BUSINESS | Page 1 SPORT | Page 8 Al Sadd face a daunting task against LNG ships race to get Iran giants from US to China as Esteghlal tariff s clock clicks published in QATAR since 1978 MONDAY Vol. XXXIX No. 10923 August 27, 2018 Dhul-Hijja 16, 1439 AH GULF TIMES www. gulf-times.com 2 Riyals Double gold for Qatar in Asian Games McCain – US senator, war hero passes away In brief QATAR | Phone talk Amir reviews bilateral ties with Iran president His Highness the Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani held a telephone conversation yesterday with Iranian President Dr Hassan Rouhani. The Amir and the Iranian president exchanged Eid greetings. They also discussed bilateral relations and the means to enhance them, besides discussing issues of mutual interest. The Iranian president invited the Amir to attend the 3rd Asia Co-operation Dialogue (ACD), which Iran will host in October. Qatar’s Abdalelah Haroun poses with the gold medal during the podium ceremony for the men’s 400m athletics event at the AFRICA | Politics 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta yesterday. (Right) Ashraf Elseify also won a gold with a victory in the men’s hammer throw event Mnangagwa sworn in yesterday. Sprinter Tosin Ogunode added a third medal to Qatar’s haul with a silver in the men’s 100m event. Sport Pages 1, 2 as Zimbabwe president Emmerson Mnangagwa was off icially Reuters Flags fl ew at half-staff at the White sworn in as president of Zimbabwe Washington House yesterday. Trump has tweeted yesterday after winning a bitterly- his “deepest sympathies and respect” contested election which was the to McCain’s family. country’s first since the ousting S Senator John McCain, a All fi ve living former presidents – of strongman Robert Mugabe. Politics not to impact former prisoner of war in Vi- Barack Obama, George W Bush, Bill Mnangagwa, whose victory in the July Uetnam who ran for president in Clinton, George H W Bush and Jimmy 30 polls was challenged by the main 2008 as a maverick Republican, died on Carter – paid tribute to McCain’s cour- opposition, pledged to “protect and Saturday. He was 81. age and character. promote the rights of Zimbabweans” at An Arizona senator for more than McCain will lie in state in the Ari- an inauguration ceremony attended by Doha 2019 Athletics three decades, McCain had been suf- zona capitol on Wednesday and also thousands of supporters at a stadium fering from brain cancer since July 2017 in the Capitol rotunda in Washington, in Harare. Page 6 and had not been at the US Capitol this DC. year. He will receive a military funeral AMERICA | Crime He died at his ranch in Arizona with service at the Washington National Several killed in mass Championships: Coe his wife Cindy and other family mem- Cathedral, where Vice President Mike bers at his bedside. Pence was expected to attend, before shooting in Florida Condoling his death, Deputy Prime being buried at the Naval Academy in Several people were killed in a Minister and Minister for Foreign Af- Annapolis, Maryland. mass shooting at a video game O ‘I am confident that we will have a full house in Qatar’ fairs HE Sheikh Mohamed bin Ab- Cindy McCain said her husband tournament in the northern Florida dulrahman al-Thani tweeted Senator had “passed the way he lived, on his city of Jacksonville, local police said AFP erning body, the IAAF, said in an inter- otherwise of the Moscow lab... They McCain was a good friend of Qatar, a own terms, surrounded by the people yesterday, adding that one suspect was Jakarta view with news agencies. will report back to us in November. strong believer of peace in the Middle he loved, in the place he loved best.” dead. “Multiple fatalities at the scene, “I see no reason why they shouldn’t. “I’m very clear about it that the proc- East and an exceptional politician. Page 7 many transported,” the Jacksonville Political fragilities from time to time ess we started will be seen through.” Sheriff ’s Off ice tweeted, adding that orld athletics chief Sebastian emerge in all systems,” added Coe. Coe, who won gold in the 1,500m it was unclear whether there was a Coe has dismissed concerns “It is very important that interna- at the 1980 and 1984 Olympics, sees second possible gunman. “Stay far Wover countries potentially tional sport maintains its primacy. the fi ght against doping as a battle for away from the area. The area is not boycotting next year’s world champi- Picking your partnerships around poli- hearts and minds. safe at this time. STAY AWAY.” The onships in Doha over simmering politi- tics can be a pretty transient process if “It’s a process that has produced Erdogan vows to bring Miami Herald newspaper reported four cal tensions in the Gulf region. you’re not careful. change,” he insisted. “The twin chal- people were dead and 11 wounded in Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the UAE and “I’m confi dent that we’ll have a full lenge is not just to create a system that the shooting. Bahrain cut off diplomatic ties with house in Qatar.” gets us through the initial diffi culty. It peace to Syria, Iraq Qatar and imposed a land, sea and air One country which isn’t guaranteed is also to have a system that creates and AUSTRALIA | Accident blockade on June 5, 2017, accusing Doha to join the party is Russia, which was embeds change — and it’s cultural. Reuters President Bashar al-Assad, and Iran for of supporting terrorism. Qatar has ve- suspended by the IAAF in November “It’s not just about Russia,” added Ankara a political resolution to the crisis. Fishing boat runs hemently denied the allegations and 2015 after allegations of widespread, Coe. “We’ve got to have a genera- It has so far carried out two cross- aground, 30 missing the blockading countries have not been state-sponsored doping. tion of young coaches that wake up in border operations along its border with Around 30 people were missing in able to produce any proof to substanti- The country remains banned until the morning believing that you can do urkish President Recep Tayyip Syria and set up a dozen military ob- crocodile-infested mangrove forests ate their charges. this December at the earliest, pend- what my father did, which was to take a Erdogan vowed yesterday to servations posts in the northern Syrian yesterday after a “fishing vessel” ran Coe, speaking in Jakarta at the Asian ing a report by the World Anti-Doping kid from the playground to an Olympic Tbring peace and safety to Iraq region of Idlib. aground on the north-eastern coast Games yesterday, said he expected Agency. rostrum.” and areas in Syria not under Turkish The rebel-held Idlib enclave is a ref- of Australia, off icials and local media all the national athletics federations “The honest answer is I don’t know,” While admitting it was “unrealistic” control and said terrorist organisations uge for civilians and rebels displaced reported. The deserted boat was found to take part in the 2019 competition, said Coe when asked about Russia’s to expect athletics to become com- in those areas would be eliminated. from other areas of Syria as well as for yesterday afternoon by local fishermen which begins on September 28. participation in Doha. pletely clean, Coe believes the IAAF Turkey, which has backed some powerful jihadist forces, but has been at the mouth of the Daintree River in “I want every federation to be there,” “Clearly we are still waiting for is on the right track in its fi ght against rebel groups in Syria, has been work- hit by a wave of air strikes and shelling north Queensland. the president of track and fi eld’s gov- WADA to determine the compliance or drug cheats. ing with Russia, which supports Syrian this month. Page 3 New academic year to welcome over 307,000 students on Wednesday QNA The ministry added a total of 5,065 another is to better link education to cation entities in Qatar which includes Undersecretary of the Ministry of Doha seats, by opening new schools in prepa- the labour market. universities, colleges, world-renowned Education and Higher Education Dr Ib- ration for the new academic year. There are also programmes to moni- institutes in terms of academic and re- rahim bin Saleh al-Nuaimi had recently It also assigned a total of 2,117 buses tor and improve the skills of educators search programmes. directed the ministry’s partners in edu- ore than 307,000 students will to diff erent schools, each according to and school staff . These entities provide diff erent cation such as students, principals, return to school on Wednes- its location. The ministry is working on de- scientifi c and literary disciplines, of- parents and teachers to co-operate and Mday, after the Ministry of Edu- The ministry also co-ordinated with veloping the human and knowledge fering bachelor’s, master’s and doc- enhance students’ academic achieve- cation and Higher Education complet- the Traffi c Department to ensure the capital in the different educational torate, where international students ment. ed its preparation for the new academic safety of the buses, transportation, and stages. are enrolled in, proving that Qatar has Al-Nuaimi urged them to develop the year 2018-2019. schools in general. It is also working on increasing succeeded in localising education and culture of planning, work and achieve- The preparations involved ensur- The ministry will continue imple- the number of students enrolled in knowledge and has become an academ- ment in the educational environment ing the schools will take up the new menting its 2017-2022 strategy, which programmes that serve the knowl- ic attraction due to its international by introducing innovative administra- number of students, that transpor- aims to transform the economy to a edge economy, increase number of reputation of political, economic and tive means leading to strong profes- tation is available, and that the food world-class level to help realise Qatar enrolled students with scholarships social stability as well as wealth and sional communities.