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Focus on key security issues as Manama Dialogue 2019 begins Manama

The 15th edition of the Manama Dialogue, the premier specialised security summit in Middle East,

organised by the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), began yester-day, in the presence of prominent politi-cal, defence and security decision-mak-ers and experts from the region and the world.

The three-day prestigious summit will provide a platform for ministers,

diplomats and intellectuals to discuss key issues of great importance to the regional and global security and stability.

The Minister of Finance and National Economy, Shaikh Salman bin Khalifa Al Khalifa, participated in the opening session of the security conference.

The plenary session, entitled the New Geo-Economics of the Middle East, fo-cused on the geo-economic trends of Middle East-Asia relations and their strategic implications.

During the session, Shaikh Salman

praised the longstanding depth of po-litical and economic Middle East-Asia relations, whilst highlighting current and future trade dynamics.

He noted that as GCC and Middle East economies continue their diversification efforts away from oil, sectors such as finance, tourism and technology will be-come increasingly important to bilateral trade development.

The minister stressed the importance of utilising such opportunities in light of global economic headwinds.

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03Patients receiving dialysis treatment ‘on the increase’

04Effective and sustainable relations between Kingdom, NATO stressed

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A historic successThe inaugural international horserace marks the beginning of a new era of world-class competition in the Kingdom

• Royal Julius took the lead less than 100m from the winning post, carrying former French champion jockey Stephane Pasquier across the line to victory.

• Royal Julius claimed the first prize and a magnificent solid silver trophy fashioned by Garrard for owner Jean-Jacques Biarese.

TDT | Manama

Royal Julius, trained by Jerome Reynier in Mar-seille, France took vic-

tory in a thrilling finish to the

Bahrain International Trophy, the first event in the country to feature horses from overseas, at the Rashid Equestrian and Horseracing Club (REHC) at Sakhir.

The race, run over 2,000m, featured nine top-quality chal-lengers from Europe taking on four of the best locally-trained runners including Rustang, rep-resenting champion trainer Al-

lan Smith, who appeared sure to keep the valuable prize in the Kingdom.

After racing to the front be-fore halfway under jockey Lee Newman, a last-minute sub-stitute for the injured Gerald Mosse, Rustang held the lead by ten lengths 400m from the finish and was six lengths clear entering the final 200m.

The leader’s stride began to shorten however, and the chas-ing pack closed in, led by Royal Julius with a long, steady run on the outside of the track.

Royal Julius took the lead less than 100m from the win-ning post, carrying former F re n c h c h a m p i o n j o c ke y Stephane Pasquier across the line to victory.

Royal Julius claimed the first prize and a magnificent solid sil-ver trophy fashioned by Garrard for owner Jean-Jacques Biare-se. Turgenev, trained in Britain by John Gosden, also did his best work in the late stages and overtook Rustang by a head for second place. Afaak, represent-ing British trainer Charles Hills, finished a close fourth.

Reynier, who has been train-ing for five years, commented: “The conditions were ideal for my horse, who needs a strong pace on good ground, and Stephane, who had never rid-den him before, rode a brilliant race. He had a wide draw but that did not worry me, because he was able to keep out of trou-ble before making his run in the

straight. “Royal Julius is a small horse

but he has a big heart and a great mind, which made all the differ-ence today. I would also like to thank everyone associated with the race for welcoming us to Bahrain so well.”

Pasquier, one of seven interna-tional champion jockeys taking part in the race, added: “It has been exciting to ride in Bahrain and I am delighted to have won the first edition of this impor-tant race.”

Robert Havlin, jockey of Tur-genev, took the narrow defeat in his stride, adding: “The pace was very quick from the start but my horse showed plenty of spirit in the straight. This is a

lovely track and it has been a great experience.”

Reflecting on the success of the day, the Deputy Chairman of the High Committee for REHC, His Highness Shaikh Isa bin Salman bin Hamad Al Khali-fa highlighted HM the King’s commitment to supporting the Kingdom’s equestrian her-itage, adding that the hosting of this inaugural international horserace is a testament to the Kingdom’s leading position in equestrian sports.

In this regard, HH Shaikh Isa noted the broad range of rac-ing breeds participating in the event, as well as the high ratings achieved by the participating jockeys. See page 12

The hosting of this inaugural international

horserace is a testament to the

Kingdom’s leading position in equestrian

sports. HH SHAIKH ISA

HH Shaikh Isa presenting the winner’s trophy to Jean-Jacques Biarese. HH Shaikh Isa and Rashid Equestrian and Horseracing Club’s Executive Director, Shaikh Salman bin Rashid Al Khalifa with the winning team.

Winning horse Royal Julius.

HH Shaikh Isa with Shaikh Salman.

Shaikh Salman at the opening session.

New role for Egypt ministerCairo

Egyptian minister Ghada Fathi Waly has been ap-

pointed to take over as the next executive director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime.

Ms Waly will succeed Yury Fedotov of the Russian Fed-eration at the UNODC, and “brings to the position more than 30 years of experience in the field of sustainable devel-opment, poverty reduction and social protection, women and youth empowerment”, said Stephane Dujarric, spokesman for UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres.

The UN chief’s office said Ms Waly will also serve as director general of the Unit-ed Nations Office at Vienna, which is closely associated with the UNODC.

Iran arrests protesters Tehran

The United States has asked Iranians to send

videos and other evidence of Iran’s crackdown on re-cent fuel protests so that it can “expose and sanction” abuses by the government.

It comes as Iran’s Revolu-tionary Guards announced they had arrested more than 100 protest leaders.

On Friday, Gholamhos-sein Esmaili, spokesman for Iran’s judiciary, said:

“Approximately 100 lead-ers, heads and main figures of the recent unrest were identified and arrested in various parts of the country by the Islamic Revolution-ary Guards Corps.”

Demonstrations erupted in cities across Iran last Fri-day after the government raised the price of petrol.

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Race takes centre stage HRH Crown Prince attends Diriyah E-Prix in Riyadh

Riyadh

Hi s Ro ya l H i g h n e s s Pr ince Salman bin Hamad Al Khali fa ,

Crown Prince, Deputy Supreme Commander and First Depu-ty Prime Minister, along with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of De-fence, His Royal Highness Prince Mohammad bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, yester-day attended the second edi-tion of the Saudi Arabia Diriyah E-Prix, held in Riyadh.

HRH the Crown Prince ex-

tended his congratulations to the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Salman bin Ab-dulaziz Al Saud, and HRH Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, on the success of the second edition of the Diriyah E-Prix.

HRH the Crown Prince high-lighted that the region has an extensive motorsport fan-base and, as a host of prestigious rac-es, is a leading destination in the international motorsport calendar.

HRH went on to commend Saudi Arabia for its role in ad-vancing the motorsport industry

in the Middle East.On this note, HRH the Crown

Prince expressed his pleasure in attending the first race of the sixth season of the Formu-la E championship, noting the unique historical features of the Diriyah Circuit make for a chal-lenging racetrack and exciting races, which entertain sporting fans around the world.

HRH the Crown Prince con-cluded by praising Bahrain’s F1 stewards, who have successfully provided on the ground support to many regional and interna-tional motorsport events.

In this regard, HRH the Crown Prince highlighted the joint ef-fort between the Bahrain Motor

Federation and the Saudi Auto-mobile and Motorcycle Feder-ation ahead of and during the 2019-2020 Formula E Champi-onship season.

HRH the Crown Prince noted this collaborative relationship is a further example of the close cooperation between the two Kingdoms across various sec-tors.

The Representative of HM the King for Charity Works and Youth Affairs, National Secu-rity Advisor, Chairman of the Supreme Council for Youth and Sports, HH Shaikh Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa, along with

HH Shaikh Mohammed bin Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, accompanied HRH the Crown Prince to the race.

Fans were treated to a dou-ble-header on the opening week of the new campaign with two races in Riyadh.

The Diriyah ePrix sees the most competitive grid in the championship’s history with Mercedes and Porsche joining the fight.

Jean-Eric Vergne will be out to defend his crown after be-coming the first two time world champion as he wrapped up back-to-back titles.

The Diriyah ePrix sees the most competitive grid in the championship’s history. HRH the Crown Prince and HH Shaikh Nasser with HRH Mohammed bin Salman at the second edition of Diriyah E-Prix.

The unique historical features of the

Diriyah Circuit make for a challenging

racetrack and exciting races, which

entertain sporting fans around the

world. HRH THE CROWN PRINCE

‘Enhanced infrastructure has opened gates to India property boom’ TDT | Manama

With superior world-class construction and the rapid growth

of infrastructure in Tier II Indi-

an cities such as Goa, Pune, Ah-medabad and Coimbatore, the portfolio of properties available for Indian expats has increased, allowing for much wider choice, said a leading property expert.

Mehul Vithalani, is head of a delegation of over 35 builders represented at The Great Indian Property Show now running at the Gulf International Conven-tion Centre which was inaugu-rated by Mohammed Dadabhai, Chairman of the Dadabhai Group yesterday.

Mr Vithalani, who is found-er of Just Properties and Just Finance, a property advisory and a property finance consult-ant, says, “Bahrain has been underserved by Indian proper-ty developers. There are many non-resident Indians here who are seriously exploring options to settle back home and with low EMIs and a thrust on infrastruc-ture development by the Modi government, we are seeing the rise of affordable world-class housing in Tier II cities and in favourite metropolis centres such as Mumbai, Delhi, Chennai and Bengaluru.

Mr Dadabhai said the event had come at a time when many Indians were looking afresh at

property investment in India.“There has been a marked im-

provement in modern construc-tion and also real estate laws in India,” Mr Dadabhai said.

“This has made investment in property easier and more attrac-tive and this show has brought together some of the most reliable names in the industry from across the country.”

The exhibition features over

35 builders and property devel-opers from across India such as Platinum Life (Mumbai), Mantri Group, Excella and Amanora Park Town from Pune, Sobha Devel-opers who are showcasing their India-wide developments along with their Gujarat smart city project, Prarambh and Arvind Smartspaces from Ahmedabad, Purvankara from Kerala and oth-er Southern builders such as Mul-

berry Homes, Kent Properties, Jos Alukkas Properties, Vishraam Builders, TVS from Chennai and others.

Also featured are retire-ment properties in Portugal, award-winning Pegasus Proper-ty from Bahrain and the Banyan Tree spa and wellness property investments from Phuket.

The show runs till from 11 am to 5 pm today.

Mr Dadabhai inaugurates the property show by cutting the ribbon in the presence of Mr Aziz Gilitwala and other dignitaries.


Patients receiving dialysis treatment ‘on the increase’

Top doctor warns against rising prevalence of kidney diseases

• The doctor added that obesity, diabetes and stress are all big contributors to kidney diseases.

• Salmaniya Medical Complex has been attempting to improve its services by hiring more doctors, nurses and improving its infrastructure.

TDT | Manama

The number of people re-ceiving dialysis treatment in the Kingdom has been

increasing, according to a leading expert.

Consultant Nephrologist at Salmaniya Medical Complex Dr Ali Hassan Al Aradi said that a dangerous health trend is emerg-ing as the number of people needing dialysis treatment has been increasing, of late.

Dialysis is a treatment that fil-ters and purifies the blood using a machine. This helps keep your fluids and electrolytes in balance

when the kidneys can’t do their job.

Around 700 patients visit Sal-maniya Medical Complex and the government dialysis facility in Busaiteen to undergo dialy-sis three times per week, he re-vealed.

He said that a large number of people have also been receiv-ing the dialysis treatment at the

Bahrain Royal Medical Service, the Kingdom’s military hospital.

He said that there are others who receive treatment from home, adding that the prevalence of kidney diseases is also lead-ing to kidney transplants among many people.

He said that such demand of kidney treatment also necessi-tates services of more doctors

and specialists and therefore the government may need to hire more doctors to meet the re-quirements.

The doctor added that obesity, diabetes and stress are all big contributors to kidney diseases. He urged the public to maintain a good weight and adopt healthy lifestyle choices.

Meanwhile, Salmaniya Medi-

cal Complex has been attempting to improve its services by hiring more doctors, nurses and im-proving its infrastructure.

It was recently announced that 600 new parking spots will be made available in Bahrain’s largest hospital through a new multi-storey car park.

This comes a step to remedy the parking woes in the hospital.

Bahrain Real Estate Invest-ment Company (Edamah), the real estate arm of Bahrain Mumtalakat Holding Company, along with the Ministry of Health and Al Ghanah Group made the agreement build the car park.

Around 700 patients visit Salmaniya Medical Complex and the government dialysis facility in Busaiteen to undergo dialysis three times per week.

Dialysis is a treatment that filters and purifies

the blood using a machine. This helps keep your fluids and

electrolytes in balance when the kidneys can’t

do their job.

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Cleaning of agri drains continues

• Water logging is a big concern when Bahrain receives rain. Spells of showers caused misery to many in Bahrain last year and earlier this year.

TDT | Manama

As part of preparations for the rainy season, the

Agriculture and Marine Re-sources Agency of the Minis-try of works, Municipalities Affairs and Urban Planning have stepped up its efforts.

It has cleaned a number of agricultural drains in many areas of Bahrain.

The cleaning of some of the largest agricultural drains in the country such as in Tubli has already been completed, Director of Ag-ricultural Engineering and Water Resources Depart-ment at the Agriculture and Marine Resources Agency, Shawqi Al Mannai revealed.

The cleaning efforts in-volved removal of harmful plants and waste from the drains.

Al Mannai said that agri-cultural drains contribute im-mensely to draining rain water.

In anticipation of the rainy season, task forces were cre-ated in order to combat the troubles caused by rain.

The government hopes to avoid water logging issues caused by rain during the rainy season.

Heavy rains caused water logging in Bahrain in previ-ous years but the government is now taking more measures to avoid repeating such ex-periences. Water logging is a big concern when Bahrain receives rain. Spells of show-ers caused misery to many in Bahrain last year and earlier this year.

Recently, the ministry had met with municipal council members where the rainy season was a strong point of discussion.

The ministry officials as-sured that measures are be-ing taken to avoid inconven-ience caused by rain.

Public warned over SMS scam by fraudsters TDT | Manama

The public are being warned over SMS messages being sent to them by fraudsters

imitating the authorities. Text messages are being sent to

citizens and residents by fraud-sters who are claiming to be Bah-raini security authorities.

The fraudsters are sending messages to the public about bank transactions claiming to be from the Crime Investigation De-partment.

The Ministry of Interior has warned the public to be on alert and not be scammed by such fraudsters.

The Director-General of An-ti-corruption and Economic and Electronic Security warned on Thursday of text messages sent by fraudsters, claiming to be offi-cial security authorities, request-ing to call them back to process their bank applications.

He called to not deal with such scam messages or provide their senders with any bank and per-

sonal details, along with clari-fying the matter from reliable officials sources.

This comes after the Central Bank of Bahrain made similar warning about fraudsters claim-ing to be bank officials.

Citizens and residents in Bah-rain are being targeted with SMS and phone calls from a fraudulent financial institution in attempt to bamboozle them, the Central Bank warned.

An unlicensed financial insti-tution that markets investment in securities in the Kingdom has tar-geted people through short-mes-saging services (SMS), telephone

calls and websites, the Central Bank of Bahrain announced.

The CBB stressed the need for consumers to ensure the utmost care and caution, and take into consideration the risks, when investing, dealing or trading any amounts in securities or foreign exchange with any person, per-sons, institutions, companies or websites, including social media, and ensuring that they hold the necessary licences from the Cen-tral Bank of Bahrain to engage in such activities.

A screen grab of one scam message sent by fraudsters.

‘Award serves testimony to Kingdom’s women empowerment programmes’ TDT | Manama Pradeep Puravankara

Members of Bahrain Business-women Society are on cloud nine as two among them have

won the prestigious International Wom-en Entrepreneurial Challenge (IWEC) awards at a ceremony held in New Delhi, India.

IWEC Awards and Conference present a global platform for the exchange of knowledge, experience and connec-tivity among women business owners worldwide.

Started in 2007, it is an initiative of FICCI Ladies Organisation (FLO), Barce-lona Chamber of Commerce, Manhattan Chamber of Commerce (New York) and US Department of State.

IWEC was established with the goal of connecting small and mid-size women business owners globally- those who are already in the global marketplace and want to expand or are ripe to get

into the market and learn from other women leaders.

Also, an important aspect of IWEC awardees is their commitment to Cor-porate Social Responsibility programs in mentoring, board participation, commu-nity outreach, sustainability, etc.

Speaking to Tribune, Ahlam Janahi, one of the award winners and Presi-dent of Bahrain Businesswomen Society, said the award offers a testimony to the Kingdom’s leadership’s support towards women empowerment.

“We, the Bahrain Businesswomen

Society, are extremely thankful for the support extended by the leadership; His Majesty, HRH the Premier, HRH the Crown Prince and HRH Princess Sabee-ka for boosting the entrepreneurial land-scape here: The leadership’s support has helped us to achieve this rare feat.

Ms Janahi hailed the Kingdom’s Vi-sion 2030 strategies for empowering Bahraini women. She also said the award also highlights the strong bilateral ties between Bahrain and India.

Another winner of the award, Khu-lood Rashid Al Qattan, who is the First Vice-President of Bahrain Business-women Society, said: “The award brings recognition on a personal level as well as on the national level.”

“The award has made me an ambas-sador of the business sector as well as Bahraini women. This is a huge respon-sibility.

“We, at society, is keen on supporting women entrepreneurs, financially, logis-tically and psychologically.” Ms Janahi and Ms Al Qattan were among the five Bahraini recipients of IWEC Awards.

The award offers a testimony to the Kingdom’s leadership’s

support towards women empowerment.

MS JANAHI


Effective and sustainable relations between Kingdom, NATO stressed

Foreign Ministry Undersecretary hails NATO’s international peace role Manama

The Undersecretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for International Affairs,

Dr Shaikh Abdulla bin Ahmed Al Khalifa, yesterday received the Head of the NATO Middle East and North Africa Section of the Political Affairs and Security Poli-cy Division at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Giovanni Romani, on the sidelines of the Manama Dialogue Conference.

During the meeting, they re-viewed ways to develop aspects of joint cooperation, in addition to discussing regional and in-ternational issues of common concern.

Dr Shaikh Abdulla bin Ahmed Al Khalifa stressed the keen-ness of the Kingdom of Bahrain to strengthen its relations with NATO within the framework of the Istanbul Cooperation Initi-ative, which the Kingdom had joined in 2004, praising the great efforts made by NATO in main-taining international peace and security and combating tradition-al and new threats.

The Undersecretary for In-ternational Affairs reviewed the efforts and initiatives of the Kingdom of Bahrain for reform, development and combating ter-rorism, its permanent bias in favour of peace and prosperity, and its commitment to ensuring

maritime security in coopera-tion with allies and partners. He added that the ongoing consul-tations will contribute to a bet-ter understanding of the basic strategic needs, help in building capacity and skills and present new paths and visions to address challenges in the context of an effective and sustainable secu-rity partnership.

Dr Shaikh Abdulla pointed out that the second edition of the In-dividual Partnership and Coop-eration Programme between the Kingdom of Bahrain and NATO for the period 2018-2020 is achieving fruitful and constructive results, especially in the fields of politi-cal and diplomatic co-operation, exchange of defence and secu-

rity expertise and cooperation to confront emerging security challenges.

The Undersecretary for Inter-national Affairs, expressed the Kingdom of Bahrain’s aspiration to participate in the celebration of the fifteenth anniversary of

the Partnership Initiative, and the meeting of the North Atlantic Council with the countries of the Istanbul Initiative, to be held next month in the brotherly State of Kuwait, stressing that the King-dom is a reliable international partner, and an active member of alliances and regional and inter-national partnerships.

Dr Shaikh Abdulla condemned the terrorist attacks on the civil-ian commercial carriers and oil installations in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, stressing the impor-tance of protecting the maritime security and freedom of trade, and keeping abreast of the succes-sive technological breakthroughs in electronic software, artificial intelligence and technical devel-

opment. In this regard, he noted that the Kingdom of Bahrain re-cently hosted the second Bahrain International Defence Exhibition and Conference (BIDEC 2019) and the accompanying Middle East Military Technology Conference to ensure regional and interna-tional security.

NATO official, Giovanni Rom-ani, hailed the efforts of the Kingdom of Bahrain to establish security and peace, and its firm commitment to the strategic co-operation with the partners to combat the threat of terrorism. He also stressed the readiness of NATO to cooperate with Bahrain in various security and defence fields, wishing the Kingdom fur-ther development.

Dr Shaikh Abdulla leads the discussions with Mr Giovanni Romani.

Rain task force ‘highly-effective’ TDT | Manama

Rain teams formed to combat the ill-effects of

the rainy season have been ‘highly effective’ during the first spell of showers this month, according to author-ities.

Bahrain has been able, until now this year, to avoid the massive water logging issues of previous years, thanks to the recent forma-tion of ‘task forces’ created specially to deal with water logging.

With this, the government may have finally solved the puzzle of water logging, ac-cording to the government. The task forces were formed in every governorate, highly prepared to deal with the undesired outcomes of rain-fall.

In a press statement, the Minister of Works, Munic-ipalities Affairs and Urban Planning, Essam Khalaf an-nounced that the task forc-es were a success, judging from their effectiveness af-ter the first spell of showers.

He said that the teams in each governorate were able to deal with removing rain-water stagnation quickly avoiding any water-logging issues.

Meanwhile, agricultur-al drains are being cleaned across Bahrain for the coun-try to be able to be better equipped to handle rainfall.

The government hopes to avoid water logging issues caused by rain during the rainy season. Heavy rains have caused water logging in Bahrain in previous years but the government is now tak-ing more measures to avoid repeating such experiences.

Spells of showers caused misery to many in Bahrain last year and earlier this year.

Recently, the Ministry had met with municipal council members where the rainy season was a strong point of discussions. The ministry of-ficials assured that measures are being taken to avoid in-convenience caused by rain.

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Employer jailed for forging ‘employee’s work contract’ TDT | Manama

The Lower Criminal Court has sentenced an owner of a desalination compa-

ny to six months behind bars for forging an employee’s contract.

The defendant is said to have registered the employee with the Labour Market Regulatory Authority (LMRA) using a con-

tract, which mentioned a salary quite lower than the actual sal-ary the employee was drawing from the company.

The employee discovered the misconduct of his employer af-ter he went to the LMRA and extracted a copy of his contract, only to find out that it was men-tioned that he was earning BD50 monthly only, although he was

drawing a salary of BD200 as written in the agreed contract.

It was later identified that the owner of the company forged the contract in an effort to avoid paying a huge amount of indem-nity in the event the employee served for many years, accord-ing to Prosecutors.

The owner of the compa-ny later accused his clearance

employee of committing this crime, stating that he was one who forged the document and uploaded the submitted contract with the LMRA. He was, however, charged in connection with forg-ing the contract.

The Lower Criminal Court suspended implementing the sentence for BD50 bail, pending the outcome of his appeal.

It was later identified that the owner of the company forged the contract in an effort

to avoid paying a huge amount of indemnity.

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Bahraini-German delegations discuss new perspectives for joint co-operationManama

Undersecretary of the Ministry of Foreign Af-fairs for International

Affairs, Dr Shaikh Abdulla bin Ahmed Al Khalifa, headed the Bahraini delegation at the third meeting of political consulta-tions between the Kingdom of Bahrain and the Federal Re-public of Germany, which was held here yesterday.

The German side was headed by the Regional Director for the Near and Middle East and North Africa at the German Foreign Office, Ambassador Christian Buck.

At the beginning of the meeting, Dr Shaikh Abdulla bin Ahmed Al Khalifa, wel-comed the visiting delegation, describing the relations be-tween the Kingdom of Bahrain and the Republic of Germany as strong and developed with promising possibilities for joint cooperation at all levels.

During the meeting, the Un-dersecretary for International

Affairs reviewed the principles of Bahrain’s foreign policy and its firm stances on regional and international issues in order to establish peace and stability.

He stated that Bahrain is an important voice for openness and moderation in the region

and the world and a leading model in public freedoms, hu-man rights and the fight against extremism and terrorism, through strategic partnerships, in accordance with interna-tional laws and charters.

He also hailed Germany’s

contributions to the promo-tion of international peace and security and its interest in the security of the Middle East.

Dr Shaikh Abdulla detailed that Bahrain Economic Vision 2030 and advanced govern-ment programs of high quality

have placed the Kingdom at the forefront of the most diversi-fied and growing economies in the region, in addition to pro-viding an attractive, stimulat-ing and favourable investment environment, as a regional cen-tre for finance, business and

new initiatives, especially in the sectors of smart economy, renewable energy projects, in-novation and knowledge trans-fer.

He also pointed out that the trade relations between the two countries are witnessing continuous development, with the volume of trade exchange between them to reach 430.5 million Euros in 2018.

The Undersecretary for In-ternational Affairs addressed the investment opportunities in the Kingdom of Bahrain, praising in this regard the co-operation between the Eco-nomic Development Board and the Frankfurt Main Finance, where the latter invited the Board to join the World Alli-ance of International Financial Centres (WAIFC), as a result of its innovative work and distin-guished activities.

The Arab-German econom-ic activities also offer impor-tant opportunities on which to build expanded partnerships.

The meeting in progress.

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Is Greta Thunberg a time traveller?Greta Thunberg lookalike photo from 1898 prompts confusion

Agencies

A 121-year-old photograph has inspired a joke theory that Greta Thunberg is a

time traveller on a mission to save the planet.

The picture shows three chil-dren working at a mine dur-ing the Klondike Gold Rush in the Yukon Territory, Canada, in around 1898.

One of them, a girl with braid-ed hair and a hat, is said to bear a resemblance to the 16-year-old climate change activist.

“I’m not one for conspiracy theories but Greta is 100 per cent a time traveller,” commented Twitter user Simon Binns.

Another joked: “Maybe she is from the future who was sent back in time to key moments in history to stop climate change.”

“Greta’s a time traveller, from the future, and she’s here to save us,” said author Jack Strange. ”She obviously tried to go back 120 years, didn’t work, and now she’s here. Obviously!”

The original picture was tak-en by the Swedish-American photographer Eric Hegg, who also took part in gold-digging expeditions as well as capturing the daily life of prospectors.

It is possible the girl was a member of the Swedish com-munity in the Yukon at that time. There are now just under 1,000 Swedish-Canadians living in the territory.

The connection appears to have first been made on 9 No-vember by a Facebook user from Virginia who posted the image on a paranormal community group.

It was added to the ArtAlienTV Youtube channel six days later under the title “Greta Thunberg Found in 120 Year Old Pho-to?”, though many immediate-ly claimed it had been digitally altered.

From there it was picked up by The Sunday Express on 17 No-vember, only for the story to be mysteriously deleted within 24 hours.

The photograph, which can be found online in the Eric Hegg special collection at the Univer-sity of Washington, then quickly spread across Twitter and other news sites.

Greta is currently leading the

charge on climate change and is travelling to events to raise awareness – all without resort-ing to flying on a plane. She trav-elled by boat from Europe to the USA earlier this year and was planning to go to a crucial envi-ronmental conference in Chile. However, the event was moved to Madrid, Spain, at late notice following widespread protests

and violence in the South Amer-ican country – leaving Greta stranded ahead of a possible 6,000 mile journey.

Not one to be deterred, she is currently crossing the At-lantic back again to try and make it back to Europe with-out having to set foot on a plane.

At just 16, Greta has sin-

gle-handedly inspired a genera-tion to demand action on climate change, sparking important conversations on some of the world’s biggest platforms. A year

ago, she walked out of school on her own and warned her parents and teachers she would not go back into lessons until adults be-gan working to end the climate

crisis. Earlier this year, she was joined by millions of people from 150 countries across the globe protesting the lack of action on climate change.

Greta travels by boat to avoid the carbon emissions of a commercial airliner

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Officials in one Indonesian city have hatched a plan to wean children off smartphones -- by giving them their own fluffy chicks to raise.

South Korean boyband have to do military serviceReuters | Seoul

Hit South Korean boy band BTS will not be given ex-

emption from mandatory mil-itary service, the defence min-istry has said, reaffirming its policy of no exceptions for pop stars.

The decision is likely to fuel debate in South Korea, which remains technically at war with North Korea, about whether entertainers and athletes should have to do their full military service, of about 18 months, when they might be at the peak

of their careers.“Exempting pop culture art-

ists from military service even though they have made a con-tribution to the country’s rep-utation is not in line with the

government’s stance to uphold justice and fairness,” the minis-try said in announcing its deci-sion on Thursday.

The seven-strong BTS has spearheaded a wave of Kore-

an pop, crowning their success with three No. 1 albums on the Billboard chart in less than a year, a 2019 Grammy nomina-tion and concerts from New York to Saudi Arabia.

None of the band members, who range in age from 22 to 26, was available for comment on Friday.

Korean men who turn 18 be-come eligible for a physical ex-amination by the Military Man-power Administration, which can then lead to service. Women do not have to do military ser-vice.

Members of K-Pop band, BTS perform on ABC’s ‘Good Morning America’ show

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The Rotary Club of Sulmaniya held its regular lunch meeting at the Golden Tulip Hotel. Guest speaker was Mazen Alumran who is going to be the next District Governor. He explained the updates that are happening at Rotary International.

Providing students an opportunity to pursue their interest in electronic and software design by working on small scale robotics projects, the Indian School Bahrain (ISB) has started the first ever CBSE school Robotics Club in the Kingdom of Bahrain. Indian Ambassador Alok Kumar Sinha inaugurated the Robotic Club on Saturday at the Jashanamal Auditorium in Isa Town campus. ISB Chairman Prince S Natarajan, Vice-Chairman Jayafar Maidani, Secretary Saji Antony, Executive Committee Members Mohammad Khursheed Alam, Adv Binu Mannil Varughese, Deepak Gopalakrishnan, Mohammed Nayaz Ullah, Principal V R Palaniswamy, Riffa Campus Principal Pamela Xavier and Talia Global Solutions (TGS)Chairman Soman Baby attended the ceremony.

The Indian School Bahrain (ISB) celebrated French Day on 21 November 2019 with various cultural programmes at its campus in Isa Town. The programme was inaugurated by Chief Guest French Embassy Counsellor for Co-operation and Cultural Affairs Emmanuel Mayer, Guests of Honour Alliance Française Director Saïd Nourine and French Embassy Linguistic Mission in charge Elodie Veniel. Indian School Asst.Secretary Premalatha NS, Executive Committee Members Mohammad Khursheed Alam, Mohammed Nayaz Ullah, Principal VR Palaniswamy, Staff Representative Johnson K Devassy, Vice-Principals and teachers were present. Premalatha NS addressed the Grade IX French students.

The Indian Community Relief Fund (ICRF) organised its 133rd Free Medical Camp on Thursday at the premises of Eastern Asphalt and Mixed Concrete Company WLL camp in West Ekker. Senior medical consultants and para-medical staff from Shifa Al Jazeera Medical Centre, IMC Medical Centre, Salmaniya Medical Centre, American Mission Hospital, Al Amal Hospital, and Bahrain Specialist Hospital conducted free medical check-ups for more than 250 workers of the Company. Apart from health awareness and safety tips, free blood sugar and blood pressure tests were also conducted for the workers.

The US Embassy Regional English Language Office (RELO) organised the visit of English Language Specialist, Jessica Cinco, November 17-25, 2019. During the visit, Cinco led a series of teacher training workshops on “Differentiated Instruction” for teachers of English at the Ministry of Education. The workshops highlighted the importance of the adaptation of the teaching materials and methods to reach out to all the students in class. Jessica Cinco also worked with teachers at the Bahrain Teachers College (BTC). Over 150 teachers attended the workshops.

Kollam Pravasi Community Bahrain (KPC - Bahrain) celebrated Kerala’s 63rd Kerala Piravi marking the birth of the state of Kerala in southern India along with their members at Al Nile Swimming Pool, Aali Buri. Convener Nizar Kollam inaugurated the celebration and the programme was steered by Joint convener Vinu Christy. Secretary Jagath Krishnakumar welcomed the gathering and the event started with cake-cutting followed by sports, games and various traditional art forms performed by the KPC members.


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The Rotary Club of Sulmaniya held its regular lunch meeting at the Golden Tulip Hotel. Guest speaker was Mazen Alumran who is going to be the next District Governor. He explained the updates that are happening at Rotary International.




The US Embassy Regional English Language Office (RELO) organised the visit of English Language Specialist, Jessica Cinco, November 17-25, 2019. During the visit, Cinco led a series of teacher training workshops on “Differentiated Instruction” for teachers of English at the Ministry of Education. The workshops highlighted the importance of the adaptation of the teaching materials and methods to reach out to all the students in class. Jessica Cinco also worked with teachers at the Bahrain Teachers College (BTC). Over 150 teachers attended the workshops.

Kollam Pravasi Community Bahrain (KPC - Bahrain) celebrated Kerala’s 63rd Kerala Piravi marking the birth of the state of Kerala in southern India along with their members at Al Nile Swimming Pool, Aali Buri. Convener Nizar Kollam inaugurated the celebration and the programme was steered by Joint convener Vinu Christy. Secretary Jagath Krishnakumar welcomed the gathering and the event started with cake-cutting followed by sports, games and various traditional art forms performed by the KPC members.

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Dr Jasssim Haji, conducted a lecture on ‘Future of jobs with Artificial Intelligence, during ‘Bahrain Society for Training and Development’ second annual HRD conference which was held under the patronage of Shaikh Mohammed bin Khalifa Al Khalifa, Minister of Oil, who has also recognised Dr Haji during the ceremony.

The Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland – Medical University of Bahrain (RCSI Bahrain) team was on the road again, as it continued its series of regional activities with a visit to Kuwait. Representatives of RCSI Bahrain’s academic and operational functions met with high school students from over 10 different high schools, including the American School of Kuwait, New English School and Future Bilingual School, to present relevant information and advice on third level education.

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Climate impacts ‘to cost world $7.9 trillion’ by 2050• Nigeria (5.9pc negative GDP), Egypt (5.5pc), Bangladesh (5.4pc) and Venezuela (5.1pc) were the most climate vulnerable nations

• United States is forecast to be one of the least impacted

• Nations agreed in Paris in 2015 to work to limit temperature rises to “well below” two degrees Celsius

Paris

Climate change could direct-ly cost the world economy

$7.9 trillion by mid-century as increased drought, flooding and crop failures hamper growth and threaten infrastructure, new analysis showed Wednesday.

The Economist Intelligence Unit’s (EIU) Climate Change

Resilience Index measured the preparedness of the world’s 82 largest economies and found that based on current trends the fallout of warming temperatures would shave off three percent of global GDP by 2050.

Its analysis, which assesses each country’s direct exposure to loss as climate change brings more frequent extreme weather events, found Africa was most at-risk, with 4.7 per cent of its GDP in the balance.

In general, developing nations faired poorer in terms of resil-

iency than richer ones.“Being rich matters,” John

Ferguson, EIU country analysis director, said.

“Richer nations are really able to be more resilient towards the impacts of climate change, so this really threatens growth tra-jectories of the developing world as they try to catch up with the developed world.”

“When we are already dealing with global inequality, for the impacts of climate change the developing world’s challenges are much greater,” he added.

Of the countries evaluated, Angola stood to lose the most

-- as much as 6.1 percent of gross domestic product.

The study put this down to a mixture of a lack of quality infrastructure, as well as its ge-ographical exposure to severe drought, soil erosion and rising sea levels.

Land degradation in Ango-la would prove a “significant” economic hindrance, the report said, given that agriculture is its largest employer.

Nigeria (5.9pc negative GDP), Egypt (5.5pc), Bangladesh (5.4pc) and Venezuela (5.1pc) were the next most climate vul-nerable nations identified in the

analysis.

Act now, and laterThe analysis said rising tem-

peratures meant the global econ-omy was projected to hit $250 trillion by 2050, as opposed to $258 trillion with no climate impact.

While the United States -- still the world’s largest economy at market rates -- is forecast to be one of the least impacted, the EIU noted that President Donald Trump’s policies represented a “temporary setback” in the climate fight.

Melting permafrost -- threat-ening infrastructure such as hydrocarbon pipelines -- was forecast to be among the biggest drags on Russia’s economy in the coming decades.

Nations agreed in Paris in 2015 to work to limit tempera-ture rises to “well below” two degrees Celsius, and 1.5-C if possible. To do so, the global economy must rapidly decrease its greenhouse gas emissions -- a source of controversy in developing nations which say their economic growth shouldn’t suffer after decades of fossil fuel use by wealthier countries.

Angola, one of Africa’s largest economies, is predicted to lose 6.1 percent of GDP from climate change impacts

Saudi to take over G20 reinsReuters | Nagoya, Japan

Saudi Arabia is set to take over the G20 presidency for a year during a ceremo-

ny today in Nagoya, where G20 foreign ministers have gathered for talks.

The kingdom’s new foreign minister, a prince with diplo-matic experience in the West, landed in Japan’s Nagoya city yesterday to meet with his coun-terparts from the Group of 20 nations.

Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud was appointed in Octo-ber in a partial cabinet reshuf-fle, joining a new generation of royals in their 40s who rose to power under Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, 34.

King Salman has hailed the kingdom’s G20 presidency as proof of its key role in the global economy.

Japan - which headed the G20 this year - was the kingdom’s second-largest export market

last year, at $33 billion, accord-ing to IMF trade data.

Apart from its reliance on Saudi oil, Japan has deepened its ties to the kingdom thanks to Japanese technology con-glomerate SoftBank Group. Ri-yadh has been a big supporter of SoftBank’s massive Vision Fund.

Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi told Prince Faisal he was pleased to meet him for the first time and both sides wanted to boost relations, according to a read-out from Japan’s foreign ministry.

Motegi praised Saudi work to stabilise southern Yemen,

where Riyadh orchestrated a deal to end a power struggle between Yemen’s government, which it backs, and southern separatists.

Diplomats said that Saudi Arabia plans more than a doz-en G20 summits throughout the year on tourism, agriculture, energy, environment and digital economy.

A share sale of giant Saudi state oil firm Aramco this month and a bond sale earlier this year - under a drive to diversify the largest Arab economy away from oil - attracted interest in the traditional sectors of energy and finance.

Foreign ministers attend a dinner during the G20 foreign ministers’ meeting, in Nagoya, Japan

Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud

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Pakistan’s central bank holds key interest rate at 13.25pcReuters | Karachi, Pakistan

Pakistan’s central bank held its main policy rate at 13.25

per cent yesterday, taking a second consecutive pause from a series of previous hikes as data pointed to a stabilising inflation rate.

The bank last lifted rates in July by 100 basis points, rais-ing the interest rate to 13.25pc, its ninth cut since the start of 2018, as it faced rising infla-tion, a substantial current ac-count deficit and downward pressure on the rupee curren-

cy. The decision comes at a time of scrutiny for Pakistan’s economy by the International Monetary Fund, which is re-viewing progress on reforms agreed as part of bailout pack-age in July.

Bitcoin plummets to a six-month lowReuters | London

Bitcoin slumped to a six-month low yesterday after

China’s central bank launched a fresh crackdown on cryp-tocurrencies, warning of the risks entailed in issuing or trading them.

Bitcoin, the world’s biggest cryptocurrency, fell 9 per cent to $6,929, its lowest since May, and was last down 7pc at $7,107.

The People’s Bank of China’s Shanghai headquarters said it would tackle growing cases of illegality involving virtual currencies. It also cautioned investors not to confuse crypto with blockchain technology, the digital ledger that under-pins many cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin.

The move came a day af-ter regulators in Shenzhen launched a similar campaign, and came as the PBOC prepares

to launch its own digital cur-rency.

Chinese President Xi Jin-ping said last month that the world’s second-biggest econ-omy should accelerate the development of blockchain technology.

Bitcoin, known for its wild price swings, soared over 40pc in two days after Xi’s remarks, with investors betting that Bei-jing’s backing of blockchain and plans for a digital renmin-bi would accelerate the main-stream embrace of cryptocur-rencies.

A small toy figurine is seen on representations of the Bitcoin virtual currency

Airlines get ready for jet biofuel take-off in NorwayReuters | Oslo

Airlines are confident of hav-ing sufficient supplies of

biofuel-infused jet fuel to com-ply with a Norway requirement which takes effect next year, although they warn of addition-al costs.

From January, jet fuel suppli-ers in Norway must blend 0.5% of biofuel in all their aviation fuel, a policy Oslo hopes will boost supply and demand and lead to lower CO2 emissions.

Although aviation biofuel suppliers say it can cut the car-

bon footprint of airlines by up to 80%, it costs four times as much as normal jet fuel, which has so far curtailed usage and therefore demand for increased

production.And not all biofuels are equal

when it comes to their environ-mental impact, both in produc-tion and transportation.

Norway’s new rule demands that airplanes refueled in the country use a product made from waste fats and vegetable oil, although it excludes palm oil.

“There are not that many sup-pliers that supply that type of fuel. We have access and can buy these quantities at this stage. As we go into the future though we need more,” Rickard

Gustafson, chief executive of SAS, told Reuters.

The Scandinavian airline has set its own goal of powering all its domestic flights, which account for 17pc of its total fuel consumption, with biofuel by 2030. SAS expects Norway’s 0.5pc biofuel requirement to mean an additional 3 million euro ($3.33m) in annual fuel costs. It said it may source the biofuel it needs from AirBP, BP’s specialist aviation division, and intends to buy more from Swe-den’s Preem, which is building new facilities.

A Norwegian Air plane is refuelled at Oslo Gardermoen airport

Russia was predicted to lose five percent of GDP by 2050 and will “suffer more than most other countries in the world

from the negative effects of climate change


Tesla suffers broken glass mishap during chaotic launch• Entry-level model will have a starting price of $39,900 and a 400-kilometer (250-mile) range

• Deluxe option will be able to travel twice the distance and will sell for $69,900

• No date has been given for its release

• Demonstration of the vehicle’s indestructible windows didn’t appear to go entirely to plan

AFP | Los Angeles

The big reveal of Tesla’s elec-tric pick-up went embar-

rassingly wrong when the sup-posedly impact-proof windows smashed, leaving a flustered Elon Musk to flounder through the rest of his presentation in front of a badly damaged vehicle.

The Tesla co-founder unveiled the all-electric battery-powered Tesla Cybertruck in California on Thursday, daring staff to hit the vehicle with sledgeham-mers and showing a video of it withstanding bullets shot from a 9mm gun.

But the demonstration of the

vehicle’s indestructible windows didn’t appear to go entirely to plan after one assistant threw a steel ball bearing at the truck -- only to see the armored glass smash.

An expletive could be heard at the Tesla Design Center and as his assistant laughed nervously, Musk said: “Well, maybe that was a little too hard.”

A second attempt fared lit-tle better however, and another window was left badly damaged.

“It didn’t go through,” said a clearly uncomfortable Musk, who was forced to push on through the remainder of the chaotic launch with the two smashed windows in full view.

The industrial-looking Cyber-truck is covered in the same steel alloy Musk plans to use for his SpaceX rocket and will be able to go from 0 to 100 kilometers (62 miles) per hour in about three seconds, the Tesla chief execu-tive claimed.

He said the e n t r y - l e v e l m o d e l w i l l have a start-ing price of $39,900 and a 400-kilome-ter (250-mile) range, while a deluxe option will be able to travel twice the dis-tance and will sell for $69,900. No date has been given for its release but analysts said it would not be ready before the end of

2021 at the earliest.

‘Room for growth’Tesla dominates the global

electric car market and has an especially firm grip on the Unit-ed States, where pick-ups are

particularly popular.The California-based firm is

hoping to edge in on domestic demand for larger car types such as pick-ups and sports utility vehicles, the margins for which have allowed manufacturers to cope with rising steel and alu-minum costs.

A lack of models in the pick-up class left “plenty of room for growth and for automakers to carve out new niches”, said Jessica Caldwell, executive di-rector of automotive website Edmunds.

Caldwell suggested before the Cybertruck was unveiled that its design was likely to be “some-what polarizing.”

“Tesla’s built its brand around striking design and doing things differently, so they can’t just

trot out a truck that looks like a version of something else,” she said.

Musk said the ve-hicle’s design had been inspired by the “cyberpunk” science fiction genre, includ-ing director Ridley Scott’s classic 1982 film “Blade Runner.”

He had promised before the launch

that Tesla’s latest offering would cost less than $50,000 -- the average US price for pick-up vehicles -- and that it would outperform the Ford F-150, the country’s top-selling vehicle in the class.

The demonstration of the vehicle’s indestructible windows didn’t appear to go entirely to plan after one assistant threw a steel ballbearing at the truck, only to see the armoured glass smash.

ECB’s Lagarde tells Europe to ‘innovate and invest’

Frankfurt am Main

Christine Lagarde yes-terday urged European countries to “innovate

and invest” more to support growth at a time of global un-certainty, in her first major pol-icy speech as president of the European Central Bank.

The ECB’s ultra-loose mone-tary policy would “achieve its goal faster and with fewer side effects” if euro area govern-ments supported it with fiscal policy, Lagarde told a banking conference in Frankfurt.

The eurozone economy is ex-pected to grow just 1.1 percent this year -- “much lower than previously forecast”, she said, as “trade tensions and geopolitical uncertainties” take their toll.

“Europe needs to innovate and invest to respond to these challenges and preserve its competitiveness in the longer run,” said Lagarde, whose pre-vious job was head of the Inter-national Monetary Fund.

She called for an investment drive across the 19-nation cur-rency bloc that should be “more productive, more digital and greener”.

The speech by Lagarde, who took on her new role as the ECB’s first female chief at the start of the month, was highly anticipat-ed by markets keen for a hint of her future policy stance.

“For the time being, Lagarde meets the expectations that she could become the leading economic and political voice for Europe rather than quick-

ly shaking up the ECB,” said ING Diba bank analyst Carsten Brzeski.

‘Global shift’Lagarde’s comments echoed

those by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) which had on Thursday likewise urged governments to loosen the purse strings.

Warning that the global econ-omy was headed for its weakest economic growth “since the global financial crisis”, it said governments had not invested enough to improve their long-term infrastructure, advance new technologies or combat climate change.

Hobbled by the US-China trade conflict and Brexit tur-moil, the OECD now expects economic activity to grow at around 3.0 percent in 2020-2021 -- down from a 3.5 percent rate projected only a year ago.

Elsewhere on Friday, a close-ly watched survey by the firm IHS Markit found that the eu-rozone’s economy was seen to have “near-stalled” in Novem-ber after successive months of manufacturing decline.

In her speech, Lagarde homed in on the weakening manufac-turing sector as she stressed the importance of strengthening domestic economies.

“We are starting to see a global shift –- driven mainly by emerging markets -– from external demand to domestic demand, from investment to consumption and from manu-facturing to services,” she told the Frankfurt audience.

New startLagarde has previously sug-

gested she would stick closely to predecessor Mario Draghi’s ac-commodative monetary policy mix of cheap credit, record-low interest rates and massive bond

purchases to stimulate the econ-omy and drive up stubbornly low inflation.

But Lagarde, a lawyer and not an economist by training, has also pledged to make her mark with a push for more action on climate change, gender equality and making the ECB’s language more jargon-free.

On Friday, the former French finance minister said she would launch “a strategic review” of the bank’s monetary policies.

Lagarde’s arrival at the ECB comes as its governing council was divided as never before over Draghi’s final stimulus package in September.

The measures saw the bank restart a monthly government and corporate bond buying pro-gramme and cut a key rate deep-er into negative territory.

But the measures drew howls of protest from some council members who said they were too heavy-handed and would deepen the pain for eurozone banks already struggling to make a profit amid historically low interest rates.

One of Lagarde’s first orders of business as ECB president was to whisk the 25-member council away from the bank’s glass-and-steel headquarters for a “retreat” in a plush ho-tel outside Frankfurt to heal the rift.

Lagarde will hold her maiden ECB press conference on De-cember 12 after chairing her first governing council policy meeting.

Europe needs to innovate

and invest to respond to these challenges and

preserve its competitiveness in the longer run

CHRISTINE LAGARDE

Trump signs stopgap funding, avoiding govt shutdown

• The short-term bill only funds federal operations until December 20

Washington

US President Donald Trump on Thursday signed a tem-

porary spending bill that averts a government shutdown, after the Senate approved the one-month measure hours before federal funding was to expire at midnight.

The short-term bill only funds federal operations until December 20, meaning Con-gress will be forced to once again debate and pass fiscal year 2020 funding during a pe-riod of high tension in Wash-ington.

The so-called continuing resolution passed the Senate by a vote of 74 to 20 after the House approved it earlier this week.

Congress has been unable to secure a long-term deal. Dem-ocrats and Republicans have

negotiated for months, but they remain at odds over fund-ing of Trump’s long-sought wall on the US border with Mexico, among other issues.

With Washington consumed by the Trump impeachment inquiry, lawmakers have ex-pressed concern about the ability to finalize a deal in the run-up to the Christmas break.

But top Senate Democrat Chuck Schumer said shortly before Thursday’s vote that he hopes Trump, who has in-jected himself into budget ne-gotiations before, “stays out of our way and gives Congress the space to work together and find an agreement.”

The measure gives the US military a 3.1 percent pay raise, funds the 2020 census and keeps critical public health programs going for another month.

Two government shutdowns have occurred during Trump’s administration, including a 35-day shutdown from late 2018 to early 2019 -- the longest in US history -- over disagree-ments on border security.

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Selena Gomez announces release date of next album

Los Angeles

Singer Selena Gomez has revealed the release date of her next album.

According to Entertainment Weekly, her next album will release on January 10, 2020.

While fans have been referring to the new LP (Long-Playing record) as ‘SG2,’ the official title for the album, which is actually her third, hasn’t been released yet.

Back in June, the 27-year-old singer told Jimmy Fallon on ‘The Tonight Show’ that she had mostly completed her long-awaited album.

“I’m just relieved,” the ‘Good For You’ singer said. “It took me four years now to even feel at a good place with this album and it’s just because I had such huge moments that happened in my life personally that, how was I gonna capture that and how was I gonna feel good about what I was saying? So, I just kept going and I’m relieved.

Kate, Oliver Hudson wish mother Goldie Hawn on her birthday

Los Angeles

American actor and ‘Overboard’ star Goldie Hawn who turned 74 on Thursday (local time), was poured in with love from her two children, both

actors Kate and Oliver Hudson on social media to cele-brate the occasion.

Kate Hudson was the first to write a sweet message to her mother, which came alongside a photo of Hawn holding her granddaughter and Kate’s 13-month-old baby

girl, Rani Rose.The 40-year-old actor’s Instagram post reads “The two

most important ladies in my life and it happens to be one of their birthdays, Happy Birthday beautiful Mama@goldiehawn

#HipHipHooray”In response to the post, Hawn commented, “Oh! I love you, my

baby girl!! Meanwhile, Oliver Hudson also remembered his mother, but instead of sharing a recent photo, the actor took the opportunity

to post a legendary throwback on Instagram.“Happy birthday day to this girl who happens to now be my mother!!!!” he

captioned a shot of Hawn in a green bikini with colourful words and designs painted all over her body.

#MeToo: Malik takes break from ‘Indian Idol’

Mumbai

Music composer Anu Malik, who has been

under a #MeToo cloud for the last year, on Friday said he has taken a three-week break from judging a singing reality show to clear his name.

He said he has also writ-ten to the Music Composers Association of India (MCAI) to demand a fair chance to counter the multiple sexu-al harassment allegations against him.

Malik has been accused of sexual misconduct by sing-ers Sona Mohapatra, Shweta Pandit and Neha Bhasin.

“I have written a letter to the Music Composers Associ-ation of India and I have told them to send the letter to the singers association, asking these girls to show evidence against me and where I have gone wrong. What are you saying and why are you saying this?” Malik told PTI.

Malik was briefly dropped as judge of the last season of “Indian Idol” when he was accused of harassment, just as the #MeToo movement gath-ered momentum in India last year. The claims resurfaced this September when he was back as a judge on the show.

On Thursday, a channel source said Malik had offered to step down from his post till he clears his name.

Malik countered the claim and said he had only sought a three-week break.

U2, AR Rahman collaborate for new track

Los Angeles

Ir i s h b a n d U 2 h a s launched a new track,

“Ahimsa”, in collaboration with Academy Award-win-ning composer AR Rahman, ahead of their maiden per-formance in the country.

I s l a n d Re c o r d s a n -nounced the release of the track which aims to cele-brate the spiritual diversity of the country.

Rahman said “Ahimsa” re-quires courage and strength, a quality that is impervious to weapons or power.

“It’s a mission which is most needed to heal the modern world and it is in-credible timing to collab-orate with U2, with their amazing legacy, to revive this movement,” he said in a statement.

Ben Affleck to direct historical drama

Los Angeles

Actor Ben Affleck will di-rect and produce the his-

torical drama titled “King Leo-pold’’s Ghost”, set in the early 20th century in the Congo.

Affleck will produce via his Pearl Street Films banner, alongside Martin Scorsese who will produce via his Sikelia Productions banner.

Farhad Safinia is at-tached to write the script, inspired by Adam Hoch-schild’’s best-selling book about Leopold II of Belgium’’s plunder in the Congo and the Congolese who defied him and fought back, reports variety.com.

The struggle sparked an unlikely alliance between a black American missionary, an English investigative jour-nalist and an Irish spy, result-ing in one of the first human rights movements in history.

Affleck starred in and directed “Argo” and “The Town”.

His key leading roles in-clude “Justice League”, “The Accountant”, “Batman v Su-perman: Dawn of Justice”, “Gone Girl” and the upcom-ing “The Way Back.” He’’s also a co-founder of the East-ern Congo Initiative, which was launched in 2010 an advocacy and grant-making initiative for the people of eastern Congo.

Chris Brown welcomes baby boy with ex-girlfriend Ammika HarrisLos Angeles

Singer Chris Brown is now a proud father for the sec-ond time as he welcomed

a baby boy with his ex-girl-friend Ammika Harris.

Though the two have yet to confirm the news publicly, sub-tle clues on both Chris and Am-mika’s Instagram accounts had fans offering their congratula-tions, reported E! News.

“I was in love, when I first saw you,” Ammika posted on Instagram

stories just a few hours ago. Mean-

while, Chris seemingly confirmed the newborn’s birthday when he shared a snapshot captioned, “11-20-19.”

News of Ammika’s pregnancy first broke in June. While most details of her relationship with the 30-year-old singer are still unknown, they were first spotted out together in early 2019. At the time, Ammika and Chris were papped in Paris shortly after he was detained by police on aggravated rape accusations.

Chris has since filed a criminal law-suit against the accuser and the case is still ongoing.

Death threats prompt music executive to appeal for peace in feud with Taylor Swift

Los Angeles

Music executive Scooter Braun on Friday said his family had received “numerous death threats” over a

feud with singer Taylor Swift, and appealed to her to make peace.

Braun, who earlier this year bought the Big Machine Group record label where Swift recorded her first six albums, issued a public plea to the singer after she said the label had refused permission for her to perform her old hits at Sunday’s American Music Awards (AMA) show.

Swift last week urged her 122 million Instagram fans to let Braun and Big Machine founder Scott Borchetta “know how you feel about this.”

In an Instagram post addressed to Swift, Braun wrote that since Swift’s statements “there have been numerous death threats against my family.” He attached one threat made on Twitter.

He said he returned to his Los Angeles home on Thursday “to find my wife had received a phone call threatening the safety of our children.”

“I assume this was not your intention but it is important that you understand that your words carry a tremendous amount of weight and that your message can be interpreted by some in different ways,” Braun wrote.

Braun said after six months of fruitless attempts behind the scenes to mend their relationship, he felt he had no choice “than

to publicly ask for us to come together and try to find a resolution. I have tried repeatedly through your repre-sentatives to achieve a solution but unfor-tunately here we are.”

Swift and her rep-resentatives did not immediately return a request for comment.

Braun said Swift could perform “any song you would like at the AMAs. I have

never and would never say otherwise. You do not need anyone’s permission to do so legally but I am stating it here clearly and publicly so there is no more debate or

confusion.”Swift, 29, is due to receive

an artist of the decade award at Sunday’s AMA show in Los Angeles. She is nominated for

five other awards, including artist of the year and best pop album for her new release “Lover.”

Swift signed with Big Machine at age 15, recording some of her biggest hits including “Shake it Off,” and “You Be-long With Me,” but left in 2018 for Uni-versal Music Group, a unit of France’s Vivendi. Big Machine owns the master recordings of her back catalog.

Ben Affleck

Freida Pinto engaged to

photographer Cory Tran

Los Angeles

Actress Freida Pinto has announced that she is en-gaged to photographer Cory

Tran. She called him “the most beautiful creation to have ever

walked into my life”.The “Slumdog M i l l i o n a i r e ”

star shared p h o t o s o f t h e h a p py

c o u p l e o n Instagram and

wrote: “It all makes sense now. Life makes

sense, the world makes sense, the past tears and trials make sense, what

wise old lovers said about love makes sense. Where I am makes sense and where I want to go completely makes sense.

“You my love are just the most beautiful creation to have ever walked into my life. And you are here to stay. Well, I am making y o u s t a y.

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India dominate Bangladesh • Bangladesh all out for 106

• Ishant Sharma claims 5-22

• India 174-3 at close

Reuters | Kolkata, India

Ishant Sharma and his pace colleagues wreaked havoc with the pink ball to put In-

dia in charge of their maiden day-night test against Bangla-desh at a heaving Eden Gardens yesterday.

Armed with the heavily-lac-quered ball, India’s three-pronged pace attack bundled out the tourists for 106 in front of a 60,000-strong crowd which in-cluded Bangladesh Prime Min-ister Sheikh Hasina.

Cheteshwar Pujara and Virat Kohli then smashed fifties as India, 1-0 up heading into the second and final match of the two-test series, finished day one on 174-3, to be course for their 12th consecutive home series victory.

Kohli (59 not out) and his dep-uty Ajinkya Rahane (23 not out) will return on Saturday hoping to bat Bangladesh out of the sec-ond and final test and sweep the series.

Bangladesh, who were skit-tled out inside 31 overs, had to call two concussion substitutes after Liton Das and Nayeem

Hasan sustained nasty blows to helmet.

Earlier, India’s pace trio took less than three hours to rout the tourists after Mominul Haque’s decision to bat backfired.

After the lull of the first six overs, Ishant drew first blood, trapping Imrul Kayes lbw en route to an impressive figures of 5-22.

New-ball partner Umesh Yadav (3-29) immediately ben-efited from a change of ends, dismissing Mominul and Mo-hammad Mithun in the same over to trigger a spectacular

batting collapse.India captain Virat Kohli

had predicted close-in field-ers would struggle to catch the

harder, faster pink balls but his fears proved unfounded.

Rohit Sharma took a diving one-handed catch to sent back Mominul, Wriddhiman Saha flew to his right to cut short Mahmudullah’s stay and Chet-eshwar Pujara dived forward to pouch a low catch to remove Mehidy Hasan Miraz.

Opener Shadman Islam top-scored for Bangladesh with 29, while Liton retired hurt on 24 after being hit on the helmet by a Mohammed Shami delivery.

Mehidy came on as concus-sion substitute and Mithun re-

placed Liton behind the stumps when India came out to bat.

Bangladesh needed a second concussion substitute in Taijul Islam after Nayeem also sus-tained a hit on the helmet by another vicious Shami delivery.

Both Mehidy and Taijul were dropped in the two changes to their playing XI earlier in the day.

Indian openers looked at ease against the pink ball but neither Mayank Agarwal (14) nor Rohit Sharma (21) could convert their starts.

Pujara and Kohli helped India eclipse Bangladesh’s paltry total with their 95-run stand.

Pujara made 55 before edging Ebadot Hossain, who unfurled his second salute celebration, but Kohli went on to complete 5,000 runs as test captain.

Rohit Sharma throws himself to his right to grab a one-hander off Mominul Haque’s edge

5,000runs milestone has

been surpassed by Virat Kohli as test captain

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Bangladesh were forced to use two concussion substitutes for Liton

Das and Nayeem Hasan as they were forced out of the game following

hits on the helmet from paceman Mohammed

Shami

Players in high spirits at AMA golf tournament

TDT | Manama

The second day of the 22nd Annual AMH Island Classic

Charity Golf Tournament com-menced at 7:30 am on the Pri-vate Golf Course of His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, Patron of the tournament.

The first day of golfing got off to a wonderful start and the teams playing in the tournament are looking forward to the same favourable weather conditions.

Dr. George Cheriyan, CEO/ CMO of American Mission Hos-pital said, “The excitement level

is very high with all the teams trying their best to win this cov-eted title. There are two flights – the championship and the premier and we will have three winning teams from each flight. The logic of having two differ-ent flights is to ensure that every team has a chance at winning the titles irrespective of their handicaps.”

Prizes for the Championship Flights and Premier Flights will be presented to the overall win-ning teams following the full three days of play at an event to be held at the Diplomat Radis-

sonBlu Hotel and Spa. The over-all winners will not be known until today afternoon.

Yesterday’s results:Championship Flight (average handicap 6 or under): Top team today: Al Hawaj 2 (53.4 Net)Second place team today: Bahrain confi-dential (53.8 Net)Third place team today: AMH Riffa 2 (57.9 Net)

Premier Flight (average handicaps 6.1 or over): Top team today: AMH Amwaj 2 (57.4 Net)

Second place team today: E.K. Kanoo 2 (58.1 Net) Third place team today: AMH Aali 2 (59.1 Net)

The current leaders after two days:Championship Flight (average handicap 6 or under): Team currently in the lead: Al Hawaj 2 (53.4 Net)Team currently in second place : Bahrain Confidential (53.8 Net)Team currently in third place: Al Hawaj 1 (54.8 Net)

Premier Flight (average handicaps 6.1 or over): Team currently in the lead: Independent US Embassy (54.2 Net) Team currently in second place : AMH Amwaj 2 (57.4 Net)Team currently in third place: RCSI 1 (57.8 Net)

Side ContestsFlight C (morning) Side Contest winners were:Closest to the Pin (Hole 2): Neil McLeod (Aerianta International)Most Accurate Drive (Hole 8): Vasudeva Murthy (AMH Saar 2)Longest Putt (Hole 4): Gopi Talreja (AMH Saar 2)

Flight D (afternoon) Side Contest winners were:Closest to the Pin (Hole 2): Adulrahman Mohamed (Ramee Grand 2)Most Accurate Drive (Hole 8): Ali Saleh (Ramee Grand 2)

Participants in action during the event

BTA, Sparta compete in Team Tennis Challenge Cup

• BTA won the Challenge Cup back from Sparta

TDT | Manama

Teams from Bahrain Tennis Academy (BTA) and Sparta

Tennis competed in the Team Tennis Challenge Cup com-petition, held at the Dilmun Club, Saar.

The meeting between the two academies featured eight eight-and-under players from each team. Each competitor played short matches against all opposition players in their age group.

At the end of proceedings, BTA won the Challenge Cup back from Sparta, scoring 36 points to Sparta’s 28 points. BTA team captain, Niall Dar-wish, was presented the Team Tennis Challenge Cup by the Vice President of the Bahrain Tennis Federation, Sheikh Ab-dulaziz Bin Mubarak Al Khal-ifa.

‘Player of the Meet’ medals were also awarded to the most outstanding player from each team.

BTA Director, Dan Barrie, awarded the medal for the Sparta team to Lukas Bhilotra, while Sparta Senior Coach, Simon Bourner, awarded the medal for the BTA team to Kea-gan Fernandes.

BTA and Sparta players and coaches with Sheikh Abdulaziz Al Khalifa

Teen blunder costs Pakistan as Australia’s Warner cashes inAFP | Brisbane

Pakistan were left to rue a basic error from 16-year-

old debutant Naseem Shah as Australia opener David Warner plundered the vis-itors’ attack with a brilliant 151 not out on the second day of the first Test at the Gabba yesterday.

Australia finished the day on 312 for the loss of just one wicket, 72 runs ahead of Pakistan’s first innings total of 240 and already in the driving seat.

Marnus Labuschagne was alongside Warner on 55, with the only wicket to fall that of Joe Burns, who made 97 before sweeping a Yasir Shah (1-101) delivery onto his stumps.

Warner scored his first Test century since a year-long ban for ball-tampering, but only after a huge let-off when he was caught behind off a Naseem no-ball.

The mercurial open-er was on 56 at the time, and he then survived a near run-out on 93 before ending a century drought stretching back nearly two years.

The 33-year-old, who managed just 95 runs in 10 innings during this year’s Ashes series against Eng-land, reached his 22nd Test ton when he turned Yas-ir around the corner for a single in the second over after tea.

Bahrain hailed for success of historic horseraceTDT | Manama

Bahrain has been given two thumbs up for the “fan-tastic” organisation and

running of the first-ever Bah-rain International Trophy yes-terday at Rashid Equestrian and Horseracing Club.

International Racing Bureau (IRB) Director Adrian Beaumont was all praise for the event,

which he believes will grow each year.

“Everything has gone fantas-tically well,” he said after Royal Julius powered to an impressive late victory by just three-quar-ters of a length from the run-ner-up.

“We have been so looked-after, HH Shaikh Isa bin Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa and all the committee have been fantastic,

and Shaikh Salman bin Rashed Al Khalifa has looked after us fantastically well.

“We’ve had an enjoyable preparation over the past few days; we really enjoyed the Bah-rain culture and have had a love-ly time.

“Everyone really enjoyed themselves. We’ve tested everything out about the quar-antine and the way the place

runs. We had a fantastic crowd atmosphere today; everyone was excited.

“I think this event is only go-ing to grow. I wouldn’t be sur-prised if next year we add more races to the fixture. With this event, Bahrain will only grow in importance in the world horseracing scene.”

He added: “This race is real-ly well-placed in the calendar,

being in November. It’s the end of our European season and we have a really ideally placed race for us to come. The prize money is fantastic and we love racing on the turf here.”

Beaumont was particularly pleased with the way the field of Europe-based horses were taken care of on their way to Bahrain and during their stay.

“The horses have thrived in

the climate here, they really en-joyed the racing and the train-ing,” he explained. “Everything is good about Bahrain. It is really easy to get to. The horses flew in on Monday via Luxembourg and they have settled well since they’ve been here.”

Beaumont congratulated the team of Royal Julius for their su-perb win, and was thrilled about the exciting finish of the race.


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Reynier was confident about winRoyal Julius trainer quietly confident leading up to Bahrain International Trophy

TDT | Manama

French trainer Jerome Reynier was quietly confident heading into yesterday’s Bahrain International

Trophy, and his horse Royal Julius lived up to all expectations with a sensational and historic victory.

Reynier said that everything was done to best prepare the six-year-old winner for the spectacle at Rashid Equestrian and Horseracing Club, and his efforts paid off as Royal Julius made a blistering charge down the home straight to take first place in a thrilling finish

“The horse was in very good shape,” said Marseille-based Reynier after re-ceiving the stunning winner’s trophy alongside Royal Julius’s owner Jean-Jacques Biarese and jockey Stephane Pasquier.

“His morning rider, who did not come and preferred to watch it on TV from France, was very confident. He said the horse walked really well eight days ago. And then here, we’ve just been doing some small pieces of canter, but the horse was in good shape. He did travel really well and we were quite hopeful for the race.”

Reynier added that he was not wor-ried about being drawn 11th for the starting gate, given the layout of the turf course at REHC.

“It is quite a tight turn to the finish, with a long straight to come from be-hind,” he explained. “Some pace in the race because everyone wants to get a good position as the first turn came quite quickly.

“We were drawn 11 but we were not very worried about anything. We knew we were going to be able to come back. A good place would have been very

good but we were hoping to win.” Reynier noted that a two-month

break prior to coming to Bahrain, fol-lowing a long and competitive season, was essential to Royal Julius’s prepa-rations.

“As soon as they said that this race was going to be at this time of the year, with these kinds of conditions, we planned everything to prep him the best we can,” said Reynier.

“That’s why I left him two months off before the race, just to get a bit of freshness because he had raced in Doha in February, then again elsewhere in May, June, July, August, and Septem-ber in Milan, so he needed at least two months break.”

Reynier expressed his delight in com-peting in the Bahrain International Trophy, which he said was scheduled at an ideal time in the year. He added that they are already looking forward to their programme for next year.

“We are very happy to be here, we have been welcomed really well and everything was well set up with good organisation,” he said.

“Everything was good for the horse,” he added. “It’s a really good spot for the race being in mid-November. In

Europe, there are no more good races. Our horse was just perfect for here.

“Now he will be back at the end of February, so we will see how he feels and depending on the opposition as well.”

With yesterday’s result, Royal Julius claimed his sixth win from 31 runs and he added to his accumulated pre-Bah-rain career earnings of GBP469,000. He continued his recent fine run of form, having placed in the top five of now nine consecutive races.

Reynier graduated from the Darley Flying Start, and he worked initially as a bloodstock agent for two years. After becoming the private trainer for Ecurie Camacho Courses, he opened his stable to the public in 2013 and saddled his first winner in April of that year.

Jockey Pasquier is a leading French rider. He has won Group 1 races all over Europe and his feature wins included the 2006 Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe on Rail Link, the 2018 Prix du Jockey Club (French Derby) on Study of Man, and the 1,000 Guineas on Special Duty in 2010. He also won the Breeders’ Cup Mile in the States on Karakontie in 2014.

Royal Julius (horse no. 8) crosses the finish line to win the inaugural Bahrain International Trophy

1 Royal Julius 2:00.414Owner: Jean-Jacques BiareseTrainer: Jerome ReynierJockey: Stephane Pasquier 2 Turgenev 2:00.565Owner: GodolphinTrainer: John GosdenJockey: Robert Havlin 3 Rustang 2:00.591Owner: Al Adiyat RacingTrainer: A. SmithJockey: Gerald Mosse 4 Afaak 2:00.600Owner: His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of DubaiTrainer: Charles HillsJockey: Jim Crowley 5 Intellogent 2:00.621Owner: Ms Fiona CarmichaelTrainer: Fabrice ChappetJockey: Pierre-Charles Boudot 6 PIVOINE 2:00.756Owner: King Power Racing Co LtdTrainer: Andrew BaldingJockey: Silvestre De Sousa 7 Coolagh Forest 2:00.915Owner: Mohammed Khalid A.RahimTrainer: Paul D’ArcyJockey: John Egan 8 Aquarium 2:01.032Owner: Alsharq RacingTrainer: Jane Chapple-HyamJockey: Richard Kingscote 9 Thorkhill Star 2:01.115Owner: Al Adiyat RacingTrainer: A. SmithJockey: James Doyle 10 Proposed 2:01.638Owner: Ramadhan StableTrainer: Jaber RamadhanJockey: Brett Doyle 11 Sword Peinture 2:01.641Owner: Gestut WittekindshofTrainer: Andreas SuboricsJockey: Filip Minarik 12 Vale Do Sol 2:01.689Owner: VictoriousTrainer: Hesham Al HaddadJockey: Adrie De Vries 13 Mountain Angel 2:02.768Owner: Ziad A GaladariTrainer: Roger VarianJockey: Andrea Atzeni (Non-runner) EuginioOwner: VictoriousTrainer: Fawzi NassJockey: Paddy Mathers

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I think this event is only going to grow. I wouldn’t be surprised if next year we add more races to the fixture. With this event, Bahrain will only grow in importance in the world horseracing

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Royal Justice jockey Stephane Pasquier waves to the crowd in celebration after winning the race

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