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Saudi Arabia’s King Salman bin Abdulaziz (C) amid Arab leaders and officials during a family picture taken at the Arab League summit meeting held in the Saudi holy city of Makkah

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he Ministry of For - Saudi Arabia’s King Salman demands firm Arab stand on Iran’s ‘criminal’ acts Teign Affairs yesterday strongly condemned a terrorist attack that targeted a Iran asked to “stay Qatar PM takes US military convoy in Kabul, • Afghanistan. away from hostile, part in summit The attack resulted in the destabilising acts” Makkah, Saudi Arabia death and injury of several people including American Qatar represented officers. The Ministry ex- at• meetings by atar was represented at pressed its condolences to Qyesterday’s meetings by the families of the victims Prime Minister Prime Minister Sheikh Ab- and wished the injured a dullah bin Nasser Al-Thani, speedy recovery. Makkah, Saudi Arabia Doha’s highest-ranking of- The statement affirmed ficial to visit the kingdom solidarity with the United ulf and Arab allies ral- since the start of a Saudi-led States of America in its ef- lied around Saudi Arabia boycott in 2017. forts to combat violence, Gyesterday following calls Appearing tense, the Qa- extremism and terrorism made by Saudi Arabia’s King Sal- tari official shook hands throughout the world. man to confront Iran’s “crimi- with the Saudi king but nal” actions after back-to-back there was no indication of emergency summits in the holy a thaw. EU slams Israel city of Makkah. Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Custodian of the Two Holy Bahrain and Egypt have Jerusalem, Undefined Mosques King Salman bin Ab- enforced the economic and dulaziz Al Saud called on Gulf diplomatic boycott of Qatar he European Union and Arab leaders to confront since June 2017, including Tcriticised Israel over Iran’s “criminal acts” after the HM King calls for joint action bans on shipping, trade, di- plans to sell aid given to sabotage attacks damaged four rect flights, overflight and Bedouin villages in West vessels, two of them Saudi oil Firm stances are required to end the threats posed by Iran-backed terrorist groups in the region, said His Majesty King Hamad land crossings. Bank which was seized by tankers, in the Sea of Oman and bin Isa Al Khalifa. (Full story on page 2-3) Israeli. The tents and oth- twin Yemeni rebel drone attacks community to take “more seri- er humanitarian structures shut down a key Saudi oil pipe- The king also called on the “poses a direct and serious May last year. ous and effective steps to pre- will be put up for auction line. international community to use threat” and called on “the in- It expressed “support for the vent Iran from obtaining nuclear within days by COGAT, ac- “The absence of a firm and “all means” necessary to contain ternational community to take US strategy towards Iran” that capabilities and to impose strict- cording to the EU’s spokes- dissuasive response to Iran’s Iran. a firm stand to confront Iran and has seen Washington tighten the er restrictions on Iran’s ballistic man in Jerusalem. acts of sabotage in the region has A joint statement issued by its destabilising acts in the re- screws on Iran’s economy with missile programme”. encouraged it to continue and Arab leaders condemned “acts gion”. crippling unilateral sanctions They also stressed “the impor- strengthen them in the way we by the terrorist Huthi militias and deploy an aircraft carrier tance of strengthening Gulf-US see today,” the Saudi king said. supported by Iran who (sent) ‘Support for US strategy’ task force, B-52 bombers and cooperation in the framework “Its recent criminal acts... re- aircraft that crossed into Saudi A joint statement issued by an amphibious assault ship to of a strategic partnership” that quire that all of us work seri- Arabia to two oil pumping sta- Gulf leaders went further, echo- the Gulf, along with additional has been strongly promoted by ously to preserve the security tions and acts of sabotage that ing criticism of a landmark 2015 troops. the Trump administration. and achievements of GCC (Gulf affected commercial ships in nuclear deal between major Gulf leaders called on Iran to But Iraq, caught in the middle Cooperation Council),” the king territorial waters of the United powers and Iran voiced by US “stay away from hostile, desta- of its two allies, the US and Iran, DON’T MISS IT added, referring to the attacks Arab Emirates”. President Donald Trump when bilising acts”. opposed the final statement re- on Gulf oil installations. They said Iran’s behaviour he abandoned the agreement in They urged the international leased by Arab countries. For long-haul SECRET FILES truckers, life is 04 always on the ‘Fast’ lane IS widow helped CIA in hunt for Baghdadi: report Modi begins with London, United Kingdom eller at her home. daily. that was provided for him, and 06 a big bang She has been accused of help- In February 2016, Ibrahim one of the places he liked the he captured widow of an ing to forcibly hold Mueller and identified a house in the Iraqi most.” China plans Islamic State group lead- other captives at the home, city of Mosul in which Baghdadi Baghdadi declared a self- 10 blacklist of US Ter helped the CIA in its where the American woman was was believed to have been stay- styled “caliphate” across large firms hunt for the organisation’s elu- sexually assaulted by Baghdadi. ing, but the United States did not parts of Syria and Iraq in 2014. sive leader Abu Bakr al-Baghda- But when she herself was call in an air strike. But he kept a low profile as di, a British daily said yesterday. detained by the US military, “I told them where the house the group steadily lost territory In an interview with The the 29-year-old helped the CIA was,” she told The Guardian at to multiple offences. Last month Guardian, Nisrine Assad Ibra- and Kurdish intelligence gain a jail in the Iraqi Kurdish city he made his first appearance in him also claimed not to have a detailed overview of the ex- of Erbil. five years, surfacing to acknowl- played a willing part in the de- tremist supremo’s hideouts and Baghdadi on an Isis propaganda video “I knew he’d been there be- edge the group’s territorial de- tention of US hostage Kayla Mu- networks, investigators told the for the first time in five years cause it was one of the houses feat a month earlier. SATURDAY, JUNE 1, 2019 02

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi attends the extraordinary Arab Iraqi President Barham Saleh attending the Arab summit Kuwaiti Emir Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah attends the summit extraordinary Arab summit King calls for joint action

Should there be a way to deal with such threats, we believe that the most appropriate and successful means are the strengthening of cooperation and solidarity between our countries in a way that strengthens our fraternal relations based on solid foundations of trust and mutual respect. We also look forward to intensifying the efforts to activate the Arab role to reach a just and comprehensive solution to the Palestinian cause and the legitimate right of the Palestinians to establish their independent and sovereign state HIS MAJESTY KING HAMAD BIN ISA AL KHALIFA

Iran-backed attacks meant• to endanger the safety of navigation and international energy corridors in the Arabian Gulf

Strengthen cooperation• and solidarity between countries to deal HM King Hamad attending the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) meeting held at with threats al-Safa Royal Palace in the Saudi holy city of Makkah and the United Arab Emirates ences.” TDT | Manama in all measures to protect se- His Majesty further reaf - curity and stability. “We stand firmed Bahrain’s steadfast irm stances are required with them against all desperate confidence in the wisdom of to end the threats posed attempts to disrupt the devel- the Custodian of the Two Holy Fby Iran-backed terrorist opment and prosperity in the Mosques saying, “Strengthen- groups in the region, said His two countries.” ing the pillars of Arab collec- Majesty King Hamad bin Isa To deal with such threats, HM tive action are the best ways to Al Khalifa. the King said, there is a need to overcome the current difficult HM, the King was speaking strengthening cooperation and situations.” during the extraordinary Arab solidarity between countries. HM, the King extended his summits held at Al Safa Palace “This strengthens our frater- thanks and appreciation to the in Makkah along sides leaders nal relations as well as achieve Custodian of the Two Holy and heads of delegations from an integrated vision and com- Mosques for his kind invitation around the world. prehensive strategy that sus- and for hosting this emergen- Citing the recent attacks in tains Arab national security.” cy Arab summit to discuss the the region, HM the King warned “We must continue our ef- current situation in the region. the conference that state-spon- forts to strengthen regional HM the King also took part in sored terrorism has become and international security in an extraordinary Gulf Summit a major threat not only to the cooperation, coordination and held at Al Safa Royal Palace in region but also to the whole joint action with our allies and Makkah under the chairman- world. friends,” HM the King stressed ship of the Custodian of the “This represents a challenge reminding such efforts would Two Holy Mosques Kings Sal- that is rejected by the inter- take the region towards further man bin Abdulaziz Al Saud. national community,” said His development and prosperity. The Custodian of the Two Majesty citing the global con- Holy Mosques delivered a key- demnation of the grave viola- Palestinian cause note speech, in which he high- tions committed by terrorist Efforts, HM King said, are lighted the challenges targeting groups in Saudi Arabia and the also being intensified to acti- security and stability of the re- United Arab Emirates. vate the Arab role for a just and gion, the Iranian interference The attacks, King Hamad comprehensive solution to the in the internal affairs of the GCC pointed out, were intended to Palestinian cause and the legit- countries, Iran’s development endanger the safety of naviga- imate right of the Palestinians of its nuclear and ballistic mis- tion and international energy to establish their independent sile programmes and its support corridors in the Arabian Gulf. and sovereign state on the bor- for terrorism that threaten the “This has pushed the region to ders of 4 June 1967 with East regional security and stability. the brink of dangerous tension Jerusalem as its capital. He called on the international and instability.” “This would be in accordance community to shoulder its re- In this regard, HM the King with the Arab Peace initiative, sponsibilities to stop the Irani- said Bahrain affirms its unwa- the two-state solutions and the an practices that menace the in- vering support to Saudi Arabia relevant international refer- ternational peace and security. SATURDAY, JUNE 1, 2019 03

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Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (R), Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan (C), Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces and Bahraini King Hamad Al-Khalifa chatting during the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) held at al-Safa Royal Palace in the Saudi holy city of Mecca.

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I had to cook from this truck to save time.This truck is my home and my kitchen MOHAMMED

Mythologised as modern-day cowboys, the truckers live a hard and solitary life. Mohammed preparing to cook, during a journey For Mohammed, his truck is his home and life. He often covers thousands of kilometres driving continuously for days, weeks or even months. The extreme pressure to deliver cargoes on time, without damage, makes him do that. In between, there is little time to eat and sleep, even during Ramadan. Mohammed is now in Bahrain, with a truck full of fruits and vegetables from Jordan TDT | Manama Tribune while pointing at his came a distant dream as we ha- Rajeevan Puravankara truck. ven’t even opened our kitchen.” Safety of trucks and cargo, ac- According to Mohammed, life ife of a long-distance cording to him, prevents truck- on a truck is like that. “It’s our trucker is always a daring ers from going to restaurants. home, it’s our life.” Ladventure. Restaurants also mostly don’t As they say, “It takes a special Rain, storm or scorching sun, provide parking for trucks. breed to be a truck driving man, they will have to munch miles He blames urbanisation as one who is also the backbone of our to make their delivery on time. of the reasons for this predica- economy.” In between, there is little time ment. “Besides, there is a per- Leading manufacturers and to eat and sleep. petual rush to deliver the good companies around the globe are And the lifestyle remains the on time.” setting their shops in the King- same even during Ramadan, “This truck is my home and dom and the MENA as a whole, where Muslims are obligated my kitchen,” Mohammed said. with demand for logistics, trans- to fast every day from dawn to He carries kitchen utensils all portation, freight handling keeps sunset. times. “So that I could prepare on increasing. That part, however, is easy food whenever I want.” In 2015, according to a report, for them, but breaking the fast It is a general rule for long- Mena T&L industry generated remains a task. haul truckers to carry kitchen $73 billion, of which the GCC Most of them don’t have the equipment and utensils, just like T&L industry accounted for $47 luxury to go to their home to Mohammed does in a specially billion, which might be lower break their fast. Meaning cook- made cabin hidden beneath the when compared to other parts ing and eating on trucks or road- truck. One could find anything of the world. But, the fact is that sides is the only option. and everything required inside T&L is emerging as one of the The lifesaver, during Ramadan from utensils, fuel, stoves to veg- key drivers of the economy in for drivers, is a mini kitchen in- etables. the region. side their trucks, as chances of Mohammed mostly cooks be- In this perspective, it would finding a safe parking place near side the cabin and have it there not be an exaggeration to say a restaurant are minimal. itself. “Still we rarely get the truckers are the movers and “Finding a proper parking chance to break our fast on shakers of the economy. place which is safe is an arduous time,” says Mohammed. Yet the plight of truck drivers task,” says a trucker, who brings “We started our journey from is pathetic. fruits, vegetables and other ed- Jordan three days back. By the For them to survive, it requires ible goods to Bahrain markets. time we reached Bahrain, it was a lot of hard work, determina- Mohammed delivers fruits to already evening. tion, patience and perseverance. Bahrain from Jordan. “It also took us another hour Mythologised as modern-day “I have to cook on my truck or two to find parking. cowboys, the truckers live a hard to save time,” Mohammed told “Breaking fast by that time be- and solitary life. SATURDAY, JUNE 1, 2019 04 05 SATURDAY, JUNE 1, 2019 For long-haul truckers, life world Sudan shuts down Al Jazeera office as protests continue N.Korea ‘executed’ officials is always on the ‘Fast’ lane after failed Trump summit Seoul, South Korea

orth Korea executed its special envoy to the NUnited States following the collapse of the second summit between leader Kim Jong Un and President Donald Trump, a South Korean newspaper reported yesterday. Thursday’s march by Sudanese women was the latest in a string of moves by The Chosun Ilbo said Kim protestors to pressure the ruling generals to hand power to civilians Hyok Chol, who laid the groundwork for the Hanoi Khartoum period until we can guarantee meeting and accompanied Kim a real democratic transition,” on his private train, was execut- said Mohamed Hasan, a young ed by firing squad for “betraying udanese authorities on protester outside the military the supreme leader” after he SThursday shut down news headquarters. was “won over to the US” during broadcaster Al Jazeera’s Khar- The Alliance for Freedom pre-summit negotiations. toum office, as thousands of and Change protest movement “Kim Hyok Chol was execut- protesters gathered outside had called for people to gather ed in March at Mirim Airport I had to cook from the country’s military head- at the site on Thursday for a along with four senior foreign this truck to save quarters to pressure the ruling “million-strong march”. ministry officials following an generals to cede power. “The goals of our revolu - investigation,” the newspaper time.This truck is The sprawling military tion will be reached by peace- quoted an unidentified source my home and my complex has become the fo- fulness and not by violence,” as saying. Kim Hyok-chol, left, the special envoy to the United States, during summit preparations in Hanoi, Vietnam in February kitchen cal point of the weeks-long Wajdi Saleh, a spokesman for The other officials were not MOHAMMED protest movement, which is the protest group, said as he named. out a deal after they failed to Jong Un. calling for the country’s Tran- addressed the crowd. Kim Hyok Chol was the reach agreement on rolling The Chosun Ilbo itself in - sitional Military Council to ‘We want a civil state’ North’s counterpart of US spe- back Pyongyang’s nuclear pro- correctly reported in 2013 that hand over power to civilians, The latest demonstration cial representative Stephen Bie- Kim Hyok Chol gramme in exchange for sanc- Hyon Song Wol, head of the following the ousting of long- came the day after a two-day gun in the run-up to the Hanoi was executed in tions relief. North’s Samjiyon Orchestra, time autocrat President Omar general strike to pressure the summit in February. March at Mirim The North has since sought was executed by firing squad Mythologised as modern-day cowboys, the truckers live a hard and solitary life. Mohammed preparing to cook, during a al-Bashir in April. military council to resume South Korea’s Unification Airport along with to raise the pressure and car- for distributing and watching journey Late Thursday, the Qatari suspended talks on the future Ministry, which handles in - ried out two short-range missile pornographic content. television channel said its bu- shape of a transitional author- ter-Korean relations, declined four senior foreign tests in May. And the Unification Ministry reau was abruptly shut down ity. to comment on the report. ministry officials Senior party official Kim Yong also mistakenly announced in For Mohammed, his truck is his home and life. and its journalists banned from The two sides had agreed Some previous South Korean following an Chol, the North’s counterpart to February 2016 that Ri Yong Gil, He often covers thousands of kilometres driving reporting in the country with on many aspects of a political reports of North Korean purg- investigation Secretary of State Mike Pompeo chief of the general staff of the immediate effect, without be- transition, including its dura- es and executions have later NEWS PAPER in nuclear talks, was also sent to North Korean People’s Army, ing given a reason. tion and the bodies to oversee proved inaccurate. a labour camp, the paper said. had been executed. continuously for days, weeks or even months. “They told us that the mil- it. The paper also said Kim Jong In April, South Korea’s par- News of the reported purge The extreme pressure to deliver cargoes on time, itary council had decided But negotiations broke down Un’s interpreter Shin Hye Yong liamentary intelligence com- came as North Korea’s official to close the Al Jazeera net - over the question of whether was sent to a prison camp for a mittee said Kim Yong Chol had Rodong Sinmun newspaper, without damage, makes him do that. In between, work’s office and withdraw a planned transitional body mistake at the summit. been censured over his handling mouthpiece of the ruling party, its licence,” bureau director would be headed by a civilian She failed to translate Kim’s of the Hanoi summit, despite Thursday warned that officials there is little time to eat and sleep, even during Al-Musallami Al-Kabbashi or military figure. new proposal when Trump the fact he had recently been who committed anti-party or said. The army ousted Bashir on declared “no deal” and walked diplomatic source. named a member of the State anti-revolutionary acts would Ramadan. Mohammed is now in Bahrain, with a Meanwhile, the military April 11 after months of pro- away from the table, Chosun re- Kim Jong Un and Trump left Affairs Commission, a supreme face the “stern judgement of the council said incidents on the tests against his autocratic, ported, citing another unnamed the Vietnamese capital with- governing body chaired by Kim revolution”. truck full of fruits and vegetables from Jordan margins of the protest site three-decade rule. were threatening public safety. Thousands of protesters TDT | Manama Tribune while pointing at his came a distant dream as we ha- “In the face of those devel- have remained camped out- Rajeevan Puravankara truck. ven’t even opened our kitchen.” opments that threaten public side the sprawling Khartoum Safety of trucks and cargo, ac- According to Mohammed, life security and safety,” author- military compound ever since. ife of a long-distance cording to him, prevents truck- on a truck is like that. “It’s our ities would “work in accord- The generals, backed by key US spelling bee ends in eight-way tie trucker is always a daring ers from going to restaurants. home, it’s our life.” ance with the law to guarantee Arab powers, have resisted National Harbor, United States Ladventure. Restaurants also mostly don’t As they say, “It takes a special citizens’ safety and to resolve calls from African and Western Rain, storm or scorching sun, provide parking for trucks. breed to be a truck driving man, manifestations of insecurity governments to hand over the he world’s premier spell- they will have to munch miles He blames urbanisation as one who is also the backbone of our and lawlessness,” it said in a reins of power. Ting bee has ended in an un- to make their delivery on time. of the reasons for this predica- economy.” statement. Hundreds of women precedented eight-way tie after In between, there is little time ment. “Besides, there is a per- Leading manufacturers and Chanting slogans in favour marched through central hours of intense competition to eat and sleep. petual rush to deliver the good companies around the globe are of a civilian government, sing- Khartoum earlier in the day among American youngsters And the lifestyle remains the on time.” setting their shops in the King- ing and waving Sudanese flags, calling for a civilian govern- tackling some of the English same even during Ramadan, “This truck is my home and dom and the MENA as a whole, the mostly young protesters ment. language’s most obscure words. where Muslims are obligated my kitchen,” Mohammed said. with demand for logistics, trans- gathered after dusk on Thurs- As they made their way Texas seventh-grader Rohan to fast every day from dawn to He carries kitchen utensils all portation, freight handling keeps day to join the demonstration. through the capital to the sit- Raja became the eighth and final sunset. times. “So that I could prepare on increasing. “We’re here to confirm our in, they chanted: “Freedom, winner of the National Spelling That part, however, is easy food whenever I want.” In 2015, according to a report, basic demand for a civilian peace, justice, civil govern- Bee’s 92nd annual competition for them, but breaking the fast It is a general rule for long- Mena T&L industry generated authority in the transitional ment is the people’s choice!” on Thursday after a correct re- remains a task. haul truckers to carry kitchen $73 billion, of which the GCC cital of the word “odylic”, earn- Most of them don’t have the equipment and utensils, just like T&L industry accounted for $47 ing a wild round of applause luxury to go to their home to Mohammed does in a specially billion, which might be lower from the audience. break their fast. Meaning cook- made cabin hidden beneath the when compared to other parts He hoisted the trophy with ing and eating on trucks or road- truck. One could find anything of the world. But, the fact is that the seven other kids to sur - sides is the only option. and everything required inside T&L is emerging as one of the vive the final round after suc- The lifesaver, during Ramadan from utensils, fuel, stoves to veg- key drivers of the economy in cessfully spelling a slate of for drivers, is a mini kitchen in- etables. the region. tongue-twisters, including au- The eight co-champions pose with the trophy on the final day of the Scripps National Spelling Bee: from left to right are side their trucks, as chances of Mohammed mostly cooks be- In this perspective, it would slaut, erysipelas, bougainvillea, aiguillette, pendeloque, palama Shruthika Padhy, Erin Howard, Rishik Gandhasri, Christopher Serrao, Saketh Sundar, Sohum Sukhatankar, Rohan Raja finding a safe parking place near side the cabin and have it there not be an exaggeration to say and Abhijay Kodali. a restaurant are minimal. itself. “Still we rarely get the truckers are the movers and and cernuous. “Finding a proper parking chance to break our fast on shakers of the economy. The winners were “the most own trophies, organizers said. aged nine through 15, who com- of Indian ancestry -- a reflection place which is safe is an arduous time,” says Mohammed. Yet the plight of truck drivers phenomenal assemblage of An American institution, the peted in local and regional spell- of the popularity of competitive task,” says a trucker, who brings “We started our journey from is pathetic. spellers in the history of this Scripps National Spelling Bee ing bees this past school year. spelling among Indian immi- fruits, vegetables and other ed- Jordan three days back. By the For them to survive, it requires storied competition”, said the brought together more than 550 The competition has only tied grant families. ible goods to Bahrain markets. time we reached Bahrain, it was a lot of hard work, determina- bee’s long-time official pro - spellers from all over the coun- six times in its history, though This was the twelfth year in Mohammed delivers fruits to already evening. tion, patience and perseverance. nouncer Jacques Bailly. try aged between seven and 14. four titles in the last six years a row that American young - Sudanese wave flags and chant slogans as they gather during a Each will receive a $50,000 They were the elite among ended with a draw. sters of South Asian heritage Bahrain from Jordan. “It also took us another hour Mythologised as modern-day demonstration outside the army headquarters in Khartoum “I have to cook on my truck or two to find parking. cowboys, the truckers live a hard cash prize in addition to their millions of youngsters, typically Seven of the eight winners are clinched the title. to save time,” Mohammed told “Breaking fast by that time be- and solitary life. SATURDAY, JUNE 1, 2019 06 Modi begins with a big bang Narendra Modi PM in-charge of: Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions; Department of Atomic Energy Department of Space; and All important policy issues; All other portfolios not allocated to any Minister Amit Shah Minister of Home Affairs

Raj Nath Singh Minister of Home Affairs

Nitin Jairam Gadkari Minister of Road Transport and Highways; and Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Nirmala Sitharaman Minister of Finance; and Minister of Corporate Affairs

Ramvilas Paswan : Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Narendra Singh Tomar : Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare; Minister of Rural Development and Minister of Panchayati Raj Ravi Shankar Prasad : Minister of Law and Justice; Minister Newly sworn-in Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi (center R) poses for a grup photograph with the President of India Ram Nath Kovind (center L) and regional of Communications; and Minister of leaders after taking the oath of office at the President house in New Delhi Electronics and Information Technology Harsimrat Kaur Badal : Minister of Food Processing Industries into one of the largest political tral laws into four codes – wages, Thaawar Chand Gehlot : Minister of Social Justice and Modi preparing organisations in the world & will industrial relations, social secu- • now play a bigger role in build- rity and welfare, and the fourth Empowerment for a slew of ‘big-bang’ ing #NewIndia,” tweeted Shah’s - occupational safety, health and Dr. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar: Minister of External Affairs economic reforms cabinet colleague Smriti Irani. working conditions. Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’: Minister of Human Resource in first 100 days Modi replaced around three This should help companies Development dozen ministers and deputy avoid getting embroiled in a Arjun Munda : Minister of Tribal Affairs Aim to combine 44 minister from the last admin- series of complicated disputes • istration, bringing in many new with their workers and officials Zubin Irani : Minister of Women and Child central laws into four lawmakers. that involve regulations set by Development; and Minister of Textiles codes – wages, industrial The induction of Jaishankar, a authorities at different levels Dr. Harsh Vardhan : Minister of Health and Family Welfare; China expert, as the new foreign of government and can lead to relations, social security Minister of Science and Technology; minister was seen as a sign that long, drawn-out adjudication in and welfare, and the and Minister of Earth Sciences Modi will put more emphasis various parts of the legal system. fourth - occupational on tricky diplomacy with neigh- The government could also Prakash Javadekar : Minister of Environment, Forest and safety, health and bouring countries in his second offer swathes of land to foreign Climate Change; and Minister of working conditions term. investors from the land banks it Information and Broadcasting Jaishankar, who was the top plans to create from unutilised Piyush Goyal : Minister of Railways; and Minister of May offer swathes foreign ministry official until They (foreign land controlled by public sector Commerce and Industry • his retirement last year, was an investors) will have enterprises, Kumar said. of land to foreign influential advisor to Modi on “What could be attempted Dharmendra Pradhan : Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas; investors from the reasons to be happy. and Minister of Steel diplomacy during his first five You will see a slew is to build an inventory of gov- land banks it plans years in power. ernment land that can then be Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi : Minister of Minority Affairs. Twenty four cabinet rank min- of reforms I can offered to foreign investors,” assure you of that. Pralhad Joshi : Minister of Parliamentary Affairs; The government isters and more than 30 deputy Kumar said. Minister of Coal; and Minister of Mines • ministers were sworn in at the We are going to pretty The land parcels could be de- will focus on fully presidential palace on Thursday. much hit the ground signed as clusters catering to a Dr. Mahendra Nath Pandey: Minister of Skill Development and privatising or closing According to a top official at running specific set of investors or indus- Entrepreneurship more than 42 state- the government’s main think trial sectors, Kumar said. Arvind Ganpat Sawant : Minister of Heavy Industries and Public tank, in the first 100 days of RAJIV KUMAR Getting access to some of the Enterprise. controlled companies VICE CHAIRMAN OF NITI AAYOG Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s (NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR large amounts of unutilised In- Giriraj Singh : Minister of Animal Husbandry, Dairying second term, a slew of ‘big-bang’ dian government land would TRANSFORMING INDIA) and Fisheries Agencies | New Delhi, India economic reforms are planned. reduce major risks for foreign The reforms will include companies as there would be a Gajendra Singh Shekhawat: Minister of Jal Shakti. s he walks into a historic changes in labour laws, priva- lot less risk of legal challenges second term as the Prime tisation moves, and creation of over ownership and develop- Ministers of State (Independent Charge) Minister of India, Nar- land banks for new industrial ment. A lot of the sites they have A 1. Santosh Kumar Gangwar 20. Babul Supriyo enda Modi yesterday send clear development, said Rajiv Kumar, used in the past was previous- signals of what he intends to do vice chairman of NITI Aayog ly farm land, opening them up 2. Rao Inderjit Singh 21. Sanjeev Kumar Balyan in his next five years with a ma- (National Institute for Trans- to protests and court action by 3. Shripad Yesso Naik 22. Dhotre Sanjay Shamrao jor shakeup in his new Cabinet. forming India), who reports di- wlocal communities over land 4. Dr. Jitendra Singh Modi yesterday named his rectly to Modi. rights, the environment and oth- 23. Anurag Singh Thakur trusted aide Amit Shah to the “They (foreign investors) will er issues. 5. Kiren Rijiju 24. Angadi Suresh Channabasappa key home affairs ministry, while have reasons to be happy. You Kumar said the government 6. Prahalad Singh Patel 25. Nityanand Rai moving Nirmala Sitharaman will see a slew of reforms I can will focus on fully privatising or 7. Raj Kumar Singh from defence to finance ministry assure you of that. We are going closing more than 42 state-con- 26. Rattan Lal Kataria in a second shock. to pretty much hit the ground trolled companies in the coming 8. Hardeep Singh Puri 27. V. Muraleedharan Career diplomat S. Jaishankar running,” Kumar said in an in- months. The government is even 9. Mansukh L. Mandaviya 28. Renuka Singh Saruta became the foreign minister. terview. ing and for driving new ideas, mulling lifting the foreign direct 10. Faggansingh Kulaste 29. Som Parkash Shah was the president of Modi is chairman of the think was founded four years back investment cap on Air India , Modi’s rightwing Bharatiya Ja- tank. when Modi scrapped the 65-year the loss-making state-owned 11. Ashwini Kumar Choubey 30. Rameswar Teli nata Party and had never served Modi and his Bharatiya Ja - old planning commission, saying flagship carrier, to make it easier 12. Arjun Ram Meghwal 31. Pratap Chandra Sarangi as a national minister. He was nata Party (BJP) were last week that India was stifled with Sovi- to sell. 13. General (Retd.) V. K. Singh 32. Kailash Choudhary rewarded for the party’s second declared landslide winners of et-style bureaucracy. Kumar also said that it could landslide victory in the country’s India’s general election with an Kumar said reforms in India’s create an autonomous holding 14. Krishan Pal 33. Debasree Chaudhuri national election. increased majority in the Lok complicated labour laws will see company that would control all 15. Danve Raosaheb Dadarao Shah will now have to pursue Sabha. the light of day as early as the state-owned firms and wouldn’t 16. G. Kishan Reddy Modi’s agenda in security, immi- He was sworn into office for next parliamentary session in be answerable to lots of different gration and other key national his second term on Thursday July, when the government will ministries. This would speed up 17. Parshottam Rupala issues. night. place a new bill before the lower decision making for asset sales, 18. Ramdas Athawale “Congratulations to @Amit- Niti Aayog, which now acts as house for approval. avoiding much of the central 19. Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti Shah ji who transformed BJP the main centre for policy mak- It will aim to combine 44 cen- government’s bureaucracy. SATURDAY, JUNE 1, 2019 SATURDAY, JUNE 1, 2019 06 07

Assange suffering ‘psychological torture’: Air conditioning pioneer Modi begins with a big bang UN expert Narendra Modi PM in-charge of: first dismissed as a crank Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions; Apalachicola | United States Department of Atomic Energy ation, and not an amazing doc- Department of Space; and All important policy esidents of hot, mos - tor,” said Roundtree. issues; All other portfolios not allocated to quito-infested Florida “But he was an amazing doc- any Minister Rknow that life there sans tor, he just finds himself fight- air conditioning would be un- ing the wrong thing at the right Amit Shah bearable. Yet the state’s 19th place.” century pioneer in the field was Minister of Home Affairs dismissed during his lifetime as The ‘crazy’ ice machine a crank. Gorrie’s machine is a steam John Gorrie, a medical doctor engine with a series of cranks Raj Nath Singh who moved to steamy north and handles held in a wooden Florida in 1833 determined to frame on a brick platform that Minister of Home Affairs Wikileaks founder Julian Assange speaks on the balcony of the Embassy of Ecuador in London alleviate yellow fever outbreaks, condenses and expand air until, was once described by a New thanks to the thermodynamic Geneva, Switzerland cluding extreme stress, chron- York Globe writer as a crank cycle discovered just years ear- Nitin Jairam Gadkari ic anxiety and intense psycho- “who thinks he can make ice lier, it produces ice. Minister of Road Transport and Highways; and ulian Assange has been logical trauma,” he said. by his machine as good as God By 1848 the machine was pro- subjected to drawn-out Melzer, who was accom - Almighty.” ducing 12 blocks of ice a day. Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises J “psychological torture”, a UN panied on the visit by two Naturally, he died scorned Jeremy Roundtree, Park Ranger for the Florida Park Services, enext to John Gorrie would put ice inside a rights expert said Friday, ac- medical experts specialised in and penniless. Gorrie’s (portrait L) ice machine, a mid-19th century forerunner of the modern bucket that was hung from the Nirmala Sitharaman cusing the United States, Brit- examining potential torture Gorrie’s unrecognized feat, airconditioner ceiling over the patient’s bed or ain, Ecuador and Sweden of victims, said there was “over- however, lives on in a museum high point near a window. Minister of Finance; and Minister of Corporate Affairs “collective persecution” of the whelming” evidence that As- in the Florida panhandle town mayor here in town.” Born in 1803, Gorrie spent his Hot air, which tends to rise, WikiLeaks founder. sange had been “deliberately of Apalachicola, nestled be - But after he made an ice ma- sweat-drenched life in Flori- was thus cooled, and eventually Ramvilas Paswan : Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and The United Nations special exposed, for a period of several tween heavily-forested swamps, chine and got it patented in 1851, da searching for ways to create the room temperature -- and the Public Distribution rapporteur on torture and oth- years, to progressively severe debris left over from the last the verdict was: “he’s crazy,” winter with the goal of defeat- patient’s fever -- would drop. er cruel, inhuman or degrading forms of cruel, inhuman or hurricane to hit the region, Roundtree told AFP. ing yellow fever. Outbreaks of Gorrie was far ahead of his Narendra Singh Tomar : Minister of Agriculture and Farmers treatment, Nils Melzer, also degrading treatment or pun- and spires of the town’s many the often deadly disease were time when he patented his ma- Welfare; Minister of Rural Development warned that if London agrees ishment. churches. A cure for Yellow Fever? more terrifying than hurricanes. chine. Religious Americans, and Minister of Panchayati Raj to an extradition request from “The cumulative effects,” he Gorrie was a respected mem- The New York-trained doctor however, were unprepared for Ravi Shankar Prasad : Minister of Law and Justice; Minister Washington, Assange risked said, “can only be described as ber of the community when he The Spaniards, the first Euro- quickly linked the yellow fever a device, clearly inspired by Newly sworn-in Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi (center R) poses for a grup photograph with the President of India Ram Nath Kovind (center L) and regional of Communications; and Minister of the death penalty. psychological torture.” first moved to Apalachicola. peans to settle in Florida in the to heat, but was convinced that the devil, that could reproduce leaders after taking the oath of office at the President house in New Delhi Electronics and Information Technology Melzer visited the Austral- Assange, 47, sought refuge at He founded its first Episco- mid 1500s, could never attract it was transmitted by what was God’s creation. Harsimrat Kaur Badal : Minister of Food Processing Industries ian whistleblower in a Lon- Ecuador’s embassy in 2012 to pal church, “the oldest church enough people to live on the known as “swamp gas.” “It had nothing to do with into one of the largest political tral laws into four codes – wages, don prison on May 9, nearly a avoid extradition to Sweden, today still very valuable to us,” peninsula and eventually ceded His solution: cool the patient’s God but, instead, science,” Thaawar Chand Gehlot : Minister of Social Justice and Modi preparing organisations in the world & will industrial relations, social secu- month after his arrest at Ec- where he faces accusations of said Jeremy Roundtree, a Flor- the land to the United States in room with machine-made ice. Roundtree said. “Which you • now play a bigger role in build- rity and welfare, and the fourth Empowerment uador’s embassy where he had sexual assault. ida Park Services ranger at the 1819. It took another 50 years for know today probably doesn’t for a slew of ‘big-bang’ ing #NewIndia,” tweeted Shah’s - occupational safety, health and Dr. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar: Minister of External Affairs been holed up for seven years. He is currently serving a tiny John Gorrie Museum, the experts to realize that still walk hand in hand with economic reforms cabinet colleague Smriti Irani. working conditions. Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’: Minister of Human Resource “It was obvious that Mr As- separate 50-week sentence at pride of Apalachicola. yellow fever was trans- religion.” in first 100 days Modi replaced around three This should help companies Development sange’s health has been seri- London’s Belmarsh prison for “He ran the very first bank mitted by mosquitos -- He may have improved the dozen ministers and deputy avoid getting embroiled in a ously affected by the extremely skipping bail. out of Pensacola, Flor- which thrive in swamps lives of his patients, but Gorrie Arjun Munda : Minister of Tribal Affairs Aim to combine 44 minister from the last admin- series of complicated disputes hostile and arbitrary environ- Assange now also has an ida, he was a post - and die in the cold. was unable to sell his ice-mak- • istration, bringing in many new with their workers and officials Zubin Irani : Minister of Women and Child ment he has been exposed to extradition request against master, which was “Which is why today ing machine. central laws into four lawmakers. that involve regulations set by Development; and Minister of Textiles for many years,” Melzer said him from the US, which has a very lucrative the nation calls him He died in 1855, mocked and codes – wages, industrial job, he was a The induction of Jaishankar, a authorities at different levels Dr. Harsh Vardhan : Minister of Health and Family Welfare; in a statement. charged him with violating the Father of Refriger- bankrupt. China expert, as the new foreign of government and can lead to “Most importantly, in addi- the US Espionage Act by pub- relations, social security Minister of Science and Technology; minister was seen as a sign that long, drawn-out adjudication in tion to physical ailments, Mr lishing a huge cache of military and welfare, and the and Minister of Earth Sciences Modi will put more emphasis various parts of the legal system. Assange showed all symptoms and diplomatic files in 2010, fourth - occupational on tricky diplomacy with neigh- The government could also Prakash Javadekar : Minister of Environment, Forest and typical for prolonged exposure rejecting his claim that he is a safety, health and bouring countries in his second offer swathes of land to foreign Climate Change; and Minister of to psychological torture, in- journalist. working conditions term. investors from the land banks it Information and Broadcasting Jaishankar, who was the top plans to create from unutilised Piyush Goyal : Minister of Railways; and Minister of May offer swathes foreign ministry official until They (foreign land controlled by public sector Commerce and Industry • his retirement last year, was an investors) will have enterprises, Kumar said. of land to foreign influential advisor to Modi on “What could be attempted Dharmendra Pradhan : Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas; Philippines ships dumped investors from the reasons to be happy. and Minister of Steel diplomacy during his first five You will see a slew is to build an inventory of gov- land banks it plans years in power. ernment land that can then be Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi : Minister of Minority Affairs. trash back to Canada Twenty four cabinet rank min- of reforms I can offered to foreign investors,” assure you of that. Pralhad Joshi : Minister of Parliamentary Affairs; The government isters and more than 30 deputy Kumar said. Minister of Coal; and Minister of Mines • ministers were sworn in at the We are going to pretty The land parcels could be de- will focus on fully presidential palace on Thursday. much hit the ground signed as clusters catering to a Dr. Mahendra Nath Pandey: Minister of Skill Development and privatising or closing According to a top official at running specific set of investors or indus- Entrepreneurship more than 42 state- the government’s main think trial sectors, Kumar said. Arvind Ganpat Sawant : Minister of Heavy Industries and Public tank, in the first 100 days of RAJIV KUMAR Getting access to some of the Enterprise. controlled companies VICE CHAIRMAN OF NITI AAYOG Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s (NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR large amounts of unutilised In- Giriraj Singh : Minister of Animal Husbandry, Dairying second term, a slew of ‘big-bang’ dian government land would TRANSFORMING INDIA) and Fisheries Agencies | New Delhi, India economic reforms are planned. reduce major risks for foreign The reforms will include companies as there would be a Gajendra Singh Shekhawat: Minister of Jal Shakti. s he walks into a historic changes in labour laws, priva- lot less risk of legal challenges second term as the Prime tisation moves, and creation of over ownership and develop- Ministers of State (Independent Charge) Minister of India, Nar- land banks for new industrial ment. A lot of the sites they have A 1. Santosh Kumar Gangwar 20. Babul Supriyo enda Modi yesterday send clear development, said Rajiv Kumar, used in the past was previous- Container ship MV Bavaria, hired by Canada to take its trash back, arrives at signals of what he intends to do vice chairman of NITI Aayog ly farm land, opening them up 2. Rao Inderjit Singh 21. Sanjeev Kumar Balyan Subic Bay in the Philippines in his next five years with a ma- (National Institute for Trans- to protests and court action by 3. Shripad Yesso Naik 22. Dhotre Sanjay Shamrao jor shakeup in his new Cabinet. forming India), who reports di- wlocal communities over land Manila and began the lengthy trip to 4. Dr. Jitendra Singh Modi yesterday named his rectly to Modi. rights, the environment and oth- 23. Anurag Singh Thakur Canada. trusted aide Amit Shah to the “They (foreign investors) will er issues. 5. Kiren Rijiju 24. Angadi Suresh Channabasappa onnes of garbage sent to “Baaaaaaaaa bye, as we say key home affairs ministry, while have reasons to be happy. You Kumar said the government 6. Prahalad Singh Patel 25. Nityanand Rai Tthe Philippines years ago it,” Philippine Foreign Secre- moving Nirmala Sitharaman will see a slew of reforms I can will focus on fully privatising or was shipped back to Canada tary Teodoro Locsin wrote on 7. Raj Kumar Singh from defence to finance ministry assure you of that. We are going closing more than 42 state-con- 26. Rattan Lal Kataria on Friday after a festering dip- Twitter, along with images of in a second shock. to pretty much hit the ground trolled companies in the coming 8. Hardeep Singh Puri 27. V. Muraleedharan lomatic row, as Asian nations the vessel leaving. Career diplomat S. Jaishankar running,” Kumar said in an in- months. The government is even increasingly reject serving as Canada’s Environment Min- 9. Mansukh L. Mandaviya 28. Renuka Singh Saruta A plume of ash is released as Mount Agung volcano erupts, seen from the Kubu subdistrict in Karangasem Regency on Indonesia’s resort island of Bali became the foreign minister. terview. ing and for driving new ideas, mulling lifting the foreign direct dumping grounds for interna- ister Catherine McKenna wel- 10. Faggansingh Kulaste 29. Som Parkash Shah was the president of Modi is chairman of the think was founded four years back investment cap on Air India , tional trash. comed the news of the trash Modi’s rightwing Bharatiya Ja- tank. when Modi scrapped the 65-year the loss-making state-owned 11. Ashwini Kumar Choubey 30. Rameswar Teli After a long campaign to being returned, telling report- Bali volcano spews ash in new eruption nata Party and had never served Modi and his Bharatiya Ja - old planning commission, saying flagship carrier, to make it easier 12. Arjun Ram Meghwal 31. Pratap Chandra Sarangi urge Canada to take back the ers on Thursday: “We commit- as a national minister. He was nata Party (BJP) were last week that India was stifled with Sovi- to sell. rotting waste, Philippine Pres- ted with the Philippines and 13. General (Retd.) V. K. Singh 32. Kailash Choudhary Jakarta, Indonesia rewarded for the party’s second declared landslide winners of et-style bureaucracy. Kumar also said that it could ident Rodrigo Duterte lashed we’re working closely with ically since it rumbled back to logical agency said. uation centres after an eruption landslide victory in the country’s India’s general election with an Kumar said reforms in India’s create an autonomous holding 14. Krishan Pal 33. Debasree Chaudhuri out at Ottawa last week and them.” volcano on the Indonesian life in 2017, sometimes ground- Agung remained at the second in 2017. The last major eruption national election. increased majority in the Lok complicated labour laws will see company that would control all 15. Danve Raosaheb Dadarao ordered the refuse returned Just days earlier Malaysia Aisland of Bali erupted Fri- ing flights and forcing residents highest danger warning level, of Agung in 1963 killed around Shah will now have to pursue Sabha. the light of day as early as the state-owned firms and wouldn’t 16. G. Kishan Reddy immediately. announced it was shipping day, spewing a plume of ash and to flee their homes. and there is a four-kilometre 1,600 people. Modi’s agenda in security, immi- He was sworn into office for next parliamentary session in be answerable to lots of different The 69 shipping containers 450 tonnes of imported plastic smoke more than 2,000 metres The latest eruption shortly no-go zone around the crater. Indonesia is situated on the gration and other key national his second term on Thursday July, when the government will ministries. This would speed up 17. Parshottam Rupala of garbage were loaded onto waste back to its sources, in- (6,500 feet) into the sky. before noon on Friday shot a Last summer, dozens of Pacific “Ring of Fire”, where the issues. night. place a new bill before the lower decision making for asset sales, 18. Ramdas Athawale a cargo vessel at Subic Bay, a cluding Australia, Bangladesh, Mount Agung, about 70 kilo- cloud of volcanic ash high into flights were cancelled after collision of tectonic plates caus- “Congratulations to @Amit- Niti Aayog, which now acts as house for approval. avoiding much of the central 19. Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti former US naval base and ship- Canada, China, Japan, Saudi metres from the tourist hub of the sky, but caused no disrup- Agung erupted, while tens of es frequent quakes and major Shah ji who transformed BJP the main centre for policy mak- It will aim to combine 44 cen- government’s bureaucracy. ping port northwest of Manila, Arabia and the United States. Kuta, has been erupting period- tion to flights, Indonesia’s geo- thousands of locals fled to evac- volcanic activity. 08 SATURDAY, JUNE 1, 2019 society

Officials and senior staff of Gulf Air during IMEX 2019, which was held in Germany. The exhibition is one of the world’s most important trade fairs in the meetings, Anood Al Khatlan, a PhD student in the Arabian Gulf University’s (AGU) Natural Resources and Environment during the GEO 6 for Youth meeting in Vienna, Austria. The incentives, conventions and exhibitions (MICE) industry. The airline participated alongside Bahrain Tourism and Exhibitions Authority (BTEA) and major hospitality conference gathered the authors of the report on the international environment predictions, issued by the UN’s Environment Programme, among whom was Al Khatlan and tourism companies in Bahrain. who also played a coordination role

Members of Discover Islam as they distribute Iftar meals at Manama bus terminal

Members of Pleasure Riders Bahrain (two-wheeler group Bahrain) during an iftar they organised at Hamala Labour camp. The program organized by PRB Captain Umesh, Ajith, Arun, Renjith, Prasad, Anoop, Aneesh, Nithin and Salmon benefited 130 workers

Indian Ladies Association’s worker’s welfare sub-committee distributes dry ration to 50 workers at a building construction site in Zinj area and some road expansion site workers in Saar area SATURDAY, JUNE 1, 2019 09 society

Anood Al Khatlan, a PhD student in the Arabian Gulf University’s (AGU) Natural Resources and Environment during the GEO 6 for Youth meeting in Vienna, Austria. The conference gathered the authors of the report on the international environment predictions, issued by the UN’s Environment Programme, among whom was Al Khatlan who also played a coordination role

Members during the Chartering and Installation Ceremony of Bahrain Odia Samaj (BOS) Toastmasters at SWISS International palace Hotel

The Ladies Wing of BAPS Swaminarayan Temple during the first-ever Achaar (Pickle) Festival, showcasing over 32 varieties of home-made pickles. The festival, inaugurated by Shura Council Member Nancy Khedouri, was attended by more than 100 guests

Blood donors and medical staff during a Blood Donation Camp organised by The Thattai (Bhatia) Hindu Community (Hindu Temple) at THMC Auditorium, Al Hadrami Avenue, Manama. Around 150 people including Hindu Temple devotees came forward for blood donation 10 SATURDAY, JUNE 1, 2019 business

Bahrain’s trade deficit dropped 41.1pc, Italy revises down first quarter GDP figures exports jumped 46.7pc: Industry minister Rome, Italy cession as its economy re - Highlighting Kingdom’s number of visitors, which sig- taly’s GDP grew just 0.1 per turned to growth in the first Bahrain’s All Share strong commercial fundamen- nificantly expanded economic Icent in the first quarter quarter after two quarters of • tals, Zayed bin Rashid Al Zayani, activity in the sector. of this year, official figures contraction, giving the popu- Index increased by the Minister of Industry, Com- During the quarter, Bahrain’s showed yesterday, revising list government a boost ahead 5.7 per cent in Q1 merce, and Tourism said the All Share Index increased by downwards an earlier forecast of European elections earlier Kingdom’s trade deficit record- 5.7pc and with that, the market in bad news for the govern - this month. Quarterly exports ed a 41.1per cent drop on a year- capitalisation of the Bahrain ment as it locks horns with Ahead of the revised GDP jumped• 46.7pc on-year basis. Bourse increased by 7.2pc from Brussels. The country’s gross figures, the head of the League Explaining further, the Min- a year ago quarter, delivering domestic product had initial- Matteo Salvini, who is also ister said the Kingdom’s vol- strong returns for investors in ly been said to have expand- interior minister and deputy TDT | Manama ume of Q1 exports jumped 46.7 the Kingdom’s robust and died by 0.2 percent in the three prime minister, said that Rome per cent from the year-ago verse stock market. months to March. would supply Brussels with ahrain’s economy is on an quarter, while imports rose by “The Kingdom’s Q1 indica- Year-on-year GDP growth -- “positive data and figures”. Bupward trajectory with 21.9pc. tors demonstrated the strength initially given as 0.1 percent -- The government is “spend- most of its indicators pointing Bahrain’s tourism sector, the of the economy, not only in the was meanwhile revised down- ing less than expected and the in the positive direction in the Minister said, increased its con- trade, tourism and industrial wards to -0.1 percent, national economy is giving clear signals first quarter of 2019, said Indus- tribution to the Kingdom’s over- sectors but across all sectors,” statistics institute Istat said. of recovery,” he said. try Minister. all GDP, thanks to the greater Zayed bin Rashid Al Zayani the Minister said. Italy exited a technical re- China plans blacklist of US firms key materials used to make Beijing is due to everything from smartphones to • televisions and military equip- increase tariffs on $60 ment. billion in US goods Chinese mines accounted for 71 percent of the world’s rare Washington and earths production in 2018, ac- Beijing• resumed cording to the US Geological Survey, down from 80 percent their tariffs battle in 2017 and 95 percent a dec- earlier this month ade ago. Cutting off exports to the US The countries have could give Beijing leverage in exchanged• tariffs on trade talks as China supplies 80pc of the rare earths import- $360 billion in two- ed by the United States. way trade so far. But analysts say China may be reluctant to target the ma- Trump more than terials because it could hasten doubled• punitive a global search for alternative supplies of rare earths. tariffs on $200 billion in Chinese goods to 25 Donald Trump (file) percent this month

Beijing, China China will increase tariffs on $60 billion in American products on June 1

hina yesterday said it The announcement was made mate rights and interests of Chi- about the impact of tariffs on its which contracted would release a blacklist a day before Beijing is due to in- nese enterprises.” economy. more than expected Cof “unreliable” foreign crease tariffs on $60 billion in US The detailed measures against Washington and Beijing re- this month, official companies and individuals, hit- goods, capping a week marked firms on the list will be released sumed their tariffs battle earlier data showed on Fri- ting back after the United States by rising Chinese threats of re- shortly, Gao said. this month after trade talks in day. Experts note targeted telecom giant Huawei taliation after President Donald The Chinese move to create its Washington ended without a that US consumers in their escalating trade war. Trump blacklisted Huawei. own “entity list” appears aimed deal, with the US side accusing and importers bear The US Commerce Depart- at pressuring foreign companies Chinese negotiators of reneging the brunt of tariffs ment placed Huawei on an “en- to maintain commercial rela- on previous commitments. on products com- Xi Jinping (file) tity list” on grounds of national tions with Huawei -- Washing- The countries have exchanged ing into the United security on May 16, a move that ton is reportedly also consider- tariffs on $360 billion in two- States. curbs its access to US-made coming adding Chinese surveillance way trade so far. ponents it needs for its equip- firms to its list for alleged human Trump said Thursday the US Tariffs on ment. A 90-day reprieve was rights violations. tariffs have had a “devastating condoms later issued. Google, whose Android oper- effect” on the Chinese economy. Now China China’s commerce ministry ating system is vital to Huawei “The US side has said such is hitting back announced on Friday that it will phones, is among the companies lies not just once or twice. Every Saturday with release its own list of “unreliable that have announced that they time China exposes them in tariffs ranging entities”. will abide by the US order. time, but the US seems to be very from five per- Ministry spokesman “Some foreign entities have vi- persistent, even obsessed, and cent to 25 percent Gao Feng said the list olated normal market rules and keeps repeating these lies,” Chi- on 5,410 products. will include “foreign the spirit of their contracts” to nese foreign ministry spokes- Those facing the enterprises, organisa- cut off supplies and “take other man Geng Shuang said at a reg- 25 percent hike tions or individuals discriminatory actions against ular press briefing. include beauty that do not comply Chinese companies damaging Trump more than doubled pu- products, sports with market rules, their legitimate rights and in- nitive tariffs on $200 billion in equipment, musi- deviate from a terests, and endangering China’s Chinese goods to 25 percent this cal instruments, contract’s spir- national security and national month, and launched the pro- wine, condoms, it or impose interests,” Gao said, according to cess to hit nearly all remaining diamonds, wood, blockades or state-owned Global Times. imports from the Asian country. fabric and toys. stop supplies China responded by announc- Chinese state to Chinese Trump ‘lies’ ing that it would increase tariffs media suggested enterprises China’s announcement fol- on $60 billion in American prod- this week that Bei- for non-com- lows a growing war of words, ucts on June 1. jing could also hit back mercial purpos- with Chinese officials accusing The US tariffs appear to have by stopping exports of es, and seriously the United States of “naked eco- already had an impact on Chi- rare earths to the Unit- damage the legiti- nomic terrorism” and of lying nese manufacturing activity, ed States, cutting off SATURDAY, JUNE 1, 2019 11

Facebook loses bid to block landmark ECJ data security hearing Win for Wall Street dads Dublin, Ireland ropean Court of Justice. JP Morgan Chase agrees to pay $5 million for parental leave discrimination Facebook then lodged an ap- reland’s supreme court peal with the supreme court of were considered co-parents Iyesterday dismissed a bid Ireland -- where the social me- In 2017, Rotondo and only eligible for more than by Facebook to block a land- dia giant’s international head- • two weeks of leave if they could mark data security case from quarters is located -- which filed a complaint with prove their partner was “inca- progressing to the European was dismissed on Friday. the Equal Employment pacitated” or already back to Court of Justice. “Facebook likely again Opportunity work, according to the ACLU, The top European court invested millions to stop Commission for gender In 2017, Rotondo filed a com- in Luxembourg is now set to this case from progressing,” plaint with the Equal Employ- hear the case in July, answer- Schrems said in a statement. discrimination, and ment Opportunity Commission ing questions on whether the “It is good to see that the Chase ultimately for gender discrimination, and personal information of EU Supreme Court has not fol- granted him the 16 Chase ultimately granted him citizens is afforded adequate lowed Facebook’s arguments weeks of parental leave the 16 weeks of parental leave. protection from American that were in total denial of all “We are pleased to have government surveillance dur- existing findings so far.” The complaint reached an agreement in this ing EU-US data transfers. “We are now looking for- • matter and look forward to more “We are grateful for the con- ward to the hearing at the covered the period effectively communicating the sideration of the Irish Court Court of Justice in Luxem - from 2011-207 policy so that all men and wom- and look ahead to the Court of bourg.” Parental leave practices for new mothers and fathers vary widely on Wall en employees are aware of their Street, where hours are long and workloads are high Justice of the European Union Facebook is already under Parental leave benefits,” Chase representative to now decide on these com- the spotlight following its role • Reid Broda said. “We thank Mr plex questions,” Facebook said in the Cambridge Analytica practices vary widely Rotondo for bringing the matter in a statement. data scandal. on Wall Street to our attention.” The case stems from a 2013 After revelations from a And in addition to the $5 mil- complaint from Austrian pri- whistleblower, it was shown New York lion it will pay out, Chase will vacy lawyer Max Schrems, that tens of millions of users now train its staff on how to following the revelations by had their personal data hi - handle the new gender-neutral US whistleblower Edward jacked by Cambridge Analyti- all Street fathers won leave policies. Snowden. Schrems raised ca, a political firm working for a major victory on The case points an awkward concerns that the data of Eu- Donald Trump in 2016. WThursday, with JP- spotlight on Chase, the largest ropean Facebook users was The California-based firm is Morgan Chase agreeing to pay bank in the US with $2.39 trillion being accessed by US surveil- also being probed by Ireland’s $5 million to male employees in assets, according to Forbes. lance programmes such as the Data Protection Commis - who felt discriminated against In 2016, the company became PRISM system described in sion over numerous potential over parental leave. one of the first major businesses Snowden’s disclo- breaches of stringent Eu- The leading US bank in terms in the country to offer 12 to 16 sures. ropean privacy laws out- of assets reached an agreement weeks of paid parental leave, In 2017, lined in the new General with plaintiffs in a class-ac - and last year non-primary car- Ireland’s Data Protection Regu- tion lawsuit accusing it of not Chase will train its staff to implement new gender-neutral parental leave egivers’ leave increased from high court lation (GDPR). granting them the same rights policies two weeks to six. ruled that as mothers. The complaint cov- Parental leave practices vary the US ered the period from 2011-207 its policy to ensure that both widely on Wall Street, where govern- and was filed jointly by the Ohio male and female employees who hours are long and workloads ment en- Facebook founder branch of the American Civil wish to be the primary parental are high. gaged in Mark Zuckerberg Liberties Union and the Outten caregiver have equal access to Rotondo says that Bank of America offers up to “mass indis- & Golden LLP law firm on behalf those benefits.” he tried to take 14 26 weeks of parental leave to all criminate pro- of JPMorgan Chase fathers. Rotondo says that he tried to weeks of parental new US biological and adoptive cessing of data” Derek Rotondo, an employee take 14 weeks of parental leave leave as a “primary parents, with 16 of them paid. and deferred con- who became a father, was the as a “primary caregiver” after caregiver” after his And Goldman Sachs and cerns to the Eu- first to raise the issue, accusing his son was born, but the human son was born, but Wells Fargo both allow for 16 the bank of not granting him resources department told him the human resources weeks of paid parental leave to the same parental leave rights that policy was only available US employees considered pri- provided to female employees. to mothers -- the only parents department told him mary caregivers, regardless of “I love my children, and all I their policy considered to be that policy was only gender, with the other parent el- wanted was to spend time with the primary parent and eligible available to mothers igible for four weeks’ paid leave. them when they were born,” Ro- to take up to 16 weeks of 100 DEREK ROTONDO Citigroup allows US employ- tondo said in a statement from percent-paid leave. ees who become mothers to take the ACLU. 16 weeks paid while a second “I’m proud that since I filed Policies vary parent or adoptive parents can my charge, Chase has clarified Fathers, on the other hand, take eight weeks. Uber posts $1 billion loss in first quarter on growing revenue San Francisco pectations. Uber shares were up a step on “the long journey of Investors seemed heartened business can continue to grow Uber CEO Dara ide share giant Uber on 3 percent to $41 in after-market making Uber a platform for the by the growth of the Uber Eats our Eats business and vice ver- Khosrowshahi says Thursday reported a $1 bil- trades that followed release of movement of people and trans- meal delivery service and that sa.” the company is on R lion loss in the first quarter of the earnings figures. port of commerce around the executives spoke of battling US Uber Freight, which match- a “long journey” After debuting several weeks es truckers with businesses to becoming a this year despite rising reve- world at a massive scale.” ride-share rival Lyft on service “platform for the nue and monthly users. ago at $45 for the initial public Uber’s chief financial officer instead of pouring money into looking to ship loads, is nas - movement of people In its first earnings report offering (IPO) -- translating to Nelson Chai told analysts that marketing or promotions. cent but growing steadily, with and transport of as a publicly traded company, a market value of $82 billion -- 2019 would be a year of invest- Khosrowshahi outlined a vi- revenue up some 200 per - commerce around Uber said revenue climbed Uber shares went into reverse. ment for the company. sion of ramping up ranks of users cent from the same quarter 20 percent to $3.1 billion The decline came amid doubts by enticing various demograph- last year. the world at a Mobility in an app massive scale” from the same quarter last over Uber’s path to profitability ics to the platform with scooters, Wedbush analyst Daniel Ives year, but that it lost $1 billion. despite one of the biggest tech Uber envisions becoming bikes, public transit, food deliv- said in a note to investors prior “In the first quarter, engage- IPOs ever. the “Amazon of transporta - eries or shared rides. to the earnings release that it ment across our platform was Uber had dialed back some of tion” in a future where peo - “If every user in every city will be “a long and winding road higher than ever, with an its earlier ambitions for a value ple share instead of owning around the world is opening up for Uber to prove” its ability to average of 17 mil- exceeding $100 billion after a vehicles. our app when they want to get make money from its growing lion trips per rocky start for competitor Lyft If all goes to plan, commuters someplace, we think that is go- user base. day and an earlier this year. could ride an e-scooter to a tran- ing to lead to good things over He saw Uber as well posi - annualized While Uber has lost billions sit station, take a train, then grab time,” Khosrowshahi said. tioned to take a share of some gross book- since offering its first rides in an e-bike to complete a journey “Having the full transporta- $5.7 trillion spent annually on ings run- 2011 in San Francisco, the com- using the Uber smartphone app. tion offering on an app is a very transportation -- a figure that rate of $59 pany is aiming to develop a glob- Uber also has its eyes on the powerful product, but we think rises closer to $8 billion when billion,” al brand that helps transform sky with an Elevate project to it will take some time to come adding in freight logistics and said Uber local transportation. have electric aircraft carry peo- together.” food delivery. chief exec- Whether Uber can achieve ple between “skyports,” taking Revenue from Eats, a service “A core tenet of our bull the- utive Dara profitability using this model, off and landing vertically. that delivers restaurant meals, sis is around Uber’s ability to Khosrow- as it disrupts traditional taxi “They are basically asking more than doubled from a year morph its unrivaled rideshar- shahi. and transport services, is a key the investors to ride with them ago, according to Uber. ing platform into a broader con- The question. and they are going to figure out “Some people think the food sumer engine with Uber Eats, earnings Khosrowshahi said during an where the profit is,” analyst Rob category could be bigger than Uber Freight, and autonomous were in earnings call that he is proud of Enderle of Enderle Group said the ride category,” Khosrow- initiatives just scratching the line with how the Uber team handled the of Uber. shahi said. surface of the full monetiza - Wall IPO and that he has assured them “They should already know “We are very early in explor- tion potential,” Ives said in the Street ex- the disappointing start is just where the profit is.” ing the many ways our rides note. SATURDAY, JUNE 1, 2019 12 Streaming services battle for Arab audiences AFP | Dubai tor Tima Shomali, the show tells the story of a bullied high school treaming services in the girl,” said Savas. Middle East are competing The company also announced Sfor Arab audiences with US in May a third Arabic original giant Netflix set to release its production called “Paranor- first Arabic production in June, mal” based on novels bearing chasing a slice of a potentially the same title by Egyptian writer lucrative market. Ahmed Khaled Tawfiq. Streaming platforms Starz Netflix originals in languag- Play and Wavo have emerged es other than English, such as in recent years as local com - “Money Heist” in Spanish, have petitors to Netflix, while giant proved popular with interna- Saudi-owned TV powerhouse tional audiences. MBC Group announced plans for “It is great to not only invest original productions as well as in local Middle Eastern content, the acquisition of international but also to create a global audi- content to boost its streaming ence for local language shows,” services Shahid and Shahid Plus. Savas said. These platforms are locked in a battle to attract millions of Next step Arab viewers throughout the Several streaming platforms year, with a special focus dur- offer production in Arabic like ing the Muslim fasting month OSN Play of the OSN television of Ramadan, the premier en - network and Wavo which is tertainment season in a region backed by OSN. But Starz Play where traditional television still remains the main competitor for dominates. Netflix in this region with its one Viewing spikes during the million subscribers. month as families traditionally Starz Play is trying to make settle down with soap operas streaming more relevant and after breaking their fast at sunset convenient to viewers, said with the iftar meal, or during the Sheikh from his Dubai office. Suhoor, the pre-dawn meal. “We specialise in Hollywood CEO of Starz Play, Maaz Sheikh, is hoping the streaming service he co-founded can capture a large slice of the Arab market, competing with US giant Netflik content, but over time we have One episode a day added Arabic content and Bol- Netflix has been showing four communications manager for bring more and more relevant debut on June 13 “Jinn” its first “We are very excited to see it lywood content to our service,” Arabic-language dramas during the Middle East, Turkey and Arabic content during Ramadan production in Arabic. come to life.” he said. this year’s holy month, three Africa, said, referring to the usu- to our consumers.” Filmed in Jordan, the show is Netflix declined to disclose Starz Play is showing a num- being Gulf productions and one al fixed times of traditional TV An estimated 85 per cent to a supernatural drama that fol- the number of subscribers it has ber of popular series currently Syrian-Lebanese show. shows. 90pc of people across the Mid- lows a group of teenagers who in the region. unavailable on Netflix in the Each has 30 episodes for the Its closest competitor Starz dle East watch television, while encounter two jinns -- or super- But, according to Savas, the Gulf region including “The Big 30 days of Ramadan, and unlike Play is streaming three series between 25pc and 30pc watch natural figures -- during a field streaming giant has “ramped up Bang Theory”, “Grey’s Anato- the usual binge-worthy Netflix -- also Arabic-language produc- streaming video online with trip to the historic city of Petra. our focus on the Middle East”. my” and the “Marvel” super- fare, tantalisingly only one epi- tions -- but does not see its role hundreds of thousands of sub- It will be full of intrigue and Netflix has announced plans heroes shows, attracting large sode is released each night. as taking on traditional TV. scribers, according to Mukul adventure, the company prom- for a second Middle Eastern audiences. “Adding these shows to our “Competing with tradition- Krishna, head of digital media ises. original series, “Al Rawabi Producing original Ara - roster of licensed content dur- al television in Ramadan is not at US-based research firm Frost “Jinn is Netflix’s first Middle School for Girls” but it remains bic content is the “next step,” ing Ramadan gives our audi - our strategy,” Maaz Sheikh, & Sullivan. Eastern original series which unclear when the show will be said Sheikh, adding the “ UAE ences the flexibility to watch co-founder and CEO of Starz Play will bring Middle Eastern folk- released. and Saudi Arabia are our two the shows they want, when they Arabia, said. Intrigue, adventure lore to the modern world,” Savas “Written and directed by Jor- biggest markets, followed by want,” Artanc Savas, Netflix’s “What we are trying to do is After Ramadan, Netflix will said. danian screenwriter and direc- Morocco.” Turkey exits recession after election stimulus Sri Lanka cuts rates Istanbul of turmoil caused by the weak- President Recep Tayyip Erdo- up to the local elections, alarm- ening lira and tensions with the gan ahead of local elections on ing investors. urkey made a tentative exit United States. March 31, and could be prove The central bank has since to boost economy Tfrom recession with 1.3 per- But economic output from temporary. vowed to tighten spending, with Colombo, Sri Lanka cent growth in the first quarter, January to March this year grew The government had sought governor Murat Cetinkaya say- official data showed yesterday, 1.3pc compared to the previous to shore up the lira after it lost ing he will take a firm stance but analysts warned that the quarter -- however it contracted close to 30 percent of its value against inflation, currently close ri Lanka’s central bank cut recovery may be “short-lived”. 2.6pc year-on-year, according last year, and boosted public to 20 percent, and protect its Sits main lending rate yes- The Turkish economy fell to the Turkish statistics office spending ahead of the polls. foreign currency reserves. terday in a bid to revive the into recession for the first time (TUIK). But markets were spooked “The return to growth looks island’s economy, which was since 2009 when it suffered two Analysts said the return to over the volatility of the central as though it will prove short- battered by the Easter suicide straight quarters of contraction growth was driven by stimu- bank’s foreign reserves -- which lived,” the London-based Cap- bombings that killed 258 peo- to finish last year, after months lus measures introduced by inexplicably plunged in the run ital Economics said. ple. The Central Bank of Sri Lanka said the rate at which it Finance Minister Mangala lent to commercial banks was Samaraweera reduced by 50 basis points to 8.5 percent to encourage bor- measures,” the bank said. List to replace UK leader May grows to 12 rowing and mitigate fallout Two weeks ago, the Interna- London, United Kingdom from the bombings which have tional Monetary Fund released elections, receiving only nine scared off tourists. a delayed loan installment to ackbencher Mark Harper percent of the vote as they bled Sri Lanka’s economic Sri Lanka, helping the govern- Bbecame the 12th Conserv- support to the newly formed growth slowed to 3.2 per cent ment efforts. ative MP to enter the contest Brexit Party. last year from 3.4pc in 2018, The global lender released to replace British Prime Min- But the opposition Labour but had been expected to pick $164 million under a three- ister Theresa May, the Daily Party was also punished for its up in 2019 till the devastating year $1.5 billion bailout that Telegraph reported Friday, as a ambiguity over Brexit, coming attacks carried out by a home- was suspended in October dur- shock poll highlighted the task in third place behind the stri- grown jihadist group. ing a power struggle between facing her successor. dently anti-Brexit Liberal Dem- Finance Minister Mangala the president and the prime The former chief whip ad - ocrats. Samaraweera said Thursday minister. mitted he was an “underdog”, The realignment of British that he expected losses of $1.5 The months-long row was but told the newspaper his low politics away from the tradition- billion this year because of resolved after the Supreme profile could work in his favour. al two parties towards a more cancellations by foreign tour- Court ruled that President “We’ve seen basically the dispersed model reshaped by ists after the bombings. Maithripala Sirisena had vi- same faces saying the same Brexit appears to be gathering He said the government was olated the constitution by things that they’ve been saying momentum, according to a poll subsidising loans to hotels. sacking Prime Minister Ranil for the last three years,” he said. Mark Harper published in the Times. The central bank said it did Wickremesinghe’s govern- Brexit will dominate the bat- The YouGov study found not expect an increase in in- ment. tle to replace May, who was Johnson is the hot favourite to long -- to a final two, and many 24 percent of voters planned flation as a result of the latest Official figures show that brought down by her failure to take the top job, and is popular are opposed to Johnson due to to vote for the Lib Dems at a rate cut. Sri Lanka will have to repay take Britain out of the European with grassroot party members. his pro-Brexit stance and gaffe- general election, 22 percent “Inflation is likely to remain a record $5.9 billion in for - Union on March 29 as planned. But they will only get a vote prone personality. for the Brexit Party and 19 per- in the desired 4.0 to 6.0pc eign loans in 2019. Officials Former foreign secretary and after the Tory MPs whittle down The Tories suffered humilia- cent for both the Tories and range in 2019 and beyond, sup- say about two-thirds of it has pro-Brexit campaigner Boris the list -- currently 12 names tion during the recent European Labour. ported by appropriate policy already been paid. 13 SATURDAY, JUNE 1, 2019

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MOVIE REVIEW Red Joan: Judi Dench underused in brittle defector drama

ed Joan is a 2018 British spy drama film, directed by Trevor Nunn, from Ra screenplay by Lindsay Shapero. The film stars Stephen Campbell Moore, Sophie Cookson, Tom Hughes, Ben Miles, Nina Sosanya, Tereza Srbova and Judi KNOW WHAT Dench. Red Joan had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival on 7 September 2018 and was released on Trevor Nunn’s film about 19 April 2019, by Lionsgate in the United ‘granny spy’ Melita Norwood Kingdom. aims for The Imitation Game- In “Red Joan,” Judi Dench plays a British style spring, but squanders woman who was, in her late 80s, busted for its greatest acting asset her treasonous past as a Russian spy. Judi Dench as a spy? Fabulous! There’s just one tiny problem: the espionage in question took place decades earlier, and our whiz-bang technology has not yet ad- vanced to the point where we can de-age A scene from ‘Red Joan’ Judi Dench. So what “Red Joan” presents is a lot of scenes of Dench’s character, being Joan” is a better title than “Red Melita?” Dench — denies any wrongdoing before interrogated by police, reacting to reenact- Joan is a student at Cambridge in 1938 finally accepting it. The British government ments and memories of her actions. She’s a who falls in with the campus Communists shrugged its shoulders, deciding she was spectator to her own story. because, well, cute boys. She takes a liking too old to prosecute. It’s an indifference That’s the main problem with “Red Joan,” to Leo (Tom Hughes), who kisses Joan and that carries over to “Red Joan.” but it’s not the only problem in this dull tale calls her “my little comrade” in a way that On the review aggregator website Rotten of traded secrets in the atomic age. gets creepier each time he says it. Joan’s Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating This period drama is stuffy and slow, told proficiency in atomic physics lands her of 30%, based on 118 reviews, with an av- in a clumsy way to justify Dench’s casting a job with a team working on building a erage rating of 4.93/10. The site’s critics and presence, and is still a waste of her time. bomb, and soon she’s handing over priv- consensus reads: “A fascinating real-life Sophie Cookson plays young Joan Stan- ileged information to the Russians in an story dramatized in perplexingly dull fash- ley, a character inspired by the real life effort to, in her absurd justification, level ion, Red Joan wastes its tale’s incredible story of Melita Norwood, whose name was the global playing field. intrigue -- as well as the formidable talents changed in the movie because, um, “Red By the time she’s caught, Joan — now of Judi Dench.” 14 SATURDAY, JUNE 1, 2019

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Guests and officials during an Iftar Meet organised by Exelon on Wednesday at Al Safir Ramadan Tent, Juffair. Mohammad Mansoor, MD and CEO of Exelon Saara Group welcomed the guests Saudi Arabia launches Quran Pilgrims with special needs recitation and Adhan treated to a memorable Umrah Umrah trip held as part of the Ministry of Hajj and Umrah’s “Sadiq Almutamir (Friend of the Pilgrim)” initiative

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everal Muslims with special needs have benefited Sfrom a special Umrah pil- grimage organized by the Saudi Ministry of Hajj and Umrah for the holy month of Ramadan. According to statement from the ministry, the Umrah trip was held on the 17th day of Ramadan (May 22) under the “Sadiq Almutamir” (Friend of the Pilgrim) initiative in partnership with the Sawt Al-Asm association in Jeddah. The first stop was at Kuday Mosque, where the pilgrims wo competitions calling among Muslim youth, as well the plans. A bus of 20 people with spe- in Makkah, where pilgrims re- performed Umrah, enjoyed if- for the “most beautiful as promoting the nature of In January, the GEA chair- cial needs were accompanied ceived the special gifts from tar meals, and received sou - Tand influential voices” Islam which “rejects extrem- man Turki Al-Sheikh said: by 12 volunteers, including sign the Establishment of Motawifs venirs. from around the world to recite ism and intolerance in all its “Competitions are an impor- language interpreters for the of South East Asian Pilgrims. “Sadiq Almutamir” focuses the Quran and perform Adhan forms.” tant element of entertainment, deaf pilgrims. Next they arrived at the Grand on promoting the culture of giv- have been officially opened by Applications for both com- the most important will take ing and cooperation between Saudi Arabia’s General Authori- petitions opened on May 22 place during Ramadan and young Saudis, as well as elevat- ty for Entertainment, according and will close on June 22. Fil- will be of an Islamic nature, ing the volunteering services to a tweet from its chairman tering of applications will take with the supervision of Islamic provided to Umrah pilgrims Turki Al-Sheikh. place until August 22, with scholars. in order to enrich their expe- According to a statement on live performances taking place “The first competition will be riences. the competition’s website, the throughout August and Sep- for the most beautiful reciting Launched late last year, the Quran and Adhan Awards “aim tember and the winners de - of the Holy Qur’an, and com- initiative “focuses on improving to provide a rich Islamic experi- clared in October. Registration petitors from all over the world the efficiency level of services ence to the world by highlight- is open here. are invited. The first prize will provided to pilgrims, promoting the diversity of the cultures The competition is part of a be SR 5 million. ing the culture of volunteer- of the Islamic world, which is packed schedule in 2019. The “The second Islamic compe- ing, helping elderly and spe- reflected in the different meth- GEA has launched an ambitious tition is for the athan (call for cial needs people to perform ods of reciting the Quran and program of events planned on prayer). In addition to receiving Umrah rituals, and finally, con- raising the Adhan.” a scale never before seen in a large prize of SR 2 million, tributing to the realization of Organizers of the compe - the Kingdom in the through- the winner of the first prize the Kingdom’s Vision 2030 of titions also hope to encour - out the year, with traditional can also look forward to raising reaching 1 million volunteers age a better understanding of and culturally significant local the athan in the Prophet’s Holy annually,” the ministry said in a the Quran and its recitations events featuring prominently in mosque,” he added. statement.

Ramadan cooking

Eggplant topped with How To Make: Garlic Yogurt 1. Cut 4 medium eggplants length-wise into wedges. Ingredients 2. Pat dry, then deep fry in oil until golden brown. 3. Drain any excess oil. • Eggplant 4. Arrange eggplant in an oven tray, season with • Milk salt and pepper. • Onion 5. Pour dissolved Maggi Chicken Bouillon over them. • Cloves 6. Bake in a preheated oven at 180°C for 15-20 • Garlic minutes and remove from oven. • Salt 7. Combine ½-cup yogurt, 3 tablespoon milk and • Pepper two cloves minced garlic, then sprinkle all over • Yoghurt the eggplant. 8. Garnish with fried onions and serve warm. 15 SATURDAY, JUNE 1, 2019 sports

Carapaz still in pink as Chaves wins Giro Federer, Nadal reach last 16 19th stage

of never having lost in the first Nostalgic Federer week in Paris, although he with- • drew injured before the third marks ‘impressive’ round in 2016. 400th Grand Slam He powered 38 winners past match record with win Goffin on Court Philippe Chatri- er to set up a fourth-round clash Nadal into Roland with Argentinian Juan Ignacio • Londero. Garros fourth round “David is a very good player. on 10th anniversary I started the match at a good of Soderling shock level,” said Nadal. “After, in the third set, he played very well. Second seed Pliskova I’m very happy to reach the last Esteban Chaves celebrates as he 16.” knocked• out of French crosses the line in San Martino di Open by Martic Second seed Pliskova crashes Castrozza out AFP | San Martino di Cas- AFP | Paris Pliskova exited the French trozza, Italy Open in a blaze of unforced errors as she was comfortably cuador’s Richard Car- oger Federer became dismissed 6-3, 6-3 by Croatia’s Eapaz tightened his grip the oldest man to reach Petra Martic. on the leader’s pink jer - Switzerland’s Roger Federer serves a ball to Norway’s Casper Ruud Rthe French Open fourth The 31st-seeded Martic will sey as Colombia’s Esteban round in 47 years yesterday by 11 aces past Ruud, whose fa - great successfully served and face Estonia’s Kaia Kanepi for Chaves claimed victory in winning his record 400th Grand ther Christian played the 1999 volleyed before finally complet- a place in her first-ever Grand the 19th stage of the Giro Slam match, while Rafael Nadal French Open when Federer ing the win on his fourth match Slam quarter-final. d’Italia yesterday. won in four sets as women’s sec- made his debut. point with an emphatic smash. Pliskova’s defeat means Chaves, riding for the ond seed Karolina Pliskova was Federer is the oldest man to Naomi Osaka will retain the Mitchelton-Scott team, Nadal sees off Goffin dumped out. book a last-16 place since Nicola KNOW WHAT world number one spot after edged clear of a breakaway The 37-year-old Federer, Pietrangeli, a two-time champi- Reigning champion Nadal Roland Garros. that battled up a gruelling playing at Roland Garros for on, at the age of 38 in 1972. survived a blip to continue his Pliskova was considered one final 13.6km climb with a 5.6 the first time since 2015, saw The 20-year-old Ruud, who bid for a record-extending 12th of the favourites after winning percent gradient. off the 63rd-ranked Norwegian was ranked as low as 135 earlier Federer is the oldest French Open title with a four-set the Italian Open in Rome, but The 29-year-old, who fin- Casper Ruud 6-3, 6-1, 7-6 (10/8) in the season, started well, but man to book a last-16 win over David Goffin, ten years said Roland Garros’ premier ished second in the Giro and on Court Suzanne Lenglen. Federer broke for a 4-3 lead with place since Nicola to the day since his shock 2009 Chatrier court did not play to third in the Vuelta in 2016, It is the 14th time the 20- a sumptuous flicked backhand Pietrangeli, a two-time exit to Robin Soderling. her strengths. found himself riding solo time Grand Slam champion has passing shot and wasted little The 17-time Grand Slam win- Garbine Muguruza, the 2016 with just under 3km to race reached the second week in time in finishing off the set. champion, at the age of ner bounced back after an excel- champion, made short work of to the line. Italy’s Andrea Paris, and he will face Argenti- Third seed Federer romped 38 in 1972 lent third set from Belgian 27th Ukrainian Elina Svitolina, win- Vendrame twice overcame na’s world number 68 Leonardo through the second set, hitting seed Goffin to win 6-1, 6-3, 4-6, ning 6-3, 6-3, as the ninth seed’s chain problems to finish Mayer for a quarter-final spot. 17 winners, and then quickly but Federer moved through the 6-3 and take his incredible Ro- disappointing clay season ended second with Portugal’s Am- “It was hard to find weak - recovered an early break in the gears in the breaker to take a land Garros win-loss record to on a low note. aro Antunes rounding out nesses in his game, so I’m re - third as Ruud started to find 6-4 lead. 89-2 -- those two defeats coming Elsewhere in the men’s draw, the podium. lieved, I’m now going to have some rhythm. Ruud saved back-to-back against Soderling in the last 16 a Japanese seventh seed Kei Ni- “This is pure happiness,” a good shower and it’s going to The underdog did well to match points to keep Federer decade ago and against Novak shikori edged out Serbia’s Laslo beamed Chaves. “It takes a be great,” said the 2009 winner, force a tie-break, saving two waiting, though, but saw a set Djokovic in 2015. Djere in an epic encounter 6-4, heavy weight off my back. who hit 52 winners and served break points in game seven, point come and go as the Swiss Nadal maintained his record 6-7 (6/8), 6-3, 4-6, 8-6. “It’s a relief to be a winner again. It shows I can do it. Because the last climb wasn’t very steep, I had to attack many many times. A big thank you to everyone Fareed, Daraj and Sultan top their groups as who supported me when I The Godfathers Tournament heads into finals had a hard time.” Inter turn to Conte TDT | Manama to restore past hmed Fareed, Shaker Daraj glories Aand Maricel Sultan each led four players from their respec- AFP | Milan tive groups into the third round of the 2019 edition of The God- nter Milan yesterday an- fathers Tournament, currently Inounced the appointment being played at Funland Centre. of former Chelsea and It- It was a hotly contested sec- aly boss Antonio Conte as ond phase of play held late coach with the ambition of Thursday night, and after six moving the club out of Ju- games, only the leading quartet ventus’ shadow. from each of the competition’s The 49-year-old has three groups were still alive to A group of the participants in the second round along with Shaikh Mohammed, seventh from left, and Rasti, sixth from left signed a three-year contract challenge for the overall title. worth nine million euros Funland owner and managing tet who were through includ- Yousef Falah and Fawaz Abdulla score from that game will then the late Shaikh Ebrahim bin Mo- ($10 million) plus bonuses director Shaikh Mohammed bin ed Daraj, Isa Khalid, Abdulla in Group A, Mustafa Qaed and represent their respective group hammed Al Khalifa. with the Chinese-owned Abdulrahman Al Khalifa attend- Almurbati and Mohammed Mohammed Mahmoud in Group in a final stage. There, they will A total of BD4,400 in prize club, according to press re- ed the evening’s events along Alansari; while from Group C, B, and AJ Edwards and Hisham come together and play another money is up for grabs in the ports. with Funland general manager marching forward were Sultan, Mohammed from Group C. single game, with the highest tournament, with BD1,000 going Conte was dismissed by Adel Rasti and a large crowd of Ahmed Alansari, Leah Siruno They all play another six scorer emerging as champion. to the overall champion. Cash Chelsea after a combustible supporters. and Layla Janahi. games as part of the Third The third and fourth phases, prizes will also be awarded to end to the 2017-2018 sea- From Group A, Fareed was These bowlers next join the Round, and then that will de- plus the finals, were scheduled those finishing in overall top 18. son when he appeared to joined advancing into the next two others from each group termine a top three from each to take place yesterday night. During the second round, 10 lose the players’ trust de- stage by Emerson Gotencio, who gained automatic berths group who will play another sin- The Godfathers Tournament bowlers featured in each group spite winning the Premier Dante Tisdom and Ahmed Al- in Round Three from the qual- gle game to begin Round Four. is being held in memory of the and the battle to claim a spot League title the season be- malki. From Group B, the quar- ification phase. They include The bowler with the highest late Murtadha Qudrat Rasti and amongst top four was intense. fore.

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day of the competition in England three wickets for paceman Moham- Amir had Shai Hope (11), Darren Oshane Thomas, and Wales. mad Amir on his World Cup Bravo (0) and Gayle caught in an in- • West Indies cruised to victo - debut after he missed the cisive six-over spell, but the batsmen Chris Gayle lead West ry in just 13.4 overs, Chris Gayle 2011 and 2015 tournaments had not put enough runs on the board Indies World Cup top-scoring with 50. He reached due to a spot-fixing ban of to give the bowlers a chance. rout of Pakistan his half-century off 33 balls with 2010. Pakistan’s sloppy and vulnerable three sixes and six fours before batting was cruelly exposed by some Oshane Thomas he was dismissed off the next short-pitched bowling by the West • ball he faced. Indies pacemen on a Trent Bridge took four wickets as During his innings Gayle, Oshane Thomas pitch famous for big totals. West Indies bowled who calls himself the “Uni- celebrates Opener Fakhar Zaman and Babar verse Boss”, broke the re - Babar Azam’s Azam were the joint top-scorers with Chris Gayle plays a shot Pakistan out for wicket 105 in their World cord for the most sixes hit in 22 each in an abysmal display of bat- World Cup history. ting. Cup match at He now has 40 maximums, The only other batsmen to reach Trent Bridge three more than retired South double figures were Riaz, who scored Pakistan African batsman A B de Villiers. 18, and Mohammad Hafeez (16). Imam-ul-Haq c Hope b Cottrell 2 Nicolas Pooran smashed paceman Holder took three wickets and Fakhar Zamanb Russell 22 Reuters | Wahab Riaz for a huge six over the Andre Russell chipped in with Babar Azamc Hope b Thomas 22 Nottingham Haris Sohailc Hope b Russell 8 square-leg boundary to give the 1975 two. Sarfaraz Ahmedc Hope b Holder 8 e s t and 1979 world champions an ideal Pakistan’s lowest World Cup Mohammad Hafeezc Cottrell b Thomas 16 In- start to their campaign. score was 74, made against Imad Wasim c Gayle b Holder 1 W “It was a good game. I think the England at Adelaide on the Shadab Khan lbw b Thomas 0 dies crushed bowlers were outstanding today,” way to their only World Cup Hasan Ali c Cottrell b Holder 1 Pakistan by seven said Holder. “We kept our foot on the title in 1992. Wahab Riaz b Thomas 18 wickets in a one-sid- accelerator. We’ve eased off in the Pakistan captain Sarfaraz Mohammad Amir not out 3 ed World Cup match at past but it was good to see the killer Ahmed, said: “Very disappointed Extras (nb2, w2) 4 Trent Bridge yesterday, instinct today. at the batting. I was very confident Total (all out, 21.4 overs) 105 with the two-time champi- “We wanted to be aggressive. It’s before the match, batting was a key West Indies ons showing they are a resur- the nature of our cricket with bat, ball point but we didn’t apply it to the C. Gayle c Shadab b Amir 50 gent force in the one-day game. and in the field. short ball. S. Hope c Hafeez b Amir 11 Fast bowler Oshane Thomas “We’ve definitely come to win this “Credit to the West Indian bowlers, D. Bravo c Babar b Amir 0 took four wickets as Pakistan were World Cup but I just want us to enjoy they bowled really well. We have to N. Pooran not out 34 bundled out for their second-low- our cricket, play fearless cricket and take time if the bowlers are bowling S. Hetmyer not out 7 est World Cup total of 105 in make the fans back home proud.” like that. We lose so many wickets and Extras (lb3 w3) 6 just 21.4 overs on the second The only positive for Pakistan was that’s why we lost the match.” Total (3 wickets, 13.4 overs) 108

Today’s matches ICC to give full refunds after Trent Bridge ticket delays

New Zealand vs Sri Lanka he ICC has encouraged fans print tickets at home. (12:30 pm) Twho have not yet received In the lead-up to the tourna- their tickets for World Cup ment, a number of fans had taken Afghanistan vs Australia games over the weekend to print to Twitter to complain about not (3:30 pm) them out in advance, as issues receiving tickets despite pur- with its systems led to the offer chasing them up to a year ago. of full refunds for those delayed While the ICC has overseen the getting into Trent Bridge for delivery of more than 700,000 West Indies’ win over Pakistan tickets, Elworthy said there had yesterday. been problems with some get- Steve Elwor- ting through. thy, the tour- “Anybody whose tickets were nament’s man- Some fans were delayed getting into the ground by ticketing issues printed after half past 10 at the aging director, ticket box office, because the Australia vs Afghanistan said that a and people needing to collect standing in a queue”, forcing the delay was there, we’re going to combination tickets that had not been deliv- ICC to consult with Ticketmas- refund 100% of their ticket val- of late sales ered led to “1600, 1700 people ter about offering the facility to ue,” Elworthy said. Hazratullah Zazai – Afghanistan New Zealand vs Sri Lanka Stats and trivia

Aaron Finch – 1. No seamer has more wickets than Trent Boult’s 108 Australia since the 2015 World Cup. Kagiso Rabada, too, has claimed 108 wickets although he has had the benefit It’s still not clear who should be the openers. of playing 12 more matches than Boult. Khawaja did well against Lanka and it’s tough to 2. New Zealand have lost all of their last three games demote David Warner as well. If the duo opens at Sophia Gardens. then, Finch has to drop down the middle order. The Afghans are likely to bring back Mohammad Shahzad, who 3. Sri Lanka’s ragtag squad has an average age of 30.43 There’s uncertainty over Warner’s fitness as missed the second warm-up due to a hamstring injury, in place of - the highest among all sides in the World Cup. well. Steve Smith should bat at three given the Noor Ali Zadran. The likes of Rahmat Shah, Hashmatullah Shahidi 4. Legspin-bowling allrounder Jeevan Mendis, like his awe-inspiring form he is in. Stoinis and Maxwell have been consistent and their team would depend on them. The captain Karunaratne, has played just one ODI since can inject momentum into the innings. Starc, onus will be on Dawlat and Hamid to give Afghanistan the early the 2015 World Cup Behrendorff, and Pat Cummins will form the breakthroughs. Their spin trio of Rashid, Nabi and Mujeeb will also New Zealand’s first-choice wicket- Lahiru Thirimanne is set to open pace attack with Zampa as the lone spinner. be in focus. keeper Tom Latham has resumed with Karunaratne, but the rest of the training at full tilt and is likely to Pitch Report line-up is pretty difficult to predict. Probable XI Probable XI be available for Saturday’s game. David Warner, Usman Khawaja, Steve Smith, Mohammad Shahzad (wk), Hazratullah Zazai, Rahmat Shah, Hash- New Zealand might have to make The pitches during the Champions Trophy Probable XI Aaron Finch (C), Marcus Stoinis, Glenn Maxwell, matullah Shahidi, Asghar Afghan, Mohammad Nabi, Gulbadin Naib a choice between left-arm spinner provided a fair amount of assistance to the 1 Dimuth Karunaratne (capt), 2 Lahi- Alex Carey (wk), Pat Cummins, Jason Behren- (C), Rashid Khan, Dawlat Zadran, Hamid Hassan, Mujeeb Ur Santner and Ish Sodhi on the spin seamers in 2017, but the most recent ODI at ru Thirimanne, 3 Kusal Mendis (wk), dorff, Mitchell Starc, Adam Zampa front. Having leaked 107 runs in this venue saw 646 runs being racked up. 4 Kusal Perera, 5 Angelo Mathews, nine overs in the warm-up against However, the pitch was so green on the eve of 6 Dhananjaya de Silva, 7 Thisara West Indies, Matt Henry could the match that it was indistinguishable from Perera, 8 Jeevan Mendis, 9 Isuru make way for Tim Southee. the outfield. The weather is expected to be Udana, 10 Suranga Lakmal, 11 Nu- Pitch Report fine for the duration of the match. wan Pradeep The venue has been a witness to 16 completed ODIs out of which nine were won by the team, batting second. The last ODI Probable XI here produced almost 720 runs and the numbers show how good the track is. That day, England chased down a colossal 359 1 Martin Guptill, 2 Henry Nicholls, with 31 deliveries to spare. It won’t be a surprise if the teams opt to field first after winning the toss. 3 Kane Williamson (capt), 4 Ross Taylor, 5 Tom Latham (wk), 6 James Neesham, 7 Colin de Grandhomme, 8 “We had a couple of really good warm-up games Mitchell Santner/Ish Sodhi, 9 Lockie and it was good to get the boys back together. I Ferguson, 10 Trent Boult, 11 Matt was delighted with both workouts; we were put “I can’t remember a group of players who have had so Henry/Tim Southee under pressure. All in all, confidence levels are much laughter, and that’s a really good sign for me.” high going into the World Cup.” AUSTRALIA COACH JUSTIN LANGER NEW ZEALAND HEAD COACH GARY STEAD