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P16 Taylor Swift not ready to have kids 14 CELEBS WORLD 6 China’s virus toll reaches 259 HRH Crown Prince to visit Italy TDT | Manama he Court of the Crown TPrince yesterday an- nounced that His Royal Highness Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, Crown Prince, Deputy Supreme Commander and First Dep- uty Prime Minister, will lead a high-level delegation on an official visit to the Italian Re- public aimed at strengthening 160,000 visitors Bahraini-Italian ties and ad- An aerial view shows vancing bilateral cooperation tens of cars parked across various sectors. outside the Bahrain International Exhibition During the visit, HRH the and Convention Centre, Crown Prince will meet a which hosted Autumn number of senior officials Fair 2020. According to from across the Italian gov- Bahrain Tourism and ernment. Exhibitions Authority, nearly 160,000 people visited the fair, making it AUB announces $2m a huge success. Autumn Fair is one of Bahrain’s grand prize biggest and most popular TDT | Manama events which brings together local, regional hli United Bank (AUB), in and international retailers Aa ceremony, announced who offer a variety of the new MyHassad 2020 products, attracting a large scheme as well as congrat- number of visitors from the ulated Ms. Margaret Kamal Kingdom of Bahrain and Fahmi Guirgis on winning $1 abroad. million with MyHassad 2019. PHOTO CREDIT: NAZBEER T K Starting February 2020, the new MyHassad pro - gramme will feature several enhancements. Firstly, the winners will Iraq is facing its now exclusively be from • Bahrain. Moreover, the an- biggest crisis since nual prize has been doubled the military defeat to $2 million from $1 mil- of Daesh in 2017. Breaking deadlock lion, and the quarterly priz- es have been significantly The country has been increased to $1 million, each • Iraqi president Barham Salih names Mohammed Allawi as new prime minister while retaining an Eid al thrown into further Adha prize worth $500,000. disarray since the Allawi was quoted by State TV demands for the withdrawal of In addition, the 21 week- killing of Soleimani. as saying he would resign if polit- US troops. ly prizes worth $1000 each ical blocs sought to impose can- An architect by training, Mr take the overall winners Baghdad didates for different ministries. Allawi, 66, was born in Baghdad for the year to over 1,000. He also called on protesters and served as communications See Page 10 to continue demonstrating until minister first in 2006 and again raqi President Barham Salih their demands are met. However, between 2010-2012. yesterday appointed Moham- protesters are likely to oppose He resigned from his post after Imed Tawfiq Allawi as new him as prime minister. a dispute with former prime min- prime minister, State TV report- For demonstrators who de- ister Nouri Al Maliki, who pre- ed, after squabbling political par- mand a removal of what they say sided over the fall of large areas ties failed to name a candidate in is a corrupt ruling elite, the former of the country to ISIS in 2014 and DON’T MISS IT the two months since the former communications minister under is accused of pro-Shiite sectarian premier was ousted by popular ex-premier Nuri Al Maliki - who policies. protests. presided over the fall of multiple Iraqi President Barham Salih, right, instructs newly-appointed Prime Minister Despite his stated willingness Allawi would run the country Iraqi cities to Daesh in 2014 and Mohammed Allawi in Baghdad. to stand up to political pressure, until early elections can be held. is accused of pro-Shiite sectarian Mr Allawi was reportedly a can- HRH Premier’s He must form a new government policies - is part of the system and ing of Iranian military mastermind didate agreeable to populist cleric efforts towards within a month. therefore unacceptable. Qassem Soleimani in a US drone Moqtada Al Sadr’s Sairoon par- 02 promoting world Former Prime Minister Adel Iraq is facing its biggest crisis strike in Baghdad on Jan 3. liamentary bloc – the largest in peace hailed Abdul-Mahdi resigned in Novem- since the military defeat of Daesh Iran responded with missile parliament – and the rival Fatah ber amid mass anti-government in 2017. 500 attacks on bases hosting US forces, coalition led by Hadi Al Ami- unrest where hundreds of thou- A mostly Shiite popular up- protesters have been pushing the region to the brink of ri, leader of Iraq’s Iran-backed Bahrain calls for sands of Iraqis took to the streets rising in Baghdad and the south killed in a deadly an all-out conflict. militias. direct negotiations demanding the removal of Iraq’s challenges the country’s mainly crackdown by security Pro-Iran politicians have tried Reports circulated online as between political elite. Iran-backed Shiite Muslim ruling forces. to use those events to shift the Mr Allawi’s nomination was an- 03 Nearly 500 protesters have elite. focus away from popular discon- nounced suggested that he had Palestine, Israel been killed in a deadly crackdown The country has been thrown tent with their grip on power and agreed to eject US troops from authorities by security forces. into further disarray since the kill- towards anti-American rallies and Iraq, a key demand of both blocs. Caution as UAE TAX CLAUSE reports 04 new case of coronavirus NRIs confused over Indian budget proposals TDT | Manama 210 fils (includes VAT) proposing changes in taxation. Another proposal is to impose taxation on free countries like the UAE, Saudi Arabia, ndia’s union budget presented on The amendments stipulate 240 days, worldwide income if “an NRI is living in and many other Middle-East countries. Saturday has left expats in the King- instead of 182 days, of overseas stay to different countries,” according to India’s This is a big jolt for many Indian citizens Idom confused with the finance min- be considered as an NRI and any Indian Revenue Secretary Ajay Bhushan Pandey. living on these jurisdictions. istry making amendments on the defini- staying in India for 120 days or more will This particular provision would im- India and Bahrain are yet to sign a Dou- tion of Non Resident Indians (NRIs) and be considered as a resident and taxed. pact those Indian citizens living in tax- ble Taxation Avoidance Agreement Treaty. SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 2020 02 Manama rofessor Jeffrey David Sachs, Director of the In- stitute and Professor of PSustainable Development at the HRH Premier’s efforts towards School of International and Pub- lic Affairs at Columbia Univer- sity, has praised Bahrain’s wise policy in laying the foundations of peace and strengthening the significance of the world’s col- promoting world peace hailed lective conscience. Prof Sachs also pointed that Bahrain’s distinguished inter- Prof Sachs highlights the Kingdom’s SDG strides national level is the outcome of its realistic contributions and fuels. He said that the situation supportive positions in laying of the region is complicated be- the foundations of international cause of the dependence of the peace and security. region’s budgets and wealth on Delivering a lecture on the hydrocarbon sector almost “Achieving sustainable devel- entirely. opment in the Middle East ... In this context, he urged the challenges and opportunities”, countries of the region to put Prof Sachs lauded the role of His in place national development Royal Highness Prince Khalifa and environmental strategies bin Salman Al Khalifa, Prime and to implement them seri - Minister, and his vision in pro- ously, in addition to harnessing moting issues of world peace the best minds and advanced through his initiative, which was technologies to make the best approved by the United Nations use of solar energy as well as by adopting April 5 as an inter- moving earnestly towards elec- national day of conscience. trical applications such as the He expressed deep thanks and use of environmentally friendly appreciation to HRH the Prime A segment of the audience. Prof Sachs delivers the lecture. electric cars. Minister for his global initiative The achievement of devel- that contributes to stimulating goals of the 2030 sustainable ship to motivate the countries this field. opment and the transition to and encouraging internation- development plan, which were of the Middle East region to em- In the lecture attended by green economies in the region al action and co-operation in included in the Government ulate the Bahraini example and Shaikh Hossam bin Isa Al Khal- in the desired manner requires the field of sustainable devel- Action Plan for 2019-2022. The Bahrain has made achieve the best in the environ- ifa, President of HRH Prince achieving stability and sustain- opment. United Nations endorsed Bah- important steps mental field, he added. Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa able peace in a way that suits Bahrain’s efforts in achieving rain’s plan, he said. and remarkable Prof Sachs pointed out that Award for Sustainable Develop- the specificity and history of the the sustainable development Prof Sachs stressed that Bah- accomplishments in Bahrain has a great understand- ment, senior officials, diplomats, area, he said. goals have made it among the rain has made important steps achieving development ing and profound awareness of academics, experts and media Prof Sachs said that mankind pioneer countries on the path of and remarkable accomplish- the importance of maintaining figures, Sachs assessed the ex- has the knowledge, advanced global sustainability, he added.