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Modi invites HRH Prince Salman to visit India

TDT | Manama

Prime Minister Narendra Modi conveyed his greetings

to His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa and reiterated his invitation to His Royal Highness

Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, the Crown Prince and Prime Minister, for a visit to In-dia at an early date.

This came as HRH Prince Sal-man held a telephonic conversa-tion with Prime Minister Modi yesterday.

His Royal Highness conveyed greetings on the occasion of Re-public Day of India.

Both leaders reviewed the bi-lateral relations between India and Bahrain and expressed sat-isfaction that the relationship has seen continued progress in

diverse sectors including po-litical, trade and investment, energy, health, security and peo-ple-to-people contacts.

India and Bahrain are cele-brating the Golden Jubilee of establishment of diplomatic re-lations between two countries

in 2021-22. Prime Minister Modi thanked

the Bahraini leadership for tak-ing excellent care of the Indian community in Bahrain during the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as for looking after their social and cultural needs.

HRH Prince Salman Indian Prime MinisterHM the King

‘Protective umbrella’UAE diplomats demand more US defense systems to thwart growing Houthi attacks

• Call for Washington to relist Iran-backed group as ‘terrorists’

• Abu Dhabi attacked three times last month

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The UAE called on the US to provide it with better an-ti-missile and anti-drone

capabilities to continue defend-ing itself against Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi attacks, Emirati diplomats wrote in a Wall Street Journal opinion piece after the militia attacked Abu Dhabi three times last month.

They also reiterated their call for Washington to re-designate Houthis as a terrorist organisation.

UAE Ambassador to the US Yousef Al Otaiba and UAE per-manent representative to the UN Lana Zaki Nusseibeh wrote in

the WSJ article: “Better anti-mis-sile and anti-drone capabilities are... needed. The US Patriot and Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) systems pre-vented an even greater loss of life in the January strikes.”

“The UAE will intensify its co-operation with the US to expand

and improve this protective um-brella for itself, US assets in the region and other Gulf allies,” they added.

Last month, the Houthis tar-geted the UAE with three cross border aerial attacks using cruise and ballistic missiles, as well as drones. All the attacks

targeted civilian sites and infra-structures and led to the death of three civilians.

The UAE said it had coordinat-ed efforts with US forces at Al Dhafra Air Base near Abu Dhabi, and Washington announced that its military forces in the Gulf country deployed Patriot sur-

face-to-air missiles to intercept and deter the Houthi attacks on the Emirati capital.

Containing aggression

Otaiba and Nusseibeh said: “Containing Houthi aggression re-quires broad diplomatic pressure, tougher US and international sanc-tions, intensified efforts to block weapons proliferation, and the de-velopment and wider deployment of effective countermeasures.”

Some Afghans sell ‘children or organs’ just to buy foodLondon

The British government is be-ing urged by charities to do

more to help Afghans who are at risk of starvation in Afghanistan amid an economic collapse in the country.

Groups including Save the Children UK, International Res-cue Committee, and Concern Worldwide have called on Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his

government to provide more money to tackle the humanitar-ian crisis, the Metro reported yesterday.

They said that Afghans, some of whom they claimed had been forced to sell their children or their organs just to buy food, would die if no action was taken.

Many Afghans are facing crip-pling poverty during a harsh winter in Afghanistan, a country in the grip of economic chaos

after the Taliban swept to power in August last year.

The charities wrote an open letter to Foreign Secretary Liz Truss, telling her that the “win-dow to save lives is closing fast” and that “there isn’t a moment to lose.”

They also said that the £286 million ($386.3 million) of aid announced so far by the UK gov-ernment for Afghanistan was not enough.Afghans wait to receive food rations organised by the World Food Program

Washington has already deployed Patriot surface-to-air missiles to intercept and deter the Houthi attacks on the UAE capital

“The UAE will intensify its

cooperation with the US to expand and improve this

protective umbrella for itself, US assets in the region and other

Gulf allies.” – UAE DIPLOMATS

No quarantine for short-term Kerala visitorsTDT | Manama

The South Indian State of Kerala has cancelled

quarantine for short-term visitors, according to State Health Minister Veena George.

“The short-term visitors should adhere to COVID-19 protocols issued by the Cen-tral Government. They can stay either at hotels or at their homes and must re-turn after completing seven days,” she said.

Bahrain vaccination record, planning commendedTDT | Manama

Bahrain’s outstanding vaccination record,

efforts and planning have been praised by the Gulf Health Council.

The Council highlight-ed Bahrain’s efforts in vac-cination and stressed the Kingdom got rid of endemic measles and rubella in 2019, and how the rate of routine vaccinations for children and other components of society reached 97%.

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Finance and National Economy Minister Shaikh Salman bin Khalifa Al Khalifa highlighted deep-rooted historic and strategic relations binding the Kingdom of Bahrain and the UK. The minister commended joint and wide-ranging cooperation across all fields, particularly in the financial and economic sectors, noting promising investment opportunities that benefit both countries and peoples. Receiving British Minister for International Trade, Ranil Jayawardena, he underlined steadily-growing cooperation and strategies ties, stressing the importance of building on achievements to further bolster economic partnership. The two sides reviewed aspects of joint cooperation and ways of further bolstering economic partnership. Key issues of common concern and global economic developments were also discussed.

Joint and wide-ranging cooperation hailed

HRH Prince Salman issues edictsTDT | Manama

His Royal Highness Prince Salman bin Hamad Al

Khalifa, the Crown Prince and Prime Minister, yesterday issued Edict (9) of 2022, ap-pointing Abdulla Abdulkhaliq Al Sabah as Director of the Fi-nancial Resources Directorate at the Ministry of Finance and National Economy.

The edict stipulates that the Minister of Finance and Na-tional Economy shall second the aforementioned director to any government department.

HRH Prince Salman issued Edict (10) of 2022, appoint-ing Mariam Jumaa Khamees Al-Flaiti as Director of the Di-

rectorate of Housing Services at the Ministry of Housing.

HRH Prince Salman issued Edict (12) of 2022, appointing

the following directors at the Real Estate Regulatory Author-ity (RERA):

Hamad Mohammed Yousif Hazeem (Director of the Direc-torate of Information and Real Estate Development), Wejdan Ahmed Abdullah Al Binali (Di-rector of the Directorate of Hu-man and Financial Resources) and Mahnaz Ghuloom Moham-med Abu Al Qasim (Director of the Directorate of Real Estate Operations).

HRH Prince Salman issued Edict (11) of 2022, appointing Khalil Ebrahim Dhaen Al-Dhaen as Director of the Di-rectorate of Land Survey at the Survey and Land Registration Bureau (SLRB).

HRH Prince Salman

Bahrain and UK partnership vow

Ways to broaden areas of bilateral economic cooperation and trade ties discussed

TDT | Manama

The United Kingdom is Bahrain’s major interna-tional investment part-

ner and the volume of bilateral economic and trade relations is growing steadily.

It reflects the importance of the long-standing relations between the two kingdoms, in line with the visions of their strategic partnership.

This was emphasised by In-dustry, Commerce and Tour-ism Minister Zayed bin Rashid Al Zayani as he was speaking during his meeting yesterday with the British Minister for International Trade, Ranil Jay-

awardena.Present were Industry Min-

istry’s Undersecretary, Eman Ahmed Al Dossari, Assistant Undersecretary for Domestic and External Trade, Shaikh Hamad bin Salman Al Khalifa, and the UK Ambassador to Bah-rain, Roderick Drummond, in addition to senior officials from the two countries.

The two sides discussed the frameworks of bilateral invest-ment cooperation and new op-portunities to expand the scope of the existing partnership to serve the strategic and devel-opment policies and visions of both countries.

They also discussed a number of issues of common interest

and ways to develop and in-crease the volume of joint in-vestments in the coming period.

Al Zayani underlined the Kingdom’s keenness to broad-en areas of cooperation with the UK in all fields, particularly trade, highlighting the key role played by the private sector in the two friendly countries in achieving common interests.

He also lauded the positive developments that have taken place since the launch of the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) signed between the Gulf Coop-eration Council (GCC) and the UK in October, 2021, noting that the FTA crowns the deep-rooted strategic relations between the GCC and UK.

Work underway for launch of ‘Skills Bahrain’ Initiative• Tamkeen CEO: “Skills Bahrain” a comprehensive national initiative to monitor current and future labour market needs

TDT | Manama

The Labour Fund “Tamkeen” announced that work is un-

derway to launch the “Skills Bahrain” Initiative based on the direction of the Supreme Coun-cil for the Development of Edu-cation and Training chaired by the Deputy Prime Minister, His Highness Shaikh Mohammed bin Mubarak Al Khalifa, who discussed the project’s progress to date during the last meeting.

The initiative is currently being implemented by the Tamkeen in collaboration with several rele-vant government and private sec-tor entities involved in education, training, and professional labour market requirements.

“Skills Bahrain” is the first comprehensive national in-itiative aimed at establishing professional standards for voca-tions and professions in Bahrain, and meets the rising demand for qualified nationals across a range of different sectors.

“Skills Bahrain” aims to pro-vide the resources and tools needed to support career guid-ance towards the professions and skills required by the la-bour market, thus facilitating a smooth transition from educa-tion to employment”, he said.

Tamkeen’s Chief Executive,

Husain Mohamed Rajab, praised the initiative and highlighted its significance in promoting the value of professional and voca-tional skills for the development of the national economy and the high-potential sectors.

“The Skills Bahrain team is in the process of building a clear skills framework for the various

levels of expertise required in Bahrain’s labour market. The in-itiative began its work to assess the needs of several high-poten-tial sectors in alignment with the national economic recovery plan, with the aim of providing updated and comprehensive labour market and job data,” he pointed out.

He added that work has al-

ready begun in the financial ser-vices and telecommunications sectors, as they are considered among the most significant con-tributors to the labour market.

These will be complimented by the addition of new sectors in the future, including a wide range of industries each with its own required skills, and assess-ment models.

Mohamed Ahmadi, Director of Skills Bahrain’ said that the initiative can be described as a “Skills Accelerator”, especially for high-potential sectors, as it explores current and future skill requirements based on the con-tinuous analysis of labour market data and information. It also sup-ports developing the learning and teaching environment, as well as preparing skilled and globally competitive Bahraini talent.

He stated that the “Skills Bahrain” initiative began last August, where it started with building relationships with busi-ness owners and relevant gov-ernment institutions by creating committees for each sector to determine the requirements of the labour market.

“The work of these committees is based on recognising the needs of private sector business own-ers in terms of skills and career pathways, the measures needed to develop their sectors, and the development of Bahraini talent to drive innovation and improve pro-ductivity. it will also contribute to the provision of skilled graduates into the labour market from the education system as it will bring a closer alignment of employers’ skill requirements to programs offered by education providers”.

Gulf Air continues investing in Bahraini talent’s futureTDT | Manama

Gulf Air, the national carrier of the Kingdom of Bahrain,

continues awarding its Bahraini staff with open ended contracts, as it builds on its efforts to main-tain its Bahraini calibre and lead the way to their development and prosperity.

Gulf Air Acting Chief Executive Officer Captain Waleed AlAlawi said: “We continue investing in the future of our Bahraini man-power that will be involved in this initiative, as the airline has always been keen on increasing its percentage of Bahranisation, and looking after the rights of its

Bahraini employees. We have al-ways set our sights on serving our beloved Kingdom, of which the Bahraini people are an indispen-sable part, and a priority of ours.

“I would like to thank Gulf Air Board of Directors for their unconditional support of this positive initiative, and I congrat-ulate all of my colleagues who

are involved in it, and those who will get their turn in the future. I wish everyone more success and progress in achieving the goals of the national carrier and in serv-ing the Kingdom of Bahrain.”

Gulf Air is committed to in-vesting in Bahraini workforce. It is a leader in the Bahrainisation programme in the Kingdom as

it provides the opportunity for local experienced talents to work in its various areas of the airline’s business and is committed to invest in its Bahraini workforce and their career development.

The airline continues to pro-vide opportunities for Bahraini nationals to take over higher man-agement positions in the company.

Captain AlAlawi with Gulf Air’s Board of Directors and Bahraini staff

BIC holds coordination meeting with ministries, agencies for F1 successTDT | Manama

Bahrain International Cir-cuit (BIC) hosted a coor-

dination meeting with the Kingdom’s various ministries and government agencies to discuss all matters related to the organisation of the For-mula 1 Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix 2022.

Preparations have ramped up for the once-in-a-genera-tion event, happening 18 to 20 March at “The Home of Mot-orsport in the Middle East” in Sakhir. The annual gathering is part of Team Bahrain working

together to ensure the success of the F1 spectacle.

The meeting was attended by BIC Chief Executive Shaikh Salman bin Isa Al Khalifa.

BIC Governmental Affairs, Security and Safety Sen-ior Manager Beshara Abdu Beshara was also on hand along with other members of the circuit’s executive manage-ment and representatives from Bahrain’s public offices.

Shaikh Salman presided over the discussions, which tackled a number of important issues in the hosting of the highly anticipated race weekend.

Ahmadi Rajab

The Bahrain-UK meeting in progress


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Key partners in nation-building Praise for Bahraini women’s achievements across all fields and significant role in progress

• Kingdom celebrates Arab Women’s Day with pride in protection of women’s rights

• HM King, HRH Prince Salman’s unlimited support vastly contributes to their success

• Modern legislative system ensures integration of women’s needs into development

• Actively participate in enriching democracy, exercise political rights as voters and candidates

TDT | Manama

Bahraini women continue to have higher levels of achievements and play

their active role in progress and prosperity of the nation.

Interestingly, in this time of pandemic, they are at the fore-front of the Kingdom’s battle against the COVID-19. They rep-resent 75% of Team Bahrain members as they risk their lives to save others.

Their significant contribu-tions across all fields to become major partners in nation-build-

ing were highlighted again yes-terday.

Bahrain celebrated the Arab Women’s Day amid national pride in the Kingdom’s respect of women’s rights under the leadership of His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa and the support of His Royal High-ness Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, the Crown Prince and Prime Minister.

Thanks to the unlimited sup-port of HM the King, the gov-ernment policies, and the initi-atives of the Supreme Council for Women (SCW) headed by Her Royal Highness Princess

Sabeeka bint Ibrahim Al Khalifa, wife of His Majesty the King, Bahraini women have been able to confirm their status as dependable partners in the na-tion-building process and sus-tainable development.

Bahrain, under the follow-up of the SCW and in partnership between the executive, legisla-tive and judicial authorities, has approved more than 150 royal orders, laws, legislative amend-

ments, ministerial decisions and circulars during the last two dec-ades.

This legal support vastly con-tributed to the protection and promotion of women’s rights.

It includes, most notably, Fam-ily Law 19 of 2017, Law 17 of 2015 concerning Protection against Domestic Violence, and other developed legislation in accord-ance with the constitution and international covenants, mainly

the Convention on the Elimina-tion of All Forms of Discrimina-tion against Women (CEDAW) that the Kingdom joined in 2002.

This modern legislative sys-tem contributed to ensuring family stability, deepening fam-ily cohesion, integrating wom-en’s needs into development in line with the National Plan for the Advancement of Bahraini Women (2013-2022), and con-solidating justice by setting up

a separate building for family courts in January 2018, which includes courtrooms, a family reconciliation office, services and an alimony fund office.

Bahraini women have actively participated in enriching demo-cratic life since their participa-tion in preparing and approving the National Action Charter, and exercising their political rights as voters and candidates in the parliamentary and municipal elections since 2002.

Thanks to the unlimited support of HM the King, the government policies,

and the initiatives of the Supreme Council for

Women (SCW) headed by Her Royal Highness Princess Sabeeka bint

Ibrahim Al Khalifa, wife of His Majesty the King, Bahraini women have been able to confirm

their status as depend-able partners in the

nation-building process and sustainable devel-

opment.

KNOW WHAT43% Percentage of Bahraini women in the national

labour market

HM the King with HRH Princess Sabeeka

Bahraini women are actively participating in elections

Bahrain courts heard 73,517 cases last year • 63,039 cases were settled by courts, reflecting the efficiency of judicial system

Staff Reporter TDT | Manama

The courts in the Kingdom heard 73,517 cases last

year, according to Abdullah Al Buainain, the Vice President of the Supreme Judicial Council and President of the Court of Cassation.

He said 63,039 cases were set-tled by the courts with 90 per cent of them taking less than six months to be resolved.

The Court of First Instance heard 46,436 cases while 11,800 cases were handled by the Court of Appeal. Meanwhile, the Court of Cassation heard 2,734 cases.

The Supreme Judicial Coun-cil recently announced the launch of a package to restruc-ture courts and to speed up the delivery of judgements in var-ious cases. The move includes increasing the number of judges

at various courts. Domestic violence in the

Kingdom came down by 44 per cent last year compared to 2020, according to Public Prosecution annual statistics for the year 2021. Last year also saw a major decrease in many crimes com-mitted across the country.

The drug crimes came down by 40pc while theft cases de-clined by 33.5pc. Covid rules

violation cases were down by 32.6pc. The Public Prosecution last year registered 82,746 cases in which 1,137 cases were relat-ed to social media abuses.

The Public Prosecution high-lighted that the jail terms of 3,741 inmates were commuted to alternate penalties on hu-manitarian grounds.

The substitution of sentences of imprisonment with alterna-tive sentences, follows a judi-cial process after reviewing the individual, social and economic circumstances of each case, fol-lowing formal referral by the Verdicts Implementation Direc-torate of the Interior Ministry.

All cases were each consid-ered carefully by the relevant judge.

Al Buainain speaks at the Press conference

6 children to be placed in social welfare institution TDT | Manama

The Family and Child Pros-ecution Chief announced

in a statement placing six chil-dren in one of the social care institutions that belong to the Ministery of Labour and Social Development after they were captured in connection with at-tacking stationed police patrols with Molotov cocktail bombs in Sitra.

The incident caused unspec-ified damage to a civilian car that was parked in the area dur-ing the assault.

“Within the framework of the Public Prosecution’s keenness to implement the provisions of

the Children’s Restorative Jus-tice Law and the effectiveness of its provisions, the Family and Child Prosecution Chief stated that the Public Prosecution had received a report from the Se-curity Department that six chil-

dren under the age of fifteen threw Molotov cocktails at the patrols stationed to guard the Sitra Police Station. As a result, a civilian car that happened to stop at the place was damaged, while it was established that the children carried out similar assaults,” the statement read.

The children testified as they were designated as being exposed to one of the danger-ous situations stipulated in the Children’s Restorative Justice Law and to protect them from ill-treatment for committing the crime of manufacturing, us-ing flammable devices, crowd-ing and rioting.

None hurt in funeral home roof collapse Staff Reporter TDT | Manama

None were hurt after the roof of a funeral home col-

lapsed in Hamala. It was not clear until Press time as to what led to the collapse.

Municipal councillor Muham-mad Al Dosari has urged an im-mediate probe into roof collapse, seeking punishment for those be-hind violation of safety protocols.

“I request the Works, Munici-palities Affairs and Urban Plan-ning Ministry along with the Ministry of Justice to carry out a probe into the roof collapse. It is a clear case of violation of

safety protocols and action has to be taken urgently.

“What could have we done if any citizen was injured in the

collapse? Competent authori-ties must carry out a probe as there is definitely an error in construction and supervision.”

Bahrain bans shrimping for six months until July 31TDT | Manama

The annual six-month man-datory ban on catching,

trading and selling shrimp in the Kingdom of Bahrain came into effect yesterday and will last until July 31.

This was announced by the Undersecretary for Agricul-ture and Marine Resources at the Ministry of Works, Mu-nicipalities Affairs and Urban Planning, Eng. Ibrahim Hassan Al Hawaj.

It comes in accordance with the decision of Minister Eng. Essam bin Abdullah Khalaf to preserve marine wealth in a way that contributes to the development of the shrimping

industry and the protection of fish stock in the Kingdom.

Al Hawaj said that the de-cision also comes in line with the Gulf decisions regarding the protection of fish stocks in the kingdom and the Gulf countries.

Selling shrimp in public is also prohibited


Visit visa frauds targeting expats Caution urged against expatriate jobseekers falling prey to visa fraudsters

• Majority of the victims are unskilled workers from India, Pakistan and Bangladesh

Staff Reporter

TDT | Manama

Many vulnerable young-sters from South Asian countries, who are po-

tential jobseekers in the King-dom, are increasingly falling victim to visa fraudsters.

It is learnt that under the pretext of handing over em-ployment visas “visit visas are sold to many youngsters tak-ing amounts ranging between BD700 and BD1,200 from them”.

Social workers say that the

majority of victims only realise the fraudulent act after reach-ing the Kingdom on a visit visa. “However, after falling victim to the scammers they have no other option other than return-ing home or continuing their stay in the Kingdom as an ille-gal resident.”

Majority of the victims are unskilled workers from India, Pakistan and Bangladesh. “Al-most all South Asian cities are flooded with fake recruitment agents, who offer visit visas in the name of employment visas to innocent unskilled workers, who pay them huge amounts in their currencies. This is op-erated by a big racket across South Asian cities.”

Speaking to The Daily Trib-une, social worker Gangan Trikaripur said majority of the victims are unskilled workers

belonging to the hospitality and construction sector. “Owing to

poor financial situations mainly caused by the pandemic, many expatriates are trying to obtain jobs in Gulf countries including Bahrain. They get in touch with many fake recruitment agents through social media platforms and are conned out of money.”

“Among the victims there are a large number of women expatriates as well. They are lured into the trap by offering jobs in the hospitality industry. I know an expat woman, who was offered a week’s visit visa in the name of employment visa, who was later rescued and sent home.” He said the intensity of the fraudulent act is so high that the scammers are selling visas obtained for BD9

to vulnerable individuals for a minimum amount of BD700.

He urged potential expatri-ate jobseekers to keep a distance

from fake online advertisements offering jobs with extremely high salaries.

The other major visa scam, ac-cording to him, originates from within the Kingdom. “Many sponsors and their agents ob-tain employment visas and cop-ies are sent to expat jobseekers, who pay huge amounts in return thinking they have been offered

employment here. But, these sponsors and their agents would instantly cancel these visas and get the amount refunded from the Labour Market Regulatory Authority.

“The victims only realise their illegal status upon arriving at Bahrain International Airport and they, most often, return home as they have not much options left. There were also many cases of free visa holders being cheated by their sponsors, who cancel visas after taking the entire amount from victims. The victims can’t even file a police complaint as obtaining the free visa by itself is an illegal act.”

The Daily Tribune is await-ing response from Nationality, Passport and Residence Affairs with regard to the steps taken to increase awareness among expatriate jobseekers.

BD700Amounts range between BD700 and BD1,200 for visit visa being offered to many youngsters by

fraudsters.

Lulu Exchange partners with INJAZ Bahrain to drive financial awareness among Bahrain’s expat communityTDT | Manama

Lulu Exchange, one of Bah-rain’s most reputed and reli-

able financial services providers, conducted a financial literacy awareness programme for the employees of Al Moayyed con-struction company, in partner-ship with INJAZ Bahrain.

Conducted in three batches over three days, the programme covered key topics including the legal and illegal side of mon-ey transfer, regulatory require-ments, digital platforms, an-

ti-money laundering and fraud-ulent activities.

The sessions were led by Mr. Ajith, Head-Strategic Business Relations and Mr. Arun, Digital Product in Charge, Lulu Interna-tional Exchange, Bahrain.

Talking about the programme, Mr. Edison Fernandez, General Manager, Lulu Exchange, said: “The programme was conduct-ed as a part of our CSR efforts and aimed at supporting the blue-collar employees of Bah-rain in enhancing their financial

literacy and awareness. As a fu-ture-focused organisation, we have a strong thrust on learning & development, and are com-mitted to our responsibility to share knowledge with the gen-eral public that can help them be financially aware of the chang-ing world.”

Commenting on the partner-ship, INJAZ Bahrain Chairperson HH Shaikha Hessa bint Khalifa Al Khalifa said: “Financial liter-acy is a crucial and fundamental cornerstone required for indi-

viduals with professional aspi-rations in the banking, financial or regulatory sectors and fields. Many of Bahrain’s youth aim to join the Kingdom’s ever-growing and thriving financial sector to play their part in the country’s continued future diversification and expansion, and we at INJAZ Bahrain are proud to provide them with the skills, opportu-nities and resources to prepare them to achieve their ambitions with the cooperation of reputa-ble and esteemed partners.”The financial literacy awareness programme in progress

A fake visa printed by fraudsters to cheat potential jobseekers

RCSI Bahrain graduates exempted from examinations to practise medicine in UKTDT | Manama

The General Medical Coun-cil (GMC) in the United

Kingdom has given approval for the medical graduates of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland-Medical University of Bahrain (RCSI Bahrain) to apply for registration to prac-tise in the UK, without having to undertake the Professional and Linguistic Assessments Board (PLAB) licensing examinations.

PLAB examinations are admin-istered by the General Medical Council to ensure that doctors who have received qualifications from abroad have the correct level of knowledge and skills to practice medicine in the UK.

RCSI Bahrain medical gradu-ates can now apply for registra-tion with the GMC through the Relevant European Qualifica-tion (REQ) pathway, thanks to the recognised medical degree awarded to them under the gov-ernance of RCSI in Dublin.

This significant milestone will ease the process of access-ing internship and postgradu-ate training opportunities for all RCSI Bahrain medical grad-uates in the UK, regardless of their nationality.

Currently, 170 medical alumni are based in the UK, either work-ing or training to international

standards and availing of ex-tended learning opportunities.

On this occasion, Her Excel-lency Dr Shaikha Rana bint Isa bin Duaij Al Khalifa, Bahrain’s Secretary General of the Higher Education Council (HEC) and Deputy Chair of the HEC Board of Trustees, affirmed the approv-al received as global recognition of the quality of higher education in the Kingdom of Bahrain, un-der the care of His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa and the directives of His Royal High-ness Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, the Crown Prince and Prime Minister.

RCSI Bahrain’s achievement also testifies to the policies enforced by the HEC Board of Trustees to advance higher ed-ucation outcomes, encourage Bahraini institutions to obtain international accreditations for

their academic programmes and accomplish the initiatives of the national strategy for higher education.

President of RCSI Bahrain, Pro-fessor Sameer Otoom, said: “Pro-viding easier access to medical training in the United Kingdom is of great advantage for the nu-merous benefits it brings to our students, alumni and all health-care facilities. Over the years, a number of our alumni have returned to their home country with unparalleled experiences and have made great strides in their fields of expertise.

“Creating a diverse body of internationally-trained medical professionals will enhance the knowledge base, research and quality of healthcare services for the benefit of all patients in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries.”

Dr Shaikha Rana Prof. Otoom

BRCS participate in International Volunteer Day at Dubai Expo

TDT | Manama

Bahrain Red Crescent Socie-ty (BRCS) members attend-

ed the International Volunteer Day, which was held recently at the headquarters of the Du-bai Expo.

The delegation of the Red Crescent Society in this event included Dr Kawthar Al Eid, Sawsan Al Aradi and Zakia Boukamal.

Present were representa-tives from various regional and international organisations, including the Arab League and the United Nations Volunteers Program.

The members of the Soci-ety worked to publicise the Bahrain Red Crescent’s and Bahrain’s honorable accom-plishments in the field of

volunteerism, as well as the Kingdom’s advanced position in extending a helping hand to the needy in the context of relief and humanitarian work.

During this participation, the Society’s members focused on highlighting the contributions of the Bahraini volunteers in the national efforts to address the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, and how these ef-forts contributed to enhancing the Bahraini success story in confronting the pandemic.

They showcased the efforts of the volunteers’ affiliates in many areas, including Bahrain Inter-national Airport, in addition to continuing to provide assistance for families in need, despite the challenges of the pandemic and in full compliance with the pre-cautionary measures.

The Bahrain Red Crescent Society delegation

iGA three-year Cloud training programme

• 600 employees from 75 governmental and semi-governmental entities to benefit from new scheme

TDT | Manama

The Information and eGovernment Authority

(iGA) announced the launch of a three-year programme to provide Cloud computing training to 600 employees from 75 governmental and semi-governmental entities, in line with the Government of Bahrain’s Cloud First pol-icy.

iGA Deputy CE, Oper-ations and Governance, Dr Khalid Al Mutawa, re-affirmed the Authority’s commitment to the policy, within the framework of promoting investment in the Kingdom and increasing its global competitiveness.

The programme will be rolled out in association with Microsoft as one of the cloud-technology leaders un-der its existing contract with the Government of Bahrain.


Issuing green auto loans in Bahrain is a significant

moment for customers looking to make more sustainable decisions

SHAKOFA ASGHAR, HEAD OF WEALTH AND PERSONAL BANKING

Back to School and more @ Kingdom Pride Centre TDT | Manama

Are your children ready to return to school ?

Starting today till the 5th of February, Kingdom Pride Centre is hosting a book and stationery fair.

There will be premium book suppliers as well as stationery suppliers to provide a wide range of items at their store specifically for the conveni-ence of their customers.

This would be a great op-portunity for book lovers, stu-dents, parents and just about everyone to find some fantastic deals under one roof.

“We cater to a wide range of items from pencil cases, lunch boxes and bags, calculators, water bottles, pens, pencils, fancy crayons and colouring books, notebooks and back-packs; glue sticks and the latest stationery trends to be class-room-ready on the first day back at school. If you are look-ing for fun, fancy and reasona-bly priced items, this the go-to place. You can also find STEM activity boxes - Genius Boxes and Offset Media Canadian

games, as well as the STEM Award, winning Smartivity toys that have also been fea-tured on the Time magazine’s Top 10 Toys list of 2020.”

Social activist and entrepre-neur, Shipra Dhir Passi will be on hand to sign copies of her book – “She Dares”.

“You will get a chance to talk to her and ask her about her inspirational journey into writing.”

“And, what better time to do a cleanup, and remove your lightly used reading books and toys.”

Kingdom Pride Centre is coordinating a collection of books and toys for the Al San-abel Orphan Care Society.

“Don’t forget to bring these along when you visit the book and stationery fair this week, so they can be donated!”

“Don’t miss the best sta-tionery fair of the season, and if you are not sure you want to step out, they do deliver!”

Contact them through Tel: 17402852 / Whatsapp on 35005767 and follow them on Instagram @kingdom_pride.

Kingdom Pride Centre & Zee Loop – Recycling for a Better World TDT | Manama

Kingdom Pride Centre an-nounced tying up with

ZeLoop, a plastic recycling application, which believe that it’s the responsibility of every individual to make recycling a part of their everyday routine.

The application is available for donwnload from both Play Store and App Store and with over 11,000 registered users in 150 countries, the ZeLoop believes in making an impact and being a part of the change.

Together with ZeLoop, Kingdom Pride Centre said it hopes to encourage individ-uals to recycle and earn eco rewards at the same time. ZeLoop has over 5,000 col-lection points mapped in 46 countries and all you need to do, is spot a recycle bin and pin it on the Zee Loop app to start your eco journey.

Each time a plastic bottle is dropped into a pinned re-cycle bin on the ZeLoop app, eco reward points are issued. These rewards can then be redeemed at Kingdom Pride Center in vouchers of BD 1, BD

2, and BD 5. Zeloop founder Eric Schaff-

ner believes that everyone can be a hero, make an impact and be a part of the change.

Kingdom Pride Centre Founder, Gulamabbas Noble too believes in the ethos of every business and individual contributing to the economy, while giving back to society. Together this partnership aims at incentivizing a change in customer mindset, towards positive and continuous re-cycling.

Kingdom Pride Centre aligns their actions with the vision of HRH Crown Prince Prime Minister Shaikh Salman Bin Hamad Al Khalifa’s plans for a future net zero economy by “…facilitating the ability of people to participate in it, both as producers and as consum-ers.”

If you would like to support sustainable, or would like to share your suggestions and feedback, follow us on Ins-tagram @kingdom_pride and please get in touch on 38373019.

Michelin Star Chef at the Gulf Hotel Bahrain Convention & SpaTDT | Manama

In celebration of the Chinese New Year - Year of the Ti-

ger - The Gulf Hotel Bahrain Convention & Spa reopened one of Bahrain’s favourite Chi-nese restaurants, China Garden, yesterday.

On this special occasion, The Gulf Hotel will be welcoming celebrity Michelin Star Chef Anita Lo, from February 1st to 5th, 2022. Anita Lo, a renowned Michelin Star Chef, Top Chef, and Iron Chef Alum in New York City, will be offering her spectacular culinary creations for a limited time.

In addition, she will be organ-ising a cooking class on Satur-day highlighting her passion for bringing multicultural flavours to the kitchen. With her many

accolades, Chef Anita was also the first female Chef to collab-orate for a state dinner at the

White House, and so her secrets to Chinese gastronomy are cer-tainly not to be missed!

FabyLand announce opening its maiden Family Entertainment Center at Dana Mall, Bahrain on 27th January 2022. The ‘futuristic’ family entertainment destination is owned by Fun World International under Saudi Arabia’s major business conglomerate Al-Othaim Leisure. The colourful and buzzy games and rides centre is over an expansive 24,000 square feet with popular rides such as Bumper Cars, Red Baron, Toy Swing, Happy Swing and Moon Tower. Commenting on the opening of the facility, Karim Fayed, General Manager of Al-Othaim Leisure and Tourism, said: “We are excited to launch FabyLand at Dana Mall.”

NBB announces 21st Edition of Al Watani savings scheme prizesTDT | Manama

The National Bank of Bah-rain (NBB) announced its

newest prize structure for the 21st edition of Al Watani Savings Scheme for the first half of the year 2022.

Celebrating its 65th anni-versary this year, the bank is offering more winners the op-portunity to win grand prizes throughout 2022, commemo-rating the 65-year milestone with the number highlighted throughout this year’s prize structure.

NBB said it will be maximising the number of winners to cater for all retail segments. During the holy month of Ramadhan, which will take place in April of this year, the bank will award

100 winners with a total prize of USD $650,000. Additionally, 10 lucky winners in June will get the chance to win a total prize of USD $650,000.

NBB urges both new and exist-ing Al Watani Savings customers to continue to deposit more into their accounts to increase their chances of winning the different prizes scheduled for this year. Customers can increase their

deposits using various deposito-ry machines available across the Kingdom and the NBB Digital mobile application.

Subah Abdullatif Al Zayani, Chief Executive Retail Banking at NBB, said: “We are excited to announce this year’s prizes for Al Watani Savings Scheme as we hope to reward more of our customers with a range of cash prizes. As we look forward

to NBB’s upcoming 65th anni-versary, the Bank continues to reiterate its promise of being ‘Closer to You’ while spreading a culture of saving amongst our customers, enabling them to achieve personal goals.”

Al-Watani provides annual profits, no certificate require-ments with the flexibility of un-limited withdrawals and easy transfers of deposits.

Customers will be reward-ed for interest payments paid out on their savings in the Ex-press Savers and SaveWave accounts while being able to utilise their savings accounts without restrictions, utilising them for day-to-day use and increasing their chances of winning.

Subah Abdullatif Al Zayani, Chief Executive Retail Banking at NBB

FabyLand

HSBC launches green auto loans in BahrainTDT | Manama

HSBC has launched green auto loans for its custom-ers in Bahrain, demon-

strating its support for the local electric and hybrid car markets.

One of the first banks in Bah-rain to offer sustainable auto loans, the move reiterates HSBC Group’s commitment to the transition to a global net-zero economy and supporting cus-tomers in their sustainable tran-sitions.

Shakofa Asghar, Head of Wealth and Personal Banking said: “Sustainable actions are more important now than ever before and it’s vital that banks support customers with com-petitively priced green finance,

and to encourage more sustain-able behaviours. Issuing green auto loans in Bahrain is a sig-nificant moment for customers looking to make more sustaina-ble decisions.”

Unlike fuel-consuming vehi-cles, an electric automobile is powered entirely by battery. As the vehicle does not produce any exhaust fumes they are clas-

sified as having zero emissions. A hybrid automobile operates

through multiple power sources working simultaneously. While most do feature a traditional combustion engine, they also contain a battery-powered elec-tric motor which reduces fuel combustion, making them more energy-efficient than conven-tional vehicles.

In January 2021, HSBC formed a dedicated Sustainable and Transition Finance Team (STFT) in the Middle East to help in-stitutions, corporates and in-dividuals transition to a more sustainable economy.

Globally, HSBC has stated its ambition to align financed emissions from its portfolio of customers to the Paris Agree-ment goal of net zero by 2050 or sooner.

HSBC is expecting to pro-vide between USD750 billion and USD1 trillion in sustainable financing and investment by 2030 to support its clients as they switch to more sustaina-ble ways of doing business. The bank aims to be net-zero in its own operation by 2030.

AUB reveals new MyHassad saving scheme of 2022 and plans for MyHassad weekend carnival TDT | Manama

Ahli United Bank Bahrain (AUB) is launching its en-

hanced MyHassad saving scheme for the year 2022 with total prizes worth US$5,000,000.

The key change for this year’s scheme is that there is an at-tractive prize every month. There will be 400 prizes worth US$1000, four prizes of US$50,000, four mega prizes worth US$100,000 and four grand prizes of US$1,000,000 throughout the year, empower-ing customers to fulfil all their dreams.

“No dream is too big with My-Hassad and we believe dreams of all sizes are worth realizing. We continue to help MyHassad customers realise their dreams with monthly prizes of US$1000 to 50 customers; 4 lucky win-ners of our US$50,000 prize could, for example, purchase a dream car or cover the cost of their children’s education. We are also delivering prizes that can help cover financial com-mitments, starting a new busi-

ness, or securing family matters with 4 prizes of US$100,000. And finally, the four biggest prizes offered in 2021 will con-tinue and be awarded to lucky winners in 2022 who will take away US$1,000,000 cash prizes each,” said Suvrat Saigal, Dep-uty Group CEO Retail Banking.

Ahli United Bank is announc-ing its 2022 MyHassad scheme with the MyHassad Carnival at the Avenues this weekend. The carnival will include fun-filled

activities for the family, instant prizes and more.

Every BD 50 invested in My-Hassad account, certificate or e-certificate for 15 days gives one chance to win. The chanc-es double up when customers maintain their balances for over three months and triple when they do so for over six months.

The next monthly prize draw is in February with prizes of US$100,000 to one winner and 50 prizes of $1000 each.

The last date to deposit to be eligible for the February draw is February 8.

Empowering your dreams

THAT WHICH DOES NOT KILL US MAKES US STRONGER.FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE

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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 2022

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HISTORYNew Amsterdam becomes a city (later renamed New York)

Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ends the Mexican–American War: US acquires Texas, California, New Mexico and Arizona for $15

million

James Joyce’s “Ulysses” published in Paris (1,000 copies)

Idi Amin ousts Milton Obote and appoints

himself President (dictator) of Uganda

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Our nation was found-ed on an idea: that all

of us are created equal. As we celebrate National Black History Month, we recommit ourselves to reach for that founding promise and fight for the equity, opportunity, and dignity that every Black American is due in equal measure.

@JoeBiden

Travelling to Kyiv to-day to meet Presi-

dent @ZelenskyyUa

for talks. As a friend and a democratic partner,

the UK will continue to uphold Ukraine’s sov-ereignty in the face of those who seek to de-stroy it.

@BorisJohnson

Had a warm conver-sation with HRH

Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, Crown Prince & Prime Minister of Bah-rain. Thanked him for the Kingdom’s attention to the needs of the Indian community, including recent decision on land allotment for the Swam-inarayan temple. @Bah-rainCPnews

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Food insecurity is soaring across 20

hunger hotspots world-wide, as a result of con-flict, economic shocks & the climate crisis. Ur-gent, targeted humani-tarian action is needed to prevent starvation & save lives.

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Recovered:

New cases

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new cases

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Egypt 425,911 22,635 358,165 45,111

Saudi Arabia

691,125 +3,861 8,941 +1 644,730 37,454

UAE 847,142 +2,084 2,248 +5 778,163 66,731

Kuwait 545,717 2,497 491,502 51,718

Oman 341,708 +2,828 4,148 +2 316,284 21,276

Qatar 340,383 +1,236 647 +2 318,792 20,944

Middle East

Country Total cases Total deaths

1 USA 76,222,215 910,104

2 India 41,469,499 496,268

3 Brazil 25,454,105 627,365

4 France 19,140,730 130,931

5 UK 17,315,893 155,754

6 Russia 11,986,913 332,012

7 Turkey 11,619,882 87,416

8 Italy 10,983,116 146,498

9 Spain 9,961,253 93,225

10 Germany 9,896,344 118,527

11 Argentina 8,378,656 121,273

12 Iran 6,408,244 132,504

13 Colombia 5,887,261 134,300

14 Mexico 4,942,590 306,091

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Figures as of closing

News in brief u President Joe Biden said on Monday he plans to designate Qatar as a major non-NATO ally, granting a special status to a key ally in the Middle East. Biden made the announcement as he met Qatar’s emir, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani, in the Oval Office. The emir told reporters that he would discuss regional security with Biden as well as push for equal rights for the Palestinian people.

u Qatar has reached an agreement with the Taliban to resume chartered evacuations out of Kabul airport, the Axios news website reported on Tuesday citing an interview with Qatari Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani. The agreement was for two flights per week, chartered by Qatar Airways, and would allow the United States and other countries to evacuate thousands more of their citizens and at-risk Afghans, Axios said. The minister spoke to Axios on Monday

in Washington, during an official visit with Qatar Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani. Qatar stopped operating evacuation flights in early

December amid a dispute with the Taliban over which passengers were permitted to take the flights.

u Japan’s parliament adopted a rare resolution on Tuesday on what it called the “serious human rights situation” in China, and asked the government to take steps to relieve the situation. Japan has already announced it will not send a government delegation to the upcoming Beijing Winter Olympics, following a U.S.-led diplomatic boycott over concerns about China’s human rights condition, although Tokyo avoided explicitly labelling its move as such.

u The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Monday advised against travel to a dozen countries because of high rates of coronavirus infection, including Mexico, Brazil, Singapore, Ecuador, Kosovo, Philippines and Paraguay. The CDC now lists nearly 130 countries and territories with COVID-19 cases as “Level Four: Very High.” It also added Anguilla, French Guiana, Moldova and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines to its highest level on Monday. The U.S. State Department also raised its travel advisory for Mexico and some of the other nations listed by the CDC to “Level 4: Do Not Travel.” Since mid-December, the U.S. government has added more than 60 countries and territories to its list of places to avoid, citing the Omicron coronavirus variant. The CDC also raised travel warnings for 11 countries and territories to “Level Three: High” that urges unvaccinated Americans to avoid non-essential travel: Bhutan, Brunei, Comoros, French Polynesia, the Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Honduras, Liberia, Nepal and Oman. It now lists about 53 countries and territories at High.”

Qatar reaches deal with Taliban to resume evacuations

Japan parliament adopts resolution on human rights in China

US CDC warns against travel to Mexico, Brazil, Singapore over

COVID-19

Biden says he plans to designate Qatar as major non-NATO ally

9.2%Growth is estimated to be 9.2% for 2021/2022, coming off a low base

and slowing to 8 to 8.5% in 2023, still the fastest

among major economies.

44mResearchers unveiled the world’s largest forest data

base, comprising more than 44 million individual trees at more than 100,000

sites in 90 countries

Scientists count the world’s tree species (spoiler: it’s a bunch)Reuters | Washington

From the monkey puzzle tree of Peru to the Tasmanian blue gum of Australia, from the baobabs of

Madagascar to the giant sequoias of California, the world is blessed with an abundance of tree species.

How many? A new study has the answer.

Researchers on Monday unveiled the world’s largest forest data base, com-prising more than 44 million individual trees at more than 100,000 sites in 90 countries - helping them to calculate that Earth boasts roughly 73,300 tree species.

That figure is about 14% higher than previous estimates. Of that total, about 9,200 are estimated to exist based on statistical modeling but have not yet been identified by science, with a large proportion of these growing in South America, the researchers said.

South America, home to the enor-mously biodiverse Amazon rainforest and farflung Andean forests, was found to harbour 43% of the planet’s tree species and the largest number of rare species, at about 8,200.

Trees and forests are much more than mere oxygen producers, said Rob-erto Cazzolla Gatti, a professor of biological diversity and conservation at the University of Bologna in I t a l y a n d lead author of the study published in the jour-nal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

“Without trees and forests, we would not have clean water, safe mountain slopes, habitat for many animals, fungi and other plants, the most biodiverse terrestrial ecosystems, sinks for our excess of carbon dioxide, depurators of our polluted air, et cetera,” Gatti said.

“Indeed, our society often considers forests as just pieces

of wood and trees as natural re-sources, ignor-ing their funda-mental role for

humankind in p r o -

viding ecosystem services that go be-hind the mere economic - even if impor-tant - timber, paper and pulp produc-tion. From trees and forests humanity gets inspiration, relaxation, spirituality and essentially the meaning of life,” Gatti added.

27,000 known tree speciesSouth America was found to have

about 27,000 known tree species and 4,000 yet to be identified. Eurasia has 14,000 known species and 2,000 unknown, followed by Africa (10,000 known/1,000 unknown), North Amer-ica including Central America (9,000 known/2,000 unknown) and Oceania including Australia (7,000 known/2,000 unknown).

“By establishing a quantitative bench-mark, our study can contribute to tree and forest conservation efforts,” said study co-author Peter Reich, a forest ecologist at the University of Michigan and University of Minne-

sota.“This information is important be-cause tree species are going extinct due to deforestation and climate change, and understanding the value of that diversity requires us to know what is there in the first place before we lose it,” Reich said. “Tree species diversity is key to maintaining healthy, productive forests, and important to the global economy and to nature.”

This study did not tally the total num-ber of individual trees globally, but 2015

research led by one of the co-authors put that figure at about 3 trillion.

The new study pinpointed global tree diversity hot spots in the tropics and subtropics in South America, Central America, Africa, Asia and Oceania. It also determined that about a third of known species can be classified as rare.

The researchers used methods de-veloped by statisticians and mathe-maticians to estimate the number of unknown species based on the abun-dance and presence of known species. Tropical and subtropical ecosystems in South America may nurture 40% of these yet-to-be-identified species, they said. “This study reminds us how little we know about our own planet and its biosphere,” said study co-author Jingjing Liang, a professor of quantita-tive forest ecology at Purdue University in Indiana. “There is so much more we need to learn about the Earth so that we can better protect it and conserve nat-ural resources for future generations.”

Sir David Attenborough Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya

Attenborough, WHO, Tsikhanouskaya among nominees for Nobel Peace Prize

Reuters | Oslo

British nature broadcaster Da-vid Attenborough, the World

Health Organisation and Belaru-sian dissident Sviatlana Tsikha-nouskaya are among the nominees for this year’s Nobel Peace Prize after being backed by Norwegian lawmakers who have a track re-cord of picking the winner.

Also among the candidates for the accolade were Greta Thun-berg, Pope Francis, the Myan-mar National Unity Government

formed by opponents of last year’s coup and Tuvalu’s foreign minis-ter Simon Kofe, last-minute an-nouncements showed.

Thousands of people, from members of parliaments world-wide to former winners, are eligi-ble to propose candidates.

Norwegian lawmakers have nominated an eventual Peace lau-reate every year since 2014 - with the exception of 2019 - including one of the two laureates last year, Maria Ressa.

The Norwegian Nobel Com-

mittee, which decides who wins the award, does not com-ment on nominations, keeping secret for 50 years the names of nominators and unsuccessful nominees.

However, some nominators like Norwegian lawmakers choose to reveal their picks.

Nominations, which closed on Monday, do not imply an endorse-ment from the Nobel committee.

The 2022 laureate will be an-nounced in October.

COVID cases mount as athletes, personnel arrive in Beijing

• Three Russians test positive tests

• Top ski jumper Marita Kramer also positive

• Australian curler out of isolation

Reuters | Beijing

During the past four days China has detected 119

COVID-19 cases among athletes and personnel involved in the Beijing Winter Olympics, with authorities imposing a “closed loop” bubble to keep partici-pants, staff and media separated from the public.

The tally from the weekend showed 37 new cases on Sunday, and 34 on Saturday, with most testing positive after arrival at the airport, Games organisers said yesterday.

Russian biathlete Valeria Vasnetsova said her own Olym-

pic ambitions were over after testing positive twice follow-ing her arrival in Beijing, one of three Russian positive tests announced on Monday.

“Unfortunately, my Olympic dream will remain just a dream,” Vasnetsova wrote on social me-dia. “Maybe one day I will find the strength to rise again but it will be a completely different story.”

Eight athletes or team offi-

cials were among 28 people who had tested positive on arrival at the airport on Sunday.

International Olympic Com-mittee member Emma Terho, who heads the IOC’s athletes commission, also tested positive and said she has been in isola-tion since the weekend.

“Even though this is not the start I envisaged, I was happy to see the protocols that Bei-jing 2022 has put in place are

working well,” Terho, a retired Finnish ice hockey player, said on social media.

The cases have set off alarm bells among athletes concerned their competition could be over before it even starts after having prepared meticulously for years.

“You’re like just so stressed about making sure you’re as safe as you can be,” American luger Chris Mazdzer said. “Yet at the same time, there’s no way to be 100 percent safe.

“There have been a lot of ath-letes that are testing positive right now and it’s scary because you put in four years since the last Games and f or all of that to go to waste in the last week, last couple of days, it would be a tragedy,” he told reporters.

Some 3,000 athletes, along with coaches, officials, federa-tion delegates and media are ex-pected for the Feb. 4-20 Games.

The “closed loop” will al-low them to move between w accommodation and Olympic venues on official transport but they are not allowed out to move freely in public.

People wearing personal protective equipment (PPE), designed to prevent the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), stand inside Beijing Capital International Airport ahead of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China

Ukraine announces plan to boost army• Armed forces to grow by 100,000 over three years

• British, Polish, Dutch leaders due in Ukraine

• Russia’s Lavrov due to speak to Blinken

Reuters | Kyiv

Ukrainian President Volo-dymyr Zelenskiy signed a decree yesterday to boost

his armed forces by 100,000 troops over three years and raise soldiers’ pay, but said this did not mean war with Russia was im-minent.

Zelenskiy urged lawmakers to

stay calm and avoid panic as he prepared to host the leaders of the Netherlands, Britain and Po-land - all NATO members - as part of efforts to defuse tension with Russia and shore up international support for Kyiv.

Russia has massed more than 100,000 troops near Ukraine’s borders, while denying plans to invade - an action that the United States and its allies have warned would trigger tough sanctions.

The West last week formally rejected Russian demands to bar Ukraine from ever joining NATO and pull out NATO forces from eastern Europe, while expressing willingness to talk about arms control and confidence-building measures.

Russia has not yet signalled its next move, and the Kremlin reit-erated on Tuesday that President Vladimir Putin would respond

“when he considers it necessary”.Putin said last week the Unit-

ed States and NATO had not ad-dressed Moscow’s main secu-rity demands but Russia was ready to keep talking. On Tuesday he was due to meet Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban and hold a news conference at 1300 GMT.

Russia, US clash at UNReuters | United Nations

Tensions between Russia and the United States over

Moscow’s troop build-up near Ukraine spilled into the Unit-ed Nations Security Council on Monday, with both countries ac-cusing each other of being “pro-vocative.”

“The threats of aggression on

the border of Ukraine ... is pro-vocative. Our recognition of the facts on the ground is not pro-vocative,” US Ambassador to the UN Linda Thomas-Greenfield told the 15-member council. “The provocation’s from Russia, not from us or other members of this council,” she said, echoing a cen-tral argument from the Washing-ton as US-Russia relations have

hit a new low.

Russia’s UN Ambassa-dor Vassily Nebenzia said there was “no proof ” Moscow was planning military action against Ukraine and that Russia had consistently rejected such accusations.

“Our Western colleagues are talking about the need for de-es-

c a -lation. However, first and foremost, they themselves are whipping up tensions and rheto-ric and are provoking escalation,” Nebenzia said.

A service member walks past tanks of a mechanized brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces during military exercises outside Kharkiv, Ukraine

Shintaro Ishihara, Japanese politician who set off row with China, dies at 89Reuters | Tokyo

Shintaro Ishihara, a fiery nationalist

who was governor of Tokyo for more than a decade and set off a territorial row with China over a plan to buy islands claimed by both nations, died on Tues-day of pancreatic cancer, his family said. He was 89.

An award-winning novel-ist before turning politician and serving in parliament for almost 30 years, Ishihara’s tenure as governor of the Jap-anese capital was marked by controversy due to his out-spoken right-wing views and his penchant for controversial comments about, for instance, China, the LGBTQ community, foreigners and elderly women.

One of his more notorious

remarks came after the March 11, 2011 e a r t h q u a ke a n d tsunami that killed nearly 20,000 peo-ple, when he said the disaster was “di-vine punishment” for Japanese “ego-

ism”.But his biggest legacy may

have been re-igniting a fester-ing row with China over is-lands in the East China Sea by proposing that Tokyo buy the rocky, uninhabited islets and raising some $19 million to do so, saying they were important Japanese resources.

The government ultimately nationalised the islands in an attempt to defuse the situation, but the move backfired, setting off anti-Japanese protests and boycotts throughout China.

India goes on a spending spree to boost growth

• Finance minister unveils higher spending on infrastructure

• Allocates higher subsidies ahead of state elections

• Indian economy projected to grow 8%-8.5% in 2022/23

Reuters | New Delhi

India’s government will step up spending to 39.45 trillion

rupees ($529.7 billion) in the coming fiscal year to build pub-lic infrastructure and drive eco-nomic growth, it said yesterday, but it involves a wider fiscal deficit than targeted and record borrowing.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, presenting the an-nual budget to parliament, said total government spending in the 2022/23 fiscal year begin-ning in April will be 4.6% more than the current year.

Trillions of rupees will be allocated to expressways, af-fordable housing and solar manufacturing to put growth on a firmer footing, she said.

Growth is estimated to be 9.2% for 2021/2022, coming

off a low base and slowing to 8 to 8.5% in the coming fiscal year, still the fastest among the world’s major economies.

The recovery from the pan-demic has been swift but in-complete, officials say. Private consumption has been ham-pered by a lack of jobs, depleted household balance sheets and wider income inequalities.

“The economy has shown strong resilience to come out of the effects of the pandemic with high growth. However, we need to sustain that level to make up for the setback of 2020/21,” she said.

She announced spending of 200 bn rupees ($2.68 bn) for a highway expansion programme and said 400 new trains would be manufactured over the next three years.

The fiscal deficit for the cur-rent year would be 6.9% of GDP, slightly more than the 6.8% tar-geted earlier, Sitharaman said, drawing concern in the bond market.

For the next fiscal year, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s gov-ernment is targeting a deficit of 6.4% of GDP, hoping to build on higher tax revenues and privati-sation of state firms including a share sale of giant insurer Life Insurance Corporation.

Gross borrowing for 2022/23 was raised 40% to 14.95 tril-lion rupees. Gross borrowing

by the Modi government has more than doubled during the pandemic.

DIGITAL CURRENCYThe government sharply

scaled back its plans to sell state-run companies after po-litical criticism and market tur-moil, expecting to raise 650 bn rupees from the privatisation programme next fiscal year, lower than the revised 780 bn target for the current fiscal year.

Initially, it had announced it would raise 1.75 trillion rupees this fiscal year.

Sitharaman also said the cen-tral bank would introduce a dig-ital currency in the next fiscal year using blockchain and other supporting technology.

India’s central bank has voiced “serious concerns” around private cryptocur-rencies on the grounds that these may cause financial instability.

India’s Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman holds up a folder with the Government of India’s logo as she leaves her office to present the federal budget in the parliament in New Delhi, India

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Rihanna expecting her first child with A$AP RockyANI | Washington

Grammy-winning singer and fashion mogul Ri-hanna is pregnant and

expecting her first baby with rapper A$AP Rocky.

According to People maga-zine, the couple was recently photographed over the weekend out in New York City, where she debuted her baby bump while wearing a long pink jacket.

Rihanna’s oversized outer-wear was unbuttoned at the bottom to reveal her growing bump adorned in a gold cross with colourful jewels.

In one of the photos, clicked in Harlem, Rocky’s hometown, the rapper was seen kissing the soon-to-be mom on her forehead

as they enjoyed a snowy walk outdoors.

Back in May, Rocky had told a magazine about his romance

with Rihanna, calling her the “love of my life.”

On being questioned what it felt like to be in a relationship, he said, “So much better. So much better when you got ‘the One.’ She amounts to proba-bly, like, a million of the other ones. I think when you know, you know. She’s the One.”

Talking about fatherhood, Rocky had said that starting a family is “in my destiny, absolutely.”

“I think I’d be an in-credible, remarkably overall amazing dad.

I would have a very fly child. Very,” he said, at the time.

Rocky was previous-ly linked to rapper

Iggy Azalea from 2012 to 2013 and model Chanel Iman from 2013

to 2014.In Novem-

ber 2020, a source con-f i r m e d t o

People mag-azine that Rihanna and Rocky were dating after years of friendship.

The couple had sparked romance rumours since

Rihanna split from her boyfriend of three years, billionaire Hassan Jameel, in January 2020.

She featured Rocky in her Fen-ty Skin campaign that July and the duo did several interviews together to promote their collab.

Previously Rihanna had opened up about family planning in March 2020, while speak-ing to another magazine, where the ‘Umbrella’ singer said that she was “realizing life is really short” and found a new no-non-sense approach to living.

“You don’t have a lot of time to tolerate s----, you know? You put so much on your plate. When you’re overwhelmed, you need to start cutting things out. And I’m overwhelmed too much. What’s happening

now is that I’m going back to black and white. My gray area is shutting down,” she said at the time.

“I know I will want to live differently,” she added, saying that within the next 10 years she sees herself having “three or four” children, whether she has a partner or not.

As per People magazine, Ri-hanna said, “I feel like society makes me want to feel like, ‘Oh, you got it wrong ...’ They dimin-ish you as a mother if there’s not a dad in your kids’ lives. But the only thing that matters is hap-piness; that’s the only healthy relationship between a parent and a child. That’s the only thing that can raise a child truly, is love.”

Adam Deacon adds Ed Sheeran to ‘Sumotherhood’ castANI | Washington

American actor-director Adam Deacon has added

a bumper list of names to his British urban action-comedy and return to filmmaking ‘Su-motherhood’, which will start production in London soon.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Ed Sheeran, whose growing acting stints have in-cluded ‘Game of Thrones’ and ‘Yesterday’, has been added to the cast alongside Danny Sapa-ni, Jennifer Saunders, Peter Ser-afinowicz, Leomie Anderson, London Hughes, Kevin Bishop, Jaime Winstone, Vas Blackwood and Kobna Holdbrook-Smith.

They will be joining the al-

ready announced cast of Dea-con, Jazzie Zonzolo, Richie Campbell and comedi-an Eddie Kadi, while there are expected to be various addition-al cameos from the world of acting, com-edy and music.

Alongside the on-screen talent, ‘Sumotherhood’ has also secured the services of Si-mon Stolland as a cinematographer.

“We are so ex-cited that this incredible cast is joining the project bringing

these wacky and crazy charac-ters to life. More than ever, we

are celebrating the variety of life in East London in 2022. Both darkly authen-tic, as well as embracing

the vibrant and diverse lifestyle of living in

an East London council estate,” said Deacon.

Written by Dea-con, Zonzolo and Michael Vu, the film marks Dea-

con’s comeback to filmmaking after several y e a r s aw a y from the in-d u s t r y, a n d

over a decade since his 2011 directorial debut ‘Anuvahood’.

Having broken out in the 2006 drama Kidulthood, he sensationally won the BAFTA Rising Star award in 2012, but later stepped back after a public battle with mental health, hav-ing been diagnosed as bipolar in 2015.

As per The Hollywood Re-porter, ‘Sumotherhood’, which will shoot in Hackney and East London through February and March, is produced by BI-FA-nominated producer Finn Bruce of Belstone Pictures, Deacon’s production company Deaconstructed and the new-ly-formed banner Piece of Pie Productions.

‘Ant-Man’ star Evangeline Lilly protests vaccine mandatesIANS | Los Angeles

Marvel’s ‘Ant-Man’ fran-chise star Evangeline

Lilly took to Instagram, revealing that she was at a Washington DC rally in “sup-port of bodily sovereignty,” and protesting Covid vaccine mandates.

“I believe nobody should ever be forced to inject their body with anything, against their will, under threat of: violent attack, arrest or de-tention without trial, loss of employment, homelessness, starvation, loss of education, alienation from loved ones, excommunication from soci-ety under any threat whatso-ever,” wrote the actress.

“This is not the way. This is not safe. This is not healthy. This is not love. I un-derstand the world is in fear, but I don’t be-lieve that an-swering fear w i t h f o r c e will fix our problems,” she added.

In fact, n e a r l y every med-ical body of any merit says there is noth-

ing to fear from Covid vaccines. Most strongly

e n c o u r a g e them in-c l u d -i n g t h e A m e r -i c a n

M e d i c a l Association,

the American A c a d e m y o f

Pediatrics and the Centre for Dis-

ease Contol, reports deadline.com.

Benedict Cumberbatch, Laura Dern, Noah Jupe join cast of Justin Kurzel’s ‘Morning’ANI | Washington

Hollywood actor Benedict Cumberbatch wil l be

starring in a supporting role along with executive produc-ing ‘Morning ’, the upcom-ing sci-fi feature from Justin Kurzel. Laura Dern will also star in the project with Noah Jupe.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, the plot of ‘Morn-ing’ will be set in a near-future where society has a pill that does away with the need to

sleep. With the added help of an artificial sun, there is finally no end to morning daylight, living and work.

But as a young generation grows up deprived of the world of sleep, is it time for them to rebel and reclaim their dreams?

HanWay Films will handle international sales and distri-bution and will commence sales at the EFM. CAA Media Finance and UTA Independent Film Group are co-repping the US sale.

‘ M o r n i n g ’ w a s written by Manches-ter-born writer Sam Steiner whose screen-play was picked up by Cumberbatch and A d a m A c k l a n d ’ s SunnyMarch. Sun-nyMarch’s head of film, Leah Clarke, is producing alongside Ackland.

Cumberbatch will executive produce alongside Dern and

Jayme Lemons, through their company Jaywalker Pictures, and Marnie Po-dos. The film will reunite

Kurzel with several of his previous collaborators

i n c l u d i n g E m m y Aw a r d -w i n n i n g cinematographer A d a m A r k a -paw and BAFTA Award-nomi-nated costume designer Alice Babidge.

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The couple had sparked romance rumours since

Rihanna split from her boyfriend of three years, billionaire Has-san Jameel, in January

2020

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I believe nobody should ever be

forced to inject their body with anything,

against their will, under threat of: violent attack,

arrest or detention without trial, loss

of employment, homelessness,

starvation, loss of education, alienation

from loved ones, excommunication

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Nadal feels lucky to be part of dominant ‘Big Three’Rafael Nadal said he was lucky to be part of an era of tennis that included Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic

• Nadal claimed his 21st grand slam title, one more than Federer and Djokovic

Reuters | Melbourne

Rafael Nadal said he was lucky to be part of an era of tennis that included

Roger Federer and Novak Djok-ovic after the Spaniard won a men’s record 21st Grand Slam title at the Australian Open to move one ahead of his two great rivals.

Nadal roared back from two sets down to edge Daniil Med-vedev 2-6 6-7(5) 6-4 6-4 7-5 in a classic final on Sunday, only months after fearing his glorious career might be over because of a niggling left foot injury.

He then paid tribute to Feder-er, who missed the year’s first Grand Slam to continue his re-habilitation from knee surgery and Djokovic, who was deported

following a dispute over Austral-ia’s COVID-19 entry requirements and his unvaccinated status.

“At the end of the day, it’s just a game and in some way we achieved more than what we ever dreamed of when we were kids,” Nadal told reporters. “It doesn’t matter that much if one is 21, one is 20, or the other fin-ished 23 and the other with 21.

“I think we did very impor-tant things for our sport and we achieved our dreams and we enjoy it. I feel lucky to be part of this era that has been very special for our sport.”

The 35-year-old, who pulled out of Wimbledon, the Tokyo Olympics and the US Open in 2021 and returned to com-petitive action last month,

said the satisfaction of win-ning his second Australian Open crown was impossible to describe.

“It’s amazing to have this trophy with me,” Nadal said. “I tried hard during my career here in Australia, finally, it was probably the most unexpected year for me to achieve, one more time this beautiful trophy so I’m super happy.”

Nadal said he was not thinking about his next tournament.

“I have my schedule planned, but I’m enjoying the moment... I need to see how my body recov-ers from an amazing month and I’m going to make my decision,” Nadal said.

Red-hot Japan down Saudis to move closer to World Cup

AFP | Tokyo

In - f o r m Ja p a n t o o k a huge step towards

World Cup qualification with a 2-0 home win over group leaders Saudi Arabia yesterday.

Liverpool forward Ta-kumi Minamino gave the four-time Asian champions the lead midway through the first half, before Junya Ito bagged another shortly after the break in Saitama, north of Tokyo.

The Saudis went into the game four points clear of Japan at the top of Group B, knowing a win would seal their place in Qatar.

But Japan’s victory in-stead set up a tense battle for the two automatic qual-ifying spots, with two games remaining and Australia also still in the hunt.

The Socceroos were in action away to Oman later in the day.

Jofra Archer back in IPL auction list but likely to miss 2022 seasonTDT | Manama

England’s Jofra Archer has been added to the India

Premier League auction list but the tournament’s franchis-es were told yesterday to pick the fast bowler at their own risk.

Archer, who is recovering from a second operation on his injured elbow, is among 590 cricketers going under the hammer on February 12 and 13 in Bangalore.

The 26-year-old has placed himself in the top bracket of potential recruits with a base price of Rs 2 crore.

But the England and Wales Cricket Board registered him “with a view to potential par-ticipation in 2023 and 2024, as due to his current injury it is unlikely that he can participate in IPL 2022,” the league’s chief operating officer Hemang Amin told its 10 franchises in an email.

“Therefore, his name has

been included in the auction list but he won’t feature in the marquee or other sets to be presented,” Amin added.

“He will be available to be called during the accelerat-ed auction and whoever picks him will not get a replacement player for IPL 2022 season.”

Ten teams will bid and par-ticipate in this year’s IPL af-ter the addition of two new franchises, Ahmedabad and Lucknow.

Trent Boult, Pat Cummins, Quinton de Kock, Faf du Ples-sis, Kagiso Rabada, and David Warner are among the mar-quee players at the top of the mega auctions.


Aljahromi excels in Al Shira’aa showjumping championship in Abu DhabiTDT | Manama

Bahraini rider Ahmed Al-jahromi has recently partic-

ipated in Al Shira’aa Showjump-ing Championship CSI2*, which is held within the International Al Shira’aa Horse Show 2022 in Abu Dhabi, with the participa-tion of a large number of riders from different countries of the world.

Aljahromi managed to achieve good results in the Champion-ship, as he won 9th place on the first day, while he showed a marvelous performance on the second day, on the which he achieved the fifth place after a strong and exciting competition

with the other riders.On the occasion, Aljahromi

expressed thanks and apprecia-tion to His Highness Shaikh Isa

bin Abdullah Al Khalifa, Presi-dent of the Royal Equestrian and Endurance Federation (BREEF), for His Highness’s endless sup-port to Bahraini riders in their patriations abroad.

He stated that the President’s support is an incentive for rid-ers to excel and shine in their participations and constantly strive to achieve the best places.

Aljahromi added that the In-ternational Al Shira’aa Horse Show is one of the major tour-naments that witness wide par-ticipation and strong compe-tition among all participants, indicating that he will always strive to achieve the best results in the upcoming participations.

Ahmed Aljahromi in action during the event

Takumi Minamino of Japan in action

Jofra Archer

At the end of the day, it’s just a game and in some way we achieved

more than what we ever dreamed of when we were kids. It doesn’t

matter that much if one is 21, one is 20, or the other finished 23 and

the other with 21RAFAEL NADAL

Boutaib joins Paris FC representing Victorious BahrainTDT | Manama

Paris FC, representing Vic-torious Bahrain in Ligue 2,

announced yesterday the arrival of Khalid Boutaib.

Coming from Le Havre, the Moroccan international striker signed on Monday for a period of one-and-a-half years with the club of the capital.

Boutaib has played 96 games to date in Ligue 2, 31 games in Ligue 1 and scored 36 goals in these two competitions.

With a solid experience of the high level, the Morocco national team player has 20 caps and eight goals. He discovered the professional world late at 27 years old, with Gazélec Ajaccio with whom he participated in the historic rise of the Corsican club.

In 2016, he joined Thierry Laurey, whom he had known at Ajaccio, and the Racing Club de Strasbourg. The 34-year-old striker is one of the major archi-tects of the rise of the Alsatian

club in Ligue 1 in 2017. After his success in France,

Boutaib moved to Turkey to Yeni Malatyaspor for two seasons (51 games, 17 goals) and then to Zamalek SC in Egypt.

In the summer of 2020, the Franco-Moroccan found Le Havre in Ligue 2. Author of five goals this season, Boutaib brings all his experience to Paris FC where he will wear the num-ber 13.

He said: “Paris FC has posi-tioned itself and its high ob-jectives have attracted me. It’s a great opportunity. The fact that I know Thierry Laurey and Fabien Lefevre reinforced my idea, I know what I’m getting into. A third rise, and moreover with coach Laurey, it would be an incredible story!”

Khalid Boutaib, right, with his new Paris FC jersey

Paris FC has positioned itself and its high

objectives have attracted me. It’s a

great opportunity. The fact that I know Thierry

Laurey and Fabien Lefevre reinforced my idea, I know what I’m getting into. A third

rise, and moreover with coach Laurey, it would be an incredible story

KHALID BOUTAIB

Rafael Nadal celebrates after beating Daniil Medvedev

Nadal’s second Aus-tralian Open crown came 13 years after

his first. After an injury disrupted 2021

where he pulled out of Wimbledon, the Tokyo Olympics and the US

Open, he became only the second player after Djokovic to win all four Grand Slams more than

once in the Open era

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Moxham wins club stableford competition at AwaliTDT | Manama

Heath Moxham was the overall winner in the Club

Stableford competition at Awali Golf Club (AGC), held over the weekend.

Moxham clinched first place with 36 points and a better back nine from his closest competi-tor. His round was particularly impressive having registered a string of bogeys and a par on hole 12, collecting lots of points.

Moxham topped the field of 64 players who braved the cold and windy weather for a chance to claim one of the six prizes in the event.

Finishing as runner-up was Anurag Bajaj, also on 36 points and a nice card of pars and bo-geys and only two double bo-geys.

Third through sixth place, respectively, all with 35 points, were Quinten Du Preez, Mahmood Falamarzi, Beth

Robinson and Anil Nair.Du Preez came away with

third having the best back nine of them all. Falamarzi finished fourth and Robin-son fifth, while Nair was sixth to claim his first prize of the season.

The best gross score of the

competition was posted by Rod Allderidge, who came back with a card of 80.

Following play, the winners were presented their awards in a ceremony at the club attended by AGC captain Susan Scott and tournament director Rashid Al Qutami.

Bahrain Victorious make solid start in Saudi Tour

• Fred Wright and Jonathan Milan both rank in top 10 of youth category after 198km first stage in Al Ula

• Bahrain Victorious riders also set to compete in ‘Tour of Valencia’ starting from today

TDT | Manama

Bahrain Victorious riders Fred Wright and Jonathan

Milan both ranked in the top 10 of the youth category yesterday after the first stage of the 2022 Saudi Tour.

The event is under the Inter-national Cycling Union (UCI) and it is part of the UCI’s Asia Tour. It is being held in the northwest region of Al Ula over five stages across a total of 831 kilometres.

Wright, from Great Britain, and Milan, from Italy, were

23rd and 25th, respectively, at the end of this 198km stage, which saw a huge group of rid-ers battling for the best finish-ing position up front.

Teammate Jasha Sutterlin from Germany was Bahrain Victorious’ top finisher in 20th.

Santiago Buitrago Sanchez from Colombia was 37th for the team, Kamil Gradek of Poland came 48th, his countryman Fil-ip Maciejuk was 53rd and Bah-raini youngster Ahmed Madan 88th amongst the 96 competing riders. This year’s Saudi Tour is the event’s second edition, and it kicks off the 2022 season for Bahrain Victorious.

Meanwhile, Bahrain Victori-ous will be participating in the Volta a la Comunitat Valencia-na, also known as the Tour of

Valencia, starting today. The event is now also part of the newly established UCI ProS-eries, with Matej Mohoric and newcomer Luis Leon Sanchez leading the team.

Alongside the duo will be Dylan Teuns and Jan Tratnik, with Stephen Williams, Yuki-ya Arashiro and Pello Bilbao rounding out the team.

The race was founded in 1929 and since then has played host to 72 editions of road cycling racing. As this year’s Europe-an road season gets underway, this race is an important season opener in understanding where the team is and wants to be.

Around 170 cyclists from more than 20 countries are ex-pected to be competing in the event.


Bahrain beat DR Congo in friendlyHashem Sayed Isa scores match’s lone goal in third minute of second half to help hosts overcome highly ranked African opponents

• Friendly match marked end of senior men’s national team’s latest training gathering under head coach Helio Sousa

• Bahrainis preparing for upcoming competitions, including third round of qualification for AFC Asian Cup 2023 in June

TDT | Manama

Bahrain defeated DR Congo 1-0 last night in an inter-national friendly match

played at the National Stadium in Riffa.

Hashem Sayed Isa scored the game’s lone goal early in the sec-ond half to give the Bahrainis their second tune-up win in a week. They had previously out-classed another top African side, Uganda, on Thursday 3-1.

The Bahrainis’ two opponents are both highly ranked in their confederation and on the FIFA World Rankings. Heading into the two exhibitions, Uganda

were 82nd and DR Congo 64th, while Bahrain were 91st.

Yesterday’s contest marked the end of the senior men’s na-tional team’s latest training gath-ering.

Starting the game for head coach Helio Sousa were Sayed Mohammed Jaafar between the posts; Hamad Shamsan, Abbas Ayyad, Abdulla Al Haz-za and Hassan Karani in de-fence; Ali Madan, Abdulrah-man Yousif, Jassim Al Shaikh

and Komail Alaswad in mid-field; and Hashem Sayed Isa and Abdulla Al Hashash up front.

After a goalless opening 45 minutes, Bahrain opened their account three minutes after the re-start. The nationals took ad-vantage of some porous defend-ing from their rivals, who should have easily cleared a cross from the right edge of the box from Bahrain’s Ayyad.

But his pass found its way to

a waiting Isa in the face of goal, and he made no mistake with his low effort which he sent to the bottom-right corner of the net, past Congo’s reserve goalkeeper Lionel Mpasi

Both teams had a few other chances to score on either side of half-time, but could not make the most of their chances.

The Bahrainis have used the two friendlies as part of their preparations for their upcoming competitions, which include the

third round of qualification for the AFC Asian Cup 2023, which will be held in June.

The nationals have yet to learn of their groupings for this stage of qualification. The draw is scheduled to be held on Feb-ruary 24.

Matches will be played over three days on June 8, 11 and 14. It was announced by the AFC that each group will hold their games in a centralised venue, and a bidding process will be

held for the hosts.Bahrain are one of 24 national

teams competing in this third round of qualifying for the AFC Asian Cup 2023. These teams are to be divided into six groups of four to play a single round-robin. The group winners and the best five runners-up across all groups will qualify for the Asian Cup, where they are joined by China and by the 12 teams which qual-ified directly from the second round.

Bahrain have appeared in the Asian Cup, the continent’s pre-mier football competition, six times in the past, including the last five editions. Their best fin-ish was fourth in 2004.

Bahrain’s Abdulla Al Hashash looks to head the ball away as he is challenged by DR Congo’s Serge Tonombe Mukoko

Bahrain’s Hashem Sayed Isa battles for possession of the ball with DR Congo’s Dieumerci Mukoko Amale

Winner Heath Moxham, centre, receives his prize from Susan Scott in the presence of Rashid Al Qutami

Bahrain Victorious riders before yesterday’s start to the 2022 Saudi Tour

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