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HM King constant support for endurance a ‘badge of honour’TDT | Manama

His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa’s constant

support for the endurance sport is a badge of honour for its af-filiates.

This was empasised by HM the King’s Representative for Humanitarian Work and Youth Affairs and Honorary President of the Bahrain Royal Equestri-an and Endurance Federation (BREEF), His Highness Shaikh Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa.

HH Shaikh Nasser indicated

that all the affiliates of the en-durance sport are proud of the royal patronage of HM the King’s Endurance Cup Festival, set to be organised by BREEF for the public, juniors and private GCC stables from February 17 to 19 at the Bahrain International En-durance Village.

On the occasion, HH Shaikh Nasser gave directives to BREEF, led by HH Shaikh Isa bin Abdulla Al Khalifa, to step up preparations for the prestigious festival to en-sure its success, as it carries the precious name of the first knight

in Bahrain, HM King Hamad.HH Shaikh Nasser expressed

deepest pride in HM the King’s unwavering support for the endur-ance sport in the kingdom, which has contributed significantly to the kingdom’s success in attaining innumerable accomplishments.

HM the King’s Endurance Cup Festival features a series of races, including a 120-km race for GCC private stables, a 120-km interna-tional race for juniors, a 120-km international race for the public, a 160-km race international race and a 100-km race.HM the King with HH Shaikh Nasser

Strategic partnersHRH Prince Salman affirms Bahrain commitment to strengthening military and defence ties with US

• Alliances important to uphold maritime, economic and environmental security

• US Fifth Fleet plays key role in protecting regional and international maritime traffic

TDT | Manama

Bahrain is committed to strengthening military and defence relations

with the United States.This was emphasised by His

Royal Highness Prince Sal-man bin Hamad Al Khalifa, the Crown Prince, Deputy Supreme Commander and Prime Min-ister, as he visited the US Fifth Fleet headquarters yesterday.

HRH Prince Salman, who was accompanied by His Highness Major Shaikh Isa bin Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa during the

visit, highlighted the strength of strategic ties between the King-dom and the US.

The Minister of Interior, Gen-eral Shaikh Rashid bin Abdullah Al Khalifa, Finance and Nation-al Economy Minister Shaikh Salman bin Khalifa Al Khalifa, and several other senior officials were also in attendance.

Following a welcoming mil-itary marine salute, His Royal Highness was received by the Commander of United States Naval Forces Central Command (NAVCENT) and Commander of United States Fifth Fleet (C5F), Vice Admiral Charles Bradford Cooper II, and the Charge d’Af-faires of the US Embassy in Bah-rain, Maggie Nardi.

HRH Prince Salman affirmed the importance of strategic al-liances to upholding maritime, economic, and environmental security, noting the role played by the US Fifth Fleet in this re-gard.

In addition, HRH the Crown Prince, Deputy Supreme Com-mander and Prime Minister stressed the importance of pro-

tecting international maritime traffic from threats that adverse-ly impact global trade.

He thanked the US for their role, and stressed the need to unify international efforts to further strengthen regional maritime security.

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HRH Prince Salman thanked the US for

their role, and stressed the need to unify

international efforts to further strengthen

regional maritime security.

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BIC frontliners hailed for ensuring safety of everyone

• Shaikh Salman bin Isa presents circuit team members with Prince Salman bin Hamad Medal for Medical Merit

Staff Reporter TDT | Manama

Bahrain International Cir-cuit (BIC) Chief Executive,

Shaikh Salman bin Isa Al Khal-ifa, affirmed that His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa and His Royal Highness Prince

Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, Crown Prince and Prime Min-ister, greatly appreciate the ef-forts and sincere dedication of all those who work on the front lines in the nation’s ongoing fight against the coronavirus (COVID-19).

These include health profes-sionals, the Bahrain Defence Force (BDF), the Ministry of In-terior (MOI), and the various supporting bodies.

Shaikh Salman bin Isa said that such valuable support is an impetus to continue working with the same determination in addressing the pandemic, and

praised the efforts of BIC em-ployees who participated in the national response to COVID-19 along with their honourable

roles in dealing with the virus in a manner that preserves the health and safety of everyone.

This came as Shaikh Salman

bin Isa spoke yesterday, in the presence of BIC Chairman Arif Rahimi and the circuit’s exec-utive management, in a cere-mony where he handed over the Prince Salman bin Hamad Medal for Medical Merit to BIC personnel, in implementation of the royal order and in the frame-work of the directives of HRH the Crown Prince and Prime Minister to all parties concerned with the handing-over of the medal, including health work-ers, BDF, MOI, and all supporting bodies on the front line.

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Bahrain condemns Houthi attack against UAETDT | Manama

Bahrain strongly con-demned and denounced

the launch of a ballistic mis-sile by the terrorist Houthi militia against the UAE.

Foreign Affairs Ministry commended the vigilance and efficiency of the UAE Air Defense that were able to intercept and destroy the ballistic missile.

The ministry stressed that such terrorist acts affirm the keenness of the terrorist Houthi militia to target ci-vilians and civilian facilities.

It affirmed that the King-dom supports the UAE in all the measures it takes to pro-tect its security and stability, stressing the need for the international community to shoulder its responsibilities towards deterring these ter-rorist militias and putting an end to their continuous violations of international laws that threaten the se-curity and stability of the region.

Palestinians raise funds for SyriansAmman

A crowdfunding campaign initiated by Palestinian

activist Ibrahim Khalil from Nazareth has raised enough money to build hundreds of houses for internally dis-placed Syrian refugees.

The success of the cam-paign was due to its use of technology and social me-dia, showing real-time proof that the funds were reach-ing their targets.

Shaikh Salman bin Isa speaks at yesterday’s medal-handover ceremony

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HRH Prince Salman medal a ‘wonderful incentive’

(Continuation from Page 1)TDT | Manama

Bahrain International Cir-cuit (BIC) Chief Executive, Shaikh Salman bin Isa Al

Khalifa, expressed his congrat-ulations to all the recipients of the Prince Salman bin Hamad Medal for Medical Merit, and praised the role of BIC affiliates who contributed to addressing the pandemic.

The BIC Chief Executive indi-cated that maintaining what has

been achieved to date requires even more work to reach the desired successes, and expressed great thanks to the team at BIC, who made double efforts in or-der to continue addressing the virus.

He noted that these great ef-forts of the BIC team, who have devoted their time since the ear-ly days of the pandemic, have included establishing and oper-ating a number of COVID-19 test-ing and vaccination centres, and the achievement of the team of

BIC engineers who designed the first local respirator in a record period of time.

For their part, the BIC team members said they were privi-leged to receive the Prince Sal-man bin Hamad Medal for Med-ical Merit, and expressed great pride in the high honour.

They stressed that the med-al is a wonderful incentive to continue to work and serve the country.

Speaking to The Daily Trib-une, on the sidelines of the event,

B e s h a r a A b d u Beshara, BIC safety and s e c u r i t y ,

government affairs senior man-ager, said the preparations are in full swing to ensure the safety of everyone.

“This is the main international event hosted by the Kingdom and we have adopted the best of safety and security meas-ures matching the best of world standards. We are frequently coordinating with the Ministry of Interior and the Ministry of Health to ensure all safety meas-ures are on track.

“Of course, there are challeng-es as we live in the middle of a pandemic situation. But we are fully prepared to overcome those challenges by adopting the best of safety measures,” he added.

Shaikh Salman bin Isa with the BIC team members who receive the Prince Salman bin Hamad Medal for Medical Merit

Royal pride in frontliners’ dedication highlighted

TDT | Manama

Industry, Commerce and Tourism Minister Zayed bin Rashid Al Zayani said that His

Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa and His Royal Highness Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, the Crown Prince and Prime Min-ister, greatly appreciate the efforts and sincere dedication of all those who work on the front lines in the nation’s ongoing fight against the coronavirus (COVID-19).

He hailed the dedicated national efforts ex-erted by the health professionals, the Bahrain Defence Force, the Ministry of Interior and all other supporting authorities to combat COV-ID-19 pandemic.

Al Zayani was addressing a ceremony during which he presented Prince Salman bin Hamad Medal for Medical Merit to the ministry’s em-ployees in implementation of the royal order and the directives of HRH the Crown Prince and Prime Minister.

The minister congratulated the recipients on obtaining the medal and hailed their dedicated efforts, wishing them every success to continue serving the nation.

The employees expressed their pride at re-ceiving the Prince Salman bin Hamad Medal for Medical Merit, adding that the honour would motivate them to further serve the nation.

“This is the main international event hosted by the Kingdom and we have adopted the best

of safety and security measures matching the best of world

standards. We are frequently coordinating with the Ministry

of Interior and the Ministry of Health to ensure all safety

measures are on track. Of course, there are challenges as we live in the middle of a

pandemic situation. But we are fully prepared to overcome those challenges by adopting the best

of safety measures.” – BESHARA ABDU BESHARA, BIC SAFETY AND SECURITY,

GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS SENIOR MANAGER

Industry Minister addressing the ceremony yesterday


Bahrain congratulates Chinese President on Lunar New Year

TDT | Manama

His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa and His

Royal Highness Prince Sal-man bin Hamad Al Khalifa, the Crown Prince and Prime Min-

ister, has sent cables of congrat-ulations to Chinese President Xi Jinping on Lunar New Year.

HM the King and HRH Prince Salman wished President Xi health and happiness, and the friendly people of China further progress and prosperity.

They lauded the depth of the Bahraini-Chinese relations and the developments it is witness-ing in all fields.

His Royal Highness sent a similar cable to the Premier of the State Council of China, HE Li Keqiang.

HM the King HRH Prince Salman President Xi Jinping

HRH Prince Salman briefed on US Fifth Fleet cooperation

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TDT | Manama

His Royal Highness Prince Salman bin Hamad Al

Khalifa, the Crown Prince, Deputy Supreme Commander and Prime Minister, was yester-day briefed on regional security issues, including the US Fifth Fleet’s role, tasks, and coopera-tion with Bahraini forces.

He attended the launch of the International Maritime Exercise 22 (IMX/CE 2022), and was also briefed on new uncrewed tech-nologies and uncrewed surface vessels (USV) engaged in the ex-

ercise and the Royal Bahraini Na-vy’s participation in the exercise.

HRH Prince Salman reiter-ated that joint exercises are crucial to ensuring readiness to address various challenges and safeguarding regional and

international navigation and maritime trade.

HRH extended his gratitude and wished success to the Com-mander of the US NAVCENT and CSF, the Royal Bahraini Navy, and all participating countries.

We offer peace!Bahrain prioritises dialogue as means to resolve

regional issues and conflicts amicably

TDT | Manama

Bahrain prioritises dis-course as a means to en-sure peaceful resolutions

particularly of regional issues and conflicts.

The Cabinet, during yester-day’s weekly meeting chaired by His Royal Highness Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, the Crown Prince and Prime Minister, reviewed the latest regional and international de-velopments.

It affirmed that the Kingdom employs mutual respect and the fostering of good relations to combat extremist ideologies to maintain security and promote prosperity.

The Cabinet noted Bahrain’s commitment to upholding the principles of the United Na-tions Charter, which stipulates non-interference in the internal affairs of foreign countries, ad-herence to human values, toler-ance, coexistence, and a peace-ful settlement of crises within the framework of strengthening international cooperation.

The Cabinet commended the outcomes of a meeting attended

by His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, His Highness Shaikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the Vice-Presi-dent and Prime Minister of the UAE, and Ruler of Dubai, HH Shaikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Su-preme Commander of the UAE

Armed Forces, and Egypt Pres-ident Abdel Fattah El Sisi.

It highlighted the meeting’s importance in strengthening multilateral cooperation and coordination across various re-gional and international issues of common interest and chal-lenges faced by the Arab world.

The Cabinet conveyed its congratulations to the Supreme Commander, His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, and to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, Deputy Supreme Commander and Prime Min-ister, on the Bahrain Defence Force’s (BDF) 54th anniversary. The Cabinet also congratulated the members of the BDF, who stand ready and are committed to defending and safeguarding the Kingdom.

In light of the memorandum by the Minister of Interior, the Cabinet affirmed His Royal Highness’ directives for the greater use of the Alternative Sanctions and Measures Law. His Royal Highness also man-dated the Ministry of Interior to implement the Alternative Sentencing Programme in con-junction with the Open Prisons Programme.

HRH Prince Salman with senior government and US Fifth Fleet officials

HRH Prince Salman chairs the Cabinet weekly meeting at Gudaibiya Palace yesterday

The Cabinet noted Bah-rain’s commitment to

upholding the principles of the United Nations Charter, which stipu-

lates non-interference in the internal affairs of foreign countries, adherence to human

values, tolerance, coex-istence, and a peaceful

settlement of crises.

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Bahrain and Turkey are keen to strengthen economic cooperation

TDT | Manama

His Royal Highness Prince Salman bin Hamad Al

Khalifa, the Crown Prince and Prime Minister, has highlight-ed the growth of Bahrain and Turkey relations and noted the importance of furthering bilat-eral cooperation across various sectors, particularly within the economic sector.

HRH Prince Salman yester-day met with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Turkey, Mevlut Cavusoglu, at Gudaibiya Palace.

Foreign Affairs Minister Dr Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani,and the Minister of Finance and National Econo-my, Shaikh Salman bin Khalifa Al Khalifa, also attended the meeting.

Regional and internation-al issues of common interest were also discussed.

Cavusoglu conveyed the greetings of Turkey President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to His

Royal Highness. In return, HRH conveyed his greetings to the Turkey leader.

Cavusoglu expressed his gratitude for the opportunity to meet with His Royal High-ness, and highlighted HRH’s commitment to furthering ties between the two countries.

HRH Prince Salman with the Turkish Foreign Affairs Minister

Foreign Affairs Ministers focus on ways to enhance bilateral relationsTDT | Manama

Friendly relations between Bahrain and Turkey were

reviewed yesterday, in addition to addressing ways of enhancing bilateral relations and cooper-ation in the economic, trade, tourism, and cultural fields.

This came as Foreign Affairs Minister Dr Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani and his Turk-ish counterpart, Mevlut Cavu-soglu, held a press conference

yesterday during the latter’s visit to the Kingdom of Bahrain.

Dr Al Zayani noted the im-portance of activating existing memoranda between the two countries.

They reviewed political and security developments and the challenges facing the Middle East region and threatening its security and stability.

The two officials stressed the need to establish peace, enhance security and stability in the re-

gion, and end all ongoing con-flicts that harmed the interests of the peoples of the region and affected its process of develop-ment and prosperity.

Dr Al Zayani hailed the vis-it of his Turkish counterpart, highlighting friendly relations between the two countries and mutual keenness to enhance bi-lateral cooperation, under the directives of His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa and the President of Turkey, Recep

Tayyip Erdogan. Cavusoglu thanked his Bah-

raini counterpart for the hospi-tality he received, noting that the talks were positive.

He pointed out the visit of Dr Al Zayani to Turkey in Novem-ber 2021 where the Cooperation Dialogue chair was handed over to Bahrain, stressing that his country will provide all support to Bahrain.

Economic plan was also dis-cussed.

Dr Al Zayani and the Turkish Foreign Minister speak at a press conference yesterday

Kingdom thanked by Israel PresidentTDT | Manama

His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa and

His Royal Highness Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khal-ifa, the Crown Prince and Prime Minister, received cables of thanks from the President of the State of Israel, Isaac Herzog, in re-ply to their cable of condo-lences on the passing of his mother.

Virtual forum to discuss Philippine Embassy services

• Event is set for 10 February, at 5pm, via Streamyard/FB Live

TDT | Manama

As part of its efforts to keep the Filipino com-

munity informed with the developments on the servic-es offered by the Philippine Embassy in the Kingdom of Bahrain, the First Virtual Forum 2022 is set to be held on Thursday, 10 February, at 5pm via Streamyard/FB Live.

The embassy is inviting Filipinos to take part in the forum, which will provide them with a comprehensive discussion on its consular and assistance-to-nation-als (ATN) services, and the processes and procedures related to these services.

HRH Prince Salman has highlighted the

growth of Bahrain and Turkey relations and

noted the importance of furthering bilateral

cooperation across various sectors

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C o u r t s t o r y

‘Diversity making Kingdom stronger’

Tribute paid to victims of Holocaust; Bahrain’s plurality hailed at the event

• Principle of ‘all humans are born equal in dignity and rights’ highlighted

• UN Bahrain office, Israel and German Embassies organise virtual event

• International Day of Commemoration in Memory of Victims of Holocaust

• Bahrainis draw values of tolerance from national heritage: Shaikha Ayesha

Staff ReporterTDT | Manama

Bahrain derives its strength from its diversity, said Ambassador Shaikha

Ayesha Ahmed Saqer Al Khali-fa, Acting Chief of Organisations at the Foreign Affairs Ministry, highlighting the principle that “all humans are born equal in dignity and rights”.

Shaikha Ayesha was speaking at a virtual event held to mark the International Day of Commemo-ration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust. The event was organised by the United Nations Bahrain office along with Israel and German Embassies.

“The Kingdom has always stood against violence based on ethnic origin, religion or race. We have a heritage, which firm-ly believes that all humans are born equal in dignity and rights. Our Constitution asserts that all people are equal in human dignity and there should be no discrimination.”

Shaikha Ayesha said Bahrai-nis draw their values of toler-ance from the national heritage. “The Kingdom’s laws affirm re-ligious diversity while protect-ing religious pluralism. We must aim to create a more peaceful world while ensuring that such crimes against humanity will never happen.”

Mohamed El Zarkani, United Nations Resident Coordinator, said the resolution passed by the United Nations in 2005 was a sharp reminder of the atrocities committed by the Nazi regime,

whose victims include six mil-lion Jews. “A third of Jewish population perished during the time and among the victims were 1.5 million children.”

He said remembering the past is crucial in safeguarding the future. “The UN is on the frontline to contain xenophobia, racism, anti-Semitism and other threats to peace. The world gov-ernments and media must play an important role in thwarting these threats. Let’s pledge to be vigilant against human rights violations.”

Eitan Nae’h, Israeli Ambassa-dor to Bahrain, said he himself is a second-generation Holocaust survivor. “It is the duty of all to

ensure that such evils will never happen. We should not allow history to be rewritten.”

Kei Boeckmann, German Am-bassador to Bahrain, said ‘Never Again’ is now the heart of German national identity. “The German government is committed to tack-le all discriminatory acts. We also work with all international bod-ies including the UN to promote diversity. The team at German Embassy Bahrain is privileged to be part of this effort.”

The event also saw Holocaust survivor Arnold Clevs, 89, de-scribe the tyranny he faced as a child under the Nazi regime. Arnold was born and raised in

1933 in Kovno, Lithuania. After the Nazi occupation, Arnold and his family were moved into the Kovno Ghetto.

He spent much of his time hiding from Nazi soldiers until 1943, when he, his parents and sister were taken to a labour camp outside the city. The men and women were divided, and the family was torn apart.

At one point during his time in the camp, Nazi troops along with their Lithuanian collabo-rators came to seize children to be deported and murdered. But Arnold’s father had hidden him in the roof and he survived.

However, Arnold was lat-er held captive by the guards. Arnold then endured a death march for days through the snow of Eastern Europe without food or water, witnessing the deaths of friends from exposure and Nazi guards and even fatali-ties from allied air raids. He was later liberated by the US Army.

“I was eight when the war broke out and was 12 when liberated. I thank the Government of Bahrain for organising the event.”

Arnold Clevs speaks at the online event

Shaikha Ayesha Mohamed El Zarkani Eitan Nae’h

Kei Boeckmann

1.5 mThe number of children who perished during the

Holocaust

Verdict known today for son who set stepmother car on fireTDT | Manama

The High Criminal Court will issue today its verdict in the

case in which a Bahraini man is accused of setting his stepmoth-er’s car alight after an argument arose with his father.

The son, 29, had differences

with his father, and he went on to burn his stepmother’s vehicle in revenge.

His father reported him to the police station, using a voice message he received from him as evidence against him.

“You won’t sleep at night and you will see fireworks,” the son

said in the message. The father, meanwhile, said

that his son has had issues with him since 10 years ago and he wasn’t living with him for the past 12 years.

“On the day of the incident, he got angry because I didn’t help me to settle the issues he had

with his divorcee. Therefore, he sent this voice note. I left the house and I saw him beside my wife’s car holding a lighter. Then he set it on fire,” the father added.

The son was charged with damaging a private property and endangering people’s lives.

BCCI polls chief calls for ‘membership renewal’ Staff Reporter TDT | Manama

Chairman of the Elections Committee for the 30th

session of the Board of Direc-tors of the Bahrain Chamber of Commerce and Indus-try (BCCI), Adel Hussein Al Maskati, has urged all mem-bers to renew their mem-berships and pay the annual subscription fee and any oth-er financial obligations to the chamber seven days prior to the elections date, scheduled for Saturday, 19 March 2022, at the Bahrain International Exhibition and Convention Centre.

He also underlined the im-portance of updating their data at the Commercial Registry Department of the Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Tourism, which include their legal representatives, the com-pany’s capital, and all other data required as per the exec-utive regulations of the cham-ber’s bylaw.

Mr Al Maskati stated that the executive regulations of Decree-Law No. (48) of 2012 regarding the Bahrain Cham-ber of Commerce and Industry issued by Resolution No. (156) of 2013 stipulated several is-sues that voters or candidates for the chamber’s board mem-bership must consider prior to the elections.

“The member represents the owner of the sole proprietor-ship or the legal representative

of the member in the meetings of the general assembly and polling. In the case of mul-tiple legal representatives of the member, one must be as-signed to attend the annual general assembly meeting and vote. A proxy is not permit-ted to attend the general as-sembly meetings or the polls, and each member shall have several votes in the ballot de-pending on their issued capital registered in the records of the chamber in accordance with the amended schedule attached to the chamber’s law.

“The person authorised to sign the member’s transac-tions in the chamber’s records is not permitted to attend the meetings of the annual general assembly and vote.”

Each member of the Gen-eral Assembly has the right to elect any number of candi-dates for membership in the Board of Directors, provided they do not exceed eighteen candidates, otherwise their vote will be void. The elections list includes the names, type of trade, and business address of the members who meet the requirements to exercise the right to vote.

Members whose names were not listed due to negligence or whose data were inaccurate, should submit requests with the required amendments to the Client Care Department of the Bahrain Chamber during the period from 13 February 2022 to 14 March 2022.

Virus claimed 13 lives last month Staff Reporter TDT | Manama

The Ministry of Health re-ported three more COV-

ID-19 deaths on Sunday night, taking the number of deceased in the Kingdom to 1,407.

The virus has claimed the lives of 13 people since the be-ginning of New Year. There were 12 critical cases and 6,745 new cases on Sunday, while the number of active cases stood at 42,613.

The fatalities were on the decline towards the end of last year with last December re-cording zero deaths.

No major clusters were re-ported for the last one month. During the beginning of New Year, a few superspreader cas-es were reported.

Contact tracing of a sympto-matic 31-year-old female citi-zen revealed 12 positive cases across five different house-holds.

The cases detected are family related and include the index case’s parents, siblings, nephew, cousins and domestic helper, all of whom had direct contact with each other during a gathering.

Among others, contact trac-ing of a symptomatic 30-year-old female citizen and her 17-year-old sister revealed nine positive cases across three dif-ferent households.

The cases detected are fami-ly related and include the first index case’s son, the sisters’ parents, brothers, sister-in-law and nephews, all of whom had direct contact with each other during a family gathering.

In another incident, con-tact tracing of a symptomatic 75-year-old male citizen re-vealed eight family-related positive cases across three different households.

The cases detected include the index case’s wife, daugh-ters and grandchildren, all of whom had direct contact with each other during a family gathering.

The National Health Regu-latory Authority (NHRA) has approved the emergency use of the oral COVID-19 antiviral, Paxlovid.

The medication has been authorised for individuals 18 years old and above who suffer from mild to moderate symp-toms.


We are keen on upgrading the services of the chamber

and developing the work mechanism

NASS

We want to collaborate with financial institutions to enhance their offerings through a win/win model. Through these partnerships,

we have an opportunity to uplift millions of people’s lives and allow them to realize their

full potentialCEO MOHAMED TAYSIR

This adds to the achievements of the chamber, and reflects

the board’s support and the commitment of the

administrationAL SADA

BNET holds “One Team, One Vision” workshopTDT | Manama

BNET, the national com-pany responsible for

telecommunications in-frastructure, held its first workshop of the year to launch its revamped cor-porate strategy, attended by Chief Executive Officer Ahmed Aldoseri and senior management.

The primary objective of the Strategy workshop is to drive operational excellence by fostering innovation and optimisation, led by an in-spired team, and based on the principle “One Team, One Vision”.

The workshop presented BNET’s revamped strategy; including a renewed vision and mission and improved corporate objectives. The renewal of BNET strategy aims to support Bahrain’s vision to become a “Smart Kingdom”.

BNET CEO Ahmed Al-doseri said: “Through this Strategy workshop, BNET aims to ensure our internal business units’ strategies align with our stakeholders’ expectations, following a customer centric approach. “We aim to ensure smooth customer experiences, add-ed value and a positive im-pact in our community,” he added.

Bahrain Chamber gets ISO CertificationTDT | Manama

Chairman of the Bahrain Chamber expressed pride

in the Bahrain Chamber’s attain-ment of ISO Certification,

Sameer Abdulla Ahmed Nass said the achievement reflects the board’s effort and the ad-ministration’s commitment to providing top quality services to the members of the business community.

“It’s also an incentive to con-tinue revamping and improving all aspects of the chamber’s ser-vices and work mechanism.”

This came as he received the Acting Chief Executive Officer of the Bahrain Chamber Dr Ab-dulla Al Sada accompanied by members of the administration to celebrate the attainment of ISO Certification.

Nass thanked the adminis-tration and staff of the Bahrain

Chamber for contributing to the advancement of this historic or-ganization.

For his part, Dr Al Sada at-tributed this achievement to the unlimited support of the board, and its keenness on upgrading the services of the chamber to keep abreast of technological advancement

and meet the requirements and aspirations of the business community.

Al Sada added that the cham-ber has launched 25 electronic services, inaugurated a new and comprehensive client care cen-tre and resolved 65% of the com-plaints and grievances raised by the members.

Bahrain Chamber members celebrating the ISO certification

Export Bahrain wins top awardTDT | Manama

Export Bahrain has won the ‘Best Export Service

Facilitators for SMEs’ from the acclaimed International Finance Awards 2021 which recognizes industry capa-bilities on an international platform.

This award is the third international honouring re-ceived by Export Bahrain in 2021

Export said it facilitat-ed over USD 130 million in SME export value for Bah-rain-based SMEs during the past three years since the in-ception of Export Bahrain.

Export Bahrain’s Head of Operations, Fatima Rostam, stated: “Export Bahrain is moving forward to achieve its strategic goals of estab-lishing a healthy exporting ecosystem, capitalising on the Kingdom’s unique loca-tion that qualifies it to be-come a premier export zone in the region.”

Singularity Finance eyes MENA markets, Bahrain main focusTDT | Manama

Singularity Finance, based in the UAE & Egypt and

Co-Founded by CEO Mohamed Taysir, is a new Fintech pay-ment solutions provider tack-ling Financial Inclusion and Sustainable Development with new and innovative solutions leveraging the latest technolo-gies, including Blockchain, AI, IOT, and more.

The company’s Sharia-com-pliant financial offerings include a neo-banking platform, Singu-larity, a non-custodial digital as-sets Wallet, Singularity Crypto, a

B2B Platform connecting SMEs and micro-businesses to Glob-al and Local Suppliers as well as Financiers, Dabarhali, and a

Software Point of Sale payments solution, Singularity SPOS.

Singularity Finance is not seeking to replace banks or the

existing financial system; rather, “we want to collaborate with financial institutions to enhance their offerings through a win/

win model. Through these part-nerships, we have an opportuni-ty to uplift millions of people’s lives and allow them to realize their full potential” Taysir com-mented.

Singularity Finance was a sponsor of the 2nd Royal In-vestment Summit that was held in the UAE, “It was a great ex-perience, and we are truly hon-oured to have been able to speak at such an event to showcase Singularity Finance. I would like to thank The Private Office of H.E. Sheikh Abdulaziz bin duaij bin khalifa al khalifa who are truly set on making an impact in

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Geopolitical tensions hit UAE stocks, oil supports Saudi sharesReuters

Stocks in the United Arab Emirates(UAE) dropped yes-

terday following four days of consecutive gains after another attack by Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi movement on the Gulf state, while rising oil prices sup-ported Saudi Arabian shares.

The UAE said yesterday it in-tercepted a ballistic missile fired by the Houthis, the third such attack on the U.S.-allied Gulf state in the last two weeks.

Oil rose on Monday as a sup-ply shortage and political ten-sions in Eastern Europe and the

Middle East put prices on track for their biggest monthly gain in almost a year.

“Markets in Dubai and Abu Dhabi dropped a little in reac-tion to the recent developments. In contrast, the Saudi market

was supported by the strong oil prices and could see additional increases,” said Wael Makar-em, Senior Market Strategist at Exness.

The Abu Dhabi index (.FTFAD-GI) ended 0.7% down, though the index was up 2.5% for the month. Market heavyweight First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB.AD) declined 2.7%.

In Dubai, the index (.DFM-GI) slipped 0.5%, reducing its monthly gain to 0.2%.

Emirates NBD Bank (ENBD.DU) weighed the most on index, falling 3.6%.

Dubai Investments (DINV.DU),

however, surged 7%. After the market close, the investment company reported a more than 78% increase in its full-year profit to 619.5 million dirhams

($168.68 million).Saudi Arabia’s benchmark in-

dex (.TASI) closed 0.1% higher to log a monthly gain of about 9%.

Alinma Bank (1150.SE) and Saudi National Bank (1180.SE) increased 3.3% and 1.1% respec-tively. The Qatari index (.QSI) closed flat as Qatar National Bank (QNBK.QA) lost 0.7% and Mesaieed Petrochemical Hold-ings (MPHC.QA) rose 2.3%.

In Egypt, the blue-chip index (.EGX30) snapped its six-session losing streak, gaining 0.3%. Talat Mostafa Group (TMGH.CA) in-creased 8.6% and Telecom Egypt (ETEL.CA) added 3.5%.

A trader looks at the screens at Bahrain Bourse in Manama, Bahrain

Closing bell SAUDI 0.1% to 12,272

ABU DHABI 0.7% to 8,704

DUBAI 0.5% to 3,203

QATAR n at 12,498

EGYPT 0.3% to 11,490

BAHRAIN 0.2 to 1,810

OMAN 0.9% to 4,116

KUWAIT 0.2% to 8,013

India says V Anantha Nageswaran named chief economic adviserReuters | Chennai

India’s govern-ment said on

Friday it had ap-pointed former business school d e a n a n d e c o -nomics professor V Anantha Nageswaran as its chief eco-nomic adviser (CEA), after his predecessor stepped down in December.

Nageswaran’s appointment comes days before the annual budget on Tuesday. The chief economic adviser generally authors the economic survey - a document that indicates the government’s policy di-rection and serves as a precur-sor to the budget. India will

release the survey on Monday, with projections for economic growth for fiscal 2022/23, a day ahead of the budget to be pre-sented by Finance

Minister Nirmala Sitharaman.K.V. Subramanian, Nag-

e s w a r a n ’s p r e d e c e s s o r, stepped down last month after completing his three-year ten-ure, and he has since returned to academia.

“He (Nageswaran) has also been a part-time member of the Economic Advisory Coun-cil to the Prime Minister of India from 2019 to 2021,” the Indian government said in a statement.

JLR owner Tata Motors posts quarterly lossReuters | Bengaluru

Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) owner Tata Motors Ltd (TAMO.NS) reported a

quarterly loss on Monday that was big-ger than expected and warned of rising inflationary costs.

The company expects chip shortages at JLR to continue through 2022 as suppliers gradually ramp up production, and is also engaging directly with chip manufactur-ers to secure supply longer-term supplies for the Range Rover maker, it said.

Tata Motors’ consolidated net loss came in at 15.16 billion rupees ($203.23 million) for the quarter ended Dec. 31, compared to a profit of 29.06 billion ru-pees a year earlier, when an easing of pandemic-related restrictions led to a pick-up in sales.

Total revenue from operations for the quarter fell 4.5% to 722.29 billion rupees, below estimates of 775.93 billion rupees.

Facebook owner Meta to lift veil off its metaverse businessReuters

Since October, Facebook has renamed the com-pany, articulated a vision of the internet where

people can digitally connect through virtual-re-ality avatars or teleport to see places like ancient Rome, and helped trigger the metaverse invest-ment craze. When the company, now Meta Plat-forms Inc (FB.O), reports fourth-quarter results on Wednesday, investors will get a new window into the financial impact of CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s current passion.

The company is hiring engineers and buying up multiple virtual reality gaming studios to build toward the metaverse, which is a broad futuristic idea of shared virtual realms that can be accessed via different devices and which Zuckerberg is betting will be the successor to the mobile internet.

Meta has said it expects non-advertising revenue to be down year-over-year in the fourth quarter as it compares unfavorably with the “strong launch” of its VR Quest 2 headsets during the previous year’s holiday shopping season.

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HISTORYQueen Elizabeth I of England signs death war-rant for her cousin, Mary, Queen of Scots

Ayatollah Khomeini returns to Iran after 15 years in exile

Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrates during reentry into the Earth’s atmos-phere, killing all seven astronauts aboard.

Military stage a coup in Myanmar, detaining civilian leaders including

Aung San Suu Kyi and declare a one-year state of emergency

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Saudi Arabia

687,264 +4,211 8,940 +4 640,353 37,971

UAE 845,058 +2,028 2,243 +3 777,096 65,719

Kuwait 539,654 2,496 486,373 50,785

Oman 338,880 +2,420 4,146 +3 315,150 19,584

Qatar 339,147 +1,509 645 315,769 22,733

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Country Total cases Total deaths

1 USA 75,578,076 907,190

2 India 41,302,440 495,050

3 Brazil 25,351,489 626,923

4 France 19,058,073 130,583

5 UK 16,468,522 155,698

6 Russia 11,861,077 331,349

7 Turkey 11,526,621 87,234

8 Italy 10,925,485 146,149

9 Spain 9,779,130 92,966

10 Germany 9,776,648 118,380

11 Argentina 8,335,184 120,988

12 Iran 6,373,174 132,454

13 Colombia 5,871,977 134,079

14 Mexico 4,930,069 305,893

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News in brief u A court in army-ruled Myanmar will start an election fraud trial of deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Feb. 14, a source familiar with the proceedings said on Monday, after she was accused of influencing the 2020 vote to win a second term in office. Suu Kyi faces trial in more than a dozen cases and so far has been sentenced to a combined six years in detention by a court in the capital Naypyitaw, in legal proceedings derided by the international community as a sham. She has denied the military’s accusations of fraud in a 2020 poll swept by her National League for Democracy (NLD) party. Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Suu Kyi, 76, is accused of influencing the election commission during the ballot. Former president and ally Win Myint and Min Thu, a former cabinet member, face the same charges, said the source, who asked not to be identified due to the

sensitivity of the issue.

u British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has received an update on the internal inquiry into alleged parties at his Downing Street residence that breached coronavirus

lockdown restrictions, the Cabinet Office said in a statement yesterday. Johnson, facing the gravest threat to his premiership over the alleged lockdown-busting parties at his residence and office at Number 10 Downing Street, has so far weathered calls from opponents and some in his own party to resign by saying people should wait for the report by senior civil servant Sue Gray.

u The African Union has suspended Burkina Faso from all its activities in response to last week’s military coup, effective until constitutional order is restored, the AU said yesterday. Burkina Faso had already been suspended from the West African regional bloc, the Economic Community of West African States, though ECOWAS stopped short of imposing sanctions after the Jan. 24 coup that ousted President Roch Kabore.

u President Joe Biden and Qatar’s emir, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani, will huddle

to discuss a broad agenda including energy security in the aftermath of a potential Russian invasion of Ukraine, US officials said. Biden’s agenda for the Oval Office meeting will also include the Iran nuclear talks and relations with Afghanistan, where Washington’s interests are now represented by the small Gulf country. Tamim will also meet separately with Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and discuss arms sales and other military issues with Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, an official told reporters.

UK PM Johnson receives report into alleged Downing Street lockdown

parties

African Union suspends Burkina Faso after military

coup

Biden to talk Ukraine energy shock, Iran with

Qatar’s emir

Myanmar’s Suu Kyi to go on trial for election

fraud Feb. 14

98.9Globally, BA.1 accounted for 98.8% of sequenced cases submitted to the public virus tracking

database GISAID as of Jan. 25.

Israel last year joined a naval drill with UAE, Bahraini and U.S. forces.

Emirati and Israeli state-owned weapons makers have signed deals

to jointly develop an advanced drone defence system and unmanned military vessels.

KNOW WHAT

The BA.1 version of Omi-cron has been somewhat easier to track than prior variants. That is because

BA.1 is missing one of three target genes used in a common PCR test. Cases showing this pattern were assumed by default to be

caused by BA.1.

KNOW

BETTER

Scientists on alert over rising cases caused by Omicron cousin BA.2Reuters | Chicago

The highly transmissible Omicron variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus - the

most common form of which is known as BA.1 - now accounts for nearly all of the coronavirus infections globally, although dra-matic surges in COVID cases have already peaked in some countries.

Scientists are now tracking a rise in cases caused by a close cousin known as BA.2, which is starting to outcompete BA.1 in parts of Europe and Asia. The following is what we know so far about the new subvariant:

“STEALTH” SUBVARIANTGlobally, BA.1 accounted for

98.8% of sequenced cases sub-mitted to the public virus tracking database GISAID as of Jan. 25. But several countries are reporting recent increases in the subvariant known as BA.2, according to the

World Health Organization.In addition to BA.1 and BA.2,

the WHO lists two other subvari-ants under the Omicron umbrella: BA.1.1.529 and BA.3. All are closely related genetically, but each fea-

tures mutations that could alter how they behave.

Trevor Bedford, a computa-tional virologist at Fred Hutchin-son Cancer Center who has been tracking the evolution of SARS-

CoV-2, wrote on Twitter on Fri-day that BA.2 represents rough-ly 82% of cases in Denmark, 9% in the UK and 8% in the United States, based on his analysis of sequencing data from the GISAID database and case counts from the Our World in Data project at the University of Oxford.

BA.2, sometimes known as a “stealth” subvariant, does not have the same missing target gene. Instead, scientists are mon-itoring it the same way they have prior variants, including Delta, by tracking the number of virus genomes submitted to public da-tabases such as GISAID.

As with other variants, an in-fection with BA.2 can be detected by coronavirus home tests kits, though they cannot indicate which variant is responsible, ex-perts said.

MORE TRANSMISSIBLE?Some early reports indicate

that BA.2 may be even more infec-tious than the already extremely contagious BA.1, but there is no evidence so far that it is more likely to evade vaccine protection.

Danish health officials estimate that BA.2 may be 1.5 times more transmissible than BA.1, based on preliminary data, though it likely does not cause more severe disease.

In England, a preliminary anal-ysis of contact tracing from Dec. 27, 2021, through Jan. 11, 2022, by

the UK Health Security Agency (HSA) suggests that household transmission is higher among contacts of people infected with BA.2 (13.4%) compared with other Omicron cases (10.3%).

The HSA found no evidence of a difference in vaccine effec-tiveness, according to the Jan. 28 report.

A critical question is whether people who were infected in the BA.1 wave will be protected from BA.2, said Dr. Egon Ozer, an in-fectious disease expert at North-western University Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago.

That has been a concern in Denmark, where some places that saw high case counts of BA.1 infections were reporting rising cases of BA.2, Ozer said.

If prior BA.1 infection does not protect against BA.2, “this could be sort of a two-humped camel kind of wave,” Ozer said. “It’s too early to know if that will happen.”

The good news, he said, is that vaccines and boosters still “keep people out of the hospital and keep people from dying.”

A man wearing a protective face mask walks past an illustration of a virus outside a regional science centre amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Oldham, Britain

Israeli prez presses on with Dubai visit after UAE intercepts missile• Yemen’s Houthis threaten more attacks on UAE

• Israeli president presses on with visit to Expo Dubai

• UAE prides itself as safe business haven

• Attacks mark escalation in Yemen conflict

• UAE, Gulf states basing new security ties on Iran concerns

Reuters | Dubai

Israel’s president spoke at Du-bai’s Expo 2020 world fair yesterday on the first presi-

dential visit to the United Arab Emirates, despite the Gulf state overnight saying it had intercept-ed a ballistic missile fired by Yem-en’s Houthis.

The UAE became the first Gulf state to normalise relations with Israel under a US-brokered nor-malisation agreement, dubbed the “Abraham Accords,” in 2020. Gulf neighbour Bahrain then followed.

“I hope and I believe that more and more nations will soon follow

the UAE lead and join the Abra-ham Accords,” Isaac Herzog said at an event amid tighter than usu-al security at the Expo site.

The presidency in Israel is a largely ceremonial post. Prime Minister Naftali Bennett visited the UAE in December.

The UAE and Israel share con-cerns about Iran and its regional allies, and also see the agreements as a way to boost their economies.

“Already our trade has exceed-ed over $1 billion, more than 120 agreements were signed and a $100 million (research and de-velopment) fund was established recently,” Herzog said in a speech at the six-month long world fair in Dubai emirate where UAE and

Israeli flags were raised and both countries’ national anthems were played.

He said 250,000 Israelis had so far visited the UAE and he hoped Emiratis would reciprocate once COVID-19 restrictions eased.

Herzog landed in the UAE cap-ital Abu Dhabi on Sunday where he discussed security and bilat-eral relations with the UAE’s de facto leader.

That night, at 20 minutes past midnight, the UAE said it inter-cepted a ballistic missile fired by Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi wgroup; the third such attack on US-allied UAE in the past fort-night.

UAE authorities did not say whether the missile was aimed at Abu Dhabi or Dubai.

Israeli President Isaac Herzog meets with Abu Dhabi’s Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Useless provocations

A senior Emirati official described the attacks as

“useless” provocations that would be dealt with to safe-guard national security and sovereignty. “Those who test the UAE are mistaken,” the of-ficial, Anwar Gargash, said in a Twitter post.

The UAE defence ministry said the missile was intercept-ed at 20 minutes past mid-night and its debris fell on an uninhabited area. It did not say whether it was aimed at Abu Dhabi or Dubai.

US condemns attack

The United States con-demned the assault -

which followed a Jan. 17 strike on a fuel depot in Abu Dhabi that killed three people - in an escalation of the Yemen war between the Houthis and a Saudi-led coalition, which includes the UAE.

“While Israel’s president is visiting the UAE to build bridges and promote stability across the region, the Houth-is continue to launch attacks that threaten civilians,” U.S. State Department spokesman Ned Price said in a tweet.

US prepared to sanction Russian elites close to Putin if Russia invades Ukraine

Reuters | Washington

The United States and its allies have prepared a list

of Russian elites in or near Russian President Vladimir Putin’s inner circle to hit with economic sanctions should Russia invade Ukraine, a sen-ior administration official said yesterday.

“The individuals we have identified are in or near the inner circles of the Kremlin and play a role in government decision making or are at a minimum complicit in the Kremlin’s destabilizing behav-ior,” the official said, speaking on condition of anonymity.

The United States has devel-oped specific sanctions pack-ages for both Russian elites who meet the criteria and their family members, and these ef-forts are being pursued in co-ordination with US allies and partners, the official said.

Targeting Russian oligarchs is only one part of a plan by the United States and its allies to punish Putin should he launch an invasion of Ukraine after massing tens of thousands of troops on the Ukraine border. Russia denies that it plans to invade Ukraine.

President Joe Biden has not ruled out putting sanctions on Putin himself.

US officials have already de-tailed other penalties that in-clude sanctions on Russian fi-

nancial institutions and export control measures that could attempt to choke off broad swaths of industrial and con-sumer technologies to Russia.

The official would not pro-vide names of Russian figures who could be sanctioned.

“There is a broad list of in-dividuals we can pull from,” the official said, noting that some will be from a classified list of senior Russian political figures and oligarchs outlined in Section 241 of the “Coun-tering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act” in a report sent to the US Congress in 2018.

“We cannot disclose the con-tents of this list or name spe-cific names given flight risks, but it provides ample targets and family networks involved in stashing their assets,” the official said.

The official said many of the individuals are particularly vulnerable targets because of deepened financial ties with the West.

“Putin’s cronies will no longer be able to use their spouses or other family mem-bers as proxies to evade sanc-tions. Sanctions would cut them off from the internation-al financial system and ensure that they and their family members will no longer able to enjoy the perks of parking their money in the West and attending elite Western uni-versities,” the official added.

Russia’s President Vladimir Putin

North Korea tests biggest missile since 2017, US calls for talksReuters | Seoul

North Korea confirmed yes-terday it had launched a

Hwasong-12 ballistic missile, the same weapon it had once threatened to target the US ter-ritory of Guam with, sparking fears the nuclear-armed state could resume long-range test-ing.

The launch of the interme-diate-range ballistic missile (IRBM) was first reported by South Korean and Japanese authorities on Sunday. It was

the seventh test conducted by North Korea this month and the first time a nuclear-capable missile of that size has been launched since 2017.

The United States is con-cerned North Korea’s esca-lating missile tests could be precursors to resumed tests of nuclear weapons and inter-continental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) and vowed an un-specified response “designed to show our commitment to our allies,” a senior U.S. official told reporters in Washington.

Reuters

More than 100,000 Americans died from diabetes in 2021,

marking the second consecutive year for that grim milestone and spurring a call for a federal mobi-lization similar to the fight against HIV/AIDS.

The new figures come as an expert panel urges Congress to overhaul diabetes care and pre-

vention, including recommenda-tions to move beyond a reliance on medical interventions alone. A report released earlier this month calls for far broader policy chang-es to stem the diabetes epidemic, such as promoting consumption of healthier foods, ensuring paid maternal leave from the work-

place, levying taxes on sugary drinks and expanding access to affordable housing, among other areas.

In 2019, diabetes was the sev-enth-leading cause of death in America and claimed more than 87,000 lives, reflecting a long-run-ning failure to address the illness

and leaving many more vulnera-ble when the COVID-19 pandemic hit, creating new hurdles to ac-cessing care.

Since then, the nation’s toll from diabetes has increased sharply, surpassing 100,000 deaths in each of the last two years and repre-senting a new record-high level,

according to a Reuters analysis of provisional death data compiled by the Centers for Disease Con-trol and Prevention (CDC). Diabe-tes-related deaths surged 17% in 2020 and 15% in 2021 compared to the prepandemic level in 2019. That excluded deaths directly attributed to COVID-19. The CDC concurred with the Reuters anal-ysis and said additional deaths from 2021 are still being tallied.

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Lioness kills keeper, escapes Iran zoo with mate

AFP | Tehran

A female lion in an Iranian zoo attacked and killed

a keeper and escaped with a mate before the pair was cap-tured again, local media re-ported yesterday.

“The lioness, which has been in the zoo for several years, managed to open a door of the cage, get out and then attack the 40-year-old guard who had just brought food to the pair of felines,” a zoo employee told state broadcaster IRIB.

He said “the two animals managed to escape” Sunday from their cage in the zoo in the city of Arak, Markazi prov-ince, about 200 kilometres (125 miles) southwest of Tehran.

“Immediately after the in-cident, security forces took control of the zoo”, Amir Hadi, the governor of the province was quoted as saying by state news agency IRNA.

He added that “efforts to capture the two felines alive have been successful”.

The two lions that temporarily escaped an Iranian zoo after one of them killed a keeper, shown in a picture provided by the IRIB website

Pakistan police call for PUBG game ban after family massacreAFP | Lahore

Pakistani police called Mon-day for the wildly popu-

lar PlayerUnknown’s Battle-grounds (PUBG) game to be banned after a teenager con-fessed to killing four members of his family in a rage after bingeing for days playing on-line.

Police said Ali Zain shot dead his mother, two sisters and a brother on January 18, and claimed under questioning at the weekend that the game had driven him to violence.

“This is not the first incident of its nature,” police investi-gator Imran Kishwar told re-porters in the eastern city of Lahore, adding “so we have decided to recommend a ban”

Kishwar said Ali, 18, lived in complete isolation in his room and was addicted to the game.

Dawn newspaper quoted a Lahore police officer as saying Ali “fired at his family think-ing that they will also come back to life, as happened in the game”.

Telecoms authorities in Pa-kistan have previously tem-porarily blocked access to the game after complaints about its violent content.

The game has been banned -- briefly or permanently -- in several other countries, in-cluding India and China.

A man walks past a poster for the PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds game at an internet cafe in Rawalpindi

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qualified applicants can contact 33113999 or [email protected] CONTRACTING CO. W.L.L. has a vacancy for the occupation of TECHNICIAN , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17774477 or [email protected] Asphalt & Mixed Concrete Co. W.L.L has a vacancy for the occupation of HEAVY DRIVER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17252078 or [email protected] UNIFORMS W.L.L has a vacancy for the occupation of TAILOR , suitably qualified applicants can contact 36318888 or [email protected] BOUTIQUE has a vacancy for the occupation of SALESMAN , suitably qualified applicants can contact 36309954 or [email protected] MAJD TRADING FOR BUILDING MATERIALS co. W.L.L has a vacancy for the occupation of SALESMAN , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17272181 or [email protected] Electromechanical Services Co. W.L.L. has a vacancy for the occupation of TECHNICIAN , suitably qualified applicants can contact 39940152 or [email protected] ALI MATROOK ALMATROOK has a vacancy for the occupation of ELECTRICIAN , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17587997 or [email protected] Electromechanical Services Co. W.L.L. has a vacancy for the occupation of TECHNICIAN , suitably qualified applicants can contact 39940152 or [email protected] SERVICES CO. W.L.L has a vacancy for the occupation of TECHNICIAN , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17774477 or [email protected] TOWER W.L.L has a vacancy for the occupation of ACCOUNTING ASSISTANT , suitably qualified applicants can contact 32008102 or [email protected] STAR RESTAURANT has a vacancy for the occupation of WORKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 33949195 or [email protected] AURUM GOLD AND DIAMOND FACTORY W.L.L has a vacancy for the occupation of JEWELRY GOLDSMITH (GENERAL) , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17162244 or [email protected] AL MUKHAWAR FOR SELLING MUKHAWEER has a vacancy for the occupation of WORKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 38036596 or [email protected] ALBAHRAIN FOR HORSES TOOLS has a vacancy for the occupation of SALES WORKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 33066833 or [email protected] Omran for Gardens And Palm Trees has a vacancy for the occupation of WORKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17261222 or [email protected] Plus Contracting W.L.L. has a vacancy for the occupation of LABOURER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17587795 or [email protected] qalamoon contracting has a vacancy for the occupation of WORKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 39230247 or [email protected] weclean has a vacancy for the occupation of TAILOR , suitably qualified applicants can contact 33398567 or [email protected] Power Switchgears UPS W.L.L has a vacancy for the occupation of ESTIMATOR(COST) , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17826644 or [email protected] World Garage has a vacancy for the occupation of WORKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 33009736 or [email protected] SALON has a vacancy for the occupation of WORKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 36292745 or [email protected] Plus Contracting W.L.L. has a vacancy for the occupation of LABOURER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17587795 or [email protected] FOR SELLING FRUITS has a vacancy for the occupation of WORKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17456630 or [email protected] LIFE KARAK W.L.L has a vacancy for the occupation of WORKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 33148488 or [email protected] Plus Contracting W.L.L. has a vacancy for the occupation of LABOURER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17587795 or [email protected] STAR SERVICES W.L.L has a vacancy for the occupation of WORKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 34561904 or [email protected] Plus Contracting W.L.L. has a vacancy for the occupation of LABOURER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17587795 or [email protected] REEF CONSTRUCTION has a vacancy for the occupation of MASON

, suitably qualified applicants can contact 13109226 or [email protected] HUSSAIN EBRAHIM ALQASSAB W.l.l has a vacancy for the occupation of WORKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 33173311 or [email protected] CONTRACTING CO. WLL has a vacancy for the occupation of WORKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 77117677 or [email protected] ALI GENTS TAILORING has a vacancy for the occupation of SALESMAN , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17297371 or [email protected] SCRAP has a vacancy for the occupation of WORKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 33213178 or [email protected] International Restaurant Management Company W. L. L has a vacancy for the occupation of WORKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 33244402 or [email protected] MARKETING & ADVERTISING CO. W.L.L. has a vacancy for the occupation of SALESMAN , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17483983 or [email protected] Contracting Co- Partnership has a vacancy for the occupation of OFFICE ASSISTANT , suitably qualified applicants can contact 33070118 or [email protected] Majestic Internet Services has a vacancy for the occupation of WORKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 37755443 or [email protected] trading company W.L.L has a vacancy for the occupation of SALESMAN , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17691822 or [email protected] MOHAMED SAEED / SAEH -7025 has a vacancy for the occupation of SEAMAN , suitably qualified applicants can contact 39719795 or [email protected] EBRAHIM EST. has a vacancy for the occupation of WORKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 39460700 or [email protected] STITCH GARMENTS FACTORY Co. W.L.L has a vacancy for the occupation of TAILOR , suitably qualified applicants can contact 77082293 or [email protected] Kadhem aldurazi & sons B.S.c. close has a vacancy for the occupation of AUTOMOBILE ELECTRICIAN , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17624116 or [email protected] Kadhem aldurazi & sons B.S.c. close has a vacancy for the occupation of HEAVY DRIVER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17624116 or [email protected] Kadhem aldurazi & sons B.S.c. close has a vacancy for the occupation of MACHINIST , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17624116 or [email protected] Kadhem aldurazi & sons B.S.c. close has a vacancy for the occupation of LABOURER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17624116 or [email protected] Kadhem aldurazi & sons B.S.c. close has a vacancy for the occupation of CARPENTER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17624116 or [email protected] Kadhem aldurazi & sons B.S.c. close has a vacancy for the occupation of STEEL FABRICATOR , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17624116 or [email protected] Kadhem aldurazi & sons B.S.c. close has a vacancy for the occupation of MASON , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17624116 or [email protected] CONSTRUCTION has a vacancy for the occupation of MASON , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17701115 or [email protected] CONSTRUCTION has a vacancy for the occupation of WORKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17701115 or [email protected] CLEANING & MAINTENANCE W.L.L. has a vacancy for the occupation of CLEANER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17400407 or [email protected] INDUSTRIAL SUPPORT CENTER W.L.L has a vacancy for the occupation of MECHANICAL TECHNICIAN , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17272975 or [email protected] CONTRACTING GROUP W.L.L. has a vacancy for the occupation of CLEANER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17400407 or [email protected] Tech Industries B.S.C closed has a vacancy for the occupation of GLAZIER(GENERAL) , suitably qualified applicants can contact 39697800 or [email protected] SERVICES W.L.L has a vacancy for the occupation of WORKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 36240595 or [email protected] Maqsad Contracting and General Trading W.L.L has a vacancy for the occupation of CONSULTANT (TECHNICAL AFFAIRS) , suitably qualified applicants can contact

17325339 or [email protected] TRADING CO W.L.L has a vacancy for the occupation of SALESMAN , suitably qualified applicants can contact 33761989 or [email protected] W.L.L has a vacancy for the occupation of TECHNICIAN , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17216100 or [email protected] COAST CONTRACTING has a vacancy for the occupation of LABOURER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 33445560 or [email protected] coast spare parts trading has a vacancy for the occupation of WORKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 35511256 or [email protected] SERVICES W.L.L has a vacancy for the occupation of WORKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 36240595 or [email protected] B 87 SERVICES W.L.L has a vacancy for the occupation of WORKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 33032025 or [email protected] TOWN RESTAURANT has a vacancy for the occupation of WORKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 33093551 or [email protected] B 87 SERVICES W.L.L has a vacancy for the occupation of WORKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 33032025 or [email protected] HUBAIL CONTRACTING has a vacancy for the occupation of DRIVER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 36122296 or [email protected] CORE W.L.L has a vacancy for the occupation of SECURITY GUARD , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17822228 or [email protected] WAVE FURNITURE CO W.L.L has a vacancy for the occupation of CARPENTER(FURNITURE) , suitably qualified applicants can contact 39269034 or [email protected] rahma contracting has a vacancy for the occupation of DRIVER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17413882 or [email protected] CORE W.L.L has a vacancy for the occupation of SECURITY GUARD , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17822228 or [email protected] ELECTRICAL B.S.C (CLOSED) has a vacancy for the occupation of WORKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17400440 or [email protected] WORLD CONSTRACTION has a vacancy for the occupation of WORKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 39660750 or [email protected] Warith Auto Spare Parts has a vacancy for the occupation of WORKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17879166 or [email protected] TOWERS CONSTRUCTION has a vacancy for the occupation of WORKER(SALES) , suitably qualified applicants can contact 36462747 or [email protected] ELECTRICAL B.S.C (CLOSED) has a vacancy for the occupation of WORKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17400440 or [email protected] OUN KHALIFA MOHAMED OUN has a vacancy for the occupation of WORKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 34128860 or [email protected] AHMED PUBLICITY AND ADVERTISING COMPANY W.L.L has a vacancy for the occupation of WORKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 36253266 or [email protected] WORLD CONSTRACTION has a vacancy for the occupation of WORKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 39660750 or [email protected] ELECTRICAL B.S.C (CLOSED) has a vacancy for the occupation of WORKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17400440 or [email protected] ALI CONTRACTING EST. has a vacancy for the occupation of CLEANER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17691443 or [email protected] ELECTRICAL B.S.C (CLOSED) has a vacancy for the occupation of WORKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17400440 or [email protected] HOUSE BAHRAINI PARTNERSHIP COMPANY has a vacancy for the occupation of DRIVER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 16161600 or [email protected] ELECTRICAL B.S.C (CLOSED) has a vacancy for the occupation of WORKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17400440 or [email protected] CONSTRUCTION company W.L.L has a vacancy for the occupation of HEAVY DRIVER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 36839799 or [email protected] OUN KHALIFA MOHAMED OUN has a vacancy for the occupation of WORKER

, suitably qualified applicants can contact 34128860 or [email protected] world Educational support has a vacancy for the occupation of WORKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 39300177 or [email protected] CONSTRUCTION has a vacancy for the occupation of WORKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 39300177 or [email protected] ALHAWAEJ has a vacancy for the occupation of SECRETARY , suitably qualified applicants can contact 39418844 or [email protected] VIEW SERVICES has a vacancy for the occupation of WORKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 34344537 or [email protected] VEGETABLES has a vacancy for the occupation of WORKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 36618844 or [email protected] EXPRESS CO. W.L.L. has a vacancy for the occupation of LABOURER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 39552517 or [email protected] HOTEL has a vacancy for the occupation of WORKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17784666 or [email protected] AL MALIKIYA CAFETERIA has a vacancy for the occupation of WORKER(SALES) , suitably qualified applicants can contact 39696466 or [email protected] INSTALLATION OF INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT W.L.L has a vacancy for the occupation of WORKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 36103555 or [email protected] BEAUTY SALON has a vacancy for the occupation of HAIR DRESSER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17682867 or [email protected] VIEW SERVICES has a vacancy for the occupation of WORKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 34344537 or [email protected] INSTALLATION OF INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT W.L.L has a vacancy for the occupation of WORKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 36103555 or [email protected] EXPRESS CO. W.L.L. has a vacancy for the occupation of LABOURER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 39552517 or [email protected] Gate Genral Trading has a vacancy for the occupation of SALESMAN , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17336855 or [email protected] FOR ELECTRONIC W.L.L has a vacancy for the occupation of WORKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 36103555 or [email protected] ELECTRICAL SERVICES ESTABLI has a vacancy for the occupation of AUTOMOBILE ELECTRICIAN , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17590097 or [email protected] ELECTRICAL B.S.C (CLOSED) has a vacancy for the occupation of WORKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17400440 or [email protected] W.L.L. has a vacancy for the occupation of FOOD SERVICE WORKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17220000 or [email protected] INDUSTRIAL SUPPORT CENTER W.L.L has a vacancy for the occupation of MECHANICAL TECHNICIAN , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17272975 or [email protected] CLEANING & MAINTENANCE W.L.L. has a vacancy for the occupation of CLEANER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17400407 or [email protected] ZEBRA SERVICES has a vacancy for the occupation of CLEANER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17700211 or [email protected] ZEBRA SERVICES has a vacancy for the occupation of CLEANER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17700211 or [email protected] COMPANY W.L.L has a vacancy for the occupation of WAITER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 33934413 or [email protected] JAZEERA SECURITY CO. W.L.L has a vacancy for the occupation of SECURITY GUARD , suitably qualified applicants can contact 32242444 or [email protected] SECURITY CO. W.L.L has a vacancy for the occupation of SECURITY GUARD , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17400407 or [email protected] Security Services Co. W.L.L. has a vacancy for the occupation of SECURITY GUARD , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17262725 or [email protected] MANPOWER W.L.L has a vacancy for the occupation of WORKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17490090 or [email protected] CONSULTANTS W.L.L has a vacancy for the occupation of DRIVER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17536306 or [email protected] R momtaz for Construction of buildings

co bahraini partnership has a vacancy for the occupation of SUPERVISOR , suitably qualified applicants can contact 39030309 or [email protected] FOR ELECTRONIC W.L.L has a vacancy for the occupation of ACCOUNTANT , suitably qualified applicants can contact 36103555 or [email protected] Hotel and Suites Amwaj W. L. L has a vacancy for the occupation of DUTY OFFICER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 13600111 or [email protected] ELECTRONIC W.L.L has a vacancy for the occupation of WORKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 39804521 or [email protected] BAHRAIN LIMITED CO. W.L.L has a vacancy for the occupation of CONSULTANT , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17171656 or [email protected] AND SHAPES FOR GENERAL TRADING has a vacancy for the occupation of WORKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 36438790 or [email protected] BROTHERS TRADING COMPANY W.L.L has a vacancy for the occupation of SALESMAN , suitably qualified applicants can contact 35968032 or [email protected] AL JANOOB CARPENTRY has a vacancy for the occupation of MASON , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17630858 or [email protected] ENGINEERING CO. W.L.L has a vacancy for the occupation of DRIVER(HEAVY VEHICLE) , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17830801 or [email protected] FITNESS W.L.L has a vacancy for the occupation of KITCHEN WORKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17701711 or [email protected] TOFAIL ALUMINIUM W.L.L has a vacancy for the occupation of WORKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 37201824 or [email protected] ALI HUSAIN ALI EID has a vacancy for the occupation of WORKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 13377716 or [email protected] CONTRACTING CO W.L.L has a vacancy for the occupation of MASON ASST , suitably qualified applicants can contact 36636624 or [email protected] ALI YOUSIF ALMEZAL CONSTRUCTION&SER B.S.C.C has a vacancy for the occupation of ERECTOR-STEEL-(CONSTRUCTION) , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17730437 or [email protected] ALI YOUSIF ALMEZAL CONSTRUCTION&SER B.S.C.C has a vacancy for the occupation of PAINTER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17730437 or [email protected] MAINTENANCE SERVICES W.L.L. has a vacancy for the occupation of CLEANER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17742961 or [email protected] ALI MOHAMMED SLKHAYAT has a vacancy for the occupation of WORKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 39463399ALROWISH CONSTRCTION has a vacancy for the occupation of LABOURER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17592120 or [email protected] BANK N. A. has a vacancy for the occupation of MANAGER (DEPARTMENT) , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17588680 or [email protected] CONSTRCTION has a vacancy for the occupation of LABOURER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17592120 or [email protected] projects CONTRACTING has a vacancy for the occupation of WORKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 34089625 or [email protected] BEAUTY SALON SPA AND FITNESS has a vacancy for the occupation of BEAUTICIAN , suitably qualified applicants can contact 33247241 or [email protected] MAY CAFETRIA has a vacancy for the occupation of WORKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 37381111 or [email protected] One Interiors WLL has a vacancy for the occupation of SUPERVISOR , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17832030 or [email protected] and green services has a vacancy for the occupation of WORKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 39922434 or [email protected] KHALID ALAUJAN WAREHOUSING & LOGISTICS B.S.C. CLOSED has a vacancy for the occupation of WORKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17223527 or [email protected] AUTO SERVICE has a vacancy for the occupation of WORKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17770525 or [email protected] FRESH MEAT COMPANY W.L.L has a vacancy for the occupation of WORKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 39809594 or [email protected]

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Halle Berry: I always have something to prove

Bang Showbiz | Los Angeles

Halle Berry thinks she’s always hav-ing to “prove” her-

self.The Oscar-winning

actress is one of the best-known stars

in Hollywood, but Halle still feels like she needs to

keep proving herself.In a clip from ABC’s

‘Screen Queens Rising’ - which has been shared with

People - the actress says: “I feel like I’m someone who is always asked to prove them-selves, over and over and over and over again. I’m always hav-

ing to prove.”Halle, 55, believes she’s faced

constant obstacles during her time in the movie business.

The acclaimed actress says: “The fight has been consistent. Obstacle after obstacle, fight every single day.”

In December, meanwhile, Halle revealed she set her Razzie Award “on fire”.

The movie star won the Worst Actress gong at the parody awards cere-mony for her performance in ‘Catwoman’ - which was released in 2004 - and Halle explained what she did with her Razzie.

She said: “I went to the Razzie [Awards] because I feel like we all take ourselves so seriously.

“If we get an award, if we get the Oscar, we somehow are made to feel like we’re

somehow better than everybody else, but we’re really not. You

were just chosen that year by your peers, and you were ac-knowledged for doing what they considered stellar work … If you find yourself face to

face with a Razzie, does that mean you’re the worst actor there ever was? Probably not.

“You just got the p*** taken out on you that year by a group of people that can.”

Halle won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in ‘Monster’s Ball’.

And she compared that experience to being handed a Razzie.

Halle won the Academy

Award for Best Actress for her performance in

‘Monster’s Ball’

Bradley Cooper: I have a crazy work ethicIANS | Los Angeles

Hollywood star Bradley Cooper has admitted

that his passionate approach to work can occasionally make life difficult for some of his co-stars.

Cooper, who has starred in films such as ‘American Sniper’, ‘A Star Is Born’, and the ‘Hangover’ franchise, ex-plained: “Love equals disci-pline. If I love something, I can have the discipline.

“I have a crazy work eth-ic. That is definitely true. So much so that the jobs that I have taken in the last five or six years, the people that I’ve worked with, I have said, ‘I work really hard, and this isn’t going to be easy. And it’s because I love it so much.”

C o o p e r d r e a m e d o f working in the movie industry during his young-er years, reports femalefirst.co.uk.

He’s now des-perate to make the most of every op-portunity that comes his way.

The Hollywood star told Variety: “The thing that I just cannot live with myself is if I didn’t use that time to work as hard as I

could to get it to the best place it could be. I grew up with this idea that we do what we do for a living; I dreamt it.”

He suggested he’s already surpassed his own career expecta-tions.

However, he doesn’t have any intention of slowing down anytime soon and his passion for making movies remains as strong as

ever.The actor shared: “I

don’t know if I ever dreamt this big. I don’t even know if I allowed myself to. Shame on me if I don’t work

hard, and I’m here now. I’m not going to squander this.

No way, man. No way. It all comes from love.”

I have a crazy work ethic. That is definitely true. So much so that

the jobs that I have taken in the last five or

six years, the people that I’ve worked with,

I have said, ‘I work really hard, and this

isn’t going to be easy. And it’s because I love

it so muchBRADLEY COOPER

Drew Barrymore reveals she used to be in an ‘open relationship’ with Luke WilsonANI | Washington

Giving fans a peek into her past love life, Hollywood

star Drew Barrymore has re-cently revealed that she was previously in an ‘open relation-ship’ with actor Luke Wilson.

The 46-year-old actor has been a part of showbiz since her childhood and is known to share some of her wilder mem-ories on her talk show when she reminisces with other stars she’s known for decades.

According to Fox News, during Thursday’s episode of ‘The Drew Barrymore Show’, the actor chatted with Kate Hudson, another former child star, about their “young and wild” days together in the early 2000s.

“When we first met, we were young and wild,” Barrymore said as she and Hudson pieced together that they first met at a restaurant called Chez Jay in Santa Monica, California. Their fellow actor Luke Wilson was also present, both of them

recalled.“You were doing ‘Alex and

Emma’ together, I think,” Bar-rymore said of the 2003 rom-com starring Hudson and Wil-son, who is now 50. She contin-ued, “And I was dating him, but I think he was also dating other people.”

She then explained that theirs “was an open relation-ship,” adding, “We were young.”

Barrymore isn’t the only one to have had such an experience, as Hudson added, “I’ve been there with a Wilson, too.”

Page Six reported that Bar-rymore and Wilson dated beginning in the late 1990s, while Hudson dated the actor’s brother Owen Wilson after they met in 2006 while filming “You, Me and Dupree.”

Barrymore further ex-plained, “It’s so fun because when you’re young, you’re like, ‘It’s low-stakes,’ we’re just young, we’re having fun, we’re all playing, acting, hanging out.”

She said that while they weren’t taking anything “seriously” at the time, she and Hudson “had the best time” together.

As per People maga-zine, Barrymore also gave Hudson props for her im-pression of her on ‘Saturday Night Live’ back in 2000, saying, “You nailed it.”

It’s so fun because when you’re young, you’re like, ‘It’s low-

stakes,’ we’re just young, we’re having fun, we’re all playing,

acting, hanging outDREW BARRYMORE

Elizabeth Mitchell to reprise her role in new ‘Santa Clause’ seriesANI | Washington

Disney Plus’s ‘The San-ta Clause’ series has

brought on American actor Elizabeth Mitchell to re-prise her role from the film franchise.

According to Variety, the series, which was an-nounced on January 14, will see Tim Allen once again play Santa Claus/Scott Cal-vin.

Mitchell will play Scott’s wife, Carol Calvin, a.k.a. Mrs. Claus. She first played the role in ‘The Santa Clause

2’ and did so again in ‘The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause’.

I n t h e s e r i e s , Scott Calvin is on the brink of his 65th birthday and real-

izes that he can’t be Santa forever. He’s starting to

lose a step in his Santa duties, and

more importantly, he’s got a family who could benefit from a

life in the normal world, especially his two kids who have grown up at the Pole.

Jason Bateman: Combining acting, directing is more efficientIANS | Los Angeles

Actor Jason Bateman has combined the roles on

‘Ozark’ and he’s explained the appeal of acting and directing the Netflix crime drama series.

The 53-year-old star, who plays the part of Martin ‘Mar-ty’ Byrde on ‘Ozark’, said: “It’s more efficient for me to be playing a character in something, because that’s one less person I need to direct.

“I don’t have to have any sort of creative negoti-ation with that actor. Especial-ly when I’m the lead character, I can just adjust my

own performance to motivate a different performance out of the other actor.”

“I can get them to speed up or slow down or trick them by being more emotional.”

Despite this, Bateman doesn’t consider himself to be a control freak.

He told the Guardian news-paper: “I had a very fortunate first experience. My first big

job, ‘Little House on the Prai-rie’, had Michael Landon as the director, actor, producer

- and sometimes writer.“There’s this theory

that you need to scream at people to get them to work their hardest. I saw by example there that the opposite is true.”

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Everton appoint Lampard to save Premier League statusEverton appoint former Chelsea boss Frank Lampard as new manager to replace Rafael Benitez

• Lampard signs contract to 2024

AFP | London

Everton yesterday ap-pointed Frank Lampard as their new manager on

a two-and-a-half year deal with the task of keeping the Toffees in the Premier League.

The former England interna-tional will take charge for the first time on Saturday when Everton host Brentford in the fourth round of the FA Cup.

“It is a huge honour for me to represent and manage a club the size and tradition of Everton Football Club. I’m very hungry to get started,” said Lampard.

“I think Everton is a unique club in that you can really un-derstand what the fans want to see. The first thing they want is fight and desire and that must always be our baseline.

“My first message to the play-ers will be that we have to do this together. We’ll try to do our

job and I know the fans will be there backing us.”

Lampard takes charge with Everton just four points above the relegation zone.

Rafael Benitez was sacked earlier in January following a 2-1 defeat relegation rivals Nor-wich.

The Spaniard had been an unpopular appointment with Everton fans due to his history

as a Champions League-winning manager for Liverpool.

Supporters protested inside Goodison Park after a 1-0 de-feat to Aston Villa on January 22 and outside the stadium over the past week at the running of the club by British-Iranian busi-nessman Farhad Moshiri.

Moshiri has spent over half a billion pounds ($672 million) on transfers since his takeover in

2016, but much of that money has been wasted.

Lampard becomes the club’s seventh permanent manager in less than six years.

His former England teammate Wayne Rooney turned down the chance to have an interview for the job, while Portuguese coach Vitor Pereira was reportedly the favourite until a fan revolt against his appointment.

“I am really delighted that Frank has joined us,” said Moshiri.

“He has played at the very highest level of the game and has football in his blood. He im-pressed us all greatly during the thorough interview process and we’re all ready to give him all of our support as he looks to give the team an immediate boost.”

After the visit of Brentford, Lampard has a baptism of fire back in the Premier League, with a trip to fellow-strugglers Newcastle on February 8 that could have a huge bearing on who is relegated at the end of the season.

The 43-year-old, Chelsea’s all-time leading goalscorer as a player, started his managerial career at Derby.

He led the Rams to the Cham-pionship play-off final in his only season in charge at Pride Park, which ended in defeat to Aston Villa at Wembley.

Lampard led Chelsea into the Champions League during his only full season as manager at Stamford Bridge, but was dis-missed last January with the Blues languishing in ninth place in the Premier League table.

Australian Open champion Barty extends lead in rankings

AFP | London

Ashleigh Barty’s achieve-ment in becoming the

first Australian woman in 44 years to win the Austral-ian Open title has seen her consolidate her place atop the WTA rankings.

The 25-year-old has in-creased her lead over Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus -- who exited in the fourth round of the Australian Open -- to over 2,600 points.

Danielle Collins’s con-solation for losing to Bar-ty in Saturday’s final is the highest ever ranking for the 28-year-old American as she soars 20 places to 10th.

Poland’s Iga Swiatek -- who Collins beat in the Aus-tralian Open semi-finals -- has also risen to her highest ever ranking, moving up five spots to fourth.

The Czech Republic’s French Open champion Barbora Krejcikova moves up one place to third.

Canada beat United States 2-0 in World Cup qualifierReuters | Toronto

Canada struck early and again late on to defeat the

US men’s national team 2-0 on Sunday to remain unbeaten and extend their lead in the final round of CONCACAF World Cup qualifiers.

Canada collected a goal kick from U.S. keeper Matt Turner in the seventh minute and Jon-athan David set up Cyle Larin, who raced forward and fired in past a diving Turner, sending the fans at Tim Hortons Field into a frenzy.

Sam Adekugbe added a sec-ond deep into second-half stop-page time to wrap up victory for Canada.

“The guys feed me the ball, and Jonathan up top helps me a lot,” said Larin, who be-came Canada’s all-time leading goalscorer with 23.

“We’re a close team. We’re a brotherhood.”

Canada top the standings with 22 points, while the U.S. are second on 18 and Mexico, who play Costa Rica later on Sunday, are third with 17 points in the eight-team group.

After falling behind, the U.S.

looked like they would equalise when Christian Pulisic’s cor-ner found Weston McKennie’s head, but Canada keeper Mi-lan Borjan leapt up to swat the ball away, pounding his chest triumphantly after making the save.

Following a sloppy first half, the USMNT had more life in the second, especially after head coach Gregg Berhalter sent on Kellyn Acosta, Ricardo Pepi and Jordan Morris in the 69th minute.

The U.S. stepped up the pres-sure and had another excellent chance to score, but Paul Arrio-la’s bicycle kick from inside the box with about three minutes to go was off target.

Adekugbe then scored on the counter in the fifth minute of stoppage time to seal the win for Canada on a cold day in Ontario.

“This means everything,” Canada head coach John H e r d m a n s a i d o f t h e victory.

“For these boys, for these fans,

for this country. We’re turning into a football country.”

After the game, Berhalter had a positive take on his team’s ef-fort as they look ahead to host-ing Honduras in St. Paul, Min-nesota on Wednesday, while Canada travel to El Salvador.

“It was a game where, with that performance, you don’t expect to lose that game,” Ber-halter said.

“So for us we say, put it away, it’s done. Turn the page, now it’s about Honduras.”

The top three teams in the group will earn automatic quali-fication for the World Cup start-ing in Qatar in late November.

Djokovic remains number one despite Australian Open absenceAFP | Melbourne

Rafael Nadal’s record-break-ing 21st Grand Slam singles

title in winning an epic Austral-ian Open final frustrated Novak Djokovic’s hopes of being the first to do so, but the Serb re-mains world number one in the rankings released yesterday.

The 34-year-old was unable to play in the first Grand Slam of the year after being deported from Australia over Covid-19

vaccination issues but he ex-tended his record-breaking run as number one to 358 weeks.

Nadal’s beaten opponent in the Melbourne final, Daniil Medvedev, stays second but the Russian moves to within 1,000 points of Djokovic.

Djokovic will keep the points he earned from winning his ninth Australian Open title last year till February 21 as last year’s tournament was played at

the later dates of February 8-21.Na d a l re m a i n s f i f t h i n

the rankings despite his re-cord-breaking title and the only movement in the top 10 sees Italy’s Matteo Berrettini -- who lost to the Spaniard in the semi-finals in Australia -- rise one place to sixth.

Spain’s Pablo Carreno and Taylor Fritz of the United States enter the top 20 in 17th and 20th respectively.

Kyrgios lashes out at media, doubles rival over crowd issuesReuters | Melbourne

Nick Kyrgios has lashed out at the media and doubles

rival Max Purcell as he denied claims he had disrespected world number one Ash Barty following her Australian Open win.

Kyrgios and fellow Austral-ian Thanasi Kokkinakis won the men’s doubles title on a packed Rod Laver Arena on Saturday after Barty’s victory over Danielle Collins had giv-en the country its first singles champion in 44 years.

As had been the case throughout the tournament, the ‘Special Ks’ were backed by a raucous crowd as they de-feated compatriots Max Pur-cell and Matt Ebden to win their first Grand Slam title.

Kyrgios said after the final that the duo had “created probably the best atmosphere this tournament has ever seen”, which was interpreted by some media as a slight on Barty.

In an Instagram post which opened with an expletive aimed at the media, Kyrgios denied the charge.

“Honestly, I said nothing disrespectful to Ash Barty,” he wrote.

“I said that the crowd this year was amazing and I feel as if (Kokkinakis) and I were a big part of that. Ash’s father came to me and even said that.

“All I said was that when people watch me around the world the stadiums are full.”

Purcell, meanwhile, had suggested after the doubles final that the behaviour of the crowd had been bad for the game.

“As for Max Purcell you donut,” Kyrgios wrote. “Re-

garding your comments after the match you clearly have no idea about entertainment and sport.

“If you haven’t noticed there is a reason why people actually come to my matches, it’s be-cause the level and my game are actually worth watching.”

Purcell defended his com-ments and claimed he too had been misrepresented by the media.


Canada’s Cyle Larin scores against the United States

Nick Kyrgios runs to partner Thanasi Kokkinakis of Australia to celebrate after winning the men’s doubles final at the Australian Open

Ashleigh Barty

Novak Djokovic

I’m very hungry to get started. After speaking to the owner, chairman

and the board, I very much felt their passion

and ambition. I hope they felt my ambition and how hard I want

to work to bring it togetherFRANK LAMPARD

Honestly, I said nothing disrespectful

to Ash Barty. I said that the crowd this

year was amazing and I feel as if (Kokkinakis) and I were a big part of that. Ash’s father came

to me and even said that. All I said was that when people watch me around the world the

stadiums are fullNICK KYRGIOS

Frank Lampard on the touchline at Goodison Park (file photo)

Canada had gone 15 games since 1993

without scoring in the first half against the US, and its only win

against the Americans since 1985 had been

in October 2019 in the CONCACAF Nations

League, ending a 34-year, 17-game winless streak in the rivalry

HH Shaikh Khalid hails achievement of Bahraini MMA in World Amateur ChampionshipTDT | Manama

HH Shaikh Khalid bin Ham-ad bin Isa Al Khalifa hailed

Bahrain’s national mixed martial arts (MMA) team who won the title of the World Amateur MMA Championships, which was or-ganised by the International Mixed Martial Arts Federation (IMMAF) in cooperation with the UAE Mixed Martial Arts Feder-ation from January 24-29 in the UAE capital Abu Dhabi.

The team managed to win 6 gold, 1 silver, and 3 bronze med-als in the senior category, thus achieving first place in this sec-tion. Also, the team earned two silver and two bronze medals in the junior category, bringing the team’s total wins in this tourna-ment to 14 coloured medals.

His Highness Shaikh Khalid bin Hamad Al Khalifa, First Dep-uty President of the Supreme Council for Youth and Sports (SCYS), President of the Gener-al Sports Authority (GSA) and President of Bahrain Olympic Committee (BOC), extended his utmost congratulations and blessings to His Majesty King

Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, the King of the Kingdom of Bah-rain, His Royal Highness Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, Crown Prince and Prime Min-ister, and His Highness Shaikh Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa, Representative of His Majes-ty the King for Humanitarian Works and Youth Affairs and President of the SCYS, on the occasion of this honourable out-come achieved by Bahrain’s na-tional mixed martial arts team in this tournament.

HH Shaikh Khalid bin Hamad Al Khalifa said: “We express our great pride in the historic and

first of its kind achievement of Bahrain’s national mixed martial arts team in the World Ama-teur Championships. This latest edition of the tournament wit-nessed the great results of the care and support that Bahrain’s sports sector and athletes en-joy from His Majesty the King and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and Prime Min-ister. Moreover, this achieve-ment was the result of the dis-

tinguished efforts of HH Shaikh Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa, who advanced the sports sector and pushed various sports in the Kingdom to reach brilliant levels in various continental and international participations and tournaments, which enhanced the prestigious position occu-pied by the Kingdom of Bahrain on the world sports map.”

His Highness continued: “We are very pleased with the un-precedented result achieved by the team in its first participation this year, which confirms that it is progressing according to the vision we set for it in this sport, which was fulfilled in record time and surpassed many coun-tries that preceded us in this sport. Bahrain’s mixed martial arts team managed to reach this advanced stage and win the title of the World Championships in the senior category, which en-hances the Kingdom of Bahrain’s lead in the global rankings of mixed martial arts.”

HH Shaikh Khalid bin Ham-ad Al Khalifa congratulated HH Shaikh Salman bin Mohammed Al Khalifa, Vice President of

the GSA and President of the Bahrain Combat Sports Coun-cil (BCSC), for this outstanding achievement, which is added to the series of accomplishments achieved by Bahrain’s martial sports.

Moreover, it reflects the ef-forts made by the BCSC in imple-menting the work mechanisms that prompted the federations under the umbrella of the Coun-cil to continue their efforts in developing the level of the sport and its affiliates to achieve more success.

In addition, His Highness con-gratulated the president, mem-bers, and affiliates of the Bahrain Mixed Martial Arts Federation (BMMAF) for this honourable result, praising the efforts made by the Federation, headed by Mr. Mohammed Ali Qamber, in creating the ideal atmosphere for the team to prepare for this tournament and accomplish this achievement.

Moreover, His Highness praised the excellent athletic levels presented by the team members in this global sports forum, which reflected the fight-

ing spirit, will and determination with which the team members were armed in this tournament that allowed them to achieve this historic result for Bahrain’s mixed martial arts in the World Amateur MMA Championship.

For his part, HH Shaikh Sal-man bin Mohammed Al Khalifa, Vice President of the GSA and President of the Bahrain Com-bat Sports Council (BCSC), said: “We are proud of what Bahrain’s mixed martial arts team has achieved in the amateur world, which comes as an affirmation of the support that sport enjoys from His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa and the atten-tion and care of His Royal High-ness Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa.”

His Highness continued: “This achievement reflects the outstanding efforts made by HH Shaikh Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa and HH Shaikh Khalid bin Hamad Al Khalifa which contributed to the advancement of the Kingdom’s sports sector and raised the level of its mem-bers to excel and shine in various participations.”

Ebanks drops 47 to lead Manama past Najma

TDT | Manama

Former LA Lakers forward Devin Ebanks erupted for

47 points last night to spear-head Manama to their second successive victory in the Top Six of the 2021/2022 Zain Bah-rain Basketball League.

They defeated Al Najma 109-81 at the Khalifa Sports City arena in Isa Town.

Manama built a 30-19 ad-vantage at the end of the first quarter and never looked back. They enjoyed leads as big as 29 points late in the contest and stayed undefeated after two fixtures so far. Najma, on the other hand, suffered their sec-ond loss and have yet to claim a win in this stage of the season.

Ebanks was an efficient 18-for-30 from the field, which included four three-pointers. He also took down 17 rebounds for Manama. Hasan Nowrooz

chipped in with 18 while Mo-hammed Ameer scored 14 and had nine boards. Ahmed Ab-dulaziz dished out 10 assists for his team in the win.

For Najma, Nigerian pro-fessional Kenny Ejim and Ca-nadian Shane Osayande com-bined for 43 points in the loss. Ejim finished with 23 while Osayande had 20. Ali Jaber scored 16 as Najma’s only other player in double figures.

Action in the league’s Top Six resumes on Saturday with Manama taking on Muharraq.

Two games were previously also scheduled for today and tomorrow. Muharraq were set to take on Al Hala tonight fol-lowed by back-to-back defend-ing league champions Al Ahli facing Bahrain Club tomorrow.

Both games have been post-poned by the Bahrain Basket-ball Association after multi-ple COVID-19 positive tests amongst the team’s players.


Bahrain claim Asian handball silver medalsKingdom’s senior men’s national team go down fighting against heavily favoured Qataris, who clinched their fifth straight title in the continental competition

• Bahrain come away their fifth silver medal in the history of the tournament, after also finishing runners-up in 2010, 2014, 2016 and 2018

• Mohammed Habib, Ahmed Fadhul lead Bahrain’s scorers with five goals apiece in the loss

• Bahrain, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Iran and South Korea all claim berths in 2023 IHF World Men’s Handball Championship

TDT | Manama

Bahrain narrowly missed out on the gold medals in the 2022 Asian Men’s

Handball championship in Sau-di Arabia last night following a tough 24-29 defeat to cham-pions Qatar in the tournament final, played at the Ministry of Sports Hall in Dammam.

It was the fourth time in the last five editions of the compe-tition that the Bahrainis and Qataris met for the title, and each time the nationals had to settle for the silver medals.

Qatar, on the other hand, won their fifth straight crown. They had beaten South Korea in the previous championship held in

2020, when the Bahrainis took fourth place.

The result earned Bahrain their fifth silver medal in the history of the tournament. They were previously runners-up in their other finals appearances in 2010, 2014, 2016 and 2018. They also won the bronze medal once in 1995.

In last night’s title-decider, the Bahrainis trailed by a slim, three-goal margin, 11-14, and were still in the fight. But over the final 30 minutes, they could not overcome their opponents despite their best efforts.

Mo h a m m e d Ha b i b a n d Ahmed Fadhul finished as joint top scorers for the nationals. They finished with five goals apiece from seven attempts each.

Hassan Samaheeji, Moham-med Mirza and team captain Hussain Al Sayyad added three goals each, while Mahdi Saad and Ali Mirza scored two goals apiece. Ali Eid rounded off the Bahrain scoresheet with one goal.

Bahrain goalkeeper Moham-

med Abdulhussain made just five saves in the contest from Qatar 30 attempts.

Following the match, the two teams were presented their re-spective trophies and medals in an awarding ceremony.

Also claiming their accolades were hosts Saudi, who came away with the bronze medals after defeating Iran 26-23 in yesterday’s other match.

The top four were followed on the tournament’s final rankings by South Korea in fifth place. All five of the national teams secured their berths in the 2023 IHF World Men’s Handball Championship, set to be hosted by Poland and Sweden.

Ranked sixth through eighth on the final standings were Iraq, Kuwait and Uzbekistan, respec-tively.

Ninth through 16th overall were the UAE, Oman, Hong Kong, Jordan, Vietnam, Singa-pore, India and Australia.

Bahrain, coached by Aron Kristjansson from Iceland, competed in the Asian champi-onship with a 19-player squad. Aside from last night’s scorers, the rest of the team featured Bilal Basham, Mohammed Ha-bib Nasser, Mohammed Ali Ab-dulredha, Abdulla Ali, Hussain Mahfouz, Ahmed Al Maqabi, Ali Abdulqader, Ahmed Jalal, Qasim Qambar and Hisham Ahmed Issa.

We are very pleased with the unprecedented

result achieved by the team in its first

participation this year, which confirms that it is progressing according to

the vision we set for it in this sport, which was fulfilled in record time

and surpassed many countries that preceded

us in this sportHH SHAIKH KHALID BIN HAMAD BIN ISA AL

KHALIFA

Bahrain team members at the awarding ceremony for the tournament runners-upTeam captain Hussain Al Sayyad tries to attack the sturdy Qatar defence during last night’s final

HH Shaikh Khalid bin Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa

Manama’s Devin Ebanks goes for a lay-up against the defence of Al Najma’s Mohammed Buallay

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Last night’s final was the fourth time in the

last five editions of the competition that the Bahrainis and Qataris met for the title, and each time the nation-als had to settle for

the silver medals

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Fatima Reyadh makes Bahrain basketball history

History was made in Bahrain basketball last

night after Fatima Reyadh be-came the first woman to take charge of a senior men’s team in an official league game.

Fatima is an assistant coach at Al Najma, but due to the absence of their head coach Raouf Hubal for health rea-sons, Fatima was assigned the task to take over for their game against Manama.

It is not yet known how many games Fatima will be calling the shots for the team.

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