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Saudi confiscates 8,000 bootlegging devices ahead of FIFA World Cup Riyadh

Saudi authorities have continued to crack down on the sale and use of broadcasting devices used to boot-

leg sports channels, ahead of the start of the FIFA World Cup soccer tournament later this month.

More than 8,000 such devices have been confiscated from retailers in the Kingdom “in the last few weeks,” ac-cording to authorities, which have launched formal procedures against the offending distributors.

Such moves confirm authorities’ “serious efforts to reject any attempts to override and sell bootlegging devices,” a statement said.

The confiscated devices were destroyed in the pres-

ence of representatives from the government agencies involved in the campaign.

Authorities confiscated about 5,000 other devices in earlier operations, while intensive and periodic campaigns revealed new violations by outlets. Devices were seized and formal procedures were implemented

against retailers.The scope of TV piracy in Saudi Arabia

and the wider region is difficult to assess; research analysts IDC in 2015 estimated that illegal content distribution across the Middle East and Africa cost the industry more than $750 million per year.

Fellow research analysts Digital TV Re-search in January estimated that average revenue per user for pay-TV providers would fall in 2018, due in part to rampant piracy in the region.

The MENA Broadcast Satellite Anti-Piracy Coalition — which includes regional satellite operators, distri-bution companies and international studios such as Paramount and Sony Pictures — said in April that 22 pirate television channels had been shut down during the previous year.

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Italy gets anti-EU premier Government formed after three months of political deadlock following inconclusive March 4 elections

• Italy’s future in the euro zone has dominated the political uncertainty of the last week, with President Sergio Mattarella vetoing the coalition’s original choice for economy minister, the eurosceptic economist Paolo Savona.

• The 81-year-old Savona enters the government as European Affairs Minister, less powerful that the economy role but one that still allows him to negotiate with Brussels and speak on EU issues.

Rome

Giuseppe Conte was sworn in yesterday as Italy’s prime minister, heading

western Europe’s first anti-es-

tablishment government bent on overhauling European Union rules on budgets and immigra-tion.

Conte, a little-known 53-year-old law professor, is backed by the Five-Star Movement which grew out of a grassroots protest network, and the right-wing League who together have is-sued a budget-busting agenda of tax cuts and higher welfare spending.

The government was formed

after three months of political deadlock following inconclusive March 4 elections, with the for-mer rivals striking a last-minute deal on Thursday to avert a fresh vote in high summer amid grow-ing market turmoil.

Widespread voter disenchant-ment has seen anti-establish-ment parties upset mainstream politics across the continent, including Germany and France, but it is the first time they will run the government of a major

western European country.Conte made no comment to

reporters after his swearing-in ceremony in the president’s 16th century palace in Rome, in a room with a huge gilt mirror flanked by Italian and EU flags.

“I admit that I am choked up and happy,” League leader Salvini said in a tweet which

showed him for once formally dressed with his top shirt button done up for the occasion.

Five-Star and the League have a solid majority in both houses of parliament, where the gov-ernment will face confidence votes early next week in order to be fully empowered.

Italy hosted the European Un-ion’s founding Treaty of Rome 60 years ago, but the once enthu-siastically pro-EU Italians have progressively become disen-chanted with Europe, blaming its fiscal rules for two decades of economic stagnation.

The disaffection has grown in recent years as hundreds of thousands of migrants have landed on Italy’s shores from north Africa, fuelling support for the League which accuses the EU of abandoning Italy to deal with the influx on its own.

Italy’s future in the euro zone has dominated the political un-certainty of the last week, with President Sergio Mattarella vetoing the coalition’s original choice for economy minister, the eurosceptic economist Paolo Savona.

Conte swearing in as the prime minister of Italy yesterday.

Italy, with debts totalling more than 130 per cent of its

economic output, is the most heavily indebted euro zone nation after

Greece and is often described as “too big

to fail” as the currency bloc could not bail it

out if it were to default.

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Consider imposing corporation tax, IMF tells Bahrain • The fund said the country’s banking system remains well capitalised and liquid and the economy is being boosted by a recovery in oil production and rising refinery and aluminium production capacity.

TDT|Manama

The International Mon-etary Fund (IMF) has called on the Bahrain

government to take further ac-tion including the imposing of corporation tax to shore up its finances.

“Over the medium term, the deficit is projected to remain sizable, with a rising interest bill as public debt continues to increase. Without further measures, non-oil revenue is expected to stagnate and growth to slow,” said Bikas Joshi, the official who led the IMF team that visited Bahrain.

He went on to say that a “large fiscal adjustment is a priority” for the country for attaining long term growth.

“Such a plan should comprise

revenue and expenditure meas-ures, while protecting the most vulnerable,” he said.

“The implementation of a val-ue-added tax, as planned, would be important. Additional reve-

nue measures—including con-sideration of a corporate income tax—would be welcome. Consid-eration should also be given to better targeting subsidies and addressing the large wage bill.”

Praising the positive sides of Bahraini economy, the fund said the country’s banking sys-tem remains well capitalised and liquid and the economy is being boosted by a recovery in oil production and rising refin-ery and aluminium production capacity.

And the country received a boost in early April with the discovery of large new oil and gas reserves, the fund observed.

750million US dollars is

the losses suffered by broadcasters every

year in the region due to piracy.

Israeli army kills Palestinian nurse

Gaza

Israeli forces killed a Pal-estinian nurse yesterday as she tried to help a wounded protester at the Gaza bor-der, according to health of-ficials and a witness, while Israel said militants had at-tacked its troops with gun-fire and a grenade. Razan Al Najar’s death brought to 119 the number of Palestinians killed in weekly demonstra-tions launched on March 30 in the Gaza Strip.

US vetoes resolution to protect Palestinians New York

The US yesterday vetoed an Arab-backed UN draft res-olution calling for protection measures for the Palestini-ans that won backing from 10 countries at the Securi-ty Council. China, France and Russia were among the countries that voted in fa-vour of the draft put forward by Kuwait on behalf of Arab countries. Four countries abstained. A draft resolu-tion requires nine votes to be adopted in the 15-member council and no veto from the five permanent members — Britain, China, France, Rus-sia and the US.

A colleague of killed nurse reacts at the hospital.

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• The suspects were referred to the fourth High Criminal Court which heard the case in the presence of their lawyers

Manama

The Fourth High Criminal Court has sentenced six suspects to life in jail for causing an explosion apart from

attempted murder and damaging proper-ties, said Chief of Terror Crime Prosecution Advocate General Chancellor Ahmed Al Hammadi.

According to court details, the Public Prosecution received a notification from the Criminal Investigation Directorate (CID) on an unauthorised rally in Deraz.

While trying to handle the situa-tion by the security officers, a blast oc-

curred and two security officers were injured. A prompt investigation was launched to

identify the perpetrators and results showed six suspects were involved in the incident.

After intensive investigation, the suspects

were arrested according to legal procedures and five of them admitted to committing the crime when questioned by the Public Prosecution.

The Public Prosecution relied in sub-stantiating the charges levelled against the suspects on verbal evidences, including the prosecution witnesses, the suspects’ confession and technical evidences.

The suspects were referred to the fourth High Criminal Court which heard the case in the presence of the suspects’ lawyers and while providing all legal guarantees for the suspects.

The court issued its verdict which could be challenged by the convicts before the Court of Appeal according to the legally-de-termined schedules.

Bahrain judiciary also permits to chal-lenge the verdict before the Court of Cassa-tion, after the Court of Appeal, which is one of the legal guarantees for every suspect, Mr Al Hammadi added.

Shaikh Isa bin Ali bin Khalifa Al Khalifa was granted Watani Al Emarat Award for his creative initiatives in voluntary and humanitarian work which has left a major positive impact on the local and Arab community. The honour was bestowed on him by Watani Al Emarat Foundation in a big celebration held yesterday under the auspices of Dubai Crown Prince and Chairman of the Executive Council Shaikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum. Winners of the sixth edition of Watani Al Emarat Award were honoured in the ceremony marking Zayed centenary.

Terror suspects sentenced to life in jailTwo security officers were injured in Deraz blast

The court issued its verdict

which could be challenged by the

convicts before the Court of

Appeal according to the legally-

determined schedules.

MR AL HAMMADI

Graduates will be presented with an

internationally-accredited

certificates on passing the exam

successfully. DR AL ALAWI

‘Health Insurance Law a key milestone’ Law aims to provide an integrated, high-quality, flexible and sustainable health system

• The law paves the way for the private sector to compete with the public sector in delivering health services, as well as encourages service providers to obtain national and international accreditation.

Manama

The issuance of the National Health Insurance Law marks a new era of quality health ser-

vices for the citizens and residents, and reflects the kingdom’s aspirations for more development and progress, under HM the King’s leadership, said Supreme Council for Health (SCH) President Lieutenant-General Dr Shaikh Moham-med bin Abdulla Al Khalifa yesterday.

Dr Shaikh Mohammed extended deepest congratulations to His Majes-ty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, His Royal Highness Prime Minister Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa, His Roy-al Highness Prince Salman bin Hamad

Al Khalifa, the Crown Prince, Deputy Supreme Commander and First Deputy Premier, as well as to the government and people of Bahrain, for issuing the law.

The ratification and issuance of the National Health Insurance Law by HM the King is a historic day and a mile-

stone in the kingdom’s development march during HM King Hamad’s pros-perous era, he said. The SCH president affirmed that the government will en-sure comprehensive health coverage for all citizens, and that the current situation will change only for the best.

He stressed that SCH’s health pro-jects, particularly the Health Insurance System, had enjoyed the full support of the government, led by HRH the Prime Minister, and follow-up of the Exec-utive Committee, chaired by HRH the Crown Prince.

He affirmed that the issuance of the Health Insurance Law reflects the SCH’s strong determination emanating from HRH the King’s directives, adding that that the SCH, in partnership with the of-ficial sides in the kingdom, represented mainly by the Ministry of Health, and international think-tanks, had prepared the National Health Plan, which, he said, is a health strategy based on realis-tic studies on the needs of the Bahraini society regarding health care.

The Health Insurance Law aims to provide the health requirements for the citizens and residents through the provisions of effective and high-qual-ity services, optimal use of re-

sources, and ensuring the patient’s rights, on top of which the right to choose the service provider.

The law paves the way for the pri-

vate sector to compete with the public sector in delivering health services, as well as encourages service providers to obtain national and international accreditation, he said, noting that all health services’ providers will compete to deliver the best services.

The law aims to provide an inte-grated, high-quality, flexible and sus-tainable health system that attracts investment and ensures the right of everyone to choose their health service providers.

SCH president valued highly the cooperation between the Executives and Legislative branches, which led to the issuance of the law, commend-ing the efforts exerted by the Exec-utive Committee, led by HRH Crown Prince. And those of the Ministerial Committee for Financial Affairs and Expenditure Rationalisation, led by Deputy Premier, Shaikh Khalid bin Abdulla Al Khalifa.

He also paid tribute to the Health Ministry, led by Minister Faeqa Al Saleh, the SCH’s Secretariat-General, the NHRA and all health sector’s affil-iates for their efforts which resulted in the issuance of the National Health Insurance Law.

The ratification and issuance

of the National Health Insurance

Law by HM the King is a

historic day and a milestone in the kingdom’s development

march. DR SHAIKH MOHAMMED

The Health Insurance Law aims to provide the health requirements for the citi-

zens and residents through the provisions of effective and high-quality services, optimal use of resources, and ensuring the patient’s rights, on top of which the right to choose the service

provider.

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Training programme for health graduates planned

• The training scheme is part of the ministry-led efforts to provide quality and rewarding work opportunities for health graduates.

Manama

A six-month in-house med-ical management train-ing will be launched in

July which aims to improve the skills of health graduates to run medical establishments, said La-bour and Social Development Ministry yesterday.

“A batch of thirty job-seekers, who hold medical and health de-grees will take part in the train-ing scheme,” said Manpower training and development direc-tor Dr Essam Ismail Al Alawi.

A group of consultant doctors and specialised instructors will conduct the optional in-house training at medical establish-ments, he said. “Graduates will be presented with an interna-

tionally-accredited certificates on passing the exam successful-ly”, said Dr Al Alawi, adding the training programme includes a theoretical and practical parts.

The training scheme is part of the ministry-led efforts to provide quality and rewarding work op-portunities for health graduates in Bahrain after honing their skills to meet the labour market needs.

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• Many consumers describe the act as totally un-Islamic, demanding strict action from the part of authorities to ensure such practices are not repeated.

TDT|Manama Abbas Al Mughanni

Citizens and residents have expressed shock over the fraudulent

methods allegedly used by vegetable and fruit traders at the Central Market to increase prices during the holy month of Ramadan.

Tribune carried a report ti-tled ‘Price rise secret revealed’ uncovering how artificial de-mand was being created in the market by dumping loads of fresh fruits and vegetables into garbage bins.

Economist Akbar Jafari said more than a legal offence the traders were engaging in an immoral act. “Generally, fruits and vegetable traders make enough profits by selling three-fourth of quantity they bought. What we see here is excess greed from their part to earn extreme profits.

“What they are not realising is that wasting fruits and vegetables is a big loss for the na-tion’s economy. There are so many low-income people here and why don’t they distribute these fruits and vegetables for free?

“If the vegetables are destroyed in edible state, it is a deliberate attempt to lower the level of supply and is against the law. We live in a free economy where deliberate attempt to increase prices is prohibited. The ministry should intervene and take proper action.”

Mr Jafari pointed out that in many Euro-pean countries there is a tradition of distrib-uting excess among the deserving people. “Many bakeries in France distribute free breads for two reasons; firstly to help the deserved and secondly to sell fresh bread the next day.”

Consumer Protection Society chairman Majed Sharaf said the act was a deliberate breach of the existing laws of supply and de-

mand. “Instead of helping the consumers meet his needs, the traders are looting them, which is highly unacceptable.”

“Traders should have some responsibility as they enjoy a lot of privileges offered by the government. Their moves are totally against food security efforts taken by the government.”

Citizen Abbas Mansoor from Kawara said the act by traders was totally “un-Islamic”. “The prices of fruits and vegetables began to rise all of a sudden. This is nothing but causing harm to consumers – haram. These people should be treated as criminals and must be given adequate punishment.”

Mr Mansoor also said these traders are doing great injustice to the farmers as they are discarding their hard work and fatigue to produce these fruits and vegetables.

Another citizen Jafar Abbas said the trader has every right to do anything with the goods he purchased. “These things can’t be handled in a legal framework and these traders, I be-lieve, know this very well. But what they don’t realise is that it is an inhuman act. Totally immoral, haram and un-Islamic.”

Bahraini Nasser Mohammed said the trad-ers only have profits in their minds. “They don’t see anything but profits. Their acts are totally unethical, inhuman. Why can’t they distribute these fruits and vegetables to hun-dreds here who live in poverty?”

Punish fraud

vendors

Consumers demand action against vendors who throw fresh vegetables and fruits into garbage bins to create artificial

demand at the Central Market

Boxes carrying fresh fruits ready for disposal at the Central Market

What they are not realising is that wasting fruits

and vegetables is a big loss for the

nation’s economy. There are so many low-income people here and why don’t

they distribute these fruits and

vegetables for free? AKBAR JAFARI

Traders should have some

responsibility as they enjoy a lot of privileges offered by the

government. Their moves are totally

against food security efforts

taken by the government.

MAJED SHARAF

This is nothing but causing harm

to consumers – haram. These people should

be treated as criminals and must be

given adequate punishment.

ABBAS MANSOOR

These things can’t be handled

in a legal framework and these traders, I believe, know

this very well. But what they don’t

realise is that it is an inhuman act.

JAFAR ABBAS

They don’t see anything but profits.

Their acts are totally unethical,

inhuman. Why can’t they distribute these fruits and

vegetables to hundreds here who

live in poverty?NASSER MOHAMMED


• The SMC medical team performed the surgeries in cooperation with a team from Zahrawi Hospital in Jordan.

• Health Ministry Undersecretary Dr Waleed Al Mana along with senior doctors and officials visited the patients.

TDT|Manama

Two successful kidney trans-plant surgeries were recently performed at Salmaniya Medical

Complex, it emerged. The surgeries are part of the kidney

and organ transplantation programme adopted by the Ministry of Health un-der the constant guidance and support of His Royal Highness Prime Minister Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa to bring experts from around the world to diagnose and treat difficult cases using modern methods.

The first donor, a 39-year-old male, gave kidney to his 58-year-old mother, who suffered a renal failure caused by diabetes and was subjected to dialysis, while the second donor, a 41-year-old female, donated her kidney to 47-year-old husband, who was suffering from renal failure due to renal thrombosis.

The SMC medical team performed the surgeries in cooperation with a team

from Zahrawi Hospital in Jordan. “The donors and those who have

undergone transplants are in a sta-ble condition in the wings of SMC and under medical supervision,” the SMC said.

Health Ministry Undersecretary Dr Waleed Al Mana along with Assistant Undersecretary for Hospitals Amin Al Awadhi and senior doctors and officials visited the patients.

“The visiting doctor programme come within the framework of the Min-istry of Health and the Higher Commit-tee for Treatment Abroad set up under the directives of HRH the Premier and Health Minister, with an aim to imple-ment advanced treatment programmes and to provide the best health and treat-ment services,” said Dr Al Mana.

“The programme also contributes to the development of competencies of the medical teams working in SMC as well as other doctors at various facili-ties. It will boost the readiness to deal with serious situations including organ transplants,” he added.

As many as 11 kidney transplants were performed this year alone and all of them were successful.

The Undersecretary stressed that the Health Ministry plans to implement many campaigns that will emphasise on the importance of donating organs to help many patients return to normal life.

“Bahraini society should develop a culture of donating organs and we can save many deaths if organ donation pro-grammes gain support from masses.”

As many as 11 kidney

transplants were performed this year alone and all of them

were successful.

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SMC successfully conducts two kidney transplants Surgeries part of visiting doctor programme started by the Health Ministry

Health Ministry officials and staff with a patient who successfully underwent kidney transplant

Bahraini society should develop a

culture of donating organs and we can save many deaths if organ donation programmes gain

support from masses.

DR AL MANA

Bahrain Keraleeya Samajam organised grand Iftar at its premises. Indian Ambassador Alok Kumar Sinha and other dignitaries and members attended the event.

Man jailed over rampage in hotel TDT|Manama

A young man went on a rampage at a restaurant in Gu-daibiya causing fear in the locality, according to police sources.

He also bit a police officer who tried to control him, the High Criminal Court heard.

According to the restaurant owner, the defendant without any provocation started throwing chairs and bottles. “A woman who was at the restaurant got injured after a chair hit her in the head.”

Police sources said they had to put in lot of efforts to control the man. “It was a totally chaotic scene. We headed directly to handcuff him, but he bit one of my fingers and my colleagues had to use a lot of force to control him.”

“He head butted another officer, leaving him with a bleeding nose. He also caused damages to the windshield of a vehicle parked beside the restaurant.”

The High Criminal Court awarded him a two-year impris-onment after convicting him of attacking police officers as well as a civilian apart from damaging a vehicle and private property.


Cost of the project estimated near BD30 million

New aviation fuel tank complex by 2019 end

The new tank complex will

have four tanks with a total capacity of

32,000 cubic meters, which will last for 21

days.

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• The move also follows the directive of His Royal Highness Prime Minister Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa.

TDT|Manama Thamer Tayfoor

The ministry will complete the transfer of aviation fuel tanks from Arad to the vicinity of Bah-

rain International Airport by the end of next year, said Transportation and Tele-communication Minister Kamal Ahmed.

In April 2017, Bahrain Aviation Fuelling Company (Bafco) signed an agreement with Bahrain International Airport to move aviation fuel tanks to provide more efficient and smooth fuel supply apart from easy maintenance

and operations. The move also follows the directive

of His Royal Highness Prime Minister Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa.

According to ministry sources, the project will cost somewhere in the neighbourhood of BD30 million and the new tank complex will have four tanks with a total capacity of 32,000 cubic meters, which will last for 21 days.

Bafco - a joint venture between Bah-rain Airport Company and National Oil and Gas Authority (Noga) - supervises the management of aviation fuel tanks and its operations.

A system of underground tunnels for fuelling pipelines will be introduced in line with the development of Bahrain International Airport, which is expect-ed to raise its capacity to 14 million passengers annually.

Many residents in Arad have aired their fear over the proximity of aviation fuel pipelines to their houses.

The existing aviation fuel tank complex in Arad.

Many houses are located dangerously near to pipelines carrying aviation fuel.

As part of the directives of Interior Minister Lieutenant-General Shaikh Rashid bin Abdulla Al Khalifa to provide comprehensive care for the Interior Ministry’s personnel and their families, the Public Security Officers Club has organised a Ghabga night for female members and families of the fallen servicemen, who lost their lives while carrying out their patriotic duties. The event featured competitions, prizes and various other activities, along with traditional dishes and entertainment.


TDT|Manama

Bahraini community is proud of its solidarity that arise from the true teachings of Islam,

said Capital Governor Shaikh Hish-am bin Abdulrahman Al Khalifa.

This came as he attended a mass fast-breaking event at Manama mar-ket held within the framework of Ummat Mohammed Programme and supported by Bahrain Islamic Bank.

The programme aims to host mega fast breaking events covering 700 people per day throughout the holy month of Ramadan.

“Kingdom of Bahrain attaches great importance to the development

of cultural and human philanthro-py. Charity has a great place in our hearts,” said Shaikh Hisham.

“We should be always ready to assist those in need. The act of charity reflects the true teachings of Islam.”

Shaikh Hisham added that the culture of giving and volunteering has, of late, become an important indicator for the development of societies.

Director of the Department of So-cial Programmes and Community Affairs Shaikh Isa bin Ali Al Khalifa along with many other senior gover-norate officials were present on the occasion.

‘Solidarity our strength’

Scores take part in Iftar organised at Manama market

Ummat Mohammed

Programme aims to host mega fast breaking events

covering 700 people per day throughout the holy month of

Ramadan.

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• Shaikh Hisham added that the culture of giving and volunteering has, of late, become an important indicator for the development of societies.

• Director of the Department of Social Programmes and Community Affairs Shaikh Isa bin Ali Al Khalifa along with many other senior governorate officials were present on the occasion.

Food packets being distributed at the event.

Tens of people took part in the event.

Two jailed for forging accident report TDT|Manama

The High Criminal Court has jailed two Bahraini men for forg-

ing a traffic accident report issued by the General Traffic Directorate.

The duo allegedly com-mitted their act to cheat a local insurance company with an aim to wrongfully seek compensation.

The incident dates back to 2014 when the first de-fendant got involved in an

accident, after which he called his co-defendant and requested him to “deliberate-ly create another accident”.

According to court details, the second defendant inten-tionally crashed his vehicle into the first defendant’s car, and the duo went to police and obtained a report which was later forged by the first defendant.

“They used chemicals to forge report before submit-ting it to the insurance com-pany,” the documents added.

“When I received the report, I noticed a strange sentence written in it. I have never seen a sentence like that and immediately contacted the police. We also lodged a complaint against him,” said the insur-ance company employee, testifying before the pros-ecutors.

Meanwhile, the second defendant said that the first suspect offered him BD100 for “causing the accident”.

The High Criminal Court sentenced the first defend-ant to five years behind bars, while the other de-fendant received one year in prison.

When I received the report, I

noticed a strange sentence written in it. I have never seen a sentence

like that and immediately

contacted the police. We

also lodged a complaint against

him. INSURANCE EMPLOYEE

Ministry issues health alert over rising mercury levels

Be careful not to turn on water

heaters, be sure not to increase loads on

electricity meters and not operate air

conditioners for longer hours, especially in times of peak

temperature.HEALTH MINISTRY

TDT|Manama

Health Ministry has issued health warning as rising mercury levels are expected to hit between 47 and

50 degree Celsius in the coming days. The long list of warning includes remov-

ing gaseous substances, lighters, soft drinks, perfumes and battery devices from cars.

The ministry in a statement urged people to drink plenty of water and fluids to tackle dehydration. “Avoid exposure to sunlight between 10.00 and 3 pm.”

Asking to maintain caution while dealing with home appliances during hot summer, the ministry said, “Be careful not to turn on water heaters, be sure not to increase loads on electricity meters and not operate air conditioners for longer hours, especially in times of peak temperature.”

The ministry while asking the need to maintain caution against snakes and scor-pions also urged the public to keep water cans near windows, fences and balconies to quench the thirst of birds, cats and other animals.

The ministry in a statement urged people to drink

plenty of water and fluids to tackle dehydration.

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Troubled Deutsche Bank gets ECB, investor support Rating agency S&P doubts bank’s ability to return back to profits

Reuters|Frankfurt

Deutsche Bank, the ECB and its biggest inves-tor sought to reassure

shareholders and staff of its financial strength yesterday after S&P cut its rating and questioned its plan to return to profitability.

Shares in Deutsche Bank closed at an all-time low on Thursday as past misadventures in high-risk investment banking haunted new Chief Executive Christian Sewing’s attempt to refocus on its more staid corpo-rate banking roots.

A source familiar with the thinking of the European Cen-tral Bank (ECB), which regu-lates Deutsche Bank, and its top shareholder HNA Group Co Ltd of China, separately said they backed management’s strate-gy of retrenchment. This fol-lowed a report on Thursday that the U.S. regulator viewed the

lender as “troubled” last year, and on Friday a Standard & Poor’s credit rating downgrade to BBB+ from A-. Deutsche Bank shares were up 3.7 percent at 1235 GMT, although the cost of insuring against default.

Meanwhile in Australia, fed-

eral prosecutors were preparing criminal cartel charges against Deutsche, as well as the coun-try’s third-largest bank and Cit-igroup, over a $2.3 billion share issue. All deny wrongdoing.

Sewing, a Deutsche Bank ‘lif-er’ appointed in April after the removal of former CEO John Cryan, said in a letter to staff: “At group level, our financial

strength is beyond doubt”.But the newsflow was “not

good”, Sewing added as S&P questioned his ability to get Deutsche Bank back to profit after three years of losses by scaling back its global invest-ment bank and refocusing on Europe and Germany.

“We see significant execution risks in the delivery of the up-dated strategy amid a continued unhelpful market backdrop, and we think that, relative to peers, Deutsche Bank will remain a negative outlier for some time,” S&P said

Troubled conditionCredit ratings are crucial for

banks, whose perceived health is important in winning busi-ness, and Deutsche Bank is a big issuer of debt whose cost is highly reliant on them.

S&P had rated Deutsche Bank’s long-term credit at A-, on negative credit watch.

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We see significant execution risks in the delivery of the updated strategy amid a continued unhelpful market backdrop, and we

think that, relative to peers, Deutsche Bank will remain a negative outlier for

some timeS&P

Carrefour distributes gifts to charity

TDT| Manama

Carrefour Bahrain, which is operated by Majid Al Fut-

taim, the exclusive franchisee of the Carrefour brand in 38 coun-tries across the Middle East, Africa and Asia, partnered with The Bahrain Mall to distribute 300 Ramadan gift baskets to Al Sanabel Orphan Care Soci-ety, Muharraq Social Welfare Center for the Elderly and Royal

charity Organisation, all chari-table institutions.

Eeach basket contained a va-riety of pantry essentials such as flour, cooking oil, pasta, oats, salt, sugar and more.

“At Carrefour we’re con-stantly seeking ways to give back to the communities that we operate in. Together with The Bahrain Mall we identified segments of local society most in need of our assistance includ-

ing, senior citizens, orphans and labourers. We hope that by dis-tributing these baskets we can make a difference in the lives of those that are less fortunate, thereby creating great moments for everyone every day,” said Jerome Akel, Country Manager of Carrefour Bahrain at Majid Al Futtaim Retail.

Mohammed Sayeed Yusuf Al Oqab; A. Jaleel Ali Al Abdul-lah-Al Sanabel Orphan Care

Society; Riyad Mubarak - Mu-harraq Social Welfare Centre for the Elderly; and Alaa Buda-lama along with Yousif Aljanahi - Royal Charity Organisation, received hampers from Jerome Akel, Country Manager at Car-refour Bahrain, Ghassan Jaroudi General Manager of Marketing and Sourcing at Carrefour Bah-rain, and Abhishek Shrivas-tava, manager at The Bahrain Mall.

Representatives of charity organisations receiving the gifts

China steps up regulation of money market fundsShanghai

Regulators moved to curb feverish growth of Chi-

na’s $1.2 trillion money mar-ket funds market, unveiling rules yesterday to limit instant redemption of withdrawals, tighten supervision of fund distribution and battle any threat of “systemic instability”.

The guidelines seek to “pro-tect investor interest and cre-ate a fair playing ground”, the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) said in statement on its website.

CSRC said some fund man-agers are “blindly expanding their businesses, with mar-keting hypes that mislead in-vestors to expect unlimited liquidity, blinding investors of the risks of money market funds.”The misleading “could trigger liquidity risks in ex-treme market conditions, and threatens to cause systemic instability,” it said.

The CSRC said the rules limit instant redemptions of with-drawals - which let individual investors get cash on the same day - at 10,000 yuan ($1,560) from a single money market fund. No ceiling has been put on overnight redemptions.

The CSRC did not name any firms in its statement. China’s fund market is dominated by Yu’e Bao LP68212803, the roughly $265 billion money

market fund controlled by Al-ibaba Group’s Ant Financial.

In December, Yu’e Bao an-nounced it was capping the amount users could invest per day at 20,000 yuan.

The CSRC said institutions without proper licenses are banned from marketing mon-ey market funds via the In-ternet, while “discriminative, exclusive, and bundled” sales would also be prohibited. The rules are the latest measure by regulators to rein in growth of a market that’s doubled in size over the past year, fanning concerns that a stampede by investors could trigger system-ic financial risks.

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Money market funds, which com-petes with banks

for deposits, invest in money market instruments in-

cluding financial bonds, treasuries, corporate bills and interbank deposits

File photo of Christian Sewing, new CEO of Germany’s Deutsche Bank, addresses the audience during the bank’s annual meeting in Frankfurt. –Pic Reuters

Singapore start-up secures $12.3bn for blockchain platform• The secured funds come from FormulA, Carnex, and KuaiLaiCai, three companies operating in asset management,

Reuters |New York

FUSION, a Singapore-based crypto-finance start-up, has

secured $12.3 billion in finan-

cial assets from three strategic partners that have committed to lock in those funds with the organization’s public blockchain platform, FUSION founder DJ Qian told Reuters.

The secured funds come from FormulA, Carnex, and KuaiLa-iCai, three companies operating in asset management, car financ-ing, and restaurant supply chain management, respectively.

The locked-in funds represent a commitment from the three companies, which have deposit-

ed their assets with the FUSION blockchain, for them to man-age them or handle transactions from those funds.

Blockchain, the system pow-ering cryptocurrencies like bit-coin, is a shared database that is maintained by a network of com-puters connected to the internet.

“FUSION is like a value con-nector,” Qian said in an inter-view late on Thursday. “Every company has its own ecosystem and the money flows from one player to another. But that eco-

system is actually limited. “What FUSION is trying to do is create a platform that will help those

ecosystems connect with each other once they have digitized their assets,” he added. By lock-ing the assets onto FUSION, com-panies are able to gain access to a global finance network, interact across various cryptocurrencies and have a broader choice of financial instruments, Qian said.

FUSION raised more than $100 million in a token sale in Febru-ary but had to return half of that to investors because the start-up had already hit its limit for capi-tal, said Qian.

Representations of the Ripple, Bitcoin, Etherum and Litecoin virtual currencies are seen on a PC motherboard in this illustration picture.- Pic. REUTERS

$100 million was raised by FUSION in a token sale in February but had to return half of

that to investors than

Apple rejects invitation to EU panel hearingBrussels

IPhone maker Apple has turned down an invitation

to an EU lawmakers’ hearing, saying it does not want to prej-udice its challenge to an EU order to pay up to 13 billion euros ($15 billion) in back tax-es to Ireland.

A European Parliament committee is holding the hear-ing on tax evasion on June 21.

In a letter to the committee released by Greens lawmaker Sven Giegold on Twitter on Friday, Apple said it was wait-ing for Europe’s second-high-est court to rule on its appeal.

“It is important to ensure public commentary does not prejudice those proceedings,”

Claire Thwaites, Apple’s sen-ior director of European gov-ernment affairs, wrote in the letter.

“Since the appeal is ongo-ing and likely to be heard at the General Court in the near future we will not be able to participate in a public hear-ing on this topic as it could be detrimental to the proceedings at the Court and any potential appeals thereafter,” Thwaites said. Parliament should with-draw Apple’s lobby badges to the institution because of its refusal, Giegold said.

Ireland has also appealed against the European Commis-sion’s August 2016 tax order, saying the tax deal was in line with EU and Irish laws.

Google ‘Reserve’ takes search to next level

San Francisco

Alphabet Inc’s Google is drawing thousands of

new customers to gyms and salons each month through an appointment-booking tool released last year, Reuters has learned, a quiet step in the company’s transition to the next generation of search.

The service, known as Re-serve with Google, spares users the phone calls, online searching and form filling typ-ically associated with appoint-ments. Say you want a massage at 5 p.m. someplace within a half-mile of work. Google.com/maps/reserve displays openings at nearby businesses and allows users to book, and even pay, without having to call or visit another website.

Google declined to comment on performance of the tool, which it launched last March.But in interviews with Reu-ters, seven software firms that supply schedule data to Google described the volume as signif-icant, with as much as 75 per-cent of bookings representing

new customers. Consumers like the convenience. Business owners say the tool is putting their names in front of more potential clients. The early re-sults are a good sign for Goog-le’s strategy for search at a time when it is battling technology rivals to guide consumers to shops, products, recipes, music and more. Google wants to do more than supply users with a list of web pages that they must research themselves.


Canada, Mexico, EU hit back at US tariffs European Union to take case to WTO to challenge the legality of new tariffs imposed on steel and aluminium

• US allies make a gamut of products from big motorcycles like the Harleys, built on the home turf of Speaker Paul Ryan

• President Trump’s tariffs on Washington’s closest allies drew condemnation at home from Republican lawmakers

Reuters | Washington/Brussels

Canada, Mexico and the European Union retali-ated against US tariffs on

steel and aluminium with levies on billions of dollars of US goods from orange juice and whiskey to blue jeans and Harley-David-son motorcycles.

The EU took the United States to the World Trade Organization to challenge the legality of the new tariffs and the Trump ad-ministration’s national-security justification. Brussels lodged an eight-page list at the inter-national trade body of goods it would hit with retaliatory meas-

ures. They run the gamut from big motorcycles like the Harleys, built on the home turf of House Speaker Paul Ryan, to “canoes”, “manicure or pedicure prepara-tions” and even “sinks and wash-basins, of stainless steel” -- the proverbial kitchen sink.

“We are determined to protect the multilateral system,” Euro-pean Union Trade Commission-er Cecilia Malmstrom said. “We are expecting everybody to play by the rules.”

President Donald Trump’s tar-iffs on Washington’s closest al-lies drew condemnation at home

from Republican lawmakers and the country’s main business lobbying group and sent a chill through financial markets.

The Dow Jones Industrial Av-erage lost 1 percent and the S&P 500 shed 0.69 percent on Thurs-day. Shares of industrial heavy-weights Boeing and Caterpillar both fell. Trade war fears drove Chinese shares lower on Friday, with the Shanghai Composite Index ending down 0.7 percent.

European shares were bol-stered by a long-awaited deal to form a government in Italy, but still down for the week. Tariffs of

25 percent on steel imports and 10 percent on aluminium were imposed on the EU, Canada and Mexico from midnight in Wash-ington, 0400 GMT on Friday.

“We look forward to contin-ued negotiations, both with Can-ada and Mexico on the one hand, and with the European Commis-sion on the other hand, because there are other issues that we also need to get resolved,” U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said. But the EU’s Malm-strom said there would be no such wider trade talks as long as the U.S. measures were in place.

“We were not at the negoti-ating table. Our offer was: ‘You take this gun away from us, we sit together as friends and equals and we discuss,’ and this would eventually lead to negotiations,” Malmstrom told a news confer-

ence in Brussels. “We never got this. So now this door for the moment is closed.” Canada and Mexico, embroiled in talks with the United States to modernise the North American Free Trade Agreement responded swiftly.

We were not at the negotiating table. Our

offer was: ‘You take this gun away from

us, we sit together as friends and equals

and we discuss,’ and this would eventually lead to negotiations. We never got this. So now this door for the

moment is closedCECILIA MALMSTROM

EU TRADE COMMISSIONE

There’s a competitive race to be the established

consumer brand for appointment booking.

But you’re going to need this omniscient

understanding of availability at

businessesMARC WOODWARD

VICE PRESIDENT, GENBOOK.

Tariffs of 25 percent on steel imports and 10 percent on aluminium were imposed on EU, Canada and Mexico by the US on Friday

Fix trade surpluses: TrumpReuters|Washington/Brussels

US President Donald Trump told Canada and the Eu-

ropean Union yesterday to do more to bring down their trade surpluses, a day after hitting the two U.S. allies and Mexico with import tariffs on their steel and aluminum.

Trump castigated Canada in a tweet yesterday morning, saying it had treated U.S. farm-ers “very poorly for a very long period of time”.

“Highly restrictive on Trade! They must open their markets and take down their trade bar-riers! They report a really high surplus on trade with us,” he wrote. He also told French President Emmanuel Macron of the need to “rebalance trade with Europe,” the White House said.His strong words followed swift responses to his tariffs by Canada, Mexico and the Euro-

pean Union, which all plan to retaliate with levies on billions of dollars of U.S. goods from or-ange juice and whiskey to blue jeans and Harley-Davidsons.

The EU took the United States to the World Trade Or-ganization to challenge the legality of the new tariffs and the Trump administration’s national-security justification. Brussels has lodged an eight-page list at the international trade body of goods it would hit with retaliatory measures.

Canada and Mexico, em-broiled in talks with the Unit-ed States to modernize the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), respond-ed swiftly. Canada, the largest supplier of steel to the United States, will impose tariffs cov-ering C$16.6 billion ($12.8 bil-lion) on U.S. imports, including whiskey, orange juice, steel, aluminum and other products.

Asian factories recoveries at risk• US movet to slap tariffs on some of its largest trading partners have stoked uncertainty in Asian markets

Beijing

Factory growth in Asia’s major manufacturing hubs

showed signs of cooling last month as they braced for a rocky ride from rising global trade tensions, while the region’s key emerging markets grappled with accelerating inflation and a strong dollar.

Economies in export-reliant Asia continued to benefit from a synchronized uptick in world growth, though the Trump ad-ministration’s moves to slap tar-iffs on some of the US’s largest trading partners have stoked uncertainty about the outlook and rattled financial markets.

The biggest risk for Chi-na’s vast manufacturing sec-tor, which posted surprisingly steady growth this year, stems from a potentially crippling trade war with the United States, analysts say.

“Forthcoming trade tensions could put pressure on trade and related supply chain activities...We believe that investment de-cisions in potentially affected industries have been delayed,” ING China economist Iris Pang said in a note.

China’s private Caixin/Markit Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ index (PMI) pub-lished Friday was unchanged at 51.1 in May from April, indicat-ing steady growth for factories in the world’s second-biggest

economy, though new export orders fell for a second straight month.

A U.S. trade delegation is in Beijing this weekend for a third round of talks between the two countries in the last month after Washington said it will contin-ue to pursue action on Chinese imports, including tariffs on $50 billion of Chinese imports.

The risk is that a full-blown Sino-US trade war will ripple through global supply chains, hurting economies from Europe

to Mexico through to Australia and Japan.

That danger was made all the more real on Thursday when the United States and its key allies announced tit-for-tat tar-iffs that sent a chill through fi-nancial markets, though some analysts in Asia said the tariff threats are likely a negotiating tactic. J.P. Morgan Asset Man-agement Global Market Strate-gist Hannah Anderson said “it’s unlikely these tariffs remain in place for long.”

Employees work at an assembly line at a factory of Glory Ltd., a manufacturer of automatic change dispensers, in Kazo, north of Tokyo. Pic. Reuters

The risk is that a full-blown Sino-US trade war will rip-ple through global

supply chains, hurt-ing economies from

Europe to Mexico through to Austral-

ia and Japan

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Employee Jason Etchingham (L) and co-owner of FLEX, George Mardigian, look over reservations at his gym in Oakland, US. -Pic Reuters

India’s manufacturing PMI growth slows in May

• Inflationary pressure picks up again amid rising oil prices

Bengaluru

Activity in India’s manu-facturing sector grew at a

weaker pace in May from the

previous month, a business sur-vey showed yesterday, while inflationary pressures picked up again amid rising oil prices in another sign that an interest rate hike is around the corner.

A slower expansion in output and domestic demand helped push the Nikkei Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index, compiled by IHS Markit, down to 51.2 in May from April’s 51.6.

It also lagged a Reuters poll median of 51.5.But it remained above the 50-mark that sepa-rates growth from contraction for the tenth month in a row.

More significantly, the sur-vey yet again showed a build-up of inflationary pressures that would no doubt be watched closely by policymakers. It backs a Reuters poll of econo-mists that forecast the Reserve

Bank of India (RBI) to hike rates in August, a dramatic turna-round from just a month ago when a survey predicted an in-crease only in the second half of 2019.“A build-up of inflation-ary pressures re-emerged with input cost and output charge inflation at the strongest since February, due to the upswing in global oil prices,” Aashna Do-dhia, an economist at IHS India .

Clash of titans: Rosneft takes on Gazprom in gas markets• Last week, Rosneft won a multi-billion dollar contract in Ghana that had been targeted by Gazprom, according to sources.

Reuters|London

Russian energy major Rosneft is increasingly challenging

domestic rival Gazprom in in-ternational gas markets, from West Africa to Turkey and even Europe, according to five indus-try sources with knowledge of the matter.

Last week, Rosneft won a multi-billion dollar contract in Ghana that had been targeted by Gazprom, the sources said. It also signed a gas fields and pipeline deal in Iraqi Kurdistan aimed at supplying gas to Turkey and Europe - Gazprom’s core markets. Oil-focused Rosneft’s international expansion in gas will put the two Russian state-owned giants in direct compe-

tition, particularly in the lucra-tive European market, which is worth over $150 billion a year. Rosneft has also hired a handful of ex-Gazprom employees in recent months who advised on the Ghana deal and has poached one of Gazprom’s senior Euro-pean risk officers, according to the sources and information on LinkedIn. Rosneft and Gazprom declined to comment. While Rosneft could potentially take some gas market share from Gazprom, it is unlikely to be able to make a major dent in its rival’s dominance. Gazprom,

which has monopoly rights on gas pipeline exports from Rus-sia, is the world’s biggest gas producer and the main supplier to Europe, where it shares has steadily grown to reach nearly 40 percent last year. The Ros-neft drive, aimed at boosting earnings as the world moves to-wards cleaner fuels such as gas, points to an attempt by Rosneft CEO Igor Sechin, a powerful ally of President Vladimir Putin, to further expand his influence.

Sechin has repeatedly lobbied the Kremlin to curb Gazprom’s export rights, including in a let-ter to Putin in 2016.

“Rosneft has been long trying to persuade the Kremlin to dis-mantle Gazprom’s monopoly. Having failed to do it from with-in Russia, they are now trying to do this externally,” said one of the sources, who works with Rosneft on gas projects.

Rosneft announced the Ghana deal last Friday, a contract worth almost $10 billion at to-day’s prices to ship 1.7 million tonnes of LNG to the country over 12 years.


Rosneft is dwarfed in gas by Gazprom, which has an annu-

al output of 471 bcm

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Saudi may raise Asia oil prices Arab Light’s official selling price for July could rise by as much as 40 cents a barrel to $2.30

• The OSP hike follows signs of increased demand for Middle East crude oil as refiners gear up for the peak summer oil consumption

Reuters|Singapore

Top oil exporter Saudi Arabia may raise the of-ficial selling prices (OSP)

for most of the crude grades it sells to Asia in July for a second month, possibly raising flagship Arab Light to its highest since February 2014, trade sources said on Friday.

The OSP hike follows signs of increased demand for Mid-dle East crude oil as refiners gear up for the peak summer oil consumption period and in-creased buying by Royal Dutch Shell during the price assess-ment window operated by S&P Global Platts last month.

The premium between first- and third-month cash Dubai benchmark prices widened by 40 cents a barrel during May from April. This backwarda-tion, or when prompt prices for

a commodity are higher than those in future months, indi-cates rising demand for prompt supplies.

Dubai’s strength may mean Arab Light’s OSP for July could

rise by as much as 40 cents a barrel to as much as $2.30 a barrel above the average Oman and Dubai quotes published by Platts, from $1.90 in June, ac-cording to a Reuters survey of five refiners and traders.

That would be the highest Arab Light OSP since February 2014 when it was set at $2.45 a barrel, Reuters data showed.

Still, four of the five respond-ents are hopeful the July price hike will be smaller than 40 cents because of lower jet fuel margins and as a big price hike would make Arab Light uncom-

petitive against Middle East and Russian grades of similar quality.

“I recommend Saudi to keep the Arab Light price the same because they (unexpectedly) raised the price in May,” a crude buyer at a North Asian refiner said.

Asian refiners are also buying record volumes of U.S. crude for arrival in the third quarter to re-place Middle East, Russian and African oil after U.S. benchmark grade West Texas Intermedi-ate fell to the widest discount against Brent since early 2015.

In contrast, higher fuel oil

margins last month and falling Venezuelan production are sup-porting higher OSPs for heavier grades.

The July OSP for Arab Heavy crude could rise by between 40 cents to 50 cents a barrel, narrowing the price spread be-tween light and heavy grades, the respondents said.

Saudi crude OSPs are usually released around the fifth of each month, and set the trend for Ira-nian, Kuwaiti and Iraqi prices, affecting more than 12 million barrels per day (bpd) of crude bound for Asia.

The premium between first- and third-month cash Dubai benchmark prices widened by 40 cents a barrel during May

Toyota to consolidate electronics parts Tokyo

To yo t a Mo t o r C o r p reached an agreement

with its main supplier Den-so Corp to consolidate all core electronics compo-nent operations of both companies within Denso, Japan’s largest automaker said on Friday. Toyota said it will discuss with Denso the transfer of electronics components production at its Hirose plant, which produces inverters for elec-tric motors, by the end of next year.Denso, one of the world’s largest auto com-ponents suppliers, will take over mass production of electronics components used in Toyota’s vehicles from 2022, Toyota said.

Denso, which manufac-turers components rang-ing from air conditioning systems to semiconductors, counts Toyota as its biggest customer, accounting for nearly half of its annu-al sales. Toyota is Denso’s biggest stakeholder. Toyo-ta said it had concluded a MoU with Toyota Tsusho Corp to consider transfer-ring the automaker’s sales and marketing operations for Africa to Toyota Tsusho from January 2019.

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The premium between first- and third-month cash Dubai benchmark

prices widened by 40 cents a barrel during

May from April. This backwar-

dation, or when prompt prices

for a commodity are higher than those in future

months, indicates rising demand for prompt supplies

xThe gas giant, worth $54 billion, is the biggest supplier to Turkey

Delhi’s Proposal to cap drug costs worries hospitals • The Delhi state government has directed hospitals not to charge patients more than a 50pc “mark-up on drugs and disposables

Reuters|New Delhi

Indian authorities have pro-posed capping medical costs

at private hospitals in the cap-ital to help millions of peo-ple, but the plan would deal a blow to the multi-billion-dol-lar healthcare sector already grappling with price control policies. The move by Delhi’s health department comes at a time when Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s federal gov-ernment has capped prices of medical devices such as knee implants, taking a tough line against what it calls “illegal

profiteering” by companies.Modi government had cited

a need to rationalise hospital treatment costs after it found they were raising other charg-es to compensate for losses faced due to government-set medical device prices.

The Delhi state government this week directed private hos-pitals not to charge patients more than a 50 percent “mark-up” on drugs and disposables, such as injections or gloves, according to a copy of the “ad-visory” seen by Reuters on Fri-day.It also proposed restricting overall costs in some cases, saying hospitals must waive off 50 percent of the bill if a patient dies within six hours of admission.

The local government said the advisory was issued after reviewing complaints of hospi-tals overcharging patients. The proposals would become man-datory after a public consulta-tion process of 30 days, state health minister Satyendra Jain said.Health activists have lauded the move, saying it will be a boon to patients and boost affordability.

But the rules, if enforced, would come as a setback for big hospital operators such as Apollo Hospitals Enterprise Ltd and Fortis Healthcare Ltd, which have a presence around India, including in New Del-hi.Apollo and Fortis did not respond to a request seeking comment. But a source work-ing at a leading private hospital chain said the directive would hit profit margins and force hospitals to disclose their pro-curement prices.

Germany threatens Daimler with $4.4 billion fine over emissionsReuters|Berlin, Frankfurt

German Transport Minis-ter Andreas Scheuer has

threatened to fine carmaker Daimler 3.75 billion euros ($4.4 billion) over a diesel emissions scandal, Spiegel magazine re-ported yesterday.

The report comes after Scheuer on Monday questioned Daimler boss Dieter Zetsche in a closed-door meeting over how many Mercedes-Benz vans

and cars need to be fixed after a regulator found illegal software in one of its models.

Spiegel, citing no sources, said Scheuer expressed concerns that a total of 750,000 Mercedes vehicles could be affected and that the ministry could impose fines of up to 5,000 euros per car. A spokesman for the transport ministry said in an email that the carmaker and the transport ministry had agreed to clear up highly complex technical issues

related to diesel emissions.He said concrete steps were

agreed following a meeting on Monday in which Transport Minister Andreas Scheuer questioned Zetsche over how many Mercedes vans and cars need to be fixed. Last month Daimler was ordered by motor vehicle authority KBA to recall Vito vans fitted with 1.6 liter diesel engines because it said they breached emissions rules.

Daimler has said it will appeal

against KBA’s decision to clas-sify its software as illegal and contest the findings in court if necessary, although it said it was cooperating fully. Spiegel said there was considerable ev-idence that diesel engines of the Mercedes C-Class models were also affected and that Daimler representatives would be sum-moned to the ministry ahead of a planned follow-up meeting of Zetsche and Scheuer later this month.

The rules, if enforced, would

come as a setback for hospitalS such

as Apollo Hospitals Enterprise Ltd and Fortis Healthcare

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society

The Indian Club Members bid farewell to one of its senior member Chandu Gajria. Mr. Gajria was a member of the Club for more than four decades.

The club was founded in 1915 and celebrated its Centenary in

2015.

The British School of Bahrain (BSB) students are showcasing their projects in an exhibition that opened on May 24th. The BSB 2018 Art Exhibition features collections by the GCSE students, the A Level students and the IB students. The exhibition was opened by the two artists Jafar Oraibi and Camille Zakhria. The exhibition will be open to the public until June the 7th, from 2pm to 5pm, at the school. All the pieces were part of the students’ coursework and final examinations.

Mohammed Ali Al Qaed, Chief Executive of the Information & eGovernment Authority (iGA), has received the Ambassador of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh to the Kingdom of Bahrain, Mominur Rahman, in Isa Town premises. They discussed ways of cooperation between the Kingdom and the People’s Republic of Bangladesh in the field of Information Technology and eGovernment.

Al Noor International School organized a workshop, “Methods of teaching Arabic language to non-native Arabic speaking students”as a part of a series of workshops by the Bahrain Chapter of Council of CBSE affiliated schools in the Gulf. Teachers from all the CBSE affiliated schools in Bahrain attended the workshop. School Director, Dr Muhammad Mashood distributed the certificates along with the Chapter Convener, Dr. Deepa Talwar.

St Christopher’s School celebrated the rich achievements and contributions of the Year 13 students at the Year 13 Commencement Ceremony, which was held in the Saar Auditorium. The event was attended by over 500 students, parents, guests and teachers. Certificates and Academic Subject Prizes were presented by Ed Goodwin OBE (Principal), Nick Wilson (Head of Senior School), and Rola Al Hammoud (Head of Year 13). Celebratory addresses were made by Nick Wilson and Ed Goodwin, followed by Guest of Honour, Anna Romanska (Alumna - Class of 2013), Head Girl, Aarti Rangarajan and Head Boy, Shane McCarthy.

Arabian Gulf University (AGU), in collaboration with the International Center for Biosaline Agriculture (ICBA) in Dubai, Falcon Eye Drones in the UAE, and SenseFly in Switzerland held a training workshop entitled “Drone Solutions for the Best Decision” as part of the activities of the UAE celebrating the Year of Zayed.

Shura member Nancy Khedouri was the chief guest at the 46th graduation ceremony of students at Sacred Heart School. School headmistress Sister Roselyn spoke on the occasion.

BKS hosted an event to inaugurate its children’s festival. Indian Police Service officer Sreeleka, who was the chief guest, honoured Kalathilakam Sneha Muraleedharan. Many dignitaries attended.

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A grand total of 85 students were on roll

from years 1 to 7 when BSB opened its doors on January 8, 1995.

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DID


2015.


Indian Ladies Association and Kochi Metro short film fest organised a workshop on short film-making titled “Walk away with your own film” This introductory one day film-making workshop was conducted by experienced filmmaker, actor, screenwriter Ravindar.



1987is the year in which, Sneha, a playgroup for special children was started by the

ILA.


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society


A grand total of 85 students were on roll

from years 1 to 7 when BSB opened its doors on January 8, 1995.

KNOW

DID


2015.


Indian Ladies Association and Kochi Metro short film fest organised a workshop on short film-making titled “Walk away with your own film” This introductory one day film-making workshop was conducted by experienced filmmaker, actor, screenwriter Ravindar.



1987is the year in which, Sneha, a playgroup for special children was started by the

ILA.


Panda takes excursion into town in SW China• Residents of China’s Wenchuan County were surprised to see a giant panda roaming around their neighbourhood

Daily Mail | Beijing

A highly social giant panda out for a stroll has sur-

prised and delighted residents of a town in the southwestern Chinese province of Sichuan.

The panda was first spotted wandering among houses in Wenchuan County on Thurs-day, seemingly in search of food.

She strolled beside a vegeta-

ble garden, trotted across a dirt road and climbed a tree, unfazed by the attention she drew from a large group of onlookers.

Researchers at the China Con-servation and Research Centre

for the Giant Panda confirmed that the panda was Zhenzhen, an 11-year-old female raised in captivity and recently released into the wild as part of a special breeding project.

Two Koreas make progress• The neighbouring countries agree to talks on military issues, family reunions

Reuters | Seoul

The two Koreas agreed at a high-level meeting yes-terday to hold talks this

month on military issues and reunions of families divided by the 1950-53 Korean War, they said in a statement.

The meeting in the border vil-lage of Panmunjom in the de-militarised zone that separates North and South Korea is the latest in a flurry of diplomatic activity intended to sustain a thaw in relations with the iso-lated North.

North Korea had called off a planned meeting with the South last month in protest against US-South Korean air combat exer-cises before SouthKorean Pres-ident Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un put the process back on track during a second summit on Saturday.

While the two Koreas work to improve their ties, North Korea is in talks with the United States on a proposed summit between

Kim Jong Un and US President Donald Trump, tentatively set for June 12 in Singapore.

Yesterday’s talks were led by South Korea’s Unification Minister Cho Myoung-gyon and Ri Son Gwon, chairman of the North’s committee for the peaceful reunification of the country, and were a follow-up to an agreement reached during the first summit between Kim and Moon in April.

Military talks between the old rivals will take place on June 14 on the northern side of Panmunjom, and a separate session on sports exchanges on the southern side on June 18, the two sides said.

Talks about reunions of fam-ilies divided by the war, which ended in a truce, not a peace treaty, would be held on June 22 at the Mount Kumgang resort north of the border.

Family reunions are an emo-tional issue that could help re-store trust but they have been stalled in the absence of political engagement, said Elhadj As Sy, secretary general of the Inter-national Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, who was in Seoul to discuss plans for reunions and other issues.

“With more engagement and political openings, many hurdles will be lifted,” Sy told Reuters in

an interview.The federation hopes that

North Korea will allow it to pro-vide more aid. An estimated 10 million North Koreans or 40 per cent of the population need hu-manitarian assistance, Sy said.

Both Koreas also agreed to an early launch of a liaison office in the North Korean border city of Kaesong, where they operated a factory park until its closure during tension in 2016, they said.

China’s ‘Mount Everest cleanup’ rakes in 8.5 tonnes of garbageReuters | Beijing

China has retrieved 8.5 tonnes of waste from Mount

Everest since April as it clears garbage left by growing num-bers of visitors, the state-run Global Times said on Thursday.

Enthusiasts from all over the world who flock to the world’s tallest mountain, at a height of 8,850 meters (29,035 ft) be-tween Tibet and Nepal, discard tonnes of trash each year.

A team of 30 people has cleared about 5.2 tonnes of household waste, 2.3 tonnes of human faeces, and one tonne

of mountaineering trash in the cleanup by Tibetan mountain-

eering officials, the paper said.The work is almost as de-

manding as tackling the summit, say climbers, since collection is a strenuous task that boosts the consumption of oxygen people need to breathe, it added.

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6.5degree tilt is given to the building to mimic

an iPod in a dock

30people has cleared about 5.2 tonnes of household

waste, 2.3 tonnes of human faeces, and one tonne of

mountaineering trash

According to a survey, 58 per cent

of South Korean citizens had respond-

ed that unification is necessary. The

number had declined as 62pc of South Ko-rean citizens thought unification was nec-

essary in 2016

The panda strolled beside a vegetable

garden, trotted across a dirt road

and climbed a tree, apparently unfazed by the attention she

drew from a large group of onlookers

South Korean Unification Minister Cho Myoung-gyon shakes hands with his North Korean counterpart Ri Son Gwon during their meeting at the truce village of Panmunjom

Saudi announces construction of airport in YemenAl Arabiya | Riyadh

The Saudi ambassador to Yemen has announced

the start of a reconstruction and development program to strengthen the infrastruc-ture of the governorate of Marib.

Ambassador Mohamed al-Jaber arrived in the gov-ernorate in the east of the country, heading a high-pro-file delegation.

Upon arrival and meeting with local officials in Marib, which was attended by Yem-en’s public works minister Moeen Abdoualmalak and governor Sultan al-Arada, al-Jaber announced “the start of the reconstruction and development program in the governorate upon the directions of Saudi King Sal-man bin Abdul Aziz.”

Al Jaber added that he “ will open an office for the reconstruction in the gov-ernorate during the visit and this office will start execut-ing a wide range of infra-structure projects.”

The office, as the ambas-sador explained, will “con-struct an airport in Marib in addition to road, electricity and sewage projects.

Light illuminates Mount Everest during sunset in Solukhumbu district also known as the Everest region

Latest Dubai building looks like an iPod in a ‘docking station’Called The Pad, the building is under construction in central Dubai

Daily Mail | Dubai

This is the latest skyscraper to join the Dubai skyline -

a 26-storey building that looks like an iPod.

The building has been de-signed to resemble the Apple product and is being con-structed at a 6.5 degree incline so it appears like it’s charging at a docking station.

Called The Pad, the building is currently being built in the Business Bay area in the centre of Dubai, which is famous for its record-breaking skyscrap-ers and opulent hotels.

It is set to house 256 apart-ments, ranging from small stu-dios to huge three-bedrooms duplexes overlooking the near-by canal.

Inside it also will include a number of technological advances that will allow res-idents living there to pro-

gramme their own software.This will see them being

able to change lighting in their apartment, use biometric locks and even monitor their health with futuristic mirrors.

The building was designed by Hong Kong-based archi-tecture firm James Law Cy-bertecture, which wanted to construct an intriguing and unique building.

Construction on The Pad began in 2007 but due to the global credit crunch, the pro-ject was abandoned in 2009.

An artist’s impression showing what The Pad building in Dubai

A woman watches as panda Zhenzhen wanders through a village in Wenchuan County, China

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Chihuahua wows the crowed with acrobatic act during NBADaily Mail | Massachusetts

A man and his skillful pup wowed the crowd during

their halftime performance at the NBA Eastern Conference Finals.

While the Cleveland Cava-liers took a break from facing the Boston Celtics, Christian Stoinev and his Chihuahua Percy showed off their acro-batic balancing act.

Part of their impressive routine shows Percy weaving through Christian’s legs and standing on his owner’s toes while in a handstand.

Christian performed while wearing a Cavaliers jersey, which may have given the team good luck to win the game and advance to the NBA finals to face the Golden State Warriors for the fourth year in a row.

The pair from California have risen to fame for per-forming at NBA games around

the country under the name of Christian & Scooby.

Scooby is the original dog Christian performed with but is now retired.

Their impressive halftime performance has gained thou-sands of views and shares on social media.

The original duo competed on America’s Got Talent in sea-sons 2 and 9 and stunned the judges with their tricks.

During their second run on the show, the pair made it to the Top 12.

Texas boy spells “koinonia” correctly, wins Scripps Spelling Bee Reuters | Oxon Hill, Md.,

Karthik Nemmani of McK-inney, Texas, won the 91st

Scripps National Spelling Bee on Thursday, taking home a $40,000 cash prize after beating the same speller who defeated him at his countywide bee in February.

Nemmani, 14, went head-to-head with fellow Texan Naysa Modi, 12, for only a few mo-ments before winning the bee with the word “koinonia,” which is a body of religious believers.

“I had confidence, but I didn’t really think it would happen,” Nemmani said moments af-ter receiving his trophy at the Gaylord National Resort and

Convention Centre in subur-ban Washington. “I’m just re-ally happy. This has just been a dream come true.”

Modi quickly wiped away tears as she walked off the stage with her family. She lost the competition by misspelling the

word bewusstseinslage, which is a state of consciousness or a feeling devoid of sensory com-ponents.


Sanchez takes charge as PM in Spain • Mariano Rajoy ousted as Spain’s prime minister

• Parliament passes vote of no confidence in ruling People’s party over corruption scandal

Reuters | Madrid

Spanish socialist Pedro Sanchez was catapulted to power yesterday, tak-

ing over as prime minister from veteran conservative Mariano Rajoy, who lost a no-confidence vote in the wake of a corruption scandal.

Lawmakers stood and cheered in parliament as the untested 46-year-old - a pro-European lawmaker who has never been in government - became the country’s seventh head of state since its return to democracy in the late 1970s.

Rajoy’s departure after six years in office may lead to a spell of political uncertainty in the euro zone’s fourth-largest econ-omy, just as the third-largest - Italy - pulls back from early elections.

“I am aware of the respon-sibility I am assuming, of the complex political moment our country is going through, and I

will rise to all the challenges with humility and dedication,” Sanchez told reporters.

Sanchez, who became prime minister with only 84 seats for his Socialists in the 350- member assembly thanks to support from the hard-left Po-demos and smaller nationalist parties, said he intends to steer the country through to mid-2020 when the parliamentary term ends.

But his majority - the smallest for a Spanish government since the return to democracy follow-ing Francisco Franco’s death in

1975, makes it unclear how long his administration can last.

His strong pro-European credentials, and the fact that Rajoy also ran a minority gov-ernment, suggest fallout from any political ructions is likely to be limited.

Spain’s stock market rose af-ter the parliamentary vote, to trade nearly 2 percent higher on Thursday’s close, while the country’s borrowing costs fell, soothed by Sanchez’s commit-ment to respecting a fiscally conservative budget passed by Rajoy.

Spain’s new Prime Minister and Socialist party (PSOE) leader Pedro Sanchez shakes hands with ousted Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy after a motion of no confidence vote at parliament in Madrid

Wild animals that escaped German zoo are recaptured

• A bear was shot dead but two lions, two tigers and a jaguar were recaptured

Daily Mail | Berlin

Two lions, two tigers and a jaguar have been recap-

tured hours after breaking out of a flooded zoo in Germany.

A runaway bear, however, had to be shot dead by authori-ties. A drone was used to track the animals and residents were warned to stay indoors, in the town of Lunebach.

The five big cats were safely tranquilised and brought back to their cages in Eifel Zoo yes-terday after a huge operation to hunt them down.

The animals were able to

escape after flooding from an overnight storm that caused a river to burst its banks dam-aged their enclosures.

A video posted to social me-dia showed floodwaters turn-ing streets near the zoo into raging torrents of muddy wa-ter that levelled fences.

The animals were able to escape after flooding from an overnight storm that caused a river to burst its banks damaged their enclosures

I am aware of the responsibility

I am assuming, of the complex

political moment our country is going through,

and I will rise to all the challenges with humility and

dedication PEDRO SANCHEZ

The escape came two years after a

similar case, when two lions broke out

of their cages at the Leipzig zoo

In 1925, Frank Neuhauser was the bee’s first

champion, and his winning word was

“gladiolus”The impressive

halftime perfor-mance shows Percy balancing on Chris-tian’s toes while he does a handstand

Peacock flock causes traffic jam in PhiladelphiaAP | Philadelphia

Four peacocks wandered away from a Philadelphia

Zoo and created a traffic jam on a nearby highway but one was found dead on that stretch of road on Thursday.

Zoo staffers had been working with authorities to try to locate the peacocks after they took a stroll along part of Interstate 76 about a mile (1.6 kilometres) from the zoo on Wednesday night. State police arrived and shut down two of the six lanes of traffic on the highway, causing backups for miles.

Police got the peacocks off the highway but were unable to cap-ture them. The peacocks likely

went to roost for the night, and the search was halted until day-break Thursday.

Two teams of animal cura-tors and keepers from the zoo and police officers circled the

area where the peacocks were last seen. They also checked locations where the zoo teams thought the peacocks might explore.

The peacock found dead on the highway on Thursday like-ly had been hit by a car, zoo spokeswoman Dana Lombardo said.

The four peacocks were part of a larger flock that roams free-ly on the zoo’s grounds and that is cared for by veterinary staff. The birds sometimes venture past the zoo’s gates but normally return on their own, Lombar-do said. They have a homing sense, and it’s unusual for them to travel that far from the zoo, she said.

The four peacocks that wandered away from the Philadelphia Zoo are seen on a highway as they are being safeguarded by a police vehicle

Christian Stoinev and is chihuahua performed at Game 3 of the NBA Eastern Conference Finals between the Boston Celtics and Cleveland Cavaliers

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Karthik Nemmani celebrates with E.W. Scripps Company CEO Adam Symson after winning the Scripps National Spelling Bee at National Harbor

Scientists use DNA to trace origins of Inca emperorsScientists wanted to verify two common legends about the origin of the Incas

AFP | Lima

Researchers in Peru believe they have traced the origins of the Incas -- the largest pre-Hispan-

ic civilization in the Americas -- through the DNA of the mod-ern-day descendants of their emperors.

From their ancient capital Cusco, the Incas controlled a vast empire called Tahuantin-suyo, which extended from the west of present-day Argentina to the south of Colombia.

They ruled for more than two hundred years before being con-quered by the invading Spanish in the 16th century.

The empire included the mountain-top citadel of Machu Picchu in modern-day Peru -- now a UNESCO World Heritage Site and a major tourist attrac-tion.

After becoming fascinated by the Inca culture, their organiza-tional skills and their mastery of

engineering, researchers Ricar-do Fujita and Jose Sandoval of Lima’s University of San Martin de Porresit became interested in the genetic profile of their descendants.

They said the aim of the study, the first of its kind, was to reveal whether there was a unique Inca patriarch.

“It’s like a paternity test, not between father and son but among peoples,” Fujita told AFP.

The scientists wanted to verify two common legends about the origin of the Incas.

One attributes them to a cou-ple from around Lake Titicaca, in Peru’s Puno region. The other identifies the first Incas as the Ayar brothers from the Pacari-tambo mountain in the Cusco region.

DNA samples were taken from inhabitants of both places.

“After three years of tracking the genetic fingerprints of the

descendants, we confirm that the two legends explaining the origin of the Inca civilization could be related,” said Fujita.

“They were compared with our genealogical base of more than 3,000 people to reconstruct the genealogical tree of all indi-viduals,” said Fujita.

“We finally reduced this base to almost 200 people sharing genetic similarities close to the Inca nobility.”

The study released some pre-liminary results in April, in the review Molecular Genetics and Genomics.

“The conclusion we came to is that the Tahuantinsuyo nobility is descended from two lines, one in the region of Lake Titicaca, the other around the mountain of Pacaritambo in Cusco. That confirms the legends,” said Sandoval.

But it also confirms that the two legends were linked.

TNS | Mexico City

The only gun shop in all of Mexico is behind a fortress like wall on a heav-ily guarded military

base.To enter the Directorate of

Arms and Munitions Sales, cus-tomers must undergo months of background checks – six doc-uments are required – and then be frisked by uniformed soldiers.

The army-run store on the

outskirts of Mexico City em-bodies the country’s cautious approach to firearms, and a visit here illustrates the dramatically different ways two neighbouring countries view guns, legally and culturally.

Like the Second Amendment in the United States, Mexico’s Constitution guarantees the right to bear arms, but it also stipulates that federal law “will determine the cases, conditions, requirements and places” of gun ownership.

For many Mexicans, even those who love guns, the thought of an unfettered right to owning one is perplexing.

Yet on this issue, like so many aspects of life in Mexico, the influence of its powerful neigh-bour to the north is keenly felt: each day the army gun store sells on average just 38 firearms to civilians, while an estimated 580 weapons are smuggled into Mexico from the United States.

That paradox is increasingly relevant given Mexico’s unprec-

edented level of gun violence, which has claimed more than 100,000 lives over the last dec-ade.

Last year was Mexico’s deadli-est since the government began releasing homicide statistics in 1997. This year, it is on track to surpass that record.

American firearms are directly driving the violence, although US appetites for drugs and rampant corruption among Mexican offi-cials also play a role.

About 70 per cent of guns

recovered by Mexican law en-forcement officials from 2011 to 2016 were originally bought from legal gun dealers in the United States, according to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.

Mexican leaders have long complained about the phenom-enon. In 2012, then-President Felipe Calderon erected a giant billboard in the border city of Juarez that spelt out the phrase “No more weapons”.

The letters, formed using

crushed firearms seized by authorities, were visible from Texas.

Most trafficked guns are bought in the US from one of the country’s more than 67,000 licensed gun dealers or at gun shows, which unlike stores often do not require buyers to present identification or submit to back-ground checks.

By contrast, would-be gun owners in Mexico must offer a birth certificate and proof that they are employed, and have no criminal record.

The atmosphere at the direc-torate is more sterile than a US gun store or pawnshop.

It feels a bit like the Depart-ment of Motor Vehicles, until one notices the no-nonsense army colonel running things and the machine-gun-toting soldiers patrolling the aisles.

Current law allows citizens one handgun and up to nine ri-fles if they can prove they are members of shooting or hunting clubs. A separate permit that is difficult to obtain is required to carry the guns in public.


Mexico’s only gun store sells 38

firearms a day Hundreds more

are smuggled from United

States

Mexico has 1 gun store but is awash in firearms

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Most Mexicans are completely unaware of the store’s exist-

ence as it cannot advertise its goods

or even publicise its very existence

The Inca empire functioned largely without money and

without markets. Instead, exchange of goods and ser-

vices was based on reciprocity between

individuals and among individuals,

groups, and Inca rulers

features

A customer walks the aisles of the Directorate of Arms and Munitions Sales in Mexico City

The Inca empire included the mountain-top citadel of Machu Picchu

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1- Chicago paper, for short; 5- Primordial giant in Norse myth; 9- They get high twice a day; 14- Osteoporosis victim; 15- Nat-uralness; 16- Fencing blades; 17- Capital of Yemen; 18- Indigo source; 19- Young fowl; 20- Promptness; 23- Conscription org.; 24- ___ rule; 25- So-so grades; 27- Begin; 31- Capital of Calvados; 33- Like some orders; 37- Beginnings; 39- Big bang cause; 40- Black-and-white cookie; 41- In spite of; 44- Longfellow’s bell town; 45- Bemoan; 46- Smooth, in music; 47- The back end of something; 48- Diary of ___ Housewife; 50- Mexican money;

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YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION

YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION

How to playPlace a number in the empty boxes in such a way that each row across, each column down and each 9-box square contains all of the numbers from one to nine.

Y O U R S T A R T O D A Y

AriesYou might find yourself in the public eye at some point today. This is fine, since you’re looking and feeling great. You’re likelier than usual to project warmth and friendliness to others. Acknowledgment for an artistic or creative activity could come your way. Whatever you start today is likely to succeed, whether it’s a new artistic project, career, or romance. Enjoy.

TaurusIf you’ve considered a career in publishing, this is the time to go for it. It’s also a great day to enrol in law school, an advanced degree program, or any field of higher education. Love with someone from far away could well be in the offing. At the least, you could make a new friend from a distant state or foreign land.

GeminiYour dreams could be vivid, pleasant, and full of information to help you make a decision. New and exciting contacts could come into your life today, pos-sibly proving helpful in showing you ways to increase your income.

CancerToday you’re likely focused on sex, romance, and committed relationships. The planetary energies surrounding love are promising. If you’re in a rela-tionship, you and your partner could make plans to embark on a new enterprise together, which is likely to succeed.

LeoToday you should be glowing with good health, ener-gy, and stamina, and be doing well at work, whether career, volunteer work, or a personal project. Success should come your way on all fronts, particularly since you’ve been working hard. You’re finally likely to see the results of past efforts.

VirgoLove and romance are likely to be tops on your agenda today. You’re feeling especially warm and loving now. Current and potential love partners could feel strongly drawn to you. Children might also prove a source of happiness and satisfaction.

LibraImportant enterprises centring on your home could take up a lot of your energy over the next few days. Many people might come and go. Perhaps you’re host-ing a significant social event, moving to a nicer place, or maybe transacting a lot of business in your home.

ScorpioSome absolutely wonderful news could come your way, possibly about career or financial success, per-haps involving positive changes in your neighbour-hood. If you’ve been thinking about working in writing or publishing - or any art, for that matter - this is the day to set events in motion.

SagittariusYou should feel especially warm and loving today toward just about anyone you meet. Good news about money may have caused you to feel especially positive. This could attract new people to you and bring closer those already in your life.

Capricorn You should be looking beautiful and feeling espe-cially positive, warm, and loving - attracting people of all kinds to you. Your self-confidence, optimism, and determination should peak over the next few days. Anything you’ve been thinking about starting is highly likely to succeed and bring good fortune your way. Enjoy.

AquariusCreative inspiration could come from deep within today. Visions, dreams - anything that excites your imagination - could bring ideas for new projects. You might also find that your understanding of others greatly increases, attracting new and old friends.

PiscesGroup activities prove beneficial on several levels. You might project powerful warmth and love for all life. You’re feeling especially optimistic about the future. Your enthusiasm could spill over to others, attracting them into your aura. Acquaintances become friends, friends grow closer, and love relationships grow stronger and more stable. You could gain a lot of intriguing, useful information, particularly about the arts.

51- Como ___ usted?; 53- Bambi’s aunt; 55- Sis’s sib; 58- Light of a candle; 64- Less common or less cooked; 66- ___ and terminer (criminal court); 67- Lion’s den; 68- Lovers’ lane?; 69- Division word; 70- Shrivelled, without moisture; 71- Shut; 72- Poor grades; 73- Pub pints;

Down1- Recipe amt.; 2- Surf sound; 3- ___ uncertain terms; 4- Ray of light; 5- “The Wild Swans at Coole” poet; 6- Zealot; 7- ___ soup yet?; 8- Bright; 9- Native American tent; 10- Wall St. debut; 11- ___ ex machina; 12- Congers; 13- Retired fliers; 21- Singer LaBelle; 22- Pertaining to the teeth; 26- Dull plodder; 27- Echolocation; 28- Govt. security; 29- Latin stars; 30- Replace the electrical conduits; 32- Lost; 34- Met highlights; 35- Slow, to Salieri; 36- Corporate symbols; 38- Layers; 42- Manlike; 43- Sherpa’s home; 49- Erase; 52- Rocky debris; 54- Peter and Franco; 55- Bric-a-___; 56- Banister; 57- Roughly; 59- Unit of force; 60- Role for Ingrid; 61- Scottish Celt; 62- Bring on board; 63- Very, in Versailles; 65- Golf champ Ernie;

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mise-en-scèneDefinition1 a : the arrangement of actors and scenery on a stage for a theatrical productionb : stage setting2 a : the physical setting of an action (as of a narrative or a motion picture) : context

b : environment, milieu

Did You Know?In French, mise en scène literally means “the action of putting onto the stage.” The term’s use originated in stage drama, where it refers to the way actors and scenery props are arranged; as its usage expanded into

other narrative arts, its meaning shifted. In film production, mise en scène refers to all of the elements that comprise a single shot; that includes, but is not limited to, the ac-tors, setting, props, costumes, and lighting. The director of a play or film is called the metteur en scène—literally, “one who puts on the stage.”


JUNE Ramadan Day Imsak Fajr Sunrise Dhuhr Asr Maghrib Isha2 17 SAT 03:03 am 03:13 am 4:45 am 11:36 am 03:02 pm 06:26 pm 07:56 pm

Ingredients• 250 to 300 grams chicken• ½ cup onions finely chopped• 1 medium potato boiled and mashed (optional)• 1 green chilli (chopped)• 1 ½ tsp ginger garlic paste• coriander leaves (chopped)• 1 tsp garam masala • ½ cup bread crumbs • Salt as needed• 5 tbp Oil for pan frying

Method1. Boil chicken in a pot until completely

cooked. Cool the chicken and mince it.2. Add onions, mashed potato , chili, garam

masala, ginger garlic paste, salt, red chili powder, turmeric and coriander leaves.

3. Mix all together and add bread crumbs.

Knead the mixture to a dough without adding water.

4. Make 8 to 9 cutlets. Make a batter using egg and add very little salt .

5. Dip the cutlet in egg batter and then im-mediately in the bread crumbs. Keep these aside for 10 mins.

6. Heat a pan with oil and deep fry the cut-lets until golden brown .

Ramadan cooking Chicken Cutlet

Keypoint hosted a ghabga for its employees and their families at Four Seasons.

The Arabic primary section of Al Noor International School proudly celebrated Girga’on held on Wednesday, 30th May 2018, marking the 14th day of Ramadan. The students dressed in a variety of traditional costumes, expressed their joy and pride, with programmes ranging from various national dances, songs and lively displays and singing traditional songs.

Fahad Tariq (Remittance Head -United Bank Limited (Pakistan) arranged an Iftaar Buffet Dinner in the honor of BFC Staff and Prominent Pakistani community members at Elite Resort and Spa . The Chief Guest was Syed Arshad Ali (Business Support & Global Remittance Head) and Khawaja Asif (UBL Pakistan).

Reynaers Middle East, one of the leading aluminium systems in the region, recently held its annual Ramadan Ghabga for its staff members at Mido Cafe. The event was attended by the company General Manager, Mr. Ali Khalfa, members of the executive management and the employees.

As a part of the Workers Welfare project the Indian Ladies Association along with Lulu Hypermarket arranged an Iftaar meal for workers at labour camp Ajlan construction in Salmabad for around 140 workers. Seen in the picture are Lulu officials, ILA committee members with Mamta Sinha, wife of Indian Ambassador to Bahrain.

On the occasion of the Holy Month of Ramadan, the Nine Training Center - a leading training provider in Bahrain, hosted a traditional Ghabga in association with HanVang Education and Training and Medpoint at the Diplomat Radisson Blu Hotel for their valued clients and media. Shaikha Noora Khalifa A.Aziz Mohamed Al Khalifa, the Nine Training Center’s Chairperson & CEO welcomed the Guest of Honor Chinese Ambassador Anwaer who addressed the Ghabga attendees.

By Lubina Nadeer


VEERE DI WEDDING (HINDI/ACTION/DRAMA/HISTORY)

John Abraham, Boman Irani, Diana Penty

DANA CINEMA 10:45,13:00,15:15,17:30,19:45,22:00,00:15CINECO (20) 1.00 + 3.45 + 6.30 + 9.15 PM + 12.00 MNSEEF (I) 11.15 AM + 1.45 + 4.15 + 6.45 + 9.15 + 11.45 SAAR 9.00 + 11.30 WADI AL SAIL 8.30 + 11.00

PARMANU ( HINDI/ ACTION/ DRAMA/ HISTORY )

John Abraham, Boman Irani, Diana Penty

DANA CINEMA 13:30, 18:30, 23:30CINECO (20) 12.30 + 3.15 + 6.00 + 8.45 + 11.30 SEEF (II) 12.30 + 3.15 + 6.00 + 8.45 + 11.30SAAR8.15 PMWADI AL SAIL 8.30 + 11.00

ARAVINDANTE ( MALAYALAM / DRAMA )

Vineeth Sreenivasan, Sreenivasan, Nikhila, Urvasi

DANA CINEMA 11:00,16:00,21:00SEEF (I) 10.30 AM + 12.45 + 3.00 + 5.15 + 7.30 + 9.45 PM + 12.00

PANCHAVARNA THATHA ( MALAYALAM / COMEDY )

Tovino Thomas, Pia Bajpai, Suhasini, Rohini, Pabhu

DANA CINEMA 10:30,13:15,16:00,18:45,21:30,00:15SEEF (I) 12.45 + 3.30 + 6.15 + 9.00 + 11.45 AL HAMRA DAILY AT: 12.00 + 3.00 + 6.00 + 9.00 PM + (12.00 MN THURS/FRI)

DEADPOOL 2: 2D (ACTION/ADVENTURE /COMEDY)

Josh Brolin, Morena Baccarin, Zazie Beetz

DANA CINEMA 10:45,15:30,20:15 CINECO (20) 12.30 + 3.00 + 5.30 + 8.00 + 10.30 PM + (1.00 AM THURS/FRI) DAILY AT (IMAX 2D): 1.15 + 6.30 + 9.00 + 11.30 PM DAILY AT (VIP II): 10.30 AM + 1.00 + 3.30 + 6.00 + 8.30 + 11.00 PM DAILY AT (VIP I): 11.30 AM + 2.00 + 4.30 + 7.00 + 9.30 PM + 12.00SEEF (II) 11.30 AM + 2.00 + 4.30 + 7.00 + 9.30 PM + 12.00 SAAR 8.45 + 11.15

WADI AL SAIL 9.00 + 11.30

SOLO: STAR WARS STORY: 3D (ACTION/ADVENTURE/FANTASY)

Alden Ehrenreich, Woody Harrelson, Emilia Clarke

DANA CINEMA 13:00,17:45,22:30CINECO (20) (IMAX 3D): 10.30 AM + 3.45 PM 10.30 AM + 1.00 + 3.45 + 6.30 + 9.15 PM + 12.00 MNSEEF (II) 12.45 + 3.30 + 6.15 + 9.00 + 11.45 SAAR11.00WADI AL SAIL 8.30 + 11.15

DISTORTED ( ACTION / MYSTERY / THRILLER )

Christina Ricci, John Cusack, Brendan Fletcher

DANA CINEMA 10:45,12:30,14:15,16:00,17:45,19:30,21:15,23:00,00:45CINECO (20) 11.45 AM + 1.45 + 3.45 + 5.45 + 7.45 + 9.45 + 11.45SEEF (II) 12.00 + 2.00 + 4.00 + 6.00 + 8.00 + 10.00 PM + 12.00 WADI AL SAIL 9.15 + 11.15

SHOW DOGS (ACTION / ADVENTURE / COMEDY)

Alan Cumming, Natasha Lyonne, Will Arnett

DANA CINEMA 11:00,12:45,14:30,16:15,18:00,19:45,21:30,23:15,01:00CINECO (20) 12.00 + 2.00 + 4.00 + 6.00 + 8.00 + 10.00 PM + 12.00SEEF (II) 11.15 AM + 1.15 + 3.15 + 5.15 + 7.15 + 9.15 + 11.15 SAAR9.00 + 11.00 WADI AL SAIL 9.30 + 11.30

ARMED RESPONSE 2D DIGITAL (ACTION/HORROR/THRILLER )

Wesley Snipes, Anne Heche, Dave Annable

DANA CINEMA 11:00,12:45,14:30,16:15,18:00,19:45,21:30,23:15,01:00CINECO (20) 11.30 AM + 1.30 + 3.30 + 5.30 + 7.30 + 9.30 + 11.30SEEF (II) 11.00 AM + 1.00 + 3.00 + 5.00 + 7.00 + 9.00 + 11.00

ABHIYUDE KATHA ANUVINTEYUM (MALAYALAM/ROMANCE)


DANA CINEMA 10:45,13:00,15:15,17:30,19:

45,22:00,00:15SEEF (I) 12.30 + 2.45 + 5.00 + 7.15 + 9.30 + 11.45

BHAVESH JOSHI SUPERHERO (HINDI/ACTION/DRAMA)

Priyanshu Painyuli, Harshvardhan Kapoor, Ashish Verma

DANA CINEMA 11:00,14:00,17:00,20:00,23:00CINECO (20) 1.30 + 4.45 + 8.00 + 11.15SEEF (II) 12.00 + 3.00 + 6.00 + 9.00 PM + 12.00

ABHIYUM ANVUVUM (TAMIL / ROMANCE / COMEDY)


DANA CINEMA 10:30,12:45,15:00,17:15,19:30,21:45,00:00SEEF (I) 10.45 AM + 1.15 + 3.45 + 6.15 + 8.45 + 11.15

AVENGERS: INFINTY WAR (PG-15) (ACTION/ADVENTURE)

KAREN GILLAN, ROBERT DOWNEY JR., TOM HOLLAND

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I didn’t want to be on camera

PTI | Los Angeles

‘Black Panther’ star Chadwick Boseman said that he was in-itially a reluctant actor.

The 40-year-old actor, who has be-come a global phenomenon with his portrayal of Wakanda king - T’Challa/Black Panther in the cult hit, says he felt more comfortable behind the cur-tains and for him.

“I was more so of the mind of the

director and the writer. I didn’t want to be onstage and I didn’t want to be on camera. Not at all. My older brother, he’s a dancer; he was also in plays.

Boseman said “I would sit in the audience with my mom watching the director, and I was more interested in what he was doing than the perfor-mance onstage; it didn’t register that it was something I wanted to do. I be-came an actor because I was just trying to learn the whole process.”

Chadwick Boseman

Sterling K. Brown joins ‘Rhythm Section’IANS | Los Angeles

Actor Sterling K. Brown has joined Blake Livelys spy thriller “The

Rhythm Section.” The film’s pro-duction is about to resume in Spain following Lively’s on-set accident, reports variety.com. Lively suffered a hand injury while doing a stunt on the film’s Dublin set in December. It was announced on January 29 that produc-tion had been suspended indefinitely while the actress recovered.

“The Rhythm Section” is based on the first of Mark Burnell’s “Stephanie Patrick” series of four novels.

Lively stars as the main lead, who adopts the identity of an assassin to get to the bottom of her family’s death in an airplane crash, after she discovers that it may not have been an accident.

The film also features Jude Law, Daniel Mays and Raza Jaffrey. Sterling K. Brown

Goldblum to get star on Walk of Fame IANS | Los Angeles

“Jurassic Park” actor Jeff Goldblum will be

honoured with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

The organisers said that Goldblum, 65, who is also known for starring in “In-dependence Day”, will be inducted at a ceremony here on June 14, reports inde-pendent.ie.

The star will be dedicated in the category of Motion Pictures at 6656 Hollywood Boulevard in front of the Hologram USA Theatre.

It will be the 2,638th star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Ana Martinez, producer of the Walk of Fame cere-monies, said: “Jeff Goldblum

is a unique actor who has gifted us such memorable movies with his unforgetta-

ble roles. His movies tran-scend generations and bring together both younger and

older fans glued to adven-ture on the big and small screen.”

Jeff Goldblum

It will be the 2,638th star on the Hollywood Walk of

Fame

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Was always very happy being a wife, says DewanIANS | London

Actress Jenna Dewan, who earlier this year

broke off her nine-year marriage with husband and actor Channing Tatum, said she was always very happy being a wife. Dewan said the divorce had nothing to do with her career.

“I was always very hap-py being a wife. The moves I’m making are completely not related to my marriage or separation, interestingly enough,” Dewan told. “’Who are you? What do you want

to give to the world? What excites you?’ Those feelings started bubbling up for me, naturally... So I really want-ed to expand my life, and myself. And that was my journey,” she added.

Being on her own, Dewan feels a sense of “freedom and excitement”. “And I have no attachments to how that’s going to look, or what that’s going to be. I feel real-ly open, and I feel hopeful,” she said.

Dewan and Tatum an-nounced their split in April. Jenna Dewan

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Djoker rediscovers old fire to reach last 16• Novak Djokovic worked his way to 15-40 with some rugged baseline play and converted his second set point

Reuters | Paris

Former champion Novak Djokovic proved the fires are still burning within

as he spent nearly four hours battling past obdurate Spaniard Roberto Bautista Agut to reach

the fourth round of the French Open yesterday.

The 31-year-old Serb is still wrestling with his own game as much as the man across the net, but there was plenty of evidence in his 6-4 6-7(6) 7-6(4) 6-2 vic-tory to suggest he is approach-ing the form that earned him 12 grand slam titles.

There were the 51 winners and the way he dig himself out of a hole at the back end of the third set.

There was also the explosion of rage which saw him demolish his racket near the end of the second-set tiebreak.

“In these kind of circumstanc-es, sometimes emotions get the worst out of you, you know, or the best out of you, whatever you want to call it,” Djokovic, who is at his lowest seeding (20) in a Grand Slam for 12 years, told reporters.

“At times in my career, these kind of situations, when I would scream or throw a racket, it would kind of wake me up and help me to just kind of free my-self from that pressure that is just building throughout the match.”

Bautista Agut was the first to blink in the opening set after the first nine games went with serve.

Djokovic worked his way to 15-40 with some rugged base-line play and converted his sec-

ond set point.Thirteenth seed Bautista

Agut, playing days after the death of his mother, battled back from 1-4 in the second set, breaking serve when Djokovic missed an easy volley and drag-ging the set into a tiebreak.

At 6-6, and having already saved two set points, Djok-ovic took aim at an open court with his forehand but his pass-ing shot flicked the net and bounced wide, provoking the racket-smashing tantrum that earned him a warning.

Serbia’s Novak Djokovic celebrates

There was the explosion of rage which saw Novak

Djokovic demolish his racket near the end of

the second-set tiebreak

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Ricciardo lacks options for 2019Autosport | London

Formula 1 world champion Lewis Hamilton believes

Daniel Ricciardo does not have a frontrunning option beyond Red Bull for next season.

Ricciardo, who won last weekend’s Monaco Grand Prix, has been backed by Red Bull his entire F1 career but his current deal expires this season.

Neither Hamilton nor Valt-teri Bottas have a contract at Mercedes beyond this year, while Ferrarineeds to decide who Sebastian Vettel’s team-mate will be.

Hamilton decided to leave long-time backer McLaren in 2012 to join Mercedes, but said Ricciardo’s situation is not quite the same because there is no clear alternative to Red Bull.

“It’s different for everyone so I can’t imagine how he’s mentally positioned himself,” Hamilton said when asked by

Autosport about Ricciardo and his future.

“They’re [Red Bull] still a strong team, they’ve got good potential moving forwards. I would imagine his future is there, but he’s one of the top drivers so I’m sure there are options for him.

“Obviously in the top area there’s only Ferrari and Red Bull and Mercedes that he could consider. But currently here [Mercedes] that’s unlike-ly. I don’t think that’s going to happen.

“And if you look at Ferrari, I imagine Kimi’s going to want to continue - and why not?” He added.

“He’s driving really well this year and he doesn’t seem to be ageing. I’m sure he’ll go for a little bit longer.”

Ricciardo’s team-mate Max Verstappen signed a lucrative new deal last year that ties him Red Bull until at least 2020.Daniel Ricciardo

“He’s driving really well this

year and he doesn’t seem to be ageing.

I’m sure he’ll go for a little bit

longer” LEWIS HAMILTON

Svitolina falls short again at French Open• Elina Svitolina knocked out 6-3 7-5 in the third round by Romania’s Mihaela Buzarnescu

• Buzarnescu next faces American 13th seed Madison Keys

Reuters | Paris

Elina Svitolina’s French Open breakthrough was

again put on hold yesterday when the Ukrainian fourth seed was knocked out 6-3 7-5 in the third round by Romania’s Mi-haela Buzarnescu.

The 23-year-old Svitolina, who trains at Roland Garros and was a quarter-finalist in 2015 and 2017, had been tipped as one of the potential winners for the second year in a row after winning the Italian Open, but she never found her groove on Court One.

She dropped serve five times and made 29 unforced errors, bowing out on the first match point when she buried another

forehand into the net.Buzarnescu, who reached

the final in Prague on clay last month, next faces American 13th seed Madison Keys, the 2017 U.S. Open runner-up.

Svitolina played down the ex-pectations that were weighing on her before the tournament.

“Of course I believed that I can play well in the Grand Slams, but I didn’t really think that I was a top favourite in

this tournament,” she told re-porters.

“I don’t want to think this way. But there are a lot of girls who are playing more consist-ent -- played more consistently than me on clay than I did.”

Svitolina also said that it was hard to study her opponent, a late-blooming left-hander who has been rising fast in the rank-ings recently, breaking into the top 50 this season.

Elina Svitolina in action

I can play at higher level: SerenaBBC | Paris

American Serena Williams believes she can play even

better than she did before she took a break from tennis to give birth.

The 36-year-old defeated Australia’s 17th seed Ashleigh Barty 3-6 6-3 6-4 to reach the third round of the French Open - her first Grand Slam since winning the 2017 Australian Open.

“I’m probably not where I was before I left,” said the 23-time major winner.

“I’m definitely going to get there, but I also want to get be-yond there.”

Williams will meet 11th seed Julia Goerges in the last 32 after the German beat former French Open quarter-finalist Alison

van Uytvanck of Belgium 7-5 7-6 (7-5).

After her opening match, Wil-liams played down her chances of winning a joint-record 24th Slam, saying she was not put-ting any pressure on herself to equal Margaret Court’s tally so soon into her comeback from a difficult birth.

Williams has spoken about

Olympia being the main focus in her life, but also made it clear she had not lost any of her will to win. And it showed against Barty, after it had looked ini-tially as if the American would be exiting at the second stage - something she has not done in a Slam since the 2014 tournament at Roland Garros.

“I’m definitely going to get

there, but I also want to get

beyond there” SERENA WILLIAMS

Serena Williams reacts

England dominate against PakistanBBC | Headingley

England responded to a heavy defeat at Lord’s by

dominating the first day of the second Test against Pakistan at Headingley. Stuart Broad, James Anderson and Chris Woakes each took three wick-ets to bowl Pakistan out for 174.

At one stage, they slipped

to 79-7 and needed 56 from Shadab Khan to avoid being embarrassed.

England suffered the late blow of losing Alastair Cook for 46, but captain Joe Root ended on 29 not out as England reached 106-2, 68 behind.

This was a complete turn-around from the nine-wicket defeat in the first Test, where

they were comprehensively outplayed. Without the injured Ben Stokes, England gave a debut to 19-year-old left-arm swing bowler Sam Curran and recalled Woakes in place of Mark Wood.

After Pakistan won the toss in warm sunshine, clouds rolled in and England found prodigious swing movement.

MMA: Brave CF to host open workouts • Open workouts will give the public a deeper understanding about MMA and the skill levels of the competing athletes

• This will also give the fans to interact with their favourite athletes

TDT | Manama

Brave Combat Federation has announced to host open workout in Belfast,

United Kingdom leading to the first edition of the show in Eu-rope. Open workouts will give the public a deeper understand-ing about Mixed Martial Arts and the skill levels of the com-peting athletes.

This will also give the fans to interact with their favourite athletes ahead of the fight night.

The venues where the open workouts will be conducted to be announced during the fight week.

This also marks for the first time the Bahrain based Mixed Martial Arts organisation has held an open workouts session in Europe.

Previously, Brave Combat

Federation had hosted open workouts session in Brazil which benefited over 100 un-derprivileged children who were invited for the event at Belo Horizonte during Brave 11.

“We aim to give athletes a platform to reach out to the general public while creating awareness about various forms of martial arts and the benefit of healthy lifestyle among the pub-lic. This will also create a deeper understanding about the sport of Mixed Martial Arts among the public while providing a scope for social and cultural ex-change,” said Mohammed Sha-hid, President of Brave Combat Federation.


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Brave 13: USA to show strength • Wheeler will face Mohammad Fakhreddine while Zane to face Declan Dalton

TDT | Manama

Brave Combat Federation will be featuring three ma-

jor prospects signed from the United States of America at Brave 13: Europe Evolution hosted on 9th June at Belfast, United Kingdom.

Apart from Sidney Wheeler who had competed at Brave 10: The Kingdom Rises in Amman, Jordan, Zach Zane and Benja-min Bennett will be making their presence felt in the fight card.

Wheeler will face Moham-mad Fakhreddine while Zane will face the Irish sensation Declan Dalton.

Benjamin Bennett will be making his professional debut at Brave Combat Federation. Bennett is the gold medallist at 2017 IMMAF World Cham-pionships hosted during Brave International Combat Week in Bahrain.

Bennett will make his pro-fessional debut against Adam Bryne from the United King-dom.

Sidney Wheeler

I will bring the title back to Philippines: Loman• Bahrain has already engaged supporting Stephen Loman

TDT | Manama

Stephen Loman, Bantam-weight champion of Brave

Combat Federation has declared that he will be taking the cham-pionship back to Philippines.

Creating history as the young-est champion in Brave Combat Federation and also being the youngest athlete from Philip-pines to become a world cham-pion, Loman will defend his

championship in Belfast, United Kingdom against Frans Mlambo from SBG Ireland.

Stephen Loman was crowned champion by His Highness Shaikh Khalid bin Hamad Al Khalifa at Brave 9: The King-dom Rises, hosted in Bahrain.

“I will win at Brave Combat Federation and will continue to inspire the youth so that they will to fight to achieve their dreams. Nothing is impossible. I will bring the title back to Philippines,” said Loman, Ban-tamweight champion of Brave Combat Federation.

Bahrain which has a signif-icant Filipino expatriate com-munity has already engaged supporting Stephen Loman.

“The question we have in mind is what will Frans Mlam-bo do to defend the takedowns. It is a classic striker against a wrestler, it will be exciting with a champion on one hand and a challenger who has come back with the home fans in his end fighting for the gold. This will be one classic match to watch,” said Mohammed Shahid, Pres-ident of Brave Combat Feder-ation.

Stephen Loman with Alfonso Ver, Ambassador of Philippines to Bahrain

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Stephen Loman is the youngest cham-

pion in Brave CF and also being the youngest athlete from Philippines

“I will win at Brave Combat

Federation and will continue to inspire the youth so that

they will to fight to achieve their

dreams. Nothing is impossible”-

STEPHEN LOMAN

Jorge Lorenzo Yamaha ride would motivate me: RossiAutosport | London

Valentino Rossi believes Jorge Lorenzo’s potential

return to Yamaha for the 2019 MotoGP season would give him “better motivation”.

With Lorenzo’s time at Ducati increasingly likely to end after this year, and Suzuki looking set to sign Joan Mir to partner Alex Rins, the three-time Mo-

toGP champion’s only hope of a competitive ride in 2019 appears to be on a satellite Yamaha.

Despite their tumultuous re-lationship during their spell as team-mates from 2008-10 and ‘13-16, Rossi said he would have no objections to Lorenzo return-ing to the Yamaha fold.

The Italian suggested Lorenzo could fulfil a similar role to cur-rent Tech3 rider Johann Zarco

on a third factory-spec Yamaha that would help to spur him on.

“After trying to stop Zarco, I will also try to stop Lorenzo,” joked Rossi, referring to spec-ulation about the Italian veto-ing Zarco getting a factory-spec bike for 2018. “I was with Jorge for a long time and he is a great rider, he is able to ride the Yama-ha very fast. “It will be hard if Lorenzo comes back, but the

situation will be very similar to this year because we have Zarco, who is very strong.

“When you are in Yamaha you have always great team-mates or fast riders with the same bike.

“In one point of view it’s more difficult, but it’s also good be-cause you have better motivation and you can also see the way other riders ride the bike and try to learn and improve.”Valentino Rossi

46was the bike number of Italian rider Valentino Rossi of team Movistar

Yamaha MotoGP

Italian Open: Kaymer powers into leadReuters | Soiano del Lago

Former world number one Martin Kaymer took the

Italian Open lead with a bo-gey-free, eight-under-par 63 in his second round at the Gard-agolf Country Club yesterday.

Kaymer, who shot three-un-der in Thursday’s opening round, hit five birdies in a row

to reach 11-under overall, a shot ahead of former Masters champion Danny Willet and local favourite Francesco Mo-linari.

Willet and twice-Italian Open champion Molinari tied for second with Rafael Cabre-ra-Bello, Ryder Cup vice-cap-tain Graeme McDowell and Thomas Pieters.

Loew to rest Mueller, HummelsReuters | Munich

Germany’s Thomas Muel-ler and Mats Hummels

will not travel with the world champions to Austria for their World Cup warm-up match on Saturday and get an extra day of rest, coach Joachim Loew said yesterday.

The Germans are facing Austria in Klagenfurt in their penultimate test ahead of this month’s World Cup. They also host Saudi Arabia on June 8 before leaving for Russia.

Mueller and Hummels will remain at their northern Italy training camp along with Bay-ern Munich team mate Jerome Boateng, working back towards full fitness following a muscle injury late in the season.

“Mueller had many games this season, Hummels had many games this season. We know what they can do so it is good for them to clear their head a

bit this weekend,” Loew told a news conference.

Midfielder Toni Kroos will arrive in Italy on Saturday af-ter a brief break following his Champions League victory with Real Madrid.

Loew said that fellow 2014 World Cup winners Mesut Ozil and Sami Khedira, who suffered

late-season injuries, would be on the pitch on Saturday to get much needed match practice.

Surprise addition Nils Pe-tersen will also get playing time against Austria with Loew praising the Freiburg forward, who is battling for a spot in the squad along with fellow for-wards Mario Gomez and Timo

Werner.“The impression I have of

him has only been getting bet-ter,” Loew said of the versatile forward. “He is working really hard.”

Loew has taken 27 players into his preliminary squad and will cut four of them, including one goalkeeper, on Monday for his final 23.


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Granit Xhaka Switzerland’s player of the year for 2017, Xhaka is a key man in Vladimir Petkovic’s side. The Arsenal midfielder impressed at Brazil 2014 and will be out to make his mark on another World Cup.

12 days to go……

Australia trounce Czechs in warm-upAustralia play a final warm-up against Hungary on June 9Reuters | Prague

Australia cruised to a 4-0 win against the Czech Republic yes-

terday, giving the Socceroos a much-needed confidence boost ahead of this month’s World Cup with their first vic-tory abroad in nearly two years.

Australia, headed to their fourth straight World Cup, grabbed the lead against the run of play in the 32nd minute when Robbie Kruse knocked a pass from the far post to an unmarked Mathew Leckie who tapped the ball in.

The victory over a Czech side that failed to qualify for the tournament in Russia was the first for the Socceroos outside Australia since a 1-0 win over the United Arab Emirates in Abu Dhabi in September 2016.

With a lack of goals a problem in Australia’s qualifying cam-

paign, yesterday’s attacking display gives the team’s Dutch coach Bert van Marwijk plenty to think about before he pares four players from his 27-man squad by Monday’s FIFA dead-line. Andrew Nabbout made his case for a World Cup role by

scoring his first goal for Aus-tralia in the 54th minute when he won the ball on the right and his low, hard shot into the far corner beat Czech goalkeeper Tomas Koubek.

Leckie and a Jakub Jugas own goal rounded out the win

against a Czech side that had started brightly but failed to show much vigour after going behind.

Australia play a final warm-up against Hungary on June 9 before heading to Russia, where they face France, Denmark and Peru in Group C.

Mathew Leckie celebrates the opening goal with Australia team-mates Andrew Nabbout, Aziz Behich and Robbie Kruse

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Andrew Nabbout made his case for a role by scoring his first goal for Australia in the

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German players during their warmup

Sergio Ramos releases WC song for Spain

• Ramos has released his own World Cup song alongside Spanish singer Demarco Flamenco

BBC | Madrid

It’s safe to say Sergio Ramos didn’t make many new fans

after his exploits in the Cham-pions League final.

So how does he try and change his villainous, bad boy persona? By turning into foot-ball’s answer to Justin Bieber.

The Real Madrid defender and Spain captain has released his own World Cup 2018 song alongside Spanish singer De-marco Flamenco, called ‘Otra Estrella en tu Corazon’ - which translates to ‘Another star in your heart’.

The lyrics include: “Come on, Spain, raise your voice; scream loudly, shout that goal. Thinking big we will achieve the best, fighting together, to-wards the star with honour. We have to try. May La Roja shine once more.”

Ramos teased the video on his Instagram page and the accompanying music video, complete with boyband-style fist-clenching, has already had over 82,000 views since its re-lease on Friday.

This isn’t the first time the 32-year-old has flirted with the pop star life. He also sang lead vocals for Spain’s Euro 2016 song ‘La Roja Baila’ - which is more of a Eurovision ‘clas-sic’ than his latest mid-tempo Spanish ballad.

We’ll let you decide for your-self if it’s the best or worst thing since Despacito...

Ramos with Demarco Flamenco

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Iconic FIFA World Cup momentsIconic FIFA World Cup momentsThe 21st FIFA World Cup marks almost 90 yearsof triumph and tragedy, heroes and villians,stunning goals and impossible saves, creatinga showpiece to entertain the world over

1930 First World ChampionsInaugural tournament, Lucien Laurent scores firstgoal in World Cup history for France. Uruguay beatArgentina in final to claim trophy from Jules Rimet (right)

Uruguay 4 Argentina 2

1950 Maracana BlowPossibly biggest upset in World Cup final. Uruguay beat home favourites Brazil,Alcides Ghaggia striking winning goal in front of 200,000 stunned Brazilians

Uruguay 2 Brazil 1

1958 Birth of a LegendWorld Cup debut for 17-year-old Pele (right), assistingVava’s second goal – before becoming youngest playerto play in World Cup final as Brazil defeat Sweden

Brazil 2 Soviet Union 0

1966 They Think It’s All OverIconic moment in English culture, Geoff Hurst’s hat-trick – the first and onlyin a World Cup final – seals dramatic extra time victory over bitter rivals, Germany

England 4 West Germany 2

1974 Cruyff TurnFamous piece of trickery by Johan Cruyff. The Dutch master feints to cross ball,before turning through 180 degrees, and swerving past helpless Swedish defender

Netherlands 0 Sweden 0

1986 Divine InspirationDiego Maradona scores infamous ‘Hand of God’ goal after jumping toknock ball past Peter Shilton with left hand in quarter-final clash with England

Argentina 2 England 1

2006 Zidane’s Final WhistleZinedine Zidane (left) becomes fourth player dismissed in World Cup final after redcard for head-butting Marco Materazzi in chest – French captain’s last act on pitch

Italy 1 France 1 (Penalties 5-3)

2014 German MastersGermany claim record-breaking semi-final victory

over Brazil to equal host nation’s biggestever defeat since 6-0 loss to Uruguayin 1920 Copa America – MiroslavKlose sets new World Cup goalsrecord with 16th strike

2018 All Eyes EastRussia hosts FIFAWorld Cup for firsttime as reigningchampions Germanyaim to equal Brazil’s all-timerecord by winning fifth title

Germany 7 Brazil 1

1990 Opera meets FootballItaly hosts World Cup forever associated with Luciano Pavarotti’s (left) stormingperformance of classic Nessun Dorma aria, now an anthem for modern game

Lingard to start for England in Nigeria friendlyJesse Lingard scored 13 goals for Manchester United last season in all competitions - his most productive campaign yet at Old Trafford

Reuters | London

Manchester United’s Jes-se Lingard will start for

England in Saturday’s friend-ly against Nigeria at Wembley Stadium and manager Gareth Southgate believes there is no reason why he can’t play along-side Dele Alli.

Lingard, who usually operates in an attacking midfield role, scored 13 goals for United last season in all competitions - his most productive campaign yet at Old Trafford.

While some observers believe the 25-year-old is competing for the same spot in the England side as Tottenham’s Alli, South-gate says that isn’t the case.

“I don’t see it as a straight contest between any individual, absolutely they could play to-gether,” Southgate told a news conference ahead of the match at Wembley. “All of our attack-ing players have different at-tributes or strengths. Jesse is a fantastic player at recognising the space, working away from the ball, a great link between

midfield and attack,” he said.But Southgate gave no clues

as to who would start in goal for England with Jack Butland, Jor-dan Pickford and Nick Pope the three goalkeepers in the World Cup squad.

“We know what we want to see in that area and we’re clear on what we think. There’s no need for me to say too much on that publicly,” said Southgate.

“I’ve told the players what we’re looking for in these two matches and haven’t told them the team yet.”Jesse Lingard

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