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TDT | Manama

His Majesty King Ham-ad bin Isa Al Khalifa and His Royal High-

ness Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, the Crown Prince and Prime Minister, received cables of thanks from China

President Xi Jinping in re-ply to their congratulations on the centenary of found-ing the Chinese Communist Party.

HRH the Crown Prince and Prime Minister received a sim-ilar cable from Chinese Pre-mier Li Keqiang.

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President Xi Jinping

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Individuals vaccinated(First dose) (Second dose)

(Booster dose)(66.7%)

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Aged 40 and aboveand those with comorbidities

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Bahrain values Germany’s key role in Middle EastTDT | Manama

The Kingdom of Bahrain greatly values the work of friends such as Germany

in providing support and hope to the Middle East.

Foreign Affairs Minister Dr Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani underlined Bahrain’s appreci-ation for Germany’s active and constructive role in the Middle East during a joint press con-ference held with his German counterpart, Heiko Maas, yes-terday.

The event was held follow-ing formal discussions by both countries’ delegations on ways to boost joint cooperation be-tween the two countries in the political, economic and invest-

ment fields.Minister Al Zayani extended

his appreciation to Germany for hosting the Berlin 1 and 2 con-ferences on Libya, renewing the call for the international com-munity to back the transitional government in Libya, for all for-eign fighters and mercenaries to leave brotherly Libya.

He reiterated Bahrain’s sup-port to the international efforts exerted to create the right condi-tions for the scheduled election on 24 December.

Dr Al Zayani highlighted the importance of the stability of Tunisia to the entire Mediter-ranean and Middle East region, and to Europe’s southern border, expressing hope that friends in Europe will stand with Presi-

dent Kais Saied and the people of Tunisia in fighting corruption, ending political deadlock, and ensuring the country can move forward towards prosperity, sta-bility and good governance.

The Minister said that both Bahrain and Germany are com-mitted to fighting terrorism and extremism, and to protecting international shipping lanes.

Minister Maas expressed his pride and appreciation for the bilateral relations between Bah-rain and Germany.

He praised the role played by the Kingdom in achieving peace in the Middle East and lauded the signing of the declaration supporting peace, and appoint-ing a Bahraini Ambassador to the State of Israel.Minister Al Zayani with his German counterpart at yesterday’s joint press conference

Labour Ministry, Yusuf bin Ahmed Kanoo Company sign social centre agreement

Finance Minister receives outgoing Omani Ambassador

Education Minister receives NCC Chief Executive

Megamart donates 100 charity boxes to Indian Club

Bahrain-Thailand relations discussed

Labour and Social Development Minister Jamil bin Mohammed Ali Humaidan and Yusuf bin Ahmed Kanoo Company Board of Directors Chairman Khalid Mohammed Kanoo signed an agreement to build “Mubarak Kanoo Comprehensive Social Center” in the Capital Governorate. The project aims to provide social and development services to all Bahrainis and enhance community cohesion through various programmes and projects. It also seeks to strengthen community partnership with the governmental, civil and private sectors and achieve the goals of sustainable development

Finance and National Economy Minister Shaikh Salman bin Khalifa Al Khalifa hailed deep-rooted historic and fraternal relations binding the Kingdom of Bahrain and the Sultanate of Oman. Receiving outgoing Omani Ambassador Abdulla bin Rashid Al Medelwi, Minister Shaikh Salman said that strong ties had contributed to consolidating economic partnership between both friendly countries and peoples, reiterating Bahrain’s keenness on expanding joint cooperation.

Education Minister Dr Majid bin Ali Al Nuaimi received the CEO of the National Communication Centre (NCC) Yousif Mohammed Al Binkhalil. The meeting discussed ways to boost cooperation and coordination. The Minister gave a briefing on the most important achievements and projects implemented by the ministry within the government program to develop the educational system. Al Binkhalil briefed the centre’s efforts to serve the government media, as well as its most important initiatives.

Bahrain Ambassador-designate to Thailand Muna Abbas Radhi yesterday met with Thai Ambassador to the Kingdom of Bahrain, Thanis Na Songkhla, at the Thai Embassy in Manama. During the meeting, the two sides reviewed the advanced course of bilateral relations between Bahrain and Thailand and its continuous development in various fields. They stressed the joint keenness to advance friendship and expand cooperation to benefit both friendly countries and peoples, in addition to discussing a number of issues of common interest.

Megamart General Manager Anil Nawani has donated 100 charity boxes to the Indian Club on the occasion of India’s Independence Day celebrations on 15 August at the Club premises.


At 31 December 2019 (Audited) 3,120,928 1,560,464 3,993,000 1,000,000 2,139,170 1,507,754 (122,398) 13,198,918 Total comprehensive loss for the period - - - - (550,630) 584,086 - 33,456 At 30 June 2020 (Reviewed) 3,120,928 1,560,464 3,993,000 1,000,000 1,588,540 2,091,840 (122,398) 13,232,374

At 31 December 2020 (Audited) 3,120,928 1,560,464 3,993,000 1,000,000 2,091,665 2,340,271 (122,398) 13,983,930

Total comprehensive income for the period - - - - 31,432 317,868 - 349,300

Dividend for 2020 - - - - - (305,951) - (305,951)

At 30 June 2021 (Reviewed) 3,120,928 1,560,464 3,993,000 1,000,000 2,123,097 2,352,188 (122,398) 14,027,279

Sales 3,583,976 3,609,407 7,364,738 7,419,328 Cost of sales (3,466,503) (3,399,437) (6,936,914) (6,979,967)Gross Profit for the period 117,473 209,970 427,824 439,361 Other income 125,276 366,385 154,313 391,553 Other operating expenses (216,521) (192,311) (401,482) (374,866)

Profit from operations 26,228 384,044 180,655 456,048

Investments income 22,222 24,185 164,451 177,821 Share of loss in an associate Company (17,125) (21,409) (62,111) (13,764)Finance cost (10,147) (5,184) (21,714) (10,189)Unrealised fair value gains/(losses) on financial assets at fair value through profit or loss 33,040 18,317 56,587 (25,830)

Net profit for the period 54,218 399,953 317,868 584,086

Basic earnings per share (fils) 1.77 13.07 10.39 19.09

Quarter ended30 June 2020(Reviewed)

Six months period ended 30 June 2021(Reviewed)

Net profit for the period 54,218 399,953 317,868 584,086

Other comprehensive income

Items that will not be reclassified to profit or loss: Unrealised fair values gains/(losses) on financial assets at fair value through other comprehensive income 171,317 (130,360) 32,023 (505,135)

Items that may be reclassified into profit or loss: Company’s share in associate’s net change in investments at fair value 10,196 (29,606) (591) (45,495)

Other comprehensive income/(loss) for the period 181,513 (159,966) 31,432 (550,630)

Total comprehensive income for the period 235,731 239,987 349,300 33,456

30 June 2021 31 December 2020 ( Reviewed ) Audited ASSETS Non-current assets Property, plant and equipment 2,683,372 2,804,961 Investment in an associate 1,379,402 1,442,090 Right-of-use assets 538,584 551,964 Financial assets at fair value through other comprehensive income 2,887,423 2,857,642 Financial assets at fair value through profit or loss 679,309 622,722 Investments at amortised cost 250,000 500,000

8,418,090 8,779,379Current assets Inventories 2,616,858 2,042,657 Trade and other receivables 2,947,681 2,290,174 Cash and bank balances 2,030,957 2,798,434 7,595,496 7,131,265

TOTAL ASSETS 16,013,586 15,910,644 EQUITY AND LIABILITIESCapital and reserves Share capital 3,120,928 3,120,928 Statutory reserve 1,560,464 1,560,464 General reserve 3,993,000 3,993,000 Development and raw material reserve 1,000,000 1,000,000 Investment fair value reserve 2,123,097 2,091,664 Retained earnings 2,352,188 2,340,272 Treasury shares (122,398) (122,398)

Total shareholders’ equity 14,027,279 13,983,930 Non-current liabilities Non-current Portion of lease liability 561,206 580,756 Non-current Portion of deferred income 186,796 193,698 Employees’ terminal benefits 37,598 37,781 785,600 812,235 Current liabilities Current portion of lease liability 10,422 10,422 Trade and other payables 772,512 802,674 Short-term borrowings 403,967 287,577 Current portion of deferred income 13,806 13,806 1,200,707 1,114,479 Total liabilities 1,986,307 1,926,714

TOTAL EQUITY AND LIABILITIES 16,013,586 15,910,644

Condensed Interim Financial Information for the Quarter and Six Months Ended 30 June 2021 (Reviewed)

* * The condensed interim financial statements for the Six months ended 30 June 2021 were approved and authorised for issue by the Board of Directors on 11 Au-gust 2021 Full set of Finanial Statements can be seen on Company website: www.dawajen.bh Abdul Rahman Mohamed Jamsheer

ChairmanAbdulhussain Khalil Dewani

Vice Chairman

Share Statutory General Development Investment Retained Treasury capital reserve reserve and raw fair value earnings shares Total material reserve reserve

Condensed interim statement of financial position as at 30 June 2021 Condensed interim statement of profit or loss for the quarter and six months period ended 30 June 2021

Statement of profit or loss for the year ended 31 December 2019

Condensed interim statement of cash flows for the six months ended 30 June 2021

Operating activities Net profit for the Period 317,868 584,086Adjustments for: Depreciation 220,409 225,125Amortisation of right-of-use asset 13,380 13,380 Finance costs 21,714 10,189 Gain on disposal of property, plant and equipment (60) - Gain on disposal of financial assets at fair value through other comprehensive income (1,092) - Unrealised fair value (gains)/losses on financial assets at fair value through profit or loss (56,587) 25,830 Share of loss of associate 62,111 13,764 Interest and dividend income (164,451) (177,819) Changes in operating assets and liabilities: Inventories (574,201) 1,170,261 Trade and other receivables (657,507) (642,545)Trade and other payables (29,635) (146,380)Employees’ terminal benefits, net (183) 3,994 Net cash (used in)/provided by operating activities (848,234) 1,079,885 Investing activities Purchase of property, plant and equipment (98,820) (118,607)Proceeds from maturity of investment at amortised cost 250,000 - Proceeds from disposal of financial assets at fair value through other comprehensive income 3,320 - Proceeds from disposal of property, plant and equipment 60 - Interest and dividends income received 164,451 177,819Net cash provided by investing activities 319,011 59,212

Financing activities Principal repayment of lease liabilities (19,550) (19,551)Net movement in deferred income (6,902) (6,903)Net movement in short-term borrowing 116,390 - Dividends paid (306,478) (24,459) Finance costs paid (21,714) (10,189)

Net cash used in financing activities (238,254) (61,102)

Net (decrease)/ increase in cash and cash equivalents (767,477) 1,077,995

Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of the period 2,798,434 501,223

Cash and cash equivalents, end of the period 2,030,957 1,579,218

Condensed interim statement of changes in shareholders’ equity for the six months ended 30 June 2021

Abdulhadi Mirza Jaffar General Manager

Financial information Reviewed byBDO

Condensed interim statement of comprehensive income for the quarter and six months ended 30 June 2021


Six months period ended 30 June 2021

(Reviewed)

Six months period ended 30 June 2020

(Reviewed)Quarter ended30 June 2021(Reviewed)





Royal support for Bahraini youth hailedBahrain joins world today in celebrating International Youth Day

TDT | Manama

Bahrain is joining the world today in celebrating the 2021

International Youth Day with high hopes for the Kingdom’s youngsters to enhance their contributions in nation building, prosperity and for bright future.

The United Nations marks the event every year on August 12, with this year’s theme “Trans-forming Food Systems: Youth Innovation for Human and Plan-etary Health.”

On this day, governments and citizens across the world come together to recognise and bring attention to the problems faced by the youth.

In Bahrain, top senior officials have expressed gratitude to His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa and His Royal Highness Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, the Crown Prince and Prime Minister, for their strong support to the youth.

True national wealthHis Highness Shaikh Nass-

er bin Hamad Al Khalifa, rep-

resentative of His Majesty the King for Humanitarian Works and Youth Affairs and Chair-man of the Supreme Council for Youth and Sports, affirmed that His Majesty has always believed in the capabilities of Bahraini youth and made them an integral part of his ideology and approach.

HH Shaikh Nasser stressed the royal leadership’s philosophy to invest in the youth as the true national wealth.

He affirmed that the King-dom implements many initia-

tives and strategies that ena-ble young people to take their true position as partners for progress and leaders of the future.

HH Shaikh Nasser lauded HRH the Crown Prince and Prime Minister for implementing the directives of His Majesty the King to make the Bahraini youth among the government’s pri-orities.

Deep prideShura Council Chairman Ali

bin Saleh Al Saleh emphasised

deep pride in the achievements accomplished by the Bahraini youth in various fields in a way that reflects HM the King’s vi-sion and aspirations.

The Shura Council has stated that Bahraini youth’s innova-tions and initiatives are among the important tributaries of the progress and prosperity process, currently witnessed by the king-dom under His Majesty King Hamad’s comprehensive devel-opment march.

The Council expressed deep pride in the great status enjoyed

by the Bahraini youth, thanks to the unwavering support of HM the King, making them essen-tial partners in implementing the development programmes across various fields.

AccomplishmentsCouncil of Representatives

Speaker Fawzia bint Abdullah Zainal lauded the royal sup-port from HM the King that has made youth innovations, crea-tivity and excellence a solid and genuine approach to achieving development and civilisational accomplishments.

The Speaker praised the ef-forts of the government headed by HRH the Crown Prince and Prime Minister and its support-ive projects and programmes for Bahraini youth.

She highlighted the support in the areas of food security and youth innovations, and in harnessing all possibilities for optimal investment in promis-ing youth energies and compe-tencies and motivating them to contribute actively to building the nation and its progress.

HH Shaikh Nasser Chairman Al Saleh Speaker Zainal

Bahrain is world’s ‘34th’ highest consumer of tobacco productsTDT | Manama

Bahrain has been ranked 34th in the world’s top

40 countries that have the highest smoking rate, ac-cording to the latest figures released by the World Pop-ulation Review.

The statistics show that 28.2% of Bahrain’s popula-tion are smokers, 48.4% of them are male, while 7.6% of women’s population are consuming tobacco prod-ucts. Among the countries that have the most tobac-co consumption rate in the Arab world, Bahrain came third behind Jordan and Lebanon, which have been ranked first and second, re-spectively.

Bahrain imported tobac-co products valued at BD1.6 million in June this year. These products are ranked 24th among the most im-portant 50 products the Kingdom’s imports.

The ranking was decided based on the percentage of smokers compared to the population in each country.

HM King’s Advisor for Diplomatic Affairs receives Tunisian Ambassador

HM King’s Media Affairs Advisor receives researcher

Advisor to His Majesty the King for Diplomatic Affairs Shaikh Khalid bin Ahmed bin Mohammed Al Khalifa received Tunisian Ambassador to Bahrain Kamal Guizani. The Advisor praised the solid relations between Bahrain and Tunisia, stressing the firm position of the Kingdom in supporting the security and stability of Tunisia. The Ambassador expressed his appreciation of the Kingdom’s solidarity with Tunisia that embodies the strength of fraternal relations between the two countries and peoples at various levels.

Advisor to His Majesty the King for Media Affairs Nabil bin Yacoob Al Hamer received researcher Latifa Al Murshed who presented him a copy of her doctoral thesis “The role of TV channels in political public opinion in GCC countries.” The Advisor praised the researcher’s efforts in advancing scientific research and wished her further success, noting the contributions of Bahrainis to the scientific and academic fields. Al Murshed expressed her appreciation to the advisor for his support and encouragement to Bahraini researchers.

Lawyer sues client for not settling professional feeTDT | Manama

The High Administrative Court ordered a Bahraini

man to pay BD100 to a lawyer after the latter represented him in several cases but failed to receive his professional fee.

The lawyer filed the case af-ter the defendant failed to pay the agreed amount in return for defending him in several lawsuits.

According to court files, the Bahraini man signed a contract worth BD700 with the lawyer to handle his cases. However, the Court estimated the law-yer’s remuneration at BD100 after reviewing all the submit-ted documents.

“I put all my efforts into his cases after signing the con-tract. He agreed to pay BD700. He paid BD270 out of the out-standing amount,” the plaintiff told prosecutors.

“I chased him to pay the rest

of the money but he started dodging my calls. Therefore, I filed a case against him in order to get paid for the work I did for him.”

Nevertheless, the court said that it valued the lawyer’s ef-forts at BD100 after studying the case.


The lawyer filed the case after the de-

fendant failed to pay the agreed amount in return for defending him in several law-

suits.

KNOW WHAT

ASSETSCash and bank balances Investments Accrued income Insurance receivablesInsurance depositsDeferred policy acquisition costsReinsurers’ share of technical provisionsOther assetsInvestment propertyProperty and equipmentTOTAL ASSETS

LIABILITIES AND EQUITY

LIABILITIESTechnical provisions Insurance payablesBorrowingsOther liabilitiesTOTAL LIABILITIES

EQUITYAttributable to shareholders of parent company Share capitalTreasury stockReservesAccumulated losses

Non-controlling interests

TOTAL EQUITYTOTAL LIABILITIES AND EQUITY

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED INTERIM FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE SIX MONTHS ENDED 30 JUNE 2021 (REVIEWED) CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITIONAS AT 30 JUNE 2021 (In thousands of U.S. Dollars)

129,056 393,189

4,321 39,301 22,487

1,436 44,862 15,908

4,550 11,789

666,899

301,012 66,391

- 29,869

397,272

220,000 (14,793) 55,431 (8,056)

252,582 17,045

269,627 666,899

100,500 454,603

8,786 72,732 20,917

4,749 74,368 37,349

4,622 12,006

790,632

408,86980,664

- 38,672 528,205

220,000 (14,793) 56,296

(16,142) 245,361

17,066

262,427 790,632

145,797 441,415

26,352 99,822 21,785

9,296 103,449

24,259 4,849

11,791 888,815

498,637 89,955

7,000 52,266

647,858

220,000 (14,793) 49,847

(31,522) 223,532

17,425

240,957 888,815

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF PROFIT OR LOSS FOR THE SIX MONTHS ENDED 30 JUNE 2021 (In thousands of U.S. Dollars)

Gross premiums writtenOutward reinsurance premiumsChange in unearned premiums Net earned premiums Claims and related expensesPolicy acquisition costsInvestment income attributable to insurance fundsOperating expenses Underwriting result Investment income attributable to shareholders’ fundsOperating expenses - non underwriting activitiesBorrowing costOther incomeOther expenses and provisions Profit (loss) for the period Attributable to:Non-controlling interestsShareholders of parent company

Earnings (losses) per share attributable to shareholders (basic and diluted):

(17,295) 3,027

82,722

68,454 (31,609) (19,225)

2,824 (7,685)

12,759

2,124

(5,597)(112)6,283

(2,790)

12,667

(891)

13,558 12,667

6.8(US cents)

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITYFOR THE SIX MONTHS ENDED 30 JUNE 2021 (In thousands of U.S. Dollars)

Balances at 31 December 2020Net profit (loss) for the periodChanges on fair value of available for sale investmentsTransfers for recognition of gains on disposal of available for sale investmentsTransfers for impairment loss recognised on available for sale investments Total comprehensive income for the period Transfer of net depreciation on revalued propertyTransfer to (from) non-distributable reservesBalances at 30 June 2021Balances at 31 December 2019 Net profit (loss) for the year Changes on fair value of available for sale investmentsTransfers for recognition of gains on disposal of available for sale investmentsTransfers for impairment loss recognised on available for sale investmentsRevaluation of property Total comprehensive income for the yearTransfer of net depreciation on revalued propertyTransfer to (from) non-distributable reservesSale of subsidiary - minority interests Balances at 31 December 2020 Balances at 31 December 2019Net loss for the periodChanges on fair value of available for sale investmentsTransfers for recognition of (gains) losses on disposal of available for sale investmentsTransfers for impairment loss recognised on available for sale investments Total comprehensive income for the periodTransfer of net depreciation on revalued property Balances at 30 June 2020

Share capital Treasury stock Reserves Non-controlling interests Total equity Accumulated losses (reviewed)

220,000

-

------

220,000

220,000

-

-

-

-

-

--

-

-220,000

220,000

-

-

-

-

-

-

220,000

(14,793)

-

------

(14,793)

(14,793)

-

-

-

-

-

--

-

-(14,793)

(14,793)

-

-

-

-

-

-

(14,793)

56,296

-

658(2,209)

548(1,003)

(110)

24855,431 51,705

-

4,518

(3,374)

1,640

646

3,430(195)1,356

-

56,296

51,705-

(2,134)

(150)

523

(1,761)

(97)49,847

(16,142)

8,224

---

8,224110

(248)(8,056)

(28,539)

13,558

-

-

-

-

13,558195

(1,356)

-

(16,142)

(28,539)(3,080)

-

-

-

(3,080)

97(31,522)

17,066

(28)

7(10)

10(21)

-

-17,045 17,952

(891)

114

(88)

41

-

(824)--

(62)

17,066

17,952(542)

10

5

-

(527)

-17,425

262,427

8,196

665(2,219)

5587,200

-

-269,627 246,325

12,667

4,632

(3,462)

1,681

646

16,164--

(62)

262,427

246,325(3,622)(2,124)

(145)

523

(5,368)

-240,957

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS FOR THE SIX MONTHS ENDED 30 JUNE 2021 (In thousands of U.S. Dollars)

CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIESPremiums received

Claims and acquisition costs paid Reinsurance receipts in respect of claims Interest receivedDividends received Other (expenses) income, netInsurance deposits (paid) received, net Purchase of trading investments

Net cash used in operating activities

Purchase of investmentsTerm deposits with bank

Investment income Collateralised cash deposits

Sale of subsidiary Net cash provided by investing activities CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES

Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents

Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period Cash and cash equivalents, end of periodTerm deposits with bankCash and bank balances, end of period

19,976(5,868)

(96,684)34,433

49722

-(5,410)(4,365)(1,775)

--

(58,922)

70,424

(10,380)(5,001)

4,0601,955

21,423(2)

-82,479

---

-

23,557(2)

63,436

86,99142,065

129,056

53,524(5,408)

(116,936)36,257

5,899952

57(6,198)

275611

(667)20,308

(11,326)

89,933

(24,165)(12,047)

5,362 169

4,762 (15)

-63,999

-

(99)(10)

(109)

52,564

(75)

66,895

119,38426,413

145,797

97,323(17,477)

(226,798)98,801

4,7102,286

56(12,761)

(5,967)1,455(667)

20,529(38,510)

154,855 (90,950)(22,698)

9,428 2,255

(8,457)(30)318

44,721

(7,000)

(187)(2,418)

(9,605)

(3,394)

(65)

66,895

63,43637,064

100,500

Arab Insurance Group (B.S.C.) - a reinsurance firm regulated by the Central Bank of Bahrain

Borrowing costBorrowings

Dividends paid

Reinsurance premiums paid

Investment income

Operating expenses paid

Sale of trading investments

Maturity/sale of investmentsCASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES

Interest received

Purchase of property and equipment

Net cash used in financing activities

Effect of exchange rate on cash and cash equivalents

Samuel VergheseActing Chief Executive Officer

Ahmed Saeed AlMahriDirector

Saeed Mohammed AlBahharChairman

The above condensed consolidated interim financial statements have been extracted from the condensed consolidated interim financial statements reviewed by KPMG Fakhro.

The reviewed condensed consolidated interim financial statements are available on Arig’s website www.arig.net

These condensed consolidated interim financial statements were approved by the Board of Directors on 11 August 2021 and signed on its behalf by:

For the three monthsended 30 June 2021

(reviewed)

For the financial year-to-date30 June 2021

(reviewed)

For the financial year-to-date30 June 2020

(reviewed)

For the year ended31 December 2020

(audited)


(audited)

3,549 (2,613)

2,864

3,800 659

(971) 1,501

(1,643)

3,346

1,455(806)

-2,440

254

6,689

(28)

6,717 6,689

3.4


(reviewed)

(3,450) 255

12,592

9,397 (954)

(1,107) 3,110

(3,759)

6,687

2,667 (1,837)

- 2,722

(2,043)

8,196

(28)

8,224 8,196

4.2

For the financial year-to-date 30 June 2021

(reviewed)

30 June 2021(reviewed)

31 December 2020(audited)

30 June 2020(reviewed)

(12,618) 1,766

58,083

47,231 (28,433) (14,018) (1,245) (4,341)

(806)

(481) (3,527)

(90) 1,769 (487)

(3,622)

(542)

(3,080)

(3,622)

(1.6)


(reviewed)

1,194 (4,771) 17,414

13,837 (6,905) (5,069)

2,396 (2,274)

1,985

1,180 (1,200)

(43) 1,189 (337) 2,774

(134) 2,908

2,774

1.5


(unreviewed)

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME FOR THE SIX MONTHS ENDED 30 JUNE 2021 (In thousands of U.S. Dollars)

Profit (loss) for the period Other comprehensive incomeItems that will be reclassified to profit or loss:Changes on fair value of available for sale investmentsTransfers for recognition of (gains) losses on disposal of available for sale investmentsTransfers for impairment loss recognised on available for sale investments Items that will not be reclassified subsequently to profit or loss: Revaluation of property Other comprehensive income for the period Total comprehensive income for the period Attributable to:Non-controlling interestsShareholders of parent company

6,689

1,724 (1,200)

299

- 823

7,512

20 7,492

7,512


(reviewed)

8,196

665 (2,219)

558

- (996)7,200

(21) 7,221

7,200

2,774

8,024

336

523

- 8,883

11,657

(121)11,778

11,657

12,667

4,632 (3,462)

1,681

646 3,497

16,164

(824) 16,988

16,164


(audited)

(3,622)

(2,124) (145)

523

- (1,746)

(5,368)

(527) (4,841)

(5,368)


(reviewed)


(unreviewed)

Bahrain keen to attract more Russian tourists

BTEA delegation takes part in Moscow City Virtual Exhibition for GCC countriesTDT | Manama

The Bahrain Tourism and Exhibitions Authority (BTEA) participated in

the Moscow City Virtual Exhi-bition for the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries as part of its strategy to promote the Kingdom as an ideal tourist des-tination in the region.

Part of BTEA’s objectives is also to head towards the world’s most exporting markets for tourists, including the Russian market.

The Kingdom’s delegation was headed by Fatima Al Serafy, BTEA Executive Vice President.

Al Serafy gave a presentation to the participants, including travel and tourism companies and operators in the Russian tourism sector; about the out-standing potential of the tour-ism sector in Bahrain; the most prominent destinations and

attractions in the Kingdom; as well as the innovative and di-verse tourism programmes of-fered by BTEA to visitors to the Kingdom.

She affirmed the keenness of BTEA to strengthen relations be-tween Bahrain and Russia at all

levels particularly in the field of tourism, and to work on various initiatives that would increase exchange tourism between the two sides.

The Russian side made a pres-entation on the tourism poten-tial of the city of Moscow, as part

of the promotional campaign organised by the Tourism Com-mittee and the Department of Foreign Economic and Interna-tional Relations in the Russian capital.

BTEA delegation included Marketing and Promotion Di-rector Maryam Turani, consult-ant Dr Ali Foulath and tourism relations specialist Iyad Al An-sari.

They held virtual meetings with travel, tourism and hospi-tality companies based in Mos-cow to discuss potential part-nerships to further strengthen tourism relations between the two countries.

BTEA called on travel agencies and hotels based in Bahrain to register for this virtual promo-tional campaign, which pro-vides them with a platform to communicate with their coun-terparts in Moscow, create part-nerships that contribute to the development of their business, and increase its competitiveness on the tourism sector of both countries.The Shaikh Salman bin Ahmed Al Fateh Fort is among Bahrain’s top tourist attractions

Al Serafy heads Bahrain’s delegation to the virtual exhibition

BTEA is keen to strengthen relations between Bahrain and

Russia at all levels particularly in the

field of tourism, and to work on various

initiatives that would increase exchange

tourism between the two sides.

95% of Water Garden works completed

The Water Garden development project is close to completion as 98% of its landscaping is ready. Works, Municipal Affairs and Urban Planning Minister Issam bin Abdullah Khalaf said that progress of work on the project covers six hectares. The construction of service buildings and the implementation of work in the parking lots have been completed. The development project aims to preserve its historical heritage, renovate the park and preserving the ponds. The percentage of completion reached 95% in total, as the preparation of the parking lots has been completed to accommodate about 239 cars, and part of it will be allocated to people of determination. The construction works of the service buildings in the park have been completed.

Gulf International Bank reports Q2, H1 profits

• Q2 net profit was $9.8 million

• First-half net profit was $17.7m

TDT | Manama

Gulf International Bank swung to a profit in the

second quarter, which the bank attributed to increases in net interest income, fees, commis-sion, trading income, reduced expenses and lower provision charges.

Q2 results The second-quarter net profit

attributable to the Sharehold-ers of the bank was $9.8 million compared to a loss of $37.9 m in the same period last year.

GIB attributed the increase to an 11% growth in net interest income reaching $60 m, a 20% increase in fees and commission income to $16.2 m, a reduction of 3% in operating expenses and a notable rise in trading income to reach $10.3 m driven by fa-

vourable market conditions. The second-quarter provision charge was $12.1 m, compared to $49.6 m in the second quarter of 2020.

Earnings per share amounted to US0.39 cents, compared to a loss of US1.52 cents in the same period last year.

Total comprehensive income attributable to the Shareholders of the bank amounted to $14.3 m, compared to a loss of $47.5 m in the year-ago quarter, driv-en by strong performance and positive revaluation gains.

H1 resultsThe first-half net profit

was $17.7m attributable to the Shareholders of the bank com-pared to a loss of $85.4 m in the prior-year period. This was achieved by a growth of 27% in revenues and a 3% decrease in expenses, reflecting the contin-ued success in implementing the bank’s strategic transforma-tion plan.

Net income reached $28.5 m compared to a loss of $102.1 m in the year-ago period.

On the revenue side, the bank achieved a year-on-year

increase of $39.5 m in non-in-terest income and a slight drop in net interest income impacted by post-pandemic market con-ditions. Fee and commission income of $33.3 m was 25% up on the previous year. Foreign

exchange income of $10.1 m was slightly lower than the pri-or-year period.

Trading income was $20.1 m compared to the loss recorded in 2020, largely due to strong market rebound on portfolios managed by the bank’s Sau-di-Arabian based subsidiary (GIB Capital) and the Lon-don-based subsidiary (GIB UK).

Total expenses of $129.7 m were 3% lower than the pri-or-year period

The provision charge was $21.9 m, compared to $115.3 m in the first half of 2020.

Earnings per share attrib-utable to the shareholders of the bank reached US0.71 cents compared to a loss of US3.42 cents per share in the prior period. Total comprehensive in-come attributable to the share-holders of the bank reached $37.6 m compared to a $105.8 m loss in the prior-year period, driven by strong performance and market rebound.

The bank’s funding profile remained robust in the first half of 2021 with customer deposits of $19.8 billion comprising the majority of total deposits.


Gulf International Bank is a pan GCC

universal bank established in 1975 and regulated by the Central Bank of Bahrain. GIB is owned by the gov-

ernments of the Gulf Cooperation Council countries,

with Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment

Fund being the main shareholder.

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BNET launches e-MarketplacePlatform to manage supply chain operations under a single digital platform

TDT | Manama

Bahrain’s National Broad-band Network (BNET) an-

nounced yesterday the launch of its e-Marketplace platform, a unified digital platform ded-icated to managing supply chain operations and supplier relations.

BNET partnered with SAP Software Solutions to im-plement the e-Marketplace project. BNET deployed SAP’s Ariba e-procurement and supply chain cloud solu-tions for enterprise systems, a leading solution in digi-tal collaborative commerce that guarantees ease of access.

SAP Ariba solutions also pro-vides real-time and predictive analytics that turn data into actionable insights. The sys-tem also integrates advanced technologies including “Inter-net of Things”, “Blockchain”, “Artificial Intelligence” and “Machine Learning”.

The project is aligned with BNET’s direction to adopt dig-ital cloud solutions across all its operations and optimise processes by employing inno-vative technologies and solu-

tions.Mohamed Bubashait, BNET`s

CEO, said: “BNET’s e-market-place is an innovative solution in line with our digital trans-formation goals and supports our efforts to expand our net-work of local and international suppliers, to enhance compe-tition and modernise our op-erations.”

BNET Director of Procure-ment and Logistics, Jaber Al-mosallam, added: “The new platform enables a paperless and efficient supplier relations workflow, beginning with the submission of bids, to tenders, to signing agreements and is-suing invoices.”

“We will continue to ex-change best practices to sup-port BNET’s cloud-based dig-ital transformation journey and growth as an Intelligent Enterprise,” added Hassan Saleh, Managing Director, SAP Bahrain.

Along with e-Marketplace, BNET launched a new supplier relations page on its official website to help guide exist-ing and potential vendors and make the transition to its new digital platform a smooth and easy experience.

ABC takes over BLOM Bank Egypt, triples Egyptian market share

Completes acquisition of 99.5% stake in Egyptian unit of Lebanon’s BLOM Bank

• Acquisition effective 11 August

• To introduce digital and mobile banking services in Egypt

• Bank ABC is set to more than double its branches in Egypt

• Both banks will operate as separate entities until the legal merger is completed

TDT | Manama

Arab Banking Corporation (Bank ABC) yesterday an-nounced completing the

acquisition of a 99.5% stake in BLOM Bank Egypt.

The acquisition significantly enhances ABC’s presence in the MENA region and deepens its roots in the Egyptian market.

The deal follows the success-ful completion of the Mandato-ry Tender Offer, share transfers and the release of the purchase price of $425m to BLOM Bank S.A.L. (BLOM Bank Lebanon) and the minority shareholders that tendered their shares in the MTO. This represents a multiple of 1.37x based on BLOM Bank Egypt’s book value as of March 2021.

Bank ABC Egypt and BLOM Bank Egypt will continue oper-ating as separate entities until the legal merger is completed. The acquisition is subject to reg-ulatory approval and is expected to conclude in Q1 2022.

The combined entity would more than triple Bank ABC’s market share and take its bal-

ance sheet to approximately EGP 60bn on a combined basis. Cus-tomers are set to experience ex-panded service offerings, access to an additional 41 branches (more than doubling Bank ABC Egypt’s current branches), and a range of digital banking servic-es, leveraging Bank ABC’s inno-vative digital capabilities such as its mobile-only digital bank ila, and its leading payments ca-pabilities in its subsidiary, Arab Financial Services.

Bank ABC Group Chief Execu-tive Officer, Dr. Khaled Kawan, commented: “The acquisition of BLOM Bank Egypt is a landmark moment for Bank ABC. We have been searching for the right opportunity for many years—seeking an acquisition that fur-ther cements our reputation as MENA’s leading international bank.”

Saad Azhari, Chairman and General Manager of BLOM Bank Lebanon, commented: “BLOM Bank Egypt has deliv-ered strong returns for our

Group, and we are confident that it will continue this legacy of success as a part of Bank ABC Group..”

HSBC Bank Middle East is act-ing as the sole financial advisor to Bank ABC, with Freshfields

Bruckhaus Deringer and Zul-ficar & Partners acting as legal advisors. CI Capital acted as the exclusive financial advisor to BLOM Bank Lebanon, while Baker McKenzie acted as legal counsel.

Dr Khaled Kawan , Group CEO of Bank ABC

Jaber Almosallam, BNET Director of Procurement and Logistics

Mohamed Bubashait, BNET`s CEO

Saad Azhari, Chairman and General Manager of Blom Bank Lebanon

Abu Dhabi hits record high as IHC extends gainsReuters

Abu Dhabi stocks closed at a record high yesterday,

lifted by extended gains in In-ternational Holding (IHC) after the conglomerate delivered strong first-half numbers ear-lier this week.

In Abu Dhabi, the bench-mark index gained 0.5%.

IHC gained about 10% so far this week after the company reported a net profit of 4.36 billion dirhams ($1.19 billion) for the period ended June 30, up from 814 million dirhams year ago.

The company’s market capi-talisation hit 201.7 bn dirhams in late June, making it Abu Dhabi’s most valuable listed firm, after the market debut of Alpha Dhabi, in which IHC holds a 45% stake.

Elsewhere, Aldar Proper-tiesfinished 0.7% higher.

After the closing bell, the property developer reported an increase in its second-quar-ter net profit.

Saudi Arabia’s benchmark index gained 0.2%, led by a

3.5% rise in Saudi Arabian Mining Company and a 0.3% increase in Al Rajhi Bank.

Banque Saudi Fransi leapt more than 3% after its Syrian subsidiary reported a rise in second-quarter net profit.

Dubai’s main share index eased 0.1%, hit by a 1.5% fall in top lender Emirates NBD.

However, further losses in the index were capped by a strong performance in Emaar Properties that climbed 0.8%.

Post trading hours, the blue-chip developer reported a quarterly net profit of 903 million dirhams ($245.85 m), down from 1.09 billion dir-hams a year earlier.

Closing Bell SAUDI 0.2% to 11,325

ABU DHABI 0.8% to 5,583

DUBAI 0.1% to 2,815

QATAR n at 10,916

EGYPT 0.3% to 10,885

BAHRAIN 0.3% to 1,623

OMAN 0.2% to 4,006

KUWAIT 0.1% to 7,198

Bank ABC Head Office in Manama, Bahrain


Bapco awards largest Catalyst Management agreement in its history to US-based ART

• Deal for Resid Hydrocracking Catalyst

• ART, a joint venture between Grace and Chevron

TDT | Manama

The Bahrain Petroleum Company announced awarding a multi-million

US$ contract for residue hydroc-racking unit services to US-based Advanced Refining Technolo-gies (ART).

ART, a joint venture between Grace and Chevron, is a lead-ing supplier of hydroprocessing catalysts.

Under the five-year contract valued at around US$240 mil-lion, ART will provide full-cycle

catalyst management (FCM) ser-vices for the new Bapco residue hydrocracking unit known as 1RHCU, through which Bapco aims to boost the processing ca-pacity of Bahrain’s oil refinery

from 267,000 barrels a day (b/d) to 380,000 b/d.

ART will supply its Resid hy-drocracking catalyst technology for a wide variety of feedstocks to maximise the bottom of the

barrel upgrading. The tech-nology is the industry-leading catalyst for metals capacity and sediment control. In addition, ART will provide full-cycle cat-alyst management services for

the reclamation of metals from spent catalysts.

The signing took place on 11 August 2021 at Bapco premises in Awali. Bapco Chairman and Chief Executive, senior man-agement and representatives from Bapco, ART, and CLG were present.

Bapco’s Chairman and Chief Executive, Dr Dawood Nassif, highlighted the significance of the deal. “Our new resid hydro-cracking unit will convert 78% of the vacuum residue feed into intermediate products, which will then be further processed into high margin kerosene and diesel.

He added: “This agreement has taken over 18 months to de-velop and negotiate, and I thank all the parties involved in mak-ing this a success.”

Jag Reddy, Managing Director of ART, said, “Bapco will benefit

tremendously over the life of this agreement through maxi-mum conversion, lower operat-ing costs, reliability, and longer run lengths. Most importantly, Bapco will free up valuable time and resources.”

When fully operational in 2023, the new resid hydrocrack-ing unit, known as 1RHCU, will be the main profit centre for the Bapco Refinery.

1RHCU utilises LC-FINING pro-cess technology licensed from Chevron Lummus Global (CLG), a joint venture between Chevron and Lummus Technology.

The unit is a two-train design with a processing capacity of 65,000 barrels per day. Bapco’s application of this state-of-the-art technology will be the first within the Middle East. Less than a dozen of these units exist globally, and the Bapco unit will be one of the largest examples.

The deal signing


205,110,413

4,332,427

184,199,461

Deaths

Recovered:

New cases

New deaths +379,433

+6,356

Country Total cases

new cases

Total deaths

New Deaths

Total recovered

Active cases

Egypt 284,875 16,588 233,405 34,882

Saudi Arabia

535,927 +751 8,366 +9 517,379 10,182

UAE 696,906 +1,287 1,988 +6 674,162 20,756

Kuwait 404,463 2,375 393,957 8,131

Oman 299,418 +208 3,968 +9 286,679 8,771

Qatar 228,346 +227 601 225,420 2,325

Middle East

Country Total cases Total deaths

1 USA 36,897,983 634,698

2 India 32,052,127 429,564

3 Brazil 20,213,388 564,890

4 Russia 6,512,859 167,241

5 France 6,339,509 112,356

6 UK 6,146,800 130,607

7 Turkey 5,968,868 52,437

8 Argentina 5,041,487 108,165

9 Colombia 4,846,955 122,768

10 Spain 4,660,473 82,320

11 Italy 4,413,162 128,304

12 Iran 4,281,217 95,647

13 Germany 3,806,439 92,318

14 Indonesia 3,749,446 112,198

G l o b a l t a l l y

C O V I D - 1 : 9 C o u n t r i e s w o r s t a f f e c t e d

Figures as of closing

News in brief u The Indonesian army has ended a controversial practice of virginity tests on women who apply to become cadets, according to its chief of staff, a move welcomed by activists who have long campaigned against it. The military previously said the tests were important in determining recruits’ morality. Andika Perkasa, the Indonesian army chief of staff, told reporters on Tuesday that such tests no longer took place in the army. Andika last month said that the army selection process for male and female recruits must be equal.

u Russian authorities announced a new criminal charge against Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny yesterday, the latest move in a crackdown ahead of September’s parliamentary election that could add as much

as three years to his prison term. Navalny, President Vladimir Putin’s fiercest domestic critic, is serving a 2-1/2-year sentence for parole violations he calls trumped up. He was

arrested after flying back from Germany where he had recovered from a nerve agent poisoning.

u A London judge yesterday widened the scope of a US appeal against a block on the extradition of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange from Britain and will hear the renewed bid in late October. A judge ruled in January that Assange should not be extradited to the United States to face criminal charges including breaking a spying law, saying his mental health problems meant he would be at risk of suicide. Assange faces 18 criminal charges in the United States of breaking an espionage law and conspiring to hack government computers.

u US Central Intelligence Agency director William Burns held talks in Israel yesterday with Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, with Iran high on their agenda, an Israeli statement said. A statement issued by Bennett’s office said the Israeli leader held talks with Burns in Tel Aviv, where “they discussed the situation in the Middle East, with emphasis on Iran, and possibilities for expanding and deepening regional cooperation”. Announcing Burns’s visit, the statement said he met on Tuesday with David Barnea, the new head of Israel’s Mossad intelligency agency, to discuss Iran’s nuclear programme “and other regional challenges”. Burns, who was sworn in as CIA director in March, was expected to meet Palestinian officials, including President Mahmoud Abbas, in the city of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank.

u Lebanese central bank governor Riad Salameh said on Wednesday he could no longer open lines of credit for fuel imports or subsidise its purchase, a ministerial source and al-Jadeed TV said. Lebanon is suffering crippling fuel shortages as a result of a financial crisis.

Russia hits Navalny with new charge that could add to jail

term

US tries again to extradite Wikileaks’ Assange from

Britain

CIA director Burns holds talks in Israel, with focus on

Iran

Lebanese central bank can no longer

subsidise fuel

Indonesian army says has stopped ‘virginity tests’ on female

cadets

Taliban could take Afghan capital in 90 days - US intel• Faizabad, capital of the northeastern province of Badakhshan, fell yesterday

• Badakhshan borders Tajikistan, Pakistan and China

• US President Joe Biden urged Afghan leaders to fight for their homeland

Reuters | Kabul

Taliban fighters could iso-late Afghanistan’s capital in 30 days and possibly

take it over in 90, a US defence official said yesterday citing US intelligence, as the resurgent militants took control of an eighth provincial Afghan cap-ital.

The official, speaking on con-dition of anonymity, said that the new assessment of how long Kabul could stand was a result of the rapid gains the Taliban had been making around the country as US-led foreign forces leave.

“But this is not a foregone conclusion,” the official added, saying that the Afghan security forces could reverse the mo-mentum by putting up more resistance.

The Islamists now control 65% of Afghanistan and have taken or threaten to take 11 pro-vincial capitals, a senior EU offi-cial said on Tuesday.

All gateways to Kabul, which lies in a valley surrounded by mountains, were choked with civilians entering the city and fleeing violence elsewhere, a Western security source in the

city told Reuters, making it hard to tell whether Taliban fighters were also getting through.

“The fear is of suicide bomb-ers entering the diplomatic quarters to scare, attack and ensure everyone leaves at the earliest opportunity,” he said.

Yesterday’s loss of Faizabad, capital of the northeastern prov-ince of Badakhshan, was the latest setback for the Afghan government, which has been struggling to stem the momen-tum of Taliban assaults.

It came as President Ashraf Ghani flew to Mazar-i-Sharif to

rally old warlords to the defence of the biggest city in the north as Taliban forces closed in.

Jawad Mujadidi, a provincial council member from Bada-khshan, said the Taliban had laid siege to Faizabad before launching an offensive on Tues-day.

“With the fall of Faizabad, the whole of the northeast has come under Taliban control,” Mujadidi told Reuters.

Badakhshan borders Tajik-istan, Pakistan and China.

The Taliban are battling to de-feat the U.S-backed government

and reimpose strict Islamic law. The speed of their advance has shocked the government and its allies.

US President Joe Biden urged Afghan leaders to fight for their homeland, saying on Tuesday he did not regret his decision to withdraw. He noted that the United States had spent more than $1 trillion over 20 years and lost thousands of troops.

The United States was pro-viding significant air support, food, equipment and salaries to Afghan forces, he said.

The United States will com-plete the withdrawal of its forces this month in exchange

for Taliban promises to prevent Afghanistan being used for in-ternational terrorism.

The Taliban promised not to attack foreign forces as they withdraw but did not agree to a ceasefire with the government. A commitment by the Taliban to talk peace with the government side has come to nothing as they eye military victory.

A US source familiar with in-telligence assessments said that the views offered a “range” of possible outcomes, from a rapid Taliban takeover to an extended fight to a possible negotiated agreement between the Taliban and current government.

A senior Taliban leader said that the head of the group’s Political Office, Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, met US Special Envoy for Afghan Reconcilia-tion Ambassador Zalmay Khal-ilzad in Doha on Tuesday.

No details of the meeting have been released. One of the meetings expected to take place on Wednesday will be of the Troika Plus - a platform led by the United States, China and Russia. The Taliban leader, re-questing anonymity, said that a Taliban delegation would also take part.

Taliban fighters record a message after seizing Pul-e- Khumri, capital of Baghlan province, Afghanistan, in this still image taken from a social media video

Afghanistan president Ashraf Ghani arrives in Mazar-i-Sharif to check the security situation of the northern provinces

Germany warns Iran not to squander window of opportunity in Vienna talks

Reuters | Berlin

German Foreign Minis-ter Heiko Maas yesterday

urged Iran to return to the Vienna negotiations on re-viving a nuclear deal as soon as possible.

“If we don’t want to jeopardize what we have achieved so far in Vienna we cannot stretch out the nego-tiations into eternity,” Maas told journalists in Berlin.

“We expect Iran to return to the negotiating table in Vienna as soon as possible, and to do so with the nec-essary flexibility and read-iness for compromise to strike a deal.”

German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas

Germany arrests British man suspected of spying for Russia

• Man was a local staff member at the embassy in Berlin

• He is accused of passing documents to Russian agent

• German prosecutors identify the man as David S.

• British police say he is 57

Reuters | Berlin

German police have arrested a British man who worked

at the British embassy in Berlin on suspicion of passing doc-uments to the Russian intel-ligence service in exchange for cash, prosecutors said on Wednesday.

German prosecutors said the apartment and workplace of the man, identified only as Da-

vid S., had been searched and he would be brought before an investigating judge later on Wednesday.

British police said the man was 57.

“On at least one occasion, he passed on documents he had obtained in the course of his professional activities to a rep-resentative of a Russian intelli-gence service,” Germany’s chief federal prosecutor’s office said in a statement.

“The accused received cash in an as yet unknown amount in return for his transmission of information,” it added.

An investigating judge at the Federal Court of Justice later approved the arrest warrant “on suspicion of secret service agent activity”, meaning the man can be held in custody and the investigation can go ahead, the prosecutor’s office said.

A Western security source said the motivation of the Brit-ish man was likely money. As a locally engaged staffer, he did not have access to highly classified material, the source said, adding Britain’s MI5 coun-

ter-intelligence service was in-volved in catching him.

German online magazine Focus Online reported that he provided the Russians with documents containing infor-mation on counterterrorism.

The British embassy in Berlin is just around the corner from the iconic Brandenburg Gate and a short, 250-metre (273 yard) walk from the Russian embassy, which is on the fa-mous Unter den Linden boule-vard.

In May, Britain set out plans to crack down on hostile activi-ty by foreign states, introducing a proposed law to give security services and law enforcement new powers to tackle growing threats.

The man was arrested on Tuesday in Potsdam, just out-side Berlin. He was employed as a local staff member at the embassy until his arrest, which was the result of a joint inves-tigation by German and British authorities, the prosecutors said.Beijing and Moscow say the West is gripped with a par-anoia about plots.

China detained Spavor in December 2018 and he was charged with

espionage in June 2019. The Dandong court concluded a

one-day trial in March 2021 and waited till

yesterday to an-nounce the verdict.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

applicants can contact 17630580 or [email protected]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

VACANCIESAVAILABLE

CINEMA

FREE GUY (PG-15)(COMEDY/ACTION/SCI-FICTION)

OASIS JUFFAIR (ATMOS) :11.15 AM + 1.45 + 4.15 + 6.45 + 9.15 + 11.45 PMOASIS JUFFAIR (VIP) :1.15 + 6.15 + 11.15 PMCITY CENTRE: ( 1.00 AM THURS/FRI)CITY CENTRE (ATMOS): 11.30 AM + 2.00 + 4.30 + 7.00 + 9.30 + 12.00 MNCITY CENTRE (IMAX 2D): 11.00 AM + 1.30 + 4.00 + 6.30 + 9.00 + 11.30 PMCITY CENTRE (VIP I) : 10.30 AM + 1.00 + 3.30 + 6.00 + 8.30 + 11.00 PMSEEF (I) :11.15 AM + 1.45 + 4.15 + 6.45 + 9.15 + 11.45 PMSEEF (II) (12.30 MN THURS/FRI)WADI AL SAIL: 11.15 AM + 1.45 + 4.15 + 6.45 + 9.15 + 11.45 PM RYAN REYNOLDS, JODIE COMER, JOE KEERY

OLD (15+) (THRILLER)

OASIS JUFFAIR : 11.00 AM + 1.30 + 4.00 + 6.30 + 9.00 + 11.30 PMOASIS JUFFAIR (VIP) :10.45 AM + 3.45 + 8.45 PMCITY CENTRE: 11.15 AM + 1.45 + 4.15 + 6.45 + 9.15 + 11.45 PM SEEF (I) :11.30 AM + 2.00 + 4.30 + 7.00 + 9.30 + 12.00 MN + (12.30 MN THURS/FRI)WADI AL SAIL: 10.45 AM + 1.15 + 3.45 + 6.15 + 8.45 + 11.15 PMGAEL GARCÍA BERNAL, VICKY KRIEPS, RUFUS SEWELL

EL ENS WIL NEMS (PG-15) (ARABIC/COMEDY)

OASIS JUFFAIR : 12.30 + 3.15 + 6.00 + 8.45 + 11.30 PMCITY CENTRE: 10.30 AM + 1.00 + 3.45 + 6.30 + 9.15 + 12.00 MN + (12.30 MN THURS/FRI)SEEF (I) :12.45 + 3.30 + 6.15 + 9.00 + 11.45 PM + (12.30 MN THURS/FRI)WADI AL SAIL: 12.45 + 3.30 + 6.15 + 9.00 + 11.45 PMMOHAMMED HENEDI - MENNA SHALABI - AMRO ABDULJALIL

ANNETTE (15+) (MUSICAL/ROMANTIC/DRAMA)

OASIS JUFFAIR : 5.00 + 8.00 + 11.00 PMCITY CENTRE: 10.30 AM + 3.45 + 9.00 PMSEEF (II) :11.15 AM + 2.15 + 5.15 + 8.15 + 11.15 PMADAM DRIVER, MARION COTILLARD, SIMON HELBERG

ANYTHING FOR JACKSON (18+) (HORROR/THRILLER)

OASIS JUFFAIR :2.15 + 6.45 + 11.15 PMCITY CENTRE: 10.30 AM + 12.45 + 3.00 + 5.15 + 9.45 + 12.00 MNSEEF (II) :12.15 + 2.30 + 4.45 + 7.00 + 9.15 + 11.30 PMSHEILA MCCARTHY, JULIAN RICHINGS, KONSTANTINA MANTELOSCONT….

TURU, THE WACKY HEN (PG) (ANIMATION/ADVENTURE)

OASIS JUFFAIR :11.45 AM + 1.30 + 3.15 PMCITY CENTRE:12.00 + 1.45 + 3.30 + 5.15 PMSEEF (II) :11.15 AM + 1.00 + 2.45 PMEVA HACHE, JOSÉ MOTA, ANA ÁNGELES GARCÍA

ROGUE HOSTAGE (PG-15) (THRILLER)

SEEF (I) :1.30 + 6.15 + 11.00 PMTYRESE GIBSON, JOHN MALKOVICH, MICHAEL JAI WHITE

SEOBOK (PG-15) (KOREAN/ACTION/THRILLER)

SEEF (II) :4.30 + 6.30 + 8.30 + 10.30 PMGONG YOO, PARK BO-GUM, JO WOO-JIN

I’LL MEET YOU THERE (PG-15) (DRAMA)

CITY CENTRE: 7.00 + 9.00 + 11.00 PMFARAN TAHIR, ANEESHA JOSHI, SHEETAL SHETH

THE SUICIDE SQUAD (15+) (ACTION/ ADVENTURE) ا

OASIS JUFFAIR :11.30 AM + 2.30 + 5.30 + 8.30 + 11.30 PMCITY CENTRE: 12.00 + 3.00 + 6.00 + 9.00 + 12.00 MNCITY CENTRE (VIP II) : 11.30 AM + 2.30 + 5.30 + 8.30 + 11.30 PMSEEF (II) :11.45 AM + 2.45 + 5.45 + 8.45 + 11.45 PMWADI AL SAIL: 11.30 AM + 2.30 + 5.30 + 8.30 + 11.30 PMMARGOT ROBBIE, IDRIS ELBA, JOHN CENA

JUNGLE CRUISE (PG-13) (ACTION/ ADVENTURE/ COMEDY)

OASIS JUFFAIR :12.15 + 3.00 + 5.45 + 8.30 + 11.15 PMCITY CENTRE: 12.45 + 3.30 + 6.15 + 9.00 + 11.45 PMSEEF (II) :10.30 AM + 1.00 + 3.45 + 6.30 + 9.15 + 12.00 MNWADI AL SAIL: 12.00 + 2.45 + 5.30 + 8.15 + 11.00 PMDWAYNE JOHNSON, EMILY BLUNT, EDGAR RAMÍREZ

MESH ANA (PG-13)(ARABIC/COMDY)

OASIS JUFFAIR :11.15 AM + 3.45 + 8.15 PMCITY CENTRE: 11.30 AM + 2.00 + 4.30 + 7.00 + 9.30 + 12.00 MNSEEF (II) :11.00 AM + 1.30 + 4.00 + 6.30 + 9.00 + 11.30 PMWADI AL SAIL: 1.45 + 6.30 + 11.15 PMTAMER HOSNI, HALA SHEHA, MAJED ALKODWANI

THE FOREVER PURGE (18+) (ACTION/CRIME/HORROR)

OASIS JUFFAIR : 12.00 + 4.30 + 9.00 PMCITY CENTRE:10.30 AM + 12.45 + 3.00 + 5.15 +7.30 + 9.45 + 12.00 MNSEEF (II) : 11.45 AM + 2.00 + 4.15 + 6.30 + 8.45 + 11.00 PMWADI AL SAIL:11.30 AM + 4.15 + 9.00 PMANA DE LA REGUERA, JOSH LUCAS, TENOCH HUERTACONT….

HITMAN’S WIFE’S BODYGUARD (15+)

CITY CENTRE:10.45 AM + 1.15 + 3.45 + 6.15 + 8.45 + 11.15 PMSEEF (II) :10.30 AM + 1.00 + 3.30 + 6.00 + 8.30 + 11.00 PMRYAN REYNOLDS, SAMUEL L. JACKSON, SALMA HAYEK

ESCAPE ROOM : NO WAY OUT (PG-15)

OASIS JUFFAIR : 1.45 + 6.15 + 10.45 PMCITY CENTRE: 1.30 + 6.30 + 11.30 PMSEEF (I) :10.30 AM + 12.30 + 2.30 + 4.30 6.30 + 8.30 + 10.30 PMTAYLOR RUSSELL, LOGAN MILLER, INDYA MOORE

FAST & FURIOUS - 9 (THE FAST SAGA) (PG-13)

CITY CENTRE: 10.30 AM + 3.30 + 8.30 PMSEEF (II) : 11.00 AM + 2.00 + 5.00 + 8.00 + 11.00 PMVIN DIESEL, MICHELLE RODRIGUEZ, JORDANA BREWSTERLUCA (PG) (ANIMATION/ADVENTURE/COMEDY) لللل OASIS JUFFAIR : 2.00 + 6.15 + 10.30 PMCITY CENTRE: 10.30 AM + 12.30 + 2.30 + 4.30 + 6.30 + 8.30 + 10.30 PMJACOB TREMBLAY, JACK DYLAN GRAZER, SACHA BARON COHEN

A QUIET PLACE PART II (15+) (THRILLER/HORROR)

CITY CENTRE: 1.30 + 6.45 + 12.00 MNSEEF (I) : 11.00 AM + 3.30 + 8.00 PMEMILY BLUNT, CILLIAN MURPHY, MILLICENT SIMMONDS

THE CONJURING: THE DEVIL MADE ME DO IT (15+)

SEEF (I):1.15 + 5.45 + 10.15 PMVERA FARMIGA, PATRICK WILSON, RUAIRI O’CONNOR

THE BOSS BABY : FAMILY BUSINESS (PG)

OASIS JUFFAIR: 11.45 AM + 4.00 + 8.15 PMAMY SEDARIS, JAMES MARSDEN, JEFF GOLDBLUM

EL ARIF : AWDAT YOUNIS (PG-15)

SEEF (II) :12.30 + 3.00 + 5.30 8.00 + 10.30 PMAHMED EZZ, AHMAD FAHMY, MOSTAFA KHATER

CRUELLA (PG-13)(COMEDY/CRIME)

SEEF (I) : 10.45 AM + 3.30 + 8.15 PMEMMA STONE, EMMA THOMPSON, JOEL FRY

THE MISFITS (15+) (ACTION/ADVENTURE/THRILLER)

CITY CENTRE:7.30 PMPIERCE BROSNAN, RAMI JABER, HERMIONE CORFIELD

Trudeau condemns Chinese court’s 11-year sentence in Canadian’s espionage case

• China detained both Spavor and Kovrig in late 2018 after Canada arrested Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou

• Blinken called on China to “immediately and unconditionally” release Spavor and Kovrig.

• The espionage cases are embroiled in a wider diplomatic spat involving Washington and Beijing

Reuters | Beijing

Canada’s Prime Min-ister Justin Trudeau said a Chinese court’s

sentencing of Canadian busi-nessman Michael Spavor to 11 years in prison for espionage on Wednesday was “absolutely unacceptable” and called for his immediate release.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken also condemned the sentencing in a statement, say-ing that proceedings against Spavor and another Canadian charged with espionage were an attempt to use people as “bar-gaining chips”.

The espionage cases are em-broiled in a wider diplomatic spat involving Washington and Beijing, and Spavor’s sentenc-ing comes as lawyers in Canada

representing the chief financial officer of Chinese telecoms gi-ant Huawei make a final push to convince a court not to ex-tradite her to the United States.

“China’s conviction and sen-tencing of Michael Spavor is absolutely unacceptable and unjust,” said Trudeau in a state-ment.

“The verdict for Mr. Spavor comes after more than two and a half years of arbitrary deten-tion, a lack of transparency in the legal process, and a trial that did not satisfy even the minimum standards required by international law,” he said.

Trudeau called for the release of Spavor, and former Canadian diplomat Michael Kovrig, who is awaiting a verdict in his espi-onage case.

China detained both Spavor and Kovrig in late 2018, just days after Canada arrested Huawei executive Meng Wan-zhou at Vancouver Internation-al Airport on a warrant from the United States.

Canada’s ambassador to Chi-na, Dominic Barton, who visited Spavor at a detention centre in northeastern China following the verdict, said Spavor had three messages that he asked to be shared with the outside world: “Thank you for all your support”, “I am in good spirits,” and “I want to get home.”

“While we disagree with the charges, we realise that this is the next step in the process to bring Michael home and we will continue to support him through this challenging time,” the Spavor family said in a state-ment.

Noting the presence of dip-

lomats from 25 countries gath-ered at the Canadian embassy, Barton said that “our collec-tive presence and voice sends a strong signal to China and the Chinese government in particu-lar, that all the eyes of the world are watching.”

Blinken called on China to “immediately and uncondition-ally” release Spavor and Kovrig.

“The practice of arbitrarily detaining individuals to exer-cise leverage over foreign gov-ernments is completely unac-ceptable. People should never be used as bargaining chips,” he said.

The Dandong Intermediate Court also said 50,000 yuan of Spavor’s personal assets will be confiscated. He will be deport-ed on completion of his sen-tence, Barton said.

The potential sentence ranged from 5 to 20 years.

Jim Nickel, Charge d’affaires of the Canadian Embassy in Beijing, speaks at the embassy in Beijing as a court in Dandong rules on the case of Michael Spavor, charged with espionage

‘Friends’ stars Jennifer Aniston, David Schwimmer dating months after admitting ‘crush’ on each other

Fox | Los Angeles

Jennifer Aniston and David Schwimmer are rumoured to

be dating and fans are struggling to contain their emotions.

The “Friends” co-stars openly professed their secret feelings for one another during “Friends: The Reunion” – now the Rachel Green and Ross Geller actors are said to have finally acted on those emotions and their dy-

namic is swell as of late.“After the reunion, it became

clear that reminiscing over the past had stirred up feelings for

both of them and that chemistry they’d always had to bury was still there,” a source relayed to Closer on Tuesday. “They began

texting immediately after film-ing and, just last month, David flew from his home in New York to see Jen in LA.”

The insider maintained that Aniston, 52, and Schwimmer, 54, have “been spending time at Jen’s home, where she’s cooked dinners in the evenings, and have enjoyed quality time to-gether, chatting and laughing.”

Added the source: “They were also spotted drinking wine,

deep in conversation, as they walked around one of Jen’s fa-vourite vineyards in Santa Bar-bara, where it was clear there was lots of chemistry between them.”

Schwimmer admitted he “had a major crush on Jen” during the popular reunion special in May and Aniston told host James Corden “it was recipro-cated” during the show’s run from 1994 to 2004.

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celebs

Across1- Jack of “Rio Lobo”; 5- Less common; 10- Gossip; 14- Garment of ancient Rome; 15- Actress Verdugo; 16- Switch back?; 17- Plastic clog; 18- Under way; 19- Coal-rich region; 20- First-rate; 22- Musical drama; 23- Former measure of length; 24- To’s partner; 25- Sleep; 29- Electric appliance; 33- Emblem; 34- Roy’s “singin’ pardner”; 36- Calamitous; 37- N.L. West team, on scoreboards; 38- Beaming; 39- Cut down grass; 40- Story, often rooted in folklore; 42- Intro to physics; 43- Honkers; 45- Voted into a seat; 47- Braided; 49- Samovar; 50- Aardvark morsel; 51- Egyptian peninsula; 54- Train; 60- Diploma holder; 61- Tennis’s Monica; 62- ___ impasse; 63- Up ___ good; 64- Aggregate of qualities that make good character; 65- Depend; 66- “The Lion King” villain; 67- Snooped; 68- Village People hit;

Down 1- Draw with acid; 2- Actress Singer; 3- Awestruck; 4- Swordlike knife; 5- For sure?; 6- Code word for A; 7- Classic autos; 8- Slaughter in Cooperstown; 9- Rodent, betrayer; 10- To be downcast; 11- Dies ___; 12- Din; 13- When said three times, a 1970 war movie; 21- Skelton’s Kadiddlehopper; 22- Vein contents; 24- Soared; 25- Condition; 26- Every sixty minutes; 27- Useful; 28- Shoved aside; 29- Puff up; 30- Small change; 31- Uneven; 32- Marry again; 35- High-pitched; 38- Traditional prayer ending; 41- Republic in South America; 43- Fellow; 44- Tidal river; 46- Numerical prefix; 48- Elevated; 51- Cpls.’ superiors; 52- Camaro model; 53- “Peter Pan” dog; 54- Submarine; 55- Pub offerings; 56- ___ noire; 57- Up and ___!; 58- Apply powder to oneself; 59- “Only Time” singer; 61- Honshu honorific;

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Did Beyonce struggle with insomnia?IANS | Los Angeles

Am e r i c a n p o p star Beyonce Knowles has

described how tour-ing has taken a toll on her body, leaving with muscle aches, pains, and a stressed hair and skin.

“I think like many women, I have felt the pressure of be-ing the backbone of my family and my company and didn’t

realize how much that takes a toll on my mental and

physical well-being. I have not always made

myself a priority, Be-yonce told Harper’s Bazaar’s

Icons issue, reports female-first.co.uk.

The 39-year-old added: “I’ve personally struggled with insom-nia from touring for more than

half of my life. Years of wear and tear on my muscles from dancing in heels. The stress on my hair and skin, from sprays and dyes to the heat of a curling iron and wearing heavy makeup while sweating on stage.”

The “Black Is King” hitmaker is aware she needs to “take care of (herself ) and listen” to her body to be at her “best”, she said that she used to struggle with body image and was fixated on her physique.

“In the past, I spent too much time on diets, with the miscon-ception that self-care meant ex-ercising and being overly con-scious of my body,” said Beyonce, who has four children Blue Ivy, Nine, and Rumi and Sir, with husband Jay-Z.

The “Single Ladies” hitmaker is trying to change her habits and focus on her mental health and to register the “subtle signs” that

her body needs a break.“My health, the way I feel

when I wake up in the morn-ing, my peace of mind, the number of times I smile, what I’m feeding my mind and my body - those are the things that I’ve been focusing on. Mental health is self-care too.”

Beyonce revealed that she is “learning to break the cycle of poor health and neglect, focusing my energy on my body and taking note of the subtle signs that it gives me. Your body tells you everything you need to know, but I’ve had to learn to listen.

She added: “It’s a pro-cess to change habits and look past the bag of chips and the chaos everywhere!

Idris Elba joins ‘Sonic the Hedgehog 2’ as voice of KnucklesFox | Los Angeles

Idris Elba is continuing his hot streak in 2021 and fresh off

his starring role in “The Suicide Squad,” the actor is not locked in as the voice of Knuckles in “Sonic the Hedgehog 2.”

Elba, 48, confirmed his casting in a Twitter post on Tuesday offer-ing fans a first-look at Knuckles’ – well, signature spiked knuckles the Sonic frenemy is known for.

“Knock, knock…” the “Luther” star captioned the post.

The world was introduced to Knuckles, the red Echidna and

guardian of Master Emerald, in 1994 when he entered “Sonic the Hedgehog 3” video game on the nostalgic Sega Genesis console. He became a playable character in the next installment, “Sonic and Knuckles,” which debuted in the same year.

The story goes, the evil Doc-tor Robotnik convinced Knuckles that Sonic was his adversary and Knuckles ultimately comes to his senses.

It is not yet known who will lend their voice to another pop-ular “Sonic the Hedgehog” char-acter, Tails.

Elba joins James Marsden, Tika Sumpt-er, Natasha Rothwell, Adam Pally, Shemar Moore, Jim Carrey as Doctor Robotnik and Ben Schwartz as the voice of Sonic.

The 2018 People Maga-zine Sexiest Man Alive lent his voice to “Finding Dory” and “Zootopia,” and anima-tion/live-action hybrid “The Jungle Book,” all released in 2016. He also portrays the antagonist Macavity in the 2019 film, “Cats.”

Tom Hardy has alternate career option if ‘the jar explodes’IANS | Los Angeles

Actor Tom Hardy or Max Rocka-

tansky from ‘Mad Max: Fury Road’ is actually at peace with himself and the pandemic has taught him a lot

about that. He en-joys baking his own bread. While being locked down he fig-ured out an alternate career that just suits him fine.

“Fifteen-minute workouts in the garden, home- schooling and making sourdough. I still have the leaven! You have to feed that every

day. That’s a commit-ment. I’ve actually managed to back it up

so I’ve got two,” Hardy said, reports femalefirst.co.uk.

The actor added: “Just in case someone drops one on the floor or the jar explodes and it’s like, ‘That’s a year-and-a-half ’s work! I was thinking I might open up a sourdough cafe. Coffee and sourdough and jiu-jit-su and ... meetings. You can bring your dog.”

The 43-year-old star, who has two children, aged five and two, with wife Charlotte Riley and a 13-year-old son from a former relationship, has had a lot of time to reflect over the last year and has learned to care less about what people would think.

Britney Spears plans to step away from social mediaANI | Washington

Singer-songwriter Britney Spears shared her plans to cut back her time on social media

after struggling with negative comments.“In a system where I’ve felt completely hope-

less for so long, at least I do have a platform to share !!!! As Selena Gomez says it best - The

world can be a nasty place ... I know it ... you know it ... kill them with kindness!!!,” Spears captioned a video of author Jake Cohen making avocado toast on Monday.

She continued, “Unfortunately the news has been pretty nasty saying horrible and mean lies about me so I’m gonna post a little less from now on !!!! Pssss this was the coolest thing I’ve ever seen in my life and it’s inspired me to take on a new passion in the cooking field !!!! God bless you beautiful people ... TA TA !!!!”

I’ve personally struggled with insomnia from

touring for more than half of my life. Years of wear and tear on

my muscles from dancing in heels. The stress on my

hair and skin, from sprays and dyes to

the heat of a curling iron and wearing

heavy makeup while sweating on stage

BEYONCE

Beyonce

Idris Elba

Tom Hardy

Schwimmer admitted he “had a major crush on Jen” during the popular reunion special in May and Aniston told host

James Corden “it was recipro-cated” during the show’s run

from 1994 to 2004

KNOW WHAT

Jennifer Aniston and David Schwimmer

ICC prepares bid for cricket’s inclusion in 2028 LA GamesReuters | New Delhi

The International Cricket Council (ICC) is preparing

a bid for the game’s inclusion in the 2028 Olympic Games in Los Angeles, the governing body said.

Cricket last featured in the 1900 Olympics in Paris and has rarely been played in oth-er multi-sport events, which

many believe is essential for the game’s growth outside the Commonwealth nations.

“Our sport is united behind this bid, and we see the Olym-pics as a part of cricket’s long-term future,” ICC chair Greg Barclay said in a statement.

“We have more than a billion fans globally and almost 90 per-cent of them want to see cricket at the Olympics.”

Cricket’s 92% following is from South Asia where it is the dominant sport in India, Paki-

stan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Afghanistan.

Barclay said including the game in the 2028 Games would be welcomed by the 30 mil-lion cricket fans in the United States.

“We believe cricket would be a great addition to the Olympic Games, but we know it won’t be easy to secure our inclusion as there are so many other great sports out there wanting to do the same,” the New Zealander said.

Breakout stars of the Tokyo OlympicsThe Tokyo Olympics crowned a number of new champions who announced

themselves on the world stage. Here are some of the breakout stars:

We believe cricket would be a great addition to the

Olympic Games, but we know it won’t be easy to secure our inclusion as there are so many other

great sports out there wanting to do the

sameICC CHAIR GREG BARCLAY


The International Cricket Council (ICC) logo at the ICC headquarters in Dubai

Tatjana Schoenmaker

Tatjana Schoenmaker announced herself on the Olympic stage in style

when she smashed the women’s 200m breaststroke world record to claim

South Africa’s first gold in the pool since 1996.

The 24-year-old had already won silver in the 100m and threatened Denmark’s Rikke Moller Pedersen’s 200m world benchmark in the heats, jok-ing she wished her fingernails were just a bit longer.

But Schoenmaker needed no help from a manicurist to clock 2min 18.95sec in the final

and clip 0.16s off Moller Peder-sen’s record.

The South African gave a sur-prised scream when she saw her

time on the board, promptly burst-ing onto tears and sharing a group hug

with her competitors.

Athing Mu

At just 19 years old, Mu announced

her arrival on the biggest stage of all with a spectacular victory in the 800m, becoming the first American winner of the event since 1968 with an as-sured wire-to-wire performance to take gold.

Mu, whose parents moved to the United States from Sudan before she was born, is expected to add the 400m to her rep-ertoire, raising the prospect of a 400m-800m double at the 2024 Paris Olympics.

Momiji Nishiya

Japanese 13-year-old Momiji Nishiya captured hearts when she won the first Olympic wom-

en’s skateboarding street gold -- beating an even younger rival into second place.

Nishiya became one of the youngest individual gold medallists in Olym-pic history when her stunning se-quence of tricks put her ahead of Brazil’s Rayssa Leal – 127 days her junior.

Her performance mirrored that of Japan teammate Yuto Horigome, who won the men’s title the previous day.

Nishiya, who was one of many teenage tyros ripping up

the skate park as the sport made its Olympic debut, said she wanted

to celebrate by eating at a barbecue beef restaurant.

She also became the youngest athlete ever to win a gold med-

al for Japan.“I’m so glad to become the youngest at my first Olym-

pics,” she said.“Tears came to my eyes.”

Daiki Hashimoto

The absence of 2012 and 2016 champion Kohei Uchimura –

plagued by shoulder problems -- cast a long shadow over the

men’s all-around gymnas-tics competition.

But 19-year-old Japa-nese Daiki Hashimoto more than filled his compatriot’s sizeable shoes, becoming the youngest-ever cham-pion.

Hashimoto edged o u t C h i n a ’s X i a o Ruoteng and Russian

world champion Nikita Nagornyy with a superb

final horizontal bars rou-tine, then stayed dry-eyed

on the podium despite the scale of his achievement.“Had I cried, I thought it

would have been as if were feeling satisfied with where I am now,” said

the nerveless teen.“I thought the champion must not cry but

only look forward.”

Lamont Marcell Jacobs

Italy’s Jacobs produced arguably the shock result of the Olympics – and one

of the biggest shocks in Olympic history

-- when he claimed victory in the 100m, storming out of athletics obscu-rity to take gold in a t ime of 9.80sec.

A few days l a t e r t h e 2 6 - y e a r - o l d helped Italy win a 4x100m relay

gold, capping a re-markable transfor-

mation for a sprinter who had never broken

the 10-second barrier this season and whose previous

career highlight was this year’s European indoor 60m title.

Australian team condemns double-quarantine for 16 OlympiansAP | Sydney

A strict four-week quarantine imposed on 16 athletes re-

turning from the Tokyo Games has been criticized as “cruel and uncaring” by the Australian Olympic Committee.

All travelers entering Austral-

ia during the COVID-19 pandem-ic are subjected to a mandatory 14-day hotel quarantine, and members of Australia’s Olym-pic delegation have returned in groups to undergo two weeks of supervised isolation in various state capitals.

But South Australia is im-

posing an additional 14-day domestic quarantine on those athletes who want to return to the state after isolating in Sydney, where a coronavirus outbreak has forced the city into lockdown. And that has sparked outrage among athletes and Olympic officials.

ICC prepares bid for cricket’s inclusion in 2028 LA GamesReuters | New Delhi

The International Cricket Council (ICC) is preparing

a bid for the game’s inclusion in the 2028 Olympic Games in Los Angeles, the governing body said.

Cricket last featured in the 1900 Olympics in Paris and has rarely been played in oth-er multi-sport events, which

many believe is essential for the game’s growth outside the Commonwealth nations.

“Our sport is united behind this bid, and we see the Olym-pics as a part of cricket’s long-term future,” ICC chair Greg Barclay said in a statement.

“We have more than a billion fans globally and almost 90 per-cent of them want to see cricket at the Olympics.”

Cricket’s 92% following is from South Asia where it is the dominant sport in India, Paki-

stan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Afghanistan.

Barclay said including the game in the 2028 Games would be welcomed by the 30 mil-lion cricket fans in the United States.

“We believe cricket would be a great addition to the Olympic Games, but we know it won’t be easy to secure our inclusion as there are so many other great sports out there wanting to do the same,” the New Zealander said.

Breakout stars of the Tokyo OlympicsThe Tokyo Olympics crowned a number of new champions who announced

themselves on the world stage. Here are some of the breakout stars:

We believe cricket would be a great addition to the

Olympic Games, but we know it won’t be easy to secure our inclusion as there are so many other

great sports out there wanting to do the

sameICC CHAIR GREG BARCLAY


The International Cricket Council (ICC) logo at the ICC headquarters in Dubai

Tatjana Schoenmaker

Tatjana Schoenmaker announced herself on the Olympic stage in style

when she smashed the women’s 200m breaststroke world record to claim

South Africa’s first gold in the pool since 1996.

The 24-year-old had already won silver in the 100m and threatened Denmark’s Rikke Moller Pedersen’s 200m world benchmark in the heats, jok-ing she wished her fingernails were just a bit longer.

But Schoenmaker needed no help from a manicurist to clock 2min 18.95sec in the final

and clip 0.16s off Moller Peder-sen’s record.

The South African gave a sur-prised scream when she saw her

time on the board, promptly burst-ing onto tears and sharing a group hug

with her competitors.

Athing Mu

At just 19 years old, Mu announced

her arrival on the biggest stage of all with a spectacular victory in the 800m, becoming the first American winner of the event since 1968 with an as-sured wire-to-wire performance to take gold.

Mu, whose parents moved to the United States from Sudan before she was born, is expected to add the 400m to her rep-ertoire, raising the prospect of a 400m-800m double at the 2024 Paris Olympics.

Momiji Nishiya

Japanese 13-year-old Momiji Nishiya captured hearts when she won the first Olympic wom-

en’s skateboarding street gold -- beating an even younger rival into second place.

Nishiya became one of the youngest individual gold medallists in Olym-pic history when her stunning se-quence of tricks put her ahead of Brazil’s Rayssa Leal – 127 days her junior.

Her performance mirrored that of Japan teammate Yuto Horigome, who won the men’s title the previous day.

Nishiya, who was one of many teenage tyros ripping up

the skate park as the sport made its Olympic debut, said she wanted

to celebrate by eating at a barbecue beef restaurant.

She also became the youngest athlete ever to win a gold med-

al for Japan.“I’m so glad to become the youngest at my first Olym-

pics,” she said.“Tears came to my eyes.”

Daiki Hashimoto

The absence of 2012 and 2016 champion Kohei Uchimura –

plagued by shoulder problems -- cast a long shadow over the

men’s all-around gymnas-tics competition.

But 19-year-old Japa-nese Daiki Hashimoto more than filled his compatriot’s sizeable shoes, becoming the youngest-ever cham-pion.

Hashimoto edged o u t C h i n a ’s X i a o Ruoteng and Russian

world champion Nikita Nagornyy with a superb

final horizontal bars rou-tine, then stayed dry-eyed

on the podium despite the scale of his achievement.“Had I cried, I thought it

would have been as if were feeling satisfied with where I am now,” said

the nerveless teen.“I thought the champion must not cry but

only look forward.”

Lamont Marcell Jacobs

Italy’s Jacobs produced arguably the shock result of the Olympics – and one

of the biggest shocks in Olympic history

-- when he claimed victory in the 100m, storming out of athletics obscu-rity to take gold in a t ime of 9.80sec.

A few days l a t e r t h e 2 6 - y e a r - o l d helped Italy win a 4x100m relay

gold, capping a re-markable transfor-

mation for a sprinter who had never broken

the 10-second barrier this season and whose previous

career highlight was this year’s European indoor 60m title.

Australian team condemns double-quarantine for 16 OlympiansAP | Sydney

A strict four-week quarantine imposed on 16 athletes re-

turning from the Tokyo Games has been criticized as “cruel and uncaring” by the Australian Olympic Committee.

All travelers entering Austral-

ia during the COVID-19 pandem-ic are subjected to a mandatory 14-day hotel quarantine, and members of Australia’s Olym-pic delegation have returned in groups to undergo two weeks of supervised isolation in various state capitals.

But South Australia is im-

posing an additional 14-day domestic quarantine on those athletes who want to return to the state after isolating in Sydney, where a coronavirus outbreak has forced the city into lockdown. And that has sparked outrage among athletes and Olympic officials.

BRAVE CF 53 full fight card revealed with nine countries represented• Nurzhan Akishev to face Tae Kyun Kim in the main event

TDT | Manama

BRAVE Combat Federation will make its much-antic-ipated return to Kazakh-

stan for BRAVE CF 53, in asso-ciation with Octagon League. The show, which takes place on August 21st, in Almaty, had its full fight card revealed today.

In the main event of the evening, a top Featherweight bout will take place between Nurzhan Akishev and Tae Kyun Kim with the winner very much in pole position to earn a shot at the currently vacant 145lbs world title. In the co-main event, Vasiliy Takhtay and Rog-er Sampaio face off in a Catch-weight bout of 73kg.

The much-anticipated clash between former champion Lu-cas Martins and Marcel Grab-

inski is another highlight of the card. They were supposed to meet at BRAVE CF 51, but Marcel fell ill during the fight night and their bout was scratched with

minutes to spare.Kazakhstani star Asu Alm-

abaev will welcome former Russian champion Aleksander Doskalchuk in a pivotal Fly-

weight bout, and Brad Kato-na looks for a Bantamweight title shot when he meets Bair Shtepin.

Aside from the BRAVE CF main card, which features seven amazing bouts, the Octagon Pre-lims also promise to lift the roof off Almaty, Kazakhstan, with another seven big matchups.

In total, athletes from nine different nations will defend their flags at BRAVE CF 53, a number that highlights the international aspect of BRAVE Combat Federation and the global proving ground for lo-cal stars to turn into household names around the world.

Williams sisters, Kenin withdraw from Cincinnati WTA event

AFP | Cincinnati

Serena and Venus Williams withdrew from the hard

court tournament in Cincin-nati on Tuesday, becoming the latest high profile players to pull out of the US Open tune up.

The Williams Sisters, and American Sofia Kenin, joined Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic as stars who will be giving the ATP and WTA tour-nament in Ohio a miss.

Serena, a two-time winner in Cincinnati, said the leg in-jury she suffered last month at Wimbledon is still troubling her.

“Unfortunately, I will not be playing in the Western & Southern Open next week as I am still in recovery from my leg injury at Wimbledon,” she said in a statement.

“I will miss all of my fans in Cincinnati whom I look for-ward to seeing every summer. I plan to be back on the court very soon.”

The reason for Venus’s with-

drawal was not disclosed, but Kenin said she was pulling out with a foot injury “in hopes to play the US Open later this month.

“I feel another week of re-covery is necessary,” Kenin said.

Swiss great Federer, a sev-en-time Cincinnati champi-on, said last week he would skip the tournament because of the same knee injury that kept him out of the Tokyo Olympics.

Djokovic had announced on social media on Monday that he would skip Cincinnati, say-ing he needed more recovery time after the Tokyo Games.


BRAVE CF 53 Full Fight CardFeatherweight: Nurzhan Akishev vs Tae Kyun Kim

Catchweight 73kg: Vasiliy Takhtay vs Roger Sampaio

Flyweight: Asu Almabaev vs Aleksander Doskalchuk

Lightweight: Lucas Martins vs Marcel Grabinski

Bantamweight: Brad Katona vs Bair Shtepin

Flyweight: Azat Maksum vs Flavio Queiroz

Catchweight 68kg: Ilyar Askhanov vs Akhmed Magomedov

Octagon PrelimsCatchweight 59kg: Damir Tolenov vs Nurbek Bolotbekov

Flyweight: Aktore Batyrbek vs Ernis Abdilakim Uulu

Light Heavyweight: Karim Ruzbakiev vs Kodirkhon Ganiev

Welterweight: Bauyrzhan Kuanyshbayev vs Fakhriddin Mardiev

Catchweight 59kg: Alisher Gabdullin vs Bekzat Saparov

Heavyweight: Islambek Baktybekuulu vs Zhasur Mirzamukhamedov

Super Lightweight: Maksat Zholdosh vs Sanjarbek Erkinov

Nadal withdraws from Toronto Masters with persistent foot injuryAFP | Toronto

World number four Rafa Nadal said he had with-

drawn from the Masters 1000 hardcourt event underway in Toronto due to persistent pain in his injured left foot.

The injury kept the 20-time Grand Slam champion out of Wimbledon and the Tokyo Olympics this year and played a role in his shock third-round exit at the Washington Open last week.

“I have had this issue for a couple of months, as people know,” said Nadal, a five-time winner of the event which was cancelled last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

“Of course, it is not a happy

situation after all the success that I had here in Canada, not being able to play this year after missing a year.”

He said the decision was a tough one but added that the most important thing was get-ting better so he could go back to appreciating his time on the court.

“Today, with this pain, I am not able to enjoy it, and I really don’t believe that I have the chance to fight for the things that I really need to fight for,” he said.

Nadal has said he has been dealing with a recurring foot is-sue since 2005, which returned at this year’s Roland Garros,

where he fell to eventual cham-pion Novak Djokovic in the semi-finals before deciding to sit out two of the year’s biggest events.

Nadal will now turn his atten-tion to getting fit ahead of the US Open in New York.

“I really wanted to play here a lot, but now is the moment to make a decision, and this is unfortunately the decision that I have taken, and probably in the next couple of days we are going to know more,” he said.

Second seed Nadal will be re-placed by lucky loser and fellow Spaniard Feliciano Lopez in the main draw.

Rafael Nadal of Spain in action during a match (file photo

Nadal has said he has been dealing with a recurring foot issue since 2005, which

returned at this year’s Roland Garros, where

he fell to eventual champion Novak Djok-ovic in the semi-finals before deciding to sit out two of the year’s

biggest events

KNOW WHAT

Serena and Venus Williams wave to fans after a match (file photo)

I will miss all of my fans in Cincinnati

whom I look forward to seeing every summer. I plan to be back on the

court very soonSERENA WILLIAMS

Aside from the BRAVE CF main card, which features seven amazing bouts, the

Octagon Prelims also promise to lift the roof

off Almaty, Kazakh-stan, with another

seven big matchups

Bahrain set for Haiti, Jordan friendly matches

• Senior men’s national football team to kick off local training camp on August 27 under head coach Helio Sousa

TDT | Manama

Bahrain’s senior men’s na-tional football team will

play a pair of international friendly matches next month.

The games will be held in preparation for their upcom-ing competitions, including the FIFA Arab Cup this De-cember.

The nationals will first take on Haiti in a match on Sep-tember 1, and then go against Jordan on September 7. Both tune-ups are to be played at home.

Bahrain head coach Helio Sousa will be supervising the

national team’s local training cap for this period, which will kick off on August 27.

The FIFA Arab Cup 2021 will be held in Doha, with the par-ticipation of 16 national teams. It will kick off on November 30 and continue until December 18. Bahrain are in Group A, which also features hosts Qa-tar, Iraq and Oman.

After the tournament ’s opening stage, which compris-es four groups of four teams each, the top two from each group move on to the knockout quarter-finals.

The tournament is being de-livered by FIFA as a prelude to the FIFA World Cup 2022. It is seen as a vital opportunity to test operations and facili-ties ahead of next year’s global showcase.

The FIFA Arab Cup will take place in the same time slot as the World Cup, with the finals of both competitions to be held exactly one year apart.

Real president Perez denies he influenced Messi’s departureAFP | Madrid

Real Madrid president Flor-entino Perez has denied

that he had any influence on Barcelona’s decision to allow Lionel Messi to leave the club.

Barcelona president Joan Laporta blamed the decision on La Liga’s stringent Finan-

cial Fair Play (FFP) controls.However, Jaume Llopis, a

former board member of the Espai Barca project - which is the project for the renovation of the Camp Nou - resigned his position in the wake of Mes-si’s departure before accusing Laporta of bending to Perez’s will.

Olympic champion Zverev to miss Davis CupAFP | London

Newly-crowned Olympic men’s tennis champion

Alexander Zverev said yester-day he will not play for Ger-many in the Davis Cup tour-nament this November.

After knocking out world number-one Novak Djokovic in the semi-final, Zverev, 24, beat Russia’s Karen Khachanov in straight sets to win the men’s Olympic gold medal in Tokyo earlier this month.

However, he insists he needs a break once the ATP season ends with Germany one of the 18 teams to play in the week-long Davis Cup tournament starting on November 25.

“I’m only human and I need a holiday. We play from Jan-uary to October and I won’t

play in November,” Zverev told magazine Sports Bild.

However, Zverev said he wants to play in the Davis Cup again in future should it re-vert to the old format with ties played over weekends during the season.

“As soon as there is the old format again, with home ad-vantage and matches at the weekend, I’m in,” he added.


Messi eyes Champions League trophy with PSGLionel Messi dreams of delivering elusive Champions League crown for PSG

• Messi delighted to join PSG on two-year deal

AFP | Paris

Lionel Messi said yesterday he is “dreaming” of win-ning a fifth Champions

League after signing a two-year contract with Paris Saint-Ger-main.

The Argentine forward, 34, had agreed to stay at former club Barcelona after his deal expired at the end of June, only for the Spanish club to admit they could no longer afford him last week.

He signed a two year deal with an option for a third with the Parisians on Tuesday.

PSG have hoovered up domes-tic titles since the investment of their deep-pocketed own-ers Qatar Sports Investment in 2011. However, they have never won the Champions League, while Messi has won it four times, the last one coming in 2015.

“That’s why I am here (to win trophies). It’s an ambitious club,” Messi, who will wear the No. 30 jersey - which was his first squad number in senior football at Barcelona in 2006, told a news conference.

“You can see they’re ready to fight for everything.

“My dream is to win another Champions League, and I think this is the ideal place to be to do that.”

The Argentine conceded he did not know when he would be able to make his debut given he has not played since win-ning the Copa America with his country last month.

“I’m coming back from holi-day. I need a bit of a pre-season

and get myself going. Hopefully debuting can be soon but I can’t give you a date. It’s up to the coaches.”

Friends reunitedMessi will join former Barca

team mate Neymar in Paris.The Brazilian left Catalo-

nia for the French capital in a world record 222 million euro ($259.94 million) deal in 2017, however never hid his desire to link up with his close friend once again on the pitch.

They will now line up togeth-er again, with Kylian Mbappe as the third member of a potent frontline.

“To be able to play with the likes of Neymar and Mbappe is insane. They’ve made so many good signings, I’m really happy and can’t wait to get started,” Messi added.

Fan crazeEyebrows were raised as to

how PSG could afford to sign Messi within UEFA’s Financial

Fair Play (FFP) regulations. However, club chairman and CEO Nasser Al-Khelaifi, who was sat alongside Messi, insist-ed the deal was well within their economic scope.

“We are always attentive to Financial Fair Play. It’s the first thing we check with the com-mercial, financial and legal peo-ple to see if we can do it before signing someone,” he said.

“I think the media need to fo-cus on the positives and not just the negatives of these moves, but what positives he brings. He’s an unbelievable asset to the club.”

Al-Khelaifi’s point was backed up by thousands of excited fans who had gathered outside the Parc des Princes stadium in Paris, banging on drums, wav-ing flags and chanting Messi’s name.

“My arrival here was both surprising and crazy,” Messi said.

“It was the icing on the cake as if I needed any more convinc-

ing. I’m grateful to the fans, it was crazy to see people on the streets in Paris without the deal even being done last week. I was stunned.”

Local fan Nelson Dross, 17, told Reuters: “Why do I love him? Because he makes us dream. He’s a magician, a ge-nius.”

“He’s the best player in the world,” Sofiane Achi, 19, said. “We want that he wins the Champions League with PSG.”

Messi on Sunday wept as he told Barcelona fans he was leaving his childhood club, and admitted that while he is sad, he is looking forward to the new challenge and hoped they would understand his decision making.

“I’ll always be thankful to Bar-ca and their fans. I went there as a boy, and we had some good and bad times,” he said.

“The Barca fans knew I’d join a good club, fighting for the Champions League, because they know me, I like to win, I’m a winner and I want to carry on doing that.

“I don’t doubt that PSG’s ob-jectives is to win and grow. It would be nice on the one hand to face them (Barcelona) in the Champions League, especial-ly with fans, but on the other strange to go back to my home in another team’s shirt - but that’s football.”

That’s why I am here (to win trophies). It’s

an ambitious club. You can see they’re ready to fight for everything. My dream is to win another Champions League, and I think this is the ideal place to be to do that

LIONEL MESSI

Paris St Germain’s Lionel Messi poses with a shirt on the pitch after the press conference

Bahrain’s senior men’s national football team (File photo)

Alexander Zverev

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Champions Riffa to kick off new season against Muharraq

• 2021/2022 Nasser bin Hamad Bahrain Premier Football League to kick off August 25

• First round schedule released by BFA, games to continue until January of next year

TDT | Manama

The Bahrain Football Asso-ciation (BFA) announced

yesterday the full schedule of first round of matches in the 2021/2021 Nasser bin Ham-ad Bahrain Premier Football League.

The Kingdom’s top tier will kick off its new campaign on August 25 with two matches,

featuring defending champions Riffa going up against fierce ri-vals Muharraq at the National Stadium.

That same evening, Al Ahli

take on Al Najma at the Khalifa Sports City stadium in Isa Town.

The opening week of action continues on August 26 with Manama facing East Riffa and

Al Khalidiya taking on Bu-daiya; followed on Friday by Hidd going against Al Hala on Friday.

According to the schedule, the ninth and final week of round one will take place on January 18 and 19 next year.

That will then set the stage for round two, which will wrap up the season.

Meanwhile, the BFA also an-nounced yesterday the schedule of the preliminary round of His Majesty the King’s Cup.

Those matches will be held on the same weekend of the league’s first round on August 25 and 26.

On night one, Al Ettifaq play Al Tadhamon while Isa Town meet Galali, while on day two Sitra face Al Ettihad and Al Shabab take on Bahrain Club.

All HM the King’s Cup match-es are knockout encounters.

Action from a Riffa-Muharraq match from last season (File photo)

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