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‘Stop current state of transmission’Citizens, residents urged to ‘Commit 4 Bahrain’, follow precautionary measures in COVID-19 fight

TDT | Manama

The National Taskforce for Combatting the Coronavi-rus (COVID-19) reiterated

its call yesterday to “Commit 4 Bahrain”, particularly during the current phase until October 1, to help flatten the curve and reduce the alarming spike in active cases witnessed recently.

Ministry of Health undersec-retary and national taskforce member Dr Waleed Khalifa Al Manea urged everyone to fully comply with all precautionary measures in place, in order to stop the current state of the virus’ transmission.

Dr Al Manea was speaking at the national taskforce’s press conference held at the Crown Prince Centre for Training and Medical Research at the Bahrain Defence Force (BDF) Hospital.

Fellow-national taskforce members, namely BDF Hospi-tal infectious disease consultant and microbiologist Lt-Col Dr Manaf Al Qahtani and Salmani-ya Medical Complex infectious and internal diseases consultant Dr Jameela Al Salman, were also on hand.

Speaking on behalf of medical workers, Dr Al Manea expressed his deep appreciation for His Majesty the King’s recognition at this week’s Cabinet meeting of the sacrifices made by first-re-sponders and health workers during COVID-19.

Dr Al Manea noted that the support extended by His Roy-al Highness Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, Crown Prince, Deputy Supreme Commander and First Deputy Prime Minister, continues to underpin Bahrain’s success in addressing the virus.

He expressed his gratitude for HRH the Crown Prince’s lead-ership in volunteering for the clinical vaccine trials.

Dr Al Manea associated the success of Bahrain’s COVID-19 response with the level of coor-dination involved and the active participation of civil society, and encouraged a return to the high-er level of restraint observed since March.

Dr Al Manea affirmed that the national taskforce is assid-uously monitoring critical epi-demiological data, as the COV-ID-19 situation evolves with all further measures, including the re-opening or closing of differ-ent sectors, which will be heavi-ly dependent upon the empirical evidence.

Dr Al Manea provided an update on the work done in response to HRH the Crown

Prince’s decision to postpone the return of administrative, technical and teaching staff at public schools. He affirmed that 87 per cent of all public school workers have already been test-ed, of which one per cent turned out positive, while the process of testing the remaining 13 per cent is underway.

Patient outcomesTurning to patient outcomes,

Dr Al Manea explained that the recovery rate in Bahrain is cur-rently at 89.41 per cent with a

0.34 per cent death rate. Isola-tion centre occupancy stands at 18.7 per cent with 1,431 out of 7,642 available beds occupied, and 5,377 asymptomatic cases under optional home self-iso-lation after meeting set criteria.

Meanwhile, Dr Al Salman ex-plained that the recent increase in COVID-19 cases is an expected outcome of reduced compliance with precautionary measures.

She affirmed that a higher level of restraint in the coming period will help decrease active cases.

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HM the King’s personal representative holds call with Israeli ministerTDT | Manama

His Majesty the King’s per-sonal representative and

Supreme Council for Environ-ment (SCE) president His High-ness Shaikh Abdulla bin Hamad Al Khalifa held a telephone call yesterday with Israeli Minister

of Environmental Protection Gila Gamliel.

They exchanged congratula-

tions on the signing of the peace declaration between the two countries and reviewed aspects

of joint cooperation in the field of environmental protection and climate change.

They focused on other envi-ronmental issues which affect the region and the need to find solu-tions to address them by exchang-ing information and expertise.

HH Shaikh Abdulla highlight-

ed Bahrain’s achievements and good reputation in the field of environmental protection, and underlined the SCE-led efforts and commitment to regional and international agreements, leg-islations, and laws on climate change, wildlife and natural hab-itats.

A working team from Isra-el visited Manama yesterday to discuss areas of coopera-tion with Bahrain, an official

spokesperson confirmed.These talks came after the

signing of the Declaration of Peace.

Invitation extended for vaccine trials as volunteers cap raised by 1,700

On the trials in Bahrain for the inactivated COVID-19 vaccine, Dr Al Qahtani noted that Bahrain’s volunteer cap for the third phase of trials has been extended by 1,700, as a result of the high level of cooperation and participation in the Kingdom.

The decision to expand the number of volunteers by the parties overseeing the trials fol-lows Bahrain’s early realisation of its original target of 6,000 volunteers, in only six weeks.

Dr Al Qahtani added that the vaccine trials welcome volun-

teers over the age of 18 at Hall Four at Bahrain Internation-al Exhibition and Convention Centre, between 8am and 8pm daily. Participants must be will-ing to undergo a health assess-ment, in accordance with health requirements for clinical trial participation

Dr Al Qahtani also invited ful-ly recovered patients who meet clinical requirements to donate their blood plasma at the BDF Hospital’s Blood Bank, to fur-ther support efforts in treating active COVID-19 cases.

At yesterday’s conference were, from left, Dr Al Qahtani, Dr Al Manea and Dr Al Salman

Four COVID-19 deaths, 750 recoveriesTDT | Manama

The coronavirus (COVID-19) took four lives in Bahrain

yesterday, the Ministry of Health announced, bringing the virus-related death toll in the Kingdom to 231.

The deceased included three male citizens aged 67, 71 and 75, and a 52-year-old male ex-patriate.

The ministry also reported 612 new active cases detected yesterday following 10,997 tests. The fresh infections included 111 expatriate workers, 497 con-tacts, and four travellers.

There were also 750 new re-coveries, as the total active cases reduced to 6,666—130 of which are receiving treatment with 54 in critical condition. Tests conducted rose to 1,366,396.

Facing global COVID-19 challengesForeign Minister attends international meeting promoting active cooperation,

inclusive global governance to address virus challenges

TDT | Manama

The challenges facing the international community as a result of the corona-

virus (COVID-19) pandemic were discussed at the 13th Ministerial Meeting of the Global Govern-ance Group (3G), attended yes-terday by Foreign Affairs Min-ister Dr Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani.

Participating in the virtu-al meeting were Japan, which chaired the 2019 G20; Saudi Ara-

bia, which is chairing the 2020 G20; and Italy, which will be chairing the 2021 G20.

It was held on the sideline of the 75th session of the UN Gen-eral Assembly.

The efforts exerted by the G20 and the UN to address the virus issue were talked about, along with promoting active interna-tional cooperation and inclusive global governance in addressing the challenges facing states.

The 3G issued a statement lauding the strong leadership of

Saudi in mobilising internation-al action to confront the huge challenges posed by COVID-19. This was done by holding the G20 Virtual Leaders’ Extraor-dinary Summit on Coronavirus

earlier this year, and the G20 Foreign Ministers Extraordi-nary Meeting in the first week of September, to discuss enhanc-ing international cooperation to recover from the impacts of the pandemic and strengthening preparedness for similar future crises.

In addition to these, the time-ly launch and advancement of the G20 action plan to coordi-nate the global economy was discussed.

The statement also hailed the G20’s continuous efforts to ad-vance the UN 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda, and to support developing countries in their implementation efforts. It expressed appreciation for the short- and long-term measures adopted by the G20 to regulate and facilitate trade, operate logistical networks, and provide support to micro, small and me-dium enterprises, in addition to building resilience in global sup-ply chains and boosting inter-national investment to achieve comprehensive and sustainable recovery from the deep global recession.

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which comprises 30 member countries, is an informal assembly of smaller and medi-um-sized countries,

with the aim of providing greater

representation to its member nations and collectively channe-ling their views into

the G20 process more effectively

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HH Shaikh Nasser praises Bahraini-Saudi relations

TDT | Manama

His Majesty the King’s Hu-manitarian Works and

Youth Affairs representative His Highness Shaikh Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa extend-ed his profound congratula-tions to Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, and to Crown Prince, Deputy Premier and Defence Minister Prince Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud, and the brotherly Saudi people on their country’s 90th National Day.

In a statement marking the occasion, HH Shaikh Nasser stressed that the deep-root-ed solid fraternal bilateral relations have been strength-ened further, thanks to the interest of His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa and his brother King Salman, and their shared keenness to make them exemplary across various fields.

HH Shaikh Nasser affirmed that Bahrain recalls with pride the foundation of Saudi Arabia on September 23, 1932, on the solid bases of Islamic princi-ples, justice, defence of Arab

causes, and support of global peace and security.

He also highlighted Saudi’s support for Bahrain’s securi-ty, stability, and development march, out of the common destiny and strong relations between the two brotherly countries.

HH Shaikh Nasser asserted that HM King Hamad always confirms Bahrain’s firm and robust support for Saudi, out of his belief in the two Kingdoms’ shared destiny and common goals.

He also highlighted HM King Hamad’s constant assertion that the security and progress of Bahrain and Saudi are in-divisible, adding that the two countries are on the right path towards further progress and prosperity, thanks to the wise leadership of HM the King and the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques.

HH Shaikh Nasser indicated that the progress march Saudi is witnessing and its pioneer-ing achievements at the in-ternational level have entitled it to play an influential and strong global role politically and economically.

HM King Hamad always confirms Bahrain’s firm and robust support for

Saudi, out of his belief in the two Kingdoms’ shared

destiny and common goals. HIS HIGHNESS SHAIKH NASSER BIN HAMAD AL

KHALIFA

The Foreign Minister during the meeting

Deputy Premier discusses foreign, GCC affairs policies

• Bahrain’s foreign and GCC Council affairs policy reviewed, along with legislative and executive cooperation to achieve national goals

TDT | Manama

Deputy Prime Minister His Highness Shaikh Moham-

med bin Mubarak Al Khalifa received yesterday Foreign Af-fairs Minister Dr Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani and Parlia-ment Affairs Minister Ghanim bin Fadl Al Buainain.

During the meeting, they re-viewed Bahrain’s foreign and GCC Council affairs policy, and the cooperation between legis-lative and executive branches in achieving the Kingdom’s na-tional goals.

From right, HH Shaikh Mohammed, Dr Al Zayani and Al Buainain

Shura Council member receivedDeputy Prime Minister His

Highness Shaikh Mohammed bin Mubarak Al Khalifa received yesterday Shura Council member Bassam Al Bin Mohammed.

They reviewed the cooperation between the legislative and ex-ecutive branches and their joint work, and discussed the region’s political and security develop-ments study, prepared by the Shu-ra member to obtain his PhD. HH Shaikh Mohammed with Al Bin Mohammed

European Parliament corporate partnership discussed

TDT | Manama

Assistant Foreign Affairs Minister Abdulla bin Faisal

bin Jabur Al Doseri met yes-terday through video confer-encing with Group of Friends of the Kingdom of Bahrain in the European Parliament head Tomas Zdechovsky.

The virtual session was at-

tended by Bahrain Ambassador to Belgium, Luxembourg and Denmark, and European Un-ion and NATO representative Dr Bahia Jawad Al Jishi, and a number of members of the group.

Al Doseri stressed the keen-ness of Bahrain to promote bilateral cooperation and ex-change experience with the

group, as well as advance the friendship in a way that serves common interests.

For their part, the head and group members welcomed Bahrain’s signing the Declara-tion of Peace with Israel. They lauded the Kingdom’s efforts to promote peace, security and stability in the region, and ex-pressed their desire to promote corporate partnership between Bahrain and the European Par-liament.

The two sides also discussed a number of topics of common concern during the meeting.

Promoting, protecting human rights

Meanwhile, the Assistant Foregin Minister took part yes-terday in a virtual forum enti-tled “Promoting and Protecting Human Rights: A Re-Dedica-tion to the Universal Declara-

tion of Human Rights”.The event was hosted by the

US on the sidelines of the 75th session of the UN General As-sembly.

Al Doseri hailed the impor-tant role played by the UN and its constant efforts to promote human rights, and stressed the importance of constructive cooperation with its different agencies, in order to promote international cooperation in the human rights field.

The event was attended by US Secretary of State Mike Pom-peo, who underlined the need to draw back attention to the principles and values on which the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was based.

A number of representatives of states, senior officials, and experts in the field of human rights, also participated in the event.

Foreign Ministry undersecretary receives Korean ambassador

• Ways to promote bilateral relations reviewed to serve the common interests of the two friendly countries

TDT | Manama

Ministry of Foreign Af-fairs undersecretary Dr

Shaikha Rana bint Isa bin Daij Al Khalifa received yester-day Korean Ambassador Hae Kwan Chung.

During the meeting, the un-dersecretary lauded the bi-lateral relations of friendship and cooperation and their

development in all areas. She also reviewed ways to pro-mote these relations to serve the common interests of the two friendly countries, and wishing the ambassador fur-ther success.

For his part, Ambassador Chung congratulated Bahrain on the signing of the Declara-tion of Peace with Israel, hail-ing the efforts exerted by the Kingdom to preserve peace and security in the region.

He also stressed Korea’s keenness to promote coopera-tion with Bahrain, and wished the Kingdom further develop-ment and prosperity.

The two sides also dis-cussed a number of topics of common concern.

Dr Shaikha Rana with Ambassador Chung

Al Doseri during his meeting with Zdechovsky

Home quarantine violator faces trialWoman who infected six relatives to stand before Minor Criminal Court next week

TDT | Manama

The Minor Criminal Court will begin the trial of a woman who

violated home quarantine procedures and infected six people with the coronavirus (COVID-19), it was confirmed yesterday.

This came in an announce-ment issued by the Public Pros-ecution, confirming that the trial of the woman will begin on September 29.

In the announcement, chief prosecutor Adnan Al Wedaei explained that the case was initially formed when the Pub-lic Health Directorate at the

Ministry of Health informed the Public Prosecution about the woman’s violation of home quarantine procedures to curb the spread of the virus, and that she had come into contact with individuals who tested positive for COVID-19.

Al Wedaei said it was prov-en to the directorate that the woman left her home and at-tended a family gathering, after which she felt symptomatic.

He added that contact-trac-ing showed that she had infect-ed six people from the gather-ing that she attended.

“The Public Prosecution be-gan its procedures as soon as the report was received, and

ordered that the accused be referred to criminal trial,” Al Wedaei said.

“The prescribed punishment for this crime is imprisonment of up to three years and a fine of up to BD10,000. The session is scheduled for September 29, 2020, to hear the case before the Minor Criminal Court.”


The prescribed punishment for this crime is imprisonment of up to three years and a fine of

up to BD10,000.CHIEF PROSECUTOR ADNAN AL WEDAEI

The woman violated home quarantine

orders and left her residence to attended

a family gathering, where she infected six people, contact-trac-ing determined. She

later experienced COVID-19 symptoms

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Stranded Indian worker finally cleared to fly homeTDT | Manama

An Indian expatriate work-er who has been stranded

in Bahrain is finally returning home today after overcoming a number of hurdles.

Kerala native Anuprasad Sivaprasad had his identity sto-len by his former employer, and has since been unable to travel outside of the Kingdom.

Sivaprasad has been issued a new passport and is depart-ing the country today on an Air India flight, after his case was closed and he was finally cleared.

His employer was said to have taken a copy of his pass-port to the embassy, posed as him, and then claimed to have lost his original travel docu-ment. The former employer was then issued an out-pass by the embassy, which enabled him to travel to India using Sivaprasad’s identity.

Sivaprasad was working as a mason since he arrived in the Kingdom in February of 2018.

He expressed his thanks to new Indian Ambassador Pi-yush Srivastava, immigration authorities, Air India officials, and a kind person who donated

an air ticket to him to facilitate his travel today.

World NRI Council Humani-tarian Aid director and Pravasi Legal Cell country head Sud-heer Thirunilath told The Daily Tribune that the Indian govern-ment has now revoked the pass-port of the former employer, who stole Sivaprasad’s identity.

Sivaprasad also thanked the MM Team, who provided ac-commodation for him in the Kingdom during his hapless stay.

Since he came to Bahrain, his passport was with his employer and he was never paid on time.

According to him, diplomats at the embassy had confiscated his passport after he showed up at the mission to complain about his ex-employer, who later fled to India with the fake identity.

“I am owed over BD1,000 as salary so I told my employer that I wanted to leave and asked for my passport, but he kept delaying it,” Sivaprasad stated.

The 33-year-old man had given a petition to Indian Pres-ident Ram Nath Kovind and had filed complaints to Indi-an External Affairs Minister V Muraleedharan and Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vi-jayan, seeking their urgent in-tervention.

As the sole breadwinner of his household, Sivaprasad was not able to afford food or med-icines for his parents due to his unemployment here.

“We are starving and living deteriorating lives, and those whohad cheated and manip-ulated me are living a much better life,” he had stated in his petition. “I am staying here hopelessly after giving my passport to the embassy without receiving any sort of document.”

Hindi Week celebrated at NMS-DPSTDT | Manama

New Millennium School (NMS)-DPS Bahrain cele-

brated Hindi Week through dig-ital platforms.

The occasion aimed to en-hance linguistic competence and develop effective commu-nication skills in the Hindi lan-guage.

The week-long celebrations included a wide variety of Hin-di literary activities, organised for the students during online classes.

The children recited self-com-posed poems, listened to sto-ries narrated in Hindi, created posters and flash cards in Hindi, and presented speeches to show their acknowledgement and ap-preciation towards the language.

Patriotic songs were also sung by the students to go with Hindi music.

Their oratory skills were har-nessed by giving them opportu-nities to present their thoughts and debate on various topics of national and international importance, in Hindi.

NMS-DPS chairman Dr Ravi Pillai, managing director Gee-tha Pillai, and principal Arun Kuumar Sharma complimented the students for their excellent

achievements during Hindi Week, and praised the efforts of all parents and teachers for the successful completion of the special occasion.

Students show off their creativity during Hindi Week

Sivaprasad with his new passport

School holds annual art exhibition online

New Millennium School (NMS)-DPS Bahrain organised its annual art exhibition, entitled “Expressions 2020”, online.

The event featured drawings, sketches, and paintings by the brilliant artists of the junior and senior schools, from kindergarten to grade 12.

The artwork included portraits, scenery, landscapes, and varied expressions of mind and soul painted onto the canvas. The same were displayed as images on a virtual platform.

The colorful display of talent, skill and crea-tivity was highly appreciated by all.

NMS-DPS principal Arun Kuumar Sharma remarked that such exhibitions offer oppor-tunities and provide a platform for students to display their creative and artistic talents. He also motivated the students to participate in various skill-based activities and to make the best use of their available time.

NMS-DPS chairman Dr Ravi Pillai and man-aging director Geetha Pillai acknowledged the efforts of the art teachers, students, and parents, who were instrumental in organising the display.

Some of the artwork featured in the online exhibition

Dawoodi Bohra women sew facemasks to support RHF

TDT | Manama

Women from the Dawoo-di Bohra community in

Bahrain were invited by the Royal Humanitarian Founda-tion (RHF) to sew facemasks, which are to be distributed to school students for protection against the coronavirus (COV-ID-19).

A total of 2,521 facemasks of two sizes were made—one for children between the age of six to nine and another between 10 and 15.

“We are privileged to have played a part in RHF’s nation-wide initiative to produce facemasks and distribute free of cost, as the Kingdom fights against the COVID-19 pandem-ic,” said Dawoodi Bohra Wom-en’s Committee in Bahrain member Munira Shafiq.

The RHF has also awarded a certificate of appreciation to Bohra women for their valu-able contribution in the face-mask initiative.

As part of the community’s global philanthropic endeav-our Project Rise, Dawoodi Bohra community volunteers in different parts of the world continue to mobilise efforts and extend whatever help they

can to people in need.In Bahrain, the members

have been distributing food and water to labourers and providing thank you fruit baskets to healthcare work-ers, while supporting various organisations like the RHF, the Capital Governorate, the Ministry of Health and other worthwhile initiatives.

Dawoodi Bohra Women’s Committee members with the RHF certificate of appreciation

One of the community’s women sewing a face mask

Developing education in Arab world highlightedTDT | Manama

Education is a prerequi-site for development,

shaping trends and values, and mending gaps between countries, Education Minis-ter Dr Majid bin Ali Al Nu-aimi said yesterday.

He was speaking during the Arab Education Min-isters meeting, where the document of developing ed-ucation in the Arab world, prepared by the Arab Par-liament, was endorsed.

The virtual gathering was chaired by Saudi Edu-cation Minister Dr Hamad bin Mohammed Al Shai-kh, in the presence of Arab League secretary general Ahmed Abul Gheit and Arab Parliament Speaker Dr Mesha’al bin Fahm Al Salami.

Dr Al Nuaimi pointed out the great importance given by Bahrain to education, and stressed the achieve-ments made in this respect.

Concerning the docu-ment on developing Arab education, Dr Al Nuaimi pointed out that it includes all educational stages and aspects and reflects the principles and fundamen-tals shared by Arab states.

He added that the docu-ment reflects the aspiration to upgrade education and its output in consistency with development needs, and the move towards a knowledge-based economy.

He called to form a team of educational experts from Arab countries to study the document and the visions included in it.


Averting an environmental disasterBahrain voices support for Saudi, Yemeni efforts to address decaying oil tanker and prevent massive catastrophe in Red Sea region

TDT | Manama

Supreme Council for En-vironment (SCE) CEO Dr Mohammed Mubarak bin

Dainah affirmed yesterday Bah-rain’s support for Saudi and Yemeni efforts to avoid an en-vironmental disaster in the Red Sea region.

This came during the extraor-dinary meeting of the Council of Arab Ministers Responsible for Environmental Affairs, which was held virtually regarding the FSO Safer vessel anchored off the coast of Hodeidah governo-rate in western Yemen.

Dr bin Dainah supported the decision of member states and the presidency to refer the issue to the Arab foreign ministers, to take the appropriate decision to prevent the risks the vessel may cause on the environmental, so-cial, and humanitarian levels if any accident happens.

Recent reports said that the oil

tanker contains a large amount of crude oil, estimated at 1.14 million barrels valued at up to $80 million, and the ship has become a great threat to life on the Yemeni coasts, neighbouring countries, and maritime traffic in the region.

Possible scenarios indicate that in the event of an explo-sion or oil spillage from the ship, the situation will be four times worse than the Exxon Valdez oil spill that occurred in Alaska

in 1989, from which the region has not recovered despite the passage of over 30 years.

This matter threatens envi-ronmental and natural life in the region, thus threatening fish stocks.

The meeting discussed that a potential spill will result in ma-

jor pollution of rain, ground-water, and agricultural prod-ucts, and it will cause frighten-ing environmental, health and economic disasters.

Significantly deterioratingThe FSO Safer fell into the

hands of Houthi forces in

March 2015, during the early days of the Yemeni Civil War, when the coastline surround-ing her mooring was taken over.

The ship’s structural condi-tion has deteriorated signifi-cantly since, leading to the risk of a catastrophic hull breach or

explosion of oil vapors.Following a leak in the cool-

ing system, water entered the machine room, prompting the UN Security Council to hold a special meeting in July of this year to discuss the situation.

Dr bin Dainah during the meeting

An image of the decaying oil tanker

Experts warn that, in the event of an explo-

sion or oil spillage from the ship, the situation

will be four times worse than the Exxon Valdez oil spill that occurred

in Alaska in 1989, from which the region has not

recovered despite the passage of over 30 years

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Medical society holds neurology conference

TDT | Manama

The Neuroscience Associ-ation of Bahrain Medical

Society (BMS) held the 11th Gulf Neurology Conference virtually.

It took place under the pa-tronage of Supreme Council of Health (SCH) president Dr Shaikh Mohammed bin Ab-dullah Al Khalifa.

The conference reviewed the latest therapeutic devel-opments for the most com-mon neurological diseases of concern to patients in Bahrain, including stroke, migraine, multiple sclerosis, Alzheimer’s disease, Parkin-son’s disease, involuntary nerve movements, and myas-thenia gravis and peripheral

nerves.One of the conference

workshops focused on brain strokes, especially after Bah-rain started an application to treat strokes by dissolving them or by catheter.

A big part of the conference was devoted to addressing epilepsy, where Internation-al League Against Epilepsy president Sam Wiebe gave a talk on the topic.

The conference included 52 lectures in which 40 lec-turers were represented by a group of doctors, specialists, and consultants in neurology from Bahrain, the region, and the world.

The number of views was 2,700 in Bahrain, and nearly 4,200 internationally.

Dr Shaikh Mohammed participating in the conference

Sustainable energy development discussedTDT | Manama

Sustainable Energy Author-ity (SEA) chairman Dr Ab-

dulhussain bin Ali Mirza re-ceived in his office yesterday MP Mahmoud Al Bahrani.

The SEA chief praised the lawmaker’s initiatives and his interest in the issues of citi-zens and providing them with the best services through his role in the legislative author-ity, especially in light of the current challenges the country and the whole world are facing in combatting the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

Dr Mirza discussed the im-portant role of sustainability of energy resources in supporting Bahrain’s development plans and enabling it to achieve its

national, regional, and interna-tional goals.

He reviewed the most im-portant developments in both the renewable energy sector and the energy efficiency sec-

tor, and the most prominent investment projects in these two fields.

For his part, Al Bahrani praised the efforts of SEA in making the Kingdom a distin-

guished centre for sustainable energy, and stressed the im-portance of strengthening the partnership between legislative and executive authorities to enhance this.

Dr Mirza, right, with Al Bahrani

Importance of Bahrain-US relations stressed

TDT | Manama

Shura Council first deputy chairman Jamal Mohamed

Fakhroo stressed the impor-tance of the strategic relations between Bahrain and the US, and highlighted the advanced level of cooperation between the two friendly countries in various fields.

This came as he received in his office yesterday US Embas-sy charge d’affaires Margaret Nardi.

The deputy chief indicated that the Shura Council highly appreciates US efforts to estab-lish peace in the region, and particularly for brokering the signing of the declaration in

support of peace between Bah-rain and Israel.

Fakhroo stressed the King-dom’s steadfast position in sup-port of the Palestinian cause, in accordance with the Arab Peace Initiative.

He also spoke about the initi-atives and precautionary meas-ures taken by Bahrain, under the leadership of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, in its fight against the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

For her part, the American chargé d’affaires praised the exceptional efforts made by the Kingdom in addressing the coronavirus and providing healthcare for all citizens and residents.

Coast Guard seizes 700kg of shrimp caught illegallyTDT | Manama

About 700 kilogrammes of shrimp that was caught

with banned bottom-trawling nets has been seized by the Coast Guard, the Ministry of Interior reported last night.

The Coast Guard com-mander stated that, within the framework of their efforts to address violations related to fishing and the materials used in the process, mari-time patrols and land support

police were able to uncov-er two separate incidents in which local fishing laws were flouted.

The patrols were able to detain two boats of fishermen shrimping off the coast of Ras Zuwaid, along with a vehicle in the Askar region, in which the 700kg of shrimp was dis-covered.

Legal procedures were completed to refer the two cases to the Public Prosecu-tion, the ministry said.

Fakhroo with Nardi during their meeting

Arab Quartet commitment stressed

TDT | Manama

A Bahrain delegation, head-ed by UN Office perma-

nent representative and other international organisations in Geneva Ambassador Yusuf Abdulkarim Bucheeri, spoke on behalf of the Arab Quar-tet—the four countries sup-porting the fight against ter-rorism, namely Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Egypt and Bahrain.

It was within the framework of the interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the negative impact of unilateral coercive measures on the enjoyment of human rights, within the agenda of the Human Rights Council

being held at the UN Palace in Geneva until October 6.

Special Rapporteur Alina Dohan was told by the Arab Quartet’s participating ex-perts that private customary international law on the re-sponsibility of states justi-fies taking countermeasures, which may in other cases be considered illegal, by a state affected by an internationally wrongful act perpetuated by another state.

It is the position that the International Law Commis-sion later codified to limit the excessive misuse of the concept of unilateral coercive measures for political or prop-agandistic purposes.

Ambassador Bucheeri at the council meeting in Geneva


Averting an environmental disasterBahrain voices support for Saudi, Yemeni efforts to address decaying oil tanker and prevent massive catastrophe in Red Sea region

TDT | Manama

Supreme Council for En-vironment (SCE) CEO Dr Mohammed Mubarak bin

Dainah affirmed yesterday Bah-rain’s support for Saudi and Yemeni efforts to avoid an en-vironmental disaster in the Red Sea region.

This came during the extraor-dinary meeting of the Council of Arab Ministers Responsible for Environmental Affairs, which was held virtually regarding the FSO Safer vessel anchored off the coast of Hodeidah governo-rate in western Yemen.

Dr bin Dainah supported the decision of member states and the presidency to refer the issue to the Arab foreign ministers, to take the appropriate decision to prevent the risks the vessel may cause on the environmental, so-cial, and humanitarian levels if any accident happens.

Recent reports said that the oil

tanker contains a large amount of crude oil, estimated at 1.14 million barrels valued at up to $80 million, and the ship has become a great threat to life on the Yemeni coasts, neighbouring countries, and maritime traffic in the region.

Possible scenarios indicate that in the event of an explo-sion or oil spillage from the ship, the situation will be four times worse than the Exxon Valdez oil spill that occurred in Alaska

in 1989, from which the region has not recovered despite the passage of over 30 years.

This matter threatens envi-ronmental and natural life in the region, thus threatening fish stocks.

The meeting discussed that a potential spill will result in ma-

jor pollution of rain, ground-water, and agricultural prod-ucts, and it will cause frighten-ing environmental, health and economic disasters.

Significantly deterioratingThe FSO Safer fell into the

hands of Houthi forces in

March 2015, during the early days of the Yemeni Civil War, when the coastline surround-ing her mooring was taken over.

The ship’s structural condi-tion has deteriorated signifi-cantly since, leading to the risk of a catastrophic hull breach or

explosion of oil vapors.Following a leak in the cool-

ing system, water entered the machine room, prompting the UN Security Council to hold a special meeting in July of this year to discuss the situation.

Dr bin Dainah during the meeting

An image of the decaying oil tanker

Experts warn that, in the event of an explo-

sion or oil spillage from the ship, the situation

will be four times worse than the Exxon Valdez oil spill that occurred

in Alaska in 1989, from which the region has not

recovered despite the passage of over 30 years

DON’T MISS IT

Medical society holds neurology conference

TDT | Manama

The Neuroscience Associ-ation of Bahrain Medical

Society (BMS) held the 11th Gulf Neurology Conference virtually.

It took place under the pa-tronage of Supreme Council of Health (SCH) president Dr Shaikh Mohammed bin Ab-dullah Al Khalifa.

The conference reviewed the latest therapeutic devel-opments for the most com-mon neurological diseases of concern to patients in Bahrain, including stroke, migraine, multiple sclerosis, Alzheimer’s disease, Parkin-son’s disease, involuntary nerve movements, and myas-thenia gravis and peripheral

nerves.One of the conference

workshops focused on brain strokes, especially after Bah-rain started an application to treat strokes by dissolving them or by catheter.

A big part of the conference was devoted to addressing epilepsy, where Internation-al League Against Epilepsy president Sam Wiebe gave a talk on the topic.

The conference included 52 lectures in which 40 lec-turers were represented by a group of doctors, specialists, and consultants in neurology from Bahrain, the region, and the world.

The number of views was 2,700 in Bahrain, and nearly 4,200 internationally.

Dr Shaikh Mohammed participating in the conference

Sustainable energy development discussedTDT | Manama

Sustainable Energy Author-ity (SEA) chairman Dr Ab-

dulhussain bin Ali Mirza re-ceived in his office yesterday MP Mahmoud Al Bahrani.

The SEA chief praised the lawmaker’s initiatives and his interest in the issues of citi-zens and providing them with the best services through his role in the legislative author-ity, especially in light of the current challenges the country and the whole world are facing in combatting the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

Dr Mirza discussed the im-portant role of sustainability of energy resources in supporting Bahrain’s development plans and enabling it to achieve its

national, regional, and interna-tional goals.

He reviewed the most im-portant developments in both the renewable energy sector and the energy efficiency sec-

tor, and the most prominent investment projects in these two fields.

For his part, Al Bahrani praised the efforts of SEA in making the Kingdom a distin-

guished centre for sustainable energy, and stressed the im-portance of strengthening the partnership between legislative and executive authorities to enhance this.

Dr Mirza, right, with Al Bahrani

Importance of Bahrain-US relations stressed

TDT | Manama

Shura Council first deputy chairman Jamal Mohamed

Fakhroo stressed the impor-tance of the strategic relations between Bahrain and the US, and highlighted the advanced level of cooperation between the two friendly countries in various fields.

This came as he received in his office yesterday US Embas-sy charge d’affaires Margaret Nardi.

The deputy chief indicated that the Shura Council highly appreciates US efforts to estab-lish peace in the region, and particularly for brokering the signing of the declaration in

support of peace between Bah-rain and Israel.

Fakhroo stressed the King-dom’s steadfast position in sup-port of the Palestinian cause, in accordance with the Arab Peace Initiative.

He also spoke about the initi-atives and precautionary meas-ures taken by Bahrain, under the leadership of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, in its fight against the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

For her part, the American chargé d’affaires praised the exceptional efforts made by the Kingdom in addressing the coronavirus and providing healthcare for all citizens and residents.

Coast Guard seizes 700kg of shrimp caught illegallyTDT | Manama

About 700 kilogrammes of shrimp that was caught

with banned bottom-trawling nets has been seized by the Coast Guard, the Ministry of Interior reported last night.

The Coast Guard com-mander stated that, within the framework of their efforts to address violations related to fishing and the materials used in the process, mari-time patrols and land support

police were able to uncov-er two separate incidents in which local fishing laws were flouted.

The patrols were able to detain two boats of fishermen shrimping off the coast of Ras Zuwaid, along with a vehicle in the Askar region, in which the 700kg of shrimp was dis-covered.

Legal procedures were completed to refer the two cases to the Public Prosecu-tion, the ministry said.

Fakhroo with Nardi during their meeting

Arab Quartet commitment stressed

TDT | Manama

A Bahrain delegation, head-ed by UN Office perma-

nent representative and other international organisations in Geneva Ambassador Yusuf Abdulkarim Bucheeri, spoke on behalf of the Arab Quar-tet—the four countries sup-porting the fight against ter-rorism, namely Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Egypt and Bahrain.

It was within the framework of the interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the negative impact of unilateral coercive measures on the enjoyment of human rights, within the agenda of the Human Rights Council

being held at the UN Palace in Geneva until October 6.

Special Rapporteur Alina Dohan was told by the Arab Quartet’s participating ex-perts that private customary international law on the re-sponsibility of states justi-fies taking countermeasures, which may in other cases be considered illegal, by a state affected by an internationally wrongful act perpetuated by another state.

It is the position that the International Law Commis-sion later codified to limit the excessive misuse of the concept of unilateral coercive measures for political or prop-agandistic purposes.

Ambassador Bucheeri at the council meeting in Geneva

41.86Brent crude LCOc1 was up 14 cents, or 0.3 per cent, at $41.86 at 1345

GMT, reversing an earlier drop

1,000The companies will start by equipping 1,000 cars with Mobileye’s system

to map Dubai and collect data


Israel’s Mobileye, Dubai’s Habtoor partner on self-driving carsReuters | Jerusalem/Dubai

Israel’s Mobileye and United Arab Emirate’s Al Habtoor

Group launched a partnership on Wednesday to create a fleet of self-driving “robotaxis” that could take to the streets of Dubai by the end of 2022.

The deal is the latest collabo-ration to emerge after last week’s historic accord between Israel and the UAE to normalise re-lations, though the companies began talking several months ago before news of a diplo-matic breakthrough was made public.

Jerusalem-based Mobileye, Intel Corp’s autonomous car di-vision, already has agreements

to deploy its technology in cities in Japan, South Korea, France and Israel, and says Dubai was a natural choice.

“Dubai is one of the most ad-vanced cities in world,” Mobil-eye CEO Amnon Shashua told Reuters. “It is classic territory to launch technologies for smart cities and very natural to have Dubai for deploying autono-mous cars.”

The companies will start by equipping 1,000 cars with Mo-bileye’s system to map Dubai and collect data.

Testing of the autonomous vehicles will begin in 2021 and a pilot program is expected by the end of 2022. A commercial

service is planned for 2023 with a target of a few hundred vehi-cles within five years.

“It’s a multi-million dollar deal in the next year or two, and once mobility as a service is em-ployed, the sky is the limit,” said

Shashua, declining to share spe-cific financial details.

Habtoor Group, a fami-ly-owned, Dubai-based con-glomerate whose portfolio in-cludes the automotive, construc-tion and hospitality sectors, said this week it would open an office in Israel.

It is also in talks with a i r l i n e I s r a i r t o launch direct com-mercial flights to the UAE.

Shashua said they picked Habtoor be-c a u s e i t o f f e r s “infrastructure, g a ra g e s , m a i n -tenance, and can

work with us on regulatory is-sues in Dubai.”

Intel forecasts robotaxis will be a $160 billion market by 2030.

A general view of a Mobileye autonomous driving test vehicle, at the Mobileye headquarters in

Jerusalem

CIBAFI convenes the first meeting of SWG

TDT | Manama

The General Council for Islamic Banks and Finan-

cial Institutions (CIBAFI), the global umbrella of Islamic fi-nancial institutions convened yesterday, the first meeting of its Sustainability Working Group (SWG). The meeting was attended remotely by 20 mem-bers from 14 countries.

Last year, CIBAFI announced its commitment to supporting sustainability practices within the Islamic financial servic-es industry (IFSI) through its Strategic Plan 2019 – 2022. The plan focuses on reinforc-ing the value proposition of Islamic finance, promoting sustainability and responsible business practices within the IFSI, and addressing the real concerns and challenges facing the industry. In furthering this goal, CIBAFI SWG, which com-prises representatives from

CIBAFI’s members and other international stakeholders, has been established.

The SWG currently focuses on two projects, Sustainability Guide for the Islamic banking industry and Carbon Footprint Measurement Methodology for Islamic financial institu-tions as a starting point.

The prime objective of the Sustainability Guide is to augment the social and en-vironmental responsibilities and governance principles of Islamic financial institutions (IFIs). While the Carbon Foot-print Measurement Methodol-ogy aims to help IFIs in identi-fying to what extent their fi-nancing is responsible for GHG emissions, which is considered the primary reason behind the climate change issue.

CIBAFI meeting also wit-nessed an experience sharing session from experts in the area of sustainability and the launch of CIBAFI 13th briefing on “Climate Change and its Implications for the Financial Industry”. CIBAFI 13th briefing highlighted the initiatives tak-en globally and the role of the financial institutions in man-aging climate change risks. It also presents how far climate change risks represent a busi-ness concern for the Islam-ic banking industry, through the findings of a recent survey conducted by CIBAFI.

Alba CEO emphasises on Sustainability • Al Baqali featured alongside the CEOs of leading global aluminium producer

TDT | Manama

Ali Al Baqali, the Chief Ex-ecutive Officer of Alumin-

ium Bahrain (Alba), was a key speaker at the two-day Virtual International Aluminium Con-ference 2020 by Fastmarkets that concluded yesterday.

Al Baqali featured alongside the CEOs of leading global alu-minium producers in the Execu-tive Panel on Tuesday. This ses-sion focussed on current issues faced by the aluminium industry including COVID-19 – impacts, actions, expectations; Alumini-um fundamentals – macro back-

drop, end-use industries; and China and Aluminium supply. As one of the panellists, Al Baqa-li highlighted Alba’s response strategy to COVID-19 and lessons learnt, as well as emphasised on the Company’s focus in respect to Safety, Efficient Operations and Lean Cost Structure.

During the CEO Fireside

Chat yesterday, Al Baqali gave insights on Alba’s approach to sustainability and societal im-pact and said:

“Sustainability is not only about being a green smelter, it is also about going above and beyond to give back to our com-munity in terms of Environment Protection, Social Responsibili-

ty and Governance.To accelerate our sustain-

able transformation, we have carried-out many initiatives to include building the Spent Pot Lining (SPL)Treatment Plant – the first of its kind in GCC, which upon completion in 2021, will transform SPL into value-prod-ucts for industries while en-suring zero waste; investing in the Fish Farm Project at Alba’s Calciner and Marine opera-tions; and conducting feasibility studies to install solar panels in Alba parking area to generate power and there will be more to come.”

The Virtual International Aluminium Conference 2020 is a well-known platform for aluminium producers and end-users to connect for po-tential growth opportunities as well as share their views on the industry.

Alba CEO Emphasises on Sustainability at the Virtual International Aluminium Conference 2020

Tesla cuts battery cost on road to $25K modelAFP

Tesla on Tuesday said it is slashing battery costs

to speed a global shift to re-newable energy, and could have a $25,000 self-driv-ing model available in three years or so.

Chief executive Elon Musk and the head of Te-sla’s power team laid out battery design, material and production innovations that combine to cut the cost per kilowatt hours by 56 per-cent.

New approaches to mak-ing lithium-ion batteries for vehicles are desperately needed given the limited supply and cost, Musk said during a “Battery Day” pres-entation.

Musk had put out word on Twitter that Battery Day announcements would be “insane,” driving high ex-pectations.

Innovations, some still in development, were expect-ed to pack more energy into battery cells, cut production costs and dramatically ex-tend battery life.

Tesla makes batteries at its plants in the US and Chi-na, and is building a factory in Germany. Tesla is already ahead of other automakers when it comes to batteries, the key to the future of elec-tric vehicles.

Oil edges up to $42• Oil collapsed as the pandemic decimated demand

Reuters | London

Oil edged up to around $42 a barrel yesterday, supported by rising in-

vestor risk appetite and a report that US fuel inventories fell, although rising crude supply and concern of stalling demand capped gains.

European equities rose after better-than-expected German manufacturing data, giving oil a boost. The American Petroleum Institute said US inventories of gasoline and distillate fuel dropped, while those of crude rose.

“The rebound in risk appetite today is lifting oil prices a little,” said Craig Erlam, analyst at bro-ker OANDA. “But it already faces stiff resistance.”

Brent crude LCOc1 was up 14 cents, or 0.3 per cent, at $41.86 at 1345 GMT, reversing an ear-lier drop. US West Texas Inter-mediate crude CLc1 was up 20 cents, or 0.5pc, at $40.00. Both contracts fell more than 4pc on Monday, though they rose on Tuesday.

In focus at 1430 GMT will be the official US inventory num-bers from the Energy Informa-

tion Administration to see if they confirm the report from the API, an industry group.

Surging COVID-19 infections in countries including India, France and Spain and new re-strictions in Britain have re-newed worries about demand, just as more supply may come from Libya. In the United States, the death toll has passed 200,000.

“Oil prices are still faring comparatively well today given all the headwinds they are fac-ing – a firm US dollar, concerns about demand, rising supply,” said Carsten Fritsch of Com-merzbank.

Oil collapsed as the pandemic decimated demand, with Brent falling below $16, a 21-year low, in April. A record output cut by the Organization of the Pe-troleum Exporting Countries and allies, known as OPEC+, has helped revive prices.

New challengeOPEC faces a new challenge

in that Libya, an OPEC member exempt from the supply cut, is aiming to boost supply after an easing of the country’s conflict. Still, previous recoveries have not lasted.

The sun sets behind a crude oil pump jack on a drill pad in the Permian Basin in Loving County, Texas

Fed not thinking about rate hikeReuters | Washington

Federal Reserve Vice Chair Richard Clarida said on

Wednesday that policymakers “are not even going to begin thinking” about raising inter-est rates until inflation hits 2 per cent, comments aimed at cementing the public’s un-

derstanding of the U.S. central bank’s new approach to mone-tary policy.

“Rates will be at the current level, which is basically zero, until actual observed PCE in-flation has reached 2pc,” Clar-ida told Bloomberg Television, referring to the Fed’s preferred measure of prices.

Dr Abdelilah Belatik, the Secretary General of CIBAFI

Participants during the virtual meeting


KNOW WHAT

31,889,162

977,394

23,486,204

Deaths

Recovered:

New cases

New deaths +119,091

+2,635

Covid-19 Cases:

Country Total cases

new cases

Total deaths

New Deaths

Total recovered

Active cases

Serious, Critical

Tot cases/1m pop

Egypt 102,254 5,806 91,143 5,305 41 995

Saudi Arabia

331,359 +561 4,569 +27 313,786 13,004 1,095 9,485

UAE 87,530 +1,083 406 +1 76,995 10,129 8,826

Kuwait 101,299 +616 590 +2 92,341 8,368 101 23,642

Oman 95,339 +628 875 +10 86,482 7,982 190 18,566

Qatar 124,175 +258 212 +1 121,006 2,957 64 44,225

Middle East

Country Total cases new cases Total deaths

New Deaths

1 USA 7,109,750 +11,813 205,914 +443

2 India 5,669,610 +29,114 90,282 +261

3 Brazil 4,595,335 138,159

4 Russia 1,122,241 +6,431 19,799 +150

5 Colombia 777,537 24,570

6 Peru 776,546 31,586

7 Mexico 705,263 +4,683 74,348 +651

8 Spain 682,267 30,904

9 South Africa 663,282 16,118

10 Argentina 652,174 13,952

11 France 468,069 31,416

12 Chile 449,903 +1,380 12,345 +24

13 Iran 432,798 +3,605 24,840 +184

14 UK 409,729 +6,178 41,862 +37

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Figures as of closing

News in brief u Astronauts on the International Space Station carried out an “avoidance maneuver” Tuesday to ensure they would not be hit by a piece of debris, said US space agency NASA, urging better management of objects in Earth’s orbit. Russian and US flight controllers worked together during a two-and-a-half-minute operation to adjust the station’s orbit and move further away, avoiding collision. The debris passed within about 1.4 kilometers (nearly one mile) of the ISS, NASA said.

u Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has been sworn in for a sixth term at a secret ceremony held with no prior announcement, the Belta state news agency reported yesterday.

Lukashenko has faced massive demonstrations against his rule in Minsk and other cities since claiming victory in disputed elections on August 9, and has made only rare appearances in public view. “Alexander Lukashenko has taken office as President of Belarus. The inauguration ceremony is taking place in these minutes in the Palace of Independence,” the news agency reported.

u China’s foreign ministry said on Wednesday foreigners with valid residence permits can enter the country without needing to re-apply for visas from Sept. 28. Foreigners whose residence permits expired after March 28 can apply for visas at Chinese embassies and consulates for entry, the ministry said in a statement on its website. China in March temporarily suspended the entry of foreigners with valid Chinese visas and residence permits as an interim measure in response to the coronavirus epidemic.

u At least 380 whales have died in a mass stranding in southern Australia, officials said Wednesday, as hopes faded of saving more than a few dozen of those creatures still trapped. Nearly the entire pod of 460 long-finned pilot whales stuck in Macquarie Harbour -- on the rugged and sparsely populated west coast of Tasmania -- has

now perished.“We can confirm that 380 whales are dead,” Tasmania’s Parks and Wildlife Service manager Nic Deka said, describing the three-day rescue effort as

emotionally and physically taxing.“There’s around 30 left still alive, but the good news is that we have saved 50,” he said.

u Japan is considering easing strict coronavirus border restrictions from October to allow more foreign nationals to enter, local media reported yesterday. Tourists would still be banned and only longer-term visas approved, the reports said, as the nation looks to rebuild its economy and prepare for the postponed Olympics.

Belarus leader Lukashenko sworn in at secret ceremony: agency

China to allow foreigners with valid residence permits to enter

At least 380 whales dead in Aus mass

stranding

ISS moves to avoid space debris

The decision comes after the kingdom organised the smallest hajj in modern history in late July, with only up to 10,000 Muslims allowed to take part in total -- a far cry from the 2.5 million who participated last year.

Umrah to resume gradually: Saudi

• In the first stage, “6,000 citizens and residents within the kingdom will be allowed to perform the umrah per day from October 4

• Visitors from outside the kingdom will be permitted from November 1

• Umrah’s capacity will be raised to 20,000 pilgrims per day

AFP News

Saudi Arabia will gradual-ly resume the year-round umrah pilgrimage from

October 4, Saudi interior min-istry has said

The kingdom had suspended the umrah in March and lat-er scaled back the annual Hajj amid fears that the coronavirus could spread to Islam’s holiest sites.

In the first stage, “6,000 cit-izens and residents within the kingdom will be allowed to per-form the umrah per day from October 4”, the ministry said in a statement published by the official Saudi Press Agency.

Visitors from outside the kingdom will be permitted from November 1, when umrah’s ca-pacity will be raised to 20,000 pilgrims per day, the ministry added.

The ministry said umrah would be allowed to resume at full “natural capacity” once the threat of the pandemic is eliminated.

The decision to resume um-rah was in response to the “as-pirations of Muslims home and abroad” to perform the ritual and visit the holy sites, the min-istry added.

Health authorities said no coronavirus cases were report-ed at the holy sites during the

Jajj, one of the five pillars of Islam.

Hajj pilgrims circled the sa-cred Kaaba along socially dis-tant paths.

The pilgrims were also sub-jected to regular temperature checks and required to go into mandatory quarantine after the ritual.

‘Double efforts’King Salman said holding the

hajj in the shadow of the pan-demic required “double efforts” by Saudi authorities.

The kingdom has sought to contain a spike in infections, which have now risen to more than 330,000 cases — the high-est in the Gulf — and over 4,500 deaths. But Saudi Arabia has also reported a high rate of recoveries, which surpassed

312,000 on Tuesday.Last week, Saudi Arabia par-

tially lifted its suspension on in-ternational flights, six months after travel curbs were imposed due to the pandemic. Saudi Ara-bia’s custodianship of Mecca and Medina — Islam’s two ho-liest sites — is seen as the king-dom’s most powerful source of political legitimacy.

But a series of deadly disas-ters over the years, including a 2015 stampede that killed up to 2,300 worshippers, has prompted criticism of the Sunni kingdom’s management of the hajj. The holy sites are also a key revenue earner for Saudi Arabia.

The pilgrimages typically cost thousands of dollars for worshippers, who often save for years as well as endure long waiting lists for a chance to attend. De facto ruler Crown Prince Mohammed bin Sal-man’s Vision 2030 reform plan seeks to decouple the economy of the kingdom -- the world’s top crude exporter -- from oil dependency towards other sources of revenue, including religious tourism.

The umrah, which refers to the Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca

that can be undertaken at any time of year, usually attracts mil-lions from across the

globe each year.

King Salman said holding the hajj in the shadow of the pandemic required “double efforts” by Saudi authorities.

Death toll in India building collapse jumps to 39AFP News

The death toll from an apartment block collapse

in western India jumped to 39 yesterday, officials said, as hopes of finding anyone else alive dimmed.

Emergency workers from the National Disaster Re-sponse Force (NDRF) have so far pulled 20 survivors from the rubble of the three-storey building in Bhiwandi, near Mumbai.

A senior NDRF official told AFP that recovery teams, aided by sniffer dogs, retrieved 39 bodies buried under brick and concrete after the block came crashing down before dawn on Monday.

“Five people are still missing so... operations are ongoing,”

NDRF Commandant Anupam Srivastava said.

An official with the Thane city authority, which oversees Bhiwandi, said the dead includ-ed at least eight children.

The cause of the incident was

not immediately clear.Heavy overnight downpours

in the Mumbai region forced railway authorities to resched-ule or cancel trains in the city yesterday due to waterlogging on tracks.

Rescue workers search for survivors in the rubble of a collapsed building in Bhiwandi, near Mumbai

Freed Taliban have returned to battlefield: top Afghan officialAFP News

A number of Taliban prisoners who were

released by the Afghan government as a condition for peace talks have taken up arms again, top official Abdullah Abdullah said Tuesday.

Abdullah, who chairs Af-ghanistan’s High Council for National Reconciliation and is overseeing the gov-ernment’s peace efforts, said discussions with the Taliban in Qatar so far have been positive.

However, he said some -- though not the majority -- of the 5,000 Taliban prisoners released by the government as a condition for talks had resumed the fight against Kabul.

“I do know that some have returned to the battle-field, which is a violation of the agreement that they had made,” Abdullah said during an online conference with the US Council on Foreign Relations.

Abdullah said talks be-tween the two sides had begun in Doha on a posi-tive note, as the delegations build some familiarity with each other. “Unfortunately, so far, the level of violence is very high and to a level that is not acceptable for the people,” Abdullah said.

Abdullah Abdullah (L), Chairman of Afghanistan’s High Council for National Reconciliation, said the level of Taliban attacks in the country is still unacceptably high for peace talks


32Navalny spent 32 days in Charite hospital in the

German capital, including 24 days in intensive care

News in brief u Malaysian opposition chief Anwar Ibrahim said yesterday he had “formidable”

support from MPs to form a new government, but the prime minister insisted he remained the country’s legitimate leader. The Southeast Asian nation has been in turmoil since an alliance that swept to power in 2018, which was headed by Mahathir Mohamad and included Anwar, collapsed in February amid bitter infighting. Muhyiddin Yassin became premier at the head of a coalition backed by a scandal-plagued party which had been ousted at the polls two years earlier, but with only a wafer-thin majority in parliament.

u Hundreds of Thai royalists marched to parliament on Wednesday to oppose calls from anti-government protesters for changes

to the constitution as the assembly met to consider amending it. The special session of parliament was convened after nearly two months of protests - the biggest of which drew tens of thousands of people at the weekend in the Southeast Asian country.

u Britain’s Prince Harry and his American wife Meghan have called on Americans to register to vote in the upcoming U.S. presidential election, entering into political territory where British royals traditionally do not venture. In a video for 2020 Time 100, the U.S. magazine’s list of the world’s most influential people, the couple said people who

were able to cast their vote, should do so. Harry and Meghan now live in California, having stepped down from their senior royal roles in March. “Every four years we are told

the same thing that this is the most important election of our lifetime,” Meghan said.“But this one is. When we vote, our values are put into action and our voices are heard, your voice is a reminder that you matter, because you do, and you deserve to be heard.”

u India’s coronavirus infections surged again yesterday, a day after falling to their lowest figure in almost a month. In the last 24 hours, there were 83,347 new cases, with 1,085 deaths, federal health data showed. Its 5.6 million coronavirus cases rank second only to the United States, and more than 90,000 people have died. Tuesday’s figure of 75,083 was the lowest since Sept. 1, and Wednesday’s total is below the record 97,894 hit on Sept. 17. But experts say it is still too early to tell if the first wave of the pandemic in the country has peaked.

u A 700-year-old painted scroll from the Yuan Dynasty titled “Five Drunken Princes Returning On Horseback” is expected to sell for $10-15.5 million at an

upcoming Sotheby’s auction in Hong Kong. Once owned by Chinese emperors and painted by Yuan dynasty master Ren Renfa (1255-1327), the two metre-long scroll will go under the hammer along with other rare artworks on Oct. 8. The scroll shows the five princes and four attendants, who are also all on horseback in a dynamic scene.

u The Eiffel Tower was evacuated for several hours yesterday after police received a call suggesting a bomb had been placed there. The Paris monument had been searched and no explosives found, a police spokeswoman said. It reopened at about 2.25 p.m. (1225 GMT). Several hundred people, including tourists, restaurant staff and workmen were led away from the tower in the late morning. “It was an orderly evacuation, there was no panic,” said Manuel, a tour guide on site when the evacuation order was given.

u A Russian navy vessel collided with a Swiss-owned container ship in Danish waters on Wednesday near the Oresund Bridge linking Denmark and Sweden, Danish defence authorities said. The Ice Rose, which was sailing from St. Petersburg in Russia to Gothenburg in Sweden, collided with a Russian frigate early yesterday morning, a spokesman for the Joint Operation Centre said.

Thai royalists march against calls for amending

constitution

UK’s Prince Harry and wife Meghan encourage Americans to

vote

Rare 700-year-old Chinese Scroll goes under the hammer

Eiffel Tower reopens after bomb

Russian navy vessel, container ship collide

Malaysia’s Anwar says has backing to form govt, PM stands

firm

Navalny discharged• European leaders have demanded explanations from the Kremlin

• German lab tests pointed to “unequivocal proof” of Novichok

• Navalny’s spokeswoman said the opposition leader planned to return to Russia

AFP News

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who the West believes was poi-

soned with a Soviet-era nerve agent, has been discharged from hospital after a month and can make a full recovery, his doctors in Berlin said yesterday.

European leaders have de-manded explanations from the Kremlin since Germany said toxicology tests showed the 44-year-old anti-corruption campaigner was poisoned with Novichok.

But the Kremlin has rub-bished allegations it was be-hind the poisoning, and it said on Wednesday that with his recovery, Navalny “is free” to return to Russia anytime, “like any other Russian citizen”.

The outspoken Kremlin critic fell ill after boarding a plane in Siberia in August. Russian doc-tors who first treated him said their tests did not find any toxic substances.

But German lab tests pointed to “unequivocal proof” of Novi-chok, which was also used to poison ex-double agent Sergei Skripal in Salisbury, England, in 2018. He survived.

France and Sweden have since said tests they ran inde-pendently corroborate Germa-ny’s conclusions.

Navalny spent 32 days in Charite hospital in the German capital, including 24 days in in-

tensive care, before his release on Tuesday, the hospital said.

“Based on the patient’s pro-gress and current condition, the treating physicians believe that

complete recovery is possible,” Charite said in a statement, add-ing however that it remained too early to assess any long-term effects of his severe poisoning.

‘No other option’Navalny collapsed last month

while on a flight from Tomsk to Moscow after a campaign trip to support opposition candidates in local elections.

He was evacuated to Berlin on August 22 in a coma and on mechanical ventilation.

Posting a photograph of him-self sitting on a Berlin bench, Navalny said on Instagram

Wednesday he was far from ful-ly recovered and would require rehabilitation.

“The plans are always sim-ple: a physiotherapist every day. Possibly a rehabilitation centre. Stand on one leg. Take back con-trol of my fingers completely. Maintain balance,” he wrote.

In his first blog posted on Monday since regaining con-sciousness, Navalny said that the three European labs had found Novichok “in and on my body”.

He noted that Russia had still not opened an investigation but that he “did not expect anything else.”

With his condition improving, his spokeswoman Kira Yarmysh has said the opposition leader planned to return to Russia.

“No other option has ever been considered,” she told AFP.

Navalny aides said Thursday that German experts found Novichok on a water bottle tak-en from the hotel room where he stayed before being taken ill.

The bottle appears to have been key evidence for Germa-ny’s conclusion that the lawyer and outspoken critic of Presi-dent Vladimir Putin was poi-soned with the deadly nerve agent.

Navalny’s poisoning has heightened tensions between Russia and the West

Kremlin says glad, welcome backReuters | Moscow

The Kremlin said yesterday that opposition politician Alexei Navalny was free to return to Russia like any other citizen

after being discharged from a hospital in Germany, which says he was poisoned with a nerve agent.

The 44-year-old Kremlin critic collapsed during a flight in Siberia last month. He was airlifted from Russia to Berlin where the German government said tests in Germany, France and Sweden had determined he was poisoned with a Novichok nerve agent.

Speaking to reporters on a conference call, Kremlin spokes-man Dmitry Peskov said the Kremlin was pleased to see that Navalny was making a recovery and had been discharged from hospital.

Pro-democracy protesters perform a ritual to capture the spirits of the Royal Thai Army leaders at the Royal Thai Army Headquarters in Bangkok

Jaguar burned by wildfires in Brazil is helped back to health

Reuters | Corumba De Goias, Brazil

The caged jaguar, hit by a tranquilizer dart, rises with

a pained growl on to her band-aged, burned paws.

The spotted female, named Amanaci, is one of countless vic-tims of the worst wildfires ever recorded in Brazil’s Pantanal, the world’s largest wetland. A jewel of biodiversity, it is home to the densest population of jag-uars anywhere on Earth.

Amanaci was one of the lucky ones. Rescued by volunteers, she was brought to a farm in the state of Goias run by an NGO dedicated to protecting endan-gered wild cats.

She is being treated with cut-ting-edge medicine: stem cell injections to hasten the recov-ery of burned tissue and the re-generation of new tissue.

“We hope to see her walking on all four paws soon, with her

quality of life restored,” said vet Patricia Malard.

The stem cells were taken from Amanaci two weeks earli-er and cultivated in a lab before the first injection on Saturday. While she was out, her dress-ings were changed.

“It makes me an-gry and sad to see how these animals are suffering,” said Cris-tina Gianni, founder of the sanc-tuary called NEX Institute, for No Extinction, where 23 jaguars are being looked after.

“Imagine ourselves in their

place. It would be like stepping barefoot on hot coals,” she said in an interview.

Gianni said she had never seen so much death and pain caused to wildlife as that from the blazes in the Pantanal this year, and accused Brazil’s au-thorities of not doing enough to prevent the fires.

The Pantanal, whose name derives from the Portu-

guese word for “swamp,” sprawls over more than

150,000 square kilom-

eters (58,000 square miles) in Brazil and also extends into Bolivia and Paraguay.

The fires are the worst since records began in 1998. The flames threaten the region’s wildlife, rich with tapirs, pumas, capybaras and jaguars.

A caregiver shows burn wounds on the paws of an adult female jaguar named

Amanaci

An adult female jaguar named Amanaci receives stem cell treatment on her paws after burn injuries during a fire in Pantanal, at NGO Nex Institute in Corumba de Goias

India’s coronavirus infections spike again after dip


0.83Iraq had 0.83 doctors per thousand people, while

neighbouring Jordan, for example, had 2.3.

2.1In 2018, Iraq had just

2.1 nurses and midwives per thousand people,

compared with Jordan’s 3.2 and Lebanon’s 3.7

I hate myself and I hate the day I became a doctor in Iraq. They brought the patient

in his final stages and he died, and

they want the health system to bear the

responsibilitySHEIBANI

“Every time a patient dies, we hold our breath”Violence mounts against Iraqi doctors as COVID cases spike

• The United Nations has warned that the pandemic could spiral out of control in Iraq

• Iraq has recorded several thousand new coronavirus infections every day, and the total now exceeds 300,000.

• at least 320 doctors have been killed since 2003

• he United Nations has warned that the pandemic could spiral out of control in Iraq

Reuters | Najaf, Iraq

Iraqi doctor Tariq Al-Shei-bani remembers little else beyond cowering on the

ground as a dozen relatives of a patient, who had just died of COVID-19, beat him unconscious.

About two hours later the 47-year-old director of Al-Amal Hospital in the southern city of Najaf woke up in a different clin-ic with bruises all over his body.

“All the doctors are scared,” said Sheibani, speaking at his home in Kufa a few weeks after the Aug. 28 attack. “Every time a patient dies, we all hold our breath.”

He is one of many doctors struggling to do their job as COV-ID-19 cases rise sharply in Iraq.

They are working within a health service that has been left to decay through years of civil conflict and underfunding, and now face the added threat of physical attack by grieving and desperate families.

We spoke to seven doctors, in-cluding the head of Iraq’s Med-ical Association, who described a growing pattern of assaults on medical staff. Dozens have taken place since the COVID-19 pandemic began.

Meanwhile, the United Na-tions has warned that the pan-demic could spiral out of control in Iraq.

Authorities have lifted many lockdown measures, allowing restaurants and places of wor-ship to reopen, but they have shut borders to pilgrims ahead of a large Shia pilgrimage that normally draws millions to the south of the country.

Iraq has recorded several thousand new coronavirus in-fections every day, and the total now exceeds 300,000.

More than 8,000 people have died, a number that some doc-tors fear will rise sharply, put-ting frontline healthcare work-

ers under huge pressure and in some cases in physical danger.

The health ministry did not immediately respond to a re-quest for comment on the COVID situation in Iraq and medics’ complaints about the threat of violence.

‘I hate myself’Sheibani, whose beating went

viral when CCTV footage circu-lated online, said the family of the deceased patient blamed his staff for the death. He said he did not know how the video reached the public domain.

The patient had arrived at hospital in critical condition.

“I hate myself and I hate the day I became a doctor in Iraq,” Sheibani said. “They brought the patient in his final stages and he died, and they want the health system to bear the responsibil-ity.”

Enforcing health safety guide-lines within the hospital is not always easy, especially when

tensions between families of sick patients and hospital staff are running high.

During a recent visit to Shei-bani’s hospital, which is a coro-navirus isolation centre, report-ers saw relatives of COVID-19 patients coming in and out of the ward without wearing full protective gear as they are sup-posed to.

Some were only wearing sur-gical face masks.

Iraq is fighting the pandemic with a depleted force of doctors and nurses.

In 2018, it had just 2.1 nurs-es and midwives per thousand people, compared with Jordan’s 3.2 and Lebanon’s 3.7, according to official estimates. It had 0.83 doctors per thousand people, while neighbouring Jordan, for example, had 2.3.

There are also significant shortages of drugs, oxygen, and vital medical equipment, the re-sult of years of underspending.

Many young doctors say they

are overworked, putting in 12-16 hour shifts every day meaning they are more likely to make mistakes in prescriptions and treatment. Some take kickbacks

for handing over certain drugs, physicians told Reuters.

The Health Ministry did not immediately respond to a re-quest for comment.

Relatives of a patient, who died from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), beat up Tarik Sheibani, 47, an Iraqi doctor and director of Al-Amal Hospital, in this still image taken from CCTV footage obtained by Reuters, in Najaf

Many young doctors say they are overworked, putting in 12-16 hour shifts every day meaning they are more likely to make mistakes in prescriptions and treatment.

Red Cross warns coronavirus is driving discrimination in AsiaReuters

The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Cres-

cent Societies (IFRC) warned yesterday that the novel coro-navirus is driving discrimination towards vulnerable communi-ties in Asia, including migrants and foreigners.

The humanitarian agency surveyed 5,000 people in In-

donesia, Malaysia, Myanmar and Pakistan and found about half blamed a specific group for spreading the coronavirus, with many mentioning Chinese peo-ple, immigrants and foreigners.

“It is particularly concerning that both national migrant and foreign workers are blamed for the spread of COVID-19 as they are quite vulnerable already,” Dr

Viviane Fluck, one of the lead re-searchers and the agency’s Asia Pacific community engagement and accountability coordinator, told Reuters.

She said there should be more focus on combating “rumors that are linked to underlying power dynamics and structural issues of inequality”.

More than half of the Indone-

sians surveyed blamed “foreign-ers and rule-breakers” while in Myanmar, the groups most often thought to be responsible were people from China and other foreigners. [nL4N2G72S9]

In Malaysia , two -thirds blamed a “specific group”, most frequently mentioning migrants, foreign tourists and “illegal for-eigners”, the researchers said.

Malaysian authorities arrest-ed hundreds of undocumented migrants and refugees in May in a crackdown the United Na-tions said could push vulner-able groups into hiding and prevent them from seeking treatment.

In Pakistan, most people sur-veyed blamed inadequate gov-ernment controls on the Iranian

border, followed by nationals including pilgrims coming back from Iran and then people from China.

In all four countries, higher education had a small impact on whether respondents blamed a specific group, with university graduates slightly less likely to hold certain people responsible, the researchers said.

Government vows actionPrime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi has con-

demned the attacks against medical staff and promised to hold perpetrators to account.

The attacks have increased in recent months, said Medical Association president Abdul Ameer Hussein. He said his association could not keep track of all of them, but they include verbal and physical abuse and even stabbings.

Sheibani filed a complaint with police, but he said he had received threats from the people who beat him up to drop the case.

“They might attack me or my family,” Sheib-ani said, adding that he no longer left his house alone.

Doctors say the government has not taken

tough enough action to protect them from vi-olence, which they have faced for years even before the pandemic.

The health ministry said in a statement on Saturday that it would assign its legal division to file lawsuits against those who attacked health workers, as well as those medics who fell short in treating patients.

According to the Medical Association, at least 320 doctors have been killed since 2003, when US-led forces toppled President Saddam Hus-sein, ushering in years of sectarian violence and Islamist insurgencies.

Thousands more have been kidnapped or threatened.

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Coming to a cinema near you: the life of Captain Tom Reuters | London

British centenarian and char-ity star Captain Tom Moore,

who raised millions of pounds for the health service by walk-ing laps of his garden during lockdown, has signed a deal to film a biopic of his life, he and the producers said yesterday.

The film, to be shot next year, will be made by Britain’s Fred Films and Powder Keg Pictures, whose credits include “Fisherman’s Friends”, about a group of Cornish fishermen who signed a record deal, they said in a joint statement.

“This is a story about the power of the human spirit and Captain Sir Tom personifies

that,” said Fred Films’ James Spring and Powder Keg’s Nick Moorcroft.

Moore joked: “I don’t know of any 100-year-old actors, but I’m sure Michael Caine or Anthony Hopkins could do a wonderful job if they were prepared to

age up!”The World War Two veter-

an made headlines in April by walking laps of his garden in the run-up to his 100th birth-day during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, raising 39 million pounds ($50 million) for the National Health Service.

He broke two Guinness world records and was knighted by Queen Elizabeth, but he has not rested on his laurels. He scored a No. 1 single, wrote an autobiography and is helping to set up a charity.

“We received so many offers but what it boiled down to was trust,” his daughter Hannah In-gram-Moore said in the state-ment.

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Gwyneth Paltrow’s relationship with ex Chris Martin is better nowBang Showbiz | Los Angeles

Gwyneth Paltrow’s rela-tionship with her ex Chris

Martin is better now than it used to be when they were married.

The ‘Iron Man’ star insists things are much better with her former husband now they are divorced as they have learned a lot about their re-lationship together and they have “radical accountability” now.

She said: “I mean it’s so in-teresting because in a way my divorce and my relationship with Chris now is better than our marriage was. So I do think that it can be done. I was really lucky because I had a doctor who kind of gave us a rubric for how to do it and luckily he’s writing a book and I think it’s

coming out next year, thank goodness, because it real-ly kind of lays out the tenants of how you do it and it’s a little bit unsurprising right?

“You have to have radical ac-c o u n t a b i l i t y. You have to know that e v e r y r e -lat ionship i s 5 0 / 5 0 . No matter w h a t y o u think, how you think you were w ro n g e d , or how bad y o u p e r -ceive the other per-

sons actions, or whatever the case may be. If you are brave enough to take responsibility for your half and really look at your own garbage and your own trauma and how it’s presenting in the world and in your relationship then there really is somewhere to go and something to

learn and something to heal. You are also holding the other per-son in this sphere of humanity. We are all part good and part bad, it’s not binary, we are all grey area.”

And the 47-year-old actress - who has Apple, 16, and Moses, 14, with the Coldplay frontman - still con-siders Chris to be her “family”.

Alyssa Milano explains why police were called near her homeFox | Los Angeles

Alyssa Milano has found her-self at the center of another

controversy.The “Charmed” alum and

outspoken political activist’s neighbor called police on Sun-day morning to report a possi-ble gunman near her home in the Bell Canyon area of Ventura County, Calif.

A spokesperson for the Ven-tura County Sherrif ’s Office told Fox News on Tuesday that they received several calls from others in the area and that the initial call came from someone “not related to Alyssa Milano.”

Daily Mail, which obtained photos from the police re-

sponse, reports that seven sher-iff’s vehicles, a K-9 unit, the Los Angeles Fire Depart-ment and a helicopter responded to the call.

“We first noticed the helicopter circling overhead very low and knew something was going on, it’s usually such a quiet com-munity,” a neigh-bor told the British newspaper. “Then we saw all the police cars parked in front of Alyssa’s home. T h e y h a d t h e i r guns at the ready and seemed very serious.”

In a statement to Fox News on Tuesday, Milano, 47,

ex p l a i n e d t h a t h e r neighbour called the police after spotting “a man dressed in all black, walking in the

woods between our properties with

a gun,” which she called “a rare sight in our parts.”

M i l a n o said her hus-b a n d t h e n c a l l e d 9 1 1 “to check on when police would be ar-riving.”

Christina Anstead felt ‘lonely and unhappy’ before split

Fox | Los Angeles

Christina Anstead and her husband, Ant An-

stead, were apparently having issues navigating life between their blended families before the HGTV starlet announced the cou-ple’s split, according to a new report.

A source told People magazine that the former pair had been struggling since the birth of their baby boy, Hudson London, in September 2019.

“After the baby, they started having conflicts,” the insider claimed to the outlet.

Although the couple had a full home, the source claimed to People that the “Christina on the Coast” star, 37, was still feeling “lonely and unhappy.”

“Christina found it diffi-cult to balance everything” and “their marriage was struggling,” the source said.

Jana Kramer reveals she had some ‘flings and flirts’ while separated from husband MikeFox | Los Angeles

Jana Kramer and Mike Caus-sin aren’t holding back in

their new tell-all book, “The Good Fight.” The couple opens up about his sex addiction, their marriage struggles, and infertility just to name a few topics.

“The Good Fight: Wanting to Leave, Choosing to Stay, and the Powerful Practice for Loving Faithfully,” which is available at booksellers, also tells the story of their love for each other and the journey of forgiveness.

“As you read this book, I en-courage you to not compare your relationship to my and Mike’s relationship,” Kramer, 36, wrote in the prologue of the memoir, according to E! News.

The country singer added, “The point is that comparing isn’t fun, and in the long run it’s not going to make you feel better or your relation-ship any stronger.”

One major revelation in the book is when Kram-er admitted she had some “flings and flirts” while she and Caussin, 33, were sepa-rated in 2016.

“I held back putting this in the book because, well, I nev-er truly thought I did anything wrong,” Kramer wrote. “Cor-rection. I knew it was wrong;

I just didn’t want to be the bad guy. I justified my actions in my mind just as I suppose Mike had done all along too.”

Caussin and Kramer split briefly when it was revealed he cheated on her. Caussin also filed to divorce Kramer in 2016 while he was seeking treat-ment for sex addiction.

In the book, the former NFL star described

his sex addic-tions as an

explana-tion, not

an ex-cuse.

Lori Loughlin missing from ‘Full House’ reunionFox | Los Angeles

The “Full House” cast reunited for anoth-

er project, but Lori Loughlin was not among them.

Loughlin was recently sentenced to prison after pleading guilty to participating in the college admis-sions scandal. The actress has to re-

port to FCI Victorville on Nov. 19 before 2 p.m.

Candace Cameron Bure, John Stamos, Bob Saget, Jodie Sweetin, Andrea Barber and Dave Couli-er all appeared in a music video alongside “Full House” creator and executive pro-ducer Jeff Franklin.

Mary-K ate and Ashley Olsen, who spilt the role of Mi-chelle, were missing

from the video as well.The song called “Gotta Love

a Golden” and the accompany-ing video serve as a promotion for pet adoption and rescue programs. It also serves as a fundraiser as the song can be downloaded and streamed -- all profits will “go to help animals,” Franklin said in the clip.

The “Full House” cast’s par-ticipation is likely an homage to golden retrievers playing a role both in the series and its follow-up “Fuller House.”

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Lori Loughlin

Christina Anstead

Jana Kramer

Captain Tom Moore

Alyssa Milano

Mumbai break hoodoo by crushing rusty Kolkata by 49 runsANI | Dubai

Mumbai Indians displayed a stunning performance

against Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) to seal a comfortable 49-run victory in the Indian Premier League (IPL) match yesterday.

Rohit Sharma played a fast-paced inning of 80 runs before bowlers destroyed KKR’s bat-ting line up, confirming Mum-bai Indians’ win in the match.

Chasing a massive target of 196 runs, KKR got off to a poor start as both the openers Shubman Gill and Sunil Nar-ine were dismissed within the first five overs. Trent Boult got hold of Gill (7) while Narine was caught behind off James Pattinson’s delivery.

Nitish Rana and Dinesh Karthik then took the field and played cautiously and took the team over the 50-run mark. They formed a 46-run part-nership before Karthik (30) was given LBW in the 11th over, bowled by Rahul Chahar. In the next over, Kieron Pollard dismissed Rana (24), putting KKR under immense pressure.

Eoin Morgan and Andre Rus-sell then took the responsibility of the chase but Jasprit Bum-rah was brought back into the attack and the pacer restricted batsmen from hitting big shots.

KKR were playing at 82/4 after the completion of the 13th over.

The fall of the wickets did not stop as Bumrah removed both Russell and Morgan in the 16th over. In the Bumrah’s next

over, Pat Cummins came out furiously and struck four sixes to the pacer.

Although Bumrah conced-ed 27 runs in the over, it did not make much of a difference. Pattinson then dismissed Cum-mins (33) in the 19th over.

Chahar bowled the last over and Mumbai Indians easily registered a win in the match. Bumrah, Boult, Chahar, and Pattinson all picked up two wickets each in the match.

Earlier, put in to bat, Mumbai Indians had a worst possible start with opener Quinton de Kock back in the hut in the very second over.

Lewandowski, Neuer and De Bruyne nominated for UEFA player prizeAFP | London

Bayern Munich duo Robert Lewandowski and Ma-

nuel Neuer have been nomi-nated alongside Manchester City’s Kevin De Bruyne for the UEFA Men’s Player of the Year prize for last season, European football’s governing body an-nounced yesterday.

The winner will be an-nounced –- along with the UEFA Women’s Player of the Year -- on October 1, when UEFA hold the draw for this season’s Champions League group stage at their headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.

Lewandowski and Neu-er starred as Bayern won the Champions League, beating Paris Saint-Germain 1-0 in the final in Lisbon in August.

Polish striker Lewandowski scored an astonishing 55 goals in 47 games as Bayern won the treble of Champions League, Bundesliga and German Cup. He top-scored in the Champi-ons League with 15 goals.

Goalkeeper Neuer also played a key role in Bayern’s triumphant campaign, while Belgian playmaker De Bruyne scored or set up 33 goals in the English Premier League and was nominated despite City finishing second to Liverpool domestically and going out of the Champions League in the

quarter-finals to Lyon.Barcelona’s Lionel Messi just

missed out on being shortlisted, coming fourth in the vote by a jury comprising the 80 coaches of the clubs that participated in the group stages of last season’s

Champions League and Europa League, along with 55 selected journalists, one from each of UEFA’s member associations.

England star Lucy Bronze is a contender to win the women’s prize for the second year run-ning after helping Lyon win the Champions League for the fifth season in a row before recently signing for Manchester City.

Her Lyon colleague, the France defender Wendie Re-nard, is also shortlisted along-side the Danish striker Pernille Harder, who recently joined Chelsea after helping Wolfs-burg get to the Champions League final.

Al Mubarak back in driver’s seat in GT title race

• Defending champion wins penultimate round to move two points ahead of chief rival Lewis Smith on season standings, setting up thrilling finale tomorrow in Esport series

TDT | Manama

Ebrahim Al Mubarak re-gained the lead in the

season two title race of the Bahrain Esport Gran Turismo Championship, after winning the fourth and penultimate round to increase his chances of successfully defending his crown.

After finishing the previous meeting outside of the podium, Al Mubarak took the cheq-uered flag in style, completing the 13-lap race around fic-tional Croatian track Dragon Trail-Seaside in 20 minutes 58.620 seconds—comfortably ahead of runner-up Asif Vora-jee who was 07.786 seconds behind.

Al Mubarak’s chief title ri-val Lewis Smith came third 10.916s back to keep his cham-pionship aspirations alive and send the campaign to a thrill-ing finale.

Al Mubarak heads into the season-closer, scheduled for tomorrow, just two points ahead of Smith. He has 75 points in first place while Smith has 73. Talal Beshara is

a distant third with 54 points.Beshara was just behind the

top three on the fourth round’s classification, while Abdulla Sami Qamber and Ali Khalifa Almansoori rounded out the top six.

K h a l i d Sa e e d Hu s a i n , Ahmed Yusuf Ahmed, Hu-sain Alsakran, Hassan Khalil Ebrahim and Husain Ali Hasan were seventh through 11th, respectively, to complete the race’s finishers.

Al Mubarak added to his round four victory by setting the race’s fastest lap of 1:35.893.

Tomorrow’s final meeting will be held along a virtual ver-sion of Japan’s Suzuka Circuit.

Supported by Bahrain In-ternational Circuit, DHL, VP Racing Fuels and Batelco, the Esport GT series is being or-ganised and run by the Bahrain Motor Federation (BMF), and it is being held under the patron-age of BMF president Shaikh Abdulla bin Isa Al Khalifa.

It is taking place within the framework established by the International Automobile Fed-eration on Esports.


Ahli outplay Manama to take finals openerAmerican Dominique Sutton scores game-high 30 points to help spearhead victors and move one step closer to titleTDT | Manama

Al Ahli powered to a well-deserved 1-0 lead in the best-of-three cham-

pionship series of the delayed 2019/2020 Zain Bahrain Basket-ball League, following a 94-81 victory over arch-rivals Mana-ma last night at Zain Arena in Um Al Hassam.

A m e r i c a n p r o f e s s i o n a l Dominique Sutton scored a game-high 30 points to spear-head the victors in the finals opener.

Ahli used a dominant third quarter to change the face of the game, which was tightly fought throughout the first half. Ahli led by as many as 15 points the rest of the way and did well to hold off a potential Manama surge in the final canto.

Ahli will now be looking to close things out in game two, scheduled to be played on Sat-urday, while Manama will be aiming to extend the series to a decisive third game. If needed, that rubber match will be played on Wednesday next week.

Both contests are scheduled for a 7pm tip-off and will be played at the same venue.

Sutton finished game one

with an impressive stat-line of 12 rebounds, five assists, and five steals to go along with his scoring output. Fellow-US im-port Brandon Brown also had a fine all-around effort of 12 points, nine rebounds, and six assists.

Brown was among four other Ahli players in double figures. The sharp-shooting Bahraini backcourt of Hesham Sarhan and Maytham Jameel combined for 30 points, while skipper Mohammed Qurban chipped

in with 12. The trio had five three-pointers between them.

Polish professional Maciej Lampe had 20 points and 15 boards to pace Manama in the loss. Court general Mohammed Hussain added 18 with three triples, while big men Moham-med Ameer and American Har-vey Jerai Grant had 11 apiece. Ahmed Salman finished with 10 for Manama.

Ahli outscored Manama by 13, 23-10, in the third period to take a comfortable 69-57 advantage

into the final frame.It was mostly close before

that, with Ahli taking a slim 23-22 lead at the end of the first quarter but then Manama go-ing ahead by one, 47-46, at the interval.

Ahli and Manama are two of Bahrain’s biggest and histori-cally most successful basketball teams.

Manama earned their fi-nals slot after defeating Riffa in the Golden Square semi-fi-nal round, while Ahli followed suit after dethroning defending champions Muharraq.

Ahli’s Sarhan drives past Manama’s Salman on the way to the basket

Ebrahim Al Mubarak

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Rohit Sharma of Mumbai Indians plays a shot Robert Lewandowski and Manuel Neuer react after a match (file photo)

I back myself to play the pull shots and

have practiced quite a bit. Pretty happy with

the performance of my squad

ROHIT SHARMA

KNOW

BETTER

Ahli will now be look-ing to close things out

in game two, scheduled to be played on Satur-

day, while Manama will be aiming to extend

the series to a decisive third game

55goals were scored by

Robert Lewandowski in 47 games as Bayern won the treble of Champions League, Bundesliga and

German Cup

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Intense staredown between Hamza Kooheji and Aidan James steals the show before BRAVE CF 42TDT | Manama

BRAVE Combat Federation will return this week for the

second event of Kombat King-dom, on Thursday, September 24th, with the Flyweights as the center of attention. Two of the four BRAVE CF Flyweight Tour-nament quarter-finals co-head-line the show, with Sean Santella, Jose Torres, Flavio Queiroz, and Velimurad Alkhasov all looking to land a spot on the semifinals of the greatest tournament of 2020 and the biggest grand-prix in the division’s history.

One day before the big show, the fighters had to confirm their bouts by weighing in, and all athletes involved in the BRAVE CF 42 card made weight. Most of the staredowns were friend-ly, except for Hamza Kooheji and Aidan James, as both men looked ready to fight a day early.

Set for a 63 kg Catchweight

bout that could have Bantam-weight title implications, Aidan (62,7 kg) and Hamza (63 kg) didn’t acknowledge each other but went straight in for their staredown, face-to-face. There seemed to be no love lost be-tween the pair of them, as Aidan, using a Wales face mask, and Hamza, draped in a Bahrain flag stared each other down for one

last time before fight night.In the two main fights, all ath-

letes seemed in good spirits de-spite tough weight-cuts to make the 125-pounds limit. Striker Flavio Queiroz (56,9 kg) and sambo world champion Velimu-rad Alkhasov (56,8 kg) will face each other in the co-main event of BRAVE CF 42, while the main event will be a duel between two of the United States’ best Flyweights. Jose Torres stepped on the scale at 56,8 kg, while his opponent, Sean Santella, official-ly weighed in at 56,9 kg.

BRAVE CF 42 takes place at the Bahrain National stadium, on September 24th, in a behind-closed-doors event, and is avail-able worldwide through BRAVE CF TV, with Abu Dhabi Sports broadcasting the show for the Middle East and North Africa region, and Fite TV showcasing BRAVE CF 42 for North American fans.

Kooheji fights for Bahrain’s pride and for a BRAVE CF title shotBahrain’s Hamza Kooheji looks to lock in a title shot against reigning world champion Stephen Loman

• Hamza Kooheji will face Aidan James

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Four years ago, Hamza Kooheji started his BRAVE CF career in the first-ever

show, which took place on Sep-tember 23rd, in the Kingdom of Bahrain. Now, he’s set to return to action in his home country as he looks to lock in a title shot against reigning world champi-on Stephen Loman. In front of him, a young and hungry con-tender lies in wait. Aidan James has rapidly developed into one of the strongest prospects out of Europe, and the Welshman feels he can spoil the party away from home.

For Hamza, the opportunity to fight for the title is a long-time coming. Since BRAVE CF 1, he has fought 8 times, earning an amazing 6-2 record. He cur-rently stands at three-straight wins, with the biggest one com-ing last year, as he was one of the main attractions of the historical BRAVE CF 29, in a sold-out Khali-fa Sports City Arena.

Walking out side-by-side HH

Shaikh Khalid bin Hamad Al Khalifa, the man who breathed fresh air into his career, Koo-heji dominated and defeated dangerous grappling artist Na-huel Gandolfi. With a mix of much-improved striking and his trademark takedowns, Hamza was too much for his Argentini-an foe and ended the fight in the third round with a tremendous TKO.

Even though BRAVE CF hasn’t

confirmed Hamza will be next in line for a title shot should he go past Aidan, all signs point for a showdown between Bahrain’s finest and the dangerous cham-pion Stephen Loman.

‘’The Pride of Bahrain’’ has been the driving force behind the professional development of MMA in the Kingdom as its biggest fighter, and is now ready to swim in international waters, having been forged by some of the best coaching in the world.

One of Bantamweight divi-sion’s best fighters, Hamza is not settling for anything less than the title soon. He feels ready to fight for the belt and is eager to bring the world title back to the Kingdom of Bahrain. One win, and he’ll be closer to that goal.

Hamza Kooheji waves Bahrain’s flag as he arrives for a bout (file photo)

Hamza Kooheji and Aidan James staredown during weigh-in

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Aidan James and Hamza Kooheji didn’t

acknowledge each oth-er but went straight in

for their staredown, face-to-face

B R A V E C F 4 2Date: September 24th

Location: Bahrain National Stadium

Start time: 6PM

Broadcast: Abu Dhabi Sports 2, Abu Dhabi Sports 4

BRAVE CF 41 Fight CardFlyweight: Sean Santella vs Jose Torres

Flyweight: Flavio Queiroz vs Velimurad Alkhasov

Catchweight: Hamza Kooheji vs Aidan James

Welterweight: David Jacobsson vs Ibrahim Mane

Lightweight: Rolando Dy vs Maciej Gierszewski

Amateur Featherweight: Ali Yaqoob vs Ariz Ahmed

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