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Two Florida hunters set a new record when they caught a

Burmese python that measured a whopping 18 feet, 8.8 inches (5.71 meters), authorities in the southern state said Friday, as they encourage more people to

eliminate the invasive species. The Burmese python was cap-tured 40 miles (60 kilometers) west of Miami and weighed in at 103 pounds (47 kilograms), the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission said.

“That’s a new record!” the agency said in a statement ac-

companied by a picture of hunt-ers Ryan Ausburn and Kevin Pavlidis, posing at either end of the monster serpent, stretched across a country road.

“The removal of this female snake is a triumph for our native wildlife and habitats,” the com-mission said.

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Kim claims “not a single” Korean tested positive• Displays new ballistic missile

• Apologises for not improving lives

TDT | agencies

An emotional Kim Jong Un yesterday apologised for

failing to improve North Kore-

ans’ lives during an unprece-dented predawn military parade where he also claimed that “not a single” North Korean had test-ed positive for the Coronavirus.

“I am ashamed that I have never been able to repay you properly for your enormous trust,” he said during the parade which displayed the country’s long-range ballistic missiles for the first time in two years.

“My efforts and devotion were

not sufficient to bring our peo-ple out of difficult livelihoods.”

The country marked the 75th anniversary of the founding of its ruling Workers’ Party with a raft of concerts and festivals.

“We will continue to build our national defence power and self-defensive war deterrence,” Kim said but vowed that the country’s military power would not be used preemptively.

(Continues on page 2)

I am ashamed that I have never been able to repay you properly for your enormous trust.

My efforts and devotion were not sufficient to

bring our people out of difficult livelihoods.

KIM JONG UN

Explosion shocks Lebanese capital

An explosion and a fuel tank fire kill four in Beirut

• Cause of the explosion still unknown

TDT | agencies

Panic gripped people in Beirut once again yester-day as an explosion and

a fuel tank fire rocked the city already ravaged by a monster blast in August.

Rescuers said the explosion killed four people as a Beirut television station said more than 30 people hurt in the fire.

A medical source later said that three children were hos-pitalised with burns.

Firefighters quickly put out the flames and later using mo-bile-ladders evacuated people from buildings in the bustling district of Tariq al-Jdide, as

Lebanese troops deployed to the area pushed back on look-ers.

Fire Brigade Lieutenant Ali Najm said there were a fire and explosion in a warehouse con-taining a fuel oil tank, adding the cause of the blast was still unknown.

A security source said au-thorities arrested the owner

who manages one of the many private generator services that supply residents with electric-ity when frequent power out-ages occur.

Several fires have broken out at Beirut’s port since a cata-clysmic August 4 explosion killed 203 people, injured at least 6,500 others and ravaged swathes of the capital.

Kim Jong Un attends a parade

Firefighters extinguish a fire at a building after a fuel tank exploded in Beirut’s Tariq al-Jdide neighbourhood

Hunters Kevin Pavlidis (L) and Ryan Ausburn (R) pose with their record-breaking 18-foot, 8.8-inch (5.7-meter) python

Saudi-led coalition foils Houthi attack TDT | agencies

The Saudi-led coalition, f ighting Iran-backed

Houthi militia in Yemen, said it foiled a terror attack targeting Saudi Arabia.

Colonel Turki Al-Maliki, the spokesman of the coalition forces supporting legitimacy in Yemen, said they intercept-ed and destroyed two explo-sive-laden drones launched by Iran-backed Houthi militia

towards Saudi Arabia.Al Maliki said the drone

aimed civilian objects in the southern region.

There was no comment from the Houthi movement about the two incidents reported by Saudi Press Agency, which cited a coalition spokesman.

Fighting escalated in March 2015 when the Saudi-led co-alition intervened to restore the government of President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi.

Armenia, Azerbaijan breach ceasefire

AFP News

Armenia and Azerbai-jan traded accusations

of new attacks yesterday in breach of a ceasefire deal to end nearly two weeks of heavy fighting over the disputed Na-gorno-Karabakh region.

The two sides agreed to im-plement the ceasefire from noon (0800 GMT) yesterday, after 11 hours of talks in Mos-cow, but it took only minutes after the deadline for their forces to claim new attacks.

An ethnic Armenian enclave

of Azerbaijan, Karabakh broke from the country’s control in a war in the 1990s that killed some 30,000 people.

450people were killed so far in the battle that

erupted on September 27

UK recalling envoy to BelarusReuters

British foreign minister Dominic Raab said Brit-

ain is temporarily recalling its Ambassador to Belarus, Jacqueline Perkins.

“UK condemns Belarus’ decision to expel Polish & Lithuanian diplomats,” Raab said in a tweet.

“In solidarity, we are tem-porarily recalling our Am-bassador for consultations on the situation in Belarus,” he added. Lukashenko’s government had accused the ambassadors of backing the protests erupted over election results on August 9.

Trump says he stopped medication for coronavirusReuters

US President Donald Trump said in an inter-

view on Fox News on Friday night that he stopped taking medications to combat coro-navirus eight hours ago.

“Right now I’m medica-tion free. I’m not taking any medications as of, you know, probably eight hours ago,” Trump said in the interview.

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James Eastlake, CEO For Tatweer Petroleum, Yahya Al-Ansari, Director General of Exploration and Production, and senior officials with a high-ranking delegation from the US Department of Energy headed by Sean Bennett, Deputy Assistant Secretary of US Energy and his accompanying delegation. The delegation visited the Kingdom between October 6 and 8 to be informed about the most important oil projects, and enhance joint cooperation in this vital sector. The delegation visited Tatweer Petroleum, and was given information about the drilling and exploration sites, in addition to the sites of oil projects. They also visited several companies and oil sites in the Kingdom, including the Arab Shipbuilding and Repair Company (ASRI), Bahrain Bay oilfield and the Bahrain field in the Awali and the liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal. Shaikh Muhammad bin Khalifa Al Khalifa, the Minister of Oil, visited the US city of Houston last year to discuss investment in oil projects with US oil companies.

Air India Flight AI 940 to Delhi departed today from Bahrain International Airport with 146 passengers on board. India has brought back a total of 1,736,386 people stranded abroad following coronavirus lockdowns in various nations around the world. For which, Indian Civil Aviation has charted 1,024,660 flights as part of the mission which is now in its seventh phase. Under phase seven of the mission, operational since October, 1, 873 international flights are scheduled from 25 countries. These also include flights from among 14 countries, including Bahrain, with which India has a bilateral “air bubble” arrangement.

#VandeBharatMission

HM King’s speech to open fifth legislative term

TDT | Manama

His Majesty King Hamad Bin Isa Al Khalifa will to-

day patronise the virtual open-ing session of the Shura and Representative Council’s third session of the fifth legislative term.

The Royal speech, amid the coronavirus pandemic, will be

made via a video call. The session commences as

per Royal Order No. (38) of 2020 inviting the Shura and Representative council mem-bers to convene.

The inaugural session will also witness the constitutional oath-taking ceremony of Sabah Salem Al-Dossary, a member of the Shura Council.

He was appointed a mem-

ber of the Council by a Royal decree.

Ali bin Saleh Al-Saleh, the speaker of the Council, will deliver a speech during the opening session before the first and second vice-presidents are elected.

Members will also notify the speaker of their intentions to join various committees of the Council.

King Hamad will patronize the opening of the third session of the fifth legislative term

Ten-year visa for US citizens • US citizens can apply for the visa directly

• Fee for obtaining the visa is 60 Bahraini Dinars

• Visa is available through www.evisa.gov.bh

TDT | Manama

The US Citizens visiting Bahrain can now get a

multiple-entry-visa with 10-year validity, The Nationality, Passports and Residence Affairs said.

NPRA said the visa valid for ten years from the date of its issuance allows holders to stay in Bahrain for a period not ex-ceeding 90 days each time.

US citizens can apply for the visa directly through www.evi-

sa.gov.bh by paying a fee of 60 Bahraini Dinars.

Reciprocal dealThe new visa rule fol-

lows the signing of a recip-rocal deal between Bahrain and the US and the unifica-tion of fees between the two sides. NPRA said it’s proceed-ing in cooperation with various government agencies to expand its services and advantages to countries around the world.

To avail of the service log on to www.evisa.gov.bh

90Visa holders can stay in Bahrain for a period not exceeding 90 days each

time.

B o o s t i n g U S , B a h r a i n e n e r g y c o o p e r a t i o n

Settling old score lands man in police net TDT | Manama

Police arrested a 19-year-old man for crashing his car

onto a parked vehicle following a failed attempt to hit another.

The Director-General of the Northern Police said the arrest followed an investigation into a video clip of the incident widely circulated on the social media platforms here.

The clip showed a man driv-ing a car and attempting to hit another, but lost control and rammed into a vehicle parked in the residential neighbour-hood.

The top cop explained that the incident occurred when the men tried to settle an old score with another.

The Director-General said all those involved in the incident are now facing legal actions.

Picture courtesy of AlAyam

Kim puts the blame on sanctions, typhoon, virus (continues from page 1)

He made no direct mention of the United States or the

now-stalled denuclearisation talks.

Kim blamed international sanctions, typhoons, and the coronavirus for preventing him from delivering on promises of economic progress.

Sometimes appearing emo-tional, Kim thanked the military for working hard to respond to a series of damaging summer typhoons, and for preventing a coronavirus outbreak.

Officials in Seoul and Wash-ington had said the North might unveil new strategic weapons. Initial footage of the parade showed conventional troops marching in formation and

what appeared to be ballistic missiles on vehicles.

The video showed Kim make an appearance as a clock struck midnight. Dressed in a grey suit and tie, he waved to the crowd and accepted flowers from chil-dren while surrounded by mil-itary officials in Pyongyang’s recently renovated Kim Il Sung

Square.Kim said he hopes that North

and South Korea will join hands again after the coronavirus cri-sis is over.

While attendees at other holiday events were shown wearing masks, no one at the parade appeared to be wearing any masks.

Two more COVID-19 deaths TDT | Manama

Two more COVID-19 deaths in Bahrain yesterday raised

the total number of casualties in the Kingdom’s coronavirus battle to 273.

A 70-year-old Bahraini man and a 38-year-old expatriate man are the latest fatalities in the Kingdom.

Bahrain also continued to en-

hance its testing capability, with the authorities conducting 8,792 COVID-19 tests yesterday to de-tect 427 new cases.

This includes 133 expatriate workers, 282 contacts of active cases, and 12 travel-related cas-es.

Health Ministry also recorded 402 new recoveries yesterday, bringing the total number of people cured of their infections

in the Kingdom to 70,808. There are currently 113 COVID-19 pa-tients in the Kingdom receiving treatment, of which 58 are in a critical condition.

The number of active virus patients reached 4,206 out of which 4,148 are stable.

The overall number of tests conducted in the Kingdom, after detecting its first case in Febru-ary this year, has touched 79,490.


This is particularly necessary as the winter season is approaching and chances of heavy

downpours are certain

CAPITAL OFFICIAL

Meat subsidy payments on Thursday

• The payment is in advance for the months of October, November and December

TDT | Manama

A total of 169,130 Bah-raini families will re-

ceive meat subsidy compen-sation in their accounts this Thursday.

Labour ministry said it has completed all necessary meas-ures for its disbursement.

The payment, the minis-try said, is in advance for the months of October, November and December.

The decision forms part of an initiative to unify the dis-bursement of government sup-port programmes as directed by the Cabinet.

The Cabinet resolution stip-

ulates that the subsidies will be disbursed in one payment, on the 15th of every month, start-ing from 15 February 2020, and monitored by the Ministry of Labour and Social Develop-ment.

A total of 169,130 people are currently benefiting from the meat subsidy compensation, for which the government is spending 7, 138, 634 Bahraini dinars.

The disbursement was uni-fied following a May 2015 Par-liament decision.

Register for virtual school• Students should register online for online classes starting 14 October

• schools are set to offer online and in-person classes from October 24

TDT | Manama

Bahraini students who do not wish to return to in-person classes should

register for virtual school start-ing next week, said the Educa-tion ministry in a statement.

The latest move comes as kids in Bahrain are to return to in-person classes on 24 October.

The academic year set to be-gin today, after months-long delays, will have its first two weeks of study virtually.

Public schools were originally scheduled to reopen last month but were postponed by two more weeks until 11 October 2020 amid worsening corona-virus situation.

The postponement decision was of the Government Exec-utive Committee chaired by His Royal Highness Prince Sal-man bin Hamad Al Khalifa, the Crown Prince, Deputy Supreme Commander and First Deputy Prime Minister.

The Ministry says it will al-lows students to continue with their virtual schooling, if they wish to do so, by registering their intent starting 14 October until 12 November. Students of all academic grades can take part in the survey.

Meanwhile, the Ministry has asked re-enrolled Bahraini high school students to ap-

proach their schools to com-plete their registration, fee pay-ment, course registration and receive their course schedules. Students are required to bring them smart cards with them while visiting.

Non-Bahraini students wish-ing to improve their 2018/2019 and 2019/2020 grades, middle school students, and sixth-grade primary students, are required to register at the customer ser-vice centre of the Ministry of Education in Isa Town from 8 am to 12 pm. Students should bring with them their smart cards, last school certificates with their copies.

Students whose certificates are from universities abroad should have it approved by the Ministry of Education, the Min-istry of Foreign Affairs of the issuing country, the Embassy of Bahrain in that country, and the embassy of that country in the Kingdom, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Bahrain.

To register, students should also bring a certificate of good conduct issued by their country, and a letter of non-objection issued by the Ministry of Edu-cation in the country of the ap-plicant, and the proof of actual residency in Bahrain during the study period.

Representative picture courtesy of the Ministry of Education

The Ministry now allows students to continue with their virtual schooling, if they wish to do so, by registering

their intent starting 14 October until 12

November

Representative picture (Courtesy of Gulf -insider)

169kA total of 169,130 people are currently benefiting from the meat subsidy

compensation

Deal signed fo Wadi Al Sail housing project

TDT | Manama

Bahrain’s Housing Ministry announced signing a deal

for the construction of a 234 unit housing project in Wadi Al Sail funded by the GCC De-velopment Programme.

Housing Ministry’s Under-secretary, Shaikh Khalid bin Hmoud Al Khalifa, represent-ative of the Saleh Abdullah Al Muhanna Contracting Com-pany and Partners, Salman Al-Jasser and senior Housing Ministry’s officials were pres-ent at the deal signing.

In a statement, following the signing, Shaikh Khalid said the

project is expecting comple-tion in 20 months.

The project aims at provid-ing decent housing for citi-zens is supported by the gov-ernment, led by HRH Prime Minister Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa, HRH Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, the Crown Prince, Deputy Su-preme Commander and First Deputy Prime Minister.

The deal, Shaikh Khalid said, also take the Kingdom a step to closer to achieving the target set by His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa of building 40,000 housing units for Bahraini citizens.

Representative picture

The deal signing

Timely action: Capital municipality restores damaged buildings in Adliya TDT | Manama

The capital municipality has raised alarms over the con-

dition of the old buildings in Block 336 Adliya, and owners neglect.

Authority accuses building owners thereof laxity and neg-ligence in rectifying the risks posed by their facilities to the lives of the general public.

The continued negligence, Capital officials said, required them to call in the Rapid In-tervention Team as well as the cleaning services to conduct urgent restoration works.

Authorities carried out the restoration works at the ex-pense of the building owners.

“Dangerous cracks were de-tected in the external balconies of some of the buildings there,”

said Inspectors in the Control and Inspection Department fol-lowing a recent inspection visit to the area.

Municipal authorities had

also served owners of such buildings with notices de-manding immediate attention to strengthening the structural integrity of the buildings.

“This is particularly neces-sary as the winter season is ap-proaching and chances of heavy downpours are certain,” an of-ficial said warning that such as scenario would compromise the buildings structure causing im-mense damage to peoples lives and property.

Authorities carriying out restoration works at a building in Block 336 Adliya

Virtual classes begin today TDT | Manama

Preparations are all set for the virtual

classes which start to-day and continue into the first two weeks of the new academic year, said the Educa-tion Ministry.

The Ministry said it has communicated with parents and stu-dents on class sched-ules and clarification over the functioning of virtual classes. Latifa

Al-Bonoodha, the As-sistant Undersecre-tary for General and

Technical Education, said the focus during the first two weeks is on getting on with the “Times” programme as well as the lessons,

activities and discus-sions on the education ministry’s portal.

“The links and in-structions to help stu-dents activate their accounts in the virtu-al classroom and the educational portal are all provided,” Al-Bonoodha added that guidance on obtaining technical support, to

clear a glitch, if faced, is also given to stu-dents.

On the broadcast dates of the televised session, Al Bounouza said, “It will be made available after consid-ering the opinion of the students and their parents.”

She added: “Those classes will also be

available on the Min-istry’s YouTube chan-nels, and the channel for Special Education and Technical Educa-tion.” For queries re-lated to virtual classes call on one of the fol-lowing numbers from 8 am to 1 pm : 17873173, 17873150, 17873095, 17896829, 17896734 and 17896720.

The links and instructions to help students activate their accounts in the virtual classroom and the

educational portal are given. The students are also given guidance on obtaining technical support

LATIFA AL-BONOODHA


James Eastlake, CEO For Tatweer Petroleum, Yahya Al-Ansari, Director General of Exploration and Production, and senior officials with a high-ranking delegation from the US Department of Energy headed by Sean Bennett, Deputy Assistant Secretary of US Energy and his accompanying delegation. The delegation visited the Kingdom between October 6 and 8 to be informed about the most important oil projects, and enhance joint cooperation in this vital sector. The delegation visited Tatweer Petroleum, and was given information about the drilling and exploration sites, in addition to the sites of oil projects. They also visited several companies and oil sites in the Kingdom, including the Arab Shipbuilding and Repair Company (ASRI), Bahrain Bay oilfield and the Bahrain field in the Awali and the liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal. Shaikh Muhammad bin Khalifa Al Khalifa, the Minister of Oil, visited the US city of Houston last year to discuss investment in oil projects with US oil companies.

Air India Flight AI 940 to Delhi departed today from Bahrain International Airport with 146 passengers on board. India has brought back a total of 1,736,386 people stranded abroad following coronavirus lockdowns in various nations around the world. For which, Indian Civil Aviation has charted 1,024,660 flights as part of the mission which is now in its seventh phase. Under phase seven of the mission, operational since October, 1, 873 international flights are scheduled from 25 countries. These also include flights from among 14 countries, including Bahrain, with which India has a bilateral “air bubble” arrangement.

#VandeBharatMission

HM King’s speech to open fifth legislative term

TDT | Manama

His Majesty King Hamad Bin Isa Al Khalifa will to-

day patronise the virtual open-ing session of the Shura and Representative Council’s third session of the fifth legislative term.

The Royal speech, amid the coronavirus pandemic, will be

made via a video call. The session commences as

per Royal Order No. (38) of 2020 inviting the Shura and Representative council mem-bers to convene.

The inaugural session will also witness the constitutional oath-taking ceremony of Sabah Salem Al-Dossary, a member of the Shura Council.

He was appointed a mem-

ber of the Council by a Royal decree.

Ali bin Saleh Al-Saleh, the speaker of the Council, will deliver a speech during the opening session before the first and second vice-presidents are elected.

Members will also notify the speaker of their intentions to join various committees of the Council.

King Hamad will patronize the opening of the third session of the fifth legislative term

Ten-year visa for US citizens • US citizens can apply for the visa directly

• Fee for obtaining the visa is 60 Bahraini Dinars

• Visa is available through www.evisa.gov.bh

TDT | Manama

The US Citizens visiting Bahrain can now get a

multiple-entry-visa with 10-year validity, The Nationality, Passports and Residence Affairs said.

NPRA said the visa valid for ten years from the date of its issuance allows holders to stay in Bahrain for a period not ex-ceeding 90 days each time.

US citizens can apply for the visa directly through www.evi-

sa.gov.bh by paying a fee of 60 Bahraini Dinars.

Reciprocal dealThe new visa rule fol-

lows the signing of a recip-rocal deal between Bahrain and the US and the unifica-tion of fees between the two sides. NPRA said it’s proceed-ing in cooperation with various government agencies to expand its services and advantages to countries around the world.

To avail of the service log on to www.evisa.gov.bh

90Visa holders can stay in Bahrain for a period not exceeding 90 days each

time.

B o o s t i n g U S , B a h r a i n e n e r g y c o o p e r a t i o n

Settling old score lands man in police net TDT | Manama

Police arrested a 19-year-old man for crashing his car

onto a parked vehicle following a failed attempt to hit another.

The Director-General of the Northern Police said the arrest followed an investigation into a video clip of the incident widely circulated on the social media platforms here.

The clip showed a man driv-ing a car and attempting to hit another, but lost control and rammed into a vehicle parked in the residential neighbour-hood.

The top cop explained that the incident occurred when the men tried to settle an old score with another.

The Director-General said all those involved in the incident are now facing legal actions.

Picture courtesy of AlAyam

Kim puts the blame on sanctions, typhoon, virus (continues from page 1)

He made no direct mention of the United States or the

now-stalled denuclearisation talks.

Kim blamed international sanctions, typhoons, and the coronavirus for preventing him from delivering on promises of economic progress.

Sometimes appearing emo-tional, Kim thanked the military for working hard to respond to a series of damaging summer typhoons, and for preventing a coronavirus outbreak.

Officials in Seoul and Wash-ington had said the North might unveil new strategic weapons. Initial footage of the parade showed conventional troops marching in formation and

what appeared to be ballistic missiles on vehicles.

The video showed Kim make an appearance as a clock struck midnight. Dressed in a grey suit and tie, he waved to the crowd and accepted flowers from chil-dren while surrounded by mil-itary officials in Pyongyang’s recently renovated Kim Il Sung

Square.Kim said he hopes that North

and South Korea will join hands again after the coronavirus cri-sis is over.

While attendees at other holiday events were shown wearing masks, no one at the parade appeared to be wearing any masks.

Two more COVID-19 deaths TDT | Manama

Two more COVID-19 deaths in Bahrain yesterday raised

the total number of casualties in the Kingdom’s coronavirus battle to 273.

A 70-year-old Bahraini man and a 38-year-old expatriate man are the latest fatalities in the Kingdom.

Bahrain also continued to en-

hance its testing capability, with the authorities conducting 8,792 COVID-19 tests yesterday to de-tect 427 new cases.

This includes 133 expatriate workers, 282 contacts of active cases, and 12 travel-related cas-es.

Health Ministry also recorded 402 new recoveries yesterday, bringing the total number of people cured of their infections

in the Kingdom to 70,808. There are currently 113 COVID-19 pa-tients in the Kingdom receiving treatment, of which 58 are in a critical condition.

The number of active virus patients reached 4,206 out of which 4,148 are stable.

The overall number of tests conducted in the Kingdom, after detecting its first case in Febru-ary this year, has touched 79,490.

The sixth edition of the Manama Entre-preneurship Week (MEW) which will go live next week (October 19) opens

to a radically different world. The year 2020 made us change our thinking and our pattern of work and life. Many traditional doors have closed and several windows have opened. ‘Work From Home’ has become a new way of work and life. Just this week, Microsoft cre-ated a professional commotion by announc-ing that its employees will all be allowed to work permanently from home even after the pandemic.

All this means that new opportunities will open up for entrepreneurs and much of the 21st-century work patterns shall be based on how well we adapt to digital technolo-gy. Quite correctly, would-be entrepre-neurs attending the MEW will be able to access talks and work-shops that will teach them just how to navi-gate the fast-changing workplace world.

It is heartening to see that Bahrain au-thorities are not sit-ting quietly because of the pandemic and are actually aggres-sively promoting new business perspectives and ways to work. This period of lull in activities is the time that we must all re-group and draw up a new blueprint for 2021.

According to esti-mates from McKinsey & Company, the mini-mum economic value that has been vapor-ized by the pandemic is somewhere in the range of $9 trillion. Against such a disas-trous backdrop, the need of the hour is courageous innova-tion across all busi-ness sectors. Entre-preneurs are espe-cially well placed to manage change be-cause they are at the start of the trajectory. But we need to create an eco-system that can give them the encouragement to move swiftly with the times and events such as the MEW are great platforms to promote networking and inno-vation.

When we talk of entrepreneurship, the topic sticks immediately to financing. But this year has taught us that start-ups need a fresh approach and a willingness to innovate much more than money. To all the entrepreneurs who will attend the MEW, I urge you to take advantage of Bahrain’s great business environ-ment and adapt to the new season of success.

C A P T A I N S C O R N E R

(Captain Mahmood Al Mahmood is the Editor-in-Chief of The Daily Tribune and the President of the Arab-African Unity Organisation for Relief, Human Rights and Counterterrorism)

CAPT. MAHMOOD AL MAHMOOD

It is heartening to see that Bahrain authorities are not sitting quietly because of the pandemic and are actually aggressively promoting new business perspectives and ways to work. This period of lull in activities is the time that we must all regroup and draw up a new blueprint for 2021.

MEW – a new season of success

Ahli United Bank bags top awardsThe bank wins Two “Best Retail Bank in Bahrain” awards

• The award recognises fresh approach, innovative products and digital initiatives

TDT | Manama

Ahli United Bank has been awarded the “Best Retail Bank in Bahrain” title

from Global Banking & Finance Review, as well as International Business Magazine.

Global Banking & Finance Re-

view is a leading magazine for the financial community. Internation-al Business Magazine is another pioneering business and finance magazine.

The awards recognise Ahli United Bank for its fresh ap-proach, innovative products and digital initiatives which have led to significant growth. They also acknowledge the impact AUB has had, not only on its customers but the community in general. AUB’s relentless push in the fields of digital banking was specially commended by the judges.

The awards came after a rigor-

ous audit programme of consum-er banking institutions to iden-tify the ones making the most valuable contributions to the industry.

Commenting, AUB’s Deputy Group CEO, Retail Banking, Suvrat Saigal, said: “It is always great to be appreciated for the work you do. To get two awards in close suc-cession is even more delightful. This is not only a great affirma-tion of the efforts put into mak-ing AUB a customer-centric bank, but also proves the capabilities of our retail banking franchise in Bahrain.

BIS completes a week of on-campus classes

TDT | Manama

Bh ava n s Ba h ra i n I n d i a n School announced com-

pleting a week of on-campus classes for Grades VIII, IX and X students.

The classes, BIS said, followed

the health and safety procedures laid down by the Ministry of Edu-cation and the Ministry of Health to combat COVID 19.

Parents were made aware of the guidelines, entry and exit proto-cols through detailed circulars. “The processes as laid out are

strictly adhered to and followed in the campus,” said BIS.

Students, BIS added, were also intimated about the ‘Do’s and Don’ts’ to be followed to remain safe. BIS carried out a survey where parents were re-quired to provide their choice

between on-line and on-campus classes.

BIS said it would continue with the online and on-campus classes simultaneously. “More grades for on-campus classes will be added in a phased manner,” the school added.

The classes followed COVID-19 safety measures outlined by MOE and MOH

NMS-DPS student wins IOC speech compeition• The event was organised to commemorate the 151st Birth Anniversary of the Father of the Nation Mahatma Gandhi

TDT | Manama

Nanditha Dileep, a Grade XI student of The New Mil-

lennium School, DPS Bahrain, emerged victorious in the speech competition organised by the In-dian Overseas Congress Forum, on 1st October 2020.

The event commemorated the 151st Birth Anniversary of the Ma-hatma Gandhi, the father of the nation of India.

Students from all the CBSE schools and various Toastmasters’ Clubs in the Kingdom, took part in the competition, which had the topic, ”Significance of Gandhiji’s Thoughts and Visions in the pres-ent-day world.”

Chairman Dr Ravi Pillai, Man-aging Director Geetha Pillai and

Principal Arun Kuumar Sharma congratulated Nanditha, her par-

ents and teachers for this laudable achievement.

The winner Nanditha Dileep during an honouring ceremony



China to invest nearly $900 billion in power grids: state mediaReuters | Beijing

China will invest close to $900 billion in the next

five years to help further de-velop the country’s power grids, the official Xinhua News Agency reported yesterday.

Investments in power grids and related industries are expected to exceed 6 trillion yuan ($896 billion) in 2021-

2025, Xinhua reported, citing Mao Weiming, chairman of the State Grid Corp of China, the country’s biggest power utility.

The investments will cen-tre on areas such as ultra high voltage power transmission, electric vehicle chargers and new digital infrastructure, Mao said.

India’s top bank appeals for NPA classification• India last week waived compound interest on loans

• RBI says ban on loan classification will harm finance system

• The court is set to rule on the matter on Tuesday

Reuters | Mumbai

The Reserve Bank of In-dia has appealed to the country’s top court to let

banks classify loans as nonper-forming, saying a ban imposed to help borrowers in the COV-ID-19 pandemic could greatly harm the nation’s financial sys-tem.

The central bank, in a filing to the Supreme Court late on Friday, warned that failure to immediately lift an interim stay on banks classifying any loan as a non-performing asset (NPA) would also undermine the cen-tral bank’s regulatory mandate.

The court granted the stay last month, responding to a plea filed by an Indian optician, later joined by a wide range of bor-rowers whose income or rev-enue was hit by the COVID-19 pandemic.

The court is set to rule on the matter on Tuesday. The ruling

could have far-reaching conse-quences not only for millions of borrowers, but also for banks and the country, as state-run banks dominate the sector.

To help borrowers weather pandemic-related stress, the RBI has let banks offer a moratorium on loan payments for up to six months and permitted a one-time restructuring of accounts.

The RBI’s measures ensured that accounts that were stand-ard prior to the implementation

of the nationwide lockdown in late March, would not be clas-sified as NPAs if the borrowers made use of the moratorium, which allowed repayments to be delayed until the end of August but with the loans continuing to accrue interest.

The central bank’s appeal fol-lowed a request by the court for further details from the RBI and government on their plans to help the borrowers.

The RBI responded by detail-ing the wide range of measures it has put in place to address stress in various sectors. It warned against any further lee-way.

“Every regulatory forbear-ance has its trade-offs in terms of adverse incentives and un-intended consequences,” the RBI said. “All the issues that were advanced by the petition-

ers have been adequately ad-dressed.”

The optician and other bor-rowers had demanded the waiv-er of what they call “interest on interest,” charged by lenders to those who used the mora-torium.

The government told the court last week it would waive the compound interest on loans up to 20 million rupees ($270,000) under a separate COVID-19 support plan, in a move that will bring relief to millions of borrowers.

In a separate affidavit on Friday, the government told the court that it would not be possible to further supplement the already announced relief packages. It asked the court not to permit any further judicial review by the petitioners.

Picture courtesy of New Indian Express

In a separate affi-davit on Friday, the

government told the court that it would not be possible to

further supplement the already announced

relief packages

Every regulatory forbearance has its trade-offs in terms

of adverse incentives and unintended

consequences. All the issues that were

advanced by the petitioners have been adequately

addressedRBI STATEMENT

There are creditors who have agreed

already. There are others still resisting,

and another group still 50:50

IZHAM

Malaysia Airlines boss says will have to shut down if restructuring plan fails• A group of leasing companies has rejected the restructuring plan

• Izham said Plan B could involve shifting Malaysia Airlines’ air operator’s certificate (AOC) to a new airline under a different name

Reuters | Kuala Lumpur

Malaysia Airlines will have to shut down if its lessors

decide not to back its latest re-structuring plan, the chief ex-ecutive of the airline’s parent group was quoted as saying on Saturday.

A group of leasing companies has rejected the restructuring plan, bringing the state carri-er closer to a showdown over its future, Reuters reported on Friday.

Malaysia Aviation Group (MAG) chief executive officer Izham Ismail said the group would have “no choice but to shut it down” if lessors decide against backing the restructur-ing plan.

“There are creditors who have agreed already. There are others still resisting, and anoth-er group still 50:50,” Izham said in an interview with The Edge

weekly.“I need to get the 50:50 ones

(on board) with those who have agreed. I understand quite a sizeable amount of creditors have agreed.”

Izham said the plan was to restructure the airline’s balance

sheet over five years, achieving break-even in 2023 on the as-sumption that demand in the domestic and Southeast Asian markets returns to 2019 levels by the second and third quarters of 2022.

The plan will also require a fresh cash injection from the airline’s shareholder, state fund Khazanah Nasional, to help the company over the next 18 months.

MAG declined to comment.Lessors claiming to represent

70 per cent of the airplanes and engines leased to the airline group have called the plan “in-appropriate and fatally flawed” and pledged to challenge it, ac-cording to people familiar with

the matter and a letter from a London law firm seen by Reu-ters.

MAG had earlier warned les-sors that Khazanah would stop funding the group and force it into a winding down process if the restructuring plans fail.

Izham said the lessors would need to make a decision by Oct. 11, so the airline can decide whether to proceed with its restructuring plan or “execute Plan B”.

Izham said Plan B could in-volve shifting Malaysia Airlines’ air operator’s certificate (AOC) to a new airline under a differ-ent name, or leveraging on the AOCs of sister airlines Firefly and MASwings.

Malaysia Airlines planes are seen parked at Kuala Lumpur International Airport, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Sepang, Malaysia

China central bank to cut foreign exchange risk reserve ratio

Reuters | Beijing

China’s central bank said it will lower the reserve

requirement ratio for financial institutions when conducting some foreign exchange for-wards trading to zero with ef-fect from Monday.

Under current rules, finan-cial institutions must set aside 20% of the previous month’s yuan forwards settlement amount as foreign exchange

risk reserves.“The People’s Bank of China

(PBOC) will continue to main-tain flexibility in the exchange rate, stabilize market expecta-tions, and keep the yuan basi-cally stable at reasonable and balanced levels,” the central bank said on its website.

The move came after the onshore spot yuan rate ended at a 17-month high on Friday against the dollar, its biggest one-day percentage gain since 2005.

The Chinese national flag flies at half-mast at the headquarters of the People’s Bank of China

UK will explore every avenue for EU deal, PM Johnson tells France’s MacronReuters | London

Britain will explore every avenue for a trade deal

with the European Union but progress to bridge significant gaps needs to be made in the coming days, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson told French President Emmanuel Macron on Saturday.

Johnson has set a deadline of the Oct. 15 EU summit for agreement on a deal, and the EU is seeking a few more con-cessions before entering the final phase of negotiations.

“(Johnson) confirmed the UK’s commitment to explor-ing every avenue to reach an agreement,” Johnson’s Down-ing Street office said in a read-out of the call.

“The Prime Minister em-phasised that progress must be made in the coming days to bridge the significant gaps, notably in the areas of fisher-ies and the level playing field, through the process of inten-sive talks between Chief Ne-gotiators.”

The two chief negotiators, the EU’s Michel Barnier and Britain’s David Frost, say they are inching towards a deal ahead of the Oct. 15 deadline, though they have underscored

that important gaps remain.Johnson told Macron that

Britain wanted a deal, but not at any price.

“He underlined that a deal was better for both sides, but also that the UK was prepared to end the transition peri-od on Australia-style terms if an agreement could not be found,” Johnson’s office said.

Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson

Teen one step from becoming first millennial saintAFP | Vatican City

A British-born Italian teen-ager who dedicated his

short life to spreading the faith online and helping the poor was beatified by the Catholic Church yesterday.

That leaves him just one miracle away from becoming the world’s first millennial saint.

Internet and computer-mad youngster Carlo Acutis, who died of leukaemia in 2006 aged 15, was placed on the path to sainthood after the Vatican ruled he had miraculously saved another boy’s life.

The Vatican claims he inter-

ceded from heaven in 2013 to cure a Brazilian boy suffering from a rare pancreatic disease.

He was beatified in Assi-si, the home of his idol Saint Francis, who dedicated his life to the poor. Some 3,000 people are expected to follow the cer-emony on giant screens set up in five squares in the central Italian city.

Acutis, dubbed “the cyber-apostle of the Eucharist”, was born in London to Italian par-ents, and moved to Milan with them as a young boy.

“He was considered a com-puter genius... But what did he do? He didn’t use these media to chat, have fun,” his mother Antonia Salzano said in an in-terview with Vatican News.

Instead, “his zeal for the Lord” drove him to make a website on miracles, she said.

(Acutis) saw that many young people,

wanting to be different, really end

up being like everyone else, running after

whatever the powerful set before them with

the mechanisms of consumerism and

distractionPOPE FRANCIS

Climate activist Greta Thunberg shows support for Biden in rare political tweetReuters | Washington

Teen climate-change fighter Greta Thunberg yesterday

showed support for Democrat Joe Biden, urging voters con-cerned about the environment to make their voices heard in the US presidential election.

The Swedish 17-year-old said

in a tweet that she never engag-es in party politics, but that “the up-coming US elections is above and beyond all that”.

“From a climate perspective it’s very far from enough and many of you of course sup-ported other candidates. But, I mean…you know…damn! Just get organized and get

everyone to vote #Biden,” she wrote.

Thunberg, who sparked a global climate protest move-ment after striking outside the Swedish par-liament in 2018, could encourage participation among younger voters who are typically less likely to vote than older Americans.

Celebrities lead TED global call to act on climate crisis AFP | Washington

The Pope and Prince William joined activ-

ists, artists, celebrities and politicians yesterday at a free streamed TED event aimed at unifying people to confront the climate crisis.

The Countdown program kicked off on the TED chan-nel at YouTube starting at 8 am (1500 GMT) in California and featured 50 speakers, the pontiff and the second-in-line to the British throne among them.

“You’ll be hearing from all different kinds of folks from all walks of life; from the front lines to the grass-roots to the treetops,” actor Mark Ruffalo, who is among the Countdown hosts, said during a briefing ahead of the event.

“They’ll be talking a little bit about the problems and a lot about the solutions.”

Countdown lasted about five hours, for the first time providing a free look at the blend of arts, ideas, innova-tion and enlightenment that are trademarks of prestig-ious TED conferences.

Organizers cancel Oct 15 US presidential debateDonald Trump refused to participate in what was supposed to be the second of three debates with Joe Biden

• Trump and Biden will have one final showdown on October 22

Reuters | Washington

The Commission on Pres-idential Debates said it has cancelled next week’s

showdown between Donald Trump and his challenger Joe Biden, after the president said he would not participate in a virtual format.

“Each (candidate) now has announced alternate plans for that date,” the commission said in a statement, adding “it is now apparent there will be no debate on October 15.”

The move leaves just one more debate on the schedule -- October 22 in Nashville, Ten-nessee -- before the November 3 election.

Debates have been a feature of every US presidential election since 1976, with three debates

near the end of a campaign the standard since 2000.

The commission had an-nounced Thursday it was con-verting the October 15 town hall debate to a virtual affair out of an abundance of caution be-cause Trump had tested positive for the corona-virus.

But the president, who has been eager to return to the cam-

paign trail and hold live events, re-fused to participate in the virtual format and sought un-successfully to return it to an in-person de-bate.

Biden had said earlier this week he would not debate Trump in person if he still had the virus, and his campaign called Trump’s refusal to adapt to a virtual format “shameful.”

“It’s shameful that Donald Trump ducked the only debate in which the voters get to ask the ques-tions -- but it’s no sur-prise,” Biden spokesman An-drew Bates said.

Trump “doesn’t have the guts to answer for his record to vot-ers at the same time as vice pres-ident Biden.”

The US president meanwhile plans to hold his first live event at the White House since being diag-nosed with Covid-19.


Greta Thunberg

A poster promoting Carlo Acutis’ beatification in Assisi

US President Donald Trump (R) and Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden during the first presidential debate

News in brief u Two members of the notorious Islamic State kidnapping cell dubbed

the “Beatles” pleaded not guilty in a US court to charges of conspiring to murder four American hostages. El Shafee Elsheikh, 32, and Alexanda Kotey, 36, were flown to the US from Iraq on Wednesday to face trial for involvement in the murders of American journalists James Foley and

Steven Sotloff and relief workers Peter Kassig and Kayla Mueller.

u Prominent US lawmaker Lindsey Graham, who chairs the Senate Judiciary Committee set to consider President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee next week, refused to be tested for the coronavirus. The South Carolina ally of Trump said no to a testing request by his Democratic rival in their Senate race, ahead of their scheduled debate in the southern state. Graham’s move prompted the debate with Jaime Harrison to be scrapped, with separate interviews of the candidates conducted instead.

u Taiwan wants to have “meaningful dialogue” with

China on an equal basis, President Tsai Ing-wen said, extending an olive branch at a time of heightened military tension with Beijing, which claims the island as sovereign Chinese territory. Taiwan has come under increasing pressure from Beijing, which has ramped up air force

activity near the island in the past few weeks, including crossing the Taiwan Strait’s sensitive mid line that normally serves as an unofficial buffer zone.

u Elderly residents and small children clung to inflatable tyres as soldiers and police used rope lines to get them to safety from rising floodwater in Cambodia’s western province of Battambang. Hundreds of families in three Cambodian provinces -- Pursat, Battambang and Pailin -- have been forced to evacuate amid extreme rainfall ahead of the arrival of a tropical depression across the Mekong region. In central Vietnam almost a metre of rain has fallen in recent days. Five people have died with eight still missing as floodwaters inundated more than 33,000 homes and forced more than 26,000 people to evacuate, the official disaster management authority said.

u Kyrgyz President Sooronbai Jeenbekov

strengthened his grip on power, reshuffling top security officials as his principal opponent, ex-president Almazbek Atambayev, was detained again just days after leaving prison. Jeenbekov’s allies in parliament elected a new prime minister, moving to impose order on what close ally Russia has called a state of political chaos a day after the president deployed troops in and around the capital Bishkek.

Two Islamic State ‘Beatles’ plead not guilty in US court

Taiwan president calls for ‘meaningful dialogue’ with China

Kyrgyz president strengthens hold on power as new PM named

Key US Senator Graham refuses Covid test ahead of debate

Floods claim five lives in Vietnam and two Cambodians

Debates have been a feature of every US

presidential election since 1976, with three

debates near the end of a campaign the standard

since 2000

37,354,063

1,075,584

28,019,642

Deaths

Recovered:

New cases

New deaths +255,892

+3,368

Covid-19 Cases:

Country Total cases

new cases

Total deaths

New Deaths

Total recovered

Active cases

Serious, Critical

Tot cases/1m pop

Egypt 104,262 6,029 97,592 641 41 1,014

Saudi Arabia

338,944 +405 5,018 +22 324,737 9,189 842 9,695

UAE 105,133 +1,129 443 +1 95,973 8,717 10,595

Kuwait 110,568 +492 655 +6 102,722 7,191 139 25,787

Oman 104,129 1,009 91,731 11,389 214 20,254

Qatar 127,778 +178 219 124,767 2,792 54 45,508

Middle East

Country Total cases

Newcases

TotalDeaths

New deaths

1 USA 7,926,468 +31,990 219,029 +382

2 India 7,037,694 +60,686 108,047 +597

3 Brazil 5,073,483 +16,293 150,023 +331

4 Russia 1,285,084 +12,846 22,454 +197

5 Colombia 894,300 27,495

6 Spain 890,367 32,929

7 Argentina 871,468 23,225

8 Peru 843,355 33,158

9 Mexico 809,751 +5,263 83,507 +411

10 France 718,873 +26,896 32,637 +54

11 South Africa 688,352 17,547

12 UK 575,679 42,679

13 Iran 496,253 +3,875 28,293 +195

14 Chile 479,595 +1,826 13,272 +52

G l o b a l C o u n t r i e s w o r s t a f f e c t e d

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Two dead as forest fires burn in Syria, Lebanon• Dozens of fires were burning in Syria including 45 in Latakia and 33 in Tartus

• In neighbouring Lebanon, there have been more than 100 fires across the country

AFP | Damascus

Forest fires in Syria and neighbouring Lebanon have

killed two people and burned swathes of land since Thursday, state media and officials said.

Syrian state television on Sat-urday morning broadcast scenes from the affected areas, where fire-fighters were working to extinguish the blazes.

It said hundreds of hectares had burned in the countryside of Syria’s coastal Latakia and Tartus provinces, and in the central Homs province.

The health ministry said two people died in Latakia province on Friday as a result of the fires, and that 70 people in the area were taken to hospital suffering breathing difficulties.

Dozens of fires were burning, including “45 in Latakia and 33 in Tartus”, Syria’s Agriculture Minister Mohammed Hassan

Qatana told a radio station on Friday.

The Latakia fire brigade said they were “facing the largest series of fires seen in Latakia province in years”.

Official news agency SANA said fire burned homes in Ban-ias, in Tartus province.

In neighbouring Lebanon, there have been more than 100 fires across the country since Thursday, according to George Abu Musa, head of operations for the country’s civil defence.

“The situation is crazy, there are fires everywhere,” Abu Musa told AFP.

“We have mobilised 80 per-

cent of our personnel and al-most all our centres in Leba-non,” he said.

He said most of the blazes had been extinguished but some were still burning in the moun-tainous Chouf region in the south, and in Akkar in the north.

Military helicopters were as-sisting firefighters in “hard-to-reach” areas, he added.

Abu Musa was unable to iden-tify the cause of the blazes, but said wind and high tempera-tures were helping them spread.

On Friday, authorities report-ed several fires across northern and central Israel and the occu-pied West Bank as temperatures

soared, forcing thousands to evacuate.

Dozens of fires hit Lebanon in mid-October last year, amid unusually high temperatures and strong winds.

The government faced heavy criticism and accusations of ill-preparedness over its re-sponse to the 2019 blazes.

Days after Lebanon’s 2019 fires, mass protests broke out, triggered by proposed tax hikes but quickly transforming into months-long demonstrations against the ruling class, deemed by pro-testers as inept and cor-rupt.

Syria too saw blazes in La-takia, Tartus and Homs in mid-October last year, state me-dia reported at the time.

Delta inflicts new round of destruction in LouisianaStorm hit as a category 2 hurricane, making landfall about 15 miles from where Laura struck in August

• The storm brought local flooding of streets and riverbanks

AFP | Lake Charles

Coastal Louisianans yester-day surveyed the damage

left by the wind and water that Hurricane Delta raked across their already storm-battered homes even as it weakened quickly after coming ashore and moved rapidly toward the northeast.

Hundreds of thousands of res-idents were left without pow-er after Delta made landfall as a Catego-ry 2 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 100 miles per hour (161 kph) on Friday near the town of Creole.

By yesterday morning, how-ever, Delta barely ranked as tropical storm with winds down to 40 miles per hour (65 kph), although it continued bring-ing heavy rains to northeastern Louisiana, Arkansas and Mis-sissippi, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) reported.

The storm brought local flooding of streets and river-banks after closely tracking the path of de-struction left by more powerful Hurricane Lau-ra, which came ashore in late August with 150-mph (241-kph) winds.

“Though Delta may have been a ‘weaker’ storm than Laura, Delta has been more of a wa-

ter event than a wind event,” Lake Charles Mayor Nic Hunter wrote on Facebook yesterday.

With his entire city without power, Hunter urged residents who had evacuated to stay away for at least another day.

Laura damaged tens of thou-sands of homes, leaving roofs across the region dotted with protective blue tarpaulins and more than 6,000 people living temporarily in hotels.

Delta spared many of the rooftop tarps that were still up, but it flooded some streets and littered others with downed trees and branches street.

“Laura was much worse,” said Lake Charles resident Matthew Williams, 49. “This was more rain than wind.”

Williams, who had just got-ten his power back about a

week and a half ago after the outage left by Laura, said he rode out the storm at his home which escaped damage in both storms.

By mid-morning yesterday, some 575,000 customers across Louisiana were without pow-er, down from nearly 600,000, according to PowerOutage.US, which tracks disruptions across the United States.

Sylvia Pastrano said she had to position three trash cans over her bed to catch the water leaking through her roof that was already damaged by Laura.

“Last night, it was terrifying, the whistling and whistling,” said Pastrano, 65.

No deaths were immediately reported, but authorities cau-tioned that many storm-related fatali-ties occur from acciden-

tal falls during cleanup or from carbon monoxide poisoning from improper use of home generators.

“With power outages across the state, it ’s important for everyone using portable gen-erators to do so safely,” Gover-nor John Bel Edwards said on Twitter.

As Delta made its way over the Gulf of Mexico on Friday, energy companies cut back US oil pro-duction by about 92%, or 1.7 million barrels per day, the most since 2005, when Hurricane Katrina destroyed more than 100 offshore plat-forms and hobbled output for months.

The storm was expected to weaken further to a tropical depression later yesterday and continue bringing rain though Tennessee, Kentucky and the Ohio River Valley through early next week.

Delta was the 10th named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season to make a US landfall this year, eclipsing a record dat-ing to 1916.

155kph winds were brought

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Authorities reported several fires across

northern and central Israel and the occupied West Bank as temper-atures soared, forcing thousands to evacuate

Serbia tests Chinese drones, Russian jets at major exercise

AFP | Pester, Serbia

Russian-made jet fighters, helicopter gunships and

tanks fired at ground targets while Chinese combat drones flew overhead yesterday at the desolate Pester training ground in Serbia’s western-most region in a show of re-vamped military power.

The training drill, dubbed Cooperation 2020 and attend-ed by President Aleksandar Vucic and other dignitaries, underlined Serbia’s close mili-tary ties with Beijing and Mos-cow.

In recent years, Belgrade has accelerated defence spending as it seeks dominance in the Western Balkans.

Its military budget rose to around $1.14 billion in 2020 and 2019 - 43% more than in 2018. This year’s military spending represented about 2.4 percent of gross domestic product.

“We are strengthening our army to deter any aggressor, we have no intention to wage any ... con-flicts,” Vucic told reporters after the exercise.

For the first time, Serbia demonstrated the use of CH-92A combat drones, the first such deploy-ment of Chinese unmanned aerial vehicles in

Europe. It received six such drones in June.

Beijing sees Serbia as part of its Belt and Road Initiative, aimed at opening new foreign trade links for Chinese compa-nies that have invested billions of euros, mainly in soft loans for infrastructure and energy projects.

For yesterday’s exercise, the Serbian military deployed over 40 aircraft, around 150 vehicles includ-ing tanks and armoured personnel carriers, and some 2,800 troops.

The Serbian military is loosely based on former Soviet technology and in recent years Belgrade has procured MiG-29 fighter jets and other weap-ons from Russia, including the Mi-35 helicopter gun-ships and Pantsir air defence system shown yesterday.

China’s Xi says intends to deepen relations with North Korea

AFP | Seoul

In a congratulatory message to Kim Jong Un for the

founding anniversary of North Korea’s ruling party, Chinese President Xi Jinping said he intends to deepen relations with Pyongyang, North Korean state media reported.

“We have an intent to suc-cessfully defend, consolidate and develop the China-Korea relations to-gether with Ko-rean comrades and propel the long-lasting and stable devel-opment of the socialist cause of the two countries,” North Ko-rean state news agency KCNA quoted Xi as saying.

Xi said he was “greatly pleased” with the achieve-ments that North Korea had made in recent years by en-

gaging with foreign countries in the face of hardships and challenges, KCNA reported.

After years of cool relations during which China joined the United States and other na-tions in im-posing sanctions on North Korea over its nuclear weapons and ballistic missile programmes, Xi and Kim met five times in 2018 and 2019. The North Korean diplomatic offensive included Kim meet-ing with US President Donald Trump.

While North Korea says it has had no confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus, strict border clo-sures and other measures it imposed to pre-vent an outbreak have further strained its economy, which is heavily reliant on trade with China.


Serbian CH-92A Unmanned Combat Air Vehicle (UCAV) at Batajnica airbase with two laser-guided FT-8C missile laid in front of it

Xi Jinping and Kim Jong Un meet in Pyongyang

Smoke is seen above a forest that caught fire in a mountainous region in Syria’s Latakia province

A woman runs to a shelter in the rain with her son ahead of Hurricane Delta

We are strengthening our army to deter any

aggressor, we have no intention to wage

any ... conflictsALEKSANDAR VUCIC

SERBIAN PRESIDENT

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 11, 202008 FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 202006

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GULF EXHAUST SERVICES W.L.L has a vacancy for the occupation of OPERATOR(MECHANICAL MACHINERY)GENERAL , suitably qualified applicants can contact 36288848 or [email protected]

SURAYYA AL BAHRAIN FOR FIBERS Co. W.L.L has a vacancy for the occupation of WORKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 38876692 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]

AHMED SULTAN ALMUTAWA CONSTRUCTION EST. has a vacancy for the occupation of MASON , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17773875 or [email protected]

ABU HUSSAIN BUILDING CONSTRUCTION has a vacancy for the occupation of WORKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 39918887 or [email protected]

GULF CITY CLEANING W.L.L has a vacancy for the occupation of LABOURER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17725075 or [email protected]


ASEERI CONSTRUCTIONS has a vacancy for the occupation of WORKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17744122 or [email protected]

TAMCON CONTRACTING CO S.P.C has a vacancy for the occupation of MASON ASST , suitably qualified applicants can contact 36636624 or [email protected]

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

Saleh Al Abdullah Al Muhanna & Partners Trading & Contracting Co has a vacancy for the occupation of CARPENTER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 66955403 or [email protected]

Saleh Al Abdullah Al Muhanna & Partners Trading & Contracting Co has a vacancy for the occupation of ELECTRICIAN , suitably qualified applicants can contact 66955403 or [email protected]

Saleh Al Abdullah Al Muhanna & Partners Trading & Contracting Co has a vacancy for the occupation of PLUMBER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 66955403 or [email protected]


Yaqoob ahmadi promotion company-bahraini partnership company has a vacancy for the occupation of SALES REPRESENTATIVE , suitably qualified applicants can contact 39479293 or [email protected]

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

MED SURG SOLUTIONS - Advanced Surgical Company S.P.C has a vacancy for the occupation of SALESMAN , suitably qualified applicants can contact 33220999 or [email protected]

Ampcore electrical contracting W L L has a vacancy for the occupation of SUPERVISOR(INTERNAL WORKS) , suitably qualified applicants can contact 36631614 or [email protected]

TAIMOOR INTERIOR DECORATION CO. SPC has a vacancy for the occupation of WORKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 32156900 or [email protected]

AMBUR MARKETING CO BAHRAINI PARTNERSHIP COMPANY has a vacancy for the occupation of ACCOUNTANT(GENERAL) , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17540663 or [email protected]

BAHRAIN TRADING AGENCIES CO. - ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES W.L.L has a vacancy for the occupation of A/C & REFG TECH , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17768181 or [email protected] REAL ESTATE CO. S.P.C Owned by ESSAMALDIN ABDULMUNEIM has a vacancy for the occupation of WORKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 33353315 or [email protected]

SERIOUS CAR RENTAL W.L.L has a vacancy for the occupation of SALESMAN , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17644055 or [email protected]

SMART RUN SERVICES CO. W.L.L has a vacancy for the occupation of WORKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 36503801 or [email protected] TAILOR MENS has a vacancy for the occupation of TAILOR , suitably qualified applicants can contact 36738888 or [email protected] MUHAMMAD RAFIQ MOSSA has a vacancy for the occupation of HEAVY DRIVER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 33051349 or [email protected]

SPICE VILLA W.L.L has a vacancy for the occupation of WORKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 33713684 or [email protected]

ALFALAH CITY TRADING Co. Bahraini partnership company has a vacancy for the occupation of SALESMAN , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17276007 or [email protected] GULF HARBOR CONSULTANCY W.L.L has a vacancy for the occupation of OFFICE ASSISTANT , suitably qualified applicants can contact 66627665 or [email protected] International Cleaning Company W.L.L has a vacancy for the occupation of WORKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 33657919 or [email protected] SHORE MARINE boat maintenance has a vacancy for the occupation of MECHANIC , suitably qualified applicants can contact 38333838 or [email protected] MOHAMED ISA ALRUMAIHI ( DART ALAYAM / 12465 ) has a vacancy for the occupation of SEAMAN , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17840093 or [email protected] SULAIMAN SALEH ALOLAYYAN has a vacancy for the occupation of GARDENER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17254009SADEQ JAAFAR SALEH HASAN (LAYALI ALEASHR /9485) has a vacancy for the occupation of FISHERMAN , suitably qualified applicants can contact 39008210 or [email protected]

Al fateh cleaning and Maintenance Company w.l.l has a vacancy for the occupation of CLEANER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17830078 or [email protected]

AHMED CO ENTERPRICESES FOR CONSTRUCTION & MAINTENANCE has a vacancy for the occupation of MASON , suitably qualified applicants can contact 77444454 or [email protected]

AHMED CO ENTERPRICESES FOR CONSTRUCTION & MAINTENANCE has a vacancy for the occupation of INSULATOR , suitably qualified applicants can contact 77444454 or [email protected]

Mexico cleaning and maintenance services has a vacancy for the occupation of LABOURER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 39773788 or [email protected]


Gulf Capitals Cleaning has a vacancy for the occupation of LABOURER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 33003044 or [email protected]

ALHASSER RESTAURANT has a vacancy for the occupation of WORKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17363936 or [email protected]

BAHRAIN SPECIAL TECHNICAL SERVICES STS CO. W.L.L has a vacancy for the occupation of INSPECTOR , suitably qualified applicants can contact 39933379 or [email protected]

BAHRAIN SPECIAL TECHNICAL SERVICES STS CO. W.L.L has a vacancy for the occupation of DRIVER(HEAVY VEHICLE) , suitably qualified applicants can contact 39933379 or [email protected]

BAHRAIN SPECIAL TECHNICAL SERVICES STS CO. W.L.L has a vacancy for the occupation of RIGGER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 39933379 or [email protected]

BAHRAIN SPECIAL TECHNICAL SERVICES STS CO. W.L.L has a vacancy for the occupation of WORKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 39933379 or [email protected]

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

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

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

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

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

Saleh Al Abdullah Al Muhanna & Partners Trading & Contracting Co has a vacancy for the occupation of MASON , suitably qualified applicants can contact 66955403 or [email protected]

Saleh Al Abdullah Al Muhanna & Partners Trading & Contracting Co has a vacancy for the occupation of PAINTING WORKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 66955403 or [email protected]


Saleh Al Abdullah Al Muhanna & Partners Trading & Contracting Co has a vacancy for the occupation of ELECTRICIAN , suitably qualified applicants can contact 66955403 or [email protected]

Saleh Al Abdullah Al Muhanna & Partners Trading & Contracting Co has a vacancy for the occupation of BLACKSMITH , suitably qualified applicants can contact 66955403 or [email protected]

Saleh Al Abdullah Al Muhanna & Partners Trading & Contracting Co has a vacancy for the occupation of CARPENTER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 66955403 or [email protected]

TTSJV WLL has a vacancy for the occupation of SUPERVISOR (SITE) , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17686801 or [email protected]

Crom construction company W.L.L has a vacancy for the occupation of WORKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 38146197 or [email protected]

MOHAMMED RASHID ABDULQADER ALROWAIE’AAD ALTAIR’ has a vacancy for the occupation of SEAMAN , suitably qualified applicants can contact 39456786 or [email protected]

ABBAS BILJEEK & SONS W.L.L has a vacancy for the occupation of SYSTEMS ADMINISTRATION , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17401555 or [email protected]

MOHAMMED MOHAMMED SHARIF HATIM & SONS has a vacancy for the occupation of SALESMAN , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17228258 or [email protected]

HAJI HASSAN REINFORCEMENTS B.S.C CLOSED has a vacancy for the occupation of MACHINE OPERATOR , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17551111 or [email protected] CONTRACTING has a vacancy for the occupation of MASON ASST , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17590097 or [email protected]

KOOHEJI CONTRACTORS W.L.L has a vacancy for the occupation of MASON(GENERAL) , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17786500 or [email protected] GULF CONTRACTING has a vacancy for the occupation of LABOURER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17253397 or [email protected] ALKALIJ EXCAVATION & BUILDING EQUIPMENTS RENNTAL BSC closed has a vacancy for the occupation of HEAVY DRIVER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17877246 or [email protected] GARAGE has a vacancy for the occupation of WORKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17641999 or [email protected] ELECTRICAL EST has a vacancy for the occupation of TECHNICIAN , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17216070 or [email protected]

MIRZA ALI ABDULNABI COLD STORE has a vacancy for the occupation of LABOURER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 33139980 or [email protected]

KARATCHI RESTAURANT has a vacancy for the occupation of WORKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 39678008 or [email protected]

ABUALWALEED RESTAURANT has a vacancy for the occupation of CASHIER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 39660730 or [email protected]

Mechanical Contracting & Services Company W.L.L has a vacancy for the occupation of FITTER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 36937988 or [email protected]

Mechanical Contracting & Services Company W.L.L has a vacancy for the occupation of WELDER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 36937988 or [email protected]

AHMED CO ENTERPRICESES FOR CONSTRUCTION & MAINTENANCE has a vacancy for the occupation of INSULATOR , suitably qualified applicants can contact 77444454 or [email protected]

AHMED CO ENTERPRICESES FOR CONSTRUCTION & MAINTENANCE has a vacancy for the occupation of SHEETMETAL INSTALLER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 77444454 or [email protected]


ALDALEEM MARINE SERVICES W.L.L has a vacancy for the occupation of WORKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 39625000 or [email protected]

ALDALEEM MARINE SERVICES W.L.L has a vacancy for the occupation of WORKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 39625000 or [email protected]

WESTPOINT HOME BAHRAIN W.L.L has a vacancy for the occupation of WORKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17838129 or [email protected]

KONE Elevators S.P.C has a vacancy for the occupation of TECHNICIAN(MAINTENANCE) , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17749271 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]


Yaseen Ahmad for Repair of electrical and optical equipment S.P. has a vacancy for the occupation of WORKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 36549635 or [email protected] AHMED ALMARRI / MUAITHER / 8786 has a vacancy for the occupation of SEAMAN , suitably qualified applicants can contact 39652515 or [email protected] MACHINE B.S.C c has a vacancy for the occupation of SHOVEL OPERATOR , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17705050 or [email protected]

AL MUNA CONSTRUCTION OF BUILDINGS has a vacancy for the occupation of WORKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 33395184 or [email protected]

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G4S GENERAL CLEANING AND MAINTENANCE SERVICES W.L.L has a vacancy for the occupation of CLEANER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17714409 or [email protected]

Alaskar phone center has a vacancy for the occupation of SALESMAN , suitably qualified applicants can contact 39892042 or [email protected]

AL TAKWEER CONSTRUCTION has a vacancy for the occupation of WORKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 36944476 or [email protected]

ROMEEN FOODSTUFF IMPORT has a vacancy for the occupation of WORKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 39467468 or [email protected]

HANAN ALI ABDULLA ZAMIL has a vacancy for the occupation of WORKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17255190 or [email protected]

AL-SHERA AUTO ACCESSORIES has a vacancy for the occupation of WORKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17411772 or [email protected]

BAWAB CONTRACTING has a vacancy for the occupation of CONSTRUCTION SUPERINTENDENT , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17290170 or [email protected]

GOLD CLASSIC PHONE has a vacancy for the occupation of WORKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17311244 or [email protected]

ALDASMAH FASHIONS has a vacancy for the occupation of SALESMAN , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17233071 or [email protected]

WADDAH RESTAURANT has a vacancy for the occupation of WORKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17693024 or [email protected]

SAMI SALMAN EBRAHIM EJWAIR has a vacancy for the occupation of COOK(GENERAL) , suitably qualified applicants can contact 34457323 or [email protected]

KARAK FACTORY has a vacancy for the occupation of SANDWICHES MAKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17414856 or [email protected]

THE PALACE OPTICIAN has a vacancy for the occupation of OPTOMETRIST , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17740883 or [email protected]

MIDDLE EAST BAKERY has a vacancy for the occupation of LABOURER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17550555 or [email protected]

GOLD RESTAURANT has a vacancy for the occupation of COOK(GENERAL) , suitably qualified applicants can contact 39655383 or [email protected]

ALBANADRH SALOON has a vacancy for the occupation of BARBER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 39828148 or [email protected]

ATHERLAND CONTRACTING CO. WLL has a vacancy for the occupation of FOREMAN , suitably qualified applicants can contact 39722232 or [email protected]

AL AHBAR BUILDING CONSTRUCTION EST has a vacancy for the occupation of HEAVY VEHICLE DRIVER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17291499 or [email protected]

TIMA FOR BUILDING MATERIALS W.L.L has a vacancy for the occupation of WORKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17663335 or [email protected]

Sayed Kadhem aldurazi & sons B.S.c. close has a vacancy for the occupation of MASON , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17620672 or [email protected]

Sayed Kadhem aldurazi & sons B.S.c. close has a vacancy for the occupation of LABOURER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17620672 or [email protected]

ABDULAZIZ ALSAYED TRADING & CONTRACTING W.L.L. has a vacancy for the occupation of DRIVER(HEAVY TRUCK) , suitably qualified applicants can contact 33344033 or [email protected]

ABDULAZIZ ALSAYED TRADING & CONTRACTING W.L.L. has a vacancy for the occupation of LABOURER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 33344033 or [email protected]

RAMSIS ENGINEERING CO. W.L.L has a vacancy for the occupation of ASSISTANT OF ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17830801 or [email protected]

RAMSIS ENGINEERING CO. W.L.L has a vacancy for the occupation of MECHANICAL HELPER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17830801 or [email protected]



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


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

KRONOS ELECTRICAL CONTRACTING has a vacancy for the occupation of WORKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17564981 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]

German Quality Contracting has a vacancy for the occupation of SALESMAN , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17221113 or [email protected] Quality Contracting has a vacancy for the occupation of WORKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17221113 or [email protected]

Secure Me W.L.L has a vacancy for the occupation of SECURITY GUARD , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17749697 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]

GOLDEN TRADING CONTRACTING W.L.L has a vacancy for the occupation of WORKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 36525638 or [email protected]

FAREEDA JEWELLERY CO. (S.P.C.) has a vacancy for the occupation of MANAGER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17240030 or [email protected]

KHALIL CARPENTRY WORKSHOP has a vacancy for the occupation of PAINTER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 39895615 or [email protected]

SARENS NASS MIDDLE EAST W.L.L has a vacancy for the occupation of OPERATOR(MOBILE-CRANE) , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17725522 or [email protected]

BLUE BELL COMPUTER has a vacancy for the occupation of SALESMAN , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17596993 or [email protected]

MOTOROX Restaurants W.l.l has a vacancy for the occupation of WAITER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17253030 or [email protected]

KUNG FU RESTAURANT has a vacancy for the occupation of COOK(GENERAL) , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17779784 or [email protected]

AL KHUBAR BUILDING CONTRACTING has a vacancy for the occupation of SUPERVISOR , suitably qualified applicants can contact 39342562 or [email protected]

ICICI BANK LIMITED has a vacancy for the occupation of BUSINESS RELATIONS MANAGER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17576114 or [email protected]

ZORYA UPHOLSTERY has a vacancy for the occupation of TAILOR , suitably qualified applicants can contact 39644581 or [email protected]

NOOR ALKHALEEJ CONTRACTING CO. W.L.L has a vacancy for the occupation of LABOURER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17737557 or [email protected]

POWER TECH CONTRACTING has a vacancy for the occupation of MECHANICAL FITTER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 39279042 or [email protected]

ALMISBAR CORNER CAFETERIA has a vacancy for the occupation of WORKER(JUICE) , suitably qualified applicants can contact 39407007 or [email protected]

AL SALAMONY CONSTRUCTION has a vacancy for the occupation of PLUMBER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 39672425 or [email protected]

FAIZAN CONTRACTING has a vacancy for the occupation of WORKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 37220510 or [email protected]

PURPLE PHONE has a vacancy for the occupation of SALESMAN , suitably qualified applicants can contact 33001124 or [email protected]

FALCON ALUMINUM has a vacancy for the occupation of WORKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17700024 or [email protected]

KARTEC SERVICES SPC has a vacancy for the occupation of ESTIMATOR(COST) , suitably qualified applicants can contact 66399355 or [email protected]

KARTEC SERVICES SPC has a vacancy for the occupation of DRAFTSMAN , suitably qualified applicants can contact 66399355 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]

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

Security Solutions Co. W.L.L. has a vacancy for the occupation of SECURITY GUARD , suitably qualified applicants can contact 77996666 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]

ALZAYANI PROMOTIONS CO W.L.L has a vacancy for the occupation of DRIVER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 13676765 or [email protected]

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


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




MOON HOUSE SEAFOOD W.L.L has a vacancy for the occupation of WORKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 33301725 or [email protected]

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

CHICKET W.L.L has a vacancy for the occupation of WORKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 35114403 or [email protected]

NANO CONTRACTING W.L.L has a vacancy for the occupation of WORKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17227206 or [email protected]

SARA HAMAD TOWER CONSTRUCTION has a vacancy for the occupation of WORKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 37339551 or [email protected]

S.JAAFAR ALI SHARAF HASAN ( SAMUAL / 8267 ) has a vacancy for the occupation of FISHERMAN , suitably qualified applicants can contact 39263338 or [email protected]

ABDULLA SALMAN DAWOOD SADIQ)BARZAN(4074 has a vacancy for the occupation of FISHERMAN , suitably qualified applicants can contact 39460697 or [email protected]

ABDULHADI JAFFAR ALI ABEDALI / ALTAIR ALMUHAJER has a vacancy for the occupation of SEAMAN , suitably qualified applicants can contact 39833841 or [email protected]

ALSULTAN GATE ALUMINIUM has a vacancy for the occupation of WORKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 39411404 or [email protected]

KHAIR DIN DECOR has a vacancy for the occupation of WORKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 33446399 or [email protected]

Gate Awali glass and mirrors has a vacancy for the occupation of WORKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 34493363 or [email protected]

The Arch Hotel W.L.L has a vacancy for the occupation of WAITER (HOTEL) , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17712303 or [email protected]

Koshari boulevard restaurant has a vacancy for the occupation of CASHIER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 33333858 or [email protected]

Professional touch for services has a vacancy for the occupation of WORKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17720009 or [email protected]

KASHIF LINE BUILDING CONSTRUCTION has a vacancy for the occupation of WORKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 34438588 or [email protected] Days Contracting Co. SPC owned by Mohaamad Akhtar Mian has a vacancy for the occupation of WELDER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 39454342 or [email protected]

WHITE LION GENTS BARBER has a vacancy for the occupation of BARBER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 39055654 or [email protected]

Kingdom Security Protection Services W.L.L has a vacancy for the occupation of SECURITY GUARD , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17822228 or [email protected]

B.M. HAJEN Aluminium Workshop W.L.L has a vacancy for the occupation of WORKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 33610210 or [email protected]

ATTIC RESTAURANTS S.P.C has a vacancy for the occupation of SUPERVISOR , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17742080 or [email protected]

CLAY JAPANESE-PERUVIAN RESTAURANT S.P.C has a vacancy for the occupation of RECEPTIONIST , suitably qualified applicants can contact 33773374 or [email protected]

RIFFA AL RAYYAN CAFETERIA has a vacancy for the occupation of WORKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 33159060 or [email protected]

EAGLES GENERAL SERVICES has a vacancy for the occupation of WORKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 35386088 or [email protected]

Saga burger express W.L.L has a vacancy for the occupation of FOOD SERVICE WORKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 35414424 or [email protected]

SE . SAYED RESTURANT W.L.L has a vacancy for the occupation of WORKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17712833 or [email protected]

Narjis Sheer construction has a vacancy for the occupation of LABOURER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 35145454 or [email protected]

GURU SUPERMARKET has a vacancy for the occupation of SALES EXCUTIVE , suitably qualified applicants can contact 39676747 or [email protected]

668 cafe has a vacancy for the occupation of WAITER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 39683100 or [email protected]

REAL LINE BUILDING CONTRACTING has a vacancy for the occupation of DATA ENTRY OPERATOR , suitably qualified applicants can contact 33331807 or [email protected]

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Chris Evans has hit out at Don-

ald Trump, follow-ing the president’s latest, rather con-fusing, statement about coronavi-rus.

The Marvel star has been one of Trump’s most vocal celebrity critics in recent

times, particularly in the wake of the

US leader’s remarks about the Covid-19

pandemic, following his own diagnosis.On Thursday, the PO-

TUS shared what was poten-tially his most confusing state-

ment about the virus to date in a Twitter video, in which he was heard

saying: “We’re taking care of our seniors. You’re not vulnerable but they like to

say you’re vulnerable. You’re the least vulnerable but for this one thing, you are vulnerable. So am I.”

And evidently we weren’t the only ones left scratching our heads, with the Captain America star coming for Trump on Twitter.

“His brain is a scribble,” he wrote, in the early hours of Friday morn-ing, alongside a clip of Trump’s bewildering video.

Chris was similarly crit-ical of Trump earlier in the week, when he urged Americans not to be “afraid” of Covid.

“Don’t be afraid of Cov-id?!” Chris questioned. “You’ve been under round-the-clock care by the best doctors using the best drugs. Do you really think everyone has access to that?!

“Sadly, I’m sure you’re aware of that disparity, you just don’t care This is reckless to a shocking degree, even for

you.”He previously retweeted a mes-

sage from a doctor blasting the president after he was taken on a drive-by to greet supporters outside of the hospital where he

was being treated, days after his coronavirus di-

agnosis.“Every sin-

gle person in the vehicle

d u r i n g that com-p l e t e l y unneces-

sary Presi-dential ‘drive-

by’ just now has to be quarantined for 14 days,” the message read. “They might get sick. They may die. For political theater. Commanded by Trump to put their lives at risk for thea-tre. This is insanity.

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Mindy Kaling

Chris Evans

Gwen Stefani Mariah Carey

Mariah Carey says son bullied by a ‘white supremacist’

IBT | London

Mariah Carey talked about

racism during Thursday’s in-

terview with Andy Cohen and revealed that her son

was bullied by a “white s u p r e m a -cist.”The singer

talked about her memoir, “The Mean-ing of Ma-riah Carey,” w h e n s h e touched on a serious dis-cussion about

r a c i s m . S h e said she reads excerpts from her book about her first-hand experience with racial discrimi-

nation to help her kids understand what is happening in the world.

“ I ’ m r e a d i n g

chapters to them that are helping to illustrate my en-counters with racism, and how they can then have a greater understanding, and ultimately a greater reser-voir with which to deal with the situation itself,” Carey said during a video interview on “Watch What Happens Live.”

The 50-year-old artist then shared that her 9-year-old son, Moroccan, whom she calls Rocky, recently experienced racism.

“Rocky just got bullied the other day by a white suprem-acist person that he thought was his friend,” Carey re-vealed and called it “insane” that “this is the world we live in.”

In the same interview, the singer admitted that it was a “struggle” for her being bira-cial. Carey’s mother is of Irish descent and her father was from an African-American and Afro-Venezuelan lineage. She said the “only reason she was aware so early on that “there was such a thing as race” was because “it became a subject of humiliation” for her when she was a child.

Mindy Kaling gives birth to baby boyIndependent |

Los Angeles

Mi n d y K a -

l i n g h a s surprised f a n s b y announc-i n g s h e has given

birth to her second child.T h e O f f i c e

s t a r s a i d s h e welcomed her son, who is named Spencer, on 3 Sep-tember. She had

not previously revealed she was pregnant.Kaling shared the news during an ap-

pearance on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.

“I got something I rarely get these days, which is good news, so if you wouldn’t mind sharing with our audience I think they’d be thrilled to find out something extraordinary that nobody knows up until this moment,” Colbert said during the vir-tual interview.

“Yes, I’m telling it for the first time now. It feels so strange,” Kaling replied. “But I gave birth to a baby boy on 3 September.”

Colbert remarked how “no one even knew” that she was expecting, to which Kaling said: ”I know! I know! This is news to a lot of people. It’s true.“

Kaling already has a two-year-old daugh-

ter, named Katherine. The comedy writer has never shared a picture of her daughter’s face or the identity of the child’s biological father, saying it was important to maintain some privacy.

Explaining her decision during an inter-view with the New York Times in 2019, Ka-ling said: “My feeling is that, until I speak to my daughter about that, I’m not going to talk to anyone else about it.”

However, she has revealed her former The Office co-star BJ Novak is Kather-ine’s godfather.

“The truth is that BJ is so much more like family now than a platonic friend,” Kaling told Good Housekeeping.

“He’s the godfather to my daughter, he comes over like once a week. Sometimes he’ll come over just to hang out with her.”

Gwen Stefani: ‘Everyone thinks Blake Shelton and I are married’Cover Media | Los Angeles

Gwen Stefani finds it “pretty cute” when people mistak-

enly refer to herself and Blake Shelton as a married couple.

The singers have been dating since 2015 and have yet to be-come engaged or wed - but that doesn’t stop people confusing the pair as husband and wife.

In a recent interview with Dua Lipa, who was a guest host

on Jimmy Kimmel Live! in August, the Physical hitmaker asked Gwen about life in lockdown at her “husband” Shelton’s Oklaho-ma ranch.

“Well, he’s not my husband, but that sounded cool when you said it,” she insisted at the

time - and speaking with US TV show Extra, the former No Doubt star once again addressed the topic.

“Do you know how many people say my ‘husband’ about him,” she smiled, adding: “I guess we’re just together... people got used to it or something like

that, but it’s pretty cute.”She did, however, clarify “he’s

not” her husband and the cou-ple is yet to make plans to tie the knot.

The Happy Anywhere hit-makers recently moved into their new Los Angeles home together, along with her three sons - Kingston, 14, Zuma, 12, and Apollo, six - who she shares with ex-husband, Gavin Ross-dale.

Firmino brace helps Brazil hammer Bolivia in WC qualifier

AFP | Brazilia

Liverpool striker Roberto Firmino scored a brace as

Brazil romped to a 5-0 victory over Bolivia in their opening 2022 World Cup qualifier.

B a r c e l o n a p l a y m a k e r Philippe Coutinho and Par-is Saint-Germain defender Marquinhos also got on the scoresheet while star forward Neymar set up two goals in a totally one-sided encoun-ter that sent Brazil top of the South American qualifying table.

In a Corinthians Arena de-serted due to Covid-19 restric-tions, Bolivia showed almost no ambition as Brazil dominat-ed throughout, with PSG’s Ney-mar starting after overcoming a back problem.

Inside the first minute, winger Everton volleyed wide from inside the six-yard box and three minutes later his cross was headed off-target by Marquinhos from a similar position.

Bolivia couldn’t get out of their half, or on the ball, as Coutinho and Everton created

a slew of chances down Bra-zil’s left.

The pressure told on 16 min-utes as Marquinhos headed home from an identical posi-tion to his ear-lier chance as full-back Danilo swung over a cross from the right following a short corner.

Even a first half downpour couldn’t dampen Brazil’s thrust as Coutinho forced a diving one-handed save from goalkeeper Carlos Lampe with a deflected shot.


Swiatek writes history with French Open triumphIga Swiatek demolishes Sofia Kenin in final to become the First Pole to win a grand slam title

• 19-year-old is youngest Paris winner since Monica Seles in 1992

AFP | Paris

Polish teenager Iga Swiatek won her country’s first Grand Slam singles title

yesterday as she defeated Amer-ican fourth seed Sofia Kenin 6-4, 6-1 to become the youngest women’s French Open champi-on since 1992.

The 19-year-old Swiatek, at 54 the lowest-ranked woman to capture the Roland Garros title in the modern era, is the ninth first-time major champion in the past 14 Grand Slams.

“It had to be that another un-derdog won a Grand Slam in women’s tennis. It is so often right now that it is crazy,” said Swiatek, who captured her first tour title in the process.

“I don’t know what’s going on. It’s overwhelming for me, it’s crazy.

“Two years ago I won a junior Grand Slam (at Wimbledon) and now I’m here. It feels like such a short time.”

Swiatek is the youngest wom-en’s French Open winner since Monica Seles lifted the trophy as an 18-year-old in 1992. She is

the first teenage champion since Iva Majoli in 1997.

“It’s crazy for me because I watched Rafael Nadal lift the trophy every year and now I’m in the same place,” added Swi-atek, the first woman to secure the title without losing a set since Justine Henin in 2007.

Swiatek also became just the second unseeded women’s Ro-land Garros champion in the Open era, joining Jelena Ostap-enko who claimed a shock title three years ago.

She eclipsed the run of com-patriot Jadwiga Jedrzejowska -- the most outstanding Polish player of the interwar period -- who finished runner-up at Roland Garros in 1939.

Swiatek was only the second

Polish woman to reach a Grand Slam final in the Open era af-ter Ag-nieszka Radwanska at Wimbledon in 2012. She had never previously been beyond the last 16.

Australian Open champion Kenin, 21, fell short in her at-tempt to become the first wom-an to cap-ture two Slams in the same year since Angelique Ker-ber in 2016.

“I just want to congratulate Iga on a great tournament and a great match. You played really well,” said Kenin.

Swiatek rises to the challengeSwiatek, whose only previous

tour-level final came at Lugano last year, dispelled any initial fear of nerves as she won 12 of

the first 15 points to surge 3-0 ahead.

However, Kenin has made a habit of fighting through tough situations in Paris and broke back when Swiatek served an untimely double fault allowing the American to level at 3-all.

Swiatek, who bludgeoned her way into the championship match, conceding just 23 games in six rounds, secured a precious hold before Kenin lost her serve for the second time.

Serving for the first set at 5-3, Swiatek dumped a tame back-hand into the net on set point and Ken-in immediately broke back, ripping a blistering back-hand return.

Kenin’s resilience has been a staple of her success but she cracked again to present Swi-atek with two more set points at 4-5, promptly dragging a back-hand wide to hand the Pole the opening set.

It had to be that another underdog

won a Grand Slam in women’s tennis. It

is so often right now that it is crazy. I don’t know what’s going on. It’s overwhelming for

me, it’s crazyIGA SWIATEK

Iga Swiatek celebrates with the trophy

Roberto Firmino celebrates his second goal

KNOW WHAT

Djokovic resists gallant Tsitsipas to set up Nadal finalAFP | Paris

Top seed Novak Djokovic re-sisted a valiant and inspired

fightback from Stefanos Tsit-sipas to set up a French Open final showdown with old rival Rafael Nadal on Friday, winning a near four-hour battle 6-3 6-2 5-7 4-6 6-1.

Showing no sign of the phys-ical problems that troubled him during his previous match, Djokovic was initially dominant and poised for a routine win when he had a match point at 5-4 in the third set.

But he had not counted on fifth seed Tsitsipas’s incredible spirit as the 22-year-old fought his way back into contention with some dazzling shot-mak-ing.

Tsitsipas stole the third set as Djokovic faltered then staved off countless break points in the fourth before dragging the match into an unlikely decider.

His dream of becoming the first Greek player to reach a Grand Slam final faded away as Djokovic calmly re-asserted his authority against a physical-ly-struggling opponent.

Djokovic sealed victory with a forehand winner, nearly two hours after his first match point.

The Serb advanced to his 27th Grand Slam final where he will meet Nadal for the ninth time in a Grand Slam final and 56th time in total.

Victory would earn him an 18th Grand Slam title while Na-dal can match Roger Federer’s

record haul of 20.While Djokovic, who had lost

five of his nine previous French Open semi-finals, was given a fright it always looked as though his vast experience would prove decisive.

“We have to congratulate Stefanos for this great battle,” Djokovic, whose sole French title came in 2016, said on Court Philippe Chatrier.

“I was calm on the surface but inside it was something to-tally different. I thought that after losing the third set, and the fourth, I was still in control.”

Looking ahead to Sunday’s fi-nal against 12-time French Open winner Nadal, he said: “It’s may-be the biggest challenge in our sport to play Nadal at Roland Garros. I look forward to it, I’m happy to be here and motivated

to win.”Tsitsipas, contesting his sec-

ond Grand Slam semi-final, be-gan by squandering three break points in Djokovic’s opening service game and that became a theme for the Greek.

Djokovic broke serve in the next game with an angled fore-hand and fought off break points at 4-2 on his way to taking the opening set. The second set was one-sided after Djokovic broke in the fifth game and Tsitsipas became ragged.

World number one Djok-ovic bided his time in the third and broke serve at 4-4 with a dropshot-lob combination that had Tsitsipas scurrying around court all night.

But then things got compli-cated.

Djokovic missed a routine

backhand down the line on match point in the next game and suddenly Tsitsipas began to offload with his punishing groundstrokes.

Tsitsipas finally converted a break point at the 11th time of his asking when a Djokovic fore-hand went long and then struck a forehand winner to break again for the set two games later.

Out of nowhere the match be-came a contest and after breaks were exchanged at the start of the fourth set, Tsitsipas dug deep to save break points at 2-2, 3-3 and 4-4 in the fourth.

Serving at 4-5 Djokovic led 40-15 but Tsitsipas clawed it back and Djokovic fluffed a dropshot at-tempt on set point.

Tsitsipas had required treat-ment on his legs in the fourth set and a clinical Djokovic was mer-ciless in the decider, stretching his opponent with a succession of dropshots.

Djokovic broke at 1-1 with yet another dropshot and when Tsitsipas double-faulted to hand Djokovic a 4-1 lead his coura-geous challenge was over.

Rashford tops list of UK honours for key virus workers

AFP | London

Manchester United foot-baller Marcus Rashford

was honoured by Queen Eliz-abeth II on Friday in recogni-tion of his campaign to feed vulnerable children, alongside hundreds of key workers who helped in the fight against the coronavirus.

The England international is one of the highest-profile fig-ures in the monarch’s birthday honours list, which was post-poned from June in order to include frontline health work-ers and others in the Covid-19 effort.

The 22-year-old forced a government U-turn over its free school meals policy, ensuring children in need would receive meal vouch-ers throughout the summer months, and has formed a

child food poverty task force.Rashford, who has been

made a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE), said he was “honoured and humbled” to receive the award.

“Let’s stand together in say-ing that no children in the UK should be going to bed hun-gry,” he said. “As I have said many times before, no matter your feeling or opinion, not having access to food is never the child’s fault.”

Fitness expert Joe Wicks, whose daily online exercise sessions drew millions of viewers across the globe, is also being made an MBE.

Rapper Lady Leshurr is be-ing awarded the British Em-pire Medal after releasing a coronavirus-related song this year reminding people to wash their hands.

Neymar’s attempts to join retired great Ronaldo as Brazil’s

second highest scorer of all time were frus-trated by an offside flag and an injury

time save by Lampe

Manchester United’s Marcus Rashford is seen during a match (file photo)

Novak Djokovic hits a return against Stefanos Tsitsipas

55matches have been played between Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal out of which eight were Grand

Slam finals

‘Spot on’ Bottas edges Hamilton to take pole at Eifel GP

• Finn faster than Briton by 0.256sec at the Nurburgring

• Verstappen third for Red Bull, Ferrari’s Leclerc fourth

AFP | Nurburgring

Valtteri Bottas produced a blistering track record on

his final qualifying lap yester-day to edge Mercedes team-mate Lewis Hamilton and claim pole position for the Eifel Grand Prix.

Bottas clocked a best lap of one minute and 25.269 seconds to beat the championship lead-er by two-tenths of a second in very cold conditions following only one practice session after Friday’s running was cancelled due to fog.

It was Bottas’s third pole this year and the 14th of his career, a feat that he hopes can help him keep alive his champion-ship challenge. After winning in Russia two weeks ago he lies 44 points be-hind Hamilton.

The two ‘black arrows’ were pushed all the way by Red Bull’s Max Verstappen, who lost grip on his final run and wound up third ahead of Charles Leclerc of Ferrari and Alex Albon in the second Red Bull car.

“It is such a nice feeling when you do it on the last lap –- my last lap was spot on,” said Bot-tas.

“It’s been pretty tricky with short practice and these con-ditions getting the tyres in the sweet spot, that was one of the bigger things today.

The chilly autumn weather has shaped practice and quali-fying. Friday’s practice sessions

were wiped out by fog and rain. “I believe I can win,” said

Bottas. “That’s the only goal for tomorrow and hopefully we can have a good start.”

Hamilton, who needs just one victory to equal Michael Schu-macher’s record of 91 Grand Prix victo-ries, had to settle for second on the grid.

“Valtteri is two-tenths ahead and he did a good job, so con-gratulations to him,” he said. “There is plenty of time for me to regain…

Daniel Ricciardo was sixth ahead of his Renault team-mate Esteban Ocon, Lando Norris of McLaren, Sergio Perez of Racing Point and Carlos Sainz

in the second McLaren.Shortly before qualifying,

Racing Point announced that Nico Hulkenberg would step in for Lance Stroll who was “unwell”.

Hulkenberg, who covered for Stroll’s teammate Sergio Perez at Silverstone, was called at short no-tice from a Cologne cafe. Without any practice, he qualified at the back of the grid.

The session began in bright, cold conditions with the air temperature struggling to ex-ceed 10 de-grees, but no repeat of the fog and rain that led to the cancellation of both prac-tice sessions on Friday.

Hulkenberg was one of the drivers out early in the session to familiarise himself with Stroll’s set-tings and the circuit before Verstappen set the pace for Red Bull, topping Bottas and Hamilton with Leclerc fourth.

The ‘super-sub’ pushed, but it was asking too much of Hulkenberg and he failed to reach Q2 and qualified 20th, although his time was only 0.9 seconds shy of team-mate Perez in ninth.

BRAVE CF unveils teaser for return of Lightweight world champion Cleiton ‘’Predator’’TDT | Manama

Cleiton ‘’Predator’’ has been out of action since August

of last year after a historic title win at BRAVE CF 25. He end-ed his epic rivalry with Luan ‘’Miau’’ Santiago by snatching the BRAVE CF Lightweight belt from his arch-enemy with a 40-second submission. The fastest-growing MMA organ-ization in the world has now unveiled a teaser on the return of its champion which is set to take place very soon.

While no date and opponent have been revealed yet, Cleiton is not short of possible foes for his first title defense. BRAVE CF has one of the deepest Light-weight divisions, which has recently been beefed up by the addition of Roman Bogatov, from Russia. He joins a roster already containing the likes of Luan ‘’Miau’’, English prodigy Sam Patterson, BRAVE CF Break-out Fighter of the Year John Brewin, Ahmed Amir, Akhmed Shervaniev, amongst others.

In his next fight, ‘’The Pred-ator’’ can also make history by becoming the first-ever BRAVE CF Light-weight world cham-

pion to successfully defend his throne. The first champion Ott-man Azaitar was stripped of the belt due to inactivity, and then Lucas ‘’Mineiro’’ lost to Abdul-Kareem Al-Selwady in a unification title bout.

A l - S e l w a d y w a s t h e n knocked out by Luan Santiago in the beginning of last year, and ‘’Miau’’ lost the title to Cleiton a few months later in the afore-mentioned BRAVE CF 25.

BRAVE CF has put on 10 events so far in 2020, including seven of them taking place in Europe, with Slovenia, Romania, and Sweden being the homes of the organization in the continent. BRAVE CF has persevered dur-ing the Covid-19 pandemic and has put the strongest health and safety proto-cols to be one of the few organizations in world sports to return to its activities.

All-round performance guide RCB to victory over CSKAFP | Dubai

Spirited bowling perfor-mance by Royal Challengers

Bangalore (RCB) guided them to a 37-run victory over Chennai Super Kings (CSK) at Dubai In-ternational Stadium.

Chasing a moderate target of 170, CSK openers failed to provide a solid start as they went back to the pavilion ear-ly. Washington Sundar scalped both Faf du Plessis (8) and Shane Watson (14) in fourth and sixth over respectively.

Ambati Rayudu and IPL

debutant N Jagadeesan played cautiously and stitched a part-nership of 64-run for the third

wicket. In the 15th over, Jaga-deesan fell short of his crease and was run out by Chris Mor-ris.

Jagadeesan played a knock of 33 runs. Skipper Dhoni joined Rayudu in the middle and add-ed a 17-run partnership for the fourth wicket. Dhoni (10) was bagged by Yuzvendra Chahal in the 16th over as he was trying to attack the spinner.

Earlier yesterday, Kolkata Knight Riders bowlers staged a late comeback to defeat Kings XI Punjab by two runs in a nail-biting thriller.


3poles positions have

been achieved by Valtteri Bottas this season to make

it 14 in his career

BRAVE CF has elevated amateur MMA by helping to transform IMMAF WorldsSince its inception, BRAVE CF has become the go-to promotion for amateur talents that stood out within the IMMAF ranks

• BRAVE CF is the only professional MMA promotion that hosted IMMAF World Championships outside of the United States

TDT | Manama

BRAVE Combat Federation was founded upon the core vision of creating a new

system to the sport of MMA. For this, empowering it from the grassroot level up to the inter-national platforms was a key element in the eyes of His High-ness Shaikh Khalid bin Hamad Al Khalifa, the founder of BRAVE CF.

And no other organization or entity has supported the cause

more than BRAVE Combat Fed-era-tion. Since its inception, BRAVE CF has become the go-to

promotion for amateur talents that stood out within the In-ternational Mixed Martial Arts

Federation (IMMAF) ranks.More than that, BRAVE Com-

bat Federation is the only pro-fessional MMA promotion that hosted IMMAF World Champi-onships outside of the United States, breaking all previous set records in par-ticipation, en-gagement, and nations repre-sented, elevating the tourna-ment’s level and offering the amateur competitors a massive platform.

Not only that, but BRAVE CF has also helped the World Championship transform it-self from a side-show to a main event, becoming a huge week-long show on its own with open-ing and closing cer-emonies, awards, etc.

In its last edition, in 2019, the IMMAF World Championships took place once again in Bah-rain, with more than 500 ath-

letes representing 50+ countries descending upon the Kingdom for the week-long tournaments.

One of the most recent exam-ples of this perfect integration and development system came through England’s Muhammad Mokaev. The two-time IMMAF World Champion got both of his junior amateur world titles fighting in the Kingdom of Bah-rain and then returned to the country for Kombat Kingdom, a series of events held by BRAVE CF, and took the professional MMA world by storm, being la-beled as the top prospect in the sport now.

BRAVE Combat Federation once again cements its position as the pioneer of a new eco-system to the sport of Mixed Martial Arts, which brings a much broader view, expanding from the current event-based model to a sports-business, with complex and organized structures.

Valtteri Bottas steers his car during qualifying

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BRAVE CF President Mohammed Shahid presents the belt to Cleiton ‘’Predator’’ after a win

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