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Trump urged Biden probe Youth empowerment award winners honoured Washington, DC Manama The laureates expressed deep- responsible leadership skill and est thanks to HM the King, hail- give them the opportunity to he Trump administra- is Majesty King Hamad ing the royal initiative to support participate in decision-making Ttion has released details bin Isa Al Khalifa yester- global youth, which provided for positive development to be of a phone conversation in Hday received, at Al Sakh- them the opportunity to show- achieved. July that has triggered a ir Palace, HM the King’s Repre- case their creations and inno- His Majesty congratulated the US impeachment inquiry sentative for Charity Works and vative ideas towards achieving institutions and individuals who against the president. Youth Affairs, Supreme Council sustainable development goals. were declared award winners, According to the notes, for Youth and Sports (SCYS) His Addressing the ceremony, HM hailing their tremendous and Donald Trump asked the Highness Shaikh Nasser bin the King said that the allocation influential efforts to achieve Ukrainian leader to look Hamad Al Khalifa, who intro- of the award aims to celebrate the sustainable development into corruption claims in- duced the winners of the second youth efforts all over the world, goals which represent the cor- volving the son of Joe Bid- King Hamad Youth Empower- encourage them to contribute nerstone of the international en, Mr Trump’s possible ment Award to Achieve the Sus- to the development of their so- agenda. rival in next year’s presi- tainable Development Goals. cieties and the future of their HM the King commended the dential election. HM the King congratulated countries for security, peace cadres working with the Min- Concerns about the call the award winners, hailing their and prosperity to prevail in the istry of Youth and Sports and His Majesty honours an award winner in the presence of HH Shaikh Nasser. were initially raised by a dedicated efforts to empower world. hailed their dedicated efforts, whistleblower. youth who play a pivotal role in His Majesty stressed the vi- role in the future of nations, HM the King underlined the looking forward to their propos- The Democrats accused building nations and developing tal importance of empowering highlighting Bahrain’s national need to engage youth in na - als to reach out to more youth Mr Trump of seeking for- societies. youth who play an influential strides in this regard. tion-building and hone their and ensure their empowerment. eign help to smear a rival. Under the US constitu- tion, a president can be im- peached for “treason, brib- ery, or other high crimes and misdemeanours” - a procedure that can lead to removal from office. A flight

DON’T MISS IT to Arab GITEX 2019 special offers at 02 Gulf Court Hotel Business Bay glory Bahraini drugs Soyuz spacecraft carrying UAE smuggler ISS crew members of the US, of Russia and Hazza Al Mansouri of the UAE walk to the launchpad 03 executed in at the . astronaut Hazzaa docks with ISS Saudi Arabia the first Emirati in space and the completed the first of four orbits Hubby ‘steals It was a flawless launch first Arab astronaut to travel to in its journey. BD10,000 from • the International Space Station. “It’s a great moment for the that ended nine minutes After months of gruelling whole country, for the whole 04 wife to travel later when the engines training, AlMansoori - a 35-year- Arab region,” his teammate with girlfriend’ of the third stage cut, old former military pilot - blast- and reserve astronaut Sultan putting Hazza into orbit. ed off from the Baikonur Cos- Al Neyadi told The National in modrome in in a Baikonur. 210 fils (includes VAT) Russian Soyuz-MS 15 spacecraft. “He’s there for a mission, to Baikonour, Kazakhstan Rising on a column of fire and raise the UAE flag on board the smoke, the UAE’s first astronaut station and achieve Zayed’s am- ajor Hazzaa AlMan- headed to the International bition, our late leader. soori made history Space Station and a new chap- “After eight days I’ll be look- Myesterday by becoming ter in the country’s history last ing forward to seeing him back night. on Earth. I can’t wait to see him.” At exactly 5.57pm UAE time, all Maj Al Mansouri’s day had 20 main engines of the Soyuz- begun almost 12 hours earlier FG rocket ignited to deliver one with a farewell to his wife and million pounds of thrust and four children at the Cosmonaut lift mission MS-15 clear of the The Soyuz MS-15 rocket carrying three crew members of the International Space Hotel in Baikonur City. launch pad at Russia’s Baikonur Station (ISS) blasts off to the ISS. It was a short walk to the wait- Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. be seen descending. ing bus where his children cap- A huge ball of orange flame It was a flawless launch that tured the hearts of the crowd as erupted from the launch pad and ended nine minutes later when they pressed their hands to their grew in size as a wall of sound the engines of the third stage father’s through the glass win- washed over the stunned spec- cut, putting Hazza into orbit dow. Crew members have been tators. and on his way for a rendezvous in quarantine for two weeks to The rocket rose quickly, a with the space station nearly six 4,000 avoid sickness. Emiratis had applied to fireball against the dusk. As it hours later. take part in the UAE’s It was then a 30-minute drive climbed through the clouds it On the ground, spectators first space mission. to the launch centre surrounded illuminated them with light, erupted with spontaneous ap- by the empty desert scrub of leaving a trail of smoke curving plause. Kazakhstan. behind it. In the process, the air force Ground staff helped them into Even 40 kilometres up, the pilot became the first Emirati to their space suits, attaching the path of Soyuz was visible from pass the 100km Karmen line that Below him, the blue and white helmets and fitting their gloves. the ground, As the boosters shut marks the official edge of space, of our planet passed silently, Maj Al Mansouri opted to keep down and separated, four dis- and to experience the weight- with the Sun rising and setting his wedding ring on as the gloves tinct trails of white smoke could lessness of zero gravity. every 90 minutes as the craft were fitted.