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FAther AmIr oFFerS condolenceS to SultAn oF omAn Shura reviews steps to reduce road accidents Council refers draft law on entry, exit of expats to panel

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The Shura Council has dis- cussed a draft law amending The Father Amir HH Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al Thani offered condolences to HM Sultan Haitham bin Tariq bin Taimur of the Sultanate some provisions of Law No of Oman on the death of Sultan Qaboos bin Said bin Taimur at Al Alam Palace in Muscat on Monday. The Father Amir also offered 21 of 2015 regulating entry, condolences to the members of the royal family, senior officials and dignitaries, praying to the Almighty Allah to have mercy on the soul exit and residence of expatri- of Sultan Qaboos and to rest it in paradise, and to grant patience and solace to his family. The Father Amir arrived in Oman earlier on ates. The council referred the Monday, where he was greeted by HH Sayyid Fatik bin Fahar al Said, Ambassador of Qatar in Oman HE Sheikh Jassim bin Abdulrahman draft law to the Internal and al Thani, and members of the Qatari embassy. The Father Amir left Muscat after offering condolences. (QNA) PAGE 2 external Affairs Committee for study and to report on it to the council. At its weekly meeting on Monday under the chairman- ship of Speaker he Ahmed bin Abdullah bin Zaid al Mahmoud, the Shura Coun- Iran dailies highlight cil reviewed the memo of the The Shura Council meeting is in progress on Monday. General Secretariat of the Council of Ministers (Cabi- in place an integrated plan to of the Shura Council related to net) regarding the measures develop the Sealine area, im- a draft law on the concession importance of Amir’s taken by the Council of Min- prove the level of traffic safety granted to Qatar Fuel Com- QFC records isters on the Shura Council’s in it and reduce risks of acci- pany (Woqod) for marketing, recommendations related to dents there, while studying the selling, transporting, and dis- 33% growth traffic accidents in Qatar. requirements and the means tributing gas and petroleum Upon the recommenda- necessary to achieve this. products. in 2019 visit, bilateral ties tions of the Shura Council, The committee will sub- The recommendation in- the Cabinet decided to form mit a report and will give its cluded the necessity of unify- The Qatar Financial Centre QNA the paper added. important decisions about a committee headed by a rep- recommendations to the Min- ing standard specifications to (QFC), one of the world’s lead- Tehran Iran’s Financial Tribune boosting bilateral ties, includ- resentative from the Ministry ister of Interior to present the obtain a fuel station licence at ing and fastest growing on- daily said the Amir’s visit to ing the establishment of a joint of Interior with membership report before the Council of the end of the concession pe- shore business and financial IrANIAN english-language Iran came at a difficult time commission to convene annu- of representatives from the Ministers. riod. centres, ended the year on newspapers have highlighted the region is going through, ally, the paper underlined. National Tourism Council, The Shura Council also re- The Shura Council thanked a high note with an unprec- the Amir hh Sheikh Tamim adding that the countries of Financial Tribune also re- the Ministry of Transport and viewed the General Secretariat and appreciated the govern- edented growth of 33 percent bin hamad al Thani’s official the region should make great ferred to the Amir’s statements Communications, the Public of the Council of Ministers’ ment for interest and response in 2019. The number of firms visit to Iran, and the important efforts to reduce current ten- which affirmed that de-escala- Works Authority and Qatar memo regarding the measures to its recommendations and set up to operate out of the talks the Amir held with Irani- sions. tion and dialogue are needed Petroleum. taken by the Council of Minis- appreciated the measures tak- QFC now stands at 816 as of an leaders, especially Iranian to resolve regional crises at a The committee will put ters on the recommendation en in this regard. december 2019. Compared President Dr hassan rouhani “sensitive” time. to 612 firms at the beginning and Supreme Leader of Iran Iran’s Financial Tribune said The Iranian daily hailed of the same year, the QFC is Ali Khamenei. the Amir’s visit to Iran came the Amir’s thanks to Iran for well on the way to achieve referring to Iranian presi- at a difficult time the region its stand on Qatar after the its goal of registering 1,000 dent’s joint press conference is going through, adding blockade and for providing all firms by 2022.PAGE 9 held with the Amir, Tehran that the countries of the facilities to Qatar and the Qa- Cold spell to continue, says QMD Times highlighted rouhani’s region make great efforts to tari people by opening their statement in which he said that airspace and seaports imme- TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK Celsius in some southern areas,” the QMd Iran has stood and will stand alleviate current tensions diately. doha report said. beside Qatar in the future. The Iran Daily highlighted The cloud amount is expected to increase paper quoted rouhani as say- The daily pointed out Amir’s visit and rouhani’s Cold conditions continued in Qatar on Monday gradually from January 14 evening until the ing “Iran stood beside Qatar that the Amir in his meetings talks with the Amir and said with the minimum temperature plunging to beginning of Wednesday with a chance of scat- and will stand based on its du- with rouhani and senior Ira- that the potentials of both below 10 degrees Celsius in some southern tered rain and northwesterly fresh to strong ties as a neighbour” affirming nian officials held purposeful countries could contribute to areas of the country, Qatar Meteorology depart- wind in some areas, it added. the importance Iran attached talks that focused on bilat- regional peace and stability, ment (QMd) has said in a report. The QMd said marine warnings remain in QA launches to its relations with Qatar. eral relations and the ways rouhani also underlined “Winter weather conditions affecting the effect until Wednesday. It has urged residents rouhani said the two of enhancing them, as well as that capitalising on the poten- country will continue during the coming days to avoid going to sea as well as to follow latest codeshare with countries have very good re- regional and international de- tial of Iran and Qatar could en- especially at night and early morning with mini- updates through its official social media ac- Deutsche Bahn (P 16) lationship in various areas of velopments. hance bilateral ties in various mum temperatures reaching below 10 degrees counts. economy, science and culture, rouhani said they made fields,Iran Daily said.

TWO VESSELS BRING IN 8,700 TOURISTS Two DFI-granted films earn Oscar nominations Doha Port TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK of Syrian doctor Amani Bal- welcomed cruise doha lour who worked in a fortified liners MSC Bel- underground hospital called lissima and MSC TWo films made with Doha ‘the cave’ where she and her Lirica on Monday. Film Institute (DFI) grants — team defied constant bom- The two vessels The Cave and Brotherhood — bardments to save thousands are among the have earned oscar nominations. of lives during the five-year largest cruise “Congratulations to the siege of eastern Ghouta re- ships operated entire teams of The Cave and gion. by MSC Cruises Brotherhood, two DFI-grant- A press release issued af- which has a total ed films that earned #oscar ter the nomination describes fleet of 19 ves- noms today! #Qatar #oscars,” The Cave, a Syrian civil war film, has been nominated in the best Brotherhood as telling the sels. Over 8,700 Doha Film Institute (DFI) said documentary feature category, while Brotherhood by Montreal-based “poignant story of a rural passengers and in a tweet. filmmaker Meryam Joobeur won nominations in Best Live Action Tunisian father caught in be- crew disem- The Cave, a Syrian civil Short Film category. tween loyalty to his family and barked at Doha war film directed by Feras his rigid moral principles.” Port to go on Fayyad, has been nominated hood by Montreal-based film- emy Award in the category of This year’s edition of the tours. (TNN) in the best documentary fea- maker Meryam Joobeur has Best Live Action Short Film. oscars will be held on Febru- ture category, while Brother- been nominated for an Acad- The Cave tells the story ary 9 in Los Angeles. 02 Tuesday, January 14, 2020

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Ministry detected 160 FaTHer amIr sends COndOlenCes TO sulTan OF Oman Ghanem meets violations in Dec 2019 new Kuwaiti, THE Father Amir Chinese military TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK rial decisions governing the Con- HH Sheikh Hamad doha sumer Protection Department. bin Khalifa al Thani attachés The campaign was carried visited Muscat on THE Ministry of Commerce and out by the ministry to ensure Monday morning to CHIEF of Staff of the Armed Industry (MoCI) intensified its in- compliance of retail outlets with offer condolences to Forces HE Lieutenant- spection campaign in December laws and regulations related to HM Sultan Haitham General (Pilot) Ghanem bin 2019, and cracked down on a total consumer protection. It comes bin Tariq bin Taimur Shaheen al Ghanem met Ku- 160 cases of violations. within the framework of the min- of the Sultanate of wait’s new Military Attache in The top five violations in- istry’s efforts to monitor markets Oman on the death Qatar Colonel Nasser Abdul- cluded failing to issue invoices in and commercial activities in or- of Sultan Qaboos lah al Hejaili on the occasion Arabic (54), offering promotions der to detect price manipulation bin Saeed bin of the latter assuming his du- without obtaining the necessary and other violations and protect Taimur, at Al Alam ties in Doha on Monday. The licence from the relevant depart- consumers’ rights. Palace. HH the chief of staff of the Armed ment (23), displaying expired The ministry stressed that it Father Amir also Forces also met with Chinese products (17) and failing to comply will not tolerate any violations offered condolences new Military Attache in Qatar. with the mandatory price bulletin of the Consumer Protection Law to the members Lt-Gen Ghanem wished the of vegetables and fruits (10). and its regulations and will in- of the royal family, new military attaches success The penalties included admin- tensify its inspection campaign to senior officials and in their duties. The meetings istrative closures and fines ranging crackdown on violations and refer dignitaries. (QNA) were attended by a number between QR5,000 and QR30,000, violators to competent for neces- of senior officers of the Qatari in line with the laws and ministe- sary legal action. Armed Forces. (QNA) Pay more attention to children to prevent MME to upgrade electronic services seasonal infections and diseases: expert from February 1 Doctor recommends good hygiene, hydration and warm fluids to prevent and treat diseases among children QNA the survey report by submit- MERIAM JELLITI Speaking about antibiot- doha ting the application through doha Common diseases ics, Barazanji said they must the website of the building among children be avoided and only used for THE Ministry of Municipality permit system. reSPIrATory diseases are bacterial infection treatment. and Environment (MME), in Among the improvements more common among chil- The most common diseases He added, “Antibiotics are coordination with the General is also abolition of inspection dren during winter season among children are respira- only bought with a prescrip- Directorate of Civil Defence at by Kahramaa, which used to between November and Feb- tion, some doctors are flexible the Ministry of Interior, the be mandatory for issuing con- ruary when viruses are widely tory diseases, including flu with giving them, and some Qatar General Electricity and struction completion certifi- spread and active, according and cold. The symptoms families still think antibiotics Water Corporation (Kahramaa) cate and to connecting the ser- to Dr Shihab M. Ameen al include sneezing, coughing or are the only means of treat- and the Public Works Authority vice, except for construction of Barazanji, consultant, Paedi- ment. This eventually builds a (Ashghal), has announced up- warehouses. atric emergency, at Al Wakra runny nose and sometimes resistance in the bodies which grading of its electronic system Furthermore, the amend- hospital . fever and more severe signs make the medication ineffec- for obtaining building permits ments include inclusion of pay- emphasising the need that need symptomatic or tive by time.” and certificates for completion ment of fees for the delivery of to educate people and raise supportive treatment’ Talking about bad dietary of construction and facilitating services of Kahramaa in the first awareness about their chil- habits, Barazanji said people service delivery. invoice for warehouses only and dren’s health and well-being, are not very aware of the con- The changes aim at simpli- incorporating the application Dr Shihab urged parents to diseases, as well as visual and sequences of junk food, and fying and expediting services for connection to sewage net- pay more attention to their hearing difficulties. this is a problem that needs and will come into effect on work into the building permits wards during the seasonal vi- Dr Shihab M. Ameen al Barazanji, consultant paediatric, Emergency at He said, “We encourage more attention. February 1 this year. system. ral infections and diseases. Al Wakra Hospital. parents and teachers to pay “Healthy food is impor- The ministry said that the The amendments also in- “The most common dis- attention to children when tant, especially for schoolchil- improvements include making clude abolition of inspection eases among children are they should not attend school disease is gastroenteritis, also noticing a lack of concentra- dren. They need it because the procedure of applying for by telecommunications service respiratory diseases, includ- for them to have the needed a viral illness mostly caused tion or a change of behaviour. they are still growing, learn- site board a part of the building providers at the stage of build- ing flu and cold. Symptoms rest and to make sure the dis- by three viruses -- rotavirus, We regularly receive all these ing their lifestyle and habits,” permit, so that the engineering ing completion. include sneezing, coughing eases are not transmitted to norovirus and adenovirus. conditions in the paediatric he said. firm, the designer or owner, The construction comple- or running nose and some- other children.Seeing a doctor The disease can also be caused emergency units and our out- When asked about chil- submits one application for tion fee payment procedure times fever and more severe is a must whether it is a simple by bacteria.” come is very good and we al- dren’s mental health, he said building permit as well as li- has also been incorporated signs that need symptomatic or a severe illness. Al Barazanji added, “We ways try to be updated with all it’s as important as the physi- cence for the site board. into the procedures for re- or supportive treatment,” he “Another important fac- concentrate on oral hydra- diseases, especially the mod- cal health. The upgrading of services questing a construction com- said. tor that we highly encourage tion therapy and the BRAT ern ones. “The child is usually exam- will also include incorporation pletion certificate. To prevent and treat the is the vaccine. The influenza diet. Avoidance of all greasy “We are very aware of ined by primary health care of the survey report issuance The Ministry of Mu- diseases, the doctor recom- vaccine in particular is an an- and sweet food is also recom- the latest illnesses and treat- centre which is a part of the procedure within the building nicipality and Environment mended good hygiene, espe- nual vaccine and it is very af- mended.” ments. We are always updat- evaluation preceding school permits system to demarcate launched the electronic sys- cially for school age children, fective and useful, and it can According to the expert, ing ourselves as a medical registration, and family his- the boundaries of the land for tem for building licences on hydration and warm fluids. be given to babies from the age other common illnesses cadre and always in touch tory and early diagnoses help which a licence or building com- February 10, 2014, to facilitate He said, “When a child is of six months until children of among children are derma- with new international paedi- in understanding the child’s pletion certificate will be issued. transactions and procedures ill, it is recommended that school age. Another common tologic diseases and trauma atric guidelines.” condition,” he said. It also includes obtaining required for construction. Early detection is key to slowing down glaucoma: HGH expert Glaucoma major during a comprehensive eye Ophthalmology Department receives exam. According to her, in cause of blindness recent years the health sec- 300 to 500 patients each month with The Ophthalmology Depart- tor in Qatar has taken several various forms of glaucoma ment at HGH receives steps to promote routine eye between 300 and 500 checks. She said HMC’s Ophthal- TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK coma is the leading cause of patients each month with mology Department has also doha irreversible blindness in the various forms of glaucoma. introduced sophisticated im- world. Glaucoma is the leading aging technology and vari- INCREASED awareness of People with glaucoma re- cause of irreversible blind- ous diagnostic procedures the importance of periodic quire lifelong treatment to ness in the world. to help detect and prevent eye checks and eye diseases maintain their vision and if Dr Zakia al Ansari vision loss from glaucoma, such as glaucoma is encour- left untreated, the condition Dr Zakia al Ansari including enhanced depth aging people in Qatar to can lead to complete blind- imaging optical coherence proactively seek medical as- ness. tomography (EDI-OCT), op- sistance related to their eye Dr Ansari notes that due age of 60, it can occur at any measurements of your eye tical coherence tomography health, said Dr Zakia al An- to many forms of glaucoma age. Many forms of glaucoma pressure so a diagnosis can angiography (OCTA), and sari, glaucoma consultant having no symptoms, diag- have no warning signs and be made in its early stages endoscopic cyclophotocoag- at Hamad Medical Corpora- nosis is often made at the agnosis and treatment are cause of glaucoma depends the effect is so gradual that and treated appropriately. If ulation (ECP). tion’s (HMC) Hamad Gen- late stage of the condition helping many of these people on the type and stage of the an individual may not notice glaucoma is recognised early, She said while technology eral Hospital. when damage to the eye has to prevent vision loss,” said condition and that in most a change in vision until the vision loss can be slowed or is important when it comes According to Dr Ansari, already occurred. Dr Ansari. cases, an individual is una- condition is at an advanced even prevented,” she added. to correctly diagnosing the Ophthalmology Depart- “Due to our efforts to cre- Dr Ansari explains that ware they have glaucoma un- stage,” Dr Ansari pointed Dr Ansari said it is impor- glaucoma, early detection ment at Hamad General ate awareness of glaucoma in glaucoma is a group of eye til it has caused irreversible out. tant for people to understand through regular eye check- Hospital receives between Qatar, an increasing number conditions that damage the damage. “Vision loss due to glau- that glaucoma is a serious ups is the key to slowing the 300 and 500 patients each of people now seek medical optic nerve, the health of “While glaucoma is one coma can’t be recovered, so eye condition and that the progression of it and other month with various forms care for the health of their which is vital for good vi- of the leading causes of it’s important to have regu- most common type of glau- conditions that can cause vi- of glaucoma. She says glau- eyes. We believe early di- sion. She says the underlying blindness in people over the lar eye exams that include coma can only be detected sion loss and blindness. QATAR DEVELOPMENT BANK ACHIEVEMENTS IN 2019

ACCESS TO FINANCE

TOTAL OUTSTANDING LOAN AMOUNT (BLN QR) INVESTMENT EXPORT TRADE FINANCE AL DHAMEEN

26% Volume of capital deployed for Startups & SMES: Growth rate in number of manufacturing projects 507M 562M Volume of outstanding financed by QDB loan guarantees Volume of disbursed Volume of underwritten short-term finance cover policy

6.7 65% Growth rate in number of 951 938M security food projects FINANCED 5% Number of SMEs served: 27 COMPANIES

ACCESS TO MARKET

91% 15% 25% 22% GLOBAL Volume of orders booked for exports Number of companies that converted from Number of companies that participated in Number of Qatari Pavilions that participated (560 MLN QR) non-exporter to exporter (15) matchmaking events (79) in international exhibitions (22)

LOCALIZATION 71% 3,616 39

Opportunities identified (5.8 MLN QR) Number of registered companies with big buyers Number of exhibitions

1st GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT AND CONTRACTING CONFERENCE AND EXHIBITION IN QATAR VOLUME OF CONTRACTS AWARDED BY

LOCAL NUMBER OF BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES 1.22 LOCAL BUYERS TO QATARI SMES 3,233 OFFERED TO SMES Billion Qatari Riyal

Number of B2B 1,442 meetings concluded 25 Number of Workshops

PROMOTE & DEVELOP CAPABILITIES

NUMBER OF SMES INCUBATED & ACCELERATED CAPABILITY ISTESHARA DEVELOPMENT QBIC

OVER 5,000~ QST SMES & ENTREPRENEURS 354 OVER 100 JAHIZ TRAININGS & WORKSHOPS SERVICES

6,600 BENEFICIARIES DEVELOPED IN 2019 WITH 88% GROWTH

ECOSYSTEM DEVELOPMENT

REPORTS AND STUDIES EVENTS ROWAD CONFERENCE & WORKSHOPS ROWAD AWARDS

INNOVATION AWARD, Global Entrepreneurship Monitor Report 2018 Qatar Qatar Entrepreneurship LAFFAN ALUMINUM FACTORY National Report Award & Exhibition BEST EXPORTING SME AWARD, RASSAS BATTERY RECYCLING FACTORY 49 Workshops State of SMEs Lending Report Fikra Award SELF SUFFICIENCY AWARD, MIDDLE EAST MODIFIED BITUMEN COMPANY Issuance of sectoral reports (cable sector, World Incubation Summit BEST SME BUSINESS AWARD, QINWAN DATES detergent sector) SME Ecosystem Round Table

SUPPORTING GOVERNMENT AGENDA

31 FACTORIES HOUSING LOANS 3

NUMBER OF HOUSING LOAN 50 ACTIVE CUSTOMERS MARKETS 5 10 33,510 3% 14% GROWTH IN NUMBER OF MARKETS 6 7

22 CHEMICAL ELECTRICAL PLASTIC WOOD OTHERS MARKETS IN DEVELOPMENT TOTAL OUTSTANDING 24.3 6% 8 FOOD & BEVERAGE Billion Qatari Riyal IMPROVING TRAFFIC FLOW IN THE FACTORIES FIRST STAGE MARKETS

Visit qdb.qa for more information 04 Tuesday, January 14, 2020 nation MoCI recalls Chevrolet W doha, Google partner to help Silverado 2019/20 models TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK doha guests translate conversations The Ministry of Commerce and Industry (MoCI), in co- operation with Jaidah Auto- The guests will be able to translate conversations in 29 languages so as to get the most out of heirt W Doha experience motive, dealer of Chevrolet in Qatar, has announced the TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK W Doha is the first hotel manager of W Doha, said: tant to use interpreter mode to recall of Chevrolet Silverado doha in Qatar to offer guests the “Qatar has become a popular help cater to Qatar’s guests and models of 2019-2020 due Google Assistant’s real-time destination and continues to visitors no matter where they to faulty wiring of battery W Doha hotel & residences translation feature interpreter attract thousands of visitors come from or what language cables. has announced a new part- mode, which is set to eliminate from all around the globe with they speak.” The recall campaign nership with Google to launch language or communication its international sporting and Innovation has been cen- comes as part of the Ministry the first Google Assistant in- barriers. cultural events. This partner- tral to the W brand since its of Commerce and Industry’s terpreter mode hotel pilot in The hotel industry is a ship is in line with our mission inception and this partnership efforts to protect consumers Qatar to help guests translate prime market for live trans- to continue supporting Qatar further solidifies W Doha’s and ensure that car dealers merce and Industry has conversations in 29 languages, lation capabilities as people National Vision 2030 by of- commitment towards intro- follow up on vehicle defects urged all customers to report so they can better connect with from around the world come fering the best services in the ducing meaningful innova- and repairs. any violation to its Consumer hotel staff to get the most out together and may experience tourism sector. tions to connect and interact The Ministry of Com- Protection and Anti-Com- of their W Doha experience. language and communication “We’re also a key player with guests and visitors to en- merce and Industry has mercial Fraud Department, The W Doha hotel has im- barriers. in supporting the country’s able them to enjoy whatever promised to coordinate with which processes complaints, plemented a series of hospital- At W Doha, interpreter Wassim Daaje, general manager great efforts to position itself and whenever they want dur- the dealer to follow up on inquiries and suggestions ity industry firsts in the past mode is being piloted at the of W Doha as a sports hub by offering the ing their stay at the W Doha the maintenance and repair through Call center: 16001, years and this partnership is concierge and at the welcome best hospitality and catering hotel. works and to communicate email: [email protected], part of the hotel’s mission to desks to offer an enhanced and in their preferred language so services to some of the world’s Guests and visitors can with customers to ensure that Twitter: @MoCIQATAr, In- enhance guests’ experience seamless hotel experience and that nothing is lost in transla- biggest sporting events. We are now enjoy the new service at the necessary repairs are car- stagram: MoCIQATAr and from their first interaction to ensure that guests are able tion. proud of this exciting collabo- the concierge and the welcome ried out. mobile app for android and with the hotel and the staff. to communicate their needs Wassim Daaje, general ration with the Google Assis- desks. The Ministry of Com- IoS: MoCIQATAr. QNL digital photography course to sharpen skills of shutterbugs TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK doha

QATAr National Library re- cently held a short digital pho- tography course to teach par- ticipants basic photography skills, including types of pho- tography, composition rules Ooredoo’s eShop offers and parts of Digital Single Lens reflex (DSLr) cameras. The four-session course for new Shahry 5G and explores exposure triangle, light painting and manual Qatarna 5G customers control of a DSLr camera. The participants also have TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK to the internet. once a cus- the chance to put their new doha tomer consumes his/her full skills into practice with pho- allowance for the month, he/ tography exercises at the li- CUSToMerS of ooredoo’s she will still be able to contin- brary. new 5G packages can get even ue connecting to any network Commenting after the An instructor with participants at the Qatar National Library short digital photography course in Doha recently. better value for their money at speeds of up to 20Mbps workshop, aspiring photog- when using advanced online without further charge. rapher hassan Ayman said, ful to attend this session as it meet others with similar aspi- recently purchased a camera, Thanks to the library’s ses- eShop to sign up, in the pro- Both new Shahry 5G and “Photography is my hobby not only gave me a chance to rations and interests.” but it was difficult to fully sions, I can now better use motion running until January Qatarna 5G plans will come and of course I would like to learn the basics of using a pro- Nadia Mohamed, a par- make use of it or understand the advanced features of my 18, 2020. with entertainment and life- improve my skills. It was use- fessional camera, but also to ticipant at the event, said: “I its more advanced features. camera.” In order to encourage style benefits; Shahry custom- customers to experience how ers can choose from STArZ quick, easy and efficient it is to PLAy, erosNow, as well as Ur- use its digital channels, oore- ban Point, while Qatarna cus- Katara to host ‘Global doo is offering all new cus- tomers can choose from beIN tomers who sign up to a new CoNNeCT, STArZ PLAy and Public Diplomatic BPS Doha receives excellence award Shahry 5G or Qatarna 5G pack Urban Point. Network’ on Jan 20 online at its eShop with a 25 Manar Khalifa al-Murai- TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK percent off the monthly pack khi, director of Pr and Cor- The Cultural Village Founda- doha price for six months. porate Communications at tion (Katara) will host the 6th The promotion is valid for ooredoo, said: “As part of general assembly of the Global BPS Doha received award for excellence all new Shahry 5G and Qa- our corporate strategy, we’re Public Diplomatic Network, in academics and sports during the Gulf tarna 5G packs, and means committed to completing which is chaired by Qatar rep- Sahodaya Conference of Principals in customers signing up for a digitalisation. We’ve created resented by Katara, from 20 to Jaipur recently. new Shahry 5G S pack will our online channels to make 22 January. The school’s class X student Pragati pay Qr82 per month instead processes such as signing up The meeting is expected to Biswal, who got first place in Qatar, was of the regular price of Qr110, for new services as quick and witness wide global participa- among the toppers in the Gulf region while customers choosing a easy as possible, and we’d love tion. In 2017, Qatar became a and held fifth position in all-India CBSe Shahry 5G XL pack will pay for as many of our customers member of the Global Public merit marks rank. Qr206 instead of Qr275. to try them out as possible Diplomacy Network and re- Similarly, Sarthak Behal stood first Customers opting for Qatarna so they can see the benefits. ceived its presidency from Tur- in Qatar for Class XII Commerce stream. 5G Silver will pay Qr285 per We’re delighted to launch this key on May 4, 2019 in Istanbul. The school also received recognition month instead of Qr380, and new promotion and hope our The group was founded by in sports as the students got gold medal new Qatarna 5G Platinum customers enjoy using our eS- public and cultural institutions for badminton in CBSe Nationals and packs will cost Qr637 per hop as they sign up and save.” of nine countries – the Philip- bronze medal in Taekwondo. month instead of Qr850. The offer is only available pines, Sweden, South Korea, School Chairman Lukose K Chacko Shahry 5G and Qatarna to new customers signing up Taiwan, Nigeria, Poland, Por- congratulated the students, staff and 5G plan subscribers will never for a new Shahry 5G or Qa- tugal, Singapore and Turkey- in parents for the outstanding achieve- run out of data, with the new tarna 5G pack via the ooredoo Seoul, South Korea, in 2014. ments. plans offering endless access eShop. CIHT Qatar Group celebrates achievements of past year TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK doha

The Chartered Institution of highways & Transportation (CIhT) Qatar Group hosted their first end-of-the-year cel- ebration dinner at City Cen- tre rotana hotel recently, to celebrate its achievements in 2019. The event was attended by around 110 professionals from the transport and high- way sector. eng Colin Smith inaugu- rated the event and a pre-re- corded message was delivered by Martin Tugwell, president of CIhT, extending his good wishes to the CIhT Qatar transport planning director of the Metro service. presentations was dedicated to on orbital highway Contract CIhT Qatar Group thanked a raffle draw with sponsored Group for their efforts in the Qatar rail, provided an over- Pam Naidoo, resourcing projects that were recognised 2 project whereas Prof Kim and presented awards to the prizes and a transportation past seven years. view of the developments in manager of Vodafone, pro- as ‘highly Commended’ at the Jraiw, on behalf of National event sponsors including Ar- quiz. Keynote speakers were in- Qatar rail in the past few vided her insight on conflict CIhT International Project Traffic Safety Committee Qa- cadis, BG&e, DCe, Fugro, Veronica yu, chair of CIhT vited to give presentations on years, the opening of red Line resolution and its strategies, a Awards. tar, shared his expertise on Jacobs, Muhel, PTV, QDC and Qatar Group, in her closing the achievements regarding in May, 2019, and the associ- soft skill for daily work envi- engherveetave, on behalf the road Safety and Sustain- WSP. The evening continued speech thanked the committee their projects and speciali- ated projects that Qatar rail is ronment. of Arcadis Consulting Middle able Transport Management with welcoming and congratu- members and the attendees for sations. raimund hanauer, embarking on complimenting The second part of the east, presented a drone video project. lating 9 new CIhT members, their support. nation Tuesday, January 14, 2020 05

aTTOrney-General meeTs rwanda’s mInIsTer QIC officials, Kuwaiti delegation discuss cooperation in judiciary

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The Qatar International Court (QIC) welcomed a Kuwaiti judicial delega- tion from the Court of Cassation on Monday. The delegation included Under- secretaries Counsellors Ishaq hus- sein al Kandari, Mishaal Ahmad al Jerawi and Mohammed Ahmed al Sayed al rifai, as well as GCC Legal Affairs representative Nayef al otaibi. The delegation was received by Qatar International Court Ceo the cases brought forth. the Center and our Court in the ex- Faisal al Sahouti and Qatar Inter- Commenting on the visit, Sa- change of information.” national Court enforcement Judge houti said, “We are pleased to The delegation was shown rashid al Badr. welcome the delegation from the around the courtroom and arbi- The visit reiterates the commit- Kuwait Court of Cassation to our tration rooms, while the registry ment between Qatar and Kuwait to premises. Such visits between our team gave an overview on current enhance knowledge exchange in the countries contribute to enhancing cases and explained the benefits of judicial field. and expanding knowledge exchange the eCourt. Discussion during the meeting in the judicial field. In 2018, a Qatar The Kuwaiti delegation thanked Attorney-General HE Dr Ali bin Fetais al Marri met the Minister of Justice of the republic of rwanda, Johnston Busingye, focused on aspects of cooperation in International Court delegation visit- the court officials for the hospital- who is currently visiting Qatar, on Monday. They reviewed cooperation in the legal and judicial fields and the ways of the judicial and legal fields, as well ed the Center for Judicial Studies in ity extended to them and praised the enhancing bilateral work in this field.(QNA) as the work undertaken by the Qatar Kuwait where we discussed the ways technological advancements of the International Court and the nature of to enhance cooperation between court’s facilities. 400 healthcare professionals attend Sidra’s 4th Q-Pem Delegates from across the world discuss the latest research studies and patient experience in the emergency department setting

TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK including hamad Medi- QaTar cal Corporation for their support and everyone who The 4th Qatar Paediatric helped us bring so much emergency Medicine Con- value to pediatric emergency ference (Q-PeM) 2020, medicine through this con- hosted by Sidra Medicine ference,” Prof Ansari added. in partnership with hamad Dr Mohamed al Amri, Medical Corporation (hMC), director of hMC’s Paedi- concluded in Doha amid atrics emergency Centres, praise and appreciation from noted that the conference, partners and attendees. now in its fourth year, is yet The conference witnessed another example of how the the participation of more two organisations are work- than 400 healthcare profes- ing together to advance and sionals from across the world strengthen pediatric health- including physicians, nurses, care in the country. paramedics and emergency he said, “Q-PeM focused medical technicians, allied on many of the challenges health practitioners, and facing paediatric and emer- pharmacists. gency physicians and other The conference, which healthcare professionals in- aims to provide a high-qual- The attendees included physicians, nurses, paramedics and emergency medical technicians, allied health practitioners, and pharmacists. volved in the clinical care ity, evidence-based update for children. The conference for everyone in the emergen- teractive sessions related to Delegates at Q-PeM par- Paediatric Procedural Se- that field professionals are leaders, specific topics that emphasised the practical ap- cy sector and urgent care for disaster management; nurs- ticipated in a variety of ses- dation Programmes, and constantly refining their would guarantee every child plication of evidence-based children, covered key topics es beyond bedside; and drug sions discussing the latest emergency Management of practice and ultimately con- gets the adequate care and topics and provided an im- including resuscitation care, abuse testing. Sidra Medi- research studies and patient Paediatric Airway. tributing to better patient support whenever and wher- portant platform for attend- trauma management, qual- cine’s flagship Qatar Poison experience within an emer- Prof Khaled al Ansari, care. Thanks to our affili- ever they need it.” ees to increase their knowl- ity and patient safety, sepsis Center, the country’s first gency department setting. chair of emergency Medi- ation with Qatar Founda- “I am very happy with edge and enhance their care, toxicology, neonatal dedicated toxicology and others took part in the pre- cine at Sidra Medicine, said, tion, platforms like Q-PeM the turnout the conference competence by bringing new emergencies and others. poison helpline, also cov- conference workshops that “Sidra Medicine is an ac- allow us to jointly address, witnessed. I would like to skills to the diagnosis and Key highlights from this ered challenging cases as a tackled Paediatric Point of tive voice in global health- with local and international thank our international management of paediatric year’s Q-PeM included in- knowledge sharing exercise. Care Ultrasound (PoCUS), care discussions, ensuring peers, partners and thought speakers, our key partners disorders.” WCM-Q workshops help boost Italian school thanks Qatar for biostatistical research in Qatar rebuilding quake-hit premises QNA The reconstruction of the ing of its school complex. roMe school is part of a The reconstruction of the Memorandum of school is part of a Memo- The enrico Mestica School Understanding signed randum of Understanding in the Italian city of Macera- signed between Qatar Fund ta has sent a letter thanking between Qatar Fund for for Development (QFFD) Qatar for its contribution of Development (QFFD) and and Italian Government to 5.6 million euros to rebuild Italian Government to donate 5.6 million euros to the school complex, which donate 5.6 million euros rebuild areas destroyed by was damaged in the earth- to rebuild areas destroyed earthquake. quake that struck the coun- The school complex in- try in 2016. by earthquake cludes several basic facilities, In the letter, the teach- including a nursery, primary ing staff, students and their were transported to schools and secondary schools, as families have extended their that were hosting them due well as a gymnasium. The thanks to Qatar for stand- to continuous earth shakes complex was built on an area Participants at the WCM-Q workshop on biostatistics for healthcare professionals listen to a session led by Dr Ziyad Mahfoud, WCM-Q associate ing with them in this ordeal, and its psychological effects of 24,000 square meters. professor of Healthcare Policy and research. pointing out that the geo- on them. The project aims to en- graphical dimension between The Qatari support sure that the right to edu- TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK Coordinated by WCM-Q’s ware to apply advanced statisti- WCM-Q, said, “This workshop the two countries was not a through the reconstruction cation of the children of doha Division of Continuing Pro- cal analysis methods can derive series was carefully designed to barrier to the Qatari support. of the complex brought great Macerata is preserved and fession Development (CPD), extremely rich and meaningful equip researchers across sev- The letter underlines the relief to the students as Mac- the educational services are A series of workshops run by the workshops were aimed at insights from their research eral different health and edu- suffering of students who erata celebrated the reopen- resumed. Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar physicians, nurses, dentists, projects. The workshops are cational professions with some (WCM-Q) showed healthcare pharmacists, allied health pro- an extremely important step really useful tools to help them professionals from several in- fessionals, students, research- to increase research output get the most from the data they stitutions how to use computer ers and educators. Partici- from healthcare professionals collect, giving them the chance software to analyse data by ap- pants were shown how to use in Qatar. The participants not to draw the most useful conclu- plying advanced biostatistical software platforms that offer only showed great enthusiasm sions from their work. This has techniques to enhance the qual- advanced hypothesis testing, but were also able to master the the potential to translate into ity of their research projects. trend analysis, forecasting and skills we demonstrated, so we better healthcare outcomes for The three-workshop series, predictive analytics. The par- were very pleased with the out- patients in the long-term, as offered at beginner, intermedi- ticipants also used the analyti- come of the activity.” well as adding to the body of ate and advanced levels, dem- cal software to work through a WCM-Q facilitators at knowledge available to the sci- onstrated how to organise, number of case studies to gain the workshops supported the entific community.” analyse and interpret medical hands-on experience. learners to help them under- The three activities, titled data collected for research pro- Dr Ziyad Mahfoud, asso- stand the concepts discussed Introductory, Intermediate and jects with maximum efficiency, ciate professor of healthcare and to use the software. The Advanced Applied Biostatistics helping them to gain the most Policy and research at WCM- facilitation team comprised for health Care Professionals, useful insights possible from Q, was one of the course leaders Deema al Sheikhly, Soha Dar- were accredited locally by the their investigations. Partici- of the workshops and the main gham, Padmakumari Sarada, Qatar Council for healthcare pants who completed all three expert speaker at the events. he Syed Latifi and Markhealy. Practitioners-Accreditation workshops and passed a test said, “In the era of big data and Dr Thurayya Arayssi, sen- Department (QChP-AD) and at the end of each one received shortage of biostatistical sup- ior associate dean for Medi- internationally by the Accredi- The Enrico Mestica School in the Italian city of Macerata has sent a letter thanking Qatar for its the Certificate of Analysis in port, researchers who are able cal education and Continuing tation Council for Continuing contribution of 5.6 million euros to rebuild the school complex. Medical Data. to efficiently use statistical soft- Professional Development at Medical education (ACCMe). 06 Tuesday, January 14, 2020

ESTABLISHED SEPTEMBER 3, 2006 Opinion hAmAd bIn suhAIm Al thAnI CHAIRMAN Adel AlI bIn AlI MANAGING DIRECTOR dr hAssAn mohAmmed Al AnsArI EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

Record Drop In The US Cancer Death Rate A Week Of Almost-War Lifestyle changes like giving up smoking and Led To — What, Exactly? investment in more effective — and less destructive — ways to diagnose and heal cancers are making a dent With both the US and Iran remaining rigid on their stated positions, only a ANCer remains a dreaded diagnosis, The report came with some cautions: but there’s heartening news. America Death rates have increased for some careful diplomacy can keep the hostilities from escalating again Cis showing great progress against some cancers linked to obesity, including those of of the most deadly forms of the disease, the thyroid, pancreas and uterus, The New DOYLE MCMANUS particularly lung cancer and the aggressive York Times reports. Declines in death rates TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE skin cancer melanoma. from prostate, breast and colon cancer are researchers have reported the largest- slowing, though that follows massive drops eFore our national attention ever one-year decline in the US cancer death of 40 percent to more than 50 percent. span flits heedlessly toward rate, a drop of 2.2 percent between 2016 There are geographic and racial disparities impeachment, the Iowa caucuses and 2017, according to the American Cancer in death rates. and Megxit, it’s worth pausing to Society. The rate has fallen resoundingly on the positive side, the decline in remember that the United States — nearly 30 percent — from 1991 to 2017, smoking cigarettes, not-that-affectionately wasB on the brink of war with Iran last week. affecting nearly 3 million lives. Anyone who known as cancer sticks, should continue to Two adversaries that barely speak to lost a loved one to cancer in that quarter- pay off for years to come. The hPV vaccine each other managed to avoid catastrophe century can applaud this progress. will continue its march against cervical — but there’s still plenty to worry about. What drove the improvement? Both cancer. Immunotherapy shows great President Donald Trump set a new red personal choices and medical advances promise. And researchers keep chasing line: Iranian-sponsored acts that harm contributed, researchers say. Lung cancer innovations in treatment. The Wall Street US citizens will draw retaliation. is by far the biggest killer of the cancers, Journal reports on an approach harnessing Iran lost a top general but reaped an and smoking — which is also implicated in ideas from evolution and pest control. The unexpected dividend: Iraq’s parliament, other types of cancer — has been declining approach aims to reduce tumours by just 25 angered by US missile strikes on Iraqi for decades. There are powerful new ways percent to 50 percent and make the cancer territory, voted to order US forces to leave. to diagnose and treat lung cancer, and manageable and leave some in place, but The vote was nonbinding, but the Trump even patients with advanced disease are without empowering the bad cells that administration faces a new problem. living longer. “It’s an exciting time,” Dr manage to survive. It’s a philosophy similar to By week’s end, Washington and Jyoti Patel, a Northwestern University lung that used in exterminating bugs. “I think pest Tehran returned to the shadow war cancer expert, told The Associated Press. managers are about 30 years ahead of the they’ve conducted for the last 40 years: Skin cancer death rates dropped oncologists,” Carlo Maley, an evolutionary US economic sanctions against Iran, and even more dramatically, falling 7 percent cancer biologist, told the Journal. Iranian proxy strikes against US interests annually in recent years, thanks to improved Bad habits, pollution and complex risk in the Middle east. But it’s not the same drug treatments, the report said. factors like obesity won’t just go away. But old stalemate. It’s worse, for two reasons. Cancer is the second leading cause of this record year of improvements shows First, Iran has moved closer to a long- death in the United States, behind heart that better choices and investment in held strategic goal: forcing the United disease. It still claims too many lives and more effective — and less destructive — States out of Iraq — and eventually the strikes at our hearts in personal or public life. ways to diagnose and heal are making a rest of the Middle east. While treatments have improved, in many dent. Wouldn’t it be nice to see The Big C Iranian President hassan rouhani negotiations. Trump said he was “ready to see Trump lose reelection this fall cases their toll on patients remains too harsh. downgraded from nemesis to nuisance? said that “the real revenge” for the US to embrace peace with all who seek it,” — not because the ayatollah likes the killing of General Qassem Soleimani on and Pompeo directed US embassies Democratic candidates, but because he (Tribune News Service) January 3 would be “when America is to avoid meeting with armed Iranian wants Trump to fail, especially after the expelled from this region and its hand of opposition groups because it could be death of Soleimani. aggression is cut off forever.” “counterproductive to our policy goal of “The Iranians may well have decided Iran’s allies in Iraq are trying to seeking a comprehensive deal with the on a strategy of regime change,” John W help him get his wish. After Baghdad’s Iranian regime.” Limbert, who was one of 52 American parliament passed a resolution to expel US Iran tried to sound reasonable, too. diplomats and citizens held hostage for Mike Bloomberg Should Be In troops, Iraq’s caretaker prime minister, rouhani talked with French President 444 days in Iran in 1979 and 1980, told me. Adel Abdul Mahdi, asked Secretary of State emmanuel Macron, who has tried — Iran doesn’t want to give Trump the The Democratic Talkfest Michael r Pompeo to send a delegation to without success — to play the role of domestic political boost he might gain start planning a US withdrawal. mediator in the past. from a summit meeting with one of its IKe Bloomberg has run in four different people, which doesn’t. The idea is The State Department dismissed that And Iran asked the prime minister leaders. contested primaries or elections for to encourage candidates to develop a broad- request, saying US troops were staying of its Muslim neighbor Pakistan, Imran “It’s pretty hard to see bright prospects Mmayor of New york City; each time, he based small-donor fundraising operation. and arguing that most Iraqis don’t want Khan, to intercede with Trump — an for negotiations right now,” Limbert debated his opponent twice. We listened to But for a wealthy candidate committed to them to leave. This story isn’t over. intriguing move, since the former cricket said. “The Iranians are going to want the first one, which was on radio, and watched self-funding his campaign, that’s irrelevant. “A US withdrawal would be a major star seems to have a good relationship an outcome they can paint as a victory. seven on TV. Now, he’s eager to debate To see the fallacy of it all, compare Iranian victory,” Douglas ollivant, who with the president. But none of that They want to say that they brought the his rivals for the Democratic presidential Bloomberg, who didn’t make the cut, with worked on Iraq strategy under Presidents appears likely to get very far. Americans to their knees. That doesn’t nomination. But Bloomberg won’t be on fellow self-funding billionaire Tom Steyer, obama and George W Bush, told me. Trump and Pompeo have shown no sound like something the Trump the stage on Tuesday night in Des Moines, who did. Both get over the bar in polling. “What’s happening (in Iraq) is far beyond sign they would meet Iran’s long-standing administration would be interested in.” just 20 days before the Iowa caucuses. he’ll But only Steyer spent millions on social Iranian expectations.” condition for negotiations — an easing of Iran’s leaders are in no mood to make be absent because the Democratic National media ads to cadge contributions of a buck Ironically, getting US troops out of US sanctions that have crippled Iran’s concessions to Trump. Instead, they Committee, which should be trying to find or two, just to satisfy the DNC’s silly criteria. the Middle east is one of the few goals economy. Indeed, Pompeo announced may look for ways to make him a one- the strongest candidate to beat Donald Bloomberg could ape Steyer’s strategy Trump has in common with Iran’s Islamic several new sanctions Friday, adding to term president, just as they believe the Trump in November, has really dumb tenfold if he wanted to. he doesn’t, and we leaders. But he probably doesn’t want more than 1,000 already in place. hostage crisis doomed President Carter’s debate qualification standards. say, good for him. to leave this way — run out of Baghdad Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali reelection bid in 1980, perhaps even by The DNC says to make it to the big The DNC is averse to changing the rules while Iran’s influence grows. Indeed, he Khamenei, has called Trump “unstable,” sparking a new crisis before November. show, candidates must register a minimum in the middle so late in the game, and for a threatened to impose sanctions on Iraq, a “a bully” and an unreliable negotiator. Until then, both sides will need level of support in national and/or early white billionaire at that. We get the political US ally, if it tries to force US troops out. “Who would negotiate with a country that careful diplomacy to keep hostilities from state polls, which makes sense, and collect predicament, but the party of gun safety is Second, leaders in both countries say has ignored all other agreements?” he escalating again. our week of almost-war contributions from at least 225,000 shooting itself in the foot. they support diplomacy, but their brush asked last year. ended not in peace — only a tenuous, with war worsened the prospects for Iran-watchers think Khamenei wants makeshift cease-fire. (Tribune News Service) Lesson From Prince Harry & Meghan’s Departure: Racism Can Cost You Meghan Markle’s decision of royal exit is not surprising given the brazen racism she has been subjected to in Britain

MINDA ZETLIN Meghan and harry holding hands with a South Africa told the New York Times. world watched the wedding, which many TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE chimpanzee and joked that it was their son. Prince harry and Meghan “stepping have compared to a fairy tale. After all, There was the Daily Mail headline “harry’s back” from being senior royals has edward VIII, the last royal to marry a rINCe harry and Meghan, Duchess girl is (almost) straight outta Compton,” on a financial consequences. Some Britons (and divorced American woman, was forced to of Sussex, better known as Meghan story that enumerated the recent crimes that especially the same tabloids that have been abdicate the throne as a result. Now here Markle, stunned the world (and have taken place near Markle’s childhood attacking Markle all along) have expressed was the royal family and their millions Papparently the royal family) when home, and listed all the street gangs known outrage that the couple say they will of subjects embracing a beautiful and they announced on Wednesday that they to operate in the area, reminding the reader perform fewer royal duties, which usually glamourous American commoner who would be “stepping back” from royal duties, again and again that the neighbourhood include such things as ribbon cuttings and was not only divorced but also biracial. It splitting their time between Britain and where she was born “couldn’t be more visiting schools and hospitals, given that seemed to signal that the monarchy and North America, and seeking to become different” from the tony environment in British taxpayers have been paying for their the nation were evolving away from their financially independent. But there was which Prince harry was raised. security and funded the multi-million- xenophobic past. It did indeed seem like a one group of people who weren’t at all Then there was the sense that, no pound renovation of their home. But the fairy tale, one for modern times. surprised -- black people living in Britain. matter what she did, Markle could never do hugely popular couple, social influencers But the fairy tale turned out not to be Some expressed relief that Markle (whose anything right. At least according to some with millions of followers, have been true. Polls seem to show that most Britons mother is African-American) was finally critics in the press, who earnestly insisted the Huffington Post and she also posed for revenue generators too. By one estimate, are angry with the couple for making out of the toxic atmosphere in which she’d that it wasn’t her race they objected the cover of the UK Vogue. But just in case the royal wedding (which the royal family their announcement without prior royal been trapped. They wondered how she had to, it was some other thing that she’d there was any doubt as to the true reason paid for) brought about a billion pounds to approval, even though the Sun was about stood it for so long. “Nobody should tolerate done wrong. Like when she was roundly for objections to Markle, the Mail dug up the British economy. This included things to break the story, and even though they’d bullying and abusive behaviour because of criticised for guest-editing an issue of her family tree and published it, writing, like foreign tourists coming for the wedding been attempting to negotiate a more the colour of their skin,” Sanaa edness, an Vogue UK. Dan Wootton, executive editor “Now that’s upwardly mobile! how in 150 and sales of wedding memorabilia. Since orderly exit for over a month. To the non- immigrant from the Caribbean to Britain of The Sun went on TV to say, outrage in years, Meghan Markle’s family went from then, interest in the couple has remained British world, though, it makes the royal told the New York Times. edness added that his voice, that “royals don’t guest-edit cotton slaves to royalty.” high, translating into sales of products family, and the Britons who revere them, she’d experienced similar racism herself. magazines!” except that they have a long And then there are the other members bearing their images and a boon for the seem racist, churlish, and stuck in a past What racism? Well, there was rachel tradition of doing just that. Prince Charles of the royal family, who have met all this retail and travel industries. when they considered themselves superior Johnson, prime minister Boris Johnson’s guest-edited Country Life twice. Kate abuse with silence. “you never see them But perhaps even more important, to all other people on earth. That’s not a sister, who commented that Markle had Middleton, the Duchess of Cambridge, to speaking out about the racism, standing it raised the international standing of good look for a nation that wants to belong “rich and exotic DNA.” There was the BBC whom Markle is frequently unfavourably beside her, defending her. She’s been all the royal family and of Britain itself. An in the 21st century. And it’s not good for commentator who tweeted an image of compared, was praised for guest-editing alone,” a black immigrant to Britain from estimated two billion people around the business, either.

THE VIEWS EXPRESSED ON THE OPINION AND ANALYSIS PAGES ARE THE AUTHORS’ OWN. QATAR TRIBUNE BEARS NO RESPONSIBILITY. Gulf / middle east / africa Tuesday, January 14, 2020 07 Libya’s Haftar delays ceasefire signing at Moscow talks AFP ing to make a decision on its MosCoW Truce reopens signing,” Lavrov said, though Tripoli airport claiming they also “view the rUSSIAN Foreign Minister document positively”. Sergei Lavrov said on Mon- The libyan capital’s airport, The oil-rich country has day’s talks on a ceasefire deal closed since last week, reo- been wracked by turmoil since between the warring sides in pened on Monday following a 2011 NATo-backed uprising Libya had made some pro- a truce that has come into killed dictator Moamer Qadhafi, gress, but strongman Khalifa force after nine months of with multiple foreign powers haftar asked for more time to fighting for control of Tripoli. now involved in the diplomacy. study the document. libyan airlines said Ankara and Moscow have haftar’s forces based in flights resumed to and from established themselves as key eastern Libya have been bat- Mitiga airport, and other players in Libya. The ceasefire tling since April to take Tripoli russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and his Turkish counterpart private airlines also restored document spells out the terms from the UN-recognised gov- Mevlut Cavusoglu during a joint press conference following the talks services. It has since closed of a truce which took effect ernment in the capital. on a ceasefire deal between the warring sides in Libya, in Moscow, on intermittently, including after over the weekend. The Moscow talks followed Monday. (aFP) renewed attacks last week. Turkish Foreign Minister a joint call by Turkish Presi- Mevlut Cavusoglu said once dent recep Tayyip erdogan progress” after talks in Mos- UN-recognised Government the document is signed by and President Vladimir Putin cow with russia and Turkey of National Accord (GNA) signed” the ceasefire agree- haftar, both sides “would take for a ceasefire in the North Af- lasting some seven hours, Lav- Fayez al-Sarraj and head of ment. But haftar and Aguila the responsibility” for a cease- russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu (left) and Libya’s military rican state. rov told journalists. high Council of State in Tripo- Saleh, a haftar ally, “have asked fire launching a political pro- strongman Khalifa Haftar in Moscow on Monday. (aFP) “There has been certain he said the head of Libya’s li, Khaled al-Mechri “have just for a bit more time until morn- cess in the country.

Trump defends King of Jordan warns targeted killing Iran denies ‘cover-up’ IS militants on rise again

of top Iranian AFP gion but also our european general on as public anger mounts ParIs friends will have to address in 2020.” regarding last week’s KING Abdullah of Jordan spiking of tensions between Twitter post on Monday warned that the Iran and the United States, Islamic State group was re- Abdullah said he hoped that DPA over downed airliner grouping and was once again “in the next several months WashIngTon on the rise in the Middle east. we set the right tone for the Months after the ousting of region, which is really to bring US PreSIDeNT Donald IS last year from their last Syr- the temperature down”. Trump on Monday took to ian holdout, Abdullah said his “So far it looks like de- Twitter to defend the tar- “major concern is that we have escalation, we hope that that geted killing of top Iranian seen over the past year the re- continues to be the trend. We general Qassem Soleimani establishment and rise of Isis, can’t afford instability in our after critics questioned the not only in southern eastern part of the world. “imminent” nature of the Syria but also in western Iraq. “Whatever happens in Teh- threat Trump said justified “We have to deal with the ran will affect Baghdad, Am- the move. reemergence of IS,” the king man, Beirut, the Israeli Pales- “The Fake News Media added in an interview with tinian process.” Abdullah added and their Democrat Part- TV channel France 24 ahead that the recent deployment of ners are working hard to of talks this week in Brussels, Turkish troops in a training ca- determine whether or not Strasbourg and Paris. he also pacity to Libya “will only create the future attack by terrorist said many foreign fighters more confusion” in the country. Soleimani was ‘imminent’ or from Syria were now in Libya. Both sides in Libya’s con- not, & was my team in agree- “From a european per- flict agreed to a ceasefire from ment,” the president wrote. spective, with Libya being Sunday to end nine months of “The answer to both is much closer to europe, this is fighting, following weeks of a strong yeS., but it doesn’t going to be an important dis- international diplomacy and really matter because of his cussion in the next couple of calls for a truce by power-bro- horrible past!” Trump has days,” Abdullah said. kers russia and Turkey. justified the assassination “Several thousand fighters A UN report in November by saying Soleimani was have left Idlib (Syria) through said several countries were vio- planning “imminent and the northern border and have lating the arms embargo on Lib- sinister attacks” on US per- ended up in Libya, that is ya in place since the overthrow sonnel, but has drawn ire for something that we in the re- of Moamer Qadhafi in 2011. failing to produce evidence. In a separate Monday tweet, Trump railed against Iranians walk past a poster honouring the victims of a ukrainian passenger jet accidentally shot down in the capital last week, in front of the “the radical Left, Do Noth- Amirkabir university in the capital Tehran, on Monday. (aFP) news ing Democrats” for scorn- ing his policies. “The Dem- held in the capital on Sunday seven Swedes and 10 people in brief ocrats and the Fake News revolutionary Guards’ night, according to unveri- Diplomatic front who resided in the Scandina- are trying to make terrorist top commander fied videos shared online, but Britain summoned Iran’s vian country. Soleimani into a wonderful it was difficult to assess how ambassador to London after “We must strive to ensure Al-Shabaab kills three teachers in attack on guy, only because I did what denies evidence had many people attended. that such a shocking incident eastern Kenya school should have been done for Protesters chanted “Death its Tehran envoy was briefly is not repeated anywhere in 20 years,” he wrote. been tampered with to dictator” and against the arrested for allegedly the world,” rouhani said. “We naIroBI: suspected al-shabaab Islamists killed three teachers AFP revolutionary Guards, Fars attending the demonstration must all join hands to bring and kidnapped another at a primary school in eastern Kenya on Tehran news agency said, a rare move security back to the region and Monday, police said, the latest in a spate of attacks in the region. German Fm warns for a country where media Germany called on Iran to allow peace to prevail.” The assailants also torched a police post and damaged a Iran doubt about IrAN denied a “cover-up” on usually refer to demonstrators allow people to show their Iran has come under telecoms mast in the attack in Kamuthe, 40 kilometres (25 troops in Iraq Monday after taking days to as “rioters” and refrain from grief and “protest peaceful- mounting international pres- miles) south of the town of garissa. reveal an airliner was acciden- publishing such slogans. sure to ensure its investiga- at around 2am (2300 gMT sunday) “suspected armed aMMan: Iran needs to tally shot down last week, a Internet monitor Net- ly and freely” tion into the tragedy is full and as Militia attacked Kamuthe primary school, Kamuthe Police stop interfering in regional disaster that sparked demon- Blocks reported a drop in con- transparent. Post, a telecommunications mast and murdered 3 teachers”, a conflicts, german Foreign strations and calls for a fully nectivity on Monday at Teh- ing down on demonstrators. Despite footage from the police statement said. Minister heiko Maas said transparent investigation. ran’s Sharif University ahead Tehran’s police chief said site of disaster appearing to “The telecommunications mast is partially damaged but on Monday during a visit to The Ukraine International of any new demonstrations. officers had been ordered to show bulldozers at work, the operational.” a separate police report on the incidents seen Jordan. Airlines Boeing 737 was brought “In these sorrowful days, show “restraint” after Sun- revolutionary Guards’ top by aFP said the three teachers killed were not from the region, “We are agreed. If Iran down by a missile shortly after many criticisms were directed day night’s gathering at iconic commander denied evidence and that a local teacher was abducted. The assailants spared wants to de-escalate, then taking off on Wednesday from at relevant officials and au- Azadi Square south of the city had been tampered with. a nurse as she was a woman. it must stop agitation in its Tehran, killing all 176 passen- thorities,” said government centre. “The police treated the “We didn’t touch any- “They also set fire” to the police post in Kamuthe, a senior region, which also applies gers and crew on board. spokesman Ali rabiei. people who had gathered with thing,” said Major General police officer who asked not to be identified told aFP. to Iraq,” Maas said after The Kiev-bound plane was “Some officials were even patience and tolerance,” said hossein Salami. “We didn’t since the start of the year, the al-Qaeda linked al-shabaab meeting with his Jordanian knocked out of the sky hours accused of lying and a cover- General hossein rahimi. move the wreckage of the air- have stepped up their attacks in eastern Kenya, along the so- counterpart, ayman safadi. after Tehran had launched a up but, in all honesty, that was “The police did not shoot craft, we didn’t change the mali border, and Kenyan police have been on high alert. (AFP) Tensions in the Middle wave of missiles at US troops not the case.” at the gatherings at all because scene, we didn’t move the air east escalated sharply after in Iraq in retaliation for the The spokesman said all de- a restraint order (had been is- defence system, and we didn’t top Iranian commander Qas- killing of a top Iranian general. tails provided by officials be- sued) for police in the capital.” (alter) the radar readings.” niger sacks military one dead in Guinea sem soleimani was killed in Iran initially denied West- fore Saturday’s revelation had President hassan rouhani Britain summoned Iran’s chiefs after deadly as sweeping a us drone strike in Bagh- ern claims based on US intel- been based on the information promised a “thorough inves- ambassador to London after militant attack anti-govt rally starts dad earlier this month. ligence that the airliner had they had. tigation” into the disaster in its Tehran envoy was briefly safadi called for de- been struck by a missile before Germany called on Iran a phone call with Sweden’s arrested for allegedly attend- nIaMey: niger replaced two ConaKry: one man was shot escalation and dialogue to acknowledging it on Saturday. to allow people to show their Prime Minister Stefan Lofven, ing the demonstration. top military brass on Monday, and killed in guinea’s capital solve the crisis between the Its handling of the matter saw grief and “protest peacefully his office said. Prime Minister Boris John- four days after a jihadist Conakry on Monday at the start united states and Iran. a memorial at a Tehran uni- and freely”. Its foreign min- The majority of those on son’s spokesman said Britain assault on an army base left of open-ended protests against “The region cannot bear versity turn into a demonstra- istry spokeswoman Maria Flight PS752 were Iranians would convey its “strong objec- 89 dead in the biggest single President alpha Conde. a new crisis. It has enough tion on Saturday evening be- Adebahr described as “very and Canadians, including tions” over rob Macaire’s ar- loss in the country’s history. The West african country crises,” safadi said. (DPA) fore it was dispersed by police. worrying” videos reportedly dual nationals. others were rest, calling it an “unacceptable The new armed forces has been wracked by demon- Demonstrations were also showing security forces crack- Ukrainians, Afghans, Britons, breach” of diplomatic protocol. chief of staff is general strations since mid-october salifou Modi, who replaces over concerns Conde intends general ahmed Mohamed, the to use a planned constitutional government said in a state- reform to extend his mandate. ment read on national radio. at least 20 civilians and Israeli MPs vote to start Netanyahu immunity talks The new head of the army is one gendarme have been Brigadier general seidou Ba- killed since the start of AFP move critics said was aimed Monday’s vote came af- Netanyahu’s top rival, charged by the attorney gen- gue, replacing sidikou Issa. protests, which have drawn JerusaleM at delaying court proceedings ter the parliamentary speaker Benny Gantz, subsequently eral in November with brib- The decision was made by hundreds of thousands of until after the March 2 polls. yuli edelstein, a member of urged lawmakers from his ery, fraud and breach of trust a cabinet meeting before Presi- people while scores have ISrAeLI lawmakers on Mon- But after days of wrangling Netanyahu’s right-wing Likud Blue and White alliance to in three corruption cases. dent Mahamadou Issoufou left been arrested. scuffles broke day voted in favour of discuss- over parliamentary procedure, party, tried unsuccessfully to start the immunity debate “as The Likud leader denies for Pau, southwestern France, out on Monday between ing Prime Minister Benjamin a committee of lawmakers met scupper the procedure. soon as possible”. the allegations and accuses for a summit on the crisis in young people and the police, Netanyahu’s immunity re- on Monday and voted 16 to 1 in edelstein asked parlia- Parties representing 65 prosecutors and the media of the sahel to be attaended by an aFP journalist said. quest, bringing the premier’s favour of taking the next step to mentary legal advisor eyal lawmakers in favour of denying a witch hunt. Under Israeli the so-called g5 countries -- a student elhadj Mama- legal woes to the fore weeks discuss the premier’s request. yinon whether he had the Netanyahu immunity -- a ma- law, a sitting prime minister Burkina Faso, Chad, niger, Mali dou sow, 21, was killed in ahead of an election. They did not set a date to authority to stop the commit- jority of the 120 Knesset mem- is only required to step down and Mauritania -- with France, the unrest, according to his Netanyahu lodged his im- convene the separate house tees being formed, but yinon bers -- had earlier requested once convicted of an offence the former colonial power in uncle, who declined to be munity request with parlia- Committee that will deal directly concluded Sunday the speaker the process be launched. and after all avenues of appeal the region. (AFP) named. (AFP) ment earlier this month in a with Netanyahu’s immunity bid. could not stand in the way. The prime minister was have been exhausted. 08 Tuesday, January 14, 2020 world Queen grants Harry and Meghan ‘transition period’ in Canada

Sandringham estate in eastern want to be reliant on public agreed that there will be a Queen Elizabeth II says the royal couple would be allowed to split england. My family and I are entirely funds” but did not address the period of transition in which s finalised harry and Meghan said supportive of harry and issue of whether they would the Sussexes will spend time their time between UK and Canada while their future i they wanted to “carve out a Meghan’s desire to create keep their royal titles. in Canada and the UK,” said progressive new role within a new life as a young harry and Meghan are the queen, stressing that there AFP The monarch said she biracial American actress this institution”. family. although we would formally known as the Duke were still “complex matter” sandrInghaM, unITed KIngdoM held “very constructive” talks with a strong social media “Although we would have have preferred them to and Duchess of Sussex. Five left to resolve. with harry, his brother Prince presence -- feeling unwelcome preferred them to remain remain full-time working percent of their income is from “I have asked for final QUeeN elizabeth II on William and their father Prince in the highly traditional and full-time working members of members of the royal public funds. decisions to be reached within Monday said she would allow Charles aimed at charting a structured royal family. the royal family, we respect The rest comes from Prince days,” she said. her grandson Prince harry course through the fallout of “My family and I are and understand their wish to family, we respect and Charles’ Duchy of Cornwall, The Daily Mail tabloid said and his wife Meghan to split the bombshell announcement. entirely supportive of harry live a more independent life understand their wish to a hereditary private estate Charles was furious at harry their time between Canada and Their effective resignation and Meghan’s desire to create as a family while remaining a live a more independent dating back to 1337, which for making the announcement Britain while an agreement last week followed a year filled a new life as a young family,” valued part of my family,” the life as a family while funds the public, charitable without winning the queen’s was made on their future, after with rumours of infighting the 93-year-old monarch queen said. remaining a valued part of and private activities of his consent, and after spending their shock resignation from between the brothers and said in a statement after the The monarch stressed the my family,” the queen said. family. his father’s money to support front-line royal duties. reports of Meghan -- a first day of meetings at her couple told her “they do not “It has therefore been his lifestyle.

news PHIlIPPInes On alerT as VOlCanO sPews asH, laVa in brief A youth living at the foot of Taal volcano rides an outrigger democrat Cory Booker, campaign canoe while the volcano spews optimist, exits white House race ash as seen from Tanauan town in Batangas province, WashIngTon: Citing a lack of funds, us senator Cory Booker south of Manila, on Monday. dropped out of the democratic presidential nomination race on The Philippines was on alert Monday, a move that leaves a less diverse field vying to face yesterday for the “explosive donald Trump in november’s election. eruption” of the volcano. “It’s with a full heart that I share this news,” Booker said in Lava and broad columns a statement on the eve of the last democratic debate before of ash illuminated by lightning Iowa kicks off the nomination voting on February 3. spewed from a volcano south of “our campaign has reached the point where we need more the Philippine capital on Monday, money to scale up and build a campaign that can win -- money grounding hundreds of flights as we don’t have, and money that is harder to raise because I authorities warned of a possible won’t be on the next debate stage,” Booker said. (AFP) “explosive eruption”. Fine grit weighed down trees and turned roads into muddy Pakistan court overrules musharraf messes across the region death sentence on treason surrounding the Taal volcano, which burst to life on Sunday and IslaMaBad: The death sentence for treason handed to former has forced over 20,000 people to Pakistani military ruler Pervez Musharraf by a special tribunal seek refuge in evacuation centres, last month was overruled the lahore high Court on Monday, a provincial governor said. Musharraf’s lawyers said. Geologists said the volcano The lahore court ruled that the formation of the special remained active, spurting red-hot tribunal was unconstitutional and illegal, Musharraf defence lava some 500 metres (1,600 lawyer azhar siddique said. feet) into the air from new The three-judge tribunal handed down the death sentence cracks that have opened in its to Musharraf last month after a trial that lasted several years. northern flank, as accompanying Musharraf ruled Pakistan between 1999 and 2008. earthquakes rattled the area. Two out of the three judges ruled that Musharraf was guilty The Philippines sits on the of abrogating Pakistan’s constitution in 2007 to purge higher Pacific ‘Ring of Fire’, where judiciary officials to avoid legal challenges to his rule. tectonic plates collide deep Musharraf, 76 and now living in exile in dubai, overthrew below the Earth’s surface. the government of the then prime minister, nawaz sharif, in a (aFP) bloodless military coup in 1999. (DPA)

Hardline Hindus snowstorms kill protest huge Indian dozens in Pakistan, Jesus statue afghanistan neW delhi: hundreds of IslaMaBad/KaBul: uS wants to reduce military hindu activists affiliated to snowstorms and heavy rains India’s ruling party rallied on have killed more than two Monday to protest a planned dozen people in Pakistan Jesus statue that will rival and afghanistan, with the rio de Janeiro’s Christ The blocked roads and cancelled presence in Africa: mark milley redeemer for size. flights bringing daily life to a “We want to stop the standstill. statue, since it goes against at least 20 people were the US a major surveillance the spirit of communal killed in separate incidents the aim is to focus more on responding to platform in the Sahel but has harmony and encourages caused by two days of heavy been estimated to cost around religious conversions which snowfall and rains in the the threats posed by russia and China $100 million. is rampantly carried out by south-western Pakistani Milley said no decisions Christian missionaries,” province of Balochistan, local AFP Milley said his boss, De- had been made yet and insist- Prabhakar Bhat, a top rss rescue chief Imran Zarkoon Brussels fence Secretary Mark esper, ed Washington was not pull- functionary told media. (AFP) said on Monday.(DPA) had not made up his mind ing out of Africa completely. The United States wants to what changes to make. “economy of forces does not reduce its military presence “We’re developing options mean zero,” he said. in Africa, Washington’s top for the secretary to consider, French officials are military officer said, as France and we are developing those nevertheless alarmed, with Top eu officials take oath of office hosts Sahel leaders as it seeks options in coordination with a presidency source saying luxeMBourg: european Commission President ursula von der to bolster the fight against our allies and partners,” he said. the US made “irreplaceable” leyen took an oath of office alongside other top european union jihadists in the region. After 13 French soldiers contributions to Sahel officials on Monday, vowing to respect the bloc’s founding treaties. Chairman of the US Joint were killed in a helicopter operations -- particularly in Von der leyen and her 26 eu commissioners, one for each Chiefs of Staff, General Mark collision in Mali last month, surveillance and air-to-air member state except soon-to-depart Britain, pledged to serve Milley, said resources “could Macron wants the Sahel leaders refuelling. eu interests as a whole rather than national governments. be reduced and then shifted, to publicly restate their support “We would not be able to “It is a huge responsibility that we have just undertaken,” either to increase readiness of for France’s 4,500-strong get these from other partners, von der leyen said at the ceremony in the bloc’s highest court the force in the continental US military presence, after local especially when it comes to some six weeks after taking up duties in the executive branch. or shifted to” the Pacific. demonstrations against it. intelligence,” the presidency The ceremony included a pledge to “behave with integrity his comments came as he The United States wants official said. Paris would be and discretion” with particular regard to “appointments and flew in for talks with NATo to reduce the number of its US Secretary of Defence Mark Esper and Chair of the Joint Chiefs of sharing its concerns with the US benefits” accepted after serving in the eu executive. counterparts in Brussels. troops deployed across Africa Staff Mark Milley arrive for briefing with members of the US House “at all levels”, the source added. some former commissioners have been criticized for The announcement follows over the next few years to of Representatives about the situation with Iran, at the US Capitol in NATo military chiefs moving on to lucrative posts once they leave. For example, President Donald Trump’s call focus more on responding to Washington, recently. (aFP) will use this week’s meeting ex-commission president Jose Manuel Barroso went to us last week for NATo to do more the threats posed by russia to debate the future of the investment firm goldman sachs after finishing up. in the Middle east and comes and China. ticularly in Somalia. France’s operation Barkhane alliance’s training mission in The commissioners face many challenges during their as French President emma- Washington has some Another 2,000 soldiers are in Mali, to which they provide Iraq, suspended over security five-year term, european Court of Justice (eCJ) President Koen nuel Macron gathers his coun- 7,000 special forces on rota- conducting training missions mainly logistical assistance. fears after the US killed lenaerts said, highlighting Brexit, climate change and the terparts from Burkina Faso, tion in Africa carrying out in some 40 African countries one option would be to top Iranian general Qasem management of migration. (DPA) Chad, Niger, Mali and Mauri- joint operations with national and taking part in cooperative close a drone base in Agadez, Soleimani in a drone strike in tania. forces against jihadists, par- operations, in particular with northern Niger, which gives Baghdad. ‘Joker’ leads Oscar nods with 11 as women, minorities miss out

AFP next month. slot, meaning once again no asked not to be named told AFP, official oscars nominations los angeles Todd Phillips’s ‘Joker’, a women made the shortlist. pointing to the revered track announcement, said pointedly bleak, arthouse take on the Much of the focus so far records of the likes of Scorsese, as she presented the nominees. DArK comic book tale ‘Joker’ comic book villain starring this award season has been on Tarantino and Mendes. ‘Bombshell’, the female- topped the oscar nominations Joaquin Phoenix, was just the lack of women and ethnic In the history of the led drama which depicts the on Monday, picking up 11 nods ahead of three films. minority filmmakers honored. oscars, only five women have sexual harassment scandal including best picture and best Quentin Tarantino’s 1960s Greta Gerwig’s acclaimed ever been nominated for best that ousted Fox News co- director, as women and ethnic Tinseltown homage ‘once Upon ‘Little Women’ adaptation director -- including Gerwig, founder roger Ailes, was a minorities were largely shut a Time... in hollywood’, Sam has been notably absent in for 2017’s ‘Lady Bird’. surprise absence from the best out once again. Mendes’s World War I odyssey several award nominations ‘Little Women’ acting picture list. The pre-dawn Academy ‘1917’ and Martin Scorsese’s announcements, although it nominee Florence Pugh told In an industry criticised for Award announcement ‘The Irishman’ each earned 10 was one of nine films nominated Variety she was “happy that its lack of diversity, the oscars capped months of ceaseless nominations, including best for the best picture oscar. everybody is upset” over picked only one non-white campaigning by A-listers and picture and director. “Unfortunately there are Gerwig’s snub. acting nominee -- British (File photo) US actor Al Pacino, US filmmaker Martin Scorsese and US studios, revealing which stars South Korean class satire just five nominees” for best “Congratulations to those star Cynthia erivo, who plays actor Robert De Niro pose on the red carpet as they arrive to attend and movies have a shot at ‘Parasite’, from Bong Joon-ho, director in an “incredibly strong men,” actress and writer US anti-slavery icon harriet the international premiere of the film ‘The Irishman’. (aFP) hollywood’s ultimate prize secured the final best director year,” one Academy voter who Issa rae, co-host of the Tubman in ‘harriet’. QP hosts farewell in honour of Issa Shahin al Ghanim PaGe 11

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DOW28,880.31 QE 10,567.61 SENSEX 41,859.69 GOLD 1,550.40 Woqod opens new petrol station in +56.54 PTS +58.85 PTS +259.97 PTS -0.62% Umm Al Seneem PaGe 10 PrICE PErCEnTaGE PrICE PErCEnTaGE 18.01 BRENT 64.40 -0.89% WTI 58.40 -1.08% SILVER -0.55% Attractive dividends to drive near-term rally in Qatari stocks

SATYENDRA PATHAK should provide tailwinds for doha growth,” it said. QNBFS said in the report QATArI stocks are expected that it expected Qatari stocks to outperform their emerging under coverage to exhibit market (eM) peers as the divi- strong year-on-year (yoy) dend season is approaching, earnings growth on a normal- QNB Financial Services (QN- ised basis in the fourth quar- BFS) said in a report released ter of 2019. on Monday. “Normalised earnings “As we approach the divi- should grow 13.1 percent yoy Senior management officials and members of Boards of Directors of Goldwind and Nebras pose for photographs after signing a stake acquisition deal. dend season, we expect Qatari in aggregate. Commercial stocks to outperform their eM Bank and Doha Bank should peers as they have done in contribute positively to the the past. Qatari stocks enjoy yoy net income growth of stronger dividend yields of 4.2 stocks under our coverage,” it nebras Power completes 49% percent estimated for 2019 said. and 4.5 percent for 2020, “We estimate banks under which are notably above MSCI coverage (ex-QNB) to experi- eM averages of 2.9 percent ence a yoy earnings growth and 3.2 percent respectively,” of 15.9 percent largely attrib- the report said. uted to Commercial Bank and stake buy in Aussie wind farm “Since 2014, the Qe In- Doha Bank. Lower provisions dex has beaten the MSCI eM and cost control, countering Index by an average 3.8 per- margin pressure and weak Large-scale acquisition marks Nebras Power’s entry into Australian power market cent with an absolute average revenue, drive the yoy aggre- return of 4.8 percent between gate growth in profitability,” TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK Nebras Ceo Khalid Mo- the end of November until the the report said. doha hammed Jolo said, “The ac- beginning of March the fol- Making a forecast about quisition of Stockyard hill lowing year,” it said. the key Qatari stocks under NeBrAS Power Investment The acquisition of a large Wind Farm serves as a land- “equities listed on Qatar coverage, it said that Gulf In- Management (NPIM) has equity stake in Stockyard mark deal for Nebras to es- Stock exchange (QSe) of- ternational Services (GIS) is completed the acquisition of Hill Wind Farm solidifies tablish and further expand fer attractive dividend yields expected to register revenue a 49 percent equity stake in our presence in Australia and against the region. Widam of Qr3 billion in 2019, up Stockyard hill Wind Farm in Nebras’ foray into the the Asia-Pacific marketplace. Food offers one of the best 20 percent yoy and net in- Australia. Australian market, which Additionally, this deal aligns yields of 6.6 percent in Qa- come of Qr42.7 million. “We The transaction was car- we are pursuing as a major and bolsters Nebras’ strategic tar. Moreover, Al Khalij Com- do not expect GIS to declare ried out by NPIM, a wholly- new growth market. growth objective of becoming mercial Bank is yielding 5.4 dividends for 2019, as was the owned affiliate of Nebras a leading international power percent, Milaha 4.9 percent, case in 2017 and 2018,” it said. Power, and Goldwind Stock- Nebras Chairman Fahad company.” Masraf Al rayan 4.8 percent, For Gulf Warehousing yard hill Wind Farm Limited, Hamad al Mohannadi Faisal al Siddiqi, Chief Qatar electricity and Water Company (GWC), it projects a wholly-owned hong Kong Business Development of- Company and Vodafone Qa- revenue of Qr1.23 billion affiliate of Xinjiang Goldwind tive shareholders. ficer of Nebras, said, “With tar 4.7 percent,” the report in 2019, flat yoy, while net Science and Technology. “The acquisition of a large the Stockyard hill Wind said. income of Qr245.1 million Located 35km west of equity stake in Stockyard hill Farm, we are entering our Going forward, the re- should exhibit an increase of Ballarat in Victoria, Stock- Wind Farm solidifies Nebras’ next chapter. For this reason, port said, Qatari stocks will 3.5 percent. “We also expect yard hill Wind Farm is set to strategy to enhance its asset ates, will retain a 51 percent foray into the Australian mar- we will aim to develop and have positive earnings and DPS to grow 5.3 percent from have 149 wind turbines with base through fully-contracted equity stake in Stockyard hill ket, which we are pursuing as diversify the Australian asset dividends surprises to set up Qr0.19 in 2018 to Qr0.20 in a combined capacity of 527 projects and further marks Wind Farm. a major new growth market,” portfolio with other renew- a 2020 rally in the short-term. 2019,” the report said. MW. the company’s inaugural en- The transaction has been said Nebras Chairman Fahad able energy technologies and “Longer-term, we remain “Net income of Voda- The windfarm will be the try into the Australian power fully backed by the senior hamad al Mohannadi. gas-to-power projects. In the bullish on the Qatari stock fone Qatar should grow 32.5 biggest in the southern hemi- sector. management and Boards of “In this respect, we are years ahead, we look forward market given attractive fun- percent from Qr118 million sphere, upon completion in Under this agreement, Directors of Goldwind and confident that this will be the to jointly positioning this damental drivers and a sig- in 2018 to Qr156 million in the fourth quarter of 2020. Nebras has secured a 49 per- Nebras and is deemed to be first of several lucrative in- wind farm as a flagship pro- nificant spending programme 2019. We expect Qr0.05 in This first transaction is cent stake; while Goldwind, in the best interest of both the vestments in Australia’s pow- ject in Nebras’ global energy including a 2020 budget that DPS for 2019, flat with 2018,” consistent with Nebras’s through its hong Kong affili- companies and their respec- er industry by Nebras.” portfolio.” is the biggest in five years that the report said. Qatar Financial Centre records exceptional 33 percent growth in 2019 TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK Authority said: “The QFC In line with this strate- Qatar-based television studio agreement saw the QFC’s sup- doha platform has made substan- gic vision, the QFC has taken to the QFC and further under- port for the ‘hope for Gaza’ tial progress towards its core major strides across financial scored the country’s position initiative which aimed to mo- The Qatar Financial Cen- mandate of attracting FDI services and expanded their as a thriving international bilise financial resources and tre (QFC), one of the world’s to Qatar and promoting eco- financial services definition media hub. support the services provided leading and fastest growing nomic diversification, as seen on the platform to extend li- In line with the QFC’s by UNrWA for Palestinian onshore business and finan- by our remarkable interna- censing to FinTech compa- core mandate to promote refugees in Gaza. In Decem- cial centres, ended the year on tional partnerships, global nies. The QFC now has an economic diversification and ber 2019 on the side-lines of a high note with an unprece- engagement and business increasing number of Fintech attract foreign direct invest- the Doha Forum, the QFC also dented growth of 33% in 2019 growth over the course of the firms on its platform includ- ment, the QFC organised a signed an agreement with Dr. with close to 200 firms being last year.” ing Instimatch, Q-Pay, and series of international road- Ahmed Al-Meraikhi, Special registered to the platform. Al-Jaida added: “With Goals 101. Additionally, the shows in strategic markets Adviser to the UN Secretary- The number of firms set up to over 800 companies now reg- QFC partnered with B-hive, including the United States, General, which assists with operate out of the QFC now istered on the platform, we are a leading european FinTech Spain, Turkey, China, Japan, the promotion of humanitar- stands at 816 as of December pleased that our efforts in de- platform, to develop the fi- Korea and Taiwan, among ian challenges and increases 2019. Compared to 612 firms veloping relations with local nancial technology industry in others, to highlight the nu- mobilisation of Qatar’s pri- at the beginning of the same and international stakehold- Qatar. merous market opportuni- vate sector on key global hu- year, the QFC is well under- ers and key markets continue 2019 also saw the launch ties in Qatar and benefits of manitarian issues. way in its goal of registering to bolster investor confidence of the Investment Promotion doing business both in Qatar In addition, 2019 marked 1,000 firms by 2022. in Qatar, shaping our nation Agency of Qatar, which is reg- QFC Authority’s Chief Executive Officer yousuf Mohamed al Jaida and under the QFC platform. the year that the QFC join The expansion of firms on as the gateway of choice to the istered on the QFC platform QFC also welcomed various the World Alliance of Inter- the QFC platform represents a Middle east and beyond.” and aims to be a single and operation between the Istan- Islamic financialmarkets in high-profile delegations from national Financial Centres, variety of industries, both fi- The QFC kickstarted 2019 complete source for invest- bul Financial Center and the central Asia and QFC-based around the world including a non-profit organisation nancial and non-financial ser- with the unveiling of its 2022 ment solutions in Qatar by at- QFC. The QFC’s agreement commercial entities to Turk- Canada, Mexico, the United established to facilitate stra- vices, including Fintech, IT, strategy, announcing its re- tracting FDI in all of the coun- with CBFo aims to allow fi- ish and european markets. States, France, holland, Tur- tegic cooperation among fi- and tax and investment ad- newed focus on developing try’s priority sectors. nancial institutions in Qatar Additional key MoUs in- key, russia and Japan. nancial centres. As part of the visories, hailing from diverse sectors of Qatar’s economy The QFC signed 11 land- to operate in İstanbul Finance clude the QFC’s agreement 2019 also saw the QFC re- alliance, the QFC will share its countries including the Unit- that are poised for substan- mark MoUs in 2019 with key Centre and allow financial in- with Microsoft,which facili- affirm its social and humani- unique business model and ed States, Canada, the United tial growth, namely digital, local and international stake- stitutions in Turkey to operate tates strategic cooperation tarian commitment, having expertise as well as impart Kingdom, France, Germany, media, sports, and financial holders; including a key part- in the QFC, establishes pass- and attracts international signed numerous agreements successful endeavours in di- Switzerland, Jordan as well as services sectors, as well as tar- nership with the Finance of- porting services for financial digital and IT businesses to to support United Nations verse financial sectors includ- India. geting emerging markets such fice of the Presidency of the institutions,and also connects Qatar, and an agreement agencies including the office ing Islamic Finance, Fintech, yousuf Mohamed al Jaida, as oman, Kuwait, India, Paki- republic of Turkey (CBFo) QFC based entities and Istan- with Bloomberg Media Group of the UN Secretary-General’s Asset Management and Capi- Chief executive officer, QFC stan and Turkey. to establish the long-term co- bul Finance Centre entities to which brought the very first humanitarian envoy. This tal Markets. 10 Tuesday, January 14, 2020 economy & Business Fuel sTaTIOn numBer 99 New Boeing CEO tells staff company must be ‘transparent’ AFP includes “following the lead neW yorK of our regulators and working with them to ensure they’re NeW Boeing Chief executive satisfied completely with the David Calhoun told employees airplane and our work, so that on Monday the company must we can continue to meet our strengthen its culture, focus customer commitments.” on “integrity” and be “trans- Deteriorating relations be- parent,” according to an email tween Boeing and the US Fed- sent to staff. eral Aviation Administration Calhoun, a longtime Boe- were a chief factor in Muilen- ing board member, officially burg’s ouster, with agency took over on Monday as chief chief Steve Dickson publicly executive, replacing Dennis calling out Boeing for making Muilenburg, who was ousted statements about the MAX’s in December as the company return “designed to force FAA faces a drawn-out crisis fol- into taking quicker action.” lowing deadly crashes of a top- selling jet. Calhoun invoked Boeing’s “tremendous legacy of aero- A view of Woqod’s newly opened umm Al Seneem (Ain Khalid 2) fuel station. space achievement” and called on employees to work to “re- build trust” and restore key relationships with customers, partners and regulators. woqod opens new petrol “I see greatness in this company but I also see op- portunities to be better. Much better,” Calhoun said. “That includes engaging station in umm al seneem one another and our stake- holders with greater trans- parency, holding ourselves (File photo) New Boeing CEO petrol station in Umm Al Se- which will serve Umm Al Se- accountable to the highest David Calhoun (aFP) the petrol station neem (Ain Khalid -2). neem/Ain Khalid area and standards of safety and quality offers round-the- “Woqod aspires to expand their neighborhood. and incorporating outside-in - right pick? -While law- its petrol station network in Woqod is currently The petrol station of- perspective on what we do and makers in Congress and Wall clock services to the country to meet the rising overseeing the implementa- fers round-the-clock services how we do it.” Street analysts had called for residents demand for petroleum prod- 20,000 sqm tion of 13 new petrol to residents, and include he takes the reins four change atop Boeing, some ucts and achieve the goal of umm al seneem fuel station stations, which most of Sidra convenience store, days after the release of a new have questioned whether Cal- providing customers with ac- is spread over an area of them will be operational in Manual car wash, oil change, trove of embarrassing em- houn’s lengthy service on the TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK cess to best-in-class products the first quarter of year tyre repair, and sale of ployee emails, including one Boeing board makes him an doha and services at their conveni- 20,000 square metres and LPG cylinders (Shafaf), in ad- saying the 737 MAX was “de- ideal pick for resetting the ence and comfort.” has three lanes with nine 2020 dition to sale of gasoline and signed by clowns.” company. dispensers for light vehicles, QATAr Fuel (Woqod) has he said, “Woqod has re- Woqod’s Managing Director diesel products for light vehi- The aircraft has been After Calhoun was select- opened a new fuel station in cently accelerated the process which will serve umm al cles. grounded since March follow- ed, Bank of America Merrill Umm Al Seneem (Ain Khalid for the construction of new seneem/ain Khalid area and and CEO Saad Rashid al Muhannadi added that ing two deadly crashes. Lynch said in a December note 2), raising its network of var- petrol stations to meet the their neighbourhood Muhannadi Woqod is currently oversee- Boeing faces numerous it had “mixed feelings” in light ious petrol stations to 99. fuel and energy needs of the ing the implementation of 13 probes and lawsuits over the of Calhoun’s background. Woqod’s Managing Di- country. Woqod team would tion is spread over an area of new petrol stations, which crashes. The incidents have al- “We wonder if appoint- rector and Ceo Saad rashid like to extend their gratitude contributed to the comple- 20,000 square metres and most of them will be opera- ready cost the company more ing from within, especially an al Muhannadi, said, “We are to all concerned governmen- tion of this project.” has three lanes with nine tional in the first quarter of than $9 billion and led to the insider that has been with the pleased to open new fixed tal and private entities that Umm Al Seneem fuel Sta- dispensers for light vehicles, year 2020. suspension of production of company for 10 years, signals the 737 MAX due to lengthy more of the same from Boeing delays in winning regulatory vs an outside appointee who approval to resume flights. may have offered more of a Calhoun said returning the change of pace and culture,” MAX to service safely “must be the bank said in a commen- QC, Turkey’s TET meet to boost trade ties our primary focus,” and that tary. TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK Twar said there is a wide doha range of cooperation oppor- tunities between both sides in QATAr Chamber (QC) has metal sector. held a meeting with a trade ozdogan said the delega- UK economy stalls, delegation headed by board tion comprises leading com- member of Turkey’s electri- panies specialised in electric cal electronics and Services as BoE eyes rate cut exporters’ Association (TeT) Kerem ozdogan, the chamber AFP November. said in a statement on Mon- london Speaking ahead of the data day. Ozdogan noted that Turkey’s a Bank of england policymak- The Qatari side was head- exports het $150 billion in BrITAIN’S economy has er, Gertjan Vlieghe, hinted at ed by QC’s First Vice Chair- 2018 and are expected to stalled, official data showed a potential vote in favour of a man Mohamed bin Ahmed bin reach $160 billion in 2019, Monday, as Brexit and politi- January cut to the Boe’s main Twar al Kuwari. cal uncertainty contributed to interest rate, weighing on the The meeting reviewed affirming that 10 percent of slashing manufacturing out- pound Monday. means of strengthening coop- them from TET companies put, heaping pressure on the It followed comments eration relations between the Bank of england to cut inter- Friday by fellow policymaker Qatari private sector and its est rates. Silvana Tenreyro, who said Turkish counterpart especially and electronic industries with Gross domestic prod- she could support a rate cut in the field of manufactur- a view to developing coopera- QC’s First Vice Chairman Mohamed bin Ahmed bin Twar al Kuwari with Turkish official at a meeting in uct contracted 0.3 percent from the current 0.75-per- ing electronics and electrical tion ties with Qatari business- Doha on Monday. in November, the office for cent level, if the economy did products. men and exploring the Qatari National Statistics said in a not strengthen. It also discussed the pos- market. key’s exports het $150 billion 1991 and has over 7,500 mem- Qatar and Turkey grew by 85 statement. It grew only 0.1 And on Thursday, the sibility of establishing part- he said Qatar enjoys huge in 2018 and are expected to ber companies to improve the percent from $1.3 billion in percent in the three months bank’s outgoing governor, nerships between Qatari potential, noting that it is a reach $160 billion in 2019, export volume of the electri- 2017 to $2.4 billion in 2018. It to the end of November, the Mark Carney, said the mon- businessmen and Turkish leading and attractive invest- affirming that 10 percent of cal-electronics. reached $1.5 billion during the oNS added. etary policy committee was counterparts from the associa- ment destination. them from TeT companies. It is worth mentioning that first three quarters of the last Manufacturing mean- looking at the merits of near- tion. ozdogan noted that Tur- TeT was established in the bilateral trade between year. while slumped 1.7 percent in term stimulus. UK ‘generations away’ from equality in top roles, survey finds

“None of these Ceos are But in upper chamber the the society said its 2020 sex and Power women of colour,” it added. house of Lords, 27 percent of And in parliament’s lower peers are female, and only two Index showed ‘an alarming lack of women house of Commons, 34 per- percent are women of colour, of colour across the top jobs in all sectors’ it added. Huge gap The Fawcett Society urged AFP the survey noted that only tions away from achieving an- despite much lip service the UK “government, political london ything close to equality,” said six percent of companies parties, the judiciary and em- Sam Smethers, chief executive about the importance of trading on london’s ployers to act now to ensure a BrITAIN is “generations of The Fawcett Society. having women in top jobs, benchmark Ftse 100 step change in the numbers of away” from achieving gender “We are wasting women’s today’s data shows we are still stocks index were led by women in senior roles. equality in top positions across talent and skills.” generations away from “research has consistently the workplace, according to a The Society said its 2020 achieving anything close to female chief executives shown that greater equality for survey by a leading women’s Sex and Power Index showed equality, said sam smethers, women is not only good for so- rights group published on also “an alarming lack of wom- chief executive of The Fawcett cent of MPs are women. ciety -- it is good for business,” Monday. en of colour across the top jobs society “Women of colour now it said. “Despite much lip service in all sectors”. make up 17 percent of the wom- Smethers urged “quotas, about the importance of hav- It noted that only six per- en MPs, which is in line with targets and policy interven- ing women in top jobs, today’s cent of companies trading on 100 stocks index were led by the population as a whole,” the tions to remove the barriers to data shows we are still genera- London’s benchmark FTSe female chief executives. Society said however. women’s progression”. economy & Business Tuesday, January 14, 2020 11

KaaBI aTTends Farewell CeremOny QP hosts farewell in honour of Issa Shahin al Ghanim

TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK was appointed as director of doha Strategic Planning and Policy in 2009. MINISTer of State for en- he also represented the ergy Affairs, President and State of Qatar in the organi- Ceo of Qatar Petroleum he Passion sation of Petroleum export- Saad Sherida al Kaabi, has at- ing Countries (oPeC) from tended the farewell ceremony ghanim joined Qatar 2000 until 2018. hosted by Qatar Petroleum Petroleum’s Corporate Kaabi attended the fare- in honour of Issa Shahin al Planning department in 1990. well along with executive vice Ghanim, a statement said on In 1993 he became the presidents and senior execu- Monday. director of the department, tives. Ghanim joined Qatar Pe- after which he was appointed The minister voiced ap- troleum’s Corporate Planning as director of strategic preciation of Ghanim’s valua- Department in 1990. In 1993 Planning and Policy in 2009 ble contributions during three he became the director of the decades of service at Qatar department, after which he Petroleum. Minister of State for Energy Affairs, President and CEO of Qatar Petroleum HE Saad Sherida al Kaabi at an event in Doha on Monday. QICCa, QU Forbes me ranks Bre 6th among begin 1st phase of arbitration top 50 realty firms in the region The report also includes the names of other Qatari companies, indicating the rapid growth programme and powerful performance of the real estate sector in Qatar QNA for managing the arbitra- doha tion proceedings between the claimant and the re- The introductory phase of spondent, and how to for- Qualification and Prepa- mulate the arbitration rule ration of the Arbitrators and its main elements, and Programme began at Qatar implement the arbitration University (QU) on Mon- rule and the reasons for its day. invalidity. organised by Qatar The programme targets International Centre for lawyers and legal advisers, Conciliation and Arbitra- legal and administrative tion (QICCA) of Qatar leaders in the public and Chamber in collaboration private sector companies, with the QU’s Centre for legal departments, min- Continuing education, istries and government the introductory phase of institutions, banks and the training programme, financial institutions, as entitled “Concept and Le- well as heads and members gal Nature of Commercial of boards and directors of Arbitration”, informs the companies, business own- trainees of the concept and ers, contractors and com- types of arbitration and mercial agents, as well as systems similar to arbitra- arbitrators and experts in tion, and types and legal the field of commercial dis- nature arbitration, as well putes, engineers, account- as to provide them with the ants, and lawyers under requirements of arbitration training and law students. litigation. recently, QICCA The various stages of graduated 145 arbitra- the programme aim to pro- tors, including 85 Qatari vide the participants with arbitrators. All graduates the ability to get the idea were included in the list of of commercial arbitration arbitrators registered with and its various applica- QICCA for settlement of Barwa real Estate Group is a leading developer and operator of multiple realty asset-classes in Qatar and the Middle East region. tions, and the procedures commercial disputes. TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK “Barwa real estate is one of serve the country’s require- al excellence, good governance doha the largest Qatari companies ment and meet the framework and value creation. in the field of real estate de- as set out in Qatar National Vi- The total assets of Bar- ForBeS Middle east maga- velopment. The diverse invest- The group always considers sion 2030. wa real estate amounted to zine has ranked Barwa real ments which Barwa carries out the needs and aspirations of The Group enjoys a well- Qr31.5 billion with an increase estate (Bre) Group sixth to fulfill the needs of the local the Qatari society and views balanced portfolio of income of Qr 1.1 billion compared to among the top 50 listed real market is the key for its suc- the national vision as the generating annuity assets in the total assets at December estate companies in the Middle cess. compass which determines residential, commercial, mixed 31, 2018. While the net profit east for the year 2019, the real “The group always consid- use and hospitality. The Group attributable to the sharehold- estate company announced in ers the needs and aspirations the direction of its current owns more than 3.5 million ers of the parent company a statement on Monday. of the Qatari society and views and upcoming plans square meters (built up area) amounted Qr804 million with The ranking featured the the national vision as the com- of operating assets, with a lo- earnings per share amounted top 50 companies listed on pass which determines the MD of BRE Issa Mohammed cal land bank of more than 5.2 to Qr0.21 for the period ended the region’s stock exchange, direction of its current and al Mohannadi million square meters. on September 30, 2019. ranked by market value as of upcoming plans. Barwa will Barwa serves broad range Forbes Middle east report october 21, 2019. continue its efforts being the of stakeholders and clients, included the names of other Deputy Chairman & Man- strategic partner of the Qatari classes in Qatar and the Middle creating enduring demand Qatari companies besides Bar- The arbitration programme targets lawyers and legal advisers, aging Director of Barwa real government”. east region. As a fundamental and driving long-term perfor- wa real estate, which pointed legal and administrative leaders in the public and private estate Issa Mohammed al Mo- Barwa real estate Group contributor to the develop- mance. out to the rapid growth and sector companies. hannadi commented on the is a leading developer and op- ment of Qatar, the Group pri- The Group subscribes to powerful performance of the group’s performance saying, erator of multiple realty asset- marily focuses on projects that strong emphasis in operation- real estate sector in Qatar.

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Badminton World No. 1 Momota hurt, driver killed in Malaysia crash AFP ment they were “saddened” by Kuala luMPur the crash. The accident happened BADMINToN world number around 4:40 am (2040 GMT one Kento Momota was in- Sunday), and 10 firefighters jured and his driver was killed rushed to the scene, senior fire in a crash near Kuala Lumpur and rescue department official on Monday just hours after he Norazam Khamis told AFP. won the Malaysia Masters. The injured “were able to Police said the Japanese walk out of the van by them- star, 25, suffered a broken selves with some scratches”, nose and cuts to his face when he added. Pictures showed the van carrying him to the the front of the van crushed city’s airport crashed early in against a lorry but the back the morning, in a blow to his section appeared intact. preparations for this year’s To- Momota enjoyed a stellar kyo olympics. 2019, winning a record 11 titles A Badminton World Fed- including the World Champi- eration (BWF) statement said Japan’s Kento Momota reacts after winning against Denmark’s Viktor onships, Asia Championships Momota sustained multiple Axelsen during their men’s singles final at the Malaysia Open badmin- and All england open, a turna- laceration wounds to the face ton tournament in Kuala Lumpur on January 12, 2020. (aFP) round for a player who had been plus right maxillary sinus and banned for gambling in 2016. nasal bone fracture and was mark’s Viktor Axelsen in Kua- But he added those hurt This means he won more taken to Putrajaya hospital Malaysia Fire and rescue Department’s rescue personnel working at the scene of a vehicle crash that la Lumpur. were “recovering well, (and) tournaments in a season that for treatment. he is in a sta- killed a driver and injured four badminton players, including Kento Momota, at a major highway linking the “It’s truly tragic, espe- all four are also in stable any other men’s player, includ- ble condition. capital Kuala Lumpur to the country’s main airport in Kuala Lumpur. (aFP) cially involving a badminton condition”. ing Malaysia’s Lee Chong Wei Three others involved are icon like Momota,” Malaysian The others hurt suffered and Chinese great Lin Dan. – Japan team assistant coach, tor, William Thomas. lorry on a highway. An assis- The accident came after sports minister Syed Saddiq facial, leg, hand and head in- There is only one major in- hirayama yu; team physio- The driver was killed at tant coach, physiotherapist, the dominant Japanese star told reporters, after visiting juries, according to the police. dividual title missing from the therapist Morimoto Akifumi; the scene after the vehicle and badminton official also began his 2020 season in style the injured in hospital south of The Badminton Associa- Japanese player’s trophy haul and hawkeye system opera- collided with a slow-moving suffered minor injuries. Sunday with victory over Den- the capital. tion of Malaysia said in a state- – olympic gold.

a boost for horseracing in Qatar neymar shines QreC, al sulaiti Holding sign but PSG held by agreement to maximise Monaco in thriller AFP September – but the draw rep- ParIs resented a positive start for racegoer turnout former Spain coach Moreno, NeyMAr scored twice and who replaced Leonardo Jar- created another goal but lead- dim at the end of December. ers Paris Saint-Germain were “We should be very happy. held to an entertaining 3-3 I’m very pleased with my play- draw at home on Sunday by a ers and I want to congratulate Monaco side playing their first them for a great match,” said Ligue 1 game under new coach Moreno. “We played to our robert Moreno. strengths on the counter- The Brazilian gave PSG the attack. We think we can beat lead after just two minutes at any team and that’s what I the Parc des Princes but Monaco tell my players. That’s our scored two quick goals through philosophy.” Gelson Martins and Wissam PSG had started the new Ben yedder to move 2-1 ahead year in rampant form by scor- inside quarter of an hour. ing six both times in a pair of A Fode Ballo-Toure own domestic cup wins and looked goal brought PSG level and on track for a 10th win in a row Neymar restored their advan- over Monaco after Neymar con- tage from the penalty spot be- trolled a terrificMarco Verratti fore half-time after a foul on pass to smash home the opener. Kylian Mbappe. Monaco hit back almost But Monaco, who also immediately as Cesc Fabregas host PSG on Wednesday in threaded a neat ball through a rearranged fixture, earned for Ben yedder and although a point when Islam Slima- he was chopped down by Key- ni’s goal was controversially lor Navas, the rebound rolled awarded after it was initially into the path of Martins who ruled out for offside. tapped into an empty net. Making QREC a tourist attraction to promote equestrian culture, serve community: Al Mohannadi “We didn’t put in our best Keita Balde ran at the de- performance but we tried. It fence before slipping across TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK have a certain area at QreC was a good test. Monaco have to Ben yedder who applied doha and it will be invested in shops a good team but we are superi- a composed finish for his after having obtained the ap- or and we must show it on the league-best 14th goal. IN an effort to transform the proval of the competent au- pitch,” Neymar told Canal+. PSG equalised moments Qatar racing and equestrian thorities so that all licences “If we had played at our later when Neymar received Club (QreC) into an attractive will be valid and in accord- best we would have taken the the ball in the box and his destination for visitors, the ance with the regulations in three points. snapshot took a couple of de- QreC management, led by the effect. We are interested in “I think on the third goal, flections – the latter coming off QreC Chairman Issa bin Mo- attracting the public through- the fact our defender touched Ballo-Toure for an own goal. hammed al Mohannadi signed out the week by providing a the ball wasn’t intentional but Kamil Glik headed against an agreement with Al Sulaiti wide range of services and the decision falls to the ref- the post on the half-hour but holding recently. the events of interest for both eree. They have VAr for that, PSG regained the lead on 41 The agreement is meant families and children. Accord- we can’t complain. We weren’t minutes, Neymar converting to promote horseracing, max- QrEC Chairman Issa bin ingly, the scale of activities perfect tonight either.” a spot-kick after Mbappe was imise racegoer turnout in race Mohammed al Mohannadi. at QreC will be large, which It was just the second time brought down by Martins. meetings throughout the sea- will be in favour of good in- PSG have dropped points at Monaco made it 3-3 with son and serve the community, people associated with horserac- vestment. There will be shops home this season – after a 20 minutes to go with the help and in particular the eques- QrEC CEO Nasser bin Sherida al Kaabi (left) and Al Sulaiti Holding ing”, added Al Mohannadi. and cafés and, being at QreC, shock 2-0 defeat by reims in of VAr system. trian community. Under the Chairman Dr Ahmed al Sulaiti. “The presence of chil- there will be special emphasis agreement, Al Sulaiti holding dren and their interest to at- on horse equipment shops. will use the shops existing at shed light on the agreement. at QreC as an organisation of tend the events will definitely “I am not new to the eques- QreC to serve as an open mar- “The main purpose of the agree- a special nature. foster their association with trian sport”, added Al Sulaiti, ket serving customers through- ment is to transform QreC into “In addition, families and QreC. No doubt this agree- “I used to be a jockey and out the week and not only on an attraction for visitors to be children will have the op- ment will be key in achieving ride at QreC race meetings. race days. Such shops will offer added to the other attractive portunity to enjoy the events equestrian sustainability at I have also been involved in a wide range of services, includ- destinations in Qatar”, he said. and associated ambience. It QreC through the diversifica- the sports field in general as ing products and entertain- “This will maximise race- is a new demonstration that tion and enhancement of out- I was the General Secretary ment for children and families. goer turnout and promote QreC’s services are not lim- come in line with the QreC of the Al Arabi Club. I, there- The three-year renewable the equestrian culture and ited to a certain category, but management’s objectives and fore, look forward to success agreement was signed in pres- horseracing in particular. It is are rather available to the aspirations. We have already in this effort and to contrib- ence of QreC Ceo Nasser bin not the first effort in this field community at large, which is moved in this direction for a uting to maximising racegoer Sherida al Kaabi and Al Sulaiti as we have already made other another factor contributing long time now with a view to and QreC visitor turnout, es- holding Chairman Dr Ahmed efforts to this end by operating to realising our objectives by benefiting from and investing pecially as the project will be al Sulaiti. some shops at QreC. having QreC accessible to all the existing facilities at QreC. open and operating through- “Such shops will attract and attracting more visitors. out the week. It is also good in- Attraction for visitors: many horse fans, not only on “This new agreement will Looking forward to vestment for QreC, so I wish Issa al Mohannadi race days, but also throughout improve the experience of race- success: Al Sulaiti it would be a successful step in Paris Saint-Germain’s Brazilian forward Neymar vies with AS Monaco’s The QreC Chairman Issa bin the week as they will be inter- goers, which will in turn play a Al Sulaiti holding Chairman realising the goals shared by Polish defender Kamil Glik during their French L1 match at the Parc Mohammed al Mohannadi ested in the services available role in increasing the number Dr Ahmed Al Sulaiti said, “We me and QreC.” des Princes Stadium in Paris on Sunday. (aFP) sports Tuesday, January 14, 2020 13

aFC u23: Qatar prepare for must-win tie against Japan QFa Vice-President meets Kosovo football chief

Saud bin Abdulaziz al Mohannadi, Vice President of the Qatar Football Association (QFA), received Agim Ademi, President of the Kosovo Football Association in his office on Sunday. QFA Secretary General Mansoor al Ansari, and Bagram Shala, Director of the Kosovo National Team, were also present in the meeting. The meeting took place on the sidelines of a friendly match between Sweden and Kosovo at the The Qatar u23 national football team takes part in a training session ahead of their Thailand 2020 AFC u23 Championship Group B clash against Japan on Wednesday. Qatar Hamad Bin Khalifa Stadium (Al Ahli Sports Club), which is being held are currently third in the group after two consecutive draws against Syria and Saudi Arabia, who sit first nd second respectively on four points. Only a win on Wednesday will within the winter camp of the two teams in Qatar. During the recep- guarantee Qatar a place in the last eight of the Asian championship. tion, the two officials talked about future relations between the two federations and how to develop bilateral relations in football. (TNN) real madrid beat atletico on penalties to win super Cup Jose Mounrinho. DPA ging an effort inches wide of BarCelona the far post before extra-time. Eriksen will Morata might have won it reAL Madrid won the Span- for Atletico but for Valverde’s face Boro ish Super Cup in Saudi Arabia cynical foul. 4-1 on penalties against rivals “It was the most important despite Atletico Madrid on Sunday af- moment of the game,” said ter a 0-0 draw in extra time. Atletico coach Diego Simeone. Inter transfer A tight match was settled “I told him that anyone on spot-kicks in the revamped would’ve down the same thing talk: Mourinho tournament in Jeddah, Saudi in his place. I think giving Val- Arabia at the King Abdullah verde man of the match makes AFP Sports City Stadium. complete sense because he london Zinedine Zidane’s side fin- won the game with that foul.” ished the game with 10 men With the teams neck and JoSe Mourinho said Monday after Fede Valverde was dis- neck after 120 minutes it came that Christian eriksen will play missed in extra time for trip- down to penalties and after in Tottenham’s FA Cup replay ping Alvaro Morata, who had Dani Carvajal netted for Ma- against Middlesbrough despite run through on goal. drid, Saul hit the post to hand admitting that the Denmark After Saul hit the post in the Los Blancos the advantage. star has been affected by talk shoot-out, Thibaut Courtois That was extended when of a move to Inter Milan. saved Thomas Partey’s pen- Courtois saved from Partey eriksen, whose Tottenham alty and Sergio ramos slotted before ramos netted the de- contract expires at the end of home the winner. cisive kick, while rodrygo and the season, has been well be- Madrid finished third in Luka Modric also converted low his best for much of the La Liga but qualified for the their efforts. campaign and was criticised competition because La Liga “I’m very happy because by Spurs fans following his winners Barcelona finished it was another clean sheet lacklustre display in Satur- as runners up in last season’s real Madrid’s players celebrate after winning the Spanish Super Cup final between real Madrid and Atletico Madrid on Sunday at the King and I made good saves,” said day’s 1-0 defeat to Liverpool. Copa del rey. Abdullah Sports City in the Saudi Arabian port city of Jeddah. (aFP) Courtois after helping Madrid reports have suggested “We are worthy winners,” to their 11th Super Cup win. eriksen has agreed terms with said real Madrid president world and he has been. he’s good chance in the first half ties in the game. gel Correa, while Jan oblak “We had a good feeling Italian side Inter, but Mour- Florentino Perez. been one of the best (players) after Madrid captain ramos real Madrid goalkeeper was also busy at the other end. coming into this tournament inho seemed to rule out an “We thought (Courtois) along with Valverde.” gave the ball away, one of Thibaut Courtois made good Luka Jovic missed real and now we return with an imminent transfer when he was the best goalkeeper in the Joao Felix spurned a only a few clear opportuni- saves to deny Morata and An- Madrid’s best chance, drag- even better feeling.” said the 27-year-old will be involved in Tuesday’s third round replay due to the num- ber of injuries in his squad. “he plays tomorrow. After that I have a match on Satur- Qatar Cup: Defending champions day and he maybe plays on Sat- urday again. I cannot tell you much more than that,” Mour- Al Duhail, Al Sadd get set for final inho told reporters on Monday. eriksen, who has scored just two goals for Tottenham TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK this season, was interpreted doha as saying farewell to the club when he handed his shirt to AL Duhail and Al Sadd are a fan and waved to the crowd gearing up for the 2020 Qatar after the Liverpool loss. Juventus’ Cristiano ronaldo (left) celebrates with Miralem Pjanic after Cup final, to be played at the even if no deal is done this scoring a penalty against AS roma during their Italian Serie A match Al Sadd Stadium on Friday at week, he could still move be- at the Olympic Stadium in rome on Sunday. (aFP) 5.30pm. fore the transfer window shuts The battle between the at the end of January or sign a heavyweights in The Glorious pre-contract arrangement. Ronaldo scores again as Cup will be a rematch of the Asked if he had noticed a 2019 Amir Cup final and the dip in eriksen’s form, Mourinho 2019 Sheikh Jassim Cup. conceded the playmaker hasn’t Juventus go top of Serie A Al Duhail thumped Al Sadd been able to tune out the back- 4-1 in the Amir Cup last year in ground noise about transfers. AFP free-kick. Xavi hernadez’s last game as a “If you ask me the reasons, MIlan Minutes later Argentine player while rui Faria won his I am not an idiot, I have been in Dybala was hauled down in first trophy as coach. football many years,” he said. CrISTIANo ronaldo the box, and ronaldo stepped however, Xavi led his Al “A player in this situation, stretched his goal-scoring up to convert from the spot Sadd team to clinch his first even if he wants – and I am not streak to six consecutive to make it nine goals in six managerial trophy against Al criticising him – it’s normal a league games as Juventus took league games. Duhail in the Sheikh Jassim player in this situation doesn’t top spot in Serie A on Sunday “It’s tough playing against a Cup. perform in the highest level. with a 2-1 win at roma, whose team like Juventus and we gave Al Duhail defeated Al Sail- “But he is helping us in defeat was made worse by the away two early goals,” said iya 2-0, while Al Sadd beat Al matches he has played for us. cruciate ligament injury of ris- roma coach Paulo Fonseca. rayyan 4-1 in the semifinals he’s had positive performances ing star Nicolo Zaniolo. Both sides had casualties of sixth edition of the Qatar and contributions like against Juventus move two points in the first half with Demiral Cup. Al Duhail had beaten Al olympiakos and Norwich.” ahead of Inter Milan, who limping off with a knee injury Sadd 2-1 in last edition’s final Whether or not eriksen were held 1-1 by Atalanta at not long after scoring his first in 2018. leaves before the end of the the San Siro on Saturday, af- Juventus goal. Sparks fly whenever the ti- month, Tottenham are set ter going two goals up in just And Zaniolo was stretch- tans of Qatar club football face Al Duhail’s Ali Afif and Al Sadd’s yousef Abdullah pose with the Qatar Cup trophy during promotional to sign Benfica midfielder 10 minutes in rome. ered off in tears eight minutes off and it will be no different activities ahead of their match on Friday. Gedson Fernandes on an “We were very good for before the break after falling this time. They both are capa- 18-month loan. 60 minutes. Then, if you play victim to what roma later ble of beating each other. Al Sadd 4-1 in the league. match in hand, against Al Al rayyan in the semifinal. The 21-year-old is reported against roma, it is almost inev- confirmed was a ruptured an- The two teams met in do- Al Duhail have been doing Khor, deferred owing to their The fans of both teams in to be having a medical at Tot- itable to suffer in the end,” said terior cruciate ligament in his mestic competitions twice this really well in the league cham- AFC Champions League com- particular as well as those of tenham on Monday. But Mour- Juventus coach Maurizio Sarri. right knee. season. Al Sadd beat Al Duhail pionship, where they are the mitment. Qatar football and Qatar Cup inho was in no mood to give Turkish defender Merih Diego Perotti pulled a goal 1-0 in the one-off, season- table toppers after 12 rounds But then, cup competition in general are in for a great anything away about the player Demiral found a way through back for the hosts from the opening Sheikh Jassim Cup of action, whereas reigning is a different ballgame alto- treat, more because of the who could become his first sign- after three minutes when he penalty spot on 68 minutes af- (Super Cup). Then, Al Duhail champions Al Sadd are third gether, as Al Sadd proved with presence of star players on ei- ing since replacing the sacked connected with a Paulo Dybala ter an Alex Sandro handball. turned the tables as they beat even though they have one their big-margin victory over ther side. Mauricio Pochettino. 14 Tuesday, January 14, 2020 sports Sheikh Joaan attends IOC meet for Public Affairs & Social Development

QNA lausanne (sWITZerland) he Sheikh Joaan bin hamad al Thani, President of the Qatar olympic Committee (QoC), attended the second meeting of the Committee for Public Affairs and Social Development Through Sport at the International olympic Committee (IoC) headquar in Lausanne on Monday. The meeting was held un- der the chairmanship of Luis Mourinho and in the presence of Dr. Thomas Bach, Presi- dent, IoC. The members discussed strategies for the develop- ment of sport and the olympic movement in the internation- al community, and the recent developments and successes achieved by the International olympic Committee. Dr. Thomas Bach gave a speech on the latest develop- HE Sheikh Joaan bin Hamad al Thani, President, Qatar Olympic Committee, attended the second meeting of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Commission for Public Affairs and Social Development Through ments related to the olym- Sport held under the chairmanship of Luis Mourinho and in the presence of Dr. Thomas Bach, President of the International Olympic Committee, in Lausanne, Switzerland, on Monday. pic movement and thanked the members for their ef- Social Development Com- International olympic Com- as a strong representative promoting the international hamad al Thani also attend- olympic Games in which forts, praising the important mittee Through Sport in mittee as a leading institu- on the world sports scene, development and peace. ed the ice hockey competi- Qatari player Thawab al role of the Public Affairs and strengthening the role of the tion in the field of thought, and as a major player in he Sheikh Joaan bin tions of 2020 Winter youth Subaie is participating mahomes sparks Chiefs’ fightback in thrilling duel The NFL Show: Kansas City overturn a 24-point deficit to win 51-31; Packers beat Seahawks AFP vember 24. Travis Kelce from five yards for los angeles Next Sunday’s winners will a touchdown. meet in next month’s Super “We had momentum at that KANSAS City’s Patrick Ma- Bowl 54 at Miami. point and it felt like we were homes and Green Bay’s Aaron Texans coach Bill o’Brien going to try and make a play,” rodgers, two of the NFL’s top- said his team had not taken o’Brien said. “It just didn’t rated quarterbacks, moved anything for granted after rac- work.” closer to a potential Super Bowl ing to an early 24-0 lead. DeAndre Carter fumbled Brooklyn Nets’ Kyrie Irving drives to the basket against Cam reddish clash with home playoff victo- “24-0 was a really good away the kickoff, allowing the of the Atlanta Hawks during their NBA game at the Barclays Center in ries on Sunday. lead, no doubt about it,” Chiefs to recover at the hou- New york City on Sunday. (aFP) Mahomes threw for five o’Brien said. ston six. Mahomes hit Kelce for touchdowns as the Chiefs over- “But I don’t think any lead another touchdown three plays turned a 24-point deficit to de- is safe versus these guys. We later and then drove the Chiefs feat the houston Texans 51-31 needed to score 50 points and 90 yards to set up another Jazz stretch NBA win in a thrilling postseason duel. we weren’t able to do that.” touchdown to Kelce for a 28-24 Mahomes finishedwith 321 Texans quarterback De- half-time lead. streak to nine, Irving passing yards from 23 of 35 at- shaun Watson, meanwhile, fin- Williams ran for two tempts at Arrowhead Stadium ished with 388 yards and two touchdowns to give Kansas to send the Chiefs into a home touchdowns in a losing effort. City a 41-24 lead. Watson shows no rust in return AFC Championship showdown The Chiefs were given an al- rushed for a five-yard touch- against the Tennessee Titans mighty scare after a disastrous down to put the Texans back AFP season while recovering from next weekend for a place in the start. An error-strewn open- to within 10 but the Chiefs los angeles an illness. Super Bowl. ing spell saw the Texans score added another touchdown fol- elsewhere, Kyrie Irving had “We didn’t start the way we unanswered touchdowns from lowed by a field goal to extend CroATIA’S Bojan Bogdanovic one of the best shooting nights wanted to,” Mahomes said. “All Kenny Stills, Lonnie Johnson their lead at 51-21. scored 31 points as the Utah of his career, scoring 21 points we were preaching was, ‘Let’s and Darren Fells to move into Jazz won their ninth straight in his first game in two months do something special. a 21-point lead. Packers hang on at home game with a 127-116 victory to lift the Brooklyn Nets to a “’everyone is counting us But with the Chiefs reeling, At Green Bay, Aaron Jones ran over the Washington Wizards 108-86 win over the hapless At- out, let’s just keep fighting, one the Texans gave the hosts res- 21 times for 62 yards, includ- on Sunday. lanta hawks. play at a time.’” pite from the onslaught early in ing two one-yard touchdowns Frenchman rudy Gobert Irving returned from miss- rodgers completed 16-of- the second quarter with hou- and the Packers took a 21-3 Kansas City Chiefs finished with 21 points and 14 ing 26 games with a right shoul- 27 passes for 243 yards and ston coach Bill o’Brien opting half-time lead then held on in quarterback Patrick Mahomes rebounds, one of a half-dozen der problem, and made 10 of Davante Adams made eight for a field goal on fourth down the fourth quarter. carries the ball against the players who finished in dou- 11 shots in his first appearance catches for a club playoff record and 1 from 31 yards. russell Wilson led the defense of the Houston Texans ble figures for Utah, which im- since November 14. 160 yards as the Packers pulled Ka’imi Fairbairn drilled fifth-seeded Seahawks against during the AFC Divisional proved to 27-12 for the season. “I just work on my game out a 28-23 triumph over the the kick to put houston into the Packers in both rushing playoff game at Arrowhead The Jazz tightened up their diligently,” he said. “you have Seattle Seahawks. a 24-0 lead. But momentum and passing. Wilson was 21 of Stadium in Kansas City on defense in the second half to nights like this coming back. I The Packers will travel to shifted on the ensuing kick- 31 for 277 yards and a touch- Sunday. Missouri. (aFP) knock the Wizards off their just love the game, I missed it so California to battle the San off when Mecole hardman down and added 64 yards on game, then pulled it out in the much.” Francisco 49ers next Sunday in returned 58 yards to the hou- seven carries. final quarter. Irving nailed his one three- the NFC Championship. ston 42-yard line. Tyler Lockett made nine on 12 carries Sunday, scoring 40-yard pass from rodgers on Jordan Clarkson added 23 point attempt and had three “I am going to enjoy a Two plays later, Mahomes receptions for 136 yards and a on a one-yard touchdown run. the Packers’ next possession to points off the bench and Joe In- assists in 20 minutes. After get- nice glass of Scotch tonight,” hit Damien Williams from 17 score. Lynch ran for just 33 yards in push the lead back to 18 points. gles chipped in 20 for the Jazz, ting 11 points by halftime, he said rodgers. yards to make it 24-7 and put With their running game two playoff games for Seattle. “We finished it the right who are now 14-1 in their last 15 went five-for-five from the floor “Then get onto the film of the Chiefs on the board. in tatters, the Seahawks gam- The Seahawks nearly ral- way,” rodgers said. games. in the third before sitting down San Francisco and get ready for The Chiefs stopped hou- bled and lost on bringing back lied, scoring on their first “We are going to enjoy this Gobert made three dunks for the remainder of the game. a tough opponent.” ston on a fake punt on the veteran Marshawn Lynch, who drive of the second half to one first then get to San Fran- over a two-minute stretch after he sat over the final 17:54, The 49ers walloped the next series and Mahomes took hadn’t played in over a year. make it 21-10. cisco. They are a great football Washington cut the deficit to exiting after Brooklyn took an Packers 37-8 at home on No- advantage, finding tight end Lynch gained just 26 yards But Adams scored on a team had a fantastic year.” 111-108 on a driving layup from 87-50 lead with outcome be- Bradley Beal with 3:32 left. yond doubt. Beal scored 25 points to The Nets, who were 13-13 lead the Wizards. Davis Bertans in Irving’s absence, led by as scored 18, Jordan Mcrae added many as 39 and won their sec- Aussie Smith wins playoff to capture PGA Hawaii title 16 and Ian Mahinmi chipped in ond straight game following a 15 for Washington, who lost for seven-game losing skid. AFP Smith fired a two-under par said Smith, who moved his un- the second time in five games. In New york, Taj Gibson los angeles 68 in the final round to match cle into his US home after his Beal was back in the lineup made a clutch free throw to give Steele, who shot 71 Sunday, on farm was destroyed by fire. after missing several games New york the lead for good as AUSTrALIA’S Cameron Smith, 11-under 269 for 72 holes. It was For Steele, who led alone with injuries. the Knicks stormed back from a whose uncle lost his home in the first solo US PGA victory for from the first tee until the pe- Donovan Mitchell of the 14-point deficit to beat the Mi- the bushfires devastating their Smith, who shared the 2017 Zu- nultimate putt of the day, it was Jazz missed his first game of the ami heat 124-121. homeland, parred the first play- rich Classic pairs event title with a gut-wrenching defeat. off hole to beat Brendan Steele Swede Jonas Blixt. “It hurts a lot,” Steele said. on Sunday and win the US PGA “That has been one I’ve “everything that could go Sony open in hawaii. wanted to tick off for a long wrong went wrong. I was try- In rainy and breezy condi- time,” Smith said. “I’ve been out ing to grind and it wasn’t good Quick read tions at honolulu’s Waialae here four or five years now. To enough.” Country Club, Smith sank an say I’ve won an event by myself With his ball plugged in a marquinhos extends PsG contract until 2024 eight-foot birdie putt at the par- now is quite good.” bunker at the par-3 11th hole, PARIS: Paris saint-germain centre-back Marquinhos has extended 5 18th to force a playoff then Smith is among the Aussie Steele chipped in with a sand his contract with the French champions until June 2024, the club two-putted from 10 feet to de- golfers at the event donating a wedge from 30 feet for a birdie announced on Monday. The 25-year-old Brazilian, who joined the feat a US rival who had led all portion of their prize money to to reach 13-under and seize a capital side from roma in 2013, has played 271 games for Psg day. the relief effort for the blazes three-stroke advantage. and won 14 major trophies including five ligue 1 titles. Marquinhos “you just have to hang in Down Under. But last-group playing told aFP last year that he wanted to finish his career at the Parc there,” Smith said. “No one “Me winning here, I hope partner Smith sank a five- des Princes. “If all this continues on the right track, if I continue to was playing good golf today it Cameron Smith celebrates with the winner’s trophy after the that brings a little bit of joy to foot birdie putt at the 12th be happy here with the project, why not,” he said. (AFP) seemed like. I just hung in there final round of the Sony Open at the Waialae Country Club in Hawaii some people who are going and Steele took a bogey at 13, and what do you know.” on Sunday. (aFP) through some tough times,” missing a five-foot par putt. sports Tuesday, January 14, 2020 15 Qatar handball team ready for Asia championship

al annabi to leave for Kuwait today besides a preparatory TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK hassan Awad, Mohammed camp, Qatar hosted Iran doha Amin, Marwan Sassi, yousef and went to Croatia to fig- bin Ali, Frankis Marzo and ure in a friendly tourna- QATAr will leave for Kuwait Mario Tomic. ment. Al Adam defeated City on Tuesday with an aim The delegation is headed Iran in both the matches to dominate the Asia Men’s by Adel al Anzi, a member 31-16 and 36-24. they handball Championship once of the Qatar handball Fed- beat the bosnian team again. eration Board of Directors. Champions in 2014, 2016, youssef al hail is the Team 30-27 but lost to Croatian 2018, Al Annabi are sending Director, youssef al Moallem outfit 28-33. 20 players to Kuwait, along is Administrative head. with coaching and administra- Besides the camp, Qatar hong Kong and Iraq. tion personnel. hosted Iran and went to Croa- After the group league, two Coached by Valero rivera, tia to figure in a friendly tour- tops teams from each pool ad- the former world silver medal- nament. vance to two pools in the Main lists Qatar will be represented Al Adam defeated Iran in round action. by Ahmad Madadi, Abdulrah- both the matches 31-16 and Then again two top fin- man Tariq, rafael Capote, Al- 36-24. They beat the Bosnian ishers from each group will laedine Berrached, rasheed team 30-27 but lost to Croa- qualify for the semi-finals, to yusuff, Ameen Zakkar, tian outfit 28-33. be held on January 25. All the Mahmoud Zaki, Danijel Saric, Qatar are placed in Group The Qatar handball squad will be leaving for Kuwait City on Tuesday to defend their Asia crown. semi-finalists will get a chance Wajdi Sinen, Anis Zouaoui, B with China and Japan. Their to play in the World Champi- hani Kakhi, Mustafa al Karad, opening match is against they face Japan on January placed in four groups. Pool A Zealand. Pool C consists of Australia, while Pool D com- onships in egypt from January Moustafa heiba, yasin Sami, China on January 16, while 18. Thirteen teams have been has Bahrain, Iran and New South Korea, Saudi Arabia and prises hosts Kuwait, the UAe, 14 to 31, 2021. attiyah gains back precious time Qatari driver reduces gap with leader Sainz; Serradori wins Dakar Rally Stage 8 ahead of Alonso

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DeFeNDING champion Nasser al Attiyah regained some precious time as he fin- ished four places ahead of overall leader Carlos Sainz in the eighth stage of the Dakar rally 2020 on Monday. The three-time winner Qatari took the 11th spot in Toyota and reduced the gap to six minutes and 40 sec- onds between him and Mini driver Sainz in the general classification during the477- km loop in Wadi Al-Dawasir, which was won by French- SrT’s French driver Mathieu Serradori and Belgian co-driver Fabian man Mathieu Serradori and Lurquin during the Dakar 2020 on Monday. (aFP) Attiayah’s teammate Fernan- do Alonso, the two-time For- had one puncture unfor- ing from the back... I’m mula one world champion, tunately and we lost a lit- happy to complete the day secured the second spot. tle bit of momentum there, without any issues. It was The stage was shrouded but otherwise the stage was a beautiful stage, quite fast in mourning after the death nearly perfect and Marc was with a lot of dunes, so it was Portuguese rider Paulo Gon- unbelievable, you know - the good. I think the dunes are calves on Sunday. The mo- dunes, the navigation. harder than tracks, but for torbike and quadbike cate- In his first Dakar Alon- whatever reason I feel more gories were cancelled for the so had limited ambitions comfortable. stage, which incorporated ruled out winning a stage “I’m not coming from the straight sections with sev- but now he believes it is dunes at all but it seems that eral chains of dunes to test within his grasp. I can get a good rhythm and handling skills. “Initially I thought it was a good flow in the dunes and The battle continued atop Toyota’s driver Nasser al Attiyah of Qatar and his co-driver Mathieu Baumel of France during the Stage 8 of the Dakar rally 2020 around Wadi impossible,” he said. “But af- I’m enjoying so far this sec- the general classification be- Al-Dawasir, Saudi Arabia, on Monday. (aFP) ter today, obviously when you ond week of the Dakar.” tween the leading trio of two- are second maybe there is a his second place sees him time winner Sainz, Attiyah Spaniard then drove his Mini an SrT. 4sec ahead of Toyota’s Alon- praise on his co-driver/navi- chance, so we will try.” consolidate his 13th place in and Stephane Peterhansel, to keep pace with his rivals. “It’s not easy to get mo- so, with Argentinean Mini gator Marc Coma, a five- he said not having mo- the overall standings, more a 13-time winner (seven in Sainz is 13:09 in front of the tivated after a day like that driver orlando Terranova in time Dakar champion on a torbikes setting the route had than 3hr 10min off the pace cars, six on bikes). Frenchman Peterhansel. and my co-pilot Fabien was third, at 6:19. motorbike. upset the rhythm of the stage. set by Carlos Sainz. Sainz had to open the way “I’d like to dedicate this there as well. But there are Alonso, who had finished “having no bikes changed Tuesday’s 9th stage sees on the stage and was swiftly victory to Paulo because I’m two fighters in the car and I’m four times in the top 10 with- Limited ambitions a lot, especially for the first the cavalcade travel to the caught by Attiyah and Pe- a former biker,” said Serra- very happy with this result.” out having made the podium “Today we had an amaz- two or three cars,” he said. eastern town of haradh on a terhansel. But the veteran dori, an amateur who drives Serradori finished 4min in a stage, was quick to heap ing day,” said Alonso. “We “I benefitted from start- 410km special.

Sharma, Shami QBF chief, mali ambassador discuss India to clash with Australia in recalled for T20 development of basketball tour of N Zealand 1st One-dayer in Mumbai today AFP neW delhI of series,” Kohli said on the eve Captain Kohli says of the opening game. SeNIor batsman rohit Shar- “having played a lot ma and fast bowler Moham- India open to against each other, we know med Shami were recalled to day-night Test at the strengths and weaknesses India’s Twenty20 squad for of either side. So it’s always the tour of New Zealand after Gabba or Perth good and a tough challenge they were rested for the home playing Australia purely be- series against Sri Lanka. AFP cause of the skill set and mind- Sharma and Shami come MuMBaI set they bring on to the field.” into the 16-man squad for the And he warned: “The way five T20 internationals start- INDIA skipper Virat Kohli they are playing their cricket ing on January 24 in Auckland. said on Monday that his side now after Steve (Smith) and India will also play three oDIs is ready to play a day-night David (Warner) – after ball- and two Tests in New Zealand. Test at Australia’s formida- tampering bans – have come Shami joins a pace attack Qatar Basketball Federation President Ahmed Abdelrahman al ble Gabba ground or in Perth India skipper Virat Kohli during a work-out in Mumbai on Monday back, it’s pretty intense. led by Jasprit Bumrah who re- Muftah received HE Sheikh Ahmed Tijani Gakiti, Ambassador when it tours Down Under ahead of the first ODI match against Australia. “I think, we, along with turned for the three Sri Lanka of Mali to Qatar, at the federation headquarters in Al Gharafa later this year. Australia, are probably the top T20s, won 2-0 by India after on Monday. They talked about launching a joint cooperation to Kohli’s men played their ease with pink ball cricket. game, whether it’s white ball, two sides in the world as far as the first game was rained off. develop the sport in both the countries. first day-night Test in Kolkata “We played the day-night red ball, pink ball.” balance is concerned.” All-rounder hardik Pan- last year, thrashing Bangladesh Test here and were pretty India are looking to sharp- Kohli said India will need dya remains sidelined after a in just over two days, and are set happy with how it went. It’s en their act ahead of the T20 a top performance in every back operation in october, the to take on Australia in a three- become a very exciting feature World Cup in october, and the game. “As players we are ex- Board of Control for Cricket in match one-day series starting of any Test series, so we are three oDI matches at home will cited to play a full strength India said on Sunday, adding Bravo returns to West Indies team on Tuesday in Mumbai. absolutely open to play a day- be a key part of the preparation. Australia in our conditions, that his “rehabilitation process AFP The 36-year-old all-round- Australia have pushed for night Test,” Kohli told report- also to test ourselves against is taking longer than expected”. sT. george’s (grenada) er, a two-time World T20 win- more day-night Tests and face ers in Mumbai. Tough challenge the best,” said Kohli. ner, was named in a 13-man the hosts again later in the year, “We are ready and up for Aaron Finch-led Australia Kohli also said he is open The squad: DWAyNe Bravo was recalled squad for a three-match se- with a four-match series start- the challenge. Whether it’s edged out hosts India 3-2 last to playing three opening bats- Virat Kohli (Capt), Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul, to the West Indies squad on ries against Ireland later this ing at the Gabba in Brisbane. Gabba or Perth, it doesn’t mat- year after losing the opening men – KL rahul, Shikhar Shikhar Dhawan, Shreyas Iyer, Manish Sunday, more than three month. India had knocked back ter to us. We do have the skill two games and Kohli believes Dhawan and rohit Sharma Pandey, Rishabh Pant, Shivam Dube, Kuldeep years after his last appearance the sChedule: overtures to play the format sets as a team now to compete a new close-fought battle will – in the same team, even if it Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Washington Sundar, as the Caribbean side build up 1st T20: Wednesday, Jan 15, Grenada in Adelaide at the end of 2018, against anyone in the world be waged again this week. means dropping himself down Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Shami, Navdeep to the defence of their World 2nd T20: Saturday, Jan 18, St Kitts but Kohli now appears more at anywhere. In any format of the “It is always 3-2, 2-1 kind the batting order. Saini, Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur. Twenty20 title. 3rd T20: Sunday, Jan 19, St Kitts 16 Tuesday, January 14, 2020 The last word

Pm meeTs rwandan mInIsTer, enVOys OF TaJIKIsTan, BOsnIa and HerzeGOVIna

Prime Minister and Minister of Interior HE Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa al Thani met with Minister of Justice of rwanda Johnston Busingye and his accompanying delegation in Doha on Monday. During the meeting, they reviewed bilateral cooperation between the two countries and the ways to enhance them, especially in the legal and judicial fields, in addition to discussing a number of issues of mutual concern. The prime minister also met Ambassador of Tajikistan to Qatar HE Khosro Sahibzadeh. During the meeting, they reviewed bilateral relations between the two countries and the means of developing them. The prime minister also met with Ambassador of Bosnia and Herzegovina to Qatar HE Dr Bisera Turkovic, on the end of her tenure in the country. The prime minister wished the ambassador success in her future assignments and further progress in the relations between the two countries. (QNA) Qatar Airways announces codeshare Qatar airways Cargo set deal with Germany’s deutsche Bahn to fly freighters to Osaka TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK new partnership provides seamless connection to/from eight destinations in Germany for QA passengers doha QATAr Airways Cargo, one of TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK the world’s leading air cargo doha carriers, has announced the ex- pansion of its cargo network in QATAr Airways (QA) has an- Asia Pacific with the launch of a nounced a codeshare part- twice-weekly Boeing 777 freight- nership with Deutsche Bahn er service to osaka, Japan, effec- (German railways), offering tive January 14, 2020. QA passengers seamless con- The Boeing 777 freighter will nection to and from eight key depart Doha on Tuesdays and destinations in Germany. Fridays each week, arriving in The codeshare partner- osaka on the following day, and ship with Deutsche Bahn, one returning via hong Kong. Ap- of the largest railways opera- proximately 200 tonnes of cargo Osaka is a major financial centre in Japan. tors in europe, will provide QA capacity will be offered each way passengers with connections per week, benefitting importers of 10 destinations. The new des- haneda, Tokyo Narita and Na- to eight key cities within DB and exporters with increased ca- tination osaka will increase the goya Chubu, six days a week. network like Stuttgart, Nurem- pacity on the route. carrier’s freighter network in 2019 was a successful year berg, hannover, Leipzig, Co- Qatar Airways Chief officer Asia Pacific to 11 destinations. for Qatar Airways Cargo and logne, Dusseldorf, Munich and Deutsche Bahn is one of the largest railways operators in Europe. Cargo Guillaume halleux said, Qatar Airways Cargo cur- the carrier wrapped up the year hamburg via QA’s Frankfurt “2019 has been a great year for rently offers more than 250 with an extremely busy peak gateway in Germany. that demand, but provide a easy and flexible journey to 250 aircraft via its hub, hamad Qatar Airways Cargo and we tonnes of belly-hold cargo ca- season helping deliver cargo for QA currently operates 35 service for our valued passen- and from different German International Airport (hIA), are glad to start 2020 with the pacity each way to haneda and its global customers all across weekly flights between Doha gers in Doha, and from doz- cities.” to more than 160 destinations announcement of freighters to Narita airports in Tokyo per the network. and Frankfurt, Munich and ens of destinations globally to A multiple award-win- worldwide. The world’s fast- osaka, a major financial centre week. The new freighters to Focusing on customer cen- Berlin -- two daily flights from new, exciting places to explore ning airline, QA was named est-growing airline has added in Japan. Japan is an important osaka will boost cargo capac- tricity, the cargo carrier is ex- Frankfurt and Munich, and in Germany.” ‘World’s Best Airline’ by the several exciting new destina- part of our network where we ity to over 450 tonnes weekly to panding its network globally. one daily flight from Berlin. Berthold huber, member 2019 World Airline Awards, tions to its growing network already operate daily passenger and from Japan. General cargo, It recently announced a major QA Group Chief execu- of the Management Board managed by the international in 2019, including rabat, Mo- flights to both haneda and Nari- hi-tech goods, electronics, phar- expansion in South America tive Akbar al Baker said, “This for Passenger Transport of air transport rating organisa- rocco; Izmir, Turkey; Malta; ta airports in the capital city, To- maceuticals and perishables will with four new freighter destina- codeshare agreement between Deutsche Bahn, said, “We are tion Skytrax. It was also named Davao, Philippines; Lisbon, kyo. With direct flights to osaka, form the majority of exports and tions Campinas (Brazil), San- Qatar Airways and Deutsche very pleased to further inten- ‘Best Airline in the Middle Portugal; Mogadishu, Soma- our customers are offered dedi- imports on the route. tiago (Chile), Bogotá (Colom- Bahn further strengthens the sify our succesful and long- east’, ‘World’s Best Business lia; Langkawi, Malaysia and cated freighter capacity for their Qatar Airways Cargo has an bia) launching on January 16, ties between Germany and standing rail&Fly cooperation Class’, and ‘Best Business Gaborone, Botswana. The air- cargo to and from Japan.” extensive scheduled road trans- 2020, and Lima (Peru) launch- Qatar. We have witnessed sig- with Qatar Airways through Class Seat’, in recognition of line will add Luanda, Angola; The airline has a strong bel- port network offering alterna- ing soon. Five more Boeing 777 nificant growing demand be- our new codeshare agreement. its ground-breaking Business osaka, Japan; Dubrovnik, ly-hold presence in Asia Pacific tive routes to over 290 airports freighters will join its fleet from tween Germany to Qatar and Qatar Airways and Deutsche Class experience, Qsuite. Croatia and Santorini, Greece with 35 destinations served by around the world. overnight April 2020 onwards making it beyond. our new codeshare Bahn codeshare offers our QAatar currently operates to its extensive route network the Qatar Airways passenger truck routes are available con- one of the largest freighter op- destinations not only meet joint customers a seamless, a modern fleet of more than in 2020. network and a freighter network necting osaka with Tokyo erators globally.

Qatar established itself as a major player in global amber industry: Expert Qatari amber traders to have significant presence at Amber trip expo in lithuania

TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK products concluded recently. doha Guntorius, who has been in the amber industry since The huge success of the sec- early 1990s, said that Qatar’s ond Katara International Am- huge interest in amber will be ber exhibition has made Qa- reflected in the increased par- tar a prominent member of ticipation from this country in the international amber com- Amber Trip to be held in Lith- munity, said international uania from March 11 to 14. expert and Ceo and General “Last year, we had around Manager of Amber Trip Gie- 20 participants from Qatar in drius Guntorius. the show and this year we are Amber Trip is one of big- expecting 50 individuals and gest amber exhibitions in companies to participate”, he the world held annually in said. “We have more visitors Lithuania, said a Katara Cul- from Middle east this year tural Village press release on and will have special prayer Monday. rooms at the expo for these Guntorius said the annual visitors,” he added. exhibition at Katara would Qatar and Kuwait are two help promote the amber tra- leaders in amber in the Mid- dition in Qatar and enhance dle east now, he said, adding the country’s position in the that the demand for amber global amber industry. and its prices have gone up all “It is kahraman every- over the world. where,” Guntorius said, re- According to industry ferring to the Arabic word for sources, 600 tonnes of amber amber. raw materials are mined eve- “I am visiting this show ry year of which russia con- for the first time and I am tributes the highest with 400 really excited to see that this tonnes. Guntorius said that country has a strong and deep amber is the gold of Lithuani- amber culture like my own ans, in the same way as oil is country Lithuania,” he noted. considered the black gold in The second edition of the the Gulf region. amber exhibition with partic- China is the top market ipants from 13 countries and for amber products, fol- more than 90 stalls showcas- lowed by the Middle east ing an array of exciting amber and europe.