respond to those pitches. It’s still possible that nity’s confidence in the Qatari talent of organising inter- Facebook spooked which Facebook and others Facebook makes a little less people will want many more national events. investors a bit during a con- engage. money. concessions and actions from ference call to discuss its And Facebook itself has Analysts have been Facebook on user privacy. I second-quarter earnings. imposed limits on types of looking for Facebook’s wrote on Wednesday that the Executives said revenue sometimes-creepy infor- growth rate to come in under entire internet economy, growth would slow more mation marketers had used 25% for the rest of this year. including Facebook and than the company previously to target ads and closed That is enviable for a Google, has thrived by nor- expected at the end of this down some of Facebook’s company with more than malising ever more QUOTE OF THE DAY year and into 2020, in part own ad-targeting categories, $60 billion in yearly sales, aggressive data harvesting in because of various restric- including ones that should but revenue rose 37% last ways that people don’t fully If Britain leaves the tions or self-imposed limita- not have existed. year. understand and can’t mean- European Union tions on Facebook’s data Facebook has also There are a host of ingfully consent to. without a deal on harvesting. promised a long-delayed reasons Facebook isn’t One fix would be to allow Facebook didn’t spill all feature that would allow growing as fast, including a more users to permit Face- October 31, the the details about the scope of people to decouple their slow shift of people away book’s information collection question of planning this growth sag or the causes. internet browsing history from its lucrative core social only inside the walls of its for a future unification Europe’s strict data privacy from their Facebook user network into slightly less social network and other of Ireland and British- rules, imposed last year, profiles. lucrative Instagram. Still, the apps - not just about every- require Facebook to obtain The company has warned expected slowdown shows where online and in the real ruled Northern Ireland explicit permission from advertisers that this “clear that privacy limits imposed world. will inevitably arise. people for all sorts of data history” feature will make by governments, internet But even without that harvesting that is considered Facebook’s ads less person- gatekeepers and Facebook drastic step, it’s clear that Leo Varadkar normal in the US, and execu- alised. (It should be said that itself are having an impact. years of reckoning have Irish Prime Minister tives have said that some Facebook hasn’t done much It’s not clear whether complicated Facebook’s path Europeans are saying no. to limit the kinds of data the Facebook’s revenue forecast forward. Yes, privacy crack- Facebook’s revenue company itself harvests on anticipated possible effects downs matter. SATURDAY 27 JULY 2019 OPINION 09 Mueller speaks, but 2020 voters may have final say

obert Mueller’s testimony “It was not a hoax,” Mueller tes- impeachment - but they’ve also been able to make a more convincing sent the clearest signal yet tified of Russian election interference. deferential to her strategy. More than case. Gone are the Watergate-era that impeachment may be The result, after more than six 85 House Democrats have called for hearings, when lawmakers crossed slipping out of reach for hours at the House Judiciary and the House to begin impeachment pro- party lines to engage critically over R ceedings, and more lawmakers are Democrats and that the ultimate Intelligence committees, was that the then-President Richard Nixon. The verdict on President Donald Trump sides in Washington were retrenching expected to add their names after impeachment proceedings against will be rendered by voters in the 2020 to their familiar outposts, leaving Mueller’s testimony. Bill Clinton changed that dynamic, election. voters to decide what to do next. Yet even though Democrats hold and the partisan divide since has LISA MASCARO Democrats had hoped the former Trump derided Mueller’s the House majority, they’re far from only deepened to a point of rup- AP special counsel’s appearance would appearance — “disaster,” he tweeted - the 218 votes that would be needed to turing whatever’s left of political be a turning point. A Marine who and started fundraising off it. The approve articles of impeachment. comity. served in Vietnam, Mueller is the president’s reelection campaign set a With Republicans controlling the Still, Mueller’s appearance was kind of square-jawed federal prose- $2 million goal over 24 hours, it said, Senate, many Democrats warn far from a political loss for either cutor to whom Americans may have to counter those trying to “TRICK the moving forward is a political dead party. Ahead of the 2020 election, once listened as a trusted source of American People into believing their end. both are trying to reach the slice of authority. LIES.” “If we have a case for Americans who have not hardened But in this era of stark political Allies of the White House quickly impeachment, that’s the place we will to partisan positions. polarisation, galvanising the public is joined in. GOP Sen. Lindsey Graham have to go,” Pelosi said afterward. A June poll by The Asso- a difficult task even if Mueller wanted of South Carolina called Mueller’s Mueller, in his testimony, didn’t ciated Press-NORC Center for to produce a viral moment, which he appearance “sad.” Rep. Devin Nunes push the issue any further. While Public Affairs Research found never seemed inclined to do. Rather of California, the top Republican on Mueller’s team declined to prosecute 31% of Americans said they than swoop in to give voice to the the Intelligence panel, said the the president, in part because of a didn’t know enough to say Trump derided 448-page report , Mueller said very hearing was the “last gasp” of the Justice Department opinion against whether Mueller’s report had Mueller’s appearance few words. investigation. indicting a sitting president, the report completely cleared Trump of What Mueller did say was “It’s time for the curtain to close also suggested other remedies, coordination with Russia and — “disaster,” he striking: Trump was not exonerated on the Russia hoax,” Nunes said. “The including in Congress. Asked about 30% didn’t know whether it had tweeted - and started of potential crimes. His report found conspiracy theory is dead.” impeachment as an option not completely cleared Trump fundraising off it. The Russia interfered in the 2016 Much was riding on Mueller’s Wednesday, Mueller refused to of obstruction. A CNN poll found president’s reelection election in “sweeping and sys- appearance, coming months after the comment on it. that just 3% said they had read tematic” fashion. Accepting foreign release of his report in April. House The former special counsel was the whole report. campaign set a $2 campaign assistance is wrong, he Speaker Nancy Pelosi is weighing always going to be a reluctant witness Perhaps Mueller’s testimony, million goal over agreed. liberal calls for impeachment against who wanted his report to speak for with his button-down lawyer’s 24 hours, it said, But Mueller’s reluctance to her own instincts for a more itself. Democrats knew what they approach, reached some of them. to counter those engage, and his one-word answers, measured approach investigating the would encounter even if they were As voters consider what they’ll deprived the country of a where- Trump administration and laying out hoping for a Mueller of a different do, Mueller did leave them with trying to “TRICK the were-you-when moment that could the findings. vintage, from his time leading the FBI one definitive point - a warning American People into bring decisive conclusion to the probe Activists on the party’s left flank after the September 11, 2001, terror about what happened in 2016 and a believing their LIES.” and Trump’s role in trying to obstruct have been impatient with what they attacks. plea that they pay attention to what the investigation. see as Pelosi’s slow-walking of Instead, they saw a less forceful may be coming. public presence, hard of hearing at “Over the course of my career, times, hesitant to answer many of the I’ve seen a number of challenges to questions, but one still skilled enough our democracy,” Mueller said. “The in the ways of Washington to not read Russian government’s effort to his report in a way that Democrats interfere in our election is among could exploit. the most serious. ... This deserves When Rep. Ted Lieu, D-Calif., the attention of every American.” asked if Mueller would read a certain section from the report, Mueller The author is AP Chief congres- turned the tables: “I’m happy to have sional correspondent, Washington, you read it.” DC. Republicans had their own expec- tations and tried to portray Mueller as an actor in an elaborate attempt to undermine Trump’s election. Their revived their long-running theory about the origins of the report during Hillary Clinton’s campaign and D-RING ROAD posed questions that seemed well POST BOX: 3488 designed to be replayed on conserv- DOHA - QATAR ative media, even if they, too, found [email protected] Mueller’s answers were not entirely fulfilling. It had all the trappings of a classic EDITOR-IN-CHIEF OFFICE Washington political drama, yet TEL: 4455 7741 / 767 brought little closure. 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The Berlin government, in a Searing summer fifth, leaving it short report issued this month, said the situ- temperatures rising to ation was secure, and shortfalls could be record levels in parts of All thoughts and views of the country’s peak offset by better energy efficiency, a Europe highlight a power demand. There steadily rising supply of solar and wind quandary facing the con- expressed in these columns is disagreement power as well as electricity imports. tinent: how to phase out are those of the writers, over whether there Others are not as confident, including the fossil fuels driving not of the newspaper. many utilities, network operators, man- global warming, while will be sufficient ufacturing companies and analysts. avoiding power shortfalls reliable capacity Katharina Reiche, chief executive of in an era when there All correspondence to preclude the the VKU association of local utilities, could be increasing regarding Views and possibility of outages, many of which face falling profitability spikes in demand from Opinion pages should be as plants close, said the government’s cooling systems and sent to editor-in-chief which could hammer strategy was risky because it had not expanding data centres. the operations of stress-tested all scenarios. Germany, Europe’s office or mailed to the industrial companies. She said if the coal exit plan was not economic powerhouse, [email protected] accompanied by a mandatory, should lose 12.5 gigawatts A nuclear power plant in Biblis near Frankfurt, Germany. 10 EUROPE SATURDAY 27 JULY 2019

Romania blocks Britain draws Russia’s fury by fining RT Russian military AFP The Russian foreign founded by Russia’s RIA Novosti Arabic in the Middle East — lower fines,” the RT spokesman equipment for LONDON ministry called the state news agency. immediately appealed. said. “It is astonishing that, in Serbia: Ministry penalty an “act of The regulator also required The Russian media regulator contrast, Ofcom sees RT’s pro- Britain drew the ire of Russia censorship” and RT to broadcast a summary of responded to December’s ruling grammes... as worthy of greater AP yesterday after it fined the the ruling to its viewers. by opening an investigation into sanction than programmes con- BUCHAREST Kremlin-backed broadcaster RT warned British “Taken together, these the BBC for allegedly promoting taining hate speech and £200,000 for “serious” bias in media operating in breaches represent serious and the material of a “terrorist group” incitement to violence.” Romania has blocked a Russian its coverage of last year’s Moscow “to face the repeated failures of compliance through its Syria coverage. The foreign ministry military shipment of battle Salisbury nerve agent poisoning consequences”. of our rules,” Ofcom said in a The BBC probe was statement further accused UK tanks and armoured vehicles and the Syria conflict. statement. announced within hours of the authorities of “trying to limit the to Serbia because of interna- The Russian foreign ministry “The programmes were original Ofcom decision and activity of Russian media in the tional sanctions that are in called it an “act of censorship” said it presents an alternative — mostly in relation to major remains open to this day. country”. place against Russia over its and warned British media oper- and independent — take on matters of political controversy RT said it was “very wrong” RT does not have to pay the actions in Ukraine. ating in Moscow “to face the world news. and current public policy — for Ofcom to issue the fine while fine or broadcast Ofcom’s The Romanian Foreign consequences”. Britain’s Ofcom media reg- namely the UK government’s its appeal was under judicial decision until the High Court Ministry said in a statement RT had earlier denounced ulator said Friday that RT failed response to the events in review. completes its review over the yesterday that it could not issue the penalty as “astonishing”. The to follow UK impartiality laws in Salsbury, and the Syrians A spokesman said that RT coming months. a transit permit for the international TV channel is seven news and current affair conflict.” contests “the very legitimacy” of The poisoning of former shipment due to a European already seeking a judicial review programmes that aired between Ofcom initially found RT in the December breach decision Russian spy Sergei Skripal and Union embargo introduced in against the investigation at Lon- March 17 and April 26 of 2018. breach of Britain’s strict media — as well as the size of yester- his daughter Yulia with a Soviet- 2014. The statement gave no don’s High Court. The £200,000 ($250,000, rules last December. day’s penalty. era nerve agent in the English more details. The broadcaster rejects 225,000 euro) fine was levied on The global broadcaster — “Cases that involved hate city of Salisbury in March 2018 Serbian officials com- accusations of being a Russian RT’s parent company TV-Novosti available in English in the United speech and incitement to violence prompted London to sever dip- plained earlier this month state propaganda channel and -- a non-profit organisation States and Europe as well as have been subject to substantially lomatic relations with Moscow. that Nato-member Romania had prevented the delivery of some 60 Russian secondhand tanks and armoured vehicles France warns Johnson that were to be shipped from Russia via the Danube River to Serbia. against ‘provocations’ Media reports said Russia flew 10 armoured vehicles to AFP “In any case, we want to Serbia this week on its air force PARIS work with him .. and we need transport planes. to,” Montchalin added. Russia has been helping its Boris Johnson will travel to Last year, Macron broke ally Serbia beef up its military, France to meet French President away from his time off to host raising concerns in the Balkan Emmanuel Macron in the next then British prime minister region. In the 1990s during the few weeks, French officials said Theresa May as she sought new bloody breakup of the former yesterday, while warning the concessions in her ultimately Yugoslavia, Serbia was at war new British premier against doomed bid to bring Britain out with neighbors Croatia, Bos- “posturing” and “provocations.” of the European Union. nia and Kosovo. The 41-year-old French In their conversation, Serbia has already received leader, who has said he is happy Macron congratulated Johnson six MiG-29 fighter jets from to be considered the “bad guy” on becoming prime minister and Russia. Serbia, which claims in the Brexit negotiations, is set emphasised his desire for close military neutrality, is negoti- to be a key figure during the Franco-British ties, the presi- ating additional arms purchases tricky and potentially bad-tem- dential official said, reflecting his from Russia, including attack pered talks in the months ahead. hope for a strong defence and and transport helicopters and Macron extended the invi- economic relationship air defense systems. tation to Johnson in a call late post-Brexit. Serbia formally wants to join Thursday from his official But they steered clear of the the EU, but under political and summer vacation residence in vexed subject of Britain’s Croatia honours slain soldier propaganda pressure from Mos- the the fort of Bregancon, where departure from the bloc, the aide cow, Belgrade has steadily slid Croatian soldiers carrying a portrait of Josip Briski, the Croatian soldier killed in a terrorist attack in he is expected to stay for the added, agreeing that the issue toward the Kremlin and its goal Kabul, Afghanistan, on July 24, 2019, as its coffin arrives at Zagreb’s airport, aboard a Nato plane, next three weeks, said an aide. would be discussed in the next of keeping the countries in the But in a sign of wariness in few weeks. where it was welcomed with the highest military and state honours, in Croatia, yesterday. region out of Nato. France about Johnson’s anti-EU Macron, a devoted Europhile rhetoric, France’s Europe Min- who is seeking to deepen links ister Amelie de Montchalin between EU members, views urged Britain’s new leader to Brexit as an act of self-harm by Austrian woman convinces abductor to free her work on creating a working Britain and he has been highly relationship with his partners on critical of Johnson personally in AP police spokesman Fritz Grundnig she woke up she was naked and “All of a sudden the attacker the continent. the past. BERLIN said. The attacker, whose name tied to an armchair, the report was nice to me.” “From our side, we need to Johnson insists he wants to wasn’t given according to Aus- added. “He was full of hatred. He He told her that he was a be responsible,” she told France renegotiate a divorce deal which An Austrian triathlete survived trian privacy rules, was arrested blindfolded me, forced me to gardener and started talking 2 television. “That means being was drafted by his predecessor a kidnapping in which she was on Wednesday. drink and he always held a knife about his horrible life— “a dead clear, predictable and it means May over the last two years, only first hit by a car, tied up with duct Birli said that she was on her in his hand.” father, a mother addicted to on the other side that we need to see it rejected by British MPs tape and then taken to a remote bicycle when a car rammed into Birli said at some point he alcohol and girlfriends who to create a working relationship, three times in parliament. house where she was held for her and knocked her over, held her nose and mouth and she betrayed him,” Birli said. that there aren’t games, pos- But the EU has already said hours before convincing her according to an interview pub- thought he wanted to suffocate Birli said that was the turing, provocations.” it will not reopen the negotia- abductor to release her, police lished in local newspaper Krone her but then stopped and forced moment when she suggested a The timing of the meeting tions on the terms of Britain’s said. A 33-year-old man has on Thursday. She said she broke her into a bathtub with cold “deal” to the man. between Macron and Johnson departure. Both Britain and the been arrested. her left arm in the fall and the water “to drown me.” “’Let’s pretend it was an was unclear. The British prime EU are now set to accelerate Nathalie Birli, 27, was driver then beat her with a stick She said the situation began accident,’ I offered him, ‘and you minister is due in France to preparations for this scenario, training with her bicycle on a and threw her into the back seat. to change when she saw that let me go.’” attend the G7 meeting of which economists say would road in Kumberg in southern Birli, who has a 14-week-old there were a lot of orchids in the He agreed, took off the duct developed nations in Biarritz on have major economic Austria on Tuesday afternoon son, said that she lost con- house and she expressed her tape and drove her all the way August 24 to 26. repercussions. when she was abducted, Graz sciousness for a while, and when admiration for the plants. home, she said. Belgium sees first Rioting German teens death after record heat wave stage jailbreak attempt AP AFP A 15-year-old “provoked BRUSSELS BERLIN and insulted” officers in “an aggressive manner” and refused Belgium suffered a first death Around 50 German teenagers to leave. as a direct result of the record- rioted trying to free a After the youth was taken breaking heat wave when a 15-year-old reveller from police into custody, a group of teen- woman was found dead near custody after he disrupted a agers left the party and tried to her caravan close to the beach. school-leavers party, police storm the police station, which The 66-year-old woman confirmed yesterday. led to the riot. was found by a neighbour late Only a large-scale show of Police, who are considering Thursday afternoon after she force restored order after the a wide range of charges had apparently been basking in teens threw bottles at the including attempted assault and the blazing sun. windows of the police station in battery, stepped up patrols on The incident happened in the Bavarian town of Starnberg, Thursday night. Middelkerke on the Belgian near Munich, and tried in vain In an open letter, those coast as temperatures rose in to break open the entrance door involved apologised. the region to over 40 degrees Passengers for the Eurostar wait at St Pancras International railway station after an electrical failure late Thursday. “Our school community Celsius. caused train cancellations, in central London, yesterday. A window was smashed and wanted to celebrate a friendly Middelkerke police com- officers from neighbouring get-together to sign off the aca- missioner Frank Delva said that towns were called in to help demic year,” read the statement. the death is “very clearly linked Power failure halts Paris-London trains restore order. “We are very sorry this to the heat.” REUTERS unless it was essential, while the not clear what caused the outage “Only through a massive escalated.” Emergency services rushed PARIS state controlled French rail and that there was no early indi- deployment... could the situation Bavaria’s regional Interior to the scene but could not operator SNCF said Thalys cation it was due to the on site be brought under Minister slammed the rioters. resuscitate the woman. High speed rail services between services to Brussels were also heatwave. control,” said a statement from “The incidents in Starnberg On Thursday, Belgium Paris and London as well as affected. Passengers on social media Bavarian police. are absolutely out of the endured, like many parts of Brussels ground to halt after a “Traffic to and from Paris is described chaos at the London’s Three teens were arrested question,” conservative politician Western Europe, its hottest day power cable failure at the Gare severely disrupted,” Eurostar St Pancras station and the Paris and charged with attempting to Joachim Herrmann told German on record when the temper- du Nord station in the French said in a statement. terminus. free a prisoner and damage to daily Bild. “Revelry and alcohol ature rose to 41.8 C in Begi- capital yesterday, hampering the An SNCF spokesman said “Shambolic scenes at Ebbs- property. are no excuses for such riots.” jnendijk, 30km east of Brussels. summer holiday getaway. Eurostar services would resume fleet. No announcements...,” Events had escalated after “These are not trivial In Luxembourg, a record high Eurostar warned passengers at 1pm (1100 GMT), though grumbled on delayed passenger police were called to a distur- offences. The behaviour of these was also reached with 40.8 not to travel on its cross-Channel delays were likely to persist. on Twitter, referring to a station bance at a school-leavers party young people must be strictly degrees measured. rail services to and from Paris The spokesman said it was east of London. in the affluent rural town. punished.” SATURDAY 27 JULY 2019 EUROPE / AMERICAS 11 Sweden slams Trump for meddling in rapper’s case

AFP Swedish politicians self-defence. But on Thursday STOCKHOLM highlight that the prosecutor Daniel Suneson said charges against the he was pressing charges against Swedish politicians yesterday Mayers and the two others fired back at US President rapper, stemming from “because in my judgement what Donald Trump, after he rowed a June street brawl in has happened amounts to a with Prime Minister Stefan Stockholm, were laid crime, despite the objections Lofven over Sweden’s move to by prosecutors and about self-defence and press assault charges against provocations.” American rapper A$AP Rocky. were not arbitrary. Part of the fight was cap- Several Swedish politicians tured in an amateur video pub- protested Trump’s remarks, after limits! Clear?” Bildt tweeted. lished by US celebrity news the president took to Twitter on In a comment to newspaper outlet TMZ. The rapper later Thursday to express his Aftonbladet, Bildt also com- published videos of his own to frustration. mended the government for Instagram purporting to show “Very disappointed in Prime choosing not to engage, saying the lead-up to the fight. Minister Stefan Lofven for being it was wise to avoid “mud wres- But Suneson said he has A ship with migrants aboard rescued by the Armed Forces of Malta approaches a port in Valletta, yesterday. unable to act. Sweden has let our tling with Trump”. “more material to consider than African American Community Natali Sial, a spokeswoman what has been available on the down in the United States,” for the Swedish government, Internet”. Trump tweeted, adding: “Give said they did not have anything On July 5 the court ordered Salvini blocks own coastguard A$AP Rocky his FREEDOM.” further to add after Trump’s Mayers kept in custody pending He also tweeted “We do so latest statements. investigation as he was con- much for Sweden but it doesn’t “In Sweden everyone is sidered a “flight risk”. ship with migrants on board seem to work the other way equal before the law. The White Suneson’s decision to press around.” House has been informed of this. charges means the rapper can REUTERS Rome has asked Brussels to Italian magistrates placed But Swedish politicians were Now the judicial process will run be kept in custody until his trial ROME coordinate migrant redistri- the interior minister under quick to offer rebuttals, with its course.” which is scheduled to take place bution between member states, investigation for kidnapping, but some highlighting that the Former US ambassador to over three days, starting on July Interior Minister Matteo Salvini a European Commission spokes- the upper house Senate blocked charges against the rapper, Sweden Azita Raji also chimed 30. Assault carries a maximum said yesterday he would not let woman said yesterday, adding the probe in February, ruling that stemming from a June street in to show support for the Scan- penalty of two years in jail in an Italian coastguard boat that the EU executive would act Salvini should benefit from par- brawl in Stockholm, were laid dinavian nation. Sweden. carrying 135 migrants dock until to this effect. liamentary immunity. by prosecutors and were not “As Sweden leads by Since his arrest, fans, fellow European Union countries Salvini, who is also deputy As Italy shut its ports to arbitrary. example in showing that eve- artists and US Congress agreed to take them in. prime minister, has staked much migrants, Malta yesterday “So, what is it you do for us ryone is equal before the law, the members have campaigned for The Gregoretti coastguard of his political credibility on a agreed to take in some 143 MR President?,” MEP Fredrick US struggles to show that no one his release. An online petition vessel rescued the migrants on drive to halt migrant flows and people its armed forces had Federley tweeted. is above the law,” Raji wrote on called #JusticeForRocky has gar- Thursday from two boats off has drawn protests by closing rescued in two separate Former prime minister Carl Twitter. nered more than 630,000 Malta, but was awaiting orders Italy’s ports to charity rescue operations. Bildt echoed earlier responses The 30-year-old US rapper, signatures. on where it could take them. ships. The United Nations refugee by the Swedish government and whose real name is Rakim The musician, who had his “I will not give any per- Last August, he prevented agency (UNHCR) said it feared pointed to the independence of Mayers, was arrested on July 3 breakthrough in 2011 with the mission for them to disembark another national coastguard around 115 would-be migrants the Swedish judiciary. along with three other people release of the mixtape “Live. until Europe commits to accept boat carrying 150 migrants from drowned in a shipwreck off “That’s the way it is in the US, following the brawl on June 30. Love. A$AP”, was on a European all the immigrants on board,” docking for five days until Libya on Thursday as they tried and that’s certainly the way it is One of the others, the rapper’s tour at the time of his arrest and Salvini, who is head of the far- Albania, Ireland and Italy’s to reach Europe in a rickety in Sweden. Political interference bodyguard, was later released. has already had to cancel over right League party, said in a Catholic Church agreed to take wooden fishing boat. in the process is distinctly off Mayers claims he acted in a dozen shows. statement. responsibility for them.

Armed men steal Spain’s Sanchez vows to avoid snap polls, despite defeat $40m of gold and BLOOMBERG on what happened and unblock the country continues to recover Sanchez’s Socialists had been metals from Brazil MADRID this situation,” he added. from the ravages of the financial trying to garner the support of Sanchez’s bid to become crisis. And adding to the turmoil, Podemos to cobble together a airport terminal Acting Spanish Prime Minister Spain’s premier fell short in the country is still in a state of majority in the assembly. Even Pedro Sanchez (pictured) vowed Thursday’s parliamentary ballot, deep angst over the unresolved though they abstained in the REUTERS to avoid a new general election, his second defeat this week, after issue of Catalonia, which wants vote, Podemos left open the pos- SAO PAULO which would be the country’s his Socialist party failed to iron to break away from the kingdom. sibility of continuing to try to find fourth in as many years, and will out the conditions for a tie-up Over a two-month period, a way to work together. Armed men stole $40m of gold work toward building a coalition with the anti-austerity group Sanchez can in theory continue “I assume my duty,” Sanchez and other precious metals which has so far remained elusive Podemos. The loss starts the con- his efforts to secure a majority said in the interview, adding that yesterday from a Sao Paulo despite two parliamentary votes. stitutional clock ticking toward and go back to parliament, if the right-wing parties, the Peo- cargo terminal at South Amer- “I’m not going to throw in the possible new elections in invited to do so by King Felipe ple’s Party and Ciudadanos, must ica’s busiest airport, taking two towel,” Sanchez said in an November. VI. If he fails, the king would dis- help break the deadlock. “And hostages, police said. interview. The four main The stalemate will prolong solve parliament and call new my duty is to form a government. Several of the suspects political parties need “to reflect Spain’s political uncertainty as elections. I will speak to the other parties.” arrived at the Guarulhos airport in a black pickup truck with livery resembling Brazil’s federal police, according to Ecuador to require visas security footage. Four men left the vehicle for Venezuelan migrants with their faces covered, at least one of whom had a rifle, and REUTERS to an unprecedented surge in confronted workers at the QUITO immigration. airport, who then proceeded to The measures “will also nor- fill up the pickup truck with Ecuador will require Venezuelan malise the status of Venezuelan cargo. citizens, who until now could nationals that are already in the A police report said the cross the border with a passport country and that have not thieves left with about 750kg of or other form of identification, broken the law, due to a human- gold and other precious metals, to have a visa to enter the itarian visa exception that along with two airport workers country, Ecuadorean President offered them temporary resi- taken as hostages, and Lenin Moreno said. dence,” Ecuador’s presidency remained at large. The new requirement was said in a statement. An airport spokeswoman announced as part of a security The country also plans to said no one was hurt during the plan for migrants, which conduct a non-obligatory census assault, but did not comment includes tighter regulations like of Venezuelans living within its on potential hostages. those adopted by Chile and Peru territory to help them access The airport is operated by in recent months. education, health and welfare GRU Airport, a consortium that Venezuela’s economic col- benefits. includes Invepar, Airports lapse under President Nicolas Quito will recognise pass- Company South Africa, and Maduro has led to the biggest ports and other forms of identi- state airport operator Infraero. migratory crisis in recent Latin fication up to five years after Financially motivated American history. their expiration when granting crimes such as armed robberies The United Nations esti- visas for Venezuelans, as are very common and on the mates nearly four million people renewing government docu- Up for auction rise in Brazil, with 22,000 cargo have fled shortages of basic ments has become nearly robberies reported in two states A James Bond 1965 Aston Martin DB5 coupe is displayed at Sotheby’s Auction house in New York, foods and medicines, forcing impossible in the crisis-stricken alone — Sao Paulo and Rio de yesterday. neighbouring countries to adapt country. Janeiro — in 2017. Brazil calls on BRICS to heed ‘cries’ of Venezuelan people AFP from Russia, India, China and Russia and China still support to do something and to act.” statement issued at the end of the Canada, which is helping to RIO DE JANEIRO South Africa in Rio de Janeiro. Nicolas Maduro’s socialist But Russian Foreign Minister BRICS meeting, underscoring the mediate the Venezuelan crisis, The group is deeply divided government. Sergei Lavrov reiterated Mos- discord. on Tuesday urged the world to Brazil’s Foreign Minister Ernesto over how to respond to a situ- “Venezuelans are crying for cow’s opposition to “interference Lavrov’s comments come as push Caracas to hold new pres- Araujo yesterday pleaded with ation that has forced millions of freedom,” Araujo told the from the outside.” the US considers imposing new idential elections. the country’s partners in the Venezuelans to flee their col- meeting, which comes in the “We need to use the interna- sanctions on Russia over its Venezuela was thrust into a BRICS group of emerging econ- lapsing economy. run-up to a leaders’ summit in tional law as the foundation and support for Maduro, the White political impasse six months ago omies to heed the “cries” of Brazil is the only BRICS November in the Brazilian capital to support the Venezuelans into House representative for the when Guaido declared himself Venezuelans and work together member to recognise Vene- of Brasilia. coming to the solution them- South American country said on acting president after branding to end the crisis. zuela’s opposition leader Juan “We are hearing those cries selves,” Lavrov said. Wednesday. Maduro a “usurper” because of Araujo made the remarks at Guaido as the legitimate acting in Brazil. The international com- There was no mention of The Lima Group of a dozen his “fraudulent” 2018 a meeting with his counterparts president. munity needs to hear these cries Venezuela in the agreed joint Latin American countries and re-election. 12 AMERICAS / CLASSIFIEDS SATURDAY 27 JULY 2019 House panel seeks grand jury evidence to assess Trump’s impeachment

REUTERS House Judiciary Committee Chairman said WASHINGTON Mueller’s grand jury information “is critically important for our ability to examine witnesses The Democratic-led US House and to investigate the president’s misconduct.” Judiciary Committee headed to court yesterday to seek access to grand jury evidence from the Chairman Jerrold Nadler told a McGahn, and to investigate the Mueller probe that lawmakers news conference that since president’s misconduct.” say they need to determine Justice Department policy pro- Committee Democrats, who whether to begin impeachment hibits the prosecution of a sitting flanked Nadler at the news con- proceedings against President president, the House of Repre- ference, said the pending court Donald Trump. sentatives was the only insti- petition was a new step toward A second pending legal move tution of government capable of impeachment and described by Democrats, a federal lawsuit holding Trump accountable for their ongoing obstruction of House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) (centre) and fellow Democratic members to compel testimony from former actions outlined in the Mueller justice probe against Trump as of the committee holding a news conference, in Washington, DC, yesterday. White House Counsel Don report. an “impeachment investigation,” McGahn about the Republican “The House must have access though the panel has not offi- oversight now and into the hearings that Democrats hoped favoured litigation to obtain “the president’s efforts to impede the to all the relevant facts and con- cially launched an impeachment future.” would focus public attention on best, strongest possible case” Mueller probe, is expected early sider whether to exercise its full inquiry. Nadler described the pending Trump’s alleged misconduct and against Trump. next week. ... powers, including a constitu- But the top Republican on the legal actions, including the boost support for an But with the 2020 election The grand jury evidence, tional power of the utmost Judiciary Committee, Represent- McGahn lawsuit, as a potential impeachment inquiry. But his campaign season fast which is protected from outside gravity: recommendation of ative Doug Collins, criticised watershed that could dismantle halting and reticent performance approaching, she also made it scrutiny by federal law, was articles of impeachment,” Nadler Nadler’s move. recent White House efforts to changed few opinions, leaving clear that the impeachment issue compiled by former Special said, reading from the court “Judiciary Democrats are stonewall congressional inves- House Democrats to accelerate would not be allowed to linger. Counsel Robert Mueller’s petition. suing for grand jury material to tigators by directing current and a congressional probe that could “The decision will be made 22-month probe of Russian med- He also said Mueller’s grand which they have no right,” former Trump aides to defy sub- take months to bear fruit. in a timely fashion. This isn’t dling in the 2016 presidential jury information “is critically Collins said in a statement. poenas and refrain from pro- House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, endless,” said Pelosi, who denied election and Trump’s efforts to important for our ability to “Chairman Nadler’s legal action viding testimony. who opposes impeachment for suggestions that she was trying impede the investigation. examine witnesses, including here is sure to fail, weakening Mueller testified on now as a politically risky move to “run out the clock” on House Judiciary Committee former White House counsel Don Congress’s ability to conduct Wednesday in back-to-back for Democrats, said that she impeachment. Four dead, two Presidential hopeful Harris sets $60bn plan for black colleges wounded in BLOOMBERG institutions. Her proposal would set up a Howard University in Wash- Monmouth University Poll Los Angeles WASHIGNTON Harris will present the plan $50bn competitive fund for insti- ington, also includes $2.5bn for shows. Biden is supported by in a speech to the National Urban tutions to invest in science, tech- those institutions to train black 39% of likely voters in the Feb- shooting spree Democratic presidential League in Indianapolis today, nology, engineering and math teachers. ruary primary, a crucial early candidate Kamala Harris is part of an effort to court black education. She calls for allocating On Thursday, Joe Biden has presidential contest. 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Police said that there have been two sightings of the suspects in the slaying of an American woman, her Australian boyfriend and another man in the Gillam area of Manitoba and they are believed to still be nearby. Royal Canadian Mounted Police Cpl Julie Courchaine said authorities have corroborated the sightings of 19-year-old Kam McLeod and 18-year-old Bryer Schmegelsky. She said the sightings were prior to Monday A combination photos of Kam McLeod, 19, and Bryer Schmegelsky, evening’s discovery of a burned- 18, from Port Alberni, British Columbia, who are considered main out vehicle the suspects were suspects in the slayings of 23-year-old Australian Lucas Fowler, driving. and his US girlfriend Chynna Deese, 24. Courchaine said there have been no reports of stolen Deese, 24, Australian Lucas The separate discoveries of vehicles that could be attributed Fowler, 23, and Leonard Dyck, three bodies and burning cars to the suspects and that is why 64, of Vancouver. McLeod and have shaken rural northern authorities believe the men are Schmegelsky have been charged British Columbia. still in the Gillam area. with second-degree murder in During the investigation, Gillam is more than 2,000 Dyck’s death, whose body was police found Dyck’s body miles from northern British discovered a week after Deese roughly about 2km from the first Columbia, where another and Fowler were found shot burned-out vehicle. burned vehicle was found on dead. That was about 500km Friday and where the three McLeod and Schmegelsky from the spot along the Alaska Pen.Mag people were found slain in two themselves had originally been Highway near Liard Hot places. considered missing persons and Springs where Deese and Every Sunday To Thursday The victims have been iden- only became suspects in the case Fowler were found over a week tified as American Chynna on Tuesday. ago. BUSINESS SATURDAY 27 JULY 2019 13 PAGE | 14 PAGE | 15 RussiaRuss wants short-term UBS whistle-blower ggas deal with Ukraine hunts trillions before bypass hidden in treasure routes complete isles

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President Recep Tayyip Erdogan “High rates are the biggest AFP offset US data called on the central bank to press obstacle for Turkey’s economy,” SINGAPORE ahead with monetary easing, Erdogan said yesterday. REUTERS US economic growth speaking a day after it delivered The Turkish leader reiterated British inventor James Dyson is LONDON slowed less than Turkey’s biggest interest-rate cut that he believes inflation will soon buying a luxury Singapore house in at least 17 years without roiling slow to single digits, with rate cuts with an indoor waterfall that Oil prices steadied yesterday expected in the markets. allowing the economy to reach was marketed for $32m, a report and were on track for a weekly second quarter as a “This was what needed to be its potential growth. said Friday, weeks after increase as geopolitical tensions surge in consumer done,” Erdogan said yesterday in “I consider the central bank’s snapping up the city-state’s in the Middle East and concerns Ankara. “Even this cut is not rate decision a vital turning point, priciest penthouse. over the safety of oil transport spending blunted enough. Cuts may continue grad- we will see inflation going down His electric appliance in the Gulf countered slowing some of the drag ually until year-end.” President of Turkey, Recep Tayyip rapidly,” he said. “I repeatedly company, known for its bagless US economic growth amid a Less than three weeks after Erdogan voiced my discomfort with high vacuum cleaners, hand dryers US-China trade war. from declining getting the job, Governor Murat interest rates for many years but and fans, announced this year it Brent crude futures were exports and a Uysal slashed the benchmark bor- monetary easing suggests the new central bank governors did not was shifting its global head- up 9 cents at $63.48 per barrel smaller inventory rowing rate by 425 basis points to governor is trying to reconcile the listen to me back then.” quarters from England to the at 1331 GMT, equivalent to a 19.75 percent on Thursday, central bank’s priorities with “What happened after” the city-state to be closer to Asian weekly rise of 1.6 percent. They build. exceeding almost all forecasts. Erdogan’s drive for economic rate cut, Erdogan asked yesterday. markets. fell 6 percent last week. The first cut in three years was growth and his unorthodox “Did Turkey go bankrupt? Eve- The company also plans to US West Texas Interme- also the biggest since a shift to theory that high interest rates rything collapsed? Markets produce electric cars there, as diate crude was 12 cents higher left unchanged. That applied inflation targeting in 2002, in the cause rather than curb inflation. responded normally.” part of its expansion east after at $56.14 a barrel, a weekly gain not just to this year but also clearest sign yet that Erdogan is Erdogan promised to take “Look at Japan, Israel, the Britain’s 2016 decision to leave of almost 1 percent. It fell 7.5 2020. moving to take more control of more direct control over rate US,” Erdogan said. “You do not the EU. percent last week. Tensions remained high monetary-policy making. decisions and the economy in an see these rates. We will lower The Brexit-backing bil- US economic growth around the Strait of Hormuz, The sharp pivot toward interview last year. In his view, rates methodically.” lionaire has initiated the pur- slowed less than expected in the the world’s most important oil chase of the luxurious house second quarter as a surge in passageway, as Iran refused to facing the UNESCO-listed consumer spending blunted release a British-flagged tanker Botanic Gardens, which was put some of the drag from declining it seized last week in the Gulf on the market at Sg$45 million exports and a smaller inventory but granted India consular ($32.8m), the city-state’s Straits build. access to its 18 Indian crew Times newspaper reported. The fairly upbeat report members. The freehold property is from the Commerce Denmark welcomed the over 15,000 square feet (1,400 Department will probably not British government’s proposal square metres) and features a deter the Federal Reserve from for a European-led naval spiral staircase, landscaped cutting interest rates next mission to ensure safe shipping garden and an infinity pool. Wednesday for the first time in through the strait. Official documents seen by a decade, given rising risks to The United States is sepa- AFP showed a “caveat” - a doc- the economy’s outlook. rately working on a multina- ument to register a purchaser’s “Several indicators pointing tional maritime security initi- legal interest in a property -- to a slowdown of global oil ative in the Gulf. was lodged with authorities for demand growth appear to have However, oil prices’ the house on July 3. taken over market sentiment,” reaction to the strains in the A spokeswoman for the Jefferies analyst Jason Gammel Gulf has been relatively muted. 72-year-old’s company said she said. “It appears that the majority of would not comment on the Trade talks between the market participants do not Dyson family’s “private affairs”. United States and China broke expect a military conflict that Leong Boon Hoe, chief oper- down in May after nearing would hamper oil shipments,” ating officer of List Sotheby’s agreement. Next week, top US Commerzbank analyst Carsten International Realty in Sin- and Chinese negotiators meet Fritsch said. gapore, said that type of for the first time since then. Any Prices also drew support property was the city’s “most positive outcome from the from a crude inventory draw in coveted form” of low-rise meeting is expected to boost oil the United States, but gains housing. Usually only Singapore prices. were limited as the fall citizens are allowed to buy the Reuters polls taken July appeared to have been largely Wanda Sports Group IPO houses but in certain cases for- 1-24 showed the growth anticipated. U.S. production in eigners holding Singapore per- Lincoln Zhang (centre), Chairman of Wanda Sports Group, the sport-related business unit of Chinese outlook for nearly 90 percent the Gulf of Mexico was still manent residency are permitted, conglomerate Wanda Group, smiles during the opening bell ceremony of the company’s IPO trading of the more than 45 economies feeling the effects of Hurricane although they must live in the surveyed was downgraded or Barry. under the symbol (WSG) at the Nasdaq Market site in New York, US, yesterday. property themselves.

US economy misses 3% growth target in 2018 Eurozone industry outlook REUTERS The updated GDP lower gear in the second quarter economy to take off “like a rocket ‘worse and worse’: Draghi WASHINGTON data, and signs that after receiving a boost from ship.” Economists, though, have the economy shifted exports and an accumulation of long cautioned that the 3 percent AFP US economic growth in 2018 unsold goods in the first three growth target was unrealistic, FRANKFURT AM MAIN missed the Trump administra- into lower gear in the months of 2019, are undercutting given low productivity among tion’s 3 percent target by any second quarter after that argument. other factors. Economists European Central Bank chief measure, which could renew crit- receiving a boost Trump likes to showcase the estimate the economy’s growth Mario Draghi (pictured) gave icism of the White House’s $1.5 from exports and economy as one of the biggest potential, or the pace at which it a gloomy outlook for the single trillion in tax cuts. achievements of his first term in can expand without generating currency area, underlining The Commerce Department an accumulation of office, declaring last July that his too much inflation, at around 2 factors such as a hard Brexit said yesterday that gross domestic unsold goods in the administration had “accomplished percent. and trade conflict as risks for product increased at a 2.9 percent first three months of an economic turnaround of his- An alternative measure of growth. rate last year, confirming an 2019. toric proportions.” On the cam- economic growth, gross domestic “This outlook is getting estimate which was published in paign trail, Trump boasted he income (GDI), rose 2.5 percent in worse and worse in manufac- But Draghi also pointed to March. The department’s annual could boost annual GDP growth 2018. The average of GDP and turing, and it’s getting worse other major risks, including geo- revisions to GDP data also showed tainable path of strong growth. to 4 percent. GDI, also referred to as gross and worse in countries where political tensions as well as “the the economy growing 2.5 percent The White House and Repub- The downgrade to the 2018 domestic output and considered manufacturing is very possibility of a hard Brexit”. in the 12 months through the licans have argued that the year-on-year measure to below a better measure of economic important, and because of The central banker noted fourth quarter of 2018, down from massive tax cuts, which included 3 percent may well irk a com- activity, increased 2.7 percent in value chains, this propagates that monetary policy can only the previously reported 3.0 slashing the corporate tax rate to mander-in-chief who has been 2018. all over the eurozone,” he told work up to a certain point to percent. 21 percent from 35 percent, would quick to blame the US Federal The updated Commerce journalists. support the euro area, but that President Donald Trump had pay for themselves through strong Reserve in particular for actions Department data also showed “Rising threat of protec- governments must step in if highlighted the year-on-year economic growth. Democrats he sees as stymieing his growth growth in the second and third tionism and vulnerabilities in the situation worsens. growth figure as proof that the tax assailed the tax cuts as benefiting agenda. The Fed meets on interest quarters of last year was not as emerging markets” were “If we continue with this cuts and a government spending wealthy Americans at the expense rates next week, and Trump has robust as previously estimated, mostly to blame for the deteriorating outlook, fiscal blitz, which have helped to swell of the middle-class. already been jawboning policy- and the economy grew much gloomier mood in policy will become of the the federal government deficit, The updated GDP data, and makers to cut borrowing costs, more slowly in the fourth quarter manufacturing. essence,” Draghi said. had put the economy on a sus- signs that the economy shifted into which he says would allow the than had been reported in March. 14 BUSINESS SATURDAY 27 JULY 2019

Russia wants short-term gas US-China tensions weigh on Huawei’s ties with deal with Ukraine before partners FedEx, Flex REUTERS regarding the limits of HONG KONG/SHANGHAI restrictions. bypass routes complete FedEx has apologised for US FedEx Corp yesterday multiple incidents of REUTERS Moscow’s stance is far covers main parameters of the again apologised and blamed diversion of Huawei MOSCOW/BRUSSELS removed from what future transit of gas from Russia Washington’s ban on Huawei packages, which it attributed via Ukraine to the EU,” he said. for being “unclear” as Beijing to “operational errors”, but it Russia wants to strike a short- Kiev and its European Europe gets a third of its gas deepened an investigation later sued the US government term deal with Kiev on gas transit allies want. They are needs from Russia. into why the delivery firm for what it said was an to Europe when the current seeking guarantees In January, Sefcovic floated a was holding up packages “impossible task” to “police 10-year agreement expires in that Ukraine will proposal for the two countries to meant for the telecoms the contents” of export order to buy time to complete agree a new 10-year transit con- equipment maker. shipments. pipelines that will bypass remain a transit route tract, with a guaranteed Huawei was placed by FedEx said on Friday that Ukraine, four sources familiar for Russian gas to minimum yearly transit volume Washington on a blacklist in it initiated the suit against the with Russian thinking said. Europe, leaving little of 60 bcm and 30 bcm of addi- mid-May that effectively US DOC “to prevent similar The current deal with obvious room for a tional flexibility. blocks US firms from doing occurrences happening in the Ukraine lapses at the end of this Yuriy Vitrenko, an executive business with the Shenzhen- future” and reiterated its year. breakthrough. director at Naftogaz, told Reuters based firm. commitment to the Chinese Moscow’s stance is far that Ukraine still counted on the Chinese authorities inves- market. Huawei told Reuters removed from what Kiev and its proposal made by Sefcovic. tigating FedEx suspect it ille- on Thursday that Flex had European allies want. They are Stream 2 pipeline, with annual “If the Russian side does not gally held back more than 100 withheld some 700 million seeking guarantees that Ukraine long-term, 10-year deal. It’s not capacity of 55 billion cubic metres agree with the Sefcovic proposal, Huawei packages and has yuan ($102m) worth of its will remain a transit route for beneficial for us. A one-year deal (bcm), is due to be ready by the we would like to hear why and also violated other laws, state goods in its China factory, Russian gas to Europe, leaving would be OK so we would build year-end but may face delays be informed of a counterpro- news agency Xinhua reported confirming a report by little obvious room for a up our strength and launch all over a permit pending from posal,” Vitrenko said. yesterday. Chinese government-backed breakthrough. those ‘streams’ (Nord Stream 2 Denmark and changes to EU rules Ukraine wants to reform the FedEx in a statement yes- newspaper Global Times. The lack of progress in talks and TurkStream),” one of the four that could affect its business plan. way it operates its gas pipeline terday afternoon said: “These Flex kept the Huawei has spurred market jitters, with sources said. Nord Stream 2 is two-thirds system - a process requiring time shipments in question were assets in its factory in the Europe stockpiling gas to guard A European Union source and complete. The first line of Turk- and investment. The second source handled while we were trying southern city of Zhuhai after against possible disruption of two other Russian sources Stream, with capacity of 15.75 familiar with Russian thinking said to comply with the US DOC the US blacklisting and supplies in the peak of winter. familiar with Gazprom’s thinking bcm and designed for Turkey’s an extension of the current con- BIS order which was unclear caused losses for Huawei, There are a number of confirmed Moscow’s stance. domestic market, is also due for tract for a short period would be and resulted in considerable according to the report. obstacles to a deal, such as a Gazprom declined to comment. launch by the end of the year. the “optimal option” amid Kiev’s complexity for our opera- Huawei told Reuters that it political row between Kiev and Russian Energy Minister Alex- The second line should go via push to reform its gas system. tions. We apologize for any has retrieved some 400 million Moscow, a pro-Russian insur- ander Novak (pictured), asked Bulgaria, Serbia and Hungary, “It’s clear that they (Russians) confusion or harm to our cus- yuan of goods last month after gency in eastern Ukraine, and lit- on the short-term contract pro- Russia’s Novak said on Friday. For want to phase out, dry out tomers as a result.” Beijing negotiations and is still trying to igation between Russian gas sup- posal yesterday, confirmed Ukraine, one of Europe’s poorest Ukraine transit,” the third source started a probe into FedEx last take back the rest. plier Gazprom and Ukraine Moscow has been in touch with countries, Russian gas transit said. “They want a short contract, month after Huawei said the Flex said in an emailed energy company Naftogaz. Kiev regarding such a deal. means some $3bn in annual with a low commitment on US delivery firm had diverted statement to Reuters, “Flex Besides, Moscow has said “We have proposed to our revenue, so for Kiev the stakes volumes.” Europe is stockpiling parcels intended for the and Huawei have had a long- Ukraine must complete the for- (Ukrainian) colleagues to extend are high. gas to avoid any disruption. company. Xinhua said on standing and successful part- mation of a new parliament and the current contact for a year on In 2006 and 2009, Russia According to Gas Infrastructure Friday that investigators also nership which has recently government before talks can take the existing conditions. There temporarily halted its gas transit Europe, an industry body, gas discovered “clues to other been impacted by unforeseen place. Also in play are a wider could be some adjustments, via Ukraine on the grounds Kiev storage on the continent was violations”. challenges resulting from the standoff with the West and the subject to commercial talks... We was “siphoning” gas meant for 80.5% full as of July 23 compared On Thursday, Huawei had US/China trade situation. Both threat of sanctions from Wash- have not get a reaction (from Europe. Ukraine denied any to 58.3% a year earlier. accused US-listed Flex of parties are actively working ington against a Russia-designed Kiev) yet,” Novak told reporters. wrongdoing. Since then, Gazprom “Whether or not agreement seizing its goods in China. to find a mutually agreeable undersea pipeline to Germany. The EU, which is mediating has sought to bypass the transit is reached by 31 December, there The developments mark way forward given these Russia has said it wants to cut gas talks between the two sides, country. is no doubt that the large-scale the latest fallout from Wash- facts.” A Flex spokesman substantially its gas flows to has invited both parties to a new European Commission Vice transit of Russian gas via Ukraine ington’s trade ban on Huawei, declined to say whether it still Europe via West-leaning Ukraine round of discussions on Sept. 16, President Maros Sefcovic told to Europe is coming to an end,” which has not only rattled the held any Huawei assets or by doubling the capacity of the sources close to the matter said. Reuters he had invited Kiev and the Oxford Institute for Energy global technology supply counts Huawei as a customer, existing Nord Stream trunk via Russia, the EU and Ukraine Moscow to a new round of talks Studies said in a paper published chain tied to Huawei’s $105bn but said China remains “a the Baltic Sea and laying gas pipes have held several previous in September. in May. “It is very likely that by business but also is causing very important center of pro- to Turkey and onwards through rounds of gas talks that failed to “I believe that currently, we 2022 both Nord Stream 2 and much confusion among com- duction and end-market” the Black Sea. yield a deal acceptable for all. have on the table a fair proposal (TurkStream) will be operating panies and organisations well where it employs tens of “Ukraine is looking for a The Gazprom-led Nord that I presented in January. It at full capacity.” beyond the US borders thousands of people. ECB survey sees long-term inflation outlook at record low BLOOMBERG deployment as early as in Sep- ECB lowered their forecasts for FRANKFURT tember. Draghi also stressed the 2019, 2020 and 2021 in the latest ECB’s “commitment to symmetry” report, which also showed the pro- Longer-term inflation expecta- in reaching their goal -- a move portion of respondents expecting tions in a European Central Bank that will allow them to keep the longer-term inflation of 1.7 percent survey of professional forecasters monetary-policy stance loose for or lower growing to 50 percent dropped to their lowest level on longer, until there’s no doubt that from 40 percent three months ago. record in the euro area, a day after price pressures have become Draghi, whose eight-year President Mario Draghi pledged entrenched. The comments may term as president ends in October, fresh stimulus to bolster sagging be the product of a beginning ini- said policy makers “wouldn’t price pressures. tiative at the ECB to revamp its accept permanently lower Forecasters lowered their pro- policy approach. Governing inflation.” Among the options jection for inflation over the longer Council members held a session under consideration for more term to 1.7 percent, suggesting con- recently where they discussed the immediate deployment are a cut fidence in the ECB to meet its goal effectiveness of their current target. in the deposit rate further below of price growth “below, but close Such efforts put the ECB zero and fresh asset purchases. to, 2 percent” is dwindling. Draghi among a growing group of central An overhaul of the ECB’s acknowledged concerns on banks -- from the Federal Reserve inflation goal and its broader Thursday when he said policy to the Reserve Bank of New strategy will probably take more makers “don’t like what we see on Zealand -- that are debating time and a comprehensive the inflation front.” The Governing whether they need to redefine review, and may be one the first Brazil worker fund stimulus launch Council underlined its determi- their aim after years of trying and big initiatives landing on FROM LEFT: Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro, Vice-President Hamilton Mourao and Economy Minister nation to respond to a deteriorating failing to nudge inflation higher Christine Lagarde’s desk when Paulo Guedes react during a ceremony to launch the new worker fund stimulus at the Planalto outlook by asking committees to and make it stick. she takes over the helm of the Palace in Brasilia, Brazil study several easing measures for Forecasters surveyed by the ECB in November. Vodafone lays ground for flotation of European towers business BLOOMBERG cash-constrained carrier fund private equity funds flush with was formed by combining the moment, given there’s an LONDON the rollout of fifth-generation cash. Telecom infrastructure tower assets of China Mobile insatiable appetite for yield mobile services. Since then, businesses that are separate Ltd., China Unicom Hong Kong assets, can trade anywhere Vodafone Group Plc plans to Read has been pursuing tower- from their phone-carrier cus- Ltd. and China Telecom Corp. from 18 to 21 times Ebitda, so carve out its phone towers into sharing with rivals and over- tomers command richer valua- in 2015 as part of a broader these assets trade on high high a new business and consider an hauling existing deals, including tions, because they have steady plan to reform the nation’s multiples at the moment where initial public offering or with Telefonica’s O2 in the UK income streams that are insu- state-dominated wireless you have strong anchor tenant minority stake sale to lower and Telecom Italia SpA’s Inwit lated from the underlying con- industry. agreements,” Ratzer said. debt. SpA. Vodafone also said it’s sumer. Boston-based American TowerCo, as Vodafone is Vodafone announced the tower The shares rose as much as received several offers for tower Tower Corp., with a market calling the unit for now, would plans alongside fiscal first- 8.5 percent in early London assets in recent months. value of $91 billion, trades at a have annual revenue of €1.7bn quarter financial results that trading after the carrier “‘We are moving very price-to-earnings multiple of 67, ($1.9bn) and earnings before beat analysts’ estimates, as the announced plans to separate quickly. It’s one of the things according to data compiled by interest, taxes, depreciation and company benefited from Europe’s largest towers port- that I prioritized coming into the Bloomberg, compared with 22 amortization of about €900m. pricing changes in Italy and folio by May 2020. The role,” Read said on a call with for Vodafone. That could imply an enterprise slowed customer losses. business will consist of 61,700 review started last year by Nick journalists. Shares of China Tower value of 16 billion euros, Organic service revenue fell 0.2 masts in 10 countries, Read (pictured) shortly after he Vodafone joins European Corp., the state-owned depending on the company’s percent, compared with the Vodafone said in a statement became chief executive officer carriers including Altice Europe wireless infrastructure owner, structure, according to James average analyst estimate for a alongside financial results that to consider how to raise money NV and Iliad SA in taking have surged 63 percent since Ratzer, an analyst New Street decline of 0.6 percent, beat expectations. from infrastructure to reduce advantage of rising demand for the company raised $6.9bn in Research in London. according to a company-com- The move comes out of a leverage and help the telecom infrastructure from an IPO last year. China Tower “These tower companies at piled consensus. SATURDAY 27 JULY 2019 BUSINESS 15

Turkey to begin UBS whistle-blower moving central bank, Treasury hunts trillions hidden units to Istanbul in treasure isles REUTERS / ISTANBUL Turkey plans to begin transferring some BLOOMBERG referee in a football game, neither units of its central bank and Treasury to LONDON/MOSCOW/NEW YORK team is any good and it becomes Istanbul from the capital Ankara by a free-for-all and everything dete- year-end as part of a government effort John Christensen (pictured) called riorates.” Russia, along with Gulf to boost the city’s financial clout, Jersey home. A native of the scenic countries and much of Latin according to three people familiar with isle off England’s southern coast, America, lead the way in how the plans. he was a government economist much of their citizens’ money is Most of the central bank’s functions, with a hillside villa that had views stashed overseas. The equivalent including its key decisions and opera- of France. of 60% of Russian GDP is held off- tions, are expected to be relocated to the “I was set,” Christensen said shore, compared with about 15 country’s largest city within two years, last month in an interview at a percent in Continental Europe and the sources said, adding initial work on London cafe. “We had a pretty only a few percent in Scandi- the move will start soon. good lifestyle and plenty of navian countries, according to Reuters reported in April that units friends.” That ended two decades Gabriel Zucman, an economics of the Treasury and Finance Ministry ago when he spoke out on a fraud- professor at the University of Cal- were to be moved to Istanbul. It was ulent currency-trading scheme centers. US hedge funds and other ifornia at Berkeley. unclear how long the ministry’s move involving a Jersey subsidiary of money managers pool assets into Russians are increasingly would take to complete. UBS Group AG, resulting in him Cayman Islands master funds to abandoning one of their favorite The sources, who requested ano- relocating to London. Christensen, reduce financial and adminis- destinations: the British Virgin nymity because they were not authorised 63, has spent most of his time trative costs. Offshore havens also Islands, according to Moscow- to speak publicly, said the plan was to since fighting governments and can offer protection against based lawyers Sergei Alimirzoev ultimately move the bank and ministry campaigning against financial unstable political regimes in and Mikhail Zimyanin. Increased to the now partially-built Istanbul secrecy, including in Jersey. investors’ home countries. On the financial transparency between Finance Center on the city’s eastern side, Representatives for the flip side, their lack of transparency governments and tighter local tax in Asia. Zurich-based bank and Jersey’s has made these places a desti- laws on overseas companies It was unclear which buildings they government declined to comment. nation for kleptocrats, drug traf- mean rich Russians can no longer would occupy there. In 2003, Christensen co- fickers and money launderers to anonymously accumulate tax-free “There is a will to move the central founded the Tax Justice Network, stash ill-gotten gains. funds in the territory, said the bank as well as some public institutions an independent advocacy group Bolstered by public outrage attorneys, who help set up off- to Istanbul as part of the Finance Center that pushes for greater regulation after leaks of confidential docu- shore accounts for clients. project,” one of the sources told Reuters. of tax havens. No one knows for ments from offshore law firms Legislation adopted this year “The relocation of some main units sure how much money is stashed including Panama’s Mossack in the BVIs and other tax havens of the central bank is planned to be com- offshore, but economists estimate Fonseca, governments are also requires companies regis- pleted by the end of this year.” The it’s $5 trillion to $32 trillion, or increasingly pressuring offshore tered locally to show real eco- central bank declined to comment. The more than a third of the entire tax havens to reveal previously nomic activity -- including hiring Treasury was not immediately available global domestic product. Chris- sacrosanct details. But that’s also employees and renting offices -- to comment. tensen puts the figure toward the triggering a cat-and-mouse game. or face fines. Central banks are typically located top end of that range. As regulators home in on long- To help abolish offshore in capital cities though there are excep- “We’ve won many of the intel- established locations, the tax- secrecy, Christensen and the Tax tions such as the Reserve Bank of India, lectual and political arguments,” averse rich are now seeking out Justice Network are campaigning which is headquartered in Mumbai not he said. “And yet we’re not seeing mainland arrangements, with for public registers of company New Delhi. it happen in practice. Look at Hong Kong, London and the US owners. And there are early signs Several Turkish public institutions where we are now. Rates of tax on among the beneficiaries. of success. The UK’s overseas including the banking watchdog and state capital have collapsed, inequality “Capital has moved literally territories and crown depend- lenders have already been moved to has gone through the roof and lock, stock and barrel beyond the encies, from Jersey to the BVIs, Istanbul in recent years. “Istanbul will be we’re now in a very dark place for ability of nation-states to regulate are set to introduce such legis- the location of some important decision democracy generally.” Wealthy tax,” said Christensen, who com- lation by the end of 2023. making institutions in the government,” individuals often have legitimate pares the situation to a soccer But change isn’t coming fast a second source said. “Not all bureaucrats reasons for using offshore financial match. “If you don’t have a good enough for Christensen. are happy about the decision.”

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Lord’s yesterday. ACTION Albertville to Val Thorens (Swimming and Water polo)

what we did today. TODAY’S

Caeleb Dressel of the USA on his way to establish a world record in the semi-finals of the men’s 100m butterfly event during the 0192 FINA World Allyson Felix Championships at Nambu University Municipal Aquatics Center in Gwangju, South Korea, yesterday. competes in the opening round of the 400 meters during the USATF Outdoor Championships at Drake Stadium in Iowa, USA, on Thursday. Felix in semis as Gatlin, Coleman cruise at US meet AFP DES MOINES, UNITED STATES Dressel shatters Phelps mark in Allyson Felix struggled through her first race in 13 months but declared herself happy to be back after scraping into the 400m semi-finals on the opening day of the US Championships on Thursday. record breaking night at Worlds More than a year after her last outing as a pro- fessional, the 33-year-old Felix is back on the comeback trail at Drake University this week, hoping AFP “I woke up today and I wanted American star destroys Smith covered her face with her to win a berth on the US team for September’s World GWANGJU to do it,” added the 22-year-old, the 23-time Olympic hands after shattering the women’s Championships in Doha. who logged a 21.18 in the 50m free- champion’s 100 metres 200m backstroke world record, Felix, the only woman to win six Olympic track American star Caeleb Dressel, style semis after a quick clocking 2:03.35 to erase Missy and field gold medals, is returning to the sport fol- swimming’s chiselled, tattooed turnaround. butterfly world record in Franklin’s old mark by more then lowing her pregnancy and birth of her daughter in pin-up boy, destroyed Michael “I didn’t really have the Gwangju, South Korea. seven tenths. November. Phelps’s 100 metres butterfly world nerves, I just wanted to do it. “I’m in shock,” gasped the However the comeback didn’t go as smoothly record yesterday as countrywoman Records are meant to be broken, Teenager Smith crushes the 17-year-old. “I didn’t think I’d ever as planned on Thursday, finishing fourth in her heat Simone Manuel retained her 100m I hope Michael was happy women’s 200m backstroke do that -- it’s crazy.” in a time of 52.20sec, well outside her personal best freestyle world title. watching me do that.” world record. Sun, who retained his 200 and of 49.26 set in 2015. Reigning champ Dressel Phelps, the most decorated 400m free titles this week, and That left the veteran former 200m and 400m clenched a fist in the direction of Olympic athlete of all time, has lost China finished a distant sixth in the world champion sweating on the outcome of other flag-waving American fans after both of his 2009 long course but- Russians complete a men’s 4x200m freestyle behind races to confirm her spot in the next round. clocking an astonishing 49.50 terfly world records in Korea after hat-trick of gold medals on winners Australia. “It felt rusty, kind of to be expected,” Felix said seconds in Gwangju to eclipse the Hungarian teenager Kristof Milak day six of the FINA World Mack Horton, who refused to afterwards. “I haven’t raced in a long time. It’s going American legend’s old bodysuit destroyed his previous mark in the Championships. take the podium after losing to Sun to take some time to get back into it.” mark by 0.32 and rob him of a 200m fly. in the 400m final last weekend, Felix, who is aiming to race in her fifth Olympic second world record in 48 hours. A record-breaking night helped conjured an astonishing late Games in Tokyo next year, was able to draw posi- Dressel’s fireworks were turn the spotlight back on “He’s tested year in, year out and fightback to anchor the Aussies to tives from the display however. matched in the next event when swimming after a week of athlete winning every year.” gold in a time of 7:00.85 with Russia Felix said regaining her physical conditioning American teenager Smith crushed protests and insults targeting Manuel exploded from the taking silver and the United States while juggling parenting duties had been the most the women’s 200m backstroke China’s Sun Yang, the 11-time world blocks in lane one to win gold in the bronze. demanding part of her comeback. world record, before Russian Anton champion who a FINA doping panel women’s 100m free in 52.04 ahead Russian Yulia Efimova, who has Elsewhere on Thursday, there were few surprises Chupkov emulated them as he report has accused of destroying of Australian Cate Campbell and twice tested positive for banned as the four-day meeting got under way. stormed to gold in the 200m blood vials after a visit from drug Sweden’s world record holder substances in the past, became the In the 100m, world champion Justin Gatlin and breaststroke. testers. Sarah Sjostrom. first woman to three-peat in the rival Christian Coleman breezed through their early But Dressel, who has already Sun’s Australian coach Denis “I felt a lot of pressure to 200m breaststroke, clocking 2:20.17 heat. won three gold medals this week, Cotterell said that the hulking repeat,” said Olympic champ -- more than two seconds faster The 37-year-old Gatlin, gold medallist in the remains the hottest ticket in South Chinese athlete has been made a Manuel. “It feels amazing.” than silver medallist Tatjana 100m at the 2017 World Championships in London, Korea. scapegoat for grievances swimmers Chupkov found an extra gear Schoenmaker. clocked 10.16sec to qualify second fastest behind “It can be a scary thought,” said have against FINA, the sport’s gov- off the final wall to snatch 200m Meanwhile, Evgeny Rylov training partner Isiah Young in 10.14sec. Dressel, who looks on course to erning body. breaststroke gold in 2:06.12 -- retained his 200m backstroke Coleman, the world’s fastest man over 100m this match or even surpass the seven “You can’t have the perform- knocking more than half a second crown in 1:53.40 and complete a season with a world leading 9.79sec, barely needed golds he scooped at the 2017 world ances he’s had over the years off the previous world best, with Russian hat-trick of gold medals on to get out of first gear to win his heat in 10.29sec. championships in Budapest. without doing the work,” he said. Aussie Matt Wilson taking silver. day six. Coleman is in the vanguard of a new generation of US sprinters looking to replace Gatlin and the retired Usain Bolt at the pinnacle of international sprinting. Bernal takes yellow; hailstorm stops stage But the prospect of Gatlin and Coleman going head-to-head at this week’s four-day meeting -- the US qualifier for the World Championships -- is REUTERS Colombia’s Egan Bernal (right), wearing the uncertain. TIGNES, FRANCE best young’s white jersey, Great Britain’s Gatlin, as the reigning world champion, is not Geraint Thomas (second right) and cyclists required to qualify for the world championshps, and Colombian Egan Bernal was cata- ride up during the 106th edition of the hinted on Thursday he may skip the later rounds of pulted into the overall lead of the Tour de France in Valloire, yesterday. the 100m. Tour de France in dramatic circum- stances yesterday as the 19th stage of the race, effectively the penul- timate stage, was stopped early Another boxer because of a hail storm. Team Ineos rider Bernal, who began the day a minute and a half dies from head behind, had overhauled France’s Julian Alaphilippe during the climb injuries after fight up the Col de L’Iseran. Alaphilippe began eating back AFP into the lead with a brilliant descent, BUENOS AIRES only to be told to stop riding after organisers called the race off Argentine boxer Hugo Santillan died on Thursday because of the dangerous conditions from injuries suffered in a fight last Saturday, the ahead. second such death in just two days after that of There was confusion on the was unable to make the road safe, from the top of Col de L’Iseran and TOUR DE FRANCE Russian Maxim Dadashev in the United States. roads initially, as the riders were while a small landslide also made unofficial timings give Bernal a lead Santillan, who was 23, collapsed while the result descending in ideal conditions, but conditions hazardous. of 45 seconds going into today’s STAGE 19: was announced of his 10-round draw with Uru- up ahead even the use of bulldozers The race timings were taken final mountain stage, as he seeks to 1. Nairo Quintana, Colombia, Movistar Team, 5:34:15. guayan Eduardo Abreu in San Nicolas, just north of become the first Colombian to win 2. Romain Bardet, France, AG2R La Mondiale, 1:35. the Argentine capital Buenos Aires. Stage winner the Tour. 3. Alexey Lutsenko, Kazakhstan, Astana Pro Team, 2:28. He was taken to hospital where he underwent Colombia’s Nairo Team Ineos sports director 4. Lennard Kämna, Germany, Team Sunweb, 2:58. an operation to relieve pressure due to swelling on Quintana bites Nicolas Portal said: “We had the race 5. Damiano Caruso, Italy, Bahrain-Merida, 3:00. the brain caused by a head trauma, hospital sources his medal as he in our hands and Egan would have 6. Tiesj Benoot, Belgium, Lotto Soudal, 4:46. said. He died of a heart attack. celebrates on the liked to ride the last climb but the Dadashev died on Tuesday from brain injuries podium in Valloire, riders’ safety comes first, ASO (organ- OVERALL STANDINGS: suffered in his fight with Puerto Rican Subriel Matias yesterday. isers) did a great job. 1. Julian Alaphilippe, France, Deceuninck-QuickStep, on Friday night in Maryland. He was 28. “We wanted to smash it today 75:18:49. Nothing appeared wrong with Santillan as he and the guys were super-motivated. 2. Egan Bernal, Colombia, Ineos, 1:30. fought to a draw with Abreu but while waiting to It would have been ideal if the race 3. Geraint Thomas, Britain, Ineos, 1:35. hear the result announced, he collapsed and lost could have continued because even 4. Steven Kruijswijk, Netherlands, Jumbo-Visma, 1:47. consciousness. if he had reduced the gap in the 5. Thibaut Pinot, France, Groupama-FDJ, 1:50. He was fighting for the World Boxing Council descent, Julian would have suffered 6. Emanuel Buchmann, Germany, Bora-Hansgrohe, 2:14. (WBC) Latino Silver lightweight title, held by in the last ascent.” Abreu. 18 SPORT SATURDAY 27 JULY 2019 England dismiss Ireland for 38 to seal emphatic win

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England bowled Ireland out for just CRICKET A file photo of David Warner (right) and 38 to win their one-off Test at Lord’s Cameron Bancroft during one of the Ashes 26 - by 143 runs yesterday, emphatically New Zealand v England at Tests last year in December 2017. crushing the visitors’ hopes of a Auckland, March 1955 stunning upset. 30 - South Africa v England at Port Ireland, playing only their third Elizabeth, Feb 1896 Test, were chasing just 182 runs to 30 - South Africa v England at Bancroft joins complete what would have been one Birmingham, June 1924 of the biggest upsets in cricket 35 - South Africa v England at Cape Smith, Warner history. Town, April 1899 But they did not get close, lasting 36 - South Africa v Australia at in Australia’s just 94 balls as Chris Woakes took Melbourne, Feb. 1932 a career-best six wickets for 17 runs 36 - Australia v England at Birmingham, Ashes squad and Stuart Broad returned figures May 1902 of 4-19. 38 - Ireland v England at Lord’s, July Their second innings score was AFP the seventh-lowest total of all time. 2019 LONDON 42 - “I knew that was a lot of runs (to New Zealand v Australia in make) on that surface,” said Root, Wellington, March 1946 Opening batsman Cameron Bancroft was whose side mustered just 85 runs 42 - Australia v England in Sydney, Feb yesterday included in Australia’s 17-man squad themselves in their first innings. 1888 for the five-Test Ashes series against England “It’s very pleasing, the way we 42 - India v England at Lord’s, June alongside Steve Smith and David Warner. managed certain pressure situa- 1974 All three batsmen served lengthy bans for tions,” he added. their roles in a ball-tampering scandal in South “It wasn’t by any stretch the Africa last year. perfect game for us but sometimes figures began when Woakes had Former captain Smith and his then deputy that can be a really important part Ireland captain William Porterfield Warner were both given 12-month suspen- of your learning. We’ll take a lot caught behind by wicketkeeper sions by Cricket Australia, with Bancroft -- from this game.” Jonny Bairstow for two. who actually applied sandpaper to the ball Ireland, playing England for the Andy Balbirnie, who top-scored while in the field during a Test in Cape Town first time in a Test, have now lost all with 55 in Ireland’s first innings total -- banned for nine months. three of their Tests following losses of 207, fell next when he edged Both Smith, also given a two-year ban to Pakistan and Afghanistan, but Broad to Root at first slip. from captaining Australia, and Warner, hit their day started brilliantly. Kevin O’Brien, who hit the with a lifetime prohibition from leading his The home side resuming on their quickest World Cup century when country, were expected to be in the Ashes overnight 303 for nine, saw their Ireland beat England at Bangalore squad after doing well in the recent World second innings end with the first ball in 2011 and made a hundred in their Ireland’s Tim Murtagh is bowled by England’s Cup, when the defending champions reached of the third day’s play when deb- inaugural Test at home to Pakistan Chris Woakes during the third day of the first the semi-finals. utant Olly Stone was bowled for a last year, fell for just four, lbw to Test match played at Lord’s Cricket Ground in Bancroft, who has been captaining English duck by Stuart Thompson. Broad -- one of three wickets that London, Britain, yesterday. county side Durham, appears to have wowed Rain delayed the scheduled fell for no runs to leave the visitors the selectors with an unbeaten 93 in the 1000 GMT start by a few minutes 24-6. SCOREBOARD tourists’ intra-squad match at Southampton but any hopes England had of An extraordinary match ended ENGLAND, 1st Innings 85 McBrine 10-1-47-0 this week. adding to their overnight total when Woakes cleaned up tailender IRELAND, 1st Innings 207 IRELAND, 2nd Innings (target: 182) “David Warner, Steve Smith and Cameron evaporated when Thompson’s Tim Murtagh for his best return in ENGLAND, 2nd Innings (overnight 303-9) W. Porterfield c Bairstow b Woakes ...... 2 Bancroft have forced their way back into the inswinger knocked over Stone’s leg Test cricket. J. Leach c Adair b Murtagh ...... 92 J. McCollum c Root b Woakes ...... 11 Test squad through the excellence of their R. Burns c Wilson b Rankin ...... 6 A. Balbirnie c Root b Broad ...... 5 stump. One-day world champions J. Roy b Thompson ...... 72 P. Stirling b Woakes ...... 0 recent performances,” said Australia national Ireland had yet to give off the England, missing injured paceman J. Denly run out (O’Brien/McBrine) ...... 10 K. O’Brien lbw b Broad ...... 4 selector Trevor Hohns. mark in their second innings when James Anderson, were indebted to J. Root c Wilson b Adair ...... 31 G. Wilson lbw b Woakes ...... 0 “David and Steve also have the advantage rain stopped play just seven balls nightwatchman Jack Leach’s J. Bairstow lbw b Adair ...... 0 S. Thompson c Root b Woakes ...... 4 of being proven players at Test level while into their chase and kept the players second-innings 92 -- his career-best M. Ali c Wilson b Rankin ...... 9 M. Adair b Broad ...... 8 Cameron has produced impressive numbers off the field for more than an hour. score -- with the Somerset left-arm C. Woakes c Balbirnie b Adair ...... 13 A. McBrine c Root b Broad ...... 0 for county side Durham this season. S. Curran c McCollum b Thompson ...... 37 T. Murtagh b Woakes ...... 2 But when the match resumed spinner named man-of-the-match S. Broad not out ...... 21 B. Rankin not out ...... 0 “His innings in the intra-squad match in the overcast conditions -- the flood- for his batting heroics. O. Stone b Thompson ...... 0 Extras (b1, lb1) ...... 2 Southampton on a tough pitch was out- lights were switched on -- made Yet there was no disguising that Extras (b1, lb7, nb4) ...... 12 Total (all out, 15.4 overs, 93 mins) ...... 38 standing and showed his quality.” conditions ideal for seamers Woakes England’s top-order batsmen Total (all out, 77.5 overs, 377 mins) ...... 303 Fall of wickets: 1-11, 2-18, 3-19, 4-24, 5-24, 6-24, 7-32, Fast bowlers Peter Siddle and James Pat- and Broad. struggled badly in the match, just a Fall of wickets: 1-26, 2-171, 3-182, 4-194, 5-194, 8-36, 9-36, 10-38 tinson were recalled to the squad, with their 6-219, 7-239, 8-248, 9-293, 10-303 Bowling: Broad 8-3-19-4; Woakes 7.4-2-17-6 The cascade of wickets in an week before the start of a five- Bowling: Murtagh 18-3-52-1; Adair 20-7-66-3 (1nb); Result: England won by 143 runs fellow paceman Josh Hazlewood returning innings where only opener James match Ashes series against Australia Rankin 17-1-86-2 (1nb); Thompson 12.5-0-44-3 (2nb); Man-of-the-match: Jack Leach (ENG) following a recent back injury. McCollum made it into double at Edgbaston. But uncapped Queensland seamer Michael Neser was a surprise selection. Wicketkeeper-batsman Matthew Wade was also included, having not played a Test for nearly two years. Wade edged out Alex Carey, who Malinga signs off from ODIs in style impressed during the World Cup, as the back-up wicketkeeper to Test captain Tim Paine. Top-order batsman Usman Khawaja is in as Sri Lanka trounce Bangladesh the squad despite continuing to recover from a hamstring injury suffered during the World REUTERS Lasith Malinga (left) SCOREBOARD Cup but there i no place for all-rounder Glenn COLOMBO celebrates after bowling SRI LANKA Maxwell. Bangladeshi captain Tamim A. Fernando c Soumya b Shafiul ...... 7 Australia hold the Ashes but have not won Fast bowler Lasith Malinga Iqbal out during the first One D. Karunaratne c Mustafizur b Mehidy ...... 36 a Test series away to England for 18 years. said goodbye to one-day Day International (ODI) match K. Perera c Mustafizur b Soumya ...... 111 And with the Ashes taking place in the cricket in style as his devas- in Colombo, yesterday. K. Mendis c Mushfiqur b Rubel ...... 43 same season as a World Cup for the first time tating opening spell helped Sri A. Mathews c Sabbir b Mustafizur ...... 48 since 1975, next week’s first Test at Edgbaston Lanka beat Bangladesh by 91 L. Thirimanne c Soumya b Mustafizur ...... 25 will be Australia’s opening first-class match runs yesterday. T. Perera c Soumya b Shafiul ...... 2 of their tour. D. de Silva c Sabbir b Shafiul Islam ...... 18 Malinga, known for his L. Malinga not out ...... 6 England are set to announce their squad blond-tinted hair and the dis- N. Pradeep not out ...... 0 after the end of their ongoing Test against tinctive slingshot action, Extras (lb1 nb1 w16) ...... 18 Ireland at Lord’s. received a guard of honour Total (eight wickets; 50 overs) ...... 314 from his team-mates at the Did not bat: L. Kumara AUSTRALIA SQUAD: start of the second innings at Fall of wickets: 1-10, 2-107, 3-207, 4-212, Tim Paine (Tasmania, capt/wkt), Cameron a packed R Premadasa 5-272, 6-276, 7-302, 8-309 Bancroft (Western Australia), Patrick Cummins Stadium in Colombo. Bowling: Shafiul 9-0-62-3 (5w), Mehidy 9-0- (New South Wales), Marcus Harris (Victoria), The 35-year-old did not 56-1, Rubel 9-0-54-1 (2w), Mosaddek 7-0-45- Josh Hazlewood (New South Wales), Travis 0, Mustafizur 10-0-75-2 (4w, 1nb), Soumya Head (South Australia), Usman Khawaja disappoint his fans as he pro- 5-0-17-1, Mahmudullah 1-0-4-0 duced an inswinging yorker to (Queensland), Marnus Labuschagne remove Bangladesh opener BANGLADESH (Queensland), Nathan Lyon (New South Tamim Iqbal with just his fifth Tamim Iqbal b Malinga ...... 0 Wales), Mitchell Marsh (Western Australia), ball of the innings. Soumya Sarkar b Malinga ...... 15 Michael Neser (Queensland), James Pattinson Nuwan Pradeep trapped fifties but Pradeep and off- time to move (on) because we following next year’s World Mohammad Mithun lbw b Pradeep ...... 10 (Victoria), Peter Siddle (Victoria), Steve Smith Mohammad Mithun leg-before spinner Dhananjaya de Silva have to look forward to 2023 Twenty20 in Australia. Mushfiqur Rahim c Mendis b Pradeep ...... 67 (New South Wales), Mitchell Starc (New South before another trademark picked wickets at regular (World Cup),” said Malinga, The former captain was Mahmudullah Riyad c sub b Kumara ...... 3 Wales), Matthew Wade (Tasmania, wkt), David Sabbir Rahman c Fernando b de Silva ...... 60 Warner (New South Wales) yorker from Malinga ripped intervals wrestle back the who finished as the pick of the still Sri Lanka’s most successful Mosaddek Hossain run out ...... 12 through the defence of momentum in Sri Lanka’s bowlers with 3-38. bowler at the recent World Mehidy Hasan c Mendis b de Silva ...... 2 Soumya Sarka, leaving Bang- favour. Malinga finished with 338 Cup in England with 13 wickets Shafiul Islam b Pradeep ...... 2 ASHES FIXTURES ladesh’s middle order exposed In his final over, Malinga wickets from 226 ODIs for Sri from seven outings. He is third Rubel Hossain not out ...... 6 August 1-5: First Test, Edgbaston at 30-3 while chasing a dismissed tailender Mus- Lanka, the third highest for the in the list of most successful Mustafizur Rahman c T Perera b Malinga .....18 August 7-9: Worcestershire v Australians, mammoth target of 315 which tafizur Rahman with a slower island country behind Muttiah bowlers in the history of the Extras (lb4, w24) 28 Worcester was aided by Kusal Perera ball as Sri Lanka bowled out Muralitharan and Chaminda World Cup with 56 scalps. Total (all out; 41.4 overs) ...... 223 August 14-18: Second Test, Lord’s who struck a quick-fire Bangladesh for 223 and took Vaas. He has also taken three Fall of wickets: 1-1, 2-30, 3-30, 4-39, 5-150, August 22-26: Third Test, Headingley 6-182, 7-187, 8-199, 9-200, 10-223 century. 1-0 lead in the three-match The paceman quit Test ODI hat-tricks and is the only Bowling: L. Malinga 9.4-2-38-3 (8w), N. Pra- August 29-31: Derbyshire v Australians, Derby Wicketkeeper-batsman series. cricket in 2010 and had pre- player to have achieved the deep 9-1-51-3, T. Perera 6-0-36-0 (1w), L. Kuma- September 4-8: Fourth Test, Old Trafford Mushfiqur Rahim and Sabbir “I’ve played last 15 years viously said he would retire milestone twice during a ra 7-0-45-1 (4w), D. de Silva 10-0-49-2 (2w). September 12-16: Fifth Test, Oval Rahman scored combative for Sri Lanka. I feel it’s the right from international cricket World Cup. SATURDAY 27 JULY 2019 SPORT 19 Pakistan’s Amir Arsenal retires from Barca planning stars fend off armed Test cricket for post-Messi era robbers AFP KARACHI AFP LONDON Pakistan fast bowler Mohammad Amir announced his retirement from Test cricket Arsenal footballers Sead yesterday to concentrate on the limited-overs Kolasinac and Mesut Ozil fought game, nine years after a spot-fixing ban halted off knife-wielding car-jackers his burgeoning career. in a terrifying ordeal in London The 27-year-old, regarded as one of the captured on video circulated on best left-arm pacers after countryman Wasim social media. Akram, said he wants to move away from the In the footage, the Premier traditional format. REUTERS Barcelona’s announced the signing of Griezmann League club’s Bosnian defender “It has been an honour to represent KOBE President Josep for €120m ($133m). Kolasinac is seen leaping from Pakistan in the pinnacle and traditional format Maria Bartomeu Bartomeu said Atletico have no the vehicle to confront the of the game,” Amir is quoted as saying in a Barcelona’s President Josep Maria case. masked aggressors, who had Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) release. Bartomeu says the club are working “A few days ago, they asked me the pulled up alongside the car on “I, however, have decided to move away on a plan for when their talismanic same question in Barcelona and I said mopeds in the city’s leafy from the longer version so I can concentrate forward Lionel Messi finally hangs up ‘it is nothing, it is something that is Golders Green district on on white ball cricket.” his boots. normal’,” Bartomeu said. Thursday. Amir is currently in England where he is Barcelona have been very active “Normally when a player changes Both attackers appeared to signed to play for Essex in the English season. in the transfer market in recent years, club, the club that doesn’t want to lose brandish knives at the 26-year- Amir made an impressive entry into inter- with Bartomeu completing three of the a player, then they don’t like it. Like old Kolasinac. national cricket as a 17-year-old, taking six top six most expensive transfers ever. we don’t like it sometimes when a The Daily Mail reported that wickets in his debut Test against Sri Lanka at French forward Antoine Griez- player leaves and we want him to stay. the incident happened close to Galle in 2009. mann’s move from Atletico Madrid was “But, there is nothing, this is some- a Turkish restaurant. The following year, he was instrumental the most recent of those and Bartomeu thing that happens in the football “Ozil looked absolutely ter- on a tour in England, helping Pakistan to level says the deals are part of the club’s industry, something that happens rified, as anybody would after a two-match neutral-venue series against Aus- planning for when Messi, a five-times between clubs and for me, no it isn’t a being chased by men with tralia with seven wickets in the Leeds Test. Ballon d’Or winner, finally retires. Messi is not in Japan with Barca, problem at all.” knives,” financial worker Azuka He took 20 wickets in four Tests against Although there is no suggestion the having been given an extended break Griezmann is on tour in Japan and Alintah, 36, told MailOnline. England but it culminated in a shocking spot- 32-year-old wants to walk away following the Copa America, but he will is expected to make his second “He looked like he was fixing saga unearthed by the now-defunct anytime soon, Barcelona are deter- link up with the rest of the squad for appearance in a Barca shirt against running for his life. And I tabloid News of the World. mined they will be able to continue the second half of their pre-season in Japanese side Vissel Kobe today. suppose he was. I saw him dis- Amir, along with then Test captain Salman their success once the Argentine is the United States next month. Bartomeu said Griezmann’s appear into the restaurant with Butt and new-ball partner Mohammad Asif, gone. Bartomeu also dismissed Atletico transfer had been in the works a long the motorcycle guys on his tail,” was charged for illegally taking money in “We think it is our obligation to Madrid’s allegation that the Catalan time. he said. return for delivering deliberate no-balls in the work on the post-Messi era,” Bartomeu club have not paid enough to trigger “We were looking for him already “They didn’t take off their Lord’s Test. Amir returned to play for Pakistan said yesterday. forward Griezmann’s release clause, two years ago,” said Bartomeu, who helmets and were all in black, again in 2016 but the other two failed in their “We are thinking about a post- following the Frenchman’s move has also added Dutch midfielder wearing long sleeved tops in bids to resume their international careers. Messi era because we are bringing in earlier this month. Frenkie de Jong to the Barcelona ranks this hot weather. They stood Overall, Amir took 119 wickets in 36 Tests, new players... La Liga President Javier Tebas said this summer. out,” he added. the last of which was against South Africa “We have to think about this on Wednesday that Atletico had asked “It is not easy sometimes to move Yasmin Tahsiner, the joint earlier this year. His best bowling returns -- changing era when Messi will give up the league to block Griezmann’s move players like him. He is probably one of owner of the restaurant, told six for 44 -- were against the West Indies in playing football but, as president, I following a dispute surrounding the the best five, six top players in the Sky News that the two foot- Kingston in April 2017. hope that he is going to be (have) very transfer fee. world so to move from one team to ballers are regular customers Amir said he is committed to play for large years playing with us still.” Spanish champions Barcelona another is not easily normally.” and were pursued by the Pakistan in ODIs and Twenty20s. robbers for “10 or 15 minutes”. “Playing for Pakistan remains my ultimate The Daily Mail said that desire and objective, and I will try my best to after fending off their assailants be in the best physical shape to contribute in Guardiola plays down prospects of the players then chased the the team’s upcoming challenges, including next robbers “for more than a mile”. year’s ICC T20 World Cup (in Australia). “We have been in contact “It has not been an easy decision to make more City signings before deadline with both players and they are and I have been thinking about this for some fine,” said a spokesman for time. But with the ICC World Test Champi- Arsenal. onshiponship commencincommencingg shortlshortly,y, and REUTERS pre-season tour of Asia, Guardiola said would like to take the 23-year-old to Police confirmed that they PakistanPakistan boasting some very YOKOHAMA he was happy with his current title- Bavaria, but Guardiola has stated his had responded to reports of an excitingexciting youngyoung fast bowlers, it winning squad. resolve to keep Sane in England. attempted robbery. is appropriate thatthat I callcall on my Manchester City manager Pep Guar- “Not many,” the Spaniard said yes- Despite Bayern chairman Karl- Some media reported that time in Test cricricketcket so that the diola says he does not expect to make terday, when asked if any more transfer Heinz Rummenigge suggesting earlier Amine Gulse, Ozil’s wife, was selectorsselectors cacann many, if any, new signings before the deals can be expected. this week that the City manager “doesn’t also in the car. pplanlan transfer window closes. “The transfer market is so difficult know everything that goes on in his Kolasinac and German accord-accord- The Premier League champions and we are good enough. Maybe zero, club,” Guardiola refused to be drawn midfielder Ozil are not the first ingly.”ingly.” have made one big-money signing in one or one and a half (transfers). We into a war of words with his former side. footballers to be targeted on the close season, brining in Rodrigo will see.” “I love Bayern Munich. It is part of London’s streets. Hernandez Cascante, better known as One player Guardiola may have to my life. So the people working there, I In 2016, Andy Carroll, a ‘Rodri’, from Atletico Madrid for a club replace if Bayern Munich get their way appreciate a lot,” said Guardiola, who former West Ham player, was record €70m ($79). is German winger Leroy Sane. won three league titles with the German threatened at gunpoint on his Speaking in Yokohama on the club’s Bayern have made it clear they club. way home from training. ATP Masters Canada: Nadal top seed Rublev in Mohammad Amir Hamburg as Djokovic and Del Potro withdraw semi-finals AFP Rafael Nadal Novak Djokovic Juan Martin MONTREAL Del Potro AP West Indies recall HAMBURG Wimbledon champion and Gayle for India ODIs world number one Novak Top-seeded Dominic Thiem Djokovic has withdrawn was upset by Andrey Rublev in AFP from next month’s US Open the quarter-finals of the ST. JOHN’S, ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA hardcourt tuneup event in Hamburg European Open, Montreal, saying he needs losing 7-6 (3), 7-6 (5) yesterday. Chris Gayle changed his mind about international more rest after capturing his Rublev, who beat a top-10 retirement and the West Indies selectors yesterday 16th Grand Slam singles player for only the second time, gave the ‘Universe Boss’ a place in the one-day crown. recovered from two breaks in squad to face India in a three-match series. The 32-year-old the first set to eliminate the Gayle said in March that he planned to retire Serbian, who outlasted two-time French Open finalist. following the Cricket World Cup but changed his Roger Federer in an epic All- The 78th-ranked Rublev mind during the tournament. England Club final earlier will next face either third- Gayle was not selected for the T20 squad this month, was joined by seeded Fabio Fognini or Pablo announced on Tuesday for the three matches that Argentina’s 12th-ranked Carreno Busta. open the Indian tour. Juan Martin Del Potro in Defending champion The ODI series gives Gayle the chance to break pulling out of the ATP Nikoloz Basilashvili also Brian Lara’s records for most ODI runs for the Masters Canada Djokovic’s withdrawal in Toronto by Greek star wish him a speedy recovery, advanced, beating Hugo Dellien West Indies (10,348) and by a West Indian (10,405). tournament. means Spanish star Rafael Tsitsipas in the third round. he who has experienced his 6-2, 6-3. The fourth-seeded Gayle trails by 10 in the first category and, “I’m sorry to announce Nadal, an 18-time Grand “We would have loved share of injuries in the past Georgian will next face either including a tsunami relief match and two games that I decided to pull out of Slam singles champion, will for Djokovic to have the few years,” Lapierre said. second-seeded Alexander for an ICC World XI against Australia, by 12 in the Rogers Cup,” Djokovic said be the top seed in Montreal chance to be crowned “We look forward to seeing Zverev or Filip Krajinovic. second. in a statement released by when main draw begins champion for a third time in him back on court in the The West Indies dropped batsmen Sunil Tennis Canada. “With the August 5. Nadal has cap- Montreal, but we under- near future.” Andrey Rublev Ambris and Darren Bravo, off-spinner Ashley support of my team, I have tured the Canadian crown stand his decision and we World number three Nurse and fast bowler Shannon Gabriel from the decided to give my body four times, most recently wish him a quick return for Federer said after his Wim- squad that finished ninth in the 10-team first- longer rest and recovery last year by defeating Ste- the rest of the season,” Mon- bledon final loss that he too round group at the World Cup. time before coming back fanos Tsitsipas in the final. treal tournament director intended to skip Montreal. again to play. Djokovic has won the Eugene Lapierre said. Frenchman Richard WEST INDIES: “I love Canada and I Canadian event that alter- Del Potro was injured Gasquet and Mikhail Kuku- Jason Holder(capt), Fabian Allen, Carlos Brathwaite, have many friends there nates between Toronto and last month at Queen’s and shkin of Kazakhstan will John Campbell, Roston Chase, Sheldon Cottrell, that always make me feel Montreal four times, twice underwent right knee take the two available spots Chris Gayle, Shimron Hetmyer, Shai Hope (wk), like I’m at home and I’m in each city -- Toronto in patella surgery and is in the Montreal main draw Evin Lewis, Keemo Paul, Nicholas Pooran (wk), looking forward to coming 2012 and 2016 and Montreal undergoing rehabilitation as a result of the with- Kemar Roach, Oshane Thomas back again to play in front in 2007 and 2011. for the setback. drawals by Djokovic and Del of all of you in Montreal.” He was ousted last year “In del Potro’s case, we Potro. SATURDAY 27 JULY 2019 20

PAGE | 17 PAGE | 19 Malinga signs off Barcelona planning from ODIs in style for post-Messi era, as Sri Lanka trounce says Club Bangladesh President FIFA looks to fast-track expansion of Women’s World Cupp AP KOLKATA sible, and would speed devel- New Zealand, South Africa and next May instead of March as North America-vs.-Southvs.-South America opment of the women’s game. South Korea, which could bid with previously scheduled. play-off. FIFA President Gianni Infantino North Korea. The 32-team men’s World Cup FIFA is also likelyikely to change ththee FIFA wants its ruling council to set the 32-team target in Paris on A faster timetable is needed allocates 13 qualifying places to commercial structuretructure of the fast-track expansion of the next July 5, and proposed doubling tour- because the 37-member FIFA Europe for the 2022 edition, five Women’s World Cup, giving it dedded-- Women’s World Cup to 32 teams. nament prize money to $60m. Council next meets in person from guaranteed places to Africa, four icated sponsors.. Currently, FIFA’s In a document seen by The “FIFA has a responsibility to Oct. 23-24 in Shanghai. each to South America and Asia, sponsors have deals across thethe Associated Press, FIFA asked ensure that its women’s competi- FIFA now wants to modify the and three to the North American men’s andd women’s council members yesterday to tions not only showcase women’s bid process in August by asking the region known as CONCACAF. Two tournaments. approve adding eight more teams football at the highest level, but nine federations to re-confirm more places are decided by inter- FIFA noted yesterdayyesterday that within days and without a formal also act as a catalyst to grow the interest for a 32-team tournament, continental play-offs that exclude “the current economicnomic meeting. Agreement would include game,” council members have been and inviting other federations to Europe or Africa. model has the possi-ossi- urgently rebooting the ongoing bid told. enter. Bids would be submitted in The 2019 Women’s World Cup bility to shift fromom contest to host the 2023 Nine FIFA member federations December and a FIFA-run evalu- allocated eight qualifying slots to being subsidisedsed tournament. are currently preparing to submit ation of the candidates would be Europe, not including host France. by men’s footballall FIFA believes the 2019 World formal plans for a 24-team tour- published in April. Five went to Asian teams, three to becoming a Cup, won by the United States in nament by Oct. 4. If council members agree to each to Africa and CONCACAF, two sustainablee France this month, showed a bigger They are: Argentina, Australia, the expansion by next week, FIFA to South America and one to revenue FIFA President Gianni Infantino tournament is commercially pos- Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia, Japan, suggests they would pick the host Oceania. One was decided by a stream.”

Gatlin Abdulla shows promise on day one plotting to THE PENINSULA TERUEL, SPAIN Adel Abdulla in action in his X3. INSET: The Qatari driver and his French defend title co-driver Jean-Michel Polato. Qatar’s Adel Abdulla opened his account in Doha with fourth place in the T3 category after the first timed selective section of Baja AFP Spain Aragón, round four of the FIA World DES MOINES Cup for Cross-Country Bajas, yesterday. The Can-Am Maverick X3 driver was A phalanx of hungry young eventually given his stage time of 2hrs American sprinters may be 19min 45sec by rally officials for the first waiting in the wings, but Justin 164.78km selective section - where high Gatlin is in no mood to be summer temperatures and hanging dust shoved off centre stage. hampered progress on the demanding The 37-year-old 100m gravel tracks through remote central world champion is plotting to Spain. Adel had been running closely defend his title in Doha this behind the leading pack before dropping year, a warm-up act before a time in the dust of the final kilometres to fourth Olympic Games cam- the flying finish. paign at Tokyo 2020. The stage time put the Qatari and On Thursday, Gatlin French co-driver Jean-Michel Polato just breezed through his 100m heat 37 seconds behind the stage-winning at the US championships in Des Russian Aleksandr Dorosinskiy with Moines, safe in the knowledge Spain’s Gerard Farrés and Santiago he has already booked his ticket Navarro rounding off the top three. to Qatar by dint of his 2017 gold Oman’s Abdullah Al Zubair and Italy’s medal. series leader Michele Cinotto completed That opening heat may turn the special in fifth and sixth positions. out to be the last outing of this 2019 BAJA SPAIN ARAGÓN – T3 POSITIONS AFTER SS1 Belgian Ghislain de Mevius failed to catching some cars. This is always an issue weekend’s meeting for Gatlin, reach the first checkpoint on the stage and at this race. It did not help not having a 1. Aleksandr Dorosinskiy (RUS)/Dmitry Pavlov (RUS) Can-Am Maverick X3: 2hrs 19min 08sec who was non-committal about Russia’s Fedor Vorobyev lost around 15 Prologue stage (to determine starting posi- 2. Gerard Farrés (ESP)/Armand Monleón (ESP) Can-Am Maverick X3: 2hrs 19min 09sec whether he planned to put his minutes after the 41.99km waypoint before tions) this time. Now we need to push for 3. Santiago Navarro (ESP)/Dani Oliveras (ESP) Can-Am Maverick X3: 2hrs 19min 19sec ageing limbs through two more the next timing point and went on to finish the lead over the next stages.” 4. Adel Abdulla (QAT)/Jean-Michel Polato (FRA) Can-Am Maverick X3: 2hrs 19min 45sec rounds at Drake University’s seventh in T3. The competitive action at Baja Spain 5. Abdullah Al Zubair (OMN)/Faisal Al-Raisi (OMN) Can-Am Maverick X3: 2hrs 19min 55sec famous Blue Oval. Adel, who is running a Can-Am pre- Aragón concluded with a short run of 6. Michele Cinotto (ITA)/Rafael Tornabell (ESP) Polaris RZR 1000: 2hrs 21min 18sec But while Gatlin acknowl- pared by the FN Speed Team with support 86.74km later yesterday and a repeat of 7. Fedor Vorobyev (RUS)/Kirill Shubin (RUS) Can-Am Maverick X3: 2hrs 40min 44sec edges he has to manage his from Ooredoo, said: “We finished the first the two stages on are set for today with 8. Ilya Rouss (AND)/Anton Yarashuk (AND) Can-Am Maverick X3: 2hrs 47min 01sec fitness more carefully these stage. It was not a good stage for us. We the longer one of 164.78km set to run 9. Adrian Yacopini (ARG)/Ricardo Torlaschi (ARG) Can-Am Maverick X3: 2hrs 47min 18sec days, the competitive fires had a problem with the dust when we were before the ceremonial finish in Teruel. within his muscular 6ft 1in frame are burning just as brightly. “He likes winning,” was the Team Mercedes to decide verdict of training partner Isiah German GP: Leclerc Thomas, standing nearby on Thursday when Gatlin was Bottas’ future in August asked why he continued to leads 2nd practice compete at the highest level. “You get to a point where REUTERS we will announce it in August.” you start chasing unicorns, AP HOCKENHEIM Mercedes opted to stick with man,” Gatlin told reporters. HOCKENHEIM Bottas this year despite a lacklustre “You want to put together Formula One champions Mercedes 2018 in which the Finn failed to win the perfect race. You want to Charles Leclerc finished will decide Valtteri Bottas’ future in a race even as team mate Lewis Ham- put together the perfect start. ahead of Ferrari teammate August, team principal Toto Wolff told ilton took 11 victories. It’s like a runner’s high for Sebastian Vettel yesterday in reporters yesterday. The 29-year-old has come back sprinters. the second practice for the The Finnish driver, who became stronger this year, however, “It’s about that adrenaline German Grand Prix. Lewis Hamilton’s team-mate after rewarding Mercedes’ faith with two rush, getting the middle of the Leclerc was. 124 seconds Nico Rosberg won the 2016 title and wins and seven podiums from the 10 race, everything in your sight is clear of Vettel and.146 ahead announced his immediate retirement, races so far -- even if he is 39 points just a blur. That’s what it feels of Mercedes driver Lewis is out of contract at the end of this behind his team mate. to run fast. Everything around Hamilton, the defending season. He has trailed Hamilton, who has you is a blur, but you’re so Formula One champion and Last year, in a deal announced at won seven times this year, in the races dialed in and so focused, eve- championship leader. Mer- the German Grand Prix in July, Mer- but scored more pole positions than rything is slowing down. cedes driver Valtteri Bottas Ferrari’s Monegasque driver Charles Leclerc leaves the pitlane cedes handed him a one-seasonson anyone,anyone, includinincludingg “You want to feel that every was fourth, trailing Leclerc during the second practice session of the German Formula extension with a further option for thethe BritonBriton whowho time. When you come across by.662. One Grand Prix at the Hockenheim Circuit, yesterday. 2020. Five-times world championpion holdsholds thethe all-all- the line, you want to excite The second practice was Hamilton already has a contractt to time recrecordord yourself, like: ‘Man, look at that briefly suspended with about the end of 2020. foforr mostmost time I just ran. That’s crazy.’ 15 minutes left after French difficult first season with Red fourth quickest and Bottas “I guess it’s pretty unusuall to career poles.poles. “I’m always chasing that driver Pierre Gasly went off Bull and has yet to secure a was fifth. announce drivers in July,” Wolff ttoldold feeling. That unicorn, man.” the track and into the bar- podium finish after 10 races. Bottas misjudged a late reporters when reminded of tthehe So far this season, Gatlin riers, mangling both tires on Earlier yesterday, Vettel turn and swerved into gravel. timing of last year’s announcementment has given the unicorn a reason the left side of his Red Bull topped the first practice He managed to retain enough at Hockenheim. to be glancing over its shoulder. car. by.255 seconds ahead of control of his car to avoid the “For us it’s not only about makingking Gatlin has the fourth fastest “I lost it. I’m OK,” Gasly Leclerc. barriers. the right decision for next year, it’s time in the world at 9.87sec and said over the team radio In sweltering heat, with The Finnish driver was about looking ahead. And this is whwhyy also claimed the notable scalp before getting out of the car. track temperatures reaching not at his best, also going we agreed that we will take tthehe of rising star Noah Lyles at the The 23-year-old 50 degrees Celsius, Red Bull briefly off the track during the decision in August going forwards.ds. Valtteri Bottas Diamond League meeting in Frenchman is having a driver Max Verstappen was second practice. “That doesn’t necessarily meanan Monaco.