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Afghan resistance is on Protests against Afghan Taliban spread in early signs of resistance

• Protests in Kabul and eastern cities, several killed

• Leader of anti-Taliban opposition supports protests

• More than 8,000 evacuated since Sunday - security official

TDT | Agencies

Protestors waving Afghan-istan’s national flag took to the streets yester-

day as resistance against the Taliban spread to more Afghan cities.

Taliban, which promised a changed face, a witness said fired on a crowd in Asadabad in the east, killing several people.

Witness Mohammed Salim, however, said it was not clear if the casualties resulted from Tal-iban firing or from a stampede that it triggered.

“Hundreds of people came out on the streets,” Salim said.

“At first, I was scared and didn’t want to go, but when I saw one of my neighbours joined in, I took out the flag I have at home.

“Several people were killed and injured in the stampede and firing by the Taliban.”

“Our flag, our identity,” a crowd of men and women wav-ing black, red and green nation-al flags shouted in the capital Kabul, a video clip posted on social media showed, on the day Afghanistan celebrates’ in-dependence from British con-trol in 1919. A witness reported gunshots fired near the rally,

but they appeared to be armed Taliban shooting in the air.

One woman walked with an Afghan flag wrapped around her shoulders, and those marching chanted “God is greatest”. At some protests elsewhere, me-dia has reported people tear-ing down the white flag of the Taliban.

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“Our flag, our identity,” a crowd of men and women waving black, red and green national flags shouted in the capital Kabul, on the day Afghanistan celebrates’ independence from British control in 1919.

HM King Hamad thanks all for ensuring safety during Ashoora TDT | Manama

His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa yester-

day affirmed his pride in the efforts exerted by Team Bah-rain, under the leadership of His Royal Highness Prince Sal-man bin Hamad Al Khalifa, the Crown Prince and Prime Minis-ter, in battling the Coronavirus pandemic.

Frontline health workers and all the members of the Bahrain team played a remarkable role in keeping the country safe dur-ing the Ashoora season, said HM the King.

King Hamad also praised all the institutions and agencies, the Ministry of Interior, the

Jaffari Endowments Council, the heads of funerals, the su-pervisory committees, and the fieldwork teams for ensuring strict adherence to COVID-19 preventive measures.

“The awareness and national responsibility showed by every-one during Ashoora towards

themselves, their surroundings, and society are remarkable,” said HM the King.

His Majesty affirmed that the “cautious and disciplined” measures followed during Ashoora, the care and atten-tion taken to revive its essence, stems from the peculiarity of the Bahraini social fabric that coexists in peace and harmony.

“Bahrain will remain, thanks to our civilized model and na-tional will, a beacon for reli-gious freedoms and respect of sectarian pluralism, as well as a centre incubating the values of our true religion with its great principles and its righteous ap-proach”, said HM the King.

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HRH Prince Salman, US Defence Secretary, hold call on Afghanistan

TDT | Manama

His Royal Highness Prince Salman bin Hamad Al

Khalifa, the Crown Prince and Prime Minister, yesterday reviewed the latest develop-ments in Afghanistan during a telephonic conversation with Lloyd J. Austin III, the US Sec-retary of Defence.

His Royal Highness Prince Salman discussed the latest re-gional and international devel-opments, including the events unfolding in Afghanistan.

The talks also highlighted

the long-standing strategic ties between Bahrain and the Unit-ed States of America.

Bahrain has initiated con-sultations with the Gulf na-tions on the situation in Af-ghanistan in its capacity as the current chair of the Gulf Cooperation Council.

The Kingdom earlier said it has tasked “the foreign minis-ter to coordinate and consult with the GCC states regard-ing the developments in Af-ghanistan in the framework of Bahraini presidency” of the group.”

HRH Prince Salman Lloyd J. Austin III

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Coalition downs armed Houthi drone, Bahrain condemns attackTDT | Manama

Bahrain yesterday con-demned in strongest terms an attempt by

Houthi terrorists to attack ci-vilians and civilian facilities in Saudi Arabia.

Coalition forces had an-nounced downing a boo -by-trapped drone launched towards Saudi Arabia by Iran-back Houthi militia.

The Ministry of Foreign Af-fairs, in a statement, voiced Bahrain’s full solidarity with Saudi Arabia in its efforts to de-ter all threats to its security, sta-

bility and territorial integrity. The ministry commended the

efficacy and vigilance of the coalition forces in intercept-ing and destroying the drone in Yemeni airspace.

Bahrain also renewed its call to the international communi-ty to condemn such recurrent

vicious “terrorist attacks that target the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and threaten the secu-rity and stability of the region.”

Coalition forces also thwart-ed similar attempts by Houthi militants earlier this month to attack Saudi using boo-by-trapped drones.

The attack was aimed at civil-ian facilities and civilians in the western Saudi city of Khamis Mushayt.

The Iran-backed Houthi mi-litia repeatedly targeted various facilities in Saudi Arabia with ballistic missiles, armed drones and rockets.

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The challenge Taliban face: Protests flare up in Jalalabad• Ahmad Massoud, leader of the National Resistance Front of Afghanistan called for Western support to fight the Taliban

• First Vice President Amrullah Saleh expressed support for the protests

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Some of the demonstrations are small, but, combined with

the ongoing scramble by thou-sands of people to get to Kabul airport and flee the country, they underline the challenge the Tal-iban face to govern the country.

Protests flared up in Jalalabad and a district of Paktia province, both also in the east.

On Wednesday, Taliban fight-ers fired at protesters waving flags in Jalalabad, killing three, witnesses and media reported. Media reported similar scenes in Asadabad and another east-ern city, Khost, on Wednesday.

First Vice President Amrul-lah Saleh, who is trying to rally opposition to the Taliban, ex-pressed support for the protests.

“Salute those who carry the national flag and thus stand for the dignity of the nation,” he said on Twitter.

Saleh said on Tuesday he was

in Afghanistan and the “legiti-mate caretaker president” after President Ashraf Ghani fled as the Taliban took Kabul.

AIRPORT CHAOSIn an op-ed for the Wash-

ington Post, Ahmad Massoud, leader of the National Resistance Front of Afghanistan based in the old anti-Taliban stronghold of the Panjshir Valley northeast of Kabul, called for Western sup-port to fight the Taliban.

“I write from the Panjshir Val-ley today, ready to follow in my fa-ther’s footsteps, with mujahideen fighters who are prepared to once again take on the Taliban,” wrote Massoud, the son of Ahmad Shah

Massoud, a veteran guerrilla lead-er killed by suspected al Qaeda militants in 2001.

Other former Afghan leaders including ex-president Hamid Karzai have been holding talks with the Taliban as they put to-gether a new government.

While Kabul has been gener-ally calm since Taliban forces entered on Sunday, the airport has been in chaos as people rushed for a way out of the country.

Twelve people have been killed in and around the airport since then, a NATO and a Taliban official said. The deaths were caused either by gun shots or by stampedes, according to the

Taliban official.He urged people who do not

have the legal right to travel to go home. “We don’t want to hurt anyone at the airport,” said the Taliban official, who declined to be identified.

In one scene captured on social media, a small girl was hoisted over the airport’s high perimeter wall and handed to a US soldier standing guard, underlining the desperation many people felt.

On Wednesday, witnesses said Taliban gunmen prevented peo-ple from getting into the airport compound.

A Taliban official said soldiers had fired into the air to disperse the crowd.

People carry Afghan flags during an anti-Taliban protest in Jalalabad.

One of those fell from US jet was Afghan footballerAgencies

One of those who tragically fell from a US Air Force

plane departing from Kabul as the Taliban took over the war-torn country was reportedly a member of the Afghanistan national football team, Direc-tor General of the Afghan In-stitute for Strategic Studies Davood Moradian told the UN Security Council yesterday.

Crowds of people seeking to flee Afghanistan have thronged the airport since Taliban in-surgents swept to power on Sunday, many seen trying to board a moving plane.

Afghan news agency Aria-na said Zaki Anwari fell from a USAF Boeing C-17 and that the death had been confirmed by the General Directorate for Sport. The promising soccer

player had rushed to the air-port hours after Kabul fell to the Taliban, joining thousands of others in rushing down the runway and then chasing a US Air Force plane despite warn-

ing shots. Kabul airport was overwhelmed on Sunday night with over 2,000 people hoping to board commercial flights leaving the country, it said.

Player of the Afghan national team, Zaki Anwari, died after falling from the C-17 plane

HM King’s appreciation highly valued, says HRH Prince Salman

TDT | Manama

His Royal Highness Prince Salman bin Hamad Al

Khalifa, the Crown Prince and Prime Minister, yesterday said he highly values His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khal-ifa’s appreciation for Team Bahrain’s success in battling the COVID-19 pandemic.

HRH Prince Salman thanked God Almighty and HM the King for all the efforts and en-deavours that bore fruit.

“Bahrain team is always guided in their work by the Royal directives that represent the road map to overcome all challenges.”

HRH Prince Salman stressed that the challenges required continued determination and commitment to ensure the safety and health of all.

His Royal Highness praised the outstanding efforts of the Ministry of Interior, the Min-istry of Justice, Islamic Affairs and Endowments, the National Task Force for Combating the Coronavirus (Covid-19) pan-demic, and the spirit of one team.

“This brought together in-stitutions, agencies, Jaafari endowment council, scholars, Shaikhs, Heads of funerals, work teams and volunteers in following up and ensuring commitment to COVID-19 pre-ventive measures.”

His Highness affirmed that Bahrain, during the prosper-ous era of His Majesty the King, had established the foun-dation of a cohesive social fab-ric of love and brotherhood, respect for religious freedom and pluralism.


Police arrest man for driving against traffic on causeway

TDT | Manama

A 39-year-old man landed in the dock for allegedly

driving against the traffic on King Fahd Causeway.

The General Directorate of Traffic, with the King Fahd Causeway Police Directorate, recorded the arrest.

Cops said the car was driv-ing against the oncoming traf-fic, endangering his life and that of other road users.

Police later found that that man’s vehicle was involved in an accident in the Capital Gov-ernorate and was fleeing from the accident site.

Public prosecution is taking legal measures.

Shaikh Zayed Road Development project: Works Ministry completes eight signal-controlled intersections

Opens the last intersection between Sheikh Zayed Road North and Salmabad StreetTDT | Manama

Works ministry an-nounced opening the intersection between

Shaikh Zayed North Road and Salmabad Street.

The newly opened intersec-tion, the ministry said, is the eighth and final of the Shaikh Zayed Road development pro-ject, which costs BD23,400,000.

Huda Abdullah Fakhro, the Assistant Undersecretary for Roads at the Ministry of Works, Municipalities Affairs and Ur-ban Planning, said the intersec-tion would serve the residential, educational, industrial and com-mercial areas of the northwest-ern region of the Salmabad.

The ministry, Fakhro said, constructed eight intersections under three phases of the pro-ject.

The first phase included the 1.8-kilometre area from Istiklal Street to the intersection of Road 3,407. “This portion has two in-tersections.”

“The project serves the us-ers of the educational district, Central Information Organisa-tion and entry and exit points on Route 41.”

The ministry constructed three intersections during the second phase of the project to serve the users of the driving school on Shaikh Zayed Road.

“At the fourth intersection, the Al Ramli Complex rounda-bout was converted into a sig-nal-controlled intersection after expanding Shaikh Zayed Road into three lanes towards Shaikh Khalifa bin Salman Street and

the General Traffic Adminis-tration building, among others directions.”

The ministry, Fakhro said, also removed the old pottery monument along the route and installed a new one in the round-about located on Road 38.

Fakhro said they replaced the roundabout between Shaikh Zayed and Shaikh Zayed North Street with a signal-controlled

intersection and expanded it into three lanes to Shaikh Khal-ifa bin Salman Street and east to the A’ali area.

During the third phase, the ministry, the official said, de-veloped the 3.1 km portion from Shaikh Zayed Road to Shaikh Isa bin Salman Street. “The devel-opment provided an additional opening to the Al Ramli housing project.”

INS Kochi, RBNF hold PASSEXTDT | Manama

Indian Naval Ship (INS) Kochi took part in a Mari-time Passage Exercise (PAS-

SEX) yesterday with the Royal Bahrain Naval Force as part of the 75th Indian Independence Day celebrations and 50 years of India-Bahrain relations.

The exercise was on the theme “Together for maritime security and safe seas”.

The operational planning teams of both the Navies held a planning conference ahead of the exercise.

INS Kochi, the second ship of indigenously built

Kolkata class-guided Missile Destroyers, is manned by 65 officers

and 300 sailors.

The crew also took part in a ceremony at Mina Salman marking the 75th Independ-ence Day.

The ship, currently operating in the Arabian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman, had made port calls at Abu Dhabi, UAE and Al Jubail, Saudi Arabia, before visiting Bahrain.

INS Kochi derives her name from the vibrant port city of Kochi in the state of Kerala, India, which shares historical civilisation connect with the Kingdom of Bahrain and is a tribute to its distinct maritime character.

INS Kochi, the flagship of Rear Admiral Ajay Kochhar, Flag Of-ficer Commanding Western Fleet, is presently under the command of Capt Sachin Se-queira, a Gunnery and Missiles specialist.

Kochhar yesterday held dis-cussions with the commander, RBNF. Discussions focused on the Navy to Navy partnership.

Commodore Osama Mubarak Al Hamdan, Commander Mari-

time Operations, Royal Bahrain Naval Force, had visited the INS

Kochi after she made a port of call in the Kingdom.

Kochhar with Commander, RBNFThe operational planning teams of both Navies holding a Planning conference for exercise at sea

INS Kochi and its crew at Mina Salman marking 75th Independence Day

“Together for maritime security and safe seas”: Passage exercise (PASSEX) between Indian Navy and Royal Bahrain Naval Force Ships in the Gulf.

Blast from the past

This image posted by a Twitter user @TheOldBahrain shows what Manama was like in the early 1970s. Lonely Planet describes Manama as a warren of narrow streets and alleyways emanating south from Bab Al Bahrain. “Here you can pick up everything from electronic goods and bargain t-shirts to spices and shisha pipes. But the real reason to visit is to wander through the bustling streets of a market that still evokes the atmosphere of an ancient souq.” And it stays true to this day.


For those who lost their lives fighting the virus TDT | Manama

The annual Imam Hussein (PBUH) Art Festival, which

opened under the slogan “Ashu-ra... Mercy and Peace” spread the message of overcoming so-cial challenges and brightening up hope, said artist Abbas Al Mousawi.

Al Kawther Society for So-cial Welfare had joined hands with Al Musawi to bring out the annual art festival in Manama.

The festival featured artworks created by children who are or-phans.

Musawi said, “The paintings bear great symbolism as it is the works of our sons and daugh-ters.”

“It carries the message of overcoming social challenges and focusing on hope, especially in light of the Coronavirus(COV-ID-19) pandemic.”

“The pandemic has produced great social repercussions,

which requires all the segments of society to come together in solidarity for those who lost their lives fighting the virus,” he added.

On the artwork, Al Musawi said, “The eyes were chosen

as the focus for they represent sight, vision, light and path.”

“It is through them that you see the true expression of mercy for those victims.”

“It provides security, hope, peace and goodness for human-kind, who hope for salvation from this pandemic.”

Hussein Al-Ali, the President of Al-Kawther Society for Social Welfare, expressed his happi-ness at the opening of the art festival, which is now in its 22nd edition. He praised the noble environment the festival cre-ated by giving opportunity and motivation to orphaned kids to express their hopes, aspirations and develop their talents, espe-cially on the eternal memory of Ashura.

Al Naeem society donates 300 bags of blood to SMC

TDT | Manama

Three hundred bags of blood were donated by

Al-Naeem Charitable Society to the Central Blood Bank at Salmaniya Medical Complex during the two days of the campaign held on the ninth and tenth of Muharram 1443 AH. The Imam Hussein blood donation campaign held at the centre for empowerment of Al-Naeem Youth collected 180 bags of blood on its first day and 120 bags on the second day.

The society, since its incep-tion, has donated 14,966 blood bags to the SMC blood bank.

Dr Fadel Al-Nashet, the Chairman of the Higher Or-ganising Committee of the campaign, said the event was successful despite the excep-tional circumstances brought forth by the coronavirus pan-demic.

The campaign, held meet-ing the COVID-19 protocols, he said, accepted donors only through online appointments.

Hamid Youssef Rahma, the President of Al-Naeem Chari-table Society, and Ghazi Abdul Mohsen, the head of the Naim Youth Centre, thanked the Ministry of Youth and Sports Affairs for making the cam-paign a success.

Jameel Humaidan, the Minister of Labour and Social Development and Chairman of the Labour Market Regulatory Authority, meeting Ahmed Abdullah Al Harmasi Al Hajeri, the newly appointed Bahraini Ambassador to Indonesia. The minister congratulated him on the royal trust, wishing him every success in his diplomatic duties. The minister also updated him on the Kingdom’s efforts to protect the rights of the workers and employers in line with the international labour standards.

Salman bin Isa bin Hindi Al-Mannai, the Muharraq Governor, stressed the importance of the educational sector in driving the country’s development drive. Al-Mannai was receiving a book written by researcher Mohammed Yousef Al-Zayani on “The Role of Business Incubators in Achieving Sustainability for Small and Medium Enterprises in the Light of the Economic Vision of the Kingdom of Bahrain 2030.”

Northern Governor, Ali bin Al-Shaikh Abdulhussain Al-Asfoor, has underlined the importance of full compliance with the preventive measures recommended by the National Medical Taskforce for Combating Coronavirus (COVID-19) during Ashoora holidays. The governor made the statements while visiting the “Al-Imam Al-Redha” and “Al-Qaem” community centres, in the presence of officials from the Northern Governorate, the National Medical Taskforce, the Jaffari Endowments Directorate and the Northern Governorate Police Directorate.

To Tokyo, for Paralympics Rooba Al-Omari and Ahmed Meshaima in the hunt for a medal in Paralympics

• The team left for Tokyo yesterday

• Games to begin on Tuesday, next week

TDT | Agencies

Ro o b a A l - O m a r i a n d Ahmed Meshaima will be leading Bahrain’s

Olympic medal hunt at the 2020 Paralympic Games which begins in Tokyo next week.

The athletes and the delegates yesterday left for Tokyo to begin preparing ahead of the opening ceremony scheduled for Tues-day.

The games will see about 4,400 athletes from 160 teams compete against each other for the next 11 days in 540 events.

Apart from the athletes, Bah-rain’s delegation includes Shai-kh Mohamed Duaij Khalifa Al Khalifa, the head of the dele-gation and Bahrain Paralym-pic Committee, Ali Al Majed, the Secretary-General of the Paralympic Committee, Lati-fa Buheji, the director of the delegation, Iman Hassan, the technical director, and Hassan Muftah, the coach.

Al-Omari and Meshaima will be pushing for medals in the discus throw F55 and Javelin F39 events, respectively.

Shaikh Mohamed stressed to the members of the departing delegation the need to adhere to health instruction and proce-dures set by the Tokyo Olympic Committee.

He wished all success to the Paralympic team to achieve the best results in the global event.

Aim is medal

Ali Al Majed had asserted that the two athletes are not there to just make the numbers, but are their best bet for a medal at the Paralympic Games.

“We are very excited that we are able to be a part of this huge event and believe that the two qualified Bahraini Para athletes will do their very best. We have faith in both our Para athletes and with God’s will, both will bring a medal home,” said Al Majed.

In Rio 2016 too, Bahrain had fielded two women Para athletes, Alomari and Fatema Nedham. The latter won gold in London 2012 and Rio 2016 Paralympics in the women’s shot put F53.

First gold in SeoulBahrain started participating

in the Paralympics in 1984 but won its first gold medal four years later in Seoul, with Khaled Al Saqer winning the men’s sla-lom in the 1A category. His com-

patriot Ali Alhasan took bronze in the same event, while Adel Sultan took a silver medal in the 100m.

In 1992 at the Barcelona Games, Al Saqer carried his form and won the country’s only medal, a bronze in the discus (THW2-3).

Bahrain then went dry with-out a medal in the next Games in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, but at the Sydney 2000 Games, thanks to Ayman Al Heddi and Ahmed Kamal, Bahrain obtained silver and a bronze, respectively, in the discus and the shot put events. At Athens 2004, Ahmed Mes-haima managed a sliver in the shot put (F37).

Nedham broke the jinxThe next two games in Beijing

and London Bahrain couldn’t make it to the podium, but Fate-ma Nedham broke the jinx at the Rio Games with a gold in the women’s shot put F53 with a throw of 4.76 metres.

In the process, she also be-came Bahrain’s first female Paralympic athlete to win a medal at the Paralympic Games. And was also the third Bahraini woman athlete to ever partici-pate in the sporting showpiece

Bahrain started partici-pating in the Paralym-pics in 1984 and since

then the Kingdom have accumulated 10 medals, including two

golds, three silvers and five bronze.

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Bahraini athetes and officials before flying to Tokyo

Rooba Al Omari will be leading her country’s challenge in ladies discus throw F55 category at the Tokyo Games (paralympic.org)

Ahmed Meshaima will be looking to emulate his Athens 2004 performance. (paralympic.org)

The festival features artworks created by children, who are orphans.

The blood donation camp


Dubai’s DP World says first-half profit jumps almost 52%

Reuters | Dubai

Dubai’s DP World said yes-terday profit jumped al-

most 52% in the first half of 2021, fuelled by higher con-sumer spending and a rebound in global trade since the coro-navirus pandemic.

DP World, one of the world’s biggest port operators, said profit attributable to owners of the company jumped to $475 million in the period ended June 30, from $313 m last year. Revenues rose 21% to $4.95 billion, from $4.0 bn in the year

earlier period, the company said in a statement.

“Overall, the near-term out-look remains positive, and while we are mindful that the Covid-19 pandemic and ge-opolitical uncertainty could once-again disrupt the glob-al economic recovery, we re-main positive on the medium to long-term fundamentals of the industry and DP Worlds ability to continue to deliv-er sustainable returns”, DP World’s group chairman and chief executive Sultan Ahmed Bin Sulayem said.

General view of a stock yard of DP World’s fully automated Terminal 2 at Jebel Ali Port in Dubai, United Arab Emirates

UAE’s Emirates Global Aluminium says refinances $5.5 bln loan facilityReuters | Dubai

The UAE’s Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA), one of

the world’s largest aluminium producers, said on Thursday it had refinanced a $5.5 billion loan facility.

EGA said that the new facil-ity, a senior unsecured loan, lowers by $1 billion the size of the company’s existing sev-en-year $6.5 billion loan facil-ity in 2019, as well as adjusts scheduled debt repayments

including extending them by 2.5 years.

EGA’s fundraising exercise comes as borrowers in the Gulf seek to improve their financing to reflect better market conditions after last year’s coronavirus-driven downturn.EGA, which is owned equally by Abu Dha-bi state fund Mubadala and the Investment Corporation of Dubai, produces 4% of the world’s aluminium.

Fed taper, virus fears hurt stocks• Fawaz Alhokair leaps as it turns to profit

• Brent falls to $65.83, lowest since May 21

• Bahrain was closed for a public holiday.

Reuters

Most major stock mar-kets in the Gulf ended lower yesterday amid

concerns about the continuing spread of the Delta coronavirus variant and Fed tapering.

“GCC equities were affected by the US Federal Reserve’s min-utes publication. The release revealed diverging opinions among its members regarding various topics, however, they were all in tune regarding the necessity to stop its asset re-purchasing programme by the end of the year,” Daniel Takied-dine, senior market analyst at FXPrimus.

Saudi Arabia’s benchmark index retreated 1.3%, dragged down by a 2.8% fall in Saudi Telecom Company and a 2.6% drop in Dr Sulaiman Al-Habib Medical Services.

The Saudi stocks also felt the jolt from declining oil prices which fell below $66 a barrel,

the lowest since May, pressured by concerns about weaker de-mand as COVID-19 cases rise, a stronger US dollar and a sur-prise increase in US gasoline inventories.

But, shares of apparel retail-er Fawaz Abdulaziz Alhokair Co climbed 3.1% after it posted quarterly net profit of 45.7 mil-lion riyals ($12.19 million), com-

pared to a loss of 535.6 million riyals year ago.

The Qatari index rose 0.3%, with Commercial Bank and Qa-tar Islamic Bank both advancing 3.6%.

The Gulf state’s cabinet ap-proved to increase the percent-age of non-Qatari ownership in the capital of Qatar National Bank, Qatar Islamic Bank, Com-mercial Bank and Al Rayan Bank to reach 100% — a move that could attract more liquidity to the bourse.

Islamic lender Masraf Al Rayan was up 1.9%.

Dubai’s main share index fell 0.8%, pressured by a 2.5% fall in Emirates NBD Bank.

Separately, Dubai’s DP World, one of the world’s biggest port

operators, said yesterday profit jumped almost 52% in the first half of 2021, fuelled by higher consumer spending and a re-bound in global trade since the pandemic.

In Abu Dhabi, the index re-treated 1%, a day after it touched a record high, with Emirates Telecommunications Group shedding 2.3% and the country’s largest lender First Abu Dhabi Bank declining 1.3%.

Outside the Gulf, Egypt’s blue-chip index lost 0.9%, as most of the stocks on the in-dex were in negative territory including Commercial Inter-national Bank which was down 1.9%.

Bahrain was closed for a pub-lic holiday.

Closing BellSAUDI 1.3% to 11,202

ABU DHABI d 1% to 7,620

DUBAI 0.8% to 2,838

QATAR 0.3% to 11,033

EGYPT 0.9% to 10,809

OMAN 0.2% to 3,983

KUWAIT 0.2% to 7,292

An empty room with an electronic board displaying data is seen amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak at a Exchange

FTC says Facebook ‘bought and buried’ rivals in renewed antitrust fight

• The FTC accused Facebook of an “illegal buy or bury scheme to crush competition”

Reuters | Washington

The US Federal Trade Com-mission refiled its antitrust

case against Facebook Inc yes-terday, accusing it of illegally maintaining monopoly power after the regulator suffered a setback earlier this year when a

federal judge threw out its law-suit against the company.

At 80 pages, the new com-plaint is significantly longer than the original, 53-page complaint and includes additional data and evidence intended to support the FTC’s contention that Facebook is a monopolist. An expanded portion of the complaint argues that Facebook dominates the US personal social networking market.

The FTC voted 3-2 along party lines to file the amended lawsuit and denied Facebook’s request that agency head Lina Khan be

recused. Khan participated in filing the new complaint.

The FTC accused Facebook of an “illegal buy or bury scheme to crush competition” in the head-line of the press release on its complaint.

In a tweet, Facebook said it is reviewing the agency’s amended complaint and will have more to say soon.

The high-profile case repre-sents one of the most signifi-cant challenges the agency has brought against a tech company in decades, and is being closely watched as Washington aims to

tackle the growing market pow-er of Big Tech companies.

In its new complaint, the agen-cy once again asked the court to order Facebook to sell Insta-gram, which it bought in 2012 for $1 billion, and WhatsApp, which it bought in 2014 for $19 billion.

It also asked the court to re-quire Facebook to obtain prior approval for acquisitions in the future and to cease all anticom-petitive behavior.

“Despite causing significant customer dissatisfaction, Face-book has enjoyed enormous

profits for an extended period of time suggesting both that it has monopoly power and that its personal social networking rivals are not able to overcome entry barriers and challenge its dominance,” the amended com-plaint said.

The amended complaint comes after Judge James Boas-berg of the US District Court for the District of Columbia said in June that the FTC’s original com-plaint filed in December failed to provide evidence that Facebook had monopoly power in the so-cial-networking market.

Mark Zuckerberg , Co-founder and CEO of Facebook

US weekly jobless claims hit 17-month lowReuters | Washington

The number of Americans filing new claims for un-

employment benefits fell to a 17-month low last week, pointing to another month of robust job growth, though surging COVID-19 infections pose a risk to the labor market recovery.

The weekly unemployment claims report from the Labour Department yesterday, the most timely data on the economy’s health, also showed the num-ber of people on state jobless rolls dropped in early August to levels last seen in mid-March 2020, when the economy al-most ground to a halt amid mandatory business closures aimed at slowing the first wave of COVID-19 cases.

The labor market’s prospects were boosted by other data showing a measure of manu-facturing employment in the mid-Atlantic region rose to a record high this month and factories increased hours for

workers. But the pace of growth in factory output slowed for a fourth straight month amid scarce raw materials and a shift in spending to services from goods.

Initial claims for state unem-ployment benefits fell 29,000 to a seasonally adjusted 348,000 for the week ended Aug. 14. The fourth straight weekly decline pushed claims to their lowest level since mid-March 2020. Economists polled by Reuters had forecast 363,000 applica-

tions for the latest week.The four-week moving av-

erage of initial claims, consid-ered a better measure of la-bor market trends as it irons out week-to-week volatility dropped 19,000 to 377,750, also a 17-month low.

Last week’s decrease in fil-ings was led by Texas. There were also notable declines in Illinois, Kentucky and Michi-gan. But applications increased in Virginia, California and New Mexico.

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Amazon plans to open large physical retail stores in US - WSJReuters

Amazon.com Inc is plan-

ning to open large physical shops in the United States that will operate like department stores, the Wall Street Jour-nal reported yesterday, as the e-commerce giant expands its footprint in brick-and-mortar retail.

Some of Amazon’s first de-partment stores are expected to open in Ohio and Califor-

nia, the report said, adding that the shops will be about 30,000 square feet in size and offer p r o d u c t s f r o m

well-known consumer brands.Sales at large department

stores, which were shopping havens until the entry of on-line players especially Ama-zon, have since taken a beating, even leading to the bankruptcy of once popular retail chains such as Sears, Neiman Marcus, and J.C. Penney.

Intel details mixed-source chip strategyReuters

Intel Corp yesterday gave new details of its turn-

around strategy to source subcomponents of its chips from external factories, including new specifics of partnerships with rival Tai-wan Semiconductor Manu-facturing Co.

Part of Intel’s answer in-volves tapping rivals like TSMC for subcomponents of chips called “tiles” and stitching those together in Intel’s own factories with packaging technology.

Intel yesterday said its new “Ponte Vecchio” chip will use key tiles made with TMSC’s “N5” and “N7” chipmaking technologies, placed on top of an In-tel-made base.

The “Ponte Vecchio” chip’s first major use will be in a supercomputer that Intel is building for the US Department of Energy.

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Gunmen kidnap nine students in northern Nigeria: policeAFP | Abuja

Gunmen have snatched nine pupils of an Islamic semi-

nary in northern Nigeria’s Kat-sina state, police said yesterday, in the latest of a string of school abductions.

Motorbike-riding assailants, known locally as bandits, seized the children in the village of Sakki on Tuesday as they were heading home after school, said state police spokesman Gambo Isah.

“Nine pupils were abducted,” Isah told AFP, adding that the police were on the trail of the kidnappers.

“All efforts are being made to rescue the children,” he as-sured.

Local residents however said eight pupils and a teacher were taken.

“ T h e b a n d i t s c a m e t o the school around 6:00 pm (1700GMT) and forced the eight pupils and their teacher on mo-torcycles and zoomed off into the bush,” resident Muntari Nasiru told AFP.

Last December, bandits kid-napped more than 100 children

of another Islamic seminary in nearby Baure village but the hostages were rescued by res-idents and local vigilantes the following day.

Northwest and central Ni-geria have been terrorised by criminal gangs who raid villages, stealing cattle, kid-napping for ransom and burning homes after looting supplies.

The gangs -- believed to hole up in Rugu forest, which strad-dles Katsina, Kaduna, Zamfara and Niger states -- have been increasingly attacking schools, seizing students to extort ran-som from parents.

Forty-seven killed in Burkina Faso jihadist attackAFP | Ouagadougou

Burkina Faso’s president declared three days of na-

tional mourning from yesterday after suspected jihadists killed 47 people, including 30 civil-ians, in an attack in the north of the country.

The attack was the latest bloodshed in an area plagued by Islamist violence.

The assault Wednesday near the town of Gorgadji also left 14 soldiers and three militia volun-teers dead, the communications ministry said.

The soldiers and militia had been “guarding civilians setting off for Arbinda,” another town

in northern Burkina.In an ensuing gunbattle, se-

curity forces killed 58 “terror-ists” and put the rest to flight, according to the government. Nineteen people were also wounded, it said.

“Rescue and relief operations are continuing,” it said.

The area is in the notorious “three-border” zone where Burkina Faso meets Mali and Niger, a focus of the jihad-ist violence that plagues the wider Sahel region of west Africa.

It was the third major attack on Burkinabe soldiers in the past two weeks, including one on August 4 near the Niger border which killed 30 people, including 11 civilians.

President Roch Marc Chris-

tian Kabore declared three days of national mourning from yes-terday for the victims of the latest attack, according to an official decree.

Flags would be flown at half-mast from public buildings and festivities banned during the period, it said.

Burkina Faso, a poor country in the arid sub-Saharan Sahel region, has since 2015 been battling increasingly frequent and deadly attacks by jihadist groups affiliated with the Is-lamic State group and Al-Qa-eda.

On June 4-5, gunmen killed at least 132 people, including chil-dren, in the northeast village of Solhan, Burkina’s deadliest attack in the history of the in-surgency.

Biden says August 31 deadline in Afghanistan might have to be extendedUS President Joe Biden says US Troops will stay in Afghanistan to evacuate Americans

• Biden is under fierce criticism for his handling of the withdrawal

Reuters | Washington

US troops may stay in Af-ghanistan past an Aug. 31 deadline to evacuate Amer-

icans, President Joe Biden said on Wednesday, and the Pentagon said the US military does not cur-rently have the ability to reach people beyond the Kabul airport.

“If there’s American citizens left, we’re going to stay until we get them all out,” Biden told ABC News in an interview conduct-ed on a day many US lawmakers pressed him to extend the dead-line that he had set for a final pullout.

Biden has come under fierce criticism for his handling of the withdrawal, which in recent days has been dominated by scenes of chaos in and around the Kabul airport with people desperately trying to get out of the country.

Biden defended his decisions, saying problems were inevitable in ending the 20-year US involve-ment there.

“The idea that somehow, there’s a way to have gotten out without chaos ensuing, I don’t know how that happens,” he said.

He also said the Taliban is co-operating for now in helping get Americans out of the country but “we’re having some more diffi-culty” in evacuating US-aligned Afghan citizens.

The speed with which Taliban

forces retook Afghanistan, as US and other foreign forces with-drew, has led to chaotic scenes at the airport with diplomats, for-eign citizens and Afghans trying to flee but they are being impeded by crowds and Taliban check-points.

“We’re going to do everything we can to continue to try and deconflict and create passage-ways for them to get to the air-field. I don’t have the capability to go out and extend operations currently into Kabul,” US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin told re-porters at the Pentagon.

A top US diplomat separately said on Wednesday the United States expects the Taliban to al-low Afghans who wish to leave Afghanistan to depart safely.

Not satisfiedAustin said the United States

was not satisfied with how many people were being evacuated.

“It’s obvious we’re not close to where we want to be in terms of getting the numbers through,” he said.

Biden and Vice President Ka-mala Harris discussed ways to accelerate evacuations of Amer-icans and refugees from Afghan-istan with his national security team on Wednesday, a White House official said.

Biden did not take questions after delivering a White House speech about coronavirus vaccine booster shots, turning his back and walking away as reporters shouted.

Reuters reported on Tuesday

increasing concern from officials about how many at-risk Afghans could be evacuated.

US troops guarding the evacua-tion effort fired some shots in the air overnight to control crowds, but there were no indications of casualties or injuries, the Penta-gon said earlier on Wednesday.

Austin said there are about 4,500 US military personnel in Kabul and there “have been no hostile interactions with the Tal-iban, and our lines of communi-cation with Taliban commanders remain open.”

Speaking to reporters along-side Austin, General Mark Milley, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said there had been no intelligence to indicate that the Afghanistan security forces and

government would collapse in 11 days, as they did.

Milley said intelligence had “clearly indicated, multiple sce-narios were possible,” including a Taliban takeover following a rapid collapse of Afghan security forces and the government, a civil war or a negotiated settlement.

“The timeframe of rapid col-lapse - that was widely estimated and ranged from weeks to months

and even years following our de-parture,” Milley said.

The two top Republicans in the US Congress, Kevin McCarthy of the House of Representatives and Mitch McConnell of the Senate, requested a classified briefing for the “gang of eight” - the top eight relevant lawmakers - for a status report on the evacuation.

“It is of the utmost importance that the US government account for all US citizens in Afghanistan and provide the necessary infor-mation and means of departure to all those Americans who desire to leave the country,” they wrote in a letter to Biden.

Both Austin and Milley, who have served in Afghanistan, ac-knowledged that troops and vet-erans were finding the images from the evacuation troubling.

“I’m hearing strong views from all sides on this issue ... what’s important is that each of us will work our way through this in our own way,” Austin said.

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Saudi Arabia

540,743 +499 8,449 +10 526,436 5,858

UAE 706,166 +1,077 2,012 +3 686,025 18,129

Kuwait 407,652 +276 2,399 +2 399,538 5,715

Oman 300,914 +186 4,020 +7 289,450 7,444

Qatar 230,221 +306 601 226,803 2,817

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Country Total cases Total deaths

1 USA 38,095,545 641,460

2 India 32,356,944 433,605

3 Brazil 20,458,221 571,703

4 Russia 6,684,531 173,700

5 France 6,557,356 113,103

6 UK 6,392,160 131,373

7 Turkey 6,157,772 53,891

8 Argentina 5,106,207 109,652

9 Colombia 4,877,323 123,781

10 Spain 4,758,003 83,004

11 Iran 4,587,683 100,255

12 Italy 4,464,005 128,634

13 Indonesia 3,930,300 122,633

14 Germany 3,853,852 92,444

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News in brief u Abu Dhabi emirate, the second-most populous in the United Arab Emirates, will end a partial lockdown imposed last month as part of

efforts to prevent the spread of COVID-19 variants, the government’s media office said in a Twitter post. It cited the Abu Dhabi Emergency Crisis and Disasters Committee as saying restrictions on movement of traffic and the public from midnight until 5 a.m. are ending after achieving their objective. The

UAE has seen daily coronavirus infections fall to 1,089 cases on Wednesday from around 2,000 in June and a peak of nearly 4,000 in January

u Oman will ease a curfew imposed to combat the spread of COVID-19 by reopening public buildings, malls and restaurants and resuming public events, authorities said. Shops have been closed and commercial activities shuttered between 8:00 pm and 4:00 am since May. They will reopen on Saturday but then be restricted again between those hours from Sept 1 to people who have been doubly vaccinated against the virus, a government committee tasked with coordinating efforts against the pandemic said on Twitter.

u Ivory Coast has identified an outbreak of the highly pathogenic H5N1

avian flu near the commercial capital Abidjan and has taken steps to curb its spread, the livestock ministry said in a statement. Testing confirmed the presence of the virus after a large number of poultry started dying in the Grand Bassam commune on July 20, the ministry said. Birds have been culled in the vicinity of the outbreak, the statement said, without saying how many.

u At least three people are dead and 50 others wounded after a bomb ripped through a Shia Muslim procession in central Pakistan, officials said. Security was high yesterday as the religious minority marked Ashura, the 10th day of the holy month of Muharram, a flashpoint for sectarian violence in previous years.

u Algeria blames its recent deadly fires on two groups it recently

designated as “terrorist” organisations, adding that one of them was backed by Morocco and Israel. The Algerian president’s office on Wednesday said police had arrested 22 people for starting the blazes, adding that the ultimate responsibility lay with the Islamist Rashad group and MAK, an autonomy movement for the mostly Amazigh-speaking Kabylie region.

Abu Dhabi says ends partial lockdown

Ivory coast confirms H5N1 avian flu outbreak

Algeria blames groups it links to Morocco, Israel for wildfires

Oman to ease COVID curfew from Saturday

Deadly blast hits Ashura procession in Pakistan

Death toll crosses 2,000 in quake-stricken HaitiAFP | Port-au-Prince

The death toll from a massive earthquake in Haiti soared

past 2,000 on Wednesday as relief workers warned of chal-lenges to aid efforts five days after thousands of people were left homeless.

The number of people killed in Saturday’s devastating quake has risen by almost 250 to 2,189, the country’s civil protection agency said.

“There are around 600,000 people who were directly af-fected and who need immedi-ate humanitarian assistance,” said Jerry Chandler, speaking from the emergency operations center in the capital Port-au-Prince.

“We had to find ways of en-suring security, which remains a significant challenge.”

The quake also injured at least 12,268 people and dam-aged or destroyed tens of thou-sands of buildings in the Carib-bean nation, which has still not recovered from the devastating earthquake of 2010.

On Tuesday, many Haitians left with no shelter by the 7.2-magnitude earthquake had to endure lashing winds and pouring rain as Tropical Storm Grace passed over the country.

Even before the powerful earthquake, Haiti, one of the world’s poorest countries, was wracked by a mounting Cov-id-19 crisis and political cha-os that culminated last month with the assassination of presi-dent Jovenel Moise.

And while gang violence plagued the poverty-stricken neighbourhood of Martissant near the capital in the weeks since early June, that threat appears to have diminished for now with an informal truce in place, easing fears that gun vi-olence could impact the flow of convoys out of Port-au-Prince.

‘In ruins’

But relief workers still face other challenges.

“Sometimes we’ve been con-fronted by frustrated and impa-tient people, who have caused problems and blocked our con-voys,” Chandler said.

The government has declared a month-long state of emergen-cy in the four provinces impact-ed by the latest quake.

In the hard-to-reach area of Maniche some 120 miles from the capital, residents are still waiting for aid.

“The institutions we used

to have ... are in ruins,” local resident Rose Hurguelle Point du Jour said, adding that the church, parish and clinic have all been totally destroyed.

Another resident, Geordany Bellevue, fears for people living in remote and landlocked parts of Maniche.

“There were a lot of mud-slides in the mountains that injured and killed a lot of peo-ple. Some are missing and we don’t have the means to go find them,” the 32-year-old said.

“It was already hard to get aid here in the center of Man-iche, so when it comes, it never reaches the disaster victims in the remote areas.”

Haiti’s civil protection agency said Wednesday that at least 332 people are still missing.

Meanwhile aid agency US-AID, which has been leading US relief efforts, said in a state-ment on Wednesday that “many roads remain impassable in some areas.”

The agency added that it and its partners have relied on air and sea routes to reach some victims, including supporting the World Food Programme’s barge service “to deliver re-lief supplies and personnel to southwestern Haiti.”

Homes lay in ruins along an earthquake-damaged road in Rampe, Haiti

Hurricane Grace lashes Mexico’s Caribbean coastAFP | Mexico city

Hurricane Grace unleashed strong winds and heavy rain

on Mexico’s Caribbean coastline yesterday, grounding flights and forcing some tourists to spend the night in storm shelters.

The Category One hurricane -- the lowest on the five-lev-el Saffir-Simpson scale -- made landfall before dawn on the Yu-catan Peninsula near the town of Tulum.

It was clocking maximum sus-tained winds of 80 miles (130 kilo-

meters) per hour but weakened slightly as it moved inland, the US National Hurricane Center in Mi-ami said, warning of a “dangerous storm surge” in the area.

On Wednesday, as the hurricane approached Mexico more than 100 flights to or from the major resort of Cancun were cancelled and tourists in Tulum were told to leave their hotel rooms.

“Hotels in Tulum have been evacuated and the tourists taken to various hotel shelters,” said Carlos Joaquin, governor of the southeastern state of Quintana Roo.

Another 125 people were evac-uated in small communities in the sparsely populated area that bore the brunt of the storm.

Sea crossings to nearby islands were suspended and ports were closed, Joaquin said on Twitter.

Electricity was cut off as a pre-caution, affecting almost 150,000 people, but as soon as the storm passes repairs will be carried out to restore supply, Joaquin added.

Cancun’s hotel zone was largely deserted at dawn as intense wind and rain caused some damage to structures on the beach, which was pounded by strong waves.

A general view shows a beach before the approach of Hurricane Grace, in Cancun

Parent of abducted students wait for the return of their children outside a school in Nigeria (file photo)

Burkinabe soldiers patrol a road near the town of Gorgadji, in the Sahel area of Burkina Faso

US soldiers stand guard along a perimeter at the international airport in KabulAn aerial view of the Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, previously known as Kabul International Airport

We’re going to stay until we get them all out’ amid chaotic scenes at Kabul

airport as thousands seek to flee

JOE BIDEN

There are around 600,000 people

who were directly affected and who need immediate

humanitarian assistance. We had to find ways of ensuring

security, which remains a significant

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PROTECTION AGENCYWe’re going to do

everything we can to continue to try and

deconflict and create passageways for them to get to the airfield. I

don’t have the capability to go out and extend operations currently

into KabulUS DEFENSE SECRETARY LLOYD AUSTIN

The area is in the notorious “three-bor-

der” zone where Burkina Faso meets

Mali and Niger, a focus of the jihadist violence that plagues the wider Sahel region of west

Africa

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After it crosses the Yucatan, the storm is

expected to move over the southwest Gulf of Mexico before lashing the eastern states of

Veracruz and Tamauli-pas late Friday or early

Saturday

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Last December, ban-dits kidnapped more

than 100 children of another Islamic

seminary in nearby Baure village but the

hostages were rescued by residents and local vigilantes the follow-

ing day

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The speed with which Taliban forces retook Afghanistan, as U.S.

and other foreign forces withdrew, has led to chaotic scenes

at the airport with diplomats, foreign

citizens and Afghans trying to flee but they are being impeded by crowds and Taliban

checkpoints

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BETTER

Dropping winds raise hopes French Riviera fire can be contained

AP | Paris

A fire that has ravaged for-ests near the French Rivi-

era for four days is slowing down as winds and hot weath-er subside, but more than 1,100 firefighters were still strug-gling to get it under control yesterday, local authorities said.

It was the latest of many wildfires scorching the Medi-terranean region this summer. The French blaze has left two people dead and 27 injured and forced at least 10,000 to evacuate campgrounds, hotels and homes across the region.

The fire is “less violent and its progression has slowed,” the administration for the sur-rounding Var region said in a statement yesterday. Strong winds off the Mediterranean had fanned the flames but are now calming, and tempera-tures are dropping.

“We can be optimistic,” the head of the regional fire ser-vice, Dominique Lain, told broadcaster France-Info.

The fire has already burned 7,100 hectares (18,000 acres) of forest since it started Monday about 40 kilometers (24 miles) inland from the coastal resort of Saint-Tropez.

In the Gulf of Saint-Tropez, huge water-bombing planes could be seen swooping down to fill their bellies with water to dump across the flaming Riviera backcountry. Rein-forcements to give firefighters on the ground periodic rests were coming in from else-

where around France.Wildfires this summer have

left areas in Greece, Turkey, Italy, Algeria and Spain in smoldering ruins. In Greece yesterday, hundreds of Greek and Polish firefighters were battling a major wildfire dec-imating a pine forest for a fourth day northwest of the Greek capital.

The fire near the village of Vilia, about 60 kilometres (37 miles) from Athens, has already burned through thou-sands of hectares and led to evacuation orders being issued for several villages in the area. Strong winds forecast for later in the day could complicate firefighting efforts.

Scientists say there is little doubt that climate change from the burning of coal, oil and natural gas is driving extreme events such as heat waves, droughts and wildfires.

Hezbollah says Iran fuel tanker to sail to Lebanon

• Neither the Iranian nor the Lebanese governments have confirmed the paramilitary organisation’s claim

AFP | Lebanon

Hezbollah chief Hasan Nas-rallah said yesterday a

tanker would set off from Iran “within hours” to bring des-perately needed fuel supplies to Lebanon, in defiance of US sanctions.

Many questions remain about how the shipment would reach its stated destination, where acute and growing fuel short-ages have forced hospitals, busi-nesses and government offices shut amid a crippling economic crisis.

But the move, prohibited by US sanctions on Iran’s oil indus-try, could drag Lebanon into the covert naval war between Teh-ran and Israel. Nasrallah dared Iran’s foes to stop the shipment.

“The vessel, from the moment it sails in the coming hours until it enters (Mediterranean) wa-ters, will be considered Leba-nese territory,” he said during a televised speech to mark the Shiite Muslim commemoration

of Ashura.“To the Americans and Israe-

lis, I say: it’s Lebanese territory.”He said a first ship would

bring fuel for “hospitals, manu-facturers of medicine and food, as well as bakeries and private generators.”

He said more vessels would follow to address shortages that have ground Lebanon to a halt.

Neither the Iranian nor the Lebanese governments have confirmed the paramilitary or-ganisation’s claim.

Nasrallah did not specify where or how the shipment would reach Lebanon and be offloaded.

Lebanese energy expert Laury Haytayan said major questions hung over the shipment, includ-ing the amount to be delivered, who would pay, where the boat would dock and whether the details of the transaction had been disclosed to the Lebanese government.

“It is a possibility that these tankers will go to Syria and ship-ments will be refined there,” Haytayan said.

“But this is all prohibited by sanctions, its not that easy, and since Hezbollah is doing it in public, there is a lot of danger on Lebanon, we are in danger of being sanctioned, or being

attacked.”Since February this year, Iran

and Israel have been engaged in a “shadow war” in which vessels linked to each nation have come under attack in waters around the Gulf in tit-for-tat exchanges.

Former prime minister Saad Hariri warned yesterday that Nasrallah’s remarks could be “dangerous.”

“Iranian vessels will carry ad-ditional dangers and sanctions for the Lebanese,” he said in a statement released by his office.

Lebanon is grappling with an economic crisis branded by the World Bank as one of the plan-et’s worse since the mid-19th century.

Three dead, four missing in Malaysian floodsAFP | Kuala Lumpur

Three people were killed and four others are missing af-

ter floodwaters swept down a mountain in northern Malaysia and surged through villages, au-thorities said yesterday.

Water packed with mud, rocks and logs hit settlements close to Mount Jerai on Wednes-day, leaving streets and houses swamped and washing away cars.

Properties in the two affected districts suffered severe dam-age while some people were left trapped inside their houses, emergency workers said.

“I grew up in this village and this is the first time I’ve seen such an incident,” one local res-ident, Salwa Mohamad Isa, told

state news agency Bernama.“Bridges and roads collapsed,

cars washed away and people

dying.”Forty people have been evac-

uated from their homes to com-

munity centres, and the search and rescue operation is con-tinuing.

Local NGOs said clearing of forests and mining in the envi-ronmentally sensitive area could have played a role.

A file picture shows Iran’s Revolutionary Guards driving speedboats in front of an Iranian oil tanker

Debris is seen in Yan, Malaysia’s Kedah district

Firefighters gather as they work on a wildfire, in Vidauban in the department of Var, southern France

It is a possibility that these tankers will go

to Syria and shipments will be refined there.

But this is all prohibited by sanctions, its not that easy, and since

Hezbollah is doing it in public, there is a lot of danger on Lebanon, we are in danger of being sanctioned, or being

attackedLEBANESE ENERGY EXPERT LAURY HAYTAYAN

More than 1,000 firefighters have

been in action, using helicopters and

water-dropping Can-adair aircraft, while

10,000 residents and holidaymakers have been evacuated in

the area

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Local NGOs said clearing of forests and mining in the environ-

mentally sensitive area could have played a

role

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Gulf Baz Logistics CO. W.L.L. has a vacancy for the occupation of STOREKEEPER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 69990032 or [email protected]

A - KARIM ALJAHROMI CONTRACTING COMPANY WLL has a vacancy for the occupation of LABOURER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17831000 or [email protected]

Areena Contractor Group Co. S.P.C has a vacancy for the occupation of WORKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17245222 or [email protected]

URBASER BAHRAIN CO W.L.L has a vacancy for the occupation of WORKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17131018 or [email protected]

MOHAMMAD ABDULLA ALAReedh CO.W.L.L has a vacancy for the occupation of DRIVER/OPERATOR(CRANE) , suitably qualified applicants can contact 38811122 or [email protected]

Bilal jamil khan for Other business support service activities C has a vacancy for the occupation of WORKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 36848778 or [email protected]

Seven Energy W.L.L has a vacancy for the occupation of WELDER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17500791 or [email protected]

Sadman construction co wll has a vacancy for the occupation of MASON , suitably qualified applicants can contact 37728500 or [email protected]

TURATH MANDALI RESTAURANT FOR GRILLS AND IRANIAN FOOD has a vacancy for the occupation of WORKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 39468278 or [email protected]

AMMAR ABDULLA HASAN QATTAN /( NOOR ALI/7862 ) has a vacancy for the occupation of SEAMAN , suitably qualified applicants can contact 39819232 or [email protected]

MOHAMED ABDULNABI ALI (RIHANNA ALRASUL / 12140) has a vacancy for the occupation of SEAMAN , suitably qualified applicants can contact 39466236 or [email protected]

ABDULAHUSAIN KHUDHUR &AHMED AND YOUSIF SNOS OF ALI AHMED has a vacancy for the occupation of CLEANER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 36636622 or [email protected]

Prestige Class Office for moving home and office furniture has a vacancy for the occupation of DRIVER(HEAVY VEHICLE) , suitably qualified applicants can contact 39787837 or [email protected]

ALKHABBAZ COLLECTION OF COOKING OIL has a vacancy for the occupation of WORKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 39299322 or [email protected]

FOUR WALLS INTERNATIONAL CO. S.P.C. OWNER ABDULMAJEED KHALID AWAD ALLAM has a vacancy for the occupation of CASHIER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17215550 or [email protected] stars Contracting Co. W.L.L has a vacancy for the occupation of WORKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 77059992 or [email protected]

Basmalah Second Hand Goods has a vacancy for the occupation of WORKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 39854843 or [email protected]

AL SALTANAH DOCUMENT CLEARING has a vacancy for the occupation of WORKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 36333817 or [email protected]

LEISURE INTERNATIONAL TRADING S.P.C has a vacancy for the occupation of SALESMAN , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17388888 or [email protected] NEW IDEAL WELDING AND FABRICATION W.L.L has a vacancy for the occupation of STEEL FABRICATOR , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17702950 or [email protected]

Flash Star Car Services Co. W.l.l has a vacancy for the occupation of WORKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 39335858 or [email protected] Al Dana Garage has a vacancy for the occupation of MECHANIC , suitably qualified applicants can contact 38268660 or [email protected]

RUBEENA CONTRACTING ESTABLISHMENT has a vacancy for the occupation of SUPERVISOR , suitably qualified applicants can contact 39609881 or [email protected]

Water Color Interiors (Middle East) W.L.L. has a vacancy for the occupation of MASON , suitably qualified applicants can contact 13699000 or [email protected]

European Cleaning Services Bahraini Partnership Company has a vacancy for the occupation of WORKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 66999599 or [email protected]

NASSER SAEED AL-HAJRI CORPORATION W.L.L has a vacancy for the occupation of PIPE-FITTER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17312220 or [email protected]

Sansaf Trading Co.W.L.L has a vacancy for the occupation of WORKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 33921167 or [email protected]

GULF ASIA CONTRACTING COMPANY WLL has a vacancy for the occupation of SAFETY OFFICER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17312220 or [email protected] Access Platforms Bahrain W.L.L has a vacancy for the occupation of TECHNICIAN(MAINTENANCE) , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17840787

ONENESS TRANSPORTING has a vacancy for the occupation of DRIVER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 33138667

Danway Electrical & Mechanical Engineering L.L.C has a vacancy for the occupation of ELECTRICIAN , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17297600 or [email protected]

CAFE BAZZA W.L.L has a vacancy for the occupation of WAITER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 37322408 or [email protected]

SAKAN RIFFA INTERIOR DESIGN DECORATION S.P.C has a vacancy for the occupation of WORKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 39862086 or [email protected]

668 cafe has a vacancy for the occupation of WAITER (GENERAL) , suitably qualified applicants can contact 33113352 or [email protected] PETALS BOUTIQUE W.L.L has a vacancy for the occupation of DESIGNER(FASHION) , suitably qualified applicants can contact 33443892 or [email protected]

Krishna for Construction of Floating Structures W.L.L. has a vacancy for the occupation of SALESMAN , suitably qualified applicants can contact 39804140 or [email protected]

Al Diyafah Marine Service WLL has a vacancy for the occupation of WORKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 39545365 or [email protected]

National Palace Building Construction W.L.L has a vacancy for the occupation of OFFICE WORKER HELPER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 38278298 or [email protected]

DOWN TOWN CONSTRUCTION COMPANY W.L.L. has a vacancy for the occupation of STEEL CHIPPER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17404866 or [email protected]

DOWN TOWN CONSTRUCTION COMPANY W.L.L. has a vacancy for the occupation of PLUMBER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17404866 or [email protected]

ABNA ZUHAIR TRANSPORT CO. W.L.L has a vacancy for the occupation of HEAVY DRIVER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17591881 or [email protected]

DOWN TOWN CONSTRUCTION COMPANY W.L.L. has a vacancy for the occupation of STEEL CHIPPER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17404866 or [email protected]

MAGIC SHINE CLEANING CO. SPC has a vacancy for the occupation of WORKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17345051 or [email protected]

VISSION CONSTRUCTION has a vacancy for the occupation of WORKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 39300177 or [email protected]

ABRAJ ALKHAMIS TRADING S.P.C has a vacancy for the occupation of WORKER , suitably qualified

applicants can contact 17630580 or [email protected]

HAMOORABI BLACKSMITH & WELDING WORKSHOP has a vacancy for the occupation of LABOURER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17668579 or [email protected]

AYUB QURESHI CONSTRUCTION has a vacancy for the occupation of SUPERVISOR , suitably qualified applicants can contact 39823801 or [email protected]

Idroos Tissues S.P.C owned by Saleha Habeeb Idroos has a vacancy for the occupation of WORKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 35123005 or [email protected]

ALMADANI HYDRAULIC REPAIR WLL has a vacancy for the occupation of MECHANIC , suitably qualified applicants can contact 38792207 or [email protected]

SM PINOY SUPER MARKET WLL has a vacancy for the occupation of WORKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17736030 or [email protected]

TEA TIME PLEASURE RESTAURANT W.L.L has a vacancy for the occupation of WORKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 39867872 or [email protected]

Tricon lenses company S.P.C has a vacancy for the occupation of WORKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 38847202 or [email protected]

Swift and Smooth Logistics Services Co. W.L.L has a vacancy for the occupation of WORKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 33109342 or [email protected]

Farhee Jewellery Design Co. S.P.C owned by Qamar Ur Rehman has a vacancy for the occupation of WORKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 33579743 or [email protected]

DTS W.L.L has a vacancy for the occupation of WORKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17319999 or [email protected]

Adaa Building Solutions W.L.L. has a vacancy for the occupation of CONSTRUCTION WORKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17210147 or [email protected]

GREEN SKENAR ELECTRIC WORKSHOP SPC OWNED BY SARBJEET SING has a vacancy for the occupation of WORKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 33161222 or [email protected]

TIP TOP SALOON S P C has a vacancy for the occupation of BARBER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 39888293 or [email protected]

ISTAR Bahraini partnership company has a vacancy for the occupation of WORKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 36171122 or [email protected]

Majorca Cafe has a vacancy for the occupation of LABOURER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 33363151 or [email protected]

ALPHA. PHARMACY W.L.L has a vacancy for the occupation of ACCOUNTANT , suitably qualified applicants can contact 39885906 or [email protected] K M H Decoration Bahraini partnership company has a vacancy for the occupation of WORKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 36758776 or [email protected]

MUNICH SALON has a vacancy for the occupation of BARBER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 37392919 or [email protected]

GLORY COnTRACTING has a vacancy for the occupation of SUPERVISOR , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17550203 or [email protected]

ALEEM MOHAMMED FOR REPAIR OF MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT S.P.C Owned has a vacancy for the occupation of WORKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 35116399 or [email protected]

AL MAKEENA AUTO SERVICES & SPARE PARTS Company W.L.L has a vacancy for the occupation of MECHANIC , suitably qualified applicants can contact 37745987 or [email protected]

KINDOM OF FLOWERS NURSERY has a vacancy for the occupation of DRIVER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 39909933 or [email protected]

ALRASHIDIYA GARDEN has a vacancy for the occupation of HORSE BREEDER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17212200 or [email protected]

HASAN MOHAMED SAEED ALI “ ALNWARS ALDAHOOK 1/ 7996 “ has a vacancy for the occupation of SEAMAN , suitably qualified applicants can contact 39719795 or [email protected]

SECURI CORE S.P.C OWNED BY RASHEED AL-FAWAZ has a vacancy for the occupation of SECURITY GUARD , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17822228 or [email protected]

SECURI CORE S.P.C OWNED BY RASHEED AL-FAWAZ has a vacancy for the occupation of SECURITY GUARD , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17822228 or [email protected]

REDX INDUSTRIES CO. W.L.L. has a vacancy for the occupation of STEEL CHIPPER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 77454545 or [email protected]

Al Rayah For Safety Items WLL has a vacancy for the occupation of SECURITY GUARD , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17712700 or [email protected]

MODERN KNOWLEDGE SCHOOLS has a vacancy for the occupation of ADMINISTRATOR , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17727712 or [email protected]

ALMATALA CONTRACTING ESTABLISHMENT has a vacancy for the occupation of HEAVY DRIVER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 39458212 or [email protected]

ZAKIYA BAKERY has a vacancy for the occupation of WORKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 677575 or [email protected]

CENTURY FIVE TRADING EST. has a vacancy for the occupation of WORKER(SALES) , suitably qualified applicants can contact 33206972 or [email protected]

AL JASRA BIKES RE has a vacancy for the occupation of WORKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17713637 or [email protected]

FRUITAGE GULF has a vacancy for the occupation of WORKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17277227 or [email protected]

911 MARKET has a vacancy for the occupation of SALESMAN , suitably qualified applicants can contact 36499997 or [email protected]

NATIONAL CONCRETE COMAPNY W.L.L has a vacancy for the occupation of SEAMAN , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17786665 or [email protected]

FRESH BITES has a vacancy for the occupation of WORKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 39861914 or [email protected]

WADI DELMON FOR SALE AND TRADE OF CLOTHING has a vacancy for the occupation of SALESMAN , suitably qualified applicants can contact 39784878 or [email protected]

ALMAYOUN AUTO SERVICES has a vacancy for the occupation of MECHANIC , suitably qualified applicants can contact 39617647 or [email protected]

WADI ALSAIL GATE CONSTRUCTION has a vacancy for the occupation of WORKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 33367000 or [email protected]

UNIVERSAL FOUNDATIONS has a vacancy for the occupation of HEAVY DRIVER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17620673 or [email protected]

UNIVERSAL FOUNDATIONS has a vacancy for the occupation of SHOVEL OPERATOR , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17620673 or [email protected]

ABJAD ELECTRONICS has a vacancy for the occupation of SALESMAN , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17332078 or [email protected]

Areena Contractor Group Co. S.P.C has a vacancy for the occupation of WORKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17245222 or [email protected]

Al Rayah For Safety Items WLL has a vacancy for the occupation of SECURITY GUARD , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17712700 or [email protected]

STYLO PHONE has a vacancy for the occupation of SALESMAN , suitably qualified applicants can contact 39150389 or [email protected]

VACANCIESAVAILABLE

Sayed Kadhem aldurazi & sons B.S.c. close has a vacancy for the occupation of HEAVY DRIVER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17620672 or [email protected] SERVICES & MAINTENANCE COMPANY B.S.C. (CLOSED) has a vacancy for the occupation of WORKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17727676 or [email protected]. HILTON LIMITED has a vacancy for the occupation of MASON , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17731881 or [email protected]. HILTON LIMITED has a vacancy for the occupation of WORKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17731881 or [email protected]. HILTON LIMITED has a vacancy for the occupation of FITTER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17731881 or [email protected] TOWN CONSTRUCTION COMPANY W.L.L. has a vacancy for the occupation of MASON , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17404866 or [email protected] TOWN CONSTRUCTION COMPANY W.L.L. has a vacancy for the occupation of STEEL CHIPPER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17404866 or [email protected] TOWN CONSTRUCTION COMPANY W.L.L. has a vacancy for the occupation of CARPENTER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17404866 or [email protected] CITY CONTRACTING S.P.C has a vacancy for the occupation of ELECTRICIAN , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17382343 or [email protected] ARAB MARKETING & AGENT COMPANY W.L.L has a vacancy for the occupation of CLEANER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17514166 or [email protected] CONTRACTING GROUP W.L.L. has a vacancy for the occupation of CLEANER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17400407 or [email protected] Diyar construction has a vacancy for the occupation of CONSTRUCTION WORKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 36746666 or [email protected] MECHANICAL CONTRACTING COMPANY W.L.L. has a vacancy for the occupation of MECHANICAL HELPER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17725522 or [email protected] MECHANICAL CONTRACTING COMPANY W.L.L. has a vacancy for the occupation of FITTER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17725522 or [email protected] ALTHAWAWDAH CONSTRUCTIONS has a vacancy for the occupation of WORKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 39431043 or [email protected] HOUSE FOR CLEANING CONTRACTING has a vacancy for the occupation of WORKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17345569 or [email protected] INTEGRATED SERVICES W.L.L has a vacancy for the occupation of CLEANER (GENERAL) , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17822218 or [email protected] AlKhamis Contracting S.P.C. has a vacancy for the occupation of LABOURER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17630580 or [email protected] Jazeera Security Co. S.P.C has a vacancy for the occupation of SECURITY GUARD , suitably qualified applicants can contact 32242444 or [email protected] marine co. w.l.l has a vacancy for the occupation of LABOURER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17111722 or [email protected] Contracting Company W.L.L has a vacancy for the occupation of CARPENTER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 33334107 or [email protected] Contracting Company W.L.L has a vacancy for the occupation of WORKER(CONSTRUCTION) , suitably qualified applicants can contact 33334107 or [email protected] Contracting Company W.L.L has a vacancy for the occupation of STEEL CHIPPER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 33334107 or [email protected] Contracting Company W.L.L has a vacancy for the occupation of MASON , suitably qualified applicants can contact

33334107 or [email protected] Contracting Company W.L.L has a vacancy for the occupation of PLUMBER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 33334107 or [email protected] MOHAMMAD BUILDING CONSTRUCTION has a vacancy for the occupation of LABOURER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 34173418 or [email protected] TECH W.L.L has a vacancy for the occupation of CLERK(FRONT OFFICE) , suitably qualified applicants can contact 36145020 or [email protected] GLOBAL SOLUTIONS S.P.C has a vacancy for the occupation of LABOURER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 33091970 or [email protected] Trading & Contracting Co. W.L.L has a vacancy for the occupation of SENIOR ELECTRICAL ENGINEER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17810484 or [email protected] Contracting Company W.L.L has a vacancy for the occupation of CARPENTER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 33334107 or [email protected] enma house for security services W.L.L has a vacancy for the occupation of SECURITY GUARD , suitably qualified applicants can contact 36574740 or [email protected] WORKSHOP has a vacancy for the occupation of WORKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 37240118 or [email protected] FRESH AND FROZEN MEAT & FISH WLL has a vacancy for the occupation of SLAUGHTERER (GENERAL) , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17533293 or [email protected] SHIP SERVICES W.L.L has a vacancy for the occupation of INFORMATION TECHNICIAN , suitably qualified applicants can contact 33094538 or [email protected] Contracting Co W.L.L has a vacancy for the occupation of WORKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17663542 or [email protected] TECH MAINTENANCE has a vacancy for the occupation of ELECTRICIAN(MAINTENANCE) , suitably qualified applicants can contact 36671182 or [email protected] Marketing & Promotion Co. W.L.L has a vacancy for the occupation of WORKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 34334979 or [email protected] INTERNATIONAL W.L.L. has a vacancy for the occupation of WORKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 77082440 or [email protected] MANAGEMENT COMPANY BAHRAINI PARTNERSHIP has a vacancy for the occupation of OFFICE ASSISTANT , suitably qualified applicants can contact 33200354 or [email protected] American Center Car Maintenance company W.L.L has a vacancy for the occupation of MECHANICAL HELPER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 39070911 or [email protected] MARKETS BAHRAIN COMPANY S.P.C has a vacancy for the occupation of MANAGER (MARKETING) , suitably qualified applicants can contact 35127876TAMIMI MARKETS BAHRAIN COMPANY S.P.C has a vacancy for the occupation of GENERAL MANAGER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 35127876Qaratees General Trading has a vacancy for the occupation of DRIVER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 39474742 or [email protected] Gulf Infection Control Solution Co S.P.C has a vacancy for the occupation of MANAGER (FINANCIAL AFFAIRS) , suitably qualified applicants can contact 38286968 or [email protected] DROP CAFE has a vacancy for the occupation of COFFEE SERVER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17000585 or [email protected] TRADING has a vacancy for the occupation of SALESMAN , suitably qualified applicants can contact 39076660 or [email protected] PROJECT SOLUTIONS FOR GENERAL TRADING & CONTRACTING - IZZ Y has a vacancy for the occupation of TECHNICIAN(MAINTENANCE) , suitably qualified applicants can contact 36990956 or [email protected] CITY RESTAURANT has a vacancy for the occupation of COOK(GENERAL) , suitably qualified applicants can contact 33764593 or [email protected] FASHION Company S.P.C has a vacancy for the occupation of RETAIL TRADE SALESMAN (BOUTIQUE) ,

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Owen Wilson reveals his brother helped him heal following 2007 suicide attemptFox | Los Angeles

Owen Wilson got candid about his 2007 suicide

attempt and how his older brother Andrew helped him heal following the harrowing incident.

The 52-year-old dis-cussed his thoughts about life, death and his suicide attempt with Esquire in a profile titled, “Owen Wilson Is Doing Great, Thanks.”

“Sometimes life seems to be played by Tom Hardy in ‘The Revenant,’ some nightmarish guy trying to kill you, where even if you get the upper

hand,” the “French Dispatch” the star said.

Wilson continued, “He’s still going to be there at the

end whispering, ‘This ain’t gonna bring your boy back’ or your dad back or any good times from your past back.

Or whatever. And when life’s being played by that guy, you just gotta hang on and wait for it to pass.’”

A n d r e w “ s t a y e d i n h i s h o u s e w i t h h i m ” f o l l o w i n g the attempt, according to

Esquire, and

“after that, rising with him each morning and writing up little schedules for each day so that life seemed at first manageable and then, at some point, a long time later, actually good.”

Scarlett Johansson, Colin Jost welcome first child togetherANI | Washington

It’s a baby boy! American ac-tor Scarlett Johansson and husband Colin Jost have

welcomed their first child to-gether after tying the knot in October 2020.

The news was confirmed by The Saturday Night Live star’s rep Marcel Pariseau to People magazine on Wednesday.

Later, on Instagram, the co-median shared a statement, disclosing that their baby boy is named Cosmo.

“Ok ok we had a baby. His name is Cosmo. We love him very much. Privacy would be greatly appreciated. For all inquires please contact our publicist @chethinks,” Jost wrote in an Instagram post with quirky hashtags: “#we-gotawaywithitforalongtime” “#nokidspolicy” and “#were-goingtodisneyworld.”

The ‘Black Widow’ actor who married Jost in an inti-mate ceremony back in Octo-ber 2020, is also a mother to daughter 6-year-old daughter named Rose Dorothy from her previous marriage to French-man Romain Dauriac.

During a recent comedy show, Jost dropped a hint

that his family was growing. The 39-year-old recently per-formed at a stand-up gig at the Ridgefield Playhouse in Connecticut over the weekend, where he said, “We’re having a baby, it’s exciting,” according to a source in the audience.

Rumours of Johansson’s

pregnancy first sparked in June after the actor skipped out on several ‘Black Widow’ events.

“She hasn’t been doing many interviews or events to pro-mote ‘Black Widow,’ which is surprising since it is a huge Marvel/Disney release and she is both the star and an exec-

utive producer,” a source ex-plained to Page Six at the time.

The Oscar-nominated actor did carry out promotional ap-pearances via Zoom, through which she virtually appeared on ‘The Tonight Show’ and the ‘Late Night with Seth Meyers’ show. She kept the camera set up to her shoulders up.

Despite the pregnancy, the 36-year-old actor had already plotted her big-screen return after her baby’s arrival as she has recently signed Wes An-derson’s upcoming movie, which also stars Margot Robbie and Tom Hanks.

Johansson’s character, plot and other such details of the Anderson directorial venture are being kept under wraps.

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Ok ok we had a baby. His name is

Cosmo. We love him very much. Privacy

would be greatly appreciated. For

all inquires please contact our publicist

@chethinksCOLIN JOST

Wilson has battled depression in the past and has said

that the idea of death landed with him

when he was about eleven

KNOW WHAT

Kerry Katona doing yoga to get back in shapeIANS | Los Angeles

Singer Kerry Katona says she has taken up yoga to shift

the pounds after putting on weight due to not having time for her fitness regime.

Katona is now getting back to working out and has started with some yoga each morning with the help of her person-al trainer and fiance -- Ryan Mahoney, reports femalefirst.co.uk.

“I’ve been feeling a bit rub-bish recently, so I’ve been do-ing some yoga in the morning

to try and get myself back into shape. Routine, consistency and a good mindset is key,” she wrote in her latest New! magazine column.

Katona and Mahoney also enjoyed a short break together at The Tyther-ington Club, in Chesh-ire, and she says it was great to get away from her work c o m m i t m e n t s and have a short respite from the responsibilities of raising her five kids.

Michael Keaton hasn’t seen comic book film since 1989’s ‘Batman’IANS | Los Angeles

Oscar-nominated actor Michael Keaton has re-

vealed that he is not a huge fan of comic book films, so much so he hasn’t watched an entire mov-ie in the genre since starring as Batman in filmmaker Tim Burton’s 1989 movie.

Keaton, who played villain Vulture in 2017 Marvel movie “Spider-Man: H o m e c o m -ing” said: Af-ter the first

‘Batman’, I’m not sure I’ve ever seen an entire (comic book) movie.I just never got around to it. So you’re talking to a guy who wasn’t in the zeitgeist of

that whole world.”“When I went down to

do the Marvel things in Atlanta ... It’s an entire city dedicated to Mar-vel ... They’ll be doing

Marvel movies for-ever. I’ll be dead, and they’ll still be doing Mar-vel movies,” he told The Holly-wood Reporter, reports female-

first.co.uk.

Colin Jost and Scarlett Johansson

Kerry Katona

Michael Keaton

Owen WilsonCamila Cabello

Camila Cabello lucky to have ‘nurturing partner’ like Shawn MendesIANS | Los Angeles

Singer Camila Cabello labels her relationship with sing-

er Shawn Mendes as built on “sweetness and tenderness”. She says she is lucky to have a “nurturing partner” like him.

“I probably have a nurtur-

ing attitude because I also like being nurtured. I’m lucky that my partner is the same way. There’s a lot of sweetness and tenderness,” Cabello said, reports femalefirst.co.uk.

She added: “I think we’re both sensitive. I’m really lucky to be able to surround my-self with tenderness; it’s really important to me.”

The couple keep each other grounded and are always on hand to help each other through rough patches with their mental health.

T h e ‘ Hav a n a ’ hitmaker recalled helping Mendes

overcome his anxiety about maintaining his physique, after he said last year that he would sometimes only get three hours

of sleep so that he could wake up early to hit the gym.

She added: “(He) would tell me like, ‘Dang, I have these kinds of thoughts or whatever.’ I think that

him talking about it has been a really big step in transforming that relationship with his body. I certainly feel obsessive, (like) I need to go to the

gym, I need to do this, I need to lose weight quickly. I’ve felt like that. That’s the so-cietal voice in your head.”

I probably have a nurturing attitude because I also like

being nurtured. I’m lucky that my partner is

the same way. There’s a lot of sweetness and

tendernessCAMILA CABELLO

Roglic back in red after Vuelta summit scramble

AFP | Madrid

Defending champion Pri-moz Roglic retook the Vu-

elta a Espana overall lead yes-terday when he led the main contenders up a steep incline finish, just failing however to catch early escaper Magnus Cort Nielsen, who won stage six.

The final ascent to a hilltop castle on a sunny afternoon at Cullera was an imposing 1.9km climb at 9.4 percent gradient and delivered a confrontation between the overall contend-ers.

EF’s Cort Nielsen clung on impressively to beat Roglic by a bike length, and could barely raise his arms in celebration at the finish.

“It was very close, I looked back at 150m and saw Roglic. I’m so happy,” said the 28-year-old Dane.

EF teammate, and one of the pre-race fancied riders, Hugh Carthy, was dropped and lost around three minutes after Ineos, Jumbo and Movistar powered away in the final part of the stage.

Other potential GC riders to lose time on the steep incline were Briton Adam Yates who dropped 25sec and Spain’s Bahrain Victorious leader Mikel Landa who was 27sec adrift of Roglic on the day.

The defending champion initially took the overall lead

by winning the opening day time-trial, before giving it up on day three in the hopes of avoiding the 90-minute daily media commitment facing the red jersey holder.

“Welcome to my world,” Ro-glic told Rein Taaramae, who took the red on stage three and then complained of how long he had to spend in interviews.

Roglic now leads a trio of Movistar riders in the overall standings with Enric Mas at 25sec, Miguel Angel Lopez at 36 and Alejandro Valverde at 41 with Egan Bernal in fifth, also at just 41sec.

The Slovenian appears to be on powerful form after crash-ing out of the Tour de France in July before winning Olym-pic time-trial gold in Tokyo.

“At the end I had good legs so I did a little sprint,” he said.

“We’ll see who will be the strongest in Santiago,” he said in reference to the stage 21 in-dividual time-trial at the pil-grim town Santiago de Com-postela.

Lucky seventh as Zverev finally wins in CincinnatiAlexander Zverev breaks first-round duck after seven years, beats Lloyd Harris

• Andy Murray beaten by Hubert Hurkacz

AFP | Cincinnati

Olympic champion Alex-ander Zverev struck gold at the ATP Cincinnati

Masters with his first victory at the US Open tuneup event in seven attempts.

The German has been deep in a rut from his first appear-ance in 2015 at the Midwest US venue, exiting in the first round every time.

But that all changed as Zverev celebrated success with a 7-6 (7/3), 6-2 win over South Afri-can Lloyd Harris to break his duck.

“I’m happy where I’m at and I’m happy to get my first win in seven years here,” he said. “It’s obviously a great start to the week.”

The breakthrough victory was the seventh in a row for the 24-year-old.

“When I came on court and they said Olympic gold medal-ist, it did give me goosebumps,” Zverev said.

“It made me a little nervous at the beginning of the match, I have to say, because it is a spe-cial feeling.”

Zverev now goes up against Argentine Guido Pella, a win-ner over Italy’s Fabio Fognini 6-1, 7-5.

Top seed Daniil Medvedev, last week’s Toronto champion, also advanced in a no-drama 6-2, 6-2 defeat of American Mackenzie McDonald that took just an hour for the 2019 Cincin-nati champion.

Number two seed Stefanos Tsitsipas fought off Sebastian

Korda for a 7-6 (7/5), 6-3 victory that took the Toronto semi-fi-nalist into the third round.

The Greek won on his second match point as Korda drove a forehand long after 97 minutes.

Tsitsipas next plays Italy’s Lorenzo Sonego who beat American Tommy Paul 7-6 (11/9), 6-2.

Norway ’s eighth-seeded Casper Ruud out-aced Amer-ican Reilly Opelka 21 to 17 on his way to a 6-7 (5/7), 6-0, 7-6 (7/4) victory.

Andy Murray’s wild card run ended with a 7-6 (7/4), 6-3 loss to Poland’s Hubert Hurkacz.

The Scotsman, who has been struggling to re-establish him-self on tour after his latest injury -- a groin problem -- lost the sec-ond-round contest in one and three-quarter hours to the play-er who knocked Roger Federer out of Wimbledon.

Murray fired a respectable 11 aces to the 17 of his ninth-seed-ed opponent in the first-time meeting while saving four break points.

“This week was fairly posi-

tive. I played much better than at Wimbledon and the grass season,” he said. “This week my body felt good, even if hard-courts are not easy on the body.

“Physically I was tired after some of the long rallies, but I felt fine.”

The 34-year-old Briton said the only factors that would make him reconsider his come-back were “if my body doesn’t feel good “ or “my tennis starts going backwards.”

The two-time Cincinnati winner, ranked 105th, owns 14 career Masters 1000 titles, the

most of any man in a field miss-ing the “Big 3” trio of Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djok-ovic -- all 20-time Grand Slam champions.

Olympic silver medalist Ka-ren Khachanov joined Murrray in defeat as the Russian exited 6-7 (5/7), 6-3, 6-4 to Canada’s 12th-seeded Felix Auger-Alias-sime, who will face Wimbledon finalist Matteo Berrettini for a quarter-final place.

Frenchman Gael Monfils earned the 500th match win of his career as he beat Australian Alex de Minaur 6-3, 7-5. Victo-ry put the 34-year-old into the third round against sixth seed Andrey Rublev, aged just six when the Frenchman won his first ATP match in 2004.

“It was at Metz against Xavier Malisse and he retired,” Mon-fils said. “I remember all of my wins. I’ve been on the Tour a long time. I’m quite blessed in my career.”

American John Isner beat Italian 11th seed Jannik Sinner 5-7, 7-6 (7/4), 6-4.

Former champion Grigor Dimitrov reached the third round over Kazakh Alexander Bublik 6-3, 7-5.

At the end I had good legs so I did a little

sprint. We’ll see who will be the strongest

in Santiago. It’s a long way until then

PRIMOZ ROGLIC

When I came on court and they said Olympic

gold medalist, it did give me goosebumps.

It made me a little nervous at the

beginning of the match, I have to say,

because it is a special feeling

ALEXANDER ZVEREV

The breakthrough vic-tory was the seventh

in a row for Alexander Zverev

KNOW

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Alexander Zverev of Germany hits a return to Lloyd Harris of South Africa

Danish rider Magnus Cort Nielsen celebrates as he wins the sixth stage

Australia’s Smith, Finch fit and bound for T20 World CupAFP | London

Steve Smith and Aaron Finch were both included in Aus-

tralia’s squad for the Twenty20 World Cup yesterday despite injury struggles, while un-capped wicketkeeper-batsman Josh Inglis was a shock selec-tion.

Batting lynchpin Smith had been under a cloud after pulling out of recent tours to the West Indies and Bangladesh due to a left elbow problem.

He said last month he could sacrifice playing at the T20 World Cup to ensure he was

fit for the home Ashes series against England this year, mak-ing clear Test cricket was his priority.

But he was part of the 15-strong squad named for the tournament from October 17 to November 14 in the United Arab Emirates and Oman.

Finch said this week that Smith was “going really well”.

“The last time I spoke to him, he wasn’t having any pain bat-ting so that was a real positive. He’s going to be such an impor-tant part of our campaign,” said the captain, who has also been beset by injury.

Finch underwent knee sur-gery last week after flying home from the Caribbean where he aggravated it during a T20 clash in St Lucia.

He missed the team’s sub-sequent ODIs against the West Indies and their tour of Bang-ladesh. Finch’s knee problems followed eye surgery this year after he complained of blurry vision.

But he will lead the team at the World Cup which will also see the return of David Warn-er, Glenn Maxwell and Pat Cummins, who all opted out of Australia’s recent limited-overs tours to rest.

Finch underwent knee surgery last week

after flying home from the Caribbean where he aggravated it dur-ing a T20 clash in St

Lucia

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Australia’s captain Aaron Finch (R) celebrates with teammate Steve Smith during a match (file photo)

Doskalchuk confident ahead of BRAVE CF 53: “I’m at another level as a fighter”TDT | Manama

Ukrainian debutant Alek-sander Doskalchuk has

high hopes in joining BRAVE Combat Federation. as the former M-1 Global flyweight champion will be making his maiden appearance under the promotion’s banner on August 21st.

The 31-year-old native of Chernivtsi, Ukraine is set to duke it out with hometown favorite Asu “Zulfikar” Alma-baev on the supporting card of BRAVE CF 53, which emanates from the beautiful and historic Kazakh city of Almaty.

Doskalchuk hasn’t been in action since November 2018 when he successfully defended his belt against Finnish veteran Mikael Silander by way of unan-imous decision.

Since then, Doskalchuk has put a pause on his career due to several factors. Now, he’s ready to climb back into the cage and resume his climb to the top.

He expects to pick up right where he left off. In order to reach the upper echelon of

BRAVE CF’s stacked flyweight division, he has to get past Alm-abaev—one of the promotion’s highly-touted recruits and a fel-low M-1 Global champion.

Ranked No. 3 among active flyweights in Central Asia, Al-mabaev turned heads with his impressive professional record of 12-2 with six wins via submis-sion and two by knockout.

Moreover, he has not tasted a single defeat since April 2017,

riding high on a remarkable eight-bout winning streak—with five of those victories coming by way Despite the creden-tials that Almabaev possesses, Doskalchuk believes he still has the better qualities of a mixed martial artist.

“I am at another level as a fighter. My class is higher than Asu. My fighter’s IQ and ex-perience are higher than his,” he said.

Aleksander Doskalchuk

Osaka rallies to oust Gauff, Barty advances at CincinnatiNaomi Osaka tested by Coco Gauff, wins three-setter in tour return

• Ashleigh Barty returns to winning ways after Olympic singles frustration

AFP | Cincinnati

Japan’s Naomi Osaka bat-tled back to take a 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 victory over American

Coco Gauff and advance into the third round of the WTA Cincin-nati Masters.

Top seed Ashleigh Barty moved on as well, bouncing back from a Tokyo Olympic first-round loss to start her pre-US Open campaign with a 6-4, 7-6 (7/3) win over Britain’s Heather Watson.

Four-time Grand Slam win-ner Osaka is playing her first event since the Games, where she went out in the third round.

Gauff had won the pair’s most recent prior match in the third round of the 2020 Australian Open after losing a year earlier at the US Open.

Osaka said the early stage of the match saw her trying var-ious things in her first match outside Tokyo since Roland Garros.

“The first set was an experi-ment,” Osaka said. “I was trying to see what was going on as I’ve not played that many matches.

“I was just examining here and trying to stay calm, trying to keep a level head.”

Osaka said victory “means a lot to me, especially coming off Tokyo. She’s not my favorite to

play. It’s very straining mentally.“But this is a win I can defi-

nitely congratulate myself for.”Before the Olympics, Osaka

last played at Roland Garros after announcing she would re-serve the right to avoid manda-tory post-match media confer-ences, which she said damaged her mental health.

That vow lasted through a first-round stadium interview

before she withdrew, going on to also skip Wimbledon.

The issue flared again this week in her first news confer-ence, with a straightforward query causing her to burst into tears before composing herself and getting through the session.

On Wednesday, she was calm and composed in her responses to reporters.

“I was wondering why was I so affected, I guess, like what made me not want to do media in the first place,” Osaka said.

“I’m wondering if I was scared because sometimes I would see headlines of like players losing and then the headline the next day would be like a collapse or they’re not that great anymore.”

Osaka will next play Jil Teich-mann after the Swiss put out American Bernarda Pera 6-1, 6-4.

Barty will next face two-time Australian Open champion Vic-

toria Azarenka.“I feel good. I feel like I’m

ready to play,” Barty said. “I’m as close to 100% as I’m ever going to get.

“I feel comfortable and ready and excited to be playing here in Cincinnati and knowing that we’re moving on to New York, one of the best tournaments and one of the best atmospheres in the world, that brings excite-ment.”

Angelique Kerber defeated Elina Svitolina 7-5, 2-6, 6-4 while former US Open winner Bianca Andreescu of Canada lost to Karolina Muchova 6-4, 6-2 in the second round.

Azarenka defeated Alison Riske 6-2, 7-5 while fellow for-mer Grand Slam champions Petra Kvitova and Jelena Osta-penko both won.

Kvitova stopped Veronika Ku-dermetova 6-2, 6-4 while Osta-penko advanced 6-7 (2/7), 5-4 when American Jennifer Brady retired.

Tae Kyun Kim eying BRAVE CF first two-division champion recordTDT | Manama

For the first time in his bud-ding professional career,

Tae Kyun “Ares” Kim will get to see his name on the marquee of a live mixed martial arts event promoted by a major interna-tional organization.

The unbeaten South Korean will take on hometown favorite Nurzhan “Bizon” Akishev in the main event of BRAVE CF 53, which is set to emanate from the picturesque city of Almaty in Kazakhstan this Saturday, August 21st.

Kim soaks in the privilege and attention that he’s getting for being the headliner of the

promotion’s return trip to the country, but he is also aware with what’s expected of him come fight night.

“I was happy to hear that I was the main event, but at the same time, I am a bit wor-ried,” he said. “It’s a burden [being in the main event], but I’ll work harder to showcase a good performance. I do not want to show the Korean fans a disappointing match.”

“Ares” feels that his upcom-ing match against Akishev will help him raise his stock as a competitor in the sport.

“I never think about who I want to fight next because I don’t care who I face inside the cage. I’m here to fight the best and be the strongest,” Kim

stressed.Kim is currently riding high

on a three-bout winning streak in BRAVE CF, and one more win could land him a shot at the company’s vacant Feather-weight World Championship.

But it seems capturing the top prize in the 145-pound weight class doesn’t end there for Kim as the undefeated stal-wart bares that he eyes to make history by becoming the first BRAVE CF athlete to hold two World Titles simultaneously.

“My long-term goal is to be-come both the Featherweight World Champion and the Lightweight World Champion of BRAVE CF, and stay as a dual champion for a long time,” he stated.

With new opponent, Lucas Martins goes for BRAVE CF record: “I want to make history”TDT | Manama

A former Lightweight world champion, Lucas Martins

will face Olzhas Eskaraev at BRAVE CF 53 in a featured 74kg catchweight bout, only 1kg be-low the Super Lightweight di-vision. The new opportunity made the Brazilian star pon-der a move to the upper weight class in order to set a new pro-motional milestone.

“Since I’ve joined BRAVE CF, I made it clear multiple times that my goal is to make histo-ry”, he said. “I became a world champion, I was the first one to fight for the title in two dif-ferent weight classes and now, fighting so close to the Super Lightweight limit, I’m think-ing about setting a new record: challenging the world title in three different divisions”.

Fighting in such a wide ar-ray of weights is not something new in Lucas’ career. Before joining BRAVE CF, while he competed in the United States, he was the first Brazilian to win in three different divisions: Bantamweight, Featherweight, and Lightweight.

Mineiro signed with BRAVE CF in 2017 and made his debut with a submission victory over Fabian Galvan in the Feather-weight division, in which he

also fought for the world title in 2019.

In 2018, Mineiro starred in one of the most iconic battles in BRAVE CF history by defeat-ing his fellow Brazilian Luan “Miau” Santiago to claim the Lightweight world title in his home country.

BRAVE CF 53 takes place on August 21st, in Almaty, Kazakh-stan, and will be held in associ-ation with the local promoters of Octagon Fight. The event will be headlined by the Feather-weight clash between Nurzhan Akishev and Tae Kyun Kim.


Tae Kyun Kim

Lucas Martins

I was happy to hear that I was the main

event, but at the same time, I am a bit worried. It’s a burden

[being in the main event], but I’ll work

harder to showcase a good performance. I do not want to show

the Korean fans a disappointing match

TAE KYUN KIM

The first set was an experiment. was trying to see what was going on as I’ve not played that many matches. I

was just examining here and trying to stay calm,

trying to keep a level head

NAOMI OSAKA

I became a world champion, I was the

first one to fight for the title in two different

weight classes and now, fighting so close to

the Super Lightweight limit, I’m thinking

about setting a new record: challenging

the world title in three different divisions

LUCAS MARTINS

Naomi Osaka of Japan hits the ball to Cori Gauff of the United States

Gauff had won the pair’s most recent prior match in the

third round of the 2020 Australian Open after losing a year earlier at

the US Open

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Halep pulls from WTA Cincinnati event with thigh injury

AFP | Cincinnati

Simona Halep withdrew from her second-round

match at the WTA Cincinnati Masters due to a right thigh injury she suffered at the US Open hardcourt tuneup event.

The fifth seed from Romania was to have faced American Jessica Pegula but pulled out after hurting herself in the pre-vious round in a victory over Poland’s Magda Linette.

“After feeling a sharp pain in my right adductor during the match yesterday, I called the

physio and, with heavy taping, was able to carry on and win.” Halep said.

“Unfortunately, a scan this morning showed that I have a small tear in the adductor and, therefore, it would be too risky for me to play this evening.

“I will rest up and do everything I can to be ready for the US Open. To the fans in Cincy, it was beautiful to see you again.”

Pegula earned a walkover into the third round.

Halep is just back on court after another injury in Rome last May that kept her from Roland Garros, Wimbledon and the Olympics.

Simona Halep in action during a match (file photo)

Unfortunately, a scan this morning showed that I have

a small tear in the adductor and, therefore, it would be too risky for me to play this evening

SIMONA HALEP

Halep is just back on court after another injury in Rome last May that kept her

from Roland Garros, Wimbledon and the

Olympics

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Bahrain achieves third place in World Youth Wrestling ChampionshipTDT | Manama

The Kingdom of Bahrain has achieved the bronze medal

in the 61kg class at the World Youth Wrestling Champion-ships, held in Russia on August 16-22, 2021.

The accomplishment was made by the Kingdom’s wres-tler Ali Baik. The event featured 500 wrestlers from both gen-ders who represent associa-tions under the umbrella of the International Federation.

On this occasion, HH Shaikh Khalid bin Hamad Al Khalifa, First Deputy President of the Supreme Council for Youth and Sports, President of the General Sports Authority and President of Bahrain Olympic Commit-tee said: “We express our grat-itude for this great achieve-ment which was made by the Kingdom’s wrestling through Ali Baik in a prestigious event. This success came thanks to the sponsorship and support of HM King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, King of the Kingdom of Bahrain, the interest of HRH Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, Crown Prince Prime Minister and the exceptional efforts of HH Shaikh Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa, Represent-ative of HM the King for Hu-manitarian Works and Youth Affairs which enabled sports and sportspeople in Bahrain reach new heights.”

His Highness further added:

“This result reflects the great performances that Ali Baik showcased throughout the event, combined with his de-sire and determination to raise Bahrain’s flag high in this major competition.”

Furthermore, HH Shaikh Khalid praised the enormous efforts being exerted by the Bahrain Wrestling Federation under the presidency of Aba-dah Adnan Al Mullah towards implementing plans and pro-

grammes that contribute to de-veloping the wrestling sport in order to earn such honourable results under Bahrain’s name. His Highness congratulated the Bahraini wrestler on this achievement.

HH Shaikh Salman bin Mo-hammed Al Khalifa, Vice Pres-ident of the General Sports Au-thority, President of Bahrain Combat Sports Council said: “We are happy with this hon-ourable result which confirms that this game is moving on the right track as planned by HH Shaikh Khalid bin Ham-ad Al Khalifa according to the vision which was sketched by His Highness to develop this sport through the use of the work mechanisms designed to improve the national sports associations and federations operating under the umbrella of the Council.” Additionally, His Highness congratulated the bronze-medal winner on his achievement.

Bahrain swimmers win three medals in GCC championships

TDT | Manama

Bahrain bagged three medals yesterday at the 28th GCC

Aquatics Championships.The competition is be-

ing held in Doha with events in three sports, including swimming, diving and water polo.

It will continue until Sunday.The Bahrainis are taking part

in the three age-categories in swimming, including the sen-iors (aged 18 and above), the youth (15 to 17) and the boys (13 and 14).

Bahrain’s medals were won by Faris Abdulrahman, Ali Ala-wi and the team of Ali, Ahmed Abdulnabi, Saud Salah and Ahmed Alalawi in their respec-tive age classes.

Faris won a silver medal in the 50 metres Freestyle with a time of 26.66 seconds. Ali won a bronze in the same event of his age group, finishing in 25.94 seconds.

Meanwhile, the Bahraini quartet claimed the bronze medals for the 4x200m Free-style with a combined finish-ing time of eight minutes 28.44

seconds. Ali swam 2:01.61, Saud had a mark of 2:05.45, Ahmed Abdulnabi went 2:10.17, while Ahmed Alalawi swam 2:10.80.

Action is scheduled to re-sume today.

The national team’s delega-tion at the Qatari capital is be-ing led by Bahrain Swimming Association board member Wissam Al Tayeb.

Bahrain are looking to em-ulate their success at the previous GCC championship, where they won 36 medals and achieved new records.

Ali Baik on the podium at World Youth Wrestling Championship

Bahrain’s national team members in Bahrain prior to their departure

This result reflects the great performances

that Ali Baik showcased throughout the

event, combined with his desire and

determination to raise Bahrain’s flag high in

this major competitionHH SHAIKH KHALID BIN HAMAD AL KHALIFA

National racing season setBahrain Motor Federation announces action-packed eight-month schedule of drag racing, circuit racing and karting at Bahrain

International Circuit in Sakhir

• Bahrain Drag Racing Championship set for five rounds, while circuit racing campaign to feature seven rounds

• Sakhir Rotax Max Challenge introduced, joining Bahrain Rotax Max Challenge and Bahrain Sodi World Series

• International, regional events to highlight new season, including Formula 1, the World Endurance Championship, the Rotax Max Challenge Grand Finals 2021 and Gulf 1,000km

TDT | Manama

An action-packed calendar of events with racing in almost every weekend

between late September and April next year was announced yesterday by the Bahrain Motor Federation (BMF), as part of its exciting 2021/2022 season.

No less than six national

championships will be held at Bahrain International Circuit (BIC) in Sakhir in drag racing, circuit racing and karting.

The Bahrain Drag Racing Championship, the region’s pre-mier series, will be holding five rounds along BIC’s world-class quarter-mile strip, which is a member of the Worldwide Net-work of the US-based National Hot Rod Association.

The head-to-head battles will begin with round one from November 16 to 19, followed by round two from November 30 to December 3. Round three will be held in the new year from Janu-ary 4 to 7, while round four will

take place between February 8 and 11. That will set the stage for the championship finale the very next weekend from Febru-ary 15 to 18.

The circuit racing events, headlined by the BIC 2,000cc Challenge, will be held over sev-en meetings.

They will get the season un-derway with testing on Sep-tember 24, giving competitors a chance to gear up for the first round of their new campaign on October 1.

Round two will be held on the weekend of October 29 and 30 in support of the FIA World Endur-ance Championship, and then

round three will take place on December 10 as part of the Gulf 1,000km weekend.

Rounds four and five are to be held on January 14 and 28, re-spectively, followed by round six on February 25 and then the sev-enth and final round on April 1.

The karting schedule will be the busiest of the season with the addition of the all-new Sakhir Rotax Max Challenge (SRMC) complementing the long-established Bahrain Ro-tax Max Challenge (BRMC) and the Bahrain Sodi World Series (BSWS).

The SRMC will be the first to take to the tarmac at Bahrain International Karting Circuit (BIKC), and it will be held over

four rounds. The first two will take place on back-to-back days on October 8 and 9, while rounds three and four will be held on October 22 and 23.

The BRMC and BSWS series will be held over seven rounds each, happening on the same days. Round one is scheduled for January 22 next year, fol-lowed by the second and third rounds on February 4 and 5. Round four will then take place on February 26, with rounds five and six on March 11 and 12. The BMRC and BSWS season-finales will then take place on March 25.

This season’s karting action

will also have a gruelling 24-hour endurance race, slated for February 11 and 12 in Sakhir.

Aside from all the aforemen-tioned championships, the BMF will be organising four rounds of Autocross at BIC on Novem-ber 12 and 26, December 24 and March 4.

An exciting programme of international events will also highlight the 2021/2022 sea-son. These will include the FIA Formula 1 Championship, the first-ever FIA WEC double-head-er in Bahrain, plus the Rotax Max Challenge Grand Finals 2021 from December 11 to 18 at BIKC.

Karting to have packed schedule of races Drag Racing set for exciting season

No less than six nation-al championships will be held at “The Home of Motorsport in the

Middle East” in Sakhir, including in drag rac-ing, circuit racing and

karting

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