QP Secures LNG Capacity at UK Terminal Until 2050

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QP secures LNG capacity at UK terminal until 2050 Amir sends 25-year pact will enable QP affiliate to subscribe message to up to 7.2 mn tonnes per French prez annum of the terminal’s QNA throughput capacity Paris Qatar ranks first Tribune News Network His Highness the Amir Doha globally on Digital of State of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani Qatar Petroleum (QP) has secured stor- has sent a written message age and redelivery capacity at the UK’s Accessibility Rights to President of the friendly Grain liquefied natural gas (LNG) termi- French Republic Emmanuel nal for 25 years from mid-2025. Macron. The message per- In a statement, Qatar Petroleum said Evaluation Index tains to bilateral relations its affiliate and the UK’s National Grid and the means of enhancing Grain LNG have entered into a long-term Tribune News Network tally. It also demonstrates and developing them. The agreement for LNG storage and regasifi- Doha Qatar’s belief in the impor- message was handed over cation capacity. By entering into this agreement, we are reaffirming our tance of investing in ICTs to by Ambassador of Qatar The 25-year agreement will enable commitment to the UK’s gas market. We believe this agreement Qatar has ranked first unleash the potential of the to the French Republic HE the QP affiliate to utilise the Isle of Grain will facilitate a greater role for LNG as a reliable, economic, and worldwide on the Digital Ac- disabled and help them en- Sheikh Ali bin Jassim Al LNG receiving terminal in Kent from environmental-friendly source of energy in the UK.” cessibility Rights Evaluation joy independence and self- Thani during a meeting with mid-2025, by subscribing to the equiva- — HE Saad Sherida Al Kaabi, Minister of State for Energy Affairs Index 2020 (DARE Index reliance. Adviser to the French Presi- lent of up to 7.2 million tonnes per an- 2020) released by the Global Qatar came on top on the dent on North Africa and the num of the terminal’s future throughput Initiative for Inclusive Infor- global ranking, the regional Middle East Patrick Durel. capacity. Grid Ventures, during a virtual ceremony tance of this agreement. mation and Communication ranking, the Peer Economic The agreement marks the conclusion held on Tuesday. “Our agreement with Grain LNG will Technologies (G3ict). Development Group Rank- of Grain LNG’s competitive “Open Sea- Al Kaabi said, “By entering into this strengthen our position in support of ad- DARE Index is a bench- ing and the Implementation son” process, which started in November agreement, we are reaffirming our com- vancing greater access to secure, flexible, marking tool for disabil- Ranking. 2019, and is a significant milestone for mitment to the UK’s gas market. We be- and reliable gas supplies for the customers ity advocates, governments, Qatar was one of the very Three more held the future of Europe’s largest LNG im- lieve this agreement will facilitate a great- in the UK. I would like to commend Na- civil society, international first countries to have ratified port terminal. er role for LNG as a reliable, economic, tional Grid for a very transparent and suc- organisations and policy- the CRPD in 2008. It issued for violating The agreement was signed by Minis- and environmental-friendly source of cessful Open Season process, and look for- makers to trace country’s several legislations and took home-quarantine ter of State for Energy Affairs and Presi- energy in the UK.” ward to further cooperation to strengthen progress in making Infor- several steps to protect the dent and CEO of Qatar Petroleum HE Al Kaabi also highlighted the strong our relationship,” he added. mation and Communication rights of the disabled, getting conditions Saad Sherida Al Kaabi and Jon Butter- cooperation between Qatar and the UK in Technologies (ICT) acces- them included in society and QNA worth, the Managing Director of National the field of energy, as well as the impor- Continued on page 2  sible for all, in compliance engaging them effectively in Doha with the Convention on the the developmental process in Rights of Persons with Dis- the country – something that The competent authorities abilities (CRPD). reflects Qatar’s respect for its on Tuesday arrested three This is the second edition international commitments. people for violating the re- of the DARE Index. It com- The Ministry of Trans- quirements of home quaran- Labour re-employment platform updated prehensively documents the port and Communications tine. The arrests were made advances made by 137 coun- and its Qatar Assistive Tech- in implementation of the Tribune News Network chamber to further streamline tries that aim to provide glob- nology Center (MADA) have precautionary measures ap- Doha the platform’s mechanism of al metrics for activists and been prioritising the empow- proved by health authorities work. those interested in the em- erment of people with dis- represented in the Ministry The Qatar Chamber (QC), in According to the update, powerment of the disabled. abilities and the elderly and of Public Health (MoPH) to collaboration with the Minis- companies that are looking DARE Index 2020 data providing them with easy ac- ensure public safety and try of Administrative Devel- for hiring new employees can shows Qatar’s commitment cess to ICTs. to curb the spread of the opment, Labour and Social login to the platform via the towards people with disabili- coronavirus (COVID-19). Affairs (MADLSA), has suc- following link: https://jobs. ties and including them digi- Continued on page 2  The three people being cessfully completed the devel- qatarchamber.com/ar/ to reg- referred to the competent opment and improvement of ister and get a username and prosecution are Ahmed the ‘Labour Re-employment The update includes setting up an electronic link password. Yousef Ahmed Nasser Al Platform’. between MADLSA and Qatar Chamber to further The company will receive Hamidi, Mohsen Hamad The platform has been de- streamline the platform’s mechanism of work an email to activate the reg- Mohsen Bajash Bajash, and veloped and updated to be an istration and after that it can Qatar’s economy to be least hit in GCC Abdulaziz Mohammed Ali inclusive electronic gateway panies. ting up an electronic link be- login to fill in the required in- (PG 8) Qahes Al Yami. which is available for all com- The update includes set- tween the ministry and the formation. page 8 due to COVID-19: IMF Quarantine requirements for all arrivals extended until Dec 31 Tribune News Network Doha

Qatar has extended quarantine requirements for all arrivals until December 31. “For all arrivals including nationals, residents and visa holders, quarantine requirements have been extended up to December 31, 2020,” Discover Qatar said on its website. One must book the hotel for quarantine through Discover Qatar website. COVID-19 recoveries Earlier, the quarantine requirement was reach 125,373 extended until October 31. Ashghal opens Al Wakra Souq Intersection Arrivals into Qatar are permitted for Qatar on Tuesday reported 214 The Public Works Authority (Ashghal) has partially opened Al Wakra Souq Intersection on Al Wakra Qatari nationals, their travelling compan- coronavirus (COVID-19) cases — 194 Main Road after turning the old roundabout into a signalised junction to connect Al Wakra Road and ions, those with a Permanent Resident from community and 20 from travellers Mesaieed Road, as part of Al Wakra Main Road Upgrade Project. The opening includes two lanes Card or other exceptionally approved now open. returning from abroad, the Ministry of in each direction on Al Wakra Road, Mesaieed Road, towards Pearl Roundabout and Doha and two visa holders. Once approved, they can then proceed Public Health (MoPH) said in its daily lanes in each direction between Al Shati Street Street and Ras Al Jabal Street. The new intersec- Pre-approved QID resident permit hold- to the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) report. Also, 197 people recovered from tion will facilitate access to many vital facilities such as Al Wakra Family Beach, Al Wakra Old Souq, ers are able to apply to travel to Qatar. website to review the conditions for the virus during the past 24 hours, Government Service Complex, as well as a large number of residential and commercial compounds They will have to obtain approval to enter either self-funded or home quarantine, bringing the total number of recoveries along Al Wakra Road. Also, it will enhance traffic to Al Janoub Stadium.p age 2 Qatar by applying through the Qatar Portal. based on the exceptions list and your in the country to 125,373. (TNN) Applications for a QID return visa are country of origin. 02 Wednesday, October 14, 2020

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Quick read Al Wakra Souq Intersection partially opens Amir congratulates president of Tajikistan The Amir His Highness Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani on Tuesday sent a cable of congratulations to President Emomali 73% of Al Wakra main and Doha. The intersection Rahmon on his re-election as the president of Tajikistan. (QNA) will also facilitate traffic for road works complet- those coming from Al Wakra Deputy Amir congratulates president of Tajikistan ed: Eng Sheeba towards Al Wukair and Al The Deputy Amir His Highness Sheikh Abdullah bin Hamad Al Thani Janoub Stadium,” Sheebah on Tuesday sent a cable of congratulations to President Emomali said. Tribune News Network Ashghal has completed Rahmon on his re-election as the president of Tajikistan. (QNA) Doha the implementation of many parts of Upgrade Al Wakra Prime minister congratulates Belgian counterpart The Public Works Author- main road project, where Prime Minister and Minister of Interior HE Sheikh Khalid bin ity (Ashghal) has partially the intersection between Al Khalifa bin Abdulaziz Al Thani on Tuesday sent a cable of con- opened Al Wakra Souq In- Wakra Road and Ras Bu Fon- gratulations to Prime Minister of Belgium Alexander De Croo on tersection on Al Wakra Main tas Street was recently opened the formation of the new government and taking the constitu- Road after turning the old partially to traffic, which is lo- tional oath, wishing him success in his duties. (QNA) roundabout into a signal-con- cated on Al Wakra Tunnel. trolled junction to connect Al The openings are integrat- PM sends greetings to Jordanian counterpart Wakra Road and Mesaieed ed with Al Wakra Metro Sta- Prime Minister and Minister of Interior HE Sheikh Khalid Road. This came as part of the tion, one of Qatar Rail’s main bin Khalifa bin Abdulaziz Al Thani on Tuesday sent a cable of Al Wakra Main Road Upgrade stations. congratulations to Prime Minister of Jordan Dr Bisher Hani Al Project, in coordination with The opening of the inter- Khasawneh on the formation of the new government and taking the General Directorate of section and Al Wakra Tun- the constitutional oath, wishing him success in his duties. (QNA) Traffic. nel improved traffic between The opening included two Doha and Al Wakra and lanes in each direction on Al provided a free traffic flow Wakra Road, Mesaieed Road for road users from Ras Bu towards Pearl Roundabout Fontas station towards Pearl ‘Deal important for UK gas security’ and Doha, and two lanes in Roundabout. Continued from page 1  Petroleum in the coming years each direction between Al Ashghal also moved the and to continuing to operate a Shati Street and Ras Al Jabal Eng Saleh Al Shaeibah iconic Pearl structure to Al For his part, Butterworth world-class asset that market Street. Wakra Souq and reinstalled said, “Today is an important participants and UK consum- Al Wakra Souq Intersec- It will also enhance traf- additionally; two new signal- ute traffic movement in all di- it near Al Farda Roundabout, day for UK gas security, for ers can rely on.” tion is a major link as it is fic to Al Janoub Stadium for ised intersections will be con- rections coming and leading within Ashghal’s strategy to Grain LNG, and for the com- Located on the UK’s south- located at the southern en- being so close to the south- structed in Al Wakra Road, to Al Wakra, Mesaieed and Al develop and construct infra- munity around the Isle of east coast in Kent, the Isle of trance of Al Wakra to connect ern part of the Doha Express Al Razi Street and Al Wukair Wukair. structures while preserving Grain. LNG imports play a Grain LNG Terminal com- the trafficcoming from Me- Highway leading to the World Road. Sheebah added that the the country’s cultural heritage critical role in making sure the menced operations in 2005 saieed Road and the southern Cup Stadium. Engineer Saleh Al Sheeba, old roundabout has been con- within the purview of Qatar UK has the gas it needs, when and is regulated by the Office part of the Doha Expressway The Intersection is also an from Highway Projects De- verted into a signal-controlled National Vision 2030. This was it needs it. of Gas and Electricity Markets in the direction of Al Wakra extension to Al Wakra Main partment at Ashghal said 73 intersection to connect Al also to ease completion of work “This agreement ensures (Ofgem). The terminal is cur- Road to facilitate access to Road connected to Al Wakra percent of Al Wakra Main Wakra and Mesaieed, which of at Pearl Intersection, trans- that Grain LNG will continue rently able to store and deliver west Al Wakra. station, where Al Wakra Road Road Upgrade Project has will distribute traffic move- forming it from a roundabout to offer the UK a flexible and enough gas to meet at least The new intersection will integrates with the Redline of been completed which upon ment in all directions coming to signalized intersection. reliable supply of gas to com- 25 percent of the UK’s gas de- facilitate access to many vi- Qatar Rail on its median, to tie completion will improve traf- and leading to Al Wakra, Me- Ashghal has started work plement the growth of inter- mand. tal facilities such as Al Wakra Al Wakra and Doha through fic between Doha, Al Wakra saieed and Al Wukair. on converting the Pearl mittent renewable generation. It has 1,000,000 cubic me- Family Beach, Al Wakra Old the two major stations of Al and the southern areas. “The intersection will fa- Roundabout to a signalised It also secures the future of tres of LNG storage capacity Souq, Government Service Wakra and Ras Bu Fontas. Sheeba said the old round- cilitate traffic between the cit- intersection after opening of a facility that is a significant spread across eight tanks and Complex, as well as a large By the end of 2020, Ash- about has been converted into ies of Al Wakra and Mesaieed Al-Wakra Tunnel and parts of contributor to the economy an annual throughput capacity number of residential and ghal will complete the conver- a signal-controlled intersec- and provide different routes the project along the 3.5 km on the Isle of Grain. I look for- of 20 billion cubic metres of commercial compounds along sion of the Pearl Roundabout tion to connect Al Wakra and for road users coming from from Ras Bu Fontas station to ward to working with Qatar natural gas. Al Wakra Road. to signalised intersections, Mesaieed, which will distrib- Mesaieed towards Al Wakra Barwa village. Adhering to nuclear disarmament and WMD Shura participates in virtual Global Parliamentary Forum treaties, must for world peace: Sheikha Alya qna doha qna Qatar to the United Nations cast a shadow over of terrorist groups obtaining its obligations under the doha HE Ambassador Sheikha Alya regional and international these weapons, especially in agreements it has joined. THE Shura Council on Tues- Ahmed bin Saif Al Thani said cooperation. areas affected by armed con- Sheikha Alya reiterated day participated in the virtual QATAR has underlined the the world has become more Sheikha Alya underlined flicts where there is no princi- Qatar’s support for holding the Global Parliamentary Forum importance of adhering to all dependent on information and that the increase and spread ples of legal accountability and second session of the UN con- organised under the theme conventions and treaties re- communication technology in of cyber attacks represents accountability for the crimes ference on establishing a free ‘Achieving a Green and Inclu- lated to nuclear disarmament the field of education and busi- a serious challenge to the and atrocities committed. zone of nuclear weapons and sive Recovery Post COVID-19’, and weapons of mass destruc- ness than ever before, espe- foundations of international Sheikha Alya referred to other weapons of mass destruc- by the Parliamentary Assem- tion (WMDs) in order to con- cially in light of the outbreak relations, adding that misuse the international community’s tion in the Middle East in 2021, bly of the Mediterranean, in tribute to achieving interna- of the coronavirus (COVID-19) of cyberspace has become a rejection and condemnation of expressing Qatar’s aspiration cooperation with the World tional peace and security and pandemic. source of conflict threatening the use of these deadly weap- for the cooperation of all coun- Bank Group and the Interna- preserving future generations Sheikha Alya noted the the security and stability of ons in Syria, as confirmed by tries in the region to achieve this tional Monetary Fund. liamentary participation and and environmental systems. emergence of cyber attacks on the international community. various UN reports, which re- goal, in the service of its people The Global Forum pro- achieving better development Qatar has also warned vital institutions and facilities She noted that the prolif- quires accountability for the and in a way that enhances in- vided an opportunity for par- results. against the phenomenon of in the recent times, mention- eration of nuclear weapons perpetrators of these crimes ternational peace and security. liamentarians to meet and In addition, the forum cyber attacks. ing particularly the hacking of and weapons of mass destruc- as the use of toxic substances The ambassador pointed participate in direct talks on allowed parliamentarians Addressing the general Qatar News Agency which led tion, including chemical and as war weapons is a war crime out that the spread of the development and issues re- to have direct access to the debate on all agenda items re- to the unjust and illegal block- biological weapons, contin- and a crime against humanity. COVID-19 pandemic has dem- lated to the global economy World Bank and the Interna- lated to disarmament and in- ade against Qatar more than ues to pose a threat to states She further revealed that onstrated the urgent need for with senior management and tional Monetary Fund and to ternational security at the 75th three years ago. and peoples and violates the Qatar continues to develop international cooperation, experts from the World Bank enhance the possibilities for session of the First Committee The hacking severely im- human rights of many socie- and update national legisla- especially in countries expe- Group and the International dialogue and influence, espe- of the UN General Assembly, pacted regional and interna- ties, adding that this danger tion related to weapons of riencing armed conflicts and Monetary Fund. cially at the local and regional Permanent Representative of tional peace and security, and increases with the possibility mass destruction in line with post-conflict societies. The forum also provided levels. parliamentarians with updat- The Shura Council was ed information about the bank represented at the forum and the fund’s priorities and by HE Mubarak bin Saif Al strategic orientations, as well Mansouri and HE Khalid bin as a platform for exchanging Muhammed Ajaj Al Kubaisi, US Congress delegation visits Katara knowledge, enhancing par- members of the council. QNA Doha

A US Congress delegation on Digital Inclusion Strategy will Tuesday visited the Cultural Village Foundation (Katara), ensure people’s access to ICTs on the sidelines of their visit to Qatar, to see this cultural Continued from page 1  as the world’s centre of excel- edifice as one of the most im- lence when it comes to access- portant cultural and tourist The MoTC launched the ing ICTs in Arabic. destinations in the country. Digital Inclusion Strategy to The DARE Index survey is Katara Director-General ensure no one is left behind divided into three dimensions: Dr Khalid bin Ibrahim Al and everyone can access ICTs audit assessment tool, or the Sulaiti accompanied the US and benefit from its countless Country Commitments (Struc- Congress delegation on a advantages. The MoTC also ture), audit tool or Country Ca- tour during which they got launched Qatar’s e-Accessibil- pacity to Implement (Process) acquainted with the facili- attract audiences of different tion with commemorative addition to the visits of the nent civilisational landmark ity Policy to ensure that people and audit tool or Country Actu- ties of Katara, and gave them age groups and nationalities. shields. ambassadors accredited to that translates the vision of with disabilities across Qatar al Implementation (Outcomes). detailed explanations about After the tour, Sulaiti Katara constantly re- the country, to enhance co- Qatar in the importance of have equal access to the tech- Noteworthy, Australia, Ita- the facilities and their vari- presented the members of ceives visits by guest digni- operation as it constitutes a investing in culture to build nologies that can enrich their ly and South Africa were in the ous cultural activities that the US Congress delega- taries and officials Qatar, in cultural edifice and a promi- people and society. lives. MADA could be viewed top 5 positions this year. Nation Wednesday, October 14, 2020 03 Indonesia’s 35th trade expo an opportunity for Qatari investors: Envoy The annual event seeks to boost the export that are currently available in ticipants to benefit from any- Australia, US and European placed Indonesia at 73 and on a Qatar market. Among them, where online through visiting Countries). Its strategic loca- firm upward trend, rising from of Indonesian products and services he said, are food and beverages the event’s website: www.trade- tion and excellent infrastruc- 128 in 2013 and 91 in 2017. This products, vegetables, fruits and expoindonesia.com.” ture make Qatar more impor- positive trend demonstrates ailyn agonia aims to serve as a platform for other agricultural products, Syahid further stressed the tant now and in the future as a the improvements made by the doha interaction between interna- paper products, garments, au- importance of Qatar as a mar- hub for other region, especially government of Indonesia to at- tional buyers, including Qatari tomotive and spare parts, foot- ket for Indonesia. He added Middle East and Africa”, Syahid tract investors to come to the THE Embassy of Indonesia in investors, and Indonesian sup- wear, building and wood prod- more promotional activities remarked. Southeast Asian country. Amid Doha announced on Tuesday pliers. It is designed to facilitate ucts, manufacturing products and business engagements An official statement from the economic pressures due to that the upcoming 35th Trade market access for Indonesian as well as medical and pharma- from private sector of the two the embassy also emphasised the COVID-19 pandemic, the Expo Indonesia Virtual Exhibi- premium export goods and ser- cy products. countries are needed to make other benefits of investing in investment realisation in In- tion (TEI-VE), one of the big- vices into international market. He added, “All companies the presence of Indonesian Indonesia, which is one of the donesia in the first half of 2020 gest business exhibitions in Talking to Qatar Trib- as well as investors and en- products stronger in Qatar. world’s fastest-growing econo- still showed a positive trend. In Asia, will be taking place virtu- une, Maulana Syahid, charge trepreneurs in Qatar, who are “Qatar is important for In- mies, the largest economy in that period the realisation of ally this year from November 10 d’affaires at the Embassy of willing to explore business op- Maulana Syahid, Charge d’Affaires donesia as an alternative or the Southeast Asian region and investment reached 402.6 tril- to 16. Indonesia in Doha, pointed portunities offered by Indone- Embassy of Indonesia, Qatar non-traditional market desti- the world’s fourth most popu- lion, up 1.8 percent compared to The annual event seeks out that the virtual trade event sia in terms of trade, tourism nation of Indonesian export lous nation. the same period in the previous to boost export of Indonesian will continue to promote qual- and investment cooperation The virtual exhibition platform products beside its traditional “The World Bank Group’s year”, according to the state- products and services. It also ity products made in Indonesia are most welcome to this event. of the expo will enable the par- market (ASEAN, East Asia, Ease of Doing Business ranking ment. QRCS chief, Turkish ambassador discuss enhancing cooperation Focus was also on offering Qatar University scholarships to students from Syria and many African countries

tribune news network between Qatar and Turkey as a HBKU Press is all set to doha “longstanding love”. He wished that these ties would be deep- President of Qatar Red rooted in the history of the two take part in Frankfurter Crescent Society (QRCS) sides. Sheikh Abdullah bin Thamer Dr Göksu communicated Al Thani met the Ambassador to the QRCS leaders the greet- Buchmesse 2020 online of the Republic of Turkey to ings of Dr Ibrahim Altan, di- the State of Qatar HE Dr Me- rector-general of the Turkish tribune news network Frankfurter Buchmesse hmet Mustafa Göksu to dis- Red Crescent. He referred to doha 2020 has supplemented its cuss enhancing cooperation. the importance of this visit in fairground offerings with digi- The meeting was attended terms of adding value to the THE Hamad Bin Khalifa Uni- tal events, which will act as a by Ali bin Hassan Al Hamma- good relations between the two versity Press (HBKU Press) multimedia stage for exhibitors, di, secretary-general of QRCS; sides for the sake of humanity. will be participating virtually authors and creative artists. The Eng Ibrahim Abdullah Al Ma- Hammadi said he looked for- in the 2020 edition of Frank- online platform aims to bring liki, chief executive director; Dr ward to stepping up the coop- furter Buchmesse (the Frank- the international publishing in- Fawzi Oussedik, head of Inter- eration with the Turkish Red furt International Book Fair) to dustry and the creative indus- national Relations and Inter- Crescent. be held from October 14 to 18. tries together in a virtual space national Humanitarian Law; Furthermore, they dis- The HBKU Press is taking part from anywhere in the world. and Adel Al Baker, director of cussed several topics of rel- in the world’s largest book fair “I have every confidence that the Office of the President. President of Qatar Red Crescent Society (QRCS) Sheikh Abdullah bin Thamer Al Thani with HE Dr Mehmet evance, including cooperation for the fourth consecutive year HBKU Press will rise to the chal- The meeting discussed the Mustafa Göksu, Ambassador of Turkey to Qatar in Doha. in supporting the education this year. lenge”, continues Chebaro. results of the recent visit of sector in Syria and many Afri- Frankfurter Buchmesse an- “It is exciting to see that each QRCS’ delegation to Turkey, ments for the joint campaign in Sheikh Abdullah bin ish Red Crescent as a manifes- can countries, student scholar- nounced earlier this year that year there is a marked rise in in- aimed at enhancing relations Sudan, in the face of the coro- Thamer Al Thani emphasised tation of the historic relations ships at Qatar University, and the 2020 edition would be a terest in HBKU Press. Even with with the Turkish Red Crescent, navirus (COVID-19) pandemic the extraordinary friendship between the two countries. He the use of technology in the blended edition, using the tra- the new interface for this year’s as well as making arrange- and the flash floods. between QRCS and the Turk- also described the bilateral ties field of humanitarian action. ditional exhibition site as well as fair , we hope to continue to form a committed online platform for new relationships and solidify publishers aboard. existing ones with publishers “With every new challenge around the globe.” that the global pandemic has HBKU Press’ virtual ‘booth’ presented, HBKU Press contin- represents over 11 years of the ‘Year of Culture’ launches first e-Cup ues to find innovative solutions publishing house’s catalogue of to participate in the local and acclaimed works and innova- global publishing industries”, tive publications, from award- explains Bachar Chebaro, ex- winning original titles in both for 2020 Qatar-France Year of Culture ecutive director of Hamad Bin English and Arabic, to translated Khalifa University Press. “This works by globally recognised year’s book fair season, which authors and translators. HBKU On 17 October, 1,024 kicks off with Frankfurter Bu- Press plans to promote the players will compete chmesse, marks a new era of brand internationally, enter into information exchange. It pre- agreements to buy and sell the during the first sents different opportunities rights of books that meet their and roadblocks that we must strategic vision, while establish- country qualifiers consider in order to continue to ing relationships with entities successfully adapt to the chang- that can expand the reach of Tribune News Network ing times.” their titles. Doha In the previous years, the Founded on the principles of international exhibition would international best practices, ex- As part of the Qatar-France host hundreds of publishing cellence and innovation, Hamad Year of Culture 2020, a spe- Ahmed Al-Meghessib companies, publishing-related Bin Khalifa University Press is cially curated cultural pro- companies, as well as media out- a world-class publishing house gramme to build creative col- lets from around the world in a that aims to support the vibrant laborations between the two spectacular four-day event. scholarly and literary culture of countries, Qatar Museums But with restrictions on trav- Qatar. Through its participation (QM) and Paris Saint Ger- el and concerns for safety above in such fairs, HBKU Press aims main Esports offer a unique all amidst the COVID-19 pan- to maintain its standing as the opportunity to participate in the two nations. 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The tors, and to be a cornerstone of The Year of Culture initia- opportunity to compete by two talented players from of Qatar and France, with 512 online option provides the flexi- Qatar’s knowledge-based econ- tive aims to celebrate culture against each other on FIFA 21 the PSG Esports team, Ahmed respective places each for the bility to participate without com- omy. in all its forms and the first to make their way to the finals Al-Meghessib and Arsène first country qualifiers.R eg- promising the quality of the ex- The Frankfurter Buchmesse Qatar-France e-Cup is a new to represent their country. Froon. 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Tribune News Network of healthy food to be included Doha in their daily diet which helps to boost cognitive development,” As a means to enhancing stu- said Asna Nafees, principal of dents’ knowledge through prac- DPS-MIS. tical experiences and in keeping She added, “Introducing with the current GK topic of the nutritious food at a young age month, ‘Fruits and Vegetables’, leads to healthier eating pat- the children of Nursery class of terns throughout life as they the DPS Modern Indian School understand better about the (DPS-MIS) were shown a video importance of a balanced meal. titled ‘Field trip to the Supermar- The children interestingly got ket’. involved in the video enthusiasti- The children were educated cally. They exclaimed confidently about the various nutritious that they would henceforth turn and wholesome food and how a towards a healthy lifestyle. The healthy food plate comprising tour to the supermarket activity the right amount of fruits and “The activity was an innova- This activity gave the children a was an educational and interac- vegetables, protein, grains and tive way for the teachers to in- new perspective about making tive experience which for sure dairy products, helps in keeping corporate technology into their their choices in food and practi- will have a lasting experience in one healthy. lesson plans and daily activities. cally understand the elements the young minds.” Wednesday, October 14, 2020 05 Reports by L N Mallick For events and press releases email [email protected] or L N Mallick Pakistan Prism L N Mallick call (974) 4000 2222 L N Mallick Pistachio’s Restaurant sails through pandemic with top quality, service Pistachio’s has continued delivering the delectable food of its homeland to the Pakistani community and timely deliveries and takeaways with optimum maintenance and food quality were ensured throughout the COVID-19 pandemic by the restaurant

s the devastating wave of COVID-19 unfolded in March this year, multiple businesses across Athe world came to a halt and the hospitality industry was no exception. Authentic Pakistani Pis- tachio’s Restaurant met its inevitable fate too, but only to emerge stronger and readier to fight back the pandemic. With the aim to better the health of the community by containing the spread of the coronavirus, the Founder and CEO of Pistachio’s Restaurant, Rizwana Abdul Sattar, was faced with a challenge to care- fully alter the functionality of the restaurant to fit the needs of the challenging times. Rizwana has worked with Pakistani Ambassador HE Syed Ahsan Raza Shah at the inauguration of Pistachio’s Al Sadd branch. great dedication to establish a restaurant that is known for its and food quality were ensured protocols were implemented community gatherings, Pista- sheer authenticity. Driven by throughout the pandemic. throughout as per the Ministry chio’s is undoubtedly one of the her ambition to excel in every “Food has a way to reach of Public Health (MoPH) check- most well-organised and cher- endeavour that she embarks people’s hearts and our dishes list and they continue to abide ished restaurants for the Paki- upon, Pistachio’s Restaurant is that seek to bring the taste of by it at Pistachio’s. From the stani community. Be it the orig- fortunate to have a person at our motherland in a foreign staff’s hygiene to optimum table inality of the Lahori biryani, the the helm of affairs who stays land do exactly that, which also distances, and the use of sanitiz- renowned chicken karahi, the confident even in the tough- became the reason of the ut- ers and disposable items, we en- sumptous white sauce pasta, or est of times, like the present most trust that our customers sure it all. Implementing social the classic fish and chips from pandemic. With her strength have in our services. That paved distancing, living up to Ehteraz our rich continental menu, of character, she made the cal- the way for the ongoing orders application’s green status and each bite will leave you craving culated decision of bringing the and all the while, kept us going pre-bookings to avoid crowd for more. To tease your taste restaurant’s dine-in to a halt too,” remarked Rizwana. gatherings, we make it a prior- buds, the menu brings a variety with only takeaway and deliv- “Around the first week of ity to implement every gesture of Indian and Pakistani chaats ery services opened. Dire times August, the wait of our promis- for the safety of our staff and from the classic goll gappa to required tough decisions to be ing customers came to an end customers,” added Rizwana. papri and palak patta chaat. taken and with the constant as Pistachio’s become one of Having been operational At Pistachio’s, we take pride in support of her husband, Ab- the few authentic Pakistani res- for approximately five years in our vast menu and authenticity dul Sattar, she was able to pull taurants to restore 30 percent Qatar now, Pistachio’s has had that has time and again brought through Pistachio’s lusciously of its seating capacity, which a remarkable journey over the multiple celebrities like Dr Za- Founder and CEO of Pistachio’s Restaurant Rizwana Sattar through the lockdowns. Pista- has now increased to 80 per- years. “We believe we are what kir Naik, chef Gulzar Hussain, chio’s continued delivering the cent. The change came about we are because of the efforts of poet Amjad Islam Amjad, Pa- “Pistachio’s is renowned to deliver the best, which has tinually strive to ensure op- delectable food of its homeland because of the persistence of our masterly chefs and staff that kistani international cricket for its delicious taste and a kept us going on amidst the timum quality and delivery to the Pakistani community and our customers and the excellent spare no effort in doing their team members, and a number transitional menu that our toughest of setbacks. As we to excel the expectations of timely deliveries and takeaways maintenance and streamlined best. With an accommodating of envoys and dignitaries,” said customers cherish to the continue to strive through our resilient customers,” with optimum maintenance SOP adherence of the staff. All capacity of 125-plus people for Rizwana. fullest. We are determined the pandemic, we also con- stressed Rizwana.

Founder and CEO of Pistachio’s Rizwana Abdul Pakistan’s Minister of State for States and Frontier Regions Pakistan’s legendary poet Amjad Islam Amjad with Rizwana Sattar with her husband and son. (SAFRON) & Narcotics Sheharyar Khan Afridi at Pistachio’s. Abdul Sattar and Abdul Sattar at Pistachio’s Restaurant.

Members of Pakistan cricket team visit Pistachio’s Restaurant.

Pakistan’s celebrated chef Gulzar Hussain visits Pistachio’s Restaurant. Rizwana Abdul Sattar and her friends at the inauguration of the Al Saad branch.

Former Pakistan cricket team captain Sarfaraz Ahmed and other Community members celebrate the inauguration of Pistachio’s Al Saad branch. guests at Pistachio’s Restaurant. Sarfaraz Ahmed with Pistachio’s staff 06 Wednesday, October 14, 2020

Established September 3, 2006 hamad bin suhaim al thani chairman Opinion adel ali bin ali managing director dr hassan mohammed al ansari editor-in-chief Stay Safe In Winter Are Hospitals Ready For HE warm summer months have other indoor spaces are clean and given us a slight advantage in the functioning efficiently. We need to Tfight to slow the spread of COV- make sure the air filtration in our ID-19. Being able to dine outdoors, system is effectively removing par- visit at a distance outdoors and enjoy ticles from the indoor air. And we COVID-19’s Second Wave? time in parks and wilderness all have need to do what we can to encourage let us use open spaces and fresh air to more air flow through indoor spaces thwart transmission of the virus. But so that fresh outdoor air replaces in- now colder weather is on the horizon door air regularly. As second wave of COVID-19 hits Europe, policy makers face a stark choice prioritising between and we’re headed back indoors where This is important in our homes, our risk goes up. but it is most crucial in buildings such economy and health. However, improving hospital beds must be viewed as benefit to both The good news is that after seven as workplaces, schools and other pub- months of learning about how the cor- lic buildings where strangers will meet onavirus spreads, we now know more and where large groups of people may about how to make indoor spaces come into contact with one another. safer. And that means now is the time Businesses and authorities re- to take the steps we can to improve in- sponsible for public buildings should door air quality and do what we can to consult with licensed HVAC techni- keep the virus in check. cians to make sure their HVAC sys- Public health officials have been tems are functioning adequately to concerned that fall weather and re- prevent the spread of coronavirus as turn to indoor environments will much as possible. cause a spike in COVID-19 infec- And state and federal authori- tions because people cannot spread ties should look for opportunities out as much indoors and because to use grant money or other fund- air doesn’t circulate inside the way ing to help business owners and lo- it does outdoors, meaning it is much cal governments afford this critical easier to inhale the infected respira- public health work. tory droplets that spread the virus. We have time now to prepare for But heating, ventilation and air the cold weather months, and we have conditioning specialists have advice the knowledge about how coronavi- for all of us about how to make our in- rus spreads that we need to make im- door environments safer. provements that can help prevent con- We need to make sure the HVAC tagion. Now is the time to do the work systems in our homes, offices and that can slow the virus and save lives.

(Tribune News Service) Lionel Laurent occupancy rate would be around 10 percent hit hard, while others such as Italy or Germany Tribune News Service - a level requiring no extra lockdown meas- fare much better. Philippe Juvin, head of emer- ures - and not 20 percent, which does. Are gency services at Paris’s Europeen Georges- HE brutal experience of COVID-19’s first we shutting businesses when we should be Pompidou Hospital, has proposed creating a wave humbled many rich countries where building more beds? European reserve of medical staff and resourc- even generous health care systems were The question is more complex than it es that could be sent from less affected coun- The Coronavirus Recession overwhelmed by an unfamiliar virus. seems. Intensive-care beds don’t always lend tries to those facing saturation. Just as past outbreaks taught Asia hard themselves well to cost-benefit analyses in the Another way to ease the strain on intensive- truthsT about how to deal with pandemics, les- eyes of government officials. The daily cost of care units can involve reorganising hospitals Is Setting Back Mothers sons from this novel coronavirus abound in the one can be anything from around 2,000 euros themselves. South Korea, which resisted COV- West: Italy has ramped up intensive-care ca- ($2,347) to more than double that, according ID-19 lockdowns via extensive surveillance and HE coronavirus has killed 107,472 that Donald Trump, the man re- pacity, France is paying health workers better to Rosanna Tarricone, associate professor of testing, used its playbook from the 2015 MERS men in America, and just (just!) sponsible for America’s shambolic and Spain is building a new pandemic hospital. health-care management at Bocconi Universi- coronavirus outbreak to allocate patients T91,332 women (as of October 3). virus response, is faring poorly in Thanks to these and other efforts, national ty in Milan. You don’t just need a mattress and based on symptom severity and bed availabil- But the virus’ economic impacts the presidential race among the fe- lockdowns are being portrayed as a one-off. medical equipment but the staff to operate it. ity. Patients were shared among community here are being disproportionately male electorate. Yet as cases surge again in Europe, strains on And, crucially, it’s an outlay that may save lives facilities, dedicated COVID-19 hospitals, and borne by women, who made up 46 Trump never fully won over critical-care resources are leading to economic but without countering COVID-19’s spread. other locations. The community facilities, for percent of the US workforce pre- American women, 54 percent of shutdowns on local and regional levels. Policy makers therefore face a kind of ‘Je- instance, housed patients who reported their pandemic, but account for 54 per- whom voted for Hillary Clinton in COVID-19 patients fill more than a third of vons Paradox’, the phenomenon where more body temperature and any symptom changes cent of jobs lost since the recession 2016. Every day since, he’s further intensive-care beds in the Paris region. It’s a supply of a service can increase demand rather using a mobile app or the telephone while they began. In September alone, married alienated female voters. America is similar story in Madrid. Blunt, lockdown-style than reduce it. Building more beds without get- were there, making any on-site responses and women lost 1.2 million jobs, while still the only major industrialised na- measures - the closure of bars, gyms and other ting a grip on the pace of new infections would eventual hospital transfer easier. single men gained 1 million jobs. tion without a national paid parental businesses - are being rolled out to slow case only serve to fill them up while doing nothing This would require rethinking how resourc- Why? It’s simple and it’s compli- leave policy. Even before the pan- growth and hospital admissions. Even though to tackle the core problem. And when epidem- es are used in a way that doesn’t come easily cated. Industries and sectors with the demic, he’d done little to address ris- the hospitalisation rate is much lower than in ics subside, the pressure to cut costs falls on to Western countries that were spared deadly greatest job losses tended to be lowing child care, education and health the first wave, governments feel they have no what are suddenly empty beds. pandemics for decades. It’s also not a substi- wage and service jobs, dispropor- insurance costs — issues that men alternative but to act now. They’re worried Yet there are limits to strict efficiency tute for preventative measures. Test-and-trace tionately held by women. Meanwhile, and women alike care about, but that about where that number will be in a month. analyses in these chaotic times. Govern- systems have approached the brink of collapse hamstrung by closed schools and cut are now front of mind for mothers France’s Institut Pasteur estimates 11,000 ments have shown themselves capable of in several countries _ they could also do with off from accessing outside child care, who’ve seen their jobs and employer- COVID patients could be in intensive care by breaking all sorts of economic taboos, from European common standards and technology adult women with children are drop- based insurance go up in smoke. November. That’s not only above the country’s subsidising furloughed workers to joint for contact-tracing apps, for example. ping out of the workforce or scaling The longer the pandemic and maximum capacity in a pandemic emergency, borrowing at the European level. Dismiss- Still, if ever there was a time to view health back hours at drastically higher rates economic crisis endure, the more all but higher than the peak in April. ing hospitals as just another infrastructure care as a benefit to society and the economy, than working fathers, to help shoul- Americans, but especially women, Given hospital metrics feed into govern- “white elephant” looks extreme. rather than a drag on public finances, it’s now. der family responsibilities. The COV- will suffer economically. The current ments’ assessment of whether to take tough One answer could be to better allocate hos- If we want to learn to live with the virus, we ID-19 pandemic may have erased occupant of the White House de- measures, there’s frustration that so much pital resources that already exist, rather than should think about hospital beds, not just bars. a generation’s worth of hard-won serves a sizable share of the blame, focus is being put on deciding whether to shut permanently increase them everywhere. Dur- progress in closing persistent gender but voting him out won’t undo the bars or restaurants as opposed to expanding ing COVID-19’s first wave, France used special (Lionel Laurent is a Bloomberg disparities in pay. damage. Only far-sighted policy hospital capacity. According to Christophe trains to ship patients around the country, and Opinion columnist covering So it’s probably little coincidence changes can. Prudhomme, an emergency doctor in Paris, even across the border to Germany and Luxem- the European Union and France. if France had structurally doubled bed capac- bourg. Cross-border cooperation makes even He worked previously at (Tribune News Service) ity to 12,000 by now, the national COVID-19 more sense now, with some countries being Reuters and Forbes)

This Halloween, America’s Kids Need Normalcy Of Trick-Or-Treating Let children enjoy Halloween as kids are not at great risk for serious COVID-19. But masks, hand washing must be observed

Cynthia M Allen With proper precautions in practiced pediatric emergency (despite our efforts to make them Tribune News Service place, it could be a flash of nor- medicine since 1995. such), and Krebel acknowledges malcy for kids who are navigating Indeed, the flu is far more that kids in households with some- 020 has been a scary year. Es- a world upended. deadly to young kids, yet we don’t one in an at-risk population need to pecially for kids. They have had Dr Suzanne Whitworth, direc- cancel school — or Halloween — take extra precautions. 2school cancelled, endured ex- tor of pediatric infectious diseases for flu season. But given how our understand- treme social isolation, been told vis- at Cook Children’s Medical Center, And because we have kept kids ing of the disease has evolved, he iting their grandparents could kill says it’s too soon. from interacting with each other, we wonders if it’s time to “seriously them and robbed for eight months “Now is not a good time to in- have prevented them from develop- consider allowing life to return to of many of the experiences that de- crease face-to-face contact like the ing immunity to the coronavirus, normal for those individuals who fine childhood. actual walking up to the door,” she something Krebel says we have not are shown by the epidemiological The Centers for Disease Con- told me. done before. data to not be at risk for develop- trol and Prevention labels tradi- But kids can still enjoy the sea- “We are choosing to not allow ing serious illness from the disease tional trick-or-treating a “higher son by celebrating through less the normal process of herd immu- or putting vulnerable people in their risk activity,” a rather perplexing risky, low-contact events, like nity to occur,” he said. households at risk.” epithet given its nature and given pumpkin carving at home, or having festivities isn’t unexpected. Many our approach. And the science and emerg- Normal, by any standard, should what we know about transmission a virtual costume contest (because public health officials still favor ex- There is abundant evidence ing evidence does not support include trick-or-treating. of COVID-19. we all need more Zoom in our lives). treme measures, applied broadly, in from studies all over the world, that such measures in the pediatric To that end, he suggests a com- Trick-or-treating is conducted When asked how she squares response to the coronavirus. children are less likely to spread the population. promise approach that includes all outdoors and defined by brief, casual this advice with the fact that kids are But we’re eight months into the disease. Still more encouraging are That has implications for adults, the things that have already become contact. Surfaces (like candy wrap- back in school in person, indoors, all pandemic, and the constant refrain the data that show that when kids too. When healthy people (including second nature — social distancing pers) are not a significant source of day long — far riskier by any CDC that all human contact beyond our contract COVID-19, they are not kids) develop antibodies, they pro- when possible, hand-washing and spread. Compared to activities such standard — Whitworth said that households is dangerous is begin- getting very sick. tect more vulnerable populations wearing masks. as going to the grocery store, attend- schools have undergone months ning to lose the ring of truth. “If we narrow the focus of this from getting sick. One could reason- But don’t cancel Halloween. ing church and attending class in- of careful planning and have con- Especially when the emerging disease to pediatrics, then there ably argue that healthy kids con- person, trick-or-treating seems the trolled environments. I expect some science, particularly as it relates has been very little serious dis- tracting COVID-19 and recovering (Cynthia M Allen is a safest on a long list of things many parents would beg to differ. to children, suggests it might be ease, and relatively few deaths,” is actually good for grandparents. columnist for the Fort of us are already doing again. Her approach to Halloween better for everyone if we change said Dr Steven Krebel, who has Of course, no child is an island Worth Star-Telegram)

THE VIEWS EXPRESSED ON THE OPINION AND ANALYSIS PAGES ARE THE AUTHORS’ OWN. QATAR TRIBUNE BEARS NO RESPONSIBILITY. World Wednesday, October 14, 2020 07 Maritime talks with Israel not step Assad declares Syria wildfires national catastophe towards normalisation: Lebanon AFP to hospitals, the UN humani- Damascus tarian affairs office said. DPA Israel, and with the UN Special Aoun said “a fair solution must Assad pledged support for Beirut/Tel Aviv Coordinator for Lebanon Jan be reached to protect the sover- Syrian President Bashar residents of affected areas, es- Kubis. eign rights of Lebanese.” The al-Assad declared a national pecially farmers who have lost Lebanese President Michel Israel and Lebanon are of- meetings are due to be held at catastrophe on Tuesday after their crops. Aoun said on Tuesday that ficially at war and there are re- the UN office in Naqoura in inspecting crops destroyed by “This is a national catas- maritime border talks with Is- curring tensions along the bor- southern Lebanon. wildfires that have ravaged trophe... humanitarian, eco- rael will tackle “technical issues der between the Israeli army A senior source in the Is- his country’s Mediterranean nomic and environmental,” only,” indicating it is not a step and members of the Hezbollah raeli Energy Ministry said on coastal belt. Assad said. toward a normalisation of ties. movement. Tuesday that the talks will be As many as 25,000 people “The state will bear the “The negotiations will be The maritime dispute be- held between the two sides un- have been forced to flee their largest burden in offering this technical and talks should be tween the two countries stems der US mediation. homes, the United Nations support,” he said. limited to this particular issue from demarcation methods, “I want to be crystal clear said, in a new blow for a region Wildfires are a regular only,” Aoun was quoted as say- concerning about 856 square about it,” the source said. “It’s which is a mainstay of support Syrian President Bashar al Assad tours the village of Kafr Dabil in Syria’s occurrence in Syria in late ing by his office on the eve of kilometres of waters. The issue not to establish some kind of for Assad’s government. Latakia province, which was ravaged with wildfires, on Tuesday. (AFP) summer, as they are in neigh- the discussions. He held sepa- grew following natural gas dis- peace process or normalisa- The fires, which broke out bouring Israel, Lebanon and rate meetings on Tuesday with coveries in the Mediterranean tion.” He said the “defined and in tinder-dry conditions on land and forest in the coastal In the hardest hit province Cyprus. But this week’s fires the Lebanese delegation tasked Sea, as both countries claim gas limited” goal of the talks is to Friday, have destroyed more provinces of Latakia and Tar- of Latakia, three people died have been on a larger scale with holding border talks with deposits there for themselves. resolve the maritime dispute. than 9,000 hectares of farm- tus, as well as Homs inland. and at least 70 were admitted than usual, residents say.

News in brief New Karabakh fighting defies Malaysia’s king says opposition head Anwar fails to prove majority BANGKOK: Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim met King Abdullah on Tuesday to prove he has the parliamentary support needed to become the South-East Asian nation’s ceasefire pleas as toll mounts prime minister, but the palace said he failed. Following their brief meeting, Anwar said he provided the tacked in some cases. monarch with proof, only for the palace to release a statement Over two weeks The Nagorno-Karabakh saying Anwar “would not present the list of parliamentarians separatist authorities accused to support his claim.” Anwar demanded Prime Minister Muhyid- of intense shelling Azerbaijan of launching an of- din Yassin resign after claiming on September 23 to have won has left almost fensive in the south, north and the support of a “formidable” majority of lawmakers. northeast of the region. But lawmakers have disputed Anwar’s assertion he has 600 dead Baku in turn accused Ar- the backing to oust Muhyiddin. (DPA) menians of launching strikes AFP on the districts of Goranboy, Pakistani police arrest fugitive in Terter, Azerbaijan Terter and Agdam -- Azer- highway gang rape case baijani territory outside Na- Armenian and Azerbaijani gorno-Karabakh. ISLAMABAD: The prime suspect has been arrested in a highway forces engaged in new fighting An AFP correspondent in gang rape case in Pakistan that sparked nationwide outrage on Tuesday over the Nagorno- Terter close to the front line and protests after a top cop blamed the victim, police said. Karabakh region despite pleas reported hearing heavy shell- Abid Malhi, 27, was arrested 33 days after the crime near to observe a ceasefire, as the ing nearby and seeing a rocket the eastern city of Lahore, Nayab Haider, a spokesperson for Red Cross warned hundreds launcher drive by as Azerbai- the Punjab police, told dpa. of thousands were already af- jani forces sought to fire up The suspect had also been booked in a gang rape case in fected by the conflict. into the mountains. 2013 but he managed to get released on bail. US Secretary of State Mike “We’ve been here for 16 Last month, he along with an accomplice raped and robbed Pompeo urged the sides to days,” said Akiif Aslamiv, 62, a woman who ran out of fuel on a highway in the middle of observe a ceasefire agreed who has been hunkering down night near Lahore. The victim’s young children were present. only four days ago in Moscow, in a basement in Terter. “Eve- A sample of Malhi’s DNA was taken from the victim. It while the group of powers ry day they shell us, even dur- matched the sample taken from the case in 2013, allowing seeking a solution to the con- ing the ceasefire. Today and police to identify him. (DPA) flict warned of “catastrophic An unexploded BM-30 Smerch missile is seen on the outskirts of Stepanakert during the ongoing military yesterday it was non-stop.” consequences” unless imme- conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan.(AFP) The daily fighting has diate steps were taken. made a mockery of the cease- Twelve killed in 12 soldiers killed More than two weeks of fire agreed between theA rme- latest attack in in back-to-back fightingbetween the Cauca- Karabakh conflict helping spread virus in region: WHO nian and Azerbaijani foreign western Ethiopia attacks in Mali sus rivals has left almost 600 ministers in the early hours of dead, including 73 civilians, GENEVA: Fighting between Azerbaijan and Armenian forces over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh Saturday in Moscow after 11 ADDIS ABABA: Twelve BAMAKO: At least 12 soldiers according to a tally based on region has helped spread the coronavirus in the territory, the WHO said on Tuesday. hours of talks. people were killed this were killed in two subsequent partial tolls from both sides. “As we have been repeatedly saying, COVID-19 does not respect borders or lines,” WHO “The United States calls week in Ethiopia’s western terrorist attacks in central The Nagorno-Karabakh spokesman Tarik Jasarevic said at a press conference. “The mobilisation of troops for conflict, the on Azerbaijan and Armenia to Benishangul-Gumuz region, Mali, the Defence Ministry region of Azerbaijan, over- displacement of populations because of it all, adds to the ability of the virus to take hold.” implement their commitments a security official said, the said on Tuesday. whelmingly populated by Ar- He said the WHO will continue to support virus responses in countries and is expanding its to a ceasefire as agreed and latest in a series of clashes Unknown terrorists first menians, has been controlled operations to tackle increasing health needs. cease targeting civilian areas,” there that opposition politi- attacked a post of the Malian by Armenians since a 1990s The WHO said fighting has disrupted already stretched healthcare systems and both countries Pompeo, whose administra- cians describe as ethnically army in the town of Sokoura, war that erupted as the Soviet have seen increases in virus transmission. tion has faced accusations of a motivated. in the Mopti region, on Mon- Union fell. Armenia’s newly reported cases have doubled over the past 14 days and in Azerbaijan new lack of engagement in ending The killings in the region’s day night, killing nine soldiers But Azerbaijan has never cases have increased by approximately 80% over the past week. (AFP) the fighting, wrote on Twitter. Metekel zone began early and wounding several others, hidden its desire to win back The search for a long-term Monday and were sparked by it said. Military reinforcements control and no state has ever solution to the conflict, one of a “personal dispute” over a dispatched in response to recognised Nagorno-Kara- Soviet war. Even a humanitar- juries,” said International to rubble.” the most enduring problems stolen firearm, Gashu Dugaz, the onslaught were attacked bakh’s declaration of inde- ian truce to allow exchanges of Committee of the Red Cross He said hundreds of thou- left after the fall of the Soviet head of the region’s secu- on Tuesday morning near a pendence. prisoners and dead has been Eurasia regional director Mar- sands of people across the Union, is in the hands of the rity bureau, told the state- bridge in the same area, ac- The fighting has been the too much to implement. tin Schuepp in a statement. region were affected, with Minsk Group of regional pow- affiliated anaF Broadcasting cording to a statement from most intense since a 1994 “Civilians are dying or “Homes, businesses and once- healthcare services coming ers chaired by France, Russia Corporate. (AFP) the ministry. (DPA) ceasefire ended the initial post- suffering life-changing in- busy streets are being reduced under strain and even at- and the US.

India records Guinea opposition decries 90 protest deaths lowest number of AFP ics say was designed to sidestep since mid-October. this does not happen again,” he daily COVID-19 Conakry a two-term limit in the West Some 45 of those protesters told AFP, “but it would be very African country. were shot dead, the National surprising if there were 92 of infection cases Over 90 people have been Opposition to a third Conde Front for the Defence of the them”. killed in a crackdown on pro- term brought tens of thousands Constitution (FNDC) said, and The minister admitted in two months tests against Guinea’s Presi- of Guineans to the streets from eight remain unidentified. that political clashes may be DPA dent Alpha Conde’s bid to seek mid-October last year. Guinea’s Security Minister responsible for 42 deaths, but New Delhi a controversial third term in The protests often turned Albert Damantang Camara dis- said there was not enough evi- elections at the weekend, a violent, however, and dozens missed the FNDC tally, how- dence to attribute them to se- India reported 55,342 new leading opposition group said were killed. The constitutional ever, saying that he refused to curity forces. Guinea President Alpha Conde addresses his supporters during a COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, on Monday. referendum in March was also submit to a politically motivat- Rights groups accuse Con- campaign rally in Kissidougou on Monday. (AFP) the lowest daily rise since mid- The 82-year-old is bidding marred by violence. ed “macabre accounting”. de -- who is a former opposi- August. for re-election on October 18, On Monday, the anti-Con- “There have been violent tion figure himself -- of drifting report published on October 1, ers and urged the government For weeks now India has after pushing through a new de coalition FNDC published deaths, which we regret, and into authoritarianism. blamed Guinean security forc- to hold the perpetrators ac- been reporting the biggest constitution in March that crit- a tally of 92 protesters killed we are working to ensure that Amnesty International, in a es for killing at least 50 protest- countable. daily surge of infections in the world, with 1 million cases recorded in less than a fortnight. The country’s caseload currently stands at 7.18 million, second only to the United Nigerians stage fresh protests over police brutality States which is approaching the 8-million mark. AFP Special Anti-Robbery Squad “They need to rebuild their weight -- and consider- A total of 109,856 people Lagos (SARS) was being disbanded able followings -- behind the have died from COVID-19 in in a rare concession to people everything. They need to protests. India, with 706 deaths report- Thousands of Nigerians power in Africa’s most popu- protect us, not kill us. But Afropop duo P-Square and ed since Monday, according to took to the streets in a string lous nation. it’s not only about SARS rapper Falz were leading the the Health Ministry. of cities once again on Tues- President Muhammadu anymore. Government movement on Tuesday in Le- The virus has spread rap- day for fresh protests against Buhari insisted that move was needs to start providing for kki, a neighbourhood of Lagos, idly in the country of 1.3 bil- police brutality, bringing traf- the first step in “extensive po- the youth. We need roads, where several thousand peo- lion people since the gradual fic to a standstill in economic lice reforms”. ple blocked a major highway. easing of a strict lockdown hub Lagos. But many have greeted the health facility, power,” says Protesters have called for from end-May. Demonstrations organised announcements with scepti- a Nigerian student an independent body to inves- Experts have warned the on social media erupted ear- cism after previous vows to tigate police abuse, according numbers could rise again with lier this month calling for the improve Nigeria’s notorious Authorities said a police to a list of demands widely the peak festive season in Oc- abolition of a notorious police police went unfulfilled, and officer and civilian were killed spread on social media. But tober-November and as more unit accused of unlawful ar- protesters are in the streets to during protests in Lagos on the demonstrations are also economic activity, travel and rests, torture and extra-judi- keep up the pressure. Monday, bringing the over- channelling anger among the tourism resume. cial killings. The demonstrations have all nationwide death toll to at youth over unemployment, The government is hope- A Nigerian youth waves national flag in support of the ongoing protest The government gave in largely been peaceful, but vio- least five since last week. economic mismanagement, ful of having a vaccine ready against the unjust brutality of the Nigerian police unit Special Anti- to the demand on Sunday, lence has flared in the face of Some of Nigeria’s most poverty and corruption in the soon. Robbery Squad (SARS) in Lagos on Tuesday. (AFP) announcing that the federal heavy-handed police tactics. celebrated stars have thrown oil-rich nation. 08 Wednesday, October 14, 2020 World UK govt defends ignoring US, Germany demand Turkey end scientists’ virus advice ‘provocation’ against Greece AFP interventions because it had to the latest, more limited, set of London consider the economic fallout measures unveiled by Prime AFP terranean waters between the of crucial exploratory talks be- alongside health impacts. Minister Boris Johnson on Washington Greek island of Crete and Cy- “We urge Turkey to end this tween our NATO allies Greece The British government on A panel of scientific experts Monday. prus, weeks after it left amid an calculated provocation and and Turkey,” she said. Tuesday insisted it is still had set out the five-strong set Johnson announced a Turkey’s two key Western agreement for talks. immediately begin explorato- “Coercion, threats, intimi- “guided by science” following of potential measures “for im- three-tiered system categoris- allies, the United States and In a strongly worded state- ry talks with Greece,” US dation and military activity criticism that senior minis- mediate introduction”, and ing areas of England by rates Germany, on Tuesday urged ment, the State Department will not resolve tensions in the ters had ignored the advice of included a so-called circuit- of infection, to try to simplify it to pull back a ship it has re- said the US “deplores” the de- State Department spokes- Eastern Mediterranean.” experts three weeks ago for breaker lockdown to cut trans- a complex web of local restric- turned to waters contested cision by Turkey and noted that woman Morgan Ortagus said Turkey last sent the ship tougher restrictions to cut ris- mission rates. tions. with Greece, with Washington Greece “asserts jurisdiction” into contested waters in August ing coronavirus infections. “We make decisions that The northwest city of Liver- denouncing the “calculated over areas where the ship plans ment spokeswoman Morgan backed by warships, alarming Health Secretary Matt are guided by the science, tak- pool -- the only place put into provocation.” to operate through Oct 22. “We Ortagus said in a statement. both Greece and Cyprus, which Hancock told lawmakers the ing into account all of the dif- the highest category -- will see The Turkish navy said Sun- urge Turkey to end this calcu- “Turkey’s announcement is partially occupied by Ankara. government had not acted on ferent considerations that we a ban on household mixing and day that the Oruc Reis explora- lated provocation and imme- unilaterally raises tensions in Greece said on Tuesday there most elements of a September need to look to,” he told MPs pub closures from Wednesday tion vessel was heading back diately begin exploratory talks the region and deliberately could be no diplomatic solution 21 shortlist of possible virus as they prepared to vote on for at least four weeks. to energy-rich eastern Medi- with Greece,” State Depart- complicates the resumption until the ship is withdrawn.

News in brief US President Donald Trump holds a ‘Make America Great Italy marks biggest jump in daily virus ‘P OW E RF UL’ Again’ rally as he campaigns at Orlando Sanford Inter- infections since late March national Airport in Sanford, ROME: Italy has reported another jump in its novel coronavirus TRUMP Florida, on Monday. Deprived figures, with 5,901 new cases onT uesday - the highest daily of his beloved campaign trail increase in more than six months. for 10 days by COVID-19, The last time the country recorded a larger figure was Trump took centre stage March 28, when there were 5,974 new cases. RETURNS TO again vowing that he is in The total infection count has reached 365,467, while the “great shape” with 22 days to overall death toll has risen by 41 and now stands at 36,246, go until he faces Joe Biden in according to the Civil Protection Agency. CAMPAIGN the election. The Italian government on Tuesday tightened measures “I went through it and to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus, with bans on now they say I’m immune,” private parties and a curfew for bars and restaurants. TRAIL Trump told a cheering crowd Eating and drinking establishments will have to close at in Sanford, near Orlando, few midnight, and people will no longer be allowed to huddle out- of whom wore masks. “I feel side their premises as of 9 pm. (DPA) so powerful. I’ll walk in there, I’ll kiss everyone in that audience.” Norway blames Belarus oppn leader Trump’s medical team Russia for hacked gives Lukashenko announced he had tested neg- email accounts at ultimatum to resign ative and was no longer con- parliament tagious as he jetted to Florida MINSK: Belarus’s exiled op- -- the first of four battleground STOCKHOLM: Norway’s position leader on Tuesday states he plans to visit over government on Tuesday gave strongman President Al- the next four days. (AFP) blamed Russia for the recent exander Lukashenko a dead- hack of a number of email line of two weeks to resign, accounts linked to members halt violence and release and employees of the parlia- political prisoners, warning ment in Oslo. he would otherwise face a Trump slams “This is a serious incident crippling general strike. that affects our most impor- Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, Fauci’s COVID-19 tant democratic institution,” who maintains she was the Foreign Minister Ine Eriksen true winner of an August 9 Biden heads to Florida forecasts as Soreide said in a statement. election, issued what she “Based on the informa- said was a “people’s ultima- inaccurate tion the government has, it is tum”, demanding Lukashenko DPA our assessment that Russia quit power by October 25 and Washington is behind this activity,” she halt the “state terror” un- to court senior vote added. leashed by authorities against US President Donald Trump She later told reporters peaceful protesters. AFP on Tuesday attacked the US it was key to hold Russia “If our demands are not Washington top infectious disease special- accountable for the hack, and met by October 25, the whole ● Florida and its ist Anthony Fauci, arguing that going public was part of that country will peacefully take Joe Biden heads for Florida 29 votes in the his predictions about how to process. to the streets,” she said in a on Tuesday to court elderly Electoral College respond to the novel coronavi- The Russian ambassador statement released in Lithu- Americans who helped elect went to Trump in rus are inaccurate. to Norway has been informed ania, where she is currently Donald Trump four years ago 2016, helping “Actually, Tony’s pitch- about the Norwegian findings, based in exile after leaving but appear to be swinging to propel his upset ing arm is far more accurate Eriksen said. (DPA) Belarus following vote. (AFP) the Democratic candidate for than his prognostications. “No the White House this time victory over problem, no masks”. WHO no around amid the coronavirus Democrat Hillary longer likes Lockdowns - just pandemic. Clinton. came out against. Trump was Biden, at 77 the oldest ● right. We saved 2,000,000 Democratic nominee ever, is Americans over USA lives!!!” Trump wrote in a North Koreans rally wearing to “deliver his vision for older the age of 65 tweet, referencing a weak first Americans” at an event in the favoured Trump pitch that Fauci threw during a masks after military parade city of Pembroke Pines, north over Clinton by a baseball game in July. of Miami, his campaign said. margin of 53 Trump’s latest swipe at AFP The former vice presi- percent to 45 Fauci comes one day after the Seoul dent’s visit to Florida comes a percent immunologist told CNN that day after Trump held a ‘Make he was “disappointed” that the Thousands of North Kore- America Great Again’ rally in Trump campaign used a quote ans have packed into Pyong- the Sunshine State, his first Democratic Presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden delivers remarks at a voter mobili- from him out of context in an yang’s Kim Il-sung square to since his hospitalisation for sation event in Cincinnati, Ohio, on Tuesday. (AFP) ad and made him appear to be pledge their support for the COVID-19. endorsing Trump’s candidacy government -- all of them wear- Unlike Biden’s small, so- the national polls. 65 favoured Trump over Clin- A recent NBC/Wall Street for president. ing masks, unlike at a military cially distanced gatherings, Iowa and Georgia were ton by a margin of 53 percent Journal poll had Biden leading During Fauci’s five decades parade only two days earlier. thousands of supporters two states which Trump won to 45 percent, according to the Trump among seniors by 27 working in public health, he Authorities held the rally packed an airport tarmac for handily in 2016 but polls show Pew Research Center and exit points -- 62 percent to 35 per- has remained non-partisan and on Monday at the start of an North Korea in the lead-up to the president’s return to the tight races in both three weeks polls. cent -- while a CNN/SSRS poll has never endorsed a political ‘80-Day Campaign’, a mass major events. campaign trail. ahead of the November 3 elec- But the latest polls show had him up by 21 points among candidate. Trump’s claim that mobilisation drive to boost the Troops, workers and stu- Trump, 74, is to host a rally tion. a dramatic shift away from Americans 65 and older -- 60 his administration saved 2 mil- economy ahead of a ruling par- dents, all of them wearing face- in Pennsylvania followed by Florida and its 29 votes in Trump among seniors this time percent to 39 percent. lion lives is based on a model in ty congress in January. masks, packed into the square, visits this week to Iowa, North the Electoral College went to around, driven in large part by A poll of likely Florida vot- which the government would Such efforts, often dubbed holding slogans including Carolina, Florida and Georgia Trump in 2016, helping propel his handling of the COVID-19 ers released on Tuesday by have taken no action against “battles”, feature extra-long “Let’s keep pace with the steps as part of a frenzied push to his upset victory over Demo- pandemic which has taken a Florida Atlantic University the virus at all. The coronavirus work hours and additional du- of our dear leader, Comrade make up ground on Biden, who crat Hillary Clinton. disproportionate toll among (FAU) gave Biden a 51 percent has killed over 210,000 in the ties and are commonplace in Kim Jong-un”. is leading by double digits in Americans over the age of the elderly. to 47 percent lead in the state. US and infected millions more. China tests entire city for virus as WHO slams herd immunity idea

rapidly around the world, with Chinese officials intend to Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Some have made it to late- Chinese officials well over 37 million infections, test the entire city -- around 9.4 Monday, describing the idea stage clinical testing, but the intend to test the and nations that had sup- million people -- by Thursday. as “scientifically and ethically optimism was dented on Mon- pressed their first outbreaks In scenes contrasting with problematic”. day when Johnson & Johnson entire city -- around are now struggling with fresh the fumbled testing efforts of “Allowing a dangerous vi- announced it had temporarily surges -- especially in some other nations, health workers rus that we don’t fully under- halted its 60,000-patient trial 9.4 million people parts of Europe. in protective clothing swiftly stand to run free is simply un- because of an unexplained ill- -- by Thursday In the absence of a vac- set up tents and residents ethical. It’s not an option.” ness in one participant. cine, governments are wary of queued deep into Monday Further illustrating the There are ten firms con- AFP allowing the virus to spread night to provide samples. challenge, a study published in ducting Phase 3 trials of their Beijing unchecked, with China launch- In opposition to economi- The Lancet Infectious Diseases candidates globally, including ing a sweeping drive to test all cally painful lockdowns and so- journal indicated that exposure Johnson & Johnson. China rushed on Tuesday to residents of Qingdao after a cial distancing, there have been to the virus may not guarantee The pharma giant has been test an entire city of nine million handful of cases were detected proposals in some countries A health worker takes a swab from a resident to be tested for the coro- future immunity -- and the sec- awarded about $1.45 billion in within days after a minor coro- on Sunday. to let the coronavirus circu- navirus as part of a mass testing programme following a new outbreak ond infection could come with US funding under Operation navirus outbreak, as the WHO “As of 8 am... our city has late in the population to build in Qingdao, in China’s eastern Shandong province on Tuesday. (AFP) even more severe symptoms. Warp Speed, championed by warned that letting the patho- taken 3.08 million samples up “herd immunity” -- where The pandemic has claimed President Donald Trump, who gen run free to achieve herd im- for nucleic testing,” the city’s so much of the population has But the World Health Or- “Herd immunity is more than one million lives is keen for a political boost munity was “scientifically and health commission said Tues- been infected there are insuffi- ganization said such plans achieved by protecting people worldwide, and spurred break- ahead of the November elec- ethically problematic”. day, adding that no new posi- cient new victims for the virus were unworkable, and required from a virus, not by exposing neck efforts to develop vaccines tion with a coronavirus break- The virus is still spreading tive samples were found. to jump to. mass vaccinations to work. them to it,” WHO chief Tedros and effective treatments. through. World GDP to drop 4.4% in 2020, rise 5.2% in 2021: IMF page 12

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Real estate transactions Qatar economy to be least hit hit QR3.16 bn in September QNA in GCC due to COVID-19: IMF Doha precedented monetary policy The value of real estate trans- IMF revises down economic forecasts accommodation and large fis- actions in sales contracts cal lifelines will keep financial registered with the Real Es- of most Gulf countries for 2020 conditions easy and help offset tate Registration Department COVID-19–related cash flow at the Ministry of Justice Satyendra Pathak pressures on firms and stood at QR 3.16 billion in Doha households. September. While the global bank- Data from the analytical Qatar’s economy will be ing system is well capitalised, real estate bulletin issued by the least affected among GCC there is a weak tail of banks, the Ministry of Justice showed economies due to the COV- and some banking systems that 696 real estate deals were ID-19 pandemic that has led to may experience capital short- registered during September, an unprecedented contraction falls in the October 2020 and the real estate value index in economic activities globally World Economic Outlook recorded an increase of 40 in 2020, according to IMF’s adverse scenario even with percent compared to August. October 2020 World Econom- the currently deployed policy The municipalities of Al ic Outlook (WEO) released on measures. Daayen, Doha, Umm Salal Tuesday. As economies reopen, the and Al Rayyan topped the As per the IMF report, Qa- report said, continued policy most active transactions in tar’s economy is expected to support remains critical. terms of financial value, fol- shrink by 4.5 percent in 2020, 4.4% down “Accommodative mon- lowed by Al Wakrah, Al Khor, which is the lowest contrac- ● The COVID-19 pandemic etary and financialconditions, Al Dhakira, Al Shamal and Al tion forecast compared to any has led to an unprecedent- credit availability, and target- Shahaniya. other GCC country. ed solvency support will be es- The value of the trans- The IMF’s latest forecast ed contraction in economic sential to sustaining the recov- actions in Doha municipal- of 4.5 percent contraction in activity globally with global Qatar’s economy is expected to shrink by 4.5 percent in 2020, which is the lowest contraction forecast ery, facilitating the necessary ity was 669.5 million, in Al Qatar’s economy, however, is growth projected to contract compared to any other GCC country. structural transformation and Rayyan it was QR2.07 bil- higher than the contraction 4.4 percent in 2020 transition to a greener econo- lion, Al Daayen municipal- forecast of 4.3 percent in April. ● outlook was worsening for against a previous 6.8 percent Confronted with a global my,” the IMF said. ity transactions amounted According to the IMF out- The IMF warned that the many emerging markets amid contraction estimate. health and economic crisis, “The post-pandemic fi- to QR512.2 million. Umm look, Qatar will be followed by economic outlook was the coronavirus crisis. All the Gulf economies, policymakers have taken ex- nancial reform agenda should Salal municipality saw deals Bahrain that is expected to see worsening for many According to the report, except Oman, are expected traordinary measures to pro- focus on addressing fragili- worth QR146.8 million. The its economy shrink by 4.9 per- emerging markets amid the countries in the oil-rich Gulf to swing back to growth next tect people, the economy, and ties unmasked by the COV- financial value ofA l Wakrah cent against April contraction coronavirus crisis are suffering the double shock year, the IMF estimated. the financial system. Despite ID-19 crisis, strengthening municipality’s transactions forecast of 3.6 percent. of the coronavirus crisis and Both advanced and emerg- forceful policy action, howev- the regulatory framework for amounted to QR134.6 million. The COVID-19 pandemic low oil prices. ing market economies will er, the prospects for recovery the nonbank financial sector In terms of the traded ar- has led to an unprecedented its revised outlook for 2020. The IMF revised down its suffer deep and broad-based remain highly uncertain. and stepping up prudential eas index, the municipalities contraction in economic activ- While there is an improve- previous forecasts for all Gulf declines, with more than 85 The October 2020 WEO supervision to contain exces- of Al Daayen, Umm Salal, and ity globally with global growth ment over a 5.2 percent con- countries except Saudi Ara- percent of countries around baseline global growth fore- sive risk taking in a lower-for- Al Rayyan were the most active projected to contract 4.4 per- traction predicted in June, the bia, which is now expected to the world expected to see sub- cast of 5.2 percent for 2021 longer interest-rate environ- for real estate areas traded dur- cent this year, the IMF said in IMF warned that the economic contract 5.4 percent this year, zero growth this year. assumes that continued un- ment,” it said. ing the month of September. ‘Labour Re-employment Platform’ updated to ease hiring process

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The Qatar Chamber (QC) in collaboration with the Ministry of Administrative Development, La- bour and Social Affairs (MADL- SA) recently announced that they have successfully updated the ‘Labour Re-employment Platform’ that was launched by the chamber in cooperation with the ministry in July. The platform has been devel- Minister of State and QFZA Chairman HE Ahmad bin Mohammed Al oped and updated to make it an in- Sayed takes part in the ‘Discover Global Markets’ conference. clusive electronic gateway which is available for all companies, a joint statement said. QFZA participates The update includes setting up an electronic link between the ministry and the chamber to further in ‘Discover Global streamline the platform’s mechanism of work. According to this update, com- Markets’ conference panies that are looking for hiring new employees can log in to the Tribune News Network dustry, which was held on platform via https://jobs.qatar- Doha the sidelines of the confer- chamber.com/ar/ to register and the procedures with the ministry nies find skilled labourers through ence, where the QFZA chair- get a username and password. and the transfer of employment to contracting with laid-off or redun- Qatar Free Zones Author- man delivered an opening The company will receive an a new company, the ministry and dant workers from other compa- ity (QFZA) participated in speech. email to activate the registration through the joint commission will nies, thus avoiding any shortage of the virtual ‘Discover Global The objective of holding and after that, it can log in to fill notify the chamber of the names of labourers that may cause the failure Markets’ conference, which the roundtable was to dis- in the required information. The the workers who have moved to a of projects of these companies. was hosted by the US De- cuss aspects of cooperation application will be then ‘under Workplace new company to remove them from Since its inception a few months partment of Commerce, between Qatar and major US review’. the platform. ago, the platform saw a large turn- and took place in Indian- companies in the semicon- Meanwhile, the application will change In case of the application is re- out from companies that are in apolis, USA, under the pa- ductors industry. The virtual be forwarded to the ministry which The update includes setting up an jected due to violations made by search for new employment in the tronage of Wilbur Ross, the meeting was also attended by will verify the company’s data electronic linking between the ministry the company, an email will be sent private sector, as more than 1300 United States Secretary of senior officials from QFZA, whether it has any violations re- and the chamber to further streamline to the company stating the reason companies have registered in the Commerce. regulators of the semicon- lated to labour, following which an the platform’s mechanism of work. for disapproval and requesting the platform to date. Minister of State and ductors sector and repre- email will be sent to the company company to solve any issues so that A joint committee between the QFZA Chairman HE Ahmad sentatives of US companies. stating that the application is ‘ap- After the company shortlists it can benefit from the platform. chamber and the ministry super- bin Mohammed Al Sayed led QFZA is an independent proved’ and thereby the company candidates, it will receive a link to It is noteworthy that the labour vises and facilitates the work of the the delegation that included authority created in 2018 to will be able to review resumes of accomplish procedures of changing platform aims to help companies platform to achieve its objectives the deputy chief executive oversee and regulate world- candidates to select the appropriate the workplace. obtain appropriate employment of helping companies obtain ap- officer and a number of sen- class free zones in Qatar, employment. and ensure the continuity of pro- propriate employment and main- ior officials from QFZA. offering outstanding op- After the company shortlists jects and businesses in the local taining skilled labour in Qatar as QFZA also participated portunities and benefits for candidates, it will receive a link to the workplace. market. well as re-employment of labourers in the virtual roundtable for businesses seeking to ex- accomplish procedures of changing Following the completion of It also aims at helping compa- within the local market. the US semiconductors’ in- pand globally. 10 Wednesday, October 14, 2020 Economy & Business Turkish Airways Qatar’s flourishing FinTech carries 2.4 million passengers in Sept scene gets global attention Tribune News Network passengers, compared to Doha 56.4 million passengers in 20 FinTechs from around the world have joined Qatar FinTech Hub’s incubator and accelarator programmes the same period in 2019. The Turkish Airways car- While L/F decreased by Tribune News Network ried 2.4 million passengers 8.1 points to 73.3 percent in Doha in the month September the same period, ASK de- 2020 as against 6.7 million creased by 59.9 percent to As Qatar marches steadily to in the same month last year, 56.4 billion between Janu- achieving its 2030 vision, the the airlines has said in its ary and September 2020 ambitious nation has recog- public disclosures. from 140.6 billion during nised the FinTech Industry as While L/F stood at 68.9 the same period in 2019. a key component of its knowl- percent, cargo/mail car- Cargo/mail carried in edge-based economy objective. ried during the period of the first nine months of this The National FinTech September 2020 decreased year decreased by 4.2 per- Strategy, set by Qatar Central by 11.4 percent to 119,420 cent to 1,070,359 tonnes Bank (QCB), provides a frame- tonnes from 134,801 tonnes from 1,117,038 tonnes in the work for initiatives that enable in September 2019. same period last year. the local startup sector and Between January and By the end of September create a favourable ecosystem September 2020, the air- 2020, the number of air- for international FinTechs to lines carried 21.6 million craft in the fleet was 360. choose Qatar as launchpad for the global market. As an established financial and sports hub in the region, with access to nearby markets that are worth $2.1 trillion, Qatar is opening its doors to startups with innovative solutions in financial technologies such as e-payments, bitcoins and crypto currencies, and processes automation among others. With that aim, QCB has partnered with Qatar Devel- opment Bank (QDB) and Qa- tar Financial Centre (QFC) to mature FinTech’s from Qatar QFTH has collaborated with Between January and September 2020, Turkish Airways carried roll out Qatar FinTech Hub and 72 other countries, includ- QFTH is part of our plan to local and international institu- 21.6 million passengers. (QFTH) to stimulate the sector ing the US, the UK, Australia, deliver on the Qatar tions including financial insti- and meet the evolving needs of India, Singapore, Turkey, Ni- tutions, technology and service the country. geria, Germany, Russia, In- National Vision 2030. providers, payment networks, QFTH is dedicated to of- donesia, Jordan and Kuwait Supporting the local market academic institutions, regula- fer Qatar’s first ever special- and other countries, indicating and enabling the tors, in addition to partnering ised Incubator and Accelera- how Qatar is increasingly re- development of our with other FinTech hubs from tor Programmes, which target garded as a destination for the economy requires Singapore, UK, Turkey, India, JPMorgan earnings entrepreneurs with innova- international business com- Lebanon, Malaysia, Lithuania, tive and cutting-edge FinTech munity. home-grown state-of-the-art Australia, Nigeria and Sweden. ideas. “QFTH is part of our financial technologies that Major partners for the rise, avoids more The first wave of these two plan to deliver on the Qatar cater to the needs of the QFTH Wave 1 Programmes in- niche programmes have kicked National Vision 2030. Sup- tech-savvy Qatari consumer. clude Amazon, Microsoft, Visa, off recently with over 20 Fin- porting the local market and Mastercard and others. reserves for bad loans Techs from around the world enabling the development of Qatar FinTech Hub Chairman Participating FinTech’s enrolled for a rigorous 12-week our economy requires home- Abdulaziz bin Nasser Al will have the opportunity to AFP ing activity, JPMorgan again schedule of orientation, work- grown state-of-the-art finan- Khalifa receive financial support, in New York scored higher revenue from its shops, mentoring, logistical cial technologies that cater to addition to bespoke mentoring markets division. support, networking, speaker the needs of the tech-savvy and training services provided JPMorgan Chase reported On the downside, the bank sessions, and opportunities for Qatari consumer,” said QDB by QFTH, its strategic partners higher third-quarter earnings reported a decline in net inter- business development. CEO and Qatar FinTech Hub industry, acting as a launchpad the trust that QFTH has quick- and mentors. Tuesday behind strength in est income in the wake of Fed- With the first call for ap- Chairman Abdulaziz Bin for FinTech’sfrom Qatar to the ly gained with the FinTech Co-founded by QDB, investment banking, avoid- eral Reserve actions to keep plications, the programmes Nasser Al Khalifa. world,” he added. community worldwide.” QFTH aims to encourage and ing new reserves for bad loans rates low to boost the econo- witnessed a massive turnout, “The hub also strives to find “The large number of qual- As part of its commitment support multinational FinTech that have plagued the last two my. receiving more than 750 ap- solutions that could scale-up ity applications we have re- to offer world-class expertise firms to establish operations in quarters. The much lower credit plications by early stage and the local, regional, and global ceived is a strong testament of to participating FinTech’s, Qatar. The giant US bank report- costs are an indicator of how ed $9.4 billion in profits, up the US economy has stabilized four percent from the year-ago after the upheaval earlier in period as revenues were down the year following broad lock- slightly at $29.9 billion. downs to contain the corona- ‘Passengers’ gobble up tickets to dine on parked S’pore jets Like other large banks, JP- virus. Morgan had set aside billions The set-asides taken earlier AFP from offering “flights to no- mand”, the carrier announced of dollars in bad loans the last in the year were in preparation Singapore where” to tours of aircraft. the restaurants would be two quarters due to the coro- for possibly significant loan Singapore Airlines, which opened for an additional two navirus. defaults. Tarmac meals have become has cut thousands of jobs and days. Lunch and dinner are But after nearly $20 billion A key factor has been hefty an unlikely hit for coronavi- grounded nearly all its planes now being offered on all four in credit costs in the first half US fiscal relief spending ear- rus-battered Singapore Air- this year, decided to try anoth- dates. of 2020, the bank reported just lier in the year that provided lines, with hundreds of “pas- er route: offer travel-starved The most expensive option $611 million in credit costs in a cushion to many households sengers” paying the equivalent customers the opportunity is a four-course meal in a first- the third quarter. and avoided devastating non- of a budget ticket just to dine to dine on one of two A380s class suite, while the cheapest That figure included a payments seen in other reces- inside grounded A380 jum- turned into pop-up restau- costs Sg$53 and consists of a boost from $569 in reserve re- sions, bank executives said. bos. rants. three-course meal in economy leases. However, bank executives For a hefty sum of up to The chance to eat plane class. JPMorgan Chief Executive have cautioned that much un- Sg$642 ($470), people with a food proved surprisingly pop- About half the seats will Singapore Airlines is offering travel-starved customers the opportu- Jamie Dimon said the results certainty remains ahead given hankering for airline food can ular -- all 900 seats for lunch be left empty on the double- nity to dine on one of two A380s turned into pop-up restaurants. show JPMorgan’s committ- the coronavirus and the failure have a meal on an A380, the on October 24 and 25 sold out decker jets, parked at Changi ment to “an inclusive econom- so far of policy makers to enact world’s biggest passenger jet. within half an hour of book- Airport, in keeping with social gapore Airlines is also offer- -- short journeys starting and ic recovery” in spite of “signifi- fresh stimulus. With the aviation industry ings opening on Monday, the distancing guidelines. ing home deliveries of plane ending at the same airport -- cant uncertainty.” Shares of JPMorgan rose in deep crisis due to the pan- Straits Times newspaper re- And for those seeking to meals. following an outcry over the As in the second quarter, 1.5 percent to $104.00 in pre- demic, airlines have turned to ported. bring the in-flight experience But the airline has ditched potential environmental im- when volatility boosted trad- market trading. alternative ways to raise cash, Citing “overwhelming de- into their living rooms, Sin- plans for “flights to nowhere” pact.

The iPhone 12 is here Apple unveils first iPhones with 5G wireless technology

AFP interest in smartphone upgrades version of its HomePod smart A Superior 5G Experience on a global scale, engineered with speed, and power in real time. San Francisco to take advantage of the faster speaker standing just eight cen- iPhone 12 Pro and iPhone a seamless integration of world- networks. timeters (3.3 inches tall). The 12 Pro Max deliver an class hardware and world-class A14 Bionic: Powerful and Ef- Apple announced Tuesday it Apple joins other handset HomePod mini, which responds advanced 5G software. 5G on iPhone boasts ficient was launching new iPhones using makers including Samsung and to voice commands and plays experience improved speeds for faster down- Generations ahead of the 5G, the latest smartphone maker Huawei in introducing smart- music, will start at $99. loads and uploads, higher quality competition, A14 Bionic is the to adapt to the new-generation, phones taking advantage of the video streaming, more responsive first chip in the smartphone high-speed wireless networks. growing 5G footprint around the gaming, real-time interactivity in industry built on 5-nanometer “We are going to introduce 5G world, which could open up new apps, FaceTime in high definition, process. Faster and more efficient across our entire lineup of iPhone markets and technologies. and much more. Customers will than ever, A14 Bionic has the models,” Apple chief executive 5G networks are touted as also be able to enjoy a secure, fast fastest CPU and GPU by up to 50 Tim Cook said at a streamed promising an exponential leap in connection, reducing the need to percent compared to the fastest launch event from the company’s the amount and speed of wireless connect to public Wi-Fi hotspots. competing smartphone chips, headquarters in California. data, enabling advances in self- Featuring the most 5G bands enabling console-quality gaming “Today is the beginning of a driving vehicles, virtual reality, on any smartphone, iPhone 12 Pro experiences, powerful computa- new era for iPhone.” connected health and more as models offer the broadest 5G cov- tional photography, and more, The new models include the sensors and servers communicate erage worldwide.1 Models in the while delivering great battery redesigned iPhone 12 -- succes- instantly. US support millimeter wave, the life. Pushing the limits of ma- sor to the top-selling iPhone 11 The growth of 5G could also higher frequency version of 5G, chine learning (ML), A14 Bionic launched last year -- which will be a catalyst to revive a sluggish allowing iPhone 12 Pro models to features a 16-core Neural Engine start at $799. smartphone market. reach speeds up to 4Gbps, even in — for an 80 percent increase in A smaller iPhone 12 mini with Total smartphone sales were densely populated areas. iPhone performance — that is capable of a 5.4 inch display will start at down 16 percent year-on-year in 12 Pro models also feature Smart completing 11 trillion operations $699. the second quarter, according to Data mode, which extends battery per second, enabling improved The new lineup of iPhones research firm IDC. iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 mini come in five aluminum finishes, including blue, life by intelligently assessing 5G performance on even the most was expected to ignite a surge in Apple also introduced a new green, black, white and red. needs and balancing data usage, intense ML models. Economy & Business Wednesday, October 14, 2020 11 Virus crisis an opportunity to reshape climate response: IEA AFP and their economies. warned. “A step-change in clean power and electricity grids, duce its carbon footprint. ing, but would make a signifi- Paris For the first time, the “Despite a record drop in energy investment, in line and more sustainable fuels. A number of nations have cant difference in terms of re- World Energy Outlook re- global emissions this year, with the IEA Sustainable Such an effort would have set targets to become car- ducing the risks of damaging Only massive investment in port includes a pathway that the world is far from doing Recovery Plan, offers a way an immediate impact on the bon neutral in 2050, such as climate change” as it would clean energy can help over- would see the world achieve enough to put them into deci- to boost economic recovery, trajectory of emissions, mak- the EU, and for the first time boost chances that the global come the economic crisis carbon neutrality in 2050. sive decline,” said IEA’s direc- create jobs and reduce emis- ing “2019 the definitive peak the IEA has plotted out what increase in temperatures re- caused by the novel corona- That is an objective some tor, Fatih Birol. sions,” said the IEA. for global CO2 emissions”. would be necessary to achieve mains under 2 degrees C. virus pandemic while set- governments have already “The economic downturn Earlier this year the IEA Moving onto what the that goal worldwide. The group Christian Aid ting the world on a path to set themselves and one that has temporarily suppressed along with the International IEA calls its sustainable de- In addition to further ac- agreed that there is a unique meeting its objectives to slow would help ensure the rise in emissions,” he added. Monetary fund presented a velopment scenario results in celerating the uptake of clean chance for governments to climate change, the Interna- global temperatures is con- The IEA estimates energy- blueprint for governments to “cleaner air than during the energy and electric vehicles, act. tional Energy Agency said on tained to well below 2 degrees related CO2 emissions will use environmental spending 2020 lockdowns... without the IEA found that individ- “With vast amounts of Tuesday. C, the bedrock target of the fall by 7 percent this year. to create jobs and spur eco- the disruptions to economic ual behaviour would need economic stimulus being In its annual report look- 2015 Paris Agreement. But as governments con- nomic recovery. activity or people’s lives”. to change with less travel by spent there is an opportunity ing into energy markets in While the world economy template additional economic It calls for additional in- However it warned that car for short distances, lower like no other to put the world the decades to come, the IEA has taken a knock it will only stimulus they could advance vestment of $1 trillion a year adding renewable power speed limits and taking fewer on a path that secures a safe presents several scenarios as provide a temporary drop their climate objectives by di- for the next three years to- sources to the electricity grid short-haul flights. climate for everyone,” said governments try to balance in emissions unless poli- recting investment into clean wards improvements in en- will not be enough, with ex- “Achieving this pathway the group’s climate expert Kat the health of their citizens cies change sharply, the IEA energy. ergy efficiency, low-carbon isting industry needing to re- would be extremely challeng- Kramer. Tech, iron ore help US banks report good earnings, drive surprise China import jump but warn of hit if no more stimulus

AFP Bank, told AFP. JPMorgan Chase Beijing “Imports of agricultural reports $9.4 bn in and industrial commodities China’s imports surged in picked up, with the latter profits, up 4% from September, defying expecta- pointing toward continued the year-ago period tions, official data showed on strength in infrastructure Tuesday, while exports rose and property investment,” for a fourth straight month said Julian Evans-Pritchard, AFP as shops further opened up senior China economist of New York after virus lockdowns. Capital Economics. Shipments into the Exports rose 9.9 percent Large US banks reported world’s second-largest econ- on-year, the Customs Ad- better-than-expected results omy spiked 13.2 percent last ministration said, initially on Tuesday on an improv- month, smashing forecasts spurred by worldwide de- ing economy, but cautioned of a 0.4 percent increase as mand for Made-In-China that the recovery could falter companies and consumers personal protective equip- if Washington fails to enact dipped into their pockets ment such as face masks and new stimulus measures. following months of corona- gowns but now widening to “It’s important and it virus uncertainty and geopo- household appliances and needs to happen as quickly litical tensions. plastics. as possible,” said Citi Chief Corporate buying of Customs spokesman Li Financial Officer Mark Ma- tech products before US Kuiwen told reporters that son, who added that massive restrictions hit was likely a foreign trade has been “bet- spending from Washington key driver behind the “ex- ter than expected”, although has helped avert a tidal wave tremely strong imports”, the spread of Covid-19 and of delinquencies so far. said Stephen Innes, chief the ensuing economic car- JPMorgan Chase execu- global markets strategist at nage makes the global land- tives warned of “double-dip” AxiCorp. scape “increasingly grim and recession if there is not an- Customs data released complicated”. other package. That takes Tuesday showed the first im- Fresh waves of infections place when a second period of port bounce since June, also in key markets -- including economic contraction follows supported by agricultural the US and Europe -- could an initial recovery. products. batter external demand “The people we need to Meanwhile, imports of again. help the most are small busi- iron ore and electronic in- China’s trade surplus nesses and the unemployed,” tegrated circuits hit record with the US -- the core gripe said JPMorgan Chief Executive high values as infrastructure in Washington in their bruis- Jamie Dimon, who said Wash- investments show strength ing trade war -- rose 18.8 per- ington’s actions will determine and companies stock up, cent to $30.75 billion, that whether it needs to take much File photo of the logo of Chase bank is seen in a branch near Times Square in Manhattan, New York. (AFP) Tommy Xie, head of Great- was down from the $34.2 bil- higher reserves for bad loans. er China research at OCBC lion seen in August. “If the better outcomes reported $9.4 billion in prof- of Federal Reserve actions to uncertainty is still very very cies in the pandemic due to happen” with a good a stim- its, up four percent from the keep rates low to boost the high.” hefty US fiscal relief spend- ulus package, “we are over year-ago period as revenues economy. Citigroup reported a 34 ing earlier in the year, bank reserved by $10 billion,” he were down slightly at $29.9 The big bank lifted its percent drop in quarterly executives said. But the stale- said. But if there is a double- billion. forecast for the US economy earnings to $3.2 billion be- mate in Washington over new dip recession, the bank could But after nearly $20 bil- and now projects a fourth- hind a seven percent decline stimulus looms as a risk for be “unreserved by $20 billion in credit costs in the quarter contraction of 5.4 in revenues to $17.3 billion. the US economy. lion,” Dimon added. first half of 2020, JPMorgan percent and a second-quarter The results featured the “The stimulus program The comments came as reported just $611 million in 2021 contraction of 3.7 per- same basic trends as at JP- that was announced has both JPMorgan Chase and credit costs in the third quar- cent, both incrementally bet- Morgan, boosted by strong been quite beneficial. It has Citigroup released earnings ter. That figure included a ter than their forecasts in the trading results and lower re- bridged many consumers,” that showed a big improve- boost from $569 in reserve second quarter. serves for bad loans. Mason said. “The longer we ment from the last two quar- releases. Chief Financial Officer At the same time, Citi was go without some kind of vac- ters, when both companies As in the second quarter, Jennifer Piepszak said many buffeted by a hit from lower cine that’s been tried and set aside billions of dollars when volatility boosted trad- consumers have higher cash interest rates and by a $400 tested, the greater the need in reserves for bad loans in ing activity, JPMorgan again balances than before the pan- million civil penalty from US for additional stimulus.” the wake of coronavirus shut- scored higher revenue from demic and have avoided tak- regulators over lax internal Shares of JPMor- downs. its markets division. ing on debt. controls announced last week gan dipped 0.2 percent to An aerial view shows the container Port in Lianyungang, in JPMorgan Chase, kicking On the downside, the “Things do feel better by US authorities. $102.23, while Citigroup eastern China’s Jiangsu province on Tuesday. (afp) off a deluge of results from bank reported a decline in net than we thought they would,” Households have been dropped 1.3 percent to $45.28 large financial companies, interest income in the wake she said, adding that “the spared bruising delinquen- in early trading. German investor confidence Huawei FreeBuds Pro boasts an iconic new plummets in October AFP president Achim Wambach design and dynamic active noise cancellation Frankfurt am Main said in a statement. The US election, which Tribune news network Buds Pro uses three high-sen- tion and adapt a smarter noise Investor confidence in was thrown into disarray ear- doha sitivity microphones, an 11mm cancellation experience. Germany fell sharply in Oc- lier this month after Presi- super-magnetic steady-state The data collected by tober amid a resurgence in dent Donald Trump’s virus During Huawei’s HDC 2020 dynamic driver, a bone voice- these sources is then analyzed coronavirus cases in Europe’s diagnosis, also played into event recently, the brand an- print sensor, and other high- through AI deep learning algo- largest economy and renewed investors’ uncertainty, he nounced their new true wire- quality acoustic components. rithms to let the Huawei Free- Brexit tensions, a key survey warned. less stereo (TWS) earphones, The microphones help Buds Pro automatically switch showed on Tuesday. In March, the survey Huawei FreeBuds Pro. the Huawei FreeBuds Pro in between three noise cancel- The ZEW institute’s by Mannheim-based ZEW The True Wireless Stereo quickly and accurately identi- lation modes. First is the Ul- monthly barometer meas- crashed to its lowest rating earphones is coming soon and fying the noise in the ambient tra Mode for enhanced noise uring economic sentiment since the 2008-9 financial adopts a similar yet different environment which then plays cancellation that eliminates dropped to 56.1 points, based crisis as coronavirus lock- design from the previous gen- into the earphones ability to out every kind of disturbance, on a survey of 171 analysts, downs started to batter the erations, while also boasting automatically switch between which is perfect if you are on a from a 20-year high of 77.4 economy. a new iconic look with a wide noise cancellation modes, plane or train. points in September. But confidence improved range of smart features. an extra layer of noise cancel- sounds around you is techni- which steadily drives the Second is the Cozy Mode, The reading, the lowest from April onwards after the The latest Huawei Free- lation compared to Huawei cally ‘noise’, there can be im- acoustic components to gener- which helps you to stay fo- since May, fell well below ex- country emerged from the Buds Pro takes a different FreeBuds 3, showing Huawei portant information or even ate sound waves in reverse to cused by reducing noises pectations of 74 points this restrictions and the German approach in the design for is dedicated to provide an en- conversations that need to be eliminate the noise for com- from paper flipping, typing, month, according to a survey government rolled out large a more iconic and premium hanced noise cancellation ex- heard. This is what the intel- fortable listening. computers and conversations, by FactSet. fiscal stimulus, includinglook. The earphones’ stem perience. ligent dynamic active noise In addition to this, a dy- which is great for in an office “The recent sharp rise in short-time work schemes, to forms a recognisable square Boasting an intelligent cancellation mainly does, it namic perception system with environment. the number of Covid-19 cases cushion the economic blow. geometric shape, which is un- dynamic active noise cancel- identifies and isolates what is a built-in acceleration sensor Finally is the General Mode, has increased uncertainty However, after today’s like the rounded tube before. lation feature, the Huawei actual noise around you and and infrared sensor studies which greatly reduces the ambi- about future economic de- figures “the great euphoria It also adopts an in-ear design FreeBuds Pro doesn’t sim- eliminates it for a better audio the user, such as their wear- ent noises in the environment, velopment, as has the pros- witnessed in August and Sep- both for wearing comfort and ply cancel out all the noise experience. ing habits and postures, to allowing you to enjoy your con- pect of the UK leaving the EU tember seems to have evapo- noise cancellation. In-ear de- around you. This is because To pick up the sounds in the improve the accuracy of the tent comfortably in a noisy sce- without a trade deal,” ZEW rated”, Wambach said. sign is undoubtedly providing Huawei believes that not all environment, the Huawei Free- sound environment recogni- nario like a coffee shop. 12 Wednesday, October 14, 2020 Economy & Business

PANDEMIC HITS GLOBAL ECONOMY HARD China’s 2020 growth forecast doubled to 1.9%

AFP growth forecast for this year, Beijing according to the Fund. “While recovery in China China’s economy is expect- has been faster than expected to grow 1.9 percent this ed, the global economy’s long year, almost twice as much ascent back to pre-pandemic as previously forecast, the In- levels of activity remains ternational Monetary Fund prone to setbacks,” the IMF said Tuesday, tagging the su- said. perpower as the only major The body warned that the nation likely to expand in the world faced a “long, hard, face of the coronavirus. dire” path to post-pandemic However, it warned that recovery and slashed its an- with other countries and cru- nual forecasts further, pre- cial markets still struggling to dicting the global economy overcome the pandemic, the would shrink 5.2 percent, road ahead remained bumpy, compared with a 4.9 per- while a standoff with the US cent contraction predicted in on various issues posed a June. threat to the global recovery. The prolonged US-China After a record contraction trade war that has tipped into in the first three months because of unprecedented lockdowns and factory closures, the world’s number-two economy surged back to life in the second quarter. Officials essentially shut File photo of the World Bank headquarters and the IMF building in Washington. (AFP) down the economy soon after the disease began spreading at the start of the year -- forc- ing millions to stay at home and closing businesses. World GDP to drop 4.4% in But the moves, and strict containment measures to clamp down on later outbreaks, have helped spark a bounce back in the second After a record contraction in 2020, rise 5.2% in 2021: IMF half of the year. The economy expanded the first three months 3.2 percent in April-June, because of unprecedented The IMF called for continued lifelines including wage support, cash payments and credit lines for SMEs having shrunk 6.8 percent in lockdowns and factory clo- the previous quarter. sures, the world’s number- AFP The result “would have al growth next year would be “It is essential that fiscal flecting scars from the deep And in an update to its two economy surged back Washington been much weaker if it weren’t negative. and monetary policy support recession this year.” World Economic Outlook for sizable, swift and unprec- While most countries will are not prematurely with- Global growth is expected on Tuesday, the IMF said it to life in the second quarter The global economic crisis edented” response from gov- see their economies return to drawn,” Gopinath said in a to slow to 3.5 percent in the now sees annual growth of will not be quite as grim as ernments and central banks, pre-pandemic levels by 2022, blog post that accompanied medium term, a stunning $28 1.9 percent, compared with a bitter battle for global tech feared this year, but GDP will she said, again warning of the some like those in Latin Amer- the report. trillion in lost output in the its earlier prediction of one supremacy also threatened to still contract 4.4 percent and dangers of removing support ica will not see a recovery until The spread of Covid-19 re- five-year period through 2025 percent in June. undermine global recovery, the ongoing pandemic means too quickly. 2023, she told reporters. mains the critical factor in the compared to the pre-pandem- China’s exports have “re- IMF said. the outlook remains uncertain, The IMF upgraded the Countries like India, Spain recovery, she said, “and many ic expectations, according to covered from deep declines As part of a partial trade the International Monetary global GDP forecast for this and Italy will suffer double more millions of jobs are at the report. earlier in the year, supported truce signed in January, Bei- Fund (IMF) said on Tuesday. year by 0.8 percentage points, digit economic declines in risk the longer this crisis con- The World Bank said up by an earlier restart of activ- jing promised to import an Massive injections of gov- but trimmed the 2021 growth 2020, while Britain just miss- tinues.” to 150 million more people ity”, the IMF report said. additional $200 billion in ernment aid kept economies outlook to 5.2 percent. es that threshold with a 9.8 The IMF called for contin- may be pushed into extreme A “strong pickup in ex- American products over two from plunging further, but In the United States, the percent contraction, the IMF ued lifelines including wage poverty by 2021, the first time ternal demand for medical years, ranging from cars to growth in 2021 is expected to growth estimate saw a major said. support, cash payments and it has worsened in more than equipment and for equip- machinery and oil to farm be slightly slower than forecast upgrade after $3 trillion in Amid the widespread eco- credit lines for small and me- two decades, while the IMF ment to support the shift to products. in June and even weaker in the stimulus spending deployed nomic shutdowns, the rapid dium businesses until the re- warns the crisis will exacer- remote working”, also boost- But the pandemic has put next few years due to the last- in the early weeks of the pan- rollout of $12 trillion in gov- covery is underway, warning bate inequality, especially for ed exports. pressure on the agreement ing damage inflicted by Cov- demic. The economy is now ernment spending worldwide that removing them too soon women. Chinese customs au- and China’s purchases of id-19, the IMF said in its latest expected to decline 4.3 percent “helped saved lives and liveli- could lead to a wave of bank- World trade volume is also thorities on Tuesday said those goods has been lagging. World Economic Outlook. this year, and post growth of hoods and prevented a finan- ruptcies and push economies expected to collapse 10.4 per- exports jumped 9.9 percent The IMF warned that The recession was less se- 3.9 percent in 2021. cial catastrophe,” Gopinath back into recession. cent this year before rebound- on-year in September, ini- “tensions between the vere but still deep and “the China, where the virus said. In addition, poor coun- ing by 8.3 percent next year. tially spurred by worldwide world’s two largest econo- ascent out of this calamity is originated, has recovered fast- But the depth of the crisis, tries will need concessional The IMF called on govern- demand for Made-In-China mies remain elevated on nu- likely to be long, uneven, and er and will see growth of 1.9 which caused massive unem- financing as well as debt relief. ments to rethink their spend- personal protective equip- merous fronts” as Beijing and highly uncertain,” IMF chief percent this year, accelerating ployment as well as more than Even once the immedi- ing priorities and direct fund- ment but now widening to Washington also lock horns economist Gita Gopinath said to 8.2 percent next year, ac- a million deaths, means con- ate crisis has passed, the IMF ing to projects that will boost household appliances and over China’s treatment of in the report released ahead cording to the report. tinued support will be critical, warned that “most economies productivity, including green plastics. ethnic minorities in Xinjiang of the annual meetings of the However, Gopinath said especially in the face of “unu- will experience lasting dam- energy investments and edu- China is the only ma- and Beijing’s security clamp- IMF and World Bank. that if China is excluded, glob- sually large” risks. age to supply potential, re- cation. jor economy with a positive down in Hong Kong. Eurozone economy to collapse 8.3% in 2020 Indian economy

AFP With as yet no medical cent and France by 8.3 per- economy could be helped. sees record slump Brussels solution to the pandemic, the cent. It also noted the historic IMF warned that the economy Germany, the continent’s measures taken by the Eu- AFP lockdowns combined to deal The eurozone economy will would only expand by 5.2 per- export powerhouse, would Non-EU Britain would see ropean Central Bank, which New Delhi the country a severe blow. suffer a historic crash in 2020, cent in 2021, weaker than the see growth suffer by six per- its economy shrink by 9.8 have boosted the stock mar- In its latest report on the but not as badly as first ex- 6.0 percent predicted in June. cent this year, the IMF said, as percent in 2020, with a 5.9 kets and crucially kept the India’s economy will con- global economy, the IMF pected, IMF data showed on The data for this year was demand from Asia remained borrowing costs of massively- tract by a huge 10.3 percent forecasts that India’s gross Tuesday as it warned of a slow better than the EU’s own July sustained. percent recovery in 2021, indebted countries like Italy at this year because of the coro- domestic product will plunge recovery. forecast that said the eurozone Non-EU Britain would the fund said historic lows. navirus pandemic, the Inter- 10.3 percent this fiscal year The IMF said the eurozone economy would plunge by 8.7 see its economy shrink by 9.8 “These aggressive policy national Monetary Fund said ending on March 31, 2021, economy would contract by percent in 2020. percent in 2020, with a 5.9 countermeasures have played Tuesday, the biggest slump the biggest contraction since a staggering 8.3 percent this The European Union was percent recovery in 2021, the could have been worse and a vital role in supporting sen- of any major emerging na- the country became inde- year, a free fall not seen since far more optimistic for 2021, fund said. commended European coun- timent and preventing further tion and the worst since in- pendent in 1947. the 1930s Great Depression. seeing a 6.1 percent expan- It noted that a failure to tries for a spending bonanza amplification of the COVID-19 dependence. This represents a sharp However this was an im- sion, nearly a full point strong- forge a trade deal by Decem- to blunt the economic shocks shock through the financial Even before the pandem- downwards revision from the provement on the 10.2 percent er than the IMF’s forecast. ber 31 “would increase busi- of the pandemic. system,” the IMF said. ic, Asia’s third-largest econ- IMF’s previous prediction in drop predicted in June and In Europe, Spain would ness costs and could disrupt It singled out the EU’s 750 It also underlined that omy was struggling to gain June when it said output before the European economy suffer the most with GDP slid- long-standing cross-border billion euro recovery package strength of the euro, especially traction, and the hit to global would shrink 4.5 percent. stirred back into action over ing by 12.8 percent this year. production arrangements.” as the kind of measure that against the globally dominant activity from the virus and The IMF expects India to the summer months. Italy would crash by 10.6 per- The IMF said the situation sends the right signal that the dollar. one of the world’s strictest grow 8.8 percent next year.

EU can slap tariffs on $4 bn in US goods over Boeing aid, says WTO AFP manufacturers, the EU re- gets seen by AFP, the Euro- Body (DSB). er under international trade One industry source how- settlement. Geneva ceived the green light to im- pean Union is expected to im- Following Tuesday’s de- regulations. ever expects the WTO ruling “I have made it clear pose $3.99 billion in tariffs on pose tariffs on aircraft made cision, the EU must request Washington then im- to “open the door for negotia- that my strong preference is The World Trade Organisa- US goods and services. in the United States, along permission from the DSB to posed punitive tariffs of 25 tions”. for a negotiated settlement tion authorised on Tuesday The WTO determined that with tractors, sweet potatoes, apply the decision -- some- percent on EU products such Given the crisis the airline with the US, avoiding harm- the EU to impose steep retali- that amount was “commen- peanuts, frozen orange juice, thing it could do at the body’s as wine, cheese and olive oil. industry now finds itself in ful rounds of measures and atory tariffs over US aid for surate with the degree and tobacco, ketchup and Pacific next meeting on October 26, a The 10 percent tariff on Air- and the effect that is having countermeasures,” EU ex- Boeing, a year after permit- nature of the adverse effects salmon. week before the US presiden- bus planes was hiked to 15 on Airbus and Boeing, a long ecutive vice president Valdis ting Washington to sanction determined to exist” from The EU and the United tial election. percent in March. drawn-out battle in which tar- Dombrovskis said. Brussels for its support of US support for Boeing con- States accuse each other of Last year, the WTO au- While several EU leaders iffs raise the prices of aircraft Airbus echoed that call. Airbus. sidered to be in violation of having provided illegal state thorised a record $7.5 billion have been calling for impos- does not serve the interests of “It is time to find a solu- In the latest development international trade rules, ac- aid to their respective air- in US sanctions against Euro- ing the tariffs immediately if either the EU or the United tion now so that tariffs can be in the 16-year saga between cording to the 121-page arbi- craft manufacturers, and both pean goods and services over Washington does not agree to States. removed on both sides of the Washington and Brussels trator’s report. brought claims before the the bloc’s assistance to Air- drop its levies, few expect it to After the ruling the EU Atlantic,” said Airbus CEO over support for their aircraft According to a list of tar- WTO’s Dispute Settlement bus, also considered improp- do so. quickly called for negotiated Guillaume Faury. Southgate defends role of international football amid virus cases page 14 WEDNESday, OCTOBEr 14, 2020

Ooredoo Cup 2020-21 Ronaldo “is doing well, without symptoms, and Al Wakrah drub Duhail 3-1 is in isolation”. Tribune News Network Doha Portugal Football Federation in a Al Wakrah gained their sec- statement ond victory in the 2020-21 season Ooredoo Cup when they beat Al Duhail 3-1 in Round 3 (Group A) at the Al Duhail Stadium on Tuesday. Omar Ali (23rd and 68th Portugal’s forward Cristiano Ronaldo looks on during the Nations minutes) and Ousmane Couli- League match against France at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis, baly (64th minute) scored for outside Paris, on Sunday. (AFP) the winners. Abdulrahman Moustafa scored Al Duhail’s goal in the 29th minute. Ronaldo tests Al Wakrah moved on to seven points, while reigning QNB Stars League champions positive, misses Al Duhail have yet to open their account although they have one match in hand. Al Duhail’s game against Sweden match Al Sadd in Round 1 was postponed owing to both teams’ DPA/AFP force for Serie A says that Ron- campaigns in the 2020 AFC Berlin aldo must self-isolate for 10 days Champions League. The Red and then record a negative test Knights had lost 1-3 to Al Sail- Portugal captain Cristiano before he can resume playing. iya in Round 2. Al Wakrah players celebrate one of their three goals against Al Duhail during their Ooredoo Cup Round 3 Group A match played at the Al Duhail Ronaldo has tested positive for Ronaldo on Monday post- Al Wakrah, who had played Stadium on Tuesday. the coronavirus, the nation’s ed a picture of himself and the out a 1-1 draw with Qatar SC in football federation FPF said other Portugal players, all sit- Round 1, then beat Al Khor 2-1. goals to seal an important win. Cristian Ceballos hit the side- riguez (Dudu) skied the ball in the result. on Tuesday. ting close together, during a Al Duhail dominated the Omar opened the scoring netting the next minute. the 41st minute. Coulibaly headed in a A statement said that Ron- meal, with the caption on the ball in the first half where the by taking advantage of a faulty Al Duhail now took control Earlier, Al Wakrah’s Mo- chipped pass from former aldo “is doing well, without Twitter post translating into: teams were level at 1-1, but clearance by Ahmed Yasser. and drew level through Abdul- hamed Benyettou had come Al Duhail defender Lucas symptoms, and is in isolation,” “United on and off the field!” it was Al Wakrah who had Captain Isaias Sanchez set up rahman Moustafa, who pro- close on a couple of occasions. Mendes to make it 2-1 and without giving further infor- However, social distancing more chances. The Blue Wave Omar with the ball and the latter duced a neat finish off aL uis Al Wakrah were more Omar found the target a sec- mation on him. and face masks are not man- gained much ground after re- calmly volleyed the ball home. Martin through pass. determined in the second ond time off a pass from Ce- He was dropped from the datory within a team bubble. sumption and scored two more A surge by Al Wakrah saw Al Duhail’s Eduardo Rod- session and that reflected on ballos from near the goalline. squad for Wednesday’s Na- Neither Juve nor Ronaldo tions League match against have so far commented on the Sweden for the title holders positive test. and European champions. Ronaldo is not the first The FPF said that all other footballer to contract the Sars- players underwent new coro- CoV-2 virus, but among the Al Sailiya-Al Sadd in dramatic 4-4 draw navirus tests earlier on Tues- most famous ones. day which returned negative. Others include his Juven- As a result, they are avail- tus team-mate Paulo Dybala; Tiago Bezerra able for the game against the Paris Saint-Germain’s Ney- Swedes in Lisbon which is to mar, Kylian Mbappe, Angel di scores hat-trick go ahead as planned. Maria and Marquinhos; Paul for Al Sailiya The Portugal squad gath- Pogba of Manchester United ered last week and drew 0-0 and AC Milan’s Zlatan Ibrahi- Tribune News Network in a friendly with Spain and in movic. Doha the Nations League at world Ronaldo could also face champions France, with Ron- trouble in Italy because he was Al Sailiya and Al Sadd played aldo featuring in both games. among half a dozen Juventus out a dramatic 4-4 draw in their Portugal and France are joint players who left the team’s Round 3 Group A match at the top on seven points in Group quarantine - after two staffers Al Duhail Stadium on Tuesday. A3. tested positive - for national Striker Tiago Bezerra led Ronaldo, 35, will surely team duty. Al Sailiya’s charge with a hat- also miss upcoming matches Their departures could be trick (58th-min penalty, 74th of his Italian club Juventus af- an infringement of the FIGC and 78th-min-penalty). Mo- Action from the ter the positive test. safety protocol and of state hanad Ali was their other scor- Al Sailiya-Al Sadd Juve visit Crotone in the sanitary laws. er (72nd minute). Ooredoo Cup Round Serie A on Saturday, have their The international break Rami Sohail (13th min- 3 Group A match Champions League opener has been marked by a host ute), Nam Tae-Hee (19th-min played at the Al next week Tuesday at Dynamo of players contracting the vi- penalty), Yousef Abdulrazaq Duhail Stadium Kiev, and then face Barcelona rus as it continues its spread (47th minute) and substitute on Tuesday. with Ronaldo’s long-time ri- worldwide. Rodrigo Tabata (53rd minute) val Lionel Messi the following The Republic of Ireland scored for Al Sadd. week in the elite event. He can had five players ruled out just The total tally of eight only return to action after test- before their Nations League goals included three penalty ing negative again. draw with Wales after one conversions. against Al Duhail in Round dropped points this time too national duty. 0-4 by the 53rd minute. Ronaldo has scored 101 squad member tested positive Al Sailiya now have six 1 was postponed owing to after enjoying a 2-0 lead at the It was a thrilling comeback The sudden splurge in at- goals for Portugal and will be for the virus. points, while Al Sadd opened both teams’ campaigns in end of first half. by Al Sailiya in the second tack by Al Sailiya saw them a huge absence for his team Meanwhile Ukraine had to their account. the 2020 AFC Champions The Wolves, who won the half, which saw six goals being pump in three goals in the against Sweden as they aim draft in 45-year-old assistant Al Sailiya had lost their League, had lost 2-3 to Qatar 2019-20 season Ooredoo Cup scored in all. space of six minutes. to hold on to top spot in their coach Oleksandr Shovkovsky opener 1-5 to Al Khor, but de- SC in Round 2, after leading by beating Al Arabi 4-0 in the The Peregrines fought In the last match of the group. His contracting the dis- for last week’s friendly with feated Al Duhail 3-1 in Round 2. by two goals. final on 10th October, missed back into the game in extraor- day, Al Khor scored a 2-0 win ease is also a big blow for Ju- France as the virus swept Al Sadd, whose game Incidentally, Al Sadd many players owing to dinary fashion as they trailed over Qatar Sports Club. ventus, as the health protocol in through the squad. Liverpool star Keita among a dozen infected African stars

AFP the Gambia scheduled for without naming the players. from the squad after a 2-1 Wakaso from Chinese club Ji- Johannesburg Portugal as positive coronavi- Last week, goalkeeper Ali friendly international loss in angsu Suning. rus tests left them with insuf- Yirango, defenders Aboubacar Kenya last weekend. Ayew is a younger brother Liverpool midfielder Naby ficient players to form a team. Kouyate and Molla Wague and A national association of Andre Ayew from second- Keita is among more than a Apart from the health cri- midfielder Hamidou Traore spokesman said the defender tier English club Swansea, dozen African stars who have sis, players told reporters they were sidelined by Covid-19. had been axed for unspeci- who has been linked with tested positive for corona- had to share hotel rooms with Egypt: Zamalek clinched fied “technical reasons” days several Premier League sides, virus as teams play friendly three team-mates and bonus- 2nd place and relegated Haras after coach Milutin Sredojevic including Brighton and West internationals across Europe es for friendly internationals el Hodoud by winning a Egyp- warned that he would not tol- Bromwich Albion. to prepare for Cup of Nations were ditched without any con- tian Premier League between erate indiscipline. South Africa: The qualifying. sultation. the clubs 2-1 in Alexandria. Chongo returned to his 2020/2021 South African A spokesman for the na- Guinea came from behind The victory gave Zamalek club, Democratic Republic of season kicks off Saturday tional football federation con- last weekend to defeat Cape an unassailable four-point Congo champions TP Mazem- with quarter-final matches in firmed to AFP that Keita had Verde 2-1 in a warm-up for lead over Pyramids with one be, while Zambia travelled to a winners-take-all knockout contracted the virus and was back-to-back Cup of Nations Liverpool midfielder Naby Keita. round to go and doomed 16th- South Africa and pulled off a competition, the MTN 8. self isolating. qualifiers against Chad during place Haras to second division surprise 2-1 victory. While the competition A spate of positive tests November. gras (Giant Antelopes) was not Gabon. football next season. Ghana: Crystal Palace for- winners pocket eight million have forced two internationals Angola: Angola pulled out wasted as they will face Mo- Mali: Mali scrapped a Amr el Halawany gave ward Jordan Ayew has been rand ($485,000/410,000 scheduled for Tuesday – Guin- of a friendly match against zambique in another warm-up friendly against Iran in Turk- Haras an early lead, Mostafa named Ghana Footballer of euros), the other seven con- ea v Gambia and Mali v Iran – Guinea-Bissau in Portugal last fixture. ish Mediterranean resort Mohamed equalised midway the Year by the national sports tenders have to settle for an to be cancelled. weekend because they were Bottom-of-the-table An- Antalya after the number of through the second half and writers’ association. appearance fee. Although Ma- Here, AFP Sport rounds not satisfied with the meas- gola meet neighbours the players who tested positive for Mahmoud Hamdy scored the The 29-year-old son of melodi Sundowns have been up football news from around ures taken by the west Afri- Democratic Republic of Congo the coronavirus rose to six. 75th-minute winner. Ghana football legend Abe- the dominant domestic team Africa: cans to combat Covid-19. at home and away in Group D A Malian football federation Zambia: Mystery sur- di ‘Pele’ Ayew topped a poll for the past five seasons, the Guinea: Guinea had to call However, the journey to of the Cup of Nations, which spokesman said two cases were rounds the dumping of Zam- ahead of new Arsenal signing MTN 8 trophy has eluded the off a friendly match against Europe by the Palancas Ne- also includes the Gambia and detected on the eve of the match, bia captain Kabaso Chongo Thomas Partey and Mubarak star-stacked Pretoria outfit. 14 Wednesday, October 14, 2020 Sports Southgate defends international football amid virus cases

AFP said Southgate. ed an MBE for his work in the London “There is no reason interna- fight against child poverty. tional football should be a high- Rashford helped force a England manager Gareth The reality of the world at er risk. We are in a fortunate government U-turn over food Southgate has defended the the moment is we don’t position that the majority of vouchers for school children continuation of international know what the rules will be. our players are travelling from during the summer holidays football amid the coronavirus In this day and age you within England to get to us. and has joined forces with pandemic, despite a host of have to live form week to “We have Jadon (Sancho) major supermarkets to form positive tests during the cur- and Kieran (Trippier) who a taskforce to tackle the issue. rent international break. week. travel from abroad, but it’s However, the 22-year-old Cristiano Ronaldo became Gareth Southgate easier for us to get the group insists his hard work off the the most high-profile footballer together initially then we try to field is having no impact on yet to contract Covid-19 as the take the right precautions. We his performances for club and Portuguese football federation mark on Wednesday in the always followed the Premier country. “I have a team that announced its superstar captain last of three internationals League guidelines. To this work behind me and we make had tested positive on Tuesday. over the past week and are due point we’ve been fortunate.” sure we are all on the same Scotland and Ireland’s to face New Zealand, Belgium On the field, Southgate’s page,” said Rashford. plans for crucial Euro 2020 and Iceland next month. men have had a good week “At the moment I feel in a playoff matches were also dis- But Southgate is hoping with a 2-1 win over world num- good headspace I feel comfort- rupted by positive tests while the November international ber one-ranked Belgium in able doing both things. I feel others were forced into self- break will not be curtailed un- the Nations League and a 3-0 ready to train every day and isolation after being in close der pressure from clubs. friendly victory over Wales. play the games. If it was taking contact with teammates who “The reality of the world Marcus Rashford scored a toll, I would have to look at went on to test positive. at the moment is we don’t his side’s equaliser against Bel- a different way of doing things England have so far not know what the rules will be. gium to round off a special few and find a way to support the registered any positive cases. In this day and age you have England’s manager Gareth Southgate during the international friendly between England and Wales in days for the Manchester Unit- kids and keep my career going The Three Lions face Den- to live form week to week,” London last Thursday. (AFP) ed forward after he was award- in the right direction.” Nations League Local Organizing Germany fight back to draw 3-3 with Committee holds first Swiss; Spain crash 1-0 in Ukraine meeting in Dalian QNA Dalian (China) DPA Berlin The Local Organizing Com- mittee (LOC) of the AFC Asian Germany came from behind Cup China 2023 has held its twice to salvage a 3-3 draw first meeting in Dalian in Li- against Switzerland in the aoning province. Nations League while group In a special video mes- leaders Spain crashed 1-0 in sage to participants, the Asian Ukraine. Football Confederation (AFC) Poor defending saw the General Secretary, Dato Wind- Germans trail 2-0 from Mario sor John, said: “The last time Gavranovic and Remo Freuler the Peoples Republic of China vate youth interest in football after 26 minutes. Timo Werner hosted the AFC Asian Cup in and expand the youth football in the 29th and Kai Havertz 2004, it was staged in just four population in China PR. In the in the 55th made it 2-2, cities. At the time, Asias top 16 next phase, the local organizing Gavranovic’s second restored teams competed in 32 matches, committee will create opportu- Switzerland’s lead two minutes which is a stark difference to the nities for more young people later but Serge Gnabry’s back- 24 teams who will be competing to have close contact with the heeler on the hour gave the across 51 matches in 2023”. tournament in all host cities hosts a point in Cologne. “Adding to the challenge, through various channels and In Kiev, Spain dominated for the first time in the tourna- activities,” he added. most of the action but Ukraine ments history, we will be host- China PR was awarded the substitute Victor Tsygankov ing the competition across 10 hosting rights of the 2023 AFC fired the winner into the bot- cities so we can expect the AFC Asian Cup at the AFC Extraor- tom right corner for their first Asian Cup China 2023 to be dinary Congress in Paris on victory of the campaign. Spain our most demanding edition to June 4, 2019. Since then, the remained top in Group A4 date,” he added. AFC and LOC have confirmed despite their first defeat, on Meanwhile, LOC Execu- the 10 host cities for the AFC seven points, Germany and tive Chairman, Du Zhaocai, Asian Cup China 2023 which Ukraine have six each and the who is also the Vice Minister include Beijing, Tianjin, Shang- winless Swiss two. of the General Administration hai, Chongqing, Chengdu, Elsewhere, Montenegro of Sport of China and a mem- Xi’an, Dalian, Qingdao, Xiamen lost 2-1 against Luxembourg, Switzerland’s goalkeeper Yann Sommer fails to save the 3-3 goal during the UEFA Nations League match against Germany in Cologne on Tuesday. (AFP) ber of the FIFA Council, added: and Suzhou. the Faroes beat Andorra 2-0 “Since preparations started in while Liechtenstein and San nated the match but were de- are away to Switzerland on No- Tuesday, bringing the number and five technical staff have January this year, under the Marino drew 0-0. nied by Georgi Bushchan in vember 14 and home to Ger- of infected players and tech- all tested positive. The team guidance of the AFC, we have dpa bag Ukraine stun the Ukraine goal. Against the many three days later. nical staff to nine. “All those is preparing for a Nations achieved great progress despite Options for Spain with late winner in Na- run of play substitute Viktor infected were isolated and League match against Israel the COVID-19 pandemic, as tions League Barcelona (dpa) Tsygankov then raced away to Slovakia coach entered the mandatory ten- on Wednesday in Trnava. “All the design schemes of nine sta- Euro 2020 - Ukraine stunned Spain 1-0 at get the winner on 76 minutes. contracts virus day quarantine,” SFZ said in a members of the team comply diums have been confirmed by the Olympic stadium in Kiev The win leaves Spain on Slovakia’s football team coach statement on its website. with all hygiene measures as the AFC”. finals being on Tuesday night in the Na- seven points in Nations League Pavel Hapal has tested posi- Hapal, players Milan ordered by the Public Health “The AFC Asian Cup is tions League. Group A4 with two games left tive for COVID-19, the Slovak Skriniar and Jaroslav Miha- Office of the SlovakR epublic, the top football event in Asia. considered: Luis Enrique’s side domi- to play. Spain’s final two games Football Association said on lik, the team’s spokesperson but also UEFA,” SFZ said. Its great influence can culti- Ceferin AFP New Paris Saint-Germain Berlin German Cup minnows aim to UEFA president Aleksander kit now available at Villaggio Ceferin says he is optimistic that the Euro 2020 finals, postponed until 2021, can be Tribune News Network do better against Bayern played with fans in stadiums Doha across Europe next June, but AFP navirus pandemic. admits several scenarios are The new Paris Saint-Ger- Berlin “If we keep the scores to being explored due to the cor- main Third Kit 2020/21 is zero as long as possible and onavirus pandemic. now available at the PSG Minnows FC Dueren say their Bayern underestimate us a “For the moment, we are Store at Villaggio mall. aim for Thursday’s re-arranged bit...,” said Dueren midfielder planning the Euro exactly The third kit that follows German Cup, first-round clash Adis Omerbasic optimistically. as we want it to be,” Ceferin the first two home and away at Bayern Munich is simply to The 25-year-old played in told German broadcaster jerseys that paid historical do better than Barcelona and the same Schalke youth team ARD when asked about fans homage to the original club Schalke by not conceding eight as Bayern’s Germany winger attending games at 12 host jersey, also highlights the goals or more against the Euro- Leroy Sane. stadiums despite numbers of burgundy color alongside pean champions. However, with his team- Covid-19 positive test cases black and white accents on With the majority of the mates dreaming about one of rising across Europe. the shoulders and sleeves. Bayern squad returning from the biggest upsets in German “Of course, I would have The jersey also features gold international duty, head Bayern Munich’s new Cameroon forward Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting Cup history, he acknowl- told you in February that accents on the logo, a nod to coach Hansi Flick is set to (centre) greets as he runs with his teammates new French defender edged “Bayern take every the Euro would take place the club’s 50th anniversary and timeless colors that have name essentially a B-team for Bouna Sarr (left), new Spain midfielder Marc Roca (2nd right) and game seriously”. as normal with full stadiums and stripes. proven their worth since the Thursday’s cup match behind Bayern Munich’s new Portuguese midfielder Tiago Dantas during an He scored the winning goal this summer, but everything This new collab between 90s, from basketball courts closed doors. individual trainings session at the club trainings ground. (AFP) in August’s regional Mittelr- changed within a month. Jordan and Paris Saint-Ger- to football pitches and cat- A quartet of new signings hein cup final against former “If you had asked me in main which was such a hit walks in New York, London, - defender Bouna Sarr, striker finals in Lisbon and the 8-0 burg in successive weeks in the Bundesliga club Alemannia February if I was prepared for worldwide, offers a fourth Milan or Paris. Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting, demolition handed to Schalke Champions League. Aachen, the day after he signed a pandemic that would stop collection that is out now. The new design was tak- midfielder Marc Roca and on the opening day of the Bun- First up is Dueren, founded for Dueren, to qualify for the the world, I would have said The collection includes a en from Jordan Brand’s ar- winger Douglas Costa - are set desliga season. in 2017 following a clubs merg- German Cup. you were crazy. But now we’re complete range of clothing chives and echoes the color of to start against Dueren, who The cup match was post- er, who have hired a luxury Dueren’s head coach Gi- well prepared. We’re smarter for men, women and kids, Air Jordan VII, first worn on play in the fifth tier of the Ger- poned in mid-September to coach - the same model used to useppe Brunetto appreciates and stronger than last year as with different items includ- the court by Michael Jordan man league system. allow Bayern extra time to transfer Bayern’s star-studded this is the club’s “game of our we now know that anything ing the 2020-21 Paris Saint- at the 1992 All Star Game and “We want to be better recover from winning the squad - for the 600km (372mi) lives”, describing the Allianz can happen.” Germain third kit, The Air the brand’s first pair to fea- than Schalke and Barcelona,” Champions League final on journey from North Rhine- Arena as a “football temple”. However as a precaution, Jordan IV, and a variety of ture this historic color, used grinned Dueren’s club manager August 23. Westphalia. “Of course, we have a the Slovenian UEFA chief said lifestyle collection. consistently ever since. Wolfgang Spelthahn. However, it starts a tough The minnows have yielded plan and want to get off to a European football’s govern- The burgundy, black, The collection is now He was referring to the 8-2 run of eight games in 23 days home advantage and opted for good start, but we won’t pre- ing body is “well prepared” to white and gold featured by available for residents of battering Bayern dealt Lionel for Bayern, including facing the chance to run out at the Al- pare like any normal game use different scenarios for the Jordan Brand and Paris Qatar in Villaggio mall at Messi-led Barcelona in the Atletico Madrid, Lokomotiv lianz Arena, albeit in front of and just want to enjoy it,” finals,postponed until June Saint-Germain are warm PSG Store. Champions League quarter- Moscow and Red Bull Salz- empty terraces due to the coro- admitted Brunetto. 11-July 11 2021. Sports Wednesday, October 14, 2020 15 Alonso returns to F1 in run out for Renault AFP lona circuit, at the wheel of a “It felt amazing to be able Paris Benetton, the team based in to drive these cars after two Enstone in England which be- years and feel the speed again, Fernando Alonso drove a It was really very special came Renault in 2000. how everything comes so fast, Formula 1 car for the first time for me to get back into an He scored two of his 32 F1 corner after corner, the perfor- in nearly a year and a half on F1 car. It was a good victories in the Spanish Grand mance under braking and all Tuesday in Barcelona. Prix, in 2006 and 2013, and the things a Formula 1 car has The double F1 champion opportunity for me to feel had five further podium fin- to offer. To feel it once again was at the wheel of a Renault, the car. Getting back to the ishes on the track. felt nice.” the team he won his two titles speed of an F1 car is not “It made it special to be He agreed in July to rejoin with and who he will drive for easy, but I felt that I was back in Barcelona,” he said in Renault next season when the next season. improving lap after lap. a team press release. team will compete as Alpine, He drove the Renault be- “I remember the year the French manufacturer’s ing used this season by the Fernando Alonso in an 2000, I drove the Benetton sports car brand. man he replaces, Australian Instagram live broadcast. here with the Enstone guys. “I’m comfortable here with Daniel Ricciardo, who ended Now, in 2020, it’s with Re- Renault,” he said. “Everything the team’s nine-year podium nault, so it’s a special track is a bit easier when you know drought on Sunday when he car”, he said in an Instagram and I have lots of good the faces and the team”. was third in the Eifel Grand live broadcast. memories here. It’s a track I Since leaving F1, Alonso Prix, and Frenchman Este- “It was a good opportu- know very well, so it’s been a has won the Le Mans 24 Hours ban Ocon. nity for me to feel the car,” good day.” twice as well as the endurance The Spaniard, who won his he said. “Getting back to the Alonso had not been in world championship title, all titles in 2005 and 2006 with speed of an F1 car is not easy, an F1 car since a test ses- with Toyota. Renault, was limited to 100km but I felt that I was improving sion for McLaren in Bahrain This year he competed in under the testing rules in a lap after lap.” in April 2019 and had not the Dakar rally, finishing 13th, session officially being used to Alonso’s return to an F1 raced one since the 2018 and drove for a second time in make a promotional film. racing car came on the 20th Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, also the Indianapolis 500 finish- “It was really very special anniversary of his first laps in with McLaren, at the end of ing 21st. He retired in his first for me to get back into an F1 the class, on the same Barce- his 17th season. Indy appearance in 2017. Double Formula One champion Fernando Alonso after his drive in Barcelona on Tuesday.

IPL Qatar to host 2021 GCC Watson, bowlers propel Chennai Aquatics Championships QNA Muscat to crucial win with new approach The Gulf Cooperation Coun- cil (GCC) Swimming organ- Agencies The bowling led by West izing committee decided to Dubai Indies quick Dwayne Bravo, delay tournaments scheduled who returned figures of 2-25 for 2020 to 2021, as a result Shane Watson’s 42 and dis- from his three overs. the State of Qatar will host the ciplined bowling helped Chen- Three-time IPL winners 28th aquatics championships nai Super Kings bounce back Chennai moved level with next August. from two losses to beat Sun- Hyderabad on six points from The committee indicated risers Hyderabad by 20 runs eight games after their third that the 16th swimming cham- in the Indian Premier League win in a tough first half of the pionship in the short course on Tuesday. Twenty20 tournament in the will be held next February, pro- minutes of the previous meeting Sam Curran’s tone-setting United Arab Emirates. vided that the 18th open water number 65 which was held on 21-ball 31 at the top high- England all-rounder Sam swimming championship will September 7th 2019. The com- lighted the Chennai Super Curran contributed with 31 be held in October 2021. mittee also discussed its pro- Kings’ daring, new approach runs after opening the batting The GCC Swimming or- gram and activities for the year with the bat as they put up and then returned figures of ganizing committee had held 2021, as it was agreed to transfer 167 for 6. 1-18 from his three overs of a meeting through visual com- the tournaments scheduled for After Curran completed left-arm pace bowling. munication headed by Chair- 2020 to be held in 2021. the double duty – taking the Ravindra Jadeja scored man of Oman Swimming As- Furthermore, during the prized scalp of David Warn- 25 not out off 10 balls in a sociation (OSA) and Chairman meeting, letters received by er in the powerplay – the crucial cameo and then re- of the Arab Swimming Taha the committee from the Gen- Super Kings’ slower bowlers turned to take the key wicket bin Sulaiman Al Kashari with eral Secretariat and the mem- took over, smothering the of England’s Jonny Bairstow, the participation of members ber Gulf federations were re- Sunrisers Hyderabad to to bowled for 23, with his left- of the committee, includ- viewed, and Muhammad Al 147 for eight. arm spin. ing Secretary General of the Sahili, in charge of the work Kane Williamson (57 off Swimming Federation Talal of the technical expert at the 39 deliveries) manipulated The Chenni Super Kings players celebrate the fall of a wicket during their match against Sunrisers Hy- Scores: Chennai Super Kings Mubarak Al Darwish. Oman Swimming Association, the field and Rashid Khan derabad in Dubai on Tuesday. 167 for 6 (Watson 42, Ray- The meeting discussed sev- was chosen to be the technical gave the Super Kings a late udu 41, Sandeep 2-19) beat eral topics on the agenda where coordinator for the organizing scare with 14 off eight balls, off the last two overs, sealing Watson, who came in at Ambati Rayudu, who made 41, Sunrisers Hyderabad 147 for the participants ratified the committee. but Shardul Thakur and the Super Kings’ third victory number three, put on a key to guide Mahendra Singh Dho- 8 (Williamson 57, Bravo 2-25, Dwayne Bravo defended 26 in eight games. third-wicket stand of 81 with ni-led Chennai to a good total. Karn 2-37) by 20 runs. In-form Hassan to miss Five things: The surprises & new names world half-marathon AFP Dropped catches: A num- Dubai ber of dropped catches by top championships fielders in this year’s tour- Halfway through the 2020 nament have shocked many AFP Indian Premier League, exiled at the IPL. Virat Kohli and Paris to the United Arab Emirates Ravindra Jedja are among the because of the coronavirus elite to have let routine catch- In-form Dutch runner pandemic, it is already increases go to ground. The prob- Sifan Hassan will miss Sat- ingly likely that a new name lem venue has been Dubai’s urday’s World Athletics Half- will go on the winner’s trophy. stadium which has a “ring of Marathon Championships Here AFP takes a look at fire” circular lighting system in Gdynia, Poland, after an- five things that stood out in the instead of the regular tall tow- nouncing that she had ended first half of the world’s richest ers of floodlights. According to her season early. cricket tournament including players, the ball gets lost in the Hassan, who is the world the upstart challenge from the black sky and is misjudged by record holder for both the 5km Delhi Capitals and Royal Chal- fielders. “The players are not road race and the mile, both lengers Bangalore. used to playing under such set in 2019, set another world Kohli’s hunt for first title lights, maybe the trajectory record in this coronavirus- Netherlands’s Sifan Hassan. in search of their first IPL title: comes in the way,” Dhoni said affected season, setting a new India captain Virat Kohli has after one game at the venue. best for the one hour run in cus for next year. led Royal Challengers Banga- Brussels in September. “I want to make sure I will lore to their best start to a cam- Fake noise: Known for “It has been a tough year, be in top shape physically and paign with five wins from sev- its packed stadiums and rau- the uncertainty of competi- mentally next year at the Olym- en games. “King” Kohli found cous crowds, the IPL has been tions going ahead was always pic Games.” Hassan said her form with a half-century in his forced by the coronavirus into part of my training regime,” performances this season had team’s win over Rajasthan on exile in empty stadiums in said the Ethiopian-born Has- given her “good faith that I am October 3. Bottom of the table Virat Kohli (centre) has led Royal Challengers Bangalore to their best start to an IPL campaign with five United Arab Emirates. As with san, who also smashed Paula able to reach my highest po- last year, Bangalore are now wins from seven games. European football leagues, or- Ratcliffe’s long-standing Eu- tential, also in uncertain times. level with leaders Mumbai ganisers have turned to fake ropean record for the women’s Therefore I look forward to next Indians and Delhi Capitals on making a claim for national at- duo of Shivam Mavi, 21, and old Dhoni, once known for crowd chants and video re- 10,000m on Saturday. year with a lot of confidence”. 10 points. South African vet- tention in the IPL. Kohli called Kamlesh Nagarkoti, 20, have finishing off games, has failed cordings of cheerleaders to “To focus and push your- Hassan, one of the world’s eran AB De Villiers, who hit an the 20-year-old Padikkal a also made their presence felt to fire in the middle overs with keep TV viewers happy. Social self every day in training is most gifted athletes over a explosive 73 in Monday’s win “serious talent” before the left- taking nine wickets between Chennai in five of their seven media has been divided over difficult, especially when you wide-range of events, holds over Kolkata Knight Riders, hander hit three half-centuries them. games and they are now in the the canned noise but the tour- don’t know if it will be possi- the European record for the has played a key role. Kohli in seven games. Bishnoi, 20, unfamiliar position of seventh nament is still attracting view- ble to deliver performances in half-marathon, having timed hailed the South African as has caught the eye with his leg Dhoni slump: Mahendra in the eight-team table. ers. The stadium was empty a competition environment.” 1hr 05min 15sec in Copenha- “super-human”. spin for King’s XI Punjab and Singh Dhoni has been one of “IPL commentators are but a record 200 million Hassan, who was coached by gen in 2018. Indian youngsters: New his eight wickets so far have IPL’s most successful skip- maintaining the fiction that people watched on screens the now-banned Alberto Sa- The meeting in Hengelo in Indian player including Ban- included England’s Eoin Mor- pers, leading Chennai Super the wicket of Dhoni is still a at home as reigning cham- lazar, added: “The season was the Netherlands had seen the galore opener Devdutt Padik- gan and Jonny Bairstow, and Kings to three titles. But Dho- huge one,” Wisden Almanack pions Mumbai Indians beat short, but the lead up to it was 27-year-old, who was born in kal and Kings XI Punjab spin- Australian star David Warner. ni and the Super Kings are in a editor Lawrence Booth wrote Chennai Super Kings in the long. Therefore I decided to Ethiopia, win the 10,000m ner Ravi Bishnoi have been Kolkata Knight Riders pace slump this year. The 39-year- on Twitter. opening game. give myself some rest and fo- race in 29:36.67 minutes. 16 Wednesday, October 14, 2020 The Last Word QU-Health, HMC collaborate to boost healthcare professionals’ research skills

Tribune News Network recent published evidence that portant that they can recog- ment of their peers, we must Doha is applicable to their practice nise this and not be misled.” recognize QU-Health CPD and in delivering care. Dr Badriyeh added, “I felt HMC for bringing us together EXPERTS from Qatar Uni- QU-H CPD Coordina- that this session met the learn- for this series.” versity-Health (QU-H) and tor Dr Zachariah Nazar said, ing objectives and I was very Participants from all Hamad Medical Corporation “Healthcare professionals pleased with the high-level of healthcare sectors in Qatar (HMC) have collaborated to are required to keep their interaction with the partici- joined the live interactive we- design and deliver a compre- skills and knowledge up-to- pants” binar, which was streamed hensive Continuing Profes- date with the latest and best Prof Marcus Lance, head live on YouTube to an interna- sional Development (CPD) evidence to support their pa- of Research, Department of tional audience for free. This research series aimed at en- tients. This interactive session Anesthesiology at HMC and CPD series was co-designed hancing the confidence and provided participants with Myriam ElJaam, teaching as- by QU-Health and HMC fol- competence of healthcare pro- practical examples of how sistant at the College of Phar- lowing strategic meetings fessionals in the area of con- this skill can be applied to the macy, QU-Health, also pre- to discuss the learning and ducting research. relevant areas of practice, for sented in this session. Prof training needs of healthcare The second of the six-part example emerging evidence Marcus recognised the enthu- professionals in Qatar. More interactive webinar series published around COVID-19.” siasm of the participants and CPD series have been planned welcomed participants from Among other topics, the commended QU-Health and in the coming months, which Qatar and abroad to discuss session briefed participants HMC for leading this initia- will see further collaboration the skills required to search on potential sources of bias in A snapshot from the second of the six-part interactive webinar series. tive, saying, “Such initiatives between the two institutions and interpret the published published research, the pro- make so much sense. In Qatar, in efforts to implement their literature. This essential com- cess of performing a robust related questions. of Pharmacy, QU-Health. He There is research that is pub- we have a great pool of highly shared commitment to sup- ponent of conducting research literature review and the how The session was led by Dr said, “It is a critical time for lished that may be biased and qualified and knowledgeable porting the optimisation of helps healthcare professionals the literature can be searched Daoud Al Badriyeh, associ- healthcare professionals to contain inaccurate conclu- professionals who are keen healthcare provision in Qatar identify relevant and the most to help in answering practice ate professor at the College develop their research skills. sions, and therefore it is im- to contribute to the develop- and beyond. Precision medicine can improve Demand for WCM-Q online population treatment and reduce healthcare health courses soars cost, says US Congressman at QF during pandemic Tribune News Network Qatar described as ‘essential partner’ of the US at Congressional delegation’s visit to Education City Doha The shift to fully online courses led to a surge in demand Tribune News Network Demand for online population from healthcare professionals Doha health courses offered by the Insti- across Qatar and the wider tute for Population Health (IPH) region seeking to learn more A member of the US Congress has at Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar about population health dur- stressed the importance of advanc- (WCM-Q) has soared during the ing precision medicine for the health COVID-19 pandemic, according to ing the pandemic of future generations as he and two senior faculty at the college. fellow American politicians visited The courses, previously offered population health experts, physi- Qatar Foundation. in-person on WCM-Q campus in cians, lifestyle medicine practition- The congressional delegation Education City, were transitioned to ers, researchers and administra- welcomed to Education City includ- online platforms when physical dis- tors who collaborate with local ed Representative Eric Swalwell, tancing measures were introduced and global partners to develop and who represents California’s 15th to limit the spread of the coronavi- implement evidence-based pro- congressional district; Seth Moulton rus (COVID-19). The shift to fully grammes and activities with a view from Massachusetts’s 6th District online courses led to a surge in de- to promote the overall health of the and Congressman Jim Himes, Dem- mand from healthcare professionals people in Qatar, the Middle East ocrat from Connecticut’s 4th Dis- across Qatar and the wider region and beyond. trict. seeking to learn more about popula- In addition to providing learn- Congressmen Swalwell and tion health during the pandemic. ing opportunities, the IPH publish- Moulton ran in the 2019 Demo- The past five online courses of- es research on population health cratic presidential primaries, but fered by the IPH covered a diverse topics in peer-reviewed journals, withdrew before former Vice-Presi- range of subjects and competencies: runs health information sessions dent Joe Biden accepted the party’s a two-day introductory workshop at community events, local schools nomination. on systematic reviews; two work- and corporate offices, and offers Representative Swalwell is lead- US Congressmen visit QF. shops on mastering emotional in- global health learning opportunities ing a bipartisan effort in the US telligence; a Certificate in Lifestyle to both WCM-Q and international Congress to advance precision med- US Congress and the public about Medicine course; and a workshop medical students, among many oth- icine, which is a primary area of Qa- the benefits of earlier detection, tar- on cultural competence in health- er initiatives. tar Foundation’s research focus. geted treatment and improved pre- care. All five activities were fully Dr Ravinder Mamtani, vice dean He said, “I think our future can vention strategies in personalised subscribed shortly after the dates for Student Affairs-Admissions, be determined by what we know at medicine. were announced. Population Health and Lifestyle birth. Precision medicine can dras- Speaking during the visit, Con- Dr Sohaila Cheema, assistant Medicine, said: “Our activities are tically improve treatment and dra- gressman Moulton said, “The bilat- dean for the IPH, said: “We have in- designed to give healthcare profes- matically bring down the cost of eral relationship between Qatar and vested much time and effort in tran- sionals and educators opportunities health care. Personalised medicine the United States has great potential sitioning to online education with to develop competencies in a wide can target treatments to only those and I expect the friendship between the purpose of sustaining optimum range of fields related to population patients who will benefit from them the two countries to grow in the fu- learning and learner engagement, health, as well as providing a forum and eliminate the need for costly ture.” Relations between the US and while maintaining the high quality for exchange of ideas and new col- hospitalisations, making health sys- Qatar are also of great interest to of the courses. The interest from lo- laborations. Population health has tems more effective and efficient. I Congressman Himes, who is an ad- cal and regional healthcare profes- never been so important, and we am trying to push through legisla- vocate for early childhood education sionals for our online activities since are therefore extremely gratified tion in the US Congress that would and the environment. has been phenomenal, with more that our activities are thriving in the assure that every child will have ac- “Qatar is an essential partner for than 110 people participating in the online space during the COVID-19 cess to their genetic profile. effectively.” or contribute to certain diseases or the United States,” he said. “It’s also last five events. We are happy that pandemic.” “Qatar’s focus on precision Precision medicine is a rapidly predict whether certain patients will a model for reform in the Arab world our online education initiatives will For more information about medicine is prescient. As genomic evolving field in which physicians respond to various treatments. and a leader in women’s rights. Qa- help health professionals use the the programmes and activities of sequencing becomes less expensive, use medical interventions to assess Congressman Swalwell leads tar is a lynchpin in the Middle East lockdown period to gain new skills the IPH at WCM-Q, visit: https:// opportunities increase to diagnose or alter the molecular character- the Personalszed Medicine Coali- and provides a bridge between the and knowledge.” qatar-weill.cornell.edu/institute- patients sooner and treat them more istics – often genetic – that cause tion (PMC) which is educating the Islamic world and the West.” The IPH is staffed by a team of for-population-health/

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