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A KNOW UTrump said yester - Executive of Bahrain Mumta- total of 350 personalities received the day that he remains open Mlakat Holding Company, the medal since its inception. to holding a summit with kingdom’s sovereign wealth fund, was The award was conferred on Mr Al St Petersburg International North Korea’s Kim Jong Un granted the Friendship Medal by Russian Kooheji for his efforts to bolster partner- Economic Forum is an on June 12. The President President Vladimir Putin to become the ship between Mumtalakat Holding Com- annual event casting light on said lines of communica- first Bahraini to receive the distinguished pany and the Russian Direct Investment business. It is considered as tion had opened between award. The honour was bestowed in an Mr Al Kooheji receives the medal from President Putin. Fund (RDIF) which was launched in 2014. a global platform to discuss the two countries after offi- award distribution ceremony held at Al Kooheji took part in SPIEF, held cials said Thursday that the Konstantinovsky Palace on the sidelines The Friendship Medal is a Russian from May 24 to 26. He spoke in a dia- main economic issues facing North Koreans had become of the St Petersburg International Eco- award created per a presidential decree logue entitled “Banking Activities and Russia, nascent markets unresponsive, nomic Forum. number 442 on March 3, 1994 to honour Funding in Nascent Markets”. and the world. leading to the planned sum- mit’s cancella- tion. “We’re go- ing to see what happens. We’re talking to them now. It was a very nice state- ment they put out,” Trump said on the South Lawn be- fore departing in his helicop- ter for the US Naval Academy Mekunu mayhem in Maryland. “We’ll see what happens. It could even be Five killed, 40 missing as category one cyclone rips through Yemeni island of Socotra the 12th. We’re talking to them now,” he said. “They animal and plant life. very much want to do it. Salalah Port has been Meanwhile, Oman’s Public Authority We’d like to do it.” • for Civil Aviation (PACA) issued a state- evacuated and will remain ment yesterday stating that the cyclone closed for the next 72 hours. was around 150km away from the south- While maximum wave height ern city of Salalah. They also urged people De Silva quits tour has been predicted to go to take “strict precautions” and to stay away from the coast. after dad shot dead as high as 12 meters with Strong gale winds and heavy rainfall Colombo expected rising sea level. are expected to hit the costal areas of Dhofar, the statement read, with warnings he father of Sri Lan - The dead were four Yemenis of flooding. Tkan cricket all-rounder and• one Indian national, Salalah Port has been evacuated and Dhananjaya de Silva was will remain closed for the next 72 hours. shot dead by unidentified residents and medical sources While maximum wave height has been gunmen on the eve of the said, while the missing included predicted to go as high as 12 meters with national team’s departure to Yemenis, Indians and Sudanese. expected rising sea level. the West Indies yesterday, Director of Meteorology at the UAE Men walk on a road flooded after heavy rain and strong winds caused damage in Hadibu on Thursday police said. The player’s Dubai weather center, Mohamad Al Ebri, was father, Ranjan, a local pol- as Cyclone Mekunu pounded the Yemeni island of Socotra. The powerful storm remained on path to quoted by Arab News that the cyclone is itician, was gunned down strike Oman. expected to reach the southern coast of in Ratmalana, a suburb of man’s popular tourist destina- Oman within the next 12 hours, however the capital Colombo, close tion Salalah could be pounded by yesterday as the cyclone pummelled the Among those missing were three local it is possible that by then the cyclone to midnight on Thursday, Owinds reaching up to 167 kilom- area before making its way to the Arabian sailors lost when their ship capsized off category would have gone down to level police said. An investigation eters per hour if Cyclone Mekunu con- Peninsula’s southern coast. the coast of the island. one again. is underway but no arrests tinues on its current path, according to The dead were four Yemenis and one Yemen declared a state of emergen- Authorities announced that Salalah In- have been made. Cricket of- weather experts. Indian national, residents and medical cy on Thursday for Socotra, which lies ternational Airport will remain closed for ficials said 26-year-old De Five people were killed and at least 40 sources said, while the missing included between southern Yemen and the Horn an additional 24 hours due to the severe Silva withdrew from the missing on the Yemeni island of Socotra Yemenis, Indians and Sudanese. of Africa and is renowned for its unique weather conditions caused by the cyclone. tour that involves three Test matches. However, there was no official word from REVERSE KICK the cricket board on who will replace De Silva. Ronaldinho to, not to, marry two women at same time in August with his two ‘fiancees’ the weddings were not expected Rio De Janeiro Priscilla Coelho and Beatriz to be officially registered. esterday was a special Souza at a same function, his The former footballer is day for Brazilian foot- personal secretary dismissed claimed to have met Ms Souza baller Ronaldinho fans. them as “rubbish”. in 2016 when he was already DON’T MISS IT Y While many reports said the Ronaldinho is said to have dating Ms Coelho, but carried Brazilian ace could tie the knot given engagement rings to both on seeing both. women and the ceremony He has never publicly con- was claimed to be set for firmed the relationship but in 30,000 and their £5 million home in March, during a trip to Japan, Rio, said The he posted images to his In - 03 growing! Sun. stagram of himself with both Ronaldin- women. Rising ho, who is 04 to the top claimed to be “adept at Petrol price hike polygamy”, started case adjourned dating Beatriz in Ronaldinho with Priscilla Coelho, left, and Beatriz Souza, centre 06 2016 but contin- ued his relation- lier. The women reportedly re- presents, including recently 1500 British pounds is what ship with ceive an “allowance” of around buying them matching perfume Ronaldinho gives Priscilla, £1,500 from the footballer to during a trip abroad together. his girlfriends in which be- spend as they wish. Bigamy is illegal in Brazil monthly allowances gan several And it is claimed he always where prison sentences of up to years ear- gives the two the exact same six years can be given. However SATURDAY, MAY 26, 2018 02 Traders fear fruit shortage over ‘red light on imports from India’ The virus, which is released through bats’ saliva, urine and excreta, typically spreads due to bats consuming fruits on trees South Asia, which carries the Nipah The Indian Commerce virus. • The Indian Commerce Ministry has Ministry has said it is said it is monitoring the outbreak and monitoring the outbreak will asses if the virus will bear impli- and will asses if the virus cations for the country’s fruit exports. will bear implications for “We are keeping an eye on the devel- opments. If the situation persists, we the country’s fruit exports. may have to ask our agencies to do a formal assessment of whether this will TDT|Manama hurt India’s export potential,” an Indian newspaper quoted a commerce ministry raders at the Central Market official as saying. fear a possible shortage of fruits Since these bats feed on any fruit they Tand vegetables as according to can find, there’s a risk of exports of many them the Customs Department is refus- fruits getting affected. ing to give a clearance for consignments The deaths in Kerala is the third in- from India following Nipah outbreak. stance in India’s history of a Nipah virus “I think we are definitely heading outbreak, the first two times being in for a shortage. The demand for fruits West Bengal’s Siliguri in 2001 and Nadia and vegetables has been high since it in 2007. is Ramadan. I hope the epidemic will This time around, the outbreak has be controlled and the exports would A view of the Central Market been detected in the Southern state, resume soon,” said a trader, who doesn’t where the first victims were three mem- want to be identified. in Kerala, has already affected India’s The virus, which is released through on trees. bers of a family in Kozhikode, followed The outbreak of Nipah virus, which fruit exports, according to Indian Com- bats’ saliva, urine and excreta, typically Specifically, it is the Greater Indi- by a nurse who took care of the infect- has resulted in the death of ten people merce Ministry.