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COVID-19 takes HRH the Crown three more lives; Prince chairs urban 484 additional planning committee ‘For the safety of all’ recoveries meeting Top health official appeals to citizens, residents to abide by all precautionary TDT | Manama measures during Eid Al Adha to avert a possible surge of COVID-19 cases he coronavirus (COV- TID-19) took three more TDT | Manama lives in Bahrain yesterday, the Ministry of Health an- ahrain’s citizens and resi- For your safety and the safety of those around you from COVID-19, nounced. dents have been called to please ensure that social distancing and other preventative measures The deceased included Babide by all precautionary are observed during Eid Al Adha: two Bahraini men, aged 65 HRH the Crown Prince during the measures during Eid Al Adha and 60, and a 60-year-old ex- committee meeting festivities to avert a possible patriate man. Their passing surge of coronavirus (COVID-19) brought the total deaths due TDT | Manama active cases. to COVID-19 in the Kingdom The appeal was made yes - to 140. The Health Ministry Adhere to is Royal Highness terday by Supreme Council of Limit Eid-gatherings expressed its condolences to HPrince Salman bin Health (SCH) president Lieu- social distancing measures the victims’ families. It is every individual’s to household members only Avoid congregating in large groups Hamad Al Khalifa, Crown tenant-General Dr Shaikh Mo- or visiting others Meanwhile, the ministry Prince, Deputy Supreme hammed bin Abdulla Al Khalifa. responsibility announced early this morn- Commander and First Dep- Dr Shaikh Mohammed reit- towards self, family, ing that out of 8,829 COVID-19 uty Prime Minister, chaired erated the importance of fol- the community and tests conducted yesterday, yesterday the 19th meeting lowing all measures in order the whole nation 384 new cases were detect- of the Higher Urban Plan- to avoid a potential repeat of to avoid gatherings Greet family Transfer Eidiyas ed, including 199 expatriate ning Committee, held re- the spike in total active cases and help protect and friends virtually electronically workers, 177 contacts of ac- motely. resulting from Ramadhan and to increase connectivity through banking applications tive cases, and eight travel-re- the elderly and while social distancing or money transfer apps The committee discussed Eid Al Fitr gatherings earlier lated cases. With those new developments on projects this year, in which the number those suffering from cooperation and coordination in Arab and Islamic nations, many cases, the total of registered and real estate classifica- of cases increased dramatically chronic diseases. line with World Health Organi- happy returns, praying to Allah coronavirus cases in Bahrain tions. by more than 1,000 in a span of SUPREME COUNCIL OF HEALTH PRESI- sation recommendations. the Almighty to bless the King- went over 39,000 ever since It also reviewed updates just over two weeks. DENT LIEUTENANT-GENERAL DR SHAIKH Dr Shaikh Mohammed also dom with further progress and the first case was reported regarding the implementa- Dr Shaikh Mohammed, who MOHAMMED BIN ABDULLA AL KHALIFA expressed congratulations and prosperity and the world with in February earlier this year. tion of the National Planning is also the National Taskforce good wishes to His Majesty health and peace. There were also 484 ad- Development Strategy 2030, for Combatting COVID-19 head, chronic diseases. King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa In line with the SCH presi- ditional recoveries from the and the execution strategy urged full commitment to pre- Dr Shaikh Mohammed on the occasion of Eid Al Adha. dent’s message, a set of guide- virus yesterday, bringing the for different masterplans. ventive measures so as to sup- stressed the need to limit con- He also extended Eid greet- lines were released, as part of Kingdom’s total number of port the Kingdom-wide efforts tact, adhere to the criteria of ings to His Royal Highness the the public awareness campaign discharged individuals to to fight the pandemic and mit- social distancing, and to wear Prime Minister Prince Khalifa to combat COVID-19, that are to 35,689. Following those re- igate its impact on public life. face masks when meeting peo- bin Salman Al Khalifa and to His be observed during Eid Al Adha, coveries, the total number BAHRAIN He underlined every indi - ple or when leaving the home, Royal Highness Prince Salman for the safety of all. of current active cases went vidual’s responsibility towards preferably only when absolutely bin Hamad Al Khalifa, Crown These include limiting Eid to 3,302, with 48 in critical self, family, the community necessary. Prince, Deputy Supreme Com- gatherings, adhering to so - condition and 98 receiving TOTAL CASES and the whole nation, urging The SCH chief commended mander, and First Deputy Prime cial distancing measures, treatment. The remaining all Bahraini families, as well as the dedicated national efforts Minister. greeting family and friends 3,254 cases are stable. 39,131 expatriates, to avoid outdoor exerted by medical teams in the Dr Shaikh Mohammed virtually, and transferring “Ei- The total tests conduct- gatherings, and help protect the frontline of the battle against the wished HM the King, Bahrain’s diyas”—money gifts to children ed in Bahrain increased to ACTIVE CASES elderly and those suffering from pandemic, praising multi-party government and people, and all during Eid—electronically. 788,910. 3,302 DEATHS LOSS OF A LEGEND 140 DISCHARGED ‘Gone With the Wind’ star Olivia de Havilland dies aged 104 35,689 AP | Washington top screen performers from the took on roles ranging from an and Pierre Galante, ended in NEW CASES studio era, and the last surviv- unwed mother to a psychiatric divorce. livia de Havilland, the ing lead from “Gone With the inmate in “The Snake Pit,” a per- She had lived in Paris since 384 doe-eyed actress beloved Wind”. The 1939 epic, based on sonal favorite. 1953. In a rare interview with CRITICAL Oto millions as the sainted Margaret Mitchell’s best-sell- The dark-haired de Havilland AP in her luxurious Paris resi- Melanie Wilkes of “Gone with ing Civil War novel and winner projected both a gentle, glowing dence in 2016, as she celebrated 48 the Wind” and two-time Oscar of 10 Academy Awards, is of - warmth and a sense of resilience her 100th birthday, she said she winner, died yesterday at her ten ranked as Hollywood’s box and mischief that made her un- moved to the City of Light “at home in Paris. office champion (adjusting for commonly appealing. the insistence” of Galante, her She was 104. inflation). She was born in Tokyo on July late French ex-husband, and 210 fils (includes VAT) De Havilland, the sister of It is now widely condemned 1, 1916, the daughter of a Brit- found no reason to return to fellow Oscar winner Joan Fon- for its glorified portrait of slav- ish patent attorney. Her parents the US. taine, died peacefully of natural ery and antebellum life, but de separated when she was three, She is survived by her daugh- causes, said New York-based Havilland remembered the mov- De Havilland in 1945 and her mother brought her and ter, Gisele Galante Chulack, her publicist Lisa Goldberg, AP re- ie as “one of the happiest expe- was quoted as saying. her younger sister Joan to Cali- son-in-law Andrew Chulack, ported. riences” of her life, “playing a During a career that spanned fornia. De Havilland’s own two and her niece Deborah Dozier She was among the last of the character I loved and liked”, she six decades, de Havilland also marriages, to Marcus Goodrich Potter. MONDAY, JULY 27, 2020 02

HM the King holds call with Kuwait’s Deputy Emir HH SHAIKH NASSER HAILS BOOK OF HM THE KING’S MUHARRAQ VISITS TDT | Manama prayed to Allah the Almighty to bilateral cooperation across unwavering determination to bless him with abundant health various fields. continue their nation-building is Majesty King Hamad and full wellness so as to return HM King Hamad expressed process to meet their citizens’ Hbin Isa Al Khalifa held a home safely. pride in the development aspirations. telephone call yesterday with HM the King confirmed the march witnessed by both Bah- Kuwait’s Deputy Emir ex- Kuwait’s Deputy Emir and solid long-standing relations rain and Kuwait, thanks to the pressed his sincere thanks and Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf between the two countries and solid approach spearheaded appreciation to HM the King for Al Ahmed Al Jaber Al Sabah. their brotherly peoples, noting by the fathers and forefathers, his keenness to be reassured HM the King was assured that Bahraini-Kuwaiti ties have in addition to their advanced about the health of the Emir, about the health of Kuwaiti always been a role model for ruling systems, strong mod- stressing that HM King Hamad’s Emir Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmed relations between brotherly ern legislation, popular rep - fraternal feelings embody the Al Jaber Al Sabah. countries, in light of their kin- resentation, and the existence depth and strength of the broth- HM King Hamad wished HH ship, common history, mutual of the requirements of com- erly relations between the two the Emir a speedy recovery, and love and understanding, and prehensive development and countries and peoples. HRH the Crown Prince meets remotely with Bangladesh Ambassador

TDT | Manama HRH the Crown Prince wel- comed the newly appointed is Royal Highness Prince ambassador to the Kingdom, HSalman bin Hamad Al wishing him success in his dip- Khalifa, Crown Prince, Depu- lomatic endeavours. ty Supreme Commander and HRH the Crown Prince and His Majesty the King’s Charity Works and Youth Affairs representative, First Deputy Prime Minister, the ambassador discussed a National Security Advisor and Supreme Council for Youth and Sports Affairs chairman His Highness Shaikh Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa received a copy held yesterday a remote meeting range of regional and interna- of the book “King Hamad honors Muharraq Governorate”, authored by Isa with newly appointed Bangla- tional subjects of common con- Al Jowder. HH Shaikh Nasser praised the outstanding effort made by the desh Ambassador Dr Muham- cern. researcher to document Bahrain’s heritage and historical achievements mad Nazrul Islam. The ambassador expressed during the prosperous era of HM the King. HM the King’s achievements are HRH the Crown Prince high- his gratitude for the continued always a beacon that illuminates the paths for citizens and comprehensive lighted the progress being made support from HRH the Crown national guidelines, he added. HH Shaikh Nasser hailed the book as a great in Bahraini-Bangladeshi rela- Prince towards further develop- national reference for future generations. Al Jowder expressed his honor of tions, and recognised the impor- ing bilateral ties, and wished the documenting the historic visits of HM the King to Muharraq and extended tance of identifying further plat- Kingdom further development HRH the Crown Prince during the meeting appreciation to HH Shaikh Nasser for his continuous support. Above, a forms for greater collaboration. and prosperity. picture of the book’s cover.

Health Minister conducts field visits at COVID-19 centres In honour of Bahraini doctors TDT | Manama

RH the Prime Minister has allocated $200,000 Hfor the Khalifa Bin Sal- man Al Khalifa Award for out- standing Bahraini doctors in medical and treatment research, as well as for celebrations of Bahraini Doctors’ Day, The award’s launch and ways of celebrating Bahraini Doctors’ Day on the first Wednesday of November each year were dis- The Health Minister, right, speaks a group of health professionals cussed yesterday in a meeting Shaikh Hossam, second from right, speaks during their meeting held by HRH the Prime Minis- TDT | Manama Deputy Supreme Commander ter’s Court. and First Deputy Prime Min- These are in implementa - Khalifa Bin Salman Al Khalifa Award categories and procedures ealth Minister Faeqa bint ister, for their unwavering fol- tion of HRH the Prime Minister HSaeed Al Saleh yesterday low-up on the efforts exerted Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al he Khalifa Bin Salman Al search and attain distinguished tion may nominate a maximum made inspection visits to a by Team Bahrain to defeat the Khalifa’s directives. TKhalifa Award consists of achievements in their medical of three candidates for each number of coronavirus (COV- pandemic. Attending the meeting were a shield and a certificate bear- field characterised by creativity category of the award, no lat- ID-19) testing, treatment and The minister visited the Shaikh Hossam bin Isa Al Khal- ing its emblem, in addition to and innovation. er than September 5, by filling isolation centres, marking Eid Coronavirus Unified Call Cen- ifa, Minister of Health Faeqa a financial reward granted to To be eligible for this award, in the form designated for this Al Adha. tre (444), which was inaugu- bint Saeed Al Saleh, Bahrain winners from the public and the research must have been purpose. The minister was informed rated in February earlier this Medical Society (BMS) president private sectors. published in an internationally - The second category, named about the workflow and the year to provide support for all Dr Ghada Al Qasim, and other Those willing to take part in recognised scientific journal the “Extended Loyalty and Giv- quality of services delivered cases, including those in pre- officials. the award shall fill in the form and have not participated in oth- ing Award”, will be granted to a at those facilities, as part of the cautionary quarantine, as well Shaikh Hossam stressed the on the official website of the er competitions and awards. Bahraini doctor who has worked national efforts to combat the as respond to people’s queries importance of the initiative of Ministry of Health, and send The submitted research for a period of no less than 30 coronavirus. about the disease. HRH the Prime Minister, which, the required documents sup- should contribute to the formu- years, and it will be in recogni- Al Saleh expressed her sin- She also inspected the inte- he said, reflects his visions and porting their nomination to kbs. lation and implementation of tion and appreciation of their cere congratulations to all grated COVID-19 testing centre support for national profession- [email protected]. the national health policy and efforts and contributions. The medical, nursing and admin- at Bahrain International Exhi- als, as well as efforts made by plan by 2025, as well as to ad- candidate should also have been istrative teams who are car- bition and Convention Centre, the government, under HRH the The award shall be granted vancing the implementation of dedicated to the education of rying out their duties to the which conducts tests for those Premier’s leadership, to achieve in two categories: specific health programmes that high values and human ideals fullest on the frontlines of the coming from abroad, contacts sustainable development - The first is the Innovation further improve the quality of of the medical profession. COVID-19 fight. She lauded the of active cases, and suspected goals. and Creative Award in Ther- health care for the population. For this category, the award dedication and sacrifices they COVID-19 patients. The state- Shaikh Hossam indicated that apeutic, Clinical and Medical Any qualified Bahraini doctor will go to Bahraini doctors are making in order to pro - of-the-art medical facility in- the award’s secretariat-general Research, which will be grant- can apply for the first catego- whose career have been marked tect the safety and health of cludes 400 beds, 1,000 waiting has begun to develop the nec- ed to three Bahraini doctors ry by submitting the nomina- by effort and dedication, and citizens and residents, which, seats, three clinics, 12 treat- essary scenarios and the proce- who prepare therapeutic, clin- tion through the institution to have contributed to the educa- she said, has contributed to ment beds, and a pharmacy. It dures required for its presenta- ical and medical scientific re- which they belong. The institu- tion of other doctors. making Bahrain’s experience also includes 42 COVID-19 sam- tion, while noting that its basic in combatting the pandemic a pling stations, and 16 others for system is set and a committee model to be emulated. asymptomatic cases. to choose the winners has been Organisation, as well as inter- tion of his award to honor out- On her part, the BMS presi- The Health Minister praised The minister also visited formed. national experts in the field standing Bahraini doctors in dent said that all workers in the the constant support of His Bahrain International Hospi- The committee consists of of medical research. They will medical and treatment re - health sector are always grate- Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al tal, which is run by the Nation- representatives from HRH the oversee all procedures for search. She stressed that all ful to HRH the Premier for his Khalifa, and extended thanks al Taskforce for Combatting Prime Minister’s Court and granting the award. medical staff members of the appreciation and recognition of and appreciation to His Royal COVID-19 in cooperation with the Ministry of Health, the The Health Minister ex - health sector in the Kingdom their efforts and contributions Highness the Prime Minister the Health Ministry and Royal BMS president, the Arabian pressed her sincere thanks appreciate HRH the Premier’s to the country. Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al Medical Services; as well as the Gulf University president, the and appreciation to HRH the initiatives, which embody his The first edition of Bah- Khalifa, and to His Royal High- Shamel Field Hospital, which Royal College of Surgeons in Prime Minister for his patron- enormous support for and raini Doctors’ Day is ness Prince Salman bin Ham- handles the home self-isola- Ireland-Bahrain president, an age of Bahraini Doctors’ Day appreciation of medical and to be organised on November 4 ad Al Khalifa, Crown Prince, tion active cases. official from the World Health celebrations and the distribu- health personnel. later this year. MONDAY, JULY 27, 2020 03 Bahrain imports over BD1.1 billion in products Foreign trade report for second quarter of 2020 issued by Information and eGovernment Authority

TDT | Manama as the top product imported Bahrain accounted for 74 per of BD100 million and agglomer- The total value of re-ex - pared with BD180 million for into Bahrain with a total value cent of the total value, with the ated iron ores and concentrates ports decreased by 20 per cent the same quarter of the previous ahrain’s value of imports of BD79 million, while non-ag- remaining countries accounting alloyed was third with BD66 to reach BD143 million in the year. has decreased by eight per glomerated iron ores and con- for 26 per cent. million. second quarter of 2020, com- The top 10 countries account- Bcent, reaching BD1.168 bil- centrates was second with BD75 Saudi ranked first among ed for 93 per cent of the re-ex- lion during the second quarter million, and four-wheel-drive countries receiving Bahraini ported value, while the remain- of 2020, compared with BD1.267 cars third with BD43 million. exports of national origin, im- ing countries accounted for the billion for the same quarter the The value of exports of na- porting BD109 million from the remaining seven per cent. Saudi previous year, the Information tional origin decreased by nine Kingdom. The UAE was second ranked first with BD61 million, and eGovernment Authority per cent to BD540 million dur- with BD51 million and the US the UAE second with BD24 mil- (iGA) said as it issued its foreign ing the second quarter of 2020, third with BD43 million. lion, and China third with BD18 trade report of the second quar- compared with BD595 million Unwrought aluminum (not al- million. ter of this year. for the same quarter of the pre- loyed) emerged as the top prod- Four-wheel-drive cars The report encompasses data vious year. ucts exported during the sec- emerged as the top product on the balance of trade, imports, The top 10 countries in terms ond quarter of 2020 with BD101 re-exported from Bahrain with exports (national origin), and of the value of exports of na- million. Unwrought aluminum BD30 million. Parts for aero re-exports. tional origin purchased from alloys was second with a value planes came in second place The top 10 countries account- with BD14 million and cigarettes ed for 67 per cent of the value containing tobacco came third of imports, with the remaining Four-wheel-drive cars are with BD9 million. countries accounting for 33 per among Bahrain’s top products The trade balance, the dif - cent. that are imported and re-ex- ference between exports and According to the report, Chi- imports, recorded a deficit, to- DID ported. They are ranked third na ranked first when it came to talling BD485 million during imports to Bahrain, with a total amongst imported products at the second quarter of 2020, of BD194 million. Saudi Arabia BD43 million and first among compared to BD492 million for KNOW was second with BD79.1 million, re-exported products at BD30 the same quarter of the pre - and Brazil was third with BD79 million vious year, an improvement million. of the trade balance by one Aluminum oxide emerged per cent.

UNSC resolutions ‘COVID-19 has paralysed activity in 7,000 stores in Manama old market’ commitment TDT | Manama giving them an artistic herit- committee holds age look, while explaining at n appeal has gone out for the same time that many mar- meeting Aurgent support to save more ket traders, especially in its than 7,000 commercial stores in Most of the Manama old market merchants sub-markets like Tawawish TDT | Manama the Manama old market. were unable to obtain Tamkeen’s support and Haddaden, were relying Bahraini businessman for several reasons, including the lack on tourist groups to the mar- he importance of sus- Mahmoud Al Namlity said that of knowledge of how to apply for it, or ket and their contributions to Ttaining effective efforts the coronavirus ( COVID-19) the difficulty of providing the required moving the depression, even at ensuring the commitment pandemic has paralysed the in a simple way. This has and firm application of UN commercial movement almost documents. not happen this year, how - Security Council (UNSC) entirely at the historic heritage BUSINESSMAN MAHMOUD AL NAMLITY ever, due to the coronavirus requirements was stressed bazaar. pandemic. yesterday by Foreign Af- Many stores have already “We urge to deal with the Ma- fairs Ministry International closed after accumulating loss- help them stand firm in the face adding that it has protected newed lease, or share electric- nama old market from a com- Affairs undersecretary Dr es and following their inability of the crisis, and to pay even them from bankruptcy. ity bills with neighbours, and mercial, cultural, heritage and Shaikh Abdullah bin Ahmed to fulfill their financial obliga- a tiny part of the rent entitle- He noted, however, that most are unaware of how to prepare touristic point of view, and that Al Khalifa. tions, especially in the summer ments, workers’ salaries, fees, of the Manama old market mer- income reports, and may not is very important for the King- This came as Dr Shaikh season, as there appears to be and electricity and water bills. chants were unable to obtain have a bank account at all,” Al dom, similar to the Mubarakiya Abdullah chaired the sixth no hope that life will return He stressed the importance of Tamkeen’s support for several Namlity said. market in Kuwait,” Al Namlity meeting, held virtually, of to the old market in the short- the support provided by Labour reasons, including the lack of He pointed out the signif - said. “The concerned authori- the national committee to term, Al Namlity explained. Fund (Tamkeen) to institutions knowledge of how to apply for icance of the efforts being ties must assume their respon- follow up on Bahrain’s com- Al Namlity called for provid- in the private sector, noting that it, or the difficulty of providing made by the Ministry of Indus- sibility to save the market and mitment to all UNSC reso- ing a financial stimulus pack- this support has been extended the required documents. try, Commerce and Tourism, prepare it for the post-corona- lutions. age for shops in the Manama to owners of the most affected “Everyone knows that many through the Bahrain Tourism virus stage and develop a com- Members of the commit- old market, saying that small institutions in various sectors of the Bahraini merchants in and Exhibitions Authority, in prehensive plan to promote it tee representing ministries amounts of support can save such as restaurants, tourism the Manama old market are developing a large number of as a touristic and commercial and concerned governmen- many Bahraini merchants and offices, and training institutes, tenants with an old, non-re - storefronts in the market, and attraction to tourists.” tal entities participated. Dr Shaikh Abdullah noted the efforts of the committee in cooperation with the UN Foreign Minister holds meeting DEFENCE MINISTER RECEIVES KUWAIT’S MILITARY ATTACHÉ Office for Counter-Terror- ism. He thanked the mem- with UNDP representative bers for their tireless efforts Defence Affairs Minister Lieutenant- and important contribu- TDT | Manama General Abdulla bin Hassan Al Nuaimi tions to achieving their ob- received Kuwait’s Military Attaché jectives , in accordance with to Bahrain Colonel Pilot Abdullah inister of Foreign Affairs Dr Abdullatif bin international standards. Abdulrahman Al Aqaili. The meeting MRashid Al Zayani held a virtual meeting reviewed bilateral relations and steady The meeting reviewed yesterday with UN Development Programme cooperation in the military field. Left, the accomplished tasks and (UNDP) resident representative to Bahrain Stefano the Defence Minister with the Kuwaiti activities that contributed Pettinato. military attaché. to enhancing the interna- The meeting was attended by the ministry’s In- tional standing of the King- ternational Affairs undersecretary Dr Shaikh Ab- dom in the field of respect- dullah bin Ahmed Al Khalifa, and Organisations ing international legitimacy director Ambassador Fatima Abdullah Al Dhaen. resolutions and within the The Foreign Minister hailed the role of the framework of the existing UNDP in achieving the goals of comprehensive strategic partnership be- sustainable development, and reviewed ways BAHRAIN CHAPTER OF ICAI ELECTS NEW EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE tween Bahrain and the UN. to further develop bilateral cooperation and Dr Shaikh Abdullah strategic partnership between the Kingdom and highlighted the approval the UN for the benefit of all. He also wished the Bahrain Chapter of The Institute of Chartered Accountants of of the Cabinet, based on resident representative success in carrying out India (BCICAI), affiliated to Bahrain Accountants Association, the recommendation of his duties. the largest organised body of professional chartered the Government Executive accountants in Bahrain, has elected the new executive The resident representative commended part- Committee, to establish a committee for the year 2020/2021. CA Ajaykumar Chettuvetty nership between the Kingdom and the UN with was elected as the chairperson and CA Santhosh TV as the committee to combat ex- all its agencies, affirming his keenness on further vice-chairperson. Other executive committee members tremism and terrorism and developing bilateral relations at all levels. included CA Riya Bhansali as joint-secretary, CA Sharmila its financing and money They also discussed joint cooperation between Gandhi as secretary, CA Clifford D’Souza as treasurer, CA laundering, in addition to the two sides and ways to benefit from inter - Bharat Venkat as joint-treasurer, and CA Roanna Miranda, proposing the designation national experiences and projects, in order to CA Vinit Maroo, CA Vivek Gupta, CA Gaurav Agarwal and CA of individuals and entities achieve the development priorities adopted by Natasha Gopalakrishnan. Left, the new executive committee. on the national terrorist the Kingdom. lists. A FOOL THINKS HIMSELF TO QUOTE BE WISE, BUT A WISE MAN OF THE KNOWS HIMSELF TO BE A DAY FOOL. SUNDAY, APRIL 19, 2020 WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

MONDAY, JULY 27, 2020 04 EU doomed without the CAPTAIN’S CORNER

Hamiltonian moment HH ShaikhAre Nasser you Legal action against violators!

Greatready leaders for Warning of stringent action• to be taken against theinspire gyms us to all those who fail to 53,926 follow precautionary is the number of goodness measures to limit the travellers coming opening? from abroad who spread of COVID-19 have been tested for the coronavirus from A total of 15,666 February 5 to July 18 violations• have been registered for not wearing The Capital Governorate has face masks in public also distributed 4,200 meals to since the implementation migrant workers, while Southern CAPT. MAHMOOD AL MAHMOOD of the decision Community police officers with a man who was not wearing a face mask while in public Governorate officials have been ac- companying the General Directo- nce again the leaders, the busi- Yet another channel for normal life of the decision, according to Public keenness of the Ministry of Inte- rate of Civil Defence in inspecting ness houses and the people of TDT | Manama will soon be opening up – the sports and Security Operations and Training rior to support these efforts and buildings to check on the condi - the Kingdom of Bahrain have fitnessO centres. Gyms and sports coaching Affairs assistant chief Brigadier Dr harness all capabilities to succeed tions of the shared accommoda - come together in the spirit of patriot- centres, closed since March this year, warning has been reiterated Shaikh Hamad bin Mohammed Al in the plans and programmes de- tions of expatriate labour workers. ism and unity to raise defenses against have been reeling under losses. They will that legal action will be tak- Khalifa. signed to fight the pandemic, em- Dr Shaikh Hamad further noted an unusual and unseen enemy – the be opening for business again in August en against those who do not Dr Shaikh Hamad noted that fol- phasising that penalties will be that the main operations room of COVID-19 virus pandemic. A and for fitness enthusiasts, who have adhere to precautionary measures lowing all preventive measures in handed out to those who violate the Public Security has received In just 24 hours, these parties, led by missed their daily dose of weight-lifting, to limit the spread of the coronavi- combatting COVID-19 embodies the these procedures. 10,856 reports related to coro - the example of HH Shaikh Nasser bin the news is music to their ears. rus (COVID-19). highest forms of mutual support Dr Shaikh Hamad pointed out navirus violations, with patrols Hamad Al Khalifa, have raised over BD But before we jump into the ring, we This follows the registration of and cooperation in society, in line that the violations of not wearing penalising 2,842 individuals for 21 million to help people and business- must understand the advantages and the 15,666 violations for not wearing with national efforts to limit the face masks in public is being strict- not wearing face masks in public es struck by the impact of the virus. risks involved. It would be tragic if we face masks in public—including in virus’ spread. ly monitored by police directo - places and stores. In addition, it The funds, under the project ‘Feena went in search of good health to the gyms shops—since the implementation The assistant chief stressed the rates and government departments has assisted in the management of Khair’ (There is Good in Us) will be and swimming pools only to be exposed across the Kingdom. mobile COVID-19 testing. used for business support and medical to the COVID-19 pandemic. The fact is He explained that the Northern Meanwhile, security teams at support as well as humanitarian food most serious fitness practitioners have Governorate Police Directorate Bahrain’s entry points have record- and clothing aid. built an alternative routine for themselves has recorded 3,513 violations for ed 97 violations for not wearing a The Bahrain Chamber of Commerce outside the gym. Even those who don’t not wearing face masks, while face mask. It has also carried out & Industry also provided its spacious have the space at home for a home-gym, the Capital Governorate Police 84 missions to facilitate the pro - and centrally-located old premises for have started walking, running or doing Directorate has recorded 2,782 cedures for evacuating citizens use by the COVID-19 task force. something sporty to stay fit. violations. In the Muharraq Gov- and residents from abroad, dealing In the midst of our peculiar con- Of course we go to the gym for se- ernorate, its police directorate reg- with a total of 7,545 passengers, dition of isolation, social dis- rious exercise and the camaraderie of istered 4,133 violations, while in said Dr Shaikh Hamad. tancing and despair, we must like-minded fitness fans. This cannot the Southern Governorate, there A total of 132 missions were rejoice in this stream of com- I am surebe youreplicated in solo exercise schedules. were 2,299 violations. also undertaken to facilitate the Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte calls the proposed €540 billion rescue plan a trap. passion that has sprung from But gyms and sports training centres are Each of the governorates are also evacuation of citizens of other will all agree amidst us to counter the harsh places of high carrying out extensive awareness countries from the Kingdom, with DR. JOHN C. HULSMAN cannot now be said of the Southern This means they were broadly reality of the crisis. It is praise- This means they were that thiscontact has and campaigns, with security patrols 11,470 passengers from April 7 to European states ravaged by a global advocates of a federated (or confed- worthy of the big businesses broadly advocates inspiredsports our is There is talk of educating people in local markets July 18, in addition to ensuring have long suspected that the pandemic. The basic issue of fairness erated), centralized European state, to have come forward to sup- business housessweaty work. a BD4 million and parks, while providing them the examination of 53,926 trav - endless undoubtedly boring Eu- is in real question. of a federated (or without ever having the necessary port the vision of the leaders Bodily fluids rescue fund with informative brochures in sev- ellers coming from abroad from ropean summit meetings are so Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe confederated), centralized political debate that raged in the US and individuals of Bahrain and keep the hu- Security officials during a public awareness campaign I such as sweat, from Tamkeen eral languages. February 5 to July 18. turgid for a reason. It is easy to get Conte rightly calls the proposed European state, without in the 1790s between the advocates to donate so manitarian consideration as saliva and dis- for gyms and the lost in the byzantine complexities of €540 billion ($587 billion) rescue of centralism (Alexander Hamilton) the firstsports priority industry in this crisis. ever having the necessary generouslycharge and can false agreements that actually solve plan “a trap.” The accord is there to and decentralization (Thomas Jef- Longin after Bahrain. the dust I has set- political debate that tap the veincontaminate of nothing. And that is how theEU likes only deal with the immediate impact ferson). In the end, the federalist ad- tled aroundhope authorities the world, those raged in the US in the surfaces and it: For us to have little idea that it is a of the virus. However, over the much ministration of George Washington goodness within who will clearly be remembered Woman demands 1790s between the surroundings paper tiger, so much less than meets larger rescue efforts necessary to opted for Hamilton’s centralizing us and reach out are leaderswrite into who the led from DNA traces lead to suspect in fake bomb case and we must divorce after the eye in terms of its geostrategic revive the Italian and other south- advocates of centralism vision, won overwhelming re-elec- the heart.fund Undoubtedly,that a the to help fellow-be scrupu- TDT | Manama the area was cordoned off while a power. ern economies necessitated by the (Alexander Hamilton) and tion and a popular mandate for the responsepercentage of Bahrain’s of lead- husband sleeps residentslously of clean crime scene investigation team was But crises clarify. And there is debilitating lockdown, normal con- decentralization (Thomas national government to assume state ershipthe will support shed a beacon of ourselves and NA traces led to the identification deployed to inspect the object. Swabs with housemaid absolutely no doubt that the coro- ditionality will be imposed. debt, while at the same time estab- Bahrain. light onmoney our historic should response. Jefferson). insist on a and arrest of a 20-year-old Bah- were taken off the fake bomb and navirus has made crystal clear that This is understandably political- lishing a powerful national Treas- Inspiredbe spentby His on Majesty, our D very high lev- upgrading raini man, who placed a fake bomb DNA traces matched those belonging TDT | Manama the old model governing the EU has ly toxic in Italy, where it is seen as ury, brilliantly headed by Hamilton Crown Prince and First Dep- el of hygiene hygiene and in A’ali in 2016. to the suspect in the police database. finally, after a brilliant 70-year run, surrendering basic sovereignty to himself. uty Premier guided the gov- and care from building in social The court adjourned the trial of DON’T MISS IT “The fingerprint division report he Cassation Court has entirely run out of steam. The sup- the uncertain mercies of economic union (a Valhalla that had far less Due to an overly clever function- ernment in the crucial early these centres distancing into the man, along with a co-defendant, confirmed by checking and compar- overruled the sentence posed deal over emergency Europe- overlords the EU, the International than majority support), it was better alism, present European leaders days to approach the sensi- T when we re- gym routines to the hearing on August 11. ing the fingerprint with the finger- issued in the case of a wom- an coronavirus funds pledged last Monetary Fund and the Europe- to discuss seemingly inoffensive coal (with the honorable exception of tive themes of quarantine and turn to them. so that these Court files showed that the case prints saved in the database; they an who filed for divorce but week to the plague-ravaged south, an Central Bank. No Italian leader and steel union, even as the latter led President Emmanuel Macron of treatment with compassion. There is places are not was first reported to the police sta- Swabs were taken off the matched the fingerprints of the sus- saw her request rejected by far from being a concord, has ex- could accept such colonization and to further economic union, and then France) shied away from this diffi- When he returned from his talk of a BD 4 overcrowded tion, informing that an “unusual” fake bomb and DNA traces pect, with more than 12 distinctive two courts. posed the EU’s haplessness for all survive. In true Kafkaesque fash- to a degree of political union. Large cult argument in the happier times sojourn abroad, our beloved Prime million res- object had been placed behind one matched those belonging marks,” court files said. The woman had earlier to see. ion, no country in the south that political questions were to be pur- that preceded the coronavirus. But Minister immediately galvanized the cue fund from of the restaurants in the A’ali area. to the suspect in the police Both defendants have been charged lodged a divorce case, cit- First, if you are brave enough to truly needs the ESM can politically posefully avoided in favor of getting the failure of functionalism over the Cabinet and government officials, Tamkeen for A police force, headed by an officer, by the Public Prosecution with car- ing her husband’s failure to wade through the actual agreement accept it. These design flaws have to large political answers (always in past 70 years to decisively answer displaying his admirable energy and database gyms and the sports industry in Bahrain. arrived at the location and found the rying objects that replicate explosive meet her basic needs along reached, it becomes palpably clear become so obvious that the deal has the direction of ever closer union) the question of what sort of union crisis management in managing the I hope authorities will clearly write into object. devices and planting it on a public with having an extra-mari- that it is full of policy holes. The unraveled almost immediately upon through the backdoor of technical, Europe was to become is now fatally situation. the fund that a percentage of the support The details of the case showed that road, serving a terrorist purpose. tal affair with their house- Eurogroup of finance ministers has delivery. apolitical initiatives. Over decades, handicapping basic and necessary I am sure you will all agree that this money should be spent on upgrading maid. She claimed that her recommended using the European This amounts to more than Eu- functionalism met with the great- efforts to combat the coronavirus has inspired our business houses and hygiene and building in social distancing husband was married to Stability Mechanism (ESM), estab- rope’s glaring inability to behave as est of success, as a broadly united — the political risk event of our gen- individuals to donate so generously into gym routines so that these places are several other women, and lished in the wake of the 2008 Great a union when it truly counts; it also Europe emerged, all without ever eration. and tap the vein of goodness within us not overcrowded. Like salons, members he failed to live up to his Recession, to meet the southerners’ illustrates the limits of the guiding answering the basic question of what The result is an EU built only for and reach out to help fellow-residents must only use gyms by appointment and obligation to provide her needs. philosophy of the EU. The “Monnet sort of political construct was truly sunny weather, which trundles along of Bahrain. The days are challenging Two Asians arrested for selling shabu for strictly monitored time periods so with a place to live. A basic problem with this is that method” — functionalism — is a pol- being created. nicely in good times, but is fatally but when we have great leaders, we that everybody gets a chance to use the TDT | Manama According to the ministry, The director-general were eventually confiscated. According to court files, the ESM was set up in the wake of icy strategy based on the advocacy of While this seemed clever and it overmatched in bad ones. A political all rise to the occasion and to greater facilities. the Criminal Investigation said that an investigation Legal proceedings the woman has five chil - an asymmetric shock — the par- small, technocratic, apolitical agree- worked for a long while, in actuality, union that no one really believes in heights of goodness than we ourselves I have heard that in many professional Two Asian men have been and Forensic Science direc- of anti-narcotic police led have been taken to re - dren, and her frustration ticular economic follies of Greece ments being agreed to precisely be- functionalism has stored up a great and whose members are not willing thought possible. sports outfits, the sportspeople are being arrested for selling shabu, tor-general announced the to identifying and arresting fer the case to the Public hit rock bottom, according and possibly other southern econ- cause they seemed secondary, or deal of trouble for Europe, which has to make the basic sacrifice of blood Yes indeed. There is good in us all.. given supervised exercise schedules to the Ministry of Interior an- arrests of the two expatri- the suspects while in the act Prosecution. to her, after he had a sexual omies — rather than the symmetric technical, eventually amounting to come home to roost since the Great and treasure for is a union only in follow so (Captain that theyMahmood don’t Al Mahmoodlose muscle is the nounced yesterday. ates, who are aged 23 and 28. of selling the drugs, which affair with her maid. shock of a global pandemic. In other decisive movement toward a con- Recession of 2008. The founders of name. And, without the Hamiltoni- tone, strengthEditor-in-Chief and their of The sharpDaily Tribune reflexes. and However, two courts re- words, there can be no doubt that federated European state. the EU wanted a powerful Hamilto- an moment in these times of crisis, We mustthe look President into ofthat the inArab-African Bahrain Unityalso jected her divorce demand. Greece was largely to blame for its In the 1950s, rather than talking nian Brussels without ever having Europe will be increasingly unfit Organisation for Relief, Human Rights and for our sports stars who cannot return to The Cassation Court gave own parlous situation. The same about grand visions of European their Hamiltonian moment.. for purpose. Counterterrorism) high-contact sports fields for football or ANTI-VIOLENCE AND ADDICTION COMMITTEE HOLDS MEETING her a lifeline after sending similar games. This is the time when we her case back to the appeals Hon. Chairman Najeb Yacob Alhamer | Editor-in-Chief Mahmood AI Mahmood | Chairman & Managing Director P Unnikrishnan | Advertisement: Updatemust exploreMedia W.L.L other options| Tel: 38444692, and use our Capital Governor and Committee to Combat Violence and Addiction court to re-review the case. 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During the meeting, the committee discussed the pandemic. back,” the defendant’s a number of topics on the agenda, including strengthening cooperation with the International Organisation for Combating lawyer Ibtisam Al Sabagh (Captain Mahmood Al Mahmood is the Violence and Addiction (DARE) in the US, and what was adopted said. “We are happy with Editor-in-Chief of The Daily Tribune and during the visit of the organisation’s delegation to Bahrain, among the Cassation Court’s de- the President of the Arab-African Unity other issues. Left, a screenshot of the committee’s virtual meeting. cision and we hope a dif- Organisation for Relief, Human Rights and ferent outcome from the Counterterrorism) appeals court.” A FOOL THINKS HIMSELF TO QUOTE BE WISE, BUT A WISE MAN OF THE KNOWS HIMSELF TO BE A DAY FOOL. SUNDAY, APRIL 19, 2020 WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

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Greatready leaders for Warning of stringent CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED INTERIM STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED INTERIM STATEMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME action• to be taken against At 30 June 2020 (Reviewed) For the six months ended 30 June 2020 (Reviewed) 30 June 2020 31 December 2019 Three months ended Six months ended inspire us to all those who fail to Reviewed Audited the gyms 53,926 30 June’20 30 June’19 30 June’20 30 June’19 follow precautionary is the number of BD ‘000 BD ‘000 goodness measures to limit the travellers coming ASSETS BD’000 BD’000 BD’000 BD’000 opening? from abroad who Non-current assets LOSS FOR THE PERIOD (16,389) (3,334) (10,637) (19,143) spread of COVID-19 have been tested for Property, plant and equipment 1,959,681 1,962,150 the coronavirus from Other comprehensive income A total of 15,666 February 5 to July 18 Deferred tax assets 162 162 violations• have been 1,959,843 1,962,312 Items that are or may be reclassified to profit or loss: Current assets registered for not wearing Effective portion of changes in fair value The Capital Governorate has (1,820) - (9,178) - face masks in public also distributed 4,200 meals to Inventories 229,368 221,155 of cash flow hedge TOTAL COMPREHENSIVE LOSS since the implementation migrant workers, while Southern Trade and other receivables 126,344 155,455 (18,209) (3,334) (19,815) (19,143) CAPT. MAHMOOD AL MAHMOOD FOR THE PERIOD of the decision Community police officers with a man who was not wearing a face mask while in public Governorate officials have been ac- Bank balances and cash 65,157 81,329 companying the General Directo- nce again the leaders, the busi- 420,869 457,939 Yet another channel for normal life of the decision, according to Public keenness of the Ministry of Inte- rate of Civil Defence in inspecting CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED INTERIM STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS ness houses and the people of TDT | Manama TOTAL ASSETS 2,380,712 2,420,251 will soon be opening up – the sports and Security Operations and Training rior to support these efforts and buildings to check on the condi - For the six months ended 30 June 2020 (Reviewed) the Kingdom of Bahrain have fitnessO centres. Gyms and sports coaching Affairs assistant chief Brigadier Dr harness all capabilities to succeed tions of the shared accommoda - Six months ended come together in the spirit of patriot- EQUITY AND LIABILITIES centres, closed since March this year, warning has been reiterated Shaikh Hamad bin Mohammed Al in the plans and programmes de- tions of expatriate labour workers. 30 June 2020 30 June 2019 ism and unity to raise defenses against have been reeling under losses. They will that legal action will be tak- Khalifa. signed to fight the pandemic, em- Dr Shaikh Hamad further noted Equity BD '000 BD '000 an unusual and unseen enemy – the be opening for business again in August en against those who do not Dr Shaikh Hamad noted that fol- phasising that penalties will be that the main operations room of Share capital 142,000 142,000 COVID-19 virus pandemic. A CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES and for fitness enthusiasts, who have adhere to precautionary measures lowing all preventive measures in handed out to those who violate the Public Security has received In just 24 hours, these parties, led by Treasury shares (4,014) (3,994) missed their daily dose of weight-lifting, to limit the spread of the coronavi- combatting COVID-19 embodies the these procedures. 10,856 reports related to coro - Loss for the period before tax (10,916) (19,262) the example of HH Shaikh Nasser bin Statutory reserve 71,000 71,000 the news is music to their ears. rus (COVID-19). highest forms of mutual support Dr Shaikh Hamad pointed out navirus violations, with patrols Adjustments for: Hamad Al Khalifa, have raised over BD But before we jump into the ring, we This follows the registration of and cooperation in society, in line that the violations of not wearing penalising 2,842 individuals for Capital reserve 249 249 21 million to help people and business- Depreciation and amortisation 59,474 33,986 must understand the advantages and the 15,666 violations for not wearing with national efforts to limit the face masks in public is being strict- not wearing face masks in public Cash flow hedge reserve (9,178) - es struck by the impact of the virus. Provision for employees’ end of service benefits 766 892 risks involved. It would be tragic if we face masks in public—including in virus’ spread. ly monitored by police directo - places and stores. In addition, it The funds, under the project ‘Feena Retained earnings 857,067 869,316 went in search of good health to the gyms shops—since the implementation The assistant chief stressed the rates and government departments has assisted in the management of Provision for slow moving inventories 237 40 Khair’ (There is Good in Us) will be Total equity 1,057,124 1,078,571 and swimming pools only to be exposed across the Kingdom. mobile COVID-19 testing. Provision for impairment of trade receivables - net 2,810 - used for business support and medical to the COVID-19 pandemic. The fact is He explained that the Northern Meanwhile, security teams at Non-current liabilities support as well as humanitarian food Loss on disposal of property, plant and equipment 186 1,303 most serious fitness practitioners have Governorate Police Directorate Bahrain’s entry points have record- Loans and borrowings 818,023 850,537 and clothing aid. Changes in fair value of derivative financial instruments 2,893 5,899 built an alternative routine for themselves has recorded 3,513 violations for ed 97 violations for not wearing a The Bahrain Chamber of Commerce Lease liabilities 7,033 5,160 outside the gym. Even those who don’t not wearing face masks, while face mask. It has also carried out Interest income (432) (505) & Industry also provided its spacious Employees’ end of service benefits 1,435 1,627 have the space at home for a home-gym, the Capital Governorate Police 84 missions to facilitate the pro - Forex loss/(gain) on revaluation of borrowings 1,007 (3,517) and centrally-located old premises for have started walking, running or doing Directorate has recorded 2,782 cedures for evacuating citizens Other payables 12,232 24,466 use by the COVID-19 task force. Finance costs 21,023 1,804 something sporty to stay fit. violations. In the Muharraq Gov- and residents from abroad, dealing Derivative financial instruments 7,741 2,998 In the midst of our peculiar con- Operating profit before working capital changes 77,048 20,640 Of course we go to the gym for se- ernorate, its police directorate reg- with a total of 7,545 passengers, dition of isolation, social dis- 846,464 884,788 rious exercise and the camaraderie of istered 4,133 violations, while in said Dr Shaikh Hamad. Working capital changes: tancing and despair, we must Current liabilities like-minded fitness fans. This cannot the Southern Governorate, there A total of 132 missions were Inventories (8,450) (1,140) rejoice in this stream of com- I am surebe youreplicated in solo exercise schedules. were 2,299 violations. also undertaken to facilitate the Loans and borrowings 217,024 151,944 Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte calls the proposed €540 billion rescue plan a trap. passion that has sprung from Trade and other receivables 26,301 (15,273) But gyms and sports training centres are Each of the governorates are also evacuation of citizens of other Lease liabilities 35 961 will all agree amidst us to counter the harsh Trade and other payables (55,364) 28,399 places of high carrying out extensive awareness countries from the Kingdom, with DR. JOHN C. HULSMAN cannot now be said of the Southern This means they were broadly reality of the crisis. It is praise- Trade and other payables 258,606 302,853 This means they were that thiscontact has and campaigns, with security patrols 11,470 passengers from April 7 to Cash generated from operations 39,535 32,626 European states ravaged by a global advocates of a federated (or confed- worthy of the big businesses Derivative financial instruments 1,459 1,134 broadly advocates inspiredsports our is There is talk of educating people in local markets July 18, in addition to ensuring Employees’ end of service benefits paid (958) (753) have long suspected that the pandemic. The basic issue of fairness erated), centralized European state, to have come forward to sup- business housessweaty work. a BD4 million and parks, while providing them the examination of 53,926 trav - 477,124 456,892 endless undoubtedly boring Eu- is in real question. of a federated (or without ever having the necessary port therescue vision fund of the leaders Tax benefit 279 119 Bodily fluids with informative brochures in sev- ellers coming from abroad from Total liabilities 1,323,588 1,341,680 ropean summit meetings are so Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe confederated), centralized political debate that raged in the US and individuals of Bahrainfrom Tamkeenand keep the hu- Security officials during a public awareness campaign Net cash flows generated from operating activities 38,856 31,992 I such as sweat, eral languages. February 5 to July 18. 2,380,712 2,420,251 turgid for a reason. It is easy to get Conte rightly calls the proposed European state, without in the 1790s between the advocates to donate so manitarianfor gyms consideration and the as TOTAL EQUITY AND LIABILITIES saliva and dis- CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES lost in the byzantine complexities of €540 billion ($587 billion) rescue of centralism (Alexander Hamilton) the firstsports priority industry in this crisis. ever having the necessary generouslycharge and can false agreements that actually solve plan “a trap.” The accord is there to and decentralization (Thomas Jef- Longin after Bahrain. the dust I has set- CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED INTERIM STATEMENT OF PROFIT OR LOSS Acquisition of property, plant and equipment (55,777) (181,098) political debate that tap the veincontaminate of nothing. And that is how theEU likes only deal with the immediate impact ferson). In the end, the federalist ad- tled aroundhope authorities the world, those raged in the US in the surfaces and For the six months ended 30 June 2020 (Reviewed) Proceeds from disposal of property, plant and equipment 28 48 it: For us to have little idea that it is a of the virus. However, over the much ministration of George Washington goodness within who will clearly be remembered Woman demands 1790s between the surroundings Three months ended Six months ended Interest received 432 505 paper tiger, so much less than meets larger rescue efforts necessary to opted for Hamilton’s centralizing us and reach out are leaderswrite into who the led from DNA traces lead to suspect in fake bomb case and we must divorce after 30 June’20 30 June’19 30 June’20 30 June’19 the eye in terms of its geostrategic revive the Italian and other south- advocates of centralism vision, won overwhelming re-elec- the heart.fund Undoubtedly,that a the Net cash flows used in investing activities (55,317) (180,545) to help fellow-be scrupu- TDT | Manama the area was cordoned off while a BD’000 BD’000 BD’000 BD’000 power. ern economies necessitated by the (Alexander Hamilton) and tion and a popular mandate for the responsepercentage of Bahrain’s of lead- husband sleeps residentslously of clean crime scene investigation team was Revenue from contracts with customers 244,043 245,070 519,974 448,584 CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES But crises clarify. And there is debilitating lockdown, normal con- decentralization (Thomas national government to assume state ershipthe will support shed a beacon of ourselves and NA traces led to the identification deployed to inspect the object. Swabs with housemaid absolutely no doubt that the coro- ditionality will be imposed. debt, while at the same time estab- Bahrain. light onmoney our historic should response. Cost of sales (222,394) (229,672) (464,773) (432,336) Loans and borrowings availed 392,337 641,033 Jefferson). insist on a and arrest of a 20-year-old Bah- were taken off the fake bomb and navirus has made crystal clear that This is understandably political- lishing a powerful national Treas- Inspiredbe spentby His on Majesty, our D GROSS PROFIT 21,649 15,398 55,201 16,248 Loans and borrowings paid (363,026) (489,762) very high lev- upgrading raini man, who placed a fake bomb DNA traces matched those belonging TDT | Manama the old model governing the EU has ly toxic in Italy, where it is seen as ury, brilliantly headed by Hamilton Crown Prince and First Dep- Other income/(expenses) (313) (471) 1,048 548 el of hygiene hygiene and in A’ali in 2016. to the suspect in the police database. Interest on loans, borrowings and leases paid (19,892) (15,004) finally, after a brilliant 70-year run, surrendering basic sovereignty to himself. uty Premier guided the gov- (Loss)/gain on foreign exchange (5,780) 2,272 (652) 3,517 and care from building in social The court adjourned the trial of DON’T MISS IT “The fingerprint division report he Cassation Court has Leases liabilities paid (495) - entirely run out of steam. The sup- the uncertain mercies of economic union (a Valhalla that had far less Due to an overly clever function- ernment in the crucial early Selling and distribution expenses (6,795) (7,200) (14,243) (15,031) these centres distancing into the man, along with a co-defendant, confirmed by checking and compar- overruled the sentence Dividends paid (1,316) - posed deal over emergency Europe- overlords the EU, the International than majority support), it was better alism, present European leaders days to approach the sensi- T General and administrative expenses (14,571) (8,234) (25,544) (16,841) when we re- gym routines to the hearing on August 11. ing the fingerprint with the finger- issued in the case of a wom- an coronavirus funds pledged last Monetary Fund and the Europe- to discuss seemingly inoffensive coal (with the honorable exception of tive themes of quarantine and Impairment loss on trade and other receivables (2,143) - (2,810) - Settlement of derivative (7,003) turn to them. so that these Court files showed that the case prints saved in the database; they an who filed for divorce but - week to the plague-ravaged south, an Central Bank. No Italian leader and steel union, even as the latter led President Emmanuel Macron of treatment with compassion. Finance costs (8,778) (728) (21,023) (1,804) There is places are not was first reported to the police sta- Swabs were taken off the matched the fingerprints of the sus- saw her request rejected by Purchase of treasury shares (2,116) (1,095) far from being a concord, has ex- could accept such colonization and to further economic union, and then France) shied away from this diffi- When he returned from his Changes in fair value of derivative talk of a BD 4 overcrowded tion, informing that an “unusual” fake bomb and DNA traces pect, with more than 12 distinctive two courts. Proceeds from resale of treasury shares 1,800 892 posed the EU’s haplessness for all survive. In true Kafkaesque fash- to a degree of political union. Large cult argument in the happier times sojourn abroad, our beloved Prime financial instruments 60 (4,148) (2,893) (5,899) million res- object had been placed behind one matched those belonging marks,” court files said. The woman had earlier to see. ion, no country in the south that political questions were to be pur- that preceded the coronavirus. But Minister immediately galvanized the Net cash flows generated from financing activities 289 136,064 cue fund from of the restaurants in the A’ali area. to the suspect in the police Both defendants have been charged lodged a divorce case, cit- LOSS FOR THE PERIOD BEFORE TAX (16,671) (3,111) (10,916) (19,262) First, if you are brave enough to truly needs the ESM can politically posefully avoided in favor of getting the failure of functionalism over the Cabinet and government officials, Tamkeen for A police force, headed by an officer, by the Public Prosecution with car- ing her husband’s failure to Tax 282 (223) 279 119 NET DECREASE IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS (16,172) (12,489) wade through the actual agreement accept it. These design flaws have to large political answers (always in past 70 years to decisively answer displaying his admirable energy and database gyms and the sports industry in Bahrain. arrived at the location and found the rying objects that replicate explosive meet her basic needs along LOSS FOR THE PERIOD (16,389) (3,334) (10,637) (19,143) Cash and cash equivalents at 1 January 81,329 103,684 reached, it becomes palpably clear become so obvious that the deal has the direction of ever closer union) the question of what sort of union crisis management in managing the I hope authorities will clearly write into object. devices and planting it on a public with having an extra-mari- that it is full of policy holes. The unraveled almost immediately upon through the backdoor of technical, Europe was to become is now fatally situation. Basic and diluted loss per share (fils) (12) (2) (8) (14) CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS AT 30 JUNE 65,157 91,195 the fund that a percentage of the support The details of the case showed that road, serving a terrorist purpose. tal affair with their house- Eurogroup of finance ministers has delivery. apolitical initiatives. Over decades, handicapping basic and necessary I am sure you will all agree that this money should be spent on upgrading maid. She claimed that her recommended using the European This amounts to more than Eu- functionalism met with the great- efforts to combat the coronavirus has inspired our business houses and hygiene and building in social distancing husband was married to CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED INTERIM STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY For the six months ended 30 June 2020 (Reviewed) Stability Mechanism (ESM), estab- rope’s glaring inability to behave as est of success, as a broadly united — the political risk event of our gen- individuals to donate so generously into gym routines so that these places are several other women, and lished in the wake of the 2008 Great a union when it truly counts; it also Europe emerged, all without ever eration. and tap the vein of goodness within us Share capital Treasury shares Statutory reserve Capital reserve Cash flow hedge reserve Retained earnings Total not overcrowded. Like salons, members he failed to live up to his Recession, to meet the southerners’ illustrates the limits of the guiding answering the basic question of what The result is an EU built only for and reach out to help fellow-residents BD ‘000 BD ‘000 BD ‘000 BD ‘000 BD ‘000 BD ‘000 BD ‘000 must only use gyms by appointment and obligation to provide her needs. philosophy of the EU. The “Monnet sort of political construct was truly sunny weather, which trundles along of Bahrain. The days are challenging Two Asians arrested for selling shabu for strictly monitored time periods so with a place to live. A basic problem with this is that method” — functionalism — is a pol- being created. nicely in good times, but is fatally but when we have great leaders, we Balance at 1 January 2020 142,000 (3,994) 71,000 249 - 869,316 1,078,571 that everybody gets a chance to use the TDT | Manama According to the ministry, The director-general were eventually confiscated. According to court files, the ESM was set up in the wake of icy strategy based on the advocacy of While this seemed clever and it overmatched in bad ones. A political all rise to the occasion and to greater facilities. the Criminal Investigation said that an investigation Legal proceedings the woman has five chil - Loss for the period - - - - - (10,637) (10,637) an asymmetric shock — the par- small, technocratic, apolitical agree- worked for a long while, in actuality, union that no one really believes in heights of goodness than we ourselves I have heard that in many professional Two Asian men have been and Forensic Science direc- of anti-narcotic police led have been taken to re - dren, and her frustration Other comprehensive income: ticular economic follies of Greece ments being agreed to precisely be- functionalism has stored up a great and whose members are not willing thought possible. sports outfits, the sportspeople are being arrested for selling shabu, tor-general announced the to identifying and arresting fer the case to the Public hit rock bottom, according Effective portion of changes in fair value and possibly other southern econ- cause they seemed secondary, or deal of trouble for Europe, which has to make the basic sacrifice of blood Yes indeed. There is good in us all.. - - - - (9,178) - (9,178) given supervised exercise schedules to the Ministry of Interior an- arrests of the two expatri- the suspects while in the act Prosecution. to her, after he had a sexual of cash flow hedge omies — rather than the symmetric technical, eventually amounting to come home to roost since the Great and treasure for is a union only in follow so (Captain that theyMahmood don’t Al Mahmoodlose muscle is the nounced yesterday. ates, who are aged 23 and 28. of selling the drugs, which affair with her maid. Total comprehensive loss for the period - - - - (9,178) (10,637) (19,815) shock of a global pandemic. In other decisive movement toward a con- Recession of 2008. The founders of name. And, without the Hamiltoni- tone, strengthEditor-in-Chief and their of The sharpDaily Tribune reflexes. and However, two courts re- words, there can be no doubt that federated European state. the EU wanted a powerful Hamilto- an moment in these times of crisis, Net movement in treasury shares - (20) - - - (296) (316) We mustthe look President into ofthat the inArab-African Bahrain Unityalso jected her divorce demand. Greece was largely to blame for its In the 1950s, rather than talking nian Brussels without ever having Europe will be increasingly unfit Organisation for Relief, Human Rights and for our sports stars who cannot return to The Cassation Court gave Final dividend for 2019 paid - - - - - (1,316) (1,316) own parlous situation. The same about grand visions of European their Hamiltonian moment.. for purpose. 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Left, a screenshot of the committee’s virtual meeting. cision and we hope a dif- for issue in accordance with a resolution of the Directors on 26 July 2020 Organisation for Relief, Human Rights and ferent outcome from the and signed on their behalf by: Daij Bin Salman Bin Daij Al Khalifa Yousif A. Taqi Ali Al Baqali Counterterrorism) appeals court.” Chairman Director Chief Executive Officer MONDAY, JULY 27, 2020 06 Recovery in China, Line 6 drive Alba’s Q2 sales volume

Sales’ volume topped 390,750• metric tonnes As COVID-19 unfolds, we continue In the face of this crisis, (MT) - up by 25pc to focus on adapting to the new we choose to get better by life norm and keeping our people capitalising on our Safety Production safe as we navigate together culture and operational reached• 378,558 MT through this crisis. Despite the resilience which has led us to - up by 24pc YoY challenging market conditions, we achieve more than 24 million are unlocking our strength as we safe working-hours without Achieved on 29 aim to close 2020 by meeting our LTI as of to-date June• 2020: 23 million Production Target of 1,540,000 ALI AL BAQALI metric tonnes working-hours w/o LTIs ALBA’S CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER SHAIKH DAIJ BIN SALMAN BIN DAIJ AL KHALIFA TDT | Manama CHAIRMAN OF ALBA’S BOARD OF DIRECTORS

igher metal sales vol- ume drove top-line in However, global production, Alba “despite the challenging Loss stood at BD18.2 m (US$ 48.4 m) versus BD2,420.2 million Hthe second quarter of Alba said, witnessed a modest market conditions” will unlock m) versus Total Comprehensive (US$6,436.8 m) as at 31 Decem- 2020, said Aluminium Bahrain growth of 1pc y-o-y, with that its strength to close 2020 by Loss of BD 3.3 m (US$ 8.9 m) – up ber 2019 - down by 2pc. (Alba) yesterday, thanks to a re- in MENA is rising and is now up meeting its production target of by 446pc YoY. Revenue from Contracts with covery in the Chinese econo - 25pc mainly on the back of Al- 1,540,000 metric tonnes. Gross Profit jumped 41 pc KNOW WHAT Customers reached BD519.9 my from pandemic-driven shut ba’s Line 6 metal. to BD21.6 m (US$57.6 m) from m (US$1,382.9 m), up by 16pc down helped by government Looking ahead, Chairman of Second-quarter results BD15.4 m (US$40.9 m) in Q2 2019. YoY, compared to BD448.6 m stimulus measures which led to Alba’s Board of Directors, Shai- Alba’s second-quarter loss Revenue from Contracts (US$1,193 m) for the same peri- a 5 per cent growth in Alumin- kh Daij Bin Salman Bin Daij was BD16.4 million (US$43.6 m), with Customers was BD244 m Spread across an area od in 2019. ium demand – mainly via a re- Al Khalifa said Alba is focus - up 392 per cent from BD3.3 m (US$649 m) versus BD245 m that’s roughly 3.5 Commenting on the results, bound in construction and auto ing on adapting to the new life (US$8.9 m) loss in the year-earli- (US$651.8 m) in Q2 2019 - down Alba’s Chief Executive Officer, sectors. form and keeping “our people er quarter. Loss per share was 12 by 0.4pc YoY. sq.km., Alba is one of Ali Al Baqali said that the world The pandemic, Alba said, safe as we navigate through the fils compared to Loss per Share the largest aluminium is going through radical trans- pulled down world aluminium crisis.” of 2 fils in the 2019 quarter. First-half results smelters in the world formation “and the Aluminium consumption by 9 pc during the He expressed confidence that Total Comprehensive For the first half of 2020, Al- with a production industry is not an exception.” quarter, while, excluding China, ba’s Loss was BD10.6 m (US$28.3 capacity that exceeds Despite the odds, he said Alba the decline was 28pc - the larg- US manufacturing continues with production m), down 44 pc from a Loss of 1,000,000 mtpa by capitalising on its safety cul- est ever. Aluminium demand BD19.1 mn (US$50.9 m) in 2019 ture and operational resilience was down 35pc in the US, 30pc in North America up by 5pc YoY. Better period. H1 Loss per Share was 8 achieved “more than 24 million in Europe and 22 pc in MENA Shanghai Futures Exchange (SHFE) prices has fils compared to Loss per Share safe working-hours without LTI region. led the Chinese supply to grow by 2pc YoY. of 14 fils for the same period in as of to-date.” Alba said its top-line was also 2019. Alba Management will hold impacted by lower LME pric- Europe supply down by 3pc YoY due to COV- Total Comprehensive Loss a conference call on Monday es, while higher depreciation ID-19 disruptions to the Aluminium down- rose 4pc to BD19.8 m (US$52.7 m), 27 July 2020 to discuss Alba’s and financial charges weakened stream. This has led the world market to be while Gross Profit jumped 241pc financial and operational per- the bottom line. LME price was to BD55.2 m (US$146.8 m) from formance for Q2 2020 as well down 17 per cent Year-over-Year in surplus with China (+445Kt) and (+1,622Kt) that in H1 2019. as outline the Company’s pri- to US$ 1,494/t in Q2 2020 from without China. Total Assets as at 30 June 2020 orities for the remainder of this US$ 1,793/t in Q2 2019. topped BD2,380.7 m (US$6,331.7 year.

SICO, Bahrain Bourse sign deal for Sukuk-based Murabaha Service China imports more oil from Saudi than any other country in June Reuters | Beijing on the kingdom’s budget. China, the world’s biggest hina’s crude oil imports crude oil importer, took in a Cfrom Saudi Arabia rose record 53.18 million tonnes 15 per cent in June from a last month, according to cus- year ago, as refiners ordered toms data. record volumes of the fuel China also boosted inflows in March and April when oil from Brazil, Norway and An- prices tumbled, cementing gola, said Emma Li, analyst the kingdom’s position as the from Refinitiv. top oil supplier to China. Brazil, whose massive off- Imports from Saudi Arabia shore projects are coming rose to 8.88 million tonnes in online, offered Asian refiners June, or 2.16 million bpd, in competitive deals on relative- June, according to data from ly high-quality oil just as Chi- the General Administration of na and other Asian countries Customs on Sunday. contained the coronavirus The announcement was made at a virtual signing ceremony held on 14 July 2020 That was in line with May’s A crude oil tanker is seen at Qingdao Port, Shandong province, China and reopened their econo- between SICO, The CBB and The Bahrain Bourse. volumes, but well above 1.89 mies. million bpd during the same coronavirus pandemic damp- around 7pc from 1.82 million Analysts expect China to offering innovative solutions that period last year. ened demand and caused a bpd in May and 1.73 million see another record amount of The new service, SICO support Sharia-compliant asset The record imports follow global fuel glut. bpd in June 2019. crude imports in July as some • management services,” said Najla a price war between Saudi Shipments from Russia Saudi, however, delivered May-loading cargoes are still said, will complement Al-Shirawi, Chief Executive Officer Arabia and Russia, the world’s were at 7.98 million tonnes bigger oil cuts from June underway while swelling oil its current Murabaha at SICO. top oil exporters, during last month, or 1.95 million and raised crude prices as a inventory at major Chinese facility structures Shaikh Khalifa bin Ebrahim Al March and April when the barrels per day (bpd), up plunge in oil prices weighed ports slows new arrivals. Khalifa, Chief Executive Officer TDT | Manama of BHB said, “The unique service allows participating financial insti- tutions to offer Sharia’a-compliant ICO, a leading regional asset Murabaha service through an effi- Moderna gets further $472 m US award for Smanager, broker, market maker cient process, and hence contrib- and investment bank, announced uting to promoting the Kingdom of signing an agreement to begin of- Bahrain as a hub for Sharia-compli- coronavirus vaccine development fering the Bahrain Bourse’s newly ant transactions.” Reuters established sukuk-based Murabaha The new service, SICO said, will The US-based drug maker when the experimental vac- in a press release. service, launched in collaboration complement its current Murabaha said the additional funding cine was in an early-stage trial BARDA’s total funding for with the Central Bank of Bahrain facility structures, which is con- oderna Inc said yes- will support its late-stage conducted by the US National the experimental vaccine (CBB), when conducting Islamic ducted by way of local and inter- Mterday it has received clinical development includ- Institutes of Health. of Moderna, the first in the commodity Murabaha financing national commodity brokers, and an additional $472 million ing the expanded Phase 3 “Encouraged by the Phase United States to begin hu - transactions with sukuks as col- is set to increase overall demand from the US government’s Bi- study of Moderna’s vaccine 1 data, we believe that our man trials of a coronavirus lateral. for sukuk issuances, providing sup- omedical Advanced Research candidate. mRNA vaccine may aid in ad- vaccine, is now about $955 m. “We are extremely pleased to port to Sharia-compliant financ- and Development Authority In April, Moderna had re- dressing the COVID-19 pan- The vaccine uses synthetic be part of this platform and would ing services and increasing sukuk (BARDA) to support develop- ceived $483 m from the US demic and preventing future messenger RNA (mRNA) to like to commend the CBB and the trading volumes on the Bahrain ment of its novel coronavirus federal agency that funds outbreaks,” Chief Executive inoculate against the coro- Bahrain Bourse for their efforts in Bourse. vaccine. disease-fighting technology, Officer Stéphane Bancel said navirus. MONDAY, JULY 27, 2020 07

News in brief u India needs to be “extra Tourist atmosphere in Chengdu vigilant” as the novel coronavirus Modi says threat persists, Prime Minister coronavirus risk Narendra Modi said in a public persists in India address on Sunday, even as the country registered a record number as consulate officials walk out of patient recoveries in a day. Yesterday, the Indian government said 36,145 Reuters | Chengdu, China technology, the COVID-19 pan- ing. It was unclear who or what patients had recovered and been discharged demic, China’s territorial claims was inside. Since Friday, staff in the last 24 hours, marking a record number taff of the US consulate in in the South China Sea and its have been seen coming and go- of single-day recoveries. At the same time, a Chengdu made final ef- clampdown on Hong Kong. ing, including at least one with a record number of tests in a single day - more Sforts to clear the premises Police asked people to move suitcase. Removal vans entered than 440,000 - were conducted, it added. Modi, in his monthly radio broadcast to yesterday as security remained on when crowds formed out- KNOW WHAT and left on Saturday and Sunday. the nation, sounded caution, saying it was important to practise social distancing tight outside, ahead of today’s side the consulate, as onlookers “China’s response was recip- and wear masks to fight the virus. “The danger of corona is far from being over. At closure ordered by Beijing as took photos and videos of what rocal,” said a 63-year-old local many places, it is spreading fast,” Modi said. “We need to be extra vigilant.” China-US relations continue to they expected would be the last China on Friday or- resident who gave only his sur- u Russian President worsen. time to see the compound in US name, Yang. The situation “is Russian Navy Vladimir Putin said A mini tourist atmosphere hands. The street was closed dered the closure of quite regrettable.” the Chengdu consulate to get hypersonic yesterday the Russian prevailed outside the facility to traffic, except for consular On the Chengdu police ac- Navy would be armed with on a tree-lined street on a hot or police vehicles let through in the southwestern count on Weibo, similar to Twit- nuclear strike hypersonic nuclear strike Sunday, as onlookers shared by police. provide of Sichuan. ter, some netizens were asking weapons weapons and underwater sidewalk space with dozens of In Houston on Friday a group That means an evac- the authorities to be lenient to- nuclear drones, which the uniformed and plainclothes po- of men accompanied by a US uation deadline of 10 ward to a man who lit a firework defence ministry said were in their final phase of testing. The weapons, some of lice opposite the entrance. State Department official were am (0200 GMT) today, outside the consulate Friday. which have yet to be deployed, include the Poseidon underwater nuclear drone, Consulate closures in Hou- seen forcing open a door at the according to the editor “I believe our country is so designed to be carried by submarines, and the Tsirkon (Zircon) hypersonic cruise ston and Chengdu have esca- Chinese consulate, shortly after powerful, so it has the ability to missile, which can be deployed on surface ships. lated a sharp deterioration in the US closure order took effect of a state-run tabloid handle it properly, and provide ties between the world’s two for a facility that Secretary of me with enough safety,” said a u Malaysian authorities launched a search on Sunday for 24 Rohingya refugees biggest economies, which were State Mike Pompeo called “a A coach that had been on the 25-year-old finance worker sur- who went missing while trying to swim to shore from a boat off the resort island already their worst in decades hub of spying and intellectual Chengdu consulate premises on named Zhao when she passed of Langkawi. Malaysia’s coastguard said 25 people had tried to swim to shore late amid disputes over trade and property theft”. Saturday left on Sunday morn- by the consulate. on Saturday when their boat was near the west coast of the island but only one reached land. u An Indian court has summoned Alibaba and its founder Jack Ma in a case in which a former employee Alibaba, in India says he was wrongfully fired after objecting to Jack Ma what he saw as censorship and fake news on company summoned by apps, documents seen by Reuters showed. In court filings dated July 20 and previously not reported, the Indian court former employee of Alibaba’s UC Web, Pushpandra Singh Parmar, alleges the company used to censor content seen as unfavourable to China and its apps UC Browser and UC News showcased false news “to cause social and political turmoil”. Civil Judge Sonia Sheokand of a district court in Gurugram, a satellite city of India’s capital, New Delhi, has issued summons for Alibaba, Jack Ma and about a dozen individuals or company units, asking them to appear in court or through a lawyer on July 29, court documents showed. u The body of civil rights icon John Lewis crossed Body of civil the Edmund Pettus Bridge on Sunday, decades after rights icon John his “Bloody Sunday” beating there drew a national spotlight to the struggle for racial equality. Hundreds People Lewis crosses of people singing civil rights anthems watched “The take Alabama bridge Final Crossing” event. It was part of a multi-day pictures outside for final time celebration of the life of the congressman, whose the US body will lie in state at Chengdu the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C.. Lewis, who died Consulate on July 17 at age 80 after a battle with pancreatic cancer, was a fiercely determined champion of nonviolent protest and was inspired by civil rights giant Martin Luther King, Jr.

Global Countries worst affected NKorea declares emergency Covid-19 Cases: Country Total cases New deaths Total Deaths over suspected COVID-19 case 16,324,263 1 USA 4,341,565 +204 149,602 Reuters | Seoul Deaths 2 Brazil 2,402,255 +95 86,591 3 India 1,435,213 +713 32,809 orth Korean leader Kim 4 Russia 812,485 +77 13,269 NJong Un declared an emer- 650,426 gency and a lockdown in a bor- Recovered: 5 South Africa 434,200 6,655 der town after a person sus- 6 Mexico 385,036 +729 43,374 pected of being infected with 7 Peru 379,884 18,030 the novel coronavirus returned 9,985,480 from South Korea after illegally 8 Chile 345,790 +92 9,112 crossing the border, state media New cases 9 Spain 319,501 28,432 said yesterday. If confirmed, it would be the 10 UK 299,426 +14 45,752 first case officially acknowl- +135,060 11 Iran 291,172 +216 15,700 edged by North Korean author- ities. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un holds an emergency enlarged meeting of New deaths 12 Pakistan 273,113 +35 5,822 Kim convened an emergency Political Bureau of WPK Central Committee 13 Saudi Arabia 266,941 +30 2,733 politburo meeting in response to what he called a “critical situ- The South’s Joint Chiefs blood”, prompting officials to 14 Italy 246,118 +5 35,107 ation in which the vicious virus of Staffs (JCS) said there quarantine the person and in- +2,852 could be said to have entered was a “high chance” that vestigate anyone he may have Middle East Figures as of closing the country”, the North’s KCNA someone had indeed been in contact with. state news reported. crossed and the military One analyst said the an- Country Total new Total New Total Active Serious, Tot cases/1m pop cases cases deaths Deaths recovered cases Critical A person who defected to was checking surveillance nouncement was important, South Korea three years ago footage. It even suggested not only because North Korea returned across the fortified it might be able to identify was for the first time reporting Egypt 91,583 4,558 32,903 54,122 41 894 border that divides the two Ko- the person. a suspected coronavirus case reas to the town of Kaesong this but also because it suggested it Saudi 266,941 2,733 +30 220,323 43,885 2,120 7,660 month with symptoms of COV- on July 19 after illegally cross- was appealing for help. Arabia ID-19, the disease caused by the ing the demarcation line,” KCNA “It’s an ice-breaking mo - UAE 58,913 +351 344 +1 52,182 6,387 5,952 virus, KCNA reported. said. ment for North Korea to admit 63,773 +464 433 +4 54,373 8,967 123 14,919 “An emergency event hap- KCNA did not say if the per- a case,” said Choo Jae-woo, a Kuwait pened in Kaesong City where a son had been tested, but said professor at Kyung Hee Uni- Oman 76,005 +1,147 384 +13 55,299 20,322 167 14,862 runaway who went to the south an “uncertain result was made versity. three years ago, a person who is from several medical check-ups “It could be reaching out to Qatar 109,305 +269 165 +1 106,024 3,116 89 38,929 suspected to have been infected of the secretion of that person’s the world for help. Perhaps for with the vicious virus returned upper respiratory organ and humanitarian assistance.” MONDAY, JULY 27, 2020 08 Prince Harry One person shot, killed during took offence at Texas Black lives matter protest brother’s advice, says book

Britain’s Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, Prince Harry, Prince William, Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge on the balcony of Buckingham Palace as they watch a fly past to mark the centenary of the Royal Air Force in Police and protesters gather around a demonstrator who got shot after several shots were fired during a Black Lives Matter protest in downtown Austin, Texas central London, Britain Reuters | London Reuters Clashes spark 45 arrests, 21 police injured ne person was killed ritain’s Prince Harry took offence at what he thought was when several shots were Reuters | Seattle connection with today’s riot in BPrince William’s “snobbishness” when he advised his Ofired amid a Black Lives the East Precinct,” the Seattle brother to “take as much time as you need to get to know this Matter protest in downtown ozens were arrested and Police wrote in a Twitter post. girl” when he was dating Meghan Markle, a new book says. Austin, Texas, on Saturday, au- Dmany police injured in It said “21 officers sustained Harry and his wife, Meghan, have distanced themselves thorities said. clashes around Seattle’s big- injuries after being struck by from the book called “Finding Freedom”, saying they were Footage posted during a Face- gest Black Lives Matter protest bricks, rocks mortars/other not interviewed for the biography being serialised by The book Live showed the moment in weeks on Saturday, police explosives. Most officers were Times and The Sunday Times newspapers and made no con- when several shots rang out in said, with a renewed energy able to return to duty. One tributions to it. the Texas capital as about 100 sparked by violent clashes was treated at a hospital for a The book documents, citing sources, a time when Harry people marched and chanted, between activists and feder- A Seattle police officer on a bicycle knee injury.” Earlier the police and Meghan were dating and William wanted to make sure “Fists up! Fight back!” al agents in nearby Portland, deploys pepper spray in clashes with had said they were working the American actress had the right intentions, The Sunday Austin police and emergency Oregon. protesters following a “Youth Day of to secure access for the city’s Times said. Action and Solidarity with Portland” medical services said on Twitter Police said officers used fire department to the blaze, “Don’t feel you need to rush this,” William told Harry, ac- demonstration that one person was killed dur- non-lethal weapons in at - which it said was started by cording to sources cited by the book. “Take as much time as ing the shooting. There were no tempts to disperse the thou- about a dozen people who you need to get to know this girl.” other deaths or people shot, ac- sands of marchers in the late were part of a large group of The Sunday Times said Harry heard a tone of snobbishness cording to the EMS department. afternoon after some protest- demonstrators. in the last two words, “this girl”, and that Harry no longer felt Initial reports indicate the ers set fire to the construction President Donald Trump he needed looking after. suspect was carrying a rifle and site for a King County juvenile said on Thursday that he ex- The couple and their son, Archie, now live in Los Angeles shot at the victim, who was in detention facility and court- panded the deployment of fed- after they stepped down from their royal roles in March to his car, police told a briefing. house. By 10 p.m.(0500 GMT), eral police to Seattle, enraging forge new careers. In January they announced plans to lead a The suspect has been detained, police had “made 45 arrests in local officials. more independent life and to finance it themselves. they said. Harry and Meghan married in May 2018 in a wedding her- Protests against racism and alded at the time as infusing a blast of Hollywood glamour and police brutality were sparked killing of African-American lice custody in Minneapolis. knelt on his neck for nearly nine modernity into the British monarchy and which made them worldwide following the May George Floyd, who died in po- Floyd died after a police officer minutes while detaining him. one of the world’s biggest celebrity couples. Hanna threatens flash floods on COVID-hit Texas coast Reuters | Galveston, Texas ton, surfing the high swells whipped developing from Victoria extending Hanna has struggled to contain out- urricane Hanna’s winds lashed up by Hanna. SE into the Gulf of Mexico, moving NW. breaks of COVID-19 in recent weeks. Hthe south Texas coast early yester- Weakening as it headed west over Expect this trend to continue through Cases along the state’s coast have day, knocking out power to thousands land, Hanna was a tropical storm by mid morning,” the National Weather soared into the tens of thousands. before it was downgraded to a tropical Sunday morning, with its center about Service Corpus Christi office said on More than 400 people in Corpus storm that still threatened flash flood- 40 miles (65 km) from McAllen, Tex- Twitter. Christi were hospitalized with the ing in the area already badly hit by as and about 65 miles (105 km) from Hanna still posed a threat, the hurri- illness on Friday, according to city data. COVID-19 infections. Monterrey, Mexico, the U.S. National cane center said, noting it could dump The storm was not expected to affect Hanna came ashore on Padre Island Hurricane Center (NHC) said. upward of 18 inches (45 cm) of rain in offshore oil and gas production. Energy on Saturday afternoon as a Category 1 At 0400 CDT (0900 GMT), the storm’s the area through Monday. companies have not evacuated workers hurricane on the five-step Saffir-Simp- top sustained winds were around 60 “This rain will produce, life-threat- or shut down production from their son scale, and later made a second miles per hour (95 kph), the center said. ening flash flooding, rapid rises on Gulf of Mexico platforms because of A satellite image shows Hurricane Hanna landfall in Kenedy County, Texas. It was forecast to lose more steam small streams, and isolated minor to Hanna. in the Gulf of Mexico and approaching the More than 283,104 homes and busi- as it moved across Texas and north- moderate river flooding,” the NHC said. coast of Texas, US nesses were without electricity by eastern Mexico, and on Sunday weath- Texas Governor Greg Abbott said on mid-morning Sunday, according to er watch officials canceled the storm Saturday that the storm was especially poweroutage.us. But some locals took surge warning they had issued for the challenging as it was sweeping through advantage of the wild weather, with Texas coast. an area of the state that has been the Alejandero Carcano, 16, and Jesse Gare- “7 AM Radar update - Showers with worst hit by the coronavirus. wal, 18, both residents of Galves- heavy rain were The Texas area struck by

A girl covers her face from strong winds as her family members watch high swells from Hurricane Hanna from a jetty in Galveston, Texas, US MONDAY, JULY 27, 2020 09 Volunteer confesses to setting cathedral on fire

While firefighters were able to contain • Prosecutors opened the Nantes blaze after just two hours an arson inquiry after and save its main structure, the famed the early morning organ, which dated from 1621 and fire on July 18 had survived the French revolution KNOW WHAT and World War II bombardment, was The blaze came destroyed. 15• months after the devastating fire at the Notre-Dame cathedral in Paris

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volunteer church assis- tant has confessed to set- Ating the fire that severely damaged a Gothic cathedral in Nantes, western France, his law- yer said yesterday. The 39-year-old, an asy - lum-seeker from Rwanda who The blaze destroyed the 17th-century organ, as well as priceless artefacts and paintings has lived in France for several Priceless artefacts and paintings, including years, was arrested Saturday af- Prosecutors opened an arson with “destruction and damage after the devastating fire at ter laboratory analysis deter- inquiry after the early morning by fire,” and faces up to 10 years the Notre-Dame cathedral in a work by the 19th-century artist Hippolyte mined that arson was the likely fire on July 18 after finding that in prison and 150,000 euros Paris, which raised questions Flandrin and stained glass windows that cause of the blaze, the local pros- it broke out in three different ($175,000) in fines. about the security risks for ecutor’s office said. places in the church, which the “He admitted during his first other historic churches across contained remnants of 16th-century glass “My client has cooperated,” volunteer had locked up the appearance for questioning France. lawyer Quentin Chabert told night before. before the investigating judge Work on the cathedral began were also lost. the Presse-Ocean newspaper, He was taken in for question- that he set three fires in the ca- in 1434 and continued over the without elaborating on motives ing the next day but later re - thedral: at the main organ, the following centuries until 1891. said it will ensure the cathe - “It will take several weeks for attempting to burn down leased without charge, with the smaller organ, and the electri- It had already been damaged dral’s restoration, though very to secure the site... and several the Cathedral of Saint Peter and cathedral’s rector saying “I trust cal panel,” Sennes told Presse- by a more serious fire in 1972, few, if any, elements of the main months of inspections that will Saint Paul. him like I trust all the helpers.” Ocean on Sunday. when officials added concrete organ are likely to be saved, said be carried out stone by stone,” “He bitterly regrets his ac - But Nantes prosecutor Pierre reinforcements while redoing Philippe Charron, head of the he said. tions... My client is consumed Sennes said in a statement Sat- ‘Stone by stone’ the roof over the next 13 years. regional DRAC state heritage Reconstruction will take sev- with remorse,” Chabert said. urday that he had been charged The blaze came 15 months The French government has agency. eral years, he said.

UK to unveil obesity plan after Vietnam bus PM’s near-death experience Queen Elizabeth’s new crash kills 13 on high school portrait unveiled at Britain’s reunion trip Foreign Office

The accident occurred as the bus was carrying former classmates on a trip to mark the 30th anniversary of their graduation Boris Johnson, seen in his mayor of London days on a visit to Jakarta, says the coronavirus is a ‘wake-up call’ to the risks of being overweight and junk AFP News food advert bans and more biking can help tackle the issue AFP News high school reunion Atrip in Vietnam took a ritish Prime Minister Boris Johnson is set to roll out a £10 fatal turn yesterday when Bmillion anti-obesity campaign, including junk food advert a bus carrying the alumni bans, following his own brush with death that he partly blamed crashed and flipped over on his weight. at a bend on the highway, Johnson will announce his killing more than a dozen “Better Health” campaign on Johnson, who passengers. Monday, which is expected to has fought his The nearly 40 passengers include encouraging doctors on the bus were classmates to issue “cycling prescriptions” own battles from Dong Hoi High School for overweight patients, more who were travelling to visit segregated cycling lanes and a to control the area in central Quang ban on junk food television ads Britain’s Foreign Office has unveiled a new portrait of Queen Elizabeth by the artist Miriam Escofet. Binh province for the 30th before 9.00pm, according to his weight, anniversary of their grad- British media reports. required inten- uation. “COVID-19 has given us all a Reuters | London “I’m glad I’ve had the chance to see it. I hope But the driver lost control wake-up call of the immedi- sive care treat- I’ll see it in real life one day,” Queen Elizabeth on a sharp turn on the high- ate and long-term risks of be- ritain’s Foreign Office has unveiled a new said after watching the portrait be unveiled via way, said state media. ing overweight, and the Prime ment in April Bportrait of Queen Elizabeth by the artist Mir- video conference. At least 13 people were Minister is clear we must use after catching iam Escofet, which the queen viewed online on The 94-year-old monarch also thanked for- killed, and many more in- this moment to get healthier, Friday during a meeting to thank staff for their eign ministry staff for their efforts to repatri- jured. more active and eat better,” said the virus. work helping travellers affected by coronavirus ate British nationals who struggled to return “People on the coach said a government spokesman on restrictions. home due to coronavirus restrictions, and also that when the coach was Sunday. The portrait depicts Elizabeth wearing a blue heard about international efforts to develop a travelling down the slope, “We will be urging the public to use this moment to take stock knee-length dress, pearls and low-heeled black vaccine. there were signs the brakes of how they live their lives, and to take simple steps to lose shoes, seated on a chair covered in gold leaf “Her Majesty the Queen is our best diplomat,” were broken,” reported Tuoi weight, live healthier lives, and reduce pressure on the NHS.” in an ornately furnished room, with a tea cup Simon McDonald, head of Britain’s diplomatic Tre newspaper. Restaurants will also have to publish the number of calories and a vase of mauve roses on the table beside service, said. Images shared on news in the meals they serve, according to a report in the Daily Mail. her. The queen sat twice for the portrait by Escofet, websites showed the bus on The plan, which the Guardian estimated would cost £10 On the wall behind the queen is the bottom of who was born in Barcelona but has spent most its side by the asphalt road, million ($12.8 million, 11 million euros), marks a U-turn by the a much older portrait, of which only a Cavalier of her life in the United Kingdom, and won with bystanders looking on prime minister, who has long railed against the interventionist King Charles Spaniel and the lower part of a Britain’s most prestigious prize for portraiture as rescuers tended to the “nanny state”. lady’s white frilly dress is visible. in 2018. injured. MONDAY, JULY 27, 2020 10

Brazil’s indigenous chief Raoni News of Kuwait emir’s health leaves hospital reassuring, parliament speaker says Reuters | K Kuwait

ews about the health of the NEmir of Kuwait, who is in the United States for medical treatment, is “very reassuring,” parliament speaker Marzouq al-Ghanim said yesterday in a Raoni Metuktire at a press conference at the hospital after being released by statement on the parliamentary his doctors in Sinop, Mato Grosso State, Brazil, Twitter account. AFP News bly emaciated, the 90-year- Kuwait’s 91-year-old rul- old chief appeared at a press er, Emir Sheikh Sabah al-Ah- razil’s best-known indig- conference at Dois Pinheiros mad al-Sabah arrived in the Benous leader, chief Rao- hospital in Sinop, Mato Gros- United States on Thursday ni Metuktire, was released so state, where he spent one to complete medical treat - from hospital Saturday after week being treated for gastric ment following surgery for a health scare and gave thanks ulcers, an inflamed colon and an unspecified condition in for all the support he received an intestinal infection. Kuwait. during his convalescence. His statement was trans- The emir’s designated suc- “I want to thank everyone lated by his grandson Paxton cessor Crown Prince Sheikh who supported me, who heard Metuktire. Nawaf al-Ahmed al-Sabah tem- about me every day, about my “He is still a little weak be- porarily took over some of the Kuwait’s Emir Sheikh Sabah al Ahmad al Sabah reads his opening speech at the start of the 4th ordinary session of the health. I thank you, now I am cause he is finishing recover- ruler’s constitutional duties last 15th Legislative Parliament in Kuwait city healed,” said Raoni, an iconic ing, but he is strong enough to Saturday. defender of the Amazon rain- continue leading his people,” Last year, Sheikh Sabah was ed States while on an official his office described as a health returned to the Gulf Arab state forest, in a brief statement as said Dr. Douglas Yanai, part admitted to hospital in the Unit- visit there after suffering what setback in Kuwait in August. He in October. he left the hospital. of the team of eight specialists In a wheelchair and visi- who treated him.

AFP News know-how, or they were afraid to because the production of purple was directly associated with Tunisian man has pieced together bits of the emperors, who tolerated no rivalry,” he said. a local secret linked to ancient emperors: The only clues for unearthing the techniques Ahow to make a prized purple dye using the lie in archaeological sites and artefacts in the guts of a sea snail. Mediterranean, particularly in Tyre in southern DON’T MISS IT “At the beginning, I didn’t know where to start,” Lebanon, and Meninx, on the coast of Tunisia’s said Mohamed Ghassen Nouira, who heads a Djerba island. consulting firm. Phoenicians from Tyre set down the founda- No historical documents clearly “I would crush the whole shell and try to un- tions of what would become the Carthaginian detail the production methods for derstand how this small marine animal released empire on the Tunisian coasts. the purple pigment such a precious colour.” Also known as Tyrian purple, the pigment is Now, after years of trial and error -- and after still highly valued today and is produced by just getting used to the foul stench -- he uses a ham- a handful of people around the world. mer and small stone mortar to carefully break They include a German painter and a Japanese open the spiny murex shells. enthusiast, each with their own secret techniques. Passion What happens next is part of a secret guarded Among the buyers are collectors, artists and so closely that it disappeared hundreds of years researchers. ago. The dye can cost $2,800 per gramme from A symbol of power and prestige, the celebrated some European traders, and prices can reach up purple colour was traditionally used for royal and to $4,000, Nouira said. imperial robes. He said he had produced a total of several dozen for Production of the dye was among the main grammes of the pure purple dye, which he sells sources of wealth for the ancient Phoenicians, and internationally for more modest prices. then for the Carthaginian and Roman empires, said Ali Drine, who heads the research division ‘Not a cooking recipe’ of Tunisia’s National Heritage Institute. Nouira said that when he sought help from said. The industry was “under the control of the other dye-makers, one told him bluntly, “’it’s not To obtain one gramme of pure purple dye, purple emperors because it brought a lot of money to the a cooking recipe to be passed around.’” Nouira said he had to shell 100 kilogrammes of imperial coffers”, he said. “That made me even more determined. It drove murex, a task that takes him two weekends. In August 2007 on a Tunisian beach, Nouira me to read more and redouble my efforts.” He washes the marine snails and sorts them by found a shell releasing a purplish red colour, re- In a wooden box where he keeps his stock, species and size, then carefully breaks the upper minding him of something he’d learnt in history ranging from indigo blue to violet, Nouira care- part of the shells to extract the gland that, after class at school. fully guards a dye sample from 2009 -- a “dear oxidisation, produces the purple colour. He bought more shells from local fishermen memento of my first success”. Nouira said his greatest wish was to see his revives and set out experimenting in an old outside “I improved my methods until I found the right work exhibited in Tunisian museums. kitchen at his father’s house that he still uses as technique and mastered it from 2013-2014,” he “Purple has great tourist potential,” he add- a workshop. ed, expressing a desire to one day also conduct workshops. Secret know-how But he lamented what he said was “Experts in dyeing, archaeol- the authorities’ lack of interest ancient ogy and history, as well as chem- in the craft. istry, helped and encouraged me, In the meantime, he too but nobody knew the technique,” is keeping his trade secrets Nouira said. close, and said he hoped to No historical documents clearly pass them on to his children. detail the production methods for “I’m very satisfied, and I’m also dye in the purple pigment, Drine said. proud to have revived something “Maybe because the artisans related to our Carthaginian did not want to divulge the ancestors.” Tunisia secrets of their MONDAY, JULY 27, 2020 11

Tunisia interior minister named new PM Temperatures at Norway’s Arctic archipelago hit record high Reuters | Oslo Alaska to Siberia, a Norwegian settlement in Svalbard, is about thaw the frozen ground under- report said last year. 1,300 kilometres (800 miles) pinning many buildings, roads emperatures at Norway’s “A 41-year-old record has from the North Pole. and airports and could cause Svalbard archipelago, been broken in Longyearbyen,” The Norwegian Centre for more avalanches and landslides, Tabout midway between the Meteorological Institute Climate Studies said last Feb- it added. the mainland and the North said on Twitter. ruary average temperatures in Two people died in 2015 when Pole, hit a record high of 21.7 Between 1700 and 1800 CET Svalbard had leapt between an avalanche destroyed 10 hous- degrees Celsius on Friday, Nor- (1500-1600 GMT), the temper- three and five degrees Celsius es in Longyearbyen. way’s Meteorological Institute ature measured 21.7 degrees (5.4-9.0 Fahrenheit) since the A warming climate also said. Celsius, 0.4 degrees above the early 1970s and could rise by threatens Arctic wildlife such The Arctic islands are warm- previous record from 1979, it a total of 10C (18F) by 2100, if as polar bears and seals which ing faster than almost anywhere added. world greenhouse gas emissions depend on the sea ice cover. on Earth, highlighting risks in Home to more than 2,000 keep climbing. other parts of the Arctic from people, Longyearbyen, the main Rising temperatures would

Tunisian President Kais Saied (R) appoints Interior Minister Hichem Mechichi as the country’s new prime minister, tasked with forming a new unity cabinet, at Carthage Palace AFP News

unisia’s interior minister Hichem Mechichi has been ap- Tpointed to form the next government, the president’s office said, amid political tensions among major parties in the North African country. The 46-year-old lawyer succeeds Elyes Fakhfakh, who re- signed as prime minister earlier this month -- but Mechichi was not one of the names proposed by the ruling political parties to A climate-change frontier in the world’s northernmost town President Kais Saied. In a statement following Saturday’s announcement, Mechi- chi said he would “work to form a government that meets the expectations of all Tunisians”. Tunisia has been praised as a rare success story for democrat- ic transition after the Arab Spring regional uprisings sparked by its 2011 revolution. Daredevil divers plunge But its leaders have struggled to meet the expectations of the Tunisian people and the already fragile economy has been battered by the closure of the country’s borders because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The disease has claimed around 50 lives and infected more from Bosnian bridge in than 1,400 people in Tunisia. As well as being interior minister in the outgoing government, Mechichi has been a counsellor to President Saied, handling le- gal matters. He has previously been chief of staff at the transport centuries-old tradition ministry and also served in the social affairs ministry. He now has a month to form a government. Reuters | Mostar, Bosnia Lorens Listo, organiser of guidelines. The picturesque At that point his choice will be put to a parliamentary vote the diving competition and After a strict lockdown, Bos- of confidence and will need an absolute majority to succeed. ivers hurled themselves a 13-time winner, said the nia has seen a spike in infections southern town Failing that, parliament will be dissolved and new elections Dfrom a 24-metre (79-ft) number of competitors had since the easing of restrictions organised within three months. high Ottoman-era bridge in the not dropped significantly at the end of June and the is famous for Bosnian town of Mostar yes- because many people were reopening of borders with terday, staging a centuries-old “craving” to compete. neighbouring countries. the high-dive contest even though the COV- “But the audience shrunk On Sunday, Bosnia re - competition at Malaysian ex-PM Najib to learn ID-19 pandemic prevented many and there are no ported 10,334 visitors from coming. tourists in the city,” cases of the its Old Bridge, fate in first 1MDB trial The picturesque southern he told Reuters, pointing to coronavirus, town is famous for the high-dive empty streets that in previous of these nearly 5,000 in which was rebuilt competition at its Old Bridge, years were packed with thou- the past three weeks, and 287 in 2004 after it which was rebuilt in 2004 af- sands of tourists who flocked to deaths. ter it was destroyed by Bosnian the town to watch the contest. Harun Bojagoric, 17, a native was destroyed Croat artillery during the Bos- Under measures to curb the of Mostar, was among 32 com- nian war in the 1990s, and has spread of COVID-19, only 100 petitors in the diving contest. by Bosnian Croat become a symbol of reconcil- people were allowed to watch It was his first time, and nerves iation. the contest, from a fenced were jangling as he prepared to artillery during The annual contest - which platform just bellow the white take the plunge. the Bosnian war is thought to date back to the bridge which arches over the “I hope to get to the second 15th century - is a big tourist Neretva River. round,” he said. “But there is in the 1990s, and attraction. The plunge from the A few hundred more specta- always anxiety.” bridge is also a traditional rite of tors watched from further away, has become a passage for local youths. observing social-distancing symbol of recon- ciliation

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Malaysian court will hand down its verdict in Najib Razak’s Afirst corruption trial on Tuesday, nearly 16 months after it began probing the former prime minister’s role in the multi-bil- lion-dollar 1MDB scandal. Najib and his inner circle are accused of plundering sovereign wealth fund 1Malaysia Development Berhad in a mind-boggling fraud that stretched around the world. Stolen cash was allegedly used to bankroll Hollywood hit “The Wolf of Wall Street”, starring Leonardo DiCaprio, and US investment titan Goldman Sachs also became embroiled in the scandal. Anger at the looting played a large part in the shock loss by Najib’s coalition in elections two years ago after six decades in power. He was subsequently arrested and hit with dozens of charges over the fraud. Najib is currently facing three separate, 1MDB-linked trials, and the first finally reaches its climax this week in the Kuala Lumpur High Court. 12 MONDAY, JULY 27, 2020 celebs

Kanye West issues public apology to wife Lili Reinhart gets candid about her struggle Kim Kardashian following Twitter rant with anxiety amid coronavirus pandemic ANI | Washington want to put myself in a stressful day, in my eighth-grade year, ANI | Washington environment. And I get my- I would cry in the morning. iverdale’ actor Lili Rein- self hyped up about very dumb I would pretend to be sick to merican rapper Kanye ‘Rhart recently spoke about things. And I do that all the my mom. I did not want to go West issued an apology her struggle with anxiety amid time. I remind my- to school. I did everything in Ato his wife Kim Kar- the coronavirus pandemic dur- self, ‘Why the hell my power to not go to school. I dashian on Twitter on Satur- ing an Instagram Live session. are you stressing hated it. It caused me so much day (local time) -- the same According to E! News, the yourself out about anxiety,” Lili said. social media platform where 23-year-old actor was seen dis- going to the damn She further shared how it he announced plans to divorce cussing her mental health with post office?” she was difficult for her parents her just days before. the best-selling author Sylvest- added. to understand why she hat- According to Fox News, er McNutt III. The 23-year- ed going to school. “I would like to apologize to “I’ll have a very simple task to old actor has “It became a routine, my wife Kim for going pub- do, but you know, I don’t want been fighting where every morning I lic with something that was a Kanye West and Kim Kardashian to do it. Say, going to the post of- anxiety for was like, ‘Well, here it private matter. I did not cover West told a crowd while cry- been “trying” to divorce Kim fice. Like, I really don’t want to years and dur- is again. And it kind her like she has covered me.to ing, “Even if my wife wants to ever since she attended a pris- drive to the post office. It gives ing the inter- of took towards the [sic] Kim I want to say I know divorce me after this speech, on reform event also attended me anxiety because I don’t want active session, end of my eighth- I hurt you. Please forgive me. she brought North into the by rapper Meek Mill. to have to leave my dog. I don’t she recalled grade year to real- Thank you for always being world even when I didn’t want The Yeezy founder also sub- want to have to deal with going getting panic ly, like, change my there for me,” the 43-year-old to. She stood up and she pro- tly shaded the SKIMS founder’s out in public,” E! News quoted attacks back mindset to where I would rapper West wrote. tected that child. You know past photoshoot with Playboy her as saying. in school wake up and be like, ‘ OK, Although West did not spec- who else protected a child? and claimed his mother-in-law “I don’t want to do the mask time. let’s get through another ify what “private matter” he Forty-three years ago, who do Kris Jenner was no longer al- thing. I would, but like I don’t “Every day,” she said. was referring to, it’s likely re- you think protected a child?” lowed to see the couple’s four Lili Reinhart lated to his admission during a Reports indicated earlier in kids. South Carolina campaign rally the week that the 39-year-old On Monday, West tweet- last weekend that the couple reality TV star Kardashian was ed that Kardashian “tried to considered abortion when “furious” over the abortion lock me up like on the movie Lisa Kudrow may make a ‘Comeback’ on Broadway they were expecting their claims. Get Out because I cried about ANI | Washington for ‘stunt casting’ the role of of the concept: “It’s totally meta first child, daughter 7-year- He then claimed in a saving my daughter’s life yes- Roxie Hart with everyone from and completely insane.” An- old North. now-deleted tweet that he’s terday.” riends’ star Lisa Kudrow Lisa Rinna to Melanie Griffith other insider jokingly added, ‘Fcould make a comeback to -- and ‘Mean Girls,’ which has “Less qualified and frankly, less Broadway. The star can be seen an age-appropriate role orig- famous TV stars than Valerie reprising character on HBO’s inated in the film by Tina Fey Cherish have sold plenty of ‘The Comeback,’ as Valerie and on Broadway by Tony nom- tickets over the years, so why Cherish. inee Kerry Butler.” not?” Taylor Swift’s ‘Folklore’ album exceeds The sources to Page Six said The theatre profes- But producers for ‘Chicago’ the 56-year-old star is being sional breathlessly shut down any “bidding war” 1.3 million copies sold in 24 hours wooed to the stage by various continued, “The buzz but seemed open to the ANI | Washington shows. This is after the actor idea apparently Val idea. streams. piqued my curiosity. said in a recent interview that if is to get Cherish The show said in a state- merican singer Taylor The 30-year-old singer’s Stars drawn around cult hit ‘The Comeback’ returns (played by Kud- ment, quoting Val’s catch- ASwift’s latest album, titled eighth studio album ‘Folklore’, scars. A cardigan for a third season she will be row) to actually phrase, “The producers of ‘Folklore’, has sold over 1.3 mil- dropped at midnight on Thurs- that still bears seen acting. In the series, Kud- do eight-[per- ‘Chicago’ confirmed lion copies globally in 24 hours, day (local time)-- a surprise to the scent of loss row envisioned Val, a formerly formanc- the production is NOT according to Republic Records. her fans -- alongside a music twenty years famous sitcom star trying to es]-a-week as, currently in talks As per The Hollywood video for the track ‘Cardigan.’ later. Battle- revive her career - taking on a well, Valerie with Ms Kudrow Reporter, on Spotify it was Among her collaborators, indie ships sink- Broadway role. Cherish. It to star in the show. streamed 80.6m times, break- folk band Bon Iver appears with ing into the A source told the outlet would be the But as for Valerie ing the record for first-day al- Swift on the track ‘exile.’ ocean, down, that the ‘P.S. I Love You’ star character Cherish making her bum streams by a female artist. On social media, the ‘Love down, down. commented, “The idea has playing the Broadway debut as ‘Folklore’ was also the most- Story’ songstress also shared The tree swing sparked what’s being de- character.” Roxie Hart, note streamed pop album on Apple her vision for the album. “It in the woods scribed as a possible ‘bid- A Broad- to self: We defi - Music on its first day of release, started with imagery. Visuals of my child - ding war’ between the pro- way casting nitely ‘need to see with 35.47m that popped into my mind and hood.” ducers of ‘Chicago’ -- known director said that!’ “ Taylor Swift Lisa Kudrow Tom Cruise gets green light to bypass Norway’s quarantine rules to film M:I 7

Fox | Los Angeles telephone call between himself the coronavirus “upon arrival” Cruise confirmed it was real- “hanging from the Preikesto- and the actor discussing his re- in order to film, in addition to ly him on the other end of the len.” The Preikestolen trans- om Cruise has been given turn in the fall. undergoing daily temperature phone. lates to the “Pulpit Rock” and Tthe OK to bypass Norway’s “Under a very strict corona checks. A “mobile corona lab” “We are very excited to have is known as one of the country’s coronavirus quarantine restric- regime estimated at 6 million in will also be on-site, he said. you back as well, and we are big tourist attractions. It served tions in order to film the next cost, MI7 with Tom Cruise will “It is a gorgeous country. I hoping that we are able to solve as the nearly 2,000-foot cliff instalment of “Mission: Impos- be allowed to film in Norway,” can’t wait to get back there,” this corona situation both for that Cruise scaled in “Mission: sible 7.” Raja tweeted, adding that the Cruise is heard telling Raja in you but also for others,” Raja Impossible -- Fallout.” Abid Raja, the country’s Min- filming costs will not be pro- the video clip. “I’m very excited, told the actor. “We have one Raja added that he is “looking ister of Culture and Equality, vided by the country. Raja not- as is the whole crew, to come thing in common, you know?” forward” to Cruise’s return, to confirmed the news in a tweet ed that the cast and crew will back.” The Norway politician then which the actor replied, “I can- as well as supplying a clip of a have to test negative twice for Raja expressed delight when joked that, like Cruise, he’s been not wait.”

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While Quartararo disappeared Mbappe, who is nursing an in- Valentino Rossi ahead in the heat haze, the two jured ankle, responded on Twit- • Yamaha works riders had to fend ter: “Congratulations. We can led Yamaha teammate off challenges from the Duca- say that you have good taste... Maverick Vinales for ti-Pramac pair of Italian Franc- 10/10.” much of the race esco Bagnaia, who climbed to Briton Cal Crutchlow, who second before his engine failed, returned to the track on a mis- AFP | London and Australian Jack Miller, who firing bike when it became clear crashed. that every finisher would collect Japanese rider Takaaki Nak- points, limped in more than a lap renchman Fabio Quar- agami (Honda-LCR) inherited behind to pocket three of them. tararo won for the second fourth place. Crutchlow had undergone straight week at Jerez surgery on an injured wrist in F ‘He’s my idol’ yesterday as he dominated the the week. Andalucia MotoGP while bikes Rossi showed that, at 41, he is With Marquez missing, his crashed and broke down behind still capable of competing. younger brother and Honda him in searing heat. The seven-time MotoGP world teammate Alex, on only his sec- Quartararo, on a satellite champion has always enjoyed ond start at this level, set off Yamaha, was followed home by cheeky celebrations and this 21st and last on the grid after a Spaniard Maverick Vinales and time climbed onto a barrier crash in qualifying but climbed Italian veteran Valentino Rossi, and punched the air in a victory to eighth by the end. both on Yamaha factory bikes. dance in front of a grandstand Earlier, Enea Bastianini gained With the temperature reach- completely empty due to COV- his first Moto2 victory when he ing 40 degree Celsius and es- ID-19 restrictions. beat fellow Italian Luca Marini. timated at 60 degrees on the “To come back on the podium Japanese rider Tetsuta Na- track, only 13 of the 21 starters is not like a victory, but similar,” gashima, who crashed in prac- finished. said Rossi who is almost twice tice, could only manage 11th, but “That was tough,” said the the age of Quartararo. kept the championship lead, two 21-year-old French rider after Quartararo, who makes no se- points ahead of Bastianini. a Yamaha’s first podium sweep Petronas Yamaha SRT’s French rider Fabio Quartararo celebrates after winning cret of his admiration for Rossi, Marco Bezzechi, who start- in six years. agreed. ed from pole position, finished He has now won both races since 1999. ry, and Moto3, where he twice first lap. “He’s my idol and always has third, completing an all-Italian in the coronavirus-delayed Mo- Quartararo has now won more made the podium but never won. “I tried to overtake Fabio but been,” said the young French- podium. toGP season, with last week’s races at the elite level than he “It feels so good to make back- then I went wide and Fabio and man. In Moto3, Japan’s Tatsuki Spanish Grand Prix success the did in four seasons in Moto2, to-back wins,” he said. Valentino overtook me,” he said. “It’s fantastic to be next to him Suzuki won as championship first by a French rider in MotoGP where he recorded one victo- Quartararo has a 50-point As Quartararo burst clear, Ros- on the podium for my second leader Albert Arenas crashed lead over the reigning champion si, who started on the second win.” on lap 15. Valentino Rossi took a podium Marc Marquez, who was absent row of the grid, jumped to sec- As he took the chequered flag, Suzuki, who started from with a broken arm after his crash ond, overtaking Vinales. Quartararo also nodded to an- pole, scored his second victo- place for the 199th time in his pre- in the season opener. “It was impossible to breathe,” other sporting hero crossing his ry in the class and climbed to mier class career and first since Vinales is second on 40 points Vinales said. “I was stuck be - arms in an imitation of France second in the championship be- KNOW WHAT the Grand Prix of the Americas after finishing runner-up for the hind Valentino and I could not striker Kylian Mbappe’s goal hind Spaniard Arenas who had last year second straight race. breathe. I was destroyed. Maybe celebration. won the first two races of the Vinales rued a mistake on the the heat from the other bikes.” Paris Saint-Germain’s season. Halep pulls out of Palermo event Bartomeu has ‘no doubt’ AFP | Palmero orld number two Simo- Messi will stay at Barcelona Wna Halep has withdrawn from next month’s Palermo AFP | London for the sacking of coach Ernes- Ladies Open following Italy’s to Valverde in January. decision to impose a mandatory arcelona president Jo - He also led the fightback quarantine for people coming Bsep Maria Bartomeu re - from the Barcelona players from Romania and Bulgaria peated yesterday that he had over a dispute with the board Messi has said many amid the coronavirus pandem- “no doubt” that Lionel Messi in March regarding pay cuts times that he wants ic, organisers said yesterday. would sign a new contract during the coronavirus to retire here and I Italian Health Minister Rob- but added that the corona- pandemic. have no doubt that erto Speranza said on Friday virus lockdown had reduced Barcelona collapsed he will re-sign people who have been in Roma- club revenue by 30 percent after La Liga resumed JOSEP MARIA BARTOMEU nia and Bulgaria in the past 14 and would limit transfer to drop to second as days will be quarantined upon activity. Real Madrid took arrival in Italy, a move aimed at “Messi has said the title and the players, it is very difficult for preventing the importation of many times that 33-year-old them to come,” Bartomeu said. COVID-19 cases. Romanian tennis star Simona Halep reacts during a match (file photo) he wants to re- Messi was He said Barcelona had lost “We found out with great don champion and 2018 French tire here and I one of those 200 million euros ($233 mil- bitterness the decision of the Open winner, has also commit- have no doubt criticised. lion) due to the coronavirus world number two to cancel ted to the Prague Open, sched- that he will re- On anoth- lockdown, which started in her participation,” the tourna- uled to start on Aug. 10. sign,” said Bar- er long-run- March, and will fall short of ment’s director Oliviero Palma Palma said the organisers had tomeu in an in- ning issue, the the target of 1,100 million euros said in a statement. KNOW WHAT written an urgent letter to Ita- terview published possibility that under a five-year plan to next Palermo will be the first pro- ly’s health minister, asking for by Barcelona’s sports Neymar would season. He estimated the club fessional tennis event across the exemption for tennis players newspaper Mundo De- return from Par- would fall 30 per cent short. WTA and men’s ATP Tours after taking part in the event. portivo. is Saint-Germain, “Since March 14 we have a five-month break, with action Palermo will be the “Yesterday we were optimis- Messi’s contract ex- Bartomeu said he hardly received one euro,” said scheduled to get underway on first professional tic, and we had informed Ha- pires in June of 2021 could only see Bartomeu. “We have had to the clay courts of the Sicilian tennis event across lep’s staff about the fact that and local radio station the Brazilian ar- close the shops and the muse- capital from Aug. 3. the WTA and men’s professional players are not Cadena Ser reported at riving if the deal um, there have been no ticket “Given the recent rise in Cov- ATP Tours after a obliged to quarantine,” Palma the start of July that the involved a player sales. We returned the part of id-19 cases in Romania and my said. “We are embittered and Argentine had broken off swop. season tickets for the matches anxieties around international five-month break profoundly disappointed.” talks with the club. “Now we are that were not played.” air travel at this time, I have Palermo will have strict Messi has had regular dis- making deci- He said that they were able made the tough decision to ministry of health for all their health precautions and all agreements with the club’s sions and the to limit the damage because withdraw from Palermo,” Halep efforts on my behalf and I wish players will undergo COV- board. players, if they players accepted pay cuts and said on Twitter. the tournament a successful ID-19 tests before they come, He reacted publicly when Lionel do not come as exploiting temporary rules al- “I want to thank the tourna- week.” on arrival and every four days sporting director Eric Abidal Messi part of a player lowing it to cut pay to employ- ment director and the Italian Halep, the reigning Wimble- subsequently. appeared to blame the players exchange ees. 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Real’s Hazard has sunk under weight of expectations: Capello AFP | Madrid Man Utd, Chelsea book den Hazard has struggled Eto deal with the weight of I’ve always thought of the Real Madrid shirt follow- him as a great player ing his high-profile move from but the Real shirt Champions League spots Chelsea, former Real manager weighs heavily and Fabio Capello has said. Hazard has sunk this Hazard joined the Spanish club from Chelsea on a five- year. It’s clear that Manchester United and Chelsea seal top-four spots on final day of Premier League year contract for a reported he’ll be better next 100 million euros ($116.54 season million) ahead of the 2019-20 FABIO CAPELLO Manchester United season. • The Belgium interna- and Hazard has sunk this reach Champions tional inspired Chelsea year. It’s clear that he’ll be League after Fernandes to two Premier League better next season,” added sinks Leicester trophies during his the Italian, who led time at Stamford Real to two La Liga Mount and Giroud Bridge but titles. • has failed to With Hazard sink Wolves and seal hit similar struggling for form, fourth place for Chelsea heights in the onus was on Karim Spain, with Benzema to shoulder the De Bruyne’s stunner injuries lim- goal-scoring responsibili- sparks• 5-0 rout of iting him to 21 ties and the French striker appearances in all enjoyed one of the best sea- Norwich as Manchester competitions this sons of his career, netting City reach 100 season. 21 league goals and firing “He hasn’t been the Real to a record-extend- AFP | London player he was at Chel- ing 34th La Liga crown. sea and he was injured “He’s become a bench- for a long time, he hasn’t mark for Real. He has tak- anchester United and adapted,” Capello told en on responsibility that Chelsea sealed Cham- Marca. he didn’t have when he Mpions League places “I’ve always played with Cristiano yesterday as Bournemouth and thought of him as a Ronaldo, he has a nose Watford fell through the trap- great player but for goal and he’s shown door on a dramatic final day the Real shirt it,” added former England of the longest Premier League Bruno Fernandes of Manchester United scores the opening goal from the penalty spot weighs heavily coach Capello. season. Eden Hazard Liverpool were crowned season where they will be joined deadlock in the 71st minute, ty and a Danny Welbeck strike champions last month but there by Tottenham, who drew 1-1 when Bruno Fernandes scored gave them hope. were many issues at stake in with Crystal Palace to leapfrog from the penalty spot after An- Bournemouth beat Everton the final 90 minutes of a cam- Wolves. thony Martial was upended. 3-1 at Goodison Park but needed Bahrain signs Solevenian paign that started on August 9 Frank Lampard’s Chelsea re- Jesse Lingard scored late to seal West Ham to beat Aston Villa to last year and was interrupted quired just a draw to seal Cham- the win. survive. physical preparation coach by a three-month coronavirus pions League qualification for The result is a huge lift for Jack Grealish’s late goal for shutdown. next term and two goals in first- Solskjaer, whose team slipped Villa was a hammer blow but the TDT | Manama United finished third after half stoppage time gave them well off the pace earlier this home side dramatically levelled a nervy 2-0 win in a Champi- breathing space. season, but is a bitter blow for a minute later through Andriy ahrain Handball Associa- ons League shootout against Mason Mount whipped in Brendan Rodgers’ Leicester, Yarmolenko. However, Villa Btion (BHA) has signed Slo- Leicester while Chelsea end- from a free-kick to give Chel- who have been camped in the held on to secure their Premier venian Matej Fabjec to under- ed in fourth spot after beating sea the lead and the home side top four for almost the whole League survival. take the physical preparations Wolves 2-0 thanks to two goals went further in front almost im- campaign. An early goal by Harry Kane of the youth and junior teams, on the stroke of half-time. mediately, when Olivier Giroud put Tottenham in front against in addition to the national At the other end of the table, slid home. Relegation battle Crystal Palace but Palace equal- squad. Bournemouth and managerless United, whose form has Watford, who sacked Nigel ised early in the second half The Slovenian coach who Watford dropped to the Cham- dipped in recent weeks after Pearson earlier this month, through Jeffrey Schlupp. That arrived early today morn- pionship while Aston Villa fans they pulled themselves back started in disastrous fashion was enough for Jose Mour - ing will start his work on the breathed a huge sigh of relief into contention for the Champi- when they conceded a penalty inho’s men to finish in sixth Matej Fabjec 5th of August after finishing after they got the draw they ons League, were locked at 0-0 in the opening minute at the position. the mandatory quarantine ed physical preparations. needed at West Ham. at half-time at the King Power Emirates. Liverpool beat Newcastle 3-1 period. The national youth team, Leicester, in fifth spot, will Stadium. Craig Dawson floored Arsenal to finish the season on 99 points BHA board member, Head led by Bahrain coach Al-Fa- play in the Europa League next But they finally broke the forward Alexandre Lacazette and second-placed Manchester of the National Teams Com- lahi, will take part in the and, after a lengthy VAR review, City finished the season with mittee Ismail Baqer said that World Cup Asian qualifiers, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang a flourish, thrashing Norwich Matej is cited among the best which will be held in Iran in Leicester, in fifth spot, will tucked home the resulting spot- 5-0 to reach 102 goals for the coaches, having worked with October. play in the Europa League next kick. campaign. several European teams and The junior squad, led by na- season where they will be joined Their fate was effective - Elsewhere, Brighton beat national squads. tional coach Amine Al-Qallaf, by Tottenham. Bournemouth and ly sealed by further first-half Burnley 2-1 and Southampton His CV shows that he is fa- is also gearing up for the 2021 KNOW WHAT goals from Kieran Tierney and beat Sheffield United 3-1. miliar with the needs of the World Cup Asian qualifiers in Watford have been relegated an Aubameyang overhead kick, Leicester’s Jamie Vardy won GCC plays, in terms of calibrat- Kazakhstan. though a Troy Deeney penal- the Golden Boot with 23 goals.

Fighters almost trade blows during staredowns after BRAVE CF 36 weigh-ins TDT | Manama

RAVE CF 36 takes place today in BRAVE CF 36 Weigh-In results BBucharest, Romania, and all fight- Catchweight (104 kg): Cristian Constantinov (103,5 kg) vs Todd Stoute (101,9 kg) ers have gone through the first battle Welterweight (79,4 kg): Ion Surdu (79,5 kg) vs Kevin Ruart (79,8 kg) as they have all made weight ahead of Catchweight (72 kg): Maciej Gierszewski (72 kg) vs Florin Pirtea (71,7 kg) their showdowns. Featherweight: Ciprian Maris (66,1 kg) vs Mochamed Machaev (66,2 kg) In the main event, Todd Stoute was Bantamweight: Matiss Zaharovs (61,2 kg) vs Bilal Tipsaev (61,7 kg) able to step in heavier than what he’s Bantamweight: Matiss Zaharovs vs Bilal Tipsaev used to as his Light Heavyweight bout (93 kg limit) was changed to a Catch- terpart and they almost went to blows. 79,8 kg respectively - at BRAVE CF the weight of 104 kg against his new op- In the Bantamweight division, Bilal Welterweight limit is 175 lbs (79,4 kg). ponent Cristian Constantinov. Both Tipsaev and Matiss Zaharovs also had BRAVE CF 36 starts at 8:30 PM fighters stepped under the limit, with a tense staredown, as both men look to (GMT+3) and will be available live and “The Black Hulk” weighing in at 101,9 maintain their undefeated status in the free at BRAVE CF TV. In the USA, fans kg and his Romanian counterpart at night’s opening bout. In the co-main can watch the show through FITE TV, 103,5 kg. event, both Ion Surdu and Kevin Ruart while the MENA region will be able to After the weigh-ins, fighters had one Ciprian Maris and Mochamed Machaev during weigh-ins had to use the tolerance pound, but watch BRAVE CF 36 at Abu Dhabi Sports, last opportunity to be face-to-face with to intimidate their counterparts. Mo- Maris in a Featherweight bout, went made weight for their Welterweight and Romanians will watch the event at their opponents and a few of them tried chamed Machaev, who faces Ciprian head to head with his Romanian coun- duel, as they stepped in at 79,5 kg and Sport Extra.

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